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Wellington Mutual 'Fire
Insurance Co.
Established .1840
Head Office, Guelph, Ont.
Risks taken on all Glasser of insur-
*lice at reasonable rates.
JMER .COSBNS, Agent, Wingham
J. W. DODD
Otfice in Chisholm Block
FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND
9EA].'T1ri INSURANCE —
AND REAL ESTATE
0. Box 360 Phone' 240
ruiINGHAIVL, ..-. ONTARIO
J. W. BUSHFIELD
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Money to -Loan
Office ---Meyer Block, Wingham
Successor to Dudley Holmes
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VANSTONE
BARRISTER,
SOLICITOR, ETC.
Lowest Rates.
Money to Loan at
Wingham, - Ontario
J. A.MORTON
BARRISTER, ETC.
Wingham, Ontario
DR. G. H. ROSS
DENTIST
Office Over Isard's Store
H. W. COLBORNE, M. D.
Physcian. and Surgeon
ittedica., ..presentative D. S. C. R.
Phone 54 Wingham
Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly
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I Chapter 1.—Travelling' by canoe on
i the Missiissilap, on his way to Biloxi,
tin the early days of the settlement
of ':Lousiana, William Brampton, Eng-
lish spy, known to .the Indians and
settlers as the "White Indian," sees
a Natchez Indian post .a declaration.
of war against the French. For his
awn purposes, he hastens to I3iloxi
to carry the news to Bienville, French
governor.
During Labrador's 'outburst I had
had time to cool off. I remembered
the card I had to play, and could
not believe the governor would deal
4 vi 4vtIVL'1 F.+COUJ a
W .rG> iMt ADVANCE-T1MES
).are bad, To get seippliee we must g'd
to Mobile, Pensacola or Massacre Is-
land (the .old nam for Dauphine is-
land, so called from the mounds of
human bones found there). For de-
livery at la Nouvelle Orleans we must
pay five per cent, extra, twice that. if
Thursday, j
nary I.7th, 1929
I was glad the governor was at the
island, as otherwise 1 might not have
been allowed to go there.
A priest at Kaskaskia had told me
an the down -trip that the reckless
shipping of co}tvicts and fallen women
had been ordered stopped, and that .a
delivered at Natchez, and 1,3- per cent r More desirable class of. home -makers
-alt, anon lieu! How that extra' were coming 'to the valley, The noire
desirable they were the more aroused
the Atlantic provinces would become.
"1 liave some hard Spanish money
fir you, Monsieur Maher," I remark-
ed as I sat upright:
"God hear roil But hard money is
a fairy hard to eatclt, now that Mon-
seigneur L'as has covered the world.
with his paper money!" exclaimed the
to succeed it must: et courage the col- father. •
onists to Work for themselves. "Work The very packet seemed to sniff the
for es," was their•motto. Mattor ran prospect at silver and leaped more
buoyantly through the shallow wat-
ers. monsieur. He is Aatue for my betters. to my heart. She. was poor, but no.
At Ship island, wher'c the boats an- Ale'! ]3ut this is rare :news. I leave daughter •of poor but honest people.
chured—the V'fattors called it isle you to> --console the wench, monsieur, She had been picked up in a raid.
Francoise—there was twenty feet at while I gt.' to tell itis cxccllc+nty." Tliat was easily understood, But a
;And off the rascal ran. young woman with soft .slim hands
1. turned to help the woman to her who had not worked, And yet there
premium does climb up—at the Ya-
zoo."
1 suppressed a smile to heat bow
foolishly the Company of the Indies
was playing into :English hands. . It
would be hard enough: for them to
hold their trade ' without penalizing
their customers. The directors of the
company could never comprehend that
on:
had ignored. his preference for New "tut that is not the worst, Mon -
Orleans. It was the one spot on the siettr ]irampton. 1f we would. trade
river in the close proximity to the we )gust send our products to la
gulf that would answer for a perntan-. Nouvelle Orleans, Biloxi, Ship island,
ent settlement. I think he would or Mobile. And first -grade tobacco
have won his point if not for a rise can bring only 25 livres the hundred,
in the river inundating the little set- rice 20 livres the hundred,. the best
tlement; and Biloxi was again chosen. wheat flour 15 livres, and a li.vre for
like a shuttle -cock the seat of govern- a deerskin—think of it!"
meet had shifted back and forth be- "It is hard to be a planter here," 1
tween Biloxi and Mobile.
If any one could seal the Mississ-
ippi valley for Fance it would be
Bienville with his bulldog determina-
tion and commonsense. Even though
working under the tremendous bur-
den of trash for colonists and the
company's frantic orders for the dis
' harshly with ane. I was innocent of covert' of mines, or anything etre
'decoying his soldiers away. They had which could be immediately rea ze
not needed my urging to make them upon as an asset, he believed he could
deserters. And small wonder that twin out if permitted to develop New
:any were left for garrison duty, now Orleans and other river ports. Tu
tis had become necessary for the gov- control the destiny of the valley from
— — 1 ernor to quarter them among the In- the gulf was impractical. One night
DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND • drans, where they dressed—rather, un- as well try to govern it from Pen-
savages,
en-s tFa;;e, and Iearned ways of idleness, I was determined to complete my
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON , which unfitted them for routine work. journey and meet his cool-headed, sa-
,C,P. Lund.) "reseed—and painted themselves like sacola as from Mobile or Biloxi. And
L.R.C.P. (ENG.) C
DR. R. L. STEWART
Graduate of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
Office in Chisholm Block
Josephine Street. Phone 29.
DR. G. W. HOWSON
DENTIST
Office over John Galbraith's Store.
"Where's tite governor? I asked. gacious executive with but one card
":\t New IBiloxi. If he has not to play against his belief that 1 was
,been warned of your Gamin, you have something more than a renegade
every chance to get away. It is your Englishman.
!lucky Star that sent you by this gut- For the rest of the trip across the
,off instead of down to la Nouvelle lake I taw no one except a Choctaw
Orleans; fur he has spoken ill of you hunter after birds, and was opposite
there, and every cabin is ready to the mouth of the River of !'earls,
gobble you up." when two Frenchmen in a cimnsy
i " He is unjust. He wronsrs me. sailing packet came along and went
!I'll see him. No man on earth can
into the wind, and gaped at me in
I send me running to cover when I ant anateemote
d!innocent, I decare, ee1ng wery e White Indian:
one of theii
-
F. A. PARKER because1innocent t
virtuous was
tunuc4i a exclaimed, while the sail flapped im-
t the crime charged. r
patiently >atientl y against the stub of a utast.
OSTEOPATH ! He eyed the admiringly, yet pity "f was beginning to think you had
Al] Diseases Treated iingly. lost your tongues," 1 replied. "I ani
Office adjoining residence next to! "you know you are English," he bound for Biloxi. Can you give ane
Anglican Church on. Centre Street. !softly reminded nee. a tow:
Sundays by appointment. 1
Runaway Ent lish," I gruffly cur.- They exchanged quick glances, and
Osteopathy Electricity i
Phone 272, Hours -9 a.m.. to 8 pen. l)(eted. "There are runaway English, the elder of the two bowed most gra-
just as there are runaway French- eiously and insisted
I
A. � � D�VAL wee, I ve lived oil the river for three ``Metter than that, monsieur. The
years. It suits inc. Ill stay:" pirogue will annoy you. Make it fast
Licensed Drugless Practitioners, i „ma f•a e. Tess y++u'll stay'." In •for a tow, then come aboard and take
Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. )Daniel. your pleasure decentl
Colle, Toront , and'Graduates of CanaNaY onalractic Col- 7 ~ "`And pee? You :i' back to (Jr- The byplay ,,f thei • eye: had not
lege Chicago. ;leans?"
escaped me; nor did I think they had
•Office apposite Hamilton's Jewelry
I-Ic licsitatc<I, his caul struggling be- been ordered to watch for my con-
Sto
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t tween friendship. tcar< at d }
o cut m+
It mattered nh
thm•, c
, so 2-5, 7-8.3o p.m., and by
apgointtcee:tt -matrimony. One of the last two won long as 1 wished to make Biloxi. The
t of town end. mi At Talla re- : for a time, and he muttered: boat would be more comfortable, anti
.)feuded to. 1 ,sttdecfi'ssl It "1
ve their master, I too, could rejoice
•
A , venom +e�r^:� �� "1 return t• Bayou tit Jean When if they
were : c crct y del•
ighted to ser -
'pt, -,,es. Office loo.: Resrtlence 6oI-e'3, :the ,ip • the
women
• ;are to br :Lot at once to la Nouvelle
Orleans. I shall be there, waiting I
Registered Drugless Practitioner shall marry a good girl. If she turns
CHIROPRACTIC AND t r;ut bad I can always go deep into the
DRUGLESS PRACTICE;forest!"
ELECTRO -THERAPY I could not blame frim for avoiding
Hours: 2-5, 7-8•, or by my dangerous company 101 ell itis
appointment. Phone 191. ; presence could aid rate none. 1-{e. was
i one of the Labradors of Canada, and.
D. H. M INNES alike the majority of the Canadian born
or bred had small liking for the
CHIROPRACTOR French born, just as the latter looked
ELECTRICITYwith contempt on tate children of the
kdjustt efts given for diseases of , trcw t, ,ilei.
all kinds, we .specialize in dealing with ; He showed his native astuteness in
children. Lady attendant. Night callsaycriding the governor's displeasure by
did tea.
J. ALVIN FOX
agreed. "Now in Carolina—but 1 can
not return there,'
"We undestand monsieur's very
sensible einotidn. Monsieur cannot
return there," said .rules.
His expression and bearing were
simplicity itself; his words contained
a veiled threat.
"Bah! Who cares?" I cried. "Not I,
I have lived in the woods so long I
am known as the \'Vihte Indian. I
will never be cooped up in a settle-
ment again, even if free to come and
go as I pleased. All I wieh now is
at being relieved from the exertion
of paddling the heavy pirogue the
fill distance. '
St> 100 set erne cnntc•rated and gay,
the two of them ti;.. snatches of
chansons which invariably reflected
sonar: amorous sentiment. Between
these bits of sentiment they asked ore
polite questions about the upper riv-
er. It was plain that word had been
passed along the river to watch for
and report my presence. Joe Labra-
dor had said the Very huts at New
Orleans were ready to "gobble" 4110
up, The nearer 1 drew to Biloxi the
respon more sharp set would 1 find this die -
Office on ..Scott St., Wingharn, Ont. keeping clear of .me for the time. 1 position to be.
Phone 150 1 knew that when it came to a pinelr he "What is the latest news, my
__ _ —. \would cheerfully make any sacrifice friends?" I finally managed to ask its
to aid int; for there was a sntall tial- their. chattering and queries slowed
- BROKER •—' eof the Illinois country, itt' affair of "A wife -ship, comes to fiiloxi. V4'e
Money to lend on brat and second nay nidi*a:_' Into to escape the stake. hurry home," said the younger :glean'
mortgages on Tartar and other real es \nd he believed he was: indebted h, with a snicker.
• tate properties at a reasonable rate 0f
GEORGE A.SI»DAL (rctw
(n u, born of the dangers down,
t b
u.c ""Silence, Basile," sternly rebuked
interest, o stn . a first Chattel. snort. He rcasotttrl that just now he could the. other, ")Monsieur, the White. Tn-
;;es ort stock and. an p0rs(yltal notes. •,
Afew faros on hated for sale or to help me natio by itecompanying me d'e'an, we are Jules and Basile Mattor,
rent on easy terms.to illlod. Mort than likely such an failter and son. \Vhat the boy says
Phone 73. 1.ttcknow, Ont 1,,04,,riation awith tine \Vhitt• Indian— is true; a nifc-ship comes. It is bad
as 1 was called beetles( of my fore -t- for 1000 to live alone. ,\nil he fel
TI-IOt AS ]FELLS •terrine—woeld place him multi- eus clod a deep sigh.
AUCTIONEER 1 picioti. And 11111131, 0 010 1to1 new The company of the Indies leas lie -
REAL ESTATE SOLD tylee,, c ),ming to la Nouvelle Orleans, tined to itis exeelleney''s advice and
and th+,st• rl the spot would have v; in send nor more wantons across
Atltorouglr knowledge of farm first choice, the „scan," babbled the young man.
Stock "\{y friend," he softly called as his "Silence, child''" commanded the
Phone .232, Wingnam
' light canoe moved oft" a few roils tie father. "Yee, monsieur, the waei.---"
ts'arel e'1 ,- ' e et•.te shore, ."if you find "A-lrinwiour Ileum', I inn William
DRS. A. ,tgr A. . IRW iia( ,path lotii;h l shall know it. The Brampton," 1
broke in.
DENTISTS wirer is all Gears and a great gossip. e'etensieur 11rampt"'11, 1 am •ntisre
. .. ,. ., . ,.r shall tear glade -... ,
\ t r i:. to tire around: 1 , lr ell h to meet you then n
` e 141lacdol:~�i�C ?�f-�"d �da�' � I y a at you u esti) krtzrw•.
"fru
if the wcirst entree.%, the ri\(1 path to At the buy says, the wife -ship will
the north shall be opened, and we be :filled with honest women. 'Wo -
will follow it anirl find plenty of room riser) one can love and rlitr•erlr, and
to live our lives in the good (sod's lake pride to sleety id line's friends.
country till there. Yoe are: runaway (rood cook,e, goad.—"
English. i will kiss itty wife, good- .' r`Ctttt'vvbat of ,the ;guys?" 1 :.inter.•
:stye and he runaway '1 tench, Bon Yatptcd,
Mattor-:Dere drew a long face and
ilrottrrrfully replied:
The last trade • law goes bacl with
eta, As for that all our trade ire's
If IMahill(Fro"r„n,YribMNYw.re.r91Wa+ 67im,
Ar J. WALKER
Phone's: Office 106, Resid, 224.
FURNITURE DEALER
and
"ZRAL 1 Ii�laCTt t cur et bon voyage."
Viator Rgtti ari,artt tiienvilla had vision. He knew the
"iiU'Iltl'OI+att lr} i'' °Aglet 5 importance of a river port. 1 -Te had
iYyNir�eiiji,r,t�eniaria,ur�iri,r„r�r,"rre,rh„riwu,bdtliurw;ti
tail
fretted much because the 301't'rtrttlOrrt
people here for pemishntettt, or to
build e nett' world?"
"Ten million devils! Who are you
to interfere with Sergeant Suarez,
twenty years io the trrat•ines, when
he is doing 'leis duty?"
leave the
"Never mind who 1 hl
woman alone."
Ile croached for ai spring, his eyes
glaring like a tree-•: it s, and I was
tidy
,for .hills, evhert to my surprise
he rage idivd idol of los ,face. His
dark em nteltttnre begat) twisting up
ike: old parchment. "Gad is, good!"
to whispered exultingly. •V1"hal'' brown
begird! That big nose! Broil me end
boil oto if it :isn't the While. Enchant
1le.! 1-1u!"
"The White Indian, yes. `Vt/liat of
it, you nitttblejaek?"
"No, no," he softly cried, "1 shall
not be drawn into te quarrel with:
"My imune is :Brampton. Pm :Eng,.
1]sli. Something of an outlaw front
Virginia. You came to help nrai*e.
l..ousiana great?"
"I tepee Claire Daltlsl garde. l'vc°
esinte to elie,": she simply replica,
"You' fear that: they misrepresented.:
coeditiips -to yon?"
She ave me a quick sidelong
glance, :is sharp and penetrating as
the point of •a needle, and with' more
control of her voice informed me:
"I was picked up` in a rand."
My first thought vas that she artist
be the daughter of some ;poor far- •
mer. For the company's agents itt
rounding ep the friendless to ship
°overseas had no scruples itt taking
the daughters cif the poor, be they'
ever so vietuous. But a glance at:
the sliiti white hands, so aristocratic,
and so unused to- labor, sent a chill'
water. As we drew nearer we saw
the ship was discharging memeb.an-
dise, while igen and • women were
roaming about i1 all directions, re -I
ceivin their first impressions of the!
new world.
I "Land me near the ship. ;I'll hunt
the governor afoot," I said.
We rats into a cove near the ship
and I tossed Jules sone Silver pieces
which he kissed enthusiastically and
then hid in his clothes.
"It's the Maire," cried Basile, his
eyes lighting with boyish interest. "I
saw her last season when :she carne
in to Dauphine with the wet -shies
Africaine. They were bringing
Meeks from the Guinea coast.
Faugh! A sweet-smelling chip for
the ladies!"
"And they are ladies!" cried roles.
"I see one in black who walks like a
ctueen Wives for some of us, First
come, first served!"
And with .that he leaped ahead of
me and raced up the beach in his
haste to present Basile with a step-
mother.
It was not until clear of the Maire,
which the immigrants seined to shun,
that I sensed the confusion of the
scene and observed the amazement
and despair of the newcomers. A
sergeant, tanned as dark as a Guinea •
black, was unusually active in pulling
and pushing the immigrants about.
In disgust I watched this fellow, his
dirty paws making too free with the
women, and then had my ire roused
by beholding him Seize a woman in
black—the one Mattor said walked
like a queen—and give her a spin that
sent her reeling across the sand to
fall at my feet.
"Tonnerre de Dieu!" I found my-
self shouting as 1 sprang between the
brute and the poor thing. "Are these
`Never Mind Who I Am. Leave the
Woman Alone."
to find Sieur de Bienville.
"Then yuu will go to Ship island,
for his excellency 'went there this
morning to await the coming of the
wife -ship," said Sues.
I rolled my robes in a pillow and
stretched out in the bow and fell as-
leep ethicist at once. When I awoke
it was to see the stars overhead. I
elept again, and on my second aw-
akening found we were behind Ship
island slid making for the anchorage
on the north side, where the roasts
of a ship were silhouetted against the
morning sky. As I surveyed the Bay
of Biloxi, the islands, and the main,
I .could not blame Bienville for his
impatience with the goverrnnent for
insisting on a gulf port. Shoaling of
the port on Dauphine had driven the
seat of government from Mobile to
Biloxi, but those who dweelt in Bil-
oxi learned that the reflection from
the sand was evil to endure, and that.
boats left unused were soon destroyed
by the WO)! me.
However, it \vas the unloading of.
the cargo -slips that supplied the last
word in wasteandineffeelency. Ves-
aels from France must stop at Ship
island, nearly 15 miles from the ;set-
tlenaeut. The 'cargoes were ttans-
ferred to packet 'boats which were
met .by small boats when two or three
miles from shore. Nor was this enol
of landing the goods, for the small
boats in turn took, tite sand a musket-
shot from shore, and their loads were
brought in ,by Wren ei• by cart's oil
high wheels. All this fuss and bother
tva.s enough to drive a practical mind
t(s frenzy, When imrriigtants are
substituted for barrels tend bales 1)01
F.411 easily imagine) the confusion rand
dismay of the newcomers.
T lead scan them huddled toe:ctller
without shelter, without food, home-
sick, starved and dying, while Mimi-
villi worked most desperately todis-
trib-ntc theta up and clown the river.
Y
At that time 1.• stocxl in featherhigh
;With the governor, craving accornpan-
fed' Tibia and his a.xemee the previous
winter on Ship island when immi-
grants were arrh'fngs Asit was part
of my business to learn the kind of
01011 and Weenete,, a:S well as the num-
ber, the company was sending over,
feet, but she was already erect, a slim
figure in black, the .sunibler tone of
het- attire being accented by the mass
of yellow hair and the clear ivory
pallor of her features. And as I gas -
ed I found, myself thinking that the
hardships of the voyage had left her
all eyes. Several women, attracted
by the scene, laughed raucously; and
a glance told me .Bienville's insis-
tence- that decent women only be sent
had not been heeded. 1 ywouid have
turned away if not for the unspoken
ap'ic'al in the oval face of the ser-
,g'eant's \'1Ctinr.
"1 have not thanked you mon-
sieur," she whispered.
"Nor shall you. 1 die nothing. ata of horrors. "it will be gond to go 'ten
you are 111, mademoisellethe boat," she managed' to .say. ".But
"A helntet bargaining for a wife!" perhaps not the first boat -it de -
shrilly screamed a wanton. "They l7ends."
swim out to meet us. • Don't waste "Tt will largely depend on his ex -
time on that sniveling thing, my hig cellency's orders'," T corrected.
man.""But they—the women—said there
The woman in black was shrinking would be much waiting. Ton fern
from her mates, and well might she, boats—1 can tell better when .I see
as with foul abase they upbraided them loading."
her for- trying to "steal the first pro- Here was fine choosing and pick -
per man." There was death in her ing for one of her world.
face as thetorrent of filth was loos- "Your name is not French," I re-
ed, and 1 would have retreated to marked for the sale of saying some
save her something of embarrassment thing as we walked along the shore. •
had not the i\Iattors now come up to "Danish—I am Danish," she softly
be instantly pounced upon by the liar replied.
was infinite appeal in the small face
and silent grief. Her utter helpless-
ness increased tate inevitable suspic-
ion. Anyway, it was not for me to
condemn her.
I bzroke the silence by. offering:
"I' •will walk with you to the shore
and see you start i•n , otte of the first
boats."
Her head jerked up as T spoke, be-
cause of some aloofness in my tone,
I fear. I had not meant to be cruel,
for she was heartsick and body -sick,
a very young woman as helpless as a
child, and marooned:: in a land which
must be to her a perpetual revelation
'pies. "And from Paris, or one of the
"Will you walk to where the boats lag„?"
are, 50 you may go to the retain?' I "From Paris—last. T have no haute
asked: --nothing'."
"God!" she shivered, staring "frau- (Continued Next Weil:)
tically about. "To the main? To the
wilderness! To the savages! Any-
thing to escape that!"
And her gaze followed the group
of forlorn creatures now pawing and
mauling the two \Iattors.
Dr. and Mrs, W, R. Hambly, for-
merly of Wingham, ate now settled
in their new home, 298 Queen's Ave-
nue, London.'
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