Year: 1861

allowed her to leave the room, only ex.
horting her to be as quiet as possible,
and was Immediately absorbed in his
own operstion-frst opening the box
and then disposing of the money about
his person.


In the meanwhile, Hsrcken, instead
of gong up stairs to her own, crept
softly along several passages till she
again reached her masters chamber,
It was but the work of moment to
shut and bolt the door upon him; and
this done she rushed to the other door
of the mill to give the alarm. The on
ly being in sight was her masters lit
tie boy, child Of five years old, to
whom she called with all her might:


Run! run to meet your father as he
comes from church; tell him we shall
all be murdered if he does not come
back!'


The frightened child did as she bid
him and set of running on the road she
pointed. Somewhat relieved by seeing
that the child understood her, and the
case now she sat down for a moment on
stone before the door, and full of con-
flicting emotions and thankfulness for
her escape, she burst into tears.


But at this moment shirll whistle
aroused her. 1t was from her prisoner,
Heinrich, who, opening the grated win
dow above her head, shouted to some
acomplice without to catch the child
that was running away so fast, and to
kill the girl.


Hanchen looked around IN great
alarm, but saw no one. The child still
continued to run with all its might, and
she hoped it was but false alarm to
excite her and overcome her resolution,
when just as the child reached hollow
in the next field(the channel of a nat
ural drain,) she saw ruffan start from
the bed of the drain, and snatching the
child in his arms FASTENED with him to
the mill, in accordance with the direct
ion of his accomplice.--ln o moment
she perceived the full extent of her dam
ger, and formed her plan for escaping
it.


Retiring into the mill she double load
ed and barred aud bolted the door. the
only apparent cntranceinto the building.
every other means of obvious access
prevented by a strong iron grating fix
ed mp against all the windows, and
then took her post at the upper case
ment, determined to await patiently
her masters return, and her consequent
delivery from the dangerous position Of
her own death if inevitable; for she
was fully resolved to enter into no
terms, and that nothing should induce
her to give up her masters property
into the ROBBERS hands.


She had hardly time to secure her,
self in her retreat, when the ruffan-
holding the screaming child in his
arms and brandishing knife in one
hand, came up and bid her open the
door or he would break it down, add
ing many fearful oaths and threats, to
which she only answered that she put
her trust in God. Heinrich, who
from his window was a witness to this
colloquy now called out to cut the
child's throat before her eyes, if she
refused.


Poor uanchen's heart quailed at
this moment. The death of the child
could be no gain to them, while her
own death was certain if she admitted
the assailant, and her master, too,
would be robbed. She had no reason
to suppose that her compliance would
save the life Of the child. 1t was a
risk against nothing, and she resolved
to hold out to the last, though the vii
lain renewed his threats, saying that
if she did not open the door to him he
would kill the child, and then set fire
to the mill over head. Il put my trust
in God,' was still the poor girl'sanswer.
In tha meanwhile the rlffan sat down