The citizen., 1914-05-14
SYNOPSIS.


q renegade whose name has been con-
nected with all manner OF atrocities. also
headed for Fort Harmar with message
from the British general, Hamilton. Hay
ward guides him 10 the fort and protects
him from a number OF scouts who tried
to kin him.
CHAPTER U-At General Harmsr'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-Hayward volunteers TO
carry a message for Harmar to Sandusky
where Hamilton 10 stationed. The north
west Indian tribes are ready for war anu
are only held back by the refusal OF the
friendly Nyandots to join. The latter are
demanding the return OF Wa-pa-tee-ta
q religious teacher whom they believe to
be a prisoner. Hayvard's mission is to
assure the WyandOts that the man is
not held by the soldier. Harmar i'm,
reaching Hamilton before Girty.
CHAPTER Iv-Rene asks Hayward to
let her accompany him. She tells him
that she Is a Quar'cr-blood Wyandot and
q 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
Stars for the north accompanied by a
scout named Brady and a private soldier
CHAPTER v-They come on the trail
Indians, take shelter in a hut on an
island Hayward finds q murdered man In
the hut.
D'AuVray. "A 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 VII-Rene recognizes the
known among the Indians as wa-pa tee
tah.
CHAPTER VIII-She tells Hayward her
father was exiled from the French court
and had spent his life smosg the Indians
converting them to Christianity.
CHAPTER IX-Brady reports seeing q
band Of marauding Indians In the vicin-
ity and with them Simon Girty Bradys
evidence convinces the girl that there Ia
a British officer by the name OF Hay
ward who resembles the American.
CHAPTER X-Finding escape from the
island cut of Hayward and his compan-
ions prepare to resist an attack from the
Indians.
CHAPTER XI-Reconnoitering around
the cabin at night Hayward discovers a
white man in a British uniform and
leaves him for dead after a desperate
fight.
the cabin after a hard struggle in which
HAYWARD is wounded
CHAPTER XIII-Rena saves Hayward
from death at the hands OF the savages
and conceals him in the cellar OF the
cabin.
CHAPTER XIv-Hayward discovers a
half breed negro In the cellar They en-
gage in a fierce fight which ends when
the negro accidentally butts his brains
az ba
CHAPTER Xv.-Hayward meets his
double. Joseph Hayward OF the British
army. The latter admits that he had
held DAuvray a prisoner in the cabin.
but that he knew nothing about his
death. His object Ia OBTAINING D'Auvray
was to help incite the Wyandots to war.
CHAPTER XvI-'rhe Britisher de-
clares that D'Auvrav was murdered by
the negro. out of vengeance.
4 crawIeo over him. as though he
was no more than a stone in the path,
yet as one hand came down In the
dark on the upturned face. | expert,
enced a sudden thrill-the flesh was
warm. the man lived. Barely had my
numbed mind grasped this helplessly,
when my rife barrel, thrust before me,
struck the end OF the passage. the faint
sound OF contact signifying wood. Not
three feet extended between the mans
head and this barrier which blocked
us from the outside air. Desperate.
half crazed indeed. not only by my
own situation. but also by the memory
Of those bodies behind In the dark tun-
mel, | found scant knee-room In the
small space, and fumbled madly about
for some latch The surface was OF
wood. roughly faced. but smooth. save
for what might be handle in the mid
die, mere strip. bevelled to give fin
gerhold. ! pulled at this In vain; then
pushed with my shoulder against the
oak, but the wood held firm. Weak as
| was, and in so crumpled a position,
could bring to bear but small strength
To batter the door down was the only
hope left; no matter what noise re-
suited. or the possibility OF capture by
the savages. could not lie there and
choke to death in that place OF horror.
Better any danger than such a fate.
drew back and struck. the power OF
fear giving strength to my arms. Again
and again | drove the iron-bound rife
stock against the hard oak. left the
center and attacked the sides, feeling
the wood give slightly. Encouraged
by this ! redoubled my efforts. central
izing my blows on one spot. until GER
tain the tightly jammed door was be-
ing driven from the groove. 1t was
hot and sitting; the perspiration
streamed from me; the smoke was SUI.
locating. deadly. gasped and choked,
my head swan with dizziness felt
my strength ebbing away; despair
clutched me. Yet struck-no longer
with clear intent. but automatically,
driving the heavy gun butt against the
slowly yielding wood with every pound
OF strength had left. II seemed as II
| had struck my last blow-I believe
now | had; | believe my body fell with
it-I cannot remember clearly-only
know the wood gave way. and fell
forward into light and air. my face
my body still in the tunnel
Merciful mother! How | gulped In