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winter with some of the most friendly Indians one
morning in December he was overjoyed to dis
cover hunling party of white men. On reaching
them long was it before they could make up their
minds to believe their eyes, 10 believe that 1t was
the same Glass before them, whom they lett, as
they thought, dying of wounds, and whose eX-
pected death was related to them by Two wit
nesses. 1t was to them mystery; and belief of
| the act Of black ueachery, which could only ex-
plain part OF il, was slow in being enforced upon
their minds. Overwhelmed with questions or de-
mands OF explanation, it was long before he could
ascertain from them in return that the party had
rendczvoused for winter at the Forks, which was
but u few miles distant; that Fitzgerald was not
there, having deserted; and that the youth was
still one of the expedition


Fiercely excited with conflicting fselings:--ihe
escape of the main object of his Just revenge,
chiefly for which he had made so long pilgrim
age; and the certainty of soon facing the accom-
plice OF his crime, Glass FASTENED 10 enter the en-


campment.


| Nearly the first person he met, the unier-


tunate and guilty young man and it SO happened
they came upon each other suddeny. All at


tempt mus, fail to describe the scene that ensued


the effect OF his appearance upon the youth Had


he awoke from deep sleep ia the embrace OF


grizzly bear, or been confronted at noonday By the


threatening ghost, (and such he firmly believed


him of deeply injured enemy, greater could not


bave been the efecs. produced. He stood without


power of any motion; his eyes relied wildly in


their sockets; his teeth chat,ered with fear. and


clammy sweat rose upon his ashy features. Glass


was unprepared for sach spectacle and we'll


was it calculated to create pity; for some moments
| he could not find words, much less the act OF his


purpose. He leaned upon his rife; his thoughts
took sudden turn; the more guilty objec, of his


revenge had escaped; the piliiul being before
him WAS, perhaps, but the unwilling and over
persuaded accomplice of his much elder com-
| panion; these, and other Thoughts crowded upos


bis mind, and he determined upon the revenge
which sinks deepest upon minds not wholly de-
PRAYED, and of which the masnanlmous are alone
capable; he determined TO spare his life
THAT curse shall be forgiveness"


With dignity and severity but great feeling, he
! thus addressed the petri6ed youth, who but ex-
pecsed immediate death. Young man, be said,