THE DOOM TRAIL B y Arthur D. Howdcn Smith A u th o r o f P O R T O H E L L O C O L D . Eto. (ft *T Brenta ■*r*taa CHAPTER VIII— Continued tically In a dry, rrsrb llag n . p . - y „ u Jean, we iiiav force u war upon them gentlemen will never learn " at sn curly day, and vve shall win." "You must think we grow louts d or “Off I t !" I repeated. lie sat bark trium phantly. “Off It." he repeated Im patiently. Instead of tors In Canada." growled "Kurely we have that supremacy “Since his Slost Catholic M ajesty hath Joncalre. "lie sure, we of lire wit now !" a Just claim to all lands In these parts dernesa posts are the most anxious to lie winked at me again, and drew have stone walls around iis Well, _on thia aide o f Hudson's river, at from a drawer In the table n heavy what htudwny have you mailer* any rate." lunik such ns in-counts are kept In. “To be sure, to be sure," I assented "I have trared out the lines of the "Jean," lie said, " I urn about to dis­ quickly. "But, M onsieur Joncalre. you central innss," replied lie ixrry Ink close to you a secret -Which is not a will be interested to know there la an Ing s gulp of tin» wine "Tomorrow I secret, because every trailer who accursed tribe o f savages who do not shall ntnrV out a surrounding work works for himself Is acquainted with It. believe as you do." of four httstie.ts io encompass It." “Here Is Hie account for this post “Is that so, Jean? And who may He rose from tit« seat for the year Just ended. We handled "Speaking for myk-Jf, I have hud a total of 2tM 'green' deerskins and 23 they be?” “The Messesagues." sufficient wine, anil I slmll retire. If ! packets of various kinds of furs. On His face lighted up. the masons bring In the I im K' s of stone these we cleared a profit o f 2,332 “They are In De Tonty*» country. we expect In the morning, we chall he livres, ,'t sols, (I deniers (shout »470), And how Is the dear Alphonse?” uble to lay the first course by n.mu." which would not come unywhere near “Fleeing for ids life , no less." Joncalre twisted his face Into a g ri­ covering the operating expenses of the "Those same accursed Messesagties, mace ns I)e l.ery ascended a steep post. You will And the same story st monsieur, rose up against us, and Mon­ flight of ludder-stalrs to un upper every post from here to the Missis­ sieur de Tonty must flee to the n orth­ story. sippi.” ward and make the Journey through "'Why. monsieur?" “W hat Is the difficulty, monsieur?" the country of the Hurons,” "These sucre English! First they I Inquired sympathetically. A look of grave concern overspread “ Why, at last I have persuaded this turn the Iroquois against us; then Joncnire's face. » stupid, timorous government of ours they build the post of Fort Oswego, at "Are you certain of this, Jean?” to build me a priqier fort. ’TIs the Hie foot of the Ononduga'a river on "Beyond doubt, monsieur; fo r my Irondequoit luiy (now Oswego, N. Y .) ; friend, the W o lf here, smuggled a mes­ then they send out a swarm o f young sage from me to Monsieur de Tonty, men to trap nod shoot In the Indian who hade me come at once to you that country ; then they pass this accursed you might hold up all west-bound ca­ law that forbids us ohtnlnlng Indian noes." goods from the New York merchants I "H um ph!" he growled. “H ave you Peste. what a people! They hu'-a us In a noose." been long In Canada. Jean?” "But this year, monsieur." I shook my head dolefully. "Ah. monsieur, you make me very “Hum ph!" growled Joncalre again. sorrowful," I snld. “I came out to “And where do you come from, Jean?” Canada thinking to make my fortune, Something in his speech warned me hut If what you say be true, I am more —the liquid slur o f the South. likely to he killed by the English." "I, monsieur!” I replied Innocently. “No. no, It's not so hud us that." 1.« "Oh, I am o f Picardy. But monsieur answered quickly. The governor gen­ Is of the south— no? o f Provence?" eral has waked up. I t seems that In A ll the suspicion fled from Joncalre'a France they are not qdlte ready for face, and In Its stead blossomed a nnotlier war. but we are charged to broad smile. mnke preparations ns rapidly ns pos­ “P este!" he ejaculated. “ ’T Is a sible. There Is an emissary coming clever la d ! And how knew you that, soon from Baris, who w ill have In­ Jean?” structions for the frontier posts and I was overjoyed— and In no need to the friendly Indians. It may be we simulate my sentiments. T his was can persuade the English to be stupid good fortune. enough to revoke this law of theirs. "W as I not camping beside the Regi­ In any case, ni.v Jean, you w ill have ment de Provence when we were on heard of the Doom T ra il? ” the Ita lia n frontier? ’T Is a pleasant 1 crossed myself devoutly. way those lads have o f talking. And " I have heard nothing good o f It, such good companions w ith the bottle! monsieur," I snld fearfully. Ah. fo r some o f that warm southern "H um ph; I don't doubt It. And mind wine at this moment instead o f the accursed ruin. Rum Is good only for only way we shall hold the sacre Eng­ you. Jean, for myself. I do not like lish in check. With a fort here we can that kind of business. But lifte r all savages.” “You say tru th ," applauded Jon­ control In some measure the Inter­ *tls trade over the lioonv T ra il calre. "» ome your ways w ith in, Jean, course betwixt the western tribes und which keeps you and me In otir Jobs. and you shall taste o f the blood o f La the English. Also, we shall have a W ithout It— well, this post would shut And they do say at Quebec Belle France— although it be tiot our constant threat here to keep the Iro ­ down. that If we can start a revolution In Provence vintage. By the way, do you quois at pence. “ Well, I worked up Vaudretill to ap­ England for tills Pretender of their» know Provence?” and w ar nt the same time, vve shall he " I cannot say so w ith honesty, mon­ prove It, obtained the grants from able to take the whole continent from sieur," I fenced, "although I have been Burls, secured the necessury median les—und then they sent this popinjay them." tn Arles." There was a Commotion at the door. to supervise the work. I had pitched "In A rle s !” “Bind the Indian," shouted a voice H e flung Ids arms around my neck. on this site here. He would have none In French. “ Hah. I thought so ! We “Jean, I love you, my la d ! I was of It. No, lie must overturn all tny meet again. Ormerod !" born In St. Iletnl. which Is but a short plans and put the new works several De Veulle stood on the threshold, miles down the river where It runs distance out In the diocese." his rifle leveled at my breast. W e were now In the entrance of into the luke. He Is conceited with “Bring the Indlun inside here." he the log house, and Joncalre opened himself because he has been charged with all the works of fortification in called behind him. wide the door. A group of Calinuacas, frig h tfu lly "Jean, you are a lad In a m illio n !" Canada.” “Are there others then, monsieur?" painted, with their grotesque bristling he pronounced. "You shall drink deep. feather headdresses, hustled T a wan- I have some wine which Rtgon the In- I asked casually, busying my nose In ne ars Into the room. tendnnt fetched out for a few o f us— the wine-mug. But now Joncalre asserted himself. "Aye. to be sure. He Is to build a you w ill understand you must say "W hat do you mean by this. Mon­ naught o f It h e re a fte r; It never paid wall around Montreal, and to strength­ sieur de Veulle?" he demanded. “This duty. Aye. we shall make a line night en the enceinte of Quebec." man Is a forest-runner, Jean Courtie- "But we are at peace w ith these o f It, and you shall tell me o f all that voir. a messenger from De Tonty. The has passed In Arles these many years. sacre English." I objected. Indian Is a Messesngue— as you should H e clapped bis hands, and a soldier Joncalre, now thoroughly convivial, see by his paint and beadwork." winked at me over the rim o f his mug j entered. "B a h !” aneered De Veulle. "They “Francois,” announced Joncalre, “ For the present, yes. But how long. ! fooled you. The Indian la Ta wan ne­ “this Is Jean Courbevolr, who w ill be Jean? Every year that passes the ars. o f the Seneca Wolvea. w a r chief my guest until he departs. H e has English grow in strength, and we be­ of the Iroquola. T he white man la been In Arles, Francois, Remember come w eaker; I speak now in matters H a rry Ormerod, an English spy and a that. W hat he orders you w ill render of trade; for a fte r all. lad. the coun­ deserter from the Jacobites. H e was to him. Now bring us the flagon of try which obtains the mastery In trade stationed In Paris for some years, snd wine which Monsieur Blgon sent out must be the m ilitary master of any recently was sent to New York. B u r­ this spring." contending nallon. I may be only a net. the governor of New York, dis The soldier snluted me as If I were simple soldier, but so much I have patched him here to apy out what you a marshal o f France and brought In learned. are doing." the flagon of the Intendant’s wine w ith "W e are a colony of soldiers and "That may be so," assented Jon the exquisite reverence which only a traders, well armed and disciplined calre; "but It hnppens that I command eon o f France could bestow upon the They are an Infinitely larger group of here. These men are my prisoners. choicest product o f the soil o f France. colonies w ith only a few soldiera and You will order your Indians from the “Pour It out, Francois,” commanded traders, but ninny husbandmen. Give room. Francois, get your musket and Joncalre. them time, ana they will obtain such a stand guard." T h e soldier hesitated. grip on the sol! of the wilderness that De Veulle drew a paper from a “And Monsieur de Lery?" he said. they cannot be pried loose. But If we pocket Inside his leather shirt and pre­ "A thousand m illion curses!" explod­ use our tem |iorary advantage, and sented It to Joncalre with Irrita tin g ed Joncalre. "Am I to w ait for him? keep them from winning supremacy In deliberation. Am I to sacrifice my choicest wine In the trade w ltn the savages, then, my (TO BE CONTINUED > his g u lle t?" "W ho is Monsieur de Lery?" I asked as Francois filled a thick mug with the ruby Juice. “W hat? You do not know him? This pompous whipper-snapper who sets out to teach Louis Thomas de Jon­ his offer and kept their precious man RboeiiUy n t' Vienna, an American calre, sleur de Chabert, his duty, a fte r thirty-five years on the fro n tie r— pah I dealer paid »220,585 for a copy o f the uscrlpt. The Bible w tlc h the denier bought Gutenberg Bible. It belonged to an H e is— " "M onsieur de L ery enters," In te r­ abbey tn Austria, and the ow rers had Is a magnificent copy on vellutn of Qie posed Francois w ith a glance at the to get official leave from the Austri­ first book ever printed I d Europe from an government before they could sell met at types. doorway. A slen 1er, w iry little man In a wig their treasure. They obtulned by far arc era I sixes too big for him strode the biggest price ever paid for a book The V ita l S park Into the room. He favored me w ith a Yet a still higher price on record Are not the poeU themselves to curious glance, nodded to Joncalre as having been once offered. In the blame that poetry Is not m a rt widely and took a seat across the table from Seventeenth century the monk» of St. read? Beautiful wandering aiiiileas me. Enieran possessed a notable manu­ lines toon fude without an idea. Is M y host made a w ry smile and mo­ script of the Gospels, which had been s a tlre -lm p u d e u t, personal, biting —a tioned Francois to bring a third mng. presented to their abbey by the Em­ genuine poetic mood? Are beautifully “Hola. Monsieur de L ery," he said. peror Henry IV . trimmed and hedged gardens Hie best “ This Is a gallant young forest-runner, The elector o f Ba-, aria admired It Inspiration for poetising human na­ sne Jean Courbevolr. who has come so much that he proposed to give ture? Are the literary teas of social to tell me that charming Idiot A l­ these uionka the town of Strauhlageu climbers the best laboratories for po­ phonse de Tonty has been chased out etising human nature? And yet an In exchange. t l Le de T ro lt by the Messesarues. But they were p-udent men. They Inconsequential leaf In the a ir may Jean, Monsieur de L ery Is the king's seem vital and Important If to Ihc knew the elector could, and they sus­ engineer officer In Canada." poet It ia vital and im portant.— M arie pected that he would, retake the town "Another rase o f a log fortification. Luhrs, in poetry. I suppose," remarked de Lery sarcas­ whenever he pleased, so they declined — 1C ■■ •:-x*X':-X':-x-'.-x-:-XvX-:-x-:-x-:-x-: i*X': x-cxi-xi-x-cix-xi-xi-xi-x^xi-x':-!':-!':-!« S m a ll F ortune P aid for G utenberg B ible •wry :_>£-». the doga stm_&.. g at tfcet- JHBcxUt harden. Tkey v w v Nerved te encamp ftw tbs night by a xKJeet anowetwaa. An tea- k a S i l constructed. a x l they shiv­ ered aS the night through 4 tbe.r s-eepieg tvxga. At aaMatght Fawn b e n s an a’T crea­ tion w ith T rw rd tt la a leer voice The By C L A R E N C E T R IP P lack o f kia accaatooed akiaaalaat had made him gaeexiona. alnxss! insane. ,C * p « r l< k t kg W a C H w > "Y ea love her." he c a m K e d fiercely. "Hash ~ said T ru efltt. Lvot.ng I across : ■•ward the g ir t ’ M.aa Keo t t w e n t y fiv e captata tea w ta hear yon.” T ruefitt had been in love an 1 "Ton love her." repeated Fawn. rate- been nnsucceasful He tfccagh; lag hia v-csvo. 'T ea have tricked aae. his heart ana broken Bat at car»* yon “ ftvrty he knew that this had been a fa! By the tight e f the efl tamp Tree- lacy. He loved Mabel Rentosx and her fitt eoold see that MaheBs eyes were heart was another's. But this tías* It open She «raa watching them. And was an optimistic hope, a love that Is all through the a g h t T ro efitt strug­ atronger than Its recognition of its Im ­ gled te calm Fawn, listening to hie possibility. abwse and erging him to be c a lm haAr’.era oil has been a wvrld- Janies Fawn hsd Introduced bias to Tow ard davra Fawn subsided and widc reroexJv for kidney, liver and Mabel, h!a fiancee, before he started watched the other» craftily There bladder disorders, rheumatism, north for the discovery of Baldwin was soavetb'sg ta his mind which tumbago and unc acid condition*. land. I f he did not return two sam T ru efitt coutl not divine. They bar- niers later T ru efitt was to command nessed tn the dogs and proceeded the relief ship that would come a fte r across the jwek Ice. him. Favm left Mabel and procee d e d w ith T he summer had come, and It was the leading sleigh that coots ned the middle July. The refcef ship wontd ivory KdUOLXSXXJI H e see—ed a n w if ag to leave have to start at once to ranch the Arc­ his treasure. H e sent the sailor back correct m tv -n a l troub les s tim u la te v ita l tic before the pack tee formed In Sep­ to the others and walked atone. gold- organa. T h re e sises. AU d ru g g iit» lo u a » tember. tag the dogs. This eras the sletgb on th e o rig in a l gen u n e G o t o h la ix a u T ru efltt had called on Mabel to en that found the course ani.vit the courage her a few days before he hum mocha. The tevood s-’eJgh had C a v a lry “M ade G o a d ” salted. noth ng to do but fallow In its tracks “I'll bring him back, never fear." he Pre «en tty it seemed to Tru efltt that in M any O peration» said cheerily. Fawn was going a tittle out of the Cavalry Ui autay kaataaww, alien “Listen. Captain T ru cfin ." said M ’ss way. The ship was visible now. lying Renton. "? have been thinking and offshore, a n t Fawn was steering a derisively enq»loyevt waa the deter­ mining factor In a .'»nqsucn «»r oprrtt- planning. I feel It Is my duty to b* course directly out to sea. Smhletiiy txm during the World war. It may w ith James, especially since there w ilt be swerved, as I f he had made a f a t t y be »aid that in the Palestine be another long w inter of suspense b e wrong course, and started tmmofltately campaign, the British cavalry and In fore me. I want you to take me w ith toward the vessel a fte r a little delay the Itolrhev Ik Bolish ramtuitgn ttia you." T ru efitt. even from the distance, Bolshevik cavalry, were the determlu- Captain T ru e fltt was appalled. thought he had encountered an unusu Ing factor . The Ramndt. Khan Bnglv- "Miss Renton, you don't understand atty rough place In the tee. dadle and Shargat operations In Mes­ the conditions." he said. " It Isn't any Faw n changed again H e wa« opotamia. causing the sureemler of picnic up In the North. The tem pera­ douh'ing upon hIs track. The se«rond , practically all the enemy engaged are ture drops below xero even tn Septem­ sleigh wss quite near him now F a v a gyvod examples of cayalry derisive ac­ ber How can you go?" shouted sorneth’ng Smbteaty T ruefltt tion The September, UHS, offensive “M.v place is w ith M r. Faw n." an ­ saw a wide lead open tn the Ice and by the British tn Palestine 1« another swered Mabel gravely " I have eaten the dark w ater beneath the sletch. | excellent example and tn Hie follow- lated what I shall have to face 1 am I A second later he went slipping ; Ing minor actions a decisive or con­ prepared to go. And If he la dead"— I down, and the Icy w ater numbed hl» tributory Influence etttier alone or in tears came Into her eyes—" I shall at han«hs as he stm gled to regain his combination with other arms: The least be spared the long agony of w ait . footing. Mabel screannat out 1 French Second cavalry corp* In the In c " At the same Instant Fawn ran nn Ourq. May. 1!H8; the British Third T ru efltt was thinking H e knew w ith a slelgh-hook and began detlh ca v a lry dlvIsUm, aoutheast o f Amlenig that the long agony would be his. In erately hammering at T m e fltt's tin August S, W 18; the British Sis-ond the continual presence of the woman gers. H e was shouting like a manlae. cavalry brigade. August 24. 1914. he loved, whom he could never tell of and T ru efltt perceived that he v a i his love. However, since she contin­ In fact. Insane. “ DANDELION BUTTER COLOR” ued to beseech him, he would not re­ Mabel cried on» snd tried to catch fuse her. at him, but Fawn, w ith sn oath, turned A harmless vegetable butter color A week later Mabel Renton salted on her and sent her spinning across used by millions for . » years. Drug aboard his ship for the Arctic. Stores and general whirrs sell hot He» the Ice. Then he drove the slelgn of "Dandelion" for 33 reals.—Ada. hook Into T ru efltt's body. II A* he did so he lost his balance on Shahetpeare Revtted They hsd reports o f Fawn at last the slippery tee and fell. And T ruefltt Colonel Pivot, head of thè Gueulet H e had lost his ship In the pack Ice who was fast growing numbed and Casserà ami thè F re m ii W ar Grip­ and was living w ith a tribe of Eski­ helidess. roused him self for a sn pie»' assoclatlon, waa nskevl by a mos tw enty mites distant from where prome effort girl reisirter tu New York tf he llked T ru efltt's ship lay. already hemmed In H e grabbed the hook that lay aero«» hla country*» fwahlona. by the thin Ice o f early September. the Ice and hoisted hlm si'lf out of the "Ve»." he anawered, “they ara The wreck of Fawn's vessel lay along water. Then he attempted to rale* beautiful. A l lite sanie lim e— “ and shore. It had been looted and the re­ Fawn. Colonel Pivot chuvkled— "al tlia port spoke of a subsequent mutiny, of Faw n whirled round and round In sanie lime, u b ile you're adnilrliig our a break-up of discipline and of sailors the center of the open plaee. Il" F re m ii faslilon» io ti van't lielp inue who had started southward In n wild shrieked In terror and eltttehed a* murine lo yourself: attem pt to fight th eir way to civilisa­ T ru efltt's flneers. But the lead was •■'dotile» moke thè man ami lark tion. • widening; the sleigh went topptlnc of tliem thè lady.’ " T ru e fltt left Miss Renton aboard down Tru efltt had Inst time to cut and started cut on his tw enty mile the harness and free the stralntnu F e w Poitonout Specie» tram p along Hie const until he reached dog» before It tank like a stone, with Do noi helleve all Ilio storles ynu the friendly vlltn re of the Eskimos. all the Ivory. lioar of destini caused hv Inserta, Tw o women and n dog come out to W ith a last cry Fawn threw up ht» u rite» W illiam J. Mudilo» In llvgsla meet lilm. T h e ir speech, so fa r as ¡ hands and sank beneath the w ater Mngaalne The chance» are mo»t of Tru efltt could understand It. told of T here wns no rhnnee o f rescue now tliem ure noi Irue for Hiero are no horrors such ns had never come upon T ruefltt stan d Into Mabel's frightened dendly Inserì» III thè Unitevi Mtatea, the village before. faee. accordlng lo Dr 1« (). Howard, rlvlef Outside the encampment wns— n Presently she looked np st him of tlie United Statra bureau of ra mound of empty bottles! Eskimo "l.et us go on," sbe said In a low Inmntngy. Some Inserta are carriera graves were scattered everywhere It voice. of dlsease. bui Hila l a outside the was a village of the fiend. luseet'a own ahlllly lo Infllct harm. A w hite man staggered toward T ru e ­ IV Sc«r|ilons. taruutula» and reiitl|. S tic h le r fo r E conom y An antiquarian has discovered why that farm er o f an early day cut two holes through hla barn door to arcoin inodate the cats, a large hole for the big cat and a smaller for the little cal. In an old diary found In the attic waa the explanation; Hila thrifty »Id settler gave h it reoeon. that It waa poor economy to allow so small a cal the uee o f so big a h o le —'I lie Outlook. T a lrw m anld T T y w I k w a . ' | H IN D E R C O R N 8 a.... ..... — .u, | I g tte . a ll gain. ce.»fort U» ntabw« •alh in ff *««r lb) hy toail < r at l>r«*g- lliMiu« Wnrbt, l'aubtigad. H V U>na«a fi**A