The Leedy Herald (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1914 Page: 6 of 8
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THELEEDEY HERALD
synopsis
Jowsh Hayward aa enalan la the
'tlnllad Mate army oa hla way to Fort
Haraiar aiauta Simon Olrty a rnmd
whoaa name haa baan connected with all
manner of airoelUea alao headed for
Fort Harmar with a masaase from tha
British renarsl Hamilton Hayward
guide him to tha fort At General Har-
tnar'i headquarters Hayward meets Rena
IVAuvray who profeeaea to reroanlse him
although he has no recollection of aver
having seen her before Hayward volun-
teers to carry a message for Harmar to
iRanduaky where Hamilton la stationed
-The northwest Indian tribes are ready
for war and are only held back by the
'refusal of the friendly Wyandota to Join
The latter are demanding the return of
Wa-pa-lee-tah a religious teacher whom
they believe to he a prisoner Hayward's
'mission Is to assure the Wyandots that
‘the man la not held by the soldiers Rene
asks Hayward to let her accompany him
She tells him that she Is a quarter-blood
Wyandot and a missionary among the
‘Indiana She has been In search of her
father She Insists that she has seen
IHayward before but In a British uni-
form Hayward refuses her request and
tarts for the north accompanied by a
sroot named Brady and a private soldier
“hey come on the trail of a war party
and to escape from the Indians take shel-
ter In a hut on an Island Hayward flnds
murdered man la the hut It proves to
be Raoul DAuvray a former French offi-
cer who le called by the Wyandota “white
chief" Rene appears and Hayward Is
graveled by her Insistence that they have
met before Rene recognises the mur-
dered man as her father who was known
among the Indians as Wa-pa-tee-tah She
(tells Hayward her father was exiled from
the French court and had spent his life
among the Indians as a missionary Brady
reports seeing a band of marauding In-
dians In the vicinity and with them Simon
Olrty Brady's evidence convlneee the
girl that there Is a British officer by the
name of Hayward who resembles the
American They find escape from the
Island cut off
CHAPTER X-— Continued
Brady flung forward hla rifla yet
hesitated fearing to lira Whatever It
might be— animal or man — the thing
was coming directly toward ns swim-
ming with long stringy locks of wet
hair dangling to the shoulders It was
a man beyond doubt yet for the In-
stant 1 could not determine whether
red or white As he stood there sunk
to his armpits In water he beheld us
for the first time and there burst from
his lips s sudden guttural exclama-
tion of alarm With the strange sound
Schulti leaped forward lumbering
against me aa he passed and splashed
hla way out toward the fellow utter-
ing tome exclamation In bis native
tongue He reached him the two
voices greeting each other
"Well!’ exclaimed Brady In disgust
“If It ain’t another Dutchman Come
In here you!”
The two waded ashore onto the
sand Schultx'a heavy hand grasping
his companion's arm and helping him
along I saw a face white and ghastly
In the starlight lean smooth-shaven
looking emaciated against the long
dark hair the eyes bright with fanati-
cism He was a tall spare man shak-
ing so he could hardly stand The
eery eight of him aroused my sym-
pathy “Don’t he afraid” I said soothingly
“We're all white How did you coma
here?”
His eyes looked at me as I spoke
then shifted to 8chults's face In silent
questioning The latter waa breath-
ing hard but managed to eiplaln
“He not talk English Ter goot Myn-
heer 1 tell you vat he eay mlt me—
be voa a Dutch preacher yaw mine
Oott yuat over py mine own coun-
tries he voa named Adrian Block”
"Did be swim all the way?” aaEed
Brady grinning but Bchults kept his
eyes fastened on me held by the one
thought to which he sought to give ut-
terance "He voa Moravian mynheer vol
you call mla-sonary — so? He von
month In dees country an' know only
to preach”
The girl leaning forward Interrupt-
ed with a wblaper:
”1 recognise the man monsieur he
waa the prisoner I told you of in the
Indian camp— the Protestant”
“They laf him only mlt one guard
an' after while dot fellow he fall
asleep Den he got' loose mid hla
bonds an’ creep down mlt der shore
of der lake where boat wua So he
drill out on der wat'v but der boat
leak an’ go down leaving him mlt not-
tlngs Dot vas It mynheer Den he
swim aom’ an’ pray mooch an’ so
com’ here mlt na altready”
“Whers did the Indiana go?”
“Up mlt der lake shore — so like dls”
waving hla hand
“All of them? The two white men
also?"
Schults repeated the question and
Block answered never once removing
hla eyes from mademoiselle
"He know not what became of der
little man he eee him not for long
while but der big man he go mlt der
Injune — yaw he tells dem der way
an’ talk all der time”
“We have got the situation clear
enough” concluded Brady coolly
“Whoever that red-coat la ha evident-
ly knows the heat way to tbla Island
feJAMDof
tfevcmsr
& RANDALL PARRISH
illustrated 4k r jlavin
T conmanr a cvrauarc u na j&
and the fix we’re in So far aa I can
eee there la nothing left ue hut to
light We can’t get away now the
boat la useless and those Injune have
blocked the ford That’a exactly
where they are now watchin far na
to attempt to cross The only qnee-
tlon le: Where can wa hold out the
longeat? I’m far goln’ back to the
house”
"And I alao” leald deciding Instant-
ly and ns quickly assuming command
' There la small chanco of our holding
out long against those fellowa but
we’U do the heat we can What about
you mademoiselle?”
”1 go with you” ahe answered
quietly —
"Against yonr own people?”
“Those are not my people! They
are outlaws renegades led by the
murderer of my father”
’ “Then let us go back every moment
lost will count agalnat ue Pick up
the packs Brady you lead off
Schults take care of the preacher and
keep hla tongue still”
The house waa exactly aa we left
It a few red embers on tho hearth
alone shedding spectral light about
tha main room as wa groped our way
forward Thera were heavy wooden
bars to fit across tho doors and I se-
cured these aa noon aa I deposited my
pack on tho floor
“Mademoiselle” I aald staring about
at tho blank walls In eome perplexity
“You know this place better than any
of ua surely It was not erected here
In tha wilderness without some pro-
vision for defense In case of attack
Are those walls solid?”
“No monsieur they were made
tight ao no gleam of light would ever
how without hut there are gunporta
here — see”
She slipped aside a amall wooden
shutter fitted Ingeniously between the
logs revealing an opening sufficient
for a rifle barrel
“There are four along this wall and
as many opposite At the rear you
must stand on the bench so aa to fire
above the shed roof”
“Leave that preacher alone and
open them np Schulti" I comm&fided
sharply “There la not light enough
here now to show without Now
Brady see If there are any extra guna
In the aback or ammunition Lay
everything out here convenient A
rifle? Good! We’ll give that to our
Moravian friend be may be opposed
to war on principle but by all the
gods! he’ll fight now If Schults can
pound the truth Into him What le
that mademoiselle? Powder and ball
In the big chest show Brady where
It le This Isn't going to be such a
one-sided affair after all Five of use
counting Block who may not know
which end of the gun to point 1 am
going to scout outside and fee when
those fellows cross over”
Brady shaded hla eyea to stare
across at me through the gloom
“You’d better let me go”
“No I’ll try It alone get everything
ready and leave the bar down"
“You will he careful monsieur?”
There was an unconcealed note of anx-
iety In the voice that caused me to
glance hack at her quickly In eurprlae
“Be assured of that mademoiselle”
I returned T know the duty of an
Ally” and stepped without closing the
door behind me
CHARTER XI
I Fight a Red-Coat
Convinced that my coming had not
been perceived and that no Indian
acouts were watching the cabin I
pressed forward into the depths of the
wooda obliged to proceed slowly be-
cause of the darkness So cautious
waa L leat some noise might betray
my presence that I waa some mo-
ments In passing through the fringe of
trees to where 1 could obtain vlaw of
the lake and the dark line of shore op-
posite I had advanced for perhaps n hun-
dred yards paaalng beyond where we
bad attained land the evening before
when I suddenly came to a halt sink-
ing to my knees and staring forward
across n alight opening In the forest
growth At first I waa not sure that
what I aaw waa actually a man but
aa the object moved toward me all
doubt vanished lie waa not only a
man but a white man at least be was
not clothed aa an Indian and a a he
stepped forth Into the open more
clearly revealed for an instant I could
have sworn that he wore n uniform
coat with buttons the! gleamed dully
In the twilight He looked n giant a
great hulking outline but atepped
lightly enough not the slightest sound
betraying his cat-like movements at
he came steadily onward with bead
bent forward hla rifle advanced I
felt sure of hla identity almost at
once surely he could ho no other than
tha British agent whom mademoiselle
held guilty of her father’! murder the
man who masqueraded under my own
name I felt my blood grow hot with
anger He would paae within a yard
of me ho waa alone seeking hla way
endeavoring to plan how he should
lead hla aavagea to an assault If I
could get him It would he half the bat-
tle I watched him closely peering about
the smooth bark of the tree one foot
advanced ready for' a spring 8ome
Instinct of wild life must have told
him of my presence for he stopped
till peering about auspiciously hla
rifle flung forward I dared not delay
yot swift as I was- hie quick eye
caught my movement The gun butt
swinging through the air met hie rifle
barrel slid along the steel and struck
a glancing blow He reeled back
dased half stunned dropping hla own
weapon yet selling the mussle of mine
to keep from falling I ondeavorad to
Jerk It free but he hung to It des-
perately Scarce knowing how It waa
done we were together grappling
each other the disputed gun kicked
aside nnder our feet
He swore once a mad English oath
but I choked it hack clutching hie
throat In iron grip straining to force
him to tho fulcrum of my knee Then
he found grasp of my hair hurling my
head hack until the agony compelled
me to let go I struck him square In
the face a blow that would have
dropped an ordinary man but he only
snarled and closed In grappling my
wriat with one hand the other fumb-
ling for a knife at hla belt By God's
mercy I got It first yet could not
strike for be had me foul gripped to
him aa If held la a vtee I could feel
the muscles of hla cheat the etralniag
alnewe of hla arma aa they crushed
me I gave back down my Umba
trembling beneath the force with
which he flung the whole weight of hla
body against mine I had met my
match and I knew IL Yet the knowl-
edge gave me fresh strength fiercer
determination The very conception
of defeat crazed me my brain held no
thought ave a mad Impulse to con-
quer him ahow him who was the bet-
ter man!
I wrenched aside breaking that
strangle-hold by sheer strength and
wrestling skill Again we gripped
face to face our muscles straining as
wo sought advantage of bold My
hunting ahlrt gave tearing apart like
brown paper giving me a scant sec-
ond aa hla grasp slipped It was
enough I had him locked at my hip
yet strain as I would hla weight baf-
fled every effort Back and forth we
struggled crushing the buahea nnder
foot our breath coming In sobs every
muscle aching under the awful strain
Neither dared loosen a finger grip Our
eyea glared Into each other with sav-
age hate How It would have ended
God knows had the fellow not slipped
on the brush root ao that the added
weight of my body flung him head-
long Even aa he went over bearing
me along with him hla head crashing
Into the aide of a tree aa he fell hla
Ups gave vent to one wild cry Then
be lay still motionless a huge black
shape outstretched on the ground In
the ghastly light of dawn
I got to my kneea scarcely reallilng
what had happened peering down Into
the upturned face one hand raised to
trike If the man moved There waa
not a motion I bent lower— the eyea
were closed blood dripped from hla
hair 1 turned the head ao aa to bet-
ter perceive the feature surely this
waa not the man tor whom I had been
mistaken! He was big enough but
marked by dissipation and wore a
black mustache - Aa I Uva there waa
not a resemblance Who waa ha
then? I got to my feet and searched
out my rifle In the tangled bruah
Borne notae reached me— the aplaah of
water the echo of a far-off voice They
were coming the Indiana they had
heard hie last cry they were already
crossing the ford I hesitated an In-
stant etaring down at him listening
Intently that I might ha aura then
turned and ran awlftly toward the
clearing It waa already gray dawn
and even In the dense woods I could
see to avoid the trees Behind nw
rang out a 'wild whoop of savagery
they had discovered the body! I
glanced back acroaa my shoulder aa I
ran burst forth Into the clearing and
reckleaa of all elae raced for the
house I fell once my foot slipping on
a-hummock hut was up Instantly
plunged at the door' and leaped with-
in Brady caught me thrust the wood-
en bara down Into their sockets and
half dragged me over to the bench
“What la It?” are they coming?” he
naked
It waa darker la there than outsider
and I could barely perceive hla face
“Yea” I panted "They are just be-
hind me I— I had to run tor It Get—
get to the stations TU — l’U tail yoq
later what happened ont there”
He left me and my eyea accustom-
ing themselves to tha gloom began to
discern objects In the room I got to
my feet atlll breathing heavily from
exhaustion yet with brain active
Brady was close beside me kneeling
on the floor hla eye at aa opening bo-
tween the logs
“See anything?"
“There are fixe res moving at tho
edge of tha wood” ha answered with-
out glancing around “hut they don’t
come out ao I can tell what they look
like The way your clothes are torn
you muat have had a fight?”
T did — with the big fellow la a red
Jacket He’s lying out there with a
cracked ekulL That la why those fel-
lowa don’t know what to do— they're
short n leader”
I got to my feet and stared about
seeking mademoiselle She waa be-
yond the table and our eyea met
“You— you killed him monaieur?”
-‘‘I do not know I threw him hla
head struck against a tree and he lay
tilt I had to run only ha was not
your man mademoiaella ha looked
no 'more like me than yon do”
“You— you are euro?”
“Yea I aaw hla face It waa lighter
out there and be lay flat on hla hack
He was big enough If anything larger
even than I am and gave mo a fight
for It until hla foot slipped He had
black hair and mustache and hla fees
waa full of purple veins Ho looked
French to me”
“Yet wore a red coat?”
'Ay! and swore In English the one
oath 1 heard You know anyone Uka
that?”
There wee a ahot without and tha
chug of a hall a a It struck agalnat tha
logs then another and Brady's voice
tense with strain:
“They're goln’ to try It an’ ther’a
euro eome Injuns out ther the whol'
edge o’ the woods la allva with 'em
Get ready nowt Thla ain't goln’ tar
be no slouch o' a light”
I sprang acroaa to tha nearest ope
Ing yet stopped to be sure of the ar-
rangement within The gray light
stealing in through the amall firing
boles failed to give distinct view
across the room
“Where are yon Schults?”
“Hera mlt der front”
“Oh all right what haa become of
your friend?”
“He vaa to load he do dot hut not
light Maybe dot help tome don’t It?”
1 saw the man then hla white face
showing dimly and before him three
rifles lying across the table
“You found more guna?”
Brady glanced aside to answer
“The girl did she knew where they
were — ah! now the rumpus haa be-
gun!" Reports blending almost Into a vol-
ley sounded without? the thud of lead
striking the logs In dull echo One
stray ball found entrance splintered
an edge of the bench and flattened
out agalnat the atone chimney I
dropped to one knee my eyes at the
opening
CHAPTER Xli
We Meet Them With Rlflee
Small ae my peek hole was Juat
large enough to admit a rifle barrel It
yet afforded clear view to east and
south of the house Aa I gaxed striv-
ing to determine what tha various
movements meant and from which
direction to anticipate final attack na
Indian crept out Into the open crawl-
ing on hla stomach like a snake
through the grass Others followed
until a dozen wriggling forme began
to advance Inch by Inch hugging the
ground so closely 1 could scarcely per-
ceive their movement I beard a alight
sound within as Brady quietly thruat
forward hla rifle
“Walt a moment” I called to him
not venturing to glance about but
holding up one band la warning “It la
a long ahot yet and wa muat make
every one toll Walt until the first
fellow le half acroaa then pick your
man Who la at the loophole beyond
uc?”
“it lc I monsieur”
“You mademoiselle! Hadn't you
better let Schults taka that place?”
“An’ why monsieur?”— the soft
voice coolly Indignant “Am I afraid?
Am I unable to ahoot? Why should I
not stay?”
“Tboeo are Indiana” 1 began ”1
thought — "
“Bah I My people! Those robbers
and cowards I told you there fa no
Wyandot among them You will see
monaieur”
“AU right then 1 taka that first one
and you pick tho two to tha left Fire
when I give the word Schults lay out
one of those extra guns beside each of
us Ready now the fellows who are
not bit will Jump and run for tha
woods as soon aa wo fire give them
a second shot before they can reach
cover”
“Ready now!” 1 commanded sharp-
ly “Let them have It — fire!”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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