Show AA thi the ck irand va romance of 4 braddicks braddocks Brad Bradd docks defeat D hah HUOH I 1 illustrations dy by 12 0 iRwiN M MEns yeas 0 10 4 w wf N siu u ftp vice copyright by bv avak CHAP CHAPTER TEft VII continued 18 colo ojen quick it lu any sular stilton that favored ills his growing plan tor for resisting Hrad docks approach apil stood up aud and sonorously replied Pont pontiac lac greul great chief ol of tile ottaway your words make 1 be liburt cart warm anil and glad with the liev ly polly lat to lead our red bi others brothers the hie lodge ghosts will toll tell but one line thins filing million ox ax halfred half red and halt trenel french wilt will split the english hend head let lel tile the breve brave set up tip the ined clue lodge ghere we mf may see eee ll it hail hour bear its voices let lei lie ghouls ill 1 till iri clent civil wars lors tell us how haw to lo t tile english and take dike for out our own ue lle their long line wagons wagon of guns unit anil cloth find food tell your red brothers thill tha will send them a reg tit fit bran dy to make their pontiac turned and stalked trim from tilt HK room a dramatic figure smiled grimly unil and still through h tile the pen open door lie salt said to us messieurs there speaks one win who some solve day will moke make grem trouble tron lile lot lor bottle boine one whoever holds thul that soft fast to france dues does front france null mid our lit king a great service now mille they are putting up their lod e lei OF eat eal and talk I 1 had dud re renewed need acquaintance will the lie three officers before entering the flie room and had been made known to the fourth man lie de st therese a plea pleasant son t luit fellow Plat clatter terso of steaming meal luent and some good bread were served outside the window rose rohe the gul got tural holcel bolce of the he wizards as thea hie file erection of ft tile loys mystery tery lodge soon there added tile the tierce notes note ot of a war sung song as ill brandy begun began to take effect arid and uy by the light of several tires ale e could glimp glimpse Fe stark fornis forms dancing madly around a war post each dancer dons ing to drive tits ills as am into inlo tile the wood lu in fline ot of brul bruining ning a foe for FO a baclig round was wn the elie beul beat lightning arid and tile baroff far IT bellowing ot of the Th thunder bod giving hatti haftle to his lin fin memorial enemy the water serpent beaujeu beauleu watched the frenzied war alors lu fill a 8 in ament ni and sighed it I 1 could hold to that thai pitch when I 1 lend lead ahem to battle but messieurs now that we have satisfied out our appetites I 1 aill ask monsieur 51 beland to tell us about the of if the conlan toward us then you cun con dellbe if her village tillage at al the lit il tile the Is a menace to france ranee beauvais at al ready has told us its something but bul sion MOD bleur behind wag wu lo in the village longer thao than beauvais HI hid had a const sig int nl experience so tor fur tile the second time little since enter ing the 1 he tort flirt I 1 recounted the woman sachems sac such hems eitts refusal 0 it hie file french bell arid and the he killing illing li of bull belt car aler when I 1 had ceased speaking stem tie de 1 therece excitedly cried 11 it II I 1 is 9 time that ell eill nest was de it stroy troyd 1 I lorli us eyes eye sparkled what dors does tie de carqueville lie asked i lie ile arque ille promptly replied we are in ex exl trends gibout brad doll doik finding a remilio ref airm little should ills his line ol of niameh take lake hill it tile of ol 01 file the courser cour country str ahead tit ot his aminy should lie be swept cleats clean alilee lie ile lal InA arale larade lifler a glass of whip still gae 1 I 1 I I 1 h to the indians death to 10 AlIm 11 I 1 after afler the iorii liia l hall been beel drunk bleur de larieux lari Vurl lux sox coun couii ferdl aled it wull would ht he hest I 1 belleve hel ln leve to send tin allawas Hla 01 if the hie to re move tile village v considered ills his suggestion thOught thoughtfully full tor for a few and t then lien fumed to tile me and invite lf let us lime hae monsieur belunas ad vice li I 1 told them it 11 Is toy my belief that at the worst site she will tit only oily succeed to la 1101 bug tier her indians indiana neutral their numbers ra tire are few when they lily find there Is hut but if a small force or Int ifune with will hie he rog en lish army they will iii no I 1 fare dare to jolo join it it 1 you send tile the no northern athern Inilla aus ns against the village you only may make our shawnees Shuw nees eg and blin goes unevay it may elliott their fighting spirit ter your delawarek del Dela wares would oot not rel ilski kh doing tile the work far or after all they are of the same race khel elie tn muttered uttered I 1 jaujou beautt eau jou u tugging of Ms his long hair and frowning ot at his gloss glass finally he threw up file bis head bead band and said our or brother speaks with wisdom although it mke hike the cold cut cal culli ting counsel of an englishman bur ll it Is true messieurs that clint many 0 the lie indians do not care vt hether them the dg ants tile the wolf or the wolf eats the dog we cannot risk a split in orr oct red ranks it if the steal away to the muskingum ngum arid and graven craves creek then we may mat expect tu to behold tile hie take lake tribes lemang for or the lie north without lifting ao an as I 1 I 1 ant am forced to believe it will he be heller better to leave limn in alone if our ladys Lal vs intercession should give us a victory braddock Braddo fb the task of 0 pacifying lie english lent lenape will be easier colder if there be no hones bones of nf their warriors for france to rover cover it if it II Is fated that we lose we 4 shull shall hae our bonds full so ID with druwing drawing from tills this fort without havins having to tight a rear guard engagement enaa Kement infuriated neutrals for I 1 solemnly assure you messieurs that our own savages si will he be a problem should we have to retire monsieur belaud beland I 1 rejoice that you are here and linie lime spoken as you have I 1 only wf h that hint monsieur beauvais ren uvala could join us its and gi give e his big v views lie Is a pool cool thoughtful man arid and like yourself would speak with out prejudice it required several rounds of nine to restore us to a proper enthusiasm I 1 f P it a coolness on the lie part of my two twit neighbors although none lit at tile the tattle openly will Benti jens de cllon aion but tie la in parade nho ho hud find drunk to the lie lil il lipe lilge was vastly more ilo polar in r than 1 I beau to ja 1 1 Js our brother speaks with wisdom although it sounds lickle the cold calculating counsel of art ah englishman jeus mention of beauvais Beau vals made my back frel feel chilly find and my gaze wan dered frequently toward the lie open dour door and yet when I 1 attempted to decide lust last what I 1 should do lid did lie he put in an appearance my mind re fused to bork it wits was as 88 it if my intel ere paralyzed I 1 was keenly conscious of dreading ills arrival but wits was incapable of planning a diseri defense ie there was a wild aish in my heart that the onondaga might discover tile hie truth and manage in some firis fashion hion to intercept film this of course was not bused based on in reason it till ditl SLI get tt to thinking about the inon dupa and the dinwood girl I 1 wondered lr it I 1 road haf been observed ahen a hen walking find talk lug ing with her and it if should I 1 rip ne of ap pretended ended the would tip lip helli to div 9 count my only consolo consolation tion alls 1111 flint beaujeu beauleu was a 9 and that once she disclosed tier her sox he noimi not permit tier her to he be harried there remained tile hie vt it tile retreat to Car carmelit pontiac nev never er glubt an opportunity to advance b till elal once he saw that the french M nere ere whipped I 1 doubted his morally to to if the I 1 e tilles looking back to 11 fierlit 04 days it in july I 1 am convinced I 1 D nis 1 4 judged nim ot of the next few years were to establish h ills his never ending hostility to the duglish Pu glish the alie dancers had find quit tile tire und war post and were now le L uro arts tes quely fly the window a swift shift ing string of distorted and mons monstrous irmis jy painted faces and a nourishing flourishing of rf axes some of the axes were painted red tile lie bolter better to ex amplify tile the vil bidders elders sanguinary am bit bivions ions As the savages pressed closer to the building la in fassl passing in review we saw them only from the neck up and the effect was that of detached heads flowing doming und and bobbing by then thereca there fame methe lie sweetest test strata strain of music I 1 ever heard although it was produced by the guttural voice of a most hideously painted creature wit who had find concealed all suggestions of n human countenance by painting his face with will a series of circles in block black red and while tits 1119 song was sweet in uly my ears because he sang through the open window the simple ample refrain ila ha lium hum well lla ila hurn hiim neli 1 I bielong to the wolf eltin aln I 1 belong to tile the wolf clan surely words viere a ere never more wel we come I 1 felt fell the lie tightness sa if in my cheer give vil way and I 1 knew that hound of the onondagas Onon dagas wits was on thol scene find and ready to stood stand or fall fail me too loo caught tle the arid and reworked remarked not a northern voice nor shawnee nor leril lenape it sounds like a baingo and yet it la Is different 1 I was not riving giving much beed 1 I 1 said it sounded like an iroquois singing tits his wolf sons next we had bud a view of a who brandl hed a war dub club ot of birch th the e club wits palmed red and blaik black arid and afis deformed de with bross brass nails dolls the arm ami holding the club boosted boasted of a badge of skunk skin to s how the man had bud seized a wounded enemy by the arm arid and hall bud held field him three of file feathers in ills hair were notched evade tang lie hod killed and scalped scalded as many roes ind and thare dupre pre 0 tiler feathers allieri fc lie he too bud seni lied by his companions for after the northern fashion of counting coup four feathers ers could he be imire orn for the death of if each eneany slain one hy by illman alio ho inside inide the kill one hy by the lie man inan who took the end and one hy by end each of the two met men nho ho might assist lit in the lie scalping tills fellow remained before tile the vilno low long enough to chant in a voice an engle eagle feather I 1 see a brave I 1 have caught A wolf I 1 see a wolf wol I 1 hove have ought caught interpreted alio lie song for me file I 1 would hove have thought nothing about it had find not ni file onondaga Onon dasa soon passed the window again proving tip ila biad not waited ills fits turn arid and proclaimed himself to tie be of the wolf clan and directly following him re appeared the with ilia til boast of having caught cankat a wolf fil nerves began tightening there was a sinister significance in the second appearance of the two men it was plain that the potawatomi was fix t erting himself to keep at the heels of my friend there was no time to worry over the coincidence however I 1 was con flolene tile the potawatomi even if something had aroused his suspicions would never catch round paw off his guard the dancing suddenly ceased and we noted that tile the framework of the medicine lodge was up nod and that the wizards were rapidly covering it with medicine robes so as to shut off all view of the interior except as the small email lap flap wits was pulled back and re healed a small square opening facing our window pontiac came through the doorway arid and spoke to beauleu beaujeu the common dint dant nodded and explained to us ile he says one of the potawatomi little wolf wishes to entertain us with some magic we settled buck back to enjoy tile the lug gl ly hut my nerves gave a jump juliel when in title little wolf I 1 recognized tile dancer who lad had sold said he had caught a wolf ile ie halted near the file table and eyed us all steadily dlly imagined hl hi grize gaze rested a trifle longer on me than on ili the others hut but set it down to tu my y being a R ranger beauleu beaujeu rose and handed him it glas of ine find and spoke harst in the lie H tongue and then in ID french rp sayings saying little litile wolf voll Is a mighty might when the lodge Is reada hr he hlll IH cull the glitis ts to talk to tn us ills theja will tell fell us how to strike an us ax into tilt alir Lnell sh little wolf refused the wine still anil glanced about until ile find biad lo ranil lie hie brandy lie he still nul ids boost for hie file 61 ronger drink title liick out file lie wine and doled dilca eflin To cosing sIng off file brand lie plated ills his lw how find and 1111 arrow on it finall 04 liiste find and turned tits lils exl on oll us is find and ninie much business of ex undoing the contents of the die hax when lie faced he had find a limp laii knife lit in his hi hind hand this he proceed rii vio to to billow up to 10 tile rhe hill so fur for ni could observe the blade went flows doar his throat TO BE CONTINUED |