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Jy equal to ihabcst, and his attention will be
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"cheap. ‘ ' i ‘ '
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poditious manner.
don'e in a neat, snbstantial,'and ex-
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“ 'pimie‘s’ duly o'r'gaiiized,,niayannually coniiiiute’
A for niilitary dutyby paying’ to _tl_i_e collector of
— ‘State; lfuxes in the town in‘\'vliicli‘lieireside:-L, the
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--aiid~"qualities. - Every article needed in the line,
«rnayrbeffound here, .of the best quality,‘ and will
be; sold as low as can be furnished by any one,
not eliécéiitingitlie ground floor establishment on
‘the'*btlici' side ofthe Bridge. ' _
Renairiiigg done at the shortest notice, and in
theibrest inr:.unei'. VVM. B. S\VAN-
,_ _,N3;17;lll£, June 21, 1.347. 7 V. _ A
f Salina Saltin small
-NO’-,l_‘HER large lot 0
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bags, at _
HE Stock and fixtures of a.well fitted up
Grocery and Liquor Store,‘_in the most
public street in the borough of Norwalk, mid is
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.want praising up. It is advantageously situated
_on the corner, in front of the square, where all
‘the New York ,marketing business’ is done.
"The reasons for selling out will be‘ given by
'inquiring.of the s'ubscribei' at the store on the
come;-‘,_n_ext doorto Qlras. N Clock’s. _ , .
L "' L JOHN BURRALL.
Norwalk, "Feb.’9,'V.L8_48V.
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1 FLOUR, Telegmpii’ hills
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tified’thereof, who shall neither volunteer into
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-tor of: State taxes thecommutation of one dollar,
‘as is provided . in« thetpreceding section of this
act, shall pay ajfine offour dollars; to be recov-
ered -by ‘warrant from the commanding oflicor
of the regiirieiit in the limits of which such per-
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' and‘ wro‘ng,=
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_plore, . ,
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Wliile our homes and our hamlets in ruins are;
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, . you have uiade "I. ’
\Vhile th'e'bones of my kindred yet bleach on
the plains, - '
\Vhile my father’s fresh
-' remains,
Say, t;hink’st thou, bold
be .
So rccreant, so foul, as to revel with thee ‘.’
"corpse yet unburried
‘foeman, spirit could
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Then ask the Castilian, be glad, if thou wilt ?
Nay, could I but sing from the depths of my
heart, ,
Could the thoughts which are there from their
bitterness start,
Not the strains of thejoyous and glad would be
mine,
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DUTCH TESTIMONY.
A steamboat once, was all blown up:
Some passengers were drowned;
An awful lot were “_missing._” and
A dreadful few were found.
’Twas some -tinie after that a case i
Came up before a Court, [seen
\V.liei'¢-iii Ttwas asked—‘~ where lastjwas
The Reverend Hans Van Wooi't?”
The Witness who was on the stand,
\VasV Dutch as “ Zour Ifrout,”
He and the reverend gentleman
Had been on board the boat.
His answei‘s———boing' under oath—- ‘
Had been both clear and just,
Until he came untotliat point
\Vherein the boilers burst:
But then they ,were somewhat confused:
Three times hisvflonor asked—-— ,
“ \Vhen was the’ldst time saw’st thou him?
‘ Tell us the very last.”
For along time the witness scratched
His head as ifin-thought— ;.-
At length his bi-iglitening visage told .
The exact date he'd caught.
“ The boiler; bust-—zzn wary ting
Vosh schattercd all aroun’ ‘
‘An’ ash, smoke pipe an I sent up,
Va met ‘him oomin’ clown.” ‘
l— filietsllaiiig.
THE RIFLE, A TALE or ARKANSAS.
BY PERCY-B. ii‘. JOIN.
Benjamin Smith was perhaps the tallest,
most gallant and popular of all the back-
woodsmen in the State of Arkansas.-—
Yon_ng, of manly ‘bearing, and possessed
of great energy, he? had, but of a dense
plot of forestlland, formed in two years,
aided by a small capital, an excellent farm
with a clearing of several acres. It hap-
p'ened,just as this farm was completed,
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«Feb. 23 i "'12 " ’ Pulilishérs, Bos'ton.
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ES SRS. Editors :'--From" avarietv of cir-
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and in a healthy state. A Parents do their chil-
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'Agents"supplied on the most lib-3
and Benjamin was thinking of commen-
cing operations which should renumerate
him for all his trouble and expense, that
his capital was exhausted. To almost
,any but an Arkansas backwoodsnian‘th'is
{would have been-"oi terrible blow ; but Ben
gwas somewhat of a philosopher, and ac-
icordingly, one fine morning at daybreak,
ihe left his but, and seating himself'on'a
‘blackened stump near the door,‘i'u’miriat'ed
§ on.-what waségt-o be done." .He"g‘azed with
admiration upon his hiohsc, the work of.
his hands, on the fenced acres, on..the
huge‘ piles of wood which his ownexer-§ without the arms which might supply him _ from the habit of such‘ false excitement,
'tions' had reared around, on alstream closeiwitli food, Ben walked through‘ the well he now felt low-spirited, and without;
is: bowed ’_ne'ath oppression ‘
VVhile our desolate orphans their fathers do-g
to bedone. ‘One thing is cert;ii_n,_w_ive§
do_n’t grow on everyftree, like hiickl,e-ber-
A _ _ V _ ri_e"s,"an_d;I must g'o’t'o Little Rock." . VVl’,ith-
and addressed by a’Mcxican‘ lady to an-'Aineri-mthesa w‘o,.d.3' ,h'e-its,-0,;ng'-(“fin "1-,J',s¢.j',‘-","1‘,’,",-_]' ‘ad.
vancir'i‘g‘ tow'ar‘d's the hut," fasteniidfheidoori -‘
and §h'ouldering'—’his rise, ai"'ai3c'e- began
‘hisV’jo‘urney‘»V'of'fifty-or‘siitty»VinilVes. V ‘
" Little‘ Rock, in ‘Arkiinsas, on the fron-f
‘tier of 'I"e:kas, is perhaps the-Vriri'ost disrep-
‘utable town in thewhole United States
but neither there, nor‘ at the VV,h'it‘e .Snl-"
phuir Springs, arethe enormities lpracticedh
wbich"traveler's ‘would persuade ',u_s;_to’
credit. Still, though Ben ran no_ danger,
of being choked by being forced to “_ bolt”
a hearty meat-dinnerin two minutes and
a half, nor of being "gauged, nor ‘shot across
the street, n’or,'b'y committing murder,
getting"‘canonized, and elected into the
State’s'Vlegislature_';? ‘L X
gerous for one of his rustic character to
‘be domesticated in aitown -‘where men of
sucl_iV lazy, idle, and sw_aggering habits
were 'Vassein_ble_d. lThough'Lit:t_le' Rock be
not strictly on “ Alsatia for‘ all kinds jof
thieves and gamblers, forlgers, h'oijs"e~steal-
’erVii,”a'nd the like,” though ‘fgouging, stab-
bing and shooting” be not‘ the principal
occupation of the-.__ people,’ still, Vbeirig a
frontier town‘, whence escapeinto the then
lndependent Republic of 'l‘ex-as was easy,
it was naturally thcresort ofia large num-,
ber of the class enumerated; aclass, des-
pite all that has been sa' , not more nu-
merous across the Atldntic than in some
places nearer home. "
‘Ben might easily have‘ found in Little
[Rock a-place of residence suited to a man
- of good feeling andmoral principles; but,
used to the woods and wilds,‘.and the soci-
ety of rough, good-humored, and well-
meaning borderers like himself, he yielded
to the request of the first stray acquain-
tance he"met, an'd accompanied him to
about the worst boarding house in the
place. We should be sorry to induct our
readers into the mysteries of such an
establishment; suffice it, that Ben saw
and heard enough to have made any think-
ing man take to fli-gbt. But Ben, who had
requiredtwo years to find out that’ he
wiiich you iat_clyj‘_inierfcred,. to save,,me"
? it was__ratlier_ Adan-
palffidl-Se iln(':‘Vlfé_f]l’;.—(l'aiy‘S. lSu'(,lVdeqVi$(_ Vthe
dO"or"_.0f, the _‘lior_i’s'é_‘Vop‘en'e<,l,._a,ndV the old
‘Pole’, coining oiit,’ai;l 'va_nc"e,d_ ift_ipVidVly'tloyvard's‘
onrhero. “T” ' 'i i ." "
,1 ,_,,~,V..:. .V.-.:,,._.; .- _, .‘.i;:.*_;- .2. ,,
‘My ‘ good friend,’ he mgaid, fgllow _me
to,,tlnVVan_l-i y_o,u;,fg_r-thewgenorous _rnann_er in“
wr
‘.f.<.>in i,n-<'u.l't‘-” .'l:a'.%i§ "that...night.h9!3%lsS$
'and.fofVce'd to"takesh|elter,"tvheije-I ,c'ould,'
aiid'ii:nfdiit.unctely_did so_a_t the iboardiingii
house, where "I escaped, injury oiily_ througli‘
yoiiriiilgindness.’ _ H - ~ L ”
llIl!]g_ the delivery-.of this speech,:Ben_,
had;re.m_n,ined with open "mouth: stari-ngiat,
the interlocutor, and blnshingxlike a ‘girl
fresh from a boarding-school. Decidedly
there ‘was good in Ben at bottom. When‘,
the-Pole’ concluded, he tnuttcred ‘some’
incoherent words, at "w'bV_iclL theg'o't=h'et7
smiled, 7and7invited him to follow liini into
the house. The young man arose, as it
were-in a dream, and vvalkéil behind -the
stranger without saying a word. -To‘-his"
‘surprise ’and confusion, the ~ old -man: led
him into the very- room occupied by the
young girl, to whom he was introduced
as the boldyouth who had perhaps savcrl
her father's life on a late occasion. “.-Vhile
Ben was overwhelmed with .vari'ed’fcel-
irtgs, the daughter" of the old Polish ofiicer
rose and welcomed him ‘with’ the ‘most
unaffected kindness; and before half an
hour was over, i the rude squatter was
seated-’ at -tthe-evening meal of his new
friends, ..who‘,’ though poor, had still more
than absolute necessaries. Encouraged
by the friendly hospitality of the European
fugitives, Ben at length, partly to extenu-
ate his own late acts, frankly told his
story. The manner of the old man, hith-
erto kind, but a. little protective, became
cordialiand pleased. VVhen the squatter
told how he had, after two years’ thought,
come to the sudden conclusionthat a wife,
and in due time a family,vwould wonder-
fully enliven his rude log-hut, the dangli-
'ter.was inclined to laugh; but a glance
at the deeply-moved young man, a tear
that glistcned in his eye, the look of li__ope-
less admiration that be cast upon herself,
restrained the feeling,“ and Emily Duraski
wanted a wife, was not likely to discoveriscarcel-y spoke another word that evo-
in one evening that he was in "a false l mug." Some matter of deep inomeni.
Lion; and so rapid, with a simple-minded appeared to engage her whole tliouglits.
man,is the process of contaminating from; When the young man had concluded,
evil communication, that one night suffi-;Col. Duraski-—for such -was the father's
ced almost to ruin our hero forever. Giv-i name——rose, and going to another room,
ing way to drink—the root of the greatest l presently returned with a magnificent ri-
amount of crime—the backwoodsman for- fie, and all necessary appnrtenancc".--
got himself. From drinking a little, be
advanced to more.
reason-had become completely prostrated,
he noticed, sitting in one corner, a man,
who, from hisidrejss and appearance, ap-
peared one of the many Poles who had
taken refuge in-the United States. ‘Quiet,
unobtrusive, and silent, he joined neither
in the song nor the maddening ‘games
which served to murder time; but with
a modest glass before him, which remain-
ed almost untouched; interfered with no
one. At length a fellow called on him to
join the company, and be sociable. The
Pole, with -a mild how, that seemed to
speak his sorrow at his situation, replied,
that he never-drank or gambled. The
fellow, irritated "at -what -he chose to con-
sider a covert sneer, would have quarreled
with the old man; but Ben interfered, and
declared thstbefore - the -Pole should be
injured theymust take his life. There
was I fire in the squatter’: eye that silenced
the bully, andthe Pole remained unr'i'io-
lested. But’-time ~ps'ssed, and Ben drank
deep and played deep; and~on'retiring to .
bed-, money, rifle, and everything but the
most necessary articlcsof clothing had
changed owners. ' -
Morning cam'e,"an'd ‘the borderer felt
that his expedition in search of a wife had
had a bad beginning. There was some-
thing, iic was sure, radically wrong; but,
before he could arrive to any satisfactory
conclusion as to wherethe error lay,‘ his
companions had «joined him, and without
much-‘difficulty persuaded him to endeavor
a redemption‘ of his evil fortune. ’l‘o
spare ourselves the pain of narrating the
fall of our hero, we‘ may at once state
that, at the end ofa fortnight, he had be-
come? an '-accomplished specimen‘ ofa
Sonthei"n‘,l'oafer, as idlers are called in the
United States. ' One afternoon, at the ex-
pirationiof this“ time, reduced to beggary,
‘These he laid beside Ben.
Before, however, his‘
‘ Young man,’
said he, ‘ you have erred grievoiisly; but
_a steady resolution to. act hoziornbly will
restore the greatest evil-cloerto society.
‘vlifithout arms, you are powerless in the
woods. Take these; bnt,_.as,I am a poor
man,I make this reservetion—you must
make over to me yon_r farm, and you must
not go near it for three months. lf, at
the expiration of that period, you can pay
me forVtVhis_rifie, I restore you your liome;
"if not, it is mine forever.’, Ben, undcrthe
influence ofthe daughter’s beauty, agreed
to a'n'd"signedi 'ev‘erytliing;' and an hour
afterwards, left the house a rifle and its
acc;oiitreme‘nts the richer, but, unlésshe
"could raise’ a hundred dollars, forever de-
prived of his hard-earn‘edV' home. But
Ben hoped. "']‘liere were bufiiilo, bears,
and other wild‘ aninswnls in the woods,
VwhoseVskins$wVere valuable; and the'back-
Woodsman resolved to earn his rifle, and
preserve at the some time his farm-and
who kiioi-r‘:e"what ambitious views were
behind i .' »
D_is_ir.iust.iiig his own powers of resist,-
anc_e,_Be_ri Smith left Little Rock behind
_him at once; nor did he pause until. he
had placed it ten good_.miles behind_him.
He then found himself in the_ midst of a
virgin forest,'with deep _da_rkness settled
'ltei‘ni.s‘i)'f’ Eire‘ (itziz‘ettéA‘., Milli. if T if I ' V A-' I . ' '1' 4: ‘ii.’ i l ' 2 lA’vie uP.0nfor_ s0.tnel¢réa5tur6’.lls‘h’e.‘féltwotild iii=ili:e‘l"tili:ti?_'w':l_J,<:Jtl.§’llleifiildioiadé li‘¢’iarltlh"1iii“s:tlin
. V . . ."'V; '.‘iDD£t1Lf tlinVe_;Mbut IVdV9n,s, Vexacuy ,-eaV],iVz_e ,h,o.,vv iris more delightfui than the, ferried ,3-:_;rth:ly, light upon a room which .3.
_‘¢hiI'§ii*.§f,lh#n “tbs _c.r‘e‘§wré i9',<iv1ri.f_<é.*".!.'-. .r.-An
—°'d cm?-N. slat! '3"‘W?'!‘°.ii_al‘..’‘?il*¥‘'¢'b‘fi3fL§ --
lsrely woman‘ gazed. liivon“ the .d:éi2'i.ner
- ‘with raflfeetion ;-fi- viilrilia as ‘ji;i's’iie‘i.‘ea‘s_;’o’.-.¢i
"lVi'l.“i'li,"'l8"!V1l"1|'.!lId-:fi'i_Il(i"'.:60" ‘Hie’ f”'gro‘ni_'idl""a_iid ii in‘
elvérx * ,_imsgihabIs; “placi," {sir‘sVi-‘d ““‘l‘if{iio'
—ehemb.-.» when---ra=.e. .*.*..-.;.*-eIi..;=.=...-~'~,~-=ii:...~
‘his. and so?‘ ‘like’ Bars, ihiu':"m_;"te-ll‘ ms...
uiey-. really:-;: iessriitiea‘.-via. ,iinpo_53ibl¢.
Ben"st:'£rted. ‘1~’Hé hzicl ’-'rcally~d'oz'e‘tl‘; “liiii
av . was ‘perhaps; the’ 5most* ro+£.ir.'ats'f-diam
that ever happened to? r'niin.‘- H‘eavin=§" a
deep Vs_igh,”s; sense of his ~ow.iii "ii'ii_\'7i'(i'rt'hi-
ness‘cam‘e ‘upon him’ ;' and-i rh"e’-Vifeflectioiz‘
that heliiid acted with ¢o'n'i'moh*prn'den'co,v
he might? with ‘case have -‘realized’ the ex-'
quisite;,pictu’re which had ‘come aponyhim
with all the ‘calming ‘i_nflue'n'ce of the do-
mestic affections, made him see in fits‘
true light his" lateinconsiderate and fuel-
-ish. conduct. Ben, as he now ate.-his meal,
.for once in hislife thought with rapidity,
and .determined' to‘ act‘ with energy and
good will. His better. feelings againfst
l1lS,P0ll'sl‘f benefactor made him biush with
shame, A and he resolved .«tbat the rifle‘
whicli he admired so much, sho.nld . be
paid for even with interest. . V ~
. Fox-about a month. the bsckvvoodsnian‘
wandered through the vast woods of the
Arkansas, hunting with. indefatigable zeal,
and collecting the results of: his chasein
a small cavern, where he tool: up his
quar.:crs,'at no great distance’ from his
former location‘. One night on returning-
home heavily. l08ilé.d with spoils, as he
steppedup towards a hole in the side of
a rock, in which he was about to --rest
himself for the night. an angry growl
made him hesitate and drop his burden.
The practised woodman recognized in the
sound the peculiar -notes ofa panther’
grniiib,li'n'g,‘ovcr a bone. lt was almost
pitch dark, and yet Ben fired by the dim
gray light of a few stars; and his shot
told. The next instant, the panther was
upon him. The hunter dropped his rifle,
and clutched the long knife which every
Arkaiisas bordcrer carries at his belt.
The wounded beast flew to hisleft shoul-
der, which it grasped in its teeth with an
energy and ferocity that would have
pr'ori>.d fatal, had not the long brightblade
gained the panthor’s heart at the same‘
moment. The l.-eastgrowled, letgo his
hold, and fell dead. For a_ momient, Ben
stood erect, proud and glad of his victory;
but the next instant he felt a sensation of
‘pail: in his s;"nou_lder and left arm which
satisfied him that he was dangerously, if
not mortally wounded. lt had been from
a natural feeling that he had selected'_forV
his new abode a spot within" two miles of
his log-house; and thitlier after hastilv
stanching his wounds it seemed necessary
that he should attempt to go. though he
should die on the way. Fearful that
faihtness might overcome his strength, he
immediately proceeded on his journey,
and in less than an hour was in sight of
his home. "Since his unfortunate visit to
Little Rock, he ‘not approached it
nearer than the scene of his late struggle.
When he now stood within the clearing‘,
astonishment rooted him to the ground.
‘Cattle lowed, pigs grunted,'a watch-dog
barked, and smoke curled from the chim-
ney. From the half open door streamed
the light of the blazing logs. Ben psuud.
irreeolutely; his'_' heart beat‘ with a
strange and wild violence; but faintnoss
wastcreeping over him, and mastering
courage,-_he.staggered towards the door‘,
and-having reaclied it, fell irisensibly with"-
in the wallsofliis-own log but.
It wasisomor time-ere Ben revived, and
then his surprise was still greater than
before."-— The ‘old Pole and his ‘lovely
daughtcr, with -two farm-laborers, stood
around him.- -‘ ' ' V ‘
“ VVell, my friend," said .the Pole,-while
over all nature. With" these circumstan-,
ces, returned all Ben’s woodcraft and‘,
joyous love of a""night beneath the blue‘
sky,‘ alone amid the ove'rh:i‘nging""syca-
mores-, oaks andbeech. Tocollect wood,
to’mak_e a roaring fire, and to spit a wild.
turkey, shot while roosting, was the work!
ofla very short time; and thenthe young‘
man sat down toawait the moment whenl
h‘is”ev’e'ning meal should be "ready." His;
first tlioughtstook an unlucky direction.?
He recollected that on’ .a previous night,"
instead ‘of being aloiieifhe ‘was rioting.
exciting and applauding c’om'p'aVnions, and ‘
‘atihand, and appeared’ suddenly s‘tt‘tt(5l'{§"lald-"0ll"t town of Littl'e—'Roc’k’in search of‘ hope. From being glo'omy,'his thoughts
with the conviction that he really was a;t-he refreshing influence of the open air. became evil. On his‘ pale face, as the’
"veryll'uc'ky_ felloxv. Hebad all the ele-
Fments of happiness within his reach; but.
something was still wanting. Across:
Ben’s k'ne'es”'was his long narrow-bore'dl
rifle; his powder-horn and pouch hung
beside "him; in one hand was a knife, in
,the other a piece of‘ wood, which in order.
we suppose to conduce to the concentra-
tionof thought, he was whittling. in a
most‘deVterr_nine_dmanner. Chip by chip
fell arouiid him; the thick pinestaff was
soon reduced. to a bundle of insignificant:
‘shavings';Vand just at this, instant. our
hero appeared to .arrive_ at a satisfactory!
solution of his difliculties. . ‘ Well,"
thought he, ‘ wish I may be shot if it
isn’t a wife 1, want !, l’v_e got the log and
the clearin’-—I can find meat in plenty
while‘ l have .this rifle, and that’s a real
fact; .but‘I'want a wife. to. prepare-- my
dinner ar_i,d-,ta,lk to. me when Icome‘ home;
and I do believe that ‘I; shouldlike to have
a little chap about as high as my boot, to
call me Ra 27..-;A-n‘d‘thenLthe vasttbulk. of
the Arkansas baekwoodsman was shaken
But he was no longer the sturdy woods-
man, who c'o"ulcl' fell an ox,‘ and eat him
too, in no veryconsiderable period‘; and
as he'str0lled along, he "grew faint and
weary.; Looking round for a shady ' spot
where to-rest his” easily fatigued "limbs,
the squatteij discovered a piletoflogs close
by’ an uninliabitedhouse, and. opposite to
the one which was ocupied-. «It was ad-
vancing‘ towards evening and Ben was
here about to give way to the gentle influ-
ence of the ‘hour, and fall intoia deep
sleep, while nature-was‘veilin'g'-her? beau-
»tie‘s~.t'or the night, when his eye :a‘c,c‘ident-
ally wandered to a. window opposite, at
which sat at work ayonng andvlovell-'y’girl
.—the very being, ic's'eemed,~ of; which he
had dreamed" wh‘e.n- seated on” his old
stump, oppositethe :hut,"r'ea'red* with his
own hands. ' Ben rose to asitting posture,
and 'scarcely= daring to breathe lest, he
scare the beaotifulzvision, gazed upon her
with delightand admiration’. " HerV- femi-
ninje;occupation-‘\ivholly=u-bsorbed’ her at-’
t'en’tion;‘ a'nd<for*som'e"tiui‘e ‘the squatter
with iiiward. laughter.’ ‘Well, it’: -_x_ibo.
,‘ mt» ...~ . 1' ‘I’,
9!’
utg, enjoyctlj-’ I the? pleasure‘ “(III ae'c'i
ng"‘su‘ch’«a
-.‘* ~;
‘ea. ';v".'-.:‘..:..-.‘: ~-phi.» .;..‘-a ,‘.~-':.«-"aw ‘~;"£;<.';.&Ir“I -‘-..-'-‘5
flicker of the blazingilogs illumed it,vone;
might have r’c'ad the struggle of strong‘
and angry passions. He gazed with ad-
miration 'at the beautiful rifle at his feet;
he felt that he could never part with it.
But-why should a stranger cl'2iim- his in-
heritance, his houie,'the .work of his
hands, if he failed to raise a hundred dol-
lars? [he very idea of being deprived of
hishut and clearing, worked him up to
fury, and as he sat beside the burning
fire,‘he vowed in his heart that the Pole
sliouldnever-own his5'hor'ne. Fierce and
terrible‘ were'hi's ‘impulses; in-thought he
had’ been awvery murderer.- VVhile‘ he
alre'aély"_ ga'z‘e‘d around with --terror=-and
alarm at tli'e‘=vista‘sv=of'_t‘heiforest, a’s’if ‘ex-
pecting the ministers of- vengeancé"to
come forth, th'_er'e' arose before‘ him anoth-
er picture.” It was-as, if he had 'drear‘i'i’t a
di-earn; -He ‘ "sat wVit_hi_n:'a rude" butfwarm
but, i furnished, -as = the‘ i-ndustrioust and
pains-taking pioneers of e,i‘viliza‘tibn'us_ii‘_3,
all-‘y fui‘nis'li, their‘ homes,’ \‘vith’iil'l""t‘hzi't"ils
necessariy, and =nothiiig- that ‘i's"s”u pe"rflfi'o‘iis’;
'~A= -bri"g‘h't‘.5u'n'd" «*gla'-'d s'o?rI駒bli|.v.éi’rosé€iip'6ii‘
' ‘’ "sitfil. ~11! M 9.v:.'r—~".r§ t-":""3.
., r.
2.!2.‘i‘.£it
_l,7 «B: 53;.»
concluding the dressing-of his wounds:
“you have come sooner than we‘expee't'ed,’
but you are. right welcome. How same
you to be in this terrible state .7” T‘
Ben could not reply, his ,whole,fa_cultieu
were heat upon the lovely being who
stood pale and anxious, waiting his‘ re-'
covery.
V‘ “Nay, father,” said Emily Duraski, Q
faint blush illnminingllier’ feathers, “he
is not yet strong enough to speak.”
_ “ The rifle !—_-the,., rifle l” cried Ben [at
the sameV,mome_nt; send your man, in;
search of it ;” and in a few rapidwordci“
he explained where it would be found. if
. Colonel Duraski took note of the diroc‘-~
tions and -followed by two men, leading ti‘
horse, hurried himself. in. Search ‘0f.ll1V0}
valuable instrument. - _Ben and -v Emily
were left alone. The latter immediately’,
attended to the suffer’s wants, gave him‘:
a-strong and refreshing cup of tea, made‘.
him a meal so comfortably and tempting,-_
and hurried about with zeal so, ready, tha,t:‘
it went to the, backw_oo[rlsman’s, he:_irt.=
As he lay on his couch,« and gazed. upon‘.
her, as she moved abo,ut,.hcr very. mannet"_
lending a charm to overything,~.Ben felt,
that he again" saw her who alone could.
make life i-n the woods jo_yous_.and happy;
Atlength‘ she came and seated.,hers'elf be-_,
side "him, having administered to all his-.
wants. . . V '_ _. 1 __,_._ .V
.‘7' H_o_w‘,Vsball :I eve_r..thank_ ,.,y'p‘u,i _said=
poor: B,€0,:=1. ,deep»shade‘of Nstern gsorrow;
swing on; hi.s.fa.ce..- ,“-.f0r _a|l.thi,s..-esntlo.
kind_ness—-—_l that deserved. uothijng,l’—’.- , ' .~_.
* ‘-“Say-n'ot so,” replied-‘the girl: warmly: ;
5‘ y'ou.~desei'-v'ed~ all. whenrl-you sared.=m‘y'-
fathe'r'=‘frorn «contumelyzaiid insult.-., He?
was seeikingvsuclr a farm aetliia wbe"nsyoti=‘
met him. But," “Mi-. Ben ’.Sniitl_i=',l?.'dontin—
ued’Emily,'iirthe most bewitelliag IRE.
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