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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-04-04, Page 6ti r^9 TNT 11 iw WING -HAM ADVANCE-TIIVIES 'I'hursday, April 4th, 1929. Vir,ellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co Established 1840 Head Office, Guelph, Ont. Risks taken on all classe of insur- e:nce at reasonable rates. ABNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W., DODD Office in Chisholm Block TIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND �" 511 ALTTri INSURANCE. — AND ="-' L°° STA° "I; . 0, Box -3bo, Phone 240— NGHAM, ONTARIO J. W. BU.SHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc, . Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER,SOLICITOR, ETC, Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, Ontario 1 A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store W. COLBORNE, M. D. Physcian and Surgeon Medica .....i.,resentative D. S. C. R. M Wingham Phone 54 bl a m r toDr. W. R. H y. Successor ss 0 DR, ROBT. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Loynd.) PHYSICIAN' AND SURGEON DR, R. L. STEWART : Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the Pa y Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. • Office in Chisholm Block Josephine Street. Phone eg: DR. G. W. HOWSON DENTIST Office over John Galbeaith's Store. 12468 g. t1/ bGjt* rn li + i3 iSRas. _ . r . urriclR OP' THG /ZC N17, r ,-^ • -el est -ricer SYNOPSIS "My white brother is welcome. Thu. — White Indian has a redheart when he Chapter 1.—Travelling by canoe on is with. the Humas." he Missiissipp, on his way to Biloxi, I had been among Indians enough n the early days of the settlement to distinguish them as -individuals, f Lousiana, William Brampton, Eng- just as I would white nien, and as I ish spy, known to the Indians and held his hand I remembered him and ettlers as the "White "Indian," sees replied: a Natchez Indian post a declaration "The White Indian comes to renew of war against the French. For his his red heart with Little Turkey and own purposes, he hastens to Biloxi his people and to smoke the calumet to carry the news to:Bienville, French with Strong Bow." governor. Strong Bow was head chief of. the CHAPTER II. -Brampton meets Humas, and a very old man. I had an old friend, Joe Labrador, Indian smoked with him the year before and half-breed, who warns •him Bienville I was anxious to find him. has threatened to hang him as a spy. To my relief Little .l'urkey said: Brampton refuses to turn back. He "Strong. Bow is now in his cabin falls in with Jules and Basile Mat- after seeing the dance. He has smok- tor, on their way to Biloxi to secure ed the calumet once this morning, but wives from a ship, :the Maire, bring- he is never too weary to lift the pipe ing woolen from France. At Biloxi to the White Indian." protects a woman from a He turned and walked away,and I Brampton1 sergeant's brutality. She tells him she followed him. is Claire Dahlsgaarde, picked up in a We had an open path to the chief's raid in Paris. Evidently well bred and cabin, which was built of posts, pias- educated, she is something of a my s- tcred with clay. Split canes formed tery to Brampton. He intervenes to the roof. Outside the opening was a prevent a man, English, known as raised platform on which were piled. "Old Six Fingers," following her to bearskins and hides. Through the' en New .Orleans, A Frenchman, Fran- trance I saw Strong Bow reclining on cois Narbonne, slightly demented by a couch of skins and cane Plats. stories. he has heard of the riches of A young warrior, a grandson of the the New World, introduces himself. chief, 1 later learned, stood at the foot He is on his way to land he has of the couch, his girdle 0f colored bought. into details would have .been fuseless. I knew be was my friend just as I knew the young warrior seen in the chiefs cabin would be my enemy, I observed the slight straightening of his figure and a flash of his eyes in a sidelong glance. eI looked to one side and beheld Minoan the Fox and a group of warriors approaching uc. Vie chief's grandson bad informed my enemy of my presence, for he stood at :Damoan's right band and was cl)ointiug at me. Among the Humes were several of Dantoan's Choctaws; and with his hand on a pistol thrust through his sash the Fox gave a sharp order. The Biloxi Choctaws darted forward, but Little Turkey, already sensing the hostility between .the Frenchman and me, leaped before the Choctaws and flung up his right hand, and cried: "They have smoked!" The Choctaws fell back. Damoan cursed in Frenchand ordered them. t to seize me. But even his new ally, the chief's grandson, dared not see the peace of the pipe violated. 1 heard him remind the Fox that the. s stem of the ,peace calumet did' not extend beyond the stockade; in plain English, once outside the palings we could fight to our heart's desire and the savages yould enjoy watching the spectacle. But the village inside the stockade, like the Cherokee "white" towns. was sanctuary, and those who. had been received in peace couldnot be disturbed. With .the first flush of anger suc- ceeded by cool reason Damoan knew in the uselessness of opposing this .n cient custom of the Humas. \'Vith his thumbs hooked in his red sash he swaggered up to me, and quietly greeted: "So, English spy, I've caught you at last," "French spy, you mean you have caught up with me," 3 corrected. And where are the rest of your red friends —aside from those feeding the catfish in the river?" He showed his teeth in a thin-lip- ped grin and informed one: "Outside, hunting for your friends. No pipes have been smoked outthere. I told them not to hurt the woman. I think T shall keep her." He desired to enrage one into .an imprudence, so he might shoot me in the plea of self-defense. I did not rise to the bait. He went on: "1 carne here to smoke the caluthet and get some red 'trackers. I never dreamed of this good luck. My man ito is very 'strong. 1 knew you had landed for there were scraps of meat and bones on a rock in the river, where your lookout had eaten." I mentally cursed old Six Fingers, for leaving the signs, although I was the more to blame for not looking after him. "Eh bien, canaille," I said, "when we meet againthere will be no calu- met stem betweerL us." "Nothing But red wampum. But wait. Tions! You would miss the best of it. You will find it droll," And from the medicine -bag at his girdle he took out a green scalp and shook ou the long blonde hair. Swit- ching it close to my face he said; "A souvenir of the crazy Frenchman!" My heart pumped tumultuously gnestums tlyr y, she will end lighting' it for me. but my face was frozen in its calm D, H. Mc)1�i IES him little of'her history. With Lab -'°I smoke for three friends, all white expressione like myself," I stipulated, before tak- ing the first puff. "I wee eo hungry. to meet my red friends I drew •a head of them. They will be along soon." And I waited for. him to include: my friends in the smoke before putting the stem to my lips. "The pipe is lifted rto the White In- dian and his three friends," he grave- ly agreed.. _ ..:w„ 'i'hen 1' smoked to the sun and the fou r "winds and the earth and passed the pipe to hire, and, not to be out- done in Courtesy, -held it while he re- peated the sacred obligation. After the pipe had been hung' on the post the chief said: "It is the second peace I have smoked since the F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH All. Diseases Treated Office adjoining residence ttext to Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sundays by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 2. 2 Hours -9 a.m. to 8 p.m. 7 , A. R. & F. E. DUVAL i ensed Drugless Practitioners, Crc g Therapy Chiropractic and Electro T Py x3raduates of Canadian Chiropractic College, Toronto, and National Col lege Chicago. RS: 2-5,-8,3o p.m., and by '�sOU 7 appointment. AO of town wad 9 '! saps re- €tnded to. All z4 a Phones. Office Soo; Residence 6o1-13. r.._,.,....... i,,...,....., i..,,,., tui .. tail. Chapter ITT.—Bienville accuses This young man, on beholding ane, Brampton of treachery, but the latter backed from the couch 'and, in what: secures: a respite from death: by re- was a most indecorous deportment vealing the Natchez declaration of for an Indian, turned and bolted war. He is to await the arrival of a through the door. Little Turkey ,glared after hint'reproachfully. Strong bow did not seem to notice his grandson's ill manners. He sat up, I squatted on the floor, and the two of us stared at the beaten earth for nearly 'a minute. Then the chief said; "The White Indian does not forget the red (Hu - ma) Choctaws. He brings presents to them and he is always welcoine.". "On my last visit I brought pre- sents and took nothing but your friendship. That was enough. Today I bring Strong Bow a present and Promise more when I come again." Anxious to receive his gift he mo- tioned fur Little Turkey to bring the ;:ease calumet from• its peg on a post. Little Turkey brought it and filled, and gave it to the. chief and then brought a coal from the fire in a split stick. Strong Bow did inc the great courtesy: of passing the pipe to me former companion, Damoan the Fox, who will exonerate or condemn him. Denman 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 Mattors to help him escape. Before it"cat ; be effected Damoan arrives. Chapter V.—After a struggle Brain'- pton wrests the incriminating papers frmn Damoan and escapes from Bil- l-ALVIN. FOX. Registered Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE Chapter VI - At the landing place ELECTRO -THERAPY. Brampton again encounters Joe Lam- Hottrsi 2 a i S.; or by radar, tvhont he sends to bring Claire appointment. Phone fgt. to hint.:The girl arrives. Brampton 1 I butilltell uxi. He meets the Mattors and "they start for New Or•l'bans in a sailing'pa- cicet. then began to shrink behind me to escape his evil gaze. She was guess- ing some of the truth of the climax; and as it was best that she should un- derstand all I bowed to her, and said: "Mademoiselle Dahlsgaarde, this is the devil," CHAPTER XI "Good Luck! This Will be Death!" I hurried her to a cabin, where she could be alone with two Huma wo- men and took up my quarters with Six Fingers and Labrador in an adja- cent cabin. • "Scuttle me! But what's to stop these red bullies .from boarding us now?" anxiously demanded Six Fin- gers, referring .;to the Biloxi _Choc: taws in the village. "We will not be molested while in the vill;ige," I assured then'i. "I have smoked for all of you," "Aye? 'Then .God bless the pipe!" growled Six Fingers with much re- lief in his voice, "!But we're land- locked here. Where's the channel? And when do we up with our hooks and sail?" "I'll find the channel before night, We must get away tonight if it is possible;" . \\ neck He thrust hisscrawl!. nee � out of s y the opening and became absbrbed-in watching the Poen and women passing back and forth. "Blow me and beach ine," I' heard him softly exclaim. Then, without turning his head: ""Shipmate Labra- To the girl I briefly repeated the 1 dor,you spoke by the- Book. The orders I had given to''Labradbr and beggars are loaded old!" ' w ith 5 g, Labrador grinned at me because of the fellow's ignorance in mistaking brassand copper for the .precious interposed objections. She 'would go nnetal. Six Fingers grew bolder and nowhere with Six Fingers unless I walked outside and to yard the girl's was present. "Labrador's company cabin. made no difference. ` She would not To Labrado • I said: leave the village unless in my corn - "There will be a big feast tonight. pany. Mademoiselle" will not attend. You "But I will overtake, you,".I insist - aid Six Fingers will leave the feast 'ed: "It is most' important that 1 when 1 give the signal and take her reach . Virginia with the least possible to the river and start 'up -stream in delay. I shall not waste any time in a pirogue, Make for the Natchez following you." will "And if not for me you would al - "Ha! village: I overtake you."A "Ha! That Natchez villager I do ready be well on ypur way there," not want to go there, my friend. she murmured. "Oh, monsieur, you. T1ney have promised war against the. French." "As my friend you will be safe. Tell Tattoed. Serpent I sent you." "Bah! I' do not care for their threats of war. there is another reason. It is a woman. She is noble. And she as my wife." Now the women of the Natchez, while single, were grossly below my standard of morality as measured by the white main's civilization`, but once they married they became pattern& of virtue. What the white race would consider a demerit was held to he a virtue by the Natchez, as it was by parting with chastity that the Natchez woman accumulated her marriage dower, The nobles could not, marry. within their order, and many of the women refused to marry the lower class, or commoners. To find a Fren- ch husband was an excellent way of escaping a union with the inferior class, It would follow that Labra- dor's wife would be true to' him and 'was waiting for hire to return. I suggested the possibility of my overtaking hint before he and made- moiselle reached the village, which would permit him to pass by and wait for me somewhere above Fort Rosa - radar, Brampton and Claire leave in CHIRO1yRACTOI "fl cause you took his hair i will ELECTRICITYtwo canoes'for tiff knglish settle- Damoan. ifs your scalp Sonne day, AdlustntentS ty1p fyrr diseases of ,.:e.nte: Demme rollouts them, and My ni'uiito tells me you will be bald all kinds; we apoc`.ralrte in dealing with they barely' escape capture, neacled before the Moon of Turkeys children. Lady attendant. Night `calls li I b d h responded to. fugitives, returning Chapter \ — a ra or leaves the (October)," ng to" New Orleans, +Quince on Scott St:, Wingham; Ont., He laughed but now his hate Phone rho Bran -anon realizes that the giti; city In GEORGE A. SIDDAL - BROKER -•- fibred, and utterly unused to forest Money to lead on first and second •Tier crxinlnanron on the voyage, from, mortgages on farm and other real es- (I ranee, but will not say why. Her tate properties at a reasonable rate of, mart -'air of pride, under the circumstances, r gages on stock. and on personal notes. surprises and menses Brampton, From Afew farms on hand for sale or to the shore .they can sem Damoan, with rent on easy to rrnrs. 1 his Tndians, pass in canoes. They fol- Phone 73. Lttcknow, dem 11m travel, will prove a terrible handicap lon their way to safety. She tells hire Ishe is in dealy fear. of "Sig Fingers" nnterest, also on first Chattel *. THOMAS FELLS. AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD Athorough knowledge of Farm Stock !'hone 231, Wingham all hour was sufficient to bring me to ..-- . the ten -foot stockade surrounding the RICHARD 13. JACKSON : village. There was loud singing in AUCTIONEER the edge: of the forest, wondering Phone .6 'Wroxeter or address R. r•• • •'t i' ser earl in the 1 bone. 6x�vr C, what could r c.c�:,tra t t y ' With an order to .1,abradoe-- Chactaw--to hold her back if I re- ceived a hostile welcome; T hurried up the path to the Hunra village. Half side the stockade and I remained at R. 1, G'orrie, Sales conducted any- where and satisfaction guaranteed. George Walke', Gerrie, can arrange dates, DRS, A. 1 & A. W. I WIN. TISTS morning; for singing meant melt ser- emorn.y; Evidently Something of importance had happened, or 'teas about to hap - sun began shining." 1 ittle Tnrkey had said the :sante and a faint apprehension of :danger disturbed me. I was keen to inquire who his first visitor was, but this would be e grave social blunder, So. I produced one of my pistols and placed it on his couch, With a grunt of delight he seized .upon the weapon, which was of Large bore and gener- ously decorated with silver. Little Turkey toughed my arta to intimate: the audience was ended. 1 followed him into the sunshine, and he said: "My White brother's friends should pea and 1: would have preferred seek-, cm ine now. The smoke .of a 'peace ittg sanctuary there When the savages pipe covers thosewho can see, or Else Maeda00t '14.t-,144 r Ittg m w ere fila overrun by their emotions. smell it. " " But to be found larking outside of '.'They will be here soon," '.1 assttred showed through his Mirth. . "No, no, monsieur; I will riot hide. She is my wife. 1 have taken no oth- er. I will take mademoiselle to the village and you will follow when you can." Then he was inspired to add: "But why not let . me stay here, while you take mademoiselle, She would wish .you for her, guide, She was a young wildcat when we tried to stop her from entering the village before you . gave the word." "1 am the one Dau'toan must cap- ture or kill.. Every' one else, even mademoiselle, comes second in his plans. He will not leave the feast so•. long as I am there. It must be as I say. Wanderabout the village and use your/its in looking for a loop- hole. I will talk with mademoiselle." "Pool! Bald&headed yourself! I will keep the woman till:she tires rue, and I will decorate her'leggings with the hair of the mad Frenchman and with that of the White Indian—one scalp' for each legging." At this grossness my lroge boiled over, and despite the calumet I would have attacked !lion har--3 not: been confounded by a fresh Situation; no- thing less than the appearance of Madetnoiselle Dahlsgaarde running into the ,village closely followed by Labrador and Six Fingers, Naturally believing that Damoan's Choctaws had flushed there front their 1 itling- place and were hot on their trail and that at any moment they would be pouring into the stockade, eager to killbecause of their ignorance of the peace smoke, I ran to meet the -girl. lso started for•' l Datnnan must !nave < a word,, for I heard Little Turkey's. raucous voice 'proclaiming; 'tiny are lit the peace smoke. Let PO ontc forget the shadow of the peace i calumet;" 1 glanced back and observed the Humas had glided in ' between Da - moan and a-xtioanand his Choctaws and rite, The next moment the girl had both my hands, and was say"tngi "Oh, monsieur!. I felt you were in danger. They tried to stop roe. When they were notlooking I fan up the path. Thank the good. God you still live!"� "As Mademoiselle ie to Ace Parch of nae, Monsieur ltrarnlrtoe, srtppoee 'you present ole to het," sattvcly suggest- ed lhaninan at TtNr elbow, The girl stared at hitt wondcriegly; Six Fingers and told. ,her ,1 would work out the details during the day. As I hacl anticipated she immediately are very brave! I wish I could have told you different when you .spoke to me of your heart!" Her naivete in bringing up what I supposed nosed to be most strongly forbid- den caused my mind to sw.irl,in con- fusion. ,I could only rn ruble: "We were not, to speak of that a- gain." She further bewildered me, as, with the innocence of a child, she corrected me "Not for you to speak of, of course.. But surely it is for vie to speak of XIkiExpert; "For light, Bakey pie crust; use 2 tablespoons less per cup of Purity tour then of ordinary Dasa). or soft wheat Sous pad X loyal tablespoon more of shorten. inn, Roll it dry. For eactta Fick pie crut use hall butter and half Surd 30c for Purity Plow Cook Book. 'Western Canada gems milts co. Limited, Toronto 93 when''I wish," Then sympathetically,. "And does it hurt monsieur too much: if 'I speak of it?" "I think it odes," I promptly an- swered, beginning to , feel very un- easy. '"Yes, I' am quite sure." 'Then it mistnot be, mentioned,"' she sighed. " T. did: not fully under- stand. I only wanted monsieur to- know I regretted." "It isall ended, You will be ready to g•o. with my friend?"" "Yes, 1 will go." 1 bowed' and backed from the open- ing. She followed me a few paces, and 1 was .disturbed to see she was, fighting` to control some violent'emo- tion. „Monsieur.. "Yes, ‘Mademoiselle Dahlsgaarde."_' "1:1.1 knew 1 was never' to see you again there is something." . "Yes? Something?" Soihething I should like to say." for she was hIy.cu•iosity'prickled; such' a mixture of enigmas that one couldnever guess " where her words would land. I had seen her as haughty as a marquise. Now she typed extreme youth and an entire lack of worldly wisdom. So conscien- ce stifled curiosity, and, l declared: "But you still see 'me again. To- night. On the river. My leaving this a place is nothing. There will be a feast. Damoan will be there to watch me. His. Indians will be there to help him. Thatg ives you a free road. ` When I decide you have made a good start'I shall, laugh at them and leave." "Merci, monsieur," she stiffly said. "You have saved . ve�� me from an indiscre- tion. . I have all confidence in your i confidence," Continued Next Week.) ,. WALKER 1TRNITl1I E AND PUNI;I At S�R�'ICl✓ A.3: Walker L ieetsed Yetteral !Director :and Embalm et. Office Phone 1:06 lees. Phone 224. Assistant, l . Pearson i iconscsil 'h`,ntba}fitter, Phone 1'' w, aapest Litttottsint; hutteral Coach Aor the village would place us At a great him, "`t"hc stroke covers theta. It disadvantage, and, if such be the Hu- was agreed that t smoked for the! Inas'. whine, classify us es taptit . three of there," 14e rcrnaihccl silent: for a half a Milt,. use: sta.tittg toward tine entrance ill the stoetrade. "They smoked when you smoked," he finally remarked. "But old 0101) sometimes forget. It is easier for thein to forget if an evil bird whispers lir 'their ear." Re had given elm a friendly warms ing; To rile him to interpret and go Nor could we retreat to the river where 1')antoan and Choctaws would have but little trouble in, gobbling tts. itp So, nssntniug my hest air, I ad vaneed and came face to face with a' warrior• ;Rust inside the rgate, We stared at Aiach other a rnonrent, then his face cracked in a smile, and he extended e 'hand, and said: 5 Itbn' (W.,r at,•,d ,i-.0141 .., 1'1'1'4,0'14;0 e,t s ten .die THE LABEL" Make is at point to look at the label on your newspaper. a _get it. 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