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I girl. However. there u little chance
Of our encountering such q party. The
soldiers are all coming up from the
South and are bound 70 force Black
HAWKS warriors to the other bank Of
the Rock. There viii be nothing but
barren country east Of here. What do
you ny. Miss EloiseT
Her eyes met mine bravely. without
Q shadow OF doubt In them.
II shall 20 wherever you say." abe
replied firmly; II believe you will
know best"
'Thsn decide % this route. Ones
We get beyond the swamp those fel.
lows are going to have . hard task
following ~. unlsss they have an In
dian trailer along WITH them. We
have been hero several hours; the
horses must be rested. Let's eat what
We can again and then start"
Kennedy stood up and stared about
u Ct the disolate scene, the sxpres.
ion Of his face proving his dissatisfac-
ton with the prospect.
| 'AO course, I'm q goin' long with
yer. cap" he acknowledged. Orgy. II
never wus no gutter. but this y~e
trip dent look 20 id easy ter
me. fer all tibet. I'll wake mp thet
Clark gurl an then saddle the bosses"
I watched him round the corner Of
the cabin. not wholly at ease In my
own mind. then gathered up the map
and replaced 1t in my pocket, aware
that Eloise had not moved from her
position on the grass.
"Is he rishtf" she questioned, look
ing up at me. ''Is there any real dan
ger Of Indlansr'
"Soms. perhaps; It u Oh Indian
country. north and east Of hefe-or
has been. am not denying that, but
this danger does not compare. In my
mind. with the peril which eonfroots
~ In every direction. am trying to
choose the least Our greatest DIM
Guilty viii be the lack Of food-we
possess no guns with which to kill
game. only pistolA and an exceedingly
small stock Of ammunition. That u
what troubles Tim: that and his
eassrness to get back down the river.
He fails to realise what It would mean
to you to fall again into KiEby's
hands"
DO you rsalise1'
do ~ Il u the one memory which
controls ne. Tell me. am not rishti
You dsspiss Tie fellow; jon are VIII.
ing to face any hafdship % - 70 O.
cape himr'
Il would rather die than have ~
touch me. Surely you cannot deem 1t
possible that I eould ever feegivsr'
mo; that would b hard to con-
csivs: and yst ! wished to Asar the
words from Jour own lips. WIN you
answer ~ oos thing noes-why did
you Arst assume ths character oe
Rsas. and Why did you rsposs saeA
instant trust In msr
II think I myself hardly knsw." che
admitted timidly. TT oil happsasd,
was born Of impulss, rather than
through any plan. Perhaps It was just
the woman in me. After ny father
died, Della thought It best to tell -
the story Of Rsns's birth. TAis-this
was such Q terrible tale, and later We
sought all through his private papers,
hoping ~ had taken sons aetioa 70
~ those two Tree. There was -
proof that he bod, no meatioa, Indeed,
except Q memorandum Of inteotioo 10
refer the matter to Lawyer Hainss at
the Landing. This merely served to
eoonrm what Della had told ~, and.
- Haines had gone to St. Louis, Ne
were unable to zee him. We were all
Of % nearly erased. 80 suggested that
We run away. and drew money out Of
my private account for that purpose.
Ny only thought was to take Q steam.
er up the Ohio. to some place where
w were not known. and begin life
over again. Oh. you cannot under
stand-I had no mind left; only Q
blind impulse to save them
I caught her hand In mine and held
It firmly.
"Perhaps do understand. It was
my knowledge Of this very condition
which drst brought me to you"
you heard about % on the boat
the Warrior1 Did father tell your
mo; It was Kirby. He was actual.
" proud Of what he had done-boast.
Cd to me Of his success. I have never
known Q man 10 heartlessly concealed.
Eloise. listen. You may have thought
this was largely an accident. II was
not: It was Q deliberately planned,
cold.blooded plot. I tell you that Joe
Kirby 70 Of the DEVILS own breed: be
II not human. Rens's father told him
6rst Of the peculiar conditions at Beau
caire."
"Rene's fathesi Does-does he still