Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-10-19

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he would put ball through the turk
ey's head, and return in triumph.
But somehow, after he went out, a
sudden thought seemed to strike
mother. Wasn't it strange that a
turkey should come so far out of the
woods, and keep up such gobbling
in the hollow? No, not strange, per.
baps, nor very unusual and she won.
dered at her own uneasiness. But her
nerves had been shaken by poor ia.
sons incident
The house had a half-story in front
with two small windows above the
ground rooms. and mothers feelings
impelled her to run up there for q
better view. She wished to see where
father was, and perhaps might dis
cover something of the wild turkey.
l was close at her side. We saw
father with his rife away off across
the fields, and the negroes at dis.
tance from him engaged in ther work
The stump, too, was visible nearly to
its foot, and at intervals we caught
sight of Arthur carefully working his
way in a half circuit toward the gully.
Father hal evidently heard the tnr-
key, and was warily approaching the
spot here it seemed to be. His hall
STOPPING posture showed that he feard
the bird might get upon the stump
and see him.
Suddenly mother started, and her
face had look of CHASTITY terror.
Something which certainly was no
turkey rose a little above the stump.
between its shattered rim and the
grass of the bank. ! saw it too, and
nv blood ran cold.
1t was something that greatly re-
sembled the head of an Indian. We
felt that the face must be peering
through the grass toward my father,
while We saw the / lack, cleaning hair
behind.
Without doubt it was Seminole
warrior in ambush, watching father $
approach.
Mother gave an agonizing cry.
What shall do:' she exclaimed.
Would not any outcry she could
make he misunderstood at such a dis
tance, only hasten the catastrophe,
since father was still thirty rods be-
vond the Indian, and eighty from the
house: Then there was Arthur, who
bad now disappeared: And should
she by Il sudden alarm cause him to
show himself, might not the Seminole
rise up and shoot him on the spot
She was dizzy with her sense of the
dreadful situation.
But in moment | called out to
her, There's Arthur, mother. there's
Arthur" for | saw him among the
rank grass, lying fiat upon the ground,
within good rife shot Of the stump,
which lie seemed to be watching in
tently.
Once again the Indians head was
shown slightly, and We got an instant's
glimpse of Ar,hur's rife. But the
black hair disappeared. and the wea-
pom was lowered.
of danger that We bad no alternative
but 10 watch. Terrible as was her
anxiety, mother now felt that Arthur
had discovered what kind of game the
old stump contained. She knew that
the Indian could fire at father without
exposing his own head, and that the
moment il appeared it would BE COW
cred by her brave boys's rife.
How our hearts beat for the few mo
ments that intervened! Another COB
BILE came from the stump. Father was
working his way stealthily toward it
in anticipation of prize, and Arthur
lay as still as d, ath in the grass.
All at once We saw the sunlight
glance upon mass of long raven hair
that rose slowly above the gnarled
wood which had hidden it. Father
was within six rods Of the spot. 1t was
a dreadful moment.
Our eyes turned to Arthur. The
grass in front of the slight knoll
where he lay was not high enough to
interfere with his aim as his elbow
rested on the ground. We could see
him dror his young face against the
breech of his gun. The barrel gleam-
ed for u single instant, puff of smoke
streamed from the muzz!e, and he
leaped to his feat
But there was still more sudden
leap from the old stump, for an Indian
with flying hair, and with his rifle
still clutchcd in his hand, sprang up
and fell dead against the slope which
had concealed him from fathers
view.
The reunion which followed. when
We all ran into each others arms, joy
full. yet thrilled with CONSERVATION,
will not dwell upon.
We found the dead enemy to be a
tall young warrior, hideously painted,
and having in his belt a hatchet and
knife.
He had not doubt entered the gully
from the swamp, and seeing father at
a distance, had attempted to decoy
him within gun-shot by initiating a
wild turkey.
The occasion proved to be the only
one on which the Seminole war was
brought home to us, as the successes
of the United States troops afterward
kept the Indians at distance from
our neighbor hood Harper's Young
People.
A very smart little boy-One who
has just been spanked.
No, indeed there's no place like
home, sighed the married man who
tripped over the coal scuttle and fell
into a washtub while lighting the
kitchen fire.
A minister who had passed around