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NGI-IAM, — ONTARIO
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DR. G. H. ROSS
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Office Over Isard's Store
H. W. COLBORNE, M. D.
Physcian and Surgeon
'-esentative D. S. C. B.
Medicalto
Phare 54 ' Wingham
Successor to Dr. W. R. Hainbly
DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND
M.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond")
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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,
J
osephine'Street. Phone 29.
DR. G. W. HOWSON
DENTIST
Office over John Galbraith's Store.
feet, snatched up one of my robes
and waved it back and forth until the
F. A. PARKER two men in the pirogue observed the
OSTEOPATH signal. A moment of hesitation, and
All Diseases Treated then they shifted their course and
Office adjoining residence .next to paddled briskly toward us. They
Anglican Church on Centrey' Street. were thin wiry,dark-complexioned
lexioned
' Sunda. s by appointment.fellows of the pronounced French
Osteopathy Electricity
Phone 27s, Hours -9 a.m. to 8 p.m. voyageur type, and both were stran-
gers to me,
R. F. E. DUVAL "Ho, Jean Dumouy,' what brings you
here?" demanded Bienville.
Licensed Drugless Practitioners, 1,A speaking -bark from Monsieur le
Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. Pagedu Pratz of Bayou St. Jean,
Traduates of Canadian Chiropractic
t . 11ege Toronto and National Col- your excellency," repied' the . fellow
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SYNOPSIS
Chapter L --Travelling by canoe on
the Missiissipp, on his way to Biloxi,
in the early days of the settlement
of Lousiana, William Brampton, Eng-
lish spy, 'vknon to the Indians and
settlers as ' the "White Indian," sees
a Natchez Indianpost a declaration
of war against the French. For his
own purposes, he hastens to Biloxi:
to carry the news to Bienville, French
governor.
CHAPTER IL—Brampton meets
an old friend, Joe Labrador, Indian
half-breed, who warns him Bienville
has threatened to hang hint as a spy.
Brampton refuses to turn back. He
falls in with Jules and Basile Mat-
tor, on their way to Biloxi to secure
wires from a ship, the' Moire, bring-
-AUTHOR. ovr
Aram
Aartiortire
time we landed on the east shore of
the bay near Fort Maurepas.
Bienville :led the way to a grove
of pines and threw himself on ; the
needles and inotioned me to take my
ease, He began:
"Monsieur Brampton, 1 have decid-
ed that 1 believe you when you say
you had nothing to do with the de-
sertion of my soldiers. • There would
be no reflection on your personal
honor if I were forced to • believe to
the contrary. Nor have I any proof
that you are an English spy, Now,
monsieur, you have lived much .along
the river. Tell ine what you consider
to be France's greatest help and her
greatest hindrance in developing the
Mississippi valley." •
Promptly and truthfailly I . answer-
ed:
ing women' from France. At Biloxi "You are her greatest hel you
Brampton protects a woman from a a P, )
excellency. France's belief in myths
!sergeant's brutality. She tells him she and fairy-tales is her greatest hind-
' CI t Dhl d ikd 1 in
raid in I aris. Evidently well bred and "But your governors believe in
educated,she is something of a mys- mines among your mountains."
,tery to Brampton. He intervenes to
That isnot believing in myths and
prevent a man, English, known as fairy stories. . There may be mines.
r a YY
"Old Six Fingers," following her .to there. Mines are often found in
New Orleans. A Frenchman, Fran-�mountains. But we do not colonize
cois Narbonne, slightly demented by for mines."En lishmen clear the for
stories he has heard of the:riches of g
ests, ,make homes, plant crops. They
the New World, introduces himself. press forward slowly, making sure of
He is on his way' to land he has
bought.
{
ranee:
With a laugh I accepted the situa-
tion and humorously remarked:
"If your excellency had not placed
me on bounds I would have been con-
tent to idle away a month here Now
I am itching to somewhere else,"
4'That would be unwise—most un -
The voyage was uneventful until we
drew near the Deer island channel
and sighted e. small pirogue rounding
the eastern end. Bienville rose to his
the ground they spread over.. When.
the first: colonists came to Virginia
there were many adventurers among
them. Like the Spanish and French
in Florida and Louisiana they want-
ed ,quick wealth. Some went mad.
in their hunt for pearls after finding.
them in common use among the In-
dians. Then cane men and women
who builtcabins and planted crops.
They spent no time hunting pearls."
With a sigh he said:
"True. The good God knows I
Have always urged that colonists be
sent over who would work the soil
and raise families. My brother Iber-
ville prophesied that the English
would control the whole continent
within 100 years if we French did
not take root up and down the val-
ley. And you may have seen today
vo hat kind of colonists they send me!
Thursday, January 31
money over bullion is a nation's true . $IIif1:RCUfatlNI0111 .
— cred
Orte Reason for Leavisxg Biloxi. " ' paper money ,in the world, and there-'
1 tore the message into tiny pieces fore must have the greatest credit?"
and buried then deep 'under the sand, ,. "Sweet. friend, have done with thy
and .endeavored' to analyze the, wo- cursed chatter,' 'groaned Six Fingers.
man's reasons for so dramatically an- I ..Then to me: "Do you ship with
healthy, monsieur., The climateis bad nouncing she must snake the English us?"
for those who exert themselves. If settlenttlents, or die, Why not Can -1 ''You two are free to.go and come
a man should lose himself I simply oda?, Being of Paris 1 *mild have as you will. I.' cannot go with you.
Gall, and the natives, from the Illinois expected her to make for Canada, and 1 am sorry, If you will ask for one.
to the nouth of the Mississippi, hear from 'there take a boat home, She Jean Dumouy, Monsieur du Pratz's
meand d to k for thatman, I shall had made no request to be' sent back 1boatman, you. can bargain with him
n o 9
be pleased to have you dine with the to France, however, although, she had Ito take you to Bayou St. Jean, and
in the cool of the evening, I must told me she was the victim of a poi- from there you . can easily make the
ii nt
:,CMC 1 c
r ice raid.
leave , you now and arrange for the
neya, as another ship is date to arrive bout her could 1 have reconciled her ,rte, sighed Narbonne. I P
ariv tine."
CHAPTER TY',
t? lliat Fratrce has the kaiost
lege Chicago.: r 1 holding to the side of our boat, and, What are your plans?"
Office' opposite Hamilton'S jewelry
rY wing the Indian ierttl for the written Our :wandering tallt, ending with the
Stare, Main St.
immigrants to start .on their jour- . , I should have felt much better • a- • "Monsieur Brampton is. very O01 -
soft
• r had hoped
`iQURS; 2-5i 7-8.3o p.m., and by message., pointed question, satisfied pre he had
appointment. 1'he governor read the communica- been laying an ambush for inc. I
aft -fit Of tov✓n and night moils re- tion with compressed lips; then ask- yawned sleepily and said: I have
.rsollided to. All businem!onaftlitential. ed: none. By and by back to Canada,
Phones, Office 300; Residence 6e1-11 "1 eiu have - just arrived?" Perhaps a trip into the West among
"With ,all haste. Yes, your excel- the Indians of the plains.."
,lency. We were making for the fort "You dare to go back to the Ing -
when vire saw the .boats and turned lisp colonies?" e
back, thinking to find-" I laughed grimly.
"Enough 1 Go to the fort and get' "Virginia or.. -Carolina would give
food and drink. I hill have a mess- many pounds .to get me there•''
age for you to take back." Which was true in a 'fashion, for
• As the pirogue dropped away Bien- ny budget of news was easily worth
ville reread the message with frown-
irrgr brows.:Du ;Pratz had spent much
time among, tine Natchez, Knowing
the message was from himI was not
ELECTRICITY surprised when Bienville came aft and
Adjustments given for diseases of ii;forrned ane:
all kinds; we specialize in dealing with "�'citt ileal ct the boatman, w:uns cur
children. Lady attendant. Night calls
du Pratz writes to inform pre the
responded. to.
on Scott St, \Vingltarn, Ont. Natchez have declared war, for the
Office
Phone 150 Month of Peaches, Some of his men
soft hands with a theory of honest 'for your gracious e. C •
ouapany. ome,
I was thinking of the girl in black, poverty. old rat 'we'must find' this boatman.
and asked IslIowever, it was not for me to set They started toward the fort, with
"What of Mademoiselle Dahls- up as a moralist; her loneliness and the women making after them eager
gaartic? Does she return' to France suffering made :her human. I knew l Ito beg ::a passage to New Orleans,
on the A'taire,:or must she wait until should help her if it was within my which I believe they thought to be a
you' verifyher story?" power, (miniature Paris, Narbonne waved
a
He halted a stared at me blankly. A voice disturbed my meditations 'them .aside and they fastened upon
and Y
"Her story? Return her to France?' by ironically saying ' !Six Fingers, and while.` the old pirate
lr r re- "Monsieur is buried beneath admir- was busy in : fighting them' off the
God's mercy, but.we've already
turned two thousand out of the, seer- ation for this golden bay. I am told
en thousand_ sent over by the com- that if one skim off the top six inches
pany! Itwould require a most ex -of water it changes to solid gold ov-
cellent story to get mademoiselle back er night." •
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J. ALVIN FOX
Registered Drugless Practitioner
CHIROPRACTIC AND
DRUGLESS PRACTICE
ELECTRO -THERAPY
Hours: =-3, 7-8., orby
point -tient. Phone' 191
to France.' ' It was the tattered Narbonne: Back
"Yet decency and justice demand of him was Six Fingers, his parch -
her return if she was illegally seized
by the police in their raid," I'persist-
ed. ""
He smiled slightly, and coolly ad-
vised
Seek some deep shade, monsieur.
The sun made you believe in fairy
tales. The young woman made no
claim on my indulgence. She said
nothing to me about being taken in
a raid. It is too much to expect to
find a virtuous woman among those
frail 'ones, but she is young and has
much room to inend..her morals over
here; so. I shall see her married to
one of .Monsieur's, du Pratz's men.
and sent to a cabin near the Nat
I was astounded. The girl had re-
presented herself to me as the victim
of an indiscriminate raid. 1 thought
of her soft hands. I thought of the
monotonous corn rations, which, the
Canadian French wuld eat but which
the lower Mississippi French refused,
except as a famine diet. I- was as-
tounded, :I say, and yet why should I
expect one of her caste to tell the
truth? Nevertheless, there was some-
thing infinitely pathetic in picturing
one so young and unused to the wil-
derness being held a prisoner in the
forest cabin of Durnouy. Her frailty
`vas the fault of her environment.
But a lonely. Mississippi cabin was a
terrible Place, for her to pay unless
the men were similiarly punished.
Owing to the disturbing revelations
his excellency had made about Da-
moan the F,ox I could not give the
girl much •of my thoughts. The ex-
perience of my own affairs demanded
my, most careful attention, So as
the governor strode away to the fort
I wandered toward the shore to con-
centrate .ti my predicament, Damoan
was deep in rny. confidence. It was
imperative that my Canadian data
should be delivered, and his trip, up
the Ohio afforded pie an excellent
and safe opportunity: And :;I had
placed in his 'hands conclusive evi-
dence of my guilt, and the moment.
he 'returned it would not be the gal-
leys, but the noose.
Had it been any other than the Fox
1 might have -retained some hope.liut'
Damoan would, be most cunning. , I
could see h:irn ,nhesenting my budget
of news and thereby winning Spots -
wood's confidence. I could see him
accepted as my trusted friend, eager
a good price now that the l::ngi.slr
were awakening -to the fact that the
Trench were thick among the Ala-
bauras. :
Iiienvilie rinse and brushed the to sell France ,for English gold. He
needles from his coat and said: - would have my history oompiete once
"You'ar-e English, monsieur. I leave
tirade my decision. The English have
their spies up and' down the river: 1,
too, have Spies .on the coast, One of
them should be showing tip any time
now ---if he has not been killede He
will brines your complete history.
Yon are what you claim ilo he, or an
evenly of France: I 'mast know the
truth."
"I thank your excellency, : 1. only:
luipc Your"' gran ' is painstaking and
honest,"
"He is what. he is, but lie v,'ill bring
an honest talk' to me. »1 --le is very
seeing that I make free ,of the lower• wise. You 'trust stay here until he
.Mississippi' where, you milt. Perhaps returns."
my motive was a selfish lint; perhaps "1 atn tinder arts st:
I feared the: Natelrci 111 ,mint; to war "No, iii,, Simply my guest until I
night irristake inc for a 1 rene•hm:irr can: give yon it elerin hill. Damoan
Athorcaut;h kirc,wlt Sc e cif Ferro rnrl tiro' an we in my head," will be mti;,t careful to get the facts.
Stock • .:SYy,.� ,•::rt w v,
Phone s3 i, \Vieghain• ••:'"\Aie will have a talk later," he time- right,'"
1,c:rcd,• his powerful mind already foree There re was a mist before my cyte
casting the future acid seeking ways that was not from the stearriing wat-
D..H. McINNES
CHIROPRACTOR
brought the news down the river.
1 OI$GE A. SIDD L 1'hcy girt t have beat c1o'e 00 your.
heelw"
.— BROKER
1 recalled my impreseinn of the ob-
Money to lend on first and.. second jtet in the river mc,c•trt;i behind the
mortgages on farm and other real es- 'ulen „f clrift. 'As I remained Silent
tate properties at a reasonable rate of l:icmville stiffly added:
interest, also on first Chattel, mort-
gages on stuck and C#11 personal netts. "1 make my apologies for seeming
Afew farms 011 hand for sale or to to 'doubt your word."
tent on easy terns, "Volt ewe me no apologics.:1 owed
Phone 73. ' 1.ucltnow, Ont. it t, myself to trill you with all haste,
THOMAS FELLS
AUCTIONEER
REAL ESTATe SOLD
Frenchman returned swiftly to my
side and asked:
"Mademoiselle in black? She has
gone?"
"To la Nouelle Orleans," I inforiir
ed him. "What do you F'know of
merit face leering malevolently. Far- her?"
ther in the background were several "Only that I pity her. Only that
ofthe women. she is alone in the world and very
I lazily remarked: "You two have sad. Only that she is in great' fear
composed your differences? With a of my brother, the corsair. 'He keeps
rod toward theP irate. with me, thinking I ani interested in
"La! wear are brothers! simpered her. I keep with him that lie may
Narbonne. "He goes with me to niy not find her,first and add to her
estate. He is to be my gold -steward. fright. What a game! I hope to
know,we are to find much gold see him - die, 'lrrra
'You and I will defend
and many precious stones." from harm until I learn why the lit-
Six Fingers came nearer and in En- tle sadone is afraid of hip.. T re-
glish said: 'gree. But if monsieur cannot go,
"Monsieur and I start at once for then he cannot,"
New Orleans. Will you ship with us; , This last was for Six Fingers bene-:
that far? I know the coast to the fit'as he had now got rid of the wo-
east.
I know all the Spanish ports. 'men and, ran back with his ears prick- i
But clew me to the anchor and dump cd to learn what we were discussing.
me overboard if I know this d -d river "Impossible, monsieur; bait I ;wish
with its many mouths!'', you well in your endeavors," I said.
That Narbonne understood my lair- Andwitha sweep of his cap the
g uag e was shown by his swiftly cut- eccentric fellow took his departure
ti and went to find Dumouy.'
Berlxties of Ancient City Aro 1ltehi t
R.econatructed.
Excavators ,a`re rapidly uncovering,
the w oa !sere anad beauties of anGieut
Herculaneurnt.
Thus the missing portions at a
freaeoed wall are no longe consider-
ed as" irrevocably lost. No trace of
destruction or ruin Is left after the
discovery of a building, and, as far aa.
possible, no blank spaces are to be
found in any mosaic or fresco un-
covered. Wooden. doors, windows,
stairs and furniture are reconstructed
or reproduced from the original sure
a > 11consisting
viving i'ra„znc.nts, generally
e >$ '
tete. a
••> rz�d 5
" •lot
of charted or cat � i p
wood,.
Trees, plants,aud flowering shrubs
originally adorning gardens are idea -
tilled from their surviving roots Arad.
replaced by new or1c,S.
Several ,houses 'have been unearth-
ed within the last six months, and
most of them have; been practically
rebuilt. The > carbonized remains o2'"
wooden beds and chests found la.:
three cubicles rendered possilile the
reconstruction of the original
furniture,
pool faced' with mar-
ble,
swimmingp 1
a water, tank covered. by an iron
grating, a ladder leading to a slave'pf
bedroom In an attic, shutters meant
to keep the glare of the sun from cool
marble halls, have all ;been recon-
'
' THE TOWER •QF PISA.
ng 1111
We w
descension in monsieur. We plan to was no doubting the kindly qualities
catch all the wild cattle on my estate of his heart. I slowly made for the
fort, pausing at the entrance to re-
connoiter the square. It was now
quite dark. On the left and next to
the gate was the governor's quarters,
and through an open window came.
the sound of his measured voice. A.
candle :,was lighted, and I saw Nar-
bonne standing by the window.
•
An Effort Is Being Made to Save the•
Old Structure.
The famous leaniug- tower of Pisa.
has been tipping furtlfer . over and
fear has been felt for its: safety. In.
an effort to save the old structure
concrete is being forced under the
foundation. When 'measured a hun-
dred years ago, the tower was fifteen
and one-half feet out of the perpendi-
cular. In 1910, it was sixteen and one-
half feet. The foundation descends.
only ten feet into the ground.
A recent survey was made of the,
subsoil underneath to see what:
strengthening measures could be ua-•:
dertalten. It was decided to force con-
crete under the walls, which are thir-
teen feet thiel: at the base. The tow-
er, with its eight stories, 'rises 179'
feet, and is constructed throughout of
marble. Exper,s who have studied..'
it believe that the tower assumed its
leaning position while under Con-
struetion, early in the twelfth cenn-
tury, and the. its designers did not
intend it to lean.
ould take is as a great con- Narbonne might be mad, but there
and spinitheir coats into a rare cloth.
He who wears a cloak of this }von-
•derful' fabric can never grow old and
can never be deceived. Think of it;
Monsieur Braniptonl To never.,be de-
ceived! It would make one into a
god!"
`'Let's talk stuff one can . under-
stand," growled Six Fingers.
"There is only one subject 'to be
talked in this marvellous land," times'.
Narbonne. "Ignorant one, do you
not realize that the excess of paper
D.S. A. 3. A. W. '.IRW IN
DENTISTS
lice Macdonegt i Ate* ' i'iarg trig ; the Peace calumet t0 you ; but just. dispel. Yet force of, habit permitted
iirrw I feel more tolerant.' ' in to wear a mask of, indifference,
but _. it wasa moment before I dared
trust my voice. Then T said:
"f. run glad Dantean is the man to
Took' 'me up. J' e will make no miss
take. He will not holdback Ire. fear
of discovery, and then come here and
report lies to you,"
"1' rejoice you accept it so tioitt.biy.�
It encourages 'me, You are free to
wander ':about.
.unci ineartS to mollify or block the, er, 'There was a chill in my !'heart
Nate ht z. I do nut say 1' shall lift that even the l'.oui, tna suir cotrlcl grit
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Phones: Office 106,' Resitl, .Z24.
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Y„!„i1„Y,hl
:Like- the .hares of the 19'i:ssissippi.
company 1113' stock vvas going tip. I
knew iuy''pronlptnews in bringing the
Nat,clicy hews, had proved to be the
and 1 And in a lila manner have I often
b'•tTNERAL I IRECTt It , ese ti eel a dangerous climax by
Motor Ecliiipxtient stutnblitrg upon some situation wlim i
GHAM ilhl' ."APIC) 1 cutrld twist 10 MY tWli rise a:nii bei,
enR¢,a3„rsrrrr"iulrgistrov"u1,Yi.YY{,YYunYYNii�++Iraw , :'fi1” 1.-W.t.(f;Z°rititely C1t77. posciCl l:iV t:111”
Is
lie finished with my countrymen. Ov-
er my head hong the' shadow of a
noose.
iltonsictu•,' murnittr;ed a voice be-
hind rite:
I turned, but there was no one ex-
cept a Pout of a soldier standing with
his back to me, the batt of his snap-
haunce flintlock " resting on the
ground,. his gape turned toward the
forest -wall. Before I could question
]rite lie was softly repeating"
"Do • not look at rite,, monsieur,
Something for you under the butt of.
my musket. :Wait till I ani gone be-
fore you pick it up,"
7 pretended to watch the small
grotip about Narbonne. i heard the
Soldier moving away and gave Irime
half a. minute'htfor•e lc'rnring back on
One elbow rut21 securing a folded bit
of paper stamped in the sand by the;
gun. Satisfied no spying eyes were'
on pie 1 opened it. It w<ts written in
)a nt,lis.h, and read
"Konsienr t.14 I,n� l,ishlnati
.'"Monsieur,1 bribed a soldier• to
give this to yitti, iTe 11i`trtrtised,onathe
Cross. I mist isoaj ci up the rivcr
and to "tire 'ltigllsh Settlements. If:
there is onegenerous heart in this
horrible land' to bell nit I know the
good Clod will reward, When you
get this I shall be on the way to
"New Orl+ atle. t-iis exceliency says
'aur to mate with a ereattire of the
forest. 1. either go ' to the English
scttionents, or. I ilit�, C. I1„r
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Station 10 B. P. has received a
large number: of letters from outside
points, many listeners are enjoying
the .hockey. broadcasts,
Just ” tfnele" to MacDuff.
Amongst the new boys itt Eton this
term, says a writer . iu-Pearson's
Weekly, is Lord .1iacDuff, the four-
teen,year-old son,.of. Prince and Priv-
cess Arthur of Connaught.• An ainus-
ing Story is told ' about Niru.
The young earl had just learned.
the words -of the National An.hem,
when he told his nurse that he want-
ed to sew Your noble
One day when the Ring was walk-
ing. in the grounds:at lfagsno with
the.Dtike of Connaught, Lord Mre-
Duff wase told by his nurse, "Lok,.
there is the Ting with nranrltatii'i,r.,'
"011, • iii,," said ' ye n:1 g Lord Mae -
duff :,that is no: rho EA:lg.••Tlratr .is
my Uncle George,"
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