Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-01-23

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girl.A .However, there is little chance
of ouf encountering such party. The
soldieIs are all coming up from the
South hand are bound to force Black
Hawk'A warriors to the other bank of
the Ro4k. There will be nothing but
barren country east of here What do
you sal Miss Eloise?"
Her Yves met mine bravely, without
a shadow of doubt in them.
81 shall go wherever you say" she
replie1 firmly; Il believe you will
know b est"
"lyIeh / decide on this route. Once
- get beyond the swamp those fell
rs are going to have hard task
blowing us, unless they have an In
liam trailer along with them. We
have been here several hours; the
horses must be rested. Let's eat what
- can again and then start"
knedy stood up and stared about
ka disolate scene, the express
his Iface proving his dissatisfac-
& ID Y ses prospect 9,n e so,o, ,,onv with
b." he acknowledged, dryly. 81
y OOlus no .,quitter, but this yere
hit look so id easy ter
z all tibet. I'll wake up tibet
Efarls lrl an then saddle the bosses"
y I waSched him round the corner of
he cabin, not wholly at ease in my
Pa mind, then gathered up the map
ans replaced it in my pocket, aware
that Eh6fse had not moved from her,
position on the grass.
'Is he right?" she questioned, look
ing up at me. rs there any real dan
ger of Indians"
Some, perhaps; 1t is all Indian
country, north and east of here-or
has been. I am not denying that, but
this danger does not compare, in my
mind, with the peril which confronts
us in every direction. | am trying to
choose the least. Our greatest diff
Guilty will be the lack of foOd-we
possess no guns with which to kill
game, only pistols, and an exceedingly
small stock of ammunition. That is
what troubles Tim; that, and his
eagerness to get back down the river.
He fails to realize what it would mean
10 Fol int irhu &c
hands"
"Do you realiZe?"
do I? 1t is the one memory which
controls me. Tell me, am l not right?
You despise the fellow; you are will
ing to face any hardship SO as to es-
cape him?''
II would rather die than have him
touch me. Surely you cannot deem it
possible that I could ever forgive?"
"No; that would be hard to con-
ceive; and yet I wished to hear the
words from your own lips. Will you
answer me one thing mOre-why did
you first assume the character of
Rene, and why did you repose such
instant trust in me?"
81 think l myself hardly knew" she
admitted tirnidly. st all happened,
was born of impulse, rather than
through any plan. Perhaps it was just
the woman in me. After my father
died. Della thought it best to tell US
the story of Rene's birth. This-this
was such a terrible tale, and later we
sought all through his private papers,
hoping he had taken some action to
set those two free. There was no
proof that he had, no mention, indeed,
except a memorandum of intention to
refer the matter to Lawyer HaineS at
the Landing. This merely served to
confirm what Della had told us, and,
as Haines had gone to st. Louis, we
were unable to see him. We were all
of us nearly craZed. So L suggested that
we run away, and drew money out of
my private account for that purpose.
er up the Ohio, to some place where
we were not known, and begin life
over again. Oh, you cannot under
stand-I had no mind left; only a
blind impulse to save them"
l caught her hand in mine and held
it firmly.
perhaps I do understand. 1t was
my knowledge Of this very condition
which first brought me to YOU"
you heard about us on the boat
the Warrior? Did father tell you?
"No; it was Kirby. He was actual
ly proud of what he had done-boast-
ed to me of his success. I have never
known a man so hearttessly conceited.
Eloise, listen. You may have thought
this was largely an accident. 1t was
not; it was a deliberately planned,
cold-blOoded plot. I tell you that Joe
Kirby is of the devils own breed; he
is not human. Rene's father told him
first of the peculiar conditions at Beau
caire"
''Rene'S father! Does-doeS he still