The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12
Editorial and Literary Department
name Of Simon Fleetwood

name of Simon Fleetwood.
IN the name OF common sense how
DID You get here" asked tleetwood.
Harry tod him ABOUT his capture,
and when he was through, Fleetwood!
SAID: Everything nappcns Tor the
heu! r pskeG n n" we ws can &C.
Fleetwood laughed, and said, Haven't
YOU eyer heard OF uhooinG, Knots with
your teeth?
NO haven't said Harry.
"Wcll ] can undo Your arms and
then YOU can undo mine, and have q
KNIFE IN my pocket mat Inc Indians
l can stab the guard ana takc his gun
ana then Vel gel AWAY. said Fleet
wood.
Harry Started to reply. but Fleet
wood noiuoned him 10 rcmatn silent
his quic< ear had heard 1oot steps An
Indian came in and brought them
unite tneir hands for them TO cat bu,
he stood with gun in hand all Inc
time.
Thc day at last passed and night
we can sleep Tor 4 half hour" SAID
Fleetwood, but he and Harry both
OVERSIGHT themselves and il WAS Il.
o'clock when Harry awoke. The moon
was shining brightly, and he thought
It was day. lie awokc Fleetwood and
told him that II was day but Fleet
wood said u was Just the moon.
Fleetwood went TO work with his
teeth 70 nnbtnd Hurrys hands and
soon had them undone Harry rubbed
his wrist to start The blood TO circu-
hands.
They were about 10 escape when
they heard some ones footsteps and
the sentinel came. They made as II
they We're sleep. The indian looked
at them and went out, stutionins him.
self at the door.
n, After he had gone Fleetwood raised
TO Harry TO get up as Quietly as pos
Eiblc. They both got up and tiptoed
TO the door. They waited until the
caught him by tho neck and choked
him SO nc could not cry out. while
Fleetwood took his knite and buried
it in him up to the hit The Indian
the Indians gun and then he and
Harry started for home.
They had not gone ten feet before
terrible whoop fell on their ears, caus
lug them 10 turn like q aasn and
there before, them was an Indian with
his gun leYeled at them, They wore
near river and Fleetwood shouted to
Harry 10 dive into the water. Harry
and Fleetwood both dived at the same
moment and they were not q moment
too early, for as they disappeared in
heads They swan over to tho other
side Of the river and plunged into
the woods After they had gonn about
ing to warn the village in which he
lived. and Fleetwood going 10 warn Il
village which was little to the west.
Harry reached home about o'clock
the next morning. His mother was de-
lighted to see him. When he told her
of the Indians she told him to go
and warn the people. so Harry went
and warned the people. and before
night all the people of the village were
safe in the blockhouse.
The night the indians attack ed tho
village. but thanks to Harry's warn
ing, thew ware beaten on. i.aas#s sI5.t
The people were very thankful TO
Harry. and finding that he was poor.
they took UP a collection for him.
When they counted the money Harry
round that 1t was enough money to
keep his mother and his brothers and
sisters comfortable for q long time.
Harry worked his way through colleges
and became q doctor and was pros
porous all of his life.
SAMUEL GRAHAM KELLY, M
BrodnaX. Va, February 10, 1911.