The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 26 July 1928 — Page 9

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SYNOPSIS Webster Brond Is serving as a scout and spy for the army under General Braddock preparine for the advance on Fort Duquesne He has just returned to Alexandria from a visit to the fort, where, posing as a Frenchman. he has secured valuable information Braddock, bred to European warfare, fails to realize the importance of the news ( Brond is sent back to Fort Duquesne. also bearing a message to George Croghan, English emissary among the Indians Brond joints hj.s friend and fellow scout. Round Paw, Indian chief, and they set out. On the w;»y they fall in with a typical backwoodsman. Balsar Cromit. ■ who joins them The party encounters s group of settlers threatening a young girl, Elsie Dinwold, whom they accuse ot witchcraft. Brond saves her from them The girl disappears. Webster delivers his message to Croghan Young Col George Washington rescues Brond from bullying English soldiers He worsts a bully in a fight, and finds Elsie Dinwold. Brond is sent on a scouting expedition to Fort Duqesne, and encounters a band of Braddock’s scouts. CHAPTER IV—Continued For proof ot this assertion he pointed to a faint impression in the mo«s where something solid. like the butt ot a rifle, had rested. Then tie showed us a faint abrasion on a limb nearly level with the top ot my head, and said it had been made by rhe barrel •of the rifle Cromit promptly cried: “Its the critter who stole my rifle! No Capn lack killed the Injun It was the thi-rt. and he’s taking my rifle to Duquesne to trade It to the French ding him!’’ It was with difficulty, that 1 re him from making an inline -diate search for the fellow’s trail and thereby hindering the Onondaga in his •work. “I’ll git that rifle even it I have to 4jo to Duquesne alone.” be sullenly in formed me. The Onondaga’s signal brokfe* up our talk We hastened to join him and were informed: “Black Hunter scalped the Huron -Look! The Onondaga with the nose •ot the Wolf has found where ten men passed close to the Huron One man stepped aside and scalped nim The Huron was dead when they came up. or they would not have found him The man with the long gun by the tire • killed the Huron and ran away. The black white man came along and took the scalp Look !” The story was plain enough in the 1 trail made by a number of men trav •eling in single file No Indian, unless he were dead, would remain at the •edge of the hushes while the way fnrers approached him. Having satisfied ourselves to this extent, we proceeded to indulge Cr<» tuii by finding rhe trail of the man with rhe long rifle. The signs ot his •flight were very plain and suggested a panic W’e followed It without dit . ticulty toward the west side of the Little crossing, or Castleman’s river, a tributary of the Youghiogeny, blit -when within a short distance of the crossing Round Paw. who was ahead, halted and lifted his ax. Cromit and I became more cautious and paused. Round Paw beckoned us to join him. The three of us listened At first I thought it was thunder, then came the crack ot a single rifle only the woods were so thick and so muffled any sound it was hard to de termine the direction with any degree of exactness. The Indian wet his fin ger and held it up to catch the trifling breeze, and then bounded away at a lope. “One man in old trade-house. Hu runs trying to get him.” he called back to me Somewhere in the neighborhood was a deserted cabin, once used by Croghan as a trading “post Round Paw and 1 bad spent a night there two winters before. We came out on a slope and could look over the forest crown into a small clearing. And there in the middle of the opening stood the trad ing post. Only instead of the shrill wind of that wint&r’s night, and the bowling of the starved wolf-pack there were now ululating war-cries and the explosion of guns being fired into the •og walls. We kept under cover and counted the putts ot smoke and estimated the attacking force to number fifteen oi twenty The cabin stood in the center ot the clearing andfwas completely en circled by the besiegers. Al last tiie cabin became alive There came a puff ot smoke from a loop hole and a naked savage at the edge ot the forest leaped grotesquely into view and \vould have fallen on his face bad not a man leaped forward and caught him and dragged him to the shelter of the woods The sun glittered on something be wore around his neck, and I knew it to be a silvei gorget, such as Captain Beaujeu and other French officers wore to indicate their rank. Otherwise one would have taken the fellow for a savage. “It’s a scouting party from Duquesne in charge of one or more Frenchmen,’ I said. “That was the leader who pulled the Indian under cover. ” A fire of musketry crackled around the clearing, two guns being discharged from the woods at the foot of the slope find directly in advance ot <>n> ■ The Onondaga told us t while he scoured near-

er the besiegers. After thirty minutes Round Paw returned and tersely reported : “French Indians and two French men have cornered a Swannock.” A repeated this in English, and Uro tuit promptly declared: “Then we must bust through and belp the feller out.” 1 talked with the Onondaga, and he said that with three men in the cabin and with him outside to range back and forth behind the attacking force the Hurons wnuid soon lose heart and retreat, once the Frenchmen lost con trol of them our task of capturing one man alive would he greatly simplified His judgment had great weight with me; and there was no denying the con fusion he would throw the enemy into flu* So Shrewdly Did He Fight I No Long er Thought of Making Him Prisoner. once he stalked the savages from the rear. 1 agreed to make the cabin with Cromit if it could be done with any measure of safety. The Onondaga took it on himsell to provide us with a clear path to the cabin door. He briefly explained his plan, and we pronounced It good. When he set out to steal halfway around rhe unsuspecting circle until opposite our position, t'romit and I made down the slope and into the heavy growth where two or more ot the savages were posted We saw no signs of them, however, and only located them by the occasional firing • of their guns. Suddenly there rang out the feartui war-whoop of the Onondaga, accom panted by the crack of bis rifle. There were a few seconds of silence and again Round Paw raised his voice, this time tn triumph and sounding his scalp-cry He had made his first kill and the enemy knew it, and the Huron howl rose from all sides ot the clear ing. The Onondaga shouted his defiance and dared the enemy to attempt his capture, and added a boast concerning a worthless, mangy scalp. Yelping with rage those on the edge ot the clearing began to search for him. The bushes rustled ahead of us and we knew our path to the cabin would soon be open, t'romit was trembling violently and would nave Crawled forward had I not clung to his arm. One of the two warriors was well on his way. as the careless crash ing through the undergrowth told us The other was more slovr to seek the Onondaga, perhaps reluctant to leave the cabin tin watched. I was wondering how we could avoid nim. or remove him. without giving the alarm to those who were in pur suit of Round Paw when he suddenly stepped into view not more than fit teen feet from our position. How he got an inkling ot our presence I do not know, nor did he live to tell, for , before I could restrain him Cromit had raised himself to one knee and had whippe<L-»out his long butcher-knife The savage discovered him and with

Disposition of Dead Has Wide Variation

Ceremonies associated with ttie vari ous methods of disposing of dead the world over are as interesting as they are varied. Modern nations as well as many primitive and oriental peoples practice inhumation, and with it their many and peculiar rites. But, as in bygone days, funeral ceremonies of today are most sacred and impressive occasions. Cremation or the burning ot dead bodies to ashes, is now practiced to a small extent In several countries, but is by no means new, says the Pathfinder Magazine. At the beginning oi the Christian era cremation was the prevailing custom of the civilized world, with the exception of Egypt where the dead were embalmed; Judea, where they were entombed in a sepul cher, and China, where they were Fish Caught With Seed Natives of Dahomey are catching fish by “doping” the swimmers with a certain seed. They scatter the seed over the river, the fish eat it, become stupefied and rise to the surface helpless, Then the natives spear their prey. Fish weighing as much as 20 pounds are obtained.

a startled grunt threw up io tire. The piece missed ami us u snapped Cromit hurled the long knit*, it streaked to the red throat ano pierced it. and the man went down ] with a gurgling attempt to sound his death-cry. “Good work and good luck.” 1 softly j cried. “Now race for it.” He halted and ripped oft his gory | trophy and waving it in one hand and ’ his knife in the other came pounding i after me. The rest of the Indians were still hunting the Onondaga and we had an excellent chance to get the man out of the cabin. Bending low we passed through the remaining growth and struck into the opening. Flame spurted from a loop hole and the wind of the passing lead ruffled my hair. I yelled loudly that we were friends and English. We gained the cy>or before a second shot could greet us only to tind it barred A gun was discharged in the woodami a heavy ball plumped into thv lintel log over my head. “In God’s mercy open the door and let us In!” howled ('romit. “We’re friends, fool. Unbar the door.” I added, und 1 faced about to shoot at any enemy showing at the edge of the woods. It seemed a very long time that a hand fumbled at the bar. but at lasi the door gave and I tuiublec in on my back and Cromit dragged me one side. A bullet whistled through the doorway and smashed into the wall. And a startled voice was crying: “You’re the kind man ot Der Hexen kopf! The man who saved me m Braddock’s camp!” I leaped to the door and closed it. and dropped the bar in place and then took time to stare ut the defender of the cabin, ii was the witch-girl, and she was Still wearing her leggings and blouse. Cromit was glaring at her and the long rifle she was holding I do not believe he would have moved had an Indian dropped down the chimney. “Elsie Pinwold 1 What do you do out here ahead of the army?” I asked. “Ding me etarnally if it ain’t the brown-haired one. And she stole my rifle!” roared Cromit. “I thought it was yours when 1 took it it’s heavy, it hurts my shoulder most awful Take it.” she sighed She collapsed on a tireplace log atm threw off her hat. The brown hair tumbled down in great confusion “What a horrible world!” s'he panted. - clutching at her straggling hair. “First Det Hexvnkopf—mm this. There was an Indian —back apiece—l shot him.” “She’s been hurt. Spread-out nei blanket," 1 angrily told Cromit. She was about to collapse under what she’s been through when the lead grazed her and gave the finishing touch. Get me some water.’ 1 was rubbing her hands and wrists and awkwardly striving to bring he, to her senses when I heard tiie cabin door open. 1 leaped to my feet to se cure a weapon, and discovered Cromit was gone. Gaining the doot I culled after him to come back, and profane ly demanded to know it he were a madman But I had asked for water and I wanted it for the Dinwold girl; and he waved the bucket defiantly and ran around the corner. Almost immediately he was back with three men at his heels. Three jumps would take him to the door but he was forced to halt-turn and swing rhe bucket at the foremost ot the men The upraised ax struck tiie bucket und smashed it. I threw my ax before the savage could attempt another blow, and it struck edge first handle down Then Cromit was pilins. through the door, swearing insanely with the remaining two men at nis beels. I grappled with one and Cro mis closed with the other 1 “Pig! Surrender 1” cried my op ponent; and for the first time I real ized he was no Indian hut a French man “I must have you alive!” I told nim “Diable — You die for the insult, monsieur!” he grunted, forcing me back He was a very strong man and welt skilled in wrestling, in truth, he was so skillful with his feet that before I knew what he was attempting t was un my back and struggling des perately to keep his hands from nis belt and my throat. Over his shout der I caught a glimpse of Cromit's an versary. a most ferocious looking fel low as nature turned nim out; out doubly repelling because of the water lizard tattooed tn white on the oppei half ot his face. Only a glimpse of him was afforded me as he and Cromit swirled across my Held ot vision My man began putting up a desperate resistance and I shut all thoughts out ot my head except the task of finishing him So , shrewdly did he tight I no longer thought of making him prisoner. He wa’s a good twenty pounds lighter than L but he fought like a devil. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

buried in the earth. Christian tn humation, which is now universal, probably owes its origin to the doctrine of resurrection of the body While cremation was practiced by the later Greeks. Romans, Danes and others, the first cremation societies were not formed until the Nineteenth century. This method of disposing of human bodies is now urged by some health authorities on sanitary grounds. The Rain Gauge The earliest rain measure, or gauge, was irst used in Korea, in the Fit teenth century. Galileo. Sir Chris topher Wren and others experimented with measures, but the first gauge oi ■ which there is any authentic deScrip * tion was made in England by a Mr I Hooke in 1695. « The rain was collected by means ot a funnel into a flask, weighed, and the weight converted into inches—a differ i ent method. It was not until 1891 that j the late G. J. Symons designed a satis factory pattern of gauge. In his “storm” gauge an inch of rain is represented by 24-incb tn the tube Floats make reading easy. If one tutu fills it overflows and registers accu j rately in the second.

THE SYRACrSF 4OFRNAL

Ohe KITCHEN CABINET I®. 1928, Western Newspaper liuiuu. I Character is like bells which ring out sweet music and which, when touched accidentally even, resound with sweet music.—Phillips Brooks. EVERYDAY GOOD THINGS For a homely pudding that almost everybody likes, there .is nothing

which touches the spot like: Bread Pudding.—Pour one quart of milk, scalded, over two cupfuls of stale bread crumbs, cover and let stand 15 min utes. Add the yolks of four eggs well beaten two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, a bit ot grated nutmeg, one-

’ fourth teaspoonful of soda; dissolve in two teaspouofuls of hot water, then fold in the stiffly beaten whites of four eggs. Turn into a buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate oven forty-five minutes. Keswick Pudding. — Bring three fourths of a cupful of sugar and one cupful of water to the boiling point Beat the yolks of three eggs slightly and add one-fourth cupful ot sugar with a pinch of Four the boiling sirup over this and cook until thick, then add one and one-fourth tablespoonful of gelatin soaked in onefourth cupful of cold water and one fourth cupful of lemon juice. Strain until the mixture begins to thicken. Turn into a mold and chill. G:irnish with whipped, crea’n. sweetened and flavored with vanilla. Luncheon Salad. —Soak one envelope of sparkling gelatin in one cui>ful of water five minutes, then add one anti one-half cupfuls of boiling water, one-half cupful of lemon juice, and one-half cupful of sugar. When the mixture begins to stiffen add three tart apples cut into pieces, one cupful of finely cut celery and one-half cupful of broken nut meats. Turn into a mold and chill. Accompany when serving with mayonnaise dressing Stuffed Eggplant.—Cut two medium sized' eggplants into halves and cook until tender in boiling salted water to which a teaspoonful of salt has been added. Drain and scoop out the center of each half with a silver spoon. Drain and chop the pulp, add to it one-half cupful each of chopped ham, grated sweet corn, dry bread and canned tomato pulp or two fresh tomatoes chopped, one tablespoonful of salt and one-quarter teaspoonfu) of pepper. Fill the eggplant shells with the mixture and cover with buttered crumbs. Bake fifteen minutes until well browned. Molasses Drop Cakes.—Put one-halt cupful of brown sugar, one-half cupful of molasses, one-fourth cupful »f warm water and four tablespoonfuls of shortening over the tiiv and let come to a boil. Coo) and add to two cupfuls of flour mixed with one-half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonfu! of ginger, cinnamon, and one-eighth teaspoonful of cloves, add one wellbeaten egg and drop by spoonfuls on a buttered sheet. Add more flour if it seems too thin. A Child’s Meal. The child s noonday meal, if he can not have it in the home, is a problem.

Planning lunches is partie u I a rI y hard any time of the year, but in the summer when the appetite flags it is more ditiicult. Fresh fruit wti e n [mssible

should be ipcluded in the lunch box; simple salads of potato, cabbage with a thick dressing may be easily packet!. Fruit jellies that can be molded m waxed paper containers carry wed. Oatmeal bread, whole wheat with raisins and bran muttins with fruit, like raisins, tigs or dates, are always well liked, when made into simple sandwiches. Sandwiches are the most easily prepared and most liked of any food. By little thinking they need never become monotonous, as there are innumerable combinations for tilling. Here are some suggestions: Marmalades, jellies, raisins, and creamed butter. Chopped nuts with a bit of maple sugar and cream. Baked beans and celery, cooked tis:> with chopped onion and salad dress ing, chopped dates and nuts, peanuts chopped with a bit of pickle or pea nut butter and sour pickle. Watercress and chopped nuts, chopped stewed prunes with a bit of lemon juice, dates and marshmallows chopped, creamed cheese with orange rind grated, and a little of the juice with a dash of cayenne. Hard-cooked egg, chopped onion with dressing, chopped meats with toinato puree. Cream or other cheese makes tine sandwiches. Cheese that has become dry can be made over into appetizing cream cheese. Take a cupful of grated cheese, add sufficient hot cream to dissolve it. add a dasl. of cayenne pepper and put into a glass to cool Sponge Cake. —Beat three eggs until light, add one cupful of sugar and one half cupful of water. Sift one and one-half cupfuls of flour with one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking pow der, one-half teaspoonful of salt. Add one-half teaspoonful ot vanilld and beat with a dover egg beater. Bake in a moderate oven. 'yilXcS. MrtfC. Honest Labor The world will be at its best when every person will be taught away to make a living by honest toil and be willing to admit that the? opportunity is at hand. Then no man could rightly rail at his luck or find warrant for crime. Outlives War Jud Tunkins says a war must come to an end, but the controversy that started it has always managed to sur 1 rive.—Washington Star.

| FASHION’S LATEST HAT MESSAGE RAYON WEAVES MUCH IN FAVOR

j t* \ A Y DEAR, would you believe it, I’l just a simple little felt, the only thing 1 could find. A pin ornai aient on it and not another particle of trimming, and what do you suppose 1 had to pay for it I” Words which are merely an echo of the past. Women are not being tempted to utter such protests thisVseason. no Indeed I Hats are different nowadays. They are flower-trimmed, t>eribboned, of lace and of exotic straws. No two

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Mr* LATEST HATS FOR SUMMER alike either* Huge brims, wee brims, medium brims, no brims at all, off the face, and face-framing, oh. there is no doubt about it. it is most assuredly given to woman to be becomingly batted these summer months, for the newest chapeaux are adorable, grow • ing more so each day, too! They are prettily feminine, they are flattering, in fact they are just the sort you love to wear. Bonnet types are -very numerous in the present-moment millinery picture The smartest ones are of lace or ot thinnest hair braid which are smooth ly ’overed with lace, the general et feet being transparent. That very lovely lace cloche which you see in tide group in tiie little oval in the tower left corner, is typical of the new lace millinery trend. The cunning model at the top of the picture is leghorn. The quilling of rib b.>n about the brim edge gives a love ly touch ot color, for it is in rones of rose green and French blue, with in terweavings of silver. A handsome silk and velvet rose finds placement at one side of the crown. Straight from Paris, this chapeau! An interesting thing about the off--1 the face shape centered in the group is that it is an openwork lacy Tus-

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can straw. Lace straw of this kind Is very modish just now. The flower ap plique is exquisite. Seen in the orig Inal one is impressed with its delicate color blendings. Flowet bandeaux have made their I appearance this season, and we are ! showing in this picture one of the latest flower-bandeau models. Silk, woolen, cotton, linen, and now enters another factor into the fab ric realm—rayon The vVorld of fashion is lust beginning to wake up to the BRILLIANT PINS All sorts of pins, meant to be uSbd as effective ornaments for frocks and hats, are of white stones set in silver These stones are many faceted and surprisingly brilliant. Silver Jewelry Silver heads the list of metals that smart costume jewelry is fashioned from this year. One set has silver triangles for earrings, elbow bracelet and neckline.

fact that the discovery or. rather, the invention of rayon. Is a real epochmaking event in the history of textile art. it did not take some of the foremost couturiers of Paris long to recognize the merits of the new rayons, and the same may be said of leading Amer’can designers. So favorably do they look upon rayon textiles which include rayon georgette rayon voile, rayon satin, taffeta, moire and a host

of other rayon weaves, they are em ploying them for both sports and dressy apparel, with greatest en thtisiasm. When apparel as handsome as the two ensembles in this picture reacne.tiiis country hearing the stamp of such distinguished French stylists as Lan vin (ensemble to the right) and Jenny (costume to the left), ami when one realizes that in each instance a rayon weave was chosen as medium for their creation, then does the true style Sig niticance of rayon become apparent Fvi the exquisite ensemble to the heft Jenny chooses to use rayon satin ■faille, daring to combine the colors ot turquoise and rose for this delight fully feminine creation The two lovely shades are interworked so as to produce an effect most unusual and most pleasing Colorful rayon braid on coat ami belt offsets the simplicity of. the Lan vin creation to the right For this stunning model the noted designer selects a 'rayon fabric in the sot: tone ot green, which she has already made famous There is considerable t3lk among style authorities about a coming vogue for rayon velvet, too The fact that it has been so successfully launched bid.well for its future wide use in the fall Its high luster is one. of its pleasing qualities, and its manufacture been so perfected that in texture it is all that discriminating taste could wish for. Not waiting for the coming ot au tumq to confirm the vogue for rayon

I velvet, already there appears upon ■ the scene exquisite coats ot this ma ’ terial. The colorings are entrancing including deep rich wine and irreen rones, also lovely pastel shades, and the black rayon velvet summer wrap is a favorite. These coats are very s-imply styled and usually have a scarf collar. They make the Ideal dressy wrap, especially worn over sheer sum-* mery dresses. JULIA BOTTOMLET. (©. 1928. Western Newspaper Untpn.l FUZZY STRAW HATS Angora straw hats are a summer novelty, acording to Paris dispatches. Angora wool is woven with the straw to give a fuzzy surface. The hats ara meant for sports and casual wear. Short Velvet Coats Smart little dresses of pastel tinted crepe de chine have plaited skirts and sleeveless waists; with them are worn short coats of velvet of the same I shade. ’

’ iA K ■ ' fl : .11 DON’T suffer headaches, br any of those pains that Bayer Aspirin can end in a hurry! Physicians prescribe it, and approve its free use, for it ! does not affect the heart Every druggist has it, but don’t fail to ask the druggist for Bayer. And don’t take any but the box that says Bayer, with the word genuine printed in red: i ) ! Aspirin 13 k the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetlcacldester of Salicylleaete COMPLEXION IMPROVED • • QUICKLY Carter’s Littfe Liver Pills ■.a 11 pY ! ;_j Purely Vegstable laxative , move the bowels free from ' ' pain and unpleasant after effects They relieve the system of constipation poisons which many times cause pimples. Remember they are a doctor’s prescription and can be taken by the entire family. All Druggists 25c and 75c Red Packages. CARTER’S ESPILLS Look for Discovery of “Valley of Ivory” The legend of. the “Valley of Ivory” has persisted for years. It is to the effect that somewhere in the heart of the Dark continent lies a valley to which, since the beginning of time.' elephants have gone to die. It is strange that the carcasses of elephaijrts dead from natural causes are Tever found in the jungle. Study of this phenomenon leads men to believe the giant beasts, sensing old age or disease, retire to some remote secret 3 talle.v there to diea*pi<J the whitened bones-of their forbears. A few of the native chieftains knew of the whereabouts of this mine of wealth, but they have never revealed it to any white man. Now. however, a celebrated African outlaw who has tired of his life of crime has reveal the spot if he is granted amnesty and a reward and it may be that the wealth of the “Valley of Ivory" will be scattered about the entire world in the shape of bits of carving. The housewife smiles with satisfaction as she looks at the basket of Hear, white clothes and thanks Red Cross Ball Blue. At all grocers.—Adv. Beau in Hard Luck Hassan Effendi, who prided himself as being the Beau, Brummel, of Scutaria, has been arrested andr sentenced to a week’s imprisonment on the charge of wearing the baggy trousers known as chalvars universal- ' ly worn under the old regime, bnt prohibited recently by law of the new republic. The dandy has carried the ease to the Court of Appeals. alleging that he wears no antique chalvar and that the trousers which roused the suspicions of an tg norant police are actually the latest cry in civilized garb, imported from the United States as “charleston” trousers. Dubious “Got any old clothes for the bea- ' then:” “My daughter has some castoff garments. but I’m afraid tjie heathen ' wouldn’t wear such clothes.” — A loafiing man really has some ex- ! cuse. if everybody finds his presence I entertaining. “AS NECESSARF ASJEAD” Mrs. Skahan’s Opinion of Pinkham’s Compound Saugus Centre, Mass.—“l have taken 10 bottles of Lydia E. Pink-

ham’s Vegetable Compound and •would no more be without a bottle in the bouse than I would be without bread. It lias made a new woman of me. I used to be so cross with my husband when I was suffering that I don’t know

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how he stood me. Now I am cheerful and strong and feel younger than I did ten years ago when my troubles began.”—Mrs. John Skahan, 20 Emory St., Saugus Centre, Mass. sEgraMas 12 rosil for ■HMHMiHI JSYedrs "TZ.' i