HALSEY ENTEHPHISE, HALSEY, OREGON. OCTOBER 2.~>, 1928
A ncient Pistol
I
The R ed R o a d
A Romance of Braddock’s Defeat
By
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IDustrationf by Irwin Myers
W H U Be i t ic e
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IL M. Raab, of Dallastown, Pa., col-
1 lector of old horse pistols manufac­
tured in the United States, recently
came into possession of a weapon
which was manufactured In Virginia In
l 1803. The weapon Is said to be the
oldest of Its type In existence, as the
oldest previous date fo r the style was
1803.
PIRIH
Dorothy ’s Mother
Proves Claim
Children don’t ordi­
narily take to medi­
him the girl could not fly like a bird black facings that distinguished the
cines hut here's one
marines from the troopa of the line,
and that any plans we made must In
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that all of them love.
“ Run fa s ti" be hissed. “ To the elude her. I told him of my efforts whose facings were blue. As the buz­
Perhaps It shouldn’t
to shield Allaqulppa’s village from at­ zards bad not commenced to gather
water-gate I"
be called a medicine
tack and expressed my fear that Beau­ It wus plain be must have met death
1’oriilac’s voice thundered a com
at all. I t ’s more like
vais would now do the thing I had twelve hours back, or In the evening.
Viand. The Ouondaga muttered:
a rich, concentrated
“ The Ottawa chief tells Ills children convinced him he should not do. This An ax was tightly gripped In the
Unless you see the “ Bayer Cross” on tablets you are
fo o d .
I t ’s pure,
te watch the gutes and the stockade furnished the Ononduga with a double right hand and there was a gasb In
the
handle
where
another
blade
had
'
wholesome,
sweet
to
the
taste
and
errand
to
the
Delaware
village:
he
not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe
and k ill anyone trying to get out.
Once outside the lodge and we were must warn the woman sachem and tell struck. In the darkness he and his ! sweet In your child’s little stomach.
by
millions and prescribed by physicians for 25 years.
■ It builds up and strengthens weak,
In darkness. T hirty yards away and Cromlt to carry my warning to the assailant had fought blindly.
I overtook the girl, who was stand­ puny, underweight • children, makes
we bad lost ourselves In a wild crowd army that the Turtle Creek route,
o f Ravages. But as we »pressed on though rough, would be free from suc­ ing before a thick tangle of pea-vines them eat heartily, brings the roses
nnd trailers.
When 1 would have back to their cheeks, makes them
Pontiac’s stentorian voice gradually cessful ambuscades.
“ You w ill take the same talk, but taken the lead In striking this bar­ playful, energetic, fu ll of life. And
reached an Intelligence here and
rier, she motioned me to wait. Time no bilious, headachy, constipated,
there; and from different points and separate from the bonebreaker,” I
tn all the dialects of the northern and added. ’“The woman and I w ill leave was too precious to wait, but before feverish, fre tfu l baby or child ever
Accept only »Bayer” package
Ohio tribes, the word was passed to you at the moutb of Turtle creek and I could say as much I beard a faint ! failed to respond to the gentle Influ­
which contains proven directions?
follow It up for a bit and seek the cry.
ence o f California Fig Syrup on their
guard the stockades and gates.
Handy
“Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets
army
In
that
direction.
Surely
one
of
little
bowels.
I
t
starts
lazy
bowels
“ 1 knew 1 heard It,” she muttered.
“ Take the man Beland alive I” roared
Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists,
quick, cleans them out thoroughly,
a voice; and I knew that Beauvlas at the three of us men w ill take the talk “ But ’t Is only the howl of a wolf.”
Aspirin lx the trad« mark of Bayer Manufacture o f Monoece U cart dee ter o f Salic;.icacM
last bad connected my Identity up through to Braddock."
“ Indian lungs are behind that tones and strengthens them so they
with my French name and that Beau
howl,” I told her. “ I t ’s up the creek." continue to act normally, of their own
P a th e tic Faith fu ln ess
CHAPTER VIII
Jeu now understood all.
“ Yon think a Injun made It, mis­ accord.
A setter dog that refused to leave
Millions o f mothers know about a canine pal in death caused motorists
Since 1848 Has Healed Woondsand
"Why this way?” 1 asked the Onon­
ter?”
Sores on Man and Beast
daga as we reached the stockade on
The howl was repeated and sounded California Fig Syrup from experience. at Beaumont, Texas, to send a hurry
Our Orendas Are Strong
M o m , back for drat bottl, 1 f notntted.
A Western mother, Mrs. J. G. Moore, call to police headquarters. The dog
the river front.
clearer.
H alf a mile below the moutb of
“ Stand on my shoulders, white T urtle creek the Monongahela grew
I'm positive,” I said. As If to 119 C liff Ave., Sun Antonio, Texas, was sitting beside the body of his
brother, and go over,” he directed.
very shallow with scarcely more than guarantee the certainty of my words saysf “ California Fig Syrup Is cer­ stricken comrade in the center of the
"There’s the witch-woman—’’
ripple of water I d places. The the signal was answered on our left tainly all that’s claimed fo r It. I highway, defying drivers to run him
“ She's on the other side. Shall we three of us held a brief conference and again from the direction of the have proved that w ith my little Doro­ down as they had the other dog. One
W A N T S Y O U R F tIR ç
thy. She was a bottle baby and very automobile had been thrown into the
Join her, or fuce about and die like
river.
L ib e r a l G r e d in s .
B ig D ro fitx fo r you I
chiefs?"
'They are close after ns.” 1 whis­ delicate. H er bowels were weak. I ditch to avoid hitting the setter. It
_ t o p - n o t c h price«
P a - y in g
p rices f o r 50 years.
year a. . F _
ur
m a r k e t b o o m in g . S e n d to d a y for price ii«t.
pered. “ They’re calling to each other started her on Fig Syrup when she was not until the dead dog had been
1 scrambled to his shoulders and
was
a
few
months
old
and
It
regu­
T
r
a
p
p
e
r
.’
G
u
id
e
L.
to
meet
on
thia
creek.
They’ll
find
went to the top of the Umbers. 1
moved to the side of the road that the
_ * W O® 1 C a ”
FREE to ship p ers
our trail. There’s but one way open; lated her, quick. • I have used It with other permitted traffic to move nor­
Minneapolis, Yl!nn,
reached down a hand, but scorning all
we must double back by the Frazier her ever since fo r colds and every l it ­ mally.
assistance Round Paw sv armed over
W E PAY YOU ’ «S2Z S P O T CA SH
cabin, and, If sighted before we enter tle set-back and her wonderful con­
•be barrier. The two of us dropped
the forest below It, we can take shel­ dition tells better than words how It
Io the ground within a few feet of the
S C H O O L F O R MEI
F o re w a rn e d
river.
ter there and try to stand them off helps.”
Truaiex for BUSINESS, TRADES er PROFUSIONS
“
This
Is
a
cynical
age,”
declared
till
n
ig
h
t”
E n r o ll a n y t im e . S e n d fo r lite r a tu r e .
Don’t
be
Imposed
on.
See
that
the
It was very dark and 1 was com­
OREGON
IN S T IT U T E OF TECHNOLOB
George
Bernard
Shaw,
“
and
It
all
Fig
Syrup
you
buy
bears
the
name,
“ I f we can find the cabin, we can
pletely bewildered.
¥ . 5 1 . C. A . B l d g .
P o r t la n d ,O r e g t
make a good fight," she stoutly de­ “ California” so you'll get the genu­ comes from the young people know­
“ This way, mister,” called a low
ing too much. I was strolling through
ine, famous fo r 50 years.
clared.
irolce.
CALIFORNIA
So
the lobby of the Carleton the other
John Frazier, trader and black­
The Onondaga dragged me after
for California Home Seeker«. Bend 5c for 3 mootha'trlal
aubsrrlptloo
QuMtlons an i we red free. Little Fare«
day
when
I
heard
a
debutante
say:
smith,
was
a
stanch
supporter
of
the
Win. My bund resetd on a canoe.
Im m ense M o n o lith
M .i u l a t , 300 BrgM viy Artaila. Laa A>|aln, cull.
“ ‘Erwin says that I am the hand­
English. He had served the colonies
“ Who's there?” 1 whispered.
The
largest
marble
monolith
In
the
somest
and
cleverest
girl
he
has
ever
W
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more than once as an Interpreter, nnd
"Duughter of witches," was the half­
before coming to the month o f T urtle world, standing slxty-flve feet high, known.’
laughing, half-sobbing reply.
“ But
"To which her friend replied: 'My
creek had lived for twelve years at measuring eighteen feet across and
please don't stop to talk, mister.”
Youth and A g e in Legion
Venango, or until driven out by the weighing forty tons, has been extracted dear, you should never marry a man
It was time I scrambled Into the
The oldest and youngest member«
from the famous marble quarries at who dt-elves you during your en­
French
In
1753.
He
had
been
o
f
as­
canoe, for a chorus of yells was now
of the American Legion live at Miami,
sistance to Colonel Washington In Cararra, and w ill be presented to Mus­ gagement’ "
raised on the other side of the stock-
Fla. They are John W. Boucher,
1754 and was commissioned a lieuten­ solini for the new Fascist stadium to
ode and only a few feet away. I
eighty-four, and George E. Mackenzie,
be erected at the Farnesina outside of
ant
In
Trent’s
command
when
It
was
U n decid ed
tripped over a rifle as the Onondaga
twenty-three. Boucher served In the
Instructed to fo rtify the forks of the Rome.
pushed the light craft Into the cur­
“ So you call your canary Joe? Does construction forces of the A. E. F. tn
Ohio.
rent. I picked It up and found It
It stand for Joseph or Josephine?”
France, getting Into the Pershing army
“ I can find the cabin easy enough,”
Sister’s Bob?
fam iliar to my bonds.
"We don’t know. That’s why we when he was seventy-three years o il
1 assured her, and we swung out from
V isitor (speaking of little boy) — call It Joe.” —London Opinion.
“ Whose rifle Is this?” I whispered.
Mackenzie ran away from home to
the creek and doubled hack. As we He has his mother’s eyes.
“ Hush I” cautioned the girl. Then
enlist when scarcely thirteen.
ran we could hear the “ wolves” howl-
Mother—And
his
fnther’s
month.
proudly, “ It's yours. 1 was at the
To hurry too much shows that you
Ing from three points of the compass,
Child—And his brother's trousers. are not the captain of your time,
tfoor when the trouble began.
I
The wedding tour Is often the calc
their signals sounding clearer each —Tlt-Blts.
reached In and took It when Mr. Beau­
though you may be of your souL
before the storm.
“ Set Me Down I Set Me D ow nl”
minute
and
proving
that
several
vais commenced calling you a spy.”
bands would soon come together at
t n t h . K n ig h t .m a in ., I»O .llr f ln g ’
f “ Talk w ill k ill us," grunted the On- and decided that Round Paw should the creek. I began to doubt the wis­
in e ac h c y lin d e r r o tn b in «
W ith t h e sp h e ric a l c y lin d e r hea d
pndnga as be pushed a paddle Into take the canoe to the western bank dom of proceeding farther toward the
t o fo r m a p e rfe c tly e e a lrd com ­
any hands and began working des­ and make Allaqulppa's town afoot cabin. I feared we would be cut off
b u s tio n c h a m b e r — ass u rin g h ig h
■ a if o r m com pression a t e ll tim e s .
perately to reach the slack water along The girl and I waded to the eastern and surrounded. To turn our backs
•« aU speed« aad w ith t i y g—.
the opposite bank, ills warning wus shore.
to the creek and plunge through the
We left the river In the first gray
timely for I could hear the plop, plop
forest and trust our lives to our
of heavy bodies dropping over the light of morning and ran swiftly, the dense
legs appealed as being the best plan.
Stockade. There came an explosion girl's thin face revealing her deter­
"Are you able to keep going all day
of mad rage that made my heart mination not to hinder my progress through
the forest?” I asked her.
by any display of weakness; and as
grloce. The Onondaga proudly In
“ I am very tired,” she confessed.
formed us:
- • —»
we run she spied out (lie country
! l 4 ?° 1° D8 since I had a good sleep,
"They have found Little Wolf In the ahead wfiTTe I Cept watclT ov?r our " mister,
’flfere was last night—"
lodge. 1 crept under the wall and back track, £ y e rj time I glanced be­
“ I know,” I broke In, for time was
•hot him with Ills own arrow. He hind me 1 fully expected to behold a
all to short. “ Yon couldn’t do IL”
made a choking noise. The Wolf man flitting form o? a savage. We arrived
A glance at her pinched face told
thought some of those outside would at Turtle creek, a short distance
me she was fa irly exhausted. And in
above Its mouth, without hearing the
•mow the truth. There was Pontiac
our haste to make good time we had
lie talks with ghosts and they tell Indians' cry of discovery.
In spots left signs the savages could
We forded the creek and paused easily follow at a run.
him secret«. It was he who told L it­
tle Wolf to k ill me. Pontiac saw me for a minute for her to rest. Our
“ The cabin It must be,” 1 said and
at Detroit and knew my heart was breathing spell was terminated by a trying to speak cheerfully. "Frazier
•warm for the English. L ittle Wolf faint halloo. The voice cam« from
w ill have plenty o f powder and bul­
was to shoot me through the hole In far off, and at It was not repeated we lets. Perhaps some spare trade guns!”
the robes when I danced by. If my did not agree as to the direction. The
“ You could make it alone through
girl Insisted It was north of us, while
■white brother had not been In dan
the woods to the army,” she said, her
jger, I should have shot Pontiac after my ears placed It as coming from the
words coming in Jerks.
telling him to march by with the northwest, at about the point on the
“ I can make It no faster than yon
ethers.”
Monongahela where we bad aban­ can."
“ They are over the w all; they will doned the canoe. Thankful It was not
“ I'm thinking you're telling a He,
take canoes and follow us!" I warned. ahead o f us we resumed our flig h t mister,” she gravely rebuked, but re­
We
had
not
proceeded
more
than
fifty
"Mister, I spoiled all the canoes I
sumed running.
«ould find before going to the house rods before the girl, who was In the
“ A quavering cry np the creek
where yon was eating. They can't lead, gave a little cry and came to a made my skin prickle.
b a it
catch us with boats."
“ Hang on to your rifle,” I ordered
“ Ton have done well, little woman.
"Where?”
I whispered, glaring
as I seized her and threw her over
What does Round Paw do now?"
about to find what had alarmed her.
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my shoulder, holding her with one
We were at the opposite shore.
“ Among the bramble-bushes,” she arm and carrying my own gun In tny
“ We w ill go up the river Instend of faintly replied, pointing her short
left hand. With a fine spurt of speed
down," he answered “ They w ill think rifle toward a thicket and pressing a
1 covered several hundred yards. She
|we went down to the Ohio. If the hand to her side.
began kicking and squirming, and de­
I saw It and directed:
inan Beauvais had not come we would
manded :
have shown them some new magic."
“ Go ahead a hit and wnlt for me."
“ Set me down!
Set me downl
“ Too knew Rbout Beauvais!” I
It was no sight even for a border- You'll git ua both k l lt l ”
HE p a t e n te d W illy s-K n lg h t d o u b le sle ev e -
asked Round Paw.
bred woman to behold unless grim
I did as she requested, not because
valve e n g in e is a s fr esh a t t h e e n d o f a hard
“ The witch woman told me. She necessity compelled. After ehe had
I was too weary to carry her farther,
d a y ’s ru n a s a t t h e s t a r t —a n d a fte r th o u sa n d s rtf
asked my help. She waited outside passed on I examined the dead man.
m ile s you w ill find th ia su p e r io r m o to r e v e n sm o o th e r
¡Ilia house to stop Beauvais from see­ He bad been shot through the body but because her rifle was swinging
a n d q u ie te r t h a n o n t h e d a y y o u to o k d elivery.
ing yoo. It was the witch woman who and scalped. He was a Frenchman, wildly nnd striking the bushes and
leaving a trail an ox could follow.
•aid we would leave by water. She for he wore the white uniform with
(T O B S C O N T IN U E D »
Its s im p lic ity o f d e sig n in su r e s r em a rk a b le freed o m
¡was to be outside the stockade by the
from carb on tr o u b le s a n d rep a irs. T h e r e are n o valve*
water-gate. She has a very strong
t o grin d , n o valve sp rin g s t o w e a k e n . A t t h e lo w e st pale«
gnedlclne."
tn h isto r y , t h e S ta n d a r d Six is b r in g in g t h e ad van tage* o f
“ Ho It was you who saved me, little
W illy s-K n ig h t's sp a rk lin g a c tiv ity , su s ta in e d b r illia n c e a n d
woman," I said to her.
e*«e o f c o n tr o l t o th o u sa n d s o f n ew a n d e n th u s ia s tic o w n v a .
"L o r’s sake I Don't believe nothing
Ancient cloisters, or parts of them, stroyed with the fabric of old St
that Injun tells you. He saved you;
W I L L Y S - O V E R L A N D , I N C ., T O L E D O , O H IO
pot m«. And now I can't go to Can­ are still to be‘found In many parts of Paul s In 1006. It la at Westminster
Loidon; they are reminders of the abbey that you may see the finest
ada."
"Watt until after the war. It w ill days when the city boasted spacious cloisters In London. Besides the Great
monastic establishments.
be a short war," | told her, little real
cloisters there are the L ittle cloisters,
In St. Bartholomew-the-Great at
Itln g my (aliaItlllty as a prophet.
"We must leave the river before the Smithfield—relic of n wealthy priory where the monka* Infirmary once
first light,” spoke up the Onondaga. —are some bays of the old cloister. stood, and the Dark cloister that leads
"Pontiac w ill lead the chase. He Is A Zeppelin bomb tn 1915 helped to to the Norman undercroft.
■ very great man. He knows we took reveal a further portion of this,
to water. He w ill send men along burled under the present ground level
P ain t Top and Bottom
both shores to find where our troll
Cloisters In miniature, with wooden
In order to last, »helves should be
leaves the river. He w ill throw many archings, may lx» seen at Ely plnce protected with paint or varnish on the
ynen between us and Braddock. If the adjoining the chnpel—all that remains bottom as well as the top and sides
witch woman takes tn the air and flies of the pnlnce of the bishops of Ely
Decay Is no respecter of surface«, and
like a bird, then Round Pnw and his The cloister garth Is planted with tig will attack and wear away one side
TOLEDO, OHIO
brother can walk slowly and laugh at trees.
as well ns another. Therefore. It la
the wild Ottawas."
St. Paul’» has only a few fragments best to paint or varnish th« entlr«
Hs » as disappointed when 1 told of Its old cloisters. They were de
shelf as soon as it Is put up.
CHAPTER VII— Continued
SAY “ BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSISTI
DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART )
Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh
y—MsMILLAN
CRFORIbfAlWCC
always at its best
s n o re s u rrt
A lie n e e a n a f e w e r
se co n d J o r t fe ic e &
a t
T
Many Old Cloisters in City of London
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W IL L Y S-O V E R L A N D , Inc.