Brave Girls

Ou Monday last two men ealled tit the re.sidenee of Mr. Louis Hcnne, residing about sevcn miles north of this city, and asked i'or sometliing to eat, stating tliat they were on their way to Springfield, where tliey were promised work in the rolling milis. There were none of the family at home at the time, exeept the twin danghters of Mr. Henne, Lucy and Annie, aged about 13 years, but they prepared a mea], of which the men partook, " bebaving and convt-rsing with the ladies as gentlemanly as any one," as it was expressed by our informant, until they luid flnished the eating. Then they began to indulge in language that alarmed the young ladies, finally culminating in a proposition to "go through the house and see what and who was in it," accompanied by a threat to murder the young ladies if they refusod to accompany them in the search. Instead of complying with their demand, however, Miss Luoy stepped into another room, and, seizing a doublebarreled shotgun, pointed it at the two I chaps and told them to leave, an order ! which they were not slow to obey, one of them leavins? behind his hat. -