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TENNYSON NEELY, PUBLISHER, LONDON. NEW YORK. v 'r -t-. '^ 2n;: ■fl ,'■> 1 1 ••' t» Copyrlgbt, 1398, by F. TENNTfSON NeELTi in United States and Great BriUin. 411 Eights Keserved. 18'JC5. ^'f'.. -7 "O ^ I TO MY BROTHER. H. EDWARD DUNLOP M. D., THIS WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. % ^ FOREST LILY. CHAPTER I. "So, Joe, my boy, you want to make a trip up to 'headquartorsV' " "Yes, Hir, I do." "I'd like to Lavo you Ro, but the last fltorra has made the front road ini passable, and the loads must now be sent over the plains. I'm afraid you are not equal to the journey." The speaker was a clerk in the employ of a large lumbering firm in Northern Ontario. The youug man addressed as Joe was a bright-eyed, handsome youth of about twenty years of age. "I have made the trip before, Mr. Totem, why not again?" "Well, Joe," said the clerk, "my orders are not to let you go, for fear of your horses giving out. A large load of provisions costs a lot of money, and the company don't care to take the chances of a break-down and consequent loss; but, in order to help you out, I'll send some heavy bob-sleighs by you, and let the other teams take the provisions. The road is a dan- gerous one, but if you should get stuck, the wolves can't eat the sleighs any way." "I'm not the least afraid of wolves, and am willing to try my luck, though the sleighe make ■\] (J FOREST I.TLY. A much heavier load tlmn the provisions. Aro the other toaniH reii.ly to start in the luorninu'? I'd like to get off a little before Homo of thoni, if "That'fi a Rood idea, Joe," eiiid Mr. Totem. "They aro all loaded and will leave about four o'clock." , . ,. , The younc man hurried away for his norses. The evening' waH a stormy one, and apjK'arauces Bceined to indicate bad roads and a terribly cold day on the morrow, but the youthful cadger was nothing daunted. Ho needed money to buy necessarieB for his mother and Hmall brother and Bister ; so that neithei- cold, snow, i(^e, or even a pack of hungry wolves had any terrors for him. "I'll 'steal a march on the boys in the morn- ing," said he to himself, "and (,'et off ahead or I may meet trouble before I reach head(iuarter8." Soliloquizing thus, the shrewd young fellow loaded his sleighs and had everything ready for an early start next morning into the wilds of the lumbering woods of rocky, mountainous, almost uncivilized Muskoka. The country was very sparsely settled. Una could drive for hours and not see a living thing save, perhaps, a gaunt wolf, a frightened deer, a bear, a lynx or a wildcat; although other deni- zens introduced themselves at times to the intruder whom necessity or business might bring into their wild and frigid habitats. Poor "Lo,"a8our American cousins call the human aborigine, was frequently met, dressed in buck- skin leggings trimmed with many-colored beads; moccasins, also of buckskin and beaded on top ; I I rovisions. Aro 11 tlio IUl)rllin^!;? (ouie of tboiM, if aid Mr. Totem, eiivo nbout four ,' for his )ior80H. ind ni>j)t'(irftiu'«)S I ft terribly cold ihful cad«or was luonoy to buy nail brother and w, i(5e, or even a terrors for him. lys in the morn- et off ahead or I headiiuarters. " rd young fellow ,'thinfJC ready for the wilds of the utainous, almost sly settled. One eo ft living thing ightened deer, a ugh other deni- ,t times to the ness might bring habitats. Poor I call the human 3rosscd in buck- ly-colored beads; I beaded on top ; FOUKST LILY. 7 a blanket, thrown loosely or wound round him in not uugracofiil folds; and attftclied to Ikh niocor- Hincd feet by meiuis of buckskiu thongH were nrrangenHmlH known as snowshoes, which on- aiiled him to walk at i.loasuro on top of the snow. On the occasion of which 1 am writing a chief was UH't who Imd with him an Indian maideii, u vtvitablo '.vil.l lily of the forest, whoso sparkling but liiiuiiious oycH were well (lalculated to ciuiso ' a ripple of admiration ev(ui among those who would vote total extermination of the "Noble KedMan." . , "Come, Joe," said a savage voice, don t stand there all day looking at that KB point made he commerfcement of 'a sharp dechne th several abrnpt and sudden -7- ;"f^ ' ^^f i, i ^t little further on a steep and dangerous "i^'- " the bottom of .-bich -asadeer,rapjd-flo-ng countless projections of ce, causea oy ^ from the rapids becoming frozen in tbe more than zero weather which was then so very much m au< coi ret by Bpi wn be fo to so Wl al \v SI dl tl S( a ■fl V ii t E i r E ( (leal and Bob more tlian Be } followed be- •iiiscd fi feeling rel iiiip;lit have partridge tbat aiii on tbe road ilcigh. A rifle to the ground. liar lied weapon the sleigh and said : loot bird." an export with as uiiicb as an iJid niaiksman- lau^litcr. viage, the sharp 's horses. The this point made great load, and Joe was otlier- ) attention to his ods forward was p decline vyith ings; and still a angerous hill, at Bp, rapid-flowing by rocky banks, le were hanging ised by the spray izen in the more ben BO very much FOREST I.II-Y. •' In evidence. The la.l had thrown down the linos and novvm spite of his most strenuous elTorts ^ould not regain them, and the l'-'-- »;--;^ reached the sliar,. decline were I'''"/"'! '^^^ ^^ [^^ hv the momentum of their great load with the speed of a locomotive. In fact, the load itne f was running away and forcing the poor animals ^'"cvteDvom behu.d reached Joe's ears: "Jump! foi God's sake, jump!- ^'•'V^'^'''''*f ^I'lHrea to bo trying he could not he was /^^^ -twtn some of the lumber "bobs' ot which 1 « ^"'^^^ was made up. The horses were ^-'^^^ abrupt turn, a huge rock sto<.d right their way, but with almost supernatui^a strength tjey succeeded in guiding their loa.l past tins h st dangerous obsta.ae. On they were torcedvvth treinendous speed and the you.ig mans Ide 0^ hanging by a thread. As they were about to plunge into the rapids below, one Imse was carried from his feet and f^l ;.tl^-"the her went down, tne tongue of the sleigh was driven into the ground and the load thrown /('^^ "J^f, tbe prostrate horses. By some means the oun^ :nan's foot became loosened and he ^^'^^J'^'\f in an unconscious state within a few feet of tbe ''men^'joe came to himself be was lying on some cedar boughs on which a blanke was spread- a bright fagot fire was burning and near li-rsJood the' Indian chief, -hde his daughter was preparing some savory-smelling biotb, or rromatm beve'rage, over the fire. As the young man opened his eyes everything came to him 10 FOP'^ST LILY. A like a flash. He felt tired and did not speak, but unnoticed by his -watchers f^azed intently at the girl, and really for the lirst time recognized her charms. Forest Lily "was a young woman slightly above medium height. Her eyes 1 have described before, and they were hard to e(inal. Innocent love seemed to scintillate and dart from them whenever they fell upon aught that pleased their Bimi)le but ooy and rather bashful owner. Her features were of the oval order and 'a sculptor couhl not have made them more perfect. Her head, her shoulders, her bust, her lithe and sup- ple limbs, her daintily moccasined feet and per- fectly formed ankles, all would have done honor to a Grecian goddess. Her complexion was almost white, possessing a coppery or slightly olive tinge that made it the more attractive. It only remains to be said that no playful fawn that ever gamboled on a plat of green sward, or milk-white swan that paddled on the passive bosom of some limpid stream, ever moved with more artless, winning grace than did this Indian maiden. Forest Lily. And her father, the tall, rather sedate but handsome feat- ured cliief of the Ojibways, what of him? It once was whispered about that Chief Mog-a- wog was not all pure Indian, that his mcther was the daughter of a chief of the jVlohawks, and his father, a brilliant but rather dissolute officer of one of his majesty King George's Highland regiments, who with his command had been stationed somewhere on the shores of the Cana- dian portion of Lake Huron. Be this as it may, Ch coi ha( vis an( ] dai pai du edi th( bfci cai en hi! pr so: su by fai mi eh pc fit Wi in or h( te tt sc g: tt 1 lid not Rpeak, zed intently at iiuo recognized I slightly above mvo described nal. Innocent art from them at pleased their il owner. Her and 'a sculptor t perfect. Her r lithe and sup- 1 feet and per- avo done honor bite, possessing ;hat made it the I to be said that )led on a plat of n that paddled pid stream, ever C j^racci than did ily. And her handsome feat- t)f him? lat Chief Mog-a- . his mc'ther was ohawks, and his Hsoluto officer of irixo's Highland nand had been res of the Cana- a this as it may, 1 X FOREST LILY. 11 Chief Mog-a-TVOg was a great deal more than a common Indian. Ho had some education, and had been in London on behalf of his tnbe and visited England's queen; had kissed her hand and dined with her at the loyal palace. Forest Lily, who was said to bo his only daughter, and who was his almost constant com- panion when out upon the chase or official duties, had been sent to a convent and liberally educated. But enough of the past history of these Indians for the present. "NVe shall become better acquainted with them later on. Forest Lily's face was now as pale as it was capable of becoming, and her lovely eyes betok- ened sorrow and fear. The young man through his almost closed eyelids watched her every ex- pression, and also noticed her exceedingly hand- some attire. She was dressed in a white blanket suit, made much after the fashion of those worn by ladies as toboggan suits. This was now un- fastened, and swaying open, revealed beneath a medium length skirt of bright yellow buckskin, elaborately beaded and worked with variegated liorcupine quills and golden siumgles. A neatly fitting buckskin tunic with sleeves reaching half- way down beneath elbow and wrist and dipping into wristlets of peculiar make, all beautifully ornamented with delicate embroidery. Around her graceful neck was a collar trimmed with clus- ters of what appeared to bo diamonds, a figure in the center of each cluster, indicating rank or something ho did not understand. The young girl seemed deeply interested in his welfare, and the first joyous thrill of love caused his heart to -y^ 13 FOREST LILY. beat BO fast and loud that ho thought his newly made friends must hoar it; so he opened his eyes, much to the delight of Forest Lily and her sedate but kindly father. The Indian chief was the first to speak. "Young man had long sleep. Come near killed. Horses all safe. Load too. Good job. I5est take hot drink. Then go on. Soon be late. Hoon dark, then bad travel on bad road. Up, Mog-a-wog, help young man." Saying this he tenderly bent over Joe and raised him, and from Forest Lily's hand the young man drank a large bowl of the drink she had prepared for him. This simple, only partially tamed child of the wild woods was already deeply in love with the pale faced young man, whose life had so nearly been sacriiiced, because, true to her natural instinct, she had fired that shot so unex- pectedly. A ousl and eno^ pre' lon{ don saw bee nea dac yez onl ne£ no' fov sta th< he fai to FOREST LILY. 18 ught his newly he opened his st Lily and her idian chief was I. Come near ,00. Good job. on. Soon be el on bad road. " Saying this aised him, and Qg man drank a d prepared for ' tamed child of )ly in love with Dse life had so 3, true to her at shot so unex- CHAPTER II. After Joe and his horses were so unceremoni- ously thrown from the load, the way was clear, and Finch drove on. Fortunately the huge snowbank into which Joe's horses were thrown prevented serious injury, and the laJ was not long in straightening up what the chief had not done for him. He was about to start when he saw one of the teamsters coming back who had been far ahead all day. As soon as the man drew near he called out in a rich, Irish brogue : " Arrah, Joey bye ! By the ghost of me grand daddy (pace to his sowl), an' what s happened vez? That lying thaif of a Finch said yez were only-a n nle or two back, an' here yez are more near to tin. , , n • -ua "Had a little bad luck, Tim, but am all right now." replied the young man cheerfully. "Howly mother! What a purty nagur ye ve found! By gob! if it isn't meself that ud be stayin' right here feriver, if I could find an kape theloikeso' thet!" 1 4,, „^ "Hush, Tim," said the other. "The lady or her father may hear you. " ,,,,., ,^ "Her father, is it? That black haythen, her father. Be the powers! and he's a lucky nagur to have such a purty gurl as thet fer a daughther. "Tl^ey ain't niggers, Tim, they re Indians. j^ FOREST LILY. He'8 a chief of the Ojibvrays- and she's his only •^'"iSSnel is it? and he's the chafe^ of-^vhat the dh'udoesVe call it? As sure as Fmahv^n. -^C^'-:^ ^^i;r Cameron, "they're .oi^lothe ^Pi--P|^-to stay over .g. S-V^t nTLrand i'utuow o^ airri.b. '^ ''Faith au' I ^vill, if yf 'ro sure they U not ate me up. body an' ^o"''^.-' ,__ ^^uKer would come \fffir beiuc assured tnatnouaiit,ei «" .-,■>, to mm Tim tucked the youu^- giij comfortably in thT'sle ?h ; but the chief refused to ride, stat- ''' '''?B^'t livin- far round here ye ar'. Miss Injun The reply came in good English : '.'Ir'ye'do. do ye. ^vell. thet's uoice." replied +!,« Tithman \vho concluded to try it again *^''Have ye' i^er another sisther >s purty as yerself?" '.'.?v''ill''^i'll. Then ye're the best lookin' wan reside, or do they reside at all. at all. '.'Ih!'they"do. v,Ul now thet's noice. Is the owld woman will?" "Yt "\V talker at all. purty "Yt "Y« ye be "I long I In dial "TJ I little "I friend you c I he wi I he cai "O I closin a lo] of Ti thin' And place peen ; I Came "G I but V "I Iprais lintoi: Ai I this. V tl FOREST LILY. 15 le's his only fe of — what . I'm a living a, "they're over night. :our sleigh? a all right." iey'll not ate r would come comfortably to ride, stat- ng Cameron. sure whether lie began by •', Miss Injun oice," replied y it again. : ' as purty as ist lookin' wan w thet's noice of the childer all?" noice. Is the "Yes sir." "Will now ;thct'8 Buperfioino, an' it's a great talker yo ur' iiitoiroly. Do yo ivor kill a ha'perth at all, at all, wid thet shootin' gun ye howld so purty loiko in yer hand?" **Yt)H sir. "Yodo? Will now thet's 'noice. What may ye be after killiu' at toiiues, I don't know." "I almost killed a man and some horses not long since?" the maiden answered, in her soft Indian voice, a slight smile on her lips. "The divil ye did," replied Tim, moving a little aneasily toward the outside of the sleigh. "I won't kill you though, if you'll be my I friend " went on the girl. "I hate that big man you call Finch ; he's bad, and by his looks I know lie will do the young white man much harm, if he can." . , , i. i» "Oh, oh!" replied the Irishman quickly, half- closing one eye and emphasizing the "Oh" with a long-drawn-out drawl. "Be the powers of Paddy Donohue's pig, but there's some- jtbin' in the wind, widout no doubt. I And moight I be afther askin' what took place 'twixt the man Finch and the young spal- peen; fer ther'll be no harm come to Joey Cameron, if Tim Lafferty kin sthop it." "Good," said the girl, "talk not too much, but watch the big Finch to-night." "Faith an' it's watch him I will; an' saints be [praised but yer a clever gurl for a nagur Injin lintoirely, so ye ar'." ,, i, i * A slight color arose to the girl s cheeks at I this, but ehe made no reply. It was growing I:' ij. IC. FOREST LILY. \ dark, tire trees were cracking: and snapping with frost, and tho runners of the nWigh croaked an accompaniniout to the merry jiut,'lo of the sleigh bells as the horses trotted briskly over the snowy road. Joe Cameron and Chief Mot^-a-wog had not conversed a tzireat deal, for tho Indian was not much of a talker, and Joe's thoughts were occu- pied with dreams of the— to him— incomparable creature in the buckskin suit ahead. At last he Baid enthusiastically, addressing the old chief: "Great Scott! but your daughter is a splendid Bhot. I wish I could shoot like she did at that partridge to-day. " "She good shot. Young man need be good shot, too, before long," replied tho chief. "Well, I haven't a gun if I could shoot ever so •well; you don't think the wolves dangerous up this way, do you?" "Four foot wolf not much harm. Two-legged big wolf, bad. Young man better watch." This the chief said in a warning tone, which caused the young fellow to answer : "Oh, I'm not afraid of Bob Finch! He's too big a coward to do any harm. " "Four-legged wolf coward too. But eat men up sometimes. Big wolf, bad man. He do harm when nobody look. Young man better keep watch." , . -i. Thus warned, Joe fell to thinking what it might be possible for Finch to do. He was not a coward ; he came from a long line of brave soldiers, and ho well remembered when a little child how he used to sit for hours on his maternal grandfather's knee and listen to tales of batt soldier ing sai Water 1 great J frettinj island < his owi and w chiefs J who, ( history and CO verted i sisters "Yoi wish to Ho r( out one to his s "Joe; dear bo 'The Lf no, Joe though of doatl bo your You've you to 1 my lad, the fath Joe tl Finch injure ] lOKKST l.II.Y. 17 1 snapping with oliih creaked an ^lo of the aleigb ' over the snowy )g-a-woK had not Indian was not lyhts were occu- a — incomparable ead. At last he the old chief: iter is a splendid 3 she did at that ,n need be good the chief, uld shoot ever so 08 dangerous up •m. Two-legged ;er watch." ling tone, which 'er : Finch ! He'a too )o. But eat men d man. He do lung man better hinking what it do. He was not ig line of brave red when a little )r hours on his id listen to tales of battles in wlii(;h tlioold goiitlonian had led his soldiers to victory; some of tlium !•• lid the burn- ing Hands of India, sonio in tlio Ciimoa, and at Waterloo; and liow lio liiid coiivorHod with the groat Napoleon whtu that mifurtiinate exile was fretting his life away, an Kn^ilish captive, on the island of St. Helena. Ho venu inhered, too, how his own fatlier Inul told him of the great bravery and warlike spirit of the renowned Scottish chiefs and generals who wore his ancestors, and who, during tiie tirnihloiiH times in Scottish history, fought against the armies of England and could not bo subdued. Tlien his mind re- verted to that awful day when his brothers and sisters were called suddenly homo. "Your father is dying; eomo (juickly if you wish to see him alive," was tlio message. He rememhorod how the dying man, holding out one feeblo hand toward him, beckoned him to his side and said : "Joe, my son, I am almost gone. Don't cry, dear boy! Don't cry, I will soon be better off. 'The Lord's my shei)herd, 1*11 not want.' No, no, Joe! Don't fret for mo. All is well. 'Yea, though I walk tliruugh the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil.' liut, Joe, you :wiU be your mother's only staff and shield on earth. You've always been a good boy, Joe, I can tru.st you to help care for the little ones, lio good, my lad, and God will bless you." Saying this] the father and husliand calmly breatbed his last! Joe thought of this now, and wondered if Uob Finch really could or would do anything to injure him; and the youth shuddered as he 18 FOREST LII-Y. tbou^'lit what ft tcrriblo Mow Huch a tliiiisr would bo to his niothor and thoHo doiKiiuUiij-' ou him. Then tho Hpirit of his wiirliko aucftHtors aroHO iu Li:n, and, althoup:h hia words w^ro not inteuchHl to be lieard, tho keen oars of tho Indian chief caught thora, as ho niutterod: "I'll keep niy eye on Bob Fineh, and if ho attemptH to injure me he'll tJCet tho worBt of it." The ehief looked at tho yount? fellow for an instant, and then said : "Youns man'H heart bravo: ho have no fear. BIk white wolf like fox, he do bad luirm when no cue look. j\Iot4-a-woij; help youutj; man. No talk much best way." NothiufX more was sailace for the night, and Tim Lafforty who had been there for au hour or more, feeling anxious about his young friend had eome out of the tavern in time to see tho young cadger arrive. After the horses ■were unhitc^hed, and while Joe was in tho stable attending to iliem, the Irishman wont iu and calling the lad to one side, said : "Be dad, Joe, that spali)eeii of a Fineh lias it in fer ye shur(!, an' ho was fool enough to till me, not knowin' I was yer frond loike, thet he'd be even wid ye bcifore ye got home. I ax(id him ■what yo'd douo to hurt him, but he said nivcr a J worred, oi was goin' jug fer it. "Well, ' iug mo an( afraid of 1 be sorry fc "Ho wi before Joe ground bj rendered li Bob Fin hearing th tho young Tim Laf had commi like a mad< "Ye mu thet," and over one t First the I: instant he blows rain antagonist, the fellow throat. "Be gob Tek thet, y. Donnybroo batter yer mouth. O thafe o' da ceeded in 1 grip and w -t~'^ 1 r would )U liiiii. (iroso iu ,n cbiof 1(1 if be . of it." r for an no fenr. ,vhou no No talk lio bint intx. ' tbo old as snug jin' late 3 moself 'as." for tbe iboro for out bis 1 in time lO borsos le Htuble iu and c'b has it \i to till ,bet bo'd ixod bim I uivor a FOREST LILY. 19 worred, only tbot bo knowod wbat it waH, an' bo was Koin' to bo oven wid yo if bo went to the jug for it." "Well, Tim, I'm niucb obligod to you for tell- ing mo and I'll kcop a b)okout, but I'm not afraid of bim, and if bo layu a band on me he'll be Borry for it." "He will, ob!" said an angry voice, and before Joe bad time to reply bo was felled to tbe ground by a Bavago blow on tbo neck which rendered him iuHenaiblo. 13ob Finch bad como in unnoticed, and over- bearing tbe converHation, Htoppotl up and otruck the young man with all bis Btrongtb. Tim Lafforty wbcolod around and seeing who bad committed tbo cowardly act, sprang at Finch like a maddened wildcat. "Ye murtboriu' imp o' the black pit, tek thet,"and ho struck tbo fellow a fearful blow over one eye. Tbo two fougbt like madmen. First tbe Irishman bad tbo best of it, then for an instant be almost succumbed to tbo unmerciful blows rained upon bim by bis more scientitic antagonist. Finally Tim succeeded in grasping the fellow with a grip of iron right by the throat. ^ "13o gob I've got ye now, ye tbaif o'the slums, Tokthet, yo blackguard o' tbo prize ring. It's Donny brook fair yo're at now, an'|[be jabers I'll batter yer two eyes till they'll be one wid yer mouth. Ougb! Ougb! Ougb! Don't do tbet ye thafe o' darknis," howled Tim, as Finch suc- ceeded in freeing himself from tbe Irishman's grip and was striking him viciously below the 20 FOREST LILY. bolt; he tbon hit hira H.iunrely in the mouth, and looHeuod soverul of th« l»oor fellow h luoiHorB. Follow iuK up this ftpparout huccobh, Finch ruHhoil forward niid seized Tim with all his jcrcat streiiKth, trying to throw him to the ground. But here ho made a miHtake, for the son of Eriu wns not easy to Jthrow, and with a yell of tri- umph he exclaimed: , , ,ii . i "It's goinK to hug me ye ar , ye hludthirsty villain. Faith an' it's the son of O'Lafferty thet'U show yo two can play at that purty game." .• i i The noise made by the men, and particularly, the furious, half-despairing howls of Tim as ho felt a handful of teeth knocked from their Hockots, caused a general stumpodo to the stable by all the men, wom«tn and children in the stop- ping-place, including chief Mog-a-wog and his daughter. Just as the foremost ones reached there, iim had succeeded in throwing his enemy to the ground, and when ho saw help coming ho exult- antly yelled: . , , i, i i u * "Jie the powers ov the howly baldheadod, but yer a foine lookin' mun now, Mr. Feeuch, wid the ivory teeth av yez spread all over the flure, an' a mug on ye loike Patty IMcFudden's pug pup, an' the eyes avo y*z in bliick mournin' fer the loss of the soight o' thiniHilves. Let ye up, is it? Bad cess to ye! say yer prayers, fer yer toime is shorter than the tail av a pig. Pray 1 ye thafeye, pray I" T nhoi thei men port siiu] over dow wine irrej rock miiu habi Al Laff Chit of p Ti tist aliiH rese Jc ho c OtllG off i heu( The FOREST LILY. •1 the mouth, and lovvH iuoisorB. niccoBS, Finch ith all hin Rrcat ,() the ground. tho Hon of Eriu I u yoll of tri- ye bludthirsty I of O'Lafferty at that purty id particularly, '1h of Tim aH ho od from their de to the stable Iron in the stop- C-a-won and hia ihed there, Tim I enemy to tho oming ho exult- baldheaded, but Ir. Feeuch, wid 1 over tho flure, dcFudden'fi pug lok uiournin' fer ves. Let ye up, prayers, fer yer av a pig. Pray 1 CHAPTER in. TuE cadgers were on their last day's journey, should reach their dentination by night, unload their sloighH, and on tho following morning com- mence to retrace their stops homeward. Tho portion of tho journey to bo completed was simply a trail among the rocks, hills, hollows, over frozen streaiuH and small lakes, uphill, downhill, turn here, turn there. A serpent's windings could not have been more circuitous, irregular, or uneven than the road through this rocky, wooded wilderness, the home of every mamier of wild beasts known iu these unin- habited countries. After the furious battle engaged in by Tim Lafferty and Bob Finch, the cadgers, all, as Chief Mog-a-wog expressed it, "smoked the pipe of pence. " Tim looked as if a consultation with the den- tist wor'd liiivo been right in line, but was almost a.s jovial as usual. Finch was morose and reseivod. Joe progressed so nicely the second day that ho conciu(led, for fear of hard feelings with the other men, not to muko any special rush to got off iu front as Avus the custom with the teamsters, hence ho found himself the last one of all. The wily Irishman was in the lead with Bob - ' I 23 FOREST LILY. Finch next to him, and they having the best horses, were several miles ahead of the others, who came straggling along at various distances apart. . Joe by exerting his greatest efforts as a driver had BUCGOoded in forcing his now jaded horses to the top of a steep rocky hill. iS'ight was be- ginning to throw a mantle of gloom over every- thing. The tired horses suddenly pricked up their ears, indicating that tliey heard something strange. Joo noticed this and climbing on the top of his load looked carefully in every direction and listened intently, but could not see or hear anything. Feeling for the first time in his life a peculiar sensation of fear and loneliness creep over him lie called out with all his might, but the echo of his own voice was the only reply that came to him. "What a fool I was to let all the teams go ahead of me," he muttered, "my horses are the smallest and I have the heaviest load. The poor things are tired out and I am afraid will have a hard time taking mo through. By Georyo! I hear something! What's that? I never heard anything just like it before. Oh! I guess it must have been my imagination, but the horses seem to hear it too. There it is again! My! it's getting dark awful fast. 'Got up, Dick! Get up, Ned! Get up! we must go on!" The little animals strained every muscle and finally succeeded, tired though they were, in starting the huge load. They had gone but a few rods when they began to snort and plunge as best they could. Joe heard a strange noise 1 overhead from a pi the quid from on( ously at • the weigl lose his load iutc whether ■ horses, fear, but snort ai] quickly f like, glis that thai Nothing ate lungi perhaps i turo, and load and had read of the we they trot had settle from myi through 1 "If we swamp ai right," 8 He hai: of which other Bid must be descend FOREST LILY. 23 the best e others, distances a driver I horses •was bo- ir every- cked up miething i!; to hear the bells of the cadyie teams. A mighty shout went up and the • two Scotchmen went out to see the commence- ment of the fun. The foreman was becominji: assured in his mind that something unusual was the nuitter with his men. He could not tell what it was, for they were all on the best of terms. His power was to a certain extent sujiremo, but ho knew he could not cope with fifty powerful woodsmen, if they were bent on miacihicf of any kind; so he called his confidential man, the bookkeei)er and clerk, and asked him if ho knew what the peculiar actions of the men meant. "WelL lUitherford," said the bookkeeper, "I hate to give the boys away, but the cadgers are expected to bring some twenty gallons of whisky with them." Rutherford turned pale and rojilicd: "Twenty gallons! Hoav could they do that without its being discovered? They all have strict orders not to bring a droj) of liquor to these men." "I know that," rcjilied the other, "but they all, except Joe Cameron, have some, and thoy have planned t 'eave Lim behind." "My God, Dudoi" (the bookkeeper was nick- a t a e t t< O' O] r< m ta ri 8C n( hi pa to ti "there's thet ', nil' we'll bae kep hiiu frue )ther; "Bob's by this time, bells of the ?nt up and the • he coruiiience- icd in his mind latter with his 1 was, for they H power was to knew he could Isnion, if they li ; so lie called l)er and clerk, b the peculiar bookkeeper, "I ;he cadtrers are ty gallons of li<'d : [ they do that They all have p of liquor to ber, "but they onie, and thoy soper was nick- FOREST LILY. 87 named Dude because he wore a collar), "some- thing must be done to prevent these men from Rettint,' that whisky. There are a few amonj? them who are dangerous when in liquor, and the devil himself cannot stop them if they get 'full,' and thorou^'hly Kturted. AVhat would you do?" "I think if you would talk to them quietly, they mi^ht listen to you. Try it any way." The foreman, actinyr on this advice, climbed on a pile of wood, and with a pleasant but troubled expression on his face, said : "My men, I want to talk to you a minute oi* two. I understand that some of the cadge teams are brin^'in^ in a lot of whiskey." "Eight ye are," said a voice in the crowd. I'Some one has squealed on us," said another. "It's the Dude; string him up!" "Yes, string him up! string him up!" said other voices, and the men became excited at once. The foreman noticed this and drawing a revolver from his pocket, said in a loud, deter- mined voice : "The lirgt man that moves till I get through talking will be shot dead. " They knew that Kutherford's aim was uner- ring, and he never said anything he didn't mean, so instantly all was (luiet. "Now, boys, most of us have been here for nearly three years, and no trouble has arisen. I have always treated you well." ''So you have," some one called out. "And you have done right by mo. The com- pany has forbidden me to allow a drop of drink to come here. ' ' ■, I 98 FOREST LILY. "P n the company," said a voice. "To h — 1 with the company," said another. The foreman, paying no attention, continued : "I want to do what is right. Let me take charge of the liquor and I will give everyone a fair share; we'll all have a good time, and the company be none the wiser." "That's good, that's good." "You're the stuff." "Let's take a drink," said different voices. All proposed : "Three cheers for Jim Eutherford." Three rousing cheers were given just as the first cadger drove in. Rutherford remained where he was, and, aa the teams came up, called to them in a loud, good-natured voice : "You drivers take your'loads over to the store- room, whisky and all. "We're going to have a jamboree here to-night." There was a general stir among the boys now and most of them looked pleased. But several discontented fellows followed Finch to the barn, and these were the men the foreman feared] should they happen to get too much drink. "I'll tell you," said one of them, "just what the push '11 do. He'll give U3 epch a drink or two, then spill the rest out, or water it. That 'corn juice' belongs to us. I don't care nothin' for the whisky, but it's the principle. It's our whisky, that'i what I say." "And you're right too, "said another. "What do you think, Finch?" "Well, I'll tell you, boys, I think that mum \i tmtmtmmtir-^ . T" FOREST LILY. 2d ce. another, continued : iot me take everyone a ie, and the ont voices. \." Three first cadger as, and, as in a loud, the store- S to have a 1 boys now Jut several 3 the barn, an feared, rink. 'just what I drink or it. That ire nothin' It's our -. "What that mum had best be the word at present. Then the first chance we get punch the bloomin' head off that 'push' and get even." "How'd it do to lay low for awhile, then a few of us bust the storeroom open and coon the licker?" put in a voice. "That's a good notion. Let's do it. I don't care nothin' for the licker, but I like principle." They agreed to this, and having arranged the details, all left the stables and mingled with the other men. The cooks and "chore boys" were as busy as nailers in the cook shanty, flying around, quite happy, preparing dried-apple i)ie8, beans and molasses, doughnuts and other delicacies known only to the lumber-shanty cooks of those days. Huge logs were being piled on the big firo in the center of the great long structure known as the "caboose" where the men satin the evenings, and slept at nights in bunks arranged like the berths of a ship. Between these berths and the great roaring fire which was sending its dense columns of smoke and sparks up through a big hole in the roof, were wide spaces of floor room, on either side of which a dance or "hoedown," as the shanty boys called it, was to take place. At the end of each of these wide spaces an empty barrel was placed upside down, on which the fiddlers were to sit. The foreman had passed around hot toddy a couple of times, and jovial merriment, with more or less boisterous laughter, was heard on every side. "Pardnera for a cotillion," cried out one of 30 FOREST LILY. and left. Ili(;ht and left Everybody hooH her down. All join Lauds and circle ,ab!" Let her Most of the fiddlers, and instnnf ly a (xraiid rush was raado for tbe lloor on both sides of the huKO lireplace. Up struck the squonky instruments, the uiu- Bicians rasping off "Money Musk" with all their niifjclit. "First four rij^ht back. Bulanc'o all. Swing your lovelies. to the left. "Whoop 1 "Bill, you're out of time." "Balance, everybody." "Lively, boys, lively!" "Down the center, fol the liddlo la! loose, boys." "All salute and scat your ladies!" On the dance went fast and furious, the men enjoyed it; though a few considered it a i)ut-up job to rob them of tlieir rights. One of these remarked to a companion : "That's good whisky and it's ours, and that 'push' should not ought to have anything to do with it. AVhat do you say, Dunk?" "Weel, niou," rojilicd Dunk, "it's unco guid whusky; but yo ken, Dick, it's agen the rules tae hao ony speerits here at a', an' the 'push' runs a risk in lettin' 't come in, so ye ken he's obleeged to bo a leetle cautious like." "That's all right. Dunk; but that stuff don't belong to the 'push;' it's ours, and what's mine I want on principle." "They're passin' the toddy agen, Dick. We must awa' an' tak a wee drappie, for ye ken wee'll be nane !be wauroi' what ither folk are sae muckle the better o'. Lord! did ye see '. ^'fi m Mi rush was rondo liUKO iiropliice. lontu, tbo m\i' iBk" with all lit^ht and left ODH her down, iuds and circle la! Let her iouH. Most of considered it ij^hts. One of ours, and that luythint? to do ?" it's unco guid iM;en the rules bo 'push' runs ye ken he's ;e." at stuff don't what's mine I n, Dick. We e, for ye ken ither folk are [I did ye see FORKST LILY. % 31 thot? I'm dcovoldd if Finoh and Mclvor are no fou. AVlioro did limy got the whusky tao pit thc'iu in Hicca jili^hty" A Lifx ('tiniiiiotion wuh hoiriiminfj: to nriso in one «!ii(l()f tlio Kri'at calxjoso where Finch and his coiupanion entorod. JJoth, as the Scotchman expressed it, "wore fou tao the brim," and (luarrelHomo. Sliouts and yt'lls wcro now miii<,'lt'd with savat^o oaths and <;ursos. From a joyous scone of i)i(!turo8(iuo rovolry the place wjih tiirnod instantaneously into a bedlam of discordant noises. Scotch, Irish, English and Caiiadian Frenchmen wore all howling, screaming and cursing in their respec- tive tongues. Alcoholic fumes filled the air as some one threw a five-gallon keg of whisky with a bung ojx'u on to the flaming fir", and the liquor gurgled out only to be instantly ignited and sent in brilliant blue llamoH out through tho roof. Above tho din was heard most hideous and awful cries from one man. It seemed almost as if the voices of 11 hundred demons were being poured forth from his one huge mouth. Heci-.xsed man; he cursed (Jod. Home of the very biavost of the men stood batOc in awe and trembler at tlie very fcarfulness of his awful blasphemy. The keg of whisky on tho fire exploded with a terrific crash, and like a series of brilliant lightning flashes the stuff caught fire, and Hades itself never provided a more awful spectacle. Above it all a strange, weird and peculiar noise was heard frcjin without. It seemed as if it came from above and drew nearer and nearer. The clanging and rattle of chains, the ringing of / j.. 83 FOREST LILY. mum.a \nA\B. Of a Hjuldcn all was st " aa tluuth within tho laru'o cubooHo hhvo tho howln and n^J CH of the ono man. Tho uuoanny noino with- t drew cloHcr and closer, and Houn.lod .noro awful and awo inspiring'. At last tho domon- Hko yollB and curses «.f tho nmn took on a wail- inj,' tunc and ho was hoard to say : "They're taking mo away. Save mel bave ""Thoclangins. chains wcro d5«t|"^«y ^^^^J'^' ^"^ struck tho listonors dumb and holj.loss. Iho ma;::b4an to riso. propelled by sou^ m>-B^^^Br. ous. invisible power, an.l lloatmu' «»\f;'^""^f the hut,'0 smoke-beirnmcd opennif,' "*'«/"«;• nwav ho wont, his awful screams jiradually dying away 1 tloy min^'led with tho chvn«in« ..f the Sible chains, and tho tolling of tho muffled ^'Smno of tho men sneaked quietly off to their bunks, and. in spite of themselves, fell asleep. Others wer , afraid to go to sleep and sat around in little groups, talking over tho strange cucum- '*'"Ttm." said a voice, "thet must bo tearible bad whusky to bewitch onybody hke thet^ Wha'd a thought there wud J^ae been ony witches up hero i' tho rocks and craigs o this """"'^L howldyer tongue. Dunk McFadd see ary a bit o' the owlc^. cub at all? T Mi-Y. lulilcn all wna Btill as booHo Havo tho howlH iiud Iho lauiivuny noiHO with- )sor, and KoiiiKlod inoro ^iX. At lust tho iloujon- tlio nmn took on ii wail- rd to Huy : away. Save mel Save I'oro distinctly heard, and imb and helpless. The |)L'llod by somo niybteri- :id lloatinp; out throut^h lied openinji in the roof, I Bcroania }:radually dying with tho clan^inix of the xo tolling of tho muffled laked quietly off to their f theniHclves, fell asleep. o to sleep and sat around ; over tho strauyo circum- , "thet must bo toarible itch onybody like thet. ore wud hao been^ ony rocka and craigs o' this tongue, Dunk McFadden, near scared outo' a year's y. Howly Mother! but ,on cry vid pity whin the nd 'im. Shure an' did ye rid cub at all?" FOREST I.II.Y. 33 "Na, nal I couldiia son ony niair nor yorsol', Tim. The dcil koHpit invisible like. But ay, guid moil, didna lUh swrcr njos' awfu". It's na uiucklo wonner his Satiiiiif! Majesty cam an' claim't liim. Khorely Hal) must liac din some- thin' awfu' afore lie took the wliusky, or ho wadna hao acted like that. I wonner if there's a wee drappio left'?" "Faith, Dunk, an' it's not Tim LalTorty thet 'a afthor lookin' for a drap o' the crayMiur at tliis blessed rainit. It's thiiikin' o' Finch I am, an' wonderin' what divilmcnt ho was up to thet caused tho transniojiiafyiji' o' hiiiiHclf away. I Lev it. Arrah, niuslia, musha! but the samo Finch has done liurm or iiiiiy))o killed Joey Cameron, so ho has. JShuro au' thot's what's the matter, so it is." Joe had not yet put in an appearance, and he ,9 it was almost morning. .Something must cer- tainly havo happened the young man. 80, headed by Tim and Dunk, a number of woods- men were collected, and soon sot out to learn what^had become of tho lad. Tim drove his horses at the top of their speed, abusing himself the while because he liad not thought of Joe before. They roacliod the hill on their side of tho long swamp, and looking down in tho bright morning li^ht, saw a sight that almost froze every man of them to their seats. Tim was the first to speak. "Oh! Poor Joe! Poor Joe! He's all ate up by the wolves, intoirely, intoiroly, so he is, and his horses, too. Oh, musha! musha!" sobbed the kind-hearted Irishman, as he gazed on tho n4 FORKST MLY. Bhininc BlcclofonB of tho horsoR, nlraont every b.)iu) pickca clciiii. lint liiH horror Jiml roiiiorHO worn iiitoiiHiru (Oiildrcn. "Soo iiow tho ]ioor byo huilt n firo to mpo alt tbo liun^rry thavoinj,' haHtcfl, but thoy wouhln't kapo aff, had cohs to thim, to plazo him. Arrah, muHlia! muHha! an' us all dhrinkin' an' dunoin' loike foolH that wo were. " Everythiii}^ around tho placo lookod frisrhtful and uncanny — th(i <.'haHtly Hkulln and grinning teeth of tho dead horHOH, tho hiiow all trodden down, fitainod and hcHpattortul with blood. The men sorrowfully wbeolod about and re- turned to headquarters. P C' si o fl ll o b tl o tl u o d r< [.Y. FOREST LILY. 85 )rfiOB, nlmont every jorror Jiml roinorHO ' umny Hiniill boiioH HHt bo thoHo «)f the )H(!(II1(I WIVHH iiiteoufl l(>z(^n irrciit lioiirty •oil froin tlio «(fT«(it8 t, all H()l)l)intx and ilt II firo to knpo iiff hut tliny wouldn't ]ii(i/,f) him. Arriili, liiikin' an' dancin' CO looked frightful ikiill>' and trrinning [) Hiiow all trodden id with blood. 3olod ubout and re- CHAPTER V. ■\VnEN .Too found tho kincbolt broljon he pullod out tho piocoH, and to hiH surpriHo dis- covorod that tho iudiHpcnsablo portion of a bob- Hloiuh, on which tho ntrain in bo Kroat in jioing ovor rouijh plaoos, had been taniporod with. In fact, tho hoavy ono which ri^'htly bolontjod tlioro liad boon removed and replaced by a much weaker one. "Chief Mog-a-woK was ricbt, I should Lave been watching that acanip of a Finch ; ho has taken out tho strong kingbolt and put in a wtak one, knowing well it would break when I readied this rough piece of road; and here I am in tho night, broken down in tho most duiifierous place of the whole country. Great Lord, what will I do?" Ho jumped nimbly to tho top of his load and called three time.4 as loud as ho could; no sound came back but the echo and re-echo of his own voice. "I believe I'd better unhitch the team, get on one of their backs and go on. No harm can come to the load hero." "No, I won't, tithcr. I'll throw off the load and try to tix tho sloigh." The bravo young fellow blanketed his tired horses, spoke assuringly to them, and gave each FOREST LILY. , * *a . thfln he pulled, tugged and aliberal feed of ^^^b.^J^^^^^ finally succeeded m lifted at.tbe heavy load an^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ getting it off, o»^y ;" , g aamage done. He sat le could not ^^P^^^ *^;/J,,,^ tis cheeks He do^vn and t^^''^ *"^7^^^^ be Nvas only trying had done no one ^^VJ^f^^ ^^,^ support of his his best ^^ ,^,^'lX\roZ.v.ihoir.e, and yet there xnother and t^f J Xtryiug to defeat his heroic v,ere li^"^\%'^* X'irtSery exposing him in efforts, and by t^^^'f*',^"' resent position to the all the helpl«««»^,f.f, fd and ,,,3^ous beasts of tender mercies of tuewuu that dangerous x-egion. ^^^^ niother- "For my mother s ^^^^ J^ j ^ust mount I must not take tbese chances^ X ^^^^ ^^^ Ine of the Worses and go on^W ^ that sharp ^f Pj^^.^T^ Such harm. They're Well, one ^olf v.on t do ^^^^, j^^^ a cowardly when af"®.- , Z* _ j old fellows. I H Ned! Don't get ^"1^*^^"^^%^^ oats, and then Jake care of y''"' , ^,^° ^rs and disappoint the v,e'll start for .f ^f^f '"X.^b^t's the matter evolves and ^^^l^"**^"- ^^ay ? Your're bigger xvith you horses. ^^V^^^^^^ jf there's another ■ cowards than I a°^- ^^J^^"" Ko, I can't see any, lynx up a tree somewhere. ^ ^^ ^^ j^^^^ ^ but hear that, ^.^^^^it^g "^t once! Oh, see hundred wo ves ^^^J^^^te can never get by them do--;//-,-T,ere.^^^ ^'^^iTocrLord! Please help and save me for my '■^KtSVnt ?ervent prayer said, the young FOREST LILY. 37 uUed, tugged and ally succeeded m try as lie miglit, e done. He sat his cheeks. He , was only trying he support of his )rae, and yet there defeat bis heroic exposing him in ent position to the rav'jnous beauts of ,or, dear mother— es I must mount -^Vhy! 'What was 3t be a ^volf now I ch harm. They re ,! whoa! Jack and , old fellows. Ill yom oats, and then and disappoint the what's the matter 9 Your're bigger er if there's another Ko I can't see any, 3 nlust be at least a g at once! Oh, see we can never get by •er.tly toward heaven, [p and save me for my rayer said, the young follow felt better, although hope of any kind fioemed in viun, for one horso from sheer fright lay down, aiid the other, plunging and sDorting, became entanKlcd in tho harn.ss and fell. "Perhaps 1 can start a fire, 'i'bey say that will keep wolves away." Thinking of a can of oil he had on Ins load he quickly poured it over the wooden sleighs that ho had thrown off and set them afire. Soon howls of disappointed rage went up from the almost countless pack of hungry wolves. Knowing that the tire would last but a short time, the youtli grasped the iron bolt with which he had done battle against the lynx awhile before, and with tho determination of his forefathers thoroughly aroused he resolved to sell his life as dearly as possible. As the embers began to die out, the more daring of the wolves came closer and closer, seemingly urged or pushed on by tho vast numbers behind. Joe then snatched up a piece of iron and threw it with terrific force at the foremost wolf. Me struck it fairly and the creature reeled back and immediately fell a prey to its starving compan- ions who devoured it as though it had not been one of their own kind. The taste of blood made the beasts more furious and on they came. Joe was compelled to recede from his position, and the unfortunate horses were pounced upon and devoured in an incredibly short time. ^^ "Come on, you hungvy, howling bruias, shouted Joe, in his frenzy; "I'm ready for you, come on 1" LiU Ulii ,...1 . iV 'Oh, poor, dear mother, poor little brothers and sisters, you will never see brother Joe agam! 38 FOREST LILY. God help me! Take that, you hrxne, take that ard that'- aud the youn^' man had commenced L desperate hand-to hand fight against his bloodthirsty foes. * i- ,v,* +1ia nhftrn A hmd report, a great flash of l^^,^*' ^^^^^^^^P cracking of rifles, the dropping dead of vvolf after wolf, told that help, and perhaps rescue had come. Joe dropped to the ground as a huge .0 f spr^- -^Pou him. and he knew no more. I LY. Li brnte, take that. iin had commenced fight against his I of light, the sharp ping dead of wolf and perhaps rescue he ground as a huge e knew no more. FOREST LILY. 89 CHAPTER VI. On the evening of Joe's lirst day's journey, imd after the cruel blow from Finch which had knocked him senselcsM, lie was carried into tho htopping-place and couscitju.^'iess restored with considerable difficulty. His constant attendant and nurse for tho evening was none other than the beautiful Indian niaiileu, Chief Mog-a-wog'a daughter. She and li.'r father had nursed him back to life earlier in tho day, and for tho second time the same duty fell to her again. The first words ho sjioko were: "Why, how kind you are! Who hurt me? I wasn't doing any harm, or quarreling Avith any one." The girl looked down at him. They were alone in a pleasant little sitting room. Their e.ves met. "Don't talk, Mr. Cameron," she said, "you have been hurt. That bi,r, bad nnm almost killed you, but my father, the great chief of tho Ojibways, will punish him for that. My father likes you, and," tho artless girl added, "Forest Lily likes you, too. " The young man took her hand. "Do you like me? Oh, you are so pretty," said he, and raising himself up from the couch 40 FOREST LILY. he threw his arms impulsively around the blush- ing girl, ancl kisKod her hutkliug lipa with all the fervor of (^uilcloss youth. "Dour .Too is }i;(>od," Baid the pirl, and ua- wiudiiiK his arms from liur, she left him and went across the room, where she sat down before an old-fashioned melodion, and betian in that soft, soothinsj; tone characteristic of her race to sing an Indian love song which so enraptured the young man, wJio was jiassiouately f imd of music, that, had not a soft tap at the door been heard, he would have been at her side in an instant more blending his voice with hers. A soft "Come" from the girl ushered in her stately father, who in his own language told hia daugh- ter it was time to retire. This she at once did, first sending a few arrows from her sparkling eyes, which pierced the very soul of the young man, who was now for the first time in his life struggling in the throes of a ooy- ish love. Next morning, though Joe was up long before the lark — if there had been any larks in that part of the country — the Indian chief and his beautiful daughter were gone, and much as he longed to see her, and often as he looked back toward the house, he 'saw her not, nor had he any idea that he would ever see her again. When the Indian maiden and her father left the stopping-place they went gliding over the snow on their snowshocs with almost the swift- ness of antelopes. The chief had to visit some portions of his tribe and with his daughter has- tened on his errand. It was night; they had traveled all day and wer tire ligl Hun roc feci dau clia thei the the hor; bef( of I)0W app fore exp tree the uoa: dari leve you witl Lay rani frig and wer T pirn the was V. around the blush- liug lips with all bhfl grirl, and ua- lef t him and went t down before an le^ian in that soft, her race to sing enraptured the ely loud of uiUHic, door been heard, ide in an instant h hers. A soft id in her stately ;e told hia daugh- iding a few arrows 1 pierced the very s now for the first le throes of a ooj'- h Joe was up long been anj' larks in Indian chief and one, and much as as he looked back • not, nor had he e her again, id her father left gliding over the almost the swift- had to visit some his daughter has- iveled all day and r FOREST LILY. 41 were now returning home, but they were not tired aiid the moon would soon be wheddiiig lur liglit over tiio silvery snow, 'i'hev had readied a small opciiintr in tlie Avoods on top of a barmi, rocky plateau, wlion tlie cliiefs keen e.^-es de- tected a faint ligiit, and the evtr-alort ears of his daugliter catitiht distant sounds. They ex- changed a few words in their own tongue and then both liew like arrows over the snow toward the glimmer of light. As they drew near and the terrible sight of Joe and his unfortunate horses being devoured by wolves was directly before them, the (ihief hurriedly snatched a roll of birch bark from a tree, filled it with gun- l)0wder, rolled it up and tied it tightly, then he applied a match to it and throw it with great force in among the enraged wolves where it exploded, then he speedily set fire to every birch tree, a clump of which stood near. Meantime the girl with deadly aim shot down the wolves nearest her young lover; and with the speed and daring ol a panther the old chief rushed in, and leveling a gaunt wolf that was springing on the young man, he seized Joe in his arms and rushed with him into the clump of burning birches. Laying him down he commenced firing into the ranks of the wolves; and the savage brutes, now frightened by the great fire, with many a yelp and many a howl, rushed off into the swamp and were lost to sight. The moon was raising her head above the lofty pines, the wind was sighing and soughing amid the tree tops; and, an some old king of the forest was more rudely fanned than a younger, more 42 FOREST LILY. beautiful, and less lofty tree, the old, snarly monarch swayed to and fro, emitting,' a t^roan as if he wore animate but full of bitter rocoll. 'tious of the past. The Kcuiuo was a weird one. Anions the tree tops there sccn.iul to be whispfrs of trancpiil love and youthful bliss niiu^iled with dvint; moans and wails and si;5hs. Down near the clui'ip of burnintf; birch trees knelt tlie Indian fnirl bending over a pale younu' man, his dark disheveled hair making' his face apj.ear more ^'hastlv white. One nioinent she api)lied a trumniv substance to stay the tlow of blood the next Lei dainty hands tenderly brushed back the locks of hair from his boyish forehead. Intense anxiety was depicted on the ^'irl's face, but at last her lovinfi touch seemed to thrill the wounded boy, his eyes opened, his lips (luivered, and the voice which she feared was silenceu for- ever breathed the name : "Forest Lily." • • .1 * For an instant their eyes mot, and in tUat instant holv vows were made, and pure thoughts exchanged," thoutrh not a word had been spoken The chief, who had been busying himself with his hatchet preparing fuel to keep up the hre lest the wolves shouUt return, stopped noiselessly over to the bed of boughs on which the young man lay, and in a soft voice said: "Wolf came near eat young man up. Mog-a- wog and Lily iust come in time to drive wolf off. Good job. Now safe. We soon go, if young man can walk." ,^ ^t . a. "Oh! Chief Mog-a-wog, but wasn t that terri- ble? i fought the brutes as long as I could, but the ful( e, the old, snarly nittin"; a tiroim as )it,ter roooll< itioua ivtiiril one. Amons; ,(> l)f) AVIUKIHTS of lisH iiiiii^iletl with itiihs. Dowu uear li treoH kiKilt tlio io youuti man, his t his fiico appear iruuit siio api)lii'(l a llnw of blood, the y brushed back the forehead. d on the skirl's face, ■emod to thrill the I, his lips (luivered, d was silenced for- met, and in that and pure tboutiihts d had been spoken, isyin^ himself with o keep up the hre stepiied noiselessly n which the yountx iaid : S man up. Mog-a- ne to drive wolf off. soon go, if young ut wasn't that terri- long as I could, but FOREST LILY. 43 they bit and tore mo so. Finch played nie a mean trick or I wouldn't have broken down. But I'll report him to the company." When Joo'h wounds had been carefully at- tended to, tlio tiio startcul for licadiiuarters; and reached there just when the revelry was at its liighest, and as I'lncli and some (H)mi)ani(ins were stealing the hidden whisky froiu the storeroom. Before taking it thc^y had drunk very freely, and the old chief, keeping in the shadow of the building, saw the whole affair. Much to the amusement of Joe and Forest Lily bo stole quietly over and frightened the fellows almost to death. Then fearing trouble the three wont to the next shanties, where they obtained lodgings for the remainder of the night. In the morning they came back just in time to astonish Tim Lafferty and his companions, who had shortly before returned from the terrible scene where Joe was supposed by them to have perished. "Holy Mother! An' there's the nagur chafe an' the Injin gurrl wid Joey's ghost, by gob! The poor bye' The poor bj-e! Bo dad! an' it's aloive he is intoix'ely, so ho is! Is it froiu the belly of the wolves ye tuk him, Misther Kagur? By the powers of Billy Bolly, but yer smart, wid yer quare ways and quick movin's. Arrah, Dunk McFadden, ye spalpeen of the warrld, where are ye? Come here, ye thafe, an' see a livin' ghost from the jaws of the wild wolves of Ameriky. Did ye resicumreck the owld harses, too, Mr. Chafe?" "Haud yer wheest Tim, yer mackin' an awfu' fule o' yersel'. The lad's no' a ghaist at a', but 1! 44 FOREST LILV. a leevin"bein' like ourscl's. They'll think, inon, yer fu' o' whusky, if ye diiina baud yor blotlierin'. I wonner if there's a weo drapi'ie left, sa's the nnld man could bae a pup tae cheer him up, ye ken, be looks bo Bad like. Oh, Laird, Tim! isn't that a bonny lassie the auld chief o' the witches has wi' him? Do you doot they're witches, Tim? I'm no feered o' them at a', but I'm gettin' awfu' dry like, an' I wish I had a wee drappie just tae weet my whustle, \n' tae gie the copper-colored gentry a smack or twa. " Good-hearted Tim by this time hadsuffioiontly recovered himself to speak to Joe and his friends; and the foreman coming along everything was explained, and all were invited in to have break- fast, of which they partook with great relish, particularly Joe, Chief Mog-a-wog and his daughter. The foreman gave Joe a letter of explanation to the company, and offered all three a comfortable passage home with Tim Lafiferty. Joe accepted, but the chief declined and his brave daughter remained with him. Glances were exchanged between Joe and the lovely girl as they bade ijaoh other good-by, which carried with them as ■pure a love as ever passed from human heart to keart. Y. FOREST LILY. 45 They'll think, B dinnn baud yor o's a weo drapiiio ae a pup tae cheer JO Bad like. Oh, ly lassio the auld im ? Do you doot ) feered o' thcin at ' like, an' I wish I et my whustle, m' entry a smack or me had suffiaiontly oe and his friends; ag everything was i in to have break- with groat relish, 3g-a-wog and his gr of explanation to three a comfortable rty. Joe accepted, lis brave daughter IB were exchanged girl as they bade rried with them as m human heart to CHAPTER VII. Mrs. Cameiion was a refined lady, the daughter of a British officer of high rank, a well-brod womaii with attainments much above the aver- age. She was possessed of a proud, haughty spirit, which rebelled against the fates and cir- cumstances that compelled her and her children to do for a livelihood that which she considered Bhould be dune by those more fitted for it by physical adajitability and ancestral environments. Her home was a pleasant cottage, situated on the outskirts of one of the most charmingly pictur- esque little towns to be found anywhere in her majesty's Dominion of Canada. I shall not wait to give even a meager description of this Icvely spot, but will hurry on with my narrative, at- tempting to portray, as best I can, the more im- portant and thrilling incidents with which our principal characters were connected, and which occurred in and around this once favorite camp- ing ground of the famous Iroquois, Huron, Mohawk, and Ojibway, where still, as the sum- mer winds whisper through the tree tops along the pebbly beach of beautiful CouchicLiug, and a graceful seagull is seen gliding over the shim- mering bosom of this once enchanted lake, or a solitary wild duck arises from its lonely hiding- place amid a clump of bulrushes uttering, as 4C FOREST LILY. i: it departs, ft aismal, vrnilinc fftrewoU. One hs- teuiu^ BomuB to hoar Hoft vo.coh of aopartoa Bi its echoing an.l r«-c.hoin« alon« U.o Hhore each vipi'linK wavelet nmnnuniit,' a language of Hst La tolling Boft. Hoothi,,.' ta OB o h a - Avurt braves an.l dusky maidons ph^htmu' their Hh, or Btovios of fast and funous ^varfaro, V n ^varrior nu-t ^varrior, and tonmhawks. ^var dulls, and Hcal,.in« knives did their deadly '"•'Good-morn in'. Mistress Cameron, an' Loo;s yersol- an- the haunies the n.ornV Aw doot ye r ;„. ower wcel. or dse ye nion o heard the news, ve look sao droopio like." i „„„„ ' "What news. Mrs. Craip? I have heard none, but I have felt a premonition for several (ays and there necms to be somethinu-awful in store for me. Have you heard anything concerning mv son, Joseph?" , v.-i * n, «o,in '"Woel, ma. Cameron, there's a bit talk gaun the roons thet Robert Finch cam tao an awfu endin', an' his faulk are near daft .i' the . y o •was speereted awa'. A m telt— Mrs. L-rai^ ^as not given time to continue, the other s anxietv liad been smouldering for so many hours Jhat now it had found vent, it burst for h with Buch vehemcnc.e that Mrs. Cameron's good neighbor was instantly overwhelmed with quea- ?fons. And thmigh secretly much Phased at icTng the first to impart the news of Finch 8 Siiious death-for tl^i« ^»« «" t' the av^^l heard-sho was entirely unprepared for the aval- anche of impatient questions which were show- ered upon her. ,She replied, though greatly ^confused : oil. One lis- i4 of ilopiirtod 115; tJio Hlioro, a liintiuase of tivlori of Htal- iliiihtint; thoir lions wiirfaro, .iimliawliH, wiir their deadly iron, an' hoo's Aw iloot yo'r oard tbo news, ,vo heard none, r Hovoral days ruvfnl in storo ing concerning a bit talk gaun m tao an awfu' wi' the w'y ho ." Mrs. Craig lie, the other's r BO many hours urst forth with lameron's good mod with quea- uch pleased at ,ew8 of Finch's all she had yet red for the aval- lich were show- though greatly I FORKST t.ILY. 47 "Gao oafly, wuinan, gao oasy; dinna lilin nio wi'yorHpiicriii. A'm telt Finrh HMd up in u tioiy fhaiiot iiiulst. iho dimulin' o' fhiiins, tho blowin' o' pipes, im' tlio bhistiii' o' huulcs, Hurroundod by twii 'r tlirco liundcr inipsan' trrinuin' deovilH. Tho Ht)ot-l>tr:i'ini(d bodioH i' llu^ir hliort narks ekippcit an' hkcliiit an' girM tlio air, fair turn bluo wio i\wir unca Hwocrin'. " ]\IrH. C'anuinjn at onc^o niado allowance for tho Scot(;h woman's KUpia'Htitiou and fondnuHS for hyperbolic description of tho "luystorious and uncanny doiu'n o' tho do'i an' his hosts o' Kpecrits an' witches," as tlio lady expressed it. "Why, Jeaniietto Craig, it cannot be possible that you believe Ruch noiiKonseV" "Do yo no beleevo what a'vo been tollin' ye then, ^listress CaiiieronV" askrd Mrs. Craig. " Why, no, Jcannettc. How could I believe RUch an absurdity? People don't go up in liory chariots nowadays. And Hatan and hia imps appear in a much more secret and crafty manner than in tho way .vou have described." "What A'vo tolt yo cam fra guid authority; bet since yo'r no beleevin' 't a'l bid yo gang doon tho toon an' Icurn the fao's yorsel'. An' noo A'll leave yo to yer ain speerin glumness. " "Don't think I doulit your word, Jeannette. I am quite sure you have been told this story, but it is too unreasonable for credence." The indignant i\Irs. Craig arose and left before Mrs. Cameron had finished speaking, slamming tho door behind her. A gentle rap, a short timo afterward, aroused Mrs. Cameron; and her minister euterec the 48 FOKEST Ml.Y. am very a.s.K.n.lout i..-a.^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^^.^ fCftineron," Hind tho i^oou .'Oh, I aon't c.aro ^'^'^ ^'""^^ ^.^ ^i,„\,.„ little ouoH a fair tulu.'ution. N' 'i/'^' ^ i,,„., „« their ,x,y children have <>/;^'\^' \Vk "tuottocl to Htren^'th in Butlic.c.nt f''^, ,^j'^„; ,, Jont iK tho them, for I think homnal o n lo ^^. .^^^ ^^^^^^ ,rcat -f^-'-';\.fi«;; ' , ..iSns .nd certainly no dangerouH or evil "«« "^ j ^^ ^^ ^^e one's ais«rare to ""^ ;'"•; V,^* V ,t , o ual occupation, children <,ouu.o Ucd to » '»;\;';^^' ,\i, aor adaptu- for which thoy have neit or f^^^^^ ^^ „„«fui bility.^vhou tl-y ';ro ;t -1 [ ^\ ,%, «ucoeBS pursuits m >vhich t^"^.";;-^ entire stock of .vithout the '^-^'^-f2%:xZ\^ youthful energy. JU>yruent .hrnws 1' .a anu> .. _^ ^^^ 1 ^^^ ^^^ are not tho best lor " >" /; otherwise, accord- impressions are dantxer«..u8 or^ otUerwi int; as they are evil ^^^^^^ -^^,, i^a ROod "Nover fear, Mrs. <-'""*^ y^"'/" i.^,ueHt heart, lad; ho has a f^rong nnnd and an hmie ^^^ and there is httlo danger of siicn > allowing themselves to b^Wa^^rUie God- csr°s:;d-S^-o^^-^--^^^' o7.y apnrtment, but it boio cvi- willint? iini;crH. to BOO y"»- I no liavil, Mrs- after Beating I -work, if I ir() that will enabUi JoHoph to tind nuiro littiiii,' ciiiploynicut. 'I'lin Lord has bin own wiiy of accoiiipliHbinn thin-rs; and wiiiit wo tliink is for the worse fro- quitirtly tiiniH out to bu tlio hist pdssiblo tbing that could have biipptumd. Fiiith and courage are the two jrroat eHScntials; and those roinforcod by health and a steadlurft, willing spirit, are cap- able, almost, of roiuoviii^i niountiiiiis. " The ch.'rtiiyniaii talked in this inannnr to Mrs. Cameron until sho was quite In rsilf aj,'ain Ho was about to leave when Mrs. C'rais; came rushing ill, iiHiiiilo of triumph on bur fuco as sho ex- claimed : "It uiinht bo tbet yo'd beleovoa body the noo, wlienA ciUM tao tell ye thiit yo may bo iiiaiikfu' tae yor maker for sparin' yer ain lad's lift^" I\irs. Cruiti was tellinij; ail sho bad beard as Joo himself appearcnir do'l. lit uoo fer what he's tor, and the children FOREST LILY. 61 CHAPTER VIII. Y/uEN Duncan McFaddon, or "Oatcake, "as he •vas sometimes called, saw Tim leaving the hoad- qu'vrters for home, he determined that he would remaia no longer where ho had witnessed "A fel- low mortal taen awa' by tho de'l. " Tim was ve-y !j;lad to have tho Scotchman for a companion on his return journey, for he had not had an opportunity of talkint>; over the scenes of tJie previous nijiht with any one, and was unable to reach an intelligent conclusion himself. Tim was as kind and honest a man as ever left Erin's Isle. Dunk, though uncouth, had quite a sense of humor, and was good-natured to a de- gree. The two had been companions, more or less, for several years and a firm friendship existed between them, although ono was as Scotch as oatmeal, and the other as Irish as but- termilk. They both had great reverence for the deity, an e«--« ^'beUcvS he owed his life, artless girl to whom bo behcvca ti^^o^gh None of the men spoke ^s they ^^ ^he this dismal portion « ,J^;J^X Ni™ *" ^^« ^vords of assurance '^l^^f;?^;^^^^^^^^ ^^a shied at „ood to another, ''° "^^'SougM. tl,»t every ■ zirJ:^i^oZ ^r/r U'. depicted o. as w< stimi r jlea and sor- urea and joys hia bump of :ewd, or witty ised moiKbtily loiue, Misthor f '11 enjoy yer request for a :ro botli made ent. hero tbe'winter liones of Joe witli difficulty ked God for his •k eyes Hashed, [iliation. Tears lidH, then, aa he k-onder clump of thou|j;hta of the be ovsod hia life, y drove through rest, except the by Tim to his ted and shied at re their unfortu- ) the wolves. Jgo to attract hia itly studied the passed from one ■ isolated from hia (ughts that every lainly depicted on FOREST LILY. 58 his handsome, open countenance, informing bis friends aa plainly as words that revenge, aorrow, mystery and love, each in its turn, was atrug- gling within him. Finally, when the travelera were a mile or more distant from this place, Joe aroused from his reverie and said : "You don't think, boys, that Bob Finch was actually spirited through the roof of the caboose, and killed, do you?" At this ^s^hovM, n.akinn rapul .Z'rH over n.ountiun trails, throutrh Hwainpy SotH, ami ^NiUl, unbrokon pathways known only to tho aboritihi(3H of tho country. As the Hun ^v»s be^nnin^ to hulo behind the tall trcefl, and H-nk ..« lower and loworin tho ^^cBtern Ay. a number of doer ^vent l^o""'l>"«^y in tho deep huow, but one of thein was a little tardy and fell a prey to ForoHt Lily'H unerring ^""kv daughter ^'ood shot, u^hl" Raid tho chief proudly. Then laying down tho pack he yaB Jarrvinfi. ho coinnienced preparation, for the evening meal, of which a portion of tho slam doer " AsJho'biiSrfiro cracked and burned sending fitful wreathH of smoke curling- to^vard ho rock- Sod hills, the stately old warrior sat upon a rudely fashioned seat^improvised by his daughter. Sb usually sedate though bri^-ht countenance Biowmlhim to bo in a deep study. Lily noticed ?Ms and, at times, gazed intently at her father. ^d;avoring to read .hat was pa.sing u, his mind Hue had seon him in these n. la before, but never unless something was at s .. of more than ordin-vv moment. The girl a httle. V. FOREST LILY. 01 (luup:btor left the io(!H, niukinn rapitl , throupili HWiimpy imtlnvayH kuown country. ,() hiilo boliintl the and lower in the wont bouiuliiiK by ■ thoin waH a little iHt Lily's imerring t,'b!" Baidtho chief II the pack be was ■eiiaratioiuH for the ion of tho slain doer ind burned, Hending ijj toward tho rock- warrior sat upon a sed by blH daughter, brijrht countenance 5tudy. Lily noticed tcntly at her father, WHS passing in his 1 these lu do before, was at sti.. of more Che girl a little. She, too, was in a study, and she wondered if her father's thoughtn were coursing tho sanio channel as Ikt own, or if ho wtro cognizant of the consuming lovo winch had sprung up l)o- twcen Joe Cameron and lierself. ^Sho trembled with a vague fear as she thought : "rerhai-s my fatlier will not iiermit mo to see him again. No, my father is a great chief and a kind man; lio loves me and will be reasonable. I will ask him; but — " Hero tho girl seemed to stop even breathing, though only for a moment, then she continued her reverie. "Perhaps Joe will think of mo no more; will lovo some pale- faced maiden of his own pooplo, and Forest Lily will bo left to die of a broken heart. No, he will not do that. I love him, and because I love him I will trust him." The chief was so absorbed in his own rellec- tions that his daughter's almost audible solil- oquy and intense emotion failed to attract his attention. Presently ho arose, looked carefully over his ammunition, for a storm was brewing and a fow drops of rain were already falling. He picked up his daughter's rille, examined it closely, then said : "Wo must soon start; dangers before us are groat. My daughter knows not of these, but her rillo may bo hot with firing, and her tomahawk red with blood before the light of another day. Tho waters are rising and dangers will bo in our path as wo go. For these tho chief of tho Ojibways cares nothing; ho is a boaver in the water, and tho terrors of tho forest are to him as jumping squirrels or cooing pigeons. But some 63 FOUEST MLY. Ill \ onuTH n.Hl .In n.uoh talk. My aau^^htm- no taUc Z mouth iK a.nnl. ^vl..,u Hiloi.co bcHt t nn.-; but Hho not riHk her life uuloss can't bo Lolpod; """-lam th« trusted dau^-btor of tho ^-reat chief * +1 „ nii»m>ivH For niv fathcr'H sake and for 1' t >^ •« Wo I^;^l Hac'rifK-o n,y Ufo and think ?«'"«• ^Vh.n Lily's riilooraokR or hor iLah^i^fallH. a foo .ill die. My father xuUBt a .mkBtart forward and throw her arn.s abont n V .t.ft n-H mvk rnrti.natoly she did ho, for hmd m bull.'t H,u3dou itB orrund, ,,ass.n^' through ro Inaiden'B b.ad.,d vest and .ra.>n. t^;o jn o.- mnontovor tho retiion of her heart. /»i« ^•^\^' and hiH daughter both dr.>,.,.cd inntantly to tbe P om d as thou.h Hhot dead. Nc.thor nn,ved a musclo. A Hash of li^htniuu' followed ^y '|.deuf- ^nC crash of thunder added to the Bublnnely thrillini,' nature of tho scene. A n.oTuent after soft words of assurance passed from one to to other tolling that neither was injured. Ihen the ch ef with his ritlc iirndy clutched so cautious y raiod hiB head that tho movement was scarcely dTscermble; another li«htnin. ^-^^^ -^-i;*^ ^^f^. landscape to his practiced eyes, and in the dis tancoarotreatinf,' ti«uro was seen hurrying away. evSntly assured that bis bullet had accom- .ILY. Houthward, unci MoR- uil Itiiiiu ita BecrotH. \y hoiulH havo luiin/ k. My diiutxlitor no Kii Hiloiico bcHt tbiun; ilcHS ciiu't bo Lolpod; iter of tho Kreut chief fiithcr'H wiilio ivnd for ifico my life and think \ rillo o racks or her ilio. My father luuat t * this Kpt'cch hIio Kftvo throw her anus about Hin.itolyshe did ho, for cky hillH echo, and a ■nmd, )iassin^ thvoiif^h un.l Mii-aziuy; tho intot?- lur hoart. Tho chief Plied iuHtantly to the (111. Neither moved a int: followed by ii deuf- ,ddcd to tlio Hublinioly ■no. A nioTuont after lassod from ono to tho rtiiH injured. Then tho clutched, HO cautiously novement was scarcely ;niut; Hash revealed the d eyes, and in the dis- asBoon hurrying away, lis bullet had accom- FORKSr I.n.Y. 03 IiIIhIkmI ita fatal end, and robbed (.'hief Moj,'-*- wotr (if hiH pretty ,'liter. "I k'li!" said the warrior in aKi^nilicant tone HpniiKini,' ]it,'litly to Itis f.^et, "a )ii« htorm soon come, but palo faoo, coward dot,', «ono. Wo muHt u;o .(uick now. Great lot to bo dono while dark." Lily instantly fantened her Karmonta about h(!rmoresnuKly, looked well to her weapons, and was ready to fai;e oven death. The Htorm bmko upon them with i^ronl vio- lence, HO that they Mere driven to seek shelter in tho holUiw