The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-08-31

at the door talking with the, young
Engishman with, the French heart.
The young man is timid He will not
come in unless strongly urged. All
Excellent. 1t is our friend, the good
Beauvais, He presses the young man
to enter. When this damnable march
ing and yowling stops | will call out
for the stranger to join us and be-
come better acquainted"
turned my head slowly, my heart
humping like an Indian drum. Beau
yais stood with his back to us. He
was speaking very earnestly to the
DlnwoTd girl, one hand resting on her
slim shoulder. He was trying to In
duce her to enter and she was striving
to detain him. | gathered my feet I'M
der me and made ready to leap over
the table and to trust to luck In plung-
ing through the window and into the
red mob Beauvais Strengthened und
removed his hand from the girls
shoulder and started to turn about
and enter the room The girl seized
his arm and frantically essayed to
hold him back. lie was moti0nless
for a moment, us II amazed at her
action then shook off her grasp and
stepped backward through the door.
The Onondaga's terrible war-whoop
jerked my gaze to the window. The
front of the lodge bulged far out, and
the Frenchmen, as well as |. exclaimed
in establishment as a fluttering mass of
something that looked to be neither
beast nor human, emerged from the
structure and dashed through the fire.
light and came flying through the
window.
A startled cry at the door caused
my head to swing In that direction.
Beauvais, now glazing at the table,
was pointing finger and yelling:
"Seize the EnglishmanI Braddock's
spyy'
Several things were happening
simultaneously which can narrate
only as separate incidents. My COM
paions sat stupetied as Beauvais called
out, for even as he was sounding the
alarm the muffied figure from the
lodge rushed toward him and with a
swing Of blanket extinguished the
candles on that side of the room.
''The English spy!" hoarsely called
Beauvais, and then went down with
crash as the mufiled figure bowled
him over and with quick turn raked
the candles from the wall behind me,
leaving the illumination of the room
confined to the light from the fires
outside.
Beaujeu's brain resumed working.
.Treacheryp' ne screamed.
heard his chair, tip over as he
sprang to his feet. But none at the
table knew wherein lay the treachery
as was proved by the failure of the
company to lay hands on me. Or pos
sibly all were so dumfounded they
could not for the moment take INTEL
ligent action. Something crashed
against my chair. and over went the
table. | felt muscular arm slip
around my waist. A blanket fell over
my head. The next moment we were
tumbling through the window and into
the midst of the pandemonium now
reigning outside. l freed my face
enough to Sc the Indians scattering
and falling back from the lodge. Pom
tiac's voice was thundering:.
"Surround the lodgep But there
was none among his followers who
dared to draw close to the sacred
structure.
My conductor pressed heavily on my
shoulder and we went to our knees
and crawled under a flap of the lodge,
and the light from the fires In front
briefly revealed the distorted face OF
Little Wolf. His red medicine-arrow
was through. his throat, the head and
several inches of the shaft showing
under his left ear.
"Ha-hum-weh ]" chanted my res.
cuer.
The red arrow had been discharged
In the medicine-lodge even as Little
Wolf had prophesied. and it had found
its way into a wolf, but not into the
HAL vi Tic WON Cidu us l udu I6uf6U.
we had no time to finger. From the
uproar outside, assumed that the
Indians were still bewildered and be-
lieving that the startling appearance
of the muffled figure outside the lodge
and its flight through the window was
but the workings of the wizards
manito.
Even now, with the Frenchmen
stumbling about in the commandments
house and calling for lights, with
Beauvais madly shouting that there
was an English spy inside the stock
ade, and with Pontiac darting among
the terrified red men and fiercely ex-
horting them to catch my friend the
Onondaga, we yet, HAD time to take
advantage of the confusion and make
off into the darkness that encroached
up to the rear of the lodge. Round
Paw pulled the blanket owe, my head
and drew his own covering closer, and
Selling my arm raised the rear wall
and pushed me before him.
(To BE CONTINUED.)