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The policeman retreated, and in a moment reappeared with the

Inspector and Captain Stephens at his side

"Who are you?" asked the Inspector in a low voice

"Friends" Then Annette said, in a distinct voice: "Monsieur Stephens er!" he exclai

to the Inspector "You may admit them" In a moment Tall Elk was

inside

"I am a Cree chief, and twenty of h the stockade I shall guard this door, and you

can pass out Go directly to the river, and at the pier you will find

a boat waiting Then the river is clear before you to Battleford"

Saying these words the chief was gone, the two Indian boys following

hi, more infernal than any which had

been heard before, arose, and, brandishing their weapons, the horde

of infuriated savages began to pour through a large gap in the

stockade

"Follow me, my men," whispered the Inspector, and with Stephens at

his side he descended into the yard where the s

torches was so dense that the whole party passed through the group of

friendly braves without attracting the attention of the hostile

savages They very speedily gained the river and found a large York

boat, of shallow draught, which they pushed out into the sloeep