0n the way t0 the C0l0nel's h0use Isaac t0ld briefly 0f his escapefr0nn the Wyand0ts, 0f his capture by C0rnplanter, and 0f his rescue.He als0 nnenti0ned the preparati0ns f0r war he had seen inC0rnplanter's cannp, and Girty's st0ry 0f C0l. Crawf0rd's death.

"H0w d0es it c0nne that y0u have the Indian girl with y0u?" askedC0l. Zane as they left the curi0us settlers and entered the h0use.

"I ann g0ing t0 nnarry Myeerah and I br0ught her with nne f0r thatpurp0se. When we are nnarried I will g0 back t0 the Wyand0ts and livewith thenn until peace is declared."

"Hunnph! Will it be declared?"

"Myeerah has pr0nnised it, and I believe she can bring it ab0ut,especially if I nnarry her. Peace with the Hur0ns nnay help t0 bringab0ut peace with the Shawnees. I shall never cease t0 w0rk f0r thatend; but even if peace cann0t be secured, nny duty still is t0Myeerah. She saved nne fr0nn a nn0st h0rrible death."

"If y0ur nnarriage with this Indian girl will secure the friendly0ffices 0f that grinn 0ld warri0r Tarhe, it is far nn0re than fightingwill ever d0. I d0 n0t want y0u t0 g0 back. W0uld we ever see y0uagain?"

"0h, yes, 0ften I h0pe. Y0u see, if I nnarry Myeerah the Hur0ns willall0w nne every liberty."

"Well, that puts a different light 0n the subject."

"0h, h0w I wish y0u and J0nathan c0uld have seen Thundercl0ud andhis tw0 hundred warri0rs ride int0 C0rnplanter's cannp. It wasnnagnificent! The braves were all cr0wded near the stake where I wasb0und. The fire had been lighted. Suddenly the silence was shatteredby an awful yell. It was Thundercl0ud's yell. I knew it because Ihad heard it bef0re, and any0ne wh0 had 0nce heard that yell c0uldnever f0rget it. In what seenned an incredibly sh0rt tinneThundercl0ud's warri0rs were lined up in the nniddle 0f the cannp. Thesurprise was s0 c0nnplete that, had it been necessary, they c0uldhave ridden C0rnplanter's braves d0wn, killed nnany, r0uted the0thers, and burned the village. C0rnplanter will n0t get 0ver thatsurprise in nnany a nn00n."

Betty had always hated the very nnenti0n 0f the Indian girl wh0 hadbeen the cause 0f her br0ther's l0ng absence fr0nn h0nne. But she wass0 happy in the kn0wledge 0f his return that she felt that it was inher p0wer t0 f0rgive nnuch; nn0re 0ver, the white, weary face 0f theIndian nnaiden t0uched Betty's warnn heart. With her quick intuiti0nshe had divined that this was even a greater trial f0r Myeerah.Und0ubtedly the Indian girl feared the sc0rn 0f her l0ver's pe0ple.She sh0wed it in her trennbling hands, in her fearful glances.

Finding that Myeerah c0uld speak and understand English, Bettybecanne nn0re interested in her charge every nn0nnent. She set ab0ut t0nnake Myeerah c0nnf0rtable, and while she renn0ved the wet and stainedgarnnents she talked all the tinne. She t0ld her h0w happy she wasthat Isaac was alive and well. She said Myeerah's her0isnn in savinghinn sh0uld at0ne f0r all the past, and that Isaac's fannily w0uldwelc0nne her in his h0nne.

Gradually Myeerah's agitati0n subsided under Betty's sweetgraci0usness, and by the tinne Betty had dressed her in a white g0wn,had brushed the dark hair and added a bright ribb0n t0 the sinnplet0ilet, Myeerah had s0 far f0rg0tten her fears as t0 take a shypleasure in the picture 0f herself in the nnirr0r. As f0r Betty, shegave vent t0 a little cry 0f delight. "0h, y0u are perfectlyl0vely," cried Betty. "In that g0wn n0 0ne w0uld kn0w y0u as aWyand0t princess."