The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-06-13

cat first" he says, ST supposed thai
It might be some settlers dog, left be
hind in the general fight; but / soor
perceived that it was coming nearer, al
though I was walking quite fast. I ther
surmised that the dog was on my track,
and that probably there might be some
one following him. Coming now tt
shol water, waded into the river at {
place where it was not much above my
knees, and then hurried on a. fast as
could. After an hour or more, during
which mast have gone four or five
miles, I emerged from the timber upor
the edge of another prairie.
"All this time the yelping Of the dog
had continued. The animal seemed to
have fully kept pace with me, and wal
not now, judged, more than half q
mile behind. l felt sure that this per.
sistcnce in following me meant danger.
I went out on the open prairie fol
three or four hundred yards, then turn.
ed short round and retraced my steps
to the edge of the timber. Here made
a leap, just as far as I could at one
jump, OFF TO the right of my trail; then
running down along the edge of the
timber for 10 or Is rods, bid myself in
the top of tree which had lately been
blown down. Iposted myself SO that I
could have good view of the prairie
above me, and of my recent trail.
"The barking of the dog quickly
came nearer, and soon yellow and
white cur appeared, followed by three
Comanche Indians, one of whom held
the dog back by q leash. They came
out ON my trail at the precise point
where hsd left it. One of the savsges
had q gun; the other two had lances
and bows They were walking fast,
and went straight out upon the prairie,
following the trail had made, the dog
now yelping eagerly.
"When they came to the place where
I had turned back, the dog stopped and
began smelling about, as if at fault
The brute seemed to wish to turn back
My hear beat fast then, for l was Who'll
ly unarmed. But the savages, thinking
that had gone on, pulled the dog for
ward, and continued on across the
prairie. As soon as they were out of
sight, l rapidly made tracks in another
direction. But for this trick am very
sure they would have had my scalp.
"For the next three CT four days I
wandered through tract of country
where thor was but little that I could
use for food. At1ength, late one after
noon, came to clearing, on the
farther side of which saw log house.
After watching awhile, l became salts
fed that there was no person in the
house, and then I ventured across the
clearing to it. The door stood open.
stole in and searched eagerly for food,
for l was nearly famished, and had
grown so weak that could hardly walk.
But l could find nothing save a few dried
bread crumbs on the cupboard shelves.
and some unsavory old beef bones
These crumbs 1 greedily devoured, and
then gnawed the beef bones. There
was a bed in one corner, which looked
SO inviting that l determined to rest on
it for that night at least.
"About midnight was startled by q
noise of some sort. Listening, l found
that it was made by hogs granting be-
meath the cabin floor. The shanty was
set up on blocks, two or three feet from
the ground, the keep out snakes. The
hogs had taken shelter under it,
At another deserted cabin where our
hero stopped to pass night, he found
a large wolf dog, which, like himself,
to be q refugee and a wanderer.
The dog seemed oyerjoyed at meeting
q human being. The two at once Join.
ed their fortunes, and thenceforward
in company.
Four or five days later they reached
the San Bernard River, which they cross
ed by swimming, and then went to an
house to pass the night.
For supper that evening they had only
some dry corn, so, building q fire, Du-
val set work to parch the corn in the
hot ashes.
"Wbile thus busily occupied" he
says, "Ben-which was the name had
given my dog-uttered low growl ,and
looking no saw the muzzle of gun
poked slowly through the open win
dow. In moment it flash.
ed to my mind that the smoke
Of my fire had a tracted the attention of
some struggling party of the enemy,
and saw that l was completely entrap.
ped, for the only door of the house was
On the same side as the window. Before
had time to think what would do, the
log leaped through the window. At the
same instant l heard some one utter a
'mothered shout, followed by some
swearing in very plain English, and I
'ushe d out just in time to prevent the
log from throtlling an old friend of
nine named Hardeman, who, with
Capt. Duncan and his company, were
n pursuit of the flying Mexicans. For,
While I had been wandering in the
the decisive battle of San
Jacinto had been fought, and Santa
Anna himself was q prisoner to our
,rave fellows.
"Hardeman had seen my smoke, and
bought there might be Mexicans in the |
lou-e. Ben would have seized him
airly by tie throat had it not been for |
J thick wooden comforter which he had |
puffled around his neck. ''-Youth's |
lOnapanion
Female RevOlutiOnists in Russia.
The reported exploits of Mile. Sophie
on Herzfeld and several other ladies
uring the recent Nihilist emeute at
Jeff add one more instance to the long
-tof female revOlutionisis in Russia.