Show of r RANDALL PARMI 4 illustrated 6 D J LAVIN tf pitr f f rf SYNOPSIS joseph hayward ayward II an ensign in the tha united states state army on his hl way to fort meats simon girty a renegade rene irada whose name liaa has been connected with all manner of atrocities also alao headed for or port fort carmar with a message front from the british ire hamilton hayward gulden guidon him to the tha fort at general liar mars inara headquarter a hayward meets meet rene dauvray who ne to recognize lecog alze him although he be has no recollection of ever seen en her before hayward volunteers volunteer to carry a massage for harmar to sandusky where hamilton Hn mllton to la stationed station e 1 the tha northwest findlan tribes are ready tor for war and fre only held back by the ro refusal fasal of the friendly trl andly wyandotte Wyan dota dote t to 0 join the th latter a ater are demanding the ret return u r n of wa pa tee t tah ah a rel re Hillous ilou teacher feacher whom they believe to be a prisoner I 1 adwards ay wards mission nil aslon la Is to assure amura the Wyan dots that the th man Is 1 not hold held by the soldiers eold lers CHAPTER ER ill III continued then h en there to ie but one answer the witch overheard our conversation I 1 spoke loud not knowing she ehe was in the room and her quick ears caught the sound like her to make instant uso use ot of what she ofie learned to thus thua arouse your interest sho she la Is full ol of such tricks no doubt that will be the explanation and no mystery to it only the device ot at a clever woman I 1 passed out into the sunshine ot of the afternoon and crossed the deserted parade tomy quarters in spite ot of the of this adventure upon which I 1 was entering my thought lingered with the french girl how softly musical her voice was how clear her laughter how bow enchantingly the dimples appeared in either cheek and with what eloquence the dark eyes conveyed convey it their message reno dauvray the name repeated on my lips lingered and was waa whispered again I 1 wondered it it really was tier her name yet cast the doubt aside indignantly somehow it seemed to belong to her to typify personality lity to revive memory llene itene dauvray would I 1 ever seo see her again would god be good I 1 glanced back at the tha high window the sun bun glared on it reflecting the rays raye into my dazzled eyes my heart sank I 1 must depart nt at dusk and long ore I 1 could hope to return sho she would have disappeared into the unknown wilderness harmar would know nothing more than ho he did now there would remain no trail I 1 could hope to follow I 1 would never see BOO her again all this was years yearn ago long years and yot yet I 1 recall still how I 1 occupied those hours with preparation striving manfully to banish her from mind by ceaseless labor little by little I 1 grasped the seriousness ess of this mission oa 00 which I 1 was embarked in a measure I 1 was frontier ter born and bred and had ranged the woods wooda since I 1 became strong enough to bear a sun gun thoro there were tow few secrets of 0 the wilderness ia 1 did riot not know yet now tor for the first time I 1 was to penetrate pono those dark northern forests through untracked leagues rind and front the red 11 savages nt at their council fire with a message ot of defiance the full extent of peril involved occurred to TOO me suddenly almost with a shock the raiding parties of at young warriors scouring the woods unrestrained in their savagery cava gery the uncertainty of our reception by the Wyan dota dots the possibility that hamilton liam liton might not bo be there to protect from violence the haunting doubt whether our mission would save us front from torture and death atthe hands of those red demons bent madly on warl it was no pleasant picture painted on an the canvas of imag I 1 leation tn lua atlon tion and the perspiration beaded my temples as frontier tales of indian atrocity flashed to memory but mine was then the spirit of youth ot of daring I 1 had bad volunteered for this duty and under god would not tall fall I 1 recall changing my putting on my rough hunting suit and packing my uniform in a bag then rhen I 1 sought out drady brady finding him alone outside the stockade blockade lying on the bluff summit gazing out at the broad river below As I 1 drew near he looked up at me good humor in hla his gray eyes but making no effort to change his posture poa ture well my young cockerel ho he said carelessly they tell mo me you and I 1 are to bo be comrades on tho the long trail who told you general alamar Kar mar no loss loos maybo an hour ago als ITIs not likely to prove pleasant task as I 1 understand dundei stand the nature of at the message what said the tha old manto man to you 7 ile ho sat eat up mi aa I 1 repeated word by word our conversation ile ho listened intently Int antly until I 1 finished hin hh eyes on the dark woods bordering tho the settlement about as I 1 had it he commented gravely only a bit more mora ot or detail no pleasant job friend but the old man Is right there Is no other way to deal w with ith redskins red skins what whai was the namo name ot of that wyandot medicine man WB pa tee tah tva ive heard board uie oe name before but dont remember where I 1 never met ip p a against the Wyan dots save eave a few it at vincennes their range la Is too far north hy by any chance do you know that country not beyond the forks hero are some maps and I 1 spread ray my rude drawings on the grass and some borne notes on tho tha lay of the land lie ha studied these theao ft a moment aud and n glanced up at me with I 1 quizzical shalle i ulal auld ul tl make much auter map acknowledged slowly just looks like hen tracks ter me an as to I 1 reckon ther want no schools along stump crick aher I 1 was raised you worry none about that master hayward tor for I 1 kin read the woods an naters the best beat guide well find sandusky we talked together for some come time although I 1 did the most moet of it for he was content to reply in monosyllables his eyes on the river As aa the sun sank its last rays turning the tha waters crim criar son eon we won went it back into the stockade and ate heartily together in id the barracks kitchen then as dusk drew near we separated he ha going silently down the blud to the boat while I 1 reported to general harmar it was almost dark with a clear star atar studded sky overhead when I 1 came forth again the letter to hamilton in my pocket and the generals warning instructions Instruct lona fresh in mind I 1 had caught no further glimpse of the girl nor had any reference been made to her in truth for the moment the memory of her presence had been banished from mind then than all at once she eho came to me a slender shadow stepping forth from the tha gloom of the stockade into the star gleam I 1 saw the face uplifted white in the silvery glow and the dark uncovered hair monsieur hayward she said softly you will speak to me CHAPTER IV I 1 face a request Reque ct I 1 cams came to a sudden halt my heart throbbing wildly most certainly mademoiselle I 1 stammered in surprise although I 1 have little time to spare 1 I know she returned you voyage into the north you and the great hunter you know that ilow how she smiled yet with eyes on mine in frank confidence llave have I 1 not ears monsieur she bhe asked swiftly did you think me old and deaf when we met before perhaps the light was poor and you saw III 1 it if so look at me again now monsieur you mean you overheard and I 1 stepped back tantalized by her witchery ilow how could I 1 help it was but a word now and then but that Americ aln general he talk so eo loud like he speak to an army I 1 did riot not catch your voice monsieur not one word yet I 1 knew well what set was you say I 1 know from my own heart how eat boat an from your face so strong so uke like the face of a man you would so go back to the north back to my people to your people I 1 I 1 echoed incredulously good agodt go 11 are you indian does monsieur care what I 1 am she questioned more gravely and does he not already know we are alone hero here in the night her eyes deserting mine to sweep a swift glance about her over the tha bare level ot of pa rade need there longer be deceit between us why you iou not trust me 1 I do trust you ou I 1 returned imnetu bously intoxicated by her presence by the pressure of her lingers lagers on my arm in spite of all that Is strange I 1 can not pretend otherwise dut but I 1 do not nol know you as you would pretend she stared into my face her dart dark eyes wide open then she laughed softly you think to fool met me all right I 1 laugh an I 1 pretend but I 1 never believe what you tell have I 1 not eyes to seo see your face ears eara ea ra to hear bear your voice T tie ria not long ago only six elx moons since then why all this I 1 not understand maybe why you english officer today an Ameri calne officer tomorrow you not tell I 1 not ask any more we be friends just the same aaget iea that so go 7 with nil all my heart I 1 replied relieved at tho the sudden chango change in her manner and grasping the hand band held olit but bur you are wrong in thinking I 1 assume two characters yes yea well did I 1 not eny cay I 1 laugh ali ad pretend bollal eat was to me ma nothing yot yet there la Is danger monsieur danger indian never forgive nevalee forget you go as hunter as sc scout olit no as an officer of lIcer my uniform la Is in this bag to the Alla mist I 1 shook my bead wondering at her swift an aft questioning tho the Wynn Wyan dota dots 11 ali ah I 1 that then la 14 not so bad the chiefs will not know they will believe but blit tir most odd why you will do all this this what you call masquerade qu erade no more odd add surely than your own mademoiselle why Is beet you say that hut you ask aak the tha generall gen crall about me ma of ce course jurse 11 you care enough then you interest est enough to ask ash heem who I 1 was where I 1 como come you try learn all about me ali ah blen an what lie ha say mon man bleur that you were wera from the ibe illinois country kaskaskia Kaska akia seeding your to ta ther a Vo voyage ur with witch viso from town to town sho laughed agn again her hands making an eloquent the tha poor maul man I 1 eat was wag quite tad ad monsieur mon Blaur I 1 know not I 1 toll tol set so well non non eat not I 1 who told heem beem set was wa the voyageurs voyage voya geurs ura with whom I 1 came I 1 tell nothing est was waa hard to tell monsieur when he be want to know so BO much when he ask question an foar roar in been loud voice but set was tun fun too I 1 laugh art an talk about bozzer things an he be get so mad ze Ameri americana cala general H put me in ze 29 guardhouse guar dhouge only I 1 vaa a girl you are angry no but I 1 am a soldier on duty under orders to the north to my people so you said before what does it mean meant you are not indian 1 I am of quarter blood my father was officer of 0 france who died la in battle I 1 was born in an indian tepee but not brought up an indian you education you have known civilized life 1 I have be been beelat ezat at montreal and que bee monsieur I 1 was three years at the convent of the but came back into the wilderness 7 1 I returned to my own people the great wo oda called me I 1 am a wyandot and here bore at port fort harmar under a falso name pretending to be from the french settlements she touched my hands where they gripped the barrel and her whole manner changed 1 I am not here under a false also name monsieur nor for or any purpose of evil she exclaimed eagerly you must not think of me I 1 will not permit als my name rene dauvray and I 1 came to this fort from the french settlements tle ments I 1 cannot tell you why but there is 13 no harm done all I 1 seek now la is the opportunity to return to my on o n land that to la why I 1 came here to meet you why I 1 waylaid you and told you the truth I 1 heard enough of what was wa said by the Ameri cain generall to know that you were going north the forests to my country to hold council with the Wyan dots that Is so Is set botill not yes then monsieur take me with youl no aeten you must you shall not refuse I 1 know the way the woods and all their secrets I 1 can gulda guide you and travel faster than your kentucky hunter let me go monsieur I 1 hesitated just a moment actually tempted by this opportunity to have her with me to learn more ot of who and what she really was yet the knowledge that harmar would never approve of such an arrangement and that lie he would surely learn of the matter it I 1 smuggled her bar into the boat decided me she read the decision in my face you will not you will leave me behind 1 I cannot take you mademoiselle there are ara reasons in plenty but I 1 cannot stand eland here and discuss them you will let me pass now she drew back but with eyes still on my face she must have r read gad there that no pleading would change me for she only said regretfully 1 I have angered you you an 0 o not trust me because I 1 am indian 1 I do trust you I 1 burst forth 1 I hardly know why but I 1 do it Is ilard hard I 1 coo WWI jut just looks like hen han tracks ter mea tor for mo me to eay cay no but I 1 must I 1 wish to remain your friend mademoiselle to to meet you again somewhere iler her face white in the star shine smiled you shall monsieur confidently and she pointed with one hand band into the north yonder in the villages Til lages of the wy vy andors you moan you will go there alone all those leagues a alone i perhaps there thera would bo be nothing to fear I 1 have traveled as aa long a wilderness trail before yet I 1 need not so go alone there is another hora here who must return to sandusky simon mirtyl good godl would you dream of compan companioning companio ning lonIng with that foul renegade do you know what he ha Is yes yea monsieur quietly and be knows what I 1 am lie he la Is riot not reckless enough to offer me insult did he do so BO he be would be torn limb from limb you do not know my people but simon girty does I 1 do not fear ear him yet I 1 would rather go with you 1 I cannot consent it would cost me my commission to take you I 1 must say eay goodby good by she held out her bar hand goodby good by monsieur I 1 left her standing there a slender dark shadow in the starlight feeling yet the firm grip of her fingers and seeing yet in memory the upturned face that she really meant what she said so confidently I 1 did not truly believe iler her threat of traveling in company with girty or even alone was waa merely uttered in the vague hope that it might influence me she could not be in earnest in spite of her assertion I 1 was not altogether convinced convince d that she was an indian a wyandot she was waa so eo young so girlish so soft of voice ice and civilized of speech I 1 could not associate her with savages savage or those dark haunted woods wood 31 I 1 even laughed grimly to myself a as s I 1 went down the bluff at the thought the boat was in the dark sha shadow dowe of the bank a sizable canoe three indians friendly delawarek Dela wares grasping the paddles and kneeling in the bottom and two men holding it steady against the current one of these tall and straight would be brady but the other a mere shadow in the dark was unrecognizable you go with us I 1 asked lie he straightened up with the motion of a salute yah der captain he says so BO dont 10 id 7 the words strongly atron gly dutch oh yes my man you are the cook Is there an extra paddle in there boys 7 an indian voice grunted a response holding it up all right take it and get in what Is your name johann schultz I 1 remembered him a private in drowns browns company as aa poor a choice as could have been made tor for such euch an expedition tion but it was waa too late now for an exchange in with you schultz I 1 ordered sharply behind the last indian and bend your your back this 1 Is to be no pleasure trip |