The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-10-03

II have long believed" continued the
young hua,er--)sred Howard by uame,
= tba, in ludian mythology. the EIs
King is intended tn peIsoua'e the ooreal
wiud Civilized buttons perscnity the
seasons aud their atmospheric attendants
Ourselves, for instance, call one on wioter's
harbinsers jack Frost. Yes, ! will con
clule ,ha, the Eih King is the uorlher'
wind, which is now freezing the breath on
our beard He'sa chilling acquaintance
to say the be., We can nf the fellow
Ned admit d the plausibili'y Of b''
young couQauion's argument, aud human
silence fell upon the little cncampment
The reader hus already been 81 e ac'
qualo,ed with the hunters quests % hunt
Tor aud rescue the person OF beau'llu
Eudora Clark Jared hoSald's bcIrolhed
I froa I'll Iuiiaus. 1t was b Id acii ~, bu'
was now to be accompanied wl'h TIT
straugest adventures mud results
Having fallen IN with friendly An'
droscoggiu uamed Me'hoto, the would be
rescuers learnel.thal the Norridgewock>,
dwelling upon the. shores of Mooschead
Lake, held u young girl in their prison
lodge, aud, from tho chiefs description,
Jared Howard declared the lone prisoner
the woman be loved
The chief promised to guide the hunter,
to tho main village Of Norridsewocks, at
though the main tribes were ii war witt
the whites, but at peace with each OH
er
The two huuiers u,ver dreamed Of treach
ery on the par, Of the guide
When The night mentioned had vanish
ed the yio resumed their journey through
the forcst'ou light show shues Mile o.
ter mile of ,thewsrd woods was travers d
aud a. length they gained ku"ll. covered
with thick underground whicn overlook
ed the dwellings of the hyperborcau tribe
Mtthuo, the guide, left the hunter
a'uoug ,hess:pndergow'h and eo'ered The
",own,' 'pr',nisiug to return at midoigh'
.ad lead then 80 tho prisoner !, whom 'b'!
sought. ,s -. !. !.
!, ou-lssasS n svpgs,yAe oala Tovshsf'
aav .p,ssea over the heads Of th'
twain. aud midaight came wi'hou'
bry,ging Mctboto One by o"e the col
stars perped aver the edge of'Ae opaq'
"|onds that crept over the wesicra horizon,
and ,hp friqii moou locked down upou tn
white earth
The yillag' lay at the very feet Of th'
hunters. who could discern dark figures i
the ,hnroughfares wilhon, difficulty
Jared, boy. that red skin has playcc
Us false" whispered Ned Schuyler to HI
,mpa,lcn. companion an hour after The
bpwltchinp tine when restless spirits az
supposed to peramba!ate the spots d
Of iheir .ar!h'y habi.a,ion lie has len
us here to freza Or to 90 into tue lion
mouth. aud. in all probabilities get. ol'
heads bitten off for one"
rae sentence was broken by fFrri'''
ahop, and before the hunters could rig
hey .oaul th ',us.lses the prisoners 1i ID
No'rilsrw"cks!
Ma,ho,o The Andriscoggn WAS atral'o'
10, he I'D the capturing party
The siley, vensiul savage had guided
ih. whIie. near two hundred miles through
rorp,ls aod over frozen lake, '"r ID.
purpose of be!rlyiog them to their bitter
e.l eurIulcs.
Mel SCHUYLER slarel like tiger upon
the ,reacherols guide aud hurled at hin
word. tha, caused the Indian despite tb'
helples, situation Of the whites to cowr'
behind giant ally
IN kill you before | die! The hun
Ter said Il | don't, theu may your req
& ID burn me OF the shoros Of the black
ryrr!"
The prisoners we're conducted down in
to the village, aud preparations fpr lhci'
execution a, the stake quickly comneoc
cd
Not murmur escaped their lips. aut
III the cold moonlight they saw the snow
brushed from the fatal stakes tnat stood il
the great square Of the ludan town, auc
each lpdgr contributed huulle Of faggo''