The Seaforth News, 1941-01-02, Page 6apidly, atm noise -
td with a gentle
1 to ,dace her-
e a, concealed
it would haave
means to in -
lower her head
11 Pur ;gaze tast-
es. II, then took
her, with his rifle
i❑ rc Uhne s to fire,
'C'tingaeltgook craw-
-er, and lay in wait like
dr their aril. 'prepared for
while the wife of the former
cl :her head. Iheltwern her knee;,
red it with her calico eche and
re minted passive and inunova211e. Cap
lo•sened (both his pistols -in their belt,
int seemed -quite at a loss what course
11 pursue. The Palthfinder did not stir.
I -);e had originally got a position n here
he aright aint with deadly effect
tl:,ough the leaves, and where he
cofald watch the movements of his en -
en les; and he was far too Steady to
she Iiscancerted at a moment so erit-
ieat. , -
It was truly an alarming instant.
Just as Mabel. touched the shoulder
of her ,guide, three of the Iroquois had
appeared in the venter, at the fiend of
the river, within a hundred yards cif
the ecoer,'and :halted to examine the
stream ,below. They •were all naked ;to
the - waist; armed for an expedition
against their foes, and in their war -
paint. It tvas apparent that they were
nurieeided as tet the course they ought
to pursue in order to find the fugitives..
One .pointed down the river, a second
iup -the stream, and the third towards
the.opposite thank. They evidently
doahted.
CH -11 F.I2 V
It was a !breathless umnn.nt., The
ooh- 1tttc the fugitives pz e„ed to
tick,Huttions of their pursuer; was
in their gesture and indicaltions which
escaped them in the fury of 'disal,”
pointntent. That a party had returned
r
already, . ti their , wn foot •itcp.:,.
land, y t pretat certain, and all the
hene.ftt expected .from the artifice ,,f
the- fire was necessarily :cst..P'ttt that
cansideratinn hecame of little moment
ust then: for the party Was menaced.
'.pith -an immediate n ediate discovery iby those
o itarl •kept tin a level ,i ttli the river.
1,e ,ets presented themselves
.and as itmight the fir inulin-.
e mind of Pathfinder, who
Ile necessity of immediate
of heinz in readiness to
t. \Vithottt making' any
e,.he managed to :,tet 1
d Jasper near hint,
-1 his communication:
like
rddle
110w,
ctive
wilt,
aged
fath-
Ins
our -
the
ning
sted
both.
the
1a -
ner-
hi;
1er-
'he
arty, We 11111st the
There are iet thr-r
ls, and 110 are five.
be set clown +as
Itch asl:riruntage.
ake the fellow that
h; tliin.gachgook.
and .\rrnwhcvl
u the young one.
intake; for two
idy would :be sin-
ke the Sergeant's
I shall hold my -
accident, lest]"'
or one •0
13y no
word; we
the rifle 'he
resort, since
cants are shill
y, in case of
on the thank,
t the canoe
ter, and to
od's leave,'
ooner give:
near RP -
11, teed pr0-
T1n' 1ioqu-
ly descend-
E necessity
erhung the
f leaves
soon gave
otherparty
bank, at all
and dii0ctly
Se(10ene(3 of
ae bushes
ul the true
41'
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
shore, the two parties became visible
to each other whom opposite that pre-
cise point. Both stopped, and a con-
versation ensued, that may be said to
have passed directly over the heads
of those.who were concealed. indeed,
nothing sheltered the travellers but
the branches and leaves of plants, so
pliant that they yielded to every
current of air, and which a puff of.
wind a little atrouger than common
would have blown away. Fortunately
the rinse of sight carried the eyes of
the two parties of savages, whether
they stood in the water or on the
land; above th ebushes, and the
leaves appeared blended in a way to
excite no suspicion. Perhaps the
very boldness of the expedient alone
prevented an immediate exposure.
The conversation which tools place
was conducted earnestly. but in
guarded tones, as if those who
spoke wished to defout the intentions
of any listeners. It was in a dialect
that both the Iiulian warriors be-
neath, its well as the Pathfinder, und-
erstood. Eveu Jasper comprehended
a position of what was said.
"The hail is washed away by the
water!"' -said one from below, who
stood so near the artificial cover of
the fugitives, that he might have
been struck by the salmon -spear that
lay in the bottom of Jasper's ;canoe,
"Water has washed it so clear that a
Yangeese hound could not fellow."
"The palefaces have left the shore
in their canoes," answered the
speaker on the bank.
"It cannot be, The rifles of our war-
riors below are certain."
The Pathfinder gave a significant
glance at Jasper, and he clenched his
teeth in order to suppress the sound
of his own breathing,
"Let my young men look as if their
eyes were eagles'," said the eldest
warrior among those who were trad-
ing in the river, "We have been a
whole noon on the war -path, and
have found but one scalp: There is a
maiden among them, and some of our
braves want wives."
Happily these words were lost on
Mabel; but Jasper's frown became
deeper, and his face fiercely flushed.
The savages now ceased speaking,
and the party which was concealed
heard the slow and guarded move-
ments of those who were on the
bank, as they pushed the bushes
aside in their wary progress. 1t was
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1941
soon evident that. the latter had'
passed tine cover; blit the group in
the water still remained, scanning
the shore with eyes that glared
through their war -paint like coals of
living fire. After a pause of two or
three minutes, these three began
also to descend the stream, though it
was step by step, as men move Who
look for an object that has been lost.
In this manner they passed 11te nett.
tidal screen, and Pathfinder opened
Itis mouth in that hearty but noise-
less laugh that nature and habit had
contributed to reeler a peculiarity of
the. man. His triumph, however, was
premature; for the last of lite retir-
ing party, just at this moment cast-
ing a loop behind hint, suddenly stop-
ped; and his fixed attitude and steady
gaze at once betrayed the appalling
lite that 501110 neglected bush had
awakened ltis suspicions,
It WaS perhaps fortunate for llie
concealed that the warrior who mani-
fested these fetr'ful signs of distrust
was young and had still a reputation
to acquire, He knew the importance
of discretion and modesty in one of
his year's, and most of all did he
dread the ridicule and contempt that
would certainly follow a false alarm.
Without recalling any of his comp-
anions, therefore, lie tu1'nocl on his
own footsteps; and, while the others
continued to descend the river, he
cautiously approached the bushes, on
which his looks were still fastened,
tis by a charms. Some of the leaves
which wove exposed to the sun had
drooped a little, and this slight de-
parture from the usual natural laws
had caught the quick eyes of the In-
dian; for so practised and acute do
the senses of the savage become,
more especially when lie is en the
war -path, that trifles apparently of
the most insignificant sort often
prove to be clues to lead hint to his
object,
The trifling nature of the ehtunge
which had aroused the syspictou nt
Dile youth was all additional motive
for not acquainting his compactions
with his discovery. Should he really
detect anything, his glory would be
the greater for being 'maimed; and
should lie not, he night hope 10
escape that derision which the young
Indian so much dreads. Then there
were the dangers of au ambush and
a surprise, to which every warrior of
the woods is keenly alive, to render
his approach slaw and cautious, In
COhnsegttetlee of the delay that pro-
ceeded. from these combined causes,
the ttva parties had descended 1501110
fifty or sixty yards before the young
savage was again neat' enough to
the bashes • 0f the Pathfinder to
touch Men with his Hand,
Notn'tthstanding their critical situ-
ation, to whole party behind the
cover had their eyes fastened on the
working countenance of the young
Iroquois, who was agitated by con-
flicting feelings. First came the eager
hope of pbtaining success where some
of the most experienced of his tribe
had failed, and with it a degree of
glory that had seldom fallen to the
share of one of his years or a brave
on his tih'st war -path; then followed
doubts, as the drooping leaves eeem-
ed to rise again and to revive in the
currents of air; and distrust of hid-
den clanger lent its exciting feeling
to keep the eloquent features in
play. So very slight, however, had
been the alteration produced by the
heat an the bushes of which the
stents were in the water, that when
the Iroquois ac:tuaIly laid his hand on
the leaves, he fancied that he had
been deceived: As no man ever
strongly without using all convenient
means of satisfying his doubts, how-
ever, the young warrior cautiously
pushed aside the branches and ad-
vancers a step within the hiding -place,
phen 1110 farms of the concealed tlar-
ty met his gaze, resembling so tunny
breathless statues. The low exclam-
alion, the slight start, and the glaring
eye, were hardly seen and heard; be-
fore the arm of Chingachg'oolt Was
raised. and ther tomahawk Of the
Delaware descended on tho shaven
head of his foe. The Iroquois raised
his hands frantically, bounded back.
ward, and fell into the water, at a
spot where the current swept the
body away, the struggling limbs 0t111
tossing and writhing in the agony of
death. The Delaware made a vigor•
oils but unsuccessful attempt to
seize an arm, with the hope of secur-
ing the scalp; but The bloodstained
waters whirled down the current,
carrying with them htelr quivering
berthen.
All this passed in less than a mfn-
ute, and the events were so sudden
and unexpected, that men less accus-
tomed than the Pathfinder and his
associates to forest warfare, would
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"•There is not a moment to lose,
said Jataper, tearing aside the bushes,
as ho spoke earnestly, but in a sup-
pressed voice. "Do as I do, Master
Cap, if you would save your niece;
and you, Mabel, lie at your length in
the canoe."
A touring company was playing
a Lancashire town. The play was
based on the life of Napoleons, On
the Saturday evening both Napoleon.
and his aide-de-camp, had been stung -
ling the loetl brew, suer-irlte albs; fait„i
•a tense mothtent et the play, °beoana51 ,'-
a' little mixed. in itis. topogreailiy;
• 'Sire, sire,'' he .said, "it has slioed,;
desltided to' banish yod to `,St.
Helens,”
Napoleon digested lis; fat
then observe4d, 11 igneitjy
well, it might have sen4lgaa''
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7olutny P10ase
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