VrtV'itft ia'.it'M sV'' 'T-' 0 ONECOP.V ONE YEAR. IN AUVAliidE.'' ' ' 1 4'i 00 Witlu- TIIREB MONTH. | 05 BlifiMohTils.:.' -• ' ’ •*> 6o , ibisraT-PAibWn'hlN TMINE MONTHS, J' ! ■ 173 ( i pNO'tmDtv traintwbLvEMorons,! "do 6 r ■ Is-/ oou-otry paper State, will beexacw^. ! iiiinalinirearpße.fiavj, '.Oiconpalil. .'lll It'.- , ■ •••• •" .... ' ‘ I f;ti&W J >£S^'WAtfito'v : orrbßTMA6ifEßa.' , 'Aortviaiijwrtha^uwcriptwnwopoy;^ thHu*e)*6*.6rto other*. TTmTi ! '' •«•***** •, , il "" 11 ‘ rto •<;;•/! li[iliriitAßfll?6'GllßSTr r> ' n ! ‘ I n l dried: £>onß<i“why do yo«,.put tho ; k Q y, m • V r 'A'Vi- , ' “Don’t bp alarmed, my little dear* ho smiling, . “I’m come to pay you a material .for. tm- TJIQ , , iplo must-have hung heavy i'dwWswW uutlvors renown, tpat on . your hands all alone bore.- >. ' &'ibg in'tlui .world, ft..,«««,al all- But what, do you mean e^> n & [ thatl ,j h * <J II J a Wpbcketipg the key ?!’' , i{B«ct»%.#^r.: Iho gold is yOur.onv instead ofanswerioghe went qp to her / real palace of romance ; blood is_the Qn( j patted her on. thochcck. Sho sprang jmonade.oj’imqderft |itotature r !; \Yeßus- s jaQ^.f rt jm-.W.i»,. ~ , '■ • • iana niustppjt .tfendain behind thp >ya, „ W hy do you lock the door 1 Give me iftiift'flttr-% l es theikeyi orjliwUl wy out.”- ‘ ••S BtnppettT *i“ r ; oThat wtU. do J Oll no good. I know I Spdns a people utlprly! devoid of all cul-. • WQ u : jherp.>S;PO one in the house. I ure nnd..taste, ‘for theihonpr jof our epun- . ~A p re tty, thing, indeed ! Come in with -1 the,Ashton of, th R , (lw d „ or a 3 if you were in your own lfflw;;b«Vpnii=?ndWon i , bauSe! » t; ~ . | J llho first and last timo in my life, and that 4( j ahvoyadock floo r; when 1 hav£ ( I thchono shall a second, time; de?nan4 sacfi a lhc iuck t 0 bo nlonc with so pretty a girlj I Sacrifice,of m 6. I'# .relate a simple an-, aB . vou> my ange l 1” and once more ho pat -1 ¥cdotp \y|?iqhl had,orpra persons of,,un- tQC ]'.| iet: ,.cheek with his coarse dirty hand., ii ydoubted vpi®city, end who, mpreovei', had The ftngr y. Duna retreated into.-a corner, j ? £n excellent nack of telling a story; ,It is ugu{ w ho are you ] It is very hand-; ' fone that piado a deep impression,upon,mo,, sq g is,,to make fun. of a girl, and I faian instance of the , marvellous ways of lense her so without any .acquaintance.” %ivino justice-;', . “I never, visit acquaintances,” he reph-1 "tS Two.vprstp ffoip— ;, ■il i ed, with.an altered look,, and a tone that 'l-H One conditiomrqore, You must allow |. rozo l jje poor girl’s blood. • . 1 &ic to premise that my.rpbber, ls nonc ot i„ every antechamber and chancery el- virtuous sort. . ,1 tell my tale .only for flcej Duna borp the reputation ol a girl of; of my, readers, irit> she was no easy conquest. Manyt ibr.iheir, inqtructiqn,, bpt by no for ai p resuro ptuous clerk had felt the print 0 , ■ihd purpose of acquiring for myself the . )er nai | a ; n hi B face to that degree that be j Reputation-of a philosopher of the ‘‘ypung ; ?ag nol | il{e ly to forgot it, though he should fcchool” of moreover, I rather bv p 'to.be,a master in chancery. Cunn, ' iride myself on nptheipg ,ahle:to cornpre- i 6 f ac{( <ljd honor to the virtpp of St. 1e - ihend their phijpsqp.hy- : i . tershurg. ; But a bashful provincial chari i lv Two vprsts. from Yy—n,.upon an erm- with his inky fingers,, is a tn-, ■ lienee (between a wood,: a morass, and a fletoa g i r [ >vhp has been; brought up |n , : ;»vßr, atsopQ distance from tho high road, [hs Nevska Perspective; and unshaved, ’Viands a wooden country house with a broa d. s h PV ildered, ugly vagabond, in a ■ ireen and,antiquated roof. Here usually f reizo clpaU, with red moustaches and a •Sirouiihout. tlit? .summer, and sometimes v j o j eut nose, is quite n .diflereut sort ot j tfv> ; imautumh, resides Gaurila Micbailo- t ),iqg, and enough tp frighten any hod). Avimh a retire - captain ’v pdntprcs ' Hurm hegnp lo P r y- , , ~ , ~ , • justice, a very worthy a? (lDon >t /C ry, my little duck ! I won tdo dtstriqt. ,in Ihq depart* vou any ,harm,” he said in a softer tone, Jpemi "yiu.r: , t : -k. * n s ho drew near her. -Now, this solte. ; Rirlvonp Sunday morning m.tfifi nionth tone . a i armQ d:l)eV even more, and .she in l .'' : S('»Au<mst,.;‘ls3Qi,| bis ..Worship ■J&'ffM voluntarily stretched out lief arins to keep ; uMichaitowiichi Avith his honored lady s{f t .-i • ... * •• « : i ! Spra'skpvya .Yegorovna,-sot off for thp city . iiVVho.nreyou, 1 say 4 she cried, in ■ Rn'a hrttschka (o transact,.Sundry, .urgent d S scauvbay!ii‘Jv aI tft 83U y‘P u I ? DQf^ "Matters of business, yiz.,'tO go-to church, ; wilh a fi re ,. that was.gradually. extinguish to drink with his reverence and prototype, e( j bv ber gpsh’m.g tqars. , . to C cat‘ and' he convival with the disfrict ~ uy ou tell mo on the spot who you hdiitthe town from the afo » , ;i . .* cdmmah'dftht’s 'lhdy, to read the . St. I o • «Wholan>r iershdrg papers at, jhedisfrict trcasqfer s, „ YeB> wh(J are yon?. Your calling ?- ' "an'R'to play ! bdston; at fhe .govefnoivs. .ypu.r name ?” •i'Scarceiv had' the master'and mistress dViv- »] ap(l a mief.” , . . , ' MriTrdmWieiMoprywlieh'all the servants , h i e f!” she echoed falteringly, turn :; ‘fSi!ovied r fheif ’ exAmplo arid quitted ; the ■ aß , wbite 0 » snow- ■“ f J >{ouse 1; i 'The butler went to see. Ins cousin , 4< j nrn a thief bv name ,anu n ropber by l in the village i, the cook Bfeloblc himsbirtb slal i on) ” he said with a smile, and looking f.fhV'piihiic-liodse (6 drink brandy'; tfijefcopk- w „det:ly,in(p her blue oyes ; but the smile > the river to catch crayfish ; Procli- L n j li4 f acv , .resembled the ghast y glim ' ijr 1 and tvent hutting in the' wood ; | roer ing of the naopn upon the foul waters ■ Vaska and Natasha strayed to the heath, pf |ho morasSf . This.is the approved style ' tb-'&AhrcrifAbfiWes, &c-! Duna alonei; Jn robberrUilqs, so. you see tbqre was no ’ Wained in : Rehouse; Duna, the pearl of;- ke U 1 lhe nqatter; after such aphrase all Ify’Wt-a department, fiords a lily,' sorls . Q f horrors may ho expected. Duna b fresh ns a :rosq v graceful as a cedar., a ;. wa9 t ,, rr if ic q. {not pt the phrase, hut at the ': JMYfyr virlublis damsel, by;her* calfing and n fold trempr.-rpn through her §B ; hte*ft»aid,'.iy;her'nafura! good quplt- ’ fra(De , but seeing that hpr visitor r%j, IfHh liivqritedf her mistress, the grand , nak i n g sport.of;.her uneasiness,; qhe,ro U lujjjeil hf the'Tr'equent visits of the music)- eJ herself a little, and, cried out bqrrioqty, fwrthe feW td‘the woman’s apaitments, ut . w j lh „ tremulous voice, . ill.. ■ n lh6’*vYctiin oNIi 1 indrdinato propensity .of »«a robber? Poll! whqt a iiorrid.hfe- . Ihd'iiiStric't cleft's for kissmg, the joddass ..jEvery man W.-hip. calling. I hud an- S>r ; whose'sajtfe‘the governdr’s valet, who ql h er once i but now, I say, my pretty lass, 'lke"tferself had- lieen brought up in the ■ iva mo ■ something to eat. 1 have not put ‘cretit \yo ; rld, in the .ftevska Perspective, | a bit in n)V mouth these three days. We ifenlected the poiishingof his, masters : w ili:Havo breakfast .together, and then— ' *Ldtb' to the great hcaiidai and indignation With a sudden gestjure he threw his arm < 'Art'fic' , 'wilhie provincial administration.;— aro und her necli, t{> kiss The sigpt ilidiio' l b'ill; , hh'boUld' ] k l her flings, 0 f b i s bristly'chin and fonpioablo mous ittoriy huf'she estimate -the grace tacbes charging fo' fiercely upon her, the i6PhlS^pbrtmeht'': ; Thoy I 'ihntuttlly 'adorn r sight c f his ugly red note, ed each Hearts- can adore touobe d her chbbk,.pusher in a dow g . fthtt fiavoatakett; fire bji the Kasan Bridge i Wsion.ji and with the'strongth that .wake* - AviSt Petorsburgpandlhey wero aßhappy .herOes of us'in mdments of oxtrema.pon , : B he pushed the;uudaciouBfellow ; badk _ ( rdslfißta'tfn'fh'i . :‘fHhnds*on, if youiplpasc, Mrjltohbe . fwavslfrSlSScS. ;©;nha, W ltd thankyou notlto ftighten »fcjdotb- fiiter, doors, ing. I know what you a, *■ • *&*SSM tegtt SA !-i «*.buuno» r ,0 'iri'ilil'tfiM ! hW'illksler bufl tell you iyiu ulUory grout shuofc. • '.*• Ssmu“)jSoWS, hove yo» Jl| iu.:^ r i .l'« atb'S« s&. s» I*. *°r S£S3 ;b.iißithQrei cautiously!dntordd throVigh far?akfast.nlrea y-. { . mut t ero( 3 , open: door a’ fdllbiv itt' ti ttfflot- /‘WhatJ hoiMUWO, ilfrloaii 1 Iciloak ; toUtidg hid brow,t a ” < {.^thisiri igt hand «thy facdm'tfch Ihi warn Of the harbor’d glatute.tih tlmigirhp 1 _ P gccihis?’ w&ssssszs^ jglsS ifi n S s.!;-.44tavd^,tim ?i tojokoiv.th Danar tflocdledotawndlmrFonr Duna setajeediantbibpenteyesr "’ :>h a sigh from.bbd ;s(»rnetlpetrifitldihy tiJB/basiliskigjniice • • n v > .»lt.ia not)hal?.’nMeanV| ab ‘lßtsakfi>Sti” .bdishnuted. , t • J Kadi ntemisdoinii tuba r ;i :Pln»nadiaWly..U .vailmd fitiuwi h;’l,’lf iBtaSoIMMMISd iheuW (oilfMte ha.va-no.4ifnevta. " llr/ j fShM'jtMitt.lnoi.thoCiy.MUufdajhitt the teup* : • k ?’ N M & 3 fcaUblUV liA [attpa * ** I WOIJMXMft byjdWßj siemMitw IBHWIW hoKOOtU*- fclllowfw knif. 000 bvfis: Mk- •ugh* »d SUP iHthtlU* edTuta* KjElodie* . iptnoa* l . tatttnflM. D UTZ- » 4 ‘SfSStt.. *fssr rV”' pr?vL vemt’i (he n£ w ■V)9I 1W- I 21k, had] q thigM v caus ‘ I'wh.e. r e *i ‘ledU^telyl a aO*P- fye death] hqropfr a sharp bowdiog tfstriw* S\. «• I a;|"V o —: ii ''T i oi' S .?• >!s^:ii f :11 | (traraM-H ”' ''' '"' ,U WEEIiLV i’AVRH: V'EVOTKD TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, AND rOKEUK AND BOMESTK .STELLIGENCK VJ ■->. .1 irrv^rnrr-TTT^in , VollllßO H,:' .MA 3$T 1 UcaHicl'l, f».i„ Fctoai’y I KISS9. “Shotf me into tfie'Wrlori’ put'dvery thing you Have got on tho tabic, arid stjr yourself.” ■■'■■■■ Pale bewildered, she trotted to the cupboard iri'the antechamber. fife stuck tho knife in 'his 1 boot and follbvVed her step 1 . Bread, brandy, salt, butter, cheese, and cold roast veal, were placed on the table where the proprietors of the house had re. cently breakfasted, before setting oil for the I town. ' He seated himself, seized Duna s jnrm, nhd forced her down beside him. “\Vell,Tsay/’‘fiaid he, bolting,the Jat veal with raVenous verocitv,’ Mid'squinting sideways at'his companion, "1 gave you a jolly start, didn’t I!” “Ibelieve you did! ■' I wpndcr who would not be frightened so'!” “You did wrong to stand out against me. If you had done what I wanted at once | . Your health. Drink a little drop ! to keep nte company.” “I never touch brandy.”, “That’s h pity ; its capital brandy.— What’s your name 7” “Catharine Nicola.” •‘That’s a lie,” he Said, with his mouth full, and scowling on her, I know your nnfme is Avdotya Ycrcmeycvna.” “Then why "do you ask, ifyouknoW?” “To try your candour. Capital bran dy to be sure ; is thefe'nny moro of it! ' “There is another bottle in the cup board.” „ “Have the goodness to bring it here. “There it is.” “Thank you. By your leave, I’Wgive you a kiss for it.” Duna no longer dared to resist; she sub mitted with the best grace she could to the rude kiss, contenting herself with wiping tho place whero his sharp beard had scratched her tcnder.skin till it almost bled. “To let you sco that 1 am up to a thing or two,” ho went on, after he had gulped his third glass of brandy, “1 will tell you, that a clerk brought your master 1500 ru ble? yesterday from Ivanovitch F , who/e case was brought last week before | tho district court. Is not that true 7 “Mnv bti 56.” “Well, where does your master keep his money “Really I do not know,” “But Ido ; we shall soon find it. Av dotyn Yererneyevna, my pet, my darling!” “What is your pleasure 7” “I wish, my love, you would be socia- bib.” , . . Poor Duna was forced to mnke a snow of bfeiug sociable. Tho gucsi was in the happiest humor ; he laughed and joked with her. Duna gradually forgot her ter rors, grew bolder,,defended herself'becom inglv, nay, laughed aloud, and endciyor-1 ed to disguise‘her. intense anxiety under a j show of cheerfulness, whilst in secret she prayed fervently to Heaven'that the red,- noqed gubst/ might soon cat and drink his '(ill, anil take His leave, and the incompara ble* Ivan might soon arrive to indemnify her sensitive heart for litis fearful torment. ' ‘ Alas! Ivait, who had got leavo of the oov'ernOf, left the town, and sped with has ty steps, and with a heart brimful of ten derness -and hopO, to meet her. He walk cd not, lie flew. Cupid had tastened his own wings to his hbots. lie flew like an urrow. %dt on his way lay a brandy shop • there Is n 6 road Without them. He would have passed by it; but in the shop were his acquaintances,his beloved friends, pfe made a halt with them for a moment, only a moment, awl got tipsy with them. It happened quite against his will; he was cvc-n in dispair at it.. Altogether it was one of tho most memorable victories ever achieved by Friendship over Love. Mennwhilo tho ugly vagabond had.emp tied his sixth glass of brundy. At tho sev enth he grew pensive, pursed his brows, bit his lips as if a pang shot vitals'; a daVk shadow! passed like a clodU over his countenance; suddenly Hq spi'ahg ■from'Kid seat, aid' it, pilshed so feii-pngly against Kis combamori, tkLt-'kh'e almdbt fell' betwebn tnB #t.. Hb | looked' round uneasily,-.took tho'brahdy -bfc ihd Wend, and a piece'of fheatij-oln the me, ■ pdt tWe'hv alt in tb thd‘ rathofnleds pickets 'Of .KispblOak, and' said;;“Thank you'fdr bread apd hd?6jfa]. itv Gaurila, Miihailovitch keeps his.mo !h’ev id' this'tecretary/Jdh 1 Why don t;you snnkk Ydtifsee I nlh hot -such a bad fei 'low'as'ybti tnWughtat fiWj^tty'pgk. i I tevb‘ / y6u^l‘you'* do* inoCh, , : At Jr trib' , « ll sdH'qra‘ death v 9 u. r wouldtikb bbst to diet Shall y™' I -h&WW 01 ? I hah«Vou'V beam foV ldslako? S&'ttirtftdfonlfsby^hafyou;^ Kke'Kfestl'bhamiingDaHa. ‘ ■ 41 What‘.pleasure' can 'you takd m pla gui ««“m l ap 1 ri :w.dJuph, ribt crediting the' tlSVy'jester with the red nose cbjlld'Uuih'eawi'est. " ;. ; ... •““Why ddA’t yoivhhsvVcr V’ .ho*said, fax-- : S3niiAing'tho''sedreta'ry ,ajid;'the Ibdk- ‘‘l ! (Should bd' gVad <to youTj- Avduld trdthbrf bo ,l hahgbd; •Waarilit 1 Michailoviteh’; lTbepd:'his, mqhby •uh , dbt't,wd3bckdi;doed'bß : T ( d’.bit: it ' f riot‘^i‘^e‘ ha;v© foaked pppO. .So 'Savlhd, ‘h'otObk'an if bn msdrumebt put Of ithpontlip ml- '‘Ohphstoddlad if sp6lf in all her frapne. lS4:l|!l V'-'- a'-. r.il*. Jit I <• ! .V’iifKtt'ii'! i In 1 1 _u-. “Well, what isifthon? Speak out Av tfotva Yoremoyoria. Can’t you make up, your mind? Cut's© the lock. Avdo ytx YeremeybVnn, I wait your answer, my precious. This' is the strongest lock Ivo seen this many ft day. Will you speak or not?” " ' „ The secretary was burst open wgn a CTash. ~ ,r> i “Who ! what a lot of fine things ! Rank notes, and ducats, and watches! They don’t go: spoiled riiost likely. A ring, don’t' wan’t it Oh, I’ll take these dm monds. ‘ Ate these all crumbs of office' Chatting in. this fashion with himself and with'Blind* he crammed his pockets with money, ’ Watches, and tnekets, and then turned abfbplly to the half dead girl. “Well, my love, your choice"! Waste no time; but tell me, what death will you die?” , “Well, I’m sure, arn’t you ashamed, sir? It is a very ugly joke this.’.’ i “1 nm not joking at all, my sweet one. | “What I done to you ? You have | taken whatever you pleased ; 1 did not ! hinder you." I “That’s very true; but do you see, 1 Irun’t bide ‘leaving eye-witnesses behind ! me: I wash mv hands of them by all means. With others I don’t stand on cer emony ; but as you, my love, are such a nice good-natured, amiable little dear, 1 will «ivc you your choice of death. 1 love politeness : I 100 have been brought up in St. Petersburg —” Still sho would not believe that ho was in earnest. ■ . . “Now then let’s have it at once ; 1 have no timo to lose. Let us put compliments I aside. 1 urn extremely sorry, but you | must die by my hand. lam not going to •be such a fool as to let you live, to te • what sort of mouslachcs,eyes,nose,clothe?, ,&c, I have got —what I did here, and •which way 1 went. Now Avdolya fere i meyevna, answer quickly. livery word of Iter cold-blooded torturer (was a dagger-stroke to ber: her wholo I bipod, all the warm current ol her lilo, • curdled back upon her heart; her limbs ! irrew icy cold, and floods or tears poured I over her inanimate face. She tottered and foil to the floor. In her fall she caught the robber’?-foot, and kissed it. “Have mercy ort me!” sho shrieked. “Oh, spare mv life, I .implore you 1 I swear to you i before the holy Virgin, I will not say a ! syllable' to any one. May I never see Heaven, if I do ! For the sake ol the b.uss l ed St. Nicholas- —have compassion upon mu ! I will pray all my life for you, as lor mv own father, my brother— ’’ 'The inexorable miscreant shook her ott from his foot, kicking her in the breast,— In vain sho raised her imploring looks and • arms towards him ; in vain she sought to touch his stony heart with all that intense despair—and ihe clinging lovo of a youth ful, joyous existence —could brealho into the wordt, the voice, und the tears ol a helpless being. The villain harder than granite, grow every moment more cruel and savagp. Paging with impatience, he caught her by, the hair, forced hack her head, drew his knjfo from his boot, und, was about, to plwngo it in her throat. “Oh, oh! for the love ol Heaven I ; sobbed tpc unfortunate girl, beside herseli at the sight of the terrible knife I “hang ,me I—hang mo! No bloody death Mercy! —mercy- Ilang me, rather I t “Ay, av,” he said, with a hideous gf,n ; (“so you can speak at last,, Why did you ,not say SO at open. 1 have lost a deal of time already ; still I can’t rcfitso you Itho favor; you are such a nice girl, L)u na ! You shall dio, in the pleusentest man i nor - It is on ugly, death, that ol the knife. If l miMit choose myself, I would rather be hanged than knouted, when my time ( coniesf We. will lopk about, for a,cord. , ' ' The wretched girl, powerlcs? in mind and‘.'body, through , terror, wo, trembling, and almost ltlejess, subnptted \Q: hi? .conjmapds.j.The t ppe ty»,s ; soon found, Jnd the vyithhts victim tQithb satne.rqont Vrliere the remains of the breakfast still,.stood upon the table, tie threatened to : kil|>:r instantly U she stirred from the spot where sho stood— placed on.itha tahlc“r-and sprang nimbly, pnon’it. Having.fitolepcd the rope around' Hie boTOv he drow flie kmle lVom his,boot, cut ofrf.hdTrpjectipg part pf the rope, stuck theknifp jnlQ the beam,.and set 4out making a rioublja nunning,kn.ot on the mpeV- Bqna.stpod'pwjipn.lflss.ni the, pud dip of the room :■ heatnnd cold rusjffid .al ternately , through hpr, framel: m fire danced before her eye? ; she saw noth, incf.j the did ndithfhg biit pray, confess her Sins, ,corohie«d' herself to, all the.skunts, aod-. irtentnlljr; bid fiibewellito all,Unit: was dpa.ritdiher life.- .',,''- ■ | »- , » ■'} "V'.„ up.respntly myVpreciaus, said tbd murderer.; going on with his work, “you shall iseo how:nicely Lwill hang.you.. I am not a new hand at.th9>jobl: ißaydu see now, all is rpady.only i’ll try v/heth-' er the ropo is stfttig enpuhh. I .would not tbr‘lfid : woirld yoTJ'sho'nlii toll totlieground bnd break your ’ribs! 1 ‘lt-is/for yoiir 'in terest 1 'arid-'" ni'y own : .ibat ; d—f Braw ■ the «hhir Way fthmuriddr my.-feel. •A jDilkd.' uWcb'h^oßSW went' tiji to the ta blfcri arid 'dreiv’dVilay 'mb cbaib tf whilst ln e robbfeb K6ldf:iijd"Vb^o ,!!j ia3t'iri ,; botK hkpds, havipg slipped it over-one arm,up to ‘the ■■i-~'" vnit'..ud/»U e > I. r : ! Hi f ' elbow, to convlnco him'Self of its strength, by swingingdn’it with tlie whole weight of his body. * i ' ■ • “Push tho table Aside.’’ Duna did so. “ All right; it is ncapital rope ;it would boar more than you—yourind me together.’ He now let go tho rope, intending to jump to the ground. Apparently, it was his purpose to startle the poor girl by the bold nnd sudden leap ; but the noose in tended for her, gliding along his dim, caught him fast by tho wrist. Duna’s executioner had, in fact hanged himselfby the hand. Though experiencing the most ncuto pain, ho o wished to conceal his critical po sition from the girl,that she mightnot avail herself of it to.escape. Ho tried to .reach the imprisoned hand with his lo(t; but the weight of his body prevented his bringing his '’shoulders parallel. Suddenly ho bo gan to whirl and: fling himself • wildly through the air, hoping tho rope would snap: but in vain! If he had but the knife in his boot, he might havo severed it, or at the worst, lie could have cut oil 1 his hand, and saved himself by flight. But, unluckily for him, the knife was sticking in the beam. How was ho to got at it? lie thought of one means —a desperate one—-the laßt. Ho collectedullhis strength, to shake the knife out with a powerful spring. The effort failed. The weight of his heavy frame dangling in tho air by ono hand.only, his violent efforts, the pressure of the tight-drawn knot, occasioned tho villain intense torture: the joints of his arms cracked and began to part; the blood oozed out under the ropo from "the lacerated skin, and trickled into the sleeve or his cloak ; while that of tho rest of his framo rushed from the extremi ties to his head. Every moment it seem ed as if the hand would be torn ofl. lie even wished that it might. His anxiety: lest the people ol the house should return; his dread of being taken in this predica- 1 ment; impatience, rage; he thought of his j misdeeds, of his punishment ; all hisguil-j ly life; all this possessed nis tumultuous, imagination, and brought his dark soul to; despair. Cold sweat broke from his fore-1 bend. In spite of his tiger liko endurance, | a cry of agony burst at length from his j iron bosom. j JDuna, petrified, and thinking only of] death, had hitherto looked on with an idi- j otic indifference. For. a long time she did not understand what he was doing, and made no attempt to understand it.— True she was still standing upright like a living thing, but living she was not. The involuntary cry of the murderer tvaked her, however from her trance. She saw 'him bleeding, as if it were half a dream : | she saw blood on the floor —a hideous ga ping mouth, with great misshapen teeth, 1 red fiery eyes stuHihg from the socket; ' she read his anguish in h'is ghastly distort ! ed features, and guessed at last what had happened. 1 Hope unimated her; she be gan to think of delivcraticc. “ Avdotya! push the table nearer, said the robber, in altered, but still harsh and commanding accents, that terrified her, a<rain and compelled her to blind obcdi-j once. Once moro she ■ lost her presence of mind, and pushed the corner of the ta ble towards him. The villian reached it with the toes of one foot 1 lie raised him self up a few lines. It was for him' a mo-, ment'of heavenly enjoyment. Never in | •his whole lift: had lie known one like it— i riot oven after tho most successful ttfur-j dcr. His agony was less intolerable ;he | drew breath again; but Ins left hand, which , .. N 0 p France, ncconJiPS * »,-*» i >eo “ USE#SKm-wU ' MS tonuro touched tho parried..in Xibcrtv - county,,^P r @WP‘ been said a thousand fimea 'since the in-, fhQ., | Bh|t}C-, U i rp.'; , ... > ..w> vention of 'printing.- In Duna’s bosom,. ' (jogs, mtlW‘'dS«ts, compassion prevailed over,War. and ptlftcd, Attend a concert" tahd 'the. voice or siiran Wnd the only ‘person Wh'b W^jfes rnptoA tho table; and labored lohg and ht * W bis boquefs'iuto early ftoiicf, will JttVtox*' a*"** n, „„ ,-li&pS'A Mow vihi —Do mu die lavor/ jJJkn to inmp over a porn cot*. 4 Fetch q knife—cut the curiW ftp-la™ on a smn p __... -j p-.f dyini'Wifh ppin.” ' V 0 ’’ .‘' ' iri fferlfyouiloa’llitiBh'tdgot angryfmev '• T|id ; girl;3uffjped off tho table,'and ran orjarguo w j t |,..ja blockhead. Remember, ‘td/thfc.'!pitniryvFobr ct-dature! she little (he -theu razbr tho' moro ypdicnl k'hew i! the' retiirh.'Ui’b'red-ilo'sed gdost was y ol ( rsß if an d,swear. ! iio ' WrepaVed. Hb'.'hihkb Tor ' hep kiddness o , hbiirt 1 . "She Tound U khifo; sho hurried ! back ;'she'Was’ bn tho' ’threshold;o| tho ge iceridoFtorturp, when the, table on which; Vst Wfolfe ted rested his loot turned over a i l ( tvifli'd , lddd r bois'e,’ ‘Ho had upset it in eh deaWrihg Wchange 'his feet. • Onbe rnbre ... n 'HlJ'Wsi swidging Witlrall Ins weight ihtho , Bjlt ; aiF ‘'A plerbitig "Veil told thb'renewal or lfS> . bis former tortures. 1 ’ Dlilia stopped short ,hall dFtho'dodr/- 1 His hideously .distorted. face lbnn btrtibli her’ With ’ involuntary hb^' or s , s n° .trial thought-it was Sated’k 'own'feature’s she . heheTd.' I ' , The : 'SightViyeted heFto’.iho spot Wbbte slie'stoo'd j‘ sh'e'hh'uddbred dtid, dnrfed ‘nof 'rpbVb o stbp feffwavd'si 1 •.' ,!t .tidin' h'"'* > n-lU/IC I ,: ' n 1 ,l!: .' , . Number i- ’ '!‘4 I tuUe, 'l-lmattlon!' «0-M .«»««• I*®*®* *BB5 1 dof.- .l; do-", »U 0 I du . 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AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE, AT THE OFFICE OF THE ' "CLEARFIELD'REPUBLICAN.• She lookeii round! and sqw a window open: Tho thought'flashed upon her that she 'might' avail herself of the circurn stance. But ho suffers so dreadfully',? How frightfully bo screpms! The rop® must bo cut. Duna ' advanced a few steps. That horrid, gaping mbuth ! Dpuo tottored back, and mechanically, '.uncon scious of what'she did, she raised herself to tllb window-ledge,‘and dropped (VornU into the courtydrd; ! When she was in Hie court-ynrd, ahe knew not what she had done, or wus to-do. She had eSca'pcd the" s'lght of that ferocious Satanic mouth, but not influence of hor tormentor. Ho had fas cinated her. Ho was still lord of her ljfc. Her knees trembled, she dared not to with draw from the window. " “Ha! devil’s jade!”'howled themiscra. ant, savagely, “you have done cleverlj’j I’d have slit your throat like a chicken’s.” Theso words, uttered in unspoak&ble agony and despair, suddenly rallied thd gfrl’s energies. Shiran to tbo'gato, tho monster’s horrid jest'hod proved his hor rid punishment. Could he have supposed that he tied the knot for himself 1 Could he have supposed that that awful ntiOpnerit', in which her foot hung ovet the grave, should be the moment of deliverance to j the innocent, and of exemplary punish ment to the guilty? Hero was the finger of Providence. It is a falsehood |Hat Vice and'crime alono prosper in this world. She ran, hnd ran, until lief strength was nigh exhausted r no one was in sight. Sho ran further; her breath failed ; per i limbs tottered ; she dared not look rodtld, ; lest she should again sea that fearful i mouth, lest she should again fall into the : hands of her persecutor. Nowhere a liv ing sdul. , ... She struggled up a rising grbutid. “Ah ! there is our butler ; Vaska, and Prochor. Ah! he too Ik wi,th them.” ‘ He, to wit, the incomparable mo, tpo governor’s valet. They were all return ing home from the brandy shop, careless and happv, singing lovo songs, cracking jokes upon their masters, with their caps set jauntily on one side, and tacking along the road in easy zig-zags. Dutta ran to wards them, pale, with staring eyes’ttnd flying hair; her neck ■uncovered—her wit* bewildered. “Come along! quick! quick 1 she screamed. “He is banging! hanging! hanging !—the villian is hanging!—faster! faster!” “Hey, darling little dove of the woods! they all cried to her. with a laugh ; “who is hanging? Whftri? ts he Give us a kiss, Ouhushka. ’Tis a merry / • > rt , . “Ho is hanging, I tell you! DOtft laugh. Ro<{ te thfe house.'' Take forks, hatchetsyguns— a thief—a murderer, With great rnoustaChes and a red pose! 'Ho said Ke wojild slit my throat like a chicit cn’s —thoVhe’id hang me 1” They hastened their 9teps, hrmed them selves as well as they could-, brokd Mo houso door open, and went into the- parlor. The robber had fainted; bibod streamed from his mouth and nose; the arm by which ho hung had grown nearly a fcot longer. They took him down and boimd him. After the return of tho master ahd mistress or the house, ho was convoy*l the samo evening.to prison, ahd delivered into tho hands of Justicel and Jatttico could, not but own, with that novor till then had 6o lnng uri arm coma before her. lobsters,npji aliirge.portion,,fu its,^ope». jivlibri be. w'enf * n,, }p A?.% ®P 1 qvor ,(i! 'Jipg ffMUg.li>, Ohio in speaking olf'the road to'Heaven, -sayant is aii 'avflnue or blue,; pa ved i with 'Sttt rs.' i VVimt tho f*We walks consist of. w-e shall probably be nt formed in ; tho - next ebnnel.- Mt»U)er ; ol ngarb •: perhaps, • 'With' • owning .post*; • "" •- ' \ .■ - O^rGenoineipoliteness^is tho first bora and^mbdesty. 1 ' < 1 ""
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