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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-03-21, Page 6• • i elli ngton 'Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established z840 Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Risks taken en all elasse of insur- *nce at reasonable rates. f&.BNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office in Chisholin: Block FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALIII INSURANCE -- AND REAL -AND'RL ESTATE ". O. Pox 360 Phone 240 4INGHAM, ..:-:ONTARIO J. W. B %SH.i IELD Barrister, >.Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudier Holmes R.. VANSTONE 'BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, Ontariaa 'A. MORTON.. BARRISTErA, ETC. Wingham, Ontario D.R.. G. I -L ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store .. ,COI.l30RNE11�.. D. Physcian and Surgeon Medica: •....trresentative D. S. C. R. Phone 54 Wingham Successor to Dr. W. R, Hambly DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND litol,R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto,. 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SY;NGmiP`•STS Chapter I.—Taal/telling hat ,ca>zm:oeon, the.:Missiissig,,apa, on his way to Biloxi, in the early <days of the settlement of Lousiaua, William Brampton, Eng- lish spy, nohow.' ho the O•ndians and settlers as ,.the 'White Indian," sees a Natchez Indian ,post a 'declaration 'of war ;against the French. For his own purposes, .he hastens go Biloxi to carry the news to Bienville, French governor. CHAPTER 11;—Brampton meets an old friend, Joe Labrador, Indian half-bnee.d; 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- ter, on their way to Biloxi to secure wives from a ship, the'Maire, bring- ing women fromFrance. At Biloxi Brampton protects a woman from a sergeant's brutality. She tells him she is Claire Dahlsgaarde, picked up in a raid in. Paris. Evidently well bred and educated, she is something of a -nmys- tery'to Brampton. .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. He is on his way to land he has boll;•••ht. Chapter IIL—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 will exonerate or condemn hien. Dantean has documents proving 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 'meet her at New Orleans. He bribes the Matters to ,help him escape. Before it, can be effected Demean arrives. Chapter V.—After a struggle Bram- pton wrests the incriminating papers from Damoan and escapes from Bil- uxi... He meets the 1liattors: and they. start for New Orleans in' a sailing pa- cket. Chapter VI --At the landing place Brampton again encounters Joe Lam- rador, whom he sends to bring Claire I 'vent; "Sit still!" As 1 struck • the water the hand re- leased my wrist and two hands grabbed my throat. Down we sank, and down swung felt ax as we were going under. I felt the ax register and the grip on my throat loosened. 1 kicked about and wrenched the ax free and satisfied myself the naked body was lax and limp, and thenshot to the,surface. "Hush mademoiselle. It is all right," I softly told her before at- tempting to climb into the pirogue, "Hush your noise." "Le bon Dieu!" she moaned. "Is it indeed thou, monsieur? "No other. All is well." And 1 washed the ax and stuck it in my belt and climbed aboard andr began anxiously peering about to see from what • craft my assailants had' swum.. "What is it?"1 heard Narbonne cry. "Stand by to ,repel boarders!" how Six Fingers. "Ah; the devil! :How blind 1 am!" snapped Narbonne, and I heard bis sword slithering against iron. • "In your throat! How does it taste?" chied. Six Fingers. "God help us! They fight between themselves!"• faintly exclaimed the girl. "They're attacked," I corrected sweeping the pirogue about and head- ing downstream where 1 could snake out the vague shapes -of two canoes some distance apart. With a wild War whoop the canoe ofthe enemy began closing in onmy two ebmpanions, their first assailants being Choctaws who thought to take them by surprise by swimming.' m3A flight of arrows hissed over � head and one or two stuck in the sid of my pirogue. I snatched my pistol up from the bottom of the pirogu and emptied them, and then brace myself to use the musket as a' club Narbonne fired two pistols and Six Fingers let off a ntisket, and the pirogue frantically retreated toward mid -channel and downstream "Naked men in the water attacked us, monsieur," explained Narbolint as our pirogues drifted together. "1 got one and the old rat dirkcd another How is mademoiselle?" "Uieu tnerci! 1 think' 1 shall live, but I was dying of the fright,,' she whispered. "Red hands at my throat! Can 1 ever forget 'when they would drag me into the river!" "But the)' did not, mademoiselle," I sharply reminded her. "A danger passed is as though it never happen - d. Ile calm. They have all gone, I7.64'4 «YiArTC i.I�'1} cane ed. des were stealing upon V'under aver of the onsweeping 'mass, II hurriedly explained` my purpose. Iter Narbonne and the girl and had them come ashore and bide while 1 threw green bows over the pirogues without bothering to extricate Six Fingers from the bottom of his can- oe. Near the bank I found a tall tree. and climbed it 'until 1 had an excell- ent view xcell-entview of the river beyond th.e solid mass of drifting trees. My fears were, empty. There was no sign of Da - moan's red hunters. Ashamed of my panic, yet greatly relieved, I descend - Only a few feet from the tree I came upon the scene of -a recent:trag- edy—a. dead Indian. A feathered shaft stuck from between his naked shoulders: and he had fallen while in the act of setting an arrow to bow- string: The dead 'man was a Natchez. He was in the country of the Humes, who were of Choctaw blood and in- eluded in that confederacy. As I re- constructed thetragedy, he had been: shot down from behind by a Hume. and had' run away and escaped dis- covery although ultimately dropping dead. I took the bow of acacia -wood and the quiver of reed arrows, The. heads of the latter, fashioned from bone, were not barbed like thewar arrows, but were such as `were used in hunting deer and buffalo. The dead man had not been on the war -path, Carrying the bow and ar- rows, 1 returned to my companions, and, tot spare the girl's feelings, ex- plained .l had found the weapons in the wood. Clearing the pirogue of brush I set off with the girl with Narbonne fol- lowing close. We worked hard, for. only a short period of daylight re- mained for us, It was the beginning of dutik whenwe came to the. tiny 1- bayou. I drove my pirogue to the eastern side of the blockade and jumped out to investigate. By carry- ing the pirogues a hundred „feet we. could -take the open water again, I aroused S.ix Fingers from his Slum— bers by the simple process of taking him by the shoulders and sousing hint up and down in the river. He began a string of fearful curses, but. by thrusting his monkey's head under water 1. soon tool< the heart out of him. Tossing him ashore, I ordered him. to help Narbonne with one end of the pirogue while 1 took the other. I was elated at having' gained the cut-off without having to fight my way. I felt so safe with that hundred feet of drift hiding me from the river that. 1 directed Narbonne slowly to paddle e my pirogue and the girl along the bayou with SixFingers bringing up e the other while I tried my luck hunt- ina. Pointing out a dead tree far a- d head, I told Narbonne to halt there andbuild 'a small fire, taking care to shield it With blankets, "We'll camp long enough to, rest and eat and then push on," I told them, "It will save a full day's pad- dling and, a possible encounter with Demean and his Choctaws," Then taking, the bow and arrows, and my ax, I scouted toward the main river in the hope of finding some water - o him. The .girl arrives. Brampton questions her:closely, but she will tell him little of her history. With Lab- rador, Brampton and Claire leave in wo canoes for the English settle - CM,, Denman follows them, and rimy barely escape capture. e. Chapter VII. --Labrador le' s t1 r T Phone lel. D. H. McINNES ( ave, the CHIROPRACTOR I fugitives, returning to New Orleans. ELECTRICITY ; llramptoim realizes that the girl, .city A'djustm'ents given for diseases of bred, and utterly unused to forest all kinds; we specialize in dealing with children. Lady attendant. Night calls responded' to. - Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont. ]'hone 150 GEORGE A. SIDDAL -� 13ROKER — • Money to lend on first and second mortgages on tare' and other real es- tate properties at a reasonable rate of interest, also on first Chattel mort- gages on stock and on personal notes. Afew farms on hand fur sale or to rent on easy terms', Phone i3• Luc ow, Ont, THOMAS AUCTION EER REAL ESTATE SOLD Atharoen li httaindalge of Fare' Stock Phone AV; IA, i:ip'bartt 0 S. A. J. & A. W. IRWIN DE1 TIST,7 #lea .'1Vfae4 dm,ww�.wdx+.,r,.uapara.�w.rp�..; ALl:: AND FIT E AI RVICE A. ,l* FURNITu; A. 3• ' ialket t.iccnsec.1 l"uner'ai 1:lirector and Enrbaliner. C�fficts'Phone 106, Res. Pilot tc 224, Assitttttnt, IVX, Pearson Licensed Embalmer, m'hotre 1718. Latest. Linti usillc l tt,lerai Coach, travel, will prove a terrible handicap u their way to safety, She telis him be is in deals fear of Six Fingers,' her coutpanien on the voyage from France, but will not say why. Her ,rr rtf prate, under the circumstances eurpr•ises and anluses 1.3ranmpton. Front the shore they, can sect Damoan,, Wit! •h,ie Indians, pa'ssr,in canoes, They fol low. here is no more danger.' Narbonne asked what I purposed doing. "Mademoiselle is nervous. '1Ve will land and wait until she recovers her composure," said. Her fingers closed ern lay arm,- and she whispered: "After all. it was only Death that stallsad rhe.. Death in clean. , It Was its coning while '1'Slept that-unnerx•ed I mac. Monsieur, you prefer to make a Certain distance before daylight.'Pro- ceed, Do not consider rime. , i am my- self now. It is nothing." After reloading my musket and pis, ,tots and seeing that Six Fingers did the sante, I again took the, lend. This tittle there wtzS no need to cau- tion my companions „as to :the valnc- of silence. Nor did We g,h11t again r - 1rat• thin Indian's pirogue although WV let to the rider meth wellinto the ;;ray morning. ell the girl '01 the blankets be- hind me I led the way, after warning Nar•b„nrltr and p r d :�iix lairt;;i•r� to keep dose and irlriul, o in no Lancing. Six ;haat.rr wee io!-ieheit r,rl hinging K1,rne ,f hie etil r,!al .ca -';,,n;, and Nar- 1 (-floe „ ''oriels t+, curse him for his ,able-srrc(i,,rt: ,1 wag patiently explain - 1r,;„ the danger of rear( l0'-nesa when 3 t girl emitted a shrink that r«,diel <cv: been heard for a long distance-, 1 dr' 'preal racy: paddle end stretched le a !uiml to arouse her front her ;ream, but es 1 totlt'hud her she 50003- r1 t r be ::ra1a•:lin; +freer}roard and her .,are arae ';ttcidc•nly milled, Thr rough- : ttrsuldee d, 1 could nett compel my Vot''t- ch'lct:d out: "Sava- .utc, Englishman!” 'Viten 1 detected -something in the 'atc.r alongside the pirogue which !nsd nt; business there, and my- fin - erg e>nc centered a brawny arm. As 1 elutcrltd;d tliif naked' .flesh ten fin- gers. ''sized my wrist, and the girl, released, screamed a;;ain. The T,ir- ngue careened' a, the thing in the water sought to drag- itie'' otrerbnard. Clearing my ;z^,, 1 rot ieva l' the strain lyy leaping nt=er the ,vie yelling a CHAPTER IX; The Pight at the Bayou. We camped and rested, and the re- mainder of the journey to the big loop was finished late in the after - 1(1) 11 with noticing occurring to dis- tur}i' mademoiselle, The liver talked to me, It taunted The with threats of atnbuseades along the sheet, breeding,+- shore, it Whisper-- ed hisper3d of Damoan the dent. cunningly a- waited ns at the big 'loop• The in- flueece of the mighty waters rather worked on my nerves, and' when an unusually -large arc;ti • of drift• first ap- pearedrottnct the 303,1 bend f pad- dled to the bank and leaped ashore to reeonnoitel' it from a tree, 1 was slidtlenly 'taken 1vitll the notion that we had been argil and that Drama -ode, fowl. But 'move as silently as I would I could find no bit -cls, When I was about opposite the dead tree 7 de- cided' it was growing too dark for, hunting and began making for the camp. As .I turned my back a rust- ling in the underbrush behind me re- vived e Sited my hopes and I glided behind a clamp of bushee and slipped an ar- row from the quiver.' The• ground was clear of growth far a few rods, and as the sound was repeated 1 fol- ly expected to sec'a rabbit enter the opening. With the silence of a shadow a C hoetau• warrior emerged from the 1 gr'nvth and stood as if listening. Then he dropped '011 his knees and began' cxanmini11gr the ground. I realized that he had found my tracks and Would know at the first glance that ti iehite .man had been there. illy next thought was the necessity Of preventing the fellow from reportingt laic t}iscevery. :".s be 'leaped erect 1 released the are•„w, 1!1s yell of dis- ca,trry wea 'a 'eeend ahead of the reed abaft, and aithough he went down with the arrow sticking through his neck he had done what 1 thteeded to. prevent. That his comp;inions were closeat heed Was proved by the almost int- med`late responc Co his wild cry; then there' carate the sound of men crash- l flag recklessly through the growth. Next ttiey. were poorin,g' from cover in single file until I counted an even dole,- and ''there v,,ere More bellied among the bitshcs: The first warrior in the opening cariitrto the dead war- der and drop.ped'beside dint and ex- amined the arr'i't,r. Another was cast- ing about for a trail. 'What der you , fitntl?'r spolw. trp, a soft woicc frcirn the :bttsheti,:, It was 1)comclan the :Fox! speaking. I3,t;forc he cotild receive his ttnstver I'stranded . the shrill war -cry of.' the Nateimeti and began discharging the arrows as fast as I catiltl inaniptjlatc time how, With -cries tli~' Warm •nnd rage `'tile, Clmoctaws .swtallt bade into. cover, for the 111(ztrtt,:1'1t lielieDving Natchez had taken the red path a- gainst the French and their allies the Gulf Indians. As I loosed the l;,ist arrow I turned and made toward the dead tree. Dattloan'n voice cost' in tt cry o ftrivanpb, and in` Choctaw he shouted: "Tile White Indian! 1 i s the, Mau we're after.`These are Bunting arrows, 1lo 1?lays tricks with the No(chei ar- rows, Hc' is alone, After hit'!„ My sole advantage was the waning light which made it diffciult to fol- low my trail. ,I ran on told soon tre h a leap 1 was on the other struck the' cut-off close to the dead e: Wit side and flicking the fire into the 108 - ter. "What's wrong,,?" whispered tde- moiselle. "mato the pirogue! Quick. Nar- bonne! Six. 'Fingers! Aboard and fol - bow hie quietly. We have 0 few rniu- utes!" 'They. '' "obeyed .tivitht ut a tivurd, and lining the msial., 11 \' O$ ';tri urinal t' lief to tare, rvrtt tit;+moth it blu1h' tI ig tg;arl moan in trrt'ot•twhim itttlnrautt tllitla-Hitt*ltrtl Mellow lmmitting c;( floated. to our t'1ar5, "It :is uothittf," 1 toot her. –Isla have founts our vamp, 1'1t6 01111 etc know whether r ,110 returned S0110 1, t r:tnle th15 way." She did not .diseovrr:133(3 ttiserrtlat 01' in this .stulettlent, attho113111 it wet sa.,ibaitiux tt child should 1013, N,tl • herd lh st tite dist'ovl'r3 trf ns .at tit 0111-1111 would paint tatrl3 to one triol se of flight --the .,rill's,' 310 \pert' tee 11,31011=:th&'y were i.,)itaiviitp Ix' cul Oft, b01111(14e, ttlott,3'. the bank like s uaany dark devils. I knew the ha read the Signe- about our fire an knew how allot' 1,03.0 10 rift]' parte t} and that vile wee a woman. 1 pirke nil 5101da bit ;and, 50011 slid 1113' lair ogee tip' the iudined surface of a stt1111 en log, 1 leaped` to the hank and help ed mademoiselle out, :ultl N11111SpeN to Narbonne to givt' 010 a Meant. 11 atm his canoe alongside enol 1 srepPeit aboard„ and the two of ha were pull ing 1103 •0.anos off the lug, when will a wild 130111.1 they wereweremem us, T snatehed hp my musket frofromth pirogue and fired at the first man to break from the bushes. 1 sheeted I*or Narbonne to take the girl along it os pirogue, and then called on -Sig Fingers to follow' 1.110, 1•With? leap struck the edge of the bank and went sown ore all fours. A ehoet81, • tripped x1 my Bead and pitched into the wa- r. '1'h0 darkness• 'served to hamrrper her red leen once -1 was among thenen• -iisclrar;ged, elle' Pistol, the second lhissing fire, and palled my ax. Some- tiohere in the background 1)anioen tt blas shouting encorageinent to the radians, and 1 tried to 'get to him, kno11'i:n, that once he was down his allies would lose heart. During the first minute of the con- funion Only Damoan's high voice was to he' heard. Then ccameinadelnois- 'J"►star edttyt, Mardi 21.st, 1929 I,... DEAD anti r THmk,P[AI�iCHIA%; COLDS 11 x11 $uwhs-'-$o Sprays—ft Snuff ,, Just $0111uw a RAZ.0011 t Cspsuip 1`tit±ol<o><'trs xtoz'rttl bxoatbftag, Quickly' tlto�rs 4111 oolong, gaspiztg and mucus• i1° tt1lseal ige tx ,bronchzal. `lubes, Gives long nights ohistful sleep. Contains - Ito iia setons ox ha mit forming drugs. al.00po bo* at drag playas. SendSc.for" is galleanu�a tt*tal. Templetons, Toronto, a• GUARANTEED RELIEF s laersistett 10, Ablealvu fell. against me, ogle arm. t> still raised and Bolding- a knife. I d naught him as. he would have slipped is j to the ground, and holding him be- ', . fore me rushed forward a few yards..' Narbonne folrlowed close behind me, his 1ont;• sword playing on the flanks; -,and-,andinside of sixty seconds we had: -' advanced a score of feet froth the d bank and had good clearance. room. e� "Push them: 10itli your knives!' .103`1•11-01c(1). Rutted 'Laent', "-lo. 'Ymou, Frenchman! Stand out: and do your own fighting!" hocked: Narbonne. e Back across the bayou Sim Fingers• 1a is yelping. 'Don't shoot, 'mademoiselle! I go!" 11 I came near go braining, him as he 1ga.ined my side, a shriveled, 'withered - ,1 spider of a creature. One of his vile ;pirate oaths identified hit' before my ax could end his unsavory existence. He carne in the 'nick of time, and if r have belittled hint as a 'man, and if be was loath to risk his hide until compelled,. I had .to acknowledge his worth as a fighting machine once he, 'entered the fray, A1OIost under my- feet yfeet and harem to discern he darted' this knife' in and out and croaked hor- rible words. For a bit the Choctaws actually' gave ground before :our des- perate onrush, and I began to fear Dantean would steal around the flanks and capture the girl. It was a relief to hear his voice and to know he was still behind his warriors. A knife ripped my ` forearm, and I' cracked the fellow's skull. Narbonne was shouting:' s "WhoMississippi? Evans any Ten thousand livres for eighteen thousand livres! Diamonds ovetnight, and a heavenly crown!" He broke' off, panting for breath and laughing hysterically, (Continued. Next 'Week.) As He Leaped Erect I Released the Arrow. r• With the girl lying flat to escape ball n or arrow we worked rapidly along s the sluggish narrow lane.. h No sounds camdi'.fron>: the woods to establish the position of our pursuers; b and as the quiet continued the girl as lifted her head and tremulously whis- pered: 1, "They . have gone away, monsiour. We, haveescaped them." • p 1 pitied her because of the rude to awakening her hope was 'to' receive. a The profound silence told me the 13 w 111 11t's 'cake, crying: "1 wait for monsieur." A-nd I knew she had refused to put ff with Narbonne and' leave me. The tett 'moment Narbonne was at any ide, and I eu mixed that Six Fingers ad reiueed to follow ale. "Hein'. Good threat!" " cried Nar- vairmr as' he placed his back to mine axes!" id scored. "Fall back and throw your elled Damoan in Choctaw. But as the Indians gave ground we ressed forward. I warned Narbonne drop flat just in time to escape the, xes which now whirred over our cads. After the first 'volley of axes e were up again, and what with the ght and Ono constant shifting of,po- tion, this mode of attack was. Choctaws were ni king every exertion to find me. At any moment I expect- ed to be attacked from the bushes si I Clinton has one citizen whose Iden- - tity will be carefully concealed. In a recent money by-law to assist"a I local concern, the vote stood For 375; against 1. That chap will not crave publicity, for it 'might be just not a .trifle eabaras•sing. leas ay You ill If A definite plan must be adhered to in any business toreverrtt col/fusion. It is sometimes difficult to discover.p For instance: NoticesIT that subscriptions s p n are due may sent a week or two in advance of their 'expiration, in order that sufficient notice may he given a subscriber. Th ere are two , "tn b 40ti1 Sc,S open to t. a publisher if no word of any description has been received by -the elate of expirY---only two:` One is to stop the paper, the other is to send it,tlntl.l cancelled. `f We have found that the majority- of people who had J 1 l neglected fol- a week oi- so, the payinent were �. ,r 1 y c t �� lir e deeply offended when the paper was stopped, for after athepaper r all liical zs part of the family :life, - isn't it ? So we have 1 ( t- -f g �( ac Oht�cl tl� policy of sel�t�lr1,, the paper ttiitilre- quested to discontinue. . Watch' the label On your paper. It hears the.date o11 which. your 1 subscription,expil.es, and if it slips your memory act promptly' ,when von receive .notice that It is. due ----Paying to date is always a big hel) ) producing r,up l is 1 �. odlxci>1� •a ��io�. newspaper, )�a {t�, r , I =1t iright; tl s yotlr sttl)scri )t:tOli The WinghamAdvance' . mes ok at The Lab el" - a