The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-10-27
CHAPTER XVI.
Tho Words Of Love.

His eyes frightened, and his hand
sought mine.
"The spirit OF the old days; the
words OF a soldiers daughter hey.
Barbeau?"
"A La Chesnayne could make no
other choice" he answered loyalty.
But we have no time to waste here
in compliment. You know a safe pas
sage. you sayT
"Not safe one. yet trail which
may still remain open. for II Is known
to hut few. Let us aboard. and cross
TO the opposite shore, where we Will
hide the canoe, and make our way
through the forest. Once safely afoot
yonder. Will make my purpose clear"
A dozen strokes landed us on the
other bank, where the canoe was
drawn up, and concealed among the
bushes, while we descended slight
decllvity, and found ourselves In the
silence OF great wood. Here DAT
tigny paused TO make certain his
sense OF direction.
81 will go forward slightly I'm nd
vance" he said, at last, evidently hav-
ing determined upon his course.
"And we will move slowly, and as
noiselessly as possible No one ever
knows where the enemy are TO be met
with in Indian campaign. and we are
without arms, except for Barbeau's
gun"
IL retain my pistol" I interrupted.
cor small value since It's immersion
in the lake; as to myself, | must trust
10 my knife. Madame, you will fol
low me, but merely close enough TO
make sure OF your course through the
woods, while Barbeau will guard the
rear. Are both ready?
Perhaps ii might be well 10 explain
more clearly what you propose" said
the soldier. "Then If we become sep
arated we could figure out the proper
direction to follow"
"Not n bad thought, that. n is n
rough road ahead, heavily wooded,
and across broken land. My route Is
almost directly west, except that we
bear slightly south TO keep well away
from the river. Three leagues will
bring us 20 n small stream which
cmpties into the Illinois. There is n
faint trail along its eastern bank,
which leads TO the Rock, where IL is
possible for one knowing the way to
attain the palisades OF the fort II
we can attain this trail before dark
we can make the remaining distance
by night. Here. let me show you"
and he drew with a sharp stick a
haSty map on the ground. Now you
understand; II we become separated,
keep steadily westward until you
reach a stream flowing north"
In this order we took up the march.
and as | had nothing TO bear except a
blanket which / twisted about my
shoulders, / found little difficulty in
following my leader. At first the un-
dcrbrush was heavy, and the ground
very broken, so that oftentimes lost
sight entirely Of D'Artigny, but as he
constantly broke branches 10 mark his
passage, and the sun served as guild
auce, / had small difficulty In keeping
along the river appeared masses Of
isolated rock. and these we sklrted
closely, always I'm the shadow and
silence OF great trees. Within half
an hour we had emerged from the re-
tarding uuderbrush, and came out into
an opgn wood, where the walking was
muCn easier.
The sun had not entirely disap-
pcared when we emerged from the
dark wood shadows into a narrow.
grassy valley. through which flowed
silvery stream. not broad, but deep
Assured that this must be the water
we sought, I sank 20 the ground. eager
FOR n moments rest. but D'Artlgny,
tireless still moved back and forward
along the edge OF the forest TO assure
himself OF the safety Of our surround
ings. Barbeau Joined him, and ques.
toned.
We have reached the trailT
"Ay. beside the shore yonder; see