The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-22

The braves then went to their are-|
Iuater. and aooa The heg'p foneersnefh-
~ beoueht him aenkeehing - eat.
MT ahe could say noehinG. for Back
Won md appointed himself sentinel
/ and sat FfGe In hand It The door, OF
the lodge.
| Might came ON. The drinking be-
came more furious and once Erskine
saw q pale-b brown arm thrust from be-
i hind the lodge and place = jug 1t the
1 feet OF Black Wolf, who grunted end
q drank deep. One by one the braves
went to drunken sleep about the IRE.
The lire died down and b. the last
aickerfng fame the lad saw Black
VOLTS chin sinking sleepily to his
: chest
II There was the slightest rustic be
hind the tent. He felt something
, CROPPING his hands and feet. felt
! the point Of . knife Craze the skin
! OF his wrist and ankles-felt the
. thongs loosen and drop apart
Il Noiselessly, inch by inch, he crept
. TO the wall Of the tent. which was
carefully lifted for him. Outside he
rose and waited.
Like . shadow the girl Early Morr
81 stole before him and like q shadow ht
! followed. The loose snow muffled hi
3 escape from the lodge. and in few
minutes they were by the river-bank
away from the town.
The moon rose and from the shad
ow CT beech the white woman step
:, ped forth with his rifle and powder
!, born and builet-pouch and some food
She pointed to his horse little faI
a. Their down. He looked long and silent
a " into the Indian girls eyes and too
- the white wOman's shaking hant
Once he looked back. The Indian gil
IN was stole as stone. A bar Of moonligh
ID showed the white wcman's face We
with tears.
.e Again Dave Yandell from a watcl
e, tower saw a topknot rise above
patch OF cane now leafless and vii
81 ter-bitten-saw a hand lifted hig
IN above 1t with a palm OF peace t
OF ward him.
And again an Indian youth .er
ID erged, this time leading black hors
OF with a dropping head. Both came PAL
ra fully ON. staggering. it seemed. fro
wounds or weakness, and Dave spraI
from the tower and rushed with OF
ers to the gate. So gaunt were bt
and beast that it was plain that bo
=. we're starving. The boys face ";
:. torn with briers and pinched wi
hunger and cold. but faint smi
ar came from it.
" Don't you know me, Davc?"
asked YEARLY.
Ies MY Cog! It's White Arrow"
mt CHAPTER XIII
ca When winter was breaking, mo
Tx news came in of the war. The fl
that had been fashioned of soldie.
las white shirt. an old blue army co;
/. and a red petticoat was now the Sta
ne and Stripes Of the American cause.
lty Burgoyne had not cut off NJ
5u- England. that head o. the reb
lion." from the other colonies. {
w. the contrary. the Americans h
cir beaten him at Saratoga and march
ru- his army off Under those same sta
and Stripes. and for the first tir
ign Erskine heard of gallant Lafayette
a how he had run to Washington wi
q the poftentous news from his king
'eu that beautiful. passionate Fran
=, would now stretch forth her helpi
" band
led -. -
news ulGiut 10 washington max
and starving soldiers dying on I
frozen hillsides OF Valley FOrI
ON Then ceCr"e Rogers Clark h
ron passed the fort on his way TO "
RI laMsburs to get money and N
san for his great venture in the Nor
west After Clark was gone the ]
ow got restless; and one morning VIII
nty the first breath Of spring came
mounted his horse. in spite of arr
yed ments and profestations, and
to forth for Virginia on the wildernt
He trail He was going to join Cha
he said, but more than Clark a
ion the war were drawing him to the O
w. er world.
DIR. What il was he hardly knew,
ne was not yet much given
OF searching his heart or mind.
Ork did know. however, that some strar
by force had long been working witt
ent him that was steadily or Jwing stro
er. With his minds eye he was g,
zen seeing at the end of his journey
MS face of his little cousin Barbara Da
cia-
striking figure the lad made l
fng into the old capital one afterno