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THE DAILY JOURNAL, 6ALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1903.
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WMffesder fInnid a statatfgtf and
cwpUffitldg tMetti. To hK mind It wftd
dear-thftt silo belongnSd ttf the Tat!'
tdn tamilf or VH-jfMln, Ydnm alwdya
cpncludoa ft 'mdttx-f at oneo. He knW
oinb6f ih rrarlotdhd. But It -was 'n
widely toafttM Mtolly, lw nwuiUcM
llrlngiin almost yety colony ih AtHtf
led rtioicrekt 'ho recognized at tt
gjanco by the dragon on the lielWef
With Uireo start. Ir Was not rot rttro
nittn to bear. But doubtlens It hrid
been odamelcd on thcloekot merely aH
n) family mark -aa wa dftoti'done In
America.
Tboblack, woman was your nurao,
yorfr tnatntoy,''1nj(Bald' "I know by
that and by your prayer in English-a
well tta'byxyour'ioottefthat you are of
a sqodtblrt family."
LikoRnoot'soutborners, ho hrid strong
faith. Jtiigenoalbgy, and bo bold at bU
tongnoM Hip the ilatnea of all tho old
fanilIlefl TIio -Carters, the Blaira, the
Fitmhtigh, tho IIamuiib, tbo Ran-'
dolphn, tbo Iicea, tho Ludwclls, tbd
Joncfloa, tlio HcVorloys, tlie Tdrictoni-'
n wltole cntalogne 'ofi tbetn h retched
bnclc In bitt memory, lie knew tho
coot of arms deployed by each liouno.
Hoi could' repeat their legends.
"I wish.you could tellmo more," ho
went, on. "Oon't .you recollect 'any
thing if urtbor mbout your oarly child
hood, your flrat'lmprmslons tbo houao,
tho woman -who '-tuugbtyou to 'pray,
tho old black mummy?' Any little tiling
might .bo ' of- priceless rnluo a orl
dencc."
"Thero la abnohttelyi .nothing) more :to
tell," alio ald. "All my llfo I bavd
tried to .jruxuoiubcr moret but It'a lm
poRHlblo; I can't get any further back
of" ca up. n not hop thing. There's no
ubo trying.- If all Hko- n dream; prob
ably' It ia.ono. I do bavo meh drennie.
In my Bleep I can lift my wolf Into tho
alrJust as oaay and fly back to tbo
aamo big whlto house that I rcem to
remember. When you told mo 'about
your homo It -wan llko something that I
hod, often ccn before. I slinll bo
dreaming it bout It noxt."
Beverley cross questioned ber from
erury. possible. point of view. IIo was
fascinated with tho mystery, but she
gavo him nothing out of which tho
least further light-could bo drawn. A
half breed womun, Itfwoinod, had been
hor Indian foster mother, a sllont,
grave, watchful guardiau frpm whom
not a hint of disclosure over fell. Hho
waa, moreovor a Christian woman who
had received her conversion from an
English ispeuklug . 1'rotoHtnnt Mission
ary. Sho grayed with Alice, thus keep
ing in tho child's mind a perfect mom
ory of tho Lord'B prayer.
"Woll," sold Bovorloy at last, 'tyou
are mora of n mystery to mo tho lon
ger I know you."
"Thon I must grow every doy more
distasteful to you."
"No; I love mystery."
lie wont awny feeling n new web of
Interest binding him to this Inscrutablo
maiden whoso llfo seemed to him at
once so full of Idyllic liupplness and so
enshrouded In tantalizing doubt. At
tho first opportunity ho frankly ques
tioned M. ltousHllloii, with no helpful
result. Tbo big Frenchman told the
sjuiIo meagef story, Tbo woman watf
dying Jn tho time of n great epidemic
which Willed most of her tribe. Hho
guvo Alice to M. Iiousslllon, but told
him not a Word about ber ancestry or
previous ltfo. That wits all.
A wltld old man When ho finds him
self In' n, blind alley no sooner touches
tbo 'terminal wall than ho fuceu about
and goes back tho way be came. Un
der llko circumstance n young roan'
must needs try to batter tho wall down
with his bead, In Boverloy's caso the
clash wub profoundly disturbing. And
now ho clutched tho thought that Alice'
was hot u merer child of tho woods, but a
daughter of an old family of cavaliers!
WJlh tout buttoned closo against tho
driving wind ha strode toward tbo fort
In ono of tho30 melodramatic moods
to which youth In all cllmea and times
is subject. It waa llko a slap In the
faco when Captain Helm met him at
tbo stockade gato and said:
"Woll, sir, you are good ut biding."
"Hiding! What do you mean, Cap
tain IlelulT" ho demanded, not in the
mildest tone.
"I mean, sir, that I'vo been hunting
for you for nit hour and uioro over tho
whole of this towu. Tho English and
Indiana aro upon us, and there's no
time for. fooling. Where aro all tho
nionj"
Beverley comprehended the situation
In a Bocond, Helm's faco was congest
ed with excitement, Bomo scouts had
como lu with tho nowa that Governor
Hamilton, at tho head of 600 or 000
soldiers and Indians, was only three or
four miles up tho river.
"Where aro all tho menf Holm re
peated, "Buffalo hunting, most of thorn," said
Beverloy,
"What in thuuder are thoy off hunt
ing buffalo for?" raged tho oxcltod
capttttu.
"You wight go to thunder and boo,"
Beverley said, and they lxtu luughed
In sheer mascullno contempt of a pre
dicament too grnvo for anything but
grim mirth.
What could thVy do? Even Ouclo Ja
sou nud Iteuo do Houvlllo were off with
tho hunters. Helm sent for M. Iious
slllon. )u tho desperate hope that ho
could suggest; something, but bo lost
his bead and hustled off to hldo his
money and vuluablea. Indeed the
Frcuch pcoplo. nil fult that; bo far us
they were concerned, tho chief thing
wss to S4YH what they had. They well
knew that it mattered little which of
tho two musters, held over them thoy
luwtt shift for thcwselvea. Iu their
hearts they were true to France and
America; but Franco aud America
could not now protect them against
Huuilltooj therefore It would bo like
ulcldo' to magnify patriotism or any
other ' si'utltueut objectlouablo to tho
Engltih. Ho they acted upon ii rum
Billon's ndvlce and offered no resistance
when the new army approached.
"My poor people are not disloyal to
your flag and your cause," sold good
Father Beret ndxt raonilng to Captain
'Helm, "but they are poWerles. Win
ter Js upon us". What Would you bav
us do? This rjekety fort Is not availa
ble for defense. The hion are nearly nlT
far nway on the' plains. Isn't It the
part of prildiMlco and common sense to
make tho best of a desperate situation
Should We resist, the Bfltiuh and their
savago allies would destroy the town
ahd commit outrages too horrible to
think about In this case diplomacy
promises much mora than a hopeless
fight against an overwhelming force."
Pi fight 'cm," Helm ground out be
tween bis teeth, "If I have to do It sin
glo handed and alone! I'll light 'em!"
Father Horet smiled grimly, as If he,
too, would enjoy a lively skirmish, and
snld:
"I admire your courage, my son,
Fighting Is perfectly proper upon fait
occasion. But think of the poor women
alul children. These old eyes, of mine
have seen some terrible things' done by
enraged savages. Men enn die lighting,
bnt their poor wives and daughters
ab, I have seen, I bavo seen!"
Beverley felt a pang of terror shoot
through bis heart as Fathor Beret's
simple words mado him think of Alice
Itxconriectlon with the Indian massacre.
"Or course, of course it's horrible to
think of," said Holm, "but my duty U
clear, and that flag" ho pointed to
where la bauntcre d'AIIco Kousslllon
,l2?iat !!( haU not come down save in
uU honor."
was almost blowing nway In the cold
wind "that flag shall not como down
suvo In full honor."
Ills speech sounded preposterously
boastful and hollow, but he was man
fully Ifi earnest. Evory word came
from bis brave heart.
Father Herd's grim smllo returned,
lighting up his Htrongly murked face
with the strangest expression Imagina
ble. "Wo will get all the women Inside the
fort," Helm began to say.
"Where the Indians will And them
rcudy penned up und at their mercy,"
quickly lutorirolutod tho priest. "That
will not do."
"Well, then, what oun bo done?" Bev
erley demanded, turning with n tierce
sture uM)u Father Ituret. "Don't stand
there objecting to everything, with not
a suggestion of your own to offer."
"I know what Is best for my people,"
tbd old man replied softly, still mull
ing. "I have advised them to stay In
ftldt) their bouses aud take no part lu
thd military uvent. It Is tho only hope
of averting an Indiscriminate umssucro
and thlugH worse ''
Tho curt phrase, "thtugs worse,"
Wetit llko a bullet stroke through Bev
erley's heart. It Hushed an awful pic
ture upon his vlslou. Fathor Beret saw
bis faco whiten and bis llpa sot thorn
selves to resist a great emotion.
"Do uot bo angry with mo, my son,"
bo suld, laying a baud on tho young
man's arm. "1 may bo wrong, but I
act upoiiSJoug und convincing experi
ence." "Experience or no oxpertouee," nolin
exclaimed, with an with, "this fort
must bo manned and dofunded. I am
commanding hero!"
"Vos, I recognise your authority," re
sponded tho prltwt In a tlrm yet defer
ential tone, "und I heartily wish you
had a gurrlsou. Hut whore Is your com
mncd, Captain liulm?"
"Wboro U my garrison, you ask! Yes,
and I can tell you. U'jt whore you
mlHht expect u gang of dad blasted
Jabbering French good fur nothings
'to bo, off high gauuleklng around
uhobtlug buffaloes instead of staying
here und defending their wives, chil
dren, homes und country! Tho few I
have In the fort will anouk off. I sup
pose." 'Tbo Freuuh gavo you this post on
easy terms, captain," blandly retorted
Father Beret.
"Yes, aud they'll hand it over to
Hamilton, you think, ou tho same
baulu," cried Helm, "but I'll show you!
I'll show you, Mr. PrlostP
"Purdon me, captain. Tbo French aro
loyal to you uud to tho flag yonder.
They have "Bworu It. Thuo will prove
It. But lu the present desperate dilem
ma wo must choose tho safer horn."
Baying this Fathor Beret turned
about aud went his way. Ho was
chuckling heartily as ho passed out of
tbo gate,
"Ho is right," said Beverley after a
few moment of rctlectiou, during
which ho was wholly occupied with
Alice, whoso terrified faco lu bis an
ticipation appealed to him from thoi
midst of howling savages,
cabins and mangled Tictlms of
massacre. His imaduatlon painted tho
scene witfi a nwrcit&ss realism mat
chilled his blood. All tbo sweet ro
mance fell away from Tincenncs.
"Well, sir, right or wrong, your, duty
is to obey -orders," said Helm with bra
tal severity.
"Wo had better not quarrel, cap
tain," Beverley replied. "I have not
signified any unwillingness to obey
your commands. Giro them, and yoa
will have no cause to grumble."
"Forglvo me, old fellow!" cried the
Impulsive commander. "I kn6w you
are true as steel. I s'poso I'm wound
up too tight to bo polite. But tho time
'la coming to do something. Here wb
ore with but Ave or six men"
Ho wna interrupted by the arrival of
two more half breed scouts.
Only three miles awny was a large
flotilla of boats and canoes with can
non, a force of Indians ou land and
tho Brltlsli'flag'flylng that waVltio
report
"They are moving rapidly," said th
spokesman, "and Mill lw hero very
soon. They arc at least 000 strong, all
well armed."
"Push that gun to tho gate and load
it to the muzzle, Lleutenant'Bcvcrley,"
Holm -ordered with ndmlrablo Ann
ncfltr, the purple flush In his faco giving
way to a grayish pallor. "Wo nrd go
ing to die right here or have tho bon
ers of war."
Bcverlpy obeyed without a word, no
oven loaded two guns instead of one,
charging ertch so heavily that the last
wad looked as if ready to leap from
tho grimy mouth.
Helm bad already begun, on receiv
ing the first report, a hasty letter to
Colonel Clark at Knsknskla. Ho nOv;
added a few Words and at the last rac
ment sent It out by n trusted man, who
was promptly captured by Ilamllton'a
ndvulico gunrd. Tho missive, evident-
,Sl6w approach of tho British, Is still In
tho Canadian archives, and runs thus:
Dear Sir At this tlino there la nn army
within three tnllou of this placo; I hoard
of their conilm; several days beforehand.
I sent )li h to Mud the certainty thd spies
being taken prisoner 1 never cot Intelli
gence till th) Kot within tliroo miles of
town As I hud called the militia and had
all nssurancea of their Integrity I ordered
nt the flrhiK of a cannon every man to
appear, hut I saw but few. Captain
llus ron behaved much to his honor and
credit but I doubt tho conduct of a cer
tain Kent Excuse hsite, as the army la
in sight, My deternlndtlon la to defend
tho gnrrlaon, (sic) tliotiRh I have but
twcnt)-ono men but what hrm left me. I
refer j ou to Mr Wmes (ale) for the rest
The army Is within threo hundred yards
of the village. You must think how I
fi.el, not four men that I really depend
upon, but am determined to net bravo
think of my condition. I know It Is out of
my power to tiefsnd tho town, us not ono
of the mllltla will taku nrma, thouah be
foro sight of tho army no braver men.
Thero la a fine nt a nmall dlatanco, I
must conclude. Your humble servant,
LKO'D IIKLM.
Muat stop.
To Colonel Clark.
Having completed this task, tho let
ter shows under what a nervous strain,
Holm turned to his lieutenant nnd
said:
"Fire a swivel with a blank charge.
Wo'll glvo these weak kneed parlyvoos
one more cull to duty. Of courso not a
frog cuter of them all will come. But
I said that it gun should bo tbo signal
Possibly thoy didn't hear tbo first one,
tho deaf, cowardly hounds!1'
Beverley wheeled forth tbo swivel
and mmmed n charge of powder home
But when he tired It tho effect was far
from what It should havobeen. In
stead of calling In a fresh body of mili
tia it actually drove out tho few who
up to that moment bud remained as a
garrison, so that Captain Holm und
his lieutenant found themselves quite
ulono lu thu fort while out before tho
gate, deployed In ilno open order, a
strong lino of DrltlsU soldiers up
preached with sturdy steps, led by a
tall, orect, ruddy fuccd youug otilccr.
(To Bo Continuod.)
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