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eA Tale
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THE BOUND BOY
Three generations ago life on
the banks of the Wabash was the
life of the frontier—of the back-
woods-—of the outposts of civili-
zation. Life there was simple-—
and strenuous. Men were strong
and the primitive emotions
swayed them. And this is a tale
of the days of our grandfathers
and of those conditions.
David Anderson, a native of
this region, knows it as few do.
Hia “Blue Moon,” which told of
the pearl fishers, was a great
success. “The Red Lock” takes
up a time a little later—when the
pearl fishers were giving place to
permanent settlers. It is a tale of
the Flatwoods.
Yes: we have no canal con-
struction in this story. The red
lock is a lock of hair recurring in
the generations of the Colins—an
inheritance from a pirate ances-
tor who even in those days was
regarded as an undesirable citi-
zen And this red lock played
the mischief with any Colin so
adorned
So we have
mysteriously disappeared,
lock and all; Texie, his pretty
and loyal sister; Big Jack--bound
boy who loves Texie, and various
red-blooded ploneer peoples who
are involved In the results of the
reappearance of the red lock
Nature lovers and woodsmen
will find much here to interest
them. For the author is close to
nature's heart and his pages
show his relationship. And Big
Jack is an adept in wooderaft,
with an efficient eye for an en-
emy's trail and the quickness of
the wild animal life of the Flat-
woods
Ken Colin, whe
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T
CHAPTER |
pa,
The Bound Boy.
A girl came out of the back yard of
a red-roofed cottage at
edge of Buckeye, passed
rather. tastefully built barn, with its
flanking cribs and pens, crossed the
fallow pasture lot In a corner of which
it stood, climbed the fence and picked
her way up the face of the cliffs that
roughly walled the villuge on three
sides, until she stood at last among
the Jagged and broken pinnacles at
the top of Black rock, a lighter speck
against the gray green background of
the Flatwoods.
Away
placid Wabash
the up-stre:
around =a
lost
there, one above the other, so long ago
that storm and frost had begun to ob-
literate them,
The girt picked up a plece of ragged
shale and with a sharp corner scraped
clean each knife stroke, till the three
names stood out clear as the day they
were first carved there:
KEN
TEXIE
JACK
She dropped the plece of shale;
thoughtfully passed her fingers over
the names and glanced down at the
foot of the upstanding pinnacle. In
a sheltered pocket of the great rock,
where only the tempered rays of the
sun could strike it, lay a tiny bed of
leaf mold set with clumps of yellow
orchids not yet abloem—"lady slip-
pers,” in the quaint and expressive
of the Wabash country—
doubtless been transplanted
of the West,
tant timber
Pendant above the dis
line its round splendor,
burnished bright by wonder
May, turned a lingering glance at the
serene world.
But the girl was not
sunset, The splendor
the
watching the
of the
on her,
up the river between cliff and bottom,
ran the River road, the
artery that connected Buckeye
the great world outside the F
The girl's eyes were on
Far up the river—twenty miles of
gravel and gray sand—it led to the
city. On clear days she had some
times made out the hazy whiteness of
its roofs and spires—the gateway of
another world-—-a world that the er
rant fancies of girlhood peupled ‘with
many a wonder.
Seven years ago to a day she had
stood there and watched the Milford
stage carry her brother away to the
end of that road-—through the dig
one
latwoods,
the road.
Seven Years Age Today She Stood
There and Watched the Milford
Stage Carry Her Brother Away te
End of the Road.
1 gateway and out into the great
d beyond, The East—Iit swallows
up many a man qf, the West. It had
swallowed her brother up. It never
gave him back,
The eyes, grown pensive, turned
siowly to the upstanding pinnacle of
sandstone, polished smooth by a thou:
pand winds, alive in the bronze glow
that rirnck up from the distant riffle.
Three names had been rudely carved
The girl stooped above the tiny flow.
er bed—a friendly spot in its setting
stern rocks; plucked away an ob-
weed or two; let her sobered
back to the red-roofed cot-
tage, across a small orchard that lay
spread at her feet, and over the
rather pretentious farmstead to which
the orchard belonged.
Pretentious— just that; a promise of
and affluence never fulfilled,
was every evidence that the
been laid out on a scale
elaborate than was usual
but nothing had
attempt that falled;
that never true,
Outlined among the and en-
creaching brambles lay the extensive
foundation, of the farmhouse, but it
had been carried little beyond
foundation. A few
logs, cut and hewed
~-had laid.
of superstr
fallen
out
more
in the Flatwoods,
came
weeds
sills
the
Of the
ucture,
in
few
some
woods been
the
entir ely,
timbers
had
even the firmest canted far out
plumb,
Back of creaking skeleton of
time-blackened timbers, and nearer the
this
had housed while dreaming his un-
finished dream of house and barns and
happy homestead. Rooted beside the
door and almost completely covering
the cabin, a erimson rambler of many
growth-—a far wanderer that no
can degrade—offered a
dreams of the man.
a big elm that stood at the
some squatted along
leading from
feed lot lolled
fine and thrifty as
seen the length of
rogd gate;
the dimin
geese
rivulet
in
»f cattle,
could bave
the Wabash,
The eyes of the g
from brooding; darted
distance up the cliff;
The slouch hat and dmb corduroy
hunting blouse of a tall young woods.
man with an immense spread of shoul
der had flitted past a break in the
ttive
the
been
to
and rugged path that picked its way
among the rocks from the uplands,
She was just in time to see him reach
up, put his hand on the top rail of
lot. The girl missed a breath, Few
men in the Flatwoods could have made
that leap.
Down by the big elm at the road
one of the horses, a powerful
gelding, glossy black save for one
white lock in his foretop, raised his
head: came trotting up the lot. The
big woodsman put his arm about the
arched neck; laid his face against the
glossy mane and stroked the soft nose,
“Good ol’ Graylock!” he muttered--
“bound ‘r free, t' You a man's a man"
A shadow subdued the bold frank.
ness of his face, as a chance cloud
draws across a fair field; he gazed
hard at the wind-staggered skeleton
of the unfinished farmhouse.
His roving eye, following the glow
»f approaching sunset, found the girl
upon the rock, her pliant body softly
outlined against the silver-green back-
ground of the woods,
“Texio—w'y— ”
In another moment Lie was racing
up the cliff. The girl was walting for
him by the upstanding pinnacle of
sandstone, a half sadness in her eyes
that gradually subdued the eagerness
in his. He laid his big hand on her
shoulder; sl it down Ler arm and
gathered her fingers in his great palm,
There was not even a twitch of re
sponse, He dropped the fingers,
backed away a step and stood study-
ing her,
“Jack~1? Do yu know what day
this is?”
He puzzled to find the answer she
doubtless had In mind; finally ven.
tured the only one he could think of
“Tuesday, May 10th, 1840.”
She flared around at him.
know that ain't what [| mean.”
The girl pointed to the earved
names on the monolith of sandstone
He followed the motion; stepped past
hier and ran his hand over the three
names, lingering an instant ever the
middle one,
“Pore Ken-—" he muttered, “he
gate
“You
could 'a’ be’'n anything he wanted to,
a'most.”
The girl's eyes flinched and turned
back to the dim frayed end of the
road ; the man stood silent.
“you and me stood up here on Black
rock and watched the Milford
haul "im away off yonder to the city,
and out In the big world t' college,
and then we-—cut them names—''
She paused. He seemed to feel that
an answer was expected of him,
made none,
"Two years we got letters—wonder-
ful ones at first. 1 'low you ain't
f'rgot how we use’
you and me—and read ‘em.” She
spoke more herself than to him
“Then the letters got fewer and farth- |
er b'tween, till fin'ly they got s' tri
flin® ther wasn't satisfaction
gittin' ‘em.
“Then, y'u know,
come from the
tellin® how Ken was
and father t'
But he never come,
st
to
no
that
president
awful
advisin'
terrible
of the
one |
Col
lege,
ryin’
fin home,
car
on,
And What Word Could Alter the Stern
Fact That He Was a Bounty Boy—
Bound Out to Her Own Father.
the president
letter, tellin’ how Ken
~killed a man and run away #rom
school, leavin’ all them That
was five years ago--and the we
ever heard"
» . » » . at *
It
some
debts,
last
curious and how
the greatest
is
of
interesting
pames of the
race have lodged, lke
along the bhyways and wa.
terways of what wis ounce the great
American woods.
the third a Warhope-—names that
have been spread wide on English his
the two ancient fam.
ilies, probably no purer strain existed
than the far-flung thread that had
found lodgment here in this out-of.
the-way corner of the earth—the great
Flatwoods that seventy years ago
stretched for many an onbroken mile
along the north bank of the upper
Wabash.
The man swept a hand toward the
distant énd of the road. The girl
glanced at him.
“Ten more days" there
strained firmness in his voice, as
woe a
if
to him
m'self."”
He felt her eyes upon him.
“Ten more,” he went on.
the tenth of May. When it's the
twentieth, I'l be twenty-one-—and
free. Ten more—I be'n countin’ ‘em.
A deep seriousness clouded his
face; he stared down at the warped
skedeton of the unfinished farmhouse,
The girl fumbled the bit of ribbon at
her waist,
“My father dreamed that dream.” he
went on, “B'fore it could come true, the
Seminoles bolted thelr reservation and
he dropped everything and rushed
away to the head of the rangers. You
know how he—fell at Okecholfee.”
He paused a moment; gripped his hat
and went on. “Mether never saw a
well day no more. You knew how she
lingered along down there under the
rose vine till I was twelve, When. she
died, It was found out Pap Simon
had a mor'gage on everything. He
foreclosed ; had me—~bound out to ‘im;
and"
The girl stole a look® at his face. It!
was so hard and bitter that she dared {
not venture a word. And what word |
could alter the stern fact that he was
a bound hoy—bound out to her own
father?
“and I'm ridin’ out yonder.
“Wild and savage and terrible,
like of’ ‘Red Colin' must a’
Novelty Feature Now
in Forefront.
We do fot think of practical values
observes na
why,
fashion writer. That Is!
perhaps, modistes are relegnting
tulfetus, satlus and crepe knits
the windows with those elusive af-
falrs which seem to be cloudy assoela- |
luce and the sheerest |
minterials,
Bouffunt effects add to this appear
The opaque quality of ruffled
materinl merely emphasizes the soft
of the single fold which
forms the frock itself, We may com- |
trimmings of rufiled ribbon, |
the numerous bits which designers
mve nceomplished so cleverly this sea.
But we should keep In mind the
daintiness has its widest ap
Sil in evening frocks,
Embroidered figures on a silk back
around are
ion of pretty
girl, Unusua
heen ncehinved,
to be found among the col
the 3 ner
combinations huve
of the novelty
which is finding considerable
Just now, Is the of or
vellow,
frocks for oun
I colar
One ef
foets,
ipularity
id with
The yellow
fine
use
in an
lace,
used
und
in
{ georgette while
rel
foundation,
% not stepped from the lime
might have thought earlier,
1 in such abundance on the
afternoon that we |
to its popular. |
days advanced, Per-
vogue for dyed lace
rescue, the vivid and un
which the lace was
fad
yellow
ice ha
is we
WHS US
for
expected
inerense
wear
enrcely see
as the
haps because the
* to the
isn! eolorings In
ffered gave the its new lease on
fe '
However, we are finding It made up |
nee frocks
an apricot
farcinating
attractive da
with
proves a
nto the most
green ince,
georgette girdle,
Flare From Knee Down
This type of gown is popular for
afternoon wear, It is constructed of
ck satin, relieved by a touch of
i
em—
Red as Ground Colar
This very beautiful Japanese kimo-.
no is shown in a soft silk with a drop-
stitched: line running through. The
touched art
chiffon
tion
with
Melon pink,
fully rosettes of old blue
the
nt the
iridescenceg of
silver, dan
sants,
White stormed the
For the
is being seen sinart
world and
golf links, the
club or the shore we gave
But are rather sur.
evidences of its popular.
ity In the evening frocks when color le
used so widely.
sports
WAS accepted,
first place. we
prised to see
ing
An dance frock of white
exquisite
with the
Of par
the lines of
showing Infinite
each dropping its
Httle the
that falrly bloomed
other gowns,
(a room
ticular
this white frock.
skirts of chiffon,
simplicity were
hemline a below
other.
Blue Promises to Be
Popular Fall Color
of unusual popularity
senson. This
atic scale
dication
ng fall
} color
runs the chrom
popuiar
from hedge
sparrow’s egg blue to
as almost black, and
fullest expression In the
suits tallieurs which
decreed for fall
Compensation for the sl rt
er skirts of these costumes i afforded
by longer the
three-quarter length being especially
emphasized by leading designers. Coat
sleeves are for t part narrow
and straight and elaborate ornamenta-
tion has given way to narrow bands of
fur. such as white rabbit, marabou
leopard and reindeer.
be finds its
thres-plece
{to
and
ghtl iy ah
the somewhat coats,
he most
A Neat x Closing,
A torn placket hole looks most un.
tidy and can quite well be prevented
in the following way: Sew a hook
and eye at the very bottom of it on
the wrong side, then hook it together
and pinch the hook down tight, This
keeps the placket hole quite neat,
it is almost impossible to tear it.
In the fur fashions of the winter is}
reflected the tendency to exploit the
sme long shoulder line so apparent in
costumes of other materials. Even
when much material is used and there
fa perhaps a cleverly inserted gode!
plait in front or at the side, or when
the attached plece at the bottom of
wrap is unmistakably circu.
lar, the effect is always of extreme
slimnese, nn effect accentuated by the
ose little helmet or cloche hat which
hing been carried over from the modes
and still remaine well in |
‘millinery fashions,
AA SN A SHROBIA
Costuiite Slips Great |
Help to Dressmakers |
Quite elaborate appearing negiligees |
are evolved through the simple method
of buying one of the lovely costume |
glips and draping
of chiffon or lace, which may be fur
trimmed. These costume slips are a
great help to the home dressmaker,
cont or
of sunnier
the lead of
over it a loose coat |
ww frock or altering a last year's
There are particulary lovely slips
of white lace and voile, with Inset
motifs of white Ince, These are In-
tended to be worn under a lace or
chiffon dress or negligee. Several of
the lace motifs are set into the front
of the slip to give the effect of a panel,
while other motifs are Joined to form
The gare model worked
out in materinl saitable to wear under
a more foal dress Is of chiffon nnd
golil lace,
for woar with =oat dresses there
are slips made like coats which fasten
length of the front.
These slips fasten with satin ribbons,
run through a narrow insertion placed
A =tip made on
real lace dyed in a matching shade,
tucking and embroidery done on the
uet. For dresses and negligeea hav
Embroidered Georgette
Different This Season
Georgette ds not new this season,
but the embroidered georgettes shown
A dull slate gray, varl
in fine designs of reds
to fashion afternoon dresses
silk or serge, have it cut on the fa-
milinr chemise line and trim it with
two large pockets embroidered in
bright colored wools,
For the little kindergarteners there
fg a vast assortment in fascinating
small checked or plain gingham frocks
with cross stitching and embroidery
in yarns or bright colored appligued
designs.
Most of the models, especiaMy for
the little tots, are of the straight-line
types with the fullness gathered in the
neck line, Others have extremely low
walst lines '
4 Cl he Kitchen
Cabinet
eh RE bs Huds
No man has a right to leave the
world as he found It. He must add
something to it, either he must
make its people belter or happier,
or he must make the face of the
worid more beautiful or fairer to
look at—Edward Bok.
MORE SEASONABLE GOOD
THINGS
cheese Is such a good food
weather is found plentl
fully in the mar-
kets,
Cream Cheese
Bails.— Work cone
cream cheese un-
til wiih
one-half table-
spoonful of
cream, six
chopped, stuffed three table
spoonfuls of walnut ments,
one-half teaspoonful of salt and a few
Crea
and In cool
simneoth
olives,
chonped
, 130 -
Walnut Deceits.
il of olives
cream
teaspoonful of salt
sf paprika. Shape
Add one-fourth of
stoned and chopped
cheese, add one-half
and a few grains
into bails, roll in
" iatten Dif
ba, flatten, pince
an cupfu
one
cracker
hal of an
each other
cram
English walnut
4 offpus.te
y plece. Arrange on
# doily-covered plate
Soak one
ulated gelatin
of a cupful of cold w
the made from
volks of two e
on eact
table
in
ter,
Cream.
gre
Canton
spoonful
one-fourth
add to
of
custard
the
cupful
of salt,
one
rire
of sugar
gar aud
Strain, chill in
one-fourth
a few grains
® pan of water
spoonful vanilla,
and one-fourth
ginger
the nrixture
in the
cupfuls
chill,
Potato Salad
diced cold boil
of
of a
lee add nme table-
three of ginger sim
‘anton
When
fold
p
of a cupful of (
small
begins to
m two
cream.
cut into pleces
thicken,
and one-half
Mould and
whip
of thin
fro
yfuls ol
Mix
ied potas
two cup
one cupfo
ed
os
‘ery, one
three-fourths of =a
finely
il cucumber or a little
pic Molsten
salad dressing and sur
lettuce on a dish
finely-minced
rd-cooked CER
bles noon ful
© chop»
wh wl 11 "RK.
chopped pars
kle
round with
Clean, pick over
one
Brown three table
1dd three
Bisque of Oysters.
and parboll until the edges curl
quart of oysters
f bu table
ulz of flour, and pour over grad-
ually, stirring constantly the oyster
liquor. Season well, add the oysters
and just before serving add a cupful
of cream.
spoonfuls « itter,
spoont
When friends
side met
Bweet courtesy has done its most
If yo
That he
are at your hearth.
u have made each guest forget
is not the host
WHAT TO EAT
himself
Wipe, pare and core six sour apples
and in a baking dish
Mix one-half erp
ful of brown su-
gar, one tahle-
spoonful of curry
powder and cge
tablespoonful of
melted butter
Fill the cavities
with the mixture,
three-fourths of a cupful of
chicken stock into the dish and bake
until the apples are soft, bastiog
every six minutes.
Keswick Pudding.—Bring three.
fourths of a cupful of sugar and cne
cupful of water to the boiling point
Beat the yolks of three eggs slighily
and add one-fourth of a capful of
sugar and a few grains of salt. Poar
bolling sirup and cook un:ii
mixture thickens; then add oce
one-fourth tablespoonfais of
latin soaked In
arrange them
and
one
and
one-fourth of a cupful of lemon juice.
Stir until the mixture thickens. Tera
into a mould and chill. Garnish with
whipped cream, sweetened and fla
vored with vanilla
Nut Prune Souffie.— Soak one cunful
of prunes in two cupfuls of cold water,
then in same water until soft.
and cut prunes into
cook
water to make one and one-half cup
fuls: then add one cupful of sugar,
two inches of stick cinnamon and the
prunes; cook ten minutes, Dilute one.
third of a cupfal of cornstarch with
cold water and add to the mixture,
Cook ten minutes. Remove the clana-
mon, ndd whites of two epg well
beaten, one-third of a eupful of broken
walnut meats and ene tablespoonful
of lemon juice. Bake in @ moderate
oven until set. Serve with cream if
Caramel Junket.—Heat two eupfuls
of milk until! lnkewarm. Caramelize
third of a cupful of boiling water and
cook until the sirup Is reduced to ong.
third of a cupful. Cool and add the
milk slowly to the sirup. Powder one
junket tablet and mix with a little wa.
ter to dissolve: add to the milk, flavor
with a ttle vanilla and add’ a pinch
of salt, Btir until well blended. Tum
into small glasses and set away In a
warm room to become set. Then chill,
cover with whipped eream, sweetened
and flavored. and sprinkle with
chopped nuts,
Newie Magee