The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-07-10
CHAPTER xvllI-continued.

"a soldier of England; an aide to
Hamilton! You lie. When Hamilton
knows what / know he viii tear you
limb from limb. You come here to
brighten US with your threats-you! |
spit upon you! Sis-e-te-wah. warriors,
hear me; you know who l am; | travel
with you on the war-trail; go with
you into battle. Now / speak with
the straight tongue. You do not know
this man, but I do. See; he dare not
face me; watch him shrink Jack
afraid. Well! there is reason"
Il fear you, Jules Lappin?''
cay! and with cause. Knew you
ever the time failed to pay my debts
or wreak my vengeance? have you
now. and will crush the white-liVered
heart out of you with these hands.
Listen, Shawnees, Miamis, Ojibwas,
while I tell you who this fellow is.
Then give him to mel ask no more"
He stopped, bent forward, his fin
gers clinched. The ring of Indians
pressed closer, but the old chief waved
them back, standing motionless.
Speak, Englishman," he said with
dignity, 1--WE will hear"
Lappin half turned TO face them, one
hand gripping the knife at his belt.
Like white ghost mademoiselle
slipped silently in between the two
men. saw it all over the brown bar
rel of my rifle, my heart throbbing
lfiercely.
HE is a renegade, a traitor" and
Lappin's hand pointed at the man
The accused, "the uniform he wears a
Tile. How do / know? Because he
fought me yonder In the woods On the
island; because he was in the cabin
with the others. This is the man who
was left for dead. who escaped Do
you recognize him now?"
L saw the red faces. and heard the
scream of voices.
cay! you do; and the woman, the
iWyandot sQuaw. helped him said
-isO before; now we have the proof.
You drove her out, afraid to treat her
as an enemy, and she goes to him,
thinking his uniform will frighten you
into sparing the hunter from torture.
She brings him here to threaten you
with what England win do. What say
you, Shawnees, to the dog"
The voices burst into a wild yell that
seemed to split the night, but the fur
trader flung up his hand
Back all of yer!" he reared saw
y,sx rz,ar a
Who has better right? I'll throttle
the life out of him with nay bare hands
bofora yer all. Have your warriors
give us space, Sis-e-te-wah-"
The chief of the Shawnees, his eyes
blazing under tangled hair, uplifted
his arms.
"'Tis the white mans right" he
ordered grimly. 81 have spoken"
drew in my breath deeply, yet what
could l do? The rifle tremhled in my
grasp, but I dare not use it, The un-
fortunate Englishman stood in my
place, was mistaken for me, but if
revealed myself it could serve NO end
would only leave me helpless to aid
the girl l could not think of him at
that moment, but only of her
1t was all the work of an instant.
.Lappin whirled on his victim, finging
his gun TO the ground.
Face me, you cur, you spy!" he
shouted. Come out from behind that
tsquaw. You got me once when nay
foot slipped. Let's see what you can
do now. What! you won't! Well, you
will"
He thrust Rene back. hurting her
with one sweep of his arm into the
~crowding ranks of warriors. one OF
whom clutched her as she fell Then
ne struck the shrinking, startled Eng
3ishman vicious blow in the face.