d with a desire to see the brave woman who, daring all for the man she loved, had, alone and unaided, saved him from a horrible fate. With him, though, she agreed that it would be cruel to distur

-morrow morning I shall set a guard over them, for their protection as well as our own. Thus they will become prisoners. If by the time the Ottawa warrior is sufficiently recovered of his wounds to travel, I have received no word to the contrary

that splendid Indian and his brave wife to the aw

ath at this time might prove the future salvation of hundreds of white men, women, and children. To allow him to escape may involve us in war. The decision either way will be fraught with far-reaching results, and I am thankful that it does not rest with me. Whatever Johnson may order in a case of this kind must be obeyed, withou

ontemplate. I believe I would even go so far as to help these poor people to escape, and so defy the governor, rathe

d to consider what effect your action might have upon t

plainly heard the heavy breathing that assured them of the safety of the prisoners. Then the major bade his companion good-night, and turned toward his own quarters. He had gone but a few steps when the hunter overtook him and han

our of dawn. Lighting a small dark-lantern and moving with the utmost cauti

," he muttered to himself, "and what the madam would never

s inmates were instantly wide awake and aware of his presence. With a few whispered words he explained the situation to Songa, adding that while the white chief had no authority to free a prisoner, he was unwilling that one whose life had been saved by his child should be restored to those who would surely kill

one brave woman to another. She bids you go in peace, lead your husband to the lodges of

his feet and painfully straightened his body, whose stiffened wo

orget them. If all white men were like him, there would be

bear's grease, and so in a measure restored their suppleness, the l

ve of the Great Spirit for his children. They have sunk deep into my

ed across the open, and vanished in the blackness of the forest. At the same time Truman Flagg, well satisfied with the act just performed, thou

ing, "Come, Flagg! Turn out! the sun is all of two hours high, and

soners, as I suppose we must now call them, and want you to act as interpreter. Whether guests or prisoners, we must not allow

ce was empty. "What does it mean?" he cried angrily. "Have we a traitor among us? or is it witchcraft? Surely no huma

squaw was with him,"

e door passes my understanding. Are you cert

d Truman Flagg, "for I

it was in progress the major appeared greatly chagrined at the turn of events; but his outward demeanor concealed an i

that the hunter was finally emboldened to confess to her hi