The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-03-08
CHAPTER VII.
pLOrrINa-cAPTuRE.

70. sossod Of the information no hal thus
III hlessly Noftod from the Medicine man,
the A." Heart OF Wolf was not long In follow
ing again the footsteps 81 tho girl. 10 WI CHI
her every motion, for the time, wa, nov hls
pu pose and when all was "A he drbi I'd, to eN.
pose her 10 tho shame Of the tr ,c-to got her
pontonted 10 death and M, n, by his prerog,tive
~ brave 10 save her life by taking her as a
wife-an act she would neither have the right
OF power to Illustrate, was his fixed deter N ino
ton. But this was OF oil. Tue revc ding of
tho concealment Of Luke Wrlton, would not
alono convict Snow Flake bat would also place
tho yourg mans life in his hands and for him a
death Of torture would he the sure rsGut.
S'ealthily, then, he had crcp' through the iofo,t
and unexpectedly seen the girl reclining in tho
irme OF the white hunter and rocoiving his ca
t. sses. Had q been near eroush 10 have hoard
the wo ds a I red his views Of the m after would
awe Le'n very Ia different from those he nov
held. Hnt ~ II was, he looked upon llarring-
70 rs another lover and AZ once it reused sl his
eIol, passions against him. That girl, noted
Snow Flake was tyr her beauty, should have
to lovers he could readily im.gne and tho
moro to hin tha better, when plo .ung ruin and
doath
Satisfied. niter what hal pl.sol, the Indian
girl ~oul1 no longer a'tompt 20 wander, ihr a
tine at lts-t, from the camping . o rad, his mini
readily turned To another pat Of hi, pre, IL
C,iyud scheme and tlat was no les than 10 carry
OF Martha Wolou and ~ ha rs hly conceived
he could do, make hor sIcr,ioo nsrs'li 20 save
her brother and b. CONS his wife o.. on hai me
lJok.d viii longing cy.s IN her tact ripoH.ug
beauty and thou h ne well kuaE that he Wa
an object Of loathing mt only q hsr, but 1ll
eNc,r' tho most desperate braves Of his t'ibo,
vet he deemed that hlrlove Tor her brother wOul
muka the plan f,qs hlo. tr~gcting - the tim
thd' tSo bre,her was as yot beyond his control.
Nciihc- hal ha riyen u "a .ught to the tsu' That
tho Medicine AlLr whom he nd 80 completely
ia his 10 yer mi h' wish 10 foe hims IL Of con-
truI and strike a blow tor freedom and sato'y.
Well We knsw tha' the trapped wolf OF blret
its ftugs in 'hc hunter the tortured m IKE
track oep and deldly-that tho over strongly
hot HTOV IebOunded and thAl the tough sa ling
when bent too far, recoilei wioh terrific toIcs,
,ui YET be, that cunning one forgot those i.s-
DGt wher they should have Oeen most CAREFUL
ly remembered ana acted upon. lllus,ra,in;
thus that thOcth
Treason and murder ever kep: together,
As two yoke. devils sworn to ei hers purpose ;
vet II behoves one we'll TO look to 10th woo and
warp whe spinning tho M llod web Of tr,ach
ery
Bat the base plrpose Of this savage warrior
: has'eNei by what lie bad seen-by the kiss
OF Hauing N and We more by the course he
had taken, an he resolved at once to secure the
white giTl-lUre her from her hone by fL
story about her brother and pl zee her in conine-
nlent which nor but he or is plant tool (ss he
considered him the MaCi,ne could have any
knowledge Of Resolved on u 9, hs at once has
tened to the farm, and having si istied himself
| that nOns but tbs usual inmates were around
Dol ly appeared ut the doOr.
Anxious as Father, Mo her and daughter had
uatuTal been flr their son AMI brother, t"e nm
iny even OF this Indian W As ha led with pleasure
As they, uususpectlng his hatred Of l. AXE for
HaringtnE ha' kept from than the true obj ct OF
! hlslornBl visit looked upon n one who might
| DO the % Ter OF welcome intelli genoa. Giving
him, therefore, seat aEd furnishing him with
pips ami tobacco they wal led patiently the
opjec OF bis visit, ASSURED that in his own time
aud fashion he would reveal il end that il would
be more than impolite TO attempt TO break oyer
Indian custom. If the brains Of the white man
ware buoy, 20 also was thai Of no lldian, and set
ting thus in deep meditation he saw for the first
time no much more d. Tic alt would 90 tbs a.
CON llshment Of his pu. pose Than he had supposed
! how easy in theory hu- next to impossible IL
ex cution. w NIL thls young gil trust her
| sHt m h,s power I'ttle, inreod, could n
! think it and n he should how useless it wcul
| he an, other kreN ~ Il. No, rust l.,
/ ne, It as all, without witnesses, { one,
kno VA, llarurgron. Wilbur and IN, enut,
stroug.h Of The settlement would no upon nj
u.il, AMI huLt HIM Ia an instant death. No
LONG however doe /, take the th,~v,Ng TX I
iurn whau ito barking OF chful dog d
heard, or tho subtitle luGlin whsn ,ur ugrs "a
his way, ard IL require! but mouont for m
Hear Of Wolf 70 svod ne rap he hal al
"a, ~ ninth n Slv stepped with .
The heart Of my palo br ,'ner tea's slo'
and 4,d a. the wius uf tho dave when II mourn
for tn, little ones thai tho willy serpent ha
s'ol.n, There aro clouds above his ~iRwau
end his wife and tue young squsw see not tn
golden sunlight that was wont to break throug
like tho little IiIples IN the Iapids. Ilsy llstsl
for the s0utd OF Astrong, painted moceA'in, Ou
il comes OF, ." htgau the clan.
IL true, replied the ft'her and husband
hut yst he ask, not the que 'tion that was break
ing on h,s %. He had a warrior Of the red msI
TO deal with and woll hs had learned to DO a
stoical as they.
"The Gitche Manitou ever smiles behind tn
dark clouds He dries up ths rain a, the moth o.
does the tears Of the child and his bright smil
10 seen again"
+" Yes, the Lord bingeth sunshine out o
storms and tempereth the wind TO the shor
lamb. responded the old man rovsnsntly.
"Ths trails Of the forest are mAny-the foo
Of tho young tire ~ well ~ that Of thoso VII