The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12
AN ADVENTURE.

Harry Freeman lived in a village
n!, near ths mouth Of the Wabash River.
me oldest of I'VE children, and he and
his mother worked hard, providing
food and clothing for his brothers and
Harry had good, open. honest face
and he liked to work He wanted 10
| become doctor when he was grown
and ne and his mother would live in
nne house and his mother would not
nave TO work any more.
Harry liked to hunt, and as game
gas good in the surrounding country,
hunting.
One morning in November Harry
,kisssd his mother. brothers and sisters
5000 bye and took his gun and wen,
across Wild turkey. After a. time OF
?atient waiting at his turkey blind,
HarIy decided TO, go further into tho
~ooas. he wandered along until he
came TO small branch, where he de-
eided 10 walk by 1t a little ways lie was
Walking along thinking about what
ne wanted to do when he was grown,
~hen .-..le noise like twig break
Ing, caused him to look up. and right
before him was a deer drinking out
Of the branch. He raised his rifle
the, act OF pressing the trigger when
a shot sounded Il little TO his right and
the deer sprang into the air and fell
over dead. .
mad gone OFF accidentally. but he look
Cd At II and was sure that Il had not
~; " me e he s was making II over in hts
breaking and looked up and saw an
indian running towards The deer. he
held his rifle In his hand and as II
had shot tic deer.
The Indian looked at the deer and
felt It 70 see If il was fat After the
indian had looked the deer over he
MS companions came to help him Tho
| Two Indians took the deer between
them and started off with it,
| Larry noticed that both or the IN
dlans were In war paint and that one
Of them had u scalp hanging from
| his belt,
ree eWs',I h hsid h narry e himself q
dams and sec what they are up tor
! SO Harry started on, after tho Two
indians, taking good care not to lot
Them see him re had followed them
dlans put his hands to his mouth and
ola d,a MS. ana am , saw sight th9. he r.
lore. him he saw little clearing. and
in this clearing. grouped about Il fire
were about hfty Indians. all In war
PAIN. about twenty feet from tho fro
them a sentry paced back and forth IN
answer to the Indians whoop two
| more tnhianh came forward and took
the deer and started to skinning 1t.
All at once Harry tolt that he had
to cough. and in spite Of all that he
could do he did SO, The indians turn
ed like flash and not seeing any
thing Cor Harry had started 10 rum.
they scattered about and began look
Ing for Harry The poor boy found
that he could not outrun tho Indians,
so he tried to crawl into n hollow log,
but he was too large. and while he was
trying TO get Into the log an Indian
came up and pulled him out BY Ms
feet.
Harry knew Ina, i, was no rse ia
!. try TO get away from tho Indian BY
running, because the Indian would
catch him bafore he had gone five feet.
ahe lnaiah pecknned Harry TO fol-
low him, and az there was nothing
else TO do he had to GO
The indian carried Harry 10 the
epenIng and then whistled for for his
companions TO come back In a few
: minutes they. al gathered in The clear
ing. Ono OF them caught Harrygby
: the hair and passed his knife around
his head az H. he was going to scalr
him. Harry thought hls last minute
nad come. nut ne soon fodnd out thu;
diana tortured Harry all they want
ed. then one caught him by his dart
and dragged him towards one OF tho
! Wiswams, while several Others follow.
ed after nm with switches with which
i they cut him every once IN a. while
. The Indians bound Harry viii
: hickory bark and put him in the len,
/ and left him. After tic indiana Taf
d left him Harry looked around him No
g lonnd mat nc was not the only prls
a ohcr, there was another man In, tbc
I tent The man was asleep. hue i.
n opened his eyes when Harry spoke [,
I MN. rs soon as Ifarry's eyes fell or
I nc man no knew that they had me