The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-07-08
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"A STORY OF A HEROIC GIRL.

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Il On the borderqof Green Lake, in MINES
sofa, there lived sturdy, white-haired from
| Herman named Walter Brown. He was ont
of those adventurous spirits ever to be foune
in the van of advancing civilization, Away!
counting the free, wild air Of the. prairie, ani
rejoicing in the profound depths Of uninhab
| tied forests. .sa9 fag ssa7sssas S5esAs
r xBut the country became more and more
thickly settled, and Walter Brown became
uneasy Il His wife had borne him a daughter
the third or fourth year Of their residences al
! the headwatcrs Of the st. Croix, whom he
Icaned Leonora. She was good girl, and
the idol Of her father purchased rife
for her when she was but twelve years old
and took the utmost pains in teaching he1
the use of it.. She was brave and steady o.
nerve, and soon acquired wonderful skill as {
shot, and the number of prairie. chickens
I patridges, wild water fowls, and other small
| game she managed to shoot every day, wal
really large. Occasionally she would Shoot
a deer, and one eyentful morning, by lucky
shot through fhs eye tito the brain she killed
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lWlenJghs eame home With the news he
father could scarcely credit her But Know
| ing her perfectly truthful nature, he dancce
about the room forljoy, and Selling The sturdy
little maid, he mounted her upon his should
fers and Insisted upon carrying her. all TIT
way. to the spot where The dead bruin lay ~
Thicker ana thicker flowed the ff iitdlts q
emigration into Minnesota and Wisconsin
| following the navigabIe rivers as a matter O
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crowded" felt Walter Brown: zAts length
| his wife died. Leonora was then sixteen
Iand ENGAGED to be married to a handsome
young trader by the name of Watson, who
had Joined her, father in business. a IA agE
The death Of. the mother had made it nee
essafy to postpone the Wedding, and IN thu
interim old Walter decided to move int
northwest Minnesota sNeighbors were get
ting too near and hunting and trapping were
bad As the young man had proved Up ano
pre- mpted a quarter section, Of land neal
Taylor's Falls, and did not wish to eithel
abandon or sell it Just then persuadlng Leo
nora to agree 70 write to him, he babe Or
affectionate goodbye. sra
Brown lived in Minnesota for three Of
four years in peace and quiet finding good
trapping and hunting grounds, when all a
once young Watson arrived, and renewed the
proposition Of marriage with Leonora. The
old man had about determined to- move M
more, and had accordingly located and pre-
empted several thousand acres Of land abou
him, andlearning FROM Watson that he hae
money enough to do likewise, proposed tha
he should go down to ST. Paul and buy lane
warrants with his money, and take up all thu
land he could saving" He might then mar
~ Leonora, and they two would go to work
and after building plenty Of stabling, etc.
would get good stock Of cattle and sheep
and try and lead pastoral life for the rest Q
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To this proposition theIyoung man hearth,
assented, and after returning from st. Paul
| went brayely to work, in the woods Telling
trees for building purposes. Il was agreed
Grst that Trey should build new hewed 10.
house fo "a Che united family, as Watson ha'
got I'D a small single room cabin. Then tn
| wedding was to take place, and the two mel
would again resume their work. o s.
While thus busily engaged the Sioux wa
broke .outs !. tt was the habit of Lconora +
1 take her rifle out every morning and shoe
prairie chickens for the table, while her love
and father were hard at work on the ne,
house. Watson had brought her as a pres
.entsfronl ST. Paul a light and handsome re
Evolving rifle, Of which she was immensel
| fond and with which she became SO exper
that hecould shoot duck or prairie chicken
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