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-That cannel ,t he said
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.tl t n(- t n ,.1�aupo ratr t, rat-, at he
.id not recce ,t i, e the e uTter. (if 111$
:1ie.nci in th, :?wilt-p.t rat" „b,ie•t.
Nn, too. the lad is b.liinet the hour;
end that- is some ,raft which the
'renellers have sent to aid their
'rie•nds, the; aecut•sed Mtth:;eS."
".This time you are out in your
a,koning. retold 1'athtind, r. ,f you
-:never were befog,•." returned Cap in
Stanner that had lost none of its
-eentafism by the critical circum-
unees in which they were plaeed.
..Fresh wateror salt; t14,t it the
head of the Scud's lmtinuail, for it i;
eat with a smaller gear than com-
mon; and then you can see that the
h&s been brined. --quite neatly
done. I admit, but fished."
"I can see none of this, 1 gear
" anstivered Pathfinder. to whorl]
:tet the terms of his companion
were Greek.
"No! Well, I own that surprises
nuc, for I thought your eyes could
see anything! Now to ata nothing is
plainer than that gear and that fish;
and I must say, my honest fiend.
that in your place I should appre-
hend that my sight was beginning to
fail."
"If jasper is truly coining, I shall
apprehend but little. We can make
gond the block against the whole
Mingo nation for the next eight or
ten hours: and with Eau-douce to
e.ee the retreat, I ehai1 despair of
,tl. t g G0,1 send that the lad may
un alongside of the bank. and
a,ll sure .11}1 ..,m,usinn -rat, ns befell
the r,; .tent'
1c.ilteye., the dan,yec. l t ,-t•
e'..r
to Lay t..e.n signals al• .-ter .t
,. and ,1t, aneintragmertoand letoyed
V. a'al'ant.ine- :-tailed
ie• .e ,11':1 r,.e.. , en
, Tcet the Taws, If the
,e14.1',., up. ,e rat; say, anyw-her-
the neighborhood of this; island.
-,v. ;nay look upon the (.utter as lost.
.ped. after, Meeter Pathfinder, ,
•el ht we trot t>) set down this Bane
111p.,r as a secret: ally of the:
French. rather than as friend of our
•,wn? 1 know the sergeant views the
.setter in that light; and I must say
whole affair looks like treason."
"Vee shall soon know, we shall
soon know, Master Cap; for there,
indeed. comes the cutter clear of the
other island, and five minutes must
settle the matter. It would he no
more than fair, however. if we
Could give the boy some sign in the
way of warning. It is not right that
he should fall into the trap without
a notice that it has been laid.
Anxiety and suspense, notwith-
standing, prevented either from at-
tempting to make any signal. It was
not easy, truly, to see how it could
he done; for the Scud came foaming
through the channel, on the weather
side of the island, at a rate that
scarcely admitted of the necessarY
time. Nor was there anyone visible
on the deck to make signs to; even
her helm seemed deserted, though
her course was as steady as her pro-
gress was rapid.
Cap stood in silent admiration of a
spectacle so unusual. But, as the
Send drew nearer his practised eye
detected the helm in play by means
of tiller -ropes, though the person
who was steering was concealed. As
the cutter had weather -boards of
some tittle height, the mystery was
explained. no doubt renn,ining that
lar people lay behind the latter. in
order to be protected from the rieece
of the enemy. As this fart slinwed
that no fors•e beyond that of the
;mall crew could In on board, Path-
-finder received his companion s ex-
planation with an ominous shako of
the head,
^Phis pro• a s- that the Serpent in s
rut reached trued O w(.! -"o," (1 he 'end
that we 11' nn to empetl supe ul•
from the garrison. 1 hope Lunde(, has
not taken it into his hese! to dilpl see
the lad, for Jasper Western tern would
he a host of himself in sueh a strait.
We three, Master Cap, ought to
make manful warfare: you, as a sea-
man, to keep up the intereom' e with"
the critter Jasper, t i t tkef, Axile
knows all that is mee,ssers to he
(x • on the ,trey; and 1, with gifts
that are as good p any among the
Mingo-,• let nu be a. what I may in
onto, particulars, 1 say we ought to
matte- a1 manful tight in 11abe1's be-
half.'
"Ther we., ought, and that we
answered Cap heartily; for he began
to. have mote confidence in the seur-
itr of his ,scalp now that he saw the
51111 again. "I set down the arrival of
the Scud as one circumstance, and
the chances of •Oh -deuce's honesty tag
• another. This Jasper is a young man
of prudence, you find; for he keeps
a good offing. and seems determined
tot know how matters stand on the
island before he ventures to bring
up." •
"I have it! I have it!" exclaimed
- Pathfinder, with exultation. "There
lies the caner- of the Serpent on the
cutter's' deck; and the chief has got
an board, and no doubt has given a
true account of our condition; for,
unlike a Mingo, a Deleware is sar-
tain to get a story right, or to hold
Ins tongue."
"That canoe may not belong to
the cutter," said the captious sea-
man. "Oh -deuce had one on board
when we sailed,"
-Very true friend -Cap; but if you
know your sails and toast, by your
goars and fishes, I ;snow my canetes
anti my oaths by frontier knowledge.
If you can see new cloth in a sail. I
van see new bark in a canoe. That is
the boat of the Serpent, and the
nail,• fellow Iles struck otf for the
,.c rut rn 115 ,,00!1 lu found out the
Block was besieged, ged, has fallen with
,1, scud. and. atter telling his -story
,s brought the cutter down here to
e what can be nein... The Lord
sant that .lasptr Western be still on
Lorarti here' '
"Yes, gest it 11110h1 not he amiss;
for, traitor o1' loyal, the lad has a
handy way with him in a gale,- it
must be owned."
"And in coming over waterfalls!"
said- Pathfinder, nudging the ribs of
his companion with an elbow, and
laughing in his silent hearty man-
ner. "We will give the boy his due,
though he .scalpe us with his own
hand,"
The Seud was now so near, that
Cap made no reply. The scene, just
at that instant, was so peculiar, that
it merits a particular description.
The gale was still blowing violent-
ly. Many of the smaller trees bowed
their tops as if ready to descend to
the earth, while the rushing of the
wind through the branches of the
groves resembled the roar of distant
chariots.
The air was filled with leaves,
which at that late season were read-
ily driven from their stems and flew
from island to island like flights of
birds. With this exception, the spot
seemed silent as the grave. That the
savages still remained was to be in-
ferred from the fact that their can-
oes together with the boats of the
55th, lay in a group in the little cove
that had been selected as a harbor,
Otherwise no sign of their presence
was to be detected. Though taken
entirely by surprise by the cutter,
the sudden return of which was al-
together unlooked-for, so uniform
and inbred were their habits of cau-
tion -while nn the warpath, that the
instant an alarm was given every
man had taken to his cover with the
instinct and cunning of a fox seeking
his hole, The, same stillness reigned
in the blockhouse; for though Paatth-
finder and Cap could command a
view of the channel, they took the
11,135autinn necessary to he conceal-
ed. The unu-Nall absence of anything
tike animal life aboard the Scud,
oo, wlt ;ti11 (nore; remarkable. As
the 'Indians witnessed her epp lrent-
ly on(1reeted no •e n1 nts, a feeling
of
awe gained ae footing among then
and some of the boldest of the party
began to distrust the issue of an ex-
pedition that had commenced so
prosperously. Even 'Arrowhead ac-
eu, tomed as he was to into coarse
with the whites on botli 'sides of the
THE SEAFORTI
lakes, fancied there was some^thing
ominous in the appearance of the
unmanned vessel, and he would glad-
ly at that moment have been hauled
1181( a nn the main: -
In the meantime the progress of
the cutter was steady and rapid. She
h01c1 her way mid -channel, now in.
dining to the gusts and now rising
(58(11 like the philosopher that
hands to the ealatn'tties of life to re -
Itis erect attitude as they pass
away, 'but always • piling the water
beneath her how's in foaun, Although
she was ander so very short runts.
t•ele(its• was great. and thea,e
itld not have elapsed ten minutes
. tw,.rn the time when her sails were
1i l'sa seen ;dean iri;r past the areo.< and
hushes of the distanep ;nal the mom-
• rat wlme ,11 • wee lhrer:t,v, of the
11e,•klem . Cap and Pathfinder
'eerwatel, as the cutter casae
t n.'ath their eyrie, eager to get -8
bolter view of her deck. when, to
tl ,delight of both. Jasper Eau -
1 ,ye, .:prang upon hie feet and gave
three hearty eheters. Regardless: of
:all mi -k. Cat, leaped upon the ram -
pert of the logS and returned the
gt;etitittchert' for cheer. Happily,
the polity of. the enemy saved the
latter; for they still lay toilet, not a.
rifle• being discharged. On the other
hand, Pathfinder kept in view the
useful, utterly disregarding the dra-
matic part of warfare. The moment
he beheld his friend Jasper, he call-
ed out to hint with stentorian lungs,
"Stand by us, ]ad, and the day's
our own! Give 'em a grist in yonder
bushes, and you'll put 'cin -up like
partridge.;.".
Part of this reached Jasper's ears
hut most was borne off to leeward
on the wings of the wind. By the
time this was said, the Send had dri-
ven past, and in the next moment
she was hid from view by the grove
in which the blockhouse wee: partial-
ly concealed.
Two anxious minutes succeeded;
but, at the expiration of that brief
space, the sails were again gleaming
through the- trees, Jasper having
wore, jibbed, and hauled up under
the lee of the island on the other
tack. The wind was free enough, as
has already been explained, to ad.-
mit
d-mit of this manoeuvre; and the cut-
ter, catching the current under her
lee how, was breasted •up to her
course in a way that showed she
wnnld c01110 out to windward of the
island again without any difficulty.
This whole evolution was made with
the greatest facility, not a sheet be-
ing touched, the sails trimniing.them-
soh'e•s. the rudder alone controlling
the admirable machine. The object
appeared to he a reconnaissance.
When, 10WeVer. the Scud had maele
the circuit of the entire island, and
had again got her w,:,athot'ly position
in the channel by which she had first
approached, her helm was put down
and she tacked. The noise of the
mainsail flapping when it filled. close
rcrfed 05 it 15111, sounded like the
report of a gun. and Cap trembled
lest the seams should open.
"His Majesty gives good canvas,
it must be owned," muttered the old
seaman; "and it must be owned too,
that boy handles his boat as if he
were thoroughly bred! Demme, Mas-
ter Pathfinder, if I believe, after all
that has been reported in the mattes',
that this Mister Oh -deuce got his
NEWS
trade on this bit of fresh water."
"Ile did; yes. he did. He revel'
saw the Ocean, and has come by itis
calling altogether tip here 011 Ont-
ario. 1 have often thought he has a
n:tt'ral gift in the way of schooners
and sloops, and have respected hien
accordingly. As for treason and ly-'
ins•: :tad blackhearted vice, 10(11(1
Cap. .las:per Western is as free at
the 1110,t virtuous of the Irelewal,
warrior.,; and if your crave to see a
truly- helmet ream you must go among
that tribe to di covet' hila."
Th,a - he comes round!" exelaim-
ed the delighted Cap, the ;;cud at
1 10,101,m. tiiling on her s original
leek; "end sow we ,hailSO(' what
the bey- 800111 he at; he (armor mean
ter k,•e1:1 1'00041g up 11(111 (1118(1 those
tut•s10-. 1ik,:•-a girl lse,l]ng-it iii -(1
1(1111111' • (180(1."
9'h,
Scud note kept so much nw-ay'
,haat for is ntontetlt the two c )4 4 rv(•rs
Yn the• hlockhouse reared Jasper
meant to Benne-to; 11101 the savages.
in their labra, gleamed out upon her
with the .sort of exultation that the
crouching tiger may he supposed to
feel ten he reefs Itis unconscious vi(
tint approach his bed. ,But Jasper
had no such intention; familia• with
the. shore, and acquainted with. the
depth of 45810r on every pant of the
island, he well linen' that the Scud
might be run against the batik with
impunity, and he ventured fearless-
ly so neer, that, as he passed through
the little cove, he swept the two
boats of the soldiers from their fas-
tenings and forced them out into the
channel, towing them with the cut-
ter. As all the canoes were fastened
to the two Dunham boats, by this
bold and .successful attempt, the sav-
ages were at once deprived of the
means of quitting the island, unless
by swimming, and they appeared to
be instantly aware of the very im-
portant fact. Rising in a body, they
filled the air with yells, and poured
in a harmless fire, While up in this
unguarded manner, two rifles were
discharged by their adversaries, One
came front the summit of the block,
and an Iroquois fell dead in his
tracks, shot through the brain. The
other came from the Scud. The last
was the piece of the Delaware, but,
less true than that of his friend, it
only maimed an enemy for life. The
people of the Scud shouted, and the
savages sank again, to a Hurn, as if
it might be into the earth.
"That was the Sarpent's voice,"
:.11111 the Pathfinder, as soon as the
second pies, 8115 disehargctl. "1
1(110w the crack of his Ado as well 111
1 do that of Killdeer. 'is tt goad bar-
rel. though not sat'taiti death. Well.
well, with Chingachgook and Jasper
on the water, and you and I in the
block, friend Carp. it will be hard if
we don't. teach these Mingo scamps
the ro-ttinnality of a tight."
All this time the Semi was in mo-
tion. As oon as she had reached the
rad of the island, Jasper sent his
prizes adrift; and they went down
before the wind until they stranded
on a. point half a utile to leeward,
He then wore, and• came stemming
the current again, through the other
passage, Those on the summit of the
block could now perceive that some-
thing was in agitation on the deck
of the Scud; and, to their great de-
light, just as the cutter came
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1941
abreast of the principal cove, un the
spot whore most of the enemy lay,
the howitzer which composed her
sole armament was unmasked,. and ft
show., of case -shot wes sent hissing
into the bushes, A bevy of quail
would not have risen quicker than
this unexpected discharge of iron
hail put up the Iroquois; when a se-
cond envaig0 tell by a messenger
from 'Kilideer, and •another went
lhuping sway by a visit from the
rifle of Chingacltgoolt: New covers
were immediately found, • however;
and peel] party seemed to prepare
ter the renewal of the strife in an-
other forst. But the :tpne•arvmcc of
Jane, bearing It white Clay, and nc-
coulpnnied by the French offieer and
Muir, stayed the hands of all, and
wtis the forerunner of another par
lee. 'Tule negotiation that: followed'
was held beneatil the Idochbuuse,
and so near it 115 al once to put
those• who were uncovered complete-
ly at the mercy' of Pathfinder's un'
erring :.tint. Jasper anchored direct,
ly abeam; and the howitzer, too,
was Rept trained upon the negotiat-
ors: 140 that the besieged and their
friends, with the exception of the
ratan who held the match, had no
hesitation about exposing their per-
sons. Cltingtechgook alone lay in the
ambush; more. however, from habit
than distrust,
"You've triumphe(1, Pathfinder,"
called out the Quartermaster, ''anti
Captain Sautglier has corse hint5elf
to offer terms. You'll no' he denying
a breve enemy honorable retreat,
when he has fought go fairly, and
clone all the credit he could to king
and country. Ye are too loyal a sub-
ject yourself to visit loyalty and fid-
elity with a heavy judgment. I atm
authorized to offen on the part of
the enemy, an evacuation of the is-
land, a mutual exchange• of prison-
ers, and a restoration of :Scalps. In
the absence of baggage and artill-
ery, little more can be done."
As the conversation was necess-
arily carried on in a high key, both
on account of the wind and of the
distance, all that wear seid was heard
equally by those in the block and
those in the cutter.
"What do you say to that,• Jasp-
er?" veiled out Pathfinder. "Yon
her the proposal, Shall we lot the
vagabonds go? or shall we mark
them, as they mark their sheep in
the settlements, that we may know
them again?"
"What has befallen Mabel Imus
ham?" demanded the young meet,
with a frown on itis handsome face,
that w•a-. yisihlc 05,•71 to 1)19 0 00 the
pluck, "If a hair ref h,r head bas
been toadied. it will po hard with
the whole Iroquois tribe,"
'.Nay., nay, :-he is sale below','.
nursing a dyine become„
her se5. We ewe len fermis., on ac•
collet of the Sergeant's hurt, which
(ones Of lawful warfare; and as for
Mabel------"
"She is.. here," exelaioied the girl
herself, who had mounted to the•
roof the moment she found the div-
eetlon things were taking,—"she is
here! and, in the name of our holy
religion, and of that God whom we•
profess to worship in common, let
there be no more bloodshed! Enough
has been spilt already; and if these
MEM will go away, Pathfinder—if
they will depart peaceably, Jasper—
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oh, do not (detain one of theist! My
poor father is approaching his end,
and it were better that he should
draw his last breath in peace with
the world. Go, go, white men and
1ndi8n1] we are no longer your en-
emies, and will harm none of you,"
"Tut, tut, Magnet!" put in Cap;
"this sounds religious, perhaps; or
like a book of poetry; but it (loos
not: sound like common selnse. The
enemy is just ready to strike; Jas -
1e t r 5 anchored with it
1 11 lays broadside
to hear, and, no doubt, with springs
on his cables; Pathfinder's eye and
band are as erne as the needle; and
wp • sha11 get prize -money, head -
money, and honour in the bargain,
if you will nal interfere for the
next half -hots•."
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