The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-03


n "Ibce 10 no sign OF The women an
children" said be They arr keepln
|. the children to burn at their leisure i
!. their villages The women they na,
9 torture o. may adopt. as the hume
!, takes iheiu."
, Ask him. Amos" said the seaman
: why We are yawing and taekin,
: here when we should he cracking 81
all sail TO stand after them
pu l.hui smiled aud shook his head
Your friend is brave man. said he
III he thinks that with four men We
can follow a hundred aud ATTY"
Tel him, Amos, that the Lord viii
bear us up" said the other cxclledly
SAY that he viii be with us against
The children Of Jeroboam, aud we win
cut them on utterly"
But Du Thu, waved aside the sea
mans suggestions. I'VE must have a
care now said he, "or We shall lose
our own sealps and bc the cause OF
those AZ Ste. Marie losing theirs AS
we'll"
Ste. Mariew cried lie Cailnat as
here, then, danger az Ste. Marief"
Aye, they are Ia the VOLTS mouth
now. This business was done last
night The place was siormcd by
war party of a hundred and nifty men,
This morning they left aud went north
upon foot They have been cached
among the woods all day between Pol.
tou and Ste. Marie"
Then we have come through them "
Yes. we have come through them.
They would keep their camp today
aud send out scouts. Brown Moose
and his son We're among them and
/ struck our trail Tonight
Tonight they will attack ste Ma.
rie!'
at is possible. And yet with so
small n party | should scarce have
thought that they would have dared.
Well, we can but hasten back as quick
ly as we can aud give them warning
of what IL hanging over them"
And SO they turned for their weary
backward journey, though their minds
were too full TO spare n thought upon
the leagues which lay behind them or
those which were before.
Dark as II was, Du Lhut walked Ms
swiftly as during the sunlight and
never besltated about the track. His
comrades could see, however. that he
xyaa 10 Al
that which they had gone In the morn
ing, for twice they caught n sight Of
the glimmer of the broad river upon
their left, while before they had only
seen the streams which flowed into II. |
On the second occasion he pointed to
where on the farther side they could |
see dark shadows.
"Iroquois canoes" he whispered |
'"There are ten OF them. with eight |
men In each. They are another party"
How do you know that they are
another partyT'
Because we have crossed the trail
OF the first within the hour"
De Catinat was filed with amaze
ment at this marvellous man who could
hear In his sleep and could detect
trail when the very tree trunks We're
Invisible TO ordinary eyes. Du Ihut
halted q little TO watch the canoes and
then turned his back to the river and
plunged into the woods once more UNI
iii they came to the edge OF moonlit
clearing. Du Lhut was about TO skirt
his, as he had done others, when sud
ienly he caught DE Catinat By the
shoulder and pushed him down behind
| clump of sumac, while Amos did the
anne with Ephralm Savage.
A man was walking down the other
Tide of the open space. He had Just
and was crossing II diagonal
y, making In the direction Of the rlv-
II. His body was bent double. but rs
rees they could see that he was an
indian brave In full war paint, with I
pggings, lon cloth and musket. Close
t his heels came second. and then
bird and fourth, on and on until 1t ,
eemed as If the wood was full OF men
nd that the line would never come to
N end. Last of all came man in the .
ringed tunic Of hunter, with n cap
nd feather upon his head. He passed
cross like the Others and they van
shed into the shadows. 1t was five
minutes before Du Lhut thought 1t
afe to rise from their shelter.
''By Ste. Anne!" he whispered. did
'ou count them|
"Three hundred and ninety-six," said
Amos.
IL made It 402"
"And you thought that there were
,nly hundred and fifty of themw
.ried De Catinat.
"Ah, you do not understand. This IL
fresh band. The others who took the
)lockhouse must be over there, for
heir trail lies between us and the
liver. In their camp there are now
nearly 600 warriors. Unless we warn
hem AT Ste. Marie these devils will lay
ome trap for them Their parties are
assembling by land and by water and
here may he thousand before day
freak. We must push on aud give our
"Tbey had one who was dressed Ike
/ white man." remarked Amos
aye. aud the most deadly Of the lot
His father was Dutch trader, his
mother an Iroquols. aud he goes by the
iame OF the Flemish Bastard by Ste.
Anne | have Il score 10 settle with him,
md may pay II before this business
= over"