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.. _ - ----- Chapter 1.—Travelling by canoe on
the A,IissiissiPp, on his way to Biloxi,
R. VANSTONE
in t}earlydays of the settlement
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SYNOPSIS has worked," 1 sorrowfully admitted,
With a jeering little laugh. she said:
"Monsieur Brampton would prefer do-
ing good deeds for the good,"
"You are in trouble. I wish you
well for your own sake.. I .will 'help.
you if I can. But one cannot help
without wishing to know something.
I could help you more 'intelligently if
I could understand something of the
nature of your trouble"
"There is nothing to learn. I carne
over on the immigrant ship, I ani
Claire' Dahlgaarile,- as homeless and
friendless as if I had dropped.from
another planet."
` "Tell me this, did you protest .when,
the: police seized you and bundled you
aboard: the' .Haire?"
She astounded me by sadly' confess-
ing:
Physcian and Surgeon 1 in Y women irons France, At Biloxi "I wanted to conic. I lied l: hi ., I
Medica: •-:r.peesentative D.
Phone 54
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Wingham Brampton protects ;a woman from a told you I was' taken in .a raid. I
Successor to Dr. W. R. Hari7bly ; sergeant's brutality. She"tells him she
�," •_ _
.--•— its Claire Dahlsgaarde, picked up in a
Paris. -Evidently well bred and
DR. ®B C. REDMOND ;raid in
`educated, she is something of a niys-
M.R.C.S. (ENG.) LR.G P. (Lona) !}tery to Brampton. He intervenes to
.. o, l lash spy, known.to the Indians and
1 settlers as the "White Indian," sees
a Natchez- Indian post 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 him as a spy.
Office Over, Isard's Store
;Brampton refuses to turn back. He
falls in with Jules and Basile Mat-
. M. D. tor, on their way to Biloxi to secure
W.
'wives from a ship, the llaire, bring
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON prevent a man,, English, known as
'"Old Six Fingers," .following her to
DR. R. I.X. STE WART ! New Orleans. A Frenchman, Fran -
Graduate
tn-
Graduate'of University of Toronto,zcois Narbonne, slightly demented by
of Medicine; Licentiate of the !stories he' has heard of the riches of
Faculty the New World, introduces himself.
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons. , He is on his way to land he has
Office in Chisholm Block bought.
Josephine Street. Phone 29• ! Chapter 1II.-Bienville accuses
Brampton of treachery, but the .latter
HOWVSON ;secures a respite from death by re_
DENTIST vealing the Natchez declaration of
Office over John,albraith's Store. war• He is to await the arrival of a
I former companion, Damoan the Fox,
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who will exonerate or condemn ,him.
F. A. PARKER Damoan has documents proving that
OSTEOPATH t � np
' B am ton is an English spy..Brarnp-
ll Diseases Treated ton receives'. a message from
Claire
` to • - i her reach the
Office adjoining residence next . urging him- to help
Anglican Church on Centre Street. r English settlements.
Sundays by appointment. e.
Chapter . IV, --Brampton trusts
Osteopathy Electricity Narbonne with a note to' Claire'pro-
2 Hours -9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Phone -7-, pro-
might.- meet her at New Orleans.
i to
He bribes the' Mattors to help him
A. R. & F. E. DUVAL escape. Before it can be effected
WINCxRA'lM£ AI)VAI'JCE-TIMl✓S
lead In
I my musket by y side 1 shou]dLake Aiaurepas, where we camped and
have been tempted to shoot at him 1 showed you the cross cit by Iber-
through the darkness„ for there was Wille ascore of years ago."
no mistaking the voice of Denman the She was silent some for soe :time, and.
Fox. then proved she was observing; by
saying:
CHAPTER VII "Monsieur does not look behind
hint. Now I loot: back every few
TJp the River ['minutes, thinking to behold the sav-
So the chase had turned from `east ages."•
to west and the Fox, was !lot on troy "There is 'nothing behind us to fear,
trail. I thanked nay medicine I had little one.. It is when we strike into
lost no time In meeting the• girl, Un- the Mississippi that we shall keep our
til the Fox could .reach New Orleans eyes very wide open,
and make sure I was not ltiding.the.rc "It is terrible, this great river that
the pursuit would be indirect. we seek," she murmured,
Taking the girl by the arm, I assist- She was behind me on the bundle
ed her into the pirogue and pushed heard sttsprcio•rs
off. We barely niore than drifted.
with the sluggish current until I heard
the soft dip of a paddle ahead. Then
I allowed my own blade to betray me,
and Labrador's voice' was calling:
"Good evening, Messieurs."
"It is I,"' I whispered as the pir-
ogue grated against his canoe. "I
saw then and him."
"Sacre! He , held a pistol<to my
throat while he pawed over my face
with his dirty paw to - see if 'it was
you. But my talk satisfied hien. I
knew nothing. He goes • to la Nou-
velle Orleans."
Thursday,, February 28th, 1929
went alone to the ship just before it
was to sail and asked to be taken -a-
long."
Good heavens!
If you only bad
known—"
"I should do exactly the same if it
were to be lived through again to-
morrow, monsieur. You must either
set me ashore, to make my own wav,
or accept ane as you find me—name-
less, friendless, a waif."
Why nameless when she was Calire
Dahlsgaarde, I asked myself. But 1
did , not ask her,
"I will not think evil of you. I
wrote you from Biloxi—when it was
doubtful if I could even save myself
—that 1 would take you to the sea-
board! I only hope your troubles will
end when you get there."'
"That was nicely said," she mur-
mured, pausing between the words as
if fightingto control herself. "If we
get to the English towns I will find
some work. I will be a servant—any-
thing"
I thought of her soft hands; 1 al
ready appreciated the refinement of
her manner. No; I did not believe
her troubles would be ended when she
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Damoan arrives:
Chapter V.—After a struggle Brain-
,
pton wrests the incriminating'papers
!from Damoan and escapes front Bit-
nxi. He meets the Matiors and they
Litart f,r New Orleans in a Bailin;; pa-
For n Weather—For-•i. Every Day
tp,,.�xan.�
of blankets. ,ear a Cuts down bad weather.colds- Helps,
sound and glanced bade to find• her prevert consti pat i i r,' :. •o• .+' - safely
striving to muffle a sudden outburst p
of sobs by lying face down on the GoA d for all— wonderful for children
Made by The Canadian Shredded. Wheat Company, LtaL .
` eket.
Chapter Z T — At the landing place
leached the English towns, and she
would be forced to make her own
way. Our.servants were supplied
from the blacks, or ne'er-do-wells
'shipped •to the plantations from Eng-
land. As a servant she must abide
with her class, and her very softness
and her mental qualities would make.
"That Man is the Devil, or the Devil's
Man! ...It is Because of Him
I wear This."
there.'Did he say,
"He thinks I am
anything, to show how sure he is.'
"Nothing,except to tell' his pir-
ogue
ogue Choctaws that the trail would be
picked up when they left the bayou."
p
"He'll find no trail,". I said.
"He'll find a woman is missing.
And there will be some signs left,"
declared Joe, now using the Choctaw
m t t
blankets.
"Hush" I sternly colnmanded, "The
great river is our good friend,- it is
so big and wide we can Bide from our "We now come to the great r ver, of Six S�in>?ers, Her face .z flc`ted
'eneiijies without leaving it." the Mississippi. I am positive the terror, and she: whispered.
" hate it!" she fiercely whipped n:and his Indians are co -
back,
1man. I)timoa
back, lifting her head and glaring an -
ming up the river to look for'toe. 1
grily at n ie through her tears, ."I have paddled hard to snake the big
river ahead of them. Now I aul won-
dering if it is wise to go ahead of
them.," •.
","But how cant we flee from them
unless we be ahead?" she exclaimed..
"if they are 'ahead and we cast fol-
There are more than
lowv then I should like it better" 1
shortest way.
hated it while at the cabin of Alariot
and his fancily. tI wish we could travel
afoot, overland to' the coast. -Why
must we go the long '; way around
when we -could travel; overland?"
"To save time," I told her with a
smile. ',We haven't time to go the
replied
tl sand warriors between the
for the moment she was an en -
four thousand of.these who will ad tirely now and most tantalizing_ young with me in New Orleans.'T-Lnw�ever,
mit any feeling of friendship for the
1 nglish, W. must go nearly to the
such zest . that I was amazed and
coast before we will be free from the
ten tou < "Oh, la! la! To think of that!"
river and Carolina. There are a scant' Anel
"That man is the devil, or the aev-e
il's man! It is because of him that 1
wear this,"'
And from her. blouse sire' pulled a:
small dirk in. a. sheath' and secured by
a string around: her'/slim `neck.
""He bothered you in New Orleans?'
"The French gentleman, 'tae one `
who gave me your note and who went
away before I could thank hitt, kept
very chose to the bad' one. But I do
not think the bad' one•wished to talk
woman, ' She laughed softly and with be will follow ane if he can,"
1 t'
thrilled,
red danger; for there are rio settle- t How long have you knowwn hill,
valley of.'Virginia. In • Oh, monsieur! Now I do tial site `"Known hath, monsieur?" she 6;
sp..
mems le the.1 e Sh
when: you can plan so shrewdly," she i g amazement, "One
the 'valley of heS enandoalt tile' Casure! They seek us ed, eyeing nae in
ta
id Cherokees go' north on the cried: to be .0 Y does not. know'suclt cattle."
a aahead of there, their eyes are all to
wari path: against thetFive, theNaIro-ons, and we come softly after As she finished the scarlet uf eon-
�while down that- path come the Iso- the front,
them, like a mouse walling' after the .she turn -
southern
fusion suffused her face ,and .
quois of the -Five Nations. to take. , � t ed her head and said.
u hern scal p s. Ido `not say •t.'ese cat! The big river: . Pooh. I will
tat p
to add. to your uneasiness, ACa- plot be afraid of it any more." "He did not bother �ist count . - ship.
things But ower here, t
deinoisc]le Dahlsgaarde; but.to "r:.di- "How old are you?" 1 shvt;nrer my ,ratan is strong and has a blacl; Heart--' •
nate how widespread is the danger- .shoulder. heed hat:
I st g t
zone, and to silo* the need of trevel- "Nineteen'. Twenty in De:e.mber, And has 1
ling bywater as far as possible. she promptly replied. gested,
rYes; yes! He has been a pi atei
"Forgive me. You are very wise," "Have you paused to think what rr
-sighed, raising her big.eye.. to people may say when the
she g ,
stare into mine. "I have seen su lit-
tle of life . I am so ignorant."
I faced to' the front and scowled at
the bend ahead. For the time I had"
fallen beneath a spell 'and had forgot-
ten she was not an unsophisticated
"But what has he to do with you?
trade jargon that the girl might no
understan d.
But 1 did not, fear any such results.
There was nothing known:ink. •New
Orleans to connect me with the girl's
disappearance, The settlers would.
testify that the girl was very sad, that
she stepped out of a cabin and did not
'Brampton again encounters Joe Lam- her an object of scorn among her return. It "ttrould be believed that she
rador, whom he send, to bring Claire mate,• had •wandered away and.fallen into
The sari alrrces. $rain ton cli7s of the paddle I on b ole lost
her closely, but sl,e .will tell dered if'she ww,ouic1 not have fared bet- As for finding arty signs of our pas -
.to him. p Between) 1
questions
him little of her history. With Lab- ter to' have remained in the valley and sing -to and from the Indian villageg
rador, Brampton and Claire leave in accepted a husband from among the the chances were his Choctaws would
two canoes for the English settle- women -hungry. This alternative wwas ticstroy any traces in tracking back
and :abhorrent :to me almost as soon as I 'and forth during the night. But the!they barely escape
viami_
river, or ec n •
tents. i.)arnnan follows then,
child. Her plea of ignorance did not
Harmonize with the mystery-bcliiild
y are told Terrible stories he told on the Arc y-
is age over! He has.done monstrcius
things. ; He is still.a pirate in his evil
heart!"
(To be continued).
You travelled with me from the Mis-
sissippi to the -coast?"
Her grave eyes stared at me iii deep
perplexity, and I could have kicked
myself for putting the question.
."'What will they say?" she sh wly
repeated, with a little frown wrinl'ling
her brows, "Certainly they will say
testimony' Monsieur- Bramtpon is a most kind
her; nor with the disturbing
of her soft stands coupled to povcl ty. and compassionate gentleman to help
`YI have said something which; dis- a poor. girl find 'a place of safety.
pleases monsieur?" she timidly asked. . I was glad 'to be out of it thus eas-
1
flashed a mechanical smile over
I
nay shoulder, shook my' head, and ex-
plained:
capture. had considered it, I had told myself long ravel -road was*the logical one.
on the sands at Biloxi that she was for an escaping English spy,to take,
'some distance ahead and led the ,vay aWith this understanding he drew ' lonely cabin to some miserable la- for Yensacola;'and T believed the Fox
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lentitled to her chance; and certainly
once it was known he had not made
l�E.NIcIi�tNES ;down the bayou, Inc girl crouched goon, with a. shaggy. creature who Would make haste to cut me off from
,
f the Ohio
CHIROPRACTOR flow in the }pirogue behind me, lacked evert the stability of an Indiangauvn the month o
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We moved slowly along the black hunter fora . ma e, co T 1C c ose .„1 I
Of :water, and between lazy. thrusts Of the, Yet for the life ont 1 e ing freshened a
from by breeze frothe
clef 'could see only a squalid'outloo? for lake. It was like enyerb ng from a
alis paddle I -- --- to ;_talk with her.
''`��'1 must you S to the English her did eve win across' the eastern hot tunnel. Labrador's canoe slither-
9fIict' cal pritt St„ WinStt1i t t")
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1 settlements? you friends there,'' mountains. ed among the -'brakes l I
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'I have no friends anywhere, extcpt The whole business discouraged al,- abreast of,hint Cte announccc.:
t 1 i friend, '' She wvlrisper 7rlys v; and wvl,cn I.abrattor gave his .`I return to la Nouvelle Oilcans,
s that you e my • -
+ =:h �• �"` "� 1„ signal fron, the clarltnesfi ahead, and toy friends,'
A. SIDDAL ' " ButVirginia, yr the Caro- repeated it, T. fotind my mental i'9- In the Choctaw jargon he added, `"if
GEORGE l,wtt 10114 to S rp ,
-. BROKER Oita:, instead of aCnada? tictiotl'to'be refreshiirg. Ti meant Hall- theit "go North 1 shall trail thein."
t ,They will go I assured him.
Money to lend on first and. second! "This country, it is terrible, 1rtUtt-.. Eps, buti that wv1n, Mote e„• leas Litt;,- ...north,'
yilii With 1 thrust of the paddle T With that we parted, he to paddle
other real es- , evasively. t e. <
II farm and pleas "' she muttered 3 til'.
o tool. the 8
mortgages while I
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ily, and to prevent her taking time to
analyze -the .query and arrive at a
more world -wise conclusion, I spoke
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
Will •hold their Valentine (Febru-
ary) meeting in the council chamber
on Thursday afternoon, 28th February*
Every member is asked to lie present.
and to bring a lead pencil. All ladies
will be welcomed,
not tel 5 ix
ro •` era did
to � Yt pr
p
to pI bad interest,: alsa on first Chattel mors that you were; picked up in a raid•„
gages on stock and on personal notes. E
P few farms on hand for sale or to! I thought she✓ did not intend to aft-
swer, but after a long pause she scow,
1 ucknow, Ont. j ay said:
1 "What would lie the good?"
And now ;he was speaking English
writli r:nly the' faintest accent.. 1 be -
eau to believe she was bilingual and
ested either tongue without being eon-
sCioriw of shifting.
s" "lint if y,.nt could. proveto ir'i's ex-
— ° `"T emt 1)1•t,w'e; nothing," s'he passion -
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" Connerre't Pitt who are ylt, ter dile for the t11+issiSsippi.
treat me like this?"' loudly demanded
Labrador's voice. "rake your dirty
hinds from my fare. 'IOseer if you
I . could.. not get used to madonna
-
stile. if shi. had impressed rite as
being slight and frail of physique on
knew' mei' And who the black devil Ship island she row seemed little
arc you?" , xttor; than a child ,,;For she had fol -
Thi.: time I heard the -murmur of a Towed my advice, and had shifters
response .incl "Labrador 'called out no scam her funereal black gown to a
stirs"" The peril. was obvic)us.Again :•garb more sttitable for rough travel,
warned arned the girl to ,mike no sound. Brom an Indian crone she 'had Mur-
We were kncreling on • ale anarslty'chased tome boot -leggings, a short
t,rotrnd and .try hand ltittd the pi- skirt of fiber bark; stained white and
rogue Hope rt
stTinFagainst
ti reeds
red—the te sacred 'ed
colors
of
the N
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if the uewcbners cane close enrl;land cotplcte.d her attire withab!rt4c
to agitate it with their paddle stroke,. of linen she had hronght overseas.
Now they were sending little ripples Her yellow hair was drawn bade and
into the swa,np-grass,'and by ear a- arranged in braids. Iter face wound
lone 1 told wwhei, the first craft passed Have been boyish if not for the sen-
onr position, sitive mouth and the sadness of her
T,rorn the number Of paddles I ;Ind-, eyes,
ged it to be tlong pirogue. Now it: "Anil this river flows from the hrettt
was abtrve us and I preparing, to eni. river?" pile a<Jlced for the tenth time
bark when there carne a sound hof Dili- as we made our way up the Ilse ✓vallis.
er paddles, twt"ci of thou. When di- "It is merely the month of the 1cfis-
reedy opposite enc; a t>iart "sl)Ohe, luta sissipti at high water, It flows into.
le"
rr1 am alone. 'Art ot'lphan."
your tris nets --at ]exist those
with
within you woi"kcd,"
My'vo c.e because confused, i felt
her ;voft hart(' rest for'a rnonient on
rny! hand as I laid the paddle 'niotidrl-
"N'o, it i r t the laitlitl of a girl who
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