Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-05-21
vol. 81. NO. q.

done without difficulty ard danger, and that
there was possibility Of keeping the current
Then make That possibility certainty, and
it shall be the best nights work you ever per-
formed ''Fejoined Eugene in quick, excited
tone
s.We'Il do the best we can, Cap'u, vas the
i response shut no man can be sartia Of The
current Of his here crosked stream in a feggy
/ night
A long silence followed --tlls go5 ayers slowly
drifting lowu through misty darkness. I'M
penetrabe to the eye-when, suddenly our
young eommander, who was standing. near The
bow. fell the extended branch oi an ogerbang-
| iDg limb silently brush his face. de started,
With an exclamation Of alarm, a'i5 al the saina
moment The boatman on the right csllcd eut:
sQaick, here, boys Es're agia the shose.
as suro as deaths
Then followed scene Of hurried aud anx-
ious ceDfusion, the voices efthe three boatlloa
e.lngling together 10 load, qoiek, exoiiea
tones.
@Ispsh of the bow y caea one.
"Qaiek altogether, now. over with her =
shouted aRoiher.
eTbe DEUS il ii she's running aground
here on 4 muddy bottom - almost yelled y
third.
Meantime the laaen boat was brushing
+ along against projecting bushes and oyereach-
/ ing linps, and every moraent getting more and
more cntangled: while the long poles aud
sweeps Of f'e hoatmen, as they atte mpted to
+ push hei of, vera often planged, without
1 touching bottom, into what appeared 10 be
| soft, cIaye5 mud, frota which they were only
extricated by such an outlay of strength as
| tended still more to draw the cIumsy craft up5n
the bank they wished to avoid. At length,
/ scarcely more than ninute from the firs:
alarm, there was kind If settling together, AZ
it were, and the boat became fast and irnnvaa-
bic.
/ The fact was announced by Dick Winter,
/ in his Characteristic manner Who added, with
an oath, that it was just what be expected
/ For moment or two a dead silence followed.
! as IL each compreheDded that the mater vas
/ one to be viewed Ia very serious igist
ssIll get over the bow, aud try 50 git tIle
/ lay of the land with NY feet,'' said Ton, IIar
/ ris, and forthwith he set about the not very
pleasant ot4lsrsle.ii..i-i;;; Z;
nounecd nv voice that seldom failed 10 eycte
a peculiar emotion IN bis breast, aad now sent
/ a stfange thrill though every nerve. and hast
/ eaing below, be found Blanche, fully dressed.
With light III hei hand, Standing Just outside
] Of her cabin, in the regular passage which led
lengthwise through the center Of the boat.
II have heard something, Eugene she
said ssenough to know that We have met with an
accident, but uot sufficient to fully comprehend
/ its nature
Unfortunately, about two hours ago. re-
Piled Eugene, sswe suddenly become involved
IN deuse fog apd in spite Of our every pre-.
! caution aad care, NE have run agroJnd--it may
+ be against the Ohio shore-it may be against
/ an islantl--it IS so dark We can't tell. Bat be
not alarmed, Miss Blanehe,p he hurriedlg i'd
ded II trust we shall soon be afoat again
though IN any event, the darkness is sufficient
10 conceal US from The savages, even were they
! ID the vicinity
II know little Of Indians returned b snelie,
sbut | have always understood that they
are somewhat remarkable for their aeuteuess
Of hearing aud if such is the case, there
would be 10 necessity Of their being very near
To be made acquainted with our locality, ,jadeins
from the loud voices | heard few minutes
ago.
tf fear we've been rather imprudent,' said
Eugeuc, 10 deprecating tone shut IN the
exeitement
His words were suddenly cut shsrt by
several loud voices Of alarm from without, fol-
lowed by quick and heavy lranpling across
the deck aad the next momcat Seth Harper
and Dick Winter burst into the passage, the
| former exciainiing
We've run plum into a red niggor's nest,
! Capn, aud Toa Harris IS already butehered.
and scalped!!"
| And even as he spoke, asif in confirmation
| of his dreadful intelgcnees there's arose series
OF wild, aSercing, aemopiacal yeiis, followed BY
a dead and omiEous silcuce.
50 far we have followed the loyeiy hetoiEe aud
| her friend in this adventure hut che foregoing
| ID all that we eau publish in our columns. The
! balance Of the narraiiyecan only be found il
| the New York Ledger, Tie great family paper,
which can be obtained At all the periodical
stores where papers are sold. Remember TO
ask for the ssLedger,1 dated May 22nd, and in
it you Will get the confirmation Of the narrative
! from where it leaves off here. Ii there are no
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you reside, the publisher of the Ledger will
send you copy by mail, if ycu will send him
Eve cents In letter. Address, Robert Son-
ner, Office, IL Ann street, New York. This
story is entitled, stPerils of tie Border, and
grows more and more interesting as i goes on.
4 GOLDEN pIlIzE.-A monscr nugget OF
gold has been found at kngcwer, $50 miles
from Melbourne, by four years old California,
nraers, named Robert anl james Ambrose,
] aud Samuel and Carries Napier. II Is 5 feet 4
iashas il length, by 10 Inches il width At lis
widest point, and 5 inches thick AZ one eattand
1 inches thick at tho other. Its weight LTD lbs.
OF l743 oz Is dwts, aud It's value is about
S34, ,S60. American currency, Tie nagget
WAS foaud in sand / 5 feet below the surface.
| Il Is perfectly free from exiraneoas matter.
, The owners are TWO pairs of brothers; enc pair
English and the other Bosto beys, fi,ey
haye been four yesrs in the tligeines, eeil had