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THE SEQUOIA chase the tiring 1-eased. lvan with two sailors seized Johns-on, bound his han-ds and took him below. lla, that devilish limejuieer hangs on pretty well. About tive miles astern, isn't she. I say, Ivan, bring Johnson up fro-in below and we'Il string him up to that yard arm. We'll teach these fool seamen that wh-en they are sent. aloft a war ship isn't a merchantman. Give me my glasses. There seems to be an entrance to some sort of a ll2lll'b01' over there. XVe'll run in 4-lose and see what it is. 'l'he eaptain had just discovered the entrance to what is now llum- bold Ray, and headed the ship in that direetion. Shortly after, Johnson, a Norwegian, who had been pieked up before the ship left Odessa, appeared between two sailors. lle was followed by Ivan, who eovered the two gua1'ds with a brave of pistols to prevent any attempt at his liberation. Ilis. hands were bound but he was apparently not in the least disturbed. A lighted pipe was in his mouth ainvd he puffed eontentedly on it as the nofose was fastened around his nleek. 'l'hen letting it fall to th-e deek, he mounted a plank held bv members of the erewg the other end of the noose was made fast, the plank was dropped, ands- XVith a dull roar aml teiritie shot-k that rent the 'l'zar from stem to stern, the magazine exploded, sending l'a,ptain1 S-elsky and his brave erew of fifty men heavenward, and their four or five thousand pounds of gold and silver to the bottom of what we 4-all llumboldt liar! An hour later ll. M. frigate 'tXVilliam l, while eruising about. the spot where the 'l'zar had disappeared, pieked up the sole Sll1'VlV0'1'. llis name was Foriehe, and Johnson was his best friend. YYl1len the latter had been led forth to exerution, Povic-he had slipped unseen to the maga- zine, lighted a fuse and just gotten overboard when the explosion oeeurred. Now that Johnson was avenged, the 't'l'za.r and its gold sunk, Selsky in heaven and 4'ivo4-he safe, he was happy. LTA 3.9. - 1 'ff 2. tf'-tgtt .1 N455 Q Owahra. By G. B., 'O7. lt was in the days of '49 in llumboldt-enot the llumboldt we know, but a. wild and unknown 4'0lll1fl'.V, whose timbered inovunltain sides knew ll0t the tread of the white man, whose inhabitants were the red main and th-e panther. NYell had they established themselves among the wooded mountain slopesg well aequainted weve they with the nleigliboring eoluw-
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THE SEQUOIA try, and well versed in tl1e art of creeping stealthily dow11 on the white settlers in tl1e valley. Out in the Van lluzen 1-ountry the IH1Ill.2llll.1S had llltllle' theniselves es- peeeially troublesoine, not o11ly 11arryi11g off everytl1ing they 1-ould lay their l1a111ls on 111111 terrifying the wo111e11 YV1l'l ll the H111-'Il were i11 the iields at work, but they l1ad even. gone so far as to se1-retly murder two of the bl 0lfll'P'1'S of a pioneer woman, an1l to slioot the tl1ir1l before ll't'I' very eyes, while l1e was plowing in tl1e field. Matters 112111 1q'92l.t'11Pll such a crisis that it was no longer safe to venture out of sight of tl1e ll0llS'9--S0ll1'9'l1lllHg haid to be -1111111115 there were the crops to be sow11, land 1-lea1re1l, and liomes made, yet the 11111--11 dared not. leave wife an1l K'lllllll'9'Il for fear of the Indians. So a l'0lllll'll of a.ll the able-bodied 1111911 in tl1e valley wa1s11-alle1l. It was de1-i1le1l to f0I'lll a 1-o111pa.11y for Pl 0l9I'fl.0I1 against. tl1e Indianlsg and at the l1ea1l of this little band was 1111101141 flaptaiiil MeKen1zie, who soon be- eanie known as Ca,pta1in Mae by l1is 111en. Very ofte11 the wl1ite families took little I111lia11 girls, who had been 2l.b2l1Il1l'01I1'9'fl by their people after a raid, 211111 reared 17118111 with their own t'l11ltll'l9I1, as if they were tl1eir own. The Indian 011111111011 soo11 adapted thelnselves to the white 1na.n's mode of living, assimilating the fear of their own rar-e that was fostered by tl1e white C1l1ltlI'9'l1. It was in such a family tl1at the little Indian n1aid Owahra llflll found a l10'II1'Q. Une evening i11 thelateaut11111n,j11st at SIIHSB1, 0wal1ra. and her two little wl1ite sisters were skipping ligl1t-l1earte1lly througli the fields to the 1110111 far distant pastures where the cows were kept during the day. XVere tl1ey afraid? YYell-it would never do to let 1notl1er knfowg besid-es, father was with 1 121111121111 A111011-illlid tl1en they were brave. 'l'l1epast.11re was not far distant now. Yes, there were the two pet rows waiti11g anxiously for their release. An11ie, tl1e eldest of tl1e three, raised tl1e bars, the rows rubbing 2l13fP'l'fl'0l1!1l'19lj' against her arm. The see- ond was obstinate, it was l'il1l,2'lll' i11 SUIIIP way between tl1e t.wo no-sts. Little Elizabeth ran to her sister's aid, an1l while they were tugging 211111 pulling at tl1e bar, Annie's gaze- XVilllt1Plt'Pfl 2ll'I'01SS tl1epast11re to the farther side. Oh! what was that? Annie knew what it. was, that brown sinewy body, l'F0llt'lllI1g' so stealtl1ily in tl1e tall gras-sg she knew it well. '40W2l.lll Zl,lllf-'lD1EllZ.1lllfJl71l,1.110 bar is l'2l:l1g.1'llf.77 Thenl, bending swiftly, she wl1ispere1l, ttllun, dear, quickly--tl1-e 1n1l1ia.11s1-t.l1iere, l',l1I 0'XVlIl',Q' ai gla1-e i11 tl1e 1li,re1-tio11 of tl1e oro111fl1ing foe. Not waiti11g to lo-ok 11119 little girls Filll, 1-losely followed by .hlllll-6. XVl1izz! flrashl An arrow shivered i111 the tree ahead of tl1en1. Then an- otl11f1-', and another! How tl1e 1'l1il1lre1111':111! Looking back, Annie saw the s-wiftly-nearing brown form. Catching Eliza1bet.l1 by the hand, s11e tied Zlt'I'U'S'S tl1e rough field, bravely Cllfllilllg' bark the sobs and dashing the tears
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