New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-02-10

forward. Right aud LEFT the Dragons,
panic-struck, gave way, aa when tlo.k
+ f sheep fly efore the ci.sct of hung.
ry wolf--only one man attempting to
| stop his progress. But without SO much
as Icing wou dcd, the trooper went
'town h.a'ilong-over hrpwn BY Preston's
powerful charger; and our hero, yielding
to cn uncentrolas le impulse, us, he saw
the the way thus clea ell hefore him,
:',se il. bis s:irrupa, and waving his arm
n llish, 10 ,kc,' bach, and gave utter
,nce to u sh ut that long alter lIe had
vanished, ike bolt shot from some
..uge catupult, echoed and re-echoed IN
the startled woods.
lie is III, lie q -;P said the orderly;
saw you ever the liktq
For Il second the dragons stood stu
}pi.ly ] oking at each other; then all at
nee, dozen pistols were snapped at
the fugitive and ,lezen stceds put to
The pursuit. Moreover, Major Lindsay,
chough Ii. head still swan from that
sremcnl,us blow, had recovered suf6-
ie tly to un, ,lerstand what vas passing,
aud he n, " lent his voice to encourage
the chase, and himself passed forward
among the fitst. 49, s es1 ~,
All this had occupied less time than
It hiss taken us to repeat it. he at
Jack, the fight: the escape, succeedcL
each other like flashes OF summer hgt-
ling; and when Preston, adroitly turn
ing his orsc into the narrow alli wiad-
ing raaa where his foes had lain in aul-
usil, passed m,nently out of signt, un-
.ar"'eL 10y the sh,,s tI,a5 whistles past,
4. seemed to him almost as ii he were in
- dream. Eut the shou 3 of pursuers,
,.nl the rapil tres.d'of h,o.s, specially
convinced him Of the reality, and play
lag voice allI spur, be we..s olawarL ata
niin 4s ss,
There is something inexpressib!e still
an te.rcsi.i.ls il an old, deserlei raj,
sin ling rhr ugh cool pine forest. iAe
tall trees lapp,ng over Eea', the ,Lick
carpet oi splnnvrl,ig leaves 'elow, lid
.ie delici US fragrance all aryuad, have
alw VS. hal q, ,cuar.n t,r US. ami Preston
.elt II So, especi lily alter shc herce ex-
,,te.,cAt u that lie ami death struggle;
so that wheu he came to a little usik K
stream, gliding softly across tue roa l.
ne lonyc,1. to sop ami bathe his thro'-
oins .euipiss, ana take one Ih!o sweet
iraugn,, as Ae MAJ often d'Ae upnna
It Aay IN the forest, when 10Y: But
the red fe WAS uenlnd him, aud &c shot
on like M arrow.
Presently he came to an old clearing,
whlch had been l,ng abandoned. iiere,
.,r about quarter of y mile, was an
pen space, where pt,wc.i telas had
..nce i,cen, Tut the furrows Vi wilici we're
oyergrown with dry stunned grass.
lie woall have preferred the w'niias
[.arest road, Tut there was ND altern.1-
tive and on he dashed. lie hal nearly
Iregained the shelter IT theforest ON tho
.,,n.r =, le. wien he hear.l.a Mlll burst
II cheering, and on Looking back, he
saw he drag. ons, with Maj'r Lindsay
and one other III advance, entering on
I, tie apcn space. They had caught sie t
Of him for the FIRST tine since he eater
te the OLD ad, and their shoats beto-
Ikene, renewed hope and determination
on their part. a.;a-f
i Breathlcssly Preston kept on, but
4 with l.ss assurance than before, for his
horse was already harl worked, and he
s,,n saw with d.smay that blood was
flowing from his fore-shouller freely
, from a woa,ui. a half mile farther on,
! the poor alsmal begal, to tag sensi ~;
!, vet, cruel az il see.nsl, ani .liuch AS It
/ panied Ms own generous nature: Pres
ton. was forcet to urge on the dy.nS
steel. He knew that at the distance Ut
il male anil halt Ahs.pi, WAS wamp.
Z into the rec.sses Of which. i ne could
/ out once plunge, he .woall b: safe: but
lnoy he heard behind lin rapid h',ot.
lft came nearer aud nearer - 'aya still
9 out ri signt. One, II NJ mre ot his