Show adot A mothers he is Rov onge 11 goodbye good bye byo maggio tear dear keep a charp lookout tor for ahn re dekins teil ekins and dont lot let lita lim go out of it the house if anything happens blow lite ilor loru n bood bye deur dear charlas brant stooped and kissed ton dorly the afao sweet face of his hia young wife 0 shouldered his ax and gun rua anil chii it gay tune hurried off to 10 tile tha clearing ho was IM making for his hia now new home a milo mile away in the forest it is of days ija long past that we are writing the limo biao very early eaily in ia colo her ber the pi place ice a lonely nott lemont ou on the Onna liun frontier lor for several yeats years tho the indians had bad occasioned tile tho settlers ra a great deal of trouble and moro than orin oco life had bail been sacrificed to their orn cruelty ity but for or some borao months previous pre out nothing hod loon been soon ot of th them e in I 1 d the whites were ginning beginning be to feel a Fecu security rity ns is delightful as it wits mis now three years before tho the opening of 0 our story in a populous now new E tow town n Oh charles arlea brant hal had won von rod and wed margarot cormick the bello belle of lur her set lie ila was wao ft a wealthy young mor merchant chant then and more than one pair of eyes looked enviously after margaret as in her ber silicon robes and orange flowers she walked down the aisle adale of st john n loaning leaning on the arm of her now no v made husband A sow low months after his marriage a financial crisis swept tho country and charles brant Braut went down utterly in the storm for m A mote more pittance of his land hand some lontano remazo remained ed not enough to meet the expenses of a single weeks time in in the way he be had been accustomed to live and the fast fact was wa a forced upon him that he bo must work he was willing for himself but he be stir shrank an k ironi from allowing margaret to descend to a merit mere household drudge A party of hardy adventurous follows with their wires wives were wera about starting for the wilderness with wita tho the intention of making them themselves solves homes there and charles brant determined determine 1 to try his fortune in in the expedition no lie would leave maggie in in the ouse and comfort of home with her parents rod and when ko he had ati onrod a fitting place he be would send for her bat maggio maggie ro fused to be sep separated aratea I 1 from rom him and so BO it camo came about that in in spite of every thing she ehe curried carried her ber point and ao her bar husband it bad ma boon lonely nuil aud wearisome enough at first to the young bride with charles away all day and n no 0 e corn 0 in pany lally but told old lim the tha great watch h d dog ag f from om boston but by and by utter after nh nhe 3 had bad lived i in the forest moro more than ft A year her little lain was is born and then she was lonesome nomore the d days a which had been so long passed qu quickly illy enough now in caring ifor her ber child find and in treasuring up a remembrance of aka the thou thousand ad and nil ono one pretty grotty fieles and in winning of tho the child to celato to her father when he ha retarn edat night boon for her terror of the tha indians margaret would have been entirely banay but she sue could not nob rid herself of tit it and often in ia the night when her husband aal in child were sleeping she wits was lying awake ima agin ing rig tho the step of a stealthy savage in every puff 0 of wind that rattled the wooden window of her bed bedroom room somehow on this day she sha was more thin than nervous why sho found it difficult to decide thera was wao nothing in ia the complexion of the weather to incavo low spirits the day was one ona of those intensely inte neely 0 serene erene mellow mello w days that comes to us never gave in in early autumn tho atmosphere was radiant with sunshine finn shino the subtle south wind sweet with tho the smell small ot of forest muss moss and leaves tho the distant hills were changing to purple uail nail sold gold in in the first touch tonch of the artist fingers of tho forest A score of times sho she went to the door to goo BOO if haply charles was not coming otting lama homo for some purpose but bat no he ha did aid not appear and ana there w was m s no reason why lie he should lot for bo be had taken lis liia noon lunch in lia his pocket and it wai not his custom to return until his work tor for the day was finished she tried tiled to sew now but bat nen glen the ho work a bright scarlet frock she fhe wits was OM em old ering for bialik ailed to interest bar she took up tip a book but tho the letters swam before ler her eyes and she laid it away then she took lulu lain and sat oat iu in the sunshine nn shine on an the grass before the door and nd watched tho the lovely little thing tangle her chubby white lauds in lims lim a curly hair and pull the silky ears earmol of the potion patient t brute eul this wearied hex litter after A little win while ie mud and site went back to lio of 0 tho the cabin thedoe would fall soon anti and even houth bantli winan wire damp sometimes she said aai 1 to her self bolt by way of 0 apology it wit was getting towards toward the miallo of n thu tho afternoon us iii she fh saw by bj ilia giant sunlight light falling ID ut at ilia door 1001 und dav 1 lag ing lulu fulti nho he had fillen fallen balech a into the ratio bradlo liar hor father had ola for lier her out of the trunk of it hollow free she ahu left lim to watch tier lier and ami went about her preparations for rupper it was early but thon then charles might come home earlier than usual and she almost hoped that the task ol of getting the meal ineal would vass pass the time limo away quick she blie stopped into the for sonio article she ilio needed had and haa scarcely arcely ec done flo BO when han alia aho was waa re recal callea leil by the howl of tho the dog dob anil and tile the smollie rel 1 pry cry of lier ler child the sight she BUO bechelli broo hor her blood to ice iacoi bud and rooted her to tho the spot she v was powerless to speak or move A brawny indian his hia hideous face reu ran tiered oyen even moro more horrible hor by the reil red war V paint e int anil and by the gay feathers stuck in in ilia his head bead dress stood by the outer door in one bo hold a tomahawk dripping with blood anti and in in the tha other the golden curls of lulu tho the child lay jay on tho the floor in in tho the agonies agonic sol of death anil and beside lei her his bis head eleven cloven in in twain old L lim im ira ua hal bal died at his post As aa she gazed stricken with horror two more ravages entered the cabin find and after EL a hasty consultation unintelligible telli gible to maggio maggie the they ti fastened the door in such a manner that at ehe be could not cot escape and beruti their search for articles arti elea of value in 10 ilia iha collar lay jay a keig keg ot which had boon been left there a week before by the storekeeper of 0 the next settlement ilia his team lad hail been iscon too heavily loail low let ail anti lie had asked the privilege of putting patting this into their collar cellar until ho he could hand for it margaret homem bored this with increased terror sho she knew that under tio the influence ot 0 spirita tho indians are perfect madmen and it they once got at the brandy her fato wua i bealco charles lil return homo home to find lila hia wife mid and CUM chill mur dered aud and ins big hearth desolate liko like a gloam eow 0 of light there them flashed a th thought acro across esher her brain and ami it was tinfoil acted III upon as qed ekly the rue cellar was it ft square hole hold about ten feet by twelve nan lan some ton ten feet fact deep it had but a ona no entrance a heavy tri trap door mid and this the savages had discovered and ana mado made their way down the rudo stairs tb they ey found the bran brandy dy in it a few moments innmon hemd heard them quit quarrelling ait to which have a chance ut it tho baug two turned her tender woman s feirt to pitiless fsr abano natlia sto the debeiro for self belt preservation and an I 1 thirst reservation for revenge on pi tha I 1 le murderers of her child she filing down tle the trap door and thrust the til strong iron bolt which so sa eared cared it through the tha ef staple aillo tile tho in ditkus diana were her bar prisoners prisoner sl I 1 sho she might have been with keeping then them thus until the return of her husband mud and arrival tile tha of assistance if her eye had bail not just bat then fallen on the gory body ot of her dear child she was VIM US as relentless as late fato in in a moment lao nt god she bho said to herself hits has do livered lif ored thorn them up to mo me for vengeance anil it shall be swift built and surel barel she bho caught up the little cold form of duill kioses the dead face anil and wrapped it in liar her shawl then thea seizing from the hearth a blaz in mg firebrand fire brand a she 0 ap applied iod it t to a 11 loop heap ofed of dry faggots maggots in tho the corn corner r and tho the cuamea leaped up slid anil spread like lika light mag long enough to assure herself that tho the cabin was doomed she unbarred her bedroom window and jeapea to the ground margaret lived to see bee her obil childrens drons children but bat to her latest hour she never forgot the tha slow horror ol of that afternoon crouched Grou ched down behind a rock at uta a lit ila distance her dead child pressed to her breast sho elio watched the gostrue tion lion of her homo home find and listened to tho the yells ol of tho baillen savali sho she was wont to say eay t that bat then remembering ng euln those death cries ono of agony were like cubio musi in her ears care husband alarmed at thu the smoke u r r ie a me t to 0 find only a burning ruin rain ch and abife of ills bis r mili 9 rosy roay e e k c d wile h he 0 net met a white to fac faced aed despair woman with of silver in the tha brown of hor bar hair maggie BIag giat I 1 he ha exclaimed 11 baggies my lay my dar darlinge lingl bat she did not nil power of nt speech was gone where is 19 liala lala maggie where is IB our oar child 11 and ion for all answer she staggered irea forward laid the dead bend babe in his hia arms aims anti and tainted fainted at liis ills fet feet there was snow BROW on tho the ground when maggio maggie brint again her eyes in consciousness tho the wilo of a neighboring settler nattier hill had taken her home boma and oared eared for her ber anil and god had spared her bar life when sho alia was able to boar bear tho jour renounced ilia hia claim in the vildera wilder neBi eop anti and took lis liis wife back again to tho beano of her child b bood cod years famed passed before she ceased R r loving for lulu and even after she bho became the tha mother of four rosy boys boya she ebe would start in her bar sleep and aad wake cold and shuddering from dreaming of that lona ago experience brant wont went into business in an hum ble way and after a time become became once more a mau man of wealth at and id influence and often of ten on cold wintry nighta when tho the snow lay thick without and the dismal winds wini la howled in the trees bave margarets children listo listened ned with mus breaths and dilated eyed to the tha story of A Mo mother thors a revenge Ke |