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CHAPTER IV
Synopsis: Dick Byrnes re
turned to Bison Crossing to
see his pal Will MacLeod, and
Bill’s sister, Marion. Will had
left the trading post, was
wanted for a murder he did
not commit. Marion had gone
with him to White Rock. Their
uncle, Alexander MacLeod,
sent Dick to White Rock, to de
liver a message to Nipegosis.
After Dick had left, O’Rourke
of the Royal Mounted police,
arrived at the MacLeod home.
Dick ran into a storm and had
to take shelter. He had been
followed by a half-breed Kino
ceti, who was after reward of
fered for Will’s capture. Kino
ceti shot and injured Dick in
the leg. Blackness fell. Dick
was sure his time had come.
His fingers got numb again,
white at the ends before he had
finished. The wound was not
bleeding any more, but he had
lost too much blood. The fire was
not giving out enough heat. He
could prolong the agony a little
or be prodigal with the wood, in
a final gesture. It would not be
a hard death.
He was getting sleepy anyhow.
If he flung on the last of the
fuel he could coil up in his blan
kets and, by the time the fire
had died down, he would be un
conscious, dying down also, in
his slumber.
A third thought struggled
through his tiring mind. Mac-
Leod had relied upon him to
keep this mission secret. What
about the sealed message to Ni
pegosis? Would it be delivered,
still sealed?
But then it might be too late
He must keep faith with Mac-
Leod, aside from the money. ’
The frost seemed to have got
into his brain. It too was getting
numb. Tjie skeleton hands were
about his heart again. He could
fight them off with the rest of
the wood, go to sleep comfor
table.
But—what about the letter to
Nipegosis?
There was only one thing to do
—destroy it, at the last minute.
And that was now.
Something stirred in him. His
manhood, getting its back close
to the wall, for support in a last
stand. There was not one chance
in a million of his survival, save
by magic or by miracle. But he
could still fight for a while, fight
off the growing sluggishness of
his blood, the stupidity in his
brain, and feed the fire carefuh
ly, play the game to the last
card.
When the last stick was burn
ing through he would burn the
letter—and go to sleep.
The numbness was mounting
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from where I sit... 61/ Joe Marsh
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Sam Helps with
the Dishwashing
Dropped in at the Abernathy’s
just the other evening—and there
was Sam, out in the kitchen with an
apron on, helping his missus wash
the supper dishes. (And then I
learned later he’d helped cook the
supper, too.)
Os course, Sam could have set
tled into his favorite chair, en
joyed his evening glass of beer,
and lefkall the messy kitchenwork
to Dixie. But he kind of likes her
company and she in turn cer
tainly appreciates his help.
In fact, sharing the housework
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I in his limbs, laying siege to the
body, but his wound began to
i throb in pulsing beats of pain.
The frost was getting into it.
I Well, it would help him to keep
! awake.
He pushed the unburned ends
of faggots into the central ring
! of embers. There were five sticks
; left, each about the thickness of
i his wrist, less than half the
length of his arm, a feeble bar
ricade against the inevitable
end.
Nipegosis no longer lived as
did his fathers, nor as he him
self had once lived. The tribes
had dwindled, they had blended
with the white man who had
taken away their land and who
now bound them by his own laws
instead of their own tribal stat
utes, made in wisdom and under
standing of their natures.
But there was something left,
and the leaven of it was with
Nipegosis. They did not interfere
with him. He was free to go and
come, the tribesmen were per
mitted to kill at will the game
that was still plentiful. So long
as they did not break the white
man’s laws, as set forth by the
white warriors who came mount
ed and scarlet-coated in sum
mer, by sled and afoot in win
ter, furparkaed, there was not;
much trouble.
Nipegosis no longer dreamed,
as he had when younger, of mak
ing magic and calling the war
riors to war against other tribes,
or against the whites. He wrX
very old and very wise, was Nip
egosis. He could /till make mag
ic, still hear the spirits, whisper
when he crossed the border of
their kingdom in his trances. He
could foretell the future, though
he did not care to go far, for it
made his heart heavy. Soon
there would be no more of his
race. , , .
One thing that saddened him
■ greatly was the half-breeds. His
1 pride of race would not permit
’ him to think that the trappers
’ and traders, English, French,
Scotch for the most part, with
> whom the young squaws had
mated, were of a superior race.
) He did know that the results of
• these unions almost inevitably
brought out the worst traits of
’ either side and eliminated the
- best The male breeds stole and
t lied and drank, they had no re-
- gard for the rites of their moth
; ers, they felt themselves despised
• by ’ the comrades and compa
; triots of their fathers.
f The .Old Order was changing,
s Nipegosis revealed in memories.
• His heroes were ghosts. His race
; was vanishing, his own race al
most run.
He was glad enough to live
■ now in a white man’s lodge. The
cabin he had taken over had
once been the store at White |
and the mealtime chores is sort of
a bond between them ... like shar
ing that friendly glass of beer to
gether, when the work is done. It’s
one of those little all-important
things in marriage.
From where I sit, the time that
a man and wife can spend with
each other in this busy world today
is all too precious. And the more
things they can do together, the
better.
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Rock. It was well enough built
of logs with a dirt roof and con
sisted of one. large room that was
roughly floored with planks. It
had two windows, now screened
i by frost. There was a chimney
and a big drum stove of cast
iron, left behind in the disgusted
exodus of the prospectors and
the trader. It burned wood Qf all
shapes and sorts and sizes, and
threw out a radiant heat that
was comforting to the old bones
of Nipegosis.
There were odds and ends of
furnishings, including a counter
and shelves. Firewood was piled
high—short logs, chunks, split
up roots and pine knots. The
tribesmen of Nipegosis had done
this against the long winter for
their ‘Conjuror. They did not
treat him as it had been the cus
tom to treat other elders who
could no longer provide for
themselves.
Old Nipegosis was a wizard
still. They had seen wonderful
things he had performed and I
heard of more. They still regard
ed him with an inherent super
stitious awe. The breeds might
jeer at him, but the bloods knew
misfortune would overtake them
if they neglected Nipegosis.
He had no disciples. He was
I the last Conjuror of his tribe. He
! was very old and he had little
strength. His head, projecting
from the blanket that enveloped
him, was bald and looked like
the head of a turtle with its
prominent nose, beady, filmy
eyes and skin like water-soaked
and sun-dried leather. His hand
shook as he filled and lit his
pipe. After the exertion of put
ting a chunk in the stove he sat
exhausted, trembling.
Old, very old, and very wise.
The success of his magic came
a great deal from his long know
ledge of the ways of men and
of nature. It is possible that in
his trances his subconscious
mind worked out various prob
lems and announced prophecies
based upon observation long
stored, released by the state of
swoon, with the vital functions
very low but the subnormal brain
alert.
Many of his predictions had
come true, more and more as
his years advanced. Magic is the
secret of the unknown and, with
out question, Nipegosis had ways
and means of obtaining knowl
edge that others could not guess.
Add such matters to his own in
nate wisdom and he produced
wizardry.
There were few occasions now
upon which to practice it, few to
witness it, even when the rem
nants of the tribe made White
Rock their headquarters in the
spring, summer and fall. But
i the room was stocked with the
paraphernalia of his profession,
gathered through scores of years,
inherited, some of it.
Skulls of bear and bison paint
ed with various devices, old bas
, kets whose patterns were runes.
! Rattles, war clubs and toma
j hawks with which to fight the
evil spirits. Medicine drums,
carved spears and wands of cere
mony, decorated with turfts of
feathers. Wooden bowls carved
in weird designs. Flumed bon
nets, masks that represented
totem birds and beasts, set with
teeth carved from cachalot ivory,
eyed with shell nacre brought
from the Big Salt Water to the
West. Empty shells of terrapin,
antlers, curiously twisted growth
of trees, medicine bags, herbs,
skins of marten and ermine.
Mats and blankets. A totem pole,
carved and painted, that reached
to the ibof—the family tree Qf
Nipegosis.
An hour before, an Indian had
driven his dog sled very swiftly
through the deserted street of
White Rock am? left with the
Conjuror the hind quarters .of a
freshly killed moose. It was tri
bute as much as kindly service.
He spoke briefly and vanished in
the growing dusk. Marion Mac-
Leod did not see him, busy in
the cabin she and her brother
occupied. Will MacLeod was out
after game himself, to feed his
dogs.
Marion set out food for him
on the back of their stove against
his return, ate her own supper,
I filled a pail with broth for Nipe
j gosis, took a lantern and went to
the wizard’s house, close-wrap
ped against the bitter cold. She
had been calling on Nipegosis at
least once a day since their ar
rival. A trader’s liiece, born to
listen to ,it, she could speak his
tongue well enough, as could her
brother; though Nipegosis some
times used words and strung
phrases she could not under
stand, scraps of a dying tongue
already discarded by the present
generation.
She knew nothing of the moose
quarters. The wind had filled in
the light trail of runners and
paws with drift.
Light showed dimly through
the ice-glazed ‘ windows of the
Conjuror’s house. His two lamps
were qf stone, with animal fat
for fuel and elder pitch for the
wicks. Through a chink or two
the fire glared from the stove.
The place smelled like a mu
seum.
A blanket had been thrown
over the meat by the hunter at
the request of Nipegosis. He did
not care to have it known that
he had had a visitor, that he
had received news. Such knowl
edge might be turned to power
and, while there might be none
to practice it upon, old custom
swung him to secrecy.
What he, thought of the white
girl, of her brother, he did not
reveal. He did not show what he
might know about their affairs
nor even their identities. Un
doubtedly he knew a great deal,
one way and another.
Will MacLeod approved of his
sister’s visits. Hu had a reason
for that. If Nipegosis opened up
he might help him a great deal
in the matter that had made him
choose White Rock for a hiding
place, provided he could win the
wizard’s gratitude or friendship.
It was certain that Nipegosis
would not be ungrateful, would
not care to remain under an ob
ligation so long as he was nor
mal, but Will MacLeod wanted
something Nipegosis might well
consider far too great.
(To Be Continued)
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FOR SALE—I 939 Ford pick-up,
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2 good houses back of the new
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2 houses at Pennville, large lots.
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Price, $75. Roy Dawson,
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4-room house with 10 acres of
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FOR SALE—One 1936 Ford tudor,
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Auction
400 BUILDING LOTS
5 Building Lots Facing Highway 27
One Mile South of Trion in Dickeyville
THIS PROPERTY JOINS THE CITY LIMITS OF
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SIGNS ON PROPERTY
Will Be Sold for the Highest Dollar Bid—
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For Further Information See:
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One Mile South of Trion)
Thursday, June 26, 1947
FOR SALE—One four-disc Johtj
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H. C. Elrod, Lyerly, Route 2.
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