Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-05-21

apcc stepped forward, and, ID polite and def
ensial manner, offered bis haai to tie different
senales, TO assist them on board. The hand
aE Blanche was Tue last 10 touch his--anl then
ppt slightly, as she sprung quickly and Light
/ ~ TO The deck-but close observer might
nave detected the slight lush which nllntled
| iis noble, expressive loatares, ais his eve for ii
single instant met hers. She might herself haze
seea it, perhaps she da-but there was no
corresponding glow ou her o8n bright, pretty
1sees az she inquired, III the calm, dignIied tone
q cue having The right to pat the question, aud
W1o might also have been aware OF the ifeaaal-
ity Of position between herself and him sAe al
dressed.
Eugene, i everything prepared f9r a8r de-
pasture? q viii aot do fof cur b5ai Is spriag y
leak again, as il did coming down the KanalYiia
--.er It Fiil not be safe for Us, am told, 10
/ toach either shore between the diiFerenent forts
aaa trading posts on our routc, this side of our
asstina,ion,-- the fails Of the Obio.
NJ, indeed rejoined her auot, quiekiy;
~ viii be as much as your lives are worth TO
venture foot from tbe main current Of the
/ lUsao-tor news reached US only the other day,
that many boats had been attacked this spring.
| md several lost, With all on board.
I
nassege of slss Befirsid than myself, = ferllied
issseae, u a deferential tone; sand since our
agsYal here, have left nothing uadone that
ll724gl.t might possibly add to ber security aud
oonfart' y
bat is true, TO rny personal knowledge
Joined IN the unelo OF Blanche; ssand tfank
yo'i, Mr.. Fairfax, 10 behalf OF my fair knswo-
mar There will, perhaps he pursued, s.be
10 sfeAt danger, 50 long as you keep ia fhe cur
reGt; hat your watch must not be neglected
teF : single nsouIent, either night o. day; and
do not, | most solemly ebaFge and warn you,
uaier aRJ circumstances, or on any rrelepee
Whatsoever, suffer yourselves to be deeoyed to
| ei,Aer shoge."
hoFe we understand oGr duty better,
t5s.aasl, sold one ef the men, respectfully
81 dqabt il uoi," replied the celunauder of
The Points 2 bellcve you are all saithfpl and
tFlie nen; or you would not have baen selected
by she agent of Colonel Bertrand, FOR taking
dogn more precious freight than you ever car
nee oefare; but stili the wsest and the best of
lp5st earnest appraiser humanity. LII aiiIaf Fsf
stand what mean! White men, apraFen,lg Ia
iLe greatest distress, viii hail yeQr boat, rep
resent themselves as having just escaped from
TIE Indians, and beg OF you, for he lose ef
GoI, IN the most plteous tones to come to their
relief; bat turn a deaf ear to tEem-to e.lcb and
all Of them -eYeu should you know Le Plead
ersio be Of your own kin: for 10 such ease
yoaF owa brother night deceive ebn--not 8il-
fully age voluntarily, perhaPs--bRt because cf
bong goaded on Is tue sagages, themselves
c0aeeals1. Yes, such ihiags have been Eaown
3 oae ftond being thus used to igre auother
ID his asstfuction aud 50 be cautious, yigilant,
brave aud lrne, aud may The good God keep
you all from h9rns..>
AS he finished speaking, Blanche proceeded
to take an aifeetonaie leave Of all, receiving
/ many tender message for her parents from
these who held them in love and venerasion
aud the boat swung out, aud began to foat
down with the current, now fairly entered up
on the most dangerous portion OF a long and
perlous journey.
The father of Bunch, Colonel Philip Bertrand
was native Of Virginia, and a descendant Of
one Of The Hugucupf refugees, Who fed fsonl
their native land after the revocation of Tie
edel OF Naniz in 1865. lie had been an elI.-
eet Of some note during the Revoiu;oa-a
warm political and per5oDal friend of tho au-
thor OF the Dee ardtion Of Independenae-ana
q gentleman wao had always stood high IL the
esteem of his associates aud cotemporaEics
Though at one tino man Of wealth, Gelaaolt
Bertrand had lost much, and suffered much,
through British Invasion; an,l when, shortly ~
Ter the close OF the var, he had met with q few
more serious revcFses, he had been fain ta ae-
cept grant Of land, near the Falls OF lie 0aia,
now Louisville, tonlored hin by Virginia, which
then held jurisdiction over the entire territory
now constituting tile State Of Kentucky.
The grant had decided the Colonel upon
seeking his new possessions and building up u
new home in the then Far West, AMI as his
wife had Insisted upon accompanying him On
bis first tour, he had assenled to her desire, on
condition that Blanche should be left among
her friends, till such time as place eonld be
prepared which might 10 some degree be con-
sldcfod fit ;t5cde for Que so carefully and ten
DERBY reared.
Blanche would gladly have gone with her
parsut5, but on this point her father had been
MISUNDERSTANDING that she would have TO
remain at the East TIL he should see proper TO
send for her, and as lie was man of positive
character, aud rigid disciplnarian, the mat
ter had been settled without argument.
When Colonel Bertrand removed to the
West, Eugene Fairfax, as we have seen, accom-
panied him: and coming of &c shortly after,
he la i accepted the liberal offer of his noble
beaelactor, to remain with him in the capacity
Of private secretary and couiilential agent
Ga taking possession of his grant, the Colonel
/ had almost Immediately erected fort, aud ef-
fcred such inducements to settlers as TO speedily
collect around him quito little community
of which, us matter cf course. he became the
head aud chief, aud to supply the wants Of his
own family and ethers, and increase his gains
in q legitimate way, he had opened astore, and
filed il with goods from the Eastern marts,
waich goods were transported by land oyer the
mountains to the Kanawha, aud thence BY wat-
er 10 tlie Falls Of the Ohio, whence their reno-