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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION. UTAH i t ) By HUGH PENDEXTER Author of Kings of the Missouri Copyright by Hugh Pendeit.r 11 Monsieur, I shocked. My hundred thousiind tlvres will never come hack to me. Ah, well. We must say nothing to the olil rat below. He shall think the land Is still there; and he shall go with me." You will go on? 'TardleuI I must. And after nil, there are many things not known about this country of the damned. I'erhnps I, Francois Narhonne, may find riches after all! If not, I will he as well off ns at the start. IIo, ho! Down hill there, old rati Aro you lost?" I hear you. Itut batten down your hatch, or well have a hoarding party nfer onr brandy. A ranoe passed downstream a lilt ago. Too dark to make out their rigging, hut they spoke neither Spnnl.-h- , a foreign lingo, French nor good old Hnglish. Wild Indians, Ive logged It. One of my enemys canoes, scoutI whispered to ing the Narhonne. Ills Choctaws must have d'si'overed my smoke, and some of them aro out to locate It. I must make at Point Coupee ns quickly the cut-ofas possible. It will take a day of hard paddling. If you nre still minded to help mademoiselle forget her fears I would gladly paddle through hell to ease mademoiselle's mind, monsieur," he gravely Interrupted. I waited for Six Fingers to come up the hunk, which he mounted with the agility of a monkey. He reeked of brandy and was In n beastly humor. "Cheer up, I said, with malicious There Is gold ahead, a enjoyment. gold mine. "Aye? Thats why thp devil biles "There's two gold me," he grunted. mines ahead, and I can't take both of them. This Narhonnes a crazy fool. If hed told the yarn I'd luughed at It. Hut the second officer of the Malre believes It. lie had talked with this Fugean, who visited the land." And the second gold mine?" Hont you wish you knew, my brave cock?" he mocked, his brandy giving him assurance. "Hark eel A man who helped sack St. Augustine, and who has seen many a stout lad some women, too try to walk on the ocean with their eyes blindfolded, knows how to keep his hatch closed." He swung on ahead of me, and I knew the brandy had stirred up thoughts of the old days; for In a low voice he was whining something about; "Ah!" he muttered. im hack-trail,- l.nw down, hull down, off for lortobello-W omen and drink, Hnd the Isthmui Were O Ht And our ink, oapae very mellow-O- . lie was ns poisonous us a swamp-moccasihut age had drawn his fangs; he was merely a shell tilled with wicked memories and evil longings. If not for the danger of his babbling to Hamoan 1 would have set him adrift with his brandy with as little compunction as I would shoot an alligator. When I came to the tire the girl and Narhonne were seated side by side before the dying bed of coals, the ruddy light plnylng on their faces and giving me the impression she was more at ease In his company than In mine. She asked: Are we to move on tonight It is lu st. If we can travel till near daylight we can camp for the greater part of lie day and reach Point Coupee at twilight. You can sleep In the pirogue while we travel tonight. "1 was not thinking of myself, she was thinking of you, reproached. mon-ieu- r, who must ho so weary. And 1 know all this extra labor is because of me. A limn never takes amiss tlie pity He may and sympathy of a woman. deride it and he may know he Is not deserving of it, but deep In his tieart he worships the notion and feels like purring; for it is one form of a caress. 1 mumbled something Intended to make light of It. She was foolish enough to Imagine I resented her solicitude; whereas I was pleasurably confused aud appeared to he gruff to cover up my diffidence. So 1 ushered Six Fingers down the bank and left the Frenchman to escort mademoiselle. With the girl on the blankets behind e tne I led the way, after warning and Six Fingers to keep close and indulge in no talking. Six Fingers was Insistent on singing some of his s and Narbonne was evil old quick to curse him out for his indisI was patiently explaining cretion. the dangers of their carelessness when the girl emitted a shriek that could have been heard for a long distance. I dropped my paddle and stretched out a hand to arouse her from her bad dream, but as I touched her she seemed to be crawling overboard, and her voice was suddenly stilled. Thoroughly nonplused. I could not compel my mind to function until her stilled voice noked out: Save tne, Englishman!" Then I detected something In the water alongside the pirogue which had s,o Business there, and my fingers a brawny arm. As I clutched tne nuked flesh ten fingers seized my crlsr. ano he girl, released, screamed I 1 Nur-bonn- sea-song- etc. WNU Sorvlcg 1S-1H- Continued CHAPTER VIII A Virginia Scout Pay Gravel, again. The pirogue careened as the thing In the water sought to drag me overboard. Clearing my ax, I relieved the strain by leaping over the side, yelling as I went: "Sit still 1" As I struck the water the hand released my wrist and two hands grabbed my throat. Down we sank, and down swung my ax as we were going under. I felt the ax register, and the grip on my throat loosened. I kicked about and wrenched the ax free and satisfied inyself the naked body was lux and limp, and then shot to the surface. Hush mademoiselle. It Is all right," I softly told her before attempting to climb Into the pirogue. "Hush your noise. "I.e hon Dleu I" she moaned. "Is It Indeed thou, monsieur? No other. All is well." And I washed the nx and stuck It In my belt and climbed aboard and began anxiously peering about to see from hnd swum. what cruft my What Is it? I heard Narhonne cry. "Stand by to repel bourders! howled Six Fingers. How blind I am!" Ah, (he devil snapped Narhonne, and I heard his sword slithering against Iron. How does It In your throat! taste?" cried Six Fingers. Hod help us! They fight between themselves faintly exclaimed the girl.. I corrected, "Theyre attacked," sweeping the pirogue about and heading downstream where I could make out the vague shapes of two canoes some distance apart. With a wild the canoe of the enemy began closing In on my two companions, their first assailants being Choctaws who thought to take them by surprise by swimming. A flight of arrows hissed over my head and one or two stuck In the side of my pirogue. I snatched my pistols up from the bottom of the pirogue and emptied them, and then braced myself Narto use the musket ns a club. honne fired two pistols and Six Fingers let off a musket, and the pirogue with nothing occurring to disturb mademoiselle. The river talked to me. It taunted me with threats of ambuscades along the silent, brooding shore, It whispered of Darnoan the Fox cunningly awaiting us at the big loop. The Influence of the mighty waters rather worked on my nerves, and when an unusually large area of drift fiist appeared around the next bend I puddled to the bank and leaped ashore to It from a tree. I was suddenly taken with the notion that we had been seen and that Damoan's canoes were stealing upon us under cover of the onsweeplng mass. I hurriedly explained my purpose to Narhonne and the girl and had them come ashore and hide while I threw green houghs over the pirogues without bothering to extrleate Six Fingers from the bottom of his canoe. Nenr the hank I found a tall tree ami cllmhed It until I had an excellent view of the river beyond the solid mass of drifting trees. My fears were There was no sign of Puempty. llman's red hunters. Ashamed of my panic, yet greatly relieved, I descended. Only a few feet from the tree I came upon the scene of a recent tragedy a dead Indian. A feathered abaft stuck from between his naked shoulders and he had fallen while In the act of setting an arrow to The dead man was a Natchez. lie was In the country of the Ilumas, who were of Choctaw blood and Included As I reconstructin that confederacy. ed the tragedy, he hnd been shot down from behind by a Hums aud hud run bow-strin- wur-whoo- p frantically retreated toward a mid-chann- and downstream. Nuked men in the water attacked tis, monsieur," explained Narhonne as I got our pirogues drifted together. one and the old rat dirked another. How Is mademoiselle? "Dleu mercll I think I shall live, but I was dying of the fright," she Ited hands at my throat I whispered. Can I ever forget when they would drag me Into the river! But they did not. mudemolselle, I A sharply reminded her. danger passed Is as though It never happened. Be calm. They have all gone. There Is no more danger." Narbonne asked what I purposed doing. "Mademoiselle Is nervous. We will land and wait until she recovers her composure," I said. Her fingers closed on my arm, and she whispered : After all It was only Death that stalked me. Death Is clean. It was Its coming while I slept that unnerved me. Monsieur, you prefer to make a certain distance before daylight. Proceed. Do not consider tne. 1 am myself now. It Is nothing." After reloading my musket and pistols and seeing that Six Fingers did the same, I again took the lead. This time there was no need to caution my companions as to the value of silence. Nor did we again glimpse the Indians pirogue although we kept to the river until well into the gray As He Leaped Erect Arrow. I Released the away nnd escaped discovery although ultimately dropping dead. I took the bow of acncla-woonnd the quiver of reed arrows. The heads of the latter, fashioned from hone, were not barbed but were such ns like the were used In hunting deer and buffalo. The dead man had not been on the war path. Carrying thp bow and arrows, I returned to my companions, and, to spare the girl's feelings, explained I had found the weapons In the wood. Clearing the pirogues of brush I set off with the girl with Narhonne following close. We worked hard, for only a short period of daylight remained for us. It was the beginning CHAPTER IX of dusk when we came to the tiny tm.vou. I drove my drogue to t he eastern side of the blockade and Jumped The Fight at the Bayou. By carrying the We camped and rested, and the re- out to Investigate. mainder of the journey to the big loop pirogues a hundred feet we could take was finished late In the afternoon the open water again. I aroused Six d war-arrow- Spaniard Gets Credit for the Frankfurter What Is a hot dog? Well, It Is most; bull meat mixed with pork, highly spiced, steam cooked and smoked over hickory smoke. It orlg1 inated in Bologna, Spain, so long ago that only the main facts may be recalled. They used to slaughter an enormous number of bulls In the arenas of Spain In days when bullfighting was more popular aud more brutal than It is today. It looked like a great economic crime to see so much prize beef wasted. But nobody wanted bull beef just so; bulls are tough and not so delicious as cows and steers are. A butcher In Bologna had an Idea and bought bulls that were killed In the bull ring and made the meat Into a sausage, mixed with pork and highly seasoned. Bologna sausage appealed to the popular taste. Germans borrowed the formula, put the same sausage mixture into small casings and Bologna became "Frankfurter" In Frankfort and Weenie" in Vienna. Coney island gave it the name of hot dog and popularized It. On stand in Coney Islam) t t nu ly bull Fingers from his slumbers by the simple process of taking him by the shoulders and sousing him np and down In the river. He began a string but by thrusting hi of fearful cur.-es- , monkey's head under water I aoon took the heart out of him. Tossing him ashore, I ordered him to help Narbonne with one end of the pirogue while I took the other. I was elated at having gained the cut-of- f without having to fight my way. I felt so safe with that hundred feet of drift hiding me from the river that I directed Narbonne slowly to paddle my pirogue and the girl along the bayou with Six Fingers bringing up the other while I tried my luck hunting. Pointing out a dead tree far ahead, I told Narhonne to halt there and build a small fire, taking care to shield It with blankets. "Well camp long enough to rest and eat and then pash on," I told them. It will save a full day's paddling and a possible encounter with Darnoan and Then taking the bow his Choctaws. and arrows, and my ax, I scouted toward the main river In the hope of finding some waterfowl. But move as silently as I would I When I was could find no birds. about opposite the dead tree I decided it was growing too dark for hunting and began making for the camp. As I turned my back a rustling In the underbrush behind me revived my hopes and I glided behind a clump of bushes and slipped an arrow from the quiver. The ground was clear of growth for a few rods, and as the sound was repeated I fully expected to see a rabbit enter the opening. With the silence of a shadow a Choctaw warrior emerged from the growth Then he and stood as If listening. dropped on Ills knees and began examining the ground. I realized that he had found my trucks and would know at the first glance that a white mun had been there. My next thought was the necessity of preventing the fellow from reporting hls disesovery. As he leaped erect I released the nrrow. Hls yell of discovery was a second ahead of the reed shaft, and although he went down with the arrow sticking through hls neck he had done what I Intended to prevent. That hls companions were close at hand was proved by the almost Immediate response to hls wild cry ; then there came the sound of men crashing recklessly through the growth. Next they were pouring from cover in single file until I counted an even dozen, and there were more behind among the bushes. The first warrior In the opening came to the dead warrior and dropped beside him and examined the arrow. 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With cries of alarm and nige the Choctaws swept back Into cover, for the moment believing the Natchez had taken the red path against the French and their allies the Gulf Indians. As I loosed the last arrow I turned and made toward the dead tree. Damoan's voice rose In a cry of triumph, and In Choctaw he shouted : The White Indian ! Its the man were after. These are hunting arrows. He plays tricks with the Natchez arrows. He Is alone. After him ! Sly sole advantage was the waning fight which made It difficult to folI ran on and soon low my trail. close to the dead struck the cut-of- f tree. With a leap I was on the other side and kicking the fire Into the water. Whats wrong? whispered mademoiselle. NarInto the pirogue! Quick! honne! Six Fingers! Aboard and follow me quietly. We have a few minutes! They obeyed without a word, and with the girl lying flat to escape hall or arrow we worked rapidly along the sluggish narrow lane. No sounds came from the woods to establish the position of our pursuers; and as the quiet continued the girl lifted her head and tremulously whispered : They have gone away, monsieur. We have escaped them. I pitied her because of the rude awakening her hope was to receive. The profound silence told me the Choctaws were making every exertion to find me. At any moment I expected to be attacked from the bushes lining the bank. It was an actual relief to me, even though it made the girl moan d in terror, when Damoans floated to onr ear. mellow hunting-cal- l It Is nothing," I told her. "They have found our camp. They will not know whether we returned south, or came this way. She did not discover any discrepancy In this statement, although It was so obvious a child should have realized that the discovery of us on the cut-of- f would point only to one course of flight the course we were taking. I knew they were following the cutoff, bounding along the bank like so many dark devils. 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