The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-03-02
CHAPTER xxuI-continued.

II
chung to his hands. staring back
still at the grim outline OF the silen,
fort. understood his thoughts. bis
desire to aid his comrades: but. for q
moment. my mind was q blank. |
could not let him 20 alone to almost
certain death. No, mol would he aban.
don me on such a mission. Was there
no other way By which We could serve:
Suddenly a thought crept into my
mind.
Monsieur" asked breathlessly,
where do you suppose those Ill.ni In
dians to bey'
Back from the river, In a glen of
ca res and rocks"
How far from herc?'
-Four or 6ve miles: there Ia q trail
from the mouth Of the creek"
And You know the way? and there
might be many warriors there? they
will remember you, AID obey your or
dersy"
He Strengthened up, aroused as the
full meaning OF my questioning oc-
Cured to him.
LAY. there IL a chance there, IL we
find them in time, and In force enough
To make foray. Sacre! 1 know not
why such thought has not come to me
before. Could wc but fall on those
devils from the rear In surprise. even
with a third OF their number. they
would run like cats. Mon Dieu. /
thank you for the thought"
We plunged into the forest, no longer
cndeayorIng to advance silently. but
inspired with a desire to achieve our
goal as soon as possible. At the mouth
OF a stream entering the river. DAT
dEny picked me up In his arms and
waded across. On the opposite bank
he sought eagerly on hands and knees
for the old trace he dimly remembered.
At last he stood erect.
"Ay. lass. it's here to be easily fol-
lowed. What hour do you make 1t
now?"
about three"
$50 I would have said: and It's not
daylight until after i've. We can scarce
make 1t. yet we will try"
It was not a. dark here away from
he gloom OF the Rock; the forest was
open. and yet I will never know how
D'Artigny succeeded In following that
fim trail at 10 rapid a gait. As for
me. ! could see nothing Of any path.
and merely followed him blindly. not
nnW<nfM ~ %InA nm<pA tho
ground under my feet. Again and
again l tripped owe some obstacle
root, a tuft Of grassland continually
unnoted branches tapped against my
face. Once I fell prone, yet 30 noise
lessly that Rene passed beyond view
before he realized my misfortune. and
returned to help me regain my feet.
Not until then. I think. did he CON-
prchend the rapidity OF his movements.
"Your pardon, dear GIRL" and bis lips
brushed my hair. IS he held me in his
srms. II forgot all but our comrades
The night II dark to your
nyes."
II can zee nothing" I confessed re-
vretfully, yet you have no dimculty."
"'Tis Z woodsman's training. I have
followed many q dim trail In dark for
,.sts, and this = a. plain ! could keep
70 II On 4 run II necessary. All! the
tort II awake ana vigilant-that was
l1de IRE"
I had not only heard the sharp re-
|eorts but see the dashsof IRE cleaving
.he darkness.
The discharges came from the
goods yonder-tf,ey were Indian guns.
See! those two last were
rom the steckade; I could perceive the
logs In the dare"
*Ay, and that II all: the lads will
waste 10 ammunition In the gloom. ex-
eept 20 tell the savages they are awake
ma ready"
~Hew far have We Travelled. mon
"A aslls, pefhaps. At he crooked
pak yondef We leave the stream. You
net with ~ harm when you fell1'
mo more than ! bruiss. I can 90
y now"
We 10IDo0 - inc right ana plunged
INTO IL thickst. the way now % black
lhat graspea his Jacket In fear OF
Docomlns lesk We wers clambering up
| elisbt h1Il, earslsss Of everything but
- foottng, WHEN there wa ! sudden
prtaine . - Nv bFancAss q either
- Gur patA. D'Ardgy stopped,
rIctjag - back, while at that very
1890 fn61el1nee terms seemed to leap
re- ~ eovefG Il occurred .
rulcEix. - slle1fly. hat befsrs ! even
$3.50 lonoes, - vas struggling
1o1ly IN ~ Aaailants. l heard the
- blops, n oatA of surprise, =
rnffnsal exela1atjoa, . groan Of pain.
aanlo U1npe1 ~ savaCsiy; ! felt
800 hol5oaI struggled Wildly to
lecopo. bue Wos 1sns helpIcssay to tho
tnn1 1po1Ding ny hair. I
oal1 2mnk1ol1a eoDfussd mass
Z le, - 60 1T DfArtlgny was
I'm = GhnGy1ing desperately.
- $50 80 - M Gfabbed =
~. a. Mnggk esa6hlss Into the
- - $3.50 0aD0sag b.. naek