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Sy JL Allan Dunn
CHAPTER Xn
SYNOPSIS:— Will Macleod un
justly accused of murder fled to
White Rock with his sister. Dick
Byrne on way to deliver a mes
sage to Nipegosis was severely
wounded by Klnoceti. He was
found and taken to their cottage
by Bill and Marlon. Soon after
Bill left to hide in the cave the
Mounty arrived. Shortly after
wards Klnoceti and his three
ikfriends attacked th$ cottage Dick
"went after Bill. When they re
turned Bill said he bed proof that
Klnoceti had killed Regnler Kino
ceti and his friends made another
attempt to rush the cottage.
“I left here for Stony River
Caves when I knew you were
coming. I got there, crossed the
river, unhitched, and was taking
the dogs up to the cave with the
hot spring to keep them warm
and to wash their feet in the hot
water after the bad going. My
lead dog—she is a smart animal,
and she doesA’t fool with rabbits
—spots something back of a clump
of low evergreens.
“I’ve got my rifle in the case
against frost,'but I had my auto
matic. I stirred up an Indian.
Full-blood. Name of Suni. The
dog kept snarling at him, and I
called her off and marched Suni
up to the cave.
“He wouldn’t talk. It was plain
he was spotted there to watch me.
I talk Indian well enough, and
I knew enough about ’em to
know that while they use the
caves, even use the water, you
wouldn’t catch one of ’em fljive in
it after dark. They think spirits
Rlive there.
* “Suni got uneasy around dusk. I
He wanted to bolt There was I
my automatic and there was Au
rora my lead dog. She was worth
a battery right then. She watched
him all the time.
“I had cold grub, and I didn’t
light a fire. I gave Suni some food,
but he wouldn’t eat. I couldn’t
blame him. I want to tell you that
the noises that spring makes are
a bit blood-curdling even when
you know what causes them. But
with the moon rising and shining
in on those stalactites and stalag
mites it’s a great stage effect.
One of the overheads fell and
Suni leaped like a rocket.
‘That finished him. He’d been
mulling tilings over all the time,
of course. He came clean, Kinoceti
had left him to watch me, so he
could claim, the reward for giv
ing me away to you—to the post.
You were on the way. And Kino
ceti was sore at Marion for some
thing she had said to him once—
Ptoor/ i of course that was just a
blind—and he was going to get
even with her.
“ Well, that settled it. I went
after him hard for a few minutes.
Aurora helped — a lot. He said
that Kinoceti had stolen my knife
and killed Regnier. The tribe
knew it, but they would not give
him away to a white man.”
“Go on, MacLeod,” said O’-!
Rourke. “I want to get to the
finish of this.”
“There’s not much more. I got
my things together. 'The dogs
were a bit tired and hard to
handle, but I harnessed them. I
tied up Suni, and then Byrne
showed. We left Suni for my ace
in the hole. I don’t think he’ll go
back on the confession. You know
the rest.”
“My hand’s out to you, Mac
Leod,” said O’Rourke. “You didn’t
know how I’d take this tale of
Suni’s. You’d have come anyway
to help your sister.” He peered
out the window. “Say, I wonder
if those devils—Come on!” He
lumped toward the door. “I’ve an
idea Nipegosis may be needing
us!”
They heard groans when they
got to the Conjuror’s house. Kino- j
ceti was right. He knew wizards. I
He and his men had crept in on
the shaman unawares. Three of
them: Kinoceti, another and a
third breed, whose leg was bound
up and who was none the more
merciful for it. Kinoceti, too, was
blood-stained. ' ,
Nipegosis had no time to use
his tricks, to beat his drums, to I
go into a trance and throw his
voice, using hidden knowledge.
He was only an old man in the
rude hands of maruders and mur
derers But he was Nipegosis!
And he mocked them, even as
they heated his iron skillett and
threatened him. He mocked them
when it seared his flesh, not
deeply at first, by Kiooceti’s or
ders. He cursed them, also, and al
most made them give up their
purpose. Only the “caribou” in
them kept them to it, and Kino
ceti’s gibes.
Even he had qualms that were
part of his being, handed down to
him from ancestors who believed
in ghosts.
That superstition the need to
get away from White Rock, where
the cursed sergeant of the Moun
ties had won out. where things
had happened not at all according
to his calculations, tied up with
his mounting rage; made Kinoceti
give an order.
“Set the pan on his bqlly! Bum
the stomach out of him! He is
only a man who claims he is a
wizard. If you won’t I will.”
He seized the red-hot skillet
from the top of the stove and
lowered it Nipegosis’s will held
firm. He would not tell about the
gold, but he shrank from the
glowing metal. He was very old
—and he mbaned while he strove
to check those involuntary sounds
weak, and it was hard to control
DEBR—Tk* Btvtngt »f Madnatitw
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Let’s Take A Look
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' at the
Brewers Foundation
Question*. What !■ the chief function of A*
North Carolina Committee of the Foundation?
!Tinswer: To see to it that beer and ale are re
tailed under conditions in keeping with the strict
demands of. public opinion and the high stand*
ards of the brewing industry itself,
Question: How are the Committee’s aims
accomplished?
Answer: Field men visit beer outlets regular
ly. If undesirable conditions are found, dealers
are advised. Most dealers want to cooperate and
welcome suggested improvements,
Question*. Suppose these suggestions are not
earned out? x
Answer: The retailer is reported *> the ft.
••nsing authority having jurisdiction, with a re*.
beer, pleas*
onh reputable placet.
from shame But he was old and
both mind and body.
“You won’t talk? You won’t?"
shouted Kinoceti in a frenzy,
“Then I’ll broil ypu alive.”
The door was thrust open. A
sudden gun barked. Kinoceti
dropped the cherry red / pan,
whirled about, spinning like a
run-down top, fell with a bullet in
his brain.
O’Rourke, with his still smok
ing gun, Byrne, and Will Mac
Leod covered the other two.
There was a sickening smell of
scorching flesh. O’Rourke lifted
Kinoceti’s head from the skillet
with his foot. The two breeds
cowered. Nipegosis shuddered and
sat up. He could not stand yet.
This had cut his last remaining
tenure of life in half. Yet he was
thankful.
“We’ll send Marion over to
him,” suggested MacLeod. “Take
these two birds along.”
“Wait,” said Nopegosis hoarse
ly. “Wait! They should be killed.
I hope the white man’s justice
sees them killed since mine is no
longer powerful. But—now that
Kinoceti lies dead—I will say
what I have wished to say before,
only the ways of my tribe for
bade it. It was he who killed Jac
ques Regnier. I, Nipegosis, say
this, and can prove it at the white
man’s tribunal.
“I say more. These dogs came to
me, seeking to find the secret of
'the white rock that carries gold
and which the white men have
lost. I gave it once to a kinsman,
who is dead. I will give it again
to those who have aided me. To
the maid who is your sister, Mak
liodo, to you, and to this soldier
of the white man’s king.’’ '
"Not to' me” said O’Rourke.
“Regulations all against it. I’m
turning my share oVer to Dick
Byrne.”,,
“Dick Byrne? Why to him? Not
that he’s not a swell chap; but I
did not think you knew him,”
said,Will MacLeod.
“Why? Because he’s a good
man,” said O’Rourke convincing
ly. “Because I don’t need it. Be
cause' it’ll all stay in the family,
where it belongs. Your sister is
going to marry him. And more
power td all of you! Walk out,
ahead of me you coyotes,” he
said to the breeds. “I haven’t got
handcuffs to go around, but we’ll
hogtie you. I’ll take that half
breed carcass out of here in a
little while, Nipegosis,” he added
as he swanked out.
“More power to them — and
more to you Tim O’Rourke.” he
told himself. “You should be
proud this day. You’ll take bade
the man who killed Regnier. Dead,
but delivered. You’ve got the
glamour of a pair of blue eyes—
bluer they are than ever Shannon
flowed—out of your brain!
There’s an innocent man feet free.
A dower handed over. Dick Byrne
will make her a fine husband.
She’ll set him where he belongs.
Some day I’ll be dandling their
children, if the saints give me
grpf’p!
“I’ll.stop- off on the wav Lack
and have that drink with The
MacLeod I had to refuse on the
way up. And, unless Fm badly
mistaken, we’ll not be quarreling
over the toast.” THE END
Obituary
Captola Beeves
Captola Reeves, daughter of
Elmore and Tilda Maines, was
born March 12, 1912, and departed
this life, Sunday morning, Aug
ust 24, 1947, about eight o’clock,
making her stay on earth, 35
years, 5 month and 12 days.
On June 12, 1928, she was hap
ily-married to Willard H. Reeves.
To this union were bom 5 daugh
ters, Irene, Edith, Reva, Sylvia
Jane and Frances.
She professed faith in Christ
early in life. She united with the
Primitive Bptist church in 1942.
She leaves to mourn her pas
sing her devoted husband, five
daughters, her father and the
following brothers and sisters:
Mrs. Ber/' Montgomery, Mrs.
Myrtle Moxley, Mrs. Edith Hamm,
Owen Maines, Sam Maines, Arno
Maines and Talmadge Maines,
all of Sparta, also a host of relati
veg and friends.
It has been my privilege to
visit in her home many times,
during the past 20 years, espec
ially during the past 2 years,
during which time she had been
confined to her room, bed or hos
pital almost continuously. It was
|*a great inspiration to listen to
the good advice, she gave to her
family and friends, and also to
hear her talk of the Great Be
yond, and many times was heard
to say that she was not afraid
to die. The only regret she seem
ed to have of departing this life,
was that of leaving her family
and friends.
She was a consecrated Christ
ian. a devoted companion, a
wonderful mother and a friend
to all.
The fine character and traits
of her five daughters, speak
more for her life, than could pos
sibly be written. It is doubtful
if a family of children could be
found, who honored father and
mother more than these. She bore
her lbng afflictions, almost with
out a murmur or complaint.
All that human hands could
do to make life more pleasant
for her, during her illness was
done py her devoted husband and
children.
Let us weep not at her passing,
but rather let 'us rejoice in the
memory of the life she lived, and
her. wonderful testimony of that
Heavenly Home beyond this veil
of tears.
We do not understand why dka
was tanen So early in life, hut
the Bible teaches that all
work together, for good, to those
who love the Lord.
Written by a friend
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OUR WANTS
ADS ARE
SMALL
bat they get
NOTICED
SPARTA PIPES, INC.
WE ARE BUYING WELL TRIMMED
IVY AND LAUREL BURLS FOR IM
MEDIATE DELIVERY AND CON
TRACTING ONLY 1,000 TONS FOR
1947.
Sparta Pipes, Inc,
TEL. 15 — SPARTA, N. C.
Feedlots Are Food Factories %
Now, with the approach of fell, isr ^
the endless streams of cattle and
lambs flow down out of the high summer
pastures. Last spring’s pigs soon will be
an the way to market. The sorting lots and
corrals will soon he busy.
In the valleys and plains the feedlots begin to
flU. They dam back some of this fell flood of
animals ... You who feed livestock know well
how important this ie. You realize that it helps
avoid periods of glut and scarcity, by stretching
out., over months, the time of marketing. You
know, too, bov» such year ’round marketing
serves to lessen big "feast-or-famine” price fluc
tuations And who should understand better than
you how the feedlots of America add millions of
pounds to the nation’s meat supply? '
Feedlots save for die land much of die fertility
UA'ich he selling o] grain crops and hay would take
out, of the land. For example, you sell a steer
that has gained 500 pounds in your feedlot. You
are selling off your land only about 12J4 pounds
of nitrogen, 3 oounds of phosphorus, 1 pound of
potash, which his body has absorbed out of your
feeds. But suppose you woe to sell as cash crops
the grain and hay which you put into that steer.
Then you would deplete your soil of about seven
times at much nitrogen, four times as much phos
SAUSAGE AND LIMA QEAN CASSEROLE
1 pound pur* pork sausage 14 cup chop pud onion
1 Vi cups dned lima boons 14 teaspoon dry mustard
(3V4 cups cooked) 1 (teaspoon salt
3 cups hot water Hi cup tomato juice
Soak beans in. hot water for 8 to 10 hours. Simmer beans about
V/i hours in the same water in which they were soaked. Brown
naif of the sausage and the onion, stirring lightly. Drain off
excess fat. Combine cooked beans, browned sausage, onion,
mustard, and salt. Place in a one-quart casserole. Make ten
small bolls from remaining sausage meat. Place on top of hot
bean mixture. Pour tomato juice over beans. Bake in a covered
casseroie in a slow oven (325° P.) for 45 minutes. Uncover.
WINTER FEEDING AFFECTS SUMMER GAINS
Summer gains made by yearling steera on graas vary with
to thia question, *How much should celves gain
the winter months in order to make the best use <
the fbUowiniz summer?’*
Six lota o? choice calves were used in the tc*1
were fed to gain at throe different rates—high (1.3
per heed dally); medium (about 1 pound-par head
phorus, and twenty times as much potash.
Keeping the soil fertile through use of manure
from livestock is only one factor in judging
whether "feeding” is likely to be a profitable
venture. There are many others which are being
constantly studied by individuals, colleges, and
Experiment stations. In every feeding area they
are trying out new rations, watching costs, plug
ging "leaks,” developing more efficient feeding
techniques, So if you are feeding livestock, or
are considering it, it may be worth your while
to consult your county agent, vocational agricul
ture teacher, or state' agricultural college. Ask
them what they have that’s new in up-to-the
minute feeding information... maybe you’ll find
some new wrinkle that will lower your costs, in
crease your profit possibilities.
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OUR CITY COUSIN
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Asks little cousin,
city-bom,
"Do Indians use
wigwaifa of com?"
How many
Meat Packers?
Here's an interesting thing to note.
There is, on an average, more than
1,000 miles between the point where
livestock is raised and the mint vham
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New “Slant” Saves Pigs
Farrowing pens with sloping
floors are the answer to clumsy
sows that step or lie on baby
pigs. The slant of the floor takes
advantage of the natural tend
ency of sows to lie with their
uac&a uuimi, wane tne uny oaDy pigs rum Die down-*
hill safely out of her way. Used extensively in Ken
tucky, sloping floors have cut baby pig losses to o*fy
one out of thirty, according to W. P. Garrigua of tbs
University of Kentucky, fife writes:
“Crushing or crippling by brood sows is the chief
cause of pig losses. Normally, one out of every fr-n
new-born pigs is doomed to be mashed o» severely
crippled by clumsy, awkward brood sows the
day or so after farrowing. This loss to the
indurtry adds up to a staggering total. Accordfag to
the United States Department of Agriculture, nek
mg killed at farrowing represents a loss of 140 pounds
of the feed consumed by the sow during tbs gsntstiuu
and suckling periods. Figuring two pigs HM to ^
litter, this loss in one-year alone, 1944, cost hog ww
75 million dollars.
“Very little of this tremendous loss needs to bo
tolerated. Three years of experimentation nbner
vation of herd tests in Kentuc 'ey show that sows far
-_-- vjr mum U1BI>
rowjngjin sloping noore raised^ from one to four pig
more thin when they farrowed on levd floors. Ui w
Kentucky farms where records have been kept, with
385 litters, an average of only one nir out of 30 far.
rowea nas oeen crushed on sloping noon.
The College of Agriculture, University at
Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., has detailed jnfb*.
mation .on sloping floors for farrowing pm,
instructions for bunding, etc. *
Soda Bill Sex: ...it doesn't take much (
of a horse to pull a load downhill.
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