Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-03-23

tall alive INTO ths haHds Df these wrpsches."
,,'lA@ss speaks ny sSbls sister, sxcIsm-
ed George.
aid did > mind. then. have fore
shado~ Of Ibis trouble, Helen Z ioqnir-
- I.t.ea ~ ..-.s
Il hardy krow. I did no. like The .p-
pea'a"cr 'i the men w were to sail with,
ANIL thooRht II best ~ bs prepar.d 4 Tor The
wos.'.'
Bur yen said nothing Of this. H-lr"T'
IN !, k,r 'h- u ne hai Il come fpr ms n
speak Brkrr 'ef' home on tbs long and
p -,t"us jr,r"'y CO." ie. -d sIi the dangers,
I'D ''s,'',.d hit 10 idle fears or suspicinns
.! mi"e shou j eyer I's,.ds upon oar = ci.l
plea u .; bat ,i"ce you have b. en- frs. o
me" lou you! sPprehe"sio,s, | Ieel free to
express m,Ic'
We now held "a corsu',a,;"n as to the best
course Tor "s I" pursue under the tirrnn-
stan ~ wh.'h' o call ~ ,h- I'M. r.re:-r
aud ""d"svor 10 figh'en him in a c"",c..
on. Or wait or events :" determine our n'-
fens.vs "e;i,ns. We decided 10 sd.p, ,hs
| later alternative. b~lieyinx il sslest to x,v.
no one an ihr" OF our susp' cion<
l. ~as-"o, ill r-rhap. u couple of hour.
after sunset that anything unusual ha I nc-
Cured, aud 'htn We suddenly became aware
tn It the Loaf was in mo'i"n. but rrpp.ll j
5" guilty anh silently 'l,a', had va ~, been
"L tn alert o. danger. We should nov havr
| trt"''"d j.. We placed our din light where
ITS 'e bl" rays would f.Ii directis upon amy
pc 50" entering our li',le cabin, aud ra " iry
'a' Il II & the deep shadow, with oar revoi.-
| er. rerdy f'r instant work, awaited further
''ev"' 'pnc"ts i" su>pense lha, vas really
% nful
A" hour-a long. drcary honr-p,s>el,
with TIE h""s all the tin- in mo,iOn. aud
| The" It gently rubbed sya inst the bank, All 4
| nppri. ~ We hid our breath aud listened
At was >'i'' exc"i, the p't'ern. Of ,h- rain
AM a very low m"rm-r Of vnces. THU W.
c""" hear feet ste"l,h|y approaching. AMI
~ silently graspei our weapons mne 'ir "
~, ard r'v''~i oar eyes upon ,h' place Of
""'r'nce. Pres n'ly We couli see tw, or
tht"" dark. lou, t"ces re~ring down. ard
-ndeas"'ing TO ascertain It W. were asleep
We hat so d,.Io>,d "ur>clvcs .h~t they
c u'l u". ZEE us and W hr j nnr b, ca h .ni
WATCHED. Pes s,ntIy thsv h"4sn t., i.s:enl
| very s,"a''h'y, aud W. could Sc. thn, they
were ul' arm Il with pistol. nnA das.rr..
J. c'e could he no m,,taA--,hrr inrcr ted
| I" m"rde" ~ While We slept. A fo.r:t f's
! nrp"arrd II w.s Azem., our Interpreter.
lj' ~h'-i cred something a"d III .he nup,,or-
signs. This was satl!v .ent, | thought. 1t
| w.s time foe Us TO act
'L"t N. have the first chance Georca,'I
| "h'sp",ei, >" low thai, with my mouth !" his
ear Il. bar ly hard M. "De ready. hu: ho
| TOT tire u s',M .il niue are exp.nl.l H..
! ir". when r'-e do you lie dow" at once al
'cr'e" yourself rs much as possible Ready.
| n,w.
| quietly rearh~d forward my hand. r"L
I'M, a h,,. a. 4 I,
-'""- Int rpr-,-r. fired, and Az-m pitched
vas more than echoed by his surprised AL !
ter h"d c'.'np'.ion-, who ins,an,'y 'urn.d
T. Us Thee more sho.s were nmnny ne y
!" as may secord., and then m, dagger
was flashing ~ the hands Of n t-mt"-ary
'na"'ac J." ten seconds i. was Red :.nIn
p"'"t to hlt, and the three ruihan. wer.
co p~-s as my feet. New faces app a-~i
above, nnd my friends revulvsr b-yan 10
pay hrn came y-lIs and I'll yh. Oi terror.
roshed o. de k more m ID th,n sane, lut
every toe I'D II II some upon the ban,
s'hr in'o the ~a'er No hng was n he
seen, an 'h"s't re- We could ""t pursue. |
"'> T. re T., MD ~llh r.-e. ami :hir>t r
W. Z n'vr. Tar them . C. III back, AMI
rniiri tnem c"w,r,!s, '"r--tins they ro,.il
II unI, t,nt = word W. uttered. II VS.
tn m',urs tet,re | t.came ,ensonahI,,
Ia iu"nd te, - on ole II ir ui ami
ti~ en- Tie other, totL p',eous'y be, i x ms
o'e,ln
T'.r "N - was cve-, aud We w,r' masters
Il ihe 'o.t tie rr-" .iI',.u- ~h, il Il
'""r-', n CD" we're deal. tie in ,lrr
~. ",'i v w"nnd d, anI al the o,hrls. IN
cud the = nj wee mi i :.
l'e" nj Nv. i u,n b scene-n teri
h!- ".r I" me whe" l com t. con ~h.nl
- a.d ~, w. u-h my hams " re- Vet rd
"nh 'hr hI" d "i my te lox<. could no: re.
gre: the 'onrs" h.': tax n to p'e<-'v-.ur
hsrs. ih.y we're nuId r"ns we lbs, ani
! ieI' I'll. y observed their late.
We ~ TT nsi omy ni1h'. waiting Cor day
ish "hd guarding against thu rti"'n eur
Les, w'o hid MT :t."pt ear. N-drrSSr's tie
w""nd ii Az IN, our Interpreter. which,
'ho 'gh 'rnS' r'aS, was tot net. s>ar''y no.
tai; and W. dew from him c."f S>,". hv
"hlch we !-arned that i, W., the Irsi.r at
the crew 10 murder my fi"ni aud my>- {,
vide all our money aud Gtcts, aud reserve
The girl f., III. tate frare'.
Tie storm cleared away hefor. morniry.
nj w. found our bn"t about ,w' miles up
he creek, i" IA dr-a,y spot. We rush.d into
the curten' ard s'oWi y fua'ed duwu in,n The
Nj" On aching that river We CONTINUED
To Heat down I'll ~e came to ~ large ,o~".
~h 'e We went ashore ard reported t. the
Governor what had occurred. Our s'a'e-
".n' ~"s sat qu~",'y confirmed hy Az'm,
ard he Govrn r mt only cxon"raiei Us
tr"m vii nlamr, but If red to supply "s with
,r">twurhy crew it VT " she'd % continue
''ur vnvas-. We ,hsnk d him, hut herl,n.d
his OFF,, a,d r. turned 10 AlexandliA, whenco
we lei IA nn thrr coanry.
Ne suhseq"-n,iys learned, through our
consul. 'hn, all the p'ra'-s ~-re nrr"se!
u'.h, r,nv.,eI aud *. cu,ed; a.d n.v vcr
nave h d ,ras"n to think that oue OF ,ne
trh... ~. Il ~, ;na l..