Show this is a story of pioneer days in indiana when courageous frontiers men fought the redskins red skins and the by SAMUEL mccoy wilderness and won vast territory 1516 by bab aico co CHAPTER XV continued 9 with a bound he be r reached hm the bank of f the stream fr leaped do dono beneath its friendly shelter and ad ran on an lotse ides ilesa dres amers moccasins along tile the aligning aliening elige lee back toward the quarter from which the shot had 1 come I it he were sor par suld it would amid ile be better to let th the chase pass him the than to try 7 to out but distance istance iff the indian india at last he be stopped and inch by inch crew craw led up to the top of the bank until he could ald I 1 lift fr his him hied with infinite ran non aloa and peer through the tufts of w weeds iso ho a sound d broke the still stillness nIss F for 0 effin a an eternity ot time be IS lav clutch lag 49 ilia hib rifle in readiness but the only sound was the querulous calling of the little woodpecker her high ever overhead handl he waited wol waited waited I 1 fly yards ened away IT a twig mag snapped under ad IT a slow moving toot foot david scarcely cc arcely breathed A head rose she above a a fallen alien pont giant ot of the forest and a crouching aching shadow flitted flirted from tree to tre tree nearer crr nearer me david aa raised ad his rifle ride ever so 90 little he saw the fees face of the dread him hunter e peering dealing with quick motions ot of the abad t 0 a it from side aide to aid side watchful as the e b brown A A w water list snake nearer he am came the garb wat was that of an indian the e fee face a white numal mans david me was about to uv tv u v out with relief when ahen the glittering mas eves ne were turned full toward him A though they tailed failed to pierce the h sheltering IS covert and with a sickening sicken lne horror david recognized the face ot at SO simon gil tv the recie fudel on the a Ini tant david dald lifted his him rifle and fired full ull at the crouching ing figure from gertys girtys lips broke the raft of a an infuriated animal ac troal h he staggered back with ith the impact of the shot but he be did not lot fill nor or vet let did he lift his him weapon to his hia shoulder bud and david saw tile eliat t him flat had bad track only the I 1 lock of girty a alth imle rendering ring it ft ue ase oa ae iwa b but t leaving the ronn man unharmed alith A ith a bellow of rage girty bounded toward II 11 him sw ginging the broken weapon I 1 like a club lucre tier was no time to tei reload d david da vid leaped to the five top of tile the b k A d b noted braced himself tor far the onset BS A As t the be clubbed riuo rifle ot of tile the out met law was rose above his head II dold swung his ow a n aptt p ard r d to meet it tal cra ilard together 9 e h e r and splintered with a shok shelf and in the a same me second fling dog the broken broke A stock so away ay the mighty arms of simon girty thing flung themselves a around to d do darld rid with the strength of desperation D david avid strove to oppose the terrible alu back bud and forth fit IT over the frozen frazon grass grams the two men fought ike beasts heaving struggling stumbling reas over roots at loc locked ad la in an am maff embrace irae as deadly as that of the cougar but it could it not at last long david felt his strength ebbing under the terrific strain find it his breath real or grew short and r gua gasping lung when suddenly the earth gave my ay b beneath axce their ile feet fact and ad with a last rhth despairing effort david twisted misted him self above as the they toppled over let the ili low and ad the I 1 fight was over girty telling falling un underneath derns ili h had ad S struck IT bell his him head bead upon P a time atone and ad ill bis arms relaxed missed their hold held david slid stood food up paul panting IT GUTTY lay my very till but david knew that he be mut to mahe alle sure more that the man was dead before a he could be safe himself he felt la in ills his girdle tor for his bis 4 q i they crashed with tog he splint it knife but it had bad fallen out during the struggle train ds clambering chunhai Chun baI up the book bank ad again he be s aaa a W it lying on go the ground annd ad as hi his s fingers closed upon the handle tie be thought he heard beard a bob he turned tits his head quickly roles Col tall tiie the name burst be re I 1 from him in the ence completeness atan of if me his astonishment st ih t in the be 1 Is of his him despair in hla his lmh I 1 joy like the cry CITY ot of tile the soul sold itself tobnette Tol nette was bb leaning the log ing I 1 rom ad whit which 1 girl garty hatt had else a ex hausted at sit I 1 by the effort ff A ri bhe is had ad made annis to in tree a haner from toa the ge ill that at I 1 her feet a and lands hands A sob ach hail come tom lips d drawn T I 1 la utter after we aearl rd C iese a and despair B as p he u AS beside ahma V alle save yourself if she he murmured faint ly the there or are ladle indiana coming in lie he kneeled and it cut hm lie thongs that sound bound her ankles and tb then th those ot if her AIS tt lists As all she tried to stand the awn led ed weekly and tainted fainted there was no time to lose less hf he lifted her limp HAP amin upon his shoulders and run ran stag area gart garthly gly in the direction of the troops recall 11 could old never oer ov tahe them thein the marching column and the slow moving maving wagons must be a mile away by now ue lie st stumbled ambled on with till operate dp kp erate exer non ile be reached the falling creek again laid down wn his unconscious bur live den and dahla the ley icy water in tol natto it a face her der great blue eyes shadowed by dark circles of echaus i tion opened slowly looked nt at him blankly I 1 father bip we me I 1 she cried ile he shook her by the shoulders stand up I 1 tryl try 1 th the light of con nesa came back into her eves he rose a and tried to walk they found aglace a place where the water gurgled over a stony bur bar mikle ankle deep crossty it and ad struggled up the bank a on the further farther side As they co rescind the im top I 1 t there came a to their that ears care the e exultant at ye yells 1 of the indians indiana ra three han hundred d told ards behind david put im his arms anna a around the girl a shoulders and they ran me on an with limbs alwy beamed ted to be struggling on 1 in that nightmare where tile the feet me ale leaden and the a pursuers pursuer fleet beet nearer and nearer came the fleme fierce yelping at last david and tollette Tol nette iette stood still and looked at each other david drew draw his knife she nodded silently prating him to decher her with that swift fit death from the failures toi tures of the sai ages on oh god not yet I 1 1 lie cried and draw her AT oti jn in blind basic baite twice he shouted with all the strength of life his gasping lungs IN flaa am it an echo he or an answering shout that came back m 4 then there them came a burst of if the sweetest est music in the world the cheers of 0 a sears score of Hicri harrlson bion a men crashing through the woods a hundred aids aide way nay the chase chae was suddenly cm reversed cozed at the firt first shout of 1 the 1 backwoodsman backwoodsmen men the baffled indiana turned bud and fled the real rescuing i I party pursued them but a little way firing aring vainly at the fleeing alime dodging among the tree trunks young georgia croghan crogham Ears isoa an a aid was I 1 in command of the little squad rd they led had heard girty a shot fired at david and ad a little late later aids soot shot and fiad onie mine back from the troops with t h all 11 speed to Tol tobnette netto nette had bunk to the ground laughing landon ind and sobbing they gathered are around I 1 A her with wild hurrahs hur IT a torrent of f eager get que questions ett the chev bore been her on an their shoulders back to the inar marching thing torm men how the cheering TO ran along the hoe in as a the me men caught sight of herl her t general harris harrison and him staff galloped up one by in one and an j shouted like boys old catli johnston made A ten leaned ad over and kissed her bar face t amed with happy tears fears im old enough all ab roy my dear deal he bald aid and d the men cheered again get A da dozen an times timea she was obliged to tell the story story of her captivity a th doen timea time the men assa lifted david on their shoulders shoulder and cheered him to the sell echo but through all 11 the rejoicing relo icing and a ad the thanksgiving david 3 8 heart verial remained ned henly heay for the breach belll till came d 1 am possible to bridge she too suffered buffered tormented by A n debt of gratitude due d us one whose treason to his country in must forever bar him from her lore anet treason trans on why was a it then the that domed ild id seemed such a hero to all his C comrades am among g I 1 the h a why had B of f them received him into their hear bearta like a brother tobnette Tol nette struggled all 11 through the day with the secret re ter which she thought so horrible lit little if a by little she came to I 1 the in conclusion conin clu th anat a I 1 david had managed in S some am way to win a portion pardon from froia governor or he harrlson till b before f r the trip to the prophet pophet s C map camp call bad been can begun she went back over the circum j in stances lances ot of that tragic meeting I 1 in corydon when she old ike As had confronted If wed dald D lid and ad found the proofs of trench ery cry oil upon him vi what hot had bad happened after all she a had Is left it that scene perhaps perit it spa id ike had bad prevailed ou on david to renounce his RIle allegiance glance to england per hope haps the then he had intercedes interceded inter ceded with gr governor G r harrlson Harrl hon in I 1 him bis friend s e behalf h it she pictured the stern young 91 9 governor 1 att as saving that davids david life ble must depend on his hia faithful am to the territory in the future ike die h had m nor never far spoken spoke one word to her about david from that lt day on oa little by lif tte go as she went 01 er each point in her heart a sense that flint A she had baft here been tricked fr th d out of her love grew on her a sense that somehow a she I 1 a had bad a cheered cheated herself in the sleepless hours of the night that hot ti followed she all felt to bit in her I 1 eyes aarti smarting bg with TILTS tara what C could aid sh she S do what could she he do the in whole what world seemed against herl berl she could not at bring herself to voice A i her or inward award trouble to SAY anyone least of all A 11 to david she watched him striding along I 1 among life hla comrades jesting with them se ag only 1 men I who he have PC ad throna chril 0 death together can jost and d her is r t torment role at almost mad dead he her r what a mar sorry ab tangle id she e had got get herself la melt into I 1 tt IN hat a little tile tool fool she had bad been I 1 but david too fee she told Inc herself had be been just as an onrea com him abo sh a caught glimpses 9 P c of if him blat when he be I 1 thought bought mouse himself it unseen by h her A and I 1 the be flint liko set of hla his jaw convinced her that he was unendurable in hla his fixed fired not to forget w what bat had 9 rone before IN why by cabla t he be sensible se sible and talk to I 1 her as if A limi had impie happened bit As for herself she ehe hould on 1 it die before she he begged lais ged his ha for far Rive Kl venesa riess and so mattera matter stood lead when bell they reached rent bed rit harridon Harri aon ath OB the a bon homeward sward journey at fort harrigan Barr fion they found ike blackford sound and strong again toinette Tol notte nette had dreaded meeting him he come toward her hla him far face bright mith joy JAY but clouded when he realized that david and she had bad not yet settled their silly quoted quarrel ke ike was waa his ble but he kept silence lie ile knew bet ter thin to thrust hla his paw into that alre th the wounded were transferred to the hie boats basis at fort harrigan and the johniy to was accoe 1111 hed th there they f loudd it tile hie lady judy mule priscill and when the match to corydon was resumed toinette was fercha on the j jal aa a patient back bill athile fr ika I 1 in at strode TO d a beside beld A he her r and ile ia laughed striling striding to malie make tier her forget but strove in vain on the twenty fifth ot of november they CATTAIL R runners sm he had d g gone on before with tb the news s of vie it tory and the whole hole village came out to meet the them n as atheda At they heyA neared d the town iowa ft omen ran ma among am ing the th men even as chev so and flung in their fr arms A d g oman around d the necla L of brothers fathers husbands hands though chough some rome sought IQ in vain for for those who would moor return or threw themselves with weeping be side the bodies of those who lay upon pon the litters but a hundred handed hearts sets happy and thanked god and happiest of all wis ns a little old man patrice obannon who strained hla his daughter to hla his fieast and ad aed ll d he her attain go in and again with teara fears mingling with his kiss for she had bad been brought back to 0 o hire him as aa train from the steve grave CHAPTER XVI the th poison lingers laig david stayed bcd behind in Nin vincennes cennes going back bach to his work at the trading house of I 1 francola vigo but he stayed there them onty only a week or two before his hia loneliness made existence ence without a eba sight right of toinette an existence not to be endured he hated bated the sight eight ot of the Ills smelling store with its heaps of seem green skins I 1 its crackling bundles of 0 furs hated the sight bight of the cheerful II le re and E reach who thronged thron ged the streets of the old capitol capital and loathed the wretched sAlaw india indians who slept in tile the doorway suddenly Sadden ll one morning he be told old vigo that be must meet leave and the next day found him aim once we more in 1 corydon where ike welcomed trained him with till beaming far ace still the breach was open I 1 it Is so hard for young men mea and maidens to luy lay down their pride I 1 to tobnette Tol nette the da days v a were wave almost unbearable david acted like a benr bear with a sore heft head d she thought it was just what she might ight he have expected she told herself it Is perfectly silly illy to be so big and flinty she was sure LT david had noler neer spoken ten words to her at buy any one time since inc the day be a led had L belfied late into a tacked cocked hat by telling her he loved her people who to ened ad e eich tell other did dian didn t act as A they did she knew why athy whenever bwy jiuu been lo getner leit felt as though something tremendous am some a thing bigger thin ali she we was was a in the very cry air 11 around bad and on ahw alie point t of exploding she illif fit up approve pro A of f t ex tr ain am still till less ICA of things nameless mune I 1 as forces that were bigger ulan than she was aces when she he had talked t to david I 1 in the old days day it we was ilk like to talking a 1 I 1 to the tu art of fit a one of at those them terrible creatures a of 1 steel about which mr livingston Livings too laid bad i written her be fall father that ba great throb being caldron nh which tell they th e Y felt fed with logs aud and which palpitated stated with fury and drove a boat from pittsburgh to new orleans la in a mouth month it was one bigger that than she wom was and ami unmanageable and it w was as not lot at ull all he her r idea of love whenever at she thou thought about it that is to bay any almat about the almost a which we waa immediately and mysteriously evolved out but of 0 common day whenever david bud and she encountered her eyes 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