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Doom
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— By —
Arthur D. Ilowden Smith j|
Author of PORTO BELLO COLD, Etc
■ (§ bv Brenteno'e.) WNU Service '
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THE STORY
CHAPTER 1. — Harry Ormerod, pro
scribed traitor to King George as a
Stuart partisan, returning from France
to London, rescues Alderman Rober'
Juggins from a hand of assassins. Jug
frtna proves to be the grandson of a
ormer steward of Ormerod s father, to
whom Juggins feels himself Indebted
Ormerod telle Ju Kins he has aban
doned the Stua
CHAPTER III—Disguised as Ju*r
gine' servant, Ormerod takes pass j.
to America He r a Scottish Kir)
daughter of Murr.y, and ardert Jnr
obi e De Veulle i *oi»gnix** him. en
their enmity Th» Fr*r
denounces Ormer«><! to the rill as
traitor to the Stu:ir! c:i uBelievin
him, she repulses r"*ero«rs proffer o
friendship. He Ip f vvn into the as*
by an unsten ass.J • »u
CHAPTER IV.—ormerod. regaining
the deck, has recognized his assallan'
as Murray's servant. Tom. giant negr
He accuses Murray of employing th*
negro to assassinate him, but a truce
is arranged At New York Ormerod
saves an Indian from Insult. * The In
dtan. who speaks English, le Ta-wan
ne-ars. Seneca chief
CHAPTER V.—Governor Burnet wel
con es Ormerod as a friend of Juggins
aud tells him Murray’s alms By what
Is 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 gigan':*
Dutchman, Peter Corlaer, Ormerod
agrees to go to Niagara. French out
rost. and spy out the secrets of the
>oom TralL He of course speaks
French De Veulle has won Ga-ha-no.
Ta-wan-ne-are' affianced wife, now the
Frenchman’s mistress, and the red men
seeks revenge Ta-wan-ne-are saves
Ormerod s life in «n attack on him by
Mut ray’ff henchmt n, Bolling
CHAPTER VI.—Accusing Murray,
without avail, of inciting Bolling, Or
merod learns the girl’s name Is Mar
jory With his two companions he be
gins the journey.
CHAPTER VII.—The three men wipe
out a party of Oahnuagas trailing
them, evidently sent by Murray. At
the Seneca village *hey are welcomed
by Do-ne-ho-ga-weh. head chief. Ta
wan-ne-ars’ uncle. Leaving Corlaer,
Ta-wan-ne-ars and Ormerod take their
way to Niagara.
CHAPTER VIII—At Niagara Or
merod, in the guise of Jean Courbe
volr. forest runner, learns the French
plans from Joncalre. the commandant.
De Veulle arrives, recognizes Ormerod
and he and Ta-wan-ne-are are eelzed
CHAPTER IX. — Conveyed to La
Vierge du Bois, Murray's stronghold.
Ormerod again meets the adventurer
and Marjory The girl unavailingly
seeks to save the Englishman and his
friend from death by torture at the
hands of the Cahnuagan, Murray’s fol
lowers. Pere Hyacinths, French mis
sionary, refuses to help them. Pre
pared for the torture, Ta-wan-ne-ars
and Ormerod, on orders from Gah-na
go, are respited until the next day
the Moon feast.
CHAPTER X.—In the morning the
torture is interrupted by Ga-ha-no*s
dancing She leaves, but apparently
returns wearing a bear’s mask It Is
Marjory, who, acting on Ga-ha-no’s
suggestions, succeeds in freeing the
prisoners, who escape. At F«»rt Os
wego they are welcomed by Corlaer
“Kow!" I heard her say very l< —.
Ta-wan-ne-ars seemed to i*i into
the air, thongs flying belli: d him. I
tagged and jumped and my own Iasi*
logs parted—ami I loan 1 mv'.-•elf run
ulng somewhat stiffly beside the Iro
quois.
A second figure drew up to my side:
and I felt a knlfehiU pushed Into ui.v
hand.
“In ease,” said the familiar voice.
“And here Is one for the Iroquois,
too.”
L stared down In bewilderment at
the bear mask. ’Twas so unexpected,
yet so obviously what I might have
known she would do if the oppor
tunity arose. That clean scorn, that
brave honesty of purpose, I had
marked in her, were earnest of her
determination to dare all for what she
believed to be right.
A chorus of yelps like a wolf-pack
In full cry split the night behind us.
One of the False Faces sprang into
our path, and Ta-wan-ne-ars closed
with him. The Seneca’s knife plunged
into his throat, and he collapsed with
a strangled scream.
As the pine trees shrouded us I
looked back over my shoulder. The
dancing place was covered with a mob
of running figures who fell over each
other in their drunken frenzy.
“To the ieft,” sobbed the voice from
the bear’s mask.
We turned between the trunks of
the pines, the mat of fallen needles
springy underfoot. Behind us the fires
of the dancing place were a faint
radiance in the dusk. Branches
crashed; bodies hurtled against each
other; a bedlam of shrieks resounded
to the skies.
“Let me help you,'* I panted to our
rescuer.
“There will be no need,” she an
swered, running stride for stride be
side us^ “Do not be concerned for me.
Many a mile I have run with the gillies
over the Highland hills.”
She stumbled as she spoke, and I
set my hand under her elbow. Ta
wan-ne-ars did the same on the other
side, and so we ran for a space, three
and three, our bruised and rusty joints
gradually limbering with the effort.
Presently we came to an opening
amongst the pines, with a huge, flat
~ rock in the center and before the rock
the ashes of a fire. My foot struck
something round, and a human skull,
blacktened and charred bounded ahead
of us. 1 fell a shudder pass through
the slender figure In the mask.
“ 'Tis tile ultar of tlie False Faces,”
she murmured. "None but the Ga-go-su
will dare to follow us througli the
wo< id.”
Was that ybur thought?” 1 ques
tioned.
"No. I was helpless. ’Twas the
.Mistress—she bade me call her Ga
ha-no—thought of everything."
Ta-wiiii-ne-ars stopped in his stride.
“What of Ga-ha-no?" he demanded
sternly.
She glanced fearfully backward
along ttie way we had come.
"We may not stay,” she answered
rapidly. “I will talk as we run. Oh,
haste, haste, or all will he lost!"
The Seneca resumed his steady gait,
hut tlie moonlight filtering through the
hrunches revealed the agony in his
face, an agony which the ordeal at tin
stake had not been able to produce.
“Go-ha-no thought of all,” gasped
our companion, her voice strangely
mulled by the mask. "She canie to
me this morning—whilst I was plead
ing with them—told me how it It might
he done—fetched me here—procured
me the mask and costume—taught me
the dance. 'Twas she secured the de
lay—In your torture—made them send
you food—bolstered your strength.”
“Where Is she now?" asked Ta-wan
ne-ars hardly.
She looked sidewise at him—1 think
in pity.
“With the Chevalier de Veulle, she
said reluctantly.
Then with quick earnestness:
“ 'Twas part of her plan. It might
not—otherwise be done."
He was silent, and we ran on for as
much as a quarter-hour, coming then
to the hank of a small stream, where
a trull marked u ford.
"Under those bushes," she said,
pointing, “you will find your clothes
and weapons. We hid them this eve
ning.”
I scurried Into the undergrowth and
sturted to don the tattered garments
which were fastened In a bundle to the
barrel of my musket—the musket that
Juggins had given to me. years and
years ago, ll seenjed. In London, and
which 1 had expected never to see
again. But she halted me.
"No. no, Mr. Ormerod!" she ex
claimed. “There is not time. You
must go on alone, the two of you.
They will expect you to strike Into the
I loom Trail. 'Tis the quickest way to
the settlements. Ga-ha-no hade me
tell you to go west Instead, muking
for Oswego at the mouth of the Orion
dugH.s river. So you may shake off the
pursuit of the Keepers.”
"Bui you?" 1 cried, standing up, bun
hie and musket In hand.
“ 'Tis my part to lead them Into the
Ooom Trail.”
Ta-wan-ne-ars joined with me in a
violent protest. But she waved us
aside.
"There Is no other way. I will have
learned much since my coming here.
Master Ormerod, and amongst other
things, to think the less harshly of
you."
"For that I am thankful," I replied,
hut sure, you must let us tuke you
Imck to Fort Orange. Governor Bur
net will care for you.”
"It cannot he," she insisted. "My
place Is here. Wicked as they be.
Iiese men here—and lie who Is called
uj father is not tlie cleanest of them
they work in a good cause. 'Tis for
k* to stay by anil see they do what I
rn-cted of them for it. Now he off.
sir. The False Faces will he on ns
any moment—and I tun not wishing to
he caught by them, even though they
would not venture to do me harm."
A hurst of ferocious yelling came
from the heart of the pine wood.
"They have seen traces of us in the
•pen space by the altar," Interrupted
Ta-wan-ne-ars.
He sw-ung musket and bundle to his
shoulder, and faced the bear mask, a
splended figure In bronze.
"Sister Ne-e-ar-go-ye,” he said grave
ly, “did Ga-ha-no give you any mes
sage for Ta-wan-ne-ars?"
She hesitated.
'She said that If you asked for her
I was to tell you to forget Ga-ha-no.
tliut she was unworthy of your mem
ory. But you were to believe tliut
what she did for you tonight was in
reparation for her first great wrong."
He bow-ed his head.
“And oh, Ta-wan-ne-ars," she went
on impulsively, "site pays a bitter
price. Forgive her." ,
Ta-wan-ne-ars looked up.
"Say this to Ga-ha-no," he answered.
“Say Ta-wan-ne-ars thinks of her
as a Lost Soul, tarrying for a while
with Ata-ent-sic, and in the end he will
come for her and bring her home again
to his lodge. Say that Ta-wan-ne-ars
never forgets."
He raised his right arm in the ges
ture of farewell, and stepped Into the
current of the stream.
“We part once more, Marjory,” 1
said, offering my hand.
She took it.
“For certain words I have spoken to
you, I am sorry,” she said. “I know
more now. You may be my enemy, but
1 believe you not to be a traitor.”
“Thank you. And Is that all you
have to say to me?"
“That Is all," she replied softly,
withdrawing her hand.
“I will not leave you," I cried, and
made to walk with iter along the trail.
But she pushed me back.
“Please go, Master Ormerod," she
begged. "If I am not overtaken, this
mask will protect me as far aa the
chapel, witere my own clothes are
awaiting me. They dare not enter
there."
1 captured her hand again and car
ried it to iny lips.
“My name is Harry,” X answered.
“And I have never forgotten the song
in the cabin of the New Venture.”
“Thank you, iiarry,” slip relumed
with a trill of eltin laughter. "And 1
do assure you I know other songs."
With that she was gone. Yet l hud
a feeling I had never known before
that site was still with me, and I
stepped into the water with Joy in my
heart.
A score of phcps down the bunk I
found Ta-wan-iie-ars, and we crouched
under the pendant branches of a wil
low to sec who. would happen, mus
kets primed and ready.
Tile yelling In the wood Increased In
volume Ms tile False Fares followed
the course we had taken by broken
brum lies nisi footprints in tlm pine
mold. A inisslmp i figure with the
head of some faired beast squattered
into the trail and gallop'd around
nose to ground like a hound seeking e
lost scent. In a moment the ugly
head was lifted, and a howl of satis
faction greeted tlie other monstrous
shapes which Joined It. The whole
pack gave tongue and vanished up the
trail after Marjory.
Ta-wan-De-ars waited to give the
stragglers time to appear, then rose
and led the way along the hed of the
stream westward.
We walked in the water for more i
than a mile, when the stream turned
to the north and we stepped out upon
a rock and dressed. Afterward we
caught the overhanging bough of «
tree and swung ourselves onto dry
ground ulmve the hunk, never leaving
a trace of our course up to that time.
From this point we traveled on
through the forest, pursuing no settled
path, but holding to the westward in
the direction of Oswego on the shore
of the Cadarakui lake.
We did not stop until after midday.
Ta-wan-ne-ars knocked over a wild
turkey with tils tomahawk, kindled a
tire of dry sth'ks and broiled the Juicy
bird before the coals. He insisted
that I should sleep tirst, promising to
arouse me at the end of two hours
tie reckoned time, 1 should explain, by
the declension of the sun. Hut when
he tinully did arouse me the sun was
close to setting, and i saw by the
sunken look of Ids eyes that he had
not slept during his watch.
•'Why did you not wake ine?" I
asked angrily.
''Yu-wan-ne-ars had no wish for
sleep,” lie returned.
‘Nous-use," I retort, d. "You cannot
go indel'nitcly wit . nit rest."
*T hnd my thoughts for company.”
he said simply. “They are not happy
thoughts, brother. They would not let
me sleep Your search Is ended, broth
er,” he added. •
“What do you in. an?”
"The soul you sought has been
found. Il Is no longer sink."
“Mayhap,” I agreed, "hut none the
less 'tls out of reach and In great dan
ger."
“We shall save It," he encouraged
me. “Ta-wan-ne-ars knows. We must
wait. The time wid come."
He refused again to sleep, and we
ate the remainder of the turkey—our
hunger was prodigious—and pushed
on. traveling most of the night. Not
once did we see a trace of the Keep
ers, and when we halted Ta-wan-ne
ars said that we were on the marches
of the hunting grounds of the Mo
hawks.
In the late morning we killed a rah
bit, broiled and ute It Mild tramped
the virgin forest until long past sun
set. The following afternoon we
caught our tirst view of the inland sea
from a height of land, and the next
morning we sighted the stockade of
Oswego, the fort which (iovernor Bur
net had established on the shores of
the lake in his effort to divert the
far-western fur trade from the French
posts,
(Continued Next Week.)
MEN’S CLUB WILL GIVE
A PRE-LENTEN BALL
The Men’s Club of the Church of
St. Philip the Deacon will give a pre
Lenten ball at Dreamland hall, Mon
day night, February 28. Adams’
orchestra will furnish the music. It
will be one of the social events of
of the season.
OMAHA MAN LANDS GOOD JOB
Louis King, who has been manag
ing the Lincoln Inn, a summer re
sort at Lake Geneva, Wis., for five
years, and returning to his home here
during the winter,'is head waiter at
the Chelsea hotel on the Lake Shore
in Chicago, using 14 men. Mr. King
took charge on January 1st.
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GARVEY STARTS THIRD
YEAR OF IMPRISONMENT
Atlanta, Ga.—M arcus Garvey,
founder and president-general of the
Universal Negro Improvement asso
ciation, last week completed the sec
ond year of his five year’s sentence
in the federal penitentiary on a
charge of using the mails to defraud.
It is possible that the former leader
of the Garvey movement may receive
a pardon before his term has been
completed. Numerous appeals have
been made for a pardon. Garvey,
however, faces deportation upon his
release from prison.
HARLEM HOSPITAL TO
RECEIVE NEW INTERNES
New York, N. Y. — Five colored
doctors passed a recent competitive
examination for interneship at Har
lem hospital. They were Dr. Euclid
P. Ghee, of Jersey City; Dr. James
C. Whittaker, of Charleston, S. C;
Dr. Richard laurence Harvey of
New Rochelle; Dr. Robert Shaw
Wilkerson, Jr., of Orangeburge, S.
C.; and Dr. Albert F. Lynch of New
ark.
PRINCIPAL SUES PAPER
IN HOUSTON FOR LIBEL
Houston, Texas—William Leonard
Davis, acting principal of Gregory
school and prominent politician, has
filed a libel suit against the Houston
Informer, of which C. F. Richardson
is editor. The case grew out of an
editorial published in the paper re
cently. Davis charges that the ar
ticle, which was entitled “Pusillan
imous Pussyfooting Principal,” was
malicious, affecting his reputation.
NAME 12 OUTSTANDING
NEGROES IN AMERICA
Coatesville, Pa.—Twelve of the
most outstanding American Negroes
were named in a ballot taken at the
Adams school in connection with Ne
gro Industry Week. Those named
were Booker T. Washington, Roland
Hayes, Frederick Douglass, Paul
Laurence Dunbar, Henry O. Tanner,
Blanch K. Bruce, Carter Woodson,
George Carver, DeHart Hubbard
and James Weldon Johnson.
OLD FOLKS’ HOME
Mr. George Hollinger, who recent
ly became an inmate of the home is
improving nicely.
Sunday services were conducted by
the Rev. Mr. Stell.
Donations to the home include the
following: Mrs. Hall, tomatoes, jelly,
and two jars of fruit; Mrs. Taylor,
two cans of tomatoes, four glasses
of jelly, five jars of fruit; Mrs.
Webster, one jar of tomatoes, one
jar of fruit; Mrs. Strawther, one jar
of tomatoes and one glass of jelly.
NEGROES’ PETITION IS
PRESENTED TO HOUSE
Washington, D. C.—Mr. Tincher of
Kansas, recently, presented the peti
tion of the National Douglass-Lincoln
Colored American Conference to the
House of Representatives. The peti
tion urged the passage of legislation
to stop disfranchisement of colored
persons, segregation of races in inter
state traffic and lynching, and urged
that members of congress chosen
through disfranchisement not be
seated.
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL PUSHES
MAN FROM THE PATH OF AN
ONCOMING AUTO ;IS STRUCK
Dallas, Texas—The heroic act of an
eight-year-old colored girl saved a
blind white man from death under
the wheels of an automobile here last
Friday. Frances Harper, the girl,
was leading the blind man across the
street as an act of kindness when a
speeding automobile came rushing
toward them. Little Frances had to
think fast. She pushed the blind man
from the path of the machine, but
she could not get out of the way in
time herself and was struck.
The injured girl was picked up and
rushed to a hospital, where she was
found to be suffering a broken leg
and severe body injuries.
The automobile driver was charged
with driving while intoxicated. It
was said the automobile had been
stolen.
INTER RACIAL COMMISSION
ENTERS ANTI-LYNCH PLEA
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Atlanta, Ga.—A resolution asking
that the people of South Carolina
support the valiant stand of Governor
John G. Richards on the lynching of
three colored Americans at Aikens
last fall has been drafted by the
Executive Committee of Inter-racial
Co-operation. Another resoliition
adopted by the body calls attention
to the fact that in thirty lynchings on
record for 1926, there were convic
tions in only one case.
E WATERS }
BARNHART
St. Philip’s
Men’s Club
Will Give a
PRE
LENTEN
BALL
FEB.
28th
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Ed. F. Morearty, Attorney
NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT
DEFENDANT
To Marian Ward, non-resident de
fendant:
You are hereby notified that James
A. Ward, your husband, the plain
tiff, filed his petition in the District
Court of Douglas County, Nebraska,
on the ICth day of October, 1926, to
obtain an absolute divorce from you
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PROBATE NOTICE
In the matter of the esta'e of Fran
ces E. Mortimer, deceased.
Notice is hereby given: That the
creditors of said deceased will meet
the administrator of said estate, be
fore me, County Judge of Douglas
County, Nebraska, at the County
Court Room, in said County, on the
23rd day of March, 1927, and on the
23rd day of May, 1927, at 9 *’clock
A. M., each day, for the purpose of
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