Fort Towson Enterprise. (Fort Towson, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 5, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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SYNOPSIS
ensign la the
United States army on hie way to Fort
Harmar meets Simon Otrty a renegade
whose name has been' connected with all
manner of atrocities also headed for
Sort Haimar with a message from the
rltlsh general Hamilton Hayward
guides him to the fort - At Oeneral Hsr-
mar'i headquarters Hayward meets Hene
DAueray who professes to recognise him
although he has no recollection 'of eifer
having seen her before Hayward volun-
teers to carry a message for Harmar to
Sandusky where Hamilton Is stationed
The northwest Indian tribes are ready
for way and are only held bach by the
refusal of the friendly Wyandots to Join
The latter are demanding the return of
Wa-pe-tee-tah a religious teacher whom
they believe to be a prisoner Hayward's
mission Is to assure the Wyandots that
the man Is not held by the soldiers Rene
asks Hayward to let her accompany him
8be teila him that she is a quarter-blood
Wyandot and a missionary among the
' Indians She has been in search of her
father She tnelsts that she has seen
Hayward before but In a British uni-
form Hayward refuses her request and
tanl
Joseph Heyward
United fltatee army
mpi
scout named Brady and a private soldier
They come on the trail of a war party
starts for the north accomp
tied by a
and to escape from the Indians take shel-
ter In a hut on an island Hayward finds
a murdered man In the hut It proves to
be Raoul D'Auvray a former French offi-
cer who le called by the Wyandots “white
chief” Rene appears and Hayward le
puttied by her insistence that they hare
met before Rene recognises the mur-
dered man as her father who was known
among the Indians as Wa-pa-tee-tah
Brady reports seeing a band of maraud-
ing Indians In the vicinity and with them
Btmon Girty Brady's evidence convinces
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 Reoonnoltertng around the
1 cabin at nitht Hayward discovers a white
man In a British uniform and leaves him
tor dpsd after a desperate fight
CHAPTER XII — Continual
The three guns spoke et once the
smoke of their discharge for an In-
stant blotting out the scene yet not
before I saw war-bonnet crumple up
beside the stump and a warrior Just
- behind him leap Into the air with
both arms flung out I gripped the
fresh gun beside me and fired again
Into a huddle of fleeing figures bear-
lng the sharp crack of the two oth-
era as the blue smoke blew hack into
my eyes - One Indian fell forward'
' -clawing at-the ground another stag-
gered wildly yet kept bis feet A
chorus of yells rent the air and the
fleeing forms vanished Into the fringe
of woods
Brady glanced about from his loop-
bole and motioned me with his hand
( crossed hurriedly to Join him again
the soldier
"What Is it? Can you guess what
ithey mean to do?"
i "No but they seem to be forming
there to the right bend down here
wee back among those trees Ay! and
your red-coat is among the devils I've
caught glimpse of him twice
I grasped the situation In a glanca
Brady moved to the next loop-hole
-and knelt down Opposite me I could
r distinguish an Indian or two skulking
In the tree shadows well out of range —
entries no doubt stationed to guard
against any possibility of our escape
Yea and there warn others also along
the fringe of forest to the left al-
though only occasionally did a half
naked form flit Into view They were
forming for assault for a swift rush
forward trusting that the suddenness
of their attack would put them across
that open space without great danger
They bad tried stealth and failed now
they would' try recklessness
I pressed back the wooden’ shutter
hneellng to look out For an Instant
blinded by the bright light I saw noth-
‘ lng then back In the edge of the tim-
ber I would dimly distinguish the
groups of savages stripped for fight-
ing their naked bodies gleaming -1
knew little then of Indian warfare yet
It occurred to me that the representa-
tives of each tribe were gathered to-
gether and I watched the war-bonnets
moving from group to group as final
orders were passed among them Only
ones did I catch a glimpse of the red
Jacket as Us wearer stood at tha foot
of a huge tree suddenly outlined by a
-ray of sun finding opening through the
leaves above As I caught view of
blm he flung up one red arm a rifle
grasped In his hand And as If It was
a signal voloo after voles whooped In
savage yell the noise blending Into
one fierce scream horrible and menac-
ing Above even this mad voluma of
sound there was a shout of command
emphasised by the discharge of a
dosen guns Then out of the smoke
springing forth Into the open I saw
tbs devils corns It was as It hall had
broken out snd belched them forth
"Sbawnsss!” roared Brady “dive
It to ’em!” and he pulled trigger
Describe whet' followed no men
could It wee pandemonium uproar
notion no two eecoade the seme I
fired twlcd three times leaping beck
-to grasp a gun from the bench and
groping my way through smoke My
eyee smarted perspiration streamed
down my face 1 I beard the berk of
rifles voices celling within wild echo-
ing yells without Over the barrel of
my rifle I could distinguish the naked
forms of savages leaping nmtd the
moke wreaths stumbling clutching
t the air with empty hands Then all
at once they disappeared vanished aa
If by magic Smoke clung to the
ground yet amid its swirls I could
perceive no movement the fierce yell-
ing cessed What this sudden cessa-
tion meant I could not guess but my
hand reached instinctively for powder
and ball Then another yell louder
more deadly with ferocity smote my
ears bullets chugged Into the logs
some one near me gave utterance to a
roar of pain and blows crashed
gainst the barred door I thrust my
rifle forward — a tomahawk struck the
protruding barrel as I pulled trigger
and I was flung backward to the floor
blood streaming from my shoulder I
could hardly breathe la the thick
smoke I could ’see nothing yet out of
the babel of noise I was conscious of
Brady’s voice yelling an order:
"The door! ' Barricade the door!”
I staggered to my feet and dragged
the bench forward some one gripped
the table along with me and together
we hurled it on top onr bodies holding
it there I had dropped my rifle hut
some one thrust another into my hand
Blood streamed down into my eyes
from a cut on my forehead blinding
me so I saw nothing yet my fingers
touched a hand Even then I felt the
thrill of that contact
“You Rene! Go back! For Ood’s
sake go back!” I sobbed breathlessly
" Just an Instant she grasped me
clung to me her head pressing against
my sleeve ’
“Yee monsieur!”
Then she was gone I reached out
for her but she was no longer there
Tomahawks crashed Into the wood of
the door: there was n sound of splin-
tering Brady ripped out an oath a
wild yell of triumph echoed wlthont-
Through a nearby loop-hole some sav-
age thrust his gun and fired blindly
the sudden flash lighting the murk In
the Instant red glow 'I caught a
glimpse of the Interior— of a body ly-
ing before the fireplace of Schuits still
on his knees rifle In hand of Brady
gripping an ax his head bare a ghast-
ly wound on the side of his face Then
the smoke hid all
Something crashed against the door
shaking the whole cabin again and
again the blow fell the tough wood
bursting asunder the stout bar bend-
ing yet snapping back once more as
the sockets 'lield Amid the din of
shouts tbs crash of wood my eyes
met Brady’s
"You’re hurt?”
- "Ay I” spitting out blood before he
coujd answer "Jew shot”
The door crashed In the great butt
of a tree coming with it and half
blocking the passage Alt that re-
mained was Instantly filled with sav-
age figures Into the mass of them I
fired my last shot the flame of dis-
charge searing the hideous feces
Then I was burled to the right shoul-
der to shoulder with Schuits gripping
my gun barrel with both hands swing-
ing It like a flalL I crushed the skull
of a savage drove the butt Into the
face of another saw the flash of a'
tomahawk held up for an Instant the
soldier’s reeling body only to throw It
aside: smashed the red hand held
oat to grip him as be went down drew
back a step In search of more room
and with one mighty' sweep of my
weapon cleared a circle before me
God! It was ghastly Inhuman devil-
ish! Those behind pushed and yelled:
there was no escape! I saw painted
faces naked shoulders wild eyes
glared hatred into mine tomahawk
and knife flashed The butt of my gun
mashed I gripped the Iron my teeth
clinched and blood on flie 1 had no
aense of fear left no consciousness of
peril I wanted to strike to kill to
bruise those hideous faces to batter
them Into pulp The rage of conflict
seised me there swept over mo the
ferocity of tho Insane
I gave back compelled by the mere
tores of numbers burled against ms
yet kept clear a space no savage left
unhurt I felt In my arms the strength
of a dosen men sad not tho grip of a
red band reached me The fiends
started and struggled but the fierce
vflng of the Iron bar crushed them
bdek It wss twilight where I stood st
bsy the narrow opening almost blot-
ted out by those struggling figures
striving to enter to me -was a mere
blotch an Inferno of movement and
sound Through s dim red base where
blood dripped before my eyes I had
glimpses of uplifted arms of distort-
ed faces of glittering weapons Once
there wss a gun shot the sudden flash
flaming into- toy' eyes’ twice toma-
hawks turning in the air grased my
cheek a knife desperately hurled
from out the ruck struck the Iron
slashing my am as It felL I felt no
pain no weakness I was going to die
but It would not he alone I rushed
forward treading on bodies battering
at shoulders and heads I heard yens
shrieks groans cries of hoyfor and
agony Tho frensied war-whoop rang
in my ears aa order roared out over
the babel I have no recollection of
being touched yet some force buried
me hack' I stumbled over the bodies
yet somehow kept my feet I was
breathless weak reeling upon my
legs everything before my eyes
shrouded In mist Yet the Instinct to
fight remained I knew nothing else
' Suddenly I became aware that Brady
and I were together that we were foot
to foot his deadly ax rising and fall-
ing as though he wss a woodsman in
the forest Out of the mad din In my
aar came the aonnd of his voice In
broken breathless sentences '
"Good boy! Good boy! Ay! That
was a blow Stand to it lad they'll
tell of this fight on the border Oh
yon will you painted devil — that fin-
ished yon! Do you see Red-Coat hack
there Hayward? Ay! I’d like one
swipe at him but the coward keeps
safe Strike slower man! They’re
creeping In on ua That’s the kind
Ah! I thought so they’re taking us
from behind— quick lad hack to the
wall!"
I got there God only knows how —
but I was alone I felt the force of the
rush that struck him down It had
lifted me bodily and hurled' me against
the logs Yet I kept my feet kept my
grip on the twisted Iron and struck
blindly '"The whole cabin seemed
Jammed with red demons they piled
on iflb Jerked the bar from my grasp
Once twice I sent clenched fist
against painted faces then It was
over with I never eaw nor felt the
blow that floored me I went down In-
to darkneea and they trampled me
under foot '
CHAPTER Xlll
The Help of Mademoiselle '
The sound of a voice speaking ap-
parently far off was the first thing of
which I was dimly conscious The
language was French and for what
seemed a long time no word sounded
familiar My mind was blank of any
distinct Impression although there ap-
peared to float before me In recollec-
tion of some former existence the
face of mademoiselle- Her wonderful
eyes were gravely smiling through a
strange mist that appeared to hide all
else In Its circling folds I could not
get away from their silent pleading
their Invitation Then somehow that
speaking voice became here and I
picked out a word here and there de-
tached meaningless and yet recognis-
able I struggled to arouse myself to
her actual presence
The struggle must have been phy-
sical as well as mental for I became
conscious or pals a sharp pang shoot-
ing through my body as If a knife had
been twisted in a deep wound The
agony brought me aide awaks my
eyee opes etarlng about yet scarcely
realising where dream and reality met
"Monsieur” the voice was a whis-
per at my ear I could even feel her
soft breath on my cheek My eyee In-
stantly opened and looked Into her
face aa ehe bent above ms "Do not
movs do not speak aloud— but llstes
I knew you were not dead I found you
first and kept them away but there Is
no time now for me to explals' Are
you badly hurt?”
"I cannot tell mademoiselle— -those
heavy bodies will not let me move”
8he glanced about swiftly as if In
fear of being seen then released my
limbs draggtng the two dead Indians
aside I felt cramped llfeles below
the waist yet as the blood began to
circulate I knew there was no serious
Injury She stared Into my face aa I
worked the numbed muscles and her
eyes told me that she was frightened
"We are alone here?”
"Tea for the moment” breathlessly
"It la your only chance I have prayed
and schemed to get to you We mustn’t
lose an Instant - Can you move mon-
sieur? Can you even crawl a dosen
feet?”
- “Where — where do you want me to
go?” I asked faintly Inspired to ef-
fort by the firm eager grip of her
hand "Tell me 111 try”
“There — Just to' the left of the tiro-
place It la thaono chance monsieur
They win ho back those fiends they
will burn tho cabin Mon Dieu! Try!
Try!" ' '
I got to my knees once more the
plea of her voice yielding strength and
determination At 'whatever coat I
would make tha effort to please her
With teeth clenched tight 1 fixed my
eyee on the spot Indicated and started
Terrible was tha effort!
But I made It Inch by Inch I shall
never know how tho deed wnatoccom-
pllshed— only that she helped and 1
tooght on I had to she asked me
there were tears in her eyes No mat-
ter If It did hurt if 1 was blind If I
reeled on bands and knees like a man
drunk — I must go there I had not
the faintest thought of why she urged
me on of what hope animated her
And when I finally gave out belpteea
to advance another inch my face came
down hard on a slab of stone beside
the chimney She uttered a low nob of
despair and left mo an Instant
“I — I am so sorry monsieur” she
faltered “But yon must hold out— you
must!”
"Ia It any farther? What do you
want me to do?” ‘ -"No
no— only 'you will need
strength It will only take a minute
now See monsieur”
She gripped the flat atone against
which I bad fallen prying It with tho
broken blade ofan Indian knife that
lay on thh floor until her fingers
found hold and ended It up against
the chimney A narrow black opening
wss exposed I stared down with lack-
luster eyes startled! hat unable to
realise the purpose Driven by fear
ehe wasted no time In either explana-
tion or urging Doubtless my taco told
Its own story end made her desperate
With a strength I had not supposed
her slender body possessed she
dragged me about until my feet dan-
gled helplessly In the opening
“Now push yourself down monsieur!
I say you must! It Is not far not more
than four feet — ’t ia not to hurt no
no You will come easy to the bottom
Good! That Is the way See I will
hold tight to you like this”
Helped by her yet exercising all my
remaining strength snd now compre-
hending her plan I sank slowly Into
the hole but so numb were my limbs
that the Instant the girl released her
grasp I sank limply to the bottom
resting there leaning against the side
wall looking eagerly np st her face
framed above me in the narrow opening-
-
"You are safe monsieur? You are
not hart?’ she asked In trembling anx-
iety I murmured a word or two for I had
exhausted all my strength She mast
have accepted this as reassurance fur
she lifted her head and glanced swift-
ly above -Then she reached down to
me the pannikin of water
"I cannot wait longer” she whis-
pered "Some one will come Here
take this monsieur put It down care-
fully — ah! that was fine Wash out
your wounds and the blood from yonr
face It will be drfrk but fear noth-
ing I will come again to you soon"
"Where does this tunnel lead?” I
asked aa her hand grasped the stone
slab
"To the cave cellar at the rear
where we first met — bat you mast wait
for me to come monsieur”
I saw the shadow of the stone de-
scending shutting out the light
“Just one question more mademoi-
selle” I managed to articulate Ts
Brady dead?”
I conld dimly perceive the outline of
her face
“No monsieur he Is a prisoner”
Slowly I made effort to explore my
wound This was most painful aa my
rough shirt was held to my flesh by
congealed blood and had to he torn
away I possessed no knife but stack
to the work manfully my teeth
clinched my face beaded with perspi-
ration until I separated the last shred
and could explore the wound with my
fingers It proved deep and ragged
enough hut bad penetrated nothing
vital If I could stanch tbs flow of
blood and hind It up So aa to prevent
Its being reopened there should he
no serious result I went at this as
best I could In tbs dark and by asnae
of touch groaning at tbs pain 1
swabbed out the wound until it prac-
tically cessed to bleed and then hound
It up with a silk handkerchief and a
trip torn from my shirt
(TO BB CONTINUED)
Resetting a Shoulder
A dislocated shoulder may be re-
placed with scarcely any pain by the
following procedure according to Dr
Julius Csesar of nchester England:
Divest the patient of his coat and
waistcoat Place him on the ground la
a sitting posture Grasp the wrist of
the dislocated arm and have a third
person grasp the wrist of ths other
arm Raise both arms simultaneously
over the head taking care to keep
them parallel and extending them up-
ward till the patient le Just raised
from the ground At this point a click
la heard and felt This la the sound of
the arm bone going back Into Its
socket
There are some dislocated shoulders
that cannot be reduced this way hut
they are the rare exceptions
Training the Yeung Csw
Two Washington youngsters were
visiting their father’s country place
In Virginia when one of them ob-
served: "Marie I Mil see how cows caa
at grass Do you?” -Marie
gave the question appropri-
ate consideration and then replied: -
! suppose it's like this: Whan the
eows are young the mother cow keeps
saying to hsr children: “If you don’t
you shan't have any pin”
KEEP “IN Fonri”
3
This really means keep
lng the -digestion good
the liver active and the
bowels free from con
ttipation You are then
ready to “play the
game" to win For any
disturbance in the dl
gestive functions -
HOSTETTEH’S
STOMACH OUTERS
has been proven very1
helpful You should try!
it but Insist on getting!
HOSTETTER'S
Of Course
Tho Lady Judge — I’m getting tired!
of these requests for postponements
What's yon latest excuse?
The Lady Lawyer— Why your honori
we only ask you to give us another
week The fact is my client's dress--maker
la 111 and can’t get her going-to-court
gown finished until that
date
The Lady Judge — Granted Next
case — Stray Stories'- -
Important to Mthrt
Examine carefully every bettle if!
iASTOlUA a safe aad finreeoedy ter
CAfiTOlUA a safe aad sure 'remedy :
Infanta and children and see that It
Bears tha
Signature of
In Use For Over SO'
CUldren Cry foe Fletcher’s Caateiig
Naturally
Sonny — Pa what la a haxaxsar?
Pa — It la a man who haa an Impedi-
ment of his Intellect
LADIES CAN WEAK SHOES j
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Anti— pile powder to bn into ttoihon IS’
nfcM tlfhiorfififf ibotfi (Ml ay Jnt Um thtag
for nttettmto For FBI (nil
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Perhaps King David revised his-
statement that all men were U&rs af-
ter discovering a man who never went
fishing
Ten smiles for nickel Always boy Red
Croee Ball Blue have beautiful clear white
clothes Adv
A girl will forgive you for thinking
he has no brains If you only think she
la pretty
Good Cause for Alarm
Deaths from kkJony dime ana hare la
created 72 Id twenty year Pnopln over-
do nowaday la ao many war that the ooa-
stant filtering of poisoned mood weehen
the kidney
Beware of fatal Bright ftlas When
hackee be or nrlnary III toned
kidney wee Doan Kidney Ula drink
water freely and redone Utn dint
oollee tea and llqoor
Doan' Kidney Pill nmfl
denoe for no other remedy t no widely
need of no generally tioeenefal
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Ths most economical cleansing an
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A fioMbla Antiseptic Printo to
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A a medicinal antiseptic for douche
In treating catarrh Inflammation or
nlceraUoa of nose throat and that
caused by feminine Ills It has no equal
For to years the Lydia K Ptnkham
Medicine Co has recommended Paxtln
in their private corrsspondsno wlth
women which proves Its superiority
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