Show En IUNE BALE ty JOHN ty S SOI OI Continued horn flom Saturday Tho The br braves ves then went to their firewater firewater firewater fire fire- water and soon the boys boy's foster- foster mother brought him something to eat cat but she sha could say nothing for Black Black BlackWolf BlackWolf Wolf Volf had appointed himself sentinel and sat sat rifle hi In hand at the the door of ot the lodge Night came on Th drinking be beI became became be- be came more furious and once Erskine I saw a pale brown arm thrust from be beI behind behind be- be I hind the lodge and place a Jug at the f feet et ot of Black Wolf Volt who grunted and drank deep One by byone one the braves went to dru drunken ken sleep about the fire The fire died ded down and by the last flickering flame the lad saw Black BlackWolf's BlackWolf's Wolfs Wolf's chin sinking sleepily to his hia chest There was the slightest rustle behind behind be hind the tent He felt something groping for for his hands and feet felt the point of a knife graze the skin of his wrist nn and ankles felt ankles felt the thongs loosen and drop apart Noiselessly sly inch by inch crept She he crept to the wall of the tent which was carefully lifted for him Outside Outside- he rose and wal waited ted Like lAke a shadow the girl Early Morn stole before him and like lUte a shadow he followed The loose snow muffled his escape from the lodge and in a few i minutes they were by br the river ba bank banI away from the town The r noon moon rose lose and from flom the shadow of ot a beech th the white woman st stepped forth with j-is j ls rifle and 2nd po and bullet pouch and some food tood She pointed to his horse a little farther I down He looked long and silently into the Indian girls girl's eyes and tooK the white while womans woman's shaking hand Once hd hI looked back The Indian girl was I sto ic as stone A bar pf cf moonlight ve bho the white womans woman's face wet with tears t Again Dave Yandell from a watchtower watchtower watch- watch tower towel saw a topknot rise a above ove a a. patch of cane carje v no now leafless and winter winter- bitten saw bitten saw a hand lifted high above it with a palm palm palm-of of ot peace toward him And again an Indian youth emerged I this time Ume leanIng a black horse with a drooping drooping- head Both came painfully on seemed from wounds of and Dave Daye prang from I tIC tIC- tower and rush rushed d with others to the gate So gaunt were the boy and bEast that tt It was plain that both were starving The boys boy's face tace was torn with briers and aid pinched d with hunger hunter and d cold but ut a atal tal faint t. t smile c came me from it Dont you know me Dave he le asked WE weakly kly I My iy God d Its It's s 's White Arr Arrow w When winter was breaking m more re renews I news came Game in of the war The flag that was fashioned of a a. soldiers soldier's white shirt an old blue army coat and a red petticoat was wa now the St Stars and Stripes of ot the American cause ause Burgoyne had not cut ot off New England En- En gland that he head d of the rebellion from rom the other colonies On the he contrary con con- the Americans Americana had be heated him himat himat himat at Saratoga and marched his army ot of off f funder under tinder the same Came Stars and Stripes and for the first time Erskine heard of ot gallant Lafa Lafayette Lafayette how how ette-how how he had run to Washington with the portentous news from his king that king that beautiful passionate passion ate France would now stretch forth I her helping hand i And Erskine learned what that news I j meant to Washington's naked and I starving soldiers dying on the fro en I hillsides of ot Valley Forge Then George Roger Rogers Clark had passed the fort on n his way to Williamsburg to get money t and and- men for tor his great venture in the Northwest After Clark was sono gona gono the I lad got restless and one morning I i n OIL 11 lust st breath of ot spring came he mounted his horse in spite of arguments meats ments and protestations and set forth for tor Virginia on the wilderness trail Ho Ht was going to join Clark he said but butmore butmore butmore more than Clark and the war were drawing him to the outer world What it w was s he hardly knew for he was not yet much given to searching his heart or mind He did know however how how- however ever that some strange force had I long been working within him that was steadily growing stronger With his minds mind's eye he was ever seeing at atthe atthe atthe I the end of his journey the face of ot his little cousin Barbara Dale DaTe A striking figure the lad made ridIng riding riding rid rid- ing In into o. o the old capital one just before the sun sank behind the western woods The governors governor's palace was closed and deserted My Lord Dunmore was long in flight But there was the bust of Sir Walter Valter in front of ot Raleigh Haleigh tavern tavern em ern and there he drew up before the steps v here he was once nigh to to toI taking Dane Greys Grey's life I The little tavern was thronged and the air charged with the spirit of war Indeed nothing else was wa-s talked Next morning Erskine rod rods forth I along a sandy road amidst the tile singIng sing- sing lag Ing of ot birds and through a forest lorest of tiny leaves leas for Red Oaks on the James He lie had forsworn Colonel Dale to secrecy se- se crecy as to the note he had left behind behind be- be bej j hind giving Ills his birthright to his little j cousin Barbara and he knew the confidence confidence con con- would be kept be-kept kept inviolate At t the thiv le boat ot landing h he hitched t c his I horse to 00 one low swung 01 mi un oak calc There was the sun-dial sun that had i marked mared every sunny hour since he had i been away For u a i moment he stood there and when he stepped into the i open he shrank back hastily hastily hastily-a a a girl I Was v coming through the opening of boxwood from the house house coming coming j I slowly bareheaded her hands clasped behind her her eyes downward His heart throbbed as he waited throbbed the more when his stars ears caught even the soft tread of her little feet and arid seemed to stop when she paused at the sun dial and searched the river with her eyes Soon the girl girt fluttered a handkerchief handkerchief handkerchief chief and from the single passenger Inthe Inthe in inthe the stern came an answering flutter of ot white ant an ant a. a a glad cry At the bend of of the tho river the river tho boat disappeared from Erskines Erskine's sight bight under the bank and he watched the he girl How she had grown Her slim figure figure fig fig- figure ure had rounded and shot upward and her her- white gown had dropped to her dainty ankles Now her face tace was flushed and her eye ee flashed with excitement it excitement it was no mere kinsman In that boat and the boys boy's heart began to throb fiercely with racking emotion he had never known before I A fiery looking youth sprang up the landing steps bowed gallantly over the girls girl's hand and the two turned up the path the girl rosy with smiles and the youth Bending over oyer her with a most prote protecting and tender air It was s Dane Grey and the heart Of f the watcher turned mortal sick I I XIV Barbara saw him him ti first st and she did not rush forward Instead she stopped with wide eyo a 30 stifled cry and a lifting of one hand toward her lier heart Grey saw too too flushed rather painfully and calmed himself Wh Why have hae I changed so 50 much Erskine cried I I Of Ot course I r knew you she she faltered faltered paling a little but but- gathering herself rather haughtily a a tEl fact fact- ct that Erskine seemed seemed not not to notice You took me I by surprise and and you ou ha have ve ch changed changed- but I dont don't know how how- much I The significance of this too seemed to pass Erskine by I Never to you my dear cousin he said gallantly and then he bowed to toI Dane Gre Grey not offering to shake I hands The great dinner bell belt from behind the house boomed its summons to the I woods and field Come on called Harry who had just appeared I imagine youre you're hun- hun gray cousin I am said Erskine Erakine Ive had hadI ts di I I I i i i I I I Both came painfully on staggering I from wounds or nothing to eat since since since-since since early morn Ba Barbaras Barbara's eyes flashed upward and Grey was plainly startled Was there a shi slight ht stress stress on on those two words Mrs Dale Dae visiting down the river so Barbara sat in her mothers mother's place I Now ow you White Arow you big chief tell us S the story st ry said Harry Grey began to look unc uncomfortable mC and so in in t uth did Barbara What have base you heard asked Erskine quietly Never mind min interposed Barbara quickly you tell us us' What shouted Harr Harry when Erskine told of ot th the powwow You told both that you would fight with the whites against both What'd do to they y you I Ido Erskin Erskine smiled I Jumped over oyer th the heads of ot the outer ring and ran Well said Harry impatiently that Isn Isn't t the ins end end T I went back to the to-the the camP camP- Crooked Lightning followed me and they tied me and were going to burn me at the ther s stake k Good r heavens breathed Barbara Howd you get away The Indian girl Early Morn slipped under the tent and cut me loo loner o l' Ph h I waite woman got my gun and no FIrefly you know n nothing thing can ran c catch Firefly I The silence was Intense Grey was painfully flushed And Anil you want to know ow what I am going to do now Erskine w went w.-ent nt on Im Tm going with Captain George Rogers with Clark what you command Mr Grey are you ou a he smiled coolly Ill let you ou know later ad and Barbara with an Inward sigh sign ot of relief rose quickly But Dut the white woman 1 Questioned I Harry Why doesn't doesn't she she leave the Indians Early Morn a Morn a halfbreed is halfbreed-is Is her daughter said Erskine simply Oh and Harry questioned no fur fur- ther flier Early Morn was the best looking Indian I ever saw said Erskine and an 1 the bravest For the first time Grey glanced a at t Barbara She saved my life Erskine wen went on gravely and 3 mine Is hers when whenever ver she needs it Barbara excused herself with z I courtesy Hugh went to the stables stable I Ham Ham- disappeared for a moment and the two were left alone With l daring tf fire Erskine turned to Grey I Continued In our out next issue 1 |