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Tlie PI CHAPTER VIII Continued 17 lie was heavy with doubt when the march was resumed, for he saw the bitter souls hidden in the breasts of the warriors. Hepstbah Adams had tnadt him see the truth, and he knew these men owed nothing to the people of his race except loss and shame. Many times he had thought that, If fate had placed his fortunes among them, ha would hare hated with the grlninesa of their hatred. The freedom and pride which were once the heritage of their wide domains were no longer the controlling factors in their exist ence. Their wars had ceased to be wars which gave birth to forest gods and epics of unforgettable heroism. Their star was setting, and with its decline the white man had trans formed them into common killers, and In this new calling It made small dif ference to them whether they slew enemies or those who posed as friends, as long as the skins were white. So the nobility which Tolnette saw in tti;r captors was poisoned for Jeems by what was concealed within their hearts. The greatest of all hates was not the hate of a man for a man, but the hate of a race for a race, and he knew that at a word from Tiaoga the men about him would .be turned into fiends. Most of all he feared TIaoga, for Shlndas had told him that Tlnoga't father had been killed by a white man and his son by an English Mohawk. Whatever their fate was to be, this day would bring it. He was sure Toinette could not keep up the pace much longer, and he strengthened him self for the moment when the Seneca chief would find himself compelled to give a decision. That TIaoga had claimed her for his daughter gave him hope, but if in her frailty Tolnette was condemned to die, he was deter mined that she should not die alone. It was not long afterward that the warriors observed TIaoga limping slightly. This sign of physical diffi culty Increased In his walk until, furi ous because of his weakness, he drove his hatchet head-deep into a tree and paused to bind a piece of buckskin tightly about the ankle he had wrenched. Progress was slower after this. It continued to slacken as the afternoon waned, until the hand of a spiritual guidance seemed to be work ing for Tolnette. It was useless to attempt a concealment of her condi tion. Iler strength was gone. Her body was racked as If It had been beaten. Another mile and she would have sunk to the ground, glad to have an end to her torture. But fate, and Tiaoga's hurt, Intervened to save her. They came at last to a hardwood plain In which was a pigeon roost TIaoga spoke to Shlndas. We have been a long time without meat. Broken Feather. In a few hours there will be plenty here. We will feast and then sleep and will not travel again until morning." Then Shlndas knew the truth, but his countenance did not change. He soon had a chance to speak to Jeems. "For the first time I have discovered my uncle to be a great liar," he said. "His ankle is as sound as mine. It Is for the little fawn he has pretended a hurt and stops here for meat She is safe. He will not kill her." When Jeems translated this Tolnette bowed her head and cried softly. TIaoga saw her. Crumpled on the ground with Jeems arm around her, she looked like Sliver Heels, with her long black braid falling over her shoul der. No one was conscious of the strain at his heart as he came toward her. Warriors, wide-eyed, saw that he did not limp, and In his attitude was a tigerish defiance of what they might think. lie paused before the girl and dropped his beaverskln blan ket at her feet Tolnette looked up through tears and smiled again as a strange softness stole over the savage face. He gazed at her steadily, as If he were seeing a spirit, and said: "The soul of Sol Tan Makwum has come to abide In yout" So Tan Makwun was Silver Heels. TIaoga turned away, and his war riors knew that bis decision had been made. There would be no haste after this In the direction of Hidden Town. On a couch made of the beaverskln and armsful of balsam boughs which Jeems had carried from the creek bottom, Tolnette rested while the In dians prepared for the evening feast She smoothed and rebralded her hair as she watched them, and although very bone In her body seemed to have an ache of its own, she felt a sensa tion of complete relaxation stealing over her for the first time since the tragedy at Tonteur manor. The men tal ease which came to soften her en vironment embraced her in such a stealthy way that she was unconscious of the moment when her eyes dosed In complete surrender to the exhaus tion which was claiming her. Jeems returned from one of the fires bearing a stick on which a dozen of the cooked pigeons were pitted. He did not awaken Tolnette, but after be bad finished his meal, he broiled another dozen of the pigeons until they were as brown as chestnuts and stored them away with a roasted lily root and a few artichokes. For two hours the cooking continued, and when it waa finished, with tho eight's kill ready for future use, Tlaoga'i warriors wrapped themselves In their blankets and lay down to Bleep. The camp was soon In silence, and for a long time Jeems sat medi tating upon the changes which had come Into bis life within the space of two days and nights. That every- By James Oliver Curwood C by Doubledsy Doran I, I no. WNU Service. thing was gone and that he and Tol nette were the only ones Jeft of those who bad so recently made up their world seemed a monstrous exaggera tion of fact Tolnette, sleeping quiet ly, forced the truth upon him, and from the racking visions of his thoughts he turned to her with yearn ing to hold her closely In his arms. Her face was of childlike loveliness In the glow of the stars. So complete was her fatigue that dark dreams did not mar the solace of her unconscious ness. When the night was half gone, he made a pillow of balsams, and be fore he fell asleep he drew Tolnette's hand to him gently and pressed his lips against It Dawn, another day, then night again. The journey was no longer im possible for Tolnette, When she neared exhaustion, camp was made, and when she awoke the march was resumed. TIaoga called her Sol Tan Makwun, and the warriors regarded her with kindlier eyes. As the days continued and they witnessed her courage, their hearts grew warm toward her, and at times their glances revealed an admiration and friendli ness which were never In Tiaoga's, These days served also as the bridge across which Jeems and Tolnette were passing Into a future that was all their own, and the poignancy of the loss they had suffered was mellowed by these newer aspects so vital to them selves. The world they had known was a fabric which had crashed in ruin about them a desolation out of which another existence was building itself. As the deeper solitudes of the wirder ness claimed them, this feeling became a bond which nothing could break. Wherever they went and whatever happened, they would belong to each other, for death might separate but It could not destroy. On the fourteenth day, TIaoga sent a messenger ahead. That evening he sat on the ground near Tolnette, and Jeems translated what he said. To morrow they would reach Hidden Town, and his people would be ex pecting them. There would be great rejoicing because they had taken many scalps and had not lost a man. They would honor her and Jeems, accepting them as flesh of their flesh and bone of their bone. Tolnettte would live as his daughter. Silver neels' heart would live In her song. She would be of the forests forever. That was the word he had sent ahead to Chenufslo. TIaoga was coming with his daughter. He stalked into darkness, and for a time Jeems and Tolnette were afraid to speak the thought which was chok ing at their hearts. "Tour children and your children's children . . ." That night Tolnette lay starln, at the sky with sleepless eye. CHAPTER IX Guarded like a precious Jewel on all sides, a hidden town literally as well as In name, Chenufslo was one of 8ie greatest of the strange social centers of the Indians to which pris oners with white skins were brought to be adopted by their captora. That such places existed was a fact which had but recently gained credence In both the English and French colonies. Not until 17(14 was Colonel Boo.net to free the "white" population in the first of these mystery villages, and then the deliverance which he brought about resulted In less of happiness than of tragedy, for the life and asso ciations which he disrupted in the name and claim of the Colonies had their roots as far back as the third and fourth generations. Hearts and homes wf re broken as well as prison ers' shackles. Chenufslo was the Rome of a wide domain In that period of Its history when Jeems and Tol.iette came with TIaoga and his warriors. In it were three hundred people, and at full strength It numbered sixty fighting men. It nestled at the edge of a large meadow which the river embraced In a horseshoe curve and its center was a stockaded stronghold with long houses, storage buildings, cabins, and tepees sufficient for the entire popula tion In times of stress. The Senecas had vineyards and fine orchards of apples, cherries, and plums, and they also grew tobacco and potatoes on a considerable scale. In the cornfields and growing from the Long Line of "Caesars" Caesar was the surname of a re nowned branch of a line of Roman patrician generals with the forename Julia. They claimed descent from the sons of Aeneas, the mythical lulus. Sextus Julius Caeser, a praetor In 208 B. C, Is the earliest by that name to be mentioned in history. No direct male descendant was left to bear the name of the great Julius Caesar. Oc tavlus, whom be had adopted and who later became the Emperor Augustus, took the name. The name passed, also through adoption, from Augustus to bis Immediate successors, Tiberius and Caligula, The use of the name was continued by Claudius and Nero, although they were not Julll. When Nero was killed, the use of Caesar as a family name was discontinued and It became the title of The reign ing emperor. The title Caesar was same hills were pumpkins and henna and everywhere were sunflowers of a dwarfish kind grown for the oil whfeb was extracted from their seeds. ' When the season was good, Chenufslo lived In comfort during the long win ter months. The granaries were full, large quantities of dried fruits wer In the storehouses, and underground cellars were stocked with apples, pumpkins, potatoes, and squashes. When the season was bad, Chenufslo drew a belt tightly about Its stomach for five months of the year. For three of these months It starved. This was a bad season. Spring frosts had killed the early vegetation and had blackened the buds of apples and plums. The corn was so poor that, after roasting time, only enough was left for the next year's planting, and beans and potatoes had suffered until there was less than a third of a crop. But the people of Chenufsi'i wore no appearance of gloom on the day when TIaoga and his triumphant warriors were to arrive from the east Tiaoga's messenger had brought the news that not a man had beast lost In their invasion of the territory of their enemies. This was unusual, and It put fresh courage Into the hearts of those who had seen the year go against them. Tiaoga's homecoming with the spoils of war was an augury which more than discounted empty cellars and granaries. As a part of these spoils, they knew Tlnoga was bringing a daughter to take the place of Silver Heels. , This convinced them that fortune was bound to smile on them again. They had loved Sol Yan Makwun. With her death had come bad times. Now the spirit would Rive thera an easy winter, and next year would see the earth flowering with good things. Chenufslo made ready for the feast. There were still plenty of earthy things and a supply of late green corn packed away In busks and kept for this occasion. The last day was long for Tolnette. It had begun at dawn, and though TIaoga baited his men at Intervals to let her rest. It had not ended with dusk. Darkness came before they reached a plain on the far side of which was a hill. Beyond this hill ! was Chenufslo. They could sea the j glow of a great fire lighting the sky. Tolnette forgot her exhaustion at I this sign of the end of their journey. She observed that some one took from Jeems the scalp of the man he had killed, which he had tried to conceal from her eyes under a flap of buckskin. Then she saw all of the scalps taken by the Senecas fastened like dangling Dsn to a slender pole which was car ?'.t f the? 'MeCh"e- waf. " Young Bake imwai IV tIJV IUUUU, H 11U IUV SCaiy carriers In the lead, they came to the hill at the edge of the plain and looked down on the valley of Chenufslo. At Tiaoga's command the men bear ing the scalp-laden pole had gone ahead, and now TIaoga followed with his men In single file. Tolnette and Jeems were mldwsy In the line. Wide slave collars of buckskin had heon .k.,,, ,hot. i,. , uv V. ,U-J4k ,,.011 ucvtn, ,uu mii 1 was stripped of his weapons. The warriors did not hurry. Their step was slow and steady, aad cot a man broke the silence with a whisper or a word. A sea of torches advanced. It rolled In and out of hollows like a flood, then came to a level place and formed two streaming lines of fire. The scalp bearers reached these a hundred yards ahead of TIaoga and his men. Tolnette could sea them u ter the light of the torches, and Hi these moments the voices of the sar ages rose to the heavens. TIaoga paused, and not until the scalp bearers had paraded their grisly burden the entire length of the gauntlet of flame did he proceed again. Tolnette felt stealing over her a strange falntness of body and limb. Stories which she had forgotten, stories she had hesrd of the Indlsm from childhood, stories that had seat shivers through the hearts of a thou sand homes along the frontiers all crowded upon her at once. Wild tales of appalling torture and vengeance, of stake and Ore and human suffering. She bad listened to them from hat father's Hps, from passing voyageura, bad heard them In the gossip of tb selgneurle. And she remembered by name this ordeal which awaited them It was Le Chemln de Feu the Hoad of Fire through which they mul pass. Others bad died In It Roasted by pitch-filled torches. Blinded. Killed by Inches. So she had been told. (TO Bl CONTINUED.) in Annals of Old Rome used later to designate especially the beir presumptive, although It coa tinued to remain part of the Imperial title. It Is from the title Caesar that those of the former Russian czars and German kaisers were derived. Power of Reatow The mind Is Invincible when II turns to Itself and rellea upon Its own courage. If this Is so when only ob stinacy Is your defense, what must the strength of a mind be when for tified with reason? Marcus Aurellui Work for Scientists It has been estimated that the blind ness In the world could be reduced by half In the course of a generation, 11 Intensive scientific effort were ilveo to the problem. The Boyhood of Famous A a Mtf r V fit ge raid George. F. Baker Uncle John could sit oa his porch and take It easy while the other farm ers were hard at work, lie lived well and enjoyed hint self, His nephew wondered how s nmn could have sll the necessities of life, and some of the luxuries, with out having to work, Being of nu Inquir ing mind he asked for the answer to such a putle. lis was told that hli uncle had an In- come from his savings and was able to live on the interest of his money. That was how George F, linker got his first lesson In thrift and In the value of saving and Investing. He was visiting his grandparents in ivdham, Muss., where he spent much of hli vacations as a boy, when lie learned the lesson that was to help make him one of the world's leading bankers and enable him to amass a tremen dous fortune. George F. Baker was born In Troy, N. V.. In IS 10. Ills fat her was a me diant,, who at one time had a shoe business la New York city. The oldei Baker didn't enjoy having and selling. He became a reporter under Horace (ireeley on the New York Tribune, lie specialized In politics. Ho became s Washington correspondent for his pa per. Inter holding numerous political positions. His son was eight years old when the family imoed to Brooklyn. Young George went to school In Williams burg, but spent much time with hli grandparents In Massachusetts. The country air agreed with him. II thrived on It and became a sturdy and robust youngster. It wus at Pcdham that he laid the foundation for the strong constitution j that has enabled til in to be active foi i so many years. There also, through the example of his uncle, be learned the lesson In finance that helped him In laying the foundation for his great fortune. He earned his first money, during a vacation at ivdham. by gath ering cranberries left under the bushel by the pickers. He carried the berries to the barn In palls, dumped tlil-m In a sleigh, that was stored until the coming of tin j New England winter, and when It wai i full and all the berries salvaged, he sold the botch for $7. That was good s before or d I dn t waste It on candy or entertainment With the example of his uncle In ndnd he saved It. The youthful financier finished his education at Seward university it Florida, N. Y., when he was sixteen ypors old. His first Job was In a small Albany bank. His father, whose In terest In politics hal gained htm an i election to the slat legislature, win secretary 10 iiov. jiyron 11. 1 lars si the time. The youngster worked Imrd learning the rudiments of the bunking business, but he bad time to enjoy himself oftei he fashion of the youth of the period He drove Ids own horse and buggy. He got his exercise by rowing on the upper Hudson. Sculling was a great sport on th river at Albany and Troy In thorn days. There were good boat clubs and good oarsmen. Young Baker wus otn of the best. He whs skilled enough to win a sculling championship of the upper Hudson. He was also active Id church and lecture work. He was badly Injured In a railroad accident In 18."0. For a time it wat thought one of his legs would have to be amputated. He recovered and served as secretary and assistant mili tary secretary to Gov. F.dwin I, Mor gan, who was chief executive of the state at the outbreak of the Civil war. ' Before this he had worked us a clerk In the state hanking department. His pny there was only $rK a year, but he managed to save $100 of hli first year's salary. Ills father wus in Washington at secretary to Wllllsin II. Seward and young Baker returned to the banking department when Gov ernor Morgan retired from office. He was known as the best Informed clerk there. His knowledge soon gave Jil in an opportunity to enter the hank ing business for himself. He became Interested In the plan of Secretary of the Treasury Chase to sell bondi through banks and to form hunki which could pledge bonds themselves for the circulation of currency up to 00 per cent of their value. He talked the proposition over with John Thompson, a New York financier? and in 1803 they launched the First National bunk with a capital of fliOO, (XX). Thompson offered the young banker nil the stock he wanted and promised to carry it for him. But George Buker, at the time, didn't be lieve In borrowing money. Some mis guided friend, apparently, had warned hlin against being a borrow er. So he used only his own savings to buy stock. Ills nest egg permitted him to buy thirty shares. He also be came a teller and before long the cashier of the bank. He prospered and later borrowed the money with which to get control .of the institution which he wis destined to make one of the strongest flnunclul concerns In tin world. 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Clif ford Stanworth, tins given In lindun a demonstration of an apparatus w hich Is set In motion merely by the approach of a human being. F.U-rtrlc lights are switched on automatically as a person enteis the room In which they are, and a shop window Is flood ed with light by anyone Just looking In. The apparatus will act ns a bur glar alarm, ring a uell, or set an elec tric motor to work If anyone moves Oenr to It Mr. StMiiwnrth adjusted his Inven tion to a large showcase fitted with ordinary electric lights. "Walk up to the case. he said. When a men ap proncbed within two feet all the lights were suddenly lighted. When he moved back the llghta went out. It did not matter from whatever angle the showcase waa approached, as soon as any person waa within two feet of It the lights went on. "It Is eitrrtucly simple In system, like all Inventions," said Mr. Stan worth. 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The bottlo of 100 tablets b most economical lo buy, Two Doraa We don't know which makes for the duller cveiilng-H woman telling about the removal of her nppcndlx or n man telling nliout hi stock market operations. Judge. Should Reduce Chlildcra-Wliat kind of goods Is hrondclolh, anyway? Liiwrenco-Any kind of cloth after It's made Into a dress for my wife I i i m i r a . a. i i ti j MEM i V
