By IRVING BACHELLER Copyright by Irving Dacheller CHAPTER XXIV—Ceontinued. ee 2 Fen “So here I am on the ship L'Etolle and almost in sight of Boston harbor, bringing help and comfort to our great chief. “1 wus presented queen. Of him 1 have written—a stout, fat-faced man, highly colored, with a sloping forehead and large gray eyes. His coat shone with gold em- broidery and jeweled stars. His close- fitting waistcoat of milk white satin had golden buttons and a curve which was not the only sign he bore of rich wine and good capon. The queen was a beautiful, dark-haired lady of some forty years, with a noble and gracious countenance, She was clad In no vesture of gold, but in sober black vel- vet. Her curls fell upon the loose ruff of lace around her neck. There were no jewels on or about her bare, white bosom. Her smile and gentle voice, when she gave me her bon-voyage ana best wishes for the cause so dear to us, are jewels I shall not soon forget. “Yes, I had a little talk with Mar- garet and her mother, who walked with me to Franklin's house. There, tn his reception room, I took a good look at the dear girl, now more beau- tiful than ever, and held her to my heart a moment. “+ see you and them I have to go,’ I sald. “It is the fault of my too romantic soul,’ she answered mournfully. ‘For two days we have been In hiding here. I wanted to surprise you. “She lifted the jeweled cross 1 wore to her lips and kissed it. I wish that I could teil you how beautiful she looked then. She is twenty-six years old and her womanhood Is beginning.” to the king and CHAPTER XXV The Horse of Destiny. In Boston harbor, Jack learned British and was transferred There he found the romantic Arnold, crippled by his wounds, living in the fine erected by Willlam Penn. way to that city. He had wife, and was In command of the city. Colonel Irons, having delivered the let. lers to the States, reported at Arnold's office. hot arrived. fo walt and soon the great > His young wife sat beside him, He had little time for talk. on his way to breakfast. tidings which he the Old Country. had brought Arnold listened as fish and hams. The young the coolness The former felt water had been thrown when Arnold answered: “Now that they hs man of was the as upon that they will pay their debt to me.” This kind of Jack had heard it, answered and army talk He calmly: not hefore, resented “A war is a great the imperial art of gathering we get costs.” “That some of us who are also Justice,” Arnold turned away. “General, you dismayed by force sure, surrender to sald Juck. The flery Arnold turned suddenly and lifting his cane In a threatening manner sald in a loud volce: “Would you reprimand me—you dd upstart?” “Genersl, you may strike me, If you will, but I cannot help saying that we young men must look to you older ones for a good example.” Very calmly and politely the young man spoke these words. He towered ahove ®he man Arnold In spirit and stature. The latter did not commit the folly of striking him, but with a look of scorn ordered him to leave the office. Jack obeyed the order and went at once to call upon his old friend, Gov ernor Reed. He told the governor of his falling out with the major genernl. “Arnold is a sordid, selfish man and a source of great danger to our cause,” sald the governor. “He Is vain and loves display and Is living far beyond his means. To maintain his extravagance he has resorted to privateering and speculation, and none of it has been successful, He is deeply involved In debt. It Is charged that he has used his military author. ity for private gain. He was tried by a court-martial, but escaped with only a reprimand from the commander in chief. He is thick with the Tories. liberty it willl be worth all it sounds well, there in need answered as but are he who have not been will never, I am discouragement.” well his master for thirty pleces of silver.” “This Is alarming.” sald Jack. “My boy an ill wind is blowing on us,” the governor went on. “We have all too many Arnolds In our midst. Our currency has depreciated until forty shillings will not buy what one would have bought before the war. The p makers are rolling in lux- ury nud the poor army starves. The bunest and patriotic are impoverished ® while those who practice fraud and Torylsm are getting rich” Depressed by this report of condi tions In America Jack set out for Washington's headquarters on the Hudson. Never had the posture of American affairs looked so hopeless. The governor had sold him a young mare with a white star in her fore- head and a short, white stocking on her left fore leg, known In good time as the horse of destiny. When he had crossed the King's ferry the mare went lame. A little beyond the crossing he met a man on a blg, roan gelding. Jack stopped him to get Information about the roads in the north, “That's a good-looking mare,” the man remarked. “And she is better than she looks” Jack answered. “But she has thrown a shoe and gone lame.” “I'll trade even and give you a sound horse,” the man proposed. “What Is your name and where do you live?” Jack inquired. “My name is Paulding and I live at Tarrytown in the neutral territory.” “I accepted his offer not knowing that a third party was looking on and laying a deeper plan than either of us were able to penetrate,” Jack used to say of that deal. He approached the which the commander in chief was quartered with a feeling of dread, fearing the effect of late develop- ments on his spirit, The young man wrote to Margaret in care of Franklin this account of the day which followed his return to camp: “Thank God! I saw on the face of our commander the same old look of unshaken confidence. 1 knew that could see his way and what a sense of comfort eame of that knowledge! little house in Washington, the army in all discouragements, faith is established, of evil tidings. This great, feet again, a different kind of man, of the name “Sit down here and tell me all about Franklin’ he sald with a smile, Paris and especially of the work “$0 HERE | Am ON THE SHIP L' ETOILE. 1 {1 our great minister to the court of when 1 had finished arose and gave me his hand saying: “*Colonel, again you have won my We must keep our courage. “I told him of my unhappy meeting with Arnold. “The man has his faults—he Is very human, but, he has been a good soldier,” Washington answered. “Solomon came into camp that eve ning. He was so glad to see me that he could only wring my hand and ut. ter exclamations,’ “ ‘How Is the gal?" he asked pres ently. “I told him of our meeting in Passy and of my fear that we should not meet again, “Solomon Is a never falters. “He sald to me: ‘Don't worry. That gal has got a backbone, She ain't no rye straw, She's a-goin’ to think It over,’ “Nelther spoke for a time. We sat by an open fire In front of his tent as the night fell, Bolomon was filling his pipe. He swallowed and his right eye began to alm. I knew that some highly important theme would present. ly open the door of his intellect and come out, “Jack, 1 heen over to Albany,’ he said. "Had a long visit with Mirandy. They ain't no lHkeller womern In Amer Iky. Tll bet a pint o powder an’ a fish hook on that, Ye kin look fer 'em till yer eyes run but ye'll be obleeged to give up.’ “He lighted his pipe and smoked a few whiffs and added: ‘Knit seventy pair o' socks fer my regiment this fall,’ “ "Have you asked her to marry you? I inquired, “No. "Taint likely siie’d have me,’ he answered, ‘She's had troubles enough, 1 wouldn't ask no womern to marty me till the war Is fit out. I'm Hable to git all shot up any day. I did think I'd ask her but I didn't, Cot kind o' skeered an’ skittish when we sot down together, sn' come to think man of faith. He it all over, 'twouldn't 'a’ heen right” “'Your'e wrong, Solomon,’ 1 an- swered. ‘You ought to have a home of your own and a wife to make you fond of it. How Is the Little Cricket? “‘Cunnin’est little shaver that ever lived,’ said he, ‘I got him a teeny wag- gin an' drawed him down to the big medder an’ back. He had a string hitched on to my walst an’ he pulled an’ hauled an’ hollered whoa an' git ap till he were erbout as hoarse as a bull frog. When we got back he want- ed to go all over me with a curry comb an’ brald my mane,’ “The old gcout roared with laughter a8 he thought of the chilid’s play In which he had had a part. He told me of my own people and next to thelr good health it pleased me to learn that my father had given all his horses suave two—to Washington, That Is what all our good men are doing. So you will see how It Is that we are able to go on with this war against the great British empire, “That night the {dea eame to me that I would seek an opportunity to return to France In the hope of finding you in Paris. 1 applied for a short fur lough to give me a chance to go home and see the familly. There 1 found a singular and disheartening situation. My father's modest fortune is now a part of the ruin of war. Soon after the heginning of hostilities he had loaned his money to men whe had gone into the business of furnishing supplies to the army, He had loaned them dol lars worth a hundred cents, paying thelr debts to him In worth less than five cents, Many, and Washington among them, have suffered In a like manner, My tle left but his land, two yoke of oxen and a palr of slaves, horses, n No any degree worthy of you, make his heir, but that he has met the llkely womern I must not depend upon him. ne now as I do, If your heart to the discouragement I have heaped upon it I offer you this poor comfort. When the war Ig over | borrow is equal can our heads and a fowl in the pot and in the pect is not Inviting, I fear, but if, hap should appeal to you, at the first opportunity so that And now, whatever the hours we have spent to mine.” CHAPTER XXXVI Arnold and Henry Thernhill, Margaret and her mother returned to Irons had left France her new ally. “1 would think the destruction our allies, We may new note In intercourse, letter to of which Here again was a of Colonel with the diplomatic Irons’ part the reader to his friend Jonathan Shipley, Another letter, no less vital these pages was found In the faded packet. It Is from General Nir Denia. min Hare to his wife In London and dated at New York, January 10, 1780. This is a part of the letter: racks with our friend Colonel ery comfort, secure from attack, and, cial English town, quite safe, [ have resolved to ask you ef the first troop ships sailing for friend Sir Roger and his regiments will by a recent letter, 1 am, by this post, be over now If Washington wonld only fight, His caution is maddening. His will not come out and méet us In the open, He continues to lean upon the strength of the hilis,. But there are Indications that he will be abandoned by his own army.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) City of Capua The city of Capua of ancient Italy opened its gates to Hannibal after the Battie of Cannae, 216 B. C, and the army there went Into winter quarters, Capun was the most luxurious eity in Italy, and Hannibal's army was greatly eaervated as a result of lis residence there. When the Romans regained possession of Capua, 211, B. C.. they scourged and beheaded the surviving senators who had not pols ced themselves before the surrender of the city. Only two persons, It is sald, escaped © one, n woman who had prayed for the success of the Romar nrins, and the other on woman who had succored some prisoners. The word “Capua” became n synonym for luxury aud self-indulgence. Fashion Asserts Cloche Is Passe Latest Style Hats Include Rolling Brim; Winsome * Large Models. Tradition says that a woman whose hat, boots and gloves are right 1s well dressed, whatever frock she may be weurlng, says a fushlon writer in the New York Tlmes. With certain quall- fications, It Is a safe rule, but it leaves much for the couturler to do to meet the present-day model, The three ac- mote attention now than ever before, finds It is distinguished. {ume thut has shown most rad'cal universally popular little cloche, which became a habit und was worn regard- less of any question of becomingness, of propriety or taste as to time or place, bins at lust gone into the crd. Several times its doom prophesied, designers making efforts win favor for some other type of chapeau, but the vogue of the cloche was tenacious up reluctantly, was fo and was given In its pluce, and keeping somewhnt 10 the sume line and feeling, is a close hot of similar character, nore geuer- brim framing ringlets or “water Another shape meeting the brim, straight; or the back, where It turns up close to These hats are strictly tellored and practically no trimming band of ribbon or leather, a tiny cruvat bow or buckle, usually qi. rectly In front, Minute Sketches From Paris, Showing Modes in Millinery, but oftenest modeled after the stiffer ones, the hats that challenge youth and freshness of -the “slouch” type that only a young and pretty or an exceedingly smart older woman may wear with SUCrPuR are These are coats In cloth, furtrimmed also furtrimmed, for daytime automoblling and sports wear, new satin, Smart Winter Costume Featuring Warm Furs This charming one-piece dress is of | brown suede cloth, banded with ko- linsky to match the accompanying short coat. blends with the rich brown of the dress, which is 2imost sleeveless. is bulit on is neces whether it lines, hat, generous { the small | close or sary. on | new millinery Is the return of the large and the larger hat. slim figure, and Is much improved by { the addition of a scarf, | of chiffon fur-trimmed, re- peating some one feature in the hat. “Medium hn making for comfort, or crepe, 18" { achievement of the hour. {ter hand, knowing types, | and something of the psychology | bonnets, ean “medium” { hat. Yet one of with a subtie something craftsmanship, is far more guished than either of the extremes, traditions a smart make the fall's favorites other of silks and In velvels | ticularly bard | writer In the Kansas City Star. | haps the suggestion of who { been looking at it the New | fashion show and buying it | clientele, as aptly | tieular tone as anything think of. She says it is the to describe, one 4 in describes one of hanker's ink black it i= Ruther when there is not too light, set bought turned inte not a however the blue, | sky { much vivid IT A ' { which or (he sen for sireet really would serve many occa | bined with black | of the hat Is 1 the blue benga- ! line. The brim is faced with black. | The only trimming Is a sweep of black monkey fur at one side of the crown extending over the brim and merging | into the mneckplece, which is blue { trimmed In the monkey. to Milady’s Satisfaction How do you use powder? as soon as you put it on? Or, what Is if so, the trouble is probably with For some women vanishing cream, usually rec too heavy, and the cleansing cream ing proves a splendid base for powder. Some women, though their number Is very small, can do without any cream foundation for powder. However, gome sort of cream base is an almost necessary protection to the skin from the ravages of sun and wind Although some women have no trou ble with their powder when used alone, when rouge Is applied--aye, there's the rub. The rouge and powder seem to coagulate, forming a violent eake- like pink. If your rouge and powder are the right shade but the combined result Is unsatisfactory, change your methods of make-up, for there are al most as many different ones as there are types of women, and the thing to do is to experiment until you find a method that suits you. Some women apply their rouge first and powder afterwards. Some even put on a bit of rouge again after pow: Others find It more successful to powder the face completely, but light. ly, then apply the rouge and on top of this fluff nu thin fini of powder over the rouge, blending It softly "at the edges, : However, whichever method sults you best, here's a hint for the final stage: Take a clean dab of cotton and fluff off all the powder which seems at all superfluous, being careful to get the bits of powder out of the corners of your eyes and the crevices around your nose and off your cyebrows and | eyelashes, Has your powdering been successful? It has only If it meets this test—that your face gives the effect of a face {that has been powdered rather than one that is powdered. Kansas Clty Star, That Low Flare As a rule, gowns and wraps retain the straight line, so beloved of wom- en, but one deserves an occasional tendency toward flare at the lowes hem line. This Is apt to be gained by means of pinitings inset at a seam or by godets hiding below the knee, where a side opening of the otherwise tight skirt, frees itself to allow the wearer to step out.” Care of Voile Volle requires careful laundering, Never rub soap directly en the goods heenuse this will thicken the threads, This material should be sonked In soap suds, washed In warm suds and rinsed twice—first In luke warm water, thes in cold water. It should not be pul through a wringer, but squeesed through the hands. A very cool iron will serve for pressing. Square Buckles for Shoes The newest buckles for afternoon shoes ure made of a composition that strongly resembles jvory. These buckles are square and some of them have Egyptian motifs etched upon them. They are most attractive with brown shoes. WRIGLEYS JAfter every meal A pleasant ends bie p sweet and aj I-a.s-t-l-m-g beneciit as well. [3] and digestion. 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