The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-01-27

! turn to the dream 0f her happy home
from which she walked, aud her strang.
preserver waits, breathless, till they oper
again. This time, she RECEIVERS her senses
and starts back as she meets the hall
averted look of the timid savage, whose
arm still supports her. And now tbs
young warrior stands up, raising his tai
form erect, and, folding his. arms acros:
his breast, waits for the maiden to speak
for the storm has passed.
Her scattered thoughts returning
| Emile thanks her preserver with tears o.
gratitude, and, taking from her own nect
a chain and cross, bios him stoop while
she pnts it upon his. Tie young brave
kneels at her feet to-receive the gift
Aims for the warriors happiness, the un-
conscious girl has won his simple heart
and, with broken utteran e, be lays it al
her feet
It was at this moment that Emiiie'l
father, seeking her with frantic grief, hav.
ing started in pursuft of her at the frs,
indications of the storm, perceived his
daughter with hair dishevelled and face
yet pale from exhaustion, sitting on the
ground, while dusky figure knelt by her
side. The river lay between them; and
upon the impulse of the moment, seeing
only his daug hter's pa,e face, and the wild.
looking savage SO near her, he raised his
rife and fired.
The report caused Emile to look up
and, seeing her father rushing towards
the river, she cried ont: :. Here, father
here am p Then. turning to her DARK
friend, she was about to ask him to help
her father to cross the river, when she
perceived blood trickliDg down his shoul.
der, and saw that his right arm hung
powerlcss at his side "0h, Heavens p
she cried; at is nay fathers bull
i,ctl G5, father, what have you done p
Ana. ssroWi;ag herself upon her knees be
fore the warrior, az he had just now knelt
to her, implored him, WITH elasped hands,
to forgive her father for he1, sas q
'sTbe White Fawn has won the heart OF
Tisha Mingo His life is hers and he
will forgive her father was tho noble
answer.
By this time the excited parent had
succeeded in crossing the river, and Emile
ran to meet him. In a few words she
told him all, keeping back only the con-
fession of the brave warrior, and the un-
happy man, stung with self reproach.
hastened towards the wounded chief. who
still stood motionless, aad, having received
from him assurances that his unfortunate
rashness was forgiven, embraced him with
true French warmth of heart, overwheim-
ing him with thanks and grateful protesta-
tions for having savedsks daughters life.
With ali his other accomplishments,
Mr.. Granger, was a skillful surgeon, and
having probed the wound, he found TO his
? rIo,k. I'll Iol bol 81. . H.
bone, so that it would be necessary to
convey the wounded mau to his house be-
fore he could properly dress it. The
chief hesitated to accept Mr.. Grapger's
proposal TO go home with him, bat an i'm
ploriDg look from Emile decided him, and
the three took the shortest path through
the woods to their house, where they ar
rived in about an hour
When they had reached the house,
Tisha- Mingo was faint from loss of blood
aud pain. Some blankets were thrown
over the low settee under the old oak
tree, and the sufferer reclincd upon them,
while Emile, having sent her brother for
some water, staunched the blood that
oozed from his wound, and spoke woi ds of
comfort and cheer that caused him to for
get his pain.
As evening crept on, and the lord Of
day cast his last rays upon the forest
trees, this little family of father, son, aud
daughter sat around the wounded warrior
as he lay under the dreamy influence of a
powerful narcotic. Mr. Granger had been
rendered truly unhappy at the unfortunate
occurrence which had stretched the warrior
upon bed of pain, aud he sat near him,
watching his very breath, and fearing the
setting in of fever He constantly moist
ened his lips, and felt his pulse, while the
concerned expression on his face conveyed
his fears to the anxious 5smilie, who sat
near watching the ceuntenance Of her
preserver aud of her father alternately.
Towards the latter part of the even
ing, the chief was in 3 big fever, and his
mind wandered deliriensIy as be tossed to
and fro upon his couch. Now, he was
leading on his braves to the light, and he
sounded the fearful Ear whoop; anon, he
joined IN tho souaeils OF his tribe; and
again, the more recent scenes CT that af
ternoon fitted before his diserdered i'm
agination, and he was struggling in the
water, bearing Emile up the bank, asking
the Great Father to unseal her eyes, con-
Tossing to her his simple heart, aud his
fugers sought the chain and cross, turn
ing the latter over and over; new, a
shudder passed over his frame, and his
lips were compressed as if to subdue a
terrible pain, and again those words,
"The white fawn has won the heart of
Tisha Mingo-he aoiH fozgive her father, u
while smile passed like gleam of sun
shine over his dark features.
Dir. Granger had watched tenderly his
patient, holding him when be struggled,
that he might not injure himself, occa-
sionally moistening the bandages upon his
wound, and paying little heed to what he
muttered in his delirium; but at these
last words of the unconscious man he
started with surprise. The kneeling at
titude of the Indian as he first caught
sight of him was explained, and the truth
flashed upon his mind nor could he re-
frain from tears as his manly heart re-
ceived this assurance of forgiveness for
the rash act of his hand, from the lips OF
the sufferer. Emotions of generous friend