The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-05-13

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} he found the other bdaimen alespinx 20 seuu,
y - 10 require considsEn 81 sAort, q NJ par
J to wake them. AZ 11irnn0 hi
reused, hs Informed epe
for he did not care IL that
heavy fog hsl saddsaIy ~ " ~; j wish.
' their presses % deck, immsG 5atsly
"A fog. Cap'n? sxcIaiaed one, In 8 Ton
hich indicated that he comprshendsd the ps,
{ N with The word
4 Hush returned Eugene; yhsrs d no NJ
csssisy for waking the others. aad hssinss
5000. Up! and follow me, without world
He glidsd back 10 lhe dock, and 80 almos
Immediately joiasd BY the bsAtasn, 70 xhos
he briefly made known his hopes and fears q
They thought, like THAR epmpaniea, sAAa Ii
boAt would Be safest II 10 last tSan over
hanging limb q shs ksat~eky shore; bu
frankly admitted that = eo2I rot nov b
done without dimcuity and danger, and tia
there WAS possibility Of keeping The current
Then make that possibility certainty. An,
u shall be the best nights work you ever -
formed! rsjoined Eugene, Ia quick, sx83tet
tone.
! Wen do the best w can, Cap'n,' IVES III,
| response; but no man can be sartin of the cur
rent Of this here crooked stream in . fogsy
night
long silence followei-ths voysxsrs slow.
y drifting down through mysty darkness i'm.
penetrable 70 the syc--when, suddeuly, our
young commander, who was standing near the
bow, felt the extended branch Of an overhaug-
Ing limb silently brush bis face He started,
with 40 exclamation Of alarm, and IT u same
moment the boatman on the right called out:
Quick, here. boys! we're agin the shore, o.
sure ~ DEATH
Then followed scene Of hurried and anxious
confusion, the voices OF the three boatmen
niingiins togsthsr In loud, quick, excited ionss
Push on the bow! cried one
Quick altogether, now over with her,
shouted another.
The devils In III she's running aground
third.
Meantime the laden boei was brushing alsur
Against projecting ba1h5o and ovsrreaching
limbs, and every moment getting more aud
more entsngled; while the long poles and
sweeps Of the hoatmen, ~ they attempted to
push her Oh. were oflen plunged, without
touching bottom, into whae appeared to be- .
soft, clayey mud, from which they were only
sI.ricstsd BY such an2oDllAy Of strength -
tended still more % Slumsy craft upon
the bank they wiz "a. AT length,
scAfcsiy more than from the 6rst
alarm, there Vas kin4SD eettlinR together,
- Il were, and the boat became fast and im-
movable
The fact Was announced by Dick Winter In
his Characteristic msnner--who added with
IN oath, that it was just what he expected,
For moment or two y dead silence followed,
- II each comprehended that il was . matter
TO be viewed in very setious light.
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Of the land with my feet, said Tom HarriS;
ana forthwith be set about the not very pleas
ant undertaking.
Al this moment Eugene heard bis name pro-
nounced by voice thstseldom failed to excite
peculiar emotion in his breast, and now sent
. strange thrill through every nerve: and hast
sning below he found Blanche, fully dressed,
With light in her hand, standing just outside
~ her cabin, IN tbs regular passage which led
lengthwise through the center Of the boat
I have heard something Eugene, she said,
enough 10 know that We have met with an a.
cident, but not sufficient TO comprehend Is
nature
Unfortunately, about two. hours No. =.
piled Eugene, we suddenly becAae Involved
In dense fog; and In spite Of every pfecaution
and care, We have run aground-it nsy be
against the Ohio shore--t may be against an
island--it is SO dark we cannot tell But be
not alarmed, Miss Blanche, he hurrisdly sd
ded; Il trust we shall soon he aflost again;
though in any event the darkness 10 suficien,
toSconeeal us from the savages, even we're they
in the vicinity
i know little Of Indians, returned Blanche.
but have always understood that they are
somewhat remarkable for their acnteness of
hearing; and IL such is the CASE, there would be
no necessity Of their being very near, 10 be
made aeqpAintcd with our locality, judging
from the leud yoices heard few minutes ago
i fear we've been rather imprudent said
Eugene, In deprecating tone; but in the ex-
His words we're suddenly u ,V..,...
loud voices Of alarm from v,ibAnt followed by
. quick and heavy tramping - = ~ deok
and the next moment Seth znx6Sr - Dick
Winter burst into the passa the former ~
We've run plum into red niggsr's nest
Capn and Tom Harris is already butchsred
and scalpedr
And even ~ be spoke, AS if in confirmation
OF his dreadful intelligence, there arose series
OF wild, piercing, demoniacal yells, followed
BY dead and ominous silence.
30 far We have followed the lovely heroine
and her friends Ia this adventure; but the FORE
going is all that we can publish in our columns
The balance Of the narrative can only be found
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