Show M The TheL TheRedo Red Redo ROald L l A Romance o oi t L. L Braddocks Braddock's Defeat By Hush by Irwin Myers P M by br by Hush Hugh Service SYN SYNOPSIS S Webster Brond Is serving as ae a scout and spy for the army under under under un un- der General Braddock pr preparing for tor the advance on l Fort ort Du- Du quesne He has Just returned to Alexandria from a vi visit visa I. I It to the the- fort where posing as a Frenchman Frenchman Frenchman French French- man he has secured valuable In In- In formation Braddock bred to European European European Eu Eu- warfare falls to realize re the Importance of the news Brond la le sent back to Fort Du Duquesne Duquesne quesne also bearing a R message to George Croghan English emissary among the Indians Brond Joints his friend and fellow fellow fellow fel fel- low scout Round Paw Indian chief and they set out On the way they fall tall In with a typical t backwoodsman Balsar who Joins them The party encounters encounters encounters en en- en- en counters a group of settlers settler threatening a young girl Elsie whom they accuse of witchcraft Brond saves her from them then The girl disappears Webster Webster Webster Web Web- ster delivers his message to Croghan Young Col George Washington rescues Brond from bullying English soldiers He a bully In a fight tight and finds finds' Elsie Brond Brand Is sent on a scathing expedition to Fort and encounters a band of ot Braddocks Braddock's scouts Later Brond and his companions find finda a French scouting party besiegIng besieging ing an old cabin CHAPTER IV Continued IV-Continued Continued 11 11 Before I could outguess him he tie was WU op Fop to one of his tricks ceasing his resistance he flopped lopped on hIs back and carried me with him but managed to escape the grip of m m. my legs and ond draw up his k knees e s. s Then with a u violent thrust of his arms and a surge of his legs he sent me flying o er his bis head bead r Put a spell on him I 1 Witch him I Ii i screamed screamed voice I I leaped erect and whirled and set myself to meet the next nest onset The force of my fall blurred my vision for fora hi 8 a moment and the Frenchman have b had H me had h he nut not paused to Jerk a 8 pistol from his belt H He ri risked ked all n on a 8 bullet and the weapon missed tire I 1 ducted the lying flying pistol and leaped upon him Incited to gr greater effort by the stinging bump on- on the top ol ot ply lY head We crushed tog together ther and hugged and unit tugged like two bears beurs I picked c him up bodily and hurled burled him against the logs lobs and rind he bc fell to the floor fluor us as limp as as' asa a sack of meal tint Hilt ButI HiltI I would have no nu wore more tricks urn and when hen he struck I 1 was upon him again I 1 remember hearing a shrill cry but there thereas was as no time to calm calu the girl I 1 mauled the Frenchman about for some some seconds before I discovered tie lie 1 I was was Inert Inert and offering no resistance As I 1 drew hack back thinking I had broken his neck I 1 was conscious of or ort t i putting and lamenting t l Plumb rOl forgot ot you JOU wanted the rhe ro rogue ue alive My man uran had no nu more light In III him and id 1 J took look time to glance at my ray friend He Ue was leaning against the I wall und and mopping hack back his hair with hands that smeared cI his iris face facea I ia a deep red On the floor at his f feet et vas vas the Indian killed in o a horrible 1 J f nl nie me I 1 But Hut that was a wring l worth the fuss punted panted eh- eh v I he be je It was Vas the SI spell she put on him tp when w len I yelled out Jut out tit II FU U II I With your our bare hands J 1 I If f f dully lully exclaimed o ol Ue lie proudly held them up for tor me to admire u INe He was mortal murta slippery ry even een rut fur a aI ae e I faintly replied Meb t e If It si sl sl hadn't nt witched him trim hIm tit lt Where Is she sheT I 1 wildly cried t ihl rushing Crushing the sweat from my eyes and und t Quite forgetting the Frenchman as as' 1 J If rC f red nt lit her empty blanket urn und and to h lag open Pen door In 0 staggered to the dour door und and at ut t et Ece ore emitted a It terrible trawl howl und and a tri with another Indian who sud sud- s r DIy my tilled filled the fie doorway I heard the 51 It II thud of OD on ax and m my frIend went flown OWn on 00 hIs is knees The e bO breaking bone warn man munIs I is mud mad ow om fighting said Hound Paw the thel i l I only slightly stunned by the t of f th the ax UX slowly gained his feet teet 11 d stared stupidly al at the Indian und find bed his tread hend ruefully The rhe Indian II ted kited my Frenchman and with IIO a II trap would have lumped Jumped upon him P O w d I 1 not pushed him hack bock Q lUe tUe r tie is ts my DIY prisoner r He Ue ale goes to 0 alive i I IS 1 l S lille j Je turned away und and beheld the Um savon sav sav- 11 on n the fluor With a n yelp yell of oft t n b be bent beDI over o him rind and In Inthe n CiO c the nature of ot the mortal n Dd fo b S. S Straightening he lifted bit bit- bitto I 1 t tb In an to salute to then drove It 7 sf 1 n R l lug log 8 and cried i f YO Yo huh huh I This Is a verb verj brave man r I walks through the land with UK us I Y y say ay he be hus hire killed d a man VI with t b 0 hands They rhey say suy hl his hla will he heto awn to many nations that he Ire shall 1 s called l' l call 4 t We waste time Ume There Is w work rk i for the man of the Wolf Find me the white girl whom we found to in this cabin It II Is to the girl I fought for at Will WUI's a creek the one who left Der with us She was frightened frightened fright fright- ened by the fighting and ran away She Slie must mus be brought back bock And your white brothers brother's legs are weak She Is out there In the woods She will wUl be caught by those Buron devils Get her ber and nod bring her back bock If U you caUme brother She must run like a deer to overtake over over- i take toke the They have bave met U und Paw Pow They say soy they lost four men to him alone And he be proudly pulled Bulled a 8 mass of ot hair from his belt belL And there are two dead at the begInning beginning be be- ginning of ot the woods and one one dead outside and on one Inside this cabin The witch-girl witch has gone and has taken the light rifle dropped by the Frenchman declared But she was honest onest enough to leave my good long rifle She I Is My orenda tells teUs me not DOt to travel the same l me path the Onondaga Insisted Then I must g go and my eyes are not sharp like the Wolf mans man's s 's nor ore are areny my ny legs strong And let It tt b be h red ered when you would pass me me a pipe through the camp smoke With a grunt he be ran from Crom the cabin and I endeavored to learn something from the Frenchman Monsieur I am a victim victim- of war But It Is all for France he told me me How Bow many were with you i I asked He smiled through his hili bloody Ups tips and mocked There was another Frenchman with me who I Is worth a hundred red men He Ue will be here soon with some of at his children I pointed Jointed to the dead warrior on the floor and asked Shall I 1 tell my friend to make you talk alk I He Ue gave gae a 8 look and was unable to restrain a 8 shudder Then with n a shrug ot of his shoulders he be said A UA ns can can die even like that I compliment monsieur on his French edged nearer working his gory fingers I waved him back and poke In French for my captives captive's benefit benefit ben ben- saying We will leave It for tor Braddock to tomake tomake make nake hIm talk He Be has many Ire Ire- lr r v- v with his army and und they have curious ways with wayward tongues It will be Interesting monsieur monsieur- fur foi your IroquoIs Let us go to them and ond learn If they can persuade me Confound the fellow I lOne One cannot hold jold a mean grudge against a brave man We will start very soon reload the rifles The Frenchman glanced about the room and muttered There was another here a yo youth lh M dy My children trailed him here after be he killed one of our He made madea a very pretty fight jut we should have lave dug him out If It you men had bod trot fot come called from the door Here Her tomes gomes Round Paw Coming alone And he aint In any uny hurry hound Paw glided Into the cabin and confirmed what my p prisoner had bad said about his red allies being In to o a panic anle The girls girl's trail the east He Lie had bad followed It but a short distance dIstance dis dIs- tance Beauvais als glared at the Onon Onondagas Onondaga's dagas daga's girdle and muttered So that Is why they do not Dot stop their foolish running I l What a pity l I Poor Dupuy In In answer to my ques questioning tinning look he sadly explained Tire The lh brown hair hanging over your d d-d d d I friends friend's hip Until very recently It was worn by my good friend Georges Dupuy You found a dead Frenchman 1 l asked Round Paw He touched the bank hank of ot brown hair BeauvaIs went on He received the Holy duly Eucharist before we the we set out ont He Be told me he should never see fee the Beautiful Beautiful Beau Beau- River again Poor Georges I laughed at him and said It was a sick fancy Cancy Voila I A red savage wears his hair In his belt I held a council ot oi war with my friends g and und we decided to travel over overtire the tire back bacle trail for a few miles and look for Cor signs of the woman I told c he must take the prisoner back buck also a verbal report from me nie me He strongly objected to leaving us but I a compromise was reached by bS his agreeing to conduct the tile prisoner as us asfar asfar far Car us as the road road builders camp where I a guard guald could take him hn hack buck k to head head- quarters Beauvais volunteered the Information Information tion that his r red d force was composed of or and und that he bad had bad had In In Inducing them to scout so far tur from the fort Round t und Paw law did nut not like my plan und and nd Insisted we should be picking off more of ot the enemy while tear fear was gripping them and while they bad had no 00 French leaders leader But I 1 was teas suspecting U 22 kt n tt n n U t 1 SaY his sincerity In sear searching for tor the Din Din- wold girL The Idea was WOI fixed In his pagan mind that she pos possessed the evil powers of all sorts of monstrous beings and beings h and and It was very possible he had not looked for her beyond beyond be be- yond rondo the edge of the forest So we set forth and traveled until J sundown After the first mile the Frenchman gave his parole not to attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to escape until 1 I had turned bl him over over to care and andI I released his arms and we fared pleasantly That night l I drilled Cro Cro- mit on the few points I desired him t to report report- and made him Im repeat It U until he had It straight enough Especially did I l warn against the proposed road rood over Wills Will's mountain and urged that the valley road be followed In the morning we cooked squirrels and turkey turkey turkey tur tur- key and Beauvais' Beauvais ate heartily When I came to tie his bands hIs bis spirits fell felland felland felland and he be offered 1 will renew my parole monsieur until monsieur of the Terrible Hands Bunds has delivered me Into the cu custody tody of somebody else I 1 gla gladly ly accepted It and explained to the man had bad passed hl his word not to att attempt escape until turned over to tt the road Cro Cro- was Inclined to be Incredulous and Insisted he ire would tie the fellow up at night 1 explained this condition to BeauvaIs who made a wry face tace but submitted with what good he be could uld muster We separated with a courteous exchange of compliments then the Onondaga and I once more turned back toward Fort Duquesne The girls girl's trail was easy easy to follow when we left the cabin and for a 8 fourth of a mile Round Paw ow had called my attention to slight signs Once she had bad entered the forest she had regained regained regaIned re re- gained her wood-sense wood and Bod bad had concealed concealed con conk I her trail troll with consummate cunning cunning cun ning which meant some deep purpose I bad had not suspected However It was waa too late to look for her now for Braddocks Braddocks Braddock's Braddocks Brad Brad- docks dock's business could not walt wait We found three hoops handing banding on a abush abush abush bush and I II dared not lo look k at them closely until the Onondaga pronounced the hair In each to be that of a white man From what I learned later I 1 believe belle these to be scalps taken from Chapmans Chapman's B road We skirted l the opening where we had bad rescued the girl and crossed Castel Castelman's mans man's river which was not more than ankle deep and soon entered upon higL and ver very wet gla guides glades es Our plan was to scout to the Great crossing of the You that day a distance of seventeen miles This section of the country was excellent for f surprise attacks and skirmishes I 1 feared that once the army had bad advanced advanced ad ad- this far It would be surrounded day and night by a cloud of Invisible foes That night we made the Great crossIn crossing cross- cross In In ing and c camped on the west west bank CHAPTER CHARrER V Wampum The rain was beating down on our hiding place when we awoke In the morning Once we were soaked to the skin we accepted the weather I philosophically even welcomed It for forIt forIt forIt It reduced the danger of being surprised surprised surprised sur sur- by the enemy's Indians We traveled slowly and cautiously as our field of vision was limited and blurred by the storm and there was danger of stumbling upon some Huron or Ottawa camp With our rifles and ond Onon Onondagas Onondaga's agas aga's string bow-string carefully protected pro pro- protected from the dampness we spent a aday aday aday day In covering a few miles The Onondaga was Impatient to make a swift march of It but but- my plans demanded demanded de de- de that U we should not only arrive arrive ar ar- ar rive at Duquesne but arrive arrhe untouched by suspicion During our second night In hiding 1 I perfected my scheme for entering the fort unquestioned 1 proposed to enter S 'S town In the role of ofa a Frenchman Her ler devotion de tb to the English was well known therefore my presence would not be welcomed by her but her ber aversion would all nil the better establish my status among any fort Indians who might be there for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of seducing her Dela wares From town 1 l would mul make e for tor Duquesne This line o of procedure procedure procedure pro pro- made It Imperative that we should not Dot be chased by any enemy s scouting party Into the Delaware village vil vII lage We were following the river and aiming to make Stewarts Stewart's cros crossing lug eight miles t from om the hll hills s. s Half the distance had been covered when our advance was halted by the crash crosb of ofa ofa ofa a smooth bore at nt one side The heavy beavy ball cut a small branch several feet overhead I 1 glimpsed a bronzed figure and fired We iVe advanced warily and und 1 i was was' chag chagrined ne to find I bad had missed for tor there was vas no trace of ot the Indian and no blood marks TO BE CONTINUED tU n |