Show ET the pe re bova A romance ito masiee al of S braddicks braddocks Brad docks defeat by HUGH EN illustrations Wust rations by arwin myers copyright av r hugh kgb pen rid dextor WO service CHAPTER VII continued 20 run fasti be hissed to the water go gate te I 1 Ilont lacs voice thundered a cow mand the onondaga muttered the ottawa chief tells his children to watch the gates end and thi stockade and kill anyone trying to get out once outside the lodge and we were in dar darkness kuess thirty yards away slid and we me bad lost ourselves in a wild crowd of savages but as we pressed on Pont lacs stentorian voice gradually reached an intelligence here and there and from different points and in all the dialects of the northern arid and ohio tribes the word was pas passed ed to guard the stockades and gates take the man beland olive alive r 1 roared a voice and I 1 knew that Beau beauving vins at last had connected my identity UP op with my french name and that beau jeu now understood all why tills this way I 1 asked the onon duga as we reached the stockade on oil the river froot front stand on my shoulders white brother and go over he directed Tb theres eres the witch woman ashes on the other side shall we ava her or foce face about and die like chiefs I 1 pc ec rambled to his shoulders and rent ment to the top of the timbers I 1 reached down a hand band but scorning alt all Assistance round paw swarmed over tile the barrier the two of f us dropped to the ground within a few feet of the river it was very dark and I 1 was completely bewildered this way mister called a low voice the onondaga dragged we me after him my bly hand band reseed on a canoe chos there I 1 whispered daughter of witches was the halt half laughing halt half sobbing reply but please dont stop to talk mister ter it was time I 1 scrambled loto into the canoe for a chorus of yells now raised on the othey other side of tile the stockade and only a few feet away I 1 tripped over a rifle as the onondaga pushed the light craft crabl into the current I 1 picked it up and found it familiar to my hands whose rifle ride Is this I 1 whispered dushl cautioned tile the girl then proudly its yours youre I 1 was at the door when the trouble began I 1 reached to in and took it when mr beauvais commenced calling you a spy talk will kill us grunted the on in as he pushed a paddle into my hands and begun began working desperately ler pera tely to reach the water along ailing the opposite burik bunk his warning was timely for I 1 evil hear the plop plop of heavy bodies dropping over the stockade Eto chade there come came an explosion of mud mad rage that made my heart wince the onondaga proudly in formed us they have found little wolf in the lodge I 1 crept under the wall and shot eliot him bins with lile ills own wo arrow arrom lie he made it a clinking noise the wolf man main thought pome of ft those outside would know the truth there was pontiac ue he talks with ith ghosts and they tell him secrets it was he who told lit tie lie wolf to kill me ille pontiac so saw in me at detrell and knew my heart wu wat worm for the llie english little wolf was mas to elliott me the hole lo in the robes when I 1 danced by it if mv DV white brother hart had nut non been in artun kill ger I 1 should hove shot flontine after telling him to march by wilh the others they are aire over the lie wall chev III talie talce canoes und follow fillow aisi I 1 m unmet orned mister blister I 1 1511 tilled nil all tile the I 1 could linn find befi re going to in the house dipre you was ealing they cant ratch catch us willi bolits you hae line dacie viell little korniat what dp deif g ilaw ina do now we were at tile hie alte shore we u will go gi up file alie river instead ol of down he alic they v will think we went down to tile the ohio it t the tonn man liea uil hud had not come we would have shown thein new bingle you knew about I 1 asked round paw the witch kimlan told me she asked my help she waited outside tile the house to stop front see ing you it was wag the llie witch woman wh who said we would love by water she was to lie outside the stoe stockade kade by the water unter gae she hns has a very strong medicine so it wits was you who saved me little I 1 a ald ad to her lora LAWS sakel dont believe that thai injun tells you he saved you riot not me and now I 1 cant go to von nn ada dai welt walt until after the war it Is will be a short war I 1 toll told tier her little real lazing my as it prophet we must leave tile the river bif re the first light spoke epcke up the Punt lae will tend lend the lie chiase ile he Is a very great man ile he knows we took to water tie he hlll III s sand P nd men sinn nannc both shores to ti find where our trull trail leaves tile the river lie will throw many men between us and 11 it if the witch tokes to theair und all liri like a bird then round miff hig hl brother can walk slowly tind lit abe 1 e mild ih Ot ottamus Otta tawas ne lle was as liftin fitted it 11 lien I 1 ow Z bilm the girl could not fly like a bird and that any plans we me made must include tier her I 1 told him of my efforts to shield village from roin attack and expressed my tear fear that beau vals vale mould now an do fn tile the thing I 1 lind had convinced him he should not tin do this furnished the onondaga with a double errand to the delaware village he be must worn warn the woman sachem and tell crofit to carry my warning to the army that the turtle creek roule roine though rough would be free from successful ambuscades ambus cades eades you will take tile the same talk but separate from the I 1 added the woman end and I 1 will leave you at the mouth of turtle creek and follow it up for a bit and seek the army to that direction surely one of the three of us men will take the talk through to braddock CHAPTER VIII our are strong half a mile below the mouth of turtle creek the monongahela grew very shallow with scarcely more than a ripple of water to lo places the three of us as hald a brief conference set me down set me down I 1 and decided that round paw should take the canoe to the western bunk bank bud and make town ton afoot tile the girl and I 1 walled waded to the eastern shore we left the river in the first gray light of morning and ran swiftly the girls thin face revealing her determination mi not to hinder my progress by any display of weakness and as we ran slie she spied out the country ahead while I 1 kept watch over our backtrack back track every time I 1 glanced behind me I 1 fully expected to behold a flitting form of a savage we arrived at turtle creek a 8 short distance above its mouth without hearing the indians cry of discovery we forded corded the creek and paused tor for a minute for her to rest our breathing spell was terminated by a faint halloo the voice cattle came fri farni ra far ar off and as it wits not repented repeated we me did not agree as to tile the direction the girl insisted it was north of us while my ears placed it a as from the northwest of at about the point on oil the where me e tind ehno dont d file canoe thankful it if was not head of it us we resumed our MOIL we had not proceeded more than fifty rod before rite flip girl nho fin was in the lead elve a little cry and came to a halt where I 1 whispered glaring ahmit to find what had alar nied her among the bramble bushes she f tie faintly replied pointing poi ntina tier her short ralie toward a arid and pressing a hand to io tier side 1 saw it oni and directed io 0 o abend a lait oil and wull watt for me it was io sight eight even for a border hired bred woman to behold unless glim gilia necessity compelled after she tied had mussed of on I 1 exan the fiend imin lie ile bad been shot through the boldy body and scalped scalded he wits a Fren frenchman Noon tor for he wore the white anif uniform orin with black facings that distinguished the marines from the troops of the line whose facings were blue As the buz hi had not commenced to gather it II was plain he be must have met benth twelve hours back or in the evening an ax ait was tightly gripped in the right hand and there was a gash dish to la the handle where another made blade lind had struck in the darkness he and his assailant us had rought fought blindly I 1 overtook the girl who was standing before a thick tangle of nf pen pea vines and trailers when I 1 would have taken the lead in striking this bar her she motioned roe me to watt wait time we was too precious to watt wait hut but before I 1 could say as much I 1 beard a 0 taint faint cry 1 I knew I 1 heard beard it she muttered mutter cd but t Is only tile the howl of a wolf indian lungs limps are behind that tha f howl I 1 told her its up the creek you yon think a injun made it mister 7 the howl was repeated and sounded clearer im positive I 1 said As it to guarantee the certainty ot of tny my words the signal was answered on our left and again from the direction of the river they are close after Us os I 1 whispered calling to each other to meet on this creek find our trail theres but one way open we must double back bach by the frazier cabin and if sighted before we enter the forest below it we can take shelter there and try to stand them off ull till night olf it we can tind the cabin we can make a good baht she stoutly declared john frazier Fraz ler trader and blacksmith was a stanch supporter of the english he had served the colonies more than once as no an interpreter and before coming to the mouth month of turtle creek had lived fw for twelve years at Venn venango ngo or until driven out by the french in 11 1753 he had been of assistance si to colonel washington in 1754 and was commissioned a lieuten ant in trents arents command when it was instructed to fortify the forks of the ohio 1 I can find the cabin easy enough I 1 assured her and we vie swung out from the creek and doubted doubled back As we ran we could hear the wolves howl ing from three points of the compass their signals sounding rounding clearer each minute and proving that several bands would soon come together at the creek I 1 began to doubt the wisdom of proceeding farther toward the cabin I 1 feared we vie would be cut off and surrounded to turn our hacks backs to the creek and plunge through the dense forest and trust our lives to our legs appealed ns its being the best plan are you able to keep beep going all day through the forest I 1 asked her 11 1 arn am very tired she confessed its so long since I 1 had a good sleep mister there was last night 1 I 1 know I 1 broke in for time was all to short you do it it A A glance lance at her pinched face told me ohp was fairly exhausted and in our haste to make good time we lad in spots left signs the savages could easily follow at a run the the cabin it must be I 1 said and trying to speak cheerfully frazier will have plenty of powder and bul lets perhaps some spare trade guns you too could make it alone through the woods moods to the army she said her words coming tn in jerks 1 I can niale mahe it no faster than vou too can im thinking youre telling a lie ile mister she gravely rebuked but re sullied smiled running A quavering cry up op the creek made my skin prickle hang on to your rifle I 1 ordered os as I 1 seized tier her and threw her over my shoulder holding her with one arm anil currying carrying my awu gun in n mi W av left hand with a flue fine spurt of speed I 1 covered several hundred yards abe lie began kicking rod squirming and demanded set me down I 1 set me down I 1 gt gr us boin koltl I 1 did RE as she requested not because I 1 vilis nan too ton weary ueary to carry her farther but because tier her rifle was wildly and sinking the bushes bustled ond leming a trail un tin ox could follow TO ITO HE CONTINUED |