Show by arthur D howden smith author of POR PORTO TORELLO GOLD etc c U st A ft XIV aw continued 27 muttered tile alie will flora in will leep lia our or r 1 0 ta wanne ars more inore serious than were i faces no signs of but ailcy f much more cauti cautiously oll fly ed our or journeys it we e ively wll that knuts ly alway 4 1 in front ilij three na of tle all put wi we troll either It ller nn of other etien nl signs eeik saw DO 1 I toe 11 little wt v w callic 11 upon hear toward evening we struck aliu he bill little rh fr br till art of 0 the adi which lawanne van ne ars and I 1 arter er marjory night W abed released its i lits returned re turtle I 1 to report not n foot m tile lie 0 wo o lilt ate a little maple f bed corn corked anicat wo we carried in III 1 gome haversacks haver sacks but WR WI it nil it moved 10 for I 1 tile line fine rif 4 to ta will nears ars 0 aks iad vms cling III idail alle g rind wll wit 0 willell lind lilt ahr ele elc ilio itlie forest fo lest now gave place to 1 lr fir 4 whose massive jaden untouched by n ge fly ay iy breath of winter grotesque fief don darted vaguely over tho anil and ai a tile trees and cuned ined in tile distance nil fill owl hoot plen fhe otter bouc lied my a id er did iid you tou hear the owl tie lie mur nur red Us es I 1 back it Is cold for nn all owl to leave his hole e threw back his head and I 1 1 ried led at the fidelity ty of the oo 00 I 1 too lion hoo I 1 blistered list enod ered but there was ana no an r In strud after brief interval howl bowl of a 11 adolf re sounded few yards further farther on the OW owl I 1 ted maln the line hulled halted and alio it beor bior lu III front of liliu whispered wun ii an tie ars willied to speak with will I 1 by him and beveral rs and came to where tile the chief 4 J pee flug or trying to peer into I 1 lure vw vin ething strange about ral ml brother lie ho gald tile war var flold told tile ino that the otter answer ell it et it did not reply anti and then tile thu it yell as of ilenda front from liell shut j illk til mantlo of silence flames led ed through tle firs and lit the aliu in falia lit law discharges and of liea ovin in into inlo our whist I 1 had it fleeting w of hideous drous lil masked 11 burls S between the tree trunks krutil kaep cp your lipariti strong brothers brot liers tile e loii 1011 house shouted tawan ta tit wan its s aliey hey tire art only i stand to it IL le fired is as tic lie I 1 initiated imitated air ineil shot olt off a scattering scatter lii ef then the hie false races faces were ivere enst W us its coming front from nil III sides die S out of the ground dropping a the ie very branches branc lieg overhead over licad and adin their ga je was or war clutis 1 11 dreadful effect CHAPTER XV G ga a h ha at nos noa sacrifice alere re was no time to reload wo we I 1 with vill fix ibid kliffe its aa basi we id ta la aval ne i ne und and I 1 imbt III n of our warriors crowded back batek k rest of our party werf were DIT in twos and throes threes lance ans hopeless tile the 1 of fatso faces seemed tied to care 11 1119 1 for far dralla if only they could 11 down nil fin iroquois INS hi senseless ly by a 0 blow A I 1 partially Artir warded ded with my tom ral when I 1 raine to 10 1 I was vas jylli hanav in front of it 11 hilge tire lire my il were ere und my iny liend licad ached aly that I 1 ft felt sick Is my y brother lit in asked d lie q flita afta ars billed ali d cpr to to find him 1 hylna fi fit t bee I 1 file the belil from froin three ur or four ill cuts freezing on ills his head find and rs I 1 tint HH njal lit fe was treachery he said y LI we ill were coming com lii itald tiley anally ally so that they tillah filsht P tit i alive all flur air warriors vard 11 orsi 1 faltered iti d ills his tand tie ud to the lett left and ring K hett gd gaze I 1 saw sav ahat I 1 WIL 4 be rl stil ait of 11 1 it cof nt UK hill all my illy is would not III tile ie to vol count lit N t all 11 I 1 tit think ink tit wan ne ars ari v litter a moment vive fins arn 1 d four fourteen teel I 1 others llo lie here but not t he tha otter i rho otter suspected 1 suld said ho VIIU au led tile lie alft cult call y be liy replied tit T als 1 to I must warn our broth I 1 say ly nall n gujt ili of jim if the ali kra 1 do do no s they may 10 abey y have nil fill of us ug safe lit in their bell will his warning warnon y 1 to the ho I 1 the title n ani anah jt bilig d i 18 macli KV Bw vollen si ollen broth lid d rolling over io as 1 let 1 et ni iiii UM ar i tunk 0 it with t 1 A sli ilov fell us as A we tin 1113 for lite ily v nil itil in hobt excellent iro quon I 1 trust you vill nurse our val S WIMP y back to t full th ill 1 liv I 1 struggled to n ittle portion loll fur for 1 I lot to to lie ile lit lilt n Ve lilles s feet eft howler however illuce i it ht be at his you jou walked into the spiders lers well td till ho standing betwixt me and middle the firelight which acl ru dIled hlo senfu face A comans womans plou and you loll threw caution to tile winds I 1 boll fool I 1 the letter was n balt I 1 claimed incredulously for i yes VM I 1 fay fig tain you ou 1001 1 baptisto took the hie lettjr to mur mui ray lind murray raaul it t to UK ine it if could not lint flail lia liven hoen contrived more it to suit our anni tw no doubt lint inu I 1 was as easier lit in my iny heart for as that 1 I 1 marjory lind had not known knon tier appeal drouhi civill COUL af ST zt t N IT A af j 14 I 1 r was used as a lure it enabled me filet to n intall a stol elsin of dell ivanor I 1 did not feel fee well veil etwas ind hind h of you ou to intake such haste lip lie avent tiit od oa sneering town down tit nt fit HIP you will be in time mile lor for lie Iv eddIng after nil oil neer benr you iou s b he I 1 permitted to live that long ions wi live have plenty of bucat in tills this bag to supply diversion ilon for our guv sj aies lit in the lie ilo switched ched budde suddenly rily into tle the seneca vernacular are arc you ou all here iroquois dogs lie dc handed demand td arlly curtly all are here french tren cli ni fingrel returned tn ta wan ne nc ars plea pleasantly mantly iu IL jeulle kicked him beep that for foi the torture stake he advised we ve have live lie corpus rind fourteen warriors and yourself that ali lit Is alli all reiterated ta wandle nc urs ie de veulla passed along the line cross questioning vach prisoner to an kicks and fand th leati accod pu ili allent of all toil old the lie saint story bruiy DU do 1 ili he returned to my side and a lit libit st of washed figures froni fron tit alie surrounding blindow jerked its ill to our feet out tit the lira ira und escorted ua its over oer tin till trampled tiam pled broidy blood snow where we lind fought gli 1 l tilt lie gloomy vt tile llie p all wood till aind into if thi irre ular sj eis 4 of ia 1 a vierge du coif boic two niell men stood blood by t till tl rate gate of ft tin ade to kawl revl ux one ne div murray tilt he other was Meurl t le uriar fr till gourrier rier tin un avory tice of 1 de I k lols bols gri tined or of nii my aai a lit lie 1 I xela tined ie alf it menti YOU ire ria ti it slow plow traveler I 1 reared I 1 light be behind you so but I 1 lit in ad adan vIlIM four hours rr aed I 1 it lue live to than thank 14 ou for tho the beaver bribe fur for pelts llie were eie 11 in rel release eUSe 1 ili il will do 10 interjected murray cleard you lou ener er ta wun wall ne P urh of scouts who h wore nore bears pula for ur s for lor the lie birst rt and only i during iino our t un nau miri m iri Is win was surprise fl into hit ii 11 book ok of vI liiri m we c tho wIlt ii 11 was lute lor for bears to t lie he out liy lit admitted murray ol tickled with amusement boulte sc quite so 0 ml jul so yo um I 1 I 1 gmt us ua unco inore masker Orinc ormerod rod i confer 11 its an 11 pleasure Ilic ll I 1 wi L shall hull strive to dinki tile llie ifft of 0 11 sir lr I 1 said auld earnestly ill 1 I I 1 maikis little ittle difference to tile int what Is my illy bilte nto but t 1 0 you liy by whatever r pu un ails mons I Ils to you oil pan oss 4 1 lo 10 0 give omir nil your our plim plan of out MUI baux daux li 11 ter tec alic tilt yuu you elloise for our up mil do 10 tm not it to nw I 1 ie nor do I 1 jun belve AN hat busillet 4 of if miars it lilay bu be to in lite fim sr iiii my daugh daughters lers iiii iange 11 now X ow what lint put it in fit my in licad I 1 know 11 not ot unless it wils uns the fuet fact that lit in tier I 1 our to lite marjory had pok of efm fib clr murray Mur ruy hut but I 1 leaped to tile Ins lalit coli conclusion clu 1011 mat aliat the she was aa not ills his daughter sure sine no n man could have dk deposed posed of ills own tighter di so cold ahe Is not your daughter in tile lie first place pl ice I 1 retorted boldly and lit in tile second place sho lins lias expressed to rne me her ence of alfr ter imir ringe us its yell oi know zooks lie remarked romar lied mildly niter till an of silence its etring language unit you use you uro are a beall strong young inan I 1 muster ormerod Onne iod can it be that you ou have soine boine per pers personal onal onil interest lu in the lie ni matter atter again sonie sonic instinct prompted me ine 1 I 1 have hane I 1 asserted your daughter prefers me lite to the mail you on mould force foice upon her ter and as ft suitor according to your our of the worlds opinion I 1 ain fur far more inore eligible than tills ills linian you tire ire scarcely wise velse to say so to ta ills fuce face and I 1 bes beg leie leave to differ wilh you iou 1 I flud the chevalier Clien ller do veulla beull e a very eligible young ninn annn of runk in ili the world ot of achievement of distinct pro promise nilse for tile fut future tire it if you tou can call a who was not even enen eligible for continued residence at the most g court til lit 1 europe drope I 1 agree with avith you ion tut tut At murray urray your words tire ire not thoe of 0 gentleman sir we ive will abandon the lie subject where do you propose to incarcerate cera te t the ie rals chevalier 1 I would not risk them thein a second time fline irs in the keeping of the savages solid do veulla I let ilet is as try your I leoni there you and I 1 can call have an eye to their security I 1 that Is well veil conceived conc cd Is ehli any news of pet feie q 1 I line stationed it nian ni at tile die river 1 crossing to bring word woid the instant he arches 11 1 I applaud your thoughtfulness till this s continued delay in tile la Is fiD nYIng blaster Uri Orin nerod ered your bour suffer ln B s tore lire upon your own head I 1 looked cabelly for face a as g we niini lied across the yard I 1 inside 11 side the stockade find through the 11 vy timber doors of the house se hut but mile wua not visible our guards examined our bonds carefully listened fastened our ilg s and then left us ua we remained there chwe anys without intercourse anyone cepl except our indian jailers who IV messes Illes Vs of rood food tw twice fee dully ain on tile the fourth day we were 0 pilling entire our micager fure fare of boiled co coin rn when tile lie door was hung flung open violently and the figura of hlach illach robe va n ob lius sly lv un will I 1 ai IY vai ltd Al Is the j orine rodt dellinda dellIn dd lite priest in lrich lr ich alere I 1 ain futher fut lier I 1 stal iding till ns Is AT arll ell as I 1 could Etress ss murray tells nie me billit I 1 you yell hn tl vt ian tier lier le ile asked coldly my 1 dicarl leaped witts with sudden joy that alint Is true fattier father I 1 said A awl boll ou love IMM tier lier As nueh much u A man finity fattier father ile he turned upon murray with lilt a res of decision TO ur un |