The
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A Romaact of
Bratfdock'sDtfoat J
By Hugh Pn4tr 3
Illustration iy
Irwin Myers
Ooprrlhl tir Hush P.nd.ster,
WNU S.rvloa
CHAPTER IX Continued
With th ahattored army In wild
rout tlx Onondaga und I full back to
1li wagons whore I had left the girl.
1 stopped aver man dying from ar
row woundi and would buve left hi in
tud I not rccogulsed hlin aa Busby,
wy old playmate. Thla wua a aorry
ndlng of all our boyish dreama, when
we played at Indlun righting and el
waye emerged tha victors. For lova
of tha old (In) a, I cnuiilit him around
tha shoulders and jelled for tha Onon
daga to nick him up by tha heels. Tha
Indlnn had no desire to Interrupt hit
fighting by helping one aa good aa
dead. Vol ha would not leave me,
and ha did aa I directed, and wa man
aged to get Dually to tha tint wagon.
Busby atared at ma vacantly at first
then knew me, and tried to pull ma
down to him, I kneeled and ha fnlnt
ly whinnered; "What d d foola we've
teen, Web. Tell Joe I'm aorry."
It waa hla lat effort, and ba waa
dead when I etralghtrned op. Tha
eevagee wera now aiaaultlng tha
wagons from both aldea. Wa fought
iur way through the terribly unequal
ineloa. It did look aa If not a man
would eurvlve tha dny unleia It be
some nf thoo who had taken to treee
outside tha road, or who had rut tha
horses looia from Ilia wagona and bad
fled at tha beginning or tha bottle.
Dunbar tha Tardy waa atlll In tha
rear. It waa Just aa welt. Tha mora
men crowding Into Ilia road almply
meant mora victims.
"Thla way, Brondl rtrowo hnlr'e
herel" howled a voice to my ear.
i'romlt waa speaking. Illi mouth waa
fixed In a ghastly grin, hla eyea ael
and staring, lie waa bleeding from
a wound lo tha bead.
"Thla la severe wring," ba ahouted,
and fired a aoldlcr'a musket at a
painted face allowing at tha aide of a
tree.
Then with a ecreeck that aounded
above tha groana and ahrleka of tha
wounded and tha yelli of the savages,
ba dived Into tha bushes. Tha next
moment ba staggered back Into tha
road, with a knife burled In bla breaet,
and yet dragging after Mm a atalwart
Ottawa ba had clutched by the throat.
Tha two fill at our feet, and with a
final effort Cromlt tore the red throat
open; and ao the two died and went
among tha ghosts. '
I inn Mnrgao waa down and the
witch girl waa etandlng over him. ao
at In ona band, ber pistol In the
other.
"Get ot of here I Oo to tha river P
1 cried to ber,
"Cant leave him," aha panted. "Rise
ma, mister!"
1 kissed ber, believing It wea very
clone to tha lost act In my Ufa. And
1 pitied her aa I bed never pitied any
one In my life. Mnrgnn got np on
lila knees. He had been shot through
the back of the neck, the ball passing
through hla mouth and taking several
teeth with IL lie gained hla feet and
pushed the girl toward us.
"Must git bnssl" be told ma aa I
eelted the girl and began working my
way along tha wagons. Many of the
drivers already were In flight, each to
announce himself to be the only sur
vivor of the massacre, and I despaired
of securing an animal for tha girl.
Morgan went ahead; after the girl
came the Onondnga and myself. Hound
1'aw endeavored to shield ber from
the crossfire of (lie hidden asvagee.
He reeled, then raised hla war-whoop
and swung hla ax, and I saw tha white
paw on the chest was turning crimson,
A wounded Potawntnml rolled from
tha bushea Ilka a dying anake and
colled about hla legs In an attempt
to trip him and bring Mm to the
ground. Itound I'aw quieted him with
a awing of the ax and shouted:
"To-hnh I It la good. They any two
Tory brave men will aoon die I To
ll ah I" Then In a mighty voice he told
the concealed fo:
"I am a mnn of the Wolf clnn. My
teeth are sharp. Ho I llol Come on
and help a hrnva mnn die Ilka a chief:
lie would have penetrated the cover
In aenrch of a worthy antagonist had
1 not forcibly restrained him. Pend
iniiii, dying men, crnr.y men; and the
lust were Ilia worst oi an. i ran
almost at much risk from our own
soldiers na we did from the tort In
dliins. Kniieclnlly was thla true con
corning the Onondaga. Morgan was
keeping his feet brirely and the girl
waa willingly accompanying him, and
even helping hlin, ao long aa ner hncK
wnrd ginncea told her the Onondaga
and I wera following. Hut did we
(mime to meet a ruth rrom the woods,
then did she hold back ana attempi
to gain my aide.
With a hoarse cry Morgiin eled a
horse by the nose ns the frightened
u nt mill burst through the bushes mid
Into the ronil. Other hands tried lo
appropriate the prl.o, hut I brushed
thum buck and tosncd the girl on the
hack of the erased brute. Morgan mo
tioned fur me to mount.
"Take hor out of thla I For 0 d'a
sake lose no time I" 1 cried.
"Bhe sorter enema to Ilka you" ha
began, but I lifted til in up and placed
hlin behind her end ttruck the horse
on the flunk wltb my rl lie barrel.
I know she crlod out although I
could not hear what alia said. Hlie
made to dismount, but young Morgan
passed an arm around her slim waist,
and tha horse plunged down the road
toward the ford. Hut I hall never
forget the expression of her small face
aa she atared helplessly back at ma
and the Onondaga.
During this brlof bit of action (he
Indian hud been wounded again, thla
time lo tha head. Wa fell buck, shoul
der to shoulder. An arrow whipped
Into my arm and the Onondaga broke
off the quivering shaft Arrow or bul
let raked my forehead and threatened
to OH my eyea wltb blood had I not
snatched neckcloth from a dead
man's neck and Improvised a bandage.
The savages wore now overrunning
the first division of wagons, succumb
ing to their lust for plunder. Only
this avarlclousnese saved those In tha
road below the wagone from being ex
terminated. Aa It wua, fifty ot the
Indians pursued us to the Mononga-
hela and killed almost at every step.
The regulars bad thrown away arms,
accouiurmenta and clothing and, when
overtaken, died stupidly like oxen.
The cart cruck of tha rifles on each
side of the road marked the cool re
treat of our provincials. They were
fighting ateadlly and composedly, and
their resistance discouraged a final
onslaught that might have cost the
life of every Englishman on the fort
shft of the river. We were within a
few rods of the river, which waa filled
wltb frantic fugitives, when Ova of
the pursuing savages closed In on
Itound I'sw and me. I bad the barrel
of my rllle left and my ax. One man
went down beneath the barrel. I slipped
and fell on hi in. A knife stabbed
through the calf of my left leg, but
tha man under me waa dead.
"Yohahl Tell hla ghort I aent
you I" yelled tha Onondaga, and my
assulliiiit fell dead across me.
I got to my feet and beheld tha On
ondaga In the clutches of two savages,
the fifth having passed oo to overtake
other victims. Before I could lend a
hand one of my friend's assailants, jo
Ottawa, choked and went limp wltb
Hound I'aw'a knlfa through his throat.
"They say a brave mnn of the Wolf
clan of the Onondaga will toon die l"
panted Itound I'aw, and be essayed
to sound hla war-whoop aa ha and tha
remaining savage wound their arms
about each other and fell.
I pawed them apart and raised my
ax, but tha French Indian was dying
by the time I could yank hlra clear
of my friend. He waa a Mingo, pne of
(be Benecna who bad preferred tha
Ohio to tha Genesee.
'A brave man baa killed ma," ba
faintly said.
Tha Onondnga propped himself np
on one elbow and feebly waved bla
at, but bla vole rang out ao strong
I did not believe ba was seriously
hurt He proudly proclaimed;
'Yohahl A good flghtl Thla man
did me a very great honor. He fought
well. Rut the Wolf baa strong sharp
teeth lis hum-web Ila bum-wen
Ha hum-web "
And be dropped dead across the
body of the dead man who bad killed
hlin.
I filtered th river above the ford
to esrspe the crowd of fugitives, aome
of whom were drowned In their mad
haste to make the crossing. Busby,
Cromlt and Hound I'aw had paid the
price of a stubborn mnn a Ignorance.
Of all those who would never return
from the fatal errand I would miss
the Onondnga the most; and after hlra
Cromlt of the mighty bands. And
there was another ache In my heart aa
I vlsloned tha fnlr Josephine, waiting
In old Alexandria for her lover to re
turn. Out of twenty-nine gallant men
to rtde from tha old town, ouly four
were to go back.
My last backward glance at the ford
beheld Colonel Wushlngtnn'a horse
crumpling beneath hlin. At flrst I
thought he, aa well aa hla mount, waa
hit But he waa Quickly up and
catching a riderless horse and swing
ing Into the saddle. Then, with hla
back to the ford, ha rode through the
trees, now vanishing, now appearing,
and close In front ot hlin waa a fringe
of hla riflemen, fighting calmly and
deliberately. Thla action of the rear
guard waa made up of many Individual
duels. The Virginians' trick of having
two men behind a tree Inveigled many
a screaming savage Into the path of
a deadly bullet A rifleman would Ore,
when sure of bla target, and some
painted warriors would rush to dis
patch him before ha could reload. Hla
companion would Ore end check tha
charge, This wua repeatedly done,
and done aa calmly and coolly aa
man would work In curing hla tobacco.
There was oo pursuit beyond the
ford, although only weariness, or their
love of plunder, prevented them from
killing us tor many a long mile. Later
the colonies learned (that Dun liar's
retreat was unexpected and the
French hastened back to the fort, atlll
believing they would ba attacked.
Those who bud lied on horses were
well on their way to the flrst cross
ing, or fur beyond It
I suppose It was the evening of
that same day that 1 came to a stum
bling halt at the edge of an opening
and stared across a large cleared
space. The spot was familiar, and
with a shock suddenly discovered
It was on the Allegeuhy and about
half a mile above Duquesne. I did
not lose my wlta again. From that
moment on my memory la painfully
exact '
Savages were singing and dancing
around aome atukea. 1 counted twelve
of the atukea, and to each waa fas
tened on Inert cliurrcd figure. From
tha red coats and other trophies be
ing displayed I knew the dead men
liud been regulars and that they bad
died by torture, I waa glad they were
through wltb all and wera beyond all
further misery.
I must have been very weak when I
came to my senses on the edgo of the
clearing, for I could not have tasted
food during my blind wanderings.
The shock of tha twelve alakea, bow
aver, gave me something that an
swered for physical atrength, and I
fell back rapidly from the dungwoue
neighborhood.
There were oo Indiana abroad In
tha forest for oone waa willing to
mlsa the feasting and drinking and
torture, let alone tha distribution of
the rich booty. Moving painfully and
without sighting any human being I
came to the rougb country at the
head of Turtle creek and forded and
gained the army's camp oo Rush
creek. It did not seem possible that
seventy-odd hours before Braddock's
army bad halted here. That waa fur
hack among the old things, aa the
Indians would have expressed It
Then by slow atngea 1 followed the
tlrsdilock road back to the Great
Meadows. All along the road were
musketa and aecoutermente, dUcarded
by those who bad passed over the
road ahead of me; and there waa no
need to be saving of powder and lead.
It did seem aa If all the buxxarda
In North America bad come to west
ern Pennsylvania, and never have I
seen boars eo-plentlfuL There la a
atory based on the Monongahcla bat
tle to the effect that the boa re grew
lo have a contempt for human beings
after eating the dead of Draddock'e
army. I never placed credence In the
story, but I can vouch Hint the brutes
were not easily frightened by my ap
poach. I shot several but depended
upon rnhblta, turkeys and a deer for
food. Mora than once I bad to flgbt
my nerves be for I could approach a
huddled form In the road ahead, fear
Ing It might ba the glrL Just beyond
the Meadows I came upon three men
cooking deer-meat over a little Ore.
They were wild-looking creatures and
at my approach sprung np and
snatched for their guns.
"Have any nf you seen a wagoner
on a horse, Don Morgan by naruer
I called to them. "And waa be rid
Ing double wltb a fellow younger
than her
"Devil take your man Morgan and
t'other feller I" cried one if them
"Git out of eight afore I lose my pa
tlence. I promised my younkers a
French sculp. I!y the Eternal!
Your balr might do Just aa well I Fat
crops In and growing, and now we
must quit 'em and fort ourselves
Cume the day wa aver beard the name
of Braddock."
"We'll do our own fighting In oui
own way next time," bawled one of
the other men.
Ilia worda fell Idly on my ears yet I
waa to live to recall them, and to
realise the fellow had unwittingly
uttered the one great truth that Die
battle of the Monongnhela taught us
self-dependence. From the begin
ntng of the colonies, we bad relied
on England, and now that the best
she could give na for our protection
hod miserably failed, we were to learn
self-reliance, and the few long rifle
that allowed a fragment of the army
to escape across the second ford were
In trly dny to Increase to thousands
Hut that knowledge waa all ahead ot
me; and dlshearted at not finding
soma trace of Morgan and the Din
wold girl I left tha sullen trio and
continued my weary Journey.
(TO DC CONTINUED.!
HwwtiiMuttnttttutiMtittnttntttttiatt
Petition to Heaven Out of the Ordinary
"Hob" Edwards, a Cnnadlun member
of parliament, who founded a little
paper called the Calgary Eye Opener
nmong'the Northwest Mutinied 1'ollce.
about a quarter of a century ogo, com
posed at Hie time a little prayer, per
haps In emulation of that of ttobwt
Louis Btevensoo.
Quoth Hub: "Lord, let me keep a
straight way In the path of honor
and a atrulglit faca lu the presence ol
solemn aaes.
"U'l me not truckle to the high, not
bulldoze tho low; let me frolic with
(ho Jack and the Joker and win the
game.
"Lend me Into Truth and I'tnuty
oiul tell me her name.
"Keep me tunc, but not too sune
Let me not tulie the world or myseli
loo rerloiiHly, und grunt more people
lo liiiigh with nnd fewer to Inugli nt
"Let le condemn uo uiuu because
of his grammar and no woman on ac
count of her morula, neither being re
sponsible for either.
"Preserve my sense of humor and nt
values anil proportions. Let me be
helpful while I live, but not live too
long. Which Is about alt today, Lord.
Amen."
Should Have Been Tanned .
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a resourceful husband In speaking ot
"tho oilier woman" to a recent divorce
suit, "that I couldn't stay away from
her." He basked In the sunshine of
her smile until he got sunburnt
Farm and Fireside.
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Scientists Unable to
Do Away With Fogs
On a small scale and In favorable
circumstances fog can be dispelled,
hut all known methods are too costly
for commercial use, and so could not
lie applied on the vast scale on which
many fogs occur, even were they of
proved uw. A great deal of time and
Inhor has been seriously expended In
the effort to suppress fog. The Lon
don county council has from time to
time given some encouragement to va
rious schemes presented, but all bave
fulled No less a distinguished scien
tist than Sir Oliver Lodge has strug
gled with this problem and he thought
he had solved It, but practical demon
stration of his electrical scheme
failed. Various suggestions have been
made to clear aviation landing places,
but all have been discarded and the
solution of the problem seems to be
no nearer than It ever was.
2
This Mother
Had Problem
As a rule, milk ia
about the best food
for children, bat
there are times when
they are much better
oft wfthout It It
should always be left
off when children
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coated tongue, sallow skin. Indiges
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ach and bowels are out of order.
In cases like this, California Fig
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harmless, even for babies.
Millions of mothers have proved Its
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Since then I've never had to have any
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Jswsls la Chaldean Tomb
Rltign of gold mid silver, lulnld gold
en roseites und small animal Figures
of the precious metal were among ar
ticles found In the tomb of the Sum
erlul queen Sliuh Ad, unearthed re
cently hy iiieiiiliers of the Joint expe
dition of the museum of I'lillmlelplila
and the llrlllsh museum, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The Jewelry Is
over live thousand years old and adds
o the Interest of the discoveries In
recent expeditions lo I'r of the Chul-ileea.
Two Birds With Ona Stona
8ue So you always serve dough
nuts when Fred culls
Ethel Yea, that's the wny I try to
remind him nf rings nnd dough lit the
xiime time' True Slory Magazine,
A mnn nlunys credits himself with
'Ii'uiiii'ks and charges the other fel
low With olmtlniiry.
New Irish Coinage
The ancient Irish harp will replace
the profile of the king on the new
coinage of the Irish Free State. The
principal features of the Industrial
and sporting life of the country and
Its cultural development are repre
sented. But St Patrick, the national
apostle, has not been remembered In
designing the new coinage of the
realm. A horse, a bull and a ben wltb
a brood represent agriculture. A aal
mon and woodcock represent sport A
round tower and a wolfhound symbo
lize the ancient dignity of Ireland.
New currency notes and coins will not
be In circulation for a few months yet.
The Eighth One
Office Manager. Here, this will
never dot Why Is It yon are late for
your very flrst morning's work I
New Office Boy I'm aorry, air.
There are eight In our family and
the alarm waa aet for aeven.
Valua ef Cool Miad.
If a man keeps cool, he commands
himself and ol hers. Chicago News.
Most people never know the aweet
contentment of becoming thoroughly
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Orarcomiag Diaaaa
Statistics show that the length of
the average human lite la ateadlly In
creasing and la much greater than It
waa halt a century or a century ago.
Or coarse thla doea not mean that the
average Individual la healthier or
atronger. The Increase la due chiefly
to the conquest or disease, control of
epidemics, better Infant care, etc.
Put It or Take It
Rob What did yon do when Mabel
said you were odd?
BUI I told her I would get even
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