Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-03
IN THE TIDE.


befelI Lieut.. Henry Crewe and Mar
saret Neville his bethrothed, who /
disappeared from the infant city of .
Halifax on the afternoon OF Sepiem- /
Der is. 1749. The facts wore gath 1
cred by one Nicholas PinsOn from the !!
mouths of Indians more or less con
cerned. from the members OF the I
Neville family and from much saga (
c.ous conjecture, and woven with an |
Infinite deal of irrelevant detail into {
narrative which has been vigorously |
condensed in the present rendering. |
There was faint opallne haze in /
the afternoon air, and in tae still |
waters OF the harbor the low hills !
with their foliage lightly touched in
bronze and amethyst and amber, were
faithfully reproduced. Into hollow
between two knobs wooded with
beech trees ran shallow cove its
clear waters edged with sand OF q
tender. greenish gray. Close to the
waters edge stood the lovers and
across the silence they could hear
pulsating dimly the hammer OF them
That were building me city.
Listen. said the man. as he drew
the girl closely to him and kissed her
on the forehead those are the
strokes that are making home icr
us
The girl lifted her lips for kiss
that never reached them. The man
was seized from behind dark hand
covered his mouth. aud Lieut. Henry
Crewe, his sword unstirred in his
scabbard. found himself pinioned
hand and foot ere he had time to
realize that other arms were about
him than those OF the woman he loved.
With her it Jared in like fashion; save
that before they covered her mouth
she found time for one long piercing
cry. 1t was heard by those who were
working on the city palisades; but no
man uld tell the direction whence
it cane. Presently q search party
set out for the thick woods lying
little north OF west from the city; but
in the meantime the Indians had car.
ried their captives northward TO the
lakes. and were making all speed on
the Funday coast BY way OF the Shu-
benacadie TRAIL
Henry Crewe was a tall man. and
we'll sinewed and for brief space he
strove so fiegcely with his bonds that
his fair skin flushed well-nigh purple.
and his lips under the yellow mus
tache. curled apart terribly like
those OF beast at bay. Unable 10
endure the anguish of his effort
Margaret ayerted her eyes. for she
knew the hopelessuess OF it Like
all the Nevilles of Nova Scotia to this
day. the girl was somewhat spare OIL
form and feature. with dark hair a
clear dark skin and eyes of deep color
that might be either gray or green.
Her terrible cry had been far less the
utterance OF blind terror than q
deliberate signal TO the garrison a
the fort and so complete was he
seIf-control that when CreWe present.
ly met her gaze his brain grew clearer
he forgot the derision in tho Indians
painted faces. ceased his vain strug
giles and bent all his thought to tn
task of finding means OF deliverance
The captives were thrown int
canoes and padded swiftly TO tn,
head OF the long basin which run
inland for miles from the head OF tn
harbor At the beginning of the
portage their feet were unbound ant
their mouths SCI free from the SUI
locating gags
oh Margaret! MarSas ct! I,
think / should have brought you t
thist' exclaimed Crewe in harsl
voice the moment his lips were free
The girl had confidence in her Low
or power Of finding some way OF pro
tecting her in case no help came fror
the city. Her sole thought now wa
to show herself brave and In no wa
embarrass his Judgment. Before sh
could answer however. the leader o
the band struck Crewe across tn
mouth with the fiat OF his Ratchet, q
a hint that he should keep silence
Had Crewe been alone bound as h
was he would have felled his assail
ant with blow of the foot; but 70
Margarecs sake he forced himself I
endure the indiguity tamely thong
his blue eyes famed with so danger
Gus light that the Indian raised hi
Ratchet again in menace. The girl
heart bied under the stroke and &
sight OF the wounded mouth. but sh
prudently abstained from speech
Only she spoke one word in To-
voice that said all things to her lover
ear. the one word: Beloved"
Late on the following day the ban
dew up thor canoes on the banks {
the Shubenacadie. where its water
began to redden with the tide an
struck through the woods by dar
trail The next day the captive
were tortured by the sight Of whit
steeple IN the distance belonging |
an Acadian settlement Grew
Judged this to DO the village OF Beal
bassin The surmise was confrme
when few hours later after vic
,detour TO avoid the settlement IL
flag OF France was seen waving ov'
the foliage that clothed u long line
heights BY this time the band WI
rtraversing vast expanse of sa
marshes, and, after crossing a lit
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