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

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|. Buffalo Bill now hurriedly told Dav,
g Tut and the men, who were firing at ev
erything they saw move among the trees
It what he and Wild Bill intended to do
e The girls and his mother were to know
r nothing Of it till it was all over, for the
two Bills felt as snre of driving off the
Q foe by their plan as if they were already
] in the chase Of them.
Dave Tut did not express any wisl
, to go siong, which rather surprised Buff
G falo Bill, for it was a duty that brave
! men would surely court. But there wa
reason for this, as there is indeed foI
everything, rs the reader will learn b,
and by.
The two friends, carrying their arm.
and bending low in the shadow of the
garden bushes, crept away from the house
until they reached grain-held beyond
the trees, into which they moved swiftly.
They had but little distance now to 90
to reach the stock pasture, and they got
to the last in the very nick of time
A half dozen dusky figures were al
ready there and the horses, disturbed by
the firing, were very uneasy as these adj
vanced.
Two shril calls, understood well by
the animals for which they were intend
brought two noble animals, Black Nell "
and Powder Face" to the edge of the
grain-field. The next instant, needing
neither saddle nor bride, the two men
we're mounted, and without word, both
das haI fNrtpa I'D for The II, 4. h.
after the stock.
So suddenly and Unexpectedly were
these observation-disclosures a shot being
fired, only the tomahawk used-that
there was no alarm in the grove. Then
the two men sped on, not noislessly now,
but whooping and yelling in wild con-
cert, and urging their steeds faster by
their cries till they were upon the rear of
the astonished redskins pouring out shot
after shot with deadly effect on the enc
my.
Wheeling and circling here and there,
never missing shot--it seemed as if
there were twenty rather than two-Wild
Bill and our hero dashed on, carving
death at every leap.
AaS ihuihhc, "bO hCIC Nu6NtuHGS,
supposing this to be reinforcement to
those who had defended the house so
well soon gave way and fled in every d.
rection, but not before full half their
number had fallen.
Course them, who do they shoot so
careless from the house-this is the sec
ond Craze I've had from there" cried
Wild Bill, as he wiped the blood from a
wound grazing his cheek
There's hole in my hat from the
same quarter" said Buffalo Bill. I'D
like to know what they mean. 1t can't
be but they know where we are. Never
must hunt up old MKandlas
now, for if mother saw him he must be
here. Let's chase them, Bill, as long as
we can.
The two men dashed away, and again
bullet, evidently from the house, passed
20 close to Buffalo Bills head that he
elt its wind.
The Indians scattered far and wide.
)ut the two men succeeded in knocking
'yer a halt dozen more, when the thought
truck them that it was better not to 90
ar from the house lest some lurking be-
llnd would continue the attack, and they
ode back.
The search for white man among the
bodies of the slain was unsuccessful. so
3lll decided in his mind that if M'Kan-
Has had been in the party he had es.
,aped this time.
As they approached the house they
ook pains TO make their individuality
Known by signals which could not be
Misunderstood, therefore they were spared
he perils which it seemed friends rather
han their foes had cast upon them dur
ng the charge.
In short time, their horses left close
n the shadow of the house, the two brave
friends were in it once more.
" You can light up, reckon" cried
Buffalo Bill when he entered. "The
Reds, or what's left of EN- are off to their
tribes on the rum
" Thank Heaven, you are SAFE said
Mrs. Cody, as she heard the voice of her
son. hope you and your brave friend
Are unframed ?"
All right, mother, but a scratch or
TWO that cold water will heal-but are
you sure you saw the face Of Jake NJ |
kandlas at the window p"
Yes, my son-I never can forget his
face. | surely saw it."
I" Then he has got off this time. 7
Knew most of his gang had gone under.
out | didn't think he had taken up with
he Cheyennes. They say that every
.ribe in the West but the Pawnees are
going with the South. If they are we
border folks will have our hands full,
But we're good for EN-, aren't we, Bill ?"
reckon we are, if we know our
elves" said Wild Bill.
The moon had gone down before dav
lawned, but the repulsed Cheyennes new.
II bated in their headlong speed until a
ouple of hours after sunrise, when thew
ad reached deep cottonwood grove on
he south bankof the Republican river.
Here, at the call of their chief. they
ismounted and gathered around him.
5y his side, with scowl of anger and
ONE show of distrust, too, in his face
TODD Jake M'Kandlas, the white ruff
an who had planned this foray.
Looking sternly at him, after counting
ne warriors left, the old chief said:
There will be great cry among the
luaws in the lodges of the Cheyennes.
lany warriors have gone down-their
a ne arc tho lalt- q 49,.