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misunderstood the man who had made this brll-
tai assertion The Indians hand unconsciousIy
sought the handle of his scaIping knife, while
his limbs qttivered in the ferocity Of his Joy his
sunken eye starteG-a gleam of triumph shot e.
:. cross the Eneaments of his sJyarhy face-his
whole being denoted the grati6easion of deep
lily cherished desire1
''Shal it be so! % he asked, as he looked stead-
lily into the others face, with savage glare.
i "It shall ~ replied the other. r.
+ 'You swear it2"
Il swear!''
Enough! the maiden shall be yours, though
Upas perish! Tomorrow night will again be
here. Look for me not across the waters; for the
ear of the guard below is quick; and his rif6
4 sure. Vpas will choose path known but to
himself! and with light bound the Indian 1ras
lost amid the mazes of the forest.
OSBORNE stood for some time; absorbed in deer
contemplation. The rustling of the trees around
him' caused by the rising wind started him from
his revere. He cast suspicious glnnce about
him as he mtittered-
Il will attempt it, desperate though il be, and
abide the issue. If this savage devil can obtain
! Walter afterwards, well and good it may ana
swer my purpose all the better. If not, what
care L -! so once get in possession Of the girl,
Upas and his whole tribe may sink nto-''The
words were lost in the distance, as he stalked a.
way, and entered rude stone e6ificc that lay t0
the south ofRed Bank:
| No sooner had he disappeared; than the form
of UPas again emerged from the dense foliage,
close to the spot vacated by Osborne. His pers
son seemed now dilated with some mighty pas
sion-he grasped his tomahawk with desperate
energy from his wampum belt, and seemed
resolved upon hurting it after the retreating
Colonel.
"Aha Colonel Osborne y he cried; exultinsI
ly "lhe fox sleeps not though he is out Of sight,
she of the dark hair shall never be thine-though
Walter Carlton shall be maine! The bones of
my murdered father cry from the grave for iTenH
geance-and he shall have it! Shade Of my
slaughtered sire; hear and record my oath -
Never may thy son know rest-ncver may the
bright-eyed maiden of his race smile again upon
hinl-never may the brave warriors of his tribe
grasp again his hand in anlity, until the reeking
scalp OF thy murderer hangs high within his
wigwam; and he has blood for blood! Father,
thy Upas swears to aFenge theeH'
With hollow; suppressed yell, the savage
sprang down the deep decliviy, and the next in-
stant in his light canoe, Upas was swiftly gliding
across the new moonlit waters of the Delaware.
Leaving the Indian to pursue his course, VIC
will return to Ida Preston. s,
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imagine the variety of tuuultuous emotions
which actuated the thoughts and feelings of the
suffering fair one after she parted with Walter
Carlton. eickening sensation cf loneliness
came over her, notwithstanding she was SUR
rounded by near relatives and valued frends.--
Her mind was in continual state of suspense
Would her friends prosper in their noble under.
taking? would the sanguine struggle leave Waia
ter unscathed? were the inquiries of her inter-
ested bosom. After she had arrived at her rec
lative.s, and unfolded the tidings of the fierce
strife that was about being enacted by her coun-
trynen, her uncle thought their present resi-
dence unsafe, it being not more than hall. mile
from the shore. and resolved upon removing to
country seat farther into the interior, and con-
sequently preparations were Immediately made
for the evacuation; and oh the day following tbs
removal was in rapid progress. 1t was by this
manpuvre that Upas had failed in his first at
tempt to discover the retreat Of Ida.
On the evening of the day Gil which they had
taken possession of their new tenement, as the
uncertain glilnmerings of twilight, rendered all
objects indistinct and indefinite, Ida was slowly
pacing the neatly gravclied garden walks in
deep meditative mood, her abstract appearance
denoting that her thoughts were upon other
scenes than those around herr when she was
suddenly ALARMED by the rustling Of some shruT
berry at her side, and she had time Tor thought
or action, the form of Upas the Indian stood be&
fore her! Her first impulse was immediats
flight, and she made faint effort to this effect,
when the quick hand of the Indian was lightly
laid upon her arm, and in a low tone he bade her
pause,
'Fear noti Upas comes not. to harm the
dark eyed maiden !'' said the Indian, in a low
and almost inaudible tone. ~
"From whence art thou2' tremblingly inGdir-
ed Ida.
"From the banks whose sands are like to the
skin Of the Indian!'
'The cause that brought thee from thy peo4
ple?' asked Ida
"She whom the pale faces cali Ida" replied
Upass .a
"And who Sent theet" ..t
'tWalter Carlton"
'Indeed!''
"Aye, it's so!'' s-f
'FThen why came not Walter"
'.The white warrior tarries with his people,
the war cloud threatens, and he feared to leave
them without his counsel. The red-coat is on
the trail to thy present home. and thy pale-faced