Show H o I i Ne Y NN BY HOMPsON Iii T l I tn t tics In which h Hamil rI 1 hw hIa dealings de with the th tb J w a d the I hI work ork of reconstruct t T j 4 h found time Unie to 10 worry I t it ip P h lout the purloined fla tIa flug i i i i r F man In the world h he I iI v J f in and aDd It had bad pome into nto rt vv i ti t i tt it to til insure and his bLI v h V i J nf n fl t he must have i nr p C of hi IS captives as a badge badget D h lot t i It wu wea a small matter S It i ash as h dwelt delt upon He W c J J t d that AlIce had nad de deIj deS S Id Ij j hi He HI sharply questioned Fa Ia FaS j jP f S t f i y to be he half convinced 55 P r t Of i j i t told the Ute truth tru h when S S tI 5 ii MI at h b hI knew nothing what I n tl beyond the fact tact V td th h JS I g n fl r I haul mysteriously dis dist disS S t T 1 under i his floor 5 r 5 5 S scarcely i h Ji d S tr Ir i 5 55 5 hief hw about the fla flag but butt butS t i r To i j if not to gain gainS gainni S ni hest confidence His HI mil ml mla mili a w no bounds he heer her i n p z r er r i r i Ii a van eft the t op tun t r how hw Jt t Hence his bin bi per perr r nt r f S i li fot 01 r a clue eluo to the missing f r S r II If w ss s no respecter ecter of oC pr I jj IT n kiy suspected both hoth Alice j Fan y i S f r rt t of ot He woUld fl IK iJ H lied d under th the thc existing J S I S 1 and ind he considered him I f s t 55 I U I a and d trustworthy tru as t r f nd 1 n ii ni I i 4 1 1 at tt tt flag for you he said Jf t lf if I 1 have to put every cv f I S Ir in n and it child hll l In this town on ona v 5 a i k II I J I i ifs I think between Miss S C I the priest although I ms in i Itly tl deny It Ive rye thought thoughtS r ii If S nr r ry way and I cant can t see seeS j S t i in an I both hoth be ignorant of or I pre f t i S or Of r at t l hat Ht who got It ItHa I Ha n sin sim fl P being treated to that 5 ruT Mow olo on tn the jaw was apt to i pann of or anger an er whenever mint 4 Eu li illon was Ivus spoken In Ills his S Mg ring g Involuntarily he would put puti i hand bal to to his hiB cheek and grimace grimaceS S S S Sq j if IC is it q that girl make her tell teIl he be heM I M 11 ly commanded Lets have hare ha e no lio nom noir m ir f a about Ut It If IC Its the priest ther ake tim tV im or tie him up by the hurn e G jt t that flag fing or show S Si 1 rEn fl for your our failure Im not nott t S g fo to br baffled hamed hAm S SS V h adventure with Father f rf name rame 1 Ft In time to make It it a tn t that courageous and bel belci sr 5 ci i I nary in more ways than IS Farnsworth did Id not tell tellS telli S i pt i 5 any other person about ia 54 at hr v t h had d done to Mm blot but butS S Td h bis s re rp ribs rib and his wrath wrathS S ing patiently for tor the revenge that th t i eon oon K n to take VI t h arl from Adrienne Adrianne th tory story Fria w rtha conduct and his hu discomfiture av a the hands heath of ither 5 le Beret Berlt ret She was both indignant ul I d sympathizing with i nn nv and glorying In the priests 2 rOI i i pugilistic achievement cv she sh remarked with one of r S mr trills Of or laughter so sor soS S r tb n S h have the boat best t of or It tnT a Papa patI knocked the g cheek nearly off then Reno Rene Renoa a ki the tie Irish corporals head and w SW Fah Fath r Beret has taught Captain Vr worth a lesson In fisticuffs that S II n not soon forget If It the good work an n 11 only ony go on a little longer lon er we shall fN s English soldier in VIncennes wing th V mark of ot a Frenchmans o a Then her mood suddenly from smiling lightness to al a at ort Oft t fir e gravity and she added if it Captain ever eor Pl r offers to treat me mei fl i did dit il vou ou mark Tny my words Ill IllS 1 11 S him him Indeed I will You j gI i to see St ie mo iee le leBut Fut But he h wont ont dare touch you said S looking at her friend with und admiring eyes ees He knows knos very 11 f Iii h it t YOU vou on are arc not little and timid ii r m tnt HP lid d b be afraid of you j i S Kh Mt ht would try It r f How Hov I IS II S mild I id love lon to lo shoot him into pieces 0 hateful wretch I wish he would The Tb French inhabitants all or near neara a aJi felt 1111 as Alice Alfre did dl but at pres presS S th Vv helpless and dared not k or er If lo 10 o an anything thing against the Eng EngS S h 11 Nr r was as this feeling confined vois of VIncennes it had hadS f c S ad a 5 to 10 nest most of the points point where 1 t posts existed Hamilton found foundS S out CU too to tb mend some of or his it iks ik but he lie 11 set bet himself on the theft rt ft and or scouting bodies of itar uns under hitler white officers to keep keCI keepS 1 S i as to the American In Kentucky Kt and along the theNo No i fine I ip of lr these th t bands brought in ini i 1 a artI the Colonel Francis Franchi Vigo of or St Sta iii 1 a 1 Spaniard by b birth an Amer Amern n 0 by t y a a to the core orl had ige at f over oer both In 18 ai 8 5 1 roles creoles In the Illinois coun oun f M T n in l A Yigo Vigo igo was not long held eld a ai i 1 npr i Hamilton not I tho rr lp f beyond bf ond their endurance I e kr that tt the savages would Wr h l with their friends 1 inn tar and this might end S reh e s and against him Pry r possibility o Indeed ast a n r 01 tf o the great Indian chief Ins A ns Ta hii hll already alread frankly Informed 4 S T 11 r th ti t hat it h l and his tribe were ware loyal th I ii rl ans Here was wa a 1 l S f S ju r ig consummate diplomacy m ion On Iii Ia wit it but he h 11 was not of or a Do diplomatic temper or character With the Indians he used a demoralizing I system of pf bribery while toward the thern whites he was too often orten gruff grut imperl imperi owl uri U repellant r Helm understood the whole situation and was to take advantage of It His personal rela relations relations tiona with Hamilton were easy eay ea and fa familiar familiar so o that tha he f did not hesitate h to toIve give Ive advice advIe upon all occasions Here ner lila his jovial disposition helped him roud raud better let Vigo return to St t I Louis fc be said They had a bowl of or I something som hot bot steaming between them themI I 1 know him aim Hes harmless if you ou 1 dont nt rub hIm hm too 00 hard the wrong way Hell go 80 o back if you treat him well welland welland and tell Clark how strong you are here and how foolish it would be to think of or attacking you Clark has bas but a handful of men poorly supplied and tired with long hard marches marched If It think a moment you cannot ann t fall Calt to un understand that better be friends with this man Vigo He and Father GIbault and this old priest here Beret carry these Frenchmen in their pock pockets pockets ets eta Km Irn not on your side understand Im an American and Id blow the whole of you ou to kingdom come in a minute If I could but tut common sense is common sense all the same eras no good to you and no harm to Clark ClarkIn ClarkI In mistreating or even holding hording this prisoner What harm barm can he be do you u by going back to Clark and telling him the whole truth Clark knew every everything everything thing long before Vigo reached ed here Old Jazon my best scout left here the day lay you took possession and you may bet he got to Kaskaskia in short or order order der He never falls But hell hen tell Clark to stay where he be is and Vigo can do no more What effect Helms bold and apparently apparently artless talk had upon Hamiltons mind is Ia not recorded r but the meager historical facts at command show that Vigo was released and permitted to re return return return turn under promise that he would give ghe gheI no information to the enemy on his way to Kaskaskia Doubtless this bit of or careless diplo diplomacy macy macit on the governors part did have hae havea haea a somewhat soothing effect upon a large class of ot Frenchmen at Via Vin Vincennes cennes but Farnsworth quickly neu neutralized it to a serious extent by ji foolish act while slightly under the tha influence of liquor He met Father Beret near neal Roussillon Ion lon place and feeling his ribs squirm at sight night of the priest he be accosted him insolently demanding Information as asto asto asto to the whereabouts of or the flag flagA A priest may ma be good and true Fa Father ther Beret certainly was wasand and yet have baye havethe havethe the strongest stron est characteristics of ot a aw aw worldly w man This thing of or being bul but bullied lied day after aCter day as had recently been the rule rute generated nothing to aid aidin aidIn aidin in removing a refractory desire from the priests heart the worldly desire to repeat with great increment of or force the punch against lower ribs I order you sir to produce that S rebel flag said sald Farnsworth You will wm obey forthwith or take the conse consequences consequences consequences I am no longer In the humor to be trifled trilled with Do you Ou under understand understand stand standI Z ZI I might be forced to obey you if I could said the priest drawing his robe about him himi but butas as I have often told you my son sort J I do not know ow where here the i flag is or who took it I do not even ven suspect any p of orA taking it All that I know about abou it is the simple fact that it Is gone gond gondS I S Father Berets spanner manner and voice were Very mild but there must t nave have i been a hint of or sturdy defiance some somewhere somewhere where in them At all an events Farns Farnsworth Farnsworth worth was exasperated and fell tell into a white rage Perhaps it was the liquor he had been drinking that made him suddenly desperate You canting old fool he cried dont lie to me any longer I wont have It Dont stand there ther grinning at atme atme atme me Get that flag or Ill rn make you What Is Impossible my mr son on Is pos possible possible sible to God alone aloneo Apud hoc hon impossible est apud Deum autem om omnia omnia omnia nia Bunt aunt None of or your our Jesuit Latin or logic to tome tomeI tomeI me meI I am not here to argue but to com command command mand inand Get that flag Be itt iri a hurry hurr about it sir He whipped out his sword and In his half hatt drunken eyes there gathered the dull film mm of murderous passion 4 Put up your weapon captain capt in you will not attack atack an unarmed priest You are a soldier and will not dare strike an old defenseless man But I r will strike a and amI arted French rebel Get that flag you grinning fool foot The two twe men stood facing each other Father Berets eyes p es did not stir from their direct fearless gaze What Farnsworth had ailed called a grin was a pe peculiar peculiar culiar smile not of a gray grayish grayIsh ish lab flicker and a slight backward wrin wrinkling wrinkling kling of or the cheeks The old mans mana arms were loosely crossed upon his sturdy breast Strike if you pu must he hc said very ver gently very crY firmly I never nver yet et have seen the man IDan that could make me afraid His speech was slightly sing singsong singsong singsong song In tone as it would have been during a prayer or a blessing Get the flag then raged Farns Farnsworth Farnsworth Farnsworth worth in whose whOle veins the heat of liquor was aided by an unreasoning holer ur I Cannot said Father Beret Then take the consequences Farnsworth lifted his hla sword not to thrust but to strike with its flat side and down It hashed flashed with a noisy whack Father F Beret flung out an arm and deftly turned the blow aside It was done so S 0 easily that Farnsworth arnsworth F sprang 1 back glaring and surprised You old fool Coo he cried leveling hJ hI J weapon for fora a direct lunge You devil devilish Ish hypocrite I It was then that Father Beret turned 1 deadly pale and swiftly crossed him hloi himself I self sel His face looked look d as if he be saw I something just beyond his ad adversary I 1 Possibly this sudden change of expression caused Farns Farnsworth to I hesitate for fox a mere mer point of time Then there was the swish of a womans skirts a light step pattered on the frozen ground and Alice sprang be between between tween the men facing taing Farnsworth As she did this something small and yellow the locket at her throat fell and rolled under her feet reet Nobody saw sa It ItIn ItIn itIn In her ber hand she held an immense horse pistol which she leveled in the captains face race its flaring muzzle gaping not a yard ard from his nose The heavy tube was as steady as if It in ina ina Ina a vise Drop that sword That was all she said but her finger fin er was waa pressing pre sing the trigger and the flint in the backward slanting hammer was ready to click against the steel The leaden slugs tugs were on the point of leap Ins ing forth Drop that sword sw rd The repetition seemed to close the op opportunity opportunity for delay Farnsworth was on his guard In a twinkling He set his jaw and uttered an ugly oath then quick as as lightning he struck sidewise at the pistol with his blade It was a move which might have ha ye taken a less alert erson nerson than Alice Allee unawares but her training in sword sord play Pla was ready In her wrist tan and d hand band An involuntary turn the slight slightest slightest slightest est imaginable sel set the t heavy barrel of or I her weapon strongly against the blow partly stopping it and then the gap gaping gapIng ing lag muzzle spat its load of balls halls and I slugs with a bellow that awoke the drowsy village I Farnsworth staggered backward let letting letting ting fall Call his bis sword There was a rent I in the clothing of his left shoulder He I reeled the blood spun out but he did I not fall CaU although he grew white Alice stood gazing at him with a look on her face he would never forget It i was Avas a look that changed by wonderful swift gradations from terrible hate to I something like Ul e sweet pity The instant I she saw oa him nim hurt and bleeding his bis I countenance relaxing and pale her I heart failed her She took a step to toward toward toward ward him her hand opened and with witha a thud the heavy old pistol fell upon i the ground beside her I Father Beret sprang nimbly to sus sustain i thin tain Farnsworth snatching up the I pistol as he passed around Alice You are hurt my son he gently said let me rae help yV u e passed his arm firmly under that of Farnsworth seeing that the captain was unsteady on his feet Lean Le n upon me Come with ith me ale me Alice Allee my m child and I will take him Into the house Alice Allee picked up the captains sword and led the way It was all done so quickly that Farns Farnsworth Farnsworth Farnsworth worth In his condition c scarcely realized what was going on until he found himself on a couch co ch in inthe Inthe inthe the Roussillon home his wound a jagged furrow plowed out by slugs that the swords blade had first intercepted neatly dressed and bandaged while Alice Allee and the priest hovered over o him busy buey with their careful ministrations Hamilton and Helm were as usual playing cards at the formers quarters when a 3 guard announced that Mademoiselle Roussillon wished an au audience audience audience with the governor Bring the girl in said Hamilton throwing down his cards and scowling darkly Now better be wise as a ser serpent serpent serpent pent and gentle as aa a dove rove remarked Helm There is something g up and that gunshot we heard awhile a ago may have haye a good deal to do with it it At any rate find kindness your best card to play with Alice Allee Roussillon just justat at the present stage of or the game Of or course they the knew nothing of or what had happened to Farnsworth but they had been heen discussing the strained Str ined rela reta relations relations I between the garrison and the French inhabitants when the roar of I Alices bigmouthed ed pistol startled i them Helm was slyly beating about 1 I to try to make Hamilton lose lope sight of or the danger from Clarks direction To Todo Todo Todo I do this he artfully |