, 1876-09-22

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rersus t.ecau=s n. Lar,lsgi b. curnluai.
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fursari anil IIa.HIr-I tl. luuiug ir-
rlu ~ tls hHusl
With iH'ara. aHkr.fv thr woman
Watched ths blazing missile asr h"v
through tl. a.-. aHI l.rr rrliHi uas great
a. .ha saw o. .irr.r.T I1 ths fore" oi thr
viuI auay o. ths l.n of thr hou-e AMI
fill amoug tls trTes.
AGAIN aud a-din tIr experiment. u.ls
trisl lu .umshUu without succc,..
ami tlIe Indians showed their ycXaiion
hy keeping a continual shower uf bul.
lcts rittling against the house
The shade. Il night were now fall.
ing
II was with o. feeling Of the dccpcs,
apprehension that Marian I.aiour saw
the darkness coming ON.
Under cover Of the night the Sayages
could approach quite near 10 the house
without being discovered, and her heart
fell as she thought how little probability
there was Of a weak woman being able
TO keep them back until morning, when
she expected her husband to return.
He was only one man against at least
twenty. He would have to ride back to
the settlements for help, and by the
time he again returned, if he was fortu-
nate enough to escape the sayages, what
might not have happened?
Her reflections were cut short by
yell of savage exultation from the In
dians.
She looked out, but could see nothing
unusual. What did it mean?
Something must have occurred to
give rise to that triumphant and decis-
i've yell.
Straining every nerve, she listened
with the most intense anxiety. The
sound seemed to come from the roof in
one corner of the building. A few
minutes revealed the dreadful cause;
the roof was on fre
Already the fire began to burn
through and a red glowing spark APP
peared in one corner of the roof. The
children began to cry piteously, as if
aware of the danger in which they
stood, and Mrs. Latour's heart almost
failed her.
From the edge of the woods she
could hear the discordant howls of the
savages; but they took care to keep out
of the reflection of the fire, so that she
had no chance for a shot. Fiercer and
fiercer grew the flames. The roof, dry
as tinder, speedily caught everywhere a
spark dropped on it. The heat was be-
ginning to be unbearable. Was there
no hope for them?
Suddenly a strange sound mingled
with the cracking of the fire.
What was il? A yell, but not from an
Indian throat. s.-7L st
With every sense on the alert she
listened.
Again the yell, and then a rattle of
rifilA shots, mingled with shouts of tri-
umPh and frantic howls of tearor and
dismay.
Running to the open window, she
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the burning roof the savages flying in
terror across the open lot, while among
them were the forms of white men cut
ting and shooting at the flying enemy.
Across toward the opposite woods
they went, but there the Indians were
met by another body of whites, and
soon surrounded on all sides, after q
hard fight they all fell before the deadly
knives and pistols of their exasperated
and relentless foes.
By this time Mrs. Latour and her
children we're out of the house and in
the arms of the loving father and hus-
band.
After the excitement had subsided,
and the fire been put out by the exer-
tions of the neighbors, Gabriel told his
wife how he had come to return so soon
and so opportunely.
After leaving the house the day be-
fore, he rode a couple of miles, and
then finding that he had forgotten one
of his pistols, rode back to get it.
On arriving near the house he found
Indian signs. Dismounting, he crawled
carefully up and saw them in ambush.
Knowing that he could do no good
alone, he started as fast as his horse
could go for Saline City, mustered a
party and got back just in time to save
his loved ones from a horrible death.
"LET No GUILTY MAN EscAPE."-
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