Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-12-16

J several arrows fell, as the first haC
done, harmlessly in front of them.
The wind tore the fastenings out
Of Elsis's hsi--her hat had fallen of
long before. As she turned her head
J at last, it blinded her, beating cruelty
against fer face; but she managed to
see the Indians close behind, but de.
ploying off to the left, and there wa.
no doubt, in the one look, she had
recognized Yellow Bird as the Indian
nearest them, aud a moan-ths frat
sound-broke from her white lips.
Eyes in front, Faster faster
They must have ssen Us from the
fort I Allen shouted. oh, for fe
Of-my owvasn TO punish. these rod
dsvils'
AT the post, in the meanwhile,
Ogilvis, the adjutant, after business
was over, had sauntersd, as usual, to
the colonels quarters, and was met
with the damper:
Mis- Elsiss gone riding with Cap
tain Allen
The dickens she has he probably
said, and then his eyes may have open
ed tritle wide, as he wondered over
the unlucky chance that had made
him martyr to military red tape,
and Allen so fortunate in his detail
and he says he was wondering if the
road was really safe between the wood.
camp and the fort. 4 saunter to the
gate .as interrupted by a shout for
the corporal OF the guard from the
sentinel on the stockade, followed by
the firing Of guns. and the cry of Ia,
disns. Indians
Three strides brought Ogilivie to
where he could look up the plain, but
tie sight made his blood stand still
for a second, as he saw the two strain
ing horses side by side, and Indians
behind. A shout to the nesrest bug
Ter, rush TO the nearest gunroom
for a carbine, a hurried, For God \
sake, follow me- to the loungers in
front of the sutler' store. and he flung
himself on to a horse tied near and
was rushing up the road.
After him, at intervals of few
yards, came the ranch-men, wagon
men. 'hull-whsckers.' hangers about
the post, and half breed Indian scouts
only too ready for fight and scalp
or two, and behind them, stringing
along over the plains as they could
saddle and mount, officers and soldiers
all determined to save the two at any
cost.
Just after the alarm had sounded.
the Indians finding that they must
speedily be seen from the fort, if they
had not been already, fred a volley
Of arrows. Allen reeled in his saddle
and could not suppress a groan.
You are hit : Elsie gasped.
Only tride; We shall have help
soon. I'm sure they have seen US from
the post.
He spoke carelessly, but his heart
sank, tor his right arm hung useless
from the elbow, pierced by an arrow,
but fortunately he did not drop the
revolver.
i believe my arm has heen struck,
he went on. You must take my re-
volver; know you can use it.
Yes, thanks to the lessons by the
river she could, and perhaps it all
came back to the poor child in that
awful moment, the merry lessons on
those early Summer mornings, with
the man she loved bending over her,
and now, perhaps it all rested on her
skill whether she and Allen were saw
ed from a horrible death. But poor
Fstima was done for, and. after strug-
Cling on for q few hundred yards,
her pace visibly slackened, and Elsie
felt her trembling under her.
You must leave me, she said.
'Fatima is stumbling. You can get
in-.ell them all about it! Ride on
don't stop oh, we shall both be kill
ed she sobbed.
MY darling be said, do you think
would leave you? Loosen your foot
from the stirrup. Now
His left arm swept her from the
.addl. and held her before him, while
the black horse was urged on again.
Just in time. for as Allen lifted her,
Fstima, with a grosn that was almost
human, stumbled and fell to the
ground.
1t had only taken moment, but
the Indians, seeing the turn things
were taking, and losing their fear Of
the revolver in a measure, and gain
ing ground by the slackening pace Of
the horses. rsdoubled their efforts, and
horses head crept nearer and nearer
the flank Of the black horse Eyi