Thomas County cat., 1890-10-16
HRIEh,
The Ha1f-Breed'
A Romance of Colonial Days
BY ROBERT A. CUMNIN0.
TcOPYRIGHT. 1901

u6 nEu q De3uC1Iu1 oauS A'Si anu
an English officer fell in love with
her and they were married. Her hus-
band hired teachers OF all kinds for
rner, anu sbe sUon fcarHeo a11 1ns1 'noy
knew. Then her husband took her to
Boston and she must have been gone
long time. for when she came back to
see her father she had two children,
twins, about four years old.
s'Then the news came that the Canadian
Indians were on the war-path and kill
ing the frontier settlers, and we had
barely time to get ready when band of
them struck Deerfield. Well, we man
aged to repulse them but they killed
Old Red Blanket and carried off his
family, and although we pursued them
and rescued the daughter, the children
were never heard of again. And now I
remember her just as she looked then.
How beautiful she was, with her tall,
straight figure and long black hair, and
dark eyes that were full Of despair and
agony"
''And yet this poor woman could not
have resembled her. said Marden,
''for the reason that one belonged to
the native race and the other to ours.
But who is the third?''
THAT explains it alp exclaimed
Jabe, with the air .of one who
has solved difficult problem.
"See, Captain, what wonderful
thing the human mind is! Their mis-
fortune brought them together in my
thought, and caused me to recall the
woman 1 had forgotten and place her
beside the one l never saw, while the
one / told you l was hunting my
memory for comes out of the fog, melts
again into the chiefs daughter, and
stands beside Ariel like a picture of
himself"
''Ariel!" exclaimed Marden, "do you
mean to say that the chiefs daughter
is"
81 don't know what she is to him.
Captain, but they are like as mother
and son."
So saying, Jabe wrapped his blanket
around him and fell asleep as soon as
his head touched the earth.
AS the rangers approached the point
designated in Mercer's order, their
progress became slower and dangers ac-
.cumulated. Montcalm was cutting
road through the forest to facilitate the
march of his troops to Oswego, and the
laborers were protected by numerous
parties of regulars and militia, while
bands of Indians roamed the woods as
scouts and purveyors of game; for the
commissariat department of the French
army was often scanty enough, for the
reason that the male population of Can
ada was taken from the plow to fill up
regiments decimated by disease and war.
Having gained all the information
possible, Marden decided to return,
and having made an agreement with
Jabe that if one was killed or
captured the other should make his
way back to the fort they set
out to retrace their steps. The spring
was advancing rapidly, and while the
unfolding leaves made concealmeut less
difficult, it also increased the danger of
falling into ambuscades, and thus it hap
ipened, that on the morning of the
second day Of the homeward journey,
Marden, on awaking from . sound
sleep. sprang to his feet to hear the
challenge of French sentinel, whose
.bayonet was but a few inches from his
breast. Defenseless and taken by sur.
prise, he was obliged to surrender, con-
soling himself, however, that Jabe was
still at liberty.