The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-03
IAr RlFlE or THE 5covT SPOKE AND flAGUA5 DEAD F0Rn WENT MlRLlNG INTO TIE
 DEPTHS BELOW

l times speak wisdom replied the scout. l "Chingachgook has advised the same. The l Mngos will take you away captive. But we are keen on the trail and will rescue you.' So saying the scout hid his be- | loved rifle in cleft of the rock, dropped | into the stream without another word and | the waters closed over his head. After | him went the Sagamore. Both slipped | into the water without making q pereep- | tible ripple upon it's surface and at once seemed to be swallowed up by it. Uncas, | meanwhile, leaned against a rock, im- movable.
 Your friends have not been seen' said Cora at last ''and are most probably now in safety. Is it not time for you to fol- | low?'
 "Uncas will stay" returned the young man calmly.
 ''To increase the horror of our capture and perhaps diminish the chances of our rescue" returned the high-spirited girl ''Go! It is my wish, generous young man. It is my entreaty."
 Without replying Uncas stepped on rock near the water and disappeared.
 Cora now begged Major Hayward to fol- low the example of the others. He re- fused. Cora drew the nearly insensible form of her sister Alice within her shawl and withdrew into one of the caves The
 next morning the Indians of Magua came Their rage was great that those for whose blood they most thirsted. the Mo hicans and Long Rifle, had escaped, but after council they decided that instead of scalping their victims at once they would carry them captive. The gaunt and ungainly form of the
 singing teacher, as well as his words and manners-for he insisted raising psalm when he was captured-caused the In dians to regard him as a madman; and as those who are disordered in their minds are regarded among the savages as under a special protection, they left him at practical liberty. Magua, who took command of the party, hurried them desperately north ward all day Often during the march he bent his fierce gaze on Cora; and when they made camp that night he said to her: Listen! Bright eyes,, and he point ed to Alice, ''can go back to the old sol dier of the gray head; but the dark haired daughter of the English chief must follow Magua and live in his wigwam for ever. Once Magua was flogged by order
 of Munro. Now the English chief can sleep among his cannon. but his heart will be within reach of the knife of Magua and his daughter will hoe his corn and tend his wigwam."
 'Monster!' cried Cora. You shall find it truth that it is the heart of Munro you
 holdl And it will defy your utmost malicer
 What says the savage?" asked Hey ward. Cora repeated what Magua had
 said and cried out: "Oh, my sister Alice, what shall l do? Shall l purchase your life by such a,sacrifice?' No" firmly replied Alice, I've will die together"
 Then diel' shouted Magua, and his tomahawk flew through the air in front
 of Hayward, cutting off some of the fair
 ringlets of Alice and quivering in the tree
 against which she stood.
 Tho sight maddened Hayward. He
 rushed upon another savage who was pre-
 pairing with loud yells to repeat the blow. The young officer fell the Indian on top.
 He saw the knife gleam in the air and
 then felt something sweep past him. ac
 companied by the report of a rife. The
 Indian fell back dead as Hayward strts-
 gled to his feet.
 For an instant the Hurons were silent.
 Then a wild shout arose: Long Rifle,"
 Long Rifler'
 It was, indeed, Bumppo, the Sagamore and Uncas who. having replenished theis
 powder from a hidden store, had resolved
 to attempt Che rescue themselves rather
 than allow the time to pass which it
 
 liam Henry The combat was brief but fierce Within a short time AIagua and
 such of his band as were left alive were fugitives. and the rescuers and the res cued were on their way to Fort William
 Henry. But when at last they reached
 the hills from which they could see their destination great was their dismay to discover that the fort was already in
 vested by the Marquis de MOntcan
 with d greatly superior force and his ar
 tillery so placed ss to command it.
 At first it seemed impossible for the fugitives to make their way in But sud denly dense mist rolled in from the lake. Quickly the hunter and his Indian comrades took the white people down q
 trail and safely through the French lines.
 Colonel Munro received his children with tears of joy. and poured out his gratitude to the scout and the two In dians who had restored them again to his arms. When he grasped Duncan Hey
 ward by the hand and told him that his constancy and fidelity could command of him whatever he could give, Duncan took advantage of the situation to say: Col onel, you must be aware of the feeling I have long cherished with regard to your daughter Alice. Let me hope that if I have had hand in saving her, I have saved her to be mine"
 Well, my boy" said the doughty war ror, If she is willing l am-that is. IT We ever get out of this alive, which I mucn donbt."
 The desperate defeusc of Fort William
 iIcni, ny Colonel Munro and his scanty force ls q matter Of history When fur