A 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." Ms. Hasan
IioaitMTUif, 40 BoooqI Ave, Bouu,
Nashville, Ttinuossv.
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Compentation
Susceptible Policeman (howled over
by fair motorist) My fault, nilsa, I
ought to "ave atepped back.
Girl There, now I If you're not just
th sweetest const a hie I've . ever
truck. London Opinion.
When gosalp say "It'l all over
town," tli gossip means that It ooa
will be.
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