Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-18

had come down from the village 70 nurse
me until we'll.
She had evidently come prepared to
remain as I could see by her little bum
die Of necessary clothing that lay near
at hand. as we'll as by the native ham
mock that I observed rolled ON its pole,
leaning against the side of the hut.
+ The girl was beautiful, and her dark
ewes. full of tender sympathy lent an
additional charm to her dusky counter
ance. r
/ remember saying to myself, "Well,
here is your usual luck turning up again,
and tbisst time ii Ia trump"
With muttered word Of thanks. for /
was too week TO tax, again resigned
myself to slumber, first taking reftesh.
ing draught Of some cooling mixture
from her hand
In q weeks time, under her careful
nursing l was enabled 70 sit up little
while each day, and hourly | grew
stronger.
fused 10 love 10 watch the girl as she
hnsied hefself about ny couch, but was
startled al times to observe the look OF
terror that weuld sweep over her face
when any one would chance to enter the
door abruptly w ~
1t was positively painf1l, and | deter
terminedao findaout the cause. Once
or twics, wkile she evidently thought /
was asleep, 4 caught her weeping sadly,
trying in vain TO stihe her sobs for fear
of waking me.
One ds9, when she was thus engaged,
/ suddenly t1rnrd to her, and called her
to my side I Insisted on knowing the
cause of Der grief-and, after much per-
suasion and With the greatest reluctance,
she told me Of her fears. %
1t seems tha1 he beuothed of young
Carib waericr, ard he full Of hatred and
jealousy toward oil who were of the
white race, and myself in particular,
had forbidden her coming to tend me IN
my illness
he had threatened her with summary
vengeance if she persisted in. her visits /;
but this she contrived to do, despite all,
so strong is the feeling OF gratitude in
the bosoms Of these simple children Of
the forest. 1t is one ofetheir hottest
laws, and faithfully did this Indian girl
obey its dictates
She was frightened, not only from
fear of losing her love-, but actually for
her life. This latter fear she tried to
conceal from me, butt, with much un.
easiness saw that such was the case.
tried to induce her to remain nc
longer, that was sufficiently recovered
to care for myself, but of no avail; il
was too late, she said, and she must beal
the consequences as best she might.
A few days after this / missed hel
from the house, and at evening when
her brother came with his usual present
of fruit, learned with alarm that she
had not been to the village, nor had b,
seen her during the day. Her few effect
still remain as she left them.
Where could she have gone?-why d il
she stay2 we're the questions that natur
ally arose IN nay mind. LAifi
i Herobrother was evidentlyill at ease
land, mpttering some uninielligible name
That I afterwards found out to be that O
l her loVef, he hastily left the hnt ant
4 hurried 10 the village alone He wa
i absent some little while, leaving me il
the tneandme prey to the most disma
forebodings, when he abruptly returned
and with flashing eyes and quiverint
lips, he told me that the lover was ais
absent; that they had been seen togethe
i by oue'of the young men of the tribe il
the early part Of the day. This locke,
bad, but was at least solution to tn
mystery gefEher absence. But why di
! she remain away so long2
This was a most serious question
; Had the savage really carried out hi
threat2 He'd he bee ONE so blinded b
rage and Jealousy as to decoy the gin
into the forest and slay her2
Alasl IT. looked not impossible, an
! getting feebly TO my feet 1 hastily prt
ceeded to equip for the search that mus
, be made. va
/ Sending the Indian out into the tow
2 to look up friend, one on whom coul
E depend in this emergency, though nc
; "a a nurse, | busted myself in lookin
to my revolvers and rife, and storing
/ | light baversack with provisions, file
, as well a small fl SIX with aguddent
! th frey liquor of the country, from
! 7 stone Jug that sat in the corner of tn
hut By the time | bad completed m
E arrangements the Indian returned az
e cornpanied bymy friend Charley Burton
s all excitement for the chase, and read
e to stand by me either in o long marc
over the mountains or a tussel with th
D CARDS, if it became necessary. q
d rather hoped for the latter, he said
0 Bidding him await my return, hui
! ried to headquarters and reported tn
0 circumstances to General Walker, an
r asked leave to search for the girl. Th
s General kindly consented (for wonder
!. and after7giving me much good advic
s another unusual thing for him to do,
e babe me God speed upon my errand {
= mercy, laughingly remarking that til
{ Padre should be ready on my return.
q The sun was perhaps two hours big
when, leaving the northern gate
Q the fort, we turned our steps towar
& the spot where the native youth ha
/ seen the girl and her lover together.
v Here we found evidences of the
8 presence. 4 Scattered upon the groun
r were fragments of bead pouch, ev
r IDENTIFY a gage de amour" from be
II lover. Z Il bad been torn by angry hand
and the pieces were trod into the swar
d around. / had often noticed the pouc
e around Cenchita's neck
ri This looked eminous Carefull
4 searching for the trail, we at lengt
struck it, but to our surprise it was th,
of but one person, while the velvet graz
: around the spot where lay fragment
/ of the pouch plainly showed the foo
e. prints of fea0, and ones of these a woman
o A moments reflection solved the my
n terry. She bad be su carried away again
o her will Inone or two places the al
n d. rgr2wth had been torn. as thong
grasped b struggling hands -
n With eagernes5 We threw ourselv,
S upon the trail that led up the mountain
Q, and lifted it st o speed that | felt woul
b coon wear out what little strength I hs
+, gained under the good girls nursing.
IF In silence, the Indian brother in Il
n lead, we followed with the unerring ce
g tainty of sleuth hounds the upward trai
& Night found US away beyond Il
5 Gnest bounds of Indian habitation
W and deeply involved In the intr