Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-01-19
NO. % PARIS. MAINE, FRIDAY JANUARY 49, 1885,

clear. lark. penetrating eve rested On the
spectarle beneaih.
l. Is worth .ife to look on ,sch a
s-cne - b. cxciaimcd. 4 would we're here
alone. 4 yonlrr noble courser woud be
mine Il I hal % follow him over bin and
valley % The GuadalouPc. How splsndidly
b. carries himseif. be- seems 70 know. too.
that With his erect ears. curved tail AMI aow-
ins name. BE- Is che uniispuied leader Of
thc thousand tha; are 6ghting and following
whichever ~ay be turns bis bead would
thai De took the whim o. gallop any way
bat the route be j. on but be seems 70
scent the trail of the mares. and death can
only stop BIS carcer. lie must die"
A. the guide spoke he drew BIS own
trusiy ri1e 20 his shou der; ere De- drew it
thereiron thc noble siccd D. 80 much al
mircd lay breathicss. Ei,icss at the frout Of
his thousand followers.
" \ respite b. cried. O.. ia. viii tley
not stop Another ieading 80 soon. lie
too. mast so--anl thus every thing depends
on chance. I wish the wind blew 70 tie
wcstsarl"
The muzzle % king'- weapon covered
the new leader. Tie trigger was pulled
anl thc beast iell err De had taken his place
a. leader 1hs stations nov stopped a. II
irresoiate how 10 proceed; but Raxton saw
leaving the ranks far in tLe rear. a scii-ap-
pointed captain. Nho. with movements We
might ~ith some degree Of truth say. were
analogous TO lightning. pushed 90 the front.
'' Il ~il be a ton minute before b. reach
e. tie van. uused The gui,le 81. will have
time enough o. reach the train. Ia, fhe
~iad is ,hanging, We are sased-savcdi~
As be- spo.r b. rode down the hiil and in
a hitlc wLilc was witEin the lines of the
wagons.
' Poll. al Of you. the grass from around
here Leave the grognd barr. The prairie
must bc 6red. 10 is our only chance" he
eried a. be alighted from bis painting bay.
Ia an instant the men. women and chill
dr,n who Lad previously been made fully
acquainted with the danger. were a. work
wi1h knives and sickles. shearing the earth
ol is horbage. A fe~ minutes saiiiced FOR
tbs bat il vas not wholly finished when
the front rank Of the Wild stations we're
seen coming over tie brow Of the bill which
the guide had just left
Make your animals fast % the wheels
of the wagons. vas the next command.
Without a word bis directions were obey
ed
% We are prepared be .aid. a. be book
ed around him; '' but our poor beasts must
suffer for many a mile Tor that an about
% destroy
Nov" 'aid the guide. d" 3, our time
sPunging over one Of the vcbiclss. he
commenced striking his flint and steel. The
tiuler beneath ihis igni,ed Itwas instant.
ly applied 70 the grass shich At once sprang
up in great sheets Of fame. and seemed 70
travel towards fhe viid horses even more
rapiily. uuder the pressure of the wind.
than tbey serc moving against them.
Tie s'alli1ns suddcnly STOPPED. iooked
bewiidcrcd. and then With sbriekines and
snortings that iiied the air AMI stunned the
ears with discoriant noises. turned north
wari to escspe ihc new danger.
The Gre hli nov spread itscH flr and
side and ieapei from hiii1ck 90 hllock.
rising AMI falling at thc same time ike the
pho-p, p,oresccnt waves in q tropical sca
Away to the northaari ihr pFtirc Gre rl.L-
Cd. ioiiowing cioseiy Upon thr hcei. 90 thc
disconcsrted stations. untE both we're fnal-
ly io-t sight of in thc distance. where the
earth and .ky seemed 90 meet each o.isr in
friendly embrace
Ih. great peril Was safely passed
lial rot the vind suddenly roercd. 81
saii Eavton. g. he looked upon fhe men
women and children vho bal ciilersi
arou1l Lia.. DOT one of us would have
lived to .ee tic san set. We should hnve
been irtmfi-l and torn o. r.,c,s. A. ary
ofh.r season Do tli.. those vdI .r.afar.s
woaid hise avoided rsftsr t.sr rursa-I 1s.
Nos fh.f ue literally mai.
With tharkul hcsris tLe men rarracI
th..r Say ur.f. over ground nov t'ark arI
dr.ars taaf a i.v iaurs before va. as iavc.
Or t3 fhe vision of fhc minT. csc o.. BE- ia
imagined ilui.rarc of Paradise.
81 rsrisnee rap-r tel- of rhf.i-isr.
a'ru'y p.oa' uaa. ~ho. speating ia a pray