Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-03-27

very aspect.
Conductor Landlord vas skilled 10 IL.
dian warfare, and was scout Of consider
able note.
There are twenty savagss," he an.
nounccl. A" Remember boys. yol are
Sighting for your mothers and sisters.
show us what suif YOU are made Of"
Then he shouted;
Nov. men. the gun, Have out the
gun They are in war paint. aud mean
mischief When give the word. ire!'
The Indians came nearer AMI nsarer,
advancing in a straight line.
Now, boys, give them a hint that we
are not fooling" said the guide grimly.
Mark Heber aud his comrades fred a
volley.
The next moment a shower Of bullets
come hurting toward tho defenders Of the
camp.
The gun ~ cried Landlord. "Give
il to them. Whitman"
Whitman did give it to them, Z"
moving nown three mounted savages,
horses and riders rolling over ane over in
horrible death AGONY.
The remaing sayages came TO halt,
but only for an instant. With a terrific
warwhoop, they came on again to Ind on
slaueht, firing as they came, and looking
like incarGate demons.
"All together :" cried the puids.
The other men and all the boys fred,
each with especial aim. Six mounted
saveges fell before the deadly rain.
A panic Immediately seized upon the
survivors. In the midst of it Whitman
grimly touched eff his feld-piece anew.
This ended the conflict. The savages
with horrible yells beat sn instantaneous
retreat. leaving their dead upon the field,
aud dragging away teir wounded.
Amory bad a bullet wound in the
shoulder, and Arnold's eldest son had
Gcsh wound in his arm, but neither of
these injuries was serious.
4" Are you safe, Gay?" demanded
Mark, coming toward her.
" Yes, bat I'm almost smotbered,"
answered Gay. Have the savages sure.
Y gouc, Mark ?"
Gay cautiously crcpt forth while she
wac speaking. The remaining wagons
disgorgod their crouchiug occupants, wo-
men and children coming forth pale and
trembling but full of joyful gratitude at
their escape from death, or fate worse
than death. The camp took on its usual
appearance even before the rctreatinp
savoges were entirely lost to view ia the
far distance. That night they encamred 7
upon the prairie, and met with no adyen-
iure. y guard was maintained as on the
previoes night but no Indians were to be /
seen.
Every day for the week that followed .
he encampment on the Little Blue was
.ull Of incident, but all of the pleasant
sort nothing occurred to alarm the emf
grants.
And at the end Of the week. to their
great joy aud relief, they arrived at Fort
kearney.
The emigrants did not halt at the fort,
,ut pressed on to Kearney City where
they encamped iust at nightfall.
Here Conductor Landlord found an.
'ther train, the guide of which had been
stabbed the night brfore, by a notorious
nan, who had escaped arrest. The train
vas offered to Landlord, to be united with
lis own.
The assault that had been made upon
he conductor of the previously arrived
rain was made matter of discussion,
nd regret that his assailant had escaped
vas universal.
81 know the fellow who dirked the con-
luctor," said Landlord. He is per-
Get demon. | know that he has killed
everal men. saw HIM at Denver last
ear He had just stabbed miner from
'ehind, and robbed him Of all his money
nd gold. He is called Blue Jack
Blue Jack cried one or two bows
What namen
They call him so because one side of
is face is blue, as if bruised said Land.
ord. Looks as if the blood had settled
nder the skin
The new train was bound for Denver. {
S Landlord had said.
Two wagons belonged to men who had
0 women with them. There were five
these dcsperadoes, and only the small t
ess OF their number as compared with t
ne others induced Landlord to allow
iem to travel under his guidance and the !
rejection of his train. !
A few introdu,tions took place, and ,
zen the long train took up its line Of
larch westward.
During the noon ancampment, on the t
blowing day, Gay had finished her din t
er' and merry snatch Of song was on t
er lips. when one of the desperadoes
nown as Burk came up to her, and s
aused beside her, regarding her with an {
lsolent stare.
Hello, younker,' he said grufly, Il
otlced you yesterday and you are the S
retiest young one ever did see. Got ,
father nor mother. Ell ? Going west
18th your brother eh !? Give us a kiss,
lere's a dolly :
In an instant she leaped to her feet. ,
Child as she was She resented the in.
ut that had been offered her with wo- l
ans offended pride and anger.
low dare your she cried. Go
way. If you touch me, I'll call my t
rother"
All, now. young one, you're fooing,' i
said insoently. You act older than i
took you for. III warrant no boy has
zcept your brothe has kissed them lips G
your'n and Pm hound To hovo ono 90 n