Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-05-14

tone which indicated that he compre-
hended the peril with the word.
Hush J returned Eugene; .there 10
no necessity for waking the others and
having scene. Up. and follow me.
without word y
He glided back to the deck, and was
almost Immediately joined by the boat
men, to whom he briefly made known his
hopes and fears.
They thought, like their companion,
that the boat would be safest if made
fast to an overhansing limb on the
Kentucky shore; but frankly admitted
that this could not now be done without
difficulty and danger, and that there was
a possibility of keeping the current.
Then make that possibility certain.
ty, and it shall be the best rights work
you ever perlormed!' rejoincd Eugene,
in qniok, excited tone.
Wen do the best VIC can, Cap a.
WAS The response; but no man can be
sartin Of the current of this here crooked
stream in foggy night
A long silence followel-the vovacers
slowly drifting down through misty
darkness imrenetrable to the eye-when.
suddenly. our young commander. who
was standing near the bow. felt the ex-
tended branch Of an overhanging limb
silently brush his flce. He started with
an exclamation Of alarm. and az the same
moment the boatman on the right ca led
| cut:
'Qrick, horc boys, boys! we're agin
the shore, as sure as death.
Then followed Il scene of hurried and
anxious confusion, the voices Oft The three
boatmcn mingling together in quick, ex.
cited tones.
Push off TIE bow = cried one.
Quick altogether. nov, over with
her ! shoutc! another.
The dell's in it! she's rur ming 40 .ouna
here on muddy bottom! almost yelled
third
Meantime the lden boatwas brushing
along against projecting bushes and over
reaching limbs. and every moment get
ting more and moro entangc led; viii the
long poles and sweeps Of the boatmen,
as they attempted to push her off, were
often plunged, without touching bottom,
into what appeared to be soft, clayey
mud, flom which they were only extri-
Gated By such an outlay Of strength as
tended still more to draw the clumsy
craft upon the bank they wished to avoid.
AT length. scarcely more than a minute
from the first larm, there was a kind Of
settling together, as It were, and the beat
became fast and immovablc.
The fact was ann uneed by Dick Win.
ter, in his characteristic manncr-who
added, with an oath. that it was lust
what he expected. For a rloment or
two dead silence followed, as if each
eomprchended that the matter was to be
viewed in very serious light.
Ill git over the boz, and try to Oft
the lay cf the land with my feet said
Tom Harris; and forth nth he Sc: about
the net very pleasant undertaking.
At tbs moment Eugene heard his name
pronounced by voice t.at seldom failed
to excite a peculiar emotion in his breast
and now sent strange thrill through
every nerve; and. hastesing below, he
found Blanche, fully dressed, with
light in her hand, standing just outside of
her cabin, in the regular passage which
led leng' g'hwise through tie center Of the
boat.
i have heard something, Eugene she
said, enough to know that we have met
with an accident, but not sufficient to
fully comprehend its nature
Unfortunately, about two hours ago.
rerlied Eugene, we suddenly became in
volved in dense fog; and in spite ofour
every pleeauton and care, we have run
aground-it may be against the Ohio
shore--it may be against an islsnd-it
is 80 dark we can't tell. But be not
alarmed, Miss Blanche, he hurriedly ad-
ded; 4 trust we shall soon be aloat
again; though in any event. the darkness
is sufficient to conceal us from the sava-
ges, even were they in the vicinity.
Il know little of Indians returned
Blanche 'but l have always understood
that they are somewhat remarkable for
their acutcress of hearing and if such
is the case, there would be 70 necessity
OF their being very near, to be made
acquainted with our locality. iud ging
from the loud voices I heard few min
utes ago.
i fear we've been rather imprudent,
said Eugene, in deprecatiag tone; but
In the excitcment-'
His words were suddenly cut short by
several loud voices ofalarm from without
followed by quick and heavy trampling
across tho deck and the next moment
Seth Harper and Dick Winter burst into
the passage, the former exclaiming:
We've run plum into red nigger's
nest, Cap'n, and Tom Harris is already
butchcred and scalpcd =
And even as he spoke,as if in confirm.
alton of his dreadful intelligence, there
arose series of wild, piercing demonia-
cal yclls,followed by dad and ominous
silence.
So far we have followed the lovely
heroine and her friends in this adventure;
but the foregoing is all that we can
publish In our columns. The balance
of the narrative can only be found in
the New York Ledger, the great family
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May 22nd. and in it you will get tho
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