Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-03

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Synopsis of Presiding Chapters.
Chapter Alice and Jean Roussil-
Ion are waits adopted by Gaspard
Roussillon, French settler at Vim
cennes Father Beret is the parish
priest.
Chapter T--Rene de Ronville brings
news to Father Beret that boatload
OF liquor has landed at vincennes: also
letter from France, which the priest
destroys unread. The youth then goes
to Roussillon's. and Alice detains him
so that he will not join in the liquor
carousal.
Chapter III-Long Hair, an Indian,
runs away from the earousal with
deniijohn 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 locket dropped
by Alice. showing her as 4 child.
IV-Roussillon returns from a trad
ing journey and brings Alice rare
Indian amulet. Rene has a sweetheart,
Adr.enne Bourcier. The revolution.
V-Alice raises the star spangled
banner over Fort Sackyilie. Her ia
Their appointed Captain, and Rene
Captain Hem and Lieu
tenant Fitzhugh Beverley come from
General Clark's army to supersede
theme.
NI-Beverley ard Father Beret res
cued from drowning and taken to
houssihon's home. Alice defeats Bev-
erIey in a fencing bout
VI, IN al n
pair the fort. Rousslion gives a party.
Beverley attentive to Alice. His watch
bears crest similar to one on her
locket The British under Hamilton
move on Nincennes.
VIII-Alice is a Tarleton of Virginia
blue blood and was taken captive in
childhood by Indians The British al
tack the fort. Helm and Beverley its
sole defenders.
IX-Helm surrenders. Alice carries
off the flag she had planted on the fort
and gives it to Father Beret to hide
The British commander angry over the
stolen flag. Roussillon a prisoner OF
war.
CHAPTER x.
NJ RoussILLoS ENTERTA1Ns COLONEL
HAMILTON.
"A DAY or two after the arrival
N of Hamilton the absent garri-
~ son of buffalo hunters strag-
gIed back to Eincennes and
were duly sworn to demean themselves
as lawful subjects of Great Britain.
to take the oath. and il promptly fol-
lowed that Hamilton ordered him
pressed into service as woodchopper
and log hauler during the erection OF n
new blockhouse, large barracks and
the making OF some extensive repairs
boon more humiliating to the proud
young Frenohman. Every day he had
to report bright and early to burly
Irish corporal and be ordered about as
II he had been slave, cursed nj.
and forced to work until his
sore. The bitterest part OF it all WAS
that he had to trudge past both Rnus I
sillon place and the Bourcier cabin
with the eyes OF Alice and Adrienne I
upon him.
Hamilton did not forget NJ. Roussii
lon in this connection. The giant or 7
ator soon found himself face - }ge
with a greater trial even than i nos 4
He was calmly told by the Ii:slis,. /
that he could cho9s b.
tween death and telling who il F.tt' !
that stole the flag.
"I'll have you shot. sir. tomorrow f
if you prevaricate abort tlisS /
thing any longer" said Hamilton. u.iii I
/ right deadly strain in his ra.ce " G9,i +
told me that you knew every nan. /
woman and child in Vincennes at sight. /
[ know that you saw that girl take the
Gag. Lying does not serve your turn
[ give you until this evening to tell ne
who she is. If you fail you die at sun
Use tomorrow"
In fact, 1t may be that Hamilton did
1ot really purpose to carry out this
threat-most probably ne
.elied upon NJ Roussillon's imagination
o torture him succassflllly-bu the eff
'ect, as time proved, could not be &c
.urately forcseen.
Captain Farnsworth had energy
enough fer dozen ordinary men. Be
fore he had been in Nincennes twelve
aours he had seen every nook and cor
aer OF its surface Nor was his activity
Tue altogether to military ardor, al
.hough he never let pass an ooportuni
y to serve the best interests Of his
All the while his mind
was on the stril<lngly beautiful girl
whose saucy cotntenance had SO daz
lied him from the roof top OF the fort
What time she wrenched away the reb-
j flag.
"I'll find her high or low lie thought
for never could fail TO recognize that
ace. She's trump"
1t was not In Alica's nature to hide
rom the English. They had held the
own and fort before Helm came, and /
he had not found them troublesome
lnder Abbott She did not know that
U. Roussillon was prisoner, the fam
" taking it FOR granted that he had
zone away to avoid the English. Nor
vas she aware that Hamilton felt SO
leenly the disappearance OF the flag.
What she did know and 1t gladdened
Ter greatly-was that Beverley had
,een we'll treated by his eaptor. With
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