Hi EIGHTH INSTALMENT "It—it Is wonderful," breathed Ellen ecstatically knowing what it would mean to Angus Mackay to have this big shipment of high-grade furs come into his post. "And I pledge myself to see that the tribes are cared for. Alt how are you going to get the car goes to the fort?" "You'll see." chuckled Whitlow. He turned to the 'breed again. "Where is Deteroux now?" The 'breed waved an arm up stream. "M'steu Deteroux, she's at dat Cree Camp on Mink Lake." Whitlow shot a swift glance at Ellen, who distinctly palad at this information. "Was John Benham there also?" demanded Whitlow. The "breed shrugged and shook his head. "I no see 'um." "Very well," nodded Whitlow curtly. He unearthed a notebook and pencil from his pack srul When You Get Ready to Sell Your Chickens This Spring, Call or Visit The BRENDLE PRODUCE CO. For Best Prices PHONE 308 ELKIN, N. C. (fifir "" I AFI EBB Modern ICE Refriger Is . . . There is no fire or explosion hazard Or A *™t P with Modern Ice Refrigeration. It is Z\ w* not charged with a poisonous gas un der pressure. Nature's own refrigerant, Safe iceman's ICE, is on the job protecting food and health. Like the still of a winter's night OFF F7 \ J r T 3 a modern ice refrigerator car- f I ries on its work. No vibration * to shorten the life of the cabinet, no sudden starting and stopping of machinery to disturb the peace of the home. St-I- DEPEND fzigeration never ceases to function. It is the most de pendable means of protecting food that has yet been devised. Power ahut-offs or blown fuses mean noth ing to a modern Ice Refrigerator. Day in and day out it is the real worry-free refrigeration. See the new models at our showroom. COLD ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH! Carolina Ice & Fuel Co. Phone 83 Elkin, N. C. 'wrote s swift message to Angus Mackay. This he tore out and loided. Then, starting with the 'breed, he went slowly over the entire crew of the boats. Each man ne stopped in front of he stared at closely and scribbled swiftly in the notebook. The men were uncomfortable, nervous, and they would not meet his eyes. When he had made a complete round Whitlow came back to the 'breed and handed to him the note he had written to Angus Mackay. "You will now head directly to Port Edson," he ordered. "These furs you will turn over to Factor Mackay there, and also deliver this message I have given you. Then you will remain at the fort until I return. If one fur is miss ing or if any man in your crew is not there to report to me—let hm beware." The 'breed nodded vehemently. "She's been as you say, M'sieu." "Good. Now start immediately." The York boats were soon, on the way, the oaks flashing in the sun. Ellen watched them until they were around the bend and out of sight. Then she looked at Whitlow. "Do you think they will really deliver the furs?" she asked doubtfully. "What's to keep them from going straight on and never showing up again?" Whitlow laughed. "This. I've worked long among the tribes and with the ignorant rivermen. Miss Mackay. If there is anything they fear it is to see you apparently writing down something about them. "Perhaps some of the more superstitious ones feel you are casting some spell over them. At any rate, they do not understand, and wMI they do not understand they fear So they'll be there every man jack of them, and the furs will be delivered quite safely. You can depend on that." "But there still remains . . ." Ellen left the sentence unfinished. "Deteroux," snapped Whitlow. "I'll tend to him now. Come Moo sac, we must hurry'." Again the canoe shot upstream, THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. BLKIN. NORTH CAROLINA Whitlow and Moosac driving it onward with smooth, powerful, sweeping strokes. The stout ma ple paddle blades creaked and hissed, and the crystal water of the river surged about the canoe in foaming whirls. Ellen, crouching tensely in her 'place, thrilled with a subdued but powerful excitement. She exulted hugely in the knowledge that John Benhim was now exonerat ed from all stigma, and she knew abysmal shame that she should ever haVe believed him capable of criminal operations. But she was eager to see Deteroux in the cus tody of the law. Two miles above where the York boats had been met, the ca noe shot through the last tugging stretch of the river and glided out upon the emerald, flawless sur face of Mink Lake. A mile away to the northeast a sloping, tree clad point jutted. In the still air just beyond the point hovered a pale cloud of smoke. Ellen pointed. "There is the camp," she stated. The cadence of the paddle quickened. Ellen glanced over her shoulder at Moosac. The old Chip pewayan had not noticed her sur vey. His eyes were fixed on that column of smoke and a strange change had come over him. Expression showed into his wrinkled, brown face. No longer did it seem flat and stupid. In stead, by some strange force of inner excitement, each feature seemed to have sharpened. There was a new cast to his head. Some thing of the cruel, rapacious lock of an eagle was there. The old man's lips were moving. He seemed to be chanting silently. Despite herself, Ellen shivered. It seemed to Ellen that in no time at all their canoe was round ing the point. The hoarse, unrec ognizable murmur of many voices reached her ears. Through the intervals of the tepees she caught sight of a surging group. No one noticed them as they landed. All eyes were on two crouching men who paddled about one another on moccasined feet. These men were stripped to the waist, their faces were bloody, their gleaming torsos splotched and carmined, and they were driving out terrific blows at one another with knotted fists. One was John Benham the other Bernard Deteroux. Ellen Mackay never knew how she reached the inner edge of that crowding circle about the two fighters. But she was there, and then it seemed that utter physical paralysis gripped her. Only her eyes were free, and she stared unwinking, she saw Ben ham whip a slashing punch which made a gory wreck of Deteroux's lips, and when Benham leaped in to follow up his advantage she saw Deteroux drive him reeling back with a wicked blow over the heart. For a moment they seemed to rest, circling each other constant ly, their eyes blazing with utter hatred; their mashed lips peeled back in animal snarls. Then they closed again with a tatoo of smashing fists. Body to body they stood locked, motion less except for the knotting and crawling muscles of their shoul ders, and their short, deep pant ing for hard-won breath. They were magnificient brutes. Like his face Deterouxs torso was bronzed and coppery. Against it Benham's skin was startingly white, gleaming like marble. 1 Something caught in Ellen's throat, and her eyes mlslfd as she saw the great livid bruMes Dcter oux's iron fists had wrought on that white skin. ► If anything, Deteroux held ihe advantage of height and bulk. The dimensions of his shoulders were terrifying, and the knotted muscles across the back of them made him seemed almost hunch ed. On the other hand, Benham's muscles were long and smooth, and even to Ellen's tutored eye there was a lithe speed in his movements that his opponent lacked. The fighters ripped apart as though by mutual consent, then stood toe to toe, slugging with a wild, ferocious* abandon. The spate of fists on hard flesh seem ed as sharp and clear as the blows of an axe. The flurry slackened, and it was John Benham who gave back. De-1 teroux, his feet wide apart and leaning slightly forward, seemed! as Immovable as a giant rock. As his opponent slipped away from him, Deteroux gave vent to a rasping snarl and leaped for- j ward. Benham, poised and ready, 1 drove him back with another crushing blow to the mouth. Again they seemed to rest a ' moment, and then both sprang anew to the conflict, and again they > stood with locked arms and I writhing muscles. Time edged on. The fighters seemed tireless. Their blows were | still terrible, club-like. Ellen man aged to tear her eyes away for a moment, and her swift, searching glance saw Whitlow standing at her side, hit eyes cold and gleam- ing with intent on" the fighters. At last Mien managed to shake off the paralysis whieh had froz en her body. She gripped Whit , low's arm. , [. , "Ston them!" she cried. "Oh stop them!" I Whitlow did not even hear her.' I With a llfctJs cry of despair, El len shrank away, and her eyes .went back to the conflict like,' steel drawn to a magnet. She was just in time to see Deteroux ex plode into a mad cataclysm of fe rocious movement. His arms wliirled, and he flung Benham from him like a child. Then he charged in with flail ing fists. They crashed into Ben ham's face and jaw with crush ing force. Benham toppled back, his,head rolling. A sigh went through the watch ing circle, a circle of savage faces gleaming with the stark madness of combat. It seemed as though Benham could not elude or recov er from that beserk charge. He was bent back helplessly, and his knees were sagging. Abruptly he caught himself, ducked into a crouch and side stepped. Deteroux, unable to halt his charge, lunged past. And Ben ham smashed him under the ear with a blow which whirled the bigger man half off his feet. Now it was Benham's turn to charge, and this time Deteroux gave way, lunging blindly from side to side, in a futile attempt to avoid the rapier blows that were cutting his face into a bloody mask. Revulsion gripped Ellen. She felt nauseated—sick. The stark brutishness of it all cast a dread ful spell over her. The hoarse, gasping, snarling breathing of the fighter?, their bloody, swollen fea tures, their grim, hate-filled, blood-rimmed eyes it was a nightmare picture to the sensitive girl. "Stop them," she cried again, her voice shrill and hysterical. "Oh—won't somebody stop them?V One person in all the group heard her. And that person was John Benham. In the midst of his advantage he stiffened, and his hands dropped at his sides. His head swung on his shoulders and his bloodshot eyes rested full on Ellen's white face. For just a moment the madness of conflict seemed to fall from ,TZ. ril • 17"• • • „;r B I Lflkin @ Kiwanian - GARLAND JOHNSON SECRETARY-TREASURER »■• O. MHO Vol. 9, No. 5 ELKIN, N. O. PUBLISHED MONTHLY NU-WAY CAFE DONT MISS THE 111 Dr. P. W. Green I I The Best Food in Town BEER AND WINES I 1 V f V BH I Optometrist Visit Us Often "®" rj rom Shugart, Kiwanian M| Wy ■ »■ ■ ■ iwanian Sydnor- *- J * *-* * Duke Power sp«nho« OF THE YEAR! 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Then she saw Detcroux's great paws wrap about John Benham's head, and saw Deterdux's steely thumbs dig into his opponent's eyes. ' A gasp of sheer agony broke from Benham's lips. A shudder rippled through liis body, and he gave way slowly, tearing frantic ally at Deteroux's wrists. Some one was shouting in Ellen's ear. It was Whitlow, and his face was white and accusing. "You little fool!" he raged. "Now Deter JUX will blind the boy —he'll blfcd hini! And it's your fault. Ellen's world reeled. John Ben ham's eyes, those clear, flawless eyes, helpless now before Deter oux's ferocious gouging. And her cry had made Benham drop his guard. She began to sob, little breathless sobs. "God!" she whis pered. "Please—God!" Continued Next Issue Aged A certain small restaurant was kept by a man who prided himself on his cooking. He was amazed to hear a young salesman criticize a pie one day. "Pie, young fellow? Why, I made pies before you were born." "O. K. But why sell 'em now?" Hugffi Royall INSURANCE FOR EVERY NEED PHONE 111 ELKIN, N. C. Farm Land-Quick Sale 5iy 4 acres of excellent farm land in Roar ing River, Wilkes County, formerly owned by Will L. Harris. Other farm properties for sale. A. L FINE Liquidating Agent, Elkin National Bank Elkin, N. C. TRIBUNE ADVERTISING GETS RESULTS! Thi«rgday, April 1&37

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