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THE MoTHER!S :ORWV E.
• Father, arakt—tl4 north is loud.
.ne raffiafast.;_
Let aw go to my mothet's grave.
MO screen it from the plait
'She cannot sleep—she will not rest—
The wind is - soaring so; •
We prayed that she might lie in peace—.
. my father let me go."
•Thy mother sleeps too firm a sleep
To heed the winds that blows ;
There angel-charms that hush the noise
From reaching her repose, .
firr spirit. ,n dreams of the blessed hind,
Is sitting at Jesus's feet ;
Child, nestle thee in mine arms and pray
tint rest may be as sweet.," -`
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EATOrnall
OR THE SPIRIT OF na.
BY MRS. 6.7. HALE
CHAPTER I
“ We must tliscouraie Roger's ViSitS ; husband,”
pid M•s Hartwell," or Lacy will be lost."
" Married. you mean, my dear."l •
" And would not that be the same as lost Mr.
Rartwelll Only think, a daughter of ours mar
ried to a shoemaker You would turn Rogers out
of doors, it a were not for his
" Why. wile, 1 hare often heard you praise his
hlustry and excellent charac:ex, and he deserves
it—far he Is really a very clever, sensible young
au.''
"So he is, husband, good enonzh in his way,
au', at ho trade ; but Jo you think him a. fit cons-
Umo° for our Lucy, the only child of a Justice of
tie Peace
Nov Squire Hartwell happened to be in a most
self comptace.r.t ItlCkki He was seated in his deep
tiafed hi,:h backed elbow chair, (a ponderous
emhine, containing enough material to frame a
ardent fashionable cottage.) smoking his after
s= pipe, and watching through the open win.
dna. the operation of Ins reapers in the broad field
:graft w:i.ch covered many an acre of the gent
:tound east of his dwelling. Here trete
nrs =Tres of satisfaction—personal ease and the
xal.m,";a.ion of his property. Then his wife had
tot A 1 cn ano•her most agreeable vein—his ma
gisterial d Ltaeltriy for Rcsier she did 'not
«7 'hu the utrnivt.,
fcrant'Harwell had held the office of Justice of
Peace for a number of years, and hail, only the
seek tes_ve :he commencement pinny story, re
tetrezthe additional hiort . cit einoin k ul" to hit
Lke all other' novelti, this hono r .
amid of ;rester importanie than llis ea corn
ssaon -Had his wile only said Justice of the
?ore t4IIOIIIM, Roger would hare been in a
cat ease Bat now, after most deliberately *hak
e; the ashe' from his pipe. Squire dams-ell Nil
hs chair with the bearing of a man who in
tied to gire impartial judgment, let the matter
er.c.,ye as it may. "
'ear. wife, you are indulging in too much
rte Are we not ever* day Complaining. of the
Azry disiinCtions or power, and Crying out
it= :..e oppression of Parliament, and the inso
itoes. Lords ! and shall we now casts side as of
accow.t. i vessel whit 4. nay have been made
mereli because it has not been lash
tired /As a! No = wile,; such pride will
Christians."
1..14 Fez are with:nil:la: Leer, as good a girl
utecz-L.vy etCoaneeeict an ‘show ; Marry a MOO
taLe•
• 1 cz,l r 3: sat that, my dear. Surely, lean like
tr.h4M•wanting him for sision-in law ;though
• It.r.x Li2cy might lock farther and eboase far
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saelht mar.
t... - : Dr Walker 14 dvinglor her."
`. 7 Ile a a ga‘xi Docio:, Len he can cute him
3.3! mi
. ! r of the d derftce between him
t!' P.v: -
= Yes. ibt;t:s ''rre knchee taller"
a How )..; Nlr Hartwell ! I otter like to
. .tearp. - 4 1 :g cc senc diallers. I think Doctor
Waaer Irttou be a go,,t, torch' for Taxi- He is
praz . ze re 7 :is:. and 'l'o3 . know he be
d.rp c "..ezkly."
`C} T . irs.-
T±,ere, zoo., r2=t be bro..ht in.
rs.s.t :ere- heat the wad To' again:'
I ca z fn &Zen to drat wish, my dear. Were
teem Tories a . Jaterg orfr, ate could' scam brig:
reirMa. it is Di. Warier, and 'such
tel a tii ezzezgt , en the bands of gotetamerd
Vital at, aelt eomera.e this Miasma lataenolch-
Ism oN Oa rghla."
'lt w hasDr done
L a
what he has date, but he has
I k' tatae didn't cam atoll the Stamp Att, if he
Nahstc44 t ed to pzathase Earept far hir pin pa'
rritptee he leas
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way Re is a true Whig ; 'every inch of hitiv;
t'r r.vate routes, he will be found' is
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IIJBLISUED ETERt SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
of Roger, we should - soon beat them'," he added in
a lower tone. '
. • ,
"Well, I declare, you frighten me. gat f min•
not believe such terrible times 'ill ever come ;
and I think people' hadbetter' attend to. their pri
vate affairs, and let goverinnent alone
0 So Dr. Walker says, my dear."
" And it is my own opiniott, my dear ; ed ho
wonder that i s'h9uld esteem iiim. I think be
.told make a most excellent husband for Lucy,
and I have set my. heart on her marrying
And Mrs. Hartwell slid out of the loom before her
husbadd 'could male reply. - She bad sufficient sa
gacity to knoiv that the longer he defended Roger,
the more he would incline to him, and she dread
lest he would, in the glow of his• patriotic fret
ings, admit , the shoefianTier as the lover of her
daughter Limy.
" Marrying well !" Mused Squire Hartwell, as
he extended back. in bis easy chair " Marrying
well!" Ab, that is a trus,womsn's idea, a very
good one, tbo ;in/3r
. the mischief is, they do not
always calculate rightly. They choose the man
who is welt off in the world; and reject 'time who
are likely to do well. Now, ten •to one, the last
will in the end, prove the best match."
CLLVTER 11.
TM ItIVALIi.
it What a heavenly sunset cousin Lucy"
ei
claimed Anna Minot, as she leaned from the open
window with her eyes fixed intently on the glow
ing west. " See there, Lucy—that rich purple
cloud, fringed with flame, as though it were the
falling Mantle from sorcit fiery cherub; and just
above it, see that snow white cloud, like a screen
to prevent our looking into Heaven! h,it not sub
lime ?"
" Yes, Anna, it is beautiful, very; and hem in
the west, it a &wailful moonrise to match it. See,
the pure bright orb comes out the moment the son
has hid his face, as though she wishes not to attract
any of the admiration which belongs to his shin
ing sublimity. The moon seems to me the type
of a lovely and modest woman, she delights to re
flect the happiness and prosperity of those to whom
she is dear. You smite at my smile. Well, I
confess the moon always was my favorite among
the heavenly hosts, and had, I been a heathen born
I shook) have vionihiPpeil the moon.
" And the sun. too !"
If I had been Kw taught, yea ; bat I should
have adored the moon hum the_ impulses of my
own feeting,s."•
" Probably ; surd yonder comes the swain vbo
would be right happy to personate the tan, if you
would be the g,er.tle moon to reflect his light al
son
" Anna !"
" Oh ! don't blush so, my dear, the moon nev
er blushes. And don't look so grave neither :
though o is rather serious business to manage, be
cause your honored mother has set her face so de
cidedly against your swain. But never mind—
togerlas a bold !testi, and . it is my opinion he
will win the lair lady. Yoe, father likes him."
“They agree in politics . ”
" 13 . etter than thly do in properly, I believe.—
Ah, LUcy, look this way ; here is one coming
trom the west, who has a host of recommenda
tions to your favor."
" Ho* perverse, of you Lucy, not to lik3 a fine
accomplishvd young gentleman who is dying for
you "! Only consider the thousand advantages of
having a physician for a husband. Look.this way
the full moon is not favorable to reason, and )on
are already too romantic, aid, besides, there is
something beneath the moon may draw your a:.
tention "
Nti't speak so load, Anna, pray."
" so , no ; how ridiculous ; let tie go down to
the parlor."
During the conversation of the cousins, the two
young gentlemen named as approaching were rap.
idly nearing etch other. The dwelling of Squire
Hartwell was Im'ated at the junction of three roade
Where three from the east and the west, which
were merely paths, united with the great northern
highway. The howe stood a few ntedi frum the
junction_ having' a peach orchard in front, a high
and he-av 3 gate, which shut out the dusty This of
the street.
The otject of the virile seemed to be wbo r Shoeld
first ream the gate. Dr. Walker had the shortest
sad smoothes, path ; hat the long and rapid strides
of Belzer wereerery moment diminishing the ine
quality ; and as tot the stores arid hillocks in the
path, he m inded them no more that be would have
done the :boating thistle's down.
Dr. Walker increased his speed almost tea run ;
it would not do. Roger's strong grasp had' thrash]
open the gate—he has entered—and with no gen
tle impetus, he sent the ponderous portal back to
its station. It shut with a loud bang,, just as Dr
Walker reached it, bringing him to a perpendicular
as rigid as that of a /Woken grenadier. sSo dose
ly ris4sr...s was he with the gate, that his nose
was sl ig htly grazed by the contact and partly for
the rush'ol air, his best bearer was thrown from
his head, !d rolled some distance ea the dusty
path:
Dr. Walker was greatly digloomaCed,Jind cot a
lass enraged at the aedaely of his .total; tea be
well knew that Roger was not the mat he elidd
frighten ; - sad as for nhtieg such a know, that
was out albs guest co. So the doetereedeareted
to calm and cool hiesseltas best he might; 'wiped
the pempiate - effmni his brew, and trust from his
koga — shin - tog sillier bitters ; aditiaid bis dreia : -
shook'his hat; - arid hatiorreeovered hie isampos•
me, walked leisaielf'mita' Si pitfall' reapteit to
wire Hartwell and the Rates.
GAPER
vcamcii:
Aeolian, ptiliiwai' 'pima pilulodutiojr,
Imes ihnterpaients.toi mobli"' lbot
which S 2 t: of tDtae thneeao-
uaoi, wiz kwe of Ski% the lasi earwig,
IX ea, love of tlialokia4 ispecdoinilik er
ME
41 2,Z.All,6thies, •O
s DENIIIICINTiO Q11A14101.7
shed above the heid p *Wee Privating,,,thoughts
tiro confinefi 1%16 lineteiiate wants and !oddly
pursuits of men. But if the three noble feelings
natited, unite and govern in the same mind, be
sure: tliat that individualwill be mighty among his
race., No matter in what station he was port , to
what calling he has been destined, there is that in
his own breast which wilt t;etir him onward and
Upward. And the Course of condrict ivhiCh, in a
mart of his 'Clievaater, may, at first appearance,
seem .presumptuous or impossible, will in the end
be found perfectly consistent with the confidence
which a well balanced and justly directed mind
should feel in its own strength and measures.
How. little did Dr,. Walker appreciate the cool
philosophy of Roger's address, as the latter, polite
ly bowing on his entrance, intleirefi after his health.
Dr. Walker did not reply,did not seem to have
heard—but, hastily shaking the Squire's offered
hand, hastened across the apartmeqt ; atyressed
with a . amile and compliments the iroung ladies,
andthen, having seated himself by Mrs. Hartwell,
was soon deeply engaged in conversation on the
weather.
. ,
" Have you beard the Dews, doctor I" cried the
Squire,.at the top of his voice.
" News ! what aewa ?" reiterated Dr. Walker,
starting.
8, Why, that Parliament is about sending over to
us all the East India company's stock of tea 7"
" Well! "
• " I don't think it will be well, sir, 1 don't think
we colonists can be compelled to bny it. 1 for one,
affirm that not an ounce shall be used or drank in
my lamily." ; .
" Dear me, Mr. Hartwell, whit is the use of
making such a great fuss about a little matter?—
Only three pence duty to the pound. why tour
pounds of tea would be a. very large stock for the
year, and that will be only one shilling to govern
ment!" an .I Mrs. Hartwell looked triumphantly to
Dr. Walker for approbation of her prudential
speech ; while the Squire turned his eyes to Bog
er, as if he wished him to answer it.
" It is not the price of the tea, madam, that is of
consequenie," observed Roger, 'respectfully," but
the establishment of the principle of taxation."
" Yes," interrupted the Squire, " it is the princi
ple that we contend against. Three pence, or three
Sounds would be all this same. Indeed, if w.e sub
mit to pay the peace, we will soon have to pay
the pounds."
" We mast resist it," said Roger.
" We will resist it," echped the S.qttjrp.,,
" I do not see any benefit to the country can re-_
sult,trom this resistance," said Dr. Walker. "If
Parliament has ordered the tea to the colonies, it
will come.a
"At shall never be sold," said. the Squire.
" You mast watch the ladies narrowly, then."
replied the doctor laughing. " They relish tea
better than those theories of liberty, which none
but a politician can understand."
" The ladies will not thank you for rating their
understanding and patriotism so low," replied Rog
er, casting a respectful but penetrating glance on
Lucy Hartwell.
4, What ray you, daughter—do you prelim your
tea before the liberties of your country r , inquired .
the Squire, who laid remarkel the brightening co
lor oo I..ticy's cheek. " Will you drink the tea
that is burdened crab a tribite which nave but
slaves would pay T -,
8- I would sooner drink poison, my dear Esther
than a beverage obtained by dis . hotering my coun
try," said the blushing girl, in a low but emphatic
voice.
" That's nen t my own child, I knew you would
prove a good Whii."
" Nevertheless, the tea will be used," said
1\ alker . "If he does, ',shall no: take the trouble to led
"By the fishes perhaps," retorted Roger, worn- him."
fallY. "The cargo will never be landed at Boston. " Lacy, will you tell me—are you engaged."
I have to-day seen a gentleman from that patriotic " No"
town, and I know the resolution of the people.— " And—and—may I hope s that ton
_never wiii
They will sink the ships ra th er than permit the tea be engiqed—thai is, nos to ! Lucy, love you r*
to be landed." I The abrupmess and impennosity with which he
" And you, sir, would ioubtless be aiding and voie seemed the effect 01 feelings which he could
abetting therii, if it were in your peraier 0 said the not repress. Lucy was sosurpriseil, so con:as-ed .
der:thr. that she was obliged to lean on hisagn far support ;
" With might and main, heart and hand, like a so there was no. opportunity for her to show mczti
true knight, without fear and without reproach.— aver at lint ptv.umption. Roger soon forgot he
from any but a tory," said Roger. had been a poor shoemaker. The first conscious
" po . you know you are talkirig treason against , rifts of bemq; beloved seems, to a you ng mar, af.
the British Government i" retorted Walker, angri- I the crowing - point of his ambition. He feels ee
ly, for he saw that Lacy smiled on hiestivaL voted, for he bail seczred the empire of one heart
" I know lam talking treason, sir," replied nog- which he would not for eg o, for the sceptre of tia
er, calmly rising end confronting his ant4oniits.— ix g eon .
" And I have faith to believe that I shall live to Roger walked low ILI. , parlor
of ssaiere
see the day when in America reasonreason will nen bet that evening"; wi th th e air aatan who has no
treason:"
father cares for what may betide him in trim lige ;
and Anna said that he raked cons en t that very ev
ening, -
CHAPTER IV
• stir Lona.
Now a great deal depends on parinmr: The •
yourr, girl in the bail mom most appear is a grace
ha position ; the lady when in society met main
tain a fashionable poiition ; the 'catmints bente
thelwerld must assume a commanding position
bet none of these are mote, important thin the po : ,
skim which a yams man maintains- in the pre,-
ease of his lady-lova. From Ins posit*" and the
manner in which it operates on her kennel, cal- .
ways pact their destiny. 11 he only ranter and
prattles, and talks sweet noasetie, and she is de._
lOW with it will be a .tepid couple, and
probably'sorarel before they have been wedded,
hall a year. an the coatiary, be sprats digni
fied-esti tespiteibd,abd waseetimes introduces sap :
jeers of am* intimrst and imellectoal improve :
meek and die apidiate gratified With the tone
,of
Mintiment, orstofirt - tila with a brilliant qamationor
ariappropritse ressa*-"dhestr, my, is a coops
srbo haves lair alines of being hoppy.themeels
Mid who will, probably, shed Maimed listretio botte
teliith dill light thepa' °Nil - 4, •
Wlien %agar Stood before hie rival dm valet
digOity otepanim sad laeyie arm showed' end
dm approved perbetjoatt manly,
Verilitetiet, *was a 8 Carer wiiit Dr. Wilkey. He
BERM
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EOM
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was in a false
,positron. He, understood it, too;
'and more 'angry that he had been beaten . by a man
who was in an interior station than that he had
lost its lady, be determined to bring another corn.
pathos into dip field, one who had my political dis
abilities to surmount, who could - agree with the
father about the Whigs and with the mother about
the weather; and whose profession, fortune, fami
ly, and 'figure wealth' he doubted not, gain the
vietoty over Roger. This new candidate for -Lu
cy's favor was Seth Trumbull; the young lawyar.
. The young lawyer became a constant visitor at
Noire lianwell'a It was soon_ understood ty the
'whole parish, that the match was, as it is termed
riy!ffe r True, Lucy slimily denied it, but at that
ray it wail out the fashion for young ladies to pro-
claim their engagement as soon as they had said
yes;' sober denial went for nothing.
Walker asserted confidently, everywhere,
that it would be a snatch,
~Mrs. Hartwell - did not
contradict it ; nobody dared question the old Squire
on tbesubject ; and ; as for Anna Minot, the dear
teasing little cousin, she always laughed and blnh
eil and . said, " like enough,"—when the subject
was referred to her. So the matter was settled
Everybody said Miss Lucy Hartwell was engaged
to lawyer Trumbull.
Every body said so except Roger;. he never
would say a word about it. The young ladies gen
erally believed it was a sad disappointment to him.
and pitied him exceedingly. But most of the elder
people, especially the grave fathers, differed from
the opinion. They said Roger had no idea of mar
rying ; that he was poor and ambitions . ; and that
each a man never thought of it tilt he had risen in
the world. In theie primitive times it was not the
fashion to marry for money.
Mr. Roger bad opened a store in a neighboring
lowa. He worked no . wore at shoemaking but
pursued his business as though his lite depended
on his dilligence.
" Lucy 'I" said Roger. She turned towards him ;
a gleam 01 moonlight streamed throught the leaf
less bough of the peach tree, beneath which they
were passing, and fell strongly on her upturned
face; the wavy outline of her eyelashes wa4 dis
tinctly to be traced in the shadow on her fair cheek
Roger thought she was very pale .
"Lucy, w lyoc grar.t me one minute's atten
tion r
She lopkCillywards . the. dcar of her dwelling.
where Anna Minot and ?iir. Trumbull wrre then
entring—she hesitated and stopped.
" Lucy, it is along time sioce I have had the
pleascre of speakiag with yon."
" It's about five or eta weeks."
"They seem ages to me."
" Do you not like your business
" I did like it because it affurded me the hope
of becoming worthy of you. It has been to!d me
( he spoke low and rapidly) that you are indrie.l
to favor Mr. TrumbulL (-he dia. not speak ) I
am poor, Lucy-4 must labor—l am without friends
and must make my own way. It may be years
bekrre I shall tale the station in society, which
Trurnbull now occupies ; but sure as I lice Lucy, I
will—," He paused, for though he had open
indulged the hope, indeed belief that he should rise
superior to Trumbull, yet he shrunk from expres.. , ..
ing this anticipation. Jr seemed lite a vain host
" You do not believe then ; Lucy .1 " be con:laced
after a long pause.
" I have heard nothing to believe. Had we no:
better go in! My cousin will wonder what de-
tains ns."
" Perhaps, Mr. Trumbull will likewe wish to
know."
" firer is well enough," said 31:s. Hanweit--
and I say nothing against the ma:ch, now he has
left his aboemakiig. A . merchant's wi* has a
very (writable Eating, but nosing rery
grand. Howeser, if Lacy has no auxbiloo, a dt. ,
no good for ore :o talk. 1 , base airtady been too
anxious aborts her marrying well." •
" I think, my dear, she is going to marry we:,"
said Squire Maarten_ " Ricar,,wid tre—" ,
" Tes, yes, Cm.;•taantl, 1 base heard Soo say a
tbixwand times he would be a great ma -.3 bc.: 1
newer saw any !coffee of it, Gar my pan Anna
Hrt, in my oyinion, does many well Now
Tinti*Ll a a lawyer, and may be judge."
Aral an may &OLD
aHlt, that is impossible. He has never tie.4a
ohlaatel4 Mr...ViuureU.'°
" Sayan educate hintsell.",
!.Well, wok—Deidoer yo not I stall era EeD
to see iliter Sherawo a ;edger'
104 they dad lies to see, Rica &um,
hove. •
etr An Irish gentleman laisfly Ersa a lli a duel
his Winn* fnS 1 belmisP hilPeaskY mewl
ed that be ma ban aids= a shin to his tact.
IMMMMI
WEE
CHAPTER V
THE D VIOL C3l ENT
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boring the recent war between the Uni•ed States
and the Indians of Teias, a greatt number of volun
teers joined the expedition. One of those, Captain
Ferguson of Kentucky, became celebrated for, his
hardihood and success in the terribleh outing of the
Indians. The followinz incident will convey some
idea of the character of the man, and also of the
war still waging in the New World, between civi
lization anti baibarism.
A small band of volunteers, among whom was
Captain Ferguson, spent several ii4r, exploring
Texas,.and had wandered far into the interior with
out meetieg a solitary Indian track. Tired of this
pacific journey, they resolved to separate and seek
adventures singly, before returning to the camp.
Accordingly, the folloWing morning Captain Fer
guson, mounted on an excellent horse, left his com
pan ions and directed his course across a vast prairie,
towards a cluster of hills, hemmed in by thick
woods which bounded the bunion. Arrived at ;he
foot of one of the bills, the Captain perceived a
troop of wild horses slowly advancing towards him-
Soddenly they broke into a gallop ; a maixeuvre
which appeared suspicious, and induced our hero
to watch them closely.
They soon gained the level ground, and the dull
sound of their hoot striking the soil, became dirt•
tincily audible. The captain looked, and saw
clinging to the flanks of each horse, an Indian en:.
pended laorizA• nudity by an arm and a leg. This is
a itommon stratagem among the Indians, bat lucki
ly r‘ir, Ferguson, Le was still at a considerable (lis
ta:it horn theise unpleasant looking cavaliers.
Perceiving, by the sudden rapidity of his flight,
that they were discovered, the Indians climbed
nimbly on their horses, and pursued our hero at
foil speed, shouting their terrible war cry.
Lookin;z back, Ferguson observed that his ene
mies spread themselves scrota theprairie, with the
evident intention of cutting ofr his retreat to me
He saw that his only chance r.,f satety con
sisted in gaining the woods : whither his pursuers
thirst n,rit foilow him, lest they encounter the out-
pus , ‘ of the American troops.
He did not again look behind, bct with his eyes
eagerly fixed uu the yet distant goal he spurred on
his horse to its utmost speed. The animal stumbl
el, and the cry of the Indians became maredis
tinct ; but the note animal rose again, and with a
neith, as though cots: taws of the peril that
mei...zed his muter, he made a prodigious lorward
cooed, and clem-ed the apace which divided 111111
from the wood, with the speed of an snow.
Ferguson had Joieseen, the Indians, fearing to
enter the woods, came to a sudden halt ‘Althringh
now comparatively out of danger, he did not es
teem the neighborhood perfectly safe, and these_
lore pursued his coarse for five or six miles, wr.h
out drawing bridle. Eveuing wascloseing in when
it proper to pause. He tried in vain to
discover where he was ; but he was not a man to
yes lairci-e:f fur trifles, so he quietly resolved to pass
:he nigh,; in the open air, and defer IT t h e morrow
the ta.-k to find h s - xay. A clear stream bordered
with shrubs ran near, and Ferguson, having villa:i
d:el his horse, wrapped himself in his cloak and
lay down on the gime..
At daybreak be resumed his journey, following
the course of the stream. When he had gone about
four anles, Ire lound the corpse of one of his com•
pa:iii , us. Tae poor fellow bad been scalped, and
Ferg.:::_srn's first thought was that all his friends bad
prtibatlf been scrprised, and massacred singly
Indeed, the nameless hog-pin:sof horses, some
shod and some unshod, indicated plainly, the recent
pa_-vagei of bob white 'men and Indium Slowly
and cautiously he !allowed these traces craheca
making any discoveries until towards the sidle
of the day, having climbed up a slight eminence,
he saw en the plain, at about a mile's &ranee, a
fare Indian encampment.
Ai the same mornert: the Indians perceived the
Captain, az., leaped en their horses. Cursing his
own improllence, Ferguson turned bridle, and
te
gan as quickly as pcestble to retrace his at ape. Ar
lived at the outer border of the wood., he saw on
the plain wince he was about to cross, a dense
I cloud of lurid smoke extending on ei - ber side as
t far as the eye could reach. It was a prairie on fee
I Who• fez= he to do' To return was death :to go
forward no lees inevaable.
Tn this te.-iableeritt. - y, Ferguson did not tar
his preietice of mi:2l, hat cr.o zinced ! 0 a d raLce
rarruiy to the iii;er.r.th of the WheE he mei
the bLich &Ira:iced gziafd of smcke, behiad which
the flame wia-c3i.! and dared lege some moos:row
hydra-Lea:kJ seri eal., Fermasowehaked hk boise
Co.! Jismoithied. He lose his man:le Imo pi=es.
faxeneai mie as a hal:daze rcand his herse's eyes,
anti another so as to enveiop the
.anismars mozah
arid esxs!rits ; then he cowered his owo lace in a
This was the work of a kw ma
mems--preeioci momeats, for the yes of the ad .
time:7l2 Indians becarlie !cal:01y disiiiieL
male, Feu -lc-Poo remnithiei,anaf Liizoug his
iowsids the File, spurmi him wi:h the
emerii* - of drisiwor. The, nafge traria bounded ca
the Eew...e. famed entehroping him aial
ruler ; bat Olt arm thC Im - ei was of ;hoax:mph ;
L.e•t i eli up his Leese, aal impeifed lons thiongh the
£-e. Akw ee.si - a:e tricrids, ae3 the tonaie was
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The 777...h 1 -o'.. aii-Lhea - deaiona it was ; Fe:-
, vrooxi mne o@ the bandages which covered ha; aors ,
head and b's tomes and threw himself ca Cie i Rztre or rat .I , 4caser oft/Lim—The foaming ,
grm.rst. Ile is save.] !ha kis accomp:illial as i rohni, Eras the paws of D.. Wer, amoebas ie.,
scriztraDeled. exy bad! •B at abore the rosarirg and i ha =ernoraadate, are throve insaber se vocal
erackim.et the Dynes, be heard the triumphant rcap-toarks in ihejourvey ()Effie: _ .
cries of his perattervorha thick they have precipi.. i Never redseete sarrrd things ; or what ethos
wed hiSo isle 'le ocean of rue. He =dean ince I may esteer3 as sock, has-ever abstad the asspeele
to Bare bock a Zefyiog shoo; he his yoke died aa t , ra- - • ', .0.
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Half egisiosted ; both:liaise aid moo had mime- `i=onetiP- -1.
ly Imergt.b to more Seises the titettaiied pl a i n -s to diorite mid!: seam Wes isi siteilms
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et Fctlestm knelt alai wirlset Eyes they •Itaqrsal Yeanfor ark ow with Wink or spy
mast iosscabl3, He Mete or° sonsesseetiiett bciasi .
Lis temaismgsuer& s am: mega sea hi s Tu stim ciseetiA-.ltis *kilos! kik,
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horse by the bridle. 411 , the pot r esestololeselltir
was aingeilog, and laws pieces of his bide' came
away at the lightest touch. ti
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TormentUd by a raging thirst , i?eegenro iftiguk
himself towada the ;Fittest extremity of the plaikr
and there, he perceived a bind ol wolves_adeue
iog with savage bowls. - This new peid roused
both the horse and his-eider. A clear taste semis
was flowing Dy ; into it plunged the animal, and
Ferguson also dipped his head intci the' delicious
bath. Its restorative effect was magical Us re
collected that tbe ivolves in these vast deserts -are
accustomed to-flack towards a praire otrfirec-in.er
der to prey on the animals escaping Inim thefitmei.
The Captain examined his horse, and roam with
pleasure that the poor creature was much renover
cd,and even neizhed in reply to the wetvesPhowl
log. More moved by this plaintive neigh, than he
hail ever been by a ht man cry,. Ferguson gently
caressed the head of his steed, and then mounting,
urged him towards the forest. The wolves mean
while were crossing the stream in hot pursuit, their
hoarse yells sounding a thousand times morereer
rible than the whistling of bullets on the battle-field.
A cold shudder seized , Ferguson. "II my bores
should fall r he thought. But thanks to the vizi
tance, and the feverish energy °Leh, animal, they
gradually gained on their pursuers ; for the speed
of a prairie wolf is much leas than that of a flan
horse.
But the pritsers of the noble creature wete nearly
spent, his breathing became rapid, and hi■ !testi
drooped. Yet lie still made a wonderous eflort to
gain the forest, for, wilt the instinct of his hind, hi
seemed to know that safety would tor found among
the trees.
At length the wood was gained. Fergusion gases
a joyous shout, fur now he could take refuge in a
tree. Tying his horse to a lower branch, our hero,
climbed one quickly, and loaded hi. ranting and
pistols, with a faint hope of delending die poor ani
mal from the wolves' attack.
From the lofty branch on which he bad taken up
his position, Ferguson watched the monsters' ap
proach—they were of the fiercest specie, who
wi.h glowing red eyes ; and he sat that all was
over with his faithful horse. They Matted on their
victim—Ferguson fired amonj them ; but in a mo.
ment the animal was devoured, and the empty bri.
dle telt hanging on the branch.
The yrolves, with gaping throats, and their whits
tut•kb gtn:ning horribly, remained round the tree ;
for the horse :tad scarcely famished each with •
single mouthful. On - the Captain's slightest move
ment they jumped up, as it to seize him before he
could touch the ground. Ferguson enjoyed a sort
of teverish pletaAare in killing a number of them
wish his combine% Bat night was closing in, and
quite exhausted, unable even to reload Warns, he
was seized with,,, sudden giddiness He was forc
ed toeless his ;yes, lest he should fall from trio
green fa (tress.
Then a deep roaring was beard in the neighbor•
ing prairie. At the sound, the wolves pricked up
their ears, and darted off simolianeously in porsuir•
of a new prey. In a short time Fergasan opened.
his eyes, mid descried iK the plain on the corder of,
the wood, in enormous buffalo, surrounded by the
ravenous wo!ver, who were tgaring•him to pieces'
de.pite his furious efforts to • t ape.
The Captain, profiting by this furmnate diversiun,
descended from his tee; and hastened to kindle
the dried brandies srauered on the ground. He
shanty succeeded in surrounding himself with a
ramp-v. of tire.
Feeling thenin eornpara:ise safety,. his tosould
one of the deaiNreftes, and a:e a small purlieu of
the fleh , notwithstanding the oarlike repopasam
inspired by seen unc'ean food. ffeizq satinet:tat
crengthened by his strange tepast, ha collected a
isupply of wood ti-r the night.
In &bon , an tour afterwards, ihwwdves rettsmsl
to the charge, trot Fer4osan, t►tank ' s to him flaming
foal:Tr-awn, sr-eis in sad) pedoct safe:y, that dos
pito the czntinued howling he afept protorstilly otts-
til ena:nir.;.
Oa awaking, he focnd that the wolves vreregnae s
is pnrimit, daubt:es•, of same easier prey ; and the
Captain was ebbs in meanie his gurney on fact,
carving !aim his pivots, his cim tau, and b:s
c.uatnne.
Alter a week of incredible tati,ve and privation,
he am val.l in safety at the American camp ; but no
ildmr,-s were ever bea-r! 91 MI onfononare cam
pazrx:s. They probably a.l eidier been mama
at-A by the Indians, or dermred II the wolvirr—
As to Caprain Fergwon, to liras or-heft, will a fe
ver a1.r.:11 coilfurai him io bed daring Many weski.
When conivaler-ent, he hawed one day to look
in a micro:. and,s-Larzil back affrights:J. His beard
ter:l3l3:Q Lrack, het the hair trf his hraj bad be•
come tich;:e _
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fur you, and of ef wadi be ani became they ten
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