Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-10-22

eyes of Hist detected q moccaSn a vat
ing against a pile and Big Serpent was
sure the HurOnS were within. Hurry
and Hutter laughed at him and clam
bered inside through a trap-door.
Hardly were they within. before there
was heavy fall. To the sharp ears
of Big Serpent. the whole house
seemed alive. Now and then an In
dian yell sounded or a deep hollow bel
low from Hurry.
Big Serpent dared not desert the
three girls. Suddenly the door burst
open and Hurry came raging forth
upon the small platform. He stood
painting, cycling his enemies. Then he
seized one brave by the waist and
flung him far into the lake; two 9TH
erS quickly followed Four were left.
They were without arms and had lit
tie desire to close with this demon. He
kicked one into the water, he doubled
up another by a prodigious blow, the
bigger of the two remaining closed
with his white foe They wrestled
Hereby upon the narrow platform.
Then Hurry raised the redman high
above his head, hurled him down and
fell heavily upon him. But at that
moment Of conquest his arms were
| bound from behind. The Indian
whom he had flung into the lake had
scrambled out in time to pinion him.
As the Ark drifted past, Hist cried
! m 70 OF 10 nh
and fell with a great splash into the
water Hist threw him a rope, which
/ he clutched with hands and teeth, the
bullets Of the outwitted Indians fell
short, and Big Serpent pulled the ex-
hausted giant on board. The Hurons
left the house, and when Judith
reached 1t her father was dying. He
had been scalped while still alive.
The two men were soon Joined by
/ Deerslayer, who had accepted a fur
Tough, promising to return at noon the
next day If Hist and Judith refused
to become Huron squaws. To Hurry's
disgust, Deerslayer announced that he
| intended to keep his pledge. 1t meant
death by torture, and Hurry could not
understand how honor could drive
man insane. THE giant left the lake
stealthly that night but promised to
guide back a company of soldiers.
Judith. having dismissed Hurry for
ever tried to tell DeerSlayer that she
loved him. But the hunter was SO
| humble and Judith So beautiful that
| he could not understand He knew,
moreover, that Judith had not always
resisted the caresses of an English
officer.
The sun was directly overhead when
/ Decrsayer strobe back into the Huron
encampment. He haughtily refused to
save his life by wedding the widow
Of warrior he had shot whereupon
her brother hurled a tomahawk at the
/ captive Deerslayer's hand shot up
and caught the weapon as 1t flew. An
instant later it drove back and struck
his foe between the eyes.
1t gave him his opportunity to es-
cape AS the Indians ran to the dead
mans side, he burst away with the
speed Of deer. Behind him he heard
the savage yells of his pursuers. Bull
I let's Whstled past, but he ran on I'M
/ touched. At the edge of a gully, he
! leaped upon a fallen tree, shouted as
if gloating over a free trail ahead, and
then crept beneath the tree. His foes
! jumped upon it as they bounded along
but one after one they raced into the
] gully. Deerslayer doubled back
reached the lake and threw himself
into the canoe The paddles were
gone and he had to drift, lying fiat in
/ the bottom. Bullets cut the sides,
making peep-holes. Just as he thought
himself safely away, the tickle wind
changed and he was driven back, again
a prisoner.
The HurOns were now enraged.
They bound him and the young war
riors flung tomahawks at him. trying
to see how close they could come.
This was but preparatory to the tor
lures Then Judith, desperate in her
him. Her imprisoned words had no
effect and the fires were kindled ct
his feet Hetty leaped forward and
! stamped out the flames. Then Big
Serpent bounded forth, and with u
rapid thrust cut Deerslayer loose In
his hands were two rifles, and for a
moment the Hurons were dismayed.
The warrior who had hoped to wed
Hist hurled his knife at his rival, but
Hist struck up his hand and he felt
Big Serpent's knife quivering in his
breast. The redmer scattered for their
guns, but now a tramping was heard.
Redcoats appeared among the Trees
led by Hurry. feerslayer's rifle
cracked and two Hurons fell. The
rest, cut off from escape, were butch
cred or made prisoners.
Hetty was MORALLY wounded, but
none of the others were hurt. TCdth
flung away her reserve as they were
leaving this scene Of bloodshed, and
implored Deerslayer to marry her.
But he remembered her past. and her
beauty could not move him. She
turned away and walked on with the
soldiers. The captain had been her