Show The Red Boad oad oadA J A Romance RAI ACI 01 f n e fo SYNOPSIS ImpoverIshed by the bythe the open pen sIty of ills his Is father Virginia Virglnia g gentleman ai youn oun Webster Brond Brand f. f ge serving as a scout and spy for tor forthe t JL Is army nay under General Braddock tM the advance nd Fo Fort Fort ir Iring for tor the on t tHe rr He has Just dust returned to lo visit to the Pre Alexandria andrla from a A V Where posing ns as a French French- tor fort t valuable in- in n he has bas secured n roB ma atlon Braddock bred to Eu Sn tor an warfare falls fails to realize the importance Importance of the tho news CHAPTER I Continued I-Continued 3 Morris further her moll mollified Governor Go the tie Irascible commander by saying suying l Ui will send George Croghan a letter let tet- ter directing to start belts to r Jh boa J Jake Iske tribes He stands next to Wll WU lIam Ham Johnson In comprehending Indian In alga dian nature and Influence over them If any man Dnn can cnn bring In the Dela wares Ares the Shawnees Miami and the Plan Plan- It Is Croghan When I 1 last talked with Mr Wash Washington ington he be informed me there were three hundred IroquoIs who left the Ohio last winter and who are art now ready to march with us us said nr Braddock Brad Brad- d. d dock his bis face losing some of Its dour I I glanced at Governor Morris and fancied I 1 detected symptoms of ot un e easiness He Be knew what I was think- think lag and while he much disliked at that time to dash any of hopes lopes he announced II i regret sir that the Iroquois you mention are no longer under our con con- rol Pennsylvania fed them from the latter alter part of last year until this pring My last advice from Phila Phila- Philadelphia Philadelphia delphia Is that the assembly has voted to 0 go to no further expense In their behalf and that the Indians have ave re- re turned to the French It was disheartening news for tor the leader eader to hear I do not know that I 1 would have Imparted It had Governor Morris kept silent And yet It would have ha ate been deadly wrong to hn have ve blinded the general to the truth of ot othe the he situation I could have bave told him It II t was too late Inte to send belts to the lake tribes but as that was my belIet belief belef be- be lef lIet and not an established fact my conscience permitted me to keep my mouth shut After all sir soothed Mr FrankIn Frank Frank- In Ile Fort Duquesne will fall to General Genral Gen Gen- ral eral Braddocks Braddock's veterans and not because because because be be- cause of the wavering allegiance of ot he the natives The tribes are with us today oday and accept presents from France ranee tomorrow And on another day lay they will come back to us The truth ruth of the matter Is Is sir the Indians favor fator neither English nor French and could heartily rejoice If the two races would cut each others other's throats until sot not a white man ronn was left left leftIn In North America This speech made an nn Impression and id Braddock agreed Aye Theres There's sound sense In that We iFe e must depend upon the army array Thank God the Guards have never failed England and his majesty I lI 1 l I 1 will frill say now that there were but 1110 men In all the colonies of whom General Braddock rip ap- pro young ed-young Mr Washington whom had bad known In tn happier days and Mr AIr franklin Mr Washington de despite to Us youth youth twenty twenty three y years ears of age ugE had bad bad been requested to serve ser on Braddocks Braddock's staff He was very bold la fa opposing Ing the generals general's plans when to be perceived they were based on learned on tie the battlefields ot of rope Europe but not at all nil suited to fo our or till lid d forests and mountains Mr l was a B magician at exp dl tints and without any show of bl bluster blus- blus s- s ter ler could blaze a trail around what whai appeared to he be Impassable obstacles General Braddock remembered 1 Iras j as s stI n the room and said some some some- j thing ing to to to Governor De Lancey Lamey Ills His j tt n asked l ed me I Do D Do y you YOn u believe 1 you could visit Du again and pass yourself off nil B BI as 1 I I t J l believe that I 1 could a and aad ld said so Ikea en his excellency proceeded to to r S me rae closely cl sely Y a as ns s to the n physical of the fort Stepping g to toI I the e table and anel u using Ing my lager finger and a W I of l I spilled wine I Indicated d the fhe i l and was marking oui out the he 3 a ho foot stockade on the riverside then ai t the general curtly tartly Interrupted we e l a R e e a understand enough of ot tint that t shall nall learn all nil the details e h have cave s 1 n are taken over the fort tort You qi I 0 o Ib i Proceed to the tort fort aud nud I learn l If Ife e trench French h have e received any rein reind d ait UI otter cements er ments than As you yoa will travel vel mu much h 11 re the army you OU are ore to se se- Id Is Cn g the e p pd roan pro while d a traveling to and from theDe the Irk De dismiss ed me with a n flirt of his hb hi yr y tl and I id td d C p oV ern r nor Ig ls to b fall Morris motioned for tor me v Cn lne w him hirn down the hall and cx a J I was Vas to wait waft while he wrote ra raid than aa alter r I J le Je for r me to give to o George firo Cro rn red smiled wearily and mur er Wed Wed- yea gut I I. I None o och nf ch chi Hy lacy i l Ie s 8 ot of u uchi s will ni rest easy casy until We the Weer theer er ier loan under way Its It s to too bad lad ad We take k g t Mr M lr WashIngton Isn't here herc to tolis Ings 8 its ls lis 4 BU nut Rut l clear to the general Beneral c cr itA you have Evans' Evans map d. d aye e t ry We a have the map grumbled ad nd 1 fora t a are re station with station with 1 h a feel free tree to talk but there 8 som thia g chilling and repelling By y Hugh ode by Irwin Myers Copyright by Hugh Service UI Pa r r- i t about General Braddock I almost belr ed he ded would blame the bearer of b bad a neWS II It was ns h II llis I is s firm comIC M tf flan tion that Hint I Int the best of our riflemen WEre WE're were m much In Inferior ro to to ti his drill sergeants drill lie Ile Ie dl did rJ not 1101 seem to comprehend n the different difference ere te e between fighting In our gloomy gloom forests and on a n level le open field Held In Flanders His contempt on tempt far tOI our riflemen wa was complete i Tell him they hey could whip t the Ie French Fren h and outwit the Indians and he would sneer at them b because i ir r l ll J JI 1 I l i 4 A J 1 N Nt t t ti i 1 My White Brother Has Come From From the H me of His Father F Father thet they hey were una unable hIe to go through their drill Hyde Park ark dexterity In the manual of arms w weighed more more with him than the keenest knowledge of offo fo forest est lore I 1 was peopling the broad stair aj with beautiful women from my boyhood's boy boy- hoods hood's recollections and was again oguin admiring their Imported brocades and velvets and marveling at nt their fashIons fash- fash tons Ions ons In hair dressing when his excellency excel lency ency finished his letter and an nn announced pounced Here It Is Is Mr Brond Broad See that It gets to Mr Croghan either by your our own hand und or by some trusty messen messen- ger Be ne careful while at nt Duquesne ne We Ve move a bit lamely now but hut It'll be the devils devil's ow own own stew for the French Trench once we get the pot to boll boil Ing ng Good luck on your travels els and brIng back your Jour own hair e e eI 1 I preferred the river bank to the crowded tavern ta as ns sleeping place that night My business from Braddock gave me Immunity from any annoyance annoy ance ante by the civil chU authorities und and there were homes of ot old alit frier friends ds s f l h would have hive open opened d to me had i I made made myself known I 1 had thought to make lily rny camp cump In the neglected garden ol ot the he Brond Brand hou house hut but t the e ghosts were too many and I J got ot no farther than the gate Early Ea astir I ate at nt a stall market on the s square near the Horse market The place was lively with the rolling roiling of ot drums and the clumping of ot heavy brogans as the regulars with wonderful wonder Cui ful precision swung Into various various- for for- The march to Frederick Maryland L was about to begin As there was no road from frum that town to Wills Will's creek Colonel Dunbar would have ha to cross the the Potomac at the mouth of tine the th Con Conococheague and ami take the Winches Winchester hester hes- hes ter road My J business s was finished In Alex Alex- andrla nu and trailing lilY my lung long rille 1 passe passed once mice more afore by the house e of ot the open hand und and started north CI Clear al alof of the town I I stopped on un a slight eminence emi emi- nence an and looked back buck and watched tile the cloud of dust redden In the sun un JI light It 11 hung low and settled on the thenie nie meadows und and robbed ro f the he fin tIlt first t granof grass grass- of its rich sheen I caught the rile strain of th the Grenadiers MardI March and II mj heart beat bent ta fast at the brave rolling of ot the drums At last the march on Fort Duquesne Duques Duques- ne had commenced and we were off oft to hn have It It t put Autt with the Frenchmen And sickening of ot the dust I picked d dup up my rifle struck through a n noble grove grO of oaks and started to find and my mv friend the tle o g Round Pit Paw law w ot of the Wolf clan CHAPTER II I Der Hex After Arter pus passing through the tile Blue ridge Bridge I felt as ns' ns If If my visit to Alexandria Alexan thin dria had taken place In a dream No Ne place Ince here for gay gny coats and ruined ruffled shirts and silken hose and andl what mo mockery kery would the undergrowth make of my di exquisite nt attire lre I l IA lA A buzzard q quartered il ire sKy s sKy tty and nd 1 I knew there would he many of them before long following the army I Round Paw of the Wolf clan barely bare bare- ly Iy glanced up as ns I J stood beside his small Ore fire and yet he bad discovered red me me coming or else he would not have been seated with his scarlet blanket covering him from head bend to foot I dropped on the ground and laid aside my rifle riOe He Ile filled Oiled and lighted his pipe and passed passed- It it If through the blue smoke After After a f few whiffs I I 1 returned returned It Finally be he remarked My white brother has hns come from the home of his father My father Is a ghost There Is no home home for me In Alexandria My fathers fathers father's fa ta ther's house belongs to another Be He was silent for tor a few tew minutes then asked You carry corry belts for Onas The governor of Pennsylvania III I 1 carry a talking paper to George Croghan I l told him tapping the breast of ot my hunting shirt The big chief from over the stinking water wafer has asked me to get men with long rifles for his army And I have said saidI I would go to Duquesne again Does t the e man of of the Wolf go with me He Ue rose I and nd allowed his blanket to drop down on his loins During my absence he had repainted white the paw on his chest the totem mark of his clan and he was oiled for war I 1 I knew mew he tuns' tuns eager to he deep In the forests beyond the Alleghenies and was even cven nOw now ready to start Although Although Al At though tired leg I did not unpack my ray blankets but signified n my re readiness Jn s sto to travel He produced some smoked meat and parched corn for me to eat ent and after I had bad finished he made up his travel bundle and we were off As I walked behind him as much of ot an on Indian In appearance as ns he If not nut for my disheveled hair 1 I described the gallant appearance of the army as asIt asIt asIt It marched out of Alexandria Ills His only comment was Big noise The Eng Eng Englishmen Il cannot cannot shoot with drums 1 answered that the soldiers would have no chance to use their guns because because because be be- cause of ot the weak condition of ot the fort and garrison carrlson A year earlier when Mr Washington marched out of ot Fort Necessity the situation might have been different Then Duquesne wn was garrisoned by close to a n thousand men t under tinder the command of veterans Twelve months had bad seen reen a d change In conditions The portage at Niagara laid hud slowed slower up the arrival of stores from Canada The Tile horses expected from Isle had hud not been heen delivered ered The garrison had been heen weakened weakened weak weak- ened by the sending hack back of ot troops to Canada Those bringing gangling supplies from Can Cnn Canada Canada ada arrived attired In rich velvets and genial from frolD rare wines vines but hut with their sacks sacks- empty Waste and confusion had bad blighted the tine One spirit of Duquesnes Duquesne's Du Du- quesne's defenders I had learned this much from Captain Beaujeu who hn had readily accepted me as a loyal French French- man Paw luw was never a n gossip We hud had traveled tog together for two years years' and there therm had been many days when he barely barel spoke We IVe first met on onI I Lithe Lake ille Eries Erie's southern shore when a apack apack apack pack of l n and 1 a few tew Frenchmen were giving me rue a hard run rUD and on un the point JoInt ol ot catching me DIe It wat was war t Paws Paw's fierce war cry the terrible ter ter- rl rIle defiance of the tile Onondagas and his deadly arrows that lint hurl hail caused my pursuers to o slow up the cha chase a. a fearing fear fear- ing lug an un ambuscade calle TO ToE BE E CONTINUED D. 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