Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-12-17


pride.
"My good motherl" was all he SAT-
as he pressed his manly lips to her viii
forehead
"My dear son !" was all she said, bl
pages would not describe the reverend
8 in his tone, or the undying love in h
!. look.
! Bill now presented his friends in MOI
. form to his mother than he had deeme
: it necessary in the case of his sisters.
This, mother" said he, presenting
Z young man who, in form aud appearance
resembled himself very closely, thong
be was an inch taller and hardly as ms
cular, "this is my mate-this i Oh
Hitchcock, the best friend | eve mad o.
ever will have, outside of or own iami
ly. Three times has he 'dved me from
being wiped out. Ore ny tne oSaiiaias
once when | was aken with the cramps
in the ice.colS Platte, last wlnter-and
once wber Did Jake MKandlas and his
gano L.d a sure set on me. He and
will ink or swim in the same river, anC
flats safe bet Bill, that's my mother
and II better never trod the iootstool I"
Wild Bill, with Il natural grace, bent
his proud head and took the hand Of
the lady, saying, in a tremulous tone.
I'm glad TO see you, ma'am, for I've
got good old mother, that | haven
seen this many day, and this rayther
brings her up afore me"
And this other" continued Bill, is
Dave Tut Ha is good OF. q hunt, death
on the REDS, and as smart as bordermen
are made now a-days. Now, boys, you're
all acquainted, makeyourseives at home.
The darkey out there has got the horses,
and he'll see them all right"
Three more perfect men in point of
personal beauty never trod the earth.
Wild Bill. six feet and one inch in
hight, straight as an ash, broad in shout
der, round and full in chest, slender in
the waist, swelling out in muscular pro-
portions at hips and thighs. with taper
ing limbs, small hands and feet, his form
was study" His face. open and clean,
had regular features, the nose slightly
aquiline. His large bright eyes, now
soft and tender in expression, were blu
ish gray in color, shaded by lashes which
often dropped over his bronzed cheek as
he looked down, somewhat confused in
female society, to which he was unused.
His long brown hair fell in wavy masses
over his shoulders, but it was fne soft
and glossy as silk.
The same picture will do for Buffalo
Bill, only this difference noted. The
eyes Of the latter were nearer blue in
color, his hight one inch less, and his
hair little more wavy and shade light.
er.
Dave Tut, nearly of the same hight |
was equally well formed, but there the
resemblance ceased.
His eyes were black as jet and deeply
set, though his features were perfect, and,
when he chose, his expression was soft
md winning. But with all his beauty,
here was sensual expression about his
mouth, so utterly different from that in
he other two, and fierce, passionate
onging in his eyes, which made the two
urls, instructive in their purity, shrink
rom him.
After supper the reunited family and (
Their guests were costly seated in the sit s
ng-room, when Mrs. Cody, whose face I
'as toward the window, screamed out in
adden terror, and rose to her feet with a
ace so deathly pale that it seemed as if
he was death-stricken.
What is it, mother r" cried Bill.
bringing to her side.
The window-he was there! |" she
asped, and then swooned away.
HeP Girls look out for mother. I'll
ae what he was at the window /" cried
Sill, and he sprang to the open easement.
As he did SO, a bullet whistled past his
ar and struck the opposite wall, while a
undred wild yells proclaimed that In
ians had surrounded the house.
Wild Bill, cool and collected, instant
y blew out both the lights, exclaiming
Darkness here and moonlight out
har! Well be all right in a shake.
Jump for your tools boys, mines handy!
ials, lay low out orange, we'll soon let
he reds know old hands are here"
The three young men, reinforced by
hree negroes and one white man, the
arm hands, were ready for work in less
han a minute, and as the Indians did
ot seem disposed to make rush for the
inside of the house, crept quickly to
'oints where from the doors and win
lows they could pick the fiends out from
heir coverts among the trees around.
Meantime the twins had succeeded in
estoring the mother to consciousness.
md to the hurried inquiry of her son as
0 whom she had seen at the window, re-
lied that she had recognized the face of
axe M Kandlas, the murderer of her
husband, glaring in with look SO full of
ate and vindictive cruelty that she was
ompletely horror stricken.
There's too many reds out there, or
d make a rush and settle his hash !"
aid her son. I" If he'll only stay till we
hin 'em down few, I'll accommodate ,
i'm with private entertainment. Look
ut for yourselves, girls-the boys are
living 'em Jessie, and it's about time nv t
and was in
A rapid firing had been going on from &
ne moment Wild Bill got to the door,
he Indians shooting at random, for ali S
! the house was dark except the flash of S
he guns, but every now and then veil f
agony told that the attacking party
ere not going UNPUBLISHED. t
They could only be seen as they sprang
'om tree to tree for cover, but their ter. S
bic yells ringing through the air told
lat IN numbers they were Mt least TON 6,