The Doom Trail | Arthur D. Howdeu Smith [ H Awkmr mf POATO BELLO COLD. Etc. | I (O hy Brentane’e.) WNi) Sarrtoe fl THE STORY CHAPTER I.—Harry Ormerod, pre- | scribed traitor to King Gaorga aa a Stuart partlaan, returning from France to London, rescues Alderman Robart Jugglna from a band of aaaaaalna. Jug glne proves to bo tha grandson of a former steward of Ormerod's fathsr, to whom Jugglna faela btmaelf Indebted Ormerod tolls Jugglna ba has aban doned tba Stuart cause. CHAPTER II—Jugglna tells Or marod of a Jacobite plot In the Ameri can colonies to weaken England by forwarding French Interests Their aim ta tha return of King James to the English throne At Its head la one Andrew Murray, a Scotsman, and a Frenchman Da Veulle, deadly enemy of Ormerod. The two are In London furthering their schemes Ormerod •sea them. Anticipating the plotters early return to America. Juggins »r ranges for Ormerod to go there with letters to Governor Burnet, friend of Jugglna. and work to fell Murray. CHAPTER III.— Disguised aa Jug gins' aarvant, Ormerod takes paaeage to America. He meets a Scottish girl, daughter of Murray, and ardent Jac • bite De Veulle recognises him, and their enmity flames The Frenchman denounces Ormerod to the girl ae a traitor to the Stuart cause Believing him, ehe repulses Ormerod's proffer of friendship. He te thrown Into the sea by an unseen aaeallant. CHAPTER IV.—Ormerod, regaining ths deck, haa recognised his assailant aa Murray's aarvant, Tom, giant negro Ha accuses Murray of employing the negro to assassinate him, but a truce la arranged. At New York Ormerod eaves an Indian from Insult. The In dian. who speaks English. Is Ta-wan ne-ars. Seneca chief CHAPTER V.—Governor Burnat wel comes Ormerod ae a friend of Jugglna, and tells him Murray's alms. By what la known as the "Doom Trail" Murray smuggles furs, which should come to New York, to the French In Canada With Ta-wan-ne-ars and a gigantic Dutchman, Peter Corlaer, Ormerod agrees to go to Niagara, French out post. and spy out ths secrets of tha Doom Trail. He of course speaks French. De Veulle has won Ga-ha-no, Ta-wan-ne-ars’ afllanced wife, now the Frenchman's mistress, and tha red man aaaka revenge. Ta-wan-ne-are saves Ormerod's life In an attack on him by Murray's henchman. Bolling CHAPTER VI.—Accusing Murray, without avail, of Inciting Bolling, Or merod learna the girl's name la Mar jory. With hla two companions hs be gins the journey. I wag overjoyed—and In no need to simulate my sentiments. This was good fortune. "Was I not camping beside the Regl ment de Provence when we were on the Italian frontier? 'Tls a pleasant way those lads have of talking. And such good companions with the bottle! Ah, for some of that warm southern wine at this moment instead of the accursed rum. Rum Is good only for savages.” “You say truth," applauded Jon calre. “uome your ways within, Jean, and you shall taste of the blood of La Belle France—although It be not our Provence vintage. By the way, do you know Provence?" “I cannot say so with honesty, mon sleur.” I fenced, “although I have been In Arles.” “In Arles!" He flung his arms around my neck. “Jean, I love you, my lad! I was born In St. Reml, which Is but a short distance out in the diocese.” We were now In the entrance of the log house, aud Joncalre opened wide the door. “Jean, you are a lad In a million!" he pronounced. “You shall drink deep I have some wine which Blgon the In tendant fetched out for a few of us— you will understand you must say naught of it hereafter; It never paid doty. Aye, we shall make a flue night •f It, and you shall tell me of all that has passed In Arles these many years. He clapped his hands, and a soldier entered. “Francois,” announced Joncalre, “this Is Jean Courbevolr, who will be my guest until he departs. He has been In Arles, Francois. Remember that. What he orders yon will render to him. Now bring ns the flagon of wine which Monsieur Blgon sent out this spring.” The soldier sainted me as if I were a marshal of France and brought In the flagon of the lntendant’s wine with the exqolalte reverence which only a ton of France could bestow upon the choicest product of the soil of France. "Pour It ont, Francois,” commanded Joncalre. The soldier hesitated. “And Monsieur de LeryT’ he said. "A thousand million curses p explod ed Joncalre. "Am I to wait for him? Am I to sacrifice my choicest wine In his gnllstr’ "Who Is Monsieur de LeryT’ I asked as Francois filled a thick mug with the ruby Juice. "What? Ten do not know him? This pompons whipper-snapper who sets out to teach Louis Thomas ds Joo eaire, sleur de Chabert, hla duty, after thirty-live yean oa the frontier pah I He Is—" “Monsieur ds Lery enters," Inter posed Francois with a glance at the doorway. A (deader, wiry little man la a wig several sizes too big for him strode Into tie room. Hs favored me with a carious glance, nodded to Joncain sttd took a neat across ths table from ',j ■.vUv, My host made a wry smile and mo tioned Francois to bring a third mag. "Hols, Monsieur de Lery," he said. "This Is a gallant young forest-runner, one Jean Courbevotr, who has come to tell me that charming Idiot Al phonse de Tonty has been chaaed out of Le de Trolt by the Messesaguea. Jean, Monsieur de Lery Is the king’s engineer officer In Canada." “Another case of a log fortification, 1 suppose,” remarked de Lery sarcas tically In a dry, crackling voice. “You gentlemen will never learn." “You must think wp grow louts d’or Instead of furs In Canada.” growled Joncalre. “Be sure, we of the wil derness posts are the most anxious to have stone walls around us. Well, what headway have you made?" “I have traced out the lines of the central mass.” replied De Lery, tak ing a gulp of the wine. “Tomorrow I shall mark out a surrounding work of four bastions to encompass it” He rose from his seat. “Speaking for myself. 1 have had sufficient wine, and I shall retire. If the masons bring In the loads of stone we expect In the morning, we shall be able to lay the first course by noon.” Joncalre twisted his face Into a gri mace as De Lery ascended a ateep flight of ladder-stairs to an upper story. "What Is the difficulty, monsieur?" I Inquired sympathetically. "Why, at last 1 have persuaded this stupid, tlmoroHS government of ours to build me a proper fort. ’Tls the only way we shall hold the sacre Eng lish In check. With a fort here we can control In some measure the Inter course betwixt the western tribes and the English. Also, we shall have a constant threat here to keep the Iro qnols at peace. “Well. I worked up Vaudreull to ap prove it, obtained the grants from Paris, secured the necessary mechan ics—and then they sent this popinjay to supervise the work. I had pitched on this site here. He would have none of It. No, he must overturn all my plans and put the new works several miles down the river where It runs Into the lake. He Is conceited with himself because he has been charged with all the works of fortification In Canada. ’’ "Are there others then, monsieur?* I rsited casually. busying my nose In the wine-mug. “Aye to he shre He Is to build b wall around Montreal, and to strength en the enceinte of Quebec." “But we are at peace with these sacre English," I objected. Joncalre now thoroughly convivial winked at tne over the rim of his mug “For the present, yes. But how long Jean? Every year that passes the English grow In strength, and we he come weaker: 1 speak now In matters of trade; for after all, lad. the coun try which obtains the mastery In trade must he the military master of any contending nation. I may t»e only a simple soldier, but so much 1 have learned. “We are a colony of soldiers and traders, well armed and disciplined. They are an Infinitely larger group of colonies with only a few soldiers and traders, but many husbandmen. Give them time, and they will obtain such a grip on the soil of the wilderness that they cannot be pried loose. But If we use our temporary advantage, and keep them from winning supremacy In the trade with the savages, then, my Jean, we may force a war upon them at an early day, and we shall win." He sat back triumphantly “Surely we have that supremacy now I” He winked at me again, and drew from a drawer In the table a heavy book such as accounts are kept In. "Jean," he said. “I am about to dls close to you a secret—which Is not a secret, because every trader who works for himself Is acquainted with It. “Here Is the account for this post for the year Just ended. We handled a total of 204 ’green1 deerskins and 23 packets of various kinds of furs. On these we cleared a profit of 2,382 llvres, 3 sols, 9 denlers (about $476). which would not come anywhere near covering the operating expenses of the post. You will find the same story at every post from here to the Missis sippi." "Why, monsieur?” “These sacre English! First they turn the Iroquois against us; then they build the post of Fort Oswego, at the foot of the Onondaga’s river on Irondequolt bay (now Oswego, N. Y.); then they send out a swarm of young men to trap and shoot In the Indian country; then they pass this accursed law that forbids us obtaining Indian goods from the New York merchants! Peate, what a people! They have us In a noose.” I shook my head dolefully. “Ah, monsieur, you make me very sorrowful,” I said. “I came out to Canada thinking to make my fortune, but If what you say be true, I am more likely to be killed by the English.” "No, no, It’s not ao bad as that," he answered quickly. The governor-gen eral has waked up. It seems that In France they are not quite ready for another war, but we are charged to make preparations as rapidly as pos sible. There Is an emissary coming soon from Paris, who will have In structlons for the frontier posts and the friendly Indians. It may be we can peranade the English to be stupid enough to revoke this law of theirs. In any case, my Jean, you will have heard of the Doom Trail?" I crossed myself devoutly. "I have heard nothing good of It monalenr,” I said fearfully. "Humph; I don’t doubt It And mind you, Jean, for myself, I do not like that kind of business. But after all ’tls trade over the Doom Trail which keeps you and me In our Jobs. Without It—well, this post would shut down. And thay do aay at Quebec that If we can start a revolution In England for this Pretender of theirs and war at the same time, We shall be able to take the whole continent from them," There was a commotion at the door "Bind the Indian." shouted a voice In French. “Hah, I thought sot We meet again, Ormerod !’’ De Veulle stood on the threshold his rifle leveled at my breast. "Bring the Indian Inside here,” he called behind him. A group of Cahnuagas, frightfully pnlnted, with their grotesque bristling feather headdresses, bustled Ta-wan ne-ars into the room But now Joncaire asserted himself “What do you mean by this. Mon sleur de Veulle?" he demanded. “This man Is a forest-runner. Jean Courbe voir, a messenger from De Tonty The Indian is a Messesague—as you should see by Ills palm and hendwnrk." "Bah !" sneered De Veulle. “They fooled you. The Indian Is Ta-wan-ne ars, of the Seneca Wolves, war chief of the Iroquois. The white man Is Harry Ormerod. an English spy and a deserter from the Jacobites. He was stationed In Paris for some years, and recently was sent to New York. Bur net. the governor of New York, dls patched him here to spy out what you are doing.” “That may be so," assented Jon calre: “but It happens that I rommand here. These men are my prisoners You will order your Indians from the room. Francois, get your musket and stand gunrd." De Veulle drew a paper from a pocket Inside Ills leather shirt and pre sented It to Joncaire with Irritating deliberation. “Here," he snld. “you may And mj warrant from the king himself to ex erclse what powers I deem necessary along the frontier. Only the governor general may overrule me." Joncaire studied the paper. "That Is so," he admitted. "But 1 tell you this. De Veulle. you have a bad record on the frontier for a trouble-maker. Be* for you I should have hud the Senecas and Onondagas In our Interest before this. 1 write to Quebec by the flrst post, demanding a check opon your activities. We have too much at stake to permit you to Jeopardize It." "At De-o-nun-degn-a It Is known that Ta-wan ne-ars and his brother Ormerod Journeyed to Jagara." inter posed the Seneca in his own language “Doea Joncaire think the Senecas will he quiet when one of their chiefs Is given up to the Keepers of the Doom Trail for torment?" "The Senecas will he told that you never reached Jagara," replied De Veulle before Joncaire could speak. Joncaire turned to me. “Well, my Jean." he aald soberly "whatever your name may be. yon have gotten yourself into a nasty mesa You will be lucky If you die quickly My advice to you Is to pick the flrst chance to die. no matter how It may be. These Keepers—peste ! They are a bad lot. They are Brtlsts In tor ment. 'Tie part of their religion which I will say they still practice, even though I’ere Hyaclnthe were to excommunicate me." As he was about to climb the stairs De I,ery had ascended. De Veulle called him back. “One moment I Speaking officially. Monsieur de Joncaire. I desire you to send out belts to all friendly tribes summoning them to a council-fire which will he held here by the king’s command In August." Joncaire bowed. “It shall be done," he said. “Now then”—De Veulle addressed me—“we will consider your case. Are the bands sufficiently tight?" I had been- bound with strips of rawhide which cut Into every muscle. The question was superfluous. “Pick them up." he said to the Cah nuagas. “We will get back to the canoes.” Despite the tightness of my bonds and the numbness they Induced, I fell ■sleep, rocked by the easy motion of the canoe as It was driven along by the powerful arms of the Cahnuagas. (Continued Next Week.) OMAHA BOY MAKING GOOD ON THE STAGE Worthington Williams, who is ap pearing with the Famous Capitolians and being featured as a stro-violinist, is receiving most favorable comment for his work in the Canadian news papers. He recently made his pro fessional debut at the Capitol Thea tre in Winnipeg and was awarded first prize in a contest. After his engagement in Winhipeg he will leave on a tour of western Canada on the western division of the Cap itol circuit. His name appears on the bills as “Worthy Williams.” ST. 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The club which is or ganized for social as well as religious and intellectual work, decided to have as its first social event of the year a pre-Lenten ball at Dreamland hall, Monday night, February 21. BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON A birthday luncheon was given in honor of Miss Alice Crum of Pitts burgh, Pa., by Miss Lillian West brook at the residence of Mrs. Sallie Matthews, 2410 North Twenty-first street, Sunday, January 16. The fol lowing guests were present: Sam Cooksey, C. B. Hollins, Charles Bur ton, James Jones, Claud Burdette, Daisey Shanks, Lucille Whitley, Ad die George, Francis Pate and Carrie Goodlette. — OMAHA WAITERS’ ASSOCIATION Mr. A. C. Oglesby addressed the Omaha Waiters’ Association at its forum held at its headquarters, 2704% Lake street, last Thursday night on “Mob Psychology,” which was well received by his audience and elicited an animated discussion. The meeting then elected officers for the ensuing year with the follow ing results: A. C. Oglesby, presi dent; R. B. 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He especially stressed the latest case, that againBt the At lantic Coast Line railway and the Pullman company for ruthlessly ejecting one of our women en route through the state of Florida. In all these legal battles is the individual fight of every Negro of America. Why then does he not rally zeal ously to the support of this one or ganization that thus fights his bat tles’ The secretary's report showed that both the branch and executive com mittee had been very active in spite of the sorrowful lack of interest shown. President-elect Hunter in a well thought out address urged loyalty and new zeal towards the carrying out of the unsurpased platform of the N. A. A. C. P. Dr. Peebles with evident feling told the newly installed officers that he felt out of place to attempt to deliver a charge to men who had toiled so faithfully under such ad verse and untoward circumstances. He bade them God-speed and pledged undivided support to the cause. 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