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"My non apokc words of truth," lie
proclaimed Honorotisly. "lie wnrncd
us ngnlnst the ItliiK over tlio waters
nnd told uh to innlto friends with Uic
AinurlciiiiH. Wo did not liecd his
words, nnd so ho brought the Brent
chief of the Long Knives, who stood
without fear nmong wnrrlorn more
numerous thnn leitvcs mid npoke the
flume words to nil. We nro friends
of the Long Knives. My son Is the
true prophet. Ilrlng out tho fnlso one
nnd Crooked Lightning nnd llfnck
Wolf, whose llfo my son wived though
the two weru enemies. My son shall
do with them ns ho pleases."
Many young hrnves sprang willingly
forward and the three were hnled he
fore Krsklne. Old Kahtoo wnved his
linnd toward them nnd snt down. Krs
klno rose nnd llxed his eyes Btcrnly
on the cowering prophet:
"Ho shall go forth from the village
nnd shall never return. For his words
work mischief, he does foolish things,
nnd his drumming frightens tho game.
lie Is u false prophet and' he must go."
lie turned to Crooked Lightning:
"Tho Indians havo made pence with
the Long Knives and White Arrow
would make peace with tiny Indian,
though nn enemy. Crooked Lightning
shall go or stay, us he pleases. Dlnck
Wolf shall stay, for the tribe will need
him as a hunter and a warrior against
the English foes of the Long Knives.
Whlto Arrow does not ask another
to spare an enemy's llfo nnd then take
it away himself."
The braves grunted approval. Illnclc
Tl'olf and Crooked Lightning averted
their faces nnd the prophet shambled
uienslly away. Again old Kahtoo pro
luluied sonorously, "It Is welll" nnd
vent hack with Ersklne to his tent.
There he sank wearily on n buffalo
hi; I n and pleaded with the hoy to stay
with them as chief In his stead.
He was very old, and now thnt peace
was made with the Long Knives he
wns willing to die. If Krsklnu would
but give his promise, ho would never
rise again from where ho lay.
Krsklne shook his head nnd the old
man sorrowfully turned his face.
And yet Krsklnu lingered on nnd
on ut the village. Of thu white wom
an he had learned little other than
that she had been bought from an
other tribe nnd adopted by old Kah
too; but It was plain that since the
threatened burning of her she had
been held in high respect by tho whole
tribe. He began to wonder about her
and whether she might not wish to
go back to her own people. He had
never talked with her, but ho never
moved about the camp that hu did
not feel her eyes upon him. And
Knrly Morn's big soft eyes, too, never
seemed to leave him. Sho brought
him food, she sat at the door of his
tent, she followed him about the vll
lage nnd bore herself openly as his
slave. At last old Kahtoo, who would
not give up his great hope, plendod with
Mm to marry her, and while ho was
talking the girl stood at the door of
the tent and Interrupted them. Her
mother's eyes were growing dim, she
said. Her mother wanted to talk with
White Arrow and look upon his face
before her sight should altogether
puss. Nor rotild Krsklno know thnt
the white woman wanted to look Into
the eyes of the man sho hoped would
become her daughter's husbnnd, but
Kahtoo did, nnd he bade Krsklno go.
Ills foster mother, coining upon tho
scene, scowled, but Krsklno roRe and
went to the white woiunn's teat. She
sat Just Inside tho opening, with a
blanket across the lower half of her
face, nor did sho look at him. In
stead she piled him with questions,
nnd listened eagerly to his every word,
nnd .drew from him every detnll of
Ids life as far back as he could re
member, Poor soul, It was the first
opportunity for many years that she
lind had to tnlk with any white per
son who had been In the eastern
.world, nnd freely and frankly ho held
nothing back.
All the while the girl bad crouched
;i)iu looking at Krsklno with dogllku
jyos, and when he rose to go the
iroumii dwpped the blanket from her
.'uce and &'ot to her feet. Shyly she
lifted her hands, took his face be
tween them, bent close, and studied
it searching:
"What Is your name?"
"Krsklno Dale."
Without a word sho turned back
into her tent.
At dusk Krsklno stood by the riv
er's brim, with his eyes lifted to a
rising moon uud his thoughts with'
Barbara on the bank of the James.
Behind him he heurd n rustle and,
turning, he saw tho girl, her breast
throbbing and her eyes burning with
n light lie had never seen before.
"Black Wolf will kill you," she
whispered. "Black Wolf wants Knrly
Morn and ho knows that Knrly Morn
wants White Arrow," Krsklno put
both hands on her shoulders nnd
looked down Into her eyes. Sho
trembled, nnd when his nrms went
about her sho surged closer to him
end the touch of her warm, supple
lxdy went through him llko fire. And
then with n triumphant sinllo she
sprang back.
"Black Wolf will see," she whls
fWrod, and fled. Krsklno sank to the
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ground, with' hie head In his hands.
Tho girl rnn back to her tent, and
tho mother, peering at the Hushed
face and shining eyes, clove to the
truth. She said nothing, but when
tho girl wns asleep and faintly smil
ing, the white womnn sat staring out
Into the moonlit woods, softly bent
lug her breast.
CHAPTER XIV
Krsklno lind given Illuck Wolf his
life, and the young bravo had accept
ed the debt and fretted under It sore
ly. And when Krsklno had begun to
show some heed to Knrly Morn n fierce
Jealousy seized tho savage, and his
old' hatred was reborn n thousandfold
mora strong-nnd that, too, Krsklno
now knew. Meat ran low and a hunt
ing pnrty went abroad. Gamo was
scarce and only after tho second day
was there n kill. Krsklno had sight
ed a hugo buck, had fired quickly
and nt closo rnnge. Wounded, the
t?cck hind churged, Krsklno's knife wns
twisted In his belt, and the buck wns
upon him before ho could get It out.
He tried to dart for a tree, stumbled,
turned, nnd caught tho Infuriated
beast by the horns. He uttered no
cry, but the nngry bellow of the stag
reached tho ears of Blade Wolf
through the woods, nnd he darted to
ward tho sound. And he came none
too soon. Krsklne henrd the crack of
a rllle, the stng toppled over, nnd he
saw Black Wolf standing over him
with n curiously triumphant look on
his saturnine face. In Krsklne, when
he rose, tho white man was predom
inant, and he thrust out his hand, but
Black Wolf Ignored It.
"White Arrow gno Black Wolf his
life. The debt Is paid."
Krsklne looked nt his enemy, nod
ded, nnd the two bore the sing away.
Instantly a marked change was
plain in Black Wolf. He told the
story of the light with the buck to
nil. Boldly he throw off the mantle
Ersklne Put Doth Hands on Her bnoul
ders and Looked Down Into Her
.Eyes.
of shame, stalked haughtily through
the village, uud went back to open
enmity with Krsklne. At dusk a day
or two later, when he wns coining
down the path from the whlto wom
an's wigwam, Black Wolf confronted
him, scowling.
"Knrly Morn shall belong to Blnek
Wolf," he said Insolently. Krsklnu
met his baleful, half-drunken eyes
scornfully.
"Wo will leave that to Knrly
Morn," he said coolly, and then thun
dered suddenly :
"Out of my way I"
Black Wolf hesitated and gave way,
but ever thereafter Krsklne was on
guard.
In the white womnn, too, Krsklne
now saw a change. Once she had en
eoumged him to stay with the In
dians; now she lost no opportunity
to urge against It. She had heard
that Hamilton would try to retake Vln
cennes, that he wns forming u great
force with which to march south,
sweep through Kentucky, butter down
the wooden forts, nnd force the Ken
tucklans behind the great mountain
wall. Krsklne would hu needed by
the whiles, who would never under
stand or trust him If he should stay
with the Indians. All this she spoke
ono day when Krsklne cnine to her
tent to talk. Her face had blanched,
sho had argued passionately that ho
must go, and Krsklno was sorely puz
zled. The girl, too, hail grown rebel
llous and disobedient, for the change
In her mother was plain nlso to her,
and she could not understand. More
over, Krsklno's stubbornness grow, and
hu began to flume within at the stalk
ing Insolence of Black Wolf, who
slipped through tho shadows of day
uud the dusk to spy on the two where
ever Uiey enmo togethor. And one
day when tho sun wns midway, nnd
In the open of the village, thu clash
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came. Black Wolf darted forth from
his wigwam, his eyes bloodshot with
rage and drink, and his hunting knlfo
In his hand. A cry from Knrly Morn
warned Krsklne and ho -wheeled. As
Black Wolf mndo a vicious slnsh at
him hu sprang aside, and with his
fist caught tho savage In the Jaw.
Black Wolf fell heavily and Krsklno
wns upon him with his own knife ut
his enemy's throat.
"Stop thuml" ld Knhtoo cried
sternly, but It wns the terrified shrleK
of the white woman thnt stayed Krs
klno's hand. Two young brnes dis
armed the fallen Indian, and Knhtoo
looked Inquiringly nt his ndopted son.
"Turn him loose I" Krsklno scorned.
"I have no fear of him. Ho Is a
woman nnd drunk, but next time I
shall kill him."
Tho white womnn had run down,
en tight Knrly Morn, nnd wns leading
her bnck to her Jent. From Inside
presently came lowTpasslonnto plead
ing from the woman nnd an occasional
sob from the girl. And when an hour
later, at dusk, Krsklne turned upward
townrd the tent, the girl gave a hor
rified cry, Hashed from the tent, nnd
darted for the high cliff over the river.
"Catch her I" cried tho mother.
"Quick I" Krsklne fled nfter her, over
took her with her hands uprnlscd for
the plunge on the very edge of the
cllfr, and half carried her, struggling
nnd sobbing, bnck to the tent. With
in the girl dropped In n weeping henn,
and with her fnco covered, nnd the
womnn turned to Krsklne, agonized.
"I told bur," she whispered, "nnd
she wns going to kill herself. You
are my son !"
Still sleepless at dawn, the boy rode
Firefly Into the woods. At sunset hu
oaino In, gaunt with brooding nnd bun
gur." Ills foster mother brought hltn
food, but he would not touch It; The
Indlnn womnn stared nt him with keen
suspicion, and presently old Kahtoo,
passing slowly, bent on hltn the same
look, but asked no question. Krsklno
gave no heed to either, but his mother,
watching from her wigwam, under
stood nnd grew fearful. Quickly she
stepped outside nnd called him. and
ho rose and went to her bewildered;
she wns smiling.
"They tire watching," sho said, and
Krsklne, too, understood, nnd kept his
bnck townrd the wtftchers. '
"I havo decided," he snld. "You
and she must leave hero nnd go with
me."
His mother pretended much dis
pleasure. "She will not leave, nnd I
will not leave her" her lips trembled
"and I would havo gone long ago
hut "
"I understand," Interrupted Krsklne,
"but you will go now with your son."
The poor woman had to scowl.
"No, and you must not toll them.
They will never let mo go, nnd they
will use me to keep you here. You
must go ut once. Sho will never lenve
this tent ns long as you ar here, nnd
If you stay she will die, or kill her
self. Some day " She turned
abruptly nnd went bnck Into her tent.
Krsklno wheeled nnd went to old Knh
too. "You want Knrly Morn?" nsked the
old man. "You shall have her."
"No," said thu boy, "I am going
back to the big eh I of." .
"You are my son and I nm old nnd
weak."
"I tun it soldier nnd must obey the
big chief's commands, as must you."
"I shall live," said the old man
wenrlly, "until you como ngaln."
Krsklne nodded nnd went for his
horse. Black Wolf watched hltn with
malignant satisfaction, hut said noth
ing nor did Crooked Lightning. Krs
klne turned onco ns he rode liwny.
Ills mother wns standing outside her
wigwam. Mournfully she waved her
hand. Behind her nnd within thu tent
hu could nits Knrly Morn with both
hnnds nt her breast.
CHAPTER XV
Dawned 17S1.
The war was coming Into Vlrglnln at
last. Vlrglnln fulling would thrust a
Brent wedge through the center of tho
confederacy, feed tho British armies
nnd end the fight. Cornwallls was to
drive the wedge, and nover had tho
opening seemed easier. Vlrglnln was
drained of her lighting men, nnd south
of thu lnountulns was protected only
by a tnllltln, for the most part, of
old men nnd boys. North nnd south
rnn despair. The soldiers hnd no pay,
little food, nnd only old wornout rents,
tnttered linen overalls, nnd one blan
ket between three men, to protect
them from drifting snow nnd ley wind.
Kven the great Washington was near
despair, and In foreign help his solu
hope lay. Already tho traitor, Arnold,
had taken Ulchniond, burned ware
houses, and returned, but little har
assed, to Portsmouth.
Cornwnllls wns coming on. Tnrle
ton's whlto rangers wero bedeviling
the hind, and It wns at this time thnt
Krsklne Diilo onco more rode Firefly
to tho river .lames.
(TO UK CONTINUED.)
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AMERICANISM WEEK, DEC. 3-9
Government, Legion and National Edu
cation Association Co-Operating to
Make Program Success.
John J. Tlgert, United States com
missioner of education, declares ti
conviction that a
great stride to
wnrd the gonl of
Americanism set
by tho American
Legion us one of
Its greatest pro
grams of sorvlco
will bo made In
the week of De
cember 3 to 0, In
clusive, which has
been proclaimed
American Kducu-
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John J. Tlgert tIon wecIf- Com
missioner Tlgert
nnd the Nntlonnl Kducatlon associa
tion nro co-operating with the Amer
icanism commission of the Amerlenn
Legion In making the week a success.
Announcement proclaiming the Amer
ican Kducatlon week followed a con
ference In Washington between Presi
dent Harding, Commissioner Tlgert
nnd Garland W Powell, assistant na
tional director or the Americanism com
mission. President Harding announced
lie would Issue mi ofllclnl proclamation,
followed by similar ones from gover
nors of the slates.
Commissioner Tlgert, through the
United Stntes bureuu of education, will
request stnte uud county superintend
ents of schools to devote the week to
the Amerlenn Legion program, which
will start Sunday, December a. Minis
ters of nil denominations will he nsked
to preach sermons morning nnd eve
ning that day on the benefits of educa
tion. Mass meetings will be held
throughout the United Stntes. nt which
speakers will be supplied by the Amer
lenn Legion.
Monday will have Its special slogan
"Americans All by 30127" with Its
drive throughout the country to assist
Immigrants and aliens to become good
Americans, by starting their education
In the duties of citizenship. Tuesday
will be devoted to patriotism, with such
subjects as "Universal Use of tho Kng
llsh Language," "Music As a Nation
Builder," "The Flag, Ktnblcm of Free
dom, nnd "J ho Citizens Duty to i
Vote," emphasized. Wednesday, bet
ter pay for teachers anil better school
houses will he featured. Thursday will
be devoted particularly to the cure of
Illiteracy. Thursday will he a mighty I
war on Bolshevism, the strengthening '
of the fight to eradicate radicalism.
Friday will be devoted to "An Kqual i
Opportunity for All In Kducntlon," and ,
Saturday, December I), will be given
over to the subject of physical educn- '
tlon, the need of more nnd better play- I
grounds, the nation's need to develop '
our forests, thu conservation of our I
soil nnd places of play In every com
niunlty.
AUXILIARY MAY ADOPT THIS
Headdress Fronted With Blue or Gold
Star Mny De Approved by the
Women's Organization.
When pretty Theltnn Sines of Lo
gnnsport, Ind., donned thu headpiece
that Mies wear
ing In the accom
panying picture,
nnd naively asked
WgP 5Wn
If It wasn't n per
fectly wonderful
creation for mem
bers of the Amer
ican Legion Aux
iliary to wear at
conventions, con
ferences, etc., It
hasn't been re
corded what the
Indiana women's
reply was, hut It Miss Thelma Sines.
Is known that all the American Legion
fellows who saw tho picture Immedi
ately voted uyo nnd urged Its unani
mous adoption'.
Miss Shies' Auxiliary .unit, No. 8
of Lognnsport, submitted thu head
dress us the ofllclnl one to be worn,
but frankly confessed thnt tho Idea
was really born at Columbus, Neb.,
where that city's American Legion
Auxiliary unit presented It, and then
Columbus replied that It really wns
the Idea of some of tho women of
Louisiana. At any rate, It seemed to
bo u popular Iden mndo more so, per
Imps, by the waaror herewith shown.
Miss Sines says Mio likes It, that It's
cool and comfortable, nnd affords n
distinctive headdress for the organiza
tion. It will he noted that tho headdress
Is fronted with a star. A gold star
can he substituted for tho ocdalncd
blue by those who lost loved ones In
tho service.
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"Git up, gal," ho yelled. "You're
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