The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-05-05


there. not daring to sleep. nearly per-
ishinc with cold and having nothing to
eat except the trifiing remnants of her
corn bread. All this the happy father
heard while he built up a huge fire aud
warmed and fed the Ealf-famished child.
Nv the time she was completely re-
freshed night had fallcn.and she anx-
iously asked:
How far are we from home. father?
Poor mother will be dreadfully fright
cned about us
Less than three miles my pet
Well be there in an hour or two
but. father. the wolves will eat u
up If we leave the fire"
I'VE viii take a good fire with US,
Mad-e.-
And stepping to a large hickory tree.
the experienced hunter stripped off
quantity Of the hanging bark, which,
by the aid of leathcrwood thongs, he
quickly formed into long torch
do you think YOU can walk home,
Madge? If not. can easily carry YOU;
but should like to save these pelts-
.-Oh. YES. father. feel just as strong
as ever now. only very sleepy" replied
tic hardy girl Don't leave such nice
furs behind"
So. while the father skinned the two
wolves. Margery crddled down by the
fire and took comfortable little sleep
Then. lighting the torch. they set oil
for home.
Let me carry the rifle. father: you
have enough to do with that heavy
torch and the pc Its said Margery.
who. like many forest-bred girls "
those troublous times. was perfectly
familiar wit the use Of firearms
| All the way. a. they went along. they
could hear the rustling tread and
whimpering yells Of prowling wolves,
and once an unusually bold one carne
near enough for ;he light to shine
his fiery. green eyes
shoot. Madge. Quick said Robert
Lee: and. coolly a. a veteran. the little
maid threw up her rife and sent .
bullet squarely between the glistcning
balls. the distance being less than forty
| feet
pretty good. nv little woman ex-
claimed the delighted father. and the
rocking pelt was added to the others
A well-made. hickory-bark torch. six
feet long. will. on still night burn
two hours: and that Of our weary
travellers was still of a .-holdablc'
length when they reached the edge OK
their own clearing. Now, as agreed
mon with his wife. the successful
sear..hcr fred off his rifle three times in
Accession as quickly as he could load,
and away through the stump log
s,rewed field. with fiaring light and re-
covered child. he hurried toward the
cabin.
But the watching mother could not
wait. Crying aloud in the sweet agony
of her boundlcss joy. aud closely fol'
lowed by little Waiter. she ran out Ia
| meet her rescued darling: and there en-
! sued a scene such a. angels may r.
;,i,-e over but mortal man cannot de
/ scribe.
/ In conclusion. may say that Mrs
I Lee was my grandaunt- a sister 81 my
: mothers mother. and that from her
: her husband and om Margcry herself
who died two years ago. aged ninety.
4 have frequently Hearu a. s"e
particulars. Moreover. in regard 10 ths
: historically disputed questi.,n as 70 who
e killed Tecumsch. Robert Lee has re
e pcatedly told me that. TO his certain
{ knowledge. this formidable chief wa
e slain by Col. Richard VI. johnson. OF IN
Z Kentucky cavalry. while that gailan
Y officer was himself lying severely
wounded on the ground.-W. Thomson
IN n. y. ledger.