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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHI. UTAH The Master of Chaos By Irving Bacheller CcprrLrM ltll, b trrlcc WNU Barrio vividly the young man to whom it related and for whom she still enter-talce- d a feeling of gratitude and obligation. She put the letter In another envelope, r?addrested it and returned Bacanr CHAPTER VIII Continued it to Its place in the saddle-ba;- . 12 To ttold a recurrence of the quarrel and the hero worshipers, who were Bow thronging in. Colin left the room He and went to bla bed had found new light on the delays in above-stair- s. congress. A faction hostile to the Commander in Chief was, evidently, trying to discourage him and force Bla resignation or create a popular demand for it The young man had a prevision of a long and difficult struggle ahead against two enemies a determined foe and a divided people. He went to sleep afflicted with thoughts and regrets aa dark as the gloom that covered him. The next morning at daylight he was on his way to New London. Meanwhile, a bit of curious weaving on the fabric of our history was being done In Cambridge. That morning of Colln'a departure Lady Washington la ber working grlsette waited for Nancy in the library. The young lady breezed In as Innocently as the soft couth wind coming through the open windows and embraced the good woman. "My dear, I was worried," said Mrs. Washington. "An hour ago I heard of that robber on the west road. So I ent a fast rider to And you." "Thanks. You are like a dear moth- er to me." Her smiled. Mrs. Washington needles were working rapidly, as she aid, "My child, I have never known girl so much in need of a mother. While you are here I am going to look ou are a foolish child. after you. Life is not all confectionery. You most forget your beauty and put on plain clothes and go to work or go borne. This Is no place for play." Nancy smiled. She was wont to mile at all the Icy precepts. She felt sense of relief when Mrs. Washington arose and bade her go to her tasks. Joslah Stark, who had been one of the most skillful and trusted men in the secret service of Washington, was then In the hospital lie had received a alight wound In making his return to the army. Nancy Woodbrldge had won his heart He had told her in confidence that he was soon going to Canada an Imprudence caused wholly That by her remarkable Influence. Bight when she went to her room she wrote this letter: "Dear Pat: I have delivered your letter to Colin Cabot and am here with my brother. We have both enlisted. He Is In the army and I am In the hospital I am as unhappy as I can be and, dear friend, I must tell you why. I was at the beautiful dinner and dance at general headquarters to celebrate the Evacuation. Colin took me to dinner and then danced with tne. I would not tell you of all the sweet things that he whispered In my ear, and, when we went out to look at the stars and cool off a little after our exertions, he held me and kissed my lips and said that I was irrealstlble.' Your idol is like all the other men, my dear. I think that you ahould try to be as happy as he Is. I wonder if any man Is worthy of you. What are girls like you and me to do? s and old Shall we become maids T No, we will marry, but let us Dot be deceived by the notion that a man can be an angel, y "My dear, does this letter give you pain J I write it because I think it better that your heart should ache a little now than be broken later. "I ana sending this to British army headquarters, in care of General Howe, It will be mailed somewhere in Canada. This is from . 'Tour devoted friend, j1 ' . "Nancy." A few days later the rugged young Joslah Stark set out for Fort Tlcon-derog- a with Nancy's letter in one of his saddle bugs. The girl bad praised and flattered him for no other reason than ber need of his help. He had traded horses with young Israel Sapp, who bad ome down from Skenes-borougto the army on Colln'a solicitation In the last autumn. lie had ridden a tireless black gelding which he had bought from Mrs. Rowlby. Stark needed a tough horse' used to mountain travel. The one he owned waa worn. So he gave Sapp a horse and a good sum of money for the gelding. One day in northern Massachusetts, Stark dismounted to enter a store for food. As had been his custom, he left the horse standing In front of the tore, ne had always stood without hitching. The., animal having come to familiar country, immediately set out on a lonely road for his T)d home. Stark went on afoot following his tracks and hoping to overtake him. The horse had spent three years of hla life in Mrs. Bowlby'a stable. That Bight, awakened by his tramping and whinnying around the house, she arose, lighted her lantern and went where she found the riderless animal She tbok hint to the stable, removed the saddle and bags, tied him in a stall and gave him food and water. In the darkness she failed to recognize the horse. She brought the bags Into the house wondering what could have happened to the absent rider. In one of the ' bags she found Nancy's letter." Think-In- g that it would give a clue to the Identity of the horse's owner, she opened and read the letter which Nancy had written to her friend in Canada, She was naturally astonished by tt contents, for she remembered man-hater- h rs CHAPTER IX The Army Moves and Colonel C-Feels the "War Tide." On the fifth of April Colin returned to the big bouse in Cambridge. MaJ. Gen. Charlea Lee was with Washington, talking loudly as he was wont to do. A military hero with a title from congress, Lee was a bot self-mad- e tousled, shabby-lookinEnglishman of high pretension and bad manners. He bad lived for a time among the Mohawks, one of whose maidens became his wife a matter now forgotten. He was tall and scrawny, with restless eyes and a huge aquiline nose. The resounding promises of this Eumade with a thumping ropean cast-offist, his Impassioned review of his own career in Portugal and Poland, bis claim that it had won the friendship of Frederick the Great, had naturally Impressed the Sim Bottses In congress. He dealt in their kind of talk. They knew that he must be a great man. They listened and crowned him with the highest honor in their gift and sent htm to Washington. His rank gave him some excuse for talking loudly. He was sounding brass and a tinkling g f, cymbal There were two people at general headquarters who distrusted this man. 'rf ff T M L .?-- Lee Was a Tousled, Shabby-LookinEnglishman of High Pretension and Bad Manners. g They were Martha Washington and Colin Cabot, who had found It difficult to conceal their aversion. While Colin was waiting for the major general to finish his oration, the Lady Washington came and beckoned to him. He followed her to the library. She had an Indignant look. "That horrid man I He ought to be catching rats or currying horses," the Lady began as they sat down. "The General and I have almost quarreled about htm. My lord and master smiles g and says: 'Oh, he Is an honest, man and, let us hope, a good soldier. He has a fickle and violent temper but we can bear with that.' Did you find good quarters for us on the way to New York?" ."The best. The roads will be heavy and bad, but you will be comfortable at night- "You are to ride with me and Captain Farnsworth with, a troop of your cavalry to escort us. The General must head the line. We shall have a rider In the escort for that fine mare of yours. Nancy will, I hope, stay at home, whither she and her brother have gone with furloughs." She began her knitting with a sober "She and determined look, adding: is a rich man's daughter and thoroughA rag doll would be of ly spoiled. more use In the hospital She Is an Idler dreaming of love and confectionery." She gave her yarn a violent pull. "Often I have thought of that robber on the road," he said with a smile. She looked Into the young man's eyes and laughed, saying: "The robber was arrested. I reckon you know why." "No." "Stop. Don't He to me," she answered with a smile. "Now go on to your work." Colin made his report to the Chief, who considerately said : "You are weary with hard riding. You shall have the day for rest" The young man found his friend Amos Farnsworth sitting In front of his lodge with his men cleaning arms. They shook hands. With the drooping took of a sick dog Amos called Colin aside. "Alas!" he exclaimed. "I ain't awful healthy." Ills voice trembled a little. "What's the trouble V "Satan has floored me. He Is In my bone an marrer. I'm mired In sin which my hope Is In the everlastin' arms." Amos was always frank as to his spiritual condition, but curiously he would never quite admit his physical ills. To say that he was not feeling "awful healthy" was going far for him. Colin smiled, saying: "In this case I think that medicine would he better than prayer. I'll send you the address of a good physician." The guns were hauled to the ships. Tents and stores were packed and Gons and bayonets were polished. The bugles sounded and the army began its march. Ahead, the blUa shone with its weapons glistening in the sunlight Everywhere in tie line the suck of mud, the splash of black water, the shouts of wagoners, the sound of iron tires slamming over rocks ! It was a alow toilsome journey with many baits. The roads, rough at best, thawed by rain, were here and there a mire of mud. Riding a coach beConcame a coutest of endurance. versation was limited to exclamations. As the day wore on the young man discovered in the good woman of Virginia an unsuspected capacity for He wrote to a friend that her opinion of New England was distinctly unfavorable. One Incident of the Journey throws a light on the human quality of the Commander in Chief. He was a splendid figure sitting on his white charger at the head of the troops. As they were passing through a targe town, with hands playing in the line and the crowd cheering on either side of the way, he saw a little girl run out in front of his horse and march along with a small banner trailing from her shoulder. The child amused him and he ordered a halt, while a man, obeying his request, put her on the saddle in front of the GeneraL She rode with him to the tavern where the staff had their dinner and the men broke ranks for rest and refreshment A trooper rode back with the child to find her parents. The army arrived In New York on the fourteenth of April Much of the baggage and all sick and footsore men bad been shipped by boat from points along the shore road. The force had been weakened by detachments sent to Canada. The stores were low and there was great need of tents and Two thousand of the men clothing. In line were without arms. The first act of General Washington was a requisition on New York, Connecticut and New Jersey for thirteen thousand five hundred militia. They came pouring In by the thousand-stro- ng, patriotic men of little training and no experience in the bloody give and take of battle. Strong detachments under Generals Putnam and Sullivan were posted on a fortified line In Brooklyn from East river to Gowan's cove behind a range of wooded hills. A line of defense was established from New Rochelle to East Westchester. In these positions the training of raw recruits began. A little above Its business section York island was then a place of fruitful fields and gardens with many white houses on either side of the rough road going north. Colin notes in his diary that he entered a billiard room one evening and saw two colonels playing In their socks, one of whom was often saying "d n my eyes!" The Incoming host had given to the thriving island town an atmosphere of wild rusticity. Colonel Cabot's regiment was encamped near "The Tea Water Pump" above the City hall. Put to the task of securing lead, they overturned the statue of King George ni on the Battery, In which they found a large quantity of the desired metal They took more from the roofs of many profane friends of the king, New York being a hotbed of loyallsm. Shouting officers were In every open space busy with the training. There was little time for this task. Colin was engaged with squads of militia when he was summoned to report to General Wash ington for special duty. There had been secret advice of a loyalist plot to kidnap the Commander In Chief. For a time the sturdy young man was put to work at general headquarters. then at 180 Pearl street. A strong guard of picked men was soon on duty In and around the place. Captain Farnsworth and some of his best troopers surrounded the Chief when he traveled. Such, briefly, was the posture of things on and around York Island be fore the British arrived. The day after Colin began his work at headquarters many of the best peo ple on the Island came to drink tea with General and Mrs. Washington. At this function the young man met a crowd of ladies and gentlemen whose names he could not remember. The next day he received a polite letter from the Baroness de RIedesel mother of a general In the British army who lived In the fashionable section of Pearl street, inviting him to supper at eight o'clock on a near date. He showed this to the Commander In loaded on heavy wagons. n. Chief, who said: "I wonder a little at this. Her son Is an oflicer In the British army. She Is a lender of the loyalist women In this Tryonlzed city. She is rich, re spected and Influential. She has eaten the king's salt. I think that I would accept the invitation. They know thRt you are close to me and what their purpose may be we can only imagine. She may have something to say that will Interest us." The night of the supper Mrs. Wash ington missed the young man, who was wont to go to their room at eight o'clock for beer, cheese, toasted bread and cold meat The General told his wife of the In vitation. "Good land!" she exclaimed. "1 hope that you advised him not to go," "No. I advised him to go." "Oh, you men I Mark my word. It's a plot of some kind." , The great man was only amused by the suspicion of his wife, who was often warning him of Imagined dan gers. baroness "I happen to know that-th- e Is a sister of Mrs. Woodbrldge," said t,ady Washington. "It Is a creditable circumstance." "And I think that 1 can see the cun- nlr.g hand of Nancy In all this," said room. Mrs. Washington sa At frft the uniAt that Louse Colin In his best the at bell the rung had form already front door of the Kiedeel mansion sad been adn.;tied by the smart English butler In Uvery. The Iimnes de Riede&el a handsome woman about fifty years of age. him in richly gowned, sat waiting for a parlor. She received the young man graciousiy, faying: "You are kind to come to our little of party. There will be three supir as and one whom I think yon will be surprised and pleased to meet again." "You are generous." said Colin with a smile. "You honor me with an invitation to your home and you add to it the delight of a mystery." susForgive me If I hold you in Is it sure I am that a pense moiuent one whom you will be glad to see." A vision of Pat came to him. Had she somehow got to New York? "My curiosity is so piqued that more delay would be cruel," he said. "What a blessing is youth!" the baroness exclaimed as she drew a velvet portiere behind which Nancy Woodhridge had been concealed. "Beauty is the greatest blessing of youth," Colin answered as he looked at her. Nancy stood smiling, in a gown of blue silk cunningly fashioned to display her charms. A heavy chain of old wrought gold hung upon her neck. There was enchantment in the look of her. He could not help feeling it The gallant young colonel was in the midst of a curious comedy in which his part was made for him. At first amazed, he knew not quite what to do. Nancy tripped toward him saying: I do not "You dear old thing! wonder that you are paralyzed." She came offering her red Hps to He embraced and kissed her. him. Standing close against him and looking Into his eyes, she put the loop of gold around his neck and laughed merrily as she bowed. "Let me look at this wonderful chain," he said as he ungyved himself. "It Is most becoming. I could almost believe that your beautiful hair was swamp a few miles cane was saved. OLD AND KEW IN FIGHTON LOCUSTS But listen Methods And, Strangely, Both Proved Effective. conThe ancient and the modern East side in side by flourish tinue to more striking Africa, but perhaps no obserplatitudinous of that example Intwo than vation was ever given recently. in Kenya cidents of a A few davs ago the manager Nairobi near estate large sugar afterrushed into town late in the that directors the informed noon and a vast swarm of locusts had settled in the sugar cane. Thousands of pounds were at stake. desTwo directors made a quick, the only perate decision. Realizing s warm they hope was to disturb the and d airplane hired a hurried in it to the estate. low over the The machine cane, but there was not a single sign of locusts. Turning they Hew a few feet from the ground with all three engines roaring. a Suddenly the locusts rose in into shot machine 'Hie cloud. dense the sky and maneuvered over the swarm, which slowly moved to a three-engine- awav.,.. farmer A ! in the Hr Bridge district, Kenya, who by perate efforts had managed to . his maize during the past w while all the crops around himw been cleaned up, was in deswj! when he saw a large swarm T proaching. Having done everything he cobj, he finally remembered that one of his nativ employees was suspects of Iteing a witch-doctoHe Invoked this man's help. Th wizard, an elderly native clad skins, and wearing the usual chanm associated with the craft, pUn.ej maize 6talk from the center of th healthiest part of the crop and glow, ly walked round and through th maize, using the stalk as a wand and muttering. The swarm descended and tin farmer cursed the witchdoctor, but the latter said "Wait and see."' The fact is that the swarm destroyed a small patch of inferior maize but left the large area of healthy crop untouched. The government of course, does not adopt either method. Its experts put poisoned bran bait on the ground, knowing that the greedy millions of young insects will feed on it and die. Montreal Familj Herald. " r. NOW! EASE A SORE THROAT INSTANTLY Feel Rawness, Irritation, Go At Once These P'cfurei Tell You Whaf To Do woven Into It" Lady Howe, wife of the British admiral entered the room and Colin was presented to her. Nancy led the young man to a remote corner of the room and whispered: "Do not mind my affectionate familiarity. She hates rebels and I have had to He like a trooper to get her to invite you here. It was necessary. You will see why. Later I will tell you my story." The butler announced that supper was served. The young colonel gave his arm to the hostess and sat between her and Nancy at the small table In a dining room fashioned for generous hospitality. Old Madeira was poured. The Madame Riedesel lifted her glass to Colin, saying: "I hope to see you often at my table. My niece will spend the summer with me." "Your niece!" "Dear child ! Nancy's mother is my sister." "I did not know it and I hasten to congratulate both of you." He drank the toast but after that was discreet with the wine for fear of losing his mental balance. "Nancy had not told me," said Colin. "She Is never Inclined to boast" "I suppose that you have no time for trivial details when you are together," the baroness remarked. "I do not wonder that you attract each other." The talk consisted largely of "the Infinite flatteries that follow youth" and of the dissipations of the fashionable folk on York Island. No word of war or politics was spoken. The conversational steps were as cautious as those of one walking a tightrope. The ladles drank freely and chlded the young man for his temperance. "Dear boy, this wine has been lying many years in my cellar," said the r baroness. "Are you a Puritan?" "Don't misjudge me because I live near the town pump," Colin answered. "'Water for horses,' Is a saying In my regiment. The truth is, I get so much stimulation In the company of beautiful women that I have little need of wine." "Well done!" the baroness ex claimed. "I was going to offer you milk but now I could not do It" The ladles were In a cheerful mood when the supper ended. The butler brought tobacco and a small, slender, pipe for the baroness. He put down a golden snuff-bofor the Lady Howe. "You young ones may now leave us. I have not the heart to detain you" said the baroness. "Nancy will be able to find an Elysium to your liking. We old women must be content with the mild dissipation of cognac GARGLE Mouth, Allow Gargle to Remain on Membranes of the Your Head Wag Back, Allowing a Little to Trickle Down Your Throat. Remember On Throat for Pro- longed Effect. 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The young couple arose, Colin bravely playing his part with these gallant words: "Madame, with the light of youth In your eyes and faces, you misplace yourselves." There was a note of mystery in alt this only partly penetrated by the shrewd intelligence of the young man. He left the room with no lack of con fidence In himself. He was mvsti- fled at Nancy here among the friends of the king. What was her story? They sat down together on a sofa In remote room, ue looked first at the crystal candelabra, the carved oak, the tapestry, the hangings, the Illumined picture of a nude woman on the wall before them. There was notnmg UKe this grandeur n the houses of Boston. He looked at the shapely form, and beautiful head and necK ana snouiaers at his side. But he held Pat in his mind. "Have you kept my little token r she asked. (TO BB OONTUnjID.) HOTEL - " a n TEMPLE SQUARE ft h ara aafwarava W"HM" prea.pt. fyY?T 7 r. n O. araofclya. 200 TUe Baths 200 Rooms Vaac ! 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