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diff --git a/old/64979-0.txt b/old/64979-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 41496b4..0000000 --- a/old/64979-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3408 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of Youth, Volume 1, Number 5, July 1902, by H. -L. Coggins - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Youth, Volume 1, Number 5, July 1902 - An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys & Girls - -Author: H. L. Coggins - -Release Date: April 01, 2021 [eBook #64979] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: hekula03, Mike Stember and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was - produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital - Library.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK YOUTH, VOLUME 1, NUMBER 5, JULY -1902 *** - - - - -[Illustration] - - YOUTH - - VOLUME 1 NUMBER 5 - 1902 - JULY - -An ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL for BOYS & GIRLS - -The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia - - - - - CONTENTS FOR JULY - - FRONTISPIECE (Independence Hall) PAGE - - THE DOUBLE PERIL George H. Coomer 157 - - LITTLE POLLY PRENTISS (Serial) Elizabeth Lincoln Gould 161 - - THE FENCE MAN Mrs. F. M. Howard 166 - - WITH WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE (Serial) W. Bert Foster 170 - Illustrated by F. A. Carter - - MIDSUMMER DAYS Julia McNair Wright 179 - Illustrated by Nina G. Barlow - - A DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST (Serial) Evelyn Raymond 181 - - FOURTH OF JULY W. F. Fox 187 - - WOOD-FOLK TALK J. Allison Atwood 188 - - WITH THE EDITOR 190 - - EVENT AND COMMENT 191 - - OUT OF DOORS 192 - - IN-DOORS (Parlor Magic, Paper V) Ellis Stanyon 193 - - THE OLD TRUNK (Puzzles) 195 - - WITH THE PUBLISHER 196 - - * * * * * - -YOUTH - - _An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys and Girls_ - - SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 - - Sent postpaid to any address - Subscriptions can begin at any time and must be paid in advance - Remittances may be made in the way most convenient to the sender, - and should be sent to - - The Penn Publishing Company - 923 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. - Copyright 1902 by The Penn Publishing Company. - - -[Illustration: INDEPENDENCE HALL] - - - - -YOUTH - -VOL. I JULY 1902 No. 5 - - - - - THE DOUBLE PERIL - By George H. Coomer - - -“Nonsense,” said Uncle Hayward; “how people do like to be scared! If a -real Bengal tiger had made his escape anywhere within twenty miles of -here, the whole country would have been up in arms before this time. -I’ve no faith in the story.” - -“Well, they are not quite sure of it,” replied the neighbor who had -given the information, “but they think so. The steamer was sunk and -some of the animals were drowned, but it is believed that the big tiger -escaped in the darkness and got ashore.” - -“What sort of a show was it?” inquired uncle; “a large menagerie?” - -“No, I believe not,” was the answer; “only a few animals that some -company had hired for the season--a tiger, a jaguar, a pair of -leopards, and a few monkeys--that’s what they tell me. The steamer had -a heavy cargo, and went down very suddenly.” - -“And they think the tiger made for the woods, eh?” said uncle. “When -did it happen, do you say?” - -“Night before last--about five miles down the river. ’Twas a small -steamer going up to Macon. There was no one lost, I hear.” - -“Well,” remarked uncle, “a Bengal tiger would be an interesting -neighbor, that’s certain; and I don’t believe he would be long in -making his presence known. However, such stories generally require a -good deal of allowance. As likely as not, there was no tiger aboard of -the steamer, after all.” - -“Oh, I reckon there was,” said the neighbor; “but then, of course, we -can’t tell; people like excitement, and when such a rumor gets started -it grows very fast.” - -“Yes, that’s true; we shall have a whole menagerie ashore here before -night. When I was a boy, in Maine, there was a story that a lion and an -elephant had made their escape from somebody’s show and taken to the -woods. And, dear me! it spread like the scarlet fever! The children ran -all the way to school and all the way back; and the big girls actually -cried in the entry, they were so frightened. Some of the mischievous -boys would make ‘elephant tracks’ in the road, and this added to -the panic. But we never could hear of any showman who had lost such -animals, and all on a sudden the thing came to nothing. I guess the -tiger story will end in the same way.” - -“Why, father,” said Cousin Harold, the fourteen-year-old boy of the -family, “I don’t see why it isn’t likely enough to be true. I almost -hope there is something in it, though I shouldn’t want him to be -killing people’s cattle and things. Just think of it--a big Bengal -tiger, and right here in Georgia, too! How I should like to have a -chance at him with my gun!” - -“Why, Harold,” said his mother, “how you talk. If I believed such a -creature to be anywhere in the neighborhood, I’d shut you up in the -smoke-house rather that let you go into the woods.” - -“What, and make bacon of a poor fellow?” replied the young lad, gayly. - -Uncle Hayward and his family were New England people, who had settled -in Georgia near the Ocmulgee River, where I was now paying them a -really delightful visit. Harold and myself, being very fond of hunting, -spent much time together in pursuit of the various kinds of game to be -found in the region. Many an old “mammy” and many an “Uncle Remus” was -made the happier by the gift of some fat ’coon or juicy ’possum which -we brought down from the tall timber. - -Inspired as we were with all the enthusiasm of young sportsmen, the -thought of an escaped tiger had a pleasing excitement for us. We -were, therefore, a little disappointed when another of our neighbors, -stopping for a few minutes as he passed the house, made very light of -the rumor, saying it was only a foolish story to frighten people. - -“A tiger would soon make ugly work among the cattle,” he remarked, “and -it would be no joking matter to have one about the neighborhood.” - -“That’s true,” replied Uncle Hayward. “I don’t know, though,” he added, -“but I’d risk my big Jersey with him. I’m thinking ’twould be about -‘which and t’other’ between the two, as the saying is.” - -Harold and I could subscribe to this opinion very heartily, for it was -not more than a week since that dangerous old Jersey had chased us out -of his pasture, bellowing at our heels as we ran. Nevertheless, he was -a noble fellow to look upon--just as handsome as a horned creature -could be. What a thick, strong neck he had, what a broad, curled front, -and what shapely flanks! Most of the time he spent browsing in the -large pasture some little distance from the house, and it required a -good measure of courage upon the part of the trespasser to cross this -area. - -No wonder, then, that Harold and myself made a wide detour, when, half -an hour later, armed with our shotguns, we set out for the woods beyond -the Jersey’s domain. But it is needless to say that our minds were more -taken up with the thought of the tiger than with the fear of our former -enemy. It was just possible that a great, stealthy, tawny shape might -be prowling through the very timber in which we were; and I will not -deny that it required little in the way of sight or sound to set our -hearts beating faster than usual on that day. - -After killing a wild-cat, a raccoon, and a number of large fox -squirrels, we turned our steps homeward, not at all sorry to have -made no startling discovery in confirmation of the rumor which had so -interested us in the morning. The truth was, that the deeper we were in -the woods the less pleasure we found in calling up the image of that -escaped tiger! - -We were just nearing the Hayward plantation, Harold with the wild-cat -slung over his shoulder and I with the ’coon upon mine, when on a -sudden our attention was arrested by a strange, long-drawn noise, like -the cry of some large animal. It resembled the call of a great cat, but -was deeper and more thrilling than any cat-note that we had ever heard. - -I need not say that it startled us; and when, in a few moments, it was -repeated, with the addition of a sort of scream, we looked at each -other with blanched faces: when, clutching our guns more firmly, we -started into a run. I think we had never realized till then that two -boys of fourteen, armed only with light shotguns, could be no match for -a royal tiger, just escaped from his cage and hungry for prey. - -Pray, dear reader, do not condemn us hastily, for you would have run, -too. - -Our course took us directly across the pasture where the big Jersey had -his range. He was lying down for the time, and we almost stumbled over -him. Springing up and lowering his sharp horns, he took after us with a -kind of yelling roar that bespoke anything but a friendly intention. - -We dropped our game and bounded on like a couple of young greyhounds: -but we were far out from the nearest fence, and saw that he must soon -overtake us with his mad, thundering rush. Right ahead of us stood a -scrub oak, with branches near the ground, and into this we sprang just -in time to avoid those terrible horns which would have tossed us like -wisps of straw. - -He was so close upon us that it was impossible to secure our guns, -and we dropped them at the foot of the tree, where they fell rattling -between two small rocks, which fortunately protected them from his -trampling hoofs. - -Then he besieged us in true form, walking all about our fortress, with -a hoarse, frightful bellowing that sometimes grew to a shriek, and -tearing up the earth with his horns till his whole body was coated with -turf. - -“Well,” said Harold, “we are safe enough in this tree, but who wants to -be kept here all night? He is so apt to roar that, even if father or -any of the work folks should hear him, they might not come to see what -the matter was. Besides, it’s a long distance to the house, and the -hill yonder is right in the way.” - -So we remained watching our savage jailer, quite forgetting for the -moment the sounds we had just heard from the woods. How long would the -old fellow continue to bellow and fling up the dirt? I was asking some -such question when my cousin uttered a quick exclamation. - -“Oh, see! look yonder!” he cried; “there’s the tiger now!” - -I looked where he pointed, and my heart gave a thump that was almost -suffocating. - -There, creeping close to the ground, was a powerful yellow shape, -marked with jet-black stripes. The ears were flattened, and the long -tail, reaching straight out on a level with the body, had a wavy motion -that I distinctly remember to this hour. Warily, silently, and just -upon the point of making a spring for his victim, the fearful creature -was stealing upon the unsuspicious bull. - -Though half paralyzed by the scene, we still retained some presence of -mind. Perhaps a shout might delay the attack, and we gave one with all -the power of our throats. - -The monster seemed to hesitate, raising his head a little, as he -crouched in his tracks, and at that moment the old Jersey discovered -him. - -In an instant a change came over the scene. Tossing his head in a kind -of fierce surprise, the horned brute faced his foe; then, dropping his -sharp bayonets to a lower level, he plunged toward the intruder. - -Evidently the tiger was unprepared for this, but with remarkable -quickness he seemed to take in the situation. Without an instant’s -hesitation, he bounded over to a large boulder which lay near by, and -with the greatest agility leaped lightly to its top, where he stood -regarding the Jersey with wide-open jaws. - -“Now’s the time,” said Harold, excitedly; “we must hurry and get our -guns.” And down we went hustling through the thick limbs of the oak. - -It was our first impulse to fire at the tiger from the ground where we -stood, but, as the bull kept directly in the way, it was evident that -this would not answer; and, besides, our very terror restrained us; it -might be easier to fire than to kill. - -Getting back into the tree with our guns, both of which contained heavy -charges of buckshot, we quickly posted ourselves so as to improve the -first opening for a fair aim. The tiger still crouched upon his rock -of refuge, roaring close in the face of his enemy, yet hesitating to -spring upon him; while the strong-necked old Jersey shook his curly -head and fairly screamed at the yellow brute he was not quite able to -reach. - -A bull’s voice in a rage is a strange mixture of frightful sounds, even -more so than a tiger’s. - -We had our guns leveled, watching our opportunity. Presently the -striped terror sprang up from his crouching posture, raising himself -threateningly upon his hind feet, with his tawny breast fully exposed. -Since then I have often seen an angry tiger rear himself in the same -way against the bars of his cage. There could not have been a fairer -mark for us, and both our guns spoke at once with a “bang!” - -Through the smoke we saw the great brute tip fairly over and fall upon -his back. Then, convulsively, he bounded straight up from the rock two -or three times, and at last, plunging forward, landed directly upon the -bull’s horns. - -[Illustration: HIS HORNS PIERCED THE TAWNY SIDE] - -The next moment, heavy as he was, he was hurled ten feet in the air, -and when he fell it was only to be tossed again. A dozen or twenty -times he was thus thrown aloft, although after the first minute he was -evidently as dead as he ever could be. - -After this the old Jersey appeared to enjoy much in pitching him along -the ground to a considerable distance, following up the body as it -fell, and sending it on before him as if it had weighed no more than a -dead cat. - -We were glad to witness this performance, as it occupied the old -fellow’s whole attention, and so gave us an opportunity to slip away -unnoticed, which we very quickly did. - -No grass grew under our feet as we ran over the high ground between us -and the house, which, as the plantation was quite large, was nearly a -mile distant. - -With scarcely breath enough to relate our story, we told it, to -the astonishment of Harold’s parents, whose thankfulness for our -escape, when they had learned how narrow that escape had been, was -inexpressible. - -It required a considerable force of men and boys to recover the body -of the slain tiger in face of the bull’s threatening demonstrations; -but it was nevertheless secured and brought home. It was then found, -upon examination, that our charges of buckshot had undoubtedly done the -business for the fierce brute, so that he must have been nearly dead -when caught upon those stout horns. - -“A tiger in the State of Georgia,” said Uncle Hayward; “a true Bengal -tiger! Well, I must own that I was wrong; I thought this morning it was -only a silly story. Boys, you and the bull have done a great thing for -the community!” - -“But, oh, the peril!” said Harold’s mother: “suppose we had known it at -the moment! It was a double danger.” - -“Yes, mother,” replied Harold; “it was double, but it was that very -thing which saved us. If we hadn’t waked up the Jersey, the tiger would -have had us very soon.” - - - - - LITTLE POLLY PRENTISS - By ELIZABETH LINCOLN GOULD - - CHAPTER XIII - POLLY AND THE MINISTER - - - SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. - - Polly Prentiss is an orphan who, for the greater part of her life, has - lived with a distant relative, Mrs. Manser, the mistress of Manser - Farm. Miss Hetty Pomeroy, a maiden lady of middle age, has, ever since - the death of her favorite niece, been on the lookout for a little - girl whom she might adopt. She is attracted by Polly’s appearance and - quaint manners, and finally decides to take her home and keep her for - a month’s trial. In the foregoing chapters, Polly has arrived at her - new home, and the great difference between the way of living at Pomeroy - Oaks and her past life affords her much food for wonderment. - -Sunday was usually a hard day for Polly. In the first place there were -good clothes to be put on and taken care of, and then there was sitting -still in church! Sitting still was the most difficult thing in the -world for Polly. - -“In the Manser pew I could wriggle, because it was ’way back and nobody -downstairs saw me, but I guess I’ve got to behave just like grown folks -to-day,” said Polly, anxiously, as she put on the brown cashmere frock -Sunday morning. “But if I listen to the minister most of the time, and -think about Eleanor when I get tired listening, perhaps I can do it.” - -It was not so hard after all, for the minister had a pleasant, boyish -face, and he used simple language, which Polly could understand. -Besides that, his sermon was short--the shortest one Polly had ever -heard; she wondered if by any chance the minister could know about -those yellow cakes he was to have for dessert, and felt in a hurry to -taste them. Miss Pomeroy had seen him the day before. - -“He looks as if he liked to eat good things,” thought Polly, as the -minister read the closing hymn, “and Miss Pomeroy may have told him -there was citron in them. His cheeks are as red as mine were--redder -than mine are to-day.” - -This was comforting, and, moreover, it was true. Polly had been out of -doors very little for the last week, and, besides that, although she -was not unhappy, the thought of Eleanor was continually before her, -and the fear of falling below an unknown standard made her anxious and -troubled many times in the day. So the roses in Polly’s cheeks did not -bloom as brightly as they had at Manser Farm, and the little girl was -greatly encouraged. - -During the service she could not turn around to see her old friends -up in the dimly lighted gallery, and when the benediction had been -pronounced Miss Pomeroy said she and Polly would sit quietly in the pew -until the minister came out. The little girl looked disturbed, and Miss -Pomeroy laid her hand on Polly’s with a smile. - -“You needn’t be afraid of the minister, my dear,” she said, kindly, “he -likes children, and has two little sisters at home.” - -Polly smiled faintly in return. When the minister came, and they had -all walked slowly down the aisle together, there was no sign of the -Manser wagon, but Polly was sure she could hear it way up the road; it -had a peculiar rattle, not to be mistaken for any other. The little -girl had a sober face as she climbed up into the seat beside Hiram, -with the minister’s help. - -“I’m grateful I’ve got you instead of the preacher,” said Hiram, facing -straight ahead, as soon as Miss Pomeroy and the minister were fairly -launched in conversation. “I’ve always been to church, and I’m a -member, but I’m scared of speaking to ’em; it don’t make any difference -whether they’re young or old. What’s the matter, honey? Don’t you tell -me without you’re a mind to.” - -“I thought perhaps I’d see the Manser Farm folks,” said Polly. “I -thought maybe Uncle Blodgett would want to wait, and Aunty Peebles. I -don’t know as Mrs. Ramsdell came if her rheumatism was bad.” - -“She was there,” said Hiram, quietly, “I know ’em all by sight, and -once in awhile I have a little talk with Mr. Manser when we’re taking -the horses out of the sheds. But to-day Mrs. Manser hurried him up, and -hustled the three old folks into the wagon as if something was after -her. I shouldn’t have dared to offer Mis’ Ramsdell anything unless -I’d wanted it bit in halves, when she got in,” said Hiram, with a low -chuckle. “She spoke her mind good and free, too: I don’t recall ever -hearing any one speak freer. She was all for waiting to see you.” - -“Then I think Mrs. Manser was real mean,” said Polly, with flushed -cheeks. “I don’t suppose she meant to be, but I think she was!” - -Hiram reached out his big brown hand and gave Polly’s fingers a -sympathetic squeeze. - -“I expect we are about as naughty as we can be, both of us,” he said, -softly, “but I take real comfort in it once in a while. That Manser -woman’s no favorite of mine, nor ever was. I can’t abide her.” - -“She took care of me for seven years,” said Polly, with a spasm of -loyalty, forgetting how little of the care had really come on Mrs. -Manser’s shoulders, “and I do try to love her.” - -“Love don’t always come by trying,” said Hiram, tranquilly, “but I -suppose it’s no harm to give it a fair chance. And as for those old -folks of yours, you shall see ’em next Sunday, if I have to tole Mr. -Manser down behind the sheds and keep him there.” - -Then Hiram puckered his lips and softly whistled “Duke Street” all the -rest of the way to Pomeroy Oaks, while Polly sat beside him, much -cheered and comforted. - -Dinner was an exciting meal to the little girl. It was the first time, -as she told Arctura afterward, that Polly had even seen a minister -eat. This minister not only ate with great heartiness, but he talked a -good deal and frequently smiled across the table at her, and he had a -jolly laugh. Polly was glad of that for more than one reason. Arctura -had covered the scratch on her nose with a long, broad strip of black -court-plaster, and this decoration made her naturally prominent feature -more noticeable than ever. She carried her head very high, and bore -the dishes in and out with a stately tread, but her eyes twinkled so -when she looked at Polly that the little girl had much ado to keep a -straight face. - -When the dessert came, Polly held her breath while the minister ate -his first mouthful of a yellow cake; he had chosen it instead of one -of Arctura’s “snowflakes.” Miss Pomeroy had tasted one the day before -and pronounced it delicious. The minister ate every crumb, and when the -plate was passed to him a second time, he laughed boyishly. - -“These are almost too good,” he said. “I should like to compliment the -cook.” - -Miss Pomeroy smiled at Polly. - -“My little guest made them,” said she. - -“Dear me,” said the minister, heartily. “I shall have to tell my -sisters about this when I go home. One of them must be just about -Mary’s age; she is eight years old.” - -“Oh, but I’m going on eleven,” said Polly, eagerly, “only I’m small for -my age, sir.” - -“Indeed, that’s very surprising,” and the minister smiled most -cordially at the little cook. Polly was perfectly delighted when Miss -Pomeroy suggested that instead of a nap she might take a walk with the -minister and show him the grounds. Miss Pomeroy was to drive him back -to Deacon Talcott’s house late in the afternoon. - -“I will take my nap as usual, Mary, if you think you can look after Mr. -Endicott,” she had said, and the minister and Polly exchanged a glance -of much confidence and friendliness. - -They walked about, hand in hand, and there was no doubt that Polly -entertained the minister. - -“Miss Pomeroy tells me she hopes you will stay with her for always,” -the minister said, as they stood together looking down at the brook in -a place where it tinkled over some stones. Polly gave a little cry of -delight and squeezed the minister’s hand. - -“Oh, did she say it that way?” she asked, earnestly. - -“Why, yes,” said the young man, smiling down at her, “didn’t you know -it?” - -“She’s a beautiful, kind lady,” said Polly, shaking her brown curls -till they danced, “and I do truly love her, but she’s so tall and quiet -I shouldn’t like to ask her questions all the time, and I have to ask -her a good many--about my clothes and ever so many other things. Now -if it was you, I shouldn’t be a bit afraid, because your eyes look so -young and happy,” said the little girl, frankly. “Miss Pomeroy has sad -eyes, and I’m always afraid I’ll make them sadder. Don’t you see?” - -“I think I do,” said the minister, gently, “but I am sure you will help -Miss Pomeroy’s eyes, and not hurt them, by talking freely to her.” - -“Yes, sir,” said Polly, doubtfully. “Do your little sisters like to -read, Mr. Endicott? I am reading a book called ‘Seesame and Lilies,’ by -Mr. Ruskin.” - -“Phew!” said the minister. “That’s a fine book, Mary, but I should say -it was a little old for you. Who chose it--Miss Pomeroy?” - -“No, sir, I chose it myself,” said Polly, proudly, “off the shelf where -all the little books are, under the window. Miss Pomeroy said I could -choose.” - -“When we go in the house,” said the minister, as they started on -together, swinging hands, “I’ll show you a book to read; I saw it on -one of the shelves. It’s a big book, but the stories are short. If I -were in your place, Mary, I’d read one of them to-morrow. My little -sisters love them all.” - -So it came about that when Miss Pomeroy and the minister drove away -they left on the piazza a little girl whose heart was almost gay, for -the book the minister had chosen, and which Miss Pomeroy had told Polly -she might keep in her own room, was full of delightful pictures, and -on the cover was printed in gold letters. “Wonder Stories, by Hans -Christian Andersen.” - -“And mind you try to remember them just as you do the sermon on -Sunday,” the minister had said, as he parted from Polly, “for they -are sure to give you happy thoughts.” And Polly, running to Arctura, -who was seated on the south porch in a chair that rocked with a loud -squeak, cried joyfully: - -“Oh, Miss Arctura, the minister has chosen a book for me, one that his -sisters love! And I’m not going to read another word in ‘Seesame and -Lilies’ till I’m most grown up! For Miss Pomeroy said ’twas a wise -thought and an inper--impterposition of Providence!” - - - CHAPTER XIV - IN THE WOODS - -Polly’s worry about being satisfactory to Miss Pomeroy had departed -with the minister’s words, down by the brook, but as she lay in bed -the next morning, listening to the birds out in a big elm tree, the -branches of which came near one of her windows, she had some sober -thoughts. - -“The reason Miss Pomeroy is going to adopt me,” said Polly, to herself, -“is because she thinks I’m like Eleanor. I’m not like her, inside, -of course, but I’m trying to be. Now, don’t you be a selfish girl, -Polly Prentiss. You’ve got a beautiful home with a lovely, kind lady, -that does things for you all the time, and Miss Arctura and Mr. Hiram -besides, just as good as they can be, and the kittens to play with, -and Daisy out in her stall, and you can go off into the woods this -afternoon, and take the book that the minister’s sisters love, and -perhaps they’ll let you go again some other day. - -“And all you’ve got to do,” said Polly, severely, to herself, “is to -stop wanting to run outdoors morning, noon, and night, and wanting to -play with a doll, and wishing somebody’d call you Polly, and not mind -having to eat so much, or lying down on this bed that gets so hot in -the afternoon, and stop being lonesome for the folks at Manser Farm, -and learn how to mend your clothes. I guess that’s about all, and it -isn’t much for a girl that’s going on eleven.” - -Polly had a delightful time that afternoon. Arctura had taken in the -snow-white clothes from the line, and informed the little girl that she -had no intention of ironing that day, and would make an excursion into -the woods with her. - -“I’ve got a crick in my back,” Miss Green announced, when Polly -descended from her hour on the bed, “and what I need is to get right -down close to nature. I’ll take my old gray shawl and pick me out a -good place to sit in the sun, and I’ll knit on Hiram’s socks while you -run around and see what you can see. Perhaps you can get up a bouquet -to fetch home to Miss Hetty, who knows? And when you feel so minded you -can sit on the shawl alongside of me, and read me out a story, maybe. -It’s a pity Miss Hetty can’t be with us, but she’s no hand to walk; she -hasn’t been overly strong for ten years back, though she can do all -that’s required.” - -Polly felt disloyal to Miss Pomeroy, because it was a relief to know -Arctura would be her only companion. Her little heart was full of -affectionate gratitude, but the tall mistress of the house inspired -a good deal of awe as well, while with Arctura Polly had a sense of -comradeship, in spite of the difference in years, and was not afraid to -chatter like a magpie. - -By three o’clock the pair were deep in the woods, and Arctura was -enthroned on her gray shawl, spread on a rock that stood like a table -in an open space between giant pines. She had four knitting-needles -and a ball of flaming red yarn in her hands, and looked the picture of -contentment. - -“Now,” she said, drawing out a big silver watch from the front of her -gown, and placing it beside her on the shawl, “it’s only a few minutes -past three. You lay your book down here and don’t let me see you again -for an hour, or as near that as you can judge by your feelings. Don’t -stray so far you can’t get back. I’ll holler once in awhile so’s to -keep track of you, but you caper round and see what you find.” - -Polly trotted off obediently, and found all sorts of treasures. If she -had not been obliged to respond to Arctura’s loud “Ma-a-a-ry!” three or -four times, it would have seemed to the little girl that she was all -alone in a new world, for the pine grove was unlike the woods through -which Polly had wandered in that far-away time when she lived at Manser -Farm. Those were birches and scrubby oaks, with an occasional hemlock, -and you had to look out for slippery tree-roots, and scratching -underbrush, and boggy places. But this wood had a soft brown carpet -of needles, and a border of beautiful ferns, and here and there were -little cones, and clumps of stems that had belonged to “Dutchman’s -pipes.” - -In a little while there would be “wake-robins” and “Solomon’s seal,” -and many other wild wood flowers. Polly saw the first signs of a -venturesome “lady’s slipper.” She gathered long trails of Princess pine -and looped them around her waist, and she picked some of the prettiest -ferns to take home to Miss Pomeroy. There were several cleared places, -like the one which held Arctura’s throne. Polly named one the library -and another the parlor, and in still another there were some stones -which made her think of pillows. - -“So I shall name that the bedroom,” she said to Arctura when the call -“Ti-i-i-mes up!” had brought her running back, “and this I think we’d -better call the dining room, don’t you?” - -“Seems a sensible name to me,” said Miss Green, approvingly. “Now -suppose you read me out a story. I just looked into your book while you -were off, and here’s one that my eye lit on; suppose we have that.” - -The story was “The Ugly Duckling,” and the words were so easy that -Polly read on and on, scarcely ever having to stop for Arctura’s help. -When she had finished it, she drew a long breath and shut the book. - -“Isn’t it a beautiful, interesting story, Miss Arctura?” she asked, -eagerly, and her friend nodded with great vigor before she spoke. - -“It’s what I call fair,” said Arctura, with decision, “and that’s what -I like in real life or in a story. And that’s why I expect that the -poor folks that get hurt and slammed around and put upon in this world -are going to have crowns of gold and harps of silver and songs of -everlasting praise and joy in the next one; or whatever those things -stand for, to ’em. We’ll have another of those stories next time we -come out a pleasuring together, won’t we?” - -Polly assented with joy, and all through the talk that followed, while -she told of her morning’s trip to the village, those delightful words -“next time” rang out their lovely promise in Polly’s happy ears. - -She and Arctura walked home arm in arm, although that meant that Polly -had to stretch up, and Miss Green to reach down, but the path was broad -enough for two, and they sang “Marching Through Georgia,” and stepped -gayly along to the brisk measures. - -“Slow walking, except for those that have infirmities and are obliged,” -said Arctura, “is a trial of the flesh and spirit, or it might be, if -it ain’t,” and little Polly, with more color in her cheeks than had -been there for days, looked joyfully up at her. - -“Oh, Miss Arctura,” she said, fervently, “you do have such splendid -ideas!” - -“Don’t try to flatter an old lady of fifty-four, child,” said Miss -Green, shaking her ball of yarn at Polly with pretended severity. -“You turn your mind on those clouds; see how the wind’s backing round -through the north? I can smell the east,” and she sniffed with her nose -well in the air. “We’re in for rain to-morrow, I do believe. It’ll be -just the day for you to write that letter you’re going to send with -the candy, and there’s a number of matters you can help me about, and -if you’ve got any mending to do maybe we’ll find time to sit down -together, and I’ll relate that story about the Square and me.” - -“Yes, indeed,” said Polly, as they marched up the driveway, “and I’ve -got to practice with Mr. Hiram, you know. I expect it will be a grand -day!” - -[TO BE CONTINUED] - - * * * * * - - Think not of far-off duties, - But of duties which are near; - And, having once begun to work, - Resolve to persevere. - - --Anonymous. - - - - - The Fence Man - By Mrs. F. M. Howard - - -“Mamma, what is the great, high fence for?” asked a childish voice. “Is -the man afraid we’s will go into his yard?” - -“I do not know, dear. It was there before we came.” - -“Maybe he thinks we’ll steal his cherries.” Horace straightened -himself, scornfully. - -“Huh, I guess we can buy our cherries if we want any,” said Rodney, -with flashing eyes. - -“Perhaps other boys have not thought so,” interposed the mother’s -gentle voice; “and since the fence was there before we came, and so -cannot have any possible reference to us, we will not harbor ill will -against our neighbor because of it.” - -“Young-ones,” muttered a surly voice on the other side of the high -board fence. “Just my luck to have a pack of young-ones unloaded on me. -Just one degree worse than the widder’s long tongue, I’ll venture. I’m -glad the fence is good and high, and I’ll put a row of pickets on top -of it if they go to climbing.” - -Old Mr. Harding dropped down on a garden seat, wiping the moisture from -his heated brow with a warlike bandana. He had been putting out late -tomato plants, and his back ached; possibly his heart ached, too, for -he was old and lonely. He could have told to a mathematical nicety, -had he had the mind to do so, just why the ugly board fence divided -him from his neighbor, of the quarrel between himself and the fiery -widow, who owned the cottage where the children had come to live, over -a boundary line, the matter of a foot or less of ground between the two -places. - -A quarrel is like a tumble weed in its capacity for growing in size, -and, tossed back and forth by the windy tongues of the Widow Barlow, -who gloried in “speaking her mind,” and old Mr. Harding, who cherished -his right to the last word as religiously as a woman, the original -difference had grown to be a very serious thing, indeed. - -“I’ll fix her!” he had exclaimed, after the last tilt of words which -occurred between them. “I’ll put up a fence so high she can’t scream -over it, and if she comes inside my yard I’ll buy a dog.” - -He thoroughly enjoyed that bit of spite work, and amused himself -immensely in overseeing the ungainly structure as it went up, -completely obstructing the objectionable widow’s view on the east side. - -She had no redress, for he had given her the benefit of the disputed -line, and a man could put up bill boards on his property if he wished -to, and he hugged himself to think of her rage and disgust. - -He did not in the least overestimate it, and he heard with glee -from the neighbors and the housekeeper the savage onslaughts on his -character which she was making, and it was not long before a moving van -backed up before her door, a “To rent” sign appeared, and Mr. Harding -was alone with victory. He was soured in the operation, it must be -confessed. No man can habitually nurse hatred and spite in his bosom -without becoming contaminated. - -When gentle, soft-voiced Mrs. Harding was living, with her generous -heart and hand, her noiseless, unostentatious way of settling a -difficulty, it would have been quite impossible for him to have -indulged in such an exhibition; she would have loved him out of it -insensibly, and have so limbered the widow’s acrimonious tongue with -the oil of kindness that the quarrel would have died at birth; but -it was a sorry day for him when the better part of himself was laid -away under the green in the cemetery, and he was quite free to be his -untrammeled self. - -Some way the mother’s voice, as it floated over the top of the ugly -fence, reminded him of her. It was such a gentle, loving voice, with a -flute-like clearness in it which made every word audible. - -They had never had any children, he and the wife who would have made -such a tender mother, but he imagined she would have spoken to them -just as this mother was speaking if she had been surrounded by active, -questioning lads and lasses, and his surly mood softened as he heard -them chattering over the treasures of broken china they were finding in -the widow’s refuse heap. - -“We’ll build the playhouse right here. The big, high boards will make -such a nice back,” said little Barbara. - -“Maybe the man won’t like us to drive nails in his fence,” Rodney -suggested. - -“But this side of it is ours,” laughed the mother, softly. “He can only -claim one side of even a nuisance; but you must be careful not to annoy -him with too much noise.” - -One side of a nuisance. How truly it was a nuisance, for Mr. Harding -did not admire stockades himself. He had seen the inside of one in war -times, and he had very nearly lost his life in trying to escape from -it. He had an old wound in his leg yet that made him crosser on damp -days than in dry weather, and here he was erecting stockades in his old -age, to keep people out instead of in. It took all his self-control to -keep from being ashamed. - -Day after day he heard the childish prattle, and the pounding of nails -as the building of the playhouse went on, sometimes with wrath, at -other times with an almost eager curiosity to see and hear the little -flock at their pretty play. - -One day it rained, and silence reigned in the garden. His wound twinged -and prickled all day, and he was in a furious mood toward evening as -he went to straighten up some weak-backed plants that the rain had -lopped over. A kitten was frisking about in a bed of choice strawberry -plants--a saucy, disrespectful kitten which had evidently braved the -terrors of the stockade, as he had done himself in the years gone by. -He hated cats almost as he hated loud-voiced widows--perhaps he was -thinking of the Widow Barlow, and of the joy it would be to take her -as he was taking the kitten (loving little creature, it had never felt -the touch of hatred, and didn’t know enough to run away), and, with one -twist of his avenging arm, sling her over the fence. The kitten went -over, legs and tail wildly outstretched, and little Barbara was at the -window. - -“Oh, mamma, he threw my darlin’ kitty right over the fence,” he heard -her shriek, sobbingly, as she ran out and picked up her pet. “Kitty, -kitty, is you killed?” she cried, breathlessly, as the little creature, -stunned for a moment by its fall, closed its eyes and lay limply in her -arms as she ran into the house. - -“Mean old thing. If I was a man, I’d thrash him,” said Horace, doubling -his little fists savagely. - -“No, no, little ones; we must love him into kindness,” Mrs. Manning -observed, gently. “He is a poor, lonely old man with no one to coax -him into nice ways. See, Kitty isn’t hurt. Give her some milk and she -will soon be quite happy again,” and in ministering to the kitten the -children forgot their revengeful thoughts: but over the fence an old, -cross-grained man went into his finer house with a mean feeling in his -heart which even the thought of the Widow Barlow could not change to a -comfortable complacency. - -The rain cleared away and the family were very busy in the garden. The -small plat on the south corner, away from the baleful shadow of the -fence, was full of the roses and shrubs which the Widow Barlow had -planted and tended so carefully, and they were already full of buds. -Mrs. Manning was exceedingly fond of flowers, too, and her bay window -on the west side was full of choice plants. - -There was a Papa Manning, but he went early and came late from his -work, too early and late to enter the story as an active factor; one of -those busy men who do business in the city and live in suburban towns -for the sake of health and purer air for the children; but Mr. Harding -did not know this, and supposed his new neighbor to be a widow, and -cherished suspicions accordingly which not even her sweet voice could -quite allay. - -“Oh, mamma, come quick. The man has fallen,” screamed Barbara one day, -as she ran in to her mother, her golden curls flying, her blue eyes -full of fright. - -“What man, Barbie dear?” Mrs. Manning was in the kitchen making bread, -and a man was an indefinite ingredient to enter into the delicate -operation without proper credentials. - -“The old man, mamma. The fence man--he fell right down and groaned.” A -neighbor in distress--that was quite another matter, and Mrs. Manning -ran out hastily, drying her hands on her apron. - -“I’ve sprained my ankle, I guess,” growled Mr. Harding, nursing his -wounded leg with a white face full of angry impatience. “Just a bit of -a stone, but enough to turn that confounded weak bone of mine. I feel -like a baby, ma’am, to be upset by such a trifle.” - -“Lean on me, sir, and I will help you to rise,” said Mrs. Manning; but -at the first attempt the poor old gentleman nearly fainted. - -Fortunately, there were men near at hand, and soon Mr. Harding was -carried into his home by strong hands, and a physician summoned. - -It would be an exaggeration to say that Mr. Harding submitted to -suffering with sweet resignation. In his best days gentle Mrs. Harding -needed all her stock of patience to endure him when he was ill, and his -natural proclivities had been reinforced by years of loneliness and -self-indulgence. The housekeeper was at her wits’ end, and strongly -inclined to resign her situation before the end of the first week. - -“Sure, ma’am, he’s that cranky there’s no living with him at all,” she -confided to Mrs. Manning, who had brought in a bit of her own delicate -cookery to tempt his capricious appetite. “I make his toast and his -coffee of a mornin’, and he’s ready to eat me when it’s on his table -because the coffee ain’t a-bilin’ and a-sissin’ hot, an’ the egg maybe -has been cooked ten seconds longer than his wife used to cook it for -him.” - -“Let me go in and prepare his table while you get the food ready,” Mrs. -Manning suggested. She had waited on just such an invalid once in her -lifetime, and had ideas. - -“All right, ma’am. I’ll be right glad of a little help, for he do try -my patience all to frags.” - -Mrs. Manning ran home quickly, and returned bringing a dainty tea cloth -and a bouquet of her window flowers in a delicate glass vase, and, -going into the dining room, she soon had the little invalid table a -very poem of neatness and elegance. - -“Mrs. Harrihan never set that table, I’ll be bound,” he said, gruffly, -as Mrs. Manning carried it to his bedside. - -“Mrs. Harrihan is busy and I am helping her a little,” replied Mrs. -Manning, gently. “Let me raise the shade and make you more comfortable -for your dinner.” - -The window looked out upon the staring high fence, over which the roof -and chimney of her own little cottage was visible, and Mr. Harding’s -wrinkled face had the grace to gather a flush. - -“Are you a widow, ma’am?” he demanded after a few moments, during which -she had moved about the untidy room, picking up the morning papers, -which he had slung away after reading them, and turning with deft hands -the furniture into more home-like positions. Mrs. Harrihan was a good -housekeeper but a poor home maker. - -“A widow? Dear me, I hope not. Haven’t you seen Mr. Manning frolicing -with the children evenings? He comes in the back way, as it saves a -block in coming from the station.” - -No, Mr. Harding had not observed a man about the place, and for an -excellent reason--the fence shut off his view of the charming domestic -life of his neighbors completely, and for the first time since its -erection he wished it was back in the lumber yard. He had the grace -to thank her, and to ask her to come again, after Mrs. Harrihan’s -entrance with his dinner, saying that it would taste better with the -flowers to look at, and Mrs. Manning poured his tea and buttered his -toast, with a great pity for him in his loneliness in her warm heart. - -It was the flowers at last which accomplished the downfall of the -spitework fence. Acting on the hint of his pleasure in the bouquet on -his dinner table, Mrs. Manning kept him supplied with them in liberal -measure. - -Mrs. Barlow’s roses were now in riotous bloom, and every day a fresh -bouquet brightened the sick room. On account of the old wound, the -injured ankle did not readily yield to treatment, and for weeks -Mr. Harding was an unwilling prisoner, forced to look out at that -unyielding expanse of pine until his very soul was sick of it. - -He told his grievance in full detail to Mrs. Manning one day with an -apologetic air, not willing that his cheery little neighbor, whom he -was beginning to respect so much, should think that he indulged in high -board fences as a matter of taste. - -She heard the story of the Widow Barlow’s delinquencies smilingly, and -contrived to throw such a wide mantle of charity, trimmed with humor, -over the matter that Mr. Harding actually laughed--and at his own folly. - -Even little Barbara lost her fear of “the fence man,” and, after -bringing him several bouquets by way of visits of sympathy, she one -day made him a social call with the kitten in her arms, also a ball -and string with which to show off its accomplishments, and old Mr. -Harding actually smiled, and forgot that he hated cats in watching the -frolicsome little creature chasing its tail, the ball, or Barbara as -she ran with the string. - -One day there was the sound of pounding and rending on the Harding -premises, and all the children ran excitedly to see. - -Carpenters were tearing the spite fence down, and Barbara was in -despair for her playhouse, but her childish heart was comforted, -for Mr. Harding had given orders, and, when the workmen reached the -spot, the boards were sawed down and shaped to match the rest of the -structure, and with the dearest little window cut in, to the child’s -great delight. - -With the fence went every vestige of Mr. Harding’s crustiness toward -his new neighbors. Not since his wife’s death had he been so genial -and friendly, and the children were a constant source of interest and -delight. It even came to pass, through Mrs. Manning’s mediation, that -the matter of the boundary line was at last compromised without serious -friction, and Mr. Harding really came to confess, to himself, that even -the Widow Barlow was not so utterly, so irrevocably bad as she might be -after all. - - - - - WITH WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE - By W. Bert Foster - - - CHAPTER XII - Hadley gets better Acquainted with Col. Knowles - - - SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. - - The story opens in the year 1777, during one of the most critical - periods of the Revolution. Hadley Morris, our hero, is in the employ - of Jonas Benson, the host of the Three Oaks, a well-known inn on the - road between Philadelphia and New York. Like most of his neighbors, - Hadley is an ardent sympathizer with the American cause. When, - therefore, he is intrusted with a message to be forwarded to the - American headquarters, the boy gives up, for the time, his duties at - the Three Oaks and sets out for the army. Here he remains until after - the fateful Battle of Brandywine. On the return journey he discovers - a party of Tories who have concealed themselves in a woods in the - neighborhood of his home. By approaching cautiously to the group - around the fire, Hadley overhears their plan to attack his uncle for - the sake of the gold which he is supposed to have concealed in his - house. - -The words Brace Alwood uttered were enough to rivet Hadley to the -spot, and, almost within a long arm reach of the men lounging about -the fire, he crouched and listened to the dialogue which followed. The -reason stated by Brace for the presence of the Tories in this place -naturally startled and horrified Ephraim Morris’s nephew. When the old -man was well-known to be a strong Royalist, why should these fellows be -plotting to attack him? At once Hadley was sure that they were after -the money which rumor said Miser Morris kept concealed in his house. - -Remembering the incident of the night at his uncle’s house, Hadley -doubted if the men would gain what they hoped for; but Uncle Ephraim -was old and alone, and there was no telling what these rough fellows -might do to gain their ends. - -“You’d better make sure the old man is alone, Alwood,” suggested one -of the others, as Brace and his younger brother took seats in the -circle around the fire. “There used to be a boy with Miser Morris--his -nevvy, was it?--who might make us trouble.” - -Brace Alwood laughed harshly. “We ought to be a match for an old man -and a boy, I reckon--though Lon, here, tells me Had Morris is pretty -sharp.” - -“He made me and Black Sam pole him across the river one night when he -was carrying dispatches to the army,” Lon admitted. “An’ he pretty near -broke my arm just before he left these parts last, too.” - -“What army was he carrying dispatches to?” demanded the first speaker. - -“Washington’s, of course.” - -“But the old man is for the king, you say--worse luck!” - -“That doesn’t say the boy is,” Brace remarked. “He’s a perky lad, I -reckon.” - -“He may do us harm, then--in slipping away and rousin’ the farmers, I -mean.” - -“He’s with the army now,” said Lon. - -“And there’s nobody with the old man?” - -“Not a soul.” - -“Well, we’ll likely have an easy time of it. If he’s got as much as -they say hid away in the house, this night’s work will pay us fine.” - -“And settle some old scores, too,” added Brace. “Colonel Knowles will -be revenged on the old scoundrel, I reckon.” - -“Ah! I remember what you told us,” said the first man, thoughtfully. -“His Honor is too loyal a man to appear in this matter, though, I take -it?” - -Brace laughed shortly. “No doubt--no doubt. He comes here to get -something out of Miser Morris; but the old fox gives nothing away--not -him!” - -Hadley had heard enough to assure him that the Tories were actually -going to attack his uncle, Royalist though he was. With silent tread he -crept away from the place, crossed the pasture to the road, and getting -on Black Molly’s back, sent her flying toward the inn. He was fearful -for Uncle Ephraim’s safety, but it was useless for him to ride and warn -the old man. He must arouse the farmers--or such of them as were at -home--and bring a band to oppose the men with Brace Alwood. There would -be some lack of enthusiasm, however, when it was learned that the Tory -renegades were attacking one of their own kind; it was a case of “dog -eat dog,” and most of the neighbors would scarce care if the old man -was robbed. - -But Hadley rode swiftly toward the Three Oaks Inn, determined to raise -a rescuing party at all hazard. It was evening and the men usually -centered there to hear the news and talk over the war and kindred -topics, and the boy was quite confident of getting some help. Besides, -what he had heard while lying hidden in the grove made him believe that -Colonel Creston Knowles was partly the cause of this cowardly attack -by the Tories upon Uncle Ephraim, and if the British officer was still -at the inn the boy determined that he should not go unpunished for -instigating the crime. - -The American farmers about the inn had borne with the British officer -more because he was Jonas Benson’s guest than aught else. Before being -sent by Lafe Holdness on this last errand to the army, Hadley knew that -many of the neighbors spoke threateningly of the British officer, who, -apparently, knew no fear even in an enemy’s country. If they should be -stirred up now, after the disaster to the American forces, when feeling -would be sure to run high, Colonel Knowles would find himself in very -dangerous quarters. For the moment Hadley did not think of the danger -to Mistress Lillian. He was only anxious for his uncle’s safety and -enraged at Colonel Knowles for the part he believed the officer had in -the plot to rob--and perhaps injure--the farmer. - -In an hour, so Brace Alwood said, they would attack the lonely -homestead of the man whom the whole countryside believed to be a miser. -Hadley had good reason to know that his uncle was possessed of much -wealth, whether rightfully or not did not enter into the question now; -but the money was no longer in the house--of that he was confident. -Enraged at not finding it, the Tories might seriously injure Ephraim -Morris. With these tumultuous thoughts filling his brain, the boy rode -into the inn yard, let Black Molly find her old stall herself, and was -on the steps of the inn before those in the kitchen had time to open -the door, aroused though they had been by the rattle of the mare’s -hoofs. - -“It’s a courier!” cried some one. “What’s the news?” - -“It’s that Hadley Morris!” exclaimed Mistress Benson, showing little -cordiality in her welcome. Jonas was not in evidence, and there was no -other men in the kitchen. - -“Where is Master Benson, madam?” demanded Hadley of the innkeeper’s -wife. “I want him to help me--and all other true men in the -neighborhood. There is a party of Tories up the road yonder, and they -are going to attack Uncle Ephraim’s house and rob him this very night.” - -“Tories!” gasped the maids. - -“King’s men!” exclaimed Mistress Benson. “And why should they wish to -plague Master Morris, Hadley? He is loyal.” - -“That Brace Alwood is at their head. They are bent on robbery. Nobody -will be safe now, if they overrun the country. Where is Master Benson, -I say?” - -“He is gone to Trenton,” declared one of the frightened women. “There -is no man here but Colonel Knowles’ servant.” - -“Then he is here yet?” cried the boy, and pushing through the group -of women, he entered the long hall which ran through the inn from -the kitchen to the main entrance. His coming had evidently disturbed -the guests. Colonel Knowles stood in the hall by the parlor door, a -candlestick held above his head that the light might be cast along the -passage, his daughter, clinging to his sleeve, stood behind him. - -“Whom have we here?” demanded the British officer. - -“It is Hadley Morris, father!” exclaimed the girl, first to recognize -the youth. - -Hadley approached without fear, for his indignation was boundless. -“It is I, Colonel Knowles,” he said, his voice quivering with anger. -“I have come back just in time to find that, unable to bring my uncle -to such terms as you thought right, you have set Brace Alwood and his -troop of villainous Tories upon the old man. But I tell you, sir, I -will arouse the neighborhood, and if Uncle Ephraim is injured, you -shall be held responsible!” - -The officer took a stride forward and seized the boy by the arm. He -waved the crowd of women back. “Return to your work!” he commanded. -“Mistress Benson, call William.” Then he said to Hadley: “Master -Morris, step into the parlor here and tell me what you mean. I am in -the dark.” - -Hadley began to think that perhaps he had been too hasty in his -judgment. He stepped within the room. He did not speak to the officer’s -daughter, but she stared at him with wide open, wondering eyes. Then -in a few sentences he told how he had discovered the plot against his -uncle. - -“Who are these Alwoods?” demanded the Colonel, when he had finished. - -“Alonzo Alwood is the boy who came here once to see you, father,” -Lillian interposed, before Hadley could reply. “Do you not remember? -He told you that Master Morris was about to carry dispatches to Mr. -Washington again, and asked you to help stop him in his journey.” - -“Ah!” exclaimed Hadley. “He did try to halt me. But your servant, sir, -stopped him. Have I to thank--?” - -“Mistress Lillian, sir,” said the Colonel, shortly, but a smile -quivered about his mouth. “I am in the enemy’s country, as you advised -me once, Master Morris, and I would not be a party to the young man’s -plan. So this Brace Alwood is his brother?” - -“Yes, sir.” - -“And they connect my name with their raid upon that--that old man?” - -“They do, sir.” - -“Then to prove to you, Master Morris, that I am not in their -confidence, or they in mine, I will ride back with you.” At the instant -the man-servant entered. “William, saddle my horse and one of the bays -for yourself--instantly! I will join you at once, Master Morris. If -you have other men in the neighborhood on whom you can depend in this -emergency, arouse them.” - -Hadley, feeling that his impulsiveness had caused him to accuse Colonel -Knowles wrongfully, ran out again without a word. While William, as -silent as ever, saddled the officer’s black charger and another animal -for himself, the boy took the saddle off Black Molly and threw it upon -one of the other horses in the stable. Then he clattered over to the -nearest neighbor’s house and routed out the family. But the only men -folk at home were two half-grown boys, and when their mother learned -that there were Tories in the neighborhood she refused to allow them to -leave her and the younger children. So he rode on to the next homestead -and brought back with him to the inn but one man to join the party. -Colonel Knowles and his servant were awaiting their coming in the road -before the door of the Three Oaks. - -“Lead on, Master Morris!” commanded the officer. “You know the way by -night better than I.” - -“But there are only four of us,” began Hadley, doubtfully. - -“We can wait for no more if what you have told me is true. They will be -attacking the old man by now.” - -The quartette rode off at a gallop and little was said until they -turned into the farm path which led through the pastures and fields to -the Morris homestead. Then the neighbor was riding nearest Hadley’s -side and he whispered: “Hey, Morris, suppose this should be a trap? -Suppose the Britisher should be playing us false?” - -Hadley tapped the butt of the pistol beneath his coat. “Then he’ll get -what’s in this first--and do you take William,” the boy whispered. -“But I do not believe Colonel Knowles will play us false. These Tory -blackguards are nothing to him.” - -The ring of the horses’ hoofs announced their coming before they were -within shot of the house, around which the rascals under Brace Alwood -had assembled. But no shots were fired, for Colonel Knowles was ahead -and his mount was recognized by Lon in the light of the huge bonfire -which had been built in front of the farmer’s door. Part of the Tories -were already inside the house, ransacking the dwelling from cellar -to garret, while Ephraim was tied hard and fast to one of his own -chairs, and Brace Alwood, with cruel delight in the farmer’s terror, -was threatening to hold the old man’s feet in the flames on the hearth -if he did not divulge the hiding place of his gold. Colonel Knowles’ -coming struck the entire party of marauders dumb. - -“What are you doing here, you scoundrels?” exclaimed the officer, -almost riding into the farmhouse in his rage, and laying about him with -the riding whip he carried. - -The men shrank away in confusion. Even Brace Alwood, the bully, was -cowed. “The old miser’s got more money than is good for him,” whined -Alwood. “And his nephew is off with the rebels--” - -“Sirrah!” exclaimed the colonel, sharply. “Here is his nephew with me. -And it matters not what his nephew may be, in any case; the man himself -is for King George, God bless him!--or so I understand.” - -“Yes, yes, Master!” squealed the farmer from the chair where he was -tied. “I am for the king. I told these villains I was for the king. It -is an outrage. I cannot help what my rascally nephew is--I am loyal.” - -“And as for his money,” continued the colonel, savagely, “you’d work -hard and long before you got any of it--and what you got would likely -not be his, but belong to those whom he has robbed!” At that Uncle -Ephraim recognized his rescuer, and he relapsed into frightened -silence. “Come out of that house and go about your business!” commanded -the officer. “Let me not find any of you in this neighborhood in the -morning; and think not I shall forget this escapade. Your colonel shall -hear of it, Alwood.” - -Somebody released the farmer from his uncomfortable position, and he -followed the bushwhackers to the door, bemoaning his fate. The men -clattered out and, evidently fearing the power of Colonel Knowles, -hurried away toward the river. When Uncle Ephraim saw his woodpile -afire, he rushed out and began pulling from the flames such sticks as -had only been charred, or were burning at one end, all the time railing -at the misfortune that had overtaken him. The neighbor looked on a -minute and then said, brusquely: - -“I’ve little pity in my heart for such as you, neighbor Morris--a man -that will take sides against his country.” - -“And I’ve little pity for you, either,” Colonel Knowles declared, -when the first speaker had ridden away, “for you are a dishonest old -villain!” - -He and William wheeled their horses and followed the bridle path -back to the highway; but Hadley, much troubled by what he had heard, -remained to help put out the fire in the woodpile. His uncle did not -speak to him, however, but when the last spark was quenched by the -water which the boy brought from the well, he went into the house and, -fairly shutting the door in his nephew’s face, locked and barred it! - -“Well!” muttered Hadley, “I don’t need a kick to follow that hint that -my company’s not wanted,” and he rode back to the inn, feeling very -sorrowful. Evidently his uncle was angry with him. But more than all -else was he troubled by the words he had heard Colonel Knowles address -to Ephraim Morris. The British officer had broadly intimated that the -farmer was a thief! - -On his return to the inn he was so tired that he did not think of -supper, and, instead of going into the house, tumbled into his couch -in the loft and dropped to sleep almost instantly. The next morning -Master Benson did not arrive, and the mistress of the inn met Hadley -with a very sour face and berated him well for the manner in which he -had burst in upon her guests the night before. - -“You are spending more than half your time with Washington’s ragamuffin -army,” quoth she; “you’d better stay with them altogether. I cannot -have my guests disturbed and troubled by such as you.” - -Hadley was inclined to take her berating good-naturedly, for he knew at -heart that she was a kindly woman, and that, when Jonas was at home, -she would not dare talk so. But she had really engaged a neighbor to -perform his tasks, and, learning that Jonas was not expected back for -a week or more, Hadley saw that it was going to be very unpleasant for -him in the neighborhood meanwhile. Even his uncle did not care for his -company, and he could not eat the bread of idleness at the Three Oaks -Inn. There were three or four men starting to join Washington’s forces, -and he determined to accompany them, sorry now that he had returned at -all. - -He did not feel at liberty to take one of the Bensons’ horses this -time, and so started afoot for the vicinity of Philadelphia. The roads -were full of refugee families, and, although he could not learn of any -real battle having been fought, the country people had evidently lost -all hope of Washington staying the advance of the British. Hadley and -his comrades traveled briskly, reaching the vicinity of Warren’s Inn -early on the morning of the 16th and joined General Wayne’s forces just -as the downpour of rain which spoiled the operations of that day began. - - - - - CHAPTER XIII - WITH “MAD ANTHONY” WAYNE - - -On this 16th day of September, the opposing forces--Howe’s army led by -Lord Cornwallis and the Americans by Anthony Wayne--met in conflict -near the Warren Inn. Since Brandywine, when, because of Sullivan’s -defeat, Washington had been forced to retreat to Chester, the armies -had been maneuvering on the Lancaster pike; but nothing more serious -than skirmishes had resulted. But this conflict near the old inn was -a close and sharp engagement, and it would have been general had not -the rain which was falling become a veritable deluge. The arms and -ammunition were rendered almost useless, and the Americans had to -retreat again. - -[Illustration: WAYNE QUICKLY RALLIED HIS MEN] - -Bitterly did Hadley Morris grieve as, through the mud and downpour, he -trudged in the ranks of his countrymen. Somebody sought him out on the -march. It was Captain Prentice, relieved for the time of his command -because of his wound; yet he had been near all day to encourage the men -and was able still to wield his sword. - -“Eh, boy, I knew you would come back!” he said, smiling. “Your blood’s -up, and you’ll not sit at peace in the chimney-corner till this bloody -war is settled one way or ’tother.” - -Hadley told him what had occurred at his uncle’s house, and at the -inn where he worked. “You did right to come back to fight with us,” -Prentice said. “And you’ll see fighting enough with ‘Mad Anthony.’ -Where he goes there is fighting always--that is his business. And a -braver or better general does not command on our side, despite the -slanders that are told about him. Ah, Hadley, these adventurers and -politicians with His Excellency are what keep us back. They so fear to -see a good man win that they will do all they can to ruin him. Why, do -you know, they are trying to throw some of the blame for Sullivan’s -blunder, down there at Brandywine creek, upon Anthony Wayne, although -he fought with all the stubbornness a man ever displayed, and held off -Knyphausen and his Hessians all day--until, in fact, he learned of the -defeat in his rear, and that the rest of the army was retreating. - -“We were too busy ourselves that day, Master Morris, to know much about -what went on excepting directly in front of us,” Prentice continued, -with a smile. “But now that the matter is history, for history is -being made rapidly these days, we can get at the truth pretty easily. -Colonel Cadwalader, who, by the way, has gone to Philadelphia to -look out for his private interests, and several other officers, were -discussing the Brandywine engagement yesterday. The colonel, naturally, -is a strong opponent of Sullivan and a warm adherent of General Wayne, -for the former has too many political friends, and the latter is a -plain, out-and-out fighter. Wayne is a Pennsylvania man, you know; -has been a farmer over near Easton ’most all his life--though they -do say he traveled north once, surveying land. He is somewhere about -thirty-three years old now. - -“He brought his own regiment into the army--the Fourth Pennsylvania,” -continued the captain, getting away from the real matter under -discussion, but holding Hadley’s attention, nevertheless, “and he has -been advanced to brigadier-general for conspicuous gallantry. They call -him ‘Mad Anthony’ and claim he is reckless and thoughtless; but it’s -a pity we haven’t more such mad men in the army. You have seen to-day -how the troops love him and what they will do for him. This handful of -muddy, half-starved creatures would charge the whole of Howe’s army if -Anthony Wayne were at their head! Did you get a glimpse of him to-day, -Morris?” - -“Yes, sir. And I think him a fine figure of a man,” declared the boy, -enthusiastically. - -“He is that, indeed. A man of more forceful facial expression I -never saw, and his dark eyes are always sparkling--either in fun or -with earnestness. Anthony Wayne is an ‘all or nothing’ man--he is -never lukewarm, as are some of these fellows who have obtained their -commissions from Congress. What if he does brag? Why, Morris, if we’d -done what he has, and were masters of the science of war as he is, we’d -brag ourselves!” - -“But why do they try to drag him into the trouble over the Brandywine -defeat?” queried the boy. - -“Why? Ask me why a mangy, homeless cur always snarls at the heels of a -dog that is well bred. ’Tis always so. Jealousy is at the bottom of -all these cabals and plots with which the army is troubled. Even His -Excellency is not free from the arrows of their hate. And, as I tell -you, Sullivan has too many political friends. They wish to attract -attention from his mistakes to somebody else, and they fall upon -General Wayne and call him reckless. Reckless, forsooth! His fighting -that day when he faced those Hessians was marvelous. - -“Nobody,” pursued Prentice, warmly, “unless it was His Excellency -himself, realized how exceedingly well placed my Lord Howe’s troops -were for defence on the left bank of the Brandywine. Greene selected -our position--the position of the main army. I mean, at Chadd’s -Ford--and it was well. Wayne was there. Sullivan, as the senior -Major-General, commanded the left wing. Wayne’s line was three miles -long, and the farthest crossing, which he did not cover, Sullivan was -supposed to watch. - -“You and I, Morris, were too busy in our little corner to know these -facts at that time. But it has all come out now, and, just because a -certain Major Spear was either a fool or a coward, Sullivan’s flank was -turned and the army routed.” - -“What had Major Spear to do with it?” asked Hadley, interested despite -the mud and rain through which they continued to plod. - -“I’ll explain. Early on the day of the battle,--the 11th, you -know,--Howe and Cornwallis marched for the forks of the Brandywine, -where there are easy fords. Evidently they intended to do exactly what -they did do--cross the river and march down on our side, doubling -Sullivan’s wing back upon the main army. For a maneuver in broad -daylight it was childish; but it won because of this man Spear. - -“Colonel Bland had been ordered to cross at Jones’ Ford to find out -what the British were about. He sent back word--there can be no doubt -of this, although Sullivan’s friends have tried to deny it--that -Cornwallis was surely marching for the upper crossings. His Excellency, -learning of this report, threw Wayne across the river to attack Grant -and Knyphausen, while Sullivan and Greene were to engage the flanking -column of Britishers. Why, if things had gone right, we’d have cut the -two divisions of the enemy to pieces!” declared the captain, bitterly. - -“But it was not to be. A part of Wayne’s troops had already forded -the river when this Major Spear, who had been reconnoitering in -the direction of the forks, reported no sign of the enemy in that -direction. What the matter was with the man I don’t know--nobody seems -to know; but Sullivan should have known whether he was to be trusted or -not. The general, on his own responsibility, halted his column and sent -word to His Excellency that the first report of the British movements -was wrong--Cornwallis was not in the vicinity of the Brandywine forks. -Naturally this put the Commander-in-Chief out, and, fearing a surprise, -he withdrew Wayne’s men from across the river. The Hessians followed; -but they got no farther. Mad Anthony held them in check. - -“While we were fighting so hard down there by Chadd’s Ford, Sullivan -was doing nothing at all. About one o’clock, it seems, a man named -Cheney rode into Sullivan’s division and reported that the British had -crossed the river and had reached the Birmingham meeting-house. That -was some distance then on Sullivan’s right. But the general still stuck -to his belief in Major Spear, and instead of sending out a scouting -party, put aside the report as valueless. - -“This ’Squire Cheney is something of a man in his township--lives -over Thornbury way, they tell me--and it angered him to be treated -so superciliously by Sullivan. So what does he do but spur on to -headquarters and inform General Washington himself. The report could -scarcely be believed by the Commander-in-Chief and his staff, and -you cannot blame them. Everybody knew how much depended on the day’s -action, and that Sullivan should make such a terrible blunder was past -belief. - -“Your friend Colonel Cadwalader told me about it afterward. ‘If you -doubt my word, put me under arrest until you can ask Anthony Wayne or -Persie Frazer if I am a man to be believed!’ said Cheney, getting red -in the face. The staff--some of the young men, it seemed--had laughed -at the queer figure the old fellow cut on his horse. ‘I’d have you know -that I have this day’s work as much at heart as e’er a one of ye!’ -quoth Cheney, and at that His Excellency ordered a change of face, and -part of the army moved up to the support of Sullivan. - -“You know what happened after that. You saw the fugitives and -the wounded when you rode to Philadelphia, Hadley. It was a sad -day, and all because one man made a mistake,--either foolishly or -willfully,--and another man did not consider the fate of the first city -in the land of sufficient importance to have every report brought to -him corroborated. Sullivan must bear the brunt of this thing,--as his -men bore the brunt of the enemy’s charge--because he was in command at -that end of the line. But they’re trying to make out that Anthony Wayne -could have saved the day with his troops had he wished. They’d not talk -so bold had they faced those bloody Hessians as we did.” - -“It seems awful that there should be friction in an army of patriots,” -Hadley said, thoughtfully. “They are all patriotic--they all desire the -freedom of the Colonies.” - -“What some of them desire it would be hard to say,” declared Prentice, -gloomily. “And we are not patriots until we win. We’re rebels now--and -rebels we shall go down into history unless the Great Jehovah Himself -shall strike for us and give us a lasting victory over the British. I -tell you, boy, I am discouraged.” - -And it was a discouraged column of 1,500 men who marched that night to -Tredyfrrin, where Wayne had been ordered by the Commander-in-Chief “to -watch the movements of the enemy, and, when joined by Smallwood and the -Maryland militia, to cut off their baggage and hospital trains.” - -On the 19th, after waiting in vain for Smallwood’s reinforcements, -Wayne again crossed the river, and was, at Paoli, able to advance -within half a mile of Howe’s encampment. He reported to General -Washington that the enemy was then quietly washing and cooking. The -British seemed to consider this advance on Philadelphia more in the -light of a picnicing party than anything else. To his commander, -however, Wayne said that the enemy was too compactly massed to be -openly attacked by his small force, and begged that the entire army -might come to his aid and strike a heavy blow. But neither Smallwood’s -brigade nor any other division of the American forces arrived to aid -the little party at Paoli on that day, nor the one following. - -Scouts brought in the tale that Howe was about to take up his line of -march, and so, as the night of the 20th drew near, Wayne determined to -attack in any case, reinforcements or not. The watchword that night -in the American camp was, “Here we are and there they go!” and the -troops were eager to follow their beloved leader into the very heart -of the British encampment. It was believed that the night attack was -unsuspected by the British, but it proved later that vigilant Tories -had wormed the information from somebody on Wayne’s staff and hastened -with it to the British camp. - -So confident was Wayne that his plans were unsuspected that, when -informed by a friendly citizen, between nine and ten in the evening, -that a boy of the neighborhood, who had been in the British camp during -the day, had overheard a soldier say that “an attack on the American -party would be made during the night,” Mad Anthony would not credit it. -It did not seem probable that if such an attack was being considered by -the British leaders, it would be common camp talk. - -However, believing that surplus precaution would do no harm, he -multiplied his pickets and patrols and ordered the troops to repose -on their arms, and, as it was then raining, made the men put their -ammunition under their coats. He was thus prepared to meet an attack or -withdraw, as circumstances might direct. - -Ere this, Captain Prentice had been sent to headquarters, almost by -force, indeed, because his wound had become inflamed, and Hadley, -being simply a volunteer, was obliged to take pot-luck where he found -it, and was even without a blanket or pouch in which to carry his -rations. He would have been more comfortable on picket duty that night, -only volunteers were not trusted in such serious matters; and perhaps, -if he had been, the youth would not have gotten out of the terrible -engagement alive. - -Somewhere about eleven o’clock, rumor had it that the British were on -the move. Wayne believed that the enemy would attack his right flank, -and immediately ordered Colonel Humpton, his second in command, to -wheel his line and move off by the road leading to the White Horse -Tavern. Meanwhile, General Gray, in command of three British regiments -and some dragoons with Tory guides, approached Paoli. The British were -ordered to withhold their fire and to depend altogether on the bayonet. -At midnight, two hours before the time fixed for his own advance on -Howe’s force, Wayne learned that his pickets had been surprised. - -Colonel Humpton had not obeyed, nor did he do so until the third -order reached him. The artillery moved without loss or injury, but -the remainder of the army was in confusion, and, when charged by the -British, the affair became almost a rout. An English officer who was -present at the attack afterward wrote: - -“It was a dreadful scene of havoc. The Americans were easily -distinguished by the light of the camp fires as they fell into line, -thus offering Gray’s men an advantage. The charge was furious, and all -Wayne’s efforts to rally his men were useless. They were driven through -the woods two miles, and nearly a hundred and seventy men were killed.” - -With those about him, inspired as they were with fear of the bayonet, -and confused by the darkness, Hadley Morris ran blindly through the -woods to escape the death which followed him. The awful sabre-like -bayonets of the British muskets he did escape; but a half-spent ball -imbedded itself in the flesh of his leg above the knee and brought him -at last to earth. The others streamed by and left him. He feared he -would be captured and perhaps sent to the prison hulks in New York Bay; -but both pursued and pursuer passed him by, and he was saved in the -darkness. - -He could not travel with the ball in his leg, and so he lay down again -under some bushes, and, despite the wound and his fright, dropped -off into slumber, and slept just as soundly as he would had war and -bloodshed been farthest from his thoughts. - -[TO BE CONTINUED] - - - Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. - --Edward Everett. - - - - - MIDSUMMER DAYS - By Julia McNair Wright - - -The production of seed is the chief object of plant life. Upon this -depends the continuance of the vegetable world, and therefore all -animal existence. From the elephant to the mouse, from the whale to the -minnow, from the eagle to the humming-bird, life is conditioned upon -the constant return of “the herb-bearing fruit whose seed is in itself.” - -In every minute particular the flower is constructed to insure the -production of sound seed. The first form of this seed is the tiny ovule -in the germ. Ovules cannot grow into seeds, unless they are brought in -contact with the pollen, which must arrive at them by way of the stigma. - -The pollen of flowers is a most fine, delicate dust. It must be -conveyed without injury in the most delicate manner. Many flowers are -exceedingly high up, as on climbing vines, or growing on tree-tops, -peaks, or house-tops. Many other plants are very low down, lying close -to the ground, as the bluets, chickweed, arbutus, partridge-berry, and -others. A large number of plants are in positions inaccessible to man -or the larger animals. - -Man excepted, the larger animals seem generally to have a destructive -mission to plants, devouring, breaking, or trampling down. Men -themselves are often ruthless destroyers of beautiful plants, and seem -to care for and conserve only what concerns human convenience. - -Here, then, we have the problem of plants fixed in their places, -needing carriers for their pollen to distant plants of their own -kind, at the exact period of maturity. The carriers must be able to -go high or low, into all manner of different localities; they must be -delicately made, so that they will not injure the plants which they -visit, capable of carrying the frail pollen grains unharmed, and they -must have some object of their own in these visitations, which shall -infallibly secure their doing of the work required. Finally, let us -remember that the pollen of flowers is but seldom spread where it is -easy to secure it. The buttercup lavishly expends a golden saucer of -pollen; the lily has a wide-open door, near which hangs the antlers, -like so many ready bells. On the other hand, how long and narrow are -the throats of the morning-glories and honeysuckles; how tiny are the -tubes of mint, thyme, and clover; how fast-closed is the mouth of the -snap-dragon; how narrow the fox-glove’s throat. Pollen-carriers must -be able to secure the dust so jealously kept, and must be afforded a -reward for their trouble. - -What form of animal life meets all these conditions? But one--the -insect. It is generally light and delicate in structure, active, -winged; its life is conterminous with that of flowers; they are spring -and summer guests. The slender shape and the long, slim mouth organs -of the insect can penetrate and gently force open flower tubes and -the fast-shut lips of corollas; the velvet coats and fine, waving -antennæ will receive and carry uninjured the precious dust, and the -insect habit of constant roaming from bloom to bloom assures the -accomplishment of its important errand. - -Not all insects, but a few widely-distributed families, are the chosen -partners of the flowers; these are the various tribes of bees, moths, -and butterflies, with some help from a few others. - -“Nothing for nothing” seems to be a law of nature. What does the flower -offer to the insect for its services as pollen distributer? Honey, -which is the chief food of flying insects, also wax, and pollen for -its private use at home. The miller, we know, takes toll from the flour -he grinds. - -To secure insect visitants, the flower provides honey; almost all -flowers secrete some dainty juices. As shopkeepers set up signs to -inform the public of their wares, so the flowers hang forth signs; -these are the brilliant corollas, or parts highly colored which take -the place of corollas. - -Another bid for visits is made by perfume, which attracts insects as -being generally associated with honey. Many flowers have inconspicuous -corollas, or are hidden under foliage, or so placed as to risk being -neglected; these call attention by fragrance, as the mignonette, the -violet, or arbutus. Others, as the lilies, have large and attractive -corollas, yet add perfume to size and color, to insure the securing of -insect attention and help. - -[Illustration: PLANTS AND THEIR PARTNERS] - -Plants which depend upon moths, or any night-flying insects, have -usually strong perfume and pale color, as white or light lemon color, -which can easily be seen in twilight. The odor attracts the insect in -its direction; and on a nearer approach the flower is seen. - -Most flowers have peculiarly bright streaks, spots, or other markings, -in the direction of the honey, and the honey is placed at the bottom -of the stamens, thus the insect is attracted just where he should go. -The tiger lily has its startling red spots; the arum its lines of red -and green; the morning-glory its vivid stripes, the jonquil its ruffled -bi-colored crown, and the beauty-of-the-night its bright purple centre. - -When the pollen is ripe for carrying, all the parts of the flower -are at their best: the perfume is the strongest, the coloring the -brightest, the nectar most abundant. - -On these hot July days, when the sun draws out the richest fragrance -and lights up the most brilliant colors, watch the bees and -butterflies. The bee seeks the clover on one trip, mignonette on -another, lilies on a third. The butterflies have no hive returning to -mark their work, but you can count their visits, a dozen or more to -flowers of one kind before they investigate the sweets of flowers of -some other kind. - -So, the plant’s partners, while gathering honey for their daily needs, -toil unthinkingly to perpetuate the very flowers upon which their -existence depends. - - - - - A DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST - By Evelyn Raymond - - - CHAPTER XIV - A Dead Water Tragedy - - - SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. - - Brought up in the forests of northern Maine, and seeing few persons - excepting her uncle and Angelique, the Indian housekeeper, Margot - Romeyn knows little of life beyond the deep hemlocks. Naturally - observant, she is encouraged in her out-of-door studies by her uncle, - at one time a college professor. Through her woodland instincts, she - and her uncle are enabled to save the life of Adrian Wadislaw, a - youth who, lost and almost overcome with hunger, has been wandering - in the neighboring forest. To Margot the new friend is a welcome - addition to her small circle of acquaintances, and after his rapid - recovery she takes great delight in showing him the many wonders of - the forest about her home. But finally, after many weeks, the uncle - decides, because of reasons which will be known later, that it would - be better for Margot if Adrian left them. Accordingly, he puts the - matter before the young man, who, although reluctant to leave his new - friends, volunteers to go. Under the guidance of Pierre Ricord, a - young Indian, the lad sets out for the nearest settlement. Once in the - woods, however, they decide to remain there for a while. During their - wanderings the two had become separated for a time and then it is that - Adrian hears a noise which makes his pulse beat faster. It is the call - of a moose. - -But Pierre, also, had heard that distant “Ugh-u-u-ugh!” and instantly -paused. - -His own anxiety was lest Adrian should not hear and be still. -Fortunately, the wind was in their favor and the sensitive nostrils -of the moose less apt to scent them. Having listened a moment, he -dropped his pack so softly that, heavy as it was, it scarcely made the -undergrowth crack. His gun was always loaded, and, now making it ready -for prompt use, he started back toward his companion. The Indian in -his nature came to the fore. His step was alert, precise, and light as -that of any four-footed forester. When within sight of the other lad, -listening and motionless, his eye brightened. - -“If he keeps that way, maybe--Ah!” - -The moose call again, but farther off. This was a disappointment, but -they were on good ground for hunting and another chance would come. -Meanwhile, they would better make all haste to the thoroughfare. There -would be the better place, and out in the canoe they’d have a wider -range. - -“Here, you. Give me the boat. Did you hear it?” - -“Did I not? But you had the gun!” - -“Wouldn’t have made any difference if you’d had it. Too far off. Let’s -get on.” - -Adrian lifted the pack and dropped it in disgust. “I can’t carry that -load!” - -Pierre was also disgusted--by the other’s ignorance and lack of -endurance. - -“What you don’t know about the woods beats all. Haven’t you seen -anybody pack things before? I’ll show you. When there’s big game handy -is no time to quarrel. If a pack’s too heavy, halve it. Watch and learn -something.” - -Pierre could be both swift and dexterous if he chose, and he rapidly -unrolled and divided the contents of the cotton tent. Putting part into -the blanket, he retied the rest in the sheeting, and now neither bundle -was a very severe tax. - -“Whew! What’s the sense of that? It’s the same weight. How does -‘halving’ it help?” - -Pierre swung the canoe upon his head and directed: - -“Catch hold them straps. Carry one a few rods. Drop it. Come back -after the other. Carry that a ways beyond the first. Drop it. Get -number one. All time lap over, beyond, over, beyond. So.” - -With a stick he illustrated upon the ground, and, wasting no further -time nor speech, clasped his gun the tighter under his arm and trotted -forward again. - -Adrian obeyed instructions, and though it seemed, at first, a waste to -go back and forth along the carry as he had been directed, found that, -in the end, he had accomplished his task with small fatigue or delay. - -“Another bit of woodcraft for my knowledge box. Useful elsewhere, too. -Wish I could get through this country as fast as Pierre does. But he’ll -have to wait for me, anyway.” - -For a time Adrian could easily trace the route of his guide by the -bruises the canoe had given the leaves and undergrowth; but after -a while the forest grew more open and this trail was lost. Then he -stopped to consider. He had no intention of losing himself again. - -“We are aiming for the south. Good. All the big branches of these -hemlocks point that way--so yonder’s my way. Queer, too, how mossy the -tree trunks are on the north side. I’ve heard that you could drop an -Indian anywhere, in any forest, and he’d travel to either point of the -compass he desired with nothing to guide him but his instinct. Wish I -was an Indian! Wish, rather, I had my own compass and good outfit that -went over in my canoe. Hurrah! There’s a glimmer of water. That’s the -thoroughfare. Now a dash for it!” - -Adrian was proud of his new skill in finding his way through a -trackless forest, but, though he duly reached the stream, he could not -for a time see anything of Pierre. He did not wish to shout, lest the -moose might be near and take fright, but at last he did give a faint -halloo, and an answer came at once. Then a boat shot out from behind a -clump of alders and made down the river toward him. - -The current was swift and strong, and there was considerable poling to -be done before it touched the shore and Pierre stepped out. - -“I’ve been looking round. This is as good a place to camp to-night as -we’ll find. Leave the things here, and might as well get ready now. -Then we can stay out all day and come back when we like.” - -“But I thought we were to go on up thoroughfare. Why stop here at all? -Other camping places are easy to find.” - -“Are they? Ask a few more questions. Good many things go to making -right sort of camp. Dry ground, good water to drink, firewood, -poles--Oh! shucks! If you don’t know, keep still and learn.” - -This was excellent advice, and Adrian was tired. He decided to trust -to the other lad’s common sense and larger experience, and, having so -decided, calmly stretched himself out upon the level bank of the stream -and went to sleep. - -Pierre’s temper rose still higher, and after he had endured the sight -of Adrian’s indolence as long as possible he stepped to the river and -dipped a bucket of water. Then he returned and quietly dashed it over -the drowsy lad. The effect was all that Pierre desired. - -“What did you do that for?” - -“Take this axe and get to work. I’ve chopped long enough. It’s my -turn--or would be, only I’m after moose.” - -Adrian realized that he had given cause for offense and laughed -good-naturedly. His nap had rested him much more than his broken sleep -of the night under the rocks, and the word “moose” had an inspiration -all its own. - -“I’ve cut the firewood. You get poles for the tent. I’ll get things -ready for supper.” - -Adrian laid his hand dramatically upon his stomach. “I’ve an inner -conviction already that dinner precedes supper.” - -“Cut, can’t you?” - -“Cut it is.” - -In a few moments he had chopped down a few slender poles, and, -selecting two with forked branches, he planted these upright on a -little rise of the dryest ground. Across the notches he laid a third -pole, and over this he stretched their strip of sheeting. When this was -pegged down at a convenient angle at the back and also secured at the -ends, they had a very comfortable shelter from the dew and possible -rain. The affair was open on one side, and before this Pierre had -heaped the wood for the fire when they should return after the day’s -hunt. Together they cut and spread the spruce and hemlock boughs for -their bed, arranging them in overlapping rows, with an added quantity -for pillows. Wrapped in their blankets, for even at midsummer these -were not amiss, they hoped to sleep luxuriously. - -They stored their food in as safe a spot as possible, though Pierre -said that nothing would molest it, unless it might be a hungry -hedgehog; but Adrian preferred to take no risks. Then, with knives -freshly sharpened on the rocks, and the gun in hand, they cautiously -stepped into the canoe and pushed off. - -“One should not jump into a birch. Easiest thing in the world to split -the bottom,” its owner had explained. - -Adrian had no desire to do anything that would hinder their success, -therefore submitted to his guide’s dictation with a meekness that would -have amused Margot. - -She would not have been amused by their undertaking, nor its but -half-anticipated results. After a long and difficult warping-up the -rapids, in which Adrian’s skill at using the sharp-pointed pole that -helped to keep the canoe off the rocks surprised Pierre, they reached a -dead water, with low, rush-dotted banks. - -“Get her into that cove yonder and keep still. I’ve brought some bark -and I’ll make a horn.” - -There, while they rested and listened, Pierre deftly rolled his strip -of birch bark into a horn of two feet in length, small at the mouth -end, but several inches wide at the other. He tied it with cedar -thongs, and, putting it to his lips, uttered a call so like a cow moose -that Adrian wondered more and more. - -“Hm-m! I thought I was pretty smart, myself; but I’ll step down when -you take the stand.” - -“Sh-h-h! Don’t move. Don’t speak. Don’t breathe if you can help it.” - -Adrian became rigid, all his faculties merged in that one desire to -lose no sound. - -Again Pierre gave the moose call, and--hark! what was that? An -answering cry, a far-away crashing of boughs, the onrush of some big -creature, hastening to its mate. - -Noiselessly Pierre brought his gun into position, sighting one distant -point from which he thought his prey would come. Adrian’s body dripped -with a cold sweat, his hands trembled, specks floated before his -staring eyes, every nerve was tense, and, as Margot would have said, he -was a-thrill “with murder,” from head to foot! Oh! if the gun were his, -and the shot! - -Another call, another cry, and a magnificent head came into view. With -horns erect and quivering nostrils, the monarch of that wilderness -came, seeking love, and faced his enemies. - -“He’s within range--shoot!” whispered Adrian. - -“Only mad him that way. Sh! When he turns--” - -“Bang! bang! bang!” in swift succession. - -The great horns tossed, the noble head came round again, then bent, -wavered, and disappeared. The tragedy was over. - -“I got him! I got him that time! Always shoot that way, never--” - -Pierre picked up his paddle and sent the canoe forward at a leap. When -there came no responding movement from his companion he looked back -over his shoulder. Adrian’s face had gone white, and the eagerness of -his eyes had given place to unspeakable regret. - -“What’s the matter? Sick?” - -“Yes. Why, it was murder! Margot was right.” - -“Oh, shucks!” - -Whereupon Pierre pulled the faster toward the body of his victim. - - - - - CHAPTER XV - SHOOTING THE RAPIDS - - -Three months earlier, if anybody had told Adrian he would ever be -guilty of such “squeamishness,” he would have laughed in derision. Now, -all unconsciously to himself, the influence of his summer at Peace -Island was upon him, and it came to him with the force of a revelation -that God had created the wild creatures of His forests for something -nobler than to become the prey of man. - -“Oh! That grand fellow! His splendidly defiant, yet hopeless, facing of -death! I wish we’d never met him!” - -“Well, of all fools! I thought you wanted nothing but a chance at him -yourself.” - -“So I did, before I saw him. What if it had been Madoc?” - -“That’s different.” - -“The same. Might have been twin brothers. Maybe they were.” - -“Couldn’t have been. Paddle, won’t you?” - -Adrian did so, but with a poor grace. He would now far rather have -turned the canoe about toward camp, yet railed at himself for his -sudden cowardice. He shrank from looking on the dead moose as only an -hour before he had longed to do so. - -They were soon at the spot where the animal had disappeared, and, -pushing the boat upon the reedy shore, Pierre plunged forward through -the marsh. Adrian did not follow, till a triumphant shout reached him. -Then he felt in his pocket and, finding a pencil with a bit of paper, -made his own way more slowly to the side of his comrade, who, wildly -excited, was examining and measuring his quarry. On a broad-leaved rush -he had marked off a hand’s width, and from this unit calculated that: - -“He’s eight feet four from hoof to shoulder, and that betters the -King by six inches. See! His horns spread nigh six feet. If he stood -straight and held them up, he’d be fifteen feet or nothing! They spread -more’n six feet, and, I tell you, he’s a beauty!” - -“Yes. He’s all of that. But of what use is his beauty now?” - -“Humph! Didn’t know you was a girl!” - -Adrian did not answer. He was rapidly and skillfully sketching the -prostrate animal, and studying it minutely. From his memory of it alive -and the drawing, he hoped to paint a tolerably lifelike portrait of -the animal; and a fresh inspiration came to him. To those projected -woodland pictures he would add glimpses of its wild denizens, and in -such a way that the hearts of the beholders should be moved to pity, -not to slaughter. - -But, already, that sharpened knife of Pierre’s was at work, defacing, -mutilating. - -“Why do that, man?” - -“Why not? What ails you? What’d we hunt for?” - -“We don’t need him for food. You cannot possibly carry those horns any -distance on our trip, and you’re not apt to come back just this same -way. Let him lie. You’ve done him all the harm you should. Come on. Is -this like him?” and Adrian showed his drawing. - -“Oh! It’s like enough. If you don’t relish my job, clear out. I can -skin him alone.” - -Adrian waited no second bidding, but strolled away to a distance and -tried to think of other things than the butchering in progress. But -at last Pierre whistled, and he had to go back or else be left in the -wilderness to fare alone as best he might. It was a ghastly sight. The -great skin, splashed and wet with its owner’s blood, the dismembered -antlers, the slashed-off nose,--which such as Pierre considered a -precious tid-bit,--the naked carcass, and the butcher’s own uninviting -state. - -“I declare, I can never get into the same boat with you and all -that horror. Do leave it here. Do wash yourself,--there’s plenty of -water,--and let’s be gone.” - -Pierre did not notice the appeal. Though the lust of killing had died -out of his eyes, the lust of greed remained. Already he was estimating -the value of the hide, cured or uncured, and the price those antlers -would bring could he once get them to the proper market. - -“Why, I’ve heard that in some of the towns folks buy ’em to hang their -hats on. Odd! Lend a hand.” - -Reluctantly, Adrian did lift his portion of heavy horns and helped -carry them to the birch. He realized that the quickest way of putting -this disagreeable spot behind him was by doing as he was asked. He was -hopeless of influencing the other by any change in his own feelings, -and wisely kept silence. - -But they hunted no more that day, nor did they make any further -progress on their journey. Pierre busied himself in erecting a rude -frame, upon which he stretched the moose skin to dry. He also prepared -the antlers and built a sort of hut, of saplings and bark, where he -could store his trophies till his return trip. - -“For I shall surely come back this same way. It’s good hunting ground -and moose feed in herds. Small herds, course, but two three make a -fello’ rich. Eh?” - -Adrian said nothing. He occupied himself in what Pierre considered a -silly fashion, sketching, studying “effects,” and carefully cutting big -pieces of the birch bark that he meant to use for canvas. To keep this -flat during his travels was a rather difficult problem, but finally -solved by cutting two slabs of cedar wood and placing the sheets of -bark between these. - -Whereupon Pierre laughed and assured the weary chopper that he had had -his trouble for his pains. - -“What for you want to carry big lumber that way? Roll your bark. That’s -all right. When you want to use it, put it in water. Easy. Queer how -little you know about things.” - -“All right. I was silly, sure enough. But thanks for your teaching. -Maybe, if you were in my city, I might show you a thing or two.” - -Both lads were glad, however, when night came, and, having cooked -themselves a good supper and replenished their fire, they slept as -only such healthy lads can sleep; to wake at sunrise, ready for fresh -adventures, and with the tragedy of the previous day partly forgotten, -even by Adrian. Then, after a hearty breakfast, they resumed their trip. - -Nothing eventful occurred for some time after. No more moose appeared, -and, beyond winging a duck or two and fishing now and then, Pierre kept -his hunting instincts down. In fact, he was just then too lazy to exert -himself. He felt that he had labored beyond all reason during the past -summer and needed a rest. Besides, were not his wages steadily going -on? If Adrian was silly enough to paint and paint and paint all day, -this old tree and that mossy stump, he was not responsible for another -man’s stupidity. Not he. The food was still holding out, so let things -take their course. - -Suddenly, however, Adrian realized that they were wasting time. He -had made sketches on everything and anything he could find, and had -accumulated enough birch bark to swamp the canoe, should they strike -rough water; and far more than was comfortable for him to carry over -any portage. So he one morning announced his intention of leaving the -wilderness and getting back to civilization. - -“All right. I go with you. Show me the town, then I’ll come back.” - -“Well, as you please. Only I don’t propose to pay you any longer than -will take us, now by the shortest road, to Donovan’s.” - -“Time enough to borrow that trouble when you see it.” - -But Pierre suggested that, as Adrian wished to learn everything -possible about the woods, he should now take the guidance of affairs, -and that whenever things went wrong, he, Pierre, could point the way. -He did this because, of late, he fancied that his young employer had -taken a “too top-lofty” tone in addressing him; and, in truth, Adrian’s -day dreams of coming fame and his own genius were making him feel -vastly superior to the rough woodsman. - -They had paddled over dead water to a point where two streams touched -it, and the question rose--which way? - -“That!” said Adrian, with decision, pointing to the broader and more -southern of the two. - -“Good enough.” - -For a moment the leader fancied there was a gleam of malice in -his hireling’s eye, but he considered it beneath his notice and -calmly turned the canoe into the thoroughfare he had chosen. It was -wonderfully smooth and delightful paddling. In all their trip they had -not found so level a stream, and it was nothing but enjoyment of the -scenery that Adrian felt; until it seemed to him that they had been -moving a long time without arriving anywhere. “Haven’t we?” he asked. - -“Oh! we’ll get there soon, now.” - -Presently things began to look familiar. There was one -curiously-shaped, lightning-riven pine, standing high above its -fellows, that appeared like an old friend. - -“Why, what’s this? Can there be two trees, exactly alike, within a -half-day’s rowing? I’ve certainly sketched that old landmark from every -side, and--Hello! yonder’s my group of white birches, or I’m blind. How -queer!” - -A few more sweeps and the remains of the camp they had that morning -left were before them, and Pierre could no longer repress his glee. - -“Good guide, you! Trust a know-it-all for a fool.” - -“What does it mean?” demanded Adrian, angrily. - -“Nothing. Only you picked out a run-about, a little branch of river, -that wanders out of course and then comes home again. Begins and ends -the same. Oh! you’re wise, you are.” - -“Would the other lead us right?” - -“Yes.” - -“But it turns north. We’re bound south.” - -“That’s no matter. Can’t a river turn, same as run-about?” - -“I give up. You guide. I’ll stick to my brush.” - -This restored affairs to the ground which Pierre considered proper, -and, having paused long enough to eat a lunch, they set out afresh. The -new track they followed ascended steadily, and it proved a difficult -stream to warp up; but the ascent was accomplished without accident, -and then the surface of the land altered. Again they reached a point -where two branches met, and Pierre explained that the waters of one -ran due north, but the other bent gradually toward the south and in a -little while descended through one of the most dangerous “rips” he had -ever seen. - -“Only saw them once, either. When I went as far as Donovan’s with the -master, year before last.” - -“Didn’t know he ever came so far from the island.” - -“Why, he goes once every summer, or fall, as far as that New York of -yours. Likely he’ll be going soon again.” - -“He does! Queer he never mentioned it.” - -“Maybe. I’ve a notion, though, that the things he don’t say are more -important than what he does. Ever shoot a rip?” - -“No. I’ve tried and failed. That’s how I happened to get lost and -wandered to Dutton’s.” - -“He’s the boss hand at it. Seems as if the danger fired him up. Makes -him feel as I do when I hunt big game. He didn’t need my help, only -fetched me along to take back some truck. That’s how he picked me out -to show you. He knew I knew--” - -“And I wish I knew--lots of things!” - -“One of ’em might be that round that next turn comes the first dip. -Then look out.” - -The stream was descending very perceptibly, and they needed no paddling -to keep them moving. But they did require to be incessantly on the -watch to guard against the rocks which obstructed the current, and -which threatened the safety of their frail craft. - -“You keep an eye on me and one on the channel. It’ll take a clear head -to carry us through, and no fooling.” - -Adrian did not answer. He had no thought for anything just then but the -menace of those jagged points; which seemed to reach toward them as if -to destroy. - -Nor did Pierre speak again. Far better even than his silent companion -could he estimate the perils which beset them. Life itself was the -price which they would pay for a moment’s carelessness, but a cool -head, a clear eye, and a steady wrist--these meant safety and the proud -record of a dangerous passage wisely made. A man who could shoot those -rapids was a guide who might, indeed, some time demand the high wages -Adrian had jeered at. - -Suddenly the channel seemed barred by two opposing boulders, whose -points lapped each other. In reality, there was a way between them, by -the shortest of curves and of but little more than the canoe’s width. -Pierre saw and measured the distance skillfully, but he had not counted -upon the opposing force of the water that rushed against them. - -“Look--out! Take--” - -Behind the right-hand rock seethed a mighty whirlpool, where the river, -speeding downward, was caught and tossed back upon itself, around and -around, mad to escape yet bound by its own power. - -Into this vortex the canoe was hurled, to be instantly overturned and -dashed to pieces on the rock. - -On its first circuit of the pool, Adrian leaped and landed upon the -slippery boulder--breathless, but alive! His hand still clasped the -pole he had been using to steer with, and Pierre--? He had almost -disappeared within the whirling water, that tossed him like a feather. - -[TO BE CONTINUED] - - - - - FOURTH OF JULY - - - Fling out our banner to the breeze, - Our glorious stripes and stars; - Unfurl our flag, o’er land and seas-- - Our nation’s stars and bars! - The emblem of our birthright wave, - O’er hill, and vale, and plain, - Till over every patriot grave - Our flag shall float again. - - We sing to-day a nation’s pride, - Sung through an hundred years, - Yet pause to bless the brave who died, - And mingle smiles with tears; - For ’neath the hill and on the plain - The fallen heroes sleep, - And while we sing our glad refrain - Their mem’ry still we keep. - - Thanks be to Him who rules on high, - For this, our festal day-- - Who holds the sparrows as they fly, - And guides a nation’s way; - May Freedom e’er maintain her cause, - Unstained by passion’s wars, - And Freedom e’er proclaim her laws - Beneath the stripes and stars. - - --W. F. Fox. - - - - - Wood-Folk Talk - By J. ALLISON ATWOOD - - - AUK’S MYSTERY. - -Without doubt most persons, should we ask them where Auk might be -found, would laugh at us. “Auk?” they would say; “why he’s been dead -for over half a century.” This seems very likely, since he has been -neither seen nor heard of for a long time. But let me whisper a word in -your ear: “Auk is still alive.” But why should he hide this way? Well, -there is a very good reason for it, as you will see. - -To our mind Auk was badly treated. He was certainly not to blame for -being unattractive: neither was it his fault that he was clumsy. He -had lived on the shore of the Great South Bay for years, and supported -himself comfortably by his industry. But he was kept from making -friends by his awkward manners. It is easy enough for us to see the -meaning of the word awkward now, even if it is spelled with a “w” -instead of a “u,” but that is of little importance. - -Auk was a fisherman, and all his time, when not resting, was spent on -the water. Although, as we have said, he was clumsy on land, Auk was a -very graceful swimmer. More than that, he could stay under the water a -long time, so that few fish, indeed, escaped him. This, of course, made -many birds dislike him. They feared that there would be no fish left -for them. To avert this danger, the Heron family, Tern, and most of the -Gulls--all, in fact, except Black-head, who was too happy to quarrel -with anyone--called a council. They would get rid of Auk. - -On the water, they knew, they could not harm him in the least: he was -far too good a swimmer for that. But on the land he would be at their -mercy. As every one knows, Auk could not fly. He had been growing too -heavy of late years. - -So Tern proposed that the birds wait until night, when it was Auk’s -habit to go back on the shore quite a way from the water to sleep. If -they attacked him there he would be an easy prey. - -As soon as the sun had gone down Auk’s enemies gathered on the shore -just below the long sand-bar. About dark Sandpiper at the suggestion of -Night-Heron, stole quietly along the shore to learn if Auk was asleep. -It took him but a few minutes to reach the spot where the great bulky -fellow rested while sitting bolt upright. So excited was Sandpiper that -his heart beat wildly, and he had hardly gotten half way back when he -called out to his friends, “Asleep! Asleep!” - -Now Auk, even when in a sound slumber, always kept his ears wide -open. That’s how he happened to hear Sandpiper’s piping voice telling -the other birds that he was asleep. At first he thought he had been -dreaming, but when he saw the dark forms down on the sand-bar he -realized the truth and knew that he was in peril. - -Greatly frightened, Auk hurried to the water, as was his habit in all -danger. It was well he did, for, in the next instant. Blue Heron, -Tern, and a host of others came flying swiftly toward him. In another -moment Auk dived headlong into the sea and swam rapidly away, while his -enemies stood on the shore crying out in their disappointment. - - * * * * * - -Years passed and Auk was forgotten. Everyone supposed that he had -long ago fallen prey to some enemy. Then, one night, Birdland was -astonished. Night-Heron had been to the far north for some time past. -Suddenly he came bursting in upon them. His eyes were wide open with -wonder. All he could say was the word “Quok! Quok!” which everyone knew -was his way of saying “Auk,” Night-Heron being slightly tongue-tied. -After he had gotten over his excitement the birds learned of his trip -to Granite Island. Whom do you suppose he found there? It was no less a -person than Auk. - -At first folks thought Night-Heron’s mind had been wandering. But when -he became calmer, and related his discovery, they could no longer -refuse to believe him. All the old anger of the fishing birds seemed to -arouse itself again. For years and years they had thought Auk was dead, -and now they learned that he was still living and probably laughing at -their stupidity. - -Quickly gathering together, they started north. This time he would not -escape them. It took many days of tiresome flight, but at last they -could see Granite Island in the dim distance ahead of them. As they -drew near, their anger increased and their cries cut the air. Just try -to imagine their feelings then, when, upon nearer approach, they found -that Auk was not there. - -The truth was that Black-head had flown ahead of the party and warned -Auk of his danger. Now he was circling high in air, and every now and -then he would break out in laughter: “Gone! Ha! ha! ha! Gone! Ha! ha! -ha!” - -But this defeat only hardened the purpose of the fishing birds. They -still continue to hunt for Auk. Watch any of them if you will while on -the sea-shore. See how tirelessly Tern is searching as he skims over -wave after wave. Will he ever find Auk? At any rate, he will not give -up. But then, when we think of the broad expanse of the Great North -Ocean, and its many rocky islands, we cannot but feel that Auk is -pretty safe after all. He has found a good hiding-place somewhere. - -You who have been believing that Auk has been extinct for half a -century, now know that it is not so. But where is he? There is only one -whom you can ask: that is Black-head. He will tell you nothing. Try it -and see. His only reply is a laugh: “Gone! Ha! ha! ha! Gone! Ha! ha! -ha!” - - * * * * * - - Nay, speak no ill; a kindly word - Can never leave a sting behind; - And, oh, to breathe each tale we’ve heard, - Is far beneath a noble mind; - For oft a better seed is sown - By choosing thus a kindlier plan; - Then if but little good we’ve known, - Let’s speak of all the good we can. - - --Anonymous. - - - - -[Illustration: WITH THE EDITOR] - - WITH THE EDITOR - - -There is no holiday which appeals so directly to the boy as does the -Fourth of July. Easter with its spirit of hopefulness, Thanksgiving -with its bounty of turkey, or even Christmas with all its cheer and -good will, does not, for some reason, reach the same depths of the boy -nature as does the boom and sizz of fire crackers. There is something -of the savage in him which delights in this almost barbaric method of -commemorating the courage of his forefathers; for the Fourth of July is -pre-eminently a day of courage. - -Without doubt we all admire bravery, but, while we are honoring those -who so willingly exposed themselves to the bullet and bayonet, let us -not lose sight of that courage which, though silent, was in reality the -strength of the American Revolution--the courage born of conviction. It -was this spirit which spoke through Richard Henry Lee when he proposed -that the United Colonies, with a few poorly-armed troops, should -renounce their allegiance to the most powerful nation in the world. It -was this which prompted John Adams to second the movement in Congress, -and there, by his eloquence, to uphold it day after day in the face of -an opposition so strong that Jefferson compared it with the ceaseless -action of gravity. - -The desire for independence was not bred of impulse. No one foresaw the -danger of thus defying England more clearly than those who cried out -for the separation. They knew that it would expose them, individually -and collectively, to all the penalties of treason. But they had become -convinced that it was right, and, to them, that fact was sufficient. - -Seemingly there is something of elasticity in this moral courage which -leaps over obstacles before which mere physical courage would halt. -Under the warmth of this spirit, with the strength of Patrick Henry, -John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson behind it, the opposition slowly -melted away, until, on July 4, 1776, the entire body declared for the -Declaration. - -The representatives of the thirteen colonies had assembled in the old -State House at Philadelphia. An anxious throng, from far and near, had -gathered about the rough brick walls, for within was being discussed -the momentous question of their liberties. Of a sudden, the ponderous -bell overhead awoke and sent its pealing echoes from river to river, -and at the same instant, as from one voice, a wild, excited cheer burst -forth from the crowd below, to be taken up in every city in the land. -Thus, in one of the darkest hours of their history, the colonies had -declared themselves independent of a nation which had considered them -all but conquered. - -Now, when we celebrate the one-hundred-and-twenty-sixth anniversary -of our country’s birth, let us remember and honor those who made it -possible. There is still, and will ever be, a call for the same moral -courage which, in the face of such overpowering obstacles, built our -nation. Not only on the Fourth of July, but during every day of the -year, let us keep their example before us. - - - - - EVENT AND COMMENT - - - Seventeen-Year “Locust” - -An occurrence sufficiently rare to awaken interest, which has taken -place during the past month, is the arrival of the seventeen-year -cicada, commonly, though improperly, termed locust. - -These insects, which since the year 1885 have spent their entire lives -in the ground, have, during the past six weeks, appeared in great -numbers in various localities throughout the country. - -In any of these areas, if we observe the ground closely, we will see -it dotted here and there with small holes. Through these the cicadas, -after living underground for seventeen years, have now made their way -to the surface. Here, with the shedding of the old shell, they take on -a pair of wings, and after a short but noisy life of perhaps six weeks, -they die. But in the meantime they have laid the eggs which insure a -future brood of cicadas. - -The recording of the periodical visits of this insect dates as far back -as 1633, when, it is stated, that a swarm was observed by the Puritans -at the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. - -For many years our knowledge of the cicada, because of its underground -habits, has been extremely limited, but at a comparatively recent -date the Biological Survey at Washington has made a series of careful -investigations, resulting in a very full history of the life and habits -of this curious insect. - - * * * * * - -Among other facts relating to the cicada, brought out by the research, -is that, as is the case of many creatures of which we know little, the -damage done by it to agriculture has been greatly overestimated. - - - The Boer War Ended - -War in South Africa was formally brought to an end when, on May 31st, -the Boer delegates at Pretoria signed the documents containing the -terms of surrender. - -The war began on October 11th, 1899, and has lasted two years seven -months and twenty-one days. It has cost England $1,200,000,000, besides -which they have suffered a loss of 21,966 killed and 75,000 prisoners -and wounded. - -The estimated loss of the Boers is 19,000 lives and 40,000 captured. - -The greatest force of troops which England had in the field at any one -time was 280,000, while estimates of the Boer army vary from 25,000 to -50,000. - - * * * * * - -The terms of peace allowed to the Boers are, perhaps, the best ever -offered to a conquered people. Among its conditions are: Immunity -from war indemnity, the substitution of representative for military -administration, and a gift of fifteen millions of dollars for the -re-stocking of their farms. - - - The Cuban Republic - -On May 20th, Governor-General Wood, according to his instructions from -the President of the United States, turned over to President Palma and -his Congress the government and control of the island of Cuba. - -During the impressive ceremony President Palma, amid the cheers of the -spectators, expressed his thanks to the Government of the United States -for the fulfillment of its pledges and its kindly services to the new -republic. - -According to the _Boston Herald_, “the American flag was never more -highly honored than when it was hauled down by Governor-General Leonard -Wood from the Government building at Havana.” - - * * * * * - -There is probably no parallel in history of this act of the United -States in which a nation, after having won so rich a territorial prize -in war, eventually turned it over to its people for free government. - - - The New Trains - -One of the most significant railway trials ever held in this or any -country was that recently made between New York and Chicago, by the -special train of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the “Twentieth Century” -of the New York Central. - -Although the two trains went by widely separate routes, they covered -the required distance, over nine hundred miles, in the same time to the -minute--19 hours and 57 minutes. - -This is three minutes less than the schedule time allowed, and is fully -three hours faster than any speed previously made over the same course. - - * * * * * - -As these new trains are now regularly on the schedules of their -respective roads, the race will hereafter be an every-day occurrence, -and we may look forward even to the lowering of this record. - - - Foreign Immigration - -During the month of May the total number of immigrants arriving at New -York was between 85,000 and 90,000. - -This exceeds any monthly record for the past twenty years. The majority -of the new arrivals were from Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Russia. In a -count of 51,000 immigrants it was found that 14,000 could neither read -nor write. - - * * * * * - -Although at present this does not promise much for the standard of -American citizenship, we can reasonably hope that in time our system of -education will convert their descendants, at least, into very useful -citizens. - - - - -[Illustration: OUT OF DOORS] - - OUT OF DOORS - - -The great event at the recent intercollegiate athletic meeting held in -New York, was the hundred-yard run made by Duffy, Georgetown’s little -sprinter, who covered the distance in the remarkable time of 9 3-5 -seconds. This has been a long-coveted speed among runners, and is very -likely to stand for some time as the world’s record. - -The outcome of the meeting in points was as follows: Harvard, 34; Yale, -30; Princeton, 27. - - * * * * * - -At the time of writing interest in the rowing world centers in the -regatta of the Inter-collegiate Rowing Association, to be held at -Poughkeepsie, on June 21. Here Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania, -Wisconsin, Georgetown, and Syracuse will enter eight-oar crews, in -addition to which the first three will make entry in the four-oar -contest. All but Georgetown will also participate in the Freshman race. - - * * * * * - -Oarsmen in this country are interested in learning that the American -Henley has been decided upon as an annual feature in the rowing world. -This is the result of the meeting of the American Rowing Association, -which held its session in New York on May 10th. - -The event will be held annually in July on the Schuylkill River, at -Philadelphia, and will be so arranged as not to interfere with the -schedules of the colleges, in order that each one may be able to enter -a crew. - - * * * * * - -As the season of college base-ball draws to a close the facts indicate -that Harvard has had the best team in the field. Second to her, to the -surprise of many, comes the University of Illinois, who has defeated -Yale, Princeton, and Pennsylvania, and was only beaten by Harvard by a -score of 2 to 1. - -Both Annapolis and West Point, considering the difficulties under which -they practice, have made such a good showing that we naturally look -forward to their taking a more prominent place on the diamond in future. - - * * * * * - -In spite of the fact that polo is only locally well known in this -country, it has already taken a strong hold upon the people. An -evidence of this may be found in the American team which went over to -London to compete with the best English players. During their stay the -visitors will be royally entertained, and will remain in England to -observe the coronation. - -Interest in the games has been increased because of the fact that they -will be attended by King Edward, who has always been an enthusiastic -supporter of the sport. - - - - -[Illustration: IN-DOORS] - - IN-DOORS - - PARLOR MAGIC - By Ellis Stanyon - - The first of this series of papers on Magic, commencing with the March - number, included directions to the beginner for Palming and the Pass. - - -Tricks with Handkerchiefs.--For the following experiments, you will -require three fifteen-inch silk handkerchiefs, an ordinary small -sliding match-box, a candle in a candlestick, and a conjuring wand; -also a false finger and a conjuring pistol, hereafter described. - - * * * * * - -You prepare for the series of tricks by rolling up one of the -handkerchiefs very small and pushing it into the match-box, which you -open about one inch for the purpose; another is rolled up and placed -behind the collar on the left-hand side of the neck; and the last is -loaded into the false finger and placed in the right-hand trousers -pocket. You are now ready to commence. - - * * * * * - -Handkerchief and Candle.--“Ladies and gentlemen, the following -experiment was suggested to me at the age of twelve, while studying -chemistry. I then learned that all matter was indestructible. Proof of -this, as you are well aware, is afforded with an ordinary candle. You -may light a candle at one end and let it burn to the other, but you -do not destroy the matter of which it is composed. What really takes -place is the formation of new substances, as hydrogen, carbon, water, -etc., which any of the text books on chemistry will explain. I will, -however, give you one striking illustration.” - -Pick up the match-box and, while taking a match therefrom, push the -handkerchief into the right hand, and throw the box down on the table. -Take the candle from the candlestick and place it in the right hand, -which masks the presence of the handkerchief. You now appear to take -something from the flame of the candle with the left hand, which you -close as if it really contained an article. Open the hand slowly, -looking surprised to find that you have failed and remark: “Well, -really, I cannot understand this. I am generally successful with this -trick. Oh! I know what is the matter. You see, I am using the left -hand. If you do things left-handed they can’t possibly be right. I will -try the right hand.” Saying this, you place the candle in the left -hand and immediately produce the handkerchief from the flame, closing -the hand as before. It now only remains for you to open the hand and -develop the silk slowly. - - -To Fire a Handkerchief into a Gentleman’s Hair.--For the purpose of -this trick you will have to make use of what is known as a conjuring -pistol, which, being in constant use in magical surprises, I will -describe. It consists of an ordinary pistol fitted with a conical tin -tube eight inches long. The mouth of this tube is about two inches in -diameter, and is supplied with a tin cup one and one-half inches deep, -having its outer edge turned over all around so as to afford a ready -grip to the palm. The conical tube is fitted with an inner tube to keep -it firm on the barrel of the pistol (Fig. 10). - -[Illustration: Fig. 10] - -Taking up the pistol, you place the two handkerchiefs, which look like -one, in the cup; push them well down and remark: “I shall now fire -direct at the gentleman’s head, and after the shot the handkerchief -will be found firmly imbedded in his hair, and will, not unlikely, be -seen protruding from one of his ears. It just depends on the force of -the shot, you know, and I need hardly say I loaded the pistol myself, -and am totally ignorant of firearms. Are you ready, sir? Then good-by!” -Place the muzzle of the pistol in the left hand while you shake hands -with the gentleman. In taking the pistol back into the right hand -to fire it, you leave the cup behind in the left hand, and, at the -instant you pull the trigger, you drop it into the pocket on the left -side. When discharging the pistol you will, of course, stand with your -right side to the audience. - -You now ask the gentleman to take the handkerchief from his hair, -telling him that it is just behind his left ear; and, while he is -trying to find it, you stand with your hands in your trousers pockets, -telling him to make haste, you cannot wait all evening. When he has -tried some time and failed to find it, you take your hands from your -pockets, having got the false finger into position between the second -and third fingers. Showing the hands back and front (the addition of -the extra finger will not be noticed), you pass them several times over -the head of the gentleman, then, lowering them to his head, you detach -the finger and draw out the handkerchief. The false finger is then laid -down on the table under cover of the handkerchief. - -[Illustration: Fig. 11] - -The finger is made of thin spun brass, painted flesh color. It is quite -hollow from tip to root, and is shaped for fitting between the second -and third fingers (Fig. 11). It can be used in many tricks, and is -really an indispensable accessory to the amateur magician. - - - - -[Illustration] - - THE OLD TRUNK - - -The following are the names of the winners of May puzzle contest: - - Harrie C. Knightly, Randolph, Mass. - R. E. Williams, Bloomington, Ill. - Leslie W. Quirk, 614 Jefferson St., Madison, Wis. - - * * * * * - -Answers to June Puzzles. - -1. Diamond, pearl, opal, topaz, ruby, amethyst. - -2. O - A P T - A L T A R - O P T I C A L - T A C I T - R A T - L - -3. Dewey. - -4. Systematic, phlegmatic, chromatic, acroamatic, diplomatic, pragmatic. - -5. Rock-dock-lock-clock. - -6. S A L A D - A L I C E - L I V R E - A C R I D - D E E D S - -7. “Practice makes perfect.” - -8. Lance. - -The first five perfect solutions were received from:-- - -Elizabeth Warren, Harry J. Sanford, Eleanor M. Lavine, -Mary Folsom Pierce, John L. Crawford. - - * * * * * - -UNBOUNDED STATES. - -The names of these states are mixed up. Can you straighten them? - - Nisniscow. - Naidnai. - Nitmanose. - Nicolraaif. - Nazoair. - Naaiiousl. - - --Charles C. Lynde. - - * * * * * - -THE MENAGERIE. - -In the following paragraph there are the names of twenty -animals--spelled backwards. - -It accidentally happens that the lumber now occasionally found in oil -regions every six or seven years is such that no Occidental country -produces. I am sure editors so agree. So omitting any explanation, I -merely state the fact. Tippoo-Tib bargains for all of it. Overflowing -with oil it is always in a bad muss. Oporto is the place to which it -is shipped. When it arrives whole machines are made from it, giving, I -presume, employment to many persons who are constantly on the go during -business hours, the parents and children working side by side. All -sorts of religionists there mix, Ebionites even being found among them, -who strive and fret to make converts to their faith, and they, as those -at the Po let names weigh more than deeds. I would not say this did I -know it to be false. - ---R. E. Williams._ - - * * * * * - -DIAMOND. - -1, a consonant; 2, a serpent; 3, juvenility; 4, consumed; -5, a consonant. - - --Lillian C----. - - * * * * * - -A NOVEL ACROSTIC. - -If the words indicated below be written one beneath another, the finals -will spell a national holiday, and the initial letters will form the -plural of something which is used on that day. - - A leaf of blank paper. - A dye. - A kind of ancient poetry. - Part of the head. - An animal. - A fresh water fish. - Likewise. - A leader. - A boy’s name spelled backwards. - A large bird. - A small brook. - Cunning. - - --Katherine D. Salisbury. - - - - -[Illustration: WITH THE PUBLISHER] - - WITH THE PUBLISHER - - YOUTH - An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys and Girls - Edited by HERBERT LEONARD COGGINS - - =Single Copies 10 Cents= =Annual Subscription $1.00= - -Sent postpaid to any address. 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