Show ta ita A JT ja an absorbing absorb mS chronicle of sur nn T 0 S 1 I V fy ring events that grew out of the JL JL JL JL JL t L JL JL JL 00 of tippecanoe in the SAMUEL mccoy diana wilderness a century ago copyright 1916 by bobbs merrill C co suppose that a man who hated you went want to the girl you oved loved nd ad S told ap pp her you were aers a thief if he believed the unwarranted accusation cusa fall tion enough a ugh to ask it you for sm an ex explanation plana I 1 an would you give it or would d you think that a girl whose faith tn in her lover was so weak a t that wo he de deserve an imprata explanation an how david larrence larrance handled abl problem of that sort is 1 told 1111 in this 1 installment instalment of tippecanoe david remember had co coma all 11 the way from foan england eloise if to in the frontier 8 moment of corydon aral indiana A territory to haill kill as an one a my ile he make k f hold friend with it b the americana adoo and ad f faff in love ove with chr charming adrig biart to 01 obannon BOram incidentally he discover that job Ct Cranmer rano 1 1 if A british spy py plotting with beat hostile afindia indians gullet against the tha whites T the he last installment closed close it with larrence at the cranmer crammer home am calling ailing on an lydia crawlers cranmer her father teases them coarsely bout boat love making CHAPTER VIII cont 5 do david flushed with resentment at the bcd nun a 0 co coarseness cos but he gave him hill A civil g good it eight ile he planned to watch tho the it house an and conf confront rout crem cran mer or when lydia was sea not present to tea won t stay a bit longer IW bat been it kept wm pt a overlong long with the oung loung men acs ac s tile the rives river they re a set of jolly it dafes lou jim wont stal stai good night my be boy the m luio in w was as evidently laboring under noder nu an excitement is C of not wholly due to wine daid hall had not taken a dozen steps fluen ahe he heard beard Cla crannier clamorer moner burst out I 1 in to an a exultant whisper that was louder than he realized well vell aluk afee my w ork ts Is done ahr Hii ihl abuid it ltd elvdia sharply and ad drew draw junt him with within doors door david stopped short 1 in his tracks there thai was antt at a moment meet to lose without doubt cramar cra mar had bad fi alAe filsht lt his work as a spy and ad we was ready to leave laden with fi information efra that would be of 1 value its to the british should war ar actually be declared what a jolly ingenuous guest the a mux sc have found turn him 11 ue set his jews firmly together and ad beet tw took it a quick a step toward the cable cabin it might 0 not t be too late A thread of light tame shone from the crack ot of the bedoor mccran me Mr Cran m art 1 be called there esy wa the sound ot of a chair moved hastily back 1111 iro from a table and D the figure of crannier we waa outlined in fa the caud leff g wells well he be asked L d suspiciously it I 1 have base forgotten a matter that I 1 wished to speak P to in y you about air land david eia bills voice was waa without a trace lance sc at if there vi is a moment is a plans pause cranmer Cran pe peered red let into the darkness that well wall it if it its a oo no grea great mutter matter 11 luet just top step outside t aide again ue he closed the door behind him and tome mine forward with wath hearty friendliness in aln his voice if va bat can I 1 do for you my led lad david breathed a sigh of relief it was sout time to come to in action IU II 11 trouble y you 0 e tor far those plans pines Cl Cranin arnal cr tin a am said d quietly the blaa an decoll recoiled d a step bad ad david heard lossu rif M him of draw in hia has breath sharply but ties the night bid his exar expression la an and he sunn oil o a blustering movi M but plans young man a yon yet therein a strange hour hole to joke join 1 in 11 you ton are well wall aware this 1 Is on no jolt joke crown craner t want those plans of 0 fort st b tort teu benl I 1 well dammes damine it if tilts fill is isn I 1 impact impudence a I 1 t if you ve to some klimt hat to say any As say lt it and ad be it done with this foolishness look fork step fo fos forward s it know well wait enough what hot I 1 mean 1 I 1 that you are here as oue a of fit spite you b bc C made flud nates cotes comer concerning ning fort I 1 bou I 1 the them an in inarticulate s Is roar of rage burst berst fears crawler his voice book with suppressed f fury ry so 90 that s what youve been data doing you dirty whelp help spying on an me while yon yen pretended to court my daughter I 1 lit U break you with my two hands you ties dog 11 he ch choked it ad with rage and hurled burled his hia bulk balk at da david ld but with a lithe ace newborn amr 1 in the wilderness wilder nebS david stepped buichl to one side and drove his long right arm full fall at the eng eg insurers lish mans tace face the blow went want airtight to the jaw with the mr ano in of sinewy ine body behind 14 it and the jim spy ent ant down dowal with a grunt 1 in ft A lash flash dav david 1 it had leaped upon him Is pinioning pinio ning alb lt arms I 1 with his knees inice 8 while sidle he be tore open the aws man waist is to cost coat and thrust threat his hand quickly in into his pockets a A fa fajt bundle of ader a la rewarded warded his a search and he be rose real to ids hig feet fill an ejaculation of thankfulness euln Cli cranmer miner groaned glanced ft amidy and nd strode 1 in vain 1 to rise get as I 1 up said david grimly year la Is done tor for one word from me and ad you ig hing I g at charite rise but fo or conr daughters so eale a III give you a chance for your year life get out of arg tonight and ad III hold held these ise papers you louw where to go your iodine indian f friends remd will tied find a hot hole for far you 1 hi the wilder wilderness doubtless go 1 and may god a y you ile was A a cons loua of of no f feeling ofir of elation tell but only of a an um unbearable bt rabla regret reaver that life should b be so an sordid and of f A sachem 9 sorrow borrow let for the poor girt girl whose whites futh father at had forced he her with him loag along this b of 1 road 4 when boea be had bad gained the th a tavern he ex examined a I 1 a ad the bundle ot of r papers opera with a fit heavy VY heared beart d mining evidence sketches of it doea forts feet lob g the frontier detailed descriptions 01 of the garrison earr lson of ech each lie he folded them theio up carefully and replaced ced them in his coat with a sigh at do dawn be set act off if again get for corydon but cm cranmer n met t tottered listed back bach into his bat don daughters h at 0 room w with ith the face of a dead man an its it 9 nil all up he cried in a ghastly whisper whimper 1 T I must get away from here tonight there a out only fare one chance to win yet you 11 have to stay here my girl I 1 II 11 see scull confert and set act him upon this late reace and it if he succeeds in getting tile the plans back you yon are to bring them on do to me at detroit god tiow bow cime came he to suspect I 1 you ton did you no you yon re truel final goodbe do as aa I 1 bid you goodhe I 1 scull will be over moon hell take care ol of you I 1 in glad gd you A are soon no to be married laried he strained the weeping girl to his breast and hurried away A boat am across tile the foaming river and a stumble through the dark brought him t co S sculls 11 I 1 it door A cautious felt tattoo summoned summon pd the man fee from his bed bad and ad the story was told while fur terror seemed to fix its icy hands hand more and moie m deeply in crawlers Cran Craw mers ners throat threat with every hurrying moment scull looked at his white face and ad exulted exalted secretly at his collapse A seeming contempt fur for the man before whom he had so an often its cringed filled his heart and what do you expect me to tier do he be asked it coldly A flesh flash of his ald old truen truculence dence in returned to fro crawner Cran roer do he hoarsely there a but one tiling thing tor for yon yen to t do d roy my pretty roan man you will have to get those plans back from rom that skulking rack bonea abores its it d your year own business bow then than give th them to L ldla tile you may think yen youve ve done a fine thing in giving up the work that you came here to do but I 1 promie you that thai england has a long arm am you 11 II not escape camps it if you fall us bluff shrank again from his bla menacing in g gest gesture or re ills hla abject protestations of f fulth faithfulness flea fell fail hastily from his trembling lips and the spy epy with a growl of satisfaction tole stole out again into a the dark and ad talent silent night inda at t vincennes two days later old gilison gillbo the lieutenant governor sat writing a letter to capt ri billy at hauer hargrove ot who was riding filling milea 11 anav 1 1 in the wilderness at the head of a dozen forest rangers the old man I 1 71 I 1 A c trill sa trouble you for those plans Cia lars wrote brot slowly with a hand bond nall more used to a this rifle than a pen tile the letter when 11 tie had bad finished ohad it ran Vinc iones hall indiana Tar territory J july 33 ISU it par for about ten few tier days a man to liaa be been minnal fort who had uch ell good ad I papers allot of f re hat trtat test a lie ans w thre atoll to lo go where he I 1 he 0 pleaded aard sea and w wr all through arni g it in the fort and barrack lic he liaa has dl p rd sea and took with ich at vilor very fahs addla home which be belonged to chigier col 11 10 luke decker tier t theether toe ether in with a line a baddie and 0 it A wor pair of ile heavy alsola I 1 in ill the it was thought bit h went lowall the tha mon baumea river liver and it come in noar nome a of your at tat 11 lon th there 1 tal no doubt he Is spy and it la very beatr able to ta capture p baad bilm A of him blvd I 1 ter by those is with who whom ha be we waa 1 la A heavy b a man me five v feet of ten to lachs inched to tn height a would onto welsh beigh beat about one hundred handled end and huny eighty pounds and dark hair bt black eyes nd it he wort a no line velvet vest and it a dark blue blua fees tailed hiked cost oat both a ornamented lina methel with filwar buttons A pier pair of fine s while his bunim dres 4 book kers kne brabb to with 11 II ver loo buckle at bs hi knee at rah pair of ft fant low leather her all shoes w with th silver liver boom buckled ft 1 I tied hat bat mad mada out at ot of be beaver aiom raw have your me men keep food it li lookout for him hen garrso az a G governor glown lown by the hilna of I ft friendly elatedly delaware delajara Del awara in 41 dlan as return turn him M in 11 two days with any thins that you w h to say eay CHAPTER IX sacrifice the tall young from louls ville rode his 50 sorrel 1 mare into corad corydon next day and drew rel rela at pat fatrice 0 bannon s door tobnette Tol nette in ft the early morning an eun shins shine vs BBS rapin rapturous bird song mode into woman a hotter r dew daw brig bright I 1 it t a carol an embed embodiment want of a earth 9 ir re voicing ahe welcomed elliott with I a smile that made him wonder with a ready aty vanity it if he had not at hot been ala mla 1 taken 1 in the lab rebuff she had bad once ad mini ministered are r d if h he had pc d her more hardily did she really love iove lot lar ran rence ali ah if he could only chive the man on out t of Cory corydon dont the black beast of his hia ja jealous alons hatred rude rode or OP his hia back and he be went want straight to his purpose 1 I hae sad news tor you tobnette Tol nette the smile fad faded a d fee from her fee face and she looked at him with a 11 slow alarm grow growing ing in tier her ebes it Is very hard tor for we die to tell you it 1 Is about let larrence ce re david I 1 1 tir the name a was wrung wring brohl roia her like a gasp 1 I cannot of lahonia the truth myself you tou remember that I 1 told you once that I 1 suspected larrence larrance of being in league with the englishman cranmer store I 1 have learned the certain truth since th then cranmer be baa tied fled suit aud Lr larrence rec Is 1 ft to finish his hia work the work of a spy an ft ho say says this captain bullitt bullatt at louisville told me it will ILI be co common mon talk in another day I 1 do not of know inow what to do I 1 have not slept all night only one thing has been clear to me my fay jove jore tor for you nabat ft hat part baa be that in this she ehe asked proudly everything Lvery thing it la in because bacon so I 1 love 1 me you yen that 1 have come to you yen I 1 now I 1 lou ot told me once that I 1 could not hope eer to win you I 1 tried to turn you yen against the man I 1 flared bared but I 1 know now that my love lova for you la is stronger t r anger than were mere desire I 1 want y you 0 u to be happy even though I 1 suffer auelar and so I 1 have tome come to tell you first of all TO a one here knows that larrence Is in england a service let it be known and ad his bia life is forfeited I 1 have come came to give you the greatest gift that la is in my power I 1 give you the hf life of this in man a IN ivahn him and ad there la Is yet time for him to escape I 1 quit be happy it if you arc am happy only remember that I 1 loved you tot tol nette I 1 the halting bolting sentences seemed to come from the depths depth of his soul he be 11 finished thad and ad stood food before her bell humbly ills 1 head tweed go god d bless you she said bald very a softly she spilled the precious ointment of her innocent faith la in his words upon tho the it dross of his heart he ee raised his h head at ad and thanked her nati mutely tely while his pulses leaped with w ith she had believed hinal him 1 but would she he warn la larrence reace he scarcely dared to he hope as he whispered it if you will warn him at midnight my mare u will III be at his hia door ready to lid ride but the girl gill answered in a voice its that seemed to come from beyond the grave grasa so BO full of a soul s minny agony it was there will be no need I 1 shall give him up oh off david david davide david oh lie t turned to hill hide ca cling smile a that lighted ea up P life hia face the girls face b had ad grown pale a as the white t rose she he held it in her hand bond but she forced her herself self hel to go on unhesitatingly he Ittig ly but 1 in a voice nice ft from 0 which all life bad fled so with th un on a guich it was you had better laform inform judge so boone one a at I 1 once you yen don t understand tobnette Tol nette I 1 lall hall not rale raise a fingar against irence lar lie he shall never say I 1 A am re sp fusible for his exposure you alone I 1 in corydon know fit bis seral secret 1 it 1 is for Y yoa a a to decide go she he said old quietly I 1 will do my tier duty Y have 1 I do done mine am tohitta Tol TO nette Itta do Y you on forg forgive me yes yei you yen have done well she he u answered mechanically 1 I may tee see you again oh tol nette care let we me still allI sar hope I 1 1 I cannot at now mae but her throat threat seemed to choke chok her and ad she he so waa unable bradd to fin finish all but through the joenk doctors doctor a nand t here lashed flashed the belief t that 11 1 t b he would uld yet make tier her his gil she w would it forget mgt I 1 arric airence only ay iy let time heal the ne lie raised her it and nal to his lips flung himself upon the red more mare and was goes to tobnette Tol nette tt the next minutes adults were war on an mice unreal I aftin aalon I 1 an fn which a girt named antoinette 0 bat bajnon moved strangely upon DO her task fuel it dry eyed steady voiced she saw this girl go it down the lure lane to the tavern where ike hie blackford Elac kford set deep in a book of law heard her bar ask him to go wl with t it her to david a store ta taa a law him bow b 7 with set th unquestioning courtesy saw them man |