The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-28

Marvin noticed this change Ia his be-
| loved uaugnJer, yet, anlle he sur.
missed the cause, he was too self-willed
and proud to relent toward John,
whom he passed very frequently in
the village without ever noticing.
There were other aspirants for the
hand and smiles of Amy, bit while
she treated all courteously, she gavo
no encouragement to any Of them,
and even her father was compelled to
admit to himself that not one of the
young men who visited his house
would he be so willing to look upon
as candidate for his daughters hand
as John Shipley.
A few rods to- the rear Of Judge Mar
WINS mansion was little glen through
| which ran small stream, and where
| the noble old oaks which had been
left standing stretched their branches
| across from either side of the stream
until the interminging foliage formed
in summer time shade that was al
most impenetrable to the rays of the
sun. To this pleasant and secluded
spot had the lovers often strolled to-
gether in former days, and here Amy
came one beautiful sunny day in June,
with book in her hand, but her eyes
were not upon its pages. A sigh es-
capped her as she remembered the
happy hours spent here with one to
whom she was now forbidden to
speak, and seating herself upon the
mossy bank beneath a venerable old
oak, she gave way to. her feelings in
tears, Surprising herself alone she
sobbed aloud, and turning her eyes
heavenward exclaimed, "Oh my God!
give him back to me again, the Joy
and sunlight Of my life." AS she ut
tered this petition familiar voice
murmured her name, manly arm
encircled her waist, and John Shipley
was kissing away her. tears. my
own Amy" said he, 'I have now
learned what I have long wished to
know, that you love me, and, please
God, no hand of man shall keep us
apart, or debar us from loving each
other"
1t is hardly necessary to state hew
John had tired Of his law books, and
had wandered out to the glen to re-
call the old and pleasing associations
connected with the spot, and how he
had thrown himself upon the ground
beneath the trees and remained there
in reyery until Amy's approach had
aroused him from it. Some impulse
led him to remain quiet until her tets
and exclamation had revealed to
him that which he most desired to
know.
This interview was but the first of
many stolen meetings which the
lovers held with each other in their
trysting place. One beautiful noon
light evening as John WIS returning
to his home after one of these meet
ings with his beloved Amy, his atten-
ton was arrested by the sound Of
voices in an old barn near which he
was obliged to pass as he crossed the
fields to reach the public road leading
to the village. Hearing Judge Mar
WINS name mentioned he stopped to
listen, and, to his horror, heard a
plot to rob and murder the Judge on
thefollowing evenin gas he should be ON
his return from neighboring town
about ten miles distant, whittier he
had gone to draw Large sum of
money from the bank. John was
able to distinguish from the voices
that one Of these villains was man
who had been working for the Judge
several months and knew of his alb
sence, and when he expected to re-
turn, and also that he would have
money with him. John had soon
made up his mind how to act, and
stealing quietly away from the place
he reached his home. On the follow
ing morning he procured two revol-
vers, and then proceeding to the resi-
dence of the Judge, whom he knew to
be absent, he gained an interview
with Amy, and from her obtained a
suit Of her fathers clothing telling
her he would explain everything at
their next meeting. Placing this in a
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fathers stable and was soon on his
way toward the town of Westfeld.
The highway between Westfield
and Stirling was lonely road and
for considerable distance lay through
dense piece of woods. About hall
way between the two towns was an
old saw mill which had long since
fallen into disuse; an old stone house
had stood near it; but after the death
Of its owner, many years before, it had
gone to decay, and only a portion o.
the walls remained standing. The
plot which Shipley had SO timely
overheard was that one ofthe villains
who boasted Of being q sure slot
should station himself behind the
ruins Of the old building with a rife
and await the coming Of the intended
victim, while the other should station
himself at a little distance and, on thG
approach Of the Judge, should give
notice to his comrade by ilnmitatine
the hooting Of an owl. Their inten
tionc wara to choOt tba ysIdua apf