Plymouth Banner, Volume 3, Number 5, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 April 1854 — Page 1
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that monstrous she-devil, the crazy ren egade while woman?' So soliloquised young Grey, in confued muttrrings, as he straightened himself from his evesdropping posture and moved off, with no idea but lo get away the shame of his humiliating posture." overwhelmed in the importance of the matters he had learned. Presently, as he stalked iibstractedly about, his attention was awakened toy the sound of a violin, and walking in the direction whence it came, he soon learned that it issued from the cabin of Captain Campfield. the commander, or. by common consent the 'head man' of the place. The light shone warmly through the large window of four panes, which was the most extensive in ihe house, and sitnated in the back part, or the side opposite the door. Looking in, he saw th young folks of the station, to the number of near twenty, cn the point of enjoying a dnnce. John Johnson had the fiddle in
hnd. executing a few preliminary flour- ; isnes, wniie. i.ie iyuih cicwtiwg u.k ners was going on. Stepping to the d-or Grey knocked i i ' i whose ttrru features, though bronzed. I ship at;d exposure, were relaxed in a kind good humored smile. Several voices at nice addressed him. informing him that he was expected to bring his sister, and partake of the festiviiies, as the object of the occasion was chiefly to honor the new comers, and serve for making their . . . ... I ,ni,i.iiil!irr HlC 1 C t f fl-l! hPPn Tlilft m !- . ..v . j during his absence, had refused to go unless in his company, and was supposed to be waiting his escort. The affair had bfen gotten up at an hour's notice, consequently that was the firbt opportunity for giving him the information, which was of itself considered an amply sufficient invitation. He nt once retired to bring his sister, who was waiting for him es had been indicated. As she made a few final preparations for accompanying him, he asked his father. Did SiUie look much as Maty does?' j 'Yes much, though her hair was longer jand blacker, und she was tallef; tut Maj ry very often reminds me cf the poor girl. I Why did jou ask the question'' 0, for no reason. I beliered I had I heard you i;.ention the resemblance, and j whrn you wrre speaking of Sallie toi night. I thought cf inquiring, that's all. j Mury was ready in a minute, and a few j steps took them to the Captain's, where : the uum- had commenced. The fiddle .i rc.iA l.at In ttiaf rrt m Ti II f m no-t eloquent music, and the nancers were gotKl humored, and their movmciit. if not exactly according to rule, were sufficiently vigorous to be demonstrative of keffii enjoyment. The quick, slurp ptter of flying feet, and the low exclamations, and little peals of laugliter and the swellings and sinkings, windings jand wavering wanderings of the music. "" insj ui.irg in nieir suggests eiu ss. 'The distinction between the heavy enerfirst tne neei and tnen tue toe, of tha young men. and graceful shufHing of the light-footed girls, at places where it wag found nereisary to be both viraciens and ai ientific, was quite perceptible to a delicate enred listener, as the mingled sounds floated out gaily upon the night-air. in which brooded the solemnity of the mighty forest. That feeble 'sound of revelry by night,' as it was taken up by the wind that sighed with funeral mournfulness through the vast woods, might be likened to the laughter of children. drowned in the majeitics tvell of cathedral mutdc. Young Grey presented his ßisler to Capt. Campfield, who knew something of the refinements of life in old Virginia, and conducted matters on h'i3 part with a stately coattesy, which was esteemed whimsical by most of his companions, but that could uot offend any one, however rough and rustic. He conducted the newly arrived couple to a bench which extended along one side of the room, and invited them to be seated until they could find a chance to joiu in the sport. Near the Epot whera they look seats, was a man clad in a shaggy hunting shirt, whose face was toward the dancers, but who was observing nothing about him closely, ard whose thoughts were evidently in the distance. Ah, Mr. Carroll.' said the Captiati to the abstracted individual, 'you are lonesome I'm afraid, let me make you acquainted with Miss Mary Grey Mr. Carroll, Miss Grey.' Mary bowed in some confusion, as she well remembered the name, while Carroll started as he turned to her as if struck with a knife, and suppressed a rising exclamation of astonishment or dread, by a painful effort. After a moment's struggle, he mastered his feelings, and made a bow and expressed a compliment, with a grace that if noted in any ball room, would have been named handsom. Mary, as he took a seat b her side, shuddered sensibly, and remarked that she was ch'lly, the night air being damp. Young Grey looked at him keenly, and with such meaning in his eye, that on meeting his gaze, Carroll was unable to brave it. Mary's embarrassing position between the two silent and uncomforta ble men was soon relieved by an invitation to dance, which she accepted and took her place on the floor. She was beautiful. Her complexion was charmingly frrsh, and her eye glistened with a clear brilliance like moonlight on summer waters, but the queen of the occasion was 'pretty Patly Milton.' The young men were in raptures about the girls of the new families, and there wis not a hrart among them but throbbed
high with the hopo of faciug danger for their precious sakes. Mary and Patsy were the chief jewels within the. rude walls of that fortress, and each young hunter felt as if all perils, in whatever direful shape, would be especial blessings of heaven, if thtfir conquest even at the cost of blood, might w in the approbation and admiring glances of the girls, whose esteem aye, more than that they coveted. However, some of them had that which is commonly called 'common sense,' for each of the other girls of the station, (our in number, had at least one ievotrd lover. John Johnson played the violin for Patsv alone. He was harJiy conscious that any ear but hers drank the love sick music that he drew with his bow conjointly from his soul and the fiddle. He mentally addressed all the varying strains to her only, declaring his love in captivating notes, soaring into infinite spheres of harmony an 1 endeavoring to reach her hrart by an imaginative circuit that compassed the singing stars. What a pity, that she could not read his protestations of passion and dcvoiion, in the beseeching voice of his darling violin! The (Nnce went on. Miry and Fj(sy got well acquainted and at once grew fond of each uiher. Whenever they could
S rests minute, which was very difficult. Us there was an urgent demand for each 'of them, they wt-re together and enjoyed themselves w ith the zest of happy kittens. j doves, or other innocent and loving crea- , turs. ! Whon the last figure' was out, Mart (accepted a beau, and a number of gallants ; pressed about Patsy who took the arm of 'John Johnson, as he, by a tremendous ef - j fort both of courage and muscle succeed - - ed in asking for her company first.
'Good for John,' who had the reputa-! derness. Was there ever a beautiful wotion of an awkward fellow, said the old man who did not harbor in some my&tefolks, while the joung men who had been rious nook of her lovely head, an idea
seriously ambitious to gain distinction hv 'Uantirrr Pater, hit their ins. and one of them was so 'put out, that he sly i t r J' ly threatened to give the fiddler 'a pair of black eyes, for his assurance. But he wisely at length adopted the conclusion that John could walk with her but a littie distance, as her home was not fifty) yards off, and as he couldn't say anything anyhow, it made but little difference. Young Grey, drawing near Carroll, at this time, touched him on the arm and said quite law, but in a strange tone that he could not keep from coming huskily cut of his throat 'will you go with me now? I wish to give you some news and posiiblr to learn some.' I will go, certainly, was the Teply, j and they set cut together. After consult -
ing a moment, when first alone, they j traces of a toe. and aUer a patient search went to a blockhoie. and volunteering j nothing alarming was brought to light, to take thr place of the ranger who was! There was no hostile foot step discernaon guaid. and to assume his respomibili-1 ble among the dripping trtes, upon the tie3 until daylight, he gladly vacated the 'soaked leaves, ncr upon the banks of the
premises, and left th singularly assorted pair to say and do what they pleased con sisteu. with observing that the pickets were not fired, dug up or scaled. The night was disposed to be gloomy. Few stars were to be seen, owing to the thickness of the mist that prevailed, and the moon shone but feebly, and was surrounded by a ring, in which not a star appeared. The owls, king birds of the night, ominous always of sorrow and trouble, were noisly dolefully. Grey commenced the conversation say ing, 'Carroll, fem queer facts have come to my knowledge recently, and I wish youf opinion of them. That i want partially because they concern you as much as thröelf.' Go on.' Did you know, in Philadelphia, one Sallie Grey, v. 10 looked much like my sister Mary?' Carroll was silent, and Grey resumed 'Do you know anything of the cause of her sudden disappearance? Do you know whether she came to the west, craved on account of some dreadful misfortune? Don't you know all about her, and that she is the Whit Hag? Are you not the cause of her flight?' 'I can't answer so many questions at once. ' Then, tell rae if you did not meet this White Hag n the woods the other day. on your ranging expedition, and whether she did not knock you down with a fiery clubf Who told you that?' 'Nobody told me, tut there are gome things that I know without telling, and other things that I find out without seeking information. I know all about the appearance of this Hag to you, and her crazy scream of laughter, that frightened you all, so.' Well you knows good deal much more than I do. I did know Sallie Grev: she looked like Mary, your sister. Sallie was your sister. But wher she went after leaving the city. I don't know. Whether she is the White Hag, or that creature is her ghost, I do not know.' But do you know the cause of her leaving Philadelphia of her fleeing, a maniac to the woods, and living among savages?' I may know, partially.' Partially; by the gods, if you do not tell ine what you do know, I'll You'll what? Yiiung man, don't try to drag anything out of tne. I'll tell what I will, and that's all.' Look here, Carroll, If I knew you had been guilty of what I suspect, I would tomahawk you in an instant. I'd braiu you as quick as ' would an Injun. But I didn't want to talk to you this way. The loss of my ister has been the sor row of my life, and I ktiow you were intimate with her, and from some things I found out I belitve she is the White Hag, and I want to know that. If I could bring her bom to my father dead, bt
would die contented, but as it is now, he would not sleep sound in his grave. If you kinw all everything' I guess you would net tomahawk me. I know more of your sister than the tomthawk, or fire could make me tell, and 1 will tell you all sometime, if I can, but not now, and if the While Hag is the lost Sallie, I will help you all that is possible, to bring her to your father's house alive, that she may get well. Why .1 come lo the backwood is a m)stery to myself how it happened that we fell together is strange what is to come of it. I don't know. I will tell you one thing there are mysteries in life, caverns in the hearls of men and women, that at your age, you cannot have unraveled or explored. And there is society iu which you have never been, that makes men such that you cannot know them. Js jmetinie. I will tell you all that I can. If I had been shot while fighting for you, and it was night, and I was bleeding to death, and you Only might hear, I could tell bsst what I should say, but can't. ClIAFTER VI. Tdlsy Milton and Mry Grey, while they became the fastest friruds. grew into the rrost general favorites at the Station. They were almost inseparable. They were the belles of that little girri-
sa:i, in the heart of a vast, hostile forest and the admiration accorded them by the honest backwoodsmen, was most pure, warm and sincere. Their beauty and rvinsomc ways were topics nightly discuFStd at nearly every fireside, and there were none lo blame. Thev were frolicj some, rather wild in fact, and would take walks tog-ther, venturing farther than j they should into the woods; indeed, they : seemed to have a pnssion for running riaks j from the v ild men and beasts of the wilthat men should be uneasy, anxious about i her? Pfihans not. I tiuess not. buch ideas, or a singular forgetfulness of dan ger with which it may be that their innocent hearts were not so much impressed as were the more hardened organs of others certainly possessed Patsy and M-ry. j A ew days af'er the circumstances recorded in the previous chapter there was an alarm. The cry was that th Indians were in the neighborhood. One of the hunters had discovered 'signs' which excited hip suspicions, and on searching he actually fell upon & trail, which being alone he did not dare lo follow. He went to the station, and a strong party started out to investigate the matter, but j a dashing rain suddenly obliterated all j streams Still there lingered an impression that danger existed in the neighborhood, that a wary foe lurked in some thicket, of ravine, or recess of the forest still aud sly as a panther nd wathful as a hawk; and a close guard was kept about the Station, and the children were cautioned against risking themselves outsideMhe pickets. Jest as it was growing dark, at the cloie of a day early in December, which was the time of the year cf this vague alarm and watchfulness, there was an inquiry as to the whereabouts of Patsy and Mary. It commenced in a feeling of uneasiness with their facnilie3, which was first manifested iu fhlgctty looking out for them, and impatient wonderings as to where they could be, coupled with a disposition to smile at the foreboding, and chase away anxiety by assumptions of confidence. It was growing gloomy with swift epproaching night, when Mrs. Grey told Williarcf, her t.6n. in a voice which she eoulu not refrain from trembling, that he must go over to Milton's and see if Mary w as there. Will, who had been dozing before the fire and he was accused of thinking in those dozy moods of a sweetheart in Pennsylvania sprang to hii feet at the sound of his mother's words and hastened away. He had not walked half the distance to Milton's, when he met Patsy's brother Alex. The young men stopped short, and each read the ertand of the other in his eyes and manner. The questions were almost simultaneous "Have you seen Patsy?" Have you 6ten Mary?' They looked meaningly at each other and around upon the daikening woods and dull, cloudy, "windy, moaning December sky. Then they cast a hesitating glance a t the station and dividing, with an agreement to meet at the gate, hurried off to make enquiries at every house, determining to do so carelessly, as it were. In less than a quarter of an hour they stood by the gate alone, with dismay on their countenances. . Night was fast coming on and the wind was high. Tha woods were already black massess of shadows, gaunt trunks and branches, through which the wind wept with a low but distinct, sullen howl, that sounded tu the ears of the listeners like the distant long yelp of the hungry wolf quavering about the hills, or the disconsolate, hypocritical, half-human cry of the panther, seemingly asking sympathy, charity, but prowling afar off with murderous designs ttm would spare not weakness or innocence. What shall we do?' said Grey. What shall we do? or what can we do?' echoed Milton. 'I could bear it if it was not for going home with the news.' said Grey, tears brimming in his eyes at that thought of the sharp agony to be endured by his parents. 'So could 1 replied Milton, 'and iup pose get a party of tht rangers and
hunt for them without going home.
Ko, no that will not do all must know it, and the sooner now the better. Hut stop a minute, my be ws are too fast, tlif vrt havp often been out. and what if they should only be staying a little long,er for fun?' 'It would hn cruel fun of which they surely could not be guilty we dare, not hesitate longer. See, there will be uo : stars to-night.' ! "Still we risk so much, and make so ' much misery, if we alarm the station needlessly, we will be laughed at alwa; s.' 4I c an't help it. It is almost dark now, ' and our sisters are not at home. At ler.st thev are lost, and on such a n iu.ht sg thi5, they will be frozen to death or torn in ' pieces by the cursed wild beasts. Go we must let every one know.' Whit is the. matter, boys?' inquired ' 'Buffalo Dave,' who with his liile on his shoulder, was passing to take his post - tion on watch in the block house. And the strong mm trembled, and planting hi rifle on the ground, supported himself by it with difficulty, nhen told that Patsy and Marv were out in the woods. In a few minutes every heart within the wall3 of that station was agonized by the i iifnrmatinn t ha t the. 'dpa r f frls We r 'anguish was too great tobe vented in noi sr demonstrations. But it women glided till as ghosts as from house to hou?e, s they ran, and communed in harsh whisperings. The few children were speech- ' less withafright, forgetting even to cry, ' or daring not to do o. The younger women, companions of the missing ones, ' were gathered in Mrs. Milton's house pallid and subdued to qietness. The men moved hastily to and fro, all carryingguns, ' and gathered in groups about the block houses, counselling as to what might be j done, and what, under the circumstances j should be. The most earnest advocate of fan immediate expedition in search of or i to avenge the missing ones, was Carroll. He spoke low but with intense veheme nee urging instant action, and contending that the probabilities were in favor of finding the gtrls. He swore that he would as soon die as not, and that when he passed the gate he never would return alive without the objects of his search. His determination and impetuosity was startling, and even at that moment, some persons marked his extraordinary behaviour, and looked upon him with indefinable alarm. Therg were mmy reasons tourge against a sortie at night. The darkness aud the tangled density of the woods, the uncertainty reigning every where, and the liability to ambuscades. The inefficiency of a small portion of the men in the station for an attack upon a powerful band of savages, and the insecurity to which the station, with the women end children would be subjected, in case the principal portion of its defenders were detailed upon an expedition of at rrrost and best but of equivocal propriety. These reasons and reflections caused the bold h'gh hearted pioneers to hesitate, even whan precious ones of their flock were subjected to the perils of the woods, or h3d undergone the utmost that the barbarity of wild men or the fury of savage beasts, could inflict. Capt. Campfield mcred about from one group lo another, gathering the views of all and pondering deeply on his responsibilities. The womn gathered around him and begged in piteous tones. that he would not ler their husbands, brothers and sons stir beyond the pickets, for there was awful danger everywhere. They uiged with tearful Supplications that the Indians mi lit be concealed immediatelv about the station ready to fire upon the first who should dare issue from the gate. The Captain was far from deaf to their entreaties, and assured them that he would do the best thit he could, and all that was possible for their safety and that of the men, so far as safety was consistent with duty. Presently it was whispered around that one of the young men was Strangely enough 110 one had seen the girls pass the gate, with the exception of a child who said she saw a man follow them. The missing man turned out to be John Johnson, and the announcement of the fact gave momentary relief to the tension of the heartstrings of those earnest and affectionate people. But deeper dismay and stronger agony followed on a little reflection. If Johnson had been with them, they could not have been lost, for he was familiar with the woods nor imperiled by wild beasts, for he carried a loaded rifle. No doubt was nov entertained that Ma rv and Patsv had fallen inM the hands of the Indians, and it was not long that even n hope remained. Hurried steps were heard approaching tho gate, and yoüng Johnson appeared breathless with haste. He was admitted hurriedly , and instantly proceeded to roltito tho anxiously (.waited report of himself. Noticing tho girls leave the station not long before dusk, he was struck with the impropriety of the movement, and ventured to desire them to remain, or accept him for a protector. They laughingly declinod to do either, and hn deter mined to take his gun and follow them at some distance, to shield them from possible harm. Their business seemed lobe to gather grapes nnd nuts. When but a few rods outside the fence, he was concealed, but watching them, and saw them taken prisoners by n party of Indians, of whom he thought there wore nine. So sadden had been the capture, that thtro was not a word or Ecream uttered. He could have 6hct any one of
gone. And the mothers of the lost ones when they looked up to ths scowling sky, sound of the sharp firing tn an other oii but it is vain to spak of their grief, I Colt the soft flakes brush their chc-tiks or rcction, and that nno, after a vehement : because it was unspeakable. The gener-1 lodge in their rough beards. struggle he Ecccecded in dispose of by
; al alarm xvas not attended by any uproar J Thi is as we would have it,' sii l tho j passing a long knile tUrcugn ir.s near.. 1 of screams and shouts. The dismnr and ! Cantain. 'The snow will cover all trace ! As Grev crew near, Corroll lilted l is
the captors dead in his tracks; but he judg-
ed it ns?t wise to do s.i. Among the Indinns, nnd attired in their ftyle, wa', unless he was much mistaken, n young white man. This individual took no nnrt in the aciivo operations of catching n:,d securing! ' the cirls, and was certainly white. It was ' some tirre before Johnson had dared to venture from his hiding place, and more ' than halt an hour had passed since the j gir!6 were taken. j Capt. Campfieid resolved on pursuit j that night. to 7srhIe force of the station consisted of twenty-nine men. Ten of ! these vere left for a heme defencp, and the j remaining nineteen were directed to be ! reacv in a Quarter ol nn hour, to start on the expedition for the relief of the fair rn tit I i t j There was n ha$ly leave taken of 7ive3 j siters, end mothers; nnd a inpid arming; ' and iu lh3 allotted time nil wcro ready, i Asthngate was thrown open, and the partv filed out. it was iust thoroughly car;; Tho gate- was opened but little, and the bravo band e.nerged, silent ns ghosts.- ! For a few minutes there had been occa- I ! sional rrusls ofsnow. fluttering and whiz- ! zing down the sharp wind. Now the ' wind began to die, and the snow to fall rr-irnli 1 1 v. hot licrh'lr TItrt nnnrc. of us, and in the morning, when it will once find the probably cease, we can at trail of tho red devils.' rP1, ;Kt .,occ 1 .,,.;t- r.r-.l c'm-!i-in the extreme. The dawn of the morn intr found the hunters s-mio fifteen miles ! fmm ihostntion townr-d tho Ohio, nnd the woods was white with snow. Hvcry twig and limb had its load of feathery crystals, The nnrtv had mnda a halt of about three The party had made a halt of about three hours, and there was no trace ol them outside tho clump of hushes beneath which they had made a rude tent nnd bed with their blankets, Tho wind and the storm wero gone. The sun came up glorio'ndy, and its light gnve the white drapery about the lofty snowy arches nnd gorgeously spangled roofs of the forest temples, such splendors and many colors that tho viiu and universal glistening blinded the 5yes and confused the brain. In this stato of r.fiairF, tho Indians could depend cn noihin: but their flcetnes or strength. Their trail must inevitably be discovered, and they either outstrip o'r conquer their pursuers. It was not thrt'r hours afier sunriso when Cart. Csmnfie'd and his ranjrers found lhf 'trail.' all their skill they could not tell how many foes lo count on. The Indians were step ping in each other's tracks, for the pur pnso of concealing their numbers. . J he young men of tho pursuing party looked about narrowly, bt;t could find no trace or sign of the captives. Every 1 1 ttl 0 track they had made was oblilereted. Tho rangers divided into parties of seven and twelve men, and scperating about two hundred varde, followed the Indian j trail on the run, or ra they themselves described it on the long !opo. By reiterated requests by importunity in fact Corroll was given the lead of the advanced party and he led n wifd chase. There was no sound in tho tvood, save the tramp of the hunters not rven a bird twittered. The indian trail sti etched on through the glittering waste of snow, up hill and down, by the Lanks 01 n bt rerun, nlonn ravines nno over bottom lanes. through thickets and clumps of trees right on. But of a sudden, as the foremost party stil! held by Corroli with fierce impetuosity, entered a narrow hollow, or raving with low steep banks, thö solemn stillness v.ns broken by the rapid discharge of at least a score of rifles, nnd of the six men who accompanied Corroll, ihres dropped lifelcs., and the others after hesitating a moment in the smoke, confused and stunned by the shock and roar ol the rnset, fled toward their fiiends, ; who were rapidly coming up. Corroll dodged behind a treo and for a second kept tho winde savage forco al bay with his loaded rifle, but they pressed hotly upon him, end tiring with deadlv effect at the nearest, he retreated iu an oblique coui so to the flight cf hte companions, pursued by several warriors while the mass followed in pursuit of the fugitives along the trail, They were speedily checked, however, by a deadly fire from Capt. Campneld's men who took deliberate aim and discharged their rifles with withering effect. This was utterly unexpected by the Indians, nnd they in turn fled in dismav a short distance, and then took trees. "Tho whites wero prudent enough not to pre. s the pursuit, but to take fcheltef themselves. There were fifteen of them all excellent 'shots'nnd of the true grit. The certaitty of doath if they remained', would not have induced them to fly. The numerical strength of either party was not known lo tho olher, but each thought themselves outnumbered and wore in consequence cautious in ihe extreme. Capt. Campfield with four of hi men took the center of the ravine, nnd the remaining rangers in equal divisions, sproad themselves by running from treo lo treo on each bank nnd a keen contest commen ced. For sometime the sharp explosions of rifles followed each other in quick succession, and tho sides of the trees behind which tho combatants sheltered their persons, were scathed by tho whistling balls. The manner of scattering his men and forming them in a semicircle, open toward the enemy, was of great service to Capt. U. Ihe Indians nad gathered near together in the ravine, which was several rods wide, and after suffering severely from tho close cross-fire of tha whites. gave way, and retreating fast keeping up an incessant chorus of tcreams and yells,
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and discharging their guns with amaxing rapidity. The whites were very willing that it should be so, and pursued their adversaries but a few rods. Three of the party
had been killed dead at the firs! fire, threj others were badly hurt; an-i nil were more or leis fcrafched, while Cjrroll was miss ing. 'Buffalo Dave was shot through tho brain. 'Wild Cat Ben' had his check gashed and a bit of his ear and a lock of hair carried away, Capt. Compfield h&d three slight fiesh wounds. John Johnson who was in the party with Corroll, was bruised badly in; the breast, a ball having struck the blade' of his hunting knifo which was sheathed in hs rojch-strap, and rested on his bosom. William Grey's clothes were torn in several places, and his ide painfully cut by a ball that had flattened against n tree end glanced bolore touching him. When the welter and uproar of the night were over, and ho heard that Corroll was missing, he set out at once in search of him and in the course of half an hour found him lying behind n I -" besido a dead Indian, himseil iu a dy- : ingr condition- He had tern HOUIided ; desperately at the first fire, but for a tm i managed to keep his feet. All his pur trig uri SUHM but one. had tlimcd baek on the hend, but recognizing a inend Ins rruscif s ' relaxed, and he sunk ngiin,- helpless to tl.o ! freund. The snow about him wr.s s-.t-Orated With blOOj. bill SI Ij'.JTItl tl WT'S j his thirsT, that ho kept filli'.g his with the foul, gory slop. Sllll h:s n; u'h eve s I twinkled as though enjoying a joke, tr.d I ho eaid in a low choking voice, V,.i, Gu y the other day when talking ol what I could do if bleeding to death, I oul not anticipate that tho reality was so near. 0, in God's name Corroll, are you dying now?' Ye3 certainly. A ball has pir$ed through my lungs, and I will sufiocato presently. If I ever tell you any thing it must be now nnd in a harry.' '1 hopo not.' Yps. hut its a fact- I'm coinc vcrv j last. Ion II not cut ovt my Drains wi:n I your tomahawk beforo I cht-ko to oe&th, j will you?" j This is r.o lima for jesting. '1 know it, and I'm m rarr.CRt. Dug ! mo cut of this puddle cf b'o d, r.na scrnj o j up some clean snow for me. There, thcrr. You wanted to know about your sis er. - w 7 " w I lived in Philadelphia frcm xn.ar.cy. I early fell in with be.d company, ni.d rcr.ma bad. of course. 1 astosc:;c v.tent dissipatod when 1 urst raw 3 cur sitcr. che was ücautmu. 1 p.iukm um her, and made love to her; and 1 wouin have loved her altogether, if it had l.f t leon that the ciule of rr.er. to wl ich I lr;cngel, esteemed fair country girls cs ft only for game. By my mnnr.rrs po!il,ed and insinuating, end my vehement protestation of love and honor, your nrsu?pecting sister became my victim! Now, why don't you tcmahawk me, and be erne with it? When she so queerly. snd sucdcnly left the city, I was amazed and startled from a morbid, waking dream. My die'.ress wr really great, and by degrees I bfcama desperate. My bad habits gained strength. I gambled, drank, snd went ll.e who'o round of dissipations, fiishiona'.de and vulgar, refined and conrse. I drove to excess in every thing, nnd hurried to ruin rt n headlor.fr pace. My monev was squander ed, and likewise my health: and after a spell of sicknoss, 111 which 1 saw into the houfo of death, I came rut west, pr.or in person and purse. Here my health re vived, and I h?id recovered ome spirits ton, when I fell in with the ling of the Woods! and from lhat moment I have been . going to the bottomless pit fast, and I nm 6 near it now ihnt I an feci its hot smoke cm my cheek. You ought to tomahawk me. There, take lhat Indian's tomahawk nnd drive it into my skull; every body will think the red cuss did it befare he got cold, and you crn havo the fun free of expense, and can take glorious revenge of tho soducercfyour sister! I lived a fool's life, and I'm-dying like a fool. I might havo been Oh, what m lght 1 net nave been? "Sallie. poor Sallie, if I hod not hivo been a proud, selfish scoundrel, might havo been my happy wife, instead of the hideous thing she is, and I, instead of being here on the snow, like a wounded wolf crawled off to die, might have yes, yes. And these lamentations nro like all the rpst all my good resolves too late. Why is it that you don't tomahawk me? And with such words on his lips, ho fast grew weaker, the blood accumulated on his lungs, and he slowly strangled, Grey gave him clean snow as long as ho would press it to his fevered lips, and with net a word but we have recorded, and wit'n thoughts wo will not scare" for words to dblineate, composed the limbs decently w hen tho breath lelt the nostrils of Devil Dick forever. Tho while buried their dead, and covered tho grava with heavy stones nnd poles, and leaving ihe dead Indians to. the wolves, returned to the station, proloundly dejected. Their march back homo was slow and painful in the extremo, ns two if ihe wounded needed constant caro and 6ttppoit. (to be CONTINUED.) Nxw York, March 24. On Wednesday morning, an attempt was made to assinate Mr. Cassidy, editor of the Crusader, an ani Bedini paper, while in his own office. The attempt was the result of a conspiracy of which he had received warning, aud consequently bid policemen in. waiting. The ccn rpriratcrs were arrested a&d committed. .
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