The Press., 1889-12-12
aYou had better not. She's just as dan-

~~~'- gerous and treacherous as poison ser pent."
 '.What makes you think so ?"
 ssWhat would make me think there was an otter around If saw slide, or a beaver if I saw a dam I always know what kind of an animal is about the minute
 see it's trail.''
 ssYou are much mistaken about her Joe. She loves me to distraction" 'Very well, now, but reckon 1t won't
 always be so. You don't expect to remain I in these woods until you die!y
 ssNo, thank heaven another 12 months
 will see me clear of them forever"
 'sAnd what are you going to do with the
 girl when you leave P
 ssWhat makes you ask such question P you know, and -"
 s.I don't intend to. Hundreds have mar l ried-the ceremony is only mere farce = l married so uaws before, and left them when- ever they pleased.
 j ssAnd you intend to do so ? I Certainly. Do you think l would be I fool enough to take copper skinned wife 1 home, and be made the laughing stock of I all my friends ?"
 .sThen you had betterlook out for your self. That is all have got to say, and 4 what in the name of thunder is that P I Joe's keen ear had heard slight rust I ling in the bushes, and in moment after I there was plunge in the lake.
 sI guess it was only a frightened otter, J l he continued, as he proceeded to rearrange bl the wood on the fire
 .] An otterl How quickly he would have I changed his mind if he had seen the form Il of the Indian girl, Bright Eyes, as she ], crawled upon the shore at little distance t and dartedl along the homeward trail al j most az swift and noiseless as the wind | She had listened to every word knew that : she was to be- made wife and then de | serted-knew that all the promises of hel | white lover were lies {! An if there wat ever a hell raging in human bosom-eve i brow blacker than thunder -cloud-i sEwas hers, as she rushed toward her wig !; wam, with her fingers playing convulsiveiy f with her long, sharp knife. E But the next day, when she met L"garde 3 she was as calm as 8 summer morning r She yielded to'his embraces she returned a them with interest she showed her lov, l so warmly that if he had any doubt he wa r more than satisfied now.
 S "Come." he said, 'tell me when yo7 3 will be my wife. '" ! ''Let the palefacs be at yonder rock, T she replied, pointing to distant one, ''be q fore the sun has drank up the dew. Ther q She will not be long. She will then all J Iswer."
 e And so it was decided, and. the gray c | morning found Legarle at the trystin l. place. But the hours crept along and Il a was yet alone. The sun rose and 5ega
 heating all around hlm. Something mus !. have detained the Indian girl, he fancie ' and he determined to wait yet longer. Sue e denly, however, he was aroused by star T ling hiss. He turned and saw a huge Ia e tlesnake crawling up the side of the rock Q Fleeing toward the other side (for he wa n unarmed and there was not even st1c IS for defense near) he would have descend a led, but was met by another serpent. Fc
 Ia moment he stood overpowered by feal a Then he saw the scaly monsters crawlin }, up toward him in every direction-knowin ,l that the hot sums rays had lured them frol their holes-knew that he was standln over their den, and thousands upon thous d ands were surrounding him.
 "Oh, my God What shall do?' bur. from his lips in the terrible agony of tn it moment. is A wild, ringing, almost fiendish laug l, lrang upon his ears, as if in reply, ant AOOAAhe uPa AO cnW DLASAb cS SIduuiu le upon a rock high above him. d s1BrighkEyes Bright Eyes! For hea d en's sake save me P he shouted, and tk of answer came back, borne by the wind n his ears se 'The paleface's tongue is as false as tt g lserpent's. He would have made her h
 wife and then deserted her. The very nigl t. she promised to be his she crawled nes is his wigwam and heard all. She told hi e. to come here-here to the very center 1- the serpent's den for his answer IT if poisoned teeth and fiery tongues will gi,
 it to him. See P
 to The pen could not if it would, and wou ,e not if it could, describe the scene that fo III lowed. The Indian girl from her lof is lookout, saw all-saw human form fyh or ing with countless serpents, whose fang m were driven deep into the quivering fes IS She saw him fight with the courage of d ly spair. She heard his prayers for mert ,e and answered with horrid mocking laug le1 ter. She saw the maddened wretch COT