The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-02

airly, was the Drief reply.
Have the Indians made an attack
''Yc-up, or / wouldn't be here. would
i, mister?'
MANY redslsins?"
| "More'n n hundred"
| How did you get here?"
Jumped onto ole Gray's back an
cum-rode through en-"
| There's blood on your sleeve-you
are wounded?"
| Scratched n lectle with one of them
arrcrs-nary bullet hit me, reckin.
But you'll hev to. hurry, mister.
There's heaps OF 'cm aqin six. an pop
was hit pforc left"
The girl slipped from old Gray's back
and ran to the commanders side.
"What now?" he questioned.
"P'raps you'll let me take fresh
boss, mister, an shooter. had ter
leave mine," she said earnestly.
You mustn't go with u.s."
"You bet yer boots do"
"Give her horse; she won't be in
more danger than to stay here alone"
When the troopers were mounted
Nance spurred her new steed alongside
Of the colonels horse, riding there in
silence for some time.
Then she spoke abruptly: "'Taint
very bad fer six of 'em ter hold back
morc'n hundred" she said, as they
heard the sound of distant firing.
III hope we're not too latc!" muttered
the colonel, anxiously.
'Oh, no, yer amt" she answered,
cheerfully, with the same shriIl laugh.
"Ye hear them guns-an' as long as
pops alive them Injuns'll stay out err
that camp. Hear EN- now! kin tell
pops gun 'mongst million; it sounds
like cannon most, don't 1t? Coin ter
charge, mister?"
Eyes, and you must fall back to the
rear"
"No-up. Not much, don't, mister.
I'll keep right side of YOU"
mo, fall baclS!'
"You bet I'll be right alongside of
you, mister, when we git there. Jest
look! Runnin' already, amt they,
mister?"
1t was true; the Indians suddenly re-
mcmbered that
He who fights and runs away
but seven OF them were captured, with
but two soldiers wounded. Two men,
two women and three children among
the cmigrants were wounded and every
horse lay dead.
Fifteen minutes more would have
wiped them all out" said Private
knowles, grimly, as they encircled the
wagons under which the defenders lay.
Nance slid from her horse and crawled
under the nearest one.
"Are We hurt, pop?" she asked, anx-
iously.
'Nothin morc'n scratch, reclsin.
BE ye hurt, sis?"
jest n muskcttcr bite. Did We see
me go, pop?"
"Ye-up. rcckin / did"
"Wal, | fetched EN-"
~ lnowed We would" Just then the
curtains of the wagon parted.
"Nance!" called the woman.
''I'm here, marin"
''Wharc We bin?"
81 took ole Gray an fetched the SOL
jers."
'Oh, we did. That's lucky We thought
ter do 1t, guess Come in here now.
Jim an Fanny are both bin bulleted."[
"Dad, marm?"
sob, reclin they'll pull Il rough.
but they're fussin'."
The soldiers hitched horses to the
wagons and slowly the cavalcade moved
back to the stage station.
Not word of praise was given to
brave Nance, who had saved them all
from terrible death.
They all take it as a matter of fact"
muttcred Lieut.. Sommers, when the
station was reached at last. "And she
dou't seem to understand that she is as
brave as any soldier that wears the
blue. God bless her homely facet"
''Give her three cheers" shouted
Private Knowles. "Now, boys-three
cheers for Nance!"
The cheers were given with will.
The echo had hardly died away when
n voice came from the pile of blankets
where the father lay.
what you fcllers maxim SIGH fuss
over Nance fer?" he growled.
"Why, she Is heroine; didn't you
know it?l She saved you ALL" was the
astonished reply.
''S'posin' she did! You'd better quit
that noise. Nance is hushin' them
young uns as was bulleted, an she
won't thank yc ter slseer 'em an make
'cm'nervouscr'n they air by howlin' So"
The wagon curtain parted again, and
Nance's white face peered out.
That's so. | ain't done nothin' but
what I'd oughter do for pop an marin
an the younguns, anyhow. But the
younguns is asleep now, an guess I'll
git my arm seen to II the doctor is
handy. Is hep"
The station agent stepped forward
and cut the sleeve from the trembling
arm. The barbed head of IN arrow had
passed entirely through the arm. The
broken shaft told Of Nancc's efforts to
pull it out.--Ella ii. Stratton, in Farm
and Home.
site Of Beishazznr's Palace.
On the site of the great palace of the
kings of babylon, where Belshazzar
held his feasts, a black basalt statue,