ARTHUR.
AUTHOR, of
WHO SFS-Vltl
CHAPTER VI Continued
11
, 'Above rvrrythliiK else, I wnat
r rin I U happening lit Jugiiru," ln said.
The I loom Trull nmy wnll. Thi news
which Tuwun in- nrs hriniijlil of Hi
intent of I Im r'reuih lo replace Jon
calre'a trading post with a stone fort
U tlil most luciiiiclug tiding we have
hud since I In (m-uiu wus signed, It
makes manifest what I have hlwuy
contended : l hut there run he no real
peace whilst w inn) Hi" Kn-iii li nit
cheek by Jowl, eurh striving for more
power t tut it tin other.
'"Ni mi paper there muy In-; liul
Ui French will In- breaking It, they
bate done In Hit rase of Join aire
post iiihI a they now lnn to ii" by
building furl iihui KugUsli lerrl
lory. I must know wlml t )' ilo there,
Muster irini-ioil. I must know beyond
doubt. I must lint e noin t rim
trust wdo will see fr himself on the
put."
"Hurely, t'orlaer "
forlaer cmiiiol ii'iik French. More
over, If he could, hl fine I known
long the whole (roiilliT. He uml Jon
calre are old opponent, "l i you w ho
must go. Muatjiicrude n r'n-uch
Oiuu. 1 licit are plenty of lads who go
ut every year lo I uiukIu to ha a
try at Ui fur trade. Voti hIiouIiI be
hi to pnss for one of t ln-iu. At mi)
rut 'Hi worth lb attempt."
"Tin well worth trying," 1 agreed.
"Also, 'III possible I may pick up koine
news of llni Tmll from Joiieulre."
Tiisalble." he assented; "hut keep
lb Tmll In Urn look of Jour iiilml.
Tla this fori w lit h concerns me now.
Pur look you. MuU-r Orinerod, If 1
oecure proof the French niedllute In
earnest no grave t breiicli of the treaty
'twill atreiigthcn by mi much my case
Ogalnst Murray. Then might I dure
Indeed lo sllr the lrotpiois to hosllll
tlra against him, I'elcr suggested "
"1 will do what I limy." 1 promised.
"Tla well. And be not reluctant to
areept advln from Coriuer mill I lie In
dlau. They lire si-booled In Hie for
tstt's cm ft, tJiHxl hy, Kir, mid be vig
ilant" 110 gave me a hearty cltisp of the
kind and bowed me out.
In the at reel I'urliier awaited me.
"IVr tide In floisllng," he mid, uml
without another word M l ofr ut a good
round puce.
We (Mine presently In wharf nt the
foot of le alrccl, where luy the
loop Itctsy, her mill ulnlo.ci, I. nul
lities slut k. Nhe rail tiff u we stepn-d
abonrd, end presently I win lixiMng
back over her stern nl the dwindling
kyllue of the iiuiliit little i lly.
On the fcurlh duy Ho river hore u
throuiih a rounlry of low, rullinu hllU
and plaliia Uml llfteil to uiimiiiIiiIiiouii
keltihla In the illnhiiice. There were
farina by the wuler'a edife, hihI ixmih
tlmea the liiipiiHlni; niuiiloii of a pn
troon with II attendant group of
bulldlngn (H-cupli-d by whiiiiIk, uluve
ami teiiiinta. .
(Hi the II fill rtny we nli:liiei In the
dim mice the l.eUni.- of Knit I IruliKC
Which the Kliiillsll Wern Ix-gltinlliit to
rail Allniiiy, neniilnK cloxe to the river
bank under the nheltcr of h Hleep
hillock. We niinle the toitery pier, mid
haRleiird lii Into Hie town, U 'li-tfiillug
to the lilimier of the loop uml hi boy
the tiok of coiiM-.tliiK our luitfiiKH lo
the luvcm. We h-iirneil Hint Murray
bad upeiil bill twenty four ttiiira In
the low ii uml win gone two dnn Miice.
We m iiI the f.iii-iiiMin III puicliimlng
for im- Hie Miiilnr lrnipliiu of the
front If tr.ii inn - im-. t rixl tm of iitiklo
lielithl mill It-iii Ii . r leulnj: uml liln,
II liiillnn In iiiiiuufiiciun-. 1'lie wi-iip-ona
Juutilim hud iiiipllei me were
warmly prulxetl hy my coiiiriulea.
Kor 1 1 it- rent there were nihil attire
of suit t, niiuiir. powilcr. Ilintn mill bull
to be pm ki d upon our hm-kit. My gur
Bienta of clWIUiilloii I liuitle lulu
puckuite which I ronxliiued to the Inn
keeper' cure.
We -took tin- roiid to Hclienerliiily,
It W'MH the IiihI white uiiin'a rond I a
to MM', iinil I long remembered III
broad NiirfHce mid the auullglil coming
Juwii lii-tweeu the tree on elllit-r
blind and the fiiruia with their log
Iioum-i mid liH'kiitle.
Hut I knew I wit on the frontier at
larit, for the atockiidea were over IiIkIi
for mere herding of cuttle and the
houne wiill were loop-holed. In sev
eral of the village there were attiiire,
log hullt fort, two atorlea lull, with
the top atorjr projecting out beyond
Hid lower, ao tlmt the giirrUon could
Ire down along the Hue of the wall.
Twit rtxteen mile to Kehenecliuly,
ind night bad fallen when we bulled
the gale for iiIiiiImhIoii.
We were afoot ngiilit earlj the next
morning. . Heyond Hvlipueiiudy a few
farm rimmed the road, but prpKently
we came to clearing, and on the wet
Ida green burrler ! retched croa
oar way From end to end of the
clearing It reached, and aa fur on
either linlid n I could aee, htgli. Inn
gled, Hiiparentlr Inipervloua grwa wull
4jf vegetatlna
D.HOWDEN SMITH
PORTO CELLO OOLO ETC
COfVt6HT tf BtWTMQ'$
"The roHtl top here," 1 aiiltl to Ta
wan ne am. "How ahull we go on?"
"The rond of the while innn aloti
yea," he miHwered. "Hut the roud of
the lliMle-no uitu-iiee begin."
"Whul la tlmt T"
fie miide no answer, but kept on hi
wy until we were under the bole of
the llmt of the foreat tree.
There at my feet wn a deep, nar
row alot In the eurth, groove amne
elghleeii Indie wide and porhiip
twelve Incbea deep, that dlaappeure't
Into the gloom which reltmil under
the Interlacing bough overhead. U
did lint go t might, hut crookedly llkn
a amike, curving and twUtlng aa II
rhnuced In meet a luoy boulder or
a tree too big to be rendlly felled or
uprooted. A 1 atooed over II I saw
Hint It bottom uml steeply eloping
Itle were hard packed, beaten down
hy coiilliiniil preaaure, the relentless
pressure of counties human feet for
feneration and centuries.
Ta-vtun ne ar Instantly led the way
Into the groove of the trull, and a If
Instinctively swung Into an easy loping
Irot. 1 followed him and the I 'uteri
num brought up the rear.
It waa cool under the trees, for Hie
sun seldom peiietriited the follllge,
dense already although It was only
Ihe fag end of spring. And It was very
silent terribly, oppressively silent.
1'lie crnck of
a at Ick underfoot wa
like a iiiu-ket
shot. The padding of
our fei-t on the resilient leaf mold wa
like the low rolling of muffled drums.
The timorous twittering of bird
sei-meil to set the echoes flying.
Vet I wn aniHTt-d when Ta wan He
ars hulled abruplty In mid afternoon,
uml Inclined hi ear toward the trull
behind us.
"What Is It?" I asked, and so com
pletely hail the spirit of the forest
I liken poasesslon of me that I whis
pered Ihe words,
"Something Is following Us," ho an
swered. t'orlaer put hi ear to Ihe bottom of
the trull, and curloua expression
crossed Id fare.
"Vii," wa nil he anld.
CHAPTER VII
Along the Great Trail
"Shall we return and face tlicui?" I
nskeil engcrly,
Tii-wnn-ni-nr permitted himself a
smile of friendly sarcasm.
"If we can hear them, surely they
call hear us," he said. "No, we will
keep on. There la place further
along the tmll from which we ran look
back upon them. Come, Orinerod, you
and 1 will ruu ahead. I'eter will fol
low us."
Ta wan lie Hrs shifted his musket to
his shoulders, ami 'broke Into long,
loping stride. I followed him.
Half mile up the trail be stopped.
"Wulk In my trucks, brother, " he
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"Message Sticks" Open
One of the mysteries of flie nbo
rlglnul of Australia la the euse with
which ha reud "message-sticks" re
gardless of whether they have been
written by one of his own tribesmen
or member of distant trthe with
which he ha never come Info contact.
The signs and symbol apparently
are the same among the aborlglnul
tribe, according to a writer In the
Sydney Itulletln, who asserts Hint ha
ha "seen nn old aborlglnul, to whom
a atlck from another tribe mnny mile
dlstnnt had been shown, trnnslute the
strange markings with fluency, and
when some time afterward Hie aaina
atlck wua slmwo again to another na
mUI "And certain mm h
no bruise a twig."
With the utmost caution he parted
the icreen of underbrush on onr right
band, and revealed a tunnel through
the greenery Into which he led tha
way, hesitating at each step until he
bud gently thrust aside the Intervening
foliage. Once In Ihe tunuel, however,
hi cure was abandoned, and he ran
quickly fo the trunk of a huge pin
which eoared upward Ilk monu
mental column, high above the aur
rounding tree, lie leaned hi niu
ket against the pitchy bole,
"The symbol of the Long House," h
said- tupping the swelling girth of It.
"Ktreiigth mid symmetry and gran
deur. We will climb, brother."
He swung himself up Into tht
brunches, which formed a perfect lud
der, firm under foot, behind the screen
of the pine needles. When the other
treetop were beneath us, he strad
dled a bough and cleared a loophole
from which we might look out over the
forest we bud traversed.
We looked for so long, without any
thing happening Hint my eyebullf
ached, lint ut lust there was a move
ment like the miniature upheaval
which Is caused by un ant In breaking j
ground. Houghs (inhered, and a fig
ure appeared In Ihe open. Twne Cor
laer. He gunced around blin and
strode on. In a moment he had passed
Hit clearing utid disappeared In the
forest.
Ta wan ne ars hitched forward and
lieered through the loophole with tense
muscles. And again there wa a wait
which seeineil endless. My eyelid
blinked from Ihe slruln of watching.
The desolation and lotiellness of tha
ulldcrnoss were so complete that It
seemed Inconceivable another human
being could be within view. And whilst
this thought occupied my mind a durk
Itgure crawled on bunds and knee
from the mouth of the trull. At that
distance all we could see of his cos
tume wa the clump of feather that
bristled from hi aculplock.
He followed I'eter Into the trail oa
our side of the clearing, and there waa
a second and briefer pause. Then a
slleiilly aa ghost a string of figure
flitted Into the clearing. There were
six of them, each with musket In the
hollow of his arm, eucb with bristling
feather heailtlres.
Ta wun ne ar emitted a guttural
grunt, quite unlike bla usual rather
musical utterances,
"lown!" lie rasjied. "Down! Tha
time la scant I"
At the foot of the pine he snatched
up hi musket without a word, and
turned Into the green tunnel that de
bouched upon the screen of the trail.
As we slcpiied Into tha worn alot
I'eter mine Into view,
"Welir he anld phlegmatic-ally.
"Cu hillings dogst They dare to In
vade territory of the Long House!"
"We cun cross der Muhawk to der
south branch of der trail," proposed
t'orlaer. "They wouldt not dure to
follow us there."
"No," snarled Ta-wannears ; "wa
shall not step aside for them. Wa will
attend to Hie m ourselves. They will
not attack unless they have to for wa
ure still mtir the Mohawk castle, al
though 'tis iiiiii Ihe opHsite bank of
the river. They will leuve ua atone
until night.'
"Hut why cannot we attack them)"
A look of ferocity which was almost
demoniac changed Ills usually pleasant
features Into an awful mask.
"In mi ambuscade one might escnpa
No, my brother Ormerod, we will wait
until they attack ua. Then"
He paused significantly.
"Not one of the Kceers shall return
to tell Murray how his brother died."
We took up the march. Twa al
ready mid afternoon, and shortly tha
dimness of twilight descended upon
lite trull, aa the level rays of the set
ting sun were turned aside by the In
terim lug masses of vegetation.
Twilight faded Into dusk aud still wa
kept ou. Ta wun tie-um had eyj-s like
a cut's, und I, too, accustomed myself
to perception of hanging brunches and
I lie unexpected turns und twists In tha
groove of the path. The stars were,
out in -the sky overhead when w
stepped from the shelter of the forest
into a rocky deli divided by a tiny
brook.
"We will camp here," auld Ta-wun-nears.
He rested M musket on bouldet
aud begun to colled llrewood.
"Why a fire?" 1 asked.
"The trailers must not think wa
usiicct them,'' he replied curtly. "If
we lit no fire they would know for cer
tnln that we were suspicious."
1 helped him, whilst Curl tier crouched
by the opening of the trull on watch.
We soon bad a respectable pile of
wood, but before kindling It the Sen
eca bade ua atrip off our leathern
shirts and stuffed them with under
brush Into semblance of human
shapes. A third figure to represent
himself he contrived out of the puck
aud eeveml branches.
(TO BK CONTINUED.)
Books to Aborigines
tive, the second one' tranalntloa
agreed with that of the drat."
A few white men have learned to
decipher the conventional marking
and symbol on the "message-sticks.1'
Eat Lot i of Applet
The American people lead the world
aa apple eater. Although we full con
siderably abort of the proverbial "ap
ple a day," we avernge about threo
applei a week per capita. The Rrltlsb
come second a enters of apples. They
consume an average of two npplea a
week per capita, The consumption of
this frull Is euuipiirutlvely light ta
Europe.
" the - ESS
CABINET
04. imv, Wuiarn Nawiyr Unlun.)
! Our cllmals Is a serin ot aur
tna, anil among- our many prog
nostic of Ih wauthsr, th only
trustworthy on that I know Is
that, when It Is warm It Is a sign
It Is K'iJiik to b cold. ilsliib
Waldo Kinarson,
FOR BREAKFAST
Aa K per cent of the housekeeper!
In the land are maldless, It I wise to
prepare a much
of ft aa possible
the night before,
so that a satlsfy
I n g breakfast
may be quickly
prepare d.
An alitrm clock
to I n s n r e the
right time of rising will give ample
lime to arrange the menl unhurriedly.
He who goes morning from a quiet,
comfortable and well-ordi red home la
twice a capable a a business mno
who leave with a hasty breakfast,
pei Imp prepared hy himself, often
leaving home with the unpleasant
memory of a disordered home.
The uniform breakfast Is a most
convenient one. a It suves brain fag,
and you know Just what you are to
prepare and they know Just whut they
will lisve; however, the most of ua
like to avoid monotony and like an oc
casional break In the dally round. The
usual fruit, cereal, bacon, egg or
foast with a cooky or doughnut to fin
ish, off with, with the cup of coffee, la
so ti'iiiilly served that we all know
how to prepare such a breakfast, pro-
1 1 1 : ii we have the food,
A pleasing change Is secured by
serving a variety of cereals aa well
i ilmse which need no cooking. By
serving a variety the food la never mo
notonous, end the favorites may bo
cried more often.
I'.rolled or baked irsckerel, codfish
talis flnnan huddle, smoked fish ara
ill admissible for the first meul of
the duy.
Of the meats, the f-ivorltes are ba
con, ham, chops, suusage, corn beef
hush, frizzed beef and calf hralna.
Kggs are usually a favorite break
fast dish for the iieijorlty and are
served In such a rarlety of way that
they need never become monotonous.
Omelets form an especially desir
able Clsh and they, too, are of an end
less variety. Scrambled, fried, poached
and cooked In Ihe shell, cnokid In
ramekins with cream, and egg In
cnmlilnatlnn with rice and other food!
too n-imerous to mention, are all de
sirable breakfast dishes
Good Everyday Food.
The use of leftover Is a dully prob
lem In most homes. How lo serve
them without appenrjrig
tn be leftovers Is not al
ways easy.
Bjktd Codfish Puffs.
I'ut a ctlpful or two of
shreddt'tl codfish Into a
bowl, add boiling water
to cover and let stand
to cool, then drain and
add to a pint of mushed
poiato, then add a cup
ful of white sauce, ona
irttspoonful of onf-'" Juice, two tea
spoonful of butter, salt If needed and
plenty of paprika. Peat until light,
then put Into a baking dish, brush
w ith fat and buke twenty five minutes
or until brown.
Ham Loaf. I'ut three cupful of
boiled rich and two cupful of cold
boiled ham through a meat chopper,
add onehalf cupful of white sauce,
one-hulf cupful of bread, one table
spoonful of minced parsley, one ta-hit-spoonful
of onion Juice, salt, pep
per to taste, one tcusimonful of Wor
cestershire sauce, and a well-beaten
ept. Mix all together and press Into
a brick-shaped pun. I'.ake thirty min
utes In a moderate oven. Serve with
a sauce or sliced cold.
' Se.-.lloptd Onions With Peanuts.
Peel and cook six onions, chop two
thirds of a cupful of Masted piannls.
Cook two taltlespoonfuls each of fat
end flour, mid seasonings and a cup
ful of milk. I'ut the onions, and pea
nuts In layers. In a buttered baking
dish, cover with buttered rruniba.
Hake until brown.
Raisin and Appl 8aid. Wnsh one
cupful of raisins, add one-fourth of
cupful of apples and one cupful of
mayonnaise. Line a bowl with lettuce,
pile In the diced apple and raisins,
cover with the mayonnaise. Serve
with nenfchntel cheese balls and gar
nlsh with culies of tart red Jelly.
Eggs a la Suls. Heal an omelet
pan. put In a tahlespootiful of butter
Slid when melted add one-half cupful
of cream. Slip In four egg one at a
time and sprinkle with ault anil pep
per, with a few grains of cayenne.
When the white are nearly firm
sprinkle with two tuhleapoonftil of
grated cheese. Servo 'on buttered
toast.
Cauliflower With Chtese 8auc.
Cook the cauliflower broken Into flow
erets In boiling salti-d water unfit ten
der. Prepare a white aatice with one
cupful of milk added to two table
spoonful each of flour and butter
rooked together, add snlt and popper
and cupful of grated cheese. Cover
the cauliflower with the sauce and
bike In a hot oven until well heated.
Grapenuts Pudding. Dissolve one
package of lemon Jcllo, add one cup
ful of steamed raisins, one-half cup
ful of sugar, one cupful of grapenuts,
six walnut meats cut fine. Mix all to
gether ind mold. 8ero with whipped
.rretim,
n f ' lit Jlllh
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A 8 we grow older, there is apt to be a gradual slowing up
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Proper function cleanse! the blood stream thoroughly. Slug'
gish function u apt to permit some retention of uric acid and
other poisons. This tends to make one tired, listless and achy
to have drowsy headaches and dizziness and perhaps a toxic
backache. That the kidney! are not functioning properly is
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Margie. "There are others," an
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A ncwa item tells of an unpublished
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whole lot of rejection slips.
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At An n-wu m it
taksr aso DAFNCS3 aa najaat,
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There ought to be supermen, of
course; but how to go about It.
KliMiurtice I the mistress of all tho
art. Tacitus.
Anoint tha ayrlMa wits Human Bra Bsl
sam at nlahl and asa how rt-frsphtK! an4
trsnath'O.'U yoar rya ara III th nuiraln.
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It Is the wicked who think every
temptation la an opportunity.
Cryr