The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-03-08
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"A BRAVE GIRL.

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d, /. y In the winter of ls42, a geentIema,
'si' and his daughter, a. young lady,swhil
i, travelling through Canada, arrive,
about nightfall ut an old-iashioned tay
ern. The gentleman concluded to stol
there instead Of going on to the villag
,Yrof S--rMhieh Was ten nies distant ant
which they had thought to reach. Th
-" daughterNC Carrie pressed hef will
. hngness. as the tavern preseHteda d com
Portable apppearsnce, and they alighted
~ when it was plainly to be seen that tin,
= gentemapw was quite lame, 80 much s,
- - that he was obliged to use a cane. ~
.oal * The landlord came out, and calling
: boy TO take the horse and sleigh to tn,
~ barn, he ushered Mr.. Spencer and hi
daughter into a pleasant sitting. room
where q, bright 6re was burning on thu
80. hearth, which proved very acceptable tC
N our travellers, who had been in the
a. sleigh since morning. Lna .r..i.,.a,ra,.} G
"Your room will be ready by supper
time, sir,'h said the, Landlord, as he left
siA the room and went, into the bar.room
o, >. Supper was shortly announced, and
bns after refreshing themselves, Mr.. Spencei
Ht and Carrie, returned to the cozy sitting
q room, where they talked and .chattered
until half-past eight. They were then
- shown to their room, which was on the
- second story, in awning somewhat distant
=. from the main portion. ..ii
', The room, was very long, with high
q, ceiling. On one side was q window, and
,lr I, on the other door,. Just above the door
was bust of King George III. The
- room was very plainly furnished, con-
tanning two two beds washstand en and few
:',, .s,,' Carrie took in the whole room at a
sl glance, and it must be confessed, had
there not been cheerful fire burning,
she would have felt nervous about sleep.
80 ing there. As it was, the warm glow lit
UP the room into comparative cheerful
ness. sd'" "i'H rr"1 r"rtH"P I'"F
-r7 While she and her father sat by the
FIRE, her eyes wandered to the bust above
the door, when she noticed that the eye
balls had evidently been knocked out,
leaving two empty spaces.
= "Well. Carrie" said Mr.. Spencer,
presently, think you had better lock
q the door. / am going to count my
. money"
After Carrie had done so, he drew out
a money-belt, heavy with bills, and pro-
ceeded to count them. While doing so,
r. Carries eyes inveluntariiyT wandered
~ again to the bust, when, to her horror
and astOnishment, in place of the empty
spaces were two gittering eyes, greedily
watching every movement of her
father. .,.,il ,.....i...,....
a ascream; but, controlling herself, she
q looked toward the fire, while her father
went on counting large roll OF bills.
must have been mistaken" thought
the fair girl. What could make me
have such strange fancy, though p she
continued, glancing again at the bust.
The eyes were still there-two burning,
savage eyes, that frightened as Mr..
spencer went on counting D.
Good Heavensp thought Carrie,
sswhat shallwe dol We are evidently
In den of thieves, and will sbe muir
dered for my poor fathers money"
How to- Communicate their danger to
her father without those terrible eyes
noticing it, Carrie could not think. Sud
denly bright idea came to her.
Father" she said, aloud, "let me
take acard and pencil. Il wish to make
meinorandum of some items want to
purchase in the village"
Her father handed them to her, after
slowing away his belt. Carrie wrote
trembling, in fine hand
Father, do not be frightened; we are in a
whefe your face viii be in. the dark, and
Iook;at the bust above the door. In it you
will zee two glittering eyes that have watched
you count your money. III
"Read it," she said, aloud, handing
the card to her father. /"I want you to
see If / am too extravagant."
Her father betrayed no emotion while
he read, but said
You are pretty extravagant, Carrie.
suppose you think your father is made
OF money" and he arose and went to the
washstand, which was in q dark corner.
r1nu Once there he glanced toward the bust,
. and that glance confirmed hisdaughter's
Tn extraordinary statement. When he came
back to his seat, Carrie saw that the ewes
were gone, Then, leaning toward her
=, father, she said in low tone
17'h" You see 1t is as said. have thought
of a plan, however, by which we can
both escape. You would be perfectly
helpless in an affray of any kind ON ac-
count Of your hme leg, 90 must try to
save us BOTH" d.
Then followed whispered consulta-
tion, during which Carrie kept her eyes
fixed on the bust but the glittering
orbs had not come back AS she con-
cluded, Carrie went to the window,
threw it up, and looked out. Reckoning
to her father, who came, she said, or
rather whispered ~ Ri
You see this shed, father9 Well, they
Will probably come up on 1t and get
through the window. Il DO not think
they will make an attack before twelve,
so I win get out of this window, jump
from the shed, 90 to the barn and take
our horse, and 90 to S. for help"
Flinging wrap over her slight figure,
she embraced her father tenderly, and
bidding him not worry over her, she
jumped lightly out on the shed and dis
appeared.
e Mr.. Spencer watched her for awhile,
then closing the window, took out,
watch, saw that il was nine o'clock, and
proceeded TO work. He first covered up
the fire, blew out the light, and rolled
up blanket, with which he made
dummy. This he placed in the bed which
his daughter was to occupy. Then he
sat down and waited-oh, how anxiously
Ten, fifteen, twenty minutes went by,
and no sound came from the vicinity OF
the barn. Taking off his boots, he crept
uoiaelas asel " In the u ndou ~ ..,o..,,l -.