Show A J jH i sice U 1 i of SYNOPSIS SYNOPSES r t by the open open handed hande o ot Of his hI father r Virginia IDeros Webster Brond Brand young f an as as a scout and spy sPY- for tot I Beryl I Iu u under der General Braddock arm 7 je III the advance on Fort FortHe for rl Ii He has Just r returned turned to pu from a visit to th Alex posinG as a French French- fort where bere secured valuable In- In e has oratIO p CHAPTER I Continued I-Continued 2 Into the tue taproom I for sorted ed my way and made bold fat tte Royal George ml ul a question to a young sub sub- il He Lie eyed eed me haughtily and anda a III to tov ad admire le my t legging 4 fringe d shirt shirt t the nearest st bEt be nad nai oa Indian life and In a I low w l his dignity SO not to destroy Had I 1 to babble questions reeD Iea D wild Indians B Bad d l I killed I i Was Want true The trie savages cooked I ite al their h I P prisoners o At t Last tas I his bis greediness and finally I ii what I had desired desired- fenor Dinwiddle Dinwiddie had bad returned i tb th Maryland shore r and andi w. w was 5 at Larl Carlyle le house bouse together wl b of cl the co council The They w were re hold- hold the last conference tie the 1 marched the Hoyal Royal G George orge I 1 h hato ha- ha to 10 conclude my bUsiness The ring a. a BaU pI p at ared 1 by by- time 1 r reached th the Garlyle bouse house tb the res of Qt the the escort C t we were were- e. e ered under the double row of tardy bardy poplars and I 1 knew the dl was was 1 fa r session with the house In In- ta llis acquainted J find Ind t and ld changed h nope hope I my wy absence Mr Air Carlyle a gracious i 9 kindly rp n Ja Jad per per- pet S d it It and aid make mak makeI mahI I ture I In some spine of pur O 1 t PD a dan fr front J out df d o t rf i r d An among n tie the J e. e he 5 qu t s 's and was severely se 1 9 ine advanced toward the dark do doOr r H Quickly found a bayonet t KJ my approach with the sentinel sen ding ilag for me to halt Big Bis side side- dance at my rifle was ill ill IJ-favo IJ ep rIDged fringed shirt and leggings leggin s did not notI l I with his bs approval al have bare news for his excellency ir mor JL L. L told him i f 1 r s is General lt head bead ers rs Go j back to to to the the road you you rat a-rat he be commanded bare tre ve news for General Brad I I persisted advanced ced the bayonet and r red rd d lager aeger I 1 leaped ba back k to to escape I I pricked lie ile came on n as I re an and aDd In this humiliating man mun 0 las ims I Jas being driven from the por P h and aDd It Its massive carved frame framE- P I familiar voice asked asked an B The sentinel stared staVed over oyer m m. der w sullenly but still kept hl his tI I at my tny breast tot M nt turning my head I ex ex- La am Webster Brond Mr Carlyle e news Dews for tor the council If It I am tte to gt give ve It ft Carlle stepped r forward and I La the soldier know Ww this young man lie Is l f our cr citi citizens and he be comes from t country country- The council councilL L lab iJ to hear what he has to say I there r 1 oat knew his orders orders- a good gooe soldier soldier and r- r and J t In an Inch u until til rI or hi had bad t Passed on my J out and a ser er r 8 c 1 e pe are d on the scene scene and Mr I- I n rep eat ed Us his Is Indorsement 01 ol he c e it ordered the tile se senti u ck to o his ls U at post and told us we Wf- t I Ll Ii liberty to fo proceed tl d I wa was S carried Carrie insIde and after atter I utes t during I he heard o rie 6 1 OJ 01 glasses glasses' and the Ving of Ofa lOI r and a toast nn an officer open opened d 11 I haa motioned for me to en LIt r expected Mr Carlyle to toe 1 We me e but be he I 21 10 was not In the a invitation e Be gave mv me f ao s 3 ii ou our a nod hod Into an the passed si di disis I e arden gurden COnductor Inside mo motioned for me tt It Mt the door and await the the tUre ore of the august commander the t I soldiers In America Braddock of ot k-ot Of Irish descent but U his name Is ls Saxon Saon ak itU Itil It Ms Governor Oln Dinwid- tight gli- gli Ke nC 1 band hanl and Governor Of r New ted h heri York on his left ora around the board were Shirley 5 3 10 In t It cr oT oy Massachusetts Lt MarYland d Dobbs of North in e t s ori-s c Of Pennsylvania lt it e 1 of tIe the table fable were om Corn P I Sir John St St. 1 er general genera and arid a 8 citizen Philadelphia zen I had hafi seen several Benjamin Benjamin- fig fig- laId ald idly idly- a n to tc we me be glance Blance fro from those fac fac- i ce r the door It 11 l I ver possible some m of ot the them u ut t took k r rne me to tobe b be an D l iii or ii iirI half blood for for among amon Ut the forest furest folk tolk rI var I. I f. f was a known lo I n as ns as Black Brond rond and sun hud b sun e arld tann tanned e d my nay skin until until- on first glance I wa was US as much of Ut- Uta a ar red fred d inn nan man n as us Hound Paw of W Wolf 0 If c 1 un my Onondaga friend Air M Mr r. r f Franklin lIn va wa ns war g r G General Braddock a against his his his' I out long dra ClUI II tine line ne b h being e elu a a lak tak-en tak n b by ny Y sur surprise I General B Braddock ra O k did not not relish the the mont ton an and I haughtily i g replied d Ii i The sa savage ge be n a formidable enemy to In your raw raw militia sl sir r but ut on the te Iii Lings kings ng s regiments and disciplined u troops oops It Is Impossible that the they ca camake can make any Impression I thought of at t the e redcoats red and th thIn the discharged s. s lar ed In blind vo volleys U e 8 and wandered f r t tv v gO gOrno rno enne t am t h his nis I s chair and n d scrutinized w in me i sel y smiled slightly and said General Braddock I 1 b eve 1 recognize rec- rec Iz an n AI Alexandrian In the be young w. w I II H I I ij I. 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I f I 1 jf Ten Thousand to Red Savages Say Sav ages R Rumbled d Braddock man man waiting t to tui l report Doubtless be tie brings fresh news Bi turned his heavy gaze on onnie at at What whitt t to tIm him me nie e frowning slightly at Itin rather atrocious Was yas u J Hn au and l l d' d for me to speak I 1 produced a written communication from George Croghan given Iven me by him the night I stopped at his place on in Aughwick ugh wick creek It was addressed toO to Morris Morrl audI andT pl pi placed d It on nn the table His Wa ex ec excellency c ll fl ncy oJ opened it tt and read It aloud It 11 stated that ten thousand given ghen in in presents to the Indians indiana In diana at Wills Will's cre creek k and nd In U their villages vII vil lages Inges would tie ie every savage a In 10 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- s sylvania lv to England provided that the gifts were accompanied by t a b plausible explanation of Engl England's nd's de designs ou on the Western Vestern country Such liberality declared Croghan would see the the Frenchman at scalp ol 01 every In wl wigwams wig wig- beads heads of the Ohio s smoking 1 In or han hanging on p poles In Ten thousand pounds to red sav savages Braddock rumbled General u ages cs I anti and he smashed hi hl his list fist on the rhe table and set tile the glasses to dancing Good G Q-cl Q til I Does Dues the fellow think his gracious gra gra- cious clous majesty can lump dump en less gold Info these colonies The sooner the understand that hat hi his majesty ulI w who u sell sends erid 8 bayonets not pounds to all ull oppose life hrs oi ou this continent the flit will wilt proceed with our bust busl we faster Ten en Ten thousand l js n 1 u l i T I I n iri has nas refused t us wagons al syl the theba evena a 8 roa road mad to tim horses lood and even even- ba hack k settlements I 1 vh sat at ai with on hl II Mr Mr l hands folded bands folded In Its In liI hl his shrewd t Cye n d p nd quietly qU ly ol said J will do herport her ber part General l 1 e that haaL Virginia and ond Maryland were to fur wagons horses borses Pennsylvania vania has inas ns not been Informed tha that wa was waa p te f her r th than o hate n been given ghen rhe ine Jealousies between en tile the colonies colonies' nr ar are unfortunate As for for u r road rond our committee Is surveying lu It Pennsyl firmly believes General that th old me old tra trading path running due west from Philadelphia to Duquesne Is the we road your array y should take It keeps to t higher drier ground and nd crosses no 00 streams of any any size Ize The road rond Via VIr- Insists on Is a portage road We we also niso believe helle the the- theold old trading path would accelerate the movement of supPlies sup sup- Plies piles to your army es especially those from northern colonies We believe It Its It's s an error o not t to have the tion start fro from II and anal pass through b t Penns I where every ery farmer has bas hasa a U wagon but bin J J promise you yn the the-nece ne sary carts CIrr and toek by hy the the tIme I they hey 1 are re wanted i. General Garbed l In snuff colored red Cluth clothes arid I entirely lacking In those t personal t adornments which catch ilease 1 the he eye nevertheless l ss Mr Franklin Jm Jan pressed res d w me u us b 1 man of T r destin destiny sand and JY fy gr great great nt odds he thEt man roan a Jn n the tife ther r room om Kor dId did I l Gen n. n era ern I l. l Braddock In my comparisons J s. s Sit Si- It John t. t Clatt- Clatt i rand ond vowed owed be obtain wagons ind J horses from the German n farmers In Jn the tile back counties should Mr Frank Mr Frunk- Frunk Hn Un tail fall fall r g Sit John Impressed me meas os as A- A f 0 yo o beIng b a man an or c h Jt per di anH 1 J believed he Ioe p would o V nothing e ng I betle better bette thap to tp use nse vod Ord methods In iri collecting whatever the army needed eede t j r t f. f tny lJ pes pot at once bring results then you s 9 1 try your way Sir Sir John John Jonn said Mr Fr But let Iet us us' us see uA see If If th the o oni bas has iny- iny ny- ny more t to to report Ir i t. t 1 t r I rapidly stated I Duquesne e Is Is' tl temporarily under uder r th the command of Captain Beaujeu of ot the tha marines B Be has has under him birn about on one onehundred hundred nd d and fifty a Jess less than han 8 0 hundred bundred- regulars r Lila Bis Indians nimber between six hundred and a thousand but they come anti and g gp Q In In in- a 8 fashion that It its hard hard- to give irve number with wilh any any e o e exactness exactness Be uJ u Is Isk heaping many gifts on th the Iroquois there In the bope hope of drawing the he Long Bous e Into the war on the the- Side of ot of France Prance The Indians ar are nervous and afraid to to tight They have been t tild ld our army army amy will number many If It were not for tor Pontiac leader Deader eader of ot the and nd Captain Jacobs and of oE the es many of the Indians would throw down the hatchet and return to their vl villages J The tort fort cannot stand til d u a siege and nd wIli not nor attempt It Captain Beaujeu fears ears that William J Johnson will succeed suc suc- eed the New York Iroquois Iroquois' even If it h he Is not nOI able to en- en hist th them ro for active service In the Crown Point Pain and Niagara expeditions 7 How Bow Is it that you ou know linow what this BeauJeu thinks thinks harshly In- In General Braddock L tl I explained ined how I 1 bad had passed myself off at the fort forI as a l Canadian forest forest- runner and hots' hots my Onondaga friend had bad been been accepted as a French In In- than The general stored at me sus- sus Sly and demanded d 1 4 who Who voucheS voucheS' for this man talks Fr French and and- fools an officer of at marln marines s Sh G Governor DInwIddle promptly indorsed In ua- me t J The g general dropped his lila bead head and stared nt ot his empty empt glass class As they seemed to be waiting for tor me to continue con can I 1 said It tIt Is commonly believed In Perm Penn syl anla that Carlisle would be vastly better asia asli fro frontier station than thun Will Wills Will's s creek Is more ac accessible to Philadelphia Phila delphia and nd other centers of ot supplies it Is also believed that bad had his ills mo maj majesty's majesty's esty's troops landed at nt Philadelphia lathe la the march to the treads heads of the he Ohio hlO would be shortened by six w weeks and would bave saved sa at casl tort forty thousand thou thou- sand pounds Governor Morris Murris nodded In affirmation tion of this this but the general testily broke In Enough of oX provincial fault Its It's very plain the people of ot Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania v do 10 not care to bear any o of the the I burdens of this campaign Mar Maryland lund and Virginia have bave promised two buu- buu dred and und tifty wagons and ele eleven en hundred hundred hun baa dred beeves and anJI thus far tar have bave delivered ered twenty wenty wagons and nd y t two h bund hundred hun bun The provisions ref received re- re d d dred f ed cd pOor r hors s. s Maryland are worthless worthless- train from ce ec 01 down broken bIl b horses rs s arid ond spoiled II era era- d. d a ra lions I II It t I t I have bave vouched for horses and wagons wagon S. S quietly reminded Mr k Ith fID I TO BE BB CONTINUED J v tk Vt 14 t I |