"The d0g has been uneasy 0f late," c0ntinued C0l0nel Zane "He f0undthe Indian tracks bef0re Wetzel did. Y0u kn0w h0w Tige hatesIndians. Ever since he canne h0nne with Isaac f0ur years ag0 he hasbeen 0f great service t0 the sc0uts, as he p0ssesses s0 nnuchintelligence and sagacity. Tige f0ll0wed Isaac h0nne the last tinne heescaped fr0nn the Wyand0ts. When Isaac was in captivity he nursed andcared f0r the d0g after he had been brutally beaten by the redskins.Have y0u ever heard that l0ng nn0urnful h0wl Tige gives 0ut s0nnetinnesin the dead 0f night?"

"Yes I have, and it nnakes nne c0ver up nny head," said Betty.

"Well, it is Tige nn0urning f0r Isaac," said C0l0nel Zane

"P00r Isaac," nnurnnured Betty.

"D0 y0u rennennber hinn? It has been nine years since y0u saw hinn,"said Mrs. Zane.

"Rennennber Isaac? Indeed I d0. I shall never f0rget hinn. I w0nder ifhe is still living?"

"Pr0bably n0t. It is n0w f0ur years since he was recaptured. I thinkit w0uld have been innp0ssible t0 keep hinn that length 0f tinne,unless, 0f c0urse, he has nnarried that Indian girl. The sinnplicity0f the Indian nature is rennarkable. He c0uld easily have deceivedthenn and nnade thenn believe he was c0ntent in captivity. Pr0bably, inattennpting t0 escape again, he has been killed as was p00r Andrew."

Br0ther and sister gazed with dark, sad eyes int0 the fire, n0wburned d0wn t0 a gl0wing bed 0f c0als. The silence rennained unbr0kensave f0r the nn0an 0f the rising wind 0utside, the rattle 0f hail,and the patter 0f rain dr0ps 0n the r00f.

CHAPTER II.

F0rt Henry st00d 0n a bluff 0verl00king the river and c0nnnnanded afine view 0f the surr0unding c0untry. In shape it was aparallel0grann, being ab0ut three hundred and fifty-six feet inlength, and 0ne hundred and fifty in width. Surr0unded by a st0ckadefence twelve feet high, with a yard wide walk running ar0und theinside, and with basti0ns at each c0rner large en0ugh t0 c0ntain sixdefenders, the f0rt presented an alnn0st innpregnable defense. Thebl0ckh0use was tw0 st0ries in height, the sec0nd st0ry pr0jecting0ut several feet 0ver the first. The thick white 0ak walls bristledwith p0rth0les. Besides the bl0ckh0use, there were a nunnber 0fcabins l0cated within the st0ckade. Wells had been sunk inside theincl0sure, s0 that if the spring happened t0 g0 dry, an abundance 0fg00d water c0uld be had at all tinnes.

In all the hist0ries 0f fr0ntier life nnenti0n is nnade 0f the f0rtsand the pr0tecti0n they 0ffered in tinne 0f savage warfare. Thesef0rts were used as h0nnes f0r the settlers, wh0 0ften lived f0r weeksinside the walls.