The Grenada gazette., 1888-05-05


gin to rear and plunge as they came (
near the south end of the field whic
was fringed by the forest. She .aw
her husband pulling them and sing
the whip. but in a moment mo re the
animals dashed off at full spec inst
as they started, grandmothe' heard a
faint "Yi! yir and the ne =, moment
caught sight of score G 1 sayages as
they dashed out of the W. ,ods and made
for her husband.
just exactly as ( ,Ireamed.n she
whispered to hers At lifting the rifle
clear of the floor
grandfather aught sight Of the red
SKINS rs soon As they broke cover, and
he wheeled and made for the house at
his best p' &c. For few rods he held
his own but then his fifty yards be-
gan to tell on him. and the shouting
lnula as began to gain. They were
thlr " rods behind him at the start, but
b' fore half the distance to the house
Aad been traycrsed they We're not ten
( rods behind
run. father! run for your life!
shouted grandmother, waving her hand
TO him; and he did his best.
But the o3d man did not have it in
him. He WAS within ritle-Shot of the
door, when the redskins bore him down
to the grass, right in plain sight of his
wife. Five or six of them halted to
take care of the prisoner, and the rest,
whooping and yelling, made for the
house Grandmother stood square in
the door, and the rifle was slowly
lifted, When the foremost savage was
twenty rods away, out on line went
the barrel, there was q quick report,
and the Indian fell forward on the
grass, Then she stepped back, closed
the door, and the next moment
the shouting demons jumped against
it. The door stood like a rock.
Batllcd and disappointed, the
Indians hacked at the boards with
their tomahawks. as if to hew their
way in. Striking away. one of the
blows fell on a knot in the plank. and
the knot fell at the woman $ feet. while
a hole as large as 4 mans fist was left
in the door Encouraged by this, the
Indians were chopping away. when
grandmother seized the revolver took
swift aim. and horrible yell mingled
with the report. The Indians then fell
back TO where they had left their pris-
onrr and were out Of range.
Grandfather had his arms tied be-
hind him. aud after few minutes
walked out Il few feet in advance of
his captors, He looked at the house,
then looked back. and refused to obey
the command given Him. The Indians
advanced, drew their tomahawks, and
then the captive shouted:
"Nancy. Nancy unbar the door,
leave the rifle in the house, and come
out here. They won't hurt you"
The wife heard every word Of it, and
the trembling tones Of the old mans
voice made her heart ache. But she
knew that the Indians had forced him
to make the appeal, and that it was
only rusc for them to get another
prisoner. She made no reply, and
directly the redskins forced the old
man to speak again
Nancy" he called. The Indians
say If YOU don't come out they will
murder me right here.
1t was the hardest struggle of her
LONG life, but grandmother realized
that both would certainly be murdered
if She complied, and that if she held
ont there was hope that help might
come from imnlirrants or hunters be-
fore night. Tears came to her eyes,
and she could not choke down her sobs
"a She thoucht Of her husbands fate;
but she was determined to resist to the
last, As She did not reply, one of the
Indians, who could speak English quite
well, stepped out and shouted:
Come, hurry M. quick! You no
como ont we kin old man,n
.p.t4r Bornps" shouted old grand
mother her month at the knot-bole. II
know that Won don't want me to come
ont and shall not come, | have the rifle
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