OUR COMIC SECTION
By Arthur D, Howden Smith
Along the Concrete
A u th o r o f P O R T O B E L L O C O L D , E tc .
WNlt Service
tains. Tell him that he Is to give up kindly commended her. For duty com­
to us the maiden he calls his daughter, manded me to discharge by obligation
whom you desire to wed. Tell him of removing M urray and his Cahnua-
I sought for a word with Marjory
that he Is to send forth the prisoners gas—not many survived the castiga­
as we entered the door, but Murray
he has taken. Tell him th at he Is to tion of the Iroquois—In safety to
deliberately strode between us. AJ! I
render up all the iigiiia he has In bis J a g a r a ; and I must accompany Do-ne-
gained was a glance from her dyes
ho-ga-weh and Ta-wan-ue-ars and tha
possession.
that bade me be strong and confident.
“And then he and those of the Keep­ w arriors of the Eight F lans In tha
Ta-wan-ne-ars sat with his back to
ers of the T rail who are left to trium phal procession which traversed
a wall, his eyes fixed on vacancy, his
the Long House from the U pper Mrs
lips m urm uring at Intervals Gu-ha- him shall march out, and the people hawk castle to the shores of the
of
the
Long
House
will
escort
them
no's name. I tried to Interest him in
Thunder W aters as an Illustration of
what went on w ithout success- He to Jagara, where they shall be handed the w rath of the G reat League.
looked a t ms, and tu rn e d his eyes over to Joncalre to dispose of as
And I was not sorry th at 1 did so,
pleases Onontio and the French.”
away.
for It enabled me to sit beside Do-ne-
Murray
heard
my
report
In
silence,
We slept little th at night, for we
ho-ga-weh and Ills brother chiefs In
were very oold and we had no food. and cast his eye over the surrounding the half-finished stone fort at Jagura
But In the morning the Keepers thrust scene before replying.
“It shall be done," he said at last. and hear him lay down the law of tha
a pan of corn mush within the door
Long House to Joncuire, us representa­
and we ate It to the last kernel. I “ Was ever a man so sorely tried by tive of the French.
fate?
Does
our
treaty
go
Into
effect
forced a portion upon Ta-wan-ue-ars,
“Qua, O Joncuire, mouthpiece of
feeding him with a stick we found on at once?”
Onontio who rules at Quebec," he said.
“Yes.”
the floor.
“So be It. I will give orders to have “We people of the Long House come
A fter th a t we slept for several
to you In peace. And we give Into
hours, and then a lanthorn gleamed on your friends conducted here.”
your hunds the w hite man Murray
The battered rem nants of our war
the stairs and M urray stepped into
and those who ure still alive of tha
party
uppeared
with
Ta-wan-ne-ars
our midst, an Im maculate periwig on
Keepers of the Hoorn Trull. Wa
his head, his linen spotless, his brown walking In the lead, his face once
promised that they should come here,
d o th suit as fresh as If direct from more a study In Impassive rigor.
the tailor's hands.
"M urray says we are free, brother,” and we have fulfilled our promise.
I’.Ut we have set a bar across the
He set the lanthorn on the dirt he said, stepping to my side.
I'oom Trail, O mouthpiece of I inontio,
“ It is true.”
floor and stood beside It.
“A good morrow to you, M aster
The sadness shone momentarily In and we desire you to tell the French
of that.
(Irmerod,” he bagan. “I have come to his eyes.
‘‘It Is our wish th at you should ac­
hold counsel w ith you. Look you, my
“I have had a bad dream, brother,"
friend, we each of us have th at which he went on. “My Lost Soul is re-* quaint Onontio with our decision. Wa
the other wants. In such a case sensi­ deemed by Ha-wen-ne-yu and Is gone ask him to usslst us In wiping out this
source of trouble between us."
ble men come to term s.”
on before me for a visit to Ata-ent-
“I have heard your message, O roy-
"I would not tru st you now on any slc. But In a little time, when 1 uni
an-ehs and chiefs of the Long House, ’
terms,” I said flatly.
rested, I shall go after her and fetch
“Tut, tut, sir. Is th at language for her back to dwell happily with me In replied Joncuire. ‘‘I will repeat It to
Onontio, but 1 do not think it will be
I one gentleman to employ to another?” my lodge.”
welcome in his ears.”
“You are not a gentleman, s ir; you
"But how can you, n mortal, Jour­
are—”
ney Into the hereafter?” I protested.
7 SAC GEO CAYS’- .
He glowered.
CHAPTER XVIII
b it t y '- MY D tM ie z .
“It cannot be!”
/ OH iOS DIS " ’
i t s bitty * ho p ftk M o t iL ie - '
' b it t y muelleb
"Have
a
care,
sir,"
he
warned.
GHAS'LY
VUEADEP
WHY ‘rtxj'vE A PERFECTLY
“How shall we know It cannot be
aho T n t v B e dqivino throuem
the last T ime she
"You are a scoundrel," I finished.
. GB YOuBS I
!
until we have tried? Tu-wun-ne-ars From Pearl Street to Hudson’»
FSOM CALIFORNIA - I A S K E D :
DtèPAbFUL cold , HAvesTr
sTopptc» off S he —
“Look you, M uster (Irmerod, I have will try.”
\ Ypu?
y
E M TtJ D iN N S .r2 .-~
1 TALKED CALIFORNIA
River
you fast here. I have also the chief,
I could say no more. Such simple
5 o much T hat for .
The sun bathed the dust of Pearl
your friend. I have in addition one
faith was unanswerable. I wondered street wherever it could steal between
A month T he S i 6 h T
you love.”
how much o -.» was the unconscious the layers of the thick-leafed boughs
OF ORANGES P u T
“Before you proceed further,” I In­
working on • sensitive mind of the overhead. I lounged oil the doorstep
n M6 To SLCEP-a^
terrupted, "I wish you to answ er me
of our coxy, red-hrick house by the
one question: Whose child Is she?"
corner of Garden street, and reread
He hesltuted, and regarded me side-
the letter from M aster Juggins which
wise.
the supercargo of the Bristol packet
“Oh, well,” he said a fter a moment,
had delivered a half-hour earlier.
"It might as well out now\ as Inter.
The maid is the child of my sister.”
My H a r t Is r r e j o l c r d . d e a r L a d . a t y e
“And her nam e?”
K x c e la n t r e p o r t o f y o u w h ic h Is c o rn s
“She Is a K err of Fernleslde,” he
F r o m G o v e r n o u r H u r n e t. M u rra y s d is -
c o in f ltu r h a t h h a d E x c e llin g A d v a n ­
answ ered pompously. “I should add.
ta g e o u s e f e c t s In ye C ltle a n d ye M a r-
sir, that I have been at particular
c h a u n t s w h o E a r l e y d id C la m o r f o r y e
pains with the girl, having un espe­
fr e e d o m o f T r a d e w ith ye F r e n c h a r e
cial affection for her."
n o w I ’e r c e v e tn g e h o w y e i ’la n n e o f
G o v e r n o u r I i u r n e t d id S e t t s to t h e i r
“ Well, of th at we will say no more,"
P r o fit In y e L o n g e I tu n n e .
U se y o u r
I said. "1 find It unpleasunt to h ear
O w n J u d g m e n t e . I p r a y e y o u , In d e -
/ WMÜ~ WHY DONT Y
/ OH VES FELIX-
- H r WHY out) to
X.
2 " / Ybu SAY
you tulk of her. You are helpless, but
v e lo p p ln g y e P r o v in c i a l T r a d e a n d
d r a w U pon m ee a t w ill f o r w h a t F u n d s
WONDERFUL how
you uttem pt to Impose terms. What
y CAD i FORNIA- F u M dew
you iÉT some of T he
Y b d v a DQlVEN '
y o u M ay e need .
are your term s?"
YEAS DO DEW YEAR I
those T ir e s stood
A IR O(JT OF Y o u R
CLEAR FC o m T h E
G r a n n ie a n d I do s e n d y o u o u r L o v e
N O M JO HAD A y /
“A safe-conduct for me and my peo­
a
n d R e s p e c t a n d S h e b ld d e s m e s a y
T
he
t
r
i
p
—
coas T w T h the
T ir e s a n o a l l o u
\ 0 0 A D LtCE DIS / /
ple to C anada.”
s h e C o n s ld d e r s T w a s ye A c tte o f U o d d e
\ SAME A IR IN
THE C A L IF O B N IA
I would not let her go.
I w a s s e t t e U pon In y e M in c in g L a n e
“So th a t you may restore your trude
\ y o u q T ib e s -/
“Every minute that hath passed w h a t tim e y o u C am e to m y R e s c u e W e
again?”
C lim ate To. c u r b /
d e s ir e t h a t y o u a n d M is tr e s s M a r jo r y
A look of sorrow flitted over Ids fnce. since I stepped Into the main cabin m a y D e em y e h o u s e .. H o lh o u r n e y o u r
V
O u S tz/iP E
"I cannot restore It, M aster ( Irme­ of the New Venture to see the face of h o m e a n d ‘tw o u ld d e e l lg h t o u r E y e s
rod. T hat fact Is Indisputable. My the mysterious songbird hath been a m ig h t w e S e e y o u H e re B u tte o f t h a t
y o u w ill b ee ye ju d g e s Ye N e w W o rld
one hold upon public opinion was my persistent suit," 1 declared.
Is ye w o rld f o r Y o u th , o f t h a t T h e r e
The w arriors of the Long House c a n b e e no D is p u te .
success and the power It gave me.
Let me fail and lose my power, and came pouring through the gates of
_ I recalled the damp, w intry day In
my influence Is dead.”
the Stockade, and their war-whoopa
echoed over the forest ns they com­ Burls I had made up my mind to quit
“Yes," I ugreed; "that Is true."
"Moreover," he went on, “my sav­ menced the work of looting Murray s the Jacobite cause and try my fortune
ages are killed or scattered. My or­ establishm ent and securing their pris­ at all risks In England; the pang
ganisation Is gone. My most vulu- oners.
'
As Marjory and I passed out With Which I had .................. the last
able s e n a n ts are slain. I-et us end of
1 th a t sinister enclosure, which hail link remaining with my dead parent«;
th is Interview. Are you prepared to 1 seen so much of wickedness and tinman the rough trip in the sm uggler’s lug­
go outside the stockade and secure suffering, we had our last Joint ger; the wet landing at night on the
dreary channel coast; the fruitless a t­
of Andrew Murray.
consent to the term s we have dis- glimpse
I
“Farewell, my children,” he called. tempts to enlist the aid of form er
"B ear In mind ‘twas Andrew Murray friends; the hue and erv u p start
brought you together. So good coineth cousins had ra ised ; the flight to Lou­
don ; the—
"Ha, there, (Irm erod!”
I looked up to see the burly figure
A u O R ù S t SU R P WHO HAS 0EEM FCEDI n ’
CHAPTER XVII
of Governor Burnet rounding the cor­
C P A R R O W i A U . V J IH T tR T O K E E P ‘e i A
ner. He waved a handful of papers
0OUÛMT HIS S o u AU AlffeauU TOD AY T
The Barring of the Doom Trail
at ine.
W U . ’E M
“Qua, (l te-tl-nn-l!"
1 he packet hath brought g reat
Do ne-ho-gn well's right arm was
new s !“ ne cried. “The lord« of trad e
lifted In the sulute.
Corlaer. his
have seen the light, - ’e m ! Du but
broad fnce with Is Insignificant, hap­
hark to th is !”
hazard features shining with emotion,
(T u b e c o n t in u e d .)
grasped my hand and wrung It
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heartily.
The G uardian of the W estern Door
drew him self up proudly.
“Ga-ha-no did w rong." he said, "but
she died us became the daughter of
During the early part
LlUHflGR 51 WAS ACeiOCUYAUN OH TlkAfe
"1 did salute yr
a roy-an-eh of the Long House."
w
ar
there was considers!
F riday allo a roocky wumbcr o r ooR-
about an hour age
“She died like a w arrior," I replied.
ing between some of the
recruit sentry, w
“You make the heart of Do ne-ho-ga-
P e o P u « who w u x S o tu s j T o T ake
where In the mn
weh very glad," acknowledged the roy- men at the subm arine bi
THAT T R A U J got L E F T
of
the
naval
reserves
H
he was supposed
an-eh. “Can he »till my fears for my
Many of the salty recruit:
nephew?"
the first time he n
"Ta wan-ne-ars fought like s chief." lars had—and showed—a
rend on to where
was to salute an
I answered. "But his heart was made perlorlty over the res«
camp
adjoined
the
base.
passed.
very sad by the death of Ga-ha-no and
VOC ERiAOF STUCK TO A HfYAY WAR LUSHED
One morning a Salty
his mind has wandered from him for
“1 on are supp<
had about two weeks' si
C w a i R wlol R c a il iu g o h a CA-nsur ohg d o t
a space.“
»very time I pass,
“It will return," affirmed Do-ne-ho- regular navy was doing
DAY RBCtHTW, AMD AS SOOU A i HE G u t
serve commander.
ga-weh. "Now tell us, do you come at the submarine base g«
HOAAR, MSI DeSYsONttJ »'BURRAI GHECY?
"\V ho do you t
commanding
officer
of
hither as a captive or a conqueror?“
how do you get
OF f n C k t FCt OAPlR AROOUO Y H ' H ouse
"I come to offer the term s of Mur­ camp passed by The sen
only a reserve,” a:
ray ; but first tell me how successful salute him. The conum1
—The Periscope
you have been, so that I may know retired regular navy ol
w hether I should advise acceptance of stickler for naval etlqtwti
w hat he offer».”
“Why did you not saluti
C o lle d a n I n v e n to r
Do-ne-hoga w e h »wept his arm the commander.
has"wr.;Tr rK,’7 - 8 Gern” ,n ”nglneer.
around the horizon.
dime, h m, ?
k ln ’ hlrh h“ Pr‘-
"Everyw here you see ashes and de­
X 'rrl
a8
»'• prove his
struction." he replied. “The Kee|>er»
nitro iv" ,h 8t M" ' Ps w a" " ‘ì« w d e r,
M
em
orial*
A m a saaxiw ' a
« x u c b d e & u x mls
of the Trail are dead or Imprisoned In
They have
’•'t up in the m arkette lie m a i n t i" M ' lvn" ," l,e m erchant.”
P how « (WAS OUT O F o a p e t t J im hv W S
Murray s stockade. Their women an 1 Piece the yma
ng- s of notable men. and
H A D YD EAT M lf WAYÎPN. YW‘ UHEMA a I .
children are our prisoners. Our belts of such as ba
" h’"
ive bene great and boun- Whir.'V ‘
can scarcely support the loads of tlful henefac
F U U U O -fH BATTERIES' A A lS S lN fi. JISAS
T ,e w ? *‘X,,l° ded h}" " « ‘'-“ '» « I fus.^.
'
“rs
to
the
comioen
scalps we have taken We have swept wealth, for
S o u h a w iu g b u r i T owued e«A
,r MT8 ,h- '-‘» -n .v d e was
|*Tpetual memorie of a wen
the Doom Trail.
••quipped laboratory.
F or . - th ' R A O to
' s ami also that the
“T ake back this message to Murray.
Towne of the aottceaton
Tell him that he la to surrender his
"e cannot giva
■od provoke their p,»
to u se as It stands, with all It con
profit
ne.—More, Utopia,
CHAPTER XVI— Continued
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