Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1904-01-07
CHATTER VIII.
THE DILEMMA OF CAPTAIN urr

10 the forest with antcipatlons Of lively
adventure and made his way toward
the Nca plains. IL was his purpose Ia
rrt "a boat az the village OF Ouintenon
and pun thence up the Wabash until ne
could find out what the English wer,.
doing lie chose for his companions
on this dangerous expedition two cx
pert courcurs de- bois. Dutremhle and
Jacques Balloup Fifty miles up the
river they fell ln with some friendly
Indians. well known 10 them all. who
were returning from the portage.
The savagrs Informed them that
there were no signs Of an English nd-
vanor In that quarter some 81 them
had been as far as the ST Joseph river
and Ia within n short distance OF De
trolt without seeing white man or
hearing OF any suspicious movements
on the part OF Hamilton. So back
came Oncle Jazon with his pleasing ~.
port, much disappointed that he had
not been able tn stir up some sort ~
trouble.
II was Helms turn "a laugh
What did | tell your" hc cried. In "A
july AAANk'As NAAllIlAA lHFNtNlfN hA AiM
shoulder Il know mighty well that Il
was all q big story with nothing In H.
What on earth would the English bo
thinking about 20 march nm army away
on down here only 10 capture a rotten
stockndc nni lot ~ Cabling party
voosf"
Beverley. while he dld not feel quite
ns confident as his chief. was not sprry
that things looked little brighter than
BE- had feared they would turn out 20
b" Secretly and without acknowlcdg-
inr II to himself he was delighted with
the lie De was living
He began to Ike walking about aim
lcssly I'm tho towns narrow streets.
with the mud daubcd cabins on either
hand This simple life under low
matched roofs had a charm Every
body cried chccrily. Ron Jour. mon
Eieur. comment allcz -vousT as he went
by. always accompanying the verbal
salute with a graceful wave OF the
hand.
But ~ was always a glimpse OF Alice
that must count for everything I'm Rev
crlcy'~ rcckonings. albeit he would
have strcnuously denied A. True he |
went 10 RoussIllon place almost every |
day. IL being n fixed part Of his we'll |
ordered habit. and had a talk with her |
Sometimes when Dame Rousslllou was |
very busy and No quite on her guard |
they read together In a novel or I'm GER |
tain parts OF the odd volume Of Mon
inignc. This was done moro FOR the
sweetness of diaobcdlcncc than 20 en-
JOY the already familiar pages
Now and again they repeated their
fencing bout. but never with the result
which followed the first. Beverley ~oon
mastered Alicos tricks and showed her
that after all. masculine muscle II not
10 be- discounted at It's own game by
even the most wonderful womnnly
strength and supplcncss. She struggled
brnvcly 10 bold her vantage ground
once gained 50 easily. but the incvita-
bile was not 10 be avoided. AZ last one
bowling winter day he dlsarmed her
by the very trick that she had shown
him. That ended the play. and they
ran. shivcrlng into the house.
"Ah,' she cried. 1T isn't fair. You
arr 40 much bigger than l. You have
~ much longer arms, so much more
weight and power. II all counts against
me- You ought 20 bc ashamed OF your
SELF She WAS rosy with the exhilarat-
Ing exercise and the biting OF the fros
~ breeze Her beauty gave forth a
new ray.
Deep In her heart she was pleased 10
have him master her 50 supcrhly: but
ns the days passed she never said so.
mover gave over trying 10 make him
Peel the touch Of her foil. She did not
Know that her eyes were getting
through his guard, that her dimples
were stabbing his heart to it's middle.
You have other advantages" he re-.
Piled, which far overbahlnce my
greater stature and stronger muscles"
Then after pause he added, after all
n girl must be girl"
Something In his face, something I'm
her heart. startled her so that she made /,
n quick little move like that OF rest ,,
less bird.
You are beautiful. and that makes
my eyes and my hand uncertain" he :
went on. "Wens fencing with a :
man lhere Woulu ne no glamour" q
lie spoke In English. which he did =,
lot often do I'm conversation with her. al
I was Sign that he was somewhat =,
wrought upon. She followed his rapid
words with difficulty, but she caught 8,
rom them a new note of feeling. He n
aw little pale flare shoot across her n
ace and thought she was angry. n,
You should not use your dimples TO :,
Ilstract my vision" he quickly added, II
With light laugh. 1T would be no 81
worse for me to throw my hat in your 4,
ace" :,
His attempt at levtty was obviously m
weak. She looked straight into his a,
yes with the steady gazs of simple,
arrest nature shockad by a current m
uite strange to It. She did not IN
prStanI him md. che Hfd Uar 0na