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The Huron Expositor, 1916-06-02, Page 714 - ople*nffertbe terturesof Uwe • ened toints *because of ira- coili mid each mice ng e acntetjIthen hole system. =union it is quite as ina- 'improve year ge.neral health as your blood, and the cod liver Thililia011 is natures great er, while its med,ichsal nourish- gahens thecomanstmexpel the es and uphund your strength. Emulsion is helping thousands *my day who could aot find °thee relief. Realise the alcoholic substitutes. for _Rt-Xst 1 Order pacific for constipation people of all ages henst having a tonic offset *et bowels, their use tea& resume these organs to normal ertivley. Even the most defile child cant be oix enelerlies„ f sir* may to n action. is so goodfor I ttheilt and L. WILLIAM Druggist,Seaforth 111,.11.0.411avirea,..0,. •ling spoiled by a leaking don to appoeciate th P value sof the troribles common to to split, weep or blow c4 as as ago they were goodbut the available supnly of sf vaxiders shbgIes.. They dielvenunde them as da ting as do the common tile Slates 'lord the utmost ide on a g -fibred felt 'enure with asphaltum or s are then oleibl3i embed -- der -tight aid fireproof. late adors-Of dt.easn, red. lie slates do not !require ie and fit readily around aeans a cOnlinticus roof . lerd Slates. When you L Remember they don't d to harratmize With ale . not beyond yout reachi rat our Roofing Booklet. %ny, Limited ia y Edge 1 a R.EFUG As Sy A. hor et "T A Christian co hialthful situation. ozondeamo,vniteehtPrincloal Womerakt.A.,D.D.,StAberoas,Ont LEGAL. R. S. HAYS Daraloter, EtAliCitor, COnveyamear 'and aktsry PtbIic. Solicitor for the Dono- Woe Bank. Offiee in rear of the Dein- talfai nk, Seaforth. Money to loan. J. M. Paeff, r, gollcifor, Conveyancer and °Moe up -stairs over sikeria fimolture store, nein street, V, .110LMESTED. Sarrtster, Solicitor, Conveyancer and dlotart Public.. Solicitor for the Cana - •des Bulk of Commerce. Money to teen. Varese for sale. Office, 1a akottia block, Mebeeet, Seaforth. PROUDFOOT. KILI.OBAN AND COOK..E • Written, Sollcitoese Notaries Public, etc Money to lend. In Seaforth on Men- ai-10 each week. Office In Kidd block, Proudfoot, K.Ce J. L. 'Moran, H. et D. Coone. VETLISIKAR F. RIARBURN, V. fa, Boner gra:abate of -Ontario Vetetia- ary College, and honorary, member �t ths Medical Association of the Ontario Vateeinary College. Treats disettees of all Domestic .kaimals by the masa) ara- on principles. Deetistry and lalk rev- fe Offiee opposite Dick's jkotel, Mete streall, Beefortie All (n- iece left at the hotel will receive, prompt atteadles. Night calls received at the cake. 30eIN Gliethifife V. fa Rotor graduate of Ontario Vettiln- aff College, All disease* of Domestic Aalmals treaied. Calls promptly attend- ed to send chargee moderate., Veterinary Diettietry a spfttalty, Office and reel- deice- cc Goderich street, one door east at Dr, OceAt's office, headorth. MEDICAL C. J. W. ARN, hf.D.CX, III Richmond etreet, London, Ont. *Wallet Surgery and Genito-Urino ary diseases cif men and, women. • DR. ,GEORGE HEILEMANN. Olteonathic Physician Oh Goderich apecialist in women's gand children'a • diseases, rheumagtiem, acute, chronic. led nervous disorders, ele, ear, nose aid throat. Consultation free. Ofilce at Ronwaercial Hotel, fileaforth, Tuegday aid ?Mane it lagen. till I pan. • DR. ALEXANDER: lifOrilt • Peolcian & Surgeon race and Residexiali Main Streets Phone Se Hensehl Dr. J. iW. 1 fleaduate of Await o Medicine, Mc - 0111 linteeralty, 1; 'Member of College of Physkians ,d Surgeons of Ontario; Licentiate of Medical0ounell of Canada; PostaGraduate member of Resident Medical Staff' of General alos- 144 Montreal, 1914-111; aOffice two *WO east at. Post Office, Phone ifg, lems11, Ontario. • DB.. V. L. BURROWS. • ' Officeand residence—Goderleh 'street last of. the Methodist &web, Beafaftlh rime No. Coroner for the County Of Huron, DB& scow -a- MCVAY. • - J. G. Stott, graduate: ot Victoria .ana Whey: of Ph:yeicians and Surgeons A am Arbor, and member of tke (*tart° 00roner for tbe Ottunty of Myron. 0. IliacKto„ hoo,or grsduate of Tilsit: llieversity, and gold medallist ofT'rtn- itj afedleal College; member of the pal - hie Of Physicians and Oetieeens, Ontario, DR. H. HUGH. Ross. , Graduate of lanivereity of Toronto *Faculty of Medicine, member of Col' - le geof Phyeicians and Surgeons of On - Weal pens graduate courses -in Chicago O ncaII School of Chicago; 'Royal Oph- thalmic Hcispital, London, England. thavertity College Hospital, London, 'Ragland, Office—Back • of Dominion Bank, Sieeforth. Phone No. 5. Night aailv answered from residence, Victoria iareet, Seeforthi Osha *'th. AtiCTIONEERS BROWN loiceimedauctioneer aor the counties of• Huron and Pei th. Correspondence arrangemente for elle,• dates can ' he made by calling.. tie Mono 97, Seaforth, O r The Eapoeitor office. Charges mod- erate and eatisfaistion guaranteed. • C. LUKER, Licensed s etionmer for the Com ot Enron. reales i.ttended !to In I Puts of th-t Czou,i_y. Seven years' ea Verience in Umtata. and Saskatchewat 1.6raul readt}ou,.a31e Phone No. 204, It 1-4, Exeter anntralia la 0. 1,_'..tte. 1. Or -a P ft at The Huron Be teteigtor 4,-Kforth, promptly site4 B. a.. PHILLIPZ.,,. Liseiteed electioneer for the counties Di_ Limon bad Perth. BeLug a practical Water ond thoronghly enderntanding the vniloo at taratatoca and implemellto daces- ate La a better position to re 4e &had Prima Charges moderate, tiatactisa guaranteed or no pay. Ali *rim *ft he Exeter will tie promptil Innoknog to ONAN 'DOT Kauai, of gohneo" 041898, by Ha E, Shed Brother's, ••=*.mompeup eas••••••••,..emaNeffigkaway.S.w.as...= ageowneimmil it: ret harm yoer white lily , at Ste. :triedsa d the, duskprince0S, speak g t in excelteatench and I clasping with her ruddy n gers the ivory hand of Adele. dW will bold iher sefe foe you until tee ice softens and the leaves and the pa tridge ber- ries mime once naive. I kn w myreo- ' pie, monsienr, and t telt y u that the woodl are full 0 nrurder," j "Allow nix to .vresdat volt, . de C De Ci tinat Was Morem , ov d by impres.live Manner of his hi) tess tb by aim of the abet" warni as will he had 14s received. Surely sh if a one, m t be able to read th signs the tin s. "Lk yr net what to do!" h cried in despair. "I Must go on, and . yet hoW can I • xpose ber to these erne?iII would •ain stay the winter, but yeti must to ke mr word for it; s , that it is not , ossible." , "Du I I ut, yoe kaiser ho things should le ordered," said the eigneur. "What hould you advise my triend' to do, sin he 1s so set epee Jetting t the 'En lish rovinces before the ter cones?" "Ther it et. one way," • aid D Lhut, " .ougb even in it the is ger. Toe w gads are safer n th river, f or the reeds are full each canoes. Five leaguel'froni h 1$ th blockho se of Poitou, and hf n miles beyond at �f Anvergne. W 'aVill gb; tomorro to Poftou brefugh e wood and see if aii be sa e. 1 Wil .go wi you, an I give you my war that i the ire uois •are the Gre toe d Lhut wi I know it The lady e shall leave h re, an1 if w find ti t all ;lit Ade eve shall I 41 ; backifo h , Then, or In the e me fasblliMwe s all dvanee to Auve gne,L I ere you st wait tt until yo hear who re their w parties are. It- ny mg+ that it: wl not be. Very lo betore e know." And s a ft was at Met a and Adele w s co 81 ,to the ca of the lady of Ste. Ma , while ID Catinat swore J.% , t wlthou a pewee would return f OM Iolto to fetch • Or. The, -old nobl matt end his sou lw uld fain have jot ed, tbein in their;'venture, but they had flir , wn charge to watch and the 11vee 01 a;ty 'in their keeping, ' white a small pa • awes oaf r in the Wood& ! From La Ne to Poi* as but twelve ipIles dowi the dyer but by. the wo9lland rou e the tilts ce was more than 'd iiib • The: f men walked, I Sin , Du tint leading. De Catl at •W• flied behind, the aphra- im Savage, and Amos, all With their weapone y and wi - lie sense up n the ale By ni were more then ha Aegean:id a thicket for la idea Ineal and. Cheeee. For n. beer picked their - ay hrough th w follewing in ste of the ol VrepeA pioneer. SuddeT1y Du Lb t dropped pon his knees and stoo. s ibis, ear to the ' ground. He rime, het& his had. and walk ad cli with .a Rae face. "D: I, y u hear met.leng?" hisper- ed A..- ^,s Du . tiitputhks nger to his lips and then i aln instant as down pon his face "V 1l his pea red to the ground: He sp eig up with ,the look o la man who hes' heard * at he e ted to, hear. I , ewale n," 'Saki •e quietly, andbe.: have exactly , as • on have• re all day." "What Is it, then "Incite a, "In front of us?" "No; b d us. They are,f 18 ZL - THE HURON EXPOSITO OLENT ATTACKS OF IYSPEPSIA offered Tortures Until She Tried "Fruit -a -lives" �. jaw DAMann, JanZ7th, 1914 .fter suffering for a leng time with E , . did,Pdaer have been made well by • it-a-tives." I sufferecl so much t at last 1 woald not as afraid of dying. Fi e,eived samples of" after taking them n latent for three box es and I kept roving until lines we I. I quickly rted my lost weigli d noVr I ea,t, p and digest well—in -word, Z am recovere'd,thanirs to ruit-a-tives.' Mmin, CHAR ONNEAIT. c. a bo; d for $2.50, irini size 25e. alers or sent postpai on receipt of by Fruit-a-tivets Limited, Ottawa. SI A4 e to eat for e years ago, ruit-a-tives" felt relief. 44 in two,. I Weak. De fiof Ideal mum k on as before. they are Iro- m , nd pursuirig us?" o; we are pursulng them." Low far off are they?" bout 200 p ces, I thine." hey cannot see us then?" think not, but I cannot be sure. are hallowing our trail, I think." at shall We do -then?" t• us make a circle and get be,; them." T ming 'sham) to the left, be led in a lohg curve through . the s, hurrying swiftly and yet si- t ntl under th o darkest sladow of the ee , Then he turned again 'and pres- e ti halted. is is our ewe track," staid he. edland two redskins have passed it!" ctied Amos, bending down canting to marks which were en- 'atinvatisible to Ephraim S vage and in full growa 'warrior audia lad on h first war ath," said Du , Lhut. Iley are eito ing fast, you see, for y u cnn hardly see the heel marks of t eir moccaslns They walkeddone be - the othe Now let us. • follow as they tollowed us and see if • ave better luck." • lele sped swiftly. along the trail, with musket mated in hie band, the o ere tailoWina hard upo:a his heels, b t there was tip sound and no sign of It e trom the shadowy woods in front o *Lem. Suddenly Du Unit stopped • d grounded his weapon. ey are still behind ue," he said, Is the poi t Where we branched hey have iesItated a moment, as an see' their footmarks, and hey have ollowed on" I we go roiind again and quicken. ce we may overtake them." ; they are on their guard now. e re behind the fallen og, and we s'ai see if we an catch a glimpse of I °wine. -great rotteni trunk, ail green with ld and blotched •with pink and pur- &tag', lay to one side of where they od Behind this the Frenchman uelted, and his three corahanions lo ed his example, peering through shwood screen in front of, them. minutes Passed, and there was of an living thl,ng behind y are over in yond€ r thicket," is ered Du Lliut we you seen them?" 'no do you know, thee " I w a scOrrel come from hie hoei the great white birth tree yon - de. He seuttled back again, as if so e lag had scared 'him. From his ho 0 e -can see down Into that brush - w od you think that they know that w a e here?" Thee, cannot lee us. But they are sosti te pi . '1 we ras for the brushwood?" y would p ek two 01 118 off and be ne like adows' through the No; we had best go oe our Y. B at they will follow us." I •artily thin that they will. We ar f ur and th h are . only two, and thy mow now that we are on our gu ri We mut push on fast now, fo ere there 4re two Iroquois there ar I ely - to be 200 not very far off. A re is the A3idaunio creek, where th 1 iClIflflS set he sturgeon nets. It 18 tl seven miles to Poitom" shall be there before nightfall. th ink that we had best wait for ni h II before we make our way in. Si • ce the Iroquels scouts are out as fa /ail this it he likely nett they lie thi k round Poitau, and we may fled th la t step the Worst unless we have a ar€." He papsed a .moment with ela g bead a d sidelong ear, "By St.Anne!" he m ttered, "we have not sh ken -them off. They are still upon ou trail." • ,g ell hear the ?'! eel; they are no great way from .us. ey will &id that they have fol- io. ed ;us „once too often this time. SI o1 your moecasins, monsieur." e JatInat pulled off his slimes as dir ct and Du rebut did the same. t them 011 as it they were es" said theepioneen. and an in- t ater Ephreim Savage and. Amos eir comrades' shoes upon their For inforraati • the discovery or person or pers Nervous Debilit Mouth, and Thr Skin Diseases, Special Ailment Complicated Co not be Fured at cal Institute, 2 Toronto. Corre that Willi ead to hereabouts of the ns suffering-, from Diseases of the at, Blocid oison, ladder Tr ables, and Chr nic or plainte o can - he Ontario Medi - 3 -265 Yonge St., ponder= invited, can swing your yo r ack. So! Now fo nding yourselves 70 r tnds. pressing ha ,uskets over ern oro all double. wi th d noon the ) eaviii. That is exeellent •Two men ' e,an leave the teed of four. 3.kzowvpay *with mc, monsieur,' He flitted from tree to tree on a line which was parallel to but a few yni211.4 Idistant from that of tioar commutes. Then Suddenly he wrenched behind a i bust and pulled De Catinat down be - 1 side him. Iutes he -whispered. "Do not fire if " hey must pug us in a few min- i roil egit help It." Something gleamea ' in u .1.gbut's band, and his comrade. glen Ing down, saw that he had dawn a k en little toznahinvk from his belt. Sud enlY be saw something move. It flitt d like a shadow from one -hunk to til e other, sq. swiftly that De Catinat eoul not have told whether it were bees or humane- And then again he saw it, and yet again, sometimes one shad W, sometimes two shadows. Then for few moments all was still once mor, and then lie an instant there erep oat from among the busbes the mos terrible looking creature that ever wal d ,the earth—an Iroquois chief upon this war trail. He was a tall, powerful mail, and his rietle of scalp teks and eagle fea ers made bine look like a giant in the im light, for a good eight feet lay betw ea his beaded moccasin and the topm st Name of his headgear, One side cif his face *as painted in soot, ochei4 and vermilion to resemble a dog and the other half as a fowl. His gun • was thrown forward, and he erept along With bended knees, peering, lis- tening, pausing, hurryhig on, a breath- ing image of caution. Two paces be- hind him walked a lad of fourteen, clad Lan armed in the same fashion, but Ithout the painted 'face. Th y Were just abreast of_ the bush when something caught the eye of the you eM warrior, some displaced twig or fi tteritig teat -and he paused, With suspi ion in .every feature. Another insta t htid he had waroed his Com - panto , but Du Lhut sprang- out and burie his hatchet in the skull cif the older warrior. be Catinat heard aidull crash ast when an ax splinters its way into ratten tree, and the man fell like leg, kicking and striking with' his p werful limbs. The younger war- rior* s rang like a deer over, his !ellen comr 1 de and dashed on Into the wood. But on Instant later there was a gun- shot o mong the trees in front, followed by a airit wailing cry. . "Tto t s his death whoop," sald, Du Lbut o posedly. • . As he spoke the two others came • back, Ep raim ramming a fresh charge • into h s musket. - "Ah he's gone," said Du Limit. As he s Ike the Indian gave a 'apt spasm with is hands and feet and lay rigid. "He $ a great chief," said Du Lauf. "It is Brown Moose of the Mobaw,ks, and t e other is his second SOIL We have o lawn first blood, but I. do not think thetilt will be the last, for i the Is do eot allow -their war chiefs wall' venged. He was a mighty Iroqu to die fighte The turned away, leaving the red figure stiletched under the silent tree* ,As passed on they caught a glimpie Of the lad lying doubied up amon the bushes where he had fallen. The p oneer *sliced very swiftly until be .ea of e to a little stream which prat- tled down to the big river. Here he slipp Off bis shoes and leggings and waded dOwn it with his companions for half a me or, so. • "The, vili follow our tracke Whale they fltd ,hinea said he, "but this *ill throw them ofa for it is only on tun - tang ater that an Iroquois qua and no tra e And now we shall he la this clump Math nightfall, for ,we are little atter a mile frcim Port Patton, and it Is Oanger • us to go forward, for the ground laeoom s More open," - .1 And SO they remained:: :concealed emong the alders .While the sbadews turned from short to long, and the White • rifting eleuds above them were tinged ith the pineof the Setting 8413, tha tc4olled himself into a bah, with hist pi ti tveeeii hie teeth, and dropped Into a 1 ight sleep, pricking up- his ears 414s ating at tbe slightest sound. The twe Americans whispered tegether ;or a I • ng time, but at lett the Soothing, hum o a gentle brewee through the *ranch s Oiled then' o.ft also. De Cali. snat alg, e temained awake, his nerves i in a s.gle 'from a strange, Midden shkilo which had fallen upon kis oval. kli?elea it was and so vivid that it Was tvith a start that he came suddenly to himself Mel found that the night was creepin Magill the forest and that Du fIghtior r dtoused himself and was ready 9111 ;Yon been awake?" asked the pioneer Have you heard aitything?" "N" bet.the-hooting 01theowl." "It s nted to me in my sleep that heard a gihishot in the distance." "In y ur sleep?" "Tett I hear as well asleep as awake awl re « eiober what I hear. But new you mut follow me close, and we shall be in ti e tort soon." . "Pest! You Fe a woodinan indeed!" "I b lieve that these • woods are swarmi e g with Iroquois, although *e have h d the good fortune to miss them. I ireat a chief as Brown Moose would ot start on the path with a small 1 ilOwing or for a small object They II u t mean mischief . upon the • • • Richell u. 1 The woods will not be safe, I fear, 31 II the'partridge berries .are out onc more. You must stay at Ste. Marie u til then; "I ha rather stay there forever than , expose • y wife to such devils." "Aye, devils they are if eta' devils walked upon earth And now we are on the very borders of the clearing, and the blockhouse lies yonder among the cipi.p of maples. You did not come a -mar to Ste. Marie unchal- lenged; •na yet De Lannes is as old a soldier s De la Noue. We can searce see notv, but yonder, near the river, is _where exercises his men." "Ile oes so now," said Amos. "I see a do en of them drawn up in a line at their dnill." "No sentinels, and all the men at c Sed Du Unit in contempt "It ' is as yo I say, however, for I an see .them myself, with their ranks open ; and each a s stilt and straight as a 1 pine etump. One -woultt think, to see ; tbein, st, lid so' kill, that there was not ! an Ind' u nearer than Orange." Du LI lit 4civancec1 from the bushes ; FOR FLETCHER'S aa he ke and the. four name crossed * , the opeliit grofiridittilEetfflrectimiTh line of men who waited silently for them in the dins twilight They were within fifty paces, and yet none of them bad raised hand or voice to ehal- lenge their approach. There was sonae- thing enctinny in the, silence, and. a change cabals over Du Lhutis face as he peered In front of him. "Itly God" he sereaMed. "Look at • the fort!" -They had cleared the clump -of trees, and the outline of the bloekhouse should have shown -up hi front of them. There was no sign of it. It wee gone. So unexpected was the bib* that even Du nut, hardened from -his • childhood to every shock and danger, stood shaken and dismayed. Tben, with an oath, he rat at the to of his speed toward the line of figure*, As they drew nearer they colild see through the dusk that it was not ire deed a line. A silent and • motionless Officer stood out some twenty paces in front of his silent and Imotionletis mentee • They were: lashed to low posts with( willow withes, some twenty of them, naked all and twihted ,and screwed in- to every strange shape which :an agon- ized body could assume. For ia 3310- in'ent the four corierades stared in si- lent horror at the dreadful *group. Then each_ acted as his nature bade him. De Catinat staggered up tigniest a tree trunk and leaned his head upon his arm; deathly sick; Du Lhet fell down *upon hls knees and said I some- thing to heaven,, with his two clinched hands shaking up at the %darhening ' sky;- Ephraim Savage examined the priming of his gun, with a tightened lip and a gleanhing eye, while ; Amos Green, withouta word, began to cast round In circles hi search of a trail. Bet Du Lliut Was on his feet; again in a ruoment and running up and down like a sleuthhound, noting a hendred things which even Amos would have overlooked. He circled round the bodiea again and again; then he ran a little way toWard the edge 11 the woods and then eagle back to the -char- red ruins of the blockhouse. "There Is no sign of the vomen and children," said he. "They are keeping the children to burn at their 1eiiire In their villages. The women they may torture or may adopt, as the humor takes them." "Ask him, Amos," said the seeman, "why we are yawing and tacking here when we should be crackipg on all sail to stand after them." Dia Unit smiled and shook his head. 'Your friend is a brave man," said he, Du Lhut sprang. out awl hu hatchet irt,the.siotikof 'the war "if be thinks that—wi' thl m four • e vie can follow a hundred and fifty." • "Taithim, Amos, that the Lord will bear us up," said the other exci edly. "Say that he will be -With. 'us agzinst the children of Jeroboam, and w will cut them off utterly." I But Du Lhut waved aside the sea- man's suggestions. "We must Wive a care now," said he, "or we shalli lose our own scalps and be the cauee of those at Ste. Marie losing theirs as Ifarlel" cried De Catinat "Is there, then, danger at Ste. MarieT1' "Aye, they are in the wolf's Mouth now. This business Was done last night The place was Stormed yor war party of a hundred and *fifty men. This -morning they left and went aorthin upon foot. They have been cched among the woods all day between Poi - ton and Ste. Marie." "Then we have come through themr "yes, we have come through them. They would keep their camp s ay and send out scouts. Brown • 'se and his son were among them and struck our trail. Tonight"— "Tonight they will attack Ste. Ma- rie' "It Is poesible. And yet w1t1 so small a party I should scarce ve thought that they would have dered. Weallew , we can..canamigive but hastevethemw n back as q ck- iy of what is hanging over them." And so they turned for their weary backward journey, though their minds iivere too full_ to spare a thought tiPleis the leagues which lay behind thee* oe those which were before. Dark as it was, tee Unit walked uswiftiy as during the sunlight Sae never hesitated about the traeh. Big comrades could see, however, that he was taking them a different lway from that which they had gone in Ithe Teem- ing, for twice they eaught a. efght of the glimmer of the broad "folder upon their left, while before they had only, seen the streams which flowed into It On the second occasion he pointed to where on the farther side they could see dark shadews. "Iroquois canoes," he whispered. "There are ten of them,- with eight men in each. They are another party." "How do you know that they are his Children Cry CASTORIA AlIctisaat. WIFE TOO TO WOR 7 ail of a hundre(1 and fifty. Then there were a bumired In Ieanoes, and a war party of 400 passed ns under the Flemish Bastard. Their camp is Dew miles down the river, and ere canuot be less than 600," 1 "Yon are fortunate In escaping then -i". IN BED MOST OF TIME "But they were not so fortunate in Her Health Restored by Lyd5a la E. Pinrtam's Vegetable Compound. Indianapolis, Indiana. — "My health was so poor and my constitution so min down that I could not work. I was thin, pale and weak, weighed but 109 pounds and was in bed most of the time. I. began ta mg Lydia E. Pi hien's Vegetable Compound and five moziths later II weighed lag pound*, I do all the house - Work and vrashing for eleven and I can truthfully say Lydia E. Pinkham's V etable Compound has been a godsend to me for I would have been in my grails today but for it. I would tell all wa- tnen suffering as I was to try your va able remedy."— Mrs. WM. GREEN, S. Addison Street, indianapolis,Indiana. There ishardly a neighborhood in this country, wherein some woman has not found health by using this good fashioned root and herb remedy. If there is anything about which you would like special advice, write to the Lydia E. Finkhant Medicine co., Lyme Maas.- another pliffy ?" • "Because we have crossed the hroil of the forst within the hour." De Catina.t was fdled with amaze raent at this marvelous man who tould hear in III s sleep and could detect a l trail when the very tree trunke were .1 invisible .to ordinary eyes. Dui Thee I halted a little to watch the canoes and then turned his back to the river and plunged Into the woods -once more une til they three to the edge of a moonlit clearing. Du Unit was about to skirt this, as be had done others, when sud- denly he caught De Catingt by the shoulder and pushed him down behind a clump of suman„. while Amos aid the, same with Ephraim Savage. n. A mawas walkdng down the other side of the open space. He _had just emerged and was crossing It diagonelt making in the direction of the riv- er. His body was Wilt double, but as he came out troin the shadow of the trees they could see that he was an Indian brave In full war paint, with, legging% loin cloth and musket at his heels come a second, and then a• hird and a fourth. 041 and on, until it seemed as if the Wirod was full of Men and tbet the lineo would never come to, an end. past 01 all came a, man in the fringed ttuaic of a Inflater, with. a cap and feather -upon his -head. He passed, across like the &then, and they vatee !shed into the shadows. It was five minutes before Du abut thought It stile to rise twin their shelter. "By Ste. Amer he whispered. "Did you count theta?" "Three hundred and ninety -ghee" said Amos. "I made It 402.if — "And you thougbt that there were only a hundred and fifty of them!" cried De Cattiest• t "Ala you do not understand. 'This is a fresh band. The ethers who took the blockhouse must be over theme for theft, trail liee betWeen us and the' river. In their camp there are no* nearly 600 .evaniors. Unless we warn them at Ste. Merle these devils will lay , some trap for them. Their parties are t essembling by land and by water, and there may be a Alumni:id beret° day- break. We must moth on and give our I warning." "They bad one who was dressed like a white man," remarked Amos. "Aye, lied the meet deadly of the lot. His father was a Dutch trader, pis mother an Ivoquods, and he goes by the ; tame of the Flemish Bastard. By Ste. Anne, I have a score to settle with him, j and I may pay It before this business , over." CHAPTER XXII. ' fDAY was just breaking as the ' four comrades Antered the gate : othe stockade, but early as it ! was the ceneltaires and their families were all afoot De Catinat burst through the throng and rushed upstairs to Aclele, wbo had herself flown dcrien to nteet him, so that they met in each other's arms. Together, with his aria around her, they ascended to tke great hall." "Ab, monsieur,said the old noble- man, with his courtly bow, "I am in- deed rejoiced to see you safe under my roof again, not only for -your own sake, but for that of madarae. r011 are doubtless hungry and weary. When you are yourself again, I m-ust claim my revenge In piquet, for the cards lay against me the other night" But Du Phut had entered at De Ca - tillers heels With hia tidings of disas- ter. a • "You will have another game to nay, 1st de Ste. Marie," said be. "There are GOO Iroquois in the woods, and they arc" preparing to attack?' 'Tut, tut! We ;cannot allow our a I rangements to be. -altered by a handgar) or savages," said the seigneur, apologize to you, my dear De Vatinst. that you shoula be annoyed by anch people while you are upon my estam. Now, when I played piquet last with De Lannes of Polton"— "De Lannes of Poltou is dead, and ;:ii his people," said Du Lhut. '9he blai•k- .honse is a heap of smoking i''." The seigneur raised his eyebrows; "I always told him that his fort would be taken unless be ninared an-lly those maple trees wbieli grew up to the very wails. They are all 'lead, you say?" „ "Every man." "And tbe fort burned?" "Not a stick wos let standing." i'Have ,1(211 seen theee estecat as" • - and sogun.”s.We killed Brown Moos dh '`Excellent! Excellent!" SII1J the seigneur, clapping gently with Lis dainty hands. "You have done eery well indeed, Du Unit. You are, I pre- sume, very tired?' "I am not often tired." "Then perhaps you would pick a few men and go back into the woods to see what these villains are doing?' "1 shall he ready in Ave minute:z." "Perhaps you would like to go also,. Achille?" His son's dark eyes and Inalan faee Jit up. "Yes, I shall go also," he answered. "Vern good. And we sball make all ready in your absence. aladaine, you will excuse these little annoyances which near the pleasure of your visit. Next time that you do me tbe honor to . come here I trust that we shall bare cleared all these vermin from my es- tate. You will excuse me now., as there are one or two things which demand ray attention. De Catinat, you are a tried soldier, and I should be glad el your advice." It was- bright dayligbt now, and the square inclosure within the stookaele Was tilled with an anxious erovd who bad just learned the evil tidings. The scouting party under Du Lhut and Achille de la Noue had already left, and at the orders of the seigneur the two gates were new secured with huge bars of oak fitted Anto iron staples on. either side. The children were placed in the lower storeroom With a few women to wateh them, wbile the oth- ers were told off to attend to the fire buckets and to reload the muskets, The men had been, paraded, fifty-two • of them in all, and they were divided into parties now for the defense of • each part of the stockade. On one side it had been built up to wittin a. few yards of the river, which not only relieved them from the defense of that face, but enabled them to get fresh water by throwing a bucket at the end of a rope from the stockade. The boats and canoes of Ste. Marie eteere . drawn up on the bank just under the wall and were precious now as offer- ing a last means of escape should all else fail. The next fort, Ste Louis, was , but a few leagUes up the river, and De la None had already sent a swift messenger to them with news of the danger. At least it would be a mint on which they -might retreat shouli the worst come to the worst. And that the worst might tome to • the worst was very evident to so ex- perienced a woodsman as Amos Green. He had bet .Ephralin Savage snoring - in a deep sleep mien the floor and was • now walking round the defenses witiee his pipe in his mouth, examining with, a critical eye every detail in eomsee- tion with them. The stockade was - very strong, nine feet -high and closely • built of oak stakes, which were thick enough to turn a bullet Ealfway un' it was ioopholed in long, narrow tints; for the fire of the defenders. Bet, ong the other bead, the trees grew to with- in a hundred yards of it and formed. a screen for the attack, while the garri- son was so scanty that it efinild nat spare more than twenty men at the utmost for each face. His five dark- ened as he thought of the Young wife who bad come so far in their safe keeping and of the women and ails the rtenfewhom he had seen crowding into 'Would it not be better If you could senO. theeemignueper.thriver?'' he suggested tethe "I should very gladly do so, men- fileur, and perhaps, if we are all alive, the may manage it tonight it the weather should be cloudy, but I can- not spare the men to guard them and I cmanot send them ewithout a guard. when we know that Iroquois -canoes. are on the river!' "You are right It would be ness." "1 have stationed you oil the eastern face with your friends and with fif- teen men. M, de Catinat, will you command =the party? • 7VI will take the south faee, as it teems to be the whit Of uiger, Du Lhut can take the north, And dve men should be enough to watch the Over Side." "Have we brood and powder?" "I have lour and smoked eete mingle to see this matter through. As to pow- der, we have all our iradhag aterellea draw upon." "We have not time to clear any ot these trees?" asked the soldier.. "Impossible. They would make bet- ter cover down." "But at least I might dear that patch of brushwood round the birch sapling whicb lies between the east face and the edge of the forest It is gOOd cover for their skim:I:fawn." "Yes; that sbould be fired without heleadi "Nay; I think that I might do bet- ter," aiald Amos, "We might bait a trap .or them there. -Wbere is this - powder of vrhich you spoke?" "Theuriet, the major dolma is giving, out powder in the main storehouse." "Very good." Ames vanished up- stairs and returned with a large linen. bag in Ins hand. This be filleit with powder, and then, slinging it over hi* shoulder, he carried it out to the clump of bushes and placed it athho haft of the sapling, cutting a et -1p out of the bark iramediately above the Riot. Then with a few leafy bt.sweises smal feriae -leaves he covered the pewit:at bag very carefully over, so that looiaarklaikerranavelittallal tobihisilochntistof attiee,.ear- tit 4 Continued Next Week. Children FOR FLEtcoor CASTORIA,