The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-12-07
Ill all suspicion mad been alIayed, that could

I'll all suspicion mad been allayed, that couls
with safety make another effort.
One day | was returning from the excur
sion up the Payuliup river and was leisurel.
walking across one Of those beautiful prairie
which abound in that region. Now thes
prairies are about as pretty pictures as On
can see in a days walk, but they amt wortl
shucks for farmin' purposes. The soil
hard and unyielding, the heritage meagre
sour and unfit for anything but sheep; eveI
the deer refuse to browse upon it, A Wagon
or vehicle could travel over it as lightly 4
over a beaten road, while the hoOfs Of tn
animals hardly more ,haa bruised the grass
but as they fell upon the ground they mad
| a noise that could be heard long distance
Stopping for a moment under the shade of q
solitary tree, to enjoy the beauty of the scene
| horses. Looking in the direction | saw tina
one Of them was ridden BY woman Of no
more than six and twenty years of age. He
hair was about the color Of corn silk in Au
gust, while her features, notwithstanding
they showed traces of sorrow, were very beau
tiful. The ther animal, which was full,
two hundred yards in the rear, was riddeI
by the Scottish guard Of the cottage.
instantly surmised that the beautiful femal,
was the prisoner, and stepped out for tn
purpose of attracting her attention, and Civ
ing her an opportunity to address me. Tn,
woman no sooner caught sight of me thar
! she turned her horses head toward the plac,
where was standing. The movement wa
observed by the Scott, who sinking his heavy
spurs into his horses sides, urged him for
| ward at the top Of his speed, at the same
time shouting:
''Dinna We speak to her if YOU value vel
lifew
The lady had the advantage of her guard
| and was soon beside me, but did not stop Il
speak. AZ she passed she gave me lool
full of meaning, and which seemed to say
81 would give worlds for half hours con.
versation with you, but l will have to post
pone it till some other OCCASION"
As the Scot rode past, he said, ''Ye die
weel TO keep yer tongue within yer mouth
This little incident increased my desire "a
know more about the fair prisoner, but my
judgment told me that if l would learn !
must Use strategy. / could not understand
| Why the girl should be guarded so closely,
nor why she had been sent to this lar, out.
| of-the-w place for imprisonment. After
ss'AS i"AeS hN1oS"tiy SouS"e oA6us VI sAAS
prisoner, but she was always attended by the
Scot, who never, for a single instant, re.
laxed his vigilance, or gave her an Opportu.
nifty TO speak to a single soul. Many night
have laid awake puzzling my brain over
the matter, and wondering if the mystery
would ever be revealed.
A year had passed away since my arrival
at the fort, and still the young girl was held
a prisoner. Her keepers, however, had
long ceased to exercise an espionage upon
my actions and movements, because had
taken pains to ALA their suspicious. Al
length, finding that could move about the
tort without having an Indian at my heels,
l commenced making preparations for an
interview with the fair prisoner. Ii is not
necessary for the understanding OF my story,
that should weary you with explaining how
i laid my pans, constructed scaling ladders
from rope made of bark; how, upon one
dark night, when the rain was pouring down
in torrents and the wind sighed mourn ully
through the tree, / stole forth from my lit
lie cabin, and soon found myself within the,
Enclosure and beside the cottage, gazing into
the room occupied by her.
Notwithstanding the hour was past the
meridian Of night, the fair occupan. of the
room was still awake. | was puzzled how
to attract her attention, and not at the same
time startle her and cause her to scream, or
give some alarm, which would bring the old
ScOtchman to interrupt the proposed inter-
view. After revolving several schemes and
rejecting them all, tapped gently upon the
glass, at the same time placing myself in
such position that could be seen the mo-
bar r..t.oI tn tho vvIsIn,r
The noise caused the girl to raise her head,
and as she did SO she caught sight of me.
Her face blanched with terror, and she
opened her mouth as if to scream, but by
desperate effort she choked down her feelings
and tottering toward the door, opened it and
something which thought was an invitation
to enter, and which accepted as such.
Motioning me to be seated, she commenced
telling me something, but as she spoke in
French, could not understand word she
said. Here was pretty condition of affairs.
After all my trouble to find out how could
aid and assist the unfortunate lady, to be
banked al the very moment when success
seemed certain | told her that could not
understand a word that she was saying; that
was totally ignorant of all language but my
native one. A shade Of deep disappointment
passed over her features, and she stood for a
moment as if revolving in her mind what to
do. Suddenly bright gieam illuminated
her face, her eyes, sparkled with pleasure,
and she seated herself at table, seized a pen
and dashed off letter, which she folded, adj
dressed, and handed to me, with gesture,
which seemed to say, "Will you be kind
enough to post that for me-" l took the lei
ter, placed it in my pocket, rose from my
seat, and started toward the door. She fol-
lowed me, and, as was going out, seized my
hand, raised il 10 her lips and pressed iss
upon it, Now, have been kisseI more than
any number of times by girls that might
have been called good-looking in any part of
the world, nut none of the kisses ever sent |
such thrill through me before. could
hardly resist the temptation TO turn back,
throw nv arms ABOUND the lady, and give |
her a regular Kentucky hug. But thinking |
she might not like it, l restrained my feel |
ings, Dash, d ont in the rain, and was soon |
back in my cabin.
| knew that the Company never permitted |
letters TO be sent away from the fort without |
irs, having been read by the facto., and that |
# undertook to send the letter the lad; had |
given me, it would not only be confscaied,
,ut wouid get me into serious thrOubie |
,,d bnwever nrom;sed that I would forward
no ,a,,.r IN ~ des,;n,,;on and was da,.,-
n;nsS 10 doso Several months n,ssed ,w,v
go, an onnn-,un;,v ,rossn,.1 ;,solf ., 6,i.
il NV trust. In COMPANY with several
,thers, was sent down TO V Vancouver Island
or supplies. and finding, upon our arrival.
me Of The Company ships on the eve of sail
ng for Europe, made the acquaintance of
me of the crew, and becoming convinced that