The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-11

u 49,.
But yet zoe bs, been 90 Kidd 70 ~ tbs I. 1,
no mfte toSn our duty 70 And zee. will do
- 90 the @fftoF. can hunt that way last AZ
~ ,:.. :, tnS Other nd II he no.di anything"
~ viii go ako.'
"Wer, III do u and take Harry H,rrinptons
cabin In NY ray, 70, want 70 see hip."
Come .hel slid tie girl r'sif Z, my Der.
RES are u re dy ard Fs'her TX O, Is impa-
,ient io' supper. 3 you b''ng fresh pal of
vs,er ffy.n tie ping ph lie d. he res AID
she, bearing u q sPJN OF 'he cha,e, s1's'ti The
bou,e plac n the iuddy berrise ypcn The srosy
cIt an she Bird upon h. his-ing cJsls.
With cheerful song 40 o h-f lpl Mirtha
WultOn bu ued sb7vit, watched ~ he lovin Z
eyes It h.' rar'bts, hu..y ass bee IN apparent
ly " cont'n'cd until III ras ready a1d t9ysth-
the family at wn and after a few words
81 p az" to Him who T. thu g,v,r Of ali 600,
joyod The aPpt ri : { ID 9Th = rs. that
hLrsei snd .4..h -lOre csr give. Add all
we've tre.eL' ave the son am brother, for ia
had IL as 81 re,Hrns and ~ cratic we're his
trovem' when hi. nind VA, upon hIntinK
tia LUt little 80 tNo.sht If Z, Dlyond the
psssing rsn.iks y cident ~ Jch All u I'd
Sb..Uce.
Tie by aid the No hor "cafos moro 10
h,d sLd toll W The hund. x rsl shAn TO rest
and Get"
"N.'ure, M,'het, nature" r,plei the Cd
men. wAs ~ ny-elf once and indeed don't
"B.t hs has not his fiila Father " said Mar
tha Ord dOit see hos hg Is 10 get sny
game without II. lie cant shuO. ~tth his ewes T.
"Buf you car, pretty one" III ed hl- Father
With u smile "But tbs boy krOFs VIVA, he il
doing, III b. bound, and oil con, back aa
hungry az a bear IN the sp i1g u-e, ~ save
him god sITpot.'
~ " l'--but We wsre tslking a. out the rea
BOT Why Snow Flake hsd not teen 10 see us for
ne long time, 4rd Like ssit b. would 20 IN
the morning AID see IL ehs was not oick. Per-
baps he has gone even novi"
don't believ, II, Mat, though there IA no
telling what the boy would do, II hs took a no.
ton. But fear be goos to Soc SNOW Flake too
often
why fAiher2"
81 never heard Of y good ming Of white
man ranning after pretty squaw ys'."
Bu' oopu.tn humanity, f4lher7'
PshaE You have ROT the word hAve YOU ?
Mat, the folks that talk thus about u o Indians
know no more out them han you do ab but
poa-om huniinR Why, girl, here never vet
Wa red sf in that forgot the woods or became
CIVILIZED. You may thibk you have IA nei the
Wild cat when 1t eats from your hand ard seepa
by your fire, hut look cut tor it's teeth when its
nsturA instioct break out. No, 10 the best
thing you can do for tie Indian Is to lot him
alone" trEi
:" that Christian " father2"
Pvthsps rot, ss you mean II, but II is sound,
common eerse, rs every Old backwoodsman
bnovG."
"Ba' Snow Fl.ks "a 80 gentle"
$50 is the pAnther's whelp until you arouse Il
make IL angry. Mid what | tell YOU and
never t'ust Mi Iadian.
yet some Of them . kind and generoua.r
lee, knOw-ths white crow story Yet
J can deny thai there sre instances when they
have acted in = manner that ought to have made
the whit. man blush. But hope Luke has not
wandered TO night. IL promises to DO very
dAfk"--
" No fear Of hi, getting lost"
al know that"
awe haze not sss n or heard OF either a pan
ther or bear for long time"
True but"
But, then, what have You TO fear, except
danger from the Incianr, ana you cannot think
Of them"
"But do! They have been too quiet for
some tlms to suit my notion, and | don't be-
ueve that all Is right"
&" Bat Snow Flake would project him--would
shed her blood for him"
I don't know bot he would for her, and
that il quite another thing, reckon"
"Pshaw, father Luke don't think ary
more OF III. girl than yol do"
" Don't BE-? MAJ You haven't read the signs
in the sky ~ long a, have, and don't watch
what passes around you IA closely"
" But, interrupted the mother, TO put an end
to what che saw might he a dangerous Argument
for her girl: but Luke could no, be 80 reckless
as to 20 after the lLdiAn gttl now"
Dom know-dOnt know, her, what
young, hN blood will 90, replied hor husband
"Ard he Is not even armed"
I" lie may lie better IA he 10. have seen the
time when young hands were better empty"
"Wtll, NO can Only wait and hope" said tho
mother, turning away to conceal her anxiety.
That will do tor women, and it would be a
lSseod thing If We men had some of their pa
onCe. Bu' I. wont do for an old hunte. lik
ma When there's game abroad I like 10 fol-
low the trail OF ~ stand Ike log on a rum
away and ~sich until It comes that way
"iIut ia her, said MTtLa, you would leave
uB alone 2"
81 brow II, Beauty, bat it would not be fol
the FIRST time"
You must not go, ," remarked his wife CON-
ing 70 his side ard aging her hand upon III,
rifle he Wa just taking down from its hanging
plsoe, upon au,lsfs, on the chimney. 'YoI
, must not 20 tonight, james Welton know
70: Why, tut / ioel that there is danger in you
leaving here"
"a womsLs fears But what about tn
boy ," .
solemnly.
'Yep, yes, and we must leave him there, for
TO t4ll the truth, II is but III L. could track hin
now, for Il is not only dark, hut the large drop
ira. ar, pa'tering down foreten shower thu
| Wilson wash out bis trail"
"Hark - whispered tho daughter, who ha
been gazing intently out from the door, az If he
eyes could pisrc1 the blhckness. "llAk l hea
sou ids "a Of swift coming footsteps"
'Out with the light :" commanded the father
In low, storr voice. Dash pail Of water o
the 1rs-be quick More than one ia coming,
ard he quickly closed and barred the heav
door and windows.
Fright cid man :" shouted hearty vote
from the outside. Fright for a live shot
Nothing like being ready in case Of danger, bu
never nut lar or lDlt against an old friend,
and as the door opened SHain, Harry HAriDf
ton and his faithful dog entered.
| CHAPTER III.
| THE CAVE.
Ssow FLAME ~ soon az abe bad oblitera.s
the warning oil the hunter, Harrington ar
eatisfcd herself that he had fastened 10
cabin, from whence, she was confident his ira
would lead TO the " Grove" betock horself
the same path and her active feet had reachs
II hofore he suddenly burst Into the house vii
! bis alarming rows. Securely hid In the thic
cts that surrounded the spring, she had heA
and whom the latter bent over the sparkling "
teIs she softly laid her hand upon his should
and whispe'O1 loEly in his ear the words
"My Brother"
"You here Snow Flake !" replied the stArtl
msn.
The paths Of tho forest are as open Al
known 10 the daughter OF the ~ man a. {
paved onss Of the town are TO the palo face
True, but that brings you here2 No mi
ter come home with me nov you are here"
The moccasin Of the Indian girl points
, away from the smoke OF the white mans fir
why go7 You know you are WELDON
| Come--Iny sister lSngs 10 soc you've were