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CHAPTER X Continued
Tom and Polling rolled In barrels of
mm, which were opened and consumed
aa rapidly as the heads were knocked
ft ; and the raw spirits combined with
The hellish chnnt and the suggestive
throbbing of the drums to stimulate
afresh the passions which Ga-ha-no's
dancing had aroused.
At first they paid no attention to us.
They were preoccupied with the ex
traordinary hysteria which had
grlpiied them.. They apostrophized the
moon. The women flung themselves
upon the False Faces, for It was
deemed an honor to receive the atten
tions of these priests of evil. The men
worked themselves Into an excess of
debauchery. Groupa formed and dis
solved with amusing rapidity. Indi
viduals, wearying of each other, ran
hither' and thither, seeking partners
who were more pleasing or attractive
to them.
Put at last a portion of the drunken
mob turned upon us. An old woman
with wispy gray hair and shrunken
breasts beat Ta-wan-ne-ars on the
funk with a smoldering brand. Roll
ing, whatever of man there was In him
smothered In the brutlshnesa the rum
had excited, carefully Inserted plne
spllnter In the quick of my finger nail.
I gritted my teeth to force back the
scream of agony, and managed to laugh
' -how, I do not know when he set It
alight
"The brother of Ta-wan-ne-ars li a
great warrior," proclaimed my com
rade, swift to come to my help. "Hed
Jack and his friends cannot hurt Or
merod. We laugh at you."
Dolling ripped out his knife and
tapered toward the Seneca's stake,
"i'll make yoo laugh," he spat wick
edly. "I'll carve your mouth wider so
yoo can laugh plenty when we begin
on yon In earnest. Think this has
been anything? We
A yell of mingled fear and laughter
Interrupted hlra. False Faces and
warriors, women a well as men, were
pointing toward the background of the
pllles,
"Xe-e-ar-go ye. the Hear, Is come to
play with us," they cried.
And others prostrated ' themselves
and called
"Qua. Ga-go-aa Ho-nun-as-tase-ta !"
For the second time that night 1
twisted my neck to peer behind nly
take, and sure the sight which met
my eyes was weirder even thsn the
white figure of the Moon Maiden.
There within the circle of the firelight
stood Ga-ht-DO again. But 'twas a
vsstly different Ga-ha-no. On ber head
she wore bear's mask, wltb the fur
of the neck and shoulders falling
around her body to the ga-ka-ah which
drajied her loins. In each hand ahe
grlpied a knife, and her white limbs
staggered under her In pretense of
the unsteady gait of bear walking
erect
The False Faces began their chant,
the drums rumbled crazlly, and she
wavered forward, arms flopping like
paws, head poised absurdly upon one
side. The savages, keen to appreciate
what they knew, applauded uproar
lnusly such faithfulness to nature.
They were equally enthusiastic
when she advanced her muzzle sus
piciously and smelled of my face. But
they could not henr the familiar voice
which whlsi-ered In my ear
"Sir. Ormerod, when I have cut your
bonds he ready to lenp after me as
soon as the Iroquois Is free."
I started so that my surprise must
have been apparent had It not been
for the restraining rawhide thongs.
"Whutr I gasped. "You I"
Pay nothing. Time Is short And
I will-"
Khe duncd, with her ridiculous Knit,
over to Ta-wiin-ne-urs, and I watched
curiously his look of affection and
detestation change to one of quickly
suppressed amuzciiient. With his
ready wit he shook his head at her
and tr!"d to hit one of the furry
ears of her mask.
Khe backed away from us slowly,
and 1. r head biilnnced from side to
side in contemplation. Then she
churx d Upoil me, knives flushing be
fore ii y eyes. She slashed at me here
and there, and each tluin she slushed
the i i vend a thong. I pretended ab
ject t -ir, and the befuddled savages
shn i .d with glee.
tshc prunced to Ta-wun-ne-ars and
peri ' i t led the same operation upon
hliu. lie, too, gave evidence of fear.
Ho cowered against the stake and
lowered his head. But when she ad
vanced her mask and nuzzled his
shoulder, 1 saw bis powerful muscles
knotting themselves In prepurulloli
for the dash for freedom.
"Now !" I heard her say very low.
Ta-wan-ne-ars seemed to rise Into
(he elr, thongs flying behind htm. I
tugned nd Jumped and my own lush
ing purled and I found myself run
ning somewhat stiffly beside the Iro-
uols.
A stcond figure drew tip to my side,
and I it-It a kulfulillt pushed luto my
kd.
"In case," said the fumlllar voice,
"And here la one for the Iroquois,
too,"
I stared down In bewilderment at
the bear mask. 'Twas so unexpected,
yet so obviously what I might have
known she would do If the oppor
tunity arose. That clean scorn, thnt
brave honesty of purpose, I had
marked In her, were earnest of hor
determination to dare all for what ahe
believed to be right
A chorus of yelps like wolf-pack
In full cry split the night behind us.
One of the Fulse Faces sprang Into
our path, and Ta-wan-ne-ars closed
with him. The Seneca's knife plunged
luto his throat, and he collapsed wltb
a strangled scream.
As the plue trees shrouded ns I
looked back bver my shoulder. The
dancing place was covered with mob
of running figures who fell over each
other In their drunken frenzy.
"To the left." sobbed the voice from
the bear's mask.
We turned between the trunks of
the pines, the mat of fallen needles
springy underfoot Behind us the fires
of the dancing place were faint
radiance In the dusk. Branches
crashed; bodies hurtled against each
other; bedlam of shrieks resounded
to the skies.
'Let me help you," I panted to our
rescuer.
'There will be no need." she an
swered, running stride for stride be
side us. "lo not be concerned for me.
Many mile I have run wltb the gillies
over the Highland hills."
She stumbled aa she spoke, and I
set my hand under her elbow. Ta-wan-ne-ars
did the same on the other
side, and so we run for a space, three
and three, our bruised and rusty joints
gradually Umbering with the effort
l'resently we cume to an opunluz
amongst the pines, with a huge. Hut
rock In the center and before the rock
the aahea of Are. My foot struck
something round, and a human skull,
blackened and charred, bounded ahead
of us. I felt a shudder pass through
the slender figure In the mask.
"Tis the altar of the False Faces,"
she murmured. "None but the Ga-go-sa
will dare to follow ns through the
wood."
'Was that your thought V I ques
tioned.
'No. I was helpless. Twas the
Mistress she bade me call ber Ga-
ha-no thought of everything."
Ta-wan-ne-ars stopped In bis stride.
"What of Ga-ba-no?" he demanded
sternly.
She glanced fearfully backward
along the way we had come.
"We may not stay," she answered
rapidly. "I will talk as we run. Oh,
haste, baste, or all will be lost !"
The Seneca resumed his steady gait
but the moonlight filtering through the
branches revealed the agony In his
face, an agony which the ordenl at the
stnke had not been able to produce.
"Go-ba-no thought of all," gasped
our companion, her voice strangely
muffled by the musk. '.She came to
me this morning whilst I was plead
ing with them told me bow It It might
be done fetched Die here procured
me the inufk and costume taught me
the dance. Twus she secured the de
luy In your torture mude them send
you food bolstered your strength."
"Where Is she now?' asked Ta-wun-
ne-ars hardly.
She looked sldewlse at him I think
In pity.
'With the Chevalier de eulle, she
said reluctantly.
Then with quick earnestness:
" 'Twas part of her plan. It might
not otherwise be done."
He was silent, and we ran on for as
much as a quurter-liour, coming then
-K-IX'XI-IX,H-XX'I'M,M,M''8'''I',,!':tx'I'1'
Change in Popularity
The expression "Quoi" was flung
frequently in the yeur 1820 ut Imper
tinent person who asked you ques
tions thnt you preferred not to answer.
The next reully formidable success
was, "What a shocking bad hut I"
which soon blossomed Into a game al
most as populur as and even more
strenuous than the renowned "Beav
er 1" Wearers of worn and torn head
pieces were In constant danger of hav
ing the offending object snatched from
their heads and hurled Iftio the gutter
by enthusiastic athletes.
The year 1M5 Is agreed upon by
most scholars ns the time at which
"Doe your mother know you're out!"
first convulsed a weary world. Five
more yeur of fasting and prayer were
neceSHury before "Do you see any
green In my eye?" made It bow. The
closing decades of the Nineteenth cen
tury were more proline und they may
be held responsible for "I would I
were with Nancy," "Whoa, Kinina,
mind the paint," "Not today, baker,"
"Not lu these trousers," "Where did
to the bank of a small slieam, whert
a trail marked a ford.
"Under those bushes," she said,
pointing, "you will find your clothes
and weapons. We hid them this eve
tilng,"
I scurried Into the undergrowth and
started to don the. tattered garments
which were fastened n a bundle to the
barrel of my musket -tho musket that
Jugglus had given to me, years and
years ago. It seemed, In London, and
which I had expected never to see
again. But she halted me.
"No, no, Mr. Ormerod 1H she ex
claimed. "There Is not time. You
must go on alone, the two of you.
They will expect you to strike Into the
Doom Trail. 'Tis the quickest way to
the settlements, tla-ha no bade me
tell you to go west Instead, making
for Oswego at the mouth of the Onon
dagas river. So you uiuy shake off the
pursuit of the Keepers."
"But you?" I cried, standing up, bun
ble and musket. In hund.
"Tis my part to lead them Into the
Doom Trull."
Ta-wan-ne-ars joined with me In a
violent protest. But she waved us
aside.
There Is no other way. I will have
learned much since my coming here. 4
Master Ormerod, and amongst other
things, to think the less harshly of
you."
"For thnt I am thankful," I replied,
"but sure, you must let us take you
buck to Fort Orange. Governor Bur
net will care for you."
"It cannot be," she Insisted. "My
place Is here. Wicked as they be.
these men here and he who Is culled
my father Is not the cleanest of them
they work la a good cause. Tis for
me to stuy by and see they do what Is
expected of them for It Now be off,
sir. The False Faces will be on ns
any moment and I am not wishing to
be caught by them, even though they
would not venture to do me harm."
A burst of ferocious yelling came
from the heart of the pine wood.
"They have seen truces of us In the
open spuce by the altar," Interrupted
Ta-wan-ne-ars.
lie swung musket and bundle to bis
shoalder, and faced the bear mask,
splended figure In bronze.
"Sister Ne-e-ar-go-ye," he said grave
ly, "did Gu-ha-uo give you any mes
sage for Ta-wun-ne-ars"'
She hesitated.
"She said that If you asked for her
I was to tell you to forget Oa-ha-no.
that she wits unworthy of your mem
ory. But you were to bulleve that
what she did for you tonight wss In
reparation for her first great wrong."
He bowed his head.
"And oh, Ta-wan-iiare," ahe went
on Impulsively, "she puys bitter
price. Forgive her."
Ta-wun-ne-ars looked up.
"Say this to Ga-ha no," he answered.
"Suy Ta-wan-ne-ars thinks of her
as a Lost Soul, tarrying for a while
with Ata-ent-slc, and In the end he will
come for her and bring her home again
to his lodge. Suy thut Ta-wan ne-ars
never forgets."
He raised his right arm In the ges
ture of farewell, and stepped Into the
current of the stream.
"We part once more, Marjory." I
said, offering my band.
She took It
"For certain words I hsve spokes, re
you, I am sorry," she said. "I know
more now. You may be my enemy, but
1 believe you not to be a traitor."
'Thank you. And is that all you
have to say to me?"
Thut Is all," she replied softly,
withdrawing her hand.
"I will not leave you." I cried, and
made to walk with her along the trull.
I'.ut she pushed me back.
"I'iease go, Master Ormerod." she
begged. "If I am not overtaken, this
musk will protect me as far as the
chapel, where my own clothes are
awaiting me. They dure not enter
there."
, I captured her hand aguln and car
rled It to my lips.
"My name Is Harry," I answered.
"And I have never forgotten the song
In the cabin of the New Venture."
'Thank you. Hurry," she retumel
with a trill of el tin laughter. "And I
do assure you I know other songs,"
With that she wss gone. Yet 1 had
a feeling I had never known b?ore
that she was still with lae, and I
stepped Into the wuter with Joy In my
heart
A score of paces down the bunk I
found Tu-wan-ne-ars, and w crouched
under the pendant brunches of wil
low to see what would huppen, mus
kets primed and ready.
(TO UK CONTINL'lID.)
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Weekly, London.
Improving Artillery
A vacuum tube and a high-speed
camera are being utilised by the
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perts to measure the vibrations of a
gun muzzle during Its discharge, in
experiment still continuing It wus
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gun burrel caused the gun to shoot
high and thut other thing being
equal, muzzle vibrations Increase as
tho powder charge Is mude lighter.. It
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- Civet Himtelt Away
"De habitual kicker only perclalm
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"And now for our trip today," shout
ed Uncle John early the next morning.
"We are going up tho Hudson river,
he added.
"Oh, what fun," exclaimed Douglas.
"Are we going to any special place?"
atlsed Dorothy,
"Yea," said Undo John, "we are
going to see Washington's headquar
ters at Newburgh."
So, on a boat Uncle John took Doug
las and Dorothy, and up the Hudson
they went. They looked at the beau
tiful 1'ullsades on one side, und on the
other the apartment bouses. For
they ulwnys loved that contrast of
beautiful nature and the very appur
eut fact of humuj nature and ull Its
homos I
"Whut quantities of people live In
the Wonder City," said Dorothy.
"Of course, laughed Douglas, "Don't
we see hundreds every day? There
have bevu crowds wherever we have
gone."
"But It seems as If there were so
many more, somehow, when we see
what lots of homes there have to bo
for them all," said Dorothy.
At last the boat reached Newburgh.
There Undo John took the children
to the house where at one time George
Washington made his !(ad. pinners.
They looked about them at all the
things that George Washington used
Borne of them looked old and differ
ent but niuny seemed much the same.
They Wrote Their Names
They Just had a different meaning
because such a greut man owned and
used them.
Uncte John showed them letters
that George Washington had written,
and after they had looked at them a
little while, Douglas exclaimed:
"I'm sitting In the chair that he used
to fit Int" Of course Dorothy had to
try It tool
And before they left they wrote
their names In the big book In which
sr written the names of visitors who
come from all over to visit the head
quarters of Washington, which are so
beautifully situated
In front of the house lHnglus and
Dorothy aaw a large cannon which
they were told was fired off every
year on the Fourth of July, when
some one msde a patriotic speech, and
when fireworks followed In the eve
ning's celebration.
Bark once more they went In th
boat along the Hudson to the Wonder
City. And, as tle toll buildings cume
in view again, and Iouglas and Dor
othy were thinking of all the marvel
ous things thut existed to the city,
Douglas auld:
There would never have been a
Wonder City If It hadn't been for
George Washington. I'm so glud I've
taken that trip."
"And I'm glad," said Dorothy, "that
we've written our names In the book
of visitors."
They talked of this snd they talksd
too of the wonder of the weather bu
reau which they had seen the day be
fore, and which by means of Instru
ments and' the condition of the at
mosphere could toll whet tier It was
going to ruin, snow, freeze or broil.
Thut wus how the weather bureau
could send out reports to the news
papers on whut the weather wus go
ing to be.
Iteully, Douglas and Dorothy agreed,
It was very wonderful to see so much
that was so amazing, but because peo
ple were used to it thvy did not stop
to appreclute.
OfAer Fellow Fault
Bobby, aged three, had a cousin the
same age who came to visit him. They
spent the major part of the time quar
reling. Finally Ilobby'i mother said,
iternly, "What Is the matter with you
and Jimmy, Bobby? You don't agree
at nil?"
"Oh," said Bobby, "I ngreo. It's Jim
mis that doesn't"
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