Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-20

table with startling effect. and then,
after = moments confusion. continued
she loaded the gun. and went down
70 the foot Of the stairs. and looked
through the lateh-hole Of the stair door.
so-and-ye-. and the Indian was
at the window. That window His
two eyes were staring with wonder on
tho Two Brass Kettles He had prOoa-
bly, never seen q kettle like these Be
forc. and hs did mol, know what they
we're
While he stood staring and wonder
ing the kettles began to move Two
little hands protruded under the bail oil
each OF them. like turtles paws. for the
kettles stood on the ear which lifted
them ! little way from the floor One
OF the children began TO creep out and
cry. moving the kettle The other be
gan 20 do the IN The cries caused
the kettle 70 ring Two creeping ket-
Ties, They looked like two big beetles
or water turtles. and such the Indian
might have thought them 10 bs. but
fhey beloved ike two brazen animals.
snd-dti you ever hear a child cry un-
der \ kettleg' said Uncle Zebedee.
with a curious smile
We all confessed tia, we never had
Then. child. you just get under one
Of those kettles and hOlIOr- You
needn't be afraid there amt no Indians
nov to do sc any harm HOlIsr
lOud.'
did 40
"Do you hear ;ha;s' said Uncle
Zebssiee- You never heard such a
sound - that before Hollow a. q
bell just like a man With lungs Of
brass and no body There. let another
little fellow try it."
Another child was placed under ous
Of the kettles. and uttered a cOntin-
nous cry The sound rang all over the
NJ
There" said Uncle Zsbedee. did
any one every hear any thing like
,hat2 It rings all over the room. scary
ike.
Well. The children did no, know
about the Indian. and they began
to creep toward the light Of the win
dow. moving the kettles like two enor-
mou beetles and crying. and making
tho kettles rumble and rumble ali
around. boom-oom-OOm. Just like that.
The Indians black eyes glowed like
fire. and he raised his gun and fired al
one OF the kettles. But nothing came
Of it, the shot dill not harm the child
under the kettle. Il frightened both
IT the children. and made them cry the
louder and louder. and scream a.
though they . frantic Ugh said
the Indian. Him no goot-'
The kettles were all alive now.
moving and echoing. He was more
puzzled than before What kind o.
creatures could these be with great
brass back and living paws. and full o.
unheart-of noises like thO=e9 Ugh.
ugh said be. Just like that. The ket
Ties kept moving and sounding. and the
Indian grew more and more excited n.
he watched them Suddenly he threw
up his great arms and turned his back,
and-nOw it all goes from me again"
He said. Ugh and threw up hi.
arms and turned his back" prompted
aunt
And the maid opened the stair doc,
aud fred" continued Uncle Zsbeiee
She drew quickly back and waited fOl
the family to return The childrer
/ continued to cry But they were safe
a they could not oversurn the kettles
and bullets could not reach them Tn.
fami : came in an hour in great alarm
They had seen human blood in n.
rOad. but no Indian
~ few days aftsrvard the Indian
body Was found in some hazel bushe,
by the brook 1t was buried in th.
meadow there. and"
The Indians grave" said aunt
prompting
Yes. l used to nov over it when
was a boy. and"
That is all. Uncle Zebsdse.- sal,
aunt You've got through now"
Yes. I've get through now don
think that I shall ever tell that s.or,
again-and-
There Was something pathetic. an,
yet beautifully prophetic. in the coutiu
uance- The slanting sun shous thrOugI
the old window. and the chipperin- Q
birds vas heard in the fields
Uncle Zebedee never did tell IN
stO-y agan The final conjunction @
his long. peaceful life came 500 afse
he told the tale to me The violet
and NOSES cover him in the old Doc
chester burying-ground The oil
house - gone. the two kettles the cun
and even the cray stone from the Gel
that rudely marked the Indians grave
-Hezexiah B~usterworth. in Youth
Companion