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Show I CONDENSED f i I classics I ; I dp 1 1 I LAST OF THE J MOHICANS t ? ' g dp j Dy J. FENIMORE COOPER X Condensation by l Thomas D. Connolly .. iv::"W"M-K':"H"M:":":":,:ijJ , Ilnrdly l'd Wnshlnclon Inlna: begun be-gun the career with his Knickerbocker f ItUtory nnd the Sketch-biok which made him the first American mnn of , letter to nchlevc nn International reputation, when he was Joined In thnt j pleasnnt eniluence by Jnmes Kenlmore I Cooper. I Irvlnff wrote on the traditional linen ( of KnslUh literature. Cooper found something new. He presented the re- cent but romantic post of his wn country on land nnd sen, nnd be Introduced Intro-duced to the world the figure of the . noble red mnn, with the glamour of mystery which the unknown nlwnyn 1 adds io romance. He Is much more i renfl today than Irvlngl his hold In , foreign lands Is particularly strong, probnbly due to the fact that Ills style rould only be Improved by translation. I The thrill thnt conies from n wholesome story of ndrenture lias n lure for nil -humanity, ns hnve brave deeds of dcr-rlngdo. dcr-rlngdo. The thlrtecn-yenr-old Ynle freshman (who never got his degree) ' Is known to thonsnnds who hnve never beard of his great president, Timothy Dwlght. "The Spy," "The l'llot," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Two Ad- 1 hilrnln," "The rioneers," "The 1'rnlrle." j "The lied Hover," "The Pathfinder," nre . some of his books most familiar, but everyone hns his own particular taste ' In adventure. Hon voynne to the young In heart who have yet to meet James I'Vnlmore Cooper. IN TUB third year of tho war bo-tween bo-tween Franco and England In North America, news enmo to Fort Edward, where lay General Webb with (3,000 men, thnt Montcalm wns advancing on Fort Wllllnm Henry, held by the veteran Scotchman, Munro. Webb, Instead of going to tlio assistance assist-ance of Munro, sent him n scant handful hand-ful of men. Munro's daughters, Cora nnd Alice, determined to visit their fnthcr dc tplte tho danger. Cnpt. Duncan Keyword, Key-word, deeply In lovo with Alice, offered to serve ns their escort. Tho pnrty Bet out by HUlc-frnquentcil paths, guided by an Indian, I.o Ilenard Sub til, or Mngua, as ho was known to his tribe. An eccentric singing mnstcr, David Gamut, attached himself to tlio party, desplto Heywnrd's protests. An the unsuspecting travelers passed through the thick forests n savage face glared nt them from n thicket. Mngun was lending tho party Into a trap. Two men snt by the banks of n smnll r.fenm about nn hour's Jow icy from Fort Edward. One. n ii'-gnlflcnnt specimen of Indian manhood, had n terrifying emblem of death painted upon his nnked breast. Tho other, tall, with the Htho musclm of tho woodamnn, was white. "Listen, Hnwkeye," said li'o Indlnn. "Wo Mohicans enme nnd inndo this Innd ours. Then enme tho Diftch.nnd gave my people the flre-wnh r. Then they parted with their innd. Now I, a chUf nnd a Sagamore, hnve neveV Beeni the sun shine except through tho trees', nnd havo never visited tho raves of my fathers. And my son, Uncas, the Inst of the tribe, is tho last of the Mohicans." As hl nnme wns mentioned, Uncas slipped Into view, and seated himself gravely ty tho side of his fnthcr, Chlngnchgook. Almost immediately the llttlo caval-cado caval-cado from Fort Edwards came Into view. Heyward, addressing Hnwkeye, Inquired as to their whereabouts, explaining; ex-plaining; thnt their Indian guide hnd lost his way. "An, Indian lo3t In tho woods?" snld tho scont In perplexity. "I should llko a look at the creature." He crept stealthily Into tho thicket, to return after n moment, his suspicions suspi-cions folly confirmed. Explaining to Heyrard that the Indian had tried to trap tie party, he outlined a plan for the- capture of the traitor. Rut, ns ' they stole upon him, Magua divined . their plan, nnd yntrlshed In tho thick woods. Hnwkeye realized tho serious plight of tlvo little party, nnd volunteered to help them. Thoy set up the river in a canoe bonnd for n cove, whero nono but tho scout nnd his Indlnn compnn-. compnn-. Ions hnd ever set foot. This hnven : they reached in safety, although pursued pur-sued by a bnnd of Indlnns as thoy crossed the lake. They had barely reached their island is-land fortress when Mogun's band appeared ap-peared on their trail. The scout nnd his companions valiantly defended tholr cavo ngnlnst a horde of Indians, Inflicting In-flicting henvy losses until their nm-munltlon nm-munltlon gnvo out. Then Corn, sae lug thnt reslstnnco was useless, begged tho scout nnd tho two Indians to slip down tho river, nnd attempt to sccum re-tnforcements nt Fort William Henry. Bit a short whllo after tho scouts Bet off, Mngua and his warriors war-riors appeared, nnd mado captive Qio whites who remained In the cave. Maguo divided his band, nnd set off with his captives, attended by n hnnd-ful hnnd-ful of braves. Ho offered to send Allco to her father, If Cora would go with him to his wlgwnm. Allco Indlg. nnntly refused, nnd Mngun. enraged, prepared to tortnro his captives. Just as a bravo rushed at Alice, with tomahawk raised, n rlflo crocked, ind tho Indian dropped. Hnwkeye, followe by llaco ond Clilugachguolr, rushed upon the bowiiwTT1? only Mngua escaped tho fn, .""A attack Tho captives wewM In a short tlmo tho party onto.: William Henry, dcilto tCftft ' Montcalm wns nttneklng it. Uui 1 Their slny nt the fort 1, ! , . I liowover, for Munro, his forZ Jrtet lly outnumbered by those i? V ralm, wns forced to cnpltulnto. t .l1 calm promised thnt the dcfitaL0 1 tho fort should ho permitted Z ? ? Cf rt for Fort Edward, and guarnntwaS Uf Lhey should not be molested ul ' As tho women nnd children ers II llllng ncross the plain before the S2 l( nn Indlnn reached out for n wnS Ik an tho breast of n womnn "h0 II n child In her nrms. Affright 1 woman drew hack, whereupon tl.' i IS dlnn seized the child and dashed lit L the ground, then hurled his tomnlm 'I In (he head of tho woman. i ?!? If Btnnt tlio Indlnns of Montcalm's arm, I fell upon tho helpless women and chn I dren Denth wns everywhere, and J horrible forms. q Suddenly Mngun cnught ilht bf I Cora nnd Alice, who stood helpless br li the pile of slnln. He seized the ter. 1 rifled girls, nnd hurried them Into the I woods. Gnmut, whom the Indian, iK venerated ns ono Insnne, wno permlt. ' ted to nccompnny them. Ij A few dnys Inter Hnwkcyo nnd h! IK Indlnn companions, with Heywnrd and '1! Munro, stood on tho hl-iody plnki ) They had searched carefully for ths bodies of tho girls, but without sue- j cess. Ilawkeyc, certain that Magna had carried them off, senrchrd dim ' gently for tho trail. Suddenly they found it. nnd tho little party set oH ' nfter the wily Mngua. The trnll led to an Indian village, where they came upon Gnmut, ludicrously ludi-crously nttlrcd ns nn Ind'nn warrior, Heywnrd, disguised ns a medietas mnn, entered the enmp with Gamut. Ho hnd been In tho encampment but n short whllo when nn old chief re. quested him to drive the ct 11 spirit from tho wlfo of one of his young men. As Heywnrd wns prcpnrlng for Uii unwelcome tnsk, nn Indian wai brought Into the enrap, nnd nil thought of tho woman vanished at the ncivi that tho prisoner was Uncus, deadly foo of tho tribe. j Soon, us tho excitement om the cap-tlvo cap-tlvo subsided, the old chief, remen- j bored the sick womnn, nnd escorted j Heywnrd to her chamber In a cave of j tho neighboring mountain. As Hey- i ward, alone In tho chnmbcr, save for l tho dying womnn, looked nround him, ' he wns stnrtled by a great sha&r 1 benr, which pndded noiselessly In. ' Suddenly Its head slipped off, nnd He;- '. ward, astounded, was gazing nt Hawk- , eye, who, thus nttlrcd, hnd made hit wny Into tho Indian village. ' As the scout rearranged his dls- gulso Heywnrd, hearing a slight nolle in nnothcr chamber, Investigated, and found Allco thero. With Ilawkeye'i assistance, lio managed to brlns th girl from tho chnmbcr nnd ttcl out of the village. Hnwkeye, still In tho character of tho bear, fearlessly fear-lessly entered tho cabin where Uncas 1 wns Imprisoned, nnd succeeded In liberating lib-erating him. Together they madethek? , wny Jnto tho forest. Mngun, nlthough keeping Alice with his own tribe, hnd entrusted the care of Cora to n friendly tribe of Dcla-wares. Dcla-wares. Immediately after the escape 1 of Alice, he hurried to tho encamp- 1 ment of tho Del n wares to claim Cora. M By Indian law, tho girl was lili cap- tlve, and ho boro her away, despite the Intervention of Uncas, a hereditary I chief of tho tribe. I As soon ns he hnd vanished in the forest, tho tribe, under tho leadership I of Uncns, prepared to- follow him and war against his people. In Uielr hideous hid-eous war panoply they hurried oo Mngun's trail. A Woody bnttlo wns fought between be-tween tlio two Indian tribes nnd the forces of Lo Itcnnrdi Subtil crushlngly defeated. Seeing that the dny was lost, tho wily savnpe seized Corn In his nrms, nnd hurried toward the mountains, Dnonev neywnrd and Hnwkcyo in hot pursuit. Corn, knowing' th fnto that lay W' foro her, suddenly refused to move , from tho ledgo om whlrh she stood. j "Woman I" crlbd: Mnjain, raising Wi t knife, "chooso tho wlgwnm or the . knlfo of Lo Subtlir As ho spokov Uncns thudded down besldo him, having Jumped from fenrf ul height to the ledge. Mngui, ferocious smile on his dusky face. plunged tlio Unite Into tho body ot his prostrato enemy. Whllo Magna m gloated ower the tlylntf Uncns, ono oi his compunlona sheathed bis kn" lB Corn's bosom.. H W4Ut a wild; cry of triumph, Magna, ra after leaping a wldo fissure, made tor m tho summit o tho mountain. A sing' m hound would carry him to tho hrlnK H Uio precipice nnd nssuro his ami. H Ho shouted defiantly i "T" 'f faces nro dogs I Th Delaware- H women I Mngun leaves them on i" H rocks for tho crows I" ,h, H He turned nnd looped for j H height, but fell short, and only nw am himself by grasping ft hm" mr.u H from tho sldo of tho mountain. a H slowly nulled himself up, nav;'j. II rlflo cracked from below. WP m shaking his hnnd In dellnnco of w H my, shot downward to dcs,rurtTjllnl ' Copyrlsht, 1919. by the JJnlrKtialb' Co. (Tho Boston Post). CopyrJJ B United Kingdom, the Dominl'.,,c0pr. B onles nnd dependencies, """Vhlng f. right not. by tho l'o.t WMWy, . Boston, MaBS., U. S. A. 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