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They’re comin’ this way, an’ We’ll have a few shots atolem. 1Not much time tow be lost, either. Let’s tew rorse .‘ ' The word spread through cfimpliltewlldfirc, ‘ and long before the stem ded herdeume near, the men were mounted an _ ready for them. Hear. ing the unusual noise throughout the camp, a couple of girls came hurriedly from theedge 0f the grove, where they had, been strolling around, with faces full of alarm and appreheusron. - The tallest, one, a pretty, slender maid, with dark eyes and floating black curls, whose name was Marion Verne, ran up to the, old trapper be— fore mentioned, and exclaimed: _ “ What is the matter, Vic? Have the Indians come 9" “ Nary an Injun,” replied Vic Potter, sprinw- in into his saddle; “only a herd of bottle . W e’re goin’ to have a few shots at ’em. Ready, Kcnt ?” . The young men replied in the ofllrmetive, and no the herd was yet some distance off, he wallzed his horse to the trapper-’3 side, and stood talkmg _, with him and Marion Verne. The herd came on gmndly. Itnumberccl only three or four hundred an wee passing to the right of the camp, at the distance of half _a mile. .53 the first or the herd p ‘ osite, VIC Pot— ter‘gave the signal and the , «dozen mounted men dashed toward them. 4 >1 , There was no evidence in the herd that they were seen or noticed until they were very close, whensom agitation in the outskirts, and run- nin to an fro, showed they were discovered. * Tile hunters rode eternally abreast untfiwithin about twentyfivelynrds of the herd, whe’fitthey L " , _ faintly on their painted faces, were some twenty- five Indians! , _ , Our here only waited amoment to count their number. and then left the vicinity as noiselessly as he had come. Proceeding at once to his horse, he untied and mounted him, and was soon once more on the move. He did not know which way he was going, only that it was away from his un- pleasant neighbors, who, fortunately tor hlm, ad not suspected his presence. . ————-—-— CHAPTER III. THE FRIEND IN NEED. “ BLARST thar domed painted hides! I wish they’d shot an’ sknlped me, ’fore the left me in slch a trap as this. Been here tewnlg ts an’ one day, an’ em like tew be here, an’ make this my last restln’-place. I war a fool for ever fallln‘ inter thar clutches.” It was now the morning of thersecond day of Wild Nathan’s enforced rest, and he paced rest- lessly up and down the narrow limits of his ris- on, or paused to gaze over the valley b ow. Frequently a bird skimmed beneath him, or wheeled close to his niche, and then away, as free as the air. , _ “ Ef I only had you,” he muttered, watching one of those fleet-winged creatures skimming airin beneath him, “I b’lieve I could eat you, feathers an’elll Blurstthereds, anyhow! S’posc they thought if they left me my weapons, it would aggravate me, seein’ I couldn’t use ’em. Wish they’d left me some ammunition. It wouldn‘t done me any good, though; if I shot fort birds, I couldu?t git em.” T e pleasant J uncd _ Below in the valley the birds lime squirrels ran chattering over the fallen trunke, or chased ecckoithornp and down the cotton ' woods, andouce chord of buffalo went , _ down the {contour/comer of the valleygond _. pelted behind the wuoda‘beyond. . _ , garment; thematic " 1 with the hunger, he trapper paondup and doom evaporated and bro ' into it. y, lo Potter selected a large cow, and brought, her dorm at the first shot. Leaving her, he dashed aftoruuold bulhvrhlch showed eym toms of fight, and charged his horse severe? times. He succeeded, after considerable trouble}, and several shots, in bringing him to v x " ground. lmmégc fioudt of duet?l andl'lthe huntcé'g Wgrc prepa on up sue o t egum, e as oy c- slrcd. "git: Potter tied his horse to the horns of thecow belted secured and then, looked around for his companions. were nearbxcept Wayne Rant. The tra r raised himself and gazed earnestly clown, c volley. _ _ F“ “my WW5“ the eoutbcgit he doccrlcd a small moving ob3ect. 0m whenejcy‘es‘ were less keen would never have seen it. A ‘ he trapper check his head at, the eight. “The boy’s cheeln’ a homer nn’ he’s lettin’ his excitement renews. with his reason. Don’t he see thet the sun in own, an’ he’s plum tew mlleo from camp, an’ goln’ like mud? e’s a new band on the plains, ’en’ don’t know nothlo’ about 133m ways. Like as not, they’ll gobble. him it . _ l fluttering away, the hunter continued to watch the fest-receding figurfi, nntlldrstaucc, and the fest-gathering dusk, it fromvlew. , ' Then, after Securing the choicest portions of the cow, he returnedwith the others to com . , “Where in Kent 2” was the question t at greeted on their arrival. “ He‘s ofi' chaste” e humor, 333’ I’m tlniukln’ he’ll gt inter trouble tow," replied Potter. throw ng down his“ load. It was now dark, an considerable anxiety Wes felt for the youngmun. Amohg the ones most interested was Marlon Verne, though she seid’nothlng, and was to all r a pearances, lndlfi‘erent as to whether Wayne out was there or in Nova Zembla. Such is the hypocrisy oi the fair! * Meanwhile, the dashing young huntanget» 1 tin into trouble. ‘ had 51 red out n huge hull, an en. ‘ thc‘chueefuu fired coverel‘shots at hire. - . theanlrnel seemed Excltedby the, Sport, and'cager to , , n. notilésl 1min?! dong» Enfollowedgtilm one" rep yget crln ' er noes weme rim ow . ‘Rcllnquishiug £3 pursuit with reluctance, he ulled' up his horse, end stopped to look about t of co. ; and as meson was down, consider hung;9 as ll: was alread ‘ dark that ob~ tswcre ugnnhable o y it a short dis- nce,'but head / his horse in the direction he H mod, the; comp-to mend pinched forward 5 , a 313111 proved to or adult cloud one so that he wac'wtthcut «the stars for a grilde, end utterly at a, loss. ~ He “adored aboutbseer‘chln "vainly for the welcome ll t of th ' ' g-eumps‘flres, until hourly moglnggwhgnmgieurled with the unavslllng search, no new him on the round and'cecnr‘ln h ' v ' ' - we? care. Morrow» e m sop choct-anhour be ad » ‘ r was awakened suddenly, in that 3m§$§f££§ bably every one has orpcrlcnced cinema pe. riod during his life, namely, theta! fish «as it there was some one present, though he card nothtng. Lleteuln ottentivel ,he noon hoard _ lung himself to a sitting mature, he listened I n, and soon it was repeated this time lower :1 bottom. Rin- ing silently, he went to the horsc,md his hand on his neck, whispered: 1; r ’ . 5‘ What is the realm, Bayard ? banger l” , The animal reputed am; an» inaudible wwhluoy, . , appeared to be list— ening intently. Follow'm ~ his example, the youn man soon heard a: mad of voice: at Meantlmc, the herd had on, leaving an t « , seemed-of a, charmedfife; 311d red him more age,- ., . , _, airway, he found himself completely ‘ ' women and m W hen occasionall en ‘ , and talks: o imcclff’finythe mggsseggmtllnoon, ,. , S3 We “‘ “shall, , 7 how I If ever Irritant, l’ll m’em wt’sh ' killed me on the spot. “ ~But“Ws no use :- fi‘oin tree to tree, endi the tired hunter cm mime at the “at. l u. Litre/a Jum mm the noble vessel had sunkto the¢oral depths beneath the seething waves. , _ f: How I escaped, I can scarcely tell. I remain. ber plungin% overboard, as a column of flame curnadined be shy, toward which lt soared.‘ I have a confused recollzfltiou of clingi' _, to a floatin 3 r, and then ,was chaos “an the vived o ear the words recorded 9. ve break from the lips of a. fair girl, seated in the stern- sheets of the little boat in which I la . Mrs. Henry ('1de was therfc 0 an Ameri- can merchant in Poochow. , On account of fall- ing health, She had taken case c, with her daughter, aboard the Eomrge m, t inking that the long sea-voyage would restare her, and the salubrlous effects of‘cea-a'ir had already become apparent, for she wae'm‘uch improved. Agnes, her only child was a ‘roccful girl, about 8 11- teen years old. She ad light-blue eyes, 1. at flashed beneath their yellow lashes like sapphires set in gold; her teeth gleamed like pearls in a coral case, and long, wuv , amber-colored ring- lets hung over her shape y shoulders, dawn to her taper waist. When Miss ‘Colvln perceived that I was regain- ing conScloueness, she left her seat and dippln Igor handkerchief in theme, love my fevers- 'r0W. T ‘ J l .J” " ‘“ “Do none ’of the others survive?" locked, as soon as I couldurticulatc.‘ ' ’ ' . “ They are all at peace; ' wouldVWe werenlso, for our’e wlll be a mgering death,” murmured Mrs. Colvin. ‘ “Do not say so, momma; the God who has shielded us heretofore will not desert us in this our hour of need,” said Agnes, rcvercntly. Bruised and burnt as I was, her words gave me new coura c and strength. I felt a sacred _ barge had ecu delivere into my keeping, and esolved to do my utmost to Emmet 1t. Sear up and be hopeful, la lee; we are not / far from land, though I fear it is but a deco- te spot. By the position ofthe vessel yester- day, we must be near Christmas Island, and, if we reach it, we shall at all events flnd fruit and wager to relieve our immediate necessities,” 5a . The day-star soared hl In the heavens, but soon poled in the flood o scarlet and gold that V V ed the eastern 3k , as the sun rose above W son, and levele his slant rays of glory " smiling see, revealing to our gaze a I d On ‘our starboard bowl but no meet or sell ; and in- mlu. ‘ have been useless, for no rumed the acid surfaceof the in’ ’bout fiittln’ out. ’Way off in this folks aln’ comln’ ’long every day, mil! ed, that’s certin. I never 3’ 5‘ tow die like a rat in a trap, an, . The trapper penned abruptly 2 eyes to see some object Marimba as ,e, that had attracted his attention. ' Alterwatchlng lte moment, hemmed: ,I zit”? mm, thet’sgkct. Like a not, ‘ 0 continued Watching- hlrn eagerly minutes lon§mg and then ejaculated: , “ Beavers; it’s a white man! » ' ‘ he war onlyoomin’ this way, mutter,“ , only comin’ here, for he’s got: his nose [if m his direction; but it’s nanny: like 73' mouse: ’nough {cemetery holler tow- .{ffixy ‘ war only loaded l”: x e a wing object—“which was uowp ly vie man on horseback—for some, , , then a». shadowcroesed his face, as ' ' ' [horse luano lte ' , r - " flagella-c ’ shouted thehnfficr. like he cenhearnnfurofiltbt try, Hot on P? ' “grain” anyhow, ' (2b Continued.) , in silence watch the a pm? 1 , fin Yble an; Wills, The equestrian on without seeming to - K i all 4 I cred to lash, t thowl- no on one _, of the bout to the gimme, no t at I could 330th oars :tfut Wfi‘could not succeed. n: ll ammo, and came to o the silvery , of dlfilculty in e sufi‘ering intense . \ ourfiurt-o‘ t to incl-emu: ;: ‘ ,rforlfca ape" cted that by the time len sight ofthgboet again, its occupants Would be missing. I felt to the full “tenthde Agnes h grown to meter»?! had been slain defending her, death would new beensvveet; but at agony was rendered all the more acute by the nowledge that I still lived, while she was, perhaps, already dead-or worse. At last I aimed the beach. . To In a? ulshment, I saw Mlss Colviu stand- ing in t e’ sterneheets of the bout, using on car as e scull, apgarentlg nnagprehcnsive of any danger thong the ark gurcs I had before no ce were still swimming around it. Utter 111%: hoarse, wild cry, I sprung into the water, an struck out for the boat. Simultaneously, the dusky swarm of beings dived, exhibiting large, flsh~like tells, as they disappeared beneath the anal flood. " “ reat God! do I dream, or is this so en- chanted 1516?”! involuntarll cried, as A has With a merry smile upon her eaturcs, propelled the dingy toward me. ._ ‘ '1 , “ We are among the mermaids," she cried hys- terically. “ But climb aboard ulckly, for there is a vessel out yonder, and she as noticed sig— nals I made her." - ' ' I turned my e on seaward, in the direction we indicated, and a out six mllce distant I saw a small schooner standing slowly down toward us, her topealls just swellin before the lightest of zepbyrs. I clambered a card and grasped an oar, but ere I had pulled three strokes, the “ mermaids,” as Miss Colvin called them, came again to the surface and swam in our wake. Then I recognized the cause of all my terror as being curlous creatures of the deep, familiar to many who trade in the eastern scan. They were Dugongs (.Halicm dngung), phytophagoue cctaceans, that have heads she ed very much like a human being’s, but more with long hair, and, as they swim with their heads and shout dcrs out of water, at a little distance they can easily be mistaken for the darkaeklnned natives of the Indian Archipelago. ’ = The labor of rowing seemed lighter tons, new ~ that we saw salvation near, and Just as the she- dows of night deepened, and Hesperus rose like a silver lamp in the 5k , we were drawn in safety to the deck of a litt e coast-trader called the Salvador. From her captain and crew we exoc- rlcnccd the t kindness on the passage to Batuvia, towhlch partake was bound, and where'- we, left her. A vessel on the berth for New Xork chanced to be in the harbor, and the Ame- mcenconsul Procured a. passage on board of her for Mrs. Co vfit and her daughter. ‘ I» chipped before the trust in her, rather than-be separated from Agnes, who, ere this, had frankly confess- ed she rccl rocated my aflectlon ;- and shortly after the «warm arrived in New York, my loavdc1 egg I were united in the golden bonds of W 0 Lo ‘ 091.03 arm m ' I NATIONALI’HRS appear to the color of the hair, ‘ j, loin many other characteristics. Different no» ‘ “tlons show a distinct difiercnco in their rev-all— ing shades, though some may have, and 0 course ‘ do have. much in common. English, Irish and Germans have the same national huewfnlr, or " ,ycllcwmyet there is a manifest .difi'erenco in , between them,.alw in the general habit the hair- and the Scot, to like, myct unlike, 831* three. I: nation has its tint and texture. Among the Irish women, a chestnut seems to 'gedomlnate. _ Butamong the Irish and English, , certain district‘s, we meet with fine (specimens flblue—blackhslr, hut-quite different from the finish or Italian type. French hair is not so ‘ Vldcd in its coloring as the English. It is their, very often, but not the somber black of p ‘ the Spaniard, nor the rich browmblacl: of the _ , ,, , ' , t L‘ that _ mof an «Stern sea, and clout consciousn no, " dawued um we, 3 fully realized the uwlulness of our position. . But a few hours previous, the good ship Evan- elim: had been lidm roudl across the Indian g g gp gum? her ocean, homeward bound, on lay scattered upon the deep, dark waters, for as the eye could reach, and of all those whose home she had been, but three remulnedwtwowfragile matured self. I ’ , The Eco W, a fine, full-rlgged merino chi , of two ve hundred tons register, aboard'of *wh h I held the poster second emcer, had m1— cd frmn Foochow, in China, with a cargo of teas lor NewYerk, and had made a mpld end one cccslul pass to the straits of Saudi; but, on the second u got subsequent to passingxthrough them, she caught fire, and, despi c all e efl‘orte of her crew, was totally destroyed. When Cap— tain Hutchingn, her brave com rounder, had found it was more attemptin to save the vessel, he {gave orders to prepare 6 boots, and had him- self lowered the elegy, with our two female pea- scugers, from the stern-dart“, while the bunch were busy getting the long~boot on” the checks. The little boat was onl capable of holding four persons, and the cunt» n‘hud not thought it no,- i to reduce our strength. ‘ b candle any men in her: for, as the react, no h way, . end the too was smooth, he knew we could pick her up at our leisure, when the other booty were owered. I 01545,- M'fllc bench; when I promo to , cc, 3330 half a mile dictum, whence l I could obtain a. bird’s-eye view of the who e island, for I wished, above all things, to ascer. tab: it any inhabitantnexastcd. :A horrible dread awuln my mind : if there were antiviral knew they would probably be savnges, and I trembled for the dear women who had shared my as: m, if, by luckiest-chance, we fell into V it- After pressing my way, with much dimcnlty through tan led masses of under rowth,1 a ‘1- . in the summit cfthe‘hi ; butlnad to (2 im a lofty perm-tree 40W“ WW). are I could obtain a glimpse of the surroundln country“ Through the polrnate leave»! uzc lutenuy-in ever direction reload, but one d dc- teat no signs of abitetlons, tho b, that dill not be lcnty hidden from my slght b the 3,3“; censor which covered the whole la y as lwus properln . to unaccoml turned my eye, in the directlon o the. boot; my my be imagined when I new concurs of dun: tom, awimmmg round it, encll instinctively fat the poor women were captured.) - I. .. m. fitflpidlty to limit: left them an. lift the burden from my. mind, or there ming (1. Just Italian, and very often it is adult-brown. Bluntle hair is not so uncommon among the-French one ' those who have not‘oeen thou: at home may imagine. But theitellan blonde hair in the most beautiful of all. It has not the cohl look of the light hair of the northern nations, for the sun has bronzed its fellows, and there is a warm tingeinltesunnyrlp loo. . - . . he hair crime peasant women is among the finest lo the womb lt in dark, lug— trous and heavy, massively rippled in thick for- rows over low, classic brows, the exact reality ' of what we see in antique Grecian and Roman tomes. “ was: ttplnltcdlntwolow - , t8, hich hunwalfiwav to their heels wigifilgt ,1}. They generally wear the pluitc culled u 4 ‘ andrfiot through with a long, carried cllvcr’bo - . km. The bodkin, about. as large as 8. small (133* gar, terminates at the hilt luau open hand, if the ' ‘ r be unmarried; end if as married women, s may know it by the hand being closed. Greek womooof old times can not, huvchad “very profuse hair; for in » nine Greek heads of long antiquity the knot ehind is very moder- ate, but no charmi ly odjusted that more mod. era Venous, wool-“gm Meltdown as at by immense hormone, rather check or alter look ing at the chute contour and classically arranged and welleproportioned heir of nGrccl; model. Spitan hair, especially that of the women, bu e great deal of character, . It is, somber, heavy with octuel weight, ctmxght and long; of a burnished rather than u lustrous blackness, and not very fine. ,_Amerlcan hair is not inclined to be of any prevailing hue, so for, and we are the only nation in which there is not some prevail- ing national hue ofthe hair. This is to be as- acribcd to the ems-l situation of all [the adherent ammunition which - constantly got on or this coon I But the redominatlngtln of Amerh can} r acted on 5 climate, and the mfidifica- tions or ' take place in mergencrcthms' time, to brown—chestnut brown, and all the shades that are near-cut chestnut; a little lighter or ellttle darker, n the case may be, which roves that. in “timeout-semantics we are go to die- The some lttlc distance on”, aggregating hlm- Bug‘thon “mauqu a,” dig- (31125 that from a 7 Other nation- for we shall be the self, that my Wm ,Wgesm closer, he this mil hefm the ens-boat ccelen’avnomce tent lylcvwwd. ,m , N w on from on on}, move, aired mean in: the earth. ‘ tiered.“ til? DOM ‘0 ygfimt’lmd glided NW; am We! m‘ht use Woe, rec,and, cedin‘ bualittethe briefs tnulme of Southern Europe have darker belt, Warm the {isthmu- , 7 i Where the kegs” coupon renew-cu; a atedm tech. tor-a my huhulmonfitlmhed momoruoruam nu lIlghwrhair than Macedmg not»! , to w 3.; the «mightycxplor ijtookrplaea, anthem the mm- thre- aten , HWOOd-Jdowg to.tl;c,;bmh_ .wg.‘ The Russians, and??? Mars and the rmehwmmw ' -‘M "v bll vibration um thirty “fir-01?; men had Duringmyhoullung} tumour 53$ often, me when mmhcvemfikbthntof the aborigines {‘1 «Gathered around-acmol «fireman steam ylcl ed life, and the charred, blackened hull of each moment I lostm, regelmagmy {eat “Wed-- efmwmm_ L 3* 7 r "2* *‘;‘a.“"...r "' "I «m.