Show DOOM TRA TRAIL t PRECEDING CHAPTERS l' l r i- Harry Harr Ormerod lonG proscribed If traitor to KInG George as a Stuart Stuart Stu- Stu art sit partisan parthian returning from Crom f Alderman Alder- Alder Prance France to London rescues I man Robert Hobert Ju Juggins from Crom a band of ot assassins Ju Julns Juggins proves to tobe tobe tobe be the grandson of ot a former lite steward ward of oC Ormerod's father Cather to whom Jug Juggins feels himself Indebted in- in Ormerod tells Juggins he has abandoned the Stuart r r. c cause use Juggins informs Ormerod of oC a Jacobite plot In the American Ameri- Ameri Han can an colonies to weaken England by forwarding French interests i 1 fAt At Its head is Andrew Murray a aJ J Scotsman and a Frenchman D De eulle deadly en enemy enemy- em of ot Ormerod t The two are arc In London furtherIng further further- ling Ing their schemes Anticipating the plotters plotters' early return to America merica gins Juggins arranges for Cor forI I Ormerod to go there with letters letterst t Ifo to Governor Burnot Burnet friend of or I Juggins and work to foil Mur- Mur fray rn ray CHAPTER n Continued II-Continued I 5 J Juggins Interposed my mai mss mas I a The Time lad Is a cousin once reI re i I red ed lie Ill goes to seek feel employment The the New ew world To fo tell the truth ugh strong and willing he Is not nol note 1 e hardened bur ned with wits But he can t g an all ax as us well us as anyone and his soles should bring him good hire hire- some solve wIl wilderness erness farm Aye e a agreed Master l uster Jenkins t tone tom ant Ish lt JIw the he street Juggins' Juggins turned turne upon i Indignantly or Would Wout you ou ruin us Muster Iuster Harry i demanded Zooks Zool s you ou were like plunge lunge yourself Into trouble b by your ur ard manner manlier Ill I'll wager Jenkins wondering now whether you Oll are u n ft inal or only a u half wit Vh Why did lure ure up over o this De 1 I know him him and I 1 mute hate a at I 1 answered doggedly tit hY What ha t tha Math hath lie Jie done donet dover He Is one of the gallants of the till rt In Paris He lie came out of Can Can- Cant J t some three years ears a ago o. o and made madl r for gambling fickleness d of all kinds but once the bison Toison dOr d'Or I heard him lIim slur S1 poor young oung man I then seln served nines James called him King J James In n those s I answered Yes De tuile mlle mocking the petty pett motle motley of our ourI ed I court What Is this h- h kin king big but a fI at t figure for us to dnn dandle le in Ing Ings Ing's En Inge e g a s 's face he said And what are courtiers but hut other puppets to todi Iti di is the show Is toadies all laughed t W And the most comical thing thug of ended De is to think of puppet king with n a puppet court jag lg bg over o a puppet England while ace nce pulls the strings strings us us will sure sun appen some day ay was then I knocked him out of or 1 l r aster ster Juggins gripped me nc u by th the with a tar warmth ith that surprised me J od lad lad In he lie e. e exclaimed I would done It t m myself clr You ar are no rho Jacobite am no Jacobite he lie replied In III fini confusion but hut no more inure were Ear a Jacobite when you ou struck him m s for Master J England Harry ga mans man's s country countr means mems more than i 1 r. t S kIng that ever ruled But what 1 after f tel 7 r i. i e fought In the upper room route of the n 1 dOr d'Or dOr De De eulle and und I und a aSU S 'S SU 1 t of his un und and my friend My I friend J badly wounded pd d you ou 1 lU my opponent I its its- R s him several se times When hen we Wl wet tto to t fence I found he lie knew little cd C multi null sword sword sword-rt sword remember he hud I brought ought up In Canada Canada and and d not have been pretty prett to slay l SO at ut my Limy merc mercy Also to treat treats ts s I l dl did was more humiliating to our aIde de than titan death Oh u did well Muster Master Hurry But Butwill f will be he mitt awaiting us We a must Ai 5 N uI W walked In silence until til t ve We tc hud the house In Holborn tb w comes conies De In London Iced cd ed suddenly as 15 we climbed the J I 1 l was In some SOUle trouble In In Paris Paris- I 1 know kilo not nol The wag rumor was that ordered into bito exile But If heR he Iw hec I c r Canada as Muster Master Iu ter Tenpins Tonkin R 4 f fon on the same still ship with Mur- Mur lu Interposed Jug Juggins excitedly In Murray's Murrays behalf Q hen there re ilia may iJ be m none more to his ho arise rise than thull the 6 the 1 mere punishment Yi J v. v e from the court I concluded S S s s so sol exclaimed Jugg J Juggins Ut Ue Hl Us so 80 And mayhap hap P De Dewill Dewilt wilt will recognize lIlze e you ou J you think III my illy fathers father's the s 's son soil en will wilt 1 jack ck on such excuse m III this D I JI I I sal said tugged ruefully and IU raised abed be d hK hl- fr granny Here liege C are ure two VO hungry Dinners inners will e eat t your kitchen guy iy tripped into the tile r hull huH a It mug i JI ir j. j r ale in lu n either hand bund rd nl what you ou said and nd Muster 1 as b answer answer she shy c rebuked him 01 or i shame on yourself It Hollen 1 U to tn rS ut f-ut ut mil he lie would lIe hesitate itah before I dc r you Jon sending him into it Jf e a added somewhat t t illogically t lt t. t Now how ow do both of or you JOU drain ill l' wash v. the taste of t the e 71 ft tl taverns t ta i ft c f rUc elIIS s from your our mouths mou t hll R SS eyed her tier fi what luck did you Jou have hare she h next raves an M us ua Saturday 5 D sold said Ju du Jug Jug- i f Ply Q By Arthur D. D How Howden den Smith oar Author of PORTO BELLO GOLD Etc n by r. j Service S M E 0 D iP 1 t 5 r S l 4 i r ra rt a t 4 Y Y She cried out So soon soon Must It be Iw Sure the lad lod should have some sOllie re respite from toll toil and fear If he Is to go he lie must go then rejoined Jug Juggins because I felt as us you ou dl did that I said that you Oll heard granny And because he lie lm had a sound hurt heart in him i that he answered as he hie did dil she snapped d. d If he Is to go he should go I dare sa say j und and the greater kentel the peril the greater grenter the reward Have IIa you ou done aught toward securing Muster Harry's Harrys equipment j He lIe went to the cupboard from which he Ill procured a bundle hundle of rolled cloths Lu Layer er after h layer het et wits was unwound un umi- umi wound und and finally he drew from the tie wrappings a u gun un such as I had never lle neverseen neverseen seen before It was vas lon long In the barrel barrel bar har- rel tt well stocked ed yet et very light tad and hand handy I You mn tiny may i over o It It Master lastel HarT Harry remarked cd Jug Juggins as fiS he surrendered surrendered sur sur- rendered it into my admiring hands but you ou can cm have no io idea of Its Us value until you ou have ha seen It tested In III the lie great forests where here a u mans man's life depends depends de de- de upon the swiftness and amid accuracy with which he can cnn shoot I learned that lint In my 1113 m own youth routh and so when I returned to London I 1 had this gun made for fm me b by the Ice I kings king's In s 's own gunsmith gunsmith gun gun- gunsmith smith after plans I drew for him There is Is' Is none is-none none other othel like hike It It And It Is for COl me I asked delighted de de- delighted lighted as a child with u a new to toy What better hetter us could It lure have he be replied Ob Oll yes es und and these go with It He brought from the same cupboard a i t shot-pouch shot of beaded bended deerskin in rind and anda I a it t powder horn ornamented with dull silver iler that would not catch the light Also a n belt of hide from which there hung in III sheaths sheaths- a delicately balanced hatchet and u Ion long bladed broud-bladed knife These you ou will discover er no less les useful useful use use- ful fur than thun the gun he explained drawIng draw draw- III lug Ing the weapons from roam their coverings co This which you ou cull a u hatchet Is the lie tomahawk of the time Indians used for fighting at close cIoe quarters and aud for tor throwing This other Is the scalping knife und aid a deadly blade Wade It Is too loo r You Oil will feel them therm strange at t but t among my friends in New York there Is la u Dutchman name named wll who will Instruct you ou in th the lie WU ways I of th the wilderness You shall shuH have huye letters letteri to Governor Unmet Burnet himself whom I 1 met before he lie went overseas o un und and to Master Cadwalader Cadwal- Cadwal I ader Golden Cohen the go governors governor's surveyor eor general und mind u member of ot his council a line IO loyal genii gentleman with whom I have hYe had hind sonic some COIT correspondence CHAPTER III The h Passenger Granny Cranny Juggins Ju ln drew my nay face fuce down downto to Iii II u level leyel with her lieI puckered old lips God jo pre preserve el e you 1 0 Muster Master la HalT Harry No o. o I um UBI not lIot weeping hint hint- lis No mutter mat mut- ter Remember always s 's that so long as my heart hemut bents beats there re Je Is room In Iu it for you you and and forget not thus that your our mother would be he h hungry for tOl pride e In you nu If Ir She slit were but with us She he kissed ed me mime tenderly I I um nil am an old woman Master la Hurry she said suld und I ml luny not lot live to see Wl I It but the tilt da day will vill coupe come wh when n you OU a aI I u will ill he be no longer a n re ce from Jua Jua- Lice So be not disheartened And how could I be disheartened I demanded as I set her down with two friends such us as 1 I ma may boast of or There here was a It mist before my c eyes eyes- es and I 1 was not sorry when Juggins broke bloke in ill upon our farewells A Aye e John will be he waitIng waiting wait watt ing us IH at the time Temple stairs and we have hn little time tine to spare If It we se ore are to get aboard before the other passengers This De would recognize you oI o I fear fellI even l' In this disguise I could not forbear a n grimace at the reference to my get up get up a wool linsey sey e shirt with wilh homespun jacket und and breeches and a II bobbed wig scratch the tile whole hole designed to give e me a rustic which there can b be no 1111 doubt that it did id Never ever mind Master Itel Harry admonished admonished ad ad- Juggins as ns he clapped an nn ugly ben beaver benI I of style upon III my head hend In New Xe York you ou will rl rig yourself your your- self elf in forest forest runners garb garu and foret forget for for- forget get et that you OU l ewer ever I ed P the bumpkin n Give dive ve granny a In last t kiss and amid amid- She flew at t me cue light us as u a bird her hel arms trams clasped momentarily about Ill my may neck I 1 felt fell lien her kiss on omi my cheek und and then she wits was gone from the room 1 I may hilly as MS well say here that I J never saw her hen again I although many a U nl night ht as I Ilay Ilay lay under hider the stars I 1 was to remember tier ber her het quaint n ways s 's her hereN sweet eN shrill voice olee and loving smile But I had hind no opportunity for 01 such 8 thou thoughts as us Juggins und and I hurried through the lie streets street toward the river where a wherry was awaiting us All the wa way he lie kept up a running lire tire of ofIn In minute last advice and Instructions Guard well the letters I have given less than thon you ou the one to no those to Governor Go und and Master laster Col Golden ell Cortner though he be only a u rude unlettered woodsman Is none the less of importance in III the wilderness wilder- wilder ness 58 country He ire I Ie hath path the confidence of the Indians of the Six Nations u a mighty tribe or rather confederacy of tribes Master Harry I have ha writ as strongly as ns a man ma may to Governor Burnet but I would have you ou sa say to him all that you OU can think of to toll ll urge e him to a u 1 vigorous olous course no hour for Ok way half measures We e must i crush 1 Murray Ulra once an and 1 for alt all I We VC came presently to Greenwich reach rench and amid steered a passage through the river dyel traffic to the lie si side o of the New Nett ew Venture Master Abbot her captain met meet us at the rail tull The young man than Is not sure or of himself him him- himself self afloat and would seek his berth sai solO said i Master Ju Juggins after attel time tile preliminaries prelim prelim- hull hud been blen passed As As he lie pleases nl agreed ed Captain Abbot Ab At bot Indifferently Yare Yale the first aboard lad Iud and find ma may choose your lUar- lUar tel'S You may limy mn bunk with the second mute or of or the other passengers But no nu he lie corrected himself I should have hU said with one of two t of f the time other outer passengers The Thc la lady hath bath hatha batha a cabin to herself The lad lady It I exclaimed Master lastel Juggins pursed Jur etl his lips In a u soun soundless les whistle So you ou carry curry a Ind lady h he com com- A Aye e replied Abbot Who ilo Is she I know not 1101 lIe He turned to me And iw now young oung sir what do you OU OUla la say Will Vill It be he th the second mate or a u passenger for companion V 1 The second mate 1 J sal said lIe He nodded his head called a seaman sea ea eaman man titan to carr carry m my any lug luggage age below und timid point the time WH way ard walked oil off Master Tug Juggins drew me back bates to th lie roll rail l is h best hest t I should not wait alt he said Stay below till you Jou be he safe out of Thames mouth Master Harry You should be safe enough h now but hut cure cures s is isa sR sa a R sure precaution I will not lot fon forget et I promised And Aud one thing more had bid Do not miot stint your o wants for money Governor Go Burnet will aid you ou to draw chaw whatever tou milt mil 11 desire l ocl tA til throe ro frit h f lirt b liil min n k L t r-t- r in New York Remember you ou spend on behalf I would my mr willingly use all I 1 have ha to thwart Murray When Wilen all is Ial said and mill dene done we are uro at war Hr with France lI no mm war of ot generals and armies s and u admirals and fleets ts I grunt you ou But Hut war wm It I is lie Ill Hinote the rail lUi with Ills his hand hund by b byway Iway I wn way n of emphasis j hut kind of war warT I 1 asked d. Fate has arranged a meeting for Ormerod which though he does not at once recognize It Is Js Isto Isto to be of momentous importance in his life l TO 70 DE BE CONTINUED i I |