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something t o prove me the whit# m n n ’a
friend.” 8h«t did «» he desired, mid
he led her to the ha k of the inugaxine.
whirl) win bidden from view. and. re
moving some rubbish, exposed a hole
through which, by stooping, one might
pass.
"C o In." he said "I show yon what
I mean."
Evelyn drew bin It.
"I show yon that somebody here 1»
A Story of the Old LI. S.
traitor; he go In blow up magazine.”
Evelyn hesitated, but not for long.
Army
Possibly the man whom she knew had
been ruptivuted by her appearance—
B> EDWIN fttORNTON
for she had spoken to him but once
und then to warn him uot to trouble
her—hud a secret which he would give
I Tht* days o f army posts on the west to tier atone. Rending low. she went
ern frontier, a garrison shut up by It through the opening
She could see
| self with no outsiders to see or talk nothing for the darkness. On a shelf
with or eveu hear about, are over. sltHxl a lantern, which Cncas Instantly
Then, too. In those days- they are not lighted; then, after pretending to look
so far distant-occasionally Indians for something, nei dug her und chip-
must be driven back on to their reser plug Ills hum! over her month, he
vations. and sometimes they would he j dragged her throw.h another opening,
too strong for the little garrison, and ( un<l she found herself outside the fort
days and nights of agony would pass
What she had suspected was plain to
in expectation o f their making a break her now, though -<» great was her ter
in tin* walls and murdering every unt* ror that it only flushed through her
inside tin* inclosure, including women mind. Uncas had come to the fort to
effect an entrance for ids comrades
and children.
Yet there was a pleasant side to the He had secretly made the opening to
life. The garrison shut off from the the magazine, con caWd it and made
world constituted a family consisting another through the wall of tlie fort.
Desiring to possess her. he had ar
of two divisions, the one being com
posed o f the oflicers and their families, ranged to take lur with him when he
went back to his people. Doubtless
the other of the men and their families
long before dawn he would lead them
Between officers and men was a divid
iug line as to association on familiar through the magazine into the fort
terms, hut there was a union o f heart. and massacre the garrison before they
The enlisted men understood that this could form to repel the attack.
Evelyn was very strong for a girl
line had from time immemorial been
considered necessary to the discipline She had not been captured long be
and efficiency of an army.
fore summoning all her strength for
Years ago there was one of these a supreme effort—it was enhanced by
army posts in what is now a sovereign terror—she wrenched herself from the
state in the American Union. One day Indian, and before he could get his
when a supply train arrived it brought grip on her again she darted away for
something to stir the tiresome life of the fort. She ran in the dark, but took
the officers* division- a young lady She no thought o f falling Fortune favored
came to visit Mrs. Major Bertrand, her in this, while It deserted the Indian
wife of the commandant, whose niece He fell, and while lie was getting on
she was. Her coming had been talked his feet again Evelyn gained sufficient
about, but her appearance was disap advantage to reach the opening into
pointing. She was not especially pret the fort and pass through it. When
ty. though she possessed a soft dark Uncus entered through the same uper
eye which was very expressive, though ture she was standing by a barrel of
of what uo one could exactly deter gunpowder, from which the head had
mine.
been removed, holding the lantern di
Within four hours after her arriv
rectly over it.
nl she had divided tlie garrison Into
“ Come a step farther,” she said,
two sections, consisting o f those who “ and I’ll drop it.”
liked and those who distrusted her
She stood at bay ready to sncrlflc*
However, it. was not long before her herself and the Indian. Savage as he
friends were converted to the opposite was, I k * at once began to look for some
side b.3 the fact that she was caught strategem by which he could again gel
talking with a private in the ranks the advantage of her Drawing away,
named Conover. A few o f those who he feigned fright, then penitence, tell
had fancied her remonstrated with her. 'ng her- Lie had been tempted by his
telling her that perhaps she didn’ t passion for her to take her to his own
know that association with an enlisted wigwam and make her Ids wife. He
man by the families o f the officers was would rather die than harm her.
prohibited. She listened to them de
This and other things he said,
mu rely with those singular eyes o f hers watching her like a cat for an oppor
fixed on them, but said nothing Nev tunity to ci^tch her off her guard and
ertheless only a few days had passed got her again in his power
Mean
when she was again seen talking with while she was thinking how to get out
the same man.
of his clutches She could hear a sen
The matter now came to the ears of try walking on the parapet, though his
Mrs. Bertrand, who gave her niece a steps were only audible to her when
lecture and tokl her that if she was he came to that end o f Iris beat near
against caught noticing any one of the est the magazine. He had turned and
enlisted men as an equal she should gone to the other end when she formed
be sent home. Then Evelyn—Evelyn a resolution. She listened to Uncas ns
Pierce was her name—asked with real though moved by liis penitence till the
or feigned innocence—her aunt could sentry came back to the end o f his
not tell which—why she could not treat bent nearest her. then gave a shriek
one in the ranks just as she would so loud that had it not lieou inclosed
treat an officer. Mrs. Bertrand could would have awakened the garrison.
only say that it wasn’t the custom and
Major Bertrand had given order**
lias been an unwritten law in the army. that a key to the magazine door should
And so Miss Pierce was in disfavor
hang in the sentry box o f the man who
Those who showed their condemnation guarded it. Since the magazine was
most openly were the women of the never unguarded the key was always
garrison. The officers, whatever they within reach o f a sentinel. The man.
thought o f the young lady’s action, hearing the shriek, seized the key and.
though they refrained from showing opening the door, saw Evelyn standing
her marked attention, always treated by a powder barrel. The moment she
her with studied politeness. This was saw him she pointed to tlie hole in the
due the commandant’s wife, whose wall leading from the magazine by
niece and guest she was. But it was which the Indian had beaten a retreat.
not long before several of the unmar
A hasty explanation ensued, and
ried officers began to find it difficult to within a few minutes men on horse
let Miss Pierce alone. There was some
back started after Uncas. In his fall
thing about her that the cloud hang- j when chasing Evelyn .he had received
ing over her could not obspure. Fur
a sprain which deterred bitn in his
thertnore. she had voluntarily brought flight- Hearing his pursuers near upon
that cloud upon herself and gave no him. he crawled under a bush, but they
evidence o f being ashamed of it. Pos
had caught sight of him and, pressing
slbly an attraction in her was that no on. dragged Id in ou t
one could quite make lior out. Some
When they reached the fort with liiir.
said she was a fool, others that she
they took him to the commandant’s
was very shrewd.
quarters, where Evelyn had gone and.
One day an Indian came into the fort
after a fainting spell, had regained
and told the major commanding that
somewhat o f her equanimity.
those of his tribe on the reservation
After a brief examination Uncas was
the fort was intended to keep in order
taken out and shot
were preparing for war. He said that
So ended an attempt of the Indians I
he knew In the end an uprising Would
be disastrous to his red brothers and to gain by strategem possession o f the
fort, which doubtless would have been
that the move would be a grievous er
ror
At any rate, he had come to successful had not tin* man to put it in
warn -tils white brother, and having practice lost his head over a woman
come, he could not go back. He must Had he not attempted to take Evelyn j
remain In the fort or he killed. He with him he could easily have Intro
dined his red brothers and caught tlie
was, o f course, suffered to remain
The coming of this redskin, who garrison napping.
A great change came over those who
soon become known ns I nras. cast a
deeper blot upon Miss Pierce. He was had turned a cold shoulder upon Eve
seen to look at her covetously, and she lyn She had warned them against the
was seen chatting with him. as sin* I savage and by her heroism had saved
had chatted with Private Conover j them from being massacred And not
Soon after this conversation sin- went ■ long afterward another matter was
to the major and told him to look cleared up.
Private Conover was not Conover at
out for Uliens The major asked her
on what she based her distrust, and all, but Eugene Werner, a gentleman’s
she replied that In* had n wicked eve ! »on. who had enlisted in the ranks for
The major told his wife what Evelyn j tlie life, tlie experience and n possible
had said, but as no one else had no
commission in the army. Evelyn had
feed any wickedness in the redskin s | rccogni >d him as such when tlie oth
eye and as Mrs Bertrand was very ! ers h.o! either failed to do so or had
much troubled about Evelyn's actions I declined to take notice of the fact
she lost her e pinnlmity and attributed After the episode which had nearly be
her niece’s accusation to a desire to I come
tragedy Evelyn openly nsso
hide the real cause of her treatment i dated with him. and Major Bertrand
of him
The major did not entirely | for her sake recommended the .voting
agree with hi** wife, but be couldn't I man t r a commission Then he and
send I ncas out on suspicion to be j Evelyn became engaged and wore
murdered by Ids own people, so he I married at the fort.
took no action in the promises
It v s then that n latent Infatuation
One evening when dnrknes* had fall
several o f the officers had conceived
en I n as met Evelyn Just going into for Evelyn flamed up. and they con
her aunt’s quarters and beckoned her deni; .1 themselves for not having
to follow him -ehfspering. “ I show you made an effort to win. her.
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