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Office in Chisholm Block
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WINGHAM A»VANCE-`PINES
J. W. BUSIVIELD
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Money to Loan
Off
Tice—IIIcY er Block, Wingham
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• e ing-:.-
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DR. G. FL,ROSS
back and through half-closed .aids
gazeel toward 'the door: The room
soudenly became illuminated as the
heavy door, with scarcely a, :sound,
swung open.
A lighted canclle. was ' advanci' t�^.,.
over the threshold. .I closed tiny til
to mere slits, With soft Fr r�dgng:
steps a man . swept across tl) .o room•
and seated liiinself alt the gt:abaie, i
heard hirn sigh, deeply, as.. u3 coaxtent-
ed. 1 turned my head eAge so little
until my gaze rested 'gtm his mocca-
sins. They were o,ir Shawano make.
His leggings, I ' ce:�t robservc d, were
Wroth travel�sta Atu�d. 1 increased the
field
•i fi`l d visio'
Iva
t;,;..,+��Sizl��rssou V7710 OF then thgdthefrinematilI was Staring at
ii
sleeves, much worn, and the
of his huntingshirt,
':tavona hands idly resting on the
!ng' It :rs ja\VS together with a snap,
and trey It nbling` lips found'`the -
1)c' ,rs had my' teeth closed upon thepam.
'With 'a muffled howl of rage, he
treleasecl arty wrist and snatched for
the Papers and tool;, away a bandful
of my beard instead, His ]rand fol
lowed as I jerked up any head, but
now.I had him by the verist. 1. strai-
ghtened up . c flit .and dropped the
papers on the floor and kicked then
toward the'window. - He twisted like
a snake the' instant the pressure`t'as
r•ernoved, and before .1 ; knew it he
'teas face down on the table with. his
right band closing about.. the handle
of the tomahawk, • I fell ..on his back
and stuffled the cap into his face and
fried to catch his right bared and se-
cure' the,. ax..
Avoiding trey clutching fingers, he
rswung the heavy ax up over his shoul-
der in an attempt tobrain me. 1•dug
my head clown into the hollow of his
left shotalder and received the length,
of the ax -handle across my back and
secured his ,wrist,.
Front the gat came excited cries,
gate
"The Englishman is mad with the
SYNOPSIS
Chapter 1.—Ttaveiling by canoe on
the .Missiissi: on his wayto Biloxi,
in the early days of the settlement
of Lousiana, William Brampton, Eng-
lish 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 Bienviile, French
1 h'o\ertlor,
C:lAl?TER I1.—Brampton 'meets
an. old friend, Joe Labrador, Indian
half-breed, who warns :him I3ienville
has threatened to hang him as a spy.
Brampton refuses to turn back. He
long br
,Sr"l •'iii table
father's brave son," interpolated the
youth.
"No more of that talk rob old d+
.:tr-
il:. Yott and your, worthless Son' gig t
leave the fort. Remi:nnber,
kf you
are seen near the women
you willget `a brace of mr tet 1a`ouses
,sl:�:Y
broke in Sergeant Suar' ; voice; and
I realized the Matter
$ were cunning
as foxes and had se^ •'
proach and had r' nSed his silent ap
tion to blind
,taiftea.'t the •conversa-
1'',glu
"Sacro!" f'�
tBssed 31r1e5, to Wing and
stamping co the gates;
,sling and ;nnrnyling, father<
,on gained the shore, For soiree
DENTIST: tin', e after they had vanished from
Office Over Irk dna 'Store
u
Mms
sight I caught fragments of their
_ter falls in .with Jules and Basile IVIG*+_ oaths, and their solemn -vow's never
W r
M. D.
EhY sbian and ,Surgeon
Ii.
- •cs D. S. C..
Medica. •..�
--presentative Dt�1 e r Wm:
Phone' 54 ingha
Successor to Dr. W. R. Harnbly
DR. 1 REDMOND
Id:i2.G,s- (ENG.) I..R<G.P. (Load.)
PHYSICIAN A.NI) SURGEON
DR. R. L. STEWART
Graduate of University of Toronto,
,Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons.
Office in Chisatohn Block
Josephine Street. Phone 29.
DR. G. W. HOWSON
DENTIST
Office over John Galbraith's Store.
F. A. PARKER.
OSTEOPATH
All Diseases Treated
Office adjoining residence nest to
Anglican Church on Centre Street.
g
Sundays by appointment.'
Osteopathy Electricity'
Phone 272, Hours -9 a.m. to 8 p.m
A.R.&F.E.DUVAL.
Licensed Drugless Practitioners, Damoan arrives.
Chiropractic and Electro Therapy.:
x'raduates of Canadian Chiropractic "l3ut monsieur will be seen enter -
College, Toronto, and National Col i�xs my boat and leaving with us.
lege Chicago. Else that dog of a sergeant will shoat
Office' opposite Hamilton's Jewelry
Store, Main St. us all before we can : raise the sail,"
'OURS; 2-5, 7-8.3o p.m., and by mumbled Mattor, his fingers jerking.
appoatcLC t. convulsively as they touched the pis -
a' tt of [ownx irit¢� 1 4,4014 re -
attended to Alt %,,visLA: denSial, toles,
to sc
Biloxi '
for, on their way to Bil o Ktre
to enter the gulf again.
wives from a ship, the: Maire, :46ring Extinguishing the candle I threw
ing women front France, At Bxloxi
G myself on any robes in the corner and
waitedOutside ,the soldiers s chatted
lazilY> and. speaking with •Winch .free-
dom now that the governor was not
present to overhear.
Gradually those not on guard sure -
rendered to the, claims of'sleep and
went to the barracks. I crawled to
the Window and peered. out. The
Brampton: protects, a woman from a
sergeant's brutality: tty:. She tells him She
is Claire Dahisgaaixle,P
icked u in a
P
raid] in Paris: Evidently well bred and
educated, she is something of a mys
tery to , Brampton. He intervenes to'
1 prevent a ratan, English, known as
"Old Six Fingers," following her to
New, Orleans. A Frenchman,
Fran-
cois Narbonne, slightly demented by
1Stories he has heard of the riches of
the New"World, introduces .himself,
He is on his way to land he has
bought.'
Chapter TIT,-13ienville 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
fc ria er c m )anion D' 016 n the Fox
who will exonerate or condemn, hint,
Damoan has dociuneuts proving that
Bratiipton is an English Spy. 13ramp-
ton receives a message from Claire
l.nr rill liim to heli her reach the
S g1
English settlements.
Chapter IV.—Brampton trusts
Narbonne with a note to Claire pro-
mising to meet her at New Orleans.
IIe bribes the 'Matters to •help. him
escape. Before, it can be' effected]
Phones. Office -3oo; Residence 601-13. "I shall not go with you. Von will
enter your 'boat alone.'
J. ALVIN FOX
Registered Drugless Practitioner
• CHIROPRACTIC AND •
DRUGLESS PRACTICE
ELECTRO -THERAPY
Hours: 2-5, 7-8., or by
appointment. Phone x91
D. H. McINNES
CHIROPRACTOR
ELECTRICITY
Adjustments . given for diseases of
all kinds; we specialize in dealing with
children. Lady attendant. Night calls.
responded to.,
Office on Scott St, Wingliaan, . Ont.
Phone iso
•
•G OIGE A. SIDDAL
— BROKER
Money to lend 00 first and. second
mortgages on• farm and other real, es-
tate properties et a reasonable rate of
interest, alSo on first 1;'lrattel niort-
gages on Stock and on personal 'notes.
Afew farttls a)tt hand for sale or to
rent 00 easy tents,
Phone 73. 1,ucknow, Ont.
THOMAS FELLS
AUCTIONEER
REAL ESTATE ,SOLD..
Athoiott'lt knowledgre. of Farm
Stock,
Phone 231, Wingham,
"You alit!' free to go when and 'where
you will. 'Chey will see you start
hack to lake Pontchartrain. When
out of sight you will: go to ]:'ascot-
:tuula. ' You will carry these five Pis-
tules with you."
"Ah le bon Dieu!„
•
"And you will fish in the' bay until
sunset •tutnorrow, waiting:for me, to
overland and join You
;trill watch :for •mysmoke on'' the.
aitd 'came in drew, 1 will hold
both, arms high above, my head. 1
• will steal a canoe or swim for it. If
you set 103' sin'ike= hut dlo'slot see me
you twill knew' :you can wait until
dark before taking `int off, thus a-,
o.id int any risk of being seen help-
ing int."
'Then to fens dcolai,' whispered
Xfattur, ".313' soul is ;frightened, An
ere for an eye; says bit-
"'.l'he n you will receive Hten luorc
r,iStolrs,"
"Plunge rete into hell if that 'crunch
hard money is to be found, there!"
be gasped, "Good!' 1 will take this
ir.uncy. . \'Ve will go to l'ensatcola
with you, Nlonsicue, will bring the
rc .t of the rncpney r"
"I have it with lite now. sternen -
ler yOur sailing directions; make firr
t'lio ivoal, tht 11 1100b1t• hack and go td,
fishing 'hi Pascagoula ],say. Watc.lx For
rete to 0+intc: in'feire snitdc)we,,,
'Mei., icmiil .and if yon do x1111 come
, •
J. & A. W. IRWIN "11hd1l sail. back herr" with your fish
l k l\t''I'IS'9."S' • anti keel, the money,"
' " ion•;icur has won rete hoar]. 1
IceIVIacdottell
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WALKER,
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ti phones: ()Ulric, 30G, Resid, X24,
FURNITURE DEALER
and
Fi)N11I A,If DXI Ii.CTO.i
Motor Equipment
ii51I (011fAtliC ONTAR'I'
.1& 40,11"fnY 1111ifli,V,Id„ 1F„Iirr'„„i",ietHtht(M 10.1i
,c
streak fear any scrim ;IA 2<ir'1nyse11. 1 tell
v1ltr again, inoras1our, it: is lint for arc.
to say, if Yon hileve fevtI', 01' are sick,
from eating Poisoned fish, It 11 rio
USc, to tank about it. 'You Gree` better -
off in the ]rouse, We must go. They
rcfitsd' its tilt', s'tvicet company of wo-
men, 'f'Itcy have a llouae filled with
tennilelr,' rtntl 11 e refuse one frrt” Jtil;?ss
hhttone it brave pioneer foe Prerhlee--”
+'A red; (tree f+rri fl 'iild• lifattor,
Airy beart_.tightened as I watched
eine hands and noticed their peculiar
Krick of interlocking and pulling them
apart: ,1 was face to face with fate.
The corning of Bienville was all that
was needed to complete the situation.
I was gazing at the sardonic profile.
of Damoan the Fox,
CHAPTER V
The. False Trail.
He shifted his position so as al-
most to face •me, and, supposing 1
was about to be discovered,1 began
w sgan
drawing a pistol. He had seen no-
thing in my dark corner, however,
and ems merely uneasy.
He' twisted nervously in- his chair
and darted his keen gaze about the'
room, taking time with the window.
and closed door. Next he drew from
cassetete e a qor iron
his belt his asset c pique,
..
n table
tomahawk, and threw . it n thea
with, bang. hadinterfered:with
a Ua g It
his comfort. Then he slumped back p
and folded his arms and became c
_
tionless as an Indian in ambush.
As I watched for an opportunity to
take him unawares he'suddenly leap
-
fever!"
Iea)-
torch at the gate was extinguished, ed to his feet and snatching up the
ax and candle glided to door op -
figure
Within.a rod of my window was the I? t
tiling inexcellency's sleeping
of a man.,Nearthe door was cn >, to his c ce y S
peered room and threw it open and.. >e t.d
another. As they occasionally moved o1
inside: '
about I heard the rattle of tticir. ac- Obviously his woods instinct
was urging him tobe on guard, and
he was puzzled that the warring
should be so strong and insistent here
in the home of the governor. He
walked back 'to the table slowly, his
dart: face drawn into ferocious lines,
and clattered the ax on the board
and repeated his trick of continually
darting side glances—a trick learned
in the forest, when any tree might
conceal a foe. His attitude proved'
he. was conscious of being': watched
and that the affair must soon come
to a head.
He was now standing with his back
to .rne, and.I cane to my.feet noise-
lessly and stole to'the table. I think
it 'must have been some tremor in
the puncheon floor that warned him
he was no longer alone; for he faced
about, his hand at his belt where his
lax had hung. ,
For half a minute we stood there,
staring at each other; I with any fin-
gers resting on the table and touch-
t < ;.�.�r��rti ;.t°,• ing the handle of the:French ax; and
he with one hand clutching the em-
pty ax -loop. T will always give him
I Was Gazing on the Sardonic Pro -
credit for being a most consultaate
file .of. Damoan the Pox.
fever!" yelled a ,soldier,
Once more I sent the Fox against
the table, this .time knocking the can-
"dle to ,the floor, I stepped on it,
'plunging the room into darkness, and,
wrenching the ax from him, struck
where his head should have. been. I
bit hith, but with the flat side only.
Down he wept into. the upturned t:a
Ule, I dropped on all fours, and as
my ,foot hit th'e. • papers I secured
thein and tucked theta into rny shirt..
A streak of fire, and he had used
one of his pistols. •I leaped toward
the window"'and hurled the ax in his
direction. A ,snapping of wood told
Me the ax had smashed, a table -leg
or the chair. He fired his second pis
tot, but I was now' against the wall,
taking care not to pass before, the
winodw. I had located tiny niuslcet
and was making ready to fire when
the door burst open;
"Inhere,yen:. cowardly pigs!" yell-
ed the sergeant's., voice;' and I heard
him rush across the floor to where
Damoan should be standing.
The sergeant grappled with him,
thinking he was I, .and,a madman to
boot, for there was a stamping' and
strangled outcry, and, the Fox was
screaming::
"1Vatch the window! Don't let; the
English sPy "escape!"
By this time several soldiers had
crowded- into the room, allshouting
excitedly. As L leaped' to the ground
and ducked and dodged from side to
side a grin crashed in the room be-
hind me, and the clear voice of the
Fox was raised in orders for' the men
to give chase. I reached the gate and
there was no one to oppose my go-
coutrentcnts; and knew that despite
trey' claire, of being ill tiro sergeant had
posted guards. I'. wits wondering if
the.bach of the:house was also ,under
surveillance when a new nate caused
the two Men outside to steal toward
each outer; whispering excitedly. A
-Omar] had laughed outside the gate.
"She has left the house, Gaston,"
chuckled the • fellow nearest my twin-
"i!si rbieaul They have all left the
]lousel 'Hear the magpies! .What
fools! Suarez will be hearing :t.11eni.
Take a look at monsieur through the
window while 1: run clop -n to quiet
them,"
I stole • back to rely, .'ripener and
threw ntwself on rny robes and began
art excellent imitation of a roan ,nxut-
tering 'in his sleep, or while slightly
del'ir'ious. As I :mumbled and-tDS;ed
about I could discern a vague sltatpc
at t:heiviuddw and it knew the fall<:iw
was listening, greedily, He withdrew,
and I crossed the roots. ,T -lis prate
.was back fromquie,tin'g the, women,
and ,T was in time to hear thu sentin-
el sity: ,
"l're.easr' or fish,, the dd:vil has him1
in a iali ck ;pall. He needs' a guard
no More 1htt0..11 dad Natehc'Z,: Clime
flr1 ! _
The too stole toward Ow gate to-
Ectl„ur. There utas •sd,nie ' 'muffled
lattg]ttt1e and a guard's sibilant warn -
in i 'foe prudence, then tile, telltale
sounds gre. wfaiittc•r and I knew they
had, Withdrawn from the tate, Here
waS:lily chance 10 escape frottl 1110
fhrt and make for the •rendlevoriss at
Plscar-toula bay, T leaned from the
window and listened for further
sounds, then',ducictici back as a figure
:stole through the gate. Cursing the
sentinel for not staying with his
rlatcs, t hastily withdrew to my rt hos
Gild tbreW Myself. down,
1 loosened a pistol and lay i)n my
ni•
x<.
actor. As 'if he had just- recognized
me he came forward,. :both shin dark
hands outstretched, land his mellow
voice joyously crying:
".tiny friend!' My- friend! Ah, what
good luck! "1'Iy old comrade here in
Biloxi. But, rely medicine is strong!
vfy empty hands met his,. and we
stood there, smiling into each other's
faces.
"Damoan! How anxiously I have
waited- your coming.. 1 was asleep
in the career," I cried,
"And howimich swifter I would
have come had I known you were
here!" he fondly replied: ,"I reached.
the ,gate. 'The soldiers were at one
side, 100 busy 'With smile women to
see rete. :. conte here and find a can-
dle, and enter. Then behold! Like
some .apparition you are standing. be-
hind n'te!''
My eyes were staring ,at the right
breast of his hinting. shirt, where a
slight bulge suggested a packet of pa-
pers, The forced. cordiality of his
black eyes could not be slistained.
Deep in the depths of his gaze tii'irr-
lcle.d murderous little devils, There
was something in tiny teilsc staring
that caused his gaze 'lei drop, to see
if his limiting shill was ol,en. • And I:
:tensed a slight tiglrtenixtg of his ircin-,
like 'fingers, and 1 increased 01y own
pressure. 1 teas' the ]:heavier, but: ire
possessed as panther's quiekncss'wlllcb
1 ne ler saw equalled in ally num,
With a scream o.f rage 11'e threw aside
• all pretense and .attempted :l0 jerk
'late to nxy knees, 1 tore my left hand
free and smeared his eap down over
Itit tnottth, at tilt same tinge thrusting
111y foots:behind bis heel wird hurling
C
lrinl'bacl: ^acrd)„s the 'table,. 13uttitti;
rely head into his chest, I: got the
rich of his shirt between my teeth
aird tore: it •npem'. Thcli he knew what
1 was after, aiid seized rny loft wrist
and Wrenched it clear of his face,
Down went rely ltcad.again; this tittlo
llittin;g him, under'the chill 'aad driv-
'Thursday, February i4th, rec9
ing, which was well, for 1 passed
through with thebutt Of .my musket
poised ready for a drive against: the
first bead T could find.
'When 1 crawled up the east slope
of the ravine 1 could tell by the shout-
ing that nearly all' the soldiers Were
searching the shore expecting lei -find
inc epe me boat.
Abot'etrying theirto fooliscash confusion rose,
the mellow voice of the Fob, this
time in a peculiar cry, a signal. It.
was answered from the forest north
of the settlement by a long drawn-
out warwhoop, which .1 attributed
to some Choctaw. If Damoan hard
come to Biloxi with a band of Choc-
taw warriors, and could he set them
on my trail, my flight might easily,
end in a tragedy.
I worked back from. the shore to
avoid the marsh and held rely course
through." an intuitive sense of direc-
tion. Even Damoan the " Fox could
not follow me thio i,lg h the night un-
g
less he could keep near enough to
locate axe by sound. Naturally I was
startled when I heard a noise behind
me which • was never made by any
woods creature. It was ILS if some.
one had stepped on a wet root and
had slipped, . and had all but fallen.
Animals •do not carry themselves in
any such clumsy fashion. I1!Iy care=
less tread instantly became •cunning,
moccasin feeling the ground before
being .allowed to rest. Several, tines
I halted and lay in..wait, but whoever
was behind rite held back.
Had it not been for Mademoiselle
Dalsgaarde I easily could have made
Pensacola, and thence traveled north
to Savannah. As it would be. danger-
ous. to leave the grove until ready to
remake the Mattor's packet, I carne to
a halt and devoted my attention to.
crying needs—to learn if the careless
,, of the' night was still on my
'walker g Y
track, and to find something to .cat.
As I had the whole day before me,
and as from the grove I could keep.
watch for Mattor's sail on the bay, I
began looking about in hopes of find-
ing some squirrels to knock over with
1MY ax. Many a' time in the wood I
had remained motionless at the foot
of a tree until squirrels and other
small creatures mistook nie for a
stu np and played and quarreled about
my feet. I seated myself at the foot
of anancient oak to repeat the ruse.
Fifteen or twenty minutes I bad re-
mained
e=mained there, motionless; Hien some-
thing as noiseless as a shadow passed
by the opposite side of a tree. T be-
gan moving' around the bole until be-
hind the, newcomer.
To my great relief it was an Int
dian, a Choctaw. He would be going.
to the Paseagoulas' village and would
be sere to report any white man he
saw. I might be gone before any
French soldiers came to look me
and I might not, 'Phis thought sP.:°t'rt•:
nae back to cover. 1 rei'tember•ed tikat.
corn -pouch seemed to ,be weld-fil
lett.
Hunger won over discretion, and?,
1 stepped from behind the tree, and.
called out to him• --,"Ale!'' L-falb00�"
He stared at we stolidly,
"The White Indian,” he said.
I dict not recognize ]iiia, although
I scrutinized hint. sharply. There
were always Indians, Strangers to
coining and going at the French
posts, whowould remember every
white areae they saw.
"I ani the White Indian, and I area
hungry," I said,"approaching ]lila. "1
will buy your corn."
"It.is very good. Melted bear's fat
is poured over it," he said, promptly-
removing
romptlyremoving the pooch and. handing to-
me. ,
I dipped ptP i ed into it and found the par-,
c•hed corn. 'excellent and the hears fat -
fresh. After my hard travel it was
most palatable. .1. sat down and be-
gan eating, The Choctaw squatted
'
on his heels before 'axe, .an oppression
almost indicating :amusement lighting.
his
,eyes.
"What is your mark?" I asked,.
meaning his clan.
He stared :over rely head at :the•:
green branches for fully a minuute,-:
then answered,
"Long Claw collies From the Pan-.
tlreres: You are the. White Indian,
from 'Biloxi."
This startled me, and put .me on -
my guard, although I gave no sign;
as 1 nodded a careless affirmative.,
Itwould appear that the pews of my-
fight
yfight had kept up with me .
"You also come from Biloxi"" I
asked. He shook his head, saying:
sa ,in'a'
"Frons a hunter's camp north of
Biloxi. Two of my brothers live here
the. with Bread -Eaters.'
tall
"Did }'dxU.. SCC the Frenchman they
call the Fax pass your village on his
way to Biloxi yesterday?"
There •teas an almost imperceptible
flicker in his small eyes;, and without
waiting for the -proper' pause he im-
mediately shook his head.
"1 have: eaten nearly, all your corn,
and now I must pay far it," F insisted.
"There will be a big feast tonight.
and I shall have much' to eat," he an-
swered, teetering' back and forth on
his heels.
He was a clumsy liar: It is char-
acteristic of many red men 1 have
met to be as obvious as children when '
they try to deceive. 'Why would he
carry a pouch full if his-jotirneyfrom.
13iloti was to end with a feast at
Pascagoula bay} When he filled his
pouch' with cortf and bear's fat he had
expected to follow a trail which might
take him to Pensacola.
(To Be Continued)
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