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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1928)
A Romance oS Braddock's DeSeat CHAPTER VIII Continued -21 "Keep abend of nic," I directed "We're, oliiioalnf th mouth of tin crock mid the cuhln le'closv by." Kroin (lie opposite hunk of the crock cume i di'immluc shout, mid I believed w had hern sighted. Yut Hie cry was different from illscuvery-rull, .. It waa too furucluua. They luid come upon tli tculped Kreiichmun unil Wer voicing their rngo, I nin ?ou vlnced the (lend twin eerved u well 4y Blowing up the pursuit until lied entered i nuiuriil owning, In th middle of which itood Kriulur'i rub In. The girl gnsped and stumbled, and I almost fell over tier. Once more 1 picked her up, tlila time currying her cradled Id iiij Brim and Iheii threw ell nir energy Into my lege. Howie of triumph eoumlcd In the woods behind me and on mjr right. Ouni wore fired, but I hrurd nn sound of the lead. "I'm all right I Let me down I" ehe tegged. Hut the goal was too near. The lav age begun to ahnw at the end of the wood Just a we gained the door, with me yelling for Frailer to open for ua. There wae no respomia and nit heart aunk Ri I pictured a lucked door and the eavagva doing us to death while we made a Inst light. Tlu-n pi heart beat high a I beheld the rawhide latch string. ; Id another mo ment we were Inside and I was thrust, log my long rlile through a loophole. I spoiled a brawny lluroo as be wu acre mbl lug back to cover. "You're powerful strong, mister," the girl shyly remarked. There waa a quullty In her voice I bad never heard before, and I gtunced at br Id surprise. The face was co nvened wltb color. She threw off her bat aud allowed her browo balr to tumble about her shoulders. "You're a mighty brave little worn 88," I awkwardly replied. "We'll hope to gel out of this. Hut we mustn't be taken alive." Lor'a me I fall Into their dirty bands I Of course not." And from her blouse slit pulled forth a thirteen Iw h Highland pistol. I alwaye held the Highland to be more ahowy than aseful, as Ita light weight and large bore made It kick vlllulo oualy and shoot Inaccurately. Yet It would remove one very quickly from all fear of the torture slake. 1 look time to glance about the room, at the shelves and slock ol trade-goods, at the smith's touts In the corner, and some guns banging from nn wall In surveying the room I discovered a mml vilnl necessity wsa larking. There waa no waler In the cabin. I picked up two kettlea and un barred the door. "Yon mustn't go outl" aha shrilly screamed. "We must have wutvr. The creek la bear. The Indiana huveo't hud lime to circle around to the south of ua Ton have the two rifles. Watch from the back of the cabin. Pon't lire un leaa more limn one breaks cover." "I'll follow -' "Watch out for in." I was ihroiigtMlie door wltb the ket tire and running toward the creek be fore rhe could offer more objection I reached the water, and dlpied the ketllee full before the anvuges opuned fir. My dash to the creek hud either taken them by surprle, or else they had withdrawn a bit to bold a pow wow. I bellrvt) they had withdrawn with a few men eiendlng guard; for tbe firing did not become general until I waa half way back. At that distance from the cahlo I beard the girl' rllle go off. Itunnlng gently ao a not to spill any of the precious waler, I waa pro nouncing my race won when a lull aavsge emerged from the woods ou tny left and approached at right an gles. He fired an arrow while moving at full rpeed, and then dropped hla bow to draw hla at. The g!rl ap lettred In the doorway with my long rllle and' leaned the heavy barrel - agalnat the end of a log. Aa the Wblp-llk crack rang out the Uidlnn leaped high and came down In a heap. Still controlling my stride, I waa within two rode of the door, where the girl atood leaning against the ' rifle, when a aovnge turned the cor tier of the cahlo and dnrted-'bclwcen tie. I act down que kettle aud pulled my ex. To my surprise the Indian whirled about and Jumped lownrd the girl. With a teres or the sprung back ' and he followed, realizing II was ei eel lent atrutegy to kill my cuiupiinlon and bar the dour agulnat me, leaving ' Lis companions to kill uie leisurely. With a bowl of fenr and warning, 1 dropped the remaining kettle end leaned after him. ' Aa my fool touched the threshold, the cabin waa tilled will) a deafening eipioslon 'and. much amok, and the auvnge wu1 fulling limply Into my anna. I hurled hlin outside, where he fell ou hla buck, his face blown away, The girl waa crouching on the floor. Iter bulr part ly concealing her fuce, the lllghlund pistol clutched ka her two' hands, and tier eyes glaring like a rnt'a. , I wu reminded of the scene on Ier lleicn kopf. "Load the rllle f I cried. Then passing from the cuhln and fulling to discover any of the enemy In l ho opening, I run buck to Vliv kollle nod completed my crrnnd. By Hugh Pendexter llluttrmtiont by Irwin Myers Coprrmhi tr Mutn PisduUt. WNU Par.ua With the door secured, I surveyed the opening from the rear loophole. Hotmtihlng bronze on the graea, a doz en rods from the forest, attracted my attention and finally resolved Itself Into an Indluii. "Quick with a gunl" 1 told her. "There's one out there In th grass." Khe sprung to my ride wltb my rlllu and gave a glance, and tlun suldi "La mlsierl II won't hurt nobody. That waa my first ahot when you waa gone for wuter." "My heart atopped pounding when you went with them kettles," aha whispered, winking hur eves very fust. "There wua nn danger. We must have wuier. We'll be choking with "Morel Morel" She Cried. thirst before night. And If they set the roof ellre " "I know," ahe quietly Sulci "Collate I'll be loading that pistol It rboot most mortal." , Leaving ber to atand watch, I se cured the muskets from (he wall and rummaged tbe trader's stock until I bad found powder and bullets. I load ed th weapons and eel them aside On e shelf I found a small quantity ol smoked meet, tough aa hickory bark yet a food one could mnnage to chew I told the girl to eat hlle I took her place at a loophole. "I'm thinking." th girl remart.d the branch of a tree moved ellghtly and I watched It suspiciously "I'm thinking there' more'n one way to atop a P. re, she went on, raising ber voire to attract my attention. "I'm thinking there's an Indlun climbing a tree, but I run't ae any thing to about at," I grumbled. "If li would only rain I" "I'm light and spry aa a cot, and there woiildu't be any danger," ahe continued. "What's on your mind, little worn an?" I asked without turning from the loophole. "These contrnptloui hides la on m mind most heavy. If we could tuu 'em they'd aave what water we've got." Now I waa Interested. Hhe waa atunding by a pile of dried deerskins She eiplulned: "If they waa on Ihe roof the flre arrera would slide off. They're bard and smooth." Her wit gnve me hope, and I asked: "How to make them stay? We haven't time to peg them on. If we try that they'll rush ua." "I'm thinking," aha muttered, tilting her mull heud and holding her chin la ber hand. "Course you've saddled boas many time. Yea, I cal'iat thai would do." Instantly ah waa all energy, riom th collection of amlthln. tools ahe secured a aharp pointed punch and with th back of an at begun making bole along lb edge of a bide, "Don 'I watch me. Watch outdoor," the shurply ordered. I turned hack to the peep hole, I could hear her pulling the hides about OOO0OCKXHOOCHOOOOOOO Old Year Dead When That th calendar by which we counl our duyt doe not fit In har moniously with the tensont it pointed out by an editorial In Liberty Mags tine. "It haa long been obvious," explain the editorial, "that Blurting the calen dar on lb first of January Is sll wrong. The year ends with the hue vert, when the lust grain la in, th leave are fulleu, and the earth has gone to sleep. The closing duy of th calendar might well ha that one on which we turn away from outward thing" nnd nk about the chnncet of having little steam heat. , "It-la unlikely on Hie whole, that the calendar maker will agree to end Ihe year with the full and begin 'I will) tbe spring, aa la meet nnd prop er," concludes the editorial, "We uiui nnd talking to herself aa ahe worked 8h asked herself If ahe could t!n! some rawhide strips and In the next brent h told herself all could at least miike soma. Then ahe wua cooing In delight, I stole to the door In time to aee bush move near the mouth of the creek. I atopped Ita agitation wltb a bullet from my rifle, but doubted If I hud dune Ilia enemy any damage Bevcrul shots from the opposite end of the cuhln took me to the rear loop hole. I stumbled over a pile of tklne In passing, bul bad oo time to ob serve the girl. Two or three bolls chunked lulu the logs, but there waa nn Indlnn In sight. (Tearing It wna a ruse to hold my attention I darted to the door again and remained there while I reloaded my rifle. "Lawful heart I If yon wouldn't keep hyperlng back and forth," aba complained, "Now yoa can look." And ahe proudly dragged forward two deerskins, looped together by abort sections of rawhide. "We'll saddle the ridge-pole wltb these lust the same aa you'd saddle or blanket a boaa," ahe eiplulned. "That'll be better than pegs. I'll git up on the roof and throw them over the ridge-pole aa fust aa yoa pins em up to me." The scheme waa feasible. It was simple. It would require but a few minutes to Buddie tlw boose with hides. There would remain a tirio on each tide, bnt these I could reach from the ground with separate hide. However, I objected to ber mounting the roof. "Your Job la to pnss 'em np to me," ahe sternly retorted. "My part la a easy a slipping off a wet log. I can be up there before you could git start ed. If they come at ua, I cao be down and Inside the door In a Jiffy, tilt 'em separated out ao'i we can work fast" Then ahe unbarred tbe door. Before showing ourselves we re connoltered from all aides of the cabin. There was not much danger of musket ball bitting ber slim body; and arrows, to hit th root, must trav el ao high aa to give ua warning. I gathered np several aeta of the doa ble aklna and threw open the door. Tbe an v ages must bav been puzzled by our appearance. None showed along the wood, nor were any lead or arrows fired at ua I dropped tbe sklna and gave tbe girl a band, and ahe waa scrambling up to tbe ridge pole before the watcher could guest our purpose. I paaaed op two akin and ah deftly draped them over tbe ridge pole. I puaed up two more. The Indiana woke up and began tcreamlng tike demon. Uunt began banging, and I called to th girl to com down. "Throw 'em along! I won't budga till yon do I" ahe cried. I toased bp turns more and ducked bark to the door and teenred both rlflra. c "Morel Morel" the cried. I banded them up, but warned her: "Jump d wo at once. They're com ing I" She took time to fit them properly and then droped lightly Into my arms. Some fifteen aavagea were breaking cover at different points. I Idcked out the leader of the neareat hand. He commenced leaping from hie to aide, but I waa patient and hot htm oft bla feet Tbe moment I tired, she had taken th empty rifle and had pressed the short French one Into my hands. I fired It and misted. We entered lb cabin and dropped tbe bar. The Indlnnt advanced swiftly, know ing our rifles were empty. Could they close In before we could reload, they planned to thrust their guns through tbe loophole and itop our fir while they battered down th door. But they bad not counted on the trade- muskets. We emptied these rapidly, Una man went down wltb a smashed leg. Two of hie companion! carried hi id Into the wood. Th other streaked back as rapidly at tbey bid advanced. Thus far all ths honor were ours. I made th girl drink some water and posted ber at the back of the cabin while I covered the othej three tides. The Indians, however, bad no stom ach for mother assault In force, and the forest became quiet I told the girl she waa to remain Inside while I stepped out and covered the lower part of Ihe two sides. . , ITO Gl CONTINUED.! Harveat Is Gathered? lake January 1 at the beginning of Ihe year because Julius Caesar fixed It Hint way and nobody bat changed It' Corncob Ineenu Hy aouklng dry corncobs In fragrant oils, such aa Ihut of anndulwood, cin namon or clove, and then grinding them to powder, aq effective Incense lint been prepured, says Popular Me chanics Magazine. White amok and ashes are produced, aud the auhstanr It said to be tupe"tflr to various other klmls. 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