The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, 1913-11-10
THE TREE OF DEATH:
ey A. 1. MEsERvE.

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mon stood side by side in the
lsV ;, s the forest one autumn after
n n as S the sun was going down on Ihe ~
\, y nearly of the same age anu III
very prime of life, , .,eo
~, ss,' was armed with long rifle
a knife. . n,,na,ed look
'p '.row and stern determination,
81, Il, mainly showed that some Ill for
r y had come to them.
sd indeed i'll luck had come to one
e ,hsm All that he possessed in this
VI, ,l,I which was dear to him had fall
beneath the hand of the red de-
royer.
n, wife and children had that very
.,nine been slain by the savages,
4 the cabin which had been their
INV home given to the flames.
ue had been absent hunting In the
,0,t at the time, and knew nothing
tbo terrible misfortune which had
fallen him until he stood upon the
% Of his clearing, and saw the work
dovastation which the red fiends
ID DONE
nct White. his friend, stood by and
ppred him as we'll as he could In
4 his hour of need. He seemed to
Nine what was passing in Harris
lind, and he said:
sWe cannot help them. They are
N our aid now. But there is one
Fpg Simon, that we can do. We can
Ne and work for vengeance. Let us
uov the murderers, and not give
er the search until they are wiped
un the earth, or we have fired our
a shot"
you are right, Dick" answered the
RtAer, grasping him by the hand. 81
III live for vengeance"
For the space OF a minute he gave
by to his anguish, then he exclaimed,
pddenly:
Come, the trail is plain before US.
ct US take It and follow on at once
never before thirsted for the blood
a redskin. Now ! would wipe out
Y whole accursed race at one blow
! but had the power to do it"
They lost no more time about the
lns Of the cabin, but started off at
he The trail was easy to follow,
ID they had gone on until they had
ached the point where we see them
ndlng In the heart Of the great 81.
at forest, with the sun going down
tiore them.
TOT a few moments they had been
aadlng motionless, without word
using between them; but now Dick
A'e broke the silence by exclaim.
{;
Slmon' We are almost upon them"
what makes you think so, Dick?
LOOK DO you not see how fresh
aaii is! 1t cannot have been made
nall nour ago. There! Did you see
y wig spring up there? II would
nave done so had it not just been
'''eu down. They are not a mile
'S now and I'll bet they're going to
np about the Hollow Oak"
hope that you may be right. |
" oe dealing blows of vengeance
W. ~, 'nem 1t does seem as though !
s~. aul content myself much longer"
nv" s' YET cautiously, they glided
s~ rs !, 'ne trail, while the sun went
sa Oenlnd the western tree tops
s,ss ue =, shadows of evening began to
' c,sr' thlckly about them.
i h.s an eminence, they could
4 h h the twilight the hollow
\, , usaeath the branches of which
!, ~ ,s.t sure of finding the savages.
Aev ,t nsa' was come when at length
4, ,s s.OOd close to it, and saw shin.
sSs's.s usn The trees the light OF o
Silently they crept nearer and ns.r
h rsa a. a. iast they stood so close to
~ s, Il suat they could count the saw.
"a so osserihs about the fire. They
4 seven seven In number. =
NJ, WIN a .1 as statues they stood
(hles = s' ,neir eyes fixed upon their
esusd slowly y the minutes went by,
hhs WON'T mat the time for them to
a. l ,uuld never come. 80
lpalss,u . Of the camp fire grew paler
asipsd a nc at last only faint glow
-, The savages huddled ahort