. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . feet of mycompanion. The noise of my gun aroused the attentionof the singular old woman, whom, with theardour of a youthful hunter, I had taken fora wild cat or a wolf She turned round, andbegan to speak in a warning voice. Goback \ said she, at the pitch of her lungs,t( go back ! for the snow is already falling, andyou will both get lost in the woods. In onehour the paths will be covered, and thenyou will not find your way among themountains \ Bill and I laughed at this, and I am sorryto say that we returned the kind anxiety ofthe ol
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . feet of mycompanion. The noise of my gun aroused the attentionof the singular old woman, whom, with theardour of a youthful hunter, I had taken fora wild cat or a wolf She turned round, andbegan to speak in a warning voice. Goback \ said she, at the pitch of her lungs,t( go back ! for the snow is already falling, andyou will both get lost in the woods. In onehour the paths will be covered, and thenyou will not find your way among themountains \ Bill and I laughed at this, and I am sorryto say that we returned the kind anxiety ofthe old woman for our safety, with jeers andgibes. Take care of yourself, and we willtake care o\ourselves, said I. Keep your OLD SARAH. 19 breath to cool your porridge, said this and similar impertinence we passedup the acclivity, leaving the decrepit oldwoman to get on as she might. I had seen this personage before, and hadheard something of her story; but I was nowcurious to know more. Accordingly, I askedBill about her, and he proceeded to tell me. all that was known of her character and his-tory. She was a native of Long Island, andduring the war of the Revolution had becomeattached to a foreign officer, who was sta-tioned there. He cruelly neglected anddeserted her. With a mind somewhat bewildered, she wandered into the country. * * 20 WIT BOUGHT. • and took up her abode in a cave on the verymountain we were now ascending. Hereshe had lived for years., \ isiting the villagesin the vicinity in the summer season, but «/ retiring to her den and subsisting on nutsand roots during the winter. Many wildstories were told of her. It was said that shehad lived so long in the mountain, that thefoxes had become familiar with her, andwould come and lick her hands It was saidthe crows would sit on her head, and the rat-tle-snakes coil in her lap. Beside all thesetales, it was added that Old Sarah, as shewas called, was a witch, and many personsdeclared that they had seen her ju
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