, 1860-08-10

bers with one leg, In q manner which indicates
that the leg Is broken. Another report from
second barrel and the huge animal falls quiverine
on the plain, the bullet having struck him on the
forehead.
The Indian sets up . shout Of triumph and is
hastening towards his game, when his eye rests
upon the form Of the tFapper, who stands 80 un'
moved and motionless, seeming the very statue
Of defiance. A wild exclamation Of alarm escapes
him, and he comes to halt, still gazing upon the
object Of his terror and appearing TO have lost all
fears Of the destroying element in the greater tear
which the presence Of that being aroused.
Down comes the wall Of fame, and, fleeing
before 1t, those countless multtudes Of animals
Of various kinds, all sheering off to the right or
left Of the knoll, and believing loudly as they
proceed. The Indian, too, BY waving the blan-
ket on the end Of his rife, managed to split the
rushing herd and it's not long ere all Of them have
pGssedAbut the FIRE is close behind them.
For one moment the Indian gazes upon the
motionless form Of the hunter, and then, violently
startled BY the proximity Of the fire, he draws .
huge knife, disembowels the buffalo, and en-
sconces himself therein.
Down comes the whirlwind Of FIRE with the
speed Of race horse. and soon sweeps over the
scene, leaving the bare and blackened soil behind
But the Indian comes exultingly forth from the
snug retreat, when the destroyer hss passed, and
again looks toward the tTapper. $3.50 ss.
That person is still as calm and unmoved as
ever, though the flames are at the very ro1t Of
the knoll, leaping and cracking and roaring ike
an ocean storm. An instant they play titfully
around the edge Of the knoll, and then leap up
In the centre, and dash across the spot where the
trapper Is standing, enveloping him In their folds
A moment later, as the FIRE sweeps on, the trap
per is seen advancing over the scared prairie, to
ward the Indian, and is ere long in his presence.
"Tbe Fire-Fiend Of the prairie" mutteFed the
red man in . voice Of terror, and be falls upon
| his fce. ai'Bfg 80 2
"Hai you know ms-perhaps you have met
me before?" p ialea i-ii'
"No, no, sir, but for ten years no other name
has been 80 much an object Of terror and aston
ishment to onr people. You have been fearfhly
avenged, spirit Of the murder Ford I" tisl
Listen, Dacotahl am not the spirit Of HI
ram Ford, the tFapper, but Hiram Ford himself
I have not been avenging my own murder, but
that Of nv wife and babes was not slain, as
your people supposed- my wounds healed, and
lived and am now before you in nv true guise.
But my vengeance Is appeased. and for one favor
from You or your people, win forever bury the
hatchet" ~ ss,.l ai5a ~ ss 1885,
"And that onel" asked the Indian. raising bis
face, and gazing upon the man before him with
look of inexnressihle awe.
~ wish t0 he conducted t0 my son who was
spared. know that he was not reared among
/ your people, else ! would have effected bis res
cue long ago. He was sent to q distant tribe.
But whcrei Where Is be At this mcmentsn n
He Is deadi"
"Liari" cried the trapper. sriaing the Indian,
and shaking him with as much ease as Il he had
been child gi, fst s63f s.al@9H
"Ihave been making inquiries; Pake. my boy,