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COMPANY N~asiavilc ; Tnessee -a a - WPMu P-occsns LOOM v10V Products Thib1)' &CU UiIICSG % )0t0 r k I 'our L ocal Dealer Wriite- NTO\V For 32 - Pag;e Illustra ted Erskine Da] By John Fox, Jr. Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons CHAPTER Xil-Contnuod. -13 "Jrhr wou)' iOLl not necept your sneTrilce nor would any of us, and it Is only fair'that I Should warn you that som1e dy, if you should hn('tlge your in1ind, and I were no longer liv Ing. y.u mlight be too hate." "I'lIunse don't, Uncle inirry. It is long--dlone. Of course, it wasn't faIr for tme to consider liarIara alone, but she will he fair and you understand. I wish you would regard the whole tiat ter its though I (i(In't exist." "I tait dlo that, miy boy. I m111 your steowaiii 1111(1 whetn you want anything you have only to let mie know !" lirskine shook his head. '"I don)'1 wnnt an~ythinig-I need Very little, anrd when I'n11 In the woodis, as "I'd Like to Go--to Learn to -ence." I OxNf'e' t o ill' s si of (the, time, I need it l''tInIIg .1 I all. " I t ' II,ne ale rose. "I wish youI would go) to c'ollege' at W\llill unsburgforl .1 yealr orI two to bet 1ter Ill yours~elfC-in1 vs(--" "1''d like to go--to learn to fen'e," smIliedt the hoy, and ite colonel stulled "'1I'l (eerliintly nteed to knw timt, If you are going to b~e at, reckless as you were tothity." 1.:rskine's eyes (IllI I1 ( I "I'itle orry, yo Lay t hink cle foolish, but I don't like or trust 1rey. Whal was ht (loinu wilh those Blritish tr iiladrs iuit in the Northw est-he .was nolt buyiig furs. It's .-rIl 1.W hy wis he hand 3( in glove wit'h .ord llun t.. re':" "Loird Ihnunore' luul a 1hulghtr," wis the dTry rep' ly. : d t 1rskine dlung oou etre t n i'."Ii4ndie words tin f'il'ssa 1y, (I1 1 l0ii'; lxle roV i iss d I hl' tini''h %:01 ti i I i NonI wehe ?ul' .soI liers. Iir. tsaiitr. \I "l~s'Ii il, lii s lglv ~i "d n' or y ~ i tu -ldon' givte tilp hopte. lIe paiet, unait, comelt hin-k1 to us. tio to \Vllliam~ andi .\:iry. lit yourse'lf to be (onll oft uis in ill un~ ys. 'ITen e'very tIlng miay5 yet i'Oii e'ot in thle only way thtt wi'nli bei tltting nil right." TIhe' hoy (en riitst I y that wotuldl miike ilt' quite so'hal~jppy." "It's no use,'' Ithe hoy sa11id trembnlinig ly, "biut I'll never forget wvhat you haiive just said( as8 lon~g 1a I lIe, aungl, 14)ovIe ltii'bar as8 lng as8 1 live. Ilti e'vtn if things were othlerwise, I'dl 1neIver isk n-minis g he'r unhla ppy even by t ryitig. I'm not1 lit for her nor for (his life. 1 (enn't gtl ovter 11ny life ini the~ woods and atnming tile Indians. I t'nni't l'xjlhdni, but I get chiokedi for' tihe wooduts ('om110 (over me andt I enni'I he'lp mei. I must go-anid "our fiithenr was t hat way,"' said ( ciltinel Iltait' sadly. "'You many get over it, but lie tntvter did. Aini it must lhe 110rde'r fori y'ou bet'inutse of your (;od biles you.'" Atnd the kindly13 gentle. I'rskinie silt whiere ihe wais. Thle houilse lE .5 still tutu there wer'e nio noises5 froni t he horses and11 en'ttle ini lie hitrn-none fromt r'oosttig 1peaicock, tuirkety, andlu hlen. Fromu the Car-away ((uarter'is entnel fainitly the mier'ry mtel II w,1noltets of ai tldit, and11 forthter still till song of someI4 coutinlg negro ret urn-l hug home. A drowsy bird't twittered ini an1 tut'lent elm ia t thle 'ornier of thie hiouse. 'l'he tlow'ers drioolped Ill thel mioonlighit whtihI hathed the grent path, s1itreamed across thle great ilver, and1( on up to Its soulrce in~ the great yellow~ dis8k flont in~g ini maljestic serenIty high In the cloudless sky. And thatt jpath, thlose flowers, that house, thle barn'l, the cat and grassy acres, e'veil those tinging black folk, were all-all his if lhe but said the words. 'lhe thiotut wats no temptationi-lt was a~ mighty ~'wonder that such a tihing couldI be- And that was aill it wats-l w'ode--to hun,1 hui to them it w~as tile worlid. Without it all, wh'at w~old they do?~ Perhapj) Mr. Jefferson might 'soon solve ti problem for himti. Perhanps hie mi1gh not retlurni from that wIld ('amlpahigi against the Britiah and1( tile 1ndians1 hie mlight get kIlled. And then thoultght grippedl 1him and( held hini fast-he noed not COtme hanck. Tha mighty wtiderness beyond the mnoun~ / a e ,Pioneer talus was his real home-out there Was his real life. IIe lee(] not come back, and they would never know. Then camne a thought that- ahnost made him groan. - There was a light step in the hail, and Biirhira Caime swiftly out and dropped on the top most step with her chin in both hands. Almost at once she seemed to feel his presence, for she turned her head quickly. "Erskine I" As quickly he rose, em barassed beyond speech. "('one here! Why, you look guilty --what hag you been thinking?" He wits startled by her intuition, but he re(overed himself swiftly. "I suppose I will always feel guilty if I have madite you. tinliappy." "You haven't made ile unhappy. I dong't kniow what you have made me. Y4u1 saw how I felt if you had killed lin, hill you don't know how I would have felt if he had killed you. I (onl't mysel f." - She begi pntt lng her hainls gently 1nd1 helplessly together, and again she dropped her chin Into theta with her eyes lifted to the moon. "I shall be very unhappy when you are' gone. I wish you were not going, hut I know that you are-you can't help it." Agau lie was stalrtle(d. "Wienever you look at that moon over In that (lark wilderness, I wish you wouil jlease think of your little (ousin--will yott ?" She turned eagerly and ie was too Illoved to speak--he oily howed his head as f'or i prayer or a beneilction. "Youi don't know how often our thoughts will cross, and that will be at great entnfort to mue. Sometimes I 11111 af'rtid. There is a wild strain on illy Rapt tier's sile, and it is 1i) me. l'alpla kiious it aid he is wise-so wise-i 11111 afrai( I maty somet imes do somnething Very foolish, an(1 It won't he m1e 'all alt. It will lie somebody that died long ago." She put both her hands over both hIs and held theta tight. "I willt yOU to make mea promliise." "1nythig," said the boy huskily. "I want you1 to promise me that, no 1itter When, no ma1t1ter where you are, if I needi you and send for you you will coie." And Indian-like he ltit his forehead on both her little handis. "Tlhanik you. T must go now." nie. Vildered and z111 zed, the boy rose and awkwardly put out his haniId. "Kiss tie good-by." She put her aIms aoliut his neck, qnd for the first time in his life The boy's lips met i womaln's Flor at moment she put her fai'se against his and at. his ear was a wliispar. "Goodl-by. l+:rsk ine !" Andu she was goite-swiftly-leaving the boy In a dizzy worl of t'ailing stars through wlhi a white light leapell to heights hiis sonl.-1111 never dreZamled. - CHAPTER Xiii I with the h(ead of that column of stilwart bnckwoodsmen went' Dave Vnanlell nn(I Erskine Dale. A hunting party e' four Shawnees lieard their coming through the woods. and, lying li ke' snak es II in te ulndlergrowth1, llelredl out and)1 saw t hem 15ass. Tihen'I they ro'se. anld Crooked i.ighitning looked al lI ink Wol and:111, with1 a grunt of anigry sat isfaction. ledl tile waly home1) ward. .in to1 5 th va illazge they bore good his word anld, side by side wIth lie bsig chief of the 1ong Knaives, was leadinl1g at warl par'ty aigainst his~ tribe aindl kinsmien. And~ Early Mor) earll lied thle news to) her mloth~er, who liay sic'k in a wigwam. Thle miracl2le wvent swiftly, and K~as. kaskini fell. Stealthily a cordon of bunter surr1 '1oundled the little town. The rest stole to the wvalls of the fort. Llghtsq filkered from within, ' the sounds11 of vIolins and1( daiing feet (dame1 thrioughi crevice and window. Clark's tail figure stole noiselessly into the great hall, where the Creoles were making merry and leaned0( slently with folded avm11s against the doorpost, look ing on at .thie rev'els with a grave smile. Thue light fromn the tor'ches. flickeredl acr'oss~ hiIs face, andl an Indian11 lyIng (on tile floor)1 spranlg to. hIs feet with a curdling war i-wiop. Womlen s'1ceamed( and men 1 ruished towalrd the dloor. The st ranlger' stood( mlotliless and1( his grim smile wias unclhanged. , "D~ance (on '" lie commaanded cour teously, "bhut rememl~ber," lie added0( sternly, "you (dance under01 Virginia and not Great Britiin !" TheriCe wa'ls a great 1101se behind hIm. M!en dashed15 into tile for't, and Rochie bla11e and1 ,hiis oflicers wer'e p~rison~ers. By (lay light Clark had1( thle town dis armed. Trhe French, Clrk said next (liy, could take the oath of allegianc~e to thle republlic, or depar't with thleir families in 1)eace. As for their church, lie had nothing to (10 with anly chlurchl safie to protect it from1l insul1t. So that the people who had heard terrIble sto. ies of the wild woodsmnen and who expected to be killed or made(1 slaves, joyfully became Americans. They even gave Clark a volunlteer company to march with h111m upon Cahok'a, and1 that village, too, soon became A'feri can. Father Gibault volunteered' to go to Vincennes. Vincennes gathered Ia the chlurch to hear him, and then flung the Stars and1( StrIpes to the0 winds of freedomi above the fort. Clark .'enlt oneO capitaln thlere to tadke comn manild. With a handful of hatty nien who could have been controlled onl~y by himn, the dauntless 0one had' con lened ai land as big as any European kingdomn. Now 1he had to govern andl - lprotect it. - He hiad to keep loygl an) lilen'l race and hold(1his5 011n hgainst the British and numerous tribes of In' did~ns, bloodthirsty, treacherous and .deenplv embttered, aant all Am.. cans. He was hundreds of miles fror any Americaln troops; farther stil from the seat of government', an could get no advice or help for pe haps it year, Andethose Indians poured into Cs bloki--a horde df them from ever tribe between the Great bakes and th MIssisslppi--chiiefs and warriors e every ilportance; but not* befor+ Clark had formed and drilled fou compantes of volunteer Creoles. "Watch him !" said Dave, and Era kine did, marveJng at the nman'i knowledge of the Indian. le dici no live in the fort, but always on guard atlways -heeningly confident, staiyet openily'in town while the savages, sul len and grotesque, strutted in full wiu piv.noply through the straggling streets inquisitive and insolent, their eye! Iui'ning with the lust of Plunder and murder. For (lays he sat in the midst of the ringed warriors anid listened On the second day Erskine saw Kah, too in the throng and Crooked Light. ning and lack Wolf. After dusk that day he felt the fringe of his hunting. shirt p lucked, and an Indian, with face hidden in a blanket, whispered as he passed : "Tell the big chief," he said in Shawneg, "to be on guard tomorrow night." lie knew it was some kindly tribesunan, and lie wheeled and went to Clnak, who smiled. Already the big chief had guards concealed in his little house,. wlo seized the attacking Indians, while two minutes later the townspeople were under arms. 'T'he aptives were put in irons, and Era kine saw aimong theth the 'erestfallen faces of Black Wolf and Crooked Lightning. The Indians pleaded that they were trying to test the friendship of the French for Clark, but Clark, refusing all requests for their release, remainined silent, haughty, indifferent, fearless, lie still refuied tb take ref. uge in the fort, and called in a number of ladies andl gentlemen to his house, where they danced all night amid the couniel-fires of the bewildered sav ages. Next morning lie stood in the center of their ringed warriors with the tasseled shirts of his riflemen uassed behind him, released the ca'*p five chiefs and handed them the bloody war belt of wampum.. "I scorn your hostility and treach ery. Youm deserve denth, but you shall leave in safety. In three days I shall begin war on you. If you Indians do not want your women and children killed-stop killing ours. WV'e shall see who can make that war belt the most blood,'. While you have been in my eup you have - had food and fire water. but now that I have finished, you must depart speedily." The captive chief spoke and so did old Knhtoo, with his eyes fixed sadly but proudly on his adopted son. They had listened to had birds and been let astray by the British-henceforth the. Woull be friendly wlit the Americans But ('hirk was not satisfied. "I (omei as a Warrior." he salt haughtily; "I shall he a friend to th< friendly. If you choose war' I shial send1 so many warriors fromi the ''hir teen Council-Fires that your lan( shall he darkened and you shall heap no1 sounds hul that of the birds win live on blood." And then lie hande( forth two belts of p0e000 and war, am t h'y eagerly look the bell. of peace The treaty followed next day am "Tl ah i he,"H adi hw T elted gChifm e foraid inrshan. saw Black Wolf wvas one, lie whis lperedi with Clark and Kahutoo, andi Crooked Lightning saw the big chlel with his 'hiandl on Er'skine's shioulder and' heard hinm forgive the twvo andi tell them to depart. And thus penet was won. 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