Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-07-07
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THE PIONEERS oF KENTUCKY.
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BY DR.. J. H. ROBINSON
BY DR.. J. H. ROBINSON.

lueT dSkGu 1uHlS.
i reckon l havn't done anything to Of
fend an honest man, said the scout.
Why did you come here 2 inquired the
girl
] blundered in here by mere accident.
One of our young women has been stolen
away by the Ingins; [ was tryn' to find
her when | stumbled into this curious
place; you know what happened to me ar
ter that. | can't be called no great friend
to your father, because he and Silas Girty
stir up the ShawaDese, Cherokees and
Wyandots, against the new settlements;
and they kill our young men and carry
off our maidens'
They do wrong! they do wrongr ex-
claimed Innis, clasping her hands
Yes, pretty Innis, they do wrong, said
Ballard
4 have often told them so, returned the
girl.
And you did right, added the scout.
HGirty is bad man. continued Innis
He's a renegade = returned the scout.
i am very unhappy added the maiden.
i know that the young women at Boones-
borough and the other stations know more
than l do They have friends to care for
and instruct them, while [ lead this ig-
norant and half savage life
You must 60 to Boonesborough and
live, and persuade your father to be an
honest man. answered Ballard. kindly.
/ must set you at liberty before my
father comes, she added
God bless you said the scout, earnest.
ly.
Innis Mckee approached Ballard, and
with her fathers hunting knife severed
his bonds, and he sprang lightly to his
feet.
There is your rife, said his benefac
tress
i see It; but I don't feel as though !
could go without sayin' few words that
seem to be pressin' up from my heart
You have saved my life, and I thank you
for it, returned the forester, with much
feeling.
You'd better hurry away said Tnuis.
I've been looken at you for good
while, as you sat by the fire, so pensive
and melancholy like, and somehow or 9th.
er took fancy to YOU added the scout
with some hesitancy of manner.
I'm such half savage that don't see
how anybody living could be pleased
wit bme. replied Innis, weeping.
If anybody else should dare to call
you a half savage, [ reckon they'd never
do it again in my hearing returned Bal
lard, emphaticaly The fact is. YOU suit
me exactly, and I hope you'll excuse me
for sayin' so. You see I'm a pIain-speak
in man, and say what I mean and mean
honest l don't want to make YOU blush
nor be for'rad on short acquaintance; but
if you shouldn't take likin' to me. I'm
sure that in the course of natur somethin
will break
The bold scout laid his hand on his
heart; as if to intimate that the 'somethin'
which might be expected to break, was
in that particular locality
DO 90, Mr. Ballard. for I don't feel as
though l ought to stand talking with YOU
here. It's not likely we shall ever meet
again, said Innis.
I should feel very sorry if I thought
so, because l shan't never forget vour
handsome face | shall think about YOU
when I'm in the wilderness all alone in
the day time when the sun is shinin. on
the flowers and in the night time when
the moon and stars are lookin' down on
my lonely campin' ground. You nav
think this sounds kind O. strange and wild
like, seem as we never met afore. but
such things has happened often, as 1 have
read in books
i should like to hear you speak in such
pleasant way if you wasn't in so much
danger; but had rather you would 90. as
my father may return any moment, and
Girty may perhaps come with him. re
sumed Iunis.
/ will 90, but shall come to see YOU
again, said Ballard, moving towards the
open air. The scout paused and turned
once more towards his benefactress
I hope this affair wont get you into any
trouble he added, thoughtfully.
Don't think of me; I shall do very
well,' returned Innis, hastily.
If you should ever want protector
or feel the need of a friend, let me know
it, and III 90 through FIRE and water tC
serve you he added and invoking g
hearty blessing upon Innis Mckee, he
glided quietly out of the cavern, and tht
cool free air of heaven kissed his brow.
As he hurried from the hills, he forgot
the dull ache oecasioned by the blow upor
his head, and thought only of the rene
gade's daughter, whose beauty had quite
conquered him. He resolved to seek bel
again at the earliest opportunity, and dc
all in his power to make favorable i'm
preston upon her young heart.
However incongruous it may appear tc
the reader, ii is true that the scout NUT
tered to himself as he moved along, that
be knew when he set out that something
would certainly break Aud this refec
ton seemed a source Of great comfort tc
the woodsman, for it deepened bis faitL
in the strength and aeuteness Of his in
tuitions