Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-02

Gpitately out Of the wood. so,.-plS plg- pauslng until she was in .is,Lt Isgi! long, low cabin, with irsveiI of NI;,.I 'le Tosess and the two great Dapepes- .-If5a1 -f;aI Nell Chartiey had brought fro,, @l,icn northern home, in their tubs Inf tIF tgr painted wood. 'iue
 Nell y she cried out, va5uIv t-,;- to recover her breath, [" Nell, whera -- you? ''-'' a'e
 But no answer came to her sr-;u young call. 'H'
 The door stood wide open. tLe -1r.r.- curtains iuttercd to and fro in tbev:--'ill the canary was singing in is caoa. @ -Ec, horror of horrurs-there. aIopo. ,i,4 .I.I top of the picket fence, os-eDtat2;,..-...e ...e ly spread forth, Heated the I@- halr Oi at least six vonar black, tiaxen. and various shade, ~ " brown.
 ~Sealps. scalps" shreked poor P,s. mund, tlnelng aside her sketchinr ma terials and taking refuge in mad f;-Lt "And poor Nell IS killed, And. oh vIa. wiil Maurice do:' '''
 Spurred on by frantic terror. sber.ro- paused until she bad nearly run int. .t. very arms of Mr. Algeuon FlsI4v ,Ls rector's assistant, who vas valsiDT rs;S Urely up the road. with white r-9 breila over lis head and a folio vrlrr-, under his arm.
 ~Eh~ said that young sprout o- .t. Ology. 1t is Miss Ray, or l arl rr-- much mistaken"
 ~Oh, NIT. Elsley, come quick rasra5 R0samund, wildly clutcbing at nj, a-1, "IEe Indians are here, and Nell Cf--+ ley IS scalped, aud-md l don't lra7 how many more arc butchered, o. n. come qWcklyr
 ~Scalped. wildly repeated Mr. FIsrs, But really you must be under rl.s, preEensiOn, my dear Miss Ray"
 "i sawIt myself her yellow hair If.-- ing about 0n the fence. walled Rass mund, to whom 1t seemed ages Lrfa-a she could make Mir. Elsley comprefsrj her terror and the whole horror of tho tragedy. "Oh, come, comer'
 llr. Elsley laid down his book. arI clCsIug his umbrella, put 1t across Lis shoulder, after the manner of an imulr. meut oi warfare, while he took his iacE. knife out or his pocket.
 "I cannot say, he said. 'that amley- actly prepared to wage battle with tFa hostile sons Ol the red man, but we-,a5 in scripture that the battle Is not aIvay. to the strong, and 1t shall 20 hard br+ that l will make what effort in me Eas for the protection of this desJlata neigh bOrhood,
 Rosamund looked timidly at him. Cp to the present time she had always -e. garjed Mir. El-eruon Alsley with I,t-s secret contempt, as a near sighted vourr man with lisp, and no very astouud.ns depth oi intellect, but this was an en- tire.y new rhase of his character-this guiet dignity and res0lute courage, which would have marched mp to the mouth o, a cannon itself If need were.
 Side by side they hurried along, keep ing well sheltered by the shadow of the trees, until ot last they reached the little cabin Cnder the red Michigan roses.
 "fhere thereT cried breathless Rrsa- mund. pointing with her finger. Io you see the scllps.'
 A.r. Eisley pecred intently through his classes n ue,r sighted way.
 "E see sOmechmgr said he; "bUt-"
 ~hair, hair, It's Lair, exclaimed Bosamund.
 -si1 scalps-I can count SKI Oh. Is there any end to the horrors Of tLis dreadful dayE'
 She caught her breath and grew deadly pale, as fl she vas about to faint. Nr Elsley mildly took her hand and led her forward
 Let us go in, said he
 "Io look uT9n her dead bOudyE gasp ed Rosamnd, covering her eyes with her scarf.
 "It is useless to stand here,' reasoned the young clergyman, ''If we are t0 do any good, 1t must be done at once
 With a slight shudder RosamonG Ray allowed herself to be led into the cot ,ale, through the empty sitting room Co the kitchen beyond.
 "-he .s not herer' she faltered. Good heavens. what have they done with her corpseE
 At that self-same moment, however. the door that lei to the tiny chambers up stairs opened, and Nell Charity stood iu their presence, with a little, crooked dwarf of 70 woman close behind her Nell rosy and blooming, with yellow hair fastened up into a net, safe and souud. and the pink glow of perfect health upon her cheek
 Miss Kay uttered a little cry of min- g'el relief and delight.
 Dear me- said Nell; "what is the matterg And what on earth has made you SO la-c to dinner2 And where did you find Mir. EIsley?'
 Nell cried Rosamond, spasmodlcal- ly, "whose are those-thOse scalpsy
 'Scalps" repeated Nell. "Is the girl mad3 What scalps? Where:'
 Out there on the garden fence, breathlessly explained Rosam1nd, gest- uring with her hand toward the railing atoye which the tall holly yhOcks were uoddinc their regal heads.
 Oh said Nell, bursting into uucu. trCliab,e laughter as she comprehendel the others meaning. "thOse aren't scalps at all Those are only switches of han winch old Miss Pavson has been buyus down in the fgtlands. Miss Paws1u goes through the country every veal buying up long hair for the New Orltau- ma ket, and the country girls are glad of the chance Co make a little money poor things, And l told her she might wash and dry them here, 1T she would stay and help me with the fig preserve, this afternoon. Miss PawsOn, intro ducing the dwarfsh little woman with . flourish of the hand, "this is Miss Ray and this gentleman is the Reverend Nr Elsley
 Old Miss PawsOn, who was one o those universally handy personaCes wL' are equally gsetul at a birth, death, mar rage or E1use-cleauing, courtesied smiI iu-ly.
 .Iut | never would have hung then hairs on thc fence if Ti s'posed thD young lady vas SO easy scared, said she "I do allow they look awful spooky [. them as ain'- used to the hair business And that vas the end of ROsamuu, Rays lear O, the Indians. But it was very real terror while it lasted. Tn Reverend 1r. Elsley can corroborat rf..f