THE TURNER TRIBUNE
VO L.
Vili.
T I R N K I I , OKKIIOX, Ti lUltS DA V,
INCOME TAX OVER BILLION
Guvrrnmrnl PJ2I Collections Amount
OF CURRENT WEEK
to Total o f JH.420.Mi2.43H.
Washington, It. C.
- Tho treasury
collected Income uud profit taxes from
COMPILED
FOR
YOU
calendar year 1921. receipts from this
-ling I I t.'n.'olj,| is
A statistical report made public
by the bureau of Internal revenue
shows that such revenue decreased
approximately 11 J64.044.U04 from 1824
while there was a reduction of about
Coo,404 In tho number of persons and
firms making returns.
Of the total returns filed 6.(62.176
were by Indlvldusls.
Iti-durtlens In tho amounts of tsxos
paid and the number of returns filed
ns compared with 1820 extend all
along llie line from the persona pay
lug (axes on Income of 11444 to the
maximum class of one million dol
Isrs or more. Thera were only 21
In the latter class In 1821, while In
lt'20 the records show 2] persons ad
milted having Inromes of “ one mil
lion dollars and over."
Detailed figures disclosed that 12 of
the ¡1 paid taxes un Incomes between
tl.04u.000 and 11.640,004, and none re
ported Incomes between a mllllna and
a half and two million.
I,
ÍWSH.
N O .
France, Belgium and Italy Agree
on New Move.
AMERICA OFFERS AID
Baker.— A sliver gray fox farm Is
the latest enterprise to l>e launched
In Baker valley, plans for which are
now definitely arranged.
Hillsboro.—J. T. Young of this city
has received a 65-year Oddfellow Jewel,
having been a member of the lodge
for more than 66 years. He Is the
[on ly one In Washington county to re­
ceive this honor and Is one of 20 In
the slate.
By JO H N FO X, Jr.
O F F FOR V IR G IN IA
came more furious and once Ersklne
saw a [file-brown arm thrust from be­
hind the lodge end place u j .
tii«
feet of Black Wolf, who gr
i and
drank deep. One by one the braves
went to drunken sleep about the fire.
The fire died down and by the last
flickering flame the lad *nw Black
W o lfs chin sinking sleepily to his
chest. There was the slightest rustle
behind the tent, lie felt something
groping for his liands and feet, felt
the point of a knife graze the skin of
his wrist and ankles— felt the thongs
loosen and drop apart. Noiselessly,
Inch by Inch, he crept to the wall of
the tent, which was carefully lifted
for him. Outside he rose and waited.
Like a shadow the girl Early Morn
stole before him and like a shadow he
followed. In a few minutes they were
oy the river-bank, away from the
town. The moon rose, and from the
shadow o f a beech the white woman
stepped forth with his rifle and pow­
der-horn and bullet-pouch and some
food. She pointed to his horse a little
farther down. He looked long and
silently Into the Indian girl's eyes and
took the white woman's shaking hand.
Once he looked back. The Indian girl
was stoic as stone. A bar of moon­
light showed the white woman's face
wet with tears.
Grauts Pass. The Tokay grape crop
«T X O P S IA -T o
ths Kentucky
l ’aria’ Consent Involvrs (Juration o f of the Grants Pass district again, is
wlldernres outpost commanded by
and I'srtflc North weal, and Other
Jerome Bandera. In the time Imme­
moving, after having been held up by
Arrrptanrr o f Divorce o f D rill«
diately preceding the Revolution,
the rain for several weeks.
The
I hing. Worth Know tag.
come* a white boy fleeing from a
From Meeting.
seventh car of grapes went out Satur­
tnbe o f Shawnee» by whom he had
been captured and adopted aa a eon
day, billed fur Portland, where the
o f the chief Kahtoo. He is given
m ajority of the grapes have been sold.
shelter
and attracts the favorable
T w o lam llta held up tbo Dlamaut
London
France. Belgium and Italy
attention o f Dave Yandell. a leader
Jewelry company In Kanaaa City Wed
T oled o.- During the last week two
among the settlers. Ths boy warns
have accepted the British Invlution
o f ths coming o f a Shawnee war
»«■ d ay aud escaped with I t traya of
tim ber deals In the Siletz district of
party. The fort Is attacked, and
for a reparation conference, with tho
dlamotida valued by Sam Dlamant.
only
saved by the timely appear­
this county were consummated, total­
understanding that It shall take the
ance o f a party of Virginians. Ths
ow u«r of tbo ator*'. at $40,000.
ing an exchange of $94.000 for about
leader of these Is fatally wounded,
form of a committee of experts under
but In hts dying moments recog­
The dlaaolutlon of tbo Cement Manu
1000 acres of excellent fir and spruce.
nises ths fugitive youth as his eon.
the authority of the present Interallied
fui turer»' aaaortatlou on tho ground
At Red Oaks, plantation on ths
Sheridan —A large cash land deal
that It waa a Irtut waa ordered by
reparations commission.
James liver.
Virginia. Colonel
thfit forecast Important tim ber devel-
Dale's home, the boy sppeare with
Judge Kuos In United Hlatea district
America's decision to lend her ¡.d u y iiK ji muj ccmpleted th.s week In
a message for the colonel, who
court of New York Tueaday.
after reading It Introduces the
vice and cooperation In the confer the transfer o f 264 acres of stock and
bearer to his daughter Barbara as
All tho passengers of the Coiled
ence seems to haro lifted Kurope timber land to D. C. Kirby, local mill
her cousin Krskine Dale. Ersktne
meets two other cousins. Harry
operator.
The
deal
waa
said
to
have
Trull rompany'a ateatner Kan (ill,
Dale and Hugh Willoughby. Yan­
WWkhlnxton. D. C. — Statistics Just out of the slough of depression.
beun the largest all-cash deal of this
dell
visits Red Oaks. At the coun­
whlrh la aabore o ff the Nicaraguan completed hy the Internal revenue
Secretary Hughes' prompt and de­
vicinity reported In several months.
ty fair at Williamsburg Krskine
roa»l, are »a fe ly on board the »ante bureau for the year 1921 shows that cisive response to Marquis Curzon'^
meets a youth, Dane Orey. and
there at once arises a bitter antag­
rompany'a ateamer Taatoerea.
taxes were paid to the federal govern
John Day.— Mount Vernon vicinity
plea for American assistance has
onism between them.
Orey, In
liquor. Insults Krskine. and the lat­
T b « paymaater of mine No. 1 of nient on hut on « net Income of 16. given Impetus to a situation which has la astir since the burning of the Range
ter.
for
the
moment
ell
Indian,
uou.oou
or
more.
That
Incoma
was
schoolhouse,
which
is
the
second
struc­
the Southern Coal. Coke A Mining
draws hie knife. Yandell disarms
heretofore been marked by utter In ture to be destroyed there In the past
company
waa held
up In
Hell not reported by John I> Koekefeller
him. Ashamed. Krskine leaves Red
Oake that night to return to the
villa. III., Tuesday by six outlawa and In fart. If statistics count for anything, erlla and for the first tlmo British year. The first was due to Incendiar­
wilderness. Yandell. with Harry
robbed of $14.600, The bold up occur the net Income turned In by Mr. Roche officials begin to see a rift In the ism. It Is believed. Bloodhounds sent
and Hugh, who have been permit­
feller
for
1921
was
only
somewhere
here
from
the
W
alla
W
alla
peniten­
ted to visit the Sanders fort, over­
rod aa the paymaater stopped from a
mists which so long enveloped the
take him. At the plantation the
Again Dave Yandell from a watch-
tiary have given the officials a new
streetcar The robbers escaped In an between 11.000.000 and 11.600,000.
problem.
boy had left a note in which he
tower saw a topknot rise above a patch
clew.
This
fact
caused
much
surprise
be­
automobile.
gave the property, which Is his as
o f cane, now leafless and winter-bitten
Am erica’s voice stressing (he Imper­
cause It had generally been conceded
the son o f Colonel Dale's older
— saw a hand lifted high above It with
Salem.— In an effort to prevent the
Twu men walking tandem on a pair that one of four net Incomes of |6,- ative need of finding a suitable (man
brother, to Barbara. The party is
met by three Shawnee*, who bring
a palm of peace toward htm. And
spread of diphtheria In the Knglewood
of specially constructed water ski 040.000 or more returned the previous
rial plan to prevent economic disaster
news to Ersktne (s h o w Indian
again an Indian jouth emerged, this
district, cultures of throats of all pu­
walked arroaa the bay at Oakland. year, 1920, represented Mr Kocke-
name Is White Arrow) that his fos­
time leading a black horse with a
In Kurope. found prompt echoes In pils and teachers in the schools there
ter father. Kahtoo. is dying and
C a l, Wednesday, negotiating tbo SH feller'a Income. Henry Ford and hla
drooping bead. Both came painfull;
Paris. Brussels and Romo and before will be taken this week by local health
desires him to come to the tribe
miles between San Francisco and wife and Mr. Ford's son Edsel Ford
and become 1ta chief. A fter a brief
on, staggering. It seemed, from wounds
It became known late Saturday after- authorities. This action has the sup­
Weatern Pacific Itallroad company and hla wife, were supposed to have
visit to the fort Krskine goes to the
or weakness, and Dave sprang from
nun at the British foreign office that port o f the state board of health, the
tribe.
He
finds
thers
a
white
wom­
pier In three hours 31 minutes.
turned In two o f the other record In France, Belgium and Italy had all ac­
an and her halfbreed daughter.
members of whlrh are co-operating In
Early Mora, and saves the woman
A piece o f pipe protruding from the comes In 1920. Tho Identity of the cepted tho principle of an advisory
from death. He tells Kahtoo he la
the work.
bed of a dry creek In Montectlo, Cal fourth Income return was In doubt. It conference of experts.
with the Americana against ths
British. An enemy. Crooked I.lght-
brought death to Helen Ireland. 1« la pretty well established b f the ata
Salem.— H. S. Gile A Co. has receiv­
Whllo the British authorities would
nlr.g. overhears him. Kahtoo sends
tlstlcal
tables
Issued
recently
that
the
years old. Wednesday night when a
have preferred a full conference of er) an order tor 600 cases of evaporat­
Ersktne to a council where British
b lrv e le which ah* w ee riding leaped Incomes of the Fords, father and son. uilnlsteia to Itqnldate the reparation ed prunes from Calcutta. India. These
envoys meet Indian chiefs.
Dane
Grey Is there, and the bitter feel­
from tbo road and plunged with her dropped to about 12.000,000 to 24.000. troublos, they hope the preliminary prunes w ill be parked in 2 H pound
ing is intensified. Crooked lig h t ­
ooo each In 1921. as compared with conference of experts w ill lead to a cans and labeled with the Hunter
over a bluff Into the crook bottom.
ning denounce« Erskme as a trait­
or and friend o f ths Americans.
over 15.000.000 In 1920.
larger conctl o f allied and American brand of (he W illam ette Valley Prune
W'llllam F. ("W h lte y ” ) Horelng and
The
youth escapes death by flight.
W hile the business depression In statesmen.
association. Similar orders bare been
Reaching his tribe. Ersktne finds
David Welasman. convicted Saturday
1921 rut deeply Into practically all of
hla enemies have the upper hand.
France's consent to enter the ad­ received from France and many other j
of complicity In tbo robbery o f 11.104.
He la held aa a prisoner, waiting
the huge personal Incomes and also visory conference o f experts will >n foieign countries.
only for the arrival of Crooked
000 In securities from an armored
reduced net taxable Incomes returned voire the question of acceptance ol
LJghtnlng. to be burned at the
mall truck In St. I.oul» April 1. W ed
stake.
by corporations hy more than $3,600,- the American principle that later I Grants Pass.—The Oregon caves re­
nesday were sentenced In federal
040.000 from the total reached In 1920, allied debts and German reparations > sort has beeu closed for the season.
court to 14 and IS years' Imprison­
the almost sensational fa ll in the must lie divorced, a point upon which I' will open again May 15. The entire
C H A PTE R IX — Continued.
ment respectively.
Koekefeller Ineome from more than Prem ier Poincare heretofore has dll | staff has been withdrawn and the
— 10 —
| liaise boarded up lo withstand the
Mrs Florence II. T ully waa grant 15.ooo.ooo to not more than 11.500.000
tired from Great Britain and the Uni
“ She will not burn. Some fur traders
snows
of
this
winter.
A
total
of
14.-
ed a divorce In the superior court In was n subject of much comment. Of ted States.
have been here. The white chief Mc­
19 visitors went through the caverns
Im » Angeles Monday from James Tut course the actual Income of Mr. ftocke
Gee sent me a wampum belt and a
France will also have to face the
ly, novelist and ex pugilist, on the feller largely exceeds either of the question of reducing tho amount of l.ls summer, exceeding the estimated talk. His messenger brought much
ten
lance
by
about
2000.
grounds of desertion. Iter husband figures given and It should be under Indemnity expected from Germany un
fire-water and he gave me that"— he
told her he waa leaving her. she said, stood that net Income aa used for tho der the Verslallles treaty, which in
pointed to a silver-mounted rifle— “ and
tl> d River.— The crews of the Gll- I promised that she should live. But
because " I must write, and to write government statistics does not Include the past has been fixed at 6.600,000,
pi Construction company, engaged on ■ I cannot help yon." Ersktne thought
1 must have quiet and peace."
Income from lax exemptions and other ooo iMiund sterling or 132.000.000.000
th< interstate bridge over the Colum­ quickly. He laid hts rifle down, stepped
William K elley, a messenger fur the Income upon which government tax is gold marks. This sum. and the quos bia here have made rapid headway | slowly outside, and stretched hts arms
lion of granting a moratorium to Ger­ the last week because of the tine j with a yawn. Then still leisurely he
Manufacturers Trust company, New not payable.
The slat isl lea aa compiled and pub many were the points which led to
York. Wednesday was shot and nor-
weather. Perfect calm prevailed and moved toward hts horse as though to
lously wounded by four armed bandits, llahcd hy the government do not in tho failure o f tho last expert bankers' no wind up the Columbia interfered take rare o f It. But the braves were
who accosted him as he was deliver­ elude the names o f tho persons report commission o f which J. P. Morgan was with their crews engaged in sinking too keen and watchful and they were
not footed by the fact that he had left
ing 124.000 to a concern In the upper Ing net Incomes, but they do classify a member.
piles or coit< r dams tor piers.
hts rifle behind. Before he was close
If. us (he British government an
east aide, who forcod tho money from the Incomes by sex and fam ily rela
“ I Told Kahtoo I Would Fight w ith
Corvallis.
Dr. M. A. Jull. senior ■ enough to leap for Firefly's back, three
hla hands when he refused to sur­ lleitahlp and hy (he stales from whlrh tlcipates, M. Poincare agrees to these
tho Americana Against the British
bucks darted from behind a lodge and
they are returned.
and other conditions It will then re­ poultry husbandman, bureau of animat ' threw themselves upon him. In a mo­
and Indiana; and With You Against
render It.
main only tor the nations partlclpat Industry. Washington. D. C., Inspected ! ment he was face down on the ground.
H im !"
Unusually heavy rains In l ’ anama
Insulin Now Available.
Ing In the conference to appoint their the college poultry department Friday. | Ids hands were tied behind hit back,
caused tho slide last Tuesday of a
the tower and rushed with others to
Indianapolis. Ind.—Insulin, (he spe­ experts and formulate a program of Three Barred Plymouth Rock male and when turned over he looked up
large quantity of earth which covered
the gate. He knew the horse and
birds were setectud from the college Into the grinning face o f Black Wolf,
cific
for
sugar
diabetes
of
recent
dis
procedure.
there was dread In hla heart. Perhaps
the Panama railroad tracks for a dis­
flock by Dr. Jutl to be sent to the gov­ who with the help o f another brave the approaching Indian had slain the
covcry. Is In production to meet the
tance of 340 feet about three miles
Parts. — An official communique, ernment poultry farm at Beltsvtlle. dragged him to a lodge and roughly boy, had stolen the horse, and was in­
from Pedro Miguel, resulting In sus world's need at a price intended to
threw him within, and left litm alone.
make It available to the pooreat suf written by Prem ier Poincare and Is­ Md.. whore they w ill be used in gov- I
nocently coming there for food.
pension of traffic between Panama
On the way he saw hts foster-mother's
eminent breeding experiments.
“ Don't you know me. Dave?" he
ferers,
it
was
disclosed
Monday.
In­
sued
at
the
French
foreign
office
Sun­
and Colon. The slide was 16 feet deep
eyes flashing helplessly, saw the girl
asked, weakly.
quiries for Insulin are coming In from day night, reiterated the French gov­
Early
Mom
Indignantly
telling
her
ut one point.
Port land.— Portland's new million- j
“ My God! It's White A rro w !"
all quarters of the globe. Itetween 25.- ernment's determination to refuse to
mother what was going on, and the
The American and allied diplomatic 000 and 30,000 diabetic pat lenta are agree to any reduction o f tho Ger­ dollar Klks' temple is rapidly nearing j white woman's face was wet with
C H APTE R X
delegations In Constantinople have under the insulin treatment, accord­ man debt as fixed by the London completion nnd tcnatlve plans have [ tears. l i e turned over so that he could
been made to move the personal ef- ' look through the tent-flaps.
been officially notified that Angora ing (o clinical reporta, which In re­ conference in May. 1921.
Two
Straightway the lad sensed a curious
fects at, Portland lodge. No. 142. and bucks were driving a stake tn the cen­
no longer considers them as high porting thousands o f cllnleal (eats,
Tho communique Insisted that a
change in the attitude of thè garrison.
to
dedicate
the
new
temple.
Decern-1
ter o f the space around which the
commissions and that they will hcnco- have shown no failures.
committee of experts, organized with­
The old warmth was absent. The at­
her 29 Is the tentative date for the lodges were ringed. Tw o more were
forth bo designated as "representa­
mosphere was charged with suspicion,
in the «cope of the reparations com­
bringing
fagots
o
f
wood
and
It
was
dedication
of
the
temple
with
a
recep­
tions."
Tho American embassy In­
hostility. Old Jerome was surly, his
Higher T a riff la Asked.
mission to Investigate Germany's ca­
pta n wbat was going to become of
tion
on
December
.90
and
31
followeJ
old playmates were distant.
Only
sists upon retaining the title of high
St. Paul. Miun.—An appeal to Presi­ pacity tor payment, lias no authority at night with a dedicatory ball which ! him. Ills foster-mother, who was Dave. Mother Sanders ami Lydia were
commission.
to
make
any
reduction
In
Germany's
fiercely
haranguing
one
o
f
the
chiefs,
dent Coolidge and Minnesota congress­
promises to be the outstanding New I
unchanged. The predominant note was
turned angrily Into Kahtoo'a lodge and
Ambassador lla rv ey delivered a men to Increase by about 60 per cent debt. It said It considered that such Year's eve event In Portland.
curiosity, and they started to ply him
he
could
see
the
white
woman
rocking
long farewell speorh at tho Pilgrim s’ the tnrlff on American wheat waa sent a committee would bo practically a
with auesttons. but Dave took him to
her
body
and
wringing
her
hands.
Pendleton.— Approxim ately $230.000 j
dinner In Imndon Tuesday night In Monday after a conference of leading mere addition to the present staff of
a cabin, and Mother Sanders brought
Then
the
old
chief
appeared
and
lifted
him something to eat.
which ho reiterated the willingness of agriculturists In tho state and Gov­ experts of the reparations commission. of county money has been spent In hla hands.
“ Had a purty hard time," stated
Umatilla county this year for the con­
the United Rtates to help assess Ger­ ernor Preua.
“ Crooked Lightning will be very Dave. The boy nodded.
Detroit.— Subpena servers, who tor struction o f new mnrket roads and the
many's capacity to pay reparations,
The telegram was sent after the
angry. The prisoner is hts— not yours.
“ I had only three bullets. Firefly
reviewed the Monroe doctrlno and de­ conference had dtarussed a proposal nearly six months have been endeavor­ repair and maintenance of roads and It Is for him to say wbat the punish­
went lame and I had to lead him. I
clared that Am orlra must and would to anil M,000.000 bushels of American ing to serve a summons on Henry county bridges, according to Leo Shan­ ment shall be— not for you. Watt for couldn't eat cane and Firefly couldn't
keep aloof from tho broils of Europe. wheat to Kuropean countries Includ­ Ford in a damage suit, succeeded Sat­ non, county roadmaster. O f this sum. him t Hold a council and If you decide eat pheasant.
I got one from a
urday by appearing at tho "shooting” $130.000 has been spont fo r market against him, though he Is my son—he hawk." he explained.
“ Wliat's the
Tho steamer Claremont, which was ing Germany.
shatl
die."
For
a
moment
the
prep­
matter out there?"
of a motion picture flint In which Mr. road work and $100.000 represents the
disabled In a storm o ff tho mouth of
arations
ceased
and
alt
turned
to
the
"Nothin’,” said Dave, gruffly, and he
Ford nnd a threshing machine were expenditures already made, or In pros­
Sunken Diver Floated.
the Columbia river last wook, limped
pect. from the general fund. A lotal prophet, who had appeared before bis made the boy go to sleep. Ills story
Panama.— The American submarine tho star performers. The summons
Into San Podro. Cal., Tuesday with
lodge.
came when all were around the Are at
of about 21V4 miles o f market roads
her pumps going full force and steer­ 0 5. whlrh was sunk In a collision with was used In connection with a suit
"Kahtoo ts right," he said. “ The supper, and was listened to with eag­
has
been
butlt.
ing with n jury rudder rigged In a 60 the stoamnr Abangares Monday, was for $100,000 damages against Mr. Ford
Great Spirit will not approve If White erness. Again the boy felt the hostil­
mile gnle. H er duck load o f 600.000 rnlaed shortly after 1 o'clock Tuesday by R. Frank Kmery, for personal In­
llerm iston. — H. A. Scullen, secre­ Arrow die except by the will o f the ity and It made him resentful and
feet of lumber was washed overboard morning. Chief Kloctrlrlnn Brown and juries when thrown from an automo­ tary of the State Beekeeper's associa­ council— and Crooked Lightning will haughty and hts story brief and terse.
he angry." There was s chorus o f pro­ Most fluid and sensitive natures have
In the storm and her rigging badly Torpedoman llreault wore rescued bile owneil by Mr. Ford.
tion. has announced the dates for the testing grunts, but the preparations
a chameleon quality, no matter what
alive
from
the
hull
and
taken
to
the
damaged.
Oregon meeting as December 11 and ceased. The boy could feel the malevo­ stratum of adamant he beneath. The
12-Mile Lim it Limited.
12 The dates were chosen tn order lence In the prophet's tone and he boy was dressed like an Indian, he
John E. Taylor, better known as Colon hospital. No traco was found
London.— In connection with the ac­ to conform with the schedule of tho knew that the Impostor wanted to looked tike one, and he had brought
John K. Campbell, a student last year of the three other missing men. It
In the Journalism department at the Is thought Brown and llreault may ceptance in principle o f Secretary committee of the American Honey curry further favor with Crooked back, it seemed, the bearing o f an In­
Hughes' proposals for a 12 mile limit Producers' league, whlrh Is routing Lightning and not rob him of the Joy dian—hts wildness and stoicism. He
University of Washington pleaded recover.
In the search for contraband liquor, some nationally known speakers for o f watching hts victim's torture. So spoke like a chief In a council, and
guilty of burglary In superior court
Georgia City Trsmblea.
the Rrltlsh government. It was stated western meetings.
Hermlston has the braves went back to their fire­ even In English his phrasing and
Wednesdsy and was sentenced to from
Home, Oa.— Rarth shock« here Mon- Saturday, desires to make it clear that been chosen for the convention be­ water, and soon the hoy's foster moth­ metaphors belonged to the red man.
two to 16 years In the state reform a­
er brought him something to eat, hut No wonder they believed the stories
tory. T aylor confessed to the police dny caused several buildings to shake. there ta no Intention of extending the cause Um atilla county is the largest ahe could say nothing, for Black W olf
they had heard o f him— but there was
who arrested him that he had plund­ M a in damage was caused, although existing three-mile lim it governing honey-producing county In the state, had appointed himself sentinel and shame in many fares and little doubt
number o f persons were panic- fisheries and maritime rights gener­ and Hermlston the center o f the dis­ sat, rifle in hand, at the door of the in any save one before he finished.
ered many fraternity houses at the
ally.
trict.
stricken for a whllo.
lodge.
unlvorslty this fall.
He had gone to see hts foster-moth­
Night came on. The drinking be ^ er and bis foster-father—old chief
Kvoala o f Noted 1‘ roplr. Governments
«i.
NEWS *
3 ALLIES ACCEPT f i STATE
IN BRIEF
OFFER OF PARLEY >-
ERSKINE D A LE -PIO N E E R
7.018,673 Individuals and firms for llie
Brief Resurre Most Important
Dai'“ News Items.
NOVKMHEK
.......
| Kahtoo. the Shawnee— became lie had
' riven hla word.
Kahtoo thought he
was dying snd wanted him to he chief
when the Great 8plrlt called. Kahtoo
had once saved hts life, had been kind,
and made him a son. That he could
not forget. An evil prophet had come
to the tribe and through hts enemies.
Crooked Lightning and Black Wolf,
had gained much Influence. They were
to burn a captive white woman as a
sacrifice. He had stayed to save her,
to argue with old Kahtoo. amt carry
the wampum and a talk to a big coun­
cil with the British. He had made hts
talk and—escaped. He had gone back
to hts tribe, had been tried, and was
to be burned at the stake. Aga'n he
had escaped with the help of the white
woman and her daughter. The tribes
had Joined the British, and even then
were planning an early attack on this
very fort and all others.
The Interest was tense and every
face was startled at this calm state­
ment of their immediate danger. Old
Jerome burst ou t:
"W hy did you have to e«-ape from
the council— and from the Shawnees?”
“ A t the council I told the Indians
that they should be friends, not ene­
mies, o f the Americans, and Crooked
Lightning called me a traitor. He had
overheard my talk with Kahtoo.“
“ What was th at!” asked Dave,
quickly.
“ I told Kahtoo I would tight with
the Americana against the British and
Indians; and with you against him !"
And he turned away and went back to
the cabin.
“ What'd I tell y e ! " cried Dave In­
dignantly. and he followed the boy,
who had gone to his bunk, and put one
big hand on his shoulder.
“They thought you’ d turned Injun
agin," he said, "but it's all right now."
" I know," said the lad. and with a
muffled sound that waa half the grunt
of an Indian and halt the sob o f a
white man turned hla face away.
Again Dave reached for the lad'a
shoulder.
“ Don't blame 'em too much. I'll
tell you now. Some fur traders came
by here, and one o f 'em said you was
goln' to marry an Injun girl named
Early M orn; that you was goln’ to stay
with 'em and fight with 'em alongside
the British. O f course I knowed bet­
ter. but— "
“ W hy," interrupted Ersktne. “they
must have been the same traders who
came to the Shawnee town and brought
whisky."
“That's what the fetter said and
why folks here believed him.'*
“W ho was he?" demanded Ersktne.
“ You know htm— Dane Grey."
I A ll tried to make amends atralght-
way for the Injustice they had done
[ him, but the boy's heart remained sore
that their trust was so tittle. Then,
when they gathered all settlers within
the fort and made all preparations and
no Indians came, many seemed again
to get distrustful and the lad was not
happy. The winter was long and hard.
A blizzard had driven the game west
and south and the garrison was hard
put to It for food. Every day that the
hunters went forth the boy was among
them and he did far more than hts
share In the killing o f game. But when
winter was breaking, more news came
tn of the war. The flag that had been
fashioned o f a soldier’s white shirt, an
old blue army coat, and a red petticoat
was now the Stars and Stripes of the
American cause. Burgoyne had not cut
off New England, that “ head of the re­
bellion,” from the other colonies. On
the contrary, the Americans had beat­
en him at Saratoga and marched hts
army off under those same Stars and
Stripes, and for the first time Ersktne
heard o f gallant Lafayette—how he
had run to Washington with the por­
tentous news from his king— that
beautiful, passionate France would
stretch forth her helping hand. And
Ersktne learned what that news
meant to Washington's "naked and
starving" soldiers dying on the frozen
hillsides o f Valley Forge. Then George
Rogers Clark had passed the fort on
bis way to Williamsburg to get money
and men for hts great venture lo the
Northwest, and Ersktne got a ready
permission to accompany him as sol­
dier and guide. A fter Clark was gone
the lad got restless; and one morning,
when the first breath o f spring came,
he mounted his horse, In spite of argu­
ments and protestations, and set forth
for Virginia on the wilderness trail.
He was going to Join Clark, he said,
but more than Clark and the war were
drawing him to the outer world. What
It was he hardly knew, fo r he was not
yet much given to searching his heart
or mind. He did know, however, that
some strange force had long been
working within him that was steadily
growing atfonger, was surging now
like a flame and swinging him between
strange moods of depression and exul­
tation. I’erhnps it was but the spirit
e f spring tn hts heart, but with hts
mind’s eye he was «v e r seeing at the
end of hla Journey the face o f hit little
cousin Barbara Dale.
I
“ You took me by turpriso and
you have ehangod— but I don't
know how much."
(TO Bkl CO NTI.NCKO )