Has he been good?
Did he call for any particular young lady?
Never fear, Betty, I'll keep the secret.

He'll never know you were here unless you tell him yourself." Meanwhile the days had been busy ones for Col.Zane.In anticipation of an attack from the Indians, the settlers had been fortifying their refuge and making the block-house as nearly impregnable as possible.

Everything that was movable and was of value they put inside the stockade fence, out of reach of the destructive redskins.
All the horses and cattle were driven into the inclosure.
Wagon-loads of hay, grain and food were stored away in the block-house.
Never before had there been such excitement on the frontier.

Runners from Ft.

Pitt, Short Creek, and other settlements confirmed the rumor that all the towns along the Ohio were preparing for war.