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A Romance of StClaii
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CHAPTKR I?Joseph Hayward. an so- one else i
sign In the Unltci! states army on his i,tir,w ??,? ,
wajr to Fort Hurmar. meets Simon Qlrty, *,,uw llu'l
a renegade whoso name has been con- ttt peace,
t>oeted with all manner of atrocities, also ,i,-.r.>i1 to vi
headed for Fort liar mar with a message '
from the British general, Hamilton. Hay- COtnes to l
ward guides him to the fort and protects struct lnnp
htm from a number of scouts who tried .
*o kill him. tain our n
wtinfc the
CHAPTER II?At General Hat-mar's .
headquarters Hayward meets Rene D'- noPfl 10
Murray who professes to recognize him. pawns In
although he has no recollection of ever ?hol
having seen her before. wnat fcngl
CHAPTER Ill-Hay ward voluht >ers to J~he '? 0
carry a message for Hartnar to Sandusky hands?thf
where Hamilton Is stationed. The north- von nnnnlv
wsat Indian tribes are ready for wir and "
ans only held back by tlie refusal of the hut if we
friendly Wyandots to Join. The latter are hostile we
demanding the return of Wa-pa-tee-tah. '
a rallglous teacher whom they believe to ments to t
be a prisoner. H&yward's mission Is to act opeuly
aseure the Wyandots that the man La _ ,,
not ha'd by the soldlsrs. Harmar lm- Yes, I
presses on Hayward the necessity of Is clear em
reach 1 ii* Hamilton before Glrty. "And It
1S?*1APTKI1 Xv-Rftn<? Hayward to out he w
at her accompany him. She tells him * nR w
that she le a quarter-blood Wyandot and dots. Wo '
a missionary among the Indians. She tHhos ?nH
has been In search of her father. She 'r'DOS, and
Insists that she has seen Hayward be- Our emlss;
fore, but In a British uniform. Hayward 1
tarts for the north accompanied br * i
wcovit named Brady and a private soldier. snd prom
CHAPTKR V?T*.?y eome on the trail >'ounK warl
of a war party and. to escape from th? I est? clear
Indiana, take shelter in a hut on an ; ?
Island. Hayward ttnils a murdered man In oamago, a
tha but. ! their forts.
CHAPTER it proves to be Kane! ! alllanct
?'Auvray, a former Wench offtcer. who |
called by the Wyandot* "white chief."
Bene appears and Hayward Is puzzled by " pre uiocn
.her Insistence that they have met be- j refused. I
tfor*" ; failed. Hat
UMArrsm ?n? tvene recognizes ma -nth nn h??l
murdered man as her father, who was
"known among the Iudtans as Wa-pa-tee- reason?"
W1- j I shook t
CHATTER VTTT?She tells TIayward her for fear ho
father was exHed from the PYenoh court ! victim? sue'
and had spent his llfo among the Indians *,cun*
converting them to Christianity. \ fuse to COG
CHAPTER IX Brady reports seeing a1 man failed
band of marauding Indiana In the vlcln- of his acts.
Ity and with them Simon Olrty. Brady's ?T. , t
evidence convinces the girl that thero Is 1 Ilw 11,1
a British officer by the name of Hay- and that da
ward who resemble ,ihe American. but j ^ellot
CHAPTER X Kimllng escape ifom the two 1 artu
Island cut off ll.iyw.ud a.nl hia compan- J.
Ions prepare to resist an attack from t..? hoping thu
Indians Hide, nlthoi
CHAPTER XI ttcconnonenng around might have
1 lie cabin at night Hayward discovers a -h.. wmilH ,
white man In a British uniform and 8m wol,m
leaves hlra for dead, after a desperate the lass. yo
fight. . "We have
CHAPTER XII The Indians cap'ure thought, di
tlio cabin after .? hard struggle In which uinnA "
ltsyw ird is wounded. I u,oou"Av!
Pi
CHAPTKn .mm iten> saves Haywnr.l nf ?
from death it the .aids of 'ho savages pmnce ci .
and corneals him In the cellar of the the mouth.
*ab,n kind. To i
CHAPTER XIV Hayward d'seovers a combiiiatioi
half breed negro In the ?.!lar They on- 1
r- .. - ?*- ' *
tif.ui. i. ii ' inn wn?*n | JX K "
the negro n M.lcntnllv butts his bruins I might
o',\t atilnst the low roof of the cellar. ,
t knows? sh
CHAPTKH XV?Havward meets Ms phe certain
double, .losi./h llaywnril of the Ttrltish ... . ,
nrmy. The latter admits that he had thing else. 1
held IVAtivray a prisoner In the cabin, as Iaiclfer'
hilt that he knew nothing about his t
tleiitl. His object In detaining D'Auvray fACe, anu m
was to help incite th? Wy^ndots to vrar llton had to
I story. T
CHAPTER XVI. mind to wl
"To win 1
I Hold a Prlaoner. "No. no!
He dropped back against th? wall, doing that,
btit much of my old strength had re- dislike for
turned, and I remained standing, lean- Wyandota t
In* on my rifle. The man continued ilton's plan
to stare up at me as If half doubting visit to the
hla own eyesight. ready for a
"Well," I said at last, growing tired faith among
of his silence. "You have my story? K??d luck t!
or, at least, a good part of it?and now "That th
It would seem the proper time for me south?" I at
to hear yours. Once we understand "Yes; I fi
each other wo will know better how priest gave
to proceed." snfp ?*ni
He pressed his hnnds against his 'aY hand oi
head In an endeavor to think. Y011 nirv<,t I'
"1 was in there, unconscious and Fort Hai
alone?" hat I
"No, not alone; thero was a yellow- far/ %
faced negro with you a French inon- , '
grel. if I know the breed. He's there that
yet?dead; and I want to know the ,llGre WG inf
story." f?fryoU ?*
"Oh, ay! I begin to get the straight ? ?
of tills at last," and tils face bright- ... P r's
ened "Not that it la altogether clear, e r s ,l< 101
. . . . . . , ' were rid of
but you furnish a clue; perhaps it we
... .... . attended to
put the ends together we may make .....
a tale. A French negro, hey! would ' V "i
likely be the Kaskaskla halt ureed, a ^he Trick w
treacherous whiskered dog. nut how ' .
ever did he come to be here? Ay! I ca n.
have It! The fellow must have trailed '-jT appeartr
me from the council at Sanduskv, sus- '. ... '.
. .. .... . the Wyandt
pccting 1 sought IJAuvray; there was
hate between them." D'AuvriTT
"Then't Is likely he killed the man." \n,?r ,..,nq
"No doubt of it. If he really b - (Urr,.(p"
killed. Listen to what I know; in -Purtlv t1
truth it Is not much other than rumor; ... !
D'Auvraj had the fellow I..shed by j ,ri
Wyundot squaws lor some dirty tti k. ^ , lt,.
and l'ioaud- that's his name swore u?,er; ( jv j
vengeance. Saint Denis! That was a tif.r ^ph j,.
year ago. and IMcaud lias ever since indignantly
been in his own country. T was the savages at
coming of war that brought him hack. n^-nts to k
I thought I saw him at Sandusky ae J}, nn a(.t Q
we held council there, buMiis presence confess "
was nothing to me." "Nay nol
"He had no quarrel with you, then?" hardening 1
"No; 1 saw him whipped; he was wp ^ut obf
like a snarling cur. Listen, and I'll from Kngl
tell all I know. I am not ptouo of my weapons at
job, understand, but out l*ere In the < ! oarp n(
wilderness, we work under a double WK(I no war
et of orders?one open and above cau me fri
board, the other secret. kT la poor y0ur?. The
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'^iUirv prsts.' Lord knowei The Man Continued to Stare at Me. Wh
ministry means, what they
uln by delay; wo are only blood, of my own name, the act waa
the game being played, yet murder?foul, treacherous murder,
nnd says, we do. Yet how? Yes! I wish I had left you to rot there
nly one weapon left to our ln that hole."
< savages. We cannot fight lle woa on bia feet, his face flaming u
much as we might prefer. with passion, but I flung forward my tor
can keep tho Indian tribes r'fle. .
i can hold back your settle- Ay! 1 mean It, Joseph Hayward, if!.,
he Ohio, until England can 11101 be >'our name." I went on, coldly
You knew all this?" enough now. "And I would say the chW
acknowledged. "The policy Batno to Hamilton If he were here, stoi
ough." Stand where you are. or I will kill you rea<
was easily enough carried as 1 would a mad cur. Only a flend
ent on. "but for the Wyan- would boast of such an act of treacbwere
hand In glove with the ery- N?w 8? on, and tell me the rest. f
they hated the Americans. 1 want no lie, but the truth?how did " '
arles were in all their vll- H'Auvray meet his death?" or
made the chiefe presents He stood glaring at me over the rifle the
Ises. Raiding parties of barrel, his hands gripping In desire, any
-tors swept through the for- yet knowing well that any hostile and
to the Ohio, doing much movement meant death.
nd driving the whites to "Hanged If I'll tell you!" L
But we needed open war, "Then you die where you are, you j be
>4 r\f II11 thu Irlhnj ..... I doif." and 1 mount It "Vnn K?w., ..14 dou
v ? %mmu ?MW bl iUCn, UUU W& *" * * * VU tJ?f U HOIU .
enough already to condemn you. 1 be- S*R'
led in this?the Wyandots Ueve you killed D'Auvray." ^
was sent there, and when I i wjt|
milton went himeelf, but **1 did not." he burst forth. "1 did . pOS,
.ter success. You know the not even know he was dond. I am not { prlc
afraid of you, or your threats, but I
ny head, afraid to Interrupt will tR" >ou what occurred here. I'm Cart
might remember how con- ready enough, as you will discover yet. The
h a confession was. and re- 1? answer for whatever I do, but I am urc
itlnue. Hut apparently the no1 Koing to bear the blame for the
to conceive the depravity dastard act of another. I was friendly ?
enough with D'Auvray. even if I did Tyi
luence of D'Auvray?ay! seek to trick him In this ma'ter. There j,
ughter of his. Saint Denis, was no intent to take his life." plei
re she was the woret of the "Well then, go on." woo
lally made love to the witch "1 held him prisoner here," he said C. S
s to win her over to our sulkily, "although there was no vio- tor'!
ugh even the love-making lence or threat. The man did not even ''r'f
been serious in the end, if realize he was under guard, yet I saw ( <>n
even lisieu. But you know to it that he retained no arms, and was ?,'JZ
u say?" never out of my sight. T was rnv or
met, yes; a fine girl to my dors to hold him quiet until I had tnes- ^
>spite her drop of Indian sage froni Hamilton. He suspected u]ar
nothing, and there was no trouble; not ciet'
no enough." with uuick so much tie a word of controversy he- Inro
usplclon, and hardening of tween us. Onre a day I made circuit pan'
"for those who like that of the island to assure myself we were Rlsd
uy mind it maki*** a had alone. Occasionally he went with ine, ^.on
i, Fiencli and Indian, and hut the last time I left him in the
hen adulterated by religion, cabin asleep. It was dusk when I re- tnR
have married her?who turned; 1 had seen nothing suspicious, slrt?
rugging his shoulders, "but and was oarelese. I remember ap- heal
ly wouldn't listen to any- proaching the rear door, without swei
ixird. the wench was proud thought of danger 1 must have passed teet'
ay! and laughed in my the opening of the cave here, when ing
ocked me, until even Ham- suddenly I was struck down from bei
grin, when 1 told htm the hind I saw nothing, heard nothing of ??ve
was then I made up my my assailant. When 1 returned to ^2*n
in spite of her." consciousness I was lying here. That ^an)
ler, you mean?" la all." "Toi
There was but one way of " 'T would be IMcaud who struck brae
and it chances I possess a you?" I T
Indian blood. I mean the "Beyond doubt, and then, thinking
o our scheme. T was Ham- me dead, dragged me Into this hole. aj
. thnt I suggest to her a Yet how caino we both In there?" D?r
Wabash tribes, for she was "We can only guess at the rest My
ny sacrifice to spread her theory would be that the negro was
: the red-skine. Ay! and by interrupted by our arrival at the cabin, i?
he scheme worked." He discovered the entrance to the tunen
was what took her n,d. and dragged you into It, thinking
iked, deeply interested. to escape himself. To make sure who
xod up a fine story, and the we were he crept into tho cabin, and
her his blessing. Oh, it recovered your jacket?you left It
ough; no Indian would dare there, didn't you?"
n her in evil. Where did "Ay! It was a warm night."
le girl?" "The fellow must have seen somermar."
thing that frightened him, that drove
in surprise. "She^ got so him into hiding I^ter 1 stood there v
cuiureu mere: ? nai was jn the cave mouth. looking about. Per- J
, think you?" haps It was then he crawled Into the o
I know nothing yet it was tunnel, and replaced the door. Ah. I
?t first, and she mistook me have It?he did that later when he t
> on; 1 would hear the rest recognized the voice of mademoiselle."
; it is growing dark." 'Of who? Mademoiselle?" "
is short enough, but the "Mademoiselle D'Auvray; she Joined
is puzzle me. Onco we jce us I stood there. Her presence
her, the father had to be would account for his fear." ^
T was no eaey task, for jje leaned forward, as If endeavorras
a chief, and quick to jng (0 decipher my face. t<
is small odds now how "Are you telling me truth?" he
as plated, but I knew of aaked hoarsely. "Is that girl here? ^
and once here I held him what could have brought her to this
hile Hamilton used his What does she suspect? What
ice as a Whip tc drive dops shp know?? a
. .. . "That I cannot toll, except that sho
ad the rumor then that beIleves you kilh.(, her fathor; fht. I
*or 1 ' ' discovery of vour coat convlticed her
knowing what had oc- oMhat. As lo how Phe caTne here_ a
.... . . , she traveled with G'.rty from Fort Har
a. v. 1th a chackle He , th? Wyn.idots In ?
j ,1 ., " 1 PI* advance of me. Sli" cam? to the cabin 0
' ' ... .. . alone, boring to And her father, but
pons of thu- He you de- . ug ln ,on and V
'lotted to ravage the fron- .... , . , ,. i
,,,,,, I) Auvray s dead body. It was sh>* v
-Man outrage, 1 exclaimed t . i a
, , , > .> inii m 5 into the tuau< 1, and K
to turn loose a horde of . ... ., ..
. . ... wed my life. v
tan,st unprotected settle- .. ,.OA, man. whero ls flhe?" a
111 women and children. T ?with ,ho8<J ,nd|nnB n h() atlackei
f cold blooded murder you ug amJ burnp(, the cabln_ah,. niay be
. , , . . a prisoner." =
t so fast friend, his eyes Me ^ uneftS,;ly Bhim hi9 ^
vlth anger. " T wns war;
yed tho orders that came %
and; made use of the ^ear 'hat. She Is a wonder M
hand." worker with these savages; they are
ithing for the excuse. There afraid of her; they think her cross will
', and It was murder. Hon't work mlraclos. Saint Denis! 1 would
ond! I am no friend of ( rather have her with me than all the
ugh you may be of my own | " ??
.IUNFj 19, W14.
'Could she save a man from the torre,
the stake?" ?
'She has done It; ay! 1 saw It done,; 1
d it took some courage. But she | I
ght fail with these reneRades. Whom I s-^
the man?" J. 1. IV
'Brady; the scout who acoompaaletftM
'I know of the fellow; she would Something ex
re small chanoe of Bavins him." He
used, then asked suddenly; "Wh?t> OVOTy RUCK OI M<
vot me? Am I a prisoner, or free to .
? Do you absolve me of murder?" > It is llotlCGubl
'Of killing D'Auvray?yes. But your
ads are bloody enough without that tllO SWCl'tllCSS ()f
mo."
'Then I may go my way?" i1 tllG tllblo. It V<
'To more treachery? To those In- .
ns to report my presence here?" lllissillg OI1C <>t t
No, I swear?" i
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