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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1931)
The Plains Abraham, James OHvpi v. Cuwoocu TTL. ... .11 m THE STORY With fell Enitliih wife, Cather In, and ton, Jeema, Henry Bu lln, French aettler is Canada In 1!4, eultlratea a (arm adjaoent to th Tonteur aelgneurle. Ai the story opena the Bulalna ara re turning from a vialt to tha Ton. teura. Catharlna't wandering, brother, Hepalbah, maeta them' with preaenta (or tha family. To Jeema he alvee a pistol, bidding kirn perfect hlmeell In markaman ship. Hepalbah (eara (or the safety vt the Bulalna la their leolated poeltlon. Jeema fights with Paul Tach. eoualn o( Tol aett Tonteur, whom they both adore. CHAPTER III Continued Jeema was aware of her presence and physically sensible of her com batlTenesa, but in the complexity of action which surged over and about him he could afford no discrimination In the manner of using his arms, legs, teeth, and head, and at last, finding herself disentangled, Tolnette scram' bled to her feet considerably bruised and in such disorder that no one would hare recognised her as the splendid little lady of the selgneurle who had come so proudly to Lussan's place a short time before. Her hand some hat was a crumpled wreck In the mud. Her dress was twisted and bedraggled. Her hands and face were discolored with soil, and her hair was ao tangled about her that she was al most smothered In It Despite this physical condition, her mental self was more than ever inflamed with the de sire to fight, and setting upon the hard and woodlike stalk of a last year's sunflower which lay In the dirt, she succeeded in bringing It down with such force that, missing Jeems, it csught Taut on the side of the head and laid him sprawling flat on his face. This terminated the conflict for Tolnette, who gave a cry of apprehen sion when she saw what she bad done. Paul had recovered from Tolnette's blow before Jeems could take ad vantage of It, and what happened dur ing the final round of contention re mained largely a matter of speculation In Jeems' mind. He was sitting up, after a little, and there was no one to strike at Paul and Tolnette were out of Ms reach yet he heard their Tolces, oddly indistinct moving in the direction of Lussan's house. He tried to call out. thinking that Tacbe was escaping like a coward, but something in his throat choked him until it was impossible for him to get breath enough to make a sound. He made an effort to rise that be might pursue his beaten enemy. The earth about him swam dizzily, ne was gasping, sick at his stomach, and blood was dripping from bis nose. A horrifying thought leapt upon him, and so sudden was the shock of It that he sat staring straight ahead, barely conscious of two figures emerging from the concealment of a thick growth of brushwood twenty paces away. The thought became convic tion. He had not whipped Paul Tache ! Paul had whipped him and his ene my's accomplishment had been so thorough that he could still feel the testability of the world about him as he drew himself to his feet His eyes and head cleared as the realization of defeat swept over him. Then he recognized the two who had appeared in the edge of the open. One was his Uncle Ilepsibah, the other Tolnette's father. Both were grinning broadly at the spectacle which he made, and as they drew nearer he beard Tonteur's voice In what was meant to be a confidential whisper. "Is It really your petlt-neveu, friend Adams, or one of Lussan's pigs come out of Its wallow T Hold me, or what I have seen will make me split!" But Jeems beard no response from Ilepsibah, for the trader's face sud denly lost its bumor, and In place of It came a look which had no glint of mile or laughter in It CHAPTER IV Next Sunday morning Jeems set out for Tonteur manor with the thought deeply intrenched in his mind that he would not fight Paul Tache that day no matter what temptation might be placed In his path. He had told his mother where he was going and what be was planning to do, and with her encouragement to spur him on he felt eager and hopeful as he made bis way toward the selgneurle. This feeling was unlike the one with which he had set out to fight Paul Tache, and what be had to do loomed even more Important than any physical vanquishment which be might bring upon bis rival. To soften Tolnette's Lead, now so bitterly against him, to bring back the friendliness of her mile, and to see her eyes alight with the sweetness which she bad been on tbw point of yielding to him at Lus o I place were foremost in his irmd. U was tnxlf as to see Tolnette and to SERYlCt offer her all that his small world held, if thereby he could make amends for the ruin and humiliation he had brought upon her. A spirit of chivalry In him, older than his years, rose above the lowly consideration of rights and wrongs. He was sure he was right. let he wanted to say he was wrong. Though he did not know It, years had passed since two days ago, and he was a new Jeems going to a new Tolnette. His fear of her had vanished. He was no longer borne down by a feeling of littleness and un importance, and for the first time he was visiting Tonteur manor without the thought of inferiority sending Its misgivings through his soul. In some mysterious way which he did not un derstand, but which he strongly felt, he had passed away from yesterday forever. Soon his feet were In the path which led to the manor. It was so still he could have believed that every one was asleep as he courageously mounted the wide steps to the door of Tolnette's home. On this door was a great black knocker of battered Iron. The face of the knocker was a grinning ogre, a gargoyllsh head which, from his earliest memory of It bad fixed Itself I Ask You to Forgive Me." upon him as a symbol of the grim and unapproachable spirit that guarded the rooms within. His hand reached out to awaken the dull thunder of Its voice. His fingers touched the cold Iron. He hesitated In the moment he was lifting It for he observed that the door was open by a space of a few Inches. Through this aperture a voice came to him clearly. It wns a high, biting, angry voice, and he recognized it as Madame Tonteur's. He raised the weight from Its metal panel and would have knocked when he heard a name which made him pause In rl'ld silence. It was his own. He heard Tolnette's mother say. "Henri Bulaln was a fool for marrying this good-for-nothing Kngllsh woman, and Edmond Is a greater fool for not driving her from the country when her breed Is murdering and killing almost at our doors. The woman was made for a spy, despite the pretty face which has softened Edmonds silly heart, and that boy of hers Is no less English than she. The two should net be allowed to live so near to us, yet Tonteur maintains they are his friends. The pluce they have built should be burned and the English woman and her boy sent where they belong. Let Henri Bulaln go with them If he chooses to be a renegade Instead of a Frenchman I" "Fie upon you for such thoughts, Henrietta," chlded the milder voice of Madame Tache. "I despise the Eng lish as much as you or Tolnette, but It Is unfair to voice such Invective against these two, even though the woman is proud of her pretty face and her boy Is a mud-sllnglng little wretch. Edmond is a blg-souled man and sim Bright Idea That May Allusions to the effective use of ridi cule against his opponents made by the late Lord Balfour during the terra of his chief secretaryship for Ireland recalls an Incident of long ago, when a body of convicted prisoners who bad been concerned In one of the rebel lionsthe 18-18 had to be marched through the streets of Dublin. The authorities had been warned that a desperate attempt at rescue might be made by the mob and even though a military escort had been provided, there was some uneasiness. In these circumstances a really brilliant notion occurred to the officer In command of the troops. He gave instructions at the last moment thut the suspender buttons on the trousers of the prison 13 ply befriends them out of pity I Are you angry because of that, lleni-letter "I am angry because she Is EngJIsh, and her boy Is Kngllsh, and yet they are allowed to live among us as If they were French. I toll you they will be traltora wheu the time for. treachery comes I" J Jeems had stood with his fingers clenched at the unyielding Iron of the' knocker. Now he heard another volet and knew It was Tolnette's. "I think Jeems" mother Is nice," ala said. "Hut Jeems Is a detestable little Kngllsh beast!" "And some clay that beast will help to cut our throats," added her mother unpleasantly. The great Iron knocker fell with a crash, and almost before the sound of It reached a servant's ears, the door swung open and Jeems stalked In. The women were speechless as he stood In the wide opening to the room In which they were seated. He scarce ly seemed to realise they were there and looked only at Tolnette. He re mained for a moment without move ment or speech, his slim figure tense and gripped. Then he bowed his heqd In a courtesy which Catherine had carefully taught him. When he spoke his words were as calm as those of Madame Tache had been. "I have come to tell you I am sorry because of what happened at lus san's place, Tolnette," he said, and he bent his head a little lower toward her. "I ask you to forgive me." . Even Henrlette Tonteur could not have thought of him as a beast after that for pride and fearlessness were in his bearing in spite of the white ness of his face. As the occupants of the room stared at him, unable to find their voices, he drew back quietly and was gone as suddenly as he had appeared. The big door closed behind htm, and turning to a window near her Tolnette saw him go down the step. An exclamation of Indignation and amazement came at last from her mother, but this she did not hear. Her eyes were following Jeems. He went across the open and Into the fields. As he drew near the foot of Tonteur hill. Odd came cautiously forth to meet him, but not until they reached their old resting place at the crest of the ascent did he pause or seem to notice the dog. iben he looked back upon the selgneurle. A bit of Iron had sunk Into his soul. His eyes were seeing with a new and darker vision. From the rich valley which had been the fount of all his dreams they turned to the faint gleam of distant water In the south where lay Lake Champlatn, and beyond which, not far away, were the Mo hawks and the English and the land of his mother's people. It was the blood of that land, running red and strong In his veins, which Tolnette and her mother hated. He dropped a hand upon Odd's head. and the two started over the home ward trail. The dog watched the for est and caught lu scents, but he watched and guarded alone, for Jeema gave small heed to the passing inter ests of the woods and thickets. Late spring, then the beginning of summer, followed Hepslbah's arrival at the Bulaln home, and still he gave no betrayal of the restlessness which presaged his usual disappearance for another long period Into the fast nesses of the world. This season of the year was always one of torment for the forest dwellers because of the winged pests which crawled the earth and filled the air, and Jeems hsd coma to dread It as an Indescribable night mare of discomfort and suffering. From the first of June until the mid die of August, such plagues of mos qultoes bred and multiplied In the swamps and lowlands and woods that beasts were half devoured alive and the pioneers literally fought for their own existence, smoking their cabins Incessantly, covering their flesh with hog fat and bear grease, and resorting lo every known subtlety that they might snatch a little sleep at night Within a few days, It seemed to Jeems, a world that had been a paradise of flowers, of sweet scents, of ripening fruits and delicious air was trans formed Into a hell of Insect life which shut out travel In all directions and which Invested with poisonous torture every spot where It was not purtly subjugated by fire and smoke. The timber was heavy and dark, swamps were undralned, rivers and iHkes were shadowed by dense vegetation, and In the humid, sweating mold of these places, the malevolent pestilence waa born and rose In clouds that some times obscured the face of the moon. During these weeks a cordon of de cayed stumps and logs smoldered night and day about the Bulaln cabin, screening It In pungent smoke, and outside this small haven, work on the farm was continued at a price of physical martyrdom, except under a burning sun, when the Insects sought refuge from the glare and heat (TO BE CONTINUED.) Have Averted Tragedy ers wtre to be cut off and thus they had to walk through th streets hold ing up their trousers. The spectacle was greeted with roars of laughter by the crowd, and no more was heard of the attempted rescue. Montreal Fanv lly Herald. "Petrified" Hair Under favorable conditions human hair will "petrify" Just the same aa other parts of the body. When or ganic mutter petrifies, It merely sup plies a mold for Inorganic matter. As a rule the hair petrifies as a mass and only In rare eases are the indi vidual hairs recognizable. The samt of course applies to the fur of ani tnuls. 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