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PAUL 4 f a story at rat « n u « « ,/ mbocmcï ¿r CHAPTER AUGUST 4 1"*21 HAL9EY EVTKK!F”<E I. Which Describe* the Journey of Ram. eon Henry T ra y lo r and Hie W ife and T heir Tw o Children and Their Dog Sambo Through the Adirondack W II- derneaa in 1831 on T h e ir W ay to the Land of Plenty— Furtherm ore It De- ecribea the Soaping of the Brim a te a d * In the early rum m er of 1881 Sam- eon T ra y lo r and hie w ife, Sarah, aad two children le ft th e ir old home n o ir the village o f Vergennes, Vermont, mid began th e ir travels toward the retting sun with four chairs, a bread lioard and rolllng-ptn, a feather bed and blanket«, a small looking-glass, a skillet, an ax, a pack basket wttb a pad of sole leather on the same, a w ater pall, a box o f dishes, a tub of salt pork, a rifle, a teapot, a sack of meal, sundry small provisions and a violin, in a double wagon drawn by oxen. I t is a pleasure to note that ihey had a violin and were not dla- posed to p art w ith It. T he reader must not overlook its fu ll historic slgnlfl- cance. T he stern, uncompromising spirit of the P u ritan had le ft the house o f the Yankee before a violin could enter It. Hum or and the love of play had preceded and cleared a way for It. W here there was a fiddle there were cheerful hearts. A young black shepherd dog w ith ts w ry points and (he name of Sambo followed the wagon. If we had been at the Congrega tional church on Sunday we might have heard Che m inister saying to Samson, a fte r the aervtce, that it was hard to understand why the happiest fam ily In the pariah and the most or loved should be leaving Its ancestral home to go to a far, new country of which little was known. Wa might also have heard Samson answ er: “I t s aw ful easy to be h^ppy here. We slide along In the same old groove, that our fathers traveled, from Ver- genneg to Paradise. W e work and play and go to lueetin' and put a shin piaster in the box and grow old and narrow and stingy and mean and go up to glory and are turned Into saints mid angels. Maybe that's the best thing th a t could happen to u * but Sarah and I kind o' thought we'd try a new starring place and another route to heaven." Sarah and Sampson had been raised on adjoining farm s Just out of the village. He had had little schooling b it his inlnd wss active and well in clined. 8a rah had prosperous rela tives in Roetoo and had bad the ad vantage of a year's schooling In that city. She was a comely girl o f a taste and refinem ent unusual In the place and tim e o f hei birth. Many well favored youths had sought her hand, hut, better than o th e r* she liked the big, m asterful, good-natured, humorous Samson, crude as he was. N aturally In her liandg his tim ber had undergone aome planing and smooth ing and his thought« had been gently led Into new- and pleasant ways. Let ns rake a look at them a t they slowly leave the village of their b irth The wagon Is covered w ith tent d oth drawn over hickory archea. They are sitting on s seat overlooking the oxen in the wagon front. Tears are stream ing down the face of the woman The man'« head Is bent. H is elbow« are resting on his knee«; the hickory handle of his ox w hip lies serosa his lap. the lash at his fe e t He seems to be looking down at bis boots, into the tops of w hirl, his trousers have been folded He is a rugged, blond, bearded man w ith kind ly blue eyes and a rather prominent nose. There Is a striking expression o f power In the head and shoulders of Samson T ra y lo r The breadth of his back, the slxe of his wrists and hands, the color of his face be’ oken a man of great strength. This thoughtful, sorrowful attitude Is the only evidence of emo tion which he b e tra y * In a few minutes he begins to whistle a lively tune. The boy Josiah— fa m ilia rly called Jag— alts beside bis mother H e Is a slender, sweet-faced lad. H e la looking up w istfully at his mother The little girl Rotaey site between him and her father. That evening they stopped a t tb» ttritse Of an old friend aome » fle a np^the rusty road to the n orth "H ere we a r e - gnln’ w ort," Sam sea shnatni m the n a n at the door He alighted be’ ped his fam ily out of the wagno. “T m «n right In n i taka care o’ ’ be m en," „JH th<> man Ra-ianp s*arted fnr rhe honre with ’ ho girt under one arm ang r^e boy JBder the ofhaa- * piemwnbfacwd » » •ra g greeted them w ith a hearty welcome atotb« door j ! | i food and perils. Colonel was the near borer Mew aad than Ramaon threw a sheepakla ever hie bach and gw« the bey ea H and trempad along within arm's reach o f Joe's left lag. This was a great delight ta the little lad. They proceeded at a better paee te the Black River country, toward which, la the village a< Gaston, they tarried again for a visit w ith e s p ia ls Moody and Silas W right, both of whom had taught school In the town of Vergennes. Tlivv proceeded through DeKalb Richville and Onuveraeur and A nt werp and on to the Sand plains. They had gone fa r oot of their way for a look at these old friends of thelra. Samson's diary tells bow. at the lop of the long, steep hills be used Io cut a small tree by the roadside aad lie Its butt to the rear axle and bang oo to Its branches while his w ife drove the team. Thia held their load, making an effective brake. Traveling through the foraat, as they had been doing for weeks, while the day waned, they looked for a brook side on which they could pass the night with w ater bandy Samson "Tow d e f t know h r i good ta are a wamaa aad talk ta hre. aud we talked aad talked uarii midnight, a fter an the rare wore asleep She let me held the baby la « y lap aattl It wae pot to bed. How good It M t to have a little w arm body la ray anas again and fool It breathing! la all my Ufa I never saw a p rattler baby I t M t good to bo ta a real keaea aad aleag I * a aaft, warm bod aad to eat Jelly and cookies and fresh meat snd potatoes and bread m d bat tar. Ramses played for them and kept them laughing w ith bis stories until bedtime. They wouldn't take a cent and gave as a doaon nggn In a basket and a piece o f ronlson when we went away.” On a warm, bright day la the «and country they ram s te a credo, h alf finished. fram e bonoa at the edge of a wide clearing. The sand lay la drifts m i rate «ide ef the road It had evidently moved In the last wind. A alckly vegetation covered the field. A ragged, be re f00 ted man and three ecravrny, ill-clad children stood In the dooryard. It wae Doontime A mon grel dog, w ith a hit of tbe hound In him, came bounding end harking to ward the wagon and pitched upon Sambo and quickly got tbe worst of It. Kaiubo. a fte r much experience la self-defense, had learned that the beet way out o f such trouble was te •else a leg aad bang on This he did. The mongrel began to yelp. Sam •on lifted both dogs by the baeke of their n eck* broke the hold of Bambo and tossed aside tbe mongrel, who ran away whining. "That reminded me o f a bull th a t » ta ttle d a man over In Vermont," he eald. “T h e man had a d u b In hla hand. H e dodged and grabbed the bull's tall and beat him a ll ever the let. As the bull roared, the men hol le re d : 'I'd like to know who began this fuse »Byway.’ " The stranger laughed. “la that your house T” Ramsen «aid. The man stepped «earer and ao- •werv-d In a lew, cooB<JeaMal toao: “Say, mister, thia la a eom blaatloa puorhouee and idiot asylum. I am the idiot. Then« are the poor." Ho pointad to tbe children. “You don't ta lk Ilka an Idiot," said Samson. The m»a looked around and leaned over the wheel as I f about bo Im part ■ secret. “Boy. I'll toil yo,” ba said la a low tone. “A real, ftrat-ciaae Idiot never d o e* Tea ought to see my a c tio n *” “T his land ta an Indication that yoa're right," Ramaon laughed. " It proves It," the stranger whis pered. “H ave you any w ater lie r a F Sam son asked. The arranger leaned nearer and •aid In his moat confidential tons. “Bay, mister. It’s about the beet In the United Rtatre. Right over yonder la the edge o' the wood»— a Spring- -cold as lee— Simon-pure water. 'Bout the only thing tJ|la land'll relee Is w ater." "This land looks to me shout as valuable aa re much abbot llghtuln' and I gueOb tt can m ote Just about aa quick," said Ramaon The arranger answered In a low tone: "Bay, VII tell yo, trie a wild cow— don't stand rttll long 'nough to giro ye time to git anything out of It. I've tolled and prayed, hut It's hard to get much out of It.*' "Fraying won't do thia land any good." Ramano answered. "W hat It heeds ke manure and plenty of It. You c a n t rateo anything here but fle a * It Isn't decent to aspect God Io help run a flea farm . H e knows too n o i i i for that, and If you keep It np H e'll leee all respect for yo If you wore to buy another farm and bring It here end put It down on “Poor! Pm the richest man ip the world,” said be. "Look nt the gold oo that girl's head— curly, fine gold, too— the best there is She's Betsey— my little toy woman— h alf past seven years old— bine eyes— helps her moth er get tired every day H ere’a my toy man Josiah— yes. brown hair and brown eyes like 9arab-r~beart o' gold —helps h it mother, too— six times one year old.” “W hat pretty faces’ ” said the wo man as she stooped and klsaed them “Tea, ma'am Got 'em from the fairies," Samson went oo “They have all kinds o’ beads for little folks an' I guess they color ’em up with the blood o’ roses an’ the gold o' butter- . cups an' the blue o" violets. Here's this w ife o' mine. She’s richer'n I ' am. She owns all of ns. W e re her slaves.” “Looks as young as she did the day she was m arried— nine years ago,' I said the woman. “E x a c tly !” Samson exclaimed. “Straight as an arrow and proud ' I ¡ don't blame her. She's got enough to make her proud, I aay. I fall In love again every time 1 look Into her big, brown eyes.” They had a Joyous evening and a restfal night with these old friends and resumed their Journey soon a fter daylight. They ferried acrore the lake at Burlington and fared away over the mountains and through the deep forest on the Chateaugay trail. Since the Pilgrims landed betweau the measureless waters and the path Tram ped Ateng W ithin Arm 's Reach. less wilderness they and their dee Cendant« had been surrounded by the tethered, fed and watered tbelr bones lure of mystery. The love of adven and while Sarah and the children ture, the desire to explore the dark built a firs and made tea and biscuits, Infaeted and beautiful forest, the be was getting bait and catching flah drears o f fru itfu l sunny lands cut tn the strrum. with w ater courses shored with sli “ In a few minutes from the time I ver and strewn with gold beyond M— _ wet my hook a mess of trout w.-uld be these were the only heritage of t h e l* j 4 ^ . ^ , al„ , | nfc wHh , piece sons and daughters save the stronith salt pork. In the pan, or It was a bad and courage of the pioneer How true day for fishing,” he writes. was this dreom of tlietrs gathering A fte r sapper the wagon was partly detail and allurement as It passed unloaded, the feather bed laid uposi from sire to son. On distant plains the pisuka under the wagou roof and to the west were lands mere lovely spread with blankets. Thasi Ramaasi and fru itfu l than any of tbelr vision: sang songs and told s tor Isa or played In m ourta'ns fa r beyond was gold upon the vlo'ln to amuse the fam ily. enough to gild the dome of the heav Often If Ike others were weary and ens, as the sun was wont to do at depressed he would dance merrily eventide, and silver enough to pat a around the Are. playing a lively tune, fairly respectable moon In i t T r i for with Satabo glad to lend a helping generations their eyes were not to eee. foot and much noise to the program. their hands were not to touch, these Ry and by the violin was put away things They were only to push their and all kt elt tty 'he fire while Sarah frontier a little farther to the west prayed aloud for protection through and hold the dream and pass It on the night. 8« It will he seen that to tbelr children. they re trie d w ith Uiera th e ir own Those early years of the Nineteenth lltrie theater, church and hotel century held the first days of fnll- Boon a fte r darkneee Jell. Sarah flllm ect Samson and Syrah T raylor and the ciilldren lay down for the had the old dream la their hearts n ig h t w hile Samson stret-Uied oat when they flra t turned th eir faces to with his blanket by the fire in good the w est For years Sarah had ■** weather, the loaded musket and the slated I L ' thinking of the hardships dog Sambo lying beside him _ Often and peril« In the way of the mover. tlte howling ef wolves In ^he distant Samson, a man of twenty-nine when forest kept them awake, and the dog be set out from his old home, was said muttering and barking for hours. to ba “always ehasing the bird In the Samson woke the camp at daylight hush." He was never content with and a merry song was hta reveille the thing In b«Dd T here were car while he led the horses to their drink tain of their friend« who prominad When they art out Io the morning to coma and Join them when, at last, Samson wss wont to say to the little they should have found the land of lad. who generally sat bea!de Mm plenty. Bnt moat of the group that “Well, my boy, w hat’s the good word hade them good-by thought It t fool th li m ornlngT' iVherettpon Joe would ish enterprise and spoke lightly of say. parrot lik e : Samson when they were gone Amer “God help ua all and make His loa haa- undervalued the brave souls faoe to shine upon ua." who went west In wagons without “W ell said I" his fath er would an whose guhllme courage and endurance swer. and co the day’« Journey begun. the p lain t won Id still be sn unplosed Often, n e rr Its end. they came to wilderness Often we hear them set some lonely farmhouse Always Sam down as seedy, shiftless dreamers son would tto p and go to the door who conld not make a Hying at home to ask about the ro a d * followed by They were mostly the best blood of 11 tri ♦ Joe and Hotaey with secret hope« the world and the nohlsat of God's One of these hope« was related ta mlaatonarieo Who does oot bettor -ooklea and maple sugar and battered them above the thrifty. Comfort-le- | bread and had been cherished «Ince Ing men and women who preferred tc an hour of go«d| fortune early in the stay a t home, where risks wWr- few tr, p and encouraged by eandry good the supply of f°od «ore and auffl ( hearted women along the road. An ) >»hcr was ’ be hope of M-eing a hoby d en t and the cm .«oletier« of friend ship and rellgloo always at hand? molnly. It ahonld be eald the hope tt Betas» to»» Interest «so merely Samson and Sarah preferred to noil«' and takq thafr place« In the iro n ’ an echo of here He regarded baMee with an open mind, as It ware, for bottle line o< Civilisation. They bad read a little book callee , the opinion« of hla ei«»er still had ««me weight with him. she being a The CoRe* 7 of the Sangamon Tb< year aad a h alf older than be. hot - t l l j a b Briomtood W as a F rto o d W M y la tte r '» a s a word of the Pottawa temie« ramming land of plenty It wa? bablaa Invariably d'aappetated hla* Pathos." the nem» of a river In Rllnola drain I •hotr eapoblllttea being •» reotrioted B tfll not knowing what might happen, Ing ‘houBdleoe flow ery ^eadowa of top o' th is ooo you could probably bo always took • 'oo* at every baby. make a living I wouldn’t Ilka to liv» unexampled beauty and fortuity, belt The children were lifted owt of the ub ere the wind could dig my pots ed with timber, bleated with «had agon to mrafch thoir legs at alongbe groves covered with game end moorl' ad houao* They were ra re to bo Again the a»ranger leuaod Io w a n level, without a arict » • «*«•>• ** i«oe behind the legs of thoir fa ’Jww Ramaon aad agid la a b a If wfctaper res rho plowman." TYif’ ber tho' when be Wood at a Wraggar*« door were bound m take up a aori'.no o' Ray. mister. I wouldn t w est yea Then tho nlakt being near, they warn to meattaa IL bat talkin' o' Rog* rm gneernraeat land They stopped for a »IMt w «b B lah» always invited to yet thoir heroes la libs a dog w ith ae many of am that How ard rnd hla w ife old friend« of tho bora and ra rer uatil a e rt ho d e o t have timo to oat. Rome tkebra. who Heed la the etllaqe o* lag Thia w»« due la poet to tho body has got to soap him or b o ll dia •U! f»oee af the Itrtio ehndram a Tea eoo. I traded my farm ovar Ir Makmo. which was 1« Franklin county ,nwmpec-od by tbelr paraatg. <0ow T o r t These they traded tbM: Verm eut for five hundred acras o raetbarty heart email real«» th a mam of hoaao* The thia aham Udhtata'. a a W ^ to d aa' a * a f rkl'desn a facaa ay flan aasa. W a was aR ereay ta ge wae radaruraad ttf aa' hare we are, I f It wasn't for tb (gMa far Ramli aad Joe and door aa' »R« t '» m f r a d fa t o t » I d t f I f R * 0« "W here did yo come from F "OrwaU. Vermont." "W het'S y er aaroe F ‘'Hoary Brimatead,“ the f- arranger “Roc ef m ja h B n ia a te a d F “T e * air." Ramaon took bia hand and ahooh it w arm ly “ Wall. I doeiora I" bo ex claimed. " S lja h Rrimstaod wae a M e a d e* my father." "W ho are youT' Brlmstead naked “I'm ene o’ the T raylors o' Vorgon gag." "M y fath er used to buy cattle of Henry T raylor." “ Henry was my father. Haven't you let e u know about your bad lu c k F The man resumed hie tone e f con Adente. "Bey, I'll tell ye," he an swered. “A man that's as big a fool aa I aui ought not to advertise IL A brain that has treated Its owner as shameful as mine has treated me should be compelled to do Its own thlnkln' er die. I've Invented some things that may sell. I've been hop in' my luck would turn.” “I t ’ll turn when you turn It," Sam son assured hits. Brlmstead leaned close to Bsmaon'a ear and aald In a tone schrcely aud ible: "M y brother Robert he« hie own Idiot asylum. It's a reel handsome one an' he haa made tt pay. but I wouldn't swap with him." 8amson smiled, remembering that Robert had a liquor store. "Ixtok here, H eary Brlmstead we're hungry," be said. “I f ye furnish the water, we'll skirmish around for bread and give jT as good a dinner as ya ever had In ycr life .” Henry took the horses to hla barn and wutered and fed them. Then he brought two palls of w ater from tbe spring Meanwhile Samson started a fire In a grove of small poplars by tbe roadside and Itvgan broiling veul sou, and Sarah got out the breed board and tbe flour and the rolllng-ptn nnd the teupot As she waited for 'he w ster she called the three strange children to her side. The oldest was s girl of leu, w ith a face uncommonly refined and attractive. Io spite of her threadbare dothea, »he had a neat and cleanly look and gentle man nera. T he youngest wss a boy of four. They were a pathetic trio. “ Where'» your m o th o rF Sarah asked of the ten-year-old girl. “Dead Died when my little bretber was born." “ Who takes care of youT” “F ath er a n d - God. F ath er aaya God d«es uioat of It.” “Oh d e a r!" Sarah exclaimed, w ith a look of pity. , * They had a good dinner of freeh biscuits and honey and venlaon and eggs and tea W hile they were eatlug Samson told Brlmstead of the land of plenty. A fter dinner, while Brlmstead was bringing the learn, one of hta chll- ' dreu, the blonde, pale, tattered little ' girl of a ll. climbed Into the wagou •eat and aat holding a small rag doth which Sarah had given her When , they were ready to go she stubbornly refused to get down. “I'm golu' away," she said. 'T iu ' goln aw a-ay o ff to find my mother I I don't like thia place. There ain ’t no Santa Claus here I'm golu' away “ She clung to the wagon seel and cried loudly when her father took her down. "A in 't that enough to break a man's heart T' lie said with a sorrowful look. Then Samaon turned to Brlmstead and a sked : "L>ok here, Heury Brlm atred are you a drinking man? Honor bright now." ••Never drink a thing but w ater and tea.” "Do you know anybody who'll give ye anything for what you own h e re !' “There's a roan In the next Iowa who offered me three huudred and fifty dollar» for my Interest " “Oome along with ua and get the money If you can. I'll help ye fit up and go where ye can earn a Hy ing." “ I ’d like to. but my horse la lame and I can't leave the children." “F o i >tn right In this wagon and come on. I f there'» a livery In the place. I ’ll aend ye home." So the children rode la the wagon " I gaeoa w oH till tomorrow," said Joe was asleep and they laid btra •n the b la n k s « a a tll «upper woo ready. Sou* a fte r aappar Rareooa ahot a deer which bad waded la te the rayida. Fortanataly, It made iba opposite shore before tt fell AH band» spaat that evening dressing the dear and Jerking the beat of «he m eat. Thia i hey did by catting tlia meat la te drip« about the alas e f a man'« hand md salting and laying It on a raeh. »me two feat abava a alow fire, and ixertng It w ith graan bough* Tha eat aud aiuoka dried the meat la he course of tw o or three hoars aad gave It a fin« f l a t dr. Datirtaoa be yond any kind ef meat la veniao* treated In thia aaannar. I f kept dry. It w ill retain Ita flav o r and Its eweet- n«aa for a month or tnora They ret out rather lata n a il morn Ing Aa usual, Joe stood by the head of Colonel While tha la tte r lapped brown sugar from the tim id palm ef the boy Then tbo borae waa wool ta touch tbe face o f Joo w ith bis big, hairy Hpa aa a trib u te te hla genero* Ity. Colonel bad reeined to acquire a singular attachm ent for tbo boy and tbe dog. w hile Feta dlgtrnatod both of them He had never a mo m eat’s leisure, anyhow, bolug always busy with Ma work re tha f ilo * A few breaks ta the pock basket bod been repaired w ith grean wttbaa. It creaked w ith Its load o f Jarkad vaal- •on when put aboard. Farth er on the boy got a sore tbroot. Sarah bound a slice of p o rt around It aud Samson built a comp by the roadside In which, a fte r a good fire waa atartad. they gave bliu a hauileok swaat. Thia they did by staeplna hemlock lu paUa of hot w ater aud. wblla tha patient ant In a chair by tbe flrealda. a blanket area spread about him and pin aad olooa to bio uocb. Under tbo blanket tboy pat tbe palls of steaming baulovfc tag. A fte r bis swaat and a day and night In bed. with a warm fire bnrnlng la front o r the slmnty, Joe waa able to resume bis aaot la the wagou. They •poke of the Brlmataada aad thought It stranga that they had nut ewaao along. ita the twenty ninth day a fte r thair Journey began they came la sight a t the liaautlfni graan valley of the Mo hawk. Aa they looked from the bills they rew tho roof o f tho foraat d ip ping down to tbo river sherre aad at retching fa r to tho oast aad aud brobaa, bora aad thsra. bp ctearinga. Rooa they canid aoa tho ■□oka and spires a f tha thriving MF Iago of Utica. (To be continued.) G iv e th e B n to rp rlsg a ll th a local n aw t you kn o w an d I t w ill giyo you a ll som ebody alao knows W o rk in g th u s wo can each do tha o tb » r a aaryico. V U N HINTS K od ak s, F ilm s S u p p lie s Kodak Finishing Tinting. and and For every t-l w orth oí Kodak Rniabiag one 6«8 enlargem ent free. J Halsey Drug Store. OAC ! TECHNOLOGY and Samson and Brlmstead walked. I while Marah drove the team to the Ught: There the good woman , next vIHage FALL T1RM O FtNJ U F T 18. 18» bought new clothe« for the whole Brimatead fam ily and Bel in a lead »old 0«r I hla Interest la the sand plains and Oregon Agricultural College bought a good pair of horaea. with C O aV A L U t harneas and some cloth for a wagon cover, and had fifty dollars In hl* pocket and a new look In hla face He put hla children on the backs of | the boraaa and led them ta hla old home, with a aack of provisions on hla rtioulder. Ha wa« to take tbe track of tha T raylor» next day and begin hla Journey to the shore» of the Hangainon. They got Into a bad swala that afteruoon and Ramaon had to cut I •owe corduroy to make a footing for team and wagon and do much prying with die and of a heavy pole ander tha front agio. By and by tha borae« nailed them out K R Y P I O K G L A S S E S are m ade “When «I' Coionet bend» hla neck a n d b ac k e d by a n a tio n a l re p u ta things hava to move, even If he la tion th a t ia w ith o u t criticiaaa up te hla belly In tbe mad." aald K R Y P T O K S t a ll on n ia rit a lo n e . Ramaon. Aa tho day waned they came to a T h e a n n u a l o u tp u t prove« th is fact. river In the deep w ood* It waa an For sal« by exquisite bit of forest with tha bells of a hermit thruah ringing In ene of Its to w e r* T h e ir call and the lew aor.g of the river were tha only «ounda la the atleoca Tho glow of tbo retting ran which I! H i tod tbe i m a r « windows of tbo fares« bog a ‘ A A H A A n r grt- olar like that o f tho mnaic -golden l/wtg «hafts of It fell tRreugh the Harold A lb ro . rm C R hO M tM rg»4 K t M w t o ( 9 r i » i O P U l» P , fc & flle a tk