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CHAPTER XIV—Continued
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"Yo-hay," muttered the warriors In
guttural assent. "We will keep our
hearts strong, O Ta-jvan-ne-urs."
Their faces were more serious than
before, but they exhibited no signs of
fear.
We moved much more cautiously
now that we were near our Journey's
end, with three scouts always In front,
one on either flank of the path we trod.
But we saw no signs of other men, al-
though many times we came upon bear
tracks. Toward evening we struck the
waters of the tumbling little river
through which Ta-wan-ne-ars and I
liad waded that night after Marjory
had released us.
Scouts returned to report not a font-
print in the snow. We ate a little
parched corn mixed with maple sugar
and some jerked meat we carried In
our haversacks.
About midnight we all moved for-
ward, Ta-wan-ne-ars leading the line.
The oaks and elms, maples and wil-
lows, which had composed the ele-
ments of the forest, now gave place to
tall funereal flrs. whose massive Jnde-
green foliage remained untouched by
the icy breath of winter. Grotesque
shadows darted vaguely over the white
ground as the trees swayed and
uroaned.. In the distance an owl hoot-
ed solemnly. The Otter touched my
shoulder.
"Did you hear the owl?" he mur-
mured.
"Yes," I whispered back.
"It Is cold for an owl to leave his
tree hole."
He threw back his head, and I
started at the fidelity of the repetl-.
tion.
"Too-whoo-oo! Too-hoo!"
We listened, but there was no an-
swer. Instead, after brief Interval,
the howl of a wo!' resounded.
A few yards Mrther on the owl
hooted again. The !i.>e halted, and the
warrior in front of him whispered that
Ta-wan-ne-ars wished to speak with
me. I passed by him and several
others and came to where the chief
stood, peering, or, trying to peer. Into
the night.
"There was something strange about
the owl, brother." he said. "The war-
riors told me that the Otter answered
ir, yet It did not reply. And then the
wolf—"
A yell as of fiends from hell shat-
tered the mantle of silence. Flumes
spurted through the firs, and in the
gleam of the discharges and of torches
thrown Into our midst I had a fleeting
glimpse of hideous masked figures
bounding between the tree trunks.
"Keep your hearts strong, brothers
of the Long House," shouted Ta-wan-
ne-ars. "They are only Cahnuaga
dogs. Stand to It."
He fired as he spoke. I Imitated
hltn. Our men shot off a scattering
volley. Then the False Faces were
amongst us, coming from ail sides,
sprluging out of the ground, dropping
from the very branches overhead and
wielding their ga-Je-wus, or war clubs,
/With dreadful effect.
CHAPTER XV
Ga-ha-no'a Sacrifice
There was no time to reload. We
fought with ax and knife as best we
could. Ta-wan-ne-ars and I, with half
« dozen of our warriors, crowded back
to back. The rest of our party were
cut off In twos and threes.
Resistance was hopeless. The
swarms of False Faces seemed to care
nothing for death If only they could
bring down an Iroquois.
I jvas knocked senseless by a blow
which I partially warded with my tom-
ahawk. When I came to I was lying
In the snow in front of a huge fire. M.V
arms were bound and my head ached
so violently that I felt sick.
"Is my brother In pain?" asked the
voice of Ta-wan-ne-ars.
I rolled over to find him lying be-
side me, the blood from three or four
trivial cuts freezing on his head and
shoulders.
"Yes." I groaned, "but 'tis naught."
"There was treachery," he said.
"They knew we were coming, and they
lost many men so that they might
take us alive."
"All our warriors—" I faltered.
He turned his head to the left; and,
following Ids gusse, I saw that I was
on the right of a line of recumbent fig-
ures. which my diMlness would not
permit me to count.
"No not ail, 1 think." Ta-wan-ne-ars
answered after a moment. "Five are
slain and fourteen others lis here. But
I do not see the Otter.'.'
"The Otter suspected something
wrong," I suid. " "fwas he who an-
swered the owl's call."
"It may be he escaped," replied Ta-
wun-ne-ars. "I must warn our broth-
ers to say naught of him. If the
Keepers do not suspect, they may be-
lieve they have all of us safe In their
net."
He whispered his warning to the
man beside him, and it was passed
down the line.
"Your head Is much swollen, broth-
er," he said, rolling over again so as
to face me. "Let Ta-wan-ne-ars make
shift to bathe it with snow."
A shadow fell athwart us as we lay
and a mocking voice replied for me:
"By all means, most excellent Iro-
quois. I trust you will nurse our val-
uable captive buck to full strength
and health."
I struggled to a sitting position, for
I liked not to lie at De Veulle's feet,
however much I might be at Ills
mercy.
"So you walked Into the spider's
web," he continued, standing betwixt
me and the firelight which ruddled his
sinful fabe. "A woman's plea—and
you threw caution to the winds! You
fool I"
"The letter was a bait?" I exclaimed
incredulously.
"For you—yes. I say again—you
fool! Baptlste took the letter to Mur-
ray, and Murray read It to me. It
could not have been contrived more
skillfully to suit our plnns."
'Twas ridiculous, no doubt, but I was
easier In my heart for ussurance that
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Marjory had not known her appeal
was used as a inre. It enabled me to
maintain n stoicism of demeanor I did
not feel.
"Well, 'twas kind of you to make
such haste." he went on. sneering
down at me. "You will be in time fur
the wedding after all. Oh, never fear ;
you shall be permitted to live that
long. We have plenty of meat In this
bag to supply diversion for our sav-
ages In the meantime."
He switched suddenly Into the Sen-
eca vernacular.
"Are you all here, Iroqaols dogs?"
he demanded curtly.
"All are here, French mongrel," re-
turned Ta-wan-ne-ars pleasantly.
I)e Veulle kicked him.
"Keep that for the torture stake,"
he advised. "We have five corpses
and fourteen warriors and yourself.
That is all?"
"All," reiterated Ta-wan-ne-ars.
De Veulle passed along the liner
cross-questioning each prisoner to an
accompaniment of kicks and threats.
All told the same story. De Veullt
seemed satisfied. He/returned to my
side, and summoned a host of masked
figures from the surrounding shadows.
They jerked us to our feet, stamped
out the fire and escorted us over the
trampled, bloody snow where we had
fought, through the gloomy aisles of
the Evil Wood and Into the irregular
streets of La Vlerge du Bois.
Two men stood by the gate of the
stockade to greet us. One was Mur-
ray, the other was Baptiste Meurler.
The unsavory face of the courrier
de hols grinned appreciation of my as-
tonishment.
'Teste, monsieur I" he exclaimed.
"It aeema you are u 'alow traveler. I
feared 1 might be behind you, but I
arrived twenty-four hours in advance.
I have to thank you for the beaver
peita. They were a sufficient bribe for
my Immediate releaae."
"That will do, Baptlate," Interjected
Murray. "Heard yoa ever, Ta-wan-
ne-ars, of scouts who wore benrs' pads
for moccasins?"
For the first and only time during
our acquaintance Ta-wan-ne-ara was
surprised Into a look of chagrin.
"We thought It was late for beara
to be out," he admitted.
Murray chuckled with amusement.
"Quite so, quite so! And so you
visit us once more, Muster Ormerod.
I confess 'tis an unexpected pleasure
which we shall strive to make the
most of."
"Sir," I said earnestly, "It mnkea
little difference to me what Is my fate,
but I conjure you by whatever preten-
sions to gentility you possess to give
over your plan of selling your daugh-
ter."
"The words you choose for your ap-
peal do not commend It to me," he
returned. "Nor do I perceive what
business of yours It may be to ques-
tion my daughter's marriage."
Now, what put It In my head I know
not, unless It was the fact that In her
letter to me Marjory had spoken of
him as "Mr*. Murray"; but I leaped to
the Instant conclusion that she was
not his daughter. Sure, no man could
have disposed of his own daughter so
cold-bloodedly!
"She Is not your daughter In the
first place," I retorted boldly. "And
In the second place, she has expressed
to me her abhorrence of her marriage,
as you know."
"Zooks," he remarked mildly after
an Interval of silence, " 'tis strong lan-
guage that you use. You are a head-
strong young man, Master Ormerod.
Can It be that you have some personal
Interest In the matter?"
Again some Instinct prompted me.
"1 have," I asserted. "Your daugh-
ter prefers me to the man you would
force upon her. And as a suitor, ac-
cording to your estimates of the
world's opinion, I am far more eligi-
ble than this Frenchman."
"You are scarcely wise to say so to
his face, and I beg leave to differ witli
you. 1 find the Chevalier de Veulle a
very eligible young man, of rank In the
world, of achievement, of distinct
promise for the future."
"Ii you can call a man eligible who
was not even eligible for continued
residence at the most profligate court
In Kurope, I agree with you."
"Tut, tut," remonstrated Murray.
"Your words are not those of a gentle-
man, sir. We will abandon the sub-
ject. Where do you propose to Incar-
cerate the prisoners, chevalier?"
"I would not risk them a second
time in tlie keeping of the savages,"
said De Veulle. "Let us try your
strong room. There you and 1 can
have an eye to their security."
"That Is well conceived. Is there
any news of l'ere Hyaclnthe?"
"I have stationed a man at the river
crossing to bring word the Instant he
arrives."
"1 applaud your thoughtfulness.
This continued delay in the ceremony
la annoying. Master Ormerod, your
sufferings are upon your own head."
I looked eagerly for Marjory's face
as we inarched across the yard Inside
the stockade and through the heavy
timber doors of the house. But she
wus not visible. Our guards exam-
ined our bonds carefully, fastened our
legs und then left us.
We remained there three days, with-
out Intercourse with anyone except
our Indian Jailers, who brought us
messes of food twice daily.
On the fourth dijy we were eating
our meager fare of boiled corn when
the door *vas flung open violently and
the gaunt figure of Biaek Itobe en-
tered unannounced. Behind him, ob-
viously unwillingly, walked Murray.
"Which Is the Englishman Orme-
rod?" demanded the priest In French.
"Here I am, father," I answered,
standing up as well as I could.
"Mistress Murray tells me that you
have won her affections?" he aske?
coldly.
My heart leaped with sudden Joy.
"That Is true, father," I said.
"And you love her?"
"As much as a man may, father."
He turned upon Murray with a ges.
ture of decision.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Nature'a Perfection
With all our knowledge we cannot
keep clean a piece of glass, If ever
so precious, such as the lens of a mi-
croscope. without scratching It in the
cleaning. The window and leua of the
human body, the eye. la kept auto-
matically clean for the time of one's
life by means of a wonderful slightly
disinfectant fluid, the tears, and the
winking of our eyelid* und the wata#
sent down the nee*
QUIET SOWS AT
FARROWING TIME
Some sows are not good mothers.
Some sows care nothing for their
young. Most sows, however, are good
mothers when they huve the chance.
The owner of the sow should see to
It that she ha8 a chance to save her
pigs.
Tiie first requisite Is quiet surround-
ings at farrowing time. When the
sow Is forced to bring her young Into
the world under the feet of mules and
cattle the owner should blame no one
but himself when most of the litter
is lost. To insure quietness and peace
of mind the prospective mother should
be removed from the other hogs and
taken away from all farm animals at
least three days before farrowing
time. She should have a home all her
own. And she should be In It long
enough before the youngsters come to
know It's all her own.' The pen should
be dry, well ventilated, and protected
fro n cold winds and rains. .The roof
ami sides should be a certain protec-
tion against the cold rains and wind*
of spring. If possible the pen—the
Inside of the pen—should be exposed
to sunlight a part of each day. Some
bedding—but not much—should be
placed In the pen. The sow will make
the bed to suit herself.
As soon the the sow Is put In the
farrowing pen her ration should lie re-
duced and made more laxative. A
good rule is to feed Just one-half as
much as formerly, and have wheat
bran make up one-third ot the ration.
Wheat bran Is bulky and laxative.
During the three days the sow should
not be disturbed or agitated. She
should come to know that she Is at
home and Is going to he left alone. In
short, she should feel sure of herself
The sow should receive no feed for
about 24 hours after the birth of the
pigs. She should, however, be given
all the fresh, clean water she wants-
otherwise she should he left strictly
alone If everything is going well. The
second day she should be given n
small feed of wheat hran mixed into
a thin slop. The amount should tw
Increased gradually until the tenth or
fifteenth day, when she should be up
to a full milk-giving ration.
Careful feeding Helps
to Cut Losses in Pigs
An Increasing number of swine
growers are finding that careful feed-
ing of the brood sow at farrowlns
time is a great saver of losses, points
out W. C. Skelley, nsslstant animal
husbandman at the New Jersey Stale
College of Agriculture.
The sow should be given no feed
for abgut twenty-four hours after far-
rowing, as a heavy feeding at this
time will tend to Induce scours In
the young pigs, and since she will
be In a feverish condition, she should
be given all the lukewarm water she
will drink. After twenty-four hours
has elapsed, she should be given a
light feed of bran or middlings and
then gradually receive an increase
In the quantity of her food so that
In ten days to two weeks, she should
be on full ration.
Any one of the following concen-
trate mixtures, says Professor Skel-
ley, will be found suitable for sows
suckling litters:
Number 1—Corn or ground barley,
70 pounds; standard middlings. IS
pounds; tanknge, 10 pounds; chopped
alfalfa, 5 pounds.
Number 2—Corn or ground barley,
50 pounds; ground oats, 50 pounds;
fed with one-half to two pounds of
skim milk or buttermilk for each
pound of the mixture fed.
Number S—Corn or ground barley,
50 pounds; standard middlings. 35
pounds; linseed oil meal, 10 pounds;
tanknge. 5 pounds.
Number 4—Corn or ground barley,
40 pounds; ground oats, 30 pounds;
standard middlings, 20 pounds; tank-
age, 10 pounds.
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Thousands of farmers forget that
pig vaccination is the cheapest Insur-
ance.
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A farm animal without a pasture Is
almost in a class with a man without
a country.
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The garden and the pig are partners
In that the pig consumes to advantage
all the surplus of the garden.
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Fewer cattle were fed In the 11 corn-
belt states this winter than last year,
Department of Agriculture estl
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To save money by going1 without
necessities Is bad economy, but to
waste anything lessens your
wealth, the wealth of your country
and the wealth of the world.—
American Cookery.
ECONOMICAL DISHES
Careful planning of meals, using
leftovers in an attractive way, will
make even the common
dishes palatable.
Bits of fruit, either
fresh or canned, may be
put through a sieve and
added to cream when
partly frozen, making a
great improvement on
plain Ice cream.
Lemons may be pre-
pared Into lemon sirup and kept In-
definitely; they are always ready for
a quick hot or cold drink. Take one
cuyful of water, one-third of a cupful
of lemon Juice, und owe half cupful of
sugar; boll for ten minutes. Bottle
and keep In the Ice chest
Apple Dessert.—Take one cupful of
chopped apples, one-half cupful of
rulsius, place In center of a rolled-out
pustry shell. I'lnch up the edges and
place in a deep baking dish, add one
cupful each of boiling water and maple
or brown sugar with two tablespoon-
fills of butter and bake, busting often
until the fruit is cooked und the crust
brown.
Another way of serving three or
four kinds of leftover fruits Is to ndd
them to jello or gelatin; alternating
the colors a very prettj dish will re-
sult. Still nnorher method—put the
fruits through a sieve and add to corn-
starch pudding, serving with cream.
Chicken Custard.—lleheut two cup-
fuls of chicken stock, add the beaten
yolks of four eggs, mix with u little
cold stock. Cook In a double boiler
until the mixture becomes soft and
creamy. Season to taste. This 1a an
Invaluable dish for an Invalid.
Combination Vegetable Soup.—Cut
two carrots Into dice, shred one-fourth
of a small cabbage, half a turnip, half
an onion, a potato, two stalks of cel-
ery. Fry In a little hot fat. add six
cupfuls of stock and «nlt and pepper
to season. Simmer for half an hour
and serve very hot with croutons.
Salad of Smoked Herring.—Skin
and bone the herring and flake the
fish. Use as much hard-cooked egg
chopped as the herring and twice as
much diced potato as herring. Sea-
son with grated onion and mix with
French dressing.
Rice Cream.—Blend one tabiespoon-
ful of rice flour witli a little cold milk,
add It to a pint of scalded milk, a
pinch of salt and three tablespoonfuis
of sugur; cook until well done. Pour
Into a pretty dish nnd serve with
cream and more sugar if desired. An
egg dropped Into a ramekin with a
tablespoonful of cream und a pinch of
enlt, then baked, makes a dainty dish;
serve hot.
Good Pastry.
Pie Is such a favorite dessert that
one likes to serve It at Its best. A
tender flaky crust
Is not difficult to
muke. Fat should
be added to the
flour and well
mixed; it Is rich
enough when a
handful taken
and squeezed
tightly will hold
Its shape. Roll out and handle as lit-
tle as possible.
Caramel Pie.—Take one nnd one-
hulf cupfuls of brown sugar, four ta-
blespoonfuis of cornstarch, salt to
taste, the yolks of two eggs, two cup-
fuls of milk and a tablespoonful of
butter. Cook until thick, then beat a
few moments, till n baked shell and
cover with n meringue made of the
egg whites with sufficient sugar to
sweeten.
Cream Prune Pie.—Put onf cupful
of stewed prunes through a sieve, add
one cupful of inllk. one teaspoonful of
cornstarch, one-third of a cupful of
sugar, the yolks of two eggs well beut-
en; mix all together and pour Into a
pnstry-llned plate. Cover with the
beaten whites nnd lightly stir In.
Sotir Cream Pie.—Take one cupful
of sugar, one cupful of chopped rais-
ins, one-half cupful of sour cream, one-
half cupful of sour milk, one egg well
beaten, one-fourth teaspoonful of cin-
namon, the same of cloves, one table-
spoonful of flour. Cook all together.
Cool and hake in two crusts.
Pineapple Pie.—Take one can of
pineapple (grated), one cupful of sugar,
the yolks of two eggs well beaten, two
tablespoonfuis of cornstarch mixed
with the sugar. Mix all well and bake
In a rich crust. Cover with a mer-
ingue and brown.
Save your pound and half-p«und
baking powder cans for steaming pud-
dings. or for molding froren dishes.
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