South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-17
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was later killed.
Maltreated by an Indian brave,
Erskine fIees 20 a settlers stockade
and is recognized by his MORALLY
wounded father
DAVE YANDELL. pioneer. acts as
guardian. ard sends the boy to Red
cakes. the great Dale plantation
on the James. occupied by
COLONEL DALE. younger brother
Of Erskine's father Erskine is
kindly received by his cousins,
BARBARA and
HARRY. Soon ne quarrels with
Dane Grey and threatens 20 stab
him Later Erskine is ashamed OF
his outburst and fees 10 tine viii
derness. Dave Yaudeu Harry
and Hugh Wiuoughby, another
cousin start in pursuit.
GO on WITH THE STORY
AZ sunset Dave knew that they
were not far behind him, but when
darkness hid the lads tracks Dave
stopped for the night
Dave laughed aloud the next fore
noon
Hes seen us tracking him and
he's doubled on rs and IS tracking
us. / expect he's looking at us from
somewhere around here"
He hallooed at the top of his voice
a war-whoop answered almost in
~tneir ears that made the blood leap
J. both the bows. Even Dave wheeled
with cooked -ifle. and the lad stepped
from behind "a bush scarcely ten feet
behind them
well by gum" shouted Dave
fooled US. after all.
\ faint grin OF triumph was on
the lads lips. but ia his eyes was a
waiting inquiry directed at Harry
and Hugh. They sprang forward:
We're sorIy,"
on FREELY Harry buckled the
boys saddle and mouoned for him to
climb mp.
Hes your horse cousin" said
Harry. My father sent him TO you
and says his home is yours when
ever you please. And Barbara sent
her love"
At almost the same hour in the
great house on the James the old
Iegress was carrying 10 Colonel Dale
a kingly deed that the lad had left
behind him. II was a rude scrawl on
a sheet OF paper. signed by the boys
Indian name and his totem mark
buffalo pierced by an arrow
'It make me laugh i have no
use. give hole dam plantashun
Barbara"
Thus read the scrawl,
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Three days later they reached the
broad beautiful Holston River pass
ing over the pineCFested white
rocked summit OF Clinch Mountain,
land came to the last outlying fort OF
he western frontier. Next day they
started on the long, long wilderness
trail toward the Cumberland range.
On the third day therefrom the gray
wall OF the Cumberland gathered its
flanks into steep gray cliffs and dip
ped suddenly into Cumberland Gap.
Up this they climbed. on the SUM
NIT they went into camp, and next
morning Dave swept a long arm to-
ward the wild eXpanse TO the west
Four more days he cried, land
Wen be there"
Toward sunset Dave, though a
sixth sense. rad the uneasy feeling
that he was not only being followed
but watched from the cliffs along
side, and he observed that Erskine,
too. had more than once turned i'm
his saddle or lifted his eyes search
insly 90 the shaggy TANKS of the
hills
The trail was broad enough next
morning for them TO ride two abreast
Dave and Erskine IN advance.
They had scarcely gone q hundred
Yards when an Indian stepped into
the path twenty yards ahead In
stinctively Dave threw his rifle mp.
but Erskiue caught his arm. The
Indian had lifted his hand palm up
ward
shawnee" said the lad as two
more appeared from the bushes The
eyes OF the two tidewater boys grew
larEc. and both clinched their guns
convulsively. The Indian spokesman
3Paid no heed except TO Erskine-
~and only from the lads face. I'm
which surprise was succeeded by
sorrow and then deep thoughtful-
ness. could they guess what the gut
tural speech meant. until Erskine
turned To them.
They were not on the war-path
t-tAAilNl t4lN nj ii.NHrr nc FA hltllNtit Jas
toster-father -KahtoO, the big chief
the king-was very ill., and his mes
sage. brought by them. was that
Erskine should come back 10 the
tribe and become chief. as the chiefs
only daughter was dead and his only
son had been killed by the palefaces.
They knew that in the fight az the
fort Erskine had killed the shaw
rec, his tormentor for they knew
the arrow. which Erskine had not
had time 10 withdraw The dead
Shawnee's bTUther-Crooked Light
ning-was wiki them. He 10 was
who had recognized the boy the day
before, and they had kept him from
killing Erskine from the bushes
Tie sat on his horse like a king and
spoke as a King He thanked them
for holding hack Crooked Light
uing's evil hand. but-contemptu-
ously he spat toward the huge saw
age-he was not 20 die by that hand
He was palCface aud the Indians
had slain his white m Aher He had
forgiven that, for ne loved the old
chief and his foster mother and
brother and sister. and the tribe had
u always been Kind 20 him. Then they
- killed his white father and he
bad gone TO visit his kindred by the