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About The Daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1903)
2k THE DAILY JOURNAL, 6ALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1903. m mmmtmmammtummmmmmmBmmnmmmmmmmmma i 1 1 mmmmmm www i ifcai in tmmmmmmmmt "imn BIQH WMffesder fInnid a statatfgtf and cwpUffitldg tMetti. To hK mind It wftd dear-thftt silo belongnSd ttf the Tat!' tdn tamilf or VH-jfMln, Ydnm alwdya cpncludoa ft 'mdttx-f at oneo. He knW oinb6f ih rrarlotdhd. But It -was 'n widely toafttM Mtolly, lw nwuiUcM llrlngiin almost yety colony ih AtHtf led rtioicrekt 'ho recognized at tt gjanco by the dragon on the lielWef With Uireo start. Ir Was not rot rttro nittn to bear. But doubtlens It hrid been odamelcd on thcloekot merely aH n) family mark -aa wa dftoti'done In America. Tboblack, woman was your nurao, yorfr tnatntoy,''1nj(Bald' "I know by that and by your prayer in English-a well tta'byxyour'ioottefthat you are of a sqodtblrt family." LikoRnoot'soutborners, ho hrid strong faith. Jtiigenoalbgy, and bo bold at bU tongnoM Hip the ilatnea of all tho old fanilIlefl TIio -Carters, the Blaira, the Fitmhtigh, tho IIamuiib, tbo Ran-' dolphn, tbo Iicea, tho Ludwclls, tbd Joncfloa, tlio HcVorloys, tlie Tdrictoni-' n wltole cntalogne 'ofi tbetn h retched bnclc In bitt memory, lie knew tho coot of arms deployed by each liouno. Hoi could' repeat their legends. "I wish.you could tellmo more," ho went, on. "Oon't .you recollect 'any thing if urtbor mbout your oarly child hood, your flrat'lmprmslons tbo houao, tho woman -who '-tuugbtyou to 'pray, tho old black mummy?' Any little tiling might .bo ' of- priceless rnluo a orl dencc." "Thero la abnohttelyi .nothing) more :to tell," alio ald. "All my llfo I bavd tried to .jruxuoiubcr moret but It'a lm poRHlblo; I can't get any further back of" ca up. n not hop thing. There's no ubo trying.- If all Hko- n dream; prob ably' It ia.ono. I do bavo meh drennie. In my Bleep I can lift my wolf Into tho alrJust as oaay and fly back to tbo aamo big whlto house that I rcem to remember. When you told mo 'about your homo It -wan llko something that I hod, often ccn before. I slinll bo dreaming it bout It noxt." Beverley cross questioned ber from erury. possible. point of view. IIo was fascinated with tho mystery, but she gavo him nothing out of which tho least further light-could bo drawn. A half breed womun, Itfwoinod, had been hor Indian foster mother, a sllont, grave, watchful guardiau frpm whom not a hint of disclosure over fell. Hho waa, moreovor a Christian woman who had received her conversion from an English ispeuklug . 1'rotoHtnnt Mission ary. Sho grayed with Alice, thus keep ing in tho child's mind a perfect mom ory of tho Lord'B prayer. "Woll," sold Bovorloy at last, 'tyou are mora of n mystery to mo tho lon ger I know you." "Thon I must grow every doy more distasteful to you." "No; I love mystery." lie wont awny feeling n new web of Interest binding him to this Inscrutablo maiden whoso llfo seemed to him at once so full of Idyllic liupplness and so enshrouded In tantalizing doubt. At tho first opportunity ho frankly ques tioned M. ltousHllloii, with no helpful result. Tbo big Frenchman told the sjuiIo meagef story, Tbo woman watf dying Jn tho time of n great epidemic which Willed most of her tribe. Hho guvo Alice to M. Iiousslllon, but told him not a Word about ber ancestry or previous ltfo. That wits all. A wltld old man When ho finds him self In' n, blind alley no sooner touches tbo 'terminal wall than ho fuceu about and goes back tho way be came. Un der llko circumstance n young roan' must needs try to batter tho wall down with his bead, In Boverloy's caso the clash wub profoundly disturbing. And now ho clutched tho thought that Alice' was hot u merer child of tho woods, but a daughter of an old family of cavaliers! WJlh tout buttoned closo against tho driving wind ha strode toward tbo fort In ono of tho30 melodramatic moods to which youth In all cllmea and times is subject. It waa llko a slap In the faco when Captain Helm met him at tbo stockade gato and said: "Woll, sir, you are good ut biding." "Hiding! What do you mean, Cap tain IlelulT" ho demanded, not in the mildest tone. "I mean, sir, that I'vo been hunting for you for nit hour and uioro over tho whole of this towu. Tho English and Indiana aro upon us, and there's no time for. fooling. Where aro all tho nionj" Beverley comprehended the situation In a Bocond, Helm's faco was congest ed with excitement, Bomo scouts had como lu with tho nowa that Governor Hamilton, at tho head of 600 or 000 soldiers and Indians, was only three or four miles up tho river. "Where aro all tho menf Holm re peated, "Buffalo hunting, most of thorn," said Beverloy, "What in thuuder are thoy off hunt ing buffalo for?" raged tho oxcltod capttttu. "You wight go to thunder and boo," Beverley said, and they lxtu luughed In sheer mascullno contempt of a pre dicament too grnvo for anything but grim mirth. What could thVy do? Even Ouclo Ja sou nud Iteuo do Houvlllo were off with tho hunters. Helm sent for M. Iious slllon. )u tho desperate hope that ho could suggest; something, but bo lost his bead and hustled off to hldo his money and vuluablea. Indeed the Frcuch pcoplo. nil fult that; bo far us they were concerned, tho chief thing wss to S4YH what they had. They well knew that it mattered little which of tho two musters, held over them thoy luwtt shift for thcwselvea. Iu their hearts they were true to France and America; but Franco aud America could not now protect them against Huuilltooj therefore It would bo like ulcldo' to magnify patriotism or any other ' si'utltueut objectlouablo to tho Engltih. Ho they acted upon ii rum Billon's ndvlce and offered no resistance when the new army approached. "My poor people are not disloyal to your flag and your cause," sold good Father Beret ndxt raonilng to Captain 'Helm, "but they are poWerles. Win ter Js upon us". What Would you bav us do? This rjekety fort Is not availa ble for defense. The hion are nearly nlT far nway on the' plains. Isn't It the part of prildiMlco and common sense to make tho best of a desperate situation Should We resist, the Bfltiuh and their savago allies would destroy the town ahd commit outrages too horrible to think about In this case diplomacy promises much mora than a hopeless fight against an overwhelming force." Pi fight 'cm," Helm ground out be tween bis teeth, "If I have to do It sin glo handed and alone! I'll light 'em!" Father Horet smiled grimly, as If he, too, would enjoy a lively skirmish, and snld: "I admire your courage, my son, Fighting Is perfectly proper upon fait occasion. But think of the poor women alul children. These old eyes, of mine have seen some terrible things' done by enraged savages. Men enn die lighting, bnt their poor wives and daughters ab, I have seen, I bavo seen!" Beverley felt a pang of terror shoot through bis heart as Fathor Beret's simple words mado him think of Alice Itxconriectlon with the Indian massacre. "Or course, of course it's horrible to think of," said Holm, "but my duty U clear, and that flag" ho pointed to where la bauntcre d'AIIco Kousslllon ,l2?iat !!( haU not come down save in uU honor." was almost blowing nway In the cold wind "that flag shall not como down suvo In full honor." Ills speech sounded preposterously boastful and hollow, but he was man fully Ifi earnest. Evory word came from bis brave heart. Father Herd's grim smllo returned, lighting up his Htrongly murked face with the strangest expression Imagina ble. "Wo will get all the women Inside the fort," Helm began to say. "Where the Indians will And them rcudy penned up und at their mercy," quickly lutorirolutod tho priest. "That will not do." "Well, then, what oun bo done?" Bev erley demanded, turning with n tierce sture uM)u Father Ituret. "Don't stand there objecting to everything, with not a suggestion of your own to offer." "I know what Is best for my people," tbd old man replied softly, still mull ing. "I have advised them to stay In ftldt) their bouses aud take no part lu thd military uvent. It Is tho only hope of averting an Indiscriminate umssucro and thlugH worse '' Tho curt phrase, "thtugs worse," Wetit llko a bullet stroke through Bev erley's heart. It Hushed an awful pic ture upon his vlslou. Fathor Beret saw bis faco whiten and bis llpa sot thorn selves to resist a great emotion. "Do uot bo angry with mo, my son," bo suld, laying a baud on tho young man's arm. "1 may bo wrong, but I act upoiiSJoug und convincing experi ence." "Experience or no oxpertouee," nolin exclaimed, with an with, "this fort must bo manned and dofunded. I am commanding hero!" "Vos, I recognise your authority," re sponded tho prltwt In a tlrm yet defer ential tone, "und I heartily wish you had a gurrlsou. Hut whore Is your com mncd, Captain liulm?" "Wboro U my garrison, you ask! Yes, and I can tell you. U'jt whore you mlHht expect u gang of dad blasted Jabbering French good fur nothings 'to bo, off high gauuleklng around uhobtlug buffaloes instead of staying here und defending their wives, chil dren, homes und country! Tho few I have In the fort will anouk off. I sup pose." 'Tbo Freuuh gavo you this post on easy terms, captain," blandly retorted Father Beret. "Yes, aud they'll hand it over to Hamilton, you think, ou tho same baulu," cried Helm, "but I'll show you! I'll show you, Mr. PrlostP "Purdon me, captain. Tbo French aro loyal to you uud to tho flag yonder. They have "Bworu It. Thuo will prove It. But lu the present desperate dilem ma wo must choose tho safer horn." Baying this Fathor Beret turned about aud went his way. Ho was chuckling heartily as ho passed out of tbo gate, "Ho is right," said Beverley after a few moment of rctlectiou, during which ho was wholly occupied with Alice, whoso terrified faco lu bis an ticipation appealed to him from thoi midst of howling savages, cabins and mangled Tictlms of massacre. His imaduatlon painted tho scene witfi a nwrcit&ss realism mat chilled his blood. All tbo sweet ro mance fell away from Tincenncs. "Well, sir, right or wrong, your, duty is to obey -orders," said Helm with bra tal severity. "Wo had better not quarrel, cap tain," Beverley replied. "I have not signified any unwillingness to obey your commands. Giro them, and yoa will have no cause to grumble." "Forglvo me, old fellow!" cried the Impulsive commander. "I kn6w you are true as steel. I s'poso I'm wound up too tight to bo polite. But tho time 'la coming to do something. Here wb ore with but Ave or six men" Ho wna interrupted by the arrival of two more half breed scouts. Only three miles awny was a large flotilla of boats and canoes with can non, a force of Indians ou land and tho Brltlsli'flag'flylng that waVltio report "They are moving rapidly," said th spokesman, "and Mill lw hero very soon. They arc at least 000 strong, all well armed." "Push that gun to tho gate and load it to the muzzle, Lleutenant'Bcvcrley," Holm -ordered with ndmlrablo Ann ncfltr, the purple flush In his faco giving way to a grayish pallor. "Wo nrd go ing to die right here or have tho bon ers of war." Bcverlpy obeyed without a word, no oven loaded two guns instead of one, charging ertch so heavily that the last wad looked as if ready to leap from tho grimy mouth. Helm bad already begun, on receiv ing the first report, a hasty letter to Colonel Clark at Knsknskla. Ho nOv; added a few Words and at the last rac ment sent It out by n trusted man, who was promptly captured by Ilamllton'a ndvulico gunrd. Tho missive, evident- ,Sl6w approach of tho British, Is still In tho Canadian archives, and runs thus: Dear Sir At this tlino there la nn army within three tnllou of this placo; I hoard of their conilm; several days beforehand. I sent )li h to Mud the certainty thd spies being taken prisoner 1 never cot Intelli gence till th) Kot within tliroo miles of town As I hud called the militia and had all nssurancea of their Integrity I ordered nt the flrhiK of a cannon every man to appear, hut I saw but few. Captain llus ron behaved much to his honor and credit but I doubt tho conduct of a cer tain Kent Excuse hsite, as the army la in sight, My deternlndtlon la to defend tho gnrrlaon, (sic) tliotiRh I have but twcnt)-ono men but what hrm left me. I refer j ou to Mr Wmes (ale) for the rest The army Is within threo hundred yards of the village. You must think how I fi.el, not four men that I really depend upon, but am determined to net bravo think of my condition. I know It Is out of my power to tiefsnd tho town, us not ono of the mllltla will taku nrma, thouah be foro sight of tho army no braver men. Thero la a fine nt a nmall dlatanco, I must conclude. Your humble servant, LKO'D IIKLM. Muat stop. To Colonel Clark. Having completed this task, tho let ter shows under what a nervous strain, Holm turned to his lieutenant nnd said: "Fire a swivel with a blank charge. Wo'll glvo these weak kneed parlyvoos one more cull to duty. Of courso not a frog cuter of them all will come. But I said that it gun should bo tbo signal Possibly thoy didn't hear tbo first one, tho deaf, cowardly hounds!1' Beverley wheeled forth tbo swivel and mmmed n charge of powder home But when he tired It tho effect was far from what It should havobeen. 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