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IRVING BACHELLER,
“MY BELOVED HERO”
s—
SYNOPSIS. -— Solomon Binkus,
veteran scout and interpreter,
and his young companion, Jack
Irons, passing through Horse
Valley, New York, in September,
1768, to warn settlers of an In-
dian uprising, rescne from a band
of redskins the wifs and daughter
of Colonel Hare of England. Jack
distinguishes himself in the fight
and later rescues Margaret Hare
from the river. Jack and Mar-
garet fall in love. On reaching
Fort Stanwix, Colonel Hare says
both are too young to marry. The
Hare family sail for England, and
the Irons family move to Albany
Unrest grows in the colonies be-
cause of the oppressive measures
of the English government. Solo-
mon and Jack visit Boston,
CHAPTER |1—Continued.
en Dye
Jack and Solomon attended the town
meeting that day In the Old
meeting-house, It was a quiet and or
derly crowd that listened to the
speeches of Josiah Quincy, John Han
cock and Samuel Adams,
calmly but firmly that the soldiers be
forthwith removed from the city. The
famous John Hancock cut a great
fizure in Boston in those days. It is
not surprising that Jack
pressed by hier grandeur, for he had
entered the meeting-house in a scarlet
velvet cap and a blre gown
lined with velvet and to the
platform with a dignity even above his
garments. As he faced ahout the boy
did not fall to notice and admire the
white satin walstecoat and white silk
stockings and red morocco slippers.
Mr. Quincy made a statement which
stuck lke a bur in Jack Irons’ memory
of that day, and perhaps all the faster
damask
strode
The speaker sald: “The dragon's teeth
have been sown”
The chairman asked If there was any
eitizen present who had been on
[says that Mr, Adams complimented
{ them when they left the stand.
| There is an old letter of Solomon
| Binkus which briefly describes the
| journey. He speaks of the “pompy”
men who exsmined them. “They
| grinned at me all the time an’ the ol’
blg wig jedge in the womern's dress
got mad if I tried to crack a joke,”
| he wrote in his letter. “He looked like
| he had pald too much fer his whistle
an’ thought I had sold It to him.
| Thought he were goin’ to box my ears
{ John Addums Is erbout as sharp as a
i razor. Took a likin’ to Jack an’ me,
{a trapper.”
The two came back In the saddle
| and reached Albany late in October.
CHAPTER IN
The Journey to Philadelphia
The New York Mercury of Novem:
i her 4, 1770, contains this item:
“John Irons, Jr,
the schooner Arlel
Albany. Mr. Binkus Is on his
way to Alexandria, Va, is
to meet Major Washington and acecom-
day
from
morning on
where he
pany him to
in the Far West”
Solomon was goon to meet an officer
with whom he was to find the amplest
Juek was on his
They had found
and Jack and
in
that time—on the
cabin floor, through the two nights of
their journey. Jack minded not the
hardness of the flo but there was
drinking and arguing and ex-
geope for his talents,
way to Philadelphia
+}
the ship crowded
other hoys “pigged together”-
expressive phrase of
Or,
terrupted his slumbers.
He took the boat to Amboy as Ben.
There he met Mr. John
Adams of Boston, who was on his way
Solomon Binkus and
hand and was asked to
the minister's room and confer
the committee,
Mr. John Adams called
that and
was defend
require
ing. arose
up his go to
with
at the
announced that
Preston
Ld
Of
For
inn
he
evening
to and
Captain
the Jack and
that ren
help
In
dragon's teeth had been
a speaker say
that the
What de
“It
John
ready
ws that mean?”
means that war is coming,”
Irons, “We ns
fs
”"
might well
for it
These words, coming
fa-
He
war
from his
gave him a shock of surprise
think of the effect of
8 own fortunes
ther
Yezan to
on hi
went to work on the farm
Irons and lived with the family.
After the hay
and stacked In
were
boy returned to school.
had been cut
mer, they
left in September,
a drove of horses.
“ht good for Jack,” John
Irons had sald to his wife. “He'll be
the better prepared for his work In
Philadelphia next fall.”
Two important letters had arrived
that summer, One from Benjamin
Franklin to John krons, offering Jack
ant chance to learn the printer's trade
in his Philadeiphia shop and board and
lodging in his home.
The other letter was from Margaret
Hare to the boy, In which she had said
that they were glad to learn that he
and Mr. Binkus were friends of Cap-
tain Preston and inclined to help him
in his trouble. “Since I read your let-
ter 1 am more In love with you than
ever,” she had written, “My father
was pleased with it. He thinks that
all cause of complaint will be removed.
Until it is, 1 do not ask you to be a
Tory, but only to be patient.”
Jack and Solomon were the whole
day getting their horses across Van
Deusen’'s ferry and headed eastward
in the rough road. Mr. Binkus wore
his hanger--an old Damascus blade in-
herited from his father-—and carried
hi= ,ong musket and an abundant store
of ammunition; Jack wore his two pls-
toils, In the use of which he had be
Come most expert.
They ame to wagon roads Improv.
ing as they approached towns and vil
fnges, in the first of which they began
gelling the drove. When they reached
Boston, nearly a week later, they had
only the two horses which they rode.
The tfinl had Just begun. Being ar-
dent Whigs, their testimony made an
fir preas Gu Jack's letter to his father
taking with them
will be
| WAS FROM MARGARET |
HARE TO THE Bov,
i
ruddy, strong-built man of about thirty-
five years, with thick, wavy dark hair
that fell in weli-trimmed tufts on
ears,
He had a prominent forehead,
blue and expressive eyes and a voice
clear and resonant. Ile was hand
somely dressed,
Mr. Adams grested the boy warmly
and told him that the testimony which
he and Solomon Binkus gave had saved
the life of Captain Preston. The great
lawyer took much Interest in the boy
and accompanied him to the top of the
stage, the weather being clear and
warm.
When Jack was taking leave of
Mr. Adams at the Black Horse tav-
ern in Philadelphia the latter invited
the boy to visit him in Boston If his
way should lead him there,
Jack went to the house of the print-
er, where he did not receive the warm
welcome he had expected. Deborah
Franklin was a fat, hard-working. {llit-
erate, economical housewife, She had
a great pride in her husband, but had
fallen hopelessly behind him. She re.
garded with awe and slight under
standing the accomplishments of his
virile, relentless, onpushing intellect.
She did not know how to enjoy the
prosperity that had come to them. It
was a neat and cleanly home, but, as
of old, Deborah was doing most of the
work herself. She would not have had
it otherwise,
“Ben thinks we ortn’t to be doin’
nothin’ but settin’ eroun’ In silk dresses
an’ readin’ books an’ gabbin'h with
comp'ny,” she sald. “Men don't know
how hard ‘tis to git help that cleans
good an’ cooks decent. Everyhody feels
so kind o' big an’ Inderpendent they
won't stan’ It to be found fault with.”
Her daughter, Mrs. Bache, and the
latter's children were there. Suddenly
confronted by the problem of a strange
lad coming into the house to live with
them, they were a bit dismayed. But
presently thelr motherly hearts were
touched by the look of the big, gentle
faced, homesick boy. They made a
room ready for him on the top floor
and showed him the wonders of the
blg house—the library, the electrical
apparatus, the rocking chalr with Its
fan swayed by the movement of the
chair, the new stove and grate which
the doctor had Invented, That eve
ning, after an excellent supper, Jack
suggested that he would like to have a
part of the work to do.
“1 can sweep and clean as well ns
anyone,” he said, “My mother taught
me how to do that. You must call on
me for any help you need.”
“Now 1 wouldn't wonder but what
we'll git erlong real happy,” sald Mrs,
Franklin, “If you'll git up ‘arly an’
dust the main floor an’ do the broom
work an’ fill the wood boxes an’ fetch
water, I'll see ye don't go hungry.”
Jack went to the shop and was put
to work next morning. He had to
carry beer and suffer a lot of humill-
ating Imposition from older boys Ip
the big shop, but he bore it patiently
and made friends and good progress.
That winter he took dancing lessons
from the famous John Trotter of New
York and practiced fencing with the
well-known Master Brissac. He also
took a course In geometry and trigo
nometry at the academy and wrote an
article describing his trip to Boston for
the Gazette, The latter was warmly
New York and Boston journals. He
and excelled in the games, on training
day, especially at running,
boxing and ghooting
the
tiing,
targe!
pistol, which had won for him
Franklin medal for marksmanship.
the
In
ba country the f
'k avorite
of h
and father had
fn mark.
imself
ting at
forged ahead,
but on
not
tows
Under the s
life and
talents
only
rd
continuou
grew like
In the summer of "seventy
to
Gazette,
he
inns
contribute to
began
of the
articles brought
from the people thelr wit,
penetration and good humor. He had
entered upon a career of great promise
Certain
him
'
compliments
best for
when the current of his life quickened
111
letter from
July 14, 1773
grade It began with a
Margaret Hare, dated
In It she writes:
“When you get this please sit down
and up the that
passed since we parted
count years
how our plans have gone awry.
think of me waiting
for you In the midst of a
world
mates and passed on. [I
today and told him
well a
of ha
bh
that
old lady st eteen
and accused hin
He said
i
gfone e had sont
not
handsome work
I need 4
as the Gazette needs
You have m:
and Jacl
consent to taxation
that
I rebel
merican-—you
without rep
giving
am not
longer
on. Year by sear I am
of my and 1
i about it.’
1 gOMe youth
ing consulte
i he: ‘1
the king. 1
his country
shall
“Sai would demand justice
suppose he
cannot yet afford a
tell him that he Is
the Third and that
better listen the volee of
thinks
had
to
There are fine
ing for
Comes not,
my brave deliverer and he
I cannot forget the thrush's
song and the enchanted woods,
hold me. If they have not held you-if
you will fall
you?
not to tell me, will
before you come to me? Little by
little, after many talks with the ven
erable Frankiin, I have got the Ameri
can notion that I would like to go
away with you and help you to accom.
plish these things and enjoy the hap
piness which was ours, for a little time,
and of which you speak in your letters,
Surely there was something very great
in those moments. It does not fade
and has It not kept us true to our
promise? But, Jack, how long am I to
wait? You must tell me”
“The letter to Dr.
was in his pocket”
Franklin
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Comforts of Science
“I hear you have taken up psycho-
analysis.”
“Yea,” replied Miss Cayenne. “It Is
go soothing to be able to say you have
a complex instead of a dreadful dis
position.”
For His Own Use
Mrs, Chatterton—I sald something
that offended your wife, so she didn't
speak to me for a week, |
Mr. Longsuffer—Would you mind
telling me what it was you sald?
A woman's favorite doctor has a
sympathetic eye and a tender voice
LIMELIGHT
More Conventional Attire,
Free of Extravagance,
Is Favored.
It is a fortunate day In which we
live and enjoy such a wealth of art
and beauty and comfort in things de-
glgned for women's wear, There are,
notes a fashion writer In the New York
Thwes, more than ever before, dress
creations of every sort, meeting the
desire and need for every possible oc-
casion, and this season these are of.
fered In attractive forms ut
which are considerate of the woman
of slender Income as well as of her
that holds the strings of a long purse,
the response to this opportunity
spontaneous, so that one who is moved
and the best selections In models.
They are, this scason, a notable
achievement for the artists in Paris
who direct our ways In dress; the de
are beautiful and the colors en-
First in the thought of everyone are
spring and
trousseau provide a
the
thrill to
Wed-
ding gowns have never been loveller or
wedding
that
‘here Is a feeling for the more con-
wedding dress, free of the
extravagances and eccentricities that
BONDS
A few
in some
a tendency
years
of
ago there was evident
the most important models
toward the ultra modern,
the extreme,
bride.
(Green and White Used
Green flannel features this charm.
it is worn
with hat and scarf of green and white. |
Some Suggestions on
Many people still prefer thelr skirts |
When this Is done, writes a clothing |
college, a plece of belting about two |
inches wide is prepared to fit the
waist, and fastened with hooks and |
eyes. The skirt is pinned to this with |
the upper edge of the skirt extending |
slightly above the top of the beit. In|
finishing the skirt may be turned over |
the belt nad faced down with bliss tape, |
or the raw edge may be turned under |
between the belt and the skirt with |
the folded edge extending slightly |
above the belt, and stitched by ma-
chine,
Another method of adjusting a skirt
nt the waist Is to fit the belt at the
hip line or below the regulation waist
line, and then fialsh ns above. Skirts
finished in this way look well with
tuck-in blouses of the sports or tail
ored type.
For wear with overblouses skirts
should be attached to a long under
walst or underbody. It Is not nec
essury to shape this underbody. In-
stead take an easy hip measure, also
the measure from the underarm to the
hips, allowing for a hem or easing for
ribbon at the top, Cut a straight
plece of material according to this
measure and Join the ends. If the
materiul Is narrow It may be fully as
ensy to have a seam on each side, or
a lengthwise strip of the material with
one seam may be used, but this will
be more apt to stretch as the weight
of the skirt will then come on the
crosswise or filling threads, which are
got as sirong,
| ference toward the dignity and beauty
possible to express with wedding satin,
orange blossoms and tulle, and they
crented this season costumes of great
| art value for the bride and her brides
| malds,
A few couturieres have gone In for
revivals In the styles of wedding
| gowns, using the quaint models of ear
| Her days, when skirts were wide and
bodices tight, and when rare old lace
was much in evidence,
| This type of dress Is definitely suited
to some brides, and when it is well
| Gay Silk Frock Chic
for Young Girls’ Wea
ZN
A
{0 ] a” fo
Fd
po
Just as sweet as a stick of candy |
| signed for misses’ summer wear.
done and worm it is a
ventional wedding gown.
One delightful
is an entire absence of fussy detal
complexity in composition. The
one-plece dress
gives the
for
is mos’
felicitous
of the
most
arrangement
princess gown,
of drap
ustrated
er
IZR¢S it %
it
liked,
33
and Is iil
ry successful models
of Worth,
is necessarily a joy to
There mu
from the house
{roussenn
gt be and
nd exquisite lingerie,
g nccessories.
EOWNS
Unique Accessories
Silver, rare enamels all
In t}
but
have a e fittings
the
4
1 § al
gressing t ible,
1
wishes to be
instead a set made venetian glass
fa color. They come In shades of ap
ple green, bright blue and pink and the
stoppers of the perfume bottles and
handles of the powder
flower-shaped.
of
seam und make a hem and casing at
top edge of the skirt
baste nad stitch ro position, overcast
ing the raw edge of the skirt under
neath or facing with a thin straight
strip of the walst material
Sailor Hats
The mannish sallor hat of straw Is
again coming Into vogue, If we be.
lieve the millinery wholesalers, who
claim that the tallored vogue demands
the trim sallor hat. Those seen are
trimmed in scarts of vivid color, which
These scarfs wrap artfully about the
crown, extending almost the helght of
the crown, and the ends are concealed
under the folds. Several of these
models have neckscarfs to match,
Plaited Lace Being Used
Black lace over flesh satin or char
meuse, by the way, Is another fa-
vired note of the season. Delicate
black lace makes a delightful dance
frock, and a bouffant model of plait
od or gathered black Ince over flesh is
iowely for the young debutante. Plait.
ed lace 1s heling used in a number of
evening gowns, either In gay colors
in black or in white,
Smart Shoe Buckles
The colonial buckle Is the only type
of buckle really prominent In the
gpring show styles. It Is often accom
panied by an Interesting tongue of
leather which has a rather flaring
Finish the seams with a French
effect.
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