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Show THE S A LINA SUN, S A LINA, UTAH TIE PdDdDlI TOMIL By Arthur D. Howden Smith Author of PORTO BELLO GOLD, Etc. WKO ierele Bnutiio'i) (& by CHAPTER XV Continued 28 !" he exclaimed, You have It in tin face. What do you expect of me? Would you have me violate Thr-r- e , by wedding a inald iV'i'n.d her affections? Some priests e mulit do so, but I will neer! without affection la adultery." You leap to conclusions, my good The maid ir," returned Murray. does not know her own mind. She is n conquest for the Church, and her H II. nice with the Chevalier de Veulle incuts the great work we ure unGods-sacrunu-- iit Mar-11.1- dertaking together." "I will have naught to do with It," responded the pi lest with decision. Not even to admit her into the Church would I tolerate the fastening upon herself, her husband and myself of a mortal sin. As for the Chevalier . de Veulle, I will say nothing ut present. Cut I am not satisfied with everything here at La Vicrge du P.ois. I shall have more to say on that seore later " lie went out and up the stairs, and Murray, after a moments hesitation, followed him. But our reprieve was brief. The next morning an augmented force of Jailers appeared. The thongs on our arms were tightened; our legs were unlashed; and we were marched up Into the wintry sunshine again, our eyes blinking at the unwonted light. The village was deserted, and we perceived the reason when we reached the council place and saw the long row of stakes which stretched before the background of the green firs of the Evil Wood. Jeers and cries of derision greeted us. The False Faces strung their circle around us, and the 'feather-tufte- d Keepers and their women and children pressed close to view the grevvsome spectacle. We were bound to the stakes, and I in the middle of the line; and almost at once the torturing began upon the unfortunates at the two ex-- t lend lies. Their songs and shouts of defiance soon gave way to a sinister silence, as they fought with all their 'will power to curb the agony whjeh hade them cry for mercy. The horror of it first sickened me, temthen flogged me into a red-ho- t pest of anger. And in the midst of ihe orgy of bestiality Murray and De eulle penetrated the circle of False laces, with Marjory, white-facetight lipped, between them. They wall ed up to the stake to which I was bound. not worthy of she gasped as her It Is head slipped down his chest. no Ga-h- a better so. No torture could have distorted his face Into the Image of frenzied despair which It displayed as he strove use- lessly to bend down to her. "Oh. "My Lost Soul ! he muttered. Havven-neyu- , Oh, my Lost Soul! Great Spirit, my Lost Soul! Marjory ciept nearer to me, the horror In her face turning to pity, the tears streaming fioiu her eyes. The poor lass!" she cried softly. The poor, brave lass!" CHAPTER XVI The Might of the Long House The silence of consternation gripped, the hordes of the Keepers of the Trail. The sea of painted, scowling faces exhibited one frozen expression of awe at the suddenness of the tragedy. Only Murray gave no Indication of feeling as he knelt by De Veulle side. He stood up, wiping a spot of blood off one of his hands with a laced handkerchief. He Is gone," he remarked Impartially. "Give a look to the Indian girl," I urged. He shrugged his shoulders as If to say It was not worth while; but Mar Mm ray addressed me. We are making a bargain with . was jory stooped over composed tjie - -- the disordered black tresses and dosed Master Ormerod. is to She laoy, the wildly staring eyes. her objections to De Veulle, Tls useless, Harry," she said. She of u herself mistaken in her feeling of Is dead. ahectiou for you and you are to be is dead!" repeated permitted to escape when she has blankly. sealed her engagements." Ills heaving muscles relaxed, and he Do not think of it, Marjory, I hung limp in his bonds against the I mind tills not at all. i.dled to her. stake. And fear not Help will come to you." At the least the woman gave you A tinge of color showed In her an avenue of escape from an Intricate i hecks, and she stepped to my side. You problem, commented' Murray. T cannot let you die, Harry',' she do not seem glad, my dear. said will) a sob. Indeed I will not be I uni not glad, retorted Marjory able to stand the thinking of it. Betscornfully. "And 1 am right content ter anything better maiiiage to this that you should be unable to underbeast than than that 1" stand why I will be mourning for her." You are wrong. I urged her. You Ah, well, we have never understood must not. 1 should go mad if you each other, have we?" rejoined Mura, d I should hate myself! I " ray, taking snuff absent mindedly. tvvisied uiy head toward Come, we will give orders for the rebeside me. moval of the unfortunate pair, and " "Hid tier not, brother, I appealed The horror dawned once more In Tell her I do not fear to pay Marjorys face. . to him. And why should 1 escape the price And what? she gapped. it you " You forget Marjory, that my savHis granite features softened'as lus age henchmen have work to do," he cys met hers. Hut before he could answered nonchalantly. I take It for peak the scene shifted with startling granted that you clo not wish to rerapidity. There was a bu'ge in Ha- main and view their labors? You would leave these these men ling of False Faces, and Ga-h- a no Master Ormerod to to " burt into tlm group Dressed in her uniform as Ga go tn And why not'" he replied. "They Ho-nus the kilt and are enemies. As 1 have had occasion she fronted Ie Veulle with to tell hint ere this. Master Ormerod has sought to eontrive my ruin. Hut tyes hla.ing, breast heaving. "Do you seek now to buy the white 1 am a teacnnable man. 1 am always maiden with this mans life?" slie willing to discuss terms." And wlmt might you mean by You sln.il not! You have Mnrmed. had your pleasure with me, Now you terms?" I demanded, taking a hand m would like to have a woman of your the conversation. He deliberated as unconcernedly a own color. You shall not! I have been bid. I have fin gotten the ways if we sat on opposite sides of a table of my fathers. I have betrayed a good in London, entirely Ignoring the hud man." She ihrtw a glance at urs, straining at Ids bonds. "For that 1 am sorry, hut It Is too late!" she exclaimed. White maiden. she ci led to Marjory, "do not IDten The ne of the rifle In America has to this man He is more wicked than been 1 general since the war of 17."4-i;a new of creature and am to us us the French nnd Indian known are-geIn which Craddock was defeated war, hi arm waved De Veulle toward From what I can learn, the llitit-toc- k .he attentive circle of False Faces. ritle, as we generally understand the Mistress," ho ordered. the weapon, dates from ubout the beFhu is Idndeilng Hie torture." The False Facts moved forward ginning of the Eighteenth century. My reasons for believing this are the ntly. hut Ga-1- 3 no acted without hesitation. A knife leapd from a fold statements that Captain Dillon 1ms a of her kilt, and she sprang upon De good speilmen with a dale of 1719, If Veulle like a wildea'. lie retreated, I recall correctly, stamped In the iuc-t.of the haireL The photo of this and ripped out his own knife. Hut sb closed vflth him. and tue rllia shows It to have been the contwo kmve sauk home at the same ventional long barreled, Hers pierced De Viulle to .Ingle triggered model made and used Instant. the hoait. Ills drove to the hilt into so widely lu the bolder wars and the mr rtgnt breast, and she staggered Bevo'utlon. 1 have read In very old books that the back, coughing blood, agnin-bound King 1'hiPp, the Indian chief! aln of rigid form of Ntvv England, In b! guut wur with fast to the stake. o, o - 1 1 n - J moc-iii-in- dled corpses at his feet, the Hue of bodies stiffening In the bitter cold against the stakes and tin- - attendant cordon of Indians whose faces studied his as their fingers Itched to resume the torture. "An undertaking tc abandon this wholly barren persecution of my enI should reterprises, he decided. quire the signature of Governor Hornet to the document." "And my companions here? I asked curiously. You foiget thnt even my powers are necessarily limited. he said. "1 could not possibly snatch from my peoples vengeance Iroquois warriors taken red handed In an attempt to massacre them. I laughed. You do not yet know me, Murray. Possibly you are subject to education, he retorted, buttoning up his greatcoat. Come, Marjory." She drew away from him. "I choose to remain," she said coldly. I choose that you shall not. lie waved his hand in unmistakable signal of release to the watchful False Faces and their followers. A yell of satisfaction, swelled from their hungry throats, and they dashed forward. "Twill be difficult for me to control them in a few moments," observed Murray. He looked up In amazement, as a mnutle of silence enveloped the council place for the second time. "O my people." boomed a harsh voice In the Cahnuaga dialect, "verily has claimed you! You are mad! You toy with your enemies here when the warriors of the Long Ilouse are as thick along the Doom Trail as the falling leaves of autumn. The Keepers who were on watch are dead or In flight. At any moment the Iroquois will be here. They have burned The snow of the Trail is trampled flat by their multitudes. Aye, the Doom Trail Is bringing doom upon Its Keepers." His words were drowned In a racket of firing from the heart of the Evil Wood. A number of the False Faces emerged from the shelter of the firs, their awful masks wabbling unsteadily. The People of the Long House!" they walled. "The People of the Long House are come!" "We are attacked back and front, snnrled Murray. "Well Master Ormerod, you and your friend the chief are excellent hostages." lie bellowed a series of commands which brought some degree of order out of the confusion, and dispatched one party of Keepers Into the wood to resist the attack from that quarter. Another body he sent through the village to hold the approaches of the Doom Trail. Under his directions the remainder of the wrarriors unbound the surviving prisoners from the stakes and escorted us to the stockaded house In which lie dwelt. In the doorway they pnused to await the coming of Murray. He arrived presently, with Mdrjory hanging unwillingly on his arm. The prisoners?" he rasped in answer to the question of our guards. Take them to the cellar. Look to their security If jou value your lives." An echo of distant shouts reuched our ears as we stood there, and across the posts of the stockade we saw the Keepers streaming from the Evil Wood and at their heels certain darting, figures that we knew must be the wurriors of the Eight Clans. It is time to bring our women anil children inside the stockade," proposed one of the Culmuagas. Murray shook h?s head. We have not room nor food to spaie. See," lie said, as the sonud of firing came from the southward, we We ure lunorunt of aie surrounded. the strength of the Iioquois. 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