The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-01

deavoring 70 persuade our rriends
remain Wit: US at Ste. Marie''
'.At least leave your white lily g
Ste Marie" said the dusky princes
speaking in excellent French an
claspiAg with her rudy fingers til
ivory hand of Adele. Eve will hol
her safe for you until the ice soften
and the leaves and the partridge bel
ries come once more. know my pee
pie, monsieur. and tell you that til
woods are full of murder
De Catinat was more moved by tn
impressive manner of his hostess thar
by any OF the other warnings which
he had received. Surely sue. if an,
one, must be able to read the signs O
I the times
Il know not what to dor he cried il
despair I must 90 Oh, and yet how
can | expose her TO these perils?
would fam stay the winter, but yor
must take my word for it, sir, that il
/ is not possible.
/ "Du Lhut. You know how things
! should be ordered said the seigneur
What should you advise my friend to
the English provinces before the win
ter comes?
There IS but one way" said Du
Lhut, though even in it there is dan
ger The woods are safer than the
river, for the reeds are full of cached
canoes. Five leagues from here is the
blockhouse of Poitou, and fifteen miles
beyond that of Auvergne. We will go
tomorrow to Potion through the woods
and see il all be safe. | will 60 with
you, and / give you my word that if
the Iroquois are there Greysolon du
Lhut Will know it. The lady we shall
leave here, and if we find that all is
safe we shall come back for her. Then
in the same fashion we shall advance
to Auvergne, and there you must wait
until you hear where their war parties
are. 1t is my mind that it will not be
very long before we know
And so it was at last agreed, and
Adele was consigned to the care of the
lady of Ste. Marie. while De Catinat
swore that without pause he would
return from Potion TO fetch her. The
old nobleman and his son would fain
have Joined them in their adventure.
but they had their avn charge to watch
and the lives of many in their keeping.
while 4 small party was safer in the
woods.
From La Noue to Poitou was but
twelve miles down the river. but by
the woodland route the distance was
more than doubled. The four men
walked in single file, Du Lhut leading.
De Catinat walked behind then Ephra- /
i'm Savage, and then Amos, all with /
their weapons ready and with every
sense upon the alert. BY midday they I
were more than halfway and halted in /
4 thicket for a scanty meal of bread I
ana cheese. For an hour more they
picked their way through the woods,
following in the steps Of the old French
pioneer.
Knees and stopped his ear to the
'round. He rose. shook his head and
walked on with a grave face
"Did you hear something?" whisper
d Amos.
Du Lhut put his finger to his lips and
hen in an instant was down upon his
ace with his ear fixed TO the ground.
lie sprang up with the look of a man
rho has heard what he expected to
ear.
Walk on said he quietly, ''and be-
ave exactly as you have done all
ay."
What is it, then?"
Indians"
"In front Of us?"
NO; behind u.s. They are following {
s-two 1 think. Do not look round. {
Walk on as before. They are Iro- i
uois.'' !
And pursuing us?" L
No; we are pursuing them"
How far off are they?" c
About 200 PAGES, 1 think" /
They cannot see us then?'' S
Il think not. but 1 cannot be sure. Z
hey are following our trail, 1 think"
What shall we do then?" l
Let us make circle and get be-
nd Them q
urnlng sharp to the left. he led
EN- in long curve through the
oods, hurrying swiftly and yet 81
ntly under the darkest shadow of the
ees- Then he turned again and pres :.
tly halted.
his Is ouT own Track. said he. l.,
Aye, and two redskins have passed =,
er it, cried Amos, bending down =,
q pointing to marks which were en- =,
ely invisible to Ephraim Savage and g
Catinat. =
"A full grown warrior and a lad on g
first warpath,' said Du Lhut. ].
hey are moving fast, you see. for :,
u can hardly see the heel marks of =,
'Ir moccasins. They walked one be- n,
Id the other. Now let us follow h.
IN as they followed us and see if N
have better luck 81
lie sped swiftly along the trail, with "
musket cooked in his hand. the he
ers following hard upon his heels.
there was no sound and no sign of IN
from the shadowy woods in front IN
them. Suddenly Du Lhut stopped nj
grounded his weapon. M
They are still behind u.s." he said. oh
lis is the point where we branched nv
They have hesitated a moment. as da
can see by their footmarks, and be
n they have followed on"