Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-05
FLIGHT.


WnG q settler In tho unlota IN ltoo WnAs
ulowinR one day Hulings was informed BY
= Mohawk Indian that band Of hostile
ssvages was but half days journey away.
IN the nsxt valley, three miles aoross
tho mountain, settler named Hugh Glen
had taken mp grant of land In the pro-
yious year. The family consisted Of man
and wife and two full grown boys. The
Mohawk admitted that he had not warned
the Glens, and ne refused to do 40 now as
he had to push on as quickly az possible to
the main river.
He advised Hulings to fee at onoe. But
the Swede was too brave and unselish to
abandon his neighbor to almost certain
butohery. 49,
"what shall do, Elsai" he said. my
Arst duty IL to you and the child"
"You must warn the 0lens, Marx,
was the plucky woman's reply. There 10
stiu plenty Of time II tho Indians arc hall
. DAYS journey on. While you are gone
Will got ready 70 start for tho fort."
Hulings Kissed his wife and ohild and
hurYied irom tho house with hjs musket
over his shoulder. Is was o'clock when
- r,ached his neighbor's clearing.
HUGH Glen lAy deed inside ne door, el'
mot within touch Of the bedy of his wife.
Tne boyA James and Archibald, Lay near
tho window.
For moment mad thirst for vengeance
drove all else from Hulings' mind. Thcn,
With keen pan0 Of anguish, he remem-
bcred his defenseless wife and child and
lnstantly he was out Of the house and
speoding like deer across the clearing.
Twilight was shrouding the blue rivea
when he staggered across his own clearing.
He saw the black horse saddled and bridled
and tied to sapling. Then the door hew
open, and Elsa came out with the baby IN
one arm and musket on the other.
CAN is ready" she said. "In that bun.
die ON the floor are some things we must
take along hid the cradle and a good
deal else In the bushes and drove the cow
and sheep back into the woods. Our poor,
kind heighborsl'
He helped his wife into the saddle and
Raye her the sleeping child and the bum
die. Then, with last look at the deserted
home, he strode into the forest, leading
the horse after him.
After an hour the fugitives reached the
6usquehanna and forded q shallow stretch
Of water to an island-now known a. Dun
cams island-that lay abreast OF the mouth
Of the Juniata. There was yet the main
channel of the river to be orossed-a three
quarters Of q mile wide surface OF swift
and troubled water Then eight miles
down the other shore was Fort Hunter and
safety.
"Here, tako my gun, Elsa" he said,
"and stick tight to the saddle I'm not
golng to mount till I get across can
nick the way better on foot"
But Just as he entered the water his wife
checked him with q low cry Of dismay.
"Oh, Mark, the money! 1t Is stin In the
crack of the logs beside our bed. How
could have forgotten itf"
Huiing had never doubted that the
money was In the bundle or In Elsa's bo-
som. For q moment he was vexed and In
Olined to sharp words.
"Give me the musket, he said II am
Roina back. Twenty gold sovereigns ars
well worth the journey. We have saved
them for three years, and now the time Of
need Ii coming. We will be Obliged 10
start afresh II tho savases destroy our
home and crops"
His wife begged and entreated him not
% 60 but he judiciously reasoned With
Aer and finally won her reluctant consent
She firmly refused, however, TO push op "a
tho fort alone, and this point he bad "a
Yield.
Hulines helped his wife TO dismount
With the sleeping child and placed them
and tho horse amid thick bushes Nttle
hack from the lower end of toe h&aDd.
Then, musket In hand. he hurried 10 ths
upper point and wsded noiselesely 30 shore
On reaohing tho clearing Hulines foupf
his fears realized. A bar Of yellow light
was flashing on the ground before the oob
IN door. he crawled ON hands and knee
to the rear end Of the cabin and peeret
through crevioe In the back room. Herr
he saw q painted warrior holdinge blazing
torch In one hand, while with the othe
he ransacked chest Of drawers.
He quickly decided what to do Gliding
TO the door, he entered and gained tn
threshold Of the inner room without detec
tion. Then the Shawnee Strengthened q
Hulings' musket.
just then Hulings discovered blood
scalp dangling at tho savage's belt and
His blood boiled with rage aud he wa
about to reverse his muskes and brain th
assassin when he made startling disoo1
ery. A looking glass that hung ovsr Ii
bed showed him second Indian creepan
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Lake q fash Hulings wheeled abou
with yell and fired point blank. He sa'
the savage reel and fall, and instantly b
turned again to confront tho Indian In th
back room.
The latter had by this time grabbed hl
gun from the bed, but before be ooul
raise IL to shoot the maddened settler va
upon him with dubbed musket Thez
was dull crash, and Hugh Glen's mu'
derer lay sprawling on the floor with
broken skull.
Hulings snatched the Indians gun an
jerked the bag Of gold from between th
logs As he dashed for the cabin door
third Shawnee stepped upon the threaholt
The Indian hurled his tomahawk, br
Hulings lodged the weapon and then fret
Without awaiting the result Of hie she
he fed to the inner room, slammed Il
door shut and trampled out THE torch. 3
took his own gun from the bed end drol
ped the other. With two blows he demo
lahad tho xuindoxu aash and ehs,tter mr.