Show FT I 1 am d R 0 ca A romance Bras sies of S by HUGH illustrations by arwin aayers copyright br bir hugh poindexter tT WW service SYNOPSIS webster brond brand to Is serving tie as a blout t and spy tor for the army under general braddock preparing for or the advance on fort duquesne que ane lie he has just returned to ate alexandria andrin from a visit to the tort fort where posing as a frenchman he has secured valuable information braddock bred to european warfare falls alls to realize the importance of the news brond Is sent back to fort dous duquesne us ne also bearing a message to george Cro croghan Crogh glian nn english emissary among the indians brond brand joins his friend and fellow scout round paw indian chief and they set out on the way they tall fall in with a typical backwoods backwoodsman mari balsar crofit who joins them the party encounters a group 0 of settlers threatening threaten lne a young girl elsie Din donwold wod whom they accuse of witchcraft brond saves her from them the girl disappears webster delivers his message to croghan young col george washington rescues brond broad from bullying english soldiers he a bully in a fight and finds elsie donwold diewold brond broad Is sent on it a scouting expedition to fort duquesne esne CHAPTER ill III continued 9 lie he had been tile officer now tie he was tile friend lowering his big voice and aad smiling gt genially lie said 1 I 1 know how bow you dislike discipline webster forest running makes a man that way I 1 have presented the watter matter to general braddock Bradi lock and its Ws wish you go at once put cut as soon as tie he gets a grasp on all conditions here he will insist all scouts he under military discipline so its well you roo so 90 now cow immediately there Is a young woman in camp who has been masquerading que rading as a man her sex tins bits been discovered by the they way may say she Is a french spy she Is elsie dinwood Din wold ol of great cove she was driven from the valley the day I 1 left there on the charge she fhe Is a witch I 1 vouch for her as a poor unfortunate young woman and thoroughly loyal to the colonies col site she shall not be molested cut but there are too many women in camp co mp already I 1 wish you good lucki would like to go with you only I 1 d never pass as a frenchman I 1 hastened to the iroquois camp and found sound round paw law smoking and talking with george croghan the onon dogs daga ft as quick to respond when I 1 promised action we secured a small ling baa ot of meal and some extra arrowheads for flints for or I 1 ever considered them better that than the imported article As we traveled the ancient path the onondaga informed me major chapman had taken his bis road builders over wills mountain a most foolish choice fadd and one thit that would cause great waste of time and much hardship colonel washington could have designated a much better betler road as could any ol of braddocks braddicks Brad docks scouts had their allce been sought it was near sunset by the time AC e had bad covered live miles and as my iny haste to depart had bad been to bold huing called back bach and hampered by hit mii military instructions we were flee dee to camp arid and take it leisurely I 1 bull built a fire while round paw was perching a turkey while we were to out our supper a tall lanky figure blundered into the light it was Sit balsar istir crofit been chasing you tellers fellers he in ormed formed us allow Is this balsaar Ral Bal sar sarr 1 I sternly de In youre a wagoner anti and your place Is back la in camp we are out on a scout ill 11 II I 1 aint wanted I 1 can scout alone be replied displaying his mean ingless grin wild bruber enough for or bit all of us to scout in but ill it he be mor tally dinged danged if ill stick on the creek and eat salt meat while the thief who stole my cay rifle Is loose to hunt for or tresh meat some one stole your rifle if we lick the french as sartain as that there rine rifle has been etole then the french are everlastingly wall wallop opeil ej this very minute the lit ill out ahead of you tellers fellers come round ahe ih mountain by tills this path the onondaga caught only fray frag ments of Cr cromity omits talk and asked me to repeat it after I 1 till did so lie ad of let the bone breaking man come with us it if we meet a bear be shall shaft show enow how strong his bandet are claws all balsar youre one ot of u we but IT ill not be responsible for the lie cou con sequences once you get back to the army cut but Us a PRY pity you a go gun ill have a mighty port pert one when I 1 overhaul that dinged danged thief I 1 knew bad luck lack wits was coming coining when I 1 dreamed ot of that witch girl cousain her herl 11 CHAPTER IV i the cabin the file onondaga aroused us os shortly after sunrise find whispered to me J men come hide we took to cover and after a few minutes one 0 of came into view and halted on beholding the ashes of 0 our campfire cain pare ue he leaned on in it his is ra 11 e and after a hit of glancing glan clug about sounded a low altie tills was a signal hut brought brou glit others to his side at first glance I 1 thought bt them to be indians but bur as aa we their un kempt cintr air the manner of their walk wak their long ions rifles and fur hats burs we knew kaev them to be anite nien men there were ten of them and their leader was as daik as a a negro all were dressed like indiana besides a rifle ride each carried an ax all as ae well es as a knife at his bis belt sly my second thought was that they must be frenchmen who always imitated their red companions lit in dress and thus endeared themselves to the to ID dinn I 1 was lining the leader with tn my rifle and was aos about to order him to i ap pp tv A ita 4 y it 1 1710 tl A d there the W was as none on the frontier who had not heard of black ja jack ck the indian I 1 killer oller drop his gun when the first man to to break through the timber kneeled hy by the tire fire stones thrust hla his hands bands into the ashes lies quickly withdrew them and announced still licit hat barnin not mored loreo ff two hours ugo ago look about harshly commanded the lender leader before they could move I 1 called out who are you men none ot of their hero appeared to move a muscle until the leader slowly turned his head bead 11 ID our direction and tersely answered white while men but tills this wits was scarcely sufficient tor for tile the units times a ere ticklish so I 1 said 11 youre the right kind of 0 white while uteri men were glad to see you if you are I 1 the wrong kind you will go to to wills creek nith us its wills creek Is where were duruo fur for to help general Brudi loik lock hip the fiend and so show yo there ere along every border talu full bunds bonds ol of while men who hud had reverted to savagery and alio waged war on in till all decent people motioning for or wy companions to remain in hiding I 1 stepped into the small opening ond and said were scouts scout for braddocks braddicks Brad docks ormy army now talk to tile me with belts the last speaker again spoke say ing and delilly enough oui of bilpo here Is black jak jack ot of tile Jiin joul lina aill we go to help fineral 11 rod clot it chete was none on the front frontier ler will who had not nol heard of black aulk the in ili than dian killer uis uie family lind hid been mur dered derea dy DA tin the red men while he win away tit oil to a hunting bunting trip trill on D return ing tit lo tile the ruins of his little cubio lie ile had vowed to beote the hie 1 nl I tits life to the race ilow I 1 low 1001 florida to new took folk pro vinto idi ounie wis was known and many the he stor sor wits was related banul him arid ill hl nevar quest tor for revenge rhe flie indians attributed blut mul b cerY to him bill lind no DO bonger considered hill n u diere autere cunial bring being 1 too dom dealo red well imd find riven tn en found on in trail still aim in lonely valley und io 10 tax wt n the banks of tinn ameil creeks to per mil bit of an ordinary human status As guides scouts and riflemen these ten men were howth worth a thousand blun daring regulars when it if cume came to lo deep forest grilling fighting they would find hi tile own food and be incapacitated neither by cold nor heal best I 1 congratulated general braddock raddock li for baring such woodsmen woodsman woods men serving him I 1 was won led over one problem their coining had bad created however for the Onon onondagas dagaS benefit I 1 called out keep back who be you telling in iroquois to keep back rumbled captain jack his dark eyes seeking to search out the thicket behind me an indian arlend of mine ano holes hates the french I 1 told him bin you stand no chance of harming him if you should be so minded general crad brad dok dock needs your help sorely but he be has faulty iroquois in his bis camp his are sate safe sos yours 1 was the slow response Cr crofit Crom omIt lt come forward I 1 calvd called rhe file redhead red head bead crawled through the bushes all his teeth showing stand ing behind me he be drawled the onondaga Is a quarter mile away by this time your injun Is safe so long as be scouts against tile the french growled captain jack crofit eyed him with kindling in ill terest and said you look mighty husky roister mister do you ever the killer turned a gloomy glance upon my friend I 1 then thed said to me your safe when with you or to in Brad braddicks Braddock docks 3 camp we knew crogman had some iroquois there but when we meet a redskin alone in the woods we never ask to see his road belts we shout shoot low how Is this brad dock tie ile cant know anything about and their general braddock Is a drillmaster drill master I 1 come came away from the camp sos not no to he under military rule lie ile puts folks under orders eb eua and captain jack shrugged his bis big shoulders in disgust we dont warn want any pay or rations were going to wills creek because Crog hans bans there all we e ask of braddock Is to be let alone we live rod and fight in ofir our own woy way well veli have our own way if we help him ue jet ked his head toward the val ley path and his men tell fell in behind him find and the ten of ibm thim passed tron from our sight invaluable as they would be to braddock in guarding against surprise attacks I 1 doubted it if that martinet gouid accept them on their own terms As they vanished through the green wall I 1 turned hack back to tile the fire round lound paw was there crofit chuckled the injun never budged a inch I 1 lied like when I 1 said hed run away we made our breakfast of broiled squirrels and then pushed on we crossed savage run scarcely more than llian a rivulet and camped oo on little meadows with the rugged slope ot of meadow behind us so tai far e had found no freh fre h signs ol of indians Ind liDs but during the morning 0 of tile the next day we came upon tie the scalped scalded remains ot of a warrior I 1 pronounced him to be a TIgh twee but round ila baw W insisted Jonon tody liag m meaning the dead man was a 8 buron Lf uron the onondaga suld said death had been caused by a small bullet buffet and he accepted ly my theory that the pluck black hunter und and his men had flagged egged b the fellow scouting further on we came to the remains of a fresh it was waa nor nol awre than a 0 night old arid and it was too large foi fill an indian to have lighted nur nor could I 1 attribute it to tile the black Il hunters band for captain jack and his men would make a blaze after the fashion rhe onondaga was puzzled for it 11 a third party hear the scene ol of tile the killing sly my friend requested cru fall and tile me to stay by the charred sticks tille he investigated wore more closely before setting forth he e ex unil tied the spot most patiently au an announced one loan long gun gull TO BIS BE CONTINUED y n |