The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-11-29

: 20 wards 'Iogans Fort. We're gOinI
back there now"
An ashy pallor ovorsprcad The traitor
face, and his form shook ike the aspcn'
leaf lie obcyed the command, howey
cr, but, a. he did 80, the cry of th,
night hawk parted bis lips.
A second later he felt the muzzle of th,
scouts rifle pressed against his head.
"Repcat that signal, or make any
kind of suspicious noise or gesture, and
| Ill throw streak of moonlhine into
your head " cried the determined scout
"My fingers itch to press the trigger
but | reserve you for the hang man,
moose at the fort
The mention Of the doom that would
probably be meted out to him at the
hackwoods station, caused the traitor to
oringe before his rival and plead for lis
life. lie promised to Gy the country il
Mark would relcas, him; but he talked,
as it were, to man of stone, for when
the scout told him that he must 60 to the
fort or die in the forest, lie licant it.
The hawk cry sign was not answered,
and at length, in the gray lush of dawn,
Logans Fort appeared in sight
The appearance Of the scout and his
captive on the edge Of the clearing was
/ greeted with mingled shouts Of triumph
aud Vengeance, and when tie gate few
open a score Of infuriated pioneers rushed
upon the giant, az though they would
tcar him poaceneal.
The scout soon learned the cause Of
their rage.
JussbcCo,edn~ Il iheb5,,y Of Roger Hal.
finch had been found at his past, stabbed
to the heart The garrison was at once
aroused, an investigation proved that
Backwoods Kit and Churlic Lindsay was
missing. The mystery Of the pioneers
death was at once solved, and party was
about TO throw itself upon the aodactor's
and murdcrc,s trail, when he uncxpoct-
edly hove in sight a the captive of HE
rival. T. would have been lyncied at
once, lad not wiser counsel prevailed.
b. .'1min Logan declared that she traitor
.aculd have calm and impartial trial,
and the following day was sci for that
event. The culprit was thrus. into a
strong one-roomed cabin, there to modi-
tate over his approaching fa,e.
They'll come to night" cried Back
woods Kit, gazing through a creyice be-
tween the logs upon the blackenod sky.
"lf them wolves hadn't run me right
into thst hounds mouth, I'd been with
them now. But they'll come all the
same tonight, if didn't see them, No
lusatha said: The first mad night and
this Is goin' to be one of the maddest
old nights ever created Al! We blood
thirsty pale faces, III scalp a lot o you
a.ore dawn, for they're coming in such
numbers, that no tort in Kentucky can
resist
The hoarse thunder that rolled from
horizon TO horizon upon the going down
of the sun, was the tenderest music in Kit
Chide,ter's ears, and the flashes of light
ming that rent the storm clouds were
pleasing to his murderous eye. Presently
the storm burst upon Logan's Fort, and 4.
was as the traitor had prophesied, the
"maddest storm that ever burst above
the devoted station. With it came the
hurricane, and the continual crash, crash
Of forest trees added to the fury Of the
tempest
All at once the guard at the gate heard
a noise outside.
"Who's therel' he inquired
"Me-Jim Somerville, badly shot,
For Gods let Inc in!"
The sentry hesitated; he knew that the
Indians lad obtained admittance into
forts by deceptive practices, by decoys,
and he feared this was one OF them. But
the plaintive tone sounded like the scouts,
who was one of the forest spies for that
night.
-' "Quick! let me inl" pleaded the man
hgain. Tm dying now, and Pyegot a
wife in the fort. Quick! the British
and Indians are coming and will be here
ere long. Must | die here? You're a
hard hearted mani"
That last word had the desired effect !;
the sentry unharred the gate and opened
it enough TO admit Of the egress Of a
man.
But the next moment an Indian rushed
pas, him, and before he could collect his
senses the yard swsrmed with Shawnees
and renegade.
Above the roar OF the storm rose the
death yell, and the scout who opened the
/ gate fell dead rs he barred II again. The
Indians sprang forward to reopen il to
admit the rest Of their force; but twenty
resolute pioneers threw themselves before
the portals aud prevented the act. The
braves who gained admission into the
fort out numbered its defenders; but the
pioneers fought with that determination
so characteristics OF our eaEly settlers,
and what they lacked in numbers they
possessed ip heoism.
The children were thrust into the block
house, and the women showed Their
courage by joining their husbands and
brothers in the fight for life. Several OF
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