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Show THE PA CD SIX JOURNAL, LOGAN, UTAH. TRI-WEEKL- Y Tuesday, January 29, 1007, ; A -- AUTHOR OF BY A. CONAN DOYLE" COPYRIGHT, 189.1. BY HARPER THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. & BROTHERS T ering in and the sun had already sunk beneath the treetops. But their case was a very evil Leaving a watchman at each ' one. Had the guns been lost, so window, the leaders went round ' that they might be turned upon to the back of the house, where the. door, all further resistance the canoes were lying upon the would bave been, vain, but Du bank. There were no signs of the Lhuts presence of mind had sav- enemy upon the river to the north ed them from that danger. The of them. CHAPTER XXIX. two guns upon the river face and the canoes were safe, for they were commanded by the windows of the house. But their numbers were terribly reduced, and those who were left were weary and wounded and spent. Nineteen had gained the house, but one had been shot through the body, while a second had his shoulder cleft by a tomahawk and could no longer raise hi9 mnsket.Du Lhut De la None and De Catinat were uninjured, but Ephraim Savage had a bullet hole in his forearm and Amos was bleeding from a cut upon the face. A few shots from the barricaded windows sufficed to clear the inclosnre, for it was all exposed to their aim, but on the other hand the Indians had the shelter of the stockade now,' and from the farther side of it they kept up a fierce fire upon the windows. Half a dozen of the censitaires returned the fusillade, while the leaders --con suited as towhatiiad best be done. women We have twenty-fiv- e and fotirtcciL.ehildren.. saidthe I am sure that you seigneur. are'in luck, We alone! Ah, yes; I can see him now. lie keeps well out from the bank to avoid their fire Now I t is in midstream, and he turns to- - ward us. It Jesuit, said one, cranThey are everying his neck. where there is most danger. No.' I can see his capote. It is a Franciscan said Amos. said another. is a ' The clouds are gathering, and friar. An instant liter there was the there will be little light. of a can e grounding upon sound It is luck, indeed, since the moon is only three days past the the pebbles, tne door was unbarI red, and a min stride in attired answered Du Lhut. full, wonder that the Iroquois have not in the long, dark gown of the He cast a rapid cut us off upon the water, but it Franciscans. around Is likely that their canoes have glance ami then, stepping De to to south another 4laid his hand Catinat, up bring up gone his1 shoulder. war party.upon You have not"escaped - In an hour it might be dark We have caught he. said me, enough to start. I I. think that there is rain in the evil sec lr ! it had time those clouds, and that will make to root. What do you mean, father! it darker still. You have The women and children were asked the seigneur. This is my assembled, and their places in made some mistake. each boat were assigned to them. good friend Amory de Catinat, To Onega, the Indian wife of the of a noble French family. This is Amory de Catinat, the seigneur, who was as wary and heretic and Huguenot cried the as experienced as a war sachem I hav followed him up of her people the" command of monk " the Str Lawrence," and I have folthe women was intrusted. It is not very far, Adele, lowed him up the Richelieu, and said De Catinat. It is but a I would have followed him to the world's end if I could but league or two. " But"I do not wishTto leave bnng'hinrbaek with me. Tut, father! Your zeal caryou, Amory. We have been to ries you too far, said the seiggether in all our troubles. neur. Whither .would you taka iHMydearilove,- - you will tell tliem at the fort how things are my friend, then! shall go back to France with ns, bring- - us with his wife. There is no plac help. Let the others do that, and I in Canada for heretics. will stay. I will not he useless. Amory. Onega has taught me to load a gun. I will not be afraid, indeed I will not. - ol 1 - will agreewith me. gentlemen. that our first duty is toward them. Some of you, like myself, have lost sons or brothers this day.. Let us at least save our. wives and sisters. No Iroquois canoes have passed up ther iver, said one of the You must not ask it, Adele. Canadians. If the women start It is impossible, child. I could in the darkness they can get away not let you stay. It is for my to the fort. sake, dear. You do not know what a load it will be from my By Ste. Anne of Beaupre! exc'aimed Du Lhut, I think it heart when I know that you are would be well if you could get safe.- And you need not be afraid your men nit of this also,' for I for me. We can easily hold the cannot see how it is to be held place until morning. Adele was silent, until morning. but her is Tut! tut! What nonsense hands tightened upon his arm. Are Her husband was still endeavorthis! cried D la None: we to abandon the manor house ing to reassure her when a groan of Ste. Marie to the first gang of burst from the watcher in the savages who choose to make an window which overlooked the attack upon it! No, no, gentle- stream. , a still are is a There canoe on the river men; there nearly score of. us. anl when the garri- to the north of us! he cried. son learns that we are so pressed. many warriors are in which will be by tomorrow morn- it! asked the seigneur. ing at" the latest; they will cer- , I eannof see. The light is not tainly send us relief. very good, Hiid it is in the shadow If you stand by the fort I of the bank. will not desert you said l)u Lhut Which way is it coming! and yet it is a pity to sacrifice It is coming this way. Ah. it brave men for nothing. shoots out into the open now, and The canoes will hardly hold f can see it May the good Lord and "children as it be "praised! Wh-icried Theurict. is it then! cried De la There are two large and four small. None impatiently. There is not space for a single It is iot an Iroquois canoe. man. There is but one man in it. He The Iroquois were very quiet is a Canadian. now. and an occasional dropping A Canadian! ered Du Lhut. shot from the trees or the stock- springing up to the window. ade was the only sign of their Who but a madman would venpresence. The twilight was gath- - ture into, such a hornets nest and-they-w- ill -- .lie . - I the-wo- men t . ? Q Dont-negle- your - cough. ct : Statistics show that in New York City alone over 200 people die every week from consumption. And most of these consumptives might be living now if they had not neglected the warning cough- You how quickly feoff's enables you to throw off a v know Emulsion cough or cold. ALL DRUGGISTS 1 BOo. AND fl.OO. - - 1 captured stockade were quiet, Before the smoke had cleared she save for an occasional shot. Sud- had foundered, and the second denly a dull red glow began to canoe had paused to pick up. some show above one of the roofs of of the wounded men. the cottages. Quick, quick! cried the seigLoad the guril We may neur. set have it on fuel They cried Du Lhut. The canoes get the second one yet! Rut it was not to be. Long bemust go at once, for the river fore be as light as day. .In! will soon they could get it ready the ini There is not an instant to be Iroquois had picked up their wounded warriors and were pullost! There was no time for leave ling madly downstream. As they taking. Ono impassioned kiss shot away the fire died suddenly and Adele was torn away and down in the burning cottages, thrust into "the smallest cano-- , and the rain and the darkness which she shared with Onegr., closed in upon them once more. two children and an unmarried My God! cried De Catinai lushed others into their The furiously.. girl. They will be taken! places, and in a few moments Let us abandon this place, take a they had pushed off and had van- boat and follow them! Come, ished into the drift and the "dark- cornel Not an jnstant is to be ness. The great clmid had brok- lost! d0 not think that they will en and the rain pattered heavily on the roof. bg caught, said Du Lhut, laying Thank God for this storm! his hand soothingly upon his murmured Du Lbut. Do not fear. They It will shoulder. hltl from a the. cottages blazing long start, and the women prvent here, can paddle as well a? the up too quickly. But he had forgotten that, men. Besides, these canoes of the though the roofs might be wet, Mohawks are not as swift as the the interior was jisjlry as tindey. AlgonquinbirclL-bark- s .which we He had hardly spoken before use. In' any case, it is impossible a great yellow ion gue of flame to follow, for we have no boat. licked out of one of the windows, . There is one lying there. ' and again and again, until sudAh, it will but hold a single and man. It is that in which thefriar. denly half of bc roof fell in, the cottage kas blazing like a came. II Then I am going in that! My pitch bucket. The flames hissed and sputtered in the pouring place is with Adele! irom -- below, they rain ; bnt,-f- ed He flung open the door,' rushed grew, still higher and fiercer, out and was about to push off the flashing redly - upon - the greit frail skifT when some one sprang trees and turning their trunks i past him and with a blow from a burnished brass. Their light made hatchet stove in the side of the - the incloRiire and the manor house as clear as day and exposed the whole long stretch of the river. A fearful yell from, the woods announced that the savages had seen the canoes. They are rushing through the woods. They are making for the waterll edge. cried DeTatinat. They have some canoes down there said Du Lhut. But they must pass us, eriel G- -t the seigneur of Ste. Marie. down to the cannon and see if you cannot stop, them. They hadhardlv reached the .runs when two larg: canoes filled with warriors shot out from among the reeds below the fort. Jean, you are our best shot, cried De la None. Lay for her as she passes-thgreat pine tree. Lambert do von tflkn the otll if gun. T.li e t wo w cin k ed ol d art glanced along their guns and waited for the canoes to come abreast of them. The fire blazed higher and higher, and the broad river lay like a sheet of lull metal a rk Jines which yy it h tit marked the canoes sweeping down c iter. One was th swiftly fifty yards in from of t.ie otier, but in each the Ii.dicns v.ert bending to'"' h r paddes .and pulling frantically, while their comrades from the wooded shores whooped them on to fresh exertions. The fugitives had already disappeared around the bend of the river. As the first canoe came abreast of the lower of the two guns the Canadian made the sign of the cross over the touchhole and fired. A cheer and then a groan went up from the eager watchers. The charge had struck the surface clo9e to the mark anl lashed such a shower of water over it that for an instant it looked as if it had been sunk. ,The next moment however, the splash subsided, and the canoe shot away uninjured save that one of the rowers had his dropped his paddle, whil head fell forward upon tho back of the man In front cf him. The second gunner sighted the same canoe as it came abreast of him. It was a beautiful shot. The whole, charge took the canoe about six feet behind the bow and doubled her pp like an eggshell. ille-ry-me- . it' .a mu i a Catiuiitr and llutfucnut ! " tic Urn hen if Du Lhut burst nut ' laughing By Ste. Anne, father, said he. if you could tak us all back to France at present we should be very much your debtors. ' And you will remember, srfid De la None sternly, that and are roof that under, you tny ou are speaking if my guest But the friar was not to abashed. Look at this., said he, whipping a paper out t f his bosom. It is signed by thi governor i d calls under pain oi upon you. the kings displeasure, to return this man to Quebec. But I have yon now and I shall never leave ymnrati llsrgy6u on boa rcTbf the ship.which will carry you and your wife back to France. De Catinat could but-.- , admire the energyand tenacity of the man. 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