Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-09-08

you know, Besides, time presses
and II 1t be done at all, It must b.
done quickly, as the household vii
shortly be back from Hersel,'
The nfllan relaxed hls grpe, and
finally, lot 90 his hold. Her reason'
were all cogent with his capldity,
."Come," she said "qulck ! quick
no delay, The money Is In masters
| bedroom"
She tripped up stairs, gaily as
lark, he followed closely at her heels
She led the way into her masters bed
room, and pointed out tho Golfer IN
which his money was secured.
"llere," she said, reaching him an
axe which lay in tho corner of the
room, "thls will wrench it open at
once ; aud while you are tying 1t up,
! shall just step to my apartment aud
get few things ready Tor our flight,
as well as my own little saving for the
last five years"
Tho ruflian was thrown oil his
guard by her opcnness and her ankle
ty to accompany him.. Like all ego
lists, he deceived himself, when self
deceit was most certain TO be his de-
struction.
"Go, Lass was all he said; "but
bo not long. This job will be done
in a twinkling."
She disappeared at the words. lie
Immediately broke open the chest,
and was soon engaged in rumaging
its contents.
As be was thus employed, however,
absorbed in the contemplation OF his
prey, and eagerly occupied in securing
it on his person, the brave.heartcd girl
stole down stairs on tip.toe. Creep
ing softly along the passages, she
speedily gained tho door Of the cham.
ber unseen by him, and likewise un-
heard. 1t was but the work Of mo.
ment for her to turn the key in the
wurds and lock him 10. This done,
she rushed forth to the outer.door Of
the mill and gave the alarm. "Fly!
fyw she shrieGed to the child, her
masters little boy an infant five years
old, the only being within sight or
sound Of her. "FlY! fly to father!
fly for your life! Tell him we shall
all be murdered an he must back !!
fly! fyw
The child, who was at play before
the door, at once obeyed the energetic
command of the brave girl, and sped
as fast as his tiny legs could carry him
on the road by which he knew his
parents would return from church.
Hanchen cheered him onward, and
inspirited his little heart as he ran.
"Bless thee, boy! bless thee !" she
exclaimed, in the gladness of her
heart "an' master arrives in time, |
will offer up a taper Oh the altar of
our blessed Lady of the Rreutzenberg
by Bonn"
She sat down on the stone bench by
the mill door to ease her over.exclted
spirit; and she wept as she sat, at the
thoughts of her happy deliverance.
"Thank Godw she CALCULATED,
"thank God for this escape. Oh! the
deadly villain! and l so fond of him,
too"
A shrill whistle from the grated
window of the chamber in which she
had shut up the ruffian Heinrich,
caught her ear, and made her start at
on ce TO her feet.
"Diether! Diether!' she heard him
shout, "catch the child, and come
Lither! l am fast. Come hither.
BRING the'boy here, and kill the girl p
She glanced hastily up at the case
ment from which the imprisoned vii
lain's hand beckoned to some one in
the distance, and then looked anxious
/ ly after her infant emissary. The lit
tie messenger held on his way un-
harmed, however, and she thought to
herself that the alarm was false one,
raised to excite her fear aud overcome
her resolution. Just, however, as the
child reached hollow spot in the
next field, the channel of natural
drain, then dry with the heat of sum-
mer, she saw another rufian start up
| from the bed of the drain, and catch
ing him in his arms hasten toward
the mill, in accordance with the dlrec'
ton of his accomplice. In moment
she perceived her danger, and in o
moment more she formed her future
plan of proceeding. Retreating into
the mill she double locked snd bolted
the door, the only apparent entrance
to the edi6ce, every other obvious &C.