The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-07-06

the man OF tne WOiL. uu uiG Tic
white girl whom we found In this
cabin. II Is the girl fought for at
Will's creek. the one who left Der
Hexenkopf with US. She was fright.
ened BY the lighting and ran away.
She must be brought back. And your
white brothers legs are weak She is
tout there In the woods. She Will be
caught By those Huron devils. Get
her and bring her back u you call me
brother
sShe must run like deer to over.
take the Hurons. They have met
Round Paw. They say they lost four
men to him alone." And be proudly
pulled a mass OF halr from his belt.
"And there are two dead at the be-
ginning Of the woods and one dead
outside and one inside this cabin"
"The witch.girl has gone and has
taken the light rifle dropped BY the
Frenchman," declared Cromit. "Bnt
she was honest enough to leave ms
good long rife"
'She Is honnatkon. My brenda tells
me not to travel the same PATH" the
Onondaga insisted.
"Then must 90. and my eyes are
not sharp like the Wolf mans. nOr are
my legs strong. And let II be remem.
bered when you would pass me pipe
through the camp smoke"
With grunt he ran from the cabin
Cromit and endeav0red to learn
something from the Frenchman.
Monsieur. am a victim OF war
But It Is all for France" he told me.
"How many were with your" !
asked.
IIe smiled through his bloody lips
and mocked:
"Tfiere was another. Frenchman with
me. who Is worth hundred red men.
He will be here soon With some of his
children"
pointed to the dead warrior on the
floor and asked:
"shaIl ! tell my friend to make you
talk2"
he gave look and was unable TO
restrain shudder. Then with q
silrug OF his shoulders he said:
"A Beauvias can die even like that.
compliment monsieur on his French"
Cromit edged nearer. working bis
CORY fingers. | waved him back and
spoke in French for my captive's ben
eft, saying:
aWe will leave II for Braddock to
make him talk. He has many Iro-
quois with his army. and they have
curious ways with Maynard tongues"
at will be interesting, monsieur
for your Iroquois. Let us go to them
and learn II they can persuade me-"
~Confound the fellowl One cannot
hold mean grudge against brave
man.
eve will start very soon. Cromit.
reload the rifles"
The Frenchman glanced about the
room and muttered: VI
'1There was another here, youth.
My children trailed him here after he
killed one of our Hurons. He made
a very pretty fight, out we should
have dug him out If you men had not
come.o
Cromit called from the door: "Here
comes Round Paw. Coming alone,
And be amt in any hurry"
Round Paw glided into the cabin
and confirmed what my prisoner had
said about his red allies being In o
panic. The girls trail led to the east.
He had followed 1t but a short dis
lance. Beauvais glared at the Onon-
daga's girdle and muttered:
$50 that Is why they do not stop
their foolish runningl What, q pityi
Poor DupuyI" In answer to my Ques-
tioning look he sadly explained. "The
brown hair banging over your id
| friends hip. Until very recently It
was worn by my good friend Georges
Dupuy."
sYou found a dead Frenchman?" /
asked Round Paw. s
He touched the hank of brown hair.
Beauyais went on. HE received the
| Holy Eucharist before we set out. He
told ME he should never see the Beau.
tiful River again. Poor Georges.
laughed at him and said 1t was sick
fancy. Voilal A red savage wears
his bair in his belt"
held q council Of war with my
friends and we decided to travel over
the back trail for a few miles and look
for signs Of the Dinwold woman.
told Cromit he must take the prisoner
back, also a verbal report from me.
de strongly objected to leaving us,
but a compromise was reached by bis
agreeing to conduct the prisoner as
far as the road-buiiders' camp, where
a guard could take him back to head.
| quarters.
Beauvais volunteered the informa-
ton that his red force was composed
Of Potawat0mi. and that he had had
difficulty In inducing them to scout so
far from the fort.
Round Paw did not like my plan,
and insisted we shOuld no nirkino ofP