Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-02

Synopsis of Presiding Chapters.
Chapter Alice and. Jean Roussil-
Ion are waits adopted by Gaspard
Roussillon. a French settler at Vim
cennes. Father Beret is the parish
priest.
Chapter u-Rene de Ronvile brings
Eews to Father Beret that a boatioad
OF liquor has landed at Vincennes: also
a letter from France. which the priest
destroys unread. The youth then goes
to Roussilons and Alice detains him
so that he will not join in the liquor
carousa1
Chapter uI-Long Hair, an Indian,
runs away from the carousal with
demijohn of choice brandy and is
chased and shot by the crowd. Alice
and Jean find Long Hair lying wound
ed in a swamp. Father Beret nurses
him. The Indian finds a locket dropped
by Alice. showing her as a child.
IV-Roussillon returns from trad
ing journey and brings Alice rare
Indian amulet Rene has a sweetheart,
Adrienne Bourcier The revolution.
V-Alice raises the star spangled
banner over Fort Sackville. Her IA
ther appointed Captain, and Rene
lieutenant. Captain Helm and Lieu
tenant Fitzhugh Beverley come from
General Clark's army to supersede
theme.
VI-Beverley and Father Beret res
eued from drowning and taken to
Roussilon's home. Alice defeats Bev-
|erley In a fencing bout.
VII-Captain Helm neglects to re-
pair the fort. Roussillon gives party.
Beverley attentive to Alice His watch
bears crest similar to one on her
locket. The British Under Hamilton
move on Nincennes.
NIII-Alice is a Tarleton of Virginia
blue blood and was taken captive in
childhood by Indians The British at
tack the fort. Helm and Beverley Its
sole defenders
CHAPTER IX-(Continued.)
As Hamilton spoke he very naturally
glanced up to where la banniere DIAL
ice Roussillon waved brilliantly. Some
QUE stood beside 1t on the dilapidated
roof OF the old blockhouse and was al
ready taking 1t from it's place. His aid,
Captain Farnsworth, saw this, and the
vision made his heart draw in strong.
hot food It was girl in short skirts
and moccasins, with fur hood on her
head, her face, thrillingfy beautiful, set
around with fuffs OF wind blown
brown gold hair Farnsworth was too
young to be critical and too old to let
his eyes deceive him. Every detail of
the fine sketch, with it's steel blue back
ground of sky, flashed into his mind,
sharp cut as cameo. IIvoluntarily he
took of his hat.
Alice had come in by way of the
postern. She mounted to the roof I'M
observed and made her way to the
flag Just at the moment when Helm,
glad at heart to accept the easiest way
out of tight place. asked Oncle Jazon
to lower it.
Beverley was thinking Of Alice, and
when he looked up he could scarcely
realize that he saw her. But the whole
situation was plain the instant she
snatched the staff from its place. for
he, too recollected what she had said
at the river house The memory and
the present scene blended perfectly
during the fleeting instant that she
was visible. He saw that Alice was
smiling somewhat as in her most mis-
chievous moods, ana when she jerked
the staff from It's fastening she lifted
1t high and waved 1t once. twice. thrice
detiantly toward the British lines, then
fed down the ragged roof slope with
it and disappeared. The vision re-
manned in Beverley's eyes forever aft
erward. The English troops thinking
that the flag was taken down in token
of surrender, broke into wild tumult
of shouting.
Oncle Jazon intuitiyely understood
Just what Alice was doing, for he
face. His blood effervesced in an in
slant.
give Zhorxh Vasinton! Vive Ia ban
Mere d'Alice Roussfllon" he screamed,
waving his disreputable cap round his
scalpless head. "Hurrah for George
Washington. Hurruh for Alice Rous-
sillons Gag"
1t was all over soon. Helm sur
rendered himself and Beverley with
full hcnors. As for Oncle Jazon, he
disappeared at the critical moment. 1t
was not Just to his mind to be pris-
oner Of war. especially under existing
conditions, for Hamiiton's Indian allies
had some old warpath scores to settle
with him dating back to the days
when lie and Simon kent4n We're COM
rades in Kentucky.
When Alice snatchad the banner and
descended with it to the ground she
ran swiftly out through the postern. as
she had once before done, and sped
along under cover Of the low bluff or
swell which. terracelike, bounded the
fat .bottom" lands southwark OF the
stockade. She kept on until she reach
ed point opposite Father Beret's hut,
to which She then ran, the flag stream
ing bravely behind her in the wind,
her hearp beating time to her steps.
1t was plainly great surprise to Fa-
Their Beret, who looked up from his
prayer when she rushed in. making q
startling clatter, the loose puncheons
shaking together under her reckless
feet.
"oh, father, here it Isl Hide, it; hide
1t, quick"
She thrust the flag toward him.
They shall not have 1t! They shall
never have it,"
He opened wide his shrewd, kindly