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2 ZOLA. The subseription price for THe Wine AWAKE Lisrary for the year 1881 will be $2.50 r year; $1.25 es8 6 months, post paid. Address TOUSEY, Pus.isHeR, 20 Rose Street, New York. Box Led? SZOLAMA EL At The Old Trapper’s..Daughter. A STORY OF THE SOUTHWEST. : By R. T EMMET, | Author of ‘‘ Partners,” ‘Room No. 67,” ‘‘ Pete Walsh, the Western Detective,” etc., etc., etc. CHAPTER I. THE OLD TRAPPER AND HIS PARD—THE APACHE CHIEF, FLYING HORSE. Ir was ‘near ‘the close: of a beautiful Autumn day, not many years since, when two men stood leaning on their. rifles, near the bank of the Rio Hondo, in the great terri- tory of New Mexico. ’ They were conversing earnestly together. The first was a man of at least sixty-two years, and yet so well was he preserved that his tall form was still unbent. by the hand of time, his limbs were strong and active, his face had not too many wrinkles, and even his head and beard could boast of a among the profusion of gray. — F _ He was dressed in a complete suit of buckskin, and wore a fur cap with a long bushy tail. depending behind. - He was well armed, for in addition to a Hegech Loading’ rifle, upon which he was leaning, he carried a brace of re- volvers and a heavy bowie knife, all of which weapons, it was easy to understand, after one look into his firm and intelligent face, he knew exactly how to use. __ His companion, though a yoynger man by nine years, looked fully as old as him we have described, and his scanty head of hair, and his long full beard, were and had been for many years perfectly. white, or rather gray. It was to this fact he owestthe name by which he was known throughout all the southwestern country, Gray Giles. ~ In and general appearance Gray Giles resembled his older companion very much. ‘The greatest difference being that he was considerably shorter as well as grayer. The eyes of both were fixed on the river. The elder was speaking. - 4 ‘Then ther canoe war goin’ down the river toward San Jose P¥ica5 % Yes ¢So, it war,” responded his companion. “ An’ ther Injuns war Apaches an’ no mistake?” ‘Yes, Sol, thar’s no mistake "bout that ; I know tir critters well enough.” ‘* mn course, in course, Giles, an’ now ther question. is, shall we keep on up stream an’ see what the pepe. demons haye been about thar, or shall we push on down towards San Jose, an’ warn em o’ what they may expect?” “Car see what’s ther use o” goin’ down stream,” said Gray Giles, with a grave shake of the head, ‘‘ We hain’t got no horses nor canoes nuther, an’ ther Apaches have got both, an’ what hain’t gone by way o’ther water, has gone on them thunderin’ ponies o’ theirs.”) |“ ’ **Then you think we'd better go up towards ther fort?” **T do, fur a fact, Sol.” J ‘Yer think thar’s more o’ thercritters up that-a-way?” and Sol waved his hand-toward the source-of the-river, goodly number of black hairs: ez I loye ’em myself. **T do,-pard,” and _-the.other’s tone and manner were very serious. “Yer don’t reckon as how ther varmints has been nigh my shanty, do yer?” cried Sol, in evident alarm, as a terri- ble thought seized him. : ‘‘Thar’s no tellin’ what ther critters has done, or will do. You know ez well ez I, Sol, when they gits onto ther war-wath, they is jist like demons broke loose from ther infarnal regions ; ter my mind they beats all ther redskins this side 0’ kingdom come.” “Yer right, pard,” ‘said Sol Swayne, in a firm voice, ‘an’ hyers what's goin’ ter make tracks fur hum to onet, an’ when I get thar, if I find they’ve touched one o’ my chicks, woe be to ‘em ; fur I'll never stop so long ez thar’s an Apache on top o’ ther ’arth,” “ An’ I’m with yer, every time, pard,” said Gray Giles in an earnest tone, as he extended his honest hand to his ‘companion, ‘‘yer know that ’thont my tellin’ yer.” **T do,” exclaimed Sol, grasping the outstretched hand, ‘¢an’ I know yer love them as belongs ter me amost ez well ” ed ‘Yer say no mor’n ther truth when yer say that,” re- turned Giles. ‘‘ Ef ennything shonld happen ter little Zola, T never cud be happy agin:”. ““Come, then,” ried the other, in a nervous, anxious tone, ‘‘let’s be goin’,” and shouldering their riffes, they started off, up the river, in the direction of Fort Stanton. The sound of their retreating footsteps had scarcely died away—indeed had not died away, when there was a slight movement in a little clump of underbrush, close to the river bank, and the next moment a dusky form emerged into full view. : It was an Apache Indian, and one of the noblest looking men of his tribe: Standing erect, he would have measured some inches above six feet, and he was well proportioned. On his head he wore a kind of helmet, made of buck- skin, ornamented with a long feather. This denoted that he was 2 chief, or captain, of a band. ‘ His feet were small—e peculiarity of the Apaches, re- sulting from the wearing of Iftgh moccasins of buckskin, and in a pair of which his were now en He wore leather leggins, and upper garments of bright- colored cloth. : ; ue was armed with a first-class rifle, a knife and a toma- hawk. itt For a moment he stood irresolute, watching the retreat- ing figures, then, raising his rifle, he took careful aim at the head of the old trapper, Sol Swayne. But he did not fire. All at once he lowered the piece, and then throwing it to the ground, disap in the underbrush from whence he had.just aia
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ZOLA. 3 He was gonescarcely an instant; and when he reappeared, was armed with a powerful bow and, a: number of long, slender arrows, pointed with iron... rod One of these he quickly fitted to the bow, and then, tak- ing aim, sentit.onits cruelmission, | It reached:its mark, and with a. sharp ery’ of, pain, ;Sol Swayne, the. trapper, staggered: forward,and_ fell to the ground. ; od Gray Giles, on seing his beloved companion fall, turned, with a bitter.oath upon his lips. ; ); ing lioW © Instantly his sharp eyes caught sight of the Apache chief, » just as hé was attempting to retreat to the underbrush.!::\ ~~» ‘Flying Horse!” he’ exclaimed, with anger and.surprise, » andlike lightning he raised his rifle and fired...) 2 // < _ Tb Indian chief clapped his hand to his, side, and jwith- “ _s permitting a sound to escape his lips, staggered on ea d the cover....; BAe Se er rea ees ee ES 2 es it! by ther. livin’, Jingoes!” exclaimed , Giles, exult- »* “ay, and he rushed toward ‘the, chief’s hiding-place to; © siiiish the -g00d WONk. . somnin ait horgora Tt vine] al He had almost reached it when the wounded Apache, » mounted ona small; pony, capable of great endurance, dashed from cover, ;and,.made off down, .the river at. , tremendous rate. ..,; PRE rey » ~~ Gray Giles fired a parting shot after him, but without, | effect, and then, with a muttered curse at his illuck, re- turn to BN Nas companion. Serie? e He found old Sol just where he left him, and suffermg ©. great pain from his wound, which’ was ‘really:a’ dangerous FE: After examining’ it carefully Giles’ picked up his heavy’ + ,ompanion ‘in his strong arms,'and carried him to a shady -. spot, close the banks of the river.’ He’ then skillfully, but not without great difficulty. cut ont the arrow head and dressed'the: wound. itil Siow dors £ bad odw ‘‘Now,.old pard,” he!said; when: the surgical. operation: was completed, ‘‘ we'll jist hey ter find er, hidin’ place /hyer: } or hyer. abouts, ‘cause jyer can’t trayel.fur a day, or, two with that thar hole inter yer no how.") 6 soe . ‘Ah! Zola, poor Zola, what will become o’ her, an’ ther ey PY an’ ther ole woman!” groaned. the old; trapper, as. he ~~ endeayored to raise, himself upon his feet... cy } ‘Don’t yer fret about em now, pard,” said Giles, in, as ; lls ’ ~ cheerful a tone, as he could assume, ‘’cause why ?,’twont - io no good, an’ in a day or so, ye'll be all right, then, we'll a +8 over ther ground thar like er house er fire.” **] don’t know, I don’t know about it,” groaned Sol. «_ “Here,” said Giles, helping him to stab up, aud taking . sar yer’ll soon come out all. right,” and as the’ wounded ios Pr leaned heavily onthe arm'of his friend, the two ~ owly disappeared in the thick undergrowth ‘beyond. os _ * *@ ATTACK ON THE OLD.TRAPPER’S SHANTY—IN A TIGHT FIX ~ the peninsula of land formed by the Hondo, ‘and one *.¢_its_ branches, ‘in’ a’ south-easterly direction from Fort "“enton, and many’a weary mile from the'spot where the _ id trapper lay wounded, was thé ‘shatity that. sheltered ‘his -. ittle family, consisting of his wife; a‘ woman’ not: yet’ fifty, shi Sntoo ¥ {i fark Swit wate Ag ilt 11 his daughter be Wrest ‘girl of nearly sixteen, and her brother Ned, a brave boy, who was abouta year younger. | © Their nearest neighbors'was the’Brownlow family, which included; besides the- father and ‘mother, two ‘boys, / one, * Burton, who was nearly seventeen; and’ who was’ acknow!l- sdged to be the smartest and bravest boy in all that region, the other, Jack, a good-natured, but) mischievous chap of segs than fifteen'years/s'"! “-D20d olotwodiodtel voll ® There was one other member of this*household, . It! was _ ‘vip Stan, a negro boy, ‘about sixteen years old, “and black ~ wthe ace.of spades. | ie AXIBOTS Odt ty sor % day after the Apache chief, had ~ _ ‘¢ was on the third r ~.,unded old Sol, when Burton Brownlow, or Bold Burt, as 7 vs , 4 -s. have eluded the savages.” " ig rifle, ‘‘jist you lean on ter me, ‘I'll’ pilot'yer toa place’ he was called by all who knew him, came rushing into; the trapper’s shanty, closely followed by his brother Jack and the darky Scip. tilt 3 All three were laboring under the greatest. excitement. ‘What is it—what is it?” cried Zola, hastily, she being at the time the only inmate of the house, ‘‘ Indians, ‘Zola, Indians!” said Burt; mustget.away from here at once.” ‘ ; ‘“‘But my. mother.and Ned!” exclaimed the girl, “I can’t go without them.” : ~{{ Where are:they ?”:-asked Burt, hurriedly. .o They, have: gone to the upper, field,.and——” ‘Pore de Lord, Mas'r. Burt!” cried Scip, who was, sick with terror, we must hurry, or, dem: Injuns will, be hyer gure," ey soe U'yodd sldbee ome td ei 50] At that moment, as if the savages had hada ‘secret.un-. derstanding with Scip, a terrible howl went.up., (9 ..)- ‘Oh, come!” cried Zola, ‘‘let us -hurry to. the place where mother and,Ned are, and then all) flee: together!” and ‘at-once all four; leaving bythe back door, rushed. off, in the direction of the, woods beyond. oul swe ~'Phe: shanty, concealing their moyements from the Indians, their flight,/was not observed, and: so: they reached the: shelter.of the,forest without being immediately followed., ‘‘ Where are your father and mother?” asked Zola, when they, stoppedifor,a;moment:.... tybsol ty OR “They became Bepaated ‘from ,us,on, the way to your house,”{said,Bart,.‘{ but; I ,hope—I am. almost sure, )they Ae quick by you « “Oh, look 1; look!) suddenly, exclaimed Jack, pointing toward the,old trapper’s-home. ,, It was,in)a bright blaze,, aisha party of more.than fifty redskins were dancing about SLOW OF Vijosr " terse bre fis to 3 it : sineat But this was not the worst. Bold Burt, soon saw that, thé!country was fulliof Indians, and that their, retreat,was more than likely to be cut off. Ten dngerk fsnio adt 30 JHehad hardly come to;this,,conclusion when, he saw: a party of about a.dozen, savages coming |toward,the very: point where they were concealed. ~~ see fosolvoy. bus About a dozen yards beyond them was a dense thicket. Grasping Zola by the arm, and télling the others to follow, he pushed toward it. yy supa yD A moment later they were hid in the thick bushes. _ Whether they had been seen by'the Indians or not, they had nocway-of knowing, but: their, only,hope of safety now layin absolute stillnesse:: fo #0! Pyadh wins ‘to ~ They crouched down together and: kept silent. oufS What's we gwine ter do hyer; enny how.. V’d ro to like fur he Bowie to one who was but.a-little way from them and slowly: approaching. <0!) vol vfreg still sil fy ite et Goraniey ky eels the frightened darkey,’m an un- dertone, sad ennaTeT ORAS MS head again so long,as there was an Indian insight. «= 6 sidvy oe Jey indian J 6 who had drawn so near the - The dozen or.more savages t thicket that cox a ed the little party had passed on with- out examining it, and for atime Burt breathed freely again. _, Seip, was quick;to notice the danger was over, atleast, for a, brief period, and at once found the use of his tongue» _t¢ Ain't-yer, ~ «© Where should we what impatiently. . ine now, Mas’r Burt?” he asked. . to?’ demanded Bold: Burt, some- To de fort, incourse,” said Scip.. _ ‘That never “dido,” responded. Burt, with a. thoughitftl ‘shake of the head; ‘‘at-any rate, not now.” j,.4 Why can’t we go tode fort now, Mas’r Burt, or least- ways, 48 soon as de Injuns goes away?” persisted Scip. __ ‘‘ Because,” responded the thoughtful boy, ‘‘ the Indians
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4 will be’ on the lookout, and the moment we take the'trail, they’ be'down upon us, and ‘cut our ‘throats. et think of that?” “Ugh!” granted Scip,’ with chattering teeth. He tA ~All this’ time Zola was closely hE ae red: fiends about her burning home. ‘‘You're right, Burt,” she said, presently)" rs the txhins are not going away, they’ re going to camp near the shanty. Look, they are getting ready for it’ now. os ae here comes some more.’ i ‘*T should say so!” exclaimed Burt, starting up; afaidkly, ‘(and if we don’t dig.out of here, they’ I be right on top of us. Come! Come, as fast: as one make the slightest noise, but follow me.” : “They'll see us, Burt. Sure as fate, they'll see us,” said Jack, hurriedly. « Grawl on your Halide and knées, and don’t raise »your heads,” answéred his brother. - “Remember that, Scip,” said Jack, impressivély, ‘don’t raise your’ black head, if you do you'll jest git daylight blown through it in no- ‘time. Do you hear?! “’Spect I does, Mas’r’ Jack,” granted the? poor nigger. An’ rot jist keep it clus to de ground,’ see “fi don’t.” 191!) They now began to crawl i goeh along? under cover of the thicket and long: grass ‘Oh, lordy! lordy!” groaned the old darkey) all of a sudden, and then dropped all'in’a heap: © , “What the deuce, is the’ matter’ now a asked Burt; anxiously, again | turning back. 2 } **Mass’r Burt dey’s Tejas right aneann! us’ Inotry ‘an’ a comin’ straight torge us, too.’ Goramity) look dar.” 10" Bold Burt looked. © Sure’ enough! he-saw a large ddd. of Indians just in front of ate and coming Cine towards the burning shanty. He and those with him were cut off betiveen, two bottes of the cruel Apaches! ‘Lie down ‘and keep perfectly quiet,” 4d the: rirhisperdd. “Tt’s all we can do now—and ten ant one we oe ns — and murdered any way.” - rs CHAPTER | TL. SCIP FRIGHTENED—BOLD BURT. FORMS A RESOLUTION, ‘AS the little party lay concealed between the two‘ bands of cruel savages they thought of many things): | Zola -won- dered what had become ‘of her» good® mother vand» dear brother Ned, and she wished her brave*father’ Soran come with other trappérs and drive the redskins away. . Bold Burt was also thinking of his parents, and it was with a ‘gloomy brow thathe remembered where he! saw them last. | He was obliged to acknowledge to himself that if they escaped it would be by a’miracle.; © ‘¢ They are dead,” he murmured:té himsélf ; I fear -we shall all be before night:comes.” Nearer and nearer¢ame the Indians on their, als to join the band about the’still burning shanty. Burt and his little party lay close to ‘the ground and scarcely dared to breathe. | The savages, anxious to join’ their friends, ‘@rried for- ward, passing within a few feet of the young ‘peoplé, and, fortunately, without even suspecting they Were there. The fire burned lower and lower, andthe’ once happy home was now little more than a heap of’ ashes. “We mustn’t stay here any longer,” Said Burt, suddenly; those red demons aré’ working “rotitid this way, and’ll find us, sure. Crawl on your hands and’ knees, all of you, and follow mie.” os *““Whar’s ye gwine ter now, Mas'r Burt?” denianded Scip, shoving his head forward like a turtle. Shut up! ‘and draw that black head of yours in,” e. claimed Jack, giving a sharp'rap over the’pate, © ~ Scip' drew in his stead, but didn’t appear to now he’ had been struck. For some little time they now moved forward in allctice. «“ and; alas ! igone. ») oo ZOLA. At length Scip could’stand) it no meri and) ace ne ‘began pestering Burt with questions. |) The young LEGON of the party paid no vattention: to him whatever. - But Scip was ound to’ find ‘out something: from: some- body,'and as Burt wouldn’t answer*him he contluded Zola was the most promising person’ present, so, abe ty as near to her as possible, he began: . “Tsay, Miss Zolas——'oro ‘Well, Scip, what is it?” aed the youtig paras “Does: you ‘know whar’Mas’r Burt's a-takin’ ais to, ‘an’ what ‘he’s a-gwine to do'wid'us when he gits:dar?” “No, to’ be sure,'I don’t,” said Zola, casa fliy lS >? he Wal, den, I reckon——=” began Scipl tisiinit Ait ~ Bat Burt put a sudden ‘stop’ to the! conversation” in ‘hee words: ae. “‘T reckon too, Scip, and what I. reckon is) that, ‘tnles you keep that big mouth of yours shut, you'll get the whole. Bp of your head taken off.” ” a ss oh Lordy 1” groaned the nigger, anit once’ more became - df - ) They traveled on in the uncomfortable positions they had- assumed, until they could’ no’ longer ‘hear the ‘yells of the | Savages, Or see. the light of. ths dying fire; and then Burt called a hat te Hours had passed since they had. ‘fed from, the shanty, and it was now close on to midnight. . of Here is as good a.place as any to spend, the tinier of the night,” said the young leader, “‘and we must keep. as;still as\possible..' If necessary we. can.stay here all day to-morrow, and to-morrow. night we can try to work our way up the river,to Fort Stanton.”; 6 How farcisit) to Fort Hamiltctj? Burt?” asked Jack, who had a great horror of walking. If he'd only had his tough little Apache pony with him he’ wouldn't ‘have eared if it had been'a hundred miles. oT don't kiiow exactly,” aigwared Burt bat: eeftaialy more. than twenty miles, and if may] be more than twenty- @ But you've been elbre: mers -lganow, of0 ° ‘Of course, seyeral tnGOI “but Yn thinking now of the 4 : at ee way ‘we shall be obliged to fake.” v0" ““Jis lé's go right away on’ now, Mas’r'Burt,” ‘aid Seip) ~ with ‘ chattering teeth, | “cause Tse afeard’ to® ‘stay here any mo’. ae We can’t a8 it "said Burt, decidedly. “Zola Hebe i is quite tired, and I would never permit, her to walk all the way to Fort i Sith. Besides ‘Thave my reasons for wait- ing a. little longer. This party’ll want to eat before long, and they’ can’t do that very well ‘unless we. have. meat or something to kill jt with.” ~ ‘*That’s so,” muttered Jack. ‘Now, you three stay right, here until I come ber She % continued Burt ; “you aré safe énough in this place, and I know the'spot well | I'shall: ree Sr nein ‘ two hours at. the longest,” _‘* Are you really going ?” asked Zola, anxiously. .. I must,for, your’ sake, if. dot no. other’; ren re- sponded, the young man tenderl ly. ot “Goramity |. Mas’r. Burt, « jis; , jis s’posin’ ‘dem. Injuns tooks yer ha’r!off, what'll yer do then, hey?” .9)fo1» “There's; no) ,use: supposing , anything /,of. the kind, Jaughed But, ‘it’s acnwell-known, fact; and. you, ought to know it, the Apaches never cut hair Incian Rakion} “tse never take: acalps 2”, report ‘ ‘O ry] it! if » Whatdey do, then?” “They take the whole head, ” Yaughed Burt;, a i thought I:told!you/that before.” ” “Ugh!” granted | Seip} nt polling over, as beried: his * face in the ground. : A fs = tooked up sears part was
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ZOLA, 5 CHAPTER, IV. BOLD BURT: PROVES HIMSELF WORTHY OF HIS NAME. ..On leaving the-little party, Bold Burt had.made up,his mind just what,he would,.do, and-he at once directed; his course toward the burned shanty, a At length, after a. weary half hour, he came in sight. of the place. The Indians were all asleep saye two. 9 {0% One of these .was seated, with his back resting against a tree; the other was walking up and down in front. of a camp fire which had been recently kindled. a a Bold Burt looked cautiously. about him. : About a dozen steps from where he stood, but in plain sight of the two guards, there was an Indian sleeping, whose rifle lay-by his side, along with a belt of cartridges, and Burt saw a keen-edged knife and tomahawk in the belt about his waist, ahs ; raya If he could only get to that savage without being seen! But he must wait. . Time. was. precious, however, and he must not remain idle, so retreating into the woods, he began a careful search, At length he found what he wanted, the Apaches’ ponies. ee Two of these-he made ready for his return journey, and then again approached the camp-fire. Ate The Indian who had been walking. up and down, had thrown himself pen the ground and drawn his blanket well up over his head. ‘The other, with, his back against the tree, sat there as calm and unmoved as ever. There was nothing for it, he must wait. Half an hour passed ; the guard'on the ground was fast asleep. The one against the tree was dozing. Bold Burt would wait no longer. .; tot He emergedfrom his hiding place, , Rapidly he advanced to where the first Indain Jay sleeping. _ He reached his side.. Like lightning he drew his knife from his belt and plunged, it into his heart. eincishibes AF ahs te ae ott The dying savage uttered a faint sigh. Bold Burt -1n- stantly dropped to the ground...) 0 nh. ee The guard dozing against the tree roused himself alittle as if to listen, but the next moment his head fell forward again, and he thought no more of what was, passing, about, him seeettiutetinesee tessa Sierra mee The daring’ boy waited fully five minutes, then slowly raising himself up he secured the dead ‘warrior’s weapons, and grasping the tomahawk in his hand, ‘advanced toward the, tree, =. = SOMALIA 2 ENE OF ats He'reached it’ :S°0'L 9 *0 229805 yf ad tofid _ The Indian moved uneasily, as if about to awake. Bold Burt approached him from behind and raised’ the tomahawk, : a 4 £ AL SLi ¢ 3 - 3 i a Again the savage stirred. rete at tn In life he-ynever moved again, = = N The terrible weapon descended, and was buried’ in his brain. 7 ie dat ances tees Rie Ale The dead guard fell forward toward the fire, and in falling ue strack'his’sleéping ¢ompanion’s foot.” ' A Instantly'the Other guard started up. But‘ already Bold Burt was upon him, and before he could gain ‘his’ feet, he received a terrible blow upon thé héad that’ stretéhed ‘him beside his déad friend: “!0 et 222 boon w iiw gmk bom One more blow and he was dead, then Burt secured their knives and tomahawks and once more started for the ponies, picking up the rifleand cartridge belt, which she! had al- ready secured by-theway.t flew yoy wat wordt tes flues He reaiched.the: ponies without ‘accident, ! and. mounting one, led the other; taking; as he thought, ‘a route from: the camp by: which he would not:be likely to. meet: anysof:the enemy. AGG}.99T) off srode Heotion-ad bisow He had gone:some, distance, and was just, congratulating himself,that he was now free; from all danger, when, all, at once, an Indian sprang up in his path, just ahead) of, him: ~ _, “Ughl?jgrunted the Apache, i{fWhere go?"_ acQ: : Bold Burt felt that he had not time to,answer, but quick as though, he raised his rifle.and fired... The inquisitive Indian; fell, dead, but the report of Burt's rifle brought the whole Apache camp about his ears. _ Wild yells filled the air as the savages started up and found that a deadly enemy had.been,in_ their very. midst. Then, as they caught sight of the fleeing boy, their. yells were redoubled... . ~~: i . Orack!, crack! crack!” rang out their rifles, andthe whistling: bullets passed uncomfortably near the brave. fel- low’s head. =~ on le ¢ Afflength adozen or.more; who. had found their ponies, came rushing forward, and then the chase began in dead earnest. 5 » Shot after shot was fired, but; happily none ; took effect, still the pursuers. were drawing: uncomfortably near. All at once Burt turned in. his saddle and fired at the foremost. aie Weta nd | 3 He dropped to the ground like.a lump of lead. _ The next moment a dozen shots were fired at the bray ys ; This time he.was not so fortunate, His horse was. shot under him, and he received a severe wound in the left leg, Bold Burt was now in a very unpleasant as well as. criti- cal situation;: but he did not hesitate for a single moment. His horse had dropped to the ground, and. his enemies, With wild and. exultant shouts, were rushing forward. . ; In an instant he freed himself from the dying horse, and notwithstanding his wounded leg, sprang upon the back of the other, and with an answering shout of defiance, was off like the wind... The Indians kept up the chase for some time, but soon they. lost sight of the fugitive in the darkness, and were obliged to return to the camp empty handed, >i It was with astonishment that the chief of the party looked upon the, work of this one boy. In a few, moments he had killed no less than five braves, besides making off With two of the best ponies and a quantity of weapons. In sullen silence he listened to the report of the unsue- paw pursuers, and then, with an expressive gesture, be Sala: - >, we a c wateatl 1Sleep now... To-morrow he must die!” CHAPTER V.. Es Gori , ON THE BANKS, OF THE RIVER—BURT’S WOUND. Having got rid of his pursners, Bold Burt made the best of his way to where his father’s shanty had stood,’ in hopes of finding something to eat. . - isin hoold ‘to yrolt as ~The place, as he-had expected, was a heap of ruins, but amidst the rubbish about the smoke-house he found a ham, and with this and a quantity of sweet corn he returned to his little party. §.. *) i od yiinseortT They welcomed him with the wildest joy. He had been: Bone so Jong, they feared some fatal accident had: happened. Eat now,” said Burt, as’soon.ashe could get ina word, andjthen, we must Jeaye this place.” | 29 SL boot)*? ‘Leave it?” asked Jack. .‘‘I thought yousaid we were. to stay here until, morning.”+:', ; ted ff. ~ “So Ldid, but there are|two reasons why we must, get. away before.” set “Gi 3} yo Vises piffAndgwhat are they?” "fool iy od £ . ‘SAs soon as it is daylight. the Indians would..be down upon us here, and then, if we should wait until that, time, I couldn't get away.at all.” yy 7 297 (wil fohasow od ..What.do you mean ?” asked Zola; hastily..; 61.5 1 “T’m quite badly wounded, so you see the necessity of, our finding:a safe retreat, without delays”. 9) boob) slow 9 Bold Burt spoke calmly..about_his wound,.as, though it was nothing to cause alarm, but Zola started.up at once... ~ “Wounded!” she exclaimed, ‘‘youwounded? For mer, cy,sake;-let.us do something for;you at once.” | See . “There, is nothing you can do at;this moment: but eat and U ; get ready, as soon as, possible to, accompany me toa, safer, place.” od filuow bao ost tedw ile? - “Then we will do it at once.” said Zola, decidedly, ‘and
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6 ZOLA. she herself divided the corn and cut slices from the ham, until all declared they had had enough. “ And now where shall we go?” she asked, Ryhient the re- mainder of the ham had been tied to the } ‘pony’ 8 saddle for transportation. © ‘‘T know a place up the river a short distance,” suid Burt, “‘and if we can only manage’ to get there, we shall be perfectly safe for a week or éven for ten years, if the red- skins should stay about that long.” “Q Lordy! Mas’r Burt, what fur yer didn’t say Bre. fore? Le’s go dar righter way,” and Scrip started” up eagerly. “Tm perfectly willing; in fact, that’s just what I want,” laughed Burt; ‘‘ but you fellows, will have to help mie ‘onto the horse; Pm awful sorry the rest will have'to wa “Don’t mind us at all,” said Zola, cheerfully. “ For my part, I’d quite as ‘soon walkas ridé.” Soon the little party was again on its Way, and now they took a trail that led almost directly to the river. Before they reached it, however, they turned’ a little toward the west, and thei‘came on in a straight line for nearly two miles; at length they turned south, and, ‘after traveling for half‘a mile, struck the river at a point where it looked both broad and deep. The bank was lined with trees; some of them’ many feet in diameter, and towering upwards for hundreds of feet. Many of these’ were so close to the river bank that the earth had been washed away from ‘about their roots, ‘and thus, into one of the largest, Burt had one day discovered a singular passage up into the hollow ‘trunk. It was in this hollow tree,’ with its novel opening so close to the ground, that he had resolved to find’ a hiding-place for his little party. He could not‘ have done ‘better, even an Indian would never have thought of looking there. But thé place would have to have sonie’ fixing’ up ‘before it would be fit to'occupy, and s0'they resolved to’ camp on the river bank until morning.” - The young leader. of the party was now suffering ‘eon: siderable pain from his wotind, besides feeling quite’ weak from loss of blood. He stretched himself ones the ground, and presently a low moan escaped him../ i Zola was at, his side i ina moment. “Dear old Burt!” she exclaimed, “what can Se ‘do for ou?” z “TJ wish the wound might ' be. bathed,” he said, “then the flow of blood must be stopped’and: my leg ‘bound: sup.” /) 4] will'do it all,” said the brave’ girl;°“Seip,;-you bring nié a hat ‘full of wetter, and Jack instantly. é very thoughtfal. Presently he uttered a sigh, at relief, and in'a 1 contideit tone said: — eT think T: know where there's just ‘such: apiece of cotton cloth as you ‘want,’ Zola.” 1th “Good !” exclaimed the°girl, *I was’sure you would be able'to find what I wanted, now.go and get'it at once.” Jack hastened away into darkest shadow of the forest. - He was not gone long, but when hé returned he had a quantity of cloth fit for bandages in his hands. ‘4 thousand thanks, Jack,” said Zola; ard ifgpe’ could only have seen his brother's face, he would have seen a look of gratitude there as well. © - The wounded limb was now washed and afested ‘as well as it could be in the dark, and Burt ‘declared himself quite comfortable. Vola wished to sit up and watch by his side, but this “he would not permit.’ He made her lie down ‘on ‘a’soft bed of moss and leaves that the two younger boys procured for the purpose. Soon all were ésleep but Burt=there was too much on “his mind to let him sleep. He saw at ‘a glatice'that there wére days of anxiety and suffering before him; and hé could not tell wie the end Would be. Tow all retreat: to the Behe, ‘likely’ to’ find’ them’ there. ° CHAPTER VI. PREPARING’ DINNER—‘* DE INJUNS HAB COME'!” “THE morning came, and the little party was ‘soon’ astir. Burt found that his leg was' very much swollen, and exceed- ingly painful, but he resolved not to think ‘of himself until those depending in ‘a great mieasting on: his judgment were properly eared for. ©” ’ He made-a careful Staratnitior of his hollow tree: The’ ‘sandy soil had been gradually washed out ‘from under its great trunk, so that’ many of its roots were ex- posed, and between two of the largest of these was the opening through which they must crawl to the interior. Once inside’ they’ found themselves in “a ‘circula? room more than eight | feet” in diameter | and of immeasurable height. On the lower side—that is the side foward the river—the ground’ was low. and damp, but the upper side was’ much higher and quite dry. Indeed, it was like a great ‘shelf, and here Burt résolyed should be their sleeping apartments. He also determined that the lower part, or living room, ag He called it; should be made more comfortable, and to this end he set the boys to work at once. Clean dry sand was carried in, ‘and the floor madé level and smooth.. Then plenty of moss and leaves were: piled up for'beds and places to sit upon. When all this had’ been accomplished; Zola’ declared the place perfect. “Only, she said, she wished she could have: a little room by herself: Burt told her that, if they weré obliged to stay there long, she should, as one of the trees close by was hollow, and could easily be fixed in the same way, with a passage Tead- ing from this one into it~ ola. declared that would be délightful, ‘and Burt secretly Feet it’ ‘Should be accomplished ” within the next two ays, He had another reason for wishing to have a inore secret hiding’place, ‘with @ narrow passage leading into it.’ He thought if the trail, and. should find their house in the first'tree, they could and that the jenemy: would t behardly That morning they made breakfast off from the ham, and then By fack, by Burt's, orders, Swam thé river ‘with the pony. _and turned him loose on the other. side, where he would not be likely to attract’the indians’ attention. After he had thus disposed of the pony, Jack returned to his friends. Burt was now 20 sick and. weak ‘that he. could no longer be of any service to his friends, except in the way of advice. By his order, at about nine o’clock, Scip climbed: a tall tree and took a look at the surrounding country. “When he came down he reported that there was no Indians in the neighborhood, but that there were “‘ heaps an’ oe on’em down dar by... Mas'r, Swayne’s place.” ... “Then you two go out. and find something fit to. eat,” said) Burt,‘ but;be mighty.careful and, don’t run into any kind of danger;” . The boys promised, and went, off. ‘Ani hour later. they: re- aes Sap with a good fat rabbit, and Jack with a string 0) Hum,” nutubeamseri Burt, when; he. saw their. game, ‘*these things must be cooked, for I\ take it, none of us could eat them raw very well. Let »me':seé how-you can manage it.’ “Ah, I haye it,” he said suddenly.) ‘ There's a spring down on ‘the lower bluff, and: a/ fire down there won't make much smoke, at least, I’ don’t think enough so that it would be noticed above the tree tops.” é6 *You' must make the’ fire. out of” drift-wood-Lperfectly miid—and you mustn’t use any pine. Wet oe and pind smoke too much.” ‘¢ One of you must iook out for the fire and 8 ‘the cook- ing, whilé the other keeps a careful'watch for Indians, and for that matter, some one ought to be on the=lookout ewan should ‘succeed’ in following their — at 3 4 %.
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ZOLA. Z for savages the whole time; or at least, during the day, for at night we are hardly likely to be disturbed.” “One moment,” said’ Zola; ‘if Jack will start the fire, T'll do the cooking, and that will give Scip all bis time to watch the camp.” HER 3s **Very good,” said Burt, ‘‘and now mind, Scip, if you see the least signs of savages, hurry to Jack and Zola, and then all three of you must hasten here, and get outof sight as speedily as‘possible.” > “But, Mas’r Burt, jist s’posin’. dey does.see us, what den ?” asked Scip. ‘Why, run behind the trees, and then crawl in here just the same.“ Naturally they'll’ hunt for you’ in ‘the woods somewhere. They'll never think of looking in here.” *“How shall I build the ‘fire, Burt?” asked Jack. ** Make an earth oven—that’s the best way—then we are sure to get all there is worth having in the food.” **T understand, and Zola ‘and I will soon have a dinner ready for you fit for a king,” said Jack. .. ; = T have not the slightest doubt of it,” said Burt, witha smile. es ‘Well, are we ready:to go out now,” asked Zola. “Wait a moment,” said Burt, hastily; ‘(let us be sure that the coast is clear.’ One of you boys climb:a tree and take another look.” “Tl go,” said Jack, and away he: sped. : He returned after'an absence of about ten minutes and reported that there were-no Indians in sight, and that he, could see no signs of any. f “Then go and make your fire and get the food into the oven,” said Burt. ‘* When youhave done that much -you had better come back, for it will cook as well by itself as it would if you were watching it.” ; ‘All right,” said Jack,’and the three went: out, leaving poor Burt all alone. The poor fellow now permitted himself the luxury of a groan, a thing he had carefully avoided while the others were near, for he did not wish them to know how much he was suffering. i Jack dug the oven and made the fire, while Zola prepared, the rabbit’ and fish: Be By the time these were ready the oven was heated and ready to receive them. ‘They placed them inside, and care- fully covering them over, left them to’ cook, and returned to the tree-house. ~~ { After a proper time Zola declared the rabbit and fish must be done, and started to go out and fetch it in. “No, no, Zola,” said Jack; “you just stay here and let me go. I know how to manage this thing.” “And so do I,” laughed the girl: ~ “You stay here,” said Burt. | “Let Jack play servant for once, and dish up the dinner.” So she staid, and Jack hurried off. ’ Both he and Scip made their appearance about five min- utes later, the first very much agitated, and the last of a sort of slate color, that the darkies call pale. Scip fell all in a heap upon the ground, and began’ to tremble in every limb. . Jack, who, notwithstanding his evident fright, had carefully brought in the dinner, now placed it upon the shelf of earth; and then rapidly climbed up after it. "> : _ “Come! come!” he whispered eagerly to Zola, who was in the lower part of the room, ‘‘ come up here, or they'll see you between the roots.” ‘What is it, Jack?” asked Burt, anxiously, as he raised Scot Baily PMtaSeoplatie orcad a de In “cc > y as’r ” ed r Sci “de - juns hab come! de Injuns hab come!” ie = imi ° _CHAPTER VII. ' JACK TAKES AN OBSERVATION—A‘ DISPATCH FROM) THE ot ele LOOK-OUT. 2105) bag ot _ ‘*CLIwp up here, you charcoal sketch, and don’t make so much noise,” said’ Burt, “or, if they are within’ ten ‘miles, they will come in earnest.”” ipa . i Scip hastened to climb up to where. Burt was lying, and with chattering teeth, exclaimed: - % ‘But I tell.yer, Mas’r Burt; dey hab come already. Dey’s out hyer, right now, close down to de ribber.” ‘Ts that so, Jack?” asked Burt, turning to his brother. ‘Yes, Burt; there’s thirty or forty of them coming up the river bank,” said Jack, ‘‘and I had to run for it, I can etell yous? i as ~ Burt turned pale. ; ee * “Coming up the river bank, you say? Then they'll be sure to see the ashes of our-fire and the oven, and that will give us dead away.” ‘You're alittle out. there, old. fellow,” said Jack, with an air,of importance, .‘‘I know I ain’t so old nor so smart: as you, but I know a thing or two, I reckon.” Burt began to take: hope. Se ‘© What did you do, Jack?” he asked. : ‘¢ Why, the moment I got the rabbit and fish out of the hole, I shoyed/all the ashes into it, and then covered .it up. After that I covered the spot with leaves and threw a little. water over them: .. It was just as I had done this that Scip- told me about the Indians.” f ‘* Jack !’ exclaimed his brother, stretching out his hand, ‘‘you're a regular trump, and I’m proud of you.” Jack, grasped his wounded: brother’s hand, and felt as happy as a lord, for he knew that Burt meant every word he said... The fact is, he never said anything he didn’t mean. For a few moments all was silent in the tree-house. Burt wanted time. to think. At last he said, in a whisper: ‘I believe the best thing-we ‘can do is to’eat our dinner; we. shall feel;/better and stronger for it, and we may not get e good a chance again. Besides, I think we must all be ungry.” At first it was hard work for poor Scip to eat, but pres- ently, seeing that he was not likely to get his share unless he put in for it, he went to work, and quickly forgetting the danger with which he was surrounded, came out first ‘best in the contest... TEfRe ‘ The rabbit and fish really made a very savory dish, and even Burt enjoyed it hugely.. It restored him, in a meas- ure, to something like his customary strength, and he soon grew. anxious to know what the redskins were up to. But after thinking of it carefully, he decided that it would Dg a very dangerous undertaking to venture forth from the ee “‘T wish I knew. what,they were up to,” he said to him- Self for about the twentieth time. ~ : Jack, at this moment, happened to be lying on his back by his brother’s side, with-his eyes fixed on)a point more than fifty feet above their heads. . - mibeds ie ~ You would really like to know, old fellow ?” he said. “Of course I would,” responded Burt, regretfully. . ‘All right, you shall know,” said Jack, in a decided tone. _ “You mustn’t think of going out,” exclaimed Burt, start- ing up. “ai boars Ss Stich an idea never entered my brilliant brain, "laughed his brother... 4 5 whic tee ‘““'Then how do you propose to obtain the desired infor- mation?” asked the wounded youth, r ‘“You will see in. about a moment, if you'll have the ess to lend me your knife,” responded Jack. ‘But I gave you one last.night, as well as Scip.” ‘*Yes; and that’s all right, but just at this moment I - want two.” : ~ ‘SAll right, take mine. then,” and Jack, having secured his brother’s knife, now began to work it into the side of the tree, almost. fifty feet belowthe hole. that he had ob- served while lying on his back. — gages | When. he found that the knife would bear his weight, he wcrked in the other, some feet above it, and then, raising himself; on the handle of the lower knife, and holding on by’ the other, he requested Scip to give him the third, and this he thrust into the tree higher up. —~ Ys He now withdrew the lowest. knife, and raising himself
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8 ZOLA. so as to‘hold on by the upper, he thrust the one he had just extracted into the tree‘still higher up. ~ And thus he continued to advance until the hollow open- ing grew so small that he no longer needed the knives, be- ing able to work his way upward by pressing his knees against the sides of the tree: Sa eke Maas Se At length he reached the opening,-and found it much larger than he had supposed on seeing it from below. —_ He looked cautiously out. For some time he discovered nothing, but at length he saw the Indians encamped on the bank of the river not fifty feet'from where he had built’ his oven. Apparently they had no idea there was any one in the vicinity. They were cooking their dinner, and, Jack thought, making arrangements for fishing. At first he thought he would go right down and make his report; but, after a moment, concluded to stay and see what they really did do. His position was not the most comfortable in the world, and the first thing to do was to better it. This he did by taking the only one of the three knives he had brought up. from the point where he no longer needed them, and thrusting it into the tree just below the hole, thus making a rest for his foot. He now settled himself to keep a sharp lookout on the enemy. cide Some time passed, and nothing of importance occurred. But while Jack fully understood the situation without, those below were wholly in the dark, and therefore anxious—not to say impatient. ; After a while Burt could stand the suspense no longer, and, putting his hands to his mouth, he called in a loud whisper: ; : ‘(What do you see, Jack?” The hollow trunk of the tree made an excellent speaking tube, and Burt’s words came up to Jack, clear and dis- Dy : Pp tinct. He looked down, and waved his hand, then, after a mo- ment’s thought, he took a small piece of paper, which he happened to have in his pocket, and fishing out a blunt lead pencil, braced himself for the task, and wrote these words: ‘‘Dear old Burt: The Indians are on the river bank— about fifty of them, I should think. They are cooking and eating dinner, and getting ready to go a fishing. “They don’t suspect we're around, that’s plain enough, but I’m going to stay up here awhile to wari :: ACK.’ Having finished this dispatch to the general officer, the man at the look-out broke a small piece off from the’ inside of the’ tree, and wrapping the paper around it, let it drop. It struck Scip full in the face. 2 ‘‘Now dat’s mighty careless,” exclaimed the darky, pick- ing it up. “S’posin’ it had-been heavy, it might-er done oné an’ smashed my head in.” - — “Pon't let that worry you, Scip,” laughed Burt, ‘there _ ain’t@nything up there heavy enough to smash your head F in. 19" 3 ‘Don’t know "bout dat, Mas’r Burt,” returned the nig- ger, with a graye shake of woolly pate, ‘‘ speck my hegil’s as soft as anybody’s.” : “T admit,” laughed Burt, ‘‘that what’s inside of it is poids oa on the case—the covering of your precious my ” If “Dar! now you jist done gone an’ said ’nough, Mas’r urt.” . A ‘“‘That’s so, Scip, and therefore I'll thank you to pass me Jack’s note.” , ; : .. The black boy did so, and Burt opened and read it with eager interest, J Ge ge 9 erage omy “Tm ‘inclined to think,” he said, handing it’ to Zola, ‘that we shall not in any way be disturbed. I feel rather relieved.” . OF Out Jae ‘*T hope you are right, Burt,” said the young girl, “‘ but ——s don’t you think that by and -by: they'll. notice our tracks , along the river bank?” ‘<Tt’s hardly likely,’ responded Burt, ‘‘ for evidently they are looking for nothing of the kind.” _ “Tam very glad to hear you say so,” said Zola, ‘‘for I don’t want them to:come across us while you are ‘sick and _ Burt didnot answer; he was lost in thought, and it so ‘happened that he was not the only one’ who was deepl thinking just at that time. CHAPTER, VIII. THE SECRET .PASSAGE—JACK UNDERTAKES, T0° STOCK THE : TREE-HOUSE. ' ag ick kept-his eyes upon the band of redskins on the river They seemed in no hurry to finish their meal, and the boy’s active mind looked for other employment while his eyes were on duty. Suddenly a thought struck him. Evidently it was a big one, for he at once became wide awake, and began a more careful examination of the band than he had yet.made, .. At last the Indians finished eating, and while some went out to fish, others began to prepare for the night. Jack waited until all their preparations were completed, and then descended to his friends. a Many were the questions asked and answered, and grea’ was the praise bestowed upon Jack by his elder brother. At length it began to grow dark, and Scip broadly hinted that he could make way with any remnants. of the noonday meal there might be laying round. ‘“‘T think we'd better keep what.we’ve got left. until to- morrow,” said Burt. ‘‘It may be these Indians will take it into their head to hang around here for three or four days, and then what should we do without any food?” ; ‘‘Goramity! Mas’r Burt,” exclaimed Scip, with startled countenance. ‘‘Z can’t go without somefin to eat, I's got ter hab it.” ‘‘ All right then,” responded Burt, carelesely; ‘‘go out and get it then.” ‘‘But Lordy, Mas’r Burt, dis nigger can’t go out whar dem Injuns is.” + i Wit 7 ‘‘ Well, then, don’t say no more about eating to-night.” Scip gave a dismal groan.’ re ‘¢Thunder! Burt,” laughed Jack, ‘‘let the poor fellow have a bite, and for that matter I wouldn’t mind eating something myself; you needn’t fret, old boy, I'll see that we have enough to eat and drink before morning.” Be ‘‘What do you mean?” asked Burt, in great surprise. ‘¢Q, nothing much,” responded Jack, ‘only while L was up there”—and hé waved his hand aloft—‘‘I happened to think that if the Indians should stay around here very long, we should get pretty hard up for water, to say the least.” . . ‘<That’s a fact,” murmured Burt, in a tone of great con- cern; ‘and I never’once thought of it. I’m a perfect fool, and not fit to lead this party.” ‘ i = ‘Now don’t you say that, old fellow,” exclaimed Jack, _ warmly. ‘It’s all right, I tell you, there’s no kind of harm. - done. In an hour or so we: shall have all the water we want and something good to eat too.” ‘*T don’t know what you propose to do, Jack,” said his wounded brother, ‘‘but remember, I forbid you running into any kind of danger.” , Cie ‘‘That’s all right, Burt, I’m not going. to run. into the slightest danger, I think too;muchof my, precious skin that —you bet,” and Jack laughed good-naturedly. ‘(Well have: your own»,way then,” said Burt, and he sighed wearily. af f ean; “Den dis nigger kin Burt.” ALF SATILAHD ‘©Yes,": Jack answered for his brother, ‘‘ and.we'll all turn to and eat supper; but after that, mind! you've gotto workeYr: 3'nob has .dotode Ssovinds vox ote ag ders ~ "© Work!” cried the-darkey,, “what we, do, Jack?” and even Burt turned an inquiring look toward his brother, — hab some o’ the rabbit, eh? Mas'r
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ZOLA. 2 ee OOOO — SS ——Ssa0uae—“—=$“$=$=@>=$~—~——~—~“~_~_“—a—cO9MWWDa0aa>aw>aaa— ‘We're going to; make-a secret, passage into. the, tree just above this, soithat Zcla.can have.a\room by herself, when she wantsvit, ahd so,that-we can, have a place to :re- treat to, in case the Indians.come uncomfortably near this one. And that ain’t-all,"she;continued.., ‘I noticed from: the lookout that there’s a little stream running close by the other tree, on its way to;the river, It wouldn't be five minutes’ work to turn it so that it'll run through the lower art of the room here.” ~? “ TOV A CEMA: 2 “Jack, I really. didn’t, know; there was so.much.,to, you,” said Burt, ‘approvingly..)) «) - as ie Oh ‘ Ah, but you see you never -gave mea chance before,” lent Jack;.‘‘and now. you. can’t, help. yourself, you s ow.” at Ag: : “ But can we do all this without attracting the Indians’ attention?” asked Burt. A | ‘¢ Of course ‘we can;” said Jack. it otherwise.” ‘All right, we'll finish our supper and then go to work, for I mean-to have a hand. in. this,”,declared the wounded. ‘<T wouldn't undertake boy. t pe H L #ii r ‘Tm willing, ifit won’t-hurt your leg any,” Jack said, as he attacked a piece of fish. ; Supper was speedily finished, and then. all four went. to work in the dark on the secret, passage. . . ort It was a hard job, and they labored. under great disad- vantages, but they were determined, and. then, there ,was. |. this in their favor, the second tree was not far aWaY-. 0: A little before midnight the narrow, passage: was, Com- pleted, and. Jack then went “to work to turn ;the course of the shallow stream that ran near, the second tree. This was avery. small matter, as he had only to remove some turf in one place and scrape up the sand a little in anottler. paren Thus they soon. had cool fresh water flowing through their very dwelling-place. ; Prk ti Zola’s chamber, -as they resolved to call it, could not very well be fitted up for her until daylight, so she determined to pass the remainder of the nightin the .first tree, where they now all returned save Jack, who, after he was satis; fiod that he had supplied the little company with water, started off in the darkness to obtain food, as he. hastily in- formed Burt. Wot Jack, once alone, began with the utmost care to. make his way towards the Indians’ camp. . died? Ott DOLWRID He was not long in coming within sight of it... The fire was burning low, and all;were, or, seemed to be,, asleep around it. nage Jack had. noti ] ed.where the savages: placed, their food, aud by good luck it was at a point some distance from where any of them were lying. , . ; He hastened to thespot. To his joy, he found’ plenty of Indian bread, a large piece of venison, and a good supply of other food. In fact enough to last him and his friends for a whole week at least. f.7 He had now quite a job before him. He must. carry off all these provisions..and deposit them in. the hollow tree, and that too without disturbing a single one of all the fifty sleeping savages..; {) ob At first he thought of calling Scip to his aid, but he al- most. immediately abandoned. that idea, and; went at it alone... Scip-he thought might possibly slop over.;... 2! The venison was the first.thing he tackled; he meant to make sure of that anyhow,.and managed to get it to the tree without:making the slightest.sound.., 5 4.4, «sod He stopped at the entrance, and called, in a whisper: 6 Seip L Scipio) tedy f 1 ‘What amit, Mas'r Jack?” and Scip’s, black. face ap- peared in the opening. mo Os, att wieath bernard Fargay Instantly his eyes rested on the deer-meat, and he could make out, what it was in the gloom... .; "Qh, bress de Lord, Mas'r Jack, you makes me, So hap- py: | Jist, han’ dat right ‘hyer,” and. taking, the meat, he jnstantly| disappeared anto the interior, of, the tree...) 1), Jack again started for the camps 44.) fy, _ He soon reached it, all was quiet as before.. ~This time he secured all the Indian bread: he could lug away, and this too he succeeded in placing in Scip’s hands without rousing the sleeping enemy. Rater e 4 F _ The third trip he carried off a mess of fish, the result ef the savages’ day’s fishing. —.. mitt Athi een or ia ~ But all know the old adage, ‘‘the pitcher that goes too, often to. the well,” and so forth. eas Jack had got along very well on his three. trips, but the fourth did not ‘work quite so smoothly, ._ i) vie CHAPTER IX. away. re “| eat er “He reached the spot, and stooping down, began gather- ing up the bread. . All at once, as he was about to raise himself he found a heavy hand upon his shoulder, and heard a not over’ pleasant voice at his ear: te nae .*Ugh!. What do with that? . Where go, (11 Selita bas “Oh, Lord!” thought poor Jack to himself, ‘I’m a goner, sure! and now. won't Burt give it to me!” “If the poor boy had only taken time to think, he would have been glad enough to have given his brother a chance to‘ give it to him.” fe But Jack for‘a moment was very much discouraged, not to say frightened, _. a, is Ne ~The Indian who had captured him was a powerful fellow, and had a grip like a vise. shel Bes . He lifted his captive from the ground ‘as though he had been no ‘more than a mere child. Jack expected every. moment to hear him call his friends to his aid, but he did nothing of the kind. He calmly walked toward the river, still holding the boy almost at arm’s length before him, — “Ugh! You know what Injun do?” ~ Jack intimated that he hadn’t the slightest idea. 3 Me kill you and throw into water !” Beat a _“‘Oh, don’t do that!” exclaimed poor Jack. ‘‘ Take some fellow Of your size.“ It ain’t fair to go for a little fel- low like me??4) 8) i saLteore. 216 ~The redskin let the boy stand on his’ feet. He seenied to be considering somethitig. Ti TIBNED Opa gas At length he asked: ‘* Where one more boy ?” _ - RARSB ROLL - Jack knew Well €nough who he meant, but pretended not to understand)'°* 9") ¢& “ost iil SABE A ‘T don’t know what you're driving at,” he said. 10) ‘‘ Where boy what stole the Injun’s horse, ‘and kill one—~ - two—three—four—five, a heap?™ 9" Btbs: Jack shook his head. ee cada “I givecit up,” he said:! 4: in Age sadist 2igs Tis ** You tellyor me-kill,” said'the Indian; threateningly:» ' Suddenly it struck Jack that, so long:as:they werevalone; this killing business might be a game that two could playat. He had his knife, with him, the Indian had. not seen it yet, w if he had, had paid no attention to it. ‘alfison ij {You tell, or me. kill—quick,”-said., the savage, reaching down as if to seize him by the throat. Y feos) en al oy ‘Quick aslightning, the; daring boy jerked, out; his, knife, and plunged it into the other’s,hearters fics “tolon oor The Indian fell forward upon the sand... Once he attempted to utter a warning ery to his friends, but Jack quickly put a stop to that, and in another moment he was dead... © For the first time in all his life Jack Brownlow had killed a human being, and now, as he stood there, before. the life- less body, he trembled in every limb. But Jack was not the boy to throw such a chance. as he had just won away. . He considered for a moment what it was best to do, ‘and then hé did tte 5s ee wn ale Feterpyert SIULOW
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10 ZOLA> ~*© What trouble can come to us now: any more than’ yes- terday ?” asked’ Jack,’ in an incredulons'tone: Burt opened his mouth to’answer, when!a-wild:chorus of yells went up, so loud and so near. as to: drown a0 Nei anit’ fill poor ne with most abject Sails sdedt bok | CHAPTER Ki ‘JACK ‘MAKES ANOTHER RAID ‘ON THE, ENEMY’ 3. CAMP. - Zoua’and Jack looked at Burt; inguiringly: ‘*No,” said Burt, in answer to their looks; « «thoy do not as yet? suspect our ‘retreat, ' but! they have evidently. dis- covered’ some signs that lead them’to believe we are still in ‘the neighborhood.” : “Supposing. I’ go upto the look-out ?” said Jack: ° ‘Not a bad idea,” returned his’ brother; *‘ but’ ‘don’t make the ‘shghtest’ noise in’the ascent, for it’s plain they are not far off.” / Jack worked his way up ‘to the Hole in'the same mianner he had'done the day’ before, and cautiously peered out. The fifty Indians were scattered in every direction, and seemed ‘as’ mich excited ‘as a swarnt of: bees that has lost its queen. For tioré than an hour they’ watidered about; and many times Jack felt sure they had discovered the: hiding-place, but ‘each’ time; after approaching’ close to: it, they went away, never once suspecting how near ‘they had been to the game. “At length’ they all returned: to the river bank, where a solemn couticil “was held, ‘after which, to’ all’ appearances; things settled down into’ the ordinary routine, and Jack, satisfied that thie search was'over for ‘the time at deast, de- 'scended and joined his friends: BS ___ The day passed without incident, other than that Jack and Seip fitted up Zola’s ¢hamber ‘in the sé¢ond) tree, and made it ready for her reception. “That night the girl occupied ets new gadetarts and the boys lay themselves down to rest side by side! “Present! ly, after all had become still; Jack “raised himself into & sitting position and listened. ‘Both his companions were fast asleep. He quietly slipped from between‘ them and retciod the ground below. He then armed himself with % a knife and’ tomahawk and crawled into the open air. Without the loss of & moment’s tinie, he slipped’ intd a clunip of underbrush’ Close by the trees, and listened’ with bated breath, __ Sal pe @ Sound reached him, not a figure was anywherd to seen. Silently, on his hands and knees, he crawled’ toward the canip. On coming in sight of the fire he again stopped ae con- cealed himself.” M sl He now at his leisure examined the pithation: There was one Indian on guard, and he was seated before tha fire, with his éyes fixed ‘on the river; etiee his eae was turned away from Jack! treet ye He took from the dead Indian all that was worth carry- ing away, and then tying ‘a large stone about ‘his’ neck, dragged him into the water and sunk him’ ‘to the bottom. ” He next secured his plunder, ‘as well as’ the dried’ meat and bread: / When these things had all been delivered over to Scip, another thought struck Jack, why could he “not make it look as though the dead warrior had’ carried of all that he had taken ? oe He would try it.” ECS O Cautiously he returned to the eb. With the’ utmost’ care he obliterated all signs of the short strife on the river bank, then he went .to the spot’ where the savage had seized him, For some time. ‘he looked around for what he was in search ‘Of'in’ vain; ‘at last, pS Ph ‘he fourid® ita first class riflé and all its belon ‘The tomahawk’ and knifé Beldniving to the dead Thatad! he had already’ secured, and “now; with’ this additional weapon, he returned to the tree house. Scip was delighted, with the prize. Zola was astonished. Burt had fallen into,a light sleep, and it was, thought not best to disturb him, ‘© Won't dem red higgers be Jist hoppin’ when dey. finds out what we've done in’ de. mornin’, Mas’r_ J: ack? Hey? I jist Suess te) ‘ ae | expect. they'll howl some, z said Jack,, “Witt! a self- satisfied ‘smile., ‘‘And now, Seip,” he added, “we must 0 to sleep, for I shouldn't Wonder if we had to keep pretty wide awake to-morrow.” Five minutes later all was iene in ‘the hollow: treat least there was. no other sound saye that made by the breathing of the tired sleepers. _Honr, after hour passed, and at length feeble rays. of 4 light found their way between the roots into. the, strange hiding-place, still no.one moyed; ‘all continued quiet, > Allat once there was 4 frightful noise without, as if a, legion, of demons had broken Tose, and were making ‘the most of their liberty. _ Bold Burt started up and Tistened,, Ott oe “f ees can it all be’ About, I wonder,” he thurmured ou “Tm inclined to think ‘they have discovered J ack's visit,” said Zola, who was now also awake. . _ ‘Jack's, visit?” repeated: Burt, in. surprise...‘ Didn’t he promise me eee mous me go es danger?” ..;; »t-Yes,” respon ola, **.am on’t iSPPpNE he had any ied of ore until long toward the last.” “What! did any harm overtake. him?”., asked. ‘Burt, anxiously. off No—no!, but he proved himself the prince, of es fore a amg in fact; look acre be and Zola pointed, 9 out the captured rifle . Burt's eyes glistened. : “Tt's a fact,” he murmured; “I hadn’t any idea there was so much in the boy.” __ All this time Jack and Scip had bean“ quietly sleeping; ’ butysuddenly there came another. wildyell that’) waked the very’ echoes of the mountains miles away. ~ Jack sat up and rubbed his eyes, Scip sprang to his feet as ar some one had attacked’ him ‘i in’ the rear with a pore le. “Oh, Lordy, Mas’r Burt!” he exclaimed, “ hab dot debil cum fur us shuah?” . “(He'll be here migtity ‘soon, unless ‘you “Keep a little more quiet,” said Burt, ‘significantly: Seip at once subsided, and then Burt requested Jack to ane account of aust "do; fanny the younger brother proceeded todo, faith Te all that had occurred from beginning to end. Bold Burt did not speak for some moments after Jack had ccna his story. ° a _ At length abe a a said: 13 “Y fear able onto this, and it 6 trouble of a pihecase hate! character was aie about thirty feet further off.’ Presently he saw what he had: not before noticed, ‘a little heap oe of Indian blankets close beside the two sleepers. What a comfort a couple of those would be to dear old Burt and Zola!” he thought, and that thought decided him. Throwing himself flat upon his belly, he began to slowly crawl toward the pile. ~ “Once the watcher ‘turned’ around,’ arid then x = who had not taken his eyes off of him, for ~ sutenie me lay as still as death. “At length he’reached the Blase! They Gohobaled him perfectly from the ‘view’ of the guard. And, ‘if’ Bethow wished, he could operate Ggaitist the two Indians.’ *
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ZOLA. 11 It was a dangerous undertaking, but he finally determined upon it. . : f tt, Perot where he lay’he could reach out his hand and touch the nearest. _ , ; Hh. He drew his keen-bladed knife. «He thrust forth his hand. The next: moment the Indian's throat’ was cut ‘from: ear to ear. AN OT INI The victim shivered, and then lay perfectly still.: It’ was the stillness of death. ab ows hy ’ Jack drew himself up behind the blankets and waited. Once more the watcher! by the fire turned his head toward the boy; but there was no suspicion in his face, and ‘soon his glance returned to the river: HG SUL Aga Jack waited for another moment; and then slowly crawled toward the remaining sleeper. ; a He reached his side.) He cast’ his eyes im every direc- tion. He listened intently. SES ae . Nothing suspicious could he’ see. im. The sleeping savage’s’ breast was: bare, and. Jack ‘could see the beating of his heart. an He raised thé knifé on high. It descended, andwas bur- ied to the very handle‘in‘his bosom... © as He started up with a convulsive gasp’and fell back dead: The watcher by the fire turned ‘quickly'and ‘cast’ an ‘in- quiring look toward the spot; but Jack was already’ lying eside the Indian whom he had just killed, and all seemed patural and peaceful. ’ hontogert iti But Jack, although the odds were so strongly against him, ‘determined: to’ die game; andi as: the: savages ap- proached with diabolical smiles’ upon their faces, he sprang™ ~ back and leveled his rifle. - pe vid Linnean “Keep off !yyou red imps of perdition!” he cried, “or I'll make daylight shine through you in less than no time.” The Indians came to a stand, and seemed a. little sur- prised. | Then’ they consulted together ina low tone. Suddenly one of'thém turned’ quickly, at the» same itime drawing his tomahawk from his belt..' ~~ pu Jack was on the alert, and'when the next’ moment: the weapon came Whizzing through 'the air; he sprang ‘out of the-way.' Then “his rifle rang»out, and*with a wild yell the savage staggered forward-and fell to the ground, dead. But his was not the only yell;; the others joined in, and With uplifted weapons sprang toward the boy. ; _ Jack, of course, had no time to retreat, or even to again tnake use’ of his rifle ; ‘but clubbing ‘it, he manfully defended himself. =f Ot - o> fee . 9st t Zz sf - rr? At length he succeeded in killing one of his opponents, but the next moment was felled: tothe ground-by the re- maining savage. fos hs SE AE SENT,” The brave boy was’ unconscious, and khewno more: for several hours. . end © When he ‘came to himself: he was lying upon the ground in the midst of the Indian camp; some five’ miles further up the river. | pe ie vif Jack looked about him; other Indians’ had joined the band that had’ been encamped: near the tree house, and there were no less than a hundred in all: A chief was also picteria Jack quickly recognized him. It was Flying orse. Horace ba bo iAfter a time an Indian noticed that Jack had: come ‘to, end at once informed the chief. S386 anit “| Flying Horse‘and one*or two others came to the ‘spot where Jack’ was lying. = She b “Get up,” said the chief. a Jack attempted to rise, ‘but a:deathly sickness'came over ‘him, ‘and he fell back to the s¢ od 195 “io Get up; gay,” exclaimed the chief; savagely... .- _ Jack did not stir. Si f5 Kickhim,” said Flying: Horse. This order was readily’ obeyed by those’néar. Y Still the pale-face boy didmot move. =| | ‘‘He dead,” said one of the braves, at length. 4That bad,” said the chief,/hastily stooping down.’ But at that moment a low moan escapéd from Jack’s lips. - “No dead; he: alli right»byme-by,” the chief muttered; 39d >
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12 ZOLA and presently, to! confirm his words, Jack: opened: his eyes and sat up. ($0Get up on feet,”’2 commanded: Flying Horse, and ‘after one.or two? s inbffectual: effortsithe boy obeyeds | «: ‘Who come into Apache camp, and steal: our: food . Pate blanketsj:and killi my young: men?” demanded: the etic sternly. ‘‘It was me,” said Jack proudly. #* Verysmalk boy, heap big liar;” ‘guimted the retin warrior. i Diar paar exclaimed J ack, hotly;.‘‘1 killed every one on ’em myself, and carried-off all the:plunder.”) od {): The-chief looked at the boy avith: lowering! brow.!/s // ** ‘You no tell the truth} we burn iyou peas he hissed.’ ‘*T have told you the truth, ” insisted Jac «Where one other boy; more big as you! Ps asked Wying' Horse. : “1 can't tell you,” ead Jack, with a vigorous Bhake of the head. The Indians now conferred‘ together for some time, and then, after briefly ordering the ‘boy to be firmly, bound to.a stake; Flying ‘Horse’ walked haughtily away, closely: fol- lowed by his friends. Jack was in: no enviable “position. The wound on’ his head pained him terribly, and he was frightfully weak from loss of blood. -Again, he;was in the very midst of a strong Indian ‘camp, firmly bound to a stake; ay,|so firmly. bound that the eds fairly cut into his flesh, and ‘hence, 4 could see no chance -for escape. - The prospect Detore him was not bright.) He felt ‘that before the rising of another sun, all that would be left of him would be a heap of ashes. (Ah! if he had only followed his elder prother’s avis: If hé’had only heeded his earnest, words, he rronid not be there now.» | But regrets were! echoes there. was only ong thing left - for him to do, and that was to die like a. MAN, or at least, like the brave boy he had declared. himself to be, and this he swore to himself he would do. He had hardly ‘come to | this: conclusion’ when the squaws eee to — and heap up fag fagots of wood oe aa -OHAPTER XIL ~~ ZOLA TO THE ‘RESCUE. For some é moments after Jack left them no one in the hol low tree spoke. A feeling of dread pe to Hare’ settled upon’all «2 3 ra ‘At length Burt moved ‘ineasily ron ont dud ‘What is it, dear?” asked Zola, aixiounegiee “‘¥ believe J shall. go crazy unless I know what's become of that boy,” said the sufferer. Zola was in a:quandary. ‘She’ did not know just how? to act: It would: hardly do to. go out’ herself, and she could not believe it best to send Scip, even if he dared to at Presently a thought struck hers fost «‘Scip;”! she'said, eagerly, ‘tyou can climb?” ‘* Specs L can, Miss Zola.” ‘¢Then rmake .your way up:to that hole, just as you saw Jack do it, and let us know all that’s going on outside,” »‘Ds de niggérsdat kin) do dat Miss! Zola—shuah,”” ? and Scip instantly set to work. “if Phariks:to Jack, there, was.nolack of knives; and’ 80! he was quickly on his way toward the lofty lookout.» ', He reached the hole in time to'.see Jack rise up» in’ the. underbruslx and peer! off eagerly toward ‘the deserted camp. A moment later he sawithe three savages! appear, and; he was so overcome: by the sight that ‘he ‘early idpopped from his perch with fright. He saw the short but decisive: battle), ‘and: “when: the: ast of the three redskins:had he hurried town, with: ee, aes and» selatz-colored cheeks. ln" 32:, to ano bias “.besb oH © What's the. Spuattgt's abl bit Bests Lay oaks a of’ Bus-j|-9 pense, even before Scip had-reached: the'gro' 4+ Mas'r Jack ‘hab’ dun gone’ an’; killed:'two. anjwsa," re-|!¢ sponded the darkey, Sith chattering tect ‘an’ exquther Injun, he’s dun gone an’ killed Mas’r Jack, ‘shuab.” Jf Killed’ Jack, Scip?;. Are you, sure of. what.you. say?” asked Burt, in a tone of horror. f*'Spect I is, Mas’r, Burt./j Seed dat:red nigger frow ans iittle hatchet plumb atihis head... Den seed.Mas’r. Jack fall, all kivered wif blood.” “‘Oh, my God!” groaned Burt, ‘‘why did, I let. him go, when I was sure it would be so?” ‘Don’t give -way so, dear,’ ,said,;Zola, earnestly. “Ty a met be.as: bad as:it looks. Be: may. not. ibe ‘arid ey ow.’ Burt shook his head gloomily. : +, An Apache never leaves, his work half done,. Zola,?, ie sai .‘*Well, then} we: must recover the body, that’s all,” ex- claimed the braye girl, resolutely. »ofSYer can’t do dat, ‘Miss Zola,” said Scip, with an, em- phatic nod. ‘And why not, pray?”, asked both she and, Burt im a breath. Case dat red nigger dun gone an’ toted him away. zi “© Ah!” exclaimed Burt, in.a somewhat relieved Lape; ‘in that case he may not-be dead.” ..., ‘Iwas sure-of.it;”/said Zola, cheerfully; ‘and now we must manage in some, way, to rescue him. "Which Way did the Indian go, Seip?” ' hissed ‘Up de ribber,” responded the black oy. ) Zola Jet her head fall/forward on: her bosom, and for some time was buried in thought. At length, as she looked Up, she murmured: | of $We can do, nothing until night comes. that’s certain; but then we must.act.” suff What, do, you propose to do,, Zola?” asked Burt, anxiously. 1o You renal see by. and by, but you, must ask no questions now,” she responded with a smile;,.‘‘and,now you,must be a ‘good boy; and. mind whatever I say.” The time passed heavily ‘until evening, “and. then Zola, callings Seip one, side, questioned him as fllowes wee oll oof You think a heap of; Master Jack, Seip ths ‘Lor! yes,-Miss, Zola;'a-big heap,” ..- ‘You would like to help rescue him from the. savages, and.so save him-from being tortured and murdered?” + off Ye—ye—yes, Miss Zola; I-I reckons L youl. We : Well, you know how to swim ?” bods ‘¢-¥es; miss.’ ; _, tnd you could catch that pony. on. the other side of. she river ” Spect as how I could, Miss Zola. m ‘‘ Well, Jack told you where he left the pridle,, ar you swim across the river, catch the pony and ‘bring it.to me. That i is'all I shall-ask of you. |The rest I, shall\do, myself.” Scip looked ,at the; beautiful and. brave girl with, Saige tie eyes, and then, in a voice of wonder, asked: 9 “Ts yer gwine to fight de Injuns, Miss Zola ?” It’s very possible I shall haye to,’ laughed the girl; “but come, you must hurry and get me the Pony, or there won PG be ‘anything to fight‘for.”“0'"* 8 ‘Albright; Dil get bins shuah,’ 2 ‘and .t the ae hurried off toward the river... Zola now made her preparations, for; her daring undertak- ing.) She rearranged, her dress, fastened a-belt..abont her pwaist, and into this. thrust both a tomahawk and knife. » wShe-also; selected the dightest of the rifles and sight, be- ce there was no Pistols,,the, use Of which she well, under- 8 All her preparations’ were at) length made, bat, stil Seip did not return. ” carried, the! unconscious boy away, |... She begam toigrow. impatient. ; : “Wit, could detain: him? She was: ets on the -point,of going. outto see when. she heard a low whistle. | and, ‘approaching Bi + She “Tam gomg away. for.a little, while, bnt you. eon not ‘It's all right,” she, murmured, in a;tone,of; satisfaction, , and, said:
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re eS a” Pe >be ; >™——q—= worry. » Ishall beyback by-dnd-by, ‘and: hope to hayé!good | » By this time the two had reached the tree, and Jack was news for you.” i119 : Hiot _ | in possession of the rifle. This was a good thing for them, ‘« But, Zola!” exclaimed Burt, anxiously, 4 « for he only had to point it at’ the squaws, to,induce them to ‘“ f Rann They were on the ‘very brink of a precipice, more than thirty-five feet high, ‘with the angry, rushing ‘waters below. What should:they do?’: There was but a single‘instant to echoose, for the howling red fiends were close behind, and death seemed inevitable any way: arses! «Jack, hold:on tight,” exclaimed Zola, in a firm, deter- mined voice, ‘‘for we are going over that precipice,” and with all her might she urged the pony forward.» The next instant he made the terrible plunge. _ But the danger was by no means over; in fact, it was/but just begun. : i ir 63 ; pili ae na aes attacked both the whites, and Maen whe utmost fury, at the same, ti callin ‘the buc hasten to their aid. one po Ne “Here, Jack!” exclaimed Zola, ‘‘take this knife; and use it, too, and follow me asfastias possible to'yonder tree; there I have:left a rifle, and a little beyond is the pony that ae aot en ; ris rat wi hav !” exclaimed Jack, ‘all hisi courage and spirits re- ‘turning with the: prospect of | life and iiberty;: Races a brave girl, Zola,.and 1f- Burt don’t marry you I shall.” o d “ Remember,” laughed the girl,as she sent’ a ‘squaw to grass with her tomahawk, ‘“‘ it taxes two to make abargain; -and now hurry; Jack! for there:‘comes the bucks—fifty of them; at least.” erin: da anes heres Gas sgt id “CHAPTER XIV.) 4 BLOODY: FIGHT—DEATH OF FLYING HORSE, ‘Yexis of astonishment went up from both sides of the river at Zola’s daring act; but the Indians were“so much taken up with' the fugitives that they did not Notica»- cries from the! other side o:;— 197 gud Tasbed to Quickly they =
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14 ZOLA. the brink of'the bluff to watch ‘for the coming up of the brave pair: : at aes a At length they appeared, the horse first, Jack, clinging to his tail, next, and Zola last. pei Natd Lisst ‘*Have the Indians all gone,” asked Zola, ‘eagerly, when she saw them approaching. 60 : ‘Gone to kingdom come, most of ’em,” responded her father, laconically. . wr To the astonishment of the redskins; neither the pony nor | . ‘And Flying Horse?” his riders‘seemed to have suffered’ by' the terrible leap. ©! “* Like the others—dead.” ‘Fire upon them !: Fire’ upon’ them |?’ yelled Flying “Hod pony was doing nobly, and soon all three were nearing the other bank. “After them! After’ them! they must’not get away,” cried ‘the’ chief: ‘‘Quick'! ‘go abové the ‘cliff ‘and'‘¢ross there.” , ey Spots Had the blood-thirsty Flying Horse waited a- moment before giving this“ order, he’ might’ not” have’ been’ in such a hurry to have his band cross the rivér, for “he would have seen several dark figures approach the river bank and ee the noble little pony and his two exhaustéd riders‘to and. Sa Why, father!” exclaimed Zola, throwing her arms abou the neck of the old trapper; who ‘had helped her out, “how glad Iam to see you.” “© -_ gigiseinbe : = ‘And I you, my child, whom*I never expected to see more,” said old Sol, with.a quiver in his yoice, ‘and here’s your old friend Giles waiting to speak with you.” “‘ Ah! Uncle Giles, it’s always pleasant to see you, but hever more so than now,” said Zola, adyancing to meet her father’s friend. ~ ; ; Gray Giles, with tears of joy in his eyes, put,out his arms, and the next moment. Zola was folded in a warm embrace. Se ; “ What has become of poor Jack?” she asked, -as.soon as the old trapper released her. ~~ as ‘There, behind that thicket,’ responded her father, ‘* and ‘*You must let mé speak now,” !said’Mr. Brownlow, who was laboring under great anxiety. ‘‘ Jack ‘says’ that his ee is alive; but wounded: How badly’ is.he wounded, Ola?” {BOY jy + ol“ T fear quite badly,” said the young girl-;:‘‘at least; ‘he is suffering for the want of a skillful surgeon.” sR) The officer in command of the troeps from the fort came up at this moment. ji} #8) / 15 “‘ Who is that of whom you are speaking!” he asked. “My son, Burton,” responded Mr. Brownlow. ‘It seems he was wounded by ‘the Indians’ some: nights since, and now lies hidden: in'a’ hollow: treé-on the other'side of the-rivers* ivodiiv eh Dowo it ~ “ Whatl:do!youmean’ the young man ‘they call Bold Burt ?” asked the’ officer. q ‘lesitgil i 9 “The same, sir.” Oo HER ‘“Then‘our surgeon, ‘and a ‘portion of: our men, shall’ go with you-to his retreat, and/everything that can-hée done for his comfort shall be, that I promise you.) ) fo.) ©‘60, thank you, sir!” exclaimed Zola, out’ of the fullness of her heart: oul ess * t enw ote dy paint SA “ Oh-ho!” mused the officer, : ‘* so that’s the direction in which the wind blows, eh?” and he gazed upon the young girl with a new interest. © > . ib Bb amon FF * °! Orders were now given’ to cross the river, and Jack was placed in charge ofa’stout trooper, who agreed to see him safely over. d 29 tS “: Aw hour later, just as‘the:first faint streaks of dawn ap- peared in the east, the little troop arrive in the neighbor: hood of the hollow tree. ° Gialg ower sme '- Burt and Scip were:awake; the fact is, Burt was too anxious to sleep himself,» ‘and he'would not let. bis-com: panion © ‘‘ Just take another lookout, Scip,” fe said, “and see if you can’t see or hear her somewhere.” tow Ich; © Seip cautiously thrust’ his black head through the open- his friends are with him.” ‘‘ What ! did his parents escape?” **Yes; and both are here.” ese “¢ And—and my mother? -and dear Ned ?” Sars _. ‘Both alive and. well, thank God!.*How I wish I could say as much for many of our neighbors. But hark! there come the Apaches. Whois leading them to-night, Zola?” Seog RS IES meer , “Flying Horse, the chief.” ° . mars or. ‘Good 1 and now for revenge. _ Giles, you notify the. sol- diers, and . Zola, you, go to your mother and the Brown- lows yonder.” =a Sa Fy oer thnns taps ct Zola obeyed. Reaianer A few moments later she heard the steady tramp, tramp, tramp of the regular troops of the United States, ! Then there was a halt, and all was still. Siapt: Suddenly.the, stillness, was broken. by the loud; discharge ing. : The sound of the advancing horses reached his ears, ‘and from the place wherevhe lay he’could just) catch/a glimpsé of their'legs as they came hurrying along. + 9) vw) eo: He quickly drew in his‘héad and sprang upon: the: shelf alongside’ of Burt. = GINOly eS Wy 19 O1al ‘*Goramity! Mas’r Burt,” he exclaimed, ‘all: dé Injuns in de country am out dar, shuah; cause I seed: darvdirty se i ortal red legs.” ' af rifle-shots, and then m yells of agony arose upon the “‘ Are the Indians. really'-comingy:Scip?” asked. Burt, anxiously)! °°) 6 TT ete toes ad ir. ri 1 The fight was a terrible one. At first the Indians fought bravely, because deperately; but at. length a panic, seized them, and then-the battle became a,perfect slaughter, It was Sol Swayne who had caused the panic, and-it/was simply done... He went forward with the troops, -who halté@ in the underbrush until the Indians were Janded, and ‘then when the fight began} he gave all his. attention tofinding ‘* Fur bartin! shuah, Mas'r Burt. I sced ’ém -wif dese yer bery eyes,” and> the: 'bldck: boy looked ‘as ‘solemn as an owl At that moment: their attention’ was drawn toward the entrance to their hiding place. Bs ‘Oh, Lordy!oMas'r» Burt,” criéd Scip, in abject terror, “*hyer comes one‘ob dem now, an' de‘ugliest: obem all; 1 Flying Horse. nh vwaol® sete fui | mows ih” Thu abuts od He discovered him at last, urging on ‘his warriors with | | .« [)'never forgive you for ‘that, Scip Stan,” exclaimed the eloquence of ‘despair: nig the sweet, ringing voice-of Zola Swayne, and the next mo- He raised his rifle and fired. ment she was-upon the shelf of earth with her lover’s head The chief threw his arms wildly above his head for a mo- ment, and then dropped heavily from his saddle. He was dead, and from that moment the savagés no lon- er had the heart to fight. » All permitted themselves to be Mr, p,pattlewwes. ayer, and in her arms. tod 9 ‘* It’s all right, darling,” she cried, tenderly. | ‘I saved Jack, and now I've brought your father and mother, as well as the surgeon at the fort, to see you.” = © “Good ‘Heavens! Zola, how is it that you! accomplish such wonders? Is it because you love me?” \4) 0) «5 ‘‘ That does ‘a: great deal, Burt, but most’of what has now happened came about very naturally, I'll tell you all ee Fl Am \ Swayne, Gray’ Giles and it: where their loved ones
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_ Gy ' SHE "ZOLA. a 15 about it another time, but now you must prepare to receive your friends.” 2 Bey ; ‘“Phen let me be taken outside, I long to breathe the, fresh air again.” +a tee a This was but natural, and two soldiers entered the place ond gently lifted him out. Then a happy meeting took place. Scip was fairly frantic with joy. He danced, he turned cart-wheels and stood upon his head, and at last could only + be induced to keep upon ‘his feet when’ Jack gravely told [THE him that if he remained much longer on his head his brain would have a tendency to settle there. bi ee The short and bloody war with the Apaches was practi- -. cally over, the strength of the Indians was broken. Sol Swayne, though not wholly over the effects of his wound, went to work, with Gray Giles to assist him, and built another shanty for his family. 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ae |= SREAT 9 CENT 4 “The ten, heanet Hanisomost and Most, Bopular Taber in the Worl r ~ ma eit ton 1 Tom Brown's Schooldays.” 76 Harkaway Afloat » | 154 Tim of the Mail rain WY jo 25. Thirteen ; 2 The Pirate 77 Harkaway Among thes Gayaees 155 Out with Stanley 26 The Brotherhood of Death» 3 Robingon Crusoe 78 Harkaway’s Escape oy} 156, Mad Maurice 227 Tricks 4 Jack Sheppard | 79 Harkaway at Oxford “© 157 Shorty and the oon soiate 228 Under the Gallows 229 Adnift on a Floating Island ~ 230-Fred Hazle 231. Shot in the Dark 3 6 Peter Simple— ~81-Harkaway-and the Brigands-—}-159- Big Silas—— 5 Sinbad, the Sailor | 80 Harkaway-and the Black Band | 158 The Wharf Boys 7 Pantomime Joe 160 Nipand Flip | Fr 82 Hurkaway and the Spy 8 Snarleyow, the Dog Fiend ~83 Harkaway Trapped 4161 The Fi Jokes */232Doonie Crandalle™, 9 Aladdin= and the. Wonderful’|” 84 Harkaway.and the Tealidns 2 4162 The “/'233..Meta, the Girl Crusoe | Lamp 85 Dick Lightheart at Sea 163 Young aces "aoe, ‘the | 234 Teddy Doyle 10 Poor Jack 86 Dick Lightheart Around the Pirat tes 235 A Trip to the Center of the 11 Tommy Bounce—comic World 164 Harkaway’s Triumph Earth : 12 Shorty; or, Kicked into Good} 87 Dick Lightheart in London 165 “Harkaway on Magic,Island 236 Drifting Harry Es . | Luck—comiié— . * | 88) Dick Lightheart’s Victory: \!'® | 166 Ferret, the Little Detéctive |. ah Rory the Smashér. | *** 13 The Devil’s Diamond ; 89 The Island of Mystery 167 The’Man of Many Faces _ | 238 An Trish Boy’s Sage 14 Shorty in Luck—comic 99 Detective Dan 168 Harkaway’s Peril _ |239 Behind the Bars . & 15 Dick Dauntless } 91 Claude Duyal * 169. Harkaway to the Rescue’ -} 240 The Boy Convict . . ; = 16, Skinny, the?Tin Peddler—comic |. 92 Clande and His Pal 170 Harkaway, the Magician 241 Tornado Tim . » | Sy ‘17-Dick Turpin: » i 93 Duval and Dick : 171 Reckless Bob 242 The Boy Avenger 18 Gulliver’s Travels 94: Claude in a,Fix 172 Luke Lander, the Lion Hunter | 243 Jack the Joker AA 19 Ali Baba and the Forty Thiey es} 95 Duval Betrayed 2d! The Trish Robber's Apprentica_ ‘ag 173,Rob* Rattler) the Scapegrace © "20 The Mulcahy Twins—comic 96-On the Scaffold 174 The Dwarf King- : | 245 hting His Way’ -- 21 Jacob Faithful ~ 97 The’ HighWayman’s Ride 175 The Gallant Middy Ws 246 26 teh t of the Byigh * 22° Oliver Optic’ 's Engineer Stories |. 98 Clade Daval’s Dead Shot. 176 Harkaway the Ay enger 247 Fritz the Tambler 23. Oliver Twist © 99 Bounié Black Bess ; 177 The Rival Crusoes —; =. -... .} 248. Iron Knuckled Ted... «24 ‘The Image of His Father 100 Claude.in Jail ; 178 Harkaway in Australia © ©) 4 249 Dare-Devil-Dick 5 -25 Gentleman George 101 Duval's ‘Life Struggle 179 Harkaway and the Convicts 250 The Dock Boy of New York »26' Gentleman Gare. and His Pal-}102 Clande-and the Nuns eshy 180 Harkaway. and; the: (Bush- 27 The Dead Boxer 103 Duval in the Cloister.” Rangers: 251 Captain Cartouche» >) i 252. The Gipsy Boy’s Vengeance 28 Harry. Hale - 104 Clande.and the Lady... ©... |181 Chased Around the World: | 253 Ther Boy Miners ae ~29 One of the Boys of New York | 105’ Duval on Hand ; | 182) The Detective’s* Mistake: 254 Water- Jim ie —comic 106 Claude and the Spy : 183°Chips and. Chit? Chin—comie °}255 The: King ‘of the’ Swimming © ar 184:Chips ‘and Chin Chin Among the Mormons—comic 185 Chips and Chin Chin’s -Adven- turés with Indians—comic . Gan 256 The Tee Ship of the Pacific ~~ 257, The ‘Adventures of Harry } Franco" =) o> 107, Duval in Chains ; : 108 Clande’s Bride 109 Duval on the Road 110 Claude’s Duel ~~ 111, Duval and. the Maiden 730 The King of Diamonds ...., 31 The-Four Knaves: : “ 32 The Pirate Doctor » 33 Jonathan Wild _34 The Pipate: Chief. > 186 Lait a Chin Chin in Omaha | 258. Cripple Chatley” : $3 35 The Smuggier of Bt. Malo 112 Claude in the, Toils 259 The Adventures of tworTramps : 36. Little ~the Boy Engineer | J13 Duval and the Casket; 187 Chips. ‘and Chin Chin in St..| 260) Plucky Jimmy. i 37 oe or; the Maid of the | 114 Claude and His: Chum: Lo | The Se cpap Apprentice 2 uis—comic 115 Duval in Peri 188 Coips and Chin Chin in New| 2 - Jumping Joe Gulf ° "88° Sea Dog Charlies or, The: Ad 116. Claude at Bay York—comic. ae 263 Jack oa. : 2 , ventures of a Boy Hero. 117 Duval and Luke : 189 Jack 0) ae 3 pigs cane & +3 Mat McCarthy’s’ Fortune © *> 39 Paul Jones ~*~) 118° Death ‘of Claude Duval 190 Two Boston Bo: - London Bob- comic 191 Frank Martin, the’ ‘Young Ra- jah ~ 192 The Locksmith's = prentice» 193. The Cliarmers and the Charmed see An. English’ Boy in encase’ re Z comis.» _—- 267. Scotty the: Terriet ; a: 7 268: Phiiadelphia‘Dave Bg 04 40 The Hangman of Newzate ; 42 Senn Ann om La ot a L 43 Demon ot the Deep! « uf copl9 Jack Harkaway and His Son’s : ote weet Around ithe orld 120 Harbewhy and His Son’ Honie- 44 Mark Grabam ward Bound 4 194° The Red Circle. ia ‘| 269 Billy the Boxer : YS ede coomde 154 Master of Himself 207 The Young Engineer ¥! © =: =| 289 ahoomys at School—comie | (57 ‘The Pirate Schooner 135 Jim Jams;° or, Jackyof all | 208Fighting Against Odds. -|.283°Shoo-Fly in Love—comie f #j 209 Harry Halsey *| 284-Shoo-Fly the Gymnast—tomie 210. 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Dare Devil Detective», | | - | 287/Johnnie Burgoo a Hell Gate 140‘The Young Ventriloquist * 214 Game to the Death | '1 288 Reliable Joe: > % ek 63 Will Waffles - * 141 Denver Dick 215 Kickapoo Jack: 9) ~ “= 1289) The Yaneee Claude"Duval f 64 Three Fing rJack = 142° Dick Daring’ 216 The Struggle for a Mine _ 1290 Midshipman Ned ~~ = 65 The Sea ~ F143 Gipsy Blanche | |” 217 Stump—comic. var 291, The Cruise of the Old Ironsides i 66 Life in the Red Brigade 144 The Boy Clown ~~ 218 Stump at School—comig |” *| 292 Jack F ee < 67 Billy Bo’swain . ‘erpl45:Three Yankee: Chums ys yy); | 219 Stamp at Fea—comie ih = od 1293 The Young Irish Bngand ., -68°The Devil-on Two Sticks »- ‘146 Unlucky Tom—comie 1 220 SeamR and... 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