Copyright by IRVING BACHELLER AMERICA IN THE MAKING Irving Bacheller, in his new novel, “In the Days of Poor Richard,” has written a story of America in the making-of the United States in the days of Ben- Jamin Franklin. It is a story with a double appeal. One is to the reader in search of entertain- ment, since there is a fascinating love story in it, spiced with ad- venture and fighting. This is the love-making of Jack Irons, a young frontiersman, and Margaret Hare, the daughter of an English colonel. The other appeal is to the good American who is Inter- ested in his country's history. Franklin is the dominating char- acter of the story and as all good Americans know—or should know —he was human, engaging and lovable beyond the measure of most of the great men of his day. And there were giants in those days. not the least of whom was Franklin. The reader gets vivid glimpses at historic moments of our American giants-—Washing- ton, Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson and the rest, as well as such ac- tors in the drama of nation-mak- ing as Andre and Benedict Arnold It ends with a fine picture of Poor Richard in his last days, ut- tering those homely philosophies which are both historic and classic. CHAPTER | sn — The Horse Valley Adventure, “The first time I saw the boy, Jack bany. . ful in the games, between the red boy and the white, that the Indians called him Water.’ tireless spirit ren » of a moun- lain brook. There was no lad, near who could run so fast, or jump with the bow ‘Boiling his age, ; far bO L85L, ot so well I carried hin me or she or the to had were doing his ia riae, on battle horse and when » house, his home, as been a we he ran I he him, our work accomplished, to river { an SW . A surprise, I found him a wel fish. We beca friends and when I have ght of him, Happy Face h to a better nick come and, down chores. we the ive come me. than was I knew labor would llam Henry when English forces, hav- ing been captured and disarmed, were turned loose and set upon by the sav- ages. He was a tall, brawny, broad- shouldered, homely-faced man of thir ty-eight with a Roman nose and a prominent chin underscored by a short sandy throat beard. Some of the ad- ventures had put their mark upon his weathered face, shaven generally once a week above the chin. his left ear was missing. There was a long scar upon his forehead. These were like the notches on the stock of his rifle, They were a sign of the stories of adventure to be found In that wary, watchful .brain of his. Johnson enjoyed his reports on ac- count of thelr humor and color and he describes him in a letter to Putnam as a man who “when he is much inter | ested, looks as if he were taking aim | with his rifle.” To some it seemed | that one eye of Mr, Binkus was often | drawing conclusions wnile the other | was engaged with the no less Impor- | tant function of discovery. His companion was young Jack Irons | —a big lad of seventeen, | ty, New York. in | 1768, they were traveling | band of Indians bent on mischief, latter, a few before, had down Lake Ontario and were ont the bush and the new setticment in | ley. Solomon thought that Now, ahead of a days In contented with the treaty made by the rain £0 1 » again The al on 1 ¢ 3 taken war-path Invasion, wht They daughter | This however, mexpected bit of aud { ptives wife of Colon Hare, whi nel few weeks with ifty-fifth was a 1eity. had and y had been spend Malor Duncan ment, at taken hunting { two ca the {Is tri ym, one of whom was So The men had gone out in th THE TWO HAD SET OUT TOGETHER, the words which my quoted in my hearing: tnou a man diligent This glimpse of John Irons, Jr.—fa- miliarly known as Jack Irons—is from letter of Benjamin Franklin to his Nothing further is » boyhe Adventure”: occurred. A full accoun ground and color: “It was the season ¢' the moon,” sald old Seclomon Binkus, scout and interpreter, as he leaned over the campfire and flicked In the “old it up to his pipe bowl. he was known as Solomon a mark of deference, his wisdom that was childlike, the white sea on. the level, er mebbe more, an’ some 0 the waves up to the tree-tops, an’ no- body with me but this "ere ol’ Marler Jane (his rifle) the hull trip to the Swegnache country. Gol’ ding my pictur’! It seemed as If were a-tryin’ fer to rub glate. It were a pesky kep' a-cuffin’ me an' whistlin' in the briers on my face an’ crackin’ my coat- tails. 1 were lonesome-—lonesomern a he-bear—an' the cold grabbin’' holt o all ends o' me so as I had to stop an’ argue ‘bout whar my bound'ry- lines was located like I were York state, Cat's blood an’ gunpowder! 1 had to kick an' scratch to keep my nose an’ toes from gittin'—brittle.” At this point, Solomon Binkus paused to give his words a chance “to sink In.” The silence which followed was broken only by the crack of burn- ing faggots and the sound of the night wind In the tall pines above the gorge, Before Mr. Binkus resumes his nar- rative, which, one might know by the tilt of his head and the look of his wide open, right eye, would soon hap- pen, the historian seizes the oppor. tunity of finishing his Introduction. He had been the best scout In the army of Bir Jeffrey Amherst. As a small boy he had been captured by the Sen. ecns and held in the tribe a year and two months. Early in the French and Indian war, he had been caught by Algonquins and tiled to a tree and tortured by hatchet throwers until res cued by a French captain, After that his opinghn of Indians had been, prob. ably, a Bit colored by prejudices Still later he had been a harpooner In a whale hoat, and in his young man. hood, one of those who had escaped the Infamous massacre at Fort Wilk a fortnight,” after the ladies had been evening left latter early prudently where the im- camp, and in moose the only possible explanation for the absence of the ladles was Indians, al- unexpected. He had discovered “the sign” that it was a large band traveling eastward. He had set by night to get ahead of them while Hare and his other guide started for the fort. Binkus knew every mile of the wilderness 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 end of it and was soon far ahead of the marauders. A little after daylight, he had picked up the boy, Jack Irons, at a hunting camp on Big Deer creek, as it was then called, and the two had set out together to warn the people In Horse valley, where Jack lived, and to get help for a battle with the savages. It will be seen by his words that Mr, Binkus was a man of imagination, but -ggain he Is talking. “l were on my way to a big Injun Pow-wow at Swegache fer Sir Bill ayes it were In Feb'uary, the time o the great moon o' the hard snow. I found a heap o' Injuns at Swegache— Mohawks, Senekys, Onandogs an’ Al gonks, They had been swappin' pres ents an' speechss with the French. Just a little while afore they had had friendship. Then suddenlike they tuk it In their heads that the French had a sharper hatchet than the English, I were skeered, but when 1 see that they was nobody drunk, I pushed right into the big village an’ asked fer the old Senecky chief Bear Face--knowin’ he were thar—an’ sald I had a letter from the Big Father. They tuk me to him. “1 give him a chain © wampum an’ then read the letter from Sir Bill, It offered the Six Nations more land an’ a fort, an' a regiment to defend ‘em, “A powerful lot o Injuns trailed back to Sir Bill, but they was a few the French. I kind o thar's some them runny They're 'spectin’ to went over to mistrust gades behind us, ’ 0 an’ swim the the many ‘em back place o ride the an’ at rise an’ 1 kind o mistrust we'll he had settled some years before, was Hence the site of his farm called Horse valley. and repeatedly filled his old felt I'm dried out,” he whispered, as stepped back Into dark “‘cause ye never kin tell” the boughs. Mr. coat over both. “He'll learn that it ain't be a scout,” he whispered yawn and in a moment was snoring. It dark he his companion, for ten minutes and had got their of bread and dried of his pack fresh water. They started 3 try then dim and drew his no was black when venison down the foot Oreo gorge i %} nt 161 aia Lava, stealthy strides, ither-like, and the He was fa ' It was a pint of | They came out the gun was rising Binkus upon valley trall ns The fog had lifted, ground reached just the Mr stone » Mh ving low, he exa ed his hand, he whispered “See thar” the The ' d quickly rals o' the devil!” beckoned to the boy. on, pointing jest gone by, ain't riz yit. Walt here” He followed the trail with eyes bent upon it run where there was soft dirt, he stopped again and looked intently at the earth and then hurried back. “It’s a big band. At least forty In. juns in It an’ some captives, an’ the devil and Tom Walker. It's a which they ain't no mistake.” “I'm afrald my folks are in danger,” said the boy as he changed color, he went “They've to grass a few rods We got to cut straight through Cobble hill to the way they go. the bush an’ over we'll beat ‘em easy.” knees never quite straightened, with It covered ground so swiftly that the boy had, now and to keep along with the old woodsman, of Cobble hill and down its far slope and the valley beyond to the shore of the Big creek. he waded in, holding his rifle and powder-horn in his left hand above the creek’s surface, They had a few strokes of swim. ming at midstream, but managed to keep thelr powder dry.” “An' of’ Red Snout went down like a steer under the ax.” ‘(TO BE CONTINUED.) First American Money Made of Clam Shells The proprietor of “a ranch on Cape Cod” has found traces of a trading station established at Bourne, or Manement, in the year of the Pligrims, 1627. At this trading post American money was first Invented as a device for making trade more convenient. This post was established for trade be tween the Pilgrims on one side and the Indians and the Dutch New Yorkers on the other, In the course of time they Invented wampum, which was to have a stable, fixed value at all times, Wampum was a plece of quahog (clam) shell cut into an certain shape and well polished, One plece of quahog shell represented n certain fixed value.~Detroit News PENNSYLVANIA STATE ITEMS New Castle's bobbed The school New Castle, halr controversy Is over, has been modified, The young wo- men may how put it up in halr-nets, The nmmendment to the decree has brought sbout the return of forty- three teachers to the fleld, yet falled to sign the guitered con- Btute College ~—Btate College grant doctor of philosophy according to n recent decision by the trustees of the college. Regulations governing the requirements for awarding of degree were approved as drawn up by the faculty of the Penn State (yrunduate School, Earollment of candidates for the to the degree will take place diately the opening of the term next September, Huzleton.—A five-gallon still, which John Mazer is charged witli having operated in a bullding pear his home at Beaver Meadow, an village, exploded and roof. The premises Lehigh Valley lately imme full for whisky went through the belong to company, Mazer to its policy ants found Q * 1 1 Several di the Coal which ordered accordance with ten- liquor i forced VACHuie against keeping making company any guilty of 1¥8 ago the Wisba, of Humbolt, =a {Oo move ane hares tb he arg Liki Lie nother miner, out of of Its houses on a8 © factured “hootch.’ Hollldaysb issued to Sandusky, otary ment Pot of Port ville * 8! 3 BN April $y 2 oe 1. Re ghowe it £2100.014 and 745. The motor fur £15.611.202 Road DO ald 2233 xl had (ther $ Og £1.500,196 ; fish llcenses, £T15.- 28452.740 state athletic 820.001, The sinking included: funds, gasoline, $85: dog, Hazleton, ‘he high water mark in wages pald workmen on local bulld Ing jobs was reached when plasterers were given 85 an hour for an eight. pletion The usual rate for workers Is £1.25 An hour. Lebanon. Death of James Wolf, 8 years brings the total death list of alleged members of Faith Taber nacle from diphtheria weeks, according to local health offi cers, who stated that old, Although the community has been aroused by the series of deaths, the authorities assert that prosecutions are impossible, as the familles involv. and outside evidence Is unavailable becnuse of the secrecy observed at the homes of alleged members of the cult, Pittsburgh. John Welry, of Toledo, Ohio, a bandit suspect, was wounded seriously and two employes of a Sharpsburg saloon and a customer were shot when two robbers attempt. ed to hold up the establishment. One of the bandits escaped. Weiry, at first belleved to be Paul Palmer, of Lyndora, Pa. told the authorities his right name when doctors adivsed him he could not live. Mrs, Anna Gilmore and John Meyers, employes In the barroom, were wounded, but will re- cover, Harrisburg. The highway depart. ment has officially designated the road running through the northern tier counties of the state the Roosevelt Boulevard, It starts at the state line at Port Jervis, passing through gov. ernor Pinchot’s home town of Milford and then through Seranton, Towan- da, Wellsboro, Coudersport, Smeth- port, Warren and Corry, connecting with the Lakes-to-tha-Sea Highway at Waterford. Greenville.—~Charles Wasser, who escaped from the Rockview Peniten- tiary several days ago, was recaptur ad bere Allentown, = Copsiabie Charles victed in erbminal court of taking i that he, Alderman Horace W. Genry and Kdwin 8. fevan, it was alleged, It was test) rilders seized large and moonshine the toash that case upon payment of He received part of the money, Pottsville. —Reports to the Lehigh Presbytery, In session here, showed 10,106 members, with $85,000 in con- linger, of Pottsville, an. William Me- to the general at Grand Rapids, Mich, Huzleton.—At directors of assembly the meeting the Middie Coal Fleld Edward Warner, in charge of the Wentherly district, re- ported that last week a woman asked bought a five passenger automobile. Her application was dropped. Mt. Carmel —Joseph miner at Natalle ably fatally colliery, was prob- injured when a dozen dynamite caps exploded In a pocket, blowing a large part of the lower left side of his away. He walk ed fifty feet before he the into forgot abdomen collapsed. mine in them took the to caps pocket and the x Pittsburgh. place in tool! Tnaware that of heart disease a murder case, Was F 4 wit thers of the furs doe 1 of £4 sacl ies qecidedq to highway mo- officials in we department of highways announc- ed. The tions th ul ssigned to in vari ions Harris! conscience fund received J. E. Doug- Chicag who said it for taxes owing state from ass, was » state since 1022 money was credited to the fund, as the letter accompat was indefinite of the taxes Harry ‘astle, the nature Shenandoah of Coal ( horribly bu Todace, 7 here, from head near irned to foot lLewistown.~Injured April bett, aged 38, died here Pottsville —Louls Neldlinger, by a aged parently a suicide, Monessen. Helen Abraham, aged 4 years, dled from burns received while playing near a bonfire, Tamaqua.-—Married 50 years ago, Mr. and Mrs, John Willlam Orchman celebrated by entertaining 100 rela- tives and friends at a banquet Hazleton.——Members of the Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions’ Clubs assisted In the planting of 2500 trees at Camp Rotawanis of the Boy Scouts, Harrisburg.-—The appointment of Mrs. Louise IL. Chatham, Willlams- port, as a member of the state wel- fare commission was announced by Governor Pinchot. Coatesville~~Contesville Hospital's board of trustees accepted an archi tect's plans for a $100,000 addition to the institution to be erected within the near future, Lancaster Dr. C. Howard Wilmer, Iancaster county medical director, was nominated to head the local Ro- tary Club during the ensuing year. Haszleton.--John, G-yearold son of Anthony Delucea, Jost the sight of his left eye when struck by a plece ol tin thrown by a playmate. Allentown.—In the same house where they were married 50 years ago, Lewis P. Reinhard and wife celebrated thelr golden wedding with a reunion of their children. Hazleton, — Numerous counterfeit $10 notes are afloat In coal fleld PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM BemovesDanarnu® -# Lopsliaty Falling Restores Color a Beauty to Grey and Faded Haid Soe, and §1.00 at Druggiste A Prison y Chera, Wks. Palohopue HY HINDERCORNS removes Corns, oui fouses, ete., stops all pain, ensures comfior: to Lhe | feet, makes walking sary. 1a by mail or at | gisie Hiscox Chew Works, Patchogue, K. ¥. Money back without if HUNT'S SALVE fal satment of ITCH. FC2 NGWORM TETTERo hing skin ¢ Toc at druggists, or AB Richards Meficioe Co Froe—Women Get Wonderful Sanitary In free of chars : ep. ber Comp 5 Sussex Ave. Newark. X. J inean sireer d m Shermee Tar “ep. His Contents not know what may hw in began Spirin Cp Arront LLC ns ontains proven directic “Paver” bores of 12 ta ‘s Als UL-isls fs the trafle mark of Darer Mang Salicylicacid Tn Dr JD.KELLOGGS Bowmpeson's Brewster, Buy at your druggist s or BE River, Troy, 5. ¥. Booklet. REMEDY No need to spend restioss, sleoniess nights. Irritation quickly relieved and rest assured by using the remedy that has helped thousands of sufferers. 25 cents and $1.00 at druggists. If unable to Obtain, write direct to: NORTHROP & LYMAN CO, Inc., Buffalo, New York Send for free san on PEACE! Dont £6.08 sulfering! ~Muayon's Buide Health” will be sent to you free. . Got these famous remedies Munyon Pill For Every II" soft, smooth, clear, '‘plok and white —the matohless complexion of the skin. For beautifying the face and arms, use Sulphur Soap Pure Sulphur. At Drogyists. towns.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers