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The Wingham Advance Times, 1929-04-25, Page 6Wellington Mutual Fire Irisr'Aix`ance Co;' Established x340 Head Office; Guelpl.,: Ont. Risks taken on all classe of insur- lance at reasonable rates. MINER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J J.W. DODD Office in Chisholm Block /IRE, LIVE, ACCIDENT AND. 'iiiEALTH INSURANCE — AND REAL 14'•STATE 0. Box 36o Phone 240 IIVINGHAM, _ ONTARIO J. W. BUSHFIELD , Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICI`T'OR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham,. Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR. O. 14. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE, M. D. Physcian and Surgeon Medica: :,,..tsesentative D. S. C. R. Phone 54 Wingham Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND .R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Loud.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. R. L. STEWART Graduate of .University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the. 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WThrQfAM ADVANCE -TIMES capo 46"Cir rcY 1011 tar __ ,® j4 b.-‘146�r' SYNOPSIS Chapter 1 -Travelling by canoe on the Missiissipp, on his way to 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 Bienville, French governor. CHAPTER II.—Brampton meets art old friend, Joe Labrador, Indian half-breed, who warns hire Bienville has threatened to hang him as a spy. Brampton refuses to turn back. He falls in with Jules .and Basile Mat - tor, on their way to Biloxi to secure wives from a ship, the Maire, bring- ing women from France. At Biloxi 1 Brampton protects a woman from 'a sergeant's brutality. She tells him she is Claire Daliisgaarde, picked up in a raid in Paris. Evidently well bred and educated, she is something of .a mys- tery to Brampton. He intervenes to prevent a pian, English, known as "Old Six Fingers," .following her to New Orleans. A Frenchman, Fran- cois Narbonne, slightly demented by stories he has heard "of the riches of ithe New 'World, introduces himself. He is on his way to land he has ibought. Chapter III.—Bienviile accuses 'Brampton of treachery, but the latter secures a respite from death by re- vealing the Natchez declaration of war He is to await the arrival of a former companion, Damoan the Fox, who will exonerate or 'condemn him. Damoan has documents proving that Brampton is an English spy.Bram P ton receives a message ;from Claire urginghim to help her reach the English settlements. Chapter IV.—Brampton trusts Narbonne with a note to Claire pro- mising to meet her at New Orleans. Hebribes the illattors to help him escape. Before it can be effected Damoan arrives: Chapter V.—After a struggle Bram- pton wrests the incriminating papers a ,err frorh Damoan and escapes from Bil- oxi. He meets the IVlattors and they rtale. for New Orleans in a sailing pa- cket. ChapterpVI'-is ' d1 At the landing peace Brampton again encounters Joe Lam - radar, whom he sends to bring Claire to hint. The 'girl arrives, Brampton questions her closely, but she will tell hint little of her history, With Lab- rador, Brampton and Claire leave in two canoes for the English settle- means, ettle-me ns, • Damoan follows them, and they barely escape' capture. Chapter VII.—Labrador leaves the fugitives, returning to New Orleans.. Brampton realizes that the girl,' city bred, and utterly unused to forest travel willrove a` terrible handicap P on tht.'ir way to safety. She tells him she is in dealy fear of "Six Fingers,.'. her companion on the voyage from France, but will not say why, Her air: of !ride under the circumstances 1 , surprises and amuses l3rantpton. From. the shore they can see Darnoao, with his Indians, pass in -Mimes. They Pols low, Chanter TX. --\t a ':anipin,c: place the fuenite: uiacounter Daincem and leis full. wcrs, They escape by the river, but at a forced landing are sur- prised by 'Damoan. Th three hien repel the attack, and Br inptr r..tar- ries off a lvoun(led man, believing lrii,i to be Narbonne, but who' proves to be Joe Labrador. Narbcniic i;', lef fighting, his death bein; certain, Chantel X.—'.Damoan had compel- led 'Labrador to accompany hito in hit', Pursuit of Bratnpton, but held hien as a prisoner. I.,abrador deludes "Six DRS. A. J. & A. \V IRWIN Fingers" with tales of gold ornaments (really 'copper, and of little value) D NTISTs til. ni , worn by Indians. Moved by pity as ' 111ee Maedo � . Vn g -well as love, Brampton asks. Claire to Leconte his wife when they retch saf- ety, She haughtily refuses, almost im- plying that the offer i$ an nr)ault.. They reach a village of Henna Ted- ions, wi(.h: whoiri !Brampton is friend- ly. He goes to the tillage and is prro- rriised protection by the chief. Oa- moan arrives; but is prevented from seizing i; rain pi on. The other mem- bers of th party join him in the vil- lalre, Chapter 'NT..—TIranxpton snakes' its vagenicnts to escape from tlhe'village A. J. WALKER U NITURE AND r`UNERAL SIi17zVI E A. J. Walker Licensed Funeral. Director and F,mbaltner. )fficc Phone 106. Res..1'hone 224, Assistant, TVI. Pear -Men .rccr si ;d -Embalmerd n 1}Ira e 1 ,5 1 �✓r gest Limousine b'uncral Coach.. to a Natchez stronghold. Labrador has his own reasons for not wanting to go there, and Claire has to be per- suaded. They•finallyy leave. • The Hu - seas arrange a feast, during which the body of a Hama "woman, murder- ed, and: with the hands' and feet cut off, is brought in. She has been kill- ed for her ornaments, supposed to be gold, by "Six Fingers." Damoan ac- cuses Brampton,. Admitting his guilt, "Six Fingers" is shot by Brampton as 'he is about to reveal the plan of. escape. As the door furnished the only light, and as the room was thirty feet square, I could not Make out the in- terior until the surf -Aare left my eyes. Then :I saw the Serpent and La Glor- ieuse, "The Proud•" As I entered slle swept by ere with barely a flicker of recognition in her cold face. Ola- ballcebiche carie forward and cordial- ly greeted nie, finding rife a stool, while he seated himself on the, edge of his bed. He clapped his hands, and a servant brought a pipe; which the chief lighted for me to snlol:c ceremoniously. After he had done likewise, he said: "The Proud One 'is grieving for the stead woman. • She was the •Proud One's sister." Had the s'ild war -whoop of the Choctaws filled the cabin I could not have been taken more by surprise. Theii carne disomy,' Outside was La Glorieuse, who had been demeaned when her sitter had married a tide- less Frenchman; and .outside was simple Joe Labrador and the dainty French girl. What a clash of eyes there would be should -red rneet white and the red behold her dead sister's Careless spouse daring to return. to White Apple in company with a i�liite Woman: "It is Many moons since the White Indian was here," the Serpent re- marked, eyeing me sharply. ' "Olabalkebiche, l: should have wait-` ct..1 until could bring d .gifts for• the Great Sun and his brother, but Choc- taw dogs have chased nie up the river, and I come here to be arn.ong-friends. "The Choctaws hunt so far as this?" he' cried, his hand closing on a big Tar -ah, a gift. from the French, "The man known at T)atnoan th'. Fox toads them," T replied. "He lea;..• t:e:mle nOW," "The whole Choctaw nation cannot harm you here. • My white brother is safe." re is' ' v woman i'lth nit', "'There n, ,a white vv. t neither English nor French, but lin to the English. I am taking herto the English towns far in the esat, be- yond the country of the Cherokees, "It is well," he said absent-minded- ly, "She will be safe` here. Now came the hardest portion of my task. I said' ."And' there is a white matt wii!1 mc, a Frenchman, but niy: brother. He in 1..abrador'," 'I:'lie Serpent's form elongated al- though lie slid not move from the bed, and his head swung' back and forth r erVonsly "Your friend took a Natchez veo- ran as his wife," he softly informs' ' file "'i'hat y'Vt)innn is dead."' "'He will be heavy o heartto learn "J -ie roust prove himself worthy of mating with a noble, a sister of the. Proud One." '1,'ucrubs tiy, , T icoi tly assured lriin, frantic to get outside and have a talk. with Labrador and agree epcm sonic plan' for immediate flight. T managed to close the interview Without sacrificing ceremony and po- liteness and hastened to find niy friends. When 1 came to the edge of the village iny roving gaze halted )i a dramatic Scene. Labrador sat on a log tearing at his long hair while La Glorieuse and mademoiselle faded each other, both declaiming in French, I heard Iia, Gloricuse jeering: "He was e rwcrihy to marry a Nat- eht:z 't oinany yet you take him for a husband.' "He is not °'tity htlsbandl" cried mademoiselle, "Mon Diets! What it terrible cr'cattire Sots, ate! 'Why do yott talk to tee? :[ would be alone, Have yoti no corn to pound; no mart's work 'to do?" "Yon will soem be alone as far as this French runaway is to be count- ed," ,!rinsed the Prottd One, throwing up her head gild stalking away. 1 stepped forward, Labrador groaned, ""'.sou know who' the dead woman is?" I aslcecl hint in Choctaw, , "The furious one las told nie. Mon Dieu! She says they, wait for me to ,Beset my hair and the strangled by four men at each end of the rope!" "Spealc in French, and he careful," I warned, observing, that mademois- elle was about to break bounds, lien taste for battle whetted by her .task with the : Natchez woman. In French I remarked: "There is to be a funeral tomorrow, I think we had better • start away be- fore then. Let us go. aside and talk it over." We shifted our position to the shade of some trees. The Natchez were watching us furtively'. 'They had witnessed the scene between the two women, and they • were curious, of course. They also knew that Labra- dor's return was likely to lend new interest tothe funeral. I:felt no 'cors cern for my personal safety; nor die! the Matter of the girl's escape press for lily, .immediate attention: Labra- dor's predicament, however, demand- eel prompt action. in Choctaw I told him: "They do not intend that you shall escape,"- Beforehe could reply the•.girl pas- sionately broke in with: "If I ani to Tliurs'day, April lath, 19.29' knew her influence would- be hostile' to 1110 end Labrador, With a few hurried Words to ray .friends I rose and made for the Serpent''s Cabin, As 1 reached the door the word -hearer" Came :out, importantly holding before him a Natchez white Pipe. Behind hint walked the woman, her dark face. lived with triumph. I had lipped the Serpent' would return a pipe ablaze with flamingo feathers, The Serpent 'froth his couch cor- dially invited nie to enter, • "You Send peace to the 'Huinas, who, are nothing but red Choctaws, and the friends 'of the French," I' said. He stared at ins thoughtfully, and after'a minute calmly replied: "I do not .ask white men what pipes I shall Send : to red hien. I was about to send back:the flamingo pipe. But La Glorieiise opened .my eyes. Why send a war -pipe to men of my own color, who want only peace? It.wotild be foolish. It is time enough to sencl thein a red ax when they .begin to help the French. ' "Damoan the Fox sent the Hunia With the pipe. Can my red brother tell me 'vliere the Fax is?: He is my enemy." I -Ie is near," was the-. evasive an- swer. "f have told hie he May come in .safety, That was the talk 1 sent with the pipe," "He is' "word -bearer for 'the Iron Hand," 1 reminded; and the Serpent had excellent cause : to remember Bienville and his masterful ways and his law of "an eye for an eye." "I do not fear the iron Hand, be- cause 1 clo not fear death. And yet T tell the White Indian that :this war against the French is not to my lik- ing. My brother, the Great Sun wishes it. I leive. my brother acid must, as war -chief, take the path. But I do not like it. The Chickasaws promised' the Great Sun much and .made nim see things in a dream, The man you ca11 the Fox sends a strong talk through the 'white pipe. I shall have him 'tell it to the Great Sun to- morrow after the woman' lies been buried" • "And if: the t tli .fur de soiod in the ::.rs of .the 1':.,.; Sun there will be ;1 seo ire;: The Young .Huma Carried a Long Calumet' Which .ir+Tas Decorated With the Feathers of a White Eag- le, Making it a Pipe of Peace. be treated as a cliild'I will withdraw. I was taught it was' not courteous, converse in an unknown tongue be- fore a friend," h a le the Iron hand demands my head?" "He cannothave it." "What if .he "asks that the woman be sent to Biloxi? "He cannot have her. She is your ri-'anrae." "Cal Iron: Hand have the man Lab-. rador?' "No!" It was explosive. Then al- most gently, although there were no Taking a sudden resolve, I. told he•: gentleness in his dark eyes "His face "Yon speak. with.,much sense. You are not a child. .I' will not keep is' fr-oni you. The ancient custoMeof the Natchez denranda that when a noble dies the surviving husband or wife shall die during the funeral ceremony, Our friend was the husband' of the woman who is to be buried tomorrow. The dead woman was the sister of 1'a Glorieuse,, the woman you had words with!' "Ciel! What a horrible people! T felt it in the air. That procession of painted men and women! ,Mon' Dieu! Poor Monsieur Labrador. Behold the forest, monsieur. Fly! Hole yous- self! . Now! Voila tout!" And she stemped.a small"moccasin imperiously and gesttn•ed for hini to roll, "Mademoiselle forgets it would be hard for our friend to hide from the savages except in the night. We must 1.11.11 cunningly mid ,not be impatient, T told hes'. "There is plenty of time:. Perhaps sometime during the day. If. not, then during the night. There is no danger for yott, or rile." , "I was thinking only of Miff," •she dolly replied. Oureonfe:reace was not landing stn anywhere except . into despopdency, arid 'I was relieved to witness a bus- tling activity down. the creek, where.il group of Natchez men,,sectited vitally ir-tetasted in something. 'I.'he group parted and was gazing at the grand - i son of" Stron >r flow, the ,T,-luma chief, a, 1'110 young .Minna carried a long calu met, which was (ICU) rated with the feathers 6f a white eagle, making it a Pipe of peace, 'the word -bearer took the pipe front him and started uiijth it toward the cabin of the Serpent. At that moment La Glorieuse came on thescene,barbaric and insolent, and with a glance read the situation, The I-Iumes, allies of both the French and the Gulf lioctaws, wet ; sending a t ic. C c, !, peace pine to the Natchez.. The wo- 'n•a.n questioned the :Elunia rapidly; then swiftly ran after the gaged word- bearer. Both T.abrador aitd 1 were,: consid- ering the sante gttcstions; Where Was Damoan?.. "What pipe would tooed Serpent',eturn? The minutes passed and 1 'Wonders ed what part"'`La Glorieuse was play- ing in the :drama inside the war•chicf's, cabin, Suddenly" I realised I was des- ing wrong to remain aloof when I • for Any Weatherf-for Eyery Dai!v Cuts down b d we, the colds - Helps tit.,;. - -- safe! . prevent �.'�III�R�iI�iparad Good for alb- Wo <derful 'for children Made by The Canadian Shredded Wheat Company. Ltd, will show iui feaa", I interpreted his; cryptic words `to mean my 'friend would die as a ,part of the funeral ceremony. I retired and :walked slowly about the village, trying to straighten out niy thoughts before rejoining 'niy friends.' English influence, working through the Chic!asaws,:had brought on the threat of war against - 'the French. Itwo.uld be most important newsao carry East should the Nat- chez back away from their bargain, More insistent was the fact that; Da- moan with all his cunning ivottld be freewithin twenty-four hours to walk around the village.' and ply his airs on the Great Sun. Although I trusted implicitly the. Serpent's assurances that the girl and I were safe i.' was most anxious to get away from the village before the Great Bun could be induced to recall the war -sticks from the Chickasaws. I depended upon the Tatter's friend. ship for the English -to help nie along my: journey to the English settle- rnents, and their hatred for Bienville would sorely prejudice them against my French friends, especially if .1-c told then. the Natchez refused . tri break away from their allegiance with the French.' In returning to my friends my at - tendon was attracted to a medicine- ' men seated before his cabin. He was le-sy n111 in:r vermillion as I; paused to dive him greeting. As the vermillion was not for war I knew it must be for the funeral ceremony. "Who is to ,wear the new red?" I. asked, r aftea respectful silence. 1 "'It, is to brighten the face of him who may be afraid "to die, His face shall show no fear," he mumbled,, bending low -over his task as a hint he would'talk. no more with nie., The new paint was intended:to cov- er any .pallor in Labrador's dark sour- tenancc. Ti 'i` -as a custom of tiie Nat- chez, this painting a victim's face, so' that none could say a cdward's death disgraced the noble dead..' (Continued Next Week.) CLIFFORD EXPRESS FOUNDER'. DIES Mr. Howard' Chester, founder of. The Clifford Express, died at his home in Coldwater on April 9th, aged:; 70 years. 1 -le sold The Express•. to the late James R. Aitchieson in 1896 and ' then went to Coldwater, where he established the Planet and which he has since conducted. In addition to being publisher of The :Planet. newspaper he was clerk and treasur- er of the village? and for many years was secretary -treasurer of the Co`d :eater 'Agricultural Society. Deceas- ed was born at Steyning, near Brigh- ton, England, and carie to Canada a lad of 13 in 1871. '6'� I �� Ir �� Y a l '.ax no �'j�j!�yy kl'l,16 � Iii ci$ dflw,t.EU4� Part of Nature's Plan She offers her healing herbs to stop suffering Fi1ien America x.'as wilderness, Indians' ' were using herbs successfully. From the Redmen, 50 years ego, ' ,James: Gallagher learned heshal secrets and compounded Gallaucl,c 11 •:1,a1 House-: hold Remedies, His famous Kidney Remedy has helped many a sufferer - from Rheumatism. fine, time -proved remedy, drawn• This n , i , > from the re heirt,. of Nature, ru., heihn and eltemses kidneys. Quickly stops bi lk ache, dizziness and other naggieg kidney and bladder ailments. Try it! 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Without the active business and professional men to supervise and govern these public institutions and undertakings p no, town could thbl rive. ho Is fanly Af ected Lavery citizen either i1.1 or about a town shoul:cl be concerned, in see- ing tore that they do their part in carrying on any good cause which may be promoted, either by financial or active support. Only in this way will any toWn prosper and develop as it ,should. ix ;_t k� y ire "i Iii promotion work your local paper takes the leading part, it is ai ,• worthy causes and philanthropic and patriot- iccvcl• the champion �><o y 1 � 1 .: g . But to function properly, and fall cayr out its undertakings. � �', Y natural prerogatives, it Must in turn have the financialo support Of the community it serves, When needing advertising or r ri'lated matter always first thick of IOW The ngham Advance,- Times .1111.19141 IM1110191M.R.