Show the red A 4 romance of C braddock Drad docks defeat defea HUGH HM ba I 1 1 W mye v or WN misu W N U st service ser vice alvice copyright ba 1 CHAPTER IX continued 26 ill do as you ask mister but bill be fore the fighting begins if there Is any I 1 want to see you a minute it if theres sure to be lighting fighting come back to me ill be near the first arsi wagon ill if it la Is possible ril ill do that I 1 agreed glud glad to make any terms that 1 would insure her safety there was some delay in starting although the lie drums hat had pounded out the long march it seems that gen oral eral braddock Brad duck wished visited to examine the elie rush crock creek shore personally before breaking entrap now toy my hopes were high again but alas the precipitous 4 banks impressed liliu him as being ulu lou touch of an aa obstacle to overcome now we were so close to the fort and during the few minutes minute he walked along tile the banks and scowled at the rugged shore over the stream the fate of un an army red and of a continent were decided I 1 felt a great regret that the ridge road was not followed but I 1 fully be llevad the river road would at the most cost some lives it was not given to the onondaga nor even to the witch girl to read the next few hours bours 40 it was as near midday before we got in motion gist was already out with the delawarek Dela wares round paw crofit and I 1 took to the woods together but bui quil quilly ly mpa rated and scouted toward turtle creek when we came back to camp that night we made the same report no signs of any enemy in 10 deans in numbers our delawarek Dela wares had exchanged shuts shots with mth a few french indians hat but to no scalps were brought in aming the day the army had followed the valley of long tun for a distance of about eight miles lolles in a southwesterly course so slowly did we move arid and had made camp on in the slope between the monongahela and a let called crooked tun liun throughout the eight the wagons kept coming in to in the morning july eighth col end washington arrived and insisted ted on exchanging the covered wagon agon for a horse ile he showed his illness ver plainly and was not fit ct to be if in the saddle lie ile wits was a young man younger than 1 and iel ills face was verj grave I 1 saw him when he went to in a counci count 11 with the core cora maider and the field officers I 1 was waiting near when mien he cuine from the conference in Loni kompany pany with will sir Ilal halket ket sir peters visage was ver eri nielan melancholy holy and not cat good for rite lie re mcg blare to see tile the two ot of them bendet their close by rne me and as I 1 was ibbie barst there was no rea still ron why I 1 should plug my oars ears sir peter said 1 I urged upon tipon him to nave love ever eera toot foot of the ground examined and you heard hat lie replied that lie he re fired filled to lose time heating the file forest for red indians as highland cunteri hun teri beat the woods in dehing out oat game but I 1 ot methinks wt could ell take H lea lesion o biorn these same game highland hunters it will he a girat fault it we do nut not tile the fords ford tit at the least saki said colonel Wits washington hington even were that thai dune dine there will remain much danger the hlll never dai in lopine without making a tight bal vie ae must have good courage ti tin i e frech indians to do nut not want to tight out only danger will oe in a panic seizing upon ibe hie regulars you may inny dismiss that thai year ski fin pete felat r replied ills hla maj estye know their duty lut too loo well thank il it it if tile will bold bohl there need tie he no fear concern inn t lie soldierly of tin guards 1 I bin am coin loved lip flip provin tinis will hold sir lavter crisply assured d im co ancl washington thereupon they parted alth alib cere bous and colonel olon rl washing too ton beheld rne rite for the hie first lime eline ile he greeted rc eld oie me wainly as a un tin old fri oai ni I 1 had to tell him my ug tie a guest of captain and ht he re ilu quested ested me to what the cap tain had find sald kuld ahmit lovina laying on an anjima code cade at the crossings crop sings wian I 1 bad finished adli hed lie he bild it does took look as it 11 the ire falling him at the last moment tent our oat flouts report there are no 1111 signs ol 01 indians at either crossing theres nothing to hinder hundri us seizing hoth ih fords now and yet yel ae e should tit al ways beware ot at ile hie earmy better overrate him than to under underrate rae him well webster Web sier take good care tit ol your if the impossible it must be the colonials colonl als who halil the ynema back until the regulars can kei get their hearings 1 again lie be shook hook i rny my band arid and tit ills flesh was wa hot with fever fet r ue he was weak weah and his gaze woud wandered dered ered to his covered wagon I 1 bluntly told him you should he in hed bed sir excellent advice doctor broud brond inasmuch as rest to la hard come by when khen the wagon to Is to in motion ills ilia fitte tt tempt mut t jocosity was rattier rather pitiable when otte taw the lie diersh ei ersh dust klusti ID 10 ills his thin cheeks anti and olison olis emed d rite lie heavy weariness ss of his eyes 1 but I ut its worry rather than fatigue bothering me dinning Din nine celiste Uch sterl r I 1 1 its I 1 S hard faring tahid I 1 cont ciu t keep on a hoise amise alien hen I 1 bellee believe I 1 in needed lull but can ride two counties cu without d discomfort bern H dance will wilh a 8 pretty lady Is the ir objective I 1 turned ulab ft ath him hill towards his wagon find and ho he rested a hund hand on my shoulder oot not tor lor support but in simple friendliness and I 1 prompted you worry colonel olon pl the regulars he replied in a 9 low voice they have no tiles idea what hush bush fighting means then he caught him self and his voice was that of an aa as he warned rut pill that to be tallied talked about tile the riflemen will scout against a surprise we were at tile the wagon find and I 1 would have anve liked to have given him a hand over the tell tail board but knew better early that evening the word was passed that st clair was to push forward at once a strong force so as to make both fords secure for some reason ile he abandoned this plan which might have eliminated all chances ol of a massacre perhaps general brad dock opposed it it although I 1 was wa afterward told by captain orme that braddock never passed upon it IL could we have but known that night what had gone on in D duquesne esne the entire history of this country have read differently always provid ing we tied had taken advantage of our knowledge As it transpired later laier the tie de normanville Nor manville iville brothers on july eighth reported to that thai our army was eighteen miles from tile the fort beaujeu beauleu at once in a desperate mood harangued the indians tile the red men told him he was mad to propose an attack attach on such euch an army yet such was his influence over item that they did not flatly refuse refuge the venture but did ask a day in which to think over his bold project thus this very night after I 1 bad spoken with colonel washington the c cui can an mandant at duquesnes duquesnel Du was gloo gloomily tully facing the hours that separated him fram july ninth the day he was to accomplish so much for france and leave a memory that thai was soon to be forgotten I 1 but he knew nothing ot of all this and str sir jolin john did not take steps to make tile double crossing of the monongahela safe however general brad dock did realize the necessity ot of doing in part what sir peter itter halket and urged him to do thoroughly and at three of the clock of 0 the morning ot of tile the ninth bent gage forward to secure tile the two crossings and to hold the farther shore gligore of the second until tile the array army should come up round pow arid and I 1 were awake warn etien tills this detachment started and we did not nor go buck back to steel sleep again cromet had found slim slima simon a flax among tile wagons and had joined his aps at ai tour four in the morning st clair fullow fiill owed eit after gilge gage with tile the road builders braddock posted four foai hun bun dred men on nn the lie surrounding helble he lelit and ant started st arteil fur for the first crossing a at six in tile lie morning round low und anil I 1 acted as lubas although it hns bass liven hern erroneously ali charged irked that thai imd had ns 11 scout out suli stub St alementa are absurd the entire army including the hie aukins aug arid guns made the nisi first cr crossing if 2 without it hout all hindrance HIKI and I 1 it d did I 1 seem us its 11 the hn road it to wa open before use we inuit hed in ili 0 met of if battle to tile feconda arconi ford fird and 81 saw nothing mn liln of the cuemy gage flie imri hod cur cu r ried put oui his instructions and nin the last was clear anti and tile the tv fais i I 1 within our ernp A band of ii twenty ol of the hie enemy b e indians Ini linns bud awen been aft n hul but elie these eliese se bad run away in brigil ll it barked larked au an nour before tiel fire when we reached tile hie second crossing but it ivies tie not nol until two hours bours later that the waits were pronounced sate for the artillery and no tile hia wagons in another hour tin the irmy lie had passed this ford the ali fononda iga 9 and I 1 were in ad vance once v anti anil halted to baub tb this final passage of the river for the benefit of any french scouts tile file troops had bad been ordered on OD dress parade it we was a wonderful spectacle avle and my heart beat high with pride round pow sounded ills to linh I 1 as he gazed on tile the soldiers wearing their best un fo onais ains und and carrying arms that eliat shone like silver to add to our enghu the colors were waving arid and the drums were rolling out the Grena grenadiers diers march As the disciplined tiles dies steadily ap pro preached ached lung long hues of scarlet hat gold I 1 could nut not belleve the sturdy follows fellows ever eer would be thrown into confusion let at act c as CUTI cun bingly and audaciously as he nit gill As they cuine come ou on it was its easy to pro biance theio thein inexorable of purpose a relentless war machine that could not floor be stopped last passage tit of the river was tile the high point of rus my hopes the lilles lilies over duquesne were as good us as damu in ID this brave und and inspiring fashion was tile the hulk bulk ot of the ormy drown up tip in ID balale lull ie array near I 1 ahe it e friz r I 1 I 1 er cabin there boulo be ou fit aln light lit I 1 salo sail to t rhe file onondaga lie ile muttered alie ile man ol of tile lie wolves sees gees only red palm paint I 1 remembered fly to co the girl and us as there might be a skirmish between our rangers and the retreating ene iny I 1 went back to the wagons site she was hafting wafting fur for we me be lelnd tile the covered wagon in ID which olidel Coli ol inel washington he had overtaken the army well be in ili the tori fort before sunset I 1 hurriedly told her 1 I 1 must most get back bach to be among those who go ahead if I 1 could go with you remember Reme tuber your promise I 1 rebuked tier her 1 I have come as I 1 said I 1 would now do you keep back with the die wagons there may be a few bullets fly ing about tile the head of the army and just u why by did you want to see me little woman she flushed end and then lost her color end and whispered there Is a shroud baroud around the man inan Croin lt it I 1 wanted you to come back to see if one had bad krown grown about you she stared at me as if looking through me and at something tar far beyond then she gave a little laush laugh and winked back tile the tears and in great relief murmured you have no shroud thank the good god for that tile the onondaga put no shroud on him I 1 hastily interrupted for if you do and he knows it be would feel bound to get himself killed 1 I say nothing about the indian kiss me mister that kiss was most unreal like something happening in a dream and yet I 1 found it greatly to my liking a tact fact that surprised me much site she was so abrupt to in tier her demand it was more that than an invitation that I 1 had obeyed an and was hurrying back to the onondaga before I 1 had bad fully an my emotions round paw spoke to me sharply and I 1 did not understand what be said tie ile trotted off and I 1 followell followed him my white brother Is as one who ties has talked with ghosts tie he told me over his shoulder tile the order of march from the second ford had bad the guides galdes and engineers and six light horse following tin scouts anges detachment and the working party under st SL clair cume come next some distance behind these lost last came the line preceded by light horse horre with four squads acting at a flinkers linkers then followed the sailors and a subaltern Euh altero proudly lending twenty grenadiers grena diers one twelve supported by a company compi iny of grenadiers grena diers the vanguard proper followed a and ad behind it came the artillery an alij wagon trains and the rear gaiard hanking flanking parties were out on an bott both sides I 1 saw nothing ot of bromil and bad flite alnie only to wave my iny hand to to bobby beale before the onondaga had led tile me around a bend in tile the road at that little limp general braddock with the main army aus its well melt buck both toward the ford und and the alvan rp monte column of annie three hundred bundred men was well it adva need tie be yond a eross cross ravine halfway half way be tween those these two divisions was another ao 10 rol lunin liml tit i two I 1 wo hundred men llad flad we scouted HIP flip ravine it would hae been un tie easy matter for gages pioneers to have taken nikin possession ol 01 it rI command had passed be yond tile the altere tile hie battle was soon SOD to tit ili fought suit must hue have juat finished ascending am the SP gentle alope when hen the onondaga rave gave nn an explosive grunt seized ruy my arvi arm lind pulled we nie beland behind some trees I 1 briw figures moving toward us as from the direction of if the lie tort fort but supposing them to ile he some of the scouts grouts reconnoitering reconnoiter ing the army TO BE |