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Show LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHI, UTAH f RUsste Has CHAPTER tinued 8ucdown- sweetheart to escort him. TJTvtir SlTlS If possible and t0 overtake him periL threatening from him at headquarters. arrived had Bere Colin, departure, with He reported that Harry Fayerweather. Patience and cm to capture Colin in-brother were a plot it --Boxbury that night wouldn t Rife a If they get him. I hia life." said Re-for penny topper a. T sent We Commander man to the young order by oral w oui Amos Farnswortn. ue wu i In pursuit Immediately with a squad in Chief had Irr1r.t BtduOt -- ie. Mr. I am not yet your pris- Dorset naa not expected to meet a numfighting men prepared for dead- coraoai. unjy three of them were iuej ber of ij his squad had also ridden arrived at the Dorset A the sun was low. a chaise was at the rapidly. They mansion when young man in "Is that Colin Cabot?" he asked ? . cJ J "Tea, sir." , ' "I am Philip Dorset and 1 bid' you welcome. Perhaps you will like to go with me to meet Miss Fayerweather?" "Thank you, sir. I shall Je glad to go and will follow you In the saddle." the road." "' j Left alone, Coljn dlsmpunied tied his horse to a small pine. sun was down. It was growing Hi ret mare was restless. ana The dusk. her owner had no suspicion of the very Jnnpcent-lookin- g ' trap into which the young had loyalist led him. Dorset had picked up Miss Fayerweather, a quarter of a mile down the road and gone around through the village , to his kome, saying jnothing of the arrival of Colin Cabot. The eyes of unseen men were at that moment Used upon The principals of th. "Whyr below. It in the army. "Washington Is opposed to duels, and IX Gage had gone to the guardaround wbetUn' Wade . T'pea house, I should have been op before Ier " minute which Irishman was as spr, as a cat that His the Commander ln Chief for a breach eyes swore an' my own of discipline and the whole little epiwasn't talkln any too proper which it's sure as sode would be the talk of the army. catan had his hand on my Now nobody need know that there was T shoulder. a duel unless your men go to blabbing. My bor wa as a new minister. There Keep them quiet I did my best te ioi o- - Dackin' up an' Jumpln' save him but that pig brained fool had to be slashed." .ua a nosg pulUn. stunm "He hankered fer it an' I wai glad ue gnowed bow to handle ...uu.eu perreet Ve hear to me to see yon put a leak in hli hide a sight with his left hand which ril have to lie like a child e up la the air en' his right one as Satan ln that report Taint the fust as busy -e oui or a WOOktwber TJmhrt time. I guess it's what the Lord God o Mfses! That would expect o' me. Tve got so many straight sins to be paid for it might as well be cuss swayed an' stepped a urea my eyes. It was a th rowed on the heap." "Well. I guess the Lord likes peace purty thing to see. by G d It was! which there ain't no mistake. and mercy about as well as he likes He truth. I'm not crazy to be a hero and kep that youngster busy stabbln' the air till his lungs was pumpin. Say--did get some fellow hung or writhing unLet's call It a ye ever see a man move when a der the hornet Is takin" a ride on his neck? little row with some drunken loyalist He gits the spur an" he don't whom we met on the road. I'd lie any dally. Te me. son. it ain't no spryer than day to save the honor of a lady or to Colin Cabot when he sprung his bow prevent a lot of unnecessary sufferan' shoved his blade through the right ing." arm o' that lobster an' Came a few momenta of alienee got away. broken only by the creak of saddle nang! went the Britisher's sword on the ground which his shirt leather and the plodding hoofs of their an' breeches were turnln red. He horses. Amos was first to speak. looked at his arm an tumbled over. "If God hears us, I wouldn't wonder if He was laughln' a leetle." . '. Sly boy Jumped for'ard an corded the busted arm with his neck rag. I had , The ren ark cleared the air and both a little pot o' pitch an' some clean captains began to laugh. Amos was bandages In my saddle-bag- . In a few rarely ln a merry mood When it came was like a thunder storm after a minutes we got him patched up snug an' reg lar. Thar's a lot more but I drought" with no sign of restraint won't tell it 'cause It puts my soul In it In. When thar's a dead cat ln danger. "Well, anyhow, I guess Hell be ln the well It's a good Idee to stop nsin' no mood to Bend us to h V said ' ' ; ' the water. Seems so I can never spin coiin. : '';., a good yarn without the help o" the , "If He is, I reckon 'there wont be Lord an' when I git through I need it folks .enough In Heaven ,'Vo keep each more'n ever." other rorn beln', lonesome which X like comp'ny an'. plenty of Thus at the edge of dangerous foot; ,,Ev'ry ing he was wont to stop suddenly. day I pray to have, the flint took .out o' hie an' I pray fer my neighbors an' With due allowance for personal prejuthe hull town, 'cause if the Lord God dice, it was In the main a correct account of the battle. It was. Colin's lets me in I don'r want to be lonesome that rolled him. Amos like I've been on that ol' farm; generosity "I don't think you've any cause to . wanted to take the whole bunch of lobsters to the guard-bousfor the worry." I don't think that an honest man has. any need to tremble and be punishment they deserved. Colin' said to his defeated foe: "I afraid..- - You tackled those raiders like a dud.. You're no coward,".,-- . will take you back to the line and let , . "i can be skeered easy but not when you go home.", ,, I'm riled, which I'm like a roarin' lion Young David Fayerweather stepped an' it's shameful how I act an' talk. forward and offered Colin his hand ' When I'm in a sober, mind J think o saying, "You are' a gentleman, 'sir.' I no have seen better Bwordsman and I the fire o"Hell." That's when I do my tremblin. Fire never felt good to me. am sure there was never a more genBurnt bad when I was young. Got erous victor. I can no longer oppose ' ' ; v ' enough of It"- - ." ; your wish to marry my sister." "In the moment of silence that folColin did not thank him. He was lowed, Colin 'was kughlng under hia in no friendly mood. He' "wiped the Amos sighed and added: breath. from his brow, perspiration saying: "I've'done 'some bactsliain' ln my "You have treated me rather badly. time but never nothin' to eghal this I can forget it You dldd'f know mo. which, Td call it 'uncommon slip .night chance amends. Here Is your to'm'ake Please go now to the Dorsets' and pery.. If ever a man needed the 'healta' y: balm o', God'a mercy.,1 do.". give your sister my love. Bring 1ier Soon Amos found ft sense of relief out on the road to Cambridge ln the in these wordsf the young man: . "You I will meet you near the morning. can't be a saint and go to war. The I must o'clock. Roxbury turn at nine Lord dont expect It How ts a soldier see her, but In view of what has hapto keep the ten commandments?" to cannot I Dorsets. 'the go pened ' . They were in Cambridge and before When does your pass expire?" ihe at, gate general headquarters. The is good until tomorrow at "My pass windows of the old , mansion were sundown." aglow. The guard pacing In front of David Fayerweather promised this It blew his whistle. A hostler came Dorfavor and set out afoot for the from the stables. set house. Colin said to "She is cool. Give The wagon had come for the two her water and him, I shall want ber oats, wounded men. both of whom were In the morning." at eight in Roxbury young loyalists who lived Billy came out of the front door and and were in a sorry state of mind. the young captain said, "We seeing of them to one we are "What say?" was worried about yon, sir. The Gen asked. eral Is In bis office. Said he wanted Colin flung his words at them. "You to see you soon as you got In." sneaks, you crow keepers, you lousy, Colin has not anticipated that he dogs that lick the dirty feet would have to see the General nor did I live land to the true you of a king Be he know of the alarming nature of the in and give us a chance to think better report of Revere and of Its effect on of you." Commander in Chief and Lady the One of the mercenary youths anWashington. to the Join minded are : "We swered They entered the hall. American army, sir. We came here "I shall first go to my room and We two earn to pounds apiece. only wash and change my linen." sir." are poor. We needed the money, General Washington came out of "Well, you're a heap of rubbish but his office. There was a grave look ln Tell them with you. we'll do our best his face. He gave his hand to tbe you got Into a skirmish between the man saying r young British and some Massachusetts men DZ:r:mUr' '""ious U 1L ' 7t, . i- and the armed.. It was no' difficult matter to upset tieir plans. Within a minute "peace' was declared and only one Britisher had ,to be nicked and he got It plenty when he tried to grab mv .saber." The ambushers surrendered and were disarmed. One of Amos' riders was sent to Ward's camp for a wagon to , convey the' wounded men to the wing lospitaL-- ' Colin! said, turning to Harry Gage, "I understand you now. You wish to get me out of your way." "I sought only an adjustment of oui personal affairs, sir," young Gage an swered. "You would have been well tight The says she never fully realised the difference between writ-laand speech until her talklest feminine acquaintance was thrown into a nervous spell by trying to stretch a night letter to the full fifty words. WS - - Jiftsa To-8to- p i , JAj Salt Lake City Directory e fcU SBdlct.) WNO Srv!e. ASSAYERS AND CHEMISTS a, Wkt J Offlc nd laboratory SL, Salt Utk City, Uh. P. O. Tempi Rd frrtct Box 1H-U- Uallinc f smithed ob roquwt. 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'If you must know my reason to prevent the dearest girl f 'J In intended, CHAPTER If I the' world from throwing herself away on a worthless fellow. You were A Duel That Led to Unexpected , to be married tonight and I had to act i .. Difficulties.. , promptly. Jtfy purpose has the apThe , venerable bf her best friends. If you are General ; faaid. In proval b"-w- . tommand of th riirht wA a man you will fight me." bury, had lately met his former He flung his glove in Colin's face. friend, uuierai uage, on the Neck for a confThe answer of the young American erence regarding a proposed exchange ,was in these calmly spoken words: of prisoners. There he had Issued "Your blood is hot and you speak withPasses good for twenty-fou- r hours to out thinking. I ask you to conMing Harry Gage and three of bis sider what may happen to you and Wends to come through the lines on these foolish friends of yours. You day of th Dorset The are in the enemy's country." wedding. young mtn had abused the privi"I care not what may happen," the lege thus accorded him. With the young Britisher answered. "Unless connivance of Phtiin n you are a coward, you will fight me." wy young ; in , Roxbury' loyalists "It is enough," said Colin. '"You -- o urea ro aid him In the wild adhave your fight Amos, build a shall venture he had planned. In the road and have these fire good Impatiently Colin waited. The dusk men guarded. I reckon they'll all M turning into darkness.' He filled want to the see the show. We'll fight m Pipe and opened his box of flint with our swords." 2L .nder" While 8trlkin fllnt The old pioneer quickly gathered a fell into m. ia, t. heap of twigs and dry sticks and soon w like a pebble dropping on the there was an island of light flaring ce 01 a PnJ- Suddenly the upward and outward. on 1 Lv,wler wa8 8tIrrins- - wy thls Colin drew his blade. It had been The suspicion was founded on Z the grand prize in a long tournament j report of his eyes or ears, although "Choose your second, sir. and let's Z l ,eard a loud n- - far h In get through with this. Mine will be d,Jike that of som drunken Captain Farnsworth." tn1, ln that wi,d and that you are patriots." Cry his ear hA r! "And mine will be David Fayercaught a note that alarmed him. The wagon drove away with the said Gage. e checked his effort to light the weather," wounded boys and their uninjured not recogIn gloom Colin had U P Colin and Amos escorted comrade. " nd the box In his nized the sweetheart. his of Ept brother the and his friend to the line Gage the with Harry line The men gathered in a mended the cut saddle e 7 eii t"erng triumphant contestants between them and the fire. and, having for camp. out set Farnsworth. their off He took girth, had heard Colin and Harry Gage inwk' the end of the close together they began Riding wrestling coats and rolled up their right sleeves the events of the evening. Was the meaning of It? to discuss WasiJ to the elbow. Amos told of the command from genWhir8 ,n,troun'' Colin answered "Our wager will be the girl," said eral headquarters that he ride down Gage. road to Roxbury with three armed the but HsL"m i e a tnimPet blast.! "The girl should be consulted, and overtake Captain Cabot If t0 men Cen mont hls mare and If yon beat me I will agree to recomand failing In that to look for DorsetsV He went to t,6 saddle mend you." Colin answered. "I would possible the Dorsets' and bring him at him girth was hang-- ' be unworthy of her." log Cambridge. , These were his to back " .had been ut; Aiman Kennort Amos had a pistol In each hand. : words fcrnra-nlmord In hand, ajln; had He was in a bad temper. He gave "'You are my "I knowed that news o' danger It this Impolite warning to the prisoners: prisoner." fte o! rode fast 'Bout a mile We of Harrv In. come o' me "From now on you lobsters have got Poll ?.,them no ,dle "change to behave purty. You grab hold o' up the road I let a yell outI heered which dead the wake me enough to of3lL C'yilitIes-ew his Neck an' I one 'nother an hang on. If ye git an answer down near the ftKa1 e vexed any more, ye'll be sorry." 1e 0f h,.P t01, backln was mare It you." knowed with have The advice of Amos was given In two minutes they wouid -awisr.i!?.'h,Hited- "Takc an- - slight regard for privacy. It was There's Colin. said me helpless," had BeIaw m ' uWi" you" brief nnd unclnssical: nolelling what would have happened. s surround-- e a hole in tnat H In ,ho "? ,,hat he ram see to on the want ye "I I should probably be a prisoner kenlnK conoom he could the m In the har- which lies skunk's kitten as soon as it's Somerset British venient an proper." him and been cut by Id br..n.rd- - N"w they stood still. knew why- - The ,en CHAPTERS of m SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING concentraton had so Barroed hi Colin Cabof, roMi JTW"! lo" J month of July. ,775 hi not h.,. , !?nscl0"snpss that he rf , ,u h fcj., At Btn. h. th. M,lu! tbe Cmbrid... hi. ,h?R.voluy..onnr, r .t to in th? hoors Kal,P,nK .rm, .d-bbid. rt,h'HP.'trn. "ear were praehiM 1i31yutilities had Si a, al . good-nature- . The Principals Advanced Fight Began. spec-lmen- it Ik f on Elvea- - and the fisht began. Thirty thousand mounted bird comprising perhaps the fin- est existing private collection f North American birds, have been gives to the museum of comparative zoology at Harvard by !U owner and collector, John Eliot TMyer, nlmeelf a Harvard alumnus. In addition to the S0.000 skins, the collection coa-tains also many thousands of nests and eggs. The Thayer w!!etltn brings to Harvard a nurulter of priceless specimens of birds n w extinct, Including the Labrador duck, the pna- senger pigeon and the Kskirao curlew. There are also ten eggs of tbe great auk, extinct since 1845, and eev-erCalifornia condor eggs, The California condorJa,joi' exrmck bet Is exceedingly rare; and Us eggs are rarer still, for the birds lays only one In two years. By NINA WILCOX ?UTNAM . door. V young Dorset halted. 'It Is possible that she will come up this trail," he sAId. "I suggest that you wait here while I go to.see Jf she Is with their j r road to Roxbury. He yelled like a panther at cattle, teams, or pedestrians ahead, scaring women Into hysterics and leaving a wake of wonder and alarm In the receding narrow, winding village. Captain Cabot) followed ihe chaise. They proceeded a mile er so toward the Neck and 1 came, ln'tp a tretcn of thick timber. At a trail going down through the wooded land toward the Neck, used by pedestrians, u m?-- broad-shoulder- house and give him It was Colin dismissed his escort. He gave the boys money for refreshments and they rode on to find the Ion at the - The conspirators were Drenanvi ,.r,i. for the overpowering of Colin Cabot warning and aid if necessary. the kind of errand that Amos enjoyed. Hia arm was no longer In a sling. Mounted on his tough roan horse he d th others at top speed over the countryside. Colin and " "danced oner.' "Not by a 4- -4 glKht- - The words an uui uj iue voice of Amos Farnswortn. He and his men had ridden uown me slope. In a Jiffy they were Off their horses "that had enough to do to Stan' still and breathe." Amos iiu uib men wun drawn sabers "piled him If possible, of Colin and overtake was to look for him he in that railing e TK ntTJ; Half werespurrins their men Ccpjrricht "V a - JlfriUClih IrvinglMtBacheller kj warm and at Roxbury. came hia good time to make 2KJfl am g the Neck. I cnppoe that Gage and Dava Fayerweather had crg&nited a raid across the Una to start a a signal Taey hin enough to do it without the knowledge of General Gaga. ; Your coming as yea did broke the pretty Plan. We got then and we had to get them off our hands. Harry Gage would have been an embarrassing piece of property." ' Great Bird Collection Given Harvard Museum "WITTY KITTY H Br Harry T "Captain, we have been deeply con cerned for your safety. Come into my office and tell me what has happened." "I apologize for my appearance," said the captain. It was a timely remark. His face and linen, wet with perspiration when he set out from Roxbury, were now smeared with dust His hair waa matted. "It is all a part of tbe story. Let me hear It" Those penetrating, blue-graeyes bad been surveying him. They were now looking Into his. He could not lie to this man. Those eyes seemed to make It impossible. He must tell the whole truth and be done with it Lady Washington entered the room exclaiming "Mercy on us I" She looked at him and went to his side and having brushed bis forehead with her handkerchief kissed It, saying, "My boy, I am glad you were not captured. I have been sitting up late and praying for good news of you. I told Billy to call me If you came be- ore midnight What has happened to you?" She sat down and Colin told the rtory of the ambush and without neglecting Its romantic background. He told of the timely arrival of Captain Farnsworth and hia men. of the duel and its wager and of all that was said and done to his foes. 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