The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-22
Continued from our last issue

Continued from our last issue
The braves then went 10 then
fire water. ana soon the boy foster
mother brought him something 10
eat. but she could say nothing lot
Black Wolf had appointed hLIhsen
sentinel and sat rifle 10 hand at the
door OF the lodge
Night came on. The drinking Ds
came more furious and once hIskIhe
saw pale.brown arm thrust IRON
behind the lodge and placed a jug
AT the feet Of Black WoH, who sruht'
ed and drank deep. One by one
the braves went 10 drunken sleep
about the fire The fire died down
and by the last Pickering flame the
lad saw Black Woif's chio sinking
sleepily 10 his chest
There was the slightest rustic be
hind the tent He felt something
cropping for MS hands and feet. feIt
the point OF knife Craze the skin
OF his wrist aud ankles-felt the
thongs loosen and drop apart.
Nolselessly, inch 10y inch, he crep'
10 the wall Of the tent, which was
carefully lifted for hiu. Outside he
lose ana waited
Like a shadow The girl Early
Morn stole before him and like &
shadow he followed. The loose sno"
muffled his escape from the lodge
and in a few minutes they Were by the
river bank, away from the town.
The moon rose and from the shadow
OF beech the white woman stepped
forth with his rifle and powder.horn
and bullet pouch and some food. she
pointed to his horse \ little farther
down He looked long and silently IN
10 the Indian girls eyes and took the
white womans shaking hand. once
he looked back. The Indian girl was
stole as stone. A bar of moonlight
showed the white woman's face wet
with tears.
Again Dave Yandell from watch
tower saw topknot rise above d
patch Of cane now leafless and win
ter-bitten-saw hand lifted high
above it with palm VI peace toward
him.
And again an Indian youth emerged, q,
this time leading black horse with
= dropping head. Both came pain
fully on. staggering, it seemed, from
wounds OF weakness. and Dave sprang
from the tower and rushed with 9th
ers to the gate. SO gaunt We're boy
and beast that il was plain that both
were starving. The boys face was
torn with briers and pinched with
hunger and cold. but faint smile
came from it.
Don't you know me. Dave" he
asked weakly.
My God It's White Arrow"
XIII.
When the winter was breaking,
more news came in Of the war. The
flag that had been fashioned OF a
soldiers white shirt. an old blue army
coat, and red petticoat was now
the stars and Stripes OF the American
cause
Burgoyne had not cut off New
England, that head Of the rebel
lion from the other colonies. on
the contrary. the Americans had beat.
en- him Ut Saratoga and marched his
army Off under those same Stars
and Stripes. and FOR the first time
Erskine heard OF gallant Lafayette
how he had run to Washington with
ii. "a gpu
tnat beautiful passionate France
would now stretch forth her helping
hand
And Erskine learned what THAI
news meant to WashirRton's naked
and starving" soldiers dying on the
frozen hillsides OF Valley Forge Then
George Rogers Clark mad passed the
tort on ms way to Williamsburg &c
eel money and men Tor his great
venture IL the northwest. After CLARK
Wu- gone the lad got restless and on,
morning when the first breath o
spring came he mounted his horse. il
spite " arguments ana protestatons
ANA set forth for Virginia on the vii
deruel. tral he was going 10 Joii
Clark he said. but more than Clari
aud tas war We're drawing him to Ia,
outri world
WHAT 10 was, he hardly knew. f0
BE- VA not yet much given ~ search
int L.s hear, or mind. He did know
however. that some strange fore
h.d .lny been working within hin
tGat was s,eaduy growing stronger
Witn mas mind eye he was ever see
mY ~ the END OF his journey IN
lace of n,s little cousin HarDara Dale
a striking figure the lad made rid
luf mo The old capital one Afternoon
just before the sun sank behind TIA
western woods
The governor palace was close
aLO deserted My Lord Dunmor
w4s long in flight sut there wa
tn" bust ot Sir Walter IN front Z
Raleigh Tavern. and there he drew VI
before the steps whore he was one
nigh 70 taking Dane Creys lie.
Tue little tavern was thronged an
the air charged with the spirit ,
var. Indeed, nothing else was talke,
Next morning. Erskine rode fort
along a sandy road amidst the sin,
ing Of birds and through fore8. ,
tiny upshooting leave. for Red OAK
ON the james
he had forSworn Colonel Dale 1
secrecy as TO the note he had left b
hind giving his blrthright " his II
D tie cousin Barbara, and he knew III
confidence would be kept inyiolat
AT the boat landing he hitched h
horse to the low swung branch OF a
oak There wa the sun.dial ths
had marked every sunny hour sine
he bad been away. For momef
he stood there. ana when he atoppc
into the open he shrank back hastiI
IA girl was coming through the opel