The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-01-25

| ice by the impetus some twenty yardS
| NV first impulse was to draw near
disarm and help the poor wretch, i
possible; but, luckily remembering
| the wiles of the Indian brave, L for
| bore, and once more struck across fOr
| nv snow shoes. They lay a quarter
of mile in front; but, when half the
distance was accomplished, L heard a
sudden shout in front. soon two on
| three more CHEEKY view halloas re-
| sounded over the frozen waste, and
four dark figures sped forth from the
| the bank to meet me. Turning round
at the same moment, l saw the dead
Indian rapidly gather himself up, and,
with a whoop of defiance, begin to re-
trace his steps. My story was sOLn
told. Norris and the rest pursued for
a few hundred yards, and fruitlessly
emptied their rifles at him; and then,
with much thankfulnesS for my es-
cape from both the Indians arrows
and his craft, joined them in merry
run hOmewards. OF course the falling
of the Indian was a mere ruse, intend
ed to draw me within reach of his
ever-ready arrow. He was in all
probability "Spotted Beaver" said
Norris, and he not only resented fish
ing in Lake Calumet, but, being also
a little demented, was quick to attack
strangers. Fortunately for me, after
he drew trigger on Norris the tribe
had deprived him of his rifle, else. j
should have never lived to tell YOU
this tale"
"Ees; it is a wonderful escape; but
what about the trout brooeh?"
II was coming to that. / found on
our return that all the ladies, save
Mrs. Norris and Mildred, had gone to
rest. They We're naturally anxious,
and awaited us by the fire, but on
hearing our voices ran ont to meet us
in the ante-rOom. There / took off
my cap with mock Difference, and OH
one knee offered my frozen trout. |
could see that Mildred was much
touched; snd, when Mrs. Norris judi
ciOusly went off to procure warm
things, she began blaming herself in a
manner which showed that she was
nOtcOmpletely indifferenttO mysafety.
SO I seized the opportunity, and was
speedily gratified by the prettiest con-
fession if would have it, that she
would give her life for the life / had
risked to please girls idle whim. A
colonial engagement, you know,
speedily terminates in marriage. We
returned home on Franks death
Through which / came in for this
place. by way of San Francisco, and
on the anniversary of our wedding
presented Mildred with The trout you
admired tonight. ] should tell you
she never will wear any other brooch
in the evening, the memory of my
adventure, | suppose, cndearing it to
her. But Independently of sentiment,
its rare workmanship might well eX-
cuse her. All Sin is the cunningest
of jewellers if you provide him with
design; he has no originality. SO
sought the Chinese streets at Frisco
and hunted up silversmith, giving
mm those emeralds which you saw in
the fish's eyes, and which he set in
small cieclets OfOpal. BY means Ofa
delicate adjustment Ofinternal springs
and a small magnet within the feXi-
ble frame of the golden trout, my Chi !
nese craftsman devised so exquisite |
an equilibrium that when the brooch |
is clasped (as my wife wore il tonight |
close to her bosom, at every breath
she takes the creatures fins rise and |
fall as i'll the real animals; while the |
well-knOwn chanSeability of the opal
was taken advantage of, together |
with the internal mechanism, to |
cause the jewelled eyes of the little |
fish at every respiration to glow and |
much as you may have
seen the jewelled eyes of a Deaths |
head pipe do, when the smoker pulls |
at it. But in this pretty |
the motion of fins and |
eyes alike is independent of the wear
er's will, and results whenever the |
brooch is placed near enough to the |
breast"
My cigar was now out. s., like
Tennyson's poet in similar circum- |
muttered,
"There now, that's nothing!' drewa a little
back
And drove his heel into the smouIdered |
log,
That Sent blast of sparkIes up the flew,
And so TO bed
But ere turned in L opened the win
dow from old habit,
And heard indeed
The clear onurch bells ring in the Christ !
mas morn,
PELAGIUS.