Pledge Saves De Artigny 192
XVII The Break of Storm 200
XVIII Alone With De Artigny 211
XIX We Exchange Confidences 223
XX I Choose My Duty 234
XXI We Decide Our Course 244
XXII We Meet With Danger 254
XXIII The Words of Love 267
XXIV We Attack the Savages 278
XXV Within the Fort 289
XXVI In De Baugis' Quarters 299
XXVII I Send for De Tonty 309
XXVIII The Court Martial 319
XXIX Condemned 330
XXX I Choose My Future 341
XXXI We Reach the River 350
XXXII We Meet Surprise 361
XXXIII Warriors of the Illini 371
XXXIV We Wait in Ambush 380
XXXV The Charge of the Illini 390
XXXVI The Clearing of Mystery 399

BEYOND THE FRONTIER

CHAPTER I

AT THE HOME OF HUGO CHEVET

It was early autumn, for the clusters of grapes above me were already
purple, and the forest leaves were tinged with red. And yet the air
was soft, and the golden bars of sun flickered down on the work in my
lap through the laced branches of the trellis. The work was but a
pretense, for I had fled the house to escape the voice of Monsieur
Cassion who was still urging my uncle to accompany him on his journey
into the wilderness. They sat in the great room before the fireplace,
drinking, and I had heard enough already to tell me there was
treachery on foot against the Sieur de la Salle. To be sure it was
nothing to me, a girl knowing naught of such intrigue, yet I had not
forgotten the day, three years before, when this La Salle, with others
of his company, had halted before the Ursuline convent, and the
sisters bade them welcome for the night. 'Twas my part to help serve,
and he had stroked my hair