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By A. CON AN DOYLE, . Antnor of "The Return of Sherlock Holmes"

COPYRIGHT. 1593, BY CHAPTER XXIV. 'HAT had occurred is easily explained. The watchers in the windows at the front found that it was more than flesh and blood could endure to remain waiting at their posts while the fates of their wives and children were being lecided at the back. All was quiet at the stockade and the Indians appeared to be as absorbed as the Canadians In what was passing upon the river. One by one, therefore, the ineu on guard had crept away and had assembled at the back to cheer the Phot and to groan as the remaining canoe pped like a bloodhound down the river in the wake of the fugitives. But the. savages bad one at their head who was as full of wiles and resource as Pu Lhut himself. The Flemish Bastard had watched the house from behind the utockade as a dog watches a rat hole, and he had instantly discovered that the defenders had left their post. With a score of other warriors he raised a great log from the edge of the forest, and, crossing the 'open space unchallenged, he and his men rushed it against the door with such violence UWi the bar across and tear as to crack

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the wood from the hinges. The first ! Intimation which the survivors had of; the attack was the crash of the door ; and the screams of two of the negli-; gent watchmen who had been seized and scalped irf the hall. The whole ; basement Coor was in the hands of the j 5 Indians, and De Catinat and his enemy j the friar were cut off from the foot of j

the stairs. " ' ' ; Fortunately, however, the manor houses of Canada were built with the one Idea, of defense against Indians, nnd even now there were hopes for the defenders. A wooden- ladder which 'ould be drawn up in case of need hung down from the upper windows to lh? eround unon the river side. De Catinat rushed. rpund to this, followed by the friar: 'ite felt for the ladder In the darkness. It was gone. Then. Indeed, his heart sank In despair. Where could he fly to? The boat was destroyed. The stockades liy between him and the forest, and they were In the hands of the Irpquois. Suddenly he heard a voice from somewhere in the darkness above him. "Give me your gun. lad." it said. "I nee tho loom of some of the heathen tlown by the wall." "It Is I! It Is I. Amos!" cried De Catinat. "Down with the Iadler or I am :i dead man!" ' "Have a care. It may be a ruse," said the voice of Du Lhut. "No. no; I'll answer for It!" cried An; off. r-d au instant later down came the 1 i-ldor., De Catinat and the friar r::;-1.4d m it, and they hardly had their fret rno i the rungs when n swarm of warriors. burst .out from the door and poured along the river bank. It wars a very small band who -now h,!d the hist point to which they could retreat; Only nine of them remained the seigneur. Dp IJiut. tho two Americans the friar, De Catinat, Theuriet the major domo and two of the censitaires. The stone staircase ran straight up from the kitchen to the main hall, and the door which had been barricaded across the lower part by two mattresses commanded the whole flight. The cards were still laid out at one end of tho table, with the tricks overlapping each other, as. they had left them. But there was something else there of more interest to them, for the breakfast had not been cleared away, and. they had been fighting all day with hardly bite or sup. Even when face to face with death Nature still cried out for her dues, and the hungry men turned savagely upon the loaf, the ham and the cold wild duck. A little cluster of wine bottles stood upoi the buffet, and these had their necks knocked off and were emptied down rarched throats. For four hours sounds of riot, of dancing and of reveling rose up from the storehouse, and the smell of tho open brandy casks filled the whole air. More than once the savages quarreled and fought among themselves, and It seemed as if they had forgotten their enemies above, but the besieged soon found that if they attempted to presume upon this they were as closely watched as ever. The major domo. Theuflet,' passing" between a loophole and a light, was killed instantly by a I bullet from the stockade, and both Amos and the old seigneur had narrow escapes. Slowly the light crept up the eastern sky, a little line of pearl, then a band f pink, broadening, stretching, spreading, until it shot its warm color across the heavens, tingeiug the edges of the drifting clouds. De Catinat stood at the window looking out when suddenly Lis eyes fell on a dark spot upon the river to the north of them. "There is a canoe coming up!" he cried. In au instant they had all rushed to the opening, but Du Lhut sprang after them and pulled them angrily toward the door. "Do you wish to die before your time?" he cried. Aye. aye!" said Captain Ephralm, who understood the gesture if not the words. "We must leave a watch on dock. Amos, lad, lie hero with me and be ready If they show." The two Americans and the old pioneer held the barricade, while the eyes cf all the others were turned upon the approaching boat. A groan broke suddenly from the only surviving censitalre. "It Is an Iroquois canoe!" he cried. Impossible!" "Alas, your excellency, it Is so. and It H the same one which passed us last night." "Ah, then the women have escaped them." "I trust so. But, alas, seigneur, I fear that there are more in the canoe now than when they passed us." The little group of survivors waited In breathless anxiety while the canoe

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BROTHERS sped swirtiy tip tne river, witn a ime of foam on either side of her and a long forked swirl in the waters behind. They could see that she appeared to be verv crowded, but they remembered that the wounded of the other boat were aboard of her. On sne came, ana on, until as she came abreast of the fort she swung round, and the rowers raised their paddles and burst into a shrill yell of derision. The stem of the canoe was turned toward them now, and they saw that two women were seated In it. The one was Onega and the other Adele. Charles de la Noue, seigneur de Ste. Marie, was a hard and self contained i man, but a groan and a bitter curse burst from him when he saw his Indian wife In the hands of her kinsmen, from whom she could hope for little mercy. Yet even now his old fashioned courtesy to his guest had made him turn to De Catinat with some words of sympathy, when there was a clatter of wood, something darkened the light of the window, and the young soldier was gone. Without a word he had lowered j the ladder and was clambering dawn It with frantic haste. Then, as his f cet tmirhert the eround he signaled to his toucne?. tn? gT??' ,T .bLen?? comrades to draw it up again, and. v, ..i,... ha -tt-nm tfttrnr.i the canoe. Without arms and without a plan, he had but the one thought, that bis place was by the side of his wife in this the hour of her danger. But there was another, whose view of duty led him from safety into the face nf .lancer. All niirht the Franciscan I had watched De Catinat as a miser j watches his treasure, tilled with the ! thought that this heretic was the one I little seed which might spread and j spread until it choked the chosen vine- ! yard of the church. He, too, clambered : down at the very heels of his prisoner j and rushed into the stream not ten paces behind him. t And so the watchers at the window saw the strangest of sights. There In midstream lay the canoe, with its burden of dark warriors, and the two women crouching in the midst of them. Swimming madly toward them was De Catinat, rising to the shoulders with the strength of every stroke, and behind him again was the tonsured head of the friar, with his dark capot and long trailing gown floating upon the surface of the water. But In his zeal he had thought too little of his ow powers. He was a good swimmer, but i he was weighed and hampered by his uuwieldy clothes. Slower and slower grew his stroke and lower and lower his head until at last, -with a great shriek of "In manus tuas, Domine!" he threw up his hands and vanished in the swirl of the river. A minute later the watchers, hoarse with screaming to him to return, saw De Catinat pulled aboard the Iroquois canoe, which was instantly turned and continued Its course up the river. "My God!" cried Amos hoarsely. "They have taken him! He Is lost!" "I have seen some strange things in these forty years, but never the like of that!" said Du Lhut. The seigneur took a little pinch of snuff from his gold box and flicked the wandering grains from his shirt front with his dainty lace handkerchief. "M. de Catinat has acted like a gentleman of France," said he. Du Lhut glanced round him and shook his head. "We are only six I now," said he. "I fear that they are tip to some tieviltry because they are so very still." "They are leaving the house!" cried the censitaire, who was peeping : "What can it mean? Holy Virgin, is it possible that we are. saved? See how they throng through the trees! They are making for the canoe." On the river the single Iroquois canoe, which held the captives, was speeding south as swiftly as twenty paddles could drive It; but, save this one dark streak upon the blue stream, not a sign was to be seen of their enemies. "By my faith, I believe that they have gone!" cried the seigneur. "Take care that it is not a ruse," said Dn Lhut. "Why should they fly before six men when they have conquered sixty?" But the censitaire had looked out of life orner window," and In an Instant he was down upon his knees, with h;3 hands in the air and his powder blackened face turned upward pattering out prayers and thanksgivings. His five comrades rushed across the room and burst into a shriek of joy. The lower reach of the river was covered with a flotilla of canoes, from which the sun struck quick flashes as it shone upon the musket barrels and trappings of the crews. Already they could see the white coats of the regulars, the brown tunics of the coureurs de bois and the gaudy colors of the Hurons and Algonquins. On they swept, dotting ' the whole breadth of the river and growing larger every instant, while far away on the southern bend the Iroquois canoe was a mere moving dot, which had shot away to the farther side and had lost itself presently under the shadow of the trees. Another minute and the survivors were out upon the bank waving their caps In the air, while the prows of the first of their rescuers were already grating upon the pebbles. In the stem of the very foremost canoe sat a wizened little man with a large brown wig and a gilt headed rapier laid across his knees. He sprang out as the keel touched bottom and, rushing up to the seigneur, flung himself into his arms. "My dear Charles," he cried, "you have held your bouse like a hero!" "I knew that you would not desert a comrade, Chambly. We have saved the house, but our losses have been terrible. My son Is dead. My wife Is in that Iroquois canoe." The commander of Fort St. Louis pressed his friend's hand In silent sym-Dator.

-ine otners arrivea an saie," ne saia at last. "Only that one was taken on

account of the breaking of a paddle. Three were drowned and two taken. There was a French lady in it, I un derstand, as well as madame." "Yes, and they have taken her hus band also." "Ah, roor souls! Well, if you are strong enough to join u?. you and your friends, we shall follow after them without the loss of an instant. Ten of rav men will remain to guard the bouse and you can have their canoe.' CHAPTER XXV T HE Iroquois. had not treated De Catinat harshly when they dragged him from the water into their canoe. So incompre hensible was it to them why any man should voluntarilv leave a place of eafety In order to put himself in their j 1)OWOr that they could only set it down j i ma(jness. a nialadv which inspires ave amI respect among the Indians, j Two warriors paSsed their hqnds over him to bo sure that he was unarmed. and he was then thrust down between the two women, while the canoe dart ed in toward the bank to tell the oth ers that the garrison of Fort St. Louis was coming up the stream. Adele was deadly pale, and her hand, as her hus band laid his upon it, was as cold as marble. "My darling," he whispered', "tell me that all is well with you that you are unhurt T' "Oh, Amory, why did you come? Why did you come, Amory?" "How could I stay behind when I knew that you were in their hands? We have gone througli so mueLi together that we cannot part now. What j " eaiu. " UJf BU"U1" j afraid of it. 1 am no1 iiu. vi 11. "And I am not afraid of It. Things ml) come aoout as uou uis. . . . i ; 1 1 and i whatIIe wills must In the end be the j best." ."Tell me. monsieur." said Onega, is ! my lord still living?" j ' "es, be is alive and well, i "It is good. He is a great chief, and I have never been sorry, not even now, that I have wedded with one who was not of my own people. But, ah, my son! Who shall give my son back to me? Ere that sun shines again we shall all be dead, and my heart is glad, for I shall see my boy once more." The Iroquois paddlers had bent to their worlTmtil a good ten miles lay between them and Ste. Marie. Then they ran the canoe into a little creek upon their own side of the river nd sprang out of her, dragging the prisoners after them. Then, after a short council, they started through the forest, walking In single file, with their three prisoners In the middle. , There were fifteen warriors in all, eight in front and seven behind, all armed with muskets and as swift footed as deer, so that escape was out of the question. swimmtng madly toward them was De Catinat. They could but follow on and wait In patience for whatever might befall them. All day they pursued their dreary march. Onega had the endurance of the Indians themselves, but Adele, in spite of her former journeys, was footsore and weary before evening. It was a relief to De Catinat, therefore, when the red glow of a great fire beat suddenly through the tree trunks and they came upon an Indian camp in which was assembled the greater part of the war party which had been driven from Ste. Marie. Here, too, were a number of the squaws who had come from the Mohawk and Cayuga villages in order to be nearer to the warriors. Wigwams had been erected all round in a circle, and before each of them were the kettles, slung upon a tripod of sticks, in which the evening meal was being cooked. In the center of all was a very fierce fire, which had been made of brushwood placed in a circle so as to have a clear space of twelve feet in the middle. A pole stood up in the center of this clearing, and something all mottled with red and black was tied up against it. De Catinat stepped swiftly In "front of Adele that she might not see the dreadful thing. "They -have begun already, then." said Onega composedly. "Well, it will be our turn next, and we shall show them that we know how to die." "They have not ill used us yet," said De Catinat. "Perhaps they will .keep us for ransom or exchange." The Indian woman shook her head. "Do not deceive yourself by any such hope," said she. "When they are as gentle as they have been with you It is ever a sign that you are reserved for the torture. .Your wife will be married to one of their chiefs, but you and I must die." - " (To Be Continued.) - NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed bids will be received on Tuesday, January 22, 1907. at the office of the President of Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, for the construction, furnishing and equipment (including plumbing. wiring, window shades .etc.,) of the Earlham College Library Building. Plans and specifications may be obtained of President Root. L. Kellv. Earlham College. ZO-Zt

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FfciiT iVUlAGRAPHS.

A woman is young as long as she weeps. , Reprocessed affection, like reprocessed food, is liable to ferment and explode. A consistent man is very often a plausible fool. Anybody will admit getting the worst of it if by doing so he tliinks he cnu get the best of it. X6fT r, J It is safe inough to insult a prize fighter. Professional etiquette would prevent him from fighting without first arranging for the gate receipts. Gratitude has no more to do with reason than sentiment has with goodness. We place the greatest value -on the thing that some other fellow has, but never will tell him so. Imagination is the seat of both pleasure and pain, but it won't stop a hole In the wall nor draw In a load of coal. It doesn't follow that because a man continually make.? thoughtless remarks that he is remarkably thoug tiess. The only time that a thing that you thoroughly understand is interesting is when you have a chance to display your attainments regarding It to an admiring audience. Youngsters Are Proof. Oh. sweet and gentle echoolma'am. You have a winning way To which the bashful grownup boy Must fall an easy prey. But all your smiles are wasted That go so good with men On any kid who hasn't reached The tender age of ten. The man of four and twenty Who loots Into your eyes Thinks you're an angel walking round In very thin disguise. But, oh, the little youngster. The rough and tumble lad. He thinks you are the limit Or something quite as bad. And there may be some reasons For these diverging views Why cne should view you coldly. The other should enthuse. One sees yor.r disposition When it is Usfht and gay The other bumps against itIn quite a different way. . But, oh. the little fellow Who to your charms Is blind' And only sees your failings Will some day change his mind. But if he will not love you This season do not fret. Because his older brother Is safe within your netPlaced. "He's an actor."' "And his wife?" "She's his main support." "What part does she play?" "She takes in washing." Cervantes composed the most agreeable book in the Spanish language dur lug his captivity in Ha-ha-.-' A i.

ANCESlOiO.

It's f.ne to have an ancestor. A kins or pirate only. Who went forsh with a fieroe TOUstac3a Ami made the high seas lonely, -Or even just a robber chief. Who led his force to battle And killed the ores he didn't lik And rounUed up their cattle. TVe decorate our humble walls "With ri"ture3 of their features As though thty had been pure as snot And very lo.-cly creatures. But. looking at it In the light Of all the circumstances. We'd hate to meet them late at n'.sht Alone and take our chances. And had they net been dead and ont For many and many a season. We'd swear they'd have to mend thlr ways Or wo woi;!i know the reasonIt's all right for an ancestor . " Perhaps X.& cut such capers. But in this day I fear they would Be roasted by the papers. And yet In pplte of every fau'.t And every shady story "YVe like to hang thera up that w May fret reflected glory. But still In spite of all our praise. Our proud, puffed up harangu'nirv They needed, if the truth were tolV The other kind of hanging. A Labored Effort5 "You call that a work of art? "I cortaiuly do." 'I see the work all right, but where is the art?" RcaJy Made Thoughts. A society that proposes to place canned thought on the market Is being organized in the west. What we need to develop the race and make it great and powerful is not a thought factory into which a man might step on his way home and, laying down a quarter, take home a package of tinted thought to the loved ones. Xo indeed. We should rather encourage men to take thought culture exercises so that they might do a neat line of thinking for themselves. Ready made thought might do in social functions, but for ie actualities of life it would hardly a a small boy trying to look over a it foot board fonce. Instead of depending on a trust for our thoughts, let the full grown citizen spend half an hour thinking each morning, being careful not to think loud enough to wake the neighbors. Reckless Extravagance. have just ordered two "I tons of coal." "Two tons! What in the world do you want that much for?" "To burn, of course." "You don't mean to tell me you burn coal. I priced some the other day, and I presumed from Its cost that fieople didn't use it any more except to make jewelry." Easy For Her. "Miss Slim rather shocks conservative people, doesn't she?" "Yes, but she can't help it." "How is that?" "She" is so thin that she Klips through the cracks in the veneer of conventionality.' ' ' It Is said that only two kinds of birds are absolutely peculiar to Britain. These are tVe red grou and the coal tit.

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- CMEERY'HOME

It is the common expression you hear applied to the house that Is we!I supplied with plants during the winter months. They lend an air of comfort to the home and remind one of the balmy days of the warmer months. A fern is especially an attractive plant for indoors during the winter. Practically everyone in Richmond possesses either a Sword fern or a Boston fern, and have enjoyed having them about. Knowing the great popularity of ferns, therefore, the Palladium obtained the exclusive right to offer in connection with the paper three of the Whitmanii ferns to each sibscriber. The Whitmanii fein is a variation of the- Sword and Boston ferns and completely outshines them in beauty besides being as hardyThe Whitmanii fern is an ideal indoor plant and has only to bo seen to be wanted. If the solicitors have not yet visited you let tne Palladium office know and a sample Whitmanii fern will be sent to you as quickly as possible, together with the terms under which you may obtain it

.Another Nan Writes 1 About the Texas Gulf Coast Country :

Chicago, Oct. 1. Mr. JOHN SEBASTIAN. Pass. Traffic Mgi. Uock Island-Frisco Lines. Chicago. Dear Sir: I can recommend w th pleasure the Gulf Coast Country, as 1 spent a pleasant and profitable two weeks there investigating the statements made in your advertising. I have found that nothing has been misrepresented I have seen and tasted the oranges and bananas grown in that country and I believe that with the aid of irrigation it will bo another California. Yours very truly, II. I. BART LETT, M. I,. 26 37th Street.

Obviously, NOW is the time to go in.

Now the land is cheap and you can get It on casr terras. Twenty acres will cost you about $f00. The cost of clearing it is about $3 an acre. The, cost of water for irrigation varies. You may want an artesian well of your own; you may get water from some river; or you may get it from your neighbor. But the cost is not groat, and those who have tried it have netted from the first crop a sum which has paid all expenses and left a good surplus. Take a trip down there and

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Very low rates for one-way tic'tets. also, on same. days. Let me send you our books describing the wonderful crops duced in this marvelous country. Don't delay, write me today.

JNO. SEBASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager ROCK ISLAND-FRISCO LINES, La Salle St. Station, Chicago, III., or Frisco Bldg., St. Louis, Mo '

Start the New Year with a resolution to save something. One of Dickinson Trust Company's Savings Banks will help you. 31-tf WHITEWATER. Whitewater, Ind., Jan. 2, (Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. Nate Graves and' family entertained New Year's Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Glunt. Mr. O. M. Rhoades has returned to his home at Canton, O., after a visit with relatives at this' place. The local lodge of Masons had work in the Masters Degree Saturday evening. - Chas. Jordan and Harry Penny of Richmond were greeting friends here Saturday. C. D. Pyle made a business trip to Fountain City Saturday. Mr. James Robinson of Arba was calling on friends here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. HIatt and family have returned after a few days vis-

Dr. Bartlett 'lias seen and passed judgment upon the Texas Gulf Coast. He believes there are great possibilities in its future development.

see for yourself that's the best way. Every first and third Tuesday of each month, we will sell round-trip tickets to any point in the Gulf Coast Country and return, at the following rates: From Chicago . . $23.00 From St. Louis .. .. 20.00 From Kansas City .. .... 20.00 From Peoria ...... 23.00 From St. Paul .. .. . 27.50 From Minneapolis .. ... 27.50 These tickets will be good 30 days and they will permit you to stop over at any point. pro It with relatives at Union City, Ind Rev. Ruley occupied the pulpit a the M. E. church Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carrie White and family entertained Sunday Mr. ant Mrs. Vera Moon and Mr. and Mrs Thomas S. Pyle. The personal property of Abraham Sasset, deceased will be sold at pub lie auction at his home north of towt Tuesday January 8, 15)07. Mr. George Hunt and Foster Cur tis left for Indiana University Tues day, January 1, after spending a fe days with friends and relatives. Mr. Raymond and Miss Edna Rich ards were the guests of relatives a' New Paris, Ohio, during tho holidays l CMICMeSTCR'S ENGLISH . 'EflflYROYAL PILLS THE DIAMOND BA. 14W 1 Ak ycxnr 1 hl-ThM-trr. HII 44al4 metallic I ith IlluKlbti. Tak Buy of yrttir Inj?irti .ni lor IiAMOM fill AN It 1'ILLI. ft Relithla. Sold fcy tnirr1t 'OTb

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