Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-05

wnere thick. ovorhonetng bifoh tree Of
ierdsd eoncealAent for their canoes, they
dissmtarksd and erspt carefully and noise
isseIy forward until they were within Q fev
fsss Of whore the I've uasuspsctine me,
wsfs ehspping. Suddenly, with yell tha
made the iorsst ring, and which echoed
and rs-sehosd across the broad, still lake
they sprang upon their Victims and Dor,
them 70 The earth.
Lsnssa trsmblsd with excitement an,
apprshsnsien. nothing lees than 10 witnss
the horrible butcbsry Of her father an
lever at eaes.
Bet this did sst seem 10 BE- the pufpos
Of the lndians for, tying the arms Of th'
eAptivss behind them, they teek them 4
the canoes. whsre, taking the cid man int
one, and the young man int another, tbsl
showed boldly oct int the lake and padded
rapidly down toward whore the hous'
stood. Lsnora OWNED their intent in
| stantly.
"asi" she ssid 70 hsssslf ''tbsy dssigs
| capturing me, toe. They jssm that a
easy job, perhaps I" end her eyes flashed
and her face flushed With anger. "Sse
here 10 third canoe, which they ne doub
Supposed will contain me. This villainsui
~crk has been carefully calculated but
you bad ssvagss, you have mistaken your
girl this time Nora Brown has beer
taught more things than to cook vsnis' n
seakl Oh, dear, dear father, your Nors
will sosn show you how brsysly she can
succor you, and how your instructing hs'
in the use Of the rife has saved ycu
this day. And you, too, darling Hsrrl
M nj
precious life BY presenting me this splendid
revolving rife Six bullets for ak ruf1ians
Miss one Of them ah. If | should, thsrs'i
my knife No, Nora, you must not. eanne
miss one Of the ruffians r
The girl now stsalthily crspt through thu
undsrbrush up the bank TO the prairie
absvs. She knew that, to reach the houoe
the Iadians would have TO pass across I
broad, Hat Geld, whore there vas no shslts
for their psrsons.--Shs did not think theJ
would hesitate TO dc this. because, havinl
the I've men, they would hardly expect On,
resistance from single girl. About thirtl
reds y the right Of the path, . cattle yer,
had been erected BY her father. and 10 on
corner Of the fence stood an immense slu
tree. Issids Of this yard stood Lenora, an
behind the big elm tree she concealed hss
self.
A few minutes more proved she VI
right In her ssnjscturss. The 1ndiani
after having tied stout raw-hids thsng
arsund the feet Of their prisoners, lai
them Down in The Bottom Of the eaaee,
aud, taking their guns with them, stred
gaily and laughinsly aleng toward Ii
house. without any attempt a concsA
msnt.
Lsnsra's heart grew hard ~ stone, an
her nerves, which had iiuttered . little b.
fore, now grew - firm A. steel. She ha
put fresh water proof caps upon each OH
pie Of her rife. and resting the barrel upo
. raii Of the fence, she drew . sharp bsa
upon the foremost one; but, % her eng,
curved TO press the trigger, she hear
what actually seemed TO be . Voice. whis
per;
Not yet, Nora"
She prussd, and then, a. BY inspiratio,
flashed this thought into her mind.
"wsit until they get nearer to the hous'
and then shoot tho hindmost one frstl
She obeysd the Impression, and let thel
come on few yards nearer. Suddenly Ii
thought came again:
SHOWS your timc ~
Olapping her face to the rihe-breech Ill
trained the death dealing tube steadily upo
the chest Of the rsarmost Indian, for a
instant, and Cred.
The bullet sped true to its mark, and III
bully Indian merely threw up his arm
and fell dsad-the ball having gone dirso.i
through his heart.
A cap Of thunder from clear sky coul
not have 10 utterly astounasd the remain
ing Indians. Wildly they looked in ever
direction, TO see from whence came the Fl
tai shot. In the next instant. bang wsu
Lsnors's rifle again. aud another Of thsi
number dropped dead.
| But they saw the smsks Of the last shot
and caught glimpse Of the shooter. A
once they csmprshsnded their peril. The
could not hide, andthsir only show for liz
was in rushing to the tree and tomahaw K
ing their prssumptuous foe On the spot
Instantly sounding the war whoop. the
bounded forward but, with notes half u,
tered another Of thsir number lsapsd int
the air, and fell back to rise no more. L.
Nora had fired again.
| The remaining three rushed on, but agair
the brave girls rife rang like tho knsl o
doom, and a fourth savage fell headlong t
the ground. The terror Of tho remaining
| two was now terrible to behold. They stop
ped short in their onward course, and ut
tering the most fearful screams, discharge
their rifles at tho tree in the widest an
most unavailing manner. Again the re
lentlcss rife blazed, and to remainin,
two sank to the ground ~ the bullet wen
crashing through the brain.
Immediately the one left threw down hi
gun and cried out
mo shoot me No shoot me Ne Civ
upw
Leenora had drawn a bead on him, bu
now that he seemed 30 perfectly in her pow
or, she lowered her rife, stepping lrsm be
hind the tree. climbed the fence briskly an
commenced approaching the savage.
The surprise and indignation Of the In
dian at the sight Of the girl WAS intense
and forgetting his duplicating cry, he pu
his hand behind him and drew ferth his ten
ahawk to throw 1t her.
Nora's eyes wsss sharp % an eagles
She saw the trsachsrous move, and Just .
the bright blade Of the hasshst cleaned 70
the throw, she raised her rifle and shst th
faithlsss scsundrsl dead in his tracks.
With the speed Of deer she new bound
Cd forward to the lake.
Harry Watson shouted "Glsry Hallslu
jah know il was Norah;" and the faths
cried for joy, - her little form appeared o.
the bluff. rife in hand.
Qoickly she desce ndsd to the eauess an,
unbound the two men. who embraced be
aud cried over her In the most sxtravsgan
manner.
But they felt that they had no time T.
lose and hastily gearing up their tsami
and leading up their valuablss. they Get %
for Minneapolis. whore they srrivsd safely
and whore Nsra Brswn and Harry Watson
we're innediatsly made one Assh.
Oldwaltsr Brown and Harry Watson boil
did gesd service in'ths Indian battles whis
followed, and, whom the ssvagss we're finall
sxtsrminatsd. they al went back 10 thsi
cid home on Green Lake, where they ne,
live. They have enc Of the largest stec
farms in the State and Norah. though
hsppy vile and mother. clings 70 her beau
tiful revolving rife, and yet occ asienall
uses il to keep herself in practice.
The Way PosaWasters are Che
sen ne OeeAbenville, Ohio.
A ssrrsspondsnt writing from Stsubss
vile, Ohio. gives the following account .
the manner in which pcstmastsrs are .,