The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19??, July 06, 1928, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextA Romance o Braddocfc's Defeat 8YN0PSI8 Impoverlahed by the open-handed eneroallv of Ma father, Vlrglnl entleman, young Webeter Brond la serving ai a acout and err for the army under General Braddock preparing for tht advance on Fort Duquesne. Ha haa Juat returned to Aleiandrla from a vlelt to the fort, where, poalng aa a french man, ha baa aeoured valuable In formation. Braddock, bred to Eu ropean warfare, falla to res I lie the importance of the news. Brond la aent back to Fort Duqueene, alao bearing a message to Ueome Croghan, English emlaaary among the Indiana. Brond Jolne hla friend and fellow scout. Round Paw, In dian chief, and they aet out. On the way they fall In with a typical backwoodsman, Balsar Cromlt, who Joins them. CHAPTER 11 Continued "Why didn't these (wo stranger top your bloody work) At lenst tbe White man, If he be white. If George Croghan had been here, he'd '' topped you quick enough "Mebbe to, mebbe nut, Mother Cox. But Croghan' In Great cove. So It's no good talking hi name. Mother Cox," bantered CroinIL : "llow do you know be'i In Great cover I demanded. Tbe wldnw eyed me with stern dls approval, but was quick to take the word from Cromli'i nioutb and told me: . "He was here three day ago and bound for there. Some of bis drat ted Indian are ctraylng 'round the country, and be' looking 'em up. And when be ain't hunting up bl Injuns, he' trying to blre our men to work on Braddock' road. Let the red coat make their own road, I say. When our men-folks go to the Ohio they don't have no road laid down for 'em to walk on. They Just git op and glL" "Where Is McDowell and bis men) .Where are the CralgsT' I asked. "McDowell's folks Is In Great rove. 1 told yon," huskily reminded the drover. "And the Craig brothers are on the road to Shlppensburg," said the widow. "McDowell's gone to belp drive out some witches." "But he and his men hnvent time to he p drive out the French," I said. She eyed me blankly, and then be rated Die: "Of all the numbskulls I There ain't no French near'n Fort Duquesne. Tney can't hurt n with Buddovk' ray going ag'in' 'em. But witches right among us can "spell' our rattle nd send sore fains to our children. Uerclful land I What good to drive the French from the Allegheny If witches can work their evil spells In our homes T "If It ws'nt for these beeves, I'd go back and help clean out tbe devil's nest," muttered tbe drover. "There'll be no tormenting of poor people on the charge of witchcraft If George Croghan Is In the cove," I told them. I walked op tbe borrc-patb toward rarnnl'a Knob with Round Taw at iny heels. We covered quarter of mile when yell behind caused a to look back. Cromlt was coming on the run and his legs carried him rap Idly. I expected trouble and handed my rifle to Round Taw. Cromlt halt ed and Informed me: ' "I nlo't no call to sell my soul to the devil. I don't, hanker to see nc witches, but III go with you. Just topped to git my knife. Old Brad dock will give me a new gun, hut be might be stingy with bis knlvts" And be patted large butcher knife worn without sheath. Did he trip nd fall It would be l mlrncle If he escaped Inflicting severe Injury on blmself. The belief In witches and wlmrds In western Pennsylvania and Virginia was widespread. The Old world Im migrants bad brought along their u fierstltlon as well as their Bibles. Once they had ventured Into the un broken forests and made clearing nd felt the solitude closing about tbem like wall they worked new fancies Into the old tales. If there were werwolves In Europe, why should there not he as bad, or worse, dia bolic agencies In this new land of gloomy ancient forests, weird water falls and wild mountains What with the Palatine German end their grewsome beliefs, the Irish with their fulrlos, the Scotch with their gnomes and other strange bill creatures, and the English with their devotion to ghosts, It was email won der Unit almost any community along the frontiers should possess those who Implicit believed In witchcraft. Nor was this delusion lurking In New Eng long and other colonies. As we drew clear of the hilts we beheld two-rrore men and women grouped at the foot of low bill on which stood a log cabin. The door ot the cubln wa open but 1 saw none of the occupants. Nor were the people at the foot of the hill giving much heed to the cnhln as we came up. Their Interest was conflned to woman groveling on the grass nd making grent outcry. I pushed my wuy through the crowd nnd looked down on the young woman She was having lit of some kind. "What' the matter here?" I asked "This yoiiig woman Is witched, sir; cried t gray-haired woman By Hugh Pendexter Bhutrationt by Irwin Myers Copyright ev Hash Peadextea, W.NU ewvloe "Witched by Elrle Dlnwold," growled man; and he turned to shake hi clinched hand at the cubln on the hill. "But she'll witch os no morel We'tl burn that nest Fight the devil with Ore I Dor llexenkopf ha bred witches long enough. We've sent for John Uokes, sir. He's rare wizard. He'll soon take tbe spell off thU poor suf ferer." "Is George Croghan In the valleyf "Gone yesterday for Wlll't creek." Tbe sufferer did not fancy any shift ing of attention and renewed ber screaming and kicking. "The devil hates tuter. Bring me bucketful," I commanded. I rolled up the wide sleeve of my bunting shirt as If Intending to bathe my hunds before attempting even partial cure. A bucket of water was pluced before me. I picked It up and dashed It over tbe woman. Spitting like cnt she came to sitting pos ture. When she could get her breath she begun calling curres down on my bead. "The devil bate cold water," I re peated. "The woman Is all right now If she will keep out of the moonlight for three nights.' "Then yon are wizard and can remove spells?" eagerly asked the grey-hatred woman. Others were star Ing st me with much respect "Some spells," I admitted. "Now tell me bow this woman wa siielled.'" It seemed that Elrle Dlnwold, who lived with her uncle In the cabin on Der llexenkopf, or the Witches' Head, a the little hill wa called, bad laid most malevolent trap for the woman now hobbling to ber cabin for dry shift It consisted of barrel and a wllcn snake. The narrator wa her Interrupted by several, who Insisted Elsie Din wold had changed herself Into a snake. or had entered tbe body of the snake preferably the latter the snake was still In the barrel and the ac cused was In her cabin. The victim had been Induced by tome magic arts to pause and look Into the barrel She beheld a large rattlesnake with Elsie Dlnwold' eyes. Tbe barrel was pointed out to me. 1 wulked to It and looked Inside. Uj flesh crawled as I encountered the re lentless malignity of the serpent's taring eyes. directed the men to kill the snake and would have remained to, make sure It was done bad oof the appear ance of a slim figure In the cabin doot set the crowd into a wild uproar. The woman stepped outside and was fol lowed by a man badly crippled, for be walked with difficulty even while using two canes. Some In the gather Ing began gesticulating, and then they were sweeping op the bill, frantic mob. 'Why all this fur over snake In a b.irreir I asked, fearing tome barm would be Inflicted on tbe woman and the cripple. "She I a woman of Der llexen kopf I" accused a woman, pointing trembling Onger. 'She comes of foal brood," ex citedly explained man. I took time to look more closely. The woman, scarcely more than girl, bad suddenly token alarm for the man's safety, and bad Interposed ber slim figure between him and her ac cusers. Her loosened balr was blow ing about her face and balf-veillng ber thin features She leaned forward a she watched us, her body lithe and wiry as a boy', ber tips parted In a little feline snnrl. Knowing me to be a stranger and yearning for an Impartial judge, she centered her wild gaze on me and punted: "I'm no witch. These folks be fools I 1 live here alone with my uncle, lie Is old. a cripple with rheumty pains. Several years ago the beastly Ger mans 'named this place Der Helen koif. My poor mother died from fear nd sorrow. My two (later, older'D me, were driven out of the valley. I am Inst of the women to live on the Witches' Head, and they won't let me live In peace." "Keep your wicked jaw closed tight or we'll pin 'em together," Mured the red faced man. nttaatjaaanaKnannnntjunnaa Didn't Have Nerve to A Cleveland housewife who was en terloliilng some very rpeclol friends from out of the city, wanted to have a dinner that would linger In their memory for some time to come. What could be nicer, she thought than a roast suckling pig? Accordingly the little pig was sent home from the butcher's, unwrspiied and laid on the kitchen table, where her small son caught sight of It and burst Into tear. "Don't rook that dear little plggle I" he walled, disconsolately. Ills mother sent hlin from the kitch en and picked the pig up to curry It across the room. "In that moment" she reports, "my courage fulled me. There wu some I waved my hands for silence and requested : "Will some of you good folks tell me what she has done besides putting the snake In the barrel t" It was the old man, her uncle, who enlightened me. "They say she rent a sickness to Oscar Kluck' white horse," he trem ulously explained. "Oscar Kluck carce here this morning early and asked me to pay four pounds for the hurt dona the animal I bud no mouey." "Ue was a good boss, my white one, I refused four pounds for him," cried Kluck. "Now she's rpolled hlra the d d spawn 1" Some one tugged my elbow. It waa Cromlt Hla face waa weak from fear, and bl voice trembled aa be whispered : "I've been looking at the whit horse, I know horse. He's old and oughter be shot lie wa never wortb tour pounds. Four shillings would be nearer.1 He scuttled back to the Onondaga. The cripple was peuklu. "If she confesses and promisee never to do It aguln, shall she be left unharmed V "Let ber say she I a witch and then leave the valley this day, neves to come back, and she shunt be whipped,' a man promised. "But 1 cant go," walled the girl "Who would take care of my oncleT The dear God knowa I would gladly go and never look toward thla pi ace again If my ancle could go with met" "Never mind me, little Elsie. Yon must not be whipped," groaned ber uncle. "Teach the d d brat we can break ber spells I" screamed woman. "She threaten us wttb the devil's power 1 She should be burned and her ashes scattered at midnight" loudly declared a man In English but peaking with a thick accent I Interposed: "Enough. There will be no burning, nor whipping. She U scarcely more than girl ton peo ple talk like crazy folks," "And who be you, mister, to come to Der Uexenkopf and say what we'll do and what we won't T a woman fiercely demanded of me, "I am recruiting for Braddock'a army. Three pounds sterling to every man who enlists. A fine red coat and a line new musket This man beside me Is Balsar Ciomlt from McDowell's mill. He bas enlisted. My red friend back there Is an Onondaga Indian. He will bring an ax In bis band If I call. I have thla rifle, which makea a good dub. The young woman shall oot be whipped." "Horoorl No whipping I" yelled Cromlt and he stretched forth bla half-closed hands and began turning on bl heel In search of any who might car to argue tbe point mora Intimately. I had no Intention of getting Into rough-and-tumble fight wltb the set tlers, so 1 threw op the rifle and beld them back. While they were hud dled together the Onondaga let out a war-whoop and came charging np tbe hill, bounding high and swinging hi ax. The women screamed and fell back ; the men forgot me to cover the retreat of the women. I yelled for the Indian to halt and for the settlers to listen. When I bad secured their at tention I said: "Drop back a bit and let me talk wltb the woman alone. This 1 no place for either her or ber ancle. Per hap It can be arranged for both to leave this valley." With much grumbling and many loud threats they accepted the truce and retired some distance down the bill. Cromlt and the Onondaga had no wlsb to draw closer to the cabin, so I went to the forlorn couple alone. The man wa seated on log, leaning forward by resting on hi cane, and breathing heavily. Hi eye were bulg ing In a fashion I did not like. The girl glared at me, unable to believe I could be a friend, yet puzzled at my defiance of ber neighbors. "Too have nothing to fear from roe, child," I told ber. "Child I" she bitterly repeated, "rm sn old woman. I stopped being child when very small My mother was pretty. Till they called ber a witch her hair waa as brown as mine. My father went over the mountain, whera no one had been, and never came back. That was when I wa a baby. My oncl lived here with as and supplied os wttb meat Then they called my mother a wltcb, and she died. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Cook the Little Pig thing so mnch like a little bnby about that poor little pig that I set It down In a hurry. I realized then and there that 1 didn't have the nerve to cook It Like my son, I wiped the tear out of my eye and put Hie 'dear Utile plggle' out of my mind forever. We bad roast beef for dinner." Polar Temperature The fuut thai It Is Colder at th South pol than It Is at the North pole has been explulned by the fact that the South pole Is believed to lie in the middle of a large continent and it I no at a higher clevuilon than the North Geographical pole. This would account for a lower temperature. Miwi? FIGURE THIS OUT "Where did you buy that miracle hat J" "I'm sorry, but 1 don't think I know what hat you are referring to." "Well, yesterday you bad new hat on and I understand some one wa calling It a miracle bat "I remember some one telling me how well It became me, but I can't rvem to recall anyone calling It a mir acle hat" "Indirectly tome on did. If a hat can become a girl I certainly would call It a miracle hat" PROBABLY NOT Kid (espying tight wire walker) Oh mother, why Is that man walking on a rope 'way up there In the alrt Mother (waiting at crossing) Prob ably because be wasn't able to cross the street In any other way, dear. Live on Credit Hops Is the dope. Oo wo) and win It Who lives oa hope stay live on credit. Crashing the Party "We have many natural born ora tort." "We have." answered Senator Surg bum. "The trouble with some of 'eta Is that they cant draw a crowd oo their own account and want to take possession of an audience that some one else bss assembled." Warhlngtoo Star. Familiar Incident "Have you ever been up In an air shipr "No," answered Senator Sorghum. "The publicity Is no good. Things have gotten so that you're liable to get only half column on an Inside page, even If yoa fall out" Washing too Star. World Court T RIgKles Doet be bore yoa with his war stories? Baggies l'es, marital, not martial NEVER OUT AT NIGHT Salesman Let me .sell yoa eome nightshirt. Old Timer No never go oat at night . Bu$y Smithy Beneath the spresdlng chestnut tree The amlth works like the deuce; for now he's eelllng gasoline. Hot dogs and orange Jules, Hit Misfortune She (with magazine) What t mis erable writer Shakespeare was. Look at his signature. He Well, I suppose we shouldn't criticize the poor beggar. Ue didn't have our educational advantages, yoa know, Amoat Finished Mr. Cmiggs Thl I the end. I can live with you no longer. Mr. Cnoggs Vea, I guess It' ill over but the (hooting. Well Prepared ' She And you escaped from- the Auslan prison? And you escoped through hole which yon dug in the wall with fork? Ho Yes, you see It wa quite easy. My wife wasu't much of cook. Time for Fairy Tale Black-What do they mean by the "witching hour?" White Don't yoa know? That' the hour when the wife greets yoa wltb, "Which story Is It this time?" Stable Man Showed Grim Strut of Humor Add to the true but trying stories et the week the case of the young lady who wm most anxious to reuch her gentleman friend posthaste. Knowing him to be an nrdeut horse uuin nnd confident that be was riding t the moment, she besought the tele phone Red Book. With no mora In formation than tlio fact that he rode mount named Molly, she proceeded to query academy after academy. Eventually, success wa to be hers. Rearing the end of her list of num bers, iter Impatient "hullo" wa an wered by gruff-voiced liable man. "I till tbe Turk academy?" (lis asked. "l'ep," answered the voice, "Well, have you burse namod MollyJ" The answer shocked ber Into speech leasnes. "Sure," sold the gruff one, "Shall ! bring 'er to the phone?" Detroit Free Press. Prince' t Simple Life on Ranch in Calgary Tbe prince of Wales, so they say, Is developing in American accent Seven year of annual association with the cowhand and neighboring rancher at Calgary, Alhorta, where be la owner of the El much, have rased much of bl carefully culti vated Oxford enunciation and substi tuted the drawl of the American Northwest The British royal heir even Joke bout tli change In bl speech. A fa vorite story with him I on In which an American acquaintance explains that the difference between a ranch and a "rawnch" I that "a ranch pay and a 'rawnch' doesn't 'But everybody In Calgary knowa that the prince rune a ranch and not 'rawnch'," says Chief Long Lance. neighbor, "By 8:30 every morning be has breakfast and I out Inspecting bis cattle and barn. On of hi chore ta hauling manure In a wheel barrow." Loa Angeles Time. Color War in Edinburgh Following the refusal of torn res taurants to admit Asiatic and African residents., not because of their con duct but because of their racial origin, Edinburgh bas a color war that baa gotten Into the bouse of commons The secret sry for Scotland was asked to take steps, by leglslstlon or other wise, to stop the discrimination, and be replied that he did not have the power to Intervene and did not think legislation along the line suggested would be practicable. A delegation of students representing the Edinburgh Indian association protected recently to tlie lord provost of Edinburgh, and the member of the organization re fused to take part In the recent Charity pageant Hit Experience "Well air," said Dad Drizzle, "the children bad got to playing around. the whole durn ten of 'era, I reckon. I wasn't paying no pertlckler atten tion when I beered an almighty yell and over the fence cornea a heifer, blading for gosh' anke with three, four arrer atlcklng out of ber body. I give another yell and darted Into the house for my gun, hollering In jun I Injun r at every jump. I hadn't been offm' the place for so long I'd forgot there wasn't no Injuns no more and just nacher'ly didn't suspicion the children toll" Kan- la City Star. Hi Viewpoint "A very promising young man," we aid. "He will do big things." "Wa have too thundering many golng-to-dnere' now." snlfl old Festus Pester. "What we need are oot men that are going to do, but those that have already done we need 'didders, not 'going to-doers' or 'might-have-doners I' Uurrumpb I" Kansa City 8tar, Clothe Outgrown Wearing the rame clothe In which they were married 23 year ago, Mr. and Mrs. Waller B. Dow, of Dayton, Maine, held a reception at their home. The -wedding garments were the chief Interest for most of the guest ad mitted they could not get Into the clothe they wore a quarter of a cen tury ago, even If they bad them. In dianapolis News. Still Going Strong ' Mrs. Brown Do yoa think they are nchj Mrs. Jones Of course they are rich; they're still using lost year's car. Odd Number Diner The price for four pig rcet I only 8(1 cent. Why are you charging me 00 cent for Just five? Walter BecauM that forced us to kill another pig, sir. Dun the future tense of due. LAUNDRESS BENEFITED By Taking Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound Nssltvlllo, Tonn. ''I esnnnt tsf too much in favor ot the modiolus. l was in a rune down condition. I worked In laundry but ray. health got so bad that I bad ta give op work. I Eofe buttle o( yell E. rinlo haju's VagotsubJ Compound nd began taking It ml every tints find run-down I uniw hntlls. It la aa excellent toulo and I am witling to tell other hout It People tske me to be much younger then I am." 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