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t*1Wl" fflAD I tie TOPI * A J /Tf A Komance or jtXlair RANDALL PAR ILLUSTRATED D. J. L ros>y/?/grrr a. c./v?cLi//?cr &. O& r~ I waited until they started, and tnen 'n a ^ay or ' advanced to the tent. A tall, slender ?co,a 8 ou ' ' man, In a colonel's uniform, pointed .fn r'n< ? , the way within, and 1 stepped through . t.f0?MUnfin S' the narrow opening. The interior was .8n , 1<l. 8?* 'plain?a bearskin stretched on the ' oesn t vno^ ground, two officers on campstools wo V."1'!'1 <agaiust the canvas; a sentry beside j>08 8' 0 ? the open flap standing motionless; a 118 arni8' rude table of one unplaned board, and i niar< 11 tor behind it. seated. St. Clair He was | mornl"f'a spare man, with broad shoulders and *?' guf f horp V >pjg>minent nose, wearing a long queue ,, ' .of thick, gray hair, which was plainly ?, visible below his three-cornered hat. . H ?" He was attired in blanket coat, with J hood dangling down his back. I had .. * , 1 ,nH 1 met him once, but it was clear he [t , . remember it. retained no recollection of me, as he surveyed me coldly across the table. e w ero 11 "Well, sir." he snapped, "Colonel j)urlM)B<>. KO J' Oldham says you bring news. Who was to i( are you?" breakfast. 1 "Ensign Hayward of Fort Harmar," waa smokin8. I answered, bringing my hand up in w 5^n * s,? salute. "I was sent with a message to c?u'(' nnt hav the Wyandots." in advance, o The stern lines of his face broke r ng a shot, into a grim smile I ?n u" w'th<n "Ah, yes, I recall that. One of Har- a "ari mar's fool notions Told him as much w oope and y> when I got back Well, your peace 1 'error offering didn't do much good, did it? Joe, *rtPI,lnK I hear there is hell brewing in those 1 aaw north woods. " I out an order"It is already brewed, sir. The oat W?^ tribes have got together to crush you. 1 Ul c They rendezvoused on tlie Maumee." their "Huh! that la a waya away. No mitn h^e'de m great danger from that aource till we're Oldham flung ready. What tribea were there, do ovwr' 1 n you kuowf* , n,n- Peering b "I saw them, sir; Wyandota, Botta- w',!l eyes full wattomiea, Shawuuea. Delawarea and my r,n" an(, ^ . for a tree, 1< ' were cveiywhi Ing mob. I a Mlamls. There were also aome OJlb- Wjth their av wan. and a sprinkling of others, cowards But mostly young warriors." panie; they f< "Who heads the conspiracy T" struck with c "Little Turtle, of the Miamia, but tered a path there are Englishmen with them also; clubbed muski Hamilton himself was there." from terror, e "The cursed hound; ao you were joat God! m there, with them, hey? A priaoner?" sight again! ftYes, general; a scout named Ste- write of it phen Brady and I. We got away by inf0 jj,at ter means of a canoe on the river." the naked war "Where is Brady? I know the old tomahawks, b! coon ." tering with cl "He died, air, and I came on alone." waa re(| wjth I No one spoke, and I went on. j bodies. It wai "It was a hard journey, and there how I got out were many delays on the way. I came from tree to as quickly as 1 could, elr, but I don't loading as I r think the savages are far behind." with mo. cool "Oh, don't you, indeed," sarcastic- held the pain ally. "It watt not advice I was asking, a hundred of and as to what is in front of us my opening by thi own scouts keep me posted. You're |ars aU(j artU] young, and easily frightened. I happen to know there isn't a hostile Indian within dfty miles of us?not a ag? hordes bloody one. I don't care what they drunk with sla do up on the Maumee. We'll go on to the Miami towns tomorrow. raze woods aud |a: them, and be back to the Ohio before There wan no that bunch gets started. I doubt If on)y the incei there is a shot fired. It'a all a bin ?? they crept bluff air we've got them frightened tro? lo tree, half to death. I wrote Washington so Th?y filed o a month ago." J hemmed ua in I stood before him, stunned and be- lng our rear, wlldered by his obstinacy. smoke we ca "All! 1 to understand, General St. tutting figure* Clair, that you question the accuracy f;u.pB striped t of my report?" feathers, and I "No sir!" Hla cheeks flushed, before or aim "Only, ray young friend, there is noth- fiKhl as they t lng to it. Thrs expedition is not in- the charge, tprested in what Hamilton is doing on through the a the Maumee. He doesn't dare attack deadly aim inl ua with his mongrel savages. If he Hhot UH down did we'd give him a belly full, and a tine tion, no time story to send back to England. Come. Twice they gentlemen, let's get to more serious forward with affairs. Y?u tna>' K?- alr" UB back> a,ul -1 passed ottt. dazed, unseeing. So dor foot./But thte waa the man in whose hands rest- now, and we c ed the fate of the northwest. Thin amj clubbed i waa the end of my toll and suffering; driving them I this the reward for Brady's death. He they held us. bad sneered at me. turned me away and graas pat* with a laugh. For a moment I atood log thl,ir rlfb shaking from head to foot; then hot my gun fl< anger seized me. and brought me hack an(>ther; 1 wa to life. By heaven! he would learn yet a?d took them whVh nf IIB uibb r*w--> lay ever; cries of the i CHAPTER XXIV. did. We chi ? crunching. tht The Battle on the Wabaeh. to react out He bail not even assigned me * would not ata aerYlcp- simply turned me adrift to go Helpless, blee where M pleased. This implied Insult many orders, cot me to the quick, yet. now that I retained line, had taken the measure of the man. I \n% wood. Ki eared Uttlo enough for hie good opln- men were e Ion. Very well. I would choose my Hhrteklng 1** t own service then?I would go back to g0me means o Oldham and hla Kentucky militia. He cordon. Indie was of fighting blood. If his face spoke the emoke to truth, and hhAommand was stationed and dyli where they would feel the first shock tlllsry and of attack whenever It came. charged wlldl; Oldham received me gladly, and ^d dead allk? about the fire that night I told of my en. camp foil reception by St. Clair. the mob. tbeli "Well I warned y?r. Hayward," the the mad upr< colonel ' commented, chuckling. "I stood Intact, know the bullet-headed old fool. here and ther reckon he'll know more about Injuns ntlamen who THE LANCASTER NEW the, guns, not a doze a powder-^. iine( ^ artillerymen remained. Not an otflcei 1| ?' tbe battory wa8 l?'t; not one of th< U g \ M regulars unwounded. M M I heard St. Clair storming up am ?down behind us, swearing and shout j ^ ing orders in his high, cracked voice ^ I yet took no time to glance toward him I The smoke settled, down upon us ii ^ I a cloud, we fought blindly, in the dark W I 1 hardly certain but we stood alone. S M was beside Butler when he was struck ?^ p . and helped drag him aside out of th< I iVtrO'l'r rout Tben 1 8aw st- Clair, and, as O AfV.AV-CH> stopped a second, Btaring into his face jaTT CVfL-T to be Hure of hl8 identity, an offlcei '1^ I I I rushed up through the smoke cloud -IA? knocking me aside, everything forgot tvw r ten bu* b'8 urgent message. AVI lM ^ ^ "General St. Clair," he cried, "we must get out of here, sir. My met cannot stand five minutes longer. II that line breaks it will cost every life wo. Told yer he had his For God's sake, let us go." id he? Why, man, there "Yes?yes, Colonel Darke, but how em been ten miles from is it to be accomplished, sir? Set nee we began this march; those fool cowards." captain? The old cock Darke swept his hand out to the tonight what's goin' on south in suduen gesture, yards ahead of his out- "There i? only one way, sir?there ;ot up, and stretched out by the road. I can hold the regulars And so. gentlemen, we steady; they'll cover the rear, and he Miami towns in the give the others a chance. One fierce il Cock-a-doodle-doo says charge forward with the bavonet wti: r a year's pay wo never drive those devils back, and open thf t'hat! no takers? Well, way. May I try it, sir?" bed." "Ay, try it. Hold! I'll lead them (1 I attempt to describe ittlo on the east fork of %-J \ -Many another has done L** i t few tell the story as I " -? ip at dawn, but for no , ir as I could see, unless V 1 He through a leisurely ^l9S^rJ' 1 * had finished mine, and / cuddled cIoro to the tiro, wljkiiiiiMm rm broke. Our outposts WkMWIA\\ 'e been a hundred varde 111 TV* ui ' 11 r wt - nils, Huch as would strike II 1 my Kun In an instant II11 -then they came, pouring |||jj/^ i >ds into the open, a mass numt. jffl "IBKIBF'Sf J lemons, half obscured in / H rllies spitting lire. The / I e wont down in a hoap; rM^|my<w- J J up his arms and toppled TW\ / / len Htare, then turn and f jyN, ^ /' If >ack over their shoulders 9 *3 I ( / I of horror. I threw up *7 |r^sj ///^ I W red; sprang back, racing / ' iiadlng aa I ran. Men fs are, a frightened, screamihw officers strike them "Th? Cursed Hound; So You Were a tords, cursing them ae Prisoner? nothing could stop the myself. Here, Simmons, Cauley, lash iught to get away, they those skulkers into the road there, (inched lists, they bat- while we clear a j>ath." for themselves with 1 sprang forward with the others in sts, they became (lends response to swift orders. We made (very semblance of men the woods and pfunged into their ay 1 never see such a shadows. There was a tierce, mad My hand trembles as I struggle face to face, bayouets and clubbed muskets, knives and tomaror stricken, fleeing mob hawks. St.. Clair, on an artillery horse, riors came, backing with led the way. We swept the front of ashing with knives, bat- the broad road clear, the impetuosity ubbed guns The snow of our reckless charge forcing the ilood, covered with dead startled savages Into full retreat, s massacre. I know not Th?n ma t.. " > " ? of it, but I fought back and tiring to hold the advantage. Betree, firing an I halted, hind us, into the open road, surged the an. There were other* mob of panic-stricken men, fighting headed fellows, and we and crowding, beginning their long ted demons back until race back to the Ohio. It was a slckus, or more, gained the ening sight, the white, ghuatly faces, b river, where the regu- the wounded limuing along, the bruery were. But the a?T- tal acts of fear, and over all the cease. less criee and profanity. I caught glimpses of women among the seethinfuriated 1 victory, lug mass, hustled and thrown under lighter, were at our very lined the edge of the foot ln m(lrt terror The sight, of aired in deadly volleys. ,pl!m brought back to me the rememsound now. no yelling? brance of Rene. Was she also crushed jsant rattle of flrearmB. in that mob fl(.0|ng for life, or was from log to log, and ?he HtJ)1 the coo|( tent, trembling slowly drawing closer. a8 atared out helplessly on the fT to either side and stricken field? 1 turned and ran, heed, the river alone protect leHH of ajj el?e plunging through the Through the clouds of Htr,?am of fugitives, plowing a passage light glimpses of their wlth my ,)Ujk j ba(j jone my duty? l, distorted, horrible, of Duw i must save her! >lack and red, of waving brandishing arms. Never CHAPTER XXV. ce have I seen Indians ? lid that day?rushing to The Retreat, leaping straight at us j hn(1 no j should find her moke, and tiring with there, but I fought my Uay through to to our very faceB. They tho lent jt butj been knocked half with no rest, no cessa- OVer, the camp stove overturned, the i in which to breathe. lon>? bench smashed Into kindling took the guns, swarming WOO(j With sinking heart I flung ii fiarpn rnult Jhui rt?m? ... ...... ....... hack the nagging canvaa, and east one crushed the gunner* un- glancH wlthln. Aa heaven wltneaaea. they were in the open she 8tood therft the 51ankftt Htill ou d see. with bayonets wrapped about her, her hands graapr.flas we charged home. 1ng a rlflH h?r face turTlftd toward jack to the wooda. There me Unconsciously her lipa gave utwhile from every hollow t?rance ^ a cry of relUlf< and hftr ch. every tree and fallen predion changed. I hprang forward, >a apat lire. The hands eager. K)ad ,w off* and 1 PJck<^ "Rene, you are here!" I cried out. a out of powder and ball .?Why dld y(H1 BtAyr i a dead body. The .?jt waH tbe word of monsieur," aha ywhere, alone. In heaps; answered almply. "Monaleur aald atey vounded roae above the tjjj be come " trged over the bodlea, "Yea, yea, I know; but I never wn under foot, aeeking thought of thla; never dreamed of inviaible foea. They auch a defeat. But there la no time to md, would not meet ua. WRate ,n talk Thor<| nothlng to do ding, dying, confuaed by but run for it now. Come, lasa!" fe bark. yet stlM Before ahe realized what I was goand fronted that bias- |ng to do> j bad flung away my rifle rlghtened, panic-stricken and B8|8ftd her \n my arms. She was verywhere. running and a llght 8|4)nder thing, and I held her error, aeeking vainly for tlght ln ihf) fold|l of thft blanket, escape from the aavage scarcely feeling her weight. She made ine crept forward under ^ effort to resist, yet her eyes?beacalp and mutilate the wudered. half-frightened?looked into from the ar- my face. I gave them no heed, my staff, breaking loose, whole purpose concentrated on the one y about, trampling living effort to save her, to fight a passage j under their feet. Worn-; through that mob of frightened men ?Wwl?i'. werft ln The spirit of panic had gripped me r shrill screams piercing alao?not for myself, but for her! 3ar' 1 the reKulara Here ww my duty now; not back yon a thin blue line, with der where thoae regulars stood grimly e among them a few mi- jn |jn8i and died with their ahoulden kent their Ahr.it* , S, JULY 17, 1914. j touching; not where I hud fought all a few irouthfuls. Her r day In the powder-cloud facing those words, her manner tow 9 forest demons?but In the mob of fu- bewildered and angered. gitives, battling and cursing for their sumed the part of a sei j lives. The road was littered with guns it, as If she would thus thrown away, with discarded blaukets own place. In every pos , and powder horns. I dared not look showed me she was no back, straining every muscle, stagger- j choice, but necessity. I i lng forward over the ruts. The roar lag with the food, my a of guns behind grew faint in the die-1 The wounded horse had j tance; the spit of rifles from the the river and drank; now thickets ceased. Exhausted, breath- lng the snow in an effoi j less, reeling from fatigue. I put her feed. Over In the east. [ down, and, with arm bout her, stood tance off, a rifle cracked ) an Instant looking back. the silence. My head fell r They were coming, a dark mass the bank, and I was soun bearing down upon us, but ahead of It was two days later w ' them, wild with terror, his harness up a long hill, and camo lapping at his heels, his head flung summit. I no longer n< , I Hum biuu 10 ?iae, cnargen an artillery the horse, and was pi | horse full tilt. In his mad terror he wearily behind. Much ^ saw and knew nothing. He came had melted, leaving the straight at us, running as If crazed, the trees appeared bare. I flung the girl Into the side of the against the sky. Rene r road and leaped recklessly for his wrapped in her blanket , head. My hand gripped the mane, was chill and damp, he then the leather rein; I wae flung her eyes straight ahead , from my feet, jerked into the air. but remembrance that we hs hung; my moccasins touched ground an hour. Beyond the again. I was dragged forward, ren- there wae an escarpmenl , dered hah unconscious by a blow, but lng an open view ahead I weight told. I got IVngers on his nos- off, over the trees bclo j trils, and he stood still, panting and gave a great bound?th I trembling. Clinging to him, warned mile away, flowing betwe j by shouts to hurry, I stripped the har- forest, was the broad Oh ness aud hoisted her onto the bare si'very in the sun. I t , back. Even ae this was accomplished and pointed. the head of that shrieking mob was on "At Fast, Bene," I crie us; one brute grabbed her by the arm "We are safe now; see! seeking to pull her down, and 1 struck river." him with all the force I had. Then 1 She lifted her eyes ant ran forward, clasping the horse by the "Yes, monsieur." bit. crunchinar our wav h?>f>Htoaa of wv... ? 0 w. ?? uj jxju ofcr Who opposed or blocked our passage that tone? You answer And they made way for ur; even In If you were my servant, their blind terror, they Hwept aside "Your servant!" She v to escape being trampled under the me now. "Am I not, mo animal's hoofs, and left before us a "Of course you are u clear path. free; whatever put that I I looked eagerly for some place in I haven't known what t< which to turn aside, saw the faint to do since we have b trace of an Indian trail, seemingly Back on the Maumee I? ' leading down the bank of the stream. < loved me." and, with instant decision, turned into "I do love you, monsie it. I walked the horse now, and Rene "You?you love me," sat. up straight, and fastened her dls "And yet bear yourself a 1 arranged hair. The narrow trail led "Yea, monsieur; how 1 through deDHe thickets and about a do? You are white; I ai slight^ bill; In Ave minutes we were "Is that all! You thin out of sight of the road, alone In the it different? Rene, I 1< wilderness. ' To tbe right through yonder la my home; I wc trees was the glimmer of the river there; I would aay to the The horse panted heavily, and the way me?here la my wife." was rough. There was blood I noticed "Your?your wife!" now, on his flank, and he limped slight-' doubt, questioning in her ly as he walked. I staggered and "Yes, of courso* how reeled from weariness, feeling reac- think otherwise?" tion from excitement, yet kept grimly "Oh, monsieur, how c< on until we must have covered two How could I believe? I * miles, wandering In and out among the girl, a Wyandot. It Is no) low hlllH. No sounds reached us, and men come to our villages, ae wo came Into a narrow ravine, them?the red-coats, th< promising concealment, 1 released my France. They take wltl grasp on the bit and staggered buck hand, and then laugh, a against the bank. Mademoiselle Then you came and grac slipped from her seat and hastened to said get into tbe canoe, me. go. but you said yes, I "You are wort out, monsieur, did not ask me, monsleu wounded?" stern, angry. I was frlgh "Worn out, yet, but nothing ha? not say no, so I did as yoi touched me save a blow or two. I?I your prisoner; you had think we can rest now." the warriors of the Wyan Then it occurred to me, a thought maidens of the Ojibwas." that had swept into my mind once "Then if that was so, before?we had no provisions, no not leave me?that niwhi chance to get away aud we dare not passed us In camp?" shoot, nor build a tire. Her cheeks flamed. "What le it, monsieur?" 1 "T?I cuold not, monsi "Why, we have nothing to eat. you." Rene," I admitted reluctantly. "Tt ts "And now??now you a long Journey to the Ohio, and how me down there?a prison are we to keep from sturvlng? Faith! but :uy own?" but I am near that now. I "Always and forever?" She Btood before me, slender, erect, "Always aud forever," the blanket draped about her. her eyes gravely, lowered. There was something i "It was mine to remember, men- ful In the depths of the di sieur." she said simply, as If tt was looked Into mine. I sa< all the most ordinary thing in the clasp the white cross a< world, "i knew not whist would hap- then they were held out t "1 am so glad, monslei pen, and there was food there. When gl*d! the women ran away, and I would not THK UND. go, because you told me not. I knew It would be best that I take some. You _ do ~ot blame me, monsieur?~ "Blamo! you are a Jewel; but I see T A 1 nothing of it! Where?" i H P. " 'Tis here, mousieur; I am glad If 1 please you." She flung aside the blanket, drop- TT n ping It to the ground, revealing a black ammunition bag strapped across her shoulder. I remembered now feel- When you want ! tng It when I held her In my arms, Horton. We buy th carry. When you s< Jul ting the very best 1 /^yV doing your trading i " k d?n't set a better g | something^ that is ii I Staggered and Raalad Pram Waart- WE SI aguely wondering what It waa. 8h? unclasped and opened it. "Monsieur must eat," she said graya- _ Ijr, "and sleep. Then he will be strong aOI* IvCS a. said, munching ; ""7 "ihi TsgywwywMty * v actions, ner JUST TO BB QLAD. ard me, both ______ She had as- q^j jieart of mine, we sho vant?chosen worry so! teach me m> what we have misBed of calm sible way she . . t there from couldn t have, you know! lay back, toy- What we have met of stormy ippetlte gone. And of sorrow's driving la been down to We ran better meet again, r he waB paw- If they blow. t to discover but some dls- We jiave erred in that dark hoi ominously in h&ye known; d asleepa When the tears fell with the hen we tolled ers a" a,one' out upon the Were not shine and shadow bit ;eded to lead As the gracious Master meant? odding along Let us temper our own content of the snow With His own. soil soft, and phantom-like, por we gnow not every morrn< rodo silently, . . , .. , be had; , for the air r head bent, So' forKetting a)I sorrow w ' I have no had, id spoken for Let us fold away our Tears hill summit And put by our foolish tears, t of rock, giv- And through all the coming As I gazed Just be glad, iw, m> heart ?James Wliitcomb Ril ere, scarce a ien leagues of __ - o* A. C urne'd TZ NO. SlX-SlXt^S This is a prescription prepared esp d, forgetting, for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FE Tbere is the Five or six doses will break any cai if taken then as tonic the Fever ? 1 looked. return. 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