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Show 6 settlements long, this line of Fswe-lay raked before theta Fadi wne the slrtiaiea as the little aloi-tha party of refugees jaille-- l hank f the rlrer. srnig tho only t i peace path which could lead them and to freedom. Yet H well knew, a dangerous were the low. All down the S6e g REFUGEES r By A. CONAN DOYLE. Aether rt The Imm af Iblaa' CaprrteU.lM. by Hemr A outposts brtm CONCLUSION OF XIX. TW rrdaktn. who had eat Uka terra eon flfum, without a trace a art, hard face, prwioi npoa ttieir pricked up their ears at the aoond of that name. My brother haa a pokes of tba treat Onoutia," aald one of them, glancing Wo bar listened to Ilia whisround. tling of evil birds wlio tell ua that he will norer come back." lie la with Ike treat white father. anaaered lie ratinat. 1 hare rnyaelf aeen him lit hia ecnmcil, and ha will aa urodly come arous the treat water if hla pMoplr liara need of him.' The Indian ahnok Ida aharea head. The ruitint uionth la paat. my broth- er, aaid be. spanking In broken French, "but ere the nrmth of the bird laying haa come there will I no white niau atone upon thia rlvar aave only walla. tVhut then? We hare heard little. Hare the Iroquois broken out ao flert-e lyr The Indian wared hia hand alout thu whole ajuihrrn and weatorn boriaon. White arc thi-- null The wood are mulling with them. Tlu-- are like a Ore among dry grass, ao awift guid ao terrible.' On my life. avid He ratinat, If these devila are Indeed they will need old Froutennc bark If they ara nut to be awept Into tlie rlrer. 1U waa an enemy of the dmrvh. and the right band of Uie foul tlcnil In lliltt country, aulil a rolco from the bottom of the canoe. It waa the friar, who bad enccmled In Kitting rid of the buckrkin glove ami licit with whlvb the two Americana had Riihtcd him, Why aliould we tuke bliu farther? aaked Anioa. Jle la but weight for ua to carry, and I cannot aea that we profit by liia company. let ua put him out." hara him maybe In front of ua, warning the btarkjacketa, aaid okl Elitiralui. On that Island, then." "Very good, lie ran hall the first of hia folk who pans. They abut over to the lalautl mid landed the friar, who said nothing, but raised them with hla eye, Tlu-- left with hint a small supply of blscnlt and of flour to last him until ha ahould be picked up. Tbsn, having pawed a bend la the river, taey ran their ranne ashore In a little cove, where they laid out tlielr small stock of provision and ate a hearty breakfast while dleruaslug what their plana ahould ha for the fuAnd y ture. ' They were not badly provided for their Journey. Tba captain of tha tllmices-te- r brig In which the Americana hnd started Imm Queliec knew Ephraim Navaga well, aa who did not upon the New England mast? lie hid accepted Ida bill, therefore, at three months date, and he had let him have In return three rxcellenfguna, a good supply of ammunition and enough money to provide for all hie wanta. In thia way ha liad hired Uin ranoe and the Indians and had fitted bar with meat and biscuit to laat them for ten ilaya at the least. It's Ilka the breath of Ufa to me to feel the heft of a gun and to smell the tree round mm eald Amos. Why. It cannot be more than a hundred leagues from here to Albany or right through the forest. Aye, lad, but Ipw la the gal to walk n hundred leagues through a forest? No, no; let us keep water under our keel and lean on the Lord. Then there la only on way for It. fieho-nertad- y We must make the Rlrheltra river and keep right along to lake Champlain and Lake ML NarretnenL There we should be close by the headwaters of -the Hudson. It is a dangerous road. said He Catlnat. who understood the con versa tloa of hla companions even when ho waa unable to Join In It. We should need to skirt the country of 'the Mohawks. It Is the only one. I guess. It Is that or nothlug. And I have a friend upon the Richelieu river who. I am aure, would help ns on our way, said He Cstlnnt. with You have beard me talk of a smile. Charles de la None. Feigneur do Sic. Marie. Hie sclgneury lice on the Richelieu. a little to the south of Fort fit. Louis flood' erleil Amos. If we have a friend there we shall do well. That clinches It. then, and we shall held fni by the river. And ao for a long wreck the little per t.v toiled up the great waterway, keeping ever to the southern liank. where there ware fewer clearings. The clearings radiated out from the vilhigce. and every rot l age was built with an eye to the military necessities of the whole, so that the defense might make a stand at all points and might finally renter upon the stone manor house and the mill. At every step In this country, whether the traveler were on the Si. I.nwreuec or wi-upon the lakes or down upon the tanks of the V lasts elppt or south in the country of tho Cherokee nnd of the Creaks, woti'd alii find the inhabitants lu tie! same state of dreadful ejectnni'y and from the same cause. The Iroquois, as they u ere named liy the French, or the Fite Nations a they called themselves hung like a cloud over the whole great eouiliieut. For half a century these tribes ha-nursed a grudge toward the French suicp Champlain and some of bis ful lower had taken part with tlielr enemies against them, faring all these years they had brooded In their forest villages, flashing cm now and again In some border outrage, but waiting for the most part until their chance should rums .And now It seemed to them that It had coma. They had t'l the tribes who might have alhed with tho white men. They had Isolated them. They had supplied Themselves with good gnus and plenty of ammunition from the Kugllsnjff New- York Tb 1 and of blockbnee the The blockhouses tbemaelvee might hold their owa. but 10 the little party who had to travel down from one to the other the situation was full of deadly peril it waa true that the Iroquoia were nog at war with the English, but they would discriminate little when on the warpath. and the Americana, even had they wished to do aa could not separate their fat comfrom that of their panions. Aa they ascended the Ft. Lawrence down-Morthey met many rannea coming than once tiiese wayfarers wished to havo speech with the fugitives. but they puetied onward, disregarding their eigne and bail. From nothing overtook them, for they paddled from early morning until late et night. On the seventh day they rested at a mouth point tint n few mile from the nf the river, where a targe I dock house, Fort Richelieu, had been built by M. de Baurel. once paat tint, they had no great distance to go to reach tho geigneury of Ho f'atlnat'a friend of the noblesse, who would help them ujatn tlielr way. They had apcit tho night njton a little Island In midstream, and at early dawn ihey were about to thrust the canoe ont again from tlie sand lined rove In which aha lay when Ephraim Savage growled lu hta throat and minted out across tite water. A targe canoe wa coming up the river, flying along aa quick as n douen anna could drlvo It. In the ateru sat a dark figure; which bent forward with every awing of the paddle at though consumed by eagerness to puah onEven at that distance there ward. waa no mistaking It. It was the fanatical monk whom they had left behind them. Conceit led among tlie brushwood, they watched their pursuers fly pest and vanish round a curve in n stream. We'd havo dona bettt-- r either to pat him overt rd or to take him as bah French. to h 4. pnPTEMISEn MOltXIXG, H'ESPAY or, pen. Tire Momnsn rxAMi.vrn 1901 mr.iler will b: Very glad to welcoma But yak yon aud to see to every want. air. I have surely seen yon And 1 yon. cried the guardsman. enct My name ti Araory de Caiinat. of the reg'Uient of Ilcsnly. Fnrely you are Acbllle de la Noue de Fie. Maras. Ye, tt to I. the yinug mn cd. holding out hi hand and smiling1 ' la a somewhat cooatralned fashion. do not wonder that you should hesitate, for when you saw me tost I W ejhavo very different dress from thia. one life foe the forest and ene fro the a'"' though. Indeed, my good fayher will not havo It ao and carries with him wherever he goes, ltut it la time fro our relief, and ao we may guide yon home. n Twe twu in the rude dress of 1 but carryor farmers, renawaifse. fashion which ing thetr muskets In citie. ana-dta- e to-lo- laL" an Id Ephraim: Well, we cant take the hack track, anyhow, an Id Amos. And yet how ran we go on? said Thle vinHe Cntlnat drsitoiulratly. dictive devil will give word at tha fort and at every otlier point along the river. "Let me cipher It out. 4mo Green at on a fallen maple with bis bend euuk upon hia hands. Well, aaid ho presently, If It'a no good going on and no good going back, there's only one way, and that Is to gn to one aide. We rant go to the north, so It follows that we must go to tlie euutb. leave the ranne?" It'a our only chance. Wo ran rut through the woods and come out spar this friendly house on the Richelieu. The friar will lose our trail then, and well have no tnor trouble with him If he stay on the M. Lawrence." There's nothing else for It," said It'a not Captain Ephraim ruefully. my way to go by land If I can get by water, so you must, lay the course and keep her straight, Amos." It is not far, and It will not taka as long, lift ua getmvev to the southern lunik, and we shall make a start. If madaue tires, lie ttatinat, we shall take turns to carry her. Ah. monsieur, you raunot think what a good walker I am! In this splendid air oue might go on forever." Tn a very "We will cross, then. few minutes they were at tlie other aide and bad lauded at the edge of the forest. There I lie guns and ammunition were allotted to each man, and hla share of provisions aud of the scanty Iwggnge. Then, having paid the Indiana ami haring Instructed them to any nothing of their movements, they turned tlielr backs Upon tlie river aud plunged Into the silent woods. 'HA ITER XX. Fort Ft. Louts upon their 1EAYIXU the travelers pushed as swiftly aa they could, for the sun waa so low In the heavens that the hushes In tlie Clearings threw shadow like trees. Then suddenly as they peered In front of them lietween tlie trunks the green of llie award turned to the blue of the saw a broad river water, and tta-running swirtly I -- fore them. Anioa and He ratinat had both been upon the hnsnui of th Kicbelleu before, and tlielr heart tiiiinlod as they looked upon It, fur they knew that this was the straight patii which led them, the one to home un-- ilo other to peace and freedom. Across the riwr was the terrible country, and at two polnta they could see the inn! of flroa curling up Into tin evening sir. They followed the track which Ini down the eastern lunik. As lh-onward a stern miMtary clr! em-- e suddenly brought them to a stand and they saw the gleam nf two musket barrel which from a thicket overlookcovered tls-ing the path. "lYe arc friends. cried ratinat. come ynii, then?" asked an llivisildc 'From (jimliec. ' "And whitli- -r ro yon going? "To Yie:t ,i( Cliarles de la Nous, rleneiir of Sic Meric. it Is qnlte safe. Hn 'Very I .lint. a lady whh them They 1 greet y et. niadfltne, in tlie name nf my fuller. Tw.i rim bed emerged from the In sin. cn of whom mlgtit have ns a full lnd'an had it. fur ihe-- e court eon words, not wht.-he uttered in excellent Freneh. He m s tall, si'cht young man. very Mack ryes and a dark, with mouth which trim, square, only h.ive come with Indian descent. The other was undoubtedly a pure Frenchman, dark and wiry, a bristling Mark beard and a cater face. Leaning upvn bis loug brown gun. he stood watching ihe party, while h's compauien advanced tewanl them. 'Aou will rxense onr precaurtons." aid he. "AVe never know wl-n-t dertes tlese rascals msy adopt to entrap ns I fear, mvdaiue, that you hive lmd g I, ' me young man (innumd. told He Catluat's trained senae that they were disciplined soldiers, had suddenly appeared upon the scene. Young He to None gave them a few curt Injunction and then accompanied tha refugeee along the path. You may not know my friend here, aaid be. pointing to the other sentinel, "hut 1 am quite aure that hla name la not unfamiliar to you. Thia la Crey-aokVta, m du come. What do think of those Area Painter & Paperhangers Directory Yes. Well, at least It proves that, they are on the other side of the river. Hu Unit lit bis pipe from a tinder piper. The Iroquois are on tbi aide, aaid lie. They crossed to the south. And you nover told ua! How do yon know that they rroaaed, and why did you not tell as?" I did not know until I saw the flree ever yonder. And how did they tell yon?" Tut! An Indian papoose could hays Irotold. said Pn Umt Impatiently. quois ou tbs trail do nothing without n object. They have an object, then. In allowing that smoke. If their war parties were over yonder there would Iw no Object Therefore their braves must have Tossed tlie river. And they could not get over to the north without being seen from the fort. Then they may lie In tho woods round ns. Wo may be In danger!" cried He to Noue. Ie Catlnat cost a glance round him at the grand tree trunks, tho fading foliage, the smooth award underneath, with tlie long evening shadows hatred across It. How difficult It was to real-ir- e that hehlod ill fills beauty then lurked a danger so deadly aud horrible that a man alouo might well shrink from It, far inn re one who bad the woman whom he loved walking within hand's touch of him! It was with a long heartfelt sigh of relief that bo saw a wall of stockade In tho midst of a large clearing In front of him, with tlie stone manor bouse rising shove It. In g line from the stockade were a doxen cottage, with cedar shingled roofs turned up In the Norman fashion. In which dwelt the habitants under the protection of the seigneur's chateau. At althcr corner a small brass cannon peeped through an embrasure. Aa they pasted the gats the guard inside closed It and placed the huge wooden bars Into position. A little crowd of men, women and children were gathered round the door of the chateau, and a man appeared to ?e seated on a high barked chair upon the threshold. Yon know my father. said tho young man, with a shrug of his shoulders. He will have It that he has never left his Norman castle and that he is still the Feignenr de la Noue. the greatest man within a day's ride of Rouen nnd of the richest blood of Normandy. He is now taking bis due and hi yearly oaths from his tenants. He would not think it becoming, ir the governor himself were to visit him, to pause in the middle of so august a ceremony. But, If It would interest you. you may step this way and wait until lie ha finished. Yon, madams. I fake at once to my mother. If you lie so kind as to follow me." (I'onInued Tomorrow.) le WIm-ti.-- c . w-- i d is-e- n ilHni. loupaff.. too over yonder, Hn IJmt? asked young He la Noue. , Tho adventurer glanced over at tho two llttlo plnuirs of smoko which stood straight up ogalnat tbs red evpnlng I dont like them, said he. sky. "They are Iroquois, then? Iro-fpu- il Ftbi- - ATTf. liiut Both Amos and He Catlnat looked with the deepest curiosity and Interest at the famous leader of enumtra da hots, g man whose whole life had been eiwnt In punking westward, ever westward, laying little, writing nothing, hat always the Brat wherever there waa danger ' to meet or difficulty to over- t go-si- it it GOLF CONTEST. j . Louis. Mo. Sept. 3. With links In the bast ponlh'.o condition. tvs started off this morning on i.)i mpir riub Golf competition nt G Echo Golf dub. 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