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Deep in the centre of a sycamore grove
—where the Peccan and the turtle-berry
flourish in open glades, where the deer
come at oven-tide to water, and where the
turkey gobble in due season, thickly
bright with wild grape vines, and other
creeping plants—is Peccan Spring, a lo
cality celebrated, far and wide, with the;
hunters and trappers who frequent the i
borders of the Rod River. It i s a sweet
retired spot, a very woodland retreat,
where lays and sprites might be supposed
to dwell, and dance by the blue light of a
summer moon, leaving no mark or sign
upon the rich prairie grass ; but which in;
the land of the Anglo-Ameriean, knows
no other associations but those connected
with the copper-colored aboriginals, who
sometimes visit it for a draft of fresh wa
ter, and to rest after the chase. Many a
sound of savage ferist„and many a wail of
war victims had been heard there in its
day, and many a tale of wild interest and
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and unvaricd. The wood, which in part
was filled with trees of .different species,
cover 4 many miles of ground, reaching to
the *der of a small but muddy stream,
in pact' fed by the spying which made the
local ity 'so desirable.
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ting in a'flood of blood-red light that yet
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centre of the grove. He was a young
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the prairies. The , aniinalSecined to scent
the water, for, .without hesitation, it trot
ted towards the timall,open glade; where
it bubbled forth, and came to
,a dead halt.
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our Altinti;T and: ,we ; camped about these
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"Got the spring 1." growled a deep voice
at some distance.
"I reckon I-haver continued the young
man, dismounting and unloading the ja
ded brute, while his companion rode up.
"The very diggins !" said Kelly, also
dismounting, and presenting to the eye a
huge frame and six feet two of a Rocky
Mountain Trapper : "its rale juicy watef,
and small potatoes to spare."
The second corner was far less well fa
vored than the first. Dirk haired and
eyed, with huge whiskers and mustachoes,
l and eyebrows to match, there was an un
pleasant scowl about his face, which was
indicative of.much evil passion, which his
apparently vast bodily strength tended to
render all the less agreeable. He looked
1 1 the very man to hug a bear, eat an Indian,
and whip a panther round his head, as he
Would swing a cat by the tail.
"We shall do very well, I expect," said
James 'Wharton, the first speaker.
"Weir bound to do war I urn. We've
meat and water, we've fire and baccy,
what more can a man axl"
Wharton laughed, and without answer,
ing, having honied his hor;e, began col
lecting dry sticks, while - Kelly, with a
huge axe, felled some large branches, sui
ted to the purpose of a roaring fire.
"It's nation cold," said Kelly.; and
darn me if I mind the Ingins. I'll have a
fire that 'till speak, I'm bound."
"As you please—l trust to you," smiled
Whartrar, complacently, with a look that
plainly said, "to save trouble, not because
you know any better."
"You're wise, I reckon," growled Kelly.
It was not long ere by the side of the
Peccan Spring, which gently bubbled up
through a bed of fine sand, there sparkled
a huge and speaking blaze, making merry
'the night air, and chasing away all sem
blance of the storm. Then down sat the
pair M 'proVide the evening meal—most
welcome to the traveler in the wilds, after
a hard day's journey, with a bracing wind
in his teeth. This concluded, both loaded
their pipes, and leaning against some
friendly and convenient log, enjoyed the
luxury of a smoke.
"How many days do you reckon to
Little Rock V asked Wharton,• clearing
away a dense cloud of smoke by the mo
tion of his hand.
"Good ten, and long chalks at that, too,"
replied Kelly, without removing his pipe,
which was doing goodly service ; but you
ain't tired, arc you?"
"Not I; ripe for a month."
"Well, then, keep first watch, while I
snooze,"
continued the other, with a laugh ;
and, rolling himself along, he stretched his
huge limbs athwart the fire, and in five
minutes gave evident token of being in a
state of somnolence.
James -Wharton remained alone, and,
glancing around, noticed that deep night
had set in, and that the heavens were more
and more overcast and lowering : but he
cared not„ Born in the haunts of civiliza-
Lion, and amid the educated of his fellow
men, a roving taste had led him to venture
amid the wildest scenes, and to depend fur
days and weeks, nay months, upon his
gun for subsistence ; to lie down in peace
with the wolf, the bear, even with thy, In-
dian close at hand—and had taught him to
feel no anxiety for his scalp, as lung as it
was upon his head. Rain and heat, wind
and cold, had become alike indfferent ; and
he cared not so that there happened not--
the two great scourges of the prairie—
hunger or thirst. The gusts came con
stant and heavy amid the trees, and the
howl of the caiotoc, nn American wolf,
was distinct and near, in search of scraps
left by the traveler.
"Hist !" Nvhispered 'Wharton to hi►ueel
as he sank beside his comrade, in the ac
of listening, the gentle but still perceptible
sound of a foot-fall on the dry sticks be
neath the trees reaching his ear—"but 1
will not Wake this brute, unless need be ;"
and, rolling himself out of the glare of fire
he rose on his feet, and stepped, or rather
glided, behind a tree.
Put—pat! came some straggling and
feeble steps, which sounded strangely to
the woodman,
"Some Indian deviltry, or a woman,
I'll sweat'," said Wharton ; "but however,
here goes. Who comes? If friends, ad
vance. There are none but white men
Here 1"
A feeble groan followed ;,and Wharton,
whose 'feelings were aroused, seizing, a
brand from the fire, hurried in the direc-
tion of the sound, and to his inexpressible
astonishment, discovered a woman leaning
for support against a tree. It was appar
ent at a glance that she was in the last state
of exhaustion and suffering, and the young
man, without' hesitation, took her in his
arms, and bore her to the fire. Opening
his flask, he poured a small draught of
i
brandy dawn her throat, which instantly!
-reviving her, ho hastened to cut from the
buck which had supplied them fOr supper,
afew tender and delicate mmols;
""Water-water I" whAir H the girl,
for 'Wharton had discove' - , to be
a young and •handsome'liiiii*.
"''Tis done," said he; "come cheer up,
maid; here is food, and drink, and Chris
tian cnnapPY.".
tiStrangero - are dying with . hunger !"
again feebly cried the girl.
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"That Oill soon be remedied. To be
gin, here is a small bit of maize bread, and
these hot coals will give you as tender a
broiled steak in five minutes as you could
wish."
The Indian corn cake was greedily de
voured, and as soon as the savory morsel,
which Wharton laid before her, was also
eaten somewhat more deliberately ,a change
for the better was' manifest in the lady,
who had thus unceremoniously intruded
herself into the trapper's camp. As
strength and life returned, the young crea
ture seemed to think 'of the novelty of her
position, and she sat in some 'confusion,
with downcast eyes, in the presence of her
preserver.
"You are better, Miss?" said Wharton,
gently, admiring by stealth, the returning
beauties of face and expression.
"Much, generous man," she replied.
"For five days have I wandered,. and en
dured the pangs of starvation, alleviated
only by berries and roots."
"You were lost, of coarse ?" continued
Wharton, too much accustomed to such an
event to.be in any way surprised.
"Yes, early in the morning, my party—
which was bound to Arkansas, from Low.
er Texas, which we left because of the
war—started, while I lingered behind to
gather some rare and new dowers. This
done, I followed, as I thought, in their
trail, but as I have 'since supposed must
have taken the wrong one; for hours I
never discovered my mistake; and then
instead of retracing my steps, I attempted
to cross the prairie in search of the right
one."
"Which, of course, you never found."
"I never did ; and since then I have
wandered I know not how."
"Well never mind sad reminiscences.
We are for Arkansas, and will see you
safe there. Strange guardians for one so
young and fair," he added, with a laugh,
"but trust me, I will prove a true one."
"I will put faith in you," she replied,
gaily ; "and if you take me to my friends,
no thanks of mine will be wanting, I
would do anything to show my gratitude."
"Anything?" said Wharton with ani
mation.
"Iu reason," she continued with a
blush ; for the hunter's eye, full of genu
ine, honest admiration, vati full upon her.
"But what am I to call you ?"
He told her.
"Ah, well ! and I am Mary Renshaw ;
and this huge hunter?"
"Job Kelly—rough enough, but, I think,
true. I have not been acquainted with
him long, but I think I can say a good
word."
"Well, you arc a queer sort," said Kel
ly, growling ; "what locrum is-that you're
a-carrying on by yourself?"
• "Caught for .once, Job," replied Whar
ton, 'for t am not alone; another traveler
has chanced this way."
"Well, I'm bound to swear, but I won't,"
said Kelly, sitting bolt uptight, and staring
in mute wonder at the strange company
into which he had falleir
"I'd - not advi, , e you to," continued
Wharton, "a 6 you are in the company
a lady."
“Well, I'll be riglarly thawed for a
month," said Kelly, still staring, "but this
is seeing the elephant, and no flies."
Wharton, who was laughing heartily,
now explained the accident to which they
owed the strange addition to their party,
and the conversation became general, un
til the young man recollected the fatigues
and sufferings of the young girl ; and ma
king her a soft couch of Spanish moss and
leaves, covered with a horse-cloth, she
was induced to lie down near the tire.—
In this her two guardians presently imita
ted her, and the night passed without fur
ther, interruption.
It was some time atter dawn ere Whar
ton awoke, when lie found Kelly busily
stirring about, busily preparing breakfast,
while their companion still heavily slept.
Ever and anon the hunter cast curious
glances at her calm, upturned face, in
which looks were visible considerable
wonder A her fairness, mingled with ex
treme admiration of her beauty.
"Well; I am a riglar old hand, I know,"
said Kelly drily, "I have seen above a bit
in my time ; I've fought the Sioux for thir
ty mortal days, alone behind a stump, and
knocked 'em down like butter-birds ; I've
seen the Flatheads and the Gros-ventures,
and' found many a stray child in the woods,
but this do about , fiX me; I'm in a rale jam,
that's a fact."
"It is a strange adventure, certainly."
"Strange! Why, I say I do, it don't
convene to reason at all. I say, Jim, what's
to be done with her ?"
"Take her to her friends, to be sure."
"Jim Wharton," said Kelly, now.very
red in the face, "you're about as silly as
a heifer."
"What do you mean ?"'replied the young
man, his native fierceness breaking forth.
"Don't shoot up, for all the world, like
a spruco 7 heer bottle ; but just listen:to me.
This gal was picked up by you; you want
a wife takoher ; you don't, well 'I do, and
I'll take her.' There ain't no' la* here."
"Job Kelly," , said 'Wharton, firrely,."ofe •
course you are poking fun : if not—L" 4 44
"What, if not 1" exclaimed the otl
with a brutal sneer:
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''By the God that made you, my knife
and your heart would make acquaintance.
She is under my protection, and there she
remains, free and safe until in the hands
of her friends."
"She's opening her peepers," said Kelly,
sullenly, "so no more but I'll be bound
you'll listen to me. 'lt don't convene to
reason-"
The rest of the sentence was lost in the
muttering tone in which it was delivered.
"I have overslept myself, I fancy,"
cried Mary Renshaw, starting; "for you
are stirring."
"You have just risen in time for break
fast," replied Wharton, "and if you like to
run down yonder to the pool, and swill
your hands and face, we shall' then be
ready."
Tho young girl acquiesced, and trip
ping down tothe pool, where the horses
had drank the preceding night, and which
lay embowered in trees, she soon came
back, her hair smooth and neat, and her
face glowing with renewed loveliness and
health. Much did both wonder at the
change which food and rest hod brought
about, nor were they backward in express
ing their thoughts. She laughingly re
pelled their praises, while she more than
half reared the daring and bold admiration
that sat on the old hunter's countenance.
Wharton saw this, and drew her attention
away.
"Now for a venison cutlet, Miss Ren
shaw," lie said ; "the best fare we have ;
arid then for a ride over the prairies on our
way home."
"But how will you contrive? You have
but two horses."
"I shall walk a turn," replied Whartor . 4
handing the meat, "and look out for games;
it will be a pleasant change."
"You are pleased to say so," said rile,
shaking her head ; "but I am not bound to
believe you."
"If you don't have his, 3 1I tu can ha% e
mine, I rec' on," put in Kelly, gruffly. "I
expect a slope will do me good;"„
"Many thanks," exclaimed Mary, col
oring ; "but I'll put faith in my guardian."
"sec what it is to be young," said Kel
ly, with a laugh. "Fla—ha! I wish I had
twenty summers less on my head. It
would be Tare,•l'll swear."
" Nonsense, 2 ; Job, " cried W Imam ;
"you'll do very well, as you are."
"I'm not exactly sure of that ; but nev
er mind. Cheer up, is the word. Let us
!away."
This advice being seconded, the horses
were made ready, and then—Mary Ren
shaw leaping gaily on ti e back of that
which belonged to the young man—the
party started along a narrow though beat
en trail, which led the direction of the Red
River. All signs of the threatening wea
ther of the preceding night had departed ;
the heavens were blue, and unclouded by
a single streak of vapor; a warm glow
pervaded the atmosphere, ever communi
eating itself to the grass and rushes be
neath their feet, which crackled and broke'
under the horses' hoofs us they proceeded,'
For a while they kept together, the houses,
being walkcd slow, while Wharton trotted
beside Mary, leading her mustang, which
pranced and snorted beneath its compara
lively light load. At length, Kelly, who
was in advance, signalled a herd or deer'
at sonic distance to the left of the plain,
near a knot or bushes ; and the young inan,
having assured himself of their position,'
started across in search of the game, his'
companions agreeing to halt for him at the:
ford,, which lay seine miles ahead. For
some minutes Wharton found the prairie
fit for walking; but ere he had advan
ced a hundred yards, a small morass,
thickly grown with tall rusks impeded
his progres, and he had to turn to the
right in search of a hillock, over which lie
could pass dry footed. Reaching the
summit he looked around, and, to his con
siderable surprise, discovered his friends
at a gallop, making along an old Indian
trail, which led in a very ditibrent direc
tion to that of the rendezvous—in fact,
terminating an old deserted cluster of wig
warns, quite off the road.
"You are an old coon, Kelly," muttered
Wharton,
"and I see your plan at a glance ;
but your head is turned and I will balk
you, or I any no white man. Sweet girl,
fear not; I have my senses about me."
Crouching low, so that his companions
could not descry the change in his pur
pose, Wharton kept his eyes fixed on the
rapidly retreating forms, of the ill-assorted
pair; and when once they were out of
sight, turned,, and, still proceeding with
great caution, followed in their footsteps.
As he walked quickly, ,ho soon reached
the trail, and with knitted form and clen
ched hands, took his way alone it. There
was wpioud of- night upon his face, and
by the working of the muscles; it could be
seen that he was nerving himself' to some
stern determination. At length', the play
of his countenance settled, and a still
calm overspread his features.
"This will have ii bloodyending, I feel ;
but, Job Kelly_, you haVe brought . —k
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It was true, there were clear,signs that
an Indian party had passed that way, but
with women and children, tents, and all
the apparel, not of war, but of a hunting
ride. Still Wharton felt uneasy, not for
himself, but for her who, thrown on his
protection in so strange a manner, had
keenly twined herlPtlf around his heart.—
With renewed vigor, on he stepped, hop.
ing that this discovery had been the rens ,
on that had induced Kelly to change his
route.. On he went, for hours and hours;
the sun rose above his head, it gained its
highest elevation, then sank, and almost
reached its place of rest, and yet he ad
vanced—plain marks of horses' hoofs still
guided and urged him on. At length his
stop grewmore slow, and, as ho gained a
wood, he began to creep amid the trees
with a cat-like caution. A few minutes
brought him to the edge of a romantic
dell—a deep and gloomy glen, of narrow
dimensions, shaded by tall and waving
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pines. Tile:earth was here encumbered
with leaves and the falling boughs, redu
ced to a species of soil where not a foob,
lid! could be heard. Still were the horses'
marks plainly to be seen, now led by the
walking hunter. They tended downwards
to the bed of what, in wet weather, was a
stream; but which now presented nothing
but stones and pebbles, clean-washed and
whitened, to the eye. Looking down a
vale,qt high and [Autry eminence crossed
the end at some distanoe, whence spouted
a tiny stream, that was lost in the ground;
while on the summit were seen the dead
wigwams.. The whole buried in closing
darkness, with deep silence brooding over
all, made sad the heart of the solitary way.
farer. Treading lightly and slowly along
the pebbles, Wharton reached a clump of!
bushes, and thence looked into the very
depth and mystery of that retired spot.
Below, lay a tiny pool, dividing a small
portion of rocky ground from the rest of
the glen, whence there Ives no visible out
let, save the way by which Wharton had
come. On the other side was a natural
cavern—a famous cache nno2 - place of safe
ty for the prairie hunter.' Above reach,
lug to the filot - of a cliff of some twenty
feet in light, was a rough space, covered
with 'grass and herbs. Here grazed the
horses. A faint glow of light from the
mouth of the cavern, marked where were
the fugitives. Pausing awhile, until dark.
ness had quite covered the scene, the young
man slipped noiselessly down, and with
slow and cautious step, forded the pool.—
Five minutes brought him in full view cf the
cavern. "You are mistaken. They know we
Kelly sat beside a little fire, his back i • are weak-handed, and hero they come!"
to Wharton; while Mary, close at hand, ! replied Wharton, who had reloaded his
was reclining, apparently in great fatigue, rifle.
on horse-cloths and other trappings, watch- Kelly did not answer, but throwing him
ing listleSsly the preperations made for . self flat upon his face, rolled down a large
supper; ivhile her eye would anxiously 'stone below the mouth of the cave, and
turn, every now and then, as if in search ; there discharged' his piece. WhartOn
of one who came not. Wharton's heart. quickly followed, and thus for.some time
leaped, as he thought how glad it would did the two hunters keep up the ballatring
be to have that eye ever thus turned in
' • alternately and evading skillfully'::eve ~•
hope of his approach, and the rovers tat, attempt to wound their frames, by screen- .
for a roving lift was at an end. , ing themselves behind stones, and . rem
"l reckon you're tired Miss," said F. , :1• . ving after every shot. The Indians", who
ly, as gendy as he could. • !seemed galled at the smallness of thegar
" I am. -But why comes not %our fi ic lid? rison, were furious in their volleys, taking
I fear the Indians may have waylaid him." up posts in every part of the valley which
"I expect he a r'n't a child ;. he can take ; commanded the cave. At length, hOweVer,
care of himself," exclaimed Job, sullenly ; wearied of the %nisi effort, they filed off;
"the Ingins won't cat him. But look, here ' and encamped in the mouth of the dell, so
is a fine jucy morsel." 1 disposing themselves that there was no
"I cannot cut; I am sick at heart; I tear, chance of escape that way for the beleagu- '
my kind preserver is in danger." ' ed party.
"Miss Renshaw," said Kelly, rising, and "Now,thin, you rampageous red devils!''
speaking thickly, "it goes agin the grain to said Kelly, "you're done. It's clear that
hear vou talk of that man. I expect you they don't kr:ow this place, but I expect I
wouldn't trouble yourself if I war out, and do. Catch up, and buckle to, and we'll
arn't I as good as he?" put ten miles atween them and us Afore
"I said nothing against you," replied Mu- morning."
ry, half alarmed; but surely there is no "A snack first," replied W.harton, who •
harm in had led forward Mary Ranshaiv, !half dead '
"There is above a. bit. Mary Muslin w! with terror ; "come, young lady - , courage;
what's in must come out,and I arn't agoin' take some refreshment—you will need it."
to tell no lies. lam Job Kelly, and that's Encouraged by the cool• way•in';wlsich
saying no dirt of myself.. I'm about the the bunters sat down to eat, their company
yeller flower of the forest hereabouts. I ion was induud to follow , their .example i
can beat any hunter going, end keep a and thus a hearty moat was made, washed !''
squaw in right down style. I like you, down by a horn of water from the pool.—
and that's a fact;. there's a spirit in you This done, the hones wera saddled, ..and
arn't in a tow)) bred gall ; and I say, 1 do, their owners Boon ready' for the sairt.—
I'll Make you happy, so it'd a bargain." Kelly went first, leading the animals, with
"Sir," said the young girl, who was Isis hand close to the head of his own,
nowvery pale, "I do not understand you." while the other was fastened behind.—.
"Well, I call what I said, plain spoke ; Wharton guided his steps for his trentbe
but if it arn't, I mean we'll be man and ling charge, and clutched his faithful rifle
wife. I'll give you the smartest cabin—" to his side. Clambering up the.rude — steep
"Hunter," exclaimed Mary, "this is idle oldie pool,. the accustomed hunter raised
talk. Friends of a day, even though we a heavy bark at the summit and disclosed,
owe them much, are not entitled to take ad- a beaten trail, by which the formminhab,! 4
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"Wake snakes!" cried Kelly, Ai. 0 61 44 . •
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talk that. way. Job r. ' ll' " . •
his wife, and be rre i r
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"Fear not, young lady," replied Whar
ton, in a low voice. "Kelly is not so mad
as to fight me, with fitty•red skins in the
dell, thirsting for his blood. Put up your
knife, Job, and let all your manhood speak
in your gun for you will strive hard 'for
your scalp this night. Go into the Shade,
Miss Renshaw : there you will he safe . ."
Glad to have stayed the quarrel between
her companions by any means, th e cause
of their difference-retreated into the depth
of the cavern ; while Kelly, without a word
threw himself forth, and rushing across
the pool, soon returned with the horses;
which he placed in another fissure of the
rock, and then, crouching behind ti stone,
awaited the event, The common danger
had established a kind of truce, however
hollow, between the belligerent parties, and
n whispered dialogue,carried on as if noth
ing had happened, was held, ns to the best
mode of proceeding,
"When the devils "come in sight," said
Kelly, dogmatically, "give 'em the load.
I'll reserve my charge: that'll end thefight
to night, though, I'm bound, they'll outiv
a month. And no meat," he growled;
"never mind ; there's the horses—they,ll
last a goodish bjt, I conclude."
"It's not a war party; they have women
and tent poles," observed Wharton. •
"Your eyes were sharp on the trail,
see," said Kelly," an' if you're right,
only have a spurt, and then they'll slope.
But, whew! thar they come! Give it
slick I twenty devils, as I am a Christian
inan!"
The red skins were now standing in tho
deep shades of the bushes, on the edge of
the pool, and were gazing up at the deser
ted village, without any apparent consci
ousness of their proximity to enemies.
"The serpents I" said Job, chuckling.;
"they expect we are green. Do you see
them four clirribing like catamounts along
the rock. Give me your pistols; we'll
make believe thar three guns, and reserve
mine."
Next minute a sheet of flame and three
loud reports, redoubled - by the echoes of
the cavern and dell, awoke the fiilenee of
the night, and then came a screeching and
hallooing, as if the woods had been alive
with savage beasts of prey, instead of men.
Several random shots followed, and then
again all was still—a heavy breathing
kince taking the place of sounds of rapine
and slaughter.
"They're fixed," growled Kelly ; "that
was small potatoes, and a few of a hill.—
They've had a bellyfull,.l reckon:"
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