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every hour. During the rev mo
ments of respite from pain, his
worried eyes would turn towards
Kate and Evans.
Towards o'clock in the morn
ing, Forbes passed away. He died
repenting, and it was almost with.
out pain that he breathed his last.
They buried him the next day
in a grave dug near the place
where the French caStaWay
rested, and two crosses now 1ndl'
cate the place of these two tombs.
Meantime, the presence of Rock
and Cope were in themselves still
a danger. Security could not be
complete until they had been rem
dred incapable of doing any
harm.
Evans made up his mind to fin.
ish with them before going to
Bear Rock.
Gordon, Briant, Baxter, Wilcox
and he went the same day, guns
under the arms, revolvers at their
waists, accompanied by Phann, to
discover GIle IIdIl.
The search was neither diff
cult nor long; nor was it danger
Gus. There was nothing to fear
from the two accomplices Of Wal
ston. Cope, whose tracks were
easy to follow across Traps-Woods
by the trail of blood. was found
dead a few hundred feet from
the place where he had been
struck by a bullet. They also
picked up the body Of Pike,
killed at the beginning Of the
fight. AS for Rock, who had so
quickly disappeared as if he had
been swallowed up by the earth.
Evans soon found the explana-
ton of that. 1t was at the
bottom of one of the pits dug
by Wilcox that the evil man had
fallen after having been mortally
wounded.
The three bodies were buried
in that pit. Then the mate and
his companions returned with
this good news to the colony.
They had nothing more to fear.
Joy would now have been COM
plete at French Den if Doniphan
had not been so grievously wound
ed. But there was still hope.
The next day Evans, Gordon,
Briant and Baxter discussed the
plan which was to be realized
Immediately.
The most important rove was
to take possession of the SeV-
ems boat. It was agreed that
Evans, Briant and Baxter would
go to Bear-Rock by way OF the
lake and down the East River.
The yawl, found at low tide,
had not been damaged by the
cannon-shot which had passed
over it. They put some tools for
the repairs, provisions, munitions
and arms in the yaWl. and with
a good breeze, they left early on
the morning of December 6. The
crossing of Family Lake was
made rapidly. Before 1870 the
yawl was in East River. Not far
from the mouth the Severn's
boat was lying on its side in the
sand of Bear-Rock. After a de-
tailed examination of the neces-
Sary repairs, Evans suggested:
We've got the tools, but we
haven't got the necessary things
to repair the frame and the
boardage. But at the French
Den we've got the planks and
the curves which came from the
shell of the Slough, and if we
could take the boat to Zealand
River. -"
That's just what I was think
ing about" said Briant. rs it i'm
possible?"
Il don't think so." answered
Evans, "since the boat was
brought around from Severn
Shores to Bear-Rock, she might
be made to go from Bear-Rock
to Zealand River. There, the
work would be easier, and it's
from French Den that we would
start to gain Slough Bay where
we'd put to sea-"
It was decided that they would
make the most of the tide next day
to go up East River and haul the
boat with the yaWl. Evans tried to
stop the boats leaks with oakun
pads which he had brought from
French Den. This job ended late
in the evening. The night was
passed quietly in the cave where
Doniphan and his friends had
made their quarters during their
first visit to Deception Bay.
At early dawn the boat was put
behind the yawl, and they went
back with the rising tide. BY using
the oars as long as the tide was
felt, they we're able to carry on but,
as soon as the tide began to go
down again, the boat, weighted by
the water which leaked in, was not
hauled without great trouble.
Therefore, it was five o'clock in
the evening when the yaWl reached
the right bank of Family Lake.
(TO Be COntinued)
Translation from the original "'Deux
Ans de Vacances," copyright, 1885. by
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