In the Days of Poor Richard Something to Think .About B, F. A. H ALKER By IRVING BACHELLER Id» trunk »nd started after Toddy NIGHT IN A PLAYROOM Bear, who was running with Easter house." THE LOVE OF SOLITUDE Babbit, he liming found Ida head “He were i mean cuss. Sold rum Solomon took the lightning hurler* HE playroom certainly waa a dis "Let go my trunk." called «ut Cloth to the Injuns I alius toi' him It «ere rpHK truly great, the large »outed out of the packs and unwrapped them orderly looking place the next "They's an awful mess In thar. wrong but—tny God A'mlghty ' 1 nev A nun mid women who didlght In “I don't care If there la a Elephant. and tried the springs above the ham don’t keer to see It," said Solomon. er 'spected that the tire In the «utcr going nfleld In the mystic realm of morning and the little mistress, when Are: you can't buv# my trunk for a mers. Earlier In the day he had Near them they discovered a warrior were a goln' to burn him up sometim*. thought, you «III find are anient lov she opened the door and looked In tried hose.” looked to the priming. Solomon gave who had era« lid out of that death to tell her mother she WM sure she ers of s lltude. "Now, who started all thia fa»”? one to Jack and put the other two In chamber In the rocks, lie had been goln’ to be punished so -never " had not left the toys scattered about They are never lonely wherever Teddy Hour after finding «« Inquired bis pockets. Each examined hls pis stunned and wounded about the spaul In such a manne^ but of course no «ne They lay back against the log with one was hurt. “Who started t<> run tols and adjusted them in his b#lt. ders. They helped him to hls feet their one blanket spread ami spent they may be. for they have found the told tier Just Imw It all happened and way to bapplness by getting acquaint They started for the low-lying ridge and led hltu away. He was trembling the night In a kind of half sleep. so her mother blamed her for leaving Urat and why?' ed with thenl^. Ives, whose companion- above the little valley of Rock creek. with fear. Little Dog on Wheels said he »«• Solomon found a pine Every Utile sound was “like a kick ship they prefer to any other. such an untidy room. not a coward, hut he objected * * Imv- It wa# now quite dark and looking torch, still burning, near where the In the rib#," as Solomon put It. and But the truth of It waa that when Washington chose solitude when he down through the thickets of hem tire iiad been. Its light they drove them "into the look and listen the clock struck the magic hour Ilie Ing hl» ear» boxed by i alle« • nt an'« he waa Juat running »» he could turn lock they could see the firelight of dressed his wound#—the old scout business.” The woman was often cry preyed fur strength ami guidance In night before Calico Cat. who was the Indians and hear the wash of the having with hltu always a small sur ing out or the cow und horses getting the forests; Lincoln knew nothing of leaning against Jack-In ivBwx dozing, around and face her. loneliness when he lay upon the floor "Well, don't you hit ........... th# now. creek water. Suddenly a wild whoop- geon's outfit. felt a sharp tap on tier nose; It was up to feed. i.f Ins log cubln before the glow of a Ing among the red men, savage as the then. If you don’t want your ear# "Whar Is t' other captive?” he asked the cover of Jack's box which sud "My son. go to sleep," snld Solomon. hearth tire, studying by It# faint lUht "There howl of wolves on the trail of a tn the Indian tongue. “1 tell ye there aln t no danger now - and pondering the subject matter of denly flew open when the clock struck. boxed." snapped Calico Cat wounded blsoo, ran beyond them, far But this Calico Cut did not know. I was sitting »» quiet as n mouse by "About a mile down the trail. It s not a bit. 1 don't know much but I bj# lessons; the late John Wanamak Jack In a Box when all at one# some out Into the forest, nnd sent Its echoes a woman and a boy." said the warrior. know Injuns—plenty." er solved his most dllAeult business She saw Little Dog on Wheels dose traveling from hilltop to mountain "Take us whar they be," Solomon by and thinking lie was to blame for thing hit me right on tin’ end of my In spite of hls knowledge even Solo- b,WI1, ln l>r|vncy side Then came a sound which no commanded. the »ting on her nose she humped nose." mon himself could not »b>ep. A little , _ and women of exclusion The men yuan may hear without getting, as Sol "I didn't do H." ««Id Little ho«. "It The three started slowly down the before daylight they arose and began ! W(ir|d by dualling omon was wont to say. “a scar on hls trail, the wurrlor leading them. was the cover of Jin k's box that flew to stir about. ' achievements, born to them In their soul which ne will carry beyond the It." “I was badly burnt by that fire. , h U(,lutUin The|r work» up and hit you. last cape." It wns the death cry of a CHAPTER XVIII "Well, why didn't you suy so. Jack whlsperevt i flare , . magic torches to light up |lk like torchea to light captive. Solomon had beard It be then?" snapped t'alb o. hut do you “Inside I" Solomon answered. "So the paths of the faltering and dig fore. He knew what It meant, the mean. Jack, by flying open like Unit Tba Voice of a Woman Sobbing. wns 1. My soul were a sweatin' all heartened. fire was taking hold and the smoke and lillttng folk» »n the noae?" Over the mlge and more than a night." The greatest writers do their best had begun to smother him. Those mile away was a wet. wild meadow. “I'm aorry. Calico, I am sure, said The morning was chilly. They gath work In solitude, often In the night cries were like the stabbing of a knife They found the cow and horses feed ered birch bark and dry pine nnd soon Jack, so full Of laughter he could time, when voices ure hushed and si and the recollection of them like blood ing on Its edge near the trail. Ihe hud a fire going. Solomon stole over i hardly apeak. "The fact 1« that a fly lence Is supreme. stains. got In my box yesterday and he was moon, clouded since dark, had come to the thicket where the woman and And so do painters and president», They hurriwl down the slant, bnish- out In the clear mid-heavens and child were lying and returned In a mo crawling till over my bald bend If kings and captains, students and In Ing through the thicket, the sound of thrown Its light Into the high windows ment. ever you lose your hulr. Calico, a« I venters. theh approach being covered by the of the forest above the ancient thor have, you will know whnt I suffered. “They're sound asleep.” he snld In There Is nothing more Inspiring to appalling cries of the victim and the oughfare of the Indian. The red guide a low tone. "We'll let 'em alone." SO when the dock struck I flew up and thinking minds than quietude; nettl demon like tumult of the drunken of the two scouts gave a civil which He began to make tea and got out ing so grandly sublime and Imprei “L#t Go My Trunk," Cilltd Out Cloth chased him out." braves. The two scouts were racked was quickly answered. A few rods the last of their bread and dried meat ■Ive as a canopy of stars In a »till "Huh." snld Calico Cat as »he be Elsphsnt. with soul pain as they went on so farther on. they saw a pair of old and bacon. He was frying the latter night when one Is tar away from gan to wash her face, "you certainly that they could scarcely hold their Indians sitting in blankets near a when he said: the noisy haunt« of men «1th one’s her back and flew right at film, boxing did upset things around here” peace and keep their feet from run thicket of black timber. They could "I didn't do It; you did. Calico." re “That ’ere Is a mighty likely worn- own thoughts. hls ears soundly. ning. A new sense of the capacity for hear the voice of a woman sobbing err." plied Jack, and If he hud not bobbed Only in solitude can man find him Poor Little Dog was so upset that evil in the heart of man entered the near where they stood. He turned the bacon with his fork self. It was In sidltude on the sen- he Just started running and Easter back In hie box und pulled down hls mind of Jack, They had come close "Womern. don't be skeered o' us— and added: shore that Demosthenes found him Rabbit, who win always afraid Little to the frightful scene, when suddenly we're friends—we're goln' to take ye “Turrible purty when she self, whence he came and stirred the Dog would take to hunting, thought as Little Dog wn«. for Calico Cat did fell upon It. Thank a deep silence young. Alius bated the rum business." people of Ids time with such oratory hum." said Solomon. he was after him. so off he ran and so not let any one contrndlet her. God, the victim had gone beyond the The woman came out of the thicket Jack went out on the wild meadow as had never been heard. And that wn» the reu«on the next fust lie flew that off popped hls little reach of pain. Something had hap- and brought In the cow and "milked Real nobility of the soul dwells only head. juornlng when the little ml»tre»s cam# pened in hls passing—perhaps the sav her, filling a basin and a quart bottle. In the men and women who care noth Enster Rabbit Just could not run to the playroom that her mother ages had thought It a sign from heav Solomon went to the thicket and ing for social gatherings and frivol about without hls head, so he stopped scolded her for not ph king up her en. For a moment their clamor had ities. Such men and »omen prefer to to hunt for It. and not being able to toy» when she finished playing with called: ceased. The two scouts could plainly be alone with thejr muses, where they see where he was going, lie bumped them, for the toys talked »o long, each "Mis' Scott!" Bee the poor man behind a red veil And their greatest pleasure in study. Into Teddy Bear, who was Just stretch telling how It started to run. that the The woman answered. of flame. Suddenly the white leader "Here's a tow'l an' a lettle Jug o' meditation and exploration, from ing hls leg* and arms to get them In sun was atrva'mlng In the window be of the raiders approached the pyre. fore they had time to get back In their soap, Mis' Scott. Ye kin take the boy which the human family ultimately working order. limping on bis wooden stump, with a to the crick an' git washed an' then, derive benefit. “What Is the matter?” called Teddy ’ the In his hand, and prodded stick The best In science. In art and In ns lie picked himself up. "Is there a come to the fire an' eat yer break- , <hd I expect many s little girl never face of the victim. It was hls last literature comes from the people who fust." dream» what happened In the night In fire? ” His Bact. Solomon was taking alm. The boy was a handsome, blond lad I ch-aisi seclusion In preference to the the playroom «heu she find« all of her "Who snld fire?” cqlled for- spoke. Red Snout tumbled rifle with blue eyes and a serious manner. glamour of bright lights and the folly man Doll, and thinking It was the hose toys strewn about the floor In the ward into the fire. Then what a scur — turbulent Hls confidence In the protection of hl# of merry-making among on hls little cart on the floor beside morning. ry among the Indians! They van crowda, barely able to find their way ia by McClure «yn*w»«» > mother was sublime. him. he . aught poor Cloth Elephant by ished and so suddenly that Jack won "What's yer mime?" Solomon asked, alx.at, add up a column of figures, or dered where they had gone. Solomon looking up at the lad whom he had to tell off-hand the number of feet In stood reloading the rifle barrel he bad a- equate mile lifted high in the air. just emptied. Then he said: “Whig Scott," the boy answered tiro- ( "Come on an' do ns I do.” idly with tears In his eyes. Solomon ran until they had come “What! Re ye skeered o' me?" Ry MILDRED n Ì a RSH a U. < near. Then he jumped from tree to These words came from the little tree, stopping at each long enough to lad as be began to cry: "No, sir. survey the ground beyond It. This I ain't skeered. I’m a brave man.” was what he called "swapping cover.” "Courage is the first virtue In which “The one serviceable, »ate. certain, From behind a tree near the fire he the young ere schooled on the fron remunerative, attainable quality In shouted in the Indian tongut.: every etudy. and In every Vureult. Ie tier," Jack wrote in n letter io his ’’’Red men, you have made the Great Dy H IRVINQ KINQ friends nt home In which he told ot the quality ot attention." Spirit angry, He has sent the son of the history of that day. "The words KACHEL THINGS FOR OCCASIONS the thunder to slay you with his and manner of the boy reminded me PORPOISE AND WEATHER lightning." • , of my own childhood. No truer words had ever left the NE of the lovelle#t of Biblical RATE the meat of a fresh coco “Solomon held Whig In hls Inp mid lips of man. His hand rose and swung with a little lad of four asleep In her fed him and soon won hls conflden -e. names Is Huchd, meaning ewe. nut, from which the brown skin* HILE the true porpoise and the back of hls shoulder and shot forward. arms.- The backs of the horses ami the cow ha# been removed. Cook one table trite dolphin differ slightly from The first Rm hel was the daughter-in- "Where do ye live?" Solomon asked. The round missile? sailed through the spoonful of onion with one of butter, each other they are so nearly alike law of Rebekah. The aspirate In the "Far south on the shore o' the Mo were so badly galled they could not firelight and beyond It and sank Into add one tablespoonful of flour and that the names ar# practically Inter middle of her name Is more softly he ridden, but we were able to lu»h bla k shadows in the great cavern at hawk,” she answered in a voice trem- the packs over a blanket on one of oil® teaspoonful of curry powder. Add changeable nnd In superstition they market! where. In the prophet. Jere- bling with emotion. Rock creek—a famous camping place the horses. We drove the beasts ahead one quart of milk, or half milk ami figure as one nnd the same. Sailors zmlah, her dew’endant«, the BenjamR# "What’s yer name?" In the old time. Then a flash of «-hlte of us. The Indians had timbered the half water and the coconut. Simmer say that when a »hoal of porpoises women, who dwelt around her early an- "I’m Bill Scott’s wife," she light and a roar that shook the hills! swales here and there so that we wore a few minutes, ndd salt und pepper. come «porting about a ship It I* • grave nt Bethlehem, ar# spoken of n# A blast of gravel and dust and debris swered. The dried coconut may be used, if sign of a coming windstorm. Thl« "Ruhel weeping for her children be- Sol- able to pas# them with little trouble. “ Cat ’ s blood and gunpowder! ” shot upward and pelted down upon the •uperstltlon can be traced fnr back enuse they are not," and are aasured Over the worst places I had the boy steamed and the augur washed out. earth. Bits of rock and wood and an omon exclaimed. "I’m Sol Blnkus." Into classic time» and 1«. Indeed, of that they «hall come again to their on my back while Solomon carried She knelt before the old scout and Indian's arm and foot fell In the fire Mock Woodcock. much more ancient origin than the own border. ‘ Mis ’ Scott ’ In hls arms as if «he were light. A number of dusky figures scur kissed his knees and could not speak a baby. He was very gentle with her. But »lie I» Bachi I again wher# Trlm the crust fr»m four slices of dny» of Pliny who record* the belief. for the fulness of her heart. Solomon ried out of the mouth of the cavern and toast n golden brown. Legend nnd mythology are full of tales Saint Matthew ■how# the mothers of To him, us you know, a woman has and ran for their lives shouting pray bent over and took the sleeping lad been a «acred creatu~e since hls wife Spread thickly with flutter an 1 a of the mystic qualities of the dolphin Bethlehem weeping over their lambs. ers to Manitou as they disappeared In from her arms and held him against Pile nnd the porpoise and formerly, a« now, Dante made I'antlca Ruch. Io with her died. He seemed to regard the boy dozen finely chopped anchovies. the darkness. Solomon pulled the em his breast. beautiful eyes, the type of I ivcnly At on a warm dish and set In the oven. the names appear Interchangeable. as a wonderful kind of plaything, We ’ re a-goin ’ to "Don't fe"' bad. bers from around the feet of the vic contemplation, ever gazing at the mir Bent the yolks of four eggs, add one mo the camping places he spent every Though sailor« look upon the por take keer o' you," said Solomon. "Ayes, tim. ment of Ids leisure tossing him In th# cupful of cream and stir over n mod poise a» the harbinger of wind, prob ror that reflected heavenly glory, but "Now, by the good God A’mlghty. sir, we be! They ain’t nobody goln' air or rolling on the ground with him. erate fire until the mixture thlc’ — •ns. her name was not popular although ably of n high wind, they do not re to harm ye — nobody at all. ” ’pears to me we got the skeer shifted the Manx princess. Affrica, was thus "One day when the woman sat by Pour quickly over the toast and •end gard the fl«h a# bringing bad luck. Un There was a note of tenderness In so the red man’ll be the rabbit fer a upota her marriage with at once to the table. the fire crying, the little lad touched the contrary, a» a rule, the appearance translated lord of the Isles, some- while an’ I wouldn’t wonder,” said the voice of the man as he felt the her brow with hls hand and said: Somerled. of n school of ponioDe" I" regarded ns Solomon, as he stood looking down chin of the little lad with hls big where about the Eleventh century. Roman Parfait. I’m “ Don't be «keered, mother, fl fav ruble sign.. Some sailors regard at the scene. "He ain't a-goln’ to thumb a nd" finger. of Dissolve live tablespoonfuls The Puritan days loved the sound brave. I'll take care o' you. ’ the porpoise a« an Indication of n “Do ye know what they done with like the look o' a pale f e—not over sugar In two tablespoonful» of boiling of the word ami “that sweet saint was "Solomon came to where change In the «either merely and ly much. Them Injuns h it got erway Bill?” the woman asked soon In a breaking some dry sticks for the Ura water, add one tuldespoonful of gran agree In effeit with the old writer who lint by Russell's #lde” has given pleading voice. ’ll never stop runnln’ till they’ve ulated gelatin soaked In two table- It n place In English families. Rachel The scout swallowed as hls brain and said laughingly, as he wiped a spoonfuls of cold water, let stand over WMaford "ho snyn "Dolphins In fair was the name borne by the lady who reached the middle o’ nert week.” tear from hls cheek with the back of band. and calm weather pursuing one an l work on the problem in He seized the foot of !tod Snout and began to hot water until the gelatin Is dl#- other In one of their wnterlsh pastimes beciqne the wife of Varuhagen von "Bill I broke loose an' got erway. . He’s bls great right hand : pulled hls head out of rhe Are. i a gol’ dum ■olved. Strain this Into one pint of foreshadow wind« and from the part Ense. With the exception of the two “ ’ Did ye ever see sech sad Solomon answered in a olomon ex- gone,” "You ol' hellion!” thick cream whipped, ndd two t a- whence they fetch their tricks; but If different forms of spelling, Rachel Is cunnln' leetle cricket in y ■er born days devll ! Tum- voice. claimed. “You dog o’ t spoonfnls of vanilla, six tablespoon they play thus when the sen* are high n’lthout diminutive or contraction. It "Did they torture him?” bled Into hell whar ye h long at last. "Always thereafter he referred to fuls of orange Juice and the grated and tumbled It Is a »Ign of fair and 1» one of the few mimes that main What they done I couldn’t je#’ tell dldn't ye? Jack, you t . ■ that luther rind. Turn Into a mold and bury In calm weather.” The common belief tains Its sweetness and dignity the boy as the Little Cricket." bucket an’ bring some water out o’ ye. But they kln’t do no more to him. Ice and salt for four hours. Jack wrote In another of his letters now Is, however, that the wind pre throughout Its history. The name Ims the creek an' put out this fire. The He’s gone.” dicted by n shoal of porpoises will been a favorite with painters and She seemed to sense hls meaning that as they fared along, down ring on this 'ere ol’ wooden leg Is Sweetbread Salad. come from the direction the fishes take many n saintly type of pure transcen ward the sown lands of the upper Mo and lay crouched upon the ground wuth a hundred pounds." Drop sweetbread» Into cold water, dent beauty Ims been so named. tai- hawk, Solomon began to develop Solomon took the hatchet from hls with her sorrow until Solomon lifted changing as often ns the water dis when they depart. Rachel'# gem Is the amethyst. Its had ent# of which none of his friends The porpoise g«t« 1” reputation ns belt and hacked oft the end of Rod her to her feet and said: color«. Let them stand until quite soft violet color has a sobering effect entertained the least suspicion. "Look here, little womern, this don't a weather breeder from Its ancient Snout’s wooden leg and put it In his upon quick tempers, controls evil Tle has had a hard life full of fight, white, then pull out all the tubes and do no good. I'm goln' to spread my coat pocket, saying: put Into n saucepan. Cover with fresh connection with the moon nnd. which thoughts, and quickens the Intelll- and peril like most of us who were la the »nine thing, with the moon god- "From now on a w’ lte man c.n blanket under the pines an' I want ye New World,” the young cold water, add a slice of onion, one de-s Isis. And ns he wn» connected gence. walk In the bush without gittin’ bls to lay down with yer boy an’ git some borti in this Soldiers wearing an amethyst are "He reminds me of some «mail bayleaf, one blade of mace and with I»l». »° Wils man wrote, consequently, sleep. We got a long trip tomorrer. bones picked. Injun# I* goln' to be one-lmlf ten spoonful of salt. Heat Testament heroes, and said to be preserved from harm and represented ns connected with the of the Old ‘"Tain t so bad as It might be—ye’re quickly to the simmering point nn<1 skeered o’ us—a few un’ I wouldn't an' Is not this land we have traversed other nnd later moon goddess Identi the gem Is believed to have the power kind o' lucky a'ter all Is said simmer for twenty minutes. Drain be surprised.” the like the plains of Mamre? What a nnd drop into cold water, letting stand fied with the great Egyptian original. to protect Its wearer from contagion. When Jack came back with the wa done,” he remarked as he covered gentle creature he might have been If The moon was always supposed to To dream of It signifies freedom from for an hour. Wipe and cut Into small ter, Solomon poured It on the embers woman and the child. he had had a chancel How long, I old control the «gather nnd In the Greek hnrm. Saturday Is Rachel’# lucky day The wounded warrior and the •nd looked at the swollen form which pieces with n silver knife. Make a had wonder, must we be slayers of men? French dressing and pour over the myth Amphitrite, who roue from the and 4 her lucky number. Iler flower men were not to be found. They still seemed to be «training at the sneaked away Into the bush. * Jack As long, I take It, as there are sav sweetbreads, «et awuy until ready to sea nnd waa given n certain power Is the primrose, signifying youthful- green withes of moose wood. ness. ages against whom we “must defend serve. Then ndd an equal quantity of over the winds of the sen. had two dol "Nothin’ kin b> done fer him,” said and Solomon looked about and the (© by Wh«l«r Symllrste.) phins to gimril her by order of Posei ourselves. ” latter called but got no answer. finely cut celery nnd mayonnaise the old scout. "He’# gone erway. I ----- o----------- The next morning they met a com- don (Neptune). Gubernntls snys, “The “ They're skeered cl ’ ar down to the dressing. Mix well nhd serve on let tell ye, Jack, It g n my soul a sweat ’They pnny of one of the regiments of Gen Dolphin that watches over Amphitrite toe nails, ” said Solomon. An Awful Chance to hear him dyi । ” Is the until» ns the dolphin, the spy A Ilghtnln' eral Herkimer who had gone In pur tuce leaves. nm quite proud of my paintings," A moment of ; '» nee full of the sor couldn't stan’ It here. Parboil the sweetbread# In water They'd suit of Red Snout and Ids followers. of the sea, or the moon, the spy of the said Schram, the artlat. "1 think I row of the two men followed. Sol thrower Is a few too many, with a small amount of vinegar; this Learning what had happend to that nocturnal nnd misty sky.” Through nil shall soon hold an exhibition of my ruther be nigh a rattlesnake.' omon broke It by saying: helps to whiten them and add» to th# mythology we find the dolphin or por- work.” The scouts had no sleep that night. evil band and Its lender the soldiers "That ’ere black pill o’ mine went faced about and escorted Solomon and flavor as well. js)l#e—typifying the moon nnd Isis, the They sat down by the trail side lean “Well, take my tip,” said a callous right down Into the stummlck o' the grent moon goddess, was the especial critic, "and see that you don't develop hls party to Oriskany. hill an' give It qu te a puke—you hear ing against a log and lighted their (TO BE CONTINUED.) patroness of navigation. pipes. eye trouble watchkn« for visitors.” to me.” (© by MoClur* N«w«p»P»r Syndicate.J "You 'member Bill Scott?" Solomon They went to the cavern's mouth <©, 192». W„t«rn N»w«p»p»r V»loo.l Caution U the parent of safety. whispered. and looked In. CHAPTER XVII—Continusd. We spent a night In his Copyright by Irving Bavhull« T rioiher5 Cook Book G ClheWhij o/ Superstitions W What’s in a Name? j ; j O