Two words came from the lips of the man who had acted as Virginia’s guide.
Two words that struck a chill of horror to the heart of the girl.
Yet the meaning of those two words she could not understand.
The two words were spoken in the Shawnee tongue.
Then forth from the thicket, in obedience to the summons, came two dark and stalwart forms.
Life was in the forest, despite the gloom and silence!
One single glance Virginia gave, and then, with a cry of mournful agony, she fell senseless to the ground.
The shock was too great to bear, and loss of consciousness came like an earnest friend to drive away the terror that was chilling the heart of the hapless maid.
And now we will return to the station at Point Pleasant.