Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-05

is restrained and manly. One at
once conceives liking for the hon.
est. loutspoken, fearless backw oodsman
who starts out from home through the
great wilderness in search of child
young girl-left to the care and pro-
lection of Wayland's father by his
dying friend.
Surely II was no longer ago than
yesterday. | had left the scythe lying
at the edge of the long grass. and gone
up through the rows of nodding corn
to the house, seeking a draught OF
cool water from the spring. 1t was hot
in the July sunshine; the thick forest
on every side intercepted the breeze,
and | had been at work for some hours
How pleasant and inviting the little
river looked in the shade of the great
trees, while, as l paused a moment
bending over the high bank, could
see lazy pike nosing about under the
| twisted roots below.
Then mother, her sleeves rolled
high over her round white arms. was
In the dark interior of the milk house
! as passed, and spoke to me laughing
ly and could perceive my father sit.
ting In his great spllnt-bottomed chair
Just within the front doorway, and
marked how the slight current of air
toyed with his long gray beard. The
old Bible lay wide open upon his knee;
yet his eyes we're resting upon the
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our clearing. I wondered. as quaffed
the cool, sweet water at the spring, II
he was dreaming again of those old
days when he had been a man among
men. d, Rover suddenly spying me.
sprang hastily around the corner of
the house to lick my hand. 1t was
such a homely, quiet scene, there In
the heart of the backwoods, one had
known unchanged SO long, that little
dreamed II was soon to witness the
turning over of a page OF destiny in
my hfe, that almost from that hour
was to sever every relation OF the past
and be sent forth to buffet with the
rough world alone"
A messenger approaches bearing
letter to Johns father from his old
friend begging him "as you love your
own, / pray you be merciful In this
hour to my little girl.
So John is asked to bring her home.
The mother lets her boy start out
upon the trackless waste with sup
pressed anxiety of heart; the father
bends to what he considers duty, while
the boy himself goes with romantic
expectation, conscious as he sees the
old home fade from view, of sadness
and a deepening love for the parents
who have cherished him.
Seth. the friedman, goes with him
as far as Hawkins's. where he meets
the occupant. NJ. de Croix, a halfIrlsh,
hali'French character, who figures
much In the tale. They join Captain
Wells OF Fort Wayne and all journey
along together to Fort Dearborn. The
way is well described with Its interest
Ing incidents, the arrival OF the party
at the Fort, the old fort itself and the
subsequent life there. On the way
Wayland rescues a pretty French girl,
who turns out 10 be the sweetheart Of
De Croix, now with the expedition.
Conscious OF the love OF Wayapd
phd DE croix. the maid manages to
Keep them both IN hot water and helps
the story To much OF It's tang
Then comes the evacuation OF the
fort the going OF lis men. women and
children into the Laws OF dealh"--a
lrap sci for them by the ireacher0ua
Poilnwaliomies,
Through the chapters entitled "The
Last NlRht ~ Dearborn, "fhe Death
Shadow ~ The Mlamis" "'fhe nay uf
DOOM once heart IL kopi throbhing
Va dllnhll expectation, but some .dlfap-
r1lnlmonl ID feli IN Chapter ~ az tho
.rl'maA Possibly d ID ip some denrro