Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1852-03-18
ORIGINAL STORY.
THE WHITE FAwN.
WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FoR
THE JOURNAL AND UNION, BY MARIE.
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"That id Injun varmint?" exclaimed one
oi the party, "ef he's the one We mean, good
lady, we've Jest dispatched his lordship to the
dsVirs court, where, think, he should have
6esn, some time ago."
can, be the holy Virginl have We no more
pOlitheneSs than TO be tslkin' in this manner in
Che presence Of lady9 An sure, an we have
kilt the red devil, RRdssn; an, bO the Hdy
Mother who has sent us hithcr, there's not a
hair Of your head that shall be harmed by ony
one of this band"
Snow, Patrick, if you are through, think
we had better try and strike fire and proceed
to make the lady as comfortable as possible;" I"
end tall, noble looking man, VINO seemed 10 be
the commander Of the crowd, and had already
embossed the wretched Emma, stepped forth and
procured some blankets from their baggage,
which was short distance behind, OH their
mules, and spread as comfortable pallet as was
possible in that cold and cheerless spot. Re-
stored to comparative happiness by the death of
Big Injun, and the timely rescue oil these stran-
gers, poor Emma felt more comfortable than she
had thought she ever should again, and while
they went 10 prepare fire and something 10 eat
she, overcome with fatigue, and now so fee
BILE that she thought she could never again re-
vive, fell into troubled and feverish slumber.
The party who had so fortunately come to
the aid of poor Emma now busted themselI es in
preparations for some supper, with hearts as
happy as they were noble, at the thought of the
timely relief they had been able TO offer to a
helpless female.
They were a strong band Of about twenty A
mcrican traders, on their way TO Mexico, and
had turned aside from the highway into this
mountain pass, for the purpose Of eluding the
Indians, who generally infested the borders in
quest of struggling parties, whom they often en-
countered and put TO death. They were pursu-
ing with steady march their way through the
tusky twilight, rendered darker still by the
thick forest which overshadowed them, when
they suddenly encountered Big Iniun prowling
through the thicket, whom they Immediately shot,
thinking he must be deer, or something which
.you!d answer for food, which they were in
search Of, before stopping for the night. What,
then was their surprise, when they reached
the spot and found big Indian in the last ago
mics of death. However, they rejoiced that
they had one esemy less to encounter, and re-
solved to pursue their way; but not without
the fear of encountering, at every step, an ar
nv of the savage foe. In few moments they
saw a glimmering light through the trees, and
quite certain, then, that the comrades Of the In
dian they had killed were not far ahead, they
paused to think what they had better do, when
the weeping and woiling Of poor Emma reached
their cars. They crept softly and silently near
er, till they distinctly heard her voice, and see,
ing nor hearing any other human being, they no.
bly, resolved to prepare themselves, and proceed
10 the rescue. On they went, without molesta
tion, for, as the reader is already aware, they
had had no enemy TO encounter, but were lee
on by prOVidential arm, TO restore the helpless
and lost.