Show H tam H IH x HW i MM the 0 f abraham abeaham 6 ajl by james oliver cum cod by doubleday doubled ay iy doran co ino inc service mt M t MM M H THE STORY with his english wire wife cather ine inc and son deoms i henry bu I 1 lain aln 1 french a settler ettler in canada in 1749 9 cultivates a farm arm adjacent to 10 th e ton t eur seigne urle As an the 1 try oppre 0 the D u islas are re turning fro from m a visit v 1 at to the he ton deurs I 1 CHAPTER I 1 continued ile he had tills hurt and still kept marie antoinette Int olnette in fits thoughts for there was BUS no other child to help fill her place pine but since last autumn when hin madame danic Tont eurs sister a and n d her son paul had come coine to ilia aie edg 19 beurie his dreams had gro more clouded until unlit on this thursday after norn noon they were replaced by gritu and merciless visions of a future vengeance on the young man who laughed at him and humiliated him and who without any grace whatever that he h could see basked warmly in the smiles and graciousness of marie Antoin ettes favor ile he wits was glad when nhen his mother and father paused to rest on the edge ot of a great rock near the trail for this to la berval nave gave hit him opportunity to go on alone and when he was alone lie could tear and thrash Tol cousin to a much more admirable way than when the others were tramping thise close at his heels suddenly odd stopped so that ills his gaunt body made a barrier against jeems knees they I 1 hey stood at the edge ot of a lower flower strewn open among the chestnut trees it was a hundred yards across this sun bun tilled filled pin ground of the tl e wild and on the far side of II 11 f c concealed in the bublies jeems ir kaev in s there was game bame of sume some kind lie dropped to the file earth and drew himself behind the delaying decaying mass of a monster log that had fallen B n hun dred years before odd crouched at his side with ills muzzle level leel with the top of the ing thus a minute passed passe 1 and after that lint another tin and more un on top of them yet jer orld old gave no sign it 14 discouragement nor did jeems lie ile watched the fir far side of the ilia clearing on a line as straight as a ile die with the pointing painting of odds odd s nose minute of this rustling still ness und and a magnificent turkey loil cock strutted majestically out into the sun suit lie he weighed neigh ed twenty pounds if an ounce thought jeems a proud and late bird defying all the world to in the empty open in if this moment jeanw thought agall again of paul tache for the quebec boy was like this turkey cock always flaunting his hh clothes and dis porting himself with will the importance of a man slowly jeems withdrew the loni long gun from the top toi of the log ina and tautened the string of ills bow lie he waited until the bit big bird stood less leas than eighty yards away an inch at a time he rose higher on oil his kneis knees and odds body grew stiffer with hla movement A sound ime came from the dogs throat its as the long how was bent the llie twang of the string was like the ring of a steel tuning fork and across the open sped a grayl sli flash there followed a mellow sound a great commotion toni a leaping of 9 i ageous color high into the air poil tactic the lie turkey cock was down annl nn i dying A moment later jaems and odd stood loot looking in town down on the turkey and gladness leapt once more into tit tbt boys fie face and eyes for here was not nl only a splendid dinner for toni komorow but also in ills his imagination the first blow struck against ills his enemy the wild hot pride of youth and accle achievement emeal possessed ans essad the hid as fil his father anti anil mother nn etier came t tindara ward him lore lien wits us triumph and the noys hoys eyes lightbod up ill when lie he saw briw his mothers interest in what lie ie had dune done and the un reigned meni lu in his fl n titers tiers tnie face atie aile dropped his milled c corn rn lo in the abild in lad down upon the tark turkey aft with the feal feathered hered arrow iran living it regarded ded tier nv noy sered by bv hie file two whose bunting in drew net eles to tho agn agnine inc tier allt r own wn es eq were arc and after a rit liello abw willit s lie was seeing and thinking and placed one of 0 lili ills big hands hand tenderly on his sons slim shoulder yes es jekins nan like III p his mother except fr bw lili ills b aloni ond hair anti and gray eam eai i ami in ho tin these two iwo things he resembled his mit liers brother brot lier thal worthless willid eIng ui at ways fighting and forever y vagabond abond lipps ibah adonis II nals heart was wall happier tit at his wires contemplation of her wn son and tie durst burst forth tn in praise of the lad ands s ex e what a I 1 lie he irk cried 1 hending low to examine the bird und nod the nr ar row W straight flit through froin wing if wl aig as lebin clean its as a bullet bull t und and right up to the ashurt of the feu theol id swear ion ou did dd not hine have that kinneth nath in dour arin ind I 1 yet ut the arrow wag sped from ri m bark there nt at the edge ul the open you say BUY I 1 scarce believe it it Is a shot allot tor for captain alpe file and white eagle and die big cat and not for you I 1 these three were the indian friends fi lends who had find taught jeems to shoot and it was call baill illde alin vl lind had made his bow of choice sei ben asli ash they went on as file sun was as setting behind the wilderness and the golden pool of light grew dl dlin iner nr abnit them and shadows grew heavier and more dark among the trees through the woods though the trail was narrow catherine walked with her hand in and for half an hour they spoke no word woid except to in whiskers and lit at last the tour four saw I 1 the their ir horne home it lay iny tn in a sheltered dip which was like a diminutive child of the larger valley a low an and cheerful cabin of peeled logs with more windows in it I 1 than him a cautious inan would have had bad and with a huge chimney of clay and stone at the end it was a home of beauty and comfort and luxury as those thinks things were measured on the frontier and the best that hoerl bit lain could build Callb catherines erines love loie for tills this horne home was next net to tier love tor for genrl and tier hoy boy clow cloe about the cabin was her own domain her flowers tier her gardens of shrubs her bird houses built of chestnut hest nut bark her box hedges among the thinned out trees with pretty paths edged with whiten whitewashed washed ached stones winding in and out among them running up lit to the holders borders of these gardens wire were work fields beginning first because of catherines artistic eye cie lit the ilia gentler growths 0 of f hu husbandry shandry Ims hindry rare direfully fully groomed and 1 I 1 11 and odds odda body grew stiffer with mis his movement plotted soll soil for herbs and vegetables icse tables and beyond lily the broader blonder fields field fur r heavier grains and fords foods ten en aires acres of well tilled land in nil all ending in up P against the hard maple wood out of which in the preceding month of 0 april had taken liken ills his years sup ply of fifty gallons of maple and tour four times ns as many ninn pounds of sugar these pre elmis possess possessions lons the file four font saw as they came down the green slope and not nii one half of them would cathrine catherine anve exchanged for all of madame Tont Ton purs leurs riches catherine was sin smiling fling at her ailts lilts band and lit in eyes ees was an un an light of happiness when out of the he police and beauty which liv lay about their home biome rose a piercing and blood cu curdling rill I 1 ng cry a cry which to stop slop every sound that flint was in the air it cry of monstrous depth and vat sn t ness and biti that iry cry a wild figure came toward them from its hiding place in the lie greening shrubbery of Cather catherines bies garden with a lulli of ills shoulder henri sent the file ba bag of corn to the ground while lille ahead of hlin him jeems sung ills ton long run gaa into ahe lie crook of h his Is arin anu and odd stiffened and let ou out t a sullen growl the llie scraggy and gure advanced up the slope anil and jeems had looked to ills his lint dim and print ing and stood with a ready thumb nn in the hammer tia miner of ills his weapon when fron behind tier hufhand iu l ind and her boy C catli ath erine gave gaie art first a startled gasp then a tittle little scream and sped past tier her pro rectors lectors to meet incel the stranger with open urnis arnis it its q j slie nile tiled cried its CHAPTER 11 II the stirring words had Y fallen from his mothers others tn lips ri deenis laid his lil gun on the llie ground an and ran after tier her hul but with all his fits luste haste she was la in her brothers arms before he could overtake her while hla his father carrying the turkey cock but without file corn came hurriedly out of if his arnaz ement unit down to meet them if ever a nian bore nn an ulf finity to an with its cheer and strength I 1 nath unit rug rugged ged grou growth t ti I 1 lint hill ma man n wi is adams the lie indian trader lie he was not ns as tall lall us as alenri by half a head nor did ile he have ills his leanness III his shoulders lers bere ft ere wide and his body thick and his face was its as round its as nn an apple and almost as red with marks marks and mars of stress and battle set upon it but in such a way that its vivacity and the good humor of its twinkling eyes were enhanced rather than llian spoiled polled by the vicissitudes of fortune when the excitement of first greetings were over catherine stood back front from her jolly rogue of a brother anil and v viewed him film with a pair of eyes bright w with ith affection but which glowed at the same time with an appraising and a speculative questioning which her lips at t once put into words I 1 am so happy to see ace you that it makes my heart choke and yet I 1 observe that you have not kept your promise nige to stop fighting for one olour cars Is nicked and your nos nose Is crooked cro olied ano there Is a mark marb ovee over r your eva 1 which was not there when 1 I Y you two sea years rs ago ansol I 1 weather stained face broke into a smile 1 I 1 el fant say as much for your nose catherine for it krows grows prettier each year he said rut but if a Dutch mans hum ham should happen to come against it as one lilt hit mine mille in a little joust in albany town wily ill say there would be n bend in it or no nose at all and as for the ear car with a nick in it what can you expect from a frenchman excepting your sweet tempered husband here when he gets a chance to use ills his teeth instead of the hands god gave gae him to fight with 1 ilia lie slit in the face Is only a crease let left by an oneidas knife when he misled himself with the thought that I 1 had got the best of a bargain which I 1 never do get gel or iro im a sinner I 1 but bat Is 19 that all do you keep no better account of me than that I 1 am a bit ashamed of you catherine for you have missed the important thing 1 ewt what Is 3 that my stomach declared holding ills his timple ample paunch with both knotted hands it Is sunk and shrunken as you may clearly observe it Is dwarfed shortened circumscribed and reduced fairly warped and strangled from lack of food I 1 and if I 1 do not ent cat very soon the rest was smothered in catherines arms aud and laughter dear old I 1 always hungry li and you never will be any other way so we shall have supper almost as soon as smoke can be ba made to co come ie out of the chimney I 1 am so BO happy you have come cornel I 1 and I 1 added getting bettl n in a word at last jeems was tugging at the file hand of his roving vagabond of an uncle who was his greatest hero in all the world and draped dragged him film hack back to get his gun gua As they went the happiness in catherines face fai en was as clouded for art an instant dest keep good eyes ees on our feema for a time genrl Ile tirl she warned illee sabah you know very well Is a singularly improvident and thoughtless man overfilled with foolish tricks and contrivances most alluring to boyish winds minds and af if which because of jeems I 1 am a hit afra afraid id but only chuckled for the thought was in his fits mind that it was a fattening of ones good fortune to bo taught slit tricks by a nian min like adams then catherine saw that a film of smoke wits ais rising from the top of the big stone chimney chim nc tins has already started stalled a lire fire slie site said it was the aliveness aliven of this fireplace which tini lint drawn the file expression 0 of surprise and pleasure from catherine flint and the aroma of cooking things which greeted greate I 1 them since catherines earliest parl lest memories tier brother had honsted boasted of ills his excellence as a cook and most assuredly lie he had been busy since his fits arrival half a dozen chains were dropped from their bolts in the thick oak lug bur bar of the tha fireplace seven feet above the tire bre and from the pothooks pot hooks at the end of these chains were mere suspended Us as many pots and kettles steaming and boiling anti anil giving forth a cheerful sound of lancing jewler lids 1118 against which the file bull bubbling water was playing an animated and melody cut but to henri who always alwais loved the sound bound of these busy pots with their lively cheer and promise of supper slipper a still more delectable thing was the file great roust roast of venison which had hung before the tire lie TO BE CONTINUED |