The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-03

~ se!oaGs. perhaps, Dor vssy unusual
Cd 80 Voadersd q hse own unsssI
-. Dot Ase nerves he'd 80 sAakoI
b poor Jssoa's Incident.
The louss he'd half story b iron,
With Two small windows sboVs u
ground rooms, and mothers Iecliae
tnpsllcd her 10 run up there lor q bette
Wow. She wished 10 go where isihc
vas. and perhaps might discover some
thing Of the Wild turkey.
lwas Close d her side. We saw iaihc
with HE ride away % across tho fields
and the negroes q q distance from him
engaged In their work. The stump, too
was visible nearly 70 IL foot, and 1t In
tcrvals We caught site Of Arthur care
fully working his way In . half.circui
toward the gully.
Father had evidently heard Tie tur
key, and Vas warily approaching th>
spot where Il seemed 70 b. Ills half
STOPPING posture showed that 10 feared
the bird might get upon the stump end
500 him.
Suddenly mother started, and her ise,
had . look Of ghastly tsrror. Something
which certainly was 10 turkey rose !
little above tho stump, between IL shat.
tered rim end tho Rraos Of The bank, i
ssv Il, too, and my blood ran cold.
u was somelAinG that greatly resem.
bed the head II a Indian. We iel,
that The iace must b peering through
" graas toward my father, while "a
~ tas black, cleaning hair behind.
Without doubt it waS Q Seminole w.
nor q ambash. watching fathers ap.
noeAer gave q agosiasd CRY, "wha.
eAall I doNoAl wkae sAall I dop" 90
exclaimed.
Would not any signal or outosy che
could make b misunderstood q such Q
distance, and only hasten Tie cstsstro.
phs, siace fatAer was still thirty rods
beyond the Indian, and eighty from the
houseP Then where was Arthur, who
lad now disappsarsdp And should she
~ sudden alarm cause him % show
himself, might not The Seminole riss up
and shoot him o. Tie spoep She was
dizzy with hee sense Of tho dreadful sit.
ua&iou.
Bat u . moment called out 10 her.
"There's Arthur, mother! there's Ar.
thur" for I NV him among the rank
grass. lying 6at upon the ground, with.
u good d6eshot Of the stump, which he
seemed 70 b watching intsuly.
Once again the lSdian's head was
shown slightly, and Ne got On instant's
gltnpee OF Arthur's ride. But the black
hair disappeared, and ths weapon was
Father We now 20 near ths scene Of
danger that 10 had no alternative but
to watch. Terrible o. was her ANXIETY.
mother nov felt that Arthur had discoy.
cred what hind d game the old stump
contained. She knew that the Indian
could not fire q father without exposine
his own head, and that tho moment 4
appeared Il would b covered by her
beavs boys ride. -"
How our hearts beet for TIE lsv ma.
neees that intsrveasdi Another robbie
came nom the stump. Father NJ
working his Wy stsaltkily toward Il IN
Anticipation Of . prise, and Arthur lsy
stt1 - death n tho grass.
Al q once No ssW the sunliRht siance
upon . mass Of long raven haIr thai
rose slowly above IS guarled WOOD
which had hidden L. FaaSer VA within
ok rods q ths spot. Il was Q dreadful
moment.
Our eyes turned b Arthur. The sr,se
Ia iroat Of 10 slight knoll wher0 = lay
Va not high enough b interfere With
~ aim - bic elbow rested On the
ground. We could 80 him drop lie
young face against IL brssch d M,
ean. The barrel CLEANED for slnele
Instant, . pull Of smoke streamed from
The mu.sls, and 10 lsspsd % Bic ieet.
But there was . still more sudden lean
from 10 Old stump, for "a Indian. VIII
lying hair, and with bic ri6c still
clutched 10 Ak hand, spraag % snd iell
dead against To slope which Aed oon.
oeoled him from tathee's vioW. WI -
TAo reunioa which followed. vhen ~
" raa into cash Others arms, iovfnl.
lk thrilled with stesnasion, | vi noi
dwell upoa. - -
We lound ~ dead snemy 10 b. !.
Eal young warrior, hideously poistsd.
aad having In biz belt . hatchet "a :
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ron ~ swamp, 81 soolne laaAae ~ 4
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