St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-19

world as they do. But while Tom wa.
executing his plans ofcomfurt the ..Slick
| lOOkin' teller from MaNwell'S" WAS watch
ing afar of. He came no nearer. he.
CariSe he did not ut first understand th,
situation. The burning building Sug.
"cSted Indians. and lac wanted no closer
acquaintance with them. should they
still he there. But while he watched
he Slw and recognized the two persons
and Il pamg of jealousy entered his heart
| Then he stayed away bccallSc he de
sired to husband for future mi>rcprc.
>rnt:ltion and Use the circIIstamccS t,
which he had hrrnan unseen witness. anu
| finally rode away. batiicd, pnndcring ii
| his coWaldiy heart some scheme which
I could hHIm his Formidable rival.
The AFTERNOON passed slowly away
and still Tom IIaniS kept watch De-
c;iSi"mallN he crcpl on tiptnc and looked
/ ut his charge. She seemed asleep
| Finally Ii" hohhlcd the two horses i,
| prevent escape. gathered some of the
vegetables in the dcSoatr garden. and
! >titIcd Il strong mans hun ger with youm"
/ r;IdiShc$. green Tomatoes and oiiir>>
/ lettuce. He could afford to wait. for lac
WAS engaged in what he wondered Ia
| think wa> in the midst of he smoking
| signs of rapinc and captivity. the most
delightful task of his life. He did not
know that hours ago tine occupant ui
| the couch had opened her eyes. and with
| returning consciousness had touched the
crimson barred Scrapc: had Sccn the
~talw;nt sentinel sitting atar oft. and
| then had fallen into the deep slumhcl
of grief.
Through the long watches of the night
>lerplc>S tr"nticr>man passed back and
forth, listening to the clattcr of the
coyotes and the gray VOLTS long-dIaWn
howl. He scared away the >tcalthl
toot>tcpS of the providers of the night
and listened and waited. Anon he cIcpt
close To the side of the couch and listen
ed for the breathing of the sleeper then
crept away again with the happy CON
Sci"uSneSS that he and love had all the
wilderness to themselves. In the early
morning he heard the clank of Sahrr>
and the hum of voices and Il troop of
cavalry appeared from the post. and
among them old Sims. rcd-cyed and
trembling. hut Sohercd 10y apprehension
and grief The man from NaNwclr>
had told of the raid at the post. and he
They left men and means for the CON
VeNance of the woman back to the post
and Old Sims returned with her. As
for Tom. the soldiers gave him some
thing to eat. and he mounted his horse
and accompanied them upon the trail.
His step WAS as light and his heart aS
merry a> though h. had slept in his bod.
for as he looked back the last time the
face he SAW was sad and white. but the
eyes We're the eyes of ii woman who
looks after one she loves.
Frail of body hut strong of purpose.
the unconquerahle spirit of Old sims
daughter employed itself i'll directing
the erection of house upon the spot
which had been 81 long ii home. In
less than Il month she and Sims were
again established in the prairie nook.
in Il cabin not differing materially from
the former. hut surrounded by IL palli>-
AIDE which hadc defiance To Indian as
>Iult The couple were not poor. and
while the old man drowned the past III
hali-druk insanity. the dependents of
the hnll~t. did the work the two daumh-
trI> had once done. Chuck. stately and
sad. huG >nttcncd, seemed daily To wait
and watch for something which never
came. and of which She never spoke.
The troops with hich Tom Harris went
away had returned. They told of Il
days running fight. which WIS duly
mentioned in grncIal-orirI> but III
inch they had suffered no losses. II
Gom had returned To his place. why
did he not come again Ia sims ranch
Chuck >aid to herself. And then there
WAS his hcautitGl ScrIpr: hr rmi"ht en-
come. ful that. Bu, hc did not. Th.
man, from NIa\v,lr> did conn. and -,
. i,I,ri, va, hi r,..,ntinli thai Il, went
Iv.y,. with hirt,,o..> in hi. h,.rt H.,
,..,I,,. ,,n.rir 1h,. r.l.. t,rrd ,y,m.,u
had dinni,.I , IiftI,. h,. thnuuIt and
cared even less for hi. di>tiumui>h, Il
c,ni.In} than before. But even Willie
>h.. cooled hi, alHnr with = nr.ud die
ui,,. She seemed waiting for some one
f., com. in. and liStc,,iuu for SOM, foot -
>t,u E,t IatrI. tLi> man hand became
tl,! rn.>,.,.nr of :, secret which filled hi.
heart with c\ulratjou. He learned il
nj TN, u,.t. where il v,s urutiuurd IL,
careless soldiers. ignorant of il, fearful
imuolt. Th, loss of i man is uuthiur.
and tIl, few of them nhu had been late
TX ot Sims did not even know of the
fact. The only circumstance about the
affair at all rrma1kahIc. in the eyes nt
Hose sons of Mars. WAS. that = man,
whose name WIS hardly known and now
uot remembered. who went with Them
only for fun" and through reculin
hatred of Apaches. should hr the onl,
man tn fall Tru.. he vo> foremost
WAS 4 splcudid looking fellow ; and
they thonrht il Il pity. and buried him
where he fell. Therefore. this Suitor of
Sims daughter. possessed of the cum