Telegram-herald., 1889-06-08

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an angry grRgt was Is e1lT rcpiF upoa
r9a+1S a.s Ia pllrs.if. zssi. placing tss bad
CFer He eaoE Moslzz - st1l - B5f-.,.ls
esles, b g4.ezezeG nls p4cs - IS y Keep
e4E q ny say
sun raa CO, keg.aug r. scbbsug tines
fsr n$ ca ., o4e e = aad az eject a. AL
alse- tss n-ndl.2 brute, II = ~ - encourage
1-l1 ili as Isrrid p.lrpSse, for now and thea
- ~@-d p-zse, box bacz Nit1 aa ex,4Lt4l.5,
orf--is4 e4lfesslen upan ts klteo-s fzcs
4aa t2eh sEzggef ~ asaa VITA = boas.
sioafiAs ch1czls thai pierced ~ heart hks
= dagger.
IA th-s manner t1e race vas kept ~ Gutil
h~ A1E w4s rsscaed. Wnea ne p-ounded in-
s-lies el4sed "a he oaoF wifa q baag ard thea
-pcA1d L. Ia g2la - slasl6d uE.1a TIE door,
begged "ept ADJ ksaasd- The brute vas
IS lllfn0Fabls - q rock, and 1 could hear
ny poor paoy p-ealiE IN pl4lntive, wal q Z
4eceats for mamma, mamma, mamma I''
TIE sound of aly lamentations attracted
tie attention of score II halfu4ked.
seepg looking Indians, waO rushed pell-
EleI from thelr cabins - learn tae cause
of the unusual coInmotlou, and 10 them
renewed nay pleading NO s4be 90 MS al
l could get out OF them, and 1 returned =
tho door agaln, knowing that JACK could II
least understand ne
lie gave me no answer, however, content
ing himself with holding al animated con-
faD ia MS own dialect with his comrades en-
the outside. What they were talking
about, 0f course. | could not tel, but was
not - Dc kept long ia ignorance; for 1 Was
suddenly seized, dragged - an adi0inin (
hut and rudely thrust Inside VIA tue
sound Of the key turning ia the lock /
was made prisoner and the feeble wall OF
my child ringing Ia nay ears, fainted-the
intensity Of my mental anguish was more
than | could endure
How long lay thus 1 10 10. know, but
when 4 awOke 10 consciousness al was
silent. listened, but | could not hear my
child = plaiatIve cry IN the adjoining hut.
A horrible thought flashed into my mlnd
Had the dem on Jack killed himi
Alydistracted mind had not vet found the
answer when the sound OF my door being
unlocked was heard, aud the next moment
Jack entered my presence, locking the
door after him. l rushed toward him and
here as hei What have you done with
himF'
The Indian shnok me rudely away.
ghi] grunted he "Boy no good !
Too much yah yahl all time D. boyp'
l would not be thus put OF, and still as
sailed him with my entreaties. tie endured
IL with stolid Indifference for several mo
ments, and then, as If prompted by an
uncomfortable impulse, took one hasty
stride toward me and rudely clutched my
arm. you tell jail man let my Julia come
back demanded be, savagely.
told him / would do all | could, but that
IL as now beyond my power TO effect her
release.
The answer seemed TO goad him on TO
greater fury; his grip tightened upon n Y
arm; his dark eyes emitted a fendish,
wicked glitter, and, drawing from his belt
a keen-edged dirk, he leaned over me and
missed: "You lie. and Jack kill your
/ saw the cleaning blade ascend and
hang trembling above me, and then, with a
loud, despairing shrek, lost conscious
ness.
When / opened my eyes L found nIy hus-
band bending over me and a group Of IA
miliar faces all around me, whom l ct once
recognized as the regular patrons of the
hotel
The fight Of Indian Jack and my frantic
pursuit had been observed by some men
working IN q slaughter-h house near the
rancherie, and. learning some thing was
wrong, they had notified my husband, who,
with several miners, had rushed TO my re-
lief Ny baby boy was found fast asleep in
Jacks cabin, which accounted for my not
hearing him when l recovered from my
swoon some time before.
As for Jack, after being maulod TO the
hearts content OF the indignant miners, he
was given notice to leave the community at
once. which he did, making bee line for
the foothills lying beneath Mount Shasta.
The noble-hearted miners and teamsters.
not satisfied with Riding the neighbor-
hood OF Indian Jack. donated "a larger and
stronger bank to my boy, and showed no
relaxation in their generosity until it was
even heavier than the one old Julia stole.
As for myself-well, L am no longer q
resident Of that part Of the State, and
though l were to live thousand years j
should never forget the horrors OF that
eventful day, or how nearly / became the
victim Of an Indians wrath.-MEs. j. s.
Burroughs, in Overland Monthly.