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p afUr^y*ry m9al ~ jgBtftftrst ?wects. I Wrlqley's |S double SJsJtsMsssa.-' lfAo PlanO <i Tr?< Tbe really Important bit of news ; that there w^re a* many as 70,000' in rolled tree > planters In the. United stated last year reminds nu afresh of the gooQ work of the American Tr?e : association. Tbe only duty for mem bership in that fajr-ranglng fraternity 1b that' one shall get out a tree? a service to which eveey? ^tl?en - and particularly erery homemttW should ? turn wlfh. delight. rU'V"- ?' - 'V.-, Y *k Peterson's Ointment To the millions of grateful pufferers who know about *be mighty healing A power of Peterson's Ointment for ?ore ^ feet and chafing. Peterson says, "Use It for skin and scalp Itch ; It never dls - appoints." All druggists, 35c, 00c. ' SORE EYES C??Lorfoii i*nrrM u? mat ton ud rt ? In * to 4> Mis. 8*l?* ?? *Mk. *7*4. e?!n N. U, CHARLOTT*, HO ?-1ga4 CHAPTM XIV? Continued. ?14? Ihelr mission finished, that evening Jack and Solomon called at General Washington's headquarters. General, Doctor Franklin told ua to turn over the bosses and wagons to you, said Solomon. "He didn't tell Jj* what to do with ourselves 'cause twasn t nec'sary an' he knew It. We want to enlist." Tor what termr "Till the British are licked." thoklnd o* men I need," ?aid Washington.. "I shall put you on scout duty. Mr. Irons will .go Into my regiment of sharpshooters with the rank of captain. You hove told me of his training In Philadelphia." ?1??.?'*'*^? Wends were enlisted ! SEafe*"'" " "?? ?' t.tJ*}*?* ^ck *> fa mother dated July 2S, 1770,'ls fQU of the camp coior : ? Gfeneral Charles Lee is In command f* my regimen V he writes. "He Is a rough^ slovenly old dog of a man who ?^?V?J>ar.k at M on training groand. He has two or three hunting dow that live with him In his tent and *1*? *. ,r*r? of Profanity which Is *Terywhere-?av? ?t head ? 1 **w theM notices posted la camp; . attendance on divine ?ervtce la required of all not on actual ? &?*SS 0t th? allowed.' Fifteen stripes for denying duty.' "*~fn for getting drunk.' irty-nine for stealing and de ,n t<srro'.'"a?y men P* Qnarte>? are kept roo<1 ta well cooked and In "PPlf. but the British over *** aaid to begetting hungry to Aagmst * London Wr forwarded to Jack from Philadel phia. H? was filled with new hone ** fce read (hese lines : ? "Deareet Jack: I am sailing for Borton on one of the next trotnTahlp, to join my father. So when the war ?*~2od grant it may be BooZ-you t0 *? t0 ttod me. bTio^tl^ (W",M *? h* together i*t us both pra> for Sl h.i ' 1 be happier 'h,.bfl nearer you and for doing h *' 1 h#al the wounds made EjP^ W^ed war. lam going to S,thn.??w ' h0,p,taL ?e?th? '* that since I met you, I like ?ajmea better, and I shall love to be 1 '5?*. ? relieve their sufferings. ? mB'*V ? k)0* letter but above Is'as wL" Clalm to JmV,h" ?wl? writ? such a ^ Mked blmeejf, and then thJu^M ?!^to Up* * moment. It that even then Probably In Boston. In the t?w wore h!^ Solomon lived when both In camp, he found the 22Tt Jf*,? befope 8olomo? bad ** built & ?rn?ll teot lain down ??k*1 having delivered hU re port at headqaartrta. aa^?**^ ^rton." Mid Jack te ??,?n " be entered, and then stan? tag ta^th. firelight read the letter to * w?l. genewine, likely ??. aald the scout ?**? w?* aome way of " tb?', *?nn? man re nn??*itl"1we11 think o' goto' to;b-t ! mkm. ^ 6 ,lr an' nm like a scared Co?1*1 'a' killed him easy but 12?*?' aeeto' him He were Uke chain llghtnln' on a greased pole? you hear to me." K^ased "If the general will let me I'm ??. get Into4? dDty and 8ee I can frt^lnto town and out agaUv" he pro ?I7S.teep CiL0' that business." taL t0? ffia^ that y? over In town * tji? > Clarkea an' their friends' an- Coiontl 5"1S- ?? Cap! S0t Pa"'e- ^ know all ye. If yon got snaDDed. thaoM arm- a wau an' puTj; ou?o' r?rJPl,Ck" Jt wonJd be pie for the Clarkea. an' the ol' man wouldn't spill no tears over it Con IWon couldn't save ye, that's' sartln. WOn 1 n0W !t "^er"8 Plenty o ohl cusses fer such work." For a time Jack abandoned the lde? H^ ^r' When 8010113011 'ailed to re-' tarn from a scouting tour and a re ^1*. reached camp that he was cap L0aDg man to think h .i rather romantic plan again. Zb?rr,? fui1 beard; his 8ki" was tanned ; his clothes were worn and torn and faded. His father, who nfv Z ^ 0,6 Camp bringing a sup at fl2f CM f?r hls Mni bad failed, recognire him. December had arrived. The renemi' keeping sn army about him. Terms ?,.e1!1,U|?ent were explrtng. Coid ? Md Come- 1116 camp was nn Regiments of the hom^ Koglsnd were lesv numTJT t0 ,e8Tt j8ck 8nd ? ministers In the serv. Mon sn!l nfi? ' Perwa b W're PreTal'ed upon roeda. hora"r,r<1 on the froien ?** ^ Jaek "as sent for. H? and By IRVING BACHELLER Copyright by Irvbttf BschsUsr his company had captured a number of men In- a skirmish. "Captain, you have done well," said the general. "I want to make a scout of you. In our present circumstances It's about the most Important, danger ous and dlfHcult work there Is to be done here, especially the work which Solomon Blnkus undertook to do. There Is no other In whom I should have so much confidence. Major Bart lett knows the part of the llpe which Colonel Blnkus traversed. He will be going oat that way tomorrow. I should like you, sir, to go wltbvhlm. After one trip I shall be greatly pleased If you are capable of doing the work alone." i ?.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 reveille. They had an 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 tbey sat down in a thicket together for a bite to eat and a wblspere^ conference. "Blnkus, a? you know, had his own way yt scouting," said the tnajor. "He waa an Indian fighter. He liked to get IniTde the enemy lines and lie close an' watch 'em an* mebbe hear what they were talking about. Now an' then be I' 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 er*. ? ? . | "He was a modest man," said the J young scout "He didn't want the British to know v^here Solomon Blnkus was at work, and I guess be was wise," said the major, "I advise ' against taking the chances that he took. It alnt neces sary. You would be caught mach 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 trarel I Ing alone for three days when be 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. '< ... > ' 8oon,after that the daring spirit of the youth led lilm into a great adven ture. It was oh the night of January fifth that Jack penetrated the British lines In a snowstorm and got close to 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 air wad thick with snow, his feet were muffled 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 be could distinctly hear the talk of the Britishers. It related to a pix^fcosed < evacuation of the city by Howe! "I'm weary of starving to death In | this God-forsaken place," said one of them. "You can't keep an army with- 1 out meat or vegetables. I've eaten fish till I'm getting scales on me." i "Colonel Rlfllngton says that the | army will leave here within a fort night," another observed. It was Important Information which had come to the ear of tl\e young scout. The talk was that of well-bred Eng lishmen who were probably offlceA; ? - "We ought not to speak of those matters aloud," one of then} remarked. "Some.d ? d Yankee may, b^JLstenlng like the one we captured." ~ ?? - 'He was Amherst's old scout," Bald another. *^le swore a blue streak when we shoved him Into JalL Thev don't like to be treated like rebels. They want to be prisoners of war." , A young msn came along with his | rifle on his shoulder. "Hello, Bill I" said one of the men. "Going out on post?" "I am, God help me." the youth an swered. "It's what Td call a b ? I of a night." The sentinel passed close by Jack on -Ms way to his post. The lattsr crept i ) away and followed, gradually closing In upon his quarry. When they 'wers well away from the fire, Jack came close and called, "Bllll" t The sentinel stopped and faced about. . "You've forgotten something,*' said Jack, In a genial tone. "What Is It?" "Your caution,"' Jack answered, with his pistol against the breast of his en emy. "I shall have to kill you If you cull 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." ? Bo the capture waa made, and on the ? way out Jack picked up the sentinel who stood, waiting to be relieved 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 wutchlng and robbing., When Jack delivered his report the chief called him a brave lad and said : ( > "It Is valuable Information you have brought to ine. Do" not speak of It Let me warn you, captain, that from now on they will try to trap yon. Perhaps, even, you may look for daring enter prises on that part of their line.'' I The general was right. The young | scout >an Into a most daring and suc cessful British enterprise on the twen- 1 tleth of January. The snow had been | arwept 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 observa tions when he saw. a movement on the ground beneath him. He stopped and quickly discovered that the tree was surrounded by British soldiers. One of them, who stood with ? raised rifle, called to him : - >1 - . "Irons, I Will trouble yon to droy your pistols and come down at Once." Jack saw that he had run Into an ambush. He dropped his pistols and came down. He had disregarded the warning of the general. He should have been looking out for so ambush. A squad of men stood about blm with rifles In t^nd. Among them waa' Lionel Clarke, his right slfeeve empty. , "We've got you at last ? you d ? 4 | rebel 1" said Clarke. i "I suppose you need some one t? swear at,1' Jack answered. >' "And- to shoot at," Clarke suggested. "Ijthought that you would not care i for another match with me," the young | scout remarked as they began to mors ' away. "Hereafter you will be treated like | a rebel and not like a gentleman," Clarke answered. y "What do you mean?" "I mean that yon will be standing, blindfolded against a walL" That kind of a threat doesn't scare me," Jack answered. "We hav? to* many of your men in our hands." CHAPTER XV In Boston Jail. Jack waa marched under guard Into the streets of Boston. Church bells were ringing. It was Sunday morning. Young Clarke came with the guard beyond the city limits. They Bad seemed to be very careless in the control of their prisoner. They gave blm every chance to make a break for liberty. Jack was not fooled. "I pee that you want to get rid o< me," said Jack to the young officer. "You'd like to have me run a race with your bullets. That Is base la gratitude. I was careful of you when i we met and you do not seem to know I It" ' "I know how well you can shoot" Clarke answered. "But you do not know how well I can shoot." "And when I learn, I want to hare ? fair 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 crdwd was coming out of one of the churches. In the midst of It the prisoner 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 ixpms of the church and Its minister. In a few minutes he was delivered at th{ jail ? a noisome, Ul-smelllng, badly ventilated place. The yard was an opening walled In by the main structure and Its two wings and a wooden fence some fif teen feet high. There was a ragged, dirty rabble sf "rebel" prlsqnera, | among whom was Solomon Blnkus, all out for an airing. old scout had , lost flesh and color. He held Jack's ] hand and stood for a moment without speaking. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Hit Leason Went Wrong The teacher was trying to Impress on the children how Important had been the discovery of the law of grav itation. "Str Isaac Newton was sitting on the ground looking at the tree. Aa apple fell on his head, and frdm that he discovered gravitation. Just think, children," she added, "Isn't that won derful I" The Inevitable small boy replied | "T in, miss, an' If be had been slrttn' In school looWln' at his books hi wouldn't never have discovered aotfr In'." Children ^ Cry for INSECT ? POWDER Rills . them! Bh Brand Insect Powder wont stain ? or harm anything except insects. Kills Flies, Fleas, Mosquitoes, Ants, Roaches, Watsr Bags, Bed Bags. 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