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Love’s Seasons In the Days of Poor Richard By DOUGLAS MALLOCH U: KISSED her «lien wo strolled the Iteld. The niaadowlanda of May. When kiss mid laughter both con ceil hsl The things we dared not say— 1 kissed her In the spring of life Before I thought of Itou»» or wife. I lug but t «hull »t«y rigid b* •!“n« «h« may taka It ln»te«d of building u lieW H. AND MRS SPARnOW lived on«.” . few In n comforlubl» tw»t behind u Mrs. Sparrow was rl«bt. m 11 blind on n house mid they hud never day» Mr. and Mr». Robin Ue« up and thought about living In a tree until «ent «tralgiH I” the tree «hero they *- IRVING BACHITI FR one day Mr» Sparrow. who never had lived ’he »umm' r before nnd H” missed seeing anything that «ent on ,.n their old nest sal Mra Spa.row her Who tob' 1 kissml her In the heat of June tention," said Washington. with her »harp blin k eyed. spied Mie black eye. «napping deflan.^ at tb»«. or I tuny give him. But it 1» tor you When ev'ry rose wn» red. CHAPTER XXVI—Continued. "You tly right up Hore. Robin, and Robin on her nest In the midst of the and Solomon to warn him and be not you I” When heart« beat. oh. so wild a lune! Henry -A man of the name tell them tluii nest belong» ' • green leafy tree. By youth'« glad music led — . Those "indications” were the letters deceived.' The wind wan swaying the leaves built II ln«t year." «aid Mrs. Robin, “ ‘I shall turn about and ride buck Thornhlir." I« curl I kissed her when «bo dared to turn he "I do not know him but of one John Anderson, who described nnd branches gently and nn Mra. Spur as »he and her huaband »nt on “ lower I said. oualy well Informed. Arnold I« an «Ide Iler eyes to mine nnd let them bum. himself as a prominent officer in the to “ camp.' row looked »he thought how nice It limb of Ilie tree. 'Three •» no need <«f haste, be offleer. W« hnv» not many Hke hi tu American unny. The letters were writ answered "No need to com« up here, chirp««! 'Arnold does not assume He Is needed here for I .have to go I kissed her In the summer night. ten to Sir Henry Clinton. They asked command until the third of August.' "You can’t expect to The night of stars nnd flowers. on a long trip to eastern Connecticut for a command in the British army have n home kept vacant for you, "He «haded his eyes and looked to to confer with Hodmnibeeu. In the When pence and Joy and calm delight and hinted nt the advantage to be de gallivanting all »bout the country »• And coninulesblp were ours, ward the west wher» the «un was set rived from facts, of prime Importance, ting and the low lying cjoud» were like event of some unforeseen crisis V When comradeship had come to bless, you do. nold would know what to do." W In the writer's possession. .............. Desire had turned to tenderness. rose-colored Islands tn a golden sea. "We live In t IH» part of the country Then Jack spoke out: "General, Margaret and her mother »ailed with and added as he hurried away down ought to have reported to you the ex nil the year noil » hy sliouldn't we Sir Roger Waite and his regiments on have flrat «' Ice, I should like to act words of Governor Reed. I ney I kissed her when her cheeks Hie tenth of March and arrived in New the road to the south: rain. “It Is a beautiful world.' know ; »o you ci an tty right along und were »were, perhaps, wru. unjust I York on the twenty-sixth of April. When sorrow overflowed. And another place, for I «m g"H>R •“ "'T iki good for fighting men.’ I nn- have not repeated them to any one The month of May. 17S0. gave \\ ash «tny right here. I'lmsessl’m 1« » n» swered as I sat down to finish my But now I think you should know their And saw the sun come forth again. ington »bout the worst pinch In Ids polnta of Hie law, you know, and i And roses to Ilie rond—• luncheon for l was still hungry. full content und Judge of them In your ' career. It was the pinch of hunger. And sweetest time of all appears “While I *te. the tormenting thought have po»»c»»lon." The governor Insists that Supplies had not arrived. Famine had own way. - _ came to me that I had neglected to Arnold Is bad ut heart thut he 1 would The time I kissed away her tear«. Just Hien Mrs. Robin wbli<V«re<l entered the camp and begun to threat ask for the source of his Information sell his master for thirty pieces of »H Bomcthlng l<> lier bn»band «nil he re en Its life. Soldiers can get along --------- O or for his address. It was a curious plied: "You are right," mid off they without pay but they must have food. ver." flew without another word to Men. oversight due to his masterly manner for a Washington made no reply. Mutiny broke out among the recruits. Spfirrow. . a M and that sense of the guarded tongue moment, and then bls wonts «ernie«! In the midst of this trouble. Lafay •Now I wonder what »he told him. which an ordinary mortal is apt to feel to have no necessary relation to those ette, the handsome French marquis, A Big Puso Wai Coming Straight for mild Mrs. Sparrow, leaning mH of the in the presence of a great personality. then twenty-threR years old. arrived 1 had been, in a way. self-bridled and of Jack Irons. neat nrfd looking around "Something “ General Arnold has been badly cut . on hl» white horse, after a winter in «he saw that "’’nt iheu» off In such a cautious In my speech, as I have been up tn many battles." «aid he. must be to live In »ueb a cool plnco. 1 " ' Paris, bringing word that a fleet and wont to be In the presence of W ash him to be relieved of all trying detail» "It Is Just like ■ cradle for their chil hurry. I’ll be Imund. armv from France were heading across ington himself. I looked down the Mr» Sparrow '• Bi F. A. WALKER Suddenly You are an able and prudent man I dren." she told Mr. Sparrow, "»nd 1 the sea. This news revived the droop- road ahead. The stranger had rounded bpened wide, for there wu» a big pur» shall make you his chief aide « h think I will lake Hint mst next year Ing spirit of the army. Soon boats a bend and was now hidden by the coming straight b-r the tree nnd look and live In th« tree." began to arrive from down the river bush. I hurried through my repast, the rank of brigadier general. He , IMAGINATIVE activity nt - It with her tall »witching needs rest and will concern himself So when Mr. nnd Mrs Robin bad Ing up — with food from the east. The crisis bnck und forth over her neck. bridled my horse and set off at a ga - little with the dally mu’lne. In my raised their family Mrs. Sparrow be passed. In the North a quiet summer lop expecting to overtake him. but to N ALL that hns to do with master- | "My gomlm'«". m«' exclaimed „ mcs absence, you will be the «uperlnten I gan to bustle ubmit nnd talk of mov followed. The French fleet with six ful effort and extraordinary achieve- , ing. but her hu»bnn<l told her »he hnd Sparrow getting ber wing» »prend for my astonishment lie had left the roa< ■ dent of the camp, nnd subject I” ”r- thousand men under Rochambeau ar I did mM see him aguln. but h'.s words ment. there must first be In the mind . flight. “I do believe It I» the ent that ders I shall leave with you. Colonel of the prospective operator uu luiugl- i better wait until spring. rived at Newport. July tenth, and can't were ever with me in the weeks thut Btnkus will be your helper. • We are nil nice and comfortnbh- «no n kitten hot summer. She were Immediately blockaded by t br.ng up my children In till« tree ‘ to keep your native activity. behind this blind.” be said. "Why not that you may be able British as was a like expedition fitting followed. In order to write a book or a piny. . stay here, und If you «till cure to live would be certain to climb up “I reached the Corlles farm, far down self on friendly terms with the g<n out at Brest. Washington could only It Is necessary, in the beginning of In the neutral territory, at ”’n o’clock eral ” In the spring wo cun move and—" hold to his plan of prudent waiting. r did n<>t finish wlmt Mrs. commander In either, to set our Imagination to work, then.” and a little before dawn was with Jack reported to the straight On a clear, warm day. Ute in July wni saying Corlles and his neighbors In a rou*h chief the warning of Thornhill, but going carefully, step by step, over the "Why, how you talk," ««id Mrs. «he 17S0. a handsome coach drawn by o ir plots nnd characters, nnd picturing "of course, I sitali want to away from Hint tree to her old lmm<> fight with j band of cattle thieves. the former made llglit of It. horses crossed King's Ferry and toded mill when her Imsbnml came to take 11 the course of which three men And "The air Is full of evil gossip, he them to the limit of our ability us they live In n tree. It I« much more genteel up the Highland road. It carried Ben appear when they make their obeisance than living behind nn old blind Some one more l’«’k nt Hie neat he liked »o a boy were seriously disabled by my said. “ You may hear It of me. edict Arnold and his wife and their well he found hl» wife silting there When they rode up to headquarter« to the public, for whose entertainment one may close It u'>y minute "“d lv’ baggage. Jack and Solomon passed pistols. We had salted a herd and blinking nt him. concealed ourselves In the midst of Arnold was there. To Jack'» Mun>r *• they have been produced. your nest tumble. and recognized them. “Chnnxcd your mind’1 ho "1 «hull keep my wit» about me. for It and so were able to shoot from good the major general greeted him « This snme principle applies to every “What does that mean. I wonder. “Yes." replied Mr form of labor, whether by the hand If we don’t watch out thoae robins cover when the thieves arrived. Solo friendly words, saying: "Wise people do, why not bird«’ That Jack queried. will come flying back early und take or the brain. the limn or woman pos mon and I spent four days in the neu “I hope to know you better for “Dun know." Solomon answered. n.-st ne.-b-.l too much repairing for sessing the greater power of imaglna- thnt tree again for their home.“ tral territory. When we left It a doz have heard much of your courage in “I'm seared about It.” said the young- Mr one thing and the other Is there la a So early In the spring whll i tlon having u decided advantage over en cattle thieves were In need of re fighting quality.” atrald that tide it. "I am ----- er scout. those who constantly have to tie told Sparrow still shivered vlth th........ Id big ent prowling arotm l ” pair and three had moved to parts un On the thlnl of August—the preci»< Ami that wan Just "hilt Mr« Robin money seeker has the confidence or known. Save in the southern limit, date named by Henry Thornhill—Ar what to do and guided ut every turn- every every time he flew from behind the He has been a good whispered to her unite, that the kitten Washington. blind. Mrs. Sparrow insisted thnt they their courage had been broken. nold took command of the camp an Ing point. which lived in Ilie house Inst year had fighting man. That goes a long way The artist first vision« his plctnre move into the robins’ nest. -he “I had often thought of Naney. the Irons assumed his new duties. grown to be a big cat nnd Mie would with the chief." "I would Just like to see thnt pair before he mixes Ids colors ana take« major general rode with Washington not tldnk of risking the Ilves of her Colonel Irons stopped his horse, “1 blaze-faced mare, that I had «ot from she mild ns »he get me out of this. everv day until, on the fourteenth of up his brushes; the architect see« In am of half a mind to go back,' he de Governor Reed and traded to Mr children by living In that tree. nestled down Into the nest, but 1 mu«t Paulding. I was again reminded of September, the latter set out wltn bls mind the outward form and propor I© by M«CI»r« N«w«p«P«r Syn-m » say It will need quite a bit of repair- clared. her by meeting a man who had Just three aides and Colonel Blnkm on « ; tions of n building or a bridge, prior "l'didn't tell the general half that come from Tarrytown. to making the preliminary sketch»«, Being nenr trip to Connecticut. Solomon, rode wltn Reed said to me. It was so bitter and that place I rode on to Paulding’s farm the party for two days and then r» nnd so it goes nt the start ut every thing created. vet I believe It was true. I ought to and spent a night In his house. I found turned, Thereafter Arnold left Without Imaginative activity the have told him. Perhaps I ought now Nancy In good flesh and spirits. She work of his office to Jack and com seemed to know and like the touch of his time to the enjoyment of the world would soon retrograde. to go and tell him.” tim’ I Cities would become unsightly, "There's time 'nough,” said Solomon. my hand and. standing by her side, the pany of his wife and a leisure him. I By MILDRED MARSHALL there would be no music or art. no "Walt till we git back. Sometimes I ve notion came to me that I ought to own suffered little Interruption. For grlm-vlsaged war had smoothed schools or colleges- nothing t<> give In- thought the chief needed advice but her. Paulding was reduced in circum bn<1 It's alius turned out that I was the stances. Having been a patriot and wrinkled front. Like Richard he day splratlon to Hie young nnd urge them ; bung up his bruised arms. The on to surpass their elders. one that needed it" i a money lender the war had impover- The force of will, unless It H sup him. My own horse wns worn of Washington's departure, Mrs. The two horsemen rode on In si Ished । By H IRVING KING The overwork and so I proposed a trade nold Invited Jack to dinner, ported by Imagination, rarely accom lence. It was the middle of the after- by , this plishes anything above ‘be noon of that memorable July day. and offered a sum to boot which be young man felt bound to accept opportunity for more friendly rein never pens a poem that will go down They were bound for the neutral ter- prompUy accepted. I came hack up JOYCE THE CUCKOO the ages, never chisels a statue whose rltory between the American and Brit the north road wdth the handsome, tlons. grace and chnrm excites enduring ado Mrs. Arnold was a handsome, viva ish lines, infested by "cowboys" from high-headed mnre under my saddle. N ENGLAND. In fact in all north N ONE particular era In feminine ration. never writes a song that mil- | the South and “skinners" from the The next night I stopped with one clous, blonde young woman of thirty. ern Europe, numerou» superstitions A nomenclature, name® of gladness Hons of people love to sing over nnd , The officer speaks in a letter of her Reuben Smith near the northern limit North who were raiding the farms of figured prominently. Joyce Is one of cluster around the cuckoo, where the over again long after the baud that the settlers and driving away their of the neutral territory below Stony- lively talk and winning smile« those. It Is not extraordinarily pepli- bird is "u fortune feller, n weather wrote It I» turned to dust. cattle to be sold to the opposing Point. Smith had prospered by sell splendid figure, well fitted with a cos lur and It 1» not nearly so pretty us Its prophet, n magical creature that can ThP pyramids, those Impressive I tume that reminded him of the court signl- change Into a hawk. an Innnortnl and arn; es.' The two scouts were sent to ing supplies to the patriot army. French equivalent. Jocelyn. monuments near Cairo. Egypt, on the | had heard that he was a Tory and ladles In France. learn the facts and report upon them. qnmlecien>belng.” Is thia country, aa flea — sportive or merry. west side of the Nite, grew from Imagi- | worn, “What n contrast to — the — comes They partial at a cross-road. It was so I wished to know him. I found fur aa tlie writer hns been able to dis Etymologists tell us that It < nation to imperishable pile* which i near «undown when at a beautlfu him a rugged. Jovial, long haired man patched uniform» to be seen In tini from the French Joie, which i was cover. there 1« only .......... uperstltlon have excited the wonder nnd admira- , of middle age. wJth a ready ringing brook, bordered with spearmint and cutnp !' he adileil. meant to express nn Inarticulate shout regarding the cmkiHi. In some ser tlon of mankind for centuries wild Iris. Jack watered and fed his laugh. His Jokes were spoken In a Soon after the dinner begun. 'of ecstasy. The original cry Is pre tlons <>f the country in Maine for In- We "Where there Is no vision, says the horse and sat down to eat his lunch low tone and followed by quick, ster Arnold said to the young num, served In the Swiss jodel or about of stance- It Is thought to be a warning eon He was thinking of Arnold and torous breathing nnd roars nnd ges have heard of your romance. < olonm Book of Books, "the people perish. the mountaineers. A number of femi of death In the family to hear a < tekoo If you are blessed with nn In agl- the’ new danger when he discovered tures of appreciation. and Mrs. Hare and their young daugh nine name« have come from this happy sing nenr the house. Mrs. Bergen. In native tnlnd. n conscious aiming >t a source; among them the well known a note to ii memoir of Ilie American that a man stood near him. The young "He looked my mare over carefully ter spent a week In our home in I b! ndelpbla on their first trip to toe col -result, give it free rein and let It lead Joy, Jadoen. which Is frequent In Folk Lore society, thus accounts for scout had failed to hear his approach before he led her to the stable. _a circumstance In no way remark “Next morning as he stood by her onles. Later Mrs. Hare wrote to ray you where It will. Wales, nnd Jaco«« still In common the wealth of superstition regarding (© by McClur« N«««P«P«r Symtlcate » able since the road was Vttle traveled head, he asked If I would sell her. mother of their terrible adventure in the cuckoo In Europe and the scanti usage among the English. that the great north bush nnd spoke of Mar and covered with moss nd creeping “•You couldn't afford to own Joyce dune directly from this latter ness of It here: "The note of th« garet's attachment for the handsome herbage. He thought not -f this, how mare,’ I said. American cuckoo I* less peculiar and name. France took It but found it too boy who had helped to rescue them, ever but only of the fa-e and form fact In his vanity. T had touched ‘and evblved the musical Joce- therefore It does not neem to have at British of a man of middle ag". The young I did not realize how much he had so I have some right to my Interest In tracted much popular attention. Many lyn. Intelligent people are unacquainted man wrote In a letter : made by his overcharging. He was yon. I happen to know a detail in emerald I» Joyce's lalinmnnlc The "It was a singularly handsome face, better able to own her than I and your story which may be new to you It Is the gem of youth and either with the appearance or the atone. 1 ' - — — »--- father In smooth-shaven and well -haped with that he proposed to show me. Miss Hare Is now with her springtime am) hope. It Is ««Id to pre notes of the two specimens common In large, dark eyes and a skin very clean w York.” serve for her the Joyful legacy which the Northern states." To which might “He offered for her another horse nnd perfect—I had alm-“’ -aid it was and a sum which caused me to take In New York! her name implies. Thursday Is her be added Hint If it were not<or the We heard transparent. Add to all C is a look of account of my situation. The money cuckoo clock the great majority of us "Oddao! •_ ----- - lucky day «nd 4 her lucky number. In Philadelphia that she and her mo.h friendliness and master?' ' dignity and • In this country would be entirety lg- <® by Wh««ler Byndlc»»«. loo ) a help to me. However, 1 you will understand wl y I rose to would be head. He Increased bls of- er had sailed with Str Roger WaJfe In nornnt of the call of the cuckoo. March. How Jolly It would be If the The cuckoo has had a reputation for my feet and took off ’ y hat. Ills shook my general and I could bring you togeth mature was above my o n, his form fer. magical qunlltlea from the days of the I •• *What do you want of herT er and have a wedding at headquar erect I remember nothing about his Homans, and probably from before . clothes save that they were dark In asked. that time. As to the American super “Tre always wanted to own a boss ters !” "I could think of no greater happi color and seemed to be new and ad stition that the call of the bird near n Ilka that,' he answer»«. house foretells death the same super mirably fitted. “ 1 Intended to keep the mare.’ said ness save that of seeing the end of the stition exists In Europe and can easily ••■You are John Irons, Jr., and I I. *Bnt If you will treat her well and war” Jack answered. "The «nr! That Is a little matter. be traced to the reputation the cuckoo am Henry Thornhill,’ «aid he. 'I saw give her a good home I shall let you I want to see a proper end to th!« has of destroying the eggs In the you at Kinderhook where I used to have her. ’ nests of other birds before taking that live I Hked you then and, since the “ 'A man who likes a good Joke wilt love story.” She laughed and ran to the spinne’ nest for Ids own purposes. It Is nn war began. 1 have known of your ad nevar drive a sp vlned hoss,’ he an- and aang "Shepherds, I Have Lost My omen of dentil to the hatching ergs ventures. I saw you passing a little swered merrily. when a bird hears the cuckoo nenr his way back and I followed for I have "So It happened that the mare. L°Ve” (TO Rg CONTINUER.) nest—his house. And so mnn. for this something to say to you.' Nancy fell into the hands of * Reuben reason, came to associate the cry of “ ‘I shall be glad to hear of It, was Smith.” Inaect» Lead All the cuckoo nenr his dwelling with the my answer. smne iden; nn Idea gilding naturally It Is computed thut there are five •••Washington cannot be overcome CHAPTER XXVII Into a fixed «nd enduring superstition. times ns many different kinds of In by bls enemies unless he Is betrayed Ami that nil the more readily beenuso sects ns there nre species of nil other by ids friends. Arnold has been put Love and Treason. of the general mystic reputation of I living things put together. Seventy in command at West Point. He has When Jack and Solomon returned years ago the number of species of the cuckoo. planned the betrayal of the army. to headquarters, Arnold nnd his wife (© br McClur« N«w«p«p«r Byndleal«.) Insects preserved In collections wn» •*‘Do you know that?’ I askpa. were settled In a comfortable house •• 'As well a« I know light and dark- Overlooking the river. Colonel Irons about 170,000. Today It 1» estimated Butine»» Thi» Time that there are 750,000 sorts, and Hint pcsa.' made his report. The commander In without counting the parasitic crea Mrs. Jones—My husband gave me •••Have you told Washington?* chief complimented him and invited In Europe alone there an $50 this morning. •• 'No As yet I have had no oppor the voung man to make a tour of the tures. The young lady across the way says Mrs. Smith- Lucky woman I Going tunlty. I am telling him. now, through camp in his company. They mounted 350 000 species. Most Insects live on she saw In the paper that the coal you In his friendship« he Is a sln- their horses and rode sway together. trees or plants. There are known t< shopping now, I suppose. be 450 sorts which make their home strike Is being paid for now, so she "Shopping! No, I’m giving to buy gularly stubborn man. The wiles of "I learn that General Arnold Is to «là Ur M«Clur« N«yp»P«r Brodlest« ) un enemy are as an open book to him, he in command here," Jack remarked In oak trees, »nd about 200 In the suppose» It won't cost the consumer something.” pine. Of beetles «lone tb« varieties anything. but those of a frl-nd he la no.able (© by MoClur« N«w.p«p«r Syndic«!«.* soon after the ride began. exceed 190,000. # to comprehend. He will discredit or "I have not yet cwunced my In- oulj half believe any warning that you By IRVING BACHELIER MR. AND MRS. SPARROW euua« If Mrs Hohln ....... M Something to Think .About IJ I QTieWhy What’s in a Name? o/ Superstitions I il Is H ir M k C E ei ti p M W a' a ne te li tl tl A ti Ü
