Show 6 SYNOPSIS joseph 0 h II 11 ayward an ensign in the U united t stated S t lies tinny on hla his way to port fort Il armax meets simon girty a renegade whose name has been connected with all manner of 0 also headed for rort fort with a message from the british general hamilton hayward ayward II guides him to the fort at Geri general eral tiar ilar mars headquarters headquarter a hayward ayward II meets none u dauvray aubray ray who professes to recon alia him although he be has haj no recollection of 0 ever having seen her before hayward volunteers to carry a me ine asago for or hannar to sandusky where IIa lIu mllton Miton Is stationed the northwest thweat nor indian tribes are ready tor for war find and are only held back baak by the refusal of the friendly Wyan doto to join the tha latter are demanding the return of 0 wa pa tee tah a religious te acher teacher t whom they believe to bo ba a prisoner hayward Hay wards mission la Is to assure the Wyan Wylin dota dots abi that the man Is not held by the soldiers rane asks II IT ayward to let her accompany him she tells him that she la is a quarter blood wyandot and a missionary among the indians sho she ba has so been in of search arch of 0 her father she insists that she he has seen hayward nay ward before but in is a british uniform rd refuses her ema and starts for the north accompanied by a bout named brady and a private soldier they come on the trall trail of 0 a a war party and to escape from the indiana taha shelter in n a hut on an island 11 haywar finds a murdered roan in the hut it proves v 08 to be raoul dauvray a farmer fir french an 1 officer M who la in called by tho the Wyan dota white chief rene appears and II ayward to Is puzzled by her Inal stance that thoy they have met before CHAPTER VI continued how white her face ace was waa in the starlight uplifted to mine one hand band grasped my sleeve news newel I 1 evil newel newal of 0 toy by father of laoel VAu dauvray he be was your fa father yes yeal I 1 you say was wast he la Is dead I 1 caught the groping hand in mine and held it tightly in the grasp of my fingers she made no movement but I 1 could distinguish her quick breathing see her dark eyes yes yee you mus must t listen quietly while I 1 tell you all I 1 know we reached here at dusk there was a band of indian raiders camped yonder near the toot foot of the lake and so we crossed over to this island to avoid them we stumbled bled upon this hut while seeking a camping spot etwas it was dark and apparently deserted the front door was latched but unlocked and we ventured insider feeling our way through the gloom until we came to a door leading into the rear room you know the arrangement she did not respond or rem remove p ve her eyes from my face when wo opened chisa athla a huge mastiff leaped savagely at us in the d darkness he fast fastened enid his jaws on bradys arm the scout with me and had to be killed by a knife thrust then we procured a light with which to search and found the body of a man lying on the floor dead 11 murdered his bis head crushed in from behind with an ax ile he was an old man with snowwhite snow white beard how did you know he be was laoel dauvray dy by this medal pinned to his bis breast I 1 answered boidin holding g it forth foith a french decoration she grasped it bending her head so as to see better and tor for a moment her slender blender form shook with an emotion she could not hot restrain involuntarily I 1 rested a hand upon her shoulder but the touch aroused her and she stepped back bach standing erect the medal was his he always wore it but was that all WI was is nothing else found there was a red army jacket flung across a box but while we were eating later in the other room someone stole in through the back door and carried that away she raised her hands to her head bead with a gesture of despair 1 I I 1 believe part of what you haye have told me she confessed her voice trembling it it Is in my heart to believe all but but I 1 cannot you ire are not telling me the truth not all the truth you knew of this ibis house you y you ou camo came here deliberately and and brought your men with you 1 I deny that mademoiselle we stumbled upon the place by accident ob you drive me crazy with your J denials sl she exclaimed passionately 1 I will not listen longer you are joseph hayward you admit that yourself nol no do not talk to me or attempt to stop me 1 I am going to my my father I 1 stood aside and lot let her pass yet followed as ae she entered the door the Int interior erlof was black except for a slight glow glov os from a dying ft showing dimly through the inner door thi the dead dog lay in the middle of the floor and she stopped staring at the wm grim shadow 1 I will bring the light al I 1 said gent ly it you can permit me to pass As the yellow flame illumined the small room her ga gaze ze deserted me to rest once more upon the tha motionless figure lying near the wall which brady had mercifully covered with a blanket she stood still her hands clasped her taco face like ilka marble still holding the candle in one hand band I 1 beni down and drew back gently the tha edge of the blanket exposing the dead marla mana face and white beard in spite balte othis 0 hlll violent death the features wore were composed in no way distorted he appeared like one lying there asleep por for a moment the girl never byln ed her attitude attl tuda strained her wide open tearless tear leaa eyes on oa the ia a laceful upturned countenance it seemed emed to me the b had even ceased of gr PARMI 4 4 illustrated ae D J LAW T T t ir A ca 44 C 0 10 to breathe then she sank slowly upon her knees beside tho the body her head close to the cold cheek check father FI therl father Fa therl she sobbed as it in sudden realization of the truth it la IS you her hat bat had fallen alien to tho the floor and her bar wealth of dark hair ened completely hid her face she had forgotten my presence everything but her grief I 1 drew back silently stuck tho the sputtering candle on a box where it burned bravely and left the room As aa I 1 glanced back from the tha doorway odd shadows flickered along tho the walls and sho she still knelt there a vague indle india figure in the other room I 1 found a chair and sat down staring dumbly into tho the smoldering fire CHAPTER vill VIII mademoiselles story in thoAn tho intense ei il lence the gloom of that room vt lit baly by those smolder ing embers with schultz sleeping Ble undisturbed against the wall my thought could not be divorced from the lonely girl sobbing above her dead was waa she of dual nature worn wom silly anly and savage by turn as the instincts of two races dominated her action yet this could never account for her distrust of roe me her continued insistence upon li having hiring previously known me ayi ay abid sho she meant it there was no attempt itt at deceit no nc acting in all this her full faith in the charge was written upon her face found echo upon her lips she believed me to be another man a pretended british officer a traitor tor ta her he people a spy yet she applied to him my name that wits was the strangest part of it all as ae I 1 started toward the open door the girl herself appeared outlined against the candle flame she bled bad bound up the loosened strands of ota hair and her dark eyes dry and teiL tearless rIess looked straight at me I 1 doubt it she saw schultz at all as she came forward stopping only as her hand band finally touched the table As I 1 watched her my earlier deter determination mt died within me I 1 could only wait in silence for her to speak joseph hayward she said slowly the words rasping a little with her effort at self control you confess to that name do you not yes mademoiselle I 1 answered I 1 my lips dry my eyes riveted on her face yet you still claim not to be uw ow same joseph hayward whom I 1 have known 1 I 1 am an ensign in inthe the army of the united united states and have bava never worn a red coat she smiled but the smile smil e wae not altogether pleasant then s sho he said ve some ome sound caused me ma to wheel about slowly very well have it so then I 1 do not in the least believe you yoh but lam joing to si peak exactly as it if I 1 did 1 I am a girl alone and must turn to you ou for help it makes no difference now it if I 1 am of indian blood and ancestry I 1 am here alone with you I 1 have got to trust you rely upon your word vord ask your aid you claim to know nothing of raa me or mine that there may be no possible mistake ml atalie I 1 will tell you tell you about him film she pointed backward with her hand her voice breaking and and about myself you shall know all and then you will dare pretend ignorance no longer listen monsieur the man lying dead yonder murdered was wa ray my father sho she leaned forward resting her banda on the table for support the veins in her throat throbbing 1 I wish you would at least contesa a knowl knowledge odge of my tongue she almost pleaded it la in not in english I 1 think moni monsieur leur and it Is difficult tor for me to speak la in that language it would woud bo be a pleasure to confess bonfe a anything that would aid you I 1 politely but I 1 possess small understanding of 0 french blench her ye darkened indignantly stud and she eho made a forceful gesture indicative of her true thought of me you continue to act your part well she ehe said scornfully even when the thero la Is no longer a necessity dahl bab I 1 despise this play acting 1 it to Is unworthy a soldier eold ler so you would have me tell over what you already know you would make me stand hero here and euffer P mademoiselle I 1 interrupted swiftly y 1 I ask nothing all I 1 seek la is the opportunity ot of service there la is no truth I 1 am going to deny to provo prove it I 1 will sa ilits you have remained in my memory since the first hour we wa met I 1 desire your trust your friendship whatever you may tell me will bo be held sacred inviolate I 1 will serve you though you speak no word give no explanation I 1 beg the privilege I 1 thought she would never speak standing there before me in the dim light swaying slightly her bosom ria ing and falling with quick breathing A great sympathy welled up in my heart and all unconsciously I 1 extended my hands she must have seen them but she made no response but the glitter of unshed tears was in her eyes what la is the use of our talking like this suo she said impetuously T Is as though we exchanged compliments in montreal instead we are in the wilderness der ness with danger all about isyou us tou are are what you ou are monsieur and I 1 am a woman of the wyan Wian doab dots let all else pass I 1 care g whether your thoughts of me be good or evil I 1 am I 1 what aarn I 1 am what birth and conditions have made me all I 1 appeal to in you Is in whatever of manhood you may still I 1 tell you my because you swear you kno know w it not then listen and shall no do dd not move but haaf heaume me gouid hot do this without reason she glanced aside at schultz and then into the red ambirs of the tire fire her eaid coming fi loli back to rest on my face 1 I am rene dauvray and my father lies ilea dead there in the next room ile he casall iliad I 1 had in the world yet I 1 knew little enough of him ile he spoke seldom of his past life oven even to me still I 1 have much reason to td believe that in his younger days he was islas intimate at tho th french court I 1 know he was a soldier sold jer in an officer of oc the kings guard decorated ec katoa for bravery he never told I 1 no me why he fie aas ans ild this land burled buried in abo far wilderness made a companion of pe t f never asked although my heart ached to do so for he was not a man to bo be questioned lightly and I 1 early learned that the very thought brought him pain but I 1 know this for I 1 saw a letter once a yellow cren creased sidd letter which I 1 think he purposely mislaid millaid hoping I 1 would see bee lie ila wanted me to know yet had not tho the heart to tell me it was wars from a french comrade in arms and there was a crest on the paper and a agrest great name signed I 1 wept as I 1 read for the writer loved the tha man to whom he be told the story und and the he words came warm from hla his heart whatever else you may know of 0 us monsieur joseph hayward ayward II you have never known this it was because ot of a lady my tather father loved a relative of the king for her sake he fought the prince do mil her and killed him in the royal garden it was a fair fight but the king saw it not so for or it disarranged his bis plans plane and my father had to flee france to save hlo his own life then was he be proscribed a price set upon his head bead she paused and sank into it a chair bowing her face upon the table I 1 stood silent unable to speak the sound of her voice still in my ears cars she looked up again dashing her hand across her eyes 1 I must be far more french than indian to become so eo weak she explained pla plat ined ned ashamed of the emotion T is tho the memory of him lying yonder monsieur with no word no last word tor for me so it was ho he came to amer lea but they would not let him rest in altner quebec or montreal they drove him forth into the woods into the camps cambe of indiana lie he told me cocq about those duys dum of how he traversed the black waters of the ottawa a and met harda hardships hipa on the great lains his companions VoYage lyre and couriers cour lera dee bols bola his bis only means of support the furs he could send back to montreal but he might not venture there himself but was doomed forever to a afa life beyond civilization ilia hla associations would have brutalized him made madd him a fit denizen oft of those bose wilds turned him also into a savage but for one thing he was a fervent catholic it was this which kept him ever gentle sweeta and strong he possessed poss eseed the to save souls he ha became on an evangel to the indians indiana imong among whom ho he lived lie ho was at mackinac Mackl nao and green bay hebold he told the of christ but they cast him out he bo travel traveled bd to the villages of the illinois but the were already there arid add gave gillie him no welcome at last be found a home with the WyAn dots at fart the task was waa not easy tor for they were a savage people they had bad tortured jesuit priests ir leeta to the stake blake and flogged the recollects Re colleta who came also alo but my father won their confidence dence he ha went forth with them to battle he went with them against their enemies and so BO they finally ll atoned to what he be 4 said ile he became wa va pa tee tah tab the white chief and taught them of 0 christ jesus they became christians christiana because they were proud of him ile he accomplished complis hed what the priests could not do and kept the tribe at peace with the whites the english came and hated him lor for he would not enter into their schemes nor permit hla his people to only once did he ha lead them to war against your general dark clark at vincennes exiled and lonely abandoning all hops hope of ever returning to prance france or even civilization my father finally to increase his influence with the tribe took for a wife a woman odthe wyan dots although I 1 wad born of that union yet I 1 never saw my mother who died when I 1 was but a babe I 1 am told she was of fair complexion but jet black hair and andey eyed eg the daughter of a french trader and indian mother able to read and write my father loved her and taught her much that lie he had learned in early life when sho he died ho he seemed to change to lose interest in the past to ter tease to dream langer judger ot of europe ile he became more tully lully a wyandot I 1 was brought up in the camps ot or the tribe living in their wigwams sharing in their prosperity and adversity I 1 played with indian children and was cared tor for byln by indian dlan women 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