“Is he wounded dangerously?” Virginia asked, the color forsaking her cheeks as she thought of the illness of her lover.
“No, only a flesh wound,” Kate answered. “In a few days he will be well again. He told me that you were his plighted wife, and I promised him that I would find you if you were living and upon the earth. But I little expected, though, to find you a captive in the Shawnee village.”
“Can you save me from the terrible danger that surrounds me?” Virginia asked, anxiously.
“At least I can try. Heaven alone knows whether the attempt will be successful or not,” replied Kate, earnestly.
“Oh, my heart sinks within me when I think of the many miles that intervene between me and my kindred. I fear I shall never see Point Pleasant again. How can we make our way through the trackless wilderness, the home of the wild beast and the red savage?” Virginia asked, in sorrow.
“Do not fear; to me the wilderness is like an open book. Not a path between here and the Ohio that I do not know as well in the darkness as in the light. Trust to me, and if human aid is of avail you shall be saved.”
Then, with a gesture of caution, Kate left the lodge.
CHAPTER XXX.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
As Kate left the lodge and turned to the right toward the river, she found herself suddenly confronted by her father, David Kendrick.