Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-01-04
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HYDE PARK, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1865

to have something weighing heavily on
her mind To make long story short,
she appeared the third time, and was still
kindly received But the Pawnee woman
acted more strangely than before-was
silent and mysterious. At length, just
as she was about to leave. she went up to
my wife, and looking steadily at her
kate was good looking woman, though
| say it that was her husband and with
her hands put back the hair from her
forehead then she shook her head, sighed
and looked at Kathleen there, who looks
just as her mother did at her age"
Here Gravier ventured to look at Ka:h-
leen more boldly. and Kathleen blushed.
Delcroix went on.
"'My white sister, said the Pawnee
woman, at last. must die. A black cloud
hangs over the wigwam Of the great hun
ter
kate fell on her knees, and wet the
hands of the Pawnee woman with her
tears but all she could learn was, that
the danger would come between that time
and another sun. Though true to her in
stincts as a woman, yet she felt bound to
rnsroot IN eouoo roo,c,ro tho coor.to ~
her people, and look to her own safety ;
for betrayiug the designs of her tribe or
relation, might cost her her life
"'1he white woman has been kind to
the red, and the latter has told the formcr
that the sky is da,k, and a storm is ap-
preaching, she taid; when people see a
tempest IN tn skies, they seek some place
Of shelter The sun shall not set again
till the dark clouds shall have come and
gone By dark clouds, the Pawnce
meant the war-paint on the faces of the
braves The woman departed, and left
Kate with heavy heart; for was away,
and there was no one but John for assist.
tanco.
Here Gravier looked at the young man
in the corner, and discovered him to be a
stout, hardy y-looking lad, we'll worthy, in
point of personal strength, of his fathers
fame.
Kate called the boy in, and with pale
features. told him what had passed, keep
ing her courage up as well as she could
in order to set good example.
81 wish father was here with Ions
TOM said John.
$50 do l. replied his mother, but w
do not know when to expect him. Whar
shall we do?'
81 am a pretty good marksman,' re
piled John. and if father does not return
shall do my best to defend you. Blu
one thing | must not forget to do, whlcl
is, to set the heap of wood on fire, which
he told me to, if anythig unusual shoulc
happen.
"'He said nothing to me about it, an
swered his mother"
THAT is because he did not wish 20,
to think there was any danger near, adde,
John.
This was true. ! had instructed Johl
privately, to set file to large heap O
brush and wood, which / had purposel
made, when anything unusual took place
requiring my presence. The brush hea
was upon an elevated piece of ground i
rear of the cabin, and if on fire in darI
night could be seen long distance, ant
and especially from any of the neighbor
ing hills.
at was a little past noon when tn
Pawnee woman left, and of course tb
fire could not be lighted at that time wit
much prospect of it's being seen. Fo
the sake of doing something, Jchn wen
out and fred his gun several times in sue
cession, in hopes that l might be neal
and hear it.
"Tbe afternoon was a very long an
dreary one to poor Kate, and many a
anxious look was sent along the praries
! and over the hills. Night came at lengt
as the most dreaded thing must an
when it was quite dark, John fred tn
pile, and soon the flames leaped up tc
wards the skies like fiery serpents. 1h
cabin door was barred. and the gun ba
left, loaded to the best of Johns abilities
and that was not bad !; FIR had take
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