Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-01-25
REVENGE. .
4 TALE OF TEXAS.

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m anAsEs ths RIGA Feilsh sf wsli saszt heaz Y"
"Revengs! revenge for eur murdered
contradict Death 20 ths Invaders ~
vas she battle cry og Jack Halliday las
9 hs was faaailiarIT called, j Wills aghaing
at the fatal battle az RmaAax massacre,
OF the Alimo. He dealt death 10 many
f6sinan, bat all ID vaini His eoa-
rada, eysrpowersd By the sapsrias Hn@.
bsEst Of shs snszays were slaughtered
without mercy. Seeing THAI all waa
lost, jack, With vengeance buxning ss
, his heart, dErssd away.
Then did Texas daughters @oRFn for
the brave who wsxs AI&in on that diaaa+
tEoas day. Tbs survivors Of &he gallant
band swore etagnAnsI Vengeance on the
slaysrs Of their brsthRsa, ''RsmemheT
the Alamo," became thslF bas&is-ery j;
and the imploriRg ahrisk Of the sRsmy
fer mercy was answered by startling
tones, ssRsmsmber the AlAmeea
Jack was wounded bat hg was many
miles Cd before he diaeovz9gd its In TIE
hurry Of the light he hAd no sisas 10
think Of hurts but now when 0ovlaa
down, the wound became painful. Hur-
rying on &s fast "a hIs crippled state
woaid admit, he sOaght fer shslssr and
rsSrsshmsut. As isagsh, whaa nsaxiy
0vsrsems, aAd rsa&y % siak TO shs
Kround with fatigue aaa sxhaussioa, hs
saw shE0ugk an snsning Ia tbs fsrese q
ns&t little sestagas do huxrasd tswagas
il. He arrived ea the door, his mind
and kkoNahxs In mAAxa; he ssEOva 10
rmiaa khs lasah his had essaa6e diRsy.
his hgaia whirlsd, Ama be Esmsahsgsd
ne mere
| When he FskuEn to consciousness, he
was ia . bed in . strange room. Ths
| fraEranes of Hswsga ao&ksa IN ms sAs
kaIf-oRan window, the malody af birds
anlivsnad the air without. All this ha
saw, felt, and heard. WhsEs vas be ?
| Thsl vas what puzzled him. How to |
&ecsuBt for his bsang there, be knsw nni |
gradually he gaBsmhsFed pass events,
fAins, dim and shsdowy rs 3 dream. |
Hs remembered the sIimo, his flight, ss-
cape, finally his falling ssnsslsss ~ the |
door of eotsage-alI else WAS blank. /
the ruatling Of dEaas was heard, and |
Jack, turning his syas quickly iR shss /
diFsation, saw "a appATition, which be |
for years afterwards remembered. IL /
was young girl, sylph-liks and grace
ful /; her features regular and Of GFseiAa /
mould, &nd her eompkexiaa pars and
clear as An angels, vita eoler enough
10 inparE q Y0Bs-like hue, and rendered
still mors beautiful by her glossy black
hair. Tbs grace Of eysFy movement sad
gesture completely fascinated aud cap
EuEed the hsarE Of eur hsgo, and he could
have gRzed forever, and never tired, at
her almoat supernatural beauty.
She entered the room unconscious of
the interest she created IN him, And to-
tally unaware Of the eyes Exsd on heg
and Jack, having raised himself upon
his elbow at hsF sntaTaneas remained 30
With his syss 6xsd upon hsE As though
be was afraid il Was vision, and woald
vanish. saddenly hsR syss wsrs raised
And encountered bis, when Hush, beaa.
tifuI as 3 new blown rose, sa6uasd hex
faos and neck.
aAiaidsn, - said Jack - last, bgsaking
she spell upon him, aud aading astsr-
ance sscan you tell ms whsEe ana. aad
hew came here P' .. - h
@Yon are, bslsive, With fEisads 40
to how you cams hare, know nos. We
found goa wounded and ssnsslsas at tho
door, aprarently dying; bua, thank God,
yau are recovering ?,
'sHow lsng have / been hszs % +
"IhEee days; Ne found you on Sun
day evening, and i3s now Wednesday,
''H&vs been senseless all that tims s''
fsYou have" Il
sIknow nos how 10 express ny thanks;
pat, should you ever need thg ssgvicss
Of friend, Jack Halodsy viii be ready
10 4ssiss pea"
NThRnks axe unnecessary, vie have
done no more than oar duty,n Il
"Dqsy or not, An none tbs less CRATE
ful ~ ...-... Z. j.. -. |,
''Rsaiiy, sir" s&ia she naivsly, 81
mass garry cut nag instructions, and
they are, not 10 ses yoa conysxsa tilI you
bscoms sensible; il yoa are grataful,
show it By being silans,n -. /,
A month passed oYsr, and che invalid
was again strong and hardy. On The
morrow be was 20 Ieays the cottage, 70
mingls anea megs In the scenes Of q sold.
isr's life. @ whas pang ID eoss him. ,
Ia ena moash b ha& lsasasa 10 lavs tbs
geusls isabella Aa ysk hIs lors bad
bssn unsseksas ualeas ths glansas cg hia !
dark sysa, aaA khe admfEakian bis vegy
aess declared ahewed Is he hia oampan-
iaa. Speak ID. he 6aRsA aok. a aha ssass-
ed - hlm " b 0g AighaE cgdax 0e hs-
ings. I,
Wight eams, bsaasiful and ssrsns. bud
With 1t esama no joy aas Jaek. Ills haaxt i
was oppRsssSd with the tAenxhs II 90
moxrow. Hs wAs shea 70 ge gsrsh In sho ,
defence og hss counkgy. Psrhaps for she .
last time be sas and eoaYessed with hia
kind friends, 70 whom hs 0wsd his liEs.
kae could scarcely keep shs s@Ars from
running down bis phssks. Tksra was
another too, who Ssls oppressed; bus,
wish TIE dalieaey ox her sex, shs stgeye /
&c appear nncenoazned. la Ia ahers
tima tAsy ha1 been together, shess swo
kindFed haaxsa had LEANED ka lave vt /
wiEh the aslInssz. fer whieh tovegs are ,
naisAee paRssiysd ma prefsf- II
emce Ut khe Other.
Tns houseAbld haa @sms - rsss- all
bnA che gtrangsg. Fila vito maAaaa~
shelly, 1aak waa il I'd a9zaox To- agsan /
aaa ID 0F1aE 10 paas sks aaaa, yus Rsse~ |
ING houFas he seok 4 segsll ahsaugh she /
gAedens sd snzaxaa khs ere sa the |
nsighbaTsng fosass sadaAaly 81 kssaa
The asana u vessea. svaAsnkl im saxnsss
Ak sas II ags ek mssseh we h
waisss aasn awalk ii aasszMzk axsaa Ill /
80 aaaYs 80 eyasY sssAsssz aasa. 1
h0wsssg rival. was assuaaA ssslsssss sssssss !
bssysnR sAafapaxsy kaewazs. 80 hsrW !
sesasaa poslsaea whase ha seala hass
wf4Aeas 6esaN haaNA
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