The Red Road A Romance of Braddock’s Defeat By Hugh Pendexter THE 8TORY W e b a to r B ro n d la s e rv in g as a scout a n d apy f o 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 re p a rin g fo r th e a d v a n c e on F o rt D u - queane. H e haa Juat r e tu rn e d to A le x a n d r ia fro m a v is it to the f o r t, w h e re , posing aa a F r e n c h ­ m an , he has secured v a lu a b le I n ­ 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 f a r e , f a lls to re a lis e th e Im p o rta n c e o f th e new s B ro nd la sen t back to F o r t D u ­ quesne, a ls o b e a rin g a m essage to G e o rg e C ro g h a n , E n g lis h e m is s a ry am o n g th e In d ia n a . B ro nd Joins hla frie n d and f e l­ lo w aco ut, R ound P a w , In d ia n c h ie f, a n d th e y set o u t. On the w a y »hey f a ll In w it h a ty p ic a l back w o odsm an , B a ls a r C ro m lt, w ho Joins them . T h e p a rty e n ­ c o u n te rs a g ro u p o f a e ttle ra th r e a te n in g a you n g g ir l, E la ie D ln w o ld , w h om th e y accuse of w itc h c r a ft. B ro nd saves h e r fro m them T h e g i r l disa p p ea rs . W e b ­ s te r d e liv e rs his m essage to C ro g h a n . Young C ol. G eorge W a s h in g to n rescues B ro nd fro m b u lly in g E n g lis h sold iers. He w o rs ts a b u lly In a flg h t, and finds E ls ie D ln w o ld . B ro nd Is sent on a s c o u tin g e x p e d itio n to F o r t D u q e s n e , and finds a F re n c h s c o u tin g p a rty b e s ie g in g an old c ab in In w h ic h E ls ie has ta k e n re fu g e . In th e e n s u in g flg h t she escapes. B ro n d ta k e s bis w a y to D uquesne. CHAPTER V— Continued —12— This sudden attack pent as half a mile back from the river. We made a wide circuit and I was still dis­ gruntled nt my poor shooting when the Onondaga picked up a poultice of chewed sassafras leaves, such as In­ dian and white man used for gunshot wounds In an emergency. My spirits rehounded, for we now knew my small ball had scored. We saw nothing of the fellow, however; nor did we be­ lieve lie could be badly wounded. We camped early that night above Stewart s crossing, taking great care to hide onr trail. The Onondaga killed a turkey with his ax and this we healed, rather tiian cooked, over a tiny tire and ate It half raw. Still keeping back from the river we crossed Great Swamp creek the next day and suffered much from tiny black tiles that were as voracious as wolves In February. Barely pausing to eat a handful of parched corn and what was left of the turkey, we left the dis­ agreeable area and pushed on to Salt lick, or Jacobs’ creek. As Captain Jacobs’ town was eight or nine miles back from the moutb of this creek, we ventured to swing In close lo the Voughlogeny so as to give the place plenty of clearance. Hardy had said the village was abandoned, but savngea have a way of being where you least expect them, and Jacobs never had left his town be epuse of fear. We covered thirty mllea that day, and were very weary when we inude camp and broiled some atpall game over a sheltered Are. r The Journey to Sewickley creek was uneventful. No Indians, so far as we could observe, hud passed up our side o f the river. This was not as we had wished, however, for If the scouting party, which had dogged us while we were under Hardy's protection, should keep to the other side of the Youghlo geny II would necessitate Its crossing the river nt nr near Allnqulppa's town. Therefore, we were much relieved, al though Instantly put on our guard, when we discovered the remains of a recent camp a short distance below the mouth of the Sewickley. The number of fires, built since the rainstorm. Indicated the passing of al least fifty warriors. The trail led north toward Turtle creek, and as there were no signs of scouts being thrown out on the flanks It was plain the band feared no danger and were avoiding Allaquippu’s town, and were making a swift march to Duquesne. We followed the trail for two miles, to make sure no scouts were covering the back-track, then cut hack to the Sewickley and traveled upstream as far as Thlcketty run. Changing our course again, we made due west so as to approach Allaqulppa's town as If cotnlng from Duquesne. It was late afternoon and growing dark In the woods when Bound I'uw Informed me; "They can hear a gun now." After more walking he announced, "They can hear two whoops now." But we did not make our camp until he said: "They can hear one whoop now." go we halted In hailing distance ot the town. Not caring to enter the v il­ lage until positive none of the scout lug party had swung hack to pay It a visit, we turned In for the night We were awake In good season but took our time In breaking camp. Bound Paw used his bow and arrows to gerienced with coarsely cracked B # a *:: :: r. : : * 8 * a * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 # 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * a * 8 * 8 * a * 8 # » M i grains have caused some people to not use It as much as would other­ wise lie the case. When corn Is Long O ration S p oiled E vening for Senator cracked, It should be sifted and the finer parts put Into the mash. The A prominent man In public Ilf*—a the curtain-raiser was also a member remainder should then be used as senator. It may lie said without fear of the upper house of congress—that scratch grain. I f fine parts of cracked of emhurnislng him—was the principal he thought he would apeak only 20 grain are not fed tn the mash, It w ill speaker nt a recent banquet More minutes longer. Time went on and not be eaten and w ill mold on the than that—he was the victim of one of the speaker went on, and when It be­ floors and other damp places. those persons whose duty tt Is to came apparent that he would go on speak as curtain-raiser to the main for some time longer, the gentlemen attraction of the evening and who for­ of the press received another not« j Sun Saps Pep gets himself In his own flow of ora­ from the Important senator. It read: ' Exposure tn the sun turns white tory. "A ll prophecies are withdrawn.’— plumage yellow, bleaches yellow and He went on and on aud the report Philadelphia Record. huff plumage, rob? black feathers of era were getting rsctlesj and worried their luster and turns them brown. about making the final editions with The sun which puts life Into chickens. L aty Man’» Calendar the principal speaker's Important talk If given In continuous doses saps their Some of the people think there Finally, the senator banded a reporter pep and stunts their growth. Ducks o message: "How long can you men ought to he a law requiring nve pay suffer even more. Poults w ilt. Wheth­ wait?" He was glveD the time and days In every month except February, , er It be a shelter of branches or bur­ then asked In a message how long the which Is too short. All they would do lap. or the living shade of bushes and gentleman speaking was going to hold to February Is make St. Valentine's tree?, give the poultry a hiding place the floor. He courteously replied— day and Groundhog day legal hoildu"« from the hot run during the summer for It can agalu be safely said that —Woman's Home Compnulon. season. lllu itr a tio ru by Irw in M yer» erhe LEGUME HAY IS BEST FOR COWS When the chemist analyzes a feed he finds water, fat, ash, carbohy­ drates, and protein which are useful to the dairy cow In het feed ration gays a circular, "Feeding Dairy Cows," by R. B. Becker, P. C. McGllllard, and John W. Boher, of the Oklahoma A, and M. college. Proteins are needed for growth They enter Into the composition of muscle, bone, and body fluids, main­ tain the body, are used In developing the body o f the baby calf, and make m ilk proteins. Ash or mineral compounds, lime phosphates, and common salt, are In the blood and digestive Juices. They maintain the skeleton, and especially make the ash In the milk. Fata, sugars, and starches are burned In the body to provide heat and energy or are used to build body fat, butter- fat, and milk sugar. Some crude fiber Is necessary to give a limited -amount of bulk to the feed, and to aid In digestion. How­ ever, feeds that contain too large amounts of crude fiber are usnally not desirable In dairy rations under average conditions, because more en­ ergy Is used In digesting a pound of crude fiber In the body than a cow gets from this material after It Is di­ gested, It continues. Feeds commonly used for dairy cows divide themselves naturally Into six general classes, such ns legume hays, grass hays, farm grains, and oil seed, succulent feeds and pasture crops, milling bf-products, and miscellaneous feeds. I f a cow Is to be given only a single feed, she w ill thrive longer and pro­ duce more milk and butterfat on a legume hay alone than on any other one thing. It is Impossible to even have a cow survive for a long period of time when fed straw or cottonseed hulls alone, or on a ration consisting solely of grains. Even alfalfa hay Is too bulky to enable the cow to pro­ duce a great amount of milk. In general, roughages are the main source of lime In the rations of milk cows. Roughages are relatively high In crude fiber and on this account yield less total digestible nutrients than do farm grains. Roughages as a whole are low In phosphates which are needed for bone, blood, and milk, though legume hays contain more than twice the amounts found In grass hays. , j NURSES know, and doctors have declared there’s nothing quite like Bayer Aspirin for all sorts of aches and pains, but be sure it is genuine Bayer; that name must be on the package, and on every tablet. Bayer is genuine, and the word genuine—in red—is on every box. You can't go wrong if you w ill just look at the box: Hay Strewn in Church an Old Village Custom A curious custom has been observed from time Immemorial nt Old Weston, Huntingdonshire, In England. The church there Is dedicated to St. Swlth- ln, nnd on the Sunday most nenrly ap­ proaching St. Swlthln’s day the edi­ fice is strewn with new-mown hay. The tradition Is that an old lady bequeathed a field for charitable pur­ poses on condition that the tenant pro­ vided the hay to lessen the annoyance caused by the squeaking of the new shoes worn by the villagers on Feast Sunday. There are other explanations —one that It Is an offering of the first fruits of the harvest and nnother that It Is a survival of the custom of strew­ ing the church (when the floor was only beaten earth) with rushes.— Washington Star. I For Galled Horses Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh Money back for first bottle if not suited. All dealer*. Impossible A motor bus stopped and the con­ ductor looked up the steps expectant­ ly. But no one descended, and at length he run up Impatiently. “ ‘Ere, you,” he said to a man on the top "don’t you want the houses of parliament?" "Yes,” was the reply. “ Well,” retorted the conductor, “ come down for them. I can’t bring them up to you I"—Weekly Scotsman. Individual Feed Record Will Determine Profit Feeding, more than anything else, determines the profit a cow makes. The average cow Is fed carelessly. Too often the farmer feeds the same amount to each animal. A cow cannot produce the greatest amount of milk It Is possible fo r her to produce and He Ought to Be H appy do It profitably unless the amount of “ When two people like the same grain fed her Is enough to first meet : things their married life Is bound to her bodily needs with enough extra be happy," sighed the romantic girl. to make the highest yield of milk she “ Well, you and Herbert ought to Is capable of giving. be happy,” remarked her friend, who Increased profits of from 25 to 100 wanted'Herbert and didn’t get him. " I per cent can be secured by any farmer know you love him, nnd I notice he Is who w ill adopt the simple method of very fond of himself.” —Answers, Lon­ feeding each of his cows according to don. her Individual production. This means weighing each cow's daily milk produc­ Trace of Lost Colony tion two successive days each month, Two brass buckles anti a copper but­ and then feeding each Individual cow ton. believed to have been worn by a pound of good grain feed each day members of the John White colony, for every two and one-half to three which vanished without a trace, near pounds of milk she produces, If she Elizabeth City, N. C . In 1587, were Is of the Jersey or Guernsey breed, found In the sands of North Carolina and a pound of grain for every three and one-half to four pounds If she Is sound recently. of the Holstein breed. An Unfinished Story Young Husband—Dear, our budget shows a big deficit fo r last month. Wife—That's fine! How shall ws •pend It? Feeding Good Cows Grain as Pasture Is Insufficient “ Grass alone la not enough,” de­ clares A. J. Cramer, supervisor of Wis­ consin Herd Improvement associa­ tions, speaking In terms of summer milk production In Wisconsin. While a firm believer tn the fact that It pays to feed grain to good cows, whatever the pasture conditions are, Cramer Insists that this season, with pastures being unusually short, ■ many Wisconsin dairy cows w ill not receive sufficient nutrients to maintain milk production and body flesh, unless their pasturage Is supplemented with grain. A ration containing about 50 to 75 per cent corn, oats, barley, or hominy w ill help to maintain the physical con­ dition of our cows, he says. Grass alone w ill furnish milk, but bow long w ill this heavy m ilk flow last, without some grain feed to help keep It up, and to bold some of that body weight on our cows? be asks. To the doubtful one, he suggests trying grain feeding on one or two cows to learn If it pays. Those who only want fame that can be turned Into money don't get the best kind. “WORTH WEIGHT JNGOLD” Verdict of Woman Who T ried Pinkham's Compound , [ j ' 1 Silage From Grains It Is fast becoming common prac­ tice to use small grains tn the mak­ ing of silage. Any of the small grains may be put into the silo alone or J mixed with other cropsi Peas snd oats form a popular mixture in cer­ tain sections of the country. This crop should be cut when the kernel Is In the dough stage, also cut fine and packed firm ly In the silo. Silage from small grains Is usually Inferior to that 1 of corn silage, but superior to legume j silage. ' 1 ! Tully, N. Y.—“ I t hurt me to walk or sit down without help and I felt sick and weak. My mother-in- law took Lydia E. P in k h a m ’ s Vegetable Com­ pound and she induced me to take it. I am now on the fourth bottle and have also used Lydia E. P in kh a m 's Sanative Wash. The medicines that w ill do for me what the Vege­ table Compound and Sanative Wash have done are certainly worth their weight in gold. I think I have given them ft fair tria l and I expect to take two more bottles of the Vegetable Compound.” —Mas. C ii abies M ob - can , R. F. D. I, Tully. N. Y. SCH O O L | ' FO R I r . » . . , Iw BUSINESS, TRAPES M EN MOFE5SIONS Enroll any tim e. Send fo r lit e r a t u r e . OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY I . M. v . A B ld g . P o rtla n d , u reg o a W. N. U , PORTLAND, NO. 35 -1928.