Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1913 — Page 2

Molly McDonald A TALE OF THE FRONTIER

SYNOPSIS. Major McDonald, commanding an a.rmy post near Fort Dodg*. seeks a man to Intercept his daughter, Molly, who Is headed for the post. An Indian outbreak is threatened. Sergeant "Brick” Hamlin njeets the stage In which Molly is traveling. They are attacked by Indians, and Hamlta and Molly escape in the darkness. Hamlin tells Molly he was discharged from the Confederate service in disgrace and at the close of the war enlisted in the regular army. He suspects one Captain LeFevre of being responsible for his disgrace. Troops appear and under escort of Lieut. Gaskins Molly starts to join her father. Hamlin leaves to rejoin ms regiment He returns to Fort Dodge after a summer of fighting Indians, and finds Molly there. Lieutenant Gaskins accuses Hamlin of shooting him. The sergeant is proven innocent. He sees Molly In company with Mrs. Dupont, whom he recognises as a former sweetheart whdthrew him over for LeFevre. Later he overhears Dupont and a soldier hatching up a money-making plot. Molly tells Hamlin her father seems to be in the power of Mrs. Dupont, who claims to be a daughter of McDonald’s sister. Molly disappears and Hamlin sets out to trace her. McDonald is ordered to Fort Ripley. Hamlin finds McDonald’s murdered body. He takes Wasson, a guide, and two troopers and goes in pursuit of the murderers, who had robbed McDonald of $30,000 paymaster’s money. He suspects Dupont. Conners, soldier accomplice of Dupont, is found murdered. Hamlin's party is caught In a fierce blizzard while heading for the Clmmaron. One man dies from cold and another almost succumbs. Wasson is shot as they come tn sight of Clmmaron. Hamlin discovers a log cabin hidden under a bluff, occupied by Hughes, a cow thief, who is laying for LeFevre. who cheated him in a cattle deal. His description identifies LeFevre and Dupont as one and the same. Hughes shot Wasson mistaking him for one of LeFevre’s party. Hamlin and Hughes take up the trail of who is carrying Molly to the Indian’s camp. Two days out they sight the fugitives. A fight ensues in which Hughes is shot by an Indian. Dying, he makes a desperate attempt to shoot LeFevre, but hits Hamlin, while the latter is disarming Le Fevre. LeFevre escapes, believing HamUn and Molly dead. Molly tells Hamlin that her father was implicated in the plot to steal the paymaster’s money. Hamlin confesses his love for Molly and finds that it is reciprocated. Molly declares her father was forced into the robbers* plot They meet an advance troop of Custer’s command, starting on a winter campaign against the Indians. Hamlin remains as guide. The winter camp of Black Kettle Is discovered. Custer plans an attack.

CHAPTER XXXVll.—Continued. The bugle rang again, and they turned, facing back, and charged onee more, no longer in close formation, but every trooper fighting as he could. Complete as the surprise had been, the men of the Seventh realized now the odds against them, the desperate nature of the fight Out from the sheltering tepees poured a flood of warriors; rifles In hand they fought savagely. The screams of women and children, the howling and baying of - Indian dogs, the crack of rifles, the wild war cries, all mingled into an indescribable din. Black Kettle was almost the first to fall, but other chiefs rallied their warriors, and fought like fiends, yielding ground only by inches, until they found shelter amid the trees and under the river bank. In the cessation of hand to hand fighting the detachments came together, reforming their ranks, and reloading their arms. Squads of troopers fired the tepees, and gathering their prisoners under guard, hastened back to the ranks again at the call of the bugle. By now Custer comprehended his desperate position and the full strength of his Indian foes. Fresh hordes were before him, already threatening attack. Hamlin, bleeding from two flesh wounds, rode in from the left flank, where he had been borne by the impetus of the last charge, with full knowledge of the truth. Their attack had been centered on Black Kettle’s village, but below, a mile or two apart, were other villages, representing all the hostile tribes of the southern plains. Already these were hurrying up to join those rallying warriors under the shelter of the river bank. Even from where Custer stood at the outskirts of the devastated village he could distinguish the war bonnets of Cheyennes. Arapahoe*, Kiowas and Comanches mingled together in display of savagery. His decision was instant, that of the Impetuous cavalry leader, knowing well the inherent strength and weakness of his branch of the service. He could not hope to hold his position before such a mass of the enemy, with the little force at his disposal. His only chance of escape, to come off victor, was to strike them so swiftly and with such force as to paralyze pursuit. Already the reinforcing warriors were sweeping forward to attack, two thousand strong, led fiercely by Little Ra»en, an Arapahoe; Santana, a Kiowa, and Little Rock a Cheyenne. Dismounting bis men he prepared for a desperate resistance, although the troopers' ammunition was running low. Suddenly, crashing through the

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very Indian lines, came a four-mule wagon. The quartermaster was on the box, driving recklessly. Only Hamlin and a dozen other men were still in saddle. Without orders they dashed forward, spurring maddened horses into the ranks of the Indians, hurling them left and right, firing into infuriated red faces, and slashing about with dripping sabres. Into the lane thus formed sprang the tortured mules, sweeping on with their precious load of ammunition. Behind closed in the squad of rescuers, struggling for their lives amid a horde of savages. Then, with one wild shout, the dismounted troopers leaped to the rescue, hurling back the disorganized Indian mass, and dragging their'comrades from the rout. It was hand to hand, clubbed carbine against knife and spear, a fierce, breathless struggle. Behind eager hands ripped open the ammunition cases; cartridges were jammed into empty guns, and a second line of fighting men leaped forward, their front tipped with fire. Dragged from his horse at the first fierce shock, his revolver empty, his broken saber a jagged piece of steel, Hamlin hacked his way through the first line of warriors, and found refuge behind a dead horse. Here, with two others, he made a stand, gripping a carbine. It was all the work of a moment .About him were skurrying figures, infuriated faces, threatening weapons, yells of agony, cries of rage. The three fought like fiends, standing back to back, and striking blindly at leaping bodies and clutching hands Out of the mist, the mad confusion of breathless combat, one face alone seemed to confront the Sergeant. At first it was a delirium; then it became a reality. He saw the shagginess of a buffalo coat, the gleam of a white face. All else vanished in a fierce desire to kill. He leaped forward, crazed with sudden hate, hurled aside the naked bodies in the path, and sent his whirling carbine stock crashing at Dupont. Even as it struck he fell, clutched v by gripping hands, and over all rang out the cheer of the charging troopers. Hamlin staggered to his knees, spent and breathless, and smiled grimly down at the dead white man in that ring of red; It was over, yet that little body of troopers dared not remain. About them still, although demoralized and defeated, circled an overwhelming mass of savages capable of crushing them to death, when they again rallied and consolidated. Custer did the only thing possible. Turning loose the pony herd, gathering his captives close, he swung his compact command into marching column. Before the scattered tribes could rally for a sec-

The Mad Confusion of Breathless Combat.

ond attack, with flankers out, and skirmishers in advance, the cavalrymen rode straight down the valley toward the retreating hostlles. It was a bold and desperate move, the commander’s object being to impress upon the Indian chiefs the thought of his utter fearlessness, and to create the impression that the Seventh would never dare such a thing if they did not have a larger force behind. With flags unfurled, and the band playing, the troopers swept on. The very mad audacity of the movement struck terror into the hearts of the warriors, and they broke and fled. As darkness fell the survivors of the Seventh rode alone, amid the silent desolation of the plains. Halting a moment for rest under shelter of the river bank, Custer

how the geography of the world from ago to age could be defined from the composition of the rocks. The limestone. he said, proved that the greater part of England was at one time under the sea, and by collecting evidence of this kind one was able to draw a map representing all the various periods of the world’s development The lecturer went on to show how the land rose and luxuriant vegetation grew, to be covered in turn by other deposits, leading to the formation of the coalfields. The earliest

hastily wrote Ns report and sent for Hamlin. The latter approached and stopd motionless in the red glare of the single camp-fire. The impetuous commander glanced up inquiringly. "Sergeant, I must send a messenger to Camp Supply. you fit to go?” “As much as anyone, General Custer,” was the quiet response. “I have no wounds of consequence.”. “Very well. Take the fastest horse In the command, and an Osage guide. You know the country, but he will be of assistance. I have written a very brief report; you are to tell Sheridan personally the entire story. We shall rest here two hours, and then proceed slowly along the trail. I anticipate no further serious fighting. You will depart at once.” “Very well, sir,” the Sergeant saluted, and turned away, halting an instant to ask: “You have reported the losses, I presume?” “Yes, the dead and wounded. There are some missing, who may yet come in. Major Elliott and fourteen others are still unaccounted for.” He paused. “By the way, Sergeant, while you are with Sheridan, explain to him who you are—he may have news for you. Good night, and good luck.” He stood up and'held out his hand. In surprise, his eyes suddenly filling with tears, Hamlin felt the grip of his fingers. Then he turned, unable to articulate a sentence, and strode away into the night.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. At Camp Supply. There are yet living in that great Southwest those who will retell the story of Hamlin’s ride from the banks of the Washita to Camp Supply. It remains one of the epics of the plains, one of the proud traditions of the army. To the man himself those hours of danger, struggle and weariness, were more a dream than a reality. He passed through them almost unconsciously, a soldier performing his duty in utter forgetfulness of self, nerved by the discipline of years of service, by the importance of his mission, and by memory of Molly McDonald. Love and duty held him reeling in the saddle, brought him safely to the journey’s end. Let the details pass unwritten. Beneath the darkening skies of early evening, the Sergeant and the Osage guide rode forth into the peril and mystery of the shrouded desert. Beyond the outmost picket, moving as silently as two specters, they found at last a Coulee leading upward from the valley to the plains above. To their left the Indian fires swept in half circle, and between were the dark outlines of savage foes. From rock to rock echoed guttural voices, but, foot by foot, unnoted by the keen eyes, the two crept steadily on through the midnight of that sheltering ravine, dismounted, hands clasping the nostrils of their ponies, feeling through the darkness for each step, halting breathless at every crackle of a twig, every crunch of snow under foot. Again and again they paused, silent, motionless, as some apparition of savagery outlined itself between them and the sky, yet slowly, steadily, every instinct of the plains exercised, they passed unseen. In the earliest gray of dawn the two wearied men crept out upon the upper plateau, dragging their horses. Behind, the mists of the night still hung heavy and dark over the valley, a new sense of freedom they swung into their saddles, faced sternly the chill wind of the north and rode forward across the desolate snow fields. It was no boys’ play! The tough, half-broken Indian ponies kept steady stride, leaping the drifts, skimming rapidly along the bare hillsides. From dawn to dark scarcely a word was uttered. By turns they slept in the saddle, the" one awake gripping the other’s rein. Once, in a strip of cottonwood beside a frozen creek, they paused to light a fire and make a hasty meal. Then they were off again, facing the frosty air, rid ing straight into the north. Before them stretched the barren sno'w-clad steppes, forlorn and shelterless, with scarcely a mark of guidance anywhere, a dismal wilderness, intersected by gloomy ravines and frozen creeks. Here and there a river, the water icy cold and covered with floating ice, barred their passage; down in the valleys the drifted snow turned them aside. Again and again the struggling ponies floundered to their ears, or slid headlong down some steep declivity. Twice Hamlin was thrown, and once the Osage was crushed between floating cakes and submerged In the icy stream. Across the open barrens swept the wind Into their faces, a ceaseless buffeting, chilling to the marrow; their eyes burned in the snow-glare. Yet they rode on and on, voiceless, suffering in the grim silence of despair, fit denizens oF’that Scene of utter desolation. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

Interested.

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remains of man were toward the end of the ice age. Would, he asked, the people of today leave any remains?. There* would be the churchyards and the great 'cities like London, while the deposits in the Black country, which looked so much like volcanic dust, might mislead the scientists of some future age.

What Did Ho Mean? “Ndw look hert, Marla,” said Mr. Wombat, “if you don't stop playing bridge all the time I’ll take a hand.”

SMART LINEN FROCKS

INDISPENSABLE PART OF THE EQUIPMENT. Outing Season Is at Hand and Outfits Are Being Carefully Planned— White Serge Is Very , Popular. ’ • The seashore season Is at hand, and outfits for the beach resorts are being carefully planned, unless they are ready and waiting for use. What one needs depends, of course, upon the character of the resort chosen. A fashionable hotel means one thing; a cottage life at a popular resort means another, and informal shore life is still another proposition. But the or-

White Serge Suit

dinary seashore equipment means at least provision for morning dress on beach or veranda, bathing dress, afternoon frocks for Casino visits, bridge, etc.; evening frocks for dinner and dancing and attire for whatever sports art on the program. For either a shore resort or yachting, white serge is indispensable, and two or three frocks of light-weight serge in white, and Wjhlte striped in black, will be fopnd exceedingly useful if one can afford to have them. The expense need not be great, either, for delightful things of this sort are to be had ready made at very reasonable prices, and so little material Is needed for one of tHe chic, but simple one-piece frocks that if made by the home dressmaker, the cost will be slight. Indeed. As a general thing, one will get better lines in the inexpensive, readymade frock than in the home-made one, though the quality of the materials may be in the store frock in-

SLEEPING SCREEN IS HANDY

Is an Excellent Substitute for the Stand When Space Will Not Permit the Latter. A small bedroom stand, on which matches, candlesticks and one’s watch are within ready reach during the night, must sometimes be omitted from the tiny apartment house bedroom, already filled by bed, dresser and the necessary chairs. An excellent substitute for the convenient stand ’is A small cretonne covered screen, provided with pockets in which necessary articles may be tucked away. Such a screen may be made from a small clothes horse, such as is sometimes used in the nursery; or, if there is a direct draught on the bed from a window the screen may be a trifle higher—juat high enough to protect the head of the sleeper without keeping out the air. Cover the screen with cretonne matching the -hangings of the bedroom, first treating the wood to a coat of white enamel. The pockets are attached to the inner side and in them may be tucked one’s bedroom slippers, a small electric flashlight, a box of safety matches, a handkerchief or other things that may be needed during the night,'such as sleeping powders, a package of crackers for the victim of insomnia or the thermos bottle holding a baby’s milk. One woman who owns such screen slips her purse and. her “tranformations” into a pocket the last thing before retiring, so that these indispensable belongings may be ready to hand "in ease of fire in the night**

fertor. But if one is willing to pay a fair price, either the white serge frock or the white serge suit may be satisfactorily obtained in the shops. The white serge suit or frock may be made up on severely tailored lines or in- dressier seml-tailored fashion, trimmings of lace apppearing In the shape of collar or sleeve frills. A chic little suit of white serge seen recently had no trimming and depended entirely upon its Hues for style. The jaunty coat was fastened at the front with a simple button above the waistline. The front slanted at a sharp angle toward the back. There were long narrow revers and turnback cuffs of the material. The skirt front was fastened at the lapped-over part at the bottom with three buttons. A supply of Ng one-piece frocks of thin cottons or linens should be included in every seashore outfit, and such frocks are to be had at surprisingly low prices, if one buys them ready made. Or they may be made up at even smaller expense by the amateur seamstress, with the aid of a good pattern. .<* There are many charming Hide evening frocks of marquisette in evidence this season, and the white ones hand-embroidered or lace trimmed, make excellent substitutes for lingerie frocks of linens and batiste and do not crumple so easily. Charmeuse, crepes and similar silken weaves make exceedingly useful afternoon frocks for seashore wear, and foulards are the most serviceable of all. The white frocks in these fabrics are tremendously popular, particularly the one-piece simple style, which is suitable for the most informal afternoon wear, yet dressy enough for a hotel or casino dinner or evening toilette. MARY DEAN.

POINTERS ABOUT THE HAIR

Cleanliness Is Most Important Factor In Keeping Scalp and Hair in Healthy Condition. Some doctors say it is nerves that are killing American women’s hair so that they have to purchase ah extra supply. To a certain extent the nerves are greatly responsible for many disturbances rt)f the whole system. Sudden emotions create sudden shocks which naturally strike the weakest part of the body. I am of the firm belief, however, that a great deal of hair is destroyed by dust. Ordinary dust that sifts into every Tore of the skin and settles all through the hair as a woman walks along the streets Is bad enough, put it isn't a circumstance to the dust that she gets In a short motor run unless her Lead is covered with a veil/ It is always advisable to shake the hair well after a long auto run. If possible, brush and lift the hair by tossing it abbut out in the open air. If this treatment is followed by a vigorous brushing it will do the hair a world of good. Use a soft brush and brush At the edges of the hair well. This remove* the dust, which is more or less gritty, from killing off all the new hairs that are growing along the edges and prevents the old ones from* breaking and making scolding locks. And it helps to preserve the hair line. When this is broken and in bad shape the contour of the face is spoiled. All artists claim that a woman’s hair is the frame of her sac picture—and whether the hair is worn plain or dressed elaborately the entire effect is spoiled if the hair line is broken.— Philadelphia Telegraph.

To Make a Hall Bedroom Pretty.

To make the mdst of a hall bedroom, have a cabinet washstand, and a folding bed which, when closed, makes a suitable table. A small covered box, if softly padded, will make a good window seat, in addition to being a convenient article for holding shirt waists. A folding chair may be kept under the bed, to be brought forth a* needed.

SUMMER NEGLIGEE.

Most women are making up the summery negligee now before hot weather really sets in. This captl rating hammock gown is of pale lilac batiste with a short walsted bodice of allovbr embroidery. A sash Of Hlao ribbon runs through a beading just below the bust line. -

Colored Barrettes and Pine,

Various styles of rhinestone Ounamented barrettes, hair ornaments, and bar pins, instead of being in tortoise or amber are made of light transparent colored composition in tones of blue, amethyst green, etc. The effect is beautiful

SOME DAINTY DISHES

NEW RECIPES WHICH INCLUDkI THE DELICIOUS STRAWBERRY. , Piquant Flavor of This Fruit Adds a) Delightfully Appetizing Touch to Many Dishes—Combinations Worth Trying. Boiled Rice With Strawberry Saucer —Put into the upper part of the dout ble boiler a cupful and a half of waters Bring to a boll, add a half teaapoonfull of salt and one cupyful or rice, thoroughly washed. Cook over the firefive minutes, then set in the hot water pan, which should be one-third full of! boiling water. Cook until the race has absorbed all the water, which will be in about twenty minutes, then add' a cupful and a half of hot milk. Stir lightly with a fork so as not to mash' the kernels, and cook until soft Pour into a pretty serving dish and serve with strawberry sauce. Strawberry Sauce —Beat a quarter cupful of butter to a cream, add gradually one-half cupful of powdered sugar, and then havftig crushed a cupful) of strawberries, beat gradually into the sugar and butter. Strawberry Triffle —Line a glass dish with alternate layers of macar roons and sugared strawberries, dipping both in a little white of egg to make them adhere. Make a custard of beaten yolks of three eggs, a third of a cup granulated sugar and one and a half cups milk. Stir and cook over hot water until thick, then ptit aside to cool. When cold enough pour into the lined dish. Whip the whites of the eggs very stiff and drop by spoonfuls into a basin of hot milk or water, and put around on top of pudding, placing a strawberry with stem and hull left on in the center of each egg puff. Strawberry Jelly—Mash a quart of ripe strawberries and strain through coarse cheesecloth. Soak two-thirds of a box of gelatine in one cup of cold water for an hour. Add a pint of boiling water, the juice of a lemon and a large .cupful of sugar. Stir until the gelatine is all dissolved, add the strawberry juice and strain. Pour into a pretty shaped mold or small cups and set on the ice to harden. Turn out for serving, put a border of ripe berries around the bottom of the form and serve with whipped cream. Red raspberries may., be used in place of the strawberries. Strawberry Mousse —Hull and wash a quart of strawberries, drain well and sprinkle with one cupful of sugar. Let stand an hour, then mash and strain through a fine sieve. Soak a teblespoonful and a quarter of granulated gelatine in two teblespoonful* of cold water for an hour, then dissolve in three tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Add to the sugared berries, let stand in a pan of ice water and stir until it starts to thicken.

Two Delicious Beef Recipes.

Here are some recipes you might make use of sometimes: Salmi of Beef —To one cup of brown sauce add one enp of cold roast or boiled beef, cut In thin sUces. Place all over the fire in agate saucepan until thoroughly hot, but do not let it cook. This is a good breakfast dish. Beef may be made tender by cooking in vinegar and water; six quarts of water to two pints of vinegar.' When mixing flour and water try a fork in place of spoon. Beef Kidney Stew—Cut in small pieces; after soaking cover with water, add liver or beef, if you have any. salt, pepper, onion, and simmer until tender. Sometimes put rice or macaroni in.

Appetizing Toast, Milanese Style.

Select ten cents worth of dry, black Italian olives; stone them and plac* in a little saucepan. Cover them with olive oil and cook slowly. Mash them with a fork while they are cooking until a paste is formed. Wash and clean ten cents worth of anchovies. SUc* milk bread thinly, .toast it and spread with sweet butter. Then put a thin layer of olives on the bread and small pieces of anchovies >on top of the olives. Decorate with sprigs of parsley and serve. Delicious cold or hot for luncheon.

Spanish Potatoes.

Cook medium-sized potatoes in their skins; when almost done turn into cold water for a few minutes, peel and place in a baking tin; chop a small onion fine, add one-fourth teaspoon of savory herbs, a little pepper; sprinkle over the potatoes; cut two or three slice* of salt pork and lay over th* whole; put one. cup of warm water into tin and bake to a nice brown..

Inexpensive Frosting.

Boil one cup of graulated sugar in one-half cup of water until It makes soft ball in cold water. Take off stove, sprinkle flour over top, beat it in until creamy, flavor and spread on cake quickly. Cocoa can be added for chocolate frosting.—National Magssine.

When Sewing.

The use of colored cotton instead o» white for basting, white material makes jit much easier to follow the seams-accuratedy on the machine. The bastings are also more easily and quickly removed.

Hickory Nut Cookies.

One cup butter,' two cupi sugar, two eggs, one-half cup sour milk, one teaspoon vanilla, one teaspoon soda, two cups flour, and one cup nuts. Roll out and sprinkle with sugar before bagIng.