The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-09

before him with look of inexpressible
awe.
"I wish to be conducted to my son who
was spared. ] know tha. he has not been
reared among your people, else would !
have effected his rescue long ago. He'I
was sent to distant tribe. But where
Where is he at this momentg
HE is dead"
Liar" cried the trapper, seizing the
Indian, and shaking him with as much
ease seemingly as if he had been child.
81 have been making inquiries; Palla,
my boy, is living, and you know where
heis. Spealkw
The footsteps of a number of horses,
furiously ridden, now attracted the atten-
tion of the trappcr, and I've looked away
in the direction from which the fire adj
vanced. lie saw white horseman ap-
preaching with a woman seated with him
on saddle, and behind them half
dozen Dacotahs in full pursuit.
"lf you are only a mortal" muttered
the Dacotah, while the attention of his
companion was fixet, on the new comers
and having drawn his knife, he aimed a
furious blow at his heart. But the wary
trapper had not been so fully off his
guard as the Indian had supposed, and so
quickly as the lghtnings leap from the
cloud, defacing and consuming, so quick
ly did the Indian lie mortally wounued
at the feet of his foe.
"Enoughw he cried, ina faint voice,
''the evil spirit tempted me, or should
not have braved you. Mitan, the proph-
etcss, told me that you were my destined
destroyer-lool that | was to attempt to
give the lie to her words. But" he adj
ded, in rapidly failing voice, "you would
know where your son is. Listen-ha, ha +!
He is now near you, with six brave Da-
cotahs in full pursuit: he can not escape
them, he and you will botlfbe destroyed,
and Ina, a!-I shall be avengedw
lie partially arose, pointing brief in
stant toward the approaching fugltives,
with a steady finger and a sullen look of
triumph, and then fell back-dead!
The trapper looked to see that both
barrels weresreddy for the work of death,
and then rapidly advanced toward the
new coners. The pursuers were already,
so near tho pursued that they could not
re'lon. from continual yelling, by way
of expressing tlieir JOY, and the .jaded
horse of the lugitives exhibited such signs
Of exhaustion that there was only too
much reason in thciryells Of triumph.
But, when the eyes OF the Indians fell
upon the trapper, they became Us silent
as death and reined in their steeds.
"They remember" he muttcred, chow
have often met a large force, single
handed, and came off victorious: they
will pause to consider. IN the mean
time"
The trappcr did not finish the sentence,
for the horse ofthe fugitive tell to the earth
and made no effort to rise Tho young
man and the woman both arose, apparent
ly uninjured and the trapper was soon
beside them, looking curiously from one
to the other, but finally resting his eyes
iiXedly on the face of the youth who was
soon earnestly regarding him in return.
"The Indians:" cried the girl, and the
cry called the attention of her compan-
ions in that direction. The pursucrs
were in full retreat!
"Saved!' exclaimed the girl, and she
threw herself into the arms of her lover
weeping with joy.
\ very affecting scene succeeded be
tween the father and son-ior such they
were. The youth now learned that hi,
father was really alive, although lie had
supposed the contrary, and then went or
to describe his adventures during the
twelve years lie had been a captive, ii,
told how the lady, who was now his be
trothed, had been the cause of his flight
faom the Indian settlement, and explain
ed how she had beer stolen from her pa
rents few months previous by the In
dians.
In conclusion we will say that the trap,
per and his son went to st. Louis and set.
tied. 1t was long after this event was
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 a
kind Of cement, by which complete oil
cloth suit which he had secured, was
fire proof.