Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-09-28

But the affair annoyed him all tha
day, and it was uppermost in his min
even after the mail coach arrived IN,
he started off for Mendoza with hi
horse. He was startled when tn
driver informed him that some dis
satisfaction among the Chippewas wa
reported, and kept close loolou
along his lonely route as he though
of Tyson and accredited to him tn
source of the threatening trouble.
But his journey was not disturbed
and he delivered the mail. rested ~
hour or two, and the next evening n
dark, congratulating himself on hi
safety, he retraced the little pat
through the timber leading to his cabin
His horse started quickly, as II sho
whizzed by his head across the opening
He sprang TO the threshold Just as
second bullet pierced his cap.
With well-trainod instinct the hors
dashed on and past the hut as Amo
fell rather than glidcd through the doc
quietly opened by his wife.
"Safc, Amos!h she cried. thankfully
rs she barred the door. 1--WE tried /,
warn you. but we didn't dare TO lcav,
the cabin"
The trapper looked startled
There's danger. ch?" he muttcrcd
"Not the lnjuns?'
eyes, Amos; the InjunS.'
In hurried tones sbr rvnl,inol WIN,
had happened since he left the place
That very morning Hiram had obsery
ed several savagcs and a white mar
sliulking near by: had overheard suili
cicnl of the conversation to indicat,
that their mission was not a peace
ful one. and had FASTENED to th,
cabin. They had barred the door ms
in time to shut out the intrudcrs. VIII,
made wild dash toward the hut
four half-drunkcn Indians and Abuel
Tyson. All that dqy in a state of sier,
they had exchanged harmless shot
with the savages, and were not littl,
alarmed when they discerncd in IN,
movements of fine mon that thnv wrr,
evidently skulkinr in the forest I,
waylav The trappcr on his return.
Amos lips grew closer together. ant
his eyes flashed ominouyly. .
"Tyson and lire.wntcr AGAINST N
honest man. he muttcred rs he ex
amincd his rifle, .Thc nrsKv vormin,
wants revenge. ebp We'll he'll gc
-, =
"He will if Won listen to mo father .
spoke ND Hiram. as he advanced from
a port-hole where he had been watch
inr the moonlit oncninr
"What do Won mean ladp"
That i've found out by tbc flash o
their rifles where the men are"
"You have, ch9"
"Ycs. father Richt ot fine odgc N
the openinr is n bio hickory. bIow,
over in the last storm, Across thc tm
\ cotton fell, and hold, il there. Thrrc',
n biu hole where the roots lluno out IN,
dirt and Tyson and the Indians arc lv.
inc in If -
V.You'rc sire of thot9n
Certain, father Green ont Of IN,
reor window and oct ornund into tL,
timber. Tu cnmontce to fix them -
The trainers eyes flashed With ad
miration of The nuick intnllircncc of th,
boy, as he discerned his purpose. but
he hcsitated 10 rive his sanction.
"The risk. Ind l." he bcron.
.T'll take il. father. Leave il to m,
to ret out of the way if they see me- :
Agile as 4 squirrel. he darted throuUl
the window, raincd the swami. md
thence by a detour reached the forest
Once in the belt of timber, he crrnt
cautiously THROUGH tbe underbrush nj
last drawing n sirh of relief rs he ros,
to his feet. directly under the cotton
tree he had described
1t was u huge tree, and, as he had
said, had fallen directly over the hick.
ory. Only its weight kept the impris.
oned hickory from swinging back tc
its place, and he knew that the elastic.
strained roots of the latter, once the
tension of the cotton relieved them,
would snap back TO the root bed like {
flash.
His hands trcmblcd with anxiety u,
he drew u sharp hunting-knifc, and, hi,
body sheltered from the observation OF
the men in the trcc-bed by the body Of
the roots, he selected portion of the
soft cotton above the roots. and bcpar
to cut away at it.
His hands grew panied, stiff ant
blistered as he piled the glitterino
blade. Ever and anon he could heal
the low hum of conversation amonn
the besiegers, evidently consulting on
some plan of assault; but he continued
his work briskly. and as he cut through
the pulp of the tree, his heart beat
wildly.
Tho sincws booon to strain tbo huo,
trco snonnod hr9l,o anil n",tod ond Z,
was lifted bodily from his font " ns th, h,
imnrisoncd hictorr roi;oyoJ nf T ~, IL,
hmrJnn shot stro;Sh, intn Iu' ,ho oim u. onf ~;
down to It's nrimaI Insn iU NV M tho FL, tioy;hi, Ht
rootS rosnn;n. % ~, ior,,' ' !s;,;an y! i'u 'N''''
Groans ,nIIs anJ s so;od,,,s pWS''iJ", .ns .,.,,,
owni,n tLo snI;tnr,. @ Sno,,n .au"," ., Vi Li,S omS
"onfnsion nc ] ,ho hov 'ro oothoro5 iuooT' hin,eoi
m onJ smoJ tnrvorG9 IL" ''o oaI;, "'',"u, TaS,,
mo m from beneotb tbo @ %iclo,", % ti,o d,j" n,.i",
Of Tho nntronnoJ boSiomors t9i1 'U tIot a. liz IL;
sbrewd nlop to dcfcst tbeir ' ovii ,,'Y n;S %..
sion bnd hecn succnssfml '' II ms
1t was not until daylight that tho
trapper and his son visited the spot
The ax of the frontiersman soon hcw.
ed way to the root-bed of the tree
and n clearing once made revealed !
crushed, mangled mass of human be.
ings, stunned, bruised and bleeding.
They dragged out the four Chippe.