Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-03-27
WHOLE NUMBER 1901.

,g'.e Sui'a nVas.B p%ehinn hef, she was IS
as lovely as a fowef, srd as spirited as an un,
The sireaHi b. whfShi thc couple had 6sI,.S
was Wood river, a branch Of The Platte, In
Eeprqska E at point hfiy miles northwest OF
Are you tired, Miriam ~ asked tho hunter.
oeo1rrge Dane, with iatherJy solicitude.
reo iather? rejoined the maiden, With
y happy laugh. "0h, no How could I bg
.ired ai,er day like thisl Every. minute has
Deen hlied with pleasure and excitement. I
icel as fresh as yondef bird ., ~
The fathcr smiled understandinoIy with n
look full Of the fondest affection.
Il can guess the cause Of your Iightness of
heart" said he, snfIinelyi Tfhe return. now
daily expected, of a certain Hubert Earle, from
we mines Of Idaho, may account, suspect, for
A heightened color appeared, on Mfffann's
face, for the name mentioned was that Of her
lover. She answered the glances of her father,
| however with a franlSness that attested his
enilse sympathy with her, and said; ~.
-, lrn., father, my heart has been unusually.
inpT'
Mr.. Dane did not reply. He was looking.
with ktndling eyes, over tie fair hower-dotted
! plain and his next remark showed how widely
his thoughts had strfyed, .h
Il wonder what mother has been doing with
out us all day. Miriam! She must be lonely,
with no one to speak 10 or share her meals [
shouldn.t wonder if VIC could see our home
norn THIS point" md his face lighted up with
u soulful glow. Our cottage + H1a more than
seven miles distant; let me sec" 49, ..
lie drew from his coat a pocket glass, adj
Jusied 1t 70 his sight, pointed it in a northerly
direction, and gazed through il long and earn
estly, toward his rancho upon Carrey's Fork
les, see ii" he said Gt last, with a long,
deep and joyful inspiration, as if the sight re-
| Heshed hl1l in every nerve. There Is our
cottase,,ss plain as dax> J can, even see the
vines you planted. before the windows, Miriam.
And there, ON the grape vine beach, under the
| Dig elm, sits your mother, busy at her sewing.
Bless her! She does not imagine We are look
ing at her. Lcok, Miriam"
lie yielded the instrument to his daughter,
who obeyed bis Injunction, her lovely face
glowing with spiles as she regarded the dis
tant hOme-scene.
Dear motherm she murmured. "Tt Il a
treat 10 her to be able to sit cut under the trees
without fear of molestation. There aIe no
hostile Indians hereabouts, now-are there,
fathcr:"
Ne: Red Knife, as you have already heard,
was Killed yesterday. by settlerr and his band
has retrcated toward the mountains. will
confess, Miriam, that during, all the timc We
have been in the West, I have not felt 80 light.
| hearted aud carerfree as since we received
news of Red Knifes death. You have Just
seen how this joy bubbles over in me. Red
Knife was a demon, rsther than a savage
iDi Iiii niN. snuueSi9u' aha 1et leatures even
lie mover spared a pale face" she said,
striving 10 speak calmly. "DOsolation and
oiuel'y uiaIAeu HIS PAIN. ror more lIiRn three
iI nc nus Iaiseu 10 shu ir9 upon lne piains
b"rder @ e"'''' "''' tie was TIC 'efiot " lne
oolVeI. ,e,,s.,,,'-
r,.n, you lis haze an named him apppropriately Mi.
nan, nam s.io the suher. ne nau nenqish
i,%u y, ny "ii'e i"0e' anu MS 'icuins nave
MI SI. n.y., ~ ,,a,., A. .,Llss,
III: Daue nsiu Ytt nls l9hu loF ltne giass,
and Miriam was n the act OF restoring it, when
q su"lse; easping, pahllnS souno startled
u.Sni nsi,o o'ti'' anu seh' tnem quickly 70 'neir
''9IaS; 9ta -. -, 4. ,le,
nv nun nu.t'e. Mheeieo ms n9rss ana ;4ocfeu
Gomn ,;o upon u9q tiYeFlpank, from Whicn airec-
.,,'..,Hisa 'ne ''it nA Con.e, ms nanncs sen
nn, Inr ss'Gi 1h our MS cS9hlenaHce lnaicaIse Oh
"inI'h' nc nl'iueil ieiioWea MS example.
Gp tSa eyes Tc the rst to dssoysE hs cause
oi tS sounu f,, a'"t n''u slaraieu mem, detectng
npdlr~rowfb % Of BUSHES IIrin aro1g go .IrOh 'he
a., H. ,a,,,o y, .,sas tLn;ns sllc shore
was drcc,ed for ie r',n rr, dpnu ssl, y su
among the nrotccting bushes ol X he lad becy,i
sbot - - - iA-o1----'-N>.''-1 az --->. '-N--
"An tn,;,, =, ..,:., ,,.-, =. ...ins
c.on, an H. inulan hn Whispered Miriam, drawing
~ .H ~ ,r.C,,aS4;., ;-...f....- ,idg -
ihf hnhier shook ms head, continuing to
Ma'rn WA & sne spot at @ Tnieh The man had fallen
m nls n',,'e s on nus rihe' MS manner that OF one
reaqy IeI hc'lohi 80
o.r,,. ~, - ehe man man showed hasgard lace
UaGd,ousy ron ms cohcealment M
Da,ig ~, 80 proke INTO smiie'
anu ne crIeo out' - ,5lG:
iaIlo: Is lhat you, ihofHpson? DO you
iaKe Ia US lor ihaians' 'Iia' you skulk there In
INC c,' pushes .,:.,.sr+ .,fr,l as.s
me lnuivtdNai st,!,sssyi e, was silent a tnH
minute as IL sceJtfi rom sheer amazementt
then he sprang out rom his hiding place with
cry on Feie'i ana aoEanced swlty toward
the ta'hcr ana daughter, -E3s ! ;.a,1pt,gi;
iie was man OF mlddle age, Oh inc ordina-
ry type OF backwoodsmen, strong and brown
and sta'wart, OF the rude rongh type that seems
TO belong TO the border. His face was hag-
gard ana white, although covered with pers,
piration. his breath came through his parted
lips; in quick uneven gasps, lie had run. far
and swiftly, ana looked as II about to drop
from fatigue. pace.
what has happened, thompson = l2sksh
Dane, with keen anxiety, the mans singular,
| appearance giving him sudden shock of
\ alarm.