Show in thu T M m W of I 1 anuschat my 0 boar 1 J mas W r u 1 I 1 LOVE YOU SYNOPSIS solomon Bin kull veteran scout and interpreter and his h young companion jack irons passing through horse valley new york in september 1768 to warn settlers of an indian ian uprising rescue from a band ot f red redskins skins the wife and daughter daug of colonel ilare of england there la is 81 tight fight in which jack distinguishes himself CHAPTER I 1 continued we have no more inore trouble with them I 1 put one 0 Bone boneset Bones ses cs boys on a hoss boss an bustled him up the valley for fer help the captives was barllw I 1 tol lot eni em to straighten out their faces an go with jack nn an his father down to fort stanwix they were kind hind 0 leg weary an excited but they been hurt yat another day er two would a fixed em cm jack an his father an mother tuk I 1 em back to the pasti ir an jack run up to the barn for fer ropes an bridles in a little while they got some hoofs under era eni an picked up the chil childers dern an toddled oft off I 1 went nent out in the bush to find buckeye an he be were dead as the whale that alfered swall sn ered jonah so ends the letter of solomon binkus jack irons and his family and that ot of peter bones the boys and girls riding two on a horse with the captives filed died down the mohawk trail it was a considerable cavalcade of awen tyone ty one people and twenty four horses and colts the latter following solomon binicos and peter bones and his son israel stood on guard until the boy john bones returned with help from the upper valley A dozen men and boys completed the disarming of the band and that evening set out with them on the south trail it Is doubtful it if this history would have been written but for an accidental and highly interesting circumstance in the first party young yoong jack irons rode a colt just broken with the girl captive now happily released the boy had helped everyone to get away then there seemed to be no horse tor for him ile he walked for a distance by the strangers mount as the latter was wild the girl was silent for a time after the colt had settled down now and then wiping tears from her eyes by and by she asked slay fay I 1 lead the colt while you ride oh ob no I 1 am not tired fired was his answer 1 I want to do something for you W why by 1 I am so grateful I 1 feel like the kings cat I 1 am trying to express my feelings I 1 think I 1 know now why the indian women do the drudgery As she looked at him her dark eyes were very serious 1 I have done little said he it Is mr binkus who rescued you we live in a wild country among savages and the white folks have to protect each other were used to it 1 I never saw or expected to see men like you she went on 1 I have read ot of them in books but I 1 never hoped to see them and talk tail to them you are like ajax ajai and achilles then I 1 shall say that you are like the fair lady for they fought 1 I will not ride and see you walking then sit forward as far as you can and I 1 will ride with you lie he answered in a moment he was on the colts back behind her she was a comely maiden an authority no less respectable than major duncan has written that she was a tall well shaped fun loving girl a little past sixteen and good to look upon with dark eyes and auburn hair the latter long and heavy beavy and in the sunlight richly colored that she had slender fingers and a L beautiful skin all showing that she had been delicately bred lie he adds that he be envied the boy who had ridden before and behind her half the length of tryon tron county it was a close association and jack found it so agreeable that he often referred io to that ride ns as the most exciting adventure of his life what Is your name lie asked margaret hare she answered biow did they catch aou ou oh they came suddenly and stealthily as they do in the story books hen alien we wore were alone in camp sly MY father tind and the guides had gone out to hunt did they treat you well uell the indians let us alone but the men annoyed and frightened vs us the old chief kept us neap near him the old chief knew better than to let any harm barm come to you until they were sure of getting away with their plunder we were la in the valley of death and you have led us out of lt it I 1 am sure that I 1 do not look as it if I 1 were worth saving I 1 suppose that I 1 roust must have turned into an old woman Is my hair white lao 0 o you are tile the best lookin looking girl I 1 ever saw he declared with rustic frankness 11 1 I never bad a compliment that pleased me so much she answered as her elbows tightened a little on his hands which were clinging to her coat 1 I almont loved you for what you did to the old villain I 1 saw blood on the side or of your head I 1 fear he hurt your you ue lle jabbed me once it Is nothing illow brave you ou 1 11 I mink I 1 sin am more scared now than iwas I 1 was then said bald jack scared I 1 why I 1 by IRVING BACHELLER copyright by irving bacheller Bach ller 1 I am not used to girls except my sisters she laughed and answered and I 1 nm am not used to heroes I 1 am sure you cannot be so scared as I 1 am but I 1 rather enjoy it I 1 like to be seared scared a little this Is so different 1 I like you he declared with a laugh 1 I feared you would not like an english girl so many north americans late hate england 11 the english have been hard bard on us what do you mean they send us governors whom we do not like they make laws tor for us which we liae haie to obey they impose hard taxes which are not just and they will kill not let us have a word to say about it 1 I think it la Is wrong and im going to stand up for you the girl ansi answered ered where do you live he asked in london I 1 am an english girl but please do not hate bate me for that I 1 want to do what Is right and I 1 shall never neer let anyone say a word against americans without taking their part good the boy answered td id love to go to london well wily why dont its a long wily way off do you like good looking girls id rather look at them than eat cat well there are many in london one Is enough said jack id love to show them a real hero dont call me that it if you would just call me jack irons id like it better rut but first want to know how I 1 behave I 1 am not a fighter 1 I am sure that your character la Is as good as bour our face gosh I 1 I 1 hope it aint so dark colored said jack 1 I knew all about you when you took my hand band and helped me on tile the pony or nearly all you are a gentleman 1 I hope so are you a presbyterian no church of england 1 I was sure of that I 1 have seen indians and shakers but I 1 have never seen a presbyterian when the sun was low and the company head ahead were stopping to make a camp for the night the boy and girl dismounted she turned facing him and asked you mean it when you said that I 1 was good looking did you the bashful youth had imagination and like many lads of his time a ro r 1 b A JACK AND HIS MADE A LEANTO LEAN TO mantle temperament and the love of poetry there were many books in his fathers home and the boy had lived his leisure in them lie he thought a moment and answered yes il think nou ou are as beautiful as a young doe playing in the water lf lilies fies and you look as it if you believed yourself said she 1 I am sure you would like me better if I 1 were fixed up a littfe 1 I do not think so how much better a bois head looks with his hair cut close like yours our boys have long hair they do not look so much like mert men I 1 long hair Is 14 not for rough work in the bush the boy remarked you tou really look bravo brave and strong one would know that you could do things ive always had bad to do things they came up to the party who had stopped to camp for the night it was as a clear warm evening after they had hobbled the horses in a near meadow flat jack and his father made fi A leanto lean to for the women und and children and roofed it with bark then they cut wood and built a fire and gathered gatli ered boughs for bedding later tea was made and beefsteaks beef steaks and bacon grilled on spits of green birch tile the dripping fat being caught on slices of toasting bread whereon the moat meat was presently the masterful power with which w aich the stalwart youth anil and his father swung the ax ar and their cunning craftsmanship impressed the english woman oman and her daughter and were soon to be the topic of many a london tea party mrs airs ilare hare spoke of it as she was eating her supper it may surprise you further to learn that bat the hov boy la Is fairly fa familiar wIllar with the aeneid and tile the odes ot of horace and the history of france anil and eny eng land sald said john irons that Is the most astonishing thing thine I 1 have ever heard beardi 1 she exclaimed ilow how has lie done it tile the minister was his master until we went into the bush then I 1 bad and to be farmer fanner and schoolteacher school teacher there Is a great thirst for learning in this new world how dow do you find time for it oil oh we have leisure liere here more than you have in england even your wealthy young men are overworked they dine out and play cards until three la in the morning and sleep until midday then luncheon and the cockfight and tea and parliament the best of us have only three steady habits we work and caudy and sleep and fight savages sn suld said the theroman woman we do that sometimes but it li Is not often necessary if I 1 it were not for white savages there would be no red ones you would find america a good country to live in at least I 1 hope it will be good to sleep in this night the woman answered yawning Il dreamland la Is now the only country I 1 care for the ladles allies and children being near spent by the days travel and excitement turned in soon after supper the men slept on their blankets by the fire and were up before daylight for a dip in the creek near by while they were getting breakfast the women and children had their turn at the creekside that day the released captives were in better spirits soon alter after noon the company came to it a swollen river where the horses had some swimming to do the older animals and the following colts went through nil all right but the young stallion which jack and margaret were riding began to rear and plunge the girl in her fright jumped off his back in swift water and was swept into the rapids and tumbled about and put in some danger before jack could dismount and bring her ashore you have increased my debt to you she said when ilien at last they were mounted again what a story this Is I 1 itis it Is terribly exciting they rode on in silence feeling now the beauty of the preen green woods it had become a magic garden full of new and wonderful things lings ti some power had entered them and opened their eyes the thrushes SOD song grew fainter to in tile the distance the boy was first to speak 1 I think that bird must have had a long flight sometime he said why 1 I am ani sure sore that behas heard the music ot of paradise I 1 wonder it if you are as happy as I 1 am 1 I was never so happy I 1 she answered what a beautiful country we are in I 1 have forgotten all about the danger and the hardship and the evil men have you ever seen any place like it no for a time we have been riding in fairyland 1 I know why said the boy 4 why it Is because we are riding together it Is because I 1 see you oh dearl I 1 cannot see you let us get gei off and walk she proposed they dismounted did you mean that honestly Illo honestly nestly he answered she looked up at him and put her hand over her mouth 1 I was going to say something it would have been most she remarked i theres something in me that will not stay unsaid L 1 love you he be declared she held up her hand with a serious look in her eyes then for a moment the boy returned to the world of reality 1 I am sorry forgive me I 1 ought not to have said it lie stammered cut but you really mean it she as asked ked with troubled eyes ili 1 I mean that aal an J more but I 1 ought not to have lave said it now it fair you have just escaped from a great danger and have got a notion that yo you u are in debt to roe me and you dont know much about me anyhow slie she stood in his path looking up at him jack she whispered say it again no it was not gone they were still in the magic garden 1 I love you and I 1 wish this journey could go on forever he be said 1 I too will wait he answered and as long as I 1 have ave to ft TO BE CONTINUED |