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ATAi%r f6r HvpPeopl^

TERRE HAUTE, OCT. 20,1877.

SOMEHOW OB OTHER.

Life lias a burdenforevw tine's shoulder, -NoOe may etcape -iiom Us troubles and

care

MJflft-H iu youth, -and 'twill come wJhan. we're older, And fit as as close a* the garments we wear Borrow corae* iotooar bomea uninvited,

Robbing the heart of it* treasurer of song, Lovers grow cold, a«Ht our friendships are (lighted,

Yet somehow or other we do get along. 'Midst the sweet blqas&ms that smile on our ac faces,

Grow the dank waeds that would poison and tiflgnt

And e'en in tbe' midst of earth's beautiful •'pSata* I There's always tt something tfcat Isn't quite right! Yet oltlrono a rock we plnck a gay flower.

And drink' from' a spring In a desolate waste They come'* to the iieart like a heavenly dpwer,

And nought is «oswee#tothe eye or the taste. Eve^y-day toil ix an evfery-doy blessing.

Though poverty's cottage and crust we may share Weak is the back on which burdens are pressing.

But stoutTsthe heart whicta is strength' enpd by prayer Bomebo#' or other the pathway grows brighter,

Jnst when we mourned there was none to eart makes the burden seem Hope fn the lighter,

And somehow or other we get te the ena!

SARATOGA,

i.i* .vt

—AN—R

INDIAN TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE.

CO'

A TRUE STORY/-*'

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f" Saratoga was commenced In The Sal urday EvoS"to« Mall, Vol. 8, No. 16, October «tli. Back nun bom can be bad of newsdttalers.orat this office,or sent by mall for five cents each.] a

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CHAPTER V.

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THE NIGHT-MARCH.

A little after three o'cloi^k tbe next morning, those who were to assist in tbe intended search'after' the missing girl, were colloeted to front-of tbe log edifice. Brigham. Catfoot, Walcott, M'Cartyj ana Iridaan Joe/ co03posed, the entire party.

There was Qne principal path which 'ted to the outlet ofSaratogaLakel which was then, and is now, commonly known wtfief "Narrows." Tbe general course of this path was along the edge of the vAiley w& have mentioned ft valley traversed by a brook, that ultimately, *nd ^fter, a considerable detour, emptied into the lake.

Upon this route it was deemed important that sortie one should go so as to intercept Jacob, in case bb should take IHttto nis1 head to return by it. Accord

inoto nis

Ene.i

To meet tnfi ooutingency, it was decided tbat M'Carty ana Indian Joe •hould take Chat direction but if unsuccessful1 there, they were to follow flown the Kayaderosseras creek to its outlet, and «o jotapthe others at the NarrowBt •ToCatfoot/was intrusted the task of fair lowing up the trail whloh jthe fugitive.

tAs,

hpw«ver, success was more probable ,. on .tlila r^tito than on any other, and one khan w6\ild be inadequate to the ttipture of Cra«y Jacob, in case he shotrld be founcT. it was determined that Walcott 11 should accompany him

The path tt be fo lie wed by Brigham formoa mn irregular curve with its concavity toward the south that to be

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porad jjio (ugutlye had takeu ran in a ,iine, yearly r^ui-dislarit between the

Mtweed thesfe threfe was

bo smwl, that thertl was bardly a point where the loud Shout of a m^n or the repdrt dfa rlfleoould not be beard froth one pavty'to-tte other next adjoining it. It w«a tlweifore.hoped, that in the event dieoovery.coinmunimtgU take place between them

of an

il wtti!tte reoollecCed that ttifo hour of

moon bad iuae^if risen, but its light was feeble and uncertain. Thin vapory Clonds were 'scattered over the, sky, LtLaMmaa Inf/v tfilnalAM ri\f a

-wv ..

behind them, the whole leafy 0 low* was almmded in thick darkneee—all a* 'the tnore intetum from contrast, and all *t the taore palpable ftom the profound atiHness which prevailed. gtc.4 It aeeoied) Indeed, a hopplev task to »make n*wh progress under such circurm4 ei«noe«

rbutlt

waa^ioped. tbatby the

Upie tbey couid be^fa&ly engaged the day wi uld begin to break. Aa to Brirf ham. who. was VV ("How tbe regular path hero WsbiiV iTi^cnlty.as M'Carty

Watf w#Jt3 to travel over grnu od, ®letter and to a point*

whUiTili^f -fum tienbo visited there wa# ale*' M«riH iv any mb&rrasamerit bnt

to Otkiobl It wMs quit* a different a£0tis. ilo wMviftde d^nuniliar with fbrwit life, ^tnd %tfh the: -Mfttfcuiar looallty but tt

iMf*UfcU

divine what track the

aapiHclou«i bnrtn ef a luoatio might in

du«*» him WWrtKlM

fnd!

to follow and tbe indices have left behind would

mWHfc „,._

In d'ftfcpoH, not iaipo«aible to And ex Iptbfi nshrrmd-daylHrhi. i. ami been determined'thai Ookmel la spite of his urgent pMeistwce ab nit) remain aVtheboiwe. The service

auioag wid hMa^aoi fa »nH»«olorvt a wrvant^ Thus fr tn taking an .w*lve «Uft in tk ua. the,old man hatl Will Watched, i' iv ««f- at, the preparations and de

etUrbshatn.

MojcoMtaWs l« the dttfaxx*, or test to th* da^^ Uol'-uel fteldfo turned away and a* if hla hope* f«» **oi»h« ira -^ith

about to be made b«, beardf, or ffmcffcfThe replied simply.. by prbnoup^pg hoard, the sound of distant,' but loud word a 1 t. IDaUU* I I

and sonorous laughter—a sound so pecu liar that when once heard It was not ittkely to be forgotten.

a moment, afinis scbaes were on the alert. Faintly and distantly it soemed to die sway and become hushed. Was it fancy? Could bis ears be thus deceived? So faint was the sound which had reached them that their evidence

•be far from the starting-point -and-the. sanso nf., fl ntP68&Jll(.tLJiilsL^Mi!jlBound of that unearthly laughter seem- experiences after having narrowly ed like tbe mocking of an evil spirit, at caped falling from a precipice.^ Ha«. the futility of human efloxta, when thei while near tho animal^ parsed lor a were directed to thwart, its pTaos.

Slowly, and with alnful

many pa

From the potnt where Catfoot and Ar- all of the feline species, had thur had separated from M'Carty and his purpose, bi Joe, they had to travel eastward noarly jJortunity for a surprise, or a sudden a mile, over a level and heavily timbered s®ulfc. __ plain. Of underbrush there was but lit- The Wild Cat or ff.. tie. The trees lifted their straight common parlanro, it is^e1!1"^„« branchless trunks to a gjreftt height, their, tufted tops spreading in thick can opies overhoaa, through Which occasionally the faint glimmer of star could be seen. Now and then a low rustling sound, gave token of the passage of the light breeie of a sunimer night. The cadence of tbe wind ambng waving nine branches, is the most solemn, religions, and cloistral of all thei voices of the great woods. It seems like the sigh of hopeless prayer like the dying away of distant Anthefqs like the, almost inaudible rush of spiritual Wings. In the d&ad hour of midnight, and especially^ in the long silent watches which precede the dawn, are these efforts most appre ciable.

It mtist not be supposed that the heart of tbe Indian scout was alive to sujch emotions of solemnity or that his mind could trace in anything he heard or saW, remote spiritual analogies. Sensibility was nearly exhausted in .gratitude for a iavor, and in vangeaoc^, for an iiyury But it was far otherwise With his conipanfon, who felt, as he followed silently on, that the ehadowyifarches through which they wended their way, had all the grandeur of an ecclesiastical fane. He imagined hiriMself faioving through the vast aisles of some Gothic cathedral apd, with a deeper sensqof realty, he felt that the wilderness, in its widq des olatloh and utter solitude was, withal, a solemn temple:of worship..

The two men kept clove to each other This, even in the comparatively level gpiace through which, at first, they had to pass was no easy thing. In the shadows of the thick trfe tops, the darkness was intense and it was more by the faint sound of htt footsteps than by the atd of the eye tbat Walcott was able to follow his companion. .Occasionally, too he was liable to be misled, as some Startled' denizen of the woods crbssed thb path and it reqoiredall bis attention and skill to distinguish tbe mufiled tread of bis leader from the many noises

neaa return uy is. i. Aucuru- of the forest. To provide against the tniriy, £rtgtaam himself determined-to accident of separation in the darkne^, a rooeed toward the Narrows, on this -1—1 unnn hAtwAnn

L»VVVM .w Meanwhile it yr&» not impossible Mkatihe ilunatio, following the impulse of habit, might have repaired, to the spot where Colonel Balden had BO narrowly (Irtusfiid being mado his victim.

Signal bad been agreed tbem. It was td be an

cry of an owl and mote tbata once was •Walcbtt recalled to the true course by tbatpieooneertedaign.

While proceeding In this manner, at a place more than usually*obscure and obstructed by bushes, Walcott became confused and distracted by sounds of footsteps leading, at once, in several directions. After a little hesitation he determined to follow thoee which lie imagined, to bejaooetio, th$ line of his (nurse. As h? followed, on. tliq sounds receded, and he waa thus conflfmed in the idea of being bn the right track. He was, therefore, conaideratoly annoyed when, after having gone aqme distance in that direction, he shddenly beard tbe signal 'from a point'entirely different, and apparently at ,a, consiaerable distance. He immediately changed his course, and inadb the best of hid way toward the spot from whidij at short intervals, the cry of the owl continued to be beard. Aa he went.inthiajnew course, tbe footsteps which he had previously followed, seemed. 6b the contrary, to be fWlowing him. At the same time, they made so little nolae, and appeared tp drop po softly on the leaves, that he cotild not tell Whether they belonged to a man or to an anltnal.: Ha supposed, however, that if an animal, it .wquld btf nothing more than aome raccoon, or other small quadruped following him from curiosity. It gave hits, therefore, no concern, and bat little thought.

Although bv this time the moon wafe up, and sbed bright p^ncilsoflight, here UB,#UU OUOU UllgUl ana there, throngb the'openings of the tree-tops, he bad not yet been able to see objects around him with.any distinctness. After a walk of some ten mtnnteft, be reached the spot whence tbe supposed signal proceeded but, to his aurpri^ found no person there. This waa singular, and by no. rdeana agreeable. Having stood, for a moment, in a state OFperplerity, listening to.the mysterious tread ol whatever waa following him, be auddenly felt hi? arm touched and the guide, in a whisper, enjuried tnfohce, while, with a tight grasp, he drew him rapidly forward.

Walcott, in muob s\u-pri#e, permitted himself to be thus hurried along, and 'b*ft*ri to think that the Indian had made aome. discovery important for their .enterprise. Their present course waa .toward a small opening 1ft the forteet, Where me bright moonlight formed a c#ntrait with tbe thick gloom of ttteaurruunding wopda. The footsteps behind, oontined to fpllof as they went. No other sounds werebeard. Apparentsame dis prograa was make no difference La the ficility with which the

rapid, La the fscility

proximity was maintained. .. They sobH readhed the open ground wMch mieht,^perb*£9» oompriaejabout twuaqQM, \S,

^wi^anaa

vnrf* of the otbera. The paAi ptiraned tor aome distance, was vfctiblo from the bona* and the eolonel jou)d trace hb recealag form, by the pale light of the moon tratil, having 'rMaMMt a aiiot wbare tbe Mth w^itt snai.cn dawn Into tHetvaHa^it dtaappaaredaf*i and hoadteda of anlnli aaaaM ten****-etKWWttiyaiMv Mqiadw«fja

Ttea tw* -otbar tairUea had atarted at thaaameUtiia. UnUl ttMyaboald readt the spot wliera iJootta had hem aeiaed, •heir path* lay .together. Th^y alao tirwa *tatble from the houae tor aome £in^and thrir forma became india-

with many on*

pV4 i'4'* ••"»(. $ ?ngroased by ..J* ti.» of

Wa)cot.

upon between imitation ofthe

letf iheway dlrectiV acrow" it." On tbeimaiahy. Beyond this mi the clearing the pursuing became tanaled And tttttl

ceased. Hitherto not a, word

__ j«a...bad passed b^weBn the two man though Waloott obeerved that

t-vr«|eariitv tl.s" Indian paused and v\,l«U. w*« about to aak tb« meanin# ofKall.beleldhiahand upotfbia arm, saying:

At that mo mailt, there aioea a wiid inhuman acream, which not only atarUed the two men, but which appeared to awaken tbe whole foreal formife aronml

TEKRB BAUTB SAXUBPAY EVENING MAIL

tbe

•Painter.' 'V The whole mastery was at oncet, plained. Waluott IhjU uever before met with the creature irnwn as tBfc-Amori can Pantber.and had but an imperfect idea of one. Tbe recollection tbat ho had been tracked for along distance through the woods by the terrible creature^ Which must often have been -near un

ex-

considerable spate or had he 6n contrary endeavored to run, or do violent act, he would probaWy at have been attacked by.the anitn^l,, aa he had continued iu.a quitit walk un til joined b^ th^ guide, and as the

thoughts, 'therefore, didthe olu man turn oack into tbe house, and endeavor to seek thai rest which, during tbe ear toseeK mat rest wnicu, uunng me ear- j" jwmw i-----Her part of the night had been denied had tbebmoveleteiadily himC away, it is probable that the animal like

auy

once

But

two

fea-

still continued its outcry pn the edge of the woods, Walking routid and round the clearing as if searching for a means to get at its-prey withput crossiija t»so

space.

nJ^ined

"it "may well be im

that ttie two men did ftbt daro to

st5r

from their poaition. In the opeu ground and in the full .moonlight, whero they stood, there was little or no danger of ail sttflck. ."»

They therefore determined to stay where they were until the dawn, which was now just breaking in the east. With daylight. the animal would doubtless slip awjajf and, leave tlaoru, free. ^o proceed. „.

It was during tho intervafl in which they were thus] waiting for morning,

^bWM«^rtjnJgtorot{aj

ingthe sly aiid dangerous neighbor. no longer a chance of falljnjar uppu unawares, she stole around their place refuge ds A dttnitttic cat would creep around a cage in which two mico were insnared, but were still beyond hei reach. Ever and anon, as she paused, she sent forth into the night, her wailing shriek which.at, different times rasem bled tbe cry of a child, the lament of woman, and the howl of a wolf. After each of ttoese outbreaks, 'there would be entire silence. for! soine miu.utes:^and when it was again heard it would be from a different direction. Each projecting: clnmp of bushes! and each shad owy point, ^as apparei^ly triedby itv to ascertain whether under ita cover, it mlght not cram within leaping distance of its vTctitris.1 Oftee even, an approach was made so closely, that its two .eyes sbone.lik

Now that she had tbem of

goPd iibbt, rifle to his shoulder, with tbe half formed purpose of firing .but his more prudent and experienced companion, pre vented him. Unless the shot should take infctant and fatal effect, it would surely cause the death of ope or both of them. Besides the object of their expedition would thed be unacdompllshed and it wad too important tb be forgotten, even at that hour^

Thus were they compelled, impatiently. to watch their enemy, ana toWaftt for morrting.v ..

Slowly, the gray light continued

creep up the eastern sky—all

fco

the ,uore

slowly to them because uf their impatieUCe. lt was long before the black, •woods even changed to a duskv brown Gradually did tbe nameless and countless noises of wild Animals Which had been stirred up by the appeal of the panther,. die away, and give plape to tbe tomer but more welcome echoes of mornihg. ^he sky was ltjtnhrous long before 'the tiree tops became traceable and when, at last* the light slowly descended,, clump afterclupip of tre^s and

As sponas it was^^fffkfl^btiy" light, Caifodt set about the task of •finding the •trail of the frtgutiVes. Hitherto he bad only pursued a genprai ponnpe on which they, had atartod, and which, it was likely would havg wen followed.' The present' task -was' no light!one. To an ordinary oyeytbe woods presented only a trackless blank. Whatever faint indications of passage wiJrfc left could only be observed by «yea which had been long familiar with every fo#ure,of the wilderness. ..... .... .,

P^om tbe point wherfe ttrey thim Btood Walcott and the soout went in apposite, directions, at right angles with the main path. It was thpugbt that in this way or the. other ot tnem would likAly to rairujkni son tives.

This .was. the mow. important proceeding, and the m6re lik4ly to succeed because at'a short flisUnoe eastward be-

K3&

UVUI|ii WOj«WU« kiting the Indian

passing soddeUly^aahk do^rn oooslderable deoBntyj and the deott somewhat this point the tangled and ousbV, and tbe ground was very rtmgfc, snd inMrrup«d by sloggisb streama and- nutddy water

by a 00 grosnd became

soon thef reached the center df whweal^^l^lt«fthii»«iOTasB, or •. a id_ kuliavMai It aAina b4 it, some 1 If, indeed

iv. To hi* untrained ears It waa and examined. ia» of a ha man batagrarof any along tbe brink known anHmat. SomeUiDaelt would be- taooe witiKMit

titS

no. of nnutUT MtaKjTvUUw na-mcoold begivan oraiittUe apptied. At the same time it bad something in it ao startling aa to disturb tbe steadiest Mrvw and aaemed to come from a creature of great power and ferocity. WalcoU did not aak the Indian what it

bad termed

of Jacob might he found gone, as waa auppoeed to the car

Itwi

them

Tbeotttcry

tone

heard. UttfotkA

alwttbadVWrS^Ire l^wSdcott

•freed that as soon aseithetr of Id light upaa anything imahouid announce tbe fact to a howl, in imitation of that adopting this pteeaution, ba iessr danBer Of their

SJSSIL

Mkwoir.

bill torasma dlsM Ji and be had

tho spot where .be and bis companion had separated, aim there pauped, awaiting some further signal by whieh 'to be

This waa not long Jn coming. Tbe same cry wlHcb'had altefShr b^eil twice beard, could ntw be distinguisned, much louder tlmn t-etore. As it came from the dtflfNfem which the Indian bad taken, Walcott hastened forward toward -it vriilKmt heviratioft.u Aa be want on, it waa irom tunn to time repeated. At

paused in i»ino un***itHint as bytbis

si]{b' or lH« in A ste^loos com panion, ho lifa:d idulf sound «pon the earth itewud an4v*'n turning

bUO tHUCiif bi& sficnhl. This Waa more- to the purneee. The ground where they stood, wa3 sandy affld soft. Clpse alon? the edge of the slppe which led down to the low ground, the Itldiau'now pointed but', what Walcott would, at first sight, have taken.lor the track of a'bear, but that the ptridea were too long fotr that usually sluggish animal. Evidently, the impfbssion was made by Soine heavy creature for it was deep and well:defined. It wastrac®able only for. very tsbort distance, and that, where the ground was. more thaii commonly bart and free frbiw leaves1 and broken twigs^ The Indian led Walcott along the whole extent of tbe visible appearance of tbe tracks, pointing out each impression, and ofteii disclosing ore whew bis companion would have «een nothing. During all this while he continued

•Well,'said Walcott, with sotaae feel inc Of iriitatior, when they got through »I sde nothing in all this. Some heavy animal has passed Uiia. wav witbout .doubt hqt I dpn't see how tlife Sifcht of his footsteps ckn do us anjr good.^^ •What you think* hlmf said Oatfoot, seating himself coolly-.ppo|i-a faljen tree, and looking his a^soqiate full in the

^HVbal W I think- h?m?' answered Wal(?ott, -impatientlj .'Afrby.w^bea^

bother otar'1 heads' over it. We have somethittg more ia\portaqt to think of.

y°'No

wilderness,

came, traversable to the hu»an eye. |}3fW CHAPTER VIi«. ,Z,'l -iTftEJfRAIL.

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could not he ascertained. The* path which bad beeri by our two adventurers hardly deserved the name. No eye but tbat of an Indian could have discovered its Outlines by day, ana no* fotf bht his boald bare followed it by night, But.,Catfoot had neverpnoe loetjtbe path,. Its oourse lay nearly east and west, and if oobtlcued In a direct line must have terminated in tbe vicinity of the lake 6ntlet» This oatlet, or 'narrows,? so piten.spoken of, w)ae that of the lake in which it suddenly contracts and pours its heavy volume of water through^ a deep and 3 narrow chrfri*-

«k, aif got 'four leg,'

coPll replied tbe^ pertinacious Catfoot. •Well. what of that?' said.Waloott. a/1 No itpakp two fU.ep Ukj man make tree,-four.'continued the Indian. •WhV, ^hatth^"d^vil, tbienk do you sdpftosfe, did makei these confounded track8?' a9ke«l .WaloptWtestily» .. 'JakoJ replied the other. 'You d'ori nieah tb say these area mail's footmarks, stretching five feet apurt,-and-iooking mote like tbe.niarks of a falling stone than,,lathing else, do

him irkke^ skid thb other per-

8istentfv.':

'But whatever raadie th^e, tnust have been as heavy ,as aq oaj^'s^O Ufg0® wal-

°°^Wild Jake, I nay, carry load rnn like moose," said Catfoot, wdth emplwi®, It was after all. quij« possible that tbf crazy map, with he bpre. might nav® 6tttised tW trail. Walcbtt, also,-by this time, rsoollscted that Jacob had worn,' 1 .laffl®ia shapeless moccasin* such might not very clearly leave Deh\nd the inipression of a humaii foot'.* f'

Porthereet, tbeladian wasjquitie positive, and evidently ha4 opjne to a oon 'Jotf recSflected"Sat/ iVi the°int0rpreU tioh of any ~6f th^ sigttsof the woods, Catfoot was not..jonfli|ktly to be mistaken. He fhereTofQ at length, yielded a slow andtfrelttctaat'-CWdence to the tne-( ory so sententionsly propounded to biw in the matter. 'But, Catlobt ne said, after some pause, 'I do not-see how this is to benefit us for the marks frtpp the other side of this fiesh ground and

abffto r^^SiK°ha 5ft

had cBrt—

tena^ id jost

becan tothlnk of limrtiii his a •top*, when be heard a aosnd like hwmaotboidiifa«Dil Having for a moment forgotten that this was the concerted signal, and his ears being famlliarissd with the sound, be did not

thSe

at otwe cwnpreheod its meaning nor did its imnort occur to him. until after tt

Watoett did "not aak the Indian whatlt had been twice repeated. Hetben re was but to bid inquiring look, the other traced his steps as rapidly as

be left as much lu doutfc as before, rt see bis taie'ttiW he Woiild not keep this courte if hermsantj to gPstb* iakev Perhaps wprhad better P^-SVrafgbt

«J5SSP^-«

The Indian SbPOk Ms bead saying:: •No find, bim that, way .better keep

it how'are we to iio ihat7"feked,tbe 'But how ai„ other. •Tihie pn^sefe and we must do something.

It'

tMa Js realiy Jacob's

trail, he must h*ve carried her, as you say,, while be pa^ims wM^aud that Shows that he had nbt ye km^ben'

Catloot now rose and 0oingi the sks speuied to in, aria

place where the disappear, turnedto bia motioned him V? follow, again iftdv6d' forwwWl} bht greater apparent-oemfldsnoe and rapidi- 6rW

tvrfor aiwmle, foUowing the fde6

in eta bis com

bis way with^more care. At times, he rtysn appeared to be at fault* ,^twas, at tbe same time, some satisffgEtfcm to Walcott, at long intervals, .to discovor in some piece of soft or saiidy aame r'udeiuipressib^a whick oad first attracted tbeif attention. It shbwed, at least, that their course was not at random, and directed merely by caprice. It also increased his confidence in the Mkill of hia associate. -.

ie^gTh/iiV*r&"vii"g ^ijis jthlrtyfoprfortj the latter beooming bafiled and uncer rtjfls.-it'' i«n^r heardi juid he iain.t

When at length, therefore, he found

be felt all Aie more annoyed and for it was certain that if should fail him, to

A broken stick, 'an upturned leaf bush, slightly gut aside, or a oppw, m, ,V« ^yv^WeP

_j un turning torn asunder, to tbe keen 6yefs Wnieb

arouudT^wTho imiian quietly stahding there observed theni, were lik©' moiih there!." it'w'akuslfbt? hmi risen from the ments, plain as gnideboarda add n»le Btones but when they became fain^and only discoverable at long intervals, and after close search, tbe result beca&ie again involved in donbt.

earth, or Heft urited frotn tbe sky, soaud cien au'l nnocvountable waa his appearanccj Ho wi lUleserved the name which be bore '(or in the' present instance, probably WBh* sakeoleffeet.andtoimpreestbe "paie faee' with a high.opinion of his stealthy activity, ,be had swung himself upward into the branches or a tieo, frsm which, to the surprise of Waloott be bad:90 mrAde his silent descent. 'Why, Catfoot,' exclaimed Arthuf where the, dovil did you cojme fiomT ,thev cam^ to the brink of another valley

The ground had now become more open and thcr few traces which they met were quite as much calculated to confute as tb enlighten them.

After1 passing over a small interval of dry plain which was destitute of .(rets, and bore only a few stunted shrubs they came to the brink of another vail

The Indian smiled, and pointed to the through whidh flowed a small stWiairf. branch overhead. He then proceeded As they stood there they coiild heariits with much apparent satisfaction at hi* 'low ripple doep down among the soajlate theatrical performance to. cell his ber bushos, mingling with thp hum of comrade's attention to some mfirks upon insects and the twittering of birds the earth, which bid £iven occasion for among the sunny branches.

Walcott knew it to be the samecreek

along the other side of which Brigham must have passed the night before and by following up' which, theyf w"mld come out at the place from wnich. they started* .. :, Here they confidently, expected to find some evidence that Jacob baa descended into the valley, and tnrned to tbe rigbt 'so as to follow the run of .tbe rivulet, toward the Lake.

pled and Walcott had the unspeakable «should ueet wttu iavor wun moil). satisfaction of ffnding, in several places

vain. Here' Jacob must have paused, and let down.his burden. The spot was doubtlessa,point of departure &nlt in every viewr,worthy. xJl. close observation. .. '.."

But the slight consolation afforded by this discovery was soon destined to be forgotten in anxiety,' whbti they found that precisely there, all further, trace of .thppethey sought seemed U) be pntirely lost.' The trail in, one place descended to tne creek, and was traceable hcrossi it but it wafc also found, radiating forth on the plain above in several different directiqna, op,each pfjf^ich ^t finally .disappeared.

The savage began to manifest cflgns of surprise His eyes became like those of a lynx—quick, uneasyt rolling. Not a scratch in tbe sand, not a blade of grass from which1 the dew had been brushed not a le*f whqse down bad been rubbed, seemed tp escape his scrutiny. But after much frtiltl^s search, and much delay, they were still compelled to pause and consider what wss next to be done. It »'as,idle to gander

(at

not) nort ever ... sfealLwfrtry^t?'

random, when

every stop they made iiiight take tbem further from tneir objedtt.' Both were silent and the Indian even laid himself down upon the ground, as if in the iutpnse labor of reflection. For some tinle he Was entirely qriiet, so much so that Wkloott terit over him to see wbether he was asleep but found his small bl^ck,eyes still ,wideopen. apd as resfless and fiery a? ever. They a{one wore a look or thoughtfulness for hit countebaticawassa stllland expretsloii less aa wax. 'tj .• .1 :i 'I see up other way 'or, it, said Walcott, at last, .'but to follow up our first plati, and go dowh tbe stream. It seems t^m^ more likely tbat he went, to tbe narrows than any wbere else.

The.pther slowly ipse from tbeground

'Y^s. 'Ugbfnb find hith.

thoUgh must be debBil no leave'trail. With thladetermination they desoend ed into the valley of the stream, and pursued tjbio route toward the Lake. '7 *Tii9#9o*p*?*»A v.'

V'&t fu .RCIflOVftt vn.f-i ...Mrs. NwBifMayfield begs, to ibforno^ tUb ladifesof Terxa Haute that,she has reoaoHsd her. dressmaking establishment troaa Ibocorner of fifth and Mali) streetsy to/the Koopman block, opposite the Congratlonal churcb, on-Bixthat^et and thatisbe has'received the very latent fashion opiates from the east.: The ladies are .respectfully invited to call and see her at her new rooms.». -,\|-u^if}. .t v.tih

Brigham great confldetrae 'Haute and elsewhere, Ss&d for otrwlsf aced asdai hewooid pn to HelpensUne A Bently, Drug|i%t«, daiibt«dly visit the was ftill Wishlngton. D.C.

oeTtainth«lftbey%adew»antef»dany cf hnportanee. they,, woedd, ere vw. bave baen beard from.

now,"

Without doubt, Ui«efori, not o^y .uey, but Brigham alstf, ted already gmia forward to the lake and one, or of them were oootkJeuUy, expect^ make tfaeuMelvos ridnt during the

u£i

to: day. Tbass!

possible,

reflections toWakntt,

__ ha and Catfoot oootinuad their pursalt. Aftn a "•»»»id«alle period, she latter began tiiove slowly, and to pick

rFull

could be put. Tbe former, though be Walnut street*. was too latter

shrewd enough upon ocosa^ona, careless and rattle brained and tbe er labored under a superstitions awe of tbe madman. Their search, however, would haveibe effect of determining question of fact and If Jseob aftooM have visited tbe place which they wer* directed to examine, they would aesbie to give aetnonotion ot his {present wber* abou^s,or ofthe

J!—-r'1 u'-1"

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LOOJC HERE! J, w. hoinu a

!f-1. 4r

th^,

"ish .«P atsh.ort notice all Work in theif

awawip,a«V»rMhichheturuedgradually 11 f,eMeJperandb«ttn- tbahanyhbuse to the nortbWeM, cUr vl ng

rmore

and in tlftft

4WeM.•

more till a? ^ngth,-th«eoUrM 'lay aln tbat surpasses ^the» either in.w«r^ or a)Mt diMctl|T back toward Waleett, 4«ring all .this intbe.leastuude pable sighs, o^'n'panion #lt hhkaW

»d(M flay sin

thtfrta 1s no wtabilahment

ifltOKMIMi 4KWICK1.T CTiKD.

nnio& n» niaw«r |(«nwr wuw as, will. pcsitireiy, fl •time be bad s^Uilng beUer to do tb t^1 inro of rbeunoathm on tafi face PR *0 follow. From tbe other two s«iit*h- of the earth. Pn« fl a tidtiie, ing parties no signal had as yet be^ti tlW, t. Sold by all dMiggisw bOllO Itk ii in ii II a if as a 4 Sr was to be pi

Stack «if Bfauakdi^H

At Ellis', northwest oorner of First and

TO CONSUMPT1VRH.

Tbe advertiser, a retired physician, having providentially discovered while a Modioli Missionary in 8outbern Asia v*ry nimjrf" n»inedy for the f*"jV IMrfi ]M W*l«l I" 111* of UWIIJIIF' *etl»«its. iti*. CVtarrh. and tbtiwrt sawf fuing atiteetiotis a»o- a

and r*«lkj«J 1

bfcbiUty.Fi

fnUy aendTttm of oharge, to all who

full direct*

nsafor

Because!

THE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL is a good mcdiom ol^oommunicatlwn between Terre Haute- bufchifees uca nnd \.b«'peoplo who buy tlieir goods— Because, It has the largest circulation of any paper published In this city. But not 6b ibis account alene, but—"- ~zrtr.~ Because, It goes into the family clrclr on

Saturday evening, and during Saturday night and Sunday is reiut liionniglily, railvurtlscmcnts and ajl, by very »nei»t»er of tbe family who can m^d, «vitev wjUich it is loaned to the lieighbor^, Because/ Aftef having been S-c n»l hy tho boirowpiRand buj crs in the city, tyIs envelopcd, stamped and sent to s»»me fnend m. njtatlTe in some other town oroilyT-**-j- I Because, It is a s»per which rcacll«^iall ^&»earl3gh anllow, rieiimtrpTaorrrrr Because, Ofltsvyy large circulation nmong farmers. .4^ Bf cause, It is an espocLal favorite with the ladles, who do a ihige. part'of tho buying of household goods,la addition to thejewelry and dress goo&s ttiey wear, and nro critical readers of'advertisements. Because, Twoeidltioas are publ L^ed, Thursday aid Satuiday evenings, rvnc all advertisements go in both edit ions for price of one iss-ucx *, Because. Its i^tes are

In thi9 expectation they were a 1 ittle disappointed for thd trail, though they .. how came1 tipon it again, and found it *n have a read at it. more marked and. decided than before, &'large quantity of mattei led. in no one direction, but pcinted pfecially for them, it is not strange U\at forth iq all. The earth wasniuch trimforth iq all. The earth was much tram-

cbcap,,r,

aU things

considered, than Uipse pf other paper in the city 1 if?*"' '5* 'i— SHREWD advertisers, especially those who sell to women^apd Women do nine-tenths of the shopping—havo long sinco recognized the superiority of Tho Mail as an advertising medium. Ono copy of The Mail will go through an entire neighborhood, and every woman

Containing

£'large quantity pf matter prepared es-

it Mh,.nl(1 meet wltll favor wilh

laoagbifaip^-ior tw —TttaSaasfciffi 'ETiralm Lickllghter.. '.....iAnnapolis, Ills K.81nks...^..... Perrysvllie, Ind a. Ed,^ B5wT.:.."....»...3..Verinlllion, Ills

iv,om

rti ,(n" iDoliriquent Taxcs.J^,

liitst of the Treasurer to ^Delinquents

Tbo first Monday in November is'the laab date in Which to pay up delinquent State and County taxes. Delinquent lands are advertised on. or about the first Monday in January, and sold' on the first Monday of February of each year. The treasurer is responsible for tbe taxes be could have collected. Taxpayers will therefore see the necessity of paying up. NEWTON ROGERS,

Treasurer Vigo County.

THE v, ,,»

SATURDAY EVENING M^ni.

V- 3S01»eAT.«'

J?'' r- 1-.^:.: EACH SATURDAY •Id 1:

AFTERNOON,

-BV—

Opera Uonse

A.. H. Dooleyl -U..... .Opera House i. R. Baker A Co P. O, lxbby M. r. Crafts... Opp. PoKt Office Verd Feidler Cor. 4th aud Lafayette Ht Jfily A Conner .1'ui Ih, Ills V. Ij,Cole ^....Marshall, Ills DliAThurman„... Huilivanlnd Ren. Allen. r, ....Clinton, Ind A. C. Bates.^ Uoekvitlf, Ind P. li. Wheelmr..... j.'..................Brii7.U, Ind .Chas, TtUotson

f.....^......-..Mattoon,

Ills

J. KTliangdon Greeliciuitl^, Ind H. iV.'Trait.. ..u....u..~.-.4..WaveltM}d, Ind c/ yv.'.!^y°-- iSS

Charley McCateheoftV...... iOaktown, Ind C. O. Hpsxks -.4! Mtfoic, Ind Chas.lXlUppetoe Baii.lfoTd, Ind Sam'l Derrtfck«n....«.....w ..-Eugene, Ind ?M«rnitrrr.rrrfffl,2: SS B. F. Bollinger ..U.^ui.u...8helbarne, Ind

fs§

Wm. J. Doree»....u~ ...M.uk.....Buld*etPli. Xnd J. B.Hoch8tetter............BoyrllngGrecn,Ind Albert Wheat........J .:.«Sseville, Ind Cbas. L. Walton POlltlttt

Ind Iiis Ills

AriywesS. l^aukUny».V-..V.~^ Will DeArmond Areola, Ills Edwin B. OwUh.. ...„.^..—.New Goshen, Ind Jobn Hendrtx Beliinore, nd wallaoe Sandusky. New Lebjtnon, Ind

Have you seen the big display of b. a. fienriolt.....T....^. 1 ^2D^ar*infi Blank ifooks, and specimens of

:llne

binding mide by the enterpri^nfe torn

rev Bt I nd Ind

K.A. Kurtx

Ibeomatic Remedy.'' the^ TOS. JEL BRIGG8,

,*ix1»t

r*. all drdggisto^lYi Term

rocoewuiiynwng Remedy. Itls

this providentially aiseoverea rnraeoy. nnH control for the hideousdestroyT*»tm who wish to araU themsflvea of Ae wortd ev«»r «v. it will save every tbe benefits of this discovery,^ without u/e threatened by U. It ImmwUate'y aroto do so by return tttftU, by re»t*iU progress and If pem wlngly u«^d, -."'L— this na- will never disappoint In acu.w. Inqnlrefor dressing with sUunp,namirur -naming _in» parap,c

£«*r, Brsrri* 4 Ab*stbo^o'» drug "tore, Terre 38 NiaganSt.. BrOalo. N. Y.

Ills

J. J. Goiden.„..»..-....«. Hdtsdirvlfje, Ills H. Pierce,Ind O. P.Btrotber

T...w..v..~.Widdlobury,

Incl

F. J.8 Robinson!.......... „CIoverhihd, Ind JoeT. *IfcOOn*«y Yonngstoyrn, Ind A.'a'i^n^*rr.V.!!r.7.^rfi^»Tn^ I.O. Ooan*lly...-...i-^.*u... .Annapolis, nd 114 t^.^.„v....Armie_Hburv,Jnd

'^^^^^£awoSk ind

jurg, Ind tfrMR, Ind

.X)akjaid, Ills

Produce and Commission

RODTJCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, anil DeaUjr An

HIDES, PELTS, If AGS,, BUTTER, mas/Ac". Cbrner of Fourth and hwrrifctoet*, tei f.. ygRB&BAirgBqyfo

5E STifE OP'iSWANA, Harrison Township, Vigo county, No. ... T.-bn T. Wiley r*. Jame» L«s»n*rd Tbvmas A. B«e»! beina duly sworn, upon bboa hoaystbat there is a cause of action nowpradina James Leonard, before Benjamin r. OWk, and that be laanonrertoent of the State of Indiana.

THOU. A. HEED

Subscribed and sworn to before me this of CI.»BK. J. P.

ou wotfld avoid fenOilfed deaf, iMiaccount from gan-

Ja eomganyo

^ouie at ouucx A Kkkuv's or at

Haute,

Ind.