Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-09

h was gong to avenge the incarceration of his wife by taking the life of my poor, in- nocent boy!
 There was 10 help at hand; if he was saved, 1 alone must save him, and with 8 desperate hope Spurring me on, I bounded out of the door sn frantic, determined pur- suit
 Believing his movements had been unob. served, the Indian had not. made as hurried flight as he might have done, and befcre half the distance to the rancherie had been traveled, was close behind him.
 Bring back my boyr' cried I, in frantic tones. Kill me, if you win but spare my child,"
 An angry gruLt was his only reply upon finding me in pursuit. and. placing his hand over the baby's mouth to still his piteous cries, he quickened his pace so as to keep out of my way.
 Still l ran OF, begging in sobbing tones for my child, but if it had any effect at all upon the tiendish brute, it was to encourage him in his horrid purpose, for now and then he would pause, look back with an exultant, devilish expression upon his hideous face and then swagger off again with a low, gloatlng chuckle that pierced my heart like a dagger.
 In this manner the race was kept up until his hut was reached, when he bounded in- side, closed the door with bang and then locked it. In vain 1 pounded upon the door, begged, wept and pleaded; the brute was as immovable as a rock, and I could hear /, py poor baby pleading in plaintlve, waillng accents for ''mamma, mamma, mammar'
 The sound of my lamentations attracted the attention of a score of half-naled, sleepy-ooking Indians, who rushed pell- nell from their cabins to learn the cause of the unusual commotion, and to them renewed my pleading. No sabe !'' was all 1 could get out of tt em, and returned to the door again, knowing that Jack could at l least understand me.
 | He gave me no answer, however, content. | ing himself with holding an animated con. fab in his own dialect with his comrades on ! the outside. What they were talking about, of course, could not tell, but was notto be kept long in ignorance; for was suddenly seized, dragged to an adjoining hut and rudely thrust inside. With the sound of the key turning in the lock as was made prisoner and the feeble vail o1 my child ringing in my ears, I fainted-the l intensity of my mental anguish was more than I could endure.
 How long lay thus ] do not know, but when 1 awoke to consciousness all was silent. listened, but could not hear my child's plaintlve cry in the adjoining hut tA HoIIlu1G UllOuSuG lulO ny Iuluu | Had the dem on Jack killed hims My distracted mind had not yet 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! 1 rus he'd toward him and frantically grasped his arm My boy Where is he? What have you done with him2"
 The Indian shook me rudely away
 "Ugh!' grunted he. Boy no good Too much yah. yah! all time. D. boyr would not be thus put off, and still as sailed him with my entreaties. He endured 1t with stolid indifference for several mo ments, and then, as if prompted by ar uncomfortable impulse, took one nasty stride toward me and rudely clutched my arm. You tell jail man let my Julia come back"' demanded he, savagely
 I told him ! would do all 1 could, but that it was now beyond my power to effect her release.
 The answer seemed to goad him on te greater fury; his grip frightened upon my arm; h's dark eyes emitted fendish wicked glitter, and, drawing from his bell a keen-edg dirk, he leaned over me ane | hissed: You lie, and Jack kill youn'
 I saw the gleaming blade ascen ane hang trembling above me, and then, with { loud, despairing shriek, lost conscious ness.
 When opened my eyes l found n1y bus band bending over me and a group of ia miliar faces all around me, whom at once recognized as the regular patrons of the l hotel.
 The flight of Indian Jack and my frantic pursuit had been observed by some mer | working slaughter house near tht rancherie, and, learning some thing wa: wrong, they had notified my husband, who | with several miners, had rushed to my 3 lief. My baby-boy was found fast asleep .s Jacks cabin, which accounted for my Ecl hearing him Ns4,en I recovered from m! swoon some time before.
 As for Jack, alter being nauled to the hearts content of the indignant miners, h, was given notice to leave the community a once, which he did, making a bee line fo | the foothills lying beneath Mount Shasta.
 The noble-hearted miners and teamsters not satisfied with ridding the neighbor | hood of Indian Jack, donated larger ant stronger bank to my boy, and showed n, l relaxation in their generosity until it wa even heavier than the one old Julia stole. As for myself-well, I am no longer resident of that part of the State, ant though Iwere to live d thousand years
 should never forget the horrors of tha eventful day, or how nearly l became tn | victim of an Indians wrath.-Mrs. A. s | Burroughs, in Overland Monthly.