The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-12-25

WIN anger sct thtfc 10 tllfs
canoe, which they no doub. suppos,
will contain me. This yillainou
work has been carefully esalculaied
but, yoa bad sayages, you have mis-
taken your girl this time Nor.
Brown has been taught more thing
than to cook venl.on steak Oh
dear, dear father, your Nora vii
soon show you how brayely she cat
succor you, and how your iestruet
ing her in the use Of the rifle has
saved you this day. Aud you, too
darling Harry Watson, have won
longer lease of your precious life by
presenting me this splcadid rcvoly
ing rife. Six bullets for six ruf
fans Miss one of them 7 all, il
should, there's my knife No, Nora
you must, will not ..iiss one of them
The girl now crcpt through tn,
uuderbrush up the bank to the prai
RE above She knew that, to reach
the house, the Indians would have to
pass across a broad, fiat field, whore
there was no shelter for their per
sons. She did not think they would
hesitate TO do this, because, having
the two men, they would hardly ex
pect my resistance from single girl
About thirty rods to the right of the
path, cat'le'yard had boon erected
by her father, aud in one corner Of
inc fence STOOD an immense s'm tree
iosiac oi '",s y"'p o,'"peu ''eo"o' =
ana peh,ha 'he Dig e'm sue oonoea''
cd herself
"A lew minutes more proved s,o
was r'sh' IA nef ren}ee,ufos' Inc
,na'ans' a''ot having ueu s'oe' nv
hiae thongs around inc 'oc' OF 'h','
prisoners 'aid 'hon down ia 'he p't'
tom oil ,no canoes, ana '"A'ns inca,
guns w''h mem strouo ga'y Anu
'augmns'y along TOWARD 'hc mouse
without any attempt az eohr"a'n' 'n''
heonora . heh'' gre" rs nate o. .
stone anu her nerves "hioh pau
nu''erea a niue before no" grew as
hrm as steel enc hau pu' ii,,h
water PROOF caps upon eaeh hilpfc
oil he fihe' ana resting 'fe p''f'l
upon a ran OF 'he renee S"e dfeF a
sharp bead upon inc foremost one ;
nut as her hhser curved 70 press tne
trigger she hearu "hht ncotu'i'y
seemed 10 DO voice Whisper
Not yet Nora
Shc paused, ana theni rs by IN
spirahon, flashed this thought INTO
her mind;
wait III thcy get nearer the
house, th' shoot TIC hindmosi one
hfst.
she 9beyod the impression, ana
let them come on a Few y'rds near
or suddenly inc thought came
'e"n u
Nows your ome
Ciapp'ns her face to tho rifle
breech, she trained the deathNtslling
tube steadily upon the chest OF the
rcarmost Indian for an instant, aud
fired.
The bullet sped true to rs mark
and the hurry Indian merely threw
up his arms and fell dead the rife
ball having gone directly through
his heart.
A alan NJ ,,,,,dor fran , cleor IL y
conla nn, have so utterly os,o,i.bea
,bs rcmsin;rg I,dians Wildly thew
,aslaJ i, eyorv d;ro.,;on ~ so,
f,om whence came tho f,tal sbot
In the next instant bang went Leo.
rife agsin. and another of
their number droppel dead
But thew saw Inc smoke Of the les.
shot, and canpbt A glimpse of the
.hooter. At once they comprehend.
nd thoir neril They could not hide
aud their only show for their life was
in RUSHING to thu tree and ioma
hawking their PfssuinP'aous foe on
the spot. Instantly sounding me
war whoop, they bounded forward !
but, with notes half uttered another
oi Their numoer bounded INTO 'he ar,
ana 'ei' paas 70 r'so no "of'' Leo
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