Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-19

concealed herself behind the top of a,,fallel
| tree. and observed their movements
which grew more and more suspicious
There were two Indians in each canoe
and after pulling steadily to point
where a thick, overhanging birch tree
afforded concealment for their canoes,
they disembarked, and crept carefully
and noiselessly along until they were
within few feet of where the two IN
suspectlng men were chopping. Sudden
| ly, with a yell that made the forest ring
and which ochoed and re-echoed acros.
the broad, still lake, they sprang upon
their victims and bore them to the earth
Leonora trembled with excitement and
apprehension, expecting nothing less
than to witness the horri BILE butchery oi
father and lover at once. 5at i y.
But this did not seem to be the pur
pose of the Indians, for, trying the arms
of their captives behind them, they took
to the canoes, where, taking the old man
into one, and the young man into the
others they showed boldly into the lake,
and padded rapidly down toward where
the house stood. Leonora OWNED their
intent instantly. 1lgGra .aH-1eaE as
"Ha p she said to herself, tthey de-
sign capturing me, too They deem that
an easy job, perhaps !" and her eyes
flashed and her face flushed with anger
| tSee !! there is fourth canoe, which
they no doubt suppose will carry me
| This villainous work has been we'll calcul-
ated; but ha you bad savages! you
have mistaken your girl this time! Leon
ona Brown had been taught more things
| than to cook a venison steak Oh, dear,
dear father, your Leonora will soon show
you how bravely she can succor you, and
how your instrueting her in the use of
this rife has saved you this day And
you, too, darling Henry Watson, have
won longer lease of your precious life
by presenting me with this splendid re-
| volving rife. Six bullets for six rufians!
Miss one of them ah, if / should
there's my knife. No Leonora, you must
not miss one of them"
The girl now crept tealthily through
the underbrush up the bank to the
prairie above. She knew that to reach
the house the Indians would have to cross
broad, fat field, where there was no
shelter for their persons. She did not
think they would hesi tate to do this, be-
cause, having taken the two men, they
would hardly expect any resistance from
a single girl. About thirty rods to the
right of the path a cattle yard had been
erected by her father, and in the corner
| of the fence stood an immense elm tree.
Inside of this yard climbed Leonora, and
behind the big elm tree she concealed
herself g tsT 70 taa
A few minutes more proved she was
right in her conjecture. The Indians,
after having tied stout rawhide thongs
around the feet Of their prisoners, laid
them down iE the bottom of their canoes,
strobe gaily and iaughingly along toward
the house, without any attempt at con
cealment. 80 a9f ~
Leonora's heart grew as hard as stone,
and her nerves-which futtered little
before-now grew as firm as steel. She
had put fresh waterproof caps upon each
nipple of her rife, and putting the bar
rel on the rail of the fence, draw a sharp
bead upon the foremost Indian; but as
her finger curved to press the trigger, she
heard what actually seemed to be voice
whisper
"Not yet, Leonora - --a III.
She paused, and then, as if by inspira
ton, flashed the thought into her mind
"Wait until they get nearer the house,
then shoot the hindmost one first"
She obeyed the impression. and let
them come on few rods nearer Sud
denly the thought came again
SHOWS your time ~ &
Clapping her face to the rife -breech,
she trained the death-dealing tube steadl-
ly at the chest of the rearmost Indian for
an instant and fired.
The bullet proved true to its mark, and
the burly Indian merely threw up his
arms and fell dead, the rife ball having
gone directly through his heart.
A clap of thunder from clear sky
could not have so utterly astonished those
remaining Indians. Wildly they looked
in every direction to see whence came
the fatal shot. In the next instant
bang went Leonora's rife again, aud
another of their number dropped dead.
But they saw the smoke of the last
shot and caught a glin1pse of the shooter
At once they comprehendcd their peril.
They could not hide, and their only show
for life was in running to the tree and
tomahaWking their presumptuous foe on
the spot. Instantly sounding the war
whoop, they bounded forward, but with
the notes half uttered another of their
number leaped into the air and fell back
to rise no more. Leonora had fred again
The retaining three rushed on, but
again the brave girls rife rang like the
knell Of doom, and fourth savage pitch
| ed headlong to the ground.
The terror of the remaining two was
now pitiful TO behold; they stopped short
| in their onward course, and uttering the
most fearful screams, discharged their
| rifles at the tree in the widest and most
unavailng manner. But again the re-
lentless rifle blazed, and another of the
remaining two sunk to the ground as the
bullet went crashing through his brain
Immediately the one left threw down
his rife and cried out /: e1
'No shoot me! No shoot me! Me give
up?'
| Leonora had drawn bead on him, but
now that they seemed SO perfectly in her
| power she lowered her rife, and stepping
from behind the tree, climbed tn e fence
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