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CHAPTER VIII
16
Twenty minutes after OJJ had re
Tealed their hiding place Jeems and
Tolnette were standing In the sun.
Mysterious things had happened In
this time. Unseen hands had dragged
tba warrior from under the rocks. An
Interval had followed In which excite
ment gave way to solemn and low
voiced talk outside. Then some one
had called In guttural, broken French
commanding them to come out. They
had obeyed, Jeems first, Tolnette after
him, and Odd last with the downcast
' air of a beast who knew he was In
disgrace.
It was an astounding and unex
pected reception by enemies at whose
belts scalps were hanging. Ther
were between twenty and thirty of the
Senecas, splendidly built, keen-eyed,
lean-faced, most of them young men.
Even In the shock of the moment,
Tolnette surveyed them In startled ad
miration. They were like runners
ready for a race. Staring at the youth
with his bow and at the girl with her
tangled, shining hair, the Indians re
turned their gaze with a look of amaze
ment not unmixed with approval.
They seemed scarcely able to believe
these two had fooled them so com
pletely, capturing one of their number
in- the bargain, yet conceded tbe fact
with glances In which passion was
held subdued.
A young savage who stood before
them seemed largely responsible for
this attitude. Purplish lines were
around his throat as If a mpe had
choked him. Two of the eagle feath
ers in his tuft were broken, and his
shoulder was bleeding where the skin
bad been torn by a Jagged tooth of
rock. Evidently he held considerable
influence in the war party of which be
was a member. Beside him was a
much older man of even more power
ful figure.
It was he who spoke In Seneca to
tbe youDger.
"So this Is flie boy who made my
brave nphew a captive to be saved
by the voice of a dog !"
Tbe other scowled at the taunt In
his voice.
"He could have killed me. lie
rpared my life.
"This Is the young he-fawn to whom
yon owe t-.feathtr-from yonr toft!"
"I owe him two one for himself and
one for the maiden wose presence
must have stayed his hand."
The oldr man gruated.
"He looks strong and may stand to
travel with us. Hut the girl is like a
broken flower ready to fall in our
path. She will cumber out feet and
make our way more difficult, and great
haste must be our choice, t'se your
hatchet ou one and we will take the
other."
At this command Jeems gave a sud
den cry, and the fact of the savages
relaxed In astonishment when he be
gan to speak in their language. Hep
slbah Adams' schooling had prepared
him for this hour. His tongue stum
bled, soma of his words were twisted,
there were gaps which only the Imag
ination could fill, but he told his
story. The Indians listened with an
Interest which assured Jeems they had
cot been a part of the force that had
ma
I -
Ths Sensca's Words Brought to
Jeems Not Only Hops but Shock.
massacred his and Tolnette's people.
Ha pointed to the girl. He related
how the Mohawks had destroyed his
father and mother and all who had
belonged to Tolnette; how they had
fled together, how they had hidden In
the old house, and that with an arrow
he had killed the white man who had
fired the gun. Bronzed and disheveled,
the long bow In his hand, Jeems made
vivid picture of courage and elo
qience thnt would remain with Toi
lette as long as she lived. She drew
herself up a little proudly, sensing
that he was fighting for her. She
Stood straight, her chin high, gazing
with unafraid eyes at the leader of
the war party.
With the courtesy which Tlaoga had
already established for himself In bor
0tftta4 history, the chieftain listened
Jiwifl
lllllif
s
attentively, and when the youth had
finished, he spoke words which sent
two of his men running down the
ridge In the direction of Lussan'a
place. Then he asked questions which
let Jeems know the Sonecas had not
gone as far as Lussan's, but that they
had heard the gun, and In seeking for
the one who had fired it, had stum
bled upon their trail In the hardwood
slope half a mile from the abandoned
house. ,
When his brief questioning was over,
Tlaoga turned his attention once more
to the young man beside, him.
"I think the boy is a great liar, and
I have sent back for proof of it," he
said. "If he has not sped an arrow
through this friend of the Mohawks,
as he claims, he shall die. If he has
spoken the truth In the matter, which
will be proof that he has spoken It
In others, he may travel with us, and
his companion also, until her feet tire
so that death is necessary to bring
her rest."
Tolnette began to prepare herself
for the ordeal, braiding her hair swift
ly. Jeems came to her, and she saw
the torture of doubt In his eyes.
"I can do It, Jeems," she cried soft
ly. "I know what you were saying
and what they were thinking, and I
can do It I will do It ! I am going to
live with you. I love you so much
that nothing can kill me, Jeems not
even their tomahawks!"
The tall young warrior approached.
ITe at least was one friend among the
many who stood about them.
"I am Shlndas," he said. "We are
going to a far town a long way. It Is
Chsnufslo, There are many leagues
of forests, of hills, of swamps be
tween us and It. I am your friend
because you have been a brother and
alllowed me to live, and I owe you two
feathers from my tuft. I brought your
hatchet from under the rocks because
I did not want you to strike and be
killed In turn. Ion love the white
maiden. I, too, love a maiden."
The Seneca's words brought to
Jeems not only hope but shock. These
savages were from Chenufsio, the Hid
den Town a place which even the ad
venturous Hepsibah Adams had looked
upon as another world, a goal which
he had dreamed of reaching In some
day of reckless daring. Hidden Town 1
The heart and soul and mysterious
Secret Place of the Seneca natron! It
was a vast distance away. His uncle
had once said, "You must be a strong
man before you can travel to It. Thnt
Is why the Senecns, who range far,
are the finest of all two-legged bensts."
Shlndas spoke again.
"Tlaoga, my uncle, who Is a groat
captain, will keep bis word He will
kill the little fawn who Is with you If
her limbs fall her."
Jeems looked from Ms friend to Tol
nette. She had approached the fierce
old warrior and was smiling Into his
face, her eyes aglow with confidence
as she pointed to her rasped shoes.
For a moment Tlaoga repulsed her
advance with stoical Indifference.
Then he turned his hack on her and
gave a command which quickly put a
prisoner's tlmng of buckskin around
Jeems' neck and relieved him of Ids
bow.
Down Into the valley and through
the forest the long, grim march began.
The two braves had returned with
the white man's scalp and the broken
arrow that had killed Mm. They
talked excitedly, and Tolnette could
understand by their actions the story
they were telling. It was the por
trayal of a desperate struggle between
their prisoner and the white-skinned
Mohawk. They measured the differ
ence In their weight and size. The
broken arrow was compared with Its
fellows In the quiver.
Tlnoga spoke. "This youth shall
go with us, and In turn for his broth
erhood, we will take the maiden to
fill the place of Silver Heels In my
tepee. See that he Is given the scalp
which Is his that he may have a
feather In his tuft when we arrive."
Then he spoke to Jeems : "You hear !"
Then to Tolnette: "You are Silver
Heels. She was my daughter. She
Is dead."
No flash of emotion, no softening of
his features, no sign of friendship
crossed the chieftain's countenance.
He turned and put himself at the head
of his band, huge among his men,
with the dignity of a king In his bear
Mr. Partnership, Esq., Is
The following application for a Job
In answer to a want ad has been re
ceived by a Shanghai firm:
"Being an application to apply for
the vacant that to advurtlsement for
wanted a preferable one with godown
and wharf experience assist In your
ofllce. I am a good experience for
above firm and previous condition be
low. My name Is Ah Foo-sz. I am 20
years old. My growth In the Shanghai
of great China. I was graduoted In
the Wall Wah school and after for a
clerk In the Chinese Eastern railway
Yang Ka-doo wharf three years long,
I have goods knowledge of Chinese,
English, Typelst and other languageg
and I am trust one connection of go
down and wharf experience and sal-
WNU Service.
ing. One of the braves who had gone
to I.ussnn's fastened the white man's
scalp at Jeems' belt in spite of his pro
test and abhorrence.
Once more the westward march re
sumed its way a single file of soft
footed, noiseless men with a girl mid
way In their line a girl whose long
dark braid gleamed In the shafts of
the sun, whose cheeks were flushed
and whose eyes held something more
thnn the depths of tragedy and grief
as she looked ahead to the great ad
venture, and heard behind her the
tread of a dog and the slops of the
man she loved. "
Tolnette traveled easily in mocca
sins which had been given her. She
was not as fragile as Jeems had
thought when she had tried to keep
up with him In her high-heeled shoes.
Her slim body was strong and supple,
her eyes quick, her feet sure. Shlndas
dropped back from man to man to see
ft
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Her Slim Body Was Strong and
Suppls.
that all was well, and his eyes gleamed
with satisfaction when be mensured
how lightly Tolnette was following
those ahead of her. He fell In close j
to Jeems, and the two talked in low
tones. Kven Odd seemed to nave
changed now that he was a part of
those whom he had mistrusted.
To an observer, the passing of the
Senecas would have revealed no sign
of peace or mercy. That It was a
force chosen with care for a long and
dnncerous mission, there could be no
doubt, and that It bad met with suc
cess was equally certain. There were
twenty-six scalps amorg '.ts warriors,
which was triumph In ample measure.
Eighteen of these bad been taken
from men, five from women, and three
frm children.
Tolnette was not afraid, though she
could not account for her feeling of
security. She was not only unafraid
of Tlaoga, but there was something
she liked about the mun. She was
sure he would not kill her. She spoke
this conviction to Jeems when he was
at her side. But Shlndas had said to
him, "I have greater hope, for she
travels light'y and well. She must
keep up. If she falls, Tlaoga will kill
her even though he has chosen her to
take the place of Silver Heels."
Tolnette kept from Jeems the fact
that she was growing tired and that
sharp pains had begun to shoot like
needles through the overtaxed muscles
of her limbs.
When they stopped for a meal she
ate an apple and half of a turnip, and
Jeems brought her water In a birch
bark cup from the cold stream bewldu
which they had camped.
He did not tell her the dark news he
had learned thnt there had been a
great slaughter of the French under
Baron Dleskau and that the southern
frontier lay at the mercy of Sir Wil
liam Johnson and his hordes of say
ages. Nor did he tell "her that because of
trouble with a band of Mohawks,
three of whose number had been left
dead In a personal quarrel, Tlaoga
planned to reach the Seneca strong
hold In six days and nights.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Applied To for Position
J
ary you may be payable from my au
thority of work. I am expect your fa
vor Immediately with thanks."
The envelope containing the appli
cation was addressed to Mr. Partner
ship, Esq., and found Its way Into ft
newspaper oflice.
Method of Firing Torpedo
When a torpedo Is tired from a sub
marine, the outer door of the torpedo
tube opens and water pours In up to
the Inside door of the tube. In order
to reload the tube, the outer door Is
closed, the Inner door opened, and tbe
water In the tube then rushes into
the bilges of the submarine an4 Is
pumped out.
AID
WITTY WINSTON
At ft crowded meeting in Dundee
one night Winston Churchill dwelt at
some length upon the subject of wom
en during the war. Some of hla re
marks were greeted with a fierce storm
of disapproval, during which one of
the hecklers rose and shouted In ft
derisive voice, "Kxperlenct teaches
fools'
"That." returned Churchill calmly,
"Is why I ask you to profit by my
experience." Boston Transcript.
SAVING TIME
"Bridget, why are you sweeping ths
living room second time J You did it
an hour ago."
"Yes, mum, but you see tomorrow
Is my day off, an' I won't have a
chance to do It at all."
Delutive ClitUr
-T.tr t arc tht lnds ot the mind,"
'Tli sild that can't be right.
For lots of girls are dumb, I And,
Whose eyes art vrjr bright.
Sounds Like tbe Watt
Visitor I believe your vllluge Is
very healthy, is It not!
Inhabitant It Is the healthiest spot
on earth.
Visitor And yet your cemetery is
pretty full.
Inhabitant Yes, but they are the
graves of doctors and undertakers who
have died with broken heurta. Ex
change. At Their Beit
"Mother, we heard a quartette In
church Inst night," said the little boy.
"Daddy liked to hear them sing."
"Didn't your asked Mother curi
ously. "Well," explained the tot. "I Ilk
jnartettes best when they're eight ot
nine singers." Chicago Dally News.
What's Neighbor?
Mary, the years old, culled on ths
woman next door.
"Mrs. Calllher," she said "lefft play
neighbors."
"Surely," said Mrs. Calllher; "but
how do you play 111"
"All you do." suld Mary, demurely,
"Is to borrow something." Liberty.
"jUST HASH
Head Wulter Whut's that chap at
the corner table want?
Walter Says he wants little ot
everything.
II. W. Make It hash.
Going Too Far
Thrift Is iiualltjr Justly admired,
Hut It's passing the limit, one (exit.
Tc carry one's wife's (alee molari
around
Bo the lady can't eat between meals.
Speaking ef Automobile Shows
She (from (lie Interior of a very ex
pensive new car) Oh, Bob, It's like
sitting In the loveliest armchair.
Husband Come out, dear and I'll
buy yon a lovely armchulr. Times ol
'ndla.
Sharp ant Flat
"I had a lot of shopping to do last
night and spent all my money."
"I heard you come In at eleven
o'clock sharp."
"No, flut."
All Alike
Tailor How about your account,
sir? You owe me for ten suits made
Inst year.
Client Impossible. I only hnd two.
Tulior Yes, but you sent several of
your friends here. Bussing Show.
A Dire Threat
Mr. Pceweo I'm going out for half
an hour und If I find the dishes In the
sink when I get back I'll
His Wife You'll what?
Mr. Pee wee I'll wash em myself,
fa
By Taxi to the Front
When tbe (lermans started their In
vasion of Belgium, four American win
correspondents, Irvln 8, Cobb, John T.
McCuteheon. Will Irwin and Arno
Dosoh Flourot hurried to Brussels
where, tm the morning of August ID,
11)1 -I. they engaged a tnxlcab and
started out to find the Belgian army.
By noon they were In the thick of the
righting but not rinding any place In
the territory held by the Belgians
where they wanted to stop they kept
right on going.
Eventually this led them Into the
OeriiHin lines where ihey were I mint
dlntely taken prisoners and closely
guarded thnt night In Hie morning
they were taken to ti). Von Billow's
heiiilinmrters. Throtigl his adjutant,
who spoke English, the general do
nuinilcil. "I low did yon gel here?"
"Why, we came In a Inxlcnb." replied
one of the four casually. "In a tail
cub I" exclaimed the general "(loll In
lllmmell In a tnxloah!" At the
thought of these four cross Ameri
cans driving In liulcnh straight Into
a battle and beyond Into certain cap
tivity, the general roared wllh laughter
The four were Inclined to Join In
the Joke until the general suddenly be
came stern and let It be known that
they were In preearloua,sltunton.
He might not shoot them as spies but
there wns a good chance thai they
would be Interned for the duration of
the war.
Finally Cobb, acting as spokesman
for bis companions, said to the general,
"1 beg of you. as mun to man. shoot us
If you must, but for (Jod sake slop
that tatlcab meter. It's still running."
For moment yon Bulow looked
iterner than ever. Then he broke Into
a bellow of laughter and he was still
roaring as he dismissed bis captives.
For four days they were detained at
his headquarters, then were sent back
under escort in Brussels.
e e e
Excuse It, Please
The Irish have a wit which responds
quickly In emergencies and emergen
lies always were popping up during
the World war.
Witness the story told by l-oul 0.
Ilrubnker, a member of the old Second
Virginia Infantry at the time of the
war. t llluslrete the mint.
My out lit, the old S nd Virginia,
was encamped on the Honunke (Va )
fair grounds In I'.'l. under command
of the late Itol.ert F. I.ecdy, says
I'.rulmker.
While we were on guard at the main
entnince to the grounds one day, sev
eral of us were being entertained by
an Irish member of our outfit who was
unusually adept at Imitating others.
The tnletits of this mun were directed
principally toward the mimicry of
Idiots. Ills faVoHte x.se for this
"act" wns to hold one band against
his chest, with eyes rolling and month
agape too ridiculous for description
He wns In this iilllinde when the
col on i and his stuff suddenly reined
up before us. We snapped Into a
salute but our comrade wns ton ab
sorbed In bis acting to even notice the
visitors.
The colonel sat his horse for some
moments, looking down at the Irish
man, liefore the latter became aware
nf what was happening. When he saw
the colonel, however, the Irish soldier
retained his silly pose.
The olllcer was amused and aston
ished. It was evident. There was a
twinkle In his eye as he roared: "How
In the blank blank did you ever get
Into this man's army?"
Without batting an eye, the sol
dier's Irish wit came to his rescue.
The mimic replied Instantly: "Sir,
they enlisted me over the telephone."
e e e
A Narrow Squeak Rather!
On August I'J, l!)IS, Ma J. Iteed 0.
I.andls of Chicago, then a lieutenant
and n Hie way to becoming America's
second ace. hopped off wllh his fellow
war birds In search of the enemy
sqnndroii.
They found twenty hostile flyers
high above t In lines of advancing Al
lied Infantry. For twenty minutes the
opposing groups played a game of
aerial bide and seek, each trying to
mil maneuver the other. Then l-nndls
and bis companions cornered some of
the enemy planes, twelve miles behind
their own lines. The flgliilng begun.
Suddenly l.nndls, w ho was separated
from bis mates, saw a Ccrumn plane
swooping down for him, point blank.
He swerved his own plane toward the
enemy and "gave 'er the gas."
Neither hesitated. Both planes were
meeting as though held to an Invisible
track. The faces of the pilots were
almost together when, suddenly
The Cenuaii plane rocked sharply,
spun dizzily, and whirling II ko a top,
crashed to the forest directly below,
tangled wreckage of pilot and ship.
"And II nl." Lieutenant (now Major)
Lnndls admits, "was rather narrow
squeak ; what ?" t
(ffl. 1(10. Wiwlwn Nwnapfr tlnloo.)
Earlieit Magasines
The American Library uwmrlatlon
lays: "It Is said Unit the first mnga
r.lne that really deserved tho name
was the Athenian (la.ette. which ap
peared In London In lCOl. Gentle
man's Magur.lne, starting In 17.'!1, Is
the real beginning of the monthly
magazine such as we know it In re
cent year."
A DOCTOR'S
ADVICE for
Stubborn Bowels
"Drink at least six glasses of wa
ter dally preferably before meals.
Knt bulkier foods, such as vege
tables, fruits and ruarsn breads,
Use ii mild luxntlvo n needed."
Tbut Is Dr. Ciildwcll's advice to
people with stubborn bowels. He
specialized ou the bowels; treated
thousands for constipation and Its
ills. The prescription be used over
and over In his practice has be
come the world's most popular
laxative t "Syrup Pepsin," as It la
now railed, was tested by moro
than 47 years of practice.
Today you can get Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin ut any drug
store In America. It Is always the
same; made exactly according to
tbe original prescription, from lax
ative herbs, pure pepsin and other
valuable Ingredients. Nothing In It
to ha rui even ft bsby. It dcs not
gripe, sicken or cause any discom
fort. But It moves the bowels;
It gets rid of alt the souring waste
which clogs the system; makes you
bilious, headachy, gassy, Moated,
weak, half sick. A doctor should
know whst Is best for the bowels.
Syrup Pepsin Is ft fninous doctor
choice of a safe, pleasant, effective
laxative for men, women, older
folks, babies and children.
Da. W. B, Cai ov iu'
SYRUP PEPSIN
A Doclori rami! LavtiHt e
Peculiar Stunt
One of the stunts at a meeting ol
he Maryland beekeepers was a hew
atchlng contest. In which the par
ticipants, biirchandel and with no
protection for their fares, caught a
ninny bees as possible, one at ft time,
keeping tliein In a wide -nmuth bottle
held In one hand.
COUGHS
Fir & eoodve tm
t Kriict OL'AK-AMtl-D.
9
.4 fl.
Boscnees
Mull
drugguti
Syrup
Trained Bird to Fight Pritt
To save ihe orange crop from In
sect pests orchurdlds Iti Small Af
rica are releasing ladybirds, trained
for Ihe purpose. Tbe birds are re
ported to have been effective In clear
itig the orchards.
Eat Everything
without Fear
of Indigestion
Are there lots of foods you can't ent
for fenr of gas, bloating, pains in the
stomach and bowels?
That's s sign you need Tanlar! For
10 years Tanlac has restored to health
thousands who denied themselves fa
vorite foods just as you do.
Mrs. Arvena Bowers, of Topeka,
Knna.. envs sho wns troubled for years
with gas, bloating and tliw.y siielis but
Tanlnc ended her suffering quickly.
If you stiller from indigestion, gus,
dizziness, headache, torpid liver
give Tanlac a chanco to help you!
(let it from your druggist today.
Your money back if it docau't help you.
Demand for Dookl
Nearly ,".L',iKi,ism books were bor
rowed from New York public li
brary for home nnd reference work
hist year. ll,M.i,i! being Issued for
home use In Matihiittnii alone.
Mora DrirLIe
Pallidal -1 see a tall, handsome
man prostrate before you,
Mrs, Perkins (Interrupting) I wish
you could See my lodger, a little
bow -legged man, paying Ioh hill.
An Eminent
Physician
Prescribed
tell ? HT. Jd 1
this Tonic pi
A 8 ft young man Dr. It. V. Pierce
Z-V practiced mudicino in Penniyl-
vania His prescriptions met
with such great dauiiind Hint he moved
to Buffalo, N.Y. and put, up in ready-to-nsa
form his well-known tonio for
tho blood, 'lolilen Medical Discovery,
It aidadignr lion.acta as a Umlo.and en
riches tha blood -clears away plmplca .
nd annoying errijitioni and tends U
keep the complexion fresh and clear.
This medicine comes In both fluid and
tablets. Ask yonr druggist for
Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery
fit
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