CHAPTER XIV-—Continued.
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Their mission finished, that evening
Jack and Solomon called at General
Washington's headquarters.
“General, Doctor Franklin told us
to turn over the hosses and wagons to
you,” sald Solomon. “He didn't tell
us what to do with ourselves ’'cause
*twasn't nec'sary an’ he knew it. We
want to enlist.”
“For what term?
“Till the British are licked.”
“You are the kind of men I need,”
sald Washington. *I shall put you on
scout duty. Mr. Irons will go into my
regiment of sharpshooters with the
rank of captain. You have told me of
his training in Philadelphia.”
So the two friends were enlisted
and began service In the army of
Washington,
A letter from Jack to his mother
dated July 25, 1775, 1s full of the camp
color:
“General Charles Lee isin command
of my regiment,” he writes. “He is a
rough, slovenly old dog of a man who
seems to bark at us on the training
ground. He has two or three hunting
dogs that live with him In his tent and
also a rare gift of profanity which Is
with him everywhere—save at head-
quarters,
“Today I saw these notices posted in
camp:
“ ‘Punctual attendance on divine
service is required of all not on actual
duty.’
“ ‘No burning of the pope allowed.’
“ ‘Fifteen stripes for denying duty.’
® ‘Ten for getting drunk.’
® “Thirty-nine for stealing and de
sertion.’
“Rogues are put In terror, lazy men
are energized, The quarters are kept
clean, the food Is well cooked and in
plentiful supply, but the British over
fn town are sald to be getting hungry.”
Early In August a London letter
was forwarded to Jack from Phlladel-
ghia. He was filled with new hope
1s he read these lines:
“Dearest Jack: I am sailing for
Boston on one of the next troop ships
to join my father. So when the war
ends—God grant it may be soon—you
will not have far to go to find me,
Perhaps by Christmas time we may
be together. Let us both pray for
that. Meanwhile, I shall be happler
for being nearer you and for doing
what I can to heal the wounds made
by this wretched war. I am going to
be a nurse in a hospital. You see the
truth Is that since I met you, I like
all men better, and I shall love to be
trying to relieve their sufferings. . . .”
It was a long letter but above Is as
much of It as can clalm admisston to
these pages.
“Wno but she could write such a
letter?” Jock ssked himself, and then
he held it to Nis lips a moment. It
thrilled him to think that even then
she was probably in Boston. In the
tent where he and Solomon lived when
they were both in camp, he found the
scout. The night before Solomon had
slept out. Now he had built a small
fire In front of the tent and lain down
on a blanket, having delivered his re.
port at headauarters.
“Margaret Is In Boston,” sald Jack
as soon as he entered, and then stand
ing In the firelight read the letter to
his friend,
“Thar Is a real,
gal,” sald the scout.
“1 wish there were some way of
getting to her,” the young man re
marked.
“Might as well think o’ goin’ to h—I
an’ back dag'in,” sald Solomon. “Since
Bunker Hill the British are like a lot
o' hornets. 1 run onto one of ‘em to-
day. He fired at me an’ didn’t hit a
thing but the alr an’ run lke a scared
rabbit. Could "a’ kiiled him easy but
I kind o’ enjoyed seein’ him run. He
were like chain lightnin’ on a greased
pole—you hear to me.”
“If the general will let me, I'm go-
ing to try spy duty and see If 1 ean
get Into town and out again,” he pro
posed.
“You keep out o' that business”
said Solomon. “They's too many that
know ye over In town. The two
Clarkes an’ their friends an’ Colonel
Hare an’ his friends, an’ Cap. Preston,
an’ a hull passle. They know all
‘bout ye. If you got snapped, they'd
stan’ ye ag'in’ a wall an’ put ye out o'
the way quick. It would be ple for
the Clarkes, an’ the ¢I' man Hare
wouldn't spill no tears over it. Cap.
Preston couldn't save ye, that's sartin,
No, sir, I won't "low it. They's plenty
©’ old cusses fer such work.”
For a time Jack abandoned the idea,
but later, when Solomon falled to re
turn from a scouting tour and a re
port reached camp that he was cap
tured, the young man began to think
of that rather romantic plan again.
He had grown a full beard; his skin
was tanned; his clothes were worn
and torn and faded. His father, who
had visited the camp bringing a sup
ply of clothes for his son, had failed,
at first, to recognize him.
December had arrived. The general
genewine, likely
keeping an army about him. Terms
of enlistment were expiring. Cold
weather had come. The camp was un-
comfortable. Regiments of the home
sick lads of New England were leay-
Ing or preparing to leave. Jack and a
number of young ministers in the serv.
ice organized & campaign of persua-
sion and many were prevalled upon
to reenlist. But hundreds of boys
were hurrying homeward on the frozen
. One day Jack was sent for. He and
By IRVING BACHELLER
Copyright by Irving Bacheller
his company had captured a number of
men In a skirmish,
“Captain, you have done well,” sald
the general, “I want to make a scout
of you. In our present circumstances
it's about the most important, danger
ous and difficult work there is to be
done hete, especially the work which
Solomon Binkus undertook to do.
There Is no other in whom I should
have so much confidence. Major Bart-
lett knows the part of the line which
Colonel Binkus traversed. He will be
going out that way tomorrow. I should
like you, sir, to go with him. After
one trip I shall be greatly pleased If
you are capable of doing the work
alone,”
Orders were delivered and Jack re
ported to Bartlett, an agreeable, mid.
dle-aged farmer-soldier, who had been
on scout duty since July. They left
camp together next morning an hour
before revellle. They had &n unevent-
ful day, mostly In wooded flats and
ridges, and from the latter looking
across with a spy-glass into Bruteland,
as they called the country held by the
British, and seeing only, now and then,
an enemy picket or distant camps,
About midday they sat down In a
thicket together for a bite to eat and
a whispered conference,
“Binkus, as you know, had his own
way of scouting,” sald the major. "He
was an Indian fighter. He liked to get
inside the enemy lines and lle close an’
watch ‘em an’ mebbe hear what they
were talking about. Now an’ then he
would surprise a British sentinel and
disarm him an’ bring him Into camp.”
Jack wondered that his friend had
never spoken of the capture of prison-
ers,
“He was a modest man,” sald the
young scout.
“He didn't want the British to know
where Solomon Binkus was at work,
and I guess he was wise” sald the
major. “I advise against taking the
chances that he took. It ain't neces
sary. Youn would be eaught much
sooner than he was”
That day Bartlett took Jack over
Solomon's trail and gave him the lay
of the land and much good advice. A
young man of Jack's spirit, however,
is apt to have a degree of enterprise
and self-confidence not easily con-
trolled by advice. He had been travel
“YOUR CAUTION,”
JACK
ANSWERED
ing alone for three days when he felt
the need of more exciting action. That
night he crossed the Charles river on
the ice in a snowstorm and captured a
sentinel and brought him back to
camp.
the youth led him into a great sdven-
ture. It was on the night of January
fifth that Jack penetrated the British
an outpost In a strip of forest. There
a camp fire was burning. He came
close. His garments had been whitened
by the storm. The alr was thick with
snow, his feet were muffied in a foot
of It. He sat by a stump scarcely
twenty feet from the fire, seeing those
in its light, but quite invisible, There
he could distinctly hear the talk of the
Britishers. It related to a proposed
evacuation of the city by Howe.
“I'm weary of starving to death In
this God-forsaken place,” sald one of
them. “You can’t keep an army with-
out meat or vegetables, I've eaten fish
till I'm getting scales on me.”
“Colonel Riffington says that the
army will leave flere within a fori
night,” another observed.
It was Important information which
had come to the ear of the young scout.
The talk was that of well-bred Eng-
lishmen who were probably officers,
“We ought not to speak of those
matters aloud,” one of them remarked,
like the one we captured.”
“He was Amherst’s old scout,” sald
another. “He swore a blue streak
when we shoved him into jail. They
don't like to be treated like rebels.
They want to be prisoners of war.”
rifle on his shoulder.
“Hello, BUI!” sald one of the men.
“Going out on post?”
“1 am, God help me.” the youth an-
swered, “It's what I'd call a hl of
a night.” :
The sentinel passed close by Jack on
his way to bis post. The latter crept
| Richard
away and followed, gradually closing
in upon his quarry. When they were
well away from the fire, Jack came
close and called, “Bll I”
The sentinel stopped and faced
about,
“You've forgotten something,” sald
Jack, In a genlal tone,
“What Is 1t7"
“Your caution,” Jack answered, with
his pistol against the breast of his en-
emy. “I shall have to kill you If you
call or fall to obey me, Give me the
rifle and go on ahead. When I say gee
go to the right, haw to the left.”
So the capture was made, and on the
way out Jack picked up the sentinel
who stood waiting to be relleved and
took both men Into camp,
From documents on the person of
one of these young Britishers it ap
peared that General Clarke was In
command of a brigade behind the lines
which Jack had been watching and
robbing,
When Jack delivered his report the
chief called him a brave lad and sald:
“It Is valuable Information you have
brought to me. Do not speak of it. Let
me warn you, captain, that from now
on they will try to trap you. Perhaps,
even, you may look for daring enter
prises on that part of their line.”
The general was right. The young
scout ran into a most daring and suc
cessful British enterprise on the twen-
tieth of January. The snow had been
swept away In a warm rain and the
ground had frozen bare, or it would
not have been possible. Jack had got
to a strip of woods in a lonely bit of
country near the British lines and was
climbing a tall tree to take ohserva-
tions when he saw a movement on the
ground beneath him, He
was surrounded by British
rifle, called te him:
your pistols and come down at once.”
ambush.
came down.
warning of the general.
rebel 1” sald Clarke,
swear at,” Jack answered.
away.
Clarke answered,
“What do you mean?
blindfolded against a wall”
me” Jack answered. “We have too
many of your men In our hands”
CHAPTER XV
in Boston Jail,
Jack was marched under guard
into the streets of Boston. Church
bells were ringing.
morning.
control of their prisoner. They gave
liberty. Jack was not fooled.
“1 see that you want to get rid of
“You'd like to have
with your bullets. That is base In.
gratitude.
n"
Clarke answered,
know how well I can shoot.”
“And when I learn, I want to have a
falr chance for my life.”
Beyond the city limits young Clarke,
who was then a captain, left them,
and Jack proceeded with the others,
The streets were quiet—indeed al
most deserted. There were no chil.
dren playing on the common, A crowd
was coming out of one of the churches.
In the midst of it the prisener saw
Preston and Lady Hare. They were
so near that he could have touched
them with his hand as he passed. They
did not see him. He noted the name
of the church and its minister. In a
few minutes he was delivered at the
Jall—a nolsome, (ll-smelling, badly
ventilated place,
The yard was an opening walled in
by the malin structure and its two
wings and a wooden fence some ff.
teen feet high. There was a ragged,
dirty rabble of “rebel” prisoners,
among whom was Solomon Binkus. all
wut for an airing. The old scout had
lost flesh and color. He held Jack's
hand and stood for a moment without
speaking.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
His Lesson Went Wrong
The teacher was trying to Impress
on the children how lmportant had
been the discovery of the law of grav.
tation.
“Sir Isanc Newton was sitting on
the ground looking at the tree.. Am
apple fell on his head, and from that
he discovered gravitation. Just think,
children,” she added, “isn't that won.
derful 7
The Inevitable small boy
“Yes, miss, an’ If he had been sittin’
in school lookin’ at bis books he
Xogien ‘t never have discovered noth
Printed Crepe Is
Fashion in Paris
Bright Colors Feature of In-
teresting Dress Mate-
rials Now Worn.
Printed crepes of every type imagin-
able ure being worn In Paris. A sim
ple crepe de chine frock set forth in
several shades of green and gray on a
darker green ground Is popular for
summer wear. The whole garment is
very plain and semi-tallored, a one
plece frock with a narrow belt of |
3
White Canton Crepe Is
Bordered With Green
to form u shallow, tallored collar turn- |
ing buck from the V-shaped decol-
letuge,
give a touch of elegunce to the mod- |
ést little garment. The clasp on the |
leather belt 1s llkewise of wrought sil.
ver to match. The band trimming on
the bodice, sleeves and skirt Is of plain |
green crepe. A scarf of similar crepe |
in one tone may be worn with the |
frock,
An interesting and unusual gown ls
exceedingly smart and quite new In
i
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IN 3
titan matted ed
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Here is a winsome two-piece suit for
It is made of soft
green, a popular combination this sea.
son.
of fine stones and
way of a necklace cther than thelr
pearls or the other precious stones in
thelr Jewelry for evening dress
The astonishing thing about some
of the latest styles In neckisces, In
both the long strings and the choker,
is the size and weight of the beads
a prize “chiney” in the game of mar.
bles, made of rock crystal, clear. or
one of the many pretty colored
and would be burdensome if they were
word In the mode,
Attractive in Her Hai
The fod for Imitation jewelry is re
the halr, In girdles and motifs de
One-Piece Frock Is Liked.
conception. It Is of black crepe de
bordered with white organdie!
and most cleverly draped at the front
of the skirt. The whole frock Is cut
on the bias and the wast amount of
forms the drapery at
the front Is gathered beneath a kid beit
els In evening dress In the coming
They are made of net, stud
are so wide as almost
hair: they are brilliantly Jeweled
matching =parkiing eyes, and are ar
tistie, after an oriental type.
Girdles, ornaments, long-fringed tas
sels and motifs for applique are all of
this kind and sre much worn. The
Intest combs are lovely, The antioune
combs of the Spanish shape that had
Variety in Evidence
A sense of humor is needed to ap |
now displayed In every place where
sold. They resemble most amusingly |
the button strings of our early child-
hood days and the marbles that In
the springtime add so much to the
happiness of little boys.
Millions of strings 6f beads, some of
and semi-precious In charac
ter, but most of them just giass, add
Of course there are people of affio- |
squaws, and who follow the fashion by |
and shell especially, are less seen now
than the smaller shapes set with
stones,
The rhinestone combs are far “he
is quite the newest. These combs have
an appeal for women who still have
their tresses attached. For the one
with bobbed locks there are the pret
tlest finttering slender fillets, as well
gs the wide swathing bandeanx.
Red Much in Favor
Everywhere one sees much red used
not only for hats but for entire frocks
Sports frocks of red crepe de chine or
flat crepe are most attractive and, as a
rule, have a scarf of the same material
Some of the newer scarfs are made of
der of a contrasting shade at each end
With a frock of white crepe de chine
there was a scarf of white with an ex
tremely wide band of red.
Hose and Shoes Must Be
. i
Smart to Match Skirts |
Skirts are shorter than ever in|
Paris, according to a fashion authority |
recently returned, and woe to the |
woman who does not give careful con-’
sideration to her feet and ankles, for |
they cannot be camouflaged.
“There never was a time when shoes
and hosiery were so important as they
are now,” the same authority declared
“Long ago, when our grandmothers
wore white and palecolored hose,
thelr skirts were long. When the short
skirts first came Into vogue the hose
were black or a dark brown to match
the shoes. Now the skirts are at leas
ten inches from the ground and the
stockings are in shades of beige or
pude or gray. They are very smart,
but very conspicuous,
“The new full-fashloned silk and
fiber hose are very satisfactory
for simmer dresses, They fit the an-
kles and are shimmery and pretty.
Care must be taken to wear the right
kind of shoes with each gown. The
trim-tallored shoes a woman wears
with her serge frock are impossible
with her patent leather or satin or
thin kid shoes with high heels.
“It Is careful attention to these de-
talls that makes a woman look smart,
and it 18 much more Important to have
one's clothes smart than becoming. It
{a not always possible to be both, and
the wise woman chooses to be smart.”
Deauville Scarf Brings
Many Fashions to Surface
The Deapville searf started more
fashions than the differen t wars of
ac
ol
the same patterns, to be worn as ties
and sashes, as hat trimming and now
as head kerchiefs. The newest cov
ering for the head for out of doors
on the beach, the tennis court or the
motor road Is a square of printed silk
or. crepe knotted about the head.
A fetching kerchief Is made of a
with plain green crepe, and the ker
chief Is put on the head bandanna
fashion, with knotted ends In front
and behind. Another manner of wear
ing the kerchief is as an Indian tur
ban, which is particularly pretty and
becoming In printed flowery chiffons,
georgettes and crepes. These beach
caps, as they are cnlled, are much
liked In piace of the little hats, being
lighter and more comfortable,
The scarf devotee will be able to
revel In many kinds of colors of scarfs
by availing herself of the opportunity
to buy them by the yard Printed
crepe de chine, crepe chiffon and the
lightest quality of chiffon printed in
flower and conventional patterns in
gay colors on light tinted grounds
gray, Beige, flesh, blue, green or white
are to be bought In scarf length.
They require only to be hemmed at
the ends, and make a stylish scarf for
a reasonable price,
The Mandarin Coat :
One of the newest effects In knitted
cont sweaters Is the “mandarin” mod.
el. In camel brushed wool, the
sleeves and back contrasting with the
body of the garment, and the edges
with a neat blanket stitch of
yarn, with two pockets, the
cont Is a practical and good.
garment for all purposes.
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levssnnnevaed
If solid happiness we prize,
Within our breast the jewel lies,
And they ars fools whe roam;
This world has nothing to bestow
From our own selves our bliss must
flow,
And that dear hut-—our home.
~Nathaniel Cotton.
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FOR THE FAMILY TABLE
A simple dessert which will be good
for the children of the family, Is:
Jelly Pudding.
~Boll together
two cupfuls of
water and one
glass of jelly up
til well dissolved,
add three-fourths
of a cupful of
sago which” has
soaked for an hour to soften, then
rook twenty minutes, or until the sago
Is clear. Sweeten to taste, pour into
molds and serve with cream when cold.
Velvet Sherbet.—Take the juice of
three lemons, add two cupfuls of sugar
and one quart of rich milk, Stir until
the sugar Is dissolved; It will curdle
but will freeze smooth as velvet,
Freeze as vsual
Banana Filuff.—Peel three large ripe
bananas, ‘cover them with two table
spoonfuls of lemon julce and one table
spoonful of grape juice; place on Ice
to stand for an hour. Mash them and
beat well, adding one-half cupful of
powdered sugar and the unbeaten
whites of three eggs, one at a time
When light add a teaspoonful of
viinlila and serve In glasses with frult
Juice and minced pistachio nuts
Wisconsin Cherry Duff.—Tuke two
tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-fourth of
a cupful of butter (four tablespoon-
fuls), one-half cupful of sweet milk.
ane egg, one-half cupful of flour, one
and one-half teaspoonfuls of haking
powder, one teaspoonful of salt and
one cupful of sweet canned cherries
Bake In gem pans and serve with:
Cherry Sauce.—Take one cupful of
cherry juice, thicken with one tea-
spoonful of cornstarch, add one-third
of a cupful of suger, a pinch of salt
and a teaspoonful of butter added just
Browned Carrots.— Scrape and cut
in half medium-sized carrots, narboil
fat from the pan Serve sronnd
When the fresh new cucumbers are
erisp and green It is the time to put
The best aristocracy of which
any man can boast is a long line
of healthy, honest, industrious an-
oestors.
He who prides himself upon hia
ancestry is like potatoes-—ajl that
is good of him is under ground
DISHES YOU WILL ENJOY
Take freshly popped, tender cara
well seasoned with salt and butter and
put through ans
old coffee mill
kept for such pur
poses. Serve with
cresin as @ dessert
or a Sunday night
lunch,
Popcorn Pud-
ding —Take two
cupfuls of popped corn, ground: three
cupfuls of milk, three eggs slightly
beaten, one-half cupful of brown sugar,
one tablspoonful of butter and three
fourths of a teaspoonful of salt. Seqld
the milk and pour it over the corn and
let stand one hour. Add the remaln-
Ing Ingredients, turn Into a buttered
dish and bake In a slow oven until
firm. Serve with cream or maple
sirup.
Sillabubs.—Take a quart of heavy
cream, sweeten and flavor to taste,
whip until stiff, skimming off the 0p
go that every bit of the thin cream
drains through a sieve. When all is
whipped, pile high In steamed sherbet
cups and serve with sponge cake.
Lemon Cheese Cakes.—Line potty
pans with puff paste or rich pastry and
fill with the following: Take one pint
of well-drained cheese, add three eggs,
one tablespoonful of flour, one tabie-
spoonful of butter; mix and mash the
cheese very fine, add one and one-half
cupfuls of cream and sugar to taste
and the grated rind of a lemon. Fill
the shells and dust the tops with
grated nutmeg and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake In a hot oven,
Olives Stuffed With Anchovies
Peel large olives from the stone, leay.
ing the peeling in spiral form. Wipe
the oll from the anchovy fillets and
press one into each olive, Sot thes
on a glass dish oh a bed of water
ress; serve with bread sticks before
or with the
Celery Wits Cheese Cut the coars