Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1904-02-11

a young todrriOr ledpcd high aud telI
porolyzed.
the air with suggestion OF vicious
was outstfipping all lis fellows leaped
high and fell para!y2ec
Cant shoo: wo'tI Gen." NUT
tered the old man, deftly beginning 10
reload his gun the while. but I jes'
happened to hit that buck. lie'll never
git my scalp. thet's sartin and sure"
Beverley and kcntoh each likewise
dropped an Indian, but the shots did
not even check the rush Long Hair
had planned To capture his prey. not
kill H. Every savage had his orders TO
take the white men alive. Hamilton's
larger reward depended on this.
Right on they came, as fast as their
nimble legs could carry them, yelling
like demons, and they reached the
grove before the three white men could
reload their guns. Then every war
rior took cover behind q tree and be
gan scrambling forward from bole 10
bole, thus approaching rapidly without
much exposure.
a struggle ensued which for dcsper-
ate energy has probably never been
surpassed. Like three lions at bay,
the white men met the shock. and lion
like they fought In the midst OF seven
teen stalwart and determined savages.
Don't kill them. Take them alive.
Throw them down and hold them" vas
Long Hairs order, loudly shouted In
the tongue OF his tribe.
Both kenton and Jazon understood
every word and know the significance
Of such command from the leader. II
naturally came into Kenton's mind
that Hamilton had been Informed Of
his visit 20 Vinccnncs and had offered
a reward for his cagtar2. THIS being
true, death rs a spy would b. the GER
tain result II he were taken back. He
might as well die now. Az for Bever-
ley, he thought only Of Alice yondcr as
he had left her n prisoner In Hamil-
| toms hands. Oncle JaEOn. IL he thought
at all, probably consiG red nothing but
present ESCAPE, though IL pIGyCd audi
bly, 10 the Bless d Virgin even while he
lay helpless upon the ground pinned
down by the weight Of al enormous
Indian. He could not move any part OF
himself save his lips. and these me-
chanically put forth the wheeling sup
| plication.
Beverley and Kcnton. being young
and powerful. were not so easily mas
tered. For awhile indeed they ap-
peared 20 be mOrc than holding their
| own. They tirlc AMI time a6ain scat
tered the entire crowd by the violence
| Of their muscular C~orts, and after II
had finally closed In upon them in n
solid body they swayed and swung II
back and forth and round and round
until the writing, savage mass looked
| as n caught in the vortex of whirl-
| wind. Hut each tremendous cSCrtion
| could not last long Eight "a one made
1 too great a difference between the CON-
| tending parties. and the only possible
conclusion OF the struggle soon came.
| Seized upon by desperate, chnging.
| wolfike assailants, the white men felt
their arms, legs and bodies weighted
down and their strength fast spAng.
Kenton fell NEXT sfter OuoAs JaEoH
and was soon tightly bound w1th raw
hide thongs He lay on his back pant
| ing and utterly exhausted, while Bev-
erley still kept up the unequal light.
Long Hair sprang In az the last mo-
ment TO make doubly certain the secur-
| ing OF his most important captive. He
flung his long and powerful arms
around beverley from behind and
made a great effort TO throw him upon
the ground The young man. feeling
! this fresh and vigorous clasp, turned
himself about TO put forth one more
mighty squirt OF power. He lifted the
stalwart Indian bodiiy and dashed him
headlong against the buttresssd root OF
a tree half rod distant. breaking the
smaller bone Of his left forearm and
we'll nigh knocking him senseiees.
II was a hne e1hib4tton Of manly
strength. but there could be nothing
gained by II A blow on the back Of
his head the next instant stretched
Beverley face downward and uncon-
scious on the groind- The sayages turn
ed him over and looked satisfied when
they found tb-t he was not dead They
bound him with even greater care than
they had shown In securing the others,
while Long HAIR rtood by stohdly look
ing Oh, meantime supporting his broken
| forearm IN his hand
Ugh. dng!- he grunted and gave
Beverley a kick IN the side. Then
turning a fendish stare upon Onele
Jazon, he proceeded to deliver against
his old, dry ribs three or four Nike con-
tributions with resembling effect.
"Polecat! Little old greasy woman
he snarled. make good Ore for war
rior To dance hyT Kenton also re-
ceived his full share Of TIA kicks and
verbal abuse, after which Long Hair
| gave orders for fires TO be built. Then
he looked 10 his hurt arm and had the
bone set and bandaged, never 50 much
as wincing the while.
1t was soon apparent,that the Indians
| purposed to celebrate their successful
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