Show n Th e R Rd e d R Rd oa d 5 A k s 's Defeat i CHAPTER IX Continued IX-Continued Continued 25 25 t Of one thin thing I was positive and J 1 hold bold to that opinion today General x Braddock was convinced that whatever what what- ever er he bc won mu must t be achieved ed by hl his personal efforts I 1 did talk with Mr Shirley the commanders commander's secretary who Rho said be he would make a 8 verbal report report re port port of what J 1 had learned while In Duquesne Whether he ever er did sub sul wit the Information I brI brought ht I can cank cannot k not say ay but I believe belle that he did he te ter r- r cause of his fear that the campaign o ot t was being mismanaged I can cun easily Imagine Braddock listening to my toy Im Information un and rind giving 1 It only ih a n passing consideration or else IgnorIng t S Ing in It entirely entirety That nigh the army r.- r. camped at nt nu Hush h creek creel where ady once hud had a 8 village yI We were wen new within three easy marches of Duquesne even en though th tint the army arm moved mo sl sluggishly and I could conic not perceive any reason wh why we should Ja i not attain our objective After all I tn told Gi Gist Girt t and CromiL sickness and death deuth was ever the price paid when a 8 large body of men noire more or less stran strangers I T gers gels to tb their lr en environment pass through fJ u a virgin country I 1 took husk It for grunted ranted that on every level battlefield of ot Eu Europe rope sickness stalked every ery army had not lIot much touch t to say t be because cause of the bias furnished by hl hit his dream Gist spoke guardedly l and und aid t-ald n that while some phases of ot the campaign cam cum were not to his liking still we ought aught to take the fort now we were wen committed to the Turtle creek course While we were talking Sir John St t lair Clair and ond several officers ca' ca chine cane came ne along and anci SL St Clair lair coiled celled out to us You loo men must know now thi this country You lull will come clime along with wilh us to re re- We fell In tn behind theta them and were wert J soon de descending the steep sleep hank I that hat f is characteristic of the a 8 country's streams Nor Noi was the opposite bank banh any store more hl Inviting St St. Clair studied the hunk thoughtfully thoughtfully thought fully for foi a u minute and tW said to his officers Tills This Is very bud The army hue has r lost fost heat heart because e of If rough travel l. II If the country h bei CI ir d J is as bad oad a u as tints this U It will still about l finish any spirit that's left th tine tiner It will be he impossible to take artillery and wagons buy any further farther than thanh h r this bank back Sir John olm we spend lend much time preparing both banks said one of If the engineers That is very ery plain muttered ed SL St Clair And that's the devil of It If If you yuu can cnn get et Y your 11 1 guns gUlls and anil wagons acro across I 1 can au soon take you foa to fo toa a ridge that leads to Duquesne spoke up Gist GIsL Once you are on un the ridge yo you wont won't have lIa much trouble and und you'll find the country open and nd fitted for ambuscades or surprise at ut tacks As he was serving as guide to tu General Gen er eral l Braddock and was WIlS well known In colonial affairs his words were Ii listened lie lis to St. St Clair suggested ug ested he be tr try to find a u more mure favorable crossing UtI He Ut- I told them there was not much choice e as ns the banks continued much the Slime same but he did lead them to where the UI ap up approach to the tine creek was less difficult mid and pointed out a thinly timbered ele etc elevation as ns being the r ridge i The chief en engineering problem l wa was to fI cross crus the creek and und ascend the op lip opposite bank One young lieutenant said old If It he could have e the use of If a 8 hundred soldiers he could ease the wagons and guns down one oUt slope and haul them up the other oilier by mean of lj the the long cables carried by the army Another who ho had charge ot at the theIX ax IX menu men guaranteed readily to make muke run runways runways ways of lo logs s arid t thereby greatly fa t I e ex pt the pa passage suge of 01 the guns and lilli wagon train called on un me to I repeat repeal plat what i t already had told Mr Shirley I If Ir the army would cr cross s the creek tad strike st might for Duquesne it mind could o IJ lei not be he attacked with any da degree gree of fit success even if It the Indians could II hN induced to attack at ot all ull I 1 quoted Captain to that effect A At As I t they d did lJ not Dot cut me short I arl added rill foi good pleasure measure that there would lits lit IK- I s great IlU t danger n at t hut both Ii b crossings ot nl the line and aud that It would II hf he practically impossible to avoid R un urn II am urn ambuscade In that tint Beaujeu Beauleu already hid had SI planned to plant an Hn along the river roadS road 1 S' S Sir John seemed scented to tu be un to pressed by pay s murli touch more inure so than thun he would ha have t been hien n had bud I Imade 1 made a 8 similar talk ut ant Alexandria or fir firo orWill's t o Wills Will's creek When we returned rued to tel s. the catnip camp IlIP we fully CullS full believer believed d the river mor morrows morrow's d cl rows row's march would remove C u us from u all HII r jt fear ur 1 of 01 UI u a Tile The i ne con can among HUlling tile ers er all pointers 1 a to tills this wise maneuver urn nail our nui spirits f greatly Improved After Sir John had talked wilt Braddock HI Glat wu was was- seas seni fur remit find tind I 1 left lEtl Hound I V PH holding u a pow IW with fine Hie few 1 while w we w.- went wi-nt Hi II find the girl Wagoner Ib Morgan b was Bras t one ol ut the lie HIM 1 1 ton meters to arrive arrhe despite d rill thi- I sad condition of If hi his hi hoi IWI ses cs He lit In Iu Informed former formed u us that our little Hide friend r wu was it sharing a kettle with own tun s sy wives We IVe soon soot located her SIP She hi Inua hai i imade y icy made l her tier SQ known to I Hie he women n but hili mill till wore her masculine curb which I r VMS wm as very ry of ot her bet I tuck took lei hei for rill a U little talk tulle linn hand at apt om-e om oh nh server served the sloe was Willi In u It r mind I Iii u tar furl 1 she d rued to he nitre more t ii hen u-hen we wore wi ie tight log Ing rill fat out outlives u lives tn In tilt the I Ur t tl I I oi on to d to w ti clif-ti list Let un Uli bud and I out our I A B By Hugh Bligh h Pende ter by bJ Irwin Myers l Copyright by Hu Hugh h how thankful we should he for Cor out our deliverance from s savages sa That was the frying site she Sl sighed h d. d I 1 tell tel you OU I feel hud hind luck mister They'll Jump lump cn en U us us' when we P puss pass IS through the thick woods Them soldiers dont don't know v any more mor about than as os If they wu was was- wasso so many cows You shouldn't say suy such things S You'll Youl take the heart henri out our of the men If th they y hear your you I 1 i aint a H fool even e It If I 1 COllie come from frum a s family of witches she un angrily ril re re- t Im 01 talking to you YUli nn not to the soldiers Then wll with h Instant repentance repentance re reo I 1 didn't go for to speak to tu you like this ml mister ter But these women women here 11 are re scared And yet t et t a nil all II they talk about 1 is the silks and tine clothes they'll have when ice we we march unto into Duquesne ne You'll come and Iii talk t Ik again with r me rite le tl mi mister ter Youve You've dune done so much for me we Ill iII tu talk Ik wi with th you yon yone Ive I've e done clonE ninth noth Ing Youre You're hitching the cart uhe ahead d ot of the rhe hor horse e. e If If not for far you yon I never ne could have hn left the Duquesne stock stock- ade ude 1 tell you yon It was the Injun wino who done all that After After you ion 1 0 hull hand told Wid him ot of my lI y dun dan soi II t anti and had planned for us to tu settle scale the tile gate water and annul lin I you waiting with H II canoe Ill I'll see you tomorrow and the next nest day and und on the third day clay Ill I'll II see that thit you yon get et some of the theline theline theline line cloth cloth It If the FreUh h dont don't burn hurn ever everything before leI ln leaving the fort torL J 1 feel had bad lucK but hut ll 11 hope for tor forthe forthe the best st she muttered And dont don't go 0 Int into II dall danger er The Tine last lust wa was vas so sn incongruous J after what we had be been n. n ough h h hand mini and In view of the part I t play pay tin nN scout that I Roughed laughed and even tn she sine smiled albeit a 11 hit hll wistfully She hc gave e a ue ate her hei small hi ml arid arid e eyed pd me with strange e steadiness then disconcerted ue sue by hy gravely nl el sI saying Thele aint no shroud around wound you yuu v vet t Im I'm thinking you'll live lI through It came lame up in time rime to hear Incur the tine thelast last ast and und anxiously ly Inquired What about ul me roe missy His Its mouth mouth- was wa smiling but Inn his laic eyes eye were uneasy Ice hesitated then the told him An Anyone one you come to grips to-grips grips with will die flip j With this she abruptly left lefi us ois and ousted herself at the tile tire We went to where the tine i rangers angers were camping and and looked for tor Colonel ol nel Wash WashIngton Ington but hut he be had hind That not not yet reported to ro Braddock ock I 1 did meet Captain Busby Bus Irus by however Ile He had lost much touch of hIs stoutness and was seas as lean and hard hardas as 89 a hound Webster Brond Br by all nil that's quaint 1 he cried cried- on recognizing mt me A And Anil 11 this time Untie he be was eager to clasp my hand hund Ive I looked for you ou all along this cursed march and through tJ oil nil the cursed days weve we've emu r led anti and fiddled away the time Lord I but Ian Im gln glad the Alexandria folks cant can't see what a 8 rough looking lough-looking lot we ore are Where have ha you ou been heen and what do you I think thick well we'll do next 1 I explained and he declared my Duquesne Du Duquesne Duquesne quesne trip displayed ed damned rare I told him hits the wura t of the campaign was over lI and that W we would he be free from Indian attacks after utter w we the had Clo crossed ed the creek and to to the ridge A 1 fight tight would be welcome tie tae testily I replied Its this d d lI-d d crawlIng crawl lug lag along alone like Bice a 11 worm on a as leaf that rak rakes s the gimp nut out of ot the men uteri If you'd stayed HII e with us from the time tithe we quit Wills Will's creek cleek you'd understand how trifles trines can um eat tie file h mean heart arl out ol of of H n mm moan Wood ticks unno mm more e people thus thun tigers do elo Really we ol ot the have ha given ln I U up I our lu lug luji luggage gage sige ag ii nil nut until II we we scarcely have hun haveIt It It'll except what we have hove on onI I hope therell there'll rell be he some stunt lean ileum linen al lit I tie If three there tl re Isn't Ill I'll never ne foi forgive give e t the lie French I suppose the folks hull bark home are thinking tonight were we're ii In lIe I TIIt There re reVa Va was wags no nil hack back home tI fur fill me one no nn folks to III learn how I had fared arid antI I had hod nothing to tu say II He lie tau run on min Ive I sent seat word to 0 Josephine by every t express s Lip probably she he hasn't t received ed sue one out of U live five e of my lilY let letters I told talc tier I 1 hadn't sec seep u you ou So Soni 1111 ni dont don't expect well we'll be hl attacked b bv by th tilt tine ter red d devils Ile on our way to th the fort 1 03 Not If It we follow tollow the ridge road rond Yes If we follow the river road Then Im I'm glad Its It's th the the rI ridge ge Ke Ile member Web how we used to tin play pluS at fighting Indians and und always planned to run Into an fin ambuscade and make it u svery very narrow escape Lord that hat seem seema seems seeing a million years ago We IVe didn't want any open ridge marching in is those days duys Nothing but hut bloody fighting In the shrubbery at ot the foot of the Carlyle gardens And how we wc used to rescue fair maidens 1 I How Row Toe Joe would squeal she he nis w was is that hut nervous and how cool und and collected the Haze girls alwo always s 's were l I Joe was more inure fun she fun she felther felt fell her lIer part fIrt more Web our hearts were e higher hither then than now Time rime Inns has made edwards of us us-of us of me anyway An who would have ha hell believed ed that thai we would be here to together ether like this on the shore of the d d d-d d creek treek 1 I Thank God Gild that Joe Isn't here to he be rescued rescued res res- cued rued I Amen Alden A men to that l I AntI And 1 I wished and wished that lint the witch-girl witch was wu's us as safe as Josephine of 01 old AI Alexandria He urged me to share hare mess mss with tutu him un and several others oWer's from the home hometown hometown town towo but hut I was uneas uneasy and preferred to take a 8 piece of of meat from the r rangers' rangers fire and und to prowl deep depp In the v woods for fresh signs until the dark darkness darkness ness drove me the In When the drums beat the long march on the morning of of the seventh se I 1 turned out to as assist In In getting the the wagons across the creek But what was vas my amazement to learn that the course cOUlse had been changed during the nights night's council and und that St SL Clair hall had finally decided It would be best tIll foi the army to swing clear of the rug rugged cd country entirely ane and to march direct for the tine Monongahela This Tints would necessitate crossing at ata ata ata a point paint where the river bends to the north and ond after otter marching across ucross the bend hend to Just lust below the tile mouth h hof of Turtle creek This shift in plans plan was due clue to the excellent fords and und their gently gentl sloping hunks banks There would be he no difficulty In crossing the guns gun timid and wagons Destiny Wll was tak tal It log hg g the girl Irl and me mice back to toi he aloe i Frazier cabin co hin I hunted up the ga and ond found him nira freshly painted for fur war vUI and und soft softly reminding his orenda thai that he wits was a aman aman man of the Wolf clan After finishing Ifs his 11 chanting he lie cried out oUI to to tomae me mae Yo hah I They say suy some sonic very velY brat hru men Ulen will die before two o mor more more sleeps sleep white brother They say Bay it Is not nol good for foi men to to 1 gr grow w old until they tle find all nil meat tough The Tae French will die rIle If 11 they tight fight t I agreed d. d They say soy the French Freuh will not die alone It will be a ver very strong tight light There will be tie 00 no tight fight unless Beauleu Beau Beau- leu eu can drive e his hits Indians Into making a surprise attack There will be a 8 fight light he lie gravely l lIl Il assured me Many axes will wall be covered cov covered ered Ired with new De paint blood Th They cay ay the English from o over or r the stinking water do not know how to fight tight The have hu told you sou that final They talk like hike old uld wOOlen women A wolf howled In the nl night ht to tu tin Ulf Wolf Wulf man he The talk of our nephews the I ent goe Ol by hy Hound rats Paws Paw's s ears eurs without enter entering ing jug Let the witch woman witch change her herself herself herself self into a 0 bird and und fly lI away away Let my red brother k keep that talk tulL shut up in his hug bag I warned secret secretly I I ly alarmed by hy his reference to tl the tile 1 Din ln in wold lIld girl For should there he u tt tight fight I wit with h the fort flirt Indians I f rell feared red she ht I would |