Show the red hed 0 a ca romance of 0 raddock Bl Brad docks deficit D f TIE sy HUM HUGH PA 7 S y illustrations by 40 0 IPA 40 t W M N U 5 avice copyright ba tn SYNOPSIS impoverished by the openhanded open handed generosity of his father virginia gentleman young webster brond bron d Is serving as a scout and spy for the army under general braddock Brad doch preparing for the advance on fort duquesne ho he has baa just returned to alexandria from a visit to tile the ort fort where e posing as a frenchman he has secured valuable information CHAPTER I 1 continued 2 I 1 worked my way into IDIO the taproom tit of the royal koyal george and made bold to put pul a question to a young sub altern altera he eyed me haughtily and then began to admire my leggings find and fringed shirt the nearest he be oad dad yet come to indian life and in a tow voice so as not to destroy his dignity began to babble questions had I 1 really seen wild IDd indians lans had I 1 killed any was tt it true the savages cooked and ald ate al their prisoners at last I 1 satisfied his greediness and finally learned what I 1 had desired governor dinwiddle bad returned from the Mi maryland ryland shore and was at the carlyle house together with others of the council they were ere holding the last conference before the army mar marched clied quitting the royal lloyal george I 1 to has bened to conclude my business the lumbering coach bad disappeared by the time I 1 reached the carlyle house bouso but the horses of the escort were tethered under the double row of lombardy poplars and I 1 knew the council was still in session I 1 was acquainted with the house in side and out and it bad changed none during my absence mr air carlyle a most gracious kindly man had permitted us boys to explore it and make it figure prominently in some of our games once on a dare from busby I 1 had climbed out of a dormer window and crawled among the heavy dered chimneys and was severely lectured by the owner I 1 advanced toward the dark door and quickly found a bayonet disputing my approach with the sentinel growling for me to halt ills his sidelong glance at my rifle was ill III favored my fringed shirt and leggings did not no meet with his bis approval 1 I 1 have news for his excellency Goer governor nor dinwiddle I 1 told him this Is general braddocks braddicks Brad docks headquarters go back to the road you woods rat be commanded 1 1 have news tor for general genera brad dock I 1 persisted he advanced the bayonet and red with anger I 1 leaped back to escape being pricked ile he come came on as I 1 retreated and in humiliating man der I 1 was being driven drien fro from en the por tal arch arab and its massive carved ed frame when a familiar voice asked an exola nation cation the sentinel stared over my shoulder sullenly but still kept his hi bayonet at my breast without turning my head I 1 explained platt pla ined led 1 I am webster brood brond sir mr carlyle I 1 have news for the council if I 1 am permitted to give it sir mr carlyle stepped forward and sald said to the soldier 1 I know this young man he Is one of our citizens and he comes from the western country tile the council will wish to bear what he has to say lot but the redcoat red coat knew his orders and therein was a goof good soldier and tie he would not rive give in an inch until a superior had bad passed on my ampil cation he bawled out and a ser geant appeared on the scene and sir mr carlyle repeated his indorsement endorsement Indor ol of me the sergeant ordered the sentinel back to his bis post and told us as we se were at liberty to proceed word was curried carried inside and after several minutes during which I 1 heard the clinking of glasses and the auf fled giving of a toast an officer opened the door and motioned for me to en ter I 1 had expected mr air carlyle to accompany me but he was not in I 1 D eluded to in the invitation he gave me m a smile and a nod and passed drou the hall ball ind and out into the garden my conductor motioned for me to tc halt just inside the door and await the pleasure of tile the august commander of all the kings soldiers in ID america general braddock Brad doik doEk of irish desien SAY eny many but his name la Is saxon broad oak had bad governor r die on his big right hand band and governor Gover coi de lancey of new york on his 1 reft the others around the board were governors shirley of massachusetts sharpe of maryland dobbs of north carolina adorris of pennsylvania tear near the foot of the table were tom cow fodore reppel keppel sir john st SL clair british quartermaster general and a prominent citizen I 1 had seen several times in philadelphia ladelphia benjamin F franklin none paid any attention to me be yond a passing glance from those tac fac ing the door it la 19 very possible some or of them took me to be an indian or a naif half blood tor for among the forest folk I 1 was known as black brood and wind and sun had burned and tanned my skin until 01 on first arsi glance I 1 was as much of a red man as round hound paw law of the wolf wol clan my onondaga Onon dasa friend mr air franklin was warning general genera I 1 braddock against his long drawn out line being taken by surprise general braddock did not relish the admont tion and haughtily replied the savage may be a forbid formidable able enemy to your raw militia sir air but on tile the kings regiments and disciplined troops it if Is 13 impossible that they hey c can an make any impression I 1 thought of the redcoats red coats and the flint locks discharged in blind volleys and wondered governor Dlo dinwiddle leaned from his chair and scrutinized me closely smiled slightly and said general braddock I 1 believe I 1 recognize an alexandrian in the young rl p ten thousand pounds to red sav agest rumbled braddock man waiting to report doubtless he be brings fresh news braddock turned bis big heavy gaze on me tr frowning owning slightly at what to him blu was an untidy and rather atrocious apparel and nodded tor for we me to speak I 1 produced a written communication from george Cro croghan glion given we me by him the night I 1 stopped at his big place on Lugh wIck creek it was addressed to governor morris and I 1 placed it on the table ills excellency opened it and read ll it aloud it stated that ten thousand given in prem presents lits to tile the in diana at wills creek and to in their vil lacea would tie every savage in penn to england provided that the gift glatt were ere accompanied by b plausible explanation of En Un glands designs on the western country suet liberality declared Crog croghan ban would see the sea scaly 1 i ol of every frenchman at the heads beads ot of the ohio am smoking in wig wanis in sha or ban hanging ing on poles to in shenango She ten thousand pounds to red savages ageal rumbled general braddock anil not he swash smashed ed his fist on the table and set tile the gills ik to dannug ghou G dl does the fellow think ills his gra clous cious majesty can dump endless gold into these colo colonies oles tile the sooner the savages understand that his majesty sends ends bayonets not pounds to all who oppose his will on this continent tile the taster faster we will proceed with our bust busl kejs ten thousand founds I 1 penn sylvania gylva ula has refused us wagons bol horse see food and cvek a road to the hack back ur air franklin ho sal tit hands bands folded in ili his lap his bis shrewd eyes half closed now spoke up op altif quietly said gald pennsylvania will do her part general I 1 will pledge that virginia and maryland were to furnish wagons and horses pennsylvania has bag not been informed that more was waa expected of her than has been given rhe fhe jealousies between the colonies toniea co are unfortunate As tor for the road our committee to Is surveying it pennsyl pennsylvania firmly believes general that the old trading path running due west from philadelphia to duquesne Is the road your army should take it keeps keep to higher drier ground and crosses no do streams of any size elze the road virginia virginid insists on Is a portage road we also believe the old trading path would accelerate tile the movement of sup piles to your army especially those thosa frou brou northern col colonies onles we believe its an error not to have the expedition start from end and pass through pennsylvania where every farmer has a wagon dugon but I 1 promise you the necessary carts and clock by the time they are wanted Ge general oeral garbed in ID snuff anuff colored clothes and entirely lacking fucking to in those personal adornments which catch and please pleasa the eye nevertheless mr air franklin impressed me as being a man of destiny and by great odds the strongest ma man in the room nor did I 1 exclude general braddock to in my comparisons sir john st clair breathed hard and vowed he could obtain the wagons and horses from the german farmers in the back counties should mr air franklin fall sir john impressed me as being a man of much temper and I 1 believed he would have liked nothing better than to use old world methods in collecting whatever the army needed if my appeal does not at once bring results then you shall try your way sir john said sir mr franklin bot ut let us as see if the young man ha has s anything more to co report I 1 rapidly stated Du duquesne queene Is temporarily under onder the command of captain beaujeu beauleu Beau jeu of the marines tie he has under him about one hundred and fifty canadians and less lesa than a hundred regulars ills indians indiana number between six hundred and a thousand but they come and go la in such a fashion that its hard bard to give their number with any exactness beaujeu beauleu Is heaping many gifts on the iroquois there to in the hope of drawing the long iloie alous e into the war on the side of france the indians are nervous and afraid to light they have been told our army will number many thousands if it were not DOE for pontiac leader of the ottaway and OJIbwa ys captain jacobs and of the delawarek Dela wares many of the indians would throw down the hatchet and return to their air villages the tort fort cannot stand a elege allege and artl not attempt it captain beaujon fears that william johnson will succeed to in holding the new york iroquois ro quola neutral even if be la Is not able to enlist them for active service to in the crown point and niagara expedit expeditions lons 11 how Is it that you know what this beaujeu beauleu thinks sir rab harshly interrupted general braddock I 1 explained how bow I 1 had passed myself off at the fort as a canadian forest runner and how my onondaga friend had been accepted as a french indian the general stared at we me suspiciously and demanded who vouches for this man who talks french and tools fools an officer of hie mar marines loes governor Goer nor DLo promptly ini me andi the general dropped his bead and stared at his empty glass class As A they seemed to be waiting tor for me to continue I 1 said it Is commonly believed in pennsylvania syl vanla that carlisle would be vastly better as ler station than wills creek as it Is more accessible to philadelphia and other centers of supplies it Is also bel believed leed that had bad his big mid mal bestys troops landed nt at philadelphia the march to the beads of the ohio would be shortened by six weeks and would have saved at least cast forty thousand pounds governor murris nodded in alon of this but the general testily broke in enough of provincial tault filding its very plain the people of pennsylvania do nut not milre care to bear any of the burdens of this campaign cam pulu Mar maryland marciand liand j and virginia have promised two hundred and fifty wagons and eleven hundred bundred beeves and thus tar far have delivered twenty wagons and two hundred poor horses the provisions received from maryland are worthless broken down horses and spoiled rations I 1 1 I 1 have vouched couched for or horses and wagons quietly reminded ur air brank allu TO BE CONTINUED |