The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-05-18

frand. wAe k.1stsr.1 W;.-a.;. ~ J. 49,.
All uf onr N eh. fans.,cs ..s...ss q -
from their nasive f.rd sssss ss. 80. !.
fti,e edsce 81 Nan, & ln fsax ~ h.a lss..'
ofRcer 81 so,nc ,,,r ti,rin.. ~.
warm nali,ia.l .nel soss1 n,
of the Dela, ar;o, I..
xcotIemat, vbn h.d .lvavs stns.a M i, !.
esteem of h;s assucia,Rs ( n,, cots.,,.net. =.
Though Il one time ! man ar ,~a,Ish fsa,s.
Bersran. lad lost much. ana snffe,a', NM
by British iafva sion. aud vhen shortiy ef... ],
ciose Of the war. he had. met ~;,h s.w ~. .,'s
serious reyerses ne. had h.a f.i ),
grant 81 land. near tia Eslls IS ,ha ,,.sn 8;
LouisvIllc. ten,lcrctI him IL yrc;,,;a rb;es -.
hsid Jurisdiction ver the rrt;r T,r;sr
coustitulina the STATE az Rantnctv .ss -
The grant had dee;aed ~ ycalor.l -.
seeking his nav Doasassinps ana h,,;iaa,, ~ 8
new home In the Far West a,,d !. h;s 80, 81 4.
insisted Gpon accanna nvinv him ~ n. /; !.
toar. he had "a ~ he, k.;r. 3, -, ,;.;
that Blapche should IL Ieft .mepe har ira !, +
till such fime as nlecs ..os,lA L. "a ~;
might In soma degree - s.ons;.rod !. A. ~,
i for one 90 carefully ana tenderly r.arad
Blanche would cla.ilr have r:,n. viii. har :.
rcats; bnt o,, .his poiut her f.tR.r hss hss, I,
cxorable-declarinr that shc would haye +, !. !.
main at the East till he shoud a,e prorer u san
| for her; and as he was a man II nosifivx an,
ac,er, aud rigid discipl;na.;an. the natter bs,
| been settled without arga,nent
When Colone, Bertrand removed to the We.,
Eugene Fairfax. a. We have seen ,nnau;e.
him; and coming Of age shorty alter H. IL.
accepted the liberal offer Of ns noble benef.e
ter, to remain with him in the capaeitv of -;
yaie secretary .nd co,.;idential ,e.n. q, -
king possession ot his grant ,;,c colnrel i y
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sush Inducements 10 se et,lers. a 10 sna,x,i, 81
lee. around him quite 4 little cou,nuui,vs I,
which, as ii matter Of course. he became ~.
head and chief: and 10 SUNNY the want, ~ nj.
oan family and Others. and increase his CAIN,
in i legitimate uay. he had opened n store a,,,
fiilsd il with goods from the Eastern na,,.
whs ch goods were trensnorted nv l,na over ~
mo intains to the Kama wha. and thence nv y.
ter TO the Falls Of the Ohio. whence the;, -.
moyal to Fort Bertrand became an essv matter
To purchase and ship these goods and deliver
package of letters to friends in the East En-.
gene had been thrice dispatohed-his third com.
mis- zion also extending 10 the escort;nc of ,ha
bes niful heiress, with her servants. 10 her new
home. This last commission had been 90 f,r
executed at the time chosen for the onen;n,, ~
our story, as TO bring the different parties to .he
nioath Of the great Kanawha. whence the read.
er has seen them slowly floating off unon the
STILL CLASSY bosom of the .sbelle Of rivers
The day. which was an ausp;cious one nass.
cd without ANYTHING occurring worthy NJ note
until about four o'clock, when. as Blanche was
standing on the fore mart NJ tho decL csz;no ~
the lovely scene which snrrounded bsr sha 2. =
a seemingly fyinp bodv suddenlv leavo . I;mh
of gigantic tree Whose mighty branches ax-
ten led far over the river and near which tho
boa was then swaved Inv tho action of ,ha c,,r0.
rent). and aligbt with a crash mon tho deck of
the boat. not more than eight feet from her =
One glance sufficed 10 show her what The oh-
lee. was. and to freexe the blood in her ve;ns
The glowing eyes of a huge psnther met her
gaze. The suddenness of tho shocL which ,h;s
discovery gave her was overnoverinp. With
dea.ening shrek she fell mon her knee. and
ella she'd her hands before her hreast Tbe n.n.
ther crouched for his deadly lear. hut ers hs
snranp. the huntinv knife of Eupsnc F.;-fa~
who, with the steersman. was the ONLY nerson
on deck besides Blanche) was buried 70 the h;lt
in his side. inflictinp a severe but mt fatal
wound. The infuriated beast At once turned
rpoa Eugene. and a deadly s,ruco,e ensuod -
But it was short one. The polished blade Of
he knife rlayed back and forth ike lichtu;no
iasles. and at eyery plunge il was buried 10 the
li,t in the panther's body. who soon fell IN tho
{epir dragging the dauntlpaa Ellppnp With him
On seeing her protector fall Blanche uttered
.nother shrek and rushed to his aid hut a..
s.ance from stouter arms was at hand The
,oa tmen gathered round. and the SAVAGE man.
ter was literally hacked in nieces win Thai.
,uiyes and hatchets and Eueene. covered with |
hood. was dragged from under his carcass
,apoosine him to be dead or mortally wounded
}lailche threw her arms around his neck ard |
ave way to a passionate burst of grief Bu,
le vas not dead-he was not even hurt. with |
he exception of few Sigh. scratches. The |
,!ood with which he was covered was the nan !. |
hers, not his own. But BIanche's embrace |
ras his-a priceless treasure-an index of her
carts emotions and affections. II was to col
r his whole future life, ~ will be seen in the
no srsss of our story.
Slowly and silently, save the occa sional creak.
ip, and plash Of the steersman's oar, the boat
t our voyagcrs was borne along upon the bos-
m of the current, on the third night of the
os age. The hour was waxing late, and Eu-
eiie, the only one astir except the watch, was
addenly startled, by rough hand being placed
pen his shoulder, accompanied by the words,
he gruff voice of the boatman:
~ say, Cap'n, here's troubled"
"What is it, Dick ?" inquired Eugene, start
lg to his feet.
Don't you see thar's heavy fog rising,
lalll soon kiver us up 30 thick that we won't
lIn tnU f-n