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THE MAIL

PAPER FOR IHH PEOPLE.

SONO OF THE AUTUMN WIND.

Mournfully! Moarnfully! Mournfully! Sines the autumn wind to day •?i Whirling the leaves torn bash and tree, hebblng aud moaning,

Blgnlug aod croaing,

Wbistring at times like a child at play Whlsperlag anon, as It passes by, Tale* forgotten among tbeyears -i Ending It* tale with a sigh

Binning Its voice till itsoands at times, Like rippling wavesof musical chimes.

SARATOGA.

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INDIAN TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE.

A TRUE STORY.

r" Saratoga was commenced in The Pat* nrday Evening Mali, Vol. 8, No 16, October 6ih. Back nan ber* can be had of newsdealer*, or at this office,or sent by mail for five cents each.]

CHAPTER XV. INDIAN JOE.

M'Carty belonged to a class whose del esteem is not lessened by their occupation or any relative portion in which they may be placed. Without positive impertinence, he felt hiwwelf to be every man's equal and he would have had no more scruple in addressing the highest ft'uove himself in station and character, than in accosting a stable boy. A talk •was all the same to him, whether with the one or with the other. 'Nice day this, colonel,'said he. as be came up %tnd one feel* it in particular, arter tbe tarnal tug we've had for a day or so. Have you any notion whether that crazv critter is hanging about us yet anywhere?' •Indeed,' replied Colonel Belden, 'it would be difficult to say but I imagine he can not be far off, especially after what Mr. Walcott has told me of his habitation in tbe cave.' »Py the way,' broke in the other •where's Joe? As ho and I are the only ones beside yourself th to be about, one or other on ns ought to be keeping a lookout.' 'He has not been seen since Brigham lay down 1 suppose, like tbo rest of you he felt tired, and has gone somewhere to yest himself.' •Tbem Injuns, colonel,' answered M'Carty, 'don't need no rest between tlmns. I've knowed 'em to be on a run for a w?ek, day and night, and then sleep it all out when the scurry was over. And it's mighty convenient for 'em, I can tell yon, seein' tbe life they lead.' 'Why, M'Carty,' answered Colonel Belden, 'it seems to me that sailors are not tbo only persons who spin yarns. You te 15 a tough stoiy now ana then yourself, I beliuve this about the Indians going a wek without sleep, for oxatnplo.' •Not a bit on It colonel,' was the ready answer 'not a bit on it. I've seen things as strange myself -and Sandy Brigham here, if he was awake, coul tell some thing* a great dea1 more astonishing, which happened to h! :nset f. He's been a man of mighty active habits, and bos an obsarvln' turn of mind I can tell you, and you know it too.' •I've known him for a brave, prudent andskillful man all his life but I have never known him to tell such wonders as you talk of,' said Colonel Balden. 'Leaving It to his frlerds, I reckon,' answered M'Carty, 'to blow his horn for him—for Sandy Brigham ain't a bit of a brag. But I've often h*aro tell of some of nis doin's, afore tbe war came into these parts, when the redskins was decently quiet and civil like.' •Wbat, for example, did he do so very remarkable?' asken Colonel Belden, by way of encouragement to Lis companion, who was obviously bent upon a

*V?ell, among other things,' said M'Carty, catching at the implied, permission, like a fish at a hook—'among ether things something like this happened. It seems that afore tho war there was two neighbors down In Clifton Park who- differed in politics and often had dteptrtes about it. One was for the country, and tho other for tho king and after the battle of Bunker's Hill the neigh borhood became too hot with the king's friend and he had to make tracks for Canada, leaving his farm and every thing behind him. There be staid for a year or so, hoping for quieter times, but as non* enme he thought he'd just go back, In a secret way, and look arter his a little.

te was mighty sly about it, as you can gupns ana so nobody kuowed anything of his being about till one day in shying across a meadow of his old neighbor, who should become plump npon but the man himself, who was there mowing. The old grudge between 'em caioe tip worse than ever, and the old quarrel soon grew hot between 'em, till the neighbor, In bis fury, was on tbe pint of hacking off his legs with the scythe. Upon this, tbe Tory begged for his life, ana was let off. He soon sneaked fiwav and went back to Canada •gain. But be didn't relish the fright he had gut aud so be determined on revenge. 'With that he gets together a gang of Injun runner* and oome down to the Mohawk country again. Meantime his old neighbor had crossed the river and was now living on the south ride. It so happened that ho waa the only one who kept a boat along there, and though the stream was not d-*r it was wide and rapid, ami full of sharp odd lee and deep holes. When they cante to his house, which they did on a dark nl^ht, they made a great ado, and got him up out of bed under pretense that they waa In pursuit of a damn Tory, they said, and wanted lrtm to come out and take them across the river in his boat. Up hejnmps hearty enough at such a call, and fair.y rowed them to the

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auspecting %riy thing wrong. But when once over, lo and behold! bis old lolm v, whose logs h*» was so near mowing off, makes blms«if known, and the astonished farmer, all at oo«s finds himself a prisoner. There was no help for it, away he rou*: go. His **tp huug low* upon his h^ad, with half *tf »i'ti hawks whining about his wsia. A*ay they started for Canada which iav rising of two hundred ml lea oft, straight on through the wowte. •But you see the prisoner1* wifti waitAd and watched for him till broad daylight. Then she grew onoaay, nd boat was in sight, ana everything, far and near, waa hushed and quiet. She grow •oared and hurried off to tall t^e neigh-

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Thev all begun lookln' and such In', but no one of "em could tell what to wake of it, and they about give

It all up.

Bat It happened that Sandy Brigham was down that morning at Schenectady sailing some pelts. He heard the neva and guessed how it all was so taking a few Oneldas, friends of his, wiUi him be made attar the runaway*. As soon as be struck the trail, which be had no trouble In doing, be found out pretty near whs* wa* the matter. Tbe Injuns

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knowed a Huron's footmark at once. Brigbauvjiad carried along some dried beef for he journey, as they would have no tim*» im ?boot, but tbe Injuns took with tin §i Wotblng to eat, and they didn't dare to use their guas for fear of letting the tturons know Ibey was after them. They found tho trail pretty fresh nearly all tbe way. It took nlgbonto eight days to perform the journey, and though Sandy bad but just enough provision to keep himself alive, the IujanS took nothing unless, maybe, a root or so now and then.' •But,' said Colonel Belden, interrupting the narrative which wjw fast bordering upon the extravagant, 'did not Brigham offer them a part of hia own fare?' •Sartain,' said M'Carty, 'but they wouldn't let on that they was hungry. They only pulled their belta tighter and pretended that goin' without victuals kept them in better running order, and made their scent keener, •And did tbey,' asked the colonel,'after J« inv ho much running and fasting, oome up with the fugitives they were pursuing?' 'Not exactly,' was ,the answer! 'they only caught sight oa 'em as they was pulling across the St. iLiwrence in a canoe, though tbey had the satisfaction ol sending a few bullets arter them. But il was of no use •Bat what was the termination of il all?' asked Colonel Belden^ », •The end on it was, that tbe naan had to stay in Canada till arter the war and when be got back, hia wife thought it was bis ghost. And be said that all the way to tbe St Lawrence, when the first took him, he was compelled topac a smoothing iron in each hand as a kind of punishment.' 'I have heard something like tbe same story before,' said Colonel Belden, 'but I never beard that the Indians fasted during (bejtarndy and I did not even know that it was Brigham who led the party, though snch enterprises were then common to him.' •But, colonel,' said M'Carty, with slight twinkle of the eye, as he shifted quid of tobacco from one cheek to the other, 'the most curious part ou't was that arter the bunt was over, what should the Oneidat do, but shoot a lot of deer, roast 'em whole, aad eat for almost twelve straight hoars without stoppin'.' •M'Carty,' said tbe old colonel, laughing, as he paused in bis little walk, 'it seems to me that you have made a great mistake in life yon should have been a sailor, or a romance writer.' •I reckon I can navigate the woods as well as any sailor, colonel and I never yet knowed the dark who could bring down a buck at a hundred yards better than I can. So I'm satisfied as I am.' •No doubt,' replied the colonel, 'it's easy enough to seo that. But, M'Carty, whatever your friends, the Oneidas, might do, I feel at this time greatly inclined to get something to eat, as it is past noon, Aud I dare say the rest of onr people up at the boose Would like to do thd same.'

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So saying, he moved away, Inviting tho other to follow him to the log cabin. But tbe latter, after walking a few steps, paused, saying: •Don't you think, on the whole, colonel, that I'd better stay behind, and keep guard like f6t I'm not yet quito easy in my mind about wild Jake. The vicious aarpint may be arter more mischief.' 'Do as you like, my friend,'said the colonel 'perhaps you are right to keep a

M'Carty accordingly staid behind, taking his post a little beyond the Rock Spring, in tbe direction of the mouth of the cavern. 'The colonel is a bice man,' he muttered to himself, as the other disappeared over the brow of th© hill, 'and Idare say was a brave officer but he's no good listener, that's sartin. HlsMth wouldn't inove mountains by along Bhot. 1 suppose young Waleott, or captain, as folks sometimes call him, as soon as he i9 rested, and has got a little to eat, will be for hunting up this wild Jake again, to get hi in caged. I shouldn't object to having a band in that Job myself and so, as soou as they've got through dinner, I'll

and get a cold snack, and be

ready to jlne'em, in case tbey want another scurry. Meantime, I'll keep my eye open, and In particular watch that wolf bole youder.'

After Colonel Belden had depart^, M'Carty continued, as he had intended, upon the lookout, sometimes pacing slowly across tbe open space, aud sometimes resting beneath the shadow! of tbe neighboring .bushes. Everything' around him remained quiet and nothing louder than the humming of bees or the ripple o| water waa heard. There was no sign Of the vicinl.y of Jacob aud although the self constituted sentinel kept bis eyes fastoned upon, or wandering over the alder copse, in search of him, he was neither gratified or alarmed by a glimpse of bis uncouth figure.

He toon saw Indian Joe emerging from the thicket and bearing in bis hand something which at first was uudistlnguishable, but which on a nearer view turned out \6 be nothing more tbau a large decayed leaf. He was puzzled to know for what purpose sticu a trifling object had been picked up and preserved.

Tbe Indian bore it carefully in tbe ilm of his hand, for tbe leaf seemed to v* of the last autumn's shedding and was so tattered and dry that It threatened to be blown off with every puff of itlnd, or to fall to pieces upon tLe least a it at

Without uttering a word he brought It forward and held It up before the eyea of his wondering companion, who saw nothing in ita shape or character to justify so much care and attention. It waa In no respect different from any othar old leaf, unless, perhaps, that ita ashy brown hue had been in several places dyed to a sort of rusty purple. 'What tomfoolery la this you are at bow?' aaked M'Carty at length, with a little Impatience. •Don't me him?' answered Joe, internet "see what, you copper bead?' now thoroughly irritated

rogativelv. «l)oi asked 'Carty. •Look again.' said tbe Indian.

Hereupon M'Carty renewed his awmination Cut could make no more oat of than be did before. *Yu no nothing dfs time?* aaked Joeajfaiti. •Wnat the d»vl! sbontd I but an old rotten oak leaT which you have picked op for some Indian witchcraft or other confounded humbugl'answered the other.

All this Joe took quite csaolly while sitting quietly down on a stump, be cosiUiimd* •White men big brag, bnt big footf» •Come, come, yoo varmint,' answered M'Carty, 'nocte of your colored talk today, but if you've got anything to awr, why out with it as once, and dont be •iulng there like a gooee upon an egg 7to be hatched.' ^11, den,' answered tbe unmoved •look o« bim agin.'

continued Joe. "Well, wbat if I doV answered M'Carty. "What doea that meanV

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'Him blood, dat's all,' replied Joe. •Blood!'exclaimed tbe other, 'and pray whose blood is it and bow do yon know it, eh?' 'Big Jake—medicine man—debbill, what you call bim?' anawercd Joe. 'But wbat makes yon think it is bis blood?' asked M'Carty. 'Find him over dere,' said Joe. pointing across tbe valley 'hit him wid guu, you know.' •Eh? what?' askod his companion. 'And so you suppose you bit the critter, do vou?' •Yes, know him,' answered Joe 'see blood drop, drop on ground, on leaf, on bush.' •By George, Joe,' said M'Carty, 'if you're right that shot of' yours wasn't wasted, arter all. It may help to catch the critter.'

At this moment the two men saw Walcott approaching from tbe direction of tbo house. It would soem that be had already obtained sufficient rest and refreshment for tbe tin.e being. When be came uo be wsa made acquainted with tbe new incident of which tbe Indian bad produced evidence. But the young man, instead of manifesting the satisfaction which the others expected, and which M'Carty had not only felt but plainly expressed, showed some degree of displeasure. The veins in his forebead swelled, bis eye lowered, and his voice fell to a note of sternness as he said: •This, you see, is the consequence of disobeying me. You have wounded tbe poor creature with as little thought as if he were a brute. You have come near committing a cowardly murder! Hereafter, sir, I shall not ask fo'* your help, and tbe sooner

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cabin tbe better.' Joo understood but imperfectly wbat was said but still be comprehended that he was, in a manner, dismissed, his acts disavowed, and bis future aid repudiated. Neither the rebuke or tbe manner ia which it was administered, was agreeable to him. His Indian blood received a spark which might soon kindle it Into a blaze. The feeling which was aroused

within hi in was not one of gratitude, or remorse, or humiliation, or sbame. Bo was no whipped spaniel, ready to lick tbe hand that struck him, or to fawn upon tbe master wbo drove bim from bis presence. His form became more erect, and though bis look was sullen and fierce, his manner was cool and little truculent. ... •No tink Joe good friend, eb?' said he, turning round to Walcott before going

are not a safe friend and, at all

events, yoa are not fit to engage with me in the search I am about to make aftor this poor creature you have just shot,' answered Walcott. •No good to look for yaungsquaw, eb?' asked the Indian.•Why, yes, Joe,' said tbe young man, slightly blushing 'I must say you behaved like a man there, and I would gladly reward you for it but you should not have fired upon a man who does not know what ha is about. It is worse than com mod murder! But we Wouft say any thing more about that BOW. Here is something to buy you some poyrder and tobaeoo aptU hope you w|H *»*ke good

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savage to offer bim some money, by Way of acknowledgment for bis late services. •NO want him,' was the surly reply of the Indian.

Without waiting for any further parley, Joe slung his gun over his arm, and slowly walked away. After proceeding a few rods he again turned, and, with bis voice a little raised, be asked, as he touched the barrel of the weapon with bis right band: 'Ain't you 'lraid, captain? Ain't you 'frald Irjun shoot, eb? Take care! Joe no friend: he be worse, may be.' •No, you infernal sneak,' exclaimed Walcott, now irritated in his turn at the threat which had been used 'you bad better look to yourself, and mind that you don't come in my way again, or it will be worse for you.'

The Indian, upon this, again wbeeied about and, resuming his walk, in a short time disappeared in the forest, •Captain.' said M'Carty, 'don't yon think you was a little too hard on Joe? If vou had spoke to Catfoot that way, you'd have a bullet put through your head afore now, like enough.' •1 would not have spoken in that way to Catfoot, because be never would have given occasion for It,' was Walcott's answer 'but this fellow, after all I had Mid, must needs go and shoot at the poor devil, when there was no esrtbly reason for it. Besides, I half think he's a cowan), and would do us no good.' 'I don't know that,' said M'Carty. 'it's redskin aatur' to shoot at whatsoever they're in chase of and I didn't quite like Joe's look when be left. Besides, he's a half breed, and so much tbe worse on that account. If I was you, captain,

Bortof be on my guard aginshijOvl 'Why Jtim you have turned adviser^ havo you?' Hid Walcott. ..'But idia»ioe otautake Care of »nj ~i)f, especial hero in tho woods. I havt. had ex— ence enough, am sure.'

!H APTER XVI. TUB STORM. had, by this time, consider*-

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bly worn away. Noon was IwigaluA past and, tbo&gll the «un wiegettfy% near tbe tops of the high trees In the west, its rays continbM to beat upon the earth with nnabated fervor, while the beat was aa great ae at bigh noontide. The whole foreat and when we speak of that we speak of all tbe visible landaespe where our eoena lies—waa hushed

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be felt to fan tbe cbeek and not so much as a leaf, or the long tender swinging limbs of tbe weeping willow stirred, to announce its passage. Yet the sensations of the beholder were not those of ipose.

In tbe western sky, below the point* whera thaSery disoof tbe sun seemei horning ita way to ti*e bottom* was a *—ig, dark, ponderous bank Of olodds, .jich waa slowly rialtg higher as if to meet the descending snn, and threatened soon to bide that boraing luminary tn Ita dusky folds.

Walcott aawand noted,theae indicationa of the coming storm, as he waa returning toward She cabin and be fell most aratefal in the thought that Locfta had already baen restored to shelter and to friends.

A summer tempest, In theae latitudes, always baa in it •emstblng beautiful, even when most viol eat and Unpasing. Its distarft aMMoaeh Inspires tbe obaarrer with emouona of awej and the aolaaaa mutterings of ita thunder pota lo silence all tbe minor noiaea, and bnsbeeto reat •II tbe smaller paaslons of tbe world. It oomes over tbe tops of tbe distant hills In majestic progression, like the rsgulated march of an embattled boat itasovee through the leafy arches ol the wilderness, whispering to the leavea, groaning with the treea, and awooptag with the wind, like myriads of innumerable spirits let loose, in madoeas and riot, upon tbe earth.

When Waloott reached tbe cabin, he found ail there astir. The electric, forerunning Influence of the wide storm bad already touched tbeir eyelids, aa with a

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wand, and sent the enlivening, waken- passed was the mere antecedent. The ing blood in full pqlsea through tbeir blast, loud and violent ps it was, was veins. Far away IrOm them yet, was only the precursor of one who was more the power which had thus cbaaed slum- mighty. ber from tbeir limbs for still all nature Those wLm bad watched it up to this seemed busbed and on tbe tall groen time, now took refnge within the cabin. !ell,

iine tops to tbe eastward, the sunlight The door was, however, left open and in soft golden fullness. To tho eye from it, and from the windows, tbe

in that direction, it was yet the mild, tbe beautiful, tbe glowingsummer afternoon bnt to tbe heart and to the'nerves, tboee telegraphic wires of tbe human frame, there was wild new in tbe air, and loudness, and motion, and violence, close at iiaid. Unconsciously tbe eye looked forth to discover something new, something startling, and sbne the brighter, both from the excitement which caused the act. and from the expectation which accompanied it.

So, as Walcott cahio up to the door, was be met by a p-dr of glittering, grateUil eyes, wh'oh sparkled,upon bim with Hti'.l anrth»r lustre than that so mysteriously imparted to them by the spDrofvching commotion- in the elements. An internal agitation gave a new glow to their electrical light. And so be felt it to be. tbongb the knowledge took no form in bis thoughts, and suggested no phrases to his tongue.

And to whom did those bright eyes belong? Their proprietor stood here almost troinulons with pleasure—with grateful pleasure, for such she took it to be. Was It Marion Belden? Marion was 1 oking forth at a window with her father's arm in hers. Her manner was serene, her voice even and though her eye was alco bright, it was not with any peculiar luster her cheek was not flushed she made no eager step of gladness and pride to the door, as her affianced lover came in. And yet gratified she certainly wa9, but with a degree of emotion which a sister might have felt. How different a picture did her face present from that or the little, eager, proud and trembling girl who met the young man at the deor, and wbo, like one who had a species of right in him, a sort of franchise in bis heart, still unconsciously barred bis passage. •Here you are all safe and bappy, and wide awake at last,' said Walcott, after a pause. 'And you, too, Marlon, have got yoiir eyes wide open about the timo whe the birds thinkof shutting theirs.' 'No doubt you have had your sleep too. if it com^s to that,'said Marion. *1 suppo*",' continued Walcott, 'that I ought to ask how you all do, after the late even s, but my eyes have already answered that question. You all look as bright and wide awake as if it was morning, and you had just been sounded to breakfast by a gong.'

Listen!' exclaimed Lucile and iw -she if to ,iho distant thunder began to be distiiiotiy

paused, with ber fingel" lifted upas if enforce silence, the deep rumble of, distant

•Is that,' she said, 'the gorig yous$ke of?' •It is certainly Idudehoriph to wive answered as a suwimons to repast of the ancient gods but it is »v!«o heavy enough to suggest less pleawtnt ideas such as the deep note of midnight fire bells, or the distant boom of breakernpon a rocky shore, during a storm at sea.' •Why, Arthur,' said Mailon,'what has made you so roinantio all at once? According to Lucile's story, she did .net find you writing poetry the other morning when we first came upon you harp, though tbe spot, (she says, Was a lovoly. one.' •Tae soenery was fine, certainly,'said Walcott 'but though I ha^ ro* jnyeye •in a flaO frenzy rolling,' I might have been thinking poetically enough for all that. Venison and verses go well together, when tbe tirat ia cold and the last warm* But touching the thunder, which we are just beginning to hear, it somehow or other always impresses me with feelings which are not quite apprehensive. but which are serious and solemn. It represses all levity in moastef fectually as the deep bass of a church organ during service.

By this time, shadows began to creep over tho landscape, as the rays of tbe sun were cut off by tbe clouds, aod its round red disc began to- dip Into tho dark line of tho uprising bank of vapor.

The few domestic animals About the rnbin now began to seek shelter and to prepare for rest, as if the night had al ready set in. The creak of the cricket and the whir of the tree toad, filled tbe air with thoir uncouth but not unmusical sounds.

Tne Inmates of the .cabin now came forth to enjoy thb coolness, which, from the withdrawal of tbe sun and the approach of the raiu. began to pervade the atmosphere. It was worth while also to observe the sloyirly lifting ulouds, and tho swelling storm that, like a mighty rav,an bad already spread its vast sable wings to the north, and south, and threatened soon to overabadow half the visible world. Above the white line of its top, where tbe heaving vapor looked like huge fleeces of snowy wwl, the sky, Was intensely fclrte and tnfer tempest seemed to be rocking Mid rolling tip into it, just as a dark nulled ship is launched upon tho crystal surfaoe of a atlll sea*

In front ot the cabin, then, all save Walcott, eat absorbed in the intere«t of the scene. He, with equal appreciation, but with fewer words, now stood, and now slowly walked to and fro, with his feoks sometimes turned to the sky, and Mpmetlmes toward tbe group of triends aose at hand. In eaob direction hi* eye fognd objects of admiration and to the ode his Imagination, and to'the other hie heart, acknowledged an impulsive Inclination. Both heaven and earth, at that moment, were full of attraction for him. The mystery of this impulse and attraction, in either esse, was then to him unsolved and his mind sought no tolutlou of tbe mystery.'

It was still long before the slow moving storm began to give token of ita immediate presence by other signs than darkness in thesky, and thunder 1a the air.

At first, gosta of wind oonld be seen to sway the tops of tbe trees to the west* ward which, after a momentary release from tbe dutch of the passing blast, would again bend over, yielding to the power or the giant that again laid hold of them, aod with Increasing steadiness and might, kept tbeir vast trudks twisted and awry.

Onward, and still on, came the forerunning wind. Now in iigbt puff*, it ,— began to whisk pant tho han».« IU -had cold bmath waa nut upon tbe cheek. Anon, It hurried away, and could be

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tors asunder as it passed, a few sower buds, and scattered their leavea aod it ahook ripe currants from the bushes where tbey hung in the rude garden attached to the but. Then again, came a colder and mightier breath of air. Young trees heat before it. All light and movable objects were shaken with rods Impetuositr, or lifted from the ground and hurled with violence far away.

Dost and leaves began to fill the sir, and tbe whole atmosphere, as if moving bodily to tbe eastward, awept tbe earth's surfiwe with a harsh rasnlng sound, growing at each moment more obstreperously audible. Like a cataract. It poured upon the car In painful intensity. no rain had yet fallen. What had

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soene without oontinued to be regarded with much Interest. The roar of the wind through the woods now rapidly increased.

Loud sharp peals of thunder began to break overhead, and seemed to shake the earth to itsoenter. Large drops of rain, like the spent shot of distant musketry, began to patter upon tbe earth. They were soon followed by a wild discordant sound of the high wind, tuiugled with thick falling rain, which formed the real commencement of the storm. All before had been skirmishing, this was the grand charge of tbe elemental army. Suddenly it broke over the strong timbered dwelling, and while tbe huge logs of its frame shOck as though a new Samson had laid hold of its pillars, the windows were dashed with cataracts of water, and the outer' air became opaque and impenetrable from the rushing mist, and the compactness of tbe down failing drops. The stormy discord was complete the scene most impressive. Peal on peal of thunder broke in tbe air, like exploding rockets. Sbarply and painfully too, did the blue and pale lightning flash across tbe eye, threatening a general destruction.

During the height of t!.e storm, when confusion and uproar prevailed without, and silence and awe reigned within the cabin, unnoticed by others and uncon sciously to herself, tbe light form of Luciledrew near to the side of Walcott. Around him she hovered, as a gale threatened ship will hover near its assured haven.

It was, in part, tbo natural instinct of weakness taking shelter in tbe shadow of strength. It operated powerfully upon both tbe girls present but eaob had looked in different directions, and Marion had sought out her lather where now, half leaning upon bis arm and half inclining ber bead upon bis bososn, she was endeavoring with closed eyes and uplifted hands to shut out the dazzling blaze of the lighting, which suddenly became more frequent and more startling.

Tbe old man, with his long white hair falling upon his shoulders, and bis high pale brow lifted to the window, looked the patriarch and the hero that he was. Quietude and repose were even then tbe characteristics of h& appearance and bearing and not'even the loudest bursts of the tempest without, seemed to disturb his eye, or to va*y the expiesaion of his face.,

Brigham, '4vho at first had eyed the coining storm somewhat observantly, had soon manifested his accustomed coolness, and by thisUmo was lying down on a bench in one corner of the hul, fast lapsing into a doze. He only muttered with a yawn that, "he should not wonder if we got a bit of hall afore tbe shower was over, as the air smelt mighty ooolish.'

But "Walcott was of an age and of a temperament which inclined bim to take more interest in the not unusupl, but .always impress!ye sceno which was pass"iug.

He had taken his station near thedoor uii'i watched with attention and even with pleasure the wild war of the elements which raged through the wilderness. He had seen large limbs of trees lorn from their-hold, n«d flung at a distance to the earth. lie had seen mighty old pines, though strongly rooted as wit* .uvu

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their foundations before the sweeping efilux of tbe air, and threaten to come at s*uie moment with a vast crash and a wide ruin, to the ground. He had watchod tbe quick scudding clouds overhead, as they moved like flying artillery through the sky. .discharging tboir mighty ordnance, and with loud explosions sending tbeir chained Shot through tbe hearts of oaks, and cleaving in twain other lofty trftos which had escaped the lightnings of live buudred yearn. One of these ruinous bolts at length hurtled over an enormous pine which stood within a few rods of the cabin door and the dark trunk and lofty crown of whicb had hitherto, through alt the wrack, been visible to tbe inmates of the hut, like a beacoir or a tow°.r of strength.

It was judt as Lucile came close to Walcott's side that & bright streak of light sped downward upon the venerable iree and before tbo gleam of that blinding flash had left her eyes, with a deafening explosion, tbe old trunk had received its death stroke. So violent and sudden was tbo shock, that for a moment, all were btuaned. Tbe next Instant a more appalling danger threatened them for almost instantaneously with tbe flash anfl report, did Arthur aud Lucile become conscious that the enormous mass toppling oyer,in its fall toward tbe but.

There was no time for thought no ace for escape. .With a suddet* scream affrighted girl clang to tbe young man with tbe tostfoct or weakness, and an impulee of eflsetlon, while a deafening crash bore down upon their place of shelter. Then again followed tbe sound of pattering rain, rushing wind, and the distant muttering of thunder. The startled occupants of hie cabin awoke from their stupor, as tf expecting to find themselves in the other worlds Thank heaven! Jt Was only an alarm. Tbe tufted branches of the tree only had struck the building, but bad not been aufficiently weighty to break it down. The mighty trunk itself bad fairly cleared it, and so tbey were saved. It now lay there like a stricken leviathan.

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The peril created by Ita fall bad been so sudden, so inevitably and' so overwhelming that those wbo were exposed to it had not, so to speak, bad time to become fully alarmed before it waa passed. Then, Indeed, might have been seen some pale cheeks and quivering lipa. Marion even fainted at tbe sigbtand thought of tbe fearful escape. Bngham bad risen and now already stood without tbe door looking, with curious eye, at tbe ruin caused by tbe storm, or the 'shower,' as be called it, unheeding tbe ratal which deluged his naked head, and tbe wind which blew bis hair wildly about his Caoa.

Gently did Waloott unwind from bis neck tbe arms of tbe trembling girl who so suddenly clung to him in the moment of pariL, It waa even a few seconds before she was fully conscious of what ebe had done but then, with a brow blushing scarlet, and almost with tears of ahame, aba arid, lo a very low ve me, Mr. Waloott 1 have been ao frightened that I did not know what I was about.1' •There la nothing to forgive,' be replied, with warmth. 'I could only wish that tho danger had been one from which my presence or etrengtb could have shielded you. It gives me unspeakable bappineaa even to tbtnk that you look to me for protection.'

Fortunately, Marion waa uneonadoos while these worda were exchanged, aad until after moat of the agitation caused by tbe alarming indient we have above described bad passed away. She migbt otherwise, pernspa, have noticed the degree of emotion displayed by both

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Lucile and her affianced lover, and her woman's wit might have enabled her to disoern and read signs of growing interest between them, which might have proved as destructive to her hopes and alarming to ber heartras the peril of the impending tree always supposing that her heart partook of that deep interest in the subject which ber actual relations with Waloott would seem to warrant others in believing.

Upon the latter, however, at that time, began to dawn a faint consciousness of tbe true state of bis feelings and that another was usurping that place in hia thoughts which should have been occupied by Marion alone. To Lucile the same twilight of knowledge, causing her at once pain and pleasure, began to appear also.

The glory and happiness thus brightening on her soul's horizon, were still clouded bv thoughts that her new affection would be an involuntarily treachery to her friend and it was with embarrassment and almost with self accusation thatshe immediaely withdrew to the aide of the still half conscious Malion.

The shock of tbe thunderbolt had lift* ed avail from her eyes. A11 these things had passed in a moment of time—so rapidly, indeed, and with such electrical quickness, that Lucile even assisted at the restoration of the swooning Marion.

By this time the storm began sensibly to diminish in violence. The heaviest and darkest of the clouds had rolled off to tbe eastward. As Brigham predicted hail had been mingled with the rain, and the ground was now sawn with it as with crystals. Rivulets of water now poured past the door of the cabin. On all sides around could be heard tbe rush of similar streams, as, in full ohoius, like .bounds in ohase, they speeded on tbeir way. Soon tbe wind lulled, the sky grew brighter, the thunder departed with the clouds, rumbling heavily in the distance. The little raiu that now fell came in pattering drops. The olouds themselves nad broken, and spaces of clear sky, like blue water amid thefloea and iceberbs of an arctic sea, gladdened the sight.

The burly form of Brigham was seen stalking about in the open air and

thither also soon went Waloott to note tbe ravages made by the storm. A quantity of wreck was strewn in every direction—broken brsnches, and now and then fallen trees. Every crevice and low spot of grouud poured, like a gutter,, with tbe escaping water. The brook below rushed past like a river. It nearly filled the entire breadth of the valley. The bushes and small trees near it were surrounded by water, and bent before tbe powerful current while a little gulf separated the two opposite slopes of tho swale

But nightfall Was close at hand. It was not until just as the sun was descending behind the Kayaderosseras mountains that the olouds fully lilted, and its last rays were pormitted to spread like a golden mantle, over all the landscape, and, for a moment, to lignt up the receding storm with its beautiful .bow of promise. Anon, all this effulgence was withdrawn. Shadows again crept over the earth, and another summer is night, though the day bad closed in weeping, came with gentle approaoh, softly and soothingly, like an angel of meroy, to bush the tired world to ropose. rr [TO BK CONTINUED.] i.'

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