The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-14

! on the forest side Of the tepselodge. q
| warning word to Margery and her woman,
and a shadow-like fitting with them over
| the dead bodies OF their late 1afers to the
shelter Of the wood.
Once free Of the camp, yeates had hurried
| his charges to q place OF temporary safety
d. farther Up the valley, leaving the CataWo pa
TO cross TIE stream TO lay train OF damp
eued powder to the ulaksshift magazine.
| When he had led the women 10 a place OF
safety, the old man left them and ran back
to his masked battery OF loaded muskets.
Here. at an owl-cry signal from Uncsr!oola,
he opened fire upon the cedcoats.
The ourworking Of the coup de main was
| a triumph for the old bordereTs shrewd
generaIship. At the dsath-dealiag vo!ley
the Englishuen were thrown into coniu-
sion; whilst the Indians. summoned by the
firing and the shrilliuG OF the Captain $
whistle. dashed blindly into the trap. Al
the right moment Crcanoola touched on his
pc WIDER train and cut In with a clear field
for his rescue OF Dick and me-
OF the complete success OF these various
c,imaxings,. Ephraim Yeatss had his first
assurance when we three came safely TO
the rendezvous; for, after firing his
masked battery, the old hunter lost no
time In rejoiriug the women and in hasten
ing with them out OF the valley. Had these
three been afoot We might have overtaken
them: but Yeates had been lucky enough
cropping the grass in a httle glade, and
with this mount for Margery and her tire
woman he had easily outpaced Us.
All this I had from YsatsS what time
MaYgery was pouring the wine and oil OF
womanly sympathy into Richards wound
tngs. and I may confess that whilst the
ear was listening TO the hunters tale, the
eye was taking note OF these her tender
min,strations, and the heart was setting
them down to the score Of a great love
which would not be denied Twas Alto
gether as I would have had IL, and yet the
thought came unbidden that shs might spare
a nigxard moment and the breath to ask
me how l did And because she would not.
! do think my burns smarted the cfueler.
Il was to have surcease Of these extra
smardngs that turned my back upon the
trio under the hartug torch and took up
with Ephraim Yeatss the pressing question
OF the moment
"As take it, we may not tnser here"
said Have you marked out line OF
retreatT'
The old borderer was busted with his loot
Of the Indian camp-twas not In his nature
to come of ernpty-handed. howevtr hard
pressed he had been for time. In the rafhe
Of Ii, guns and. pistols, dressed skins and
warrior fnery. he came upon my good old
blade and Richard's great ciaymore'-
trophies claimed by the head men Of the
doubt
Found 'em hanging in the lodge that
usen to belong to the Great Bear said the
hunter, and then with grim humor Lowed
to keep 'em TO r.collect ye by II 80 be ye
was foreordained and predestinated to go
I'D In a fiery chariot. like the good old
Elijah" The weapons disposed of. he made
answer to my query. "Ez for making tracks
immeiitly. If not sooner. allow there Amt
no two notions about that But I'm dad
daddled II I know which-a-way to put out.
Cap'n John, and that's the gosoil fact"
why not strike for the Great Trace and
so go back the way the powder convoy
Gamer asked.
1t could be done. he said. but the hazard
was treat. Twas out Of all reason to hope
that there were no survivors left In the
sunken valley TO carry the news Of the
earthquake massacre. That news once cried
abroad in the nearby Cowee Towns the
entire Tuckasese nation would turn out TO
run US down. Moreover. the avengers would
look to find US in the only practicable horse
path leading eastward
.Ez I'm telling you right now. cap'n