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HAGE 4
H A L S E Y E N T E R P R IS E
AU G U ST 11, 1W I
e-„m the B a st.” sa id
the
D octot
too sick to travel next day. The T ray
g —
"G ive am som a dinner, aud If Uiv)
lora am ) cd with him aud nursed tha
can't pay for It. I can. They’Te cam«
lad until he was able to go on. He
a ll the way from V e rm o n t*
was from Niagara county. New York,
“Good la n d ! Coma right In an' rest
and hla name was H a rry Needles.
H it mother had died when he wae yerselvea, Abe, you show the gentle­
man where to pot hla horses an’ lend
fen and his father had married again
He had not been happy In hla home him a hand."
Abe extended his long arm toward
a fte r that and hla father had given
appeal to many thousands each vear. Be one of the
him a pony and a hundred dollars Samson and said "How dy" as they
m erry throng that go there this summer lor Health,
and sent him away to seek his own shook hands.
Rest, Recreation au,I Anusement,
"When his big hand got hold of
fortune Homesick and lonely and 111,
and Just gofng west with a sublime mine, I kind o f felt his timber,” Sam­
A Story o f the Ruilden
faith that the West would somehow son writes. " I says to myself, ‘T h ere’s
provide for him, hb might even have a man It would he hard to tip over In
o f Demoaacy
perished on the way If he had not fa ll­ a rassle' "
en In with friendly people. H la story
“What's yer name? How long ye
had touched the heart of Sarah and been travelln'? M y conscience! Ain't
Samson. He was a big. green, gentle- ye wore out?" the hospitable Mrs.
are now on sale lo many delghtful places.
hearted country boy who had set out Rutledge was asking as she went Into
N e w p o rt.
Ideal for the fam ily is this charm ing
filled with hope and the love of ad­ the house with Sarah and the chil­
G u p ,n , til. t r v l i* .
venture.
Sarah found pleasure In dren "You go and mix up w ith the
old place that is free frctu conventionalities.
----
mothering the poor lad, and ao It little ones and let yer mother rest
happened that he became one o f their while I git dinner,” she said to Joe
CHAPTER II.
C
One of the greatest scenic won­
little party He was helpful and good- and Betsey, end added as she took
ders of the world is this beautiful lake of indescrib­
natured and had sundry arts that
Wherein I* a Brief Account of Sundry
Sarah's shawl and bonnet: “You lop
able blue.
pleased the children. The man and down an' rest yerself while I'm flyln'
Curious Characters Mat on the Road
the woman liked the big, honest lad. around the fire."
Located
At Utica they bought provisions
One day he said to Samson: “I
“Come all the way from Vermont?”
h im I ii tin trumpet for Joe, «rid a doll
amidst a wealth ol beadtiful uatural surroundings are
hope you won't mind if I go along
Abe asked as he and Samson were
» Itli it real porcelain fare for Betsey,
these resorts just a few miles beyond the Coast Range.
with you. sir.”
unhitching.
turned Into the great main thor
“Glad to have you with us," said
"Yes.
sir."
(B re iten b u rt
H ot
ougliliire of the North leading eastward
Samson, "We've talked It over.
If
"By Jlng!” the slim giant exclaimed.
to li infon und westward to a «bore
Springs
(M
t.
Jefferson
cou
ntry),
M
cCreille
H ot
you want to, you can come along
" I reckon you feel like throw ln' off
of the rnh.lend Meas. This road was
Springs. Joshphiue County Caves, Shasta M ountain
with us and our home shall be yours
yer harness an’ fakin ' a roll In the ,
onre the great trail of the Iroquois
Resorts aud Y o -v iu ite National Park.
and I ’ll do what's right by you.”
grass."
by them railed the Long House, he
They
fared
along
through
Indiana
‘
Kind
o’
8eems
As
If
the
Great
Spirit
m i se It Imd reached from the lludaon
O ur new illustrated
and over the wide savannas of 111!
of America Wae In That W ater.”
to Luke Erie, and In their day had
and descriptive booklet, w ill help you decide on the
nois, and on the ninety-seventh day
(To be continued.)
been well roofed with foliage.
babies In arms— Irish, English, Ger­ of their Journey they drove through
resort ot >cur choice. Let us assist you by providing
Soon they i-aine In view of the
a copy Ir .e on request.
mane and Yankees. There were also rolling, grassy, flowering prairies and
fatnnuH Erie lanal. hard hy the road
W illa rd M arks of A lb a n y. A . 1
well-dressed, handsome young men up a long, hard hill to the small log
Through It the grain of the F a r West
For further inform ation inquire ot tic k e t agents
from the colleges of New England cabin settlement of New Salem. I l l i ­ F airish of •-odaville and M. J
had Just begun moving eastward In
Shanks of Lebanon have been a] -
going out to be missionaries "between nois, on the shore of the Sangamon
a tide that was flowing from April
the desert and the sown."
They halted about noon In the middle pointed by Ibe governor to sttpei
to lb < ember. Big barges, drawn hy
of this little p rairie village, opposite vise the expenditure of 1800 ap
Buffalo, on the edge of the mid
mules und horses on Its shore, were
land seas, had the flavor of the rank, a small clapboard house. A sign hung propriated by the legislature fm
J O H N M. SCOTT,
eiillln g the still Haters of thp canal
new soil In It those days— and especi­ over its door which bore the rudely the im provem ent of Soda Spring
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____________ General Passenger Agen t.
They slopped and looked at the barges
lettered
words:
"Rutledge's
T
avern,”
ally that day, when it was thronged
and grounds.
and the long tow ropes and the tug
with rough coated and rougher tongued
A long, slim, stoof£ahouldered young
glue animals.
swearing men on a holiday, steve­ man sat In the shade of an oak tree
"There Is a real a rtific ia l river,
dores and boatmen off the lukcs and thut stood near a corner of the tavern,
hundreds o' miles long, hand made
rivers of the middle border— some ol wllh a number of children playing
of the best material, w ater tight, no
whom had had their training on the around him. He sat leaning against
snugs or rocks or other Imperfections
Ohio and Mississippi. There was rnuol
the tree trunk reading a book
He
durability guaranteed," said Samson.
of l he m otor g I ca ve s our d e j.
drunkenness Mud lighting In
the had risen as they came near and stood
“ It luix made the name of DeW itt
ciously flavored and tem pting ice
crowded streets. Some of the carriers looking at them, w ith the book under
('¡lotoil known everywhere."
-ourteen-Foot Texas Reptile
Samson says In hla diary
and handlers of American commerce his arm.
cream. W h y not g ra tify her ?
“I wonder what* nett I" Sarah ex
flint he looked like "an untrlmmed
vented their enthusiasm in song
claimed.
1
Wanders
About
House
for
Could a n y th in g be more h ea lthfu l?
They had the lake view and Its yearling colt about sixteen hands
They met many teams and pnaaed
O ur ire cream is more beneficial
Four
Days
Before
Capture.
cool hreexe on their way to Silver high. He got up slow and kept rising
otfior movers going west, and some | Greek. Dunkirk and Erie,
Ilia n cheaply flavored soft d rin k s ,
and
a till his hush of black tousled h air was
pi ospeious farms on a road wider
to eav n oth ing of hard d rin k s ,
fix feet four above the ground. Then
New York.— Volstead or no Vol-
rough way It was In those days.
and smoother than any they had trav
lie put on an old straw hat without
tead, the snake story season Is on I
which most d a in ty madieus en­
Enough
has
been
w
ritten
of
this
eleil. They camped that night, close
any bund on It. H e reminded me of
D illon Shallarb, singer, starts th»
tire ly ignore.
long
and
wearisome
Journey,
hut
the
hy the river, with a Connecticut fam
•nil rolling with w hat he calls a
worst of It was uhcud of them— much Philemon Baker’s fish rod, he was
11) on its way to Ohio with a great
hrUlltig episode a t C entral Singing
the worst of It— In the swamp flats that narrer. For huinllness I ’d match
Io. d of household furniture on one
him against the world. H is hide was itudlo.
o
f
Ohio
and
Indiana.
In
one
of
the
Wagon and seven children In another.
" It was 1 a. m. and pitch d ark,” says
former a wagon wheel broke down, kind o' yaller aud leathery. I could
So they fared along through Canon
see he was still In the gristle— a little he, "when we were awakened by the
and
that
day
Sarah
began
to
shake
dnlgua nml across the Genesee to the
over twenty— but his face was marked excited barking of our Mg black dog
with ague and hum with fever. Sam
vllag e of Rochester and on through
up hy worry and weather like a man's. In an adjoining room. Mra. Shallarb
son built a rude camp by the road
l.i wtston and up the Niagara river
I nevei saw anybody so long die»ween got up to ' investigate, and when her
side,
put
Sarnh
Into
bed
under
Its
to the falls, and camped where they
Joints,
Don't hardly see
how " he •olce failed to quiet the agitated ani­
cover
and
started
for
the
nearest
vil­
could see the great water flood and
onld fell when his feet got cold.”
mal, she crossed the room to turn on
lage
on
Golonel's
hack.
hear its muffled thunder. When near
He wore a hickory shirt without a the light.
“I shall never forget that day spen'
log 'he latter they overtook a family
collar or coat or Jacket, One suspen­
"Im agine her horror when upon
In a lonely part of the woods," tip
of pom Ir l.li emigrants, of the name
der held up Ids coarse, llnsey trousers, looking about the room she saw a 14
good woman wrote to her brother. “It
nf khiuui|uii. who shared their camp
the legs of which fitted closely and foot snake colled around the curtain
I ’ i i . y
hi
endeared the children to me more than
fdte at the falls.
The Flanagans
came only to a blue yarn zone above
any day 1 can remember. They
were on their way to Michigan and
his heavy cowhide shoes. Samson
brought w ater from the creek, a great
had come from the old country three
writes that he “fetched a sneeze and
o p e n eveiy evening t i l t y
j
quuntlty, und told me stories and
years before aud settled In Broome
wiped his big noffe with a red hand­
cheered me 111 every way they could
ex c e p l S un d av s.
county. New York. They, too. were
kerchief" as he stood surveying them
My fulth In God's protection was per­
on I heir way to a land of better prom
in silence, while Dr. John Allen, who
fect and In spile of my misery the
Ui
Among them was a rugged
had sal on the door step reading a
children were a great comfort
In
f 'csl.'ed. red headed lad. well along
paper— r. kindly faced man of middle
the middle of the afternoon Samson
Io Ills teens, of the name of Dennis
age with a short white beard under
returned with a doctor and some tools
who wore a tall heaver hat, tilted
bis chin greeted them cheerfully.
and
a
stick
of
seasoned
tim
ber
How
saucily on one side of his head, and
“ Where do yon hall fro m F ’ the
a ragged blue coal with brass buttons I good he looked when he came and
Doctor ask'd.
knelt by my bed and kissed m e ! T hl*
as be walked beside the oxen, whip
•'Vermont.' said Samson.
in I ad. with trousers tucked In the i Is a hard Journey, hut a woman can
"A ll the way In that wagon?”
bear anythh g with such a man
The
Ions nf his big cowhide boots. There
“ Yes. sir."
*
doctor
said
1
would
he
all
right
In
was also a handsome young man In '
“1 guess you're made o' the rigid
'hree
days,
and
I
was.
lids party of the name of John Me
stuff
-Wld the D o cto r., “ W here ye
"Lafe that afternoon It began tc
Nell, who wore a ruffled shirt and
bound ?"
talti.
Samson was singing
as . he
m i allow tall coat, now much soiled by
“Don't know exactly Going to take
worked on Ills
wheel.
A traveler
the lourney. He listened to Samson's
a claim somewhere."
came along on horseback and saw
nccount or the Sangamon country and
"There's no better
country
than
our plight. lie h i * ; a young mission
»aid that he thought he would go
right here.
This Is the Canaan of
then«
ary going west.
Samson began tc
America
W e i ced people like you
|oke with him.
b.iruh gave the Irish fam ily a gooo
Cnhltch your team and have some
‘" Y o u ’re a happy man for one It
supply of cookies and Jerked venison
N il
dinner and w e ll talk things over a fter
before sh e hade (hem good by.
| so much trouble.' said the stranger
you're rested I'm the doctor here and
When our travelers left, next morn
"Then I heard Sarnsnn s ay: Well
I ride all over this part o' the country
" ' 1 • ••>
C,| for a I , , , |oofc at
sir. I'm In a fix where happiness 1»
I reckon I know It pretty well."
the great falls.
absolutely necessary
I t ’s like greas
A woman In a neat calico drear
"t'hlldicn." said Ramson, “1 want
on the wagon wheels— we couldn*-
came out of the door— a strong-built
you to la g * , good look at that. I t ’s
ao on without It
When we need an.'
and rather wall flavored woman with
the moot wonderful thing In the world thing we make It If we can
My wife
Monde hair and dark eyes.
mol maybe you’ll never see it again." la sick und the wagon is broke and It's '
Mrs Rulledye. these are travelers
F inally G .» Him by tne Neck.
• | he Indians usM to think that the raining and nlyht Is near in a lone
tgieiit Spirit was In this river." said some couutry. und It ain't a real good
pole
under which she had Just passed
Sarah
time for me lo be down In the mouth
Keeping guard below was the faith fu l
Kind o aeems to me they were — 1» It. now? We haven't broke any
dog.
right. Samson uinarked thoughtfully. bones or bad an earthquake or been
"Fortunately, our apartm ent house
Kind o seem s as if ,|>e great spirit ««slped by Indians, so there's some
has all the cffovenlence. of the Hippo
<>f America was in that w ater
It room for happiness ’
drome
W e thought Instantly of the
Look here, stranger— 1 like you,'
moves on In the wav It wills and n o
expert snake charmer. Kadlana. whr
M
id
the
man.
I
f
there«
a
n
jth
'n
g
1
thing I ail atop It. Everything In Ita
lives In the next flat.
can do to help ye. I'll slop a w h ile .'"
current ®oe« along with it.”
"Certainly, I w ill get the snake.'
lie spent Hie night with them and
"And only the strong <«h stand
said Kadlana. calrolv. when Awakened
helped mend the felly and set (be
the tourney,'’ said Sarih.
And then ensued one of the eeriest
tire.
The«* word
no doubt inspired
fights It haa ever been my fortune to
The
fever
and
ague
passed
frem
hy an ache In Iter hones A hard «eat
witness
At this unearthly hour In a
and the eH«vele«ii Jolting of the w agon nne to another and all were sick
New York apartm ent house Kadlana
through long hoi dusty" days had before the Journey ended, although
battled w ith th e sn ike.
‘
the ie ln * In hand
wearied them Even their hearts were Ramson kept
"H e Mt her four time» on the hand
through
h
l,
misery.
The*
e
were
many
getting sore as they thought of the
and shoulder, but finally she got Mm
bleak* to menu, hut Samson's Inge-
e n d le s, reaches of the roads ahead
by the neck and the worst was over
.......
” >'ITe.| a «ark with , trRW Bnd nviliy was always equal to the task.
"Then she told us the snake's his
Dne day near nightfall, they were
pul I under her and the children on
tory. For five days he had been wan
the s. nt
At a wool of complaint he overtak.n by a tall, handsome Yankee
derlog shout the apartm ent house
• a« wont to «ay:
lad riding a pony. His pony atop|ved
having glided away from hla fellows
I know It s aw ful tiresom e, but we hes ‘ 1» lb-- wagon and looked toward
and from Kadlana. who. Intending to
' i> tve p a tie n c e
W e 're goln* ta the travelers as If appealing for help,
add some new specimens to her list of
get used to it and ha
a wonderful
toward the horl-
•ets. hsd ordered several samples sent
l«M o f fun. Th ttm eH pas. q u irk — i **,n • n‘1 '«uttering
Sarah saw at
'o her.
you see •• T h e
he would sing and ° nc* ,h ** hl* '« i« '1 w* * wandering lo
the delirium o f fever.
She got out
"Apparently he had hlr.den In the
I
.
lavement and finally reached out
rlott, Mt nf ,|rollery They «pent the of the wagon and took Ma hand The
'partraent In some way unknown."
night Of in ly third at a tavern la moment she did ao he began crying
Boifalo, then a hnay. crude and rapid like a child
The snake w-«« « Texas bull. It ate
"Thia
hoy
la
sick,"
she
said
to
Sam
'vwaclously when returned to Its box,
« '" «
'•enter for the shipping east
MM,
who
came
and
helped
him
o
ff
and west
Mr Shallarb said
his horse They camped for the night i
"Adventure? Why leave New T o rt
There w c i . em igrant. on thalr
I and put the hoy to bod and gave him 1
nr I t r queries he. W .R , why?
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to
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