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On the sixth of April, that fatal day, the last that I expect to see, May God, in his mercy, me prepare for that vast eternity ; No more shall [ see the little birds as they sing from tree to tree; The birds may sing, and flowers bloom, but they bloom no more for me, Never again on aship’s deck shall my heart & deat wild and free, Nor ever plough the ungnty acep, which gave stich yuy $0 Me; My fate is sad, O Goud of love, I humbly pray to Thee, ‘That ‘Lhou wilt move Sir Robert's heart, and compassion have on me, Nor never more shall youstray on the wild sea shore,the homeward bound ships to see, Or watch their sails, as they enter port, for one so dear to thee, For far beyond the sparkling wave, ona lone- ly Island shore, There sleeps the remains of your sailor boy, to awake in this world no more. But, Heavenly Father, I ery to thee, and al- though my trials are sore, That thou wilt sustain my widowed ones till their journey through life is o’er, And when the last trumpet shall sound, and time shall be no more, We shall meet in that heavenly land of rest to part no more, I wish I could send and let you know, so you could share my joys with me, Ho: God in his merey has heen pleased ¢» co ve mother week to me And may my heavenly Saviour bless the heart that through sympathy Of good Sir Robert, who under God, that blessing vouchsafed to me. My Rey. kind and Christian friends, they ask no thanks from me, For they shall reap a rich reward in a bright eternity. And so shall every Christian here.who has pity shown to me, For they have cheered and consoled my heart with tender sympathy, Farewell, my kind and warm friends, likewise my Attorneys three Who labored so hard in my behalf to revoke the dread penalty, What you haye done is not in vain, and altho’ without a fee, Your names are recorded in the book, and great your reward shall be, And now, O Lord, thy merey send, I humbly pray to ‘Thee, Spare the country the shocking sight they expect so soon to see, Do not let the scaffold, Lord, erected be for meg), Whicle lias not now disgraccd the land for half a century, And may its use never be required in the community. Ch’town Jail, March 29, 1869, “SNOW BIRD, THE TRAPPER’S CHILD. CONTINUED. The major did not doubt the truth of what Musson said with regard to the in- formation possessed by the Blackfeet: for he had lately had abundant reason to be- lieve that they knew all that was going on in the fort, Aharsher suspicion than he had yet entertained now crossed his mind, Could it be possible that the wicked wo- man, who had so long remained, under false pretences, an mmate of his family, had been acting as aspy for the white lead- ers of the savages who were threatening his safety? He quickly concluded that it was not only possible but highly prob- able. The first thing to be attended to, how- ever, wis to give an answer to the com- munication that he had just received trom Musson. Ile could not, asa gentleman jand a soldier, turn over Jeannette to the mercies of Musson and his partiner, what- ever might be her relations to them, or whatever fault she might have committed. Neither did he have any idea of giving up his goods to make presents to the savages ; tor it was against his principles to attempt to buy off an enemy, and he was by no means sure that Musson would be able to keep his promiso, even if he should desire to do £0. Indians that ho had no answer to return to such a communication, except that it take the fortifthey wanted it. threatening language and insulting ges- tures, the envoys rode away. Major Henning immediately went to his hotise, in a very disturbed and perplexed state of mind, He was angry, and was not disposed to bottle his wrath, In the setting-room he found his wife and Madame Labardie, engaged, as usual, in sewing and conversation, Jcannette trembled and turned pale, when she saw that he was in a towering passion, and her panic was hightened when ue opened the letter that he had re- ceived trom Musson, and read it in loud Once more, my wife and mother dear, your And, oh, your gad and altered looks do pain Vioom has faded from your cheeks, no And great indeed has been the grief that I have As your likeness now before me is, I in your After a brief consideration, he told the would be necessary for them to come and With have fainted and fallen from her seat, if Mrs. Henning had not brought her some water and produced a bottle of smelling- salts, Major Henning. without appearing to notice her condition, turned and address- ed her in the same rough and angry tones which he had used while reading the letter. ‘*T wish to know what this means, mad- am; I received this papera short time ago, from the hands of two blackfeet In- dians, and I have a right to demand from ou a full and trathtul explanation, You aye been with usalong time, and we have endeavored to treat you with invari- able kindness and affection; but I am afraid that we have been poorly repaid by you. Youhave neyer told us your his- tory, and we have never wished you to do so against your will, It now seems chat that you had good cause for concealment Tt was natural that you should not wish the facts to be not known, if it be true, as is stated in this paper, that your father and your rightful husband are the rene- gade and rascally leaders of that murder- ous band of savages. Iam waiting for your explanation, madame.” Poor Jeannette could hardly find ut- terance, much less say what she might have wished to say, if her trouble had not been so great, She cast a piteous look upon Mrs. Henning, an imploring glance toward the mujor, and spoke {cebly and painfully ; “*T hardly know what to say, Iam afraid you would not beliefe any thing I might say. I hoped that this trouble had ceased to follow me; butit finds me out yRerever Tgo That man io uve aly Wus- band, and never was, I knew him once, but knew him only to despise and fear him, Since my marriage he has persecuted me. and I fear that he will never cease to do so while he lives, Ihave never been the wile of any man but Henri Labardie, my dear husbana, ad the father of my child. Ue is dead, and 1 have now iQ protecter but God, since you are angry with me.” ‘You deny one of the allegations con- tained in this paper.” resumed Major Hen- ning, whose manner was not at all molli- fied. ‘Do you also deny the other? It tells me that your father, in connection with the man, is one of the Blackfeet lead- ers,’ “Tean only tell you the truth, sir, and you must judge for yourself. I knew no- thing about my parentage until I was seventeen years of age, Twas educated ata boarding-school in St. Louis, and only knew that money was received for my support. At last, a very rough and ignorant person appeared, named Jean Bartean whe aleimod to b= say Medsers OU said thathe intended to take me away, and that he meant to marry me to a rich man, by whom he could be supported in ease during the remainder of his life. He nentioned the name of James Musson as| tl chy old except in works of fiction, Suppos- ing it tobe true, lam compelled to ask why you did not make it known to us long ago Pp? Jeannette did not answer. It was through shame that she had not told her story; shame that she should be known as the child of Joan Barteau; shame that she sheuld have been in any way connect- ed with such aman as James Musson, Major Henning did not appreciate this reason, and his conclusion from her silence was, that, she had just trumped up a story for the emergency. ** As it seems to be inconvenient for you to answer, I will not press the question,” said he, ‘* I have known, for some time, that the Blackfeet have had full inform- ation of every thing that has transpire: this post. As the leaders of those savages claim to be closely connected with a per- son in my family, a reasonable man might conclude that they had derived their in- formation from that person,” “Major Henning!” exclaimed his wife, in a tone of indignant protest, while Jean- nette again seemed ready to sink upon the floor. “You must not interfere in this business Mrs. Henning,” continued the major ‘1 am responsible for the lives ot all at this post, as well as for the property it con- tains, and [ must do what my duty tells me to do, I will say to that person that I have not intirely adopted the conclusion to which L alluded; but this matter is not explained to my satisfaction. It will be my duty, therefore, to send her to the States, as soon as [can finda safe escort going thither, as I consider that she ought not to remain in my family or at this sta- tion.” gasped Jeannette, against he decision, will, N now permit me to r bear this alone.” The night following the day on whicl nette Labardie and her son leave the fort unpereeived, and hasten eastward across the wild and lonely plain. CHAPTER IX, A MIXED JoKk, ‘'There are some jokes that are good jokes, and there are others that are not so rood,” thought George Searle, ay he left the presence of Bartenu and Musson, es- corted by two Blackleet braves, «For instance,” the thought continued, “*T considered it a very good joke when 1 and angry tones, ‘The effects upon Jeannette was terrible, She was so filled with grief and fear at this unexpected revelation, that her tace The Journal is only one dollar a year. allowed that wild young beauty to capture me. and when [ went with her forthe pur- pose of seeing where she wonld go to, 1 the man he had chosen—a person of bad | it. «You have not left me an answer,” “Tocan say nothing Do with me as you rs ILenning, [ hope that you will ire to another room, Do not follow me, Ll entreat you; 1 must this unpleasant scene occured, saw Jean- Just now it seems to be a bad joke to find Blackfeet, with no present prospect of re« gaining my liberty, and a tair chance for losing my life. “It was a good joke I thought, when I slipped off from Bart Swannick to follow the girl, and hid my trail so well that he could not fiad it; but {am inclined to think that the cream of the juke is in hiscup now. Icame, I saw, and I did not conquer—that appears to be the difticulty. However, I must make the best of it, and I will never cry wile I can laugh; no day is ended until the sun sets, and even then twilight comes before dark. Who knows but I Dey yet, by some sleight of hand, turn the tables on these people, and have nila tns worth laughing at? I wonder what the Reverend Charles Fau- quier Searle wonld say if he could see mo in this predicament. His respectable nose would turn up in holy horror at beholding his son in such disreputable company.” The reflections of the young gentleman were stopped by the arrival ot his guards at the cave to which they had been direct- ed to convey him, ‘This was simply a hole in the rock, at the foot of the cliff, which tormed the upper or eastern boundary of the valley. ‘Che entrance was small, and the interior was limited in size; but its natural condition had been changed, to some extent, by the hand of man, and ig would have formed quite a comfortable little dwelling-place, if there had not been, a deficiency of light and air, Tuto this place George Searle was thrust without any ceremony, ‘Lhe bonds were removed {rom his hands, and he was left ‘alone to resume his meditations, while the young warriors mounted guard at his en trance of the cave. Hg had been there ehont twa honre, and was beginning to feel hungry—tor the day was nearly spent, and he had had no dinner --when the opening was darkened for a few minutes, and the burly form of Jean Barteau, alter a few muttered oaths, was squeezed through it into the cave. Searle rose to meet his visitor ; but the ex-trapper seated himself on a rock, and motioned the young man to be seated, '* l hey come to see you, young man,” said Barteau, ‘to take & look at you, and to ax you some questions.” «* Look as much as you please, old bea- ver, and ask as many questions as you want to,” replied Searle. ‘* You seem to be a hearty old fellow; but itis my opinion that L can answer as many questions as: your mind will hold out to ask.” ** It will be worth your while to answer ‘em in astraight-forred and decent fashion, too. In p'int of fact, it will be wuss tox you if you don’t answer ’em to suit me.” «Truth is mighty, and will prevail—im the end; but it can’t bring a dead man to life. Surge p~head. old, centlomen and 4 Wil uv yA ‘é ulinest.” ‘In the lust place, young chap, thar’s a tol’able heavy charge ag'inst you here, and 1 want to get at the rights of it. It seems you've been killin’? a couple of Injins, and ne chief, Red Wolf, is mighty hot about P'raps you don’t know that that is st, for whom my only feeling was] wuss'’n a hangin’ matter among the Black- dis Tcould not believe that Jean Barteau was my father; I could not believe that any father could actually wish to treat his child so cruelly; but I feared that I would be foreed into the marriage, and I fled from him with Henri Labardie, to whom I was married before we left St. Louis. We were followed. wherever we went, and were persccuted luring five years, when my husband and daughter perished, and 1 found a refuge with you, This is the whole truth, sir, before God. IfT have done wrong, you may judge me.” “A very strange story,” said Major Ilenning, with something like a sneer—'a very strange story, such as is not often t i feet.” “Tknow that killing © man in self-de- fence is not regarded as a hanging matter in civilized countries, whatever it may be among savages.” ‘Its a serous business, I say, and you had better be keertul hew you answer, What L want to git at is this—whether Snow Bird tuck you prisoner, or—” «Ts her nume Snow Bird!” interrupted Searle, ‘1 thought it was Annette.” **Her right name is Annette, but the Injins call her Snow Bird. Jest you stop iuterruptin’, and tell me whether you war really Annette’s prisoner, and what the red-skins tried to do to you or her.” ‘his was, indeed, a serious matter, as Searle well knew; for it affected his life, le paused, theretore, before committing himsclt to an answer. Snow Bird had been right in claiming that she had taken him captive, and he had been right in thinking his captivity to her was voluntary. Both were right, and both were wrong. It was true thathe had been marching betore her, that he turned his steps in whatever direction she told him to take, and that she kept him covered by a light carbine which she had held in readi- ness to fire; but it was also true that he held in his hand a double-barreled rifle, which he might have used if he had wished to, and that he was not at all influenced by fear of the weapon that was carried by tue girl. It was necessary, however, that he should make it appear that he had really been captured by Annette, as that tact night determine whether he should live or die. He had heard it decided that, according to the law of the wilderness, the Blackfeet had no right to interfere with him, he was justified, even according to sayage law, in killing them, In view ot these facts, theretore, he framed his answer earelully. ‘It is true, old gentleman, without a doubt,” he said, ** that I was the prisoner of that beautiful young creature whom the red-men call Snow Bird—and she looks as pure, by Jove! as it she might have been formed trom the snow, as clear and bright as the icicle that hangs on the north-west wing of Diana's temple,” * Drap that!” grumbled old Barteau, *Itis true, my unpoetical old beaver, that [ was Annette’s eaptive. You can be sure of that when | inform you that she marched behind me with a cocked fusee, driving me along, as she expressed it, and ordering my goings, as the Reverend Charles would say. 1 was subject to her orders and obedient to her bidding; for I felt that my heart and my life were in her hands. She told me to come, and [ cumeth; to go. and { wenteth; to do this ‘Vand that, and I did thisly and thatly, ‘Lo be sure, she omitted to take my rifle from me; but it was wholly at her service, with everything else that belonged to me,” * tow did she happen to take you?” asked Barteau, who Was impatient at this rigmarole, * Smitten by her beauty, my unworthy friend, L was determined to have an inter- view with her. Unable to meet her by moonlight alone, in a civilized manner, T sought her at daylight and in the moun- tains. L found her; but soon perceived that I might as well chase an eagle on the wing, as altompt to catch the Snow Bird, She flew hither and thither, before me and about me, now visible and again invisible, but always uncatehable, until I took a seat on a rock, and devoted afew minutes to turned wo the huo of ashes, aud she would myself a prisoner among those murdering rest and meditation, Then 1 caught sigut