11
El
•
~... +lz,- , few ;. v. '.+',s J! ~L i..,1..,70- 9 179
trilSt...l, - ." - ': 1% . *)'.: '' :'',,-,-
~.,!7,...`,,i,,
it d . ' .T.IIIO BRIDGE,
__,.....
• : Thee'O t ia4 WondrOtzeliffreo. - my -- a , yi---t- -
.. „
p'..?4l,:the softest 'elite°. kk tio w,•.,+` • . • • 1 , ,•r•
fs
~.. A Yirtiore .tha ifeotest breath, of bsisain)- 7 , ,
‘' • • '
Winds o spring. efernal , h;l6i .•" ' •
' — tTriiiii-,atie+4 'ortr-t_iA.to'atiottiei. l :. • '',• ,
. t,,,,,, Leails:tilis britlge'S iireitTlrousoyti7f - fl --•,-.-
X,ovolt she, g r gArtlS Alio ; p.9yat, , ,, • , -
- ' Apes to i!iose Who alp its sway.,
______love it is the bridge that buildeth, • '
. Tteiteetiti — a fiftnettandallpplied ; __,
_ •O'er , it soutseeks soul inanion; 1,, ~,,,„
~. Asa -b ridigioota7a - ifelts:ldcbrkdo. ---- -7: 7
-., : 1 - ..! '... !,..' ! .r,... - ~; • ~.'.• ,
' , .Love has spanned . and gapped • tho.areites`..
. . _ ~
Decked:iv with ,its fsiir ;
Loye, too. gatheioth tho twxes..:
n--Kieaed afro.tho-,tol Is' i 0- --+
lkroulilstltliouivillitigly,,sweoi maiden;
o . , Sect this: ivottdrous . , bridge of infne 1.. ;
11,ben ifiituthirt - thowl?matiewl,m l
,ti
nve , buildit; help of
11W:it:thy Groi , then drive,the ehndows,
Benile bnUoye are if 'thou wilt! ;,••
Then lets lay our lips together,
aoan lio Uuilt. r.,
1111 M
ga. ..
Erom Cisibp.miClll447.luo.
Alice -Pennington's Engagement
. YeS,- they .were engaged \Alen first sate
him :walk t),%:- . (I. arm -with her, -to .oer
Sl4 never': rased • her eyes
from the' eel Vet cever, of her' 'Praye'r:boolt;'
. but the sat, halt-defined - - smile tht • played
- around er.trkett th„ . and t he :fajta.- 1)10 that,
• nrone"te her check ; as - • he - hispered:' son
thing in hererit';'.we're'evidehde - enolighsof her'
happiness. When they were seated in, her
nibther's
.pew--.-she-waSthe•only child of nV
old friend, Mi;S.-Pennington-I. had a better
oppdtinnity '"of obserVing . hitn._ not'
ItitadsoieOttitiLtie„-fixe4 his ' . eyes
.
- upon=ine:•'• TheY were -like - -;ft--pair had_ _not
se Cu ..kifftc'e andln•etit'yl'eites;rarttl'l thaughtH
never ta"-sedicuch again. - • .
I:)tii'lf.lisit:liairelfirre,'"'iaatt.r a • 'sett Volce - 1
teuehed ipy
sheulderi_as. the - eervice ended, and we were
: 4 ''Detir -Mist Madeline;
how you de and tN4'' trettililing
,bands were - clasped in- mine. phb had bet
away Ire 01 henk: SIX '1370111/18."; and Itee joy': at
greeiiitg , 46'eb Tatiallitrlate scented great:
'3'4(.1!
woulii t emne haqk
She blushed
,very much, find -Introduce.,
•
Martbx.' could , retireely return hi, (( o yes !' Another' long silenco';' 'arid by
bow mid The name, the extraordivar,‘ her regul r„I know
l ikeness—could it bo his son ? ' ° wanted a book that had been reading in
" , not ,forget ,your mother's ;message the dt;awing• - iroom the day before Noisleas'y
Ali,ce,",aaid he, in tones so, like those , of fet-• I descended the stain' The 'drt(win room
mer yearsithattthey4eemed to' break' door was °Pea !%11 static'
the barrier of loegirast time; that hiood trent-fixed upon the • threshold,,_ Patti ye, was
tween Mme and happiness; _ _ sitting oa thp , mutilti, at ool;'her - ,elbovr resting
•(( mainnuti wants yeti very much tb spend •',l , • on the piano, and her head oa her hand. At
few weeks with.us." , And alio , looked, up her teelthelt 4cderiek Maltby grasp\pg the
f a li e + Bo ., \ l t it oc e n viy, add : w ith some , tither, band Fauline Bari me, „half littered.,
— cliildillko,,voke.--pleadtal;t*k.D.o_ret say : di); dear nu ox4amation; laughing leadiY, she
_. madatiar,,it„will , i3e4suct i a
,pleavax , e , pried;." I am - tenthing , : , :str.'-Maltby- , -tinsv_it_
And ecli(before I,knewt:rightly , whatiline - P r° P er:l°.k-A -Jil,
pened, I had consented to= their •sendin4( fot • Mies illu€ieiiue, .'Pooe',ot.he,pat well ?" Mr.
me thiiiititt'day", - and r bid.lthem crimsoned, at stammering some
at' mi.little' wife. ; _ st, - thing; rove 'to hie feet:
• The'vida ttnie%rttabed: Oier snelt • " 40:4 beatifically, both ot you,'', spiel
forcorthatli WAS fite , and I, looking. on.the table for the book-4 volume
twenttleara'illiteC'.l. - liio 'palled On tltat.°lotie ''"ofißyron-a;presentl in Alice to Mr. liaftbi l
ly sußirasr,e.veniog,,Oh,Ro erke tby . ,, hot there, but, ay half bpon on t c ie
Teats, large,:free,dropsohogan to fall quicle , -, beside ' , Pauline. • SIM tby politely
ly upotelnylthltled , hatds, but lipresse& tiJeln -picket' it tip. and, na,,he lon,ded. it, to 'mai,
back;iiiid -r 4 . 4tk'ed, my lonely house': "• ," ' gave him ti t glance that made hi& ttirn
Hills, F,can"ni,lop. received rue , :alolie, ly away. -
nest morning, as with the,best of ,my slendet , " Faalin4 practice(' yet!"
NV,adttbe; that had accompanied nit eit'illaby • i' 434 my, loKes'::,..ll.aw 49 , y0u feel,?"
" " Better 'thault yea?"
a fert l , o °Jilit, aTier. ..E. 111 , 11 , „ ,
dow had i " - ,
she mad, sod , ,solearrieti me atilt°, Alice languidly put if:4.ol ( ller ham] d took
tug tit''old' ; A slip of paper fell out;... I crushed it in
fric 4 . 4 l o . 4 1 ' 4 ; ;(( ( - , 4 ;;L ~.;i ! ?.Y ~ lcarned xu
~- (‘ wesmt inyt, little, ,Alico3o4, it., ,Iwaltked, 49?t4etN11)4Fta'y
she asitillloridlY,ltis With the , ptivilegreofoik, 1, that I inish.t reud ! it opeor,n,.4o,i,,,htir. k - .,;,.' For
ey,el.dg r ~c 9, l o (7 ,, )T aft !lle
!f(a4 1 Y.1; 1 1i.! , tb . 4,i1;41-‘ , 404 kt it"P , a ° 4 i ) ° 1 °!( • i'°W , o ll °F TlT°ll l 9tp I a vidently
her hgart.t.u, toil 1 , , . . ; , est.,l:4 F, Ao PTlgintd,in,Bedetrick'ii Amnclytr4h3g,,s4lotit
'llol4iVelii" 4, ll.4lilit(dirt` InWstrdly (adding, i a -forbidden love, . and' s l / 4 o:! fosh,:
Gotdla'ati W a s lot •to'ho.'hydraindi , t•l .
' ('- 37 ` , • , (.;
is SV AR4 III I,g 4 AP.4 etq11 d, 571.14;7 , : TM 8 0,19 d , ,
eagerly, imif.herifsotAlnehe4 . os- shoo:10044% tiever, Mee Alice latited.tnere , losely:trrAW
ed--,S+4.lt 1110 , 60 i tt'o , .t" ,, ttlt , trt t 4 A b r i oat i nt **f ee l ° - did.l.tbdri4onfile
is ixrfiv,
in biVR,4 1 .3%(4tP1/PiVici N.1401`.((i0 5 :f04, -- k,
khow , ,ltinge.tivalloimpbsatotiekEoo4tp, iten't.,yett slag stuttle,tiiting tV
me, and I could not give utterance ia \ the' (';?; 4m'°!a s ii r
words
on
inY
1 11 , sse l it ' rtf"hl 4 ; l 4: ll‘ g 1 4,4 ' ,P51; ‘ ,;;
4 , l4,4ol64eisaitilulti; ReA.hitigte'N
tu it eaibl #tbat, krtio:
yeti
so matlyss4i , sis, , yoltistill4Le "WO ;114ailigfitaifit 1
I did tot reply; ::but Ittroatruthd.viient Watt -4, , , ••
open witute t wv'i Alice sitt•ltSr.aildititby? were , ''''' - yugue then. How • exquisitely their voic'es
returaloglacrotts the % lawn,:liett White' ' lll ° 6 "'blended together ! ' Buddeifly, - at the moat
utteAng lit the iirjete ) the tlio're - their ;•gFiy' ',"beantlfat pail; itriinfief .
voloeLi c, t tcyp . iti • :.awful feeling stole over natl." 't why he
and smilott'oibilet.,Nr, M! 4 1( 1 6 - could"•lotto.oo.,' 't04.6 ftiipupattiff to
We went tiown.to drawing room to meet' bbi oo lf , -
"•Are• you not so already 'Alice.?"•
-; .i •
'.!bittsired unit. glanced slyly. Mr, i Maltby.
who-stoeil-leaning-ohTtroairier
tiin,Von!es , • • . • •
I • P ey titie • Ardnoik is otmi ne toni;ir
toyt, and "xis Abe .dearest
r in °Li el
ri-i-ioilen-her.__•.She 18.40 • :.• '
,- d .r- -1 -• IY•hlti• 41 , lieCLO!ig
Logue of YOur.triend'i pharink,',apiiil" said
14Ial(by' his be:erossed the, ionta and dwew,
A chair near‘ps. ' ",Do you know, Miss
she . talick - Oriiothinz - elsel - lam - yery:irepa.tient,
'to . s.oo.tbis, pitragori."2 .
;•• "'Lou nqed'hot said mice, pouting,:
- be. tultiehieviously ;,
~).ibr -- 1 ' h'uw ,
many yardslong hyr
" Hush' I hear a earr;uge. - Maybe it .Is.
•.; • • •
• Pnuiline now Alice f...); , - - peti her hands net-`
rjouSl;;;,, as with a sweep and a rus] it, round
77- ed - th - Flikiii - and'atoppe4 at'
!..Bpealt of angels youlien.y.their iyings,"
. ..whispered Mr. - A.11115y, as Alice ran into the
There was n, bustle; followed by ,a cry,
I
y F~
140 , 0i4f:A1y46,0 v ,0k •
.
Upon : them : •-• -t•to.: oorOfl
eat 4001,00k A r..
• • •„ 0•3,- v••••
.
"
'nestling.-her head my
of delight; and inn Eels' Yrilenlenta'Alieb' ro
turpH *lib a small,. darf; ''''''''''''''
her'', aide. • Mrs: Pen id.ng tdo yolerioied
-cordially as-the . friend of dier'.-only child, and
she ,reittrned oar salutntiotts , With the ettile - ,of
a Frettehmtin„ ,
Alibclpol not overdrawn .her picture of
Pauline - rdnoi.i.. Ilerface vt , as- very .perfect
in reptwit,"-atid„,witen she *eke. or 'sreileA'
and i , nisea her itself a she
more bet utiful Iliad ever
Tbe day sped on. .Ictinlitte . beertnie the
-light : of house.' 'Eery . :one•Wtts, silent
Wlien.she spoke. Slte,faseinitted us Willi lier;
and.soon oar hearts with her. exquisite
beauty: l -' , -Sho n tirtfl,i'.
- Akartnies's, - no - doutiCthnt-whieh : one had rzither
not handle, fearing burn. • - •..
Alice_ was very- happy. ' The ..-os.e that ittted .
only to Omit her cheek et
I ntervals', waS-,now
constantly there ; but strange; fancy,bad•
enSANEd my hend i , and, whenever I, looked' at
her,'-a.feeling of sadness . came oVer'Me.' On'e
. •
day , was kept in bed b'y' a severe,:heed
,, rattling , to bor,when
wetitt in,and-thetu Mite Sant' her:tio,wri 49tairs
to practice; I . dotiot -I:teitt 4
• Alice, 'after , iti•liC:tir; 'daring ,, which, I
had kept very silent thinking herasleep.
, t Can you beer with 'the doors elused
NEE
lfft.vitosl
- -\ •
ttk . j . 1. , i , 4., e matter 4- wt, : Alio ..,,Astfig 4
#
' t. tliTrit t "ls • ' .
i!-__.. .1., )....1 . rick 1" ' 4 V :"r :,:i ,
..;! \
-
' '141: ii,k, , i - , itgrport, •• I 1'i . f40,11114 :,',Ao§,4‘.
be el% - ed. '., Dit'not-be.--fyitelie;. I ellen'
hav6't •so teirns.",. She led him to the' open
window, an4 - 116 - Tialoreil him - se moo trEtrer. -
I . .saw hint, the treacherous ode, s -turn god kise
her elWels., Thiotiehlid !
I shdwas,
'll I! :
4 4 (
_ •It sg•eins In ree`that, Alice is very sick,'
F,t1111.1 I‘ Penningion,•'-ittiltionsl—nret
11#.t nt:!.t!'lne,'ol;hgllsothiiii4
gliter's " Sfie -4 wa l s veit,'retless nil
nil2 - 14;nnii I sliall Send Junes for the "Doctor
mediittely. - "
Pvre Tr
Her Nee .1c! oled ansited,- and •,-It'eri' felt-breath:
het 'met my olteelt•••; leaned 'over
\Phi, 'Alle,e;liming . lli6u 'are n'et. - gOing
.._t* be siek„ 1 hope ?"
She anti--said oohed I-41
;'. • •',
flow ansip,t r isi,y; thO
eonntenatice;..her.uto.tlterAnd,J.,;
edf around' cheerfully, and 'gni& thpre
nothing the
_matter; and—that we must not
talk her intojtalie7ing• herself vcry‘o-':-!.4 1 0e ,
- did - r \ eallYseen't'to-be-bettor'-after the .„Doctor_
left 'es anti 31?1:* 1 Peiiiiitigion!
tifl so 'the , doy
keeping tier room, and 'Pauline and. A sitting:
with her, her Mother, flittingln atid.out, busy,
like all good liousekeepers, in looking after•
her servants',- 7 1-wasNevy,colditumY Manner_
she felt it;. for, •
whenever-she ,caught,, •my eye,- - theo - crimson,
blood ,would • suffuse' her :face. knew her
secret:: To'wents 'evening she.ivonv away, at
request to' lie down awhile. 1: stole,
out into the .g:itdenr 0i:4(4'1110,8011 end 801-
etrai twilight alone: .•Tkelnewituoott's.::eilver
crescent . was high in . the clear, sky;. 'Every .
tliing•nrotind nit; sp'pke'or purify •ariillpiiitte !
I. Inh4ed slowly on., Asolitory -, nigh t?hi
wet ;Ani4,,•-- on or a :Clierry.tree t '. It
ten‘setl' . its.song,,itudj 4(,:d ouly•time to•shriuk.
behind aneighboring:bush, whem.two figures; •
taming into the path.fretn another, paSsed`4"
iduee,'l'fil.y - walked ter it:few:inainents
and du w therstopped ',near ;me. • It.
.was Roderiek:s deep voice that iLurmured un,
teasingly im,,•und surely ; WhO could'it'be "het..
Peulitie; with her, tiny, graoeful:ligure--cling
ing to his term... , _ • • r.,..
. .
Her light drapery 'floated In :the breeze
6 , ncl onco
, ImMttogeliod my clieck. I
~held,
mV‘ brellilt. . b\ , ini 11. 44 upon, my heart, ; ,tostili ilm Imp , ooting•At; seetneiliAci. me 'ittek
must heur6 - . Po Wine epolio;' 7 :' :' 7 '; ":' ..-:' ' 3 ,•-
~.. " Wiitti ehnll - Ido, t'Wln4 sholll do V . I:t • in
killing, me, Ws struggle, .Must Lim Om' one,
.to sentob ths 'cup of boppioess - .from my
,frimid is '' lips." The • 'words 'died' n.wily* In
mournful codencr. .
• ,
" Is,..not•your happiness of as, "reUell. coonse l
quence, Pauline?". • • it
poor 4 1 / 4 liCO I"• she 'sdbbetl Out,
Icoietl' her uutil•l cnu)e,here2,!-, , • )
1 Never:. ais I beet loved • yob,: thaCirould be
• imlidssible.:•• Yeb; are to e Very tbini,..;;ltift,''•
104. - !yeiTii can
think of,uothing ; ciao !"':: :•,,
• Vasil !"i she said despairingly,; • •;461Dbil
'Roderick; would' to Goa r never Tilt': in:Y . ,
home "to bring - 81#NT7. 7 z14.14--iIetiONLOIL.III39:,
•
very chords of my heart, which bled for her
who, soohirlr4 They
'went
entered 'lMUSe,..'7'eiriebserved ":":
The di . ek,'-'4i"ji
, Intl'ixiready,a;ilyed. , o,"4/111 Tee
eirigtoil .wns ther "be4ipty.: of
the lace. End tiie'richness dt the itut4i'tliAlleb," ,
who .was - trying it on,
~:mh.ei;(l, #iitere4;,'her.
dressing-troom, uuo. morning..,; AIY ; heart : f.siclo•
shed; poor child 1.: pear
l'`•3s if . neit'be.' ebtriln't t"'eieleim' 'ad il:No .11 . 114 L
-P9) chttil ntglee:
'9li6Do out from !Mr bridal like (a
.iitcre•tiiir, in her virgid
The
door'biieued; bteMFOri the 4600040'i ,
pale defilentli; ati Jtpeii , -lioF tierd'
tierted,kilifele;
agony liestied •'6Veiml;er
inn en4lie wis - ,6leN:king Alice yer arms,
' 3 oli!)Asi\ll)t by PvF3',oo4eatibg
i " ~a nyibint-heppened;'.'whyrido
Attif - ;e'et Piriiii,"4 •
un1 ?4 4 0i . :•;,". 5r c;
' • -
=,„ . •;Oh, Alice; • they have writteti.' , ',l4l-inetel
eusei home direetly, - iny t?rtither is dying I" . •
S .
yonegideflkito'usuelf"alottl
)„,
was. gone. Seriniiiiii#
lt` 9.. •
fI44e.YIPRqT.)A,PY4I"I,,kiII'IPc,°II ,- /44 , ,
i nkiopmfegtechi,:taederie!si•mib 3to';'rtgin
Ytillti 441 firdpietti
Cory`, td i i Slid ria l ge.'; Ito r .was :lookti ig ''very
#O4 01.# , 12#a"-TP:ft. 49*it L r '94,40.1.104;
ottkg, hitn,
, - gone;a lreek;','yii Baitl;..per4aPs :t eiiiit ; \
Itiiieb:ho - could not say. Ho took f
=II
VIM
hi ‘ t'ilf , d 14to -1' ' hip rzn and y , f; lre
---- - ' . • 7 i lt 7 i c• ' '''
. '
w ~., ell fren . titimli AE
,%itn 0 44 . a,, t
w.. Ja_hlilbortse ao i i for b ~Z 11.,
' •'A . -'
•
+ WlL T ' in ejg:V ~..1 •-• ' - a ~, - 7 4. ..9.
i\ ; g • liiPiePf ah ill. b , se, cl - ga 101$04'` way.
Alice recovered her 'Gina' flow of spirits in
•r, • , li e d& - 4
ci- week oped quickly away,
engaged as we WeTe in preparatons_i - gr -- 73
comingeveur hlyrisit stasis days had: been
six' w,eeks; and I knew not
howany nure it would be' before . .l again
vent back.tcvtny home.- - • • -••-.•
t • s" Patkleriek ,•will ;acr un be—he
Ir,". sa id Mrs.Penuiniton, on 'l.l i• ' t ivhittig'
1
;Ur the 'tqiitifila7f •6f• - fiii — ai'iiiio:• — "llTrei,„"
aaid;Alic,ellaijogout,gf the, „ yindoit.as it . : alte;
isfre4litiiltiiiiirtaldaeriOg - titike - .r40.f4 - 1q e' t 1
'ciii'dt - h.Q.nex±thif7-iiiid. -tire-ne-ict-, ; Piissed--anel2
•
„ia4 did -not - come. ;1.• know hew it would -- end,
she wilt .13everirettiim; t Altliopc..deferredima
lieth the hear t sick."" Pi/Or Alice., ehe torood•
ii.ale ati eviry:noise, and;irookldre.TourdOgtoti;
lit b ongh •Ibil •tried •tb diegiliso - :,it,. .rind .. ttilkeil
iaYly,--atlimea looked dejected •aiiil:-Ineleti••-:,
P :dayitvi2:\ weeks - after Roderick!is•dePat
tute;-•• ico• pale aud'-silent, - 'eat .of - the• , 'clPen
witriloW , iir thO-tw)light. ~. Ifer form- ha& lost
•\
1 In 4 Chkit-iii pretty ieuadnesS,. Ara she • looked
tery fiiiiitilthlier\hYrittirls:tliooPitte -- rde -,
'.'jectedli'oPori e lier'btist) ti. '-re' • ••••,'''' :: '-" ••:,',.
- "'Mother l• milthe i • ere ho hi }" inetvith
-, 4' ' - •
a, smothOied;urY she tetitinting- at:tair f e et.'''
The next-Asoment It Od4rAcklstrs•tidt; .in the
Midst of us. • - „
.• - ~,.. ': ; :,. -. . •
• lie took Alice in; his arms, and cai.ried:•,her
to the-, Window, • reproaChiug hithself with halt
lUE; killed her„.: "' Oti ! %o," 'cri e d i‘tr i p..'i),,ti'
iliugtoU,,siOng thro,ugh her tears, , !‘•joy ,tiev.,•
(ir kills; " ,Alyce reili*ed quickiyand-id alittle
ilk ! ' io the were ., all 71‘ilting.'na' qUit-tly aS ir
npthuiig hall haPpepett; 11.udrl..ichhi'Alice'ti
.li'Sod elcarcely. : ,alisiii ng,, b pi, to ,:tiicr...,froco. Ins
4 , :1i
dp,util „I\lrs,- , - . .1 - 'etmington.ldeclayed" . she
koirevi vu-y ,fi trle; r
rrid :rood t g 6 'to - bed r. 4 red tly..
and so car r ied Ui,. 'off: •:. ..-. "-•.'," ''••••••-•'•'•'':•'• 71,
:_ , ' ''We ware Itiu Ro
ue derick. oust :Lc , lie pacing
I - e
tkier Worn stith a cilok . unoeen;tretid; suddenly
be 'etoppeti - be'side - . me: - • - ' •
)1 be paid,'
and . J 119 ., VIII CS
eatuttleA.thick.aucl.unxiatorel,!' • m , Yeu'leved
Gi ti4iber, keep hie- eon's • k (mot Itii•
his Sake." ' lid 'waited 'eagerly 'for apsyer,
his e,)ies'<lilat'ec.!; awl his face rigid„tioa pale
,
as marble
lEIE
Yes," I anewereti,-' tneohauiettily,' ri Yon
st - isiiietid in); lovelor
.• 413.,
'4 ;" Stio is . tientiOs,.; I .“
ity . f(l6d4' yoti it ie" rte 2
i)(3'l'eftlliePt;l4,eifeet'Sialth." l
as•ArugAts,thaV we, o ttre.
She was . going with her brother. to 111aLlison,)
fOr'his health Theship,,with, every soul on'
hoard, wits tos.4 in the gale last frhlaytnightV
" dud Alice." • _
:" r will be a good husband to her, so help
me God." ;
But will ynu'morry a woman' you 'ao
" No r for Wlien.f gazed on lierAto-mg,ht,
pure gnd holy name was knulled inrer4sorm
I — kmi`i tat _
We broke the news of her . frienas death very,
gO'llY,to:A l ice•-,;s4d :1 1 ?4°Y: waXli; 4 i4A. l ;
,think.it,,wad.notiAhe bappinees uf , ,her jhoneyr ., ,
renow: 4 ;-Alieo-11 :; ,u. ,. nbkv-iriatren''
the portly ; studies
-I t oungest and 'favorite. daughter,; - Pailline,
Lis lap; whilebe reads :4 elpeeoh - iil%)eiti - :fUH'hie'
who vfeUld.repognize
'
'rating, passienate . loirer of latdio3.9...4,rductiti, ,i
A .1' IJ3l7g4Ali* ADTP:g I 4I4 , ,,
is • fr
LEPV,/1 54 4 1 •11 • ...11;
';Coiter,witit - ,the - ,b erdilia 'IA Of-ekiegnier tra , l
.der,.. bad oast hileielflObeo Nora' ilif iittiV'',3T
Lr 4 ,i,,p,o , p l L o i, in ,ilia' 'Y ' ii„ ii4ll.':AC:: , . .4 '
!viiiiiteriteas; and :tO4 - ernained s -to, , trap'n beatk
itiolit4'ori the tad or tpe f "iitisciotirkqliere , he.
`hit iiin'' ifttli I ii 'iotieiii' 'itaAir; ' VW:: hi afri4lr
1,,..,., i,..-:i • , 7 , 1,, 7, 4.:
1/4 *CPPPi . P)4 0 4 .Y, 1 1g 994:4 6 ...iMi Ai%Pl47.
ICir': - ." . :' - 'l'hey'4erojii the very region of the ter-
I Yihle -Sleek feet,' at thitf:'ltlinit thqslittg 'it' iet , '
vi ' o "- j 1 1 ' 4 . -)4 q
4 ii kl:4 * 4'F' t k e °. o i# o 4 3.l :Ai i't k , ..,44 '
! mkor/rAligi, 4 , 4 . P . oj mercy..?i L4PR44, /V .I. l oc
i.lloniliu . .l , Titorlieie:tibligedjai. keep eckeetiled
', iil 4ifiti the' '-"e0Loily" titatlgitie . :ciftibV 4 iii.erig'
kt i, ;
.1!•.. , d• V, #,` - '171 , 1W i,., 44;4. 4 /
se 'tug their trap'? at aightiVl, 10 , 1 4 i mitt ,
413e4 mp, , l4ool:flntwoOrcrolArl!Afg. ifu
rieli . for rho 'hake . % ortaew , ,hoitirerleitineg but
iniSti iit' . tlie . life' il'fii tisiiiiiit :- K : ' '' " °' , 3 . . ! i. l ': 1'. 1 41.
Tit ''' " ,'''' ' . t i(. 4. -- - i1.,,Lit;1.;••2111,,,,„.1 .1,
a ~ 17.7ere , .9n 1 , . , 9r.P 1 1 51 - 9P RIIMITI
rea;l,oAfteriioli s ~ F orif, ;1104i tted - Atfig 'the4l,
I ligt a Ai itightiOseh : -; • litea,trittit 4 1 ,:ie#1011!
'riie4l,l3it e t eahtiedilfehlile:ke:tlifl,p i keyit f t ic
Ifi't4l ' ,; ', ;ko4:444,4 o "i a n " 4 ' fike4R l :Alti,r , A4.4 - iii.
eaneeoo.osamiitti the .trapetviAiwhimikemmil
eof lelda wete , lagh ..entiAteli t d, thildtilaki an it
I ii`;'`,.{,l. a abode over theetitctiiii' ; I.' a it,i'lliii:§`"7 - Wirii.
enf y'Raddling.atong,
,thethea . ,, , ?,. tkittramping
•kiU any feet - upon:tt!t!iii#ll,ii..., ' ;. 0 1 , 1 1 tex' 1 !?-,, 11 ,2 3 ,,,t,
i t
,)11t , eli'E c ap'":th'e tali! Ed - 4 4 f 1 . Itligiatte r'luld Vrne
f9.oa 4 Y 4 l4Yilri.:.' :* t.,, 4 . 4....ti i 0 1.` ,..f L ,,t: :- fit* l'i' .
beig , ;frie,litenedi 4, : the:tiiitepiiifg.*O'f . a44-4:9t
biiif4l9leB; I i..,P0l ter tAhrohti4:.oB.)yiejlOxii;es. And
`iittlied"foriford, •
_They had not gene 'much, •
=
MIS
further when fr!glitftti liknepti I , .ntrati
Xi 1 1,4 0 3:
hunilintLlnatann';oppnnraCeln i either, , btsnk.--
‘,
it; 00)110' Op' btlorcii '711 . 14:01'06441 . tt ;oo i l2.--
,plyi-,.„Bitstre.thiyooPtd,get opt , bf , their.ennoo ,
.pOO4 * Potttli• - ,t °liar
ilittiftratrirtro . rir—vp,'
the hind ofthelndiao, , toe - IFfecetoteci icto - , - hie ./
eornpepion mho_typs. ; e4l . l:in the* 9"pe, owl
mediutely thelitreeni: . There was'
ti OOP. tii/4 an~ . l t Otte Oiled out ',L.11
,
lint, he lrounded: Cutter, urged t!im to .
'educe on shore bind sninnit ns his only charteo'
Tor th:e•Othei It'O'eNi that there was
propeet for fnercy, nntUtleterrninfiti to, tliti\,;
sayagei.desl_tinjlii,spot': * 'TbeTztexi - moment =
.he fell 'lttntself, .pierted -with 'nuinsfoutt
•
rows~. ~
',The VOgetittce, ;or the savages' „watt 'nil*
turned upon Colter; He ' naked, •
.
arid (having - some knewledgeofthe%llltickfoct
mi l /0 4 00 uterheritdh eonsultation'' as to Ate'
Mode of, dispatching hitn ,. so: us-to derive the•..
greater, atnnfsetnent_ frotn.his dvallh,'' Softie
*ere for setting him 'urns atatrit,.axid Lavine
a trial of skill at hie -.expense. The chief,
however, was fornobletsport,. lieselzed Cul 7 '
'by the-collar r -and.deunaoeilLithe, , ..c.opd run
fast. The unfortunate .19ppei-- was, "too w e ir s '
-tiegthinted with the:Huiltin customs not to
•
thivirelietal they drjfkif, the question.L
44ni,to:itin for iifm . to furnish a hind
• eflumaa_
hunt,for 'his perseeattrin' -Though' in reality
'he - Was :known by bis-brother bunters fur • his °
swiftness oti foot he assured the Chid that he /.4
was a very bad .runner; his stratagem gala: , 1• '
ed some,vatilage,ground; Ile viiis the .
chief ,into, the prairie, - about 4 -four' laintlred'
.
yards from the main body of „savages, owl
loOki to,Save hitritelf if lie could: ._
...Atretnendoos let him know. the
, whole p - a — oleeitloodhounds were:in fulkery;,-- 7
Colter flek•ti.rather.tlian run be Was astonfeli- r
cff,AVllloowri;speed4 bilt:he led six miles_ W.__
.trivet before he totild nriith Jefferson Fork ott -- ...
liow t 'foti i iti ho hope toholti out
Such a with;the Odds agaiust him
toVinboundid with prickly' pear,,
•wtoeilt litottritied.'hisAttited feet.. n Still he fied-_ .
onilidreading ench;mouletit tolear twang
atTh — ow; tindleel au :1 1 1 I ow - -quivering 3 iLtlitin
,heart, lie dip not even dare to look round, ,
Meet bo . ,alionld IChe nn Inch of that distance on,
which his lifC depended. die•had • run nearly
acr,osstho when the sound of pursuit
grew . eomew . haufainter,- - •atid' 'ho' Yentittled to
4 ` '
curp'hiSlieed: Lis o.aisuers .
whre'a considerable ilistance.behlnd him ;
oral °fiche • fasteir runners, "were /matte - iv& in
,the, dii4nce ;;;‘: while a•••scrift4Coted
aimed indria
hundred yardi.behin&
:.t; S'n.. ~u1:
_ .
Inspired with new hope, Colter. redoubled •
-hismxertiuus,,bo,strained hituse4 to 'mist( a' _ ~ '
degree that the blood gushed trOm his Mouth •
and noatrile, and stieamed uloirn his breast.--
Ilekitrived'W(lthin'it mile, of the river..
sound of footsteps gathered ulion
~Lim.
glanee ~
pUrlitidrs 'Wail: 4
in tweaty:yardi,' and preparingle launch his •'•
spear,. Stopling shortrhe turned 'around and . •
;spread' out his , prms„ T4ospru -cobounded
,by.the tiudden 'action, attempted' to stor and
hgrl,liissisear,' hut the fery'.lCt..'"‘: His ,4
'spearAtuckin,:the gro,uudi,and'the,„Bll4t. : ,,liroke,,
titriiie:,6 4itketh-up--thi—Pointe-d
-44, his fl,ighti: CO 'they Orly;
ed at' their.slaugytired.ednipapion; stopped to
'116144 overliM. - *Colier raatiellie moat of
tilclylisof.pecottou 7 „; t:
iwoOd bordering theriver, (118'1,0, through it,
`anti 1114840 : Into fitt strelM. ." : 110'aivittit to the
. '„ige.)4 . 6Soring Islandi against the end which
the'drift_rdogit, badquantities
as, to form &natural rift ; under .thisledived
until- lie succeeded" , in.: getting
Air,eilthiiikli* . ec,bp 6i - its*: the' lloatlhg
,oftree4,;busheti , :audbrattiihes forintt it
,ssierat the, level of. the (water:-.,..
Mill
lIMI
10 ( 1 44 8 ` 11,4 ,041 CPWq ' lliiiatailged 169 tbiz.
'r3ltgr; raft! Ptksool3 l uat 41'4'
,rept,tssitlghim,in di,reotionk , They, atlength:
pav ifi r ilfah;.tua t
t oS
doyen n rho riler'add A 1114044 - e,fooo, ;
x""1"r;'"" -- •
~Mquoit.lor .a:IST1 1 / 1 14014 •' TASTE..I—k: itou,
Fo it, a,, 4,4 1.1,-, <P•i..; ;• -- ~- - ~. I•. 1 . ‘
rell'etk44o- gentleman,litt a Albite „beaver, • blue
' 401 4; aPcko4 l l ,l6 4!WPfre, ll § ll ,: , f 4 *ief, 4: 4 /0 , .':.
ii6tsi .that , lot tiduld Closetis eyeri; 'and by thin--'
). • .. WA PA. kr.i , vw w
~ ~. ,
l iazi4 , nesnapayi kind
. elliquiT in Ntlity 'house. ~..
Afi iilivtgi — ,lpAliktivislitv4 Pr9014 -- '';
''BinCoPl ll o, o Mr, e n ood'Oct!t,ltb ' 4 ''Tbis'
14enui4 pOrt,"sat d th 4. fat gentleman. Ennui
ii' tt,nPit lAV4 .'t,:, ? 4ind '0 . 4 'I bis
.is`=
AifliebtiOtti lii t o. tt?l s
4fi. 0 !Ttiro
*rFi:-- the'betol'e
,o nani
7V '
Aiioi4eat p , ed..ftW,drOfi4Wrr'
1 , 5 i
, ) 1 0 Ih41 h 4 r i 440. 1 5,. 1 !a491 . k. .
,24,
3. 0 ,
5.
..SWisers,, ;l 7.*:Ki i7, l .9" = :_thf 6 li "tit- 4113 t 4.- "':
itk-i-tly`Jupiseitilntleniett" . .i‘ haliovtbw- bet:- ) ' . t
• i ige ~.,, 1
Iltinver lusted this liquor before I"'
' WA t -`.lo#o l 'i,i#l' 1 4 44) ';';''l " :W . l4eoja: !itaY,',
and, gentletnan , haw quarrelled; and each 'cont.,'
aiderrirtheiothe, in inult:,-Whieh Of, the two .`
bit ought . - to he' the' flyer to' t3warde a
'reconciliation ?"•+ Iter repl,t
• , •Tlis 'beet-heart
';ett and,wiseet'af•tho two."
t .
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