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Columbia, December:lo,l°sG. HOOFIAND'S German Bitters. For sale at niccoßKl.Ek 0F.1.1, E IT'S Family Medicine Siorc, Odd Fellows' Lily 25. 11E47. IIOUNTRY Produce constantly on hand an d (or sale. by O. SUYDAM & SON. HOMINY, Cranbrrrics, Raisins, Figs, Alm owls, ‘Vuilluts, Cream Nof &r. JO -t received FuTD.oe & OON'S. Columbia. Dec. 20.1.95 a. ASUPERIOR lot of Black and Green Teas, Coiree and Cliocolate.juid receive ,1 al 11 ..x.‘ DAM h .dm's Dec. 20,1 S SG. Comm of Prow and Union st, UST RECEIVED. a beautiful assortment of riFy Gin.. ink al the Heath/thane's and -Nenro Dvpot. Columbia, April 19.1Q57. 17 4 , XTRA Family and Superfine Flour of the bep.i brand, for rule by 11 rslil'lMMA: SON. UST received 1000 lbs. extra double bolted Hue whe:. t Neal, tit Dee. 2 0 . le.ic. 11. SUYDAM & . - WEIKEL'S Instantaneous Yeast or-Bak ing Powder. tor ..nle 11. SUN - DA NI k MIN. FARR& TIIOMPSON'S justly celebrated Coln mt*.V,.l surd other Odd hen' in the .41itlArket — ju•tt received. SIIIKEINEK. Colutnlost. A pril2-.. Nr,s WILY should any person do without a Clock, w ilEll they Clan be had ford LAO and upwards Columbia,. A rril VR.1,555 TABLE and Rock Sill, by the sack or bushel. foo rale low. by Ort 10, 14457 _ TIE GRATH'S ELECTRIC: O 3 L. Ju•t reeelvel. Ire•I supply ofthis popular and for vale by It WILLIAM... May 10,1F5G. Front Street, Columbia. A LARGE a••nrtntent of Rope, all =iee• and lengthe. /1 on hand and (or rale ut March No. 1. then street. ANEW lot of A V WILE ANL) CAR GREASING OILS, received ;.::::.eslore or R. WILLIAMS. Front Si reel. I's. May 10.1°:0 Cold Cream of Glycerine, T OR the Core and Prevention of Chap peel Mind, by lir. 1; H 111:1111. Nov 7, Golden Nlorbir Drug More IM From '•Andromeda and Other Poems," a New Volume 011, she tripped over Ocknell plain, And down by Bradley Water; And the fairest maid of the.forest side Was Jane, the keeper's daughter. Erg She went and went through the broad gray lawns As down the red sun sank, And chill as the scent au new made grays The mist smelt cold and damp. ENA "A token, a token!" that fair maid cried; ••A token that bodes the sorrow; For they that smell the grave by night Will see the corpse to•morrow. "My own true love in Burley walk Does hunt to•ntglit. I fear; A rid if lie meet my futher:etyrn. His game may cost him dear. "Alt, here's a curse on hare and grouse, A curse on hart and hind; And a health to the Squire in all Englund, Leaves never a head behind." Iler true love shot a mighty hurt Among the 9tUtilfillt; r 1 e, When on kilo lepnt that keeper old from the tern where he did lie. 'fire forest laws were sharp and .Itlll, The forest blood W:IP They together for life and death Beneath the !lollies green. The metal good and the walnut wood Doi soon in filmier: tlee: They tossed the Orly to south MO north, And grappled knee to knee. They wre=t;ed up. they wresded down, They wrestled •till and sore; Beneath their feel the myrtle sweet Was stumped to mad and gore. Ah. cold. pale moon, thou cruel pale moon, stareq, w ith never a frown On all the grim and ghastly things That are wrought w diorite mud town. And yet cold. pale moon. thou cruel pale moon, That night initt , ..t never the grace To lighten two dying Christian men To see one ainulter's face. They wrestled upoliey wrestled down, They wre•tled .ore a nd mill; The Goal is ha Maids the eyes of men, Thut night Ile had Ins Like 'pent litag, full among the bent, They dropped awhile to rest; When the 3 clung man drove Ilk oftq Mgt lnife Deep in the Matilda's breted 'Flue old man drove his gunstock down Upon the young man'. head; And hide by side, by the water brown, These }conic') twain lay dead. They dug three graves in Lyndhurst yard; The> dug Mein side by side; Two yeomen luy there. and a maiden fair, A widow and never a bride. We arc not related. His name is John Griffiths, and I am William 'Milder; and we called ourselves the Patagonian brothers, because it looked well in the bills and pleased the public. We met by chance, about six years since, on the race-course at Doncaster, and so took a sort of mutual liking and went partners in a tour through the midland counties. We had never seen or heard of each other up to that time; and though we became good friends, were never greatly intimate. I knew nothing of his past life, nor he of mine, and I never asked him a question on the subject. I am par ticular to have this all clear from the beginning; for I am a plain man, telling a plain story, and I want no one to misunder stand a word of what I am about to relate. H. WILLI:, NIS, Pruut Ntreet We made a little money by our tour. It was not much; but it was more than either of us had been able to earn before; so we agreed to stay together and try our fortune in London. This time we got an engage ment at Astley's for the winter, and, when the summer Caine, joined a traveling circus, and roamed about as before. The circus was a capital thing—a repub lic, so to say, in which all were equals. We had a manager, to whom we paid a fixed salary, and the rest went shares in the profits. There were times when we did not even clear our expenses; there were towns where ice made ten and fifteen pounds a night; but the bad luck went along with the good, and, on the whole, we prospered. We stayed with the company two years and a half in all, and played at every town between York and London. During that time we had found leisure to improve. We knew each other's weight and strength now to a hair, and grew bolder with experience: so that there was scarcely anew feat brought out anywhere which we did not learn, even to the "perche" business, and the trick of walking. head downwards, on a marbleceil ing. The fact is, that we were admirably matched, which, in our profession, is the most important point of all. Our height was the same, to the sixteenth of an inch, and we were not unlike in figtire. If Griffiths possessed a little more muscular strength, I was the more active, and even that difference was in our favor. I believe that, in other respects, we suited each other equally well, and I know, that, fur the three years and a half which we had spent together (counting from our first meeting at Doncaster down to the time when we dissolved partnership with the circus folks) we had never had an angry word. Griffiths was a steady, saving, silent fellow enough, with little grey eyes and heavy black brows. I remember thinking ,nce or twice, that he was not quite the sort .•f* person I would like fur an enemy; but that was in etarence to no act of his, and mly a limey trf buy own. For myself, I can I =El= 10. MINER co iartris. A New Forest Ballad I= gatttitrit. Front Dickens' Household Vords The Patagonian Brothers "NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1858. live with any one who is disposed to live with me, and love peace and good-will better than anything in the world. We had now grown so expert, that we re solved to better ourselves and return to Lon don, which we did somewhere about the end of February or the beginning of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. We put up at a little inn in the Borough; and, before a week was over, found ourselves engaged by Mr. James Rice, of the Belvidere Tavern, at a salary of seven pounds a week. Now, this was a great advance upon all our pre vious gains; and the Tavern was by no means a bad place fur the founding of a theatrical reputation. Situated half way between the west end and the city, surrounded by a densely pop ulated neighborhood, and lying in the very path of the omnibusses, this establishment was one of the most prosperous of its class. There was a theatre, and a concert-room, and a garden, where dancing, and smoking, and rifle-shooting, and supper eating was going on from eight to twslve o'clock every night all through the summer, which made the place a special fallo•ite with the working classes. Here, then, we were engaged (Griffiths and L) with a promise that our salary should be raised_if we proved attractive: and raised it soon was, fur we drew enor mously. We brought out the perche and the ceiling business; came down in the midst of fireworks, from a platform higher than the roof of the theatre; and, in short, did everything that ever yet was done in our line—ay, and did it well too, tho' perhaps it is not my place to say so. At all events, the great colored posters were pasted up all over the town, and our salary was increased to fifteen pounds a week; and the gentleman who writes about the plays in the Sunday Snub, was pleased to observe that there was no performance in London half so wonder ful as that of the Patagonian Brothers; fur which I take this opportunity to thank him kindly. We lodged (of course together) in a quiet street on a hill near Isington. The house was kept by Mrs. Morrison, a respectable, industrious woman, whose husband had been a gas-fitter at one of the theatres, and who was now left a widow with one only daughter just nineteen years of age. She was very good and very pretty. She was christened Alice, but her mother called her Ally, and we soon fell in the same habit; for they were very simple, friendly people, and we were soon as good friends as if we had all been living together in the sum; house for years. I am not a good band at telling a story, as, I dare say, you halve found out by this time,—and, indeed. I never did sit down to write one before,—so I may as well come to the point at once, and confess that I loved her. I also fancied, before many months were over, that she did not altogether dislike me; for a man's wits arc twice as sharp when he is in love, and there is not a blush, or a glance, or a word, that he does not con trive to build some hope upon. So one day when Griffiths was out, I went down stairs to the parlor, where she VC:I9 sitting by the window sewing, and took a chair beside her. "Ally, my dear," said I, stopping her right hand from working, and taking it up in both of mine; "Ally, my dear, I want to speak to you." She blushed, and turned pale, and blushed again, and I felt the pulses in her little soft hand throbbing like the heart of a fright ened bird, but she never answered a sylla ble. "Ally, my dear," said I, "I em a plain man. I am thirty-two years of age. I don't know how to flatter like some folks, and I have had very little book-learning to speak 4.,f. But, my dear, I love you; and though I don't pretend that you are the first girl I ever fancied, I can truly say that you are the first I ever cared to make my wife. So, if you'll take me, such as I am, I'll be a true husband to you al long as I live." What answer she made, or whether she spoke at all, is more than I can undertake to toll, fur my ideas were all confused, and I only remember that I kissed her, and felt very happy, and that, when Mrs. Morrison came into the room, she found me with my urns clasped aroung my darling's waist. I scarcely knew when it was thatl first noticed the change in John Griffiths; but, that it was somewhere about this time, lam tolerably certain. It is hard to put looks into words, and to make account of trifles that, after all, are matters of feeling more than matters of fact; but others saw the change ac well as myself; and no one could help observing that lie grew to be more silent and unsociable than ever. He kept away from home as much as possible. He spent all his Sundays out, starting away the first thing after breakfast, and not coming back again till close upon midnight. Ile even put an end to our friendly custom of walking home together after our night's work was over, and joined a sort of tap-room club that was kept up by a dozen or so of idle fellows belonging to the theatre. Worse thrn this, he scarcely exchanged a word with me from morning till night, even when we were at meals. Ho watched me about the room as if I had been a thief. And sometimes, though I am sure I never wronged him willingly in my life, I caught him looking at me from under those black brows of his as if he hated me. More than once I laid my hand upon his sleeve as he was hurrying away on Sundays, or turning off towards the club-room at night, and said, "Griffiths, have you got anything against me?"—or,"Griffiths, won't you come home to a friendly glass with me to-night?" But he either shook me off without a word, or muttered some sulky denial thatisounded more like a curse than a civil answer; so I got tired of peace-making at last, and let him go his own way and choose his own company. The summer was already far advanced, and our engagement at the Belvidere had well nigh ended, when I began to buy the furniture, and Ally to prepare her wedding things. Matters continued the same with John Griffiths; but,when the day was fixed, I made up my mind to try him once again, and invite him to the church and the din ner. The circumstances of that invitation are as clear in my memory as if the whole affair had taken place this morning. It was on the twenty-niuth of July, (I am particular about dates,) and there had been a general call to rehearsel at one o'clock that day. The weather was \Cann and hazy, and I started early that I might not go in late or tired; 'for I knew that, what with the rehearsal and the new piece, and the Terrific Descent, I should have enough to do before my day's work was over. The consequence was that I arrived about twenty minutes too soon. The gardens had a dreary look by daylight; but they were pleasanter, anyhow, than the theatre: so I loitered up and down among the smoky trees, and watched the waiters polishing the stains off the tables in the summer-houses. and thought how shabby the fountains looked when they were not playing, and what mis erable gim-crack concerns were the stalac tite cases and the eosmoramic grottoes, and all the other attractions which looked so fine In- the light of colored lamps and fire-works. Well, just as I was sauntering on, turn ing these things over in my mind, whom should I see in one of the summer houses but John Griffiths. no was lying forward upon the table with hiS face resting upon his clasped hands, sound asleep. An empty ale-bottle and glass stood close beside him, and his stick had fallen near his chair. I could not be mistaken in him, though his face was hidden; so I went up and touched him smartly on the shoulder. "A fine morning, John?" says I. "I thought I was lieree'arly. but it scorns that you were before me, after all." Ile sprang to Ms feet at the sound of my voice, as if he had been struck, and then turned impatiently away. "What did you wake me for?" ho said, sullenly. Because I hare news to tell you. You know that the sixth of August will be our lust night here Well, mate, on the seventh, please Clod, I am going to be mar ried, and--" "Curse you!" he interrupted, turning a livid face upon me, and an eye that glared like a tiger's. "Curse you! How dare you come to me with that tale, you smooth-Need hound? to me. of all men living?" I was so little prepared fur the burst of passion, that I had nothing to say; and so he wont on: "W'hy can't you let me alone? Why do you tempt me? I have kept my hands ofF or you till now—" He paused and bit his lip, and I saw that he was trembling from head to foot. lam no coward—it's not likely that I should he a Patigonian Brother if I was—but the sight of his hatred seemed to turn me, fur the moment quite sick and giddy. "My God:" said 1, leaning up against the table, "what do you mean! Arc you mad?" lie made no answer: but looked stiaight at me. and then walked away. I don't know how it was: but from that moment I knew all. It was written, somehow, in his face. "Oh, Ally dear, I said to myself, with a kind of groan, and sat down on the nearest bench; I believe that nt that moment, I scarcely knew where I NV:I9, or what I was doing. I did not see him again till we met on the stage, about an hour afterwards, to go through our scene in the rehearsal. It was a grand Easter piece with a great deal of firing, and real water, and a live camel in the last net; mid Griffiths and I were Mo zambique slaves, performing before the rajah in the hall of Candelabras. Except ing that it cost a great deal of money, that is all I ever knew about the plot; and, upon my word, I don't beliese that any body else knew much more. By this time I had, of course, recovered my u , ual composure; but '/ I could see that Griffiths had been drinking, for his face was flushed and his balance unsteady. When the rehearsal was over, Mr. Rice called us into his private room and brought out a decanter of Sherry, with which I must say he was always as liberal as any gentleman could be. "Patagonians," says lie, for he bad a wonderfully merry way with him, and always called us by that name, "I suppose you would make 110 objection to a little matter of extra work and extra pay on the sixth—just to end the season with some thing stunning—hey?" "No, no, sir, not we," replied Griffiths, in a sort of hearty manner that wasn't nat ural to him. "We're ready for anything. Is it the flying business you spoke about the other day?" "Better than that," said the manager. filling the glasses. "It's a new French feat that has never yet been done in this country, and they call it the trapeze. Pat agonians, your health!" So we drank his in return, and Mr. Bice explained all about it. It was to be an ex hibition of posturing and a balloon ascent both in one. At some distance below the car was to be secured a triangular wooden framework, which framework, was called the trapaze. Frain the lower pole, or base of this triangle, one of us was to be suspended, with a ligature of strong leather attached to his ankle, in case of accidents. Just as the balloon was rising and this man psconding bead downwards, the other was to catch him by the hands and go up also, having, if he preferred it, some band or other to bind him to his companion. In this posi tion we were then to go through our cus tomary performances, continuing them so long as the balloon remained in bight. "All this," said Mr. Rice, "sounds much more dangerous than it really is. The mo tion of the hallow, through the air is so , teady and imperceptible that, but fur the knowledge of being up above the housetops, you will ha•forut ;almost as comfortably as in the gardens. Bei;ides, I ant speaking to brave men who know their business, and are not to be dashed at trifles—hey, Patago- Mans?" Griffiths brought his band down heavily upon the table, and made the glass ring again. "I am ready, sir," said he with an oath. "I'm ready to do it alone, if any man here is afraid to go with mel" Ile looked at me as he said this, with a sort of mocking laugh that brought the blood up into my face. "If you mean that tbr me, John," said I. quickly, "I'm no snore afraid than yourself: and if that's all about it. I'll go up to night!" If I was to try from now till this day next year, I never could describe the expression that came over his face as I spoke those words. It scented to turn all the current of my blood. I could nut usalerstand it then—but I understood it well enough after wards. Well, Mr. Rice was mightily pleased to find us so willing, and a very few more words ended the matter. Mr. Staines and his famous Wurtemburg balloon were to be engaged, fifteen hundred additional colored lamps were to be hired, and Griffiths and were to receive ten pounds a piece for the evening, et er and above our general salary. Poor Ally! In the midst of the excite ment I had forgotten her, and it war, not till I was out of the theatre and walking slowly homewards that I remembered she must lie told. For my own part, I did not believe there was the slightest danger; but I knew how her fears would magnify everything. and the nearer I came to Islington the more uncomfortable I felt. After all, I was such coward--for I always am a coward where women are concerned—that I could not tell her that day, nor even the next; and it was only on Sunday, when we were sitting to gether after dinner; that I found o'er:lgo to speak of it. I had expected something of a scene: but I had no idea that she would hai c taken on as site did, and I declare that. even then, if the posters had not been already out and myself bound in honor• to net up to my engagement, I would have gone straight to Mr. Rice and declined the business alto gether. Poor little, soft hearted darling! it was a sore trial to her and to me also, and I was an inconsiderate idiot not to have thought of her feelings in the first instance. But there was no help fur it now: so I gale her the only consolation in my ;tower by solemnly Promising that I would be the first man tied to the trapeze. It was, of course ; the safest position, and when I had assured her of this she grew calmer. On all other points I kept my own counsel, as you may be certain, and as to John Griffiths; I saw less of him than ever. Ile even took his meals in the city now, and during the seven days that elapsed between the twenty•ninth and the sixth, never once came face to face with tue, except upon the stage. I had a hard matter to get away from home when the afternoon of the sixth came round. My darling clung 'llona me as if her heart would break, and although I did my best to cheer her, I don't mind confess ing now that I went out and cried a tear or two in the passage. "Keep up your spirits, Ally dear," says 1, smiling and kissing her the last thing before I left the house. "And don't lie spoiling your pretty eyes in that way. Remember I want you to look well, and that it e are to be married to-morrow." The multitude in the Belvidere gardens was something wonderful. There they were, men, women and children, thronging the balconies, the orchestra-stairs, and every available ineh of ground, and there, in the midst of them. rolled and swayed the huge Wurtemburg balloon, like a sleepy, lolling giant. The ascent was fixed for six o'clock. that we might come down again by daylight, so I made haste to dress, and then went to the green-room to see after Mr. Rice, and hear something of what was going forward. Mr. Rice was there, and three gentlemen with him. namely, Colonel Stewart, Captain Crawford, and Sidney Baird, F, , ,paire. They were fine handsome looking gentlemen, all three—cspeci•tlly Sidney Baird, Esquire, who was, as I have since been told, a play writer, and one of the cleverest men of the day. I was going to draw hack when I saw them sitting there with their wine and cigars. but they would have me in to take $1,50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,00 IF NOT IN ADVANCE a glass of port and ...hook hands with ma all .Lroun3 as polite as possible, and treated me as handsome as any gentlemen email "Here's health and success to you, my brave fellow," says Colonel Stewart, and a pleasant trip to us all!" and then I found that they were going up in the ear with Mr. Stains. And now, what with their light cheerful ways and pleasant talking, and what with the glass of wine that I had taken, and the excitement, and the hum of voices front the crowd outside, I was in first-rate spirits, and impatient to be off as a racer at a starting point. Presently one of the gentle men looked at his watch. "What are we waiting for?" said be.— "It is ten minutes past six already." And so it was. Ten minutes past the hour, and Griffiths had not yet been seen or heard of. Well Mr. Rice grew very uneasy and the crowd was very noisy, and so twenty minutes more went by. Then we made up our minds to go without him, and Mr. Rice made a little speech and explained it to the people, and then there was a cheer, and a great bustle; and the gentlemen took their seats in the cur and a hamper full of champaign and cold chieken was put in with them, and I was made fast by one leg to the ba.e of the trapeze: and Mr. Staines was just about to get in himself and give the signal to cut louse, when who should we see forcing his way through the crowd bat Griffiths. Of course there was another cheer at this and a delay of eight or ten minutes more while lie was dressing. At last he came, and it was now just a quarter to smell o'clock. lie looked very sullen when he found that he was to be the undermost: but there seas no time to change any thing now, even if 1 had been willing; so his left wrist and my right were bound together by a leathern strap, the signal was given, the band struck up. the crowd applauded like mail, and the balloon rose straight and steady above the heads of the people. Down sank the trees and the fountains, and the pavement of upturned faces. Down sank the roof of the theatre, and fainter grew the sound of the hurrahing and the music. The sensation was so strange, that for the first moment I was forced to close my eyes, and felt as if I must full and be dashed to pieces. But that soon passed away, and by the time we had risen to about three hundred feet I was as comfort able as if had been born and bred in the air with my head downwards. Pressently we began our performances.— Griffiths was as cool as possible—l never saw him cooler—and we went through every conceivable attitude; now swinging by our hands, now by our feet, now throw ing summersaults over the other. And during the whole of this time the streets and squares seemed to sink away to the right, and the noises from the lit ing world died on the air--and, as I turned and dung, changing my posititn with every minute, I caught strange flitting glimpses of the sun. sct and the city, the sky and the river, the gentlemen leaning over the car and the tiny passengers swarming down below like ants on an ant-hill. Then the gentlemen grew tired lennitig over: and began to talk and laugh, and busy them elves over their hamper. Then the Surrey hills drew near, and the city sank away to the right, farther, and farther.— Then there was nothing but green fields with lines of railway cros,ing them here and there, and presently it grew damp and misty, and we cea , ed to see anything, ex cept through breaks and cpeuings in the clouds. "Come, John;" says I, "our share of this business is done. Don't you think we might as well be getting in the car?" He was hanging below just then,Atolding on by my two hand, and hail been banging so quite quiet, for some minutes. llc didn't seem to hear me, and no wonder, for the clouds were gathering about so thickly. that even the voices of the gentlemen nit above grew muflletl, and I could hardly see yattl before me in any direction. So I called to him again, and rcrcated the ques tion. lle made no answer, lint shifted his grasp from my hand to my wrist, and then up to the middle of my arm, so rai , di,g him , elf by degrees, till our faces came nearly on a level. There he paused, and I felt his hot breath on any cheek. "William Welder," said he hoarsely, "wasn't to-morrow to have been your wed- ding day'•' Something in the tone of his voice, in the question, in the du , k and dreadful solitude. struck me with horror. I tried to shake off hit hands. but Ito held too fag for that. "We 11,,, what if it was?" said I, after a moment. "Vou needn't grip so hard.— Catch bold of the pule, Will you? and let go of my arm,?" lle bate a short Lard laugh: but Dever stirred "I suppose were about two thousand fret high." -acs he, and it seemed to me that lie had something I.et %leen his teeth. ''lf either of WVIS he'd Le a dead man hefore Le touched the ground," I would ha e given the world at 111:it mo ment to be able to sec Id. five, but what with my own head being downward•, and all Lin weight hanging to my arms., I had no more power than ex infant. "John:" I exclaimed, "what do you mean!, Catch hold of the pole, and let me do the same. My head . .son fire ' [WHOLE NUMBER, 1,445; "DJ yOU bee rail he, cdtcl,ing my nrin a couple of "'wile, liigiicr up, and log right up into my fuee. "Do you see IME It wag a large open eLtsp-knife, and was holding it between his teeth. llis breath seemed to hiss over the cold blade. "I bought it this evening—l hid it in my belt—l waited till the clouds came roomd and there wit; no soul to see me. Pt e..iently I shall eat you away from the balloon. I took an oath that you should never have her, and I mean to keep it:" A ditnnes.: came ONer my eye , , and every thing grew red: I felt that in another min ute I should be insensibl. He thought I was so already, and letting my arms free, wade a spring at the pole overhead. That spring saved we. Our wrists were bound together, and as he I'OSC he drew me along with him. for I was so faint and giddy that I mold make no effort for myself. I saw hint hold by the pole with Ida left hand, and I saw him tale the knife in his right. I felt the eold atcel pa- , between his writ and mine, and then 4 * * And then, the horror of the moment :rave me back my strength, and I elan:; to the frame•work ja.t. a- the titan % gat e way. Ire were ,eparate.l now, and I Iva; still , ecured to the trapeze lty one anelo. Ile had only hi, arm, to trt, , t—and the knife. Oh, the deadly, strife that followed! it sicked, me to think of it. Ili, only hope now lay in the eur,o,l weapon: and so, eling ing to the wood-xt ttik with 4,110 hand, he stroxe to slat, me with the other. It was life ru..l death now, and I grew desperate. TO feel his nnu•dcicus clutch upon my throat, and, in tho silence of that hideous stru L n. , ,lo, ti hear the report of a elLampaign cork—follott ed by n 1•oal or care laughter—overhead Oh, it was worse than de.Lth, a hundred times 11211 I cannot tell how long we clung thus, each with a hand upon the other's throat. It may have only been a few seconds, but it seemed like hours to me. The question was simply which should be strangled first. Presently his grip relaxed, his lilw became dead white, and a shudder ran through every fibre of his body. He had turned giddy! Then a cry burst from him—a cry like nothing human. He made a false clutch at the trapeze, and reeled over. I caught him, just in time, by the belt around his waist. "It's all over with me," lie groaned be tween hii set teeth. "It's all—otter—with me! Take your revenge!" Then his head fell heavily back, and lie hung, a dead weight on my arm. I did take my revenge, but it was hard work, as I was already half exhausted.— How I contrived to bold him up, to unbind toy foot, and to crawl, and so laden, up the ropes, is more than I can tell, but my pres ence of mind never failed me for an instant, and I suppose the excitement gave me a s.,rt of Us:. strength while it lasted. At all merit , 1 did it, thou;lt I now only remember climbing over tire basket work, and seeing the faces of the gentlemen all turned upon me as 1 sank to the bottom of the car, scarcely more aliNe than the burden in my INEI lie is a penitent man now, an Australian settler, and, as 1 ant told, well to do in those parts. This is my story, :inki I Lave no more to tell. Romance of Western History. Where is toe 11'e-t? Like tile indefinable hot icon, it is Continually retreating. We thought it wit% but a short way off, and now it is beyond the Mississippi, and far away on the shores of the Paeille. The island 9 of the ocean, and then the Old World, will be our Wit-t! tho , o of oar roodor, who are now in th:, rt.'4 . 101,1 qr W0W..1 !..iy that Ohio and K l`lltticky were. only a tdp,rt generation since, the 11 - e•t: then Leiiatta and Illinois ‘vere the far "West! It was in those flays, and in the Nall ,, y of the Ohio, that Judge Hall li t hl the t .eeno of a N ery interesting volnice called "The 'Romance of Western lli-tory." Like. all hi.; work;q, it is elegant ly NI titten, sanoub, and plea.ant: but to tho , e Bch to reininiscenet , lie back the pioneer , . or who. in their boyhood. a-- sociated .nith them, thi, rota: a'' (albeit lei romance than fieti ha- a peculiar 7e , t. It bring.: up. like a gonl pieture taken hi other dity4, the ilre.“. attitude, and appear ance of the old race. liu once lived here and stru! , alc.l throd4h the 1.1. mi-barbaric period of civililation. It i. only by such that we can have our knowlolge of theta, for they c.:11 never re urn Let us ; torte a paragraph or two from this romance of hisntry. that we may catch a sidelong glance at the old pioneer. Judge Hall relates a story of (as 're understood it) Mubirow, who gave name to Muldrow, still in Kentucky. This man, who is one of the earliest pioneers, had a cabin in one of the rugged acclivities of the hill or mountain named from him. He had bsen there a year or two, and was searching, for game, %%lien NT a small dog running in his trm . ht and t , titnpo , e4 an lioltan ma, near.— In a few minutes tli. , orraer of the dog came utepping eaution-ly along:. glancing sealonsly :mound. r.ml making signals to his dog. The ow-tier of him halted in front I : of the bunter, at,l full exposed to view.— ' lie 'All. a tall, athletic man, completely armed with rifle and tomahawk and knife; but Atte:her he wa. a ',Alike wan or Indian
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