The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1854-06-17

There sinking on her knees, she reposed
her forehead against the side ofthe win
dow sill, and nearly sofocated with
smoke, and in q state Of indescribable a.
gony, awaited the consuhmation OF her
fate.
The ascending feet had now reached
the passage without, and in another ms
tant man rushed fearlessly intotheroom.
The blood Of the young girl curdled in
her veins. She mechanically cought the
ledge Of the easement on which her ach-
ing head rested and closing her eyes a.
waited, the bow which should put an end
at once to her misery and her life. But
| in another moment she felt herself firmly
secured in the graspofan encircling arm,
and speedily carried through The chanIb-
| or. A heart rending shrek escaped the
unhappy girl as she opened her eyes
wildly upon her captor
She was in the arms ola gigantic saw,
age. His lopg roren hair was matted
with Blood ahatnhg loosely and disfguv-
ingly oyer bis eyes while his face and
brow we anHqiags from the wounds
! ofothtrs--sllQ aslmltetream that pickl
"a do,gn lis Jheek gave evidence that he
himself hadn0t ascapea
s"Oh my G5d, save me'' exclaimed.
the shv4dermg girl, raising her eyes inn
plonngly to Heaven. From tbat mo-
mont She was insensible to all tliat was
passing.
CHAPTER VII. 1.
s'And was this, chen, the end ofthosc
sweet dreams Of home and happiness
and quiet years n Miss. Laadons q d
Tho-widow's groans and tile orphany
tears
The curse of imperial mind,
II Swelled the chorns ofGarkeued years
That demonhath lqli behinlj
From the duet his hamepred ateeds il
4 hale,
From The blaeAened and blasted sod !,
Thee ofblood, Ikea phantom's wall
Mounts to the Courts Of God.
PAUL II. HoYNa.
! Twilight was fast merging into night
! when q lofty tent might have been seer
+ pitched on The extreme summit af arid
60 obsyond;whgh lay iheiorizon in gold
4 IN beauty. Builaloskins formgda a floor L
r heinclosure and upon these reposed thre
5 human beings. One an Indian--eyiden
. tly of the rauk of a chief--lay at bis laa,
length, his feet reaching beyond thI
: opening, and his head reposing on a pill
!. low, formed Of the furry hides ofother a
: nimals
y AT ia little distance from the savag,
+ we have described sat o woman who's
/, hair comploxion and whole looks be
9 spoke her Indian birth. Her dress wa
q ofthe quality and texture to'mark her a
b the probable wife Of tno chiefwhose com
& paHy shebore. A wooden bowl was a
her side, and from this she was now il
y the act,of feeding herself with a spoon Q
g the same material, bat with sloyenly ne
g gligence indicitiye Of her origin.
d The fathest extremity Of the tent re
d vealed another female, whose appoarane
G denoted herto be ofEuropean extraction
+ She was blue eyed and ofsurpassing fail
j. ness of skin. Her attitude indicated
e mind too powerfully absorbed in greft
d be heedfnl of appearances, for she So
l. with her limbs contracted, and roekin
d her body to and fro with motion tha
g semed to have its origin in no efforts (
e her own. Her long golden hair hun
.e neghgently over aneck Of dazzling Whit
+ ness; and a blanket drawn over the to
e of her head like veil, and extendin
n partly around her person, disclosed hel
Is and there portions Of an apparel whe
G was strictly American though much tori
e A bowl similar to that Of the Indian
III and filled with the same food, was at llC
d side, but this was untasted.
or "Why does the pale face refuse toeatl
G. asked the warrior Of her next to him, {
rs he rolled a volume Of smoke from h
it pipe "make her eat for would speak
a her afterwards"
a "Why does she refuse to eat" eohoe
Of the woman, dropping her spoon as 81
j. spoke and tumingto Che objectofremarl
t.. "It is good" she continued, as she touc
g. ed the arm Of the needless suhere
ne Daughter ofthe pale faces cat"
IN A cry yofanguish burstfrom the lips
le the unhappy girl, as apparently rous'
n. from her abstraction, she suffered Il
le blanket to fall from her head, and starr
n. wildly at her questioner..
rs ''lf the air of the tents not pleasant
er the blossom of the clearings9u asked d