The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-28
CHATTER VIII

THE CONFERENCE.-The MIDNIGHT RIDE.
Harry Harrington, accompanied by his noble |
deg paused not on his way after he left the |
Indian girl until h, reached the cabin Of his |
eompaDion-hlntor, Wash Wilbur. Without |
Ceremony be then opened the door, entered and |
fang himself upon rude bench.
''what the devil Ia tho matter with you"
was the sautation he received from Wilbur
who was busily engaged in cleaning lie,
''thst you come bursting into mans house
like mad bull bunaloI And you and your dog
10th blood too"
''Nothing but slight serimnge,"
''Scrimage1 with a red skin was it? Then
chow Us the Scalp boy!"
at wasn't with an Indian, though I wouldn't
have minded having had one abou. that time.
But as for scalps you know that don't deal in
that article"
'Pshaw But you ever were tender hearted
on that subject. A for me have deal. in such
peltries before now and may agan Bat it's all
according TO nature | suppose that | should
play for the heads and you for the hearts and
he shook with his usual silent laugh as he no.
ticed Harry's quick motion Of contempt "Woll
an old hunter says. Ho must have his II ng al
YOU youngs,ors now aud then. Aud yet to tell
YOU the truth, Harry, there are times whom he
mourns for home, wife and little ones &c
bear his name when lie has gone. How somsv
or, / pftsums il is all ordered for the bost a
most likely ho will leave his scalp in som,
scrimmage and il will be hung up in a cursed
wigwam as sign Of Drawer by some red
Syhesp, who shot him from behind tree. But
hero am letting my old tongue run on like
wind mill while should be ltstehing, Ars 20,
woundec? No. Take al Of his then-iIs tn
real juice clear bold-face-ani 10 on with you
story"
The tongue Of the garrulous hunter havinI
b.coms stilled Harrington briefly narrated til
death Of the panther and the wake, dwelling
but little upon bis own part in the matter, bu
loudly extolling his dog aud the GOODNESS o.
Snow Flake. This done, he told Of the meet
ing with tho Heart of Wolf in the morning
and tho fact that he had watched him when re-
cusitatiug tho girl, though he said nothing Rbou
the kiss, as he know Wilbur would taunt hin
whit.
'Lock, stock and Darrell exclaimed his CON
paulOu ~ uo " MS looA hhoH lho Io-
tai was ended sit was bravo deed and a GOO
shot-a crack shot, Harry, for | tell you tho'
panthers don't die easy. mem6er one one
aye and your father did we'll too-you were bI
a little cub then, that hal at least twenty ba
let's put through his ugly carcaso before b
would give up the ghost. It's no childs play,
can tell you and you must have made an ey
shot boy, or you would have seen trouble"
''Not IL Wash. 1t was a centre-heart-sh,
The beast was throwing his hot breath out.
he had been drawing it in, he woald have sti
made leap and perhaps short fight"
"Yas, it is the nature Of the beasts. Panth
or deer II is all the same. Ihaye known bus
70 run full hundred yards after his heart W,
completely shot in two, but the bullet strut
him when he was filing his lungs. Had tn
been empty he would have fallen dead in
tracks a. your panther did. Yes, it is na;u
in the beasts of the forest and reckon it is Il
same with man"
''Aow IL II with snakes, Wash?' laughing
asked tue young hunter for he knew his antip
thy IS well IS tina. Of all wccd=lnen against the
reptiles. ''You knew the old story that "
may chop them up into mince meat and y,
they viii live until shutdown"
"Yes-yes- and it's just as true as the bib
But they're devils. Ugh! anything bat craw
ing, kissing, snake. Tartlos, too, believe a
their near relations, for you may cut the hei
out of ore and II will beat on TOR hours cut
The head and it viii snap aud the body era
away. Bat don't talk Of them boy! I'd rath
meet whole raft Of painted red skins than
angle snake"
f'rYet Ihave sesn come OF their skins th
we're boautiful."
'BeautifrI, Lock, stock and barrel, ramr'
and bullet mould Any one to talk of beAut
about snake! They ought 10 DO put into.
cave Of tho devils and b stung to DEATH b.
dsat say anything moro about them, boy.
snakes ma crawl All over evan 70 think on It."