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A SON OF COURAGE
BY ARCHIE P. McKISHNIE
Copyrighted by Thomas Allen.
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Billy Wilson, who lives with hi3
father .and stepmother and her son
Anson, is the leader among the boys
of Scotia, a pioneer settlement near
Lake Erie. Cobin Keeler, one of the
trustees, tells the new teacher,
Mr. Johnston, about his predecessor,
Frank Stanhope, .’ho was blinded
while trying to save horses from a
burning stable. A will made by a
wealthy hermit, Scroggie, in Stan
hope’s favor, could not be found.
Scroggie’s namesake and apparent
heir takes possession. Twin Oaks
store is robbed. Harry O’Dule finds
the stolen goods in old Scroggie’s
cabin, known as the haunted house.
Hinter, middle-aged and well-tc-do,
goes wooing Erie Landon, loyal sweet
heart of Stanhope, and daughter of
the invalid lighthouse keeper. Two!
strangers make a. fruitless search of
O’Dule’s hut.
CHAPTER XIV.—(Cont’d.)
“Faith,” cried Harry, “ut’s divil a
bit I know concernin’ that man Trig
ger Finger, but ut’s small reward
they’d) be gettin’ fer their pains if
they tied- me up and tried torture, an’
I’ll 'be tailin’ ye fer why, byes. The
stuff’s gone back to Spencer. Load
ut I did me self on Joe Scraff’s buck
board1, not more than an hour agone.
The box wid the black fox skins an’
two big jugs av whiskey. Back I sent
ut all, byes, wid the compliments av
the bothav ye an’ me poor self. But
now it’ll be there, and the heart av
ould Caleb ’ll be beatin’ two skips fer
one wid jye at recoverin’ all av his
stolen possessions. I did! right, I hone
ut along back?” he
! hold a close tongue in your head,
; Billy promised. “Understan’, though,
I it’s goin’ to be a mighty hard thing
I to do; I saw him trying the bark of ■
i that elm jest -under our winder only'
this morniri. He’s likely aimin’ to!
shin up that tree an’ fall on your face,
most any nighit, so if you want your
eyes an’ your life you’d (better do what
I say.”
i “I’ll do jest as yo-u say, Bill,” Anse
promised, fervently, and Billy knew
that he meant it. “All right, that’s a
go,” he said and went off to the men
agerie to feed his pets.
•Something else was to happen
shortly to make Billy feel that his
world was full of mysterious agents
sent for no other purpose than to give
him fresh worries.
That evening, as he drove the cattle
down along the Causeway for water
he met two teams of horses hauling
loads of greasy-looking timbers and
black, oily pipes. The men who- drove
the teams were strangers to him.
Scroggie, or Heir Scroggie, as he was
now commonly called in the neigh
borhood, sat beside the driver of one
of the wagons.
“He’s movin’ a saw-mill up into the
big woods,” thought Billy. “But where
in the world did it come from?” he
pondered as he looked after thej
creaking loads. )
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constantly. Take it from the kettle, methods of cleaning. If used for ths
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off pieces the size of one’s fist, rub'
the soiled paper with short down
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the dough between the strokes to keep
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A carpet-cleaning paste consists of
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one-fourth of a pound of borax, two
tablespoonfuls of saltpetre, boiled1 in
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Cleansers and Polishers.
It frequently happens that one has
fn the pantry or wood-shed the very
ingredients that go to make up man^
expensive compounds for keeping'the
house bright and clean. It is espec
ially desirable for the farm housewife
to know the formulas for some good,
home-made applications..
If your floors are dark in color, a
good polish for them may be made
of one-half gallon of boiled
oil and one gill of soft tar.
apply it too liberally and be
rub it well, as an excess of
serves to collect dust. For the waxed
floor, never use a linseed-oil prepara
tion, as the oil cuts the wax. One
i sperm candle, melted and combined
He was not long to remain in doubt j GT\e °f kerosene may be used
on that point. As he approached the' brighten a waxed floor. Another
lake road another load of timbers and " —
metal rounded' the corner. Two men
were seated on the load, a big, broad-
shouldered man and a thin one. Some
j. little distande behind another man
! was walking. It was Hinter.
I As the load drew clbse to where
i Billy stood partly concealed by a
; clump of red1 willows, the driver halt-
| ed his team for a rest after the pull
I through the heavy sand, and appar-
| ently not noticing the boy, spoke in
guarded tones' to his companion.
“If I had only listened to you, Jack,
we wouldn’t have lost that whisky,”
he said, “I was dead sure nobody
would go near that place. And at
that we didn’t find what we did the
job to get. did we? It’ll be just our
luck to have that will turn up in
time to cook our goose, yet.”
“Well, Tom, I reckon it’s none of
our funeral whether it turns up or
not,” growled' the other. “We’re get
tin’ paid well fer what we’re doin’,
ain’t we ? If it turns up, Scroggie and
the boss ’ll have to do their own
worryin’.”
The driver cracked his whip and
the load went on, swaying and creak
ing as it left the soft sand for the
corduroy.
A little further on Billy came face
to face with Hinter. “How are you,
Billy?” spoke the man, pleasantly.
“Still driving the cows down to the
lake for water, I see.”
“Yep; they don’t seem to take to
the crick water,” Billy replied. “It’s
sort of scummy an’ smells queer.”
Hinter laughed constrainedly. “I’ve
been pretty well through the Settle- ,
ment, and most of the creeks are like
that;” he replied. “What do you sup-1
pcse causes that scum and that pe
culiar odor?” he asked, casually.
The boy shock his head. “I dunno;
them cricks shouldn’t be that way;
all spring-fed. Maybe yo-u j
looking straight into Hinter’s'
i
linseed-
Do not
sure to
oil only
is ready for use.
A fairly gjood wall paper cleaner :s
composed of ordinary bread dough,
quite stiff, into which a few drops of
ammonia have been worked. If you
have a large room to clean, ft will
be worth while to make the following
preparation: To one heaping cupful
of sifted flour, add one tablespoonful
of salt, one tablespoonful of kerosene,
two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, two
tablespoonfuls of ammonia, and one-
half cupful of-warm water. Mix and
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considerable excitement in the Settle
ment. For a week or so nothing else ■
was talked of and conjecture ran rife
as to. why the thieves had not made
off with their pillage rather than hide
it in the haunted house. Harry O’Dule
came in for plenty of praise for tl e
part he had played in finding the loot,
but beyond hinting that the job had
been more than easy for a seventh
son of a seventh son, he was reticent
on the subject. That he should have
returned the liquor almost intact, to
the owner, was a conundrum to all
who knew him, with the exception of
Billy and Maurice.
.Billy was anything but easy in his
mind during these exciting days. Who
were the two strangers who had
searched old Harry’s hut? Were they
the same two he and Maurice had seen
in the woods on the night of the
storm? If so, why did they send a
message to Hinter, and what was its
significance? Where was Gibson’s
Grove, anyway? These questions
bothered him, and pondering upon
then robbed him of appetite and sleep.
Maurice and Elgin were no help to
him in a dilemma of this kind and
the new 'boy, Jim Scroggie, he knew
scarcely well enough to trust.
It was, perhaps, just as well for
Anson that he kept out of Billy’s way
during this period; However, very
little that Billy did was missed by his
piale blue eyes. He knew that his
step-brother had visited the haunted
house alone and had searched it nook
and corner. For what? He had seen
him fasten his rabbit-foot to a branch
of a tree and dig, and dig. For what ?
He wanted to find cut but dared not
ask. Perhaps Billy was going crazy!
He acted like it. Anson nuads up his
mind that he would confide his sus
picions to his mother. But on the
very day that he had decided to pour
into Mrs. Wilson’s ear all the strange
goings-on of his brother, Billy caught
him out on a forest path, alone and,
gripping him by the shoulder, threat
ened to conjure up by means of witch
craft at his command a seven-headed
dragon with catfish hooks for claws
who would rip his—Anson’s—soul to
shreds if he so much as breathed to
his mother one word of what he had
seen.
In vain Anson declared he didn’t
knovz anything to tell. Billy looked
at him calmly. “You been folllerin’
me an’ I know it,” lie said. “Croaker
saw you, an’ so did Ringdo.”
Anson’s mouth fell open in terror.
“You don't mean—” he commenced,
then gulped, unable to proceed.
“That Groakeris a witch ? Of
course he’s a witch^ari so’s Ringdo.
They both know exactly what you’re
thinkin’, an’ what you’re doin’. Listen,
i you,” as Anse shivered. “Didn’t you
' dream, jest t’other night, that Croak
er was bendin’ over you to peck your
eyes out?”
Anse nodded a reluctant admission.
“Well, s’pose it wasn’t any dream?
S’pose it was all real? An’ s'pose, if
I. hadn’t waked up in time to stop
him, he’d have picked your eyes out
an’ put in fisheyes in their place?
Then you couldn’t see anythin’ unless
you was under water. An’ s’pose, when
I asked Croaker what he wanted to
do. that awful thing fer, he up an’
told me that you’d been spyin’ on me
an’ you didn't deservj to own human
eyes? I say s’pose alii this. Now
then, Anse,. you best mind your own
business an’ let your mouth freeze up
close, else you’re goin’ to have an
awful time of it. If I get Croaker
to say he won’t gouge your eyes out
till I give the word it’s more’n you
deserve.”
Hope stirred in Anson’s fear-ridden
soul—hope which Billy remorselessly!
killed with his next words.
. “But I couldn’t get no promise out
o’ Ringdo. He says you’re workin’
’gainst us.”
“But I ain’t, Bill. Cross my heart,;
I ain’t,” protested Anson. " “Whvl
should I be?”
“Maybe jest ’cause you’re a sneak,”'
Billy answered, “but you’re my broth-!
er an’ I don’t want anythin’ horrible'
to happen to you if I kin help it. The!
best thing fer you to do is keep mum,1
an’ when you see me strikin’ off any-,
where look t’other way.”
“An’ you’ll see that Ringdo dorit;
bite me, Bill?” pleaded Anson. “You’ll
keep him off me, won’t you?”
Billy considered, “I’ll try
promised,- “but it’s goin’ tc
whole lot of coaxin’ to do- it. “
witchcoon has been prowlin'
through the tamarack swale
copperhead snakes for a wee':
gettin’ ready to do
other.”
“Oh
“What’s
Bill?”
“Why
He’s loadin’ up fer somebody, sure as
ctn.-'A.ruhn I T _J__
i
now, in sandin’
•finished;.
“You bet you
together.
Maurice stood
no need to keep watch here, maybe I
best trail along home. Anse’ll be get
tin’ tired waitin’ fer me.”
“That won’t hurt him; he’s always
tired anyway,” rejoined Billy. “But
we’d best go.”
At the door he paused and turned
toward Harry. “Where’s Gibson’s
Grove?” he asked.
Harry, who had picked up his hat
and taken his tin whistle from his
bosom, shook his head. “There’s no
sech place, I’m thinkin’,” he answered.
Billy frowned. “What did Hinter
say when you gave him the message,
Harry?”
Harry chuckled. “Faith, ut’s crazy
he thought I was I guess,” he cried.
“ ‘Oould man,’ sez he, ‘somebody has
been playin’ a trick on ye. I know
no such place as Gibson’s Grove.’ Thin
begobs! he laughed, like he saw the
humor av ut, and had me sate m eself
In the shade and smoke a cigar while
1 risted'. So I’m thinkin’, byes, them
min jest wanted to get rid av me the
while they ransacked me house and
belongin’s, bad cess to ’em!”
Billy laughed. “Come along as far
as the clearin’, Harry,” he invited,
“and play us a tune 'that’ll cheer
Maurice up, wall you?”
“Faith, an’ that I’M do,” cried O’
Dule. “Lilt him a chune I wall that’ll
make his laggin’ feet dance, and his
lag'gin’ spirit lock up above the slough
iv despond.”
And so down the path ridged with
the bronze bars of late afternoon sun
light, they passed, Harry strutting in
............................ scanty
breeze
a wild
did!” cried the boys,
up. “Well, as there’s
they’re
know ? ”
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the lead, wrinkled face lifted,
white locks streaming in the
as he drew from his whistle
&weet melody.
“There now,” he cried, when
the clearing was reached, ai
whistle was tucked away in the bosom
of his flannel shirt, “I’ll be partin’
wid ye now, byes, fer a spell. Over
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Matter of Money.
Fred—“If I were to propose, what
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Freda—‘That would depend very
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CHAPTER XV.
Billy's Problems Multiply.
Recovery of the stolen goods caused
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gollies!”
he huntin’
to poison
he
take a!
hat old,
down ■
intin’ i
now, i
fer somebody er;
gasped Anson,
copperheads fer,I
II
you’ve1
think,
coon’s
his teeth with.
shootin’. Gosh! I am sorry
bean sech a fool, Anse. Jest
one little scratch from that
teeth .and-—”
“Bill,” Anson’s voice*” was nusxy
with terror. “You won’t let him touch
me, will you Bill ?” [
“I’ll keep him away from you so
kng as you keep away from us, an’
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