Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-05-21
miscellaneous.
Ths Perils Of The Ro-der.

UY the is.ACk-IODL lNLiail~, VIC were lCilllflAei
of thrilling event which occurred in the
'Wild West n short time subsequent to tac
Revolution. in which highly accomplished
young Lads, the daugh,a., OF a dlst'n5 n5u,sbed
officer OF the Araericau army played al I'M
portant part. The story being of a most
thrilling nature, and exhibiting in q striking
manner The Perils Of the Border" w
have concluded tc give - extract from it, as
originally published rs f0l!oaS:
The angel on the night hank Of the Great
Kanawha, formed by its junction with the
ohio, is called Point Pleasant, and is place
: OF historical note. Here on, the 10th OF Oc,
tober, l7zi, during what is known rs Lord
Dumorr'S war, WAS fought one oi the fieTccst
and most desperate battles that ever took place
between the Nrginians and their forest foes.
/ After the battle in question, in which the In
dlans were defeated with great loss, fort was
| here erected by the yictors, which became a
/ post of great importance throughout the san
/ culinary scenes of strife which almost immc-
| diately followed, and which in this section Of
the country were continued for maay years
after that establishment Of peace which &C
knowedged the United Colonies OF America
a free and Independent nation.
At the landing Of the fort, on the day our
story opens, was fastened a tlat-boat Of the
kind used 10y the early naviga:oTs Of the west
ern rivers.
Upon the deck Of this boat, at the moment
we present the scene to the reader. stood five
individuals, alike engaged in watching group
ofIpersons, mostly females, who were slowly
approaching the landing. OF these five, one
was stout, sleek negro, in partial livery, and
/ evidently a house Of body servant three were
boatmen and boTderers, rs indicated by their
| rough, bronzed ,isages and coarse attire. but
the fifth was young mar, some two-and
twenty years OF age, Of a fine commanding
person, and clear, open, intelligent counten-
ance; and in the lofty carriage Of his head
in the gleam of his large, bright and hazel
eye-there was something which denoted one
Of superior mind; Uut as we shall have occa-
sion IN the course OF our narrative TO fully set
forth who and what Eugene Fairfax was, we
vii! leave him FOR the present, aud turn 10 the
approaching group, whom he seemed 70 be
regarding with lively interest.
OF this group, composed Of a middle aged
man and four females, vith {, black fer9ale
SER aat following soIae iye o. sig PAGES in tha
/ rear, there was one wno,.. the uloss casual eye
would have singled out, and rested upon SSH
/ pleasure. The lady in question, was apra-
rentiy about twenty years of age, Of slender
and graceful figure, and Of that peculiar cast
Of feature, which, besides being beautiful in
every liueament, rarely fails to aasc. the be-
holder with something like . charm
! Her travelling costGme-a fine brown hab-
/ it, high in the neck, buttoned closely over the
/ bosom and coming down to her small pretty
feet, without trailing on the crouCd-was
/ both neat and becoming; and with her riding
( cap ana its waving ostrich plume, set gaily
above her flowing curls, her appearance con
trasted torciDy with the rough, unpoijshed
lOoNs IL those Of her sex beside her, with their
, imsy bcd-sowns, scarlet flannel petticosts, and
Uleachcd linen caps.
Oh, Blanche, SAID one of the more ycne-
rabIe Vi her female companions, pursuing a
conversation which had been maintained since
. quitting the open fort behind them, Il can
not oear to let you go; for it just seems to me
as II something We're going to happen to you,
and when | feel that way, something general
/ ly does happen
wen, aunt returned Blanche, with
/ ..su, .ausH, Il 90 not doubt in the least that
( something Wi. happen-ior | expect one Of
/ these days to reach uy dear father and bless
/ ed mother, and give them such an eml~ace
/ Us is due from "a dutful daughter to her pa
rents-aud that will be something that has
not happened for two long years at least"
but don't mean that Blanche returned
the other, somewhat petulantly; "and YOU .st
laugh like "a gay and thought.ess girl, when
you ought to be serious. Because you have
come safe thus far through partially settled
eountry, you think, perhaps, your own pretty
face Will ward oil danger IN the more perilous
l.. | Il. e.
ney is before you. Scarcely boat descends
tie Oaiu, thar docs not encounter more or
1 less peril from the savages that prowl along
either shore; and some of them that 60 down
freighted with human life, arc hcarl of 10
( more
But why repeat this to me, dear aunt"
returned Blanche, with a more serious air,
"when you know it my destiny, either good
or bad, to attempt the voyage. My parents
have sent for me to join them in their new
home, and it is my duty to so to them, be
the peril what it may"
"You never did know what it was TO fearl"
pursued the good woman, rather proudly
No." she repeated, turning to the Others,
blanche Bertrand never did know what it
was to fear, believed"
"Just like her father! p joined in the hus-
oand of the matron, the brother OF Bianche's
mother, the commander Of the station, and
the middle-aged gentleman mentioned as one
of the party; "a true daughter OF true sol
dier. Her father, Colonel Philip Bertrand,
God bless him for true heart never did
seem to know what it was to fsa.-and Blan-
che is just like him"
BY this time the parties had reached the
boat; and the young man already described
Eugene Fairfax, the secretary of Blanche's
father-at once stepped forward, and, in a
polite and deferential manner, offered his hand
to the different females, to assist them on
board. The hand OF Blanche was the last to
touch his-and then but slightly, as she