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.
(,bjrTh North American N(wiper AlliinceJ
f 1 1 minima
Fretful DAYS
Restless NIGHTS
...giVe chc Castoria
JT USSY, fretful, can't sleep, won't
eat .... It isn't always e.isy to find
just where the trouble is with a
young child. It may l stomach
lipact; it may I sluggish bowels.
Dut when little tongues are
coated and there is even a slight
suspicion of bad breath it's tima
for Castoria!
Castoria, you know, is a pur
sfgetable ircaration especially
made for babies ami children. When
Haby cries with colic or is fretful
lccausc of constipation, (?astorii
brings quick comfort, and, with
relief from pain, aoothr him to
restful sleep. For older children
up through all the school years,
Castoria is equally effective in
helping to right irregularities. Just
give it in larger do-. What a
Light Switched On by
Human Being's Approach
A t .ii lien hIiI re ( Kiiglnml I man. 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. "The human body bus elec
tricity In It This affects the wire as
When You
CAN'T
QUIT
A fieadarhe is often the sign of
fatigue. Whrn temples throb it's
time to rest. If you can't stop work,
you can stop the pain. ISayer
Aspirin will do it, every time. Take
two or three tablets, a swallow of
sxater, and carry-on in comfort.
Don't work with nerves on edge
er try all day to forget a nagging
pain that aspirin coulj end in a
Jiffy I Genuine aspirin ron'l harm
you; just Le sure it's JJaycr.
In every package of Bayer
Aspirin are prwtn directions for
headaches, colds, sore throat,
neuralgia, neuritis, etc. Carry these,
tablets with you, and be prepared.
To block a sudden cold on tho
trect-car; quiet a grumbling tooth
at the oflke; relieve a headache in
the theatre; spare you a sleepless
giight when nerves are "jumping."
And no modern girl needs "lima
out" for the time of month! Payer
Aspirin is an absolute antidote for
periodic pain.
Couldn't Account for It
Lucy (to guest) Do you" like that
enke, Mrs. ItrownT
Mrs. lirown Yes, dear, very much.
Lucy That' funny, 'rouse moth
er mild you haven't any taste.
Strny Htorles.
Joint Enterprise
"Can't a woman keep a secret?"
"Generally It takes nhoiil three
women to keep a secret."
During Childhood Lay
the Foundation for
a Healthy Skin
J3y Regular Use of
UTICHIItA
Soap and Ointment
Tench your cliilJrc.n tho
Cullcurn habit
if mpj.ji ji ,mii.j.(...ii..i.....it,is sjp i l mm
fill
fa.iVrgisffiMi.fci
timpl'ir. Olnlomnl 55n. tint 5I), Tlrnm J5.
PrnprlMorail'uttnllrug.hmlral(joti.,MaliJw,MM.
'ill MSasVen JUJJilis
if roBBgL
.u...i.uK.iul'i'1 I. I
Hmitl Hnrn -A
far
-r
'l.a-.""'
comfort Castoria Is to mothers!
Get the genuine, with ('has. II.
Fletcher's signature ou wrapper
and the name Citaturia that ulwuys
a pilars like this:
soon as one Is wlililn a certain
runge, wlihli I ciin vary from s few
Inches lo scterul yards. A very dell
cote Instrument turn the switch."
The Invention I ok rnihefllke a
small p Tin hie wireless set. (Ins
claim Is that It will halve (he elec
tric light bills for shops tieciiiie the
lights will be ou only when they are
needed.
Takes Tima
A boy was lellln,. bla friend about
his great grandfather
"lle'a ninety two today," be said.
"Isn't that wonderful?"
"1 don't think ho," wns the reply,
"Look at the time It's taken aim to
do It" Children's Magurine.
To krrp rlrun snd lirtlthy UK Ttt.
I'UfM't I'lraaaM I'elUI. ' hvy rigullt
lirtr, bowels snd stomach. Adv.
Carafully Taught
"What Is a creditor r
Tlease, teacher, a man I must al
ways tell that dnd Is out."
To be a genii man sll a man has t
do Is bide his manners.
L:.- .'"
v
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1
Tako Daycr Aspirin for any acha
or pain, and take enough to tnd it
It can't depress tlie heart. That is
medical opinion. That is why it is
only sensible- to Insist on the genuine
tablets that bear the Hnyrr cross.
The pocket tin is a convenient size.
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
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