Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-01

However. MS Wishes are para
He has also done me the honor
hat. although he does not person
mire me, still. he has no doubt.
red It. one Of his numerous sons
10 induced to marry me. / would
i've the honor Of belonging to the
lmily. What do you say to it,
! It's tempting offer. Shall We
this nice old gentleman
s a grim joke, but despite the
Of the situation the party could
rain from smiling Poor Elsie
became sick at the thought Of
Gor that probably awaited her if
re captured. But she did not
hat there was one stanch soul
crowd who would have a rife
eady for her in the event Of her
Poor Savile grew red at the
put upon his Elsie by this couse-
j savage.
little more talk the savage
here the missing member Of the
b had gone. Then Norah Mac
ried to work on the superstition
lvage. She told him that l was
had taken the form Of pigeon
wn away to where there was a
imp Of white men. and that, as
ns they made any further at
molest her party. the pigeon
come back. and bring a large
white men who would surely
them utterly. The black fellow
houghtful but incredulous. A
10 has given up reading Jack
pt Killer" looks much in the
81 when it is told that if it does
i've itself an old woman riding
poomstick will come down the
and take it away. He. how
ID that if the lady with "the
6bcks and the cheeks like the set
did not give herself up with
hin time the blacks would come
b her. He then retired back
nd the little party retreated to
Some considerable time had
INT in this parley. and the mob
y had been kept from struggling
he highlands in pursuit of game.
j they might possibly have fallen
me.
{D well on in the afternoon when
ke thunderstorm broke. No soon
the storm lifted than the blacks
determined attack upon the
eir idea being to force it at any
hings began to look serious 1t
little less than providential if
I'D come now. SO they must try
Dporize.
Mackenzie. at considerable
danger, again harangued the
She kept him at least half an
king. AT last he began to see
the ruse and darted forward as
ze her. He had begun to think
Pr all the dark eyed. sun kissed
WAS the better of the two wom-
with a laugh the girl drew her
and leveled it full in his face
ked his head and promptly re-
Dt being prepared to die.
the blacks made dash at the
Ork. For a good 20 minutes they
charging a flight Of spears from
immeras. The black gins as
Bucks had climbed on to the
where they began to tear down
stones, quite regardless of the
1t their comrades were falling
Dund them.
med as if Providence had alto
deserted the little band.
- few minutes aid did not come,
ould be another addition to the
of bloody massacres in the his
n2Australian colonization.
now the determined savages
[~awling over the barricade. Il
Doon be all up with the little
~ Must Savile and Jack put into
pn what they had agreed uron
d one of the women relieve them
work and do it hersclfy In an
minute it would have been done
which has been done by heroic
before rather than they should
the hands of fiends-had not
kpected interruption occurred.
outside the outer circle Of the
vas heard a "bang, bang. bang,
'hurrah "a right lUsty. heart
British cheer. and a semicircle
Fiaen swept up swiftly and pitt
surrounding the savages. In an.
D.cond certain bullcts that had
ntended for very different billet!
more satisfactory ones. Sayilt
pleasure Of exchanging compli-
With the chivalrous old potentat'
ld made such modest advances il
nrning. The latter left hehinC
sepgfation for gallantry and en-
that King Henry VIII himsef
have envied. but that was all h,
DIS many widows did not evel
'ack To that spot &c gather up an'
Etr his homes
ossssSs were e-nsh. il their owl
4 iis pigeon taat Moran a.,at s4n Il
4 4e ID chief with ha,
s., ct LEX nj
a sent a z.an 6