Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-20
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4 continued from Our Last Issue.
The braves then went to their
s,.water, and soon the boys foster
s,ther brought him something to
! but she could say nothing, for
|raek Wolf had appointed himself
.ntinel and sat rifle in hand at the
loor of the lodge.
Night came on. The drinking be-
anne more furious and once Erskine
~ a pale-brown arm thrust from
Dbind the lodge and place jug
the feet of Black Wolf, who
runted and drank deep. One by
NJ the braves went to drunken
hen about the fire. The fire died
+ lawn and by the last Pickering
lsme the lad saw Black VOLTS chin
taking sleepily to his chest.
There was the slightest rustic be-
1 ind the tent. He felt something
& roping 70 ribs hands and feet, felt
he point of a knife Craze the skin
4 his wrist and ankles-felt the
&tOngs loosen and drop apart.
Noiselessly, inch by inch, he crept
d the wall of the tent, which was
Carefully lifted for him. Outside he
nose and waited.
Like a shadow the girl Early Morn
4 soe before him and like a shadow
Ss followed. The loose snow. muf.
fled his escape from the lodge, and
few minutes they were by the
Her-bank, away from the town
The men rose and from the
4 shadow Of a beech the white woman
2aepped forth with his rifle and
4 pwder-horn and bullet-pouch and
@me food. She pointed to his horse
little farther down. He looked
bng and silently. into the Indian
girls eyes and took the white wo-
mans 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
tsaTs
Again Dave Yandell from watch.
bwer say a topknot rise above a
patch of cane now leafless and win
ler-bitten-saw an hand lifted high
above it with palm of peace to,
ward him.
And again an Indian youth
emerged, this time leading black
horse with dropping head. Both
came painfully on, staggering, it
seemed, from wounds or Heakness,
and Dave sprang from the tower and
rushed with others to the gate. So
saunt were boy and beast that it
was plain that both were starving.
The boys face was torn with briers
land pmched with hunger and cold,
but faint smile came from it.
Don't you know me, Dave?" he
asked weakly.
My God! It's White Arrowi"
XIII
"hen winter was breaking, more
Jews came in of the war. The flag
aat had been fashioned of a soldiers
snNe shirt, an old blue army coat,
'ad red petticoat was now the Stars
'na Stripes of the American cause.
bargoyne had not cut off New
England, that "head of the rebel
Sn' from the other colonies. On
pe contrary, the Americans had
sa'en him at Saratoga and marched
"S army off under those same Stars
~ rp stripes, and for the first time
tlskine heard of gallant Lafayette
j" ne mad run to Washington with
~ pfetentlous news from his king
n a beautiful, passionate France
%vulo now stretch forth her helping
(
,.r nnd Erskine learned what that
~ s%S meant to Washington's "naked
f, ,u Starving" soldiers dying ON the
r Sa mllsides of Valley Forge.
'a a'n george Rogers Clark had
Es ssst the fort on his way to Will
i. 'sourg to get money and men
-. us great venture in the North
~ ''' After Clark was gone the lad
H. .seS'iess; and one morning when
no,, I.fst breath of spring came he
msu u.''eo his horse, in spite of argu.
ias. a'S , and protestations, and set
hail hi" tor Virginia on the wilderness
II lie was going to join Clark,
~''u but more than Clark and