THE PIONEERS
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But it has, also, three miles from Templeton, the village They did not catch Natty that night. had fled. a vast amount of action in it; and, as which Marmaduke had established in the Edwards had got him through the vil- Tenderly did In writing It. Cooper was dealing with valley. lage hidden In the straw of the cart, carry the body to the scenes with which lie had been familiar And there was a mystery about that and both of them were now In the cover it with a from boyhood, and with the traditions of young man and about the hut of Natty mountain wilderness. his family and his family estate of ~ Bumppo also. Early the next day Elizabeth went to The First Cooperstown. he made it, for many peo- As soon as Recently no one had been allowed the Frenchman's store and, when M. Le the ple, the most interesting of his famous left by the fire enter the hut, the door of* which had Quol was otherwise engaged with an- allowed “Beather-Stocking Tales"—as it was the guided Elizabeth heretofore, been hospitably open’t and i‘ other customer, she craftily bought the to first of them. forest and set her on her was rumored that Edwards was a half- can of powder from his you assistant. The character of Leather-Stocking was well-beaten path breed—for Indian John always spoke 01 Then, some time before noon, she , such a success that Cooper afterward had allowed of an him as Young Eagle and made allusions started for the hill across the lake exit took up his creation as a young man walked on when the fallen to his being of the race of the Dela- which her father had named Mt. Veni- and carried him through many adven- brushed away before wares. son. Louisa was with her, but as they tures, until finally he let him die in “The wards. came to the bridge which spanned the Prairie." On Road 'Elizabeth," said the Mountain stream which fed th^ lake Louisa said: Most of the characters in "The Pio- The took the injured Edwards to her, "I shall, probably, Judge "O, I can go no further. I am afraid. neers" are and fictitious, Natty Bumppo his manorial house—a square, stone again. But—I may call you large, The last time we went Into the woods— of a of was, course, only child the au- structure of which nom- may I not?" ugly proportions that fearful panther—I cannot go." thor’s brain. But some of the main pei- inated the settlement, hut did not get him "Yes," she said. "Then wait for me here," said Eliza- sonages In the have been traced to "I story there without another adventure. cannot explain now," beth and walked on. real and the character of popple, Judge For. going down the mountain road, th sometime you may know.” Temple is supposed to have been drawn a kisa sleigh of the judge met another sleigh— The Snub Direct upon her cheek—a kiss which from Cooper’s grandfather. horses—com- she returned—and was a large one drawn by four Just before she reached the verge of gone. When up the hill to meet him. Louisa, awaiting at the bridge, A Test of ing the forest she encountered Edwards. Marksmanship the cousin—an eccen- had seen the woods on fire she In it were judge’s "Miss said are had JLD UP, there, Aggl I" cried Temple,” he, “you go- ttLI Richard Jones, who rushed hysterically to the tric person named ing Into the forest. It Is not safe for settlement) Judge Marmaduke Temple to and announced J | was of an idea that he could that Elizabeth was on possessed you to go alone. Permit me to act as the hlack driver of the the sleigh do and do it well, and was the mountain. everything your escort. Your father would not in which the judge was seated with his factotum—and three other gen- Judge Temple, greatly alarmed, judge’s like that you should venture alone Into had, daughter, the blooming Elizabeth, Just with some tlemen. these mountains." volunteers, started out oii from New York fresh boarding School in One of the others was Mr. Grant, the* a rescue party but had been able to “Did my father commission Mr. Ed- —"hold up. And Bess, If you can stand who looked after the spir- get no trace of Elizabeth., The clergyman, wards to act as escort?” Judge fire my I will give you a saddle of ven- of settlement; one was returned, blackened and to the itual needs the but—” burned, sion for Christmas dinner." "No, manor your a French refugee, M Le Quoi, who had house and with tears of joy. "It Is Mr. Edwards. I need no The let first enough, Judge go one barrel and opened a shop in the village, and the found his daughter already there and escort. I thank you, but have no need then the other of his shotgun at a deer other Maj Hartman, a German, who uninjured. of or desire for your company.” which had sprung out into the open. had drifted to the new world dur- So on she went alone, leaving Ed- The deer did not seem to mind, hut ing the war, and stayed here. He was Leaf her-Stocking’s Secret wards standing there—snubbed. The next instantly there came the sound of a rifie on his annual Christmas visit to the day Judge Temple went with, If Edwards felt, for a moment, as If a of his and the deer fell dead as an aged hunter, judge. body neighbors to the point of would to he like take the capricious rocks in the burned forest clad in buckskins, stepped out from oe« These last two men are mere ad- where Eliza- t girl by the shoulders and shake her he beth had been hind a tree. juncts to the story, but Mr. Grant has taken as to a sanctuary soon subdued that feeling and, after a from the It was the celebrated trapper, hunter a deeper interest. For Mr. Grant had Are. while, followed her secretly at a dis- and guide, Natty Bumppo, otherwise one fair daughter and no other child. Leather-Stocking was an escaped crim- tance. inal—there was known as Leather-Stocking. Following no doubt about that—but At noon Elizabeth came to the top the him was a young man of 23 or 24 years A Hero judge would see that he was par- Richard, in to turn his of Mt. Venison. But there was no of age. dressed like the hunter, but of a trying horses, doned; would entreat him to corfie andv t them all mixed and frightened, there to manner and bearing which showed that got up Leather-Stocking meet her. live In peace In the settlement. On the so that his 4lnd all in it would She sat he had not, like his companion, been bred sleigh down and gazed out over the rocks they found Leather-Stocking and have been dashed over a precipice to to the woods, and a complexion whicn valley. ^ Edwards standing. death had not Edwards from showed that he had not been sprung "I will surrender,” said long ex- V jrnvx Bumppo when the judge’s sleight and, in spite of his Indian John’s Lament the cordon had posed to the rigors of an out-of-door life. PA*** JCAAZXT been drawn about tha the At length she heard a In the wounded shoulder, grasped leaders Pass AWAy pa?/* rustling cave and the rocks above It. by the bits, and brought them to order PA* PSA* -J3ADBA hushes and old Indian John stood be- By Whose Shot? "Wait a moment. Judge Marmaduko jgsxp as* &anr side “Ha, Natty,” cried the judge, “that was and the sleigh to safety. her, Aad at* karsts ■soA Temple—I will show you one who will It was a close call—almost half of “Daughter,” said the old man, “look a good shot of mine. I heard your dog, S confront you.” the over the brow of the out over this to where the old Hector, baying and knew be was-on sleigh hung valley wig- Edwards and Leather-Stocking disap. when Edwards seized the the wam of peared into the trail of a deer. Had I known you precipice slow-arriving; spring had come, f’.e “.Judge Temple!” exclaimed the young and the panther was a fierce one, but your father stands. John was the cave and then came out horses. of the manor bearing between them a rude were in ambush I would not have fired.” people house, and witn man. Brave was old and finally the dog rolled young when the Delawares In council chair, in which was seated a them Ix>uisa were out very old man with “Do you think killed the deer?” The unknown young man had saved Grant, riding upon ‘‘Nay, be not offended,” replied the on Its back and expired, while the pan- gave this land to the Fire-eater. They you long, flowing white hair and one of a counte- asked the life of the Rev. Mr. Grant, and so. the mountain roads. Suddenly a judge; ‘‘do not think l do not trust you. tner, much and near gave it to him because they were fee- Leather-Stocking surlily. though mangled nance .expressive of high character and when the of both sleighs ar- noise was heard up the mountain side— You shall know all—In time—in time.” ble and he and his were and he “Why, yes. One of my barrels was occupants death itself, crouched for a spring at strong great benignity, though it could he se n rived at last in in the hall a strange noise to one who has With a at a glance his loaded with birdshot, it Is true, but .the safety great never laudable and natural feminie Elizabeth. helped them. by lusterless arid tireless that of the manor its warmth heard it. “I eye reason had fled from the once other was house with curiosity Elizabeth sought to approach But before the animal could have seen these lands pass away loaded with buckshot—that enraged noble brain. and its it was not It was an old caught him.” lights, surprising tree, decayed at the roots her father upon the subject of the for- make its final leap there came the sound from the Fire-eater and his son and his the and that youth’s natural attractions loosened by the thawing of the soil eign letter and bis subsequent confer- of a rifle and a bullet son's son. It has been torn from the They stood beside the fallen animal pierced its heart, The Lost Major were added to in the eyes of the cler- around it. which made the noise. A tree ence with Richard and Van Dirk. But children of the Fire-eater, even as the and Leather-Stocking said: “Here is a ^nd the next instant Natty Bumppo stood Please be seated, gentlemen,'' said the gyman's daughter, the gentle Louisa, trunk came bounding down the mountain the is torn from an old wound in the neck where the charge of judge repulsed her with a steam before Elizabeth and the reviving Louisa. scalp the head of enemy.” man, “tlie council will open imme- who had come to welcome home her old side, sweeping before it. ness which diately. Each one w ho loves a birdshot hit and the flesh. everything before that he bad never We shall leave the reader to imagine Elizabeth vaguely comprehended that good and x mangled \ li tuous playmate, Elizabeth. shown to liis child. the “Fire-eater” he meant old king will wish to see these colo.- Here is a shot through the heart where only the thanks—hysterical on the part of by Major nies continue loyal. The will A Narrow Escape to whom the Indians had troops hair, the bullet from my rifle entered. How Louisa and fervent on the part of Eliza- Effingham, for the night." Diana of the Frontier *'A tree! A tree!" shouted Edwards, and At Leather-Stocking’s Hut ceded the tract now known as the Tem- many buckshot did you have in your beth—which were showered upon Leather- “This is tlie wandering of insanity.’' The frontier doctor, whose education "A tree! A tree!" echoed the anil The household forgot the incident in satil gun?” others, Stocking. ple Patent. Temple, who had drawn near with was as on two but from tlie of his unfinished as the settlement in spurred thfeir horses to escape from weeks, time the “But understand our laws villagers. ■'Who will this “Five; whei'e are they?” exclaimed the "Well, w'ell, never mind," said Natty, you hardly explain which the of arrival of that letter Judge scene? Who is this man?” he practiced, and whofee skill path the descending mass. Temple and customs,” the “do not judge. "we will talk this over another time. replied girl; "This was as seemed to lie a sterner, a less man,” replied * crude as the civilization around Only Louisa, overcome by her natural graver, believe evil of Is Edwards, "whom “Here in this tree.” the Let us get into the road, for you have my father, for he just you behold responded ambitious man. So did hid In caverns and deprived him, having been hastily summoned, timidity, put her hands to her face and Richard—though and of young of the had tenor enough to wish yourself in good.” everything that can make life desir- companion trapper, “you the appointment of sheriff of the came into the hall and found his pa- remained immovable. Edwards rushed bis county I will do 1 able, is the can see the marks of four of them. 1 your father’s house." “Yes, yes. think he right. rightful proprietor of the tient horse brightened him up a bit a month later. soil standing apart and almost un- to her aid and forced the animal have said it to Young Eagle.” \ upon which you stand, and the father was partly behind this tree when you of noticed. while he gazed with earnest and its ridu** out of the Midsummer came with its fierce heats him whom you once called vour fired dangerous zone. Curiosity Repelled eyes at and one day Elizabeth and Louisa went friend." Elizabeth who, having laid Then Louisa fainted and would have When Elizabeth told her father of her Her Secret Surprise "This then." exclaimed the aside her fallen for a long tvalk in the woods accom- judge, is heavy wraps, now stood in from her horse had not Edwards adventure in the did he “Whom do you call Young Eagle?” Assistance Declined w'oods, fervently the lost Major Effingham, and you?” her riding habit of blue laced with In his panied only by Elizabeth’s pet mastiff said her from \ “Rut where is the fifth?” caught her arms. When she had thank God for the escape of his child Elizabeth, averting face "I am his grandson." gold—a beautiful girl—a stately girl—a recovered herself she Brave, who, Bess thought, would be the gaze of the “whence comes he "Send for “Here,” replied the young man. throw- laid: "Mr. Ed- from a horrible death and great W'as his chief; my carriage,” cried the ! sufficient let veritable Diana of the frontier. wards, now both father guard against any dangers of and what are ihs judge, It come as near as ing open his shirt and a and Laughter gratitude to Leather-Stocking. rights?” possible. hunting showing Let tills old man he She shot every now and then owe their the forest. “Has my daughter lived so long with taken to the manor wound in Ills shoulder. sympa- lives to you." There was nothing that he would not right him and asks this house. I see It all. Oliver, 1 thetic glances at Edwards—but did not "It was a They came in sight of the hut of question?” replied forgive narrow escape yoi had, Lou- do benefit the old hunter. He all "You are hurt." exclaimed the judge, to would the old mam “Old age freezes the blood, your harshness. speak. She a sign of relief isa, said Miss to her Leather-Stocking, and Elizabeth said* I his entile manner changing to one of hreftthed Temple friend that buila him a new house; he would see but youth keeps the streams open like "Come, come, will explain. 1 knew at "I when, length, the doctor entered. evening when the two were laughing. would give all my other that your grandfather was left "Pray, pray get Into the sleigh alone. that he lived in comfort for the rest of the sun in the time of blossoms. The in this concern. secrets to at ‘‘I fear we have too long delayed, doc- "^es," replied the know what those rude logs Young has he no country the outbreak of the war, hut and let me take to the where guileless Louisa, "and his Eagle eyes—has you village days. have sought for him vain. tor. The young man should have been did you see the have heard and witnessed.” tongue?” in I am but a meoical assistance can bo expression on the face before the could trustee procured.” of Mr. “I But, alas, judge carry She knew, w'ell that the for him." taken to you at once.’’ She left the room, Edwards when—when I came to am sure they would tell nothing to enough, qhief _ | The young lady had alighted from the out his benevolent intentions Natty Bump- wfas speaking of Oliver Edwards when followed by Louisa. myself?" tbe disadvantage of Mr. Edwards,” re- sleigh and stood beside her father. po, or was in jail. he said Young Eagle—many a time had Other lo * Miss Louisa. Leather-Stocking, Things Explain Did those two young ladies talk of any- Really, Grant," replied Eliza- plied she "But “I thank you. Judge Temple,” said t’ e He had killed a deer out of season. A heard old Indian John so call the you, tha^son of my friend—I beth "1 not—but thing except the handsome stranger when coldly. am no reader or inter- Perhaps they might tell stranger thought you had perished with him in man “but I cannot who had youth. young coldly, accept meddlesome constable, long tlie in they were alone? did not. preter of expressions." who he is, answered Bess. “Well,” she faltere£, “lie has not made ship which he left England to your offer. The wound is I will They wished to entrance »nto hut _ trifling. gain Natty's me the confidant of liis secrets. John. come her to his own." They tried to talk of a thousand of ‘‘Why, my dear Miss Temple, we go to the hut of Leather-Stocking and Doomed to out of pure curiosity, had almost caught He is too much of a Delaware to tell 'T ,pf,t by a later ship." replied Edwards so things—but always elided in talking Single Blessed nesp know that already.” have my hurt dressed there.” the hunter in his lawless act—and the his secrets to a woman. Where is the —or. as we shall have to call him, Ef- Louisa was silent for a "Do we?” of Oliver Edwards. minute and John?” flngham—"and did know' “Surely," said the young lady, “you judge was the game laws now Heather-Stocking. you that you— then said cousin enforcing timidly: "Elizabeth—did—did Yes; your says—” She thought tiiat the Indian had been my father, should have confided more will not be ungenerous enough to re- severely. in As the Judge’s Secretary you ever think of marriage?" referring to some supposed rights tiiat me.” fuse to allow- father to do all that The sworn a my "Of Cousin constable had out search Edwards had over the because of But about your Indian blood—liow The wound was a flesh wound; the course T have," was the reply, "but Richard’s Theory patent is is* within his to atone for an un- and that?” power not as “Or yes, Cousin Richard! warrant had tried to enter Natty’s his Indian blood and did not care t.o shot was easily extracted and before silly school girls who read novels He has a intentional wrong? 1 add my request to for hut to find the body of the deer. He continue the conversation on those lines. My granfather was adopted into the the think of it. I have theory everything. Well, what does operation was finished appeared In- always regarded it the keen looks which the chief tribe of the said his that you at once enter the sleigh ard hat been driven out Besides, Delawares," Effingham as a mere be say?” by Leather-Stocking with dian John and Leather-Stocking, anxious possibility of Iftte I have darted at her seemed to surprise a secret a smile; "that is all—It was merelv* let ub take you to the village.” “He says^that —he had been threatened by that unerring an Indian as to the welfare of the patient. given the matter no consideration, what- Natty Bumpo has lived in her heart of which she herself was compliment. I have no blood ritle. of ever. most of bis life in the forest but half aware. the tudian If I 1 were admitted to the hall, where and among though, had, should Voice and They prize It. Conquered by Eyes the Indians, which means the whole party were now assembled. "V\hy should 1? I run virtually a nun by he lias So muffled up was the judge's daugh- Sound Feminine ”Leather-.Stocking was an old follow- here in the is formed tlie acquaintance of the Indian Logic In the Blazing Forest Then said the judge: wilderness- there «<> one er of my and ter on that bitterly cold day before The constable recruited his forces and At that moment an grandfather, Indian Joint here of John, the old Delaware chief. Intense volume of man, 1 see that are not sufficient social to he was Ills brother by in Christmas that the young man could see “Young you standing returned the next day to And the hut a smoke rolled over their heads. Miss adoption the In- my “This 1 overheard, it was a dian tribe. When L bred to the forest. I am in want of a husband—and here I shall remain conver- to her feel had found my grand- nothing of her features except a pair of heap of smoldering ruins and Natty Temple srang and looked * sation between the father I ante here, met the probably, for many years until i am sheriff and your at the back of the mountain. Bumppo and remarkably fine eyes looking out through secretary—will you accept position? surrendered to the law. All this took John and such an father so late as the last Tile woods were brought my grandfather to live You shall name own old maid that It would be ridicu- time they on fire! A roaring the mask which fell over her face from your salary, stay place within two days after Natty had witli Natty in his hut. I was lous for met. sound WH% heard In the of the without j as as leave when like me to even think of depths means and it her quilted hood. long you like, you matrimony. saved the life of Elizabeth. like was all [ could do." I>u* t lie sheriff added for^t the rushing of lnigfrty winds. J < I have done an me you, Louisa, you are, pardon me. *'!|d that the Kings “f thought your grandfather had But her voice added to the eyes— seemed ome, you injury—let Judge Temple was deeply pained; but Tile Indian put his hands to Ills long of England used to been dead.” said the do a kindness." oifferently situat 'd." keep gentlemen as judge. ‘T was told to command him at once and lie gazed you felt that he must subordinate his mouth and produced the peculiar' call | agents per- so. Bui let us to tlie and Indian John be- To the surpris of Elizabeth Louisa among the different tribes, and of ids tribe. A quirk hurry mansion at her as he Leather-Stocking sonal to his as a and'hurried step earnestly replied: feelings duty magis- house—there are other things you should * showed s mo spiril and replied: "The sometimes officers of the army spent was beard dashing through tile dry un- “Judge, 1 accept vojir offer. Natty—you came agitated at this remark and began, trate. know." of a their whole lives the derbrush and Edwards rushed to her to protest. The young man could not dfetighur clergyman—the daugnter among natives. Irill say nothing of what has happened to Elizabeth declared that she did not side with horror on ever of a "He said that feature. leave the forest. servant of the King of Kings—is these agents seldom mar- for All—But me—nor of where I am going.” care what Natty had done or had not "Away," lie cried, “even now we may Happiness One as well born ns—as-’ ried—and—and— Edwards at started to and here she broke They must have been be too The carriage of the Judge was new an- This scene took place shortly after the himself, first, done—it was a shame that he should be late." down and to while wicked men, Elizabeth—but he said so.” Tlie nounced and the old man, still of reject, with some the began cry, Elizabeth Indian pointed to Elizabeth and babbling, war the revolution on a mountain road haughtiness, judge's arrested. There were plenty of deer in was carried comforted her and “Never mind—skit said: “Have tenderly to it. offer. But he looked Elizabeth. asked par/Ion for her that," said Eliza- her—leave John to die.” which ran through that 200,000 acres of upon the woods, the constable had no right \\ lien the party arrived at the rudehess. beth, blushing slightly. “Take my arm," cried Edwards to manor land which was known as the Elizabeth smiled—and he accepted! to house the Judge showed Temple go to Natty’s house—and was a hor- Elizabeth; “are you equal to the effort?" young Effing- '‘Well, then, lie said that these agents ham the document Patent in what is now Otsego rid old "Yes." she which he had had county, busybody anyway. replied, "but do not leave drawn a The Letter From London frequently took great #.yride in the edu- upon the receipt of a letter New York, and which was The Way of Maid that old man to die." from then on the upon this sound feminie the London Next the at cation of their whom Acting logic, agent of the voting man's extreme of Leather-Stocking and Indian John re- day, by post, which, Inter- children, they often "O. lie will be ail right," said Ed- verge civilization. she went with Eouisa Grant one even- father stating the loss vals. Into sent to England for their wards: "an of' tlui ship In turned to the forest and from that time penetrated the settlement, came schooling; and Indian can extricate him- which the ing. just before dark, to see Natty in Judge's old fllentf had em- a letter in this way he accounts for the self from such a situation as this. Around the Law on Edwards was a member of the iyom Judge Temple—a foreign liberal barked for America. Getting judge's his jail—a log prison house from which Come, letter a manner in which Air. hurry." It was a Marmaduke Temple was born in Penn- household—a efficient with London postmark. Edwards has been will leaving half of his faithful, secretary. escape ,was not difficult. prop- When he read it ‘aught—for lie inordinately erty to MaJ. sylvania and, as a young mah, was the And he visited the hut of he became strangely acknowledges that Mr. Ed- Effingham should he still every day Natty A Place of he wards ^ Refuge alive. If his death were intimate friend of Edward Effingham, agitated and called at once for cousin knows almost as much as my proven then t Bumppo. Escape Arranged Elizabetli refused to leave tile old the half went to ids grandson. Richard. When Richard read fell or your father—or even Edward son of a retired major of the British said Elizabeth to her father the letter her, himself. Wrten had left Indian. Edwards In vain witn Oliver "Really,” the jailer the two girls argued Effingham, should he be alive; settled he, too, became very grave and said: "Quite-a climax in learning,” the John said that his time if not army who had down in the col- with an affected air of contempt the laughed alone with Natty, Elizabeth offered him savage. the heirs-at-iaw of the Effing- lie would cnies where lie had so “Well, so the was lost. there Elizabeth, "and so Indian John is the had come and that there stHy hams. long seen serv- morning after lie had engaged the new ship Well, money and expressed in no measured and meet his So ice is one comfort. Jle received last grand uncle or grandfather of Oliver death. you sep. I am rPady to turn over and had further given his large secretary. "So we are to a half- your Ed- terms her indignation that he should be (lave “When an Indian lias (hat look In to you one-half of of land his letter before he sailed. He knew.” wards?" my property, and giants and large personal breed as a member of the household. I In such a situation. Natty refused the ids said Edwards, "it is useless if I read eyes," hearts aright, you will soon but our labors—all our "You have Indian property to his son, confident that son that some he will not re- “Yes, all plans:" heard John himself money, but said: to argue with him. He means to die have the only hope day other haif-for it goes to my would him well in his replied the speak of a relationship,” and die he will. Come, hurry." support old age. vert to his savagery and go off on the judge. simply replied “I believe I can trust you girls. You daughter,” came nearer and nearer— He When ti»e came Edward "It is as God wills,” replied Richaid Louisa. The danger took the hands of ^ar Effing- war path decorated with all mv-best ear- hear those horns scraping the Effingham and 4 against tile flames, lapping up tile trees, could Elizabeth and Jiam took sides with the crown ancl when solemnly. • outside of the Joined them. Louisa Grant rings/’ jail? That is a pair of now' be seen all around them, and a looked 4f Iii Gravest on with a face like marble, the war was over to to After a period of silence and thought Peril steers repaired England As time went on, Elizabeth was capii- drawing a cart loaded with blazing furnace rushed upon them. 1 hat fall the old They had now passed the hut and were major died and Rev. certain cl&'ms against the “Send the schoolmaster, Vart Dirk, to straw. Tile Indian refused to move. Ed- -ir. prosecute Brit- cjous in her treatment of Edwards. Some- Mr. Edwards Is with them. He Grant had “a call” to a in a small clearing. Suddenly Brave parish upon ish me," said the judge; “and bring out all gave has wards caught up the old man and. the banks had "a government. times she treated him with most kindly arranged It and got word to me. call” to a parish upon h low growl and his hair biistled on his making of the blanket which he vent But before the war, when the papers." worq with his daughter. war had be- condescension—then she would ignore I am about to escape. He and be- back us he took his I, a sort of sling, threw him over his Natty » stand before his refused come inevitable, h had transferred to In a short time Van Dirk, Richard and tween Bumppo all entreaties L. him. Always she semed to say to him, us. have made a hole In the wall, shoulder as one would a burden. to in J Ductless. big stay Templeton, and. his his friend, Marmaduke all his the judge were closeted together in a so his taking ( Temple, Keep your distance." that the logs can be pushed out any With disengaged hand he grabbed imp upon liis "What does he see?” asked shoulder, set out alone with American for long conference. There was much writ- Elizabeth, the arm of Elizabeth and hurried her his possessions— Marmaduke And he did. though many were the in- moment. face to the setting sun. and turned to see Louisa a he taken ing and poring over said the standing, the by path which knew to a place had the side of the colonies. genious ways in which he sought to he papers, “Now, if you want to do me a color of really of safety. Through flame and who came to death upon her face, pointing to smoke ho Xcxl week s This w-as not ’an uncommon trick in of service to her and the arts he servants, bring in tlie favor, just go to Frenchman's and nne-nage classic will be prac- the brought them both at last to an emi- a tree to the branches of which a Every Man in His those troubled and seems to have candles, and this set the whole house- clung Humor," by Ben days ticed to be in her company. buy me a canister of that powder of nence of hare rock on one side of which Jonson. female panther with its eyes been considered quite legitimate and hon- hold to wondering “what was up.” glaring, his. It is the best in the settlement— was a piece of marshy ground which lixed (Copyright, 1914, by Irving upon them in a horrid malignity. held back the dames and on the King.) orable. And successful, too. it was, if Losing Her Heart and I am all out of powder. Meet me other "Let us side was a Louisa on the a Secret fly!” cried Elizabeth, grasping space already burned over. the friend of the winning side did not Grant, other Jiand, Keeping with it on the top of Mt. Venison just In Parlor at Last the arm of Louisa, whose form yielded Fromi- prove faithless. treated Edwards always with the grea‘- Edwards, In whose keeping heretofore about noon tomorrow. Now I must Tit-Bits. go." His Death A as an as and sank like melting snow until she lay Song Rough Irishman named est kindness and equal. Had there hud, he thought, been all his employ- "Stop!” cried Elizabeth; "I will bring ("asev made Beyond them—down toward the mar- money as a Two er' a insensible at the feet of her contractor, and built a fine Mysteries been many women about the manor house papers,! game In from a trip to companion.. you the But must not* of the M powder. you gin lake—roared the forest fire, house for his children. Hut Thus it was that the There was not a in Eliz- tne sons and Effingham patent the true state of Louisa's heart might Bumppo's shanty, and at once went' to single feeling the leaving only embers escape while judge's daughter is smoldering behind daughters were too fine for their became the Temple patent and Marma- have been abeth which could her to leave They were saved. plehiau^B suspected. offer his services to the Judge. prompt at Wait a moment.” father, and Iip was in a looking you. kept the — companion in such an Below the rocks there V. garden^B duke was out to steal it and improve it But Mr. like the extremity. as a cave, ard lien they had a Grant, judge, was a "No," replied Temple, "tills is a mat- party. Hu# one She fell on her knees Reside the insen- from It appeared Natty When dat^H to turn the wilderness into a flourish- widower, and that grim old woman. Re- ter Bumpoo. tasey died, and there was a gtrat In which I care not to trust a sible Louisa from her friend Preserving the Conventionalities the fire had so to-dci^H and, tearing suddenly broken out lie- A fine with ing agricultural region. markable who And coffin, many was Pettibone. acted as house- stranger. For, though you lfave served with Instinctive readiness such portions thug, saving the conventionali- had stayed there to guard flowers, M something obtained, and lie was laid in state In this he was rapidly succeeding— for the was too of her as her ties of her to was in the WK keeper judge, acidulou.' me faithfully, yet. even now, you are a clothing might effect res- father’s position, she and which, him, more precious even parlor. ; /s much to the disgust of the old and piiution, c#ied out: Louisa than the life of the hunter, unsympathetic to observe such friv- stranger to me. "Courage, Brave, left the Jail. Not long after there girl who had That evening an old agreed to meet him Irishwoman, whi^pU T^ather-Stocking, and old Indian John. olous courage!” was a hue upon the moun- had matters. "I appreciate your but an