The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-10-11
der of bis stay at Moro,n added .Mr.

both father and daughter in an animated
conversation . then Idancedfsw the
latter, growing momentarily more intox-
icated with the loneliness of her person
and the amiability other mind. During
a pause NTH dance, the padre touched
me on the arm, and whispered that he
had discovered the man who had bought
his horse. an. a.
eWhere Pr 1 asked. .
"There by the door. He has been
cycling you for this ~halfhour."
"That cannot be my mountainecr, be-
cause his whiskers are of a differant hue"
I remarked, -
aBoth false, my friend. Whether
your mo~untaineer and the fellow who
bought my horse are the same, I cannot
tell but thatis my man, added the
lpadre, in q positive tone.z I then direct
ed the attention of Miss Bonny towards
the indiyidualin question. rss -
"Did you ever see him before |" 1
inquired. She remained silent a mo-
ment, regarding him very attentively..
81 think have she said but
where I:d9s not now reinemheE. T. ssi@ +"
"Tax your memory somewhat" 7 OBJ.
| It is the mountaineer, y she rejoined,,
in a1ewer tone "and yethe is singu9
Iarly changed in appearance 1 fear his
presence here portends no good, shall
speak to my father and go home at once"
AT that1instant there arose.a tumult
without. Navajoes + Nayajoes -
reached our ears. There-w was evidently
a stampede-the Indians were driving
off the cattle and horses. Immediately
there was a general rush toward the
scene of disturbance, and I ran with the
others to defend the property of the iciti-
zens. Such deseents upon the villages
by the NaYajoes, Eutaws, and Apaches,
were quite common, and many lives had
been lost in ~repelling them and innu-
merable herds driven away to the noun
tains. Indeed the Indians have made,
first and last, sad work with the towns
of Northern Mexico, and their names
have become a sound of terror.
We reached the spot in time to pre-
vent, in a measure, the full catastrophe
of q stampede, and to send several eff
fective bullets among the thieves. We
suffered no harm, save a few t%rifing flesh
wounds from arrows and spears. We
hastened back from the foray to. finish
off the fandango in. proper style. Not
until we had nearlysreached the door,
did Iobserye that the mountaineer was
of our party. The fact gave me con,
siderable nneasiness. Il spoke oft to
the padre, and it put him in. great fear
that his horse-stealer had eluded him.
The rapid rattle and ~clatter of hoofs at
that crisis drew our attention. HSF
"That sounds like the tramp of my
horse" said Gardette.
I hurried into the room where the la
dies had been left, but one hasty. glance
around assured me that Edith was not
there. l ran and met Mr.. Benny a trthe
door. sl..a1-ss - e+a=z z.sars Q
/" Where is your daughter, sir Pr I
n%eryously enquired. - d5egd 5a5
"Sher should be here,n was the reply.
"She is not" l returned s"I fear
that all is not right. Ladies, have you
seen Miss Bonny within a few minutes?"
The damsel with whom I had danced,
said she has gone out with several 9TH
ers, md presumed she had set out for
home. Ha1zes ae.s5t
" / left my horses hitched at the cor
cal, close at hand" said Mr., Bonny.-l
" Let us see if they are there" We
went to the corral, but neither of the
horses were to be seen. We then run
toward the rancheria-that is, the pad
re, Nh. Benny and myself-impelled by
a common feeling that there had been
foul play. The bride path4it was lit
tie better-folIowed the general course
of the Rio Moro, had various winding
and turnihgs and numerous. diyerging1
paths.@After running about half a mile,
we came to quite an eminen cepon which
was a large and high rock, upon which
7 clambered, and saw to mys1eft, in the
direction of the mouutains,s the outlines
of fgures1on horseback pace. The pa
DIRE fwho prided himself onhfs sharp eye:
sight) was 500 at my side, andydeclared
that one. of the figures was, Miss Bonny, /
'Nand theaother,p he added with much
i'll humor, els the villainouus mountain
Ger upon my horse, in pursuit. s5n1
a ".IfEdith had a fair start and a clear
road, she viii distance him." said Mr..
Borny confidently. los
"She seems to have divel ged from the
L remarked.
"She was probably forced to do so
by the nearness of the. pursuit; or think
perhaps that she might elude him
altogether by leaving the path which he
naturally must suppose she Sould take.
[ cannot comprehend the mean,
of this" the father rejoined.
THE man in pursuit is the same from
whose impertinence l relieved your
laughter a few days ago-doubtless the
.eader of the band of robbers"
That explains it; there is indeed dan
ger. Let us hurry on" [ needed no
and by dint of exertion soon left
friends far in the rear. Inthe course
If half an hour [ came to a corral near
the base of the hills at the left from the
There were severalShorses in
he enclosure. Seeing a,lariat hanging
lpon q stake, 5Ieaught an animal at
slipped II about his neck and
over his nose, and leading him from the
mounted without stopping to con-
sider his qualities. My selection proved
an unhappy one; young horse that had
not been broken to human servitude.-I'
He ran some fifty rods in the right di-
and then stopping suddenly
tried to pitch me over his head among
the rocks. I chung to him desperately,
his kicking and plugging, when,
IN defiance of my exertions, he struck
off towards the mountains, diverging
greatly from my intended course Away
he dashed, with his head down, and his
ears laid back, yer every obstacle, into
dark ~ravine, up asteep ascent, across a
chasm oJouu the edOe of the nreciDice /,