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lu ARTHUR
AUTHOR, of
WHO tfUvlCI
CHAPTER XI Continued
, 22
We spent two days with these peo
ple, recuperating la preparation fur
the item task ahead of us. After
parting with them we continued lu
leisurely fashion eastward, keeping
well to the north of the Great Trail of
the Long House and avoiding as much
a possible contact with the Ouoo
dagaa, Oneltlaa aud Mohawks whose
countries we traversed. Some ten
days after leaving Oswego we found
ourselves on the verge of that uu
tracked domain which was roamed by
the Keepers of the Doom TralL
In order to assure that our depar
ture would be free from the observa
tion of spies we left our last camp
after dark and In two parties, Ta-wan-ne-ars
and myself going In one direc
tion and Peter In another.
Our meeting place was a grove on
the bank of a creek, one of the tribu
taries of the Mohawk. We reached It
without observation, and lay In con
cealment most of the day, starting
gain In the late afternoon and moving
warily through the forest, following
Do particular course, but addressing
ourselves rather to the effaceuient of
all evidence of our passage.
We discovered nothing, and the next
day and many others went by with no
better luck. Our provisions were ex
hausted, and we were compelled to
live iroin hand to mouth upon such
game as Ta-wan-ne-ars could snare or
kill with his tomahawk and certes he
was wondrous proficient In both arts.
But we kept on. bearing always east
ward and quartering the country In
very direction.
In- the very midst of this deserted
wilderness we came upon what we
ought We had abandoned the head
waters of the Mohawk and were fol
lowing one of lu middle branches, a
ahallow stream with pebbly, shelving
banks, wading close Inshore so as not
to disturb the close-growing hrubbery.
We all saw It simultaneously a tat
tered, weather-stained fragment of
canvas, caught on a snag In the cur
rent I fished It out with my musket
barrel
"A pack-cofer," declared Peter Im
mediately. "And safely Identified," I added, put
ting my finger oo an unmistakable
thistle In green paint with three-quarters
of a letter "M" above 1t
A mile farther on Ta-wan-ne-ari ex
claimed and pointed upward to the
trunk of a tall elm. Partly sbsded by
the foliage of the lower boughs a deep
blase was revealed la the bark.
We waded sshore and Investigated.
The underbrush was as thick aa else
where, but presently Peter gave a
heave with his bull-like shoulders and
it whole section of growths, which had
been laced together with vines on a
backing of boughs, lifted gate-fashion.
Beyond stretched a narrow alley,
whose carpet of grass showed It to
be seldom traveled,
"If this be not the Doom Trail 'tis
worth a look none the less," I whis
pered. Peter nodded, and slipped through
the opening. 1 followed him, and Ta-wan-ne-ars
brought up the rear.
Here In this hidden path the forest
noises became remote. Even the birds
ceased to twitter overhead, and the
lightest stlning of the treetops made
Cs drop to earth In expectancy of at
tack. Vet when the attack came we
were taken completely by surprise.
We were all of us alert, but the first
warning that we were under observa
tion was a green-feathered arrow
which sang between Peter and me and
buried Its bead In the ground.
"Don'dt fire, wbntefer you do," mut
tered Peter as be threw himself be
hind the nearest trunk.
Ta-wan-ne-ars and I copied his ex
ample. I found myself on the rlnht of
the three. The others had selected
landing trunks. I bad chosen, per
force, a fallen giant which some forest
wind bad overthrown. I crawled along
the trunk Into the tangle of roots, and
from there gained a clump of bushes
.growing about the hole from which It
' bad been torn.
' The . green-feathered arrow had
ceased quivering and I Idly followed
the angle of Its Inclination. My eyes
traveled forward and focused cpoo a
" hideous pulnted face' which peered
from a screen of sumac. .
The watcher motioned behind him,
and. a second paluted visage glided to
his side. Ta-wan-ne-ars, . aeekitig to.
draw their fire, thrust out the end of
bis scalp-lock, and the first watcher in
stantly drew bow and sent an arrow
thai grazed the trunk, ,
Nothing happened tot a while. The
Keepers waited,., and Ta-wao-oe-ars
and Peter remained under ewer,. I
surveyed the situation. From the hole
In which I lay. a dwessloq of the
ground rsn eastward past 'the lafr
f the Cahnuagas la the sumac clump,
,. I started to crawl up it, dragging my
oinsket after ma, but before 1 bad
tooa. g. doin feet I was obliged to
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PORTO BEL 10 GOLD ETC
COevR-IOMT tr BRtNTANOS
abandon the gun In order to Insure
that my progress should be silent
When I was parallel with the sumac
clump I sought shelter under a patch
of wild blackberry bushes. Cautiously
parting my screen which was ex
ceedingly thorny and painful I wus
able to view the Keepers from the
rear. They went ensconced In what
was evidently a permanent sentry
post. Hey on d the sumacs was a low
bark hut masked with boughs. At
their feet were muskets. The bows
they held were employed for the pur
pose ot adding mystery to their at
tack. I worked myself a little more in the
rear of their position, then rose quiet
ly and drew knife and tomahawk. I
Was an amateur at casting the ax, but
this was no time for hesitation. I
flung It with all my might, and yelled
the nearest approach I could compuss
lo the war-whoop.
The tomahawk struck one of the
Keepers with the lint of Its blade, fell
big him. The other savage turned
a,ulckly and loosed his arrow at me,
aiming wide In his confusion. He
stooped for his musket but I was on
him with my knife and he was forced
to leup back aud meet me on even
terms. Ta-wnn-ne-ars and Peter came
running between the trees, whooping
encouragement
They arrived In the nick of time, for
the Cahnunga I had tried to toma
hawk was on his feet, ready to shoot
me as I dodged the knlfehlade of his
mate. The Seneca brained this man
wtth the butt of his gun, and Peter
methodically tripped my adversary
and helped me pinion him.
Ta-wan-ne-ars paused long enough
to remove what was left of the scalp
of his victim, then crossed to as and
set his bloody knife to the throut of
the survivor.
"Is It to be torture or a quirk death,
Cahnuaga dog!" he demanded.
The red eyes of the Keeper glared
at him. "Death," the man spat and
strove to gnaw at the hands which
held him.
"Then speak truly. Who travels
Doom Trail today V
"Nobody. We watch always."
Ta-wan-ne-ars pricked him slightly.
'"You watch always," assented the
Seneca, "Yes. And who comes?"
A shout echoed through the forest
aisles. The red eyes of the Cahnuuga
Bared exultantly. Ills mouth opeued.
"Yaaa-aaaa-eaa-ah "
,; Ta-wan-ne-ars drove bis point borne,
and the scream ended In an awful
bulibllng gasp.
The shout was repented.
The crashing of brunches sounded
aa some heavy body ran. along the
Doom Trail. '
"Did you bear that screech V
shouted a rough voice,
"Yaas, lied, me hear him. He bery
much like fuller feel somet'lng he not
like." , .
"Fat, Fair and Forty"
' An' American woman, visiting Tur
key with her three daughters, en
gaged an old Turk In conversation.
It developed that the Turk was a
broker In wives, and the woman, wish
ing to have some fun wjth him, asked,
"At what value would you place my
eldest daughter, supposing that she
were for sale?"'' The Turk mentioned
a sum that was flatteringly high. "And
my second daughter?" the mother next
Inquired. A still higher price was
was fixed', age of course, being the
standard. The highest price of all
was set for the youngest daughter,
little flapper, "And now," ialiWne
mother, "what price tor nisT The
Turk was no diplomat He promptly
Peter nudged me, and Ta-wan-ne-ars
seised the bow and quiver of one of
the dead Keepers. We crouched be
aide the bodies behind the 'imimi'
screen. My gun was still where I had
left It In the gully by which I had up
proached the lair of the watchers. ' lu
Its stead I selected the musket ot the
man the Seneca had Just knifed.
A third voice waa raised In the
Cahnuaga dlulect, which was a corrup
tion of the Iroquois speech and per
fectly uuderstunduble to my comrades.
"(Juu, O Keepers who watch,"
shouted the third speaker, "We ac
quaint you that we approach. We
have with us the Hed One and the
Muck One."
We remained quiet, but' Peter pi
aessed himself of the gun ot the sec
ond Cahnuaga and placed It where he
could reach It as soon as his owu
piece was discharged.
They were approaching over the
trail which forked Into the one we
had followed from the stream with
the pebbly bunks. And at this point
apparently they came to the Junction
of(the two branches.
The Indian who bud shouted before
repeated his hall,
"Them Keepers done gone away,
Red," declared Tout. "Mehle some
Muquas (hostile term for Mohawks)
come dls way. The Keepers chase 'em
out o' hyuh."
" I I'm agoln' to find out" re
turned Polling.
He trotted out of the mouth of the
trail Into the open space ou the biiuk
of the muskrat swamp.
"Nobody here," he railed back after
a casual look around, "tiuess the
Keepers got after somebody or else
the lazy dogs have turned In for a
sleep. I'll find out later for sure.
Now you rustle them packs up, and
I'll get the dugout ready."
- He drugged a canoe hollowed from
a tree trunk from Ita hiding pluce In a
bed of reeds, and pqtluvi two pad
dlee from the' prostrate trunk ot a
hollow tree. Hut we paid scant at
tention to him. Our eyes were fast
ened upon the odd procession which
emerged from the trail lu obedience to
his summons.
First walked the negro Tom, a hug
pack bowing his enormous shoulders.
After the' negro, lu single file, came
eight Calinuugm, each with a larg
pack braced ou a gane-ko-na-ah, or
burden frame. They carried thvii
muskets In their hands.
"We've got to hurry If we're goln'
to get everything ferried over the
swamp tonight," grumbled llolllng.
"Waall, whuts bltln' your
This question was addressed to a
Cnhuuaga who, in uusiluglng his bur
den frame, bad chanced to see the ar
row In the ground which the Keepers
bad shot In. their first attempt to
bul( us.
The Cuhnuaga pointed silently to
the green-feathered shaft.
"l)y 1" swore llolllng with a start
"D'ye see that Tom I Something's
happened here."
llolllng glanced about blm nneaslly.
"The Keepers have gone, that's
sure," he announced. "What most
likely hupiHMied was some party broke
In here, and the Keepers chased 'em."
He chuckled wickedly.
"Ain't no blood nor nothln' around,
so It 'pears likely the Keepers got the
Jump on 'em."
Ta-wan-ue-ars, who had been oc
cupied In extracting arrows from a
quiver and setting them In a row be
fore blm with points lightly thrust
Into the ground, now notched a shaft
"Shall we begin, brothers T" be whis
pered. "Hold your fire until I run out
of arrows."
"Ja." agreed Peter. "Budt do not
shoot Hed Jack or der nigger. We will
safe them If we can." .
"You can takV on the negro," I
spoke up. "Leave Polling to me."
Peter looked doubtful.
"He Is a goodt knife fighter," be
commenced to argue; but Ta-wan-ne-ars
chose that moment to open bis
bombardment and the Dutchmuu'a re
monstrance went for naught
A green arrow atreaked across the
grove and buried Its barbed bone bead
Ui the chest of one of the Cahnuagas.
The man shrieked aud tore at the
shaft with his hands. Ills companions
scattered right and left Put Ta-wan-ne-ars
gave them no respite. His
shafts filled the air. The green ar
rows drove Into the packs, quivered In
tree trunks, pierced another unfor
tunate. The Cahnuagas let off a ragged vol
ley which whistled over our heads.
Ta-wun-ne-ars discharged the last of
his arrows and reached for his musket
We saw two of the Indians collapse.
Peter caught up Ms second musket
and he end Ta-wan-ue-ars shot again.
Twas Impossible to miss. Ilcsldes
Polling and Tom, ouly two of the
enemy were left " '
"Knife and .hatchet for the rest,"
said Ta-wan-ne-ars grimly. "Are uij
brother ready ' '
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Not Much in Demand
mentioned a price that was equivalent
to $1.50 In American money. Ths
mother, wn, furious. Never, she said,
had she been so Insulted. After be
rating the Turk, she walked haughtily
away, leaving the marrluge broker
speechless, and probably wondering
what on earth he bad done to annoy
ber. .
' Bla$t From Kantat
New York city people are the most
conceited and most 'Ignorant people in
the world. They think they know ev
erything because they know the en
trance
Globe. I
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to the ; Wbwsys. AteuUoe
u'-J.b'.K...
-yr- On the
Jti$L Funny
Side
Mil 4
; A MAN'S JOB
They sat silently for long time)
Ihen ho spoke a little nervously.
"What are you thinking about T" he
asked. He anew he bud to say some
thing. She blushed and moved uneasily In
her chair,
"Never mind," she answered sharp
ly. "It's your business to propose, not
mine I" Tlt-Hlts,
HARD TO BELIEVE
f ' Nephew Tp among the snows am
glaciers of Alaska, Aunt Sully, 1
hunted bear.
Old Aunt I can't believe It, John
you'd have gotten pneumonia am
died.
Brutalt
Take now the bride of lot Mnnieatm
Her work la far from roars.
Sha drained poor hub of alt his "balm,
Than askrd for a dlvorcal
Powerful Stuff
"Is your stuff any good for rheu
ma ties?" usked nn old lady of a miu
selling embrocation.
".Madam, It would take the wrlnkln
nut ot cumulated iron," was the con
lldcut answer.
Horn and Hon
Judge It seems very strange to mi
that you could keep on robbing the'
enormous corporation for so long wltb
out being caught
Prisoner Well, the corporation wai
pretty busy Itself. Life.
A Phate of Lift
A schoolteacher who was fond of s
little girl's prattle remarked one day
"Hut I seldom hear you speak of yotii
father. iKm't you love your father?'
"Of course. Hut he cun only ace m
when wltb his lawyer."
One-Man Shop
Stephens My uncle Is one of thow
men who believe In sluglug at 'hli
work.
Durham Whot'a bis work?
Stephens He's an opera singer.
LOVED HER STILL
Girlie (recently icolded) Mother
do you love me still I '
Mother Yes, be quiet, dear. . ,
Emancipation i .
The gsntltr set la anlalnt isround
As na'er It lnd nature: ' '
lines Gramma We had br Beck shavsd
I think she's swsarlnf more. "; ',' (
' Not a Chance
Stout Theatrical person (engaging
room) Window's bit small
Wouldn't he much use to me In dn
emergency I . ' " ! i,' )f
Landlady There ain't gofB' tf ,J)e
any alrh emergency I My terms' tut
actors Is weekly in advance! ,
FaUe Pride
' Bill Yes, mu'u'inl He laid he'd
like to have my head In his business.'
Jean Heel IIuwl He makes Ivory
pool bulls. ' - ' ,
Noiie Competition ,
, "Nero fiddled while Home burned,
aid the ready-made philosopher.
"I don't believe It" answered Sena
tor BorghAm. Xo musician with any
sort of artlstlc.self-reHpect would at
tempt violin solo while a lire depart
ment wns performing in the streets."
Washington StAr, r' 7 J "!. , ,' ,
t ;, .'Nrttuitt, '
' "Don,'t you think Padger li Inclined
to dully with the truthr',, .,
" jon't think be ever touches it" .
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