The Washington herald., 1912-05-12

The two boys dashed furiously in
the direction in which they had seen
him, apparently reckless of any bullets
which might come from his rife, but,
as luck would have il, neither did any
bullets come, nor did they see any
trace Of the eavesdropper. Instead, q
loud voice penetrated the forest, and
in the well-known tones Of old Flint
Lock came the admonition:
~Tew leave skylarkin' alone during
tn trip an tew stick close tew tn col
umn II they valued their sealps."
So this they did during the rest of
the march, which consumed eighteen
days, before they began to near the
mouth of the Great Kanawha, and ex-
pect speedy meeting with the hostili-
ties, for Indian signs became numerous ;
they twice ran upon disused villages
OF considerable size, and new-made
camphres marked where the warriors
of Cornstalk and Logan had recently
been out upon the trail.
THE commander OF the little army
seemed somewhat careworn and snX-
ious, while, once he broke ou; rather
impetuously at the neglect of Lord
Dunmore to- join him.
BY gracious" he CALCULATED. "His
lordship seems to want me to sail into
this camp alone, and will do so, un-
less he comes along right quick. 'Tis
the way with all these English skilled
in continental warfare. They do not
know how to fight in the wilderness,
or how to send out information of,their
progress through the forest"
why don't you dispatch some scouts
to find out whar he is :" suggested old
Flint Lock. Il reckon ef what he says
is so, that he can't be much behind you,
an its well tew tackle these critters
with all tn numbers you kin muster"
Gen. Lewis thought this good advice.
"I1l dispatch two scouts toward Fort
Pitt Immediately" he said, and calling
two of his best-known woodsmen to
him, he soon told them what he wished
to have done and advised them to use
all speed in advising the British COVER
nor of his nearness to the Indian vii
age. The men were soon gone and
were hurrying toward the border line
of Pennsylvania.
Early on the morning of September
10 two young Virginisns came up to
Jack and Tommy, as they ate their
breakfast, and, turning toward them,
one said with a gracious smile:
Come on up the river with US to
hunt, boys, for we're all out of fresh
meat, and ! believe that the cursed saw
ages have retreated toward the West
There's no danger, for, if we come
across any skulkers, we'll bark back TO
camp as quick as we can move"
Jack munched upon his hardtack
thoughtfully:
NO thank you," he replied. I'm
going to adopt old Flint Locks advice
and lie close to the camp until we come
in actual touch with the Indians. How
about it, Tommy"
Il second that motion" replied his
friend. There may be skulkers even
would 60 i'll with US If We fell into an
ambuscade"
The young Virginians turned to go,
laughing good-naturedly, and, as they
passed out of the camp, old Flint Lock
murmured:
Some young men alters will be
fools. Now, you mark what say,
boys, but Bet ez how these two young
know-nothings get into all sorts of a
mess / don't pose ez no prophet, but
| kin alters tell by instinct--when In
dia1s are near, and l know 'em to be
near us now"
1t was true what he said. for the
camp was thrown into an uproar about
an hour later, as one of the young
hunters came running back, his face
bleeding from a wound, and his
clothes torn by briars and brambles.
THE Indians are upon US" he cried.
They've killed my pal and nearly put
an end to me. There must be a million
of them, so be on your guard, menl
They're coming down the river to at
tack US, not waiting for our own ad-
vance, and they will all be here within
an hour"
Immediately all was hustle and con-
fusion in preparation for the coming