Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1892-01-05
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Olier.
could depond for but small aid on
the settlera Some OF them, indeed.
cursed the foul murder In no stinted
speech: but others, again, Imputed
little crime to the blood stained red
sl1ins, and even went 40 fur ass - jstss
tify his sneGkinR code Of Yengeances
Olier had LETT the district, but q car-
tain instinct told me he would ero
long como back again
Safe he was In the tang gted thickefS
but to the end. I knew that no covert
under heaven would preseryo him
harmless from my wrath.
Winter set In, hnrd, and white, and
cold. The river Scugog ives . Lowell
road Of ice. No path could now DO
below our village Scarcely hHd wins
ter settled down Tor his undlstuFbed
reign, when I heard whfsnerings
that the villain half breed was again
hoverfng on tho outskirts oftholset-
tlement. ,.s 6 ,a
A terrible scheme Of vengeance
swept across my soul and felt, NO
matter how fiendish the spirit, that
the doom OF the half breed was f1xsd,
and that I was TO be hia unrelenting
executioner
Night after night I lay concealed at
the bluff, awaiting the murderer;
was armed with pistols and wore
skates.
No sooner was he past my hiding
place than, with q shout of exuIta-
tion, I started on his track. Oller
swerved q moment, TO see who his pur-
euer was, then. quick as lightning.
tEied to double up the river again.
But I had anticipated this, and with
q cooked pistol in either hand Z
barred his pass0se. With q curse. be
turned, and sped swiftly down the
ice. -.E 81 is..i,,5
And now the race for lie began.
Mile after mile We swept along In
silence. An awful, portentosss ailehca
It was, through which nothing broke
save the hollow boom Of the swift
steel cutting its way over the impris-
oned river. The moon lit me nobly
to my vengeance. He could not es-
cape me, for found with savage ;gieef
that was q match tor the swift.
footed Indian. Olier sooR became
aware OF this too, for, now and Agaln,
he would skate close to the woods,
looking in vain for an aperture. But
no; there was but one outlet from
this walied-iu river; and that was
over the fallsl
Faster aud faster yet wo skated to-
ward the cataract. It could not be
far oil. Iisaw him In tho pale glim-
mer start convulsively, and throw his
arms In the air; but he dared not
stop, and on he dGrted again with q y-s'
OF despair which echoed WtcrdS: Wa,'Ii
~ -
came to my ears, aud 1 & sogn d
bad eeGsed that cry Of ag !asgg.opy Is b,,lt Wnat
sro s[om oner; ts was tEne dun thunei l
Sast ~ &ere nearing them
Aoarser ahd louder grow tba no,..
OF the waters From the ti1na ''Iis9 i,s4'
hrst etaEked on Oilers track va ha'i I
InaintHaned exactly the same tIistnroe No.
osSWeen ua--perhaps about hmnass1I
OF hundred and dfty yards. r st,II
grasped my loaded pistols. reatlv ~.
any stratagem on the part Of fthe mn, ~
oeSeE when was within twenty
yarda OF him. the coward faltarsd any
aga..aturned swiftly down the fIysr
Wlsn ayelling laugh, 1 pursiIed ~,
pEesslnkstill moro hotly on fiis trani-'
OeaIenihy was the roar ofltbS; aatA
saes; high Ito the pale sky sscandaS 49,.
= sne MS ~ ot ~ spray, through wbIch
stle sPiinteted . mes of the uioontis,ht
daEted In Eainbcs tinted bsattty Enr ns
9n instant the hal' breed f.SsS.d TSE NE
face toward me, as t,resssS t i ea ms
centrated hate on his ~ y : .slsn Z, con-
shan forget the hdsa,,l s. NeYef
that distorted the Villas epair
It was mercy that the sui eetureS:
the falls drowned his curseL,E oar OF
he was shHloking curses on Rnew
they would have haunted me in az
years. So
With the courage which Is begott
Of the darkest despair, he dashed on
to the brink OF the rapids, and tho
zezt was alone on the Zee
! gazed with stern Joy on the dark
flood which had seized In its. resist
less handa the shedder of blood, and
was hurrying him over tho falls. For
q moment thought I could sec the
murderer struggling In the eddles;
but this iHusion, II It was one, could
only live for an instant. The cataract
was within pistol shot. and as I
turned back over the dreaFy wilder.
moss OF leo and snow, ] knew that the
doom of the guilty skater had been
fulfilled. ai