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, CHARLES P. ILSLEY,
r '1! Ensure” Siren-e
EDWARD P. WESTON, “muons
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ivrittrn tor the cortlaud selectie,
ALICE OF TEE,VALE.
A in‘r AMIEJr
' . Wildly down the monntnin neenet '
Whirled the nnowe in drifting mneere;
Wild the forests’ monrniul weiling
To the tempest’e mn'd nesniling, >
Like in requiem solemn-uhnnted,
[lose nnti fell upon the blast.
, where the drill; in white commotion
Swoyed lilre rooming woven or oeenn,
, And the winds were iiereely swelling
‘ Round :1. tilrnend lonely dwelling, v ‘
l - “ Pnusod the stormyorl ere he passed.
Gnllluring up his loose robe's whiteness,
With it glide of fairy lightnese,
Through the shattered euttnent peering,
‘ Swift he entered,’ull nurturing, . .
L Nuisolcss in the rushing gsle.
on her loucly couch reclining,
Pntiently nml unrrpining,
‘ ,, Wetthing, praying tor the morning,
For its rodinnt, peaceful downing,
’ Lity poor Alice or the Vele.
Low hu hent nhove her, smiling ‘ l .
As to cheer with levels beguiling
-Those Illtrk honre when angel: only,
, ' Sought thnt vslo so wild end lonely; '
rnr nn enrthunrd mission tender
Lo'nving thrones ol‘starry splendor, .
And celestinl harps nnnwent;.. ,
‘ And he murmured-Shh it weery,
Through the midnight gloom, weirdheunted, -
She hive trod n pnthwoy drenry; . . , .
Hope no earthly light turn borrow,
, Anguish comes with every marrow;
Silver-tmcn of torrowle angers
o'er her rnren lrcsszs lingers;
From her shed]: the rote hoe rodeo,
, Pain line nll joy'. light o’orshndcd, ’,
It were hotter thnt shu slept.
Hers nre wild gricl's withont numher,
Swvet to-night shrill be her slumber-
, 1 will leon shove her pillow,
lilnrmuring, lihethe churchyard willow,
mm to her drenmlrse rest. ‘
I will close the worn cyte mildly,
smooth the dhrk hair (lowing wildly;
Ensu the term long htnt in wenknesn,
Still life benrt thut tlirubs in meehneeo,
Fold the hnnde long toiling fuintly,
senl the lips vhnt prey so enietly,
And her elnmher shall he hlest.
' Ella hne le'nnerl neor llcnvsn’s bright nnrtnl
Till her nnurtol stems immortal;
Till the dust about her slinging
Tremblcs to the sursphs’ tingingl
nnnds that clutp lil'u'A noctnretl thnlicu,
Home thnt sigh in inerhle pnlnee,
Ara not pure to God us here;.
neneerorth she rhnll whlk with rug-ale. >
Join in their rnhlime evungcls;
- All forgot lite'. mouruful etery,’
nor white their in God’s eleer glory,
Evermore undimlned loy rouneee,
5h. ehnll lirt in pcnoul‘ul glodneee,
' mind the white.winged worshipers.
Morning dewned-the thhnth holy-;
Ono by one the eunbenms slowly ‘-
prongh the shuttered easement olden.
Crept on untttriug pinion: golden, ,
Weaving’mnluncholy on or .
' Through the dimness of the ehnrnhor,
Like it misty, moonlit cloud, '
‘7 ‘snd they round her eelmly sleeping.
h‘one hnt nenth the vigil kedping,-,
with her onle, meek rune uplifted
‘ “‘hitcly‘drmcd for t shroud! '
" Swill their shining lips were pressing .
utr teltl eheelt with mute thrusting;
. nnt the thin hhull‘l icy glaring,
And the rumble hrow'r repelling,
“ And the quiet lid en chilly,
. ’Moumfnl drooping like i. lily,
ryolrl ol' droninlm rest; end nee .
It hurl downed, the pL‘le'ul marrow-
, 'ann er follicles: light rurpernel, -.
’rlnwn of hireseoneee eternnl-
or 'twne wuu lur her to .Iloopl
, vyhrnngh the white snows round her drifted,
. .rhrehhetl no more tint heart with rorrew, ,
Sill" (Dllgllllll (Erllhilinmlrll (Cull.
‘ ‘ Whittwiurthe rortlind Eclectic.)
. THE SETTLERS. ‘
illusion orig“; Ponnsr'r.
BY CHARLTP. IISLEY.
, ’ mar. vhwcovnxcsn.
Alter proceeding for some distance in silence, the
old man said ill it low voice- - ' - '
“ It was it good shot that the young man made‘
clean through the crittur's skullwnnd yet it may
provs nhnd one ror him. ‘We must get him out or
their lmnrle tolnight, ht ull events.” - '
. “ Shall we not rescue both?" asked lIcnry,
much interest,
“ Thut we‘ll deturmine on its things uppear, but
we must get the boy cleur I'll-st." - . ,
“‘But why George and nut Elleni" , - '
“ Doll't yur sec," said the old man emphatically,
“ there‘s blood been spilt, and life for life is their
doctrinklts though one of those liatllens," be 'con-
tinued in a sortof parenthesis, “ was wilrtllss much
its a nat'ral lulrn christiun I” ' .
“ l hod‘po l'cllrs for his life," sliid “'ortllly.
“Yuu told me the youngster was wounded, did
you not! Wal,now, is it reasonable to suppose
that the vurluiuts would trouble themselves t9 carry
with
llilu nlr, truths in.“ to wreak their ungeo-roo on
him" ‘ . - . ‘. "
u But why did they not kill him on the spotty
. u 'I‘lmt wouldn’t entirely the bloody. surpants.
You’ve hcnrn tell of the eteir'e-‘or pitch splinters,
and such like devilish tortures, I suppusal That’s
why they didn't kill him on the spot, youngster."
“ Andwill they not subject Ellen to the stunc fellr-
ful death!" risked llenry, shuddering us the terrible
thought shot ncross his mind. r ‘ . . '
“ ’l‘llcre‘s not much danger of tlla . 'l‘llc infllrnnl
scamps, though they delight in blood, love money
better! The worst they will do, will be to curry her
to Chnaditmvd sell her tit the French. ' They’ll never
kill women no long on they cnn lino it good market
for them." '
v direction.
“Glitter up, boy!" added the hunwr, noticing,
after lt pause, the dejection of his companion;
“ there's no saying but we will get them both oil,
lily ideo is, to make sure of the youngster-got llilu
safely out ul' their clutches into the canoe, lind start
him down the river. Vll‘ we do this without disturbr
ing the venomous snakes, w’e will-attend to the gnl's
case. But, llistL'Brln-s smells mischief. “'llrtt is
it, pup!“ whispered the Scout“ '
The dog. which was A little in hdvancs of them,
had suddenly stopped nnd given a low growl.
“ Is it arcd-skin,pupl" said the Scout,llpproitoll>
ing the animal. .,
This dog lifted .his nosa in the uir, and snud‘ud
eagerly for n moment, then, as if satisl‘ietl,‘1ouked
his master in the face llnd vl'llggcd his tuil, as much
its shying “ llll right!" lbnd kept on his wny uguin.
'“Tlmr now, that ure'dug,” said the Scout, fol-
lowing llilu nnbesitdtingly, >“kuowa more than 'ury
human being in the settlements! He‘s been my conr
taut companion this muny it your, and I have lurllt
his ways uud he has mine, so tlmt wc pcrfectly'un-
derrtnud email other.‘ I will tell you some duy of n
trick lie pliiyed upon the red-skins; when they
thought they had me in their clutches-it wus a
cute one! A But it is g‘etting dusky, and I must not
forget the caution I gave tllD. youngsters about it
still tongue.” ' ’ ' l
. After this the Scout proceeded in silence, oil the
why throwing quick and neurching glances in every
For miles he traveled in this manner,
“until dorlrneee' had completely teller. By this time
they had nguin struck the blinks of tho stream, and
leaving the woods, they moved close in their edgn
up the river. 3' y . ' >
They wore evidently approaching the neighborhood
of the Indian dumping ground, for every nlovsmsnt
of the old man betrayed the utmost wutcllfulness.
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Time and ugain he turned llnd whispercdin his com- This grant distress experienced by Ellen, we have
punion’s cur-“ Not It word,lur your life i” “Step said, was on llcr brother's necount. She knew that
lightly, or the whole puck may be upon us‘." and ho had killed one of the tribe-dim had heard of
silllilllr cautions. Occasionilllylls would stop short,tllcir incxorublc law-and she had been a pninlul
and bond his em to the ground, listening eagerly to l witness hi the manner of his reception at the en-
catch the lightest sound. ,Aftcr proceeding in this culupmcnt. She had scan the savages dancing
manner for some distunccgtllc party llitltcd beside it around him, brandishing thcir tomnbuwks i'n lenrful
clump of high hnehen., Suftlydisplucing them so as pmximity to his person, their eyes gllu‘lng with al-
to hll‘urd on entrance into the thicket, the old nllln mast demoniucul fury, While their wild bowls of
bade Henry enter. - ‘ , n vengeance shook the airr More dreadful than all.
“ Some of tho out-lying viirmints may be skulking she had scan in’the curly evening, from the door of
in the neighborhood, butyou will he mire here,”
said the hunter in suppressed tones. -“I sm going cunlpulcrrt,nrld heaps of dry brush brought from
into the rcptylcs' nest to see how things look. Be the forest and placed nenr it. This was hardly
on your guard,und do not stir it limb if you can necdttd to conIIl'm her worst fours, still a sight of
help it. If I llnd this dog's nose now, it would he the terrible preparations struck it sickening chill to
worth a dozen pair of eyes. ‘Come, Brave, lend the her heart. , How could this horrible fate be averted!
,my pl , , ‘ She revolved in her mind all possible contingencies,‘
As if fully comprehcnding the nature of his er- but not :1 ray of hope pierced lhc very blackness of
mod, the noble dog took the lend, stepping with a darkness which surrounded her. A cold despair
cut-like trend, and followed in like manner by his settled upon her heart. All her sympnthies ,en-
muster. A moment and their forms were not to be listed in behnlf of her brother, she forgot her own
seen, and Wortllly could not detect so much as the sufferings. , f .,
crackling oflt twig to denote the presence nlnliring How would her heart have looped for joy, bud
bein'g.‘ lls wits alone und in darkness. , = she known that even then there were friends ncur at
’ Illtudmbrsvu llud determined men, randy to risk 1ti
, ‘ , ill rescuing them from bondage! ‘ller thoughts, it
The place selected by the Indians for their csnlp- is true, often reverted to Worilily, and his promise
in; ground was in it bend of the river, forming n to do all in his power to rescue her, rind she did not
very pretty cove. ' .Thc forest here rcccdcd it short doubt that he would make the uttonlpt. But would
distance from the stream, lsnring lt cleilr,vcfcscdnt- Ila nppsar in time to tare George from his impend-
hhnped spot, which rn'n down slopingly in t1... “:ng, ing site 1‘ She endenvurcd to ohtnin n gleam or hopo
edge.‘ on this openingsume duzcn ludgas'uer'e stair hum that thought: hul- ercn she reconsidered the
tered, in the usually disordercdmunner nfnn lndinn mntter, tho improb lity-nay, what the dee'ulcti
encampment. .Tlle tents of the “Hanan; trihcs, the utter impossibility of his tracing their route in
that nnuunlly visit our neighborhood lit the present season, and bringing it force sullicicnt to Ovenuaswr
day, are nlltde of canvas nr stout cotton cloth, und the savages, convinced her at once that to entertain
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cnhvrtzli vll.
present qllitu A comfortable appeurunce; hut thoso such n hope would be alle'er mudncss.
of which ws uro writing were rudely constructed of “ No, no,” she murmured to herself, “ he will
such material as the forest llil'urdsd. , Some of them come 100 law-too lute, and George niust (lie! and,
were made of pine’ bouglls luid over riiugll poles or 0]! Godlsnch a death!" and it luunn of unguinh
young saplings, but the outer covering of the mo- broke from lugr lillS- ‘
jority was of birch bark, brtltld strips of which lire In another lodge, nsorcr
obtained from the birch true.
In and of these, on the night in question,sat or stretched on the cold award, was George Millet.
rother heir reclined Ellen, on the skin or some wild his encounter with the salvaged he lmd received n
llniultli,“‘lll0ll, with some regard to her sex, her severe wound, which would have been crcbssively
captors had provided her. Her arms were confined painful had not his mental agony rendered him in-
behind her buck by withes, nnd hcr ankles bound rcnsibls to pllysiclll suffering. Ila knew he had but
by strips of skin. Piniuncd its she was, she could to few hours to live,-tha coming mom would wit.
not long rctliin a recumbent position with any de- llcss his dentllr Young,buoyautwith lire nndllope,
grce of comfort. A little hillock thut rose in one death in any sllllpe would i re been terrible to him;
corner of tho tcnt ull'urdell her a loaning place. Sit- but from tllntwllicll awaited himhc shrunk appalled.
uiited thus; the render cull bettcroilnngins than we With a refinement of cruelty his captors had
can portray llcr fcclings. . ‘ j ‘ pointed out to him theistzlke to which he would be
She Wns a bruve-heiirtetl girl, und not one to give bound, and bud exhibited the splinters with which
why to any trifling weakness. still she could not re- they intended to pierce his body and add to his tor-
press the hull sigh, hnlf moan that from time t1 lure. lle did not. llsrhor the slightest hope of an,
time arose to her lips. “‘hltt added to the phig- escape from the foul-Yul doom; and for hours he re-
nancy of her distressnvns tllc certainty of the terri- ulained in n state ol'ngrmy, with the fated smke,thq
ble title that awaited her brother. of her own life
she lltld not the least fear, so long as the retained in his mind. At times prayers burst fromli‘re lips,-
her strength, for she kncwrtllnt the worst fats that wild and incoherent-the ratings of despair-that
uivllitcd her would be along, tedious journey through death would come and saw him from the Ecry trial ;
‘the wilderness, and it might be a. few years of serii- and than would come thoughts of his home, and for
little ulnong the French Cunudians, an escape from while he would be witll'llis parents, or sitting with
which was flcquently obtained by rlinsom or urti-
liuc. ' - ,.
We said thnt‘ehe hnd no renre for her lire, if her
strength should hold out; for rhe‘vrell knew thnl
it was a coulnion practice with 'tllg s:lvltgcs,vlhcn
it captive gave out on a journey by reason of wcuk- ll
ness, or detained them much ,by not being able to
drosm his prescnt suli‘crings. , Oh, it was terrible-
terrible beyond dcscription, when the delightful
real situation. Greht drops of ugany' would force
elves from his brow, and bound as ho was, be
take his scalp. ln thooe any-5 the French paid the etch] over him. rind he would strive to nerve hinge"
Indians a bounty fur im English scalp, as some to endurcwitll ttnsllriukingcouruge thedoumyb'
States pny rt bounty for the sure til in wall or wild hi“I- .' ' b ‘l,->’
cut. This horrible tmllicwm not coniini‘d whollyto We have exhibited the captive in, eh
the French. , Our mother State at that time paid a darkest moments, whim hi“ “I‘m“ “'7'
slipuluted price for Indian’ecalps, and it is'well the depth ofdespuir. ltmnst riot-pf;
attested, that runny Indians belonging to friendly this tlint lie was devoidof mhnlincs
trihcs were shot down by lawless rnngers of the cownrd. llis situation wns ysculli,
woods, merely for the bounty pziid for scalps. Who bound, exhausted, in dMlUN-‘E! uni-l
could tell by the scalp whether it was taken from the certainly of an exrruliating den:
tbs hood oflt friend or ll foe! '> , , hour: pressiuguponhis mind, no err
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hcr lodge,u. smite planted in the center of the on- y
in the rirer, bound hand ,
burning pile, and the flaming 'splintcrs continually.
Annie in the tolvcr,reluting to her as a hurrible,.
vision passed away, and his mind recurred to his,
nu wrillle us one in a mortal strugle. After V
keep up vt'itlt=tllem, to despuicli him at once and these momentary paroxyslns, cullnsr feelings would,
