The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-07-17


of light Brady's face was not toward
me, nor revealed clearly by the fire.
yet he held his head erect, his eyes
rowing over the devilish faces. The
wounded jaw was bound about with
a strip of bloody rag. Without speak
ing, 1t yet seemed to me he Knocked
them. Once he twisted in his bonds,
and gazed at her as If he would utter
some word, but changed his mind, and,
for the first time, look of pain swept
into his face. Lappin saw the effort,
| called out some foul insult, and war
rior sprang forward, striking the de-
! fenseless man across the lips, and
driving his head back against the
stump.
The vicious act drove me mad, and
stepped forth into the open, flingtng
my gun down in the underbrush. No
| eye in all that swarm was turned my
way. In silence l moved forward I'M
til l was within a few yards Of the
struggling mass. Then stopped, full
In the red glare of fire, my arms up
lifted, and gave utterance to deep.
sepulchral groan. God alone knows
how awful was the apparition. To
them, In startled horror, was the
dead man, standing there with CHASTITY
face, and arms outstretched, my ap-
pearance rendered more terrible by
the fitful CLEAN of fire, revealing fea-
lures and form, glowing on torn red
jacket, and head slashed by scalping
knife, behind me the night and the
black woods. No doubt 1t was a sight
to bring fear to any heart, but to those
murderers, their minds poisoned by SUI
perstition. 1t brought panic-a terror
too terrible to resist. They knew me
In the instant; l was the spirit of the
dead; had come back for vengeance;
with clammy hands was clutching for
them; with sightless eyes l was seek
ing them out There was one yell,
breathing forth the terror Of their
souls; I saw eyes. wild with horror.
staring at me; l saw men run and
fall, scramble to their feet, and run
again; saw leaping bodies fight like
fiends in an effort to get free. Sis-e-
te-wah, struck by the rush. shrieked
like woman, stared toward me from
where he lay on the ground, found his
feet and ran. l caught glimpse Of
Rene's face uplifted, the cross still
before her eyes; Of Lappin, hurled
over by the rush, trampled into the
earth by flying feet, finally regain his
knees, his face white as death, as
he stared back toward me with pro
truding eyes.
Again l groaned, thu unearthly
sound rising even above the din, seem
ingly echoed by the great forest and
flung back to earth again by the black
curtain overhead. Ay! it was an eery
sound! 1t even made my own flesh
creep Crazed by the terror of 1t,
panic-stricken by the fears Of others.
the fur trader leaped to his feet, flung
forward his rifle and fired. The ball
sang past my ear, and walked |
straight toward him, my CHASTITY face
exposed to the fire, my hands reach
ing out In blind clutching. With one
yoll, pAeECiHS, Iuo J0Ap VI q LrlSutSu0u
wolf, he turned and dashed for the
woods. staring back over his shoulder
even as he crashed headlong into the
underbrush. For fear they might
pause when once under cover-the
first spasm of terror gone-I ran for
ward to the forest edge, giving utter
ance to another groan to spur them on.
But this was not needed-terror, awful
terror had struck into their very souls.
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