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0 THE ILL. ESHSHSH^SSSQ HUUBI1 I frf rtTff rr f rrrrri mi .[.[ •••»M»«i.«lliii.ii«ilitM««Mm»>»M»M>>i«>»>ii!i«i»»MMW«i .• , '•%• :? iv m_. *,«>* .4 --»•• :$n± Jl Romance of the, Bl lack Hawk War RANDALL PARRISH Author oi ^Mftrebend," "Shea of Ik* Irish BricaJ* *WU WildanMw Wm King." «tc. ILLUSTRATJONS BY IRWIN MYERS Copyright by A. C. McCtant ft Co. WMmm w&m A ROMANCE OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR "The Devil's Own" is a stirring tale of the stirring frontier days •f tiie middle West--of the Mississippi river in the exciting times of the Black Hawk war of the early thirties. This is the famous Indian war in which Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln, future presidents of the United States, and Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederacy, all took part On the Indian side were Black Hawk and Keokuk, two strong and able Indian chiefs--one the bitter enemy of the White Man. the other his consistent friend. ^ The characters are typical of the time and the place--Knox, the hero, army officer; Beaucaire, the aristocratic planter and slave-owner, and his fascinating daughter; Kirby (The Devil's Own) gambler and desperado. And interwoven with it ail is the slavery question. Randall Parrish, the author, is one of the popular writer* of the day. He knows the country and the time. And he gives us action, always action. Love, fighting and adventure--all are in this t*lfcs in generous measure. CHAPTER I. " > At Old Fort Armstrong , • ? '" It was the tnirly springtiine. find my, history tells me the year whs 1S32, although now that set'ins so far away I almost hesitate to write the date. It t appears surprising that through the haze of all those intervening years-- intensely active years with mv--I should now be able to recall so clearly the scene of that, far-off morning of my youth, and depict in Memory each minor detail. Yet, as you read on. and realize yourself the stirring events resalting from that Idle moment, yon may be able to comprehend the deep Impression left upon my mind, which ao cycle of time could ever erase. I was barely twenty then, a strong, almost headstrong boy, and the far wilderness was still very new to me, although for two years past 1 had held army commission and beon assigned to duty In frontier forts. Yet never pre- Yiously had I been stationed at quite ao Isolated an outpost oif civilization as was this combination of rock and log defense erected at the southern extremity, of Rock Island, fairly marooned amid the sweep of the great river. with Indian-haunted land stretching for leagues on every side. • mere handful of troops was quartered there, technically two companies of infantry, yet numbering barely enough for one; and this in spite of rumors dally drifting to us th°-' the Sacs and Foxes, with their main village just below, were already becoming restless and warlike, inflamed by the slow approach of white settlers Into the valley of the Rock. Indeed, ao short was the garrison of officers, that the harassed commander had ventured to retain me for field service, in aptte of the fact that I was detailed to staff duty, had borne dispatches up the Mississippi from General Gaines and expected to return again by the first boat. The morning was one of deep-blue Mcy and bright sunshine. As soon as early drill ended I had left the fort enclosure and sought a lonely perch oa the great rock above the mouth of the cave. Below, extended a magnificent river, fully a mile wide from shore to shore, unbroken in its vast sweep toward the sea except for a few amall willow-studded islands a mile or two away. Over there, in the near shadow of thaRock Valley, was where Black Hawk, dissatisfied, revengeful, dwelt with his British band, gathering swiftly about him the younger, fight • lag warriors of every tribe his influunusuiilly well dressed, the latter exceedingly natty and fashionable in attire, rat her overiy so, I thought, w hile the former wore a long coat and high white'stock. Involuntarily I had placed , them in my mind as river gamblers, but wp.3 still observing their movements with some curiosity when Captain Throckmorton crossed the gangplank and began ascending the steep bluff. The path to be followed led directly past where I was sitting and, recognizing me, he stopped to * exchange greetings. "What! have you finished your day's work already, lieutenant?" he exclaimed pleasantly. "Mine has only just begun." . "So I observe. . It was garrison talk last night that the Warrior.was to depart at daylight." "That was the plan. However, the Wanderer went north during the :hr," he explained, "and brought mail from below, so we are being held for the return letters. I am going up to the office now." My eyes returned to the scene fie-; low. 'You have some passengers aboard." 'A few; picked up several at the lead mines, besides those aboard from Prairie <lu Cliien." 'Evidently all of your passengers are not miners, captaili," I ventured. "Those two standing there at th<» stern, for instance." He turned and looked. "No," he said; "that big man is Judge Beaucaire, from Missouri. He has a plantation just above St. Louis, an old French grant. Of course you know the younger one." «, "Never saw him before." "Then you have never traveled much on the lower river. That's Joe Kirby." "Joe Kirby?"' "Certainly ; you must have heard of ,1.1m. First tlm^ I ever knew of his drifting so^far north, as there are not many pickings up here. Have rather suspected he might be laying for Beaucaire, but the two haven\ (ouehed a card coming down." "He is a gambler, then?" "A thoroughbred; works between St. Louis and New Orleans. I can't just figure out yet what he is doing up here. I asked him flat out, but he only laughed, and he isn't the sort of man' yoir get very friendly with, some say he has Indian blood in him, so I dropped it. He and the judge seem pretty thick, and they may be playing in their rooms. See you again before we leave; am going up now to have a talk with the major." My eyes followed as he disappeared within the open gates, a squatty, strongly built figure, the blue smoke from his pipe circling in a cloud above This head. Ha Had Been at fhe Fort out Two Days Before^; turn Indian.' Straight, Tacience could reach. He had been at the fort but two days before, a tall, straight, taciturn Indian; no chief by birth, yet a born leader of men, defiant in speech and insolent of demeanor in spite of the presence also at the council of his people's true representative, the silent, cautious Keokuk. Even with my small knowledge of such things it was plain enough to be seen there existed deadly hatred between these two, and that Keokuk's desire for peace .with the whites alone postponed an outbreak. Already tales reached us of encroaching settlers advancing along the valley, and of savage, retaliating raids which could only .terminate in armed encounters; That Keokuk could continue to control his people no longer seemed probable to me, for the Hawk was evidently the stronger character offtht two, possessed the larger following and made no attempt to conceal the depth of his hatred for all things American. Down below where I sat a little rlv er steamboat was tied to the wharf, a dingy steriuwheeler, with the word "Warrior" painted across the pilot house. My eyes and thoughts turned that way. Standing alone together near the stern were a lieavll^-built man with white hair and beard, and a younger, rather slender fellow, with black muatachsb Both were '.4# " ... . fr'WThen I turned idly to gaze once again down the river and observe the groups loitering below. Assuredly it was none of my affair, und yet a certain curiosity caused me to observe the movements of the two so long as they remained on deck. However, it was but a short while before both retired to the cabin, and then my gaze returned once more to the sullen sweep of water, while my thoughts drifted far away. • A soldier was within a few feet of me and had spoken before I was even aware of his approach. "Lieutenant Knox." I looked about quickly, (recognizing the major's orderly. "Yes, Sanders, what is It?" "Major Bliss requests, sir, thai you report at his office at once." Wondering what might be desired of me, yet with no conception of the reality, I followed after the orderly through the stockade gate, and across the small parade ground toward the more pretentious structure occupied by the officers of the garrison. * A number of soldiers off duty were loitering, in front of the barracks, while a small group of officers oecu pied chairs on the log porch of their quarters, enjoying the warmth of th^ sun. I greeted these -as I passed, conscious that their eyes followed me curiously as I approached the commandant's office. . Major Bliss glanced up it my entrance, with deep-set eyes hidden beneath bushy gray eyebrows, his smooth-shaven face appearing almost youthful in contrast with wealth of gray hftir. How long have you been here at Armstrong, lieutenant?" he ques tioned, toying with un official-looking paper in his hands. "Only about three weeks, sir. came north on the Enterprise, with dispatches from General Gaines.' I remember; you belong to the Fifth, and without orders, I promptly dragooned you into garrison service. His eyes laughed. ' Only sorry I can not hold you any longer. It,se<ems you have an application pending for a fur has been considerable delay evidently in locating you." A sudden vision arose before me of my mother's face and of the old home among the hills as I took the paper from his extended hands and glanced st the printed and written tines. • "The date is a month ago.** " "That need not trouble you, Knox. The furlough begins with this delivery. However, as I shall require your services as far as St. Louis, I shall date this acceptance fromCthe time, of your arrival there." "Which is very kind, sir." "ffot nt all. You have proven of considerable assistance here, and I shall part from you with regret. I have letters for Governor Clark of Missouri and Governor Reynolds of Illinois; also one to General Atkinson at Jefferson barracks, detailing my views on the present Indian situation. These are confidential, and I hesitate to intrust them to the regular mail service. I had Intended sending them down river In charge of a noncommissioned officer, hut shall now utilize your services instead--that vis If yoa< are willing to assume their Care?" ' "Very gladly, of course." "I thought as much. Each of these Is to be delivered in person. Captain Throckmorton informs me that he will be prepared to depart within an hour. You can-he ready in that time?'^ * I smiled. "In much less. I have little witb ! me hut a field kit, sir. It will Hot require long to pack that." "Then return here at the first whistle and the letters will be ready for you That will be all now. Travel as a civilian if you please, lieutenant, bir I suggest it will be well to wear the uniform of your rank when you deliver the letters." Fifteen minutes sufficed to gather together all my belongings and change from blue into gray, and, as I emerged from quarters, the officers of the garrison flocked about me with words of congratulation and innumerable questions. Universal envy of my good fortune was evident, but this assumed no unpleasant form, although much was said express their belief lnumy early return. I shook hands all around, and left them, hastening across the parade to the office. Ten minutes later I crossed the gangplank and put foot for the first time on the deck of the Warrior. Evidently the crew had been awaiting my arrival to push off, for instantly the whistle shrieked again, and immediately after the boat began to churn its way out into the river current, with bow pointing down stream. Throckmorton leaned out from the open window of the pilot house and hailed me. "Put your dunnage In the third cabin, Knox--here, you, Sam, lay hold and help." It was nothing ,to boast of, thai third cabin, being a mere hole, measuring possibly about four feet by seven, but sufficient for sleeping quarters, and was reasonably clean. It failed, however, in attractiveness sufficient to keep me below, and as soon as I had deposited my bag and indulged in a somewhat captious scrutiny of the bedding I very willingly returned to the outside and clambered up a steep ladder to she upper deck. Judge Beaucaire was standing at the low rail. 4;*Pur eyes met Inquiringly, and he bowed with all the ceremony of the old school. "A new passenger on board, I think, sir," and his deep, resonant voice left a pleasant Impression. "You must have joined our company at Fort Armstrong?" "Your supposition Is correct," I answered, some peculiar constraint preventing me frotn referring to my military rank. "My name is Knox, and I have been about the Island for a few weeks. I believe you are Judge Beaucaire of Missouri?" He was a splendidly proportioned man, with deep chest, great breadth of shoulders and strong individual face, yet bearing unmistakable signs of dissipation, together with numerous marks of both care and age. "I feel the honor of your recognition, sir," he said with dignity. "Knox, I believe you said? Of the Knox family at Cape Girardeau, may I Inquire?" No connection to tny knowledge; my home was at Wheeling." Ah! I have never been that far east; indeed the extent of my travels along the beautiful Ohio has only been to the Falls. The Beaucalres were originally fr^m Louisiana.' You must have been among; tl^ earlier settlers of Missouri?" Before the Americans came, sir, proudly. "My grandfather arrived at Beaucaire Landing during the old French regime; but doubtless you know all this?" No, judge," I answered, recognizing the egotism of the man but believing frankness to be the best foljcy. "This The Judge smiled. "Quite true. Thl3 grant of ours was practically his last official act. Alphonse de Beaucaire took possession In 1712, one hundred and twenty years ago, sir. I was myself born at Beaucaire sixty-eight years ago." ft "I should have guessed you as ten years younger. And the estate still remains In its original grant?" The smile of condescension deserted his eyes, and his thin Hps pressed tightly together. "I--I regret not; many of the later years have proven disastrous In [the extreme," he admitted, hesitatingly. "You will pardon me, sir. If I decline to discuss misfortune. Ah. Monsieur Kirby! I have been awaiting you. Have you met with this young man who came aboard at Fort Armstrong? I--I am unable to recall the name." "Steven Knox." I felt the firm, strong grip of the other's hand, and looked straight into his dark eye«. They were like a mask mad gambling current in St. Louis. . .. "Have you ever been at Beaucalrt^ captain?" I asked. "We always stop at the landing, but I have only once been up this Cliff to where the house stands. The Judge was away from home--in St. Louis, I believe--the day of my visit. He had sold me some timber, and I went out MRM FLAMES) DIES FROM BURNSi with the family lawyer, a man named i rible burns. Uses Gas Heater Instead of Electric Drier After Swim. . ,r ; - • -y; £»* * ' ' - tirtNVELoir«D Friends Attempt to fiescue Victim In Vain--Death Due Chiefly to 8ttock, Musicians 8ay--Inhaled Gas Fumea. Pittsburgh.--A few minutes after little Miss Eleanor Asher scrambled merrily out of a swimming pool, she lay dying from shock caused by ter- "Rather a Dull Lot on Board--Miners and Such Cattle.": - The face was long, firm-jawed, slightly swarthy, a tightly clipped black mustache shadowing the upper lip. It was a reckless face, yet appeared carved from marble. "Exceedingly pleased to meet you," herald carelessly. "Rather a dull lot on board--miners and such cattle. <Jound for St. Louis?" "Yes--and beyond." ^ > "Shall see more of yon than. Well, Judge, how do you feel? Cacver and McAfee are waiting for us down below." The two disappeared together down the ladder and I was again left alone in my occupancy of the upper deck. CHAPTER II. Haines, living at the landing, to lopk it over." • • . - , "The bouse \yna elosgdT* • if "No; it is never closed. The house* keeper was there, and also the two daughters." "Daughters!?** , "Certainly; hadn't I told you about them? Both girls are accepted as his daughters; but, If all I have heard Is true, one must be his granddaughter." He paused remlnlscently, his eyes on the river. "Haines told me a number of strange things about that family I had never heard before," he admitted at last. "You see he has known them for years, and attended to most of Heaucalre's legal business. This is nbout how the story runs, as he told It. It wasn't generally known, but it seems that Lucius Beaucaire has been married twice--the first time to a Creole girl In New Orleans when he was scarcely more than a boy. Nobody now living probably knows whatever became of her, but likely she died early; anyway she never came north, or has since been heard from. The important part is that she gave birth to a son, who remained in New Orleans, probably In her care, until he was fourteen or fifteen years old. Then some occurrence, possibly his mother's death, caused the judge to send for !he lad, whose name was Adelbert, ;ind had him brought to Missouri. All ihis happened before Haines settled at the Landing, and previous to Beau- (•aire's second marriage to Mademoiselle Menard. Bert, as the boy was called, grew up wild, and father and son quarreled so continuously that fins/ly, and before he was twenty, thq latter ran away, and has never beeri heard of since--simply disappeared, anjd no one knows to this day whether4 he is alive or dead. At loast If Judger Beaucaire ever received any wonjfrom him he never confessed as much to Haines. However, the boy left J>e»^ hind tangible evidence of his exist-" ence." X , Her hair caught fire while she was drying it over a gas heater at the Ablngton Y. M. C. A. and her death occurred In the Ablngton hospital. Miss Asher, who was fifteen years of age, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney S. Asher, 1858 North Sixtieth street. At present they are occupying their summer home at Noble. The Y. M. C. A.' which is in York road neaf* Susquehanna road, is given over to girls and women three nights of the week. Friday night was girls' night, and Miss Asher wgnt over for 4 swim. Laughing gayly after her plunge. Miss Asher went down to the locker room to dry her hair. There are two electric ha|r driers ip the» room, but the young women have found that the four gas heaters installed by Y. M. C. A. during the season of coal shortage, for the purpose of taking the chill off of the room, dry hair more quickly than do the electric driers. Their use, however, has been against the house rules. Flames Envelop Head. Hiss Asher used the gas beate# Friday night. She chatted pleasantly with the girls about her, as she lowered her head to the heater. Suddenly her head was enveloped in flames. The strands of hea- long brown hair had touched the blue fire of the gas. Miss Asher screamed flhd rushed wildly about the room. Her friends bravely made gn effort to put out the flames, but they tried In vain. Only Miss Ruddech, physical director for the women, seemed to have" kept her mind free from hysteria,. She heard the screams of the, young womeo An exciting game of poker between an honest man and card sharps, with a tragic ending.- lough.' "Yes, sir." • . "It Is my pleasure to inform you that It has been granted--sixty days with permission to proceed eaat. There happens' to be my first trip on the upper river, and I merely chanced to know your name because you had been pointed out to me by Captain Throckmorton. I understood from him that you represented one of the jl-Jest families In that section." There were but very few here before us," he answered with * undisguised pride. "My grandfather's grant of land was from the king. Alphonse de Beaucaire, sir, was the trusted lieutenant of D'Iberville--»a soldier and a gentleman." I bowed in acknowledgment, the family arrogance of- the man interesting me deeply. So evident was this pride that this might be all the,man had left--this memory of the past. "The history of those early days Is not altogether familiar to me," I admitted regretfully. "But surely D'Iberville must have ruled Louisiana more \ . History of the Beaucalree. The first two days and nights of the journey southward were devoid of any special Interest or adventure. After the first day Kirby withdrew all attention from me and ceased In his endeavor to cultivate my acquaintance, convinced of my disinclination to Indulge In cards. Throckmorton, being his own pilot, seldom left the wheel house, and consequently I passed many hours on the bench beside hitn. At one time or another he had met the famous characters along the river banks, and through continual questioning I thus finally became possessed of the story of the house of Beaucaire. In the main It contained no unusual features. Through the personal Influence of D'Iberville at Louis' court Alphonse de Beaucaire had originally received a royal grant of ten thousand .acres of land bordering the west bank of the Mississippi a few miles above St. Louis. When his'master returned to France leaving him unemployed, Beaucaire, possessing ample means of his own, had preferred to remain in America. In flatboats, propelled by voyageurs, and accompanied by a considerable retinue of slaves, he, with his family, had ascended the river and finally settled on his princely estate. Here he erected what for those early days wvas a stately mansion, and devoted himself to cultivating the land. Twenty years later, when his death occurred, he possessed the finest property along the upper river, was shipping heavily to the New Orleans market, and was probably the most influential man in all that section. His only son, Felipe, succeeded him, but was not so--successful in administration, seriously lacking in business Judgmenf, and being decidedly indolent by nature. Felipe married into ore of the oldest and most respectable families of St. Louis, and as a result of that union had one son, Lucius, who grew up reckless of restraint, and preferred to spend his time in New Orleans, rather than upon the plantation. Lucius was a young man of twentysix, unsettled In habits, when the father died, and, against his Inclination, was compelled to return to Missouri and assume control of the property. He found matters in rather bad condition, and his was not at all the type of mind to remedy them. Much of the land had been already irretrievably lost through speculation, and when his father's obligations had been met, and his own gambling debts paid, the estate, once so princely and magnificent, was reduced to barely five hundred acres, together with* a comparatively small amount of cash. This condition sufficed to sober Lucius for a few years, and he married a Menard of Cape Girardeau, of excellent family but not great wealth, and earnestly endeavored to rebuild his fortunes. Unfortunately his reform did not last. The evii Influences of the past soon proved too strong for one of his temperament. The piantatioa house became in time a rendezvous for all the wild spirits of that neighborhood, and stories'.of fierce drinking boats ami (TO BE CONTINUED.) ANY FOOL CAN FtND FAULT Practically Impossible for Any Prop*' osition, However Good, to At Absolutely Without Flaw. There is nothing however good bat a person may find some fault in It if he is determined to do so. There Is nothing perfect that is of man's making. There Is nothing that man origin-1 ates or performs but what contains more or less of his "weakness. Worth, like water, must stay below the level of Its source. It is quite natural that a person should dissent. The scientists dispute as much as the theologians, Every time one obtains a new stand' point he ehapges .his opinion. Everytime he meets a friend he finds that he differs. So we must make up our minds to disagree In the right spirit, observes the Ohio State Journal. If we don't do that and our disagreement falls Into ill will apd anxiety, then we becom* enemies of the truth and social pest* besides. The person we earnestly and candidly disagree wrlth may be right and ourselves wholly wrong. It would make us feel very absurd sometimes In the midst of a violent controversy, to have a sudden light let In on the controversy and show our adversary entirely right. The safest thing, so fat as one's conduct toward him Is concerned Is to remember he may be right and treat him accordingly. § & m S. 0. 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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to any woman who is Suffering as I was."-- Mrs. ADELINE B. LYNCH, 100 Plain St., Providence, R. I. Backache and nervousness are symptoms or nature's warnings, which indicate a functional disturbance or an unhealthy condition which often develops into a more serious ailment. Women in this condition should not £oniinuato drag along without help, but profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and try this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's "Vegetable Com- EDund--and for special advice write to ydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Masa. * Her Head Was Enveloped in Ftamea. Markings of Horse's Coa|» It Is found that there Is a very » nlte connection between the coat col</l of horses and the frequency wit1! which white markings occur. Tho the latter are by far ythe most con* monly associated with the chestn® I color. And not only are thay the moi4 prevalent In chestnut horses, but it II' also, of course, a Veil-known fact thifl the markings are apt to be more e»> tended in nature In the case of tht« color than In that of any other. Chestnut, therefore, apparently possess** so to speak, a special affinity for thesi markings. Bay ranks next as regard* the degree of frequency with whl.-lt white markings appear in horses o| this color, although it comes a good way behind chestnut in this respect, Then follows brown, while the whlt« marks are met with less frequently among black and roan colored horse* apd the agonizing cry of little Miss Asher and rushed to the locker room. Without hesitation she seized a heavy coat lying on the bench and threw It over the girl's head. "Turn- on the showers!" she cried to the weeping girls. The shower was turned on and Miss Ruddach shoved the suffering child under the spray. - By the time the flarae^ were extinguished. Miss Asher had fainted. Inhaled Qaa Fumea. Her face had been scarcely touched by the licking tongues of flame. Her shoulders and Arms were burned and she had Inhaled gas fumes. She was hurried to the hospital, where she died late In the night, as a result of the shock, chiefly, tho physicians say. Coroner Neville of Montgomery county, investigated the case and pronounced the death due to accident. He exonerated tho institution of any blame. ^ Power of Imagination. lA doctor, treating an old womatl for typhoid fever, took her temperature on each visit by putting h thermometer under her tongue. Onn day. when she was nearly well, thu doctor did not take her temperature He had scarcely got 100 yardu from the house when her son calletl him bacK. "Mother Is worse," sale* the young man. "Come back at once 1' The doctor returned. As he went intc the sick room the old woman looked up at him reproachfully. "Doctor," she said, "why didn't you give me that tube under my tongue today? 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