. Shod with silence; a tale of the frontier . of itself. Con- 334 SHOD WITH SILENCE. fident that if it had been seen its characterwould be respected, he rose from his stoop-ing posture and peered through the narrowwindow. Could he believe his eyes ? A burly negroyouth was just vanishing among the treeswith the white garment fluttering above hishead. Had he understood it, he would have giventhe audacious thief a shot, but lie didnt un-derstand it until after the fellow had safelyreached shelter. Then the truth began todawn upon him. Neither Kenton nor anyof the white men had seen his signal, an
. Shod with silence; a tale of the frontier . of itself. Con- 334 SHOD WITH SILENCE. fident that if it had been seen its characterwould be respected, he rose from his stoop-ing posture and peered through the narrowwindow. Could he believe his eyes ? A burly negroyouth was just vanishing among the treeswith the white garment fluttering above hishead. Had he understood it, he would have giventhe audacious thief a shot, but lie didnt un-derstand it until after the fellow had safelyreached shelter. Then the truth began todawn upon him. Neither Kenton nor anyof the white men had seen his signal, and,therefore, knew not that he wras ready tonegotiate with them for the evacuation of thefort. The renegade muttered a furious execra-tion, and thrust the muzzle of his rifle throughthe window, intending to take a shot at thenegro, whom he had seen dodge behind a tree,the instant he showed himself. But before he could discover an opening,he detected the muzzle of the Africans rifleleveled at himself, and leaped back. a el 02 O W Q O^ H # doa. JETHRO JUGGENS ON GUARD. 335 Never in all his adventurous career didSimon Girty have a closer call than second more and the frontier would havebeen rid of probably the most heartily exe-crated miscreant identified with the historyof the west. It would have been a mercy could suchhave been the case. But it was not so to time had not yet come. I wish Ken ton would show himself/ mut-tered the renegade, when he recovered fromhis shock; if this thing keeps on muchlonger thar wont be any of us left; whydoes Kenton place a fool like that on thisside of the cabin ? Jethro Juggens chuckled over his exploit. uDat chap am mad as fury and I knowsit; dat am a wallyable shirt, and I dontblame him for losin ob his temper; takesa good while to make de linen for a shirt,and if Marse George dont want it too badIll wear it myself. Mought as well put it on now7. And what did the fellow do while standingbehind the tree but don the pilfered ga
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