The PMn "Of
Abraham.
James
Curwoodt
Irwin MmH
CHAPTER IX Continued
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Tisoga and bis warriors moved
lowly. They were like bronie men
without flh or emotions. Their
heads were high, their bodies straight,
their Jaws set hard as they stalked at
t death-march pace between the col
umns of their people. Jeems fell Into
this rhythmic movement as the mouth
of the torch monster began to swallow
them. And then with eyes that be
came flame-lit pools of fear and ex
haustion Tolnette saw that not a hand
gave a sign of rising against them.
The torches coughed and flared, but
not a spark touched their skins In
passing. No eyes gleamed hatred at
them. No fingers clenched, no hand
was raised. The things she had heard
In the land of her people were lies.
The Indians killed In war but they
did not torture. They did not pull out
eyes and thrust sticks through quiver
ing flesh. Tbey were men and women
and children like all other men and
women and children. These truths
she thought she had discovered for
herself.
But one thing she did not fully
know. She might have learned It had
she csught the low-voiced whisperings
which followed the passing of the war
rior: "She Is Tlaoga's daughter she
Is the spirit of Sol Tan Makwun re
turned to us In the flesh now our
good fortune will return the sun will
shine light and laughter will come
for Sol Yan Makwun Is here, out of
death to live with ns again !"
They crossed a field of darkness
toward the Ores, and when they came
among them Tlaoga was matching In
Jeems' place and Jecms had disap
peared. She had not sensed his going
or Tlaoga's presence, and before she
knew that Jeems was no longer among
the warriors, she found herself stand
ing alone with the Seneca chief, the
people gathering In a circle around
them. Tlaoga began to speak. Ills
voice renewed her confidence as she
searched for Jeems. He was describ
ing the success of their gods In re
storing Silver Heels to her people. It
did not take long for Tlaoga to tell his
story. His voice rose. His scarred
and bitter face assumed a strange
gentleness, and Tolnette knew that
Jeems was safe though she could not
see him. She watted, trembling, and
at last Tlaoga was finished and stood
for a moment with upraised hand
mid a great hush then spoke a sin
gle name, Opltchl. A girl, the Thrush,
sprang forward, and as she csme
Tlaoga took the slave collar from
Tolnette's throat and crushed It Into
the earth with his moccaslned foot.
A murmur ran throuzh the circle.
Tlaoga stood with his arms folded
across his breast, and Tolnette felt
the hands of the Thrush drawing her
away.
They paused at the edge of the
circle, and for a little while no one
moved or spoke. Then there was a
break In the ring behind the Seneca
chief, and through It came Jeems, es
corted between Shindas end another
warrior. Tolnette gaspej and almost
cried out There w-.s an amazing
change in Jeems. 'ie was stripped to
the waist and routed In stripes of red
and yellow and black. Ills face ap
peared to be cut In crimson gashes.
Ilia thick blond hair was tied In a
warlock from which streamed a
feather showing he had killed a man.
At Tlaoga's command there advanced
from the circle an old man with a
wizened face and white hair and a
younger man whose form was bent al
most double because of a deformity.
Behind these two rame a little girl.
The old man was Wuskoo, the Cloud.
The younger was his son, Tokana, or
Gray Fox," a name of which he had
been proud In the days before a tree
fell on bis tepee and crooked his back,
when be was the fastest runner in the
tribe. Tlaoga spoke again. He exulted
In the fortune which had sent another
son to Wuskoo, a son with a white
kin and a strong body who would
care for him and who would be a
brother to Gray Fox. With his thin
and quivering hands, Wuskoo took
the slave collar from Jeems' neck and
stamped It Joyously Into the ground
while the broken Gray Fox raised a
band In brotherhood and friendship.
There was something so wistfully
sweet In the big dark eyes of the
little Indian maiden that Jeems drew
Iter to blm and put an arm protect
ing about her. It wns then Tolnette
left the Thrush and ran to him, so
that atl saw her held In his painted
mis, with Wanonat, the Wood I'lgeon,
a happy partner In the moment when
Tolnette proudly and a bit defiantly
told Chenufslo and through It the
whole Seneca nation Hint this was the
man to whom she belonged.
Like a flood burst loose from a dam,
the night of feasting and rejoicing
began. It wns preceded by a combat
among the dogs In which Odd estab
lished his right to a place among the
four-footed citizen of Chenufslo.
After a time ho found a scent on the
beaten round that led him to the
SERVlCt
topee which had been prepared for
Tolnette. Here he found Tolnette and
th Thrush, whose name a long time
ago had been Mary Dnghlen.
It seemed to Jeems that from the
beginning his freedom among the
Seneos was as great ns if he had
been born of their blood. Gray Fox
took hlra to the tepee of his father,
which was to be his home, and food
and drink were brought to hlra. Then
he wns left alone, for even the de
lighted old man whom Tlaoga had
honored by the gift of a son could not
be kept away from the celebration
which was In progress. The thought
came to Jeems that no Impediment
had been placed In his way If he chose
to steal oft Into the night and disap
pear. The ease with which ho might
She Found Herself Standing Atone
With the Seneca Chief.
have set out on this adventure was
proof of his helplessness. Like the
others, he was a captive forever.
There was no escape from Chenufslo
nnless one accepted death as the route.
He did not think of escape because
Its desire possessed him. He was
measuring his world and adjusting
himself to its limitations with emo
tions which were far from unhappy.
With Tolnette, he could find here all
that he wanted In life. Tlaoga and
Shindas knew that she belonged to
him. and the people of Chenufslo were
now aware of It. His heart exulted
and his spirt rose with the chanting
of the savages. What d.fTerence did
It make that they were burled In the
heart of the forest for all time? He
had Tolnette. She loved h'm. Chenuf
slo would not be a sepulchre. Their
love would transform It Into a para
dise.
He was eager to see Tolnette aealn.
and bezan to seek for a place where
be could clean himself of the colored
clay plastered on his face and body
With his clothes, he went to the river,
and after a thorough scrubbing re
turned fully dressed with the eagle
feather still In his hair. His weapons
had been given to him. and these be
carried boldly when he Joined the In
dians. The triumphal fire was blax
Ing, and as soon as the hungry town
had fed Itself, the scalp dances would
begin. The salps were already sus
pended on the victory pole In Its
light. Children were playing about
them. The fine dark hair of one was
so long that they could reach the
tresses with their fingers, and when
they did this they shrieked with
ecstasy. Among them was a white
skinned boy of seven or eight who
laughed and shouted with the others.
Jeems found an opportunity to have
a word with Shindas and learned that
Tolnette and Opltchl were together.
Shindas could not tear himself from
the martial dignity which was expected
of him until the warriors had told
of their exploits In the scalp dance, so
Jeems went alone and found Tlaoga's
tepee and the smaller one near It In
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State Boundaries Long
For a great many years the boun
dary between the colony of New York
and Massachusetts was In dispute. The
government of New York maintained
that the eastern, limit was the Con
necticut river, basing its claim upon a
Dutch title. The Massachusetts gov
ernment claimed territory westward as
far as the Hudson river. For the pur
pose of establishing this claim the
Boston government In 10o9 made a
grant of land on the Hudson river
below Fort Orange and in 1072 sent
John Payne to New York to solicit
permission to pass and repnss by wa
ter. He was most courteously re
ceived, but the claim was never rec
'ognlzed. The dispute finally reached
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which were Tolnette and the Throsh.
It was lighted by a torch, and he drew
back among the dark boles of the
trees and waited. At the end of
half art hour, Tolnette and Opltchl
ciune out Into the Illumined forest
For a little while they stood under
the gnarled limbs of the trees which
cast shadows from over their heads.
He did not reveal himself until Oplt
chl' form disappeared among the
pools of light and dnrknos as ahd
went toward the fires. Then he ad
vanced, calling Tolnettes name softly.
Her appearnnco surprised him. She
was not the ragged .and disheveled
young woman who bad arrived with
Tlaoga's men. Mary, the Thrush, had
dressed her In the prettiest raiment
left by Silver Heels. There was
something about the long yellow
feather, the filet of scarlet cloth, and
the boyish closeness of her dress which
made Jecms give a wondering cry. It
was as If they had come to her from
an obscure and distant past and had
always belonged to her. He had
dreamed of this lovely wilderness
princess; through years of boyhood
hopes and plnnnlngs he had built up
worlds about her, and In those worlds
he had fought for her and had ad
ventured with her where he alone waa
her champion and her hero. He had
carried gifts of feathers to her
feathers and fawnskln and a piece of
cloth like that which she now wore In
a crimson band about her forehead I
To him It was the precious red Tel
vet, there In the glow of the moon.
He opened his arms, and TolnotU
came Into them.
CHAPTER X
For half an hour Jeems whs alone
with Tolnette. Then Mary Paghlen
returned, and with her came a messen
ger who took hlra back to the dances
which were beginning about the scalp- (
fire. He was not embarrassed by the
critical eyes upon hlra. The wildness
of the night entered his blood, a heat
set blazing by the Joy of his posses
sion and as he chanted the Seneca
victory songs with the others, Tol
cette was In his heart, and words she
had whispered to hlra under, the oaks
repeated themselves until they dulled
his senses and blinded his eyes to
everything but their Import At soon
as God would let them bring It about
she would be his wife. She had said
thatl So he danced, ne shouted at
Tlaoga's side. Tolnette, horrified at
first saw him In his madness. Then
she began to understand. Hut not
until he took his turn among the war
rlors and danced alone la the light ol
the fire, chanting his story In the lan
guage of his adopted people, did
Opltchl translating what he ssld
let her know fully the daring of hei
lover. Jeems story began with his
earliest thoughts and memories of her
He told of their homes In the country
of the Richelieu, of bis dreams and
hopes. He described the passing ol
moons and the growing of his love and
how death had come with the Mo
hawks from the south. Then he cams
to the finding of Tolnette. their flight,
the triumph of his love, his flht wlta
the scalp hunter at Lussan's placet
and their capture by Tlaoga and hli
warriors. He praised these warriors
They were not like the Mohawks, whs
were sneaks In the night The Senecai
were clean and swift and brave. H
was proud to be a brother and a ton
among them. He wanted this peopli
to respect him, and he wanted them t
love Tolnette whom Tlaoga had hon
ored by taking as his daughter. Foi
Tolnette belonged to him. She wanted
to be his wife. She wanted to beai
his children among the Senecas. j
He stopped at last and thankefl
God that Hepslhah Adams had madi
it possible for hlra to do this thing Is
the light of the fire at Chenufslo. A I
murmur of approbation stirred tin
people. It rippled and died out as an
other warrior took his place.
Long after midnight the reveli
ended, and Chenufslo grew quiet Foi
a time, he looked at the stars and thi
changing shadows of the moon througl
the open door of W'uskoo's tepee. H
entered sleep as if going Into a long
avenue of golden colors. Only happl
ness rising like a flower from the
ashes of a torture that was gone could
have made It like that His mothei
seemed a part of it, her voice a glad
melody somewhere In the radiance
which embraced him. In the avenui
of gold, he saw Wood I'lgeon smiling
happily between his mother and Tol
nette. Then he sank Into deeper sleep
This was the beginning of thi
strange life of Jeems and Tolnette In
Chenufslo which Colonel Boquet, after
ward major general and commandei
In chief of his majesty's forces In thi
southern department of America, de
scribed as "un episode of fact whlcb
Is difficult of belief and astounding In
the new viewpoint which It and others
of a similar kind give us of savagi
life."
TO BK CONTINUED.)
Matter of Disputation
such a stage, resulting la riots, etc.,
that It was submitted to the lord
commissioners of trade of Kngland,
and George II In 1757, by royal order
In council, determined the boundary,
granting the territory to New York.
This was still not acceptable until
1773, when commissioners from New
York and Massachusetts met and fi
nally decided the boundary according
to the present lines.
Virtust of Economy
Economy, wrote Doctor Johnson, Is
the parent of Integrity, of liberty, and
of ease, and the beauteous sister of
temperance, of cheerfulness and
health.
SIM
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Buddhist Priest In Front of Temple, Slam.
rvprd br Ntlontl n(rapht
SUM. whose sovereign. King Pra
Jadjlpok, is visiting the United
States, la one of the few Impor
tant Independent countries now
ruled by an absolute monarch.
Hut despite the fact that there Is
no parliament and no rhevk on the
powers of the king, Slam Is In many
ways a strikingly modern state. The
country's air mail jystein has operat
ed successfully for eight year. Tele
graph oftlces number more than 473,
and some 000 post offices serve every
city and rural center. Wireless serv
ice handles messages to foreign coun
tries. Two kinds of American visitors, one
good, one bad, figure prominently In
the kingdom's new prosperity. Frnneis
Bowes Sayre, the late President Wil
son's son-ln law, and Dr. Hugh Smith,
former commissioner of the I'ulted
8tates bureau of fisheries, are staunch
aids to Slam. The former hended a
commission which secured treaties
from foreign nations that removed
extra territorial rights and lifted tariff
restrictions; Ioctor Smith now directs
the development of Slam's fluhery re
sources. The unwelcome American visitor Is
the lovely but malicious "Florida
weed." The blue water hyacinth of
Florida, brought to the Fast Indies as
flower, has become a curse. Be
cause the queen of Slum brought the
first specimens for her garden from
Java It Is often called Java weed, but
out In the country It creutes a nation
al problem by clogging the Irrigation
ennuis, It bns earned the inline, "blue
devil"
Slum, Jungles, heavy rainfall are
three Ideas closely associated Why,
then, must Slum build Irrigation dams
and canals? The answer Is that the
Jungles are In the mountainous bor
derlands; the central delta plain re
ceives an Illinois rainfall. Because the
Siamese grow rice, they must have
a wealth of water; hence, Irrigation.
The Prank project, with a barrage
type dam, completed In 10'JI, serves
iS.OtH) acres. The Subhan project,
about completed, will have three time
the Prnsak capacity. Other vast works
are tinder way or have been planned.
P.allroads show epm! promise, slam,
by Its position, Is a natural railroad
center of the world's densest popula
tion area. Bangkok, the capital, and
Siamese metropolis, Is the Inevitable
major railroad Junction for nil south
and east Asia.
Railroads Are Important
A hint of the Importance to Sinm
of her railroads, all built since lMfl,
Is rontnlned In the recent report of an
American agricultural expert. "I was
told," he writes, "that a tmlnhmd of
rice goi'S south dally for export to
Mulnya and the Dutch Fast Indies."
Iilce Is to Slum what cotton Is to the
South.
In some superficial aspects It would
seem that Slnm Is several laps nhend
of ultra modern America. Knicker
bockers stlH attract attention when
worn by American women In elty
streets, und bobbed hair only a few
years ago wns frowned on In some of
our cotiseAntive buslncsn and social
circles. Yet the Siamese woman wears
the knof-length panung, as does her
brother, and for generations she has
refused to be bothered with long hair.
She has a freedom that has developed
a shrewdness and Independence ,
contrast to most oriental women,
though she la npt to be unlettered.
Bangkok, rnpital of Slam, Is In loca
tion the New Orleans of the Kant.
It Is In the delta of the Meiiam river
ie Mother of Itivers" and domi
nates that si ream ns the Crescent
City dominates the Mississippi.
In a sense It may be said that
"Bangkok Is Slam" much more truly
than Paris may be said to be France
or Buenos Aires to ho Argentina. In
a country' of 11,;vK),hm Inhabitants it
Is virtually the only city. Its popula
tion Is nearly three-quarters of u mil
lion, so that it Is roughly mldwny In
size btween Pittsburgh mid St. Louis
and has more than twice I ho popula
tion of Seattle. About It lie Siaru's
richest rice lands; to It come on the
nc hand boots laden with the prod
ucts of the country, and on the other
A
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ocean going vessels to unload Imports
and load exports; and from It In turn
are distributed tho supplies for tin
Interior. The area of the kingdom Is
about equal to that of Spain.
Bangkok, the Capital.
In Bangkok the king and his court
live, and there Is operated the ma
chinery of the country's highly cen
tralized government. The capital has
become In the eyes of the king and
his people a symbol of Siamese pow
er, and millions of dollars hare been
spent to beautify tt and make It In
many ways a convenient, modern
city drained and cleaned, sparkling
with electric lights, dotted with spa
clous parks, and crossed by streets
In which the clang of tramway gongs
and the rhug of motor cars are com
mon sounds.
Though Slam Is a tropical country,
lying In the same latitude as south
ern India, thanks to pleasant breezes
It does not experience the extreme
of bent known to the Indian plains.
In Bangkok the bent during the dry
season seldom exceeds It) degrees
Fahrenheit In the tdiade. In the sun It
Is much warmer and paper parasols
are seen everywhere.
Half a century ago Bangkok was
called "The Venice of the Bast" and
fully deserved the title, for almost
all transportation and movement
about the city was by the river or
the numerous lateral canal. Bven
now, though streets and highways
have been built, bridges constructed
nnd tramways laid, the waterways are
still of transcendent Importance In
the life of the city.
Perhaps the most colorful river
scene Is the water market where each
tiny boat with Its rnrgo of food bears
a little lamp. The market hours are
from midnight until early morning.
Ami during that period the market
section of the river resembles a fairy
land with Its glimmering H;;hK
The hl,Th civilization of Bangkok
tins rontrnst In extreme primitive
conditions of otlw r parts of the conn
try. Curious customs abound. In up
per Slam tea Is pickled for chewing
Instead of being used as a beverage,
First the leaves are sun dried, then
they are steamed to rid them of
tannin. Next they are weighed down
for fermentation, a process suggestive
of the !ermnn preparation of sauer
kraut. The substnnre thus formed Is
placed In the mouth until the Juices
are removed. The appearance of the
Individuals with the .(mils In their
cheeks forms a never ending source of
amusement for travelers.
Famous for Lacquer.
The capital of upper Slam Is
ChlengMul, famous for Its lacquer
ware and center of the teak tree
trade. This region Is a land of boats.
Water routes form virtually tho only
lines of communication between tho
upper ninl lower kingdom.
In eastern Slum a plea ten u and n
plain support n population which
must move from swamp lands In the
rainy season to higher elevations
which are barren nnd stony. Hence
living conditions are most primitive.
The month of May marks the be
ginning of the nil Important rice
planting In Slam. King and court and
thousands of subjects turn nut for the
link Nn or plowing ceremony. Be
fore tho vast crowd the minister of
agriculture, dignified with a hat like
n spire nnd gorgeous gown, guides a
huge glided wooden plow drawn by
two cully decked bullocks, After tho
plowing various seed and grains
are spread before (he bullocks.
Oriental still in spirit, Slam acquires
modem occidental appointments of
great variety. The government runs
on a budget and Slam, too, has been
passing through an economy program.
The king, by way of examples, cut bis
royal allowance by 3,00o,ono bnhts.
The metric system has replaced an
cient measuring units nnd became
compulsory In 1!K!0. Civil and com
mercial codes have been published
there are 1W,MK) Boy Scouts; the Bed
Cross has been organized. Cluilulong
korn university, named for the mon
arch who, during his reign of 42 years,
began the regeneration of the king
dom, enters Its fourteenth year, strong
nnd growing.
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POISON
in Your bowels!
Poisons adsorbed Into the system
from souring waste in tho bowels,
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bilious condition; coal the tongue;
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Caldwell' Syrup Pepsin will clear
up trouble like Unit, gently, hurm
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will make in your feelings over night
will prove its merit to you,
Dr. Caldwell studied Constipation
for over forty-seven yrurs. This long
cxerienre enabled hint to muke his
prescription just whut men, women,
old people nnd c hildren need to make
their bowels help themselves. Its
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it pleasant taste commend it to
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Fire Stsliitics
Fire statistics re ten I that the total
annual los by fire Is approximately
10,000 Uvea and the ratio of death
to Injuries Is 1 to 2. While only
portion of casualties occur In fires. It
has been estimated that more thaa
CO per cent of the totul number of
Ores Involving damage to pnp-rt)
each year lake place In the home,
nd, according to statistics, there It
a home fire every four minutes. !
fectlve Minn, chimneys and heating
plants and sparks on the roof ar
reported as the "known originating
reuse of largest fire lossc" during
I'.CH. During the same year the na
tional property loss traceable to
these sourres wss estimated at $.'0,.
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STOMACH, BLOOD, BAD
Tort land, Ore
1 "k 1 1 ... i
w a impover
ished, I alto had
some stomach
trouble, so met imrs
whrn t would be
lying down pas
would come up
and I would
imotlirr and hare
trrritie pains
around my heart. I broke it with)
little pimplrt camrd ty bad blood, I
was just all rundown in hralth and
after taking the 'GoUlen Medical
Discovery for a while my blood was
rood, the pimples all disappeared and
I have never bad snothrr spell witli
my stomach lince." Mrs. Emma
Dixon, 4H0 lust Grant St
Fluid or tablets. All druggists.
Sfiil lAa I pr. rirrrw'i Clint. Dsf
si, M, T, far trial paraaaa.
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Something Like Old Tint
The day of accepting produce In
payment of the subscription pries
has come back for tho Tueumcarl
(New Mex.) News. The newspnpei
Is accepting beans, at the current
market price. In payment of delin
quent subscriptions. This la done to
Bid the farmers In the vicinity, and
the bean are being turned over te
the rhnmber of commerce for dl
trlbutlon among the needy. Indian
spoils New.
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Bad Stomach Cause
of Bad Skin
You can't expect to have a good
clear skin if your stomuch i weak and
disordered.
Undigested food sends poison
through the body, plmplea appear
skin grow sallow and lose color,
But these troubles will end nulckly
and skin clear un if you will Url
today taking Tanlar,
Tanlac is made from herbs, barta
and roots. A table spoonful In-fore each
meal stimulate the digestion natu
rally so that you ran digest w hat you
eat. And when your stomach Is In good
shape again watch how quickly skin
begins to clear up. At your druggbt '.
Money back if it douu t help you.
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