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The Herald, 1910-03-04, Page 7"Yes," answered the girl. "But I am .not sorry 1 came, Clifford, for you have. _ removed such a heavy pain from my heir'.::" And she added after a moment's pause: "No matter what is said after this, I shall not believe it, for, my love, to doubt you would be -death." -"What an earnest little thing you are, anyway!" he cried. "Why, I thought you the kind of a girl who would make a delightful comedy of love, and 101 you are trying to make a tragedy of it." it' is because ; love you with all my hd r Clifford," she- answered. "My gi .•:,.lather always said of me, looking et me with an expression which puzzled and e xeeedinglyi 'I dread almost to think et the time. when your heart shall awak- •en to the dreams of love, my lass; for if your choice should fall on any one save good, honest Joe, I fear it.niight go hard with you: And when I would ask why, he would answer, slowly and thought - full 'With your race, true love was never known to run smooth. I shall say no more now, but perhaps I may at some future time: " .'Ile was simply trying to work upon your fears, Norine. You must not be- lieve such nonsense as this old superan- unati d grandfather seeiits determined to put into your pretty little head. Bark! \\'het noise was that?" he exclaimed, pigging abruptly and listening intently. CHAPTER KSIVII. she threw herself into Clifford Carlisle's arms. . She tried. to frame the words: "'lave —save nae!" but no round issued from her white lips; her limbs refused to bear the weight of her body, slight as it was, and she slipped to Clifford Carlisle's feet all in a heap. "She has swooned!" exclaimed the half-breed, with a muttered curse. "So much the better!" retorted. Car- lisle, "for now we can talk unrestrain- edly." Both Carlisle and the half -bred had made a fatal mistake: Norine had not swooned. It would have been tetter for her, perhaps, if Heaven had but been thus merciful to her. She lay there, still as death, in the snow, listening to every word. that fell from their lips, unable to utter the slightest sound., Even as she was gathering her scat- tered senses together, Clifford Carlisle was saying, in a voice which hetrayed great perturbation: "There! now you have every red cent that I have about me, I assure y ou; now let me go, will you?" "What sound is shat?" repeated Clif- ford: t' ar:isle, stopping short. "i hear nothing. 1\'hat was the sound. 11S: queried Norine. "Lke stenithy footsteps," be respond. - ed. -•1 could almost swear t hat some - o: -:i wt:e following us. Do the Indians evi - :mute to the village?" he asked, end- -.See." responded Norine. "The treaty the:. have with the Government pro- vi.!rs that they shall never set foot in 1-1a iiey, That was because they laid the plc,:• is ashes on two different uoca- eiuee. "X:•rine, there is some one following u.." whisperer. Carlisle. in great trepi- dlrti .;i• "And as 1: have no relish for ria ‘ n <+, anter with one of those fellows, 1 pr•l ; ose that we take to our heels and. make a run of it toward the village. You will have to be fleet of foot to keep up with me." "s -•-I cannot run. I get short of breath so quickly," faltered Norine, pnntingly, clinging in great affright to his erns. • "Nonsense!" he cried, sharply. "You must run if you want to keep up with me, 1 say. 1 don't like the sound of those stealthily approaching footsteps." Ere Norine could reply, a burly figure sprang directly in the path in front of them, and a voice, which she instantly recognized as belonging to the half-breed who had recently been turned out of the express office, exclaimed, gruffly: "So, so, my pretty pair. A nice find I've made this time, to be sure! A pair eif lovers! Ha, ha, ha!" "(l0 quietly along, my good fellow, and I will see that you have enough to get yourself a. glass of something good and hot and strong at the village tav- ern," said Clifford Carlisle in a voice which certainly betokened fear, despite his attempt to speak carelessly. "Ha, ha, ha!" laughed the fellow, coarsely. "That's good! Sorry I can't accept your wonderful generosity. The fact is, I must have all the cash that you have about you, and after you have complied with that consideration, why, then I'll tell you what else I want of you." "For shame!" cried .Norine, turning indignantly upon the fellow. ".1 know you, and I shall lose no time in report- ing this disgraceful conduct to my grandfather, Daniel Gordon, and he will take means to punish you severely, as you deserve." "Oh, hol So your companion is little Norine, the little beauty of Hadley vile lege, ell?" he cried, with a brutal laugh, turning to Clifford Carlisle. "Well, this is luck. Now, look here," he added, "Turn over what money you have about you, and leave the little beauty with me peaceably, and you can go on your way unmolested: If you try to resist, 1,11 have your scalp dangling at my belt in - aide of a minute. I've sworn that the little beauty of Hadley village shall be mine—ay, the bride of Jack, the half- breed. No one living shall thwart ine in my desire." The effect of these horrible words upon Norine can better be imagined than ure of Norine in his stalwart arms, and described With- an awful cry of terror, turned his face in the direction of the '4La a �l,aG*w ms 'if ' '' If�3 See 6dQU q$ You can painlessly remove any cora, eit.,er bard, soft or bleeding, by aPPIVe6 Punianes Cern Extractor. 1.t never burns, leaves no sear, eon tains no aoids; Is harmless pecamen composed only of healing gums and balms. Irifty years in use. Cure guaranteed. Sold or all drtig,;:sts we. bottles. Refuse substitute:... PU TNA 'S PAINLESS CORN EXTRACTOR OR steep, rugged mountain. "At last I shall have rely glorious re- venge upon the express agent for turn- ing me out of a job, be soliloquized. "Joe Brainard loves the beautiful Nor- ine, and I shall make .her my bride be- fore his very eyes. I told my people to watch him carefully; to see that he did not make away y ith. himself, for my vengeance was not yet complete. Be- fore twenty-four hours: have elapsed, the town of Hadley will be lying in ash- es, the express agent will be put to death, and the bonny, pale -faced maid- en will be all my own Ay, it will be a more glorious revenge. Let those who incur the hatred of the Pawnees bo - ware!" With these words, the half-breed com- menced his ascent up the steep, peril- ous mountain incline with his hapless burden, hurrying Norine onward to a fate more cruel than death. CHAPTER YN\'III. Gloating fiendishly over the glorious revenge which he intended to take upon Joe Brainard., the captive express agent, Chowsky, the half-breed, climbed rap- idly up the steep, slippery mountain road with his still. unconscious burden. "I swore to hire the time would come when he would bitterly rue making an enemy of me, and that hour is near at hand. I will strike his heart through the paleface maiden whom he loves so dear- ly. What greater revenge than that she should be forced 'to become Chowsky's bride before his very eyes. Ali, what grander revenge than that!" The half-breed disliked the girl al- most as much as he did the express agent, for the reason that her grand- father had once offered him an affront and as it is the Indian nature to never forget an injury, either fancied or real, he had always thought of it egtenever he beheld the beautiful( Norine. The old grandfather's heart would be pierced by her abduction and her fate quite as much as the yaiger man and it would be virtually",killing two birds with one stone. • Just as he bad traversed three-fourths of the distance, he noticed that the girl was beginning to show signs of return- ing consciousness. Ile felt a trifle an- noyed over this, for hp had hoped her lethargy would last until he reached the Indian settlement, for the reason that slie was less trouble to him in this way. He knew she was high-spirited, and would offer great resistance. Not that her puny strength would amount to any- thing in his herculean grasp—she was like a fluttering butterfly in the power of a forest lion—an infant in a gent's hand. — By this time he hal reached the edge of the forest, some five--or-six miles dis- tant from the encampment, and he con- cluded that he might as Well rest there for a few moments. Slight as Norine was, she was no light burden, even to his muscular arms. There was little or no snow under the heavy growth of trees, and beneath these he placed her, flinging himself down to rest at some little distance from her. At that moment Norine opened her eyes, gazing for an instant in dazed wonder about her, but it was only for the space of a brief instant. Iii the next, the wildest, bitterest cry that ever rang out from human lips echoed through the dim forest. "Oh, I remember all! In my deadly peril, he deserted me—he fled, leaving me in your savage power!" screamed Norin, in the wildest of affirght, at- tempting to leap to her feet and spring past her captor. "You can cry out as inueie as you like, for there is no one on this old mountain to hear or heed. you," ex- claimed the half-breed, sneeringly; "but if you are wise, you will save your breath." "Why have you brought me here?" queried Norine, in an agony of entrety; "what have I ever done to you or yours that you should abduct me —take me away from those who love me, and whom I lavefd For an instant the savage was silent. Then, turning upon her fiercely, be cried, in hoarse, gutteral accents: "Through you I shall have a glorious revenge upon those I hate, girl!" "Take me back to my grandfather, and he will give you all that he has laid by for a rainy day as the price of my re- lease," she moaned, wringing her little lands. • The half-breed laughed, mockingly. "Chowsky can do better than that— revenge is sweeter than gold to the heart of an Indian," he replied, taking a step nearer her, as he added, slowly and deliberately: "Let me tell yeti why I have brought you here. It is to make you Chowskys 'bride." "Oh, no, no, no!" shrieked. Norine, wildly; "better death than that; kill me first.; torture me as you will—as you have tortured others of my race, at the stake—but do not attempt to make me marry you. Do you hear what I say? I would throw myself headlong over the precipice first." "The lovely, paleface maiden speaks bravely, but she is like the bird that heats against its iron cage; you cannot change the fate that . I have marked out for you, do what you will." "Would it do any good to kneel and pray to you?" sobbed the girl, wildly. "Has not God implanted pity even in the savage bosom?" "Nothing stands between an Indian. and his revenge, be answered, stolidly. "I have said that you shall be Chowsky's bride, and nothing will. change that fixed purpose" As these words bell upon Norine's ear, her mortal tether can better be imagined than described, Oh, the horror of it-- the tsthe awful horror of it! She tried t0 cry out to heaven to save her from the fearful fate that awaited her, a fate a thousnn41 times more horrible than death, but the sound died. away in a moan on her ashen lips. • She did not cry out to the traitorous lover who had deserted- her in her hour of need, but in that moment site thought of ,loe---faithful Joe ---who bad always stood between her and harm, and in the anguish of her soul she• exclitireed now: "Joe! olt, Joe—save me --save me!" "You can go as quickly as you like after you have given inc,one little bit of further information. I must know in what portion of the village the peo- ple keep their firearms. I might as well inform you that our people intend mak- ing a raid upon Badley within twenty- four hours. After that time, not a roof will be left standing in the glare." A cry of dismay broke from Clifford Carlisle's lips. He was an arrant cow- ard, and he stood in mortal eerf a threatened massacre by the furious Pawnees. "hear me out," exclaimed the half- breed. "and if you are willing to fall in with my plan,'you will have nothing to fear, for your life will be saved by my people." "Nance the conditions!" cried Car- lisle, hoarsely. "I have no relish for being massacred out here in this hea- thenish wild west." "We need a leader who knows thor- oughly the ways of the white men in battle—one who knows where their stronghold is, and will guide us to it. Do you understand?" "You ask me to give my own race into your hands—to aid you in assassin- ating them?" muttered Carlisle, ponder- ingly. "Yes; and you are the very man whom we expected to find to do this for us," replied the half-breed, coolly. "Do you want to know why?" "Yes," assented Carlisle, the fear still in his voice. "Because we have seen you accom- plish one or two daring hold-ups on the mountain road. Do not attempt to deny it, stranger, for we are sure of uur ground. We followed you to your home —the big stone house that is down the road. We admire your daring, and the Pawnees want you. Will you come to us as I have described, or will you he massacred along with the rest? Make your choice here and now. Shall we add your scalp to the rest, or will you save yourself?" dured as she listened to this blood - The horrible agony that Norine en - curdling proposition was intense. Of course, her noble lover would spurn the offer with righteous indignation, No doubt ha would fell the daring half- breed with his strong right arm, making his very life pay the penalty of such an atrocious proposition. A moment that seemed the length of eternity passed ere Clifford Carlisle spoke. . - "I will give you just one moment to think it over," said the half-breed, "1 have thought it over, and, on the condition that you will not attempt to hinder me from getting out of this ac- cursed country when this affair is over, 1 accept your terms," replied Clifford Carlisle, hoarsely. Her lover's treacherous words was the last sound. that Norine heard. The world seemed to suddenly close in around her, and she knew no more. To save himself from the murderous half-breed, he had turned away, coward- ly, and excusing his horrible act with the words: "Self-preservation is the first law of nature," turned and fled rapidly back to Garrison Hall, after the arrangements had been satisfactorily concluded with the half-breed. Chowsky, the halfbreed, did not waste time considering his next step, but stooping, quickly gathered the frail fig - it Weakens the Mind Fear of Disease Not Only Causes Nervous Prostration, But Often Insanity. "Ile whom you call upon is powerless to come to your aid," cried the half- breed, sneeringly. "tie is•--- What sound is that?" he exclaimed, without stopping to finish the sentence, and as he uttered tate words he threw himself quickly upon the ground, with his prac- tised ear bent close to it. "Help is at hand! Oh, thank God-- thaurk God!" screamed Norine, almost be- side herself with joy. "You are wrong," replied the half- breed, briefly; "it is an animal—it sounds like one of our ponies— they often stray away." He had scarcely uttered. the words ere the animal gave a loud neigh, his quick ear detecting the sound of voices, and galloped toward Chowsky. "why, it is the horse of our chief!" he exclaimed, recognizing the animal at once. "I am surprised that I find him here; he has never been known to wan- der away before in this manner. But there is a piece of luck in it, after all," he added. "He shall carry you to the encampment." Norine looked at the animal; a wild thought surging through her brain the while. Instead of the little pony taking her to the Indian village, why could he not take her to Hadley? Chowsky seemed to interpret her thoughts, for he said, in the next breath: "The animal has never been beyond this spot; he has a great terror of the moun- tain road beyond, and seems to be pos- sessed of the mad desire to plunge over the precipice which lies between here and the main road. He is safe nough with his head turned the other way." Upon hearing this, the road hope that had sprung up in Norine's heart died away as suddenly again. Asthe reader has probably imagined, the animal was the sante little steed whom Joe, our hero, had been so unfor- tunate as to lose. He had escaped the approaching sav- ages by dropping fiat upon his face among the deep shadows of the low shrubs, and was still lying thus, wait- ing for them to proceed to a distance that would make it safe to risk their hearing his footsteps, when he should push onward. 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To -day I am one of the most vigorous and robust looking young wo- men in the school. My health I attri- bute solely to the regular use of Ferro- zone." If you're weak, pale, nervous—if you're thin—tire out easily lack spirit —feel depressed and out of sorts—these are the surest signs you need Ferrozone. Try it—it will win you back to health quickly; 50e a box, six boxes for $2.50, all dealers, or the Catarrhozone Co., Kingston, Canada. ',Vho shall attempt to describe his emotions when he discerned that the helpless burden be carried es -as Norine? It was all he could do to keep from shouting out to her ant aid was at hand —that he was near her in her hour of peril—and that he would save her or die in the attempt; that the fiend incarnate who was terrorizing her so should never take her alive to the Indian encampment. It goaded frim almost to madness to realize that Norine was suffering, for every sob that fell Froin rtlips own keener than a dagger's faithful heart. He had felt terribly weak a moment since, but now that N:orine was in dan- ger, he felt the strength of a lion within hint to battle for her ---ay! he would. have fought his way, inch by inch, through seas of blood to have served her. The girl whom he loved better than life itself was in grave peril. Was not that enough to lend mighty strength to his weakened arias and cause the blood to bound with a new zest through his veins? IIe forgot -how weak he was from his recent illness, forgot ieow weak from not tasting food, and his long tramp through the forest after the steeu ;rad ;;often away from hien—he forgot everything to save herr whom he loved as inen seldom live in this world. He was so near Norine that he could almost have reached forth his hand and touched her where she crouched in mor- tal terror under the trees. But snob an action, he knew, would be madness. He could not even turn his revolver upon the dastardly half-breed, for Norine was between them—the bv1- let would strike her first. How was he to rescue her? He realizz- ed that be list bit upon some plum witahoitt lots of time, for the half -lamed was likely to declare his intention of pushing on at any instant. There was another danger in using firearms—the forest might nu alive with Pawnees, who would close in upon them, A thousand plans swept with the ra- pidity of lightning through his fertile brain, only to be rejected as impreeti- cable. He realized, too, that in the des- perate Chowsky he heel a foenran wor- thy o,f hos steel, and if be were to gave has darling a ovine, he must proceed with the utmost eau -dein. At that moment, as though to solve the problem w'hirh meant life or death, he heard, as did Chowsky, the neigh of the approaching pony, and like a Brash a desperate resolve came to him. 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