The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-05-25
house and for upwards Of a week
she had no sleep.

IL could not last more than another
day. Ny father was growing worse
every hour. What to do we did
not knew.
can now see my poor mother
kneeliug beside the bed OF her sick
husband, imploring the Great God
to have mercy upon us. Oh, how
she wept and prayed
"Do not worry so, my poor wife
all will go we'll some day il not in
this world, let us hope it will be in
the next" said my father.
"Oh, what shall we do IL you die
Oh, God, spare my good husband
"What will become OF US 7" cried
l in great distress.
Come here, my SON. said my
father, " and let me look at you, and
give you some advice before | am
called away"
"Now, remember. Samuel,' be
pursued, "as !, ng as you live do
what is right and just. Never 1rink
any intoxicating liquor, always tell
the truth aud read your Bible daily
/ cannot last much longer, and
wish you to remember the dying re-
quest Of father
"Oh. dear husband, do not talk 10
this way You may outlive both OF
u.s. said my mother, 10 tremulous,
sobbiug voice.
"No, my dear wife l feel that
death is not far off. II knew you
could get along after | am gone 1
could feel more resigned to my
fate.
Put your trust in Him who sees
aud knows all. Get me the Bible
Samuel that may read the word OF
Lord. Blessed are they that keep His
God before my spirit passes away
from my body"
Taking the Bible. my father open.
ed it to the 10Th Psalm aud read
as follows q: BLESSED are the unde.
filed iu the way who walk in the
testimonies aud that seek Hin with
the whole heart. They also do no
iniqni'y they walk in his ways.
Thou hast commanded us to keep
Thy precepts diligently. Oh, that
my ways were directed to keep Thy
statutes Then shall l not be a.
shamed when / have respect unto all
thy commandments. will praise
Thee with uprightness of heart
when | shall have learned Thy
righteous Judgments. l will keep
Thy statutes. Oh, forsake me not
utterly
There, my son." he resumed
take the good book aud keep it /;
and learn what have just, read
and once day, through life, repeat
it for yonr dying fathers sake"
AT that moment We were all start.
led by yells of indians, aud min
ute after tue door was burst iu with
tremendous crash. Three savages
rushed into the room. and Will
their tomahawks Drained my poor
father and mother.
While two OF them commenced
scalping my parents, the third
caught me, aud taking me outside
tied me to tree. He then return.
ed to the house.
10 about ten minutes they all
came out, with their arms loade d
with whatever they thought Of
value.
One of them went into the house
again, and in few inmates could
see had set fire to it.
There / was tired to q tree seeing
the house burning and knowing
that all that remained of my dear
parents was being consumed. Oh,
what suffered then, no language
eau describe The agony OF death
in it's worst form, would have been
nothing 10 compare to it.
When the building was half burnt
down my captain united me and
told me to go with them. One o.
the three could speak little Eng
lish.
We marched the remainder of the
day until dusk, when we came to q
halt.
0ne Indian told me to keep still, ol
he would scalp me; and to make BIZ
words more impressive. he pulled
cut his knife aud caught 'ue by th'
hair. I closed my eyes and though
my time had come.
He then let me go, and took hi'
seat with the other two Indians,