Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-05-02

admit It. All the same, you must ac-
knowledge that my forebodings have SO
far proved only too true, and if the flight
of that maybe does not prove presage Of
sorrow / shall be agreeably surprised"
''I have not the least doubt it will Sor-
row Is sure to come sooner or later-rather
sooner than later; mirth, too, whether
magpies fly singly or IN pairs; so are we'd
dings and births-at the rate Of q few
thousand day"
Don't talk nonsense, Mr.. Erie" re-
turned Nab. impatiently (she was not used
to being chaffed). 1.-The sign is only for
those by whom it is seen. The appearance
of that maybe BODIED sorrow for some Of
u.s. Of that l am sure.''
(Which of US is going to be married,
then? For see, there are three Of them fly
ing over that tree!''
This time the queen did not answer; but
a minute later she uttered an exclamation.
"Stopl Look therer' she cried.
Her sharp eyes had detected a deer
browsing in a glade few hundred yards
ahead. 1 instinctively raised my rifle to
my shoulder, and as l pulled the trigger
the creature bounded away.
"Confound It'll" I exclaimed. "I forgot
l. SDiSnQlu
shot should have hadi However, l will
be ready for the next" And with that
opened the breech and inserted a cartridge.
''Let me have one, too" said Nab (she
was a keen sportswoman). 81 wonder
whether could hit a deers"
"I have no doubt you could. There,
your piece is charged. You shall have the
first shot, if we do see another; and if you
miss I will try. Thought you said Swamp
Island was inhabited only by snakes and
alligators."
There may be also few deer Or per-
haps the one we saw just now has crossed
over from Fair Island"
I'm that case there is likely to be track
and a ford not far off. We must keep our
eyes open"
AS we went through the glade, looking
carefully for the slot of the deer, Butter
cup, who was just then leading the way,
came to sudden stop, like pointer set
ting game.
"Do you see something's" L asked.
"Ratherl Look therer'
"The embers of a fire, hardly cold, and
feathers and bones! Who has been cook
ing there, [ wonder--snakes or alIigatorsS
Or perhaps it is the deer we saw little
while since"
SIT is very strange" said Nab. 'I am
sure nobody is living here, or should have
heard. Hunters from Fair Islands But
why hunters should come here when game
is so much more abundant over there,
don't quite see."
There is no accounting for TASTE" put
in. "They must be hunters, and If we
can find them, their coming will be all the
better for US. They can show US the way"
''There they are But"
"Back! back! behind the trees!-for your
lives, behind the treesT' l cried, as an ar
row whistled past my head, and another
grazed the queens shoulder.
Poor Buttercup was less fortunate. AS
half dozen nearly naked savages came
toward us at run, spears in hand. he fell
to the ground without groan, struck
through the heart.
at will take the man to my right; you
take the next" said to the queen. 'Now!"
The next moment two of the black fell
lows jumped into the air with yell, and
then fell forward on their faces, deadl
Charge again, quickIyl Here is anoth-
er cartridge" But before we were ready
for second Vo1ley, the remaining TOUR,
after staring at each other for an instant
in evident CONSERVATION, disappeared into
the forest.
Nab threw down her rifle, knelt beside
Buttercup, and raised his head.
MY poor, poor boy They have killed
him!-they have killed himI'' she cried, as
the tears streamed down her cheeks. ''Oh,
how shall tell his mothers Say, Mr..
ErleI say, Marianl how shall 1 tell his
uothers She had only him"
To be continued.