Year: 1875

But another sight now presented itsel
and one that sent a thrill of fire even
through his chilled bosom. Some
twenty savages appeared suddenly ant
among the number was woman. The
wretch, Milburn, held her by the hand
whirling her. round and round, she
evidently being an unwilling participant
in the revels.


While Moses was watching these pro
ceedings he felt hand grasp him, and
he was drawn from his watery bed He
at once recognized a friend from the
settlement. The savages had become
so excited that they did not notice this
movement. Then the friend cut the
cord which bound the captive, and away
they crept, taking up a position near one
of the fires, but outside the circle.
| In short time after, Milburn came
within few feet of them and as the
eyes of Moses fell upon the face of the
fonaale. suppressed cry escaped him
| but it attracted no attention, for the
yells of the savages drowned the sound.
"What is the matter % asked the
friend of Moses.


"My wife-my wife" he gasped, as
he pointed towards the female.


The friend gazed upon her moment,
and then replied, ''No, Moses, that is
not your wife. It is fifteen years since
you lost her, and that young creature
cannot yet be SO many years Of age"


AT that instant the dancing ceased,
and yells died out. Milburn had ap-
preached the hole in the ice where he
had placed his captive, and as he did SO
he cried out, ''Look here, my brave
Chief Whirlwind-this IS your daugh-
ter. You never saw her before for she
ed your cabin, and carried off her moth
er. [ bring her now to see you die.
This will sweeten your death, or render
it more bitter I care not which. And
here comes your wife. Her beauty is
gone now, and she is but the mere
shadow of her former self. T. am tired
of keeping her a chained captive, and
she may die with you. The girl is old
enough to become my wife, so you may
have your own in death"


Poor Moses was agonized He had
known that he was to become father !;
but that thought had almost passed
from his mind in the grief of losing his
wife. Now that child was before him.
And there came another horror. Over
the ice approached an emaciated wo-
man, her steps tottering, and the chains
which she wore clanking at every move
n1ent. Moses saw the expression of the
face and in that wild eye he felt that q
maddened soul was mirrored. He groan-
ed within himself, and then said, go,
my friend, we are but two, but we must
fight even against such odds. [ Will
save my wife and child, or die by their
sides"


''Then fire." returned the friend, as
he placed a rife in the hands of Moses,
and at the same time raised his own.
Fire, and then rush forward with your
knife


Two shots rang out sharp, and two
savage yells followed, as two dusky
forms leaped into the air and fell for
ward upon their faces then came a
volley from some unseen scource, and
but six of the tiends remained standing,
while the howlings of those who fell
were fearful


Some twenty of the avengers now
arose from concealment behind the diff
ferent fires, and charged toward the
center, where Milburn and his female
captives were still standing. AS Moses
came forward, the william recognized
him, and seemed thunderstruck He
took step backwards, and down he
plunged through the very hole which
he had prepared as the grave of his foe.
He never came to the surface again J;
and his death was a horrible one, es-
pecially as it occurred just as he sup
posed himself thoroughly triumphant.


The husband, wife and child were
ha ppily united, and as they had no lor-
ger a Milburn to trouble them, they oc-
cupied their quiet home upon the Gro
ton unmolested.