3
In the Days of Poor Richard
Dy IRVING BACHELLER
“BE YE HITr
ST NOPS”*. — Solomon Binkus.
veteran at »ut and Interpreter,
and hie young companion. Jack
Irons,
phasing
through
Horae
Valley. New York. In September.
17il. to warn settlers of an In*
dlan uprising, rescue from a band
of redskins the «rife and daughter
of Colonel Hare of England. Jack
distinguishes himself In the tight
and later rescues Margaret Hare
from the river
Jack and Mar*
garet fall In love.
On reaching
Fort Stanwls. Colonel Hare says
both are too young to marry. The
Hare family sail for Kngland. and
the Irone family move to Albany.
Unrest grows In the colonies bs*
csuse of the oppressive measures
of the KngUsh government. Solo*
mon and Jack visit Boston.
In
November. ITTt. Jack goes to
Phlludelphla and works In Ben
jamin Franklin a printing plant.
Nearly three years later Margaret
writes him from London, remind
ing him that her youth is parsing
and saying she has appealed to
Doctor Franklin. BmMus has re
ceived a letter
Washington
to be carried across the ocean,
and Jack sails with him.
Arriv
ing tn England. Binkus is ar
rested. but Jack has the letter
and proceeds to London.
Jack
delivers the papers to Franklin
in London
Binkus Is released
and joins them In the great city.
Jack orders fashionable clothes.
Jack and Margaret meet and are
more in love than ever, but Col
onel Hare is not eager for the
marriage
Franklins efforts to
obtain better treatment for the
colontea are futile
He evades
the attempt of the king s men to
"tow him into port.'*
War be
comes Imminent. General Clarke
dills ihe Yankees cowards In
Jack s hearing The young Amer
ican demands a retraction Lionel
Clarke, the general's son. and a
suitor for M\mret s hand, takes
up the quarrel.
CHAPTER VI 11— Continued.
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; was leaning over him. 11« was draw
ing on hla trousers.
“Come, my son.” said the scout In
, a gentle voice. "They ain't a cloud an'
the moon has got ■ smile on her face
। Come, my young David. Here's the
breeches an' the purty atcwkln's an'
J shoes, an’ the Illy white shirt. Slip
. 'em oa an' we'll knee! down an' have
I a word •' prayer. This 'ere ain't no
common fight It's a battle with tyr
anny. It's like ihe fight o' David an'
i Gotiar. Here's yer 01' sling waitin'
Solomon felt the pistols and stroked
j their grips with a loving hand.
Side by side they knelt by the bed
j together for a moment of silent prayer.
Others were stirring in the Inn.
| They could hear footsteps and low
voices In a room near them Jack put
on his suit of brown velvet and his
white silk stockings and best linen,
which he had brought In a small bag.
Jack was looking at the pistols, when
there came a rap at the door. 1‘restou
entered with Doctor Brooks.
“We are to go out quietly abend of
the others,' said the captain. "They
will follow In five minutes."
Solomon had put on Hi* old hanger
which had come to England with him
In his box. He put the pistols In his
(locket and they left the Inn by a rear
door. A groom was waiting there with
th» horses saddled end bridled. They
mounted them and rode to the field of
honor. When they dismounted on the
ground chosen, the day waa dawning,
but the great ouks were still waist
deep In gloom. It was cold.
Preston called bis friends to bls
side and said :
"You will fight at twenty paces. I
shall count three and when I drop my
handkerchief you are both to tire."
Solomon turned to Jack and auld :
“If ye fire quick mebbe ye’ll take
the crook out o’ his finger ’fore It has
time to pull.”
The other party was coming. There
were six men In It. The general and
his son and one other nero In military
dress. The genera! was chatting with
Captain Preston went with Solomon
B.nkus next day to the address on the
card of Ueutenant Clarke. It was
tht house of the general, who was
waiting with his son In the reception
room. They walked together to the
Amack club, The renerai was self-
contained. It would seem that his bad
opinion of Yankees was not quite so
comprehensive as it had been. The
whole proceeding went forward with
the utmost politeness.
“General. Mr. Binkus and John Irons,
Jr., are my friends,” said Captain
Preston.
“Indeed!" the general answer^.
“Yes. and they are friends of Eng
land. They saved my neck In America.
I have assured young Irons that your
words. If they were correctly reported
to me, were spoken In haste, and that
they do not express your real opinion."
"And what, sir, were the words re
ported to you?” the general asked.
Preston repeated them.
"That Is my opinion."
"It is mine also,” young Clarke de
clared.
Solomon's face changed quickly. He
took deliberate aim at the enemy and
drawled:
"Can't be yer opinion Is wuth more
than the Ilves o’ these young fellers
that's goln’ to fight.”
"Gentlemen, you will save time by
< ’opping all thought of apologies.” said
the general.
“Then It only remains for you to
choose your weapons and agree with
us as to time and place,” said Preston. a friend. The pistols were loaded by
"I choose pistols,” said the young Solomon and General Clarke, while
Britisher. "The time nnd placo may each watched the other. The Lfeu-
suit your convenience, so It be soon tenant's friends and seconds
i
stood
and not too far away."
Close together laughing at some Jest,
"Let us say the cow wallow on Shoot
“That’s funny, I'll say, what—
er’s hill, near the oaks, at sunrise to what!” said one of the gentlemen.
morrow,” Preston proposed.
Jack turned to look at him,'for
“I agree,” the lieutenant answered.
there Lad been a curious inflection in
"Whatever comes of ft, let us have his "what, what!” He was a stout,
secrecy and all possible nrotactlon from fllghly colored man with large, staring
each side to the other vhen the affair gray eyes. The young American won
la ended,” said Prest u.
dered where he had seen him before.
"I agre» to that also.” was the an
Preston paced the ground and laid
swer of young Clarke
down strips of white ribband marking
When they were l“ii'Ing, Solomon th« distance which was to separate
said to Preston: “T1 at ere gln'ral la the principals.
He summoned tbe
you* men and said : “Gentlemen, is
as big as Collar.”
the! no way In which your honor can
CHAPTER IX
be s "sfied without fighting?"
They shook their heads.
The Enoo'ie-
"Your stations have been chosen by
Solomon, Jack and H eir friend left lot. Irons, yours Is there. Take your
London that afternoon In the saddle ground, gentlemen.”
and took lodgings at The Rose and
T1 e young men walked to their
Garter, less than am'-* from the scene places and at this point the graphic
appointed for the encounter. That Major Solomon Binkus. whose keen
morning the Amertcn« had vent a eyes observed every detail of the
friend of Preston by post chaise to scene, Is able to assume the position
Deal, with Solomon's luggage. I’resron of no rator, the words which follow
had also engaged tb<- celebrated sur being from a letter he wrote to John
geon, Doctor Brooks, to ’pend the night Irons of Albany.
with them so that he would be aure to
“Our young David stood up thar as
be on hand In the mi rning. The doc straight aq' han'some as a young
tor had officiated at no less *h:m » «pruce on a still day—not a quiver in
dozen duels and enjo ed these aiTairs ary twig. The Clarke boy was a leetle
so keenly that he was zlad to give his pale an' when he raised his pistol I
help without a fee. The iwrty had could see a twitch In his lips. He
gone out In Hie saddle because Preston looker! kind o' stiff. I see th< - was
had said that the horses might be use one thing 'bout shootin' he S dn't
ful.
learnt. It don’t do to deny It—cause
So, having discussed the peril» of a gun don't alius have to be p'inted
the Immediate future, they had done careful to kill a man.
all It was In tl Ir power to do to pre
"We all stood watchin’ every move.
pare for them. Late that evening the I could hear a bird Ringin' twenty rod
general and bls n and four other gen —'twere that still. Preston stood a
tlemen arrived : i The Rose and Garter. leetle out o’ line 'bout half-way be
Certain of the had spent the after twixt ’em. Up came his hand with the
noon In the r ghborhood shooting han'kerchlef In It. Then Jack raised
birds and rabb i.
his pistol and took a peek down the
Solomon g->t h ick to bed early and line he wanted. The han'kerchlef was
sat for a time In their room tinkering In the air. Don't seem so It had
with the pistols When the locks were fell an Inch when the pistols went
working "right,” ns he put It, he poi- pop ! pop !
Jack’s hollered fust.
Clarke's pistol fell. His arm dropped
Ished their grips nnd barrels.
Jack awok» auddenly and opened his an' swung limp as a rope's end. His
ey*x. The candle was lighted. Salomon. han^l turned red an' blood began to
Lon Chaney
spurt above ft. I see Jsck’s bnlfet
had Jumped Into hl« right wrist an'
tore It wide open. The lieutenant
staggered, bloodin' like a stuck whale
He'd *•' gone to the ground, but hl*
friends grabbed hlm. 1 run to Jack
“ 'Be ye hit ?' I says.
"■I think his bullet tei'hed m» a
little on the top o’ the left ■houlder,'
says he.
“I see his coat orre tore an'
took It ntt an' the Jacket, an' I rlpiied
the shirt some an' see that the bullet
had kind o' »cuffed it« foot on him
goln* by, an' left a truck In the sklu
It didn't mount to nothin'. The Do«*
tor washed It off an’ put a plaster « hi
“ 'Looks as If he'd drawed a line on
y»r heart an' yer bullet had lifted hl>
•Im.' I says. 'Ye shoot quick. Jack
an' mebbe that's what saved yr "
“It l«>oke«l kind o' neovarloua like
that 'ere Englishman Jiad intci ded
Jack put on Ids Jacket an' his coat an’
we stepped over to see how they
was gettlu' erlong with the other
feller. The two doctors was tryln’ fer
to fix his arm and lie was groanln
severe, Jack leaned oser and looked
at him.
“I'm sorry.' he »ays. ’Is there any
thing I can do?'
“ 'No. sir.
You've done enufT.
growled the old general.
“One o' his party stepped up to
Jack. He were dressed like a high up
officer In the army. They was a
cur'ous look in his eyes—kind o'
skeered like. Seemed so I'd seen him
afore aotnewheres.
good shot. Sir—What what?’ he
to Jack, an' the w-ords come as fusi
as a bird's twitter.
“ 'I’ve had a lot o' practice.' any
our boy.
“ 'Kin ye kill that bird—what—
what?” says be, p'lntln* at a hawk
that were a-cuttln' circles In the air.
“ 'If ha comes clus' 'nough.' says
TEDDY BEAR'S ADVICE
big «loll house Io Ihe playroom.
very unhappy when thè magic
hour CIUM ground and thè toy» could
talk. beeause her husbund,* lluruld
Doll. bad not come homo.
All thè toya could bear her softly
weeping nnd Teddy Bear mustered up
courage Io say to the other play
room folks that he would go and see
what was Ihe matter.
"You better mind your own nffnlra.
Tedtly Hear,
I can
tell you ««hat bus hn|iprned without
aaklng Luellu Poll ; Harold has not
come home and here It Is midnight !”
Calico Cat always slept with one
eye open ami never mlsred a thing
that went op In the playroom.
"I
saw ihe little mistress take him out
This well-known motion pictur*
player was born April 1, 1831. In Co o
rado Springs, Colo. He received bls
education In the city of his birth
Chaney is 5 feet 9'inches tall. Ho
weigh« 180 pounds. He has dark hair
and dark eyes. He had a varied stage
career before becoming an actor In
the “movies."
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Have You This Habit?
Wanted To.”
REGINA
A^LWAYS Regina's mother and fa
** ther had stood between her nnd
reality. When Regina wanted a new
dress that Hie family finnm-es could
not afford, her mother went without n
muff all winter. On the first day that
Regina came home from sch<a)l wIlli u
lad report, angry nnd mortffl«*<l, a com
plaint wns entered nnd her teacher
was changed. If her younger sister
was naked to a party nnd Regina omit
ted. regrets were sent. It was not
strange that nt twenty Regtnn should
bo afflicted with elephantiasis of th«-
I passed him the loaded pistol. In
'bout two seconds he lifted It and
bang she went, an' down come the
hawk
“Them fellers all looked at on
'nother.
“ ‘Gln’ral, shake hands with thb
ere boy. says the man with the
skeered eyes. ’If he Is .• Ysnkey he's
a decent lad—w lint—.hat r
Then the dny came when family
"The gin'era! shook hand« w ith J Sek finances broke down Regina, who fell
an', says he: ’Young man. I have m. that her home town did not appreciate
doubt o’ yer curldge or yer decency,*
her as It should, went away to earn
“A grand pair o’ bosses an' a closed her living. In a strange city, ns one of
coach druv up an' the ol' what
several appllcnnti for the position of
whatter an' two other men got Into li companion to a rich old Indy, Regina
an’ hustled off 'cross the Held toward* was not surprised to be chosen. Nutu
the pike which It looked as if the) rally any one would want her before
was In a hurry. ’Fore he were out others. Even when she learned that
o’ sight a military ambiance druv up her employer had once been indebted
Prestcn come over to us an’ says to her mother for a kindness, her. self
he:
satlsfm’.ion was not shaken—for WH«
“ ’W» better be goln’.'
It not HER mother? From the
“ 'Do ye know w ho he w-ere?* ask* Regina took the stand that she w
Jack.
(tuest In the house; alie Insisted on het
" 'If ye know ye better fergft It.' cup of coffee before she gid up In the
says Preston.
morning, nnd upon fresh flowers In her
“'How could I? He were the Kina room each week. “Water seeks Its own
o' England,' says Jack. 'I knowed him level" was a platitude often on her
by the look o' his eyes.'
lips. Then the cook, who hud lived
“'Sartin sure,* says I. •He's the with the old lady for thirty years
struck, and Regina found that her own
man that was bein' toted in a chair '
“ 'Hush I 1 tell ye to ferglt It,' say* level was elsewhere.
Preston.
A long Interval of seeking and not
“'I can ferglt all but the fact tbai finding followed: Regina's suit was
he behaved like a gentleman,' any« very shiny, but her self esteem tin
Jack.
dimmed, when sho read one dny a sign
T s’pose he were usin’ his private In a restaurant window that a waitress
brain,
I.”
was wanted. "A Indy efin do any
Thia, with some slight changes li thing!" she whispered to that within
spelling, paragraphing and punctua which corresponded to her soul ns she
tlon. Is the account which Solomoi donned apron and cap. In the name
Binkus gave of the most exciting nd spirit she haughtily refused her first
venture these two friends hud met tip anti found herself the laughing
with.
stock of the place. Three montl * Inter
Preston came to Jack and whlM her tactics hnd changed: for th • prlv
pered: “The outcome Is a great sur liege of being waited upon by HER n
prise to the other side. Young Clarke customer could not tip too high. (Ine
is a dead shot. An Injured officer of day when she was tipped five cc >ts In
the English army may cause unex stead of ten site offered a piece of her
pected embarrassment. But you have mind. win reported- nnd fired.
time enough and no haste. You can
she sat in her lodging house
take the post chaise and reach the room, for which she had paid her last
ship well ahead of her sailing.”
dollar, for the first time ahe sought
“I am of a mind not to go with one answer to her predicament. Then,
you," Jack said to Solomon. “When from a changed angle, she thought of
I go, I shall take Margaret with me.” Ilie restaurant as u place where tired
So It happened that Jack returned working people came to get refresh
to London while Solomon waited for ment. Instead of an Institution that
was run to pay her wages. The old
the post chaise to Deal.
lady's household was now a place
where she might have learned the run
m* " of an establishment ivlth Hie least
‘‘Margaret, I want to take you
possible friction. Her own I >me be
to America—*
came n group to which It had been her
special privilege to bring refreshment.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Suddenly Ilie enormity of her habit
of self-consciousness, of seeing in an«
situation only whnt affected herself
Red Light Traps Insects
A means for combating the winged CHm** upon her, nnd she linked herself
Insect peats of tropical regions has how far, nt thirty-five, tills horrible
been evolved, by means of which the habit of self-consciousness had de
flying bugs are lured Into a deadly stroyed her power of h djust Ing to n
bath of acid and either drowned tn world made up of nu nv neople?
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
asphyxiated by the Tomes.
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ns an almost Irresistible lure for the
night-flyers.
A red electric bulb, or a lantén.
with a red globe, Is placed near th<
vessel containing the ncld solution
As the pests fly to the light the fumex
destroy them even though they ma'
not actually full Into the bath.
To protect human beings from pos
slble occidental contact with the achí
lath, the liquid is placed In a wide
mouthed bottle, to which Is attache^
a funnel with a very broad flaring
cons. The light Is suspended directly
over this funnel, and the Insect
stupefied hy the acid fumes, fall Into
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of the room this morning. She said
men didn't stay nt home nil day long.
They hud to work and earn the money
for the wife to spend."
"Well, perhaps then Harold had to
■tay an ay anil
•Mid Teddy
Bear. "Any way I think I’d better go to
I.uel lu and ask her what Is the mat*
“Are you In trouble. Luella Doll?”
asked Teddy Benr.
"Oh. Teddy Bear," sobbed Luella,
Harold ha« not come home nnd he
never stayed out so lute before."
•Then
always a first time.
snapped Calico Cut. who hnd followed
Teddy. “You may as well get u»e<l to
It, Luella ; they nil do It.”
“But I urn sure something has hap
pened to him," said Luella. “He Isn't
staying away because he wants to.
Oli. dear, what shall I do?"
“Fiddlesticks |M said Calico Cut be
re Teddy could say u comforting
to poor Luellu. “Don't waste
your pity on Harold. He Is tinvliix a
good time, while you, poor dear, are
staying at home alone. Thu
that la the mutter with him."
”1 urn auro he will come lióme Just
us Siam ns he can," said Teddy.
“Dent you cry, Luella. Harold I«
staying away on account of bii«!ne«M.
You can be certain he will come »■
soon as he Is ublv. Now dry your
eyes nnd «It <|own on the steps and
chut with the rest of us, or Hie magic
hour
Calico Cat laughed and said: “Yea,
lie will conte home, Luellu In the
morning.''
It was long after the sun wits shin
Ing in the playroom window that the
little mls|resa opened the door and
came In with Harold In her arm«, and.
placed IHm In hl« house with Luella
Dell.
When the half clock struck the
magie hour that night Cullen Cat ran
to the doll house mid sat «town eloa»
to It with her earn wide open. "What
did I tell you?" she loudly whispered
to Teddy Hoar.
I k telling her
that the little inlstrcM left him out In
the yard all night under a buah. anil
that «Illy Lindi hl Poll believes him.
He better not R' i'll me that."
In u little while Luellu Doll nnd
Harold cume out of the doll house
"You were right, Ted«1y Bear." said
Luella. “Harold could not help It.
He dtd not stay away from me be
cause he wanted to.”
"Oh, dear me'" laughed Calico Cat.
“She han awnllowed the whole story,
poor thing."
“Calico, you nre u very unpleasant
creature.” nnld Teddy Bear. "Why
do you try to make Luella unhappy?
Don't you think there are nny good
gentlemen dolls In the world?”
"Well. I am not foolish. Tisldy Bear.
If I am unpleasant." *nnpp<sl Calico
<’at. **Nobo<!y roultl f<x»l nt* an liar-
old hat f»»o|p<l (MH>r Luella."
“1 would rntlier be foolish than
think unkind things of folks the way
Jou
Calico," answered Teddy.
And then tie went over to the doll
house and ant on the steps with Har
old and Luella.
"You mustn't listen to anything
Calico says. Luellu.” Te«My said,
"She enn't help being enttlsli, you
now.
he bus claws."
QhdPhij
I
of
Superstitions
B y H
LILLIAN
—flower names which are so popu
lar In the English language. Like all
flower names. It I m somewhat difficult
to truce, but It Is known that the mime
was a favorite with Italian ladles ns
early as the Fourteenth century, be
cause of Its romantic allusion.
Curiously enough, Lillian I m not de
rived from Illy ns is popularly sup
posed, though it Is called by etymolo-
. '-•s a "flower name." The consensu*
of opinion seems to be that It has the
same origin as Cecelia, though the
connection seems a trifle difficult to
perceive.
Etruscan general, who named the Coc-
linn hill and xens. Is the root from
which a number of names containing
the syllable “Ha” Is derived.
There was a Liiloin Gonzaga In Italy
In 1340, and she la considered the Arat
Instance of the name. Ullas «vas an-
othrr form, which is still In popular
use. Ulins Ruthven appears In Scot-
land In 1557. She was probably so
called from the old romantic poem of
Iloswel nnd Lillian, which wns n great
favorite in Scotland. The Lillian of
Ibis ballad Is the queen of Naples. The
English adopted the name as It stood
nn<l claim that It comes from Illy,
using It as such. The Scotch have al-
ways preferred Ullas or Lllllas, but
America adopted both Lilias and Lll-
Ilan.
Tennyson Is responsible for the plc-
ture of Lillian as a charming thistle
down sort of maid:
Airy, f»try Lillian,
Flittering fslry Milian,
When 1 ank h«r If aha loves me,
Clanpe her tiny handa above me,
Laughing all she can;
She'll not tell me If ihe loves me.
Cruel Iktle Lillian.
So Innocen*. arch, so cunning-simple,
From ben; uth her gathered wimple,
Glancing with black-beaded eyes.
Tilt the lightning laughters dimple
The baby-rosea In her cheeks,
Then away she flies.
Ulllnn's Jewel Is the lovely Inpls
lazuli, the oriental gem ns blue ns the
sea with tiny golden flecks like bits of*
sunshine. It has the power to cure
melancholy and Is also believed to have
medlcimd value In allaying Intermit
tent fever. To dream of it means faith
ful love. Lillian's flower is most fit
tingly the morning glory, the fairy
blcotn which scarcely survives the dew
that vanishes before the sun's rays.
Her lucky day Is Thursday nnd 2 Is
her mystic number.
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I R P1 N q K I N q |
SQUEALING PIGS
w HEN pigs squeal or grunt more
vv than
tluin usual It Is a sign of rainy
weather—some say simply of "bad
weather." This I m a superstition al
most universal In the rural districts. It
Is a question whether nil the so called
superstitions regarding the power of
nnlmuls to foretell the wenther really
belong In the superstition category.
Lord Ilm-on believe«) Hint nil out
door anlmuln were neatherwlae, at
tributing this to n sueceptlbfllty they
acquired to atmoHpherlc conditions by
their constant exposure to Hie ele
ments. The ancients attributed the
weather wisdom of birds nnd nnlmnls.
on the contrary, to some mystic qual
ity drawn from mytiiologlcn! sources.
The Ide« that Kqiienllng pigs predict
wet weal her has Its evident origin In
the status of the pig in ancient Egypt
where It was closely connected with
agriculture and was sacrificed to Isis
at the Feast of the New Moon, the
moon (Isis) being the source of mois
ture.
The Egyptian farmer who heard the
squealing of the pigs being sacrificed
upon the nltur of Isis knew that be
cause of that sacrifice he need not fear
a drought. So Hie Yankee farmer of to
day when he hears the successors of
those pigs of Isla squeal knows Hint It
Is going to rain. The persistence of the
Isis influence In modern superstition la
a remarkable fact.
In this connection It Is Interesting
to note that among the papers of the
unfortunate duke of Monmouth a
«■ontemporary of John Lm ke, nn<l Isaac
Newton, nnd born only twenty-three
years after the death of Francis Bacon
whose splendid genius was lllumlnnt
Ing the minds of men—was found, after
bis execution, a prayer for fortitude
In his affliction, addressed to "St. Isis."
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A UNE O' CHEER
By John
Kendrick Bangs.
AS TO CLOUDS
HEN clouds beset my way
Upon some wintry day
1 Rroet them careh'SHly
Because ‘tie known to me
That naught of substance lies
Tn any clouds that rise,
And that at worst they bring
But misty vaporing
That I may brush aside
As toward my goal I stride.
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