The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-06-04
SYNOPSIS.
Blu Randall Parrish
Illustrated By D. j. LAWN

CHAPTER I-Joseph Hayward. an en-
sign In the United States army on his
way 20 Fort Hsrmar. meets Simon Girty
q reneg.ds whose name has been con.
beaded for Fort Harmar with q message
from the British general. Hamilton. Hay
ward guides him TO the fort and protects
him from q number OF scouts who tried
70 kill him.
CHAPTER II-At General Harmar's
headquarters Hayward meets Rene D.
Auvray who Processes to recognize him,
although he has no recollection OF ever
having seen her before.
CHAPTER III-Hsyward volunteers TO
carry message for Harmar TO Sandusk y
where Hamilton is stationed. The north
west Indian tribes are ready for war and
are only held back bv the refusal OF the
friendly Wyandots to Join. The latter are
demanding the return OF Wa-pa-tee-tah,
. religious teacher whom they believe to
be a prisoner. Haywsrd's mission is TO
assure the Wyandots that the man is
not held by the soldiers. Harmar i'm
presses on Hayward the necessity OF
reaching Hamilton before Girty.
CHAPTER IV-Reue asks Hayward to
let her accompany him. She tells him
that she Is a quartcr-blood Wyandot and
a missionary among the Indians. She
has been In search OF her father. She
Insists that she has seen Hayward be-
fore. but in British uniform. Hayward
starts for the north accompanied by q
scout named Brady and . private soldier
CHAPTER v-They come on the trail
OF war party and. to escape from the
Indians, take shelter In a hut on an
island. Hayward finds q murdered man in
the hut
CHAPTER Wilt proves to be Raoel
D'AuNray. former French officer. who
is called by the Wyandots white chief"
Rene appears and Hayward Is puzzled by
her insistance that they have met be-
fore.
CHAPTER VIT-Rene recognizes the
murdered man as her father, who was
known among the Indians as Wa-pa-tee-
tab.
CHAPTER YIII-she tells Hayward her
father was exiled from the French court
and had spent his life smoag the Indians
converting them to Christianity.
CHAPTER IX-Brady reports seeing a
band OF marauding Indians in the vicin-
ity and with them Simon Girty Brady's
evidence convinces the girl that there IL
a British officer by the name OF Hay
ward who resembles the American.
CHAPTER X-F1nding escape from the
Island cut on Hayward and his compan-
ions prepare to resist an attack from the
Indians.
CHAPTER xI-Reconnoiterinx around
the cabin at night Hayward discovers a
white man in British uniform and
leaves him for dead. after a desperate
fight.
CHAPTER XII-The Indians capture
the cabin after hard struggle In which
Hayward is wounded.
CHAPTER XIu-Rene saves Hayward
from death at the hands OF the savages
and conceals him In tho cellar of the
cabin.
CHAPTER XIv-Hayward discovers a
half breed negro In the cellar They en-
gage in a fierce tight. which ends when
the negro accidentally butts his brains
out against the low roof of the cellar.
CHAPTER xv-Hayward meets his
double, Joseph Hayward OF the British
army. The latter admits that he had
held D'Auvray a prisoner in the cabin.
death. His object in OBTAINING D'Auvray
was to help incite the wyandots to war.
CHAPTER xvI-Ths Britisher de-
clares that D'Auvrav was murdered by
the negro. out of vengeance
CHAPTER xvII-Rene reports that
Brady is prisoner OF ths Indians and
that he Is 10 be burned at the stake. They
plan to rescue the scout.
CHAPTER XVIII-Rene pleads with the
chief for the life OF the scout. Although
she is highly respected among the In
6ians her Efforts are without avail The
named Lappin. who demands his life of
the chief
Other savages were running swiftly
back and forth bearing armsful of
dried wood, which we're cast down at /
Brady's feet, the mass already rising
above his knees. Excitement was evil |
fenced IL shouts, and wild cries, in /
lrenzied leaping, dancing, and mad /
sesticulation. The Shawnee chief /
stood silent with folded arms. but
burning eyes. while Lappin grasped |
shoulder. holding her
20 place in the front rank Of those rod
lemons, his voice shouting forth or
iers, or haunting the motionless hunt
sr, who made no reply. Rene was upon
her knees. her face hidden. but
'ould see the white slaam of tina cru
,ifix as she held 1t forth in the glow
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
hem. Once he twisted In his bonds.
and gazed at her as II he would utter
some word, but changed his mind. and.
Tor the first time. look of pain swept |
INTO his face Lappin saw the effort.
called out some foul insult, and a war
-ior sprang forward. striking the de-
'enseless man across the lips. and /
irving his head back against the |
stump.
The vicious act drove me mad. and
stepped forth into the open, tiingins |
my gun down In the underbrush. No |
eye In all that swarm was turned my |
way. In silence | moved forward I'M |
IN | was within a few yards OF the |
struggling mass. Then l stopped. full !
IN the red glare OF fre. my arms up
lifted. and gave utterance TO deep,
,epulchral groan. God alone knows
now awful was the apparitiOn- To
hem, In startled horror. was the
lead man. standing there with shastly
ace. and arms outstretched. my az