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. 1 13 THE FRENCH SPY. 180 TEE PEAIEIE Scomn
u" 30 EAGLE-EYE. 181 RED LIGHTNING.
- 102 WILD RUBE. 186 TEE RED OUTLAW.
110 NICK, THE Scorn. 187 THE SWAMP Scour.
112 THE CEossnn KNIVES. 188 THE Snmnvm‘s7 FOE.
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.’ 1‘24 Gum PETE. 193 BIG Foot, THE GUIDE.
; ' 138 MAID or In MOUNTAIN. 194 THE RED BEGIHEEEoon.
I I 144 THE RED Sauna. 202 THE INDIAN AVENGER. .
' (165 WILD Nu. 2m THE TWIN Scouts.
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If; C [I A P '1‘ E R. I .
 ALPHE’US macs AND Tim ROYALrsrt-x.
‘i‘; AN Indian yell hwlte the silence along the shores of the

xi" Mohawk. Too often, in the history of our Country, has that
yell been heard sounding through the dim night, and in
most. cases, it meant evil to the unfortunate itnhahitants up-
, on the American side. As if by matrix; in bright flame burst
 up from a little clearing beside the Mohawk, and in the ci-r-
 cle of bright. light appeared the forms of nnmy Indians,
%\ '(lanciug about. u. burning cabin, and waving theirgletuning
hatchets in the air. Standing apart from the rest, with his
{ arms folded upon his broad breast, and a cynical smile upon
'1 his haughty face, Was a young man in the green of the Tory
2’1» rangers, coolly watching the destruction of the building.
He was handsome, with dark, piercing eyes, and erect form,
 with the straight. black hair and high cheek bones which
told that; he was 0! mixed blood. Not. far nwny, bound to
the trunk of a tree, with an armed white mun upon each /
side of him, ready to blow out his brains upon u moment's
notice, was it ragged, whimsical looking forester, who secured
to have received rough usage ut their hands, and M whom
the half-breed, who seemed to command the Indians, looked
ungrin from time to time.
“ I ought to order them to throw you into the tire, Alphcns
Diggs,” he‘said. _
“ Don’t dew it, Roland," replied the forester, with n cut-in
ous Yankee draw]; “ I wouldn‘t be no kind of use tew yew
 then. Durn it; I ain’t the kind of man they‘omhe u mnrtyxj
u of." .

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“ Spy P I ain’t a spy, Roland. Who in thunder told you
that lie ?”

“Don’t attempt to cheat me, Alph Diggs. You were
seen in the Seneca country with that gray-haired villain,
Eagle Eye, Red Slayer, Gray Hair, or whatewr he calls
himself now—the accurscd Onondaga who fights for the
Yankees."

1 “ Gosh all firelock, Square Roland l Yew ain't goin’ tew
roast me ’cause I was in the Seneca kentry with the old
chief? I ain’t a fightin’ man, square; I‘m a trader, and a
darned unlucky trader I he, tew. Dew yew mean tew say
that the chief is ag’in’ King George? Now don’t that beat
all natur’?"

“ You don’t belong to either side i"

“ Yes I dew ; I’m in favor of every man dewin’ jest as he
darn pleases. If he wants tew fight, let him; I ain’t got
nothin’ tew say ag’in’ it. I! he don’t want tew fight, I reckon
it ain’t right tew make him. This War is a darned bad
thing fur trade, an' I dunno what. tew dew aheout it."

“ I’ll give you one chance, my man. I am raising a com-
pany to fight against the Whigs of this region—a company
of Indians and royalisls, and when my company is full, I
will do deeds which will make the Mohawk valley ring. I
have sworn it:—-I, Roland Wingate, and no man can say
that I eVer lied. I will teach these knaves what it is to
drive me out of the country because I choose to support my
lawful hing. They call me ’l‘ory, traitor, red-cont—bah l
They shall give me another name before they have done
with me.”

“ But, darn it all; why dew yew burn my cabin ?”

“Because my men wanted a bonfire, and your cabin scenr
ed to be as dry as any. Let that answer do for you, my
man. Once for all, do you join my company 2‘"

“ But I ain’t a fightin’ keeracter,” whined Diggs. “I
couldn’t dew yew a hit of gtmd ; ‘sides which, I‘m the darn-
edest keward in the hull Mohawk kentry from Alhany up
tew Stanwix. I’d run; Lord love yewr h’nrt alive, yew otter
see me run when I set my mind tew it! I can jest run aw-
Jul.”

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you five minutes’ time, and if yttu don’t join me tuen, my
men will throw you into the fire." ‘ ‘

“ Throw me intew—good Lord I Say; I guess yew wal
foolin’, wa’n’t yew? "l‘ain’t noway likely yew'd throw a man
intew bluzin’ hot cards that ’ere way.”

But Roland had taken out his watch, and showed the pris-

ner that it was five minutes to nine.

“ When I put; up tny watch,” he said, turning to the guards,
“ untie him, and toss him into the fire.”

The men nodded quietly. It was evident that they were,
used to obeying him without question. and as Alph Digger
looked from face to face, it was with it sinking at the heart,
for there was no mercy in any face which he saw.

“ Alphues, son of old Zack Diggs, it is high time yew left
this diggin’s. In other Words dig eont, Diggs. Dig inyyewr
heels and put! Go ye, when yew git the chance," muttered
the Yankee. “ Say, Square Roland, dew yew call this fair
tew an old neighbor ‘5" I

“ Three minutes gone.”

I “ Tell these critters tew ontie me. I don’t arring enny
better then the rest 0’ the creation, and sooner then furnish
forth a barbecue, I‘ll turn Tory. Ontie me, yew unnut’ral
lens of Adam’s race ; I’m a Tory, I s'pose.”

At a signal from their leuder,the tnen untied the prisoner,
who stood gazing mout'nfuliy at the ruins of his cabin.

“I didn’t hev lunch of airthly goods tew call my own,
square," he whined, “ but even that little is gone now.”

“ To tell the truth, I was told that you were a spy, and
had been seen with Attawan in the Seneca country."

“I was out. ‘thar, square; I don't deny it. But I'm a.

trader, and I wanted pelts. Gray IInir went with me 10"
help me along the road." ‘

“I would like to get my hands on him, once," growled a '

’Rolnud. “ There is no man in the country who deserves the
stake better than this renegade Onondaga.” 4
“ He ain‘t a bad teller, arter nil, souure. Now I‘m honest, i
and I stick tew it that I like the old chief, and would hate ’ -’ ‘
orfully to hurt him." .V ‘
_ “ But you must; one condition under which alone 1 spar;
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“ What i"

“ You must betray Gray Iluir into my hands. The 110-
hawks demand it, for he has done them lunch evil.” '

"‘ But hold on, square; dew. I’ve consortcd with the
chief this ten year, and he trusts me like a brother. It I go
tew him, and ask him tew come tew such and such a place,
he’ll come. But what would yew think of :1 man that Would

. play that game on a friend ‘5‘” _ ‘

"‘ It is not a question of what I would do, but what you ti

mud do. The ()ltl Onondaga lllUsl he in my hands before ‘
two days have gone by,”

“ It is mighty hard, square,” snid the Yankee, passing his
hand before his eyes. “Don’t be tew rough on a t'elltr.”

“ The fire is burning still," suggested Roland. “ if I say
the word, you go into it. Will you give your word that. you
will bring the chief to the Medicine Spring at sunset to-
morrow P"

The Yankee hent his head for a moment as if in deep
thought.

“ 1 tell yew fair that I don’t like it, square.”

“I don’t care whether you lilte or dislike it. Will you do
what I ask ?"

“Nothin’ else will suit yew ‘2”

“ Nothing but your drum.”

By way of reply, Diggs raised his hand, and dealt the
roynlist a stunning hlow hetween the eyes, which brdught
hint crashing to the earth. The two guards, rushing to seize
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Indians sprung away in pursuit, while the two whites threw
Water into the face of their lender to bring hilu to his SL’llStS. 
He gasped and opened his eyes. . 
‘ I “ The treacherous dogl And he ‘ ain’t a. fightin' keeracter,’ 5 (
f.” a either? Oh, I could cut my own throat at the thought that  ’
' I gonld he so fooled.” A
' “ Three of the _Mohawks are after him. Perhaps they =.
 may bring back that yellow scnlp of his,“ said one of the 
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u upon which we came, for I believed that Edda Siuc‘lair was
 ' ' at the cabin, or I would not have attacked it. Hark 1"
ti From the depths of the woods came the terrible scalp-cry,

_ so close at hand that they knew that a warrior had taken a ‘

 scalp within three hundred yards of them. The remaining

’5’; Mohawks bounded up furiously, for they knew that the cry

 had not come from the lips of one of their friends. No; it
was the Onondaga battle-cry, and they knew the man who
utterred it, the terrible Gray Hair, the bravest Indian in the ‘
armies upon either sidel

“ Who is it t" cried Roland, starting to his feet. “ Have
the Mohawks taken the Yankee ‘r”

“ No," replied the Mohawk chief. “ You have heard the
scalp-cry. but it came from the lips of a brave who is not of
our blood. Grey Hair, the chief, is here.”

" After him. then; away 1"

The Mohawks plunged into the forest, but, even as they
did so a second long, wailing cry was heard in another direc-
tion, followed by a fierce laugh. A second Mohawk hal fa]-
len before the deadly arm of Gray Hair, and with a shudder
of dread, the red chief of the Mohawks called his men to a
halt.

“ Gar-o-nec,” he said, addressing Roland, “ the Mohawk:
have not so many braves that they can atl‘ord to chase Gray
Hair in the woods. He would kill them, man by man, until ‘
not a warrior was left. There is none among the Mohawk, . /
not Brandt himself, who is so mighty as Gray Hair, the
chief.”

“ Are the Mohawks turned cowards, then 1*”

“ Gar-o-nec knows whether the Mohawks are cowards, for
he has proved them. We have sent out three warriors already, . '
and those warriors will never come back." . - .

“ Aha i" cried a thundering voice. “ ’l‘hrec Molka scalp'o'x 
hang at my girdle, and I seek for more. Who among you '
nil dares the steel hatchet of Gray Hair ‘3" .'

“ He is here i” cried the Mohawk. “ I-Ie dares us to follow, At.
but we will not go to certain death. Let Gar-o-nec seek fun, I
him in the woodshif he will.” i . t ' ‘ 5

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of his braves I have given to the crows, and they are hungry
yet. Will the white men come to Attawan? it is long since
he has seen the blood of a traitor.”

' Roland Wingate was no coward, and grasping his rifle, he
plunged into the bushes in the direction of the sound. As
he dashed incautiously forward, he heard a quick step, and
somethingr came clipping through the leaves, but at that mo-
ment he stumbled and fell to the ground,and a bright hatche ‘
sailing over him, laid open the cheek of a man who wasi
advancing behind him.

“ (10an away, old man,” cried a tlrawling voice. “ Darn
it, they'll think yew want tew pick a muss with ’em, if yew
don’t take keer"

It was the voice of Alpheus, the man who was not “a
fightin' keeracter." When the young Tut-y picked himself
up, the two Were gone, leaving three gushed and gory form!
in the woods. and one Tory cursing over his laceruted face.

,CHAPTER II.
EDDA SINCLAIR AND ROLAND.

AT the time when this tale opens, Northern and Central

'1 New York were made the prey of bands of royalists, recruited
/ mainly from men who had been driven out of the country

by the Whigs, and who, for that reason, hated them more
fiercely Among the families of high position which had been
compelled to accompany Sir John Johnsml in his flight, wal
the tan)in of Roland Wingate. They had great possessions

about. Fort Stanwix, and it galled them to see their fair acres I

in the possession of the Whigs; and, like the Butlers and

' Johnsons, they plotted continually against the the peace of

the valley. No one of the refugees was better calculated to
lead men than Roland, the eldest son of his family, and he
was workir‘ with a single object, to drive out the Whigs,
Rulnor said, that, like
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ian mother flowed in Roland‘s Veins. Be that as it_may. he
was beloved by the Mohawks, and held an honorary chief-
tninship among them. As a friend of Joseph Brandt. he could
do much to arouse the hatred of the great tribe against the
 Whigs, ttnd he spared no pains to do this.

Before leaving the valley and openly espousing the cause
of royalty, he had been nfliancod to Edda Sinclair, one of the
belles of thnt region ; but, since his flight, ho hnd never heard’
from her in any way. By means of n trader, he sent her
word that he would come to the cabin of the Yankee lrndcr.
Alphcus Diggs, who lived but a few miles from her fnlhoi'fl
house—although in a somewhat. solitary region—upon a cer-
tain day. He came, accompanied hy tWo white men and a
dozen Mohawks, but, to his rage, Edda was not lll(_l'(', and
the only occupant of the cubin Wits Diggs, who wns smoking
his pipe at the door. Out of pure wantomwss, the savages
had set fire to the dwelling, with the results we have seen.

“ We must. get. back to camp at. once,” suid Roland.
“ The cursed Whigs will rise, and with such a scout as the
Onondaga to guide them, they will not be long iu finding
our trail. I am only sorry that I did not brain that Yankee
rascal upon the spot." '

" It. would have been better, no doubt,” admitted one of
his men. “ Would be any anything about. the girl i’" ‘

“Not a word. I fear that. she did not receive my mes.
sage, and does not. intend to come. I am very sorry, for I
Counted upon taking her back with me to-night."

“ What will you do 1’”

“ I must see her in some way, and while you return to
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:  out going to see if I cannot manage to speak to her."
LV.  “ You will not. go among the Whigs 1’"
*9» ' “You shall see. If I um not back in camp by to—morrow
tK night, proceed without me, for I shall be a prisoner or dead."

“ I don't like to have you risk it, captain. Perhaps these
Whig friends have turned the girl against you ‘1’"

“I don’t think they could do that,” declared the captain,
with a look of pride. “ You must undetsttmd thut the girl
has good sense, and loves me dearly, as I do her." -*

  

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it. A wager, my captain; five guineas to ten the girl to-
fuses to go with you, if you find her; ten guiueus even that
she says she does not love you, and two to five that she in-
Iuits you, and calls you a traitor. “rilhl do you say to
that?"

“I say done 10 all these wagers,” exeluiun-d Rol-md.
“Edda Sinclnir fulse to me! Edda insult me, and refuse to
marry me! I am half-inclined to challenge you for the in
ault to her."

“Very good; I will take the men hack to camp, but I
beg you not to get into any trap. You know that the Whigs
are famous for tltem,aud they caught Walt Butler nt Gaugu-
denoy, and were very near hanging him.”

’ “lie was a huugler.”

,“I would not say as. much to him, if I Were you,” said
the other, laughing “ Walt is a bad boy to tnunage, when
he gets angry.”

“Enough; you ever learned to the Butlers, und talked
against our family, and 1 will see that you lose your wagers,
at any rate)”

They entered the forest, and were hidden from view, but,
‘hardly had they proceeded half a mile when Roland dropped

out of the Nuke,aud plunged into another part of the forest.

The Tory who was with him shook his head as he looked
after him.

“The boy is in love, and a boy in love will do anything
rash. It is very well ; I am sure of my wagers, for 1 know
the Mohawk Whigs right well.”

The Sinclair house was upon the northern bank of the
Mohawk, not far from the present site of the town of Rome.
The Sinclair-s were rich ; that is, they l'unkt-d with the
Schuylet's, Diefendorfs, and lIerltirners, the lending men of
that region. The houSe, in our day, Wmtltl loudly lmvu
been regarded as u pretentious affair, but in three days it
you far ahove the average. It was a low, rumbling struc-
_ture, built in the Hollandaise style, and that can hardly he
said to be the most graceful style in the World. The rooms
were nearly all upon the ground floor, the Upper part. being
little betttr llnm an attic, occupied only by the servants’tud
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A young mnn and woman hnd come out of the house, and
were conversing. while a. Dutch boy was bringing up an ele-
gantly (‘nparisoned horse, with a lndy’s saddle. The young
mun was in ritizr-n’s clothes, and was :1 determined looking
gentleman ; and the lady, who resembled him in face, was evi-
dt'tllly his sister. She was very beautiful, with regular fea-
tures, brown hair and eyes, and n symmetrical figure.

" You ought to he careful,Edda,” the young man was say-
ing. “ I need not tell you that the Tories and Indians are
on the ulert, nnd all who- sympathize with the Whig cause
have no right to ride abroad recklessly. Have you ever
heard from Roland Wingnte ?"

" Yes, Edwmd ; he sent me word that he would meet me
at the cabin of Alpheus Diggs, the Indian trader. Mr.
Dietendorf brought me word when he came back ‘from
Cnnudn."

“ When was he to be there?" 1

“ Yesterday, brother ; of course I would not go at ‘his‘re-
quest, yet I would like to meet. him once, and tell him my
opinion of him.”

‘f You must be cnrefnl, Edda. Roland Wingute is a'reck'
less ‘nmu, nnd would dare anything to possess you, for I be-
lieve that he loved you as well as it was in his cold nature
to love anything."

“‘I think you are right, ‘Edwnrd. But, you need have no
fear of me, for I have made up my mind, and when that it ‘
done, to me ‘there is no vm'iubleness or shadow Of turn-
;ug’l H

“ Slmll I not ride with you l’” H

“ I prefer to ride ulone to-day, dear Edward“ There'hu
,hemthothing heard of these murnut'lers for many weeks."

“ For ' that very reason we must be on our guard, Edda.

'l‘his Quiet is unnuturnl on their purt, und 1 do not believe , 

in II. It will not, be long before a blow will be struck; and,
by the way. some of the men report a fire in the direction
of the cabin of the trader. Perhaps your hopeful lover mil
been there after all.”

“ Surely he could not have anything against. thatpool ‘

firnple fellow, Alpheus ?” I. . H ,,
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brother, laughing. " You are like a great many more, who
vure apt. to jtltlue from outside show and glitter.
more of that ‘simplc’ man than you think.”

" [lo certainly does not show it," said Edda, as she took
‘lhc bridle of her horse, and prepared to mount.

1 “ Perhaps some day you may learn to know Alphcns bet-
ter. One thing I will say; if you are ever in danger, and
need help, you may trust the Yankee to the deuth.”~

“ I always liked him,” replied the girl, “ but he is the lastl
man whom I should take for n Solon. That will do, Yaw-
Coh; let go the rein."

, ‘Iler brother had helped her to the saddle, and arranged
her flowing habit, und she dashed away by the side of the
shit-ting Mohawk.

“ I dells you Vut it. was, Mynheer Singlair," said the Dutch
boy Yawcob. “ Dot vns booty nice girls.”

“You don’t tell me so i" laughed Edward Sinclair.

“ Oh, yah; dat Vus so. Sometimes ven I look at her, I
dinks she pet-n von of dent angels, only she ton’t got no
Vings, dot vash all. Blenty beeples on der Mohawk spoke
npout it lnit me.”

“ I am glad that you are pleased to admire Edda," declared
‘his young nmstcr, still smiling. “ Perhaps you would like to
marry her?"

“ Who ?” cried Yawcob, opening his round eyes to their
greatest capacity. “I vns not so pig 3 vools ash dot, myn-
heer. Pesides, ven I got nigger, I was hromise to marry
Gretchen Oonderdonk, unt lton’t vant more ash von vile.
Sometimes I dinks Von vssh too many vor me.”

Ederd laughed again, and turned into the house, leaving
I his sister to ride away alone beside the shining river She
was, in deep thought, for she could remember the time when

3 ,7 the coming of Roland Wingate would have brought lllll

happy blood to her cheeks; when she thought him a noble
' man, and a true friend of his country. But now that. was
over, and she had refused to meet him, when he had come

V' j from a far country purpOsely to ace her. -

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a scross, and extending back toward Canada creek. She en-
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to a walk, and dropping the rein loosely upon the neck of
her steed, she paced on slowly, in deep meditation. So deep
in thought was she, that she did not notice that her horse had
turned out of the river path, and was pursuing a course nearly
at right angles with the one he had been following; in short
had taken the old wood path which led in the direction of
Canada creek. He had passed over nearly a mile of the way
before she started from her reverie and looked about ‘hcr ‘
fl‘he road was a mere hride path, the low hanging brancho ‘
brushing her person as she rode through.

“ Ha, George 1" she said, addressing the horse. “ Whither
are you taking me, you rascal? Do you think that I want
to go to Canada ?”

“ And why not, Edda Sinclair i)" cried a voice at her elbow.
She started and drew back quickly, as a man forced himself
through the bushes on the right. Before she could rein back
her horse and turn, his hand was on her bridle. ‘

“ Well met, Edda," he said, eagerly. “ Were you going to
Alph’s cabin in the woods Y"

“ Roland 1” she cried, in astonishment. “ You here i"

It was indeed Roland Wingate who stood in the path,
grasping the bridle with a firm hand, his black eyes looking
at her with a strange expression. \ '

“ You are right, my dear Edda,” he said with a smile; “ I,
am here, and it seems that you are very much surprised.
Wait; did I send you word that I would be at the trader’s
cabin yesterday? Did Mr. Rufus Dietendorf come home
safe 9"

“ Yes. Release my bridle." ,-

“ Don’t hurry me, Edda. Surely, after our long separation
you might spare me a. little time. You received my message
in good time, then. Why did you not come 1’"

‘f Because I did not choose to do 50, Roland Wingnte." .-

“ It. was dear Roland, once upon a time," he said, softly;
“Don’t drive me mnd,>Edds. Over many weary miles, by,
land and water, I rave come to meet you, after these weary‘ .4
years of parting. . Night. and day I have thought of the time t 95';
when I could elssp you in my arms, and tell you that your 
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gone through fire and water to meet me, as I would have
done for her sake. Edda, you surely do not mean to cast me
0m),

“1 do not know what to say to you, Roland,” she said,
sol‘tly. “ You know that our family are Whigs, and hate
the very name of Tory. You have chosen to east in your
lot, with royalty, and hence there can be nothing of peace be-

" ham-n us. -I have given you up long ago, and I had hoped

that you would have forgotten me.”

" You hate me because I am loyal to my king ?" lte de-
manded, bitterly.

“ Not 50, Roland ; I do not hate you,but I grieve that you
are arrays! againsttus. If you had been true, Roland; if you
had chosen the side of liberty instead of that of tyranny, I
would have been your wife proudly; bttt that hope is gone
forever.”

“Am I the man whom you can cast away like an old
“glove? You ought to know me better than that, Edda,”

“I do not wish to bandy words with you, Roland. I am
not sorry that we have met, for I wished to tell you with my
own lips that all was at. an end between us. You hear me
euyit, and you know that I can not change."

“ Do you ask me to join the party of the Whigs, who have
robbed nm of my property 1'”

“ No; 1 ask nothing of you.”

“ But suppose I do this; suppose I join your party and
fight against the king '1’” -

" Then I should despise you. No, Roland; you may turn

‘ugninst us, and give your sword to the aid of our enemies,

but after that. you are not at liberty to turn again. Follow

the course you have marked out, or retire from the coutcsz,
s you may see fit; but you can not. fight upon the side of
readout."

I. v, “‘1 am glad to hear you say that, at all events," he said,

‘ f‘ for may my arm be pulsicd on the day when I turn against

my lawl'ul king, and join with a host of clodhoppiug scoun-

drcls to overthrow him; I only said that to try you, for I

.um no traitor. Will you alight, and talk with the l’"

“I have nothing more to say to you."
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to say it before we part, if indeed we part at all. Let we
assist you to alight.”
" I need no assistance, Mr. Roland Wingate. If I remain
here, it is against my will, detained by superior force.”
“Very well,” he said, coldly. “Dismount, if you please.”
Sh‘e leaped lightly from the saddle, and be secured the

' home by throwing the bridle over a swinging branch.

“1 wish to ask you a ghestion, my deargirl," he continued.
“ You see that I am not angry with you, for I know to whom -
I owe this display of anger on your part. It is the work of
your excellent Whig relations, who think that the estates,
which I am fdt‘Ced to leave for the time being, will make a
fine addition to the Sinclair property. Of .your own free
will you never would have been so false to your plighted
word; for as fast as woman's vows could make you, Edda

/ Sinclair, you were mine."

“My vows were not given to a traitor to his country,” she
replied, in a spirited tone.

“I am no traitor. Once for all, were you or were you
not troth-plighted to me 1’“ '

“ I was, before you abandoned me."

“ I have come to claim the fulfillment of your promise.“

“I have given you your answer. If I loved you once,
that love is dust and/ashes now, Roland; and I did love
N?)w there is a bar between us, which will
never be broken down.”

“ And you think I will let you go? No; Whig or Tory,
you shall be my wife, as you prtmiised.”

“Do you think that you can terrify me into marrying
“ I must be changed iuleenl,
when it. comes to that. Stand out of my way, sir; I desire
to go about. my business."

“ Don‘t be in so much of a hurry, my dear girl. There
is something more to say before we can part. Would you

like to see your house in flames, the Indium! duneing nl-uut

it, your family exyosrd to their fury ‘8" ‘
.‘Do you threaten us with that, Roland Wingme? Then

you are more delmst‘d than I thought you fly ‘ I I ‘ I
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will burst upon it with deadly fury. Your family, among ,,1ha
the first, will feel our vengeance, and you will learn, too late, I at.
what it is to defy me. It you will give me your promise to :- wa;
keep your plighted word with me when the war is over,I can ' by
aVcl't this threatened destruction." ‘

“ Not even to save them would I give such a pledge.” i ant
“ Then you shall go with me now, and I will find a way i y
to tame your pride." 1‘.“-

He caught her suddenly by the wrist,and held her firmly,  he;
in spite of her struggles to get free. 

“ Enough of this; you may as well give up at. once, for I 3. ma
am going to take you to my camp. I did not. threaten idly t ot!
when I said that you would find me prepared." E

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“lWILL. you go with me quietly, or must I tie you on I
your horse 9" demanded Wingate as he held Edda in his firm . E
grasp. ‘ ‘
“ You may take my dead body, but you cannot take me
alive," she cried. “I will defend myself against you, vil-
lain." .
One hand was free, and by a quick movement, she
snatched a dagger from his belt, and presented it at. his
heart. The movement was so sudden that he was taken by
lui‘prise, andvsprnng back out. of her way, still keeping he-
ween her and the horse. Turning suddenly, he threw the
:bridle from the branch, and the horse galloped away toward v
. .r the river. x l
' ‘fGive up the dagger, you crazy thing,” he said, fiercely. '
I in What. is your strength compared to mine P”
‘ But. the'girl did not abate her resolute air. She awed
 gefiant and menacing beg)” him. _
A rnornent. thus they confronted each other when he spoke:
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:3  that the time would come when you would direct a dagger
te,  at my heart. All is over between as, indeed. Go your
to  way, but remember that my vengeance will yet be appeased
Ml  by blood.”
i “ I do not. care for your threats. Leave the path free,
and let me go."

I!  He stepped aside as if to allow her to pass, and then,

‘striking up her hand suddenly, he wrenched the dagger from
Y, i her grasp, and clasped her in his arms.

> “‘I have you now,” he cried, “ and you shall see who is
I  master. I will break your pride, or kill you, the one or the
l!  other."

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She ceased to struggle now, and held out her hands for
: him to bind them.
i “Tie me,” she said, quietly. “ Brave man, bind me fast,
[ or I may do you an injury of which you do not dream."
f "I do not need to tie you," he protested, “if you promise
 to go quietly.”
“ I will not promise."
“ Then I shall be forced to ask some of my Indian friends '
g to help me.”
“ Ask me, white dog i" cried a fierce voice. “ Ask Gray
 Hair 1"
Roland turned, and there, standing in the path, he saw a
 man at whose appearance be bad a right to tremble. It was
' the noted scout and warrior who bore the name Gray Hair.
A man for above the ordinary hight, with thews and sinews
, wonderful in their development. And yet. he was old;
. probably seVenty winters had passed over his head, and his
. hair was of a rich iron gray, dropping upon his shoulders _ t
in heavy masses. His face, old as he was, had that noble '
appearance which distinguished him in his youth. His dress
. was simply a calico hunting-shirt, belted at the waist ; buck-
' a skin leggings and moccasins, and the feathered head dress
which even Brandt did not wish to cast aside. His arms
A consisted of a beautiful title, two hatchets, and a long knife.
5,- He stood directly in the path. with his rifle poised, and his
3:; ’deep black eyes filed upon the face of the young Tory.
I " What do you seek here, Vagabond 7" hissed Roland.
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," Attswan once struck for the king,” said the Indian, and.
ly, “ but that was before they dared put the hand of oppres'L
sion upon those I loved. When Ralph Warren fights for
the Americans, Attawau cannot be upon the other Side.”

“ You bar the way," exclaimed Roland, haughtily, waving
his hand. “ Move aside and let us pass." ‘

“ Is my white son in a hurry?” demanded Attawan, with
a sneer. “‘ Gray Hair has seen many winters. and he has
been taught that young tnen ought to speak tenderly to the
aged.”

“ If your hair had not been white, I should have shot you
down long ago.” ~

“My son is good,” he said. “ He is very kind not to kill
a man because he is old. White man, look upon this gun.
A brave man gave it to me, a man who fought by my Side
in a day when men were not children. He taught me how
to shoot; and, old as I am, I have not forgotten how to use
it. You would kill mel White man, before you could lift.
a finger, you would} be dead."

“I have spared you thus on account of your age, but I
will dally with you no more. Stand aside and let us pass,
or by heaven I will kill you." '

The chief still stood in the way, but his eyes never left
the face of ngate. " ' ‘

“ Beware! Touch a weapon, and you are dead.”

Roland was a gallant man, Tory as he was; and dashing
the rifle suddenly aside, he filing his arms about the old
chief, and strove to hurl him to the earth. But the warriOr
stood as immovable as a rock, looking down with a smile of
Contempt upon his antagonist. Then, grasping him by the
shoulders, he raised him bodily from the earth, and shook
him with the might of a giant. Never, in all his time, had
the athletic young man been handled so rudely, and that by
a person over whose head so many years had passed.

“Release me, you red hound l" he screamed. “ Do you

"dare to lay your hands upon an officer of the king 1‘”

“ If the king Were here,” replied the Onondaga, “I would

shake bitn'as I shake you.” ‘
Roland, furious with passion, strove to wrench himself
from the strong clasp of the old chief, but he ft-‘Ulld alibi.

    

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5'; lzerculonn arms, and he only spent his strength in vain.
f “ Look, white man i" cried the chief. “You have come

into the Mohawk country to kill, burn, and destroy, Last

r night you burned the cabin of Alpheus the trader, and would

have made him join your hand. But Alpheus laughed "in

h your face. and sirutik you to the uu‘th. Be quiet; you at

as nothing in the hands of a weak old man.” 7

‘5 “Release me,” foamed the angry man. “ How dare you
hold me '3” ,

The chief hurled him to the earth, and quickly stripped
‘ltim of his pistols and dagger, which he thrust into his own
,belt. Then taking ofi‘ Roland’s helt he ,tied his arms at the
elbow. Edda. seeing what he wanted, came forward and
extended her hound hands. Keeping one foot. upon the
breast of the prostrate man, he took the strap from Edda’s
wrists, aml linked the feet of his prisoner together at the
ankles, in such a way as to allow him to step, but not. to
run.

“ The tables are turned,” said Edda, laughing.

. “ You laugh at me i" he hissed, grinding his teeth together.
“ Ah, well; they laugh best who laugh last. You red dog,
what. do you mean to do with me i”

i “Let the white man beware how he speaks to Attawim,
.for his blood is not yet cold, and he cannot hear an insult.
Look ; call me a dog again, and I will tear you limb from
limb.”

Roland at once changed his tone. “ What do you mean
to do with me i” he repeated, more quietly.

“ The daughter of Sinclair will speak your doom," replied
" ‘the chief. “ If she ~says kill, you feel the edge of my
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£5, place at Stanwix, you must go; if she C‘IOHSPS to set you

tree. it is her will, and the Gray Ilair will listen to it, and
talk with her, White girl, shall I kill your rut-my i”
“N0. no i" cried Edda. “ Bad as he is,I would not have
 him killed.” . ,
, , “ The heart of the white girl is we soft," said the chief. ,
 "Susi t! *5 Onlyfa blow of a hatchet, and he. is at rest.” 5  
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And I know you better; you would not be guilty of such I
crime."

The chief smiled, and laid his sinewy hand upon the head
of the girl.

“My daughter is right; Attuwnn has not a bad heart,
and could not kill a man who lay hounti at his feet. Shall
he go to Stanwix, and be pttt in prison?”

“In strict Justice, he ought to go there," she said. mus-
ingly. “ I do not know what to say, for I feel that, if he is /
left at liberty, there is no safety for our family. Do you (
leave it entirely to me, chief '3”

“ It would be well that he should lie in prison,” the chief
suggested. ,

“ But it I ask it, you will let him go tree 2’"

“ Wait; this man is not alone, but has many warriors in
the woods above Canada creek. They wait for him, and
when he comes, many will die along the Mohawk to appease
his vengeance. For their sakes he ought not to go free."

"I do not doubt. that you are in the right, chief," she said.
“ And yet, in spite of that, I should like to set. him at lib-
erty.”

At this moment the heat of hoofs was heard, and a man
mounted upon Edde's horse, came dashing through the woods.
As he came near, they recognized the face of the trader,
Diggs.

“ Hooray l" he cried. “ Yew nabbed the skunk after~ all.
chief.”

The warrior nodded gravely, and Alpheus dismounted,
flung the bridle over a branch. and approached the fallen man.

" It hurts my ft'elin’s awfully tew see yew on yewr back,
square, darn my hide ef it don’t. Did yew think I left ruther

, suddent lust night ?"

Roluotl made no reply, but there was a fierce glare in his
eyes. i ,
“ Don‘t be sulky, square; answer up like a man, dew. '1
had tew go last night. because I heerd the chief callin’, and
I had a ’p‘tutment with him. How dew yew seem tow feel,

anyway 1” .
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" Yew don't say so! Now if that ain’t hm-berin’ an em
ht‘istlun sperrit, I dunno nethin’ abeout it. Is’pose yew .
ould nbeout skin me alive, squure, ’cnuse I wouldn’t jine
ew. I couldn’t, square ; I ain‘t a fightin’ keeructer."

“ Say no more about it, but whatever you mean to do with
e, do it at once.” ' -

“I move we take him down to Sinclair’s and have th

= Y, square tell us what to do.” .

, ,  “ I should like to have him set free, Alpheusf’ said Edda, ,
t" timidly. -
e “ Yew would! Look here, Miss Edda; yew can’t have

any feelin’ fer such a b’ilin’ hot Tory as he is.” '

“ No; not in the least."

" Then why shouldn’t he go in the jug, as well as any

 other Tory l?"
' “I don‘t know," replied Edda. “Only I think he came
to see me."

“Yew git eoutl What did he burn my shanty for, eh f”

“ Did he burn your house ?"

“ Yes he did; he burnt it to n cinder, and it ain't his fault
that he didn’t toast me over the coals. No, gal; he ain't the
kind of mm tew be runnin’ reound loose."

.“I suppose you are right, Alpheus, and I will say no
more." ,

They raised the prisoner to his feet, and prepared to de—
part, when they heard footsteps, and the head of a column,
marchng in double tile, appeared through the opening in

- the path, a few hundred yards aw:ty. ’

“ Git up and dust," cried the Yankee, swinging Edda into
the saddle. “ Ride hard, and never mind us."

Part. of the marching column was“ already in View, and /
Roland, lifting his head, hailed them with a shout of delight.
They were u detachment of Toties, recruited in secret in the

, valley, and now marching to the appointed place of render
, yous.

“Tories, by the eternal l" roared Alpheus Diggs. “ You
mean cuss, I'm minded tew put my knife in yew up to the
hilt, Yell that way ag’in, and yew git it anyhow."

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with loud cries, they darted forward. Some of them know
both the Ynnkee and his red friend, and would have been
glad to see them prisoners. . 1
“ I guess we‘ll have tew scratch gravel, chief," observed,
Alpht-us. “ Ofi" we go; they ain’t got no hosses." ,1 '
They started on a run down the forest path, and a dozen new .5
of the swiftest among the Tories started in pursuit. The 10%;“
bonds upon the limbs of Wingate were cut.  _ (l)
“ Don’t dare to come back without him i" he screamed.’ " vex U
“ l’ll roast that Yankee at a slow fire.” I ‘meufr
The two men were running on side by side, and not many “(u ‘1:
yards behind them the Tories came tearing along, shouting i; ‘6
to them to stop. Neither the Indian nor Alpheus seemed to (I emf;
run fast, and yet they kept their distance if they did not gain .
a trifle. The Tories were “ tailing out” behind them, but ‘ Ed:
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the flying men. For 11 mile this race was kept up, and only .t .11:
Tour Tories were in sight, and one of these three hundred , ‘ m’ 
yards behind his companions. ‘y.;tfi,“‘r“::‘
“I guess we’d hotter turn on ’em, chief," suggested the ' Star
Yankee. “ I never did like tew run very well, though I kin :- m
dew it putty well." ac
They faced about. suddenly, when scarcely three rods sep-  Shel;
arnted them from the 'l‘ories, and as they wheeled, hoth dis- " ‘
charged their rifles apparently without aim. The two leading fife} '
’l‘ories went down, and the third paused undecided. That  a“?!
motnent of hesitation sealed his fate, for the Gray Hair came , '
bounding down upon him, with a. thrilling war-whoop. The ' . w“)
innn drew his knife, and put himself upon his guard, and as . [me]
the chief tuivanCed, thrust. at his nnkcd ht‘enst. But. Attn- ‘ (my
wan bounded suddenly aside, his hatchet felt with a horri- ‘ ’ h“
ble thud, and the man lay dead at his feet. The Yankee 1 gm

had picked up a rifle which one of the men had dropped, and
sighted on the last. man, who was running for the shelter 0!
the forest.

“ That critter wants to git away, but I kinder wanter stop
him.”

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The man spread his arms abroad, and came to the Birth
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_ “I gueas we may as well sp’ile the Egyptians," the Yankee

" ncluded, as he stooped over the body of one of the men

him had fallen. “ These critters can git. what we lack, gold

teces in plenty. Look at that, will yew ?"

> Turning out the pockets of the three Tories, he collected

ghearly twenly‘five guineas in gold and silver and now cast

longing eyes at the man he had last shot.

; “ Look here, chief; I’ve got tew g0 threw that ’etc (:t‘ittrl'

r ver there. Yew load up, and if the cusses come, yew pop

_me over one, will yew ?”

any A], The chief nodded, and Alpheus started on a run toward
{the fallen man. Just as he reached him three other Tories

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,ke_ flung yew know.”
.1), The bullets were plowing up the cum, all about him “a

he proceeded to turn out the pockets of his enemy. The

turted up with the rifle of the fallen man in his hand.

L “ Anybody that knows me, knows I ain’t a fightin’ keer
fiacter. But I ain’t going tew stand eVerything. What?
hewting at me, eh? Then I’ll shewt hack, by gracious.”

~ 4 He suited the action to the word, and the foremost. ’l‘ory
agffifell. The rifle of the old chief cracked, and the second
, it dropped, while the third sought safety in flight.

B 1 “It's all darned foolishniss in them men tew act that
, ' '1‘ way," growled the Yankee, as he proceeded to strip the last.
I men who had fallen, this time taking their belts and rifles,
' ‘for he felt certain thnt they would not he followed uny
‘further. “Why, darn ’em; they don‘t seem tew think we've
got enny feelin’s, they don’t."

He joined the chief, carrying three rifles and accnuter-
tcnts, and they started at once, hearingr no more from their
'pursnel‘s. In truth, the Tories had quite enough of it al-
 ready, and had no denire to follow men who professed to be
’80 peaceful, and yet took such good aim.

 “‘"l‘lmt ln>t chap was a born tltit-t',cnief," declared the

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the blood run dcown tew his heels. Nat'raily, I'm I man of
pence, but sumtimes I git riled."

The chief nodded and smiled. He had heard these pro-
testations too often to be at all deceived.

“ I wonder where the gal is ?" pursued the Yankee.

“The white girl is very brave; she will escape,” replied.
Attawan.

“ She had to go the wrong way, and she mont git lost.
Hush ; scents tow the I hear a boss.” _ l

The rapid heat of boots sounded through the woods, and
in a moment more, with loosened rein and broken saddle~ ;‘

girth, a wild steed rushed hy. Both men started and uttered v ’

cries of alarm, for they knew the horse well. It was the V
steed which the girl had ridden, and some great evil had be- .
fallen her, in the depths of the silent woods.

CHAPTER IV.
was omens mum.

Warm the two men recovered from their first surprise
and terror, they began to think what they could do to save
the daughter of Sinclair. There was not a poor man in that
region who did not love him for his many acts of kindness,
and who would not do anything to saw: him and his family
from harm.

“ We may as well hide those here traps," observed the
Yankee. “ I ain’t goin’ tew let that ’ere gal hoe her own
row, and if I know anything abeout yew, old chief, yew will
help me."

" ’l'he Onondaga has not many years to litre," replied
Gray Hair. “ Let me die working for the good white man,
sr'i I will be content to go.” I

" That means hizzness; now then, which way shall we
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hasteshe was torn from the saddle by a branch of A tree,
and lies stunned in the woods? She is on the path to
Canada creek, and the Tories will find her.”
 r“ I reckon we will have tew keep pooty shady, old man;
‘ them 'ere cusses don’t love as men tew much.”
“ My brother is right; if they caught us, they would roast
he at a slow are." ‘
“ Then we’d better keep coat of their hands; can’t yew
nd a. path that won't interfere with them ‘2”
g; The Indian nodded, and they flung the weapons which
‘ .hey had taken into a hollow, and covered them with leaves
nd sticks. The chief now took the lead, and breaking into
“the Indian lope which covers so much ground in a day, he
lunged at once into the depths of the forest. The Yankee
had long since learned to imitate him on the trail,an trend-
}ling in his steps, he kept pace with him through the woods
as few men could hatie done. The Indian seemed tireless;
V «his feet fell lightly upon the leaves and made no sound, and
pheus the trader was not far behind him. No sticks
.broke under their feet, rapid as was their course; and, after
a two hours’ run, the chief halted in the cover and sat down
. pen a log. ,
“Let. us wait," he said. “ We have passed the Tories,
and if they go to Canada creek we shall hear from them

he chief, he looked carefully to his rifle to see that it was
in order for use at a moment‘s notice. For a man of peace-
ful inclinations, he took great pains with his weapons, and
seemed to be best pleased with those which were of the most
5} .approved kind. For half an hour not a sound was heard,
{and then the distant murmnring of voices could be heard in
e distance, and, shortly after, the regular trend of a party,
marching in order, came through the woods. Alpheus threw
himself upon his face and crept forward, until, by parting
the bushes with his hands, he could see the path. He had
not long to wait, for the party came quickly in sight, and be
new that it was the same body of Tories who had come to
the rescue of Roland Wingatc, who marched at their head,
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“Six good men gone," he said aloud, to the man who ‘ r‘
marched by his side. “ ’l‘hat incarnate devil upon earth, the I
Gray llair has the best of us every time."

“ Don’t cheat yourself into thinking that Diggs had uoth- , _
ing to do with it, captain,” replied the man. “If any thing, f"
he shot closer than the chief, and he stripped Doxstader’s 
body under our very muzzles. If my legs had not been good, '

I should not be here to tell the story.”

“ A time will cotne when I shall repay these men for what 
they have done,” declared the captain. “And to think th '
1 had Diggs in my hands, bound and helpless, and did not
kill himl The very thought of my foolishness drives me
almost mad. Boyd, did you ever see this old chief before?
You know that I am no baby, and yet he handled me as easily
as a little child. Curse him doubly, for he took Edda Sin-
clair out of my hands at the moment when I had her utterly
in my power.”

“ Why do you wish to marry tlte daughter of an accursed
Whig, Roland ‘3"

“ Because site has cast a spell over tne, I think. In spite
of all she has done, and tlte insulting words she gave me, I
love her still. The horse came this way, Dick; you can see
the trail plainly.”

“ She is riding hard for such a place as this. Perhaps the
horse got away with her, and she could not hold him in."

“That accut‘sed Yankee pricked him with his knife as he‘ ,
started, and perhaps he did run away with her. Quick timed"
boys; forward !” I

The company, about forty in number, marched on rapidly,
and were soon out of sight, and Alpheus Diggs rose quickly
from the earth.

“They have not got her yet, chief; I don‘t like this:
darned bit, for I am afraid the gal is hurt." .

“ Wait; we may find her yet. Had you not best runo
in front and reach the trail again a. mile to the tront? I will
follow them, and if the catbird calls four times, come to the
dead pine, at the place where the trout lie so thick in the
stream. I will meet you there."
~ Alpheus caught up his rifle and darted away making a
greatelrouit,so that the sound of his feet: could tut. be heard

    
  
 
 
   
   
   
    
 
   
    
 
    
 
 

 

 

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.by the Tories. His course was rapid, and after half an hour
_ had passed away he had managed to get in front of the
' " Tories, where he again struck the trail of the horse, and
. “a, bounded rapidly forward, for at this placo lhebranehcs hung
 low, and he knew that he could not be far from the place
,where the girth had broken. He had not run a hundred
~ yards when he uttered a low cry of horror, as he caught sight
if Edda Sinclair lying upon the path, silent and motionless.
ust as she had fallen from the saddle. The branches almvo
‘Ier were torn as if a heavy body had passed through tlwm,
 d at this point the horse bud wheeled and dashed into the
_ V oods. He ran forward with an eager cry, and raising her
head upon his knee, looked into her face. She lay there still
nd cold, and as he laid his hand upon her heart he could
not feel any pulsation beneath it.
' “ The poor gel is dead," he murmured. “ 0h, who will go
0 Square Sinclair and tell him this? I can’t dew it, fur my
lfe. Darn sech luck; why must the good and beautiful go,
When sech rough old cents as the chief and me escape ?"

He held his hand OVer her mouth, and was sensible that:
,she yet breathed, but feebly. She had been dashed from the
Saddle Willi great violence, and had been stunned.

“ Hooray i” cried the trader. “She ain’t gone, arter all.
I've got tew git her eout of this, because them ’ere cussid
Tories will be on my back.”

He raised her in his arms, and darted into the woods, run-
, . 'v’ ing at. great speed, even with the burden which he carried.

" v (Edward Sinclair had not been wrong when he said that the
'trader was a man to be trusted in times of danger. He had
not been gone five minutes when the Tories were grouped
, about the spot which he had 'just. left, and were shouting to V \1
'V .each other as they searched for some trace of the girl. V
, “Luck is against us again,” growled Roland. “ If we had
V followed her, instead of chasing those black-hearted thieves,
We should have found her here and saved six good men.”

“Captain,” said a half-breed Mohawk. “ Will you march

V: the men on and lenve me here i”

V “ For What 1’" ,

“I can find her better alone; and I can, find her. What
’will you give me if I bring her to you r"

   
  
  
  
  
 
    
   
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

 

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“ A hundred guineas.”

“ They are mine already," declared the half-breed, “ if yOI
will go on to the camp with the men.”

“ You can trust him.” avert-ed Dick Boyd. “ There is no
“better scout than Joe Failing among all your men. And it
is the only chance, I think.”

“ Call in the men."

Boyd whistled and the men came in at once, fell into
marching order at the command of their captain, and march-
ed away, leaving Joe Failing studying the earth upon which
the girl had fallen.

After the Yankee had carried Edda nearly half a mile he
gave out, and laying her down upon a mossy bank, began to
wet her lips with rum, and to bathe her face and nostrils
with the strong liquor. The girl began toshow signs of life, -
and uttered a feeble moan. Alphens sprung to his feet and
gave the call which had been agreed on between him andlhe
chief with startling distinctness. It echoed away through 1;,

steadily pursuing the trail of the Tories. He at once turned
aside, for he knew that the trader bad news for him, and.
Was following the course of the creek, when the signal was
Repeated close at hand.

“ He is near," said the chief as he ran rapidly in the di-
rection from which the sound came. “Good; let ' him an.
swer this call." ,

He raised his hand to his mouth and uttered the peculiar . -

i cry of the striped squirrel or chipmunk. It was answered at3L

’ once, and the chief hurried on, guided by an occasional chirp
from the lips of his friend, and found him seated upon a hil-
lock, with the head of Edda resting on his knee. ‘

“ She is badly hurt, chief," he explained. “ A darned old
branch knocked her coat of the saddle, and hurt her awful.”

“ She is not safe here,” protested the chief. “ The Tories
may find your trail and follow." ‘

“ But she can’t travel." - I

“ We will_carry her,” replied Attawan. “ Has my good V
brother forgotten how to make a litter of bougbs ‘2" ‘-

The chief took his hatchet and cut. down three or four ,
light hickory poles, which he laid together. Upon these he I

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hid cross ‘pteces and bound them hastily with buck-ski.
thongs. until he had formed a strong but light framework
Tearing down a quantity of pine houghs he laid them upon
the litter, and over these a. layer of soft moss.

The still senseless fortn of Edda was laid upon the moss,
and the tWo strong men lifted the litter and started up the
stream at a rapid pace. The slight motion drew low means
of pain from the wounded girl, and she half-raised her
head.

“ Lay still,ga ,” admonished Alpheus. “Yew are in good
hands"

“ Where am I 1’” she asked, feebly. “ I felt a shock, and
‘ then all was over.”

“ I reckon so, gal; keep still and let us work.”

I For nearly an hour they tramped on through the forest,
and reached the place where the creek, running between
high banks, poured into the larger stream. Here they halt-
ed, and laid the litter down. The chief at once hurried
awny.nnd begun to gather herbs, with the nature of which he
was well acquainted. In a short time he had Collected those
which he required; these he put in his tin cup over the fire,
adding water as Was required, until he had made a lotion of
the required strength. By this time Edda was able to sit
‘ up, but complained of'a great pain in her head and neck.

' A “Good medicine here,” answered the chief, tapping the
cup with a stick. “Cure you quick; Indian medicine.”

He set the cup aside to cool, and when he could put hit:
fingers in it, began .to bathe her neck and the back of the
head in the stenrning decoction. Then he told her'lo drink
a little, and she felt relieved at once.

“ Edda will not be able. to move tonight," assumed the
» vYankee, “ and I make a motion that we dig com, and see
after our Tory friends. I’d like dreadful well tew drop on
‘em nbcout this time tomorrow, with nbeout fifty of the buyl.
‘ Heow we would make 'em scratch gravel l"

“It. is good; but. Edda would not like to stay alone " the
chief suggested.

“ Jess so; but I guess I can find a place that she wouldn't.
"be afraid tew stay in."

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a Yes.”

“ She would be safe there it she is not afraid.”

“ Do as you wish,” she replied. “ It is impossible for me
to travel to-night, and I would not interfere with any work
you may have to do. But does it not seem strange to see
that man of peace, Alpheus Diggs, engaged in such work as
this 1’”

“Stranger things happen in this wicked world,” repliet
Alph, with a grin. “Yew see I was fairly driv’ tew it
they wouldn't let me alone, not a darned minnit. I pleaded
with ’em tew let me be, ’cause 1 wa’n’t a fightin’ kcuracttr,
but. they wouldn’t. The hull Caboodle had got up a con-
spiracy ag’iu' me, and was just beound tew have me fite."

“My brother Edward gave me a hint this morning that.
your nature was not entirely peaceful,” confessed Edda. “ Do
you wish to go upon your scout at once ?” ‘

“We’ll put yew in a safe place fust,” replied Alpheus.
“ Git on the litter, and we will kerry yew.”

“ Is it far Y"

“ Maybe five hundred yards."

“Then I will walk. I can do that easily enough, and I.
will not trouble you to carry me.” V

Edda rose, albeit with some pain, and followed the chief,
supported by the strong arm of Alph Diggs. After a short
walk they came 'to an irregular limestone bluff, and after
looking carefully about him. the chief pulled aside some
trailing vines which screened the entrance to a little cave in
the limestone, and signed to her to enter. The opening
through which she passed was just wide enough to permit
her to pass, and she stood in a little room, dimly lighted.
with a hard stone floor, dry and neat. The chief did not
enter the cave at once, but turned into the bushes, from.
which he brought out two heavy bear-skin robes, which he
threw down upon the floor. ’

“ We shall be back by midnight," said Alphens, “and
while we are gone, yew jest take it easy. I guess tlmr ain't
three people in these Eunited States that know this hole,
Ind it ain't a bear hole, 'canse we killed the inhabitants
when we took possession. Dew yew think yew will feel-1
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0..) m , M is u very snug hiding-place,” replied Edda.

"f ’Uuuse, 't yew feel the least trifle skeery, wun of us kin
.uy. Umy we tew chaps like tew skeout together; we‘ve
tn-l kinder used icw wun unother’s ways.”

“ You may go Without fear, for I have passed a night in
worse quarters. You might leave me a weapon of 50m.
kind in case I should need one.”

“ Con yew shoot a pistol ?"

“ Certainly.”

The chief lock the pistols which had belonged to Roland
Wingnte from his belt and handed them to her. She raised
thelock to see if they were loaded and laid them down
upon n dry shelf close to her hand.

“ Yew feel all safe ncow ?"

“ Have no fear of me ; I shall do well enough." ‘

“ Wait,” said the chief. “ If we do not come back before
morning, something will have happened to us. Then you
must go to the creek, und follow it down-stream until you
get to the fork. Then you will know the Wny home‘."

The two brave men shouldered their pieces, bade her
good-by and mnrched away together through the woods,
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AhP'EIEUS macs IN A SCRAPE.

Tn scouts marched on rapidly, saying little to each
ther, for they had long ago learned that it is not well to
waste time upon a trail by useless talking. They took a
course up the creek, which would bring them out somewhere
near the forks. They had not proceeded fur when they
heard the murmur of voices, and Concenled themselves in
the bushes. Directly niter,five n passed on :1 rapid walk,
whom Alplieus Diggs recognized“ well known Tories of _
the valley. . They were following an old forest trail, which
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“ Thar " said Alph, when they had passed. “ Cull my
country if the hull b‘ilin’ of Tories abeont this place ain’t
rustlin' reound prodigious. Swan tew man, if it ain’t pesky
cnri’s. Don’t it seem tew occur tew yew that they’ve got a
camp up this a-way ‘2"

“ My brother is right; they have a camp, and we are go-
ing to find it."

“ If I can’t strike a bee line for that air camp, an‘ g't

thar in half an hour, I’m a skunk. Why, blame it all, they l ‘

air up on Canada creek, and I'll bet my bottom shilling they
air in the gulch."

“ Hugh 1” grunted the chief. “ My brother has along
head, and he is right. See; we will go to the gulch.”

They slung their rifles and took a slow trot through the
woods, pursuing a narrow foot path known best to these old
hunters. They had trumped the woods together for years.
and every cross path, every nook in the woods, every rip
pling stream and shining lake, was well known to them.
Alpheus Diggs, simple as he seemed, was a woodman in
eVery sense of the word, and a fit companion for that old.
trail-hunter, Attawan.

For two‘hours they kept up this long Indian lope, Alphens
following closely in the footsteps of the Indian, until they
reached the first rapid. EVery trail they passed over bore
the marks of feet, and it was evident that men had been
gathering for some days. /

“ If thar ain’t a big gatherin’ of Tories ’ronnd these dig-

gin‘s abeeut this time of day, then I miss my guess. It is
class by, tew.”
“Very close," cried an angry voice at hi ear. " Seize

them, boys; this is better luck than I ever dreamed of.”
Fifty men surrounded them, rising from the bushes on-

every side, as if by magic.

of ’l‘ories, and the man who had given this loud order was

Roland Wiugate.

1 “Run, old man i” roared Diggs.
I’ll dew likewise."

’ He flung himself headlong upon the men in front, and

knocked two of them heed over heels, planting his bloVIl

“ Git away if yew can.

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earth, vociferating against such treatment of a peaceable man.
In striving to escape he had lost sight of the Gray Hair for
the moment, but when he lay bound and panting on the
grass, he turned his head to look for his companion. Ho

k was not in sight; two Tories lay badly wounded upon the

, god, and the clamor dying away in the forest told that the

Tories, and lndians were in pursuit of the Onondaga, who

V l ' had managed to break through them. The Yankee laughed

7 j softly at the idea. of their overtaking the old Indian in his

‘ own woods.

3 . “Oh,jiminy crickey! When the old chap lets himself

go, how he will throw the dust behind him) It is all the

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° some, h’ut‘I guess I‘m in a rayiher tight box."

d “Lift him up," commanded Roland Wingate, sternly. “ I
" ' want to see the face of this traitor."

’ “ Who be yew talkin’ aheout i” demanded Alphcus, look-
" 'ing about him in an innocent manner. “ Thar ain’t. no trai-
: l tors here, as 1 secs. I s‘pose yew don't call ycwrselves traitors,

dew yew Y“
J “You will find in good time who are the traitors, my
-' i man," thi‘cntencd Roland, angrily. “ I will teaCh you that I
7 i, am not'the man to be played with.”
° “ I ain't played with yew, as l knows on."
n “ Yon dog! Did you not promise to join me, on the night
when—"

“ You burned my little log cabin, and sp‘iled the few
things I had in the world. Oh yes, square; that was a
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e if kind," replied Diggs.

“ ” But you promised. and from that hour I consider you a
"t ~ 3 deem-tor.” t
it 7 ant“: yo, I never 'listed. It ain't my way tew 'list in the’

tit-my, 'cause a more peaceful man don’t live on the {ace of
the creatid airth."

._ .t You scoundrell Did not you, and that red fiend who
i .v “31‘ Will! 5'0“, km 53! Of my best men this very day 1’ And
'- Ti'l‘did you‘not rob me of my promised vine, and aid her to es.
_  9" . . I I \
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do GRAY HAIR, in: CHIEF.

iu’ nheoul? I ain’t killed nnlmdy, nor it ain’t my way law
be t‘nrin’ lovin' wives from the desolate huzzums of their ‘2‘
lords—I guess yew huv' seen my twin brother, the most or’- ~ I
nary und uwdnshm cuss in the State of Non York. Why, ‘
square, l’vo dun more ginnuwiho weepin’ nn' wailin’ uu’
guashin‘ of teeth on account of that till“ twin brrither of mine
than yew ever hecrd of.” .

" You lie I" shouted one of the Tories. “ You never bud
a- brother.” _‘

“ Never had a—sufi‘erin’ jonndabl Never had a twin __ i
brother, James Augustus, beloved of my ngid father, the de- f ‘
light of my unshiht mother! Clem Doxstudcr, when yew

 

any that, yew don’t kncw how bad I (eel. Yew didn’t know ‘ 3
my brother, ’n course,’cnuse he only cmne up tew York
State it few‘ short moons ago, But, he's gi’u me heaps of g.» ‘
trubhle since.” "E. t
“ would you have the face to deny thut you were with .
Almwuh when we chased you on the trail to the Mohawk 'r” ‘ 1
" Deny it? In ct-urae I deny it, p‘int blank.” ‘ *1
“Welt,” ordered Roland Wingute. “'l‘he Yankee who ‘1

killed my men also robbed their bodies, mid if you search
this fellow, and don’t find' golden guineus and watches on
his perm), I slmll think that he really has a twin brother.” ' ‘l

“ Gnldin guineus? Watches? Sect: things as them have ' 5‘
bin strangers tew me for twice five weary years. S’urch me,
s’m'ch me. I am willin’ tew die if yew find any bigger
zuuney on me than a shillin’. I give yew leave I»; hung the
if 1 lie.”

tile we: seucbed, but neuher the mmwy nor the watches
could be found upon him l‘wo or three shillian consider-
nhly pocket worn, and a tow memos and null-pence, com—
pleted his worldly wealth.

“ Didn’t I tell yew ‘3” he sold. “ I ain’t got a game: in
the world, and it hurts my feelin’s dreadful tew be accused
of it. Thur ain’t; much gold money hangin’ mound these
clothes.”

“ What have you done with the money am} the witches 2”
demanded Roland. “~Y0u may as well tell me at once.”

“ I guess yew ain’t quite sure abeont my brother yit. 30’!
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“Nonsense; whaLhave ym done with them?”
“Oh, my hat-other, my be-rutherl Why have :gewv‘dvom
this?” '

“ Bring out: a file of men, and set this rascal with his back
to yonder true. You have u. brother who looks exactly like
you, it swam. Well, I will shoot: you now, and as soon m
! Can catch your double. I will git/e him a volley, umi I aim“
then be certain of the right one.” '

7 “Goie‘ tow shewt me, eh? Now see here; ain’t that
waste of the raw mutaial 2’ Couldn’t yew put. me to no thet-
$ 101‘ use than that?"

“ If you were not such a trnitorous rascal. 1 might make
1: you useful; but who can depend upon you ‘r”

“ I dunno; dam that brother of mine. When I catch
him, I reckon tew forgit my peaceful nutut' un’ etsike him
tew the airth. X will, by the liviu? gruehus.”

I “ Now 1 will give you one Warning, my friend,” said

' ' Wingate. " 11' you as much us whisper your brother to me
again. I will have you shot upon the spot. As it in, min;

, r him along to camp."

I “ Shall we blindfold him, captain T”

. ,~ “ Why should you. I mean to give him a trial, and shoot

, him if he does not prove to me than he knows how to be

,  faithful. By the way ;, what have you done with Edda r.”

,  “ I dunno." _

r ; “You deny that. you found her on the trait, and aided

, - her toeecupe 3’ ' ‘

fl “ No, I guess not. But my trout—I menu yew see her git
' - on her boss and put, eout ‘i”

. “ Yes; 1 saw thut. Do you not know win-ix: she has
..  gone ‘3'"
The Yankee shook his head. His tout were nutxmnd, and
A man walked on each side of him, with a. loaded pistol in
’ his lmud, with orders to shoothim down at ahe sliglm-et cf.
fart to escape upon his pttt‘i. But, Alpheos Diegs was t- u
h old a hint to take any chances of tlmt kind, and his eoudvet.
 perfectly lmthlike. Jthi as they moved away Hum: who
had been in pursuit ot the old chief came in, empty hitlltlt‘d.
“ We couldn’t gulch him, captain ;. ,he can like a 9mg."
’I’Mdufiaukumd yew wouldn‘t. bc‘ublc Lo hutch the old

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chief,” laughed Alpheus. 1‘ He’s an ortul chap tcw nth, is _
the chief; I don’t think, 'now, I r’tdly don't, that anyfiTony  h
in the hull kentry could leg it like the chief.” ..'V : ‘F

" Silence i", ordered Wingate. "Don’t let me hear any
more from you.” ‘ 

“ l'm dumb, eapt’in ; but the chief can run min), I rather ' 1’
guess.” ‘
A walk of half a mile brought them to the camp. It had '
been chosen with great care, and was in a position which 5 0

could have been made good against a strong force atlacking 

it. It was on the crest of a limestone ridge, surrounded by f

a sort; of parapet of the same rock, upon the very brink of  m
the great clifi‘ which at. this point oVerhung Canada creek.
In this camp nearly three hundred men were to be seen, 6 ‘6
passing the hours in various games of chance, throwing
quoits, and wrestling. One third of this force was white I “1
men, and the rest nearly all Mohawk Indians. The Indians'  .
as usual with them, were seated in stolid indifl‘erencc about. m
the fires, or stalking to and fro about the limestone clifi‘s, 7,

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amid the beautiful scenery of this strange place. For miles I 
along this stream is a series of picturesque cascades, the most ‘ 8“
noted of which are at this point, near Trenton Falls. Along. 1
its banks the Indian and his foemnn had struggled for cen- I ‘11
turies, and every rock, tree, and shrub had a history of blood i.
and death. "‘ 9“
 “It's a sweet scented sort of a place," suggested Alphons. z W
 “Drive on your waggin, square; whatever yew mean tew
dew with me, dew it quick.” 'A
l_ V “ Are you in a hurry to die, then ?" ‘ m1
,5 ', . “I dunno as I seem tewkeer much,square. If it’s anyway . 01'
agreeable tew yew, I'd jest ez 'lieve stay on the airth a while  19'
‘longct‘. But, if it is goin’ tew interfere with yew: plans,1 1
kin g0." _ ; d0
5 “ You have been a neighbor of mine for years, and I want
'1' to save you if I can,” replied Roland. ‘ <

“ You can't Save him, captain,” put in the burly Tory, Clem ' 33V“
Doxslader. “ I am not the man to let. the Whig who killedgb«

 

‘r my brother and plundered his dead body, live to boast of iL,__
I demand his life.” ’

     
 

  

   

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t his brows.

‘ If I say that. this mun shnll live, he is as safe

‘ “ But you haven't suid it, and you don‘t need to say it, if
' you wont to keep good friends with the men. Come now;

'  I’ve done as tnueh as any one to raise this party, and I think

.tlmt you owe me something."
M “'l'hut is all right, Clem, as long as you don't threaten
'{ Come here. and let us tall; it. over.”
’ They moved to one side and conversed in low tones.
_ “Now that red-hot 'l‘ory, Clem Doxstuder, wants my life,"
A muttered Alpheus. “ Seems tew me I hinder remember
. suthin' about lnyin’ out n brother for hint, and lifting n nutt-
‘ I’d like to go uwny;
i’I’d like tew git. Ed Sinclair and some of the boys, and hu’et.
‘ up this camp. But I guess my pcucet‘ul days ere over.”

' Doxstuder seemed to be in (lend earnest, nnd ftottt time to
: time he pointed at. Alpltcus in a threatening way.
i “If I could only pevuil on 'em not to roast me More night,
But I guess they Won’t
Tgivc me the chance if Doxatoder hue his way.”
' The conversation between the two Tories was quioltly over,
and Doxstttder cutne tip to the prisoner.

“ You me my prisoner, Diggs." he hissed. “I’ve done
enough for the captain so that. he gives me the chunce to re-

7 Ivenge my brother, und I am going to do it.”

I “All right, Clem; I ain’t got any thing tew sny ngninst it."
“ You've heard of me before, end you know that l ntn 0
You’ve got to die, and l’vu tried to think
I might give you to the

1': 1Indians: and let them torture you.”

1'; w “That would be cruck fun, wouldn‘t it, Clun? Why
' , 'dtm't yew dew it ‘3”

no "Yes, but it would be their sport. not mine. No; I‘ve

    

.gwitl pimtse you.

Elliottght of a better “my, and when I tell you what it is, it‘
Here, boys, bring him tilting.” ‘
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C H A P T E R V I .
A HORRIBLE DOOM.

35:: ’ WE have Said that this fork of Canada creek was a sub
cession of cascades, tumbling over the limestone ledges, soun-
ot them from a great hight. At the point where Dantader
halted, a: stream of water had worked its way through the
rocks, and dropped front the ltight of fifty feet, in a stream
not thicker than a, man’s finger. There was no wind, and
this little stream dropped unbroken upon the rocks, in which
it. had worn out a hole during the lapse of years, nearly in
, the shape of an armchair. In this place they seated the-
 ptisoner. and bound him in his place by pilin'ar heavy stones
r ' ' upon green witbes laid across his limbs.

This brought, his head directly under the fallingstreanl of
 water. But it. was necessary to keep his head’still. and a
if sort of framework was quickly formed of light cedar honghs,

which prevented him from turning his head from side to side.
 ' In this position the thin stream dropped diree'tly upon the
crown of his bend. It was now nearly seven o’clock in the
evening, and objects at a distance Could hardly be distin- .
guislted. ' ‘
-. “ l'll leava you here for half an hour or' so,” explained
Doxstader, with a grin. “ If you want. me, you can call me,
I am going to camp to get my supper. Come along, hoys."

Alpheus had never dreamed of this refinement of cruelty.
At first. thought it would seem that the falling of this little
jet of water upon his head, in that mild summer night, would
be slight punishment. But Digsgs knew better, and strove in
every way to wrench his head aside, so that the water might
not. drop Continually upon the same spot. At first it. was
nothing, but as the moments passed by it ocean-e the very
refinement of trrttn'c. The first effect was a partial uumlntesum
extending from the crown of the head to the base of the '
neck. .’l‘his was succeeded by a burning sensationhand then _
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Alpheus Diggs, in spite of his appearance, was both abravo
‘ Ind hardy man. He had endured the tortnrts of hunger and
thirst.
He had lain upon a battle-field wounded and bleeding.
He had marched with blisteretl feet over burning sand. . 0
He had engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle with the bear 
 and the panther, and felt their teeth and claws tnang‘ling hil ‘
:g flesh. All this he had endured, and yet lived; they were
: but. play as Compared with the agonies which he now suffered.
At each three of agony, it. seemed as if red-hot needlespierced
his brain, and in his pain he uttered such a piercing cry that
.I the old rocks echoed hack the sound. The Tories and In-
dians now appeared trooping down the rocks to witness his
torttire, and a motley group of abandoned wretcht-s, some 0!
them bearing torches in tlteir hands, stood about. him.
' “ My brother Doxstader was right,” observed a cruel lnok- .
ing Indian. “The tortures of the white than are better than '
those of the simple Indians. See ; his face works strangely,

 

at  his eyes gleam like points of fire. It is better than the stake

at I and torch of the Indian."

3, - “ Devils !” screamed Diggs. “ It' I fought yew, I fought

e, ~ yew like a man. Shunt. me through the head, and put an .J
he  end to my misery. I am ready to die, since (lie I must." v '4
te'  t '4' “Not yet," remarked Doxstader. .“Do you feel it? is it s:

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, any torture to you now ?"
V _" All the tortures of the pit. Red-hot daggers pierce my

d A \ head through and through. My brain is all on fire." we;
g, --, ‘ “ Ah, good! This suits me well, Alpheus Diggs. You did '

   
  
 
 

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y. 1, starter might know how to avenge him. Do you think I am
le ‘  fool enough to miss one groan, by putting yott out of pain i
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.1, ' “ Yew "re .wuss than the Injtms,” emailed Alphetta. “ I’ll
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'awful !"
The brave man repressed, as much as possible, the groans
Which would at times break from his tortured bosom. But.
n, ery line of his facefihowed that 'he was in fearful. agony. .
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What is this?

The suppiy of water is failing, and the drops do not always'
touch the head of the doomed man. They fall, indeed, but
not in the same line.

“ Catch hold of him, and move his cursed head back a lit— 4 -

tie,” lllsrtfti Doxstader, “ The water does not touch him on

 

the right spot now.” if

The vile associates of the Tory seized him, and forced his 
head back. But, scarcely had they done so when the water t :4
turned aside from its natural course, was running down the ,
limestone at least a yard to the right. ‘5’.

“Curse the water i" cried Doxstader. “Something ha:
fallen into the channel from above, and turned it from it!
comse. Jump up there. Jim Frizzel. and set. it right.”

The Tory to whom he spoke began the ascent of the rocks ‘

hy the side of the cascade. He had nearly reached the sum-
mit when he was seen to release his hold upon the rocks, and

come rolling down upon the platform, his body bounding 

from rock to rock in his descent.

“The tllitldcrltctttl has hurt himself,” shouted Doxstndet. 

“Curse the fool; he is the last. man I ever expected to lose
his footing among the rocks. Help him up, some of you."
They ran to raise the body of the fallen man, but he was "
dead. And as they looked at him, they saw that. his skull
was crushed like an eggshell.
" Carry him up to the camp, boys,” commanded the Tory. I

"‘I’m ntiwln ' son for him for he was a rood fellow after "
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all. lIt'l‘U, Lightfnnt; go up there and clear out the chan-
nel. You won’t fall, at any rate."

It was now so dark that they could just make out o mov-
ing iigut‘e after half the ascent had been made.
hawk spl‘ttilg' nimth up the rocks, and had nearly reache
the summit, when, to the surprise and terror of oil, he came
tumbling hack amongr them.
he also was dead and in the same \tl'ny as Frizzel.

The Tories and Indians looked in each Other's faces in [er-
ror and surprise.

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than an accident, and as yet Doxstader so regarded it. The

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most nimble among the Mohawk braves, had lost'his footing _‘
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I water must__ be cleared out if they Would go on with their
. cruel sport, and volunteers Were ready to make the aseent.

_ ~ “ Two of you go up this time,” Doxstader now ordered.
_. g’ “ Take torches with you, and be careful, for we have lost two

F good men by foolhardiness. You will need the torches to
n . see what is the trouble up there.”
i An Indian and Tory sprung up the rocks together, each .'
r -‘ carrying a torch In his hand. They went up slowly and '
“*‘cnret'ully, the Mohawk in advance, examining each Spot upon
' ' which he was to set his foot. The rocks Were smeared with
the blood of the two men who had already fallen, and as
r: they approached the fatal spot near the meat, the Indian
' halted.
L.  “ You go first,” he said.

“Oh, get. out. Don't be a fool, Indian ; how can I pass
d L. you 2” .

“ Me give you plenty room," replied the Mohawk. “ Heap
g " u plenty, me give." .
u on. go along. There ain‘t any thing wrong up there

L; - a oniy they didn’t; have any torches and their feet slipped.”
_'~ ‘ Hurry up i" roared Doxstader from below. “ What do
 you mean by lagging in that way, you two 2”
i: 3 “ The Injun wun’t go uitettd," ehouted the Tory. “He
~, wants me to crowd past hnn.”
 The chief who stood by the side of Doxstader, shouted an
r; ’5 order to the brave, who at once advanced, holding up bin
'l_  torch in front. At this moment the torches went out will: &

lhnrp hiss, and the two men were in utter darkness.
‘ “The tools have let their torches out,” cried Doxsladet‘,
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6  hitn, followed by another, and two bodies Came rolling down
,’  the rocks. .

V r The Indian and Tory had fallen as had the others before v
. thenn As they struck the rocks, cries of horror were heard,
and they were surrounded by eager friends. But that voice~
ens clay could give no anSWer, for both men were dead.

I“ Perdition seiZe me it this is not. something more than an ;

 

 a enn'mnfi' THE ‘OH‘IEF.

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hy'aecidenl. Some hand turned aside-the water, and the
lame hand struck them clown.”

Whose hand had done this, if indeed humnn agency had

, been able to do so much?

Clem Doxstmlrr, 'l‘ory and villain as he was, had the merit
of a certain bulldog bravery, which would face any danger
which he couhl see.
unmanned him for the moment.

“ Hush 1” said the Indian chief. ” My brother is not, wise.
for he does not see the lmml of the spirit of the rocks in this.

No man’s hnntl hits slain Lighlfoot nnd Dun-nn-tnoh; no ‘-

man’s hand has slnin the two white men. The spirit isnngry
with us because we have taken his stream to torture the white
man.” ,

" Nonsense."

“Doxstnder will not. believu.
“a see who! his fate will he.”

“ Duro you follow me ?”

The intliun shook his head. He had been awed by these
strange events, and (lured not. move.

“ Are you a' coward ?" '

“Painted Hunt] is not a coward; he is n chief, and the
ion’ of a chief. But he fears the spirit of the rocka"

“ Let half a dozen of your warriors stay here and guard
the prisoner. The rest of you, if you are men, follow me,

and} will show you this spirit whom you fear."

He sprung up the rocks, but not in the place-where the
test. had ascended. The others, made brave by his boldnesa,
(allowed him nt. once, leaving four Mohnwks in charge to! the
Filmer, still bound and motionless. '

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se‘  ‘DOXSTADER. closely followed by his men, reached the num-

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,2 'uot‘givn you‘lenve to torture him."
V ‘ This is no time to bitlldy words about it, CnptninWingate.
r- , Some one is hidden among theroclts, und lms nlt‘eady killed
n. _ four of our ttteu ; I am going to ttttetrth the scouudrcl."
"-I am with you, if you think that," cried Wingute. “Lead
the way.” '
I, i ‘“ He is hidden at the crest, where the catscnde begins.” de~
t; clured the 'l‘m'y. “Curse him. it we can only take him he
'shall sntfier ns .umn neversntfered before. The foolish-Indium
,0 ~ think that it is n spirit, and are ttfrnid to search.”
,. “ Come on, then; I renr no spirits, not I. Mortal men.
.d  with weapons in their hands, may frighten me, but not ghoul.
a, ' Torches, torches, nud Search l"
, ’l‘he Torits, iuspirited by the brnvery of their lemlers,-fol~
e .‘lowed them boldly. The torches lighted up the gloomy scene.
‘ ‘ the dark} foliage of the pines, the massive rocks and the dark
 flowing mum's-of Cnundtt creek. 'l‘hey reached the placo

I from which the men had fallen, uud begun their search among
 f the scattered bowlders, but COllld find no sign of the presence
at' any person. The fissure through which the jet. fell
- which lltltl been used in the torture of the Ynukce was indeed
». ttloeked up, but in such it wny thttt it might have been done
A 1' by the accidental crumbling of n fragment of the soft limo-
: 'tone; but there was nothing to make it certain that the hand
to! mnu bud done the work.

"‘ This looks queer," said Roland. ' Are you sure that. the
hen did not-full by accident." , v U
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they Were all old woodman, and I can not see how it could
have lazen " ‘

lle had scarcely spoken when wild yells of terror were
heard upon the platform below, where they had left the pris-
oner in Charge of the savages. Heavy blows were heard, and 
a hasty scramhlc on the part of the savages, who had heard
the Words of their chief,and were eager to get out of the way
of the spirit of the rocks.

)7 “ There is your ghost 2" shouted Roland. “For a spirit, I,
think he strikes hard. Hold your torches, and let us get
down there as quickly as possible.”

They descended the cliff at the very spot from which the .
four men had fallen, and, strange as it may seem. uo angry
spirit hand was lifted against them. They came too late, for
when they reached the platform two savages lay extended I r
upon the rocks, and Alpheus Diggs had disappeared. ‘ '

- “ You see what your thirst. for revenge amounts to,’Dox—
Slfllit‘l‘," exclaimed Roland, in an angry tone. “If you had
taken him out. and had him shot, as I wished, that would
have been the cud of it. As it is, our gathering is known, H
and we must. look to ourselves, for I believe that. we have to i
deal with the mast suhlle foe in the Mohawk country. Ten
thousand curses on the luck."

“I thought I had him fast,” replied the crestfallen Dox-
stader. “ Where can he have gone, and who helped ,_
him I"? ~

“It don't matter much now, as I can see. He is gone, ;
and takes with him a knowledge of our numbers and posi- '
tion, and if we stay here, we shall have a red hot nest of
'Whigs on our backs in two days’ time.”

“ What shall we do ?”

“ I will think of it. In my opinion, the best way is to is ;
strike at once, instead of waiting for more men. Sinclair 
shall feel my vengeance first of allL in revenge for the way 
in which he has dared to work against me.“ ' '

“ If ever I catch that Yankee again, I shall not: Wait for r
the water to kill him," hissed Doxstadcr. “Let's get back ’
I’ve got a few bottles of good wine, and we will
make a night. of it." .

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A CAPTWI‘. '51
He mid that he could find Edda Sinclair, and you see that
he has not done it."

w _ “Joe will find her if she is above, ground,“ declared
3‘ Boyd, who was slunding‘ neut‘. “ Come; let us punish Dox-

Severn] pin-lies of lndinns scattered through the woods,
in “15min hope that they might he able to find the Yankee.
But once free, Alph Diggs was not. the man to be easily re~
taken, and it is needless to say that they came buck with
, empty hands. The oflicers returned to the» camp, end as
,3 ‘ they entered it: a man come forward to meet them.

° “ Is that the cnptuin Y“ demanded the voice of Joe Fail-
' ing. ~
‘1 " “ Yes, yes; it that you, 0e '3" ,

“ This is me." ' 
' “ Any luck 1’"
s . a I have earned a hundred guinens. it you keep your.
' Word." .

“ What do you mean 1’” cried the captain, eagerly.

" Come this way."

He followed the half-breed to the center of the camp, and
there, seated by one of the fires, and guarded by two men.
sat Edda. Sinclair.

V “ You have earned your money, Joe,“ said Roland, quick- t
_"' ly. “ Come to tnc in the morning, and it shall be counted
out to you in golden king’simnges. Are you satisfied 1’”

’ i , “ Perfectly; the cnptain's word is as good as his bond."

Roland approached Edtht, and laid his hand lightly upon
her shoulder. She shook'ofl‘ his hand angrily, and refused
L I to look at him. " ,

 _ x “ Why so sulky, my dear girl? I nm proud beyond mee-
‘ ' sure. to he able to oil's-r you the hospitalities of my comp."

“ Then it \rns by your orders that I am dragged to this '
place, badly hurt ya I was, and scarcely able to move 1’" she
"said, slowly.

“ Hurt; how were you hurt I"

“ By «tall from my horse, Mr. Roland Wingate. But
for the brave man who found me, I might have been a. prey '
to the wolves." ' 4. '
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“I was hit by a low Munich, and thrown from thesuddlo
While I lay senseless on the eunh, Alpher Diggs Maritime
and carried me anay'to a place ot'sutety."

“I told you sofa-aid Boyd. “Be is sureto have hi.
finger in the pie if there is the ghosth aghance"

"' Was the chief with him ?” demanded Wingatc.

"‘ Not at that time; he joined us afterward.”

I “ It, must have been Alph’s brother whom she‘saw,” sag:
\gestetl Boyd, laughing. " You have a Yankees word that
hisztwin brother has caused him a good deal of uneasiness."

“ Let. us'catch him again, that is all I ask,” said Roland,
grating his teeth. “But be that as it may, you are now
here, where I intended to have you,” that red scoundrel hsd

_ not come between us.”

72" "The Gray Hair is not a scouudrel,” cried Edda. “ He

is a braver and a better man than any one I see‘befnre ma

at; this "trivalent."

, “ You are complimentary." _

 1 y “ He does not need to he a very good man to beta: su-

' perinr to any here," and her tone was full of the contempt
and anger she felt. ' .

"fihe rather rubs us," thought Boyd, laughing. " I don’t
know hut we deserve it. Good faithI Dick Boyd has many
things luidto his charge, but this is the first time I have ever
had -a hand in kidkuapping ladies.”

“ We -un|y emulate the fathers of old ,Rume, who stole
the Sabine women," assured Roland, looking at Edda in n
It‘rnllge way. "I wish to ask you a question, Miss Sinclair.

, if l leave you-9t liberty, will you give me your word not to
attempt to escape ?"

‘ I will make no mandamus I fully intend to escape with

he first opportunity." _

" ‘l‘hrnI shall he forced to put~you under gnar .”

“ Just as you like; you know well that‘if I made you thel
promise you require, I would keep it. That is enough [moo
' we subject, and in future, although I am younprisoner, you

3* reunion torceime‘to talk against my will.”
s“ That is all I need say to you,theu.

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can a guises such it she in haegnglgagamiag. 3131;!»in

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r); ‘ You understand me 1'"
_V The men nodded without speaking. They knew their
,5. , lender well enough to believe that he would keep his word

" with them, and calling his oflicem, Boyd and Doxstader, and
the chief, Painted Hand, he went away to “punish ” Doxstn-
‘der’s wine, leuvingt his girl of gentle culture under the charge

 _ of two brand and ignorant Tories. 
I“  “ I guess we may as Well put a hitch on her, Nate," said "
' ‘ the man Barnes. “ If she sh’n’d slip «Way, it. would go\
d, ‘ mighty hard witlt us "

" He proceeded at once to lie Edda’s hands behind her, in
d spite of her protestations.
' v “ I vully my neck just a trifle, Miss; and if you wus to _
fe ' get away, the captain would swing us up, sum. Under the j

nnrcumstunccs, then, I mou't as well tie you. Sit down on the

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‘. nirth ag‘inst the little tree." 1
 Edd» complied, and be bound his sword-belt about her I 
r.  waist, also pugsing it around the tree, nnd buckling it fast. ‘.
1 ‘ “ Thur," he said, “ I guess you ur‘ anchored where you will ,1
stay, my lady. New, Nate, we’ll keep watch and watch. 
3 You lop down here and take a snooze, and when I git sleepy LL"?
,. ‘ I’ll wake you up. You can‘t any no fairer than that.” -

   
   
  
 
 
    

‘Nste complied, and Barnes, lifter wnlking around {or a
while, lit his pipe and sat down close to his prisoner, with
, ' the ride across his knees. He was a. burly. lttuti-motxt‘lie'd,.
. r; brutal wretuh, who had more than one indictment. lounging
‘ over him in his native town of Schenectady. He had let:
. . staid old “ Don-up" heIWeen two days, and had drifted natur— 3
‘ally into the Tory ranks. ‘ ‘ ' .
I ' " Let’s hev a little urgyment, Miss," he began. “ You hold

‘ , by the blasted Whigs, end I sw'nr by the royalists" ,
' “ Do you care much for either, my man i" V _,
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eeo if he was asleep. There was no doubt of it, for the fel- a - at

[low was tired out, and was snoring quite loudly.  ‘6 p.
“ You kin speak now," said Barnes. “ What was that you“;

' said uhout u huudcrd guineas ?”  d,

“ I asked you if that amount was any temptation to you 1" 
“Not so much as u hunderd nn’ fifty.” ’, re
“Then the lust amount is rather tempting to you ‘P”

“ You are just- right.”

“ Then listen to me. This ring which you see in my hand
is u diamond of the first water, and is worth two hundred
pounds. I will give you that if you will take me safe to the
Molinwk."

“I don't like jeWels," replied the man. “When I come
to sell it, some cuss would up and say I stole it, and the Jews
wouldn’t give the half price, anyhow." t

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father's house, when he will give you two hundred guineas a
for it.” >

“ Yes, and then nub me for a Tory." ‘

“It is evident that you are not. used to dealing with men  l

of honor, my good friem ," suid Edda “ What I promise for
my finher, he would make good at the sacrifice of his life.”

_ “ I've hcerd tell Squire Sinclair was a mighty good man," : I
edmittcd the Tory. “But you must understand that it's a t
mighty ticklish job to turn against Captain Wingnte. Thur
ain't a man on this side of the big lulu: I'm as much afraid
of. You set still, and let me smoke a pipe or two, and think l
it over.” I

For nearly an hour he sat silent, pufling out long columns '

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of smoke, and looking in a reflective manner at the hluzing 5

fire. "T‘he‘ man was stroneg tempted. Two hundred gniuens =
was a grent temptation to one who had never seen so much

money at onetime in his life. He looked at his sieeping ‘ ,

comrade, and pushed him with his foot. 1‘

“ I’ll sleep on it and think it over. Wake up here, you :

' iiizy coot.” ‘  ’ ' '7

Nuts rubbed his eyes Mid rose slowly, while Barnes wmp-
“ tied his blanket about him and lay down in his place. The
. Mew guard at once stirred the fire end lighted his pipe, and

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V peaceful sluuibers. "

“ What did Nick say about sleepin’ on it, More he laid
down i” he demanded, in u enspicious tone. I

“He was talking to you, I suppose,” wus the caution,
reply.

“ I suppose he wu’n’t; you can’t fool this chicken in that
sort of wary. How tnuch did you otl'er him; say '2"

“ What do you menu Y"

“ 1 menu that you tried to work upon his leeliu’s, and bribe
-him to let you go. I’m rnylher an old chicken; ltmgl), I
am. How much did you ofl'er him?’ .
" You insist upon it that I have tried to bribe him. What

' I makes you think that l’"

“ Because I heerd you; ain't that ennfi'? I ltecrd you ofl‘er
him thut ring at mo hunderd guiuens. How tnuch are you
Igniu' to offer me? 'l‘etnpt me; I’m in the market.”

“ You shall have the sumo.”

“ Thut's the kind of talk.
to him about it." .

He touched the sleeping mun who at once started up.

“ You sleep better than I do,” growled Nutc. “ Rouse up,
man, rouse up, I wont to have a talk with you about that
di’moud ring.” '

“ What di’mond ring ?‘

“ Nick, old boy, when you hear me snore the way I suored
belore you waked me, you kin make up your mind I ain't
asleep. I’ve had it talk with the gul new, and I'm agreeable

' We'll earn the money, if you want it.”

“ You ain’t goru’ to strike fur huli 't’“ and Barnes spoke
\ngrily.

“It don’t interfere with you," replied Nate.
lhe smne. she promised you, that’s all.”

“ You’re a nice kind of a friend to luy there sad purteud

' to snore, while you suntch the bread out‘n a brother sojer's
mouth. It’s cussld mean in you, that I will say."

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mean when he feels like it that I don't like to talk about
it. Gal, you keep still ; we’ll git you cl’ar.
promise not to dig out until I come for you, if I ontie you P"

“ You have my promise."

The man untied her, gave her a blanket, and told her to
lie down upon the earth, and get a little rest. The two men
sat near, mutteringr to themselves about the work before
them. Nate knew the country about Canada creek better
than Barnes, and it was a good thing that he had been in-‘
dueed to join the expedition.

'l‘hey waited for midnight, when all would be asleep ext.
cept the guards.

The officers, apart by themselves. were shouting and laugh-
ing over Doxstader’s wine. Rough jokes and songs were
heard, and it was well that Edda was sleeping. About mid.
night Roland and Dick Boyd came, both roaring drunk, and
awakened hen

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know it. mighty well. She says she don't love me, but- pshaw
—I am going to kiss her."

Edda threw aside the blanket and started up. .

“ You coward, you coward l How dare you insult me ?”

“ Ain’t. she rather free with her tongue, the beauty l’" persist“-
ed Roland, thickly. “I am drunk, and a drunken man has a
beautiful temper, or that word would have made me angry."

“ Oh, eome nlong, Rollie. We won’t be worth a cent in
the morning if we don’t get a little sleep." Boyd evidently
demurred to the proceedings.

Roland, before he. allowed himself to be led away, turned
to the guards with drunken gravity.

“ Now don’t let her get away, my lads. I'm a plain man, _
and in a public station, and if that girl is not here in the '
morning, I’ll hang you up by the big toe, and let you swing
until the crows pick your bones. I’ll do it, or I’ll forfeit '
my life." “

‘Boyd at last prevailed upon him to leave, and soon all I,

,waslsilent iu‘the camp. The Indian chief had, zeta-ed tog,
hi! blank“, as drunk as u lord, and the swely  ,
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N _5 ,for hnlf an hour, «ind then began to make theirpiam for the
'1' i escape."
Just‘behiud the pluce where theyhztd mt. wits'tllc place
A by which Alph Digga had been ,cnn'ied down to the Wotm’s
.o " edge. 'It was the design of Nate to renchdhis level, and
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'0 creek. which would leave ~no trail, and bnjfio the ingenuit‘
5r of the men .who might follow them. At the appointed hout
1- Barnes rolled up his own blanket, and placed it-within the

one oocupied by Edda, in such it manner that it bore a
certain resemblance to the human form. This done. they
stole nutty cautiously and reached the hedot ‘thelsumtmmt-
l- i seen by my one in the camp,

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MAJOR FLOYD ORMSBY.

.‘UM' the high clifl' overhanging the creekyn' few miles

.3 below the camp, two men were seated upon.n rock, conv‘er. V

I- , V eiwtengerly. The moon-Was now up, and as it about: upon”

t  the t‘uces of the two men, it showed Alpheus Diggs und the

' " “my Huir, who had come together ngnin in POI)”: wny.

I ‘ .u R sarvedlus just right, Atty," suid the Yunkce. “ Two

I rslditruilers, horn’gnd bred in the woods, tew run plumb jun:

— into a Tory Imp, and n trnp we was n-lookiu’ fer,tew. Rut,
lighmiu’ Jonadnbl if my old head don’t feel like it [mif-

ity'hnll, after that water droppiu’ on it, I don’t know anything
Iheoul it. Yew came jest in time, or my dalncd old head

 would ’n’ bu’st in tew pieces.”

:1 7 " Ha ! The Tory dogs, and those eons ofwomen, thc_Mo~

'"i » hnwks, would have climbed the rocks in the ,t'uce of an On-
Olidagu warrior! They found that his arm was strong."

I , “ What did you strike ’em WilllLAl‘ly ‘3”

g The chief held up a. large lump of lead, in the formkof n

(lone, with or string passed through: the emul‘leF-Fnd. It won,

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from this instrument had been so effectual.

“I wish you Would giVe my head another wash, Atty. . I
tell yew what: Alpheus Diggs, Esquire, was nearly dun fer .
when yew turned the water off. I never felt so tickled in 
tny life." ‘

The Indian lifted a tin cap which sat upon the rock be-
side him, andwhich was filled with one? of those decoctions
of medicinal herbs which he so Well'kuew 110w to prepare.
He began to bathe the head and neck of his companion, and ‘
the relief was very grateful.

“Now let us, git up an’ travel. It will take us until ‘
morning to get to the caveI and the girl will be anxious.”

“My brother is right; let us go.”

They rose and commenced th'dir march through the woods,
keeping the creek in sight on the right hand as a guide.
 For hours they trumped on, each with his rifle at the half-

" I cock, ready to use it at a moment‘s notice. At this time the

forests of Central New .York swarmed with panthets, dan- -‘
gerous beasts to encot‘mter in their forest homes. The In. ,_
diam had the advance, and us the light hegan to shine in jl
the east, they approached the cave in which they had left 
~ Edda. “t
l “ Don't come on her tew sudden, chief; yew might skeet
t‘ her.” ‘ '
 . He began to sing, in a stentorinn voice, a song well known
‘ at that day, and sung by the sons of liberty. directed at the
British parliament. Alph was a good singer, and the forest
fairly rung with his tremendous voice.

“ 'l‘hat~ eugliter wake her," he said. as they came near the?
cave. “ Edda i"

There was no reply.

“ She has waited for as, and we did not come,“ suggested :,

the chief. “ Perhaps she has gone '3"

They entered the cave together and saw the heat skins 
lying in a. heap upon the floor, and a discharged pistol be- ; '
side them; The weapon had not been discharged in vainy,
‘for there was blood upon the floor, and marks of. a des-w
petsto struggle. " The two did‘not dream that the half-.
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they thought she had been attacked by a wild beast. But,
upon searching for the trail, they found that she had left in
,company with a tuna wearing moccasins, and from the apo'
pearance of the trail, they judged that this had lutppened
not long after their departure. Blank looks of dismay were
seen upon each face, as they gazed at each other.

“Edda is gone,” exclaimed the Yankee. “ Darn the luck, '
I ain‘t had such a rim of luck since Adam was a yearling.
,Don’t it beat all my first wife’s relations? Now the only!
thing we can do is to go to Squire Sinclair’s, and find out.
how many of the boys we can raise to break up this onto!
Tories and Injuns Fifty men won’t. do it now."

They started for the Mohawk, but no longer at the lesinres
ly pace which they had used through the night. It was the
longr lndinn lope, to which they were accustomed in making
long journeys, and it was not many hours when the Mohawk
could be seen gleaming through the trees. Just then the rat-
tle of a drum and the music of a fife were heard through the
trees, and Alpheus Diggs leaped at least three feet from the
earth, with u yell of delight.

“ Continentals, hy the livin’ hokies! Come along, Atty.”

They started at a run, and soon reached the river road.
The shrill music of the fife and the drum-bent,sonnded louder
and louder through the trees to the left, and they could catch
glimpses of the yellow facings of the Continentals. A moment «~
more, and the head of the column was in sight. crossing u lit-
.tle opening. They were Continentsls, and regulars at that,
as the accuracy of their step and the way in which their line
was dnssed fully testified. At their head, mounted upon a
blooded horse, and wearing a uniform which had seen service,.
was a young man in the garb of a Continental major.

“Ornxsby's battalion, marching to Fort Stnnwixi” cried
the Yankee. “ Hello there, tneejor, heow-de-dew l’"

“Halt!” cried the major. The Word passed down the
line, and the column halted with arms at rest. '

‘ Ground arms, battalion l" was the next order. The
Weapons came to the earth with a crash, not with the pop,
.;POD. pop which attends the same evolution in a raw regiment-
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“ chlknow me, don't yew, meejor? \Vaal, there is the
devil tuw pay, and if yew ain't got cnny pitch handy, it. will
be dreadful had fer us.” .

The major was a. gallant looking young man, standing six
feet plump, with handsome face, keen, flashing eyes, and a
high white brow. It was easy to see at a glance that he was

_ ‘ a gentleman horn. ‘

~ ' “1 judge yew'd like tew hear news of Edda Sinclair.”

' “ What news? 'Not bad, I hope.”

“ Want, it ain’t good, square—I mean Meejnr Ormshy. She's
took pris‘ner by that p’izcn skunk and 'I‘ory, Rollie Wingate."
1’ “ Roland Wingate here l”

-“ No, he ain’t udzacltly here, but he’s up on Canada creek
with a h‘ilin’ hot party of Tories and Injuns, and they’t‘e got
Edda. You light down here, and I’ll tell yew nbeout it."

The young officer leaped from the saddle, threw the reins
to his orderly, and went aside with the Yankee. Alpheus
could he concise when he wished to he so, and he told in few
words the events of the last day and night.

“ We are marching to Stanwix," said the young oflicer, in
an uneasy tone, “ and I have no orders to go in search of this
hand of rnfl'lans. If it were myself alone, I should go, and

take the chances, and my men would follow me to the death.” '

“How many yellow hrcasts haveyew t"
(I ~ “ Two hundred and fifty.”

“ Oh.Lord ; heow we could just wipe Rollie Wingate from
the face of the created airth with them men ! VDew yew
{‘2 think the old cuuuel will let yew go, when yew git. to the
  fort.”

I “ Oh yes; he will be as eager to send me as I am to go."

“'l‘heu don‘t waste time foolin‘ here. March your mm
down to the fort in as quick time as you can. I‘ll go down
the Valley and stir up tlte ‘Minnit men,‘ and Atty will go
down and tell Square Sinclair what. has happened.”

_ “ Is Edward Sinclair atvhome ‘1"

“ He was yisterday."

“ He leads the minute men in this Section, doe:- he not?

“ Yes."

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i“ If he refuses to let me g0, by Congress! I will throw my
111  cmntnission itt his face, for I will-not leave Edda Sint‘lnil‘ in
_ i the hands of that. infnntotts scottndrel. Cuptuiu Diefendorf 1'"
'x ' The senior cuptnin stepped out nttd snlulcd.

a . “ You will match the men down to Stunttix in quick time.
‘5 The boys will mnke u. t‘ot'Ced march when they know that I

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wialt it, eVen though they have already made :1 long lltttl'C
from below. My horse, orderly.”

He sprung into the saddle, set in his spurs, nnd \\'t.sofl' ilk:

,5. ‘ an arrow front a how. Alpheus Diggs watched the column

" as it disuppeured, and then turned to Attuwun.

,, “ Neow, chief, it. comes our thin. I out goin’ to cross the

1' river on it. log, nnd wake up the boys on the other side. Yew , _
i it git to Sqtntre Sinclair’s as soon as you can, and tell him what i

has happened; l'tu ufl‘." i
5 He selected n log from the driftwood along the shore,
stripped ofl‘ his clothing and laid it on the log, with his um-
munition, for he but] 110 rifle. 118 “ml “'Cttpttn had been taken
from m",- ‘m the Tory camp. Bidding the Indlnn fttrewell,
l he plunged into tlte slrettnt and pushing the lo;,r before hint,
' reached the other bunk.

Then rte dreaded quickly, and started on a run down the
valley. The first house was ilttl‘diy hulf a mile from the
river, and 111: hurrie» knock was answered by u buxom mn-
tron, who greeted “UL warmly.

“ What news. Mr U‘ens ?" ‘

“ The mtnnit men are “I'ir‘lCd'. Where are the boys ?"

“ At breakfast."

"1011!. with them 1"

Three etulwnrt young men answered the summons. V

“The minnit men are called, hone,” he etied. "Mitt
at the Sinclair place as quick he p-«séttle. Semi the new, ‘v
quick.”

The youn-or mcn dttrled into the i101]?! and come on
Quickly, Cthil armed with a rifle, with belt”. and Drtwtler-i-tttn
stun-5. They started in three difl'ereut oimtttiune, after u ' 
ha~ly fnl‘t‘WL‘ii to their mother. 

The red crass winch Roderic Dhu sent out tan-mgr,- 0)“ -

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seen crossing the fields in every direction, heading toward 
the Sinclair mansion. In an hour two hundred men were ’1
assembled, ready to do the work before them.
Sinclair was a gray-haired man, well beloved by his peo-
ple, anti he was deeply affected by this mark of their confi-
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“ We are ready, squire. Send us where you will.” , n
“ Thank you. my brave lads," Said the squire, going about ',
among his neighbors, shaking lhetn cordially by the hand. i h
, “ 1 am in hopes that Major Floyd Ormsby will come to our 
' ‘ help with some of his gallant Continentals. s If he does, he "3 r
' will make short work of Roland Wingute and his miscreaut 
banii. Ah ; here is Edwin-d."  0
His son came dashing into the meadow in which the men '4‘,
 ‘ were assembled, clearing the hedges in gallant style. He i ‘

carried a saber and pistols in a black belt, and on his back ,
Inshort rifle of the tnost approved tnnke. Running by his ‘ I
‘ - side, and fairly keeping pace with his horse, catne Gray
5“ Hair, the Chief. They greeted their leader with a resound-
ing cheer, as he reined in his steed before them.

“Men of the Mohawk valley !” he cried. “You have -
seen your roof trees in a ‘hlnze, and have known what it is ’
to lose kindled and friends by the hands of these vile Tories
and Indians. In such tithes the Sinclairs have not been
slow to aid you to recover the lost ones, and now we ask the
like favor at your hands.”

“ Hurrah, hurrah i” cried the minute men. “To the res-
 cue of Edda Sinclair."

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 “1 thank you in my father’s name and my own; Here,
. . Alpheus; you know where these miscreants are eneumped i’" ’ .z
a v ’ “ But I dew I” replied Diggs. - '

“ Then we will march at once. Who is that horseman
crossing the meadow, Alphens ?”
“ 'l‘hat’s Major Ormsby’s orderly, I guess. He seems in a 
. hurry." '
’l‘he orderly was soon with them, and reining in his steed,
saluted Edward Sinclair respectfully.
“ Major Floyd Ornisby‘s compliments," he said; “ and _‘
when, you" are ready to advance, you will find him on the ‘
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u-d , . “ Good, good; then he has seen the colonel l"
are  “ Yes; he would have brought more men, but with what

33- you can muster he thinks you ought to he able to hnmile
ea. ‘ such a motley force as this under the command of Roland
,fi. 3.. Wingate.“

“It is enough and more than enough. Where is your
a title, Alphens ?"
i “I left it in Wingnte’s camp; that is, I didn’t have time
,d. 9., tew bring it with me, as I left in something of a hurry.”

l Sinclair laughed in spite of himself, and called to the

Dutch boy, Yawcoh Dunder.

1;: i~ “ Go into my room and bring the rifle and horn hanging

" on the antlers. You know the one I mean." I
m I Yaweoh disappeared instantly. and came out in a moment,
18 carrying a splendid rifle and. powder-horn.

tk “ Here, Aiphcus; I give you this as a keepSakc, not as a
1 payment for what you have done."

,1; " Thank yew, Square Ed. Cum tow think of it, I know
Ll. where the boys can find six good ritles, it' any of them are
,: short. We don’t want any pop guns in this hizniss."
,e 3 f‘ Where are they 1'”
is “ 0n the road to the Tory camp. Yew see six of them
,3 ehased Atty and me, and they didn’t all go back. I raised
n nigh sixty goolden gnineas out‘n that air gang, and we kiv-
u cred up the weapons in a hole. I’ll lend ’em to the hoyl
when we git there.”
h “Fall in, meul’? cried Edward. “No no, father; you
, must. not go."

l Squire. Sinclair had‘ taken his place in the ranks, with a
 , rifle shouldered.

“ “ Be that as it may, I am going with you. Do you think
I , I would not. sulfur more, shuttling,r idle here, than 1 would if

1 went with you I” Look at this boy and then tell me that I
cannot go.”

Yawcoh Dunder had taken his place in the rear of the
line, a short but wonderfully heavy “ roer ” on his shoulder,
find a determined look on his fut face.

‘ “ Here, Yawcoh!" cried Sinclair. “ Come out of that;
' where are you going ?" '

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al'ore, and he’s got “good plucky blood in him somewhere." .

“ Gretchen spoke mit me yoost now, not she says: Yaw-

' coh Dunder, oil" you VHS not go mit dem poys unt pring puck

. Fruulieu Edda, l vus marry u Yankee! She likes dem You.
 kee vellers pooty vell now, not I must go." .
’ “ I have no time to waste,” replied Edward.
march l"

The minute men fell into good marching order, for this
was not the first time they had been called to do battle with
’l‘ories and Indians. Although they might possibly have been
better drilled, Very few among them but was a practiced rifle-
nmn.

-They crossed the rivcrrou the old foot-bridge, and gained
the river road on the north side. The orderly of Major Qrmshy
l‘ode with them, and in half an hour they came up with the
Continentuls, who were standing at ease by the roadside wail-
ing for them to come on. Otmshy rode out and shook hands

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’ school.
 , “ Ed, old boy, I never thought to join you in such an ex—

pedition as this. When I last wrote to Edda she was talking
of coming to Albany to stay until the war-cloud had passed
1 ,' away from this section. I dissuaded her from it, sclflshly
.l.‘ enough, for I expected to be ordered here, and hoped to see
 ‘ her often. Oh, may the time soon come when I can stand
(f face to face with Roland Wingote, swore in hand to repay
’ ' him for this dastardly not."
“ We will punish him, no doubt. Alpli knows where he
is encumped, and it is a six hours‘ march only. I recognize

you as my superior ofliccr, and am content to fight under your
orders."

. “ I waive my rank ; you command the expedition, Ed-
_ ward. "
' _“Not at all; I do not claim to bc a military man in the
' strict sense of the word, as I am rather a partisan leader. I

.beg you, as a favor to me, to take command."

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d“ I girl Will be proud to think, when we have rescued'her; that
3‘! you commanded the force which came to her- old."

0?  “ Have it as you will. Pick out from your force fifty well
.  armed riflemcn, the best you have, to take the advance. They

W'  . [must be men used to Indian-fighting, and if you will allow

9“  me, I will choose their leader.”

14‘ t “ I think I know the man you will choose, Floyd. ls ll ‘

not Alphcus Diggs?”

5?  “ The very man; have you got a better’ one?" ,
I h “ No; he is the man I should choose out of all my men.”
"5 ‘ “ Yew dew make me proud, Square Ed; and yew, meejor.

”‘ ‘\,‘ I ain’t had any thing tickle me quite so much sense I was

3“ ,1 horned intcw the liviu’ world. Wee], I accept, if yew will

5' 1; let me pick eout my men."

x ' “ Choose them."

' Grey Hair, the chief, took his place by the side of Diggs

’3’ l first, as a matter of course, and Alpheus called out man after

'8 man by name, until the required quota had been made up.

" . AS Sinclair looked them over, he' saw that Alpheus had

’3 selected only those well skilled in woodcrnft.

" “Well done! Take the advance and do your work. I
- I}: not need to give you many orders; Only this :—-be cars
l.‘”

8 Alpheus noodcd, and at a word from him the advance
d spread out like the wings of a fan and began to beat the
Y woods in advance of the main force which followed them in
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WE left Edda and the two men she had- tempted to turn
: _ - 'truitor, standing upon the rock platform by the side of Canada
 creek. They listened, and not a sound came from the camp;
their escape was not discOVered. Nate took the lead, moving _
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knew well the necessity ot silence. Woe to the recreants,
if, by any chance, they should fall into the hands of Roland
Wingate after this treachery! After walking half a mile,

they came to a place where a narrow shelf ran up the side  '

of the clifl‘, by which they gained the top. They reached the
crest, and sunk down exhausted.
“ That was hard work,” said Nate, “ but we’ve won, and I
tlefy even an Iniuu to find any trail.
' naven't done the fair thing by you, Miss Sinclair."
“ You haVo done richly," she answeret, “and I will see to
it that your reward is large enough for the service yen have
. done me."
 “ We need big pa '," replied Nate, “for if we should the
" caught it would be short shrift and sudden cord with us.
What you offered is fair, but it ain‘t r'ally enough for the
danger we run."

“I will pay you more.
back now."

“ Oh no I" said Barnes, “ we won’t take you back, as you
say. Nate, come here half a minute."

Tire two walked aWay a few paces, and engaged in a mat-
tered conversation. Edda did not like the way they Were
 acting, and she groped in her pocket for the Companion to
the pistol she had lost. in trying to defend herself against Joe
Failing when she was surprised by him in the cave. But
 their conversation quickly ended, and they came forward.
.14, “ It is all right, Miss Sinclair." announced Nate. “ We’ll
 .V do jest what We said we would, but it seems to me that we

rtet‘ have something to hold, so as to be sure you will pay
2s."

Edda at once drew off her ring and gave it to hint, and as
she did so, he caught the flash of another jewel on her left
hand.

“ What's that other ring you've got 1’ This is a good thing
for one to hold, hut Nit-k \wmts'suthin‘ to make him sure."

"The other ring is a lteepnxlte; Ido not \\'i:ll to part
with it."

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ake it, since you insist." .

Nute seized the jewel and pnssé'd it To his compuniou,.who

. . fit once concealed it in his clothing.
‘ “ That's all right; now we will go on.”
Edda would not have given up her rings, but that she

‘Izm that the two villains would not have hesitated to take
them from her by force if she refused them. Besides,’ "
she was wholly at their mercy, us she did not know where
she W118, and could not have found her way to the Mohawk
if she hud escaped from them. Note again took the lead,
and they left the creek on the right, and turned into the
woods. Before the revolution the mun who guided them
.hnd been a hunter, and had traversed every foot of this
region in pursuit of game. it was evident that. he knew
~lhe ground well, ,und would not he lost. For two hours they
trumped on by rough'forest paths, until Edda felt her limbs
give way under her with fatigue.

“ I can go no further, gentlemen," she said. “ Remember
that I wens very much shuken by the full from my horse-mud
Im not fit. to travel fur.” ‘

“I reckon it will be safe to make a camp until morning.’
thought Note. “ Any way, I’ll rink it,-ns the holy says she
can’t travel. Clip down some of those balsam boughs, and

“ make it place {or he: to rest, Nick; we'll keep n'ntch.”

‘ Nick-drew his knife and quickly hipped down at pile o;
the fragrant boughs, which he laid in an orderly manner

1 upon it dry spot. under the tree.
.:4“You’d better lny down, Miss. There ain’t anything so

g’good for sore bones as n suoove on at bed of bulsnm limighs.
that! know. You'll wake up another woman altogether, 1'”
go hiil." ' ‘

Edda was too weary to other nny objection
0M1: laid her wenry frame upon the t'rargrnnt branches. [it
mist the novelty of her situation kept her nwukt‘» "Nd 5W
‘luy drowsily watching her gumda, who were smoking their
“Pipes nenr by. But at length the soporific lllflltflllCc .Uf “10
pouch on which she lay, overcome her, and .her senses were
Media a deep. dreuudsss sleep. The twc .men sat long

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over their pipes, whispering to each other, and at last-flung.
themselves upon theino'ssy carpet u'pon which they sateen-ch
with his loaded rifle hugged close to his body, and fell
asieep. When they awoke day was just breaking; and
Nate, springing up quickly, took a hook and line from his,
haversack, baited the hook with a morsel of cold Venison,
and stepped to the side of a little tinkling brook which ran
close by, while-his companion built a. fire. He built it with
Indian caution, and it at once sprung into- a blaze, without .
smoke. Nate,.hending over the stream with the line in his
hand, dropped the hook into the water. It was snapped at
eagerly, and in a Second more t1 half-pound trout was flop. , '
[Sing on the grass. In five minutes he had caught enoUgh _,
to feed a dozen hungry people, and then tlesisting, he clean-  I,
ed and prepared the fish, and brought them to the fire. He
spitled two of the largest upon a. sharp stick, and hogan to
broil them over the clear pitch pine fire, and soon laid them
before Edda upon a strip of clean bark, giving her a iittie
salt, and a piece of corn bread from his haversack.

“ Eat l" he ordered; “ We ain’t. got much time to waste."

Edda had a very nnromantic appetite, and while the men
were cooking and eating, she stripped the two trout to the
lmnee. Nick threw her his tin cup. and she went to the ‘I ,
stream and drank deeply of the clear water. The border» Y
man had not been wrong when he said that the night's rest
upon the fragrant boughs would do her good, {or she felt
life and vigor in all her frame, and Was ready to face any w
danger bravely. . 

“ So far good,” observed Nate, as he kicked out the are
with hisheavy. hoot, picked up his weapons, and prepared
for a‘maroh. “We may as well he on the tramp."

“ You are sure you know the way, sir '9" asked Edda.-

" '“ Kth'ilm way? Me, an old woodman, git lost up here.
on Canada creek? No, gal; there ain’t much» ahunce of
that."

“I spoke in that way because it seemed to me wewere ‘
going ln‘the wrong direction to get to the Mohawk.”

“You want to walk into an Injin atnhuscadc; ttmt‘s what
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1 line the Woods between this and the river with his cussed
t  Molmwks. Are you coming? I uiu’t going to wait for you
long." ' '
“I beg your pardon, sir. I am very much to blnme for

is ' - speaking in the way I did, but of course} um anxious to
"’ [get home as $00!} as possible. My {other and brother will
‘i' "4):: Very anxious-until they hear from me, and no doubt by
‘ this time Attawnn or Alpheus Diggs have told them that I
.1: '3 gum lost." -
:2 “ All right, as long as you don't go to teach me what tc
do."
i"  She followed them {or nearly an hour, and yet they
h _ showed no intention of turning. At last, as they reached
,1. p the center of a lnrge opening, she caught a glimpse of the
3 .' sun, and could see {or herself that they were traveling due
0 north. She stopped at once. 
n “This will not do it! all,” she protested, boldly. “I will
i‘ not go any further north with you.”
n I “ ant innhes you think that we are going north 1’” growled
‘ 9 Note.
n  “ Because I see the sun, and can tell by that. Ihave
'3  been in the woods before, and either you are deceived or
e have purposely led me out. of the wny.”
3‘ “ I hnve heutd of people being too knowing for their
I: M own good,“ was the angry reply. “Once (or all, you will

 

'~ go where I go, if I choose to tuke you to Cnnndu.”
y " .‘ ' “ You will get there if you keep this trnil long,” she said.
“ It is only it blind. Wingute won’t look for us on the

' i p north trail, because he'll think we are going to the Mobnwk.
d i ;_ I'm going to make u dny’s march to the noi'tltwurd,and then \
' ' ‘vitit one more night before I turn south."
“ Suppose I refuse to go?"
 "Then we shall be obliged to pursunde you to go with no.

'*  Don’t; be u fool, gnl; can’t you see that we have the best of

I 3011 ? Did you think we was such foolsus U) be content W1”)
these little spnrklers you've given us? We could have had’ ‘
men) for the taking, any time ;. but we want more.”

»*_ “You are a pair of eownrd-ly villains, and deserve to; lose
then what I ltnvn promised you. ‘How do you up.” to 3d.
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“ Easy enough; we‘ll put you in a safe place, and then one
of us will go south and demand a ransom for you, and get

it, tun." ‘
“ How much do you require ?" i;
“ A thousand guineas; five hundred apiece.” V ,. ‘j
“ 1 can not take it upon myself to promise any such ran» v:
son: as that." , :
“We don‘t ask you to. We wouldn’t think of takin' your 7
word for it, after what we have done, and you will have t . 1
stay here. We‘ve got. a nice snug little spot about ten miles 5
north, where we can keep you safe. You‘ll have to go, and 5
it is no use for you to make words about it.” ' 
‘“ I have treated you generously, and yet you turn against * It

me."

“ Every man for himself. We won't have another such
chance while we liVe, most likely."

“If I promise the five hundred guineas, will you give back
the jewels I have placed in your hands ?"

“ Oh no; that’s what the hmyers call a retaining fee. We
want the other money extra.”

“ You must give up the jewels new, or I will make you no
promise whatever," she declared with decision. "t

“ Any way you like. I’m thinkin’ that if your father ,
won’t give any thing for you, maybe Rollie Wingate will." ,-

“ You dare not go to him." :"

“ And why not? Sooner than let you git away, 'he would' \{
even pay us for bringing you back. Let’s get. on; we are $9
wasting time’ht-re.“ g,

“I am not going with you at all,” she replied, suddenly ‘ 1'
drawing and cocking the pistol. “ Drop your rifles. Quick l" ‘

Taken by surprise, these men, who were cowards at Lter t.
let {all their weapons, and stepped back as she advanced and * 
stood over the captured weapons.  .

“ You've got something belonging to me, Mr. Nick Barnes. 
Throw it to me. You also, my good friend Nathan."

“ You give us them rings," pleaded the scoundrel.

“ You forced them from me when you had the best of me.
Throw‘ them here, quick! This is a double~herreled pistol,
and I em a sure shot at this distance." _

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I . ‘ “Throw them here, or I fire.”
- 'T The ruflinns, completely eowetl, obeyed her without a word
y “ I’ll have to trouble you again Mr. Barnes. 'l‘nlte off your
‘ belt, and tie your friend‘s hnuds behind him; and you stimd
n ,_ still, Nick, while he does it, or I'll put a ball through your
, V' boder I -
.~ Note with the fear of the cocked pistol before his eyes, tied
' the hands of his confederate behind him.
L ’ “ Now tnkc off your own belt and throw it on the ground.
I k - Then lie down on your face, and wait. until I come to
_,‘ you."
if Nate obeyed, groaning in spirit, and she bound him with
\ his own belt. Then. Wrenching the lock—off one of the rifles,
 so that it was useless to any one, she took their knives and
I ammunition and 'prepnretito depart.
“You ain't going to leave us this way," groaned Nick.
‘ “ Good Lord; we’ll stnrve to death.”
_ “ Oh no; I shall not tie your feet, and you can make you:
n "7 way to the Mohawk.” H
“ Right among the cussid Whigs."

’ -- “ 'l‘tu-y will take good care of you, as no doubt you are,
 Well known to them. I should serve you rightly if 1' bound1
3 .‘- your feet as well as your hands."
C, ' “ Don’t let me ever git my hands on you, gal," yelled Nick

 Burnt-s. “ If I do, you’ll repent this day in dust and ashes.
1'  But you won't git cl’nr. The Woods are full of paintch and
l ;' retl Injuns, and you‘ll be snapped up before you go three
‘ miles.” ,
' V I “ I can’t be any worse off than I was," she replied quietly.
'.‘I prefer the companionship of wild beasts to that of such
. . men as you are." ‘
l  "I “ I'll have your life for this."

_' I “ Remember that you ware to have been rewarded largely ,
- 3  for what you had done. I would have given you four hund-
'  _red gninens for the rings, but you wanted your pound of
i. flesh, nnd you have got it. You are caught. in your own trap
Md can blame no one. Gentlemen, I bid you good-by."

She replaced her pistol, swung one of the powder-horns
ind a bullet-pouch over her shoulder, emptied the restrof the
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Both men ntonre started after her, and she stopped antitank
the rifle from her shoulder. ' -
‘f You were thinking of dogging my steps, perltnps?’ "
The men looked at one another savagely, but neither spoke. "
“ You are of course free to go where you will in the
woods, sire; but I am" in :t (lungerous position, nnd dare not
‘~ take any chances. If I tun follnwed I shall be obliged to re-
* turn and tie your feet as well nsyour hands.”
“ You wouldn’t do that ?”
“ Try me, by following me another step." 7 f
“ But we’ve gut to go south, gal; you said that yourself? 
“ There isno hurry. You can reach the Mohawk in five '
homeland you surely will notstnrve in that time. Sit down
on yonder log, and count one thousand before you dare to
more."
They obeyed, and she turned into the woods and was gone.
If the two men did not count one thonsund,they uttered very
, nenrly thnt number of oaths while they ant up'on the log, {or
5 each blamed the other for the unfortunate termination of
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THE skirmish line in front of the American force moved
on cautiously. They did not, however, full in with any out-
lying force of the Tories until the sun was high in the hea- ,,
vens, when the sudden crock of a rifle in their front an: _ '

' nounced that at least one of the foe WIIS in their track, and
the shot was the prelude of dzmger to them.

Alphens sent han it man to inform the major of the one» I
nties’ ptesence, while the skirmish line rested,shielding them- ’ “
telves with true scouting Caution. ’l‘heir messenger soon
came intck with orders to advance, and sweep the enemy

/ from their trout. _ . ' A I ' ‘ it,
. A. peculiar ,battle now. began beneath the tony pines”: ' ;

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A;   fighting the skimisulinc!  :9] Audie”:
Diggs were mostly Indians, butpicked men, fight)de lenrn-H
.. ed In use their rifles Well. Such men cuntd only he {flugllt
  5“ their own way, and no men were (Mung hilly capable nf
' doing ~£lre wotk than those chosen by Digs”; Tqu. we“:
Indinn-tighters trained in every art which was known tn
wundcl‘ufi, to induce the enemy 14) show, himself “um.
tardy. 'l‘hey crawled along the. earthliice St‘t‘jttfiifl, find a
,, a finger if it was shuw-ed front the Cover, ltmdedtvhih lying
 upon their buclis,tllK1 slendin {meted buck the Indinns'in '
{2 their faint, The Mohawks were pruyeg'tfiully a fighting
t  race, and iixaintnined their ground gullantty enough. Yet,
* in spite of this, the stemly pressure bl‘utlgltt tn hour upon
. them by the “ Mohawk buys,” wus too mu-eh,-und the but...
. ' skins Were fumed grudnwlly lmltwnrd.
“Atty,” snid Alpineus Diggs, as he stood with his back
- ; against a tree, loading. “Darn me if I have hnd so much
. :1 (en in ten year. The skunks give. way before us gradually,
f .; don’t “my?” ‘
“ We will drive them intg the, creek,” replied Grnya Unit
I who was lying upon his face behind a lt+g,1t‘5'illg to get Ii
'9 shat at the (ac-my. “_ Wughl That. Mohawk will [ghene
v‘} more." I I
; An Indian had attempted to dart from one tgxgete MP,
“ when «at three yards distant. Llis‘ movement was quidk.
' 7' but not so quick us the flush and report of Atumnnlsll'mw
Theyhutlet pierced him between the shoulders, and “0 Amp:
, » petilrpon hisfxwe, dead, while the victerinus whoop of It";
-' 3, ‘Onnndaga t‘tsouuded through the Wondsv . '
The Mnhawks heard the voice uftheirqneuty; RN}. 17“?
gardiess of danger, they made u how and reckless charge.
hilly determined to destiny the Grny [Liliana matter, 1'}
.- what excriflce. A hundred painted wal'tiim'S.‘E't‘llt-ll§‘lil'fl*
fiheir hamlets and knives in the nintwmmed {WWW-d “ml
‘ cries which made the old woods ring ttgnin. :
. “ Bully, rally!" yelled nggs. “ Tew. aw. 781mm“
hers!" .. l ' ' '
,Fufly or fifty agile fem um, 951:" glidiygfihmugtnum
glands from evm‘y directipn, littt Del-9’“: "Pi"! “f tlwm=<19wd ,‘
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selves desperately upon a little knot of gallant men who had
quickly collected, ahonhAlpheus and AttaWan. ;, - '

“ Back tew back, boys l" yelled the Yankee, “I‘m g
man of peace, but I've got tew fight, when the Mohnwks
conic a-woolgatherin‘. Give ’em goss, boys. Stick ’em like
pigs!”

The little party had rapidly thrown themselves into a
circle. fighting with clubbed rifles, and keeping the Indians
at bay. All about them surged and yelled the dtsperate
Mohawk force, frantic with rage, and striving to hear them
down before the rest of the skirmish line could come to their
aid. But they fought like paladins, every blow bringing
death to a Mohawk. Many a wound had been taken and
given, but the numbers of tlte riflemen constantly increased,
and at. last, hearing the trend of the Contincnluls, the in-
dians broke and fled, leaving the riflemcn masters of the
field. And there stood Attawan, with three gory forms at
his feet, each bearing on the head the mark of his hatchet;
and he quickly-tore all the. scalps and waved them in the
air, while he shouted defiance to the rapidly retreating Mo-
hawks. '

That victorious war-cry, three times repeated, announced
to the flying Mohawks that three of their hes! and bravest

had fallen by the hatchet of the grim old chief.

' “ That job is done,” exclaimed Alpheus. “Ran back
there, Dan, and tell them that We’ve cleaned the skunks, and
are artet' ’em, hot blocks. Be lively, and git back quick, be.
cause I want yew.” r.

The messenger darted back, and the rifletnen again spread

out upon the skirmish line, and advanced through the woods.

5 Although the Mohawks had already lost twelve warriors, it

' must not. be supposed that they ran far.

On the contrary, the
first belt of timber which coveted them was the place at
which they turned, and again repelled the advance of the

range rs.

" They are grim boys," confessed Alphens. " I like tew
see man -sl:zn'(l np tew it lltideay. 0h, see that, see that;

ain’t that a nice trap for us tew run intew."

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only feasible place for them to pass, but the wondranger

knew better.

“ We can’t do it, boys. Give the yell for the men to ga-
ther, Attawmt.”

The chief raised his hand to his lips and uttered a long,
peculiar cry, which had been arranged as a signal before
they advanced, and the men came in rapidly.

“ Yew see that little trap, hoys? Neow Ijttdge we nin’i
.\ gnin‘ intew that if we can anyway help it. The Injuns are
on hoth sides of the “ deadening," and are just ncbiu’
fur us tew run in thnr. Spread oout to the right and left,
and come up on their backs Atty, yew take half the men ,. ‘*
3 , tew the left, I’ll take the right.”

" The men separated at. the word, with Attat'un leading one
party and the Yankee the other. The Indians, lying among
the bushes on both sides of the “deadening,” were eagerly
waiting for the woodman to enter the danger me puss,

" crouching like tigers ready for a spring, with lilt‘lt rifles

‘. clutched in their brown hands, their hearts wild with joy

if as they thought. of the revenge which they would wreak

n upon the men who had beaten [item in the first encounter.

at Suddenly, without warning, they were assailed iu the rear,

.m.“ with an energy which nothing could withstand, and in spite

of themselves, driven headlong into the very trap into which ,

they had intended to leave the riflt-tttcll. Then, “510" both

,, v: u

 Sides, It terrible fire was poured in. Their ranks were swept,
' through and through by the leaden messengers. They would

have taken to the woods again, but the rangers foilowed up-
on both sides, and resolutely hurled them hack. every time
1' they attempted to break through and escape. They made
' them pass a bitter time during this chase of half a mile, and
many 1‘ MUlmwk lodge had lost its head when they at last - -
found shelter in the Woods, and the ritlmnen par-ed upon
the/edge of the Cutler, and waited for their leader to give a
new order.
I “ By gosh t" shouted Alpheus, “ if them yallet' hruasta don’t
look sharp, we'll lick the hull intire party alone, Stithly,
‘boys; We ain’t more‘n tew mile from the cusses now. The
camp is up here by the rapids. Forward, but be kcertul, o;
the: wilt hotel in the tire ag’in.” - a

’ GRAY 3&8.  GRID.

They began to pnslnforward once more, but tho, tremen-
dous drubbing which they had given the Muhuwks upon the
edge of the “ deudening”,lnui its effect, and the resistance
was not so great. A mile further, and the halls begun to fly

Jthicker, :tbnut them, and through he trees they ezmght
glimpses of the green emits of the rhynlisls. They had it
more putrerful enemy than the Indians in their frnnl nnw.

"Tories, buys !" ('llUtl Yankee Alpheus, “ I’uur it int w
'cm; muke ‘etn think of hum.”

The skirmish heenme very uhstiuute, for the men whom
Bohutd Wittgnte had sent to the frunt Were the [tick nnd
flewet‘ of his furee, under Dick Buyd, who was a brave and
skillful enptnin. _

“Blaze nwny at them, huys!" bellowed Bnyd. “Teach
them what it. is to come ngninst true British hearts." ,

The Tories fought, bravely, and for n time held back thu
little troop of rilleuteu, somewhat worn by the severe \\'()1k
of the morning. But the messenger went hack, and at second
lump of fifty men came up on at run, nud spread out. on “10'
flanks of the putty. Buyd, f'tll'lllg that his flunk would

be turned, fell buck, fighting and shuttling defiance to the
' foe.
.“Cmne tm, you Yankee slabs," he cried.” “ Whit; We’ll
Show you n trick or two Emu.”

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V 4“ Proud tew l'atrn, my huy,‘ shutttcd Alphens.

“ You are there, eh, my Yankee friend ‘r” cried Bu ~d-._
“ If I only could get at cruek ut you.”

“ Take that, tew cure yew of talking,” roared the Yhukee.
“I'l'euw duz that seem tew suit ?”

He hnd tired in the direction of the vniec, and with such
good luck tlutt his bullet cut off the itnver portion of Isl-ytl's
right ear, and he uttered n yell of ruge, for hc_wns Burnett hut
prtmd ul' his heuulyi L _

‘t I l: have ynur lil'e for that l" he howled.

“ 'E'rzlw it and \thitlltlll, when l give yew the chance," rc-
plied Alphcus, “Forward, boys; drive the ltuwlin’ Tories
inlew the Crick !" V

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it the 'snmc unte. Doxs‘tnder led them, and n'gain they held
back the riflemen.

“ More men, Dun," demanded the Yankee; 9 they've mud}:
"another misc."

The “orderly u mm back ’1,urriecily,nnd spoke to Major
Ormshy.

“ 'l‘eil your gnllnnt friend that. he has done nnh‘ly, and the
Continentnls will ndvnnce and give him in breathing space."

V “ Mnjnr, if you want to plense‘tdd Alphensmew’. mm mm
of the Mohnwk buys, nnd stny hack yourself. You see
they’ve gm :1 fut-titled cnmp up here, and you’ll need your
yelluw breasts for them."

“Edward, tnke the rest of your men and advance. It
seems he wishes it."

For the first time, ancoh Dnnder saw an opportunity to
distinguish himself. lie hnd been held hnek, much against
his will, by his enptnin, but now he was gning into the fight.
.He inspected the roer with enre, nnd followed the company
with n jnnnty step. in the hurry of the ndvztnce Edwnrd
did not notice him, and when the riilemen plunged into the

woods, ancnh hrnnght up the rear. I
“ Den: we; going ter pe fun pimepyc, my pay,” he mut-
tered. “ Dem vellers nefer 'sees how dis roer could shoot, I
dole you."
He had not lung to think of it, for they were suddenly
uttncked hy Buyd and Duxsnuler, now furious at having

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been driven hy the Ynnkee and the men of the Mnlmwk.
The sudden nttnck h'urled them lnnek smne paces, where they
begun to tight hand to hunt]. Edward Sinclair, in the from
of hi! men, t‘utmd himself suddenly nssniled by Doxstader.
'l‘his gigantic ruflim, now nnnl with rnge, had been known
by the name at" “ the ’l‘hrnsher” in the Vulley| where he had
been n nuted lmlly before the wnr begun.

“ Well met, E-t Sinclnir l" he cried. “ You and I have I
little necunnt to settle.”

“ If I remember rightly, you are the excellent fellow 'wlm
lat in the stocks nt Cnngluh-nuy for twenty-four hum-s, by
my orders; and the nnm who earned and received forty
alres'en the bare back." ' . . * * '
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(coiled. and they were locked in a close and desperate grap-
ple. lit-2h were stt'ong,‘hnt Doxstader was by far the more ‘
powerful man. All along the line the forces fought hand to
hand, tit'ty bloody duels going on at the same time. Yankco
~Alpltlt'lts‘, with a heavy knife in his right hand, was con-
fronted with an Indian and a Tory, and, for a man of peace,
seemed to he doing t‘t'nmt'knbly \vell. Attawan, nssuiled by
three Tories, was literally playing with them. Etch patriot
had his zttuztgonist, and no one noticed Edward Sinclair,
locked in the desperate grasp of Doxstatler. They strained
hand and foot for the throw, for they were too closely grap-
ph’d to he able to use their weapons, and at last tell side by
side. Edward Sinclair’s right hand was wreathed in the
long! hair of his adversary, while his left clutched his knife
hand at the wrist.

Dox<t:.dor, in his turn, had his right hand clutched in the
cloth upon Sinclair‘s shoulder, while he held the knife hand
with the other. Thus they lay, scowling in each other's face.

“You devil!" hissed Doxstader. “ You had me beaten
like a dog, and behold the result. I will kill you.”

“ Not yet, Mister Bully; you must win me ere you Wear
me." -
The struggle rccommenced, each striving with all his power

to turn his adversary, and get the upper hand. The tremen-

‘ dons. power of the Tony was beginning to tell. All about

them the rattle of steel, the yell of the combatants, and the
groans of the wounded, announced that the battle was at its
hight, and that, no one was likely to haVe time to interfere.

“ I'll pay you, you vile Whig!” screamed Doxstader. “ I
only wish it was that cussed Yankee; I'd eat his heart hot

from his llt't'ttst, for he killed my brother. Ha; I’ll tear yo

Y’all to pieces l"

He attempted to shitt his right hand, and clutch Sinclair '-
by his throat, but a sharp (lit,r from the point of the knife ltd-
tuonished him that it was not safe to try that game, and he
again seized the wrist of the young man.

“ 'i‘iy that again, Doxstader, and it. will be the worse for

‘ Doxstader made a Sudden efl'ort,”ttn(l “turned " his more
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upon him, he suddenly freed his left hand, and caught the
hill. of the knife in such a. way that Edward could not strike.
Then he. wrenched his right hand loose and caught up his
knife, which he waved before the eyes of the young partisan.

“Now, you young,r dog, beg for mercy before I cut. your
throat.” I I

“I am not one of the begging kind, villain. Murder me
if you will."

“ You will have it."

The broad-bladed knife glenmed in the air, and Edward
Sinclair closed his eyes that. he need not see it full, when he
heard a tremendous report, and the Weight was off his hreust.
He started up to see Doxstader lying mutilated on the earth,
and the Dutch boy rolling over and over on the earth, with
a roar in his hand. Yawcob Dunder, the mouse, had worked
for the lion. '

CHAPTER XI.

A newmu‘s mun.

WI: ieft the two crestfallen traitors seated on a log en

gngted in “ counting one thousant," before they dared move,

V while the lady whom they had intended to victimizo was
5 , gone. The moment she entered the woods, she started on a
 ; brisk run. taking any path which presented itself, and caring
nothing for the direction she pursued, until neatly half an \
hour hail passed. Her sole purpose was to put as much dis-
,lance as possible between herself and her quondam friends.
She had recovered her property, and she knew that neither
of these r'niii-tns would hesitate at murder to regain it. She

‘ ran on, then, (living deeper and deeper into the forest. Sud-
denly she paused and listened, for the crack of a ride was

‘ heard in the distance. It was followed by another and an-
other, und she knew by the irregular dropping fire that a skir-
milh.ths‘gnittg on in the denpths of the forest,althongh

film the combatants wereslte- had no idea. Had she dreamed“. 3»

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i‘nnkee Alpheus led on the vanguard of the Amie-anions _
and ilttfl. the old chief fought by his side, it would not have
been many moments before she would have been with them
But she knew that these men of the border had rulth hangers
on, and it' was hardly sale for a woman to approach troops
when in battle, no matter who they might be. But her own
Mohawk boys, the Diefeudorfs, Van Sloyolts, Solmans, Reeds
and Davenports. How they would have cheered her, had
she suddenly appeared in their midst.

But she did not ltuow them, and plunged deeper- into the
forest. The distant cries of struggling men Come to her ears,
and accelerator] her flight. for she recognized the thrilling
:Wtrr-whoop of the Molntwk, the nation whirh, next to the
Enron, had done the most; terrible deeds upon that border;
She knew that not even their love for Roland Wingate would
me her, it any of that terrible tribe should overtake her on
the trail. Deeper and deeper she entered the pine woods,
until the way became so tangled and her fret so weary that
she could go no further, nud sunk down upon a log, panting
for breath.

' “ Oh my father, tny'mother, and dear Edward. Do they
know' the dangers I have undergone? And Floyd! 1 know
that he would fly to my aid, if he only drenmed of the dun-
gm’. I ought to go on, but I can. oohl can not. I am all
ion. weary." _

‘ The; battle qoutinued to roll up the bank of the stream, and
.119 could hear'the yells more plainly than ever. Whoever it
was who fought with Roland Wingnte was driving his {one
before, them. and she felt a thrill of joy,even in that. monient
ofperil, at. the thought. that the patriot force: would win,liu
the“ struggle. with the enemy. .

“ Our boys would win, against twice their numbers," she

id. with a laugh. ‘ _ ,

“ Yes, they will win, my lady," growled a harsh voice, as
7 the was suddenly seized front behind, “ Ha, ha. ha. \Ve
' have you now. We will win, too.” ‘
  Sue was again in the hands of the two rufliuns who, has! ,-

rted her from Wingute’s cmn'p. With rapid lmuds they bound \

a! {IS behiml‘her,‘nnd stood exultnut, with malicious laugh-v ’

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“Reckan you ‘ut‘uy as we'll gin it 'ttp, my gal,” said ENa't'e.
with n hoarse laugh. " We've got the whip httnd of )1)qu
u‘ogtnistgtkv. ‘SL'LLIM 1-0,; you‘ve got Ehllltlltlltg belongs'to‘m!
on tour finger, and I want it.” ‘

Ile tore the ring rudely from IlL‘l‘ finger who spoke.

“ Antl’ you’ve got something of mine," ronrcd Nick,’t'ea'r-
ing oll" the other ring. “ Give it here, you hussy. 0h, yoti
thought you could ploy that; ‘gmnc with me, but itwon't
'w‘ork; I told )ou More it wouldn’t Work." ‘

“ Scoundrels! ' How dare you tic me in this way! “Oh.
‘you shull repent this if I ever meet Rohtnd WingnteL" '

“‘Muyh‘c you ain‘t going to meet nnyhotly t'igltt’aWay,
gztl. You “nought when you tied our hands you had no
fool, but you forgot that we had teeth. Ntttc loosuned the
bolt. on my hands with his grinders, and we wus‘o‘n 3'60!
trail in ft re you had gone a mile. Come, git up;‘we"’wunt_
you." ‘

“ I‘-‘(ia'tut,ot lrnvel; I not utterly worn out.” V

“ Then I’ll make you trnvel,” replied the villain, bonsai].
“I can do that much for you.” ‘ '

He turned to It smnll beech 11m fur any, nnd-tut'a’fpd.‘
from which he began to strip the small twigs, looking]! ltd!
angrily all the time. V
; “ You tuke sight on a mun like me, do you 1’" Bottled.
 Q‘ You ntuken nmn tic his kumrnd's hands, and thou ‘luy
v down on his face while you lie him! I’ll‘pfl'y )‘0ll30m‘my

lady. You Cilll'L witlk, ch 'r"

.“ No,” she answered shortly.

" You menu you won’t."

“ I mean that ‘if I could I would not," was the reply.

The rnmnn drew buck the. rod nnd struck her new“ th’.
shoulders with it. The blow wns not Very hcnvy, but. 150‘

i' indignity more thah the pniu drew u cry from he'r lips. '

" Hold on, Nick,” nud the other rnflinn interfered. “ 
won’t do, by no means. If you cut her up “'1”! that. s'wltoli,

'do you thiuk her folks would pay US anything? You'd bel'

Vhr' bout-mortal.” ' , ~
 “I tell you I‘ll break her sperril 'or I’ll break harm-ck."

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sound thruéhing. Now don’t you interfere, Nate; Iwon’t
Dtnnd it.” .

“ I won’t allow you to etrike her with the stick; now you
llt‘ilt‘ Hull,"

“ llow are you going to help yourself?"

“ Ncwr mind thnt; don’t you hit her again."

Kick liurnes drew hack his lined, and struck her it terri-
bli- hluw across the shoulders. He had scarcer done so
when he found himself looking into the muzzle of the rifle -
which Edda had curried, and which Nelson had picked up a
moment before.

“ Don't point the gun at me, you fool,” cried Nick. “ It.
might go ntf." r

“ You don’t say so 1"

Cruek !

’l‘he huliet Was in his heart, and with n mnlediction on -
his lips, the ruflinn who had been the prime mover in the
treachery to Edd", which Nate Nelson had for a lime op-
posedI 1in dead at, the feel of the womun he had insulted.

“ He's got his gruel," growled Nute; “ I wn'n’t going to
stmnl hy nnd see him insult you, my lady. I can be rough,
but I ain‘t quite a brute yet."

“ It is horrible, horrible," moaned Edda. " Cover his face ;
don’t let me look at him." «

“ Nutc threw down his rifle, and seizing the body of his.
dcnd comrade by the shoulders, he drugged him into tho
thicket, and kicked the leaves over the dead form.

“ I didn’t think the fool was going to give me a chance
like that,” muttered Nutc,ns he drew the ringr from the
clenched hand ot his murdered friend. “ I'll have nil the
pay myself. The gul thinks I did this for pure love of her,
but she don’t know me." v .

He went back to the place where Edda snt upon the log,
and took ntvuy the pistol which she still had in her pocket.
This done, he untied her hands. -

“ Don‘t try to run away," he said. “ I mean fair by you.
and I’ll take you safe to your friends. '1 tell you that they
are fighting now with the men of Wingale, endure driving

- them hack. We passed their flanks just now, and we see
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men. They’ll beat Wingme,and when they (lo,I’ll take yor'
, safe to camp.” ‘
V ‘_‘ If you do this, I will say nothing of your treachery."
“Don’t Say amthing about that. I \\':.S drove to it by
that skunk 1 killed just now, and I couldn‘t help myself.
I’d mndu up my mind: to drop him, and if you hadn‘t lied
tis the Way you did, we‘d have been half way" to the Mohawk
by now." , ;
'“ l forgive you." 1
“Now I leave it all to yon. If we try to git to the Yan- L
kees now, we may fall in with the Injuns, or some of the
sharp-simmers may catch a glimpse of us through the brush,
and send us their Compliments from a rifle~burreL Or we
can go hack to a place I know, half a mile from this, and
be perfectly safe."
“Do you promise to be true to me this time i"
“‘ You bet 1 will.”
“ Then I will trust you once more. Lead the way."
He at once took a forest path which he seemed to~know,
clearing it: for her steps, and making the road as easy for
her as he could. The distance was indeed not more than half
a mile, and at last he stopped before a great heap of fallen
logs, which had dropped over one another in strange confu-
sion. , I
“Don't: look as if there was any place here where we
could camp safely 2’" he observed, turning to her with n
grin.
“ I see no place."
“ Just look here. then."
He began to throw aside the branches, and showed nplace
where, by creeping, they could pass under the great heap
Once there, they were in a clear place some five feet high
r and ten or twelve in circumference. It was a strange hiding \
place and one which might have been passed } hundred v
times without suspicion. _ ' ' ’
“How do you like it i)" asked Nick, turning to her.
‘ “ It seems a capital hiding-place," was the answer.
“I‘ve tried it arm-e now, and have had a. dozen Injunsfl.
thinning for my blood, climbing over the- logs, and never? ;
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hour the Tnjuns will be' running wild through the woods,”
they might happen on us if we staid outside.” > ' '

" You'lruve chosen a Iver-yj‘safeplece. What shall we do
now'?"

""1 shall leave you here,” he repiicd, “and go out on a
scout. ‘l‘m pie) in the woods, and I like to see what is going
(m When I go out I will pile the stuff back over the open-
ing, and you must keep quiet, or some of these Injunl will

, tent. you out." V “ ‘

"1 will keep quiet.” ‘ . _

" You’d. better. it you know what is best for you, Now
remember what I say.” .

He took the rifle and ammunition, and turned to go.

“ You ought to leave me the rifle, or n weapon 0! some
kind. Something might happen which would make its use
necessary.” '

" I reckon I won’t‘lcnva you any thing, or you’ll be pop»
ping it 01? at n shudow,.und letting the brine: know where
you nre'hid. Goodhy."

 He crawled out, throwing the brush back over the opening,
3'} ‘fand went ~away. His steps ceased to sound in the woods, and

. the we'my girl, flinging herself upon theleaves, slept securely

,L/V in her sunnge hiding-place. She fell asleep with the rattle
 of rides in her cure, and she knew that the battle in~tlie
- 3r woods Was not yet over. '

How long she slept she did not know, but she awoke with
'u Sense of oppression, and knew that a Weight rested on her
foot, which was not there when she went to sleep. She did
not move it, but ruined her heml cautiously and gazed at it.
As she did so, she could hardly repress a cry of horror, for
sht- saw something which caused the blood to turn to icelin
‘i‘rr Vt ins. ’ ‘

'W—httl was it?

A gft‘ul/ rattlesnake, with his beautiful head lint-(Luna hie
dazzling eyes seething to emit' flushes like the dinmnud, was
coiled up on her. foot. _'I‘lie head was moving slowly from
side to side, With that. motion peculiar to himself. A restless, a '
‘gwirching movement, us it in quest of some object to attack.
Edda had henrd and seen enough of this serpent to know

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pawpir‘a’tion, looking, at the monster. Suddenly. their. eye;
, _met, and she felt a peculiar chill run through he: blood, and
‘ : sue knew she was under the influence of the serpent-eye.

:5 The head of the ruttlestmke became stationary, and he fix-
} ed his flashing eyes full upon hers. She awaited, in fen;
and trembling, the. deadly blow,

C H A P 'l‘ E R X l I .
THE seams? s'mnms.

EDWARD Smcmm ram to raise the boy, who was follies
upon the earth, apparently in the agonies of death. Bl“.
when he lifted him, not. the slightest. truce of a wound wnrl,
visible anywhere. I J I d

“ Where are you hurt, Yuwgoh‘?" he demtmtled, earnestly.

“'I vas not hurt not any,” nverred the Dutgltnmn. ." Do!
x (oer-vas kick me but ofer heeisf Dut vas gout guns, now I.
‘_ dole you.“ ' ‘

“ Did you, shoot the Tory ?" cried Edward, in Stll‘tlfist‘a '

-“Yuw._ Dot vas me, you pet! I shoots him mil thing
1 men". _
“ {t was just in time, for the wretch would MY" (“‘9 ml!“
litronl. Ihave no time to thank you now, but. “'llelt )‘Qu
lllmr’ry Gretchen, come to me and remind me of this."

‘i Dot was all right. I t0u‘t forgot dot very soon. My“:
beer Edvard. Yocst you vnit a liddle dimes vilel fodder
dot roer, uut dem vellet‘s vill diuk it. We a gnutmu. Dt-yvap
loan: a goat deal.“ - '

The desperate bravery of the minute men had dope its
Wm'k, uttd the Tories were pressed hack tnwurd tht-it fortified
camp. The blast of a lmgle, sounded by Roland Wiugute,
called them in, and they were quickly within the works.

“ You have found out. who they are, Boyd ?" ‘ ‘

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I have reason to believe that a strong party of Ormsby's'xitieq
who have not yet been engaged, we in the rear.” ‘
“ The devil i” ‘ ‘
,“ You may well say that,” persisted Boyd. “It looks to‘
me as if we were in a trap."
" Let'us die fighting, it” (lie we must,” said Roland. “ Will
the Indians stand up to it 1""
“ They will do pretty well. We have set our.mnrk upon
he Mohawk boys already, and they have got nearly enough.
But these rifles! I am afraid we shall have a hard time with
them." ’

" I hate that Floyd Ormsby,” hissed Roland. through his
set teeth. “I have reason to believe that he is my rival.
Curses on those two traitors, who have stolen the girl from ‘
me. If I had her here, try Heaven I would. put heron the 5’
parapet as a guard. If I could catch those lraitorous (lags, I I
there would he no puishmcnt too good for them. But. form L,» '1

, the men, and we will give these hounds a warm reception, to g 
E e ‘ say the least.” _ i ‘ 'j a
‘ The Tories formed sullenly behind their ramparts. They '
had left Doxstader on the field, his head blown into frag!
 merits‘hy the discharge of the roer. ' And this was not all,
 IOr'twenty more had not come buck with them. The skir-
 ntishers of the Yankees were already in their front,‘nnd seat-
,»I tering shots could be heard on every hand. It Was unsafe
. for a man to show his head . above the ,roeky hrenstworks.
‘ In the mean time, Floyd Ormsby advanced and inspected the
works.
 “Rather a strong place," he decided; "but I think my
boys can carry it.” ‘
"‘ It might he well to try them with a flag first," suggested
Edward. “They might surrender.” '
“I don’t think it likely, for Roland Wingate comes 0!
fighting hlood. However, who will take the flag ‘1"
“ I ~will,” answu‘ed Squire Sinclair. “ Roland Wingate
has too much honor in him yet to tire at a flag."
He tied a white hntulkerchief to n stutl‘, and stepped out
 front of the skirmish line, while the trumpet of the na-
gallanu sounded f‘ cease firing," and not a gun We: heard.

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7w“ What do you want here?" demanded the Tory leader,
Q n he leaped upon the rampart. and hailed the squire.
7' “I come to demand the surrender of this force. You on-
‘ ly waste your blood in vnin,‘Rol:tnd Wingate, and I appeal
to you to spare the men who must die, if we continue to
;_»'flght. If we take this place by assnult,it will be httl'd to re-
kslrnin the \Vhigs of the Mohawk volley.”
 “ But: suppose you don’t take this camp, Squire Sinclair?
. Suppose we are stronger than you think, and beat you from
5- our walls; what then ‘5"
‘ “ We shall come back again. Roland. But you won't beat
 us. We have two hundred Mohawk boys, and one hundred
 and fifty of Floyd Ormsby’s rifles. You know best whether
4' or not you can stand nguinst them."
1 “ We will give you a hearty welcome when you come, for
if :we don’t think of surrender. You tnny go back and tell
'Mnjor Floyd Ormsby what I say, and tell him I invite him
3 to the battle, and if we meet. I will do my best to give him
» a Cordial greeting.” _
1- " One moment more, Roland Wingntc. What have you
f.‘ dime with my daughter 1'" '
“At least I can touch you there," hlSecd Wiugate. “ She
fled last night with two of the most abandoned wretches I
ever knew, and no doubt by this time they have murdered
her for the sake of the jewels which she Wore, Shepl‘c-
' Kerri-d their Company to mine, and you will nevei “‘9 h“
.V , more. For I would sooner trust her in the forest Willi a
L" Mmgry hear and a mud wolf than with Nick Bum“? ""d
Nate Nelson. As for me, my race is run if you con‘lm’r met
for I will never surrender to my rivul, Floyd Ot'tnsby."
“ He will treat you nobly, as a gentleman always treats 8
fallen foo.” _
“ And do you think that I would hear your colontal mac
301’s sympathy in my misfortunes, and the loi'dly":v\'tty 11‘:
p which he. would return my sword/.9 NU; UN! “menus
can die, but they always die with set teeth.“ ‘
“ God forgive you for the blood which must flow, Rwand
Wingute I" replied the old squire, as he drew back. " I can

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when a movement was seen on the part of the riflean who -"
held the advance. They extended themselves on the 'front I
and flank of the position.oecupied by the Tories and Indiana,
and began to pick off the enemy one by one. ' I

This irregular fire was the more annoying for the reason
that they could make no adequate return, and n ere forced to
suffer almost insilence. The Gray Hair Was seen in close
consultation with Edward Sinclair, and then he picked out
a party of five, and hurried otf into the, Woods, hoping some-
where to {all in with traces of Edda Sinclair. Another party
of ritlemen, skirting the woods, found a pl:th where a growth
of low beeches overlooked the traitor camp. ’l‘hey tank ad-
vantage of this, and climbing the trees, settled themselves
comfortably among the branches, and began to pick off the
Indians and Tories at their leisure. 'l‘bis unexpected and
dangerous attack was terribly annoyng to the enemy, and
they could make no return. The Indians began to look for
some way to escape, and Boyd ran up to his leader and said ‘
Something to him in a low voice. .

“ You are right, Dick,” he confessed. “ The cursed Mo.
hawks won‘t stand against the regular Continentals, and We
must think of some means of escape. Call Painted Hand
3nd hear what he has to say." ‘

Painted Hand was only too glad of the opportunity, and
at once pointed out a way to escape. ' x '

“ Year pla‘n is a good one, chief. But before we can do
anything, these rifleinen must be driven out of the trees, or
they will see what we are doing, and block our game. There
are not more than ten of them. Will you drive them out?”

The Mohawk chief, by way of aHSWer, called out fifty v!
h's warriors, and advanced toward the beeches. The title
men had no notion "of being treed like squirrels, and at once
rapidly descended, and commenced a bot tire from the ground,
Which held the Italians in check. rl‘his was what the Tories
wanted. and leaving half a dozen Mohawks to keep the
rifletnm employed, so that they would not again take to the
trees, Painted Hand silently withdrew must of his men, and
sought shelter within the works. Under cover of the fire 0}
the ridenn-n, to which only anluceasional shot made 
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jlztiyonetmnd knew how useful it was. Each man of Floyd’s
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"31th an iron handle which would fit accurately into the muz-
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:lose :With .the steel only, and at the word the men fixed their
out 'rfsttaoge hayonets, and went out of the woods on a trot, with
rme‘. 'ylt‘ailcd arms, the substitute for the “right shoulder shift '
my ‘61' these days. As they came out they uttered that pee-aliar
tvu. ghattle yell which had made them fatnous in that grand cam-
ad. 'f‘Daiga iii which Burgoyne fell, and was led a eruptive from
ve’g {the field of Sarnlogu. They went. across the opening at the
the ’ffldouhle," but. they came too late, for not a man, with the
int “*uception of a feW wounded, was left in the works. They
or} ad slipped. out in some way, and only a few shattered arms
'or nd camp antensila were the prize of the victors.
id ' f4; ,“Oh, cuss my country l” roared - Alphcus Diggs. “ Don't

.i‘lhls make me h’ile over, slop, spill coutl Uh, lightning
n. “Moses! The blunted sneaks have scratched gravel, and got
re i{mean eout." . . '
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:3 _ “ Darn ’em, they’ve follered along the creek. clues tew the
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‘ .“ W'e have lost our labor,” admitted Edward, sadly. .
,~ _ “ Not ‘we l" cried Floyd Ormshy. “ I believe that. Roland
‘ mitigate has lied, and that: Edda is still with them.”
‘* “ Do you really think so ‘2" demanded the squire.
lncliued to believe him, for he spoke bitterly."
“ Be it as it may, we must. be on the trail. Send out scoutl
M the run, Alpheus.” V r
N By- this time Gray Hair, the Chief had returned empty
“handed. He was at once sent. to find the trail, while the
“hole force, with the forlorn hope in the van an 'hefore,
owed cautiously up the stream. H “
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an excellent device to 'unuoy the trailers, tor out of so many
ipnrtits, nutrehiug by twenty difl'erenttrztils, how could he select
the one which Wits led hy Rohtnd Wingute; for it was against
this mun that the chief wished .to work. Suddenly he stnrttdé
nnd utter-(7d at low cry of delighl, us he 'sto‘oped 13nd picked
‘ 'np :t snndl shiningr object. It was :1 button, 31nd one of :t '.
peculiar kind, which he had seen upon the hunting com. of '5

Roland Wingntc. Out of till the trails, he hud by accident 

lighted upon the one which he sought.

We left Edda Sinclair powerless before the scintillating
eyes of the rattlesnake and ready to meet her death blow. .

In that dreadful moment she prayed to the All-powerful 
to save her if He would, or let her die quickly if she must. V

The bushes at the mouth of the hitting place rustled and
were cast, aside. A moment more, and the head of Nate
Nelson nppenred.

“I‘Ve dt‘ine.tit,”.hetcricd. “ I‘ve sold you to Joe Failing.
and he ls’hew tu'tuke you to Rollie Wingute. lie—oh, my:
God i ' ‘

He had not observed the serpent, but now on his hands
‘and knees, tumble to move to the right or left, he saw the‘

monster tling himself into his .coil,ttnd then it struck him ful
in’the fnce, and instantly glided uwuy among the logs, and ‘
- wns seen no more. And Nnte the traitor, caught in at new
treachery in the pit he digged for others, lny writhing in
‘ugony, with the mnrk of the sct‘petit’n fangs upon his face.

“ On, help me, Joe Fniling ; do somethin for me, do. I’m"
hit by the snuke. Give me that whisky bottle, and I‘m all'
right."

Failing had dragged him out of the opening, and signed .to K,
Edda to come out. She obeyed him glndly, for she {eured‘
that the serpent might. still be lurking in ambush, nnd might:
strike her. i .

“ 'l‘he whisky, the whisky l" howled Nate. “ Quick, or it ‘
won't do any good." . I

“,I reckon I won't waste it," muttered Failing with a dark -

V smile. “ I don’t believe it would cure. you, and if it don’t: ‘
some one had better drink it that it will help. Come, Mia

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- -' t" "itch

“What! And leave this man dyinghere 'l"
“ My good lady, this man came to nte and said that for
l fly guincas he Would show Inc where you were. The dog
3 a truilnl‘ in all Ways, and he had better oio.”
" See, here, Joe,” called the villain, eagerly. “ Do you see
gSthis ring? I'll give it to you it‘ you will give me the
, whisky."
" “ l'll take them both," replied Failing. “ It is just. as well
"“for Rollie Wingate would shoot you if he caught you.”
‘ ' He snatched the rings from the hand of the writhing man
_'Mtt| thrust them into his pocket. ‘ '
“ Give me the whisky l" howled Nate, flinging himself des~
i pcrntely upon the half~breed and seizing him by the throat.
: Curse you, I‘ll, have your life if you don‘t."
 ' The two men locked in a close grapple. Joe Failing had
"a knife in his hand, and struck twice before Nelson could
- 3- Bluy his hand. But, in his present state a wound was noth-
I Jug, and he tmtintained his desperate clutch upon the throat
3 fart his enemy, and they rolled upon the earth together. The
sycyes of Joe Failing were starting from his head, and his pro
t, 'V ~lrutling tongue scented tto mock them”. Suddenly the mad
1‘ man released his left hand, snatched the canteen from his
Ilde, and placed it. to his lips.
The canteen contained the strongest 'kind of whisky,and,
1 he drank it as if it were so much water. He removed it
V once to take breath, and a wild luugh broke from his lips.
-‘ “ The tool would not give it. up, and look at him. This
' l is nectar, wine of Cyprus, nmhrosiu of the gods."
He again pressed the bottle to his lips, and drank deeply.
“ it was your fault, curse you," he hissed, looking at Edda.
“I'm a traitor, am I; 1 sold you to Rollie Wiugate, ch!
And so you didn’t tell me that the snake Was there? All
.tright; I’ll kill you.” . r
Edda darted away, but was quickly caught and dragged
back by the mad rutflan. . _
"If it wn’n’t fur you this would never have happened.
Look here; I'm going to kill you, and carry you back to
Rollie Wingnte, and make him a present. Cut-so it, where 1.
“lat knife ?" r - ‘ ~ ' ~ " ,
He criticised up the knite which Joe Failing thud chopped.

 

emu-ml.va camp.

and as he did so, Edda Caught at the pistol which he had
.-talten from her,n,ndu)clu>d it, when the mndmnn seized it in
~bulll hands, and tried to wrest it from her. It exploded, and 
she saw him shirt, and drop at her feet with a hollow grunt). 7

“ llo_w tnuny more denths tnushI witness ?" she monuedj ~
covering her fuce.  L

“ I ain‘t dead yet,” and Joe Failing sat up suddenly, grnspd ,
ing her hy the wrist.. “You ought to have put out while? 
you h-nt‘l the chance}? 

“Release me,",\'0u’scuuudrel. How dure.you hold me 2". '
cried ‘Ethltl. : ‘,

“ I’ll have to take you' with me. See here; if I take you , ' '
to the Yankee camp instead of ours, will you givevme these
rings 1’" .

“ I will see that you get the money for them."

" How much '1’"

“ Four hundred guincns."

"‘ Did you promise that fool that amount of money? V It
serves him right then, and he deserved to die. .41. .will take ‘
you to your father, and he a good Whig from this hour.”

'V‘I do not know whether to trust you or not. These men 
.proved go l'nlse that I have little faith in you.” '

“ I am not of their kind, although 1 movie” »snle,m all
men are. You will certainly pay me the money 1’"

u Yrs."~

“ Then 1 will take you to Ormshy’s camp.”

“ Not yet, Joe," said a quiet voice. , 2

They turned quickly. and saw Roland, Dick Boyd and a
dozen Tories and Indians, who had enicrgod- from a thicket ,
onjthe right. Edda was again entrapped. I ‘ '

 

CHAPTER XIII.
CONCLUSION.

 “11' seems that Icame just in time. So you intend t l

3 I “Can‘t you take a joke, Captain Wingate ?" Joe laughed.
“I was folding the girl, so that she would go without. truubie,
Zhul I should have Walked her directly to your camp."

1 " I don’t believe ymx, Jue Failing, and have Imlf a mind to

» ,takc you out and shoot you.”

‘ “ “As ynn wish, Cuplttitl. I can’t say any thing. to prove

 "that I mn telling the truth."

. _ “ I'll try you once mure, Joe; at the same time I fear that
:you were nhout to betray me. Miss Siuclnir,l am glad to
T-lueet you, after your little excursion."

., j " “ I can not. return the compliment. Your feathers seem

a .._ to‘be‘somewhat rumpled since Isaw you last. It can not he
 possible that these ragged Whigs hmie maltreated you Y"

' “ Curses on them 1” ‘

“ It is true then; the ridiculous fellows have had the im-
; ’Pmiencc to beat ruynlisl- troops! I am very much surprier

5 that. they should dare he so criminal and base. Why did you
, nut object to it I?"

" You wduld do well to he more careful," hisst Roland.
I “ You threaten a w-onnm, then; such conduct. \Vell befits

': you.”

._ “I think we hud better he on the way. Cnp; you only
 Waste your time when you fight at lung runge with u wwnnn. K
‘ I’ve told you so before, often enough." -

“ Have ynur Way, Dick; but I have sworn to break this '
 Wonmn'spxitle,2mtl1 will do it. if it Itliit‘s her life. Yuu
hear and understle me, my girl? I have-endured all the
1',iu|ttl_t I will at, your hands. and (met: for ull, 1 tell you that

“ nu magi bend to my will, or ‘I will knew the reason." ‘ '

~‘V’ul'da enough: Ruiund Wingute. ,1! ya" break 1111 »

 

Itubbm-n will of which you tall: so much, you will surprise
me much.”

“ Away with you, men i" cried Wingntc. “ We hnv '
dallied here too long already, and words are useless Edda, they
come with me." ‘

He caught her firmly by the wrist nod dragged her after 05-5
hint through the Woods. " I.

“Do you know what I am hall-tempted to do with you, 1-."
Etldtt Y". ' -

“ I am not curious." . ‘

“ You should he, for it concerns you for more than you 3‘
think. I mn hnlf-inclined to give yott to the chief Pniuted
Hand, who has expressed himself as highly pleased with you, ~
and desires you for 1). wife."

Edda uttered a cry of horror.

“ You do not seem to like the idea. {myself have thought
at: times that you would do better to mnrry me, but. at the
Dunn: time yott may do us you like.” . 1

“You .would not be such u fiend as that, Roland. Bad '- l v, t
as you are, cruel us you have been to me, I know you bet
ter than you know yourself. You would not give me up
to another, for the simple reason that you wnnt me your,
self." ,

“ You are right; I would kill that painted wretch like a;
dog if. he dared to lay as tough as the weight of n finger on
you. But you shut] either marry me, or go into exile. among -
the unions of the Lakes, who will keep you soft: for my .~
suke. If you prefer this to my love, So be it; 1 have noth
lug more to any." ,

“ I will remain there ttntil I (lie, sooner than submit.”

‘ “ A year of hard titre, rough winters. and n rude people,
may somewhat change you, my dear. Forward, men; we .
shall have the cursed Yankees on our bucks, if we do not
look to ourselves." I

The men qnickened their pace, and hurried on through .
the woods. They did not, feel at, all safe, [or they knew
how many of the pursue-rs were Woodmen who knew every ,.
(mil to the north. '

“ Captain," said ‘Dick Boyd. “ I don’t like loglve you

thvicerbul don’t", you think 'it would he, better if we tried

 

.v get to one of the Indian villages? They dare not fol.
ow nsthere.” ~~ ' v
“ I will think of it before we meet the rest of the men,
’nd decide what to do. I don’t really like to go there, for
‘ (use Whigs are getting so impudent that I don’t know how
ong it will be before they beat up the Indian quarters. What
else was that l’"
 " I heard none, except the chirp of the chipmunk."
“ I thought it was a signal. The Cursed Indians and Yan-
‘ fies may be trailing us." '
, "I don‘t think they will do that, even if they have the
“bility. They have beaten us, and no doubt will be satisfied
J ith that, knowing that it is bad policy to bar the way of a
ying enemy, because 'even the rats, caught in, a trap, will
dam and fight.”
--.; “ You may be right; curse these striped squirrels. They
'1 to all around us, and it don’t seem natural.”
f The party had halted in a little opening in the pine woods,
.hen the captain bad lteard'tbe noise which alarmed him.
‘3 just then a figure was seen pushing aside the bushes and
I ,'dVarteittg toward them. It was a rough looking country- '
'. ,"nn, in tattered buck-skin, with an old iowling-pieee thrown
Yer his shoulder. He came singing on! into the opening,
 l- d as he sawthe party, canto forward without fear.
'1, " “King George ioreVerl" he cried, pulling his white fore-
. K" ‘k. “Heow de dew, capt’in? I’m dreadful glad to see
 'e."
' . 3‘ “ Who are you 1'”
I 3! “Me? don‘t ye know me, capt'in? I‘m Gatl‘ Rcdney of
7 Wet- Kinderhook, and I’m goin’ to Canada to git any
x i can the blasted Whigs.”
‘ 4: “You don’t like the Whigs, then ?”
“Not much I don’t. ’l‘tiey‘ve stripped me as clean as
’ ,l-L Adatnses devils, and I'm bound and dctartnined to have
tigeance on 'etn.”
:' “ All right, tny man; you may come with us, if you like."
'9 “ 'l'ltattkee, capt'in, I'm ever'so mnclt oltleeged to ye."
' The‘man took his station just behind tne captain and
da', who were in the rear, and in this way they crossed
little. opening. The captttit1LIliletqjtllyg,Eddu,wu .

 

 

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NW!“ tn Tollow the last ‘iuan who had entered “reform
pit-.h, when he received a blow upon the head which brought
him in the earth with a ctush, and Edda followed the new
I‘t'Ct'llLl, uho had dealt the blow, us he plungedinto the
lltlt'lxel on the righi. At the same moment a pvxrty of rifl&
int-n thohed out, and formed across the entrance to the path
apt-n which the 'l'oties and Indians had entered, sending I
dumbing Volley into the thicket. As if this had been a sig-
nal, at ohee from every tree and bush arose the concealed
rith-men ulm had been drawing a Cordon about the devoted
party for the hm hour. The stratugetn by which Edda had
been l't :cued was carried out to save her from the possibility
of harm from the 1350 of Roland Wingute. The surprise
was complete, and Dick Boyd at once threw down his sword,
and Called out to his men to lllttg down their weapons. I

“ We give up, boys," he said, laughing. “ You’ve got. us.”

The Yankee riilemeu swurmed on every side, and sur-
rounded their prismters. Roland W'tugate, half-stunned,
rose upon his elbow and looked about him. He. saw Floyd
Orntsby, with his arm about the slender wuiat of 'Eddn;
Ed wurd Sinclair with his calm smile; Yankee Atpheus, with '
his malicious grin; and the Cold, proud {ace of the Gray
Hair. '

“ You have beaten me." he was forced to Confess, rising
Slowly. “ I would give my life for revenge, but it is tireless.
Do your will with me.” ' » '

lie made it sudden leap and flushed a ltt‘ottd-blndetl dagger
above the breast of Alplieus Diggs, who still wore the rugged
wig in which he had played the part of Gulf Reduey. The
blow fell, and all expected to see the brave Yankee go down,
when a Slrnttg arm Was thrust in before the descending knife,
and there stood Gray llnir, the Chief, his' arm transfixed by
the keen Weapon, and the same euhn smile upon his face.

“ l tnwe suvetl Alpheus,” he said, quietly ; “for his sake ‘3
would die.” '

Roland was dragged hack, blasphemng his bad fortune, nl 
Then he became ailent. and 

his hands we're tightly botth
from that. time until he wits sent a prisoner to Albany he
Would not. speak. The party marched back with their brig-
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Theirzmtssion was over, the Tory ledge}; mg, scatterng and
’ Edda Sinclair, sitting by her lmverfs side, with her {antici- “mt
_‘ brother near her, end Yankee Alphens and Grey Uttit‘, the
Chief—the latter with his aunt in n sling—stunning Loy-.1»,
told the story of the dangers she had pnssed from the hou-
\rhen Joe thililtg came upon her iii the little. cure. The
story was so longr thnt tltey hnd little thought of sleep, and
r it “'llS llzlsl midnight when they lay (loth to rtst. For Alph.
"wentnst tell of the torture by the telling wnter. and how; ‘i ‘
 _ VGt'tty Hair, the Chief, turned the water nsitlc nnd satied him. 
.And Attuwun told in simple words how he Blood upon the L j.
rocks, bent down every man who attempted to tnstlte the us- "
cent, and plunged down the rocks to ultuck the four guards, 
the moment he heard the Tories hehind him. With the morn-
ing they were on the mureh, nnd Rolnnd Wingttte, lying,r lit
the cnSeniates ut Stunwix, with Dick Boyd for a eomtmnion,
had titne to satisfy himself that he httd destroyed the lust
yestige of love which Edda had for him. He wns sent to
Albany and released on parole, when he exchanged into nn
" ‘ East Indtun regiment, and they never saw him ngnin.
Two years later there was a wedding at Sinelnir's.« 'l‘he
‘ .Mohnwk boys Were there in force. and nmny of Ot'ntshy’s
rifles. Floyd wore the uniform of it colonel now, nnd men
'said that '{t Would not he long before he would (lort thnt of n. I:
hrigntlier. Yankee Alpht ns \rns there too, in n captain‘s uni- 5
form, for his geod wort; upon Cnnndn creek 1le convinced
all'thnt he was able to lend men. and lend them Well and
:Iirnvely. There, too, was Grey Hair, the Chief, 218 calm as
. ever, watching the ceremony which tnttde Floyd Ot'mshy :tnd
‘Eddtt Sinclair man and wife. When the Mohawk boys gave
. three ringing cheers for the Mohn“ k heanty and her hthe
.imshnnd. the wedded pair stepped back, and Yt‘twcithDundt-r
~i€d into the circle Gretchen Onderdonk, the prt-ttylhtteh
tilting maid who had ordered him to go in switch of her
ntistt‘t'ss, and they were married. And SquireSineluir, in the
tmlted "nines of his family, euve the pair 2t dud for two
hundred :u‘res of clmiee land n few miles un‘the riw r. There
in an old fashioned house, their descendants dwell to-dny, and
, int )yittr pride to the mm which s‘tved the life of Edward

    
   
 
      
         
     
   
   
   
   
   
     
       
   
        
 
 
      
  
 

   
 

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of tlieirluhors. Alpheus took up land upon Oneida hike;
and often, in the clear evening, you would see him at the
door with his children at his knees, talking of old days with
a gray {mired Indian, who spent most of his dnys at the fnrm.
'l‘his mun, yet hole and strong, was Grny Hair, the Chief.
None wns more lamented when he died, full of years, and
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for A number of boy

ChriltfinM Fllrifi. For unnl little”)
Th The Hip. Fa on“

 

  

Drab-qua. For urban fenmlvk
mutual: ill in hlry‘fllu‘d. FM xitu.

'15an you: henca. Two (amulet, one ma! .
{Ga-1 way to Windlaun. For two nmlu.
“mm, A peed: Puma u wank. 'l'wo be i.
'n. *migm. A coucquy-

 

Hu {at m lodp. F'b.‘ at.) ml“.

Th fill of m-m'ltk‘lug. For “use boys.
hue prldn. A oollo’ uy. Il‘nrr twu funmlvl.
v. two knuxeu.‘ :brnunumn man.

8 e falry Sshool. For a number of lrla.
‘ae cmollln a . Three chum two boys.
The bus bal oath-ulna. Fox-fine ‘7' VI. '

:l‘hc girl antic rind. Forum. kl‘d-
'Ilu lowl null 2:. Two malts 2..“ on foulnlo.
81w hall». Banal MIL! ad in» fungi".

Dana-2’3 velod elm mu? mu one lun- .
W or c dun. '
a; uh! a! Pater Eggn- or «van boys.

 

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mm}: m @6632: No. '7.,

Tlierighu or music. Far {'0 lem‘u. .
A laopclon can. A query in vane. 1‘on xlr
Thu \muld-bc ulnwl-uncuar. For two "JIM
Cnlne ta Me too wan. Fur llama malu.

Eight o'clock. For two littlu KII‘ID.

'uu dlguity. A colluquy. For two boyl.
Grill twu upemive. For two mulu.

Hamlet nld um ghost. For two per-cu.
Littlu red riding hood. Fur two mmnlu.

Nsw n v'lhlflllylou ohm uld rulo. Buy. zunl glrll.
Cobra coulu; A colloquy. FM two unload

T'wo View. of lll'u. Colloqiy. For two (cm

 

DIME DIAL "i‘JUES No. 8. :

Getting A photograph. Mule! nod (Mala.

1'!” nuclei; for g. npml im urcwmenl. ll‘or girl;
A uulalouun in dlagui-e. liree (irll, le buys
G «at gxpuclm'wnn For him hot I.

Pl!) ‘1‘ ( school‘ Flva feiuulel and {out min.
Clutk'\ [qr tlu lI€IUltL One mnlu, and [ule
A luu «us. For tlireu bop. '
Ghoul l-‘w tau [matuynl on 

DMEVDIALOGUES No. 9.

Mums. MM! Pannnmbnnffeiuinlu.
Waco . Fotlflboys.
'1'th ’9"le my . F l $1}:an JI' land.-
0 t I. oxtwo n " hop."
'1": mm 1 r‘mth‘llleura: ‘
3 11?- W W m S m l..-
mauun. Mm ma; ~ -- m ~

m: hllodo by. Fol-female: ma mm
gnaw Foil-o few". ' L

The: law ofhumnn liming”. For two hm
Spoile‘l children. For : mixml uhooL ’
Brim" Iml Catlin.

(Turiulnuul Ind Aufllliul.

Thu mw Iclmlnr. For n numb" o! g’rll.

The “IF-mulls Him. Fur thru mule; ‘
Tho Many new (No 9.) For n Ichool.

Mn. Luck nunl'n ecnnmny. ‘ bay: sad 3 zivln.
Shou’ld women be (hell the ballet! For 303-.

BIKE DIALOGUES No. 1Q.

Mu. Mm Tank'- ahoe. 0:0 m. an run-la.
The old . School footlvnl. For llm’c boyl.
Tip court aflolly. For mun! dill.
m “WI. mu: bop an Ahgirln.
For nun-m. mule. mi" mu
The ligktoflon. For two bore.
Th flown-children. For two.“ girls
‘Jhu Magi. Fur-mu my; »
A mien. M m M”. '

Th. rehennnl. For n Icllml.
The true \uy: Fur thne bay: Ind MIG dd.

A pructiell life lmun. For thru girls.

'l'ha‘ Inunk and Lln noldhr. For two boys.
lllt-l876. School futivll. F9? two girlk
Lot-l Duuilrenry'n Visit. ‘2 mullsi Mm ‘1 hull“
Witch-1n the cram. For 3 glr‘t Ind 3 buys.
Frenchman. (handy. Natural] Mqu’

- ‘ 1mm 1mme No. i},

WIM- m . Mitful. For nix hon.

much-nu: fun" y. For mnle wllfqnnle.

Cum: Bet-y. Tum I lei and {our famllol.

k: and “II. Ntuntnlk. For five Qllllecwl.
w to do lt‘hml not to do it. "amulet.

How to “mm hcdth‘ymte. Mnloud fund...

Th. only two life. For two mm.

Clinic colloqulu‘. L'wr two llflyl.

l. Gntuvul Vault an.‘ _Cflllllfl.l.

‘u. 'l'uoulududn: \ut. "’

 

l

like: m'lrnnca. T . naven‘ churns-tan.
find." wanted. I' a! mutual character;
linen l mu your. Fur t-u zitll.

' The um: prld’.‘ .Iflterit me. For' woman.
The double cue. Tm: umlu nnd {aur (emnlel.
The flower-gulch {aim-I. Fu: five little girls.
Jamimn'a n rer ’l‘hrce mule: and two fumulcl.
Nature 01"th willow; F0: ll:ch girls

Fuhlonnhle dinipntlon. [at two litth girls
A lcl’mol char-Me. For two boys ma turf cum;
Jenn [unlow'n “Song: :1 Sewn." S": '_ r ,
K lebnle. ' an fuur boyl.

laggnd chk'n luson. Fur than Nyl‘

School churmle, with tam-an. '

A Very quegfimubla Italy. Fag two boy

A sell. For lhrn mnleu.

Thu rul [outlaw-u; For tin My;

DIME DIALOGUES N0. 12.

A l‘nmily not to pattern AMI. You charm
H-nv to _In: x-ngc.' An acting chm-mic.

The vacation ecapmlm l-‘gnr my. and tench“.
Tint mughty boy. Tluve femalu um! l min.
M wile-n. An nLtin: élunde. '
All is xm, [ml-l Ilm: gluten. Acting prover):
Sic translt glorin mundl. ‘utlng dandy ' '

91x3 nIALoeuEs no. 1a.

A350. 0760:} 1n tin m. Fur tlizoe indeL
An mallznulluu meeting. Turuveral l'emuleL
Dolor. sud b :lliud the Icon". Swat-l clmract'l.
Tm nnblnt ho . A llmhunfbcys mid teacher.
_ dun piece. For girls llld boy»
A. It “my 1:»? uvolm’flzwt:n.
pm; or go in: u an e.
, . inpume

 
 
 
   

 

Worth. mt Wen'tll. For {or bug: and I M‘
Na null word us tail. For uwul’ Inn'u.‘ ‘
The sleeping: beauty. For n IC 0'.

An innocentintrlnu. Twnmshlnad: _ '
Olll Nnbly, tho fwtuIn—ulln.‘ For Linn.” ‘ »
Ray-tutu. Ear Inger-l littlclbfiu“. 'hh" '
Mntlur lad. 1;. a: savor-a t a; V

A aruqu dim m m. 3mm”;

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dime School Renal—Dialogue.

 

 

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In. 3mm Jnnu. Three gout- and iwu Indie].
The burn goui 1. For luur grants.

llon. th l (mu Ester-er. For Lnxr gem: and Indy.
Who nu mu :h int l linr lhrm- z:rl:.

The right not tu l.- lunltpbt‘. in» two hoyl.
twiniqu Imlure wrll out. For It KLlI‘ school.
Beuediu nuJ bwhulor. For two hoyl.

Thu cart or n dress. For lire pcnom.

The suryrile pnrly. hurtix la la girls.

A practical daiuumlrntlvu. I'd lbrnu born.

 

   

 

" DIME DIALOGUE} No. 14.

Ruflnumtnt. Al'llngchnfilda. Semi-Juneau!
Cumuluncu, thu arbiter. Fur Indy and gong
Haw tn mnko mother! hn py. li'vr mo hop.
A comlulit Irgurnem. ur two girl».
A wmnnn'. ‘utlnuu. Fur Ilm‘e girls.
cuqxemnca) For lat-r gun".
1k”, For two )oung lmltel.
l‘or nte gent and (mi luly.
For Ii ntuuhu' 0! boy!-

    

Eyu uml “use:
Retribution.

DIME DIALOGUES No. 15.

The fuirlel‘ LlCnpmla. Numerqu rlmrnrteu.
A net'r lmrplexitlel. For six gentlemen.

A Ollie curu. Fur tuo lmliun nrnl on: gent.
'lha good more in in ninth. A number or hoyI.
Gentlurnuu urtur-nkuy. For two bog-I.

The liltlv philonupuur. For two littlu glrll.
Aunt l'ull) ': lumen. Eur ruur lndiu.

A wind-full. Acting chnrmlu. For: number.
Will it Pay! For two he) I.

- - DIME DIALO

Pall] Ann. For faurlndiel nuduuo gentleman.
Thu "reeling (:l' the within. for n school.

The good they did. For nix lmlicl.

The buy who trim. For nix gmutlemen.
GopII-bt- day. A rullnquy. Fur little girls.
The Iit'h “u” mun. For lhru bnyl.

This iuve‘stlgutlng commillnc. Fur 11111.1“th

Th. heir nt-luw. CFnr numorcnl main

D.u\'t helluva what ynu lu-ur. Fur throv Mi
Arniuh rule. For Utrecht-lien.
The rhluf‘l rcrulw. Exlnlct. F51 two male.
Tinting her lrielnlr. Fur revenl wharuczerl.
The iorulgltrfl'u t ouhlu. For two Mia.

The cut uiihov'. in when Sevrrnlchnrumn
Natural uglerrion. Fa: thrngouumzn.

613118 No. 16.

a han of the trunk room. For fin emu.

e houflcn. A Unlluquy. For tun tlrtle glib
K t)”; l'ununl. For uvrrnl little girll.
SWHLAKI-m. Chnrude. For several (bur-item.
Testing her uholnu. For numunuu Ichhlnrl.
Th: \wrld l: whut we Innke it Two girl ‘
The old and lhu new. For gou'lenmn Null lad).

   
 

 

A “com!” in :nguu. For {our boy].

DIME DIALOGUES No. 17.

Ll'n'Ll. FOLKS’ animus AN}! DuLtmL’Ks.

To be but" you m be good. For two littlt
gi-l mnl out boy. _

Evans-cent glnry. For a bevy of boyl.

The little pozrmmker. For two little girls.

What pnnn lriemh. For two little girls.

Martha Wmhingwn tunpnny. For five little
[lrla in old-time exiuumu

The nil than. is in it. For two young burs.

Win and mush liltla girl. For two gull.

A child‘. inquiries. For smull child nml teacher.

Thu caching club. For tum girl: and album.

How u. a . it. For mo boyr.

A hundred yean tn come. For boy and girl.

Don't trust tutu. For wvurnl Inmll be”.

Above the drier. l-‘nr two small zirln.

The true heromn. Fur throu little boys.

Give in little hay- . chnnco; 'l‘he rtory of tho
plum pudding; [‘11 be n umn; A little girl's
right: Ipench; Jnhnny‘s opiuinn of grunti-
nlolhen; The haunting hen; He huan rlrr
lent; Alumll be)”. View ol‘ corul; Robb)":

DIME DIALO

l'nlrv with“. For revel-n1 characterl.

No '05.: \vi-hnut a thorn. 9 nmles nml I fomnla.
T greedy by hxtll. For three "mites.

One good turn thrones another. For 6 Indies.
Courting Melinda. I" 3 b0}! and l hltl)’.

The now ncholur. For mvernl boys:

The litllo intercessor. For {our lmlml. ‘
Anucuhnu. For 3 gentlemen and 3 Indus.

 

nrmnn; Noboily'l hlld ; Nuttingrtgrnndpi
Gmy't; Littlc ho I firm of how Chlunihui
Ilium-end Aniexic lttln virl'l \irw: L‘A-
tlo hm ’l .[lCOth an timr, A lulu hny'l pock-
et; Tho midnl hr murdnr;_ Robby liuh’n nu-
ohd Irrmou; M! the buby nine; A boy’-
nblrn'ntlonl; The now tlala; A mother's
love ; The cmwnln' glory; Bnby Lulu; loll.
Billingl on the bumble-hey,vren,nlligatnr;
Died yrntenlny; Th- rhleken’r urinal.” The
heir Air-parent; Deliver In from evil; Don't
rum! to 1-. good; Oil n drunken Iellnw;
The two little robi low to eondrmn;
A Immense nle; Lat a hay Idulanmliou; A
ehilrl‘n desire; Bogul; 'l‘hv xnhlin tnt~ Rub.
g-rluh; Cnlumu) ; Little I hntterhnx; “Wer
are they; A hny'n View; The lwontr frog--
Going In Ichonl; A mwniug hath: Th- zirs
oi Dnnrhc ', A flint-y; II: the Illllillll; Th.
new Inid egg; The Hill» musician; ldli Ban;
Pottery-uni“; Then and now.

GUES No. 18.

Give 5 Jo; n haul rmmr. Far [our gentlemen

Sp!il:g-li|||e wbhfil. For six 1; gir 3.

Lou Charlie; or, Xhe gilmy'l revenge. Tun.-
nierour rhnrnrirn.

A little tramp. For [hm lltlle boyl

Hard limos. For 9 zen-tlnrnen Ind 4 hull“.

Thu lemon well worth learning. For mm
nnrl two leman

 

 

     

 

DIME DIALOGUES, N0. 19.

An lwlnl myth". Two females and two mach

Conrantrnent. For five little ho ‘r. '

Who an tltn Inlull! For Iilrueu mung grrll.

Cnlifornin unLlo. Three mnlul mnl three lamnlel.

Be kind to the poor. A little {olks’ I'll?-

How peopla are inluvod. A “ duel."

layer. Actlng thmde. For {our diurnal-on.

no [make field. For four boyl. '

A kindergarten dialogue. For n Chrutmn Int
tin). Parroutod by Devon charter-n.

‘I Ila-t1- Inn-uh

The refined Ilnq-letonl. For {our hurllelt

R.-membur 132mm). For thru- mllu.

Mmlurn education. Thru mailer uni nu filth

Mail with Inn much )oyr. For three mulel.

‘l‘lm {niry'n running. I)msl pier». For me [it].

Aunt Eunico'l experiment. For uvrrnl.

The "Interior" G 6. Two hmnln itan one mnk

\Vu’ll hire to mortgage the law. For on. “i
am two iomnlu.

An old fuhloled dun.

Thu-1h In

Mull-u.

 

 

7. i, I

Dime school Series—Spgu‘n;

 

DIME DIALEGT SPEAKER, NI. 23.

Dat‘t Inn’s do lulu-v,

All about ghee,

The Miniuippl mlri-ck,i5cnn-lnl,

Van Lu Ilda cunlm in.

A (lurk hldfl flaw.

D an luan wt ery ha! 'l‘e Nasser my,

rut,

Par U‘Fluhert] an wn
man'l rights

fins hum: rulers, hm-

0|.

    

.

He didn’t Il'“ ill-a fnrm

I‘m: Lao lwiy oi Frank
lin’n kltu,

I would 1 won I be;

um I u,
A pnimi: awry,

{)n cumin-,4 German,

 
 
    
 

' | 1
Jill Mm. Grimm,
A [um )
'\ lira .l cm,

‘hll Underwood, pilot,
Jlul Uranlev

 

Iiun,
if iililur
wordl.

Gnen'n

Vite lamb

Laws! Chine-a ouirngc,

My Ielzlibor‘l do“,

The "innit-It deuiny ollCondnnwd Mythology.

the lrislmmu,
Percy MrCnnn.
'51" 3
llnzl,

    

Dz cir-umainucol cl) :1.

r Iiwnlimx.

s i'runi Juli Bii~

l-‘Iclus.

Thu eruiilcl.
hummi- l I" Attica.
The nun-pi is Krnuea’
‘ A :lokelur'u nibbles,

'l‘lie emu-in: Iunu,

Dar”. nufim new under The “ligand ufl‘nly a!

dc um.

I

 

  

ll M violin
’l labimli-ligliu,

 

i"ie pill pfiumm on-EOur c. udinliue‘~ View“,

‘Dumlie r\"n Wllll-ll

   

lui June.

Mulili mi‘l

rum rellglnm poem, Tim imlu llnby :- 

Ihe ri-rnrv.
A gen-m mu '
An inrllnti '

bird or libuny, ».

   

In: Plain lunfiunge la_\1l'ull|- 'l‘liu cruw,

.Out wen.

DIME READINGS AND RECITATIONS, No. 24.

I'm Xrlnlamn’n pum-

rnmn,
The lightning-rod Agent
I'll: tmgmiy at [but no

mu.
Rum and Naomi,
Ila-{g of Canon,
N "6|
him (W,
Tim liralilmnu I‘
an.- i,
I'nuun Moonli’l lur-
uml'nh

Arguing: flu nullnn
Hm Walla until the gnu,

The dim nlil fore“,
Run-liar ll lmme,

Thu Sergcnnt‘u duly,
Duvid ulnl Gnliah,

o. Innrlul in! prim-ll
The (mining mu ache,
The unuineer'n nary.
A ulmiiduia for presi-

doul,

Rnll cull,

 

Inn. ll y,

Drumming at fourucorc, ‘.

Rum,
Wily nlmuid the «plin

An ntcvulon to the

Who" the com tom.
“0"”,

The (loxiutinn party,

'l'mmm‘ Tun,
Michigan-let in

Frunw.

NM on: to span,

Mn. llruely’l

lunrh,

“ck '

pink

 

Pom
Fqumln‘l urinary

Anuie'n llcleel,

The new-boy,

I’M’n cams-pondean

Di-Mll of ‘11” curd Iqullt

.‘lvin lug Sluieid,

Al Emu-on,

'l‘h» rry ol womanhood.

le judgment (lay,

'l'in- bum bubble,

Curfew mm: In» flu
lu-Illglil,

Tlia swell,

The water mill,

Snm’n leuer.

Fn~Ine1vl of tin do“.

Clmril_\ ,

Au any on check.

 

U l' The lhnve boolu In laid by Now-(lulu! onrywlnu, or will In an. pool-mid. u q
“I... on receipt at pri;é. 10 «In “ell.

mu: m “All. Publishes. DU WEI-n It. in '-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIME POCKET NOVELS.

PUBLISHED SEMI-MON THLY, AT TEN CENTS EACH.

19 The peeler Chief.

90 The ll’er-Killer. -"
91 “'ild Net.

99 indien Jo.

98 Old Kent theRenger.
94 Ole-l ed Tre per.
93 Gedbo d, the py.

96 The Bleck Ship.

9'1 Single E e.

I Indien J m.

9! Thule?“

90 e e.

31 fit . y1c Canoe.
39 The 601 en Herpoon.
33 The Snip King.

’4 Old Lute.

86 Reinholt. Renter.

N The Boy Pioneer.

l‘l Cenon. the Guide.

28 The Heert Enter.

eo The Huge Hunter.
41 Wild Net, Tapper.
49 LV‘Ix-eep.

u The Wh te Ontlnw.
u The Doc Treller.

u The llk Kin .

60 Adrien, the Hot.

4' The Men-hunter.

48 The Phentom Trucker
u looeeein Bill.

IO The Wolf Queen.

[1 Ton: Hewk Treiler.
u n. ma elm:

51 Hunter Hum.

98 Cloudwood.

a! The Texee Hewh.

60 Hereileee Met.

ll led Ant’ony’e Scout!
I9 Luckleu Trep r.

CI The Floride cont.
:4 The Ielend Trepper.
05 Wolf-Cup.

N Rettlinx Dick.

‘1 Sher -lye.

“9 iron- end.

ee The Yellow Hunter.
'10 The Plimtom rider.
11 Delewere Tom.

79 Silver Rifle.

n The skeleton Scout.
14 Little Rifle.

'II The Wood “'itch.

'19 Old Rufl, Trepper.

 

‘11 Sceriet Shoulderl.
'18 Border Rifiemen.
'19 Outlew Juk.

80 Tiger-TellY Seminole:

Bl Deeth-Deeler. r
89 Kenton, the Renger,
88 8 our Hommeu.
84 e Three Treppern.
86 Keleoleh.

36 The Hunter Herculee.
81 Phil Hunter.

88 The indien Seout.

89 The Girl Avenger.

90 The Red Hermite-e.
91 Ster-Fece the Slayer.
93 The Antelope Bay.
93 Thu Phentom Hunter.
in Tom Plntle Pilv t.

95 The ma “hum.

96 The Rivel Treppere.
91 The Squaw Spy.

98 Du-ky Dick.

99 Colonel Crockett.

100 Old Beer Pew.

101 Redlnw.

109 W’ild Rube.

103 The Indinn Huutere.
10¢ Surred Eegie.

105 Nick Doyle.

106 The Indlnn Spy.

107 Job Deen.

108 The Wood King.

109 The Scelped Hunter.
110 Nick the Scout.

111 The ex“ Tiger.
119 The Croeeed Kuivee.
11! Tiger—Heart.

114 Mneked Avenger.
115 The Pearl Piretee.
116 Black Penther.

11'! Abdiel the Avenger.
118 Ceto. t e Creeper.
119 Two-Hended Met.
190 Med Treil Hunter.
191 Bleak Nick.

199 Kit Bird.

19! The S ter Ridere.
19d Gieut ete.

195 The Girl Cephln.
196 Ynnhee Euh.

191 Silverepnr.

1911 S uetter Dick.

199 e Child Spy.

180 Mvnk Coet.

181 Red Plume.

139 Clyde, the Treiler.

 

133 The Lou Ceche.

184 The Cennibel Chief.
125 Kernibo.

136 Scarlet Mocceein.
131 Kidnepped.

133 M‘nid of the Moun-

te n.
139 The Scioto Scout-I.
NO Border Renegade.
m The Mute Chief.
149 Boone, the Hunter.
143 Miruntnin Kites.
1“ The Red Sniper.

' 145 The Lone Chief.

146 The Silver Bugle.
1‘1 Chin A, Cheynne.
’l'he angled Tull.
N9 The Uneeen Hand.
150 The Lone Indie".
161 The Brended Chief.
159 Billy Bowie I.
The anley cout.
Red Jecket.
156 The Jungle Scout.
156 Cherokee Chief.
151 The Bendit Hermit.
15K The Patriot Scent-
159 The Wand Ranger:
160 The Red Foe.
161 Beeutiful Unknown.
169 Ceuehrnke Mole.
168 linnk. the Guide.
164 The Border Scout.
165 “'ild Net.
Maid of Wyoming.
16'! The Three Clplivel.
168 The Loet Hunter.
169 Border Lew.
1'10 The Lifted Trail.
111 The ’l'reder Spy.
1'12 The Forcet Specter.
173 The Border Foee.
Border Vengeance.
Border Bennie.
The Soul of Liberty.
The Loet Bride.
Keeteee.
The Tank-we Spy.
The Preirie Scourge.
Red 1.1 htning. V
Brave Hen".
Night-Her Kit.
Mil-ten: Sem.
lul Hurricane Bill.
186 The Red Outlew.
181 The Swamp Scout.

 

188 The Shewnee’e be.

189 Mohewk Net.

190 Old ane.

191 The Prnlrle Riflee.

199 Old Kyle, Treiler.

193 Big Foot. the Guide.

194 Red Brotherhood.

195 The Men in Green.

196 Gina-Eye, the Greet
0

t.

19'! The Preirle Tn
199 Bleck John. PM
199 Keen-Knife.
900 Ned Skipper.
901 The Young Spy.
909 The ludien Avenm.
90! Rivel Lieutenente. -.
90‘ The Stump Rlflu.
905 The Belloon Sun“.
906 Dncoteh Seourge.
907 The Twin Swute.
908 Bucklkin Bill.
909 Border Avenue".
210 Tim Bumble’e Cherge
911 The Shewnee Scout.
919 The Silent Sleyer.
918 The Preirle Queen.
91‘ The Reckwoodemel.
915 The Prieouer of lee

Vintreeee.
916 Pelelr Smith.
911 The Witch oi the

“'ellowleh.
918 The Preirie Fluke.
919 The Hue-er Capt-in.
920 The Red Spy.
991 Diek Darling.
999 Muetenz Huntere.
993 Guilty or Not Guilty
9‘14 The Outlew Renger.
196 Scbuykill Rengere.
996 ()n the Deep.
‘291 irone.
998 The Mounteineer.
999 The Hunter’e Eecepe
930 The Golden Belt.
931 The Swem Ride".
939 Jul)“ Hnw .
933 Meeeeeoit’e Delight"
934 The Med Hunter.
986 The Reefer of ’76.
986 Antelope Abe.
98'! The dunter’e Vow.
1'38 .'he Hnnter’e Pledge
939 Rettlepnte.
940 The Prllrie Bride.

THE TOLLOWXNG WILL BE [SSUED 1N THE ORDER AND 01‘ THE DATES INDICATED:

.41 Old Grizfly, the Ben? Tuner.
.4- Dragoone.
I“ Will-o'-tlle- in

The Dlllflll

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By Henry J. Thnmu. Reedy November 97th.

By Albert W'. Aiken.

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Reed ' October 16th.

Reedy January 8th.
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Ry Ceptein Bruin Ademe. Reedy September IBth.
By C. Denning Clerk. Reedy October 9d.

Rudy December 11th.

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Oh yes (96 Net.) $9.50.

BEADLE AND ADAMS, Pubilehere, 98 Wilmun Street. New York.