The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-05-21
OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 2l, 1853.

| iVf inc WNtf hAWtfi Nt Nsie ~ kNeAN Wu
IL seci I scc" returned Eugene, cxcuedly
i"Meroihh Hcavcni hopo no accident will bcfill
MS horc-and vet my heart almost misgivce uv'
for this, believe. is the mlst dangerous Tart
of ouf iourney-thc vicinity Who're most Of our
boats have lccn captured by the sayaecs"
Saying this, Eugene has(cred below, where he
found the other hoatn,cn slcciing 80 souudly as
10 require considerable effort on hs part. 20 wake
them AZ lasi, getting thcm fairly rouscd ne in
formed thcm. almost IN a whisper, ior he did not
care TO disturb the others, that heavy fog had
eUddculy arisen, aud he wished their presence
on dcok, Immediately.
] "a fog, Cap'uW exclaimed one, IN tone
which indicated that he com frohended the peril
/ with the word.
''Hushl" returned Eugene; there Is no nceca.
sity for waking tho others, AL having sccne.
! Upl aud follow me, without wordl'
| He glidod back to the decls and was almost
Immediately ioiued hy the bu1tmcn, to whom ho
/ briefly made known his hope and fears.
They thought, like thcir c.supanion, that the
boat would bc safest II made hst to an oyerhaug,
/ ing limb Of the Kentucky shoie but frankly ad-
mitted that this could not uoF hc done without
difficulty anddaugcr. aud that thcp was possi
| bility Of keeping the curruut.
"Ihen mako that possibility certainty and
It shall be the best nights work you ever per
formed" rjoincd Eugene, ir quick, excited
tone
"Wcll do the best We can, fap'n," was the re.
sponse; "but no man can be sarAin Of the eur
rent Of this here crooked strcam In i0ggy
night"
A long silence followcl--ihe voyaecrs slowly
drifting down through misty darkness impcuc-
trable to the cyc--Whcn. sud lculy, our young
commander, who wns standing ncar the bow felt
the extended branch Of an uvvrhauging limb 81
lently brush his face He started, with nu oXola-
nation Of alarm. and at the aamo. moment the
] lNnnft Ia. ptf al ofHfH
"Quick here, boysl we're agin the shore, rs
sure ne dcnth"
Then followed a scene Of hurried and anxious
confusion, the voices of the thrco buAtmcn ming.
ling together in loud, quick, excited tones;
"Push OF the bowl" cried oue.
Quick altogether, now ovcr with her u
shouted another
"The dcil's in iu she's aground here on n
muddy bottoml" almost yelled third.
Meantime the laden boat was brushing along
against projecting bushes and oycrhanging limbs.
and every moment getting more aud more cntAn-
/ gled, while the long poles aud sweeps Of the
| buatmcn, az they attempted 20 push her oH were
! plunged, without touching bottom, into what ap
| pcarcd To be a soft Claycy mud, from which they
were only oNtrcated by such an noutlayof strength
as tended still more 10 draw the clumsy cuit
/ upon the bank thcy wished to avoid. At length.
scarcely more thana minute from the first alarm,
| there was kind Of IA settling together 10
were, and the boat became fast aud immoyable.
| The fact was announced by Dick Winter, in
! his characteristic manncr--WhO added with an
oath, that Il WIS Just as hc expected, For a
moment or two dead silence followed, as II each
| comprcheuded that the matter was one ~ b,
/ viewed in o serious light.
"I'll yet over the bow. and try 10 cit the lay
of the land with my feet, said Tom Harris; aud
forthwith he set about the not very pleasant un.
! dertnBing.
| A. tiie ,,,o,,t r-,,,.,,,o b,,,l he r,,,,o ,,,,
nounced by voice that seldom failed 10 excite q
peculiar einotiou ia hig brcass and now sent d
strange thrill through every nerve; aud hasten.
| ing below, ho found Blanche, fully dressed. with
light in her hand, standing just outside Of her
cabin, in the regular passage which led length
| wise through the centre Of the boat
81 have heard something, Eugene" sho said
"enough 10 know that we have met with an ac
cidont, but not sufficient 70 fully comprehend IL
nature"
"Uufortunatcly, about two hours ago" roplie
Eugene, eve suddenly became involved in
dense fog; and ia spite Of our every procaudo
and care, we hnyorun nground-itmay be ngans
the Ohio shore-it may bee against an island
is so dark that we cant tell But be not alarmed
Miss Blanche" he hurriedly added 81 trust W
shall soon be ahoatagain; though in any event
the darkness is sufficient 10 conceal us from th
savagcs, even were they in the vicinity"
81 know little Of Indians, returned Blanche
'but nave always unutrdtouu tnhb lnuy ar
somewhat remarkable for their acuteness Of hear
ing; and if such is the case, there would be n,
necessity Of their being very near, to be made nc
quaintcd with our locality, Judging from the lou,
voices heard n few minutes ago"
81 fear we've been rather imprudent," said Eu
gene, in depreeating tone; but in the excite
ment-"
His words were suddenly cut short by severa
} loud voices of alarm from without, followed by
| quick and heavy trampling across the deck; an
the next moment Seth Harper and Dick Wints
T burst into the passage, the former exclaiming:
We've run plum into q red nigger's nes
Cap'n, and Tom Harris is already butehered an
, sealped I"
Aud even as he spoke, as il in confirmation
his dreadful intelligence, there arose n series
E wild, piercing, GemOniacal yells, followed by
/ dead aud ominous silence.
SO far have we followed the lovely heroine an
] her friends in this adventure; but the foregoiu
, is all that we can publish in our columns III
balance of the narrative can only be found in q
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e ills Of the Border" and grows more aud more J
I, teresting us it goes on.
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