The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-04-16

tackedf"
"Tboae NJ tho Morayians: they had
scalns and booty."
and their chieff"
"piack Horse. an outlaw of the ojib
was. G,r,y knew him"
"You left them whenf"
81 hardly know. monsieur" glancins
toward me. "perhaps two hours ago:
had forgotten time. They kent no
suard for there had been no pursuit
nor any s,sn Of danger. II was easy "a
ain away unseen. None among them
knew Of this Mace. not even Girty. and
7 came alone There was nothing for
me 10 fear. I knew the way. and I had
faith I should and INV father"
This In the TRUTH The whole
TRUTH
"Oui. monsieur" and bowed her
head.
"Tben Won know nothing of any new
arrivals at the camp! There were
some expected7"
81 am sure not" her aroused inter.
est apparent in her voice. did others
Join them? Who were they. mon.
sieurY"
Brady looked at her searchingly,
leaning on his gun. the lines OF his
face stern. ] could not forbear step
ping forward beside her.
Never you mind speaking, Master
Hayward" he said shortly. The girl
needs no defender; believe what
she says. Now listen, both OF you, and
see what you make OF It I was with
In twenty yards OF their camp. at the
edge OF the underbrush, and could see
clearly all that occurred about the
nre. There was no guard set. but the
prisoner lay between Two Indians, so
that any attempt II rescue was impos-
sioie. ! could not tell Just how many
We're In the band. for some were lying
well BACK beyond the range OF light. i
saw Girty, however. get up and put
WOOD on the name. l had sight drawn
on the devil yet dared not nre. Then
ne lay down again, and ] crept around
.oss,o wne,e ne nao disappeared
'insn might use knlIe 10 no tne
Wo,a VI sucn beast But pefore i
evuu ioeon MN tnere came along inc
''s = oonsioeaaoie oooy OF inoian6
The sand made no sound. and they
passed so close to where | lay one
fellow stepped upon my hand. Yet
they passed by. trooping into the
camp. and counted thirty"
"Of what tribe, monsieur
From the Wabash. caught words
In the language OF the Shawnees. They
had a white man with them"
"A prisoner?
mo; he talked with Girty in Eng.
lish. and then to the savages In their
own tongue. could only catch word
now and then could understand, but
he pointed toward the island, and
seemed to urge them this way. dared
not stay there longer, for fear should
be too late. and SO crept backward.
and got away"
She stepped forward and grasped
his arm.
What was the white man like, mon
sieur? You saw his facet"
mo: never once did he front the
fire. heard his voice, and could see
the outline OF his figure. He was a
big fellow, not unlike the ensign here.
and he wore a red coat"
For one moment she stood motion
less. one hand pressed against her
temple, the other grasping his sleeve.
The cheek toward me famed red.
"You-you are sure?" she faltered.
'He-he looked like that?"
Yes. mademoiselle." his tone that
Of surprise. 1T was dark but could
see that"
And this man is really an Ameri-
can officer?" her dark eyes flashing to-
ward me. HE has never been In the
north before?"
A grim smile curled Brady's lips. as
his keen gray eyes swept over the
two OF US.
Il reckon maybe II was bout a year
ago | fust met the ensign, mademoi.
selle, up at Fort Pitt, an on an on
ever since we've run against each 9TH
er along the Ohio l don't know what
all this may be leadin' to. but so far
as can see, he amt no cause to tell
you a lie."
She hesitated, glancing from his
sober face into mine; then impulsive-