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
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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
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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
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