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SYNOPSIS
Chapter lapter 1. --Travelling by canoe on
the Missiissipp, on his way to Biloxi,
in the early. days of . the settlement
of Lousiana, William Brampton, Eng-'
1•ish spy, known to 'the Indians and
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 II.—Brampton meets
art 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
at-tor,:on their way: to Biloxi to secure
wives from a ship, the Maire, bring-
ing women from France. At Biloxi
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TelOURS: 2-5, 7-8.30 pan.,
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Aett of town egad night calls re -
...waded to. A teige a ae'a6dsntial.
Phones. Office 300; Residence 6ot-13.
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Adjustments 'given for diseases of neirts.' Damoan follows theirs, and
all kinds; we specialize its dealing with they barely escape capture.
t5llildren. Lady attendant, Night calls Chapter VII.—Labrador leaves the
responded to. fu ggitivek, returning to New Orleans.
Office . on, Scott St., Wingliani, Brampton realizes that the, girl, city
Phone s5o
bred, and utterly unused to forest
GEORGE A. SIDDAL • travel will prove a terrible handicap
on their rvay to safety . She tells bin]
BROKER — she is in deal .fear of "Six Fingers,"
Money to lend on first and second 1
It was twilight when Damoan re -'I
turned to the village: Her wept out f
his way to pass within a rod of me,
and the look his dark eyes gave .mo
was=one of triumph. Yet I could not
.comprehend any, immediate danker.:
The peace smoke would not blciw
away without some warninge plus an
announcement as to when it cupid b
rc newrred,
was the temptation" to go back and.
ask her to tell what s'he had withheld.
I tried to blame my interest, in her
shifting moods to my long vithdrawl
from civilization and its types of
dainty womanhood. ` This, in defense
of my peace of mind. The sight of.
Dampen' leaving the stockade in com-
pany wifh the chief's grandson helped
me to tear niy thoughts from the' girl.
and concentrate on the grim problem
of the night, For, notwithstanding
my assurance in talking with made-
moiselle, I had no idea. just how T
was to escape that night.
On reaching the qabin I found Lab-
raddr waiting for' me. His dark face
was anxious, .and he asked:
"Where is that old pirate?"
"I thought he was with you."
"Ah, that ofd pirate! He was with
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 mys-
tery to Brampton. -He intervenes to
prevent a mart, 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 ori" his way to 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,
whd will exonerate 'Y r condemn him.
Damoan 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 can' be effected
Damoan arrives.
Chapter V,—After a struggle Bram-
pton wrests the incriminating papers
me: At -any heels. Then, pouf! He
was gone. Hell snatch him! • I have
walked and walked around this cursed
death-trap, peeping into every cabin,
and he is not."
I resigned myself philosophically o
Six Fingers' disappearance. If he was
gone then that was an end of one of
mademoiselle's worries.: I -remember-
ed seeing Damoan leaving the village.
I began to, suspect his going was a
part of tate game to catch Six :Fingers
out of bounds and do him to death.
It was while I was `expl.iining this to
Labrador that Six ;Fingers entered-
the cabin and stood grinning at us, iu.
a peculiar manner.
"Rack again? '• Where, have you
been?„
"Adrift," he coolly answered. .`1
grew tired of this devil's cage. The
women interested ale for a bit, but
they blacken their. teeth, and, when
they smiled I ran. I went outside."
"You are, lucky to be back alive.
What is the matter •with you? Your
legs and arras are wet?"
"I went to a brook and washed."
"How did ,you go' without my see-
itcyou,' little spider?" asked Labra-
dor.
Six Fingers chuckled.
"It was as simple as sailing into
the wind. In the fence back of made
Damoan and escapes from Bil-
oxi,
made-
moiselle's cabin is a hole. It is cov-
fromoxi. He meets; the Mattors and they
start for New Orleans in' a sailing pa-
cket.
, Chapter VI — At the landing place
13•ra!1ipton again encounters Joe Lam-
y jurc"tliewind• , 1 slipped„thrqu li.fihe
`duui',--whom he sends -'to„iiring Claire! hole and and went to the brook. ..And
to him. The girl arrives. Bran'ptoii her I am, all safe and sound.”
questions her closely, but she will tell , et you are lucky,” I ivarrte" "Da"
little" of her history. With Lab- moan and his Choctaws have been
rador, Brampton and Claire leave in
outside all the morning:"
two canoes for the English settle -
With the 'going down of the sun
the Henna women began running a-
bout the village, . cackling excitedly,
Fires were started in the opening 1.n.-
fore
y
fore the chief's cabin, Kettles ever•e
hung over the fires and the varin
us
kinds of game were dumped in, tnr
contributions ranging from squirrels
a'nd water -fowl to deer meat, Da -
moan kept to the other side of the
village and had his Choctaws ,posted
about tate exit, He believed he had
us bottled ,up until .the protection' of
the calumet had ended.
When it grew so dark there was , ,
danger of being `closely observed 1
walked to the girl's cabin, and was.
pleased to. find the Indian. women had
succumbed' 'to the temptation of id
twinkling fires and had left ntade-
rnoisele unattended. I instructed her;
After I have gone back I'want you
to' steal behind the' cabin and see .if
the hole is there'as Six Fingers' de-
scribed."
"`It is there. I saw him:' when he
came through it.":
Six Fingers never raised his eyes
front his food, and yet be was not
hungry Labrador devoured huge
portions of underdone meat with the
Phhllost plry of .sone who makes. the
most of the hour which is his. In
a short space of time the'kettles were
emptied execpt what was reserved for
th.e womezi, and the warriors retired.
to paint for their dance., 'I called to
Labrador in French and requested
hint to wait on aliademoiselle and ask.
her. to -come and see the dancing,
Damoan demanded ray attention by
a€king:
"So we renew the peace srnolce in
two: sleeps; eh?"'
'There was so : Hauch exaltation , in
hip :., tone, so niucll diablerie in hi,
grinning -face, that I. knew he was up
to :some new trick, something I had
not 'dreamed of. I guessed frantical-
ly and could not imagine what it was;
yet' I kneee he had `his plans all laid
before the feast began, and that he
rr+as not dependent• upon the interval
between the end •of the first smoke
and the beginning of the 'second.
"Much may happen in two days,
1 carelessly replied:
"As true as heaven," he mocked,
"And much may happen in one clay-
before another sun,"
"What are you planning to try to-
night?" I bluntly asked.
He laughed inerrfly, artd protested:
"Try? Pardieu! Think I would
break the law of the Hunias? But if
you- should.break it, eh? Come grow;.
erect from sight by vines. T. saw a.
fowl enter the vines,.` She did not
come bash. I cruisedinshore and
cast. the lead. I found the hole. La-
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ter companion on the voyage from
France, but 'will not say why. eHer
air of pride, antler' the circttrnstances,
surprises, and. amuses Brampton,. From
the shore they can see Dainoan,with
his Indians, pass in'.canoes. They fol -
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This washed the grin from his
wrinkled face.
I was not satisfied with 'Six Fin-
gers' explanation of his excursion
outside the stockade. How. could ].
know that he had not ntet Damoan
outside tete village and had tirade a
compact with hire? Narbonne was
dead, and there was no nossiblc chan-
ce to`continue the quest for Ac•aani-
bas; I . warned Labrador: '
"Say nothing to Six Fingers about
tonight's plans. There riras a loose in
his eyes that tells me he is trying to
hide something from tis," 1 snid,
"When 1 start with mademoiselle
tonight I shall give hint no chance to
spoil the plan. Of course we shall go
through the hole in the stockade?"
"Of course. And I will keep Six
'Fingers :with me, He frightens the
girt,
At midday .1 went to mademoiselle's
cable and called her oat and inform-
ed her of the hole. in the palings ansa
Chapter FX. -At a ramping place
the fugitives encounter 1)antoan.. and
fr,ii,;wc.rt' They escape by the
river, Int at i forced landing are .sur-
prised by D'antoaii. Th.: three nten.
repel the attack;, and llt'nnpte n, Car-
ries off a :wounded man, titlicvi,
hiss to he Narbnntit;, but who lrroves,
to he 3itt Labrador. Nilrbcnne '15
lef fighting,. his death beiug:certain.
Cltartterk.---:i)atnoan had compel-
led .Labrador to accompany flim in
his pttrsuit of lerattipton, but held hint
as a prisoner. T,abradordeludes•"Six.
Fingers" with; tales of gold ornaments
(really copper, and of little value)
worn by Indian S, it•foved by pity as
well as love, 'Brampton'. asks Claire to
become h"rs wvife when they reach saf
c,ty, She haughtily refuses, almost im-
plying, that the Offer is an insult,
'nay reach a village of t'iunia Ind-
ians, wifh 'vh'om l ranipt rn is friend-
ly, 1 -le g°oes'to the v1l1110! CLriil is'17r'
'wised 'ifroteetion by the chief,
mcian <ri•rives,"but Is ereeented from.
seizing t rainpton, :.•'T'he 'outer mem-
bcrs of t`h:Party join �'I'n the vil-
lage,
It was as Simple as Sailing in the
Wind. In the Fence Back of Ma-
demoiselle's Cabin Is a Hole.
sired. ;
Only the fear of lliienville, whose
4word-bearer" he knew 1)axnoan was,
caused him to hesitate. He would
built wvitlt the French and tun with
the k ngli'sh; and ale. suggested: "It
would snake the hearts of the .I 'times
very light if the white woman would
come and watch then .stance:'
"So be it," 1. said, "1 will, goand
ask her."
I do not believe Damoan would have
:susneeted any ruse had it not been for
Six Fingers' frantic haste to follow at
niy heels.
"Let them- stay here!" shouted the.
I'ox, "Lire Iron Hand Will f;il1 and
crush the ;1-lunias:if they do not stay
here."
"
r i
.Stop," cried:the chief, n.o v•iiaan-
1
ie"` at tate threat of the Fox, word -
bearer of iiicnvllle, "The eyes of.
the Humas would be glad at ,sight
of the white woman. 1, Strong, !Bow,
Chief of the Hunlas, will go and ask
her to conte."
Dainoan'ichuckled. contentedly,and
said to the chief: "We will wait `a
"Then be ready for Labrador to
call for you. When he comes you
must act .swiftly. Do as'he says.'
"The other?" vi
"I've told you he .stays with e. He
is . acting queer. He's been tip to
soin'e mischief. He may have bar-
gained to sell us out."
To my astonishment she instantly
denied this possibility, declaring:
"He would never sell vie. No, no,,
monsieur. He is evil, but he wants
pee.' to escape frons thin village and
froth the Man you call the Fox."`
More of the mystery! ,I made no'
comnt,ent, but repeated my, request
that she be iri constant. readiness_.,to
ga : with Labrador Then I wished
her a stout' heart and good luck..
She cause to ane and tool: one hand
r
i both of hers and held it to her
heart, and without. a Word retreated
inside the 'cabin, T began to realize
"You frog*eating fool!" niadty
shrieked eSiX :it'ingers.at Daanoan,
"They are gold and you : •could : have
had half if you'd kept you meat -trap`
slug!"
' His outburst bi"Dace the spell. With
insane howls the Humes crowded in
from, all Sides. 1 leaped toward the
Point I had selected when the .cjrele
first formed, and bowled over twits
men:and was running toward my cab-
in where I had left my musket. With
the squeal of a cornered rat the Mur-..
closer atte'rnpted to follow rie; and be,
must have used, his knife to some
profit, for 1 heard a death howl:: Da-
moan wasyelling
for his Choctaws
to, chase me, but the bulk of thein
were back • at' the' exit arid the' others
a kin upthe Pursuit.
d in taking u s x .
were tardy 6 1 t
As for the Humes, they paused to
tie Six'.], ingers' hands behind his back.
By the time they were. pounding after
inc l: bad secured my musket and -was •
at the patch of vines behind the girl's.
Cabin: While the• entire mass of in •
Turia'ted save& es weresweeping,down
on any cabin 'F risked calling the girl's•
moment. There- is a present, the name. The silence and -the failure of
an appearance
sat-.nialce a a
rvliite' nian has Prepared for. his wo- Labrador toAl
:nian. He had it hid in the woods but i isfied me they were well on their way
ill Choctaws found it: We will have Ito the river. 1 cautiously worked in
it ready when 'she conies to see the` behind the vines and found the,.liole,
dance." i scarcely large enough for my bulk to.
He whistled shrilly, and very soon pass through.
two Clioctai's carne trotting frorna,tite Thrusting any feet through 1 was•
exit with' a long object 'carried be- clear except my shoulders when the
tween themes As it was careftilly de,- wild snob passed the , ca'Bin and Sure
Posited on the ground 1. noticed the rounded the one had occupied. The•
would the ;,peace smoke hover over blanket was one of those taken from women had snatched burning brands
i it Nai•bonne's pirogue by: Six Fingers froth 'the;"fires, and these illuminated:
your English head for 'two' days ifp g
was known that you had broken the when we cane ashore to ,hide in the the scene. Tlrr•ough -the mesh of:
law?"
There' was no guessing his mean-
ing, although he meant death. .T.
scotire(' my brains, but could find no
signs which would lead` nae to . his
hidden frail. I was still pondering
on this new attitude when the freshly
painted warriors, armed with axes: and
bows and arrows, 'leaped in between
the fires and began their war dance.
Damoan suddenly turned his head and
fiercely demanded:
"Where is my woman?"
I eased my ire by reminding hint:
"Your scalp °'shall pay the whole
price."
He leaped to, his feet and spoke to
the chief's grandson, who was reluc-
tant to do what was asked. Damoan
then spoke to me,saying
Indian village..
"Veer. off.. Hell's to pay! it was
hid at the brook! The cursed scum,
found it!" huskily whispered Six.
Fingers, his deep-set eyes glaring az
the two Choctaws as they took hold
of the blanket, "There a black sn. t could not help the wish that he might
on. ray' luck!' ' 'find a quick death, rather than to.
'Damoan motioned his Indians back, roast slowly on th bed' of torture.
and because of his love of the dra- Utterly bad as.lie was, he was bora
niatic assumed' full charge of the pro-, an Englishman,, and if it' had not been
ceedings. Striking an'attitude and for narrowing the girl's chances of
pointing a finger at me he harshly, escape I should have been tempted to
cried out to the bewildered Humes: shoot him because. once he had been
"The present of the English spy to an English lad.
his woman!" The chief's grandson, bolder than.
And he snatched a fold of the the others, ran : forward with ax and '-
blanket away and revealed' to our hors torch and thrust his head inside the
rified gaze the body of a dead Huma cabin, Turning back he shouted that
woman. And what was more terrible • I was gone. Almost the same Ino
"If the woman does not come the: she had died by violenceand her two ment Damoan yelled to the redmerc
Humas will bring her." arms had been cut off below the el- in front of me that Labrador and -the
As Labrador and the girl had had bow. We were stupified by the fear- woman were gone. When he appear
vines I saw Six Fingers, being drag-
gcd'between two warriors; and as the
savages tante to, a halt I heard him
scream:
"Good lack! This will be death!"
Pirate and murderer that he was T
how Horrible , the whole situation
must be for Her. She was denied the
tonic o Faction and must dully wait,
always 'fearing the worst. I was back
at my cabin in time to meet Little
Turkey and six warriors, who, as an
escort: of honor, carne to lead Labra-
dor, Six Fingers and Inc: to the feast:
As 'We walked' between them and en-
tered the firelight I beheld the chief's
grandson and a delegation of warriors'
performing the same courtesy for Da -
moan the • .Foxr l3ehiatd Dantean
carne all of his Choctaws except four.
left to guard the exit.
The chief gave,the • sign forthe
feasting to begin,. lylintte portions
were tossed over the ;slrotiltler:t for
the ghosts, and the peace calumet was
hung tip on a pole by the side of the
,warned hdr oto be ready to leave by thief And was made the recipient of
Y
means of it, scraps, of Meat ,and rations of beans.
ct ke
ld a and down the
You are determined first to goStt•ang Bow. a P
with in e?" she ;asked, double line of 'nren, boning t'he, m'e'at
=If 1 ilainrd that 'way G of re- lila dogs, and asked ine
the
comes go I shall be right behind white woman was not standing a -
you, T-t:yhall 'keeir !4ix Fingers with mong the Indian worrier) to watch the
time to get far down the river trail I
knew this would besome task for -the
Hitmas to accomplish. Yet I fought
for more time by appealing to tate
chief'ssense of justice, urging .hint to
declare the white woman need not
show herself at all unless she so de-
ful exhibit; then with the nhiss of, a ed in the torch -light he was insane
thousand serpents came the breath of 1 with rage, and catching- a glimpse of'
the Hunias. Damoan had opened a Six Fingers'. writhing figure he
the screeched• like a panther and fell upon
smaller parcel and was. exposing
two severed members of the poor him as if'•" intending to' tear him to,
creature, still decorated with thein' pieces with his bare hands.
bracelets of brass. • (Continued Next Week.)
gsammentswatelesenelipleclelleinelleilre
ti°til yut,°as
ailced. away, 'there
Me."'
She was tclreved 'to know Six Fin-
gers was m'ot'to itccornpariy bei,
"1will mit fail you, 111onsiettr," she.
wiriepered,
'i'hdre •rtcrnaincd nothings`now but tc,
wait 'tintil evening. Owing to thc
brief titres allowed for'. preparations
the 'bunters could riot roam very far,
and some of these' were retttraiftig
continua y, usually with strings "rf
small ,gaits, 1 tried. to get some rest
against the exertions of the night,
but each r°eterniitg hunter was greet-
ed. with rnucit shouting, and sleep was
lin possible.
feast, 1 told him she was a queen
in her own country and not used to
standing while men ate, and that she.
preferred remaining lei her cabin un-
til the dancing began, when slit would
appear, Denman grinnedwidely' and
mum ured
;
"she will stand while T eat, trry
friend."
I pretended not to Bear, and Da -
moan stared, at ine curiously, trying
to fath,pin my mines. Like the fox 11e
feared i<t trap, but so long .as t and
city male companions were Vjthln•ime
mediate, teach ' lot codas trot reason
out wwheee we hada single chance,
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