"He's yer friend from his heels to his old scalped crown.
Let him have his fun." Then lowering his voice almost to a whisper
he continued:
"I was in Vincennes for two days and nights spyin' around. Madame
Godere hid me in her house when there was need of it. I know how
it is with ye; I got all the gossip about ye and the young lady,
as well as all the information about Hamilton and his forces that
Colonel Clark wants. I'm goin' to Kaskaskia; but I think it quite
possible that Clark will be on his march to Vincennes before we
get there; for Vigo has taken him full particulars as to the fort
and its garrison, and I know that he's determined to capture the
whole thing or die tryin'."
Beverley felt his heart swell and his blood leap strong in his
veins at these words.
"I saw ye while I was in Vincennes," Kenton added, "but I never
let ye see me. Ye were a prisoner, and I had no business with ye
while your parole held. I felt that it was best not to tempt ye to
give me aid, or to let ye have knowledge of me while I was a spy.
I left two days before ye did, and should have been at Kaskaskia
by this time if I hadn't run across Jazon, who detained me. He
wanted to go with me, and I waited for him to repair the stock of
his old gun. He tinkered at it 'tween meals and showers for half a
week at the Indian village back yonder before he got it just to
suit him.
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