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A Mb in Brighton, Uuil) swore such a
tremendous oath, as lo split his loifue'
about half an inch. Another beoama so
tildicted to intemperance, that his nose
assumed the form of a ditnijohn.
An old woman who sold ale, being in
Church, fell asleep during divine service,
unluckily let her old clasped Bible fall,
which making s great noise, she exclaim*
ad, "So, you jade I there's another jug
broke."
%A petulant old lady having refused a
suitor to her neice, he expostulated with
her, and requested her plainly to divulge
her reasons. "I see the villian in your
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nee, bhiu biiv. iwi is a personal refection,
madame, answered the lover.
A farmer in tlie northern part of Scot*
land, some forty years ago, when turnip
culture was beginning to creep into the
country, sowed a head ridg for the benefit
of the public, and put up a label with this
inscription? You are requested to steal
out of this spot,1*
Prejudice.?As the petty fish, which
is fabled to possesses the property of arresting
the progress of the largest vessel
to Which it clinirs. even ho mnv m simrle 1
o-? J - ?"? prejudice
unnoticed ordespised, more than 1
the adverse blast, or the dead calm, delay 1
the bark of knowledge in the vast seas of 1
time.?The Disowned. 1
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West at Rome.?"Thirty of the most i
magnificent equipages in the capital of i
Christendom, and filled with some of the
most erudite characters in Europe,*' says
Gait, "conducted the young Quaker to
view the masterpieces of art. It was
agreed that the Apollo should be first
submitted to his view; the statue was enclosed
in a case, and when the keeper i
threw open the doors, West unconciously i
exclaimed, "My God?a young Mohawk i
warrior!" The Italians were surprised I
and mortified with the comparison of their i
noblest statue to a wild savage; and West i
perceiving the unfavorable impression, i
proceeded to remove it. He described |
the Mohawks?the natural elegance and
admirable symmetry of their persons?the
elasticity of their limbs, and their motions !
free and unconstrained. "I have seen 1
them often/' he continued, "standing the '
very attitude of this Apollo, and pursuing 1
with an intense eye, the arrow which they
had just discharged from the bow." The 1
Italians cleared their moody brows, and ?
allowed that a better criticism had been
rarely pronounced. West was no longer ^
a barbarian. *
The Forest of Peacocks.?The Mohur-1 c
burge, or Peacock Forest, is of very great] t
extent. It takes its name from the cir- I
cumstancc of its abounding with the i
above-named bird. It is situate on the I
banks of the Subunreclta river, (river of <
golden sands,) in the piovince of Orissa, .<
East Indies. The rajah who Lords overft
this forrest, protects these birds front the c
molestation of man by levyii.g very heavy I
lines on such as mav be detected in the nn I *
of destroying them. Fifty or moie of a
these fowls may be observed in a very
small outlet of the forest, feeding together, p
and they are so far from being shy of ap- s
proach, that a person may advance within fc
a few yards of them. "The rajah adopts
for his crest the figure of this "sacred t
bird." t
General Gaines.?This distinguished 1
veteran of the army has tarried several
days in our city on his way to the western
frontier. He will depart shortly for the j.
Sabine river, in the steamer Velocipede,
with a view to reconnoitre the country ; c
ad jacent the boundary line, and select pro- j ^
per sites for fortifications* The govern-:
mcnt of the United States is at last waking j
up to the importance of strengthening the ;
defence on the western border. It has
cost them dear enough to learn this use- v
ful lesson. The expenditures of the Se- ^
minole war will not soon he forgotten?1
and may in the end be beneficial, hv in.
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culcating the necessity of overawing the ,
Indian tribes, and guarding against their ; Q
depredations by the display of a powerful
force. 1
Heavy Business.?The town of Akron,' n
Ohio, has for several years past been fa- R
mous as a general rendezvous of counter- l'
feiters, blacklegs, &,c. and the extent of f1
their "humble efforts" to improve the '
currency may be inferred from the fact
that the U. 8. Deputy Marshall has assis- n
ted in seizing, since the 29th of June last, s
no less than six hundred and sixty-two
thousand dollars of counterfeit money ,1'
which was in readiness for circulation?;>
made 26 arrests, and captured three pres- v
scd together with the plates, dies, and
otfier apparatus used in the business.? v
How many thousand dollars had already 11
been peddled off throughout the country | n
from this manufactory is not easy to tell, < 1
but probnbly the number may be estima-il
ted by ttns. I
We are happy to perceive by the Cleve-'
Unrt * !
.-.. w IIKU U IllUt'l 111^ *m inc [ ,
citizen* of Akron has been lately held, at j1
which spirited resolutions were adopted > a
expressive of their determination to ferret 1
out and bring to justice all offenders against
the morals, peace, and reputation of the T
plttcc; and the approbation of their pub-' "
lie Journals in holding up to public odiurn v
those engaged in this disreputable and un- 11
lawful business. 11
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Lwon,vnle Blunder.? Affairs, more |i
particularly of the heart, make up always ii
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lift. 1 took it into my head that little]
girl, who livvd in the neighborhood, na*j
absolutely, and to all intents and purpose,
an angel?that she had uo equal In the
world?was the most beautiful, bewitch*
ing, elegant, etherial-minded being, that
cfcreaa sent below the clouds?I was
slecejre end confident of this?1 took every
opportunity of seeing her, and, if by
dint ol courage and ingenuity I succeeded
it afforded me a week's happiness?these
were all, necessarily, Sunday occasions,
when people look as prettily as possible.
At last an extra opportunity of seeing
the fair creature occurred?I was to go
over the farm on an errand. An ambassador,
qn his first introduction to the presence
of a sovoreign, could not have
made a better display of his wardrobe
than I did of mine?every hair was exact?
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iy aujusieti?roy t?*f nni carefully on?a
pair of cleau shoes under my arm, which
were to be carried to the farmer's bars?
and, in short, 1 went as every lovesick
blockhead goes the first time to see his
mistress, most particularly fine, and feeling
most particularly foolish.
1 gained the awful bars that brought me
iu view of the more awful presence of my
angel. Stuck my old shoes carefully under
a log, put on my new ones, and went
forward, after having practised a bow or
two. Walking leisurely down the lane
as near the fence as possible, I met a drove
of cows, and a girl dressed in a dirty linsey
frock, barefoot, and with her mouth
and bosom besmeared with mush and molasses,
driving them forward with slicks
and stones?I met thecompany?heavens!
the driver was my Sunday flame--but
whai an angel! 1 threw my hat down in
the road, rumolcd mv hair, stuck hoiK
my shoes in the inud, and thought that
I was going crazy. I was never afterwards
a very enthusiastic lover.
There is a plain, straight forward way
of trudging through the world; and we
may as well accustom ourselves to it first
as last. Expecting nothing, we shall not
be disappointed?a little sceptical on
many matters of appearance, we shall
reach the reality without surprise?and
the sooner we arrive at the age of reason,
perhaps the better it will be for us.
Advice to Sundry People.?When
you feel your passions r sing never Conine
or suppress them. How many boilers
lave been burst by too close an imprisonnent
of their contenis?
Always procliam the faults of otheis.
There should be no scctets in a republican
government.
Never give up your opinion though you
mow you are wrong; it shows that you
lave no independence.
Whenever you attack your neighbor's
rtiaracter, do it behind his back, so as not
,e wound his feelings.
Make it a rule to keep company with
'Ogues and rascals; and then if you should
je prosecuted for an offence you have
jommittpd, and your comrades should be
:allrd as witnesses against you, no body
vill believe them and so you will get
ilea r.
Never forgive an injury. The power (
>f pardoning belongs to the Governor
nd Council.
When you have done an act of charity
uiblish it to others, so that they ina> do
0 loo. Besides every man can.preach
est from his own notes.
Never pay your debts it is unconstituional,
for payment impairs the obligaioii
of a contract, and even the Legislaure
has no power to do that.
IVmpeance is a great virtue; therefore
1 ways be moder te in the use of anient
pints. Six glasses of sling before breakast
is as good as a thousand.
>Vhen you are ai church go to sleep.
Sunday is a d?y of rest.
If a secret has bufcen committed to you
o keep, t'?ke special care to keep it safey;
and it nay b>* well for cautions sake
0 get <*110 or two to help you.
And as women is called the "weaker <
esse!," she should have h dozen to help <
er. " Fast hind fast find " ]
Never sweep your parlor?it makes a '
unfounded dust.
Never brush down a cobweb; it is a part 1
f a spider's dwelling house, and of!
ourse his castle, and therefore is sacred.' i
Life is short, and as things are nowji
aanaged, a woman's work is never done;:
he must therefore work double tides, n
hat is sh* should tu'k and laugh at the
ame tone. Yea?& of life may be saved
1 this way.
When you are in compan} and can find!
othing to say, you may do your part byi
inging and whistling to yourself. 1
In telling a story, season it with laugh
cr is you go on, and give notice when'
oil are clone, so that others may know'1
rhen to join in the laugh.
Some people sigh in the old fashioned,
pay; and some give a long sigh tnrough
he nose The former mode occasions!
nucli wear and tear ol the heart, and the
alter saves the wear and tear of the por-i
LCthandkerchief ?Portland Transcript. <
Weston thl Comedian.?This gentlenan
left behind him a will remarkuine for
ts humor, and for the absene^ of nli form ;
nd ceremony. Ha explained his inten-'
ions in this wise.
imprimis.?As for Mr. F ?otc I de-i
ivedall my consequence in life, and u*|
I is the best thing I am in possession of H
rould, in gratitude at my decease, leave I
l to the sard Mr. Foote; But 1 know he
either stands in need of it as an author,
ctor, or as a ma ; the publi* have fully
>roved it in the two first, and his good
iature and humanity have secured it to
um in the last,
Item.?I owe some obligation to Mr.
Garrick; I therefore bequeath him all the
money 1 die "possessed of, as there is
uothing on earth he is So vsiy food ot
k /fesK.^Though I owe M #1111011011 to (
Ml. Harris, yet his having a Cltl*
cere regard for the performers of his
theatre (bv assisting them in their necessities,
and yet taking no advantage thereof
by driving a hard bargain at their signing
fresh articles) demands from me, as
an actor, some acknowledgement; I thereto
e leave him the entire possession of
| tnat satisfaction which must naturally reI
suit on reflecting that during his manageI
roent he has never done an> thing base or
mean to sully his character as an honest
| man or a gentleman.
| Item.?I have played under the manageI
ment of Mr. Jefferson, at Richmond, and
! received from him every politeness; I
therefore leave him all my stock of prudence,
it being the only quality I think
he stands in need of.
/fern.?I give to Mr. Reddish a grain of
honesty; 'its indeed a small legacy, but
being a rarity to him, I think he will not
refuse to accept it.
Item.?1 leave Mr. Yates all my spirit.
Item.?I leave Mrs. Yates my humility.
Item?Upon reflecting, *1 think it
wronj? to give separate legacies to a man
and his wife; therefore I revoke the above
bequest, and leave, to be enjoyed by them
jointly, peace, harmony, and good naJ
ture.
Item.?Notwithstanding my illness, I
think I shall outlive Ned Shater; if I
should not, I had thoughts of leaving
him an example how to live; but that, I
am afraid, would be for little use to him:
I therefore leave him my example how to
die.
Item.?I leave Mr; Brerdton a small
portion of nothing.
Item.?As Mr. Jacobs has been a long i
while eagerly waiting for dead man's i
shoes, I leave him two or three pairs (the <
worst I have,) they being good enough, i
in all conscience, for him. <
Item.?Though the want of vanity be
proof of understanding, yet I would re^ i
commend to my old friend Baddeley to >
make use of a little more than of the first, j
though it cost more than he would willing- <
lv pay for it. It will increase not only i
his consequence with the public, but his I
salary with the managers; but, however, i
should his stomach turn against it as nauseous,
he may use for a succedaneum a I
small quantity of opinion. and it will an- I
Swei the same purpose as well. <
Item.? Mr. Quick has long labored to i
obtain the applause of the public; theme- f
thod he has taken is a vague one: the 1
method to obtain his end is to copy JVa- c
ture; cxperientia docet. {
Item.?As I would not forget my friends,
particularly old ones, 1 leave Charles Ban- a
nister my portrait, to be taken when I am t
dead, and to be worn about his neck, as
a memento to him that regularity is among >
the most certain methods to procure
health and long lifn. f
Item.? Dipple Davis claims some thing
tt my hands, from the length of our ac- I
quainlatice: I therefore leave hiin mj' constitution;
but 1 am afraid, when 1 die, it
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win i??- si-urn- ncurr man nis own.
Item?I leave the ladies, in general on
the stage (if not the reality, yet) the appearance
of modesty; 'will serve them on
more occasions than they are aware of. v
Item.?To the gentlemen of the stage, 0
some show of prudence. (1
I tern.?To the authors of the present 1
times a smattering of humor. ^
Item.?To the public a grateful heart. 1
The Hardford "Times'* confirms what
we hive all along been endeavoring to
impress upon the minds of our readers, a
that Clay-Whigism and Abolitionism have (.
entered into political aliance in opposition |
to the Administration. The thing is beyond
* ouht. In regard to t' e New Hamp- *
soire election, we gave the frank avowal 1
of a whig press, that Gov, Mill had the
concentrated abolition vole arrayed against 11
htm. So has it ptoved in Connecticut.? c
The "Times" says;?
44Tht Secret Abolition movements have y
been extensive, and a large portion of the 1
federal members of the Legislature are x
plectcd under open or secret pledges on 1
this que stiori, and will vote for abolition 1
resolutions. In some instances there were J
coalitions between the federalists and abolitionists
to elect one ana one to the Le- 1
gislature." 1
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From the Louisville Journal. j
Totn Tow son's Story. [
Tom was telling me a story the other
day abotn the way be was first introduced t
to his present wife. Col. Ridgeleys daugh- a
ter. Now I can't tell it as well as Tom 1
told it to me, hut I will tell it as well as I t
can.
Torn, you see. was poor, and had hut 1
a sorry education; but he was very quick 8
ti? It urn. Dllll unmo rV 1?1 -* '
T ...... noK> mat A lllfl II cl CI me 1
rlen est head in the country. Tom lived 1
us. Poverty Plantation, as he called it, s
w UN old widow Towson, his mother; and 2
the farm, which was small, was all they 1
had between them. The fact is, Tom t
was a handsome fellow, in homespun or r
bioudcloth. One cloudy afternoon Tom 1
went down into Silver Valley to see old $
R'Hgeley about a division line on Joe <
Gibson's plat of Poverty Plantation. s
A storm came on just as he drew upop- 1
posite Col. Ridgeley's lane gate. Ridge- t
|.?y was a proud old chap?rich too?and J2
report said that his daughter Lucy was 1
" mighty handsome.** Wow Lucy had f
been brought up in the best of style, and k
was a high lady in the neighborhood.? k
Some said that she had refused several b
capital offers, tot that's neither here nor
there, as Tom you know, could not think
of her.
.Well, the storm raged, and in rides
Tom; hooks his horse 10. an apple tree?
(joes up the wide steps and ends with a
oud knock at the door. Jim Squirrel
opened the door, an old negro, who had
carried water to Tom's father when he
(Tom's father) cradled in Ridgeley's
wheat fields.
w4'The Colonel in?"
Yes, Sir, come in," was the ready response.
Tom was led into a large, old-fashioned
ftarlor, where he found the Colonel resting,
his wife sewing, and his daughter
writing. The old man nodded, without
rising, and told Tom to sit down; while
the old lady very reservedly drew her
chair closer to the wall. Tom felt a little
curious.?The daughter too threw two
or three beautiful glances at him, which
made him feel still more curious. lie
made so many bluddlers in telling his business,
that a kind smile began to show
itself upon the faces of all in the room,
which encouraged Tom, who instantly
recovered his self-possession, and added
to their mirth by many intentional errors
and oddities.
41 Colonel," said Tom, 44 it's quite
out of the question for us to settle this
now."
44 Why so?" inquired the Colonel*
44 On account of your daughter, sir."
replied Tom.
44 My daughter!" returned the Colonel,
astonished; 44 pray what has she to do with
it:"
41 Why,*' added Tom, 44 she has knocked
me into a cocked hat with those black
eyes of hers."
The old lady drew up, although she
could not suppress a smile, while the
daughter blushed, in spite of her efforts
lo laugh contemptuously As for the
old Colonel, he was so astonished at Tom's
impudence, that for a while he lost the ;
use of his tongue. They all looked at
I'om in silence, and in the meantime they
remarked his line figure, high forehead,
and intelligent eye; while the irrestible
good humor ^of his countenance entirely
disarmed the Colonel, who burst out with !
a hearty laugh at Lucy. Miss Lucy curled
her pretty lip into a sort of good humored j
scorn, and hastily withdrew;
The next thing we sec is Tom, in his J
homespun, seated at the supper table, de-!
lighting the Colonel with his droll stories, j
:omplimenting the daughtci, and flattcrng
the old lady. The old lady put a
>lenty of sugar in Tom's tea, and Miss
liucy was a full lialf hour in drinking one ;
:up. Tom took leave shortly after sup- 1
>er. i
44 D?n that fellow!'' cried the old man,
is Tom rode out into the lane, and the
ears of joy still stood in his eye. *
44 He is quite handsome," quietly rcnarked
the old lady.
44 Not he," rejoined Miss Lucy, and a
cw months after she was Tom's wife.
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1 NIGHT AMONG THE WOLVES.
BY J. C. WIIITTILR.
The giunt wolf.*
Scenting the r hi? h.-ng, J
And moat offensive howl, did auk for blood.
The wolf.?the gaunt and ferocious
volP. How many tales of wild honor are
ssociatcd with the name! Tales of the
leserted battle field?where the wolf and
he vulture feast?a horrible and obscene
tanquet, realizing the fearful description
if Corinth, when
"On tlic edge of the gulf,
l'lioro sat a raven flapping a wolf/'
imidst the cold and stiffening corpse
>f the slain?or of the wild Scandinavian
crests, where the peasant sinks down exlansted
amid the drifts of winter, and the
vild wolfs howl sounds fearfully in his i
leafening ear, and lean forms and evil
?yes gather closer and closer around him,
is if impatient tor the death of the doom:d
victim.
The earlier settlers of New England;
vere not unfrequently incommodatcd by ''
he numbers and ferosity of tlie wolves,
vhich growled around their rude settle-,
nents. The hunter easily overpowered ,
hem and with one discharge of his muscet
scattered them from about liis dwelling
They fled even from the timid child, in
he broad glare of day?but in the thick j
ind solitary night, far away from the
hvelling of men, they were terrible from
heir fiendish and ferocious appetite, lbr
flood.
I have heard a fearful story of the .
volf, from the lips of some of the old '
lettlers of Vermont. Perhaps it inay be
>est told in the language of one of the |
v i noacoc r\ f f l?o eootm
If |?M%'0OVO VI H?v i'UVI* V? j
'Twas a night of January, in the year
17. We had been to a fine quilting frolic,
ibout two miles from our settlement oft
"our or five log houses. 'Twas rather!
ate?there was no moon?and a dull gray I
ihadow or haze hung all around the hori- j
ion, while overhead a few pale and sicky
looking stars gave us a dull light as
hey shone through a dingy curtain.?
1'here were six of us in company?Har-1
y Mason and myself, and four as pretty ;
rirls as ever grew up this side of the
*recn Mountains. There were my two
listers, and Harry's sister and his sweet,
leart the daughter of our next door neigh- j
>or. ' 8he was a right down handsome^
;irl?that Caroline Allen, I never saw !
ler equal, though lam no stranger to:
iretly faces. She was so pleasant and I
ind of heart?so gentle and sweet spo-j
en, and so intelligent besides, that everyj
ody loved her. She hail an eye as blue
as the bill violet, and her lips were like
a ted rose leaf in June. No wonder then,
that Harry Mason loved her?boy though
he was?for we had neither of us sees
our seventeenth summer.
Our path lay through a. thick forest of
oak, with hero and there a tall pine risins
its dark full shadow against the skv, with
an outline rendered very instinctly by
the darkness; The snow was deep?deeper
a great deal than it ever falls of late
?rears?but the surface was frozen stronger
enough to bear our weight, and we hurried
on over the white pathway with rapid
steps. We had not proceeded far, before
a long howl came to our ears. Wo all
IrnAIV 5? in ? * - ~ "
.? ... u iiiuinnni; anu 1 could feel a
shudder thrilling the arms that were folded
close to tny own?a sudden cry burst
from the lips of all us?" the wolves!?
^ the wolves!"
Did your ever sec a wild wolf?not one
] of your caged, broken down, show ani:
nials, which arc exhibited for sixpence a
1 sight, children half price; but a fierce,
' half starved ranger of the wintry forests,
' howling and hntrying over the barren
! snow, actually mad with hunger??There
j is no one of God's creatures which ha*
such a frightful, fiendish look as this animal.
It has the form as well as the spirit
of a d?inon. Another and another how)
?and then we could hear distinctly the
quick patter of feet behind us. We all
J turned right about, and looked in the dij
rection of the sound.
The devils arc after us, said Mason,
i pointing to a line of dark gliding bodies.
And so in fact they were?a whole troop
of them?howling like so many Indians
in a powwow. We had no weapons of
any kind; and we knew enough of the
nature of the vile creatures who followed
us to feel that it would be useless to conj
tend without them. There was not a mo'
mcnt to loose?the savage beasts were
| close upon us. There was but one chance
i of rsrnnp. rrnrt ? ? ine?n?.l? ?: *
. i'ii v iiioiau11 \ M'izni upon
it
"To tlic Ircc! let us climb this (roe!" I
cried, springing forward to a low boughed
< and gnarled, ouk. which I <aw a glance
; might be easily clirncd into.
Harry Mason sprang lightly into the
i tree, and aided in placing the terrified girl-5
i in a place of comparative security among
the thick boughs. I was the last on the
ground, and the whole troon were yelling
at my heels before I reached the rest of
company. There was one moment of
hard breathing and wild exclamations
among us, and then a feeling of calm was
thankfulness for our escape. The night
was cold?and we soon began to .shiver
C*
und shake, like so many sailors on the
topmast of an iccland whaler. Hut there
was no murmur?no complaing among us,
for we could distinctly sec the gaunt attenuated
bodies of the wolves beneath us.
and every now and then we could see
great glowing eyes staring up in the tree
where we were seated. And then their
yells?tiicv were long, loud, and devilish.
1 know not how long we had remained
in this situation, for we had no means of
ascertaining the time?when I heard a
limb of the tree cracking, as if breaking
down beneath the weight of us; ami a
moment after, the shriek went through my
ears like the piercing of a knife. A
light form went plunging down thrmnrh
r* ~
the nuked branches, and tell with a dull
and heavy sound upon the slill snow.
"Oh God! 1 am done!"'
It was the voice of Caroline Allen.?The
poor girl never spoke again! There
was a horrid dizziness and confusion in
my brain, and I spoke not?and I stirred
not, for the whole was at that time like an
ugly, unreal dream. I only remember
that there were cries and shedding around
me; perhaps I joined them?and that
mere were smothered groans and dreadful
howls underneath!
It was all over in a moment. Poor
Caroline!?She was literally eaten alive!
The woIvgs had a frightful feast, and they
became raving mad with the taste of
blood.
When I came fully to myself?when
the horrible dream went off?and it lasted
but a moment?1 struggled to shake off
the arms of my sisters, which were clinging
around me, and could 1 have cleared
myself, I should have jumped down
among the raging animals. But when
a second thought came over me, I knew
that any attempt to rescue would be useless.
As for poor Mason, he was wild
with horror. He had tried to follow Caroline
when she fell, hut he could not
shake of tlic grasp of his terrified sister.
11 is youth, and weak countenance and
frame, were unable to withstand the dread
mi trial; ami stood close by my side with
his bands firmly clenched and his teeth
set closely, gazing down upon the dark,
wrangling creatures below with the fixed
stare of a maniac. It was indeed a terrific
scene. Around us was the thick cold
night?and below, the ravenous wild
beasts were laping their bloody jaws, and
howling for another victim.
The morning broke at last, and our
frightful enemies fled at the first advance
of daylight, like so many cowardly murderers*
Wc waited until the sun had
risen, before wc ventured to crawl down
from our resting place. Wc were chilled
through?every limb was numb with cold
and terror?and poor Mason was delirious,
and raved wildly about the dreadful
things he had witnessed. There were
bloody stains all around the tree and two
or three long locks of hair were trampled
in the snow.
We had gone but a liitle distance when
we were met by our frcinds from the settlement,
who had become alarmed at our