The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-06-28

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then, said Jabe; bat where oan ID d
be?'' 81
..Hey' responded Eph;; s. ou mean
tlseg. Don't you see there's SIX oars 9 e -
the boat? And they're all Fren Lt' men,
too, he added, referring to- the. & crew. re
not the oars. # u. Il. s. j, &, ~ u
ssJabe! Jabe!''1 cried Nellie, excitedly,
! ST see men on an island about halt 9
mile away. They're walking up and
down the shore as if they we're looking looking
for something. Ia
do you SEQ any boatsq' asked Eph.
.sNo.'' ..3
.This is their barge, and its drifted
awav from Them argued Eph, Logically,
ssand if so they're in bad way. what
do they look like?" .
II think they're Frenchmen. There's
one large man that wears sWoiu alAo
appears to give orders.
ssStrange that French soldiers should
come. to such place." said JADE.
II see something else!" cried Nellie,
more excitedly than before.
''What is it?'' asked her husband.
81 see another island with four people
on it. and they are watching the others.
One looks like squaw and the other
like-like-oh, Jabe! But can't tell.
Their backs are turned this way"
81 wish could get up there!'' growled
Jabe. and then, restraining his ;mpa.
thence, he added: ''And do the others
look like Frenchmen, too?" @
ssOh, no! They look ike-Jabe! label
here come the Indians! They've come
around the point of an island, and
they're going straight toward the
Frenchmen. who don't appear to see
| them"
s:Then we'll have to look OUT" said
Eph; 'sfor they'll unite forces and come
in search of the barge. We'd better get
away from this place at once" volley
of rifles followed the last remark.
ssThey're firing on the Frenchmen,:
| cried Nellie, s'but can't see through
the smoke. 1t rises now and the savages
are striking at them with knives ana
tomahawks. Two Of the men jumped IN
the river. An Indian fires at them and
one sinks. Oh, Jabe! it's dreadful!
sight!"
ssBe careful, Nellie, that you don't
fall" said her husband, anxiously.
sits all over" continued Nellie. "Most
of the men were killed at the first fire.
and the rest didn't make any resistance
Now the Indians are scalping the dead'
s.Where is the oficer?''
'sHe jumped in the river and was shot
or drowned
| .Coward!'' muttered Jabe. ''Why
| didn't he die fighting? But where are
| the people you saw on another island?"
II lost sight Of them and they've gone,
| don't know where"
II don't understand it, said Jabe.
''The French are their allies. Why did
! they attack them?'
Its plain enough to me, said Eph,
s:They've been following us for two
| days; they lost us among the islands,
| and then they came upon the French
men, and they said to themselves: Here
| are the fellows that led us such. a
| chaser and then they went in without
| asking any questions. Perhaps they
| didn't care as long as they got a few
| scalps.'
| ''Jabe!" cried Nellie, They've found
| some one hiding and dragged him out.
| He seems to be talking to them and
| pointing to the dead men,"
He's explaining the mistake to
| Them said Jabe.
"They don't believe him" continued
| Nellie. ''Some of them arc throwing
wood on the fire; they're tying his
! hands and feet. Don't you hear him
scream? think he's negro, and they're
going to burn him. Oh, Jabe, must
come down.
She had already commenced the de.
scent, and with her husbands aid,
reached the ground, pale and trembling.
| Then she sat down and wept hyster'
| ically.
| The shrieks of the victim, partly
drowned by the yells Of his torment tors,
soon died away, and dead silence fell
upon the group of fugitives, broken oc.
casionally by a sob from Nellie.
| So engrossed were they by thoughts oil
| the tragic scene enacted so near them
! and by hopes and fears of their own safety
| that they were notaware of the presence
| of a stranger whose curious eyes were
| regarding them from behind the cover
| of the trunk of the tree. Then, recog
nizing Jabe's voice, be stepped boldly
! forth and advanced toward the group
| with noiseless steps, when Nellie raised
| her head, uttered Shrek and, rushing
| forward, threw her arms around the
| new conner.
| 's'Ariel!'' exclaimed her husband, very
! much in the tone of a man who had seen
a ghost. The boy gently disengaged
| himself from the arms of his friend,
| made gesture with his hand and dis.
appeared, but soon returned, followed
| by Marden, Mile. Destain and the
squaw. Jabe's delight at meeting with
| his Captain, of whose fate he had been
| so long uncertain, was undemonstrative,
| but not the less evident, while the ap.
| pearanee of Ninon and the Indian won-
an evoked much curiosity among the
| little group. Mutual explanations fol.
! lowed, and while Marden felt all a SOL
dier's grief at the fall OF Oswego, which
| he knew mus@ have followed soon after
the escape Of Jabe and his companions,
and at the doubtful fate Of his friends in
the garrison, he was too we'll awareof