Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-06-23

try for rescue. But, for heaven sake,
don't leave the roof. Our only hope is in
your being able to keep of the others,
who will rush from the ditch. Good by"
And he was down the ladder before
could speak, leaving his hat cunningly ad.
justed above the parapet. Poor Dick all
his GOODNESS and sang ff0id had vanished !
now. myself was not in q pleasant pre-
dicament To carry out his half mad
scheme involved my running terrible
risk of shooting. my friends sweet-heart,
which at any other time would have ap-
peared impossible; but when read the
agony and loathing in the poor girls eyes
braced my nerves, set my teeth, laid my
rifle ready, and inwardly swore that no
trembling of my hand should mar her de-
liverance. e.s..~ -s.a
And now the savage, atruculent-lo looking
brute, raised his voice, and demanded, in
broken Spanish, surrender. He threat
ened US with all the tortures his ingenious
fraternity are so justly proud of having
invented, in case of obstinacy, and. bid us
look upon his captive, for that she, too,
should suffer for u.s. As he said this he
grasped the girls hair brutally, and raised
her head. With sudden spring of pain
and fright she threw herself out of his
arms, and fell to the ground. His time
and mine had come. As he stopped my
bullet laid him dead by the side of his in
| tended victim. Dick made his rush from
the window, and the Indians theirs from
the ditch, as he had predicted but, as
Rosita was rather nearer to the house
than the ditch, he managed to reach her
first, and was retreating with her in his
arms. And now ALI depended upon me.
My first shot, aimed at the foremost of the
assailants, missed him clean and before
could seize the other rifle he had made
vicious thrust at Dick, who, encountered
as he was, was quite helpless The lance
passed through Rosita's dress, luckily
without injury to the wearer; and as the.
savage drew back, for cooler and surer
thrust, had the inexpressible pleasure of
| lodging bullet in his body, which ef-
fectually prevented any further lance ex-
ercise from him. .Fsf .sftn.fs
Then 1 heard heavy fall in the room
| below. Dick had thrown his burden
clean through the open window, at the
risk of breaking a limb, and turning,
found himself engaged hand to hand with
| dozen Indians. He set his back against
the wall, and drew his revolver with his
right hand, receiving as he did so spear
thrust through his left arm; but his and
| my revolver, fortunately reserved until
now, played among the attacking party,
| and man was dropped at every shot; so
they drew of. Dick managed, with a
| great effort, to drag himself through the
| window, and then tainted away from loss
of blood and exhaustion; and when ran
down the ladder to make fast the window
| again, / found him comfortably reclining
| with his head in Rosita's lap, the latter
having been stunned by her unceremo-
NOUS entry But could not stay to help
here my post was on the roof. hur-
| ried up the ladder, noticing for the first
time that had myself suffered in the
scrimmage to the extent of q. slight hesh
| wound from bullet. The fight was over.
| Throughout,the remainder of the night
the Indians fingered about, and stole most
of the horses and some isheeps but they
had not pluck again, to- encounter the
| deadly breech- leaders. Seldom indeed,
had such severe lesson been taught
them; and when the glorious sun rose
(nevef sight more welcome) we saw them
ride beaten off the field, bearing with
them five of the slain six other corpses
were lying in front of the window, where
the fiercest struggle had been, and two
more were afterwards found, who had
crawled inte the ditch like wild animals
to die. ria - - .A.l-t,
We learned from the pretty Rosita
whose gratitude was most touching, that
she had been captured while walking in
the orange garden near her fathers house
a short time before we were attacked.
"You, noble caballeros, she said, shave
preserved me from death, and from what
is far worse. God will reward you, for
can never" a',t4 4,,.-s -
I think Dick, however, was of differ
ent opinion; at all events he has always
seemed remarkably satisfied with the re
ward he persuaded her to make him.
Some years have passed since tina
: eventful night Dick and Rosita are hv
ing at Don Ramon's estancis, that worthy
: old gentleman having departed this if'
shortly after their marriage. /, too, au
with them as partner in the land, f1ocks
and herds, of which we have a goodl,
t quantity; and whenever the increasing
/ stock of little Dicks and Rositas ask me
. as they invariably do of an evening, t
| tell them a story, know that nothing les
4 will content them than full, true, ant
Z particular account of the night attack. :.