Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-05-21

Z Nef own bfEht, lfStly lace, rs she inquired
. in the calm, dignli;et tone of one hav ny TIE
. right to pat the question, and who might also
/ have been aware OF the inequality of position
( between herself and him she addressed
Eugene, is everything prepared for our
departure. Ii viii not 90 for our boat 70
spring a laak again, as il did coming down
the hanaaha--ior 1t will not be safe for Us, |
am told, 70 touch either shore between the
different tdgts and trading posts on our route,
tais side Of our destinauon-thc falls of the
Ono
NO i2psSd.s rejoined her aunt quickly:
III VIII be as much IS your lives are worth
to venture "A foot trcin the main current ofthe
UA!o-.Or news reached US only the other
day, that many boats had been attacked this
spring, aud several lost with all on board"
No one feels more concerned about the
safe passage of Miss Bertrand than nvselE.n
replied Eugene, in = deiorentil tone: "and
since our arrival here, | have left sothinr un-
done that | thought might possibly add to
her security and comfort
This is true, to my personal knowledge"
joined IN the uncle oil Blanche; "aud I..hank
you, Mr.. Fairfax, in behalf OF my fair kirswo-
man. There viii, perhaps" he pursued, "be
=
current; but your watch must not be neglec,-
Ell for single moment, either night or day;
aud do not, most solemnly charge and warn
you, under any circumstances, or any pre-
tence whatsoever, suffer yourselves TO be de-
coyed 70 either shore"
Il hope We understand our duty better,
Colonel, said one OF the men, respectfully.
i dQuJt lt uaf,' replied the commander
Of the Point; Il believe YOU are all faithful
and true men, or you would not have been
selected by the agent OF Colonel Bertrand,
Tor taking down more precious freight than
YOU ever carried before; bat still the wisest
and best OF men have lost their lives by CIV
Ing ear TO the most earnest appeals OF human
lty. GU understand what / mean. White
men, apparently IN the greatest distress, will
han your boat, represent themselves rs hav-
ing Just escaped from the Indians, and beg of
you, lor the love of God, in the most piteous
tones, to come to their relief, but turn deaf
ear to thcm-to each and all Of tbem-even
should you know the pleGlers 10 be Of Your
own kind; tor IN such a case your own brother
might deceive you-not wlifully and volun-
tar'ly, perhaPs-but because of being goaled
Oh 10y the savages, themselves concealed.-
Yes, such things have been known as one
friend being thus used To lure another 10 his
destruction, and So tc cautious, vigliant, brave
and inie, and l. =, tie .,1sl Gu sep !, ~.
As he finished speaking, Blanche proceed
ed 10 take AZ aEectionate leave Of all, recey-
ing many Il tender message for her parents
from those ,,no held them in love and yene
ration; and tie boat swung out, aud began TO
q 4 - 4I = IL.
ed upon the most dangerous portion OF a long
and per..ous j9nrney.
The father OF Blanche, Colonel Philip Bert
rand, was a native Of Virginia, and descend
ant OF one of the HugueuOt refugees, who fled
from their native land after the revocation Of
the edict Of NaLtz in 1868. He had been
an officer Of some note during the Revolution
"a warm political and personal friend of the
author oI The Declaration OF Independence
and q gentleman who bad always stood high
in the esteem of his associates and cotempo-
raries.
THOUGH at one time man Of wealth, Col.
Bertrand had lost much and suffered much,
through British INVASION; and when, shortly
after The close OF the war, he had met with a
few More serious reyerses, he had been fam
to accept grant OF Land, near the falls Of the
OHIO, low Louisville, rendered him by Nir-
glnia, which then held jurisdiction over the
entire territory NJ constituting the State Of
Kentucky.
The grant had decided the Colonel upon
seeking his new possessions and building up
a new home in the then far west. and "a his
wife had insisted upon accompanying him on
his first tour, he assented to her desire, on
condition that Blanche should be left among
her friends, till such time as place could be
prepared which might in some degree be con-
sidercd a fit abode for one so carefully and
teaderly reared.
Blanche would have gladly gone with her
parents; but on this point her father had been
nexorable-declaring that she would have to
remain at the east till ne should see proper
to send for her; ana - be was q man Of posi-
tive character, and ragid disciplinarian, the
matter had been settled without argument.
When Colonel Bertrand removed to the
west, Eugene Fairfax, as we have seen, ac-
cornpanied him; and coming Of age shortly
after, he had accepted the, liberal offer of his
noble benefactor, to remain with him in the
capacity Of private secretary and confidential
agent. On taking possession of his grant, the
Colonel had almost Immediately erected a
fort, and offered such inducements to settlers
as to speedily collect around him quite s
little community-o which, rs 4 matter of
course, he became the head and chief; and to
supply the wants Of his own family and 9TH
ers, and increase his gains in legitimate way,
he had opened store, and filed it with goods
from the eastern ruarts, which goods were
transported by land over the mountains, to
the Kanawha. and thence by water to the
falls of the Ohio, whence their removal to Fort
Bertrand became an easy matter. To pur-
chase and ship these goods, and deliver a
package of letters to friends in the east, Eu-
gene had been thrice dispatched--his third
commission also extending the escorting OF
the beautiful heiress, with her servants, to her
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