The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-28

s hitlc distance where Blue lack horse
stood grazing sada3ol ior Use.
la "a Instant tbe chic desperate iariel
under tbs wagons toward the waiting
horse Tie reached BIN and leaped upou
fis bark
And in tla next moment tllal desperate
rose Gracefully ia hl. stiFraps a the dis
taueo 81 p few rols, snd With thc iicrre
defiant sell ola wild Indian. dashed his
stun into IT. horse. sldr and was away
IKE ne eind
Tho troops gave an answering veil of
surprise and SINGER and the oihecr ia
command led lhu swim pursuit.
Blue Jack bad the advantage Of q good
start aud was splendidly mounted rs
horse 4 seasoned animal, born aud bred
on The plains, and endowed with great
lie and spirit,
Blue Jack laughed aloud a The strong
animal bore him onward - II De had been
. feathers weight. he rose again III his
siirrups aud shouted back dedantly.
Come on Take Blue Jack ifyou can Z
The pursuing officer shouted to the out
law 10 surrender, bat the only reply was
d hooking laugh The officer then fired
q shot NJ the fugitive. but the bullet miss
to his horses neck aud digging the spur
into the animals sides, swept on aud
away with The rush Of a tornado.
And after him swept the pursucrs.
The cmigrants watched the pursuit
with beathlcss Interest until the foremost
figure upon the powerful Indian steed
bad passed beyond their line Of vision.
During the confusion Burk escaped al.
So
At nightiall they hailed upon the south
bank OF the Platte, and were at supper
around their fires when the troops were
see1 TO approach, weary and dispirled-
/ without their prisoner.
The fellow has escaped Us, said the Of
ticcr
You held on to the chase well, Lieuten-
ant said the conductor.
j can't bear 10 go back TO the fort with
out him, was the quick reply. There's
excitement all through the fort. Poor
Fallou was murdered, and was left for
dead. He was flung over into Deep Can
yon, aud happened TO lodge Ia a clnmp OF
bushes There he came TO himself, an
hour OF more aiterward, and, more dead
than alive, he climed up TO the ground
above, aud fell down in dead faint A
party was Immediately organized, aud
sent in pursuit of the outlaw
The next day they met the party of
soldiers that had been sent in pursuit of
Blue Jack. They had found no trace of
the desperate or his companion
No use looking for Blue Jack said the
officer in charge Of the party, addressing
Landlord. There has been party OF
Sioux about this quarter for few days
past and no doubt Blue Jack has fallen in
with them. The party is hardly large
enough to attack your train, and ] under
stand they have gone up toward Dakotah.
/ Blue Jack has an Indian wife somewhere
up there
Upon the second day after leaving Fort
I MCPHERSON, the emigrants made their
midday halt in grove of cotton-woods,
| upon the bank OF the south fork of the
/ Platte, at its junction with wide, tree
fringed river which descended from the
northward, and here they concluded 10
settle.
The site Of the village was selected ex-
actly at the junction of two rivers, upon
/ low blutl overlooking the two streams.
Then public square was carefully laid
out with mathematical exactness.
! Then each mans lot was assigned him.
/ Mark Hcber's was next TO Whitman's,
on the eastern side of the square, facing
west, and his future garden ran back 10
the edge Of the low bluff.
i Mark lIeber did mans work, and
4 from the first day of this hard toll Whit
man ceased to class the youth among the
/ boys.
! In the course OF a week, eight strong
| log houses; each a story in height, and
/ pierced with loop-hoes, and each pro-
yided with a single capacious chimney,
were finished, and fronted the little naked
/ square.
Mark IIeber's house was simply ar
ranged, built upon the plan generally
adopted by the settlers. There were bnt
two rooms, one being entered through the
other. The outer room was to be GAYS
Inc outer room was to be the parlor, din
nlng-room, Kitchen, library, and Marks
bedroom.
The house is your province, Gay said
the youth, upon the morning after the
house was finished. Il shall leave YOU to
furnish it and transform ii into a home
while | work upon the stockade. If You
need my help when the stockade and
block-house are finished, and | will turn
myself into house-carpenter.
! sha'n't need you, sir said Gay sauci-
~. you attend to the farm, and leave the
house to me.
The shelter provided, the eight houses
were left entirely to the management of
the women, the men working upon the
stockade, which was constructed upon
strict military principles, and was model |
OF worth and excellence.
1t required two weeks and the labor of |.
sixteen men to complete this work.
Whitman and his family bad been liy- /.
ing IN their houses for week. All the
families had moved into their homes save
the licbcrs, but Gay witha petty tyranny
had not allowed Mark TO cross the Tires h.
Old OF the house since he had finished IT,
Now, when Mark unyoked his oxen,
turning them loose in his own ward. and
drew hi, wagon under great cotton
wood ~ his b Ok garden, Cav called to
him with bright smile, saving that no
might ehter the house with her.
lie came pleased aud smiling, but
paused upon the threshold inmnte amaze
mcnt.
Was this the room with four rough log
walls which he had given into her hands,
Was his sunny little home lighthouse
on the plainsy
1t seemed incredible.
For little clever-wittcd Gay, with her
delicate, skillful fingers, had fashioned Il
lovely home ont OF her barren materials.
such an one as would delight The eve 10
rest upon, and her sole helps had been
two kindly boys Of fifteen years, who lad
worked under her directions.
ITS tic prettiest room | ever saw
cried Mark, with enthusiasm. There Is
not house in town like Il. Won't the
people open their eyess It's lust loyelyr
cricl Mark leiohlndln .Nnn nrn . -.