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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-03-07, Page 6iisiellIngton Mutual Fin Insurance Co. Established 184o Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Risks taken on all classe of insur- ance at reasonable rates. ABN.F.1R COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND AiEALT11 INSURANCE — AND REAL ESTATE . . 0. Box 360 Phone 240 I►IfNGHAM, - ONTARIO J. W. $USHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Ete. Money to Loan. Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes . R. VANSTONE ;BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Winghain, - Ontario 1 J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store }L W. COLBORNE, M. D. Physcian and Surgeon .Medica- _-...presentative D. S. C. R. Phone 54 Wingham Successor to Dr, W. R. I•Iambly. DR. ROBT. C. ND M.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. R. L. ST E W.lT 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. F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All Diseases, Treated Office adjoining residence next to ,Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sundays by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272, Hours -9 a.m. to 8 p.ns. A. R.& F. E..DUVAL Licensed Drugless Practitioners, Chiropractic and Electro Therapy. a araduates of Canadian Chiropractic College, Toronto, and National Co11 lege Chicago. Office opposite Hamilton's Jewelry; Store, Main St. • ..OURS: 2-5, 7-8.30 p.m., and by appointtnaut. lett of town ant night Q1118 re- .gpoo tided to. All IvaStaatis ds�satta • 6o1-1 . Phones. Office goo; Residence 3 J. ALVIN FOX Registered Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC •AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY' Hours: 2-5, 7-8., Or by 1 appointment, Phone 191 D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR ELECTRICITY Adjustments given for diseases of , all kinds; we specialize in dealing with, children. Lady attendant, Night calls f responded to, f Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont. 1-'lwfe t 50 GEORGE, A. SIDDAL RROT'ER .—. Money to lend on first and second .mortgages on farm and other real es• tate properties at a reasonable rate of interest, also on first Chattel mort- .gages on stock and en personal notes... Afew farms on hand for sale or. to Tent on easy terms. Phone 73. know, Ont, THOMAS FELLS "N c AUCTIONEER TATE rtnite,ttn't'rl,: drawing up to the ba.l1G, REAL ESq.t1.TE SOLD it ries:-eI 7101? oe ' P eiter , SYNOPSIS Chapter I.—Travelling by canoe on the Missiissipp, oft his' way to Biloxi, in 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. Forhis 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. Brampton refuses to turn back. He falls in with Jules and :Basile Mat - tor, on their way to Biloxi to secure wives from h ship, the Maire, bring- ing women from France. At Biloxi Brampton protects a woman from a sergeant's brutality. She tells' him she is Claire Dahisgaarde, picked up in a raid in Paris. Evidently well bred and educated, she is something of a mys- tery toI3rampton.. He intervenes to Prevent a man, English, known as 'Old •Six Fingers," following' her to New Orleans. A Frenchman, Fran- cois Narbonne, slightly demented by stories he has heard of the riches of the New World, "introduces himself. Heb is on his wayto land he has bought... Chapter ..III: Bienville • accuses Brampton of treachery, but the latter secures a respite from death by re- vealing the Natchez declaration .of war. He is to await the arrival of a former companion, Damoan the Fox, who willexonerate or condemn. him. Damoan 'has documentsproving that Brampton is an English spy. Bramp- ton receives a message . from Claire urging him to help her reach the English settlements. Chapter IV. -Brampton trusts Narbonne with a note to Claire pro- mising to ineet her at New Orleans.- He bribes the Mattors to help, him escape, .Before it can be effected Damoan arrives. Chapter V.—After a struggle Bram- pton wrests the incriminating papers from :Datnoan and escapes from Bil- nxi♦ He meets the Mattors and they start for New Orleans in a sailing pa- ctet, Chapter VI — At the landing place Brampton again encounters' Joe Lam- rador, whom he sends to bring Claire to him. i'he girl arrives. 13rainpton questions her closely, but she will tell hint little of her history. With Lab- rador, Brampton and ,Claire leave in tato canoes for the English settle r,;e'nts. Denman follows theist, and they barely escape capture. This perfervid explanation deceived ine none; she hacl not thought of hon as a pirate until I gave her the idea. And whatrighteous indignation When 1 assumed ,Sire had known him in the fasts It .was alt,most' bewildering. ,ly estimates' of hey had ranged from 1 guttersne. to a fine lady; from a street gamin to a refined and world - y -ignorant -child. If appearances and 4l)0ech went for anything, she pos- sessed the hauteue of the lady and. ihe .ignorance of the child. IF her conflicting stories of how she e.ame to'be ort the itlairs, her olavious pov- erty, and her useless hands were to be considered; ,there could remainon ly the lriteful conclusion that she.was product of the streets, and that life had been horribly unfair to her. "We land here, mademoiselle," '1 ssrevrvr iffy absence. I. pushed forward rapidly, and at last stood on the: shore of the Missi- issippi,. I stood for a: moment looking across its broad expanse, then I was on my hands and knees among the bushes, watching two pirogues turn- ing the: bend below. The one ahead was' large and filled with Indians. In the second were three anen, two of whom were :white men., QI hastily re- treated a'considerable distance. Secure in my new position, I -waited for the' pirogues to cross iny line 'of vision; and as I watched:I was start• led by a light step behind:, Me. Wheeling' .apprehensively,' I was in time to detect a slight motion' in the. bushes. 1 ciawled toward the bushes to investigate,, but before T could reach them Mademoiselle Dahls- gaarde stepped into view; into- view, also of anyone on the river passing the Iberville. I grabbed one: of her beteg-felliged ankles and yanked her to the ground 'and glared savagely as she would have opened her mouth to scream. Then `toward the Missies- ippi I turned to learn the worst. The Choctaws were gazing up- stream. 'None were looking in our direction. But in the other canoe. one of the whitemen was touching the Indian on the shoulder. The In- dian ceased. paddling and st000d up and peered undefr his hand toward our hiding -place. Then he dropped on his knees and 'resented .paddling, The white .man, who had been suspicious, gesticulated with the other white man, who gazed toward onr hiding place, then sank back. • - His companion, not yet satisfied,: stood tip and fed his hawklike gaze 9n the ,thick growth; hawklike, be cause he .was Damoan the FON. And he thought he had seen something. His companion wore a blanket over his shoiild:ers and had' his stat pulled low, and:I could not make out his fen tures. The Fox reluctantly restated his paddling, but so long as the Iber ville was in sight he looked back. The, two pirogues passed fromyiew. I remained motionless for some twen ty:, minutes, waiting to• see if they, were playing a ruse, and, after mak- ing us believe they had' gyne would. steal bade to surprise es. At last 1 was satisfied that Damoan at the most had caught only the suggestion of Motion from the corner of his eye. Doubtless he derided it Was some ani - Mal. f rose and returned to reproach mademoiselle' for• her indescretion. tin"hat T saw held pie tongue-tied. It was an' entirely new phase of her. Rage flamed in her eyes like_ ,war - beacons, Her breath came fas'and furious, and the ivory of her face was stained a vivid scarlet. .Site was.glar- ing at inc like a inadevoman, and the small dirk was drawn back for a drive, "Your canaille"'. this amazing crew- the bank to allow' her to land while lure hissed.at rite, as I stood there I' dragged it through the shallows in with, my mouth :open, like an expiring to the greater river; "1. can go no fish. S. ou dare lay a hand on inn in farther until I know the truth." anger! Don't lie! T read your eyes,. 1 Youwas were angry:ai,d you dared lay a of this• small bundle of puzzles.. hand 0n the while so base l"• ' Mademoisclle,1 listen,'" I ',politely T' 'could not help thinking of a pan- told acre ther's whelp, spitting and, clawing, She stood, with one foot on the ids: She was such .a tiny tornado: t11at I of the chime, waiting` for Inc to Speak must have smiled a trifle.: Certainly before site would even step ashore. there was something in my facethat "I must know I'm forgiven—that your caused her to leap forward, lien T heart holds c resentmentai s ltt,a tu , against was ashamed of myself, ant1 felt only. Inc, slier said, WINGRAM A V ANCE-TIMES Thursday, ,March 7th, 192s !.put to eseape;hitn and his Choctaws; I meant well," She turned and walked back to the pirogue, her braids over her should- ers ,and hanging down itt front like an Indian Woman's. Ie truth, I had been etrent,ely provoked a,t • her. Wunder and I feared my grip on her. small ankle'had been unconsciously severe. I watched her as she walked away with small head bowed to Ste if she slipped, and I rejoiced when sire showed no signs of hurt from her rpugh ttunble.' -And what a fine -spun sensitive nature! With perhaps her life in peril she took exception to my mode of preserving it, Autocracy hnpIiess superiority. On what did she base her autocrat- ie resentment of my style of making her duck from view, of Denman the Fox? - This little fdrl'orn `sparrow from the streets of Paris—it all was Completely beyond rate. And yet the pain at having caused her grief was none the, less poignant. Taking my time I also returned to the pirogue, and seating myself apart from her and lighted my pipe. "Why, do we: not proceed?" she asked without Iooking at ni:e. "Danioan and his red butchers nnist be given time' to draw ahead,"I told her. "I think, Monsieur Brampton, 'you had best take me,.back to;,the Bayoa St. Jean, where I can make my way to la Nouvelle Orleans.: If 'that be. too much bother, hollow a log like this and I 'will make my own •way. Ora raft," I was most' careful to. maintain my gravity as I listened fo'her absurd re-' quest. I tool: some time to think it over, apparently. Then I gently re= plied: "You, are own mistress. I .only wish you to act wisely. If:you 'really desire to:go'back of course I will take von. Do not care to' tell the your rea son for returning?? Is it because yon cannot trust yourself longer to iny protection? My question worked the last effect I could have desired: . It reduced her to heniili.ty. Her transition froth the. tone of the grande" dame, 'afire with indignation to that of a girl huntblpo supplicant made me feel like a•zany. She was kneeling before ins and stretching up. her small hands' and, like a penitent child, begging me to overlook her behavior. "For God's sake, don't!" I cried in English, catching her wrists and pull- ing her, to .her feet.: "But -I raised—raised a' mortal weapon—against you,'' she sobbed. Luckily my impulse to`.ridicule the, tiny dirk was, checked in time to per- mit my expression of gravity to're- main. "It was but your way of showing resentment," I said. soothingly. "It was perfectly- natural. One does not. like to. be mauled about unless one, knows it's for one's own best good. Now that you know that, itis as if it never happened. You are nervous, Mademoiselle 'Dahlsgaarde. .You are riot yourself. You have suffered. punch mentally. Let u,. say no anoi�e about it. It is nothing after one has slept and rested. So, shall we fare rcorth again? 'It 1s not wise to let cur pursuers get' too far ahead." Without a word she entered the pi- rogue and seated herself on the blan- kets. I placed;niy musket in the bow, ready for my Band, and paddled slow- ly around the last bend, my '.eys 'im- patient to search the upper . reaches of the river. 'There Was no sign of the two pirogues. "Monsieur Brampton," she softly said as I drove the pirogue against .tity for her, I dropped my arms to 1 r ;rstcd a' temptation to dismiss ny side: and awaited her pleasure, the matter lightly, its that was sure She pressed close, her gaze. baleful to embroil us in further. mtisnnder- and vengeful, meeting mine squarely. standings. It would have been more lost as I believed shot .vas going to 1 `f 1 ld "Thc rivor is just ahead. I roust ask strike she staggered hack with a wild pi te, that of child, or woman. , So tltharoush l.nowled:;e of Farm •.,u !t, stay here while 1 lrol- t b .,1,. 1 l� 1 the T stns) c r"..;: to woe retoniri 00 one ar ' It out rtt cr'y, c rnispec 10 wr;apnttl and I made My mien very serious as I 1'!it'it .{ h at e 1rtt., lititti it sank :011 her krises and hid her fae e stood there boleti/1g, Iter hand, and. 1 " alone " Tien exclaimed., ! in "her hands. v l earnestly decleared: It• was'bee'rill ).• ti,. "T t i y 1 ath t c , and T 'There was never anytltinp, to fors wished Joe Labrador, or ,city other give, Tittit if yoe Must have it so, glancing about asif expectingto chid ORS. A. gg 6gLA. W. IRVVINdanger in her innocent surroundings. , DENTISTS 'since 1Viac8n.te. " rraht. Witifihaan .A. J. WALKER URN'ITU1E AND F11NERAI SERVICE A. r "anti! Licensed Funeral I.ih't:etor and Embalmer, 'ff'.fiec Phone 106, les, Phone Assistant,, M, PearsOrt icensc;d Embalm Ph cute WSW. test Limousine Funeral 'Coaeli, "Yee will be ,safe; I would not leave yon if there' was anyl. darner. 1-icre is my pistol. If you feel very much efraid yon can fire it,,, "It is aril ,o st:r:ttt you will, have the good heart to exeese, T 'do not enre for the 'Weapon: Get,". i"tris initis delivered with the poistw.. arid. Cornposure of a-niaiin'e ti.titt't�iltt. And yet when I:reached the bend and stole a' backward ;!;saner; and waw her standing where T '''had `lift here, her hands clasped before; 1.tcr; hci' Bead bent in '01')ittuftil etttt(i tic, she became tl child again.' t ,etc 1ten1y was loath to leave her 'faieke 'c!ieeo rStelatr., (:h;rih- wIs54kly,„., _, �:ral',1U��n� tir-'a• ail 'I! thick-headed voyageur could have then y01i are forgiven, I' have never 4b.ei1 111e1'e to give illy sc,ntt; of the held resentmein,i;'giaiitst yeti Mitt hey - kicks I felt ! deserved, et' can. Now dr.', you believe rie?'” I scooped her up ttttd stood her on The ?'them radiance of her face, her feat, •t 1 c ti replaced the dirk in , the astounded anrr, ync would have thou - sheath outside the blouse, ,ries la dting ght Z had granted her some rare boon. her awkwardly 011 the shoulder said. She bobbed' her head in place of words ladsprang ashore 1 waded tlirouglt the shallows, pretending not to observe her fight for self-aon"trn'l, anti prolonged the task of dragging the log. iattoe throtiglt the ripples; At last '1` 'had pirogu'e'in (feet) water, and she, geite cotttposed, tce,k her Place and I stv"titt'g into the river, There, was 110 brit til T,)atnoaan taints "There there, r..hilcl. T ate slurry." With her hands still pressed to Iter face site tnatraged repeat; • °Yon laid a bated 011 ')111 in: atigeri". "Tis sorry," l s`0nl)ly reiterated. "We 'crea•ttires of the woodelose all 'se ee, nl , NOW, 'We are erode, 'Cly only; t'li lltlit` was .that tite ;?ox "Q.,nt11t1..stb yo'tte tee: 1ve Wotilcl be 6,a.rd. • ]ris companions ahead, As the cull was now close to the western :forest crown 1. began to fear they had gone, into camp and that 1 might be ap-' proaehing too close. We had been massing through the territory of the 13aygioulas and had not seen aft In- dian.' I suspected that the war threat- ened bY hreat-ened'by the. Natchez had sent :the Mutters back to their temples to make new medicine to the Opossttin, their chief suety,, before joining: with the Choctaws as allies of the French, I Darted My Gaze osi the. River.. I Discovered Nothing Until She Stood Close at My Side and Pointed ` a Finger. If the Choctaws came into the fight then their heritary'enenaies, the fierce Chickasaws, would stand by the Eng- lish; and Sieur de Bienville would find the fighting not to his liking. I said nothing about Indians to the girl as I made for the high bank; and she, simple one, assumed it was natural for none of the aborigines to frequent the river, "Why do we goashore," she whis- pered over my shoulder, as if fearing the river would overhear us and be- tray our presence. "To camp for the night, mademoi- selle. The darkness will rush quickly through this lane in•the forest. Here we have high ground and good wat- er." I got the canoe ashore and helped her out and packed the blankets and musket and smoked beef up the bluff. While she sat under a tall tree, with her braids over her shoulders, I gath- ered bark and made her a shelter with the opening toward the spot where I would build the fire. I knew of a spxirig back a bit from the bluff,, and from this I. procured a gourd of wat- er. Then I gathered dry wood. arta started a small blaze and instructed. her how to feed it so we vvoulcl have a bed of coals for cooking our supper. Then,' taking a hook and line,. :f in- forinIt; waperfectly and that -1ed werotticlsitesoons return frontsa[e try- ing for a fish in the .river. I lighted the fire and descended to the river without having spoken `a word, For twenty minutes patient- ly sought my fish without success. In straightening up 1 was surprised to behold: her slim form on a .log be- hind rne. "Von here!" :r exclaimers, "l3ut I thought you were to remain and feed the fire?" . "1 did not care for the loneliness, monsieur," she calmly informed me, Her disregard' 'of my 'wishes=in. ni.y mind Icalled .it orders -annoyed Inc. However, I managed to ' smile and remind heir; "We will have lost much time in making coals for broiling the fish." "One must catch the fish 'first," was the quiet response. "Besides, I plac- ed the wood on the 'blaze _monsieur started. The coals will be ready." "All the wood?" I sharply demand- ed. She bridled at my tone. A tug at my line demanded my attention. Af- ter a brief fight'1 landed 'a catfish. She waited until, I hacl secured my stook and coiled my line; then she said:' "The wood was to burn?" "Yes, yes. But not all at once. A little at a tune" "I was not to know without being told," she said with much dignity. VII monsieur will be explicit another time perhaps I' will do :better. But. wood! La! La! There is 'nothing but wood. Surely one does not 'have to be sparing of wood in this land!" I hesitated whether to explain the being seen by an enemy, or towait danger of big fires and much smoke and after acting as ray own fire -tend- er for a while, see if she did not learn her lesson by observation, "If we have finished with the matt- er of the fire," she quietly resumed, "I would . like to ask Monsieur the, meaning of that object which floats upstream across the dying patch of sunlight." I darted my gaze on the river. I discovered nothing until she stood; close at my side and pointed a finger; then I saw it, a canoe, far out and presumably hunting for dead water on the opposite shore. "Indians: Probably Humes. 'We are in their country," I told her. ALMOST FRANTIC WITH HEADACHE, Kidney Tr oubie ande(akness Re1iev�e4.:- by• "Fru 6�h rl!Il1Caa`tivesY Y Mrs. TESSIER "I was very' weak because of Kidney: - Trouble and suffered with terrible Headaches," says Mr • Romulus Tessier, St.. Jean de Matha; P.Q. "I was treated for s, long time a,nd,eres just about discouraged when I leaarned. of `Fruit -a -tines.', Improvement curse with the first few doses, and' in six. months the kidney trouble, weakness and headaches were gone.'.' "Fruit -a -tines" regulates • the bowels, kidneys and skin—purifies the blood— and brings sound, vigourous health, Try this wonderful medicine. made q€' fruit juices combined with the finest medicinal ingredients, 25e. and 50e, a box—at (feelers everywhere, "Are they wicked? Will they trou- ble us?" she demanded, glancing up into my face. "Not' a bit." Nor was I,' afraid of Indians, for I had many friends a- mong. the river -people, including the Huntas. Returning airy gaze to the river I was troubled to observe the canoe was making 110 progress to- ward the opposite shore. And only white hien,, ignorant of the mighty current of the river, would skirt the edge of the mighty current and bare- ly hold their own, when easy paddling was to be enjoyed along the shore. "Now one can hardly see them," she cri•ed. "We'll go back and cook our fish:" I said. The canoe was heading; to- ward us, thus making it appear to be a speck. And I had no doubt the smoke frotn our's generous fire had attracted tlte'voyageure' attention. If. Damoan and his companions Were on the, same side with us the interven- ing forest would. prevent his seeing, the smoke. It was his inanito against nine, and I was hampered by an ir- responsible t responsible girl -woman. (To Be Continued) Mr.. E. S. Copeland left last week on a four-week business, trip to the Maritiines and Newfoundland,, in the interests of Fry ce Blackhall Limited.' - T Ple iser! E 16 sir lilat! ri ansimmemaaariowl tin or C stomers Our equipment is complete for the satisfac- tory production of printing of every descrip- tion—from a small card to a booklet. With this equipment, suitable stock, goes compe, tent workmanship. 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