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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1910-02-25, Page 7"SA , r " id' the came wherever or Wheriever yo' buy it—w, z of uavaryi4g good quality'« Tresesnsne ow- a -- +rte+ -'kb�W • aS�r,ti „aau,,, umrri,ar thrzersmnstmar.nr.......mnautmmmtwin AtA4,10t i lr c .,? �2i ,{ ,na 144% i $ • 4 1 at v ` ILirft ' aria'si•,del � . . . fey: siii sery .. a -a e d ."SALADA" Packets, • •'l'In ;irorrible,y=ell.•peoduced ai magical, eftu.t .1noi1 the tenite,t-m asked bandits In Ie,ee iia than it 'takes to regount,it, Jpe hall wi{ippP¢ up his horse'. and was pinngii}lC .]'rough their midst. = They seemed:. for 'a time fair!}*' paralyzed, ai the 11:kneeing danger which' confronted. them. I • • ' _Noll', I guess: you' -will -have no oS'. jectionla to letting me" pats" cried, Joe,N jerking: the bridle : from the leader's hand. " 'Pass i" they all cried; 'in ` a iit•eatji: "Wh :•, of course 'your. well; but l;tirely you 'will stop and take ' ii taifd. with "us • in defending ourselves. • . shotfrom your right hand Mightturn: the tide of the skirmish in our fayor if we are nearly equally numbered" , ••I don't know why I should risk' my life in your defense, for you would have taken mine a moment since without a scruple. But if 'you will hand me one of your rifles, a pistol, anything, I will wing as inane* redskins as I; can; not for your sakes, particularly, but for my own." replied Joe, hurriedI. . There was no time for further words. A belt containing a brace of seven - shooters and cartridges was flung. to hien, and at that moment the redskins dashed into sight. For a moment they seemed fairly bewildered at the score or more of faces that loomed up before Clew:n;, -when they had expected to behold but one fleeting form. But they were equal to the occasion; the Pawnee is seldom or never taken at a disadvan- tage. Though surprised at the number of whites, they had no thought of shirk- ing the fierce contest on that account. The Indians seemed to have increased in numbers. There were fully fifty of them advancing like an avalanche upon the la.ndits from around the sharp bend in the road! As they neve in sight, riding furiously, half a dozen abreast, the rifles of the desperate robbers made wild havoc among them. In the midst of the whites they be- held their escaping captive, and with denwniac yells of fury their first ar- rows were pointed at hire. But luckily their aim was so hurried, the flew harm- lessly past him. The firearms of the bandits and the dexterity with which they use them gave them great advan- tage over the Pawnees, and in the ter- rific battle which ensued the latter were cat down like grass with the scythe. In the midst of the carnage Joe thought it wisest and best for his own safety to make his escape as quickly as possible, for the safety of Hadley depended upon his reaching there as quiekly as possible and warning the vilagers of their peril. The excitement was at its height, both the bandits and the savages fight- ing like veritable demons for supremacy. No one seemed to notice Joe when he edged his horse further and further away from the centre of the con- flict, dropping out of -sight eventually behind a heavy clump of trees, which effectually shielded both himself and horse. Turning quickly he galloped as swiftly as the noble little animal could carry him through the forest, heading for a point whioh opened out upon the main road, Some thxee ,,.fou. miles Woijd The mad .,shouts, the firing ,and ,t;iar 'big; aiid the lieighing'iof the terrifiiict •porn4a3' °oil the., • Pawnees; effectually drowned the;-soun4 of ,leis horse's ,gat loping .hoofs ':9 z ' •' k $4w *outdo -the slcirrnrshe dud. Joe did not •stogy =to 'consider the natter. They were "bdth the'enemies of the villagers. Tai ehrs, ;great anxiety;; his pony, • be- gan. at,.last to show signs of the heavy 'strain tb which he had been subjected. `.`I 'see. that you must rest, poor fel- low,". murmured Joe, patting the .glossy, arched neek, as he slid down from • the animal's back. Should he push onward` and abandon the pony, or wait beside him until lie should be able to carry him along the rest of his. journey. Again Fate decided the question for him•. ' At the unexpected crackling close at hand among the underbrush, caused by the falling limb of a tree, the animal suddenly took fright, wheeled quickly about with a neigh of terror, and plung- ed suddenly into the path he had but but just come, and in lens time than it takes to tell it, was out of Joe's sight. ' "That settles the matter," he mused. "I must make the way back on foot." ' Herealized that he was horribly weak, and that the progress he would make must be necessarily slow; but this fact did not daunt him. He pushed on as rap- idly as possible. The brace of weapons, the property of the bandits, he still had with him, for lie !drew full well that he might have great need of them ere he reach- ed his journey's end. Yet their heavy weight told greatly against his speedy progress. If he could but reach the main road, he felt that all -would be well with him, for he would encounter some one of the Hadley stages. Then he need have no further f ear. It was a bold bandit indeed that would attempt to hold up one of the Hadley stages, and the Indians were by far too cunning to thus lay themselves liable to the anger of the government, who might out of revenge exterminate them, drive them from their hunting grounds, still further from the haunts of men. As he was pondering over this mat- ter an arrow suddenly whizzed past him, burying itself in the trunk of a tree close by. In an instant Joe's hand was on the stock of his revolver, and, following the direction from which it had come, he saw a tall bush to the right of him move slightly. There was no choice left him but to fire into it quickly; despite the loud re- study. the probable outcome of his ac- tion, thus guiding the foes which he had. left behind him to where he was. Without stopping to take time to study the probabl outcome of his ac- tion, he took hurried aim and fired thrice in rapid succession, As soon as the bullet struek the bush- es there was a deep, guttural groan. Joe sprang toward the bush without stopping to think whether or not the heavy underbrush concealed on foe or half a dozen. Parting the heavy branches, he peer- ed behind them cautiously. His keen eyes were used to discern- ing objects even in the deep shade of the wood b- this time. There, stretched upon the green sward, he beheld the stalwart form of an Indian. A rift of moonlight drifted in through the interlacing trees above, and by its light Joe could see that his bullet had done its work. The glazed eyes were glaring ghastly beneath the blue and red streaks of war paint. Joe knew by the way in which his scalp lock of coarst black shale was twined and braided, and by the color of ,his warpaint, that he was a Pawnee; also by his battered and broken eagle plume, and his richly embroidered wam- pum bolt, that he was one of the chiefs of the tribe. With this knowledge came another remembrance to our hero, and that was that these warrior chiefs nev- er travel alone—they were always ac- companied by two or more braves. Joe looked eautlbusly about him. Where were this chiefs companions? Surely they could not be much more than a league away. Perhaps even at that moment they were stealing upon him silently as shadows from among the trees, no doubt surrounding him. He stood quite still. All was deathly silent, save the wind sighing among the trees * e 1buc1' heat -lite" of leis corn heart. , • One moment, two, he stdrod thus, lis- tening with terrible intentness, every nerve straited•'to its utmost -tension. No sound 'broke the awful stillness save a startles! night bird's erV, as it flew from its nest .oyer,his head for in- to the dine reeesses of:t3}e •leafy• forest,• Another moment prssedl ,another, end yet another; •• Joe wondered- why., if '`the savages were lurking behind the trees, that they did not, ,epring faith upon - him rvrth at: e°wage •iVeecry. • IIestgld` himselfe hat he v9uld dzif,b,$ . HAI as 'Sea1ly as possible; but this' ]for rihle suspense was e thousand times lander to endure then the hottest cone. filet'• , Joeape.wa.to0,ohesit avYiinael3'.Meunier, of •.fighting.A A. single Indian had neves ben known•to attack a, white man. Ys,' surely his s9nipani.aiis could not - he tl. They rust have heard, too, the' dis- eh rge of. his: weapon. t ,•Sahould he advance, or retreat?•: ,Na l• le 12e' cut, this .4proolem h"heard the rust = ofctelad lliarpps, arid. ':'rhe 'swifts. ea.nproaclied.of 'isioectainefl. feet..•lIe• could' -t411 by ,tine ioueid that iheie w,'e0o mot le) t,hoti•ihi 1f Leh "dozen of tithe Werrierb. They were advancing directly -toward the spot where he stood. • CHAP'TT;It N.XVI. Tit -is not riiebeant'tb Heave our hero in •sniehoa su d, predidarnent, That I nail tire, • , iiry Bear Slee ider, you wilt be equ tllt iii -1 terested i.n knowiilg;'all about the •e• ill- ing,'ei4erilnee tlllrcztig#t..,tvWhieh oui 4or- aia .walkpeseing.•'at that •identical" h p- aseent, and ise item the spot where, Joe ti ' .hadnzg.;in`amfbuSh from•his foes. Wien N(odano .ha>"d- stolen a s' ;nes. fronr 1.,:61.1e egitage. her little heart Ras•eb torn ti(?iitii tonflictiitt• cniotions ; tiyy�.t she :Se'di>;c �'. heedeal im.INaiaelt an�ction she ''t reeled hen, footstopa; . nae alid she heed the darkness. knesrs. of tlhe. ,night bt ttiies hitter cold-' .Alli she thought of was the Mild - some lover whom they said wins false to Most et tEl SOLD AHD USE' EVERYWHERE Star:anon A id Plenty. Not U'Mcornaion To-day—The I3c4Etson is Explained. JJ "Tor a?Period last eunimer the naught of ' food•'; xcited feelings 01 • nausea," writes Mrs. C. A. Dodges, of Bloonrs- bury. 'r$ he heat had .made me listless and the•staste for food reduced me to a condi# on of semi -starvation and brought `the to the verge of nervous .col- .lapse-'�onies were useless to restore an active,, desire for food. The doctors told me iy liver and kidneys were both ' atOfaultg Iut the medicines they gave'me w erg, tog.,' severe and reduced my strength so ;tirade! had to abandon them. At the • suggestfop of a friend who had. been .oi;redo %iblood and skin trouble, 1 be- sean thellese of Dr. Hamilton's Pills. The diffeeduc' I first noticed was, that while tfie cleansed the system, instead of feeling weaker I felt better after tak- ing them» . Indeed their activity was so Mild it eias easy to forget I had taken them itt a^ll; they seemed to go right to the 1l'a er' and he a very -brief time not only dice1•ll source of nausea disappear but I be'gah. to crave food and I digested it reason. bay well. Then I began to put on weight. until within three months I was beg:Sght tie- a condition • of good. health, t.11. urge Dr. Hamilton's Pills for felt who lte in poor health." Get tide best of all medicines to -day and ref lu e a substitute for Dr. Hamil- ton's Pill of Mandrake and Butternut. Look fon'the yellow -boxes. Sold by all dealers, ek the Caterrhozone Co., liinp storf,,Conilda, at '25c per box: ilt� tvovld . not believe it•, thou li �, ail angel, cried it out from heaven trtlnipe!t- tongued; even now the 'fin of i4s;, im-i .mooned love-rnakiesenseexned to rfihnli and burn her heart, •as sari, ♦shisperecl! word returned to her in vivid imagina- tion... "They say you are false '. r'y lxive, `brit I'll still believe you truer l,, would kill me to doubt you, Clifford'' she wailed, C CURE? S Yon can painlessly remove any corn peith bard, soft or bleeding, by applying Putnam's Corn Extractor. It never burns, leaves no scar, contains no acids ; is harmless because composed only of healing gums and banns. nifty years in use, Cure guaranteed. Sold by all druggists SSC. bottles. Refuse substitutes, PUNA 'S 'PJ LESS CO "' N EXTRACTOR fancy it, Norine; 'I assure you I do not.' Still, the girl was not to be appeased, He could feel through the darkness: • that she was looking up in his face wistt fully. "Tell me, assure me that you love rue, Clifford," she murmured, tremulously, leer voice quivering. "Can yo -1 doubt me, beloved?" he au- severed, uswered, melodramatically. "My heart beats only for you, fairest of all prairie flowers." Tho lightness, e:trelessness .of his tone jarred upon her. "Then my grandfather misunderstood your words and meaning, Clifford?" she interrogated, gravely. "Certainly, if he has come to any oth or conclusion than that I adore his charming granddaughter," he replied, gathering the girl up in leis arms and kissing the words trembling on her lips into silence. "Of course I love you; Norine," he de- clared. "Why, I love you so well that I would giver my life to save yours, if necessary. You know they are still in hopes that that rascally thief, Joe Brain- ard, who stole all that money from the express company, will come' back some day, and that they will marry you to him; that is -the reason they are so bit- ter against me, and are doing their best to part as by telling you that I don't love you. I wonder that you do not see through it." T never thought of that. Perhaps you are right," declared Norine, with a little gasp in her voice. "Ilow strange that I did not think to look at it in draft light, Clifford. Will you ever forgive me for letting a doubt creep into my hearty" "Yes,•if it never occurs again," he an- : tvered, lightly. "Let me also add, if you do not conte to Benison Hall again in search of me. That would never de, you know, my dear. The servants, in- deed, any of the villagers, would talk' if they knew that you came here at this time of the night to ace Inc. It is nearly 10 o'clock. What if your grandparents were to miss yon, and find that you were out of the house, and on suck a night as this, and, furthermore, t huatt you had come here? Why, they ld be apt to lock you up, and make it mighty unpleasant for both of us. Can you not realize that?" (To be continued.) clutching her hands, tiglvly :ever her heart, ' ,Sib* had. nock intes4u *'r' 0.:4 the path to'wo.ed •Barrison B.a... Inkyred, she scarcely, kncw that she nod wandered that far, until it suddenly loomed up be- fore her. And oh, joy, joy, as she stood by the gate she saw the great oaken door swing open and the subject of her thoughts come down the walk. Norine did not attempt to conceal himself. Indeed, she uttered a ore- of de- lighrt, witch came from the very depths of her poor, tortured little heart. Clif- ford Carlisle heard the sound and paus- ed abruptly. "Is that you, No see?" be do:rend:A, in a very annoyed '... of voice, as he attempted to peer through the darkness toward the spot free, whence the sound proceeded. "Yes," sobbed the girl, springing to his side, addling, as she caught his arm in the olasp of her trembling fingers: "Oh, how fortunate I am in seeing you, Clifford, dearest." He shook off her hand roughly, ex- claiming: "I see; you sent in the old man to tell me the story you bed tu:ude up between you, because you found out ta.t I had inherited a fortune. But it aid not work. I am not a in;sn to be coerced into anything that I do not choose to do -,mark that, Norine, No doubt you have the old man somewhere behind you to hear what is taking place at this mo- ment. If so, it is lucky for him that the darkness is shielding him. I am not a fellow to be trapped in that way, de- pend on it" "Oh, Clifford, do not speak so 'unkind, ly to me, or I shall die;" wailed Norine, wringing hes hands. "G'randfa,ther is not here. I—I did not send him here; I did not know he w,a' coming Here to talk with you. I had kept everything n secret, as you desired me to do, and— and ndan•d I betrayed my love for you to him t -„^ -h}, smite by chn.are. They were !speaking ill of you, Clifford, and. I could 1.,i. ue••u• it. it was like plunging a sharp knife through my heart, and I told them, so." An impatient imprecation broke from oceeenassiseriersormeenaeossauldoisesesaa cif 14 Karats Solid c is Gold. Sh411 Rings We will give you your choice el oneof those beau- tiful rings guaranteed 14 karats solid gold shelf plain, engraved or sot elegant simulated Jewels, for the sale of 4 boxes only. at 25c. a box, of Dr. Malnrio'o Pomona Vetictsble 'Pills. They are the greatest remedy for indigestion constipa- tion, rheumatism, weak or impure blood, catarrh diseases of the liver red kidneys. When you have sold these 4 boxes of pills Bond ns the ioo.noy 31 anti the ciao of the ringdesired and ae will sendou, your Choice of one of hose handsome Kings, plain en- graved or set with precious stones, Send your name and address immediately and we will send yon, post-paid, the Pills and fanny pins which are to give away to purchasers of the pills. We do not ask any money boforo the pills aro sold and we take back what yon cannot sell. .Addroaa The iSr. lf4ntuiito RQadDotne Co, ',1 ILing» pt4109 'ToeOite, Obt a� hes: cc :uipknion's lips. "X will jwalk with yo nes far as the post offi °e, where dE ant going to • ,nail some letters, seed you shall tell me abVttt it,' he said, taking her arra in a not very. leaaant mood. With fa tering voice Norine told him truthfully, just what had occurred. She. .expected -him to- vigorously refute the charge that he did not love her, but in .stead, to the girl's great astonishment, •he 15roke tato a sneering laugh—, -a, laugh •that made the blood run cold in her veins. "Well, whatever comes of the affair, you. h+ave,,brought it on yourself, Nor- ine;" he declares. "It would now be a rather difficult matter to take you with me when I go Euet; • the opportunities for getting off are so perilous." "Not if we were—were married," she faltered, timidly, "and—and I will eon - sent -to marry you and go with you, Clifford." He laughed a harsh, grating laugh, answering sneeringly: "I am sure I ought to be very much obliged to you for. yourkindly inten-. tions, Norine, but the feet of the matter is, I cannot marry you under the terms of the wills just yet, until I reach New York and transact some business that remains to be attended to there. Do you convprehend?" "Oh•, Clifford!" moaned the girl. "I cannot part from you; I should surely diet You cannot mean to go away without marrying sue, and --and taking me with you, as you have so often told me you would if I wouiI consent to go with you, dear." Ife bit his lisp in vexation. He had been very careful not to use the word marriage in talking with Norine in the past; and now to !rear her pin her faith to has promise of making her his wife annoyed. him exceedingly, to say the least. "You must listen and heed what I have to say, Norine," he replied, dog- gedly and evasively. "I cannot marry until I reach the East, and corse into full possession of this fortune. Now do you understand the position 1 am plac- ed in? If you wish to go with the under these circumstances, well and good; if not, I must leave you behind me. I leave you,free to make your own choice. 1 don't went you to ever have it to say that I ever pomaded. you in this mat - tee." Norine was so much of a thoughtlews, innocent child that she did not realize the drift cf his carefully selected words, She only understood one thing, and that was, that he wanted her to marry hive when he sdiouid get the great fortune that bold been left him. That was all that s.he nuderstood clearly. Even While they were talking Clifford Carlile was telling himself that lie was tired of the girl. Ile had enjoyed the love -making while she had been content to say nothing, hear nothing, of marri- age; hut now that that subject filled her mind he was beginning to tire of it. He knew, too, full well that he would never dare make any other woman than Flor- ice Austin his wife. Florice held him in her power too completely for that And yet Norine Gordon was so exqui- sitely lovely he could not bear the thought of giving her up. If he could have managed to have grasped the fortune without Florice Aus- tine having such a damaging hold on him, he might have been tempted on the spur of the moment to have married Norine, But as it stood, there was no possibility of it; not the slightest. Still, he did not quite have the heart, cool rascal that he was, to tell the girl who was clinging to hien with such pas- sionate sobs the plain truth; and it was very pleasing to him, too, to see how completely the pretty creature was in love with him. "Do not weep, :gothic," he whispered. "I. have changed my plans about leaving Hadley for a fortnight yet; or I may be detained still longer in this confound- ed hole, so we will have ample time to talk this matter over. These very let- ters in my hand must go east, and be answered, ere I shall know my future plans entirely. So let us not think of this unpleasant subject any longer. A man likes a girl who laughs and is merry with him, Norine, not one who falls in• to tears at his approach, so call forth the smiles to your pretty lips, kiss me, and swear never to fall into such weak- ness again when I am about, I do not i± • STOCKING DYE CAUSED POKSON.. A case at Kingston shows vividly the dan- ger of neglecting to apply Zam-Buk to a out or a sore. Mrs. R. Harrison, living in Place d'Armes, while attending to her household duties, struck her ankle against a sharp ob- jection on the furniture. She took no notice of the injury, deeming it trivial.. In a dist' or two the ankle began to swell and cause ex- cessive pain. A doctor, called in, found that dyc from her stocking had entered the wound and set up blood. poison. Treatment with Zein -Buie: followed, but it was several days before the limb was out of danger. "Hadit not been for the powerful antiseptic properties of Zam-Buk and its exceptional healing vir- tues, the wound might have had a very serious result," says Mrs. Harrison. "But I believe if I had applied Zam-Buk at the time of the injury, it would have prevented the blood - poisoning altogether." �.c Some Causes of Failure. Long years of experience have demon- strated to the seekers after the underly- ing causes of business failure the fact that, generally speaking, four-fifths of all failures are due to faults inherent in the person, while about one-fifth are due to causes outside and beyond his own control. This proportion varies slightly in some years of stress, but on the whole. the percentages are so constant that in themselves they constitute a virtual guarantee of statistical accuracy. Under the head of faults due to the subject himself the following causes are group- ed by Bradstreet's: Incompetence (irrespective of other causes) , Inexperience (with other incompe tence). Lack of capital. Unwise granting of credits. Speculation (outside regular busiuess). Neglect of business (due to doubtful habits): Personal extravagance. Fraudulent disposition of property. On the other !rand, the following causes are classed as not proceeding from the faults of those failing: Specific conditions (disaster, panic, etc.). Failures of others (of apparently sol- vent debtors). Competition. 4.a TEN YEARS' TEST OF ECZEMA CURE During its ten years' test, oil of win- tergreen as compounded in D. D. D. Pre- scription has thoroughly, absolutely proven its merits for skin diseases. Though on sale only a short time in Canada, it is rapidly duplicating here its remarkable success in the United States. Cure after euro, and the testimony of the world's leading skin specialists, show plainly that the way to cure the skin is through the skin; not, however, -by means of a salve reaching only the outer skin, but with a penetrating liquid that gets in to the inner skin, killing the germs and soothing the healthy tissue. D, D. D. does just this. It cures—and it relieves instantly. If you have never tried it write the D. D. 1). Laboratories, Dept. D, 23 Jordan street, Toronto, for a free trial bottle. For sale by all druggists. When Jack Frost wants to become and eavesdropper he merely takes the form of an icicle. Intelligence is much more comfortable to live with than intellect New Ya'rk Press.: ,.?fa ret 131,1