Old settler stories . she feltthe door which opened in a side of the bigcabin. She could not push it open! YetLucy had said that they did not keep itlocked ! Finally the door gave an inch, and sherealized that some article of heavy home-made furniture had been placed against gritted her teeth and pushed again,harder—harder — harder. At last the doorgrudgingly opened, and she crept out into thesingle large room. She crawled across thefloor and fearfully peered out the vard was full of redskins. Thev weremotioning angrily over the locked stock-ade and evidently planning some me
Old settler stories . she feltthe door which opened in a side of the bigcabin. She could not push it open! YetLucy had said that they did not keep itlocked ! Finally the door gave an inch, and sherealized that some article of heavy home-made furniture had been placed against gritted her teeth and pushed again,harder—harder — harder. At last the doorgrudgingly opened, and she crept out into thesingle large room. She crawled across thefloor and fearfully peered out the vard was full of redskins. Thev weremotioning angrily over the locked stock-ade and evidently planning some meansof breaking into it. As she looked, one ofthem triumphantly caught Sukey Matilda 82 OLD SETTLER STORIES. by one leg and dangled the hen in the his example, several other Indiansbegan chasing chickens around the yard, until the squawk-ings, mixed withredskin gutturals,made Harrietshake in her began to fearindeed for her ownsafety, and to longfor her mothersarms. In a moment the savages might cometo the house. What would they do to herwhen they found her } They would know^ shehad barred the stockade. She dared not closethe cabin door now, for that would attracttheir attention. Suddenly she saw the big clock in thecorner. This great carved clock had comefrom England, and was the pride of the Wardfamily. Out of a little house every hour,came one of the twelve disciples and struck THE CAPTURE OF SUKEY AIATILDA 83 the time on a silver bell. The timepiecelocked with a huge key. Little Lucy hadsaid that the key always hung on a raw-hide string in one corner of the it was a sunbonnet. Harriet crept on her stomach across thefloor, and then rose cautiously to her f
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