Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-08-23

very respectable house. Out with your
hatchet, man, and to work.
"Suppose | make fire and roast this
piece of venison We shall be hungry when
our task is done"
"Always providing for the appetite :
Well, be it SO. Be careful, however, that
you do not let your fire get among the dry
branches, else we shall have general con-
fagration.'
eve will postpone such pyrotechnc
display until the fourth of the coming
MONTH"
In conversation like this passed two or
three hours, during which the brothers la
bored industriously, and found that they
had, when the venison was ready for them,
provided very comfortable cabin.
Il will just dip my cup in the stream
there" said Harry, ''and try the properties
of this water; hold on! put up your knife
until I return. We must start fair. OBJ
ject to your cutting off the finest pieces in
advance"
''Nay, you need not indulge any alarm !;
you shall have the first cut; hurry, then,
for I am famishing.'
Harry sprang down the bank, and bent
over the swift current. AS he was in the
act of dipping up the water an arrow from
some unknown bow pierced his arm, and
pinned it to his side. A sudden faintness
seemed to seize upon him, yet with the other
hand he scooped up the liquid and commenc-
ed the ascent. But ere he reached the top
of the bluff he sank exhausted upon the
sward. Had not large trunk of a tree in
tervened, he would have undoubtedly rolled
down the mountain again.
"That CURSED arrow must be poisoned ''
he thought, ''for [ can feel its influence
stealing through my system, numbing and
paralyzing my every faculty. If [ could
but make Barton hear! What ho brother !
Barton r'
So rapid had been the action of the irri-
tating agent, wherewith the weapon had
been charged, that his voice seemed to have
become affected, and he could hardly whis-
per. Meanwhile, Barton had become some
what annoyed at his brothers absence. He
had half mind to commence an attack upon
the venison, which was fast growing cold,
but he thought he had better look down up
on the river to see what detained the young
,ster.-He stood upon the E.-hut- rs far
as he could see there were no signs of the
missing brother Barton now grew anxious,
he could form no satisfactory reason for his
disappearance. There could be but one So
luton of the mystery, the Decotahs must
have been watching them, and succeeded in
capturing Harry. This conclusion arrived
at, he turned to look far up the river, where
arose upon the still air tall column of
smoke, that told him he was near some In
dian encampment
eyes, it must be son' he muttered, as an
agony of feeling stole across his soul; 'smy
poor brother has been made. thus early in
his frontier life, prisoner by those cursed
savages But he shall be rescued, or if too
late for that, avenged p
Without further delay. he unhitched his
horse from the limb to which it had been
fastened, while quietly gazing, he replaced
his saddle. examined the priming of his rife,
and vaulted upon his animal.
Now, Barbary," he almost shouted
you must bear your part nobly in this en-
terprise. We must bring back my brother
or return not at all :"
AS the sound of the fleet footsteps died in
the distance, and an unbroken silence brood
ed once more over the spot, there shot from
the opposite side canoe, propelled by the
practiced hands Of young and beautiful
forest maiden. With the rapidity of light
ming it sped across the waters, and touched
at the very spot where Harry had received
his wound. AS it grazed the beach the
young girl sprang lightly from it. and ran
swiftly up the bank to the place where the
young man had fallen. She arrived just
! in time to see him stretch himself out with
an agony of pain, throw his arms wildly
above his head. and sink almost insensible
back ag Tin. She bent over him, and in a
sweet whisper said
Come with me ! the warriors arrow has
wounded the white bird, who flew to our
forests for home but Ahtawata will save
the life of the pale. face Quick, to my ca
noe, or the chieftains of the tribe will dis
cover us. saw you from yender grove,
watched the movements of the Decotahs,
am here to save you. Ahtawata is not very
strong, but she can at least guide you to,her
hut among the bushes there. You will die
| if you do not come.
With such gentle words the maiden stroye
to rouse him for the effort, and finally sue
ceeded He had sense enough to know that
if he did not accompany her, his hours Of
life were numbered He had heard of the
medical knowledge the Indian possessed,
and he doubted not that she could aid him.
'My brother p he said, family.
'.Will return to this spot and await your
coming, he has gone to seek you He will
never leave until he meets you here Come,
ere the warriors of my race shall discover
you p
By series of painful efforts Harry at
last reached the canoe, into which he was
assisted by his fair guide.
"Now you must trust yourself to Alta
wahta, who, by the help Of the Great Spirit,
will draw this arrow fr om your arm and heal
the wound. She would thus atone for the
cruelty Of him who drew the bow"
As Harry felt himself lifted from the frail
bark, he cast a grateful look upon his pre-