The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-09-18

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"WhsrsP I 80 nothine, charming
elsie." sAiA Hazr GeVaEtlam. s6aininl
M knaFod eyeD n The diroctioa El13l
hodp olnbed h9 plump, White d1eer.
DO you zee nothing 6&heg~ She
Withoat rsplyiae, Heg7 Rosbach
sased loae an1 earnestly. :0ad6ealy,
s. ruddy isce INV pale. He eank ineo
bio armchair. dropping his pipe - hl
did @, aad utssgine The brief word:
"Himmelr'
(" What = H. mine hisadl'' Inquired
wolves peoWlire asou,dl"
"Wolvee, suTe snoagh w 3aColAtod
HMr RoGbach. "Wolves q The WON
knd-tVo.leReod onesl ] 0ean In
diane~ and hiS clinched 1T txemhled n
Il r1ied On ths oaken chair.
Hsthad 10 iear q British Ooldieeo.
Andmoeeovef. be had Q high regard foe
biz, mejegty King George. But joe thu
Indian allies Of the same he had no love.
They had robbed. cheated and imposed
On him In . manner calculated TO arouse
his fear and hatred. So that now, when
he saW them approaching in thil
Stealthy, deceptive way, On oil tours,
like sheep, In single de, he felt certain
they were bent on some mischief to hun
self and property.
Indeed, during the past month he had
been repeatedly warned BY settler
Throughout the valley that evil Was
meditated against the mill; fol-, With the
exception Of the tort, II was the most
useful and necessary building for miles
around.
"Nein Gottl What shall We do ?
Herr GeWartsam exclaimed, when bid
host had explained to him the danger In
which they were from IN immediate at-
tack. And be continued: Zach! Un.
lucky Was the moment that told me TO
put on mine hat and come and see your
daughter, the Fraulein Elsie! Would
that ! were sa1e within the walls Of the
ioetr'
"Would that 10 were all thers!' said
Herr Roebech, grsvely. but, mine
friend, whatever i'll betides us, let %
bear It manfully. Let the thought Of
saving Elsie and the little children
sleeping now 20 sweetly make us
strong"
III I ct away NIT mine own scalp
on, it will be Ill I'll ask" muttered the
other, - they entered the mill.
When they were within, and the
heavy door bolted and barred, Herr
Rosbach inquired:
"Canst thou shoot we'll, LudWizp"
Ill did kill . partridge once upon
. time" timidly cycling the musket his
host held out 70 him.
LET me take Il. father" said Elsie,
In decided tones.
Her father handed her the weapon,
leoking considerably annoyed that his
hyorite had not turned out the man Of
vslor that he supposed him to be.
"Had We not better hidee" said
GeWartsAm.
"There ID no place Of safety except
he foet md IN order to reach that 10
would have to run right IN sight of the
redskins. Oh, that had NOT let Han
70 away with the boat! II We only had
lhat, We might row up the river, and In
he darkness escaped But now the best
hing W can do 70 70 secure the mill.
Hatch and wait. II an attack q made.
Elsie and ] will shoot throush the
oopholes. Still. It may be that no one
VII molsst %. Hope not
But bio hopes were not realised. A
little while before midnight there were
ootstepe heard without, low whisper.
neA and then there came . loud knock
n The door.
"Wee ist dat" Herr RoCbach incurred.
"OpenI Wa the stern command.
And Just hare It was that the Dutch
mans regard for King George Was
neatly dimished. That he, an honest
highly Unexpected citizen, should be COM
'elIed to throw open hiS doors 20 Q cer.
ain enemy, and al In the name Of the
ling, Was too much {; and, - the SAYING
}, bio Dutch Wa Up, and be retorted 81
Go 70 der tunelp"
Just q this instant there w 4 com.
notion outside, Q musket-shot, and im.
nediately Afterwards childish shriek IN |
be room overhead.
With l2~hk kaeA Int hAavv hn.-A Fla