Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-01-27

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peare1 as i; by magic-our rapid ir.
ing having completely discomftted
them.
The moon retired, but the night was
clear enough to enable us to see man
at ten PAGES. Suddenly q spark sp-
peared They had fred our haystack
Brighter and brighter it came.
Grouped rouad the flame, and out of
range we're our foes-their swarthy
skins and snaky hair glistened In the
freight; and they brsndished lances
and screamed with delight at the de-
struction they had caused.
/ looked at my companions face 1t
was very pale.
Lookr he said. Here comes an am
bassador. Good heavens! Lookp
turned with astonishment. A near
ly naked Indian was advancing toward
us, and as an immunity from our shots
he bore in his arms, helpless, a beauti-
full white girl. Her hands were bound
behind her back, and masses of coal
black hair encircled face showing
deadly terror and horror in every fea-
ture, and dropped nearly to the ground
over the savage's arm. Her dress,
torn from one white shoulder, showed
how hard had been the first Intellectual
struggle against her captors.
AS the savage crossed the ditch,
Dick, with deep groan recognized
her.
1T is Rosita Don Ramon's daugh-
ter! he broke out. i love her, Alfred
and will save her or die. Listenr he
continued hurriedly That rascal has
come TO make some proposal to us.
Keep your eye on him the moment
you get chance, fire at him. If you
kill her, it is the better fate. When
hear the shot, 1 will throw open the
window-which | can do more easily
than the door-and try for rescue.
For heavens sake, don't leave the roof.
Our only hope is in your being able to
keep off the others, who will rush from
the ditch.
He rushed down the ladder. leaving
his hat cunningly adjusted above the
parapet.
The savage raised his voice and de-
manded, in broken Spanish, surren-
der. He threatened us with tortures,
and babe us look upon his captive who,
too, should suffer for u.s. He grasped
her hair brutally, and raised her head.
With a sudden spring of pain and
fright, she threw herself out of his
arms, and fell to the ground. His time
and mine had come. AS he stopped,
my bullet laid him dead by the side of
his intended victim Dick made his
rush from the window, and the Indi-
ans theirs from the ditch, as he had
predicted; but as Rosita was rather
nearer the house than the ditch, he
managed to reach her first, and was re.
treating with her in his arms And
now all depended upon me. My first
shot, aimed at the first of the assail-
ants, missed him clean; and before |
could seize the other rifle he had made
a vicious thrush at Dick, who. encum.
bered as be was, was quite helpless.
The lance passed through Rosita's
dress, luckily without injury to the
wearer; and as the savage drew back.
for a cooler and surer thrust, had
the luexpressible pleasure of lodging
bullet in his body, which closed his
career, Then heard heavy fall in
the room below.
Dick had thrown his bundle clean
through the window at the risk of
oreakin a limb, and turning, found
himself engaged hand to hand, with a
lozen Indians. He set his back against
he wall, and drew his revolver with
lis right hand, receiving as he did so,
/ spear thrust through his left arm L
out his and my revolver dropped
ran at every shot; 50 they drew off.
Dick managed with great effort to
lrag himself through the window and
hen tainted away from loss of blood
nd exhaustion; and when | ran down
he ladder to make fast the window
gain, | found him comfortably reclin-
ne with his head in Rositas lap, the ,,
after having been stunned by her un-
eremonious entry. But | could not
tay to help her; my post was on the
oof.
But the fight was over. They feared
onger to encounter our deadly breech.
oaders. They bore off with them five
f the slain; six other corpses lay in
ront of the window, and two more
,ere. afterwards found, who had
rawled into The ditch, like wild ami
lals, to die. =
Roslta had been captured while
,alking in the orange garden near her =,
ather's house, a short time before we '
ere attacked y
You, noble caballeros, she said, you :
ave preserved me from death, and q
ON what is still worse, God will re- +
'ard you, for can never $
! think Dick, however, was of diff b
,rent opinion; at all events, he has al "
'ays seemed remarkably well satisfied n
18th the reward he persuaded her to a
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