Show TAO chiw ft ID oad romance 02 braddicks braddocks Brad docks deleat SYNOPSIS impoverished by the openhanded open handed generosity of bis bin father ather virginia gentleman ent leman young webster brond in I 1 berving erving an B a scout and spy for or tb army under general braddock preparing for the he advance on fort duquesne he has just returned to alexandria from rom a visit to the fort where posing as an a frenchman me he be has secured valuable information forn me tion braddock bred to european warfare falls alia to realize the th importance of 0 the new dews CHAPTER I 1 continued 3 governor morris further mollified the irascible commander by saying 1 I will send bend george croghan a letter directing him to start belts to the he lake tribes he stands next nest to WU will ham johnson in comprehending indian nature and influence over them it if any man can bring in the dela wares the shawnees Wyan dots wees miami and the plot plan kas ha shaws baws it Is croghan when I 1 last talked with mr air wash ington lie be informed me there were three hundred iroquois Iro quola who left the ohio last winter and who bo are now ready to march with os as sold eald braddock bis big face losing some of its dour expression I 1 glanced at governor morris and fancied I 1 detected symptoms of on do easiness he knew what I 1 was thinking and while he be much disliked at that time to dash any of Brad braddock docks hopes he be announced 1 I regret air that the iroquois you mention election are no longer under our ron COD trot pennsylvania fed them trum from the latter part of last year until this spring my last advice from philadelphia Is that the assembly has voted to go to no further expense in their behalf and that the indians have returned to the french it was waa disheartening news for the leader to hear bear I 1 do not know that I 1 would have imparted it had governor morris kept silent and yet it would have been deadly wrong to have blinded the general to the truth of the situation I 1 could have told him it was too late to send belts to the lake tribes but as that was my belief lief and not an established tact fact my conscience permitted me to keep my mouth shut after all sir soothed mr franklin fort duquesne will fall to genera braddocks braddicks Brad docks veterans and not because of the wavering allegiance of the natives the tribes are with us today and accept presents from france tomorrow and on another day they ill III come back to us os the truth of the matter Is sir the hie indians indiana favor neither english nor french and would heartily henr tily rejoice if the two races would cut each others throats not a white man was left in north america this speech made an impression and braddock agreed aye theres sound sense in that we roust must depend upon the army thank god the guards have never dever failed england and his majesty I 1 I 1 will say now dow that there were but two men in ID all the colonies of fit whom general braddock unqualifiedly approved young mr washington whom 1 bad known in happier days and mr franklin mr washington despite bis big youth twenty three years of age bad been reque requested arted to serve on braddocks braddicks Brad docks stair staff lie he was very bold in opposing the gen generals ernis plans when he perceived they were posed on strategy learned on the of it europe but not at all suited to out our wild forests and mount mountains flins mr air franklin was a magician at ants and without any show of bluster could blaze a trail around ebat app appeared bared to he impassable obstacles general braddock Brad dork remembered I 1 1 was still la in the room and sold said something to governor de lancey til excellency ac clency asked me do you believe you could visit du do quesne again and pass yourself off as a a cans canadian dIDD I 1 believe that I 1 could sad add sold said so T then I 1 en bis big excelleD excellency ty proceeded to question me closely as to the physical conditions of the tort fort stepping to the table and using my finger and a pool of spilled wine I 1 indicated the structures and was marking out the twelve foot stockade nde on the when the general curtly interrupted we understand enough of that we shall learn all the details after we auve taken over the fort you will pricked to tile the ton fort and learn 11 the french have received any rein for cements As you will travel much faster than the hie army anny you yon are to se cure ehll naione the drobin calais clais while traveling to and from the fort lie ile dig dismissed missed me with a flirt dirt of his thick hand governor morris motioned for me to follow him down the hall and ex planned I 1 was to wait while hile he wrote fl letter for far me ale to 0 o give to 4 genrke earge croghan lie ile smiled palled wearily and tour lour roared none ot of us will vall rest easy until the briny army Is g under way too bad young mr washington here to make things clear to the general but bill you have evans mui cupl aye we have bave the map grumbled his fals excellency there are wen men of high station with whom i feel eel free to talk but there was wag something chilling and repelling by hugh by irwin myers by foith pondexter Pond exten service about general genera braddock Brad dork I 1 almost believed he would blame the bearer of had news it was his irad condic conal tion that the best olour riflemen were much inferior to his drill sergeants he did not seem to comprehend the difference between fighting in our gloomy forests and on a level open field to in flanders his contempt for our riflemen was complete tell him they could whip the french and outwit the file indians indiana and be would sneer at then them because W L my white brother has come from the home of his father they were unable enable to go through their drill ayde park dexterity to in the manual of arms weighed more with him than the keenest knowledge of forest lore fore I 1 was peopling the broad stairway with beautiful women from my boy hoods recollections and was aguon admiring their imported brocades brocaded bro cades tind tend velvets velvety and marveling at their fashions in ID hairdressing hair bair dressing whet when his bis excel lency finished his letter and an bounced here it Is mr air brood brond see that it gets to mr croghan either by your own band or by some trusty messenger be careful while at duquesne we move a bit lamely now but be the devils own stew tor for the french once we get the pot to boiling good luck on your travels and bring back your own bair 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 I 1 preferred the river bank to tile the crowded tavern as sleeping place that night my business from braddock Brad flock gave me immunity from any annoy ance by the civil authorities and there were homes annies of old friends that thai would have opened to me had I 1 made myself known i bad thought to make my camp in the neglected garden ot of the lie brond house hoose but the ghosts were too many and I 1 got no farther than the gate early astir I 1 ate at a market stall stal I 1 on the square near the clorse market the place was lively with the rolling of drums and the clumping of heava brogans brigans as the regulars with wonderful precision swung into various for mahlons mat ions lons the march to frederick maryland was about to begin As there was no road from that town to wills creek colonel dunbar would have to cross tile the potomac at the mouth ot the lie conococheague and anal take the winchester road my business was in alex andria aud and trailing my long rifle I 1 passed once more by the house of the open hand and started north clear ei of the town tonn I 1 stopped on a 8 blight eminence and looked back and watched the cloud of dust redden in the sun hshi it hung low and settled on the meadows and robbed the first grut gruts s 9 of its rich sheen I 1 caught the st pall of tile the grenadiers Grena diers march and my he heart a rt bent fast at the brave rolling of the drums at last IBM the march on fort duquesne had commenced and we were oil off to have it out with the frenchmen and sickening of toe the dust I 1 picked up my rifle struck through a noble grove of oaks and started to find my friend the round raw paw of the wolf clan CHAPTER 11 II der after passing through the blue ridge I 1 felt as if my visit to alexandria had taken place in a dream no place here for gay coats and ruffled shirts shins aud gilken hose bose andl and what mockery would the undergrowth make of rot my dainty ladys exquisite attire I 1 A buzzard quartered the sky and I 1 knew there would be many of them before long following the army 0 0 0 0 0 round paw of the wolf clan barely glanced up as I 1 stood beside big small email tire bre and yet be bad discovered me coming or else elie he would not have been seated with his scarlet blanket covering him from head to toot foot I 1 dropped on the ground and laid as abeld dp my rifle he filled cited and lighted his pipe and passed it through the blue smoke after a few whiffs I 1 returned it IL finally he be remarked my aly white brother has bag come from the home of big father my father Is a ghost there to Is no home tor for me in alexandria my fathers house bouse belongs to ann another ther he was silent allent for a few minutes then asked you too carry belts for ones the governor of pennsylvania 1 I carry a talking paper to george Crog croghan ban I 1 told him tapping the breast of my hunting shirt the big chief from over ever the stinking water has asked me to get men with long rifles for his army and I 1 have said bald I 1 would go to duquesne again does the man of the wolf go with me lie he rose and allowed tits his blanket to drop down on his loins during my absence he had bad repainted white the paw on his big chest the totem mart mark of his big clan and he was oiled for war I 1 knew he was pager to hr he deep in the forests beyond the alleghenies an and d was even now ready to start although leg tired I 1 did not unpack my blankets but signified my readiness to travel ile he produced some smoked meat and parched corn for me to eat and after I 1 bad finished he made up op his travel bundle and we were off As I 1 walked behind him aa a much of an indian in appearance as he if ont not for my disheveled hair I 1 described the ahe gallant appearance of the army as it marched out of alexandria HIs only comm comment en I 1 w was as big poise noise the shannock Swan nock eng cannot shoot with drums I 1 answered that the soldiers bold ierg would have no chance to use their guns because of the weak condition of the fort and garrison A year earlier when mr washington marched out of fort necessity the situation might have N nen been en different then duquesne was garrisoned by close to a thousand men under the command of veterans twelve months had bad wen reen a change in III conditions the portage at niagara had slowed up the arrival of stores from canada tile horses borses expected from pasqu isle had not been delivered the garrison had bad been weakened by the sending back of troops to canada those bringing supplies from can ada adai arrived attired in rich velvets velvety and genial from rare wines but with their sacks empty waste find and confusion bad blighted tile the tine spirit of du defenders I 1 had learned this alil much from captain who had readily accepted me as a loyal frenchman hound klund paw was never a gossip we had bad traveled together for two years and there had bad been many days when ile he spoke we first wet met on luke lake eries sout heru shore when a puck of hirons and a few frenchmen were giving lue itle a n bard ruo run und and on tile the point of ca thing me it was round paws tierce fierce war cry the terrible del latice of the Onon onondagas dagas and his deadly arrows that had dad cluied ma n pursuers to slow up the chase tear fear ing an ou TO BE CONTINUED |