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

across the marshes 4hSrG amohS 4
his bitter enomies, Crewe knew he +
might lind sure succor II only the I
gallant Frenchmen could be made I
aware of what was passing so near
them He saw Margarets eyes fixed |
with terrible appeal upon the hostile /
works wherein for her and for her [
lover lay safety; and. agonized to |
feel his utter helplessness, he raised a I
long and ringing shout which as it (
seemed to him. must reach the very
souls of those behind the ramparts-
Margaret's heart ieapsd with hope.
which hickered out rs she saw the In
Indians laugh grimly at the foolish
effort To be within sight OF help
and yet so infinitely helpless! For
the first time the girl yielded to
complete despair and her head sank
upon her breast.
After skirting for perhaps an hour
red and all but empty channel
which Crewe recognized by hearsay
Us the bed OF the Tantramor Cor Tint
amarre. water of hubbub' the saw
ages suddenly led their eaptives down
the steep cleaning abyss OF mud 10
the edge of the shallow current which
now at low tide. clattered shrilly sea-
ward over clods of blue clay and small
stones rolled down from the uplands.
The place was like hideous gaping
pit. A double winding OF the chan.
mel closed it in above and below.
Some forty or fifty feet over their
heads against pure sky of loveliest
blue. waved u shaggy fringe of salt
grasses yellowing in the autumn air.
This harsh and meagre heritage en-
circled the rim of the chasm and
seemed to make the outer world OF
men infinitely remote. The sun an
hour or two past noon. glared down
Whitley into the guilt and glistened
in myriad OF steely reflections from
the polished but irregular sleeps OF
| slime. There was something so
strange and monstrous in the scene
that Margaret's dull misery was
quIckened TO a nameless horror Sud
| denly voice which she hardly rec.
ognized as that Of he. lover. said
slowly and steadily:
= Margaret this is the end OF our
| journey; we have come to the end.
Looking up she met Crewe's eyes
\ fastened upon her with a gaze which
seemed to sustain her and fill her
nerves with strength. With the end
OF his uncertainty his will became
clear and mis- resolution perfect as
tempered steel. An Indian had
brought two stakes and thrown them
on the mud at the leaders feet
Margaret looked at the tide-mark far
up the dreadful slope, then again into
her lovers face. She understood;
but she gave no sign save that her
skin blanched to more deathly pal.
lor. and she exclaimed in a voice OF
poignant regret: Have we kept sill
ence all these long hours only fol-
this? And had so much to say to
you"'
There will be time" he said
gently and his voice was caress
1.-The food tide has not yet begun.
and it will take some hours And i
was we'll. dear. that we could no
speak for SO you had hope till th'
last to support you while had none
having heard the Indians say we wer,
, to lie though they said not in my
, hearing when or how.
A faint flush OF pride rose into tbs
girl face and she stretched out he
, pinioned arms to him aud cried
] You shall not be deceived in me.
I will be worthy OF you and will no
4 shame our race before these beasts
r BY this time the stakes were driver
into the strong clay. They wer
~
a one little space above the other Il
/ the lower stake they fastened Crewe
r As the girl was being bound to tn
other her arms were freed for a mo
ment that the sayages might NOR
! readily remove her upper garments
!. and by a swift movement she loosene
e her hair SO that it fell about ne
}. knees-the splendid Neville hair sti
o famous in the province. There wa
e no bounty then on English scalps an
} the horror Of the scalping knife wa
q not threatened them. Whom tn
g savages had made their task complet
d they laughed in their victims face
Z and retreated up the steep and owe
the grassy rim.
o Are they gomez" asked the girl
% No they are lying in wait t
h watch us. answered Crewe; and q
J. he ceased speaking mutfled SCUM
= was heard and with a sudden hubbu
). that flied the chasm with clamor th
a first OF the food tide came foamin
Is round the curve and the de5cendin
" current halted as If in fear Of tn
e meeting. The next moment the be
II o. the stream was hidden by a boilin
le reddish torrent racing up the char
IS mel and the tide was creeping b
O. inches toward the captive5' feet FL
Ie an hour or more the bright gulf {
/ death was so loud with this turmo
,r and with the echoes from the re
10 walls OF mud. and the yellow eddie
h OF foam whirled and swept so dizzi
r past their eyes that the captive
is senses were dulled in measure, as
s by some crude anodyne or vast me
al merle influence. When. however. tt
Le channel was about one third full. ar