Part 14 (2/2)

Just then the child uttered a loud scream, followed by a few faintof flames was heard, acco that they had set fire to that division of the house, which had been occupied by the daughters, and of which they held undisputed possession

The fire was quickly co, and it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames The door was thrown open, and the old lady, supported by her eldest son, attehter carrying her child in her arer of the brothers, ran in a different direction The blazing roof shed a light over the yard but little inferior to that of day, and the savages were distinctly seen awaiting the approach of their victims The old lady was permitted to reach the stile un, received several balls in her breast, and fell dead Her son, providentially, reility, effected his escape

The other party succeeded in reaching the fence unhurt, but in the act of crossing were vigorously assailed by several Indians, who, throwing down their guns, rushed upon theallantly, firing upon the ene the butt of his rifle with a fury that drew their whole attention upon hi her escape He quickly fell however under the toht, scalped andof eight persons, only three escaped Four were killed upon the spot, and one, the second daughter, carried off as a prisoner

The neighborhood was quickly alarht, about thirty men were asseht snow had fallen during the latter part of the night, and the Indian trail could be followed at a gallop It led directly into the , and afforded evidences of great hurry and precipitation on the part of the fugitives Unfortunately, a hound had been permitted to follow the whites, and as the trail becaerness, baying loudly and giving the alarm to the Indians The consequences of this i the pursuit keen, and perceiving the strength of their prisoner began to fail, instantly sunk their to upon the snow

As the whites cah to wave her hand in token of recognition, and appeared desirous of giving theth was too far gone Her brother sprang from his horse and endeavored to stop the effusion of blood, but in vain She gave him her hand, muttered some inarticulate words, and expired

THRILLING INCIDENT

In mid-winter about four years since, says Miss Martineau, in her Norway and the Norwegians, a young man named Hund, was sent by his master on an errand about twenty e in the upper country The village people asked hie a few en, and to leave them at a house on the road, when they would be taken care of until they could be brought fros, and saw that the two elder rapped up from the cold The third he took within his arainst his breast--so those say who saw thee on the road, and heard the children prattling to Hund, and Hund laughing ot half way, however, a pack of hungry wolves, burst out upon theht of the wood The beasts followed close to the back of the sledge Closer and closer the wolves pressed

Hund saw one about to spring at his throat It was io faster than he did, for he went like the wind--so did the wolves Hund in desperation, snatched up one of the children behind hie This stopped the pack a little On galloped the horse But the wolves were soon crowded around again, with the blood freezing to their muzzles It was easier to throw over the second child than the first--and Hund did it But on ca like fiends for the prey It was harder to give up the third--the dumb infant that nestled in his breast, but Hund was in ain the hot breath of the wolves was upon him He threay the infant and saved hie was reached, and Hund just escaped after all the sacrifice he had made But he was unsettled and wild, and his talk, for soht or day, was of wolves--so fearful had been the effect upon his iination

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ADVENTURES

OF REV DR BACON AND HIS PARTY, AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF PERSIA

Dr Bacon and Rev Mr Marsh, atteris, to Oroomiah, the residence of the Nestorian Christians

On their passage through the Kurdishmurdered, and were finally forced to return to Mosul

Dr Bacon, after describing their departure from Diarbekr, says:

”I defer to another tie down the Tigris By the care of Providence, our whole party coe, as they had co ones, in safety and comfortable health We arrived in Mosul on the 16th of May, in seven days fro preparations for continuing our journey into theof servants, and the preparation of provisions, detained us in Mosul until Wednesday, the 21st of May Thethe excavations on the opposite side of the river In the h a labyrinth of narrow corridors, lighted dis in the firm clay overhead Some of the sculptures were described in Mr Leyard's volumes; others have been since unearthed, and soalleries had just been left by the picks of the workmen Time, at present, does not per theof the recent discoveries, a succession of slabs carved with a representation of the original transportation of the great winged bulls which adorned the stately entrances of the palaces of Ninus and Sardanapalus A collection of small, inscribed stones, has also been found, supposed to contain public records; and, but a day or two ago, the workrander sculptures just discovered

”We had expected to start on Wednesday at sunrise; but various petty hindrances detained us until late in the afternoon We then united in prayer with the faers we had shared through sothe Tigris by a rude ferry, we rode in the setting sunlight by the once mysterious mounds of Koyunjik The reapers ere still busy within the grassy walls of fallen Ninevah, came up to us as we passed, with their sickles on their heads, to present the offering of the first fruits of harvest We hurried on, however, and stopped for the night at a sate of Mosul”

On the third day they reached the town of Akkre, aed to stay three days, waiting for the Kurdish muleteers They performed the Sabbath service in a cavern of the mountain which the native christians had fitted up as a secret chapel

Leaving Akkre on Monday erous part of theby a spring that bursts out near the top of a steep mountain, and ate our dinner under a tree that distilled upon the rocks a fragrant guain at two o'clock, in half an hour we reached the suiddy descent upon the swift but winding Zab Here it became necessary to leave our animals, and work our way down the almost precipitous road, while the ht As I was pushi+ng on a little in advance of the party, I was met, in a narrow turn of the path, by an old bearded irdle, who reached out his hand toward me I was uncertain at first how to understand it; but his only object was to press my hand to his lips with a fervent '_salam aleiku to usual for with others of his party, they asked us if ere Nesrani, (Nazarenes--Christians,) and saluted us with the sa some distance back on their path with us to show us a cool water spring

'They then went their ways, andtheet the satisfaction which they showed in recognizing us as fellow believers here in the land of the infidel, and the kindness hich they went out of their way to offer us a 'cup of cold water in the name of a disciple'”