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MARK HEBEKS LUCK.
AN INDIAN STORY.
ilaik lleber return·*! homo iiom tin 1
lalli« r's ftiiu'i.il wiili the proinvu <»i hi*
owntaiuiw pi«»»iu£ upon hi· thought·,
ami dvui.imiinjg u prompt »oluliou.
Hi*hot.ir hud been, Iroiu in· earlio«»i
reuienibiniiee. upon u »too), »wtu vu:
fatui of ùlt\ -err», bitual·.! upon lb* Sen
eca Lake, iu Western New York. 1 lis» {
father hud become io heavily involved in
Uei'i that t \n <» «γιλ» l.»re his ilr.âtt» tin·
I.inn had bean sold iij foreclosure ol
moi tgage.
And now what was Murk U> «Ιο !
lie Wa· U iSlit ol HIUtt«eil, fellgbt «11(1
boyioh in Irame, but mfiui the »treugin «»,
a man in lit* mnewy arm*, lie Un. I bad
the usual advantage ol education allot d
ed to tar m tie son».
lie returned home iroiu his lather*»
grave lo the email. uu[>aiulrd, story and
a hall house, and alter him cam· bis fath
er*» < >nly brot be: a well to d·» lauuer,
who resided in the ueighl>orhond.
rhu uncie, >Jι Wiiiiatu ileber, wa·
a m»π *i sixty ye*r», |»omjH'U» and •elf
important. Iiis «oui was of the smallest
patteru, and he had never been known lo
do a generous deed, while he had done
many mean ones
••Well, Mark." *aid hi· uncle, 'I've
Milt my tolk* on hone, t»> that I can hav·
ft good talk with you Morgan teil* tue
he want· the la; tu. He has held ofl two
weeks while George waa dying, but he
wanta to move in nest week. What art
you going to do f
*1 don' know, undo. 1 am trying to
think. What can I do ?*
*1 have thought the matter over,' said
Mr. lieber, 'and have thought upon a
plan. 1 am willing to take you, Mai κ,
and treat you as my own son. You «hail
have a home at uiy house. and a seat at
in y table. What do you say f
•You forget, unele, that i have some
one to ptovide for besides uiy&elf,' said
Mark. 'Sup|H>se 1 were lo accept this oi
ler of Your··, what wdl you do for Gay ?'
•The girl i» no relation ol your·, Mark.'
The boy sighed.
•Poor little Gay,' he said; Uims i* a
hard "lot. 'Do you rememi»er how the
ohiid came by her name Ρ It i* thirteen
j - —. - ι » . r ι — ι
our door HUii **ked leave to retuain over t
night. Site staid un day alter day, grow
ing weaker ami weaker it did not lake <
long to discover that *he was insane. ,
Slie ealled the child GaV. and sometimes
Gabrielle, which i* Gav's true name.
But she did not tell her surname, not any
thing concerning henteii. Lale that *uut« ι
met ««he died. No one ever came to in·
quire alter her or I he child.'
'ilei mother was a crazy trutup, and
nothing more No wonder George wa^
behindhand, when hi» wifi adopted the
child of a Hump ami brought iter up a;
lady,'said his uncle.
Mark colored.
*1 cannot hear a word against my moth- !
or, nr.' he *«aid. Ί shall protect Gay
while 1 live, and she shall uol be separ
ated from me.'
•Then I wash my hand» of y«>u.' ex
claimed Mi. lleber angrily. 'You can go
your own way, and gat your own living.
•Very well, sir,1 said Mark quietly;
'that is settled then.'
In one week Mark had sold a pair of
celte which h# had raised himself, lor
five hundred dollars, the household furni-(
ture for nearly as much more, am! wai
ou hie way, *ith little Gay, to the far
West, to seek their fortune.
The young travellers arrived at Leav
enworth alter a long and fatiguing journ
ey.
Here Mark, while looking for a wagon
and a yoke u( oxen with which to cross
the prairies, It'll in with an old farmer
named Whitman, who had been living
in Western Kansas, but did not like
it, and wan on his way to Nebraska.
Mark concluded to join him, and Mr,
Whitman assisted him in purchasing a
suitable outfit, and that same night Mark
and Gay were snugly ensconced iu their ;
huge travelling wagon, outside of the
city, on the edge of the prairie, where
Mr. Whitman, with his wife and seven
children, had encamped. Six other fam
ilies weru with them—the seven wagons
being parked' in the form of a circle—
ι that is, I he pole ol one wagon reeling
upon the tear of another—and the oxen,
mules, horse*, uows, doge and pig» being
gathered into the circle thus protected.
Outside the circle oi wagons a great
lire was burning, and as Mark's wagon
drove up, the couductor ot the train, Mr.
' j Laudford, «aiue forward and welcomed
I the new-comers
It seemed to (iay and lo Murk thai
they had «ntervd a now and wondroui
world.
Both lay long *w;ike that night in theii
wagon, olose up under lii· canras roof,
ther talked in whisper· of their grew!
future, and wondered η hat it had in store
lor Iheui. The next morning at d ιτ«
break the camp «κι a*tii By iunri»«
the wagon train was on its wa> toward
the norlk-ir«»*t.
At night they halted l-e*ide a small
stream and parked the wagons, and had
■upper, aad talked and h4U^ songs and
told ^tories, like on» gi>st joyou* laini
ly.
At day bi eak again they were on tho
way.
In tho course ol ten day*, having nav
elUd rapidly lor ox team», tiny reached
tho Little Blue rirer, a hruneh «»t the Big
Blue. The women Iniilt lire* and U*gun
the preparation ol »up|>er. ΊΊ»« men
prtK'e»(led tu park the wugon*
'The la*t traiu I look over th.a toute
w.o attacked by Indians just hue,' caid
Conductor Landlord. *The> were un·
u»uall\ bold, and wo had a tough tigiit —
(i»H»d llvateiiM ! What is that ?"
11 ν i'wheld, b\ the last raysol the *un·
set. «ι mouetcd baud o' Indians, lluir
u««pun» glittering in thw jeMow light,
their plume* nodding in the wind, as
ther eaine on like a whirlwind.
'Indirtn# Ρ yelled the conduelor, in a
νυice thai made even «ornant lace turn
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which. I hey Μ»·«·ΐί! t·» lit on ihe wai
path. I e.tn see lh«ii vvrrijHUU. Th«\
oiiliiiiiiil<i*r u», counting tn our »><>uivn.
('*11 κι ilii eltildron. We shall have to
debn<l our*# I ν e*.'
lit? blew λ ohrili blast uu lit» bugle
that rang oui Jar and wide. They wore
sweeping down upon the Irwin, with
whoop· and >ells. murder uti«J lupine in
their ν « it aipeet.
Conductor Laud ford wa» skilled in In
dian warfare, und was a seout of eotisid
rrable note.
' Πηίβ me twenty *a>ag··»,' lir an·
noiinced. •Hemembei, boy*, xmi Hie
lighting for your motion» *ud sisteis.
Show un wlint etuiTyou are mad· of.'
Theu he •houted :
'Now, men, the gun ! Have out the
gun ! Γ hey aie in war paint, and wean
mischief When I give the word, lire !'
The Indians came nearer and neater,
advancing in a straight line.
•Now, boys, give them a hint that we
are not fooling,' >aid the guid« grimly.
Mark Heber and his Young comrades
tired a volley.
The next moment a showei of bullets
came hurling toward the defenders of
the camp.
•me gun :* crteil Landlord. 'Give it to
em, Whitman ' ·
Whitman did 'give it to the»».· mow
in down three mounted savages, horses
and riders rolling over aud ovei in hor
rible death agony.
The remaining s.ivages again cam·
to a halt, but only for an instant. W ith
u territie werwhoop. they came on uga'.n
to tho onslaught, tiring as they t ame,
and looking like incarnate demon».
•All together !' cried the guide.
The other men and all tho boys lired,
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avagee lell before the deadly rain.
A panic immediate y «eized upon t!.e
lurvivors. lu the midst ol it, Whitman
>rimly touched oft' his lield pieet. ane\.
Tbi» ended the coutlict. The savages
i\ith horrible yells beat un iiiatautaueu s
eli*at. leaving their dead ιιροη the lield,
nul dragging away their wounded.
Amory h id a builet wound in his
dioulder, and Arnold'* eldot *on had h
9e»h wound in his arm, but m-ithet ot
;he>e injuries was serious.
'Are you î.iie. Gay-y demanded Mara,
1-oiutng toward her.
'Ye*, Wut I'm almost smothered/
answered Gay. 'Have the savage* j;one,
Murk?'
Ga) cautiously crept lui tit while »d»e
was *j>eaking. The remaining wagons
disgorged their crouching occupau t&,
women and children coming lorth pal·
ami trembling, but full of joyful gratitude
at their escape from death, or late wor.-e
than death. Dim Camp took on its usual
appearance even belore the retreating
savages were entirely lost to view In tho
far distance. That night they encamped
upon the prairie, and met with no adven
ture. A guard was maintained as on ti e
previous night, but no Iudians were to
be seen.
Kvery day tor the week tlut fallowed
the encampment on the Little Blue was
full of incident, but all of the pleasant
sort, nothing occurring to alarm the emi
grants.
And at the end ol the week, to their
grealjoy ami relief, they arrived at Fort
Kearney.
Tho emigrants did not halt at tlx- fort,
but pressed on to Kearaey City, where
they encamped just at nightfall.
Here Conductor Landlord tound anotbei
train, tho guide ol which had been stab
bed the night before by a notorious man,
who had escaped urre>t. The train waf
offered to Landlord, to be united with his
own.
The assault that had been made upor
ike ι onduetor of the previously arrivei
train, was made a matter ol disouasion
and regret that his aasallant had escapec
was universal.
•I know the fellow who diiked the Con
ductor,* said Landlord. 'He is a perfec
demon. I know that he has killei
several met:. I saw him at Denver last
He had just stabbed a miner jrom behind
apt! vobUid hiui ol all his money an
gold. He is called lilue Jack.'
'Blue Jack!' cried one or two boys.
'What a name!'
'Thoy call hint so because one side of
I»·» face is blue, ns if bruised,' said Land
'L,,0,is « «Γ the blood had settled
under tlio skin.'
I he tram was bound for Denver, as
Landlord bad said.
1 he wagons belonged to men who had
no women with them. The.e were five
of lhr*0 desperadoes, and only lhe 8nil|„.
n*>r of theii numlx r as com oared with
the other*, induced Landlord to allow
them to travel under his guidance and
the protection of his train.
A few introductions took place, and
lhen ,he Ιϋ"ίί t«"iu took up its line o|
march west waul
1 >111 nier the noon encampment, on the
l"llo«(„gday, (iay had tin shed her din
ner. ami :« turns snatch ol >,„ιχ Was ol,
lip.·», whim one ol the deeperndoe·
known as Murk, came up to her, and
pan ί·ι| i,e,i,|o |HM.t regarding her with an
insolent staie.
'Hallo, \ounWr,' h· said gruffly, *1
t«.eU vou ye*tenia), and you are the
prettiest voting one I ever did see (Jot
I "·· '"»'·< « mother, eh? Going west
«Ml, <o,j, I.Otln-r, eh? Give us t kiss, 1
I In i f \ a «l«»l};**
ι In in>taiil sIjh leaped to h ι leet.
< hild as she was, «he resented the in·
mit I lint had been offered her with a
woman's offended prida and anger
•Ho* dare vou?' she cried. 'Go away.
II y ou touch me. III call my brother.**
•ΛΙι. now, young one, you're fooling.*
h« said insolent h . 'You act older than
1 u>u for. I'll warrant no boy ex.
your brother has kissed them lips o*
your,,, and I m bound to have one o!
now!'
As <jui» k us a tlash she drew from her
|«H*ei a pistol Mark had bought lor her
*i Leat an worth, and whieli ho ha<l «.in.··
tslight he, Ιο usn klllfully. She cocked
the pistol, and ils four small dark tubes
Here promptly presented to the eyes of
Hurk ior inspection, lie started back in
imullrctcd horroi nnd amazement.
' lhe little vixen!1 he muttered. She
acts like a highwayman instead of h
shrinking girl. t>|,o beats all.*
I w*s only fooling,' he *nid aloud. Ί
'I'd· t mean nothing. l>on't say nothing
young one. I'm oil
And lie hastened to beat a retreat to
his own proper <piarters.
(«ai s light laugh rang alter him mock
ingly.
'Cui»e hci! muttered Burk «Mue
.Jack would tame that v. ibi cat spirit of
hern, and I w i»h he may do it, that's all.
III U1*ke >m acq nain led, blest if I don't."
1 lie train was iv-ijJv to resume its
...Ml VII.
•Come up into the wagon, Mark,1 »uiil
the giri ceaxiniflv. ·] have somethi.jji
to tell ) ou J
Mark cliu.beU up beside Gay, his
bo\i-h lace lull ol tenderness and nllct>
tion as he looked down upon hi* adopted
sister.
•U ell. what is it, little Ga> ?' ue said,as
she hesitated.
'Have)ou noticed that man liurk, who
joined us with the othti train at Keainev
City?' asked Gny.
•I've seen him and noticed bin»,'said
Mm κ. '.Mr. Landlord has a poor opinion
ol him. lie's a confederate of blue
Jack, the outlaw. \\ hat have you to »a\
about him, Gay?1
•lie wanted to Li»s me, baek at the
halt,1 said (jay composedly, 'and, as you
were bus) , 1 ju*t pulled out my |>i»lol
and seared him. Ho thought I meant to
shoot him, and went off to the rear of the
train '
ι his ex t-> flashed
•Tin» eoxv :it «Ι :t·■ » 1 villain" lie exclaimed.
•I'll horsewhip hint lor that. lloxv dared
he?'
•Don't get into trouble on my account,
; dear Mark!' exclaimed Oay, in ahum.
'He's a had man, and he might kill von.
Ile didn't ki*s me, ami I have taught him
to keep his distance, κ» that he won't
trouble me again. Don't speak to him,
Mark, please dui't ?'
Hut Mark would not promise.
About sunset Landlord beheld in the
distance a solitary horseman, who, upon
looking back aud observing the train,
wheeled his horse about, and rode rapidly
toward it. As he approaehed it, he said :
•Are you the conductor of this train,sir?
1 am bearer ol dispatches from Fort
Kearney to Foil Sedgwick. Will 3oil
grant me the protection ol your train tim
ing the remainder ol my journey ?'
•What is your name ?1
•Fallon, Lieutenant Fallon,1 was tho re
ply, and he offered to show his creden
tials.
Fallon atu supper with the Whitmans,
I and alter conversing till a late hour, re
■ tired to the rear (»l tho tiain to sleep.
Alter all was still, he rolled over on the
I
ground until he eaine to the side ot
Burk.
•Bark,' ho hissed.
Burk started with a smothered oath.
'Who calls?' he growled.
'Hush, you idiot!' hissed Fallon be*
twecu his teeth. 'Have I fooled you and
the boys as easily as 1 fooled tho oondu*
tor of the train Ρ Dou't you know me?
1 haven't got my card·case with me, but
I'm Blue .Tack, at your seivico ! lia, lia !
The serpent has got into Eden !'
•I and the boys have looked for )ou to
join us all day,1 said Burk. 'Butot course
I we didn't look for you in this (Msgutoe.1
Upon the morning alter the counterfeit
1 Lieut. Fallon had joined the wagon train,
I the camp was astir as usual at daybreak*
I ho train halted ut uoon on tho rirer
bank, opposite a lovely island. At sunset
tliey again halted, and for the night.
In tho course of the evening lieut. Fal
lon approached (Jay, and said:
'Miss lieber, I must say to you that
I you tire startlingly like a former friend
I of mine. It seems as it ηΙιθ stood before
■no as I first knew her. It is strange, a
startling coincidence. I could almost
think—but no, impossible! You aro the
sister of Mr. Heber, are you not?'
Gay's puro face flushed.
'Yes/ she answered with some hésita
! lion.
lli" disguised Blue Jack turned yet
whiief. lie had marked that hesitation,
ami his wonder at it filled him with a
sudden f»tir
^ "ii do not look like your brother,
.Miii Heber,' f»w remarked.
Ί have been told so before/ said (»av
dnlv.
•And you are his own sister ?' persisted
Blue Jack, with agitation.
•I <lo not know your motive for making
mm h inquiries, Lieutenant,'said Gay,after
a moment's thought. Ί do not therefore
Lnow how to reply to you. I should like
l·» know tho name of your friend whom
I rt-*emble. but for an answer to your in
quiries 1 must refer you to my brothor.1
'ia> IIeb«r seized the first opportunity
to inform lier adopted brother of the par
licuiars of her singular interview with tho
false Lieutenant Fallon.
Ί '"Id him to speak to you, Mark,' sho
said, 'but my heart has been on lire over
sinee. \\ liai it he should have known
n»> mother Γ
II·· looked like death when ho first saw I
y.ur face. <.'ανsaid Mark thoughtfully. I
It wih as il ht· had .«een a ghost.'
G.ny .stinted, and exclaimed:
'From the moment I beheld the man, I
«hi Miik Iron· I lvt»«l i,»»tin«ti*e (
fear and abhorrence of him. O, Mark, |
dear Mark, don't let hiiu know any more :
about me lhau In· knows now F
I will not, Gay,'said Mark soothingly, !
II h.· is rom father he shall not know
that sou ai· his dnujfhter.'
1 he promise comforted Gay,who smiled
faintly through the gloom that had fallen
U|>oit bur.
As sonic young people camo toward
the llcoer-i, Mark arose abruptly, and
went to look alter his oxen.
Gay »vas about to joiu Mark, when the
lalse Lieutenant Kalian approached him,
ollering him a cigar.
•Fine evening, Mr. Heber.'said the dis
guised iilue Jack, courteously. 'What!
\ou don't smoke ? Smoking is a vice. 1
"Mi 1 could bre.ik myself of it. Your
RiMei i> Λ !»vely child, or girl, I should
ehe not'r l,,U£t Uc il,teen -vra,s oW· 18
•She is but a child yet, lieutenant—only
foui h « η yrt .«he is more womanly than
man} gn is . J
·(>nly fourteen,* said the preteuut ». ..v-«
tenant, musingly. Ί—I had a fancy that |
fhe «as lift een I knew a child once—
| i ih i|i> flic's dead now—but if i;he were
li\ iii0' she would be fifteen years of age,
and the very picture of youi sister. And,
od v enough, that child's name was tke
same as your >i.st«*r's—Gabrielle !'
Mark repressed a sUirt, and turned
away his paling face from tho keen scru
tiny of the scheming villain.
•me eu ι m ι auutieu u>, conunuou uic
false ]icnt?nant,*had black hair and brown
ey«s ; rather a singular combination ; but
her mother, |*>or creature, hid the same
feature*, and hail been a gre;it beauty in
her ilay. She \\ hs a Ν t w York belle, la
lielle (i.ibriolle ! Hut ""In· went insane and
>vandcred away with her child, and was
never htard of more.'
•If you had seen the New York dailies
ot thirteen years ago,' resumed the false
lieutenant, 'you could not have tailed t^>
notice a striking advertisement offering
a thousand dollars reward lor information
of the whereabout* of an insane woman
and her child The reward was after
ward incrcaged to fivo thousand dollars.
Did you evei hear of the advertisement,
Mr. Ileber.
'Never,' said Mark. 'How should I
have seen it ?'
•Ah, yes; true. You were but a boy
at that time. Yet if you lived near New
York, you might have lreard of the dis
appeal ance.'
«I did not live near New York.'
Why, the conductor told me you came
from York Stale,1 said the false lieuten
ant.
♦So I did,1 responded Mark.
'May 1 ask from what part?' inquired
the villain.
•Certainly,'said Mark. Ί came from
the Western part of the State. Mar I
ask the name of the lady whoso disap
pearance called forth the advertisement
ο I which you speak ?'
•lier given name was Gabrielle,' iaid
the pretended officer evasively. ΊΙ I
could get a trace of that insane woman
and her child, I would give a thousand
dollars out ot my own pocket. Think
what a start in life that would give a
young man like you Γ
Mark shrank back, as from the touch
of an embodied pestilence.
•I c:<η give you no assistance in your
search. Lieutenant Fallon,' he said coldly.
4 Permit me to ask if Miss Ileber is your
own bister, born ol the same parents as
yourself ?' demanded the pretended offi
ce r abruptly.
'I do not tolerate any intrutiou into my
private family affairs, Lieutenant Fallon,1
said Mark haughtily. 'My sister has nl
toady been annoyed by your questions
in regard to her history, and I must re
quest you to leave us aloue.'
•I beg your pardon, Mr. Ileber,' said
the villain, adding maliciously, *1 se·
this is a so re subject, with you. You
have not laid that Miss Ileber is your
own sister. I presume you connot say
no truthlully.1
'Wp will not discuss the matter, sir
(Jay Hebei is my sister, and while I live*
alio shall not lack loi a protector.1
'Ah, ye»,1 said the pretended oflicor,
usiug his favorite phraso of assent.
•Brothers are not usually so devoted to
sistors aa you seem to bo, Mr. Heber.1
That evening Gay, whoso curioeity
had been stimulated by what had taken
place, to find out something more about
her parentage, was examining some
jewels which had been left by her moth
er and nomo trinkets which she had pos
sesed when a child. Sho had taken them
from a little box in the bottom of her
trunk, and thought herself perfectly se
cure under tho cover of the wagon, when
she suddenly detected the lalse Lieut.
Fallon peering at her through a hole
which ho had cut in the canvas. All this
she reported to Mark.
On the following day Mark had a vio
lent altercation with the pretended Lieu
tenant.
No one had eyes or cars tor anything
but this exciting scene, and it thus hap
pened that a small body of horsemen in
the unitorm of the United States had
come up, and had dashed into the very
cainp before their approach was noticed.
A loud bugle call from the head of the
troops was the lirai token the «migrants
received of the new ai rival.
In a moment the combatants were
loosed, and all eyes turned to the new
comers.
The disguitcd Lieut. Fallon looked and
turned luint. lie knew what this visit
meant, if no one else did.
•Conductor/ shouted tho leader of the
troop, 'we λ»λ> li«u-u iu search of Blue
Jack, the noted desperado, av;cu*«il ot
the attuuipied murder of Lieutenant Fal
lon of the United States army, whom lie
brutally attacked and tluug into the
J>co|» Oeujrvil a-l tionJ. Til a liuntannnl
is now at Fort Kearney, in η critical con
dition, and we demand his would-be
murderer V
The emigrants had listened with breath
less amazement to the oQicer in charge
of the -mall detachment ol troops.
They were actually spellbound. Not so
the person most interested in the an
nouncement—Blue Jack himself.
The desperado had comprehended the
errand ot the troops in the first moment
of their appearance. Alter his first
sensation of faintness aud terror, he had
recovered hi» coeless and courage, and
was himself again.
At tho very commencement of the of
ΠΙ'βι a .... Will· *Tf
chaugeo glances with the terrified and
grfr.-ft- JS? !?^ί'.β"μ to"»
little distance, where Blue Jack's hone
stood grazing, saddled for use.
In tin instant the chief desperado dart
ed under the wagons toward tho waiting
horse. Ue reached him and leaped upon
his back.
And in the noxt moment that desper
ado rose gracefully in his stirrups at the
distance of a lew rods, and with the
fiurre defiant veil ol a wild Indian, dash
hid spurs into his horse's side, anil was
away like the wind.
The troops gave an answering yell of
surprise and anger, and tiie oflieer in ι
command led the swift pursuit.
Blue Jack had the advantage of a
good start, and was splendidly mounted,
his horse being a seasoned animal, born
and bred on the plains, and endowed
with great life and spirit.
Blue Jack laughed aloud as the strong
animal bore him onwaid un if he had
been a leather's weight. He arose again
in his stirrups, and shouted buck defiant
1 J
'Come on. Take Blue Jack if you
can!'
The pursuing oflieer shouted to the out·
law to surrender, but the only reply was
a mocking laugh. The officer than fired
a shot at the fugitive, but the bullet
missed its mark, and Blue Jack, bending
low to his horse's neck, and digging the
spurs into the animal's sides, swept
on and away with the rush of a tornado.
And after him swept the pursuers.
The emigrants watched the pursuit
with breathless interest uutil tho foremost
ligure upon tho powerful Indian steed
had passed beyond their line of vision.
During the confusion, Burk escaped
also.
At nightfall they haulted upon the
south bank of the Platte, and were at
supper around their lires when tho troops
were seen to approach, wejiry and die·
piritod—without their prisoner.
'The fellow has escaped us,1 said the
oflieer.
'You held uu to the chase well,Lieuten
ant,' said tho conductor.
Ί can't bear to go back to the fort with
out him,' was the quick reply. 'There's
excitement all through the fort. Poor
Fallon was nearly murdered, and was
left for dead, lie was flung over into
Deep Canyon, and happened to lodge in
a clump of bushes. There ho came to
himself, an haur or more afterward, and, I
more dead than alive, he climbed up to
the ground above, and tell down in a
dead laint. A party was immediately
I organized, and sent in pursuit of the out
law.'
The next day they encountered the
party of soldiers that had been sent in
pursuit of Blackjack. They found no
traco of the desperado or his companion.
'No use looking lor Blue Jack," -aid
tl»o officer in charge of the parly, ad
dressing Landford. 'There has been a
party of Sioux about this quarter for a
few days past, and no doubt I Hue Jack
has fallen in with them. Tito party is
hardly large enough to attack your train,
and I understand they have gon<· up
toward Dakota!). Hlue Jack has an
Indian wife somewhere up there.'
Upon the second day alter leaving Fort
McPherson, the emigrants made their
midday hault in a grove of cotton-woods,
upon tho bank of tho south fork of the
Platte, at its junction with a wide, tree,
fringed river which descended from the
northward, and here they concluded to
settle.
The site of the village was selee rd
oxactly at tho junction ot two ι irei uupon
a low bluff overlooking tho two streams.
Then a public square was carefully laid
out with mathematical exact ne--.
Then each man's ot was aligned him.
Mark Hebcr's was next to Whitman's
ou the eastern side of the «quart», lacing
west, and his future garden ran back to
the edge of the low bluff.
Mark lleber did a man's work, and
from the first day ot this hard toil Whit
man ceased to class the youth among the
boys.
Io khe course of a week, ci^ht strong
log-house··, each a stoiy i.i height, and
pierced with loop-holes, and each pro
vided with a single capacious chimney,
were finished, and fronted the little
square.
Mark Jlebcr's house was simply ar
ranged, built upon the plan generally
adopted by the settler*. There were but
two rooms, one being enteivd through
the other. The inner ι >om wa:< to be
Gay's. The outer i)om u ν '·» he parlor,
dining-room, kitchen, library, and Mark s
bed· room.
•The house i" your province, Cay,' said
the youth, «iw.ii the morning after the
hou?·· was finished. I shall leave ym \o
furnish it and transform it :ut > a lu'ine
ntmv ι nt'ik ujwti wie «"·'« «*«·«»·. »« t"*«
need my help when the stockai and
block-houec arc finished. I Will turn my
self into house caipenter.'
Ί sha'u't need you, sir,' *aid (Jay
saucily. 'You attend to tlu tarm, and
Itave the house to 1110/
The shelter provided, the eight houses
were left entirely to the management of
the women, the men wo:kii up a the
itockade, which was constructed "P 11
itrict military principlesand ·ν:ι- a : >del
of worth and excellence.
It required two weeks and '.ho laboi ot
sixteen men to complete this v.-ork.
Whitman and his family had been living
in their house for a week. All the
f« ί Jr. 'luit OaY with a pretty tyvan
Mnrk 10 cn>-9 ihc
threshold of his house since he had
finished it.
Now, when Mark unyoked his oxen
turning them loose in his own yard, u.d
drew his wagon umhr a great cotton
wood in his back garden, Gay called to
him with a bright smile, saying thv ho
might enter the house with bei.
Ho came pleased and iin .1 but
paused upon the threshold in mute amaze
ment.
Was this tho room \% itii foui rough !>>.j
.vails which lit» had given into hoi hands5
Was this sunny little home a log house
ill the plains ?
It seemed incredible.
For little clever-witted Gay, wiih her
.iolioate, skillful linger*, had fashioned a
lovely home out of lier bartvn ι a:< . ial·.
îuch an one as would delight the eye to
rest upon, and lier ->lc h ν I j - had ' «.n
two kindly l»oj < ol titeen year®, v, Ik » had
worked under lier direction-.
'It's the prettiest room I ever -aw,1
2ried Mark, with enthusiasm. 'There
isn't a hou>· in town iike it. Won't the
people open their eyes '' It's u tl nrly!'
cried Mark delightedly. 'You are a reg
ular home fairy, Gay. You wer« meant
for the frontier, and you are il.» fairest
flower on all tho plains! My pavions
little sister !'
He drew her to him and kissrd her
tenderly. Rut (ray, mo.t unaccountably,
broke from him blushing liL<' a io>e.
'I'll cull Whitman in to eee l!ic hou-e,"
exclaimed Mark, not noticing Gay's con·
fueion. 4We shall tet tip for the aristo
crats of the town.'
He dailied out in boyidi e\u'.. ; mce
and called in the entire population <>f the
Tillage.
They all came in, and there wa a gen
eral request that Gay should christen tho
settlement.
Gay'fc eyes brightened, even while >he
shrank from the honor thus put upon her.
•I canV she said. 'Mr. Whitman is
the oldest of us all, and i- our Λ fay or.
Let him name tho villago.'
•Then I'll call it Heber, in honor ol our
little Gay,' cried Mr. Whitman. 'What
do jou all say, my friend* r1
•Heber it is !' cried a dozen voices, in
acclaim.
At that moment a boy who had been
playing upon tho platform in>ido the
stockadocamo in, gasping the words:
'Indians!' The above we publish as a
specimen chapter ; but the continuation
ol this story will bo found in the New
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