Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-05-13

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Esf we don't run agin a bar or bank afore morn
ilngin spite ofthe besto US 1T llsbe the luckie
! tgo that eyerI had hand in. See, Cap n it
thicksning up fast; we can't see eyther ban
lat all, nor tn swater nythor; the stars is gettii
dim, andit looks as if thar war cloud all aroun
hus,ya yah @ssa ri hswlsaay aaa8 gs
/ see i see e returned Eugene, excitedll
IL Mercifal Heaven, / hope no accident viii bt
fan'ns here-and yet my heart almost misgive
me s--for this Ibeleve, is the most daagerou
part of our journey--the vicinity where most {
our boats have been captured by the sayages.
4 Saying this, Eugene fastened below, wher
4 he found the other boatnien sleeping 50. sound
u as TO require considerable effort, on his part
Ito wake them. At last, getting them fair
reused, he informed them, almost in a whisper
i for he did not care to disturb the others, that
heavy fog had suddenly arisen, and he wishe
their presence on deck, Immediately. has4a ?
i "A fog, Capn ~ exclaimed one, in ton
which indicated that he comprehended the peri
with the woris a q IA s3 &.
i Hush = returned Eugene !, there isna ns
cessity for akfng the ethsrs,and, having scene
up and follow me without word !"
He glided back to the deck, and was almos
Immediately Joined by the boatmen, to whom h
briefly made known his hopes and fears. aas
L They thought, like their companion, that thu
boat would be safest if made fast to an overhang
ing limb of the Kentucky shore; but frankly nd
mitted that this could not now3be done without
difficulty and danger, and that there Mass pos
sibility of keeping the current. sIs vIe4eF
| 'Then make that possibility certainty, ant
| it shall be the best nights work you ever per
formed! ~ rejoine d Eugene, in quick excited
| tone, 81 4 oe.E fe erad eab gaagaEM .
" We'Ilsdo the best we can, Cap'n," was this
response; g but no man can be .sartin OF the
current of this here crooked stream In a foggy
pight."3 ssa4H4 @gi3 $50 3aM "a aaAW b
A long silence followed--the yoyagers slowly
| drifting down through misty darkness impen
etrable TO the eye-when suddenly, our young
commander, who was standing near the brow
felt the extending branch of an oyefhanging
limb silently brush his face He started with
an exclamation of alarm, and at the same mo-
ment the boatman on the right called out
Quick, here, boys !! we're agin the, shore, as
Then followed scene of hurried and anxious
confusion, the voices of the three boatmen ming
/ ling together in loud, quick, excited tones.
! s " Push off the bowl" cried one.
"Quickl altogether, now over with herr
shouted another yswaeNsns els HEs5 gao.
." The deil's in it she's running aground
here on muddy bottom ~ almost yelled third.
IL Meantime the laden boat was brushing along
against projecting bushes and overreaching
lIAlUSt anu eFefY moment getting more ana
mere eAtangled while the long po.es and sweeps
of the boatmen, as they attempted to push her
off, were often plunged, without touching bot
tom, into what appeared to be soft, clayey
mud, from which they were only extricated 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 alarm. there was kind
OF settling together, as it were, and the boat be-
came immovable. .-... 80 81 sstssa s.s5-
The fact was announced by Dick Winter, in his
characteristic manner-who added, with an
| oath, that it was just what he expected. For
moment or two a dead silence followed, as ii
each comprehended that the matter was one to
be viewed in a very serious light. H.. --...
I" III get over the bow, and try to git the lay
of the land with my feet" said Tom Harris
and forthwith he set about the very pleas ant rin
dsrtaking M
| AT that moment Eugene heard his name pro-
nounced by a voice that seldom failsd to excite
a peculiar emotion in his breast, and now sent
n strange thrill through every nerve; and hast
ening below, he found Blanche, fully dressed,
with light in her hand, standing just outside
of her cabin, in the regular passage which led
lengthwise through the centre of the boat
- have heard something, E1gene,n che said
f"eEOugh to Know that we have met with an ac
cident, but not sufficiently to fully comprehend
its nature. - 7.....-
" Unfortunately, about two hours ago." re-
} piled Eugene, we suddenly became involved
in dense log; and in spite of our every pre-
caution an i care, we have run aground-it may
be against the Ohio shore-it may be against
an island-it is so darklwe can't tell. But benot
alarmed Miss Blanche, he hurriedly added
81 trust we shall soon be afoat again though
in any event, the darknesS is sufficient to concea
us from the savages, even were they in the vi
entity"
+" l know little Of Indians" returned Blanche
" but Ihave always understood that they are
somewhat remarkable for their acutness of hear
! ing; and if such is the case, there would be n(
necessity OF their being very near, to be made
acquainted with our locality, judging from th(
| loud yciees heard a few minutes ago.
| (" / fear we've been rather imprudent," sale
Eugene, IN deprecating tone; but in the ex
| citement= ...
His words were suddenly cut short by severa
loud voices of alarm from without followed by
quick and heavy trampling across the deck
and the next moment Seth Harper and Dicl
Winter burst into the passage, the former ex
claiming: ...
"We've run plum into red niggers nest
Cap'n, and Tom Harris is already butchere(
and scalped!' t-'
And even as he spoke, as if in confirmation
Of his dreadful intelligence, there arose serie:
of wild piercing, Economical yell, followed by;
dread and omenous silence.
| SO far we have followed the lovely heroine
and her friends in this advent ure but the fore
going 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 paper
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the - Ledger, dated May 22d, and in it you
win get the continuation of the narrative from
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Office, A Ann street, New York. This story i
entitled, " Peris of the Border" and grow
more and more interesting as it goes on. ..-