, 1888-07-11

dent enough to attempt interference.
Her heart, big with sympathy and distress
and her eyes full Of tears, the woman al
lowed the savages to get ahead of her.
Several of them moved pack out of the
range of the knothole, skulked around to
the north side Of the cabin, and grand
mothers first intimation of their presence
was when she heard the cracking Of
flames in the brush which they had pre-
viously piled against the north door. As
soon as the flames were lighted the CIV
ages drew off a few rods and commenced
shooting at the spot over the door where
she had pulled out the chinking to shoot
at them before. Notwithstanding the
whistling of the balls, which every mo-
mont came through into the garnet, the
woman mounted the ladder with a pail
Of water, dashed the contents out through
the ~orevice, and mere accident guided the
dash 30 that the flames were drowned
out.
Two hours had passed since the first
appearance Of the Indians; grandmother
had killed m and wounded others, and
such a firing and yelling had been kept
up that the redskins were fearful that
help might come to the woman, and
therefore they withdrew. She counted
them as they went away, to be sure that
none were left behind. They took the
dead one on their shoulders and the
wounded were assisted along, each
between two OF his companions.
They entered the woods, and
after an hour had passed without their
-reappearance grandmother realized that
all danger 10 her was over. She opened
the door, took a scout around the house
and then her eye fell upon the horses.
The animals had made a long run when
first taking fright, going across the fields
for a mile or more, and were now COM
ing toward the house, dragging a portion
of the pillow after them. In ten min
utes the woman wa galloping toward
the nearest settlement, carrying both
rifle and revolver. A ride of an hour
brought her to the hamlet, and seven or
eight men quickly mounted their horses
and returned with her. The cabin had
mot been disturbed, and leaving their
horses there, h men, headed by the
anxious and ~tireless woman, took up the
trail of the Indians. Following it for an
hour, nearly always on the run, they
suddenly heard the reports of rifles, fol-
lowed by whoops and yells.
Two bachelors named Turner had a
cabin and a farm in the direction of the
shots, and the pursuers realized that the
Indians had attacked them. They were
hurrying to the rescue, grandmother
leading, rifle in hand, when she sud
denly gave a sign of warning, and all
sank down. She had caught sight of
grandfather and his two guards. Through
b sparse timber the men could see
grandfather bound to a tree and his
his guards standing near by, but their
faces turned in the direction of the battle,
which was raging beyond.
Like 80 many tigers the p%ursuers crept
forward, and only halted when within
eight or ten rods of the captive. They
silently arranged for a volley which
should riddle the bodies of the guards,
and would have delivered 1t in a moment
more but for grandfather. He caught
sight Of them, and his joy was so great
that he could not repress a loud shout.
The Indians turned on hearing 1t, and
also catching sight of the pursuers, gave
q yell and darted away. A volley was
fired rs they fled, and the one behind
made a great leap into the air and fell
over like a log, four or five bullets hay-
ing struck him in the head. !
The other n ran directly for his COM
p%anions, and his news raised the siege of
the Turner cabin in a moment. Finding
bAAdb ioNeLbclul lOS WIZ OH Ineu UTall,
the Indians made all haste out of the
neighborhood and could not be over
taken.
Grandfather was like a child when re-
leased. He laughed and cried by turns,
threw his arms around grandmother,
shook hands with the men and acted
like n gone crazy. He had been
cruelty used by the red r~ascals, and was
80 weak when he attempted to start
homeward that the men had to carry
him most Of the way. The couple were
not a week getting out of the state, going
back to their old home; and in time
grandfather recovered and was about
again. Blu to the day of his death,
when grandmother took occasion at the
breakfast table to say that she had
dreamed Of this or that, he never again
charged her with being whimsical, or ex-
pressed a desire to see her midnight Wis
ions fulfilled. IN. Quad in Ballou's
Monthly.