Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-02

memorials of the content and security that
had so lately reigned within. The roof
had tumbled into the cellars. The early
fight of the SINNERS, left the dragons
at liberty to exert themselves in saving
much of the furniture. The captain. after
placing Sarah on a sofa that had been
hurled from the building by two of his
men, retired, that the ladies might sue
coed him in his care. Miss Peyton and
her niece few to receive Sarah from the
trooper; but the vacant eye and flushed
cheek restored them instantly to their rec
objection.
Sarah, my child my beloved niece"
said the former, folding the unconscious
bride in her arms, you are saved and
may the blessing of God await him who
has been the instrument"
"See," said Sarah, gently pushing her
aunt aside, and pointing to the glimmering
ruins, 1.-The windows are Illuminated in
honor of my arrival. They always re-
ceive a bride thus-he told me they
would do not less; listen, and you will
hear the BELLS"
THE shock has destroyed her mind, T"
cried Miss Peyton; my child, my beau
teous Sarah is a maniac :"
Come" said the surgeon, "the night
air can do no service TO George, or these
ladies, and it is incumbent on us to re-
move them where they can find surgical
attendance and refreshment Here Is
nothing but smoking ruins and the MAS
ma of the swamps."
Captain Lawton made his dispositions
for the march. Miss Peyton, her two
nieces and Isabella were placed in the
chariot. while the cart of Mrs. Flanagan.
amply supplied with blankets and a bed,
was honored with the person of Captain
Singleton. DIR. Sitgreaves took charge of
the chaise and Mr.. Wharton. What be-
came of the rest of the family during that
eventful night is unknown, for Caesar
alone, of the domestics was to be found,
if we except the housekeeper.
Compared with the simple elegance and
substantial comfort of the Locusts, the
Hotel Flanagan" presented but dreary
spectacle. In the place of carpeted floors
and curtained windows, were the yawning
cracks of a rudely constructed dwelling,
and boards and paper were ingeniously APP
piled to supply the place of the green
glass in more than half the lights. The
care of Lawton had anticipated every i'm
provement that their situation would al
low, and blazing fires were made before
the party arrived The dragons who
had been charged with this duty had con-
veyed a few necessary articles of furni-
ture. The mind of Sarah had continued
to wander during the ride, and, with the
ingenuity of the insane, she accommodate
ed every circumstance to the feelings that
were uppermost in her own bosom.
1T is impossible to minister to a mind
that has sustained such a blow" said
Lawton to Isabella Singleton; time and
Gods mercy can alone cure it but some
thing more may be done toward the bodily
comfort of ell. You are a soldiers daugh-
ter, and used to scenes like this; help me
TO exclude some of the cold air from these
windows"
Miss Singleton acceded to his request,
and while Lawton was endeavoring, from
without, to remedy the defect of broken
panes, Isabella was arranging a substi-
tute for curtain within.
II hear the cart" said the trooper. in
reply to one of her interrogatories. Betty
IL ttLQtE HtdIAtu DGllcNe me,
poor George will not only be safe, but
comfortable"
God bless her for her care, and bless
you ALL said Isabella fervently. DIR.
Sitgreaves has gone down the road to
meet him, know-what is that glitter
ing in the moon?"
Directly opposite the window where they
stood were the outbuildings of the farm.
and the quick eye of Lawton caught sight
at a glance the object to which she al
luded
'Tis the glare of firearms" said the
trooper, springing from the window to-
ward his charger His movement was
quick as thought, but flash of fire was
followed by the whistling of bullet be-
fore he had proceeded step. A loud
shrek burst from the dwelling and the
captain sprang into his saddle; the whole
was the business of but a moment.
"Mount-mount and follow :" shouted
the trooper, and before his astonished
men could understand the cause Of alarm.
Roanoke had carried him in safety over
the fence which lay between him and his
foe. The chase was for life or death.
but the distance TO the rocks was again
too short, and the disappointed trooper
saw his intended victim vanish in their
clefts, where he could not follow.
by the life of Washington !" muttered
Lawton. as he sheathed his saber, II
would have made two halves of him had
he not been so nimble on the foot-but a
time viii comet" So saying he returned
to his quarters. with the Indifference of
a man who knew his life was at any mo-
ment to be offered sacrifice to his coun-
try. An extraordinary tumult in the
house induced him to quicken his speed
on arriving at the door. the panic stricken
Katy informed him that the bullet. aim
ed at his own life, had taken effect in the
bosom of Miss Singleton.