THE RED
Or the Days of Daniel Boone
By JOEL ROBINSON
CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.)
"But haw shall I get out?" Inquired
the Frenchman, who could not see how
he wag to be greatly benefited by the
operation which the black had suggest
ed. "The best way you, ken you can't
come frew de door," was the rejoinder
"Get me an ax, then, and let me cut
iny way out."
"How much money?" asked Andrew.
"Three silver dollars more than you
ever had in the course of your whole
life, probably."
"Hand Out the currency,"" said the
negro.
After a few moments of reflection, Le
Bland was about to pass out the money,
when he 'heard the voice of Ebony with
out; but this did not discourage him,
for he believed that the African would be
disposed to sympathize with his master,
and so be Inclined to favor his escape.
Accordingly the prisoner did not hesi
tate to state the proposition which he
had made'to Andrew. The matter was
discussed in low voices by the two wor
thies; and they finally concluded that for
an additional dollar, they would be com
pletely justified in disclosing the place
where the ax was secreted in the block
house.
Should the Frenchman be fortunate
enough to free himself by the aid of that
Implement, Andrew and his friend sup
posed that they could not be very deeply
Implicated in the affair. .
So the stipulated sum was duly trans
ferred (through one of the port holes
pierced in the walls) to the hands of the
negroes, and the promised information
given.
But here a new difficulty presented
itself; would not the sound of his blows
alarm all the sleepers in Boonesborongh?
After considerable searching, aided by
the faint light shining in at the loop
holes, and by the sense of touch, Le
Bland discovered a place where his op
erations promised to be most successful.
But the first blow resounded loudly
through the empty structure.
. "Stop dat noise dar!" cried Andrew,
, authoritatively. "Massa Boone's down
by de gate."
"I must abandon the attempt," said
Le Bland, thoughtfully, for a new and
more feasible plan had suggested itself
to his mind. "You may keep the money,
Andrew, and say nothing about what
has taken place."
"I knew you could not do nnffln In
dat line," replied Andrew; and wishing
the prisoner good night, he walked away
with the silver safely deposited In his
pocket, singing In the happiest possible
frame of mind.
The moment Andrew's voice had ceas
ed to be heard, Le Bland hastened to
sound Ebony's feelings In regard to his
imprisonment, and to ascertain so fast
as he was able, whether he could reason
ably expect any immediate assistance
from Mr! Alston.
The result was satisfactory. He soon
discovered that Exquisite Ebony had re
ceived instructions, and was ready' to
favor his escape, providing that it could
be so adroitly managed that he could not
well be suspected of having any direct
agency In the same.
While a low conversation was going
on between the Frenchman and the ne
gro, Mr. Alston himself cautiously ap
proached the block house.
"Yes, I am here, my friend," said the
person referred to. "How do you find
yourself?"
"I find mvself a nrisnner and verr
poorly treated," replied Le Bland, rather
haughtily. "Free me from this disgrace
ful thraldom. Let me not be pent up
here, while every moment seems an age
to me, and, while I appear to hear each
Instant the desnairincr crips of Ttnnlth.
and for my apparently unpardonable tar
diness, to meet her reproving glances. I
am ready to pluck out my beard with
vexation. My impatience to serve and
save the best of women drives me to the
confines of madness. And yet you come
and sav. 'I am your friend: T annlm In
your behalf.' Thrice accursed are these
unyielding wausi they hold me, from
action When it la most needed. Porlmna
it is already too late; the pile may be
ngntea the lagots even now blazing In
names mounting to the skies."
"Hold!" exclaimed Mr. Alston. "Vnnr
words torture me beyond endurance. The
shrieks or my idolized girl are in my ears
her agonies penetrate my soul."
"Demolish these walls! open the door!
give me liberty! give me the free alrl
This restraint will make, me frantic.
To breathe this air another moment will
suffocate me. I am, while here, like
the poor fish transferred from his loved
element to dry land. I gasp I strug
clo with my fate like it. Make haste
then, to relieve me. Consult not cold
and selfish prudence; think not of falsi
fenrs of nrofessed friends, nnd th fnw
hood of concealed enemies. Act, and act
quickly. Your friend demands it; your
daughter invoices it."
"Refnre heaven " cried Alston. "T will
comply with your request, let the conse
quences be wnat tney may. My doubts
(if I ever entertained a single doubt) va
ish: I give them to the winds. When
hear your tones, I hear only the voice
rt ulnneritr and truth: I fool thnf thnm
l tin hvnnerlsv within ' von. lnr nth arm
cry out as they will. Now I am ready
to serve you."
"Is Captain Boone still walking about
within the worusr asxea ie uiana.
"tfo; lis concluded his observations
STORM
and returned to his cabin few moments
since," replied Mr. Alston.
"That is well; now I must contrive to
escape without implicating you."
"Generous friend!" said Alston, pleas
ed to behold so much Ingenuousness.
"Let Ebony mount to the roof," con
tinued the Frenchman, "and remove,
with my co-operation, a sufficient portion
of the same to allow me a comfortable
egress,. Once upon the top of the block
house, I will drop dowd upon the out
side and the object will be accom
plished." "The plan Is judicious and practical,"
remarked Mr. Alston. "Ebony, get suit
able Implements and climb up and open
an aperture of the proper dimensions;
but work softly and throw yourself down
flat on the roof if any one appears."
Ebony made haste to obey these com
mands, and in a short time he was in
dustriously at work on the top of the
block house, while the Frenchman gave
directions and assisted him from the in
terior. The work progressed successful
ly; the timbers were displaced by means
of a lever. The Frenchman emerged
from the opening, and the Implements
which had been employed were so placed
as to convey the idea that all had been
effected from the inside.
A rifle and ammunition were passed
up to him. He seized them hastily, drop
ped down upon the front side of the
block house and hurried away.
" CHAPTER XV.
The hour of midnight had passed on,
and other hours had followed in Its
noiseless track. It was near the break
of day; but the hush of night lay more
deeply, and far more darkly, upon the
face of the earth than since the sun
went down. The moon had finished her
course, and passing away to other re
gions left darkness and gloom on the
places where her beams had flickered so
pleasantly.
Daniel Boone and Mr. Fleming stood
near the' gate that opened from the
stockades for ingress and egress. Each
of the sturdy pioneers held in his hand
his trusty rifle weapons which had been
proved upon many a bloody day.
"This," said Captain Boone, "is the
hour which has ever been so fatal to our
countrymen. The savages always select
It for a surprise; and how many hun
dreds have been slain between sleeping
and waking."
"Yes, my brave lads, this is the time
when we may naturally expect the onciv
llized critters," said Joel Logston, who
appeared at tha.t moment, followed by
Vesuvius.
"You ought not to go abroad In the
open air until you have recovered from
your recent wounds," observed Captain
Boone.
"The air'll do 'em good; I never was
afraid of the air; I ain't one o' them
kind. I can't sleep where there's any
danger, or any, reasonable prospect of a
fight. Isn't it so, Vesuvius?"
At this instant the singular quadruped
referred to began to give vent to low
and energetic growls, snuffing the air,
erecting the hair upon his back, and
walking defiantly about the enclosure
near the stockades.
"What does that mean?" asked Flem
ing.
"It means that he scents somethln' as
he don't like," replied Logston.
"I suspect that there are Indians
near," remarked Daniel Boone.
"If you're allers as near the truth as
that, you won't have to answer for
much sin of that natur'," said Joel.
"Perhaps we had better call out the
men," added Captain Boone.
"I think you had, by all means; for
there'll be an oncommon uproar here
soon, 'cordln' to my notion of things,
replied Joel.
The settlers now began to leave their
cabins and gather about their leader in
silence. Mr. Alston appeared among
them with a melancholy and dejected
air, for he was doubtless thinking of
his daughter.
"I cannot bear this torturing suspense
and inaction much longer," he remarked,
approaching Captain Boone. "Although
not very skillful in Indian tactics, and
unused to the trail, I shall, nevertheless,
make some effort to recover my beloved
Rosalthe." -
"I can appreciate your feelings, Mr,
Alston. You feel as all fathers would
under the circumstances," said Boone
"But rest assured that there are those
now In pursuit of your daughter who
are far more experienced than your
self, and who will never return without
some tidings of the lost one.
"Yes,' I must try to bear up like a
man," replied Alston, sighing. "Is there
any immediate danger of an attack?
"I am strongly inclined to think so,"
was the reply.
"I am differently persuaded. I think
the danger has been greatly magnified
As you are aware, I have but litNe
faith In this story of a fearful con
spiraey, rejoined Alston.
"Look yonder, In the name of heaven,
aud tell me what new mystery is that
which I now behold! exclaimed the for
ester, with startling emphasis.
Instantly all eyes were turned toward
the block house, where Le Bland was
supposed to be yet in durance. Dusky
figures were seeiispn top of the structure,
disappearing one after another through
the roof. The hardy pioneers gazed at
this astonishing sight In mute wonder,
For a moment they seemed like men ut
terljr deprived of the powers of volition.
The danger had appeared In an unex
pected quarter and lu a more dreaded
form than they had anticipated.
Captain Boone was the first to speak
and to act. "We must stop this!" he
exclaimed, "or we are little better than
dead men;" and Instantly discharged his
rifle at one of the dark forms. Three
or four of the settlers followed his ex
ample. The fire was Immediately re
turned from the block house with effect,
for one of the men fell.
"We are to be shot down from our
own block houses and through the loop
holes pierced by our own hands," cried
the captain. "Mr. Logston," he added,
taKe half a dozeu men and take pos
session of the other block house and
prevent any more from entering the
works, while I try to drive the enemy
from this."'
Brandishing a hatchet, the old pioneer
rushed toward1 the stronghold occupied
by the Indians. The little party was met
by a severe hre; Mr. Alston, who was
among the foremost, received a wound
which prevented him from taking any
further part in the struggle.
I he savages had the advantage, the
guns leveled from the several loopholes
completely covering Boone and his men.
A few of them reached the door of the
block house; but it could not be forced
open, and even had they succeeded In
doing so it would have been rushine to
destruction. The consequence was, the
storming party was obliged to retreat.
I'erceiving that nothing could be ef
fected without more deliberation, order,
and concert of , action, they proceeded to
superintend and protect the passage of
the women and the children from the
cabins to the block house in the other
angle of the works. This important
measure was effected without loss, al
though they were frequently fired upon.
While these movements were taking
place within the station, there was much
shouting and tumult without. Several
attempts were made to mount the top of
the block house, which met with a
prompt repulse from the settlers, whose
position commanded the entire front of
the fort. As has been observed, the
block houses, projecting twenty inches
beyond the cabins, prevented effectually
the possibility of the enemy's making a
lodgment before them.
"This," said Logston, addressing Mr.
Alston, who was having his wounds
dressed, "this is the work of your
Frenchman.
"I am still incredulous," replied Al
ston.
"Where is Andrew?" inquired Boone.
Here, massa," said Andrew.
"Was Le Bland in the block house
when you went away from it?"
"Yes, massa."
"Did he make any attempt to escape?"
continued Boone, sternly.
'"He spoke about dat ar subject."
"Did he offer yon money, or hold out
any inducement for you to assist him to
escape?" added the forester, still more
sternly.
"Yes, massa," wild Andrew, quailing
before the penetrating glances of Boone,
Unfortunately for him, in his perturba
tion he thrust his hands Into his pockets
scf desperately that the jingle of silver
om was distinctly heard.
"What have you got In your jockets?"
asked Booae.
"Nuffln' but nails, massa not a single
t'ing," returned the negro,- his manner
plainly giving the lie to his yords.
"Search his pockets, said the captain,
turning to Logston, who stood near.
Joel, ever ready to do the bidding of
his superior, laid his hands upon the
trembling Andrew, which Vesuvius ob
serving, concluded that it was the signal
for some extraordinary demonstration on
his part, and instantly displayed all his
sharp teeth, and approached him with
intentions most sinister and alarming.
Andrew, overcome by the sense of so
many dangers, fell upon his knees, and
declared he would confess all about the
matter, which he did, with but a few
trifling prevarications; protesting most
strenuously that he had no intention
whatever of assisting the Frenchman to
escape.
Ebony was next questioned; but em
boldened by the presence of Mr. Alston,
fearlessly asserted that he was wholly
ignorant of the transaction, and that
the first intimation which he had receiv
ed that anything was going wrong was
the report of Captain Boone's rifle when
he shot at the Indians. .
Although perfectly assured in his own
mind that Ebony knew more than he
chose to divulge, the forester ceased to
press his questions farther, for the im
minence of the danger required prompt
action. '
(To be continued.)
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