Then he found himself gazing at the most beautiful girl he had ever seen in his life.
"My only sister, Mrs.Alfred Clarke--once Betty Zane, and the heroine of Fort Henry," said Colonel Zane proudly, with his arm around the slender, dark-eyed girl.
"I would brave the Indians and the wilderness again for this pleasure," replied Joe gallantly, as he bowed low over the little hand she cordially extended.
"Bess, is dinner ready ?" inquired Colonel Zane of his comely wife.
She nodded her head, and the colonel led the way into the adjoining room.

"I know you boys must be hungry as bears." During the meal Colonel Zane questioned his guests about their journey, and as to the treatment they had received at the hands of the Indians.

He smiled at the young minister's earnestness in regard to the conversion of the redmen, and he laughed outright when Joe said "he guessed he came to the frontier because it was too slow at home." "I am sure your desire for excitement will soon be satisfied, if indeed it be not so already," remarked the colonel.

"But as to the realization of your brother's hopes I am not so sanguine.
Undoubtedly the Moravian missionaries have accomplished wonders with the Indians.

Not long ago I visited the Village of Peace--the Indian name for the mission--and was struck by the friendliness and industry which prevailed there.