New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-02-10

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| The dragons, informed who the enc
my was, ch'fed impatient.y to legin tn
attack-for they had a hundred insul
tc avenge OIL the bold parties beyont
them. Meanwhile, our hero, for the or
.'erly kad l'een right in sayii.s Capt
Preston lei the tr'op. approached on !,
trt, completely unco,. .scious Of the pres.
ence Of his hilien enemy. He MAS en-
Gagged in SC uting exrei'i pf sore ex
'cnt had no ,'ea an armeA rryalist W.
within wenty miles. Su llenly howev.
er, he drew in his rein, 70, he though,
he heard a horse sta,npingi in the forest;
ut it was to lare; NJ .j.,r Lindsay 8 "
hey were discoverel, |, and immediatel,
gave the l,ng wishe,l-for word. 8
'Charge! he said, plunging hisr, r,wels
into the sides Of his horse, and clearing
Mt one bound the space between Kim and
the road. 4 pcs
With . loud huzs,, thedragoons shout
ing, no qnartcr,' followed his example,
hrsc anil ina su'llenly filing the road
like appariti:.rs. Preston saw le was
.urr.unied. Their cries tol him more
'ver, that it was to lie life and death
struggle. Five against fifteen was fear
'al odds, yet.he cried.
'Mari.a forever!' and dra ing is sa-
bre, he dsshe:l at Lin,lsay, wh,nn he re-
cognized. .Ha! have we met?' he erred.
.Y.s-anl l have y,ur was the re-
ply, hisse;l between his adversary. !.
teeth. @
As Mj,r LiHad say thus spike, h.
raised hi'nseltin his stirrups, all throw.
ing all his strength into one gig,nt
blow, he br .ugat his heavy sabre down.
right on the aim >st unprotected hea oi
Preston. For a moment it seem: as
If n 6 stsack ut t t,, s 1 IT ht WITH
4 dext.rous movement, our hero eva'ie,i
the str kc, AMI in return dealt site
cut that, if NJ jr Lin lsay's horse hat
not fortunately swervc'l, would l'ays
en.lc,i his life at once.
But though flle,lin this irstattcmpt
each was eager to return the charge,
and wheeling their h'rses, they ras..e
again upon each cher. Il was Pres
toms turn now To- deal tho FIRST blow.
He t, de with very short s;irups, Q
which he took advantage to throw hi'n-
self hackw.r !, nnt' then, protesting him
self forward, nlcasting al lis strc:,g.h h
into the blow, he brought his sa'rcd 'wn
on the helmet Of Maj'r Lintls,y with a
force that was irresistible. Cutting
clear traug. the crest as fiji ha been
= sm.,ke wreath, the we'll proved blale
descended with full violence On the steel
cap, through which it crashed like an
egg-shell; but here it st t'ppel-5roken
int, fragments by Che Tremendous stoke
and the rcsistnnes 0. the iron c.sqne
confined. Nothing but that we'll tenn.
pereA steel heal piece c,ull have save
Major Lin'lsay's life. AS it was, stun
ned an bewi.l .lere |; lie reale lin his sad
die. ss f.
.IIev hin d,wnl Use the c ] Heal!
sHeave at him there, one and alll'
Such we're the exclamat,ons that me
our hero's ear, as he rec vercl hi'nsel
from that blow, and found only the hill
and ! fragment Of his br,ken blarlc lef
Iin his hand He Looked round hastily
His four followers had already been p'l
hors .lM combat, and the drag IONS wer
nov, like dogs ar unaa i will boar, wait
/ Q chance to rush in on him, cncoul
aging each other by shouts; for sue
was the terror Of Prcston's name, and
terrific was the blow they had just see
dealt on their lesder, that each ma
hung hack an instant, preterring ths
his neighhor should 60 FIRST. Prest''
s.w this slvantage, and hastens'! I
&vail himself Of it; for, M pistols we'
alreadyi drawn, he knewhis chance woul
hast scarcely y moment.
.Ho, Thunderer!' be sail ad.lressin