North Western Times (Newspaper) - March 9, 1859, Viroqua, Wisconsin 3 n to ferns anh 3fit0ft I i. ONE DOLLAR IN 1, VIROQUA AND Ml WEDNESDAY MARCH 9, 1859, NUMBER 10, XX f in f{ of L y nr in in Tiding in v at to U. lit S M K ITH I 0 K C A S S VV i M G G I K C R A I X The Bad ax Will to ing on All tn will mnet in the Court County J. H. Clock Circuit NORTH STAR i. has if i; -T It is MOW I 4l.i-.tt'- 11 i; N A O U S E P. is nmi ters is to sat is tci ir. ills Mmiv abi or Alt 1 will or I this fur HAY STATE HY S. u o M tv I1 Po and nt L AP in old Hard anil lumber for ii r rnv Hills of Lumber yawed to S T K V K N S. i t Door I T. i mill AU 1 i to A- a tor 111 i 1 ill flono in II at I K. AM. fit Snl ill Land l to an b HH i ness in his V m A. T T M I and A pay ami small profits 11 Til M D A II O U S is. Corner of anil A from House lo from to any purt t L O S K ill r in Any Huok not on tin i one W. Me A U mill at iix (i in on liio on in Toivu ol Co no 1 1 r v i sh in S. W. (i K K K M. D. Physician find two on Iho innin road to n. u n. H. T. t or Good BULLOCK at in No- I uUr attention tn and in the United District Courti U closed in. Serenely fair was j the and the round full moon in the puled the rosy streaks of that still lingered in the silent shed a dainty light over tho blue waters of Lake flickering stars peeped out from edged with golden a way over the broad the the golden arrows of light were the j ed a dark Darker and j and higher it and higher still it I till f. sullen cloud over the sunset like a isable j over the untimely bier of youth and l On it ail the Sweet light died out from ail tho us the light ot love from tho cold eye of thie moaning began to heave and swell on tho blackened bosom of the and the chill November wind gusty and roared in tho tops of the skeleton or hurled from their frail resting with a rustling the dead leaves that clung to withered parent The blue which sill day long had curled .so peacefully the chimneys of the fishermen's huts ted tho marshy lake was now en buck on brown or borne idly away by the driving J 11 one of these low time honored log ono elose in the chimney by the side of a huge that flamed and and as if in time with the fierce j elements sat a i that leaned against the arm of the great I racking chair in which she was evident that sho was a said dropping bet ting and a who was a to the time of a air which she what does all this Will you just step to the and see if n storm is ing on i M dreadful i j the as drew back tue clean calico the are i and and they fly i 'The Lord mercy on said the with a more from than as an appeal for enoug your poor father is out on and he'll have a wretched time Lord only knows whether said attempting i to she dered at the very know he is never far from shore at bo suie to moor his boat when he and will come i by the j he'll lose his way on the and sunk in or something or other will happen to i many aud many a time lie's by the and in darker than and he never got lost vet. knows the way too j know know hut it seems so as if something fill would happen you are tired and nervous you let such get hold j for my part. 1 don't f see how you can be so easy it help l Another deep-drawn sigh from the poor 1 cripple this us sho i ed to the of the which grew fiercer and During the Maggie heard some one whistling a merry Sho know well that Often and often sho leaned over the at eve in tho j mer aud listened to as it f mingled with the mellow tinkling of j and the soft low of the from I he farm and often hud she heard it approaching nearer and while with strained she watched I through the twilight for the first glimpse of the merry as he came up the lane leading to her father's Presently the rude wicket swung on Us with a loud Tho poor man ami a of passed over her features as she come I hear the gate its I heard him ling just j Tho door and Robin a tall stepped in. j How do do this Mrs. A storm is coining and I thought may bo Mr. Crain hadn't got and you wouldn't like to be here so I ed in to stay said while hoi took chair that with a tell talo proffered glad you've for its ful enough to think of the storm and Timothy out in without alone brood over said Mrs. he's well probably with some of the neighbors up the Robin replied Mrs. Grain said no but sank back in her chair and closed her The storm now upon Tho rain poured in the wind roared in the chimney shrieked through the nies betwixt the and tattled the loose while the whole building shook as with an ague Maggie left her and drew close to her Each strove to be for the sake of their melancholy but Robin knew Maggie was ill at by the shadows that flitted across her face at every new and know that Robin had caught her by Ins sudden relapsing into sober silence after at sorry company for your with our ill-concealed whispered have A game of There's nothing liko being busy to drive a way troublesome Maggie went to the tall and drew from behind it a one side of was drawn in squares and marked red for They soon became so absorbed in their game that the wooden pendulum of tho old had descended in the tral line from her great grandfather linked in long and measured the passage of and and struck on the all unheeded by Neither did they heed the pale who now drowsed in her Suddenly she started with an unearthly which aroused the was soon at her -j i j dear what is the a a strange But hasn't your father como the storm He'll be likely to wait for fair weather likely ho's or ho would have been here this she gathering up her crutches and hobbling to the Maggie turned to replenish the and glancing tit the as she did past turning around to assure Maggie dropped the wood was about to place on the great and going nearer to said in a low arn afraid something has It is not common for him to stay out so in a knows we'd bo worrying about aud always hurries does seem said the will go see if I can find hi n. If he is lost on hts might see tho light and follow he attempted to row grew and lie left the tence she lighted the candle in the tin lantern and gave it to who had now buttoned bis closely around and donned his she er must not know your If she we feared she would not sleep a wink and then to-morrow just as like as she'd bo with one of her sick Robin Mrs. Grain from the window ami bubbled back to the Seeing him pre- to go she you Robin you stay a little till the storm is see it's late time noiselessly to the bod side where her I was at good night to mother then rut at the j closing it softly behind Maggie followed him to the j alone in the sullen her for her father bad j ings of the spent of the storm op- prompted her to hasten him on his pressed She felt that could but as sha stood by the and chilley laden with cold drops of rain swept over she laid hor hand on his and Its a fearful tor bear its 15ut it. was no time to stop to Ou proved by the beaten while the of her gown rustled the dead by her and the seared ivy shivered on the trunks of do not so very t mind caving Then on tho a good if it only lends your i where the though still riding father safe and j from the tiny feet Then he gently removed the hand went pattering on with crumbling shells held his kissed the lips and to I how the seemed to die out from her young even as as it had and sands Sometimes she pained to look into tho waves that washed up over her with their frosty do from the earth at the first our f with strained evening He reached the tried to the darkness that brooded over the dismal The black clouds grew and with fiery Tho moon bad gone far on her westerly course was faintly discernible through the edged cloud in which she Maggie tread for thou art in the shadow of a great evil that must eoon be upon dice in all its Very soon her eye caught sight of the CJO How endearingly small and sweet sounded that voice amid the hoarse ings of the He turned is Not much of the clouds soon be and the gate closed after How dark of thy life's evening ihas coma and the clouds are dark and frowning that en to obscure even its twilight She closed the door and went to Sho could see the and dark object which the receding waters left partly exposed to She bant over it. There were brown dripping with the a handsome all pale and Tho moon burst forth in all its the halo of light it cast aiv tall dark fiure in the The halo the Gwl went dark figure Poor down as an and the lone waved to and fro in the great infinity of darkness j Morning dawned coll and grey over that surrounded then was and the remnants of the last quenched in tho and she saw no slonn ftlong thc blue Flocks of Now she bethought herself of her poor that m tho she must be suffering j across the great although she did so i i i i i b c broad K e. started up with Assisting to aud and arranged themselves to re- ministered an smoothed down her sumc thoir The hoarse caw of the resounded from the group of evergreens over the and tho of bells came faintly from tho sear pastures where were let loose fo graze a Alike unconscious of the returning sounds of kissing her a good rind soon had the satisfaction of knowing she Then she opened the bed of coals that smoldered beneath an piled on more wood and sat down a low r near to listen for the of the j run-through ly and still she sat had were tin death-cold 1-id, and the cold Early fishermen to spread heard the wild dashing of the rain i their in the waters cf but it ally subside into a melancholy was a burden they bore with on tho and the furious Omn hearts to tho calm away fill it scarcely moro than whispered through the nies and crevices Sha had heard roaring of the die out till naught but a sad complaining from thoir crested but no tho tale they might have her H CT Robin had threaded the path for a searched the marsh in many a shouted and loed while naught replied save tho dreary echoes Then he returned to the holding bis lantern down to where the angry lashed the to see if the deep not up some token of what it held in its But it was a the candle burned low in as a last he a tle elevation that rested on tho borders of Many a handful of had breakers extracted from this hut of poor Timothy had re- turned from miles up the where he had suffered himself to be persuaded to remain the storm was His honest heart and great tears each other swarthy as he beheld the as he by icy touch cf But no sweet relief had come She vet to and bear the burden of life with an aching heart I for long weary the midst of a of that shaded a they where the and the on the a for poor and lost are CM urn of his parted Enough of gie to ity remains to her fittle and left the matted turf j hold her ting over a depth of j of Use the turf gave way beneath his feet and the foam closed and though chill ho battled manfully the surging the struggle was and exhausted he en ik again on liis watery and all was I Hapless Kobia one bound to the right of thy headlong and thy who should como seeking thee whero thy proud noble heart prompted thy seeking had not re- to her home all blighted and in spirit these four at ell as at the timo piece then taking down a plaid aha threw it her stole snil watches nt in ths summer by moss grown for the coming of and tens among the sounds of busy life for his merry net the shrill No- vember wi are pining and the rain beats on the dead bo like a dim wandering the shore hi the of where the of Nature over the dead in its arc keeping with tones of her spirit mourning the hopes and feelings that sleep in the lated chambers of her when evening comes on gathers hw group of ones about to etory
