Show afi T da PAU avire wom MAO B ay Pend eder PMS PAY anat or or MM 7 A C arr vy HUGH 1923 CHAPTER XI continued 14 then he was inspired to add but why not let et roe me stay ike here white while you take mademoiselle 81 she e would wish you for tier her guide she wits a young wildcat when we tried to stop tier her from uterine tile the village before you gave tile the word 1 I nin am tile the one must capture en or kill every one else elge even mademoiselle comes second ill in his 1111 plans lie ile will mill not leave imie tile he finst so BO long bong as ae I 1 uni there it must be na its I 1 say wonder nebout I 1 tile lie village nd use your wits in ili locking oling lo fr for it lop h ia if hole I 1 will talk will 11 to tile the girl I 1 briefly repented repeated the I 1 find given to labrador uril find six fingers and lot told her I 1 would work out the details during tile the illy As I 1 had anticipated she he inter posed object objectors oh sections ons slip she would RO go no ito where with six fingers I 1 was wai present labradors adors odors compney inner no difference slie site would nut not ireve lea e t the lie village unless in my company nut but I 1 will overtake you I 1 insisted it to la most important that I 1 reach virginia clr with the least possible 1 I 1 1 Y I 1 shall not waste monte tiny tinie in ili f following 1 1 1 you and if not for mi ili you rou would already be well on oil our wily there the h murmured oil monsieur ou at lire fire very ery brave I 1 wish I 1 could tin told id you different when you spoke to me of your heart I 1 her in bringing up what I 1 supposed to be most strongly forbidden caused my mind to swirl lit in coffus confusion I 1 oil I 1 could only orl ly mumble we were not to speak of that again she further bewildered life ns am with the innocence of a child blie corrected me not for you 1011 to speak peak or of of courbe churbe hut but surely it Is for me ine to speak of when I 1 wish then and ami does it hurt hint monsieur too much if I 1 speak of it 1 I 1 think it does doea I 1 promptly on nn beginning to feel very pry till mi eais easy yes yea I 1 nm am quite sure then it roust must not be mentioned she sighed 1 I 1 did not fully understand I 1 only wonted monsieur to know I 1 regretted it Is all ended you rou will be ready to go with my friend yes I 1 will e go I 1 bowed and backed from tile the open lug ing she followed me a few paces and I 1 ws was disturbed to r see ee she was fighting to control some violent emotion monsieur Alons leur yes yen mademoiselle it if I 1 knew I 1 was never to see you again there Is something yes something Soni ethIng I 1 think I 1 should finy M aly curiosity prickled for site wits was boich loich a mixture of enigmas lint chilt one olle could ner nener gurt gue s 4 where tier her words would land I 1 find seen tier her its a haughty ith ab a 11 now site biti vine youth and nil all entire etick im k of lill wisdom so con conscience stifled curt y alli I 1 declared nut but ou if will see tile ine again to night in taw ravi mv ay iy leaving tills this place Is nothing there lime wilt will be a frit fe it Dani onit will lie there to watch tile me ills Ind bili ill 11 he 1 there to ti help IK HI idin chilt alps aou on it 11 free road when I 1 ili avelle clile aou baoe nic nindo it 11 good dirt I 1 lilligh M 1 I alii and li UM men i nii ni di she W ald said boll iu little lime t mil it till it re t loll 1011 I 1 lime nil all r lit in nir fir i anil MI ivi as HI may in MH 11 0 tin in i il 11 I 1 to 10 0 o lid hilll null ask owr in r i in toll ii li il lif be tul ti i 1 ilij bill id I 1 tried irli ir ili 1 li mr ii i n britti t ill li lier f 1 alln t i i t i ti in long i tinli i il 1111 I 1 ol 01 II 11 old lt its teiei alf f 1 aln i onalle onal ii ll i d I 1 chiq lii ili ailt fel f in i i in bif n 1 1 lie or oi I 1 lor lang 11 13 1 steel ile in ill pima inin mth tin intili as grinie arnn lr n helped m 1111 to lear ni iii ali binl ts an fn m tile in atti vill ii the lie arfin of aho lie lor g in it in hillan lit I 1 had no alti idita just link how I 1 ua ka i to u ft ape that ollir on reaching the ilip eat in I 1 found lab ib rador walting for tile me ilk his dark face was a nelus and lie asked when mien Is b lait that old pirate 1 I thought lie was as with you ue shrugged tits ills shoulders helpless ty 17 ah that old pirate ile HP was with roe me at t my hacela then ile he was mas gone blell snitch snatch him I 1 hie balked and walked around this flits trap imp peeping into every erv cabin and lie he Is nc ao I 1 resigned med myself ni talf philosophically to six Flu flukers gers lf if he was gone one then unit was an end of one of mademoiselle s worries orries I 1 remembered seeing damann leaving tle tile village I 1 of gan to suspect tits going was ft a purl part of thi the panic to catch sli six fingers out or oi bounds find and do him to deith death it was i was vias explaining tills this to labra dor that sli six pincers entered tu the cabin an i at nod grinning nt at us ug in a peculiar Iti manner anner rock hark again where hove have you been adrift he coolly answered 1 I 1 drw tired if this devils cage the omi 0 nw I 1 interested me for a bit but they blacken their teeth and when they abe smiled I 1 run ran I 1 went outside you yon fire are lucky to be buck back alave what Is IB the mutter matter with you your tour legs and fil iiii 1119 are wet 1 I went to a brook and washed mow did you go without my seeing you little spider asked labrador sir mr fengers chuckled it will as simple us its stilling sailing into tin the wind in moil fence buck back of made elleg cabin la Is a hole bole it Is cov co pd erod hoin fi ani eight by vines I 1 sow saw it a fowl enter tile the vines she did not conic come buck back I 1 crushed inshore find and cast tile tie end I 1 found tile the liole hole Lahi ador the lie hig PIK pig was sailing bolling beffie tile the wind I 1 slipped through tile the irle hole and went to the brook and here I 1 inn am nil all safe fill anil sound bound yet you ion ore lucky I 1 warned pa da moan innon and tits bis choctaws have been out side all the nion ing this washed the grin from his wrinkled crinkled face I 1 was nut not satisfied with six fingers of his excursion outside the be stockade how could I 1 know that no he had not met damann outside file village and find made a compact with him narbonne was waa dead and there was no possible cliance chance to continue tile the quest for Acan I 1 warned labrador say sav nothing to six fingers about to nights plans there alit re was a look in ills edem that tells me be Is trying to tilde something from us I 1 said when I 1 stan stall with ith mademoiselle tonight I 1 shall khe give him no chance to apoll the plan of course we go thru tigh the hole lit in the lie stock stockade nde of if course and I 1 will keep six 1 ingers fingers with me lie frightens the kill g it I 1 at midday I 1 went to mademoiselles cabin and called her out and informed tier her of tile the hole bole lit in the halings palings and willied tier ber to be really ready to leave by life means alls of it you tire are determined not to go with tue me site she asked if I 1 planned that way none of us could go I 1 shall he be right behind you ou I 1 shall keep six fingers with me slie she was relieved rell tved to know six fingers was not to accompany tier her 1 I will not full fall you monsieur she whispered there remained nothing now but to wait until evening owing to the brief time allo allowed Ned for preparations the hunters could not room roarn very ery far nod and some of these were returning continually usually with strings of small gnat gamp I 1 tried to git get some rest against the portion exertions of the night hilt but each returning hunter wits wai greeted with and sleep ills has liepos sible it inas as twilight Ilat iloan re luried to the village ailing ito ho mait out of its ills vay to pass althin if 11 rod of tile me find the lonk tits his dark pies MS RIHO gao me file as one of triumph yet t I 1 alil not illy ill I 1 in peace would woul 1 mil li jil un JIN in arnium arni ug pills an ain in jig as to it kald old in be rel relloyd loed etli tile alip ilig going don 11 of if tile hie sun alir ill 1111 ini till loll bowin rill ming dip il lagi arts clrk ier attic tar teil lit in the opining lafon tb hi alief a chibin kettle imn fill im the birts and tile arloua nf air guillio ui vre re dul alivo in tile iain is smiting imi ting fm i and v ltd iter 01 ol fol lit ii kler iw wt t ivet kt pi it ii ilio other tida of if the he liaa li ul tit lii po iio ted about tilt exit lit hr bilsted biln ted lie lind had Us U bottled lott led up lentil the prolee tion of the lit cil limitt had i enil n 1 1 d I when lian it grew so BO dark there is nr no iline of efing 1 ani coith I 1 albed to the tl e girls cabin ilian find anns its pleased lit ii i i to find flu 1 the indian nning had sin united unit pd to tn the lie or cr the 1 anming fires ani and had bud loft left ile unattended I 1 tier fotr after I 1 tune hioe gone gene back I 1 nant allt YOU to steal beaird the be cabin ond see ap pp if the lie liole hole Is there as six fingers di d scribed ascribed it Is there I 1 saw him hen lie he came through it nien he be ready for labrador to call for you iou when lie comes coines aou ou must not ait bif diffily fIlY do As n ile he says the other ie told you ou he be stays slays with trip me ile he Is t acting queer lies hes been ap to soine mischief ife he may have hae bargained to sell 1011 us out mt to my illy a she blip cilenti d this possibility declaring api dpi luring lie ile would never sell met me no no inting leur ile la Is evil but he wants tilt nip to tn mccape from froin this village and from the ilie ninn you call tile the fox foi mure more of the he mystery my steryl I 1 made n i but repeated my mi request that she be be b in constant readiness to go with labrador then I 1 I 1 wished her bir a 6 font heart and good food luck bh she came cama to m me and took one hand to in both of hers herb and held it to her heart and without a word retreated inside the cabin I 1 began to realize how horrible the whole situation must be for her she was denied the tonic of action and must dully wait always fearing tho the worst I 1 was back kt at my cabin in time to meet little turkey and six warriors who as aa an egroot eso ort of honor come came to lead irad labrador lab rador six fingers and me ine to the feast an AB we walked between thern them and entered the firelight I 1 beheld the lie chiefs grandson anil a delegation or of warriors perform ing tho the salue courtesy for the I 1 fox n behind damann came fill all of his choctaws except four left to guard tile exit ine die chief gave the sign for the to begin monte minute portions ver iero toed over the shoulders ra for the ghosts and the ile peace calvinet calu inet was hung up on a pole by the side of the chief and was made the recipient recI plent of wraps of meat and rations of beans beana strong bow looked up and down the double line of men bolting the ment like logs dogs and asked me why the white dionian was not standing among the women to watch the feast I 1 told him she was a queen in tier her own country and not used to standing hie i ie men ate and that slie she preferred r rt rilia ling in her caban until the lancing began when nhen she would appear al pear grinned idaly mely and mur ri jurod 1 she will stand bland while I 1 eat my r li 1 pil 1 I intended prel ended not to hear and dal da 1111 irilan n stared blared at me curiously trying to lii my mind like the fox he adir 1 it a trap but fit so long as I 1 and my illy null companions were within lin ito ined late reach lie could not reason out where hare we tta had bad a single sla six fingerr never raised lit his eyes from ills his food find yet lie he was not hungry I 1 lob nl rador devoured huge portions of under az it was wa as simple as a sailing in the wind in the fence back of ma demol ellei cabin Is 1 a hole done meat mat m at with the philosophy of one who makes the lie most of the hour which Is ills his in it a chort phort space of time tile the kettles ncr emptied except what was vas reserved for the women find the var ivar giors retired to paint for their obidee dun re I 1 called to labrador tit in french frenc h und oni re quested him to wait on oil ilia 10 and tin ask tier lier to come and sie see tile dancing damann Iain onn demanded mv illy attention by b asking so ve e mie the pence smoke in two s si ps pit there ns so si exultation in ili ills tone so ho much li lit in ins his grinning rii ining fuce face I 1 knew lie was up tit to aime ne neav bilili it something I 1 lad had not of it I 1 and could riot IK t imagine alint hilt it MIS iet t I 1 linew knew IK he lind ills his till nil laid hegoro ix enri the fait fp bedim I 1 fi n and tnt that lip lie was MIS not tit P h In teral beitmen the eai enil 1 tit if tile llast sill sillola olt binl 1 I tin tile lie be Inn liik of ali the second much mr mar happen in ti 0 leiis dabs I 1 barele ly r paled ril lid As true line us as henen n lie he ini invoked ihl and may lippen li if one 1 il I n 1 fi r n ili r un inn wh I 1 it ato ou pi planning inning to try irv to alight I 1 I 1 aski 11 flod i ile HP 1 Illi alid wearily Il Iril mill find prot 1 I ti kiy T thin linn I 1 arnik the hip lim n of tip lie 0 lint but it if sou nou sheild biesil 11 ll ph h come diep nr no mald ull tip veme p i p i ili hover in mr ir your english head for two tw days day if it was known that you had broken ti 0 law lawr there was wa no guessing kl ht we aeu itaf although be meant death I 1 amna my brains but could find no situ which would lead me to his bidden trail I 1 was wa till still pondering on this new attitude of his when the freshly pointed painted warriors armed with exes axes and bows and arrows leaped lo in between the ores fires and began their war dance damean suddenly turned his head and fiercely demanded em where Is my woman 7 I 1 eased my ire by reminding him your scalp shelf shall pay the whole price lie ile leaped to his feet and spoke to the chiefs grandson who was reluctant to do want was asked damean then spoke to me saying it if the woman does not corae come the humai will bring her As AB ta labrador brador and the girt girl had had time to get far down the river trail I 1 knew this would be some task for the chunias to accomplish yet tet I 1 fought for more time by appealing to the chiefs sense of justice urging him to declare tile the white woman need not show herself at all unless she so BO desired only the fear of Bl enville whose word bearer he knew damean was caused him to hesitate he would hunt bunt with the french and run with the english and he suggested it would make the hearts of the homes very light if the white woman would come and watch them dance so be it I 1 said 1 1 will go find and na ask k her I 1 do not believe damann would have suspected tiny rue had it not been for six fingers frable haste baste to follow at ni my heels beels let them stay sany cheref shouted the pox FOX tile the iron hand will tall fall and crush the blumas if they do not sty hire here stop cried tile lie chief now in panic nt at the threat of the fox word hearer of Bl emille the eyes of the would be made glad at sight eight of the white woman 1 I strong bow chief of the humus will go and ask her to come damoon chuckled contentedly and said to the chief we will wait a moment there tere la Is a present the white man has prepared for his woman tie ile had it blot in the woods but my choc tows found it we will have it ready when she comes to see the dance he whistled shrilly and very soon two choctaws Chocta as came caine trotting from the exit with alth of i long object carried between them As it was carefully deposited on the ground I 1 noticed the blanket wits was one of those taken from Nar Narbon bonnes pirogue by six fingers |