Show e caps of richard aa V NING t llna 4 copyright Opy right by irving bachelle IE ICA IN THE MAKING jig g bacheller Bac heUer in III his now iain in tho the days daya of poor I 1 has written a story atory 0 af h in the malting making ot of tile tho 0 states in III tile tho days of uen den franklin it Is a story double appeal ono one la Is to dor in search 0 of entertain enter t aiace thero la is it fascinating rs I 1 oty ory in it t spiced wit with ii ad ur and fighting thill Is the citing of jack jacic irons a roli ersman find and margaret lie ho daughter of an english sli i tile tho other appeal I 1 Is to d american who Is inter in n his count rys history in n Is tile the dominating chart the story and as fill all good ins as know or should know as human engaging tind and beyond the measure mease re of the great men of lit his s day ere or 0 were giants in those ot 1 the least of whom was in n tho the reader gets vivid s at historic moments of plants giants washing arn liton adams jefferson rest as well cis as fluch auch ac the drama of nation mak indre and benedict arnald s i with a fine picture of chard in his last days ut those homely philosophies s are both historic und and CHAPTER I 1 I 1 lorse horse valley adventure it time I 1 saw the boy jack was ans about nine years old I 1 r william Jolin iob sons camp of nt t mohawk warriors at alii alek ek was so active and success games ames be between tile the red boys litte that the ifie indians called ling ig water ella eils laugh and atrit alt reminded nip me of a moun k there wits wag no lad near ito 0 could run so fast or jump r shoot so well with tile the how I 1 I 1 carried him on my back inc 0 lie ho urging me on as if I 1 a batt battle e horse and when we to to tile the house lie ran about s chores I 1 helped him and ace we went down iver ir for a swim and to my I 1 found him a well taught became became friends and always ave e thought of him the words ace s have come to me it was a better nickname than boll pr although there was much in a the latter I 1 knew ikney that gy given to labor would ae ac audi uch and when I 1 left him I 1 the ie words which my father n quoted in my hearing bearing t thou hou a man diligent in his ile stand before kings dimpse apse ipse of john irons jr fa known awn as jack irons Is from of benjamin franklin to his g further Is recorded of his until til about eight years later s knoer as tile the Il horse lorse valley roll occurred A full account 3 with due regard for bae back kows ind color i as the season ol 01 0 tho the great ald old solomon binkus scout rp iter roter as lie he leaned over the and d flicked a coat coal out of the tit ills his forefinger and twiddled ills 3 alpe bowl in the army known as old solomon not t by reason of his age for only about thirty eight but as of deference ference lc those who fol I 1 in n tho the bush had a faith in that was childlike 1 I had beet in a pair W 0 sieves walkin 0 sea iea a fortnight lie ho went dry ry water were six toot foot on er debbe more an some 0 s up IP to the treetops tree tops an noie it me but this ere ol 01 marler II arler crifie me the hull bull trip to the e country got gol ding my alt seemed its as it if the wind f bryin i for fer to rub it off the i were ere a pesky v wind that cuan roe inc an in the on my face an cr cracken crack ackin ln my coat k were re lonesome lonesome loneso mern tn ofir in an the cold gr crabbin grabb abbin ln holt id I 1 1 s 0 I 1 me zo so as aa I 1 had to stop e bout whar my boondry located like alko I 1 were york 7 n ts blood an guntow gunpowder deal I 1 1 ni 1 ck an scratch to keep my iny nl toes s from gittin brittle 11 abis point solomon binkus ove ve his hi words swords a chance to il 1 the he silence which followed wits was broken only by the crack of burning maggots faggots and tile sound of the night wind in tile the tall pines above the gorge leforc mr air bankus resumes lils lila narrative which mitch one might know by the tilt of ills head and tins the look of tits ills wide open right eye would soon boon imp poll pen the the opp or of finishing tits introduction lie ilo ila lind been the los scout tit in the army of sir jeffrey jeffroy amherst As it small boy lio lie lind been cultura cup turA d by the son sen cens tilt and held in the lie tribe talho a year and two months kerly lit in the french brench anti indian war lie lind ben been caught if ly and tied lied to it tree arco wid tortured by hatchet th throwers rowers until res cheo by a french captain after tant ills his opinion of Indi lind been probably it bit colored by pl prejudice still later inter lie lind had been n harpooner lur in n wainlo bout boat and in III lita doting yoting hood one of those who lind had esen escaped lud tile the infamous massacre nt fort wll wil ilant when english forces havins having boon been and were turned loose and set upon by the sav briges ilo ile was it brawny Ir awny broad shouldered mail of alir thir ty eight with it nose and n prominent chin clien underscored by n short sanity sandy throat beird beard some of the nd ventures lind had put their murk mark upon tits lila weathered face shaven generally a week above tile chin tile top of ills his left car wits missing there wits a long scar tits ills fo bhend these were like the notches on oil tile stock of ills rifle they wore were a sign of the alie stories or of adventure to ile be found lit in that hint wary binan of ills his johnson enjoyed tits ills reports on nc count of their humor ani color and lie he describes him blin in n letter to alit liala us as n man alio ito when lie ismach Is much interested looks ns as if lip ho were alm tit ills rifle to sonis some it seemed that one eye of mr bink bankus its wits ans often ironwing Irn wing conclusions the other was engaged with the no less important function of discovery ills companion ans young jack irons a big ind it of seven seventeen teon who lived in a fertile valley some fifty miles northwest of fort stanwix in III tryon county new york now in september 1708 they flioy were traveling attend of a band of lindlang bent on mischief the latter hitter n few days before bad come town down ontario and were out in the ilie bush somewhere between the lake inke THE TWO H AD sar sa r our ra G at H 6 and the new settlement settle I 1 in n valley solomon thought that they were probably durons since they being discontented with the treaty made by the french had again taken the war path this invasion however lio wever was a wholly unexpected bit of audacity they had two captives th the wife tind and daughter of colonel hare flare who hal ha I 1 been spending a few weeks with major duncan tind tits his fifty fifth regiment at oswego the colonel had taken these ladles ladies of ills family on a hunting trip in the bush they lind had had two guides with them one of whom was solomon binkus the men lind had gone out in the early evening after moose and imprudently left tile the indies in camp where the latter had been captured returned the scout know knew that the only possible explanation for tile absence of the ladies indies was indians although no peril eold could have been more unexpected ile he had discovered ly by the sign that it was a large band traveling eastwards lie ild had set out by night to got get ahead of them while ilare and his other guld started for the fort fori binkus knew every rolle mile of tile the w wilderness ild erness und and had canoes hidden near its bigger waters he had crossed the lake on which his party had been camping and the swamp at the east cast end of it and was soon far ahead of the marauders A little after daylight he be had find picked up the boy jack irons at a hunting camp on big deer creek as it was then called and the two had bad set out ont together to warn the people in horse valley where jack lived and to get help for a battle with the 06 savages it will be seen by his words that mr air binkus was a man of imagination but ngali he Is talking 1 I were on my way to a big injun powwow pow wow at Swe guche ter for sir bill ayes it were in febuary february the time ol 01 0 the great moon 0 the ikird enaw snow I 1 found a heap 0 at mohawks Mo hawks Sonok ys Onan dogs nn an at al bonks they had been presents tin nil speeches spec elies with tho the french just a little while afore they had had it belleran bollor ln tn match with us its bout love fin nna friendship then sud delillo they tuk it in their heads that tile ler french ellch had n sharper hatchet than linn the Elt igil I 1 wore were but alen I 1 seo see that they avns nobody drunk I 1 pushed right into the lie bly big village tin nn asked for the alie old Sen celcy chief bear trac face knowin lio lie were sin an sald said I 1 tin lind it letter from froin the big Pat lier they tuk nio me to 1 I give him ailin it chain 0 pum nn an alin rend read the letter hotter from sir bill it offered ed the six nations more land an nna a fort forr tin mi it 11 regiment to defend elli ein A powerful lot 0 iejung trailed buck back to sir mil but pliny was a few went lit over to the french I 1 kind 0 1111 mistrust steust sonic some 0 runny behind us its spec tIn to kit git it lot 0 plunder tin nn it horse illece nn all alde eni em buck back tin nn saini tho the river tit lit the place 0 the ninny nitina islands well poke down to ohp trull trall on the edge 0 the drown ded lindi afore sun rise nn an I 1 kind 0 mistrust well see sign jick anck irons wits a n son of cf the much respected john irons from new alamp shire who in the fertile volley valley where lie lind had settled some bears yours before was breeding horses forthe for alio army and send ing thom them down to sir Will fain johnson Jo linson llopez tit the site of tits his farm lind had been ca called V horse valley nir mr bichus went to the near brook and repeatedly filled tits ills old felt hat with water and poured it on tho fire dont nover never beep no tire fire ii coln alter im tried dried out lie ho whispered as ito ho stopped stepped buck back into the tha dark cave 11 cause ye never kin tell tel tile boy was on the bod bed of houghs boughs mr binkus covered him with the blanket and iny down beside film and drow darcw lilg hig coat of r both hell lenin learn that it nent no nn fun to be n R scout lie ho whispered vIiI wah a yawn and in a was snoring it was block daik when lie ho roum roused its his companion solomon ij had been up for ten minutes and lind lad got ti leir rations of bread and dried venison out of tits ills pack and brought a canteen of fresh water they started down tile the foot of the gorge then dim in the night shadows bankus stopped now and then to listen for two or three seconds and went on with long stealthy str strides ldes ills movements were panther like and the boy imitated them lie wn offs s a wit tall handsome big framed lad with blond hair and blue eyes they could soon see their way clearly they hurried through sloppy footing in tile the wet grass that lung flung its ita dew into their garments from the shoulder down suddenly mr binkus stopped they could hear the sound of heavy feet splashing in the ithe wet vet meadow moose this tile the scout whispered ill bet yo ye a pint ol 01 0 powder an a fishhook them in juns Is over east 0 here it was tits his favorite wager that of a pint of powder and a fish ll book they came out upon high ground and readied reached the valley trail just as the sun was rising the fog had lifted mr binkus stopped well away from the trail and listened for some minutes ite ile approached it slowly on tits his tiptoes tiptoed tip toes the boy following in a like manner for it a moment the scout stood at the edge of tho the trail in silence then leaning low lie he examined it closely and quickly raised his hand band Il hoofs loofs 0 the devill devil 1 lie whispered as lie he beckoned to the boy see lie went on pointing to the ground I 1 jest gone by tho the grass aint riz yat walt wait here ile iio followed ebu trail a few rods with eyes bent upon it noar near a little run where there was soft s oft dirt he stopped again and looked intently at the earth and then hurried back its a big band at least forty in juns in it nn an some captives an the devil and tom walker its a mesa which they aint no mistake im afraid my are in danger said the boy as he changed color er debbe peter boneset Bone ses cordan cord Icord ln to the way they go we got to cut around lezu em an plow straight through the bush an over cobble hill nn well beat era em easy it was a curious long loose stride the knees never quite straightened with which the scout made his way through the forest it covered ground so swiftly that the boy had bad now and then to break into a dogtrot dog trot in order to keep along with the old woodsman they kept their pace up the steep steel side af bubble hill and don down its far slope and tile the valley beyond to tile the shore of the big creek im hot bough nough to sizzle an smoke when I 1 tech water said tho scout as he waded in holding ills his rifle and powder horn in his left hand above the creeks surface they had a few strokes of swimming at midstream but managed to keep their powder dry an ol oil red snout went down like a steer under the axy ax V TO BIC CONTINUED |