St. Mary's beacon., 1858-05-13


eI'he defl's III it, slse's Sssnning aground
here on muddy bosesm r almost yelled : third
Meantime tlse lazfsn boat was brushing aInng
against proceeding bsshes aud overreachiBg
tirats. and every hIIment getting more and
mere sentaugied; while the ,losfg polss assd
sweeps of the boatnlen, as they attempted -
push her OF. weFc: 6lten plunged, without
touching bottcn, irtowh appeared 70 Be :
soft, clayev mud, from which they were only
extFicatcd by such an outlay of strength as
tended sill nlorek0 sssRw the clumsy craft up-
g,l the bank II l.AsisElea TO avoid. Atlength.
scAfeely Dsae Ia = kntnnse from the FIRST
alarm, there was 4 kind Of settling tsiyethcr
AS it were and the beat became fast and i'm
movable
The fact was announced by Dick Winter. in
his characteristic manner-whO added with
an cath, that it was just what he expected
For moment or two a dead silence followed
rs if each cusnprehen,icd that the matter was
one tc be viewed in very serious light
an get o,er the buw, and try to GIT the Law
Of the land with my feet" said Tom Harris +:
and forthwith he set about the not very plea
SAINT undertaking.
At tiis moment Eugene heard his name
pr"no,;n ct by voice that seldom failed T.,
excite a peculiar emotion in his breast. and now
sent a strange thrill through every nervc- and
has'cning below, he found Blanche. fully
dressed. with light in her hand, standing
lust outside of her cabin. in the regular pas
sage which lee lengthwiSe through the Gcntcr
Uf the boat
Il have heard something. Eugene" she
, said enough to know tiat we have met with
IN accident. but not sufficient b. llI!lv comIre-
bend its nature
II Unfortunately, abOnt two hours ago" re-
Plel tnaenc, i've suddenly became involved
, IN dcuse to- and in spite II or every pre-
caution and care, we have run aeround-it
may he against the Ohio Smorc-it nav is
against an island-it is 50 dark we can't toll
| But be not alarmed. Mss blanche" lie hur-
! rlediv added Il trust we shall soon lie a:l,at
/ again though in any event tie d:rknc-., i,
sufficient to conceal Us from the savage. eve,
Were they IN the vicinity.
! Il know little of Indians returned blanche
''but | have always understood that they ar,
somewhat remarkable for their acut.ntss O
hearing and if such is the case, there woul,
be no necessity Of their being very uear. to b
made acquainted With our l,"a'itr. rrlSin.
from tie loud voices I heard I. f-H l.nutc
ago"
II fear we've been rather i!nprudeut." sal
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citGnunt-'
HIS words were suddenly CIT short Ly sev
eral loud voices of alarm from without, foll0wes
! by quick and heavy tram ping across Il!
Geek and the next moment Seth Harper a,lc
Dick WHter burst int9 the passage, TIC tJylne
exclaiung: ..
''We've run plum into rcd rigger's nca.
Cap'u, and Tom Harris is already butcherec
and scalpcd!'
And ever as he spok- as if in confirmation
Of lis dr"adiul intelligence, there arose a seric
cf wild, piercing, delnonacal yells, followed b,
i dead and olninous silence
81 far We have followed the lovely heroin
and her friends in this adventure; bur the fore
going is Ill that We cali publish in our columns
The balance # tie narrative can only be fJ,lat
IN tic New York Ledger, the great family pa
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it you viii get tic continuation Of the narativ
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story is entitled, "PcriIs OF the Border" an
grows nlo-c and more interesting as it goes Oh