Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-03-03
vi | sc T. LII A. NY.
AN HOUR OF FEAR.

fienrfrr ~ our western vflds have had O.
encounter, snd may give the read-r some
i'lsa ~ The Periis that even nov our brofh~r.
ard sisiers of The South and we., are en-
during.
Many wears ago. vhcn thc Genesscc ~.
tcis % D. furthsr OF than England no- =.
ny faiher -as indeed % cni-ra,- u thc
Wet. ard fnaIy sc-ticl nth his Tare.
and fcnaies. IN a ioS cabin. between
, RoChcster and BaGslo. on What Las since
bscn ealic'i the main sssrc route. bu, That
~as then htiic more than bridIe ps,h -
Ihrrc were q frW fs-nilies 81 hardv and
vcntu-rsone men. scattered ~ vide di.-
fances about the country. but for at rnr-
poscs - mutuai protection in any sudden
srn~rrcney. each family was alone. Iva
isss than year Oh ., the time - nv "a
rents settling thcr,.. bat a; Oh, time u which
/ srite hal rrschci nv elevenih wear. vet
The fear Ci The hunters rife had not driven
The deuiren - the forest - far b-it thar th,.
boil u the woH could o. often hear,l IN th.
siirni vatChes - fhe night. AMI aftcr a ne-
fallen sno-. their tracks couii De- sern ai,ous
the sh~sp foia IN the morning. Bat ~
minded this liftic - ions a. ~ we're un-
distsrbed y the rsorr deadly ~boop % the
iufariaie saVag-. We had Evr,l there in
sa'rty. and Nth a dcsr-c Of happiues-.
though not -fhoui slarrn. until "a, sai.l)
had reached ny eleventh year. whrn thc
Inciient ] an atsosf % relate Occurred
We son~,iuavs sa~ snd h~ar,i % rowing
han'ls % Indians. bot noue % oar lives
having ever hesn msuacc,l. Ne had almost
ceased o. fear them. Therefore,. Wien ouc
evening ataii savage. wrapped IN b., bian-
kei. siaiks-i siicntly INTO tie mi,ist 81 our
family circic. ~ were only sfartlcd. ani
had No thought % fear. Itis never their
castom o. knock on sut.riur . hou.r. ua.k.
any ssiuisfIon. OF INDEED speak at al. an
le's they -i.h 70 ssk some t.vor. We u.r.
not surpriscd ~ben our guest took seat
IN tie chimney corner and at Vsrf-ctiv si-
ieut for an hour. haf a. fhe cod of thar time
b. TUNED D. rny iatier and said ir his gut
furai style q Englnh '-rae sleep on your
grouI,l O. night p Nv fathcr looked
doubtfuiiy AZ ny mother and hesita,ed a
moment. bee koo-ing that all he reluirsd
va The privilege q -spPing bin,-rlf IN hi.
biAnkci. ard lying o. th- hoor before the
sre. b. hnsliy asssntcd A short time after
this. soucthinE IN our conversation Ted nv
mother % brlng out sor inspection a isrre
scarlet cloak. thea fa.hionable. whi-h had
eeen -snt bsr a. present from ibc last
It ~as evident that the Indian ~as iunacnss-
u struck by th- cav garment ant asshins
color. an a. his kecn eyes wrrc 6red ur-
on q ~e hard hin u1uttsr @ hir.clf. TOO
Tooi for squs-. Indian ought ~ have it ~
NJ mother laughcl uicrriiy. and tod nv
i-iLsr there poke mans crotism even IN
the untstorei ssvss-.
We soou aficr r-tired 30 rcst but a.
make my story intelliriblc. must ,lc.rrite
the -ifuation ofthe rooms. sddine also tl.t
~ iafb~r hsd ben in for so.-o time. and
~as then hardly able % yak across tbe
rocr.
lie apartment hat W occupied. a. st
ting-roorn ani kitchen 49, in front. AMI
or tbe eas, side opening our q e. vas the
bedroom -hcrc nv father and ,noi itrr slept /.
ny httis SISTER and ulyss if sssnr q truudie-
bed pianed a. fhe foot of our parents.
Ihesc too rooms took ~ the whole front
of ths house bst back of tAe bedroom ~
the pansry. with door AZ the foot of ny
i-l openirr from ore room 70 the other-
Back oi The pantry there us- also suail
cook -rooss. sffh q door between H. ihis
cook room thsre "a paur Of fsfalrs leading
fo = chauher shove. ~bcrc slept huge
t.lfk man. fugiiivc slsvc. vho had lived
wrh us for some years. and "a rnucb a.
ta.hsi fo coy little sisfcr in rartlrular
on t.e nighf in glesfron b. Raj uot been
seen ty o. indisn. having retired ,srt
esrit on ao-ount of unusuai fsfir-e. Soon
after rine o.rIork. Nv mother fhr-p tuf.
iaio an ihe warn hrsrth. f5r the l., of our
-ucsf. sol .n e short tinne ue were al n
the rroioun.i sieep of Lesiih ard franqail-
~
i hai hesn sleeping Pr some t.me. ]
krcr rot ios iorr. uhrn vas suii~niy
s-akenel tf -shat ! knos rof vtrtter
q vss "a foariul useretisnn esercise,i ur-
on rs ~i.eu siocping And shat 80 nor
'inr..iar. lsy perfectly Hil. heii mofiou-
ioss by hi'ieous drrsi thsf seemed io en-
rc.oTe ne. The rooun sas rerlrrflf aark
escert near the door. -hcrc q single az oi
u.ooniirlt quiser, q ihroueh ths siigit br,sk
in ths raPsr sin'io~ curtain. snd this only
shovn IN ~hcn the sinl bieu asiIs ihe
bouzh q poe irve ihat f-l before g. ]
Fay si.cni. ~iih ~ eycs elosed fora tiu.e