| Show in the days D s 0 P ric richard had by IRVING BACHELLER ch t howo AMERICA IN THE MAKING in his hl nw now IT irv ng n ila hachler choller in the th uy days of 0 poor itle gov move i hai ham written a sta toy r af A in the th making of the loll 1011 olf I 1 iian its in the day days of un den jami MI I 1 it to ft a tory story wit iti i ubie uble appeal one on la to to r in search arch of entertain the men ini a there to a fascinating love ov y ln in lt it spiced with ad von ani an and d fighting this in tir the 10 gi it anif of jack iron irons a ereman and margart you lr far daughter of an l cot 0 o the other appeal ti to to american who li Is inter the th Y atod n his country a history frn fri is I 1 the dominating char set icar i ahe th tory story and ai AS all rood good am m r n na know knower or should know h vs HI human and loval beyond the measure of most f the great roen men of hie his day and there were wore giants in those days rint not the least of whom wai was frank n the reader teta gets vivid gli 11 alp at historic hiet orlo moments moni enta of oar OUT AraT american rIcan glants washing ton ila hamilton trillion adami adams jefferson Jef fernon god mi i a reit rest ai as well ai as uch such ac lor ors n the drama of nation mak login andre and Don edict arnold it n i a with fine picture of poor R hard in hta his lift loot day days ut u I 1 r 1 ng those homely philosophies hl ith it are es both historic hiat orlo and clel 1 I CHAPTER I 1 the hone horse valley adventure the first time I 1 saw the boy jack iron irons he was about nine years old I 1 was T la in sir Illi william llam johnsons Jolin sona camp of warriors nt at AI at bial jack MRS active fictive and success hi ill in the games beleen b laten lv ten tile red lon bos ind and the mille that the indians coiled urn him boiling water ills lough and fa tireless si arit reminded roe me of a moun 1 l ula bin br bri i eliere was no lad ind near his hiticac age i 0 could run so fast or jump to 10 far ir r st oot eo 60 well mith 4 till the bow or the rifle I 1 carried him on my back to his home hoine he urging me on as if I 1 had bad been a battle horse and etien we were come conie to the bouse house lie rap about tolas doing his chores I 1 helped lira him and our work accomplished we went dom ii to the arter for a swim and to iny amrie 1 I 1 found him a n nell ell taul i ab ile e became friends and till illien ben I 1 ha time I 1 e thou thought glit of him the wor I 1 out hippy happy I 1 la a e have come to me tue it vas ns I 1 think it better nick nnnie nanie than bi il arbot id dot d ing later although there was much I 1 thi a pro propriety n the latter ikney I 1 knew that allut ao III given to labor would ac eop Is oniell I 1 much and when I 1 left him I 1 ch to repeated I 1 I 1 e words my father hd lid flen quoted in my hearing ca a ti oa on a man ia diligent in his aided calling 11 he lie hall shall stand before aln kings d all this gl gi i I 1 e of john irons jr in byj trill arly ku wn as jack irons iron tg Is from froin aued 9 letter of benjamin Fr to his ills f fth till wife seeks nothing further Is recorded of his ills A 0 11 boyhood until about eight years later ay TIM sits as known us as the hor hore e alley f a a laventure Ai ld venture occurred A full account rateb of it 1 fillou as a with due re ard for back no non ground eod and color DWIN WIB it wag was the season 0 the great ae e et afon old said old solomon binkus scout mil and interi reter as be leaned over the arto a cambere ind nicked flicked a coal out of the a d ml ad 19 n e with his forefinger fored nger and twide cd ed t ot of it 1 III to llla ills olpe 1 bowl in the army 1 to lit aa vias known as old solomon 7 not by reason ot of his age tor for it was as only anly about thirty eight hut but as burk of deference those who mho fol ciui I 1 su lowed him ln in the bush hd had a fulth in aull his wisa 1 that wae was childlike I 1 I 1 llad had be re i lid my feet in a pair 0 sli slee cies wall lit 0 stille alle sea a fortnight he be went 10 al 11 a itie ibe dry water were elx six foot on abel the level le Tel er luebbe lore more an some 1 D 33 rf of the up to the re tops top an at nt 1 ich me but this ere ol 01 marler murler taking ia hia 1 rifle he the hull trip to the tile it 1 la country col golf din dins iny about it seemed as if the wind if abe r 4 bryin fer ter to rub it oft off the s ite it were a wind that 0 ell ID 11 effin me an in the om onlest S trier w n mj my uce anc i my coat M if 10 ill H tells idere wre lonesome ticul t mar an the cold crabbin holt or be r 1 ill I ends 0 me so as I 1 bad to stop cris it argue but bout whir wh ir my boondry bound ry th ii rl MCI am was wl located ted like I 1 mere ere lork of the vat cal cats I 1 blood aw an gunpowder eun powder der I 1 I 1 xo ml to u kick an sc to keep keel my part to I 1 inn wall 1 III l toes from om gittin brittle r to 4 at this point bin bines binus us aba oed to kite give his word words a chance tl to carf dial oak lak 11 tile silence which followed fol ma loed ls fk broken only the crack or of buro burn is t tort ta A big u by t art irttie 01 fl ilg 8 and 1 I t the be sound lund of the ight P 1110 bal in the tall pines pe abo above f e the gorce gorge ve 14 acre for mr resumes delaun ies his nar nor flute HI adlich th one might know by the lie tnt of ills hend decd end the t look of 1114 hl wide id to V pa opel right eye would eoon soon hap lliel 1 the historian ella seizes the int ut it lie u lot finisi ing his introduction stitt t I R had been the best u coat scout iq 10 the army it r 1 bettry amherst As a mail small f aa h had ald been aed captured by the S sen n 1500 blo beld held 1 in the tribe a year and te hdldn arli in the french and nany lie had been caught by J loners and tied to A i tree and aa 1 PO 1114 u by h hatchet chet throw cra until res rm IM by it french that captain atan after tte fitly of IndIa had been fater I 1 lit bit w colore colored by prejudice still ablo bl i aft bad 10 been a harpooner harpoon cr la 10 a and nd ln in hit young 0 luan man tt e ot those who had bad escaped acte a at t t fort wit 11 acim lam henry hit 1 I 1 forced tiny ing teen I 1 pen ill I turid tun 1 and opre turned I 1 loie loi e and xit mt tit u n I 1 y lit tit ali mn nei 11 ili nm A lull iril ir il homah 41 autti of thir will it 0 it niti 1111 diw n ani it ni nt rl 11 in lindi rii rs ri I 1 t kh rt annly dirtat iriri 1 S i v of 11 P III 1 fisturis fit turis lint I 1 iiii tit their ni ill rk III m n ills wit alt n I 1 I 1 pr I 1 fit 1 I I 1 ni it lin o 0 rill n i it amk k it nh h v 1 1 in II 11 P t r 1 of cf ills til iff left ear uns tin I 1 11 I 1 i irp re lip it long 1 si 1 IT 1 ua oil I 1 R f rt ilk int tile ip n tit f a II 11 i 1 n I it if f ills rill TUN 1 mirt 1 j 1411 1 1 if tl tit storli 11 if llly 1114 t I 1 ic p f tin I 1 in 1 lint that nun ors n it I 1 fill I 1 biln r tin of I 1 11 i johnal n s nj jal til fiort n nc lie count of if ill in ir IT I 1 annor nn an I 1 01 i ol 01 ir IT tin I 1 lip describes him blin in a I 1 tier to I 1 ne its a ninn man u ali it lit 11 he if 11 I 1 ion it inter I 1 ok if lii ill arp 6 TO inking HIM ain till rill 10 lo it hn 1111 if I 1 that une tone apte e e f mr IT una unx A nil eflin fit n i atle fiille lit lie alir ane as engaged mill lite lie ni n less immor tant fun buntion tion of hillst acry ills 1118 cm c 1 I i n M 1 at luck iron A 1 bk big ind f ae anti en who i ho 11 ed in a 2 flortile reky onte ponte P alft nilles airth went of tort i ort statin St itin lz in tr trin i n coun ty mcw 1 rl rk N now ou in r 1708 they dupre tra blend of a band of indians I 1 lint tnt nn on iff lef TI tip e latter a few dine dais ludd k hill come dmn inac I 1 aki ontario Onti irlo and urt uirt out in alic lie buli buh bu h beta en lie the aalf and the lie new anent in ili ilire re r e tit nil it ity solomon thought thou glit abit ly erp huron since enrel ley py t elal 11 t cn nten tented ted milli the treaty made in I 1 file I andi had ligniti taken the war or pith I 1 ahls his in ln annon non I 1 0 er v vas as a lit ily unell ecta I 1 it i f alty Ity they I 1 a I 1 two the wife and dau daughter gIter of colonel hare flare nho i ho lia ili ill en pt n I 1 ins ing a fe fen anks iks fill dun till an and bli bl i hin fifth regiment at 0 egri the cil alne nel had awn ohp alip e of I 1 Is on a hunting hunt trip 1 in the bush buh h I 1 id d I 1 nd od N 0 duldt 9 with ill them one of whom was S lomon the men had gone out in the THE TWO H 0 alwo SET 10 r 0 9 earli earl enning after noose mooge and ini tin prudently left the lud lad es in camp bhele the latter lind been having returned the lie scout knew lint thit fir in the only possible p of tic ie ladles was indians al at clugh no april ahe I 1 hie loin ten more unexpected lie had diw ered by tte tie agn 1 that it as a dirge and land eist ei siward viard ile II 11 had set nit out ix IM nil nitle I 1 to get alipid f them while aliu e and lila ills otter er guide started fr fir tit tiff f rt vinitus knew e ery ery mile nille of the wilderness and tind canoes hid I 1 1 n near its ilg pr u a it ers he lie b hi I 1 I 1 crossed the tile lake on 1 I ich his ills p pirty airty had been nini pin tin binl I 1 it tie e fi amp nt at the eabe tn ml I 1 of it and ind aras soon far for ahead of the A little after daill g I 1 he hp 1 lad 1141 up tip if tie e boy jad jack ann nl at a huntine lip on tl it en c I 1 ig leer crick en etc 1 IH n s gujt jt to boether ether to and the iao ift had st sit warn worn the eile ile in II 11 abe alpy ley tack fack ald ani I 1 api I 1 elp ip fr a hattle nith th it ie e Il lItLe 1 h tillit sir mr it aill ill tw 1 14 11 1 hi ili of tin m i nail nall n but binkins WHO 04 a 11 inan an q a lin ID lie li is 10 a hl injun 1 I ft ere on ni ru my fer 1 sir I r I 1 i 1 pou wow mow pt t h egbuche aes hes it in fell enri the tile time I 1 sn sit 1 i I 1 I 1 or the tile arett ret moon 0 t thalur he he fond a it liean n al sl 11 S III al at illey find been teen lIi liipa pl D ka li it matli tle tile irien auts ets an speeches the had I 1 I 1 lid d while afore little just a bout out 1 1 e P tin ill 1 us mutch ballerin bel lerin n III chev luk friendship friend hip then had hengli ench that the tile I 1 I 1 head it in their 1 than the tile hatch t a sharper but ut hio I 1 see billat I 1 were r ight drunk I 1 pushed the anns colody asked fer tit tl ill laie nn tin the lilg big into win chief 11 hear ear I 1 lace old nn on eald sald I 1 had hall a 11 letter he n ere the tuk tul roe from if tie e big rather fattier to allm in i chain on 0 him a 1 ehe give it from sir 1111 illel then read ad the tie letter land a an n offered off ercil the tile six SIZ regiment ration atlo to more afi nil em pin a fort en an a 11 trailed trolled lot to A powerful wa a a few w WY but back tt to sir bill marit or mer it to the french I 1 kind oe 0 hiltrut nil some 0 01 them ninny runny miles IP 1 hind us u spec pectin tin to ot n I 1 t 0 plunder an a it lion horse apiece on an rl ie le em back on tin the rive river lit t hp he onto 1 0 tile many islands ell it icko like down don to the trail on tin the tile landa afore sun un TIP rl nn tin I 1 lin lind 0 mistrust well ace see slur lr am k inn mits a son on of the much ro 4 14 it d jhn iron irons from new harop 11 1 iri lin ho in the lie fertile volley alley where I 1 ha li I 1 I 1 kettle settled year years before wn was I 1 rep line how for the army end end send mtv olin UK do down n to sir hir 1 ilidan johnson alno tile IQ alto of his hi forin had find been bulled valley odley mr IT went meat to the near brook lind nil ri I 1 filled lite tile old felt hat with billj water oter and poured pouted it on the fire ore din I 1 nerr neer keep no fire a golo atel I 1 in ili dried out lie whispered as a he h sapid back into the tits dark cave all te e neur kin lin tell the boy was asleep on the bed of 0 I 1 ullis mr IT evered him with ohp I 1 lanett and iny lay down dovin beside him and dreu ills coat oer both HP lie 11 karn that it sin hint if no fun to te le a scout he with a bark iii and in a moment nai uns snoring it ains binck black dark hen he rauol hi companion solomon had been up ten tell minutes and had got their ra lion of trend in nd and dried venison out of his tits puck pack und and brought a canteen of fresh water oter alicy started down the foot of the corge then dim in the night hadow shadows stopped no non and then to Us its ion ten for tio wo or three seconds and went nn on alth ath long stealthy strides iiii ills n ox were ere panther like and the iny toy imitated them lie was mas a tall handsome big framed lad ind with blond hair and hue flue ees they could oon soon ste their way uny clearly ahey 1 hey hurried through sloppy footing in tl if e wet grass gross that flung its dew into their garments from the shoulder do anun n suddenly mr binkus stopped the could hear the sound of heavy feet splashing pl ashing in the wet met meadow sebirt ninoe this way the scout whispered ril bet ye a pint 0 powder on art a flab fishhook hook them in juns Is I 1 over cast east 0 here it mas as his favorite wager that of a pint of powder and a fishhook they came out upon high ground and reached the alley trail just as the sun was as rising the fog had lifted sir BIT flopped stopped well mell away from the trail and listened for some minutes he lie approached it slowly on hia his tiptoes the boy foll following oming in a like manner for a moment the scout stood at the edge of the trail in it lence then leaning low be examined it closely and quickly raised his hand band hoofs 0 the devil I 1 lie whispered us as I 1 e beckoned toabe to be boy see lie went ment on pointing to the ground the i e jest eone gone by the grabig aln aint t riz alt IN alt here he ile follo followed ned the trail a few rod rods M alth fib eyes bent upon it it near a libut latt e run where there wa was soft dirt he be stopped again and looked intently at the earth and anti then hurried back its it a big band at least forty injun in it an some captive captives an the devil and tom alker its a roes mesa which they aint no mistake ira m oft aid roy my folk folks are in dinger sold the I 1 loy oy as he changed color I 1 r abbe I 1 eter boneset Bone ses cordin to the vday ay they ca gc ile e cot got to emm round e em in it an n p plow low etral slit lit through the bush an over cobble bill hill an we 11 ix at cm em easy it n anns as a curious long loose stride ti tie e knee knees never quite straightened tit ened knitli ith blitch the tile scout made his way through cli lie forest it covered ground so 40 sIf ti that the boy buy had now and I 1 then to I 1 I 1 reak into a dog trot in order to n keep along with the old woodsman chev kept their pace up tip the beep steep side of erble hill bill and down its far alope 1 and the lie valley alley beonda to the tile shore oi of the hig creek I 1 in hot to lizzie sizzle are an nuke ke nhen hen I 1 tech water bald said the scout A ai he waded in holding his hi rifle kne pos powder der horn in his hl left hand above th reek treek s surface they hai a few strokes of swim mine at midstream but managed tt its keep their powder dry anoll an ol 01 red snout vent went down like alk a ateon under the ax e TO BE |
