Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-01-27

Distressed at this melancholy
change, l asked, with tears, after
the cause of it.
"Would you know who I am 2"
cried he. DO you recoi,ect that
night when yon cut off the hand Of
an unknown person, who would
have penetrated into your cham
her2' Well, that hand was mine.
Look here His m,itila'ed arm
but too strongly confirmed his sto-
~. 81 had seen you," he con'in
ued, land was capsiyated by your
beauty | deiermed To carry you
off. With two Of nav comrades [
ventured t" climb up to your win
dow. From the reception which
you gave me. we inferred that you
had men to protect you. l retired,
hut learned that to you alone |
owed the loss of m. hand. Shatnc
&nd rage AT b,-in., thus baffied by Il
girl Of sixteen awakened within me
thoughts Of revenge. L came nn-
=
my friends. my a,tifices, my gold,
accomplish the rest. You are
now tlie wife OF a-robber.
AT this wo,d a feeling of horror
>eiz-d any soul; Nevertheless,
wh-ther it was owing to the fl -xl-
biity of nv dispo>iii"n. to the pre-
dic:inn of the gip-v. to that secret
tnnduess for iomantic ventures
; 20 winch the heart often but too
willingly re>ignes itself; or finally
: ro the hope of b ingiug back, by
the power Of love, stray sonI,
. dwelling iu a Yet youthful BODY, t.
, the track Of whine; in sho:t, ]
r threw myself ct the feet of 1ay
) husband, and impiored kam with
iears nrt 10 cast me f,om hina
. 70, l would never cease TO love him
Moved by my tears aud my resig
na,iOn, he ciasped ue to his bosom
ard Tor three years l was, or una
giued that l was happy.
'One evening, however. he re-
!. :rIued home pale and pertdr bed
!,is ga' ments tom aud spotted
. with blood. In broken sentence.
, he told me that he had been oblIg.
!, to defeud his life against assassIns
and charged me to observe the
proiouuudest silence respecting this
mysterious occurrence. cOulC
: nos help Trembling, but not for him
t my soul WAS shaken by melaIchoi,
!. forebndIngs IF d:ff.reut kind. A
J hotrld dream terrified mel woke
At the same m >ment my husband
was also s'a..led out of ',is sleep-
his couvuIseG lips several time.
pr"noupc. d the name of my fathe,
. 1.-The resolleo'io1 of that gloom,
prophecy env, loped my senses i,
: darkness. On, my unhappy fa-
: then! Oh, my still more wretchee
husband! The former had actual
> IL attacked the latter, having prob
ably beeu apprized ol the real state
Of the case, and desirous Of with
e drawing NE from so disgracefnl {,
connection. The agents of jn stict
. we've soon in search of as, and W.
escaped with difficulty to the
e m.uDtains.
, There my husband bethough
I himself of his former C mrades
s He sought them out, discovered
r them, and "A cavern OF Ban,Iitti WA.
I now my dwelling. HIS compan-
a ions welcomed him with jpv; bu
= he had violated one of their laws
e which forbid any one OF the mem
r bers to marry, and enacts that If ,
woman should fall into their hand.
she should belong exclusively t.
the captain. No sooner had th.
. latter set bis eyes on me, theu h.
rudeIy Insisted en- lis rights. FIJI,
daring hand had al,eadv graspet
me, when a ball from my usband'
pistol extend i the wretch on tb,
ground. Di-Iiked as ne was by th.
band, hi- fall was IL signal for
shout If 'v from his comrades
who unanimously elected nv hus'
band their leader. 81 completed,
e was p ssessed by that wild spiri
which mus, have BETRAYED itself i,
nv looks to the gipsy mt the graf
}, of the nunnery, thnt was quit,
o proud of my husbands elevation
= Incw, wrapped myself in the coa,s
e habilimenis OF peasant, Of which
q a,e these rags which still cove
n me. and with eqnal courage ant
. pleasure accompauied my husban,
in his expeditious. Towns an
viiIage- rapg withslis exploits. Fas
at length overlook hum. He fe
in II conflict with the hoisene q
= who were sent against US aud ba'
u discovered orr retreat At tn
moment that l saw M hYsbnn
dlop l sought shelter in the cav
ern for my infan' there | was seiz
It ed aud dragged to this dungeon
II where I anticipate with horror th
= fulf1 lment Of the latter part OF tba
n fearful prediction.
,. Such was the narrative OF Mari
r, Grazla, the widow of the baDdl
|. chief In nitv fur her sitnation