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V THE .WASHINGTON HERAUX SUNDAY. APBIL 28. 1912. m OUET Clhsiifles Mo Lo Jslhinitoini oD KCM, F EEMWAY Synopsis of Freeedlnsr Chapters. The story opens at a Uttle Inn upon the coast of Devonshire, In England. It Is a wild night, and the landlord Is suddenly startled by the appearance of a stranger tn a black cloak. He has recently escaped from a sailing vessel, which has cone down, and soon drops asleep In a corner. When the lights are extinguished, two sailors creep through the window, seize the stranger, and carry him off on board their lugger, moored In a Utile cove near the shore. They demand a certain paper from him. which he refuses t6 eive ud. The scene now shirts to Greenway Court, In Virginia, the home of Thomas. sixth Lord Fairfax, where be has Just settled. With him are two boys. Jack Loughboro and Tommy Wallace, who go flshlmr with their tutor: Adam Poe. In spite of the warning of Old Flintlock, a irapper. to me enect tnat me vvappi tcmlcas are on the warpath. The boys are soon attacked bv the savages and start to Tun for It. They are pursued, escape, and soon find that Winchester Is to be attacked by the redskins. With Lord Fairfax and Old Flintlock they march to 'the relief of the town, succeed In driving oft me marauders, and are Present at a council, at which .the red men agree to retire beyond tfie Ohio River Col George Washington Joins the settlers and frontiersmen at this juncture, andVafter hearing from Chief Lagan that there1 is much buried treas ure near the Natural Bridge, decides to take the two boys and make a journey In quest of It Logan agrees to guide the little party to me desired spot They proceed through the forest and find a small amount of the treasure, but the redskin teserts. Just before the dis covery A piece of parchment In a tin box In me same barrel with the dun loons appears to be the directions of me chief mate of the ship Sparhawke. There Is advice to "dig on the lefte by Sor rowe's Pine, twenty fete from Green Sage growthe. with Breast Bone Knob on North North Weste, one hundred pace, a broke spade's creste." While endeav oring to puzzle out me meaning of these strange words, the howling of a wolf sounds Jn the valley This is answered, and it Is soon evident that the little party Is surrounded by the savages. They hurry off. and camp in a lonely valley for the night Jack Is posted as sentinel and Is watching the horses, when two dark forms creep toward him. and he Is suddenly felled and captured bj the redskins CHAPTER VIL Locnn'i Cnrap. "AF H, it is Soan-ge-taha (the Strong Heart) whom jou have captured, and of that I am right sorry." said a voice familiar to the ears of the adopted ward of Lord Fairfax. "He is as swift as Wa bun, the east wind, and as cool and fearless as Mushe-mokw a, the Great Bear" Jack opened his eves, which had been bound with a covering of some sort, and found himself propped up against the side of a huge pine tree tn a vallej of the mountains. Before him lav -an Indian camp of considerable sue, and tiny fires sent their bluetifully fed before we move off to our wreaths of smoke into the earl morn ing air, while a number of warriors. women, and children, gazed with looks of evident hatred upon him Only one of all that hostile band smiled as his eves fell upon the helpless form of the captive, and that was Logan, chief of the bhawnees the guide to the cavern near the natural bridge. "It was Waw-be-wawa who captured him." spoke a vounc brave whose face was smeared with Vermillion. "Nor was Napahwin (the spirit of sleep) hovering over, for he was creeping like ojeeg Ithe fisher weasel) toward the hordes, and was well armed Ah' It was Waw-be-vvawa who leaped upon him like a panther and bore him to the ground, while it was I who clasped mv hand upon his mouth o that it would not wake Kenue (the Great War Eagle) who lav. as alvvavs, with his rifle readv for firing" ."You did well, Wah-wah-taysee, and you, too, did well, O Waw-be-wawa, but now that ou have the boj, what is your intention concerning him'" We will burn him," shouted the one who had first spoken "Yes, bum him! Burn him! screamed the women and children. "Nav, not sov fast," said Logan. "What is it that this paleface has done to jou' Has he killed an of our peo ple' That we know not Has he tres passed into the country alloted us by the great white father That we know not Has he robbed us of our pos sessions? Has he killed from the great herd of bison, which are now roaming toward the land of the Mmgoes' That we know not, also Praj, why would ou give Soan-ge-taha into the hands of Pauguk (death)'" The vermilhon-pamted warrior shook his fist angrily at the stolid chief "He is a paleface." he shouted. "And his brothers killed my father at the fight ing b the great stockade. Revenge must be taken for my parent's life." "Ugh' Ugh! Kill 'him! Kill him!" chimed in the women, children, and the other warriors But Logan Jifted a hand, as if to quell the disturbance, and said, with earnestness: "Nay, je cannot prove that he has killed any one in our great fight at the stockade. Besides, it was our people who were the aggressors. Nay, for that one cannot put an end to this boy's life." "I demand it! He is my prize!" shouted Wa-be-wawa with uncontrolled anger, and advancing upon the chief with his hand upon his knife, "How dare ou keep my prize from me after 1 and Wah-wah-tavse have brought him through the forest for these many miles' I appeal to the tribe," he con tinued, turmncr toward the now excited band. "Should not this paleface be long to mer "Ugh! Ugh! Yes!" they shouted. Then 1 will have him," said Waw. be-wawa, walking toward Jack with his hands outstretched. "Stand back," called Logan, sternly. "Should you touch the boy :t will go ill with you. As he spoke, a deep growl of thun der echoed across the horison, and, as the great chief raised his hand omin ously, a sharp flash of lightning zig zagged through the dark sky. "Hark, you! Listen 1" continued the Shawnee chieftain. "It is Annemekee who speaks. It is Waywassin who an swers, and they say that the great chiefs word among his own shall not be transgressed by those of less age and experience." , Another fierce flash of lightning crossed the heavens, while a deafening peal of thunder roared loudly from the inky blackness above. "What the great chief has spoken, let no 'man question," cried one of the women. "Allow the paleface to go with the chief to his own tent and "he will then receive land treatment" "Yes, yes, allow Soan-ge-taha to go," shouted a great many: So the two braves who had made the capture .walked sullenly to their own tents casting angry glances in the direction of the trembling Jack, who had watch ed this altercation with no feelings of ease ana comton, as can wcu oe imag ined. The cowd now dispersed, and, as they did so, Logan stalked up to the prostrate captive and cut the thongs which" bound his hands behind his back. Arise, he said, "and come with me to, my own tent, or I have always seen that you. were a good youth and I wish to make a Shawnee warrior of you." "That can never happen'" interrupted Jack, with much feeling, "for ftould never leave my own people." The Indian laughed good humored ly. "Softly, softly, little strong man," he said. "You will love us after a while and will be like one of us a mighty hunter and trapper. See here are ray traps and dead-falls; with these I supply myself Avith furs for trading at the forts, and with these I penetrate far into the bunting grounds where live the beaver and the bison. You shall go with me to the Great Kanawha and southward to the coun try of the blue grass, and there you will learn the craft and cunning of the animals of the forest and how to cap ture them." "But these other braves," said Jack, looking back over his shoulder toward the camp "They will never let me live if you should leave me for a mo-J menu Again the chief burst into laughter. "Do not fear," he said "I will see to tt that you are not harmed. Here. feast upon thts pemmican, while I call my sguaw to make a fire for your morning meal, as you must be hungry after your long trip through the moun tains.' And, as Jack seated himself upon a deerhide lying on the floor of the wigwam, the Shawnee went outside; and walked some distance awav. As he did so, a number of Indians passed by and looked at the white boy as he sat quietly upon the floor of the chiefs lodge, and Jack could see, with half a glance, that their scowls betokened no good intent "If I should for a mo ment steal bevond the arm of Loean.1 he thought, "it will be but a few mo ments before these fellows have me again in their clutches and there will be little chance, indeed, for mv life. I must be wary and watch my opportu nity to get away, tor to pensn alone in the mountains and from starvation is better than to be tortured to death by these internal savages. Just then the chief returned accom panied by an evil-looking woman, who, from her appearance, muat have been much older than her liege and master. 'Leaping Antelope," said Logan, "see to it that Soan-ge-taha has all that he wishes to eat, tor we are to break camp at noon, ana l wouia that he was plen- own terntorv "Where go we'" asked his squaw, as she began her preparation for making a fire. The Shawnee pointed with his hand toward the west "We go toward the Ohio, to the country of the Great Kanawha. There we will hunt the beaver and the bison until the winter's now and there we will remain, for the palefaces grow as thick as locusts in this, our old hunting ground, and we must travel to the country which knows them not and where we can be alone and undisturbed" "It is well," replied the woman And, as her lord and master again went out, she whispered to Jack, "Guard jour self every moment, for Waw-be-wawa has sworn that he will take you before the sun has set, and that jour scalp will hang in his own wigwam. Do not leave Logan for a second." Jack saw the crowd of Indians out side still gazing with evil looks at the tent in which he sat, and shivered as he answered "That jou may be sure of I shall not pay attention to any one and shall stay closely bv jou" And, he he spoke. he thought, "Yet, when the opportunity presents itself, I shall be the very one to get awaj trom this murderous band. Logan was not long absent, and, when he returned, requested his squaw to aid him in packing up his belongings for. he said, it was has intention to make a long trip through the mountains in the direction of the falls of the Ohio, where he knew there would be an opportunity of sighting a herd of buffalo So, with a speed that was surprising, the goods and hunting im plements or" the chief were bundled into a mass and bound to the back of a calico-colored pony, while he himself mounted an animal of some grace and beauty, gave Jack another to nde, and, before noon, the little party had sep arated from the rest of the Indians and were on their way toward the now rapidly descending sun They traveled slowly and quietly along, while Jack busied himself with reflections upon the manner in which he was to escape, and upon the probable fate of Col. Washington, of Sambo, and of Tommy Wallace, who, he felt sure, had jour neyed to the vicinity of Greenway Court, where, even at the present mo ment, they must be resting in the en joyment of Lord Fairfax's hospitality. Thus he was gloomily reflecting when a sudden cry from the Shawnee chief made him look hastily upward. "Hoi See! Here are the tracks of a big herd, and it must be that they are not far distant," cried Logan, as he pointed to numerous footprints in the mud of a stream bottom, which looked as if a hundred or more cattle had gone by. "Elk?" asked Tack. "No! Buffalo 1" ejaculated the In dian. "And I thinkthat we shall see them when we arrive upon yonder hill. Ana. digging his moccasmed heels into his horse's sides, he was soon galloping to the summit of a little mound- "Pezhekee! Pezhekeel" he called, as he reached the summit "A monster herd, indeed! Jack hurried to the eminence, and. as he gazed across the valley upon the other side, his eve tell upon a brown mass of buffalo which were grazing peacefully upon the tender grass of the plain. There were bulls, cows, and lit tle calves frisking about in the warm sun and butting at each other with much apparent desire to engage in a fierce combat It was a stirring sight, and, as he looked, a tremendous desire to gallop into their midst took bold of him. But his thoughts were apparently read by the Indian, who handed him a bow and a. quiver full of arrows, say ing: "Here, follow me after that fat cow, and. asT have but the one srun and that ii in "-ii, x wisa )qu 10 aiu in uie killing of our prey. But be careful how you run into -the herd, for the bulls are dangerous animals, particularly when wounded." . Jack laughed, and his facwas now lighted with smiles in place oMhejdark look of despair, which previously hung over him, "I .will be very careful, Logan," he answered, "and-1 promise you that I will not penetrate among the members of the herd." The chiefs eyes were bright with excitement, as he shouted. '"Ah! Come on. then, my brave paleface, and we will have buffalo hump for dinner." So saying, he dashed, with a wild jell, into the direction of the herd, and, singling out a joung cow, had quickly placed himseff next to 'her lumbering form and had discharged his gun into her side. Although wounded, this did not slop hSr, and, as Logan drew up to reload, Jack Shot an arrow deep into her flank. Again and again he pulled at her. sometimes missing and some times hitting, but she kept on and had soon joined the rest of the herd, which, now somewhat quieted,, had turned to look at the hunters. "Soan-ge-taha, beware," shouted the bhawnee, as Jack dashed recklessly on. ward; and he had good reason to speak, for a mighty bull with a glaring eye and red nostrils made a charge upon the oncoming hunter. Jack turned to avoid the- rush, but found himself out of the frying pan into the fire. as he was beset upon the other side also by another bellowing monarch of the plain Caught between the two, the situation was. indeed, desperate. but kicking lustily at his horse's flanks he whirled about dropping his arrows as he did so and was soon speeding in the direction of a dump of trees upon the edge of the valley. With a clumsy rush the buffalo followed. So, jumping his poney over the underbrush, the now frightened Jack drove desper ately into the wood to avoid the tramp ling and goring that awaited him. Ah ha! he ejaculated, as he saw the two maddened bulls stop upon the edge of the forest. "I am now free of you and my life is my own." But the sight which met his gaze was not des tined to make him led that what he had just said was strictly true, for, as he spoke, the heads of two savages rose from the long grass Their bodies soon followed, and, leaning upon two horses, the fugitive now found himself surrounded by other foes than the buf falo. Yet, in spite of the odds against him, he dashed onward, when, sudden ly, another Indian sprang from the tall grass, seized the bndle rein of his horse, and jerked him to a standstill "I surrender," said Jack, and, as he looked more closely at the brave, he saw the cunning features of Waw-be-wawa. No sooner had he spoken than he was seized from behind, his arms were fastened bj a leather thong, and he was carried to the other side of the clump of woodland, so that the Shaw nee chief could not see him Then, with a hand upon his horse's bndle, he was quickly hurried toward a deep mountain gorge and taken rapidly to another valiey upon the other side. His captors spoke but little, nor did they utter a sound until fully five miles lay between them and the place where they had left their chief Then, turn ing upon him with a look of the dark est hatred, Waw-be-wawa uttered a long and blood-curdling jell of triumph. "You think jou get away from the white goose, my pale face, my strong heart, as Logan calls jou." TOWER A REPRODUCTION IN EVERY DETAIL. 'sssssssssssssssKssssssssssssssssK'S ,mQ&3i- rMfJSlffieP ' RHHilssssssssssssssssssss& 1 1983 'Is.sssssssssBl V?C .sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss9Ss ' 1 V'V? MssfsH 1 1 'ssssssssssssssssssssssssssscssssssiisssssssssssssfeE 1 I 1 1 "sssRf ""TVi V?" 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Of the Ave old bells only one remains, but the four new bells hare been recast from the metal of the old damaged onea at the expense of Pope Pins, who la nsxloualr awaltlne; a phonograph record of the new chimes of his nailre Venice, "Rather Puk-puk-keena, a grass hopper," put in one of his companions, whom Jack recognized as one -"who had been particularly loud in his cries of "Burn him! Burn himP in the morn ing "Ah," he continued, pricking the l4Jutc aim nuu ui auiun, jmu nm "Ugh! Ugh!" said the third. "You one redface this evening! Ugh! Ugh!" Poor Jack's heart sank and he was in the lowest depths of despondency. Captured by three of the most blood thirsty warriors among the Shawnees. what chance was there for his life, or what opportunity to escape; Bound securely, with no weapons, and in a hostile country far from the homes of the wliite settlers, there was not one chance in a thousand that he would get away To suffer death by torture was the unfortunate end of every white man who had the misfortune to fall into the hands of these Indians, and so he nerved himself for his last hour upon earth with the fortitude of a Spartan or a Christian martyr .in the days of Nero, the.ternble Roman It was now nearing dusk, so. reach ing a slight depression in the side of a hill, the Indians stopped for their even ing meaL Here their wigwams were set up. but neither wives nor children were there, so it was apparent that the three warriors had made a particular journey to capture poor Jack. A small hre was already going, but, adding fresh fuel, the three braves soon had a roaring blaze, while their captive, lying behind one of the wigwams in the long grass, heard them exultantly crooning a death song and apparently making every preparation for torture. "Oh, that I were dead already," said Jack aloud, and in a despairing tone, "for I" am loathe to die in this terrible fashion " "Hist! Histl" came a whisper from the grass, "roll over upon jour back, son, it's old Flint Lock who's by jou now !" And, as lie ooeyed these mjs tenous directions an arm shot out of the grass, a long knife cut the thongs that bound him, and, while the three warriors chanted their death wail. Jack felt himself drawn gently into the brush. In a second more, he was upon his hands and knees creeping stealthily out toward the open countrj', while the lean, angulir form of the trapper sneaked like a live wolf before him and showed him the way to freedom. CHAPTER Vm. Old Flint Lock, tn the Rescue. "W ALL, wall," whispered the old trapper, as he rose from his crouching posi tion and grasped Jack by the hand You certainly did have a close call. son, and if I'd been a half hour late you would have been in no nice situa tion for Abiel tew tackle. Now, I reckon jou must feel kinder shook up over jour experience, so let's stop by this here tree an rest for a few mo ments before hitting th' back trail for the Court, vvhar I may as well tell jou Lord Fairfax is teann' his hair out in a rage with Col. Washington fot allow m th' varmints to capture you an' he an Indian fighter of renown. "Well, it wasn't his fault," answered Jack, "for he told me to be dreadfully careful, which I wasn't at all. and if I had been I wouldn't have been here now. But tell me. air. Flint Lock, how in the world did you ever find me, for I thought that jou were miles away in the forest?" The trapper laughed good-naturedly. "Why, finding you, bdj, was like roll ing off a log. I was on a hunt when I struck that nigger boy of the colonel's a runnin' for home as if he'd been shot, 'O rawzy massy, O lawzy massy,' he sajs; 'the Indians done got poh Massa Jack,' an' then I simplv got on their trail and followed it That's th easiest thing in th' world to do. son, but when I found such a tamal bunch uv 'em, I was kinder skeered to nab you. When jou were gunnin' them buffalo, I was just behind 'th' edge of th' forest, an that mean varmint known as Waw-be-wawa nearly rode right into me when he was sneaktn' round to capture jou after jou'd run them buf falo into th woods. There was too many of 'em, also, at that time, but I hung onto th' trail an,' when I nabbed' jou I was undecided whether to kill them jellin' three or not I would have done so ef I hadn't seen th' tracks of a big party just before I hit your camp So I thought it best to go 'sort of easy-like an' tew take you quiet an' respectable." "And thanks be to merciful Provi dence that jou did," whispered Jack witn tears in his eyes for 1 was in a bad way and never expected to again sec Tommy Wallace tr am of mv friends. But, tell me, Mr. F int Lock, whereabouts are we now 2nd where are tc going in order to reach the Court in safety?" "You walk along with me, quick, an' I'll tell jou," said the trapper, starting to his feet and beginning to tramp off in the darkness "I'm coin' to takt jou home bj a route as is known to me alone, I reckon, onless some uv these here Indian hyenas hev discovered th' back passage uv old Flint Lock's. Even et they hev done so, an even ef they do, I'm goin' to take you by a secret passage that I bet no one knows At any rate, well travel right along until we hit it, an then I reckon as how old Logan himself who they sav is a mon strous hne scout cant hnd us. Were about in th' neighborhood uv a place called Capon springs by some, an Frje's Springs by others, because a fel ler by th name uv Frje killed a large bear this side ov th' mountain, some j ears back, an' comin' to find water. found a spnnsr covered with moss an rubbage. He drank from it and' findin' it warm, decided that it was ez good ez medicine fer people So he brought his wife down here, who was suffenn' from rheumatics, an', by thunder, ef th' waters didn't cure her. But ht wuz run out by th' Indians, an his wife wall, she lost some weight, I reckon, runnin' from th' savages an' plumb over th' mountain side" The snapping of a branch caused old Flint Lock to jump suddenly behind a log, and Jack, seeing this motion, did likewise There they crowded in silence for a second or two, and then, rising to his feet, the trapper said: "I'm surprised at myseif fer jumpin' at only 'er blasted rabbit, but this is a kind o' dangerous place and it's best to take no chances Come my boy, let's be on our waj and by morning we'll be hid in th' cave which I know of m th' hills" Again stooping, the trapper began his march through the forest, and, al though the woods were dense upon all sides, he worked his way along as if thcroughly accustomed to every twig which grew there So they proceeded onward until, just at davbreak, they found themselves near the side of a high mountain which Flint Lock" began to climb When about half way up, he turned about and spoke for the first time ,n an hour or more Thar's th' place I was tellin vou about, boy. and here's where we rest ourselves to-daj, for th' woods are full of th varmints and its best to travel in th' dusk like th' coon and fox, than to dust abroad in davlight You plant vourself here while I do a little sur venn'. for if I'm not much mistaken Mr Wawbe-wawa has been on our trail for some time and he'll be around this vicinity with his friends in about three hours. Then we'll do a little Ivin' quiet an' let 'em hunt good an' plenty It'll give 'em an appetite fer dinner. Following the direction of his hand, Jack found a good sized cave, well cov ered by tangled underbrush, and not at all visible to the naked eye; so, plunging into it, he ate some of the jerked beltonfr. (or dried buffalo meat) which old Flint Lock threw him, and then fell into a peaceful doze. He did not know how long he had thus lain. when a shake of the shoulder made him start to his feet in fright, but it was only the trapper, who, with a finger to tm lips, said sottly: "Don't make a sound, son, fer jour three friends of yesterday are just be low us jn th' valley with about fifteen more young bucks, with their faces all daubed up with red paint, an' their black hair lull ot eagle leathers, they lost our trail, all right, where we waded fer a half mile in th' brook, an' now they are calculatin that we must be in th' vicinity Come, peep through this screen of undergrowth an' joull see th' pleasant countenances of jour pals of yesterday." And, pulling him gently by the arm to the mouth of the cavern, he pointed to a spot below them where the calico-colored pony of the savage Waw-be-wawa was grazing contentedly on his hobble. "I don't see any Indians," whispered Tack. The trapper smiled. Uh, jou II see em m a moment for they're puzzlinir out our trail down thar by th' creek bottom. Hist! There they beP As he spoke. Jack saw eight joung Shawnees come out of the brush, and. like a pack of hounds .after a red fox, they scattered to the right and left over the hillside, gazing intently at the ground in the endeavor to find some mark of the fugitives. Now and again one would point to a blade of grass and call a companion to examine it. Thev were dangerously near. and. as Jack watched their antics, he could not help but feel a chill of terror creeping up aru uuwo nis spinat coiurnnv ' Aren t you afraid that thev will track us up here," he whispered to the trapper. For they are very cunning with their eyesight and can see a trace which would be unobserved by the or dinary person." Old Hint Lock had a dry smile upon his weather-beaten countenance as he answered: "Why. son. they're stumped an' stumped bad. You mark my words an' tneyii give up in Disgust in aooui nve minutes more an then they'll go off alter them buffalo you saw yesterday. An Indian hasn't got th' perseverance uf a white man, an when they get into a mess like this, without old Logan or Shabosh with 'em, they don't hanker around any too long. It was apparent that what he said was only too true, for, as they watched the savages, a few tnuunled their horses and rode away with their faces plainly showing chagrin and mortification, while others kept at their work only m a half-hearted fashion. Finally, all gave up Jhe search, and. jumping on their ponies began to nde toward the valley in front, laughing and talking atrcng themselves like a crowd of school bovs Jack finger itched for a pul! at the i He as they diappeared, aid apparci th li-e me ibea was in the trapper's mir.d. for he remarked: "My, how a frller could pot one of them pamtcd-faccd scarecrows. But, that's not onr fame this 'irnc, my son, for we 'rust kinder !! auiet until we get th' dunce tc cut fer home, which Is I reckon, about twenty miles, asth' hiwk flies." And drojrvng back into the cave, iflcr tlu age remark, he was soon snoring peacefully upon his back. The sun had well ra'sed the meri disti when old Flint Lock woke up, and, rubbing his ejes with one lean hand, lie se'zed his long rifle and again vva'kcd to the niou'h ofth' cave, where he gazed lntentlj- into the valley be yond, with t.n amused am' interested look upen his face "Them savaces hev found that bunch uv buffalo, son. an' thire havin th' time uv their lives rorrdin' 'em up And I am callatin' that th- is ez good a time ez any for us to be joumeyin' ifrough th' gorge 'hit Itad through th mminMt!t; We km reach another trail by nightfall whar I knew of an other cave, better than tl-s one, an with precaution an' by hutrpin' our selves er little I reckon, that we km about be at Greenway Court by next day noon" He again squinted into the d.slance. "Yts, 1 rikcn wc kin move," he continued, "an' we must travel up th' cretk bed in order to leave no sign Now, follow ire. an' step whar I step, an' don't say a ward Remember, whatever should occur, n.y boy, don't makr a sound, aa ef wc have to run fer it, dLt hack 'c 'Ji.s here place, vvlur we km stand Vm elf until th' bil tong runs out" "AH right Mr. Flint Lock. Jack an swered, as he grasped a pistol which the trapper handed him. "Now, lead the way and I follow, no matter what occurs " They Acre soon scrambling down the side of the mountain, and. in single file, waded up the brook for fully a half mile, before turning into a little gorge which led through th- wooded heights It was a wild and beautiful spot, with dense clumps of trees hang ing in picuresque groups from the graj slabs of rock which stuck out from the hillside, with green grass and soft roos in the damp recesses of the trail, and with bright clusters of flow ers showing their smiling fa-es at cer fiin irregular intervals A ttnj cas cade of water trickled into the fern grown cleft through which they jour neved. while cardinal redbirr's whistled their flute-1'ke notes from swaying branches and flashed their red coats in the wavering sunlight No other sounds disturbed the stillness and, were it not for 1 is adventures of the past two days Jack would have considered himself in a veritable paradise, where all was only beauty and loveliness. They had traveled silentlj through the glen, and were breathing easier. Flint Lock, however, did n-t relax his vigilance, and with a keen and pene trating eye, looked cautiously to the right and left, observing, too, the ground upon which he stopped with a'l he caul ion of a bloodhornd upon the track of an escaped criminal As for Jack, ne revelled in the beautj of the scene and grew even gay. as they progressed through this enchanted val- Icy, and it was with great surprise tnat he suddenly saw the trapper turn and crouch quickiy upon the turf. He did German Navy Budget Causes Alarm Among English Experts Supremacy of British Fleet Will Cost Many More Millions This Year. London. April J7 It is apparent that there la a widespread misunderstanding of the character of the naval responsi- ollltles which the passage ot the new German naval bill will cast on this coun try and to assist in meetins which the government has decided to hold In re' serve the surplus of 30,200,000 which ac crued last year The misapprehension which prevails arises from a failure to understand the character of the new naval crisis, which Is already on the horizon. It Is not mere matter of shipbuilding, but of vast Increased general charges Cor the navy Emerzcner Fund, The proposal of the government Is to add the surplus to the exchequer balance aa an emergency fund, mainly with a view to meeting the demands on the treasury, which are inevitable, absolutely Inevitable, on two suppositions; first. that the German naval bill Is passed by the Reichstag, and. secondly, that the supremacy of the British fleet Is to be maintained. There Is no uncertainty as the Increase in British naval ex penditure. The serious character of the German proposals does not He In the number of ships to be built over and above the provisions of the existing navy law and the more numerous vessels which will have to be built In this country to neutralize them on the standard of two keels to one. If Germanr decides upon three additional Dreadnoughts in the next six j ears, then, as Mr. Churchill says. In his recent exposition of admiralty policy, we shall need six. Thts wilt cost an eventual and additional burden on the navy estimates ot over twelve mil lions, and a further large sum will be needed for submarines over and above the recent outlay of about a third of a million sterling. The new burden in construction which the new German scheme will Involve on this country cannot be less than sixty millions, even If Germany postpones lay- In the keel of one of the three extra battle ships authorized, and If all three ships are begun before 1917, the charge will rise to about seventy millions. This means that In the six years Immediately ahead over and above our normal out lay on new ships ot about tC0OO,0OO an naully, or an aggregate of roughly 400 millions sterling the admiralty win have to be provided with from tSO.0m.00O to $70, 000400. But this is only one side of the picture I likewise, and as he listened, the sound ot something moving came to his ears. "Behind this stump, be quick!" cau tioned old Flint Lock, in a low tone but before he could throw himself be bird the barrier, a shot rang out and a bu"et sang sharply by his ear. "Back to the cave, boy!" cried thi trapper, leaping to his feet "And that as fast as jou can go. Reckon I was wrong about that ar buffalo hunt" Jack turned and ran in th: directiot from which he had come with all th itrength which he could muster, and yet. in spite of his greatest trial, the eld scout, with a long and swinging stride, kept easilj- ahead of him with no apparent effort Sharp jells, mean while, sounded in their rear, whilt shots rang out again and again, and Iad balls whizzed dangerous!) close ta their ears In apparently no time at all tht creek had been passed and the two fugitives were scrambling up the side of the mountain, while with avag jells of defiance, fully twenty Indians could be seen debouching frcm the val ley upon the ded run, and firing some what aimlessly at their retieating forms. The braves' faces were wreath ed in smiles as they saw the tv-o whites dash into the cave, for they saw a speedy capture, and what the Indian loves above all else an opportunity for applying those refined cruelties which only the savage mind can devise. But cne. at least, paid for his confi dence with irercst, far, as the trapper reached the mouth of the cave, ha ja bullet through the head of the fore imost brave, who, with a jell of pain. fell from his ponv to the grass and rolled helplessly down the hills de. "One gone, anywaj-." chuckled old Flint Lock, "which makes my fifteenth notch in tn' rifle, this spring. Wall, wall, what I wonder does our slick friend Waw-be-wawa want now?" As he spoke, the joung Indian could be seen approaching, wtth a. wnite piece of cloth help upon the end of a ramrod. "Wall, what is it'" asked he trapper, as he came withm hailing distance "We got vou," said the Shawnee, smiling "We know jou here, we wait to catch jou as jou go home. Now we catch jou, sirre." "I reckon not," said Flint Lock, slow, ly "There's many an Indian will bite th' dust afore we're captured." , The Shawnee grinned. "We smoke jou out quick," he said, sarcastically. "Now you give up and we take you home after we get the boy" "I will stay wtth h m," shouted the trapper "I give jou chance for jour life," answered the Indian "Now you take it' How'" "Naw! Ill take nawthen'" cried the trapper "Hostilities will now com mence," and so saving he fired his nfle at the eagle feather in the top of the Indian's head, breaking it in two, and sending the brave back to his own lines with a look of fear and hatred on his countenance. Now a hail of bullets peppered against the side of the cave, but, lying quietlj behind two projecting bowlders, the fugitives took careful aim, and. from a yell which now and again went up from below, it was apparent that a bullet or two took effect Thus the fight raged for an hour or more, until suddenly a rattle of firearms sounded upon the atr from a point further down the vallej, and a whoop quite as loud as an Indian's yell, but jet qui e dif ferent, echoed from the undergtowth. In a moment more the Indians were seen to retreat and Jack's heart bound ed to his throat, as he saw the manly form of Col Washington plowing through the brush, with Adam Poe climbing laborously along at his heels. "Here we are!" shouted Jack, as he stepped out into full view, and, in a few more moments he was gripped warmly by the broad hands of Lord Fairfax, while Tommy Wallace capered about him, jelling ten times as loud as any savage, and smiling like the famous Cheshire cat of Alice in Wonderland. CTO BE COVmXED NEXT SCMMT) and the brightest Germany Is about to raise the number of her ofScers and men from approximate! W) 000 to over 80.000. With these men it Is proposed to place on a war footing a new squadron con sisting of eight more battle ships, besides cruisers and torpedo craft The high seas fleet is to be raised from a strength of seventeen battle ships to twentr-ave. and eventual!) the ten armored cruisers associated with It will be Dreadnoughts of the Invincible tjrpe raising the armored strength instantly ready at all times In the North Sea or Baltic to thirty-five Dreadnoughts On this portion ot tha scheme the Imperial government will spend most of the money for which the Reichstag must eventually be asked. At present we have in British waters In full commission only sixteen battle ships exactly the same number aa Ger many, but far more powerful ships and there are six more battle ships of the Atlantic fleet based on Gibraltar and Dover, and another six in tha Medi terranean. As Mr. Churchin has an nounced, the strength of the reorganized home fleet must be Increased so that they will be adequate at the average British moment to deal with any menace at an enemy's selected moment Full particu lars have already been published of tha admiralty's plans, and these may be re called. It Is proposed to Increase the strength of the existing squadrons and tn .nrld additional squadrons. In sum mary, the new fleet scheme Involves tfie following additions to our present .fully manned force An additional battle shin as flagship of the commander-in-chief ot the home fleets Two more battle ships for the Atlantic. fleet, which Is to be brought Into home waters and join the first fleet of the home fleets. A new squadron ot eight battle ships to be added eventually to the first fleet. new cruiser squadron of armored cruisers, which Is also tobe added to the first fleet Two more battle shins which are to be added to the present strength of six battleships now in the Mediterranean, which will in future wlU be based on Gibraltar. new cruiser sauadron of armored crulsers.1 which wlU be associated with the augmented squadron of battle ships at Gibraltar large number of additional torpedc boat destroyers and submarines, which must Ub placed la fun commission. - -aAJEAiaJHttak -afesAssj.-aA. -Tay"t1sf ft KJkfcjg VlJsteSJaslBlaiiaiLjj