The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 26, 1902, Page 4

4 THE SUNDAY CALL. 3 b : Im and not a muscle : - i ; in’ to see ’at she's not both- tion;: but he was ca E anions and striking wildly a meeting with hostile savages, the tire- what was the row about? What did he an’ expect " R Y 4 fehts " 1 fe i a. f th bethought the hunger, tne broxen and wre i % ; ST St hanfaiiier e ye'and ieis it il R Se'Wae hard him E open & aafi antern with which 1son IR (fcton Snd scant wiapsWhy dor D B i i i, 5 St ol at & s gt iy ) ; Sy L e ) a t 44 i) ’, = . 0 . walit ti nig! gk kg < R é’;%e"éi'l‘nu‘d’é‘&ii s“neeraf»}’;':'ésr'{fida p;l: ‘Lhere was but one beautiful thing about ’'n mind that ye don't want to tell. Well,* ye old raw-headed ”“““S‘i‘?reféfl“’é‘ffi 33.;&%’?.&5};;?2‘@2;,, vait 1l night an’ “uu”n { the wat, }‘rlh;-u;gxgafnfd red light that danced weirdly on the floors il—the beauty of Alice as she eeemed L0 then don't tell it. Onele Jazon and 1 will Kenton, who felt impelled to rely 1 s beginning to rain, in the narrow street y reached great river y - “I don’t see any hope o' sneakin’ Y ear him in it blind, won't we, Jazon?"’ . erley of the embarrassment of an an any 0 akin formed on the ground inside. and walls. Xxlsuéré):xsl:g? "x‘&‘fifi"nfifiifié‘ that Longy & ‘Blind as two moles,” said the old man; awe¥. “Ye wouldn’t know a wife from a thrtoug;: .lhte “{,‘P'a orly‘se!ro\i?gfgs{\}fln- t's be hor- was distant and had to be hauled Alice had gnatched down oné of her ré- «{ACHEAT S oHR NS Dok SROWLSE LONRE o, CHUEE BE ERC secret,” he added, wink- sack o' meal.”’ s B e s G Sied pass about in pouring rain; provisions were piers when the guards first entered. They but the knowledge could not have urged ing both eyes at once, I don’'t know as “Now don't git too_peart an’ fast, \Va-ail. Onele Jazon dra - hat - has and hunting almost impossible. now saw her facing them with her slen- PHE {0 greater haste. He sirained every it's so mightly hard fo guess. It's al- Kenton,” cried Oncle Jazon, glaring truc- chalantly ,While he took Hent = GeEing Mapy people, especially children, were der blade leveled, her back to the wall,’ mut 2 §IGS utmost, kept every nerve .lo ways safe to 'magine a woman in the ulently at his friend, but at the S-ll"l":g bacco, “I've been into tighter s: el 3 e el e e rellaf T B e e i ace hier eves shining dangerously. Madame {h¢ highest tenston., Yonder toward the case. .IU's moBtly women 'at Sends men time shawine o Ay smile that seemed 'am this, many o time ani | ot out. 00, found some relief from her trouble in g0- Roussillon had fled into the adjoining " " ieg.Cl ¥ v " 83 i til re- find you a west_was 1 ; that was all ne a trottin’ off "bout nothing,’ sort of crazy to be hopelessly entangled in criss-cross Likely enough,” said Kenton, s ing from cabin to cabin and waiting upon room. Jean had also disappeared. The sy ses helb for Alice Ticass wrinkles. “Who told ve | as a bach-lor! flecting while his eyes roamed afound tho the suffere but even here Farnsworth officer, a subaltern, in charge of the Byt if Long-Hair was pursuing him with Beverley looked guilty and Oncle Jazon Not by a big jump. I've been marrie circle of savages. . 5 cou id of; he followed her d, seeing Alice, and not quickly able, relentless greed for the reward offered by continued: & mighty nigh on to twenty times in MY\ "I fit the skunks in Ferginny fore you's nig Never \‘dshfl good fsul‘ fmnke out that it was a woman thus Jamiltcn, there were friendiy footsteps “They's a poo'ty gal at Vincennes, an’ day. Mos’ly Injuns, o’ course; but 2 thought of, Si Kenton, an’ down in Car dier, that from head to foot, defying im. Crossed swords with her. riill nearer behind him; and One day at | see the young man a steppin’ Into her squaw's a wife wen ye marries her, an' oG O S emOn. A O A Foim more lovelorn and love-docile. The maid- There small space for action; more- Ligh noon, while he was bending over & house about fifteen times a day 'fore I let I know how It hurts a gal to be,-d.‘si to be scal en had completely subdued the man. over, the officer being not in the least a little fire, broiling some liberal cuts of ‘the place. Mebbe she's tuck up wi' one 'p'inted in sich a matter. That's W'y 'ithout tr; About s time, deep in a rainy and swardsman, played awkwardly, and quick veniscn, & finger tapped him on the shoul- o' them BEnglish officers. ed where they ain't no scalp, in' a few dodges, yer a dad Gals is slippery put the question I did. I'm not 20in’ gasteder fool an’ I used to think ye was, ather Beret; I've lost my night, Gaspard Roussillon as a flash his point was down. The ra- der. e spang up and grappled Oncle ap' onsartin’.” to let no man give sorry to that little ap' that's makin’ a big compliment to she crie ‘See if I dropped it He tapped on the door again pier entered just below his throat with Jjazon; at the same time, standing near ‘Jazon!" cried Beverley, “stop that in- Roussillon gal; an’ so ye've got my say. ve.” Alice heard. but she hesitated 3 dull chucking stab. He leaped back- Dby, hé saw Simon Kenton, his old-time gtantly, or I'll wring your old neck.’ His Ye seed her-ralise thet flag on the fort, ; 8 It “Well, we don’t have to argy this ques- Vyas she growing cow- ward, feeling at the same time a pair of liéntucky friend. 'The pungied featurés anger was' real and he meant what he Lieutesant Beceriey. am ye seed her take the gate, searching the - - tion, Onecle Jazon; they're gittin' ready w es. Of course, she beat like @ . drum. arms clasp his legs. It was Jean, and of one and the fine, rugged face of the o314 He clenched his hands and glows It down an' Sit Away it. “X0u knaw < e FU0 oo i and WeVe Ut (0 Sght, ket was miles and T rson in all the world the lleutenant, thus unexpectedly tan- other swam as in a mist before Bever- o..q ’at she deserves nothin’ but the best; an' 1" v ‘Boveriey 'are ¥ ady for fast w clos rt of her lov: she could think of—it was not M. gled. fell to the floor. breaking but not ley's eyes. Kenton was laughing quietly, Oncle Jazon, who was still squatting by the Holy Virgin, she’s got to have shootin’? Have ye got a plenty of bul- she had well nigh extinguishing the guard's lantern as he his strong, upright form shaking to the by the little fire, tumbled over backward, |it, or I'm a goin’ to know several seasons lets tic foster father. went down. The little remaining oil lorce of his pleasure. He was in the g it peveriey had kicked him, and thers why. Thet's what made me put the ques- ¢ : “Yes; n ve me & hundred. it Je Gasperd, my spread and flamed up brilliantly, as if . carly g;‘t’"elr?émvgfio?fidmf;e ot hand- he lay on the ground with his Sicnder Tion straigh To e, young man, an 1 ex e o RS gave. e Ml Came in A ooty . fa ' long some, & A m the air, while pects a stralght answer.” o 3 Whisper from Without. " “Alice, ihe fneven hoapan. . SPUrering along G ain Glow'in s face and & kindly e st e My that © Beverley's face paled; but not with an- He was interrupted by a yell that leap- i 1 1 g savage t th all e t and t is your Papa Roussiil PR devil!” erl , flash in his deey-set ey f a Screech ger. He grasped one of Oncle Jazon's ed from savage mouth to mou ] and it is your Papa Ro llon, my % f‘(‘ly‘r;r;u;””;\yfiwmi:g”teh‘eru;:u;r;a;ni : v \veumw]e‘},l {lny dboy Be\hileiv’fli’é\’jfi' g:vulnded like the whining of a scre greasy B L I R Sreing tha v, o O O Chaite v e v 1 13 t 5 yin, s le! and on Vel o ¢ Alice w at the door in a minute, un- gain his feet. “Shoot! Bayonet!" that the old fellow grimaced painfully. began. ) - . while in the other he held a long, _The old scamp did not know all the th: AT FRISSY.. TR e ol Masis v Fe f ypon M. Roussillon entered, armed In his pain, rage and haste, he inad- ¢¥. While g t f: verley’ did he ‘Thank you, Oncle Jazon, thank yo eady, ,” growl < g i b v rifle. o see ye, glad to facts in Beverley’s case, nor did he even £ \ Vin, 1o the feeth, the water dribbling tfom his vertently set his hand in the midst of the Deavy rifle. “T'm glad :! sispect what liad Happened: but he was he said, with a pecullar Rusky buzz i1 not be v 4 hurry. Wait til they come oo ["'J:)wex(himed “my throat is :laf"p"ti'n}z]':\fmrh clung to the flesh With U030 nt we was Injuns, eh?” said tfzwnre“or thedy}?uléfdm:n's ;f"d" j‘“t“"' s "y?efi?' ft. Let the subject Arop now, —Ahe thme was Short, feo the Indians 8 y & grip. “An’ of d 'a’ been for slice, and he shrew conjecture ; e 3y X 3 Al > 5 sndecihe oo A eaTiil , danlLi i RE e LDy el e baka e R et Ao L R e my triend, untll we have saved her from came on at almost racehorse speed. under_ the floor am fam- Two ree bavonets wi : the hands of Hamilton.” In the power Oncle Jazon d first, the long, keen Kenton. “Ye're mi\mng what lacka a taste In the least out of the way. Indeed, ©ld man’s hand with increasing severity air with a suggestion of vielous energy, little ones! upon Alice. Some one kicked Jean clean v are glad to see papa. Where is your across the room, and he lay there curled up in his bairy night wrap looking like ; " a bee-line for some place it was a delectable bit of humor from Of pressure. 4 and a lithe young warrior who was out- Alice in his arms and Jean an enormous poreupine. Neapaa bein : Oncle Jazon's point of view. jiVentrebleu! Let go! Needn't smasha stripping all his fellows leaped high and his legs. Madame Roussillon, At this point a new performer came Eeveriey was dazed and vacant-minded; “Don’t get mad at the old man,” said feller's f}pzeH.met it Sf‘;eeched Oncle fel] paralyzed. X com- of no ake, lighted a lamp upon the stage, a dark robed thing, so trings seemed wavering and dim. He ‘Kenton, ilucklns Beverley aside. ' “He’s Jazon. *“I can't shoot wo'th a cent, no- “Can’t shoot wo'th a cent,” muttered his ender- that smoidered on the active that its outlines changed elusively, pushed the two men from him and gazed yer friend from his heels to his old scalp- how, an’ ef ye cripple up my trigger fin- ¢he old man, deftly beginning to reload e he cross- s trail hard ft down held it up. then, satisfied as givi it ecognizabl tures. at them without speaking. Their pres- ed crown. Let him have his fun.” Then ger— ¢ his gun the while; “but I jes' happened nd's identity, set it on a shelf might have been ihe devll himSeIf, of cice snd Veleas dld pot Convince R, lowering his voice almost to a whisper he _ Kenton had been peeping under the Iow to hit that buck. He'll never xo- f Into the affectionate some terrible unknown wild animal clad ‘“Yer meat's burnin’,” said Oncle Jazon, continued: hanging scrub oak boughs while Oncle siaip ‘thet's sartin an' sure. msy abandon, making a somewhat to resemble a man, so far as stooping to turn it on the smoldering “I was in Vincennes tor two days and Jazon was speaking these last words, and Beverley and Kenton likewise dropped ‘n Indian: but the shots did not even \ . heck the rush. Long-Hair planned to - apture his prey, not kill it. Every sav- -ge had his orders to take the white men alive. Hamilton's larger reward depend- ed on this. Right on they came as fast as their nimble legs could carry them, yelling like demons; and they reached the grove be- fore the three white men could reload their guns. Then every warrior took cover behind a tree and began scrambling forward from bole to bole, thus approach- ing rapidly without much exposu “Our ‘taters is roasted brown,” mut- tered Oncle Jazon. He crossed himself. bly he prayed; but he was priming s old gun the next instant. Kenton fired again, making a hurried and ineffectual attempt to stop the near- est warrior, who saved himself by quick- ly slipping behind a tree. Beverley's gun snapped, the flint falling to make fire; but Oncle Jazon bored a little hole through the head of the Indian nearest him, and then the final rush was made from -every direction. A struggle ensued, which, for desperate energy has probably never been sur- passed. Like three lor bay, the ite men met the sho lionlike they fought in the midst of seventeen stalwart and determined savages. “Don’t kill them; take them alive; throw them down and hold them!” was Long-Hair’'s order loudly shouted in the tongue of his tribe. Both Kenton and Jazon understood every word and knew the significance of such a command from the leader. It nat- urally came inté Kenton's mind that Hamilton had been informed of his visit to Vincennes.and had offered a reward for his capture. This being true, death as a spy would be the certain result if he were taken back. He might us well die now. As for Beverley, he thought only of Alice, yonder as he had left her, a prisoner in Hamilton's hands. Oncle Jazon, if he thought at all, probably con- sidered nothing but present escape, though he prayed audibly to the Blessed Virgin, even while he lay helpless upon the ground, pinned down by the weight of an enormous Indian. He could not move any part of himself save his lips, and these mechanically put forth the wheezing supplication. Beverley and Kenton, being young and powerful, were not so easily mastered. For a while, indeed, they appeared to be more than holding their own. They time and time again scattered the entire crowd by the violence of their mu u ular efforts, and after it had finally closed in upon them in a solid body they swayed and swung it back and forth and round and round until the writhing, savage mass looked as if caught in the vortex of a whirlwind. But such tremendous exer- tion could not last long. Eight to one made too great a difference between the contending parties, and the only possible conclusion of the struggle soon came. 3eized upon by desperate, clinging, wolf- like assaflants, the white men felt their led - . arms, legs and bodies weighted down and AKE THIS = their ‘strength fast going.® : GIRL AND o e - o Bl kept Up the unequal fight. Long-Hair sprang in at the last moment to make doubly certain the securing of his most important captive. He flung his long and powerful arms around Beverley ; e from behind and made a great effort to Kenton fell :er after Oncle Jazon, and ; : i was soon tightly bound with rawhide CQNFINE 2 A 2 % thongs. He lay on his back panting and > » g . ¢ =} utterly exhausted, while Beverley still NN HER, SHow HEr : s o o e ‘ ,\ xo FAavors.” » throw him upon the ground. The youn, treat nolse. the startlea guards could make out. It coals, “Ye must be hungry. Cookin' nights spyln’ around. Madame Godere hid pow he suddenly interrupted: man, feeling this fresh and vigorous “Oh,“my dear Gaspard!” she cried as clawed right and lett, hurled one of fhem Snough for & omimin mec in her house when there was need of “The devil! Look yonder!" he growled Clasp, turned himself about to put forth ghe lunged forward. soaopard, Gaspard!’ against the wall. dashed another through Kenton shook Beyeriey with rough fa- it. I know how It is With ye: I got ail the out ix startling tone. *“Injuns!" Hfted tre Mighty spurt of power. He Her voice fairly lifted the roof; her great the door into Madame Roussillon’s room, muan, as if to rouse his faculties, gossip about ye and the young lady, as It was a sharp snap of the conversa- lifted the staiwart Indian bodily and weight, hurled with such force, over- where the g00d woman was walling af = ““What's the matter? Fitz, my lad, Well as all the information about Hamil- , tion's thread, and at the same time our 9ashed him headlong against the but- turned everybodf, and all of them tum- the top of her voice, and felled a third don’t ye know Si Kenton? 1t's mot long ton and his forces that Colomel Clark ' three friends realized that they had been iressed root of a tree half a rod distant, bled in a heap, the rotund and solid dame with a stroke like that of a bear’s paw. since we were like brothers, and now ye wants. I'm goin' to Kaskaskia; but J careless in not keeping a better lookout. Dreaking the smaller bone of his left sitting on top. iternation was at high tide ‘when den't speak to me! Ye've not forgot me, {Eink it quite possible that Clark' will be ‘They let fall the sient ther tad ook yet forearm and well nigh knocking him “‘Ouf! not so impetuous, my dear,” puff- nsworth, who always slept with an Fitz!” ou his march to Vincennes before we get T finished eating and seized their guns. Senseless. ed M. Roussillon, freeing himself from reached the Roussillon place ‘‘Mebbe he don’t like ye as well as ye there, for Vigo has taken him full par- Five or six gnrk forms were movingto- _It Was a flre exhibition of manly her unpleasant pressure and scrambling kly quieted things. He was trou- thought he did,” drawled Oncle Jazon, "L ticulars as to the fort and ils garrison, uiy them across a little point of the Sirength: but there could be nothing to his feet lly you must have fared bled beyond expression when he found ot hev known o feliers a bein’ mistaken and I know that he'd determined to CaP~ prairie that cut into the wood a quarter S2ined by it. A blow on the back of his B e R e R e the true state of the affair, for there was e dhat wa ture (he whole thing or dle tryin't T BT s tant. head e next instant stretched Beverley much heavier, He laughed and lifted nothing that he could do but arrest Alice Beverley got his wits together as best _. ‘] Saw ye while I was in Vincennes, “Y, g *em,” - tace downward and unconscious on th per Up,as if She had been a child, kissing 200 fake, het, to Hamilton, It made bis he could, taking in the iituation by such Kenton ‘added, “but I never let ye sia ' ¥anders more of ‘em’ aaid Oncle Ja- Zro0 ™ The seveyes Cosciges o over be Ky heart sink. He would have thought little degrecs as. sccned oy the® ame Thnich me, Yo was a prisoner, and I hod ny buse Wagging his head in an opposite airce and looked satisfled when they found Jhey His gun had fallen with a great clatter. Of ordering a file of soldiers to shoot a slow, but which were really mere momen. ness with ye while your parole held. [ tion from which another squad was ap- D¢ Was not dead. They bound him with He fook it from the flopr and examined Man under the same conditions: but to 1Ary. falterins . e Ll LIS TR D e il e G % *7" gyen Exeater care than they had shown t to see if it had been injured, then set Subject her again to the Governor's stern “Why, Kenton! Jazon!” he Eresently . Slve me wid, ar ‘to'let_ye have knowledge PILRCHIE- . o reclated the situati in securing the others, while Long-Hair y it to see if it had bee ; Grus how could he do it? This time exclaimed, a cordiai gladness biending Gf me while I was a spy. I left two days % poaa"deor‘s V:msp[;})]eeccea‘eer“’ :msh ';a“:gg stood by stolidly looking on, meantime £ her buoy- ) we have been making“too there would be no hope for her. Yiih his surprise. “How did, you get here? before = “é‘;r ol e g L S L e o fuprorting his broken forearm in his seemed entirely to i or v een | B ery Alice stood before him flushed, dishev- ere did you come from?’ ¢ : o 5 and. desert her for a time. She was proud to S atrol Guard svers mighy eled. defiant. sword In hand, beautiful and He looked from one to the other back 8cross Jazom, who detained me. He want. Kenton at once assugpmed command. “Ugh! dog!” he grunted, and find out t everley had shown him- a patrol guard every night torrinle as an angel. The black fighre, and forth with a wondering smile break- €0 to g0 with me, and 1 waited for him and his companions LeR nis per(f;c!flfl'; erley a kick in the sige” ‘.{lhag“:“l,gf;" ad out verl shown hi y should hear you—" ey ; 5 er his : Sier uce, to repair tne stock of his old gun. He ness. There was no doubt from the firs o - ave o " % n or devil, had disay t - ing over his bronzed and determined face. ! g B . T e she 13;1#‘\\'“[(;:‘;62:‘.3\‘:}2 whispered Roussillon; “we 1y’ qs r“w}:;d o ";‘pt::rsgbéxfifu:::f:g “We've been hot on yer trail for thirty tinkered at it ‘tween meals and ‘showers as to what the Indlans meant; but even 3 flendish stare upon Oncle Jazon, he pro- X ) i 4 Eoay e X gl ceeded to deliver against his old, dry pibs e 2 e Will be yery still. Alice, is there some- < i Mg s hours,” said Kenton. *Roussillon put us fcr A week at the Indlan villuge back If there had been it would have soon van- , dry ribs againet’ Long Halr, PN 1o cdt and o drop of wing bramdy? Jion Wers Eamine ied rpund, oandeged. [ouS, gald Kenton. noussilion put us I SR 0CS R SN JuRE (0 Bt B, lsbes for I Jeas than thrss mimntes [BESSOF fourIiNe semisibutiy wilh re o . have come y_miles; tired, py - el 02 W ] g ell ye, he's worth wal or any twenty-one savages swi si- S i t. L2 CH L T 0 ety v Tl oot Deedthi; f9bhide shefs brutsen meatls aum, (0], Where ste va spinighs o Stk il iime; and I was glad to let him lently forming a circle inclosing the spot £I¢35Y woman,” he snarled; “make orces. He would Alice brought some cold roast venisgn, ' WAtice—Mademolselte Roussillon, T am PFINE him yonder.” He waved his hand have his way. where the three white men, who had cov- Wwarrior to dance by.” Kenton be killed and scalped, & leaf and a bottle of ciaret. These e so sorry for this” said Captain Farns- S&StWard, “I'm going to take Vincennes Kenton, who was still a young man in ered themselves as hest they could with 8IS0 Teceived his full share of the kicks : ) 73 & g & ) iy : and verbal abuse, after which Long-Hair L back be shot set before him on a little table. worth. “It is painful, terrible—" and kill Hamilton. 2 his eufl{ thirties, res eueq Beverley’s trees, waited in grim steadiness for the e " "The thought _ “Ab. this is comfort,” he said after he e souit o7 E0 on. but stood before . Well, vere taking a mighty queer reticence on the subject uppermost in his wors. Be "Tooked To. bis hamt ain Bk O biood. W had gulped a full cup. “Have you ail been her unmanned. In the feeble light his $OUrse, my boy, if ye ever expect to find mind. Madame Godere had told the whole Quite beyond gunshot range, but near - ~ g Kaskaskia. her Beret tried to Well face was wan and his hurt shoulder still > = < Y, 7 r by represent- Then he began to tell where he had in bandages. drooped: perceptibiy. SR iy Sonthy Bt hon b aheree Josufred With | Lons-Hair. s their tieg in the fairest light. be t ‘re already twenty miles story with flamboyant embellishments: enough for Oncle Jazon to: recognize ggn;“f;!n;?geb;gfi:zed. never so much leader, the Indians = = 2 - e er? ) ;‘Carryin’ his gun on the same shoulder (he gossip and a SUITEPULIGUS BimpPse 0f hojiog It was soon apparent that the Indlans g the proba in the faires s e e e spennd the many. T eurrender to/poliys aiis présenttyisain |, VoI 10l bis BUR ottt fapie shoulder LS EUKBA 8US) & iETepUbiouk Kl ted L EnOther o aad Thon: MES £ 06 orpaverd 5 stlshente Hls aacteand 1t's like hunting for a needle in a h: ngs he had done. iman must in French extending the hilt of ‘her v~ . raqe fm KiNE o swing in a curve like. Beveriey's condition. He was himseif a thew dreaded to tes th K terprise with a feast. They cooked a stack going out to find & man in that babble while he eats and drinks. A little pler to him. “I had to defend myself ey dreaded to test the marksmanship of ’ oY « - rlet) t sl larg s mierness.” s1id Telm with optimistic Wine makes him cloquent. He talks with When attacked by your leutenant there, (LAt fgf‘{e},“;‘g«ojl‘aeguwwfinc‘y’ggydgEl‘; [‘)}‘{,({"m;ffl‘,‘,“;xfl‘e“’f{m‘;flifl:’{,{fgmg Sxtent such riflemen as they knew most border l378¢ amount of buffaio steak; then, each ge and ing the probab! £ ; With his hands full of the savory meat, cheerfulr and, besides, Beverley js his hands, shoulders, eyes. Madame Rous- If an officer finds it necéssary to set upon 5. : £ which he had left on account of danger. Men to be. Indeed, Long-Hair had per- fith Bis hands f no easy for twenty red niggers to sillon, Alice and Jean, wrapped in furs, a girl with his sword, may not the girl n;m 25t l;?\lr(xey: a6 Hith ;‘e"‘r".e}‘f,“;‘n”fi; ously wounding & rival. But he was well [O"al Knowledge of what might certainly droning meantime an :rzor‘;r&dou'.‘;; JE;:?: take. I've him tried at worse odds huddled around him to hear. He was guard her life If she can?» Gam't walk a straight line to save yer -touched with the backwoodsman's_taste D¢ €Xpected from both Kenton and Oncle fint apant then that, T Nt with a whole very entertaining, and they forgot 'the —She was short of breait, so thit her' fivar Vertebics 1 bo isen b Teratonches with jihe. bacimoddentan: Jazou:, Tason: they wete terrilila’ when outi far Mt MG L e e s leetls bit #kin, too "t you fret about him, ‘MMs patrol until a noise startled thieni. it was volce paipitated ‘with' a {oUching DIAN: . cire. Lok ge that dorin Cron Pima: JdLLjose aag banter, | H anac Teaturs”of TEht; the red Warrign' froriy Geqeshito 'of Fui oot wart ot Oncle Jaso: Roussilion the low of a cow. They laughed and the gencq that shook the man’s heart. agin!” * Beverley’s. predicament. enjoyed making the great lakes had heard of them; their g, Beverley, who lay near him. “I o Little help came to her from attempts the house softened his voice. Farnsworth accepted the sword: he He jumped back to the fire to turn the the most of thefr opportunity in their rude Names smacked of tragedy. Nor was gareary what they're up to, dad a::; ok & She might brighten up for sillon had been the guest of a could do nothing else. His duty admit- scorching. cuto: P but perfectly generous and kindly way. = Beverley without fame among Long- ‘emi Mores forty years ago, in Ca’ll e Gark dread. and the ter- great Indian chieffain who was called the ted of np doubtful consideration, vet he Beverley wrung Kenton's hand and By Tnairection and impersona) details, as Halr's followers, who had listened to the (hoy put s 1o s s M B at her heart, the sinking “Gate of the Wabash™ because he con- hesitated, feeling around in his mind for looked into his eyss, ag 5 sman daoe wann fegarded hig feelings toward Alice, Bever- ~ Stary of his fighting qualities. brought to ga‘nicr. an’ asrer thet, in Kaintuek. me » ber soul, colld not be trolled the river, The chief was an old a phrase with which to evade the inevit- an old friend comes Suafnly out of the jov in dué tme made m frimge: ynder-, Vincennes by the two survivors of the fn:'si Henton tich the run. i, there, acquaintance and treated him well. able. Past, so to say, and brings the freshness stand that his whole ambition was cen- Scouting party so cleverly defeated by Si! Where air ye?” . - thgse, ed measurably to her & ‘But I wanted to see you all,” Gaspard “Tt will be safer for you at the fort, and comfcrt of a strong, true soul to tered in rescuing her. Naor did the motive him. “Shut yer fool mouth!” Kent: 1 e attegtion of Farnsworth, said. “I was afraid somethi might ‘mad®moiselle; let me take you there.” brace him in his hour of greatest need. fail to enlist their sympathy to the ut- “The liver-colored cowards,” said Ken- under his breath. “Ye'll have th growled nd troubled him but a short have happened to you. So 1 came back —_— “Of all the men in the world, Simon most. If all the world loves a lover, all ton, “are afeared of ns In a 8hootin’ a kickin® our NEES ot of Lo ',thnJun He seeme ave had a revela- just to peep in. I can’t stay, of course: CHAPTER XIIL Kenton, you were the least expected; but men having the best virfle instinet will match; they know that a Iot of 'em would Oncle Jazon w{nkcda tugr?n s tion and ¥ rit since the un- Hamilton would kill me as if I were a }:uw g\]ar) hl fimf Hodw l{]\gnkfull I’\Iowll flngtorcr}en‘,al:\'er sesau’xe,m B?thnKen}r‘on have to dle If they should undertake an ang puckered his mo'mhaso ‘mi:fi'caioi’?{ rtunate the subsequen: wolf. I can remain but an hour and then 3 J now shall succeed. e are going to uand ncle on were enthusiastic; they open fight with us. It" o ik T g“urs‘j,z : o g ol ww g e T daylight A MBEETING IN THE WILDERNESS. capfure Vircenmes: Kenton, Sre we noi? wanied mothimg batiis tronus opportun- aneakin: s mgyiort of & like a nutgall on an old. dry leaf, ame they ary in’ BB s i i oo B e striving 16 play comes The rain and darkness are my Beverley set out on his mid-winter jour- We skall, sha'n't’ we, for MoW Hothing, 11y o ald In Tescoing any eirl why bad joecomn & 7' MEw Stedyhi about g iate e A eney¥ e demanded. a gentle and part. She could friend ney to Kaskaskia with a tempest In his nothing can prevent us, can it ? Shown S0 much patrigtism and pluck. " “Fm gittin’ mos’ too ole to shoot wo'th while: 1t's got (0 come aagher o™ arter feel that he o § Ofpeeret that | “And T saw Lieutenant Beverley, too. beart and It was perhaps the storm's Kenfon heartily retyrned the pressure But Oncle Jazon was fond of Alice, and a cent.” sald Oncle Jazon, “but I'd give ' Kenton mte bo ome, ARy o price In' good 1 suppose you know that he has escaped Clergy that gave him tl.e courage to face cf the young man's hend, while Oncle Beverley's story affected him peeulinils half o’ my scalp ef thet Long-Halr would were torturing his arme cod 1o g0s® his sturdy from Hamilton and—" Here a big nndaunted and undoubting what his ex- J(\znpllnoked up qu}zz!(:ully and said: on her account. come clost enough fo' me to git a e b i w“u:"zj{ .hl?!rms anl legs. Bev- itself nobly, mouthful of venison interfered. perience must have told him lay in his .oWe're a tol'ble 'spectable lot to per- . «They's one question I'm a goin’ to put onto his lef' eve. It's tol'ble piain ‘at returned, and with r By 0"”:”5’ h?d 4 Bim, wntil | Alice Jearied foward him white ana Dath. He was young and strong; that vent: but then we mighlogit pervented.. tyiye: yaung man 't e said, st ne ey oo, fone gosling this time. I'm think- Al three of the prisoners lay face coward began to betray breathless, her heart stanging sti). erate chanbes ot Tnatns (Aken the des. [ve ‘seed better men am' Us Durty cOn: htdrd veryiHink and they Had taled it 1o oir g ums this ¢ satistyln® 1f 1 ¥ wing fuil wel ater ‘ & = & = perate chances of Indian warfare many sid'ble pervented lots o times in my life."” “an® 5 g . - quite unable to move, knowing full well rairih o7 barred, e i open tna. afons wilh Sunes before thie and (he JAner conmiay " in speSking (e collouuiul Slect of ghe Ty palt 1 want ve to anpwer it treignt Souid plug out a 1ot eve o v rors | that a terrible ordeal awaited them. On- 2 faithtul dog than'ip & great rush of wind and rain, the patrol §3,NOthing, save that It offered the possi- American backwoodsmen, Oncle Jagon, %3 course, Juzon; go ahead,” sald Bev- ° Beverley was sfient. The words of hie *.%J3%0R'S ETim humor could not ba the manner hitherto habitual to him. He guard, five in number, sprang ‘in ility of preventing him from doing the despite years of practice among 'them, erley. “I shall be glad to answer.” But companions were heard by, him. but ris fuenched. even by thegalling agony of and would not be _ M. Roussillon reached his gun with one 0n€ thing in life he now cared to do. gave to it a creole lisp and some turns his mind was far away with the gold- noticed. Nothing interested h’“~ ut not the thongs that buried ‘themselves in the hard, with the other swung a tremen. JVDat meant suffering to him, if he could cf pronunciation not to be indicated by : ,: ested him save the +, " flesh, and the anticipation of torture be- more painful to dous’blow as he leaped against the in. LUt rescue Alice? Ang what were life any form of spelling. It added to his talk Daired maiden in Hamilton's prison. He thousht of escaning and making his way Siac which Geain acnaion of torture ! 2! scarcely knew what he was saying. to Clark. To fail meant Infinitely m oot L R s & TuruEY: e Faliest depres. " Bhe ooir- ahio cave in the GEpIh of eATtWAN Dnrage ‘of It dlstinct,above the tabrls o Gb Ton o patols which still lingers in out- Sillon? fear as most brave men. and to succeed hay?" llest degree. She ever darker than that room. The pa ] The three men were at the moment eat- meant. everything that i the storm. Could cold and hunger, swol- cf-the-way nooks of Louriana. fe could offer. Long-Halr. who was not joining in the worth but a little while, trolmen could not see one another or - “F, . e ing the well broiled venison. Oncle Ja- So, in the unlimited selfis While of sweet infijence, what o do: but M. Reusemion 1ot fboo; 1én streams. ravenous wild beasts and For my part,” said Kenton, ‘“I am shness of love, 8 2 dance and song, turned when he heard ¢ ¥ ¢ A v zon's puckered lips and chin were drip- he did not take hi " nafure Telt the Tie him with the strength of a glant. Hie scalp-hunting savages baffle him? No, w'th ye, old boy, in anything ye want to P 1% D s companions into ac these taunting words, and mistaking bless- him C there Is no barrier that can hinder love. do. But now ye've got to tell me every- PINg With the fragrant grease and julce, count. whence they came, went t» Beverley's s'de »d to her enemy lying dlows sounded as if they smashed bones. jie saia this over and over o Ainaclt i 1 8ee that ye're keeping some. Which aiso flowed down his sinewy, daw. _ The three stood In a close-set clump of and kicked him again and axain. e pand Durt by her Men fell heavily thumping om the 1l00r atter is encounter with the four Tomter {hite back - What 15 117" He glansea Ilke. fingers. _Overhaad in the bare tops four of Rue Scrub oaks at the highest Oncle Jazon heard the loud blows. and But now she hated the man, where he rushed along. Some one fired scouts on the Wabash. He repeated it sidewise slyly at Oncle Jazon. of the scrub oaks that covered the prairie. point of a thinly wooded knoll that sloped considered the Incident a remarkably ¥er soul she was sorry that a-pistol and by its flash they all saw him; with every heart-beat until he fell in with Beverley was frank to a fault:,but 0asis the February wind sang a shrill and down in all directions to A been kind to h for out of her but instantly ‘the darkness closed again, T the prairie. good joke. t gome friendly red men, who took him to somehow his heart tried to keep Alice all doleful song. Their view was wide, but In place - <088 . he” he kered, oon as , the Spell of & and before they could get thelr bearings tneir camp, where 10 s Broat SupRc ho Lo ioos his heart trledto keep Beverléy started as if a blow had been structed by irees. o O iy NNl kg e i ‘.»a 2 new life, and he was out and gone, his great hulking met M. Roussilion. It was his song when “T broke my parole with Governor Ham- aimed ‘at him. Oncle Jazon's question, “Men" said Kenton, after a thought- the talkin’ an’ somebody else gits the deep down in her con- form making its way easily over famillar cgaln he strode off toward the west on 1ikon,” he sald. ‘“He forced me to do it. Indeed, was a blow as upexpected as it ful and watchful silence, “the thing looks thumpin’! He, he, he! I always was y and the pathos of the ground where his would-be captors could his lonely way. I feel altogether justified.’ I told him be- Wwas direct and powerful. 7. kind o’ squally for us. T don’t see much devilish lucky. Them kicks was good sol- and would not be have proceeded but slowly, even with a We need not follow him step by step: forehand that I should certainly leave “I know it's poo'ty p'inted,” the old of a chance to get out of this allve. ut id jolts, wasn't they. Lieutenant? Sound- n midwinter gave every pros- vas fi e {Le cold rains. alternating with norcherly = an m; an o it, n Ken- ‘al X e e showed by the densit ves ve gave no hee 3 cold, sodden grax appearance. patrolmen as they tumbled ahout In the vinds and. blinalne s, Vi, Jortherly i, £l aq T askin’ it but I have. That leetle gal LR D SRR L R KT as s and a certain grim film in his f: h m’s exasperating pleasantry; but Ken- le rills ran room, the unhurt onmes trampling thelr watchfulness necessary to guard against see, I see,” Kenton assented, “but a pet o’ mine, an’ I'm a Jookin' after her, he felt the awful gravity og'm’:’,xiu:f {:xzn,o xo’rely the:flng igdersiher};rmun of he pe The ground