PHIL BLOOD'S LEAP

A Tale of the Gold Seekers.

There's some think Injins p'ison."—(It was

Parson Pete who spoke,

As we sat there, in the camp-fire glare, like

shadows among the smoke.

'Twas the dead of night, and in the light our

faces burned bright red,

And the wind all round made a screeching sound,

and the pines roared overhead.