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• FACTS •
work with Braddock. Burton. Ualket
and Sparks following two days later
with eight hundred picked men. Thia
decision gave great offense to Colonel
Dunbar who. with Chapman and others,
was left behind. Thus vre had not
only sickness In the arm» buL also.
Ill feeling and Jealousy.
On the day Braddock left the
Meudows he announced he would reach P O U L T R Y B R E E D S
Fort Duquesne not later than June
AN D H O W CLASSED
tweuty-elghlh
But although It was
only seventeen miles to the Great
Chickens are divided Into classes,
crossing, this portion of the march
was not covered until June twenty- breeds and varieties. Birds w ith the
characteristics are
fourth, making five more precious same general
days consumed. Truth of It was the placed In one class. Classes are then
entire army was forced to mark time divided Into breeds. Each breed of
at the heels of SL Clair's tree-chop poultry Is distinguished from other
breeds by differences in type. Breeds
pers.
MOST people know this absolute
It surprised me to learn that small are separated into varieties. The d if
antidote for pain, but are you careful
bands of Indians were already harass ferent varieties of the same breed are
to say Bayer when you buy it? And
ing the army and that only strict po designated by differences In comb or
do you always give a glance to see
lice methods prevented a massacre. i color. A ll varieties of the same breed
Bayer on the box—and the word
At that point In the campaign. Cap should have the same general type
daga with me to act as express while tain Jack and his riflemen would have characteristics.
genuine printed in red? I t isn't the
There are four general classes of
Cromlt remained In the village to re beeD of Inestimable service.
genuine Bayer Aspirin without itl A
lay my report back to the advancing
drugstore always has Bayer, with the
It was obvious that the army was ' chickens that are common and other
proven directions tucked in every box;
army.
sick and disrupted, and that the pro classes less common.
So we swung away from the path in vincials were fllled with forebodings
The American class consists of
a wide circle, the Onondaga scouting as they dally looked for a fight In the i birds that are of the general purpose
ahead to prevent our walking Into any woods while being tied down and ham ’ type. They have yellow skin and
Delaware hunters. And as we trav pered by absurd m ilitary restrictions. legs, red ear lobes and legs free from
eled Cromlt told me of the things be This gloomy bearing on the part of feathers.
had heard and the conditions be had men supposed to know the ways of
The breeds that make up this class
observed during his brief stay at the the Indian n.scouraged the regulars. 1 are: Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte. Java,
camp of the road-bulldsrs.
What was another Inexplicable piece Dominique. Rhode Island Red, Rhode
Captain Jack, the wild hunter ot of folly was Braddock’s failure to util Island White, Buckeye, Jersey Black
the Juniata, and his men had offered ize Croghan's forty Iroquois warriors Giants and Chanticleer.
their services to Braddock at Will's on the march. It seems that Colonel
The Mediterranean class are small
creek, only to be told they must be James Innes, governor at Fort Cum er than the American class and are
Aspirin Is
under m ilitary discipline. The m arti berland, did not wish to have any of often known as the egg breeders.
the traile mark of
B a r e r M a n u fa ctu re
—
net had held to his decision and the the sixty Indian women and children They are nervous In disposition, very
of M oD oscetlcacldetter of S sllczllcacl«
truly formidable band bad returned left under his care during Braddock’s active, compactly built, have white ear
to the for« t.
absence. He assured the commander 1 lobes and clean legs. The breeds that
It Is not given to any man to know that eight Indicts would suffice as malte up this class, are: Leghorn,
how history would read had those scouts and that the rest should he : Minorca, Spanish, Andalusian and
bold and cunning rangers been re directed to take their families away Ancona.
ceived on their own terms; but 1. for
Fowls that make up the Asiatic
from the creek.
one, w ill always believe the result
Why general Braddock should have ' class are large and clumsy, have red
would have been different
listened to sucb ruinous advice Is be ear lobes and feathers on their legs.
llalket and bis division had started yond any forest-runner’s comprehen They are often referred to as the
on the seventh of June, Gates with his sion
Up to the time the Onondaga meat breeds. Brahmas, Cochins and
and I left W ill's creek. It had been Langshans make up the breeds In this
the commander’s great desire to have class.
The English class, while not as
as large a body of Indluns accompany
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him as possible. He completely re common as the other three already
referred
to,
probably
rank
fourth
In
versed his Judgment and agreed with
1 popularity. These birds are medium
Innes that eight would be enough.
It was to Captain Hogg's camp of In size, have red ear lobes, clean legs
road-builders, slightly In advance of that are pink in the buff and white
varieties and black in the black v a-
the body under Sir John SL Clair, that
A cute indigestion
: rleties. The breeds making up this
Cromlt had taken Beauvais. While In
class are Orpingtons, Dorkings, Ited
the camp, he had been Impressed by
I Caps, Sussex and Cornish.
the great fear of the men. They con
sidered tt miraculous that my com
panion should succeed In bringing a S e llin g S q u a b B ro ile rs
Gas, Sourness, Heartburn
French prisoner through the enemy’»
D u rin g W in te r M o n th s
Sick H eadache, Dizziness
savages and into the camp.
Quite a number of the broiler plants
after eating or drinking
Although he assured them that no
make a specialty of squab broilers,
Indians were then lurking about the
2 5 c a n d 7 5 c Package»
which sell best during January and
camp, they were very loath to sep
S old E veryw here
j February. They are grown In about
arate from one another, or to pene
eight to ten weeks, the hatches com-
trate more than a short distance Into
lng out In November and December,
the woods. False alarms were repeat
nnd are successfully raised without
edly being given, all of which glowed
any outdoor exercise.
up the work of hewing out the road
The greatest demand fo r squab
for Braddock.
1 broilers is in spring, when game birds
The G a y O ld T ra d er
While In the road-camp, Cromlt had are scarce, and a small bird Is In de
met Christopher Gist, veteran of the mand In restaurants. They should
Trader Horn, the aged litterateur,
Ohio country, who was now acting as weigh from three-fourths to one was congratulated by a New York
a scout for Braddock. On learning pound, and must be plump. Many girl reporter on the zest with which
that Cromlt was to report back to me, who ship squab broilers make a great he went the rounds of New York din
could he find me, Gist had supplied mistake in sending bony, poor ones. ner parties, teas and receptions.
“ And That Just About Empties My him with many of the facts relating
“ Well, you see, I enjoy it all, my
Good returns cannot be expected from
Skull," Said Cromlt in Finishing to the departure of the army from the
g irl,” said the old trader. “ I'm not
poor, scraggy birds, half dressed.
His Long Recital.
creek and Its faring as fa r as the
The broiler fo r the winter market like the scientist.
Great crossing.
"A lady reproached the scientist
must be attractive looking to com
division on the following day, and
“
And
that
Just
about
empties
my
for
refusing to go out Into society
mand
a
ready
sale
at
good
prices.
Dunbar—destined to be known as
skull.” said Cromlt In finishing his Plump chickens, neatly dressed, free
“ ‘It must bore you dreadfully.’ she
“ Dunbar the Tardy” —on June tenth.
tong recital. “ I’ve walked soft and
said. ’Work, work, nothing but work
The army had moved at a snail's easy go's not to Jolt anything out of from pin feathers, with unsoiled skin all the time.’
pace. Five miles had been a good my poor head. And 'tween you and nnd with perfectly clean legs, w ill find
“ ‘I'm only bored, ma’am,’ the
day's march. Some days only half me and the Monongahela that Glneral a ready sale, while poor stuff goes scientist answered, ‘when being en
begging.
A
fa
t
broiler
Is
quite
a
that distance had been covered. Be Braddock w ill lick himself before the
tertained.’ ”
cause of the a rtillery and the many French have a chance to have a wring ra rity. The best that can be done,
wagons It was necessary to bait and with him If he ain't mighty careful. generally, Is to have them plump, for
Johannesburg, South Africa, will
build bridges over the many creeks If he'd send six or eight hundred rifle the natural tendency of the chick is spend $2,500,000 In constructing a new
and make a passable road through men ahead and turn back all his big to use all nutriment fo r growth and municipal electric lighting nnd power
every stretch of swamp. It resulted guns and wagons, we'd have Du development. The main point Is to I station.
thnt the wagons and pnekhorses were quesne In two shakes of a dog's tall." grow them rapidly.
To grow good broilers there should
strung out to a most dangerous length.
“ No matter how slow the army Is be dry quarters provided, thoroughly
Could the French have led their In
In coming, It w ill reach the fort,” I
dians beyond the L ittle crossing It Is told him. "The French are whipped cooked food, comfortable heat (not
too high nor too low), regularity In
my belief the army would never have
already."
feeding, cleanliness ami good lig h t
reached the Great crossing.
He said nothing to this, and for The chicks must he Induced to take
The steady salt diet bad brought a once I found the grin missing from bis
plenty of exercise.
general sickness to the army. I was homely fa ct
I explained my plan
especially sorry to learn that Colonel for him to watt In Allaqulppa’s vll
Washington a veteran In Western lage and to he ready night and day
M o v in g P u lle t F lo c k
travel, had been ill for several days. to carry to the array any news thai
When there are many pullets to be
The army hud used up ten days In the Onondaga might bring In. The moved it often pays to leave them In
making the L ittle Meadows, a distance program did not please blm, but his the crates over night and move the
of from twenty five to th irty miles, a visit to Hogg’s camp had Impressed crates to the laying houses In the
good day's travel for sucb men as him with a fear that all was not go morning. Then the poultryman has a
Gist and Croghan.
Ing well with nnr cause, and he was better light and can do a better job
At thnt camp, a council of war had much more amenable to reason than o f culling and treating the birds for
been held hy the commander and all formerly.
lice. As each pullet Is taken front the
stuff officer». At that council Colonel
If every car owner used
Round Paw was waltlDg for us at crate, It can be inspected for weight,
Washington had boldly urged a rapid the southern end of the village. To general health and vigor, and prospec
Champion
Spark Plugs
forward movement with the light dl
relieve Cromlt from possible annoy tive laying ability. All birds that are
there w ould be fewer
vision, leaving the heavy troops to ance should he be seen In the com poor prospects for winter profits cun
come up as best they could. Unfor pany of an avowed supporter of the be Isolated for future observation.
traffic jams due to cars
tunately his rank did not permit him French, we agreed It was better for
stalling.
to do more than advise, although bis the IndlaD and me to enter the village
Im
p
ro
v
e
E
g
g
Q
u
a
lity
opinion was sought by Braddock.
together, while he held back for an
Cham pion is the better spark plug
Much can be done to improve the
It was decided at this council that hour. When he next saw us, be was
because it has on exclusive silli-
quality of eggs produced by careful
SL Clair, with four hundred men. not to recognize ue.
manite insulator spe
selection of eggs used for hatching
should go ahead to hurry up the road
( T O B E C O N T IN U E D . )
cially treated to w ith
purposes. AH undersized, misshapen,
stand the much higher
off-color, and defective shelled eggs
n * 8 > n * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 * n * 8 * n * 8 # a * n t tf
k « 8 * 8 « 8 -* 8 * 8 # 8 * 8
tem p e ra tu re s o f tha
should be eliminated from the Incu
modern high-compres
bator. By following such a practice
sion engine. Also a new
American Children as Frenchman See Them for a few years the quality of eggs
patented solid copper I
laid hy a flock should be materially
gasket-seal that rem ains'
••American children
are ’Insou- that they Lave lived. Quietness and improved. Egg dealers are w illing now
a b s o lu te ly gas-tight
clunts,' open ntlnded and gay," so retreat In the eventide of life, prep to pay a premium for high quality
under high compres
writes a noted observer In Uomoedla. aration for death; those are unknown eggs. It ts well to assort them ac
sion. Special analysis
a I'arls paper, aftei a visit to the things In a country where death Is cording to size and color.
electrodes which assure
Culled Stales. "They work without bul an Insignificant detail.” —I ’lerre
a fixed spark-gap under
_
effort, that Is to say, very little. They Van I’nassen. in the Atlanta Constitu
all driving conditions.
F e e d to H e lp P u lle ts
only learn the lndls|ien»ahle. In the tion.
big eltles ninny streets are reserved
I f pullets must search for their feed
for them aud their plays. They are
on free range they w ill probably fiud
P
reserving
M
u
th
room
i
safe from the life-crushing Jugger
sufficient food for body maintenance,
S p a r J C P lu g s
Mushrooms may he preserved entire but growth w ill be slow and egg pro
nauts of modern truffle At Ihe age of
Toledo. CtUo
«’
twelve an A.iicrlinn child upholds fils hy drying them In the sun or tn an duction w ill be impossible until late
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oven. All moisture must be removed winter or early spring. Liberal feed
cuts and opposes his 'reactions to before the material Is packed In a ing of grain and mash containing 20
theit reaction».' They are (rented and l>erfeclly light container Mushrooms per cent of high-grade tankage, or In
addressed as If they were adults At so preserved, after a preliminary place of tankage all the milk the pul
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soaking In tepid water or milk, may let» can drink, w ill not only reduce
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Dried mush
the amount of exercise hut w ill hasten
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THE STORY
W e b s te r B ro n d , sco u t a n d spy
fo r
B ra d d o c k 's
a rm y ,
«cues
v a lu a b le In fo r m a tio n a t F o r t D u -
qu esne, b u t B ra d d o c k , tr a in e d In
E u ro p e a n w a r f a r e , fa lls to r e a l
ise Its Im p o rta n c e . B ro n d Is sent
ba c k to F o r t D u q u es n e a n d Is
a ls o In tr u s te d w ith a m essage
to O ro g h a n ,
E n g lis h
e m is s a ry
a m o n g th e In d ia n a . H e Is a c
c o m p a n ie d
by
Round
Paw ,
f r ie n d ly In d ia n scout. On tb s
w a y th e y a re jo in e d by a b a c k
w oodsm an,
C ro m lt. T h e
p a r ty
com es upon a g ro u p o f s e ttle r s
t h r e a t e n in g a y o u n g g i r l , E ls ie ,
D ln w o ld , w h o m th e y accuse o f
w it c h c r a f t .
B ro n d rescues h e r
an d she d is a p p e a rs . B ro n d d e
liv e r s hie m essage to G ro g h a n .
Y o u n g C ol. G e o rg e W a s h in g to n
rescues th e sco ut fro m b u lly in g
E n g lis h
s o ld ie rs .
B ro n d
p ro
ceeds on a s c o u tin g e x p e d itio n to
F o rt
D u q u es n e ,
and
finds
a
F re n c h s c o u tin g p a r ty b e s ie g in g
an old c a b 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
fig h t she escapes. B ro n d ta k e s
b is w a y to D uq u es n e . C a r r y in g
o u t h is p lan to e n te r th e fo r t
u n q u e s tio n e d ,
B ro n d
v is its
an
In d ia n to w n
w h ic h
a w om an
s ach em ,
A lla q u ip p a ,
c o n tro ls .
T h e r e he m e e ts a F re n c h officer,
F a le s t, w h o has fa ile d In his a t
te m p t to w in o v e r A lla q u ip p a to
th e F re n c h cause.
B ro n d finds
E ls ie D ln w o ld , dressed as a m an ,
under
A lla q u lp p a ’s
p ro te c tio n
T h e g i r l te lls h im she has fo u n d
th e E n g lis h c ru e l, an d Is g o in g
to th e F re n c h . U n a b le to d is
suade h e r, B ro n d te lls h e r o f his
m is s io n to D u q u e s n e , a nd she
p ro m is e s n o t to b e tr a y h im . T h e y
le a rn B e a u v a is has escaped fro m
C r o m lt an d Is on his w a y to D u
qu esne. B ro n d re a lis e s be m u s t
be stopped.
CHAPTER VI— Continued
—15—
W ith a squawking cry the fellow
came to a halt, and It was Gromit's
voice that drawled:
"L o r’s law I It II ain't Brond I I’m
mortal glad to gee you, mister.”
“ Ilalsar Cromlt I” I exclaimed In an
nndertone. “ Get Into the bushes here,
quick I There’s a man coming I have
business with and you'll spoil the
game. (low the devil did you come lo
be ahead of the Frenchman?”
"1 proved to be the better man. So
I passed him.”
“ You saw blm?
Beauvais, the
Frenchman?" I gasped.
“ He was behind a tree. I offered
him fair fight with empty hands and
the varmlt tried to shoot me. We
fired 'bout the rante time, but It was
my lend that done the tickling.”
"You fought with Beauvais? You
shot him?" I dully asked.
"He's feeding the fishes In tbc
Monongahela now. Didn't know how
the Injuns at the village would tnke
It If they I'amed I'd killed him. so I
tucked gome rocks In his clothes and
heaved blm and the stolen gun Into
the river. It was a most fetching
rifle. Hated like sin to heave It In."
“ You've killed Beauvais Ihe French
man," I repeated, hardly able to real
lze this sudden turn In affaire, and yet
selfishly glud that the disagreeable
task had not fallen to me to perform
“ He's Just as dead as he even can
be. But he fired first. Only chnnce
he bad. Lawful life I But I'm glad to
see you."
“ Hushl Here comes another with a
light step. This man w ill be red.”
Cromlt followed me to one side be
bind some sugar trees. But as the
newcomer turned the bend the In
creased light permitted me to recog
nise him on first sight. I relaxed my
arms and whistled softly. Round I’uw
came down to a walk and without any
hesitation swung off the path and
Joined us. When he beheld Cromlt be
grunted a soft “ Yo-hahl” but otber
wise showed no surprise.
"The bone-breaking man killed the
Frenchman and threw him Into the
river." he announced. "The Wolf man
did not know which was I d the river
till now. The bone-breaker’s orends
was very good to him.”
“ Ding him m ortally!" exploded Cro
mlt his eyes frowning. “ I would'm
take hts parole at night and he slipped
the rawhide and stole the gun and
ducked o u t
I've trailed him night
and day."
"We w ill swing back and enter the
village from the south." I said. “ Did
anyone see you follow him (rum the
village ?“
He chuckled and explained:
" I ain’t been In the village. Once
I'd trailed him Into It I came round
to this side and walled for him lo
come out. I knew he'd he In a sweat
to make Duquesne No village Injun
has seen me at all."
My mind was greatly relieved. I
still adhered to my plan ot entering
the village from the south but with
Cromlt appearing for Ihe tin t time
and with Beauvais hidden In tlie river
Allaquippa a (h-laware would know
nothing of Ihe bhaaly hindness and
the road to llie fort Woulf la- o|a-n
tv me. I proposed inking the Ouon
B ell - ans
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