Show of V wa I 1 v IL JK i w t tt r T ram r fsr illustrated T t f CN cumo C ro myia SYNOPSIS ni joseph ila r 1 an ensign in the U anted stat stacee army y on hij his way to I 1 tort ort I 1 a I 1 armar meet meets simon dirty girty a rene ren ceade ka whose name haj been corn connoted eted with ita all ail manner ot of alio headed for clort ti 0 harmar veltha with a deage a from the geneal in nerol 11 II allton harward gilldes him to the fort at beneral llor mara mars headquarters raw meets ilene who to recognize hirm bin Ad although though he has no recollection of ever hating een seen her before volun eer to carry r a rn e g e f tor or lr a r n a r t te a san duska eawy i hamilton lm lm i 1 to n ts 1 s t at i on e d T the h e north nor thweat ere indian bribed am ready fo for r war and are only hll bell back by the refusal ot of the friendly to join the latter are damandl daman dinic nic the return of wa we pa te tee tah a religious rell glou teacher whom they believe to be b a prisoner Ilay warda a mission Is I 1 to assure the Wyan dota that the man li to not held by the soldiers ilene asks hayward to let her accompany him she rho tella tells him that she he la U a quarter blood NN yand t and a among the In indiana dianis ibe haj has kwam in search of her f father ther she rho insists that the she has seen before but I 1 in british uniform hayward nay ward latua her request and staats for the north accompanied by a cout smut barned viredy and a soldier they come on the trail trall of a war party aad d to escape from the indiana WW belter shelter in a hut en on ao an ifland island II ayward ands I 1 a IL L man in the hut it proves la isabal IrA aubray D urraY a former wench oan who la to called by the Wyan dota dotis white chief tiene appear appears and hayward mayward hay ward la Is puzzled by her that they have met before CHAPTER vile VI 1 continued how white her face was la in the stat starlight light uplifted to mine one band hand grasped my sleeve 1 newel newal etil stil newel of my father I 1 of rao raol 1 dauvray DAu IYA Tray urray he was your father yeal eal you eay say waed was ho be la in dead I 1 caught the groping band hand in mine and held hold it tightly in the grasp of my fingers she made no movement but I 1 could distinguish her quick breathing see her d rk eyes lea yes you must listen quietly while I 1 tell you all I 1 know we reached here at dusk there aas as a band of indian raiders camped yonder near the toot of the lake and so we crossed over to this island to avoid them wo we tumbled stumbled upon this but hut while seeking a camping spot atmas dark and mind apparently deserted the front door wae was latched lat elied but unlocked and we ventured inside feeling our wa the gloom until we came to a door leading into the rear room you know the arrangement T she did not respond or remove her eyes from my face when wo we opened this a huge mas tiff teal leaped ed savagely aava gely at us in the daran hb u fastened hia his jaws on drady brady n arm the scout with me and bia to be killed by a knife thrust 71 T s ve procured a light with which t patch aice and aund the body of a i lying on the tho floor cad md mu Murd breJ hie his head crushed in from behind with an ax he lie was an old man with sith enow snow white beard how did you know he waa raool dy by this medal pinned to his breast I 1 answered holding it forth a french decoration she grasped it bending her head HO so as an to see better and for a moment her slender forb form shook with an emotion she could not restrain involuntarily I 1 rested a hand upon her der but the touch aroused her and she he stepped back standing erect I 1 the medal was wait hia his ha he always wore it but was that all was wa noth ing else found I 1 there was a red array army jacket jacke flung across a box but while we were eat ing oter titer in the other room someone stole in through though the back door and carried that away she raised her hands to her head bead with a gesture of despair 1 I 1 I believe part of at what you have told me che rho confessed her voice trembling it it 11 Is to in my heart to believe all but but I 1 cannot you ire are nt mit telli nir me the truth not all the truth you knew know of this bouse house U juu ju nu nuie J htiu ila ant and brought your men with you 11 k deny that mademoiselle we stumbled upon the place by accident oh you drive me crazy with your she exclaimed passionately 1 I will not listen longer you are joseph hayward ayward II you admit that youself you relf not da not talk to me or attempt to atop stop met me I 1 I 1 am going to my my father I 1 stood aido aside and let her pass yet followed as she entered the door the interior was black except for ia slight clow glow as from a dying fire showing dimly dimit through t the bs inner door the blead dog lay in the middle of the poor and he she topped stopped staring at the crim ora shadow sh low 1 I 1 will briner bring the light I 1 said gent sent ly ty it if you can permit me to pass As the yellow flame lame Ua mined aba th man room her gate deserted lie to ret reet once upon the mot juless figure lying near the 1 I 4 v hleb drady brady had mercifully covered with a blanket she stood tood still till her bands hands clasped cusped her face like marble still holding the thi candle in one band I 1 bent down and drew draw back gently the edge of the blanket exposing the dead man a face and white bedl in ileitis alt of his hl violent death the feature were composed in no way distorted ted be he appeared like one lying there asleep for a moment the girl never stirred her bar attitude strained her wide wid tn on tear tM leaa eye on 00 the upturned it seemed med to me abs he had even mn cluel to breathe then ebo she bank sank slowly upon her kaaea beald th body her head close to the cold cheek check I It atherl heri katheri Tat Ta herI therl ebe she sobbed ae as it in sudden realization c t the truth olt it Is to youl her hat had fallen to the alaor an and d her wealth of dark hair enert ened completely hid br face she bad had forgotten my presence every thing buther grief I 1 drew drow back it at bently I stuck tho the sputtering candle WU on a box where it burned bi bravely ravely I 1 and left the room aa As I 1 glanced back from the doorway doo odd bad shai owe flickered along tho the walls and she he still knelt there a vague indie india figure in tho the other room I 1 found a chair and eat sat down staring dumbly into the smoldering fire CHAPTER VIII mademoiselles story la in the intense silence elle the gloom of that room lit only by those smolder ibs ing embers with schultz sleeping undisturbed against the wall my thought could not be divorced from the lonely girl bobbing sobbing above her dead was she of dual nat nature tire womanly and savage by turn as the instincts of two to races dominated her action yet thie this could never account for her distrust of me her continued insistence upon having previously known me ayl aal and abo she meant it there was no attempt at deceit no acting fin in all this her full faith in the charge was written upon her face found echo upon her lips she be eved eyed me to be another man a pretended british officer a traitor to her people a spy yet she to him blin my name that was toe tae strangest part of it all even ae aa I 1 started toward the open door the girl herself appeared outlined against the candle flame she had bound up the loosened strands strand of hair and her dark eyes dry and tearless looked straight at me I 1 doubt it she saw schultz at fill all as an the came forward stopping only as hr band hand finally touched the table L ax I 1 watched her my earlier determination det ermit died within me ine I 1 could only wait in silence for her to peak speak joseph hay Ilay ward Aard aha she said slowly the words rasping a little with her effort at belt self control you confess to that name do you nolt not I 1 yes mademoiselle I 1 answered my lips dry my eyes riveted on her face I 1 yet you still claim not to be A the same joseph hayward whom I 1 hate have known 11 1 I am an ensign in the army ot of the united states and have never worn a red coat she smiled but the smile was not altogether pleasant then she said some sound bound caused me to wheel about tsy slowly very well have it so then I 1 do not riot in the least bellevo you but am m going to pak exactly As if it I 1 did I 1 am a glit alone and must turn tum tn in you for help it makes no difference row if I 1 1 am of guinn blood and rn cestr chitry yi I 1 am here alone with you I 1 hare have got to trust you rely upon your word ask yo jr ir aid you claim to know auw nothing of mo me or mine that there may be no possible mistake I 1 will telly u tell you about him she pointed backward with her band her voice votes breaking and and about my self sell you shall know all and thin you will dare pretend ignorance to longer listen usten monsieur the man lying dead yonder murdered was ny my father she leane 1 forward resting her hands on the table for support the veins in her bar throat ta robbing 11 1 I wish yoa you would at least confess a knowledge of ray my tongue she almost pleaded it is oot not in english I 1 think monsieur and it to difficult for ae me to la in that language it would be a ire to confers confess anything that would aid you I 1 replied politely tut I 1 possess mail small under of cb hr liar eyes darkened and I 1 she made a forceful gesture indicative of her true thought of roo me I 1 ou on continue to act your part well I 1 she said scornfully even ahen hen the there r e Is ho bo longer a necessity dahl I 1 despise this play acting it ie to unworthy a soldier so you would have me tell over what you already know you would make me stand here and cut for ter mademoiselle I 1 interrupted swift ly I 1 aek ask nothing all I 1 seek la is the opportunity of service there la Is no truth I 1 am going to deny to prove it I 1 will aa ihle you have remained in my memory since the first hour we met I 1 desire your truet trust your friend hip ship I 1 whatever you may tell roe me will be held sacred inviolate I 1 will mill serve you though a aou peak speak no word give no explanation I 1 beg tho the privilege I 1 thought bhe she would mould never peak speak standing there before me in the dim light swaying saying slightly her bosom rising and falling with quick breathing A great sympathy welled up in my heart and all I 1 extended my hands she goo must have seen them but she made no response but the glitter of unshod tears was in her eyes what la Is the use tive of our talking like this I 1 she aid maid impetuously IT Is in aa as though we exchanged compliments in montreal instead we vie are in the wll wit decess der ness with danger oil about us you are what whet you are monsieur and I 1 am a woman of the Wyan dots let all else paes pass I 1 care nothing whether your thoughts of me be good or evil I 1 am what I 1 am what birth and conditions have made me all I 1 appeal to in you Is whatever of manhood you may still retain I 1 tell you my story because you swear you know it not then li ten and you shall no do not move but hear roe me I 1 woud would not do this with out reason she glanced aside at schultz Bc hulti and then into the red embers of the fire her eyes coming slowly back to re rest at on my face I 1 I 1 am rene rz and my father lies dead there in the next room lie ile wan was ell all I 1 bad it in the world yet I 1 knew know little enough of him he lie spoke seldom of hie past life even to me still I 1 have much reason to believe that in his younger daya days he be wan was intimate at the french court I 1 know he was a soldier an officer of the kings guard decorated for bravery if ila never told me why be he was exiled to this land burled buried in the far wilderness made a companion of savages sav agee I 1 never asked although my heart ached to do so for he ile was not a man to be questioned lightly and I 1 early learned that the very thought brou brought ht him pain U dut at I 1 know this for I 1 saw a letter once a yellow creased letter which I 1 think he tur purposely mislaid hoping I 1 would see lie wanted me to know yet had nol not the heart to tell me I 1 it t was from a french in arms and there was a crest on tha paper and a great name signed I 1 wept as I 1 read for the writer aimed the man to whom he told the etory story and the worde word came ana irgin his heart whatever else CU may know of us monsieur jo seph hayward you have never known this it was because of a lady my father a loved a relative of the king for F or her sake be he fought the prince de do mil kill her iter and killed him in tho the royal gar den it was a fair fight tight but the king saw it not so for it disarranged bis his plans plats and my father fattier had to bee flee frat ce to save hie his own life then was waa he proscribed a price set sot upon bis his bead head she paused and sank into a chair bowing her face upon table I 1 stood silent unable to jcak the sound of her voice still jn in my care ears she looked up agate again dashing her hand across her eyes 1 I must be tar far mora more french than indian to become so weak she ex pla ined ashamed of the emotion IT T Is in the memory of him lying yonder monsieur with no word wordna no last word for me so it waa was be he came to america lut they would not let him rest in caher quebec or montreal they drove him forth into the woods into the camps of indiana indians he lie told me once about those day days of bow be he traversed the black waters of the ottawa and met hardships on the great lakes takes his companions com oya geurs and di des lc L bas c 1 h bis 1 cu 17 y ui ul support the furs be he could send back to montreal but he might not venture there himself but WM doomed forever to a aitto beyond civilization ilia would have brutalized hira made bid him a lit denizen of those fillds turned him also into a savage but thine thing he ws a fervent catholic it was this which kept him ever gentle sweet and stron strong g he lie poss possessed essaid the this passion to save souls he became an mill vangel to the indians indiana among whom be h lived he was at Mackl and a nd n green bay ilay he told the of christ but they cast him out he traveled to the til lages of the illinois but the jesuits were already there and save him no welcome at last he be found a home with the Wyan deta dots at first the task wa wu not easy tor for they were a savage they had tortured jesuit priests to the stake and flogged togged the who camo also dat but my father won their confide nis e be he went forth with them to battle he west went with them their enemies and so 50 1 listened to what be he haff arr y a va eald said lie beame wa pa tee tub tali hie the white hite chief f I 1 and taught them ot of christ jeus jesus they became christiana christians because they were ere proud othlin ot mm he ilene nc complis hed what the could not do and kept the tribe at peace with the whites the english camo came and bated hated hini him for be he would not riot enter into their schemes schem ce nor permit hie his people to only once did ho he lead them to war mar against our general Gene iral clark at vincennes exiled and lonely abandoning all hope ot of over ever returning to france or een civilization my father finally nally ll to increase hie his influence with the tribe took tor for a wife a woman oman ot of the wyan dots although I 1 was born of that union yet I 1 never saw my mother who died when I 1 vae was but a babe I 1 am told she he was of fair complexion but jet black hair and eyes the daughter of a french trader and indian mother able to read and write MY father loved her and taught her much that he had learned la in early life when she he died he be seemed to change to loe lose interest in the past to cease to dream leriger iger of elrode lie its became more tully a wyandot I 1 was brought up la in the camps of the tribe living in their w |