The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 43, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 February 1931 — Page 3

■ ** The Plains of Abraham « « « « By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD » » » » © by Doubleday Doran Co., Inc. * WNU Servlca.

THE STORY With his English wife. Catherine, and non, Jeems, Henry Bulaln. French settler in Canada tn . 1749. cultivates a farm adjacent to the Tonteur seianeurle. As the story opens the Bulains are returning from a visit to the Tonteurs. CHAPTER I—Continued He had stood this hurt and still kept Marie Antoinette in his thoughts, for there was no other child to help fill her place. But since last autumn, when Madame Tontetir’s sister and her son Paul had comte to the seig neurie. ids dreams had grown more clouded until, on this Thursday afternoon, they were replaced by grim 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 could see. basked warmly In the smiles and gruclousness of Marie Antoinette's favor. He was glad when" his mother and father paused to rest on the edge «»f a great rock near the trail, for this Interval gave him opportunity to go on alone, and when lie was alone he could tear and thrash Toinette's cousin in a much more admirable way than when the others were tramping close at bls heels. Suddenly Odd Mopped so that his gaunt body made a barrier against Jeems* knees. They stood at the edge of a flower-strewn open among the chestnut trees. It was a hundred yards across this sun-filled playground of the wild, and on the far side of tt, concealed in the bushes. Jeems kne.v there was game <rf some kind. He dropped to the earth and drew himself behind the decuy ins mass of, a monster log that had fallen a hundred years before, tldd crouched at his side with his muzzle level with the top of the log. Thus a mlnjute passed and after that another, and more on top of them, yet Odd gave no sign of discouragement, nor did Jeems. He watched the far side of the clearing on a line as straight as a die with the pointing of Odd's nose. Another minute of this rustling stillnew, and a magnificent turkey cock strutted majestically out Into the sun. He weighed twenty pounds If an ounce, thought Jeems, a proud and immaculate bird, defying all 1 lie World In the empty open. In this moment Jeems thought again of Paul for the Quebec boy was like this turkey cork.always flaunting his clothes and dis porting himself with the Importance of a man. Slowly Jeems withdrew the. longbarreled gun from the top of the log and tautened the string pf his bow. He waited until the big bird stood less than eighty yards away. An inch at a tjjne he rose higher on his knees, and Odd's body grew stiffer with his movement. A choking sound came from' the dog's throat ns the long bow wn« t>ent. The twang of the string whs like the ring of a steel Inning fork and across the open spefl. a grayish flash. There followed o mellow sound, a great commotion, a leaping of gorgeous color high Into air., Ibiul' Tache. the turkey cock, was down and dying. A monfrnt Inter. Jeems and Odd stood looking down on theiturkey cock, and gladness leapt once more Into the boy’s fa«v an«i eyes—for here was not only a splendid dinner for tomorow: t but also, in his imagination. the flrst blow st nick against his enemy. The .wild hot pride <ifyyouth and achievement possessed the lad as his father and mother came towart! him. Here was triumph, and tfie, boy's eyes lighted up when he saw hi.« mother’s Interest in what he hat) done, and the unfeigned amazement In his fa therms face as be dropped his milled corn to the grouhd and looked down upon the magnificent turkey cock with the feathered arrow transfixing it, Catherine regarded her boy unobserved by the two whose huhftng instinct drow their eyes tin, the fallen game. Her ujwn eyes were shining, and after a moment Henri saw what she was seeing and thinking and placed <me- of his big hands tenderly on his son's slim shoulder. Yes. Jeems was like his mother except for bls blond hair and gray eyes, and in these two things he resembled his mother’s brother, that worthless, wandering, always fighting and forever lovable vagabond. He|>sibah Adams. Henri's heart was happier at his wife's t>roud contemplation of her Son, and he burst forth In praise of the lad's exploit. “What a shot I” be cried, bending low to examine the bird and the arrow. "Straight through from wing tn wing as clean as a bullet—and right up to the shaft of the feathers! I'd swear you did not have that strength in your arm. lad! Yet the arrow was aped from back there at the edge of the open, you say? I scarce believe It I It is a shot for Captain Pipe and White Eagle and Big Ost. and not for yon!” These three were the Canghnawaga Indian friends who had taught Jeems to shoot, and it was Captain Pipe who had made his bow of choice aeaaoned ash. They went on gs the sun was setting behind the wilderness, and the golden pools of light grew dimmer about them and shadows grew heavier and more velvetry dark among the trees. Through the woods, though the trail was narrow, Catherine walked with her hand in Henri’s, and for half an hour they spoke no word except in whispers, and at last the four saw their home. It lay in a sheltered dip which was like a diminutive child of the larger valley, a low and cheerful cabin of

peeled logs, with more windows in tt than a cautions man would have had, and with a huge chimney of clay and stone at the end. It was a home of beauty anil comfort and luxury, as those things were measured on the frontier, and the best that Henri Buiain could build. Catherine's love -for this home was next to her love for Henri and her boy. Close about the cabin was her own domain —her flowers, her gardens of shrubs, her bird houses built of chestnut bark, her box hedges among the thinned-out trees, with pretty paths edged with whitewashed atom's winding in and out among them. Running up to the borders of these gardens were Henri's work fields, beginning flrst. because of Catherine's artistic eye, with the gentler growths of husbandry—carefully groomed and • r 7$ v * 7’ i ’willHs - dakAr * A/ ™ And Odd's Body Grew Stiffer With His Movement. plotted soil for herbs and vegetables; and beyond lay the broader fields fur heavier grains and foods, ten acres of well-tilled land In all. ending up against the hard maple wood out of which, In the preceding month of April. Henri had taken his year's supply of fifty gallons of maple sirup and four times as many pounds of sugar. These precious |x»ssessions the four saw aS they came down the green slope, and not one-half of them would Catherine have exchanged for all of Madame Tonteur's riches. Catherine was smiling at her husband. and in Henri's eyes was an answering light of happiness, when out of the peacsv and beauty which lay about their home rose a piercing and Mood-curdling cry—a Cry which seemed to stop every sound that was in the air, a cry o.f monstrous depth and vastness. and with that cry.a wild figure came toward them from its hiding place in the greening shrubbery of Caf herine's garden. With a lurch of his shoulder. Henri sery the bag of corn to the ground, while ahead of him Jeems swung his long gun into the crook of his arm and Odd stiffened and let out a sullen growl. The scraggy and mysterious figure advanced up the slope, and Jeems bad looked to his flint and priming and stood with a ready thumb on the hammer of his wea]am when from behind her husband and her tsiy Catherine gave first a startled gasp, then a tittle scream, and sped past her protectors to meet the advancing stranger with open arms. •‘lt's Hepsibah!" she cried. “It’s Hej.sibab!’’ CHAPTER II The stirring words had scarcely fallen from his mother s lips when Jeems laid his gun on the ground and mn after her. but with all his haste she was in her brother's anus before he could overtake her. while his father, carrying the turkey rock but without the corn, came hurriedly out of his amazement and down to meet them. If ever a man Imre an affinity to an onk. with its cheer and strength and nigged growth, that man was H epsi hah Adams, the Indian trader. He was not as tall as Henri by half a head, nor did be have his leanness. His shoulders were wide and Ms body

Odd Form of Currency in Early Fur Trading

In the ol.i days the Indian trappers took their furs ,'eguiarly to the nearest fort end were sornetimes five months in making the round trip, says an article In the Wiscon 'n State lournai. it was not UMomtnon, In times when lnde|>endent traders, employing “runners of the w<xmls." entered Into competition with the foetors of the Hudson’s Bay company In Canada, for an Indian to make a journey of 50 miles. If by doing so. he could obtain an extra pound of gunpowder. Indian* usually traveled In companies on the'.\long canoe trips to barter their season's catch of furs. When they arrived at a fort or post the faeOrigisated in Germany Skat, a card game now known throughout the world, originated In Altenberg, Germany, in 1821. writes George P. Hambrecht In the Wisconsin State Journal. Up to 1817 the Italian game of tarodr held full sway over the card-playing public in their clubs and societies in Germany, but tn that year tarock began to be replaced by sebafleopf. which became the nucleus of the modern skat.

thick, and his face was as round as an apple and almost as red. with marks and mars of stress and battle set upon It, but in such away that its vivacity and the good humor of its twinkling eyes were enhanced rather than spoiled by the vicissitudes of fortune. When the excitement of first greetings were over, Catherine stood back from her Jolly rogue of a brother and viewed him with a pair of eyes bright with affection, but which glowed, at the same time with an appraising and speculative questioning which her lips, at onse put into words. “Hepsibah. I am so happy to see you that it makes my heart choke, and yet I observe that you have not kept your promise to stop fighting, for one of your ears is nicked and your nose is crooked and there Is a mark over your eye which was not there when I say you two years ago!” He|>slbah's weather-stajned face broke into a smile. “1 can't say as much for your nose, Catherine, for it grows prettier each year.” he said. "But If a Dutchman's ham should happen to come against it. as one hit mine in a little joust in Albany town, why, EH say there would be a bend in it. or no nose at aIL And as for the ear with a nick in ft, what can you expect from a Frenchman—excepting your sweet-temi»ered hustmnd hero—when he gets a chance to use his teeth instead of the hands w' -h God gave him to fight with? 1■» slit in the face i< only a crease left by an fcnife when he m sled himself with the thought that I had got the best of a bargain, which I never do get. or I'm a sinner! But is that all? Do you keep no better account of me than that J I am a bit ashamed of you, Catherine, for you have missed the hilportant thing!” “What is -that?” “My stomach.” declared Hepsibah, holding his 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! And if I do not eat very soon—” - The rest was smothered in Catherine's arms and laughter. "Dear old Heppy!—Hungry—always hungry, and you never will be any other way. So we shall have supper almost as soon as smoke can be made to come out of the chimney. I am so happy you have come!” “And I.” added Henri, getting in a word at last. Jeems was tugging at the hand of his roving vagabond of} an uncle, who was his greatest hero in all the world, and dragged him back to get his gun. As they went, the happiness in Catherine’s face was clouded for an instant. “Best keep good eyes on our Jeems for a time, Henri,” she warned. “Hepsibah, you know very well, is a singularly improvident and thoughtless man. overfilled with foolish tricks and contrivances most alluring to boyish minds, and of which, because of I am a bit afraid.” • ‘ Rut Henri only chuckled, for the thought was in his mind that it was a fattening of one’s good fortune to_be taught tricks by a man like Hepsibah Adams. Then Catherine saw that a film of smoke was rising from the top of the big stone chimney. “Hepsibah has already started a fire.” she said. It was the aliveness of this fireplace which had drawn the expression of surprise nnd pleasure from Catherine —that and the aroma of cooking things which greeted them. Since Catherine’s earliest memories, her brother bad b<>asted of his excellence as a cook, and most assuredly he had been busy since his unexpected arrival. Half n dozen chains were dropped from their bolts in the thick oak lug-bar of th-* fireplace seven feet above the fire, and from the pothooks at the end of these chains were suspended as many pots and kettles, stea'ming and boiling ami giving forth a cheerful sound of dancing pewter iids against which the bubbling water was playing an animated and pleasing melody. But to Henri, who always the sound of these busy pots with their lively cheer and promise of supper, a still more delectable thing was the great roast of venison which Hepsibah had hung before the fire. (TO BE CONTINUED.) ’

tor seldom allowed more than two of his red customers to enter his storeroom at one time. When an Indian brought in his pelts he was given a carved stick or other token termed a * Made-beaver,” being equal in value to a prime beaver skin, so that this “Made-beaver” was the standard of value. After the value of furs had been estimated and he held his “Madebenver" token, the Indian proceeded to buy his goods so next season. Altogether Toe Frank Fishing, perhaps, for a little adulation, the eighth-grade teacher told her pupils to write a theme telling just what they thought of her. “Please be absolutely frank, now,” she urged. Eleven-year-old Virginia, not yet wise enough in the ways of the world to realise that frankness is merely a pious Ideal tiiat meets vindictive suppression and punishment In practice, wrote: _ - “I think you’re brutal I don't like you. I think you’re mean to .me and to the other children . . ” and so on for two pages. Poor Virginia.—Chicago Evening Port.

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SHALLOW CROWNS, NOVEL BRIMS AND SHINY STRAW IS HAT STYLE

IN CONSIDERING a new hat, the style-minded thing to do is to think in terms of shiny straws, shallow crowns and novel “push-back” brims. Crowns being shallow, the hat assumes an entirely different pose on the head from that of past seasons and brims take on decidedly new “linos." It would seem as if beauty doctors might count on doing a thriving business during the days Tb come since brows must be placid and wrinkles and frowns must be smoothed out of foreheads, in order to wear tlie new “push-back” brims becomingly. And when brims are not pushed

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back from the face why then they are apt to adopt tricorne contours which rise abruptly from the forehead, in fact, they turn up all around after the manner of the first two shapes tn the group pictured. Each of the two emphasize quite the newest thing in brims. The first hat has a satin crown with a brim made of the popular cellophane straw banding. To the right at the top the model shown Is also of satin and braid, using banding for the brim and shiny shoe satin for tl»e crown. The clever little hat to the left with its saucy hrim deliberately pushed back so as toT&eal as much of the forehead as possible, is one of the very new perforated felts which reminds one that eyelet effects are in fashion whether for frocks, hats or the fabric which makes the blouse. Centered to the right in the group is

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A SWANKY TWEED SUIT a very interesting type as it show? the Watteau influence of which we are destined to hear much this season. As you know these little hats which appeared in so many Watteau paintings were as apt to have their wee brims turned up at the back as at the front or tbe side. In the m«idel shown here, which, by tbe way. is of the new shiny rough straw which Is “light as a feather.” the brim is lifted off the face a la Watteau. Tbe next bat below to the left illustrates In no uncertain manner the effect of the new brims which are folded back off the brow, the brim widening decidedly at the back. * Even the new cloches show that tendency of width toward the back, their shallow crowns accenting the back-from-the-forehead movement, as

NOTES FROM THE WORLD OF FASHION

The new prints of spring are sprightly hi color and refined In pattern. Braided and crocheted ribbon hats are being worn by the Parisian smart set. r Brown suede is used'for small hats to be worn with jaunty, brown fur jackets. Collar buttons made from jade, rose quartz or crystal ate gay numbers in utilitarian jewelry.

demonstrated by the concluding number in this group. Leading Up to Spring. Here we are, quite a few of us, up North—who for reasons best known to ourselves are notyspend'ng the winter on sandy beaTfies under southern sunny skies —arrived at tho crucial hour when the winter coat becomes irksome and we feel the urge to lay it aside in favor of a costume suited to lingering flurries of snow and cold, yet withal suggesting the lightsomeness of spring. What to do. aye. that’s the question of many and many a woman who finds

herself placed in this dilemma during these temperamental midseason days which lead to spring. And just as most of us have arrived at a well-nigh point of despair, in steps Dame Fashion with a perfectly thrilling suggesttdn —a swanky tweed suit (interlined it the thermometer stays low) with which is worn a fetching accessory set, beret, scarf, muff and shogs made of velvet, as a pleasing change from the usual fur. See Just such in the picture. The trick is to relate the color of the velvet to a leading tone tn the velvet, per example, responding to the brown which predominates in the weave of a brown-and-beige tweed. A black velvet set worn with a smart black-and-white tweed bespeaks the quintessence of chic. Look about and you will find Just such alluring velvet ensembled accessories in the better shops. But what

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of the woman with nothing to speak of in the way of an allowance to lavish on vanities which cost "a pretty penny” and then some? If her hand hath the cunning to fashion smart accessories for herself out of this or that, then the beret, the scarf and the muff Is hers for the making—merely a matter of a yard of velvet (perbape less), plus reliable patterns. CHERIE NICHOLAS. (®. IML. Weotern Newspaper Halon.»

Bieolored effects retain their popularity in all costume units. ! Reboux has scored with a shirred white velvet toque, this hat frequently being selected to top an erminetrimmed black frock. French women use the collar button to keep their neckwear in place or sport it as an ornament worn in a buttonhole especially provided for the purposb.

How to Escape FLU Avoid so far as possible the places where Hu germs are most likely to be spread; over* crowded cars and public meeting places; overheated, stuffy rooms. 2 Be careful of close contact with others and beware off all coughers and sneezers; breathe the nose, get fresh air, but avoid draAs or chilling. Get lots of rest. Eat plenty of citrus fruits. Keep the bowels open. Take extra precaution to keep in good physical condition, so your system will have high resistance against germs. Above all, avoid catching colds. They lower your resistance to the flu germ. _ Ward them off. At the first sign of any 4 c °id, take Bayer Aspirin and remain indoors If possible until your cold is gone. Iff you have a sore throat, dissolve some Bayer Aspirin tablets In water and garglle; this will relieve the soreness and reduce the Inflammation. 5 If you have any reason to suspect even a touch of flu, call your doctor at once.

Hotel “Greeter’s” Desk No Place for Sarcasm Joel Hillman, Atlantic City hotel man, said to a reporter on a New York pier—he was od his way to his hotel in Paris: “The room clerks or greeters aren’t cordial enough in some of our American hotels. Henry James complained about it in his book. “The front of the house can’t he too cordial. In a shore hotel that busted recently a new guest said to a greeter: “'I like my seventh floor back, friend, but ain’t the bed rather short?’ “ ’Well, you see,’ said the greeter, and he laughed in the guest’s face, •you see, the people who take our seventh floor backs are usually rather short themselves,’ ” SWEETENACID STOMACH THIS PLEASANT WAY When there’s distress two hours after eating—heartburn, indigestion, gas—suspect excess acid. The best way to correct this is with an alkali. Physicians prescribe Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia. A spoonful of Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia in a glass of water neutralizes many times its volume in excess acid; and does It at once.- To try it is to be through with crude methods forever. Be sure to get genuine Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia. All drugstores have the generous 25c and 50c bottles. Full directions in package. Tree* Conserve Water There is undoubtedly a close relationship between the forest cover and the underground water supply. Springs in wooded areas discharge five times more water than those in clearings. ' Fpr many years it has been known from investigation in some of the states along the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys that deforestation has a tendency to dry up springs and lower the average level of the water table. A study, covering 22 years in which 9,507 wells were examined in the central states, indicated the lowering of the water table 13.8 feet for a period of 80 years or since the time the settlers began clearing the land The loss of so much water is due largely to quick run-off in freshets and floods which may be caused by the absence of forests.

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Knew Him Too Well Before starting ori his world torir, not long before he died. Lord Northcliffe arranged with the members of his staff who th accompany him that they should kei'p apart in ships “so that we shalll not get tired of each other.” “I told them,” wrote Northcliffe, in his diary of the trip, “the joke of the butler and the master. ‘You give me notice, John? What’s the matter? You have been with me many years, received good wages, good living, and had plenty of spare time of yourself.’ “ ‘Quite true, my lord,’ replied John, ‘but the fact is I hates to s»e yer faces.’ Kansas City Tinies Avoid Burns; from * Mus tard Plasters When you have Rheumatic or Muscular Pains in the back, chest or limbs or if you have a cold coming on, try this simple treatment. It :is more convenient, safer, cleaner and more effective than mustard plaster. Get a bottle of Hoff’s Liniment and apply it with brisk rubbing. Then saturate a cloth with Hoff’s ard apply to tU painful area and in a few minutes you will feel the wanning and stimulating effect of this powerful liniment Hoff’s is different from ordinary liniments that are applied with rubbing alone. It brings a quick flow of blood to the affected area, reducing congestion and relieving pain. Get an eight ounce bottle of your druggist today for 60 cents. If you do not get relief in 30 minutes he is authorized to refund your money. Goodrich - Gamble 'Company, St Paul, Minnesota. !_ P 1 COUGHS First dose soothes in- / itanihj. Relief GUAR- wf ANTEED. • ~ * 7 VC Boschee’s druggbt, Syivip Golf Joke “Now they want to make golf courses bird sanctuaries." S “Ail golfers will welcome more birdies.” Dr. ! Pierce’s Favorite Prescription makes weak ’women strong. No alcohol. Sold by druggists in tablets or liquid.—Adv. * In a Long Sentence “Married life Isn’t so bad.” - “Oh, it’s all right after you get to be a trusty.”

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