0 E, T h e IRed c>4 R o m a n c e ßraddocks D efeat Ttìf h H ugh P endexter ' 1 ^ Illw s lr a lio n » by I r w i n Myens v O f w . IM C opyright U . S É R V IC e HuqK P rr\d«xtar 8YNOPSI3 Im p o v e ris h e d by th e open- hand ed g e n e ro s ity o f his fa th e r. V ir g in ia g e n tle m a n , y o u n g W e b ­ s te r J ro n d Is s e rv in g as a scout and spy fo r th e a rm y u n d e r G e n ­ e ra l B ra d d o c k p r e p a rin g fo r the a d v a n c e on F o r t D uqu esne. He has Just r e tu rn e d to A le x a n d rin fro m a v is it to th e f o r t, w h ere , posing as a F re n c h m a n , he h a * secu red v a lu a b le In fo r m a tio n B ra d d o c k , bred to E u ro p e a n w a r ­ fa re , fa lls to re a lis e th e im p o r ­ ta n c e o f th e n e w s B ro nd is sent back to F o rt D uq u es n e , also b e a rin g a m essage to G eorge C ro g h a n , E n lis h e m is s a ry am o ng th e In d ia n s . B ro nd Joins his fr ie n d and fe llo w scout, H ound P a w , In d ia n c h ie f, and th e y set o u t. On th e w a y th e y f a ll in w ith a ty p ic a l b a c k w o o d sm a n , B a ls a r C ro m lt, w h o Joins them . The p a rty e n c o u n te rs a g ro u p o f s e t­ tle r s » h ie a te n ln g a y o u n g g ir l. E ls ie D ln w o ld , w h o m th e y accuse o f w itc h c r a ft CHAPTER 8 I I — C o n t in u e d "There lire two or three men In this valley and us many more In L it­ tle Cove who w ill not work. They pretend to he witch-masters, and the, get their keep by pretending to undo the mischief the Dlnwold women were said to do. After my mother's death and after they named this place 'Der Hexenkopf* my sisters would not live here. They knew men were drawing our pictures on stumps and shooting them with silver bullets; and they went away, and only I was left. Those fools down there burn marks on their dogs and cattle to cure them o f my »pells Every time a worthless scamp strips an udder they say I milked their cows. God help those who must live among fools I" I had let her talk herself out, and now said: "This valley Isn’t Safe for you. Isn’t there any place where you can go? Hack lo Carlisle. Philadelphia. or to some Maryland town?” " It Isn't easy to travel with a help less man,” she fiercely reminded me I glanced at the cripple. He did not seem to he hearing our talk hut his face was Hushed and bis breath Ing more rapid. "Get your uncle Inside," I wills pered to the girl. “ He’s unwell. The excitement has upset him." She put her arms around him and pencil hhn. and murmured things I could not hear, and aided him to en ter the cabin. The people down the h ill noted her disappearance and he gnn advancing up the slope, ('ailing to the Oonoilaga In English I directed: "Scalp the German and the red faced man If they do not fall hack." In his own tongue I added: "Scare those fools away." Hound Paw threw aside his blanket and glided toward the oncoming set Hers. Cromlt flourished tils big knife and kept nt the Indian's side. The latter sounded his war whoop snd charged. The unarmed settlers gave way In a panic and rnced bnck to their cablna. “ Elsie Dlnwold, you must get away from this valley Onve were gone there'll he no one lo pro!ed you Your uncle must risk It. lie will surely die If he ataya here.” “ I'll gel a hors* and get him out nt the Cove If It kills him I never saw hhn like this before We have three cows and two oxen No one here will pay what they are worth Will Brad dock's army hoy them?" "Gladly Fresh beef w ill tie needed at W ill's creek Hui you can't drive them there, and my business won ■ let me do It There must he some one In the Cove who will huy them at ■ fa ir price. I'll «end the man Cromlt up here to gel them snd find a buyer lie s as shrewd as he Is red headed He’ll drive a good bargain. Mow let me see your uncle." l ie war on nls bed breathing rapid ly and hlcciiplug at Intervals My ex perleme with death had been largely confined to men dying from mortal wounds hut I knew that ibis mao whs shorn lo enier a longer and deepei valley than that ot Great cove i palled Hie girl s bowed dead snd promised she should not he disturlied She knew Ihe truth for she fol lowed me to the door and w hlnwrad: “ lie must die " "I leai he Is dying now.' I told her “ I w ill slay Willi you." 'N o t'' there was a flush of flerce Oe-s in het refusal More gently rhe added: “ We've been without kindness a long lim e We II bide Ihe rest ol ihe way together and almta Please gt now I d* si ohiled Ihe hill 1« where Cro mil and toe mdlan were awaiting the seitlers return Men were hurrying uy. with axes nlid muskets eager t« sooth the sting tbeli pride had re ed I w e p t to theta and aroieun.s-d Dlnwold was dying and that lb. young woman would leave the valley very soon, and that her departure would be hastened could she And some one to buy her cattle. My words so bered them and took the edge from their anger. A man said; " I f she w ill swear on the Holy Book that they are not bewitched. I'll take them off her hands.” “ We three men w ill drive them to Braddock's camp, or w ill sell them here. We can get more for them on Will's creek. The man Cromlt of Mc­ Dowell's mill w ill make the trade If you care to buy." "Bewitched, or bedeviled. I care not. I'll buy them and cure them and then sell them to Braddock. Let the young mun stop showing his claws and his teeth and we can make a trade.” Much pleased at the outcome of what had threatened to be a eerlous affair, I returned to Cromlt and gave him his instructions. I told him the Indian and I would spread our blan­ kets In the path south of ihe hill and for him to take the money to the cabin, if be made a fair bargain, and then come lo us. In less than an hour Cromlt came through the darkness to us aud an nounced: "She’s got the money and says I made a good bargain. But the man OHEGON, JU LY 19, 192K mill, and from there sturt for th» We will go w ill ' you as fur as the mill Later we wlh I plan jusl bow and where you are u I (ravel. I cun give you a letter lb Charles Suable ul Shippensburg, and I know be w ill be pleased to serve you.” “ Wall till I get a bundle from the cabin und I will go with you. mister G R O W I N G PULLETS God knows there are those at Me NEED EVERY CARE Dowell's mill who w ill uol be glad tc see unyone from Der Hexenkopf. Yet I w ill go there because you have been The young growing pullets need good to me. Walt for me at the foot ! every advantage because the profits of the hill.’ from them this fall w ill depend large- She was to long In the cabin that I j j y On their growth and maturity, started buck to find her. but she had “ There are four essentials In devel- vanlshed. In vain did we beat about oplng y0Ung pullets," says C. F. Par- the woods and call her name. rish, extension poultryman at the “ She Is a witch. She rides through j North Carolina State college. "F irst the air,” muttered Hound Paw as we give them a good range on ground took the southern path. Dot occupied by the hens nor where A shrill cry caused us to h a lt The mature stock has been kept, supply Widow Cox was coming after us, wav plenty of fresh air in the poultry Ing something In her hand. house, give them sufficient growing “ I found (his after you'd called. Ii mash and scratch feed and see that had been left at my door and the shade and green feed Is available, wind must 'a' blown It one side.” j From the green feed, the pullets get It was a small piece of dressed ' certain food elements and iron which deerskin. On one side with a charred is essential. I f natural shade 1» not stick was w ritte n : I available an artificial shade may be “ For bradoks scout If he asks Foi made by driving four stakes in the Elsie Dlnwold." i ground and covering them with sacks. Amazed I turned It over and read : Sunflowers or corn may also be plant- "I told You I wud Go to makdowls e'J to supply this necessity. For those young pullets still In the mill I didn't gay Youd see me Thai ! brooder house, the heat should be de- E. D." •FARM’ !)ÄlßX POULTRY FAC'D K u d e r n » e t lle n ie n l* o f HALSEY, house ventilated. The stove should remain in the house for at least two weeks after the fire is out to use In On B rad d ock ’s Business case of cold rains. Feed the scratch We commenced our Journey to Will grain farther awuy from the house creek, with the Onondaga leading th each day so the birds w ill go out and way and his watchful suspicious gar eat more green feed. swinging from side to ride of the nai For roosting, Mr. Parrish advises row path as alertly as if we had bee. - , of temporury perch poles in the Huron country. brOf)(]er house when (he chlck, After traveling a short distance tlo are about seven to nine weeks old and (Jnonduga halted and dropped on his do not need beat. These poles should knees. He had found eight hart, be about fifteen Inches from the floor spoons. Holding them up he said: ! and slanting at an angle of 45 de- “ So many Indians stopped here (• grees. One-Inch mesh wire might be eat this morning. They are on- used In front of the poles to make nephews, the Lenl-Lenupe. They so the birds climb up. some of the men Croghan has beei hunting for. They have traveled eus' Egg That Has Life Very to see the Big Knives on the path Now they go to Will's creek to to Essential for Success there when the Big Chief comes wit I Whether breeding chickens, ducks, bis warriors." geese or turkeys, the first essential for A 1 , If his reasoning were correct, th» success Is to get an egg that has life. Delawares bad Journeyed east until V A, 1 Strong, vigorous parents that are weM .faß they beheld Braddock's army on tin fed and well cared for-produce such march; and by the same tokeD oip eggs. The general principles of breed­ campaign against the French woulc ing apply to all poultry, says a w riter soon take us to Duquesne. 1 was in Wallace's Farmer. Well fed, but keen to press on. not overfat, is the Ideul condition. We made Will's creek early on tin Enough feed to keep the flock active ninth ot May and were surprised t< during the day; a liberal feed at find none ot the army there excejo night. Green feed and animal feed, Rutherford's aud Clark's Independent clean water, no lice or mites; fresh companies on foot, ordered to the air without draft at night, together creek from New York In the preced with plenty of room, are conditions Ing summer; and Demarle’s Inde that favor eggs with life in any local­ pendent company from Maryland. ity. There are no rules for growing The three companies had wintered poultry that must be followed abso­ on the creek In huts and were mighty lutely. There are the general prin­ weary of the monotony of It all. We ciples of clean food in abundance were quickly surrounded by an eagei with work on the part of the fowl to mob and piled with questions as t< get it ; clean houses, clean yards and Braddock's whereabouts, when he fresh air, but success comes with would arrive, and how large an army about as many different systems as he would bring. Had the French al there are breeders. Bone meal, meat ready abandoned Duquesne, as ban scraps and buttermilk furnish bone been reported by gome of the Deln ware scouts? And If so, why the and muscle building m aterial; corn, devil were his majesty's Independent wheat and oats add the necessary fa t companies helng held In Idleness m and energy; green feeds give life and ‘fit Isn’t Easy to Travel With a the creek and made to miss all the health. Upon the character of the seed depends the harvest. fun? Helpless Man," She Fiercely Re minded Me. Mr. Croghan came Into camp a few hours after our arrival, and 1 deliv Light Brahmas Good for her uncle, w ill never see the stars ered Governor Morris’ letter. After again in this mortal laud. There’s the rending It, he told me: the Small-Patch Farmer death mark on him.” ‘The belts were sent on the twenty The lower your fences are, the We slept for several hours and It must have been close to midnight second of last month. I fear we'll get heuvier may be your breeds o f poul­ when the report of a (Hudock brought scant help from the lake tribes. Many try. One of the best breeds for the of the Indians are waiting to see smutl-patcb farmer, or the business us to our feet. who's to —In. They'll flock in so Join man or wage earner living in the Believing the girl was In (rouble I die winner. It's lucky we have the suburbs—the man who cannot afford culled on my companions to follow me Crotull ran al my side Behind us French whipped already, for the slow : to put much money Into expensive work of getting the army here hail wire netting—is the Light Brahmas. came Ihe Onondaga, softly humming: made me uneasy. They stand confinement In narrow "Hu-hum well. Ila hum well—I he “ If a thousand men, or even leas quarters, and they also stand cold long to the Widt clan. I tielong to could now march sw iftly to Duquesne , weather. They are less subject to the Wolf elan " He chanted It over and .ver as we the place would be ours without any ! disease than some of the other breeds; mounted the hill and onl) became lighting. The Indians have taken hole they make good layers, and average silent when the girl confronted us. a of the French ax. but they'll drop II 1 in weight, when fu lly grown, about 11 vague slim figure In the night. In a If the French quit Duquesne. The j pounds; so when you market your sur­ ussembly hurt us when It refused to i plus stock you have something to sell. faint voice she said: teed my three hundred Iroquois. Al [ But If you have plenty of space for "He Is dead. My good uncle Is ter keeping them all winter, they your chickens the cheapest breeds are dead. He died In hie sleep. His kind should have held on for a few week- the nervous, restless ones, which heart wus very weak." longer. Now the three hundred art t means that they are good foragers for She did not weep but kepi repeating hack with the French. have fortv I food, and w ill not need much feeding. (hat he hud died In his sleep The lighting men here, and sixty womei The Brown or White Leghorn and the Ohoaduga would nm enier the cabin and children. They've takeD np tin Black Spanish are among the best but Cromlt and I wrapped (he dead hatchet against the French. But. Il foragers. Other breed which do well man In a blanket and dug a grave they ain't handled right, they'll ae in the small patch or acre lot are the some distance from the cabin the girl cept a bloody belt from Duquesne Plymouth Hocks, Wyandottes and holdlug a pine torch so that we might "General llruddock hasn't any no lihode Island Reds. see When we had finished and bad tlon of handling red men. Dinwiddle retired she threw herself on the grave or Morris should have looked after and wept a little. Then she caiue to that part of the business. But web Chickens Eat Feathers us and said; lick the French easy enough They'n Chickens eat their own feathers be­ "I leave this place this night. Those licked already. Worst Is we'll have t< cause of the lack of the following people down there killed him. I smooth some of the Indians down a, feeds: 1, meat; 2. green food or bulk; leave this place this night.” ter the French are hnck In Canada." 1 3, salt. One-half pound of fine table "Then )ou must go to Mi Dowell s (T O R E C O N T IN U E D ) salt should he put in the dry mas*, and this should he kept before the :: :: s: ::e : : : : : : n * n *tt a * » * a * a # o *a *a *a *B *« hens at all times. They should get plenty of green food. In the winter time, cabbage, mangels and root crops H o p e to F in d B o n e s o f C a r d in a l W o ls e y answer fairly well. They should have Leicester abbey, where Cardinal Wol­ known. When he was at the height ot plenty of animal food such as beef scraps, fish scraps, skim milk or but­ sey told the abbot he had "come to Ills power he employed au Italian termilk. lay Ills holies," Is to undergo trans- sculptor to make a magnificent sarcoph formation. For many years the abhey itgus beneath whlry he should lie grounds have been used as i. farm, hut Leicester monks laid him to rest In Alfalfa Is Favored now they are to be laid out ns gar plnln earth and Henry V III seques I f lime Is larking to prepare green ileus and for recreation I’lerre Van traled the sarcophagus with the rest feed for chicks, it pays to buy high Päässen, writing In the Atlantic Con of the cardinal s vast possessions. The grade commercial alfalfa leaf meal. stItutIon, tells us. Wolsv'y' body was sarcophagus remained government A few hundred pounds w ill furnish laid In an unknown grave, and It Is property and Idle until ISOlS, when ll green feed for a lot of chicks. Many thought that In the excavations necw was used lo cover the body of Nel of the best chick starting mashes con­ snry to adapt Ihe ground» to their son after his remains were brongnt tain s little alfalfa meal. These mashes new use. some truce of It may he from Trafalgar The mun who said should t>e used according to the direc­ found, but as there Is no record of thill England expected every man to tions of the manufactures, but chirks any ol the cardinal's poss«>sslon« tie do his duty, snd led them In so doing on a starting mash containing alfalfa ing buried with him the search se-nis rests under the covering prepared fiat meal often seem to thrive without the likely to end In failure one fact the man who was led away and ruined »•Hier source of gre»'U feed. The cost alaiul W o I s > v Is probably not wide!) by overweening ambillea. is comparatively small. 'ñ o iVJ« 71 CHAPTER III r DAIRYMEN SHOULD DIVERSIFY FARMS In a study of dairy farms in the Chenango Valley region of New Y'ork slate, it is proved that it Is dangerous for dairymen “ to carry all their eggs In one basket," said J. C. Neethllng the agricultural economic department at the New York State College of Agriculture. "Farmers who rely on dairying alone make smaller labor Incomes tbnn farmers receiving part of their f comes from crops and poultry. Cash crops may cause losses In years of unfavorable yields or low prices, but over a five-year period farms growing cash crops gained by It. Farmers de­ riving less than 10 per cent of their Income from crops made a labor In come of $23?. Those deriving more than 25 per cent from crops made $1,447 labor Income. “ It Is important also to get a large quantity of mil from each cow. The higher the production the lower the cost of milk and the better the labor Income. I’ure-bred herds produced better than grade herds but the cost of maintaining them were higher and the labor Incomes therefore were smaller. "Whatever business a person fo l­ lows, lie usually has the impression that the other man does better In an­ other business,” Mr. Neethllng said. "However, a comparison with fru it farms in Niagara county shows that the Chenango valley farmers receive a labor Income averaging $585 while the labor income on fru it farms was $280. Comparing again 121 upstate p -u ltry farms and 114 Chenango val­ ley farms tudled In 1925, it was found that dairymen made $1.099 labor In­ come and poultrymen $1,054.” Silage Most Succulent Feed for Dairy Cattle The Aviator Absolute dependability is aviation’s first law and that is w hy I use dependable Champion Spark Plugs. Cham pion ii the better-spark plug because it has an exclusive rilli- nianite insulator spe­ cially treated to with­ stand the m uch higher tem p era tu res o f th e m odem high-compres­ sion engine- A lso a n ew patented solid copper gasket-seal that rem ains | absolutely gas-tight un­ der high compression. Special analysis elec­ trodes w hich assure a fixed spark-gap under all driving conditions. 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Another bore the It requires less labor. One of the most Im print of a fern on his thigh. On a Important essentials of silage Is its woman's arm was a mark resembling effect on the digestion of the cow, twisted wire. Some of the children which can be said to be excellent, and were so terrified that they Injured it does not harm the teeth of the cow. themselves by rushing heedlessly The average cow should receive 30 to against barbed-wire fences. 40 pounds of good silage each day. Legume silage Including alfalfa, Pleasing Belief sweet clover, soy beans, field peas, etc.. One of the most valuable qualities Is of fa ir quality. It is usually best which the average man possesses Is to cure the legumes for hay, but i f the the belief that he Is above the aver­ weather does not permit ot this, or If age.—Ottawa Citizen. no other crops Is available for silage, the legumes may be used to good ad­ vantage. Right Richness of Cream Secured From Separator Oregon & California Directory FARM ER A T T E N T IO N P I P E — 500 to n s new an d used b la ck and tral- ▼anlzed p ip e— all size s. W ire, w rite or phon« fo r p rices— you ca n p o sitiv e ly sa v e m oney. . i o n I-OT—f l A LVA NT 7. E l) HOOFING J u st receiv ed tw o c a r lo a d s very slig h tly d a m a g ed g a lv a n iz ed , co rru g a ted rooting, in 4. 7. 8, 9. 10 an d 12 fo o t le n g th s. R egu lar p rice 75 per sq u a re ; our price $5 per sq u a re T h e on ly d a m a g e to th is m aterial Is th a t It h as been In w a reh o u se and Is very ■ lig h tly off color— rea lly 99 new . Rush you r o rd ers, a s th is is a rare b argain . 10 N ew h. p. a n d 2 h. p. E le ctric , M otor D riv en L ittle G ia n t W in d sor P ressu re P u m p s, 200 G a llo n s an H ou r— W on derfu l fo r F a rm Use. h. p. co st per set at f a c ­ to ry 270. o u r p rice >25. H h. p. cost per set a t fa cto ry . >120. ou r price >00. 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It also makes difficult nccurate sampling and testing It Is undesirable further, because It diminishes the amount of skim milk nvalluhle for the feeding of calves and pigs; It Increases the cost of trans­ portation lo r every pound of butler- fat shipped; It makes Impracticable the use of a reasonable amount of starter In the creamery, and starter S A N F R A N C IS C O 'S N E W FIN E H O TE L Is essential for the production of the Every room w ith bath or show er. >2.00 to >3.60. J ones a t Eddy. Garage n ext door. best quality of butter; It does not churn out exhaustively and yields an H O T E L W I L T S H I R E . San Francisco excessive amount of buttermilk, aug­ M) Stockton 8t . near Union Square. Hotter 2290 HAKKY BOYI.K Managt menting the loss of fat and thereby Outside rooms with bath, 12 50 single, f t 50 double. Court rooms wit >2 id single, sin gle. 92..to doable. reducing the churn yield. with h bath. 12 HOTEL ROOSEVELT Breakfasts ®c. 60c. 80c; Dinners sir. 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