Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-05-26
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8 ak may NA1r ktnsaunaa1s. There will, per
j hmp@ BID pursued, ssEse mo graak danger
40 laag ~ yea ksap ii the csrrssst baI
ypszT wa4uaa Eaast net be aegieesel fos !
4 Bangls smoaaans, either night tg day; ant
3 DO nsts moss saaamnly charge ana wagf
yon, uhdeF amY circumstances, Or am
pxessn@e Whatsoever, suffer yNaFsesva d
Q 10 be deeoysd 10 either shore lss
D II hope we understand our duty bet.
= tse, Coloael !" said one os she men, re,
spscagnil So
81 doaba il not, !" replied the eom.
= mandsg Of the Poin1; So believe yoa are
= al faithful and true men, or yea would
act have been selected by the agent oi
Colonel Bertrand, for taking down moFe
Epreeions freight than You ever carried
Q before; but aEill the wiseSt and the best
a Of men have loSa their liYes by giving
, aaF to the most earnest appeals Of hu-
mAuikY. You understand what mean I
/ White men, appaFently in the greatest
distress, will bail yoaF boat, represent
themselves as having iuss escaped from
] tue Indians aksSl beg of yUu, for she love
uf Cod, la &he most piteoas tones, TO
come TO their relief; bat aurn 3 deaf
j ear 70 theHas--&0 each and all Of tbem-
! even SHOULD you know the pieaders 70 be
Of Jour own kin for in such d case your
own brother might deceive yog-not will
fully and voluntarily, poEhaps-but be-
cause Of being gosded 90 by the sayages,
themselves concealed Yes, such things
hare been known as one Friend being
thus used to laRe another 10 his desGruo.
ton; and 90 be cautious, vigiIant, brave
aad true, and may the good God keep
you from ell harna 80
4 As ha finished speaking, Blanche pro.
eesded TO take aa afEeoti oaaEe leave Of
all, receiving many . tender message for
heT parents from those who held ttlpm
in love and geneEatIou; and the boat
gwung out, and began to ioat down With
she current, now fairly entered upon she
most dangerous portion Of 6 long peril
cas- journey.
The father Of Blanche, Colonel Philip
! Bertrand, was q native Of Virginia, ant
q descendant of one Of the Huguenot ref
agees, who fed from their native land
after the FeY0eatiou Of che edfcs Of Nanfx
! in 1905. He had been an officer Of some
/ note during the Fevolusion--a warm po.
litioal aud personal friend OF the author
Of the Declaration Of indspendeuce-aH
q gentleman who had always stood high
/ in she esteem Of bis associates and co.
temppFagiss.
Though at one time q man Of wealth,
Colonel Bertrand had lost much, and
suffered much, through British invasion;
snd when, shoPtiy after the close Of the
wag, be had mor with few more seri-
Gus TsEegsesy he had been fain TO accept
6 grant Of land, near the Falls OF the
/ Ohio, asw Louisville, tendered him By
Virginia, which then held jurisdiction,
over the entire territory now constituting
the State Of kentacky.
Ths grant Aal decided che Coiansl ap-1
on seeking his new; possessions and build /
ing up q now home in the then Par West,
and as his wife lad insiaIed upon ae-
eomRanying him qH hla hEs& tour, he had .
asseRted to her desiFe, oR condition that /
Blanche should be left amoRg hor friends /
It'll such time as d place could be PEE I
parsd whish Raigbt in sumo degree he :
oonsi dared q dt sAsds for one 90 care /
fully and tandarly reared.
Blanche would gladly hare Eaas with !
hsT parents; but on this poInt en- father /
had bseA Observation-Disclosures that she /
vr@~al& Aez@ Raases@saa-. "a aha EasA rtlf he /
should SEQ proper to send For hery @aa4
as hs was q man OF positive character, !
and rigid diseiplinaFiau, the matter
had been settled Without argument.
When Colonel Bertrand removed 10 /
the West, EugeAs Fairfax, as va have !
seen, accompanied him : and coming Of .
age shortly after, he had accepted the /
Liberal offer Of hls noble benefactoF, 20
remain with him in the capacity Of pEl-
yate secretary and oQnadential agent /
On taking possession Of his grant, tRa
Colonel had almost Immediately crested !
. Fort, and offered such Inducements to
settlers as - speedily cQlleet around hlm
quite liEtlo oommuRity-at which, as
matter Of course, be beeam2 the head
and chief and to supply the wants Of
his OWE family and others, and increase
his gains la q legitimate way, be had
opened a store, and filled il with goods
from the E&stern marts, which goods
were transported By Land ever the noun
tains 10 the Kanawha, and thence by wa
ter to the Falls Of the Ohio, whGaee
their removal to Fort Bertrand became
an easy matter. To puEcAase and ship
these goods, and deliver a package 0f
Letters 90 friends ia the Esst, Eagepe
had been thrice dispatehed--hls third
commission aIso extending 30 the escort
Ing Qf the beautiful heiTess, With her
servants, to her neW homG. This Last
commission had been 80 tar executed at
the limo chosen for tbs opening Of cur
story, as to bring the different parties to
the mouth Of che great kanawbA, whence
ths reader has seen them slowly floating
of upon the still, CLASSY bosom Of ''the
belle Of rivers"
The dag, which vas sn suspicious ona,
passed without anything occurring yoF-
Thy Of note, until near four o'closk, when,
"a Blanche vas standing on ths fore part
Of the deck gazing at the lovely scene
which surrounded her, she say . se8m
iRgly Tying body suddenly leaFe limh (
OF gigantic tree, lwhnse mighty
branches extended far over the riveT,
and near which the boat was then swayed
By the action Of the current and ahght
with a crash upon che deck OF the boat,
not more than eight feet from her. One
glance suf6oed to show what the objcot ,
was, and to freeze the blood in her veins. /
The glowing eyes Of huge panthsr met 4
her gaze, The auddennsss Of tbs shock /
which this discovery gaYe her was over
powering. With deafening shrek she |
fell upon her knees and olasped hsE hands /
before her breast. The panther erouehsd /
fOr his deadly leap, but ere he sprang, /
the hunting knife Of Eugene Fairfax
twbo, with the ateersman, was the only |
person on desk besides RlaRehs,l Was !
buried 10 the hilt in his side, inaicting
a severe bat not fatal wound. The in-
furiatsd beast ct once turned upon Eu-
kaue, and de&dly struggle ensusd.--I
But IL was Q short oae. The polish I'd
blade Of the knife played back and forth
slike lightning flashes. and at every
plunge It was huFled to the hilt ia the
panEher's body, who saon fell 10 hadeok,
dragging the dAankless Eugene with him.
On seeing bar protector fall Blanohs ut-
tered another shrfak and rushed 70 his
aid; but assistance from stoRter arms
was cd hand. Tha boatman gathered
round, and the savage aaoassor was liter
ally hacked in pieces VITA their Knives
and hatehets, and Eugene, covered with
blood vas dragged from under nis oar
eass. Supposing hin Sc be dead OF naer-
tally wonnded, Blanche threw her aFms
around his neck aad gaye way 50 : pas
sionate burst OF grisf. Bat be was noe
dead--hs vas not even hurt, with tbs
exception Of o few slight scratches, Tbs
blood with which be was eoye cred was the
/ pAnther'a, nos his own. Bui Blangha's
| embrace Was his own--A priceless treas