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Show The Plains' Of AbraSiciim. James .&.1x. At ?i fcaVM ,.; Continued CHAPTER IX 18 rn,.nn and his warriors move.) Tticv were like bronze men Tlu'ir i.t,nnt flesh or emotions. bodies straight, heads were high, their set hard as they stalked at their ..i Jas pace between the of their people. Jeeins fell Into as the mouth ys rhvthmlc movement to swallow of the torch monster began that bewith eyes then And them. and exfear of pools came flame-li- t a hand not saw that Toinette haustion them. ve a sign of rising against but and flared, coughed torches The skins in not a spark touched their No eies gleamed hatred at passing. Lm. No fingers clenched, no hand raised. The things she had heard ucs. I In the land or ner peopie $ in tvnr hnr thov.' The Indians wm not pull out aid not torture. They did quiveristicks through thrust eves and men women and were flesh. Tbey ng .ml children like all other men and These truths liwomen and children. yKne thought she had discovered for col-nm- .death-marc- uerseii. But one . thing. she did not ' .1 I she caught the lAnMnn 1, t paused at the edge of the Toinette casned and almost There was an amnzlnrr ange in Jeems. He was stripped to f waist and painted in stripes of red " jeiiow and black. His face to be cut in crimson cashes. s blond hair was tipri in TOor. M out ap-ar- ed 'flock from which n Ktrenm ;ther allowing he had killed a man. iHogag command there ndvnnrprt " the circle an old man with a oed face and white hair and a 'msw man whose form was bent al- oouoie because of a deformity, v,c . and thes tun r. a Mil man was Wuskoo, lounger was his son, v n,,i. nine the gin. Cloud. Tokana, or oi, a name of whlrh ha Proud in the dava hetnr his tepee and crooked his back, me rastest runner In the Tiaoga spoke again. He exulted ut fortune whlrh hart -.i. ..nt 19 vuskoo. a son trifh h - aui 1 mi i . a strong mm mrt mm ... body who would . i WHO wou la U Gray Fox. With his thin Wu8ko0 took ?K !land9' frora nd neck and " in er h:. lth w v :. ''Anther . It wn " Pr()tect" .... than r hd(1 ,n hi vtr Panted ,u u,e moment when : "e Belonged. Ioose froraada aS,Ing and U I "Joking Dy a C0Illbnt "8 the da bi ,i,rYu a nic Odd estnb- P'nce among the "... ;k,, floon if? tt!m.V: t ,7 . It seemed to Jeems . . that frora the beginning his freedom among the Senocas was as great as if he had been boru of their blood. Gray Fox took him to the tepee of his father which was to be his home, and food and drink were brought to liim. Then he was left alone, for even the delighted old man whom Tiaoga 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 off into the night and disappear. The ease with which he might of Chenufslo. fod a scent on th. that led him to ihe S CHAPTER X For half an hour Jeems was alone with Toinette. Then Mary Daghlen returned, and with her came a messenger who took him back to the dances which were beginning about the scalp-firHe was not embarrassed by the critical eyes upon him. The wildness of the night entered his blood, a heat set blazing by the Joy of his possession, and as he chanted the Seneca victory songs with the others, Toinette was in his heart, and words she had whispered to him under the oaks repeated themselves until they dulled his senses and blinded his eyes to everything but their Import As soon as God would let them bring It about she would be his wife. She had said thati So he danced. He shouted at Tiaoga's side. Toinette, horrified at first, saw him in his madness. Then she began to understand. But not until he took his turn among the warriors and danced alone in the light of the fire, chanting his story in the language of his adopted people, did Opltchi translating what he said-- let her know fully the daring of her lover. Jeems' story began with his earliest thoughts and memories of her. He told of their homes In the country of the Richelieu, of his dreams and He described the passing of hopes. moons and the growing of his love and how death had come with the Mo. hawks from the south. Then he came to the finding of Toinette, their flight, the triumph of his love, his fight with the scalp hunter at Lussan's place, and their capture by Tiaoga and his warriors. He praised these warriors. They were not like the Mohawks, who were sneaks in the night The Senecas were clean and swift and brave. He was proud to be a brother and a son among them. He wanted this peopls to respect him, and he wanted them to love Toinette whom Tiaoga had honored by taking as his daughter. For Toinette belonged to him. She wanted to be his wife. She wanted to bear his children among the Senecas. He stopped at last and thanked God that Hepslbah Adams had made It possible for him to do this thing In the light of the fire at Chenufslo. A murmur of approbation stirred thq people. It rippled and died out as another warrior took his place. Long after midnight the revels ended, and Chenufslo grew quiet Foi a time, he looked at the stars and the changing shadows of the moon through the onen door of Wuskoo's tepee. H entered sleep as if going into a loifg avenue of golden colors. Only happiness rising like a flower from th ashes of a torture that was gone could have made it like that His mother seemed a part of it, her voice a glad melody somewhere in the radiance which embraced him. In the avenue of gold, he saw Wood Pigeon smiling happily between his mother and Toinette. Then he sank into deeper sleep. This was the beginning of the strange life of Jeems and Toinette in Chenufslo which Colonel Eoqnet, after ward major general and commahdei In chief of his majesty's forces in the southern department of America, as "an episode of fact which Is difficult of belief and astounding ia the new viewpoint which it and otheri of a similar kind give us of savage life." e. iiii! I She Found Herself Standing Alona 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 unless 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 emotions which were far from unhappy. With Toinette, he could find here all that he wanted In life. Tiaoga 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 difference did It make that they were buried in the heart of the forests for all time? He had Toinette. She loved him. Chenufslo would not be a sepulchre. Their love would transform it into a paradise. He was eager to see Toinette again, and began to seek for a place where he 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 returned fully dressed with the eagle feather still in his hair. His weapons had been given to him, and these he carried boldly when he Joined the Indians. The triumphal fire was blazing, and as soon as the hungry town had fed Itself, the scalp dances would begin. The scalps were already suspended on the victory pole in its light. Children were playing about them. The fine dark hair of one was so long thnt they could reach the tresses with their fingers, and when they did this they shrieked with d ecstasy. Among them was a 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 Toinette and Opitchl 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 Tiaoga's tepee and the smaller one near It in white-skinne- . (TO BE CONTINUED.) raisea ana friendship. and a bit doflnntu ' : . ""WMo t,A .i ,!( t the lurouRn lo?h"!t,0"that thl was the i tepee whicii had been prepared for Toinette. Here he found Toinette and the Thrush, whose name- -a long time ago-h- ad been Mary Daghlen. V.J and for a little while no one wd or spoke. Then there was a rak In the ring behind the Seneca Met, and through it came Jeems, es-wtbetween Shindas and another rcle, n SERVICE low-voice-d way. ' '?J fully whisperings 1 which followed the passing of the war-- f she rior: "She Is TIaoga's daughter il is the spirit of Sol Tan Makwun re- now our turned to us In the flesh I food fortune will return the sun will I thine light ana langnrer win come I for Sol Van Makwun Is here, out of I death to live with us again !" I They crossed a field of darkness I toward the fires, and when they came 1 among them Tlaoga was marching m jeems' place and Jeems had disappeared. She had not sensed his goirig lor Tiaoga's presence, and before she I toe that Jeems was no longer among Ithe warriors, she found herself stand-lin- g alone with the Seneca chief, the people gathering In a circle around I them. Tiaoga began to speak. His I voice renewed her confidence as she searched for Jeems. He was describ- g the success of their gods in re aring Silver Heels to her people. It did not take long for Tiaoga to tell his His scarred story. Ills voice rose. aoa muer mce assumed a strange ana Toinette Knew that gentleness, Jeems was safe though she could not ice him. She waited, trembling, and it last Tiaoga was finished and stood for i moment with upraised hand amid i great hush then spoke a sin- pie name, Opitchl. A girl, the Thrush, prang forward, and as she came iaoga took the slave collar from oinette's throat and crushed It Into (the earth with his moccaslned foot murmur ran through the circle. oga stood with his arms folded cross his breast, and Tolnette felt k hands of the Thrush drawing her They M- i which were Toinette and the Thrush. by a torch, and he drew back among the dark boles of the trees and waited. At the end of half an hour, Toinette and came out Into the illumined Opitchl 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 Opit-chi- 's form disappeared among the pools of Ught and darkness as sh went toward the fires. Then he advanced, calling Toinettes' name softly. Her appearance surprised him. She was not the ragged and disheveled young woman who had arrived with Tiaoga's men. Mary, the Thrush, had dressed her in the prettiest raiment eft 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 Jeems 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 plannings he had built up worlds about her, and In those worlds he had fought for her and had with her where he alone was her champion and her hero. He had carried gifts of feathers to her feathers and fawnskin and a piece of cloth like that which she now wore in a crimson band about her forehead ! To him it was the precious red velvet, there in the glow of the moon. He opened his arms, and Toinette came Into them. It was lighted State Boundaries Long Matter of Disputation For a great many years the bounNew York dary between the colony of The and Massachusetts was in dispute. government of New York maintained Conthat the eastern limit was the a claim opon necticut river, bnslng Its govMassachusetts The title. Dutch ernment claimed territory westward as far as the Hudson river. For the purclaim the pose of establishing this 1CT9 made a in lloston government Hudson river grant of land on the in 1GT2 sent and Fort below Orange John I'ayne to New York to solicit wapermission to pass and repass by recourteously He was most ter never recceived, but the claim was reached ognized. The dispute finally such a stage, resulting in riots, etc., that it was submitted to the lore" commissioners of trade of England, and George II in 1757, by royal order in council, determined the boundary, New York. granting the territory to This was still not acceptable until New 1773, when commissioners from fYork and Massachusetts met and according the decided boundary inally to the present lines. 'OIHRY FOWL POX QUITE SERIOUS DISEASE When-You- .CAN'T Q Ul T ?4 5 Carried by Common Variety of Garden Mosquitoes. Fowl pox in chickens is not chicken pox, according to I'rof. Kobert Math esou of the New York State college of agriculture, who explains that this troublesome poultry diseuse Is car ried by mosquitoes. Fowl pox appears as warty nodules or lesions on the comb, wattles, und skin ot the heads of fowls, he says, and causes a decid ed lessening of egg laying. In more serious cases, It kills. Speaking from the Cornell univer sity iHdlo station, Professor Matheson states that while the specific cause ol the disease Is unknown, investigations at the Rockefeller institute of medical research and at Con.ell show that the disease is carried by mosquitoes Whether I may be contracted in any other way has not yet been deter mined. Other Insects besides marsh mosquitoes and the common garden variety of early sprints mosquitoes, that hatch in April and live ull summer, may carry the dls ease from Infected poultry to the healthy ones. Apparently a mosquito which has become infected will continue to be a spreader of the disease throughout her natural life. The male mosquito Is of course, harmless. Due to the heavy losses that result from fowl pox, a reasonable precaution is to use tip-tdate methods to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in the vicinity of poultry plants. Immunization against epidemics of the disease can be assured by vaeelnaton, but this is expensive for the commercial poul tryman, considering the present price for eggs. blood-suckin- A headache is often the sign of fatigue. When temples throb it's time to rest. If you can't stop work, you can slop the pain. Bayer Aspirin will do it, every time. Take two or three tabids, a swallow of in comfort water, and carry-o- n Don't work with nerves on edge or try nil day td forget a nagging pain that aspirin could end in a jiffy! Genuine aspirin can't harm you; just be sure it's Bayer. In every package of Bayer Aspirin are proven directions for headaches, colds, sore throat, neuralgia, neuritis, etc. Carry these tablets with you, and be prepared. To block a sudden cold on the street-ca- r; quiet a grumbling toolh at the oflice; relieve a headache in the theatre; spare you a sleepless Bight when nerves are "jumping." And no modem girl needs "time out" for the time of monlhi Bayer Aspirin is an absolute antidote for periodic pain. IN if 'I w 4 h r i ifr d mm mmifi m Tin Tin afatfrii )tfjflH 1 Take Bayer Aspirin for any acha or pain, and take enough to end it. It can't depress the heart. That is medical opinion. That is why it is only sensible to insist on the genuine tabids that bear the Bayer cross. The pocket tin is a convenient size. The bottle of 100 tablet3 is most economical to buy. o Management of Turkeys Not Well Understood Turkey management problems are probably as little understood by the average poultryman as are any of the problems connected with any of the domestic fowls. This Is especially true from the time the poults are hatched until they reach a marketable age, during which time they must be carried through the summer in a manner that will enable them to reach the market in favorable season. - The first problem is that of brooding the poults. Many ' Investigators have found that turkeys can be raised with greater success in confinement than on unlimited range, especially where chickens have been raised on the same farm. Chickens are suscep tible to the cecum worm, which is host to the blackhead germ, which, in turn, is the greatest single cause of turkey losses. Because of this good management demands that poults be raised on fresh ground and away from old turkey or chicken yards or runs. The Nebraska station gives some very valuable pointers on turkey production. Poults will thrive best If not overcrowded. One square foot of brooder space per poult is recommend ed. Units of over 100 are not recom mended except for those who have had considerable brooding experience. Japanese Shrine Honors Dog That Ended Flood PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM RamotM Dandruff Stop ilmir b alling ImpnrU Color and Beauty to Gray and Faded Half wr una ti.w ai urufrtniu. A Bmall shine atop one of the peaks of the Japanese Alps, seldom visited by foreigners, Is the central object in an Interesting legend of old Japan. The shrine Is In the shadow of a large cypress tree, which is g called or Cypress tree, and is dedicated to the memory of a dog whose facrifice is supposed to have saved the lives of the population In that district Tradition has It that once the two provinces of K1I and Klnkl were visited by a terrible deluge, which mnde the mountain streams Into rushing torrents that swept all before them and filled the valleys With water. The population, terror-strickewas forced on to higher land, but according to the story the higher they went the higher the water followed them. Finally the Ywple could go no farther; they had reached the top of this peak, Tamaokiyama. Rome committed suicide by Jumping Into the water, and the others were sure that death was near. At this crnclnl moment n dog climbed to the top of a cypress tree on the summit and for three days and nights barked at the rain and floods. On the fourth day he Jumped Into the water and was drowned, but the floods Immediately receded, and the people were saved. It was In honor of this deed that the ehrlne was built and the tree given a special name. For the climber who goes out of the way and ascends to the top of Tamnoklyama there Is Intiboe-No-Hino- HIot Ideal for um in connection with I'arkeritiairRalaam.Makeatha hair aoft and fluffy. 60 fenti by mailoratdnifr-guiluoox Chemical Worka, Fatcbogue, N.Y. Dog-rirkin- IM ova 100 ymn for torn, bolls, ttlnn, corns, small nut or burns, frostbite. Get Gray's Ginimeni From dmgflut or W. P. Gray A Co. NuhriUa. Tmn. dm rr25etx i usually dn8 the work. Endorsed by Pran- deiit Andrew Jadaon. Write lot free afmanae. lb waiting one of the grandest panoramic views In Japan. Washington Star. Grizzly Bears Nearly Extinct Unless they are afforded greater protection, grizzly bears will be extinct throughout the United States within a few years, according to Dr. William D. Bell, in charge of biological survey. lie stated that grizzlies had decreased 37 per cent In the last five years, and that they are already extinct In California. Most of the remaining species, numbering approximately 3,500, are in Alaska, he asserted. Jury Call "Are you prejudiced, sir?" "Yes, yonr honor; the plaintiff sold me oil stock." Silent contempt Is responsible for many an unblacked eye. Powdered Skim Milk Is Fine for Laying Flocks Powdered skim milk has given such good account in the rations of dairy calves that is use might well be In creased in the rations of laying hen flocks. It mnkes a valuable protein constituent of the laying mash. It may well take part or nil of the place of meat scrap. The Cornell university laying mash is composed of 100 pounds each of wheat bran, wheat middlings, yellow corn meal, ground heavy oats, and meat scrap, plus three pounds of salt and 1 per cent cod liver oil. If no liquid skim milk is fed one may well substitute 125 pounds of the powdered skim milk for the 100 pounds of meat scrap. Where one has the liquid skim milk available from the separator on the farm It could well he used as the only source of drink, in which case the meat meal of the mash mixture could be reduced one-hal- f. Grain for a Hen The amount of grain a hen will eat daily will depend upon the quantity of other feed, such as mashes or table scrap that Is available. The birds should get Just what they will clean tip nicely without leaving any in the Utter. Fresh ground bone Is good for hens if not fed In excess; about half an ounce per bird per day Is sufficient. Authorities do not recommend warm milk for laying hens. It Is preferable to allov the milk tu become sour before feeding. Keep Houses Clean Neglecting the removal of litter and manure Is more commonly the rule than the exception during July and August (leap'ng really Is very Important but not entirely because of the mite situation. If the house has been painted or spipyed with an effective Virtues of Economy is conl tnr preparation within six month Johnson, Doctor wrote Economy, and the mites should not bother. Arcumii the parent of integrity, of liberty, of lated manure breeds'tlles and attract of ease, and the beauteous sister am them. Flies are an ever present men temperance, of cheerfulness nee as spreaders of tapeworms a Ttry health. Injurious parasite. ('turn. Wki., I'litrtmtruf ,W T SHAMPOO jC"f" Fretful Restless DAYS NIGHTS . . . give child Castoria I 3 J? USSY, fretful, can't sleep, won't eat It isn't always easy to find just where the trouble is with a young child. It may be a stomach upset; it may be sluggish bowels. But when little - tongues are coated and there is even a alight suspicion of bad breath it's time for Castoria! .... Castoria, you know, is a pure vegetable preparation especially made for babies and children. When Baby cries with colic or is fretful because of constipation, Castoria brings quick comfort, and, with relief from pain, soothes him to restful sleep. For older children vp through all the school years, Castoria is equally effective in belping to right irregularities. Just give it in larger doses. What a (DUTICUKA Sonp and Ointment Tcacn your children tho CHryfwtntl ?'-- 2r iilVf tMiii'-DeeJrV--- 7 ,iifyJ, mtAMZf' CASTQRIA By Regular Use of 8oa2. 1 comfort Castoria is to mothers! Get the genuine, with Chas. H. Fletcher's signature on wrapper and the name Castoria that always appears like this: During Childhood Lay the Foundation for a Ileallhy Skin Cullcnrit Hr IiaLir . and S'V Talntm JSe. |