The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-05-27

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him, calling wildly for aid. This was too
much for the young officer he mado u
spring forward, and fell fainting on the
sward. Loss of blood-for his wound was
still bleeding-and the anguish he endured,
had overcome him. The boat had now de.
scribcd about half of second circle, Wien
her course was arrested. A swarthy form
had risen, as if by enchantment, from the
water, and, holding the boat with almost
the strength of all Hercules with one hand
while from the other glttering battleaXe
descended and Glove the skull of the unfor-
tunate Lazy 0Lear nearly in two.
great brave strikes not twice ~ said Min
este and. before we can relate it, throwing
the axe in the stream. he had caught Flo
renee in his arms, saying, The leugheSe
chief can tell the great cave spirit that Min.
este sends him tho pale,taced robber! He
! let 20 his hold on the boat, which, whirlng
rapidly round, in q few moments was swal-
in the dreadful abyss, almost before Its oc-
cupants could realize their situation. lie
| then swan with Florence, to the opposite
! shore. F..
The whole scene had passed with the ra-
| pidity of thought His movements had
! been SO quick So sudden, as TO cause even
! Gotlieb Pretz to doubt their reality. Tie
rubbed his eye5, eNclaiming, "Well, II that
red crtter don't go ahead of anything !
ever seed I'm right glad the gals saved
he continued, as he saw Minosto reach the
opposite shore in safety with Miss Seton.
! He now began to turn his attention to How
ell Perceiying the blood, for the first time
that flowed from his arm, he removed his
coat, and bandaged it with his handlier-
chief then. taking some water in his cap
! from the river, he bathed his face and tenn
pies, saying
Cheer up, capt'in, the gals safe and
sound OH t'other side of the river. Didn't
| tell You the red skin cOnd do it?'
Captain Meredith soon revived and
hearing full account of Florence's deliver
apce scarcely felt the pain of his wound.
But look" said Gotieb " if there amt
Caleb and Thornton Yes and the mig
gers got his wife with him. So you see
capt'in the lady's got plenty of folks to look
arter her But how that red skin could
have knoWed that even q Britisher should
! have been such fool, when he was a car
rying off the gal, as to bring her right down
to the whirlpool, that goes ahead of my UNI
derstandin'." ... .
The river at this point is as we have al
ready observed, very narrow, and Howell
could distinctly see that every attention
was being paid Florence. He now COM
! piled with Gptlieb's persuasions to return
to the fort, and have his arm dressed by a
surgeon.
"Weve got both sides of the river now,
capt'in" said Gotlieb, on their way back to
the fort we've let the Engishers see that
if old Hull warn't no more fit to be Il gin
eral than Pm to be president, all the Amer
leans warn't jist like him. the old cowardly
crtter, and that we know how TO pepper
their Jackets for 'em when we're only let.
Hurrah Free trade and sailors rights, y
shouted he as they met some soldiers com
ing from the fort whom he knew belonged
to Captain Meredith's company, were the
baya that can whip the incmy and now
three cheers for our gallant captin" The
men gave them heartily, and then three
more for the brave Colonel Scott, who now
commanded the place; and, as Howells head
ached from fatigue and excitement, he was
glad to escape into the fort from their noisy
demonstrations of joy.
AS our readers are probably as much pnz-
zled as Gotlieb Pretz to understand why
Sir Edgar Lee should have taken Florence
to the whirlpool" we will explain. On
the surrender of Fort Detroit to the British,
| General Brock had some communication to
| OLear as the most certain messenger he
could employ, knowing that he could creep
through the country like weasel, almost
without Jcilg seen. On his arrival at Queens
town, Sir hdgar, whose whole anxiety was
centered in Florence, and who had only. as
we have stated before, returned to America
on her account, now daily expected an at
tack from the Americans, under General
Van Rensselaer,, and, thinking it would not
! be safe to trust to the " fortune of war" de-
termined in case of a defeat, to secure the
means of flight with her. lie found 1t
would be totally impracticable TO descend
/ the Niagara to Lake Ontario, as he wished
to do, as it would have to be done in face
of the enemy ; besides, he would be obliged
to pass the American fort at Lewistown, and
an escape by land seemed equally impOssi-
BILE he therefore proposed 10 Lazy OLear
to have everything in readiness, and the
boat at the bend in the river, as soon as the
Americans should begin the attack, " in or
der" as he observed, that " if the Yankees
should prove successful, he might have the
pleasure of carrying away the only prize
hc thought worth fighting for on this side
of the Atlantic"
Minesto had, from the day on which he
discovered who it was had robbed and III
tended to murder him, remained almost ell
tirely on the Canada side of the border, as
he was well known both at Queenstown
and Lewistown, and took part with neither
party Very quiet, and generally alone, he
passed unnoticed or at least unsuspected.
He was now much about the English fort,
with fish or game to dispose of, but he sell
dom, if ever, lost sight of Lazy OLear. a
few evenings before the battle he had heard
Sir Edgar tell the former that he wished
him to meet him at the bend in the river
Mnesto repaired TO the place before the ap-
pointed time, and having with an Indians
sagacity and cunning found a hiding-place
in the branches of an immense oak, that
grew near the bend he was not disappointed
when his intended victim and the baronet
met under it, ard thps he became possessed
of the whole plot, On the morning Of the
attack on Queenstown, he had met Lazy
OI.ear in one of the passages of the fort,
looking for Sir Edgar Lee, to ask him some
questi on which he had forgotten until then,
relating to their flight. Minesto held in
Oh. l.,eo' ! "a bottle, in the other a cup made
Of horn, from which he appeared to have
lust drained the last drop. The Indian,
who had watched the traitor closely knew
that he well loved brandy, so that he could
take it without its being known: he there
fore came up to him, at the same time pour
ing some liquor from the bottle into the
cup. saying, as he held it toward him
VIII white man no drink? it make him
suong-he kill his enemy-he laugh at
him"
well, don't know that it is right TO