The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-03-18

At that moment third actor ap-
peared II was n woman tall gauut.
ferocious, and dressed in the same
nondescript costume as tue man.
She came out OF the jungle to the
west and ne soon as near enough
10 make her words understood she
said
III lie won't move, down him aud
tie bis hands and feet. We con tote
two such as him.
She had the other revolver in her
hand and | noticed that both had
hunting knives l was uuarmed.
still weak from tho effects Of tue
poisonous sting, and entirely 10
their power The woman struck
into the jingle, followed and the
man brought up the rear.
After a walk of about q quarter OF
n mile we reached the bank Of the
lake. Tied to tree by rawbide
rope was floating cabin. The
foundation was a rough-ma6e scow,
and the upper works, az they may
be termed, consisted OF long, mar.
row aud stoutly made hut OF logs.
There was chimney OF mud aud
sticks, from which smoke issued,
aud two persons were on the bank
TO receive us. Que Was boy Of
twelve or thirteen, aud the other II
girl two or three years older They
looked more like Wild animals than
human beings, aud talked in lan-
gusge so strange that ceuld not
understand a word
$50 ahead said the man, as
halted on the bank and l. followed
the woman aboard the scow and in>
to the cabin. 1t was house in
which there was but one room, with
tue hides Of cattle thrown over the
wild Southern moss for beds. There
was no stove, hut a sort of fire place
made of stones, With two or three
iron kettles on the hearth as kitchen
furniture.
All our camp equipage had been
removed to the cabin, and my Win
chester rifle stood in the corner As
this was thon now arm | did not
believe they knew how to use il, but,
my revolvers were Colts old pattern
aud loaded with powder and used
percussion cnps.
"Sot thar said the woman, az
she pointed TO corner.
went over and eat down on tue
bed. II was not the corner in which
my ride stood, but the weapon was
not more than ten feet away. The
woman then said something to the
children in her own mongrel dialect,
aud both of them sat down facing
NE and only three or four feet away.
Then man and wife cast off the rope
and presently the boat moved slowly
.l ! Il t. 1nl.n - tl,,, fHh.
luke appeared to be about three
miles wide by five long, and, was
shnt in by the dense forest.
The views ] bad through the open
door aud the chinks between the
logs showed me that the craft wa,
near the shore. While the psopl.
, seemed in no great bury to ge
down the lake they kept the scoV
moving at fair pace until We wer'
! about three miles from the place
where we embarked. A landing wa
9 then made in the mouth OF a creek
t aud the scow was entirely hidden
} from sight Of any ono on tho lake
b Hunter and tourists, aud even smal
D pleasure steamers came up from tb
(. main river as far as this lake.
O 1t was mid-afternoou when tn
/ boat was made fast. The pain an,
: swelling had now entirely departe'
from my hand and arm, aud th
+, helpless feeling which had come ov
! er me when first captured bad give
| way to q determination to help my
d self out of the scrape. II | coul
t get hold of my rifle would be
o match for the whole four of then
d l counted them as four, because I'll
boy and girl had hunting 'knive
and would surely take part in an
10 scrimmage brought on. Their lool
x and actions proved this. The
maintained their places directly
front Of me, and their eyes new,
p left ne second. They held the
y. knives as if they expected au a
Is tempt to escape, and meant
ID thrust and cut if tried it.
ir While the boat was moving thel
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