Year: 1874

second that the butt came to its place he
pulled the trigger!


The division of second of time had
saved young Chester's life, for simultan-
eous with the report of his own rife came
the crack Of his enemy's, but that the en-
emy was half second too late, and his
ball just grazed the hunters cap, while the
sharp cry of pain that came from the al
ders told fatal tale of him who had laid
in ambush there. With quick bound the
anxious hounds darted forward, and it was
with some difficulty that Orlando could
prevent them from setting their fangs into
the object of his rife, but he soon managed
to restrain them, and on going up to tn g
spot he found powerful Indian writhing in
agony.


The first idea that passed through the
young mans brain was, that the red man
before him was the same who had survived
his rescuing attack week previous, and
that he had now come to seek revenge for
the death Of his three companions but on
a near examination he found himself to be
mistaken, and a peculiar sensation of won
der thrilled through his frame as he dis
covered the fallen Indian to be one whom
he had met on that very day at Jamestown


The red man was groaning with pain,
and as Orlando stopped over him he turned
his CLASSY eyes upon his intended victim,
and as he seemed to have recognized the
young hunters countenance, he uttered


"Poor Indian dead - he killed - the
young hunter of the pale faces be too quick.
Water, water ~


Orlando unclasped the Indians deerskir
bottle from his girdle, and having filled it
with water from clear spot in the bog
near by, he returned and held it to the
dying mans lips. The Indian took few
swallows Of the tepid water, which revived
him little, and on gazing once more
on his captor's face, he said, in broken,
weakening accents, while he vainly at
tempted to raise his hand upon his head


"The pale hunter take my scalp?"


"No, no." returned Orlando with a
shudder I" never sought the red mans
harm and why did you try to kill meq'


"Feel in my pouch-take it off," said
the red man, as his eyes frightened up at
the assurance he had received that his
scalp should not be taken away.


Orlando did as directed, and at further
sign from the Indian he emptied its con-
tents upon the ground, which proved to be
bottle of rum and five half-crowns.


"White man gave poor Indian that to
kill the pale hunter" said the fallen man,
as his eyes rested upon the flask and the
money.


Chow? A white man where ?" ejac-
ualated the young man, while the strange
assurance of Chiron came Vividly back to
his mind, and awakened mingled sensa-
tion of surprise and anxious curiosity.


AT Jamestown returned the Indian.


"Who was it? What was his name p


" l no tell his name. Indian don't know
him. He give me these, and say me shoot
you l put them in my pouch and come
here to wait for you but the pale hunter
was too quick"


"Tell me how you should know him
again if you were to see him."


Poor Indian never know him again
never see him any more for red man must
die"


AS the savage spoke his eyes rolled wild
ly, yet painfully, in their sockets, and
pressing his hand hard against his bosom,
he groaned in his agony. Again Orlando
asked for some clue to the appearance of
the man who had thus bartered for his de-
struction--for the red man spoke the truth
he had not the least doubt-but the dying
man only groaned in his pain, and his
weakening senses reused not to compre-
hend the question that was asked of him.
At length, while quick, meteor-like light
beamed from his eyes, he uttered;


"The red man di es His body will ROT
on the earth-nobody buries him The
pale face gave him lre-water-IndiaD moi
Indian then. was no bad Indlan-l
never killed the pale face, for they no harm
me.n


"You shall be bunedp said the hunter
much affected by the manner Of the Indian
whom he knew to be one Of the friendly
nations that traded with the colonists
and who, he believed, could have no ami
mostly against tho white man. ~ will
myself lay you in the earth"


"Dig deep--set me down sol can lool
towards the place where the sun goes hons
to the Great Spirit--cover up deep-for
give the Indian--he no." and his sou
had f4ad 10 tha iand ~ tss f.4i,..a