The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-05-14

/ 1eOHOTdS uedrG grew as nara as q
stone, and her nerves-which fiuttered a
little before-now grew as firm SIS steel.
She had put fresh water proof caps upon
each nipple of her rifle, aud putting the
barrel on the rail of the fence. drew q
sharp bead upon the foremost Indian,
but as her finger curved to press the
! trigger, she heard what actually seemed
tOTbe voice whisper:
s'Not yet, Leonora!"
She paused, and then, as if by inspi-
ration, 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 a few rods nearer. Sud-
denly the thought came again:
..Now's your time y
Clapping her face 10 to the rifle-breech,
she trained the death-dealing tube stead
lily 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 rifle ball hay
ing gone directly through the heart.
A clap OF thunder from a clear sky
could not have so utterly astonished
those remaining Indians. Wildly they
looked in every direction to see whencs
came the fatal shot. In the next instant
bang! went Leonora's rifle again, and
another of their number dropped dead,
But they saw the smoke of the last
shot and caught glimpse of the shoot
er. AT Orce they cOmprehended their
peril. They could not hide, and their
only show for life was in running to the
tree and tomahawking their presumptu-
Gus foe on the spot. Instantly sounded
the war-whoop, then bounded forward,
htYf NIT har
of their number leaped into the air and
fell back to rise no more. Leonora had
fired again.
The remaining three rushed on, but
again the brave girls rifle rang like the
knell of doom, and a fourth savage
pitched headlong to the ground.
The terror of the remaining two was
now pitiful to behold; they stopped
short in their onward course, and utter
ing the most fearful screams, discharged
their rifles at the tree in the widest and
most unavailing manner. But again the
relentless 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:
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 rifle, and
stepping from behind the tree, climbed
the fence briskly, and commenced ap-
preaching the savage.
The surprise and Indignation of the
Iudian at sight of the girl was intense,
and forgetting his supplicating cry, he
put his hand behind him and drew forth
his tomahawk to throw at her.
LeCnora's eye was as sharp as an
eagles. She saw the treacherous move,
and just as the bright blade of the hatch
CLEANED for the the throw, she raised
her Iifie and shot the faithless scoundrel
dead i'll his tracks.
With the speed of deer she now
bounded forward to the lake.
Harry Watson shouted, Il knew it
was Leonora y and the father cried Tor
joy as her little form appeared on the
bluff, rifle in hand.
Quickly she descended to the canoes
and unbound the two men, who embrace
ed her and cried over her i'll the most
extrav; giant manner.
But they felt thev La / no time to lose
and, hastily gearing up their teams and
loading up their Valuables, they set out
for Minneapolis, where they arrived
safely, and where Leonora and Har-
ry Watson were immediately male one
flesh.
Old Walter Brown and Harry Watson
both did good servi e in the Indian bat
ties which followed ; and when the saw
ages were finally exterminated, they all
went back to their old home on Green
Lake, where they now live. They have
one of the largest stock farms in the
State; and Leonora, though happy
wife and mother, ciings to her beautiful
revolving rife, and yet occasionally uses
it to keep herself in practice.