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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 '
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"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