Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-09-15

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long among them not To know them
root aud branch"
"weii, I intend Ia marry her."
"you had better not. shes just as
dangerous and trcacherous asa poison
serpcnt."
..whs, make. you think sof'
"what would make me think that
there was an otter around " ] saw a
q slide, or a beaver " ] saw q dam
I always know what Kind of an animal
l. about the minute I sc- It, trail"
"You are much mistaken about her,
Joe. sh. love. me- to distraction"
every veil, now, but reckon u won't
aIwsy. be so. You don't expect to rc-
main In these woods until YOU dicr'
"No, thank heaven: another twelve
months will see me clear of them Tor
ever"
"And what are you going to DO with
the girl when YOU l.sy.f
"Whst makes you ask such question:
"you can't we'll take her home With
you. you know, and"
II don't intend "a. Hundreds have
m.rried-,he ccr.mony IL only q fsrce-
married .quaw. before, and left them
whenever they pleased
"And yea Intend Ia do .of'
"Cer,ainly. III you think would be
fool enough to take a coPPcr-.klnned
wife home, aud be made the laughing
stock of all my friend.T
Then YOU had better look out Tor
yourself. That !. all have got ,o .av,
and-what In the name of thunder V
thaty'
joe. quick ear had hcarl . slight
u.tIlng Ia the bushes. ani la q moment
after thsrv VA. plunge In the lake.
81 guess " was only frightened
otter, = b. contlnue,i, az he proc-cici to
r,srrange the wood ou M. flrr.
An otter. How quickly he would
have changed his mind " he had seen
the form ot the Indian girl, Bright
Eyc., az she crpwlc'i upon the .hor- at
a llttl. distance, and dartci along the
homewarl trail almost az swim aud
noI.ele-s a. the Wind. She had listened
a. every wopi-kncw that she va. to b.
made a Wife snd then desert-d-knsw
that all the promise. ~ her white lover
we're llc.! Ah N there WAS ever hell
raging In a human bosom-c,cr brow
hlacker than = thundcr-cloui-t was
hers, "a n. rushed toward her wigwsm,
With her hngcr. playing con'ulsl'ely
With her long, sharp knife.
Hut the next day, when she met IL
yarde, she was calm q. summer morn
Ing. She ylcldcl Ia his embraces; she
rrturncI them with Interest; .lc showed
her love 40 warmly that u be had any
doubt he va. more than satisfied nov.
"Com.," h. sald. "tcll the when you
will h. my wlfcf'
"I.~, tl,. pale-ficc H. st yondcr rock,
she replied, polntlng Z" distant one,
"hefof. the .un has drank up all the dew.
Their, 1T hlm rrmaln until iidghi Eycs
comes. she will no, b" long. Then she
will answer"
And az II was dccidcl, an,l the gray
~ IN. morning found i.~garde NJ tl'e
tr,.tlng place. Hut the hour. crcpt
along anl hc ~. Vet alone. The .un
ro.- AMI began heating all around him.
something must have detained the in-
dian girl hc f,nvic,i, and determined Ia
walt vet longer. Suddcnly, however,
hc was aroused by startling has. Tie
turnci ani ssw huge ratilesnake
rrav ling up the side ~ the rock. flc'-
Ing taNar,i the other sllc (for he wss
unarmsd and there was not even stick
for defence near hs would have descrni.
cI. but was met by another serpent.
ror moment he .,ooi o,crpowcrcd 10y
fear. Then be- saw the scaly monsters
crawling up towards him In every dir"c-
tIon-knosing that the suns rays hal
iur,d them from their bolcs-knew
that he was standing over their dcn, aud
thousand. upon uhousands were sur
rounding him.
"Oh. nv God. What shall dot'
bur.t from hi. lip. In the terrible sgcuy
of the moment.
4 Wild, ringing. almost hcudish laugh
rang upon hl. ears, a. u Ia reply, AMI,
looking up he saw bright Eycs standing
upon a rock high above him.
"Bright Eyc-. bright Eye.' For
heaven. .ake save me-" be shouted, and
the answer came hack, borne by the
Wind Ia hls ears:
9Th. pale faces tongue !. as false as
the .erpcnt'.. lie would hay. made her
hI. wife aud then deserted her. The
very night ale promised to bc hl. she
cr,wl.,l near al. wigwam aud heard all
She told him to come here "a th. very
centre 10 the scrpcnts den-for hls an
.wer. The poisoned teeth aud hcry
tongue. will give II 10 him. se.."
IN. pen could not N II would, and
would not " IL could. describe the seen.
that followed. The Indian girl, from
her lofty lookout, .sw all-saw human
form hghtlng with countle.. .erpents,
whose fang. we're driven deep Into the
aulycrins hcsh. She saw him light
with the courage 81 despair. She heard
AL. prayer. for mercy, aud answered
With horrii, mocking laughter. She saw
the maddeucd wretch, completely cover
,t with . network IL .caly coils, leap
h.adlong from the rock-knew that .he
VA. terribly rcyengci, aud calmly
sought old Joe, aud told him that hi.
master wantssi hun.
All! how the old man shuddcred when
IA. found ia. li.igur-d corpse, and rad
Al a glance the true history of the matter.
Ii. eve. could not be deceived, no m u
Ter how much anOthcr's might be-. lie
mad. a coffin of bark, buried the rc-
mains, and even as he was doing so saw
The Incarnats devil of q woman standing
a, a little distance laughing and making
mocking gestures. That sight was to-
much.
"God forgive me-" he muttered be-
tween his teeth. "it may be wrong to
tak. human life, but" The ringing
of ride cut the sentences short, and at
the same time ended human existence.
lie started forward, saw that the In.
dian Girl MAS dead. aud then fastened
to hi. canoe aud ied for his life. lie
had taken the punishment Into his own
hands. Reader. do you or do you not
hl,m. himf-Cinclnnati Inquirer.