Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-29

any good T. he. or e tn ones thct he
heart was set on, I'd drag 'em out. glad
", an throw 'em down before her. An
as kept on lookin', for her eyes was OF
tn cradle an she wasn't takin' any no
tice o. me. an thought o. tn fate the
might be in store fer her before tn gam
we'd got ready ter was played t b. finisl
thet night, promised myself, firm an
true, tibet if 1t came t the worst sh
should have my last cartridge full in he
pure, lovin' heart T. send her straight {
Heaven safe an easy.
An then thought . ti' baby; an
though I knew what slim chance th
was thet tn redskins 'I'd load them.
selves weth live plunder, KNOWN well
how swift an not th' pursuit 'u'd be
still tn was a chance. II th' iendi
Drained her, it 'u'd be nigh as short an
merciful as my bullet; an if they die
take her of alive. O. course I knew Win.
ston Il have every man on th' Northern
range out after e n an wipe tn whole
Blackfoot nation OF n th' face o. tn
earth but what he'd bring her back.
Twas torture = me T. think O. her in tn
hands o. tn dirty brutes, but tn was ,
chance an I knew I'd got T. resk it.
As fer tn Chinaman-well, we wa,
men, an 'u'd have t take whut came oul
way.
If they only didn't set US on firel Thes
was th' terrible fear in my mind, though
I hadn't mentioned it = th' others.
But then, on the other hand-hark
At last my strained ear had caught th
long dreaded sound. Th' thud, thud
q horses feet on a long, steady gallop.
looked at Mrs. Winston, an as her eye
met mine, saw thet she heard it too
an that at last our time had come.
Nobody moved after tn sort o. wavI
thet seemed t. pass over US Jest at first
Everything was ready an there wa
nothin' T. be done till th' attack came
Thud, thudl-nearer, now; quite plain
= our strained hearin'. ClickI-Ovel
tn log bridge, an thud, thudi--up tn
hlll-quite close up Z tn house-an
.hen, all at once, silence!
never want T. live through thet five
minutes ag'in. Where was they2 Dis
mounted aa' srrouaiin' tt' horsei
Creepin' up, weth famin' torches, t fire
III place over our heads an drive US out,
ike rats from sinkin' shipl Crawlin
,y scores through TIL new buildin' I
throw themselves on the door, an burst
n it weth rush, overpower me befere
cd fire shota-Sh-l Is thet step
,utsidea A hand on tn door2
"Now, then, Mrs. Winston; steady
With the guns!-"
"Steve- Steve Scarrett!" Twas
Perry Winston's welcome hail. "Are
rou there, Stevel And sefei Open the
ioor, mani Mary, darlingl Never mind
Steve, but cry it out in my arms, love.
Thanking God, as I do, that it isn't you
hats lying out and burned to death in
The ashes of your own home as poor, Al
ryndal's wife and babies are this night,
Molly"
"Where's young Len Troule at2" said
I, rather gruff, from tn feelin' O. relis
;het had sort O surged up into my throat
md choked my voice at th' hearin' an
light O. Perry.
.'All right, Steve, outside with thc
boys. We met him five miles below the
bend, with the welcome news thai you d
come over here to take care Of my
people; but we'd already heard that the
Piegans were down and had raided thu
'Three.Bar' and were hard on our way
up to look out for my wife and fight the
cusses if we can lay our hands on them.
"You gave US tremendous scare wit
your dark house, Steve. l could y
make it out, but was inclined 70 ~
that they'd cleaned you out. garrisoned
the place and that an attack from u
would be the signal for the murder o
any ofyou that were left alive. Thank
Godl once more, that it's all right.
"George! Steve, you're ready for ,
siege, here! You could stand off regi
meat if they charged in small platoons
Wing, my brave boy. 1 see you meant tc
carve Piegans with that knife. Go and
turn it loose on ham, and knock US uE
some supper lively. for we must hit the
trail north before it gets cold.
"You'll come along, Steve, of course
There'll be no more danger here thi
year, Molly, and please God! we'll fix i.
this time so there'll never be another
Piegan raid into the C9ur dor country.
San Francisco Examiner.