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I r JOE b by cano ar T on his hi wa way to es 1 the earlY days of the Biloxi In tM the ot of Louisiana English 11 spy known knorn to Brampton settlers as a. the and a Natches Indian sees aeU bIlO declaration s of war a Indian pot post For hU hi own French the he hastens to DUos 1 to hasten haten l M he 1 OU the newa news to the meets meet t I Brampton I tf as aD u old J friend governor ee Joe 10 who Labrador warn him In- In lien nw mh h na has threatened rampton rea to refu hang hane e eHe him himo artam at ar a back py He Ue falls fall In n with 10 o turn tam on their lutes ulU and Dulle whet to DUos a to ship hip the Maine bringing from I a France At omen tour from protects acts a woman from fromi fromBerg D She tell Berg brutal It i sheets li II Claire rt he tin raid l In Paris Evl- Evl Kiel in a r picked UP well well and and nd educated IS r mystery to Brampton he to I a a man to prevent intervenes n. n to known II as Old ia Six Finer Fin Fin- her to New Or Or- following teens Ci er ere ri Frenchman Francois A Ioan slightly demented b by the has ha heard of of stones tori he i World Intro- Intro New the riches rich of himself Bienville accuses cue ducs duc of treachery but the Brampton from a respite secures litter Natchez Natch revealing the death A by He lie Is I. to to declaration cl r of ot war former watt await athe the arrival of ot a former lon Damon th the For who COlli pan condemn Atm will m ill exonerate or proving has hu documents document proving proving- ro Brampton an p spy py Brampton receives a me message ag- ag from Claire begging him to help hr reach the English settle settle- Brampton trusts Narbonne Nar- Nar bonne with ft a note to Claire p to meet her at New Orleans lIe He plant plans hit his es escape ape Aft r a struggle Brampton pape s from the Incriminating papers from and escapes from li l'- l' l CHAPTER V V Continued Continued 7 7 I dipped Into It and found the thep p parched corn com excellent and the bears bear's fat tat fresh tresh After Afler my hard bard travel It was most palatable I sat down and being beran be- be ran ing eating The rhe quatt on onUs n Us his heels III before tore me an an expression almost at al at- most Indicating amuse amusement ent lighting IH his eyes mark I I ked What hat Is your meaning his cl clan an s 1 He lie stared over my head at the th green gr green branches branches- for fully a n minute then an an an- comes from tram the Pan Pan- tiers You u are the White Indian from Biloxi This ThI startled me ml and put me on on my guard bard although I gave n no bo sign is s I nodded a 0 careless affirmative It v w would uld appear that the news news of my fight had kept up with me You Tots also come from Biloxi I asked lIe He shook his head saying From a hunters hunter's camp north rth of ot Biloxi Two of my brothers live here herewith with the Eaters Bread He pointed In the direction of the village Did you see sec the Fr Frenchman they call the Fox Fat pass your Village tillage on his way 11 j to Biloxi yesterday esterday There There was an almost Imperceptible dicker Bicker In his small eyes and without waiting f for r the proper pause he Immediately immediately Im- Im Im im- mediately shook his head I I have eaten nearly all your your corn orn ind and now I must pay for tor It It I Insisted There will be a n big feast tonight I tad end I shall hall have much t to lat eat he h ian t b 1 1 a aH aY ad d Y y H 1 With a Scream Scree a Pa Panther ther Might Have Dave Hit Her Bounded Ax Az He l Forward With It hi back bacu nn and i t forth rth on beets I lie 08 a liar t Is a charI char char- I tic f met to tone ninny many red raen l I have met heu i obvious as ns children tn to H en wh when n they a pouch deceive t 1 Why should he carry carry from full of ot c corn It If his hili ta Journey Biloxi was lIS to end with a n fe feast st at nt hay When pouch he filled his Ltd bad With Corn and ODd b bears bear's ar fat tat he het expected to follow tollow a trail which might t take i M him Mm to PenSacola I abruPtly said Raid the Uy medIcIne S tells me y you u st steno nd l lato In Shadow ot of death x Is II there oUe ato to an any y yU J make Inake a Last Lut Cry Crt for U ilia you your ebert esea nearly closed and the pow pow- ro core rOlle and fell tell quickly When J J. J o oj Kings of the ho Missouri Pap Pan Gravel A itA Virginia Seoul Scout etc eta Copyright kf by Hath Nath left 1115 WHO 8 he be spoke however his voice was composed com corn posed loosed quietly said I am of ot the Panther lanther clan I am a n hunter When I Idle die my spirit will bevery be bevery bevery very happy My people plant corn and melons I 1 live by bi hunting and the white man Is spoiling the hunting My ghost will be happy even If It I have hae no no wife to make the last cry Does tie the White the White Indians Indian's medicine tell him himens nl ens morel moret It tells tells' that the path to Pensacola Is very verT bad for you I must cross the tho say bay and take the path to the Span Span- lards I 1 said rising to my feet t. t Ills His lips tightened My departure was was hurrying his big plans and he be did not like It Suddenly he raised a hand for silence It was a squirrel scampering scamper ing through the foliage overhead The White Indian shall take a little lit tie tle meat meat with with him he whispered staring starin up Into the green branches while he plucked his bow from his shoulder and strung It it Without removing his hll gaze from the leafy leaty canopy he drewa drew a reed arrow from the quiver and placed It on the string Then he be commenced circling the tre head tilted far tar back 1 could o ld trace trac th the movements of the squirrel by the slight stirring of the leaves It began descending the trunk and rand as' as it t did so BO the Indians Indian's head bead slowly reverted to a more normal position and his outstretched hands bands handsh h MI g tt the 04 drawn h bow v v M UV g MUM y ceased pointing toward the zenith and swept forward to follow tollow the telltale rustling down the tree trunk Triumph flashed In his eye ere and my medicine warned me I was a fool to stand there and be butchered that the had given Sharp Claw his chance to strike n a quick and shifted shifted shift shift- ed his aim and I 1 went down on my myta ta face and felt my fur tur cap snatched fr from m my head by the passing arrow With a a scream a a panther might have lIa sounded he leaped forward with his ax nr while I tugged at nt my pistol Had It missed It-missed fire as It sometimes did my chances would have been practically worthless Down h he went with both hands outstretched an and t nearly touchIng touch touch- Ing tag me me- and for tor a bit we two lay Iny there the quick and the dea dead l. l I IMy My first thought was to make the sUore shore of ot the the- bay and signal for tor the packet to take me off Common sense stepped In and told Jold old me to hide the dead man man as It might be the greater grealer part of ot the day before the Matters came Inshore and found hole where I cast about a the roots of ot an upturned oak lead lilted lilt lilt- lined lilted lilt lin ed the soil soli and therein I placed the theman theman theman man of the Panther clan who died because because be be- c cause s of tr treachery chery also because he wasa was a clumsy liar Working swiftly I carefully obliterated all studs sis of the k killing Fortunately we had not grappled grappled grap grappled grap grap- pled and disturb the ed-the the turf A cunning cunning cunning cun cun- ning re rearrangement of moss and forest forest for tor- est est- mold hid the dark stains left by bythe bythe bythe the Claw when he fell tell on his face tace with the heavy pistol ball through his heart Mak Making north from the sc scene scene e of ot the fight 1 I bent over a branch branch of ot a bay bay- bush to mark direction n. n I repeated this sign several times knowing the Fox or his Indian allies would accept It as a token from tram the dead man Having done this much to mislead the enemy I stole back to the the- shore and concealed myself I dared not make a smoke for tor fear tear those on my track tracer or some of the would investigate It Now that I had a breathing spell I Imade Imade Imade made myself comfortable In the underbrush underbrush under under- brush at the edge of ot the timber and opened up the package of papers Da Da- moan the Fox had carried Inside his hunting The first one I opened was my Canadian report the data I had hod so 80 foolishly entrusted to for delivery Putting It In my pocket I gave my attention to the other pa pers There were three of ot them all from men high In the affairs of the c colonies and each lach directing my atten tion to a different branch of Inquiry Any Anyone one of the four tour papers would have proved my o occupation beyond a shadow of doubt and sent me ale to dan dangle le leIn In a noose How had In ingrate himself Into the good graces grall o of my correspondents lents to the extent of o making them believe he was a R flan firm friend of mine and could be he trusted trustee to bring me Instructions was n a rays mss tery Had he delivered my Canadian report that act ael alone would have gone goue far tar to establish him biD us os a good friend of the colonies But he had obtained his evidence without surrendering my report I went over the list of Inquiries mentally checking off ofT those I already had made and memorized th the others Then I dug a Pole ole ole deep under the boles of ot a white oak and burled nil all but my report on the tho French north of the Ohio That document I risked rl on my person for tor a while longer And accustomed accustomed accustomed ac ac- to snatching my rest when I could I stretched out and went to sleep Voices were sounding close by when I opened my eyes The sun hung low Three pirogues had hod put In to allow ollow four rosc to land Nearly n a dozen Indians remained In the dugouts dug outs up to their knees Jo la flab What the four coming ashore were after puzzled puzzled me until I saw two of them carryIng carrying carry carry- Ing a n net and making for tor a sand sandpit pit directly below my position while the theother theother other two made for tor the tho grove with Uh their bows and arrows In their hands Their companions pushed off oft The two on the beach emptied ft A quantity of clams on the sand and began gan gatherIng gathering gather gather- Ing dry driftwood The men disappearing In Inthe the timber I were ere after squirrels or any other I small game Roasted Boasted clams dams and broiled squirrels I My mouth watered and I watched them enviously as they built their Ore fire Gradually a wisp of smoke climbed Into the brassy heavens Increasing increasing In in- creasing In volume ns os the clams wrapped In seaweed were thrown on the coals What at first I took to be bea be bea a gull caught In the Ine level sunbeams became a sail The b boat a t drew nearer practically running before the wind whid Here was an nn unforeseen dilemma The Matters had observed ld the smoke and had accepted It It as my signal and were coming In to take me off oft DIdI fall all to show myself i they would b become come frightened and put back to open sea and go about their l business ess If I showed myself I r I would startle the nho ho would at once report re report re- re port the Incident and Biloxi would so soon Boon n learn the truth While I 1 was 81 willing the whole coast should think me safe In Pensacola I did not wish to I bring punishment on the Mattor The boat lost the wind as It drew drew Inside the bay and made mode slow progress progress toward the smoke While scouring my wits for tor a way oy to avoid id the clame eat clam t- t ers and make the packet a shrill cry ry rang out ut In the oaks behind me It w was was s a a yelp of ot astonishment possibly tear fear The Indians on on n the sand leaped p their feet teet and started wildly toward the timber The cry was rep repeated this his time In Ill a signal and the men below below be- be low ow me gave an answering whoop and rushed for tor the grove This second cry was one of ot discovery and I believed the hunters hunters' had bad found the body of Sharp Claw Cia Dismay was quickly replaced by a sense noo of ot satisfaction the dead man Dlan had drawn the from the shore I only asked that and his red allies had found lound my signs and had hurried on tow toward rd Pensacola while I was asleep Should they be at hand to witness the exhumation of ot the Choctaw they would know my signs were decoys and that I was not bound for tor the Spanish settlement The packet was now near enough for me to recognize the two I had expected to swim for tor It It and If It not for my musket It would have been simple enough enough But Dut before taking to the water I gl glanced ur up up and down do the shore and discovered a a. a mall pirogue Running the risk of ot being seen I ran to this and pushed It Into tm the water and paddled for tor the boat F Feet t of the devil I I Why did YO you not wait walt I l groaned Matter Mattor per peril pere as I 1 climbed aboard and kicked the pirogue free freeto to drift ashore with the Incoming I tide tide- I threw myself flat fiat In the boat and growled f 0 The eyes of the world are watchIng watch Ing us liS Enough nough talk talks I I commanded There Is no one on ii f fore ore but some Indian Indians You must vork the boat between between be be- tween Isle au nu AI Algle Aigle le and the Dauphine and sail for Pensacola For Pensacola I exclaimed Jules When the sun sun g goes goes es down well we'll change our course for tor Pontchartrain There you will drop me and I r Will Mil pick pickup up I a a canoe I have Kaye e the I promised promIsed promIsed prom prom- you Monsieur Is a a gentleman It Is Isrl rl right ht we should help him him declared Hoi I ho l I See bow how red the sun Is ml I Mattor Matter the elder crossed himself lt and I 1 heard him muttering There Is blood on on It I 1 II I wondered If It It were an nn ill III omen for me ml I hoped It was the blood of ot Sharp Claw the Choctaw CHAPTER VI VII I I 1 Keep an Appointment Without Incidents of Interest the packet anchored at sundown In the mouth of ot the little Bayou St. St Jcl Jean n or as It still was wal known to many settlers The lm tad lad l completed rom com their bargain but so happy halpy were they over earning their without belli being brought to book by de they were loath to leave leoe me In the he swamps and marshes without canOe canoe f and Jules Jull's Matter Mattoe frankly said It not only would offend my heart to to- leave Ilae you stranded In this muck monsieur but It would endanger my head hlad Without a canoe you will be he found then his excellency would iU sure surely sure surely ly 11 ask how bow ow you get here here- You did not not here He Ile would know ours was was the only boat to come this way since you yoo escaped tr from m Enough have the kind heart to find a II alog alog log 1111 canoe for tor monsieur was gone but a short time when he returned with a lima small 11 pi pirogue pirogue pl pi- rogue which he said he had borrowed borrowed bor rowed from some gome of ot Le Ll Page du duI I people Entering 8 this with with m toy any I I gun run and a bag bad of at smoked meat I paddled pad pat died Into the swamp growth while the Matters lost no time In putting patting about and working the packet Into a alight alight alight light breeze and sailing south doubtless doubtless doubt doubt- less lesl to hide up In Lake Borgne for tor a a while Their alibi If I 1 were discovered discovered ered by my mr enemies would be of ot a geographical nature Keeping close doso to the bank and under under under un un- der shelter of ot the overhanging willows willows wil- wil lows I worked along slowly until th the splash of a paddle ahead sent me roe Into hiding It If w was was s quite dark under the arching trees and I could not |