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ADVANCE -TIME
hursday, January 24th, 1929,
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insurance Co.
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Head. Office, Guelph, Ont.
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onaeo at reasonable rates,
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Office Over Isard's Store
H. W. COLBORNE, M. D.
Physcian and Surgeon
Medical •..,.LIl3-esentative D. S. C. R.
Phone 54 Wingham
Successor to Dr. W. R:. Hambly
DR. ROBT. O. REDMOND
1JT:R.C.S. (ENG.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.).
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
O.R. R. L. STEWART
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Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
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Office in Chisholm Block
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Office John Galbraith's Store.
e over
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OSTEOPATH
All Diseases Treated
Office adjoining residence next to
Anglican Church on Centre Street.
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Phone 272, Hours -9 a,m. to ,3 p.m..
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SYNOPSIS
Chapter 1.—Travelling by canoe on
the Mrs •iis i hisBiloxi,
.� S jap,.an his way to Ill Utt,
inthe early days of the settlement
r
of Lousiana, William Brampton, Eng-
lish h spy, known to the Indians and.,
settlers tae•• the "White
set 1 s as 1 ute sees
a Natchez Indian post a declaration
of war against the French. For his
own purposes, he hastens toBiloxi
to carry the news to Bienvillc, French
governor,
•
We were tow on the outskirts of
a clamorous mob, where men and wo-
men fought to be first to leave the
island,. I .saw I3ienville calmlydirect-
ing his Soldiers. One packet was
filled and starting for the Main. , An-
other had room for two or three, -and
Iiienville ran his cool gaze over the
pushing jostling crowd, His eyes
rested 00 me for a moment
without a sign of recognition; then
his arm shot out and a finger pointed
in my direction, and his voice ,rose
2'bare the confusion to command:
"That woman back there. No; the
one in black: Corrie, mademoiselle,"
She paused for a moment and anx-
iously examined those aboard the
beat, and then glided forward with-
out a word or glance for me. There
was a comnuation behind me and a
short spider of a man, who walked
like a sailor, and whose withered face
denoted a long life—oily :spent if
there is anything in physiognomy—
!snarled aloud, and with unexpected
strength hurled two men and a wo-
lion frons his path in his efforts to
follow her. She heard the animal -
like cry and turned her head, and
;there was an awful horror in her
gaze as she beheld the man; and her
eyes .sought mine and pleaded pro-
f
! tc-ction.
Instantly I knew :she did not want
this fellow to follow her. Intuition
I told me her fear of hits was the rea
son she was •unwilling to make for
the boats until she had seen him de-.
;part, or knew he was left behind.
Instinctively my leg shot out and the
toe of my moccasin caught his instep,
and he was down on his face in the
sand. 13y the time he scrambled to
his feet she was in the boat and Bien
ville also was aboard. The governor
was calling back to the sergeant:
"The other; must wait till the next
trip, Get thein rations from the
ship."
The boat drew away from the shore
and the hideous little man was at my
throat. 1 leaped back and he attack-
ed for the second time. He had very
long. arcus and one hand held a dirk.
I guarded with the barrel of my mus-
ket and flung him back nti the sand,
This trite he rose more slowly, his
small deep-set eyes glowing with
murder as 1i' took time to inspect
n1e.
""That's much wiser," I told him.
"I`,ur voyage made your bloodthirs-
ty."
"1 rc vn me in bilge, but you're
T n dish!'` he e claimed, some of the
malevolence Ieavitng his puckered face,
Then vendmous1y: "Plast your eyes!
VII11 sinpped rite from making the
tnaan,
TIe �toncl C'itlt his long, arras hang-
ing limply at his sides, and 1 noticed
the little finger on each Band was
missing, 11e had the appearance cif
'reat age, and yet he had been as ac-
tive as a monkey when he sought my
throat.
" f-li: exce11cncy would have ttiri,
poor bac!:. Thur b001 was filled. `They
liati,int taken off all the women Yet;"
1 said.
"Women!" li chuckled,. turning to
threw noon Who had been attracted
by the scene.'
'Thi three 10st their brazen bold -
less and. shrank back from his leer-
ing craze,
"Women!" lie repeated. °1'vc seen
ern • afloat, and • I've seen "ent a;hese..
- And the dear creatures always took
'14ttiite MVtaedosxl li /510Winghant kindly to old 11111 Slasher.•
f`O1d lis Fit gcr_a iS your names`'
one crier!' making tlit ` sign of the
tileliflu44444lllli"tnvl/,r,l"11uiMYeim
A. J. WALKER
Ph Office 106, Resid. 224.
URNITURI4 DEALER
and
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Motor Equipment
WINOHAM ONTARIO
aMkirolonla1i11,11 loortiotwit.iowool"Il r4i 1101Ylll111//I 11g1i1i0.4 Z
cross.
!Toe carne over tin the Maire?" T
inquired,
"Aye, mate. Come because, it was
my Choice. 'A ratan' who sailed with
Cap'n T)avis 101d helped sack Pcnse.
rola in 'ixty-five ain't to be made to
take any v'yitges- he dont fancy. ' I
want to git ashore' and 'hunt for some wandering about the island?'1
..a stt'0E aSS Z1C7,
goimwti
A T7R6 YGI ,srompr1
ofhezn • ti
t nes all En'laticl andF i� n
;� ace
is talking about."
" i"
l-ir
i I lc.s, mines. yelled a clear voice
and a 'oun S r 'a11an re
711 t' t e '.
a t d finery'
came rushing from the direction of
one of the ponds, his yellowcurls
blowing in the breeze. his : pale dis-
solute face redeemed by a whimsical
smile,
"The mad Mississippian!" screamed.
one of the wenches, throwing herself
in his path and clawing at his ragged
cloak which he wore jauntily although
althou
the sun poured down terrific heat.
The "fellow brushed her aside and
stared at me,' recognizing ;rate as a
stranger. Then arranging his cloak
and tenderly caressing the broken
plume in his cap' he lustily began
proclaiming
"Behold a Mississippian. Who
wants some iviississippi? Ten thous
and livres a. share! Who buys Missi-
ssippi:? YOU, fair sir, with the clips -
tint hair and heard? Ten thousand
shares at sixteen thousand livres!'
Who Wants any Mississippi? The
land discovered by Johnny L'as,
where silver is so plentiful it is only
used in paving roads, where lumps of
gold are strewn. so thickly that no
one cares to dig beneath the surface!"
Six Fingers crowded by Hie, his
eyes wolfish with 'greed as he listen-
ed to this fantastic harangue, just as
he must -.have listened to it many
tithes on the voyage across. He ap-
peared ,to have been cast into a trance
by the nimble mounting of riches,
his eyes glittering and never leaving
the speaker's wild countenance. As
the Speech ended Six Fingers shook
his head to shake off the spell .and
turned to lower at the main. Now
the tattered fellow was strutting to-
ward me, doffing his worn cap and
bowing low. As I acknowledged his
salutation he courteously informed
me:
"I am Francois Narbonne. These
off-scourings say I ain read. Perhaps
it is so. I waspoisoned in rue Quin-
campoix. I sold my heritage, 100,000
livres, and bought an estate :in this
land of gold. I paid 30,000 livres a
square league for land I never saw.,
Now 1' pay you my respects, as I take
it you must be some Overlord; or do
you hold only socage tenure "
T began to sense tragedy in thepale
face and reckless speech. He Was
not mad, :1 decided, but close to it.
I' part him down as a young roisterer
back in Paris, who had become fas-
cinated by the ridiculous tales. He
had invested his entire patrimony in 1
the land he had Hct er seen. The is -1
land, the view of the ,alit, the .nat-
ure of his fellow voyagers, had atv-
akened him to the truth. The stock -
jobber's patter was his fashion of
showing his self -derision, perhaps
his only safeguard against insanity.
1 concluded I .liked him. 1' briefly I
stated myname and niy reasons for
being' on the Mississippi.
He threw baa- his head and laugh-
ed, laughed •urtis the tears ran down
"In the second 'boat," "I coldly' .in-
formed lair.
':Che .effect of the question on, Six.
FirtgerS was a11maritlg. 11e bt eall'1(
transformed into • a demon of bate,
his squat body* seemed to dilate as
he crouched and glared at Narbonne;
"D ---n your lungs!" he cried. Sa
that is your game, eh? You're after
her.
"What! The old six -toed rat dares
address the Mississippian without un-
covering? I. must have One of those
withered ears," Attd oat came the
1.
cut -and -thrust sworda11d �drbanne
was longing playfully and dexteroirs-
ly: at theancient. VVitli a scream of
rage Six. Fingers leaped backward
and yanked out his dirk, and catch-
ing itby-the! tip ]Hurled itat his tor-
mentor. , Only, by dropping . to the'
ground did Narbonne .escape it.
Before the matter could proceed to
more serious results Sergeant Suarez
itas between the ttvo men, and hoarse-
ly, bawling:
"His excellency rules that blood
will have blood. Hanging for a 1 t
ing. The • galleys' for the 'than who
attempts to kill. You two are so full'
of life you shah dome" with inc and
help bury two dead men and a wo
man. The rest of you stay here.
And as for You, Englishman, his ex-
cetlency's orders, are that you be here
when he returns.' `• '
"I came purposely to meet' him," I
said "Till we meet again, Monsieur
Narbonne."
"Monsieur is very polite. T repeat
As I Spoke I Dropped an My Knees
in the Sand and Drew My Knife.
HS words and look ahead to meeting
11101 on the golden, silver mainland.
Pardil A grave -digger! He! He!
Coarse along, little six -toed rat, we
may find. gold."
CHAPTER III'
Bad News and Sad News.
Two years before, Nicholas de Fer,
under directions from the company,
had, prepared a wap of the Mississippi
couitt:ry- which flamed the fever for
speculation: The company also mads
changes in the old Map made by John
Senex, 'tile Englishman, so as to 'pic-
ture the country a wonderful ElDo-
rado, while Herman Moll, prominent
English cartographer, marked across
his inap of the country west of the
\1]ssi;sippi:
"This country is 'ft111 of nines."
Itis true that my own countrymen,
in .petitioning the Lords of '!'rade to
establish military posts on the Ba-
hamas and !'ort Royal island to offset
the evils of France's activity in nolo
alis thin face. At last he gasped: nizing the valley, urged that the cast
"A runaway Englishman forced to of these .posts could be met by 'gold
]ive here! And a .l:'renchman, ' who • mined in the Appalachians—"if 'only
gives all he hath for the same blessed explorations p are tirade to discover
Privilege! T :must go without food
for a day and say 12 paters and as
Many ayes at the shrine of the .Vir-
j;in.' No; no, Not all that. I've bccn
without food' for 1'lrrce days. 1 owe'.
nuthing.lucre than candles to the al-
tar. T'll turn heretic. I'll turd •ln
dian, l:h, „Monsieur Prantpton, would
yon kindly convince rue with a dis-
play of the latest stops of the .Cat'
dance?"
"1-1H11 But ate'' at1 Odra fiS111"
nlmllblecl ;;ix.. Fingers. "He was dull,
enough • coining 1V(1' with his ,moping
idle] arir1ulin?g until aye- tyaS: two days
from the coast, 111e,i lit began his
tall; about. gtold till one's month would
water. :1h, now 1'1e begins,"
'Narbonne, who was addressing 'non-
sense to tiie circle, suddenlygave. his
attention to me and explained:
"1 was thirsty and wandered to r,rte
of the lakes of tare ',Mlle, Which bless,
this island,, and so was not he re'wn
lre
J
t}1e boats set sail. 1` was so 1lttsy.
gathering rlia:nlonds forined';fran, dew-
drops that I lost sight zif the 'prec-
ious jewels alnonsj'•us here. T missed'
°tie jewel in particular'; nor do T see.
her now. She was dressed, in black,
most unholy of colors for Otic enter-
ing this land Of ' erichailtment. Did
she go to the •Maittlanzl, er rs ,he
WWI
such." 'But Unlike the :French, my
people Hever deliberately fooled them-
selves. That • the company would re-
sort to almost any deception to lure.
colonists to Louisiana teas „shown
when:silver was carried from Mexico
to the 'upper haters of the Idi si tii-
ppi and. later' "discovered" there as
proof of the rich trines Waiting to
be uncovered.
13ienville appeared at last, and once
lnOre he kupt me. waiting tin ti lie had
loaded the tywo packets; only this,
time Ile did not leave with them, . 1
saw Narbonne and Six stingers re-
turn from burying the dead and clam-
ber aboard the ,second :boat. Their
gretvs'nle tusk scented to have glade
thein excellent friends, for they liar
ghcdand talked 111 an -uproar ious fash-
1o11,'
H15 excellency not\' appi'oachcid ane,
lois steady gaze never leaving my face.
He abruptly began:
"Monsieur, ilratnpton, your -cooling
gives 111e a- disagrceabie duty to per
form, 1 , could •sentence ydit to be
hung., 1 liaye had' 12 deserterslittng,. i
and, a spy is Worse."
"That depends, On the poitlt-of view,
your ex'eclletacy," I replied, arising Mid
facing li'itst,. "Yon would never con-
sider one of your spies,, to be'as 'rle-
plorable..n .rreatur..e:.s ane; raf ydrl ' 'kltt-
scrlers, May I ttssunle from your
words that You: do not intend to hang
"It will be the galleys," he. coldly
answ•e2'ed, r'I should prefer to send
you and other malefactors to work in,
the -silver Haines !11 the West.,But
e'
that cannot b;tint!l, I've completed
negotiations with the Spdit.iards,"
"Soldiers from Manta Fe have al-
ready `conte . to the Missouri," l MT
formed him. "So there is'a trail ,that
might be 'safer' than ,the gulf route."
'"So!" heexclahmd, and; 1 knew I
had his. idte:rest,
Thee he returned -to my case and
Said:,
"Monsieur Brampton, you know me.
It must always- be that an eye calls
for an eye. Blood demands blood,
Treachery calls for exacting ptinish-
ment. I • will" be:: just; which means
the price must be,paicl. Whether it's
one of .nay soldiers, a poor 'savage,
or a runaway l nlglish, the price 011151
he paid."
"Your excellency, I was told on
Pontchartrain that you were grieved
at something. 1 was supposed to have
clone. I was. s.varned that you would
deal with,,me severely it I fell into
your hands. I asked Where I' could
find you, and the answer Was was
"Ship Island." Behold I' ant here.
Suppose you tell me. what T have done
to merit your displeasure:. I have
waited long here to be 'told:"
"No,no, nionsieurI Your assurance
shall not 'blind me," he sternly re -
"I: have not time to play with
words. You know without being told
how you have betrayed me."
1 indignantly returned:
"Prove it!' Or find one Ulan to
swear it on the Cross, and you're wel-
come to put 01e in a coffin and saw
the in two. Your excellency, the ac-.
cusati:on is as false as—"
He shookhis head and morosely in-
sisted.
"You would have a hard time prov-
ing your innocence.. You' are Eng-
lish. For three years you have been
up and down the river. I know it
has been said that you dare not go
back to Carolina or Virginia. How
do we know that is. true? The last'
time you were here 40 of my' men
deserted immediately after you ,Went
up the river."
"So have they deserted before I
ever saw the river. So they will con-
tintie to desert as long as they are
allowed to run loose with the savages
and forget the lessons of discipline.
They have deserted to Pensacola. as
well as to the English colonies. They.
are protected by the priests in Pen-
sacola even now. I repeat, ori 711y
oath, that I never encouraged a sin-
gle desertion. Duty has driven me•
here, ,your excellency, and it is to be
true to myself rather than because
Of your detierters that 1 will now
conlplfte my errand."
As T spoke I' dropped 00 my knees
in the sand and drew my knife,
"Can you read this?"
And with the knife-point 1 carefully
began a. picture in the sand,. He star
ed clown at r1.lyg Work, Itis broad fore-
head developing creases,
"lres,' I can read that," he slowly
n,urhnured, "It is a Natchez declara-•'
tion' of tear against rate, .But rl do
not believe it."
: ""11-1t' I cried; springing.. to filmy
feet and thrusting, the knife ,back in
the sheath. "Yon not only send.
tile to the galleys, but you will in-
sult rale first!"
"I can hold deceit to be excusable
when you are fighting' against the gal-'
leys," he answered. "1: have have not
simply to speak
a
intended Go insult you,- srrt
What' i:s in my ,heart, 1ilonsieur
Brampton,. .kno ..tae Indians, of
you4Y, 7
T
tse valley. fou must. know that a
!declaration of war, posted within the
limits of. anyFrench settlement,:
nnrts k erenct,
O
woiiltl never be left for'you to bring
t ine. And l have heard and the news.
a c
from no otic else, Enough of this
I trust the English as I would that
lying Recollect priest Hennepin, who
didmuch mischief byhis cursedly
So Y
false description of this country.
There was nothing ;for me to say;
r n stared but over the
and, I stood and sta c o
gulf.
'The governor continued in :a cold,
brittle Voice—
'Pennsylvania has sent out scouts
for three/year's on the Ohio and the
Mississippi to learn it'ltat the French
are doin."
""Yet'Ggovernor Spotswood, only this
last spring, repoltect to the Lords of
Trade that the French "have a settle
merit at Habbansalas.' 1 was told
this in Canada by a friendly Carol-
inian. It Shows that S.Potswood's
scouts have been ten years in learn-
ing of tate French occupation of Ala-
bama. It would seem that the Eng-
lish scouts are a small danger,"
He wrinkled his brows 111 perplex.-
• ityr. If I were what he charged, then
T must be of but small value to the
English for not having reported the
Alabama settlement in 7.717, when I
first visited. the lower river: As a
xuatter of fact I had never dreamed
that my countrymen were in ignor-
ance of conditions which bad existed
'ever since 1710. -
After a brief silence he asked:
"Yon say the Spaniards have visited
the Missouri by an overland trail
from Santa Fe?"
"They joined the. Paducahs near the
t(ansa river, intending to raid Fort
Chartres. The entire invading force
was killed by the Osage Indians."
"But you did not say this before,
that; they were killed, that they came
latalastrammotaummismammeras
to attack Chartres!" he cried, rtow be. ,
trayed into a bit of eayctternctrt
"1 eorisidered the taring most 11i:t{-
Portan;t to you to' be the fact that',
'there: is an overland trail to Santa ''
Fe, practical for troops, I save un.-
irllportant, but, interesting; details for
friends, There isnodanger to FortCita-i Cres,"
"We twill'go back in your boat," hei
muttered, leading the way to wrlaere
the two M:attol s were impatiently
waiting for ane. With, thein were'iwo
women. "Hotw. da 1 hnow,'the
Nat-
chez' have, declared war?"
The etnestiotl satisfied me he ,,was.
bpginnini;• to' weakest; to doubt illy . .
gtult.
"Impose your cursed sentence and
have done with it," exploded. "But:,
clo not insult Inc'further unless you:
are ready to give inc satisfaction.".
As T: grew hot he grew cold and.
eyed inc curiously. °
"The governor of Louisiana eau
hardly fight with a felon, :He will not•
fight with a friend, he quietly re--,
marked. "If the Natchez have struck.
the Warrior's.1."6:4—and I will soon,
learn the ,truth -,4 shall suspend sen-
tence on you until I can probe deeper
into the desertions. Here yon, Jules
Mattor! We 'go,back at once. We have
no room for women. They roust go
in the packets:"
"!But please; Monsieur, yott E:xcelL.
]ency," pleaded old Jules, "these will
be our wives."
"Not while you have Indian wives
on Lake Borgne," growled thegov=
ernor. "I will not have the Choc-
taws, about my ears :because their a-
dopted brothers are playing fast and
loose with their women. Yon. two
young women will return to your
companions.. Not a word, Mattor, T
'am in a bad mood. Up with that sail
;told set ane across with all haste.
(Continued Next I''Veek)
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Keep this goad old herbal remedy al-
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