Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-10

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latter is the least, to be dreaded. IT.
was,Sof course. poisoned with TINT
deadly skill for which the whole tribe
is famous; and - stood ssbslow +
knew ] had little chance of seeing an
other sunrise.
However, with that self-hclp that
men who lead = solitary life acquire. y
ips stantly drew my shunting-knife,
ripped mp the trousers with q steady
baud, out out the arrow-head, not spar
lug nyself. i then took my aask, and
Epounil powder into tho. wound, and
neserdngA natoh ut nresto it,
That done, :took on my belt, anl
using my full force, strapped it little
above, Ms tisa.terit would 20.
I do not tbipk that in doing all this
[T had ;auy hope oi saving my life; there,
was only sort Of feeling that was
doing my duty. The pain was not very
great, and my chief thought was for
vengeance on the malignant creature
that looked on as my murderer. I
rightly imagined that he was not
aware of his success. No doubt he
tl,oughtehe had missed me, and that I
wes still lying asloep;; in preof of which
Ii soon heard the ,whiz Of another ar.
row striking above. Moving down
about, . yard to where the overhanging
ferns could conceal me 1 quietly raised
my head; the ground was slightly ris-
ing md L could SEQ around for some
distance. There was my horse uncon-
ciously grazing away, but the grass
was two long for me to see my enemy's
whereabouts. ], however, guessed that
he would try and get between us, and
SOL waited, watching and grasping my
rifle.
Ten minutes passed in silence, and
then l fancicd that the grass was NOV
ing unpatuEally. In another second Il
he1d and bow appeared /; i heard lit
tto Sw6as, and ~ the tiny messenger
of death again pierce the spet where
had BEEN. IskS<t myself 1rom firing,
though Ioovered the place. Surely he
would kecome impatient and give me q
bettefEohanee. i, Another ten minutes,
and stlddenly in different spot, which
commanded : better view of my cap, a
little black head peeredssover the grass.
It waassn0ugh; and as 7 fred shrill
shrek and = spasmodic spring into the
air told me tha*I had nothing more to
fear.
Getting out as quickly as possible, ]
dragged mysell-for the limb was now
much swollen, aud becoming more and
more painful-to my saddle, where
carried in a little bottle some eau de
tuce for snake bites, and poured out a
large dose. After drinking It'll caugh,
my horse; saddled it, and picking up
two Of the ArrOwA went to have q 1oo1
Mt tho dead Bushman. He was scarce.
Ily over four feet high, with arms &C
long and thin as to reach deformity,
short and bow legs supporting a little
ronnd body lie had evidently not been
starving lately and features SO closely
>. resembling those of an intelligent ape
d that had there been 8 toll NO ono would
have thought twice about the matter.
IL did mot remain. long there was nc
time to lose so, taking his bow, ]
mounted, and putting the horse at his
best pace, started on my long ride.
knew perfectly we'll that the only
chance, such 2as it was, of saving my
life; depended on my reaching Lady.
smith that night and obtaining medi-
cal assistance. The distance was fully
sixty miles; and, with one exception,
there was nothing but Dutch beers
houses ON the road whence I could not
hope for any help. For the first TWEEN
ty miles I kept steadily ON my way,
thoughthe agony was dreadful, and
fcould hardiyssit on my horse. 7 then
d reached an Eng1ishman's farm, pulled
s,TuPand told my story, and asked fol
, spirits to keep my strength up, and the
loan of a fresh horse. shall not cas-
lily forget his wifc's scared look as she
, came out and saw. me by the light, o
, her Pickering candle. Isuppose / must
have seemed half mad. They brought
me out a full bottle of whisky
and q tumbler, which I filled and dranl
of neat; but they had got mo horse
Sup" They were, be said, all run
ming, and it would take hours to find
!, them. So. T. started again. L do moi
!, remember much more of that wild
> moonlight ride; I became drowsy and
, delirious, just retaining sense enough
r to 60 straight. How l did it I do MOI
, know, as for thezsgreater part of tn.
way there was no road, and even il
daylight aud with nothing the matter
L should have hesitated in more thar
lone place. However, Providence zol
. Instinct guided me right, and, as I va.
, afterward told, for I 1remem6er nothing
, about it, reached the town at one il
[ the morning Just eleven hours after
q had left. ! - -
3 I had finished the whisky on tn,
3 road, and it was to that the docto
: ascribed my ultimate recovery. Fol
: nine days I was in high fever ant
5 dslirie!1s and; it was more than ST.
weeks before 1 got up; and for year
. afterwards the wound did not heal
, Even to, tho present day il, occasionally
, breaks out -afresh,7 and will probably i
, continue to do SO to the end of my
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