Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-09-28


it's ruddy lips, and to tap the little
fellows chubby cheek.
1t was late in the afternoon, and
she was beginning to expect the
husbands return, although he
might remain away for full an hour
more. Suddenly, while she stood
within the room, and her head was
downcast, she observed shadow
thrown within the door, and looking
up, saw brawny Indian staring at
her. The presence of a savage did
not necessarily cause her alarm, for
hardly day passed that she did not
see them; but there was something
in the appearance of the one before
her, that caused her heart to throb
unanimously, and that filled her
with terror.
Still, the woman was worthy of
being the wife of settler, and she
Gained herself as much as possible,
and notioned to the Indian to take
seat. The moment he stirred she
noticed he was intoxicated. He
staggered uncertainty forward, and
into a chair, and then sat blinking,
nodding, hiccoughing, and looking
stupidity at the woman, who was so
bravely endeavoring to appear i'll
different and self-possessed.
"Sumkin eat" he called out in
broken tones.
She instantly offered him a huge
slice of bread. He took it, turned
it over in his hand several times, as
if uncertain of its identity, and then
with grunt, flung it away from
him.
"Sumkin drink he jerked out
spasmodically.
She brought him Il pitcher of
milk. He inserted his probocis in
it, snuffed, took a swallow, and then
hurled it to the floor, with an ex-
preston that was perfectly diaboli-
cal. The crash of the crockery
awoke the infant, which took a sur
yey of things, and seeing the huge
monster sitting by the door, set up
a yell of terror.
"Shet up! tomahawk" called out
the savage, laying his hand on the
handle of his tomahawk.
The motherby this time, although
terrible alarmed, was fully aroused,
and she laid her hand on large
knife on the table, with the inten-
ton of useing it, in case the brute
should make move toward her off
spring.
1t is not to be supposed that the
infant obeyed the commands of the
savage; infants don't generally do
business in that manner. On the
contrary, he yelled louder and loud
er.
The savage called out to him to
cease his outcries, but with just the
opposite effect intended. Finally he
arose to his feet, and drawing his
tomahawk, made ready to stop his
noise forever.
Had that Indian succeeded in adj
vancing five steps further than he
did, the career and momentous his
tory of the whole American nation
would have been changed.
1t was at this moment, while the
mother like tigress at bay, was
clutching the knife-handle, and
nerving herself for the spring, that
shadow was thrown a second time
across the doorway, paused mo-
mems, and the next instant the In
dian was hurled to the opposite side
of the room, bruised, bleeding, and
senseless, from q terrible blow from
the right arm of the Infatuated
husband
AS he stood, breathless and glow
ering upon the limp form, debating
for a second the best manner of
crushing the life from his body, his
wife sprang forward and threw her
arms around his neck.
HE is nearly dead, harm him no
more"
LET me alone! will kill him."
said he, i'm a hoarse voice, as he
struggled to free himself from the
embrace of his wife.
"You shall not" she persisted,
still clinging to him.
Gradually the storm Of emotion
subsidized, and the husband seated
himself and listened to the narra-
ton. AS she proceeded, he glanced
at the prone savage, as if he would
still spring upon him, but the wife
succeeded in anietinR him until she