The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-02-12

! will no one release me I" cried the
prisoner in Agonizing tones, as an
avalanche OF sand aud gravel came
down with a laundering crash which
awoke tho echoes of the underground
passages,
"Dis the death Of starvation T.
came TO tho ears OF the prisoner frow
the other side Of the pilo OF earth
that now nearly 6llsd up the drift.
Only faint streak of light c,me
from overhead. The gravel aud sand
continued to fall. and the mouth of
the cave was ,mpletely fillel. All
was darkness, aud Z lmond Richards
was entombed in n living grave.
Lost lost Ga! Col have
mercy on my soul y moaned ~.
mond. Aud bis heal fell back op
the wet grouu Sounds like the
tones OF mnfti ,d bell came to his
ears he thou yht hs hoirl voicss
which seemed to como nearer aud
nearer-aftor that all was blank.
Violet Msnnins was sitting by tho
opeu window Of her fathers cabin.
There was longing look in hcr beau
tiul eyes a. she gazed towards the
fruwnius cliffs OF Table NJ ,uotain.
She was waitiog for 80 ne onc-pa :
tiently waiting, until Silight deep
cned into darkness, aai the hoot of
the owl ca no iron the top OF the
l,ue pine that stood near tue cabin
a or, aul the barkiui of coyotes
struck up N her ears. aud the cpl
light air famed her teir-bcdiln No
cherks then, aud not unul then.
she rose with deep-drawn sigh, aud
cl .s,d the winiw. F,r the H. Z
time since shs bec,ne ac1i,lntcd
with Edm ,ud Richards he failed TO
keep hi. promise, Tor he had tpld her
thnt he w,dll como SOU alter SIX
o. clock.
W,tn n weary mind shs b'g,n tn
prepsrs supp,r Tor her fa'he-, wro
was working in a quartz mill sit
uatsd about Two IN les from tac CABS
IN.
/ An ho,r pasted away. Til, toa
was ready ani tho h,t role were
haked whsn she heard h,'y fJJt-
steps approarh'u. the cIbIn.
ITS h i'm ,ni's stop. A. lat, al
last he mes ViIl,t aud, rn-h,us
TO the door au throwing her arm,
,rorui the neck Of the man who en-
ter. 4.
On l. imonl, dear f. lm,ni, y"r
have come at last y cried she. Bi
when tor hp' appro icnei hls ihie
-he started back IN alarm, aud had u
not been for tue -npp,'t oi the man
she w,uli have ta.ier np'n tn. Il 'r
That man was MT Eim"nd Whei
she iooksi into his ilrc she did no
scs the suuny smile OF her lJvcr--sn,
saw the dark, swar,hy f,co ol O..
Metromc.
"You have mistaken tho person
MISS. The gen lcinan yoa name.
must now be lar. far away from here,
aid Matclme. a. Viulet released h,r
self from lis arms and sspk upon |
chair.
Elm ,ud r chard+ ?" asked Violet
halt rising from her seat.
"Yes. | saw him two or three hour
ago, MS WAS riiiog through 'TabI'
I,i,rain G,p Ne. Rich'ri' wa
oa hmscb,ck. Ave yuu riding pas
the cabu OF Ne. Maanins Z aske'
he, stopping hi, horse, l said 'yes.
, rheo YOU will much oblige me by
givin thi. letter to Miss Violet Man
ming. telling bcr to read 1t a,trntively
He gave me this letter, and then h'
pot spurs. TO his horse, ani s,ot
h rso anil rider were hid behind
clon | Of dnst.'
Mstcome stopped and handed
lsttsr to Violet, who hastily opens'
the envelope, aud approaching th
lighted lamp that stood upon side
board. she began TO read.
A sarionic grin spread over th
. faco Of Metcome wheo he saw th
color leave ths checks Of tho mai
den, aud his iscs ASSUMED au exul
taut expression as the tears fell owe
her cheeks upon the paper she he'll
in her trembling hand.
ut is not true, Oh, my Gcd
is not true. He never could writ
, such heartless words as these u
it is hand writing" rnoaned Violet
I. as the letter dropped from he
baud.
"What is not true. Mics Mar
\ ming ?" asked Metcoms, approach
. Ing her with cat-like step and lay
, ing his large coarse hand upon be
arm.
She did not notice bis action, IL
Q she gazed with death like star
| into the chimney Rre-she wa
: thinking Of r. lmond who had writ
!. ten the cruel letter, in which wei
D words that bnrned like red-h,
n Goals into her throbing brain, tel
: ing her that che must never. new
I think OF him again. for he was O
Q his way to Join bis wife. who IA
0 arrived in San Francisco. His wife
r But no that conld not be. ID
( he not tell her that he loved be
!. that she was the only one who hu
ever won his affections that b
. would be true sud fsitbful busbsu
I, to her uatil death should part then
Q aud was she not his vito In tt
sight of God and mani Did he ~