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The U
tA Romance
Draddocks D
Hugh Pendexter
Illustrations fci
Irwin Myens
W. N .U. SlRVICe
Coctyrigkt by MuqklVivde
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SYNOPSIS
Impoverished by the open,
handrd generosity of hit father.
Virginia gentleman, young Web
ster Urond It serving tt t trout
and tpj for tht army under Gen
trl Braddock preparing for the
advance on Fort Duqueen. He
hat Jutt returned to Aleiandrla
from vlait to the fort, where,
poll jig at a Frenchmen, he hat
tecured valuable Information.
Braddock, bred to European war
fare, fallt to reallie the Impor
tance of the newt. Brond It tent
back to Fort Duquetne, alto
bearing a meaaaga to George
Croghan, Enllah amlasarv among
the Indiana, Brond Joint hit
friend and fellow scout. Round
Paw, Indian chief, and they aet
out. On the way they fall In with
typical backwoodsman, Btlear
Cromlt, who Joint them. Tht
party encounter a group of aet
tlert 'hreatenlng a young girl.
Eltlt Dlnwold, whom they accute
of witchcraft
, CHAPTER II Continued
"There art two or three men In
thli valle) god at many more In tit
tle Core who will not work. They
pretend to be witch-masters, and tLey
get their keep by pretending to undo
the mischief the Dlnwold women were
Mid to da After my mother's death,
and after they named this place 'Der
llexenkopf my sister would not live
here. They knew men were drawing
cnr pictures on stumps and shooting
them with silver bullets; and tbey
went away, and only I was left Those
fools down there burn marks on their
dogs and cattle to cure them of my
epell. Every time a worthless scamp
atrip an udder they any I milked
their cows. God help those who must
live among fools!"
I h.id let ber talk herself out. and
now said:
This valley Isn't safe for yon. Isnt
there any place where you can got
Back to Carlisle, Philadelphia, or to
some Maryland town?"
"It Isn't easy to travel wltb help
less man," she fiercely reminded me.
I glanced at the cripple, tie did
tot seem to be bearing our talk, but
hi face was flushed and bis breath
ing more rapid.
"Get your uncle Inside," I whig
pered to the girl. "He's unwell The
excitement bag upset him."
1 She put ber arm ground him gnd
petted him, and murmured things I
could not bear, and elded him to en
ter the cabin. The people down the
hill noted ber disappearance and be
gan advancing op the slope. Calling
to the Oonodaga In English I directed :
"Scalp the German and the red
faced man If they do not fnll back."
In his own tongue I added:
"Scare those fools away."
; Round Caw threw aside his blanket
and glided toward the oncoming set
tlers. Cromlt flourished bis big knife
and kept at the Indian's side. The
latter sounded his war-whoop and
charged. The unarmed settlers gave
way In a panic and raced back to
their cabins.
I "Elsie Dlnwold, you most get away
from this valley. Once we're gone
therell be no one to protect yon.
Tour ancle matt risk IL He will
surely die If he stays here."
"I'll get g borre gnd get htm out of
the Cove If It kills him. I never saw
Mm like this before. We have three
cows and two oxen. No one here will
pay what they are worth. Will Brad
dock's army buy theml"
"Madly, fresh beef will be needed
t Will's creek. But yon can't drive
them there, and my business won't
let me do tt There must be some one
In the Cove wbo will buy them at g
fair price, I'll send the man Cromlt
up berg to get them gnd And a buyer,
lie's as shrewd as be Is red headed
He'll drive a good bargain. Now let
me see your uncle."
He was on nts bed. breathing rapid
ly and hlccnping at Interval My ex
perience wltb death had been largely
conHned to men dying from mortal
wounds, hut I knew that this man was
about to enter a longer gnd deeper
valley than that of Great cove. I
pulled I lie girl's bowed head and
promised she should not be disturbed.
She knew the truth, for she fol
lowed me to the door and whlrpered:
"He must die."
"I teat he la dying now," I told ber
"1 will stay wltb you."
"No!" There was a flash of fierce
Dess In ber refusal. More gently the
snlded :
"We've been without kindness
long time. We'll bide the rest of the
way together and alone. Please go
now."
I descended the bill te where Cro
mlt and Hi Indian were awultlng the
settlers return Men were hurrying
up with axes end muskets, eager to
KMiih the sting their pride bad re
celved. I went to them gnd announced
thai Dlnwold was dying and that the
young woman would leave the valley
very oin, and that ber departure
would be hastened could the And enm
one to buy ber cattle. My words so
bered them gnd took the edge from
their anger. A man said:
"If she will swear on the Holy Book
that they are not bewitched, I'll take
them off her bands,"
"We three men will drive them to
Braddock camp, or will sell them
here. We can get more for them ou
Will' creek. The man Cromlt of Mc
Dowell' mill will make the trade If
you care to buy."
"Bewitched, or bedeviled, 1 care not.
TU buy them and cure them and then
sell them to Braddock. Let the young
man atop showing bis claws gnd big
tefftb and we can make a trade."
Much pleased at the outcome of
what bad threatened to be a serious
affair, I returned to Cromlt and gave
him hi Instruction. I told him the
Indian and I would spread our blan
ket In the path south of the bill gnd
for blm to take the money to the
cabin. If be made fair bargain, gnd
then come to us.
to less than an bour Cromlt came
through the darkness to us and sn
oounced :
"She's got the money god gay I
made good bargain. But the man.
wri? ft
"It Isnt Easy to Travel With a
Helpless Man," She Fiercely Re
minded Me.
her uncle, will never see the stars
aguln In this mortal land. There' th
denth mark on him."
We alept for several boar and It
must have been close to midnight
when the report of flintlock brought
us to our feet
Believing the girl was In trouble I
vailed on my companions to follow me.
Cromlt ran at my tide. Behind us
came the Onondaga, softly humming:
"Ua-bum-weh. Ila-bum-weh I be
long to the Wolf clan, I belong to
the Wolf clan."
Ue chanted It over and over a we
mounted the bill end only became
silent wben the girl confronted os,
vague slim figure In the night la g
taint voice (he said :
"Be la dead. My good and Is
dead. He died In bis sleep. Hi kind
heart was very weak."
She did not weep but kept repeating
that be bad died In bis sleep. The
Ouoaduga would not enter the cabin,
but Cromlt end I wrapped th dead
man in a blanket gnd dug g grave
some distance from the cabin, the girl
holding g pine torch so that we might
see. Wben we had finished and Dad
retired she threw herself on the grave
and wept a little. Then ahe came to
us and aald:
"I leave this place this night Those
people down there killed blm. 1
leave this place this night"
"Then you must go to McDowell'
mill, and from there tinri for the
Kusiern settlement. We will go with
you at fur as the mill, l.uier we will
phm Just bow and where you are it.
travel. I can give you a lei tar to
Chnrlet Switlne nt Shlupensburg, and
I know be will be pleased to serve
you."
"Walt tilt I get a bundle from the
cnhln and I will go with you, mister
God knows there are those at Mc
Dowvll's mill who will uot be glad to
see anyone from Der Uexenkopf. Tel
I will go there because you have been
good to me. Walt for me at the tool
of the hill."
She was ro long In the cabin that I
started back to Hud ber, but eh bad
vanished. In vain did we beat about
the wood and call her name.
"She I a witch. She ride through
the air," muttered Round Paw aa we
took the southern path.
A shrill cry caused us to bait The
Widow Cox was coming after us, war
ing something tn ber band.
"1 found thlt after you'd called. It
bad been left at my door gnd the
wind must 'a' blown it oue side."
It wag a imall piece of dressed
deerskin. On one side wltb charred
(tick wot written:
"For bradokt tcout If be asks Foi
Elsie Dlnwold."
Amnxed I turned tt over and read:
"1 told Ton I wud Go to mukdowls
mill I didn't say Voud see me Tbat
E. D
CHAPTER III
On Braddock's Business
W commenced our Journey to' Will
creek, wltb the Onondaga leading tht
way and bla watchful suspicious gai
swinging from side to ride of the oar
row path aa alertly aa If we had beet
Id the Huron country.
After traveling a short distance th.
Onondaga baited and dropped on bl
knee. 1 bad found eight bark
spoon. Holding them up be mid:
"So many Indian Mopped her t
eat thl( morning. They are ou
nephews, th t.enl-l.enape. They sr.
tome of th men Croghao baa beei.
bunting for. They bave traveled euai
to see the Big Knlvet on the path
Now they go to Will creek to 1
there when the Big Chief come will
bl warrior. t
If bl reasoning were correct tht
Delaware Lad Journeyed eutt until
they beheld Braddock' army on th.
march; and by tb tame token ou
campaign against the French wuuic
soon take o to Duquesne. was
(teen to press on.
We made Will' creek early oo tin
ninth of May and were surprised t
find none of the army there except
Rutherford' and Clark' Independent
companle on foot, ordered to the
creek from New fork to the preced
Ing summer; snd Demsrte tnde
pendent company from Maryland.
The three companle bad wintered
on the creek In but and were might)
weary of the monotony of tt alt wv
were quickly surrounded by an eegei
mob gnd piled wltji questions as !
Braddock's whereabouts, when b
would arrive, and how large ao arnii
be would bring. Had the French ai
ready abandoned Duquesne, aa ban
been reported by some of the Dels
ware scouts! And If so, why the
devil were his majesty' Independent
companies being held In Idleness a'
tho creek and made to mlsa all tb
fun?
Mr, Croghan came Into camp a few
hours after our arrival, and I dellv
ered Governor Morris" letter. After
reading It, he told me:
"The belt were ent on th twenty
second of last month. I fear we'll gel
Kant help from tb lake tribe. Maoj
of th ludlun are waiting to see
who's to "In. They'll flock In to Join
the winner. It' lucky we have the
Ffencb whipped already, for the slow
work of getting th army ber bad
made me uneasy.
"If thousand men, or even less
could now march swiftly to Duquesne
the place would be our without an?
fighting. Th Indian have taken bold
of the French ax, but they'll drop li
If the French quit Duquesne, The
assembly hurt o when It refused to
feed my three hundred Iroquois. At
ter keeping them all winter, thej
should bave held oo for a few. week
longer. Now th three hundred are
back with tbe French, I have fort)
fighting men here, and sixty womeii
and children. They've taken np the
hatchet against tbe. French. But II
they ain't handled right they'll ac
cept I bloody belt from Duquesne.
"General Braddock hasn't any do
tlon of handling red men. Dinwiddle
or Morris should have looked aftet
that part of the business. But we'll
lick the French easy enough. They're
licked already. Worst Is well bave t
smooth some of the Indians down al
ter the French are back In Canada."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Hope to Find Bones of Cardinal Wolsey
Leicester abbey, where Cardinal Wol
sey told the abbot be bad "come to
lay his bones," Is to undergo trans
formation. For many yeurs the abbey
grounds have been used as k farm, but
now they are to be laid out aa gar
dens and for recreutlon, Pierre Van
Paassen, writing In the Atlantic Con
stitution, tells us. Wolsey' body was
laid In an unknown grave, and It la
thought that lo the excavations neces
sary to adapt the grounds to their
new use, some trace of It may be
found, but as there Is no record of
any of the cardinal's possessions be
ing burled with blm the search seems
likely to end Id failure. One fact
about Wolsey Is probably not widely
knowo. Wheo be was at the height of
bis power he employed ao Italian
sculptor to make a mognlflcent sarcoph
agus beneath which he should tie.
Leicester monks Inld him to rest In
plain earth and Henry VIII seques
trated the sarcophagus wltb tb est
of the cardinal' vast possessions. The
sarcophagus remained government
property and Idle until 1WXJ, when It
was used lo cover the body of Nel
son . after his remains were brought
from Trafalgar. The moo who said
that England expected every man to
do his duty, and led them Id so doing,
rests under the covering prepared for
the man who was led away and ruined
by overweening ambition. . ,
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