The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29

and somewhat terminated.
For day or two, then, he Law be-
side log in the forest, in a condition
which it would seem few men could
survive; worn to skeleton, his feet
torn TO pieces, suffering from a ter
ribie wound, he still managed to
collect little dry fungus, and cooked
and ate part of the rattlesnake, until
his strength was entirely exhausted.
ana he was unable to get wood to
cook the remainder. 1t seemed now
as if death could not be postponed.
He took his knife and tried to carve
an epltaph on the log. and while thus
engaged, he fell asleep and dreamed
a sweet, delicious dream of his old
nome, his young wife and infant
e'lzists nfla iIllaiIy % hIs deeeAEsu
mother. who appeared dressed in a
robe of flowing white, and stretched
her arms toward him with a sweet
smile and an indescribable gesture
1ull OF grace and tenderness.
He knew not how. long he slept,
but when he arose it was with re-
newed strength, and making sandals
of his hat and vest, he proceeded on
MS way once more, taking with him
the unconsumed portion of the snake
as provision.
That night his mother again ap
peared to him and pointed in a par
tlcular direction, smiling hopefully.
Rising with a strong faith that he
was nearly at the end of his perious
journey, he struggled on until the
afternoon, when he saw for the first
time human habitation it proved
to be the house of a friend, from
whence he proceeded TO Albany, and
thence to Schenectady. Here he
found his wife and child living with
some relatives, and the meeting be-
tween them may be imagined, but no
pen could describe it. For a long
time she had suffered all the horrors
of fearful suspense, and it was not
until the night upon which he had
seen his mother that she obtained a
glimpse of relief. On this occasion
she dreamed that she saw him striy.
ing to make his way through dense
wood toward her, while white hand
appeared to be lifting aside the thick
branches to aid his progress. When
she aWoke it was with the firm be-
lief that they would eventually be
reunited, as the event proved.
Return we now to Frederick, who
suffered even more than his brother.
He had made many efforts, to no
purpose, to find jacob, who, when he
fell, would not permit Frederick to
stop and help him, and in seeking
him had run many risks. At length
he crossed the Sorel, killed an OK,
made some jerked beef, and for seven
days travelled along the eastern shore
OF Champlain without ill luck. But
on the morning of the eight day he
awoke sick pleurisy was upon him
"a fever in his veins-pain in every
limb. 1t began to rain, also, and
there he lay, this other young hero,
not far from his brother, who at that
very moment in that very neighbor-
hood, was nursing his rattlesnake
bite; there he lay, knowing not that
any one was near him, for three days
on the earth, in the summer rain,
and his blood all on fire. For three
days, we say, he lay thus helpless.
On the fourth day he was better, and
tried to eat little of his beef, butsit
was spoiled. He managed, however,
to crawl to frog-pond near by, put
aside the green coating of the pool
and drank. He caught frogs, too,
and feasted, though not Frenchman
in any of his tastes. probably. There
he lay for fourteen days and nights,
and having resigned all hope of life,
he put his hat upon pole, so that it
might be seen from the lake. 1t was
seen by ship passing at the time,
and he was found by his enemies
helpless and speechless, and carried
back to his prison again, and not only
to prison, but to its deepest, darkest
dungeon, and there for fourteen
months. in irons so heavy that they
ate into the flesh upon his legs so that
it came off to the bone. And what
did that young heroic spirit do? Did
it break down under the weight of
captivity and suffering? Not So it
was of such stuff as the spirit of our
fathers was made. He thought of
his home, of his brave father and
brothers, of his fair sister, and one
not fairer, perhaps, but still dearer,
and wondered if they had survived
the cruel chances of the long and
bloody war. Then he longed to be
free, and determined to live and es
cape from his prosecutors.
At last chance offered he with