The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-01-04
slender boats fast, and disappeared in

slender boats fast, and disappeared il
the woods.
BY! she's got us, and will peach
shouted Evarts. Il wish had stucl
knife in her hearth and THROWN:
aside bis hunting shirt, he leaped int
the rapid etream and swan across
followed by the others, in the hope o
yet overtaking the girl and stoppins
her mission.
Mr.. Malcolm-Edward Malcolm !!
shouted the brave and almost exhaust
ed girl, as she burst into the room
where the young man (Malcolm had
lately wandered into the settlement
and had the reputation of being rich
sat, and then, in breathless accents
related her story, not even sparine
herself the shame of the proposal by
which she was to entice him to de-
struction.
TO the boats, quick he command.
ed, as soon as he comprehended hel
meaning.
1T is too latep she replied, as she
saw her father Snd companions neaI
the house. tBut. by Heaven, I'll foil
them yet! Do as I wish you-make
them believe you love me and are go.
ing with me home, and will save
you. 1t is your emily chance for life
Was she not simply acting part in
| order the better to betray him? Had
not her fear been assumed in order te
lure him more certainly in the net
Though he spoke not, yet his eyes re-
vealed this, and throwing herself al
his feet, she clasped his knees, and in
the very agony of despair, sobbed
forth.
Strike me dead or trust me! Oh
God, that l should have earned this
Come, come with me! My father j,
coming ; an instants pause will be fa'
tai! Come, for the love of Heaven
GOMEZ
Il will trust you. My blood be upon
your soul if you prove false!'
Gomez she repeated, throwing
open the door, and leading him forth
in full sight and hearing of the men
who were lurking in the bushes
Come, Edward, father is away from
home, and we will be alone to night.
But suppose he should come and
catch me there?' replied the man, as
suming reluctance.
Il took good care he shouldn't. See
1 took both boats. LII bring you back
early-come.'
will you kiss me, then?
yes And she did so with rather
more of Willingness than would have
appeared proper in refined eyes, for,
as it was, the outlaw was completely
deceived. aud followed them in ST.
lence. But the cunning girl had again
secured both boats and so rendered
his journey home a long one, as the
banks were almost impossible.
An hour after midnight he and his
accurstd componiOns again crept 10
his cabin. Peering within the win
dow he saw the girl and her lover
lying side by eide on the rude bed,
deeply locked in slumber. With =
fiendish emile he called his compan-
ions attention to the number of empty
bottles on the table.
'Doth dead drunk he whispered.
Spare the girl, for she proved true
after all but kill the wolf, like any
other wolf
Pulling the string of the latch, which
was the only fastening, he opened the
door, entered, and was closely follow
ed by the others. Knife in hand, they
crawled forward, aud altogether
struck at the very heart of their des-
tined victim. Could human life sur-
vive an instant after blows struck
with the keen edged steel in the hands
of determined men? If SO then vain
is bullet or sabre stroke.
From darkened corner of the roo m
came the flash ,Pf pistols and the whiz-
zing of death-freighted lead. Ban &,
bang! and two of the ruffisns fell,
trembling, gasping in dissolution.
& Betrayed! She devil! And the
outlaw Evarts fired full at her he had
called daughter, when the weapon of
the man she had ventured all to save
for whose sake she had planned the
figures on the cOuch-brought third
to the floor.
BY! you shall not escape me
You first!' fairly screamed Eyarts, as
he sprang upon Malcolm, aud struck q
full blow at his heart.
Verify, his life trembles in the bal.
lance, but the desperate girl threw
herself before him she loved, and the
steel, striking her shoulder, buried it.
self within the quivering flesh ant
snapped upon the bone, while the
heavy butt of a pistol hurled the out.
law to the floor, tor the time insensi
BILE.
Everts, bound securely, was left be-
side his dead comrades, while the
braye, but now rapidly bleeding to
death girl, was carried into a canoe
her wound staunched, as we'll as pos
sible, and soon carried to a place OF
safety.
The next day the old man perishe6
by more than score of hands who
with the exception of the disfiguret
corpse, left no trace of their decd, save
that there was carved in bark, plainly