Show ithe V ays oj I 1 nt im colard dij I 1 lk I 1 r ial f by ING BACHELLER I 1 lift I 1 colht by irving bachel Da cheller era 1 wi y ap WILL WAIT I 1 solomon binkus and interpreter this Is young companion jack h bashing paal ng through horse n y NW new york in september settlers sett lors of an ln in rescue from a band the wife and dangl daughter iter bhare of england jack 19 1 lea es himself in the fight la aber 0 r rescues escue margaret naro haro 4 tha river jack and marn falip fair love 1 j Jl A AlTER ER I 1 continued 4 integ closer and he put hla big bshar 1 1 BSh 1 or cr anti kissed her lips oy by a n my few steps then in icy 6 ere back on the familiar tai birty nillo bush A moose 8 roaming at them she aid enyou n you to know but I 1 have I 1 I 1 am under lillee you arc a gentle d will not kiss me or speak feagain until you have talked afi amther yM 4 ther her it Is tile the custom of 4 but I 1 want you to know in agery ry happy nov how I 1 dared to say bay t I 1 did but I 1 help t help jt it either cither I 1 just how ow if you dared will bo be in the future per the future trembled a little it if you como come to me but I 1 I 1 will wait she took ills his y were walking beside each I 1 tided for you ill 11 walt alt he answered and I 1 have to e walking down the trail em in had find come near their of the wilderness had end each a new life had begun and and father of the two reached the fort only an ahead of the mounted party nylons were being made for ion on to t 0 cut cu t off the retreat of s ile he wits was known to most ids ads in america only as col i ilare hare a r rayal aal yal commissioner tale come to the colonies to in report upon the defenses of y ile he wore the uniform of of the liln kings gs guard there letter of john irons which lie ie was a splendid figure of I 1 and well proportioned and y with dark eyes ills hair alic just beginning to show not try here to measure my lie he said to mr irons 1 I ou oil tomorrow tte e me nothing irons irona anthe rescue of your wife and Is 9 due to the alie resource resourceful eaul and out solomon bankus 11 k old rough barked hickory colonel exclaimed 1 I hope 11 ope i soon boon ht t at once with his wife and to rooms in the fort that ie e satisfied fled himself ns as to tile the sand and standing of job john n irons hat lie he wits was a patriot of large arge and considerable means ter family and that of bleter peter re well quartered in tents rt of tho the r fifty I 1 efty fifth regiment ort stanwix next morning t to brenk breakfast fast with colonel ills his wife end and daughter in 8 after which the colonel in boy to take a walk with him ie a little settle settlement tn ent of mill hilli ck being overawed over awed was iras w in declaring himself end and il I 1 presently remarked id my daughter scein to io have acquainted i r but not as well us na I 1 could ck nit al our journey floon soon I 1 love your daughter chope hope you win will let me tell her er cr to be my wife sometime are re both too young said the 01 T besides you have known wr r not quite three days and I 1 own you not as many hours deeply grateful to you but it tor for you and for her that this hould bould not be hurried after a i i passed if you think you still see each other I 1 will ask you to england I 1 think you ore are danly annly brave chap but really admit that I 1 have a right to 1 I vetter juetter before my aay daughter to marry marii yow you jack jac freely admitted thant the request 1 was well weil founded albeit lie he do blared frankly that he would like to be got goi acquainted with as soon as n 9 possible wr we must anko tile first ship back 1 to t 0 england said sald the colonel you 1 are both young find in a matter of tills this I 1 kind there should be no haste if 1 I 1 j your ir Is real it will bo be none the lie worse fir it little keeping So solomon lonion binkus hankus und find voter nd israel all and jolin john bones and some soine settlers anol north th of horse valley arrived next nest lay day with alth the ca cultured inured Ind indians lang who under tinder it guard wore ero sent on to the creat litwer ut fit joinson jo insor castle colonel hare wits was astonished thiu flint neither So solomon lonion binkus nor john lions irons nor ills son would accept any gift for tile the gi gaoat eat service they alicy had done him 1 I 1 owe you more than I 1 can over ever i pay lie said to the faithful binkus a INI alfoncy oncy would not bo be good enough fur your i our reward So solomon lonion stepped close to the great nian man and said in a n low tone them young lung uns has kind 0 01 lo nil fill I 1 Nv wonder onder I 1 t dont ask only one thing dont inake no juls mistake tako bout this ere hoy boy in I 1 the our bush we have a n way 0 pic bickill kill oui men linen vo 1110 see how they stan up to danger an hard work nn an goin hungry li jack iq 10 n lieman heman lie he man I 1 know em cm when I 1 see lein pm which its a sure fact ive seen nil fill kinds lies iles got brains nn an courage an a tough arm an a good hl heart art hed die for a friend tiny any day yo 11 kahnt do no more so dont make inake ap mi mistake staRe bout labout him ue he aint no hemlock bow I 1 caca lat there aint no bettor better man timber nowhere no sir not nowhere now liere in this world call it king or cr lord or duke or er any name ya y like so sir if ye feel like alko doln doin suthon for me which I 1 never expect it when I 1 done what I 1 did I ill 11 be good to the boy never have to be shamed 0 him lies hes a likely lad said colonel hare and I 1 nm am rather impressed by your YOU r words although they present a view that Is new to me we shall bo be returning soon and I 1 dare say they will presently forget each other but I 1 it if not and lie ho becomes a good man as good a man as ills his father let us say and sho she should wish to marry him hm I 1 would gladly put her hand in ills his at fort stanwix john irons sold hla his farm nd ad house and stock to peter bones and decided to move ills his family to albany where he could educate hla his children both he and his wife had grown weary of the loneliness odthe of the R i 7 P h THEY LF 0 ON SNOWSHOES SNOW SHOES back country and tho the peril from frenn which they had been delivered was a deciding factor so it happened that the irons family faintly and solomon went to albany by lint eaux with the hares it ivas was a delightful trip in good autumn wath cri in which colonel hare ling has acknowledged that both he and lil alg wife acquired a u deep respect for these sinewy wise upright americans some come of whom are as well le learned I 1 should say bay ds as roost most men you would meet in london 11 sowing the dragons teeth that winter the irons family and solomon solomon binkus went often to the meetings of the sons of liberty one purpose of this organization was to io induce people to manufacture their own necessities and thus avoid buying tho the products of britain factories were busy making looms learns and spinning wheels skilled men and women taught the arts of spinning weaving and tailoring the slogan home made or nothing traveled far and wide late in kebr february uary jeck irons and solomon aln bankus us went east as aa delegates to a large meeting of the sons of liberty in springfield they traveled on snowshoes and by stage aln finding ding the bitterness 41 of the ilie people grow growing in amor more a intense as t athey found many women using thorns instead of pins and knitting one pair of stockings with tho of an another oilier they were were also flossing out font their silk gowns and spinning the floss into gloves with cotton all this wua tu lu goods sent over from great britain the meeting over jack inck anil and s solomon went on oil ly by stage to bostan for a look at the lils hig city they arrived there on the of march a 11 little after r dark tile the moon vas shining A snow hurry flurry had whitened ened tile streets the air was still cold they lini had their suppers at tile the ship and anchor bitile they wore were eating they luard tillit that a coln pany of british soldiers who were vore encamped near tile lie presbyterian Ille eting house lind had beaten their drum on sunday so that no worshiper could hear tile the pron preaching ching and worst of it Is ib we are cont com polled to furnish them food fod ind lers while they insult aji narl I annoy us said a 0 minister who sat nt fit tile anble after supper slipper jack and went out for it walk they heard hear violent talk among people gathered nt the street corners they soon overtook a noisy crowd of hoys boys and young men carrying clubs in front of murrays Mur Murr rays nys barracks where the twenty ninth ment was quartered thero was a dint chat bering crowd of men and boys some of them wore were hooting and cursing tit nt two sentinels tile the streets wore were light ed by oil lamps and by candles in the windows of the houses in cornhill Corn hlll they canio upon a larger and more violent assemblage of tie ho same kind hind they nindo made their way through it and saw beyond a captain a corporal and six private soldiers standing face to face with tile crowd men were jeering nt at them boys hurling abusive epithets tile the boys as they anro apt to do reflected with somo some exaggeration tho the passions of their elders it was a crowd of rough fel lows mostly whar finen and bailers bailors Bai lors Sti solomon lomon sensed the danger in the situation ile he and jack moved out of tho the jeering mob then suddenly a thing happened which may have saved one or both their lives tho the cap captain talla drew his sword and lashed flashed a dark light upon solomon and colled called out Il hello lello I 1 what tho the h 1 do you want who be ye solomon asked preston rr preston eston I 1 cats blood and gunpowder I 1 the matter preston an old coun comrade counradt rade of solomon said to him go around to headquarters and tell them we are cut oft by a mob and in n bad mess im a little scared I 1 dont want to get hurt or do any hurting 1 I jack and solomon passed through the alio guard and hurried on then there were hisses und and cries of Tor lest lesl hotten tories sl I 1 As the two went on they heard missiles falling behind them and among the soldiers theys TIie ys coln to be bad trouble said solomon them lads aint to blame only doln as commanded its tho the pesky king that orto bo be hetchel betchel led they were hurrying on as ho he spoke and the words were scarcely out of his mouth when they heard the command com to fire and a rifle volley then loud oil cries of pain and shrill curses anti anil running feet they turned and started b back a c k people were rushing out of 0 their houses some with guns in their hands in a moment the street was wag full tile tho soldiers are slaying people a man shouted men of boston borston we must arm ourselves and fight it was a scene of wild confusion they could get no farther on cogbill Corri CoM hlll bIll the crowd vegan began to pour into side streets rumors were hying flying about that many lind had been killed and wounded an ali hour or so later jack an and solomon were seized by a group of ruf ru niang lians here are tho the d n Tori Tor esl lesl one of them shouted friends 0 murderers murderer sill I 1 was the cry of another lets hang deml solomon immediately knocked the man down who had called them torlea tories and seized another and tossed him so far in tile tho crowd ns as to give it pause 1 I dont mind abeln hung lie he shouted d not if its done proper but no man kin calf mo me a tory lesson my hands are tied without hurt an if my hands was tied id do soma bol hollerin now youlieh you liea ear me A man back in tho the crowd let out a laugh as loud as the braying of an ass others followed hla his example I 1 tho the danger was passed solomon shouted dh 1 I used to know paston when I 1 were a scout in army in juns jung an frenchmen which theys otheya moren moraln twenty notches on tho the stock ol 01 0 my rifle an fourteen on my pelt an my name naino Is solomon cinkus from albany now new york an if excuse us well put for fer hum bum as soon as we kin git erway convenient in the morning they learned that three men had been killed and five others wounded by the soldiers squads of men and boys with loaded muskets liets were marching into town from the country it means that war wara ko a coming we might as an well wail ge gat ready for IV it TO BE CONTINUED look over your as caro care fully ahyou as you look over your grudges |