Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-04-25


! ..Liar!" cried the trapper, seiziug the In
dian, and shaking him with as mach ease
+, seemingly as if he bad been child.
Il have been making inquiries, Pake, nv
| boy is living, and you know where he is.
| Speak,
The footsteps of number of borses, fu-
riously ridden, now attracted the attention of
the trapper, and be looked away in the d;rec-
ton from which the fire advanced He saw
white horseman approaching with a woman
seated with him on the saddle, and behind
them half a dozen Dacotahs in full pursuit
IF youare only mortal" mutterred the
Dacotsh, while the attention of his compan-
lo2 was fixed on the new comers; and, having
drawn his knife, he aimed furious blow at
his heart. But the wary trapper had not been
so fully of his guard as the Indian had sup
posed. and so quickly as the leap from the
cloud, defacing and consuming, SO quickly did
the Indian lie mortally wounded at the feet of
his foe.
Enough" he cried, in faint voice, "the
evil spirit tempted me, or should not have
braved you The prophecies told me that
you were my destined destroyer-feel that 1
was to attempt to give the lie to her wordsl
But, he added, in a rapidly failing voice,
you would know where your son is. Listen
-ha, ha! He is now near you, with six
brave Dacotahs In full pursuit; he cannot es-
cape them' he and you will both be destroyed,
and I-ha, hal shall be avenged.
lie partially arose, pointing brief in
slant towards the approaching fugitives, with
a steady fnger and sullen look of trump,
and fell back-deadl
The trapper looked to see that both bar
rels were ready for the work of death, and
tb.,x, l. 4
ers. The pursue:s were already so near the
pursued that they could not refrain from
continual yelling, by way of expressing their
h:bited such signs of exhaustion that there
was only too much reason in their yells Of
triumph.
But when the eyes of the Indians fell upon
the trapper, they became as silent as death,
and reigned In their steeds.
They remember" he muttered, chow
have often met large force, single-handed.
and came off victorious; they viii pause to
consider. In the meantime"
The trapper did not finish the sentence, for
the horses of the fugitives fell to the ground
and made Lo efforts to rise. The young man
and woman arose apparently uninjured, and
the trapper was soon beside them, looking Gu
riously from one to the other, but finally res
ting his eyes fxedly on the face of the youth,
who was s0oul ssgerly regarding him N turn.
1.-The Indians," cried the girl, and the
cry called the attention of her companion In
that direction. The pUrsuerf were in full re-
treat.
''Saved!' exclaimed the girl, and she
threw herself into the arms of her lover
weeping with JOY.
A very affecting seen succeeded between
the father and the son-for such they were.
The youth now learned that his father was
really alive, although he had supposed the
contrary, and then went on to describe his
adventures during the twelve years that he
had been captive He told how the lady,
who was now his betro;hed, had been the
cause of his fight from the Indian settlement.
and explained how she had been stolen from
her parents few months previous by the In
diaus.
In conclusion we will say the trapper and
his son went to St. Louis aud settled. 1t was
not long after this event vas known, and not
very long ago that Elder Ford told his little
grandsons how he had built up his Fire
Fiend reputation. The secret was, that he
had discovered kind of cement, by which
a complete oil cloth suit which he had secured
was rendered fire proof