Dayton tribune., April 02, 1925, Image 2

Something to
Think .About
Bi F. A. WALKER
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KNOW YOUR TALENT
"for our folks never steal nests, und
as for Hie places to build, you spar-
HIPPY ami Brownl* were two row* like a snug place lu ldnd a blind
sparrows, and they a er* always best, I thought.
in spite of all they could suy. Mr.
looking for a chance io pick n quar­
rel with some other bird. It did not and Mra. Robin refused to quarrel
matter at all if it wm on* of their with them. "Como down here on th*
own family or n robin, Chippy ami ground.” suld Brownie. Hying under
Brew tile were ready to bristle their the tree, "und I’ll show you who la
the host uerapiwr."
feathers and tight,
"I uni sure you ure,” replied Mr.
"Look over on the lower limb,”
said Chippy one frosty morning. Robin, und ho und his little mute Hvw
"There ure Mr. and Mrs Robin. They awny.
"Haven't got a bit of spunk," wild
came up too early. Old Mr. Nun
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fooled them when he shone so warm ' Brownie, bristling his feather*.
for a few days. Looks to me us if guess I could whip nny robin that
they were pretty cold, and 1 should not comes from the South."
Later, one day In aumnier. the spar
care at all if the got their toes frost
' rows were picking up crumbs un
bitten."
It did not mutter at all to Chippy der n tree In a yard where behind u
Sparrow that Mr. and Mrs. Rollin ; bush n puss witIi greedy green eyes
were hurd workers and looked with j whs watching her chanc* to spring
sharper eye* than he did for their i upon them.
Up In that tree Mrs. Robin sat on
food. He Just wanted to think of
I her nest, and beside her on the limb
! sut her loving little mate.
Brownie or Chippy hud no Idea that
I puss was around, and neither hud
' the robins until Mr Robin saw puss
creep slyly out from her hiding place,
. It would t>e of no use to chirp to th*
i birds on the ground, so Mr. Robin,
I who was eating « cherry dropped the
' stone, which fell right on puss’s nos*
i and made her run.
Brownie ami Chippy flew up In th*
tree with frightened chirps, nnd then
I they saw Mr Robin.
"What muds
her run?” asked Chippy when he
! could chirp.
"1 dropped a cherry stone to scare
i her,” suld Mr Robin. "I knew there
j was no time to warn you. Nhe was
ready t<> spring."
Chippy und Brownie looked nt each
Mr. Robin Saw Puss Cr»«p Out From other, und then Brownie asked. "Did
you do It to save us. Mr Robin?”
Hsr Hiding Place,
“Of course," replied Mr Robin. “W*
some reason for quarreling with them. birds must help each other, you know.
So he flew nearer to the shivering We all belong to the same family,
pair and chirped saucily, “I guess though our feathers are different."
you wish you were buck In the South,
Brownie nnd Cldppy sat very still
don’t you? We ure likely to get »now, for a minute, ami then Chippy very
I think.”
meekly chirped: "1 am sorry we said
"<>h, no." answered Mrs. Robin. "I i such saucy things to you and Mrs.
don’t think we will huv* snow, und Robin the other day. Your kindness
1 am sure the sun will shine wnrm today makes me very much nsbnm'sl."
again In a few days."
Brownie chirped that he felt the
"No It won’t." suld saucy Chippy; same way nnd he ho|u-d Mr. Robin
"and I don’t cure If it doesn't, be­ nnd Mrs. Robin would forgive them.
cause you will be too cold to hunt for
When, they had flown away Mrs.
worms.
Why don’t you stay down Robin said: "That was a splendid
South Instead of coming up here every thing you did. my dear; better than
year und eating up all of our worms?" quarreling with them, though I am
’’Yea,” chirped Brownie, who hud sure you could have given both of
flown beside Chippy, thinking there those saucy birds a good whipping."
would bo a quarrel and wishing to
"They both feel worse than if I
be In It." why do you come up In had,” chirped Mr Robin, "The one
our country and take all the worms who wins in n quarrel Is the one who
und steal the beat places for nests?” keepa his temper, my dear." And
"I am sure you do not mean what Mrs Robin chirped that he was right.
you have said,” replied Mr. Robin,
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T HE youthful,
la to know Ma or her C
naturili talent ao that it may be In­
telligently developed and turned tv
CHAPTER XIA
under General Burgoyne was on Lake yer
bayonets,"
Solomon
shouted. I profitable account.
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Champlain and that the British were “We'll cut our way out.”
Find the hole In which your peg fits
Tha First Fourth of July.
then holding a council with the Six
The Indians ahead had no time to without wabbling and keep It there.
Scores of them were run Do not move from pillar to post In
Mrs. Scott and her child lived In Nations on the shore of the lake above load.
the family of General Herkimer for Crown Point.
through. Others lied for their Ilves. quest of another, and you will enjoy
“At present we are unprepared to But a red host was swarming up from । more of what makes life valuable, glad
a month or so. Settlers remote from
towns and villages had abandoned meet this great force but I suppose behind and firing Into the regiment. ow the years swing by that you have
their farms. The Indians had gone I that help will come and that we shall Many fell. Many made the mistake of held firmly to your original Inteatlon.
Into the great north bush perhaps to not be dismayed. The modest man turning to fight back and were over
Most of the failures lu this work a-
meet the British army which was said I who leads the British army from the whelmed and killed or captured. A -lay world tire due to Inefficiency,
to be coming down from Canada In ■ north declares in his proclamation that goodly number had cut tbelr way caused generally by shifting from one
appalling numbers. Hostilities In the ' he is 'John Burgoyne, Esq., lieutenant through with Jack and Solomon and station to another und the woeful lack
neighborhood of The Long House had ; general of his majesty's forces In kept going, swapping cover as they i of fixed effort In the pursuit of a
ceased. The great Indian highway and । America, colonel of the Queen's Regl- «ent. Most of them were wounded In definite course.
its villages were deserted save by j ment of Light Dragoons, governor of some degree. Jack’s right shoulder
You never cun find the port you hop*
young children and a few ancient red • Fort William In North Britain, one of had been torn by a bullet. Solomon’s to reach If you persist In sailing your
men and squaws, too old for travel. I the commons In parliament and com- left hand was broken and bleeding ship without compass and rudder. The
Late in June, Jack and Solomon were j mander of an army and fleet employed The savages were almost on their ! tides and the winds will toss your
ordered to report to General Schuyler on an expedition from Canada!' My heels, not 200 yards behind. The old j precious craft Into the open Jaws of
friends, such Is the pride that goeth scout rallied his followers In a thicket ' destruction or hurl It high and dry on
at Albany.
"We’re getting shoveled eroun' before a fall. We are an humble, hard­ at the top of a knoll with an open ' the scowling rocks from which there
plenty.” Solomon declared.
"We'll working people. No man among us grass meadow between them and their Is no likelihood of escape.
take the womern an' the boy with us can boast of a name so lavishly enemies. There they reloaded their
If you have a talent for painting,
an’ paddle down the Mohawk to Al­ adorned. Our names need only the rifles and stood waiting.
see that you produce pictures of
"Don’t fire—not none o' ye—till I beautiful themes and attractive colors;
bany. They kind o’ fell from heaven simple but glorious adornments of
Into our hands an’ we got to look I firmness, coufage and devotion. With give the word. Jack, you take my I if your hand la deft In the use of tools,
a’ter 'em faithful. Fust ye know ol' those, I verily believe, we shall have rifle. I’m goin' to throw tids 'ere clasp the saw and the hammer and re-
Herk'll be movin' er swallered hull by an ally greater than any this world bunch o' llghtnin'.”
| solve that no one shall excel you.
Solomon stepped out cf the thicket
the British an' the Injuns, like Jonah can offer. Let us all kneel where we
You cannot overcome dltficttltles nor
was by the whale, then what 'ud be­ stand white I^v. Mr. Munro leads us and showed himself when the savages rise above the common level by loung-
come o’ her an' the Leetle Cricket? In prayer to Almighty God for His entered the meadow. Then be limped : Ing around In Idleness, bemoaning
help and guidance.”
up the trail as If he wen badly hurt. ' your lot and envying the prosperous
We got to look a'ter 'em."
It was an Impressive hour and that In the fashion of a hen partridge when men and women climbing towards the
"I think my mother will be glad to
give them a home,” said Jack. "She day the same kind of talk was heard one has come near her brood. In a 1 hilltops.
Whether you have one talent or five
really needs some help In the house in many places. The church led the moment he had dodged behind cover
people. Pulpiteers of Inspired vision and crept back into the thicket.
talents, there Is but one medium
these days.“
There were about 200 warriors who through which you can achieve work,
The Scotts' buildings had been of which, those days, there were many
burned by the Indians and their boats spoke with the tongues of men and of came running across the Hat toward holding steadfastly to your course and
destroyed save one large canoe which angels. A sublime faith in "The Great that point where Solomon had disap­ refusing to yield to discouragement.
There Is In every person’s life the
had happened to be on the south shore Ally” began to travel up and down peared. They yelled like demons and
overran the little meadow with aston­ crucial moment of choosing a per­
of the river out of their reach. In tills the land.
ishing speed.
manent vocation, and when that Is
Jack and Solomon and "Mis’ Scott’’
CHAPTER XX
“Now hold yer fire—hold yer Are till overcome, there remains nothing else
and the Little Cricket set out with
I give ye the word, er we’ll all be et to do but to drive straight ahead, de­
loaded packs in the moon of the new
The Ambush.
up. Keep yer fingers off the triggers termined to win an honorable destina­
leaf, to use a phrase of the Mohawks,
Mrs. Scott and her little son were now.”
tion.
for the city of the Great river. They
He sprang Into the open. Aston-
To the men and women who are
had a carry at Wolf Riff and some made welcome in the home of John
shorter ones but In the main it was Irons. Jack and Solomon were Imme­ Ished, the foremost runners halted predisposed to loafing, given to stop­
a smooth and delightful Journey, be­ diately sent up the river and through while others crowded upon them. The ping by the wayside to gather wild
tween wooded shores, down the long die bush to help the force at TL In “bunch of lightning” began Its curved flowers when they should be tramping
winding lane of the Mohawk. With­ the middle and late days of July, they flight as Solomon leaped behind a tree resolutely upon the highway, this
scarcely forms an agreeable subject
out fear of the Indians they were able reported to runners the southward and shouted, "Fire!"
“Taln’t too much to say that the for meditation.
to shoot deer and wild fowl and build progress of the British. They were
But these, ns you may have already
a fire on almost any part of the shore. ahead of Herkimer's regiment of New cover flew off o' h—1 right tliar nt the
Mrs. Scott insisted on her right to do York militia on August 3 when they edge o' the Bloody Medder that mln- guessed, are they who have hidden
the cooking. Jack kept a diary of the discovered the ambush—a misfortune nit—you hear to me,” he used to tell their talent In a napkin and been
trip, some pages of which the historian for which they were in no way re­ his friends. "The air were full o’ crowded from the ranks of the suc­
bu’sted InJun an’ a barrel o’ blood an' cessful, because of their own fickle­
has read. From them we learn:
grease went down Into the ground. A ness.
"Mrs. Scott has bravely run the
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dozen er so that wasn’t hurt run back
gauntlet of her sorrows. Now there is
ercrost the medder like the devil were
a new look in her face. She Is a
chasin' ’em all with a red-hot iron. I
black-eyed,
dark-haired,
energetic,
reckon It’ll alius be called the Bloody
comely woman of forty with cheeks
Medder."
as red as a ripe strawberry. Solomon
In this retreat Jack had lost so much
calls her 'middle sized' but she seems
blood that he had to be carried on a
Ability and nubility of character and
to be large enough to dll his eye. He
litter. Before night fell they met Gen. ' purity of dlBp<'sition dapend in a a re at
shows her great deference and chooses
measure on what is eaten at the table.
Benedict Arnold and a considerable ,
his words with particular care when
force. After a little rest the tireless j
SEASONABLE DISHES
he speaks to her. Of late he has taken
Solomon went back Into the bush with I
to singing. She and the boy seem to
Arnold and two regiments to find the ■po >R the ment dish the following
have stirred the depths in him and
wounded Herkimer, if possible, and ,
may be found n little out of the
curious things are coming up to the
others who might be In need of relief. । ordinary:
surface—songs and stories and droll
They met a band of refugees coming
Tenderloin Cutlets.
remarks and playful tricks and an un­
in with the body of the general. They
Chop fine one pound of beef tender­
usual amount of laughter. I suppose
reported that the far bush was echo­ loin, half a pound of veal and one­
that it is the spirit of youth in him,
ing with the shrieks of tortured cap­ fourth cupful of cooked ham. Add one­
stunned by his great sorrow. Now
tives.
fourth cupful of sweet cremn and four
touched by miraculous hands be is
“Beats all what an amount o’ suf­ ounces of marrow rubbed to a cream
com.ng back to his old self. There can
ferin’ It takes to start a new nation,” with two tabiespoonfuls of orange
be no doubt of this: the man is ten
Solomon used to say.
Juice. Season with salt and pepper
years younger than when I first knew
Next day Arnold fought his way to and mix thoroughly. Press the meat
him even. The Little Cricket has laid
the fort, and many of St. Leger’s into eight cutlet shapes, saute In but­
hold of his heart. Whig sits between
Rangers and their savage allies were ter, olive oil or bacon fat. Cook six
the feet of Solomon In the stern dur­
slain or captured or broken Into little or eight minutes. Serve with seasoned
ing the diy and insists upon sleeping
bands and sent flying for their lives asparagus.
with him at night.
Into the northern bush. So the siege
“One morning my old friend was
of Fort Schuyler was raised.
Chicken Cooked In Milk.
laughing as we stood on the river
Cut up a six months-old chicken,
sponsible. Herkimer and his force had
bank washing ourselves.
CHAPTER XXI
season well, lay In a dripping pan »nd
“•What are you laughing at?1 I gone on without them 'o relieve Fort
cover with sweet ndlk. Cook until the
Schuyler. The two scouts had ridden
asked.
The Blnkussing of Colonel Burley.
milk has formed a brown caramel.
“ 'That gol dum leetle skeezucks!’ post to Join him. They were afoot
Solomon had been hit In the thigh Add fresh milk and thicken for a
he answered. ‘He we: • kickin' all* half a mile or so ahead of the com­
night like a mule fight :i' a bumble mander when Jack heard the call of by a rifle bullet on his way to the gravy to serve with the chicken.
bee. Twere a cold nig t an’ I held the swamp robin. He hurried toward fort. He and Jack and other wounded
Celery Relish.
him ag'in me to keep the leetle cuss his frlen-L Solomon was in a thicket men were conveyed in boats and litters
to the hospital at Albany where Jack
of tamaracks.
Mix rich cream cheese with season*
warm.
“We got to git back quick,” said the remained until the leaves were gone. Ings of salt, a dash of cayenne and
“ ’Hadn't you better let him sleep
Solomon recovered more quickly and color a delicate green. Fill the cen­
latter. “I see sign o’ an ambush."
with his mother?' I ask- I.
They hurried to their command and was with Lincoln’s militia under Col­ ters of the stalks of tender celery
“‘Wall, If it takes two to do his
sleepin’ mebbe I better 1» the one that warned the general. He halted and onel Brown when they Joined Jolin- ’ with the cheese. Arrange around a
faced his men about and began a re­ son’s Rangers at Ticonderoga and cut mound of salted browned walnuts, the
suffers. Ain't she a Ilk- v womern?’
“Of course I agreed, for it was evi­ treat., Jack and Solomon hurried out off the supplies of the British army. thick ends to the center, leaving the
dent that she was likel- -ometlme, to ahead of them some 20 rods apart. In Later having got around the lines of leaves on the stalks.
make him an excellent v :fe and the five minutes Jack heard Solomon's call the enemy with this intelligence he had
again. Thoroughly alarmed, lie ran a part In the fighting on Bemus Heights
thought of that made m, l ippy.”
Junket With Banana Puree.
They had fared alon ■ down by the in the direction of the sound. In a and the Stillwater and saw the de­
Press the pulp of two bananas
rude forts and vill. is traveling moment he met Solomon. The face of feated British army under Burgoyne through a vegetable press or rlcer, add
stealthily at night In tree shadows the latter had that stern look which marching eastward In disgrace to be two teaspoonfuls of sugar and one­
through “the Tory zone ' as the vicin­ came only in a crisis. Deep furrows conveyed back to England.
fourth cupful of water, let simmer un­
Jack had recovered and was at home til well heated, then add a tablespoon­
ity of Fort Johnson w s then called, ran across his brow. His hands were
camping, now and then, in deserted shut tight. There was an expression when Solomon arrived In Albany with ful of lemon Juice and half a teaspoon-
farmhouses or putting up at village of anger in his eyes. He swallowed the news.
ful of granulated gelatin soaked In
Solomon spent a part of the evening cold water and dissolved In hot water,
inns. Setting out from th ir last camp as Jack came near.
“It's an ambush sure as hell's ahead,” at play with the Little Cricket and the mix wi ll and pour Into the bottom of
an hour before daylight they had heard
other children and when the young custard cups. When firm, heat one
he whispered.
the booming of cannon at sunrise.
As they were hurrying toward the ones had gone to bed, went out for a quart of milk to blood heat, add one
Solomon stopped his puddle and lis­
walk with “Mis’ Scott” on the river Junket tablet crushed and dissolved In
regiment, he added:
tened.
a tablespoonful of water, one teaspoon­
“By the hide an’ horn- o’ the devil!”
"We got to fight an’ ag’in big odds— front.
Mrs. Irons had said of tne latter that ful of vanilla ; mix anti pour over the
he exclaimed. "I wonder If the British British an’ Injuns. Don't never let
yerself be took alive, my son, lessen ye she was a most amlabie and useful banana mixture In the cups. Serve
have got down to Alban .-."
when chilled with whipped cream.
They were alarmed until they hailed want to die as Scott did. But, mebbe, person.
“The Little Cricket has won our
a man on the river road and learned we kin bu’st the circle.”
Swedish Stew.
In half a moment they met Herkimer. hearts,” she added. “We love him as
that Albany was having a celebration.
Put Into nn earthen dish two and
“What be they celebratin'?" Solo­
“Git ready to fight,” said Solomon. we love our own.”
When Jack and Solomon were setting one-half pounds of beef stew, cut Into
“We’re surrounded.”
mon asked.
The men were spread out In a half­ oat in a hired sloop for the Highlands small pieces, a large carrot sliced
“The Declaration o’ Independence,”
the citizen answered.
circle and some hurried orders given, next morning there were tears In the thin, three cloves, six tablespoonfuls
of pearl tapioca, two tahlewpoonfuls
“It's a good Idee,” said Solomon. but before they could take a step for­ dark eyes of “Mis’ Scott.’’
“Ain’t she a likely womern?" Solo­ of bread crumbs, tnblespoonful of vine­
“When we git thnr this 'ere ol' rifle o’ ward the trap was sprung. “The Red
mine '11 do some talkin’ If it has a Devils of Brant” were rushing at them mon asked again when with sails gar, one-eighth of n grated nutmeg
chanst.”
through the timber with yells that spread they had begun to cut the water. and salt and pepper to taste. Cover
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tightly after adding a little water and
Church bells were ringing as they seemed to shake the treetops. The
let cook five or six hours In a moderate
neared the city. Its inhabitants were regiment fired and began to advance.
Futa Over Miaaing Button
oven.
assembled on the river front. The Some 40 Indians had fallen as they
Declaration was read and then Gen­ fired. General Herkimer and others
A woman Is so used to pinning things
eral Schuyler made a brief address were wounded by a volley from the that she can’t understand why a man
about the peril coming down from the savages.
should make so much fuss over a miss­
“Come on, men. Foller me an’ use ing button.
north. He said that a large force
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CAT’S EYES AND THE TIDE
sujuTst 11ion along the
A COMMON
seacoast Is that when the pupils
of a cat’s eyes ure nearly cloned It
shows thut It is low tide, while their
widely opened condition Hignltiea thut
it is high water. The Journal of the
American Folk lore Society In men­
tioning this superstition says: "In a
case in which th* pupils of a cat in a
Boston barber shop were nearly closed
at high water the barber, who owned
the cat, explained the discrepancy by
saying, ’Oh, well, she’s only u kitten
anyhow and couldn’t be expected to
know the tide like an old cat.’ "
The connection between the moon-
goddess, Isla, and the cat has been ex­
plained before In the course of this
series and the connection between
Isis und the sea has also been referred
to. This Inter relationship easily ex­
plains why the wnxlng nnd waning of
the pupils of a cat’s eyes typifies the
rising und the falling of the tides.
The connection of Isis with the sen
and her special protection of mariners
Is not a little curious as the Egyptians
were not a seafaring people. It may
be, however, that the solution la to be
found In the fact that the moon was
considered ns the source of moisture,
the celestial fountain-head of nil eurth-
ly waters. Was n knowledge of the
Influence of the moon upon the tides
n pnrt of the esoteric knowledge which
the Egyptian priests possessed nnd
gave to the people only in n mytho­
logical form? It has long been sus­
pected thut the Egyptian myths veiled
real scientific knowledge.
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What’s in a Name?
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Fact* about yawr nama i Ita Malory i
■naaalRgi wh*m« it waa dartvadi aiy«
Mft«*«ca; y»ur lue hr day. lue hr
MARY
■pARADOXH’AL ns It Is, the sweet
•* name of Mary meana bitter. Mury
lu perhaps the moat prevalent mime of
all lat'guagea, due In large degree to
religious devotion to the Blessed Vir­
gin. Indeed there are so many Marys
und ao many derivatives und diminu­
tives of the name, thut each one re­
quires separate treatment nnd this
nrtlcle will be limited to the ulmple
M n-r-y un«l its English und 1- rench
spellings, Murln nnd Marie.
The first well know n bearer of the
name was the sinter of Moses nnd
Aaron, who led the sons of the Israe­
lites when they saw their enemies
ilend upon the senahore. 'I hough the
most honored name among women, It
Is one will h has caused n great deal
of contention regarding its source.
Nome day It come» from merl (stub­
bornness), others say that It lu from
miirnh (bitterness). The most poeti­
cal explanation of all Is that It comes
from the Latin nnd Teutonic mar,
meaning sen, end hence Mary Is ".Star
of the Sen."
The first Marin win n Spanish mai­
den mnrtyred by the Moors In HAL
However, the Spanish Urraca win
Identified with Marla and this name
flourishes In Spiinlsli mime history and
ballad literature. The Infanta Dena
Urraca, or Maria, was prevented from
becoming Queen of France because of
the uncouth sound of her name
Urraca, whereas, If she had lived a
century Inter, she might have been
called Queen Marie. Other famous
Marins were Marla of Antioch, wife of
Emperor Manuel ; Marfa, wife of the
Marquis of Montferrat ; Marie, daugh­
ter of Louis VII; Marie, translator
of Breton legends for Henry III, nnd
Marie, daughter of Edward I. The
actual mime of Mary comes through
the French and Is from the Blessed
Virgin.
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number,
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