Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-05-20

| what the object was, and TO freeze the blood
in her VEINS The glowing eyes a huge
panther met her gaze. The suddenncsS of
the shock which this discovery gave her
was {. o ovsr powcring With a dcs,fenins
shriek she fell upon her Knees and ciasI,ed
her hands before her breast. The panther
crouclcl for his deadly leap. but ere he
sprang, the hunting knifcof E,igenc Fair
fax who with the steersman, was the only
person or dcclo besides Blanche), Was bd-
ricJ TO the hilt IN his side. intIicting Sc
ven, but not fatal wounsl. Tire inluriatc,l
beast ut once turned upon Engcne, AMI u
deadly struggle cnsue'l. But il was short
ones The polisliod blade Of the knife play
ed back and forth like lightning flashes,
AMI at every plunge it was -bdricd TO the
hilt in the panther's body, who soon fell
totho deck, dragging the ,lauiftlcss Eugene
witl,lhilnsi Omsecing her protector fall 3,
Bla,rcl,c utttere'l another shrek sn,l rushed
to his aid, but assistance from Stoutcr arms
Was at hurl. The boatmen gathered round
and [ he savage monster was literally hacked
in pieces with their knives anil hstchcts.
anil Eugene covered svitl, blood, was drag
ged from under his carcass ,Snpposin,
him to be dead or mortaily wounded,
Blanche lrew her arms aronnl his neck
AMI gave way to a passionate borst Of grief
l,ut he lrs was not 'deal--he was net ever,
hart with the cxceptioa of a few slight
scratches. The blood with which hc was
covered was tho panthcr's. not his own
Bat Bla,chcs embrace washiS--a priceless
trcs,surc---an index of her hearts emotions,
anil :llfawtions 1t was to color his whole
future life. rs will be seen in the progrcss
of our story. 'aq ir r -'"s ts'.' 'a
! Slowly aud siicntly. save the occasional
creaiS, dip, pl;.'h of the stcefsn,an's oar,
the boat of our vvyag,TS was bome alone
upon ;hc1boson of the e,nrcut. on the thir,l
night of the VOYAGE 1hchour wa; waxin2
late, and Eugene, the 'oiily one astir except
the watch. was suddenly startled, by !,
rough hand being piaeel on his shoulder,
accompanied by the words. ia the gruil
voice Vf the boatnIen: Ta'fso3 -
..'Isay. Cap'D, here's troubIcl''
What Is it, Dick?' inquired Eugene,
starting To his feet. er 4i7 aIr
| Don't you see flar's IA heavy fog rising,
llrlt'lI soon kivcr us up So thick that we
won't be able To tell a white uai from a
niSycr?'' replied the boatn,an--D Dick Win
ter by namc--a tall, bony, muscular. atli.
lctic specinicn of his class 10 iaiIf at1ii
stood hcaycnl 80 there is,'' exclaimed
Eugene, looking oil upon the already mist )
waters. 1T must have gathered very sui
denly, for all Was clear a minute arc. ~
hat A. L..
thing was not prepared for, on such d
night as this" li,. tanf shat idas
1T looks troublous, Csp'n. in allow
returned Dick bat we re- in fort, that's
saItin. and 1 s'pose we'll have to make the
best ont" .ssie4 1sl,
''But what is to he doneg---what Do
!. you a'lsi~s;.'' = asked Ensrne, m !, gnicb
, excited tone, that indicated some degree ol
alarpl. 4, ..,'..s. ~ ,,,..s... -. q.
!, "Whys elyou wa'nt 50 skecrel. aLou,
the young lrly. aud it warm So dead sgi,
The oi'lers from heal quarters, my plan
would be. "a cl'ar AMI easy one-P,l
Just run. over to the kaintuck shore and
(, tic Up. .i.. ua 4t
7 mo, no. sail EuSenc. positively. .'tha,
will never do. Dick--tliat will never do.
{. | woull not think of such thing for a
moincnt' We must keep in the current by
all means.n'
"Ef you can" reioined the boatman;
Z ''bnt when it gifts SO dark as we can't tell
one thing from tother, it'll be powerful
hard to do; and cf we don't run asin a bar
or bank aforc morning in spite of the best
o us, it'll be the lnckicst 80 that ever
had a hani in. See. Cap'n--il's tlicken-
cnm up fast: we can't s.c cythcr bank at
all. nor the water nythcr; the stars is scttin'
! dim, and it looks as if thar war cloud
all round us I"
~ sec. scc,' returned Eugene. excl
tcdly. "l1ercilnl Heaven, hope no ac-
1 cidcnt will bcfall us Icrc-anI yet my heart
1 almost nlisgivcs inc--ior this; | believe,
is them dangerous part OF our journey
the vicinity where most Of our boats have
\ been captured by the savagcs"
4 Saying this. Euspne FASTENED below,
where he Iounl the other Boaimcu sleeping
l 50 soun'iIy as t 0 require considerable effort,
on his part, to wake them. At last. &c.
ting thsin fairly reused. he informed them.
almost in a whisper, for he did not care to
!, dstur5 tic oshcrs. that a heavy los had
suddenly arisen AMI he wished their pre-.
cmcc on deck, Immediately
i'r'A 9os.dC dCap'n?''s exciarnc one. in a
tone Winch nin.Iicatcl that he comtrc-
henlc,l the peril with the word ss'H '''H
4 "Hush"' returned Eugene; "tircIr,c IS no
j necessity for waking the Others, and lav-
a scene Up! and follow Inc without a