The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-22

tort behind them II cannot bear 10 let you .o'
tor IL seems 10 me as IL something were going TO
happen to yon. aud when feel that way, some.
thing does happen suq-.
well aunt,' returned Blanche, with a light
laugh, Il doubt not in the least that something
viii happen--ior expect some Of these days To
reach my dear fa.her and blessed mother and
give them such an embrace ss IL due from duti-
fui daughter to her parents-and that will be
something that has not happened Tor two long
years al least"
&" but don't mean that, blanche" returned tile
other. somewhat petulantly, "and you just laugh
like gay and thoughtiess girl when you ought
to be serl9us. Because you have come safe thus
far. through partially settled country you think
perhaps sour own pretty face will ward oil dan
ger i'll tue more perious wilderness--but warn
you that fearful journey is before you! Scarce
Iy boat descends the Ohio, that does not en-
counter more OF less peril from the sasages that
prowi along either shore; and some OF them that
| go down freighted with human life, are heard of
no more, and none ever return to tell the tale
But Why repeat this to me, dear an.tr ietnrn-
! ed BaGch, with 4 more serious air. when You
know it is my destiny, either gooi or bad to at
| Tempt the yoyage' My parents have sent for me
! TO join them in their home and 1t is my duty
| ~ go to them, be the peril what II may"
"Yoa never did know what il WIS to fear.' put.
| sued the good woman, rather proudly. "No,' she
| repeated, turning to the Others blanche Ber-
| trand never did know what it vas to fear, he'
! ieve."
the matron, the brother of Blaaehs's mother, the
! commander of the station, and the niiddte-aged
| gentleman mentioned as one oil the party
. lrue daughter of a true solder. Her father, Col.
lnip Bertrand, God bless him tor true heart.
never did seem to know What II was To 'eaI--aha
Biant he ~ Just like him"
Rs tDts time the parties had reached the boat;
! and the Young man already Gescrlbea-EaSehe
Fairfax the secretary of Blaneh.'s father--at once
| stepped forward AMI in polite and aeieFential
l. r. h a. Ns sPAp fD n
to assist them on board. The hand of Blanche
was the last to touch his--and then but slightly,
as she sprang quickly and lightly "a the deck
but close observer mi ght have detected the shgat
flush which mantled his nople, expressive features,
as his eve for Jingle instant met hers. she nj ght
herself have seen it--perhaps she dd--but there
was no corresponding glow on her own bright,
pretty face as she engured, in the calm, dgnned
tone Of one having the right To pat the quest"h'
and who might have a'so been awar. OF the Inc"
quality Of position between herself aho MN she
! addressed:
: Eugene is every thing prepared for our depart
are! Ii will not do ior our b"at 10 spring a 'eak
again as it lid coming down the kanaw ha-lor II
will not he safe for us sm told, To touch either
shore between the different forts and trading posts
, ! on cur roete this side OF our destnation--the
, / all. Of ONO"
"No, indeed1 reioined her aunt, quickly: ii
will be a. much our lives are worth to venture
, foot from the main carrent Of e bhio--fo'
: boass had been attacked this spring and s"Hera
: lost with all on board
, NO Oh. feels more concerned about the saf'
I passage of Miss Bertrand than myst,' replied la
gene, in a deferehtal tone; land since our arr
. val here have lett nothing undone that Though
, mi ght possibly add to her security and comfort
4 THAT il true to my personal knowledge join
- ed in the uncle of Blanche; land thank you MI
Q Fairfax in behalf of my far kinsv-oman. Their
| will perhaps" he pursued "be no great danger, s.
lap Ege in he
must not be neglec ted for a single moment, e'the
: nj ght or day; and do not | most solehliy eharg
and warn You, under any circumstances, or on ali
= pretence whatsoever suffer yourselves t. be da
q coyed 20 either shore"
i. Il doubt il not,i replied the commander OF Ia
= Point; y believe you are al faithful and tra
II men. you would not have been selected by th
d agent of Col. Bertrand, fortaki down more pr
So ciogs freight than YOU ever carried before; bt
stH the wsest and the best ot men have 10:
h their lives hv giving ear to the most earnest al
J. pealS Of humanity. You understand what meal
White men, apparently in the greatest distres
viii hali your boat represent themselves as ha
ing just escaped from the Indians, ami teg
YOU for the love of Goa, in the most plteous tone
10 come to their reiiet: hat turn deaf ear
- theIn---so each and all of them--even should 70
Is know the pleaders 10 be OF your own kin; for
a. | such ease your own brother mlght deceive so
=. not wtltfuily and voluntaTiIy perhaps--but b
l. cause Of being goaaed on by tile sayages, theL
a. selves concealed. Yes, such tAngS have bee
=, known "a one friend being thus used TO lure d
- Nother TO his destruction; and so be cautious, vi
l. liant, brave and trae, and may the good God ket
1T you all from harm!'
. Ashe finished speaking, Blanche preceded
- take an anvctoaate leave of all, receiving maj
B. "a tenaeT message for her parents fron those vi
l., held them in love and venerafion; and the DO
swung out and began to float down with the Gu
= rent nov fairly entered upon the most dangero
~ portion OF a long and perilons journey.
- The father OF blanC che. Colonel Philip Eertrau
was a native ef Virginia, and descsndent Of o
{, OF 4he Huguenot refugees, who fed from tbs
! 1 native land alter the revocation OF the edict
Naptz IN 1868. He had been an officer Of sci
note during the revoiulion--a warm polite
e- aud personal friend OF the aathor Of the Decal
ton of independencc--and gent man who b
Away stood hi Oh iI the esteem of his assoCiat
ana eotemporaries
Though at enc time a man OF wealth, Color
bertrand had lost mach, aud suffered much, thl
ht- British iuvasion and vhen. at the close OF I
a.. war, he had met with few more serious revers
- hs had been tain to accept grant of land, lit
'h2 the Falls of the Ohio, now louisville. tender
ort him by Virginia which then held jurisdicti
, a over the entire territory now constituting
= tate or kentue Ky.
of The grant had decided the Colonel upon Sc,
n.y. ing his new possessions, and building up a to
a in the then far west, and as his wife had Insist
; upon accompanying him ou his ilrst tour, he h
s asserted TO her desire oil condition q a. Blanc
eL should lie left among her friends, til sach Il
.lly as a place could be prepared wnica might
some degree, be conslderee a fit abode for one
=, carefully and tenaeriy reared.
Na Blanche would gladly have gone with her
- - rents: bat on this point her father hat been
eat Notwithstanding that she would have to
~ main at The east antlI he should see proper
& ga. send for her; and ss he was man Of post
h"' character and a rigd diseipiinalian. the mat
'' had been seGtled without argument
,df. When Colonel Bertrand removed to tie W
I A. u N
of hir; anu coming of age shortly after. lie tad
a,v cepted the liberal ofer Of his noble IeneIac e.
,S remain with HIM i'll the capacity of private set
.4rF tar and cOnnaenial agent. On taking possess
en, OF his grant, the Colonel lad almost immeG
,g erected fort, and offered sdeh lntacemen at.
, 10 speedily collect aTuapd h IA quite little G.
grv munity--Vf which, rs matter Of course, he
/ nv came the head and chief; and to supply
wants OF his own family and others and iuefe
we his gains in a legitimate way, ne heo opene
vta / store and h,Ied il with goods from the eas.
n.r marts, which goods were transported by land O
,rh the mountains OF the kanasha, and thence
ont water 10 the Fails of the Ohio, whence their
Il, a moyai to Fgrt bertrand became au easy NAT
and 10 purchase ana sap these goods and leAip
"a pa Aage OF letters to friends IA the east, Eug
a. a had been thrice dlspaehed~a1s third eomniss
Of also extending to Tie escoFting Of the beaut
in. heiress, with her servants, to her new home.
iogc last commission had been SO far executed at
ght time chosen for the opening of our story, al
eteS bring the different parties 10 the mouth Of
rra kanawha, whence the reader has seen them Il
set ly floating off upon the still, CLASSY bosom of
wifi aefie " riFers.N
ap- The day which was an anspicinus one pas
ard without anything Occurring worthy Of note Il
near tour o'clock, whea as Blanche was s'anr
man On the fore part Of the deck gazing AZ the o
fol- scene which surrounded her, she saw seefai!
here tying body suddenly leave a limb Of a siga
have tree, Whose branches extended far over the
The aud aear which the boat vas then swayed by
enty action OF tive current and al yht with crash
cure, the ae"h OF the beat not more than ei Hnt
sides from her, One glance suiitced show her v
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