A week later the five sat in a little glade about a mile south of the Ohio, but far beyond the mouth of the Licking. They had left the fleet that morning as it was moving peacefully up the "Beautiful River," and they meant to pass the present night in the woods. Twilight was already coming. A beautiful golden sun had just set, and there were bars of red in the west to mark where it had gone. Jim Hart was cooking by a small fire. Paul lay at ease on the grass, dreaming with eyes wide open. Tom Ross was cleaning his rifle, and he was wholly immersed in his task. Henry and Shif'less Sol sat together near the edge of the glade. "Henry," said the shiftless one, "when that battle wuz about over I thought I saw you runnin' into the woods after a big warrior who looked like a chief." "You really saw me," said Henry, "and the Indian was a chief, a great one. It was Timmendiquas, although I did not know it then." "Did you overtake him?" "I did, and we had a fight in the dark. Luck was with me, and at the end of the struggle I held him at the muzzle of my rifle." "Did you shoot?" "No, I could not. He had saved my life, and I had to pay the debt." The shiftless one reached out his hand and touched Henry's lightly. "I'm glad you didn't shoot," he said. "I'd have done the same that you did." An hour later they were all asleep but Tom Ross, who watched at the edge of the glade, and Henry, who lay on his back in the grass, gazing at the stars that flashed and danced in the blue sky. Sleep came to the boy slowly, but his eyelids drooped at last, and a wonderful peace came over him. The wind rose, and out of the forest floated a song, soothing and peaceful. It told him that success, the reward of the brave, had come, and, as his eyelids drooped lower, he slept without dreams. THE END * * * * * _The Young Trailers Series_ _Two boys, Henry Ware and Paul Cotter, and three scouts are the chief characters in these books dealing with frontier life and adventures with the Indians about the time of the Revolutionary War. Each story is complete in itself, full of excitement, and historically accurate._ The Young Trailers Two boys and their families arrive in Kentucky and build a settlement. The settlers begin to have trouble with the Indians. The Forest Runners The two boys set out to carry powder from one settlement to another. The Indians get word of it. The Eyes of the Woods The Indians at length determine to destroy the boys and their friends. In the struggle the boys call into play all their lore of the woods. The Keepers of the Trail In this book the boys and their comrades defeat a great Indian army and save Kentucky from invasion. The Free Rangers Five of the settlers journey down the Mississippi to urge the Spanish Governor-General not to join the Indians in fighting. The Riflemen of the Ohio