The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-24

and spread it for aeovering, filed hi
5 canteen and placed it near her, ant
5 then sat down afars off and picked hole
, in the ground with HIS long knife. AND
whistled softly, and sighed and eroanet
within himself. Tom loved the wo,nai
who lay thess,iand because he lovet
her he wass- afraid of-1er. lost mel
experience the, same feeling once il
their lives. Z = = - . :, = : :
But there had been another and an
unseen spectator of all this. We can
J not tell by what peculiar cnuiunctior
of the planets things fall out. in thil
world as they do. II But while Tom wa,
executing his plans of comfort, the
slick-lookin' feller from Maxwelrs !,
was watching afar off. He came nc
nearer, because he did mot understand
the situation. The burning building
suggested Indians, and he wanted mo
closer aSqisintan ce with them. shot,id
they still be there But while he
watched he saw and recognized the two
persons, and pang of jealousy entered
his heart. Then he stayed away be.
cause he desired to husband for future
misrepresentation and use the circum-
stances to which he had been an unseen
witness, and finally rode away, baffled.
poDderips in his cowardly heart some
scheme which could harm his forn,id.
able rival. r... -
| The after noon passe I slowly away,
and still Tom Harris kept watch 1Oc.
casionaliy he crept on tiptoe and looked
at his charge. She seemed asleep.
Finally he hobbled the two horses to
prevent escape, gathered some Of the
vegetables in the desolate garden, and
stliied strong mans hunger with Young
radlshes, green tomatoes and oiliess
lettuce. He could afford to wait, for he
was engaged in what he wondered to
think was iu the midst Of the smoking
signs OF rapine and captivity the most
delightful task of his life. He did not
know that hours ago the occupant of
the couch hal opened her cyes, and
with returning consciousness had touch.
ed the. crimson barred serape; had seen
the stalwart sentinel sitting afar oH, and
then had fallen into the deep sluinber
of grief. r.Ji .ui.aELs iHG IiG'R
Through the long watches of the
night the sleepless frontiersman passed
back and forth, listening TO the chatter
of the COYOTES snds Tho gray wolf 70 long.
drawn howl. He scared away The
stealthy footsteps of tbs prowlers Of the
night, and listened and waited. Anon
he crept close to the side of the couch
and listened for the breathing of the
sleeper; then crept away again with
the happy consciousness that he and
love had all the wilderness TO them.
selves. In the early morning he heard
the clank OF sabers and the hum of
voices and troop of cavalry Appeared
from the post, and among them old
Sims, red-cyed and trembling, but
sobered by apprehensions and grief. !
The man from Maxwelrs had told of |
the raid at the post, and he had reasons
OF his own for doing so. They left men |
and means for the conveyance of the
woman back TO the post, and old Sims |
returned with her. AS for Tam, the |
soldiers gave him something 10 eat, and |
he mounted his house and accompanied
them upon the trail His step was a.
light and his heart as merry as though |
he had slept in hisbed, for as he looked |
back the last time the face he saw was I
sad and white, but tho eyes were the |
eyes OF a woman who looks after one
she loves. I''-'' a'.''' r. 7'''i.'I,''a'i'f e''
Trail of body,Cbu. strong Off purpose,
the unconquefAhe spirit Of Od Sims's |
daughter employed itself in directing
the erection OF n house upon .thesp5ty
which had been go long home.9 In !
less than a month she' and Sims were
in cabin iiUt Cd in tho. s,..;nsa., ruin |
the former, but surrounded by pali
SADIE which bid defiance to Indian ss-
sault. The couple were not poor, and
while the old man drowned the past in
half-drunk insanity, the dependents Of
the house did the work the, two ldaugh-
ters hadOnce done. .pif Chuck, stately and
sad, but softened, seemed daily 10 wait
and watch for something which never
came, and Of which she never spoke.
The troops with which Tom Harris went
away had returned. They told of a
days running fight, which was duly
mentioned in general orders, but in
which they had suffered no losses. If1
Tom had returned to his place, why did
he not come again to Sims's ranch 7
Chuck said to herself. Md then there
was his beautiful serape; he might even
come for that. But he did not. The
man from Maxwell's did come and 70
placid was his reception that he went
away again with bitterness in his heart.
He came again. The pale faced woman
had dropped little, he thought, and
cared even less for his distinguished
company than before. But even while
she cooled his ardor with a grand
dignity, she seemed waiting for some
one to come in, and listening for some
footstep. But lately this man had be-
come the possessor of a secret which
filled his heart with exllfation. He
learned it at the post, where it was men
toned by careless soldiers, ignorant of
its fearful import. Tks loss Of a man is
nothing, and the few, Of, them who had
been lately at SinD's did not even know
of the fact. The only circumstance
about the affair at all remarkable !: ~ ,,,e
eyes Of those sons Of Mars was, that
man whose name was hardly known
and now not remembered, who went
with them only "for futnv and through
peculiar hatred Of Apaches, should be
tho only man to fall. 1isTrue, he was
foremost was spiendid:iooking fei-
low; and they GaolyH it8pfH and
buried him where he fell. Therefore this
suitOri of Smss dsuehtef; qBaesskd 'ol
the cunning which sometimes idefeatS
itself, bethought him Of this chance
shot, and deemed that iftit, did him no
good it might at least wound fhe ,pIa.
cidity which he hated. SO one day los
he stood at the door, smarting under
cool reception and no, good M all,
he remarked to Sims =