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The Wingham Advance Times, 1929-05-09, Page 6;gn Wellington Mutual Fire Tann e . Co. Insurance Established. 1840 Bead Office, Guelph, Ont. Risks taken on all Glasse of insur- xnce at reasonable rates, 1/41SNER COSENS, Agent, Wingham J. W. DODD Office in Chisholm 'Black ' FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT AND -_ TizALTH INSURANCE - AND RRA fi '.`STATE a- O. Box 36o Phone 240 ,1NGHAM,.ONTARIO J. W. '::USI-IFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc; Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, Wingham Successor to Dudley Holmes ANSTONE , R. �1% BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates Wingham, - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store H. W. COLBORNE, M. D. Physcian and Surgeon Medica: :....t,resentative D, S. C. R. Phone 54 Wingham Successor to Dr. W. R. Hatnbly DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (ENG.) L.R.C.P. (Land.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR. R. L. STEWART Graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians, and Surgeons. Office in Chisholm 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 next to Anglican Church on Centre Street. Sundays by appointment. Osteopathy Electricity Phone 272, Hours -9 a.m. to 8 p.m. A.R. & F. E. DUVAL Licensed Drugless, Practitioners, Chiropractic and Electro Therapy.` Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic College, Toronto, and National Col-, lege Chicago. Ai(OURS: 2-5, 7-8,30 p.m., and by appointment. Aft of town and might calls re -1 ,,, soraded to..Alll beigaess a aificlentiai. Phones. Office 300; Residence 6o1-13. J. ALVIN 'FOX Registered Drugless Practitioner CHIROPRACTIC AND DRUGLESS PRACTICE ELECTRO -THERAPY Hours: 2-5, 7-8:, or by appointment. Phone tot. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR ELECTRICITY Adjustments given for diseases of gall kinds; we specialize in dealing with children, Lady attendant. Night calls responded to. Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont. Phone iso GEORGE A. SIDDAL - BROKER — Money to lend on first and, second mortgages on farin and other real es- tate properties at a reasonable rate of interest, also on first Chattel mort- gages on stock and on personal notes. Afew farms on hand for sale or to rent on easy terms. Phone 73. Lit cknow, Ont. THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD Athorough knowledge of Farm Stock Phone 23X, 'Wingham RICHARD B. JACKSON. AUCTIONEER Phone 613r6, Wroxeter or address. R. R. 1, Got i ie. Sales conducted any- where and •satisfaction . guaranteed. George Walker, Corrie, can arrange dates. DRS. A. J. & A. W. IRWIN DENTISTS .Vitt Maedottelt 1 Erin h, Witia.gha#1u A. J. WALKER FURNITURE AND FUNERAL SERVICE A. J. Walker Licensed Funeral Director and Tsn1balnter, ' Office Phone 106 Res. Phot 224. 1..ates: Lim.oi.isine Funeral Coach. 411. -A 77-lae Or BY II Pet:dexter war2115Selin A . r' =WV' 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 an old friend, Joe Labrador, Indian half-breed, who warns him 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 Brainpton protects a woman from a sergeant's brutality. She tells him she is Claire Dahlsgaarde, picked up in a raid in Paris. Evidently well bred and educated, she is .something of a mys- tery to Brampton. He intervenesto prevent a man, 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 the New World, introduces himself. He is on his way to land he has bought. Chapter III.—Bienville 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 Damoan has documents proving :that Brampton is an English spy: Bramp- ton receives a message from Claire urging him 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. He bribes the Mattors to help him escape. Before it can be .effected Damoan arrives. Chapter V.—After a struggle Bram- pton wrests the incriminating papers from Damoan and escapes from Bil- oxi. He meets the Mattors and they start'for New Orleans in a sailing pa- cket. Chapter Vi— At the landing place Brampton again encounters Joe Lam- rador, whom he sends to bring Claire to him. The girl arrives. Brampton questions her closely, but she will tell him little of her history. With Lab- rador, Brampton and Claire leave in two canoes for the •English settle- ments. • Damoan follows then., 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 forent travel, will prove a terrible ,handicap on their 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 ofride nder"the circumstances, , surprises and'amuses Brampton. From the shore they can see Damoan, with his Indians, pass in canoes. They fol- low, Chapter IX, At a :'aniping° place i'trc fuitnivee encounter Damoan and his followers. They escape by the river, but at a forced landing are sur- prised by Damoan. The three then repel the attach.,, and l;rariiiti rcar- rief off a wounded man, believing him to ie Narbonne, but who, proves to be Joe Labrador. " Narbonne is ler fighting, his death being certain. Chapter 'N,—Damoan had compel- led Labrador to accompany .hitrt in his pursuit of Brampton, but held i stn as a prisoner. Labrador deludes "mix Fingers" with talesof gold ornaments c f little value (really copper, and a c 0 ) worn by Indians. Moved by pity as well as love, Brampton asks Claire to beeom.e his wife when they reach :;tf- ety, She haughtily refuses, almost itt1i plying that the offer is an insult. They reach a village of Huma Ind- ians, with whom I3rampton is friend- ly, He goes to the village and is pro- mised protection by the chief. Da - moan arrives, but is :prevented from seizing 33rantpton. The other meat bers of tit party join him in the vil lige, , Chapter <i,--1 ranifpton makes ar- r t t f thevillage to a Natchez stronghold. Labrador Lias his own reasons for not wanting. to go there, and Claire has to be per- suaded. They finally leave. The Hu - Inas arrange a feast, during which the body of a Hunia woman, murder- ed, urder 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. Chapter XI1.—The fugitives reach. the Natchez village safely, and are welcomed. They find an'Indian wo- man dead, and according to custom her husband, must die with her, The woman's husband is Joe Labrador. Knowing Damoan will follow them, Brampton arranges for protection of Claire and himself, and the escape of Labrador. Chapter XIII.—Claire and l3ramp- ton get away from the Natchez vill- age and join Labrador, .who is great- ly distressed. He fells he should have died, according to tribal custom, with his dead wife. The three are over- taken by Damoan and his Indians. In the ensuing fight,Labrador receives a• death wound, but Brampton kills •Damoan in single combat and after driving off the pursuers be and Claire, agemen s o nseape from trp_ . g W INGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES that Labrador had gone away, 1 bandaged my leg and shoulder, hurt in the fight, and we covered a quarter of a mile when we ran into a band of Chickasaws, who had been at- tracted by the gunfire, I told then t of the battle and gave Joe all the credit except for the men in the trail, They hastened on to gather the scalps. and to leave a hieroglyphic picture carved on a tree by joe's grave which would keep his resting -place undis- turbed for .all time so far as the red men were concerned. CHAPTER XIV One Line From Mademoiselle.. The Chickasaws provided an escort until we were well within the Chero- kee country. Mademoiselle never spoke of the past,'of the time when we first met on Ship Island, or of her life in France, \Vliatever half -formed impressions I had entertained regard- .m, Iw iny Thursday;, May Oth 19211 ing her lifeoverseas were washed away by the murmuring current of the Cherokee. Sometimes she was a child; sometimes a woman, and which- ever her snood there was a satisfac- tion that .amounted to happiness in seeing her before the evening- camp- fire and in 'knowing that she was. be hind me in the light bark canoe. This feeling of contentment in her pre- sence grew upon me amazingly as we finally drew toward the end of the journey. One, night, with the Cherokee es- cort- chanting some medicine -songs in their nearby camp, I gave way to an impulse, and bending forward . ,to watch her thoughtful face through the sinoke of the fire, 1 said: Once down the river I asked you something, Mademoiselle Dal�lsgaarde I wish to repeat that offer when we. reach Koine." "Home?" she whispered, lifting her head and staring at me strangely. "1 wish to make it home for you," 1 awkwardly; explained. She smiled sadly and lifted a Band to prevent further talk of the kind, and firmly Said: "That is all finished, my friend. We Will not speak of it more.", aided by a band of Chickasaw In 'rins second refusal left the feeling dians, take the trail to safety. entirely different than had the first. It dawned on me that my proprietor - My musket was empty and my Pis ship was about to end; that the days tol missed fire. I hurled the pistol of x sly arranging for her comfort were into a savage's_ face and grappled with Damoan. I, heard Joe's pistol explode so close it deafened 'me; and in the first gyration with Damoan I nearly tripped over' the beggar' Joe had shot. He was now clubbing his musket and two Choctaws were trying to get in- side his guard With -their knives., The man I had knocked down with iny pistol now slashed at my legs with his knife.. 1 sent•the heel of my 'moc- casin into his face, but lost My grip ori Damoan, who leaped to.help his men finish Labrador, thinking to. do this and have the help of the two Min a last struggle with me. I jumped, after him just as one of the savages received Labrador's iron- shod musket between the eyes, his head caving in like an eggshell. But the other, hinged in with his knife and left it sticking between poor Joe's ribs. I had raised iny ax to do for. Damoan, but even as it started to de scend I shifted my aim and caught L_abrador's slayer fair on the scalp - lack so that he fell beside his victim. And then Damoan was on my back. The sight of poor Labrador, \vatch- ing our struggle with dying gate; gave me the strength of several men. I must finish with Damoan and re- ceive my friend's last words. My left arm was behind th:e fellow's neck. He was trying to get at his knife, 1 gave him a chance for,the sake of getting my right wrist under' his chin, .He grunted with 'joy as he'pulled his blade free, and I gave a pull and Nish' and snapped'1ns neck in a Most tidy fashion before he could even send his point through' my shirt. Labrador stared to one side and I wheeled in titne to behold the savage I had twice knocked down raise on one knee to hurl an ax.. I dropped and carne up with a dead:ma-it's ax: and chopped him to the chin. There was. a gleam of applause ran Labrador's eyes as I gained his side, ° "-Red,rings on a - red pole," he mut- tered, referring• to the Natchez style of counting referring.. "Get, the girl away. Don't stop to 'bury me, There tray be More of them," "You shall be buried if there were a.Million," I panted. r i herat- hewas go to but I thought C ! , lied and whispered: "My wife was a better woman than I was man. She will understand. She was very wise for a red woman. Ab;. those Natchez) I scalped Damoan, as' I had pro- tniised him, 1 should do, and stuck his' hair to a tree with his own knife, Then I went back and comforted the girl and told her she must remain in the tree for a bit longer;. this last, that she might not discover the bloody plight I was hi. Returnpng to the scene of the fight I dug a grave with my knife and,buried Joe, Mademoiselle wept bitterly when I rescued her from the 'tree and told her "I am crazy," I cried, rising and. backing from the fire. "I am a fool, and am making the finish of, your journey very unpleasant," "If you believe what you said . I shall be proud to marry you to prove my gratitude," she niurmdred, "That would wrong both of us.; • I. love, and must have love in return, or nothing, ..I am a very foolish man, mademoiselle, I3ig men 'often are. Give sue Indians to fight each day and [ am normal. ' Leave me to 'amuse myself, and I am .a fool. You will tiny to forgive me and forget it all. I walk overto question the Chero- kees about the mountain pass we en- ter tomorrow." "Just a moment, Monsieur," she hurriedly said. "If some time—after this is all over—you feel .the same as yonseem to :feel now you may tell in e." With an unconscious return of the gtande dance air she lifted her head high, and gravely added: "You :havemy permission:" Pride? She was made up ,of pride, from her toes to her braided yellow hair. Why? Who could say? Cer- tainly not I. Her lapses into the im- perious were both irritating and fas- cinating. Such a high bearing vias an absurdity, and yet it placed, an air up- on her which would make most men covet her. As I retreated to the Cherokee fires I' knew try dreams were ended and that the quicker. :1 submitted my reports and returned to my work the better it would be for my peace of mind:` i' * * $ f 4 I took her to Charles Town, as all the planters were there, • or on the neighboring islands for the hot sea- son to escape the fever, and presented her to some family friends as a French refugee., Then I left -her, our parting .being in public and on the surface showing ;n_othing, and I was off for. the North to finish my busi- ness and get acquainted with my own peope. '\,\ghat with official business' in North Carolina and Virginia, and a request that I go to Pennsylvania and tell the Quakers all 1 had learned, it was several months before I could relax in the hcnnc of pry people. New Year's day found the moping about the plantation, trying to avoid intru- soon over. If I had been prompted by :: r.;; on a young squire Who was an ex.tgg gr '. atesense of ch,ruri I frantically in love with my little sis- duty ;, :en T i.t,. , ,..;ue her to take my name at least I had not been down -cast by her refusal. Hertears, had forced the offer from ine. This, my re-entrance into:the'forbiddensub- ject had no such unselfish incitement. My face must have grown very long, or else my trick of pulling at my beard gave her the suggestion. For she said: on the way. I ran to the stables, "In -leaving it once for all I will bowling over the young idiot who 6 say this to monsieur, even though it ter. A black boy brought me a seal- ed message' from town, which • bore any .full name on the „outside. Open - Ing it I read: • "Monsieur le Savage Blanc. It may be I shall soon be sailing for France. C D." The note bore no date and there was no knowing how long it had been was daft about my sister, and secured my horse. (Continued Next Week.) is ntt maidenly to speak of it further. You pitied a poor girl who was en- tirely unknown to you. You heeded her plea to be taken North when you had all you could do to .save your own life, Her :company has forced you into many dangers and has 'cost you a dear friend. It 'has greatly:de- layed'your arrival home. In addition to all this, through your sense of duty you offered marriage to this waif, who has no fainly, no history. Mon'- sieur, you have exhausted 'alt -the sac- rifice the most tender of heart could be called upon to Make. I won't try to thank you with words; but toy heart will always thank you." "I don't ask for any thanks,"/I glumly replied. "That other time, you spoke of your pride, 'of ;pride stand- ing between us." "A pride that forbids me allowing anyone to make every sacrifice for me," she evasively corrected., "I did trot read your belts'tiiat way" I doggedly retorted. "Belts?" And her hands fieww to her girdle; "Your talk," I interrupted, "The Pride you ineatit was that which one feels when thinking an inferior is making advances." }Lir face was as scarlet its the nor- thern maples when the frost lays on the, vernxillion. She tried to be an- gry, and there was a flash in her eye that bespoke a shrewd ieinper. "Claire Dahlsgaarde, a nobody; sit proud she feels hurt when an honest gentleman offers her- marriage? Oh, la, 1 J Surely some English as well as all the Drench believe in fairy stories "It is what I believed then," I in- sisted, refusing to be laughed out of the notion, She sighed and said: "If such an iniposgibe could be, then the woman must be crazy.w, "I' believe it. 1 can now see you, as you looked then, There was no mis- taking your snood. Yost felt alnuast instil tett*" "Mott Dien, ll+l;onsietirl" she wailed,' "I say it," " Stoplli' site conp.ntanded, rising and:; standing in the smoke of the fire to . stare into my disgruntled eycs, r"if you really believe such a madness, monsieur, and rally wish tire, for your wife" SCOUTS' MEET AT WHITECHU•RCH Fred Lott Presented' With; Silver Cross for Gallantry at Large Gathering With sixty Boy Scouts and Leaders from Kincardine, Brussels and White- church and a large number of Scout parents and friends of the latter Troop present, Scout Fred Lott of the 1st Whitechurch Troop, was pre, seated with', the Silver Cross for gal- lantry by District Scoutmaster D. L. Young at that village on Thursday night of last week. Last summer a number of boys swini.rning in the Maitland River sines one, Coulter by name; suddenly sunk in a deep hole. Scout _- t immediat- ely `went to his rescue, but being a poor swimmer himself was 'tunable to reach the drowning boy. , Going back to: the bank Lott took a brief rest and made a second attempt to resuce Coulter. This time he succeeded in grasping him as he came up and swimming, pushed him from behind to the bank and safety. : For this brave act be was awarded the Silver Cross by the Board of Honor of the Boy Scout Associatioh. It was a happy gathering in .the Women's Institute hall - at White- church. Rev. Mr. Pollock, president of the x. r.00p committee, acted as chairman and ,presented the following number's: Recitation "Are You Play- ing the Game," by Scout Bill McNair, Kincardine;; Skit, "Thought Reading," Scouts Ronald McCullough and Ed Sutherland, Kincardine;; chorus by the 13russels Troop, entitled "Smiling"; Recitation, "To a Canadian," Scout L Sawyer, Kincardine; address, which included a comic sketch, by Scout- master Rev. Fowler, of I3russels. It was:at this point in the programthat the, D S.M. gave an address on Scout- ing and made the presentation. to Scout Lott. Character song, "Old Black Joe," Brussels Troop; Skit, 'The Secret of the Trunk," Kincar- dine Scouts; "Sharpshooting," a"farce act by Scout Burchell of Brussels; inouthorgan selection by Scottt Jack Savage of Kincardine. The next :lumber was the presentation of a number of badges to the Whitechurch Scouts by Rev. Mr. Pollack, and the investing of a new Scout by Scout- master Fells of that Troop. Skit, "Men's Deeds .Live After Them," Kincardine Scouts; Skit, "Mind Read- ing," Brussels Scouts, Following' the program the ladies served a bounteous lunch to which all I1A.:w.•�n, x11 u. i.w l: w•:+:.r Some ST ELE. IGGS' Brands that are ideal for all kinds of stock feeding. 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