L ig h t F ro m S te a m
It Is pog.ilble to light a cigarette by
steam. Thia was demonstrated by
Doctor Andrade of the Itoyal Institu
tion of London, who prmluied high-
pressure a*earn hot enough to set tire
to a match 01 a cigarette. The sterna
which escapes from a teakettle la not
really ateuin. It has ceased to be
steam since It has condensed to tiny
drops of ilqnitf water. Water steum
>s invisible gas.
H is to ric T re a ty
The Webster-Ashburton treaty be
tween the United States and Great
Britain wus negotiated in 1842. By
It the frontier line between the state
of .ualne and Canada was definitely
fixed, provisions were made for put
ting an end to the African slave trade
and an agreement was made for (lie
mutmil extradition of suspected critn-
Inals.
The Red Road
A Romance of Braddock’s Defeat
By Hugh Pendexter
CHAPTER IX— Continued
—as—
Of one thing I was positive, and 1
hold to that opinion today: General
Braddock was convinced that what
ever be won must be achieved by his
personal efforts. 1 did talk with Mr.
Sblrley, tbe commander’s secretary,
wbo said he would make a verbal re
port of wbat I bad learned while In
i Duquesne. Whether he ever did sub
mit the Information I brought, I can-
, not eay, but I believe that he did be
cause of bis fear that the campaign
was being mismanaged. I can easily
C o p ie d F ro m Rom ans
The society of the Order of the Cln ; imagine Braddock listening to my Im
rinnatl Is named after the Homan portant Information and giving It only
prototype of the young American ottt a passing consideration, or else Ignor-
eers who left their farms to tight the f Ing It entirely. That night the army
battles of the republic. Tlilff proto j camped at Hush creek, where Scarou
type wus Lucius Qulnctius Clncin ady once bad a village.
We xrerc now within three easy
natua.
| marches of Duquesne, even thougb tbe
' army moved sluggishly; and I could
A C o ld S h o u ld er
' not perceive any reason why we should
Miss Maud Miner, Chicago teacher, not attain our objective. After all, I
says the character of any Individual ; told G irt and Cromlt, sickness and
may be read In bis buck. This dis ' death was ever the price paid when a
covery has ulso been made liy per large body of men, more or less stran
sons seeking the assistance of a rich gers to their environment, pass through
relative.—Detroit News.
a virgin country. I took It for granted
| that on every level battlefleld of Eu-
! rope sickness stalked every army.
R iv e r's W id th V a rie s
Croinlt had not much to say be
The width of the Itiver Jordan
varies with tlie seasons of the year. cause of tbe bias furnished by his
During tlie short rainy season It lie dream. Gist spoke guardedly and eaid
conies u rushing torrent. In many that while some phases of the cam-
parts it Is at timeg a narrow stream ! palgn were not to bis liking still we
ought to take the fort now we were
which may be s’ ejiped over.
committed to the Turtle creek course.
While we were talking Sir John Si.
B eard a o f Rom ana
It was tlie custom among Romans Clair and several officers cume along
to sliuve off the beard at the age of and SL Clair culled out to us:
"You men must know this country.
twenty-one anil present It ns an offer
ing to tlie household gods. A beard You w ill come along with us to re
was grown after that uge only as a connoiler."
We fell In behind them and were
sign of mourning.
booq descending the steep bank that
Is s characteristic of the country’s
R e cog n itio n
streams. Nor was the opposite bauk
Scientists have discovered that but
any more Inviting.
ferities recognize one another at s
St. Clair studied the bank thought
distance of six to eight feet. A pos fu lly for a minute and then said to his
slide explanation Is thut butterflies officers:
don't owe one another money.—De
“ This Is very bad. The army has
troit News.
lost heart because of rough travel. If
the country beyond Is us had as this It
B eana O ld Food
w ill »bout finish any spirit that's left.”
“ Il w ill be Impossible to tuke the
Beans were Introduced Into Europe
by tiie western Aryans at their earll artillery and wagons uny further than
est migrations, and tlie lake dwellers this bank, Sir John, unless we spend
In northern Italy In the Bronze age much time preparing both banks," said
cultivated a variety of the vegetable. one of the engineers.
“ That is very plain,** muttered SL
! Clair. “ And that’s the devil of IL"
Jo y in B enevolence
" I f you can get your guns and
Benevolence Is a duty, lie who fre
wagons across, I cun soon tuke you to
quently practices It, and sees his
a ridge that leads to Duquesne," spoke
benevolent Intentions realized, nt
up Gist. “ Once you ure on the ridge,
length comes really to love him to
you won't have much trouble; aud
whom he has done good,—Kant.
you’ll find the country open and not
! fitted for ambuscades, or surprise at-
H a d A ll th e M e n S cared
' tacks.”
Jud Tunklns says he Just read about
As h»a was serving as guide to Gen
an army of Amazons who had all the eral Braddock and was well known In
men In the ancient world scared colonial affairs, his words were Ur-
Times aren't so different.—Washing j tened to, SL Clair suggested he try
ton Star.
to find a more favorable crossing. He
told them there was not much choice
as the banks coutinued much the same,
Fast O cean T ra v e le r
Tlie hureal. of fisheries says that but he did lead them to where the ap
the lionlto, n member of the mackerel proach to the creek was less difficult,
family, probably Is the fastest swim end pointed out a thinly timbered ele
iner, but a definite answer Is not pos vation as being the ridge.
The chief engineering problem was to
slide.
cross tbe creek and ascend the op
posite bank. One young lieutenant
O f Course
said if be could have the use of a
“ Woman makes up her mind far hundred soldiers, he could ease the
more quickly than man," observes a wagons aud guns down oue slope and
novelist. But then she usually is an haul them up the other by means of
adept In the art of make up.—Humor
the long cables carried b y the army.
1st.
Another, who hud charge of the ax
men, guaranteed readily to muke run
ways of logs aud thereby greatly ex
U n c le Eben
“ When you forglts a friend,” said pedite the passage of the guns and
Uncle Elicti. “ you Is liable to lose wagon-train.
Gist called on me to repeat what I
somethin’ a tieap mo' valuable dan
already had told Mr. Shirley. I vtated
yob pocketbook."- Washington Star.
If the army would cross the creek aud
strike straight for Duquesne It could
A ll-C o n q u e rin g
not he attacked with any degree of
('mirage and |>erseverunce have a sueerss even If the Indians could be
musical talisman, before which dith
induced to attack at all. I quoted
cullies disappear and obstacles van , Captain Beaujeu to that effect. As
Ish Into alt.—John Quincy Adams.
I they did not cut me short I added, for
good measure, that there would be
A m b it on
[ great danger at both crosslugs of the
The ambitious deceive theirselv-s Monongnliela and that It would be
when they propose an end to .heir am 1 practically Impossible to avoid an aiu-
bition, for that end. when attained busciide, that Beaujeu already had
plant i*d to plant an ambush nlong the
heroines a means. — Itochef oic,.uld
river road.
Sir John seemed to be strongly Im
P re v e n tio n F ira t
pressed
by tny statements, much more
lie that cures a disease mny he
the sklllfullest: but he that prevents | so tia n he would have been had I
made a similar talk at Alexandria, or
It Is the safest physician. -Thomus
W ill's creek
When we returned to
Fuller.
the camp, we fully believed tbe mor
row's march would remove us from all
fear of a masked attack. Tbe con
versation among the officers all pointed
j to this wise maneuver, and our spirits
greatly Improved
After Sir John had talked with
? Braddock. GIsX was sent for. Cromlt
aud I left Round Paw holding a pow
1 wow with the few Delawares while we
went Io find the Dlnwold girl
Wagoner Morgun was one ot the
| first teamsters to arrive, despite the
j ssd condition of his horses He In
formed os thnl our little friend was
ASSURED TREATMENT ' i sharing
a kettle will» two soldiers
» *•
for FREE hook Jtfe-rthmf the Dr.
wives We soon located her She had
U J. I Wan UnxHtt I non tur
«k al method
of treat-
<urgkal
■
">S Pita« tn J »the, K tctal and
| made her sex known to the women bm
Colon ailm tntw which w , hm
1 etlll wore her masculine gaih which
t ic loci vttv AI m S O « d ttc llt at
our W R IT T E N A S S U R A N C I
j was very sensible of her ■ took her
T O E L IM IN A T K P IL E A
for a little talk and at once ob
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served she wus tn a sober mood In
fact, she seemed to be more downcast
COLON CLINIC ' than when we were fighting for our
lives In the Fraxler entdn I endeav
I »red to cheer bet up. and pointed oui
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Illustration» by
I r w in M y e r»
C e p y r tg b :
by H u g h P e a d e x U ff.
W N U ber v ice
how thankful we should he for our
deliverance from Pontiac’s savages.
“ That was the frylug-pau." she
sighed. “ 1 tell you I feel bad luck,
mister. They'll Jump on us when we
pass through the thick woods. Them
soldiers don’t know any more about
lojuns tbaD as If they was so many
cows.”
“ You shouldn't say such things.
You'll take the heart out of the men
If they hear you."
“ 1 ain’t a fool even if I come from a
family of witches,” she angrily re
torted. “ I ’m talking to you. not to
the soldiers." Then with instant re
pentance: “ I didn't go for to speak
to you like this, mister. But these
women here are scared. And yet all
they talk about Is the ellks and fine
clothes they'll have when we march
Into Duquesne. You'll come and talk
again with me tomorrer, mister?
You’ve done so much for me.”
“ I ’ ll talk with you.
I've done noth
ing. You're hitching the cart ahead
of the horse. If not for you. I never
could have left the Duquesne stock
ade."
“ 1 tell you It was the Injun who
done all that."
"A fte r you had told him of my dan
ger and had planned for us to scale
the water-gate and fin I you waiting
with a canoe. I ’ll see you tomorrow
and the uext day; and on the third
day I'll see that you get some of the
fine cloth—If the French don't burn
everything before leaving the forL”
“ I feel had luck, hut I'll hope for
the best." she muttered. "And don't
go Into danger, mister.”
The last was so Incongruous after
what we had been through together,
and in view of the part I must play
as scouL that I laughed and even she
smiled, albeit a bit wistfully. She gave
me her small hand and eyed me with
strange steadiness; then disconcerted
me by gravely saying:
"There ain't no shroud around you
yet I'm thinking you'll live through IL”
Cromlt came up In time to bear the
last and anxiously inquired: “ What
about me. missy?” His mouth was
smiling, but his eyes were uneasy.
She hesitated, then told him:
"Anyone you come to grips with will
die.”
With this she abruptly left us aud
busied herself at the fire.
We went to where the rangers were
camping and looked for Colonel Wash
ington, but be had not yet reported
to Braddock. I did meet Captain Bus
by, however. He had lost much of his
stoutness aud was as leaD and hard
as a hound.
“ Webster Brond, by all that’s
q u a int!" he cried on recognizing me.
And this time he was eager to clasp
my hand. “ I've looked for you all
nlong this cursed march and through
all the cursed days we've crawled and
fiddled away the time. Lord! but I’m
glad the Alexandria folks can't see
what a rough-looking lot we are.
Where have you been and what do you
think we'll do next?"
I explained, and he declared my Du
quesne trip displayed "damned” rare
sportsmanship. I told him the worst
of the campaign was over and that we
would be free from Indian attacks
after we had crossed the creek and
taken to the ridge.
“ A tight would be welcome," he
testily replied. “ It's this d—d crawl
ing along, like a worm on a leaf, that
tukes the gimp out of the men. It
you'd.stayed with us from the time we
quit W ill's creek, you'd understand
how trifles can eat the hear} out ot
a man. Wood-ticks anuoy more people
than tigers do. Really, we officers of
the Virginians have given up our lug
gage animals until we scarcely have
anything left except what we have on
I hope there'll be some clean linen at
Duquesne. If there Isn't. I'll never
forgive the French. I suppose the
folks hack home are thinking tonight
that we’re already In Duquesne."
There was no "back home” for me.
no folks lo learn how I had fared;
and I hud nothing to say. He ran on:
“ I've sent word to Josephine by
every express, hut probably she hasn t
received one out of five of my let
ters. I told her I hadn't seen you. So
you don't expect we ll be attacked by
the red devils on our way to the
fort ?"
"Not If we follow the ridge road.
Yes. If we follow the river road."
T hen I'm glad It’s the ridge. Re
member, Web, how we used to pluy
at fighting Indians and always planned
to run Into an ambuscade and make a
very uurrow escape? Lord, that seems
a million years ago. We didn't want
any open ridge marching In those days.
Nothing but bloody fighting In the
si. rubbery al the foot of the Carlyle
gardens. And how we used to rescue
fair maidens I How Joe would squeal,
she was that nervous; and how cool
und collected the Haze girls always
were! Joe was more fun—she felt
her part more. Web, our hearts were
higher then thou now. Time has made
cowards of us—of me, anyway. And
who would have believed that we
would tie here together like this on
the shore of the d—d creek I Thank
God that Joe Isn’t here to be res
cued I"
“ Amen to th a t!" Aud 1 wished and
wished thut tbe witch-girl was as safe
as Josephine ot old Alexandria.
He urged me to share mess with
him and several others from the home
town, hut I was uneasy and preferred
to take a piece of niea? from the
rangers’ fire and to prowl deep In the
woods for fresh sigus until tbe dark
ness drove me in.
When the drums beat the long
march on the mornlug of the seventh
I turned out to assist in getting the
wagons across the creek. But what
was my amazement to learn that the
course had been changed during the
night’s council, and thut St. Clair had
finally decided It would be best for
the army to swing clear of the rugged
country entirely and to march direct
for the Monongahela.
This would necessitate crossing at
a point where the river bends to the
north, and after marchiDg across the
bend, to recrose just below the mouth
of Turtle creek. This shift In plans
was due to the excellent fords and
their gently sloping hanks. There
would he uo difficulty In crossing the
guns and wagons. Destiny was tak
ing the Dlnwold girl and me back to
the Frazier cabin.
I hunted up IheUnondugu and found
h im freshly painted for war and softly
reminding Ills orenda that he was a
man of the Wolf clan. After finishing
his chanting he cried out to me:
“ Yo-hah 1 They say some very brave
men w ill die before two more sleeps,
white brother. They say It Is not
good for men to grow old until they
find ull meat tough."
“ The French w ill die bravely If they
UgiiL" I agreed.
“ They say the French w ill not die
alone. It w ill be a very strong fig h t"
“ There w ill be no fight unless Beau
jeu con drive his Indians Into makiug
a surprise attack."
“ There w ill be a fight,” he gravely
assured me. “ Many axes w ill be cov
ered with new paint (blood). They
--ay the English from over the stinking
water do not know how to fight.”
“ The Delawares have told you th a t
They talk like old women.”
"A wolf howled In the night to tlie
Wolf man," he correcetd. “ The talk
of our nephews, the Lenl-Lenapes, goes
by Round Paw’s ears without enter
ing. Let the witch woman change her-
self Into a bird and fly away.”
“ Let my red brother keep that talk
shut up In his bag.” I warned, secret
ly alarmed by his reference to the Dln-
wold girl. For should there be a fight
with the fort Indlnns I feared she
would refuse to hide In a wagon until
it w’as over; and It did seem a cruel
sliatue that after escaping from Fra
zier’s cabin she should run the risk
of being hideously killed wlthiD gun
shot of IL
"Let her turn herself Into a bird and
fly hack to the Susquehanna," he called
after me.
I hastened on, eager to find the girl
and persuade her to stay well back
aiuoug the wagons. Even tf we were
ambushed and well-blooded she would
be safe at the rear of the Hue. The
savages could never break through
even though they should punish the
bead of the array.
She greeted me shyly and was
strangely willing to do as I asked. I
was surprised uDd pleased with her
acquiescence: for I knew she had but
little thought for her own safety.
There was, however, a small condl
lion attached to her promise; and she
expressed It thus.
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