Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 9, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 January 1879 — Page 6

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

THE BEAD OF THE TO WN.

Be once was young and gay— A bean. (Ah, that was long ago!)

To-day

Be is very old and gray.

His olothes were once the beat1 His tile Was at the top of style:

His vest

Was flowered upon his breast.

He then was tail and slim His eye Made all the maidens sigh

For him—

One of the Cherubim!

He drove a handsome pair Of gray. And all men sang bis praise

The heir

Had plenty and to spare.

He now is poor and lame And bent, His sunshine friends all weut,

And shame

To take their places came.

Tne flowers upon his vest'Are rags His coat is green and sags.

The rest

May easily be guessed.

His youth was spent In vain His age Is like a blotted page

His bane

Was Roederer's Champagne. —Masque of Poets.

THUS THE YEARS 00 BY.

E.

WILIS.

A tear, a smile, From joy awhile

To turm away aud sigh To suffer lot*. To bear the cross— Tis thus the years go by.

Advance, retreat, (Success, defeat To hide from human eye

Our wounds and,pain Till cured again— •Tis thus the years go by.

Long hours of strife, And bitter life Then, hid from smile aad sigh,

Unbroken calm, l'alm laid to palm— 'Tis thus the years go by.

From the Inter-Ocean-

The Marked Rifle

OB,

THE FATE OF THE OVERL ANDERS

HY C. LEON MKEEDITH,

Author of "Boy Captive." and other stories

CHAPTER VI. AN UNKNOWN FRIEND.

When the canoe belonging to Lester Hamley was taken from the emigrant wagon and lowered over the stern of the steamer, another little oraft, a Sioux dugout, was resting ou the water at al most the identical spot where the bark from above would land

The dugout contained three individuals, two white men and an Indian, and further away were silently resting two or three other canoes, occupied entirely by red men.

The marauders bad drawn up thus near, little thinking that the object they sought—the white girl—would be placed directly in their hands. In true Indian style they had noiselessly surrounded the steamer, expecting to lay siege before they were discovered.

The two white men heard the low words which passed between the parties on the deck, and made preparations to receive the girl and her attendant when they landed below.

TSo sooner had the canoe touched the water than it was lashed to the dugout by the mooring rope and held firmly ressed against the rudder by the Inan.

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A few seconds later Mabel and Flip were handed down. The two white men stood untrammeled and ready. With a signal touch they aoted as with a single motion. One took the fair girl, the other the negro boy, and, clasping theui about, they pinioned their arms, and before a cry oould bo uttered, placed their hands over the mouths of the victims.

The Indian.^knowing his part, cut the stay rones with a flash of steel, then, lifting his puddle, sent it deep into the water, and rowed both canoes away in silence.

Mabel was so completely dumfounded by the sudden and unlooked for attack that for

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minute she did not fully real-

ire the situation. Her head seemed whirling, as if she were falling from a giddy hei«ht. and visions of the most vague and incomprehensible nature swept through her brain.

The coarse hand upon her teuder lips was so (Irmly pressed that it was difficult for her to set breath, and the thought of strangling was horrifying. She straggled desperately, but to no purpose she oonld not free herself she was held as in bands of iron. 'Bo still, my fair one, my love,'were the whispered words close to her ear, •you phali not be harmed, for I will protect you as my own.'

Mabei knew the voice, and it verified bor uio«t terrible suspicions that she was in the hands of Luther Vican.

The words he uttered embittered the soul of the poor girl against him to an extremity of hatred that was boundless.

Could she have made reply, could she have had the liberty of her hands, the villainous kidnapper would have leared from the fury of her passion, and the power* of her expression, that she could never be subjugated.

Minutes by, Vican whispered words of mock affection into the unwilling ear, and the canoes swept rapidly down the river, hugging close to the bank.

At last they turned Into a small tributary which wended its course down through a narrow ravine.

Great bluffs arose perpendicular on either side of cold, gray stone, and gave! thesp^t a most gloomy appearance,

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suit, and out of earshot of tne whites, the captives wera released from the no* pleasant position they had been forced to occupy. "Bless de Lor' for dat,' Flip sighed as aeon as the band had been removed from his lips. 'I fought, dis chile wasi nebber to get his bref agin ttebber

was faint. She had

she ctiald see ID the darkneea bent upon her. Presently the canoes were driven on to the pebbly bank, and orders given by Vican to stay the barkfc, aa they woola not move again until daylight,

Mabel bad somewhat recovered from her exhaustion by this time, and she aat upright. She and Flip had both believ ed when they entered the gorge that they were to be taken to some cavern, but, from the words of the men about them, they soon became satisfied that the abdnotors either knew of no oave, or had no desire to visit one

The Indian was sent back to bring his people together, who did not know of the capture of the white girl, and with instructions to have horses brought and kept In readiness for taking away the captives at daylight.

Mabel had learned all she wished to know of Vioan's designs from what he bad told her when she was unable to reply and now, her first fevered Indig nation having passed, she became silent and would not reply, or even notice an remark be addressed to her. Finding useless to oontinue his words, Vioan lapsed into silence also.

Mabel wished to communicate with Flip. She wondered at the boy's passiveness it was so unlike bim to be submissively mate under such trying clr ou instances. His bonds prevented his rising, but cronched at the feet of his mistress in the canoe, his black eyes were turned away from her as if be was watohing some object in the gloom.

Vican and his companion threw themselves upon the dry sand after spreading their blankets, and occasionally ex changed words in an undertone. It waa their purpose to watoh until the coming of the Indians with the horses, and then move to the prairie beyond the bluffs.

Hour after hour wore away, and, the oaptives not moving or uttering a word, the silence became complete, and the two men who had not slept for fully forty-eight hours, fell into a quiet doze but withal their lethargy was not so intense as to prevent their rousing into wakefulness at the slightest movement around them.

Once or twice Mabel turned a little to ease her cramped position, and on each occasion Vican lifted his head and murmured,'Quiet, my dear, quiet I ate not sleeping.'

The girl did not reply, for she did not wish to arouse the man. Her prayer was that so deep asleep would fall upon bim that she might be able to fly from the spot.

It was past midnight when Mabel noticed the first movement on the part of Flip. Then he slowly raised bis bead, and, bowing to his mistress, as if to warn her not to move, he sat erect and peered into the star lighted space beyond him. The maiden turned her eyes in the same direction, and, after a moment's close watching, noticed black object moving slowly toward them, close against the great stone wall.

At first sight she believed the ne wcomer to be a hear, and was upon the point of speaking out to arouse the men to a defense, when she noticed the object straighten up into the form of a man, and then crouch low again.

The girl'a heart beat fast she did not dread the coming of a human foe. Were it an Indian she would bless the advent, for she would a thousand times preferred a captivity among the Sioux to being held by the villainous Vican.

The strange, shadowy object crept along as sileutly as a four-footed animal. Not the slightest sound came from the steps, and not until it reached a point within ten feet of the slumbering men did it pause.

A faint light was now seen, more like a phosphorescent glow than that of tire, then a long reed was stretched forth until the end, to which was attached a ball the sizs of a man's fist, almost touched the fases of the prostrate men.

Back and forth over the breasts of Vican and his aid the rod moved as if in the hand or a magician. Finally, it was brought very near their nostrils, and held there alternately for a few seconds. Neither man moved, but gradually sank into a deeper sleep, as was indicated by the heavy breathing.

Mabel divined tne whole some narcotic was being used, an unknown friend was there, and she could scarcely refrain from crying out with blessing?.

But the benefactor, whoever he was, motioned silence, and proceeded to bind the sleepers firmly, band and foot.

This work accomplished, he stepped to the canoe, and hastily cutting the thongs which held Flip, he pushed the canoe out into the narrow stream.

As he bent over the occupants of the little beat Mabel caught a view of his face. Hhe had never seen it before, but it was so pale and wan that she would never forget It.

Blessings upon my more than friend,' she whispered softly. 'Thank the Lor','chimed in Flip, but there was no response.

A wave of adieu and the man was gone. Flip knew how to manage a canoe,ana lost no time in leaving the spot where, but a moment before,he and his mistress had been in an almost hopaless captivity.

Mabel was so overjoyed at the sudden deliverance that at first she gave no thought to an3'thing but flight then, as the little bark swept down the narrow stream, she suddeuly realized that she bad been robbed of an article whieh she held more sacredly than anv gift of her life.

The miarked rifle was gone. She remembered having seen Vican take it from the lxat, but the darkness bad prevented his discovering its beauty and value. He had been too much engaged to give it any attention^ 'Stop,' whispered the girl so forcibly that Flip sprang as if pierced with a musket ball, and turned the canoe to the bank. 'Ingins, Missus?'

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_p3i a mom Riouunr Hppviintavu. Vou brought that from the steamer, did Thirty minutes hadrpassed since leav- you not?' ing the "steamer, which seemed as many 'Yes, and I se got it a cure. De tube hours to the prisoners, and the men, be

themselves out of danger of pur­

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Flip. I have seen nothing, but my

rifle is gone it is with the two bound men, and 1 must not leave it there.' •I'll fetch 'em, missus.'

With the words he began to shove the canoe ofl the sand, but Mabel lifted her hand for him to desist. 'I will remain here,'she said. 'You can run along the bank we had better not venture there together.' 'Dam is wisdom, and I's gone like a flash

Hold, Flip, where is the iron tube?

ain In a safe place, buttoned under my coat, missus. De red niggers don't get dat widout dey akin dis chicken.'

Flip rubbed bis hand up and down his breast, where the article in question waa aooreted then, at a smile of approval aad wave of the hand from Mabel, he dartedaway.

The moon was now shining over the 'U't.*of the groat bluffs, and objects juu.i.ud had been visible within a few

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crushed by the strong man's arm, and bad struggled so long for breath, that bar strength had become exhausted, and when released she safak helplessly to the bow of the canoe, closing her eyes to abut out from her vision thorough faoo which bad so long been close to her rse^rne,

Ute negro boy bad gone our

hero ic almost wished'she had accompanied him, for the loneliness was as pv'. fal as had been the dread of returnin-- the place where the enemy lay. ftvery brush and projecting rock to lake on human form, and

own, and the ugly, wolfish eyes which pi itom figures were upon the stream feet.

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above and below, ., Mabel arose from the canoe and step-

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cautiously up the gradually aloplng to where a cluster of indeclduous shrubs grew, and determined to wait there until the messongor returned.

The minutes seemed long. Finally the impatient girl believed that Flip had been gone twice as loug a

The step waa olt repeated, and finally the aituatlon became too painful to endure. The girl resolved to flee from the spot—to go down the bank where Flip had gone until ahe met him, or found out for a certainty that he was not to return to her.

She parted the bushes to steal from among the specters which ahe thought imagination was pioturing, but had advanced but a Btei when she drew back with a faint cry. There was no specter before her now, but the eold, savage face of Linaa, the mate, waa there, and his great, black eyes, were gleaming upon the stricken, defenceless girl.

CHAPTER VII. m* ALOKK AND AFIJOAT.

Lester Hamley, after recelying the crushing blow from the great, hardened fist of Linaa, the mate, remained in a semi-oonscious condition for some minutes.

When he finally regained the action of bis reaaon be could not readily reoall what had transpired, but slowly the whole event oame to him, and be underatood why it was that he lay thus bound band and foot. The treacherous boat man had plotted to get him out of the way, and bad succeeded in working out his designs.

All the helpless man adrift bad to be thankful for was that his life waa not taken outright. There was something of a question in his mind as to the mercy of the act, after all, for would it not be better to suffer the pangs of a sudden exit from the land of mortals, than to endure the horrid torture of a lingering death alone and afloat upon the dismal river?

All of his hopes of finding his cherished child were now crushed, every minute he was floating away from her, and by the time of dawn be would be at least half a hundred miles below the stranded steamer, and there was no thought of being rescued by other than hostile savages, who might by chance be upon the

Hour after hour wore on in the most painful and awfully solemn manner. The lone prisoner struggled at his bonds until his strength was well nigh exhausted. He sawed the cords upon the edge of the boat, and tore at them with his teeth, but all to no purpose the man who had bound him had not in the least slighted his work—it was not within the power of Lester Hamley to free himself.

There was some relief in the coming up of the bright, friendly moon. The solemn gloom was in part dispelled, and the bluffe which environed the river on either side were brought out into plain view.

The victim, resting upon his knees in the center of the drifting boat, watched the great rocky monuments as they came into view, and floated out of sight again.

Indeed, he was too busily engaged in scanning the outlines of the hills, and his mina too much engrosssd in lamentations over his fate, aud that of Mabel, to notice that there was a low, feathery object in the river, lying directly in his course.

When the boat wai checked in its speed, and a whispering, grating sound produced close at bis side, he started up as one irom a dream. He was in the midst of a cluster of boughs and twigs— the top of a tree which had lodged in the river.

He grasped the branches with his bound hands as a drowning man clutches at the slightest thing that comes within his reaoh, and clur.g to them as if for life.

There was joy in the thought to the poor man that he was no longer being carried away from his child. Where could there be any other consolation for bim?

Death was as certain to oome to him with this "anchorage as if floating on, so fir as any power of liberation was vested in the exile. And yet there appeared to be a premonition of deliverance in the slender boughs.

The anxious eyes were turned to the bluffs again, and their pleading, prayerful look would have touched the heart of a savage.

The moon shone upon the gray wall at the west with its full brilliance, and the reflected light illuminated the narrow belt between the base of the bluff and the water to almost the brighnessof day.

After gazing for a time, the watcher started violently, and gave utterance to such a wild, joyful cry, that the great bluffs echoed back the shout again and again.

He bad seen two horsemen moving along the pass. The first glimpse of the animate objects was sufficient to awaken the despairing man to a newness of life. He did not pause to determine whether they were feathered warriors, or civilized men they were human beings, and any position would be preferable to the one he then occupied. 'Help! In heaven's name, help!' Lester Hamley yelled with the full power of his lungs 'I am a white man, bound, and set afloat in a small craft. Aid me, men, if you require my life in payment for vonr services I would rather be tomahawked than starve upon this dismal river.'

Hold the boat where you are, and I will come for you,' were the joyous words which fell upon the helpless voyager's ear, and then be saw one of the two force his horse into the water.

Nearer oame the dark object upon the river faster beat the heart of the one to be rescued. 'Give me the moering chain,' exclaim* ed the new comer, when he bad reached the boat 'no time can be lost, for my horse is well jaded from along day's ride.' •My hands are bound, good man,' replied Hamley, regretfully, 'and I cannot oosen my hold upon the boughs of this river-snag tree, until you have bold of the boat the current would carry me away.'

The stranger did riot delay action to hear all of the words that were spoken, but grasping a rope which was coiled at the bow, be turned his horse shoreward, and towed the boat back to the bank in safety.

Hamley remained silent during the yoyage. He was In a prayerful mood, and, besides, be did not care to take the attention of the noble fellow who was encouraging bis nob!e horse to extra effort.

Hie man who bad remained behind on shore, dismounted as bis companion neared the bank, and stood ready to render aid.

With bis knife he cut the oords which held the rescued, and helped him to his

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time aa was ueceasary to obtain the rifle and return, and the fear came that he had been waylaid or had lost bis course. 6 he beard a step, and whispered the name of the boy, but no answer came, and then Mabel believed it waa her fancy and fear.

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The t*o men stood in the soft moonlight, gazing in a half bewildered way full upon eaoh other's faces tor a moment, and then two names were uttered instantaneouslv: 'Lester Hamley!' 'Gerome Valentine!'

No two mortals oould have been more happily surprised than were these two mop*

No man oould Hamley baye been more gratified to see for the lover of Mabel would go with bim to the end of the search for His lost child, and Valentine bad found here the first clew ss to the whereabouts of those for whom be was seeking.

Dan Gleason, for the reader is already certain that it was the scout who went out to the rescue, stood wringing the water from his clothes as the recognl tlon took place, and a smile played upon his honest face as be heard his employer mention the name of Hamley—be bad beard that name mentioned many times a day since his first acquaintance with Gerome.

After a formal introduction, the lover turned to the father of Mabel again, and said: 'Some even has befallen your family, as well as youraelf, I feel certain. May I know at once what it is?' 'You are right in your conjecture but I am in ignorance as to where my child is, or by whom she has been abducted.' 'Abducted!' echoed Valentine, with a start.

Has she been mysteriously car­

ried away?' Hamley told the whole story of ibd apparent league, of Mabel's being spirited away, an the mate.

bis own experience with

During the narrative Gerome Valentine eagerly caught every word occasionally he would make a few rapid strides up and down the sandy pass, but he gave no utterance to his feelings un til Hamley bad finished the story. 'We area day behind the infernal ras cals, Dan, and my worst suspicions have proven to be correct. Vican was at the bottom of the whole scheme, and the villain now has Mabel in his sensual, loathsome grasp,' be exclaimed vehemently. 'And we must proceed to take the

lady out of that grasp, my good sir,' Dan returned composedly, as he gave his stocking an extra twist, which brought another jet of water therefrom. 'We Will not wait for daylight, then,' Hamley said. 'We will not wait for anything,' the scout answered 'but, can you tell me where the steamer is stranded? A knowledge of that will materially aid us.' 'The captain said it was at Sandbar Circle." 'That is about twenty miles above by water.' 'And the same by land?' asked Valentine. 'No, not more than twelve or fifteen the river makes a sharp bend a few miles above.' 'You seem familiar with this section, Mr. Gleason,' Bamley said. 'I ought to be familiar with it,' answered the scout, 'as I have boated up and down the Missouri a score or more of times, as well as having traverse its banks and trailed the prairies lying beyond.'

By this time the guide was ready to resume the journey. The treacherous mate who had bound and set afioat the victim of his wily plottings, had not removed from the boat any of Hamley's outfit. As he was fully armed himself, he paid no attention to what the little craft contained.

This was a fortunate circumstance. A gowd rifle and plenty of ammunition were just what the men needed, and when ne had taken them from the boat Dan directed that Hamley should mount his horse.

Remonstrances were useless, and within half an hour from the landing of the castaway the party was moving up the river at as rapid apace as the moonlight and the uneven lay of the land would permit.

Two hours passed, and the scout suggested that they should stop for a little time, until he could investigate, for they were not far away from the Indian camping ground.

They had stopped in a cut or ravine, lying between two bluffs, and Dan Gleason told the two men to remain there until lie ascended one of the bills, from which elevation he could overlook the plateau beyond.

The ranger crept rapidly up the steep, uneven side of

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bluff, and had nearly

reached a point Iroiu which he intended to make the survey, when he was startled by the crack of several rifles below, followed by the dash of horses' feet upon the rocky valley, and such demoniac yells as can only come from the throats of the Sioux.

Valentine aud Hamley had been attacked nothing could be more certain That both bad not fallen under the volley the yelping after the flying steeds indicated. Had they fallen, such a demonstration would not have been mide. 'We have got into the meshes of the red heathen a little sooner than I looked for,' the scout muttered to himself, 'and I must be on the track of the dogs.'

Gleason was too familiar with border tactics in the management of savages to lose any steps, and instead of rusbin down the bluff the same way he ha come up, be made long strides across its surface, believing that the fugutives would circle around the hill and come oat on the westward side.

Onward, downward, the scout went for perhaps a hundred yards, when be brought upas quickly as though he bad run square into the face of a stone wall. A dark object crossed his path but a few feet before bim, and Dan cocked and leveled bis rifle, with the finger pressing the trigger.

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A coarse, harsh laugh fell upon the ears of Mabel at the same instant that she saw the grim face of Ltnas appear among the bushes in frout of her.

The man stepped quickly out before the frightened girl, and, lifting bis hat mechanically, said: 'I'm glad to meet you, Miss, what's yer name, but where are yer attendants)?'

Mabel shrank back without replying to the fellow's words, and would have fled from the spot bad she dared to turn ber back to the confederate of Vioan. •Yer not inclined to talk, I see, but I should think ye might be civil enough to answer a simple question. Ye left the boat with company, and I'd like to know what has become of the fellers what attended ye hitberward.

Still Mabel was silent, and by backward steps was attempting to get away from the ooarse man. 'Don't try to give me the slip, old gal,' the mate continued, 'for ye can't come such a dodge on me, I heard yer father blazin'away about me to the captain, and so long as ye know that I was.workin' agin ye. we may as well oome to an anderatanain' at once. Ye ain't a goln' to git out of my clutches until I find the man who baa a legal right to ye, or who will bave soon.'

Mabel's face crimsoned at these rough words, and ber eyes flashed with anger.

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With these words, Mabel turned and ran like a fawn down the bank of the river. Her spirit had been aroused, and she ventured now what she dared not attempt at first. Linaa plunged after the gtrl with more agility than bis stocky frame would indicate that he possessed.

Mabel had a few feet the start, and at first made more rapid headway than the

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ursuer, but toon the bushes grew more and her dress caught every instant upon the brambly shrubs and checked her flight.

Adoxen rods had been passed over when the frightened girl beard the heavy step of Linaa olose upon her track All hope of escaping htm in this manner vanished, and she instantly stopped and faced the brute again.

The man was in a rage now, and determined to have no more trouble with the girl in that way.

He advanced until he was close upon the fugitive, and then ruthlessly caught Mabel's arm in bis heavy band and held ber fast.

The terrified girl gave a wild cry for help, not knowing' what she did, and struggled desperately to free herself from the villain's grasp. 'Ye can't come that, ye wildcat beau ty,' Llnas puffed. 'I've got ye and shall look right .careful after yer safety, bet high on that. Gome along now, resistsnae don't work with me.' 'Dat's what ye say of yerself, Capen, but ye's mistaken 'dis time.'

The mate turned at the sound of the voice, and Mabel uttered a prayer of thanksgiving.

Flip stood there with a revolver leveled square upon the breast of the captor.

Llnas threw out his arm to knock aside the. weapon, but the negro boy was too quick for. him. Darting back a step he avoided the blow, and cried out: 'You take dat bloody hand off Missus, or I'll bore a bole clean through you afore you're a minute older. Drop dat hand I say.'

Flip Was on the alert the man did not obey bim, and was preparing for defense and he did not hesitste to make good bis threat. A flash, a sharp report, and the burly boatman swayed an instant in the air, then, with a gasp, fell dead at the feet of Mabel. The bullet had pierced his heart. 'What have you done?' the girl cried, springing forward and grasping the hand of the faithful boy, and thinking only of the peril Flip had plaoed himself in, should the death of Ltnas be traced to his hand. 'What has I done, missus? Wy, I's done just what dat Valentine hunter man told me to, when he give me dis hyar thing, I's defended you. Mis Mabel, an' ae Lor' knows I'd do dat if I loss my life by it.' 'Prudence is important as well as bravery, my faithful friend,' Miss Hamley returned, feelingly. •I know dat, but dey has jus' got to keep deir dirty han's off from ye, missus, or go to de debbil at once. I don't fool when it comes to dem sort of things, Missus.' 'You are right, Flip,' Mabel acknowledged, to cut short the dialogue upon that subject 'but did you get the rifle for which vou went back?' 'No we had better be on de lookout. I got back dere all right, and looked all around over de ground where de rnen lay, but de gun was gone. "Dat man what put de oder fellers to sleep has took it," I said to myself and just den I heard a paddle in de water, and presently dat scalper what went after de horses come up aud began to examine dem sleepin' men. I was jus' makin' ready to pop him over when Vican and de odder feller groaned out and riz up. Deir bonds was cut by the red nigger, and I didn't dare tackle all three on 'em, case all was armed, so I jist watched to see what dey did. 'Dey swore powerfully, Missus, about aleepin' so, ana said dat wooly pated boy played de mischief. I didn't feel inclined to dispute de lie, so lay quiet and dey took de boat and come down de ribber, cos dey said we bad 'scaped in our boat dat way. 'Then we must have left the river just in time to prevent meeting the Indians?'

Just in time, Miss Mabel, and lucky, too.' 'They will be after us now, Flip: what shall we do?' •Dey don't know where we is. 'Your pistol shot must have told them.' 'By jumpin gingoes, dat's so. missus I nebber thought of dat. Let's run for de bluffs.' 'You needn't mind running just now, pets,' came a stern voice, and, before the couple could fully realize who Vad made reply, Vican, witb his two confederates, sprang out. from the bushes before them.

Flip took in the situation before many seconds ol time had parsed, and acted as quickly. Liftins: his revolver be fired hastily Wind wildly until all the chambers were emptied, and then took to his heels, seeing that not one of the trio fell, and that weapons were lifted against bim-

He did not desert Mabel through any fear that barm might come to himself, but with a view of being able to aid the ladv he so worshiped.

He knew that if he remained at Mabel's side his life would be taken, and then there would be an end to his work for her at liberty he could trail the kidnappers, and perhaps rescue the captive.

As Flip bounded

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The boy was a good runner, bnt the red man in pursuit be soon found to be more than a match for him.

Every ten feet or less the Sioux gave out a piercing call whoop, and presently Flip beard it answered by several of the tribe, and finally the tramping of horses' feet. 'Dis won' do,' he soliloquized, 'I must get rid of de red nigger at my heels, or he will call de whole pack down on me.'

Dropping flat upon the earth as be passed over a little knoll, and lifting his rifle, be drew as good sight as the moonlight would allow, and fired as the Indian unsuspectingly came over the elevation.

The shot was a lucky one for Flip with a fierce bowl the overanxious Sioux fell dead. ..

The fugitive waa now undiscovered. The Indians were coming on in that direction, but the one who had directed their course by the call whoop was now silent.

Believing that the troopers woala sflclc to the valley with tbeir horses, Flip determined to make his way up the bluff and take the chances there.

He reached a position half way up the hillside before stopping. Here he paused and listened, but all bad become quiet below not a sound reached his ear aa coming from human lips, nor was the tread of bones' hoofs longer to be heard.

For half an hour Flip sat and listened. •Guess dey's gone, sure pop,' be mut­

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'No man has a legal right to dictate to me, or to detain me against my will but my father, and I shall not remain here to listen to more of your insult.'

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tered to himself, 'an' it's time for dis obile to be movln' an', see whst's become of Miss Mabel.'

Flip crawled out of a rooky recess he bad entered, and stsrted down the decline, but be bad not advanced far when be stopped again and whispered to him-

•What was dat?'

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two or three

shots followed and harmlessly passed the boy, and then the Indian started in pursuit.

Flip had so far only used his revolver his rifle was loaded, and to the heavy weapon fee clung as he swept along at the base of a towering bluff.

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A dozen guns had been discharged in the ravine at the left. •I'll bet dat wild man what set us free is given de red niggers de whole contents of Missus' repeatin' rifle,' the boy continued. 'It 'pears de scalpers hain't gone yet.'

His soliloquy was interrupted by the sppearanoe of a tall man coming hastily down the hill directly toward the spot where he was standing.

The moon's rays fell upon the advancing figure, and Flip saw that it was a white man, and started to meet him. Then he paused suddenly for the new comer bad raised his rifle.

Flip dodged behind a rock just in time to save bis life, and cried out: 'Dont shoot* massa white man, I'a a colored oitizen huntin' for a white lady 'mong de whoopers don't shoot, massa.'

A moment later and Flip was being anxiously Interrogated by Dan Gleason, the soout. [TO BE CONTINUED.]

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