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II. .w Hie '"ft.' was rtiirlni; oumiile we timid 'i-"W'. I fe.irerl It w hIHIIii. Itiey'll ti.se Mime time, mister, in tnre we're n..l In r lie i;iililn. !;" Kin ilii..sii,lilinll rvimirkeil Anr) t K;,i;,j, Sl, ,.lr, t)l(,T ,., J "ur l-acks eveD If we ilo lenvp ..:r.p " e must tlrnl a place mirier B rock '-re we run tnnke 8 lire ami '"U in ilrj ,,ut." liiii'licrj at me. unrj her vnlce K'J3 rH.sl musir-al because It wiih H'liiral. "irrl ui,rk In rlrown a wltcli." Hlie j '1 "I've rurt cj t.unl hefnre this ami " ''''I n.ltiO ." 1 r"rneii,l,ere. Ilue day when the of t,e (!., i : 1 1 ij eiit.Ttiiliied heaiily inu.-,t he fti I lv r'Miiei In watiT-pr.M.f i-nverlii's tinl ('' I". me each. -8. This wilil yniinw v.-,'-.' 'Jrt; Hl''1' " m:"J ! ' "h'l im.re. She was made up t " "'IM-Kiry. ti,'1.'"'1''" V''r-V '1:irk. i"l wllh'iul s'ars , , '''"' w . 1 1 1 . 1 have wandci eil '.;'''" " 'or a litili? run thai we i '"'''' "I""' tiii'l whl. ti I rcmeui-' rcmeui-' r"l li'.'.v.d mi-allei tn Turtli; 'jreck c ti ' '" lii water, ktice (Icey Ire c.iu-.' .f I In- ruin mi. I wi.ikcl inn wn I I. l'-l i .-.i ii In ,liii, I, lux in ii! m., ' ri I'LllliS. r till, ill l.fl ,. SH...IUI Blirlf n,t,ill , ,) Kill, .III " -I 'I I'V the ,.ll. ,. I, ,u, ll til, ,t. I r.Hilul n eleir ..I In u- i iilnl mi I I . ' i I -w III tin. I li.r.-i inc.l ii, v i .itiii:iiil,.i mi.. I w..!l r.. .1., (l.i;!,! ,.t,.ie pi.. (.--. !li n I .. .iil.l hi,, I i,,, ,, , (,,,. ,.,,. h."l I il.K.l In 1. u ll, tl,,-, "We li. (( r, hul iii file i,, l.-.- l." I t..M t , r, " .hi i i . 1 1 u il : c t ill, .mi f, I f. !. '. t ,1 l!,N i.!. !,,;" uiiMii.,.,; t.n.1 l..-r ti .in ! (..Hint i,,ii,,. ii ii 51. nil 1. 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I '! turt. h.-r N'-nr nn.rnltn; I r..itl "H ,,, nun rcii-.-'l t her hBtnl prestlni: lis'.tiy mi my i,,,uii!. r I ciitn to in feet nd ri.l-U-'l n.. le.' tnl arnm tt. drive tint th kink and cruiiip She whllr..l f..r me t. make no noise and I nolttl l e had removed Hie cv er'.Hi.' fr..ni the CUn. "What Is It?" I murmured a terrt hie ru.-e rwe.-piiiK over lire as I Klnre.l uht.iit to discover the rel. nil.-ss foe. ;iie uliMtik her head and sold: "I (lii.UL'ht I heard wilnet IdliK lllov l; toward U-." K.-.I steps wt.ul.l fall ..;ly on the wet L-rouiiil. ami. afier ll-iei.iii.' wlihoul hearlnii anythinj;. I t..d h'-r: -S,.me mutual nol the scent ol us and turned tail " Her small hand url.il my arm tui d'.u.e M 'U were ciuiinu. I heaul a e say u-llilntt l I he Delaware n.iiyiie. She pulled her Highland pistol pis-tol "from her hl..ii-e and imNelessly re mote.l Its wrapping Then del llaml r,,ud mine ami nave I' cmculslce i(,ee7e. am r soft voice as say in: Mister, you've Ifeii powerful y. I to iue. We've made a nood tlhl lot i, It wont he awful hard this way. Hon t Id 'ein caieh you alive. If I V Mrsl. I'll he waltiny for you.' , I t'cnlly pushed tier tic 1 1 1 i tl me and t.he sank al the fool ol a Iret.. I drew my us mill kitlle and placed theiu hcslde me ns I sank (o one Luce, and K'llh end up Hit. iwo tlllca. Over tny till nil dcr I w hUp. I ; "l'on'i iiv,. U. p-t,ii on any Indian. Itciucinhcf 1' "We tnuM 1:11 faslet," said a voice In I S-luw nre, nnly I knew ll wait a while mini speaking. " I'hcy II follow mi eij fiiM." I sliWcicd (Villi ii III, ill ol hope, tint .hired not t:l(tt n n y encouraciiieiil to 'III' Kill. I glanced hilck at her. lief fine slu.wt'd Hone ol lite linnet I Inid wilncs-cd ill (It.. Wliclicn Head when she ((nu iiiciiiiced hy the luoli ll ,u pliicld of ep,ei..-,on, and ehe met my t,:ii-.c with u Unit, miille ol ciictuii hi;" lliclil t. could hear tlielll iiiiiI.Iiik their Way lllont; I he w 1 ntlf n II Sud.lt ll lv llicy hurt lulu view: hut Imliaits and a while man. in t the Indians was carnini; a Ireh h. alp faieiied to llic end .. n shori rod I leach. , tmck mid slial. lied the plMol r i .-lu ihe uli l ii hand uud cried out : "If thai he t'lirlslophcl tilsl. we ale (I lends." 'Ihe thixe (unshed as It hy tmii'lc. After a few moments ihe while man it-piled : "I urn (.1st. Wtin nre you) Speak sharp. M( luilliiiis me licrwniv" "lllack ('.mini, rciuriiliii; from a K.tml to I iinjii, .ne. I h.ife a y hi 1 1 u tiieml wllh lite " 111 liel.l-Vtue 1 it.l.l. .1. "Tell tour friends we are y.uir friends, mid lio I Ihcle U a lale hand of I'tHlllac'll u.ill ihnsliii; us." CHAPTER IX The Fatal Errand This mei'imi; wllli (ilt.1 ititd his Iw. It. .liana mil liii"1 pleiisliti; to us. ul 1 1 itti Ii Ihe i.iawiire did not cure t-tioiiilh for our cotiipmiy to .lack.-u their pace. They rnnn. d nhend while lllsl Iravilc.l mth uv lie k'a(e us irnch new i tin July third the Indians had refiiM-d to iio on nctiut. tiut on in e tollOW.Ilg IIIIT I (t O llll.l OCt'll Ol dllced to ccollipalll hlltl. The three of th. ni l.iid xlvnnced to mlhln half mile of Ihe fori and hud leii t!t (crrtd from nppron.-hliii; closet t.t rilll'f i f the rl.'ltellietlt occaslotietl tiv the rs. ape of H e t'lrl. the ( lliolidili;:! nn I toistlf Th.-.v if.d not kn..w wliat hnd hrpp. i.ed. tick with so tun. h yell-Ii yell-Ii -.i and how lit. s nnd runii'nu Into the Wt!s He I '.law are had taken f r ! si lit and d. .'lnr. d the enilre r. d force was t.s to alia, k the army. Two In .!...!. I .id s!!.!e.J ii ml had chn-.-d lilin f..r tll'liim-e. The !!' n:.r. s::pr..'d and scaliK-.) the I'reti. !.!!.. ill the l'. int. .Id kirl tiad H:::..'.d iij-ii !!...!. S 'he l.rali.l' I.'.;.! . t;..M s.-.ld he and t.lr coiiipalilons had ii'l. u : te,l to follow Turtie creek to ll l.e.i.l. nh. re tl.cy l ad e;H-tted to I :,d the army, hut had l .'ii turned In. k ty a li.ri.-e h.md of s.kii. s enn li k' down the creek. Th.-j had taken r.-fui;f In windfall and had reuialned In I.l. lit. s n.roin.h the Th.lenl storm This d.lay permitted the K'.rl and me to j:e In adv. no v, of lh. -in In scout-It: scout-It: I! to the nclhh..rh..d ol the foil tl.. j tiad fount) the fords open and without any a.na of an amhUHiade .t-I tt C pr. pared. Nor l.a.l they discovered discov-ered any truce of the enemy' savages heini; nut-hle tlie Immediate vicinity of the fort until the oichl of our escape. es-cape. When CM set oul front the army cump. r.iad.I.Kk win ahottt to inarch to Thick.Ity run, a small branch of Sewlcklcy creek. Time had tn-eti lost at Jacohs' creek In waltltiK fot I'oloncl liiinhiira provUlon train to come up. Many of SL Oa!r' road liulldera were .m tlie sick list, at I ijulte a tiuiuher of them had died. The wupm t)orse9 I were In tnlserahle condition. Colonel Washington n loo III to travel and , had not rejoined the army up to July fourth. "You hate mithiiic. hut hud talk In your luiK." I remarked. "We have one rrctich sculp." tie grimly replied "And since Juie I wen- i ty tirt'll I'.raildock has heeti paying live I pound? apiece for scalps Hut none of our scouts are Ki'lUhr rl.-li oil the hoiintles. If e colli. I only cet ahead . fasler. utiil reach Hie fort hefore all our soldiers are dead, or too sick lo t'mht. "e'il win Just hy showing our selves. Mr. William Shirley, the noil eral s secretary. Is very much Mistrusted Mis-trusted ""' ili.-'couraned nl the way things are heini; iuanaj;cd. He snys he iloiihis our success. I! lit talk like that Is all foolishness, ol course. If we can only hold out till we reach I uiicsiic. w e'll wh.) the l-'rench easy enough." (TO IE CONTINL'ED.I |