Show IN PANTHER A R eliat a wa bought a tor I 1 biblo il ii joe oc at 4 li 11 the afternoon its as we were marching up tip the castura branch of tonsie river a 0 roan man in citizens citi ens dress canis bicie rl ruling ding furiously from the cast for alye minutes Ini after he re readied ached us lu ile could not anwer an inquiry then he wept a anil nil raved by b turns and it was a quarter of an a n hour before ba ore lie told liis his story it was the oce FO often heard la in those days cays an eni crant f family amily a 1 dish dash by a small brud band of indiana killing killi fig scalping anil and ini making king captive icil two children were dead and nil liis ills wife w was aj carried away on the saddle before it ile he was wounded by arrows nod and bullets lint but its as we wheeled squarely rely to the 6 liht ht find and redo arr panther valley lie he was vats with alio llio captain at a the head bead of the tha troop wo we were oiling to intercept the I 1 il diAlls at white creek for two hours every horse was kept at lull full speed then we ivest the creek followed it through the scrub and over ilo the ridge ride and as we broke over cover there were the indians coining up tip ono 0 of the foremost had the boult woman n before him hi in there wa was the faey five miles wide and aid without cover it dozen indians 50 troopers troop cra with a wild cheer we dashed at thena them As fast as we rode the wounded and bereaved citizen rode enst fisler er ile iio had brul borrowed a an her of one oae of the men and as a he rodo rode into battle br atle bareheaded nd lid his face covered with bloodstains aud and the saber waving in the evening sun and catching its arys the indians yelled out iu in and wheeled and galloped down the valley ono one by one wu we overtook them our horses were jaded but theirs theire even worse we gained on them an inch fit at a time here and there a 11 bullet from a carbine tumbled A warrior from the saddle but fai in most ewe cases the saber did the work N total indian threw up a land baud in token of surrender loaded down with plunder and a fresh scalp lit at euch belt they must have realized that no quarter would bo be shown they heard the trooper coming nearer and ana nearer but they did not oven even glance back they could hear bear the labored breal breathing houlk of the horse with his nose at the donys flank they could feel his bis breath they knew tact a stout it hand and clutched a sharp saber but they rode with their falices faces to the south and their eyes ou on the ground grou rid A toot foot or two nearer and the saber whirled through the air and the trooper rose in liis his stirrups to give the cut which cleft the skull as if it had been paver paper three lire are down five seven nine of these the avenging ayen aug husband husban il ban baa killed three ills ilis saber is red with blood and blood has run down its blade and smeared his hands afresh jio ile utters no cliver cheer he hs has batlle batIle cry uis ills horse is the freshest of af all 1 lao a aid id lie he dashes up alongside a warrior seizes his weapon with both hands and I 1 when he be strikes a corpse rolls to the earth nine ten eleven 1 only one left and alip t warrior carrying away the captives cap aleh lie lis been safe from our bullets tor for fear of injury to the woman ills war pony can our horses but not the anicil which the avenger rides it is a race between the two slowly but surely the avenger gains we cheer him as we realize it cheer alicer him as we follow in his footsteps lie ile has pulled his horse to the left and is ranging up alongside when the unconscious form of the woman is flung to the earth the vindictive indian has bas first driven his knife to her heart the body falls almost u under lider the feet of the horse coming up but the avenger does docs not draw rein with eyes blazing and n teeth hard shut lie rides straight orl on doiy his bloody fingers clutch the bloody liila bilici r rj the sabet saber now the weapon is raised 0 oa o high now lie he leans forward presses hara lai against his stirrups and strike a blow which separates the head bead in halves clear down to the chin of the 13 not one has escaped ah ab we gather about the dead hotly body of 0 the women woman the avenger conics riding back uv de hilous what hns hits happened lie ile throws himself bini self from his hia horse and kneel beside the body and we draw away to leave hire him alone with ilia his dead I 1 it is a of it a band of fiends it if a annj u 31 one were inclined to pity there are se seven v eu fresh scalps attached to the belts of tha dead as proof that such devils deserve no pity they have slaughtered aldand old and youn young 0 men women and children we shall leave their bodies to the wolves s crawling out of their h lairs its on the bus bush 11 lined ridge separating tho the valleys find and to the vultures gathering gatherine in the evening sky above us we return to tuo avenger and lai bib dead no ile must have ills his wounds dressed and he be will point out the spot where wo we shall bury the dead we halt feet away aud and the captain advances and dismounts the man mail is still kneeling beside the body his hia head billowed pillowed pill owed upon it the officer lays a gentle centle hand band on his shoulder anil and utters words ot of sympathy there is ia no movement no response the avenger is dead beside liis As deada M QUAD |