W.M.U. SfeRVICe
Copyright bg Hugh Pe»\d«xk«r.
Impoverished by the open-hapded
rpniprosity of his father, Virginia
g'l^ttleman, young Webster Brond
id serving as a scout and spy for
the army under General ^raddock
preparing for the advance on Fort
Xiu^uesne. He has Just returned to
Alexandria from a visit to the
fdfti, where, posing as a French*
mati« he has secured valuable in-
f8)rti%ation. Braddock, bred to Eu*
rdpeiui warfare, falls to realize the
importance of the news. Brond is
seat back to Fort Ouquesne, also
bgv^ng a message to George
C^gitan, English emissary among
tbd. Indiana. Brond joins his friend
and fellow scout. Round Paw, In
dian chief, and they set out.
CHAPTER 11—Continued
Id silent companionship we followed
Um vatley of the Sheuaadoah and
crossed the Potomac two miles west
Cf the Conococbeague and made camp,
rela were broiling over the coals,
Eoupd Paw again renewed the white
paint ou his chest. It struck me as
peeslijlar that he should be so per*
sistenS in making himself fit for war
when for once the Western country
wgs^safe for the Epgilsh and with but
iltife likelihood of the French and
their red allleis ever being able to
bring- as the red hatchet
The campaigns against Crown i*olnt
pod. Niagara might fall for a time, but
rii^^cooguest of Duquesne was assured.
With that stronghold in ovf hands, we
■bOnt^ be freed from fear from the
heads of the Ohio to Lake Erie. Even
those Indians In westt^n Pennsyivania
who ^were inclined to help the French
dare, not take the warpath until they
knew the outcome of Braddock’s expe-
dittpn. So, If ever there was a time
Wh%n the back-country settlers felt
warranted in staying by their spring
crops and leaving the blockhouses un-
ocC.y^ed it was now. Yet Round Paw
kept bis paint fresh and was most
particular in dressing his hair.
At the risk of violating his sense
*t etiquette, I remarked on the use-
le^ess of it all. - Without ceasing
bia labors be told me:
“Onas and Onontio—the go-vernor
•f Canada—are on a red path that ta
’ very long. More than one bunting-
6now-«iid-October—will come before
the hatchet Is buried."
I did not believe It
We were up at sunrise and soon bad
crossed the creek and turned north to
make McDowell’s place. We had cov
ered! a mile or ao when we came upon
a fnost Interesting spectacle. Two
men, with horse-bells around their
neclia and their arms tied behind them,
were harnessed together with rawhide
tlionga and were being driven like a
tea/n of horses by a tall ungainly
yOtiili. The driver held the lines in
one hand and flourished a drover’s
long whip In the other. His light red-
dlstt hair escaped In all directions
from bis ragged fur hat and gave him
th^ appearance of being hugely sur-
prlsqd.
“What have the men done?" I in
quired. pausing and leaning on my
rifle,
“Ding them most mortally I But
they’ve done enough.’’ he cried, with a
Bide glance of curiosity at the Indian.
“APd 1 don’t have to tell every wild
man of the woods what I'm doing, or
why I’m doing It”
“Tliat’s true,” 1 agreed. "But we
can see what you’re doing. My friend
here says they are Frenchmen and
that he believes yon will boll and eat
them.”
The poor devils se^ up a most dolor-
euq bowling. The redhead scowled
with his eyes and laughed with his big
mouttu Be hardly knew whetlier to
approve of us, or take offense. But
the terror of his prlsoaers decided
him, and with a loud guffaw he cried:
“Tbat would be a fetching Joke ou
the. two of them i B’iled in a kettle 1
Lord’s law I But they would look com-
kat Jammed In a kettle I”
Now that his temper was softened
he explained further:
“These Infernal scoundrels stble two
belts from Ben the Great cove drover
at the mill last night. I’m working
for him. The fools could ’a’ got away
If they’d know’d enough to hide the
bells somewhere while they kept hid.
But they took/tbe bells along with
them and I follered the noire and
caught them early this morning. Now
they’re taking the bells back. Whoa,
hisb-l Stand still there, you devil, or
rtl tan your Jacket nineteen to the
dozen I” And to bind bis promise he
cracked the whip and elicited a rare
yell.
“In God’s great mercy, sit, help us I"
Bleated tlie prisoner on the offside.
“We was obout to follow the Carlisle
road Ijound for Philadelphia. We’d
have 00 need for bells after we’d
reached Shippensburg or Carlisle. We
did bat borrow them. Be would buve
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found them waiting for him when he
came back."
“Not need my bells, yon d—d res-
calrl What would Philadelphia folks
think of me driving horses along their
road without bells? How would I find
them if they strayed while 1 was
there?*-’ And he punctuated each
query with a clever slash apiece,
“If they stole your bells, you serve
tiiem right Thieves should be well
whipped, so their welts will burn when
tempted to steal again. We'll keep
you company to the mill."
He now took time' to explain how
he had hired out two dajf- before to
go with the drover, who was driving
some cattle through the Eastern set
tlements.
“I’m Balsar Croinlt," he added. "1
live at the jjiill, or two miles beh>w It,
with Richard and John Craig. Made
V
"I Told You Not to .Do It, Ben"
It look bad when these rascals stole
the bells right after I took service
with Ben. it hurt my feelings most
dingly.”
Our presence proved to be a favor
to the rogues, for Cromit became so
interested in asking questions that be
forgot to swing the whip.
That Crosalt had great confidence
in his physical powers was siiown by
his eager offer to wager three months’
pay against my powder-horn that he
could outsboot me, outrun me or pin
me to the ground in wrestling.
“Ton should be with Braddock’s
army," 1 told him. "Three pounds If
you enlist. A fine red coat and a floe
new musket’’
"A rifle’s worth more’n all the mus
kets ever made," he said.
“A rifle them. The army needs men
who know the woods' Or you could
drive a wagon.’’
“If old Braddock can wait till I git
back from Philadelphia, mebbe I’ll help
him. But if he's one of them sass-an’-
pepper men, him and me won't pull
together at all.”
McDowell’s settlement consisted of
the mill and half a dozen cabins scat
tered along the horse-path that struck
Into the Shippensburg, Carlisle and
Harris’ Ferry road a short distance
beyond the Craig place. Cromit halted
his prisoners near tlie Widow Cox's
bouse, close by the mill.
A man with a beard that reached
to bis waist was lounging under a
tree. On our approach, he rose to his
feet and stretched his long arms'and
lounged toward us, saying:
"So you’ve fetched ’em back, Balsar.
You’re going to be a likely helper."
"I went a-purpose to fotch 'em
back," grinned Cromit as he untiefi
the prisoners’ bands and ordered them
to replace the etolen hells.
The thieves did their work with all
the alacrity ^ their benoinbed fincera
would phrmit: and, while they frao-
llcaily bestirred tltemselvea, the drover
leisurely peeled off bis “warmos,” or
sleeveless undercoat, and remarked:
“Too ..bad McDowell and bis men
ain’t here to see Thfr fen, but word^
was brought right after yon left last
night, Balsar, that there is to be some
rare witch-banting In Great cove and
every one’s g«>ne over the mountains
to see. bow the Job's done.”
Stretching his arms to limber np his
powerful muscles, be examined two
long whips and tested them. Cromit
grinned at me and nodded toward bis
employer. To the badly frightened
rogues, be softly advised:
“Let’s see bow^fast you can make
your heels fly.”
They were off the moment he fin
ished, racing madly oYer their back
track. The drover beard the scuffling
of their fleeing feet and turned about
Just as the two turned one side and
dived Into ,s bush growth. Bawling
wrathfully for them to halt, he started
on a lumbering run but soon gave it
up and came back to where we stood.
Cromit was unable to conceal his
glee.
“Why did you let them sarpents
i^n loose, Balsar?” demanded the
drover.
“lx)r’, Ben I hey’ve been licked and
walloped almost every step of a good
ten mile."
"And who be you, you worthless
tout, to say when thieves have had
their comeuppance?" bellowed the
drover, letting his rage run wild.
“Stand clear of them two men.”
“Now. Ben, don’t you do it," ad
vised Cromit, his reddish brows work
ing up and down. “I’m telling you,
don’t you do it. 1 ain’t no nigger, or
thief. I shan’t take it kindly, Ben.
I’ll hate it most mortally."
With an animal bowl the drover
drew back his long arm and lashed
at the tall awkward llgure.^ With the
scream of a panther making a nignt
kill, Cromit’s long body shot through
the air, his blue eyes burning with
murder, his wide inuutb opened to its
fullest extent. As he crashed against
the drover he half-iaughed, half-sobbed:
“1 told you not to do It, Ben.”
They went down In the dirt, a most
bewildering swirl of legs and arms,
but they hod kicked up the dust foe
only part of a minute before Cromit
was erect again, grinning and spit
ting blood. The drover remained on
his back and looked as If Braddock’s
army, heavy guns and all, bad
marched over him. His face was cov
ered with blood and there were
bloody finger-prints on his dark
throat.
Believing the man was dead, I
kneeled to examine him. Cromit kept
up his chattering laugh ns be watched
me. Round Paw glided forward and
stared at the damaged visage and
wounded throat and gave a loud “Yo-
hah!’’—Ills way of expressing amaze
ment or approval. With a fiendish
finger-strength, Cromit had all but
torn the man’s throat open.
“He will make a warrior,” gravely
said Round Paw as he resumed his
stolid bearing and stepped back to
show the spectacle had no further in
terest for him.
“I’d have had his gullet open like
the split craw of a fowl In another
Jiffy,” whined Cromit. “But he’ll be
owing me two days and one night ol
work and I want my pay I asked
him not to do It, but he was ever a
masterful man.”
Tlie Widow Cox appeared from
somewhere, and with the border-wom
an’s quickness of peroeplion she
wasted no time in asking questions,
but brought a noggin of rum which
we poured down the injured throat
Then followed a bucket of water ovei
the shaggy bead. With a groan the
drover regained Ids senses. He glared
feebly at Cromit, who shook bis head
and said:
"It’ll be a I’arning to you, Ben. I
told you not to do It.”
“You devil!” gasped the drover.
"Then all the more reason why 1
should be quittance with you. I'm ofl
to march with Braddock’s array. [’v
worked two days and a night for you
—a whole night gifting the bells back
—three days’ work. You pay me and
drive your own cattle."
Moaning and sighing, and taking on
like one badly broken, the drover
crawled to his feet, fished a t)ag ol
coins from the bosom of his shirt and
counted out u small sum Into Cromit’s
palm. Cromit turned to me and said;
“Now I'm ready to show old Brad
dock’s army how to fight."
The Widow Cox spoke up and
shrilly upbraided him:
"Sliame on you, you lymbering rtoltl
You’ve liurt a most prooer man.”
“He’ll be properer now, Mothef
Cox.”
(TO BE CONTIItUED.)
WORLD SPLIT 50-50
ON RULES OF ROAD
BIG TOMCAT CASTS
HOODOO ON SHIP
Big Executives Have Their Own Troubles
Europe Presents Puzzle to
Visiting American.
I
“■ ■
Washington.—Automobile drivers in
thn United States keep to tlie right.
Automobile drivers in England. Aus
tria, Sweden. Argentina and Angola
keep to the left.
How did these opposite customs
arise?
“For the world divides roughly half
and half on the rule of the motoring
road,” says a hulletin from the Wash
ington (D. C.) headquarters of the
National Geographic society.
"Tlie present score is: Sixty of the
nations and colonies favor the right-
side drive; 4.*? cling to the left. Iraq
added one to the right-side score
when she decided to reverse the Eng
lish rule of left-side driving, which
has been in u.se there since tlie World
war. and return to her former rule
of keeping to the right..
Problem for Motorist.
"Tlie need of a uniform rule is not
so apparent In Nortli America as in
Europe. Consider the problem of a
motorist wlio tries to drive from Nor
way to Italy tlirough the Dolomites.
He starts bravely out from Oslo, keep
ing to the ri.glit until lie readies the
Swedish, liorder. Tliereupon he keeps
to tlie left, l.et liiin have his wits
about liim. because, when he ferries
over to Denmark, he must again move
over to the right of tlie road. Ger
many the same, he thanks heaven.
Back again to the left in Czechoslova
kia. And Just as tlie bewildered auto-
1st gets used to left driving in Aus
tria lie must steel his nerves to switch
back to the rigid rule of the road in»
Yugoslavia and Italy.
"Probably our custom had its origin
because it was - natural to grasp
weapons with the rigid hand while
the left liand carried tlie sliield over
the heart on tlie left side of the body.
From this it follows tliat armed men
passed eacli otlier shield to shield,
left hand to left hand.
"That fact accounts for the pedes
trian custom of keeping to the rigid.
“Even in England the rule of the
sidewalk or pathway is ‘keep to the
riglit.' How. then, did England ac
quire tlie custom of keeping to the
left on liighways?
“One student of tlie problem finds
the origin of the practice in tlie hab
it of the English coacliman of sitting
on the rigid side of tlie coach driv
er’s scat. lie grasped the wliip in
his right hand. In passing another
coacli he wanted to be in a position
where he cbuld best prevent a col
lision. So he passed an oncoming
coach on tliat coach’s right. From his
seat on the right of his coach he
could see liow near his wheels came
to those of Hie otlier vehicle.
Rhym* Summarizes Cod*.
“The English rule of the wind was
made a law in 1835, but before that
date this poem appeared in an Eng
lish Journal;
The law of the road Is a paradox quite
As you’re driving your carriage
along;
If you go to the left you're sure to go
right,
If you go to the right you go wrong.
“On the continent It was more fre
quently the custom for a postilion to
guide the horses tlian a coachman.
The postilion took his place at the
left of the lead team in order to have
his right hand free to grasp the near
est bridle. He also wanted to avoid
collisions, but, being on the left, It
was better for him to turn tiis horses
to the rigid. Thus France and other
European countries have the same
rule of the road as the United States.
“It has been suggested that auto
mobiles in America keep to the rigid
because oxen did In tlie old days.
Oxen were the draft animals most
used in the colonies. The ox driver
directed them by voice and whip. He
held his whip in his right hand and
trudged along on the left of the oxen
and, therefore, turned to the rigid.
"All the countries of the New world
keep to the right, except British Hon-
I duras, Panama, Paraguay, Argentina,
I Uruguay and Prince Edward island In
Canada. Tlie Far East follows the
British, or left turning custom, nl-
i most unanimously: China, Japan,
Siam and even the Pliilippines. That
the Philippines should reverse the
American custom Is surprising. Gen
erally as a country drives so drives
the colony or protectorate. Nearly
all Britisli colonies follow tlie motlier
country’s lead. Exceptions are Iraq,
Palestine, Canada and British Guiana.
Most French colonies keep to the
right with France, but Angnlia has
the left driving nile alfhougb Portu
gal stands by the ‘right.’ ”
Amos R. Bump, assistant general
sales engineer of the Kilizem Rat-
Trap Associates, Inc., was concentrat
ing. Upon bis nice, clean desk was a
nice, clean pad, and upon that pad In
a nice, clean hand Mr. Bump was writ
ing. He paused and surveyed what be
bad written. Then he wrote again.
Miss Wince, his secretary, padded
Into the room. i
"Mr. Sclilmmel, of Scfilmmel, Schlm-
mel, Scliimniel A Schlmmel, is'here,”
she whispered. "He has a luncheon
engagement with you."
Mr. Bump groaned. He hated hav
ing a train of thought derailed.
"One Interruption after another,” be
growled. "How Is a man to find time
to solve his problems?" And he
stamped out to greet Mr. Scliiiimiel.
Upon that dqfk, on that nice, clean
pad, -exposed to the gaze of those whe
cared to observe, lay the fruit of Mr.
Bump's morning endeavor. And this
was the message, reading from left to
right: “Amos R. Bump—A. R. Bumy
—A. Remington Bump.”
Aatronom»r*» Memorial
A beautiful bronze globe mounted oa,
Q marble pedestal stands In a Swedish
city as a memorial to the great Six
teenth century astronomer, Tycba
Brahe.
Dieeouraging Mr. Moaee
Holes that appear to be Mr. Mouse’i
entrances sliould be filled with putty,
mixed with mustard and broken glaa*.
They are not an apt to storm
way thresh tbia aalxtura.
Fisherman Wins Fight
Against Huge Octopus
San Mateo, Calif.—W. J. Ttrry of
tilts city now is n full-fledged mem
ber of that small band of persons
who have successfully combated and
escaped an octopus.
While hunting abnlones at Point
Arena recently, Terry suddenly felt
his legs Jerked together. He was hor
rified to find himself in the grip of a
l6-foot devilfish.
Terry’s cries for help brought a
companion to his assistance and for
five minutes tlie two men fought tlie
octopus before Terry escaped from
the tentacles.
“Its body WHS as big ns a dishiibn,
find Its eyes tlie size of a cat's," was
Terry a description of the muuslei.
So It Walks PUnk Into Shark-
Strewn^Sea^
New Yorf.—The crew of the full-
rigged ship, the Seven Seas, hove-to
in tlie mouth of the Hudson river with
a tale of a "sea devil with for” that
walked the plank into a shark-strewn
sen. I
Fifty-one days out of Cowes, i.sle
of Wight, tlie Seven Seas arrived
here to become the property of Inglis
Moore Uppercu, who intends to refit
her for a junket to the South seas.
Uppercu thanked tlie 21 members
of the crew for disposing of the “sea
devil with fur,” which, on closer ques
tioning, turned out to be a black tom
cat, appropriately christened “Old
Hellion.”
“Old Hellion” turned up seven days
out of Cowes and the cook’s dough
turned sour almost immediately, it
was said. Then the sliip’s cliarts
were clawed to pieces and tliere
were mutterings in the forward
cabin about tlie way “Old Hellion”
was treating the shepherd puppy tliat
was the official stii[)’s mascot. Tlien
it developed that the cook had kissed
a girl on tiie Isle of Wight and prom
ised he would see to it that Alice was
tlie only cat on board.
Alice, a lilue ribbon around her
neck, cowered under ttie kitclien
stove from the time “Old Hellion’’
raged into view and ihe cook passed
the word on up to tlie forecastle that
no black tomcat was going to make
a coward out of Alice.
The crew conferred and it doesn't
matter what they decided, for “Old
Hellion’’ was not to be found. Sea
man C., H. Rassmussen started aloft
when “Old Hellion’’ sprung out of no
where onto his sliouliier. Rassmussen
couldn’t shake him olT, and aloft they
went. Then the top gallant mast
snapped and Rassmussen plunged in
to the sea to be re.scued promptly.
“Old Hellion” plunged, too, but
there was no mention of a lifeboat
putting out to save one of the black
devil’s nine lives.
KAISEirS s
WRATHY
Join HmfcnndL
London Bobby to Shed
Old Bell Bottom Hat
London.—The famous bell bottom
helmet and the straight-jacket tunic
of the London bobby are to be rele
gated to tlie museum, and within a
montli the London cop will appear in
a costume that will make him look
more like a human being and less like
a cliaracter in an Irisli art tlieater
play.
Ttie higli helmet will be supplanted
by a neat peaked military cap and a
military jacket will replace tlie tiglit
tunic. The tremendous leatlier belt
around tlie constable’s midriff upon
which is mounted an electric lamp of
formidable proportions is going to go.
Hereafter the policeman will carry an
electric hand torch.
The double-breasted coat, about the
thickness of a medium-sized steak, 1s
also-taboo. In its place will be worn
a coat, open at the neck, with a storm
collar for use the 95 days out of
every 100 that English weatlier neces
sitates it. Tlie color of tlie costume
remains blue.
Town May Have to Move
When Leases Elxpire
Austin, Texas.—An entire town
built upon leased land must move on
July 1, 1930, unless a new lease Is
arranged. The town is Best. Reagan
county, a community of 1,.'00 popula
tion. Stores, cliiirciies and homes
have been built on land upon wliicli
tlie lease expires in little more than
a year.
Best sprang up five years ago ns n
result of discovery of oil in the vicin
ity. Both the oil and Best are on
part of the land with whicli Texas en
dowed its state university.
Tlie university leased the townsite
to P. L. Childress of Dzona, receiving
a cash payment of $1,1.52 and. 20 per
cent of the net proceeds of subleases.
Four other prospective towns are
to spring up on townsite leases made
l>y Hie university in Ward county, if
oil development takes place there, as
in Reagan county.
The university received $1,G00 cash
payment for eacli of tliese GlO-acre
leases and will also get 20 [ler cent of
net proceeds of subleases if-tlie towns
are built.
Unreasonable!
Worcester. Mass.—Claiming that she
had to wash her fiusbund's feet six
times a week, that he bought her a
|)iano but olijected to her taking music
lessons, and that he once beat her for
donating ’25 cents to the Salvation
.\rin.v, Mrs. Mary Georgeson has ap
plied for a divorce here.
100-Year-Old Doll ^
Still Used as Toy ^
Atlanta, Ga.—Christine Jones,
six years old. claims she has
one of the oldest dolls. The doll's
up|>eurunce supports Christine's
cluinis. It was made more thau
lilU years ago for a little girl in
England and tuis been played
with by a great many little
iiiotliers since then. There Is
barely the hint of a uuse left
• and the ouce beautiful complex
loll has turned from cream and
I pink to almost black. The eyt-s
^ have tiecume slightly poppi^ as
I the wax lids have worn Hvny !
Paris.—Prlnceae Victoria, tl»l
sister, is angry wttb her erWe* !•
HohenzoUern faiiiily aad in
Itself.
Her husband, Uie first Baswi
koff, cheerfully explained ftet Ms
was emirely^nt of syraiMflijr srllli
those >^lio liave protested ths
riage, a?fH-.»Uited farther that
\ ictori.q still thinks the WoHd otg
Zoiil>koff himself is still the IWIliif
adventurer that he was, and deapf^it ,
tlie number of contracts tliat hs MIO'p
had offered him recently be has Sttj
them all p.nsa, preferring to contesa-?
plate the world from the viewpoint «#'
an aristoenit.
May Work Together.
“1 am going to bring the princilSI|^j
to I’aris,” Zouhkoff said, '‘and. If ne©*'
essary, we will go to work togetbciv
We might even open up a ni^t cloM 'J;'
Ttie princess .'ays she will work as st
bar niaiil ratlier than yield to Ike*
critics. Tills is entirely possible, M
the princess will do anything I tefitiii.
her.’’
* The princess tierself Is still
witli ttie officials of Buckeharg,
capital of the German principwlity o#
Scliauhiburg-I.ippe, who have protested
so actively against the ex-kaiser's sis
ter marrying Zonbkoff. The princead^., ^
said in a recent interview: ^
“Tile measure of brutalities
humiliations they have heaped
me is full, and I shall defend my
to tlie last breath again^ the ms-
chi\-nlrous and malignant 'fightiny
metliods of my antagonists. I do not
believe there is anyone besides thoao^^-.
nearest to me who realize what means
my enemies have 'used to bring nW' tw.
ray knees. Ttiey may starve me
deatli. they may force me Into ft*:
worst of calamities, but they can :
break my will.
“1 know ttie fight Is directed
so much against iny own p«
against my husband. But my ene
at Buckeburg utterly fail to rear
that their brutal tactics are drix
me ever closer into the arms of those
they so lovingly wish to liberate me
from. I am alone. They have forclr
bly taken ray hoshWA
the cares and problems of
months have fallen on mo alone'
“What ridiculojjs nons^-'e It Is te'
claim that my husbar«,^d l v fawyew'
are exploiting me.
eamint rot
I
wliere there is iiothlr.g lo rob
Buckeliurgers have ••ft me nothto.
not one penny of annu^.» **'^4
I’rincess Victoria ad^tled thar-fee
lawyers might conceiv.My
strange methods to collet "oncj f,,
her. hut slie points outhat. aft^ jj|'
money was necessary keep niwco,!'
modest household.
Had Title Arlled. % I
She said, further, t; the omefai. |
at Buckeburg bad
anno
behind her back des|
Hie title is pniperly/ Losseijm in thw
palace at Bonn. .96
“Without warnln»-64 ,^if told 1 naaBt
vacate the greater part of the
and that certain parts would be
in for use of the Buckeburgerg.
walls were built in, excluding sqiq
my drawing rooms and ai
My house, thus arbitrarily rented
to others, brings in £450 yearly,
I do not get. This Is ooly^*
ample of my enemies’ tactica.
“The worst of ail is tjiat Ij
longer in touch with my bnq^
cause 1 have no longer.
postal facilities; but I wiU aiipt to
him through thick and thin.,
“I long to be with him In
V
Ceremony Takes Plae*
After 300-Ye^'
Washington.—A ceremony has
taken place In the city of liantu
Italy, which was planned for the yt
1G40. At that time, under Ihe eft,
ruler. Duchess .Maria, amingemra
were made to put a golden crq’tf
studded with jewels on the keed^^S*-
statue of the Blessed Virgin,
whose protection Mantja ha
ly been placed, says the
.Magazine. But because of
times the ceremony did
place.
A second attempt wan
couple of centuries later and
thing was ready when Nh]
army overran the town and
diers carrietl off the crown.
Finally another suhscrtptlodr ,
taken up ^or the crowo, and
at lust bet-n placeil on the
the statue, which waited liaai1(^E
yearsi"'
Too Many Bowleg^;^
Judge Rt
Lexington, Ky.—Tli^mlfy 1
Miller, residing nef^lrrt
southwest of here,, la. the
bowleg family of Keotocky^
to a revelation just made I
Hollaud in c«)unty court,
has seven children and i
cent in bowlegs.
The father wan rcceeWiij
fore I'ounty Judge
of the hospital bur
made to force him te.1
cliildren, operated
their legs. After
'(irublem Judge l|
an o|ierulloii
Mary Miller, ag
of Ihe 8eveihj
several ^'eer
has m»w_
perfsgtiol