The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-05-06

tnruel his flco and twinkiel his
fingers mt them in lively fashion.
a prolonged whoopiug answered
this signal Of doiiincs, There wasa
long. straight stretch, down which
Starbird low AZ full speed. thinking
himself safe fram taat party az lenst.
Bat he did not know the ground
as well as too redskins knew il.
cilgncing back minute hlor. h.
saw That fonr or Gvo of then hid
crossed Tho leo anl waro hurriadiv
mounting tho bluffs Of the o,hor
bunk. Yet he did not at onca mis-
trust what they :nt2ndcl-which wac
to c1t him OF NJ tho noxt "bDv.'
FJc some throa or four tales be.
low, tho river turns north again.
sweeping ronnl in maiostic bend
BY running overland uD. much m1ra
than two mjies. tho Indians wOgll
reach Che river, whor1l5 Shyb.rl
had d skatc moro taiu sJyon miles
to roach the simo point.
Not kuoTing this. anl seeing thar
tho sIynsos wore not IN pdrsiit on
The lee, S.lrbird wnut Oh for a
couple of niles, N / than rost,l rpr
ten or fifteen minutes, aud tJJk
breath.
To bis surprise, jlst as 10 WAS
starting out from tho bank to - on,
he saw twp lulilus c)mint after
hm on skates, milo back up the
r.yar.
lie watched their akntins NOM
ont or two. and concluding from
tIeir u1vr'uent, thIt ho crull keep
out o! tje'r way, hg stGc'; or Rsajn
ut an ordinary s?all. ru,r dl
not gain on hlm. Ga the contrary,
he sty that he was leaving thgm.
FJdc or hyo miles w.uo sDoa
gono oyn., Whal, ID lila cDHs,urul-
uon,uo sass thg,a lnlIIs ran u1t on
the ira fio,n u iaickc' up,a hra,r a
rolls uh,ai. lie rra'z'I tao a,ap-
tion nt ouce. He hai been headed
OF ;nni there, zoo wego tho roi.
skins behind.
For Que ids'nrt no wl' on to-
point of cutting his skate slrlNs gr
uakiaG 70 the heaS Bat Enowia;
the r2dSl;,rs would hoyc tho alup-
t1Sa of him there, hp res,'yol 60
remain on The lcp.ali bore down to-
ward tham.
"N,.ooa bial,r" N,ll op, bror,
."yl, !ha wio,'il.3 shouted % hm,
Sht ta'n -ryJ1uu.as hisc1npIIW'p.
-tSir!,.ej '3"r dl{'r5 49, nam Win
. a whpop 1t dau-iyr lnrgL'or.
but .''n,biyi bad ~ thJ1.ats o..
| l1i ing np. AS Eo ireF u't'rr iAn
'A7a1si pra7ontoi ti'r Fw' bat
ae t',n-i t''A'd in"m, ui ha "ls
! Wi,u.n tFp GHn .rgi NuiR, when
+ ,hi.1E roU"L ua du,-i back mp
i 5tyeln.
In'ntiug ne now m'ant g. try Aia
rhnaca5 "ita the two Indians nu
sl,atos, 81! ldroe flied their guns a.
nin, "a h" dn1lala"aG AMI csuia
81" ''e st.e1msi w'th Tho s5uni ol
bu,loia.
! tH2 al tho ft7'gus who stood
ItnEsthnr clnb5od iae!r gums an tuu
Co moot him then cn'cpjrG sight Of
"is ryy|.er, tho} tlrnol and ran
, .pr ihc bushes, onI began loading in
atrte. Bnt tho othar. who wIs
further ont aa The Ice, dropped on
his knee and took aim.
@;Whirl then saw that tajs one
had a dcCO'c-berrcllei gun, with Il
,rosorve Charge in it. lacking from
Ein on tho instant. he dartad a..
to yard tho further bank to got past
him on that side.
The savage jumped mp and ran to
head him of, holding his gnn ready
to shoot, Starbird was not within a
hundred feet OF him, aud fooliug he
should certainly be winged if he
tried to skate past, ho dashed drcc
tly ut the Indian, and Mt the Same
time iiriug his pistol.
Either the Shot upset tha redS&in
or he slipped DoWn he went on the
ice, and bang went his gun. STAR
bird and hrad another shot at him,a7
he Now past ana was on be'pre tho
other two Indians could hal5A loai-
ing their rifles
but he had not gone flr when he
ieie lhe s'rhp oi ms flSh ht sk1Io give
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