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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM, UTAH was broken only by the crack of burn-ing faggots and the sound of the night wind in the tall pines above the gorge, Mr. Binkus resumes his nar-rative, which, one might know by the tilt of his head apd the look of his wide open, right eye, would soon hap- pen, the historian seizes the oppor-tunity of finishing his Introduction, He had been the best scout In the army of Sir Jeffrey Amherst As a small boy he had been captured by the Sen- ecas and held In the tribe a year and two months. Early in the French and Indian war, he had been caught by Algonquins and tied to a tree and tortured by hatchet throwers until res- cued by a French captain. After that his opinion of Indians had been, prob- ably, a bit colored by prejudice. Still a karpooner ln a man: u3 hood one of those who escaped the infamous massacre at Fort William Henry when English forces, having been captured and disarmed, were turned loose and set upon by the savages. He was a tall, brawny, broad shouldered, homely-faceman of ight with a Roman nose and a prominent chin underscored bv a short sandy throat beard. Some oi the ad- ventures had put their mark upon his weathered face, shaven generally once a week above the chin. The top of left ear was missing. There was a long scar upon his forehead. These were like the notches on the stock of rifle. They were a sign of the stories of adventure to be found in that wary, watchful brain of his. Johnson enjoyed his reports on ac- count of their humor and color and he describes him In a letter to Putnam as a man who when he Is much Inter- ested, looks as if he were taking aim with his rifle. To some it seemed that one eye of Mr. Binkus was often drawing conclusions wrdle the other was engaged with the no less impor- tant function of discovery. His companion was young Jack Irons a big lad of seventeen, who lived In a fertile valley some fifty miles north- west of Fort Stanwix, in Tryon coun- ty. New York. Now, In September, 1768, they were traveling ahead of a band of Indians bent on mischief. The a few days before, had come down Lake Ontario and were out in the bush somewhere between the lake 1 Copyright by Irving Bacheller AMERICA IN THE MAKING I Jg d Irving Bacheller, In his new In the Days of Poor novel, Richard," has written a story of America In the making of the United States in the days of BenIt Is a story jamin Franklin. with a double appeal. One is to the reader In search of entertainment, since there is a fascinating love story in it, spiced with adventure and fighting. This is the of Jack Irons, a young frontiersman, and Margaret Hare, the daughter of an English colonel. The other appeal is to the good American who is interested in his countrys history. Franklin is the dominating character of the story and as all good Americans know or should know he was human, engaging and lovable beyond the measure of most of the great men of his day. 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In fact, Tanlac has brought me health, strength and happiness when I was sick and suffering, so I have every Take Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation. Made and recommended by the manufacturers of TANLAC. Greek Chronology Proof! Ethel How do you know Gladys is Greek chronology was reckoned ln cycles - of four years, corresponding engaged to Jack, dear? Have you with the periodic Olympic games held seen the ring? on the plain of Olympia. Clara No; but I saw them both In gallery seats at a Broadway show! SWAMP-ROO- FOR T FIRST AID TO BEAUTY KIDNEY AILMENTS r, d well-taug- FACTS IN HIS CASE Far-rag- raaPecte( John Irons from New Hamp-hi- s re wbo In tbe fertPe valley where 16 had settled some years before, was bree(bnS horses for the army and send-hi- s lng them down to Sir Wbliani Johnson, of his farm had been eDce be called Horse valley. Binkus went to the near brook and repeatedly filled his old felt hat wdfb water sod poured it on the fire, Dont never keep no fire ater dried out, he whispered, as he stepped back Into the dark cave, cause ye never kln tel! The boy was asleep on the bed of boughs. Mr. Binkus covered him with the blanket and lay down beside him an drew his coat over both. Hell learn that It aint no fun to be a scout, he whispered with a yawn and in a moment was snoring. It was black dark when he roused his companion. Solomon had been up for ten minutes and had got their classic. tlons of bread and dried venison out of his pack and brought a canteen of fresh water. CHAPTER I They started down the foot of the 'SBBSZA then dim in the night shadows. gorge Adventure. The Horse Valley rA Binkus stopped, now and then, to lisThe first time I saw the boy, Jack ten for two or three seconds and went Irons, he was about nine years old. I on with long stealthy strides. His of William in was Sir Johnsons camp movements were panther-like- , and the imagniflcent Mohawk warriors at Alboy imitated them. He was a tall, bany. Jack was so active and successlad with blond handsome, ful In the gaipes, between the red boys hair and blue eyes. They could soon and the white, that the Indians called see their way clearly. His laugh and him Bolling Water. They hurried through sloppy footing tireless spirit reminded me of a moun In the wet grass that flung Its dew tain brook. There was no lad, near Into their garments from the shoulder his age, who could run so fast, or jump down. Suddenly Mr. Binkus stopped. so far, or shoot so well with the bow or the rifle. I carried him on my back They could hear the sound of heavy feet splashing In the wet meadow. to his home, he urging me on as if I Scairt moose, runnln this way! had been a battle horse and when we the scout whispered. were come to the house, he ran about Ill bet ye a o an a them In- fishhook his I chores. pint him, powder doing and, helped our work accomplished, we went down juns is over east o here. to the river for a swim, and to my It was his favorite wager that of a pint of powder and a fishhook. surprise, I found him a fish. We became friends and always They came out upon high ground when I have thought of him, the words and reached the valley trail just as Happy Face have come to me. It was, the sun was rising. The fog had lifted. I think, a better nickname than BoilMr. Binkus stopped well away from ing Water, although there was much the trail and listened for some min-- I utes. He approached it slowly on his propriety in the latter. I knew that his energy given to labor would actiptoes, the boy following ln a like complish much and when I left him, I manner. For a moment the scout repeated the words which my father stood at the edge of the trail ln had often quoted in my hearing lence. Then, leaning low, he examined Seest thou a man diligent In his and the new settlement in Horse val- it closely and quickly raised his hand. ley. Solomon thought that they were calling? He shall stand before kings. Hoofs o the devil! he whispered Thi glimpse of las to lroES, jTLa ty j . miliarly known as Jack Irons is from h0 went on pointjng t0 the ground. n taken be a letter of Benjamin Franklin to his Frpnh kad jest gone by. The grass This invasion, however, was a wholly wife. 1 m aln ylt wait here unexpected bit of audacity. They had He the trail a few rods othing further Is recorded of his two flowed captlvesthe wife and daughter with boyhood until, about eight years later, of ColoneI it. Near a little bent upon eyes Hare d. who been ha,, what was known as the Horse Valley was run soft dirt, he there where ,Dg a few weeks wlth Major Duncan Adventure occurred. A full account Lnd hlg Fifty-fift- h looked and 6tPPed Intently at again regiment at Os of it follows with due regard for back- back- hurrIed tben and the earth weg0. The colonel had taken these ground and color: least At a band. Bs forty in- - i big ladles of his on a trip It was the season o the great in the bush. familyhad hadhunting some captives, an the an In it luns two They guides moon, said old Solomon Binkus, scout with them, one of. whom was Solomon devil and Tom Walker. Its a mesa and interpreter, as he leaned over the Binkus. The men had gone out in the which they aint no mistake. campfire and flicked a coal out of the early evening , after moose and lm- I afraid my folks are in danger, ashes with his forefinger and twiddled 4116 bo7 as be changed color, ald prudently left the ladies in camp, lit up to his Er mebbe Peter Boneses cordin pipe bowl. In the army where the latter had been captured. jhe was known as old Solomon Having returned, the scout knew that to the way they go. We got to cut Binkus, not by reason of his age, for the only possible explanation for the eround em an plow straight through :he was only about thirty-eighbut as absence of the ladies was Indians, al- - the bush an over Cobble hill an a mark of deference. Those who fol- though no peril could have been more well beat 'em easy. lowed him in' the bush had a faith in It was a curious, long, loose stride, unexpected.. He had discovered by his wisdom that was childlike. I had the sign that It was a large band the knees never quite straightened, had my feet in a pair o sieves walkin traveling eastward. He had set out with which the scout made his way the white sea a fortnight, he went by night to get ahead of them while through the forest It covered ground n. The dry water were six foot on Hare and his other guide started for so swiftly that the boy had, now and the level, er mebbe more, an some o the fort Binkus knew every mile of then, to break into a dog-trIn order the waves up to the an no- - the wilderness and had canoes hidden to keep along with the old woodsman, body with me but this ere ol Marier near its bigger waters. He had They kept their pace up the steep side Jane (his rifie) the hull trip to the crossed the lake, on which his party of Cobble hill and down Its far slope Swegache Gol country. ding my bad been camping, and the swamp at and the valley beyond to the shore of pictur ! It seemed as If the wind the east end of it and was soon far the Big creek. ;ere fer to rub it off the ahead of the marauders. A little Im hot nough to sizzle an smoke slate. It were a pesky wind that after daylight, he had picked up the when I tech water, said the scout as fcep me an whistlin In the boy, Jack Irons, at a hunting camp on he waded in, holding his rifle and briers on my face an crackin in his left hand above the my coat- - Big Deer creek, as it was then called, powder-hortails. I were lonesome lonesomern and the two had set out together to creeks surface, a an the cold grabbin holt warn the people in Horse valley, They had a few strokes of swlm- all ends o me so as I had to stop where Jack lived, and to get help for ming at midstream, but managed to an argue bout whar my boundry-- a battle with the savages, keep their powder dry. hnes was located like I were York It will be seen by his words that Mr. state. 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