The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-02-23

lhcrc alone with my wife for rcyarll
months uumolcstci and by dint of
. perseverance,, then young aud hardy
had succeeded in making quite a
clearing IN the forest which / plant.
ed with corn. and which promised an
abundant yield
One morning, after We had dis.
patched our humble meal. and I lust
prepared TO venture forth upon my
accustomed routine of labor. my at.
tention was arrested by the tintlinr
Of COW bell in the corn field
There said my wife the COW
Is in the corn field
/ but the ear Of the hackwoodsman
becomes by education very acute. as.
recially SO, from the fact that his
safety often depends upon the picc
cultivation Of that sense. / was not
SO easily deceived | listened. The
sound was repeated That said |
IN reply 10 my wiics remark was
not the tinkle Of % bell uron the
neck Of COW but a dccoy from come
Indian, who wishes to draw me into
an ambush
Believing this to he tho .,..
took down my old mu,kct and SEQ.
ing that was properly loaded | stole
cautious y around the field towards
the spot from which tho .a,,,J .oa.,
ed 10 rrof.e1
AZ srs,c,,cI H..
Of bushes crop,b,d ,, LIS, ,:.
ing for me 20 arrc,r f., s,s,r,. =.
hi. dccoy bell tbat h, ,,i..I, .,,l .
fatal bullet ,l my La,r I ,,,r,,al
ed without Discovering ,oy.o'f f., l;,.
until within .loa,;n, -. '' ~ i'''"
raised NV piece and frsd m. III
ie. .pcl true I, ia. mari a,J ,Go IT,
/ dian tll dead
Not KNOWN, but tb,, he y,, o..
campan.rd by others returned with
all speed ia tbe c,bi, .nJ -.
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an Iiyrrt the co,.r,ni.,o. 81, III III.
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VII" 'n' powder put II into the
ln''N,' ana tNsh Waiied for the ap
'"," '' h'sht feeling sure Of an
"'' ,,
N'sn' came al ia't \ beautiful
"'''n''2'i 10 was too. and favored
me greatly 's would thereby he
'ni' To- observe the movement.
" N' enemy as they APP
I'Ia'l'u the cabin
y ",s 'ome Two hours after night
'Aii ana get J had neither heard nor
seen q ''fh OF 'ht Indians when sud
u'"f l was startled by the bayins If
my G'I Ht tue stable. The stable
STOOD q mug towards the Ncstoi the
''p'u anu between the two wa,
p",'" 81 ,'e't ground on which the
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