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IrllE (/ A(i LE. I I rslH'D EVERY FRIDAY JtottXlNft, BY If'iiHiPS & smm, I n *llll Straat, in the aid Schoo! House, loi-if l l l Sorth of J. & P Crabs’ Store. I * Terms of Subscriptioi. : I novear, $1 sr>,5 r >, advance; $1 75, within ■ ah'i ?2 00 after the year has < xpiiafl 'reqo’piner W ’U t,e di-continued un'il all Jwn-s are paid, except at the option of the (blithers. . i Terms of td.eiti«in:r: ■u^quare/t,.•’> linos) three inser: ions, $1 00 ■ Lb’nb'eqner.t ins-'r'ion, _ 25 B'rrVn i.lvertise-ncnt will be considered b«« Bl n ene square: over one -qirv-e « ill }>.■ c.ntnB js'sl charosd as two: over two, as three, etc. JOB PRINTING: ■ tf P a-e prepared to io -ill kinds of job wokk. B-ans'i' an i work n rn’ike'iraiiner.oti tin st B ".s.irlble terms. Dll’- til 'tori il t’.ir’ll-Coliqiie-I us .lob ork, b-'ing n<-w and of th- latest landI and we feel coutide t that satisfaction i A New Revolutionary Story-ONE-EYED S.’-ULi OU THE TORY LEGt r E OF SEVEN. IaTALEOF SOUTH CAROLINA. ET DR J It K EINS !, N, Bjtithorof Nick Whifflfs ’’ ‘ Beck Bt MlB Half Witte.d Nat," • Ma hion’s Bitt ;ade " ■ Tits Pioneers OF KENTUCKY,” etc. continued. CHAPTER 111. FIKE AND SWORD. ! The lour defenders of Latir Iwnnd ran I item point to point to meet and repel the ■ invutbrs. who endeavored to force an en i lr . R r<- through the windows and doors liin.ulianeou-ly The voice of T--ni Htt»-|li-r swilled loudly above the din of conIfliet. Tit- Stl'tggle was k. pt up with dejirrtninrd spirit by the be-ieged While Bearli was engaged with an enemy. Jessie |Burnside cried out that a partv of them beaten down one o< the doors and g were pressing into the hall. | Podijah and H 'Z-lhurst sprang tn meet ■ •111-ill For a time the resub was douht- | fill, hut victory finally turned in favor of Illiedefenders, whose pnw.-Hul blows and I limrty Courage they Coub! riot wi'hsiand I Those who wile no’ r< J U ised wr re bft ■ upon the fl tor with broken heads. The | door was replaced and everything movefable piled against, it I The Tmies ignominiously withdrew to I the shelter of the surrounding trees and Lhrttbbery. and Hutter hoped that the at- ! licit Would not again be renewed The girls, during this scene, heh'-ved | nobly. Overcoming the natural 'imiditv of tlii-ir r. x they made themselves useful lii'lair brave blinds in various ways. — Paul H zelhurst fought like a lion. I f he entertained fears, they were not for him S'lf. hut for J-ssir Burnsolr and her com panions. When he paused from the con Let. panting and thiisiv.she brought him water; her little hand presented the cooling draught to h's llpß. He would glad Ir have imprisoned that ministering member in hiw own and pressed irr.eteful lti»les upon it, had proptiety sanctioned thr act. 'Are yeu wounded?’ she asked hur riedly. '1 do not know.’ he replied ‘I have not fl.ought of mv«i)-; 1 l ave thought only ot y n u and vottr f ri. n Is. 1 n ver have time to think ot mysi 1' when 1 OU are near 1 should despisemvs. lt it I did ’ ’You are teibrav ♦* t i <»i > generous!’ nns were.l J s<ie, with .-motion. 'You i xoose ymirself needlessly; y f , u have too much toti'i mpt. fur dang- r ’ ‘Th-re is tin such word as danger when Ido b-otle tor the safety and honor of Jes-ie Burnside ’ 'Too chivalrous! too chivalrous!’ exclaimed J Piwie. ‘I can’t quite understand this silence, ’ ; Sai-f Hu'ter. approaching H z Ihurst *'V«X my 11 X, if 1 don't believe the trnti r< lias gm enough oh’;'.’ said I’o li i jdi. ‘You see they can't stand nea* go iniii'h hammerin' ns folks can as ere fight--111 for lib, rty A few right smart knocks takes the starch right out of ’em ’ ‘They’re cowards if they don’t try it, B S ! »in.’ returned Hutter ‘There’s a doz CD of m. a‘ least, and thev ought to he ? tnnich, in the course of natur’. for four; bill we’ve got something within us that they haven’t. — love of friends, home, cotin it) and justice See what work they've made „j y nur bou»e. Miss Jessie; the win 'l-rs are riddled, the doors broke, the Lrni'ary ruin-d. and everything at six efiß arid «s#*Vf n< * ‘Uelove Laurdwood.* replied Jessie, but we l-.ve the esu'e of freedom better. The desiruction of .property will grieve us t’lt little, if valuable lives are spared and Je Tory tniscrescts punished.’

i ‘Punished?—be assured that they will,’ ' X-I .lined Paul H z Ihurst. ‘Heaven is Jllsi! Some of them ale eVen BOW reap mg the r-wvrd of th, j, villuny. Look at those , xpiring wretches who hdl near the door. Listen to their moans of anguish! W hat thought have djey to comfort them and soften their pains of dissolution? They die a lion ir to th, tno-lves and ev ery justice ho mg mind What a remembtauce the lories of South Carolina will leave to posleri y 1’ • f 1 e word I'otv will be the synonym of infamy,’ said Ju ||ih I in- night, had set in qui’e dark, and obj -cts eoiil I he se. n at a short distance only I lie tret s looked dim *n 1 mis l vin tlie noctirn-l gloom Tom H n'er an I j his comt id<-s strained tln ir et. stn every dir’c ton in search ot th.-ir toes, bn l wi’h out disi-ovt rmg tln m The surrounding 'i'i-ii'ry Was as quiet as if it ho! never li.i-n disturbed tiy the sound ol human Coldiic ; nothing broke the tpii.-lule , sale the groans ol the wouiul. d in ■tile house, and, at long int. tv-ds. L urithe cry ol a wolf in the tangled hedg. s of ' e| Swamp. The liars of the young ladies heg <n to | subride; an assurance—taint and I retn bling, at first — that those lawless men find ; n Hied and would n o r turn to n n-w the cm.fl.ct, took po>B's ion of their min !s. A glow o’ hop.- returned to th, ir pale chi i ss. As th. ir own danger gri w less eminent, in their e.-tim ition. feelings of’ compassion for ti e Wounded Tories visited ■'hi ir hearts They Would liav- pio lured I lighis 'o > x mttie tln ir con li'ton and mak. renn-dial applications, had they not been catuioned by their more experienced de- ‘ lenders Hall an hour elapsed. The silence con | linU'-d unbroken. Tom Huber was not at ease, but walked about nervously, cas ling pry ing glances from one window, then trom anotiu r He was suspicious and unsatisfied. He knew that they had suffer- d loss bu’ not enough to prevent brave m<-n. or persons ol even or linarv hardihood, from m iking further attempts Paul H- z. II ust at first, shared Hutter’s inquietude, bu; finally joined the ladi<-s. confident that there was no immediate dnnger to apprehend ‘1 can’t comprehend ill’ muttered Hutter, in a perph xed manner ‘There’s al lers mischief goin’on when folks are still •Ti>a‘’s abeout m\ own wav o’lhinkin’,’ remark, d Podijah. who heard Tom’s re I marks. ‘The most mischief is done with 1 the least mdse, ’cordin’ to mv • XpeJmnce list and last, here and there, by and large •IS (he world goes. Did you eVer go a courtin’, Mislei?’ 1 never did,’ said Tom. •Well that’s ab -out the stillest work vou can find. I icckon, though sometines j tin re’s a heap o’ business done.’ ‘Hal k!’ said Torn. ‘1 don’t hear nothin’ but Paul and the ga's Pat'l’s rulher sweet on one of ’em. 1 should say. though ’’would be hard to choose aiwet-n ’em. Wax my fl <x, it it wouldn't!’ ‘lt strikes me,’ said Tom, ‘that the air is growng hot ami oppressive Listen! be quiet there, Paul and the gals ’ i Each of the parties b-came attentive. A hissing, roaring sound was heard ovI er head. ■The house is on fin !’ cried Hutter — I-Some of the blood thirsty vilhaiis have .•fl.ctrd and an entrance through the roof ’ The semi' rushed up stairs an I ll rew ' op. n ih° d. or A dense volume o' smoke mingled with th. fl .me. met him and drove him b ck. beds garments, everything eomhusbtile had been pih-d in a heap an-i i fired The Straw , the fa In rs. the linen, were like tinder; I needed hit' asp .rk to i kindle the mad I I Z . and that had been applied some minu es before by a cunning and malicious hand. S< otch.d by the furious element and • half suffocated. Hu'ter mount.d the - stairs again, in hopes to combat the de structive power hv scattering the ma eri I which fed it. but it was too late Po-li-jiii Mik-peace ran al’er him and dragged him back. Io It choked by the penetrating • ho’ and smoke-loaded air. | Paul H z Ihurst, in 'efi mce of the hi ck-, aspht xia'ing vapors, rushed to the . charnb. rto elose the door that ha t been left. op. n. hut sank bli"d-d and overpowered upon the threshold. It was with d ffi -uliy that he coul I retrace his steps i He was gasping for brea’h like a drowning man when he rejoined the anxious «... w -MMt* ! ‘or we rb-tll be smoked to death, like ra's iin a hole! ‘l'll “hnt >L °»’suffocate tryin’. W ix mv fl ‘X if I don 1 • . The tall form of Po !ij ,h disappeared in the mas of sm"ke that ndb-d from above like thunderclouds. There was a moment of intense anxiety, then the door was beard to close A Im-.st stmjlhaneous-; lv Podijah tumbled down the sta.rs, covered with cinders, his Dee and hands bits'tered. and of his white locks withered to ashes. Ts ■ -Bravely done!’cned Jewie. U you

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DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTV, INDIANA, MAY 6, 1859.

Vi —*- —< i-'-J — -g—.uhave not saved us, you have at least giv-| en us a reprieve.’ Don’t praise me’ returned Podijah, 'The praises of a gal intoxicates me like ardent sperit—the pootier the gal, the • d runker it makes me. I never shall git | away from this place alive il there’s anything desperate I can do.’ ‘Desperat- lull is desperate!’ <aid Hutter. ‘We might cut otti way through and' save otirs-dv-s, perhaps, il there was nothin’ of a f.-minine natur’ to look Hn. rg bu’ these g»l< can’t s-an’ musket balls, nor they can’t st--n’ fire.* ‘Heavens!’ exclaimed Patil. ‘Whai shall we do?' — not. lor oureelves, but lor t lies,- p,,nr girls ’ ‘E cape as you can ihrotlghthe dark nes<; and as for us gills, we will trust to the in.-ry- of the en-mv, and vi. | | our st ives prisoners,’ snswered J.-.ssie, ea ger'v. A’ -s. we will 'rust ourselves to the ’oim n-'V n! the Tories,’ sail Julith and R itlv, hurr'edlv. YHi wil l find it a poor ’rust ’ return•ed H'lUer. looking comp issi matrlv at, 1 the three girls ‘i 'll !>h tnisereble mercy you’ll git from them. No, no! we Cm’: think ol that. God bless you. Tom Hutter no! W.can.t, in feed, ihink ot that. We will die if it he Heaven's will, for these dear and helpless ones; but forsake them, tn-V--| b A b.iid shout without The Tories were . xuh’ing in (heir success ■W.nt iiiiisi be don--!' asked Paul in an I agonv of ar-X'-iV. •We cm do two things.’replied Hui ter ‘Re.-natn here and be burnt, or rti'h out an I be shot ‘We'll neither be burnt nor sho'!‘ re torted Poilij i" sioiitlv ‘l’m hound to live ■as long as tippers and tin 1.-rs ’]] hoi I to gefher I ain’t goin’ to knock under in • the ntornin’ o’ mv days, by gum! I know • 'hat all flesh is grass, bu' I don’t wan' mv grass cut while i’’s so green. I’ll hold, on to > X’st.-nci- '<> the last, gasp I swow! Tom H'l'Aer I'm goin’ to cut jest about mv higne.-s and the bigness ol one o’ these gal- through the 'tarnal i Tories, a ieetle qtiicker’n you can load a load o’ hnv when there’s a thunder ahow.r cornin’ up like a race hors.-!’ L turelwo "I house shook with, the violence of the devouting fl .me, which had eaten throngh the roof and now enveloped tile mid rafter. U hile the group ■ looked up in alarm a red sword of fire 1 was thrust down through the ceiling. ‘lt. is the fl iming sword! it waves us ; from our para !i«- !’ cried Jessie. •Nay’sai l Patil, impressively, ‘some • lof us may be going 'o an eternal para- ; • disc’ The fire above grow)-d angrily in an | I sw-r. and the black smoke purled into: i the room like the destructive breath of a ' j demon ‘Let each man see that his weapon is! loaded. Take care gals. Stand back as fur as you can from the flame and smoke., There’s a burnin’ cinder on your dress, i Miss Ruth —ii blazes!’ •It is out.’ said Podijah, composelv. ' smothering the incipient glow with bisI great hand •We must rush out two abreast.’ said | ’Hu'ter ‘Podijih and I wdlg' first —; H z Ihurst, you and Blink.i ke< p near the la.lies " B inko. b.- brave, and u — i those large arms of yours to some pur • pose Gve ’em the con'ents of the blun derbn-.s in th" lace nn.i eyes, then club it • an- 1 hreak th. ir heads. •YsM's’r Tom. This chile know wha' he 'bout II ih'u-nt fo'gitdat hang in.’ vit O ' g'dlv didn’t it hurt when dey run me' up to de limb! ’Beared to Stop inv hr. ff like Yci stood hv m-. m t-’r r >m, an I I'll stan ! hv you, L •'' w.m’t I in ike dts ole bhinderhU'S -poke to 'em. de minute [ hab a chance tv ob-quintify ’cross de sjgl, ts?’ T <- parties were now driven to the re motes! corner of the room, by their new an 1 irresistible enemy, which was githering strength and fierceness with frightful "rapidity- lltll’er tin astened the door, and the fresh access of the air gave a Idniuti il f'-rvor to the confl igrat’on — he Stood a moment alone in the ou'pourinv smoke, tint not a shot w is fired hoiu the conceal*-.! and watching tor. ‘There is no help tor it,’ added Torn — •We must try H now or never Podij di?’ ■ • 't your side!’ responded the Yankee: who * Xp-ised himself to danger as if he had been accustomed to It flotn child hood. The walls shook with the vehemence i of the fire, and tin re was a warning creak and groan among the crumbling joists and trembling ratters. •The roof will all in a moment!’ c.i.-d HaZ-lhurst. ‘We are ready. Quick, Hutter, quick!’ The heart of Tom Hutter swelled Willi courage end resolution; his form dilated; bis muscles quivered tor the contest. •To th p right —friends to the right!— Seep under the smoke as much as you ' can and stoop « y pu

, They glided unmolested to the end ol the dwelling. ‘Now tor the shrubbery in the direction of Liurel Swamp!’ whispered Hutter. •A crisis approaches. Dear young ladies, be brave!’ admonished Paul, whose steady bearing an I fl ishing eyes told that he was ready to do battle for the • fair beings under his protection. ‘Now lor a dash—fast, faster— sloop—gijrpAs small a mark to the enemy as posto n two or three rod* from the burni ing building, the flames shot up with in creased brilliancy, throwing a strong glare upon the fugitives. Al.t nm n sprang trom the foliage to dispute their pro gress. ‘S "p!‘ shouted a voice that was start I Itnjv iimdiur to J —st,. B irn-ide. D >wnl’ thundered U t ter springing ! tow nil him with a fi rce houn 1, an I aiming a blow at his hen I with his rifl -. Vinbts-de slagg-oed and fell upon oil'-' ■ Knee. The tali Y «nk-e pressed to th'- I side of H t'ter an I the Tory fell crushed at his leet‘Ha'e at ynu, you 'tarnal critters’— Polij ih M ikepeace didn’t come out her--i lor iiii'bin’. Come on—a d' Z-nofye at : one- ! There's a score of airthqtl ikes -Inn up iu mv bones.’ ‘Shoot down the rebels—shoot ’em : down!’ cri -d V oitassie, over whose prosrate form four stout fellows were contend ing B inko discharg.-d his born lerbuss, and - the sc titering storm of buckshot w jun Jed ; several. ‘S' ize the gills! seize the gals!' shouted L ingford. •I'm with you!’ exclaimed Nit Herrick, an ' both approached the terror-stricken girls Oh. P -til save us from those wretches!’ shri'-ked Ju lith. ‘Here's for you Mister!' said Hetrick, leveling a pistol at Paul. A bullet wins (led close to the young man's face, who putting himself betw-en the young ladies and the villians, held them at bay. His person was the target for a doz u n furious i blows, with surprising adroitness, he turn'-.‘ and b-ffl d. The tour men were now engaged in an un-qual conflict Ely to t|-.e swamp girls, while we keep the miscreants in check!’ admonished Ila Z'dhurst. The maidens ran like frightened deer, but their defenders had the mortification to see two tories in pursuit of them without being able to go to their assistance I Overpowered by numbers, they gave • ground, but inch by inch. They were bruised and bleeding: they began lo des I pair : ‘Take ’em alive boys; that we may have the pleasure of hangin’ ’em shouted V intassb-. i A single rjfle shot rang sharp and deadIv through the air A Tory who was pressing hard upon Hutter, threw up his arms and fell dead at the feet of his comrades. ‘Hounds of hell!’ cried a thunderous’ • voice. ‘You love blood, and slaughter and carnage: you shall have it!’ A l athletic man with a black patch I over his left eve, a rifle slung at his back . a pistol in each hand, and a sabre swing ing at his side, appeared in the mi Ist oi , the Tories as if he bad suddenly fallen , from the clouds He fired his pistols and ■ Unsheathed his >.abre. Tremble miscreants, for One-eyed Saul , is among von!’ The sabre f] ,slied like lightning around I the stranger’s hea l T'le tones of his j Voice, the fi- rcem-ss of his CO'inten nice and the fatality of his arm. struck terror! an I const-rnation to the hearts of th'-. Tor r-naga les. The tiurvivers turned •Cow ir Is! wretches! come back, and 1 will m'-et v hi single han-led!’ One-eyed Soil 1ook"d wildly around and laughed mockingly, then turning to H itter an I his bleeding companions, and pointing in the direction of the girls had fled < x-d timed: •Wliv do you stand her-? Aber them —for they need v«ur In-Ip There are | shrinks yonder; away—away! I' isS'til o' Loir-1 Swamp hat commands you — I have work to do. Must go this w.it and that wav. an 1 there is no rest for my head this night ‘ With these worls. rapidly and vehe m’-n'ly uttered One-eved Saul strode j away and in an instant was lost to view CHAPTER IV. IN THE SWAMP Casting anxious looks behind them, the . fair fugitives saw the fl ones ot their hur- ■ ning home, and groups of men struggling in the light of the red glare. It was a , mournful, thrilling spectacle, an 1 thev hurried on toescape it. dupe, who had proved corageous and active, encouraged , them by precept and example. Ruth Hat il and, being a little behind her com paniuns. hear f the footsteps of pursuers, and admonished het friends of the tact, who needed no new stimulus to excite

them to the gr -.H.st df wbltflf lhevi wete capable. They reached the Swamp' and took shelter in it. like frighten 1 btr I s j I ib laurel was well pigh impt-n«;ruble; innumerable vegitable arms were stretched : nut to oppose them. a het-work of vines and branches disputed their passage — Their hands Wi re lacerated by contact with continually projecting po;nts, aud : shn-ds of their garments were left upon brake and briar. Urging their wav al mg‘ im the darkness and terrible intricacv i tli'-y soon an! unwillingly became sep<-r---i aied, while their atiemp s to find each ! >'her involved them in tiew labyrinths.— ; T ti!. bleeding, f it.i ing with fear and • x [ h >U' , ion, Jessie Burnside sank upon the 1 , ' earth. ! Foi a time her physical and mental sac nines were in su :lt a whirl of a tempest, that t he concn moies- of everything aroun-f ! her seem-'d slipping awav from tier.— There r-maiw i wi’h h- r only a heavy leahz I'ion o' something fearlnl and shock mg. At h-ng It tile chilliness ol thgronnd an-i thenightair cooled herfeveref - pt stem an ! restored her coherency oi j I thought. Bhe raised herself and stibpor- | - ted her head upon her hand. H-r dis I heveh-d tresses, her disordered garments, j and her lacerated p-rson reminded her ol I | the ordeal through which she h id passed. ! There was a lattice work of vines aroun I an I above her She thought of the *u I fen Chang- ot h'-r circumstances. Wnen the stm w-nt down list, she had a com tortable -and beloved ho tie; now s ie h id none, but W is 1 hun'ed. [l -rseCUted lligi live, cowering in a d irks-une swamp, th- I resort of wil l beasts an I lawless m-n.— She could not be so selfish as not to think of her companions. Where were they?. She shudered at the possibility of what! might have belallen them, A painlul • recollection tn regard to her brave deten ter* added uobespe-akablv to the distrac i tion of her mind. Fir off tn the debths of the swamp she heat 1 Ihe sbri-k of the panther, the howl of the wolf, and the dismal notes of the owl. Frtgh'ful contrast I •o the peace an ! security <>i Lturelwiio 1? Looking upward through the tenacious 'ohage into th a dim. she beheld a black ■ elntid of sin ik-—all that rem lined of her father’s mansion, save a few charred and smouldering brands that still sent up h j mournfnl incense from the family health- i , stone. S'v w-pt, sorrowed, prayed—sor 1 it is upon God, al last, that the tossed, stricken, and disapoiuted mind turns. — The instincts an 1 experience of the whole human race prove beyond the shadow of question, that He alone can con’er bles-ing an 1 consolation up m '.he bereaved, affl a 1 ted, and worl 1 crushed soul. Prayer to Him ma Ih her calm-r. A strange, balmv influence, unexp'Cted and sweet, stole in'o her being She would not, she did not quite desp ur Th-re was a sound in the laurel hedges. She list-ned with every sense awake. Persons were working their way through the tangl-d masses in the direction of her ! covert. Their progress was slow and I difficult. She heard muttered curses ; and imprecations. Her fears were irn- ! mensurahlp increesed, for the voice of ■Martin Vantassle was so odious, and ! made so many disagreeable impresions i upon her memory, that she could not but re cogniz-its-lightest tones. She shrank an I croiehed to mother earth for protyeJ tion, as the startled pattridge hides itself; beneath a bough or in the friendly brake, ! to escape the hurtling shot of the hunt-r. , Di-covery appeared inevitable, for the j crackling of the limp’ and the strugling : and the low breathed curses came nearer i an I ne irer j ‘Perdition S'-'z • these brambles!- <x claimed ViO'a-sle ‘(hie can neither stand op nor 1 iy down, go forward nor go back! - J-sse heard ‘ln- speaker cast himself recklessly u ion the ground a few yards ; from her. Tin- laurel bent and com'pl lined'benenih hi- weight, communicating a w <ve of motion to the vines arou l <1 her. A volley of oaths followed the remark. You’re in bid temper. C 'p’n,’ said mother, who proved to be Simon Ar-row-mil h. Who woul ln‘t he in bid temper to be ft fH d in this wav?- growled V mla-sle. Twice the gal seein -J to be in mv [low -er to night, a id twic- have I b.-en defea j - ted by that unknown devil One-eyed Soul of (lie sw-itnp ’ ‘lt's the gal—theres where the shoe jiinches. Ttie loss of the silver plate is what troubles me. ‘Twas a tool (rick, to set the house afire an-f burn it up, arti-r 1 all There wa- enough on us to take Lan ' relwood by storm, and we onght to have , done il. I'd been content with the booty. I Whoever gets « chance to look among the ashes yond-r first 'll get richly paid tor ' their troiibl •■• ‘A greater treasure than all the plate ; of Burnside Hous--has slipped through i inv fingers this night Simon Arrowsmi'h ' who in the fiends name, is this One-eyed Siul, who is such a terror to our fellers: ■ all along the Santee, especitdy about this | cussed swamp?'

j ‘lt's tnore’n 1 can tel, Cap'n; but 1 ■know that he fights I ke a burn une, and :is never still. Fust you hear ol lim at I one place, then at another a. long way • off. He goes from p'int to p'int like a racehorse, and allers leaves his mark ot> men. llh has a hurain* hatted for Tories, and woe to them t| lat > ltf puts h j. eVfl .on for vengeance, tor they don't liv,. J-ng arter. Jim PdiJard has got some- ’ 'hin’ to do, I i.-ckon. l‘m glad it wasn't •n- that drew his nam- from the hat on . the’ntghtwe rrossed'-ur .--hr s ~r , r t i, e r- lld 'Ze, and swore —we seven o stand jby each other to the last in „1J C4( . es Hl ,j j under all circumstances. ! ‘Poor hick We ve hod, sneered Martin 'Though we had the a lvantige tn the I point o' nnmb-rs. Titere's s, lenonus m I'che I agin; we‘]| fee how jri| , n ,j A ' z it o! us seem to be no match per tour, tonight, returned Arrowswith, morosely 4 wonder it any of our -even got their q'tieiu-? s itan takes Care of his own, they say. ‘We ll know to night, when we meet ni I the cypress tree I got a broken skull, ; and no'iced that fwo or three o het < Ini! , sotno nglr m irk-; but it’s my opinion that the seven will all turn up at die proper Hirne. S one of our friends went under; jthe bodies of a tew w. re burned in’ the house. I s p->se, but it's tne f-,te of war. an lcm't be he’ped. I‘s Jessie , B trnside that, worries me the in-.s'! Im tgine the feeti ngs oi the i oung girl I Picture to yourself her tn oid amn, her , •r- mblmg horror, at the ihe’pn.xnn’iy of I v Iliana whose religion was Pa-sion and Plunder, and whose d-pr n-iii in- inc's them on to the commi-sion of | enormities too shocking for the min i to ! dwell upon. She was like the dove hiI ding from the hawk—the Imre shrinking from the teeth ot the hound. ‘All hope of the g-ls isn’t lost yet’ said Arrowsmith, hopefully ‘H rrick , an 1 Langford follered 'em you know?’ ‘How lur could they toiler 'em through | these infernal meshes <>f wood?' •As fur as the frightened little bodies could go’ said Marlin Arrowsmith 1 oighed' as if the idea was a very pleasant one. ‘They coti’dn't go a groat wavs that's j certain, said M irtin. : ‘ 1 hey may be ‘thin ten yards of usl' as- ' scried Arrowsmith' The effect of this remark was anything i but agreeable to Jessie for the distance was much less than the --uffi m had intimated. ‘We might look about some' added Arrowsmith. 'They'd be npt to snug.de into the fust, hidin' place they come io; that ■is the way of the critters When they're frighleneu. they put their silly heads under the fust bush they find ‘ You forget that Tom Hutter, Paul II izelhurst, the tall Yankee, and the nigger, started after 'em the minute we took |to our heels. They've found 'em I'll warrant, and that arch rebel Hnztlhurst p's whisperin' fine things in Jessie's ear hv this time. The days ‘ll be long and I the nights till Ive covered him with the muzzle of my rifle. Little shall 1 sleep till he ceases to stau‘ atwecn me and Jessie Burnside ‘ 'lt is’nt best to let out any secrets Captain, for we dunt know what ears may hear us A twig broke b n’-ath the slight weight of .les ie-s person. The cir u u-lanee tiddud fresh terror lo her situ i'ion. ‘Whit was that? 1 whisp-red Arrow ■ smith. ‘lt was n noise!' sai l Vantassle, sud, ’ denlv. ‘I know it was a noise, but it nlb-rs takes somethin' t mike a noise. Wtiat did I tell you? Y-> ir fteatity mav be concealed lo reabout; push ahead am! see it she is not.' .l-s-ie heard Vin'assle parting the I mI |-e|s and pressing slowly toward hr r. Hr r heart beat violently! ,-hr b-lit veil ll he paused he could hear it. The cr.-is Ilf her tale as it seemed to hi r had arm- .! —— ‘ Slioul I she spring up ami attempt to flv, or remain sih-nt a moment Jong, r? site chose the litter V intassle Was within I t hree v u ds ot her. [To be continued in the N- w Y- ik W- 'klyof April 3 llh, an I tor s;,|.- ,v---i ery N'-wr Ag'-nt in tin United S a r-] Published hv A J WILLIAMSON, - - Beekman Strhet New Y okk. and Tim NEW YORK WEEKLY i- sold jby all respectable N- ws Agents in the i United States. The price ig Font Cr-nts, but in some case, where Agents have to pny < x ra freight or postage, a higher price is nectß»ari)v chaiged. When im-re is a News Agent in th- town, we desire piur friends tn get the WEEKLY’ through -him. We do not wish to mail the piper I XC( pt toplaces where there is nr o'lo-r ; means of getting it. Wnen sent by mail , the price will invariably be 82 a year, in advance Supscriptions takr-n for three monta. Two copies will b-sent for a year for 83; four copies for 86; eight copies for 813. Postmasters nud others who get up clubs of ten, and send us sls at one

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