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K.ai tI+, fah a his ata 't n;, he - r.
t 1 "1
1-71011. 11 not being tint; fora waren,
10 boast in his more shred and aleft
narratives. Ae soon ae he had conga
eyed in that fearful strife, houses
he :avant to the eastern shore, !elide
With caution, and wound his way i
amongst the Iroquois. concealed b
The darkness, undetected, and, in th
retain, even unsuspected. Once indeed
he: had been questioned: but answer
in,g that he was Arrowhead, no fur
they inquiries were made. By the pass
ing remarks, he won ascertained the
Gilt party was out expressly to inter
rept ,Mabel and her uncle, concernin
whose rank, however, they had evil
freely .been deceived. He also ascer
rained enough to know that Arrow
mead had betrayed them CO their enc
mies, for senile motive that h was 00
now easy to reach, as he had not ye
received reward of his .services.
Pathfinder communicated no more
of this intelligence tohis companion
than he thought might relieve thei
e,2Tpreaetisions, intimating, at the
tame time. that now sa, the moment
for exertion, the Iroquois not having:
ye' entirely recovered from the con-
fusion .Created by their lo=ne,,
"We shaIl find them at :he rift, I
,lake no manner of doubt:" continued
he: "and there it will he our fate to
:nays thein, ''r to fall into their hands.
The 'distance to the garrison will then
be so short, that I have been thinking
of the plan of landing with \lahrl
tyself, that 1 may take her in, by
soma cif the byways, and leak the
'canoes eo their chances in the rapid
"It will never succeed, Pathfinder
tagerly interrupted Jasper. '(Mabel is
001 strong e'nottgh eo tramp the woods
in a night like This. Put her in my
skiff, and I will lose my life. or carry
her through the rift safely, dark as it
is."
"No doubt you will, lad; mu one
r.'u;thtsyour willingness to do any-
thing
ny-
t 1 n t .o serve the Sergeant's daught-
er: but it meet he the eye of Provid-
ence, and not your own, that will
take you safely through the Oswe.,t
:: in a night like this."
'And who will lead her safely to
the garrisnn if she land? Is not the
night as dark on shore as 00 the
water? or do you think f know less of
my calling than you know of yours?'
"Spiritedly said, lad; but if 1 .honid
losemy way in the dark—and 1 ite-
•:ve no Haan can .ay tru'y that such
:;tine ever ye happened to me--
. 11 1 should 1.,.,• fay way. n.,:miler
t",
'A',071,1 .10411e 't' ,, than a night iu
e forest; , .ehcre a raise turn oi
-.he '.ad,fle, . „ 'hroa.1 :1:•er ,'
,
pnt y..17 :gid 17, yens.
0:^tan hits the river. oat , ; which it
...;.re than pr....,m.ble the .,r ea01''
__.,,12122 .v..t7i.i'n,•,'r -roe r..ve..
will leave it to \tense; her, lf: I
re:',1 1 frit -1e evil: feel more
1:111 ;11 tl',r rati.t."
't haves srea t e..nfidcnce iti '121•.1
:t1='serer' t':e _irl: and have
eani • +hat either 211 do a:1 1,
0 otherei e he :!lashfal. I :have known
r seamen in he
t low latitudes
c
swim ',
t for
it hours
at
1a time
among sharks fifteen
- or et enty feet long,"
r, Thus is extraordinary!" exclaimed
d Jt per, telco had not yet acquired that
n material part of hie trade, theability
y W spin a yarn. "1 have always heard
e that n was certain death to venture
, in the water among sharks,
- ''I forgot to say, that the lads al-
- ways took capstan -bars, or gunners'
- handspikes, or crows with theta, to
t rap the hearts over the nose if they
- got to he troublesome. No, no, I have
g liking for hears and wolves, though a
- whale, in my eye, in very mach the
- same as a red herring after it is dried
- and salter. 'Mabel and I had better
stick to the canoe,"
t "Mabel would do well to change
t canoes." added Jasper. "This of mine
is empty, and even Pathfinder will al-
low that my eye is surer than hie on
s the water,"
✓ "That .I will, cheerfu•ily, ,boy. 'l'he
water (belongs to your gifts, and no
one will deny that you have improved
them to the utmost. You are ri,.;ht'en-
ongh in believing that the Sergeant's
daughter will he safer •int your canoe
Then in this: and though I we -mid
gladly keep her near myself, I Have
her welfare too much at heart not to
give her -honest advice. Bring your
would not have made the proposal he
will ;,rive you what you must consider
as a precious treasure."
"1 do so consider it," returned the
youth, not losing a moment in com-
plying with the request; when Mabel
passed from one canoe to the other,
taking her seat on the effects which
had hitherto composed its sole cargo.
As soon as this arrangement was
made, the Cannes separated a short
distance, and the paddles were used,
though with great care lo avoid mak-
ing any note. The conver.ateun grad-
ually ceased: and as the dreaded rift
was approached, all ibceanie impressed
with the gravity of the moment, 'Filet
their enemies would endeavour to
reach this point 'before them was al-
nu•.t certain; and it seemed so lints
probable any one should attempt to
pas: it, in the profound obscurity
which reigned, that Pathfinder was
confident ,parties were on -both sides
of the river, in the hope of intercept -
Mg them when they might land. He
would not have ade the propo,a1 he
.fid had he tint Melt sure of his own ab-
ility to convert this very auticimetion
of seere-s into a means ,,. '4-leafing:he phut r.' the I r vl.t As the ar
ran:..in•n2 now ,..sod, noAever, ev-
erything depended on the skill of
those - 're, guided the rot'.:.es; for
ills+:fid either hit a rock. .f not split
asunder, it w old almost ,-ertainly he
ns. - e-1, anr1 then wnuid Come not only
all tee hazard, the river itself, hut,
or \l r, ., tie e,:rainly nf fal:in . rat',
site hands „1 her :burster,. nu. uttvost
Ca-rnm:pectie,n armeequenrl)• ham
necessary, and each one wee too 111.7,711
e•r_-,s-rel with his ,a11 11 1.dts to
,,1 a di,1,..111,01to utter mitre than
;+._ ,•...71,•,1 ir,r in tilt exigencies of
The .,,
\+ . eat; t, ae sil,•ntlr at. aa,:;,
the ;.r ;.i the- rift n<r'un,- au,iitdc.
and it required all the fortitude of Cap
t . keep his seat. while these boding
,...1111, ,vert approached. .,mid a dark-
ness 4411,!, scantly permitted a v-ie,x
of the outlines of- the e eo,led shore
and Of the gloomy ,•r elf above hid
]read He retained a vivid impression
of ,the fail., and his imagination- :was
not now idle in swelling the dangers
of the rift to a level 'with those of the:
headlong deseen, he had that day
made, and even to increase ithem, un-
der the ineleence or doubt and -uncer-
tainty. In this, however, the old mar-
iner was mistaken, for the Oswego
Rift and the Oswego Falls are .veru
different in their characters and vio-
lence; the former being no more than
a rapid, that glances anto7ng shallows
and rocks, while the latter really des-
enved the name it bore, as has 'been
aleeady shown.
ihfai)el .certainly fellt :distrust an.d'ap
prehension; but 'her entire situation
was so novel, and her reliance on her.
gnide ,S,0 great that she retrained a
t, r --:r 111, -..,:her h it ice
21111 :n: 1'11 1 -m._. . ...•tld
t liis to rpll the , .:'.c•e, evith the
.certain:•- eve ha ti+ere heMer rn-
.._ «L.q„ e e!°11 r' or 0 iu
-t,.r t n:. uncle can .nide for
mat" rata er
ese 2,0 ii' , _ en,.-
. t. -a: "\shsie foe lea. e 'fear deft
like -his on the river. ale ides. ,Master
tali der, to say lie fort ef the sat-
eae-. you overiook the sharks."
':shark.! who ever heard of sharks
the wlhlerne,s?"
\y! sharks, or •hears, or wolves—
matter what you call a thing, so it
has the mind and power to bite."
"'Lord, lord, marl rIo vein dread
any creator: that is to be found -in :the
American forest? A ca-tamount is a
s'kear. animal. I will allow, but then
it is nothing in the hands of a pract-
ised hunter. Talk of the Mingos and
their devilries if yoti will; .but do not
raise a false alarm about hears and
wolves,"
°jAy, ay, 'Master Pathfinder, this Is
all well enough for you, who prlba`bly
know the name of every creature you
Would meet. :Use is everything, and it
makes a. man bold -when he might
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'elf -command which might mut have
existed -had itis- clearer perceptions of
the troth, or been hotter ,•te m:tinted
with ,the hclg,les;•pea of sten when
mated in opposition to the power and
majesty of Nature,
"Is that the spot you }thee nien-
tionedF" she said 2,+ Jasper, when the
roar of the rift first came tli.ctinealy
on her ear.
"It is; and I beg you to have con-
fidence in tor. We are not old sc-
qutint:ntces, Mabel: hut we live many
fiat,. in one, in this wilderness. 1 think
already, +.hat 1 have lanote you
u•s!"
" 1nd I do no: feel as if you were a
stranger to me, I wper. I have every
reliance on your x14111, as well as on
poor dihpe,ition to serve mc,•'
"\\'e shall see, we ,he'll see. 'Path-
finder is striking the rapids ton near
the centre .1f 11 ht. river; Rbc bed of the
,eater is t•lo.ser to the eastern shore:
tint I cannot make huff hear one now.
Hold firmly to the canoe, Jfalrel, and
fear nothing„”
:\1t the next moment the swift cur-
rent :had sucked 'them into the vitt
and Inc :three or four minutes the awe-
struck, rather than Rhe alarmed, girl
saw nothing aroiilil her but sheets of
glancing faun, heard nothing but the
roar of waters, Twenty atinte.s did the
canoeappear about to clash 'against
some curling and bright wave that
showed itself even amid that tibectrr-
iaty; and :rs often did it glide awtty
again unharmed, impelled by the vig-
°rouA arm .of hint who .governed its
movements, Once, and once only,
did jasper scent 10 Base connnnid of
Itis frail hark, during which held
space it fainly whirled entirely round;
hut Iby a desperate effort he brought
ftregain under control, recovered the
lost channel, and was soon rewarded
for all his anxiety 'by finding himself
feeting eluietly in the deep water
below the rapids, secure from every
danger. and without having taken in
enough of the element to serve for a
thanght,
"All is over, :Mabel," the young
man cried •cheerfully. "The danger
is peat, and you may now indeed
hope to meet your father this very
1111;'111,'
"God be :praised! Clasper, we shall
owe this great happiness to you."
"Tire Pathfinder may claim a full
share in the merit; shut \what has be-
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941
come of the other :canoe?"
1 sec sono+thing near us on the
water: is it not the boat of arta•
friends?"
A few strokes of the paddle
brought jasper to the side of the ob-
feet in yue:tion: it watt the other ea.
two, empty and (bottom upwards. No
Sooner dial the • yang man ascertain
this fact, i1ltan the began to search fur
the swimmers, and, to his great joy,
Cap was ..,on discovered drif time
down
withtt c 1+
1 torrent' u
tree
id et
plan preferring• the chances of drow-
ning to nhose of laitrling annul;g sae.
ages, .He was hauled Mao the canoe,
though nen without difficulty, and
then The search ended;'Inc Jasper
was -convinced that elle Pathfinder
would wade •til the shore, bre water
being slladleiv, iu ttrefcrence to 'a 2111-
dnnrng his :helov-t'd rifle,
The remainder of the passage ryas
short, though made aurid elarkuess
and doubt. After a .short .pa.1.1t t', a
dull roaring- sound teas die:uul, which
at times resemiblell the mutterings of
Metall! thunder, and then again
itiou.ht with it the washing of wat-
ers. jasper amlotilCe'd to his -com-
panions that they now beard the surf
of the lake. 'l.ow curled spfis 01
land lay before then, into the hay
formed by one of which the canoe
glided, and itl1en 0 shot up noiselessly
upon a era)'elly beach. The transi-
tion that followed fres so 'liurried
and great, that \Ldbel srarcc'ly
knew what passed. 1n the course if
a few minutes, however, sentinels
had been linseed, a gate was opened,
and ,the agitated ;g'!rl found herself in
the \%ruts of a parent who was almost
a stranger to her,
CI.1AP'CER VIM I.
The rest iflrat succeeds fatigue, and
which attends a newly awakened
sense of security, is generally sweet
and deep. Such was the fact with
Mabel, who did not rise from -her
lnunble pallet—such a :bed ' a.. a ser-
geant's 'daughter might -claim in a re-
mote frontier .post—unail long after
the garrison had obeyed the usual
stmltans of the drams, anti had as-
sembled at the morning parade. .Ser-
geant IDunhani, on whose shoulders
fell the task of attending ito these or-
dinary and daily ditties, had .got
through all his morning avocations,
and teas 'beginning to think of •his
breakfast, 'before Itis rhil1 left her
20010, 101(1 lame into The fresh air,
cgna:1y bewildered, delighted, and
grateful at the novelty and .security
of her new situation.
At tate tine of which we are writ-
ing, 'Oswego was 011e of .the V4110 111.1
frontier posts of the British posses-
sions on this continent, ht had not
long been •oe•cttpied, and etas gat rison-
:d by a 'battalion of a tegument which
had been originally Scotch, ,but into
which many Americans had Ihcen re-
ceived since ite arrival in this c
mmtry;
an innovation that had led the way to
Ilabels father filling the humble but
responsible situation of the Oldest
sergeant. 'A dew young officers also,
who were satires of 111e colonies,
were to be found in the -melee. The
fort itself, like most works of that
character, was .bolter adapted to re-
sist an attack of savages than to wi'tln-
411(11d a regular siege; hut the great
difficult)' of !1ransport!n,g heavy ar-
tillery and other nccessuries rendered
The occurrence of the latter a probe-
bil1Iy . o remote as scarcely to enter
into The estimate of 'the engineers
who had +t.
r
planned et 'il defences, There
1 l e 1 fence.,
were bastions of earth and logs, a dry
ditch, a stockade, a .parade of con-
eiderable extent, and barracks of
logs, that answered the 'dotible spur -
pose of dwellings and fortifications,
A few light 1'eltl-pieces stood in the
area of the fort, ready •to 'be -conveyed
to any ,point where they might he
wanted, and one or +two heavy iron
guns looked out froth the summits of
the advanced angles 15 so many ad-
meniti0ns to 'the andaciotts +to respect
their power,
'When Mabel, 1uiieting the -conveni-
ent, but comparatively retired but
w=here her father had been permitted
to .place her, issued into the pure air
of ahe morning, she found +herself al
the foot of a utastiou, 'which lay, in-
vitingly (before her, with a promise of
giving a coup d'oeil of all that :had
been concealed in '21117 darkness of the
preceding night. Tripping up the
grassy ascent, the light-hearted as
well as light-footed girl found herself
at once on a point where the 41:412, at
a few varying glances, would take in
all the external novelties ,f her new
:situation.
To the southward clay The forest,
through vyhirh she hacl been journey-
ing so many weary days, and which..
had proved so full of dangers. It
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ae as eeparated from the stockade by
a belt of open land, that head ,been
principally cleared 'of Bs woods to
form 'the martia'I constnuctitna around
iter. This pla•cis, for such in fact was
its military nisi, Wright have covered
a hundred acres; :hut with it every
sign of civilization :ceased. All tbe-
yond was forest' that d-ense, inter-
minable forest which 'Mabel could
now 'picture to herself, th.rotugh- her
recollections, with its hidden glassy
lakes, its dark rollitrg stream, and .its
world of nature,
'l e iiittg from this 'view, our hero-
ine fele 'her cheek fanned by la fresh
and .grateful (breezes, :much as she had
not experienced since quitting- the far
distant coast'. 'Fiore a .new s-cene 'pre-
sented -itself: altiho.utgh expected, +It
was oat without a start and a low ex-
clamation 'indicative of pleasure, dealt
the diger eyes of the .girl idranik in its
beauties. To the north, and east, tend
west, , in every direction, in sbaOrlt, ov'-
et- one entire half of the novel (pano-
rama, lay a field of rolling ''waiters.