Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-02-01

81 Esmsmhesas NJ mgsga agan asessy
ing hrnke, and tie saa saas "a kSxak
I The tfsas spen thzs ssFFsaa8 ssans. d
lwaa heFgghlg q The ksauza @as asss
AAna akaiRs3 eeaE wStA Aaxk sp@Asx maa4s.
pools az bleed bad sz8nk AWAY. SeYas
feng black bodaes fay agsnnd gAahsd hS
the 3xa, s0as II Eheu eEaking Assusls
as thay fell Ehsir aunsam tIzzszsa suE,
sad The wbase, faaga glea mang EsaE9aIlJ
in their open Jaws. 3 Tbs axe issal3 Las
I wfshin seaah, red win RfoSd iES snkfFs
Length. Ny own srsns siaFa also asasn.
ed, ana ssiA aasap. Buss fapd I'D mae-
| ey 3 worse sighi shan all this aask ny
case OF retaining csnsol saapess. Tight
tty ii my arms ] was holdihg ths bead al
fny wYfs,s her form bare and sorn iisaS
EshreAss ~ 4s1a Ill & Eas f
Tbe cid mam sohbad saavaIsisely. aad
rang bis hands unsil il sssmsd thaa shs
blood would start from Bic angsSs.
fsCosn ing ~ aasa8 5hs e T1ssE 9t8
20 Agaim, and nearer thar ba6uRs, ltha
aisHsal hswi ayese sbevs sha Esegm41
| Tbs camp 6rs burnt dimly in fha hlInd4
| Ing storm 81 snow, aud sense Of toaa-
AA4t&as &tsA kNSEVE U@x&9 WE $50 &1k&xA
darker sAau the sky oysshssds ssgs
ssHsss, s@ka shiasas said aBBiasR, ~ ha
ha6dsd ms he ieaksks Hand, IL ysa ssS-
EiEss carry i e T5--. New Yark. aad
TO tits. Death will b. rest, ane shall
zee Maria. We EmHsk &aka 60 tbs 4Eeaa.
IL Is frseAs, or dssth By the wolyss. -
n.I 49, r..E LwI
! felt shs hot tears drop. on asy hand
- the old mar pressed his 4aisering
lips upon it, and then pHshsd on towasa
Bha sseea. II Ea8 vsgg ag ~ssa /
We had need to be auiek, fog ws bad
hardly reached the branches ere q score
OF long, gloomy shadows shot out Of ths
sarrouDding darkness, and Eank as yali /
whieh wsns 20 ahs hearR 90 ideR than tia /
breath Of ths winsry hlaaE. They paid
bus hssas at&enaion sa she din aRe ana,
sesas,ug thsiE prey, gsthsred in sshads
0wy sirals beneath Hs< zabgafs
SLASH yaurssif faak, hoys and som-
nead yeur Bsml 30 God, fon yea will
fEseSs, and better 70 rst on shs osk thsn
10 be torn by ska dswils.'s -ssa8a @ssz
e. o Et's no mBe, e hs eoatinHedy as / sur.
gsafsd thss the soand Of our gwns might
reach the inmassa of sha cahin, ssskey
would nnk hear sea. in kha ssarm and
assi dss. swear by AAe hwiRg God shas
viii ssnd ssms Of shen "a hs--lI before
disP' & 80 as
. Blair eommsncsd his Iiasdly work, and
"a one Of the wolves fell tha etheFs we'a
"a hs and snarl &na gnRah khsig tessh
sVer the horrilfeasss Their Eesth hasgnd-
ID like ths amisIpg Of stsel apon steel.
ssill they h0wlsd mggs asrcaiy ~ the
daughter went CO. Is g.g..s gsa.5.-sE IA |!
ssAy gun isrwet, hsd viii mol 60"
asayd Blair mattsF ~ith Aearss. aDamn
em, pil tsy 'sm With tbs sxs," -.
Ay wildly uttered warning waa Toe
sta, fer, as it swalIed ahsEa cha sounds |
,alows with unnasuEnl strength Blair |
yapsd down with . shout az rage and
and with his axe and knike
lauEbt Ehe pack faoe 70 fsee. ae., 81 II
I grew aisk at heaxt M I watched vita
IuEning sys-halls the strnggle shrsagk
he darkness. cauldses shs aagk fsxsas !
wgrming aEoana the Asank, xhare BLAIR
lad backed ap. After the fEsk howl of 4
oy, as is seamsd 20 Me, wAeH Rlalr
umpsd down, thsy we're lsss nolsys Aaa 1
moxs weary, for ahey aaesas I
q to reaiiRs shas shey had 90 anamy 10 i
sad with. [ msdiy called 10 him,o asa ]
unstsxed .eursesy a2 l tried 90 uasia sha I
haugs with whl6k / bad kAsEasu myssIt 4
0 shs trunk. -a -a .sf 8sfs ss..g aaf '
ssHas ha glariSas spsxt here, beg '
mother devil the leaEW and bis maniac
augh and shout came ap aesFesly less !
GaRtIing than shose Of she wolves sheat
im. Tknsw Ehak be wRa mad. 5eE
could hear ths rice. lake taws eioss
onsaanslY around Bisir, and nov aRd =
ben his axe ajax wiSh lSavy, aEuaehs 4
ag sound into soma sknil, and shan aAl In
rev more dim delicious essaing of 8
appiness eFsps over ms; the SouaEis Of 7
be strife below died oRs, saa swest :
reAms steie ever rHs like the summaRas :
rsash. Tha reports ak saR rifles Rad J
aached The eaban, whieh, as / iasrnsd
ftevwaTds, was act swsnty rods 4rsm .
here va sneampaa. Ths inmasss, nums q
eging aoms foufssen By shs StadlGiuu sf !
migrants who hta ssoRpsd in sbs sssrm q
ID cAzae cut With dogs and gaas, sad 81
saehed TIE spos hus q Enomsas toe late. q
lair had lodged his axe 50 isepiy ini =
be head OF wolf thas shs corners ES~ =
sained fast, gAd sha okhsxs tore him =
own. Rssey were EissEaliy shot aawni
tish their faaga haIdisg7so the tosn =,
esh, and bis wagm blood jssking a~sF =
seig shaggy skinss Ths mangiad body = =
'gs snasehed fFeM thazA, and suE dnwn :
rom the tree aud carried 10 shs cabin. =
I was ali winter rseoxsgiug from my q
sF4ous Injuries. rae &waksnimg fEem ii
be dream Of death was n terrible awak- p
ming, and suffered more than pea can q
eseribe. - -@----- ~. ~
Blair wHa buried oa the edge of the B
rairie, and when I legs in the spring 2
10 early flowers wsFs already springing :,
pon hia grave. The old man reaks I'M d
eg the vide shadow Of the Old oak. a
| carried the lockea 70 its destination. /,
Be sister eausshed ps eagerly, and ksna- :
! thanked nae, shoagh hsr heart almoss d
rake under the stgoke, remained IN
Isw York through the summer, and ia
ID autumn the sister returned with ma Il
} - Psaaris, and we bnils eur eahin v
.ithin sighs 81 the hruthsrsa grave. =,
The OAK is now dad and spltnEsgad, =
na the spot where he dis3 dsnssly COW :,
red with "a underground, whose vines =
lat aut tba ligas Of day, and guard il
yen from ths footaali Of mau or beast
aas week eur dog heoagAs cot > skun
ath the wide gAsh OF Rn axa hit khxo' q
10 top. / quietly, and without the
nowledgs Oh my wife, wears aAa tossed
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