Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-26

sBinal's .ides, s~ePt on and away with the !.
rush Of o tornado,
Add alter him swept the pursuers. a
The emigrants watched the pursuit with o
breAthlsss interest until the fore lost figure B
upon the powerful ILdisn steed had passed .
bey oni their line Of vision. b
During the confusion Burk escaped also
At nightfsii thew halted upon the sou,h ,
bsuk Of the Platte, aud we're at supper
around their 6res when the troops we're seen
to approach weary and di.pirited out
their prisoner.
the fellow has escaped u.s." said the
off GER. I
You held on to the chase we'll, Lieutsn-
ant" said The conductor.
IL can't bear TO go back to the fort with
out him. was the quick reply. There's
excitement all sbrouaA the fort. Poor Fall
| ION was nearly murdered, and was left for
dead. lie va. fang over into Deep Canyon,
aud happened to lodge 10 q cump of bashes.
| There be came to himself. sn hour or more
afterwards. aud. more dead than alive, be
climbed up TO the ground above, and fell
down in . deep faint. A parry was irnme-
dia,ely organized, and sent in pursuit Of the
OUTLAW
The nex, lay they encountered the party
u soldiers that had been sent 10 pursuit OF |
Blue Jack. They had fouud no trace oil
the desperate or his companion.
mo use looking for Blue Jack" said the |
officer In charge of the party, addressing |
Laudford. +" here has been party Of Sioux
; AbJut this quarter Tor a te~ dsys pssi. sad
so doubI Blue Jack hss fallen IN With them
The party Is rdly large enough TO a tack
your tam, and understand they have gone
l.. L.
Indian vile Somewhere up there"
Upon the second day after leaving Fort
I Mcpherson, the emigrants made their mid
day hat grove of cotton 30 ods. upon
q the bAnk Of toe soath fork of the Platle, a.
e its junclion with a wide, sree-frtoQed river
, which descended from the northwsrd, and
!. aeTe they Concluded - settle
The site of the village was selected exact
= y al the jahctlon of two rivers, upon a los
.e duff overlooking the two streams.
Then public square was carefully laid
!. out with mathematical exactness.
II Then each mans lot was assigned him.
"a Mark Heber's WAS Iext to WhitmAn's %
DC the esstsrG aide of the square, facing west
er aud his future garden ran back to the edge
Ie Of the low bluff.
d. Mark Heber did a mans work, and fro m
- class tie youth among the boys.
OF In the course of q week, eight strong log
u houses. eAcn a story in height, aud pierced
&c ~i'h loop-holss. aud each provided with
Is sioRle caPacious chimney, we're finished, snc
h. fronted the hule naked sqaAre.
er Mark Heber's house wAs simply arranged
ed built uEou the plan generally adopted b,
er jhs SetttrI. There were but Two rooms OF,
being entered through The other. he iunt
] room WAS TO be Gays. The outer room vi
20 be pArlor dining room, kitchen, library
al and Marks bedroom
IL, The house ia yonr province, Gay" SAT-
AZ be youth, upon the morning after the hout
vas fpish,d. al shall leave you to furuis
1t and transform it intos home viii wur
he upon ihs stocksde. IL you meet my hei
~ When the stocksds and block house ar
iu,shed, | will tura myself ioto house-es,
p. ter"
20 al SHAFT need 90, sir" said G ~ saucil,
"Io4 AtteLd To The farm, AMI leave Ii
ne aoUse 10 me-"
n The shelter provided. the eight house
NJ were left entirely TO the management Of n
90 Som- Ii, the men ~orking upon The stock Z,
~bich vas constructed upon sirIct mIlltar
Aid rioCiyles, aud was a model of worth GIL
. AcvIieHce.
her IL r,qurr. d two weeks and the labor
os' ixt-eU men TO complete 'hls work
IN White u Al and his fAmily had been livin
ik, "a sheIr house tor a week. All the fanille
aAd moved ihto their houses cave the II
! ~ GERS, bat Gay with pretty Tyranny had ut
.Howed Mark 20 cross the threshold OF hi
out aoDse since be had flushed it.
lily Now, ~hen Mark uDyoked his oKen tori
oui ing them .Oose ia has own yard, and DIRE
DIR \
Ger back garden, Gay called to him with
orisht smile. sSyiug that be might enter II
my mousse WIN her.
n tie came pleased aud smiling, b.
a. paused upJu the threshold in mute amsz
10 nent.
les, Was this the room with four rough Ia
sails ~hich he had gwen into her hand,
The Vas tins sunny little home a log-housec
j. sbe plains?
,,ia Il seemed Incredible.
,r,. For hule ciever.~it;ed Gay, with her de
cate, skiHtui hogers, bad fashioned . love
3ay nome on: OF her barren materials, such
All, one as would delight the eye TO rest upo
and sole helps had been two kindly boys
Ger IF cen years, who had work ed urder her {
9th recdons.
a, "I,'s the pre,tisst room ! ever ssu
Grief Marx wi b enthusissm- There isl
hAd house In town like 1t. Won't the peoE
ace open their eyes? KS jus, lovely |" crl
her Mark delis btedly. "You are q regul
vel. nome fairy, Gay. You were meant for I
and frontier, and you are the tsirest flower
s.ed all The plains Ny precious little sister
IN he drew her TO him aud kissed her ,e
81, ierly. But Gay, most unacc1untably, bro
~ ON him. blusbiLg like rose.
enl, Il j o Whitman 10 see the house." {
2 a. CLAIMED Mart not noticing Gays confusiC
tn ave 81 all sei up for srstocrsts ofthe tow
He dashed out in boyisb e1nbsraBce q
len' ..sied in the entire population OF The
ant. lsse.
br, They all came in, and there was . e
,n.d sral request that Gay should ehrisien
uui settl, m-nt.
ann usJ eyes orlgn'eheu' even ~hIs
tbs;, ,hrank from the honor thus put upon her
"IcAn y" she said, MIR Whitman is
the Oldest Of US all, and is our Mayor. lie,
re-. Gsme the village"
Then III call it Herber. in honor Of
,,ed Ii 10 Gay" cried Mr.. Whitman. Nv
10 you oil say, my friepds?"
,no HeEber il is r. cried q dozen voices
cant acclaim
At that moment boy who had b.
the playing upon the platform inside the s,o
Tsck ade came in easping the words:
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