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CHAPTER I.
A STRANGE ADVENTURE.

IT began to look very much as if Brandon havens was

caught in a dangerous dilemma. He had been on a hunting
~expetlition, and on the previous day had become separa
from the main party, and was hopelessly lost. '

Furthermore, during the entire night. and mm: of the fore-
nonn, the windows of heaven had been opened. and the floods
bud poured down upon the earth, with all,the exulhtance of
‘a tropical storm. The Rattlesnake river, along the bank 0!
Which he had been rambling, had begun rising the ""y before,
as the result at: the deluge near its head-waters away up in
the Rocky Mountains; so that now, in addition to the dis-
comfort of feeling that he was lost, was the emphatically un-
pleasant sensation of the certainty that he was caught in the
focus of e. freshen

Which happened in this manner.

Rattlesnake river was a large stream, which finally do-
)ouehed into the Mississippi; but in this section of Iowa it
meived the waters of a large tributary, which put into it at

' quite a sharp angle.

This junction took place something less than a mile below
the point where we find Brandon Havens standing, and for a
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On the long, narrow peninsula, separating these two streams,
Havens hml wandered off with his (log and gun, not knowing
. rthat there was no escape below, and that he was being rapid-
lyshut in by the rising volume of water above him.
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footsteps, with the uncomfortable sensation of a man who feels
that a; great danger is hearing steadily down upon him, while _,
‘he is deprired of the ability. to get out of its path. -‘ 5 . 
> As he stood facing north, he could see the/muddy waters,
x' of the Rattlesnak/e on the left, rushing impetuously,thrwnrd, 
bearing upon its surface'uprooted trees, stumps, brush, lrgs,  t
and all the débris gathered by a large river, when, the first 1 rs ‘
time, for a long while, it. over-leaps its hounds, and hurries \’ 
with its varied freight on toward the ocean. if:
on the right, almost the same sight met his vision, except 
perhaps that the tributary, although swollen to triple its usual ' . I ‘
.size, was still of less volume than the Rattlesnake; but, it v '-
seemed, if possible, to contain a greater mass of driftwood. ‘
than the main stream.
Here and there, scattered over the dryland upon which the
young hunter was standing, were large trees, while quite a _
plentiful mass of undergrowth was interspersed between. Ha- '_-
.vens was already wet to the skin, from his continued tramp ‘ u 
through the wilderness, made wet by the previous rain. "
-“ This begins to look serious, Wolf," said he, addressing his
dog. “ If you Can lead the way out of the trouble, you can
-do more than I. Suppose I climb this tree here, and see
‘ whether I can take our bearings." ~
The dog whined and moved uneasily about, as if a vague
sense of the connnon danger had impressed itselt‘ upon him;
' but he was as powerless as his master, and waited while the '
latter hastily climbed the nearest tree. .
In a few moments the latter reached the top, and then, with
his eye, carefully swept every part of the horizon. .
The prospect. could not have been worse. The rivero
either hand had swelled to the. dimensions of a lake. As far
as the eye could reach, the Rattlesnake spread, until, where it
swept over the woods, only the swaying tops 01' the trees could,
be seen. . - »
It was the same with the other stream. Overwhelmed by
the volume of water precipitated upon them, from the network
‘ of rivers above, the only relief was in its widening out. over
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The streams united a quarter of a mile below, although the
usual point of junction was more than double that distance,
and with every minute of the tumultuous rush, the lower point
of the land was sinking under the combined volume of both
currents. ’

Turning his eye to the northward, almost precisely tho same
thing was to be observed there. There being a tall or de-
pression in the land,the two rivers, at a point several hundred
yards distant, had ovurfiowed the intervening hind, so that in
fact the hunter was beleaguered upon an island, which was

rapidly going under the water.

Such was the situation of our hero, at the moment we in-
troduce him tolour reader. The afternoon was quite advanced,
and in lilS-\'amlerings he had not eaten a mouthful since the
preceding day. I

Wet, chilled and hungry, with many miles intervening be?
tween him and the party he had lett in such hopeful spirits,

' and with the intention of rejoining them at nighttalln—while

the tumultuous tide swept upon every side—while it crept up
higher and higher, n Hirer and nearer, as it" angry and impao
tient for its prey, that could only shrink and draw himself
within himself—we say that in such a. situation as this, the
lot of Brandon Havens was not to be envied by any one.
,The young hunter (lid not descend until he had made a
careful reeminoissance of his position, and had computed as

' accurately as possible his real peril.

The first plan that naturally suggested itself was that of
remaining in the tree until the flood subsided enough for him

\to resume his tramp to the northward, retracing his steps as

nearly as possible.

But there were several fatal objections to this. From the
swii'tness. with which the water was rising, the island _npon
which he stood would probably be sulnnerged to the depth of
several leet before morning. It was not at all improbable that
the depth would be still greater, in which case the tree would
undoubtedly be uprooted and borne downward with tho switl.
current, and even should it breast the rush of water, and stand
firm, it Wflllld be likely to require several days before the sub-
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Besideo this, the rise would sweep his dog away and drown
him—a prospect which occasioned Havens more pain than. 1
his own danger, for there are few stronger attachments in this 
world than that which exists between the hunter and his, 
faithful dog, and the last thought that he could entertain with
any degree of cquanimity was that of separating from the
true and tried companion of his rambles.

All this was many years ago, when Iowa was a “ howling
wilderness," and the wild animal \‘as_less dreaded than the
wild Indian.

Brandon Havens and a half-dozen others had ventured into
this solitude on a hunt, when he had hecmne separated in the
manner mentioned. and was in the dilemma which has been .t
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' The only possible course that seemed open to him was to
descend to the ground, prepare a sort of rat‘t.as quickly as'
possible, and embark upon the rushing current.

“ We will be sure to come out somewhere," he reflected, as
he descended the tree, " and that is more than we can expect
if we remain here."

But an appalling obstacle presented itself. No material .
was available of which a raft could be made. Wood there . ~ ,
was in abundance, but, at the present, it was growing firmly ’ ‘
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Loose, buoyant logs, such as he needed, were sweeping by I ., , '
him in the current, but none were within reach from where  ’
he Stood. ' ‘

llowever, Havens could only trust to Providence and pre-

‘ pare for the worst. He strapped his ritle firmly to his back,
fastened his other weapons and clothing as securely as possi‘
l)il:,,:lllti was ready to meet whatever the Fates might bring ,1

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\ Havens was a capital swimmer, and he was now to make ‘

' an attempt to turn it to account. Ile had reSolved to plunge.
into the river, and swim out. to the first goodly-sited .log'tl‘mt ,
it looked possible to reach. Astride of this, With Wolf along ,'
side. there was the certainty of being carried somewhere, can
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g I it passed, his moccasins were completely covered with the cold

3. J current. .

I  “- Suddenly his eye caught the prong-like roots and branches

; i of an immense oak that came rushing down the streams, toss-
lng, sinking and rising, like some sea-monster struggling in
agony.

“That is to be our raft, Wolf,” he exclaimed, Wading out
a few steps, so as to be ready to intercept it at the proper
moment. ‘

At the very instant of starting, a whine from the dog ar-
rested his attention.

. Following the direction in which the dumb animal was
gazing, Havens was not a little surprised to observe an Indian
canoe coming swiftly down upon the tossing waves of yellow
water.

His first impression was that of additional danger, buts
second glance showed him that it contained no one, or if so,
the occupant was invisible.

“ Ah, Wolf! that is fortunate l" he exclaimed, the next mo-
ment. “If we can get into that, we stand some chance of

- doing something for ourselves."

No time was to be lost, and the next minute the young
hunter had waded out to his waist. Here the force of the
current was so strong that he could barely maintain himse f,
but he managed to hold on until the cockle-shell of a vessel
'lmd danced almost opposite, when he boldly stepped into

' deeper water, and the next moment was bravely combating
the stream.

' Had our hero been an experienced hunter, he would have
seen that in the appearance of the Indian canoe which, to say
the least, was suspicions. '

Light’smd buoyant as it was, it, should have floated like a '
‘cork, while the depth to which it sunk showed conclusiVely
that there was some weight inside to make it do this.

' True, it might' be the water, whichrit had received from
this falling rain, or which had been dashed into it, as it was

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But no suspicion entered the head of Brandon Havens. a!
he bravely breasted the waves, and struck out toward the boat.
intent only upon gaining the prize.

As he swam, with the (log at his side, the latter outswam ’
him. and reached the canoe first. Puttingr his paws upon the.
guuwale, Wolf was about to leap in, when he abruptly loosened
his hold and swam away again.

This actioh was storage, to say the least, and for the first ‘
time; a. thrill of suspicion shot through the breast of the V '
hunter. and with his hand almost upon the edge of the boat,
he hesitated and floated idly beside it.

‘ But his situation was too serious to admit of delay, ant.
swimming directly beside the canoe, he raised himself sud-
denly and carefully half his length out. of the water, taking
good care not to touch the canoe with his hands, nor to make
any plashing or unusual noise. v i

This gave him his coveted view of the interior of the boat,
and this is what he saw!

A human figure covered with an Indian blanket and a,
shawl!

The first supposition of the hunter was that it was a. savage
asleep. v '
“ And that being the case, I had better make myself
SCut’CE," reflected Havens, as he turned about and began pad- ‘

dliug away. '

But he had taken scarcely a. dozen strokes, when something
restrained him. .

“ Perhaps it is not an Indian 1 It may be a friend l”,

Impelletl by an influence which he could not understand.
Brandon soon [‘ouml himsoh‘ beside the boat again. ,

"he second look disclosed the person lying in the same

position, but there was a foot incased in a moccasin visible.

And this was so small and symmetrical that he was certain
it (would belong to none but a. woman, and not of common
birth. ‘

Why was she here? Had she been carried away from her
home somewhere up the cou'ntry, or was she a captive of the
Indians, who had been freed by the interpositoa of the fresh“?

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, And that foot ‘ss if it might belong to a. princess of royal
blood! '

Perhaps some chieflain’s daughter, who had wandered ofl‘
upon the bosom of the rushing river, who had toiled with the
paddle at her side, until, exhausted, she lay down and slept;
the dreamless sleep of a child of nature?

Perhaps she was dead, and had been set adrifl by her not
unfeeling parents. who deemed this a fitting tomb for one who
had been reared in their lodge? -

iIt' living, was she aware of the danger to which she was
subjected? Did she know that wild beasts might steal upon
and destroy her as she slept?

Did she not know that there were wild men in these soli-
tudes who were more dangerous even than the wild beasts?

These were the questions which titt‘onged upon his mind
as he floated doubtineg beside the canoe. Then came the
important query again :

“ Is she dead ‘2"

That tnotionless silence, that indifference to the peril by.
which she was surrounded, all looked as if she were not of
this world.

Havens had floated beside the boat until he found himself
growing tired, when he concluded that it was time to act.

His weight careeued the boat greatly, but it disturbed not
the sleeper, and he succeeded in getting into the canoe with-

; out injury to its delicate structure.

Wolf quickly followed, and the combined weight of the
inmates sunk it quite low in the current. ’

There was just room inside for himself and dog without
disturbing the sleeper, whose feet alone were visible, ns they
peeped from beneath the rich, brilliant shawl which enveloped
her form. ,

A small Indian paddle lay within the boat beside her, and
Havens succeeded in lifting it without disturbing her in the
least. ~

Before indulging," in any further speculations regarding the

‘ finkumvn, prudence told the hunter to take his bearings.

One glance showed that he was in a vast waste ot‘ water.
The surging, rushing mass of yellow fluid, dashed here and

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hand, the swaying, np—torn trees, and the large amount of
débrt'o—nll these betokened the great extent of the freshen

Whither was he going-1". _ ,

IIavens knew that the Rattlesnake river found its way into
the Mississippi, and so on eventually to the Gulf of Mexico
but how far below his present situation the junction took
place he could only conjecture.

Away up in this wild section of the country, where he had
been warned against the fury of the Indians, who were now
upon the war-path, he knew there was danger of encounter-
ing them at any time, and he never 'aisetl his eyes without a
shudder, lest he should see some of these dreaded red-skins
near at hand.

But the coast was clear, and his thoughts naturally reverted
to the unknown being with whom he was being borne swiftly
downward upon the rushing waters. '

n Already a sort of romantic interest had taken possession of
him, and he found himself a prey to the most intense eu-
riosity. ,

Cool? it be that she was dead?

A cold fear ran over him at the thought, and he felt almost
like plunging into the Cold river again, were such the case.

All the time. Havens, from some cause which he could not
give, looked upon the stranger as of his own race and blood;
but every indication was that she was an Indian.

However, his curiosity was becoming so great that he de-
cided to gratify it at once.

Respectfully and reverentially, he bent toward her and slowly
and carefully drew the shawl from the face of the sleeping

’ unknown, and with a beating heart leaned forward, as the

mariner game out upon the vasty deep in his attempt to define,

the dim sail.

To his unbounded surprise, the movement revealed the fare
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BRANDON IlAVENs was dumb with amazement!

Never, in all his wanderings, had he encountered what
seemed to him such form and features of marvelous beauty.
As site lay, with the side of her time upon her arm, the pink
tint of the sea-shell was upon the well-rounded cheek. and the
penciled eyebrows were as if drawn in ink. A mass of
luxuriant dark hair rippled and rolled away in a negligent
manner over the symmetrical shoulders, while the faint, regular
breathing betokened not death, but. rosy health. v

Slight as was the withdrawing of the shawl. it awakened
the fair sleeper. The sweep of the cool air upon the cheek
was probably what aroused her; for, while the hunter was
gazing in rapt admiration, she suddenly opened her eyes, and
gazed about her with the confused air of one when awaken-
ing from a profound sleep.

Naturally her first glance fell upon Brandon Havens, who
could not avoid a smile at her extreme amazement; but he
politely raised his hat, and she immediately came to a sitting
position, and stared quickly and successively in every direction,
as if she had not the remotest idea of her situation.

Then in the gasping tones of complete bewilderment, she
'ttsked, turning toward her companion:

“ Where am 1?"

“Safe.” was the reply'of the hunter, who again bowed
pleasantly to her. '

" Who are you ?”

“ Brandon Havens, your humble servant."

“ How came I here ?”

‘ As succinctly as possible our hero related the particulars
of what has already been given the reader. During the reel-

1 “hi, the " girl listened like one who was dreaming or whose

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“ Go on,” she instantly said, and so he completed. his story,

addingfwhen he had finished:

“Some strange chance has thrown us together, fair lady,
and it will not be long, in all probability, before we separate.
For however long or short a time it may be my privilege to
be in your society, my wish is that when we separate, you
will recall nothing that will cause you regret that. our meeting
ever occurred.”

She bowed her head in acknowledgment, but made no
further reply to this.

Havens was silent fora few moments, but his curiosity we!
too great for him to remain so very long.

“ Surely you will allow me to ask your name i”

“ Adrian Woodland."

“ As pleasing a name as is your general appearance,”
thought the hunter, and he added, aloud:

“ My surprise was never greater than when I swam out to
the canoe and found you in it."

“ I (Lid not know that I was here or even in the boat, until '

I was awakened."

‘f That is strange," exclaimed Havens, and he then awaited
the succeeding explanation; but. it did not. Come.

“ Do not your friends know of what has befullen you—of
your sad misfortune 1’" ‘

“ Friends ?" she repeated, looking at the speaker with such
a mournt‘ul expression, that he was touched to the heart. “I
have. no friends.”

“ You have one, who is ready to risk his life for you," ex-
claimed Havens, who was earnest in his enthusiastic devotion
to the unknown fair one, who had been so singularly thrown
upon his protection. “ Have no fears while it is my privilege
to protect. you.” ‘

She covered her face, as if overcome with emotion. at: the

recollection of some great. misfortune, while the hunter re-

spectfully maintained silence untii she overcame her grief
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sad the reply was awaited with an anxiety which it would be"

. ditficult to express. ‘

‘ But- it did not come. From some cause or other, Adrian
Woodland showed no disposition tc reveal what certainly was

‘_ an extraordinary history.

She had turned her head aside, and was looking ofl’ over
the water, which stretched away like a vast inlahd sea. They
were then in the immediate vicinity of a large forest. The
tops of the trees protruded above the water like common
rushes, and seemed to the two in the canoe to be dashing up
against the current with a furious itnpetuosity, impossible to
imagine.

In a few minutes, thispiece of woods, numbering many
acres in extent, was passed, and they danced forward again,
upon the broadening, yellow waters, with theirlimitlcss freight
of logs, trees, stumps and debris.

Then she gradually turned her hend.until she gazed directly
up the river, while Havens, holding the paddle in his hand, im-
patiently nwaited her reply.

She had looked but a few moments, when she started and
exclaimed :

,“ There! they come!”

“Whom do you mean ?" asked the hunter, following the
direction of her finger and failing to see any thing at all.

» “ The Indiana!“ she answered. again covering her face, and
shuddering, as if seeking to shut out some fearful picture or
scene from her thoughts.

The hunter carefully raised himself. until he was standing

nearly erect in the boat, and then gazed keenly tip-stream,

but he detected nothing that looked like a canoe or boat, in
which, if she really saw the red-skins, they must have been.
Resolved to press all the questions he could without using
rudeness, he continued:
“ To what tribe of Indians do they belong ?"
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“You must have been mistaken," said he, “ in think-ix:ng
i were following us. I have looked carefully tip-stream, sun
can see nothing of them.”

“ No; I was not wrong," she replied.
dozen of them, in a. log canoe and they are paddling very feet
after me. Can we not get away from them ?"

“ They must pass over my dead body to reach you i"

This may have a boastful look, as our readers see it, but
Brandon Havens was in earnest, when he uttered it, and he
would have fought for that friendless fair one with all the
bravery of a chevalier of the olden times.

“ You can not keep them away,” she waited.
paddle faster than you, and they are coming—I know they
are.” .

Her singular persistency had its efl'ect upon Havens. who be,
gen to believe that she might be right, alter all, in announcing
the coming of their mutual enemies.

It. was this supposition that caused him to take up the pad-
dle, and dip lt into the current at his side.

As near as he could judge, the afternoon was more than
half gone, and still there were no signs of land on either side,
where they could effect a landing. ‘ '

' In fact. there was something so pleasant in thus “ floating
with the stream," in the society of the most beautiful woman
upon which his eyes had ever rested. that a Contemplatiouof
its termination was the reverse of V pleasant. His hunger. his
wet and clinging garments, were forgotten in the new and de-
lightful emotions which now found room in his breast.

He i'ouml it almost impossible to remove his gaze from her
face. and it was only when he became sensible of his rude-
jltess that he did so.

Yet, despite the ethereal mental condition in which the ro-
mantic young man found himself, he could not become entirely
insensible to his surroundinga.

The rain had ceased during the forenoon, but there were
signs of the storm renewing again. Dark, heavy clouds olr
scored half the sky, and there was a mist in the‘air. such as
isvfrequently seen. at times when there is a superabundance of f
. a; iqture in the‘ atmosphere. ‘ ' ' ' » '

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"m r cast about for some means of escape from their present pra-

dicament, and like the shipwrecked mariner he looked and
sighed for land. '

\The best way to get out 9f 9. current is neither to row with
nor against it, but as the mariner caught in the cyclone'does.
to take a course at right angles.

80 Havens turned his boat directly across the stream, and
plied the paddle with all the skill of which he was capa-

ble. ‘

Adrian watched his labor with no little interest. When
the exertion had continued for something less than an hour.
she exclaimed :

“ There is the land i”

The hunter had not noticed it yet, but he saw that she was
right. Far away to the right, the boundary of Rattlesnake
,river could be distinguished. V

As the [and made a decided rise, the bank was clearly de-
fined,_nnd there was the cheering prospect of placing their,
feet upon terrafirma again.

Havens bent all his energies toward reaching the shore,
which was at a great distance. When his eye was fixed upon
some stationary object he gained some idea of the great 7'.-
locity with which they were being driven down-stream.

As he neared the land, he observed with pleasure that they
had been carried so far southward as to be beyond the region
of the storm. The green woods showed that no rain had
fallen Very recently, and the threatened renewal of it had

' disappeared, so'that the sky was clear and pleasant.
Speeding onward, they succeeded in reaching the shore, and
|Havens drove the canoe with such force against the sandy
beach, that the [1 row remained fast, although the stern was
swung round by the velocity of the current.
. t i > , Wolf was the first to spring out, and he was fellowed in-

" > ', stnntly by Brandon. who drew the light vessel fitr up the bank.
~ ' and then assisted his friend upon land. ,

‘ The flood is cheated of its prey this time,” exclaimed out

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speaking as if he had fully resolved upon hearing the lady
company until she was freed from her present dilemma. She
looked up at him in surprise. '

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\ “ If it is your wish I will leuve you at once," he repliedin
Itontly, touches at the ohruptness of the question.

“‘Yon do not know where I go."

“ No; nor do I know where I am, or what is‘ to became of
me, nor do I care so'long as I can he with you.”

' She looked at him with asonlt'ul expression, as if she would
read his heart, while the face of young Havens glowed with
the new emotion which had taken possession of his being.

It was plain that some great grief weighed her down, which
she was unwilling to communicateto him, although her actions
and manner seemed to say that she was debating with her;
self whether to do so or not. ,

Hoping that she would decide favorably, the hunter deter-
mined to press his thoughts home upon her, and then give her
time to form her own conclusions regarding him. r

, “Lady,” he said, “I need not tell you that the mystery
which surrounds you is entirely inpenetrohle to me. I know
your mime, but nothing as to your history, or how it is that
you were found alone in on Indian canoe, [looting down the
river. Whether you have friends, whether you are it captive
among the Indians, who have drifted unconsciously away from
, them, or whether, by some strange accident, you have been
home away froth your home, is more than I can tell. This
secret is with you. I have no desire to penetrate it. You
know :t little and perhaps care less for me; but. allow me to
say that I nm from the state of Illinois, where I am coml‘ortr
-:tbly situatml, with the tenderest 01‘ family ties, and that with
some friends, I have ventured this far west on u hunting-ext
pedition. You and I have been together for It short time,th
the hour or two'hss been long enough for me to admire, re- \
spect, and to love you, with the whole depth of my nature l" .

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it was with the feeling that makes us tremble for the passer

 sion of the prize that is surely slipping from our grasp.

“ I will leave you here," he added, after a moment’s pause,
“ while I go to the top of the hill yonder, and see whether I
can gain an idea of our situation, and which is the course to
pursue to reach some settlement." \

‘ With this parting, Havens moved hastily away, toward a
wooded hill, about a couple of hundred yards distant. The
intervening wood was thickly grown with brush, so that he
experienced a little difficulty in reaching the summit.

‘ He was well rewarded forhis trouble, however, for he gained
a view extending over a dozen miles in area. The course of
the enormously-swollen river could be traced for a long dis-
tance, until, like the sea, it seemed to mingle with the bore
izon. .
Not a sign of a steamer was visible upon it--a fact which
perhaps impressed the young hunter more deeply than any
thing else with a sense of his loneliness, and utter removal
from the confines of civilization.
9 But toward the north, the country was entirely open, that ‘
is, free from water, although the vast extent of forest re-
\ minded him of its wild and unsettled condition.

Perhaps a mile to the north, he discerned the column-like
smoke of a camp-tire, ascending through the. tree-tops. While
in all probability these were Indians, still the young man had
strong hopes that the smoke marked the camp-fire of his friends,
who had followed this route in their search for him.

This was the only sign of life that greeted his vision. Every-
where clso was solitude, loneliness and desolation.

Carried by the rcsistless force of the current, Havens had
been swept many miles out of his course, and there was a
long and perilous tramp before him are he could expect to
extricate himself {root the labyrinth of danger into which he
had been drawn.

Then, too, the care of the beautiful Adrian Woodland made

,his task assume almost the proportions of that of Hercules:-

dthough all the more enchanting on that account. I . I

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river again. v

Here a terrible disappointment awaited him. Upon reach- '
ing the spot where the boat was left, it was gone, as wasaiso
the fair unknown, and poor Wolf lay pinned to the earth
with an arrow—the still warm blood oozing from the wound.
An Indian alone could have done this.

It was some minutes before Havens realized that she had
really disappeared. He looked up and down the stream but
neither the boat nor she who had occupied it was visible.

An overwhelming sadness was upon the heart of young ’
Havens, the hunter. His whole soul seemed to have gone out
toward the beautiful creature, when) he had met so short a
time before.

Attracted not only by her grace of form and manner, but
by what be deemed her sweetness of disposition; and the an.
questionable culture that was displayed in her conversation—
he had already begun drawing roseate pictures of the future,
in which, as may be supposed, she formed the principal fig— ‘ ‘
nre. : '
As he had stood on the hill-top, gazing off 'in the distance.
her fairy-like form floated in the air before him. and she.
seemed to beckon to him from the distant sky— » ’

But it was gone! She had departed like a vision of the
sleep, and nothing but her memory remained behind. , -

Minute at‘ter minute passml away, and the shades of night
began gathering over the wood and river, and still Brandon
Havens sat watching and waiting in vain..

He had called her name again and again, but no response
cams, and with a sad and weary heart he shouldered his rifle,
and plunged into the forest.

And, as he did so, another form, that of a crouching Indian,
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KYLE, run scour.

AT the close of the same day that saw Brandon Havens
plunge disconsohuely into the woods. so closely followed by
the form of the crouching Indian, two men were gathered
F mmund a camp-tire, which had been kindled in a deep hollow
of‘the forest, at a point about ten miles distnnt.

Both were young and rather prepossessing in appearance,
I and they were the two men with whom our hero had been
5 , hunting before we introduced him to our readers. .

They were brothers, Edwnrd and George Gaskill, the first
being several years the senior of the other, and in every way
his superior so far as concerned hunting and their knowledge

" of wmdcrat‘t.

“Well. Havens has made a miss of it,” remarked the
younger, who was busy broilng a piece of venison over the
» fire;

'- / '“ Yes; he has gone and lost himself, and instead of hunt
,r ing for game, we have got to spend the time in hunting for
7: ‘ him.” .
,e’ “ He must do the most: of that himself, as he has Wolf with
him."

“It is too bad that he wandered ofi‘ so far, for it is not
only difficult but dangerous for us to attempt to find him
again."

 t “ What do you megu t" asked George, looking inquiring.y
toward 'his brother.

w' “You remember that old hunter, Hugh Kyle, who used to
“stop so frequently at our house, and who had the weakness
of spending six months' earnings in about as many hours at
the village tavern Y“ _ ' >

“I rather guess I do." was the response. “He it was
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can judge, in the most dangerous part of them.” i

“ Why so ?”

“Don’t you recall that he said the most devilish portion
of the Delaware Indians were to be found just across the
Rattlesnake river, on the western shore ?—.-und I think that is
where we are."

“It is hard to tell, when the streams are so swollen out of
shape by the freshet.”

“ I know it is, and I only strongly suspect that we are in
that section, where he used to locate his most thrilling ,env,
counters.” ,

“ If that is the case, we are in as much'danger as Havens
is.”

“True; and that makes me wish he Would turn up and
get out of this dangerous section." .

“ You remember it was my opinion that we were going I
too far altogether, and I said as much yesterday morning.”

“ I know, I know," returned the elder brother, showing by
his voice and manner that he was very uneasy and apprehen?

sive, “ but it can't be helped new; we must make the best 0!
it. ’Bh i" '
Both held their hren
was still.
“ What: was it i” asked George, in the suppressed voice of
fear.
“ It sounded like the breaking of a twig, under the tread '
of some one." x
“ We couldn‘t be better situated for an enemy to steal upon
us than we are." ' -
“ I was about—" 1
Further utterance was checked by the spiteful crack of I
rifle, and the ping of the bullet was heard as it sped by the
face of Edward Gaskill.
The brothers sprung to their feet, caught up their guns, and
plunged into the woods.
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lowed by the exclamation: ,
-“ Wal thnri Beavers and bufliersi Ef~ that’s the wayolli
gun makes y'o'u jump, you o‘u’ght to have ab'o'ut brim '

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The words were followed by the figure of a man, who, as
he strode out of the darkness into the light of the camp-fire,

3:: , revealed a form of enormous proportions, dressed in the cos.
iv ,: tume of an Indian, and carrying a rifle of still greater longiv
‘ tude than himself.
of  A close-fitting coon-skin hat was upon his head, and his
4‘ face was covered with an enormous grizzled heard, that reached
in % down to his waist. ' I V
n,  As he strode up and stopped by the fire he was still shak-
’ ing from laughter, at the consternation that his rifle-shot had
“ created.

7 V The brothers, who were crouching side by side in the wood,
a t apd staring at the apparition by the tire, looked for a moment
i in silence, and then the elder exclaimed :

“ That is some crazy person."

“ Yes; and more dangerous than—” '

,“Heltol Hugh Kyle, as sure as I live i" interrupted the
elder, as he rose to his feet and strode toward the figure by‘
the camp-fire. V
.‘ ‘ When he reached it he held out his hand, but the grizzled
Er old hunter, instead of accepting the proffered salutation,
3 . looked qrnetly at him and then laughed more heartiy than be-

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“ Did ye ever git skeert at the noise of a gun ?” he asked.
;, “Haven’t you I" responded Gaskill, with the direct quesa
_ tjon.

I , “ Vial, I s’pose so," was the reply, as he took the hand and
 gave it the grip of a viSe.

“ Whar's t'other chap, and what are yer both dein’ in this
outlandish country it"

George came forward as he heard his name pronounced,
7% . and there followed quite a boisterous greetinv'. ‘ It was many
_ months since the old hunter had been seen by the brothers,
 and they were glad enough to meet him.

But a few moments were required for the young men to
explain the cause of their being in this part of the world,and'
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“Jes' 1ike,him l" exclaimed Kyle, who seemed in a chronic

, state of mirth. “ I used to take that feller inter the woods

when he was a youngster, and he was allots munin’ his neck»
Inter danger.
morning."

“Hugh,” said Edward, “ we are not exactly certain of our
location. Is it true that we are on the western bank of Rat-
tlesnake river ?”

“ That‘s jest exactly whar ye be. How did you cross?”

“ We came across a friendly Indian, who paddled us over
for a pocket'knife I gave him."

“ War thar any thing quar in the gineral appearance or,

that copper gentleman ?” inquired the old hunter, in a siguifl
cant voice.

" I recollect that his nose had a peculiar look, as though it
had been split years ago, by some bhmt instrument, and had
never received skillful treatment before healing up, so that it
made him look very repulsive." ’

I “ Twenty years ago that copper-skin had his nose split by
I tomahawk, and it was in my hands when it was done.”

“ Ah! did you have a. fight with him ?” ‘ V

“ That’s jest what I did. I was summat younger the
than I am now, and so was he, and I fell into the hands of
the Delawarcs, all because I war about as big a fuel as you
two chaps (and that's sayin’ a mighty deal), and this yet old
dog made me run the gantlet. He stood at the for end, and

I could see from the way he looked, when he found I war ~

gittin’ by the others, that he meant to kill me. So I war on
the look-out, and I gin 3 dodge, and then hutted him in the
belly, afore he knowed what war‘comin’, and then, so that he
might remember me, I jerked his tomuhawk out of his hand,
and gave him a belt that split open his nose. I Then you’d
better b’lieve I used my legs, with the whole caboodle yelpiug
utter me, and it was the biggest run of my life to git away

from ’em. Ever hrter that, this skunk has been knowed as v '

Cut Nose of the Deiawarcs.” /
“ He seems to be very fritndly disposed toward our people

At present.” ‘-
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" Thur ain‘t a bigger red-skin devil on t'other side of Mas.
.sip thnn Cut. Nose. All the hunters and traders know him,
[and are more afcard of hint than any other dozen that live.”

“ Is it possible ‘2“ was the amazed query of the elder Gas-
“ \Vhy did he treat us so courteously ?” '

“ Ho. brought yer across the river to make sure of yer.
That ar’ skunk knows whar yer went, and, what yer camped,‘
and ht-‘s had his t'yctm yet-ever since, and ef you’d laid down
and :«ii‘pi you‘d never opened yer eyes ag’in; but to-morrow
he‘d had both yursealps danglin’ at his waist, and would been
dancing fllllOllg the lodges of the Delmvares, and tellin’ his
folks who: :1 great brave war Cut Nose.” ‘

Unboundt-d was the amazement of the brothers at heurin
this. and for a few seconds they did not speak, but looked at

’ the old hunter as if they were digesting the startling words

he had uttered. Then the elder said:

" We suspected that we were in dangerous territory. ,Wero
we wrong ‘3"

“ Yer can tremp a thousand miles and not find a spot that
can begin with this. Hyar’s the best place fur deer and War,
and hynr the red-skins come down as thick as flies in Au-
gust.”

“ We have. 4an nothing of them—none at all, but Cut Nose
who brought us over.”

“ This hyar fresh is such a tenrin’ big one, that it‘s got up
among the lodges, and that's what‘s the matter with ’em."

“ Where is their village 1’"

“A half-dozen miles’down the river, on this same side;
then thur’s another jist above us."

“ So that we are between two fires." remarked George.

V’ “ Thnt's it; and while it’s dark, you'd better do yer best to
git out of it.” -

“ Shall we get Cut Nose to paddle us back i" laughed the

. elder brother. .

“ I've got a little boat pulled under the bank, and I‘ll put

[on on t’tuher side, which must be about three miles, the way

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“ Make tracks fur home, and don’t come a-huntln' out bye!
Ig'in. till I can take yer in tow.”

“ But what will become of Havens It”

“ I will hunt him up.”

f‘- We do not wish to return without him.“

“ Yer needn’t if yer don’t want. I’ll git yer to a place by
daylight. whar yer kin hunt fur a. week without the red!
botherin’ yer; but it won’t do fur yer to stay hyar."

" “ Would we not be safe in your company '2” asked Edward,
who was not exactly suited with the proposition of the hunter.

“ Ef it war any other time, I’d like to take yer in tow, but
I've got a little too big bus’ness on my hands jist now."

“ What. is it ?" asked the younger brother, speaking before
he was aware of the impertiuence of his query.

“ Wal, I s‘pose that’s no hurt in telliu' yer," was the heel-
tating reply. “Thar’s a gal been missin‘ from one of the

settlements in Illinois fur two or three years, and I’ve been ‘

huntin’ fur her fur a year past." . .

“ Have you gained any clue ?"

“ I trumped over five hundred miles before I l'arned any
thing more nor her name, which I had when I started, and
which is Adrian Woodland. Did either of yer ever hear of
her ‘2"

Both replied in the negative.

“She belongs to a. big family in Illinois, and was stole,
when she war on a visit to some of her friends. From what
I l’arned I s’posed that some of the Sioux up in the north-
west had her, and I’ve been ranging through thar ltuntin‘-
grounds arterlter, and hev jist got back in time to find it war
these int'arnal Delawares that nabbed her, and what’s more I
l)'lieve .the skunk of a. Cut Nose war the very chap that had
the doin’ of it, and he‘s got her‘ down in the village, or hid
away, the Old Boy only knows whar.” ’

“ You are engaged on quite a romantic business," said the
younger brother, “ho was not a little interested in 'the stor
of the old hunter. ' '

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i I “Yes,” replied Kyle, in a doubting-manner, as if there
,3 were grave apprehensions in his mind upon more than one
I 3 point; “ but thar’s one or two things about the matter that
" looks bad. And the fust is that thar‘s an inl‘arnal white man

by  mixed up in it, a renegade of a scamp, named Zeke Quiglcy.”
3‘" ,l “ llow came he in it ‘E” .,

j “ He consorts with these red-skins, and used to love the gal
rd.  years ago, afore he had to leave his own people for hoss-
cr' 1, Stealin'. I knowed he’d gone oil' and j’ined the lnjins, but

[1‘  tt’s powerful quar that I never found out he war among the
Delawares till a few weeks ago, and then I knowed jist how
u 1' the thing come about. He was too blamed cowardly to risk

" his neck in catchin‘ the gal himself, so he got Cut Nose to
1' } "steal her for him. And now, Quigley and Cut Nose have
° ‘ * both got to settle with me for it.”
n ,This was uttered with a vim and emphasis which showed

how deep was the earnestness of the old hunter. His small
' « gray eyes seemed to scintillate fire, and he grasped the rifle-
' barrel, as if he Would crttsh the iron with his terrible power.
', “ Can we not. be of any assistance to you ?" inquired the
elder brother.

“ Not while yer on this side 9f the Rattlesnake,” was the
/ .. reply. “Yer will only get yerseives into trouble, and I’d
only hev to help yer out besides the gal. l'll stow yer away
 n good pasture, whar yer can wait till my arrival, and then
'We’ll make the homeward tramp together."
... “ Well, Hugh, if there is any danger from Cut Nose and
his friends coming down on us, we had better be on the
move 2"

“ What I opine exactly. So, come along and we‘ll eat the
meat on the way."
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Tm: night was cloudy and dark. There was no moon;
and in the gloom of the thrust it was the most that the brothers
could do to keep near their guide.

More than once they could touch him, and yet they failed
to distinguish his form. He walked rapidly, and yet with a
noiseless motion that would have carried him over the sleep-
ing form of the red Indian, as the shadow of a cloud passing
before the moon. '

Again and again the two men paused bewildered, and were

only enlightened by the cautious “’sh!" of the old hunter, ‘

who seemed to act as if he were threading, his way through
an enemy’s camp.

When they came out of the woods and stood on the edge
of the vast lagoon of water, it was found that a. faint Incon-
light penetrated through the misty air, and a partial view of
the immense mass of rushing water could he obtained. 1

The three men stood silent and listening. while they care-
fully looked about in every direction. Nothing but the
Solemn ocean-like roar of the enormous volume of water
reached their ears. ’

But while they were thus standing motionless, the guide .

suddenly exclaimed in his cautious undertone: _
“ Hark /”
i For a. moment nothing unusual reached their ears, and
then, at the same instant, the brothers distinguished apt-cu-
, liar dipping and washing, such as would naturally be made by
the swift sweep of Indian paddles.

“ Stoop down, and see what you can see !" added Kyle, do .

ingms he advised the others to at). ,
Crouching down in this manner, the three men watched

cud listened. The regular sound of the paddles was heard v

with such growing distinctness, that for a time, it looked on
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5' form of an Indian canoe, sweeping diagonally down the cur-
} rent, with the speed of a raeehorse. So swiftly indeed did it
 pass, that it shot across their field of vision like a meteor, and
was almost instantly swallowed up in the great world of dark-
ness that inclosed them all.

an];  “ There he red-skins all about us.” said Kyle, a moment.

.0” i after the disappearance of the large boat. “ They're on the
; river, and in the woods behind us.” t

[ed " “ Where is Cut Nose?"

J a  “ He is somewhere not far 011‘, and like enough has followed

3 ‘ as.”

ng ’ “ He's a pretty smart Indian, if he could keep sight of us,
 , on such a night as this in the woods."

yrs “ The river is falling," added the old hunter, as he stooped

3r,  down to pick up his canoe. “ Do you see that? When Ieame I

{h ‘ here a few hours ago, the starn was jist in the water, and now
j that"s a good six feet atweeu ’em.”

{9 \l  The delicate structure was carried to the edge of the river,
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1. ,i and launched, and seizing the paddle, Hugh Kyle struck‘boldly
f ; " out, into the surging waters.
He was one of the feW masters of the art of managing a
Icanoe, sitting as motionless as a statue, while each powerful \
sweep of his long arms, sent it forward with such an impetus,
that it seemed to the brothers as if it would‘be jerked from
beneath them. '

They had progressed several hundred yards in this manner,
and had narrowly escaped collision with numerous floating
U095. when Edward Gaskill was somewhat alarmed at the sight ’
of se'veral points of fire which seemed to he floatingupon the
water. Touching the arm of his guide, he called his atten-
tion to it. The latter turned his head, and then muttered in
the low voice of cautious vexation: ’

“ Thunder! Injins :tg’in l”

Dipping his paddle with greater carc’in the waterI he sent
the canoe backu'ard,so as to avoid, if possible, any closer ap-
proach of the hostile boat.

4 “ Do you see them specks of light, like stars attest on the
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‘ere pipes! and thar heads at the same time."

“ I wouldn’t undertake it," whispered George.

“Oh, you needn’t be at‘eard of that. I ain't such a big
fool ; hut—-’sh l they’re comin’ this way—no, they ain't, they‘ 10‘,
goin‘ by.” '

Gradually the singular-looking points of light drifted further
down-stream; and the party were just beginning to feel
pleased, when a curious'whoop, three times repeated, was
heard from the shore behind them.

“ What is the meaning of that l” inquired George, of their
guide.

“ I know that voice," replied the latter.
make such an infurnnl noise except that skunk of :1. Cut
Nose.”

“ What is it intended for l’”

“ A signal to those vat-mints in the boat.
they’ve stopped paddling ‘3"

The specks of fire which at first attracted their attention
could now be seen motionless upon the water, showing that‘
the canoe was stationary. its progress prohahly checked by
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when precisely the same cry that Cut Nose had made was
sent hack to him from the greater came. I I
This was proot‘ that the two parties were in communica-
tion, and understood each other, and it looked very much as
if the anxiously-listening whites were the cause and subject
of this interchange of signals. ‘
The situation of our friends was becoming more dangerous
each moment, and Kyle felt. the necessity of placing a
greater distance l‘etwecn himself and the Delaware-s, who
seemed to have gained some inkling of the true state of the
case.
‘ The large canoe still remained stationary, while in spite of
the hunter’s cautious efi‘orts, his own boat kept drifting s’lowly‘
downward. ‘
Whispering to his companions to remainpert‘ectly quieseent.
he began stealthin working the canoe across the stream.

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f' this precaution to conceal their own locality.
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feel I There were three of them in the.canoe, and only one Paddle
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lei, 7 Should it. come to a trial of speed, there seemed no earthly ~

’ grounds for the weaker party to entertain a hope of escaping,
and the anxiety of tire hunter to avoid such a darm'er resort
will be readily understood.

Still dallying, as a fish is sometimes seen to toy with its
fine, while all the time it moves not, Kyle gradually worked
the boat away from the dangerous neighborhood.

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we 3 All the time, his keen eyes were glancing around in the dark-
m i ncss. on the look-out. for the reappearance of the long. dark
3“  hull of the Indian canoe, which as yet. remained invisible to
’ 1’ his perception.
y rt Neither of the brothers spoke, for they were fully sensible
I  of their perilous situation. They hardly dared to turn their
5’ ‘ heads lest the movement might attract attention, or help to re-
'. turd the motion of the canoe, already too heavily laden.

, Ten minutes or tnore had passed in this state at‘ suspense,
; and Kyle was still toiling at his paddle, when he suddenly

sensed work and exclaimed in a husky whisper:
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Tm: startling command of the hunter was instantly obeyed.  1-}:

and, the brothers ducked their heads below the gunwules [of .
the canoe, and with rapidly-heating hearts waited and list-‘ ‘
~ ened. .  
At the moment he spoke, Kyle had caught the shadowy '
outlines of the Indian canoe, spiked with its lead of fiendish;
red-skins, and his suspicion took the form of certainty, and; '~
he saw that longer cottccalment was itnpoSsible. 3
Still, comprehending the desperate nature of a. resort to?‘
flight, he attempted stratagem. ‘
He was partly dressed as an Indian, and in the darkness he
hoped to pass as one. A quarter of a. century spent in wandcrfi
ing in the wilds of the north-west, had given him an intimate :
knowledge of Indian “ ways and means," and he was well-ecu
quainted with the idioms of the Delaware tongue. ’ , t
Treating the appearance of the red~skins, therefore, as t 
t r matter of course, he called out to theta, in as clear enunciation I
as any of them were capable of uttering: \ \ ‘
“ My brothers have wandered far from their homes this eve-
nmg.” I ' ,
‘i Does our brother go alone in thedarkness of the night i" '
Instantly 'ame back to him in the same tongue. i
“ Manitnu is angry; tne water is upon the land, and many
of the lodges are borne away." ,;
“ Where is the home of my brother 1’” ' t»
“ It is gone with the watersthut have swept. away his squat!
and puma-use." \ i,
“ Who is my brother?" _ f
“ Owal-you, who dwells hy the great trees, where the g,-
river has never come before." " 4‘ 
This was an admirable answer. Owal-you was the real -
. name of a Delaware warrior, who, as Kyle Well knew, dwelt f '
aver-cl miles up the river, in a grove of large 'white oak. ,; '

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.  4 The hunter had met this hermit-like Indian more than once,

 Ind imitated his Voice and manner ‘of speech to perfection. .

3 He was literally a neutral savage, who took no part in the

2 Wars of his brethren amongr each other or with the hunters
 and settlers who penetrated into their country.

Like all of the hunter’s stratagems, it had been adopted on

: thespur of the moment, and yet, had be taken hom'srto con-

d  jtuc up an artifice for ,the present occasion, he could not

’ ', have hit upon nmore happy one, or one that answered his pur-

pose better.

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hat-I: . “ Has the Squaw of my brother been swallowed up by the
,  Waters of the great Manitou ‘9” '
“:11 “ Owal-you has no squnw nor pappoose. He walks the ,

md ‘ earth alone." I

' All this time, the larger canoe was edging toward the
t6 1" smaller, while Kyle was as cautiously endeavoring to creep
.. away from such a dangerous locality.
he I It was evident that while the hunter had succeeded in a
great measure, yet he had not done so perfectly. There

 still remained a. suspicion upon the part of the Delaware:

“0. that all was not right—a suspicion which would have been
‘ entirely dissipated, but for the signal of Cut Nose, which at

"é this moment came again across the water, as it' he were im-

Dn -' patient that no favorable response had been made to his pre-
- vious calls to them.

,e_‘ ' “ Why does my brother keep so far away from the Delsp

j ware warriors? Have evil birds sung in his cars ?”

r, I “ Owal-you folds his arms and sits alone in his great sor-
l I row! Do my brothers wish to disturb him ?"

Iy' This was another toaster—stroke and it almost succeeded.
' . The grief of an Indian is sacred, and his l)l'0l.llt.‘l'-\'tll'l‘lOl‘S have '
i _ no right to intrude upon it.

, l” Kyle had removed his coonskin cap, before the Delawares
g were in sight. and with his long hair streaming over his
’ : shoulders, there was little fear of the deception being detected
; so long as quite a. respectable distance was maintained between
.‘ the two boats.

I " VII. his perfect comprehension of the Indian character. Kyle
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-. With the air of a man Whose rights and dignity have been
invaded, he took up the paddle. and with slow, solemn stroke;
began working his boat up and across the river. .

The Delawares maintained their stationary positiOn, not
daring to follow.

And here all trouble and danger would have ended, but for r

that marp'lot Cut Nose, who, at. this moment, sent a different

“hoop or cry across the water, which produced its instant ef- ‘

feet upon his friends. *

This vicious red-skin had undoubtedly witnessed the (le-
parture of “the whites in the canoe, and suspected some attempt
at a trick upon the part of the hunter, whom, as we have shown,
he had good cause to hold in respectful remembrance.

The system of Indian signaling is one of the most curioul ‘

charaétéristics of a strange people; and, while he gave utter-
ance only to a few simple sounds, they seemed to explain‘ to
the Delawares the deception that was being attempted upon
them. \ '

The large canoe instantly shot forward in pursuit of the
smaller; but sufficient. time had elapsed for Kyle to screen
himself entirely in the darkness. and provided he could do-
ceive his pursuers as to the direction he was taking, there was
a good prospect of his maintainingr his invisibility.

Accordingly he turned directly toward the shore he had.

left and plied his paddle with all the power and skill he pct-
Sessed, hoping and praying that. the Delawares would continue
their course toward the eastern bank. 

But experienced and skillful as was the hunter, be com-
mitted a fatal blunder, in that he betrayed himself by a slight
noise, made by accidentally striking his paddle against the

ide of the canoe.

This insignificant noise gave the clue the Dclawares needed

and they headed straight toward the laboring boat, with tro~
mendous speed.

All seemed darkfor our friends, when an unlocked-for VdL
version occurred—a circumstance which would have caused
an ordinary person to have yielded what. now appeared a fruit-
iess contest in despair, but which the matchless cleverness of
Hugh Kyle enabled him to turn to his own advantage in 

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teen ‘ 1 While he was glancing furtively behind him in quest of his
kn, rpursuers, and ahead to see where‘ he was going, he suddenly
, discerned a second canoe, with a single occupant, coming
not down-stream, find almost in a line with himself. v
Kyle headed directly toward it, and the two swiftly ap-
for preached. As they did so he saw that the stranger was an Ir.-
ent dian, who doubtless surveyed him with considerable wonder,
ef- A but had no suspicion of his identity.
\ The two passed almost close enough for their canoes to'
:le-’ ,. graze each other. In that brief hurrying space of time, if
Ipt ‘ the solitary red-skin recognized the white man, it was with a
'n, , feeling of relief that he saw him shoot above into the dark-
, ness, and rapidly disappear. _‘
us “ v V Kyle kept his eye upon the vanishing beat, until, it was
:r- V swallowed up in the darkness, when for the second time, he
to  I turned the prow of his canoe toward the eastern bank, and
ra‘ v plied his paddle with utmost power and skill.
, , ' What was expected and intended to take place, now fol-
lowed this stmtagom.
-, ,," ,While the Delawares were paddling rapidly forward, in the
direction of the slight sound, which their ears had caught, they
 suddenly discovered a boat with a single Indian in it: bearing
rapidly down upon them. ‘

ETBE‘

i i " Running their own canoe across its path, they speedily in-
t- i  L teroepted it,‘un(l the two came together. ‘
a , ,7/v Here several volleys of questions were exchanged, and some
= ten minutes were passed before the pursuing party were en-
- i 'abled to comprehend the curious mistake that had been made ;
t “ ' but. they got it through their heads at last, saw how it all had
i V I; come about, and then attempted to retrieve their error.
. 1 .These were golden moments to Kylefimd heimproved them

‘ , _‘..to the utmost. No sound betrayed the progress of his boat,

i ‘1 and yet it glided like an arrow across the turbid waters.

» , He had gone but a short distance, when a vexatious annoy-
g' ' ance was caused by his entrance into a mass of floating trees,
} logs and stumps. The even-tempered hunter almost lost his

, self-control from the difficulty and delay of extricating him— ‘
' ’ self, and before he could do so, he was carried a considerable
_, f ' Manes down-stream. \ a
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onward he sped through the sheltering darkness toward the ,

r friendly eastern shore. t t . . ‘ - ‘yet

“ If yer feel like it,” said he," addressing the brothers in the DO.
bottom of the boat, “ you can raise yer heads.” ' -
“ Is the danger past?" asked George, looking alnrmcdly
around in the gloom. t. A
“ I rather think it is,” was the reply, “ onless some otherinv
fan-nut canoe comes tearing down on top of us.” '
Butnothing further was seen of their enemies, and n few
minutes after, the dark outline of the wooded shore was dis-i

.tt'nguished, and Kyle drove the canoe like a wedge into the

soft bank, and the three sprung out. i
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never more completely lost in his life. . ,t r
‘ “ When you’ve trumped these woods as often as I have, v i
you won’t get lost, if it is as dark as a wolf’s month.” ' ‘ b v (

“Isn’t there danger of the Delnwnres following us even;
here ?” ‘ ' 1,. I .
“ Not much, onless it mought be they had sharper eyes than 
any red-skin was ever known to have. and can see a. mile,
through this darkness.”
- “ But won’t they find your canoe here in the morning t"
“ Not very well,” replied Kyle, with a laugh, “ being as
how I’m goin’ to take it away with me." ' x
' With which he shouldered the delicate structure, and started
into the woods, closely followed by the brothers, who, as may
well be supposed, looked with greater admiration than ever
upon his skill.

. The ground over which they traveled was found to be quite
swampy, and the walking was necess'arily very tiresome; but, 1'
after it time, they sudceeded in reaching comparatively dry
ground, where matters Were more pleasant. v '

Over :1 mile was passed in this manner, when they descended-
into a sort of ravine, where were numerous large rocks. In ’
among these Kyle led the way until they reached a sort of
cavern, where the final halt was made, and the cnuoe‘ placed f
upon the ground. \ 

Afire was speedily started and by its cheerful blaze, at \
three soon warmed and dried themselves, and made mew-e -

' ~ It comfortable as was possible under the circumstantial.

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‘yet: can make it yer head—quarters as long as yer choose to do
so.”

And at the earliest dawn of light, he left them there.

CHAPTER VI.
TEE RENEGADE.

HAVING progressed thus far with our story, it becomes
necessary for us to go back for a time, to take a View at some
incidents that may be supposed to have transpired, something ‘

‘ over a \year previous to those already narrated.
’ ' At the time of which we write the upper part of Illinois

. was the north-western frontier, and those who dwelt there

“were subject to the usual danger from the attacks and incur-
sions of the Indians, and manyof them suffered severely from
this cause.

I, The wealthiest settler, in the section to which we refer. was
Colonel Gustavus Woodland, who had been an ofiicer in the

war-"of 1812. and whose family consisted of himself and

wife. and a single daughter, Adrian—a girl whose charms and
grace of person and manner, won for her the admiration of all
with whom she came in contact.

Suitors she had without number, but as yet her heart was
untouched, and her only wish seemed to be that she might com-

I

' ‘ mand the love and affection of her parents, in which it is

scarcely necessary to say she succeeded.
Zeke Quigley, to whom casual reference has been made, was ‘
arman who had been in the employ of Colonel Woodland,‘

shut whose vicious habits were such that he was sent away

Q about a your previous to the time of which we are now speak-

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w gefore going, however, he had persecuted Adrian so pert

& ‘ Iistently with his attentions that she was compelled to appeal
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fiat he gave Quigley a thorough thrashing, and he went ofl
muttering 'all sorts of revenge, which Woodland forgot almost
the moment he was out of sight. ’

For a long time, Adrian was careful of exposing herself to
the least danger of meeting this evil man, who. she believed,
was lurking somewhere in the vicinity.

But as week after week, and month after month passed and
she saw nothing of him, she began to lose the shuddering ap-
prehension which had once taken possession of her, and in
time she almost forgot that such a being existed,until she was
reminded of it, in a manner which she was certain to carry
with her to her dying day. ‘

It was at the close of a mild summer day, that Adrian was
walking along the shore of the Illinois riVer, which flowed
by their house at a distance of ahnndred yards. The air was!
still, and she was in one of those deep reveries to which young
personsmf an imaginative disposition are subject, when her at-
tention was arrested by a rippling of the water near her, and

turning her head, she saw a small canoe, that had just,
touched the bank, while its occupant was in the act of leaping

out.

One glance was sufficient for her to recognize her detested
enemy, Zeke Quigley. ‘

Turning instantly about, she started homeward, but the next
moment he was at her side.

“ Hold on a minute; don't be in such a blamed hurry l” he
called out.

She was on the point of uttering a scream to her father;
. but a sudden fear restrained. No doubt the villain had come
\ ' prepared for such a contingency-and would shoot down the
ofiicer on sight.

So for the sake of her father, she repressed her fears, and

turned her pale, beautiful face toward the intruder, with the. '

question :
“ What do you want ?”
“I want to talk with yer ; I’ve been on the look-out fu

fur the last three, four days. I don’t s’pose you “(Dect '0 _

use me." ~
“ I certainly did not."
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A “ I on not say that I was.

’ ' “ Wal,.I don’t know as it makes any pertickler difl'erence,

as I can’t help it.”

“ Please tell me what your business is with me.”

Qnigley turned his head to make sure that he was not
seen ; but. the high bank which intervened between the beach
where they stood, effectually shut out all observation, where

i the person was not. directly on the edge of the bank itself.

They were entirely alone.

“ Yer know, Adrian,” began Qnigley, looking her earnestly
in the face, and assuming as sentimental a voice as was pos-
sible, “ that I love yer." ,

Here he paused, and she simply said :

“ Well ?"

“ Yer found that out a year ago; but yer father didn’t like
it. He stopped it—"

“ You are wrong there; it was I who didn't like it, and I
who stopped it. I requested father to end the annoyance and
I thought he had.”

“It don’t make no difference; we won't quarrel about it.
What I wanted to get at, was that I loved yer like the blazes;
but, when I became really sartin that it didn’t p‘lense yer, I
made up my mind to act like a man and not to bother yer
,sg’in.” '

“ You were sensible then and I regret that you forgot your
' decision.”

“ I war goin’ to tell yer the reason why I forgot it. I
thought. I could do it, but. found it was impossible. I dreamed

about yer when I war asleep or awake, and made such 11 fool'

I of myself that. the Delawures all noticed it—”
“ What do you mean ‘3” she suddenly asked, turning sharply
upon him, before he was given time to finish the last re-

' . mark.

Quigley had unwittingly betrayed himself. That which he
had intended should remain a secret, had come.out before he
had time to check it.

 He stammered, blushed and acted so eonfnsedly that the
', .puspicion of Adrian was turned into positive proof. She read
V truth.

I 1* “ So you have gone to live with the Indians, have you P"

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Zeke new that he was detected and, it was useless to at- “ :2
tempt concealment longer. So he put a bold face on the mats “m
ter. ‘ . r .
“I war jest; goin’ to tell yer that. Yes, I have been livin" ' 
with the Delaware Injuns fur nigh onto a year past.” ‘
“ I suppmed your tastes would be congenial.” re:
“ Wal, they’ve treated me a blamed sight better than the ' u“
white folks ever done,” was the sullen reply. “ If my own
people had acted so, I never would have-left them.” 1’ be
“ Whose fault was it that you did so ?” / E]
“ It wasn’t mine,” was the fierce reply, as he scowled anv- ‘- ,u
agely at her. . 
Adrian saw that it was foolish to handy words with such a. ' ‘
‘ character; so she maintained silence for a moment, and then b
in a quiet, dignified way, remarked: . _ ’ '3
“ If you are through with me, I will return home.”
At the same time, she made a movement, as if to go, but .'
he rudely clutched her arm. ’
She turned calmly toward him, but sherquailed at the evil I

glitter of his eye.

“ Be quick and say what you wish, for father will soon miss
me, and may come here for me.”

“Let him come,” muttered Quigley, in such a malignant,
vindictive undertone, that a shudder of terror passed over her
frame. I

“Let him come, I say; him and me have not to settle mat-
ters yit, atwt-en us.” ‘

“ Is that what you desired to say ?“ V

“ No; I war ti-lliu' yer that I loved yer, and allers will love t
yer, fur I can't help it, and I want yer to promise me thatyou'll
relurn that love." . \ 

This was the sublimin of impudeuce, and Adrian for tho ‘ ’
time was at a loss as to how she should treat. him. ’ ‘ l

“ Is that ail .7"

“ Ye‘re tliunderin’ cranky with yer questions, afore a fellow g
has time twjgil llll‘nllgh. I lull ym' I’m a chief among the I > .
Delawares; 1 Lin do just a: 1 please and I have every thing 5
my, own way. It' ye‘ll go with me, ye'll be queen, and
have every thing in better style than yer ever dreamed of.”

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‘:16 feel anxious to get out: of the man’s company. “ There
is not any inducement in the world that you- could offer
.' that would tempt me to leave my home, and go into the
f wilderness. I would do it for no living creature that walks

_ the earth.”

This was decisive language and would have satisfied any '
w reasonable person; but lovers are the least rational beings in.
the world, especially such selfish ones as Zeke Quigley.

7 “Yer don’t know what ye’re ret'usin’,” he continued. “ I’ll
j be the greatest person livin‘; as great as King George of
England; and then if yer don’t want to live among the In-

“ , inns rer needn’t do it—” ‘
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I “ I know that very well," was the appropriate interruption.
“ I’ll have the finest kind of lodge yer ever heerd tell on,
built fur yer, and thar we kin live by ourselves, an! if,yer say

‘4 IO, I won’t have an Injun come near yer.” /

He paused, and with a quiet smile she asked :

“ Are you through ?”

' The reply was given’as a man
mént.

“ I s'pose that the great objection that a gal has to gittin’
married to a teller that she loves, is ’eause she don’t want to
' go away front home. That’s what’s the matter with yer; but
we Kin fix even that. It ain't so fur out to Iowa, but that I‘ll
bring yer home once a year, to see yer folks.”

Quigley was earnest and excited in his manner, and as he
talked kept edging toward the canoe. Unconsciously to her-
self she walked with slow, short steps in the same direction,

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 until only a few feet separated her from the boat.

Suddenly she observed the startling that, and drew back.

“There is no need of continuing this conversation," said
’ she, “ for no good can come of it. Father will soon he
i here, and I advise you to. depart while there is peace between
you.” 0

“‘VVlmt do I care for him .’” was the savage reply. “ It‘
yer go with me, I will bury the hatchet between us, but it' he

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'“Ye‘re mad,” grinned‘ the renegade. “Ye‘ll be I011"
for them words some time.”

“ Never 1" was the emphatic response.

“ Yer See, here is my canoe. All ye’ve got to do, is to
step in it, and I‘ll puddle yer all night, and never stop till I

‘ git. yer in yer own lodge, where you’ll be Queen of the
. Woods.”

“I’ll have nothing more to say to you. Go and never
cross my path again." ‘

She turned, but he intercepted her with a drawn knife in
his hand. ;

“ Ye’ve got to go with me,” he said, between his clenched
teeth. “If yer make any noise I’ll kill yer. So, jist be
docile and step into the bout.”

As she never would have done this, he doubtless would
have laid violent hands on her, had not, at this critical mo-
ment, 9. new actor appeared upon the scene.

, C H A P T E R V I I .
A NARROW ESCAPE.

IT was at this critical moment, that the huge negro servant
of Colonel Woodland, Caesar by ntune, made his appearance
on top of the bank, and looked down upon the speakers.

Adrian looked upon his homely black form, as if he were
an angel, while the renegade ground his teeth with rage.

‘ “ IInllo. Miss Adri’n i” called out Caesar. “ Dar’s wlmr’
yer at" he yer? De cunnel'sent me to look fur yer and I
t'ought you thl’ here or somewhzu' else. Who dat scallawag
dur’wid yer ‘3“ '

The African scanned the man for a moment, and then re.
cognized him. '

" Oh, de gorry gracious hehcnl ef (lat ain't (lat hoss-t‘ief‘,
Zeke Quigley, pokin’ ’round . here ag'in, Hellg!

Q Woodland ! come here quick l here he am! hurrying) or he'll
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When we state that this was uttered at the top of his voice,
and zin tones which could he heard for fully 21 mile, while
Caesar, all the time, kept leaping up and down and gesticn-
lating furiously--When we state this, we say it will be readily
comprehended that there was good cause for fright upon the
part. of Zeke Quigley.

The renegade was cowardly, and he saw his imminent
All thoughts of the abduction of Adrian Woodland
were lost in the one wild desire to secure this own personal
safety, and with a muttered curse, he wheeled around, shovsd
his canoe hastily into the water, sprung into it, and began
‘mperately rowing down-strean}. ~

He had scarcely reached the middle of the river, when
Colonel Wdodlanth who had comprehended the cause ol‘ his
servant‘s excitement, dashed down the bank, leaped into
one of the canoes that was always moored there, and started
in pursuit. 1

Almost at the same moment, another settler by the name

;, of Britten, pushed out from the opposite shore, and joined-in

the chase, although he had no suspicion of the identity at" the
fugitive. A
It really seemed as if the fates were against the renegade,

V for while he was plying his paddle with a skill which sent

his canoe spinning like a swallow over the water, and which
gave him good reason to hope that he would distance his
pursuers, a third man joined in the pursuit. ‘

This individual came upon the scene from the most dau-
gerous point; that is, he was further down-strqam and started
from the opposite shore.

The third person was quite a woodman, named Burton,
who was the most skillful oarsman of the entire party, and
who had heard and comprehended the excited words of

, mear, so that he had the impetus of knoit’ing what he was '

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The singular manner in which the chase now developed
itself. was to put the fugitive in the center of a large triangle,

_ Awith 'his pursuers each at a distant corner, the most disadvan.
r ugcons disposition possitle. ' ‘

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‘gade was too desperate, for him to hope any thing from that
fact. ‘ V

Colonel Woodland was determined on shooting the villain,‘
the moment he was nigh enough to make sure of his aim,
and he paddled with unceasing energy.

The greatest terror of Zeke Quigley’s life was upon him.
Turn in whatsoever direction he chose, the peril seemed‘equully
great. I

There remained but one slight hope of eluding his merci-
less enemies, and that was by heading for Catfish Cavern.

This was an immense rock, hollowed out .wit‘niit and rising
some distance above the water, with a narrow entrance, less
than hall" a dozen feet in width,

Here temporary safety at least could he found, for it would
require it .cour'age amounting to rashuess to follow an enemy
there. I ' '

'The singular freak of nature lmown as Catfish Cavern, was
on the same hunk of the river that the settlement stood—v-that
is the shore from which Colonel Woodlandwtarted—in itself
an'tmtnvoruble location. \

Desperate as this was, it vas the only hope the renegade
had, and heading his canoe totvard the cavern he rowed with
the furv of a man whose life is depending upon his own ex-
ertions.

The three pursuch comprehended his intention the instant
he changed his direction, and they did their utmost to prevent
it. His movement changed their relative positions, so that the
renegade took the lead, with the other three converging toward
him, and all t‘onr laboring as it‘ they were taking part in the
international rowing-nuttch.

But Quigley had greatly the advantage, and he succeeded

m holding it so well, that he shot into the cavern, a hundred ‘

‘yards in advance-0f his enemies. , «
Seeing that he could not he headed ofi', Colonel \Vootllnnd
dropped his paddle and caught up his rifle, firing just at the

moment the canoe of the renegade plunged into the open ,

mouth of the cavern.

It was an exceedingly close shot, but a “miss is as good as

a mile,” and Quigley passed in entirely unharmed, and for the
time being was safe.

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A minute later the three canoes came up simultaneously to
the rock. ‘ t .

“Let‘s follow him right in l" exclaimed Colonel Woodland.
to the others. ' ' ,

“ No ; it won’t do,” replied Burton. “ He will have us in'
fair range, and'we‘fl catch it, sure.” I '
“ What shall be done then?” demanded the ofiicer, who

« could not conceal his vexatious impatience at what had oc- '
curred. t

“ Why, we have got him in there certain, and he can’t get
out,” replied Britten. “ All we have to do is to contain our-
Selves with patience until he is ready to come down."

It soon became known that the noted-horse-thief, Zeke
Quigley, had been “ treed,” hnd fully a. hundred people
gathered on the bank near Catfish Qavm'n, in the hope of
seeing him captured and executed; for, among them all, there
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‘ When it became known, however, that. the only way of
" bringing him to terms was by 21 course of regular siege, the

v  people_lost their patience and gradually withdrew, until by
I‘ . midnight only the three original pursuers in their canoes re-
mained. '

“ This won't. do," said Colone‘. Woodland; “ we must make
some systematic arrangement in this business. We three

 can’t sit here in our heats all to-night and tomorrow; we
must alternate.”‘
. ‘ . Both Burton and‘ Britton announced themselves ready for

, any proposition the colonel had to make.

\' “Suppose then that Burton and myself stny here until
. f ’Juyi-ight, when Britton will come back, and we wilt send a
- man to take our place, and rest for to-morrow forenoon.

A‘nd so we will establish a regular system of Sentinel duty.”
This plan struck the other two favorably, and it was acted
~ uhon at once. Britton paddled ashore and went to rest, while
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' \é ' ‘  “Can‘t you think of any \‘ny of smoking him out Y" asked ‘
g r Colonel Woodland, who was impatient to get the insulter of
.; . ' his'daughter into his power. “ I don’t like the prospect of

s ’, waiting here sewn! dapbefore he comes to terms.”

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we must look out that‘we don’t get it back again,”
‘ The scheme struck Colonel Woodland very favorably, and
he determined to follow it up without a second‘s unnecessary
delay.
So the two stealthily paddled up until hey were alongside
the mouth of the cavern. When ‘they reached the muzzles of
' their rifles in and discharged them.
Simultaneously with their reports came a fearful howling

shriek from within the cavern, followed by a splash into the I

water.

“ He’s hit,” exclaimed Burton, in a half-suppressed Whisper.

,“ Yes; and done for,” added Colonel Woodland. “ We
have wound up the career of one of the biggest scamps that
ever lived." .

“ Shall we go in and bring him out ?”

“ No ; he may be able to do us some damage before he goes
under entirely.”

“ Hark l I thought I heard some one in the water.”

Both listened, but all was still, a fact which pointed strongly
toward the supposition of the rcncgade’s death. Still, as
there was some risk in venturing in after him, it was wisely
concluded to wait until daylight, when the attempt could be
made with much less danger. .

The two sentinels were sitting some distance from the
mouth of the cavern, when a low “ ’87:. I” from Colonel Wood-
land caused a perfect hush to fall upon both, and n.
slight" withdrawing of their canoes from the dangerous 1w
(tality.

As they did so the prow 0" an empty canoe was seen slowly
issuing from the mouth of the cavern, moving only witli the

velocity of the tardy current at this point.
' The sentincls waited until the entire boat \\ as outside, and
slowly drifting downward, when, thinking that perliaps‘the
body of the man they were seeking was within it, the two
paddled up beside it, and looked in.

But the canoe had nothing at all in it, except the solitary
paddle that had been used by the fugitive. ‘

“ That shows that he has been killed,” said Burton.

“ But what started the boat outj” asked Colonel Wood-

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id” ‘ l f‘ Shall we let it go or stop it ?” r .
O‘f “ It don't make much difference, but I will tow it against ‘ ‘
the shore and leave it there.” " ‘ I
no, ’ This was done in the space of the next few minutes, and
h: ’ Burton returned to his station beside Colonel Woodland.”
“ The next thing,” said he, “ will be the body of the gen-
m tlcman himself.” (
ra ‘. ‘ I “ That will be likely to remain there until morning, as there
1; is nothing to start it out.” ‘
, “ Yes; I don’t think there is much risk in going in there
now, but-L”
s ' The two men looked at each other and smiled significantly

' , The same fear restrained both—that shuddering terror of
going into the dark, where they knew the cold dead body of
. z a man lay.

There was just sufficient moon to make objects visible for

‘: I a. hundred yards or so, and from where the two sentinels were
, on duty, they cduld plainly discern the canoe of the renegade
g as it rested against the bank.

Referring to it, Burton said : .

“It is a fine boat—made ,hy Indians who understand the
structure of' such things; but it had one pcculinrity—”

"‘ What is that ‘2” ,

“ It towed as though something were holding it back; or an
zf a dead weight were attached to it !” ‘
. “Thnt is singular; suppose, to 11er pass away the time
t ' between this and morning, you bring it up here and we wit
" ' make an examination. From the glimpse I got of it, I too.‘
it to be something extra.” 
- 7 Burton paddled his boat down-stream. to where he had left
o - ‘ the frail vessel, and the next minute he called back the start-
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CHAPTER VIII.
A RACE FOR LIFE.

A TERRIBLE fear came over Colonel Woodland at the an
nouncement of the disappearance of the comm.

“ Perhaps it has drilled away,” he called back.
along the shore.”

“ No, it hasn’t,” returned Burton, who. while he spoke. was
coasting along the bank and looking for the missing boat.
“ Some one has taken it away I”

“ Look

With this he turned and made his way back to where the.

alarmed Colonel Woodland was awaiting him.

“ Do you know what I suspect?” said he.

“ How should I know ?"

“ ’I‘hat. infernal renegade has played a smart. trick on us.
He is the one who ran away with the canoe." I ,

“tHow could he do it ‘3” asked the officer, who had formed
the same suspicion the moment he heard of the disappearance
of the boat.

“ Satan has helped him ; but I am satisfied that neither of
our shots touched him. His yelling was all a blind to make
us believe he was hurt, and he was the one that. pushed out
the Canoe, and he was draggingafter it when I towed it ashore,
and there he has waited until he saw a good chance‘ worked
his way out of sight, and then paddled off—and thus ends the
present. history of Zeke Quigley.”

All this seemed so probable. that Colonel Woodland was.
satisfied of its truth.’ Turning.r the prow of his canoe into the L

mouth of the cavern, he shot the vessel in, and made a tho,
ough exploration of the interior. ~

The result was what. he anticipated. Not the least sign of
any one heing there was discovered. There was a projecting
shelf oi rock upon which, had the renegade heen desperately
Wounded, he undoubtedly would have managed to crawl and
lie. hutit was hare.

The water within was about live feet in depth. so that ‘

   
 

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the sandy bottom. ,

When he came out, not a particle of doubt remained.

“ We may‘as well go home, Burton," said 116:." for thei'e
isn't any use of our staying here any longer. We have just
been fools enough to give that villain the chance he Wanted
‘6 come it over us, and he has done so." " '

And so the two went homeward, vexed and chagrined
beyond description.

‘Subsequent investigation attested the truth of the theory
of Mr. Burton. The cunning renegade, finding he was fairly

» Cornered. was about to advance to the attack of the two men

who were acting the sentinel over him, when their shots gave

.him a new idea, which was acted upon at once. '

The howling shriek was done to deceive ‘them into the be~

,1in that he had been struck, when, in reality, the bullets had

come'nowhere near him. ‘
Waiting :1. few moments, he sunk clean under water, so

’ that his nose bnrely protruded beneath the canoe, and enabled

him to breathe without exposing any part of his body.

At the same time he managed to secure a delicate hold
upon the bottom of the canoe, and so begun gently flouting
out. of the cavern. »

'We have shown how skillfully he passed his enemies, who
did not suspect any trick until some minutes after, when the
canoe was l‘lllSSlng... '

And by this time Zeke Quigley had secured his own safety.
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{ had now become the absorbing object of his life.

Knowing the cowardly nature of Zeke Quigley, it was
generally believed that he would take good care never to again.
run such a risk as that from which he had had such a narrow

‘ escape.

In this they were right; for the renegade never recovered

.from his terror, or believed himself out of danger until he

was among‘the Delawares ngnin.

Bere’ he concluded to remain, but he easily influenced the, \ -

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beginning to talk of something else besides the escape of the “Dr
renegade, although Colonel Woodland could never feel satis- e grant.
 r tied as long as he ‘knew that Zeke was living. ’ a . time."
"it was iii the autumn of the year, when one morning the Th!
negro Cwsar was sent in the family carriage of Colonel Wood. lash'm
land—Which was open and without springs, and more prop- 10p, 1
,. _erly a whgon—td take Adrian to a neighbor’s, about a mile smasl
' distant. I Yt
As there was constant communication between the two set- m’ a
' tlements, fno thought of danger entered the head of either,’ she:
. although, as a matter of safety, the African carried an enor- “
mous shot-gun with him. I fast!
All went well enough for a time, and the lazy mare was “
jogging leisurely along over the rough road, which, for most. '. 1 Lab
of the distance, led along the edge of a piece of woods, when ' - i
Cmsar was alarmed by seeing an Indian dart across the road ,  ant
_several hundred yards in advance. l
' He instantly reined up, with the exclamation: ‘ t,‘ ‘sig
“ Gorry nation, Miss Adri’n i dat’s orful." \ ,ro
“ What do you mean?” she asked, with a feeling of vague :
‘ alarm. ' I at
“ I see’d an Injin jump across (18 road, and hide' in do , ' tl
Wood": ,.
“ Are you sure about it i" “ r_ i

3“ Jes’ as sartin as I am dat I see you dis minute. He went ,
wscootin’ oher from dun stone fence to de. woods, jis’ like a I
partridge dat's got skeert and is runnin’ away." \

»“ If you are sure about it, you had better turn back at ‘
once." ' _ " '

“ Dat’s jis’ what dis chile t’inks," replied theyegro, acting
instantly upon the advice.

" The mare which was drawing this carriage was never noted
for her speed, and Caesar was so nervous from hisgrent terror "
that he nearly upset thevehicle before he succeeded in getting-
the head of the horse turned the other way, and not a little
Valuable time was lost in the maneuver. ' ..

,During these trying moments, Adrian was constantly looff- \
.ing back for the red-skin, and just as thefivagon started ,for-

"ward again, she saw two Indians rise apparently from the very.
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the ' - «Drive up, Caesar, they are coming,” she called to the ser‘

“8‘  vent. “ They will be on us in a. minute, if you ‘lose any
' s. time" ‘-
me ,_ The afirlghted negro needed no urging. He was already
"1' " ’ lashing the mare, and she was plunging along on a full gel-
3" ' lop, at the imminent risk of dislocating every joint and
Us smashing every thing to fliuders. ,
Yet, although the mare did her utmost, her speed amounted
t", 1 ton. trifling rate, and Adrian‘s face blanched with horror as

she saw the two Indians rapidly gaining upon them.
“ Catsnr, they are coming! Can‘t’ you make Dolly go
'. faster ?” '
“ He’ll bu’st sumtin’ now de way he is tearin’ ’long—my
1 hebben l” ’
Still he laid on the ox-gad, that he always carried with him,
‘ and the phthisicky mare puffed like a steam engine.
_ Caesar cast a hurried glance over his shoulder, and cnught
if 'aight of the two frightfully-paiuted savages coming up the
‘ road.
About this time the servant began yelling in the hope of
" attracting the attention of Colonel Woodland and some 0!
5‘ “ the folks at the settlement.
' As the Indians were also whooping, the din became fright.
1 I ful.
’ The situation of Adrian Woodland was terrible, and be-
éoming worse each moment. She well know that the panting
“mare was doing her utmost, and still the Indians were coming
“15mm a rapidity which made a speedy capture inevitable.
Suddenly three Indians sprung from the wood into the
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I' . Caesar picked up his shot-gun. \
P “ Miss ‘Adri’n, you hold de lines, and I’ll pepper one of ’em,
I ‘ . “sure, and 'mehbe do oders will git so skeert’ dut dey'll run ‘
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bling girl took the reins. V ~

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But the latter was urged to her utmost, and the red-skins, ‘
finding that their signs were of no avail, stepped aside so as ‘DWP‘
to be ready to spring into the vehicle as it passed. \ “ Th
When within a half-dozen yards, Cwsar suddenly raised his “ Wé m
gun. . ' comet
l‘ Blast yer, take dat l" l'“ C‘
, As he spoke, he sent something like a half-pound of “buck? ‘ 'Tl“
shot right in' the face and eyes of the foremost savage, whoI t were ‘
with a shriek of anguish, threw up his arms and fell back- v 61‘ 1‘“
ward, dead.  down
This unexpected demonstration had the effect of paralyzing '4
the remaining Indians for a moment, during which the car- '= o
ringe dashed by them. ' ’ >6. /
But. it was only t'or a moment. As Caesar glanced back, he
saw both of the savages raise their guns. '
“ Quick! duck your head i Dey're gwine to shoot !”
Adrian barely had time to avoid the shots, as the bullets
whizzed over their heads.
“Now I‘ll take de lines ng‘in," said Cresnr, us he received :
them from her hands, and renewed his busting of the mere, '1
that was already beginning to flag. dla‘
The four Indians, who had thus been temporarily baffled, " fou
were by no means disposed to give up the chase, but now re- » ‘
newed it with greater vigor than ever. .‘. 1‘95
At this critical juncture, when both Adrian and Caesar: began 1‘"
to hope that their voices had reached the ears of some of their “~11
friendsI and that a rescue was not impossible, an appalling ‘1
accident dissipated the last spark of hope, and insured their .1 m
doom. . i 1 ‘ f"
The wagon-wheel striking an obstruction in the road, both “_
traces parted, and the terrified mare continued her wild flight, in
while mistress and servant were left behind. ' v t ‘
“ Gorry nation ! Miss Adri‘n, run I dere goes do last ob de " a
mare i" exoluiined Caesar. 9
Both were on the ground in a twinkling, and placing her 1

white hand in the horny palm of the Afim“, we Wm mug

on down the road with all the speed of which they were
capable.

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I of the hand uponhers, a gasp, and the faithful fellow sunk
 down and died without another struggle. '

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,. THE negro had been killed by a shot of one of the In-

- / dlanshand Adrian Woodland was left alone, with the whole
four in pursuit.

_ She continued her flight more from instinct. than from any
result of a reasoning process, while the savages, seeing that
the matter was decided, came up at a leisurely gait, and cap-
tured her before she had gone a hundred feet further.

"The first Indian who laid his hand upon her was the
. hideous-looking Cut Nose, whose face appeared ten-fold more
‘ fl'igmml as it. expanded with a grin of exultation, while he
100k“! “P01! the beautiful features of the shuddering cap-
‘ tire. , ,
“ Huh l much nice I" he muttered. taking her by the arm,
W and turning her round so as to-gaze full into her face.

Adrian uttered a piercing scream, that was heard by her
father; but Cut Note brandished his tomahawk in such a
g“ lin‘catcuing manner that she durst not break silence again.

The Delawarcs understood the certainty of immediate pur-
Juit, and they started homeward without a. moment’s unne-
‘Uflsa-ry delay. - ' . >
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,ronte, they reached the Illinois river, and embarked in s couple

of canoes. . ' , ,.
When a party of Indians suspect pursuit, and are given a

good start, it is almost impossible for the most experiencch

trailers or woodmen to overtake them. I ,
By taking to the water within a mile of their starting
point. the Delawares completely hid their trail and made

their subsequent journey through the woods perfectly safe:

from pursuit. .
During the whole time hat Adrian was on this distressing
journey, she was treated with respect and consideration; but

she never gave up the hope of being followed and rescued hy r
her friends, until the village of the Delawares was reached,'_
and she was domiciled in the family of the chief, Flying An; '

telope. »

Then for‘ a time utter despair took‘possession of her, and

she wished for death rather than life.

She was awakened from this depth of gloom, on the next. v

day after her arrival, by the sudden appearance of the hated
Zeke Quigley before her.3

The renegade surveyed her for a few moments in silence.
while his naturally broad mouth was expanded into an enor» '

mous grin. Suddenly he gave a guflhw, and exclaimed:

“ So ye made up yer mind, Adrian, to come and livq‘v.

with me, did yer ?"
She looked up at him, with the old flash in her eyes,

“ Do you call this bravery to insult me when I am power- "

less it” a
“Nobody meant to insult yer. As it war rather too hot
fur me in the neighborhood of yer place, I got Cut Nose to

“ How soon am I to return home ?" ‘ }
‘ 'I‘he renegade burst into one-of his guffaws again. _ 1
“I said you might make yer folks a visit about once a.
year.” Et‘ yer behave yet-self purty well, I’ll let yer ,do
that. ‘ 
“ Very well; I am touch obliged to you."
Quigley stood a. minute or two, as 'tf he had-something’
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“ Let it keep on waiting, then,” said she, turning about and

The renegade was considerably taken aback at this cavalier

“treatment, but he called after her:

“ I’ll let yer alone till to-morrer and then I’ll be arter yer

tiltiE‘ and you’ve got to go!”
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was of no avail against such a prompt. chief as Flying Ante-
lope, who quietly turned his back upon him and walked into
the lodge.

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The remarkable beauty and amiability of Adrian Woodland

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)0 expressed his wish to adopt. her, and the. girl deemed it

prudent to consent.

She obtained the promise of the chief that slfl should not

mircr. ,
Early in the forenoon the renegade made his appearance,

hu‘d presenting himself to Flying Antelope, asked for his as-
sistance in compelling the captive to become his with ac-

rding to the established custom among the Delaware In-
He was met with the reply that the girl had been
opted into his family, and he could not consent to her de-

parturé.

It would be difficult to picture the amazement and fury of'
He raved and swore, but it

1‘3"” began a wearisome and vexatious captivity to out

heroine.

1‘ “‘5 brovidential indeed that she was adopted into the

, ‘ family of Flying Antelope, as it protected her from all rude-
;7 ness and harm; nevertheless, she pined for her home from
‘ gl‘which she had been so rudely torn, and wondered why he?
___= friends did not come to claim her.

And so the time were away. until the coming of the great

.ii'eshet of which we were speaking when our story opened.

iis was so unprecedentedly great that it swept away a por-‘
illage, including the lodge of Flying

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drowning, and placed his wife and Adrian in a. canoe, While 

‘he looked after the safety of the children. ,
The danger becomingr serious, the wife sprung overboard to\

rescue one of her imperiled ones, and Adrian was thus left '

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alone. .

All was blank darkness, and in the swirl of the rushing ~
waters, site was separated from the others and found herself
drifting alone down the river.
but she struggled hard with the paddle through the night until
daylight, when she found she ,was alone on the bosom of the
vast over-floWed river.

Without bod, and tired to utter exhaustion, she fell asleep »

about noon, from which she was awakened by Brandon
Havens, as We have narrated at the beginning of out
story. .

She had gone through such a trial that her mind was tem-

porarily affected, which may account for her rather singtflar’ '

conduct, in the presence of the yopng man. .
She could not make herself certain whether he was a
friend or an enemy, and so she treated him with some dis:
trust. _
When she was left alone, for a time, while Havens Went to

the top of an adjoining hill to take observations, she was im- _

\mediately approached by Flying Antelope, who had landed
some hours before, and who saw her come ashore.

Adrian made no objection to going with him, and the chief,
with his entire family around him, camped in the Woods
that night, and on the morrow started homeward again.

His strong and skilled arm carried them there easily in his I

‘ 'canoe, and the close of the day witnessed Adrian safely do—
miciled with her old friends again-

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«dents occurring elsewhere.

The screams of Adrian Woodland, and the shouts of
Caesar, when attacked by the Delawares, reached the ears of
Colonel Woodland, who, accompanied by three men, all on
horseback, instantly started to their assistanCe.

But the attack and capture occurred in such a short time,

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an away, with their captive, speeding through the wood;
' toward the river.

‘ Instant pursuit was made, and the Dela“ ares were tracked
to the river, where, as a matter of course, all trace of them
Was lost. ,

I But, urged on‘ by tlte father, a search of nearly a week’s
[duration was made, with no result, however, and Colonel
Woodland returned home, bowed and stricken to his almost

' brokett-ltcnrted \t'il‘e. .

What to do they \vet'e at a loss to decide, but they could
never rctnnin idle, while their beloved child'was lost to
lhevn.‘

At this opportune moment, Hugh Kyle appeared on the
scene. was made acquainted with tlte sad occurrence, and he
sought to assist the afllictcd friends in their distressing cala-
tnity.

And bad it not been for a'serious mistake made by Coltmel
[Woodland there is reason to believe that the famous scout
would have speedily effected the rescue of his daughter
Adrian. . .

There was no doubt but that the renegade Quigley was at
[the bottom.of the atl‘uir, and consequently she wasvto be
sought among the tribe of Indians where he had made his
ltotne.
». From some unaccountable cause, the colonel had the im-'
Wes" m that Quigley was living among the Sioux of the
334411 t-west; and, acting upon this supposition, Kyle started
M once for the hunting-grounds of that tribe. ‘
, Several months were thus consumed, and in the dead of
' winter he returned to Colonel Woodland, with the declaration
711M Quigley bud never been among that tribe, and they had
had no hand in the capture of Adrian. I

The father was all at sea again. and for a time was in de-
spair, but he could not give up all ltope of seeing; his child
again, and he urged Kyle to continue the hunt, promising him
the most munificent reward, whether he succeeded in his hunt
I or not. '
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came in more frequent contact with that tribe than with any
other.

Assiduous inquiry failed to enlighten him upon that point,
and. 1101ng upon a dim suspicion, he started for the region of
the Crows. ’

It is scarcely necessary to state that this journey was an
fruitless as his preceding one. ‘

Much time had thus been wasted, and Kyle was on his re—

turn to state to Colonel Woodland that he Sir-w no hope int x .

continuing the search any longer. ‘
On his way back he passed through the Delaware country,

and came in sight of a party of that people engaged upon a "

hunt. - -

More from the force of custom than any thing else, he care-
fully scrutinized them, and to his surprise recognized the rene-
gade Quigley among them.

' The mystery was explained, a'nd he hastened to Colonel
Woodland with the gratifying intelligence that he had found
the trail at last, and had hope of bringing his daughter back
to him. .

Colonel Woodland was roused from the lowest depths of

despair to the hights of hope, and he asked to.aecompany ~ '

Kyle in his search.
But the hunter preferred to go alone, and he left him with
‘the promise that he would never show his faCe again untilhe
., brought the captive with him. . ,
Starting out for the third time, Kyle reached the Delaware
‘eountry at the time of the great fl-eshet, to which we have
made such frequent reference.

We have shown his meeting with the brothers Gashill, and

his separation from them, after they had been condo?“ m ' ~

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- A STRANGE DELIVERANCE.
WL' left Brandon Havens pursuing his way through the

'3, wood, after his separation from Adrian Woodland, disconso-

late, gloomy and despairing.

It will be remembered that he was stealthin followed by
an Indian, who had first seen him, when he was standing upon
’ ,the top of the hill, taking his survey of the surrounding
country. '

which, somehow or other, he fancied belonged to friends, and
to which he intended to hasten with his adored.

r forgot all about the camp-fire, and plunged into the woods,
5 , caring naught where he went, or what became of him.
This was fortunate in one respect for him ; for had he car-
» , .ried out his first intention of making his way to the camp
fire, he would have come upon a party of sanguinary Dela-
; ' wares, who would have made short work with him.
Fortunate. then, was it that his footsteps were turned in
another direction, so that he was led away from this great dan-

‘  ger.

‘ But a greater peril remained. Scarcely a hundred feet sep-
arated him from the murderous Indian that stole along behind
{I , him, with the silence of a phantom.

.3 , It would have been the easiest matter in the world for the
red-skin to have whisked up behind him, and finished him at
a single blow; but the wily assassin appeared to think that
)1, there was a chancefiot‘ securing a greater prize by waiting.

For it seemed probable that the pale-face was making his
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Tnd'pnrsued—the panther-like eyes of the former fixed upon

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riountL to his amazement that he was face to face with an enor-

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the latter, who, all the time, had no suspicion of the fearful
doom gradually dratving nigher and nigher to him.

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It was just in the early dusk of the evening, and objects 1

were dimly visible for sont'e distance. ’ .5
It was the gloomiest part of the whole twonty-ibur hours,

and Brandon Havens, as he wandered aimlessly along, was  1

perhaps the most miserable being that trod the earth. 1

The fairy form of Adrian “'oodland—the matchless face
and figure, the soulful eyes, the wealth of raven hair, the sad, , _ ,
enchanting, enrapturiu'g expression of the face was gone, gone \ ‘ t
forever.

What a bliss it would have been bad the coveted privilege
been given him, of piloting this glorious vision of his dreams
through the woods, to some place of safety 1 How gladlth
would have fought and laid down his life in her defense!

And the future! What dazzling pictures the rosy fingers
of imagination had already drawnl What bewildering cas-
tles in the air! How he wandered through their fairy balls,
with her by his sidei

I-Iow golden the sunshine, how sweet the air, how fragmn I"

the woods—how good was every thing. ' 
But what a “change had come o‘er the spirit of his J"
dreams !” ._

Every thing was darkness and despair; What though he had
It pleasant home, with affectionate friends awaiting his return,
the great sun of his attraction was gone. _

iieneeforth the world was dark and tin-bidding. Hence-
forlh there was to be nothing but distress and misery before
him. ’ »

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mous black heart

The instinct of self-preservation is everstroug in the human
heart, and the young man, who, a few minutes before, was in ‘
the very depths of black despair, and almost wishing for
death, now raised his gun and put himself in a position of

The brute was. no ways loth, although it was evident the _
meeting'wu as great a surprise t) him as to the hunter. x ,Hlo, ‘

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stood for a moment perfectly motionless, as if seeking to take
in all the “ points " of his adversary, and then with a low
, ,growl‘of anger advanced to the attack. ', x ‘ \
i.  This was what. Havens expected, and waiting until h
thought the animal was the right distance from him, he
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? . V The shot was only partially successful. It struck the brute
,  in the neck, making an aggravating wound, without neces- '
3 ‘ sarily being dangerous. ,

The instant he was hit by the ball, the bear reared himself
= r 'on his hinti legs, and began picking at the wound with his
l H claws, as if he imagined it to be caused by a splinter, which
i , he was seeking to extract from his flesh.

This lasted but a moment, however, when he dropped down
I ' on all fours and made a plunge toward the author of all this
‘ I, trouble.
.  , ,But the latter had improved his time to the utmost, and the in:
, ' stant he fired the shot, had turned on his heel and fled at tho
> . ‘3 - top of his speed.
1” .‘ He was invisible in the darkness, but the unavoidable noise

made by‘ the fugitive in his flight, was distinctly audible to
the brute, which instantly made toward him, at a speed that
p would have insuredhis destruction, had not a most singular

occurrence intervened. r '

In starting back, Havens had nearly doubled on his own
I ' tracks, but had turned somewhat to the right, so that he wr'l

/ Pursuing an entirely different and new course.

The bear charging in pursuit had taken a leap or two, '

Wllcutlie Indian came in sight. The savage, at the moment

the gun was fired, was shut out from the sight of his prey by

the intervening umlergrowth, and he immediately hurried tor

ward to ascertain the meaning of the report. ,

Some wild animals display a great sagaeity in identifying“
their enemies, but the bear is not very celebrated in that
way.
Catching,r sight of the Indian, he very naturally took him
for the merciless hunter, who had intlieted such grievous in-
« jury‘npon- him, and he “ went for" him, without hesitation,
{and with a low growl of fury.
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it missed the brute altogether, while it never checked it: flight ,

in the least. ,
“Fully comprehending the desperate danger that menaced'
him, the Delaware turned and darted away with all haste,
and made for a small tree up which he began furiously climbing.
But, great as was his haste, it was insuflicient to take him
out of his peril.

Ere he had ascended a half-dozen feet); the bear was upon
him, and caught one of his feet in his claws, and dragged him
to the earth.

lThus compelled to fight, the savage turned and attacked
his foe with his knife. I

The contest was severe and long continued, but it can be
summed up in the announcement that its conclusion left alive .
bear" and dead Indian on the field, and the imminent peril
which had threatened Brandon Havens was turned aside.

After running several hundred yards, the latter paused and
listened. All was still, and he rightly concluded that. the
threatened danger was passed.

. Then, as he reloaded his gun, he muttered :

" Why did I run from the bear?
all that can make life happy is taken away?
perished in the woods l” v O i

But, these were the repinings of a heart unduly weighed
dove by its own grief, and they could not last.

Great as was the young man’s hunger, his fatigue was still
greater, and he finally threw himself down beside
tree, and immediately dropped asleep. ,

The same kind Providence that watches over his children,
when asleep or awake, kept guard over the sleeper, who was

in *1 labD’rinth of peril, and he awoke in the morning to .

flrd the sun shining and himself unharmed.
BY “"3 “me, Havens was almost famished,and he saw

that the first thing necessary was for him to procure something
b: cat.

Again good fortune directed him.
stnrt distance, his eye and ear alert for the first appearance

_of gape, when he stumbled upon the camp, to which reference j'l 

has already been made, and which the Delaw

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been there very recently; but, what was then of the most im~
portance to'Brandon Havens, he discovered quite a quantity
: of venison, cooked and ready for eating, which the Indians
r had lett‘behind them. ‘ ‘

It is not necessary to refer to the avidity with which this
Was devoured by the hungry hunter, nor to the relief and com-
fort he experienced, when, at last, he had eaten his fill.

The continued depression of spirits which Havens had so
long experienced, now reacted somewhat, and he found him.
self in a more hopeful frame of mind. .

What though the beautiful Adrian had disappeared? It
was by no means improbable that she was living and had been
.found and retakcn by some of the Delaware Indians.

If such was the case, she was not entirely lost to him; but
«might be sought out, be followed and watched, and with the
" blessing of Heaven, rescued and returned to her friends, and,
‘ as he prayed, to him again.

\ ’ This was something like the thread of his thoughts, as he
5~walked through the forest, with the cheerful song of the birds
' all about him.

/ Unconsciously to himself, he had turned his steps toward
the Rattlesnake river, and, before he was aware of it, he found
" himself standing upon its bank.

I Unacquainted as Brandon was with this section of the
, I [rent West, it needed but a glance of his to see that the tre-
' lnendous rise of the river had subsided greatly since the pre-
ceding day, and was still falling very fast. So much so, in~
deed, that a day or two more was all that was necessary for
the stream to sink to its former level.

‘As he looked out upon the muddy current, he could-still see
the trees, stumps and débn's drilling by him, most of which
had undoubtedly come hundreds of miles.

The sky was clear, and the sun shining with a grateful

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'A long stretch of woods on either shore, the swit’ttlwerp ‘

of the water, the clear, azure sky—all was the same. -’

But suddenly he started. Far out upon the river he saw
a. small Indian canoe, dancing over the water and heading
straight toward him. '

A single ma'n was in it, and he, of course, was a red~skia
hunter.

Thus thought Havens; but while he looked, a doubt arose
Althongh somewhat resembling an Indian, the
occupant, as he came closer, tonk on a familiar appearance.

While Havens was still gazing in doubt and wonder, the,

man stopped paddling fora moment to swing his hat own his
head and to shout. . a ‘
Then our hero recognized him; and, as he came closer,

and stepped ashore, he grasped the hand of his old friend,
Hugh Kyle. ’

CHAPTER XI.
THE HIDDEN son.

BRANDON HAVENS had always been a favorite with the
hunter, Hugh Kyle, and the meeting between them was of
the most cordial character.

When each had told his story, the amazement of both. was
unbounded. -

Unsltilled as was the hunter in all that appertained to the
passion of lovenhe was yet shrewd enough to nnderstand‘tha
fueling that had been awakened in the heart of his young
himd, and he plumply told him of it. i .

“I won't deny it, Hugh," replied our hero, with a blush,

“ but how could I help it? So beautiful, so intet‘lesting,

SIG—n

“ Thar! tharl I don't blame yer fur it!” laughed Kyle. ‘ ' .

“Yer see’d ’nough of her to full head ovur heels in love—5'
that's plain ; but yer hain’t seen ’nongh of her to uncler
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and the man that gits her gits a. pfizeLthat.I kin tel} yer,
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“ I know it, I know it; and if she is lost, I shall never be

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{a the hunter, with a grin, “ hein’ us I never had any thing to
love ’ccpt my old mother, that’s eighty-nine year old, and I

-,e don’t s’pose you feel toward this gal as I do toward her; but \
Le * ‘as near us I kin tell, you’ve got the reg‘lnr thing, though not ‘

i had ’nough,to kill yer quite dead yit.”
o, '7 “ As you have started out with the resolve to recapture the
‘g‘ ’5 lady; you will allow me to go with 'you and help. Indeed,

" you Must." ' ‘
t ‘ r WWal, a love-sick younker like you ain‘t jist the chap 3

,feller wants with him at sich a. time; but as yer heart seems I
to be sot on it, I’ll take yer ’long and see if I kin keep yer
' rm straight. Howsomever, yer must bear in mind that I’m to be
' boss of this yer job.”
' ‘f Of course I shall never venture to dispute you on any
question, nor will I refuse to take your commands, when it is
so evident that I know nothing and you know every thing.”
5. “‘ That’s the talk, my boy; stick to that and thar’ll be no
V trouble.” \
is, “ I am ready and anxious to be under way.” '
V “ See hyur,” said Kyle, assuming a serious air, “that’s a'
qu’ar look put onto things by what you’ve told me.”

“ I don't know what you mean," said Havens, in some as— .
tonishment.
A “ What do you s’pose ’come of the gal arter you lefl, her
7" it: the boat ?" -
'1 “It. isjmpossihle to tell. You see she disappeared, and

the canoe too; but the dead body of poor Wolf seems partly

to explain the mutter."

“ Wu]. the Injins got her ng‘in."
“But how was it that I saw nothing of them ‘3” _'

ff “ 'I‘hcy wu’n‘t on the watery-but on the shore. They see’d
' you come ashore, and the minute you got out of sight, they
come down, knocked over the dog to prevent a rumpus, picked
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' This «use new view of the case, but Havens admitted/it:
reasonableness, and after a few minutes’ reheétiomhe fully he.
licved it. No other explanation would answer at all. ‘ ‘ .

“ But why did they not disturb me ?” was the natural ' 1
question that came to his lips. “ They certainly must have V
l‘tnon‘n that I was somewhere not for off.” .- 1

“ Thar’s only one/reason that can he give for that,” replied ‘
the hunter, “ and if that’s the true one, things look 9. powcr~
ful sight better for us thnn they could any other wa n” i.

As a matter of course, Havens was very anxious to hear
the hunter’s explanation. - ~

“I‘ve l’arnt ’nough to know that the gal is held by a chief
of the Delawares, who has adopted her 'in his family 'and
won’t let anybody else have her. Will, you see this hynr con-
founded fresh hain’t been such a bad thing utter all, as it has  ; _
made a. sweep through the Injin village, and cleaned ’em out. I“
Somehow or other the gel has got loose in the canoe, and the f
chief has started in search of her. You've happened to come
in to shore purty nigh whar he had landed and was lookin‘
over the river for yer, so all he had to do was to wait hill
chancennd'walk off with her ug’in, as he did.”

“ But you haven’t told me why he let me alone all this 1
time.” t
“The chief who holds the gel nin’t quite so had as the
others, as may be sec'd by the way he treats her. But, it's" _
lucky t’lmr didn’t. any of the other imps git at sight of yer.” W 1, ,

From this it will be seen that the hunter penetrated and‘ . _'
understood the precise manner of Adrian Woodland’s falling , ’
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but his great experience andknowlcdge of woodcraft ennde I l ‘

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“ How- is, that to be so particularly advantageous to us, if y.

your conjectures are true ‘2" asked Havens, who, as yet, had ; \ V

not reached the drift. of the hunter’s thought. ' .‘
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V side the river, Which makes it very likely that the gel is that

stillnt‘ur the chief wouldn’t be apt to hurry her much one!
what ‘she’d already been through.”  -
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“Hurrah for you, Kyle; you’re right! We’ll have he:

, sum." ' .

But Kyle Was not so jubilant. He had seen such manifest~
ations before, and understood them too well.

r ‘9 'l‘har's one thing yer must keep in mind," said he, with
the same solemnin of manner that had distinguished his pre-
vious utterances.

Havens turned inquirineg toward him. v

“ We hain’t got the gal git. P’r’aps the chief has got her
ng‘in with him, in which case thnr’s got to be some hard
work done afore she is out of the woods.”

“What chance of her rescue will there then be ?”

“ Watt. thar’s some considerable chance as long as the reds
don’t smell a. rat, and find we’re nosin’ round; et‘ they l’arn
what we’re after, thar’ll be some harder work than all. She
'havin’ been with the reds so lcng, in course has a chance to
git outside of the lodge without bein’ watched, and we‘ve
got to be ready at some of these times, to nab her up and be

. off with her;”

“ What’s to be done 1?”

“ We can soon find out if the chief is down the river or
not. If he is, it won‘t be long More we’ll see him in his 08'
noe comin’ up or crossin’ over." -
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, distance since then.”

“He [nought he a powerful sight closer nor we think;
_what I’m afcarrl of is, that he has been so near he’s see’d
.’ us, and streaked off for other parts, and so got out of our

way."

“ One minute you discourage me, and the next you till me

:3 {with hope,“ replied Ilavens, who spoke the literal truth re-

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_ ‘9 W31, at most it’s a slippery business. I've done this thing

f on and on fur the last twenty odd years, and sometimes I’ve ‘
missed, though I glnerally managed to come'out right in the

lid with most of 'em.” V , 7.. . ;, '
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them On the other side than here," said Havens, whose anxiety
Would not allow him to keep still, or to remain motionless
for more than a minute at a time. '

“ Will, I dunno," replied the hunter, “hut bein’ hyar we’d
better stay hyar fur the present. Yer go up the bank a ways,
and of yer see any thing, whistle and 1‘11 come to yer, and
yet- kin do the same fur me.”

This arrangement being agreed upon, the two separated,
Kyle walking carefully upward through the undergrowth,
while our hero did the same.

In this way perhaps three quarters of an hour passed, and
they had become separated by a distance of several litlntli’t‘t1\
yards.

Both had anxiously scanned the river, but without detecting
any thing of importance. ' /

.Ilugh Kyle began to fear, after all, that a. mistake had been I

made, and that the chief, with Adrian, was well on his way
"back to the village, it‘ he had not: already reached there, and
that a work of extreme difficulty was before him.

I V In the intensity with which both of the hunters had scanned
the river, they had almost forgotten the lapse of time, and.
neither had any conception of the distance they were really
apart.

Kyle. as might naturally be expected, was the first to roast! V

to a sense 'of the situation, although he had wandered further
than he intended at the beginning. '

Taking one glance at the stream, he turned about and be-
gan rapidly retracing his steps.

Now and then he paused and listened, but heard nothing
but the rush and swash oi" the river beside hitn, and then he
hastened onward.

He was not a' little astonished when he found the distance \‘
he traversed before reaching his canoe, where they had sepa-
rated.

From this he saw that Havens must still he a good distance
away. and with a vague feeling of alarm, he hurried down,
the shore, his speed frequently getting the better of his din.
action, ' ' . 5- v

'Why it was he could not explain, but he found a vexyop,
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events.” ‘ . ‘

Not. a. sound reached him, nor was a sign visible, and yet
he became almost certain that something wrong had happened
to his young friend. ‘ '

lie was in this nervous condition of mind, when he was

startled by hearing the whistle which the two had agreed
‘upon as the signal. It sounded quite a distance away, but

' it was clear and distinct, and there was no mistaking it.

“I do li’l’eve that yer younker is in trouble," muttered the
scout, as he hastened forward. “That yer whistle sounds as
though he had (bond somethin’ he didn't want to flat ."

Que peculiarity attracted the notice of Kyle. and it only
deepened the conviction that something had gone amiss with

1 his friend. ‘

The whistle, instead of coating from the shore. as it ought
to hare done, it‘ all was right, and he had dcscricd something
of importance, came from the interior of the wooden fact
which bodedigood only upon the supposition that his comrade
had come upon the encampment of the Italians and theis-
captive—a supposition so improbable that Kyle didnot give

' ,i‘tta second thought.

Explain it as he chose, there was but one way in which
lie could do so with any reasmi, and that was that Brandon
HaVcns was in trouble and had sent out the cry for help.

Man nor woman had yet to appeal to the large-hearted
trapper in vain, and the " grass did not grow under his feet,"
as he sped toward the direction of the sign of distress.

Suddenly he paused!

StlSplciull resolved itself into certainty. ,

()n the mossy ground over which he was now hastenng
he caught the imprint of Havens’ foot.

It was there, clear and distinct, and there was no mistaking.

fl \And almost at the same moment he was made ammo!
 approach of one of the red-skins themselves. '

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BRANDON HAVENS was sorely in need of help indeed!

It seemed, for a .'time, as if the Fates were against the

success of the different schemes attempted for the rescue
of Adrian Woodland, and for a. time all progress was
stayed. '
_ 4 From the moment of his separation from Hugh Kyle, his
whole soul was so intent upon scanning the rushing river for
some semblance of a canoe, with its precious freight, that
he. saw nothing else, not indeed did alight else enter his
thoughts. '

More than once was he brought to a stand-still, by coming
in collision with some tree-trunk which he had not seen,‘but
which he was made to feel in an unquestionably emphatic
manner.

Then again, he caught his foot in some projecting root and
was almost thrown headlong to the ground, or caught his
chin beneath some limb, the sawing of which recalled him to
asense of his situation, and for a few minutes made him
more careful of his footsteps.

1 Thus stumbling and groping forward, he had gone a con-
slderable distance when again he caught his foot and stumbled
to the ground,

He was in the act of rising, when his arms were suddenly
sailed front behind, and in a twinkling he was made as secure
as if handcuffed. '

Turning his head, Havens saw that he was in the graSp of
two Indians, who, he did not doubt for an instant, were Dela-
wares. ’ .

“ HOW <10, brudder ‘2” said one of them, with a grin

of delight at the success of their maneuver, while at the

same time they took ,pains’ to render his custody still mare-s-
cure.

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5’ exhaustion. ‘
I -' 7 “ Brndder heap well?” inquired the same savage. who up.
‘3’“, peared to have an abiding interest in the bodily health of the
, I, : young man.
i ' “ Keep your mouth shut!” percmptorily commanded the
, latter, who was in any thing but a pleasant mood, at the
7 - « manner in which he had been checked while engaged in his
pursuit. ’
The arms having been securely pinioncd, the Indians
— ,5 took possession of all his weapons, and then placing them-
‘_' selves one on either side, they ordered him to “go much
ahead.”
There was nothing to be gained by refusing, and Havens
V obeyed with commendable alacrity.
‘L; ’ The party walked quite briskly, and as they hurried along,
‘ t - Brandon Havens began to collect his thoughts.
. ,, ‘ While he was annoyed and vexed at the turn afi’airs had
' ‘ taken, he by no means despaired or gave up hope.
/ Had it not been for the proximity of Kyle, he would have
been in the depths of despair again ; but the hunter was so
all-powerful in times like these that he came to lean upon him
m" as a child leans upon its parent.
The first thing that occurred to Havens was that he was
walking altogether more rapidly than there was any necessity
, ' ‘ for. As every step away from the river only took him so
‘ 3. much further away from safety, he concluded that he Was ex-
‘  ‘pediting matters too much by keeping pace with his painted
e‘ - e and grinning captors.
V He had already taken a number of lessons in tumbling. so
I that when he fell sprawling to the ground, it had a very
‘ . natural look and excited no suspicion upon the part of the
 Indians. ' I
I As they were not aware of the proximity of the famous
7_ ~scout they had little fear of pursuit, and were not as urgent
\,'_  in hurrying their captive forward as they otherwise \vould
' " have been. ' I
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- ,fiem'I-Iavens would have been tomahawked ou the spot, fol
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The captive bcthonght him of the signal for communicating

with Kyle, but he was fearful of uttering it,lest it should also ‘ ,

be comprehended by the red-skins, who would bring'things
to a crisis at once.

More than once he had shaped his mouth to utter the
whistle, but Something stayed its utterance with the whisper
that the favorable moment would soon come. I

Some distance was travursed in this manner, until they
reached a large branching tree, standiné,r in a sort. of opening).
when the three halted.

Just at this juncture, a bird, in the very top of the tree,
gave utterance to a peculiar whistle-like song.

Havens looked up at it, as though attracted by its pretty
notes. and then, as it' replying to it, he gave the whistle
agreed upon between‘ Kyle and himself.

It. was all done so naturally that the vigilant Delawares
never for a moment suspected that any thing lay at the bot-
tom of it, not even when the captive repeated the whistle, all
the time gazing up through the branches, as if he were seek-'
ing to charm the furthered songster.

It was a mystery to Havens to understand why the Indians
had halted, when they had proceeded but such a short dis-
. tance, but it was soon explained.

It appeared that the savages were not altogether satisfied
that their prize had hot its counterpart somewhere in the
neighborhood ; and, bel'ore advancing further, they wished to
make sure ot‘ the whereabouts of his companions, that is,‘
provided he had any.

SO, ,while one rested, the other took the back-trail to make
sure of the rear.

’l‘his precaution is adopted very frequently lty Indians when‘ i.

on their march through the woods, to prevent any party of
rescue Stealing upon and surprising them, either when in
camp or on the march.

It is not to be supposed that the red-skin who thus turned
back had any idea or the lion he was to encounter in his
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At the very instant;
of doingr so, a shadowy form leaped out upon him. he know

fan: from whither, and a pair of vise-like arms Wet'e thrown
’m'ound him, and he was dashed to the ground with the

, quickness of lightning.

The savage realized that he was locked in a death-grapple,
and struggled furiously, but he was almost pmua'lcss, and in
less time than it takes us to record it, his earthly career was
ended. ‘

' “ Thar! confound yer i" muttered Kyle, as he [disengaged
himself and rose to his feet. “ Yer never l’arned to t'nller n
back-track, and I guess it‘s rather too late fur yer tn l’arn."

Leaving him where he lay, he resumed the trail from which
he had been suddenly diverted by the unexpected uppcn'auee
of the Delaware.

Kyle advanced with greater caution than before; for, al-
though no outcry had escaped the red-skin during the strug-

/ igle,yet it was often the custom of the Indians to send a

second man upon the back-trail. to guard against the results
0.“ just such an occurrence us had taken place a few minutes
befinre.

Then, too, it would be known how long he ought: to he
fitment, and continuing away beyond that time would excite
suspicion.

So, from more than one cause, there was the neI‘eSsity for
the greatest circumspcction upon his part, and Kyle was not

‘tlie man to throw away an opportunin by any carelessness
or inaltention. ‘

He walked rapidly along the trail, his eyes hent ahead, so
as to detect. the approaeh of an enemy the instant it was re»
Vealed l" any cautious separation ot' the bushes or under-
'growth.

'But even had the remaining Indian been apprehensch of

‘> the fate of his companion, he could not have left the captive
-- andgone to his assistance. ‘

‘Kyle had withdrawn the tomahawk from the belt of the .
Ellen Delaware, and with it in his right hand and'his'rifle in
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straight forward, without any concealment, until he confronted
both captor and captive.

'The latter of course was delighted to see him, and did not
fail to express his pleasure.

“ Just. in time, Kyle; a little later, and it would have been 7
“too late; but be careful; there’s another Indian somewhere

about."

“ Yas, and this hynr red ’11 soon he ’hout too,” replied tht
scout.

When the savage saw the white man stride into the clear“-
ing, he grasped his knife and prepared for the desperate hand~
to-ltand encounter.

He confronted the comer for a moment, and then, while
gazing earnestly in his face, he seemed suddenly to become
aware of his identity, and to the surprise of the hunter, with

'u suppressed whoop of dismay, turned on ‘his heel, and

plunged into the woods.

But fast as he went, the skillfully poised and powerfully
hurled totnahawk overtook him, and struck him to the
earth. -

Ere he could 'rise, Kyle was upon him, and his spirit was
speedily sent to join that of his brother in the happy hunting~
grounds.

In a twinkling. the bonds which held Havens’ hands were
cut, and he was free again. ,

“ It begins to look to me," laughed the latter, “ as if the
reg-men were rather plenty on this side the river.” .

, “ Thar be plenty of ’em on both sides, fur that matter.

' and. as tlmt' don’t seem t) be much chance of the gal bein

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ere T. WATCHING AND WAITING.

mi" ‘ ' Bx this time, Hugh Kyle had become fully satisfied that

- 7V Adrian Woodland was on the dher side of the river, and
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g. , ’ So he determined to cross wilhont delay, and in case no-
_ r ‘ thing was found upon the other side, they would press on to

[a , the Delaware village and make a. recnnnoissance to find whether

lo 7 ' she was there or not.

b If she were there, it was there that their work lay. If no-

d thing could be seen of her, or of the chief, who was known
_ to the scout by sight, then his whole energy was to be devoted
‘ to hunting them up and intercepting them before they could

: I , reach their village. ,
3 When the hunter had once made up his mind, he did not

i t i take long to act.

' ' ; Immediately upon restoring Havens to liberty, the two set
’ I out for the river, reaching it at the point where they had left
1; their canoe.

\. 1 Five minutes later the delicate boat was upon the swiftly-

rushing river, headed and rapidly propelled toward the other
shore by the Strong and skillful arm of Kyle.

The river was still falling rapidly, but it required a lutlfi
_ ,honrfs hard pulling before they placed their feet upon dry land
 igain. '
I “ Hyar we‘ll leave the canoe," said Kyle, “till we come
back ug’in.”

“ How are you going to conceal it ?"

“ I’ll show yer." _
I The hunter gathered several large hnwlders which he care
Fully placed in the canoe, so as not to injure its delicate sides,
7 or bottom, and he then tipped it till it filled with water and
sunk.
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“Thur, thut’ll stay'thar till it’s wanted !" exclaimed Kyle, /

when the work was done. “ Now we'll make a start. for the ’

Iujin settlements.” » s}
“ How is it ” inquired Havens, as they walked along, “ that

this side of the river is the least: dangerous, when the Dela- r,
Wares have their lodges here? It seems it ought to be just
the opposite way.” ' » ~

“ Thnr‘s wlmr rt tnnn's etldycntlrm COINS in.” N‘Dllf’d Kyle.
with Some pride, at the prospect ot‘ enlightening his young

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friend. “ Et' ye’tl studied the woods and 1mm wuys as much .‘~
I as I have, yer wouldn't ux such :t question. 1" I
“ The way of it is, the best lmntin’grounds m" on t‘other gt.

thztr. But, they claim the territory east .of the river, and to
show everybody that it belongs to them. they have built. thar
lodges thnr, and they make thur hum thztr. But the warriors i
nr’ so much on t’other side that you're :tllers sure of findiu' ‘ ,
'etn thnr, while on this side you ain‘t sure of stuntblin' on any "
of ’em onless you git mighty this to the settlements. Thur
they at" as thick as fleas, and thur‘s ‘jist whur I hope the gal \ '
hasn’t got ylt."

“ So do I,” fervently responded his companion. \

It was about mid-day, but neither party thought of hunger. ‘1. ‘
As they neared the theater of action, the interest of both f:
seemed to intensity. \

Ecru. considerable distance, they followed the route of
the river; but. at the end of severnl miles, they turned east-
ward and plunged into the thickest of the woods.

Everywhere the truck of the freshet was visible. Although
the Rttttlesmtke river lntd by no means fallen to its usual level,
yet it could be. ensin seen that it had subsided fully tL dozen-
feet.

,A persmt unused to the woods would not have observed
thatthey were truveling orer ground that hud been frequently
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ah Vitae to its lowest key. “ Feller that and we‘d both go head-

,le, , be: into the hornets’ nest of a village." ’,

{he ' 1 “How far ofi’ ‘2" v

' “Not for; look out we don’t run on a lot of 'em unaware.

mt More than fifty pair of feet have trumped this path since

tn, mornin‘."

,8, A short time afterward, and they had reached the im-
mediate vicinity of the Delaware village. Only a. few rods

0' further, and the hunter announced to his companion that his

g part of the labor was ended. >

h “ .an I do nothing! more t” he asked, in a_ tone of disap«
pointntent.

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" Well, he as quick as you can.”

“ Keep still, and don‘t stir, far if you wander off, thar ain‘t
no time to hunt you up.”

Willi this precaution on the part of Kyle, he took his de-
barturo, with the noislessness of a “shadow of the night.”

Left alone, Havens contented himself as best as he could.
Where one was a prey to such intense anxiety, it could not
but be that a brief period of time would seem intolerany
lonfr. -

Minute after minute passed until fully an hour had gone, a
[pace of duration which, as Havens afterward expressed it, ,
seemed at least a dozen times as long. ,

But, finally, when our hero was about to despair. a slight
noise caught his ear, and lookingup, he saw his smiling friend
standing beside hitu.

“ Well, what is it ?" was the eager inquiry.

“ I‘ve been clean around the village, and the end of it is,
the gal ain‘t thar, nor is the chief—that's sartin."

“ From your expression, 1 think that is good news," re-
marked Havens, with a smile. i

“ Yas; I’d rather hev it that way than any other"

“ What are we to do?" '

' “Now, if we can head ’em off, More they gs; 'hack or run
filial of another party of skunks, we‘ve got a sure- thing of

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tried.” ‘ ‘ \

Kyle was a man of action, and he instantly started of on
the hack-track.

He had gone but a few steps, when he abruptly halted, and
turned toward Havens, with an air of perplexity upon his
face.

“ That’s one thing, I ain’t ’zactly satisfied about,” he
said. .

His friend waited for him to explain, which he did in a few
words. (

“ I didn’t see nothm’ of Cut Nose nor Quigley; they ain’t in
the village.”

“ Where are they ?”

“I hope they hain’t gone after the chief, too; fur it will
make a tremendous ugly job of it, if we‘ve got to fight them
both.”

“ If the lady’s safety is not endangered thereby, I would be
glad of it," said Brandon, with compressed lips, as he recalled
the persecuting ferocity the renegade had displayed toward
the fair one who held such supreme control over the emotions
of his heart. ‘ \

“ My sentiments,” said Kyle; “ but jist thar the trouble

comes in. It Would be had fur her. Either one of ’em
would knife her, the minute they thought thar was any chance
of her fallin’ out of thar hands into ours.”
The young man turned pale at this announcement, but be
controlled the fury that was raging in his breast. r
In the meantime, the day was wearing rapidly away and
time was of the first importance. The hunter still kept to
the path, but although he strode along at a rapid gait, he did
. not forget his usual caution. ~
I ‘ When near the river, they let]; the beaten track theyyhad
been pursuing, and walked back over the same steps they had
made during their coming.
Shortly after, they reached the river, and followed down its
‘ eastern shore, carefully scanning the water on the look-out;
for the expected boat and also for their enemies, who, there
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tram the fact that occasionally the reports of guns reached

their cars.

They arrived at the spot where they had concealed their
canoe, and had descended a few rods beiow, when Kyle ut-
tered the startling exclamation -

“ Thar they be this minute I”

At the same time he drew our hero back into the conceal-
ment of the wood ; but not until the latter had caught sight
of a canoe near the other side of the stream, heading towm-d
them, and containing several oceupants. _

“ That’s the boat, and the gal is in it,” added Kyle, whose
excitement seemed scarcely less than that of Havens.

With rapidly-beating hearts, the two men waited and

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I‘mmn was no mistake. Flying Antelope, his wife. two

{.children, and his adopted daughter, Adrian Woodland, were

.in the canoe, and the stalwart Delaware was heading directly
toward the point where the two hunters had hastily concealed
themselves.

“Why does he cross here," inquired Havens, “when, his
village is further tip-stream ?" ' , t

“ For the same reason that I done; when the water runs
‘80 fast, it’s easier to walk than to paddle."
, It would be diflicult to picture the interest with which th‘
two men watched the canoe and its inmates; for both real
ized that important events were close at hand. |

Fortunately, Kyle had resolved on using argument with
the Chief before resorting to force. From what he had heard '
fif F}ying Antelope, he knew him to be oneof the most ,rea-
turntable and kind-hearted of Indians, which, after all, is not
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the chief. If he could not be induced to give up the cap 2 5n:
, tivc, after reasonable persuasion had been used, he would not. ‘-
hcsitate a moment to use force; ', ‘ j- 3“?
" He had grappled with the red Indian too often to be afraid o, ’ c0]

of any of his kin; and although it was in the presenccof 5; r so
his wife and children. he stood ready to bury his knife to the , ' ~ ,
hilt in his bosom if he persisted in forcing himself between 5‘
Adrian Woodland and her friends. " V,

The canoe lightly touched shore, and Flying Antelope ‘ 7- ':
sprung out and drew it up on the bank. He was followed '
by his sqnaw, and then Adrian and the two children, who all - v 6
turned their faces toward the stream,as if watching the move-
ments of their leader.

Kyle heard the hurried breathing of Havens, as the two
lay side by side on their faces, watching the persons before
them, and he admonished him, in the softest of whispers, to
keep cool.

1, Flying Antelope was given time to draw his boat entirely
up the bank, when he turned about and found himself face
to face with the noted scout, Hugh Kyle!

It 30 happened that the chief and the entire family faced
about at the same time.

The hunter stood without his rifle, and with his arms down
at. his side, in token of his peaceful intentions, but at the same
time Brandon Havens held the chief covered with his weapon,
without the savage being aware of it.

At- the. first indication of treachery, he would have bored I
him through ; and indeed, as it was, he felt strongly tempted r
to do so, but mercy and justice prevented.

To Say that Flying Antelope and his party were surprised I~ ‘
"Would but J'cehly express it. They were amazed, dumbfoundv
/etl,'aud then the habitual self-possession of the chief came to/

him, and he asked, in his broken English, while his keen eye ‘
was fixed upon the scout : ' ‘1

“ What hrnthler want ?"

But before the scout could reply. Adrian had recognized
, him, and she rushed forward and threw herself in his

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grief of her life was upon her;

" Thar! tharl gal, don’t go on so i" said Kyle, gently rais-
“ It‘s all right now, and I’ve

so jist step aside till I git tln-ough with this copper-skin."
“ You will not leave me, will you '3" she said, turning her

’ streaming eyes upon him.

“ Not while that’s a. breath of life in this good-fur-nothin’
body of mine. It‘s all fixed, but athrc I go I must be perlite
to this red-skinned rascal, and hid him good-by in proper -
style." '

i “ Don’t be resentful toward him, for he has been very kind
to me.”

“That‘s jist the reason why I‘m goin' to let him down
easy.”

“ I think I can persuade him to give his consent to my
going with you." ’

“ It don't make much difl'erenee about his consent, but on

‘ account of his having used yer decent like, and kept that

renegade away from yer, I‘ll consider him a gentleman m:
the present. 80 step aside, gal, if yer please.”

Adrian was satisfied at this assurance, and with her soulful
eyes turned hopefully upon the hronzed features of the scout.
Illa moved aside so as to give the two men an opportunity to
speak to each other.

“ The pale-faces mourn for their child,” hogan the hunter.
adopting the figurative language common to the Indian, and
speaking in the Delaware tongue; “he has come through
the woods it long way for his daughter."

.“ The pale-face has no daughter; she is now the child 0(

’ , Flying Antelope.” ‘

“ But/her heart is far off, where the heads of a father and
mother ar’ bowed in grief." '

“ The ‘Eowcr of the Woods” blooms in the garden of
Flying Antelope. Her face is its sunshine; if she goes. all

5will he darkness.”

“ But she will light lip the night that is around them.
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not go.” ' p -. “

While this dialogue was going on, Brandon Havens rose see
from the ground it here he lay crouched and walked toward J
the speakers , he!
_ The chief turned his eyes quickly when he caught sight of ' d0!
him, but paid no further attention, and continncd'his palaver \ v
with the hunter. 1'0!

' Adrian started, and her face showed plainly that she was Wt
pleased as well as surprised—a manifeslation that sent a tingle in
of delight through the veins of our hero.

Whatever affection of mind the girl hadlsufi‘ered during in
the last few days was entirely gone now, and she was keen,
bright, and herself again. 64

She smiled pleasantly as Havens came up, and extended
her hand to him. a

/ “ We parted yesterday rather suddenly," she said, “ before
. . I had time to say good-by to you." .
“ Yes; it was a great surprise and disappointment when I
. came back and found you gone."

In a few words, Adrian then gave the particulars of-her.
going away with the chief, which, as the reader already knows, ,
tallied in a remarkable manner with the conjecture already
made by Kyle, the hunter.

Havens, in turn, related his meeting with the latter, and
referred to the numerous and continued attempts that had
been made to recover her by her friends.

“ He is talking in the Delaware tongue," said she, glancing
toward the scout, “ and I have learned enough of that to unf
dcrstand. what he says." _

“ He may express himself roughly, but I think he will 

, I understood, for if there is one thing certain, it is that he will
, I carry his point." 7

“ It has been a long-and weary time to me, she added, in

a sadder voice. “ I thought—indeed, I did not know what

_ to think of my being left alone so long."
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>' I am glad they are both alive and well."

f‘ Yes, and they have Kyle’s promise that when they next
see his face, you shall be with him.”

Adrian‘s eyes sparkled at this announcement; it would be
hard for one to understand the longing of her soul for free-

, ' dom.

_\  She made no reference to it, but now that hope had been
reawakened, she was as determined as Kyle himself that she
would not remain behind, no matter what the result of the
interview might be. .

" You had two hitter enemies," said Havens, after a mo
ment’s silence, “ Cut Nose and Quigley. Where are they 1’". V

“ I last saw them in the village, just before this great storm
came up."

“They were not there avt‘ew hours ago, when Kyle made
a reconnoissance while searching for you.” ‘

“ I suppose, then, that they are off on a hunt, as they are
nearly always together.”

“ The young man was somewhat disappointed in finding
that this chief had adopted you." '

“ Yes; it was a surprise to him, and he was furious for a
time, but it could not be helped, so he said nothing more
about it. I always believed, however, that he and Cut Nose
had some plan of their own for getting me out of his hands;
and when, yesterday, I found myself floating alone on the
river, I was terrified at the thought of their finding me. I
even longed for the appearance of the chief, and was glad
when he found me and took me away, for I knew that, with
him, I was safe against those two men at least. Could I have
been certain that you were a friend, nothing would have been
further from my wishes than to leave you; but you see I
could not know that."

“ No; I understand and appreciate it all. I was sorely

' disappointed at losing you."

/ And then HaVens blushed as he recalled his own fervent
declaration before their separation. ' /
But the negmiattons of Flying Antelope and Kyle were
now coming to ‘a conclusion. The chief insisted on refusing,
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In a graceful speech, that displayed not a- little tact, she c0111, r  '

vineed the chief that. she would never fail to cherish, the
kindest feelings toward him, in rcmemin'ance of his kindness
to her; but her heart was with her own people and there she
must go. '

' 'I‘hereupon,Flying Antelope folded his blanket around him, *
and followed by his sqnaw and children. turned his {nee
northward and walked with rapid strides toward his lodge.

He never once looked back. and in a few minutes hennd‘
his family vanished in the wood.

“ Nun we must make tracks," exclaimed Kyle, “ and that
putty liVeiy, too. That chief means treachery l"

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“ WHAT do you mean t" inquired Havens.

“ I tell yer that chap means to play as a trick; he‘s been ,
clever ’nough with the gal and all that, but thar’s no trustin'
n red-skin.” ' .

The hunter waited until the Delawnres had been gone
some time, and then he began moving tip-stream, toward the.
point where his canoe had been left.

Upon reaching the spot, it was found that the string. had
been cut, and the boat was gone.

Kyle littered an oath.

“ Jest what I expected."

“ Let us take his canoe !" said Brandon. turning back.

‘ “ Of course, but we can‘t handle that like my own,” replied
the scout, as he turned and led the way down-stream.

But another disappointment awaited them. Upon reaching ‘ t‘
the spot, this canoe also had diSappeared, and they were
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3‘ “Teller-me,” said he; “ we’ll take to the woods; that's a
" short cut home, but it’s mighty risky." ' i
 Matters began to look dark, but Kyle never once lost his
‘ ~presence of mind, or hesitated as to what course to puru
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y , When Ite discovered that both boats were gone. he lumen
 about and struck boldly into the woods, tnovitn,r eastward, at
t as rapid a gait as possible.
{‘5 ' He was certain that Flying Antelope would put himself in
geommunicntion with some of his race around him, and there
fl Icon would be a hot pursuit.
It was yet early in the afternoon, and it was therefore of
 the highest importance that they should put all the distance
possible between them and their enemies before a combination
Succuld be formed, and e. pursuit or vauized. -
_ “If yer knows how to tramp, now’s the time to do it."
.‘cnlled out the scout as he strode along. “Thar never was
Inch need of gittin' ahead as thar is this tniunit l"
. “ What point are you aiming at t" inquired Havens, as
}‘they httrried along.
1' “‘ Black Creek." was the reply, “ and we‘ve got to get the
' fpttt‘ty 'soou cf we want to save our ha'r." '
5 I The cause for this rather forcible exclamation was speedily
‘3‘ understood. Hugh Kyle’s great object was to hide his trail,

Ilble.
1' " There was not the least doubt but that Flying Antelope,
; would collect a party of pursuit as speedily as he could. He ‘
' had simply yielded because he could not help himself, and
 he was now doing his utmost to repair his mistake.
' The distance between their present location and their (lee-t
‘ination in Illinois was so great that there was no way by,
which they could keep out of the reach of the Delawares,
except by stratagem.
 ‘ Impedt-d as their flight was with the presence of Adrian,
it would be emulmratlvely an easy matter for the fleet~f00ted
ted-skins to overhaul them, and hence the natural anxiety of
~‘Kyle to make the best time possible out of the dangerous
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when a peculiar whoop was heard several hundred yards in;

their rear. ‘ .

“ That’s Cut Nose,” exclaimed Kyle.

“ What is the meaning of it i’” -

“ Twenty odd years ago, he gave the same whoop when I
got on my truck, and was sure he had me."

“ Then he is on our trail ?”

“ As sartin as you live, and that ar’ whoop is meant to let’

the others know he's found it.”

The face of Adrian blanched at the words of the scout:

and sheleaned heavily upon the arm of Havens.
“ 0h, must we fail again it" she murmured.
,lf we do not reach home.”

“ While there’s life there’s hope,” replied our hero, who at t r
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the same time felt that the latter was diminishing fast.
up your courage, dearest.”
The hour of danger tends to draw the cold and forms]

“I shall die,

closer together, and it seemed to Havens in the darkness which ' 
was again closing around them, that the fair one by his side ‘ ‘

never seemed sweeter and nearer and clearer.

He found himself addressing the most endearing epithets,

and either she did not object to them, or she did not hear
them.

Deeply occupied as they were with the frightful peril Which . 'l

again menaced them, he found time to look admiringly upon

the shell-tinted check, the wealth of flowing hair, the dark. -  1

liquid eyes, now expanded through fear to a. size that made

them woudrously beautiful, the elastic step, and the form of
matchless symmetry. ,

Adrian, from her long residence among the Delawares, was

,, dressed almost entirely in the costume of an Indian, which,

from its brilliant hues, added a wild appearance to her beauty.

and made her look like a tropical hird flitting through the

forest. A
Her color was hightened by the speed which was required
to keep pace with the scout, who, angry and furious at the
,uctworkof peril which seemed to be closing about him“
. was speeding over the ground at a more rapid gait think

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 .vaidentially, Black Creek was near by, and soon the
; rlhimm'er of the water was seen through the trees.
’1 When the three fugitives reached it, they were almost upon
,1: run. Kyle instantly halted and gazed back, listening the
white.
" No one is in sight yit, but it won’t be long before they'll
; be hyar. Last summer, when I went by this creek, I tumbled
‘ onto an Injin canoe, and of it’s only hyar yit, thar‘s hope
Look sharp both of yer, and let me know whether yer set‘
any thing like it."
. «“ Is that it yonder ?” asked Adrian, pointing to a fallen

“, Lord bless yer eyes, that’s jist what it 111’,” laughed the
scout, as he ran rapidly a short distance, and drew forth a
small canoe from where it had been stowed bottom upward,
beside a large log.

“Jist the thing we wanted," he exclaimed, in great glee.

A “ Now into it, both of yer; that is as soon as I can git it into

_ the water.” .

' He lifted the delicate structure, as though it were as light
as gossamer, and ran rapidly to the creek, where it floated
like a cork upon the surface.

A V , The next minute Adrian and Brandon had entered the

:1: i. _» boat, and with paddle in hand Kyle followed them.

' Now, under the guidance of heaven. nll depended upon the
skill of the scout. It was no longer a mere contest. of phy-
sical endurance, or fleetness of foot, but it was mind against
mind, in a field where the Indian was at home.

Kyle well knew that his trail would he followed to the very
paint, of emharkation, when the Delawares would immediately
comprehend what had taken place, and then the real search
would begin.

Of all persons, the Indian scout must learn to think and ‘

, act promptly. -
Hugh Kyle knew, as well as if he were an Indian himself,
. what the conclusion of the red-skins would be, when they
reached the edge of the creek. Knowing that they had a
Ikilled woodman to contend against, theywould decide that
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either had bid or disembarkcd at, some point that wouldyhc.
liker to escape observation, or he had 'gone tip-stream a'
considerable way, and done the same thing.

Consequently to head off the party, the savages would div
vide and price-ed as rapidly as possible, one going up
and the other down-stream, scrutinizing the shore as they
went.

And yet the scout did neither,
at. all.

That which he decided upon doing, and which he did
without. an instant’s hesitation, required no little “ nerve.” and
was the very last maneuver that would have occurred to nine
persons out of ten.

nor did he cross the stream

He stealthin paddled about a hundred feet tip-stream, and ‘

then halted. Fortunately for his scheme, both sides were
deeply fringed with luxuriant undergrowth, which ofl‘ered the
best. concealment possible under the circumstances. ' ,

Scarcely a hundred feet were passed, when Kyle shoved
the canoe under the overhanging undergrowth and carefully
'replaced the disturbed branches behind 'him.

Then he put the boat. in such a. position that. there was
considerable undergrowth between it and ..the shore.

“ Now." he whispered, with a warning motion of his
finger, “ not. a word from either of yer. The red-skins to" all

about us, and they‘ve got powerful sharp ears I/can tell 

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His warning was remembered and implicitly followed, al-
though it was incomprehensible to Havens that his friend
should have halted at a point so near their place of embarke-
tion. Had Iw been given the charge of affairs, he would have,
improved the time by getting away as far as possible from
their enemies.

But-Kyle had halted here, because he knew none of the

Indians would suspect such a thing, and consequentlythe .

chances were that scarcely any search at all would be made v_ ‘ “ 1

of the place where they were actually concealed.
This was the reason for his entering the lion’s mouth, and
the result showed his wisdom.

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tag from the place where the fugitives had taken to the
‘ water.
' Kyle, smiled and looked in the faces of his friends, but
neither party said any thing. All understh that Cut Nose
had discerned something and had signaled the fact to his
companions who no doubt were rapidly hastening to the spot.
,The silence that followed lasted perhaps fifteen minutes
and [ht-n. as Havens was just framing his lips to ask a whis-

. pered (ptcstion, the scout raised his linger for him to keep_
' mill. .
' , . “ 'Sh ! they‘re s‘nrcl:in‘." '
’“f ' ‘/ Almmt at the same moment, a cautious step was heard
‘ " V I, Upon the ground near them, and immediately after the bushes
I ii'el‘e separaled, by one of the indians.

Nothing suapieions meeting his gaze, he then withdrew

and walked away, soon passing tip-stream and beyond hearing.

f i _ 5‘ Minute after minute passed and nothing further \‘ashcnrd of

' the Delawares. Whether they'wet'e above or below or on

_ the other side of the river could only be conjectured, but the

. 3 supposition of the hunter was that they had gone on up the

ttream, and were at that tnoment at a considerable distance
away.

As the afternoon advanced, Kyle determined to make an-
other. rec-onnoiss'inee to assure himseit’ of the exact condition
of affairs. Admonishing his friends to maintain the strictest
silence, and on no account to move away from their position,
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Tnostc were happy moments, although snrroundcd by peril,
when Brandon Havens and Adrian Woodland were leit to- I

 
  

   

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looked love to eyes that spoke again,” and the memoryd
those blissful moments lingered by them both through site!
life 1 ' ‘

Time flew on golden wings, and they scarcely noted  '

unusually long time that Kyle was absent. The sun sunk low)
but they heeded it not. What was all the world to them, so,

long as they could bask in the sunshine of each others’ love 2. /

But they were sharply reminded of their dangerous posi-
tion, by the near explosion of several guns, followed by the
same blank silence that had reigned almost continuously since
their presence on the creek. .

By this time, both began to feel some natural concern at
the prolonged absence of the scout, and they exchanged whiSr
pered conjectures as to the cause.
discharge of the guns, they were filled with the greatest ape
prehensions as to his safety. I

This uncertanity after a time became so painful that Havens
made the rash conclusion of stealing out for a short distance,
to see whether any thing could be learned of the cause of his
absence. ' '

He was earnestly dissuaded against it. by Adrian, but. he_

promised to use great care and stealth, and the next minute
he followed in the footsteps (if such an CXpression be admis-
sible) ot‘ Kyle, and our heroine found herself, for the time being,
left entirely alone. - ‘

Perhaps a half-hour had passed, when the welcome sound a
of an approaching person was heard, and instantly after the
bushes parted to admit him.

“ I am so glad you have returned; for I have been half dead.
ever since—” '

Adrian Woodland suddenly paused, for as the bushes -

parted neither Brandon Havens nor Hugh Kyle appeared,,but
in their stead, the hideous, grinning face of Cut Nose! *
Overcome by terror, the poor girl bowed her head and
covered her face, as if to receive the stroke of the expected
tomaha avk. '
The red-skin, however, contented himself with "beginning
to shove the canoe through the bushes. "As he stood about“
waist-deep in the water, this was an easy matter, and he
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‘ almost unconscious, as the bushes brushed over her head.
rBy-and-by the water began to deepen, and when it. reached
the arm-pits of the savage he drew himself up into the boat
and took the paddle.

With a little more labor, he sent the canoe into open water

and then p.ying the oar with the skill natural to an Indian,
3 he sped swiltly down the creek toward the river. '

Had Adrian hut glanced up, she would have observed in the

appearance of the red-skin an action and manner which be-
' tokened an expectancy of meeting some one.

He glanced from shore to shore, and frequently held his
paddle motionless in his hand, as if listening for some ex-
pected signal.

.Soon it came, in the shape of a whistle on the right. With

‘ one sweep of his paddle, he sent the frail vessel against
the bank, and then halted, without once niotioning to get out
'of the canoe.

He, had to wait but a few moments, when alight foot-
step was heard, and instantly after Zeke Quigley, the renegade,
Istepped into the canoe, and it resumed its way down-stream.

Sad Adrian could barely keep her senses, when she real~
ized that she was again in the society and in the power of
these two dreadful men. '
’ When she recognized Quigley, she again covered her face

' with her hands, and only prayed that he would not speak to
her, but even that was not answered.
, _ I ‘ “ W at, my booty, yer didn‘t succeed in gittin’ 06‘ this time,
L t ‘ did yer ?"
' V She made no reply, and utter waiting a moment or two the
renegade continued : t
I , “ I don‘t want to hurt yer feelings, gal, but of ye’ve any
lingerin‘ ’fection fur that old codger that yer called Kyle, yer
may as well drop a tear.” ‘

A chill thrilled through her as she comprehended very well

" the meaning of those words; still she resolutely remsed to
’ break the silence, and Quigley continued: t
r T. _ u Er tlmr ever was a feller that went under hootiful, it was

'th'altame chap. Three bullets right through him, store they, ._ ‘
,  his hs’r, but he had to come to it stunt." v "  I

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The sobs that. escaped Adrian told how great was her
grief. Poor Kylel her faithful friend i he was gene at
last! ‘ I

But the culminating grief was now to come.  I

“And that ’erc yonnker: he “was my game, and when he 
:ome nosin' ’round, I jist. let daylight through him, and rlhut
Vt‘nr the end of him—” r

A gasping scream escaped Adrian—her feelingstov-rcamet
her, and she swooned uwny entirely. .

She recovered herself in it few minutes, and found tha
the two savages had not. given her the least attention or no-
tice. I I I

Observing that she was herself again, the renegade coni
tinned:

“ Rather fainty, ch? Sorry,but you must get used to these
things. As Flying Antelope is now out of the. way, I’ll have -
more time to give to you.” ' ‘

IIc rnttled on in this aimless, unfeeling manner, while the
canoe glided swiftly fin'wnrd. ‘ ,

But, the words came to Adrian. as words come to .us in'
dreams, and they finally ceased to make any impression.

She was aroused from her stupor by the increased loudness ‘
of the Words of the two men in the canoe. The hum of
their conversation had been in her ears, but she had not no.
ticctl their language, until their voiCes grew so loud as to
ahtrm her. ~ 1 '

Then she realized thut they were qunrreling, and growing”
more :mgry’ench moment, and what. was worse theyovcre
“Tungling over her.

As she witnessed their flushing eyes, and scowling fnces,she,
{mold only cower in the pruw of the hunt and keep 115 for
nwny from them as possible, and ejaculating n prayer for the
protection of the only one who could nssist her. {

Every word seemed to add fuel to the tire, and it looked
as, if a. personal collision would take place then anrl there in ,
the boat. i \ v  ‘7'

Finally the exasperated Delaware swerved the canoe about

, and shot it with a sharp thud against the bank, and springing . ,. j.
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, 'There was no escaping it, and the renegade leaped out
> ', - with his drawn knife in his hand. ,
f The ttranstixed Adrian was conscious of the lightning-
like sweeping ot‘ the muscular arms, the thrusts and crossings,
‘ the muttered exclanmtions, and then, Zeke Quigley felt
forward on his face, with the hunting-knife thrust him his
heart.
I For one moment, the exnltant Cut Nose surveyed the life.
less form, and then with an evil gleam he advanced toward
the horrified Adrian.
But ere he reached her, a dark form shot out of the wood
like a meteor, striking and bearing ltint"to the ground, where,
, for a few seconds, there was a furious struggling, and they, as
V'Kyle rose to his feet, he exclaimed :
“ Thar, Cut. Nose, you may as well keep company with
Zeke! You anti I have squared accounts at lust, and now it
rests ntween you and the One nbove 1"

CHAPTER XVII.
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Tm; encounter between Cut Nose and the renegade, the
, denlh of the latter, the bursting of Ilngb Kyle upon the scene,
i 3 lb'nud the killing of the Delaware himself—all took place in
z) . such a short period at‘ time, that the bewildered Adrian Wood-
 land did not comprehend her thdiverance until the canoe was
Nthee-ding over the creek, propelled by the puddle of the soout,
:1 ‘1 whose bronzed face melted into an expression of tender pity,
" ' as he looked upon her, and said more to himself than to“
' , . her.
t‘Poor gal! you've seen sights that no white gni base

:jght‘to see, but you’ll never have to go through it ag‘iu."
e. “ Is he dead it” she asked, turning her wistful eyes toward

-v .him. , .

a ' " “Who do you mean—Zeke or Out Nose? I gum um

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r .‘PNo, nd—he—Brandon Havens t” ' - ' ‘ ,
“ Bless yer heart, no, gal. I left'him half An hour ugh,
hid alongside an oak -og, half crazy ’cause the beat was gone.
While we were watchin’ thar, the canoe went right along
under our noses, with Zeke Quigley and Cut Nose squatted
in it. VVal, tharl cf yer ever see’d a man excited, that young
chap war. It war all I could do to keep him down to the,
ground, and I had to jerk him back two, three times, and , ’
sw’ar I’d break his head afore he’d mind. -
“Yer‘see thar war two of us and two of them, and he
wanted us each to send a bullet through our man; but thar
war the sartinty of hein’ heard by the others, and bringin"
the whole caboodle down on us. So I made him keep quiet,
while I follered along waitin’ for the chanco that I knowed '
I’d soon git. ' . I, .
“ When they begun to quarrel, I see’d how it war comin’ , I. ‘
out, and when they went ashore to fight, I jist looked on and ’
enj‘ycd it, and when thar war only one man left, then I
sailed in and wiped him out, and made things square. So,
gal, yer hain’t got no reason to {ear nothin’ from Cut No,“
not Zelt'e Quigley,” ’ '
‘While Kyle was imparting this interesting information, he
was swinging the paddle, and “ hugging ” the shore as
closely as possible.  
The sun had set, and in the gloom of the wood every/ . "
thing along shore was in n shadow. 5 .
Softly the light canoe glided up the creek, the scout gra- 1"
dually slowing the paddle, until finally he ceased labor alto-l ‘
gethcr, an] carried forward by its already acquired impetus,
the canoe kept on, slowly slackening the speed, until finally
it came to a dead stand-still, with its prow touching the shots
as lightly as the floating feather. V ' ,
At the same moment, Brandon Havens came out from the 
concealment, and silently stepped into the boat. ‘ ,
But Kyle still held the vessel motionless. _ .
“ We must wait hyar a. while till it gits darker,” said he, -’ ’ ‘
by way of explanation. “ The copper-skins ar’ ruther plenty
in these parts." ' _ , ‘ t
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been thrown of the track altogether.

_ , And during the same half-hour, Adrlan Woodland and

<  :‘Britn‘tlon- Havens exchanged experiences, since their separa-
' V tion, conversing in those low, subdued tones, so naturally as-
sumed by those whose souls are drawn toward each other.

, As silently as a phantom of the night, the canoe glided
out from the shore, and continued its upward course. Kyle
would not allow his friends to converse even in whispers, and
with such skill did he handle his paddle, that the canoe

'  might have brushed the scalp-lock ot‘ the crouching Dela;
 .K; ware'without his ear detecting any sound.

‘There was a soothing influence in this gliding motion;

find when Huvcns saw the head of Adrian Woodland begin

,to droop, he carefully folded thc shawl about her shoulders,

made her position as easy as possible, and she slept the
; 'dreamless sleep of health and innocence.

.. 8 Even Brandon himsolf was not proof against the ammo-

j *; lent efi‘ect of their easy motion, and he soon dropped ofi‘ into

' the realms of unconsciousness.

. ‘It waspast midnight when the canoe came to a stand-still,
near what appeared to be a clearing, and the scout stepped
«ashore. V

“Even now he would not have halted. had he not reached
gnd really passed the point where he promised to “ call ” for

 Q the brothers Gnskill, whom, it will be recollected, he had in-

. structed to await his coming.
‘ Touching the shoulder of: Havens, he awoke him, and
' . said: ’
' “ I’ve got to leave yer for an hour or two, and yer must
keep watch over the gal.”

“l’ll do‘so,” replied our hero, promptly. “ Are we in

danger ‘2”

' v _  *“ Not from the red-skins; but once in a while that’s such
a cx-mer as a War or painter that comes nosin’ and smelliu’
round.” ,

An hour's tramp brought the hunter to the cavern, where

Kite expected to find his friends asleep; but, somewhat to his
,mprise, it was empty. ,‘
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thus, heiflashed the powder In his pan, and by its llght d133,:
covered a piece of thddiug-pttpet' upon the floor upon which
lie saw something written in pencil. ’ r ’ .

Not being able to read script. but satisfied that it containe
what he wanted to know, he carefully preserved it, and started
bat-k to the canoe. _

lie handed the blank piece of wedding to Havens, stating
where he had found it.

Our hero read it, and found that it was written by Etlward
Gnskill, addressed to Kyle, and stated that. shortly after the
departure of the scout, the appearance of Indians on the hunt
for trail, in their close vicinity, had so aroused their fears that
they deemed it the part of wisdom to get. out of such a dun;
gerous country as soon as possible, and had started for home, I

v and where, it may as well be stated here, they arrived in du'e
time. . _

“I’m glad they‘re gone, for we won’t be bothered with
them l" remarked the scout. “ 'l‘hey know’d, of course. that. ‘
I‘d find yer if yer was among the livin’." - " H V

The ritle ot‘ the latter was an utttitiling reliance for foodt
and our friends never sum-red in that. particular during the"
few days occupied on their homeward tramp.  T

We draw the rail over the meeting between Adrian Wood;
land and her parents. Our feeble pen can not paint 'tltt.

touching picture, and We dismiss it with the simple tear of  ~l

sympathy. He who doetlt all things well had ehnstet‘tedV
lltem sorely, but uhile He had wounded, He had wounded to
heal. - 1 r \
And of the growth of that all-potent passion of our nature f
between Adrian “'oodland and iramlnn Havens—of the
tender meetings—the mutual :lWWnl—lllc liett'otltal—thp
happiness of the fruition ol‘ lt'tte love—«eh, gentle rea‘der.’
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DIME DIALOGUES, N0. 1.

)1 may“ 0! 3.5 My... For nlng yuunx lull“. Hobnobhlng. For flv n‘xen.

 

 

         

    

 

Bdhug n lea Hugh-hm“. Fur l m boys. 'l'h- Sunk-I Succul ‘ur Inns weaken.
T-um'n Cor -n-I um. Fur an}. uni lamb. Yuun Avuorlm. 'I’hreo lnnlu and mu «.znnYn.
TAMI)”. Fur lwu ludiun. Jnnc inu'l Duchy. Four l'ullmlu. ennui-'0-
1'h» Mum-arm]. F- rslx ban. Th. ‘unv ul‘tlm l'uel. For thrn-u Innlnpuuum
wwu. wm ym 0mm t-v rfiwn‘wfi. Dogmmhm. 1"urthrenumlu Iprukwl.

'hv Quuun ..r M n'. For how. Hula 5J1». Tho I murnnl (‘nn'nIuI-lvd- Fur I“ u but
Tm. Tml Purly. Fnrivvurlmlirl- The Ft»! Yuum: .\l n. )‘nrlwn mull-I.

 

'“Ireu Benn-II In \le-hul L
Mn. Snimn’ Cumu-
um. MAI-Ion All the :5

Mahmud hmnh The Yu'tr'n ll :Konln-z. 1'! limnlu n-: l I r"an

1m \’.Hn:u with Onu Goulluu lv'or cl‘

.7 Lnliun. males and 0m m..lc.
v. - .- .

13.4.3 BLALOC-ULS I O. 2.

'I'Hn Gnn'm m’V'V-“v, 9 mule! and 1 formula. Haw to "H. ‘ T‘ nlnr'Ftnv-‘ns. Two all“.

( indurnilu; v. w l I!th (.‘I. s Slxmu-r. Thu Nrw and lYu- I'm. F..r um: um)... ‘

1 > An: 6 v ‘d nn-l 5.1} in : BM. 5 '\'rr.|l ‘ lmrarten. \ 8cm Mun z t 1...“. Fr! lwnmulu.

T...‘ Game: [in] ~. Tun mnln nlul Iwo luminch Wm (ix-eeulmm. Fv'r hva muluu.

'I‘uu G111. oftlw l-‘uirr Q-mm. Sevuml kmnlan. Thu Tran-u Mm nf Svicurr. For In"? mnlcl.

Tnu vn I ‘ nnd I) no l-‘nrtwn chant-ten. l'ha Old Lnd) ’« \\'i.). For Iunv mum.

The Cu nlry Aum‘n \'m c to the Clty. For new Thu Llnle I‘h‘l un .hen. For lwu lizllo :lrh.

               

   

 

   

 

9m! churnl‘kn. How to Hm] an I air. Far flvo n nlu.
Th.- Twa Rmumll.’ Fur two m'flol X‘he Vlrmu. F: r Iix yuuu; l .dku.
vlm: lhe Chnrnvven. Fu ' I‘ mud". A Co'lnuhhl Enlvzum ._
Ila ll. pv anlh'. rnr H-v .. ' m “3113 rho I‘uhlh‘. nmflhm. Flrfmalouud cantons!“
The I‘u ubow. For levch churneer Th0 Engliuh Tuvalu. ht mo lulu. -
DIME DIALOGUES, N0. 3.
The .‘hv Q19“. T-w an can" «hook The Grn'ul Cork. Far bro and“.
11m- lkf r u ( onvvanuun. l" r hm fn-mniu. Mxmen-l lot two "min. and two (who. \

 

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Kan lug Bud Coulmnv. A Far-.1}? eromnh-I. Th. Twn Ibomnru. For “In umlrl.
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II‘A DmLOJUL—j, F0. 4.

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In \ rln \\' m ‘\ Hun r x! him. 7lll:llu'i‘1‘t'
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no 1‘: I Such-1v h-e hm I vml n (em-Ln. Wynn frmn .\1urlnn h1jur...
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filling in “ l'u Furlcvprnl an-n. T". S}: “mum Foul: \nu
Th; mum»! Buy- ‘J'r'hunnl. For m. um. I'm hm...“ n! Homo. Fur:
“ Ant-I'm Tnug'ua. Sew-ml mnlm and finmlm JFfll‘llnnnhhi nmu‘rcmfntl. I“ r 1 mm, “in,
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DIME DIALOGU"S, N0. 5.

’hWns-nu- Kan! ARM-"t. Mal» and fi-mnlu. ""m TWA Faun-plan. Tfir "WM T‘bcirz-"mfl‘

 

  

     
 
  
 
 
  

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w‘ I'I 1v“; San" [min and (van-100. The M1»! 9m Mn“ fomll'l And on WH~

  

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mm moot nm—Gpukm an! mum

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DIME DIALEGT SPEAKER. No. 88.

Dnt’l “1'. do mam-r. All then! u bu,
The Mll- Ilppl mlmla, Sun-Jul,

ha ha lldu zoom: in, A durk lid! vlew,
Dow haul vol Mnry lmf Tu elsar vny,

:01, ()n muniug Gurmnn,
Pu ()‘Fluherty on 10- _
mxm'l rights, honuhy dmuum,

Thu Ill-nu: rulers, how Toblnn In Luipunk,
the" " walla," ld lllrn. Grima,
lluluhi All Dmnuu an \ puudy.
Al'thl-n» in-luw, Mum and cult,
He didn’t sell Hm furnu Hill Umlurwwd, pllDt,
The ll'ue Ilury ol Frank )hl Grnnloy,
lm'l Lilu, Ma pill puldlu'fl on»

I would 1 wen u bu} li-m,
Mum, .l'hhlgr Chan’-
A yatlmuc nary, wordn,

Mar)": lumnll Vito lamb
A

Late" Chlnou outmgu, My udghbor‘n

Thu Inmltan dufiny 01 Condcuud Myth
[he lrllhmnn,

Paglfl' Mt'Cunn,

Spin-y: lrom Jolh Bil T

‘ mp he “on vi : In

Do c rmuuuu ob dc A dokuwr'u rum: “4'
mlwnnun, The can. m: umu.

Dnr's uulflu am under Thu llllgnnz ullulr a

I dc tun, Muhlunu't,

‘A Nauru religloul poem, Thm, Imle why rout]

"l‘lmt. viullu Ihu corner, ‘

‘l’icmc deliglxln, A gunnw ma inform)",

‘Our l: ndidnlu‘u vlcwi, An» hn-ilnllun lo clan
“mile-a)": Wlltldlll, hlrd of litany,

Logan"! (If Allleg,

  

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lmtll’luin lunxungu lay umh- Thu cruw,

lul Juno, Uut wall.

BIKE DIALOGUES No. 26.

Poor unllnl. Thrn hullu and two gentleman.
Mom-lulu: mu] mulu-hllli- Six Lullu Ind luv-m1
I.:¢utnlofl.
A lfll lhxu dhl not Ml. Slx bnvl
Two way. ol u-lng lhhm. Two '
Dun’l. comm your chick-n: h: n
halchu-l. Fun! lu-llen um! a boy.‘
All illulrl n laws and war. I lndlu,
How uncle Jul: got rhl I ( llu Ialuy.
wllh lav-ml ununfunmu’om.

 
  

Q'Fuullrmnn,
wo mnlu,

DIME DIALOGUES No. 27.

Pnluy O’Dawd’l am For thru mule:
nu-l om (allude.

Hully luluroncu

in.

not Illuyi jun. Numucun
r I.

Dian-ulcan Allah. For unrnl (Irll.
ll dmlhlu nun-:1... Fuur m- u and on. fomulc.
Wlml unl is! For flvn lmliu .
\VlmL will turn them! For - ludy and two boy;
ln-lalmndwl. For nunloroul churuun.

Ml l-Illlon lhu but. For Inur born.
Trim and {nun-l waqllug. For run-l males.
A boy'l plat. For uvnml chum-Mn.

 

 

 

Thu leuon ol mercy. Two vary umnll (his.

Prm‘llcn wlml you punch. Four 1‘. ‘

Polllxclun. Numcroul chnruun.

Tln cnnvufiug IKOML Two unlu Ind m
(cumulus. '

Grub. 'l'wa mnlu.

A mith «In. Three fom

Enlbodhdlumhlna. Thr

How Jhu Puun died. Twn

 

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Tlu Ilreel [irl'l good angel. For two lulla- I“
hro 1. n. ulrll.
“Thul mgrnletul lllllc minor.” For lwo null.
Il‘l had lhu nlonuy. For that Hill. llrln.
Ilppeuruncu A" dccellful. For Mun!
nnrl onn uenllem-n. .
Love‘s prolaul, For two llllln llrll.
Au unlurcod cure. For unnl char-tun.
‘l‘Imu who pruuh um than who pattern. I"
lhru mum. I
A putla conququ For two young gun.

DIME DIALOGUES No. 28.

A ten: that laid. For .1: young ‘mdiu and two
gentluumn.

Orunnlzlug A dabnllnz IMluty. For four buyl.

’l'lru uu'uluenlupx. For {our lx‘lla xlrll.

Th. n-huka proper. Ful‘ 3 genuemvn, '1 Indian.

Eruruialnu all evil upirlt. For Irx hulim.

lzuzh n' ul ul‘ llm l'unce. For (our mnlu.

Thu whim of the wood. For lwu lranpel of ulrh.

 

.\‘n mom for HI. (I on. for lhm mlle hon. .

Arm-chair. For null-emm rhunu-un.

Men-urn lur manure. For four glrlu.

Snwd lny - drum“. For two undal and 'NO
Munlu.

Aminl'nllihlw Ilgn. For four bm'l.

A good use l'or nmnov. Fur >lx linle

 

An ngmnbla proloulnu. For mgrnl lrlctefl l

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