The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-04-06


time. They resorted 10 the same stratagem il
this instance and had gained the summit of the
mountain before they relaxed their watchlul.
ness. Expecting no further ne cessfy fer eau.
ton, from the conviction that no white man
could track them so lar, until they had advan-
ced days beyond the reach Of any parsuer, they
left a wide trail. All their precautions however
were of no avail, for they had 10 cope with an
experienced woodSman, and a woman S wit
sharpenpd by being torn from him she loved and
( in danger from him she hated. The little strips
OF cloth were angel messengers, bearlng glad IT,
| dIngs 10 Edward of her whom he SO eagerly
sought. He easily foand the right trail as in
dicaed by these tokens when il diverged or
was concealed, the pieces of cloth guided hin,
like thread through he labyrinth OF the VIII
| dprness.
Four whole DAYS he followed il and he knew
by the ashes OF their camp fires, which he had
passed, that he had gained on the tugitiges so
that he must now be near them, and caution
5ecame dou1ly necessary. Every night he
had climbed into tree and slept among its
branches, thus resting himself from the fatigurs
ot his lonely and rapid march, SO as to husband
| all his strength for The hour when il would OF
needed. On the night OF The fifth dav. he had
mounted TO his bed among the thick and wide
| spreading branches of giant oak, only few
yards removed from the edge of a steep bank,
near 10 which, 10 the valley below, flowed The
waters OF the picturesque Loyalhannas TIE
night had set in dark and threatening, and he
was in no hurry to sleep, for he Expected
| drenchrd skin before mornng.
While planning how hs,should act in case
he came in sight Of Mu!#ndwa and his party
on the morrow, recalling ai.he knew ofIndian
slratagem and Indian warlAs, his attention
was suddenly arrested at tht sight OF feeble
blaze of a fire just built, struggling through The
brushwood not many hundred yards IN advance
faster ii bounded upward cracking through the
| dry twigs higher and higher, wider and wider,
it cleaned until its broad light revealed the
outlines OF The forms Of six persons four were
| ly getting ready the evening meal. Presently
one Of those who bad been resting on the ground,
@svs az e h5aa s5jIriaT lR Rasare, and changing side
| the face of bis beloved Madeline. s'God i'll
Heaven, there they are aid ne now 10 save
! them" His Joy and anxiety rendered him un-
fit either TO act or think. Give the high met
tied stepd, when he is startled, the rein for
while; let him run, in a lille while he will
quiet down and be gentle and tractable again.
Soon Edward regarned his accustomed
composure OF mind and contidrnce in himself,
in the presence Of danger. Judging the dis
tance that the fire was from him, he found that
i: was beyond The range of his riae and that he
must conrive to get vet nearer. To Go so and
vet to not alarm the Indians, became a vital ne
cesslty. II he should be discovered, all would
be lost Descending carefully to the ground,
he proceeded, with a step as steathy pan
thers, forward 10 another heavy branched tree,
which the light OF the fire revealed TO him lii
tie farther away from The bank and about a
hundred yards from the party. The darkness
aug Nhe " 'hu oioN PtStiy dhu SldIN-
ing the dead branches around, fdvoured him, and
any noise he might have made was attributed to
this. He was soon in his watch-tower with
rifle in hand and prepared Tor whatever might
happen. Faithful and trusty companion in ma
n: chase, and many bloody skrinish, fail
hun not now
He h4d not been long in his resting place
when he saw that which made his blood boil
and nerved his arm for the terrible vengeance
that he was about 10 inflict Muknndwa stood
before Wilhelm with Madeline IN bis arms,
iannting him, while she was struggling TO free
herself from his caresses. Wilhelm must have
said something to him which reused bis savage
| ire for, dropping her from his arms like hot
shot, the f-arful tomahawk whirled round his
head and was dashed at the BRAIN of his hapleSs
victim. But it fell short Of its mark, for, whiz-
zing through The air, a well aimed bullet from
Edwards rifle, went crashing through the sava-
ge's skull and he tumbled backward, dead, into
the darkness. CONSERVATION sat on the faces OF
the three remaining Indians, tor the death had
fallen where they little expected, and Wilhelm
and Madeline could scarce prevent shout Of
Joy which rose up in their very thIoats and had
to be guped down again for, as a mother
knows the voice of her own child even in the
din ofa thousand child voices, SO they knew
The ring OF Eiward's rifle, for many time before
had they heard IFS music. Ispoke 10 them
now OF speedy delivery. While Two of the