Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11

we shalt all be murdered an he not haste
back f1yl byr'
The child, who was at play before the
door, at once obeyed the energetic com
mand OF the brave girl, and sped as fas
as his tiny legs could carry him on the
road by which he knew his parents
would return from church. Hanncaen
cheered him onward, and insplrited his
| little heart as he ran.
BLESS thee, boy, bless theeP she ex-
claimed, in the glsdness of her heart
''an' M aster arrives in time, will offer up
q taper on the altar of our blessed Lady OF
the Kreutzberg by Bonn"
She sat down ON the stone bench by the
mill door 10 ease her over-excited spirit ;
and she wept as she sat, at the thoughts of
her happy deliverance.
"Thauk Godr' she exclaimed; "thank
God, for this escape. Ga! the deadly viii
| lain! and | so fond of him too"
A shrill whistle from the grated window
of the chamber in which she had shut up
the ruff an Heinrich, caught her ear, aud
made her start at once to her feet
"Diether! Diether!" she heard him
shout, 'catch the child, and come hither !!
am fast Come nither. Bring the boy
here, and kill the girll'
Sac glanced hastily up at the casment
! from which the imprisoned villains hand
! beckonei to s lme one in the distance. and
! then looked arxiously after her infant
en- ,ssary The little messenger held on
his way unframed, however, and she
thought to herself that the alarm was q
| false one, raised TO excite her fear and
overcome her resolution. Just, however,
as the child reached a hollow spot in the
next field, the channel of a natural drain,
then dry with the heat of summer, she
saw smother ruff an start up from the bed
of the drain, and, catching him in his
arms, has:ened toward the mill, in accord
ance with the directions of his accomplish
La moment she perceived her danger,
and In a moment more she formed her fu-
ture plan of proceeding. Retreating into
the mill, she double-locked and bolted the
door, the only apparent entrance to the
edif1ce, every other obvious access to the
interior being barred by means of strong
gratings fixed against all the windows,
and then took her post at an upper case
ment determined to await patiently her
masters return, and her consequent de.
livery from that dangerous position, or
her own death if it were inevitable.
Never" said she to herself, "never
shall leave my. m aster's house a prey to
such Williams, or permit his property to be
carried off before my eyes by them, while
| have life and strength to defend it,"
she had barely time to secure herself
within, when the ruff ans without, hold.
ing the hapless child in one hand and a
long, sharp knife in the other, assailed the
door with kicks and curses, and impreca.
lions of the most dreadful character.
"Confound thee" he cried, applying
the foulest ep;thets of which the free
speaking Teutonic language are so CO
pious; "open the door or I'll break it in
on ye."
eff you can, you may" was all the no.
BILE girl replied. "God is greater than
you, and in Him put my trust"
"Cut the brats throat!" roared the ina
prisonei ruffian above; chat will bring
her to reason"
Stouthearted as poor Hapnchen was,
she qdailei at this cruel suggestion. For
moment her resolution wavered; but it
was only for moment. She saw that her
o1n death wss certain it she admitted the
assailant, and she knew that her RI sster
would be robbed. She had no reason to
hope that even the lite ON the infant
would be spared by her compliance. 1t
was risk all against nothing. Like q
discreet girl, she consequently held fast In
her resolve to abide as she was while life
remained, or until assistance should reach
her.
AN We open not the door, shouted the
william from without, accompanying his
words with the vilest abuse and the
f1ercest imprecations. "I'll hack this
whelp's limbs to pieces with my knife,
and then burn the mill over your head.
Twill be a merry blaze, trow"
81 put my trust in God" replied the
dauntless girl; "never shall we set foot
within these walls whilst I have life to
prevent ye"
The ruffisn laid the infant for mo.
ment on the sward, as he sought alb out
for COM bustibles wherewith to execute
his latter threat. In this search he espied,
perhaps, the only possible clardestine en-
trance to the building. 1t was large
aperture in the wall, communicating
with the great wheel and the other ma
chinery OF the mill, and was a point en-
tirely unprotected, for the reason that the
simple occupants had never supposed it
feasible for any one to seek admission
through such dangerous inlet. Elated
with this discovery, the ruffian returned
to the Infant, and, tying the hands and
feet of the little innocent, threw it on the
ground even as the butcher Will fling a
lamb destined for the 8 slaughter, to await
his time for Staying. He then stole back
to the aperture, by which he hoped to
effect an entrance. All this was unseen
by the dauntless girl within.
In the meanwhile her mind was busted
with thousand cogitations. S0e clearly
perceived that no means would be left un-
tried 10 effect an entrance, and she knew
That on the exclusion OF her toe depended
her own existence. a thought struck her.
ut is Sunday" said she to herself; "the
mill never works On the Sabbath, sup.
pose [ set it a gong now? It can be seen
far off and happy my master, or some of
his neighbors, wondering at the sight,
may haste hither TO know the cause A
lucky thought" she exclaimed, "'tis God
that has sent it to mer'
No sooner said than done. Being all
her life accustomed to mill gear, it was
but the work Of o moment for her to set
the machinery in motion. A brisk breeze
which sprang up. as it were, by the
interposition of Providence, at once set