Show 1 au r P A 4 4 f y DALAM t M A C f caw ra d SYNOPSIS joe joeph h heyward Kay ward an n in the th state states army 4 1 hi is way to fort Il ll larmar armar me meet s is simon birtir a ren renelde eged 1 me name has ha been connected with all it ins n n or of atrocities alo headed for port with a message from the I 1 h rat hamilton anon abw hayward d gildee him to the to fort t at beneral 1 att if mar headquarter he u mt bene 11 I 1 1 aubray u 11 r a I 1 who h prof to 11 ce h him I 1 although he h hu no of ever haing ha 1 ing een on hr her before ll If ayward volun to carry s for to band u s kar carge w where re ain hamilton ton la is station tat lonel ot th the n northwest orth west indian tribes trib are ready for war and are only held hold back by the efful I 1 0 of the friendly wyandot Vyan dot 1 to join the latti t ba r are demanding demandt nc the I 1 return tu r n of wa pa tee too tab tah a religious teacher teach r whom hey they bettea to lie be a prisoner i a mission allon Is to the Nyan wyandot dots that th the man Is I 1 rot out held hold by the sold lers ilene tone aika asks M lt ward to let bk her or ec him ah ahe all mm that ahe she ie Is a quarter blood wyandot and nd a missionary miM among amon the indian Ind lasis bhe she ba has ben been in to earch of her he I 1 father a aher she ohm insists that oh h has ha en seen fl hayward ayward before but in a s british for form 1 hay it ward hr her and starts for 0 r the borth ac accompanied compan ed D by a focus named brady ind a private iiri vate soil tr they como au the trail of or a far var party and to csc capo po from the indiana take shot hel ter in a hut on ork an island IM It award ward finds a it murdered man in th the hul hut it roves to be raoul dauvray a former french boffl 1 c cor cr r who la in called callett by the th white I 1 r alof stena ln appear appears 4 ila 1 v r i 1 p assle by bt her Ins istance that aty thy ahme ha met before hene ilene recognizes the mur dred dered man as a her father who waa was known among the indian indians aa as wa pa tee tah 8 y report reports noting a band of maraud inc indiana in the vicinity and with them simon girty bradys evidence convinced 4 the kirl sirl that there is a Inri tish orare b by y the name of Iley wani who ress th the american they thoy find escape cape from the land island cut off around the cabin at night M discovers a white man in a unitary and leave leaves him for dead after a deserate des frate adist CHAPTER XII continued the three guns spoke at once the moke smoke of their discharge for an in tant stant blotting out the scene yet not before I 1 saw warbonnet war bonnet bonnot crumple up beilue the tump stump and a warrior juat just behind him leap into the air with both arroa arms nung flung out I 1 gripped the fresh pin inin aside me and fired ag again in into a huddle of kneeing figures fi guree h baiar ar ing the sharp crack of the ITO two othera ai as the blue smoke blew blow back into my eyes one indian fell forward clawing at tho the ground another tag gere gerea wildly yet kept his feet A chorus of yells rent the air and the fleeing forma forms Tani banished shed into the fringe of woods drady brady glanced about from hie his loophole and motioned me with hie his hand I 1 crossed hurriedly to join him again the soldier old ler what ia Is it com you guera guers what t they ey mean to do I 1 no but they seem to be forming there to the right bend do dott tt here see back balk among amon those trees ayt ayl od your red coat Is 1 among ahe he devilli I 1 vi caught of him hira twice 11 I 1 grasped the situation in a hanes drady brady moved to the next loophole loop hole bole sud knelt down opposite me I 1 could an indian or two skulking in the tree shadows well out of a sentries no doubt blazoned stationed tc luard guard against any possibility of our escape YC yea and there were others also along th fringe of at forest to the left although only occasionally did a half halt naked form flit bit into new view they were forming for assault for a swift rush forr ard trusting that the oud udden dennes nea of their attack would put them across is that open without great dancer danler they bad had tried stealth and failed now would try recklessness I 1 pressed back the wooden butter shutter kneeling to look out FIT an instant blinded by thu the bight tight light I 1 saw nuth ing then bil baca ek e k in the edge of the it tim in ber I 1 could dimly the ai 4 d th the door crashed in groups of lavage savages stripped for haht leg ing their naked bodice gleaming I 1 knew little then of at andl indu n warfare yd yet it burred it me luie that the re presenta tives of each tribe were gathered tethered together ind and I 1 watched the war bonnets moving fram group to group aa AS final orders were pase d 1 among them only once did I 1 catch a glimpel at 0 the red lacket Is its it blood stood at the foot of a huge hugs tree suddenly outlined tf t a ray of qt sun un and opening through the leare abort above As A I 1 caught view of at him bo he flung op up one rd red arm a rifle grasped aspel gr in his ht hand and aa as it it waa wa 4 agnal RI after voice volet whooped la in slee I li it ur adir blending blen aing loto into one fierce f cream horrible and menacing above even thia this lad u volume of sound there wae was a shout of command emphasized by the discharge of a dozen gun then out of the smoke printing ng forth into tho open I 1 saw the devils come it was wa as it hell bell hid broken open and belched them forth Shawn eest roared brady I 1 give it to e and he b pulled trigger describe what followed no man mar could it wae was pandemonium uproar action no two se seconds corids the same I 1 fired twice three tims leaping back to grasp a gun from the bench and groping my way through moke smoke my bly eyes em smarted arted perspiration streamed reamed et down bay my face I 1 heard th the e bark of at rifles voice voices calling within wild echoing yell yells without over the barrel of my rifle I 1 could distinguish the naked forma forms of savages leaping amid the smoke wreathe wreaths stumbling clutching at the tile air with apty band handa then all nt at once they disappeared vanished hed ae as it if by magic smoke clung to the ground yet amid ita its cwirla I 1 could perceive no movement the fierce yell ing ceased what this sudden cessa tion meant I 1 could not guess but my hand reached instinctively tor for powder and then than another yell louder more deadly i elih ith ferocity smote my ear ears bullets chugged into the logs logo ome some one near me gave utterance to a roar of pain and blows crashed the barred door I 1 thrust my rife for warda tomahawk truck struck the protruding barrel aa as I 1 pulled trigger and I 1 was flung backward to the floor blood reaming streaming I tom om my shoulder eh I 1 could hardly breathe in the thick moke smoke I 1 could see nothing yet out of the babel of rlee rase I 1 was conscious conic loue of drady bradys s voice yelling an order the rho dohrl parricide Darr icide ade the dohrl I 1 staggered to my feet und nd dragged the bench forward foi ward some one gripped the table along with me and together wo we hurled it on top our it there I 1 had dropped my rifle but gome some one thrust another into my hand blood streamed reamed et down into my eyes from a cut on my forehead blinding me so I 1 caw saw nothing yet my fingers touched tl a hand lvin then I 1 felt the thrill of that contact you go backi for god r lake make go bacal I 1 sobbed br lessly hla i sely just an instant eho jibe gran grasi sq d irv clunk to me her bar head preshing pres press eing ng agabra my leave alcove yes yea donel corl then she wae was gone I 1 reached out for her but ehe she wae was no longer there tomahawks crashed into the quod of be the door there was a found sound of asplin drady brady ripped out an tin oath a wild yell of triumph echoed without through a nearby loop hot bold some eav say age thrust lila his gun and alil blindly the sudden flash bash lighting the flurk in the instant red glow I 1 caught a glimpse of the interior of a body ly ing before tho the fireplace of san jax still on his knees rifle in baud hand of at brady gripping an ax bis his head bare a ghastly wound on the side of bla face then he the smoke hid bid all something crashed against the door shaking the whole catin again and again the blow fell the tough wood bursting asunder the stout bar bend ing let snapping back once more as AG the sockets held bold amid ald the din ot at shout bouts the of or wood my eyes met bradys you re hurt I 1 ay spitting out blood before be he could ansar jaw snot the door crashed in the great butt of a tree coming with it and bilt bloc blocking kInZ the passage all that to remained we instantly filled with eav sav agu age figures into the macs mass of them I 1 fired my last phot the flame of till charge searing mearing tho the hideous faces then I 1 was hurled burled to the right ghoul der to shoulder with schultz Sc hulti gripping axy a gun barrel both handu hands swing owing las ing it U like a flail I 1 crushed the skull ct of a ago di aiu ove tuo buli butt into ine tile face of another saw the flash of at a tomahawk held up for an instant the soldiers reeling body only to throw at aside smashed the rod hand held out to grip him as aado be down drew back a step in search of more room and with one ona mighty sweep of ray my weapon cleared cleare 1 a circle me god godl it was ghastly inhuman devil thoe these behind pushed and yelled there was no escabel I 1 law nal 1 vitot faces naked shoulders wili wild eyes flared hatred into mine tomahawk and knife flashed gashed the butt of at mv gun smashed I 1 gripped tho iron my tl clinched and blood on fire I 1 had no eek ie fit if ear car left no ol 01 peril I 1 wanted to strike to kill to bruise those hideous facea faces to batter them iro coulp the rage rag e of conflict seized WJ there beep over me the ferocity of 0 the insane I 1 gave rack vack empel compelled led by the mere force ot at numbers hurled burled against mo yet kept lear tear a space no savage left unhurt I 1 felt lo 10 my arms the strength of 0 a dolten men and not the grip of a red arnd reached me the fiend bon d snarled and struggled but the do fierce rc of tle iron bar c crushed rushed tom ahm back it waa twilight where I 1 stood a at bay bars tho the barrow a ing almost blot ted tell out by those struggling figures striving to enter eater to me was a me mere re an inferno of at movement and am sound through P dio red haie where blood dripped ald before I 1 eyes I 1 had hall glinia gli nip of at uplifted of distort cu eu aces ces of glittering weapons once 3 there was a gun hot shot the sudden famine into my yes twice toroa toma hawk hawks turning in the air grazed grazed my cheek a knife de desperately ely burled from a out ut the ruck struck the iron my arro arm as it fell ell I 1 telano felt no pain no weakness wea knees I 1 was going to die but it would not be alone I 1 rushed forward treading on bodies batt battling eing at shoulder deris and beads heads I 1 headd yells shrieks groans cries of horror and agony the frenzied reni ren led war whoop rang in my cars an order roared out over the babel I 1 have no recollection of being touched yet some foi force ce buried burled me back I 1 at stumbled over the bodies yet somehow kept my iny feet I 1 wan was breathless breath lees weak reeling upon MY legs everything before my eyed shrouded in ty lit yet the instinct to fight remained I 1 knew nothing else suddenly I 1 became acae that drady brady and I 1 were together that wo we were foot to foot his deadly ax rising and tall fall ing as though he was a woodsman in the forest out of rie mad din la in my ear came tho sound of his voice la in broken breathless sentences good boy boyl I 1 good boy boyl t ayl aal that wae was a blow stand to it lad tell of at this fight on the border ob oh you will you painted devil that art lobed youl do you see red coat back there heyward hay ward ayl aal I 1 id d like one swipe at him but the coward keeps safe strike lower mant man I 1 creeping in on us the kind ah ahl I 1 I 1 thought so taking ue us from behind quick lad back to the fallt I 1 got there god only au ws we bow how but I 1 was asalone alone I 1 felt t ot the rush that struck him down it bad had lifted me bodily and hurled me against the loge logo yet I 1 kept my feet kept my grip on the twisted iron and struck blindly tho the whole cabin seemed jammed with red demons they pied piled on me jerked the bar from ruy my grasp once twice I 1 sent cleophed cleo hed flat ad dust painted faces then it was oer with I 1 never saw or felt the blow that floored me I 1 sent down in to darkness and they trampled me under foot CHAPTER XIII the half heir of mademoiselle the sound of a itco peaking ap patently parent ly far off was the first thing of at which I 1 waa was dimly con conn edous lous the language was I 1 brench rench and for what seemed a long time no word founded sounded familiar my mind was blank of any distinct although there appeared to float boat before me in recollection ot at some former existence the face of at mademoiselle her wonderful eyes were gravely smiling through a strange mist that appeared to bide all else in its circling folds I 1 could not get away from their ellent allent pleading their invitation then somehow that speaking voice became hers here and I 1 picked out a word here and there detached meaningless and yet able I 1 struggled to arolee myself to her actual presence the struggle must have bave been physical as well as mental for I 1 became conscious of pain a sharp pang shooting through my body as it a knife had been twisted in a deep wound the agony brought me wide awake ny my 8 aped staring about aboul yet scarcely arcely BC realizing where dream and reality met mol Alons monsieur leur the voice wa was a whisper at my ear I 1 could even feel her soft breath on my cheek my bly eyes instantly scantly opened and ond looked into her taco face ae a she bent above me do not move do not speak aloud but listen I 1 knew know you we 9 not dead I 1 found you first and kept them away but there Is to no time now for me to explain are you badly hurt 1 I cannot tell made mademoiselle mols elle those heavy bodies will not let me move she glanced about swiftly as it if in fe fear of beina em iteen etien th ri r i 1 d ay ll icis dragging the tile two dead indians indiana aside I 1 felt cramped lifeless below the walet waist yet as the bi blood began to circulate I 1 knew there wua wita DO to serious injury she blared stared int into 0 my face as I 1 worked the numbed muscles and her eyes told me that she 7 was ali frightened we are alone here yes for the moment breathlessly it Is your only chance chances I 1 have prayed and schemed to get to you we ivee ve en an instant in siani mn xan you yo u move MOTO mon fan can you even eiren crawl a dozen feet where where do you want me tut to got I 1 asked faintly inspired to cf et fort ay y he the film eager grip of ber her labi tell me ill try there just to the left of the fire place it Is the one ons chance monsieur mon leir they will ill be back those fiends they will burn the cabin mon stan dieul try tryl try tryl I 1 I 1 got to my knees once more the pica of her voice yielding strength and de determination at whatever cost I 1 would tinb an n effort tu tj please her ditl teela teeth clinched tight I 1 my eyes on the spot indicated and mar started ted terrible was the effort I 1 but I 1 majo it inch bv by inch I 1 shall never nev P r know k n aw bow how tho t h a deed do gd w was an donly only that she helped and 1 I fought on I 1 bad I 1 to 0 she asked me there were ere tear tears in her eyes no N mat m at ter it it did hurt it I 1 was las balno blind if it 1 reeled oa art hands bands and knees like it ke a man drunks must go be I 1 bad had ri vt the faintest thought of why she urged 1 ms |