The Kanzas news., 1859-05-07

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/ The first impulse of little Daniel, as he
heard that his, poor dogs were to, be poi
1 soned. was. to cry out, but a sudden pres
sure from the hand of his brother kept him
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I Al the end of the, boys bed was q dark
| windewaa small square door, and as i
/ was directly over the dog house, Phillip re-
solved to GO down and save the dogs. The
undertaking was . dangerous one; for the
fleastnoise would arouse the villains, and
the, consequences might be 2 fatal, But
Philip Slater found himself strong in heart
and be determined upon the trial: His
| fathers life might be IN his bandsi !. This
/ thought was tower of streBg<hEitsef. ESQ
/ Philip opened the window without mo-
yingsfrom his bed, and it swung. on It's hinl
i ges without noise. Then he threw of. the
Sheet and tied the cernef of it to the staple
/ bv which the window was shooked:sh The
sheet iwasthen lowesed On the sontside. and
learefully the, brave boy let Iimself out up
loR it. He enioined his ,brother not to move,
aud then he Slid noiselessly down. The
j hountfs had Just found the meat but they
drew back at their yoeag nester's beck
Hand bP3nIipseg gathered the flesh all up
| He easily 1qnieted the faithful brutes, and
then quickly tied the meat in the sheet.
There. was = Slight ladder standing near the
dog house. and Setting this up against the
bnildingS Philip made his way back to his
flihle leftgcand when safely there, he pulled
1.-THE sheet in after him. 1T-...f.-,,. = :
| The strangers had not been aroused, and
with beating heart the boy thanked God.
He had perfofmed an acti simple as 1t may
appear, atiwhicli many a5stOutesheart would
fhaYe qaailed, Tbs dogs lgrQwled as. they
| went back into their kennel, and if the
strangers heard them. they thought the
poor animals were growing over the fepast
pthey had found eal1J sdi Il zsioHs2iZs ..
( AT length the hounds ceased their noise,
and all was quiet. AH hour passed away
and so, did fi another. It must have been
nearly midnight when the men moved again,
! and the lad Philip saw the rays Of a candle
| Flash up through the cracks of the feoron
which stood his bedao He would have NOV
ed, to the, crack where he could peep down,
Sthe ladder. He uttered quick whisper to
his brother and theyoiay perfectly still.
The fellow seemed to be perfectly satisfied
that they were asleep for he; soon returned
to the ground floor, and then Philip erept
! 10 IHe I16 saw >IuS uleu lthS Knives,
[ and he heard them whispering: or .
sssWe'll kill the old man and woman first, p
said one of them, Hand7 then we'll hunt the
money. Iftbose little brats up there (point-
ing to the scaffold) wake up, we can easily
"But we must kill them all, said another
of the villains. ei-'z aaFi-eg io =a -u--
4"Yes," returned the speaker. ."but the
old ones first E. -. .-s b.c r..:4., - ,a.ea
| "Down the ladder outsidel quickp' he
whispered to his brother. Down, and
start up the dogs! Run for the front door
and throw it open-it is mt fastened. oh,
do let the dogs in the house as quick as
you can! I'll look for father while you go!'
| Daniel quickly crawled out through the
little window, and Phillip seized rifle and
erept to the head of the scaffold. Two of
the villains were just approaching the door
of his fathers ROOM, They had set the
candle down on the floor, so. that its light
would fall into the bedroom as the door was
opened. Philip drew the hammer of his
rife back, and rested the muzzle upon the
edge of the board One fthe men had his
hand on the latch. The boy hero uttered a
single word of heartfelt prayer, and then he
pulled the. trigger, The villain. whose hand
was on the latch, uttered one sharp, quick
cry, aud then fell upon the floor. The bull
let had passed through his tbraip.i zuis51 1.aa
For an instant the two remaining villains
were confounded. but they quickly COM
pretended the nature and position of their
enemy they sprang for the ladder: They
did not reach it, however, for at thatinstant
the out door was flung sppen,3 and the
hounds-four in number-sprang into the
house. With deep wild yell. the. animals
leaped upon the villains, and they bad drawn
them upon the floor Just as the old hunter
had come from his room. sd aFan biseiis q
Help usl help US! fatherl's cried Philip.
as he hurried down the ladder. II 'sI've sho.
one of themi They are murderers! rob-
bers! Hold 'emP' the boy continued. clap
ping his hands to the dogs. 'sll' ~ sss-
| Old Slater comprehended the nature of
the scenes in moment. andSsprang to the
spot where the hounds had the Two men on
] the floor. The villains had both lost their
knives and the dogs had so wounded them
| that they were incapable of resistAnce.-
With much difficulty the animals were cal
led off, and then the two men were lifted to
q Seat There was no need of binding
them, for they needed some. more restora
tive agent, as the dogs had made quick
work in disabling them.i.'a a7sissa aiHo1
After they had been looked to- the old
man cast his eyes about the room, They
rested moment on the body of him who
had been shot, and then turned upon the
boys Phillip told him all that had trans
Pired. 1t was some time before the old hum
ter could crowd. the whole teeming truth
through his mind; but as he gradually COM
pretended is all, soft, grateful. proud light
broke over his features. aud he held his arms
out 20 bis sons-lss-e szs g. Ersqir ..s : 3
z"Hehles noble boyst', i, he uttered, as he
ciasped them TO his bosom. t".Gop bless you
for this! Oh. dreamed not that You had
such beartsl" I, f.,zss :. 80, -, = $3.50