The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-02

Kun, madame, Tor the fort" he
shouted above the uproar. ITO my
help. Barbeau~
CHAPTER XVIII.
Within the Fort.
doubt II I paused Z second, yet
that was enough to give me glimpse
Of the weird scene. saw D'Artigny
lunge with his knife, Z huge savage
Keeling beneath the stroke, and Bar
beau cleave passage to the rescue. the
stock Of his gun shattered AZ he struck
nercely at the red devils who blocked
his path.
Outnumbered. helpless FOR long In
that narrow space. their only hope lay
In q sortle BY the garrison. and 1t was
my part to give the alarm. Even as
sprang forward. . savage leaped
from the ruck. but I escaped his
hand. and raced up the dark trail. the
n thought urging me on. God knows
how I made ito me tits but q men,
Org Of falls owe unseen obstacles, Of
reckless running: yet the distance
could have been scarce more than q
hundred yards, before my eyes saw
| the dark shadow Of the stockade out
lined against the sky.
Crying out with full strength Of my
voice. I burst into the little open space,
then tripped and fell just ~ the gate
swung wide, and l saw Z dozen dark
forms emerge. One leaped forward
and grasped me, lifting me partly to
my feet.
mon Dieu! q womanr' he exclaimed
In startled voice. "What means this.
In heavens Manner
Quick" ! gasped, breaking away.
able nov to stand on my own feet.
They are lighting there-two white
men-D'Artigny-"
what, Rene! Az. lads. to the re-
cuel Cartier. take the lady within.
Come with me, you others"
They swept past me, the leader we'll
IN advance. l felt the rush u they
passed. and had glimpse Of vague dg-
ures ere they disappeared in the dark
ness. Then I ri alone. except for
the bearded soldisr who grasped my
arm.
who was thatr' I asked. the man
who ledr'
"~Boisrondet Francois Dc Boisron-
det."
An edicer Of La salle's1 You, then.
are of his companyr
II am" Z bit proudly, but most Of
the lads yonder belong with De Bau-
gis. Now We light . common foe. and
forget our own quarrel. DID you say
Rene d'Artgny VA In the fighting
yonderr'
'Yss: b. and = soldier named Bar.
beau"
! The fellow stood SILENT shifting his
test
"sTwas told . he was dead" -
said finally. With effort. "soms more
Of Ia Barre's men arrived three days
ago b. boat under ! popinjay they call
Ca1ston % recruit Do Baugis' forces.
Do u Durantays wa with him from
the portage, % that nov they out
number ~ three 70 one. You know
this Cassion. madamef'
"Ay. ! Travelled with his party from
Montreal"
"Ah, then you will know the truth.
no doubt. Do Tonty and Cassion were
at swords points over Z charge the
latter made against Rene d'Artigny-
that he had murdered n OF the party
at St Ignace."
"Hugo Cheyet. the fur trader"
"Ay. that was the name. We Of La
Sales company know 1t to b. 4 lie.
Eacre! have served with that lad
two years. and 'tis not in his nature
to knife any man In the back. And
% De Tonty said. and hs gave Cas-
sion The lie straight In his teeth. I
heard their words, and but for De
Baugis ana Dc h Durantaye. Fran
coils Casslon would have paid well for
his false tongue. Now you can tell
him the truth"
\ shall 10 that. but ' Z my word.
I fear, win not clear D'Artigny Of the
charge. I believe the man to be inno-
cent: IN my heart there u no doubt,
yet there = 20 little 70 b. proven
~Cassion speaks bitterly; hs u a
enemy"
Monsieur Cassion 10 ny husband"
I cid regrstfuily.
Your pardon. madame. Al. I IN
derstand Il all now. Ton were sup
posed . have been drowned in the
great lake. but were saved b. D'Ar-
signy. twill b I surprise for mon
a1eur. but In this land. W witness
strange thines. Mon Dieu! re. they
come yoadsr: - Boisrondet and hts
men,"
They approached IN silence. mere
shadowy 0gugeA whose numbers I
could net count, but those n advance
bore 4 helpless body n their arms,
and my hsart seemed e stop its beat
ing. until I heard DAstisny's voics II
cAeesful srsed1G
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