Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-04-13
FL0RE ENCE SEFTON;
OR, THE RIDER WARFARE
LCoa:iat.ation Of CHAPTER LY1
~ GlSz B. GARTLASo.

Captain Meredith soon revived and, hearing
tuiI account of Florence's deIivercnce, scarcely
felt the pam his wound
But look" said Gotlieb if there. ain'r
Caleb and Thornton Yes: and the nIgger's
got his Ife with him. So YOU see capt'In the
ladys got plenty # folks 10 look arter her
But how that red skin could have knowed that
even Br9tI5her should have been such fool
when he was carrying off the gal, Is to bring
her right down to the whirlpool, that goes
ahead Of my understanding"
The river at this point Is, as we have already
observed, very narrow, and Howell could dis
tluctly see that every attention was being paid
! -oFence- Ec now complied with CioiIIeb's
persuaslens to return to the fort, and have his
arm dsessed by sur rgeon.
we got DolH sides of the river now
captl said Go'lIeb. their way back to the
tort d" we've let the Engi!she-s see that if old
Hull waru't no more TT 10 be giaeraI than I'm
to be president, all the Americans warn't list
Ike him, the old cowardly critter, and that We
know now To pepper tHelr Jackets for EN- when
were only let Hurrah Free trade aud sail
ors rights shouted he as they Met 6 me SOL
dIgLSG9ming from the fort, whom he knew be-
l0hCed 10 Captain Neredith's COMPANY we're
the boys that can whip the Inemy; and now
three cheers Tor our gallant cTptu." The men
gave them heartily, AMI ;hcn three more for the
brave Colonel Scott, who uow commanded the
place an a HJwells head ached from fatigue
aud eScitenl mt, he was glad 10 escape into the
IJrt from their noisy dem bIstr1tions Of 10y.
A. our readers are probably a. much puzzled
- Gotlleo Prctz TO understand why SIR + Igar
Lee should have taken Florence 10 The " " hIrI-
pool. We viii explain On the surrea Ter OF Fort
De;rol. - the British. General BrJcll had some
communication 10 make to Sir Edgar and had
employed Laz. y Lear - The most certain moss
eGger lac cJata employ, knowing that he could
creep through TIC country like Z weasel almost
without beng seen. On his arrival al Queens
town, Sir Edgar. whose whole anxiety was cen
tered in Florence, aud who had only, as We have
stated before, returned 10 AJaerica ON her ac-
count, now daily expected an attack from the
Americans under General Van Rensselaer, and
. riuae OF War, determine in case OF q defeat
- secure the means of flight with her. He
found II would be totally impractcable 10 de-
sccud the Niagara to Lake Ontario, as lie wish
I ed to d., 1t would have 10 be done in face OF
The enemy besides, lie would be obliged to
pass the American fort a: Lewistown, and an
escape by laud seemed equally lmpOssi bic he
therefore proposed 10 Law o Lear ~ have every
thing in readiness, and the boat ~ the bend an
the river, a5 soon - the AmerIcaus should be-
gin the attack, " IN order, - he observed, that
' II the Yankees shoulL prove successful, be
might have the pleasure OF carrying away the
only prize he thought rth fighting for on this
side Of the Atlantic
M!Hesto had, from the day on which he dis
covered no It was had robbed and intended 10
Canada side Of the bo.der, a he was well known
both al Queenstown and Lewistowu, and took
part with neither party. Nerv quiet, and gen
orally alone, he passed unnoticcd or II least ur-
suspected he was now much about the Eng
lIsh fort, with fish game 70 dispose Of but he
seldom. il ever, lost sight of Lazy OLear. y
few evenings before the battle he had heard Sir
Edgar tell the former that he wished him 10
meet him az the bend IN the river Miuesto re-
paired TO the place before the appointed time,
and having with an Indians sagacity and cum
ming found a hiding place in the branches of an
immense oak, that grew near the bend. he was
not dIsapnoIuse ed when his intended victim and
the baroact met under Il, and thus he became
possessed Of the whole plot. On the morning
of the attack en- Queenstown, he had met Lazy
Lear IN one Of the passages Of the fort lo3zng =
42r SIR Edgar Lee, - ask him some question.
which he had forgotten until then. relating 10
their flight. MInesto held in one hand bottle,
IN the her small cup made OF horn, from
which he appeared 10 have lust drained the last
drop. The Indian, VINO had watched the trait
or closely, knew that he we'll loved brandy, 80
| that he could take 4. without is being known +:
he therefore came up To hun. a. the same time
pouring some liquor from the bottle into the cup,
saying, as he held it toward him
4. III white man not drink 1t make him
s:rong-he xiii his euemy-he laugh at him"
:. Well, I don know that II Is right to take
tit = waat I never do; but. a are gong
70 have a battle, perhaps It may do me good,
and he dra4 * il 10 the dregs Thank you, red
ssln, he said and now tell me II you know
where J. Sir Edgar Lee -
d" The Yeughese chief Is with his braves said
Ni0esto, pointing 10 room on the LETT, TO which
! Lazy Lear proceeded, while he, leaving the
fort, walked rapidly along the bank OF the river
until. al the foot of tde hill. be plunged IL and
+ soon swan TO the opposite shore. where he found
Caleb and Thornton with his wife, who, hearing
( they We're going to try and rescue Mss Seton
insisted OF being there.
/ Ninesto now having taken from the boat
(Which lay II the nook we have already descglb-
/ el. and by the trees where Colonel Seton de-
. posted bis letfers) long thick rope, wound Il
several times round the trunk OF one OF those
trsSs then taking the other end. he passed L
twice round his waist he then again entered
Iae stream, directing Caleb and Thornton 10 le'
o1t Inc rope until he should have reached the
WhtF!Io't. and vss within is first circle. They
dl1 50 ana drew him from the vortex back IpJ,
the stream This he did in case he should bt
drawn INFO the Whirlpool, that by means of th,
rope they In3-.iS Tesc4e him The experITnerl
he found would succeed lie could save Mis-
Seton and take revenge OF his euemy at th,
same time. The liquor lie had given Iazr
! Q Lear contained an Indian poison Ehat. after
had been taken q certain time, woula p-educ
insanity and the most excrucIatsng agony beior
il ctusaa death l. had begun 10 take effect o.
Lazy D Lear even before oIr Eisar apPeare
with Florence he felt some pain aad dIzzlnes,
bu. thought, 1t would pass of. At,es they ha