Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Before, however, he could be sure of his aim, he was startled by a cry from Dot— "Come down here quick, Mel! A great big Indian is getting in the house by the window! CHAPTER THREE CAUGHT FAST—A FRIEND IN NEED ELVILLE Clarendon was so interested in the efforts of the three Sioux to capture his horse, that for a minute or two he forgot that Dot was below-stairs. Her cry, however, roused him to the situation and truth, and he flew down the steps. In fact, the little girl had had a stirring time. While she was too young to realize the full danger of herself and brother, she knew there were bad Indians trying to get into the house, and the best thing for her to do was to obey every instruction Melville gave to her. It will be recalled that Melville had a few words of conversation with one of the Sioux outside the door, who asked to be admitted. After the youth's refusal, there was silence for a minute or two, and, supposing the Indian was gone, the lad hurried to the upper story to gain a survey of his surroundings. But the warrior had not left. After the departure of Melville he resumed his knocking on the door, but so gently that no one heard him except Dot. In her innocence she forgot the warnings given to her, and, sliding off her chair, stepped forward, and began shoving the end of the leathern string through, so that the Indian could raise " Pull the string, and the door will open." the latch. She had tried to raise it herself, but the pressure from the outside was so strong that the friction prevented. "There!" said the little girl; "all you've got to do is to pull the string, and the door will open." When the Indian saw the head of the string groping its way through the little hole in the door like a tiny serpent, he grasped the end, and gav...