Edgefield Advertiser, 1873-02-27

a death dealing meat?ng?r sen?'ah sen?'ahother - other sen?'ahother Indian to hie long.home. " If that waa not Eve they -were? after, I woo'ld really enjby this novel ^niase," said Mintarti,' w'-'he '^artaed with excite^ety,. andaettin^.li|s.te,M' hardj ono?.rjao?'e rajawj Q&?yMVWt rifle, and again a.aavag* W?K?0* ?ir? tered his death-whoop; ' . Antelope had now. brought his master wi thin.a few lengths' of th?; .Indians, and they had also gained greatly upon their intended vi?tim, and panting for revenga for. the losa of their comrades, r.bay. were-fleter were-fletermined - mined were-fletermined to seek their vengeance . upon the frail woman ; and while- two of .tihree remaining warriors, it?rhe? and1 .flied upon ?ftntarn, the/?th?r .raised' his rifle and dis?ha?gg?ljK VW tak taking, - ing, taking, as good aim aa possible -at ;fuU speed, at the horse ridden,by Eve. .. ' Fortunately-ail three.ahota missed; and then, slinging bis rifle .upon: Kif. back,.' Mintorn: drew his revolver v and andrapidly - rapidly andrapidly the chambers .were.' emptied upon the> three ^Te martling -s?vagesr and'with fearful-ef?ecb/?or two-<of them fell, while this -other; seeing j that further flight was . useless, ano?! tliu* broogbt to bay, turned and fac^j .the victoreas ranger. ' '."" ? " ' ' Throwing; h i nra elf from hi?" horse and using him as a safeguard;'ind ai' Minturn d^h?d ^'htirlQdTirs/forhEt1 hawk at Jiis head.' "'. j It waa' Well aimed" aha* grabing the'' temple of the ranger, caused him.' to', reel in his saddle and :?all heavily to the ground. & I With a bound the Indian waa upon bim,-and his greedy hand sought the dara* carling' hair for'the scirji lock :j .ott oniy stunned1 by "the : fall, Mi?^ turn half -rose anil grappled with his red foe, . ' '* Then comenced amerce arid det?d?y. combat, and the knives of the war warrior - rior warrior and his terrible foe clashed' tfeJ gethe'r ; but not long, ''as the broad leert blade-the far famed Bowie-' knife, of .tba white man-soon was , thrust deep in the bosom of the In Indian, - dian, Indian, who with one piercing yell of. ?anguish and rage, fell dead at the victor's feet just as -Eve, who seefug that abe was no longer pursued, dash dashed - ed dashed up to the spot. ' " Eve !" and the dark eyes, full bf the fire of the combat, rested on the face of the woman who had bro broken - ken broken her pledge of lasting love-, and the beautiful woman, upon whora?ve years had made but little change, turned deadly pale as she recognized the man before her, and murmured, murmured," - " murmured," Oh, Minturn ! is it indeed you ?" " Yes, Mrs. Grander, I am Minturn Burke, the man whom yon so cruelly .deceived," answered the young r ger, bitterly. " Whom I deserted ! Oh, Mi nt nm, how can you say that after your cruel letter ?" - - - . - j " Subterfuge is useless, madam. I never addressed one line to you after you left for the convent." " Oh, then we haye both been vic victimized. - timized. victimized. Believe me, had I not heard from ray father that vou were engaged to be married, and receiving a letter purporting to have come l'rom you, telling me that yen no longer loved me, I would not have been forced as it were into marriage wilh Lawrence Granger!" ;' And he ?" " He is now dead and left me all his property, for he wan a good hus husband - band husband to me while he lived." 41 Oh, Eve. your father has done all this to part us. Darling, f yet love-| you, and hope almost .bey<?*pd hope, that you will not now cast me off. " Quickly dill Eve slide from her saddle to the ground, and then the beautiful arms were cast around the neck of the lonely man, as he drew her frantically to his bosom. Just then the sound ol' hoofs was heard, and Mayor Carleton appeared in sight, forhe had followed, rapidly as his horse could go, after Mi?tyrnJ instead of going to the encampment] of the wagon train aathe ranger had directed. Great was his joy to see his daugh daughter - ter daughter safe.- All along the edge of the I Gorge he had notieeVi the effect of | the death-cha^e in seeing. the; dead badiea .of. the Indians,. and -yat ha feared that Eve iuigi$;jot (jia\je? es^j caped,' au? his~duugftter waa lus. ?wl^ Once more he elapsed her, to his' anns, and-as he turned toward Min Minturn, - turn, Minturn, lie said in a choking .voine.-r .voine.-r.' - .' .voine.-r.' Mr. Burke, I have deeply wrong wronged - ed wronged you.and Eve, but you have- had yiiur revenge. I caused your paths tlfrtfugb life to diverge widely, and now my every eftbrt >rh;jjl belo bring| them together again." t u\ ?44 We have su tiered greatly / Mayor Carleton, but how let'the* joy of'this meeting banish-the' past,"' replied Minturn, frankly o'fl?nhg mV hht?d, hht?d,which - which hht?d,which was warmly grasped by'thc repentant man.' . ': " Father, I was. in search of you'| when I came across theae indians; bat Iel us return now to the . camp I f >r I am. ill vfi^fy?iw, *n)j;frfyfct;?j[ said Eve, a, liappy light ahining ?in ?inlier - lier ?inlier eves; and raising ber-to'her sad saddle, - dle, saddle, Minturn, led ' the waj, while Maypr Carleton'brought up the rear. | It was a merry party-. around;'the' wagon train camp-fire thait nish?and| Warmly was Minturn Burke con?.j gratulated on b^is bravery by( th?-' many emigrants, wHo gazed upon him with wonder, after Mayor ?ar ?arleton - leton ?arleton J^ad related to' them thjildatjing exploits of the young man.,., . In-that; far ^??tern-r8>ttret?^t" now fast growing lhto aiovfc ot some someimportance,, - importance,, someimportance,, dw^ll Minturn i?urkV and.Eve, aa man and,' witet\andneith witet\andneither - er witet\andneither of them has ever had cause to re-; gret the terrible'ordeal o? tue'd^atb,-.' Chase'which, brought, f hamL.togelfieij, again after many-years of <n*uei gepa-; r?t??ri '; atfd'bli-??a^?^et?iS ' determined to. make up with lind-, n?ss toward his children, -for the one sinful act of'his life against' them. '. fitr A yoopg lady in-iowa recently whipped ?ot an ' m'dpjfeiH.' ^rj^gr?tfor? with har atoQklug*. She had beard that firemen uso "hose" in stopping Urea, ' and is now- satisfied; ?bat: they aro? the properthldg! ,irT "url j i, ? .-i..-. ... .? . 1 UH , , " "JR. ?ST A sailor, looking serious In ? i cbafrel In Bisten.; %?s ' ??Kod by the' clergy man, ljf bp/ei^gny e^ahg0.? \ 'Wherep ' lipon tiie far put his hand into his poek poekJBL - JBL poekJBL and "a#W,?tm ? cent" I ?r ii iCi..HH

;? ?.. Party Whitewash. The New'. York . Wfr$v[ct^efl$ jjog /?poiu'-thj?. Grjodit :?f?er report;, , presented co Can g ress yesterday ,. sr.y e. - :. H ?Wreprjrt ^omraeide <the ei?ub ei?ub; - ; ei?ub; eionf of '?niesV not' 'fdififleiia^-. Bribels' ting tb^ipfkqpen'??ta ijot/f?f) ho? d' i ag ?tock .which,he,, had DO right to.hohi, but, being a Demo Democrat. - crat. Democrat. ' vit .farther-saya ?bat the com committee - mittee committee bad'one ?taodard of right and wrong fdr* Democrats', and another for ^ublici^, ; and B0f!;;'^ Whafar? the. - o fens es i$f. "Aifa .and. .&Qofci, compared -.withs those pf Garald, .KeHey,.Dawea, Patterson, Wilson and; Colfax ?" .'. -"?4 |<i . ?lu the Strt???- ffc-eomulentmg' upon1 the teooft bf .the Pafond ^pmmiftk rWs ?^?' ?ajr, fe M Iqt?ft Iqt?ft?'ten - ?'ten Iqt?ft?'ten & conclusions bave, been . arrived at honestly, and that''-they may i?aye i?ayebeen - been i?ayebeen able to.find distinctions between briber and bribed) which the people "'will fail to 'd?^bVef ; 'Bbtthe'ir adtfen-" l;?t will be dimcbU.ip.ifemoVe from .the public mi nd-, the impression'-that they,Lave acted -in tie interests ,pf. the majorities in Oongr?as, and. while while- - - while- offering Ames-aud ' Brooks as -cfi -cfi. - . -cfi. fices/ have. eon^fyt'- 1?' ^HhielS"" oth?ts" equally des^ftng^'o?j^ u The 'Timfr vthinlVthat th^? ',e*j" rectiug a whitewashing report uwii}I, e disappointed, aa .&e report is strict- ? ly non-partisan ;r and* for dignity, clearness, and comprehensiveness, de deserves - serves deserves the1 highest praise. The judg judgment - ment judgment gassed' on JBro?f?, and Am?s ^gonwdera fully deserved;' ftegardV Ofcg Kelley .and. barfield, it thinks, they present a most distressing figure ? before the country; and the only com comment- - ment- comment- necessary on their case is that had they token the ri?ht course, and1' .refused to ?ave any fibing to do with .the Credit Mobilier, flip, contradiction would have been necessary. The Tribune thinks ?e resol ti tione illustrate at once the feebleness of the inquiry and the* ^tremendous force of the political organisation tha.t' con trolled and directed,,it. It has bu. one* Q'bject, namely' : to compliment the Presidential campaign with the endorsement of the methods by which it was carried. It insults the honesty and intelligence of Congress. Parti Partisanship - sanship Partisanship neyer stooped . 30 low before. We cannot believe the resolutions will pass, The Sun says : The r ^mittee, in recommending theexfuk^i of Ames and Brooks, and then whitewashing their accomplices, committed a grave offense against official.pur i ty, orderly government, public morals and com common - mon common decency, which/ every member memberof - of memberof the committees-will live -Jong enough to bitterly r?jg-et. All? right rightminded - minded rightminded persons oP?&afcecer political party will indigently resist the par partial, - tial, partial, unwise, unjust and illogical con conclusion - clusion conclusion to which the committee have arrived, and be sure to attribute the strange result of their deliberations to something quite nside from the ftruj. purpose to perform an impera imperative - tive imperative duty without fear or favor. The Tribulation of (lie Mormon Mormonsaints. - saints. Mormonsaints. . SALT LAKE, February 16. The tribulation among the Mor Mormon - mon Mormon leaders, in view cf the proba-*| bility of decisive Congressional action against their institution, is-becoming daily more manifest. Already a re removal - moval removal from Utah is disenssed. One of their organs to-day says that the ?trong arra of power ls to be invoked to make them move on, but where shall they go ? Where is it desired that.they shall next pitch their tents'? The priesthood is understood to be seriously contemplating the possible necessity of another pioneer expedi expedition- - tion- expedition- but it is not generally believed the saints as a body cab ever be induc inducid - id inducid to'aban, don their present homes, There is no dou^t that .Brigham ? Young and his advisers are endeav endeavoring - oring endeavoring to secure a new country for a kingdom; and it is intimated that ne negotiations - gotiations negotiations have been renewed for the ixclivdve possession bf one of the Sandwich Islands. The Reason ? .hy. A young man writes the Murai Neio Yorker from the farm. -AR fol follows - lows follows : 141 am not satisfied with my Mn herc. I feel that I am dorthy ol" something better. What do.you think.\ if the chances /or.getting a good payi.bgippai?i?u.1iiu s?me.f.gOqd^wer.Ti inutile house in ypnx city, Please aAis\yjer." ?hisjoung ,niaq e.\;idept: ly expected a private answer to his fetter.- We think proper to answer it here. The !' ohances fpr getting' a good paying position in,.some (good ! tnercantile house" are very few. We1 know young men who work from ten tb.sixteen hours a day for $15'pel $15'pelweek, - week, $15'pelweek, out of Which they have to pay from $7 io $10 a week for' board 'if they get it in a uepent family or bodVding. house. This affords. but smal?-miirgin for clothings Which,the necessities of the-case, hot to say the temptation to imitate others, render] expensive. Thus young .' men; are tempted to ruin iheir reputations, acr quire habits o? .peculatiOB, learn ,to be unscrupulous, and and, finally, wj?th' becoming ' adventurers, if not crjmiriajs: .- ;* ' We.do not assert that all yoijbg men drift into, dishonest purposes, but tho temptation, is very, strong;' Ind the hope deferred for those who, are honest makes the heart.aick,:and. they-1 speedily find themselves long*) ing for the quiet, peace and comfort bf the country homes they left. No.1 Wo$pf oqrs RW*iflfeS a y0linfi? y0linfi?mjm - mjm y0linfi?mjm to leave ru^ home life'for city or suburban hfe/ . Irksome have done; so and succeeded 1 but at what cast \ Were they any happier?--No-! Did they secure a position whicn gave thefe richpr cp^?wtion in all that ' mhkea .Lfe desirable? No I yfoffj they mSre contented and, Reiter sat satisfied - isfied satisfied with their acquirement here than there? No! We therefore ad advise - vise advise discontented. ' Voohg men in the country;, to make t?e^moSt ?fi ?heir; positon ttpre. .Few do fo-notnine fo-notninely-nin^ - ly-nin^ fo-notninely-nin^ per ,-^u^, of. thein do. The fcest.way to get out .of a place which' One think? ia too smaU.rorbim-rkto grow ont 1 Try" and remember: this].

Fur plo* dr* fer.*, weal br ibr j 'Tis tb e. iaw of our beiug~we reap tm vre, f" ?ow; j,y*? . . , , , . ?We may. try to evade them, may do what * . sprite, v.- . But our acta, like our ahadowsy will fol-. I ..J^W "us still, . . .' ' ; ?The world .is a wonderful <memlat-be leteccs in a moment tb? base or the poire ; Wo in av boast ?four claims to gaulas . > ' dr birth, - '.....". , But tho world takes a. man for jnat^what ;.I|eJs.wbrth\ We sttrrtlh the- race fbr lb rt une or ftuno, ; And theo, when we tali, the World beana >**'fl^.&laffc$e;t ' '.,, " . .' . .Botqme'tirhes om mt?L 'ti/ ptain to. b^s^en; ' . " ' , . ? There'?a "screw somewhere -loose" In tho human machine. ... , ' * Are yod wearied tmd worn in ibis hard, Do yo? .yearn for affection, to. sweeten: ! your life * x ""-'-.-.?.". .. . T... . Reinopabcr.'thLs great truth nar often. boen proved, "WniflKF t?ate, ourselves lonW(a, would . we be lo ved. ? Though life may appear as a desolat6 j ?track' ..*.'..*'.. Yet-tie bread-that we easton the water ' comes back. This law was enacted; by - Heaven above. That like aUraeta like, and love begets. " We ane proud of ocr mansions of mortar h ] "'"andst?ne," v. ."""?<'' 'In ?or gardens are dowers fr?m every' aonaf '\ " . But the beautiful graces which blossom , rr w\tm ? rv;.< Grow shriveled ?nd die in the tfpfu of ?b:. . Fi' ? ?'; ; .. We make ourselves. heroe* and.martyrs ."flor gola, . . . Till .hesltu. becomes broken, and youth' i . bMMMS old. .... Alii. did.we thc .?anio fox. a beautiful I Our lives'" might be m usia for .Sttgels ..sbeve.- ' 1 ' ' We reap what) we ?aw-oh ! . wonderful fer? tb J?r V "v .* / . : A truth hard to learn in. tba days of our . X?td&i. It shines oat st last; SS the " band on tho ' wall," "J Fbrthe ?rorld has its " debit" and "cred- i rf for all. . v . Ike Beatk-C??se. Par out in tb? western cenntry, one pleasant afternoon a few year? ago; Aman.TTas^riding .slowly ?croa? an expansive ami rolling prairie, and bending his oo?i ?e still farther west westward. - ward. westward. Wieji armed^wifh a revolving rifle j of seven snot?,' twp siTver mounted pistols o?" Colt's, patent, and a l;trg? l;trg??owie-knife, - ?owie-knife, l;trg??owie-knife, he w,.s als? .splendid:v f mounted; while his fine form, clad in a suit of buck-skin, tastefully fringed and wrought with beads, and bis stern handsome face, alji ^tber betokened him a reliable friend or a dangerous foe. Five years Minturn Burke had . -?assed among the mountains and on be plains of the far West, and hu hulite - lite hulite of solitary freedom, away from the civilized haunts of mau, he en enjoyed, - joyed, enjoyed, for a great grief had ,fallen upon bim, a heart of sorrow had been bis, and sorely wounded there thereby, - by, thereby, he had fled from social life io one of self-exile. Reared through the kindness of an uncle, for his parents weie both lost at sea when their son was a few years old,,Mintara Barke had Hfifr known poverty, awd at twenty-five was aD educated, refined man of the world, practicing his profession, which, was that of a physician, in a little New England city, for. hi would-not be dependent on his guardian's generosi generosity - ty generosity after he had completed his course of studies. In the little toWn where he com commenced - menced commenced his" professional career, Min Minturn - turn Minturn had met his' tate ; that -is he learned to love a woman with all the power of a strong man's passion. Eve Carleton was, when she and i'Minturu (Burke first met, a beantifnl young girl of eighteen, the only ohild of the .Mayor of. the town, a .pomp .pompons, - ons, .pompons, selfish"old man' of considerable ; means but little brains. ? From their first meeting Minturn i and Eve had loved each other, and ' from the discovery of that fact, May Mayor - or Mayor Carleton had banished the young.| man from his house. . . f Stolen interviews followed between ri be lovers, and upon being found out ; liv the enraged father, Eve w.is *ent ?offto a convent near NevYo'rk,i and pone year alter .was -married by -her ?lather's mantell vies, to the son ?? f> millionaire, and her. ad-rival in her lome with'her, rich, hasjpand. Was Minturn stftr*t .intimation, that, she WM<'untrue to lier, pledged- word to him. '. . . ..'.". Crushed by tho blow that fell so heavily'Upon him, Mint um . Burke gave np'Lia growing .practice and roijgjh? the' western wilds, where, lu* a. distant Territory, he built him a rude] home, and seemed thu;* content, to lef; his yean* pass, by, roving over the prairies and mountains of the boeur: tifni country. i It warf-wb?o returning f?o tn nj hunt on-tho pi-eiirie. five yearq .?ft^r he had uea.frotn his .mauutaiu home, that he is/h/sYbiQugut before the no notice - tice notice of lue reader, and as he rides .piie!ly along he is startled by u dis distant - tant distant cry af if for help. ; A glance hen ind showed a horse-, man rushing .madly toward ^im. but yet a quarter of ? mile distant, while in his. rear and in close pursuit cania ?i d wen painted Indiaus? hotly press pressijng - ijng pressijng on to caotnre the fugitive. ' In' an fnslf??t Minturn Burke wneet?d bin hor>e and seated him himself - self himself firmly in hie saddle, examined his arms and stood on the defensive, at the same time .waving his band toward the horseman urging him td greater *peed. ' Calmly he waited the 'coming of pursued and pursuing, and hi? eyes lit up with'a dangerous light, and, his face grew hard and stern as he nerv nerved - ed nerved himself for the contest of one man against a* dozen. On they came, and when the white man,/wiiom Miuturn noticed wa* well 'mounted, but elad as a citizen, and apparently unarmed, had come with with; - ; with; in a hundred yards, and his savage pursuers were not twice that distance away,,ibu rrtit?wj^:slowly ruted, and. mingling with its sharp report, came the death erv Of. a pitinteji wa/ripr. ' . Again and.again rang tho sharp report of the rifle, until, its ihe fugi fugi?ve?aabetJ - ?ve?aabetJ fugi?ve?aabetJ to iiiAtarns ?de, four.

Indian braves bad been stricken 1 ?their saddles, and the others in ,of the terrible repeating rifle of white ranger, hastily placed tl .aejr^Atra, efrfe 4?*^?^? War- whoops ecnoed .lar ?eroga .prairie.? /, .;.;?(. i "j j'7-. ; " Yon have saved my. life, encl-" K " Il ?fa duty all fe?V owe to t 'fellow creatures, so do not refer.t jf; you please," answered' M in tun he kept his eye on -tba cowa ?avagea, who, ? now that they \ rought to bay, stood at - a dista venting their rage in piorctng who ; 1 " Can I ask' how j;ou' happen t alone anti ? nnarmed On ' the. prairi "continued MS uttrrn, without ron irtg his gaze from the Indians. ' " Qartainly,a?r. I am carry!hg jw immigration pf my.lateaon-in-l yrho before ?is death, started a' ti put'West, to settle there npon Rands' ? colony, At the request 'his Wife, who- is my daughter, I go m g out to an ange the lands as JactonlY to all, and she has ace pamed me, and is now with the ti ; which I left-tw? ?hours ?gov".. I '"Your, train is pn- the regt trail, I supposer . . " Yes, Slr, and is to camp toni at Wild Gorge, from which place 'settlement is disant thirty miles, j, "I know the Wild Gorge well, i we will at once go there. As lon? we are ou tba prairie, I can k ,tho3.e red devils at bay; but wi .we r?ach &e forest they may give mor? trouble.' . . And as Minturh turned, he for first time looked ia the face of Ma; .Carleton the father ol' Eve. The recognition was mutual, s while Mintnro's bronzed fice pa at the eight of the man who r bioughtjears.of misery upon hi 1 Mayor Carleton's red face grew s [redder as he eaw the man- o wh .be owed his life waa Mintarn Bar ' * Mr. Burke, I-how-Mian-I I-how-Mian-Ihe - he I-how-Mian-Ihe commenced but Minturn int rnpted, rnpted," -- " rnpted," Mayor Car?eton, you wrecked i life y I have* saved yours, and won have done ap even had I known w Iyou were; so do not let. us - disci the matter. Yonr hbrse is rested, come let us be off;" and raising 1 rifle, Minturn sent another shot af "he Indians, to prove that they mi not crowd him too cloely. The ball took effect in the head in Indian's horse, and with a ye the red warriors hastened to pla ! hetuselves at a safer distance. ' Ii arti ly ashamed of hiv form course Mayor Carleton followed h preserver across the prairie. Mhes were passed over in ailene the Indians but once attempting diminish the distance between then selves and the two.White?, and thf a shot from Mintnro's unerring til knocked one of their number froi his horse, they afterward kept out i range, until the f?rest bordering tli Wild Gorge came ia sight, and the then turned to the right and left, an dashed"away to conceal thetnselvesi the woods. Had Minbun been alone, he coal have thwarted them by first, reachin a place of safety, but the horse whir. Mayor Carleton rode had bern use op by his hard ride, and Minturn de termined to still remain with an anprotect - protect anprotect the mah who had proven hi worst enemy. The Indianii had disappeared 'ii the forest, and a curling smoke a mil distant showed where the wagoi train had' encamped, na the tw horsemen drew near the woods, whei a loud war-whoop echoed across th prairie ; and peering into the under growth, Minturn discovered a rorse with a woman upon his back dashiki at full speed toward the mouth o the Gorge, while a short distance be hind were the Indians in full pursuit "My daughter! Oh, my dauch ter J" "cried Mayor Carleton, ashil eye fell upon the flying horse-woman Minturn exclaimed, exclaimed," - " exclaimed," Yonder lies the camp. Go to it-.' He then dashed forward like thu wind and the next moment had en tared the woods and was-rapidU gaining upon tixe band of flying In Indi.ms, - di.ms, Indi.ms, who were striving all in theil power to overtake their defencelesf prey. . ...... . "Good heavens j she has turned 'down the Gurg?. Now Antelope show yonr uiajehJessHpeed,." exclaim exclaimed - ed exclaimed Miutnrn, as he urged his,fleet 'horse forward, by words of encour encouragement. - agement. encouragement. . The Gorge was a dBep ravine which had once b?en the bcd of *a small river. 'Frwiu its mouth for "miles ?trixie was no '.fay of" 1-aviug i? ?course on account of its steep hanks, futid Minturn, who knew it iveU, well mudetxtood that the woman before him, whom Mayor Carleton's ejac ejaculation - ulation ejaculation had told him was Eve, had but one chance for her life, 'and that .was to keep ahead ol ber pursuers until he-could cometo her uki. Should !: lier horse fal!, or her presence ol mind ! forsake her, she was lost.' ' * Down the Gorge dashed Minturn, j and-a- quarter-of a mile before him he discovered the slender form of his lost love sitting bravely in the saddle j af id urging her horse forward at his topmost speed, while the red devils behind her were whooping with de delight - light delight as they rushed on' in pursuit', and in their joy unconscious of the avenging follower upon their track. A ?hot from Mintarn, tired at fiill speed brought one. of them to the ?round, and warned them of th .ir auger, and then oommeced a death deathphase - phase deathphase of the moat exciting character, ?for Eve heard the ?hot, and a glance showed Ber that aid was near, but sie also felt the br?ve Ranger, would cause-the Indians.to rush more swift swiftly - ly swiftly on, and her danger thereby in increased, - creased, increased, for should they overtake her, her fate waa sealed. Again the'rifle echoed (down the J Gorge, And the horse of a warrior fell, crushing hin ruder under him, "flo far, so good. There are five more of the devils yet. Come An An! - ! An! telope I" as he spoke he struck his horse a sharp blow with his cap. Maddened ami sUirtled at tu ch .unexpected harshness from his mas master, - ter, master, Anbelope sprang forward .jvi^h. increased speed and rapidly gained' -upon, the Indian horses, and. then