Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-27
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other Indian to his hong home. /r't
eff that was not Eve they 'wert
after, I would really enjoy this move
lphase," said Mintarn,' as he Warmed .I..e
with excitemeht, and settinS Als Alls testt gst
hard, once more raised the deadly
I rife, and again a savage, warrior ut
tered his death-whoop; : u,
1. Antelope had no& brought hi
master within q few lengths OF" th,
sIndiaps, and they had also gainst
greatly upon their intended victim
and painting for revenge for the los
Of their comrades, shsy were aetet
mined to seek their vengeance npol
the ftail woman; and while two o
] three remaining warriors, turned ant
4 fired upon Mlnturn, the other raisget
his rife and discharged il. after sak !;
| ing Ias good aim ss possible !at fal
speed, at the horse riddenaby Eve. !,
Fortunately. all three shots missed
4 and then, ,alinging isriAe upom hi
back .Minturnldrew his revolVsr. .ant
rapidly the chambers were! smpties
upon the three nremaining 'aauagss
4 and with fearful effect, ,ifor two1o
them fell, while the other seeing
that further flight was useless ant
thus brought to bay, turned and faced
I the VICTORIOUS ranger.T @'''. .''.'''' ,"'
Throwing: himself from his horse
and using him as a safeguard" And q
Mintqrn d4shed he'd ,p Sp hurled Cd his ast tona 57
It was well aimed ahd grazing th'
temple Of the ranger, cadsed him. K
reel in his saddle and fall heavily Il
| the ground. .,..s tt-.'-'< -
With a bound: the Indian was upoI
! lbim, and his greedy hand sought tht
dark curling hair for the scafp lock
but only stunned BY 1.-THE. fall, Min.
turn half rose anu grappled with hi
red foe. - =
Then commenced aferce and deadly
combat, and the knives Of the war
1rior and his terrible foe clashed 70.
gether but not long, as the broad
Keen blade-the far famed bowie
knife. of .ths white man-soon was
thrust deep in the bosom Of the In
dian, who with one piercing. yel.oi
anguish and rage. fell dead at the
vieter's feet just as Eve, who seeing
that she was no longer pursued, dash
Ell up to the spot.
Eve !" and the dark eyes, full
of the fire of the combat, rested on
] the face of the woman who had bro
ken her pledge of lasting love; and
the beautiful woman, upon whomfve
years had made but little change,
turned deadly pale as she recognized
the man before her, AMI murmured,-
"Oh, Minturnl is it indeed you?"
Yes, Mrs. Granger, I am Minturn
Burke, the man whom yon so cruelty
deceived" answered the young ran
ger, bitterly.
!" Whom I deserted! Oh, Mintmn,
how can you say that after your
cruel letter p =s.5i =
Subtrriuge ia useless, madam. |
never addressed one line to you after
YOU left tor the convent.
"Oh, then we haye both been vic
timized. Believe me. had I not
heard from my father that you were
engaged to be married, and receiving
letter purporting to have come from
you, telling me that you no longer
loved me, would not have been
forced al; it were into marriage with
Lawrence Granger.
"And he 2"
"He is now dead and left me all
his property, Tor he wa" a good hus-
band to me while he lived.
"oh, Eve. your father has done all
this to part US. Darling, | yet love,
you, and hope almost beyond hope,
that you will not now cast me off.
Quickly lid Eve slide from her
saddle to the ground, and then the
beautiful arms were cast around the
neck of the lonely man. as he drew
her frantically to his bosom.
Just then the sound of hoofs was
heard, and Mayor Carleton appeared
in sight, forfhe had followed, rapidly
as his horse could 60, after Mint4rp,
instead of going to the .encampmsnt'
of the wagon train asthe ranger had
directed.
Great was his Joy to see his daugh-
ter SAFE. All along the edge of the
Gorge he had noticed the effect of
the death-chase in sesipgg. the dead
bodies of. the indians, and yet he
feared that Eve might bot 0haysT esq
capped, and his daughter. was his idol.
Once more he elapsed her. to his
arms, and.as he turned toward Min
turn, he said in a choking 'voine, ,--
Mr.. Burke, / have deeply wrong
ell you. and Eve, but you have had
YOUR revenge. ! caused your paths
tlfrougl, lis to diverse widely, and
now my every effort shall be bring
them together again" f"
{ ." We have suffered greatly, Mayor
Carleton, but how let the joy OF this
meeting bamah the e'past,,"1 replied
Minturn, frankly offering lis hind,
which was warmly graspcd by the
repentant man. '''''i 81
Father, was in search of you
when came across these Indians /;
bat lit us return DOW to the camp
f,r I am, i'll withlfNiaEe aml;6gbt;f!
said Eve, a. happy light shining i'm
her eyes; and raising her to her sad
die, Mintutn. led The way, while
Mayor Carleton brought up the rear,
1t was merry party; around the
wagon train campfire that night and
warmly was Minturn Burke con.
graduated on bis bravery by the
many emfgrants, who gazed Upon
him with wonder, after Mayor Car
Teton bad related toi them tbg5damng
exploits of the young man.. ,,-. :: :,
In that : far Western aettlsmeit|
now fast, GROWING into a.fovfn nf onms