In the boyhood of Lincoln; a tale of the Tunker schoolmaster and the times of Black Hawk . IK: /- ,t Wh/^. ,^r»C The Approach of the Mysterious Indian. FOR LINCOLNS SAKE. 241 birds. It drew np into the air a great column of sparks and,scattered them through the open space, and a rain of fire filledthe sky and descended upon the grove. It was a splendid but terrible sight. * The end of all things is at hand, said the old Millerite. The stars are beginning to fall. But the rain of fire lost its force as it neared the earth, andit fell in cinders and ashes. An Indian ! an Indian ! cried many voic
In the boyhood of Lincoln; a tale of the Tunker schoolmaster and the times of Black Hawk . IK: /- ,t Wh/^. ,^r»C The Approach of the Mysterious Indian. FOR LINCOLNS SAKE. 241 birds. It drew np into the air a great column of sparks and,scattered them through the open space, and a rain of fire filledthe sky and descended upon the grove. It was a splendid but terrible sight. * The end of all things is at hand, said the old Millerite. The stars are beginning to fall. But the rain of fire lost its force as it neared the earth, andit fell in cinders and ashes. An Indian ! an Indian ! cried many voices. The black horse came plunging into near view, and rushedfor the trees and sank down with foaming sides and people shouted. There rolled from his side the lithe andsupple form of a young Indian, plumed, and dressed in yellowbuckskin. What did it mean ? The Indian lay on the groundlike one dead. The people gathered around him, and Jaspercame to him and bent over him, and parted the black hair fromhis face. Suddenly Jasper started back and uttered a cry. * What is it ? asked the people. I
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