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Show LEHI FREE PR ESS. LE H I, VTA IT fhsf IP" Mt down at tapper with a Urge fam--' uj. , lo the, center of .the table wa' a .bis. wooden bowl of, bread an rail to,fcich-a!!:ave;tw- li Irving Bacheller port of the sledges made and the number Of ox teams available for winter I'"! U " ,etter t0 IVCoatinued HAPTER toe of the IniKPU .r thi epivat was it riding on that fS beet so v .ieigbbof' kinfe 1 KH'ki-- insulted ' aPIear t0 kD0W I hat fOOl te don,t .said Morgan. Utt beloiii'Sto the aest evening be spoke f . sliver In Las got ,ny of you ril pull it out." he began, war. Wait eolng to win this for you 'ite. I'll 8kin thatIncatChief. He CornuianJer 1' f-- fi?litir an' ,f you 8tlck here ett u rjn all . gei i c!c man f To'o e uu ur rgln an guts. ioa us to victory. The British In a wild coun- know how to fight ft keep inemsfurs miu muiwu. the bush. We can fisht well iiu' s ioi M W SCIMtl till U no man could be wrong whose soul and body had been so prodigiously engaged In the argument. So bis Inscrutability had become an asset and a source of isd wll Ma form tut tati Lin Looked at the Great Toe of the Colonel". ad ink can starve well., We. know to go to hell and iind our way of it They're not used to that kind we :bedi tCtdf 'nvi ,ni ffstai ifw Don't worry. The ocean, snows, the rocks, the .stone walls, forests, the swamps, an' the moufl-a- s are our friends an' allies. They're ii to beat If you're on the right side 'em. You'll drive thera rump-feIvkillers out o' Boston before saneuverin'. d srdhif AW ortunately, a good already begun "to . lruin part of the army get it from him" aiurgau. p September the Bushmep and their itf left camp with Col. Benedict wld and his thousand men to march pugh the northern wilderness, and General Montgomery in the siege In consequence of this Quebec. pletion Colin and Col. Simeon Botts resent Into the west to hasten the tessof recruiting. Before they left here brought a letter from Pal. smmilcation had become more diffi- it and now the young spy rarely ttnred to cross the lines. My beloved," the letter began, "I reived the pass, but General Gage n a bad temper and. refuses to per- me to go through. His son is very I hear that he will have to lose arm. It was a had arm the one fb which he used to embrace me we met. Poor boy ! Of course p sorry for him, but that arm often p le me angry. It was an Indecent Ton are always in my mind, and Un a sense I have ron with mp. n In my dreams you are with me It Is only a shadow, and a shadow iiwr company at best. I most be content to stay at home this vile war is ended, that It will be better for my f P'th than a day of your ardent love-!S1And the parting. Oh. dear! f Wrung! i must have ooke(1 ,ike Rising her death song. Hon- my dear, when I got home I was 11 w days. My mother wanted to & I had been in a battle. 'No oi that; she said. -- til siiiy tor good men to be fight-cother! These British gen-- s until f wait nk h re all kindlv. nVii-'hrfI'm sure it 'isn't ,5 'Si frontio. I their fault. TO that the kings cause all the Geonre tho" TVii,n tm " tut I... iu line m of the big nose of that old I'm sure I'd lose my head ; Id make him know that I am we th ,u uiencnn soiuier ana . aear Mrs. Washington and the " n"a cent p 'D'S. n.ni ;E J11 i her 'Olrl rr,0i this Is from your ,i. faithful and 2 k. '"and Colonel Botts set out at "u lnelr horses with a good . . 100(1- )n tl j , " i"e Ruuuieoags. "were tn ,. . xneir ,. .. .i l"e I'eoine togetner thi l'I mpn "tL mi. T It . f f com-mand-er fort." The. General fcad said BU!e of bkU but enongh. He was a lawyer in the flourishing town of Springfield, where he --was familiarly known as "Sim" Botts. He was a ruddy, overfed man more than Eiz feet tall, of a serious countenance. He had also a serious notion of the importance of his accomplishments and Intentions. He was wont to say: "It is claimed that my reputation reposes on the arts of the orator but I insist that my only gift Is a passion for the discovery and dissemination of simple facts and eternal verities." His reputation was by no means alone ln finding repose on the soft bed of his oratory. He was one of the voices of the new Inspiration and his long resembled a passionate and permanent gesture. Colonel Botts had an abnormal appetite for richness In food and rhetoric. He ate pie three times a day. In his look and talk there was ample evidence of both physical and mental indigestion. He had studied the dictionary and the poets. His mind was like a cold dark cellar cluttered with storage and so that his thoughts seemed to have trouble in finding their way out of it. Naturally utterance was followed by evaporation. It created a fog In which his ideas were hidden. In court and on the platform he was fluent, often Intense, hut no one comprehended his argument It imparted only one conviction, namely that he was willing to die on the altar of his faith. But that was enough. His audience concluded that, while his words were "too deep for them," and schoolhouses u"-"c- wie thPi r enthusiasm for the They v ere to see leading men nnu 1,l.v before them f..t. nation at Cambridsre ana tne Im. tative ' n tec! i 8t,renS'cning J. if.l DriI,,U bwause P Hi anTr t. t f of wn . . knw the and Rlft for n,,tt8 b(,cause mil .,.t u In "'ave the colonel and Hconderoga and get a re At D cW1" with wooden spoons and a squalid M found tavern in a clearing log men and women on the floor of iu main roomaleeplng rolled In dirty blankets. into with In An army scout arose the floor when Oolin entered the host, who carried a lantern his band. . , , T can't stand !t here," said th scout "Too many fleas'. Hay for me I I m going to the barn and you'd better come along." They lay down with their blanketa In the haymow. "Who are these folk that are crowding the innr Colin asked. "Settlers way east o' here young people mostly who have traveled more than sixty miles In the saddle to go to a dance over at Eph Kittle's on Samson creek. The uumarried glrla went up the ladder into the loft to sleep. Young folks don't mind a lot o" hard work to get a little fun." The third day out. his mare being weary. Colin halted in the forest to spend one night and there fell into a strange adventure. He had lighted a fire near sundown, the evening being frosty. This was no sooner done than he heard the bawling of a bear a little way up a near mountain side. In a moment he could hear the animal coming through bushes near him. It emerged standing up taller than a man. chanking its teeth nnd frothing at the mouth. It was a black bear of unusual size. It went back into the bushes. Colin's gun was ln Its holster lying with his blanket on the other side of the fire. He made haste to get It. Before he could disengage his weapon the bear had come out of the bush again and was close upon him. To save himself he dropped the gun, which he had drawn half out of Its holster and threw his blanket over the bear's bead. The bewildered bear was floundering on the ground for a few seconds trying to disengage himself. Meanwhile Colin drew his gun ''and put an end to the quarrel but not without doing serious damage to the blanket." The little matter so shpok hl&nerves that he saddled his mare, ,wbo had now finished her onts, and pushed on hoping to find shelter before the darkness had grown too thick for travel. Some threa1 miles away he came to a" c'fiaring and saw a gltmti'ier of lights ahead. In a scatter of small houses; ' Soon .he drew up at a large log' Inn whose mistress, a tall, plump, broad- shouldered, Amazonian woman with arms bare to the elbow, gave him a liearty welcome. A historian has described her as a woman "of singular strength and courage, about thirty years of age, with dark hair and eyes and'; a powerful figure." It was a tavern. cleanly, commodious well-kep- t "I've Had a hard ride and am hungry," said Colin. "Hard riding "Good abiding," the Amazonian lady murmured. "This Is not a bad bettering place." "Where am I?" Colin asked. "This, sir, Is the village of Skenes-borougIt has a sawmill, a church, a school, a store, a blacksmith shop and two hundred Inhabitants mostly absent. Only women, babies and old men are left In the settlement. The rest have gone to the war. Will you have something to drink?" That was apt to be the first question that greeted the traveler arriving at tavern. After a faa tiguing journey on the "shake-gut- " roads and trails they were apt to be In need of stimulation. Often they got too much of it. The bar was the dominating feature of the place. Colin put his mare in the stable and, as he was wont to do, gave the most careful attention to her comfort. When he returned to the inn a good supper of bear steak, baked potatoes, preserved berries and pumpkin pie awaited him. The cheerful Innkpeper asked the young man If he liked the bear steak. "It was the tenderest meat I have ever eaten," Colin answered. "It ought to be tender. It was a cub about three months old. I killed It a few miles down the road this Its mother was a monster morning. bear. I flung the cub over my horse's withers and got away." "The old bear must have thought that I had the cub In my pocket," said Colin. "She got after me plenty." He told of his curious adventure and of his leaving the dead bear. "If she'd 'a' fetched you a cuff 't would 'a' ruined ye," said one of the won't stan' no "A old men. meddlin' with her fam'ly affairs an' she can be mortal quick." The woman was busy behind the bar stirring up rum and molasses for the old men who sat by the fire. When she had served them she asked: "On your way to the fort?" I'm from "My nnme Is Cabot. to the Cambridge and on my way name?" Is your What fort. "Bovvlhv. I'm Rachel Bowlby. My husband is with General Schuyler. of He's a lieutenant colonel. In time I wish a school teacher. I'm peace we vou'd tell 'em at the fort that us. Our to protect need a few soldiers enlisted and gone away. hoys have nil In the place." I'm the onlv fighting man back-countr- y she-bea- r C SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING At Boston, h hil SWI u. "rebel ' f,"' that Whpn you are at the ent polnt ln the West. I ask " 10 orth w r and "n"s"al 80,1,1 "e Droving 11 hardships... It's easier than lifting rocks., . It's like bad weather; work stops. ap.d weary men go t,o "leep. They wake up grateful and re.'ri'shed. They are' minded to give him the credit he demands. He is a symbolic figure. I understand liirrt perfectly. I spent last night with a member 6f the congress called home by the illness of his wife. He- Is a graduate of Harvard and an aide citizen. Being a fellow alumnus and a member of my club, he gave me frank opinions. "I asked : 'Why is it that our army cannot get the help It needs from congress?' "'Sim Botts 1' he answered. 'What has he to do with congress?' " 'Well, there are so many Sim Bottses in It that they clog Its business and even defeat some of its best purposes. They come from all parts. Before an important measure can get through every one of them, seeking the fame of Patrick Henry, must have a chance to smite the British. These men Indulge in weeks of superfluous and passionate remarks. They think that all we have to do to get money This may Is turn a printing press. make us more trouble than we have yet known. The Sim Botts man has Just enough learning to be dangerous. He can impose upon the ignorant crowd and get himself elected to important positions. Look at our Sim. He knows nothing about the arts of war yet he was able to defeat a good man who should have been the colonel of our regiment.' "'Do you think that we can win the war?' " 'Yes. There are two men of genius who will win the war. They are We must Washington and Franklin. will That Bottses. the first suppress take a year or more. If Washington can hold his army. Franklin will get officers help in Europe. The British their for enthusiasm no great have cause. This Is the only explanation his of their Inactivity, fiage, with of river, the the help trained army and should have captured Cambridge long ago and driven us back.'" The letter ends with these significant sentences : In "I think that there must be chaos in Cambridge. as well Philadelphia as same Thev are both suffering from the Botts." Sim is trouble and that ended The successful joint campaign the of the at edge In a small village There northwest. far In the wilderness left Colonel In the early morning Colin a horse path in a on out set and Botts In the east, forest, vast as the ocean small clearings by broken only and on his He found rude entertainment war nt lo nns and tne m " One of tne mnT lnnlTT nlnnpprs, n.' n was a Hiri .v in,,(fii inrmor Colin and hay. wheat with barn filled the you understand InT0,v,s,1 ZlT ,an h ,m V" ft mo'ther : ' "Sim Botts' profundity may be a .relief to those accustomed to sterner t0 "Sman" iff;. revenue. Jn this singular manner Sim Betts gave hjs convictions to the people of the western proyjn.ee. They believed in, him and .when he wanted an office had the reputhey voted or him. tation of being "a profound thinker." OiTt of a full heart Colin wrote to his Vea ippa I . . a Zm, Irrjr'""" - I...: ihe Kwiui'w' Col.n Farn.worth. captain. with lh rank rmT A lover of V:ftr. M-- rood-b- r T!ilf M heart Into the com- , uainui ".5. nd ne maKM aim aim " ' "Li..i,!n.inn. , CoIin .h. ,, ,0 vlii, out. h. ob(,inirf ,ve, of Britwh p young Patriot. They fifn .nd A uaaL. Alinf. Ce " .'u. ta hut Mm. cnA in. hi. rt.nch tri Pt vuiU neaquriT. "Too!- - heitxda!iBed, .The old me4 laughed. s" i Stones of Odd Shapes Relics of Bygone Race? tOi OjhT of knotM the ashes from hia pipe mj. har to me, young man. If ye ingIoo don't think that women) kin wrastle. you tackle her an' ye'U learn a lot yt didn't know. She'a a mortal, powerful womern. she Is. The big boys ln our school have learnt better than to ' ' git keerJess with her." ' You'd think "Mercy! that I was a panther," she said In mild gentle Three curious pieces of stone, which may possibly be relics of an ancient people," form part of a Ito-tu(New Zealand) collection. Two of the pieces, one of which la almost an exact miniature tf the other, are shaped almost like solid pitchers. Ihey are rounded as If turned on a potter's wheel, and, although they cannot have been devised as vessels, appear to have been fashioned by some human agency, lioth pieces are a species of sandstone, and were found by Mr. Kean ln the Walroa district at the bottom of deep outcrops of river metal, between 35 and 40 feet below the surface. The third piece Is petrified wood, weighing several pounds. On both ends are cuts which have obviously been made with a species of ax. This piece was found with the larger of the two pestles, and from the depth at which it was found must have been burled for a Tery long period of time. rt -- - ANGLER RESCUES CAT When Arthur Wallis' cat fell down the chimney of his house at Weymouth, England, recently, and was wedged there, Wallis, an ardent angler, dropped a line from the roof to the fireplace below. Next a bundle of straw was tied to the line, whlch.was then palled up. With It came pussy perched precariously oa the bundle. A crowd of spectators cheered ald. You'd Think That I End anColdstoQuick thry Was a Panther." "There la no one that likes peace and good will more than I do." "Why do you want protection? Afraid of bears V "Shucks, no! Injuns! They've raided two places west of here. Stole a lot of horses and all the loot they could lay their hands on. They're stirred up by the war. " A massacre would be fun for them. When they get drunk ye don't know what they'll do. They're expecting the British to come down from Canadar- It's Bdrs the redcoats were planning to be hero i before now." ,. "The siege of Quebec ,has held thera , bck," said Colin; ' , , ,,., . 'l wouldn't wonder, but tbey Injuns don't know It They've got ."a 'mighty grudge and are looking for the British. A roving band of braves ls'OTJtMn'the big wood,s. They're liable td 'fair oli ns: any night." , ? " x''---! ' Hie old men went to their homes.-Coliloaded his gun. woman lighted two candles and. led the,! way to his bedroom on the first floor. The young man carried' his &un with him. Ills record of the history of that day ends with the statement that he'slept ln his day dress, ready to leap out of the open window and run to his mare at the first sign of trouble.. It was a peaceful night, however, and the young man set out at an early hour in the morning, when a number of children were skylarking In the barvoice. - .,,.,. , n cold and victim HE waton woeasy lonf until (he uKgctted the use of NR tablet, lie seldom catches colda now. When he does they are quickly broken up. This corrective cafe, dependable, Nature's Remedy ctrengthena and regulate bowel action ae no other Uxative can came away pooonoua waste which make you suacrp- tihus to colds, dizzy spells, beadadM bib-outness. Work sMstft.too. JgrmiruT. Try a bra. 2ic at your druggist's. Tlconderoga was then a wild, shaped less tumble of rocks and hills. It was a saying that God must have made It ln the dark. Arriving at the fort, he found Colonel Brentwood, delivered his letter from Washington and received a full report for the General of the work progressing ln the mountain valleys of Vermont Colin told the colonel of the helpless condition of the little settlement of Skenesborough and of the fear of Its people. "They are In danger," said the colonel. "A drunken band of Mohawks went north a few miles to the west a week ago. They expect the British to be coming 1 down from Canada. My If they scouts are watching them. head toward Skenesborough, I'll send down a sqnad of men to keep the right look on their faces. They're a bad lot They worry me." On his way back to Skenesborough Colin met some three hundred soldiers coming up from Albany to the fort all drunk and singing and yelling. With upplies from the Dutch city they were having a merry march. He arrived at the little settlement long after dark. Having eaten his supper, Colin was sitting by the fire with the old mill hands and Mrs. Bowlby when they heard the hoofbeats of a galloping horse. It halted ln front of the door. The woman opened It. A man shouted : "A band of bad Injuns Is comin' down the road. They're not above a mile away. Hide yer liquor an' git ready to fight." The men jumped to their feet. "Don't lose your heads," said Mrs. Bowlby. "Most of the liquor is hid ln the haymow." She hauled two heavy sacks from behind the bar. Colin seized them and toiled toward the barn. The woman followed him with a basket filled with bottles. Their burdens were quickly buried In the hay. They hurried back to the Inn, where Mrs. Bowlby began to organize a plan of defense. She ordered the men to build a big fire of dry wood a few feet In front of the door. That done she blew on her conch shell. Immediately all the men, women and children of the place came running toward the Inn. 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