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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I?Joseph Hayward, an ervstgn
In the United States army on his
way to Fort Hartnar, meets Simon Olrty,
a renegade whoso name has been connected
with all manner of atrocities, also
headed for Fort Harmar with a message
from the British general, Hamilton. Hayward
guides him to the fort anil protects
him from a number of scouts who tried
to kill bltn.
CHAPTER II?At General Harmar's
headquarters Hayward meets Rene D'Auvray
who professes to recognize him,
although he has no recollection of ever
having seen her befoi*.
CHAPTER III?Hayward volunteers to
carry a message for Harmar to Sandusky
where Hamilton Is stationed. Tho northwest
Indian tribes are ready for war and
are only held back by the refusal of tho
friendly Wyandots to Join. The latter are
demanding the return of Wa-pa-tee-tah,
a religious teacher whom they believe to
be a prisoner, llaywurd's mission is to
assure the Wyandots that the man Is
not he'd by the soldiers. Harmar Impresses
on Hayward tho jnccesslty of
reacmnr Hamilton berore uirty.
CHAPTER IV? Reno asks Hayward to
let her accompany him. Sho tells him
that she Is a quarter-blood Wyandot and
a missionary umoiiK the Indians. Sho
has been in search ot her father. She
Insists that she has seen Hayward before.
but in a llritlsh uniform. Hayward
starts for the north accompanied by a
scout named Brady and a private soldier.
CHAPTER V.
The Trail of a War Party.
Before the sun's rays touched the
summit of the bluff we were climbing
the sides of the ravine, with light
packs on our shoulders. Brady led the
way, tireless and watchful, his long
nue neia reaay in me crootc or nis
arm. his alert eyes searching out the
ground ahead. Behind him lumbered
Schultz, heavy-footed, and grumbling
Dutch oaths at every misstep, yet
somehow managing to keep up; while
I brought up the rear, my gaze intent
on the surrounding ridges.
For three days we encountered nothing
to alarm. Brady purposely kept
away from all trails, trusting implicitly
to his instinct as a woodsman to discover
a safe passage. He possessed
the instincts of the wild, the subtlety
of the savage, born of constant peril
and loneliness.
Once, where we forded a considerable
stream, which I think :.ow must
have been the Vermilion, we came upon
the blackened remains of a campfire,
apparently deserted but a few
hours before. Brady examined it with
great care, trailing the party to the
river bank, and then making a wide
circuit of the woods, before he finally
rot 11 mOf! cnHcfin/1
"Less tlinn three hours gone," ho
eaid soberly, "and traveling north."
"Do you know who they were?" I
asked. "How many were in the party?"
Mlamis and Ojibwas, I reckon, and
,:?hey had a prisoner, bound to that
-small tree out yonder; see here. Hayward,
the fellow had boots on, and not
moccasins. From the trail they made
here on the bank there must have been
twelve or fifteen Indians; ay, and a
white renegade," he bent down again
to study a track In the mud, "for this
is no red-skin's foot, with the toe?
turned out." He swore, the only oath I
had heard thus far from his lips, plucking
a few long hairs from off a spittle
,.pf underbrush, and holding them up in
'to the sunlight. "A war party all right,
with scalps. One fellow brushed
against this bueh as he came down
tliq b-takj from the color they must
'*ave been raiding the German settle
ments."
I stared at the floating hairs, shud
dering in horror, and hands grippet
hard on my rifle.
"Good God! and they are going ou
way?"
"That needn't trouble us, while the
leave a plain trail behind. Those devil
feel safe enough now, or they'd tak
more care. We are In 110 danger whil
they keep ahead of us."
We made a detour to the righ
plunging straight forward into the ui
broken woods. Brady led at a fa<
gait, his trained iron muscles tireles
while I urged the breathless soldier (
new exertions, frightening him by co
stant reference to the raiders so clos
at hand. The perBpiraticm rolled dow
his face, yet he kept cloee at Brady
heels, falling flat on the ground <Iu
ing our brief halts, but determined n
to be left behind. There was certain
good stuff in the fellow, although 1
swore stiffly, and had a tread like i
elephant. Just before dark, the for*
about us already in gloom, we suddc
ly emerged from out the shadow
great trees, and stood on the shore
a lake girded with woods. A few hi
dred feet from where we stood asm
rocky Island, denee with trees, r<
above the mirrored surface. After c
swift glance about the line of sh<
Brady's eyes rested on this hav
as though Questioning Its feasibility
a night camp. There was a yell
tinge to the Intervening water,
gestlre of aha!townees, and I sp<
first.
"It wfll be dark in a few mlnu
more; Isn't that a sand-ridge lead
out yonder T"
"It looks so to me." he renlied nu
AID cf\
PE 3T :
Clair'5 Defeat
. pARRian
D.J.LAVIN -
ijr, ~dik cue only sure way to tell Is to
test the passage. In my judgment we
better get out there If we can, for
there's no knowln' where these Injuns
may be."
He led the way, and we followed In
single file, our packs and rifles held
high overhead. The water deepened
until It reached Schultz's armpits, but ^
there was no perceptible current, and (
the sand underfoot was firm as rock.
Deep purple shadow's seemed to shut
us In, as wo clambered up the steep
bank of the Island, our clothes drip- i
ping. Brady with outstretched hand <
helped me to climb, clinging with his
other to a sapling. Then he pointed
o oroeo fho Ho rl/nnnH curfnoo to\l/n rH
the lower end of the lake. In the distance
there was the red glow of a fire,
barely visible.
The island wae wider than I had supposed,
and must have contained fully
Ave acres, densely wooded, with no
sign of a trail anywhere. Apparently
we were the first explorers to penetrate
its thickets. Suddenly we came
to the edge of a small opening, sloping
down like a saucer, grase covered and
treeless, open to the sky, but with a
dark irregular something at its center.
So shapeless was this black blotch
that 1 took it at first to be a clump of
, brush, but the ecout gripped my arm.
"Hayward! there's a log house!" he
whispered, pointing. "Do you see?
Keep the Dutchman back."
1 dropped to my knees, and studied
the dim outline, which the night rendered
so indistinct. Little by little it
assumed more definite shape?a onestory
log hut, with an extension at the
rear, and an outeide chimney forking
up beside the roof. It was a gloomy
looking place, with no glimmer of light
showinc anvwhere.
"What do you make of It?" asked
Brady in a whisper, as though doubting
his own eyes.
"It's a house, all right," I answered.
"Some French hunter's shack."
He shook hie head negatively.
"They don't build like that. It beats
me, but whoever built that house put it
up to live in. Howsomever 1 don't see
no sign o' anybody tliar now, an' I'm
I goin' ter find out what the rhebang
looks like. Dutchy, you stay yore, an'
watch these things, while the two o'
us scouts 'round a bit."
Stooping low, so as not to bo so
easily perceived in the darkness, the
two of us. grasping our rifles in readiness,
stole across the open space toward
the house. There was no sign of
i lit'e so far as could be seen or heard,
yet if the place was deserted It could
not have been for long, as there were
no appearances of decay or abandonment
of the premises. The log wall*
were firm, the clay between resisting
the pressure of our fingers in an attempt
to dislodge it. and the only door
noticed was tightly closed. We hesitated
to open this, uncertain what
mystery might await us within, and
listening anxiously for any sound. The
stillness was so profound as to be painful,
and, whispering to me to stand
back, with rifle poised Brady silently
> lifted the strong wecden latch. The
door slid back in grooves, the sound of
. movement barely perceptible, and we
I stared into the blaelc interior, seeing
i nothing except a little soction of ri'rt
floor, dimly revealed by the stars over
head.
"We'll feel it out, boy;" muttered the
scout, his hand gripping my arm. "No1
body at home, 1 reckon, but it won't do
' to risk a light. You take that side, an'
r I'll take this, an' see what we find."
I moved forward slowly, foot by foot,
y feeling blindly w ith one hand, the other
a grasping my rifle. 1 came to a rude
e bench, home-made without nails,
e touched a small table with crossed
legs, holding nothing but an empty
t pewter bowl, felt the shaggy skin of
v- some animal fastened against the log
wall, and then a few articles of warm
clothing dangling from wooden pins.
0 Those were rough garments, made o!
n. skins, with a single coarse shirt. Be
i0 yond them my fingers came in contact
,n with the latch of a door. As I touched
>8 this the menacing growl of some ani
!- m'al broke the intense stillness.
ot stepped back, startled, unnerved, ant
jy in my recoil, came into contact with t
man. A hand like iron gripped me
an but it was Brady's voice that spoke:
(gt "From the other room," he saV
>n. shortly, "a dog."
of "A dog! Then why hasn't h
of barked?"
Jn. "Because he is not that kind,
a|] reckon; a big brute from his grow
)Sft Did you find anything?"
>ne ' told him briefly.
5re "Fireplace on my side, two chali
en and an ax in the corner," he add*
^ shortly. "Nobody home but the dog,
reckon, but we will have to fight it 01
<rw with him, before we take pqaseeslo
ug- Stand where you are until I feel o
the door. leather hinges, and opei
! this way. Here, Hayward, take hold
tea the latch; wo'U have to brain tl
ing brute. Don't open until I say so, ai
then only about a foot. Brace yourBt
lab to hold it firm and Ween vnnr an
THE LANCASTER NEWS, MAY 1!i
uady; I've got the *x." SOUTH (WHOM
I took my position, but with heart j
eating rapidly, aud waited. The dog, ? , .
s though realizing danger, flung him- l,m H ttm
elf with full force againBt the door,
nd gave one deep bark of savage Washington, I
arocity. Brady touched my hand, lo- figures from the
ating the opening. Then there was pertaining to na
a Instant of silence. debteduess and
"Now!" he eald. menta have been
I lifted the wooden latch, gripping tor W. J. Harris
rlth both hands, my shoulders and census, departn
oot braced. There was a fierce leap The bulletin car
f the brute, so sudden as to cause me the. st^e of Sou
? . . . .. ... . . .. as for the other !
o give back the thud of descending g Tho (,
.x. a howl of pain and rage, the ugljr der the 8Upervls
inap of Jaws. Coarse hair swept my Coulter, expert
lands; there was another blow, the ^.e hiquiry 011 W
lound of a falling body; then the helve ,t
>f aXutn!fk !?y f00t' B*flland I 88?ed. wlll'Vont
nrth on tho nirt flnnr mnn And nrnto i ? .* ?
? ? ? ? sunt' iur ?ucii
struggled, crashing into the table, and 1913, inclusive,
>verturning it. Brady uttered one are available, a
jath; then the dog Bnarled, and lay details for the y
still, while I stood with the ax poised, responding to 1
jnable to tell which was which in the j possible to slio>
iarkness. Something moved, and I ment during a
:00k a step forward. . e ,b"
..Brady,., total debt of tl
...1. , V, ? . .. . ... . many details, s
"All right," he said breathlessly, 1 classes of onts
?1 had to knife the brute?he?was as specia] debt o
big as a calf, and?and he got my trust funds. It
shoulder. Did you find a window on floating debt
your side?" parts. Under
"No." ments" will be
"There was none on mine. Well the different fui
have to risk a light, I reckon, for I'm?_a8b aru' secu
bleedln* considerable. Try the fire- 10 poi)"
, . ? year under c<
place yonder." uped and the ,
I felt my way along the wall, dlscov- ainkinK fund n!
ered some tinder, and, with flint and; ^n inspectic
steel from my pocket, coaxed a blaze. South Carolina
There were a few pieces of wood piled to be Issued sh
up on the hearth, and a moment later, indebtedness oh
the curling red flames revealed the en- during the per
tire interior. Brady rested against the 'n *"rt'
. .1912 The stir
bench, the sleeve or nis mouse rippea ? ,, j
' to public trust
$192,000 in 1
i 1912. The fl<
7^?-- constantly from
s ~.T j $304,000 in
- $4 17,000 in lfi
a W4 In the case (
j ?j ments the secui
\ ^ changed itaturi
throughout th
'' r < 1
Jsl^ "" JVjl^ Tarolina at til
vc:ir. October^
&igS^Y, >j|) jjj) ? tfip sfnto" incn
J*<^< isso to i.r?r?r,
j!\ combined with
'-C^- l?v?-? ? odhess to brim
the per canit:
per capita deb
I Stood Staring into the Face of the p vx .,^ $6.3r?:
Dead Man. cifnecT to $3.9f
rii contrast \
into shreds, blond dripping from hie (v>roHnn wo fi
lingers, and sinking into the earth ontiro debt, tl
lloor. A few feet away, a xreat mass set's) for the 4
of shaggy hair, lay the dog in a hi up, debt, accord in i
his lips still drawn back in a snarl, ro- is $!*.!> ?. or X
vealing. the cruel white teeth., the shaft capita debt for
ot a knife protruding from the throat, paring fbe dee
He was a massive animal, terrifying to South
look u|>??n even in dnath. Yed I barely !>r*r1,'
i ,v . j .? ?, i fiod that $ fl. 4
glanced that way, mwsured that ho was avwrnRa for ti,
dead, aud all my interest cextered an |.V r,$ jn c;,,,
Hrady, his face ghastly under the ^ presi
brown tan. There was a \vat?r bucket rent of the r<
naif tilled on a low bench, and. 1 tow Hniteif States
down th% shirt from the peg, and. Carolina, amf
swabbed sut the woand. It was a jog- tcdfal debt (h**
ged, ugl> gash, the print of e.ach tooth 'K attributed 1
revealed, and tlie man clinched his
hands in agony as I, worked, rapid!#. !>r'?V
The bloi.M staunched somewhat I ,
bound it tightly w'ih a silk necknr ^'Pie'l w
chief, and gave him a drink of brandy Simpl
front my pocket flan*. This brought, n Giemson fc
little color back ln*>o the nam's face, Teston News n
and he f-tund strength to si* up, rash What is belies
lug against the bench, bis eyes on the tnre in agrict
dead dog, I bulletin, "for
"MastiT," he sai I. "and 'ho biggest r .
, , , ... .. ..r ,. introductory
devil I ever saw. I hit him with the _ , . ,
ax tlie liist blow, bar In the dark failed) ??n ss,",< r
to strike- high enough, 1 reckon. What ^ Sartor
do you t appose he wa? gum-din' ?o>sav- of d em on fit m
uge?" If this bullet
1 shock rny head, glancing about at will be follo\
the open door. 3rady'B tyes followed bulletins of t
mine- and nature.
"Get a light off some kind, Hayward, disti?
? 1^1/ ' Ven an A uIau/Iv "wn .1
cXiiii utar a un;r., no du >u mvy ? ?j , *&>m . .. . . .
then '.lave Dutchy bring in the packs." " ' * S n(
I did as ho suggested, finding a bit for e
of pitchy wood that burned fteely, and ^reak but chn
> holding it ous before me as I peered tbaifc are pe
curiously through the opening. A child?the kl
I glitace about told na? that the lean-to actually spoh
I was used ha a sbed. for it was half c&tss ro?em ar
. fitfed with, split wood, opened boxes. The bullet
I and various odds and ends. This
j knowledge came to mo in a flash, but ,hl .
^ the sight which riveted my eyes was ? '*r* w
)t the body of a man lying directly bo- au'tu,at com
yond the doorway, face upward, his l^v*slon
d skull cleft as if by the vicious blow principal atn
an ax. scientific km
? (Continued in Our Next Issue.) homely metl
The "Int
' Child Cross? Feverish? Sick? three fn nun
! A cross, peevish, listless child, lly.'* "The
with coated tongue, pale, doesn't Mother Na
sleep; eats sometimes very little, for corn c|_|
rs then again ravenously; stomach,
((] sour; breath fetid; pains in stomach, wlth a v'?*'
I with dirrhea; grinds teeth while i all Instructs
t asleep, and starts up with terror?:a prize acre
all suggest a Worm Killer?some- WKich the
^ thing that expels worms, and almost I . .
ut every child has them. Kickapoo carr out1
Worm Killer is needed. Get a box Though
of today. Start at once. You won't bulletin hat
he have to coax, as Kickapoo Worm j,a8 ft|ready
nd Killer is a candy confection. Ex- __
?lf pels the worms, the cause of your menaaucm
child's trouble, 2 5c at your druggist. 8tate.
I, 1914.
INA STATE DEBT, j
Investments, 18SO f II
I ell
day 9.?Prelimin^ar.
forthcoming bu|ifPm
.tlonal and sCkto in- "WllGD VOU
funds and invest- . , .
given out by Direc- mg tJO nave !
of the bureau of the j.i i i
aent of commerce. WU1 10
Ties information for FailCy Gl"OC'
itn Carolina, as wen " _ .
states and the United I J>GtlIlSll, Olli
a were compiled un- A1?? i
Ion of Mr. John Lee AlSO haVC tl
3fh. DebtCaadgTa?! 1{isine Flou
fact, anytliii
which will soon bn
ain statistics for each yOU are WOF
year from 1890 to minrt nf ni
as far as statistics a quart OI Ol
nd will also contain tllC WOrk. ^
ear most nearly cor-1
880, thus making it, Potato Bug
v the general move- . . .,
period of over 30 ; llljlirc tllC p
lletin will show the when the do
lie states as well as ?HLI1 LI1L UL
ucli as the various Jlist TCCei
itandlng bonds and
bligations to public etc. Come to
: will also show the i
and its .component j tiling gOOu I
"Funas and Invest-1
shown separately all jrf ^
ids, and in each case j I 1-""
rlties will be shown, i I
of the states for each I
onslderation will be I
per capita debt (lessjl "l
ssets) will be Riven, p
>n of the tables for fliHBBBBBBBHBI
in the bulletin soon
ows that the bonded i
aliped very sliplitlv _
lod covered, $6,801.linp
to $6,444,000 in
?cial debt oblipations
funds increased from
890 to $250,000 in
sating debt changed
year to year, though
lencv wait to increase, j
1890 advancing to
>12.
if funds and invest- m
ities fluctuated great- M ^ 1
$266,000 in 1890 to I I
19 12. The cash
illy with each year. I BB
,i,? a,,m ?r tcfii nno m ? I
lod. !
fund assets Increased
e two decades bnt
nximum. $984.0(70. In
a $922,000 in 1912.; m#
sinking fund assets) W
ly less tl'ran the total
r the state decreased j
Million dollars during
riod, and the populamaterially.
l.ence the
it declined' nearly 50
total deht' of South
e close of the fiscal For YOU
1. was $7,478,000; Tn J
d the tnfnilmim. $6,luhsenuently
advanced" WCcltllCI* til
The population of
"Used from 99fi,000in
.000 in 1912. which position. I
che decreased in deht\
about a reduction in
i deht. In 1880 the Automatic
t was $7.51: in 1890
and in 1912 Had de- .
< cost is less
vfth the state of South j K
rid that, taking the
I em sinking fund as- J)]q tllis
8 states, the per capita
Z to the latest report. |
i.4 0 less than tile per sllOllldci'S
South Carolina. Comrease
in tlie per capita
Carolina and the 48 Oil Stove f
c 3 0-year nerfod. we
8 fell to $3.52 in the
e 48 states, and $7.5t
n 111 Carolina. I
nt time about 1.6 per
itnl uopultition of the
will he found' ih South w
1.8 ner cent of the I
>s sinking fund assets) !
to that state.
n or nnxETrr.
rojK-h Agriculture hi alest
r<iinmnicf>.
illoge Special to ftlar- 9
nd Courier, May ft.? $
ved to be ft new ffepar- S
lit oral literature Is a
n Cltib Catechism with
Stories," that has just
orn Clemson College hy - -
i. assistant state agent
ii?>n. Ir is stated that "T"1-IC"
in proves successful ft *
red by other extension
he same general form
tuishing feature of thts
it that it is written oxlemcntary
school ehil- WhCBL you W
t it is written In words
rfejttly familiar to the (HortflOu We b
ma of lanKoaKo thalli c Whcn ,
;pb to the child In tho
1 <1 at homo. ting the very b<
ia is designed primarily .
the 140 rural schools uOXBg your trfti
inducting practical agrl- d'Ml't get a bet
ses under the extension eJaewhere ^
Clemson College. Its
n is to Impart practical Using the V(
owledge to the child by something tha'
iods. . .
ixoduetory stories" are Can ea^ an<^ en
iber. "The Legume Fare-' thing that you
kK" nn" ""'" goods from th.
iture." The catechism
b members was prepared in the United
- toward giving the boy guaranteed to
r>ns requisite ror growing - , , _.r,
of corn. In tho ord.r In funded' Whet
Instructions are to be , will get it to y
the distribution of the ;
? Just begnn tho author
received letters of com- m *u J f
from, educators tn this
sli ,, to
*
Us Your
are worried abou
for the next meal
J. TTT
U out. vv c carry
eries and Counti
ons, Potatoes, Pej
ic famous^Melrose
irs, Hams, Breaki
ig that is soldMn ;
ried with chicken
lit Carbolineiun, w
Wc also ha^e the
Killer tli^x will 1<
otato plaoJL ^ou
w is on the^fotatoi
ved, a ea/of flour,
see us/or call us w
;o ejyK
W. SIS1
GOO*^ THINGS 1
Our,
may want her to
id a Mot stove will
><> n\Vtid nil this
Oil StoveN or a F
, tlic lioat/is less ai
world is less. I tal
when you buy a "
>r an ufeal Fireless
B. lyiACK
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YOUR T
ant something/nice
uy the very /Dest qi
rou send yodr orders
est the market afford
ding here, why )not (
ter grade of goods f
iere is one thihg sui
iry best goocjs no on
t is inferior/ When
joy it that/article is
I Cflnriftt. unnr m,
5 very bcni and most
States. Everything
give you entire sal
i you get in a hurry i
ou at once.
VARDS&
WE SELL SHINGL1
,
Troubles 1
it what you are go- I
just call us and we
a complete line of ^
y Produce, Fresh
>pers, Cabbage, etc. *
rn:^.
, JLip-JLup anu kjvm.fast
Bacon, and in
a grocery store. If
mites, just get you
e guarantee it to do
Stonecypher's Irish
:ill the bug and not
dust it on the plant
DS.
, a car of oats, meal,
rlien you want somet
Yours truly,
rARE I
PO EAT."
COOK
Cook
cook again. Warm
I spoil anybody's dishy
buying a Florence
ireless Cooker. The I J
nd the great big trouke
your trouble 011 iny
Florence Automatic"
t
1 Cooker.
:ORELL
S. C.
.TORE WANTS
RADE
to eat, come to Edwards &
aality in every line that we
here you can depend on gets.
If you are not already
rive us a trial and see if you
rom us than you are gett'ng
e, when you get accustomed
e can ever change you olt cn
you Duy something that you
cheap. When you buy someoney
is wasted. We buy our
up-to-date wholesale houses
you buy from us is strictly
.isfaction or your money refor
something, 'phone us. We
Yours truly,
: HORTON
ES AND BRICK
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