The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-22

lumber ", counting in our women. Gail
~. mi i~a" W. sholl have to defend
no uirw u -ill blast an his buglc that
rau4 cut tar aud wide. They were sweep
me down upon the train, with whoors
nhd y'ils, murder and raplne in their very
poet.
Conductor Landlord was skilled in In
dian warfare, aud was scout of consider
able note.
There arB twenty savsges," he an
nouncld Remember boys, you are
II lighting for your mothers and sisters.
show us what stuff you are mode Of
Then he shouted
Now, men, the gun Have out the !
gun They are in war paint, and mean
mischief. When ] give the word,
arc
the Indians came nearer and nearer, ad-
vancing in II straight line.
~ W bows, give them hint that we
are not looing, said his guide grimly.
Mark llcblr and his young comrades
fire yol,cy
Tn, next moment a shower Of bullets
came hurting toward the defenders of the
camp.
"rhe gun cried Landford. "Give IL
to en-, Whitman.
Whitman did "giveit to them moving
l,,,,,, tbr,o mounted suyng.s. horses and
49, roll;,,, ovar and over in horrible
IN o,,.,,,,
, NJ - rsova,,os again came TO n
III. ,,,',,I,. g. -, inst,ni Wuh 81 ter
80 .r,n,,h,, ,h,v co,nc nm AGAIN To the
''"V WI w h,',, ,on,o mi I,nkin,
lhr iurlrEutr demons.
"All toye,hrrl cried the guide.
4" ' ","o' '''' ~ a., 80 .,
each WIN ".pc'a' am. ok i"'oh'ei saw
age felt n'o'" lhs ueiiy '!n' 49,.
a pane lh n'1".,Iy ~" u u ,,,'.. Wv
survivors !" '"' m.''t % u" n'..''''
grlmiF loG '3't %" "'' n'l'-P'rrY, , ".ow
Iuit ended the c'nii'et' Inc saNase'
V with h,rro'e yr't ','. - lh'.'nsa'' 10Y
relrr'I IeaN'nS t'''' "''d "P'" Wv "''''
= an dragging away their "oonied.
% AW1'y n1l uu',l "oAhu ia II"
20 shoulder, Hu1 Arnold e."e'' son "N'
'' flesh ~ u0i IN Ms arm, OiI helI"er
H tae'n injuries was serious.
n "Are you sale, Gay dem ln"e1 MARX
20 coming toward her.
~, but IN almost -n'there1' an
20 swercl Gay. "iiave the savaSes sure'
oi gone
I'd Gay cautiously crnPt forth wh'ie sh
e| was speaking. The ramuunS wagon
D.. dI,go,g-d these crouchint occupants, W.
Rs men und children coming forth pale an
nd "r.mS,iac bnt flll Of inyiul gratitude
hi, their escape from death, or II fate wori
er, tlrm death The camp took on its usu
appearance, even before the retreatir
; a snv.,.,.. were entirely lost ia view in Il
n. far Issuance. That nisnt encampe1 upo
est ii, prairie, and met with no adven,ur
t. A guard was maintained IA on the prev
one ou. night, but no Indians were to
seen.
ent Every day for the week that follow
We ths cucamument on The Little Blue "
: he full of incident, but all of the pleasant SC
two nothing occurring to alarm the ct
he grants.
are And Mt the end of the week, to tn
great JOY and relief, they arrived at f.
& TO kearney.
The emigranta did not halt ut the 10
sald but pressed ON to hearney CITY, wh'
M they cucamped just at uIEntlall.
ark, Here Conductor Ltnifurl found ano'
hall cr train, the guide of which had been st,
at bed tue night before by a notorious III,
who had escaped arrest. The tram "
'ine offered to Landlord, 10 be united with
~" own
, ~ ne nS'"'c th'' h"u ooen ''oue upon
a. % CONDUCTOR q Tue previously "rl''eu u"
"' was maze mater Oh 1'5.u'''o"' anu
. -. SrGt tI"t MS "'s"'lahI h"u eScapeu WAS
,be ~ t,,u,, cha c.,l,,, ,yho dirled ,bo 90
,on d,,,,,'. -" saiI Io,',r,rJ Ill, ia ,nerG.
at Jamon. know That he has k
yer led several men. | saw him
ow- Denver last wear. lie had i,
AXE Stable a miner from behind. and robb
She him Of all his money ana gold. IL is c
me. led Blue Jack. "
But Blue Jack" cried one or two DO
my "Whpt u panel"
thut They called him so because one side
to his face is blue, rs if bruised, said LIN
ford. "Looks as if the blood had selt
an d under the skin.
was I'll. new train was bound for Denver
the Land ord hHd said.
lp Two wagons belonged to men who
no woman with them. There were five
these dsspera ine', and only the smdln
my of their number rs compared with the o
Iee' crs induced Landlord to allow them
DC travel under his guidance and the prot
ton OF his tram.
eA- y few introductions took place Il
eau then the long trun took up It's line
Nv march westward.
H.. During the .oon cncampmcnt, on
'''F following day, Gay had finished h 81 d
ner and II merry snatch of song was
a,' her lips, when one Of the desperad
.,nro known rs Hurk came ~ to her, and pa