Show A thrilling sketch ono one warm day in august auguet upon the bank of the maddy colorado wo we abil dren were lazily sitting bitting about on oa the ground one sister bister will was stringing braja taken from an old moccasin moccasin anil and moat meet ol of the men were sleeping Ble under the pagona through tho the heat ol of the afternoon there was a great stillness upon everything gave bavo fur far the childrens chatter oh altar and a hoat heat rose from the ground lint emote the eyes suddenly the there was it a dreadful dread lal lul scream cohoat re ra echoed multiplied then another un other us as when one strikes the hand upon the boulb till in one hiie second of timo time the air seemed rent and torn with yell yells in just jait tint sabon 1 tile the cloae chal had blooma black with indiana who had bad crawled serpent like on hands and kinces till right upon as 13 in concert they could leap into si bight 13 bt they wore a lattice upon their loina and had eime flithers tott foi herg wound in their hair with bid eoas paint glowing on oa face and braini I 1 gazed is in dumb amazement bonum bod with turp tiso ind I 1 think I 1 awoke to the excitement of the thai occasion the women and children through an air thick with lying flying arrows were milra lr aled into one ona cowed covered wagon and there my mother wrapped us ng all round with feather beds blankets blanko tg and uj comforters I 1 ilo CIO not think I 1 was frightened not beondo of any precocity of courage oi ane but because of a wild excitement that tilled ailed too mo I 1 halt hall leaned upon the knee of my sister she said eaid aho was con solace ot of no pain she felt no DO sudden ping pang bat something warm seemed running runa down her aid oida a a and a d cooki looking a g down she aha saw all arrow which had pierced her bur lean flesh and brot protruded pro traded r eded it s fanty bead ad from the bonu wonus mother mathis r 11 she exclaimed 11 I 1 ani am shot and fain teil my mother the woman whose spirit nover never failed her in this or the dreadful trials which succeeded this disastrous light fight put pat forth her bei hand bund and drew draw the arrow backward through the tha wound wouna it was thus thua the head of ill the 0 girl the suppo eod lying dying it somehow become became known to her that hut her husband was lying quito quite dead and with arrows under the greit cottonwood cotton wood tree round which the camp was wade made it was but a blew few mo moments monts more mom till gillono one of the roea men spoke from tho the front of the he wagon haul he be oar ammunition is giving out and wo we do not know but lamay it may come to a hand to hand light fight get oat the knives nola jos have bave in the bed of 0 the wagon through the backward dare are which Jolloff od it was ever the women Z abu roa to suffering buffering and danger the men man lost oat coara coul gB hope oad anti spirit but bat the women never A few tto manla after the demaud for the knives a mett odist preacher who he had leizar my fay fathers athera rifle aimed rimed at the ibe chief with wilh the dialer bell depending from his hia belt nod and saw him tall fall in live minutes not an indian was I 1 to 0 b bo 0 been the iha living dragging with them the dead as aa they went vent in the meantime under cover of night our gr great eat herd of cattle lid been made to erwim the stid nj were safely corralee corr aled in the mojave villa villages Til lacoa aes |