The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1914, Page 19

rr Te a ee ns ee anes hs +N ay A re sy fee mi “Persons Unknown” « 22iiths, « By Robert Minor|{ yy weet's Complet Novel in Tho Evenly World| Mai Pa a D TAL ROOD The Story of a Talis- man’s Strange Adventures | ae | [Pm Harbor of Love| (By Mrs. Howard Gould z oy iy By Ralph Henry Barbour : John Lane Company.) ti] at last the crimson river grew dull 8YNOVsis OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. brown and the night fell upon them. Pootiac, chief of the Iroquois, laments that he “Not now,” eald Valerie, Vatreutl place, some squares ct “There ie no cause for fear now,” But the night had come and with es in bie her, "ne as will drive bai ty = Sones ot nee ie ole back. Mi @ foun: er mind mucl ae ar CHAPTER Xi. in safe.” sdiicvcitiey! with the face and figure where she beumes a servant, A white woman Understanding. “Thanks to the brave Indian,” she d’Hau, Many times she shook whose baby son is but a few hours old dies, fire . answered. “You are Humming Bird's little head in a physical effort te haveing tofant’s ‘object RROW-FLEET, on the swift . warrior.” her mind of his disquieting met whose any ts waksown to Onanta ‘Ne ou running breast of the dark f —_. but he went Rot for hakings of ow the newborn child, Gales De vane Sete Allegheny, that fugitive ‘ : CHAPTER XIV. pl e nen, an ven Bs. herbs and, taking him to Pontiec, “declares escal necious- tis posneaer ia be lorn tend the cis Seatis: On 6 Wie Of Pears New Orleans. Beam be flided unbidden late her Joma wanboot among the mmew, ‘Ouane Skin at the bottom of the bark AD sews travesied Fiat eine. crouched the quivering figure of res' nig! tterned in disturbing dreams and Colonial America, as elge- Bommories, marched thet slow pro-w te prevent the Indians Guening be 6 & Valerie, | where, and within a few cession through the little sleeping x . chamber, until the dark trailing robe Coober “a = yg AY bd ‘Terror and exhaustion overcame her € heheh ot opt ‘s cane ae Of thé lest of them was fringed, with, he ead hie braves gain admittance to the pou @t last. The soft swish of the river : Senet, toe. Van | has of ends Ree ‘and misty blue by the fast! end 6 masecre bering, and the steady beat of the paddle were ro ae awe i. soothing influences, and the little a! J Vv omy) Li were b pore with fast fly- CHAPTER X. body gradually relaxed and sank : - Fal eee \ : Ing reporte of war and massacre. (Continued.) lower and lower on its couch of furs. 4 “5, ‘ " br ra 4 ae a pee pen hig inst the pale, faint flushing sky lood ll. She slept a troubled sleep. . . ‘ ea . ‘ with anxiety an ty ase wain: 6 in % Riad sg car to his ace The day had broken when she| he ON e , NS * aoa, i 2 nearly all these settlements were the ® wee as gat Nebo "ae ak ‘alerie 8 BE count before he sank under WoK®, and the forest was musical! P 3 “ kin and loved ones of men whose ad- (Se eof limd and toreo,. the = the rain of hatohets and With the song of birds, when return- aE venturous epirite (De for gain 1+ of ‘the ‘head, although, the, face r woods. was in shadow. @ loo! the soalp was torn from his 96 consciousness brought the old gether! loa Seay ovenisaied down the wood thrush call trilled skull, ‘The men had now all fallen, Horror back to her heart, She was who. 7 . Wi ‘ana the red fury of the enraged Still lying in the canoe, but the boat crescent bend of the Mississippi at forth again. ith a ¢ warriors began to wreak its infernal emed motionless, Raising her head : 7 New Orleang. This was the home of eed heer arse os tks TEVA IEE ee 4 2 Rene de Boncour, American resident Old women and young girls huddled Upon the shelving river bank. She} ee eae b member of the opulent fur trading together, were dragged from among J0oked around for the Indian. He house of Potret de Boncour et Cle of & thelr companions half dead with W4s nowhere to be seen, A new ter- Hovasaue. abd Mew Cetensh. Phlb Gina is chet oieces ot, the trees ror came upo : kre ‘ * ‘ - ; was the residence he had builded in Valerie returned to her couch, terror, thelr long hair twisted In the TL ,ouis Pant Stood unsteadily on ; : vee Kah? nttty: the new world twenty years before, unease gone from her heart. einewy grip of a brave, and the scalp the beach. Her arms and legs were ‘ a a4 wget 4 the) naw world, ewenty Yoste pipers: Uaeaes Bone trom lee Per snag. fall 13 ¢ been cad, Latte ely ort stor se hae bona ore cuornal P ‘ y J : t. His only ughter, Vi er aoe ata ee Haske, and | ir © . j- of restoring her to @ normal . . i "i vreac F break ; they fell to tel nee! vs en state of circulation she walked a few ty hy x * nas tment Bia only’ iaughter, Wal sifoom iy tet ctmska and Bex ara dren were tomahaw! as they hundred paces into the woods, then ‘ A sant vax pee Pee brothers, Raoul, now a Bree. daavare uate ber 5 Tucan to their mothers’ skirts, or ran she stopped with a start. A strange og Brats : AT esa Bee Te Toe nineteen, ee, Gespere core et 8 renee screaming, seeking ewcape where there sound had struck upon her ear. Ad- ahh reat ‘Fie * Gaspare, over whose careless, boyish proudly and happily upon his daugh- "Ta the mil Spening among Ue trees, In ita cen: rg : H * rn head his fifteenth summer was pass- {a ; tood ht ins tran face. down, in captor, hts : ae ; 7. : ing. There was a great room in the Strange,” sald th In the midst of all t! carnage tre, face down, lay her captor, hts 4 sir - : ane, aera, wan gruny carte, Wa” secant cae ry one, still, silent figure. Rusb- splendid shoulders shaken by violent 3 ? tes upper, mory of, the oune reserved sipped hie coffee.” ing Water had been foremost in the sobbing. Here was a new amazement. vy f wens de Bongour’s, Proto: soy fo wi ¢ owe 80 much onset, had fought with a gay impet- The daughter of a fur trader and the hE ‘ occu sane ¥. : we man during his not very fre- jj ” The trader of the best known of the } ‘ } Aare 4 , t very long visite to the you must fi ‘eS ) Uosity while there was fighting to turers of the woods, ! ak, quent and not very long . : French city. ,'/ day but now that the white men this girl knew something of the in- : PR Pena j : ‘ areh Mele ey trom this gage and pleasant “Nothing we have would be teo were huddled corpses, and knife and ‘ian character. She was familiar| |, t : fh € : abode that Valerie bad set out in the much to bestow on that noble sav- . re fd ana With thelr stoicism. She knew that et eS , 4 : preceding autumn to accompany her age, wd tomahawk were doing w! their hearts and nerves were steeled 4 t . gh. z uncle on one of his expeditiona up to —- Valerie's lips opened, but something bloody work among defenseless agains: 6 gentler emotions. Yet ¢ ae oft: the great tiver. constrained her to silence. women and little children, he stopped, pre ef e rb’ bebe Shap rae te ira J ; ‘The pews of a outbreak in the lake be > s ina lous onse: ie. ey *: jerefore, wide-eyed with horror, sick bake Te- g hideous massacre, giving way to - é aS ih into this home, The father wang Pugnance. Few of his companions, some agony of heart in a flood of heard it with a whitening face. The Nothing. Not so much as a engrossed in thelr cruel exercise, bitter tears. footstep. fe mother fell in @ dead faint. Then I paid the Chickasaw chief wi | noted the strange conduct of the chief ieee that ts Rea aside,. ‘Bo the blow fell at New Crteane. It good gold ious to send his - 3 ir rit as - rmed in Bot from / of their party, but those who did 80 titude for the deed that has tose His own Lage thi toe easy euccess at Venango, wild duck, which not only served as He bent his head vely. ultant cry of their tribes: and the marvellod. Igh-to-ba was among her from death mingled now with the coupled with his unsbaken confidence food but furnished him with feathers “Farewell!” eald the Ilinols, lashing crack of the Tifle had reached these latter. Jorering human” wxmpathy for a in the power of the Indian federa- for his other arrows. That evenin ——— the ear of the distant Illinois, and in | Six weeks passed dings from. “Man - who - walks - with-his-toes- Sufering human being. — Stepping tion, led him to expect that the war- as they prepared for their nocti CHAPTER XIil. furious hurry they came sweeping &t New Orleans of the tidings fro turned-out,” he yelled as he ran by, fle'hand upon his aun rapa aE eR papa erred gal tts yoni Nfeabed errr adm healt i See ee nao foe pers Ore ibs Sontuien eiaae Ds “ades the sight of blood sicken your | Slowly Rushing Water rose to his speed astute and em See es Fema tN Mise tt er, Companion, The Island. Before them sped the lone canoe \s2noour” ator ry held out to her the hilt of his knif . the some miles fur- the waters, ng ‘at his side, He was clothed The taunt attracted Rushing Water's is his companions and allies. and _smited. cance e miles from time to time, th . overseers attention, He saw a@ little figure his bh So he watched with anxious eyes “Elan,” said Valerie, still pointing ¢, the fugitive boat broad-brimmed E erie, ther and moored {t in ® man could sce iittle spurte of rod !2_ white linen, his Jothed in fringed deerskin, and with to her that he would Ig2 the diminishing store of parched @t him. “Elan d’Eau” (the French lace hat was held in his hand, while hi a Bed} hidden base on a leafy flame in the gathering dusk and hear *tT@w hat wae fration from bis jong, chestnut hair floating on the tn her handy. With eative ee corn and strips of deer meat, while for “Rushing Water.”) thy Dursusre 8 mopped the perspiration fro the sharp reports he listened wit! In her eagerness she leaned for- island, where he planned to brow and head with a large kerohief. breeze, in ewitt filent through the of her little head she refused the for the echoing “war, whoop thet Ward and there fell from the bosom hide until the following war party drew alieed of the river fey Hes Suddenly the young man at his alde open gate of the stockade, S| proffered knife. Rushing Water might betoken the presence of a foe of her jacket a ttle golden crucifix, should have passed. hostile flotilla and the little spurts of started. Looking out over the river her in full pursuit, with bloody Corr | thrust {t into his belt, looked shrewd- in his vicinity. the chain of which encircled her neck. ‘ ttle boat Ted flame from the muzzles of sweep he bad seen @ cance turning Ue AL Eb bei ‘electrified Bees nee eee, ae meci{ her But the provision bags were empty A® the sunlight glinted upon it Rush: Le Bleed ee cary or rifles in this bark became more the bend. “100k, look!" Bo! him and with a epring he darted after beckoning to. her to folcmencreheny at last and they wero still ina lund ink, Water started, hie eyes alight floated in the sec! in and the tinct, while the leaden sluge kicked up; Monsteur.” he ort superintending the fect. He shook hie head slowly and feom those who had been 0 lately The young man glanced at the river ff R USHING WATER paddled ipping with ever-increasing secd work of loading @ vessel, one of bis smil if | with curtosity. jan and the young woman the De Boncour’s quick eyes were snappy and e: 5 e white girl was fleet footed where the crash of a rifle might brin; “ ” young m spray nearer and nearer to the was and''shor almost ‘reached tho river ““rhae hitch ‘weasel bullt to carry (89, "arTiors upon them. Another ex= littering eymbol whten lay upon hor dwelt in the shade of the great tress, fugitives Falet nc ncutce-tee ab tis stern: Siris were deverea Btesas ot Yor bank before her pursuers overtook eight warriors, had been well wt et Pedient must be found. The wood frien * During these days Valerie added oon- , Rushing Water put all his str ‘dling steadily, was that of an In- lerie. her. Indeed, she would have made for the Journey, and the young man jreiwing of the man stood him in °'Ehe took the cross in her hand. —giderably to Rushing Water's knowl. !t2, bie arm, the stroke of bis Qian; the other, facing. them, Was “Oh my dears!” good hor escape had she not tripped drew from it com and stripe of dried foot, stead Now. | Valerie saw him “Ah he sald, “the ross." sfihad 4 le although losing nothing in that of @ girl whose countenance Was claimed « the ttle lady ox. And fallen ‘headlong over @ broken Geer meat. ‘Thi, washed down oy (eeqMomine returning to the canoe “The cromm.” the chief repeated, 00 Of French. »Bhe had impressed length became more swift. Bell as (ate eit" Joy vend ‘whose ‘arms Siaimed sddressing the dinner table, hgugn in her path. With a, yell of the river water, served for breakfast. DB which she was just waking, With hen he paddled out into the dusk, Upon him the mame Klan d'Eau, he looked back over bis shoulder he ey jerce exul! jon j-to~' As tl stretched toward them. With @ great this day! So strange. Monsieur de @ long wand in his hand. That day, saw more and more fore Spon her, Catching her hair y were eating Valerie held up as they hid among the trees, he ont his face very thoughtful. which was her French version of bis distinctly the cry the trader recognized his lost Bo 1 8 ingle hark that still kept up the pur- Gy ncour! So strange, Madame de one to her rage O risee OF meet 18 ner: end, a fd Beaching his bark one morning, Indian appellation, and he had ao- muit DUr- daughter. Boncour! So strange, my dear ebil- mi claps to skull, he dragged her to ““afoat," she sald in her own lan- rinhoce, deer te mows long, thin Rushing Water made the usual Drep- cepted the title with a grave smile, gloo ‘he others were lost in th “Run,” he eatd hie overseer, "run, dren!* “Rushing, Water saw the rarely SUlke, fully braided into @ cord. arations for sleep. His canoe hidden, 515 re to calling her “Humming At last the reason for ¢h Prerre, and fetch Madame de Honcour, "An, but what was it, Madame V itted in . Rushing Water's eyes brightened ‘Then he notched the he advanced into the woods, pre le Sell’ to is as je exvep- Tell her to fly, that me! treuil?” asked Madame de Boncour, ? deautiful face of the gin unt In'aup- S24 he repeated the word after her. rod, and exerting his gree Meerese the morning meal, and, after it had Bird.” seen resect thle cance disclosed it~ t God be thanked! Valerie “1 went to church,” began the ' eppesl and her hands clatpee iO aS Ehe dipped a wooden bow! in the he bent it againat his knee. rength been eaten, threw himself on the At the end of the second day the rust of the single oareman ad lady. customary in an Indian war can: ‘Within a few minutes Valetie was “Hol” flotilla of warriors appeared; far two warriors Wislded the paddle ta the in her mothers arma while Rushing gis he {oneees, Menstens ‘was on Ish-to-ba's shoulder and that he made her understand Fy, slsna ground for rest. From behind a tree surprised warrior tound himself spun r iver, rnnger the sarhalcating, with wished her to fasten the ends of bis HUNK & rife protruded and above it down” the stream Rushing Water lilinls boat. Despite the u of. ‘ one finger the clear liquid in the umost ‘Water in more than a little amaze- strange is that, a: of ound like a top. The girl's hair had cord to the extremities of the wand. . could count six jong canoes breast! fort of Rushing Water they w t enduring the frantic em- | slipped from his relaxed fingers, Dut "sre witha quick amite he pointed With &, sulle of comprehension, ane fet in e dark free, The Indian mest. the river. Gradually they approached slowly gaining Upon ‘him. He could brace of & stout, bald-headed man, shurtn fer Maan tat" Vervarat ey i wi a te ipa yin oe, iz to his own breast and exclaimed: pire the string to bis improvised Cover, hia piece covering the sleeping vaue he. Cary une, he forty boat leading bar coow of the who had kissed A 2 Pe Sheeks day out! Ohe! but a otrange, strange Uellvered @ flerce eweep at Rushing = “Eau!” He bound th warrior, A half smothered cry broke @lsht palmted warriors who manned Do} end firing Tifles, As and was now weeping upo! thing!" them. t over in the exertion of pro- The first transports of joy over, de Water's brow. ‘The. hatchet hissed with, another loce af eeecurely, and from Valerie, At the sound Hushing ‘ney eamd abreast of the island Pelling his cance, he spoke to Ge'girl Boncour hurried with the little party ,, Madame de Vatreull flasded ait i through empty air. Swift as s per, CHAPTER XI. foned an arrow Tho rost of the was pressed against his chest and he At last, Keeping steadily on thelr ying at the foot of the boat. into his home, ‘There the father and AGW 0 So hoves to talk, he cannolf . hme ha Elan D’Eau. day he spent tn cutting and trimming had no need to question the Intent coume, ty the “northerly, channel. 44 nie, iumming Bird tad o mother and ttle Gaspere eat listen: Jet ms Begin," ahe sald. "tt wae ROP desc a ” A arrow: aad i it beside 4 9 terest, a “Tis the third time, Janste-be UTH and health make a these over . on ahd Be Bolo % i eae sites ink sree 8 re HA ae Rushing wee eept ‘pace with them . sane noeded her head. Her uncle Valerie's tale of her danger and her stran, ri 2. reset 2. po he said grimly through his set teeth. brave battle of it with rock. When he had finished a dozen nal of peace, but the stranger did not On the bank. He breathed a sigh of hed taught her how to load and han- escape. Rushing Water stood allently Jan, "which some do not. f me fa the heart of the fadian, hardship and sorrow, Al- ©f these shafts he carefully stowed lower his rifle. eee oOitne Kealess toa tee ment beside her chai he epokd. When ubed Sunday moruing, fa and leayy tel + Oat 8h ‘ Xonng, Wer Basie, Woe aeiyni of though the loss of her uncle bow, atid ten laboriously act we wane oaptiecr ene aaked Tim me wa® Dutthaas "that “formed the northern MMe took the rifle in her bands, mothor looked up at him with grate- Vespers and I-had gone 10 say wil tae scrent, "now ‘woKe to. furious, was & great grief to her, to cover up his trail, The tree Valerie listened ty to the Wall. Airetching himesit at full wae as. The ful eyes, and the father wrung him eager wre prayer that my husband might mot manta iife, and sprang with a 4nd the dreadful massacre of which chopped down with bia war hatchet words, none of which she Widerstord, length bebind one of the protecting Powder horn was close beside her, and, warmly by the hand. fire hg, Let, the Humming Bird load my the story was ended at last, the it not so? But listen. I be such @ fool—ohe! M. Vatreuil, removing the plug at it rn) you U vengeful, lite hint Water, bis war sho had been a witness was indelibly Mad been cut from its roe a fow "Afinnesink!” answered the Otta- 7ocks he followed with his glance Tae rua into Bee Rae yeh mee altho Sit) yom Rave come good wife am I—and the church waa ¢ the receding canoes, the black grains run into her hand, pack to us,” he aald, turning to Val- deep in gloom. F’ ere , hatchet upraised, But the young stamped upon her memory, Valerie hie itushing Witenes tee eee MEGS what nation?” ‘They Were email in his vision and °#Fefully measuring out the ous- ee som where | anette s.¥ 3 a. “4 hole Rushing W: “Jules is dead. God reat him, saw the ruby gleam of the altar (OS Rea and dex: de Bonoour began, little by iittle, to and unused branches. Over them be “Of the people of the Otter.” far away, when through the woods ‘Omary charges Rushing Water for he was a brave mai and the ghostly outlines of the el smiled, Th recover from the effects of the one Piled the earth and acreened the fresh “Ha! Pontiac's son?” behind him there r out on the alr “ More,” h 4, ‘The shadow which had come into The mo abeve. with a sweep of the tomanawk that clay wits dried i ight of satisfaction gleamed in ® scream of terror. The cruel, bigh, re,” be eal Din eyes at the mention of his the tabernacle and one of emote like a thunderbolt. and the other. Now that she no °!#¥ ried leaves and dead Bas ringing, exultant whoop of several She doubled the charge and he ‘3 name, Was soon dissipated, fathers knelt before it. Y. fret Yelps of surprise and fury came longer feared her companion, the twigs, so artfully placed that even @ the stranger , ‘ou coul & eyes. 5} nodded his head in satisfaction. proth Sp "] ‘Rusht: Wat . Indian voices followed it Iike a bid- otion. however, so deep wan his joy in the see his form, for the dark and ney ro, the direction of tie ad events of her Journey began to appeal Rhey bed not ite, ili Pa i sii iid gr MarnS, Ray Ay Piston} grass, she recovery of his Gsughter. black of the cassock, you know, - Reebg. Indian band streaming to her healthy interest and curlosity. ‘The remains of the fire were sim- _A sneer ourled the Itp of the rifle. oUne weerior plung and took a on and covered was a door to- SUE R ane. we ni thats the break adhe yl yaite hale t hie, loom, speeding as fleet as a deer to- = famish other, have the break- e Ww! ir to ehoul- Rushing W: man. “Two,” Rushing Water directed. down upon him. He turned and ing Water was en enigma to ‘larly buried up. It “We have heard among the Iilinote Ward the spot where he had left Val- 7) Wi iuaewne Water 4 ane faat brought. We shall feast, indeod, ders, like a halo of snow it was.” . i ji “Why, how Q tawawas are on the ware Tan hie the daneer had passed, iD#erted the two bullets and paokea {ih MOMmIOE. Our Indien pre? a, Vaiteull, looking to his mice ee Cy Valerie had imprudently atepped out 10 the covering wad. Then she set “te turned with a smile, looking for Boncour fo sympathy. C7 the son of the great of the covert of underbrush. Two the priming charge and laid the rife Rushing Water, but the young man | "But then came the fright," Mme. the shore in one of tho long Gances, tery entered her life surrounded by puckered with perplexity. chief of the North turned traitor to Duntera of the Iilinols tribe, who had op ie, Joor Sf the beat ata point tn- was no longer in the room. He had Vatreull went on, completely ignoring” Picking up his rifle which he rer Slrourmaranee of romance and At last his eyes brightened and he his people, and let a white maiden been skulking along the ‘southerly “CAred by The Tu taken advantage of the diversion of her husband. “I jooked to my left and! dropped in the encounter with t ny we personified in a young man reached up and took the lone eagle take him captive. This is she?” shore, caught @ glimpse of the little ap towand the fn ne ming Bird move attention from himself to glide nolse- there stood a tall, dark shape. Mot two Indians, Rushing Water leaped whose physical attractiveness was feather from his scalp-lock. For & ““Rushing Water ignored the taunt, “fUre with the flood of chestnut hair, UP jomard ihe front. he sald. leasly from the apartment. of Saints, how I tremble {nto the river. Its current was rape undeniable minute he looked at it thoughtfully. we had been studying shrewdly the #0rlous in the evening flush. In- gp. he crmied to the bow of the boat. “rushing to the porch, de Boncour #00d father t idty bearing the canoe down stream, at there was etill danger to be Then with a sigh and a shrug of his ures of the Illinois brave. Now, *tantly they came toward her, ford- nat ‘ushing Water sud- ight ran along the silver rim of eous echo. Springing to his feet, the into the forest the girl whom he had res- her, and what girl of evening when his laborious work was looked Gnechmad taken advantage of por neq per ontitarty wyeuaen B® Gtan end. As the man and the girl tA his intervention to gain the river piqued by & entered the canoe to resume their bank and was now pushing off.from mystery, partioularly when that mys. journey, Rushing Water's brow was . ale 2 : denly stood up, his paddle in hie hand, SW him stepping over the leven. crucifix, thrust { Holding the rifle above hi a with apprehended Rushing Water's pre- shoulders, he fitted it in the slit he ing the shallows. Da a hie hand, eno) trader called to him, he » thrust in his girdle, He ie tne hand, the young chief swam Tap- cautions made Very evident. Inthe had cut in the butt of one of his stead of @ direct reply he began ® "9 Saw them when they were hait- "4 faced the pursuers, Instantly oNe, e Shney CAINS Coo eeoon old, that, priest, and 2 idly in pursuit of the boat, ‘Twenty first few days of their Might they aub- arrows, He was discarding hia chief- “once,” he said, “there was an Iil- WaY across, and her terror broke from ‘here was a crack of three rifles. ‘The Vinishod round the bend in the river, Church of Bt. La {iy aus atrokes brought him along- sisted upon auch stores of food au had tain's badge, and there wae a look in 4, sethere was on Til; her throat’ In that one long scream or threw up his hands and fell bank yee T around, and great cece |, an CHAPTER XV. dritts of eyebrows hanging above. & n backward into the canoe, A shrill f side. He thrust his rifle into the been stocked in their canoe. lina, He 4 A boy of the Otta- his post among the rocks. She Mioked up at her quiet y, little man, too, th ‘ad the middle of the river. telltale smoke might betray their there was no means of his knowing, turned to run up the little finger of DP at her quickly, smiling, and ‘all. t . too, the father, Ie le Ofnad, gathered at the whereabouta to a'searching fos, They Wuarevmes, no means of hie Knowing. wawas gave him drink and food. and {Urned, to run up tho little finger of then ane saw hia hand clone over the The Wood Thrush Call. ther’ Pollet, he told me" sald bank and wore discharging their rifles travelled for the most part at night, open to an outcast Indian wasalonely Comfort in his need: ‘ the river, but before she reached the "Ae LERIB DE BONCOUR'S that he had a visitor, Father retin, the bullets hitting the water hidden in tho woods’ covert during fife in forests far from those in Which shelter of the woods the Indians were , The exultant whoops of the pursu- white pillow held a reatiese Reville, who had just come down from hear hy with a vicious spat, Steady- the day time. The landing places his own people dwelt. u her. th t ing Lilinois rang loud on the evening ittle head, The allky, au- ‘"¢ indian country,” ing the hoat on the beach, Rushing were selected with the utmost care, "Fish, caught. while she was atill © pon her, As the foremost of them Httle hea ey, feached forward to grasp her, how. “if Still concealed from thelr eight Water clambered into it and then River weeds and underbrush were "So," nodded Mme, Vatreull, “he it roan in a ead by the astern of the drifting cance, burn tresses were must have been, He raised his hand with the quick and powerful thrust gently trodden among, with eure that thie ihe next morsing. With hie cord Mabeliet strupsiad, Wo ie ey aver, e rifle bullet struck him full on Rushing Water turned awittly. In & rumple and the big brown and gave benediction, Then he took 's paddle sent it speeding down none mig! roken to mark the ‘dried tor Bis the ground, } fj ash he waa in @ kneeling position, eyes were soft with the mist of un- natrance and put it in the eee cin init a dozen boats were trail. During these early days of the aud {red meat gone, her protector Penn Areas facel” be ried, Srevmeed bande bo lurched forward if the barrel of his rifle resting on the tabernacle and went away. i . on his face. shed tears when the window curtain ‘#2 by the necesalty of cooking fresh food, Tae eter mnde PO TORIy’ voit The wecond brave checked himeslt #er. With terrific report the dou- But faced us, I eaw the shape 1 7 ble charge tn hi , began to whiten with the coming of beaide me bend forward, Nay, more, ft the water's edge where the bank xnife and hatchet and held them out, !n full career, and looked up to dis. Preciselyrat the water line of the lit: the day, Under her snowy night he went to the chancel rail. Xnd, my Pigompanions, and anote of furious erie had surprised him that’ frst moved aia her'caif were tecding, Vale ne My ite belongs to my brother,” cover, eee oe me unemPected nols canoe the cedar splintered. The drapery her heart was troubled with dears, he held in his band « cructax, 2 vit © Bi ’ and swiftly drove it Into the stream, gilttering | An ae and was shadowed in his eyes that he {othe bow. Then sowly ho drew, the he wanted it then,” said Rushing 8nd struck him full on the chest, Its Tienind him the bow of the pursuers’ the city had been filled with the de- looked at it and then at the gold ci Their riflemen still fired upon him was suffering deep distress. string upon which the arrow butt Water, waving back the proffered biada cleaving his breast bone, An 4 f boat settled swiftly, The double slugs light of the home-coming, the beam- on the altar cloth. Then he tu n p a suffering dee ted across his body and back to " Instant he stood, his arma out- fob “4 oy warily watching Very rarely, when she taught him 1° weapons. “But let my brother say a ut- had torn a great hole just at the q and went out. But I saw him pla Fe TE ve ‘ax his bark a word or wo in French by associat %i8 Tight shoulder, his left hand grip- what he does in these woods.” atrotched, his scalping knife clattoring ‘ ing hapgtness of her mother face pauned water line and the river was pouring before the altar, and"—she paused tne sown they stream under the ing the word with eome concrote ex- Bins the bent bow in the middie. The «7 am a runner. I gw to say to the 0 the stones of the beach, Then his into the bark, In a fow Minutes the the boisterous gloe of Gaspare, the for dramatic effect—"he was a tail tring waa released and the arrow body quivered and crumpled and sank, father, th 7 ye Indi ”, eady thrust of his paddle, ample, a smile of understanding * W great chief of the Ottawawas that body q P| . . gay volubility of her father, the sa- young Indian savage. prone, forward from time to time to would, for an instant, light up his Se , The marksmanship was per “Eh suit, but the skill and journey Rushing Water spoke little, ‘ already in eTRushing Water with the Although he did not again give way : paddle were long well known among to the emotion of grief in which V my people hasten to join him before & shapeless corpse. Turning the body Th, lute of gathering friends; young men’ > exclaimed Rene de Bot fect. The calf, pierced Just ik of ” Rushing Wate 4 hi jute oF ring % into the bottom of the countenance. She found him an apt Detroit.’ over, Rushing Water recovere * * excitedly, “An Indian, you say, fro in’nis left Hand the frightened pupil, however, quick to grasp her te shoulder, atagwered and fell. “How far behind you is the war bloody weapon. Then with a aweep maged DOR. cordial and gayly complimentary wel- $xcitedly, TAn Indian, you aay who sat before him. One bullet, meaning, and their journey was Rushing Water killed the wounded party?’ of his arm, he crushed the little form sudden gloom blotted out the sun. come and the: tearfully happy em- cock, ‘twas he! Oh, yes. This ter aimed than the rest, tore the young when they were able to ex- calf with his knife and retrieved the ‘Three sleeps,” the runner replied, of the French girl to his aide and ran Vast volumes of clouda crowded up bracos of girl friends. of a warrior that saved our Val poten skin of his shoulder, but that change some few ideas in’ French. arrow. Swiftly and deftly he skinned “They come in canoes, Let my with her to the canoe. Dropping her from the south with rent, foaming A weary little head had touched and vanished so quickly away.” re yen rowest cape. Rushing Water guarded the at the game and quartered it. The meat brother beware; they are not in his in the bottom of the boat, he grasped forefront and flashing hearts,and soft pillow to aink into immediate “We ped Mme, Vat BD “wo steady swinging of his paddle carefully, however. He Miahed nelther served for the noon and evening debt.” the paddle und began his fight. o long, low Foll of thunder oroke the alumber, ‘The next morning she had “Now what do you think? So! er ceased, Smaller and emailer in to lose the time nor risk the ser meals and provided a store inst = “Rushing Water thanks his Behind him the wild war-whoops, twilight atlence of the wi spent among the bright flowers of her etal rood in his hai brother,” sa! foods. n } ae grew the pursuing canoes, of hunting in the field of Pontiacs the w. The following day Rush- r,” eaid the lor. ‘He inetinct with menace, were rising on “You are frightened?” asked Brkoved -gorden, tbe afternoon wi! | Die feluter and fainter the cries uns o1 ato id ing Water managed to bring down @ will be ' ‘Fasewell! ern Ms Rush- th perations, be wary, Fae alr, The scream, the ex- ing Water. i tte Vatreull at the