oes
suddenly disturbed the harmony of the occasion. After a lively
encounter, in which one of the Indians was despatched to the Happy
Hunting Grounds, Glazier and his companions were taken prisoners,
and one of the herders was gradually tortured to death. All that
now seemed to be required of the two survivors was patience--if
they desired to share a similar fate. But in the early morning of
the second of November, while their captors were asleep, they
contrived not only to escape, but to secure the arms which had been
taken from them; and, mounted on two mustangs belonging to the
Indians, soon placed a considerable distance between themselves and
their too confident guards. In the chase which ensued, Captain
Glazier was separated from his fellow-fugitive, and made good his
own escape by dismounting two of his pursuers, and eventually,
after a long, hard gallop, dismounting himself and hiding in a
gulch. What the fate of the herder was he had no means of
discovering.

"Though a man of usually robust constitution, Captain Glazier felt
the transitions of climate acutely, but he experiences no ill
effects from the long journey now that it is over. The 'iron horse'
brought him back to the East of this continent in a few days, and
there are probably few men in the States who have formed a higher
opinion of the blessings of steam, than Captain Willard Glazier."

Returned to Washington our soldier-author applied himself again to
literature, his ever active brain having been sufficiently recruited by
the comparative relaxation it had enjoyed during the long ride. One of
the fruits of his pen at this time was a volume entitled "Peculiarities
of American Cities," a subject upon which his flowing pen expatiates
with great freedom and a nice discrimination. That the reader may
perceive the bent of Glazier's mind at this period of his history, we
here present the brief and succinct preface to that work:

"It has occurred to the author very often," he writes, "that a volume
presenting the peculiar features, favorite resorts, and distinguishing
characteristics of the leading cities of America, would prove of
interest to thousands who could, at best, see them only in imagination;
and to others who, having visited them, would like to compare notes with
one who has made their peculiarities a study for many years.

"A residenc