| Show r-erl r Perils n I S of 0 f a Pioneer loneer IN nANI truE THE J IA HAYS nOONE 5 OP OF I Or kibe the Scout 1 JJ J. J II F Continued From Yesterday Morning Load your our rine said V and I will wi pull pul up close to the shore and get set as as far Car out of range as pos po I t sible Several of their balls baIls bals you ou see w- w have touched the b at Simon bent smartly to the paddle i. i and rind the tn tiny vessel shot shot rapidly rapid q through the yielding waters The f young Oung hunter reloaded his rifle while rie th the bullets of the thc enem enemy occasionally whistled past his c ears s 's splintered the theA A boat or their force torce being spent fell harmless a few f feet et from them Into the water Allan Alan now proposed that hey should go ashore leave Iea c tho the boat and strike into tho forest forest Not ot yet e replied his brave o brn comrade let let us see what they will wIl do Several Se of oC them arc are at work ork In the water I wonder won what the they are doIng doIng doIng do- do Ing said Allan Han They have doubtless sunk a canoe rt there and are arc now no raising It I thc they intend to follow us You are right th they y are dragging 4 a birchen e vessel sel from the tho waler If U there Is more mol than thai one of ot them there we are lost resumed Fortunately for us there is but one and It I will wi contain but four four or our or five e 1 at atthe atthe the most I think wo to o can cn manage manage- that 1 number r number H e t must sink the canoe for If IC wo we a allow alow them to cross our our chance of escape est es- es t capo cape will wi be he a 3 small smal one Indeed eec So SoL 5 L keep cep cool and let u us se sea whether the they intend to pursue us or gro go 0 directly across cross 0 I r 1 hope thc they dont don't Intend to ross cross i. i for br then we wc shall have hae enemies on both of ot tho the river In which cage the they can rl riddle dle us with wih their balls baIs L they come pull p l awn away added add add- ed cd d Kenton enton who ho had Just finished loadIng load load- lug Ing his rife rifle The canoe had left leCt the opposite bank banle t and was now no rapidly approaching propelled pro pro- polled by four savages Thc They are Miami observed oser et Kenton Ken Ken- aton ton v o 0 must sink them But how Rifle balls bals make e but f small smal h holes les we might perforate the bark In a dozen places below tho the water waterline line and not effect our purpose We Wo have o ha been trying i at fit Boonesborough latel lately with 4 r I them said Kenton and 1111 then both hoth 11 red Irel Tho The r result 8 fUl fully equalled their e ex ex the Cr fragile lo vessel was so bad badly cut ut that It I Immediately lately lately- filled an anthe and the Indians Indian leaped into the te water some gome of ot them severely if not f mortally wounded In a few Cew seconds the canoe t Then th the terrified m made de a ci Q great splashing In tho the water while those on the bank yelled with rage rage The two young oung men grasped the thc pa paddles and used them with wih such effect that that in half bait hall an hour not not an nn enemy onomy was seen or heard hear What What shall we do o now asked N Nor Nor- rJ r- r J ot I I t think wo we had better land and the boat boat k That Is m my own opinion o for oj on onshore onshore shore we ma may find a trail trai but the te water keeps its Is secrets secrets anti and effaces at once the track tract of ot the tho voyagers rR it I has borne Dome on Its bosom said Alan Allan Having HaYing landed the they filled tho the boat with wih large largo st stones nes anti and sunk It I. I The sun had gone down an and darkness pervaded pervaded per per- the th mighty forests Come said sid Allan Uan let us go I Go where asked his companion I Anywhere replied Norwood hesitatingly heal hesi heSI 1 to find Alston renton Kenton who wi-to vho had lal seated himself on the bank arose and attempted to follow olow 1 Allan fell an but lut stag staggered a few tW stops and fellMy My Iy dear Kenton you are wounded exclaimed his lila companion running to th the heroic woo woodsman and raising his head from tho the ground But Iut ut tho the gallant galant mode made no reply he be hE had fainted od from Crom the tho loss los of or blood on IX IV The The- hr YIn Village p. p Arise said Star Scar Rosalthe lifted her hor head languidly nc had In lain In in tho the canoe she knew not how long Tho The voice of ot the tho Indian Indin girl gh hl recalled her from a state borderIng border border- border border- Ing on unconsciousness She looked ed around her Iter like one dreaming and wondered wondered wondered won won- dered where sho she was but In a a. moment she caught up te the broken thread of f memory and the occurrences of the thelast thelast thelast last few Caw hours ours passed rapidly through concerned and heroic as possible lo before betor her strange tran o companion lon While she WAS I fh js In-js is employed cd although nl- nl though as may bo ho O th she Iia but vcr very little Inclination to eat eal StarLight StarLight Star Star- I Light was busH busily cn engaged ag rt r In compound ing various paints for tor w what nt I Rosalthe was as at a n loss t to conc lve When the UtO latter later hind had ceased d eating nn pushed tho the food Cool from her the mal maiden en approached with the tho pigments sho she had prepared anti and tit th the became became became be be- came apparent no Rosaline drew drow hn J In alarm Foolish maiden maien StarLight Star Star- Light What h t tb do you 01 fear wt water rater r wil will mako make those these colors disappear Ar What hat Iam 1 I am about to do Is necessary to your ou safety I must mut m make c you ou look loch like like one nE of oC my people coplo Swear that you ou will wIl leoer faith with me me and that tat I shall return In Into tj to saId raid fild Ro HO I swear returned Star Light By Dy the Great Spirit continued Ro Ro- By Dy tho the Great reat Spirit all added Nl Star Star- Li Light Light Then I submit tb do 0 with wih mo rae as you will wl White Cloud Cloud Is proud pro said Mid the thc In Indian Indian In- In dian lan girl Irl after ci a. a pause Sho She is vain vainor of or her sli sh she fears that those colors will destroy destro it It so o that Smooth- Smooth Tongue will wil no longer longor love lovo her I am ra ready put realy-put put put It I on replied Ro- Ro Star s-althe s sub submitting her herself oJ patiently to Tho The Cherokee sirl girl gazed crazed an Instant at the handsome ot features of or Rosalth and sighed Star Light t Is sad pad 1 and unhappy said sid our heroine kindly l Smooth Tongue has ma made e 1 her r heart hea heavy by bad his deceit Let Let her forget him ho is Forget him that Cloud White ma may remember him retorted the girl angrily SUr LIh Star Light t l is IR wrong Jealousy Jealous and grief have o hl blinded her ec eyes But Dut the tho time will 11 como come when sho shu will Mi see set clear elcar- t lv rejoined TV n il b balls ls linked together In tills manner replied Kenton Kenton holding up two bullets bullets bul bul- lets Jet fastened together b by a small chain about eight Inches long long- These balls balls- balS when projected from the rifle rife separate separate separ separ- ate the Ie length of ot the chain on and at nt the distance of ono one hun hundred and fitly fifty fry yards yaras will pass through through a n board boar an inch In wJ thickness So you ou perceive lve that it will wJ not take mn many such sueh shots to sink one of those canoes for tor thc they are not ot much thicker er titan than brown J paper pe pen n excellent device my friend re ro returned returned re- re turned e our ur horo hero tr I hope you have cr dren en homo home hom on ono of those kind of ot missiles missies and ad have one oner or r two to spare fr S. frI I 1 am am ready read said Allan Alan a a. Q moment I afterwards 1 Tho The swept toward our our- friends friends' th loud cries thinking to terrify I them and anji render resistance less lens ef of af- i I Ar dont don't dont care so 80 much about destroying destroy destroy- lUg Ins tle tHo poor wretches aa as a I 1 do ao about Kenton In Ina sinking tho the canoe canoe added a 0 suppressed voice Let Lt us us get the first 3 fire if J we can cal Do you fear ter thorh I nc never ncr r was afraid In my lIfo life said Allan cooly coolly The File words had bad scarcely left loft Noro Norwood's Norwood's Nor Nor- woods wood's o s 's lips when a 0 shot allot from the savages sav say ages ues cut a 3 button from his hunting bunting That was vcr very wen well done one one- remark remarked ed Ad KenUm Perhaps they will vill wi Improve on It I replied Allan with a smile Alan I 1 not Heaven forbid eX es- hope wont won't t claimed Kenton Kenton earnestly This hl won do dp He lie added as another Mothe shot Allot P passed s ft tm Ai Norwood's cap and a through or a lq In tho tto th- th pa paddle dle he was wa holding They ct are near enough let us ua have a the Its It's our turn now Fire at tt'S damo dam dam- cant can't help doing am- am canoe and you yu c. c tool steady al nigh aim an and the In In- In o en their intentions Intention anticipating Italic dian davor to screen to-screen- to craon by dolg- dolg inS fg heads down Into the canoe canoe t make It wor worse wore e for tor That will will only only her mind Sho She turned her gaze gazo towards toward the 81 skies 08 and perceived that tat the sun Bun was far tar past the tho merl meridian lan which fact net assured her that considerable time had had elapsed since she had sunk ao down n in the tho canoe While making th these se observations observations the birchen vessel tou touched o the shore ore sore Stop out said soJa Star Star-I Star Light and Rosalthe Ro Rb- obeyed ln In- In silence The Indian maiden maldon drew draw the canoe ou out t of ot tho the water and dod secreted It among the tho and bushes bushes- That operation being she he motioned to to follow fonow her and walked with wih noiseless and amI gliding footsteps Into tho the forest forest Star Ush proceeded In manner our heroine w was nearly exhausted and ant could auld with difficulty keep pace with her more practiced the latter later perceiving went more slowly stopping stoppinG often ofen to assist her over rough places The Tho way was so dark darl and lonely that queried whether a 0 human foot ever evor had pressed I that soil soi before or ot whether a human of or the voice ever broko broke the to stillness I solemn woods Indian hut or lodge They reached an In h stupendous stu atu- by and it was aspot so 80 hemme hemmed l that It seemed to Lo- Lo forests foross I completely hidden bidden from the thO ob observation ob- ob of ot the living Tho maidens enter entered the lodge it Star Light without an occupant was on and our couch of ot skins sKIn poh pointed t to a 1 of or orI to trail herself herselt heroine was glad the privilege of ot resting Tipon u on it I It the former kindled a tire and ma made e I preparations for foa cooking a mea meal It I when her simple arI arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar was quite lark dark lar I were completed uneasy from an wa was drouse no by slumber produced which before her sot set and food fool fastidious In those thosA ma many moro mere of the backwoods back back- matters than th the dwellers or of mater have i not have woods w ot without she partook partook- ot Of these viands resolved to appear as un un- l hc hesitation ton ar |
