The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-11-08

Il tell You, Lewis, said EillOtr VINO STEP
ped boldly up 10 the hunter, that 4 shall
60 at all hazards. 1t was through my indls-
cretion that MIS- Aiason fell into the hands
of the Indians and 20 power under tho sun
shall prevent me from aiding In her res
euel' .,y--r-
Don't tax 50 fast" observed the i'm
Pertur5able sc0atw';jest ,let me fz the
.s%WetseIi said MCouooh, FtOO, much
may be risked BY sending out an anihefhciont |
force. Here comes the colOneb We WI hear !
what he has to say about 10. ~ -
The colonel, who now reappcaTed to an
n unce that the horses wele forthcoming, |
hal Wetz rs objection to the original plan,
an hi desire to take the IN liter in.O h
own hands, fully explained to him. s1.id
. "What cln you do by yours IT - asked |
the colonel ef Wetzel.
-i.Why. colonel, will do allthat | ear
I'll get the poor child ont of Their red paws.
if have to follow the skulking dogs all the
way to the Sandusky towns.
"Butyou would have help, remarked
the colonel.
Colonel you ANITA Citing jubous ofme,
I hope at this late day? Did youever know
Lewis Wetzel to act the fool when redskins
were about? Now, if we want to Fetch back
poor Rose, We must go about tie business
ike true Indian huntcrs-not like fox hun
tcrS ~
DO you think You can bring the child
back in safety, Lewis" seriously asked col
oncl Zano.
I Il I.can't promise, sartinly, colon Il; but |
know full well that | can do more towards II
by myself than can with a pack Of noisy
| fellows along with me- -
"Netzel is right, " said the colonel, alter
he had revolved the question in his mind.
In an affair OF this kind, L have never
found him wrong Major NJ M'Colloch, we
will commit the business to him alone.
Il am glad to hear you say so, COLONEL
exclaimed Wetzel, whose eyes now sudden
ly frightened with hope and joy-"Ill give
| a good account of myself "
II shall 60 with you, Lewis, said Elliot,
impatienty-"I will go at the risk of my
life''- -a'.se
| $50 you may" replied the hunter; you
will do no harm. You wont be headStrOng,
because you re green hand, and will have
to do Jest rs tell You. Besides, you
ought.t to help Rose out the bad box your
foolery got her into. y -
Where do you propose going?' asked
colonel Zane. 'a','', 81
Straight to the mouth of Short creek;
that's the pint Old Cross Fire alw ays cross
es at. 1t is Citing fur now in the afternoon,
so we'll have to be brisk. Elliot, is your
+ rifle and all your fixin's in good order?"
! "All right" responded the youth.
Then, come, let be off. /" y
The two adventures shouldered their fire.
1 locks, and asthey passed through the gate
Of the fertilization, many brief prayer tol
their success was uttered by the inmates Of
the fort; all of whom had been deeply inter
csteh auditors Of the conversation above re.
lated They pursued Yell-baaten patti
Il four or five miles up the bank Of the river
until they reached the mouth Of a-large run
which .emptied itself. into the Ohio, imme'
diately oppositea a small island in the lattel
stream. Here, nature appeared in herwiid-
! est asnest.A " : -,
''This is a suspicious looking place" OBJ
served Elliot. .......,..
II !. mot bit, " said Wetzel. "There hahn
, Been an Indian here for long, long time. -
4 good while back, this was famous plac
for EN- to cross overgin their. eanoeg ar
= many the time I've laid for. days anc
nights at a stretch, on the pint of that lit
island yander waching the motions Of tn,
!. red-skins,t to git a chance to. riddle; thei
hides withmy old woman here, and tn
hunter pattcd the breech of his gun witt
|, manifest affection. cod Cross-Fire, h
:. continued, used to paddle over, herea
!, bouts; but nfe and him have had so man
e cracks at each other, along yander, that he
a got afeard to ventur his old red hide in tn
. quarter, any more. He's gotahis ferry
Short creeks now; and there $ where we'
have onail him. - -
al, al po1l u ,.Dlf
: ricd off Rose? interrogated Elliot.
i "Jist as sartin he did as my name Levi
i Wctzel" ..
n n Then, Lewis, anresolved that rlHri
q file shall kill the internal old scobndrell II +
Y I didn fetch you along to talk that way
"a uniyarSe that I'd trust with Old Cros
~ Hire"
u Buff u fair chapcc should offer, Levi
,s why may l not as well pull at him. 1 IL
= l''Becase it wouldn't be Of no use, at al
II for it runs strong in my head that, powdt
~ andlead can't xiii him. My old woma
= here has tried so oftento hush his jaw, witt
i i out loingit, that Tve made UP my mind
~ try him some other way. He's got acharr
! ed life that $ clear casei :" 4i4y 50 ~ t-
: Fudge, I.awis Do you believe in su,
> old woman $ stories! III" CIV -.
,f swell, | don't know that | do, as a 81
A. eral thing; but must say-that I've satisfit
at t myself that Old Cross E'ife Is proof agipsl
az az ha balls, amy. hhw.g But t.bwe must nio
u fa6ng quicker, Elit. We're only half W
Il 10 Short creek, and we haven't minute
II time to spare 10
!. II can keep up with you-movc along
~ said theyputfhs9 ~ ~ ~ FE gE
10 i'It'shigh tinie5to quit taking, now, 10
a. ~ served the e.der hunter, in sottened tor
NJ after they had left the ruin some distance
~ their rear. "a body has to be quiet ,wh
in The gitslabout the Indians. on they'll
hn hIn mighty apt TO git about him."
o Elliot promised to keep silence. The t1
h. I hunters now qaickenod their pace, thou
s ,r- care was taken to bring their feet to. t
al grdundiasiightlyas possible.A Wetzel, VI
i" u walked before his youthful companion, co
IN tinuaHya 'gtahced his well l-practiced ey
=" around him, Penetrating the ihazes Of t
- forestpn every side, .fTalf 6,a. I'D ,ssa
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