In the D “BE YE HIT qe 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, rescue from a band of redskins the wife 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 toe 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. In November, 1770, Jack goes to Philadelphia and works in Ben- jamin Franklin's printing plant Nearly three years later Margaret writes him from London, remind- ing him that her youth is passing and saying she has appealed to C@tor Franklin, Binkus has re- ce.ved a letter from Washington to be carried across the ocean, and Jack salls with him. Arriv- ing in England, Binkus is ar- rested, but Jack has the letter and proceeds to London. Jack delivers the papers to Franklin in London. Binkus Is released and joins them in the great city. Jack orders fashionable clothes. Jack and Margaret meet and are more in love than ever, but Col- onel Hare is not eager for the marriage. Franklin's efforts to obtain better ‘treatment for the colonies are futile. He evades the attempt of the king's men to “tow him into port” War be- comes imminent. General Clarke calls the Yankees cowards In Jack's hearing. The young Amer- ican demands a retraction. Lionel Clarke, the general's son, and a suitor for Margaret's hand, takes up the quarrel. CHAPTER Vliii-—Continued. me] Gren Captain Preston went with Solomoh Binkus next day to the address on the tard of Lieutenant Clarke. It was the house of the general, who was waiting with his son in the reception room. They walked together to the Amack club. The general was self- contained. It would seem that his bad opinion of Yankees was not quite so comprehensive as it had been. The whole proceeding went forward with the utmost politeness. “General, Mr. Binkus and John Irons, Jr, are my friends,” sald Captain Preston, “Indeed!” the general answered. “Yes, and they are friends of Eng- land. They saved my neck In America. I have assured young Irons that your words, If they were correctly reported to me, were spoken in haste, and that they do not express your real opinion.” “And what, sir, were the words re ported to you?” the general asked. Preston repeated them “That Is my opinion.” “It is mine also,” young Clarke de <lared. Solomon's face changed quickly. He took deliberate alm at the enemy and drawled : “Can’t be yer opinion is wuth more than the lives o' these young fellers that's goin’ to fight.” “Gentlemen, you will save time by dropping all thought of apologies,” said the gefleral “Then it only remains for you to choose your weapons and agree with us as to time and place,” sald Preston. “lI choose pistols,” sald the young Britisher. “The time and place may sult your convenience, so it be soon and not too far away.” “Let us say the cow wallow on Shoot- er's hill, near the oaks, at sunrise to- morrow,” Preston proposed. “] agree,” the lieutenant answered. “Whatever comes of it, let us have secrecy and all possible protection from each side to the other when the affair is ended,” said Preston, “1 agree to that also” swer of young Clarke, When they were leaving, Solomon sald to Preston: “That 'ere gin'ral is as big as Gollar.” was the an CHAPTER IX The Encounter, Solomon, Jack and their friend left London that afternoon In the saddle and took lodgings at The Rose and Garter, less than a mile from the scene appointed for the encounter. That morning the Americans had sent a friend of Preston by post chaise to Deal, with Solomon's luggage. Preston had also engaged the celebrated sur. geon, Doctor Brooks, to spend the night with them so that he would be sure to be on hand in the morning, The doc- tor had officiated at no less than a dozen duels and enjoyed these affairs #0 keenly that he was glad to give his help without a fee. The party had gone out in the saddle because Preston had sald that the horses might be use ful, So, having discussed the perils of the immediate future, they had done all it was In their power to do to pre pare for them. Late that evening the general and his son and four other gen- tlemen arrived at The Rose and Garter. Certain of them had spent the after- noon In the neighborhood shooting "birds and rabbits, Solomon got back to bed early and sat for a time In their room tinkering with the pistols, When the locks were working “right,” as he put it, he pol. ished thelr grips and barrels, Jack awoke suddenly and opened his eyes. The was lighted. Solomon _ By IRVING BACHELLER Copyright by Irving Bachelior sss i mi -— — - wo wn was leaning over him, He was draw- Ing on his trousers, “Come, my son,” sald the scout in a gentle volee, “They ain't a cloud an’ the moon has got a smile on her face, Come, my young David. Here's the Breeches an’ the purty stockin’'s an’ shoes, an’ the lily white shirt. Sip ‘em on an’ we'll kneel down an’ have a word 0 prayer. This ‘ere ain't no common fight. It's a battle with tyr anny, It's llke the fight o’ David an’ Goliar, Here's yer of’ sling waltin' fer yel™ Solomon felt the pistols and stroked thelr grips with a loving hand. Bide by side they knelt by the bed together for a moment of silent prayer, Others were stirring In the inn. They could hear footsteps and low voices In a room near them. Jack put on his sult of brown velvet and his white silk stockings and best lnen, which he had brought in a small bag. Jack was looking at the pistols, when there came a rap at the door. Preston entered with Doctor Brooks. “We are to go out quietly ahead of the others,” sald the captain. “They will follow in five minutes.” Solomon had put on the old hanger which had come to England with him in his box. He put the pistols in his pockét and they left the inn hy a rear door. A groom was waiting there with the horses saddled and bridled. They mounted them and rode to the fleld of honor. When they dismounted on the ground chosen, the day was dawning, but the great oaks were still walst deep In gloom. It was cold. Preston ealled his friends to his side and sald: “You will fight at twenty paces. I shall count three and when I drop my handkerchief you are both to fire.” Solomon turned to Jack and sald: “If ye fire quick mebbe yell take the crook out ¢' his finger 'fore it has time to pull.” The other party was coming. There were six men in it. The general and his son and one other were in military dress. The general was chatting with a friend. The pistols were loaded by Solomon and General Clarke, while each watched the other. The Lieu tenant's friends and seconds stood close together laughing at some jest. “That's funny, I'll say, what— what!” sald one of the gentlemen. Jack turned to look at him, for there had been a curious Inflection in his “what, what!” He was a stout, highly colored man with large, staring gray eyes. The young American won- dered where he had seen him before. Preston paced the ground and laid down strips of white ribband marking the distance which was to separate the principals. He summoned the young men and sald: “Gentlemen, is there no way in which your honor can be satisfled without fighting?” They shook their heads. “Your stations have been chosen by lot. Irons, yours is there. Take your ground, gentlemen.” The young men walked to thelr places and at this point the graphic Major Solomon Binkus, whose keen eyes observed every detall of the scene, Is able to assume the position of narrator, the words which follow being from a letter he wrote to John Irons of Albany. “Our young David stood up thar as straight an’ bhan'some as a young spruce on a still day—-not a quiver In ary twig. The Clarke boy was a leetle pale an’ when he ralsed his pistol I could see a twitch In his lips. He looked kind o’ stiff. I see they was one thing 'bout shootin’ he hadn't learnt. It don’t do to deny it—'cause a gun don’t allus have to be p'inted careful to kill a man, “We all stood watchin’ every move. I could hear a bird singin’ twenty rod ~'twere that still. Preston stood a leetle out o’ line 'bout half-way be twixt 'em. Up came his hand with the han’kerchief in it. Then Jack raised his pistol and took a peek down the line he wanted. The han'kerchief was in the air. Don't seem so it had fell an inch when the pistols went pop! pop! Jack's hollered fust e's pistol fell. His arm Srepped an’! swung Bp | a8 a rope’s end. hand turned red an’ blood al spurt above It. I see Jack's bullet had jumped Into his right wrist an’ tore it wide open, The lleutenant staggered, bleedin’ like a stuck whale. He'd 'a’ gone to the ground, but his friends grabbed him. I run to Jaex. “‘Be ye hit? I mays “I think his bullet teched me a little on the top o' the left shoulder, says he “I see his coat were tore an’ we took It off an’ the jacket, an’ I ripped the shirt some an’ see that the bullet had kind o' seuffed its foot on him goin’ by, an’ left a track in the skin. It didn't mount to nothin’. The Doe- tor washed it off an’ put a plaster on. “Looks as If he'd drawed a line on yer heart an’ yer bullet had lifted his alm,’ I says. ‘Ye shoot quick, Jack, an’ mebbe that's what saved ye.’ “It looked kind o' neevarious like that ‘ere Englishman had Intended they was goin’ to be one Yankee less. Jack put on his jacket an’ his coat an’ we stepped over to see how they was gettin® erlong with the other feller. The two doctors was tryin’ fer to fix his arm and he was groanin’ severe, Jack leaned over and looked at him, "I'm sorry,’ he says. ‘Is there any- thing I can do? “No, sir. You've growled the old general. “One 0 his party stepped up to Jack. He were dressed like a high-up officer In the army. They was a curous look In his eyes—kind o skeered lke. Seemed so I'd seen him afore somewheres, . “I fancy ye're a good shot, sir—a good shot, sir—what—what? he says to Jack, an’ the words come as fast as a bird's twitter, "Tve had a lot o' practice,’ says our boy. “Kin ye kill that bird—what— what?" says he, p'intin’ at a hawk that were a-cuttin' circles in the alr. “If he comes clus’ 'nough,’ says Jack, “I passed him the loaded pistol. ‘bout two seconds he bang she went, hawk, “Them fellers all ‘nother, “‘Gin'ral, shake hands with ‘ere boy,’ says the man with skeered eyes. ‘If be is a Yankey he's a decent lad—what—what? “The gin'eral shook hands with Jack an’, says he: ‘Young man, I have no doubt 0’ yer curidge or yer decency.’ “A grand pair o’ hosses an’ a closed conch druv up an’ the ol' what done enuff,’ In lifted It and an’ down come the looked at one was in a hurry. Preston he: "We better be goin’. “Do ye know who he were? asks Jack, come over to us an’ says Preston, o' England,’ says Jack. by the look o' his eyes.’ “‘SBart’In sure,’ says IL “‘Hush! I tell ye to fergit it. Preston, he behaved Jack. “'l s'pose he were usin’ his private brain,’ says 1.” This, with some slight changes in spelling, paragraphing and punctua- tion, is the account which Binkus gave of the most exciting ad- venture these two friends had met with. Preston came to Jack and whis- pered: “The outcome Is a great sur prise to the other side. Young Clarke Is a dead shot. An Injured officer of the English army may cause unex: pected embarrassment. But you have time enough and no haste. You can take the ‘post chalse and reach the ship well ahead of her sailing.” “I am of a mind not to go with you," Jack sald to Solomon. "When I go, I shall take Margaret with me.” So It happened that Jack returned to London while Solomon waited for the post chaise to Deal, like a gentleman,’ m—— — “Margaret, | want to take you to Americar (TO BE CONTINUED.) Red Light Traps Insects A means for combating the winged Insect pests of tropical regions has been evolved, by means of which the flying bugs are lured into a deadly bath of aecld and either drowned or asphyxiated by the fumes, It was found that red light served ns an almost irresistible lure for the night-fiyers. A red electric bulb, or a lantern with a red globe, Is placed near the vessel containing the acid solution. As the pests fly to the light the fumes destroy them even though they may not actually fall Into the bath. To protect human beings from pos sible accidental contact with bath, the liquid is placed in a mouthed bottle, to hich is a funnel th a road cone. The light or over this funnel, and the stupefied hy the acld fumes. fall it and so Into the acid York World. A KTTCHE CRONE CW, duis, Woatern Newspaper Union.) WEEKLY MENU SUG- GESTIONS To stimulate the appetite and keep the system In good condition, fresh rults and vegetables should be served. A little green food of some kind, if nothing but a leaf of lettuce or a bit of crisp cabbage, should be eaten daily. Radishes are a tonic and blood sweetener, eat them often. SUNDAY-—Breakfast: Large straw berries, powdered sugar. Dinner: Cel ery soup. Supper: Layer cake. MONDAY - Breakfast: Minced chicken on toast. Dinner: Baked po tatoes, dumplings and steak. Supper: Macaroni and cheese. TUESDAY-—Breakfast: eggs. Dinner: Ham toast. WEDNESDAY Breakfast: of wheat, berries. Dinner: beef. Supper: Tomato soup. THURSDAY Breakfast: Bacon and corn gems. Dinner: Mashed potatoes, liced roast. Supper: Ginger bread FRIDAY-—Breakfast: Poached eggs Dinner: Fish chowder. Supper: Sar dines on toast, SATURDAY Breakfast: cakes, maple sirup. Dinner: soup. Supper: Fish salad, Celery Soup. Cut a pint of celery Into small pleces and cook In a quart of water ontll tender. Put the celery through a coarse sieve, add the celery liquor and a pint of rich chicken broth. Sea. son well and bind with a tablespoon ful each of butter and flour cooked to gether. Add a pinch of mace and serve bot. Toast and Pork chops. Supper: Cream Roast of Griddle Bean Beefsteak With Dumplings. Cook a good round steak in a hot frying pan on one side untill well done. Season well, then cover with boiling water and add the dumplings made as follows: Take one cupful of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-third of a cupful of milk, one-third of a teaspoonful of salt and one table spoonful of fat. Drop by teaspoonfuls on the steak and cover tightly, Steam twenty minutes, Ham Toast Butter rounds of bread and spread half of them with minced ham which been moistened with cream. make into Beat add enough milk to "Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast, and of the things which thou hast, select the best and then re. flect how eagerly they would have been sought If thou hadst them not.” SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS Now that the so plentiful let us use it often ous dishes as wel as for winter use, preparing ple It Is sald that cut blossom avolding the core i i § i more delicious than Pineapple-Strawberry Cocktail.—Cut large berries in halves, put a few Inte glasses; sprinkie with pow to fill the glasses. a whole, perfect berry. Chill Pineapple Fiuff.—Take one pineapple; soak tered. Whip one pint of double cream very stiff and add the other two In gredients ; beat well to mix, and chill before serving. Stuffed Tomatoes—Select small sized tomatoes, cut a slice from the top and remove the centers. Fill with chopped cucumber seasoned with onion and a bit of green pepper, If liked, and add salad dressing to taste. Fill the tomatoes and chill before serving, Cheese and Pineapple Sandwiches. — Mash one large cream cheese: add one-quarter of a cupful of heavy cream, whipped. Add an equal meas ure of finely-chopped pineapple and, when well-mixed, spread on thin slices of bread which have heen covered with mayonnaise dressing. Put to gether with a lettuce leaf dipped In mayonnaise, Strawberry and Pineapple Jelly, Soak two tablespoonfuls of granulat ed geintin In one-quarter of a cupful of cold water for five minutes. Place In a saucepan over the fire one cupful each of strawberry and pineapple juice. When the mixture bolls, stir in the gelatin and one-quarter cupful of sugar. Tinge with a bit of green color ing. Fill individual molds two-thirds full. When firm, drop In large straw. berries dipped In sugar. Serve, when molded, with whipped cream, Southern Batter Bread.—Take one cupful of cornmeal, two cupfuls of milk, one cupful of water, "two eggs. one teaspoonful of salt, one table. spoonful of melted lard or butter, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Beat the whites of the eggs until stiff, add the beaten yolks to the cornmeal which has been cooked slowly with the milk after being mixed with the water, Brush a baking dish with but- ter, combine with the egg whites and bake 40 minutes, Summer Tailleur Is Paris Feature Garment Is Patterned Along | Same Lines as Popular Spring Mode. The summer tallleur is patterned slong the same general lines as its spring predecessor, but It embodies | wo essentinl variations—fabric and out length, writes a Parls fashion orrespondent in the New York Her sd Tribune, { Obviously the woolen materials of | he early tailored mode are not par- | deularly adaptable to the more sul- | xy moments of the summer and as a | onsequence these have Leen deposed | n favor of silk. The smartest con- | i: i | i structions are the silk crepe alpaca | ind taffeta weaves and it is important | ‘hat heavy threads be used In thelr | nanufacture, inasmuch as the straight | ines of the tallleur cannot be main- | tained with lightweight fabrics. For | fports wear, flannel has developed an | gnusual vogue. i AS to the coat, the short, hiplength | type has been succeeded by the three- | juarters model, although the more ab- oreviated coat is still far from the | ranks of the demodee, | The silhouette and general detalls | f the summer tallored mode continue to be very plain and unaffectedly sim- ple, Collars and cuffs, figured organdie | or embroidered lawn are a feminizing influence on the O'Rossen type suit, and In conjunction with these an en- semble effect Is developed by adding | hats and parasols of the same mate rial as the costume. Molyneux is showing some charming sceeagories | made of these sheer cotton fabrics, | usually In bright colors. A very | striking ensemble from this designer | features a sult of dark blue poplalga contrastingly trimmed with a collar | Printed Floral Design. of cherry-colored organdie white. The note of is extended to the hat and parasol, which are also made of the embroidered organdie, Fancy gloves accompany and cuffs the sim- retains its place at the top. These gloves are ornamented with stitching on the back to contrast with the color of the glove Itself, the same color theme being emphasized in the lining of the gauntlet, which is also In a d)- rectly opposite shade, Dainty Tea Apron Can Be Made by Seamstress Most housewives like dainty tea aprons, Here Is one that fills that requirement and Is easy to make, Cut the pattern out of paper first: cut un- til you get it to fit the way you wish. The shape of the pattern is shown in the lllustration. Lay the pattern on your material, Use silk, very sheer organdie or vollee Mark around the pattern with pencil, Have the whole thing picoted. That is, have It Lem- stitched along the pencil marks. Then cut through the bemstitching. This | Showing Shape of Pattern and Com- pleted Apron. | gives a picot edge. The upper bands cross at the back. Sew the lower part of a snap fastener to euch of these straps, and the corresponding part to the underside of the tie strings where - they meet the shoulder straps. An apron like this makes a nice gift. — Kansas City Star. New Line Is Creeping Into That Silhouette Unquestionably there is a new line the silhouette, notes a Not frock has way a bit ‘0 thr On more than one of the most recent acquisitions to collections of summer models there Is unmistak- rec. fact that women have a These frocks have a cer rather tight look at the hips, snd below this the until it is quite wide about slim, and skirt flares the hem. One sees this newer note in after noon and evening gowns more often than in street costumes which still ad here to a straight slender line. He- cently there have been shown a num- ber of lovely dance frocks with straight plain bodices and wide skirts that flure waist to the hem. as a foundation slip of flesh chiffon embroidered in gold, The is of light bro h a full skirt at wer edge. The full at each leaving waist. gold tain color delicately overdress wn tulle wit the ke side, At the {ine in front are three large flowers, This season calls attention bright shade of blue that Is s In vogue at the moment, Fashioned of chiffon, the skirt of circular tend. layers of which gives a particul effect and an Indescribable Drooping sprays of flowers pink are the color effect 1s to the much chiffon, graceful softness, of an exquisite shrimp trimming, but the attractive, In these days of sudden changes it is difficult to keep fabrics In their place. Those that once were looked upon as purely utilitarian suddenly make their appearance In circles far removed from their former sphere, while materials once considered ap- propriate only for oceasions of cere mony now are used for sports cos tumes or those of equal informality. arly Popular Chiffon Dress Can Be Made at Home A woman with ability as seamstress ean duplicate many of the chiffon dresses popular at present. The ma- jority of these models are made al most exactly on the lines of the bunga- low apron. The silhouette Is absolute ly straight from neck line to hem. The material is from 40 to 44 inches wide, and the amount remaining after the front and back breadths have been lald upon the pattern and cut is used for trimming. This remnant, averaging about 18 Inches In width, us usually three to three and a half yards long. On one model shown In a smart shop an end of this piece is affixed In cape fashion from the left armpit to the right shoul- der across the back. From the right shoulder it is allowed to drop In a graceful drape effect to the skirt hem, where It Is doubled back, caught at the right hip and draped across the front to the left hip in apron effect. On another model the remnant Is split into four panels, the edges of each picoted. Two are stitched to the waistline at each hip, allowing the material to fall Into four graceful panels to the skirt hem. Plaid de signs are being extensively used for these dresses, Flower Trimmed Hats Again After a period of hats comparative ly untrimmed there % a concerted ef. midsummer hat, o bring back the flower trimmed Those of yellow straw ornamented with field Howers are particularly atiractive and flat tering. Brown in All Its Moods and Tenses Now Is Rage The quiet colors and soft shades and blendings are the smart things for summer, brown In all of its tints being the last whisper In style, says the New York Times. There Is aii the family of brown In its moods and tenses—tete de negre, havana, nut brown, wood-brown, beige, cocoa, cham. pagne, In soft kid trimmed with glace kid, lizard skin or any one of, the many novel leathers in a deeper or contrast. ing shade. These are far better style than the combinations that mark abrupt contrasts, for the shoe designer has succeeded In convinclhg his patrons that uniformity and harmonious blend. ing are more complimentary to the size and shape of the foot than the treat. ment which makes sharp outlines. All of the new shapes give a mora slender appearance to the foot. Though brown Is having such a smart vogue, gray Is coming Into prominence, and some of the finest and dressiest shoes are shown In oriental gray. It is par ticularly good with the summer colors in gowns. The most charming styles in hosiery are Im to wear with brown in all its shades, and now come gray sheer lustrous hose. For, ns has been repeatedly emphasized, it Is set. tiled that shoes and stockings must match, Waistcoat of Flannel The popularity of the walsteont grows apace, and as the season ad vances It is seen to advantage with the separate skirt that Is plated or wrapped. A smart little walsteoat of flannel In powder bine is bound with white and fastened with one button.
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