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s of Poor Richard
By IRVING, BACHELLER
Copyright by IRVING BACHELLER
2,
AMERICA IN THE MAKING
Irving Hacheller, in his new
novel, "In the Days - of Poor
Richard," has written a story of
America in the making- ? of the
United States In t lie days of Ben
jamin Franklin. It Is & story,
with a double appeal. One is to
the reader .n search of entertaln
? 1= o 'ocnlnQf|n?
le rraun ...
mint, sinee there is a fascinating
love story in it, spiced with ad
venture and righting. This is the
Tr? y,
?niu i *???
love-making of Jack Irons, *a
young frontiersman, and Margaret
Hire. Hit daughter of an English
colonel. The other appeal Is to
the go.'?d American who is inter
est, d in his country's history.
Franklin Is the dominating char
acter of the story and as all good
Americans know ? or should know
? he was human, engaging and
lovable beyond the measure of
niost of the great men of his day.
And there were giants in those
days, not the least of whom was
Franklin. The reader gets vivid
Kiimpses at historic moments of
our American giants ? Washing
ton, Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson
and the rest, as well as such ac
tors in the drama of nation-mak
ing as Andre and Benedict Arnold.
Jt ends with a fine picture of
Poor Richard In his last days, ut
tering those homely philosophies
which are both historic and
classic.
CHAPTER |l
The Horse Valley Adventure.
"The first time I saw the boy, Ja
Irons, he was about nine years old.
was in Sir William Johnson's camp ^f
magnificent Mohawk warriors at
bany. Jack was so active and succe
ful in the games, between the red bo
and the white, that the Indians call
him 'Boiling Water.' His laugh a^
tireless spirit reminded me of a moiHp
tain brook. There was no lad, nea
his age, who could run so fast, or junojp
so faf, or shoot so well with the b
or the rifle. I carried him on my ba
to his home, he urging me on as if
had been a battle horse and when
were come to the house, he ran abo
doing his chores. I helped him, a
our work accomplished, we went do
to the river for a swim, and to
surprise, I found him a well-taug
fish. We became friends and alw*
when I have thought of him, the wor
Happy Face have come to me. It wi
I think, a better nickname than 'Boj}|
ing Water,' although there was mu^fi
propriety In the latter. I knew th'
his energy given to labor would
compllsh much and when I left him,
repeated the words which my fath
had often quoted In my hearing:
" 'Seest tnou a man diligent in
calling? He shall stand before kings
This glimpse of John Irons, Jr.? fa
mlliarly known as Jack Irons ? is frofja
a letter of Benjamin Franklin to h
wife.
Nothing further is recorded of h
boyhood until, about eight years latel ,
what was known as the "Horse Valley
Adventure" occurred. A full account
of it follows with due regard for back
ground and color:
"It was the season o' the gre
moon," said old Solomon BinkUs, sco
and interpreter, as he leaned over, tlje
campfire and flicked a Goal out of t
ashes with his forefinger and twiddl
it up to his oipe bowl. In the a
he was known as "old Solomoj^
Binkus," not by reason of his age, f
he was only about thirty-eight, but i
a mark of deference. Those who foj
lowed him in the bush had a faith in
his wisdom that was childlike. "I ha<J
had my feet in a pair o' sieves walklnj
the white sea a fortnight," he went
on. "The dry water were six foot on
the level, er mebbe more, an' some ?"
the waves up to the tree-tops, an' n
body with me but this 'ere ol' Marh
Jane (his rifle) the hull trip to th
Swegache country. Gol' ding m
pictur' ! It seemed as If the win
were a-tryin' fer to rub" it off th
slate. It were a pes^y .wind th
kep' a-cuffin' me an' whlstlln' in th
briers on my face an' crackin' my coa
tails. I were lonesome ? lonesomer'
a he-bear ? an' the cold grabbin' hoi
o' all ends o' me so as I had to sto
an' argue 'bout whar my bound' _
lines was located like I were Yor!
state. Cat's blood an' gunpowder I
had to kick an' scratch to keep my
nose an' toes from gittln' ? brittle." ?!
At this point, Soldtifl&n Bipkui
paused to give his words a chance "td
sink in." The silence which followed
was broken only by the'drAek of quritj
ing faggots and the sound of the nighfl
wind in the tall pines above the gorg
Before Mr. Binkus resumes his na
native, which, one might know by th
tilt of his head and the look of hi
wide open, right eye, would soon hapj-i
pen, the historian seizes the oppoiji
tunlty of finishing his introductloi
We had been the besLscput in the arm
?f Sir Jeffrey --As a sma
hoy he had been (Aptiffe^ by the Sei
*cas and held in thfe tribe a year an
two months. Early in the French an
Indian war, he had been caught b
Algonquins and tied tQ a tree , an
tortured by hatchet throwefs until re?
cued by a French captain. After tha
his opinion of Indians had been, prol
ftbly, a bit colored by prejudice. Stl
later he had been a harpooner In
whale boat, and in his young mi
hood, one of those who had 'escaped
the infamous massacre at Fort Wtt
llam Henry when English forces, hav
ing been captured and disarmed, were
turned loose and set upon by the sav
ages. He was a tall, brawny, broad
shouldered, homely-faced man of thir
ty-eight with a Roman nose and a.
prominent chin underscored by a short
sandy throat beard. Some of the ad
ventures had put their mark upon his
weathered face, shaven generally once
a week above the chin. The top of
his left ear was missing. There was a
long scar upon his foi-ehead. These
were like the notches on the stock of
his rifle. Tfffey were a sign of the
stories of adventure to be found in
that wary, watchful brain of his.
Johnson enjoyed his reports on ac
count of their humor and color and he
describes him in a letter to Putnam
as a man who "when he is much inter
ested, looks as if he were taking aim
'with his rifle." To Nsome it seemed
that one eye of Mr. Rink us was often
drawing conclusions while the other
was engaged with the no less impor
tant function of discovery.
His companion was young Jack Irons
? a big lad of seventeen, who lived in
a fertile valley some fifty miles north
west of Fort Stanwlx, in Tryon coun
ty, New York. Now, In September,
1768, they were traveling ahead of a
band of Indians bent on mischief. The
latter, a. few days before, had come
down Lake Ontario and were out In
the bush somewhere between the lake
and the new settlement in Horse val
ley. Solomon thought that they were
probably Hurons, since they, being dis
contented with the treaty made by the
French, had again taken the war-path.
This invasion. 1 however, was a wholly
unexpected bit of audacity. They had
two captives ? the wife and daughter
of Colonel Hare, who haO been spend
ing a few weeks with Major Duncan
and his Fifty-fifth regiment, at Os
wego. The colonel had taken these
ladles of his family on a hunting trip
In the bush. They had had two guides
with them, one of whom was Solomon
Blnkus. The men had gone out In the
early evening after moose and Im
prudently left the ladies In camp,
where the latter had been captured.
Having returned, the scout knew that
the only possible explanation for the
absence of the ladies was Indians, al
though no peril could have been more
unexpected. He had discovered by
"the sign" that it was a large band
traveling eastward. He had set out
by night to get ahead of them while
Hare and his other guide started for
the fort. Binkus knew every mile of
the wilderness and had canoes hidden
near Its x bigger waters. He had
crossed the lake, on which his party
had been camping, and the swamp at
the east end of It and was soon far
ahead of the marauders. A little
after daylight, he had picked up the
boy, Jack Irons, at a hunting camp on
Big Deer creek, as it was then called,
and the two bad set out together to
warn the people r in Horse valley,
where Jack lived, and to get help for
a battle with the savages.
Jt will be seen by his words that Mr.
Binkus was a man ?t ^Imagination, but
?again he Is {aHftrtg.*
"I were on my way to a big Injun
Pow-wow at Sweg&che, fer Sir Bill ?
ayes It were In FOT'dary, the time o'
the great moon o' the hard snow. I
found a heap o' Injuns at Swegache ?
Mohawks, Senekys, Onandogs an' Al
gonks. They had been swappin' pres
ents an' speeches with the French.
Just a little while afore they had had
a bellerin' match with us 'bout love an'
friendship. -Then suddenlike they tuk
it in their heads that the French had
a sharper hatchet than the English.
I were skeered, but when I see that
they was nobody drunk*, I pushed right
into* the big village an' asked fer the
old Senecky chief Bear Faee^? knowln'
he were thar? an' said I had a letter
from the Big Father. They tulc me
to him.
"I give him a chain o* wampum an'
then read the letter from Sir Bill. It
offered the Six Nations more land an'
a fort, an' a regiment to defend 'em.
"A powerful lot o' Injuns trailed
back to Sir Bill, but they was a few J
went over to the French. I kind o'
mistrust thar's some o' them runny
gades behind us. They're 'spectin' to
git a lot o' plunder an' a horse apiece
an' ride 'em back an' swim the river
at the place o' the many islands.
We'll poke down to the trail on Ithe
edge o' the drownded lands afore sun
rise an' I kind o* mistrust we'll see
sign."
Jack Irons was a son of the much
respected John Irons from New Hamp
shire who, in the fertile valley where
he had settled some years before, was
breeding horses fpr the army and send
ing them down to Sir William Johnson.
Hence the site of his farm had been
called Horse valley.
Mr. Binkus went to the near brook
and repeatedly filled his old felt hat
with water and poured it on the fire.
"Don't never keep no fire a-goln' a'ter
I'm dried out,'* he whispered, as he
stepped back Into the dark cave,
"'cause ye never kin tell."
The boy was asleep on the bed of
boughs. Mr. Binkus covered him with
the blanket and lay down beside him
and drew his coat over both.
"He'll learn that it ain't no fun to
be a scout," he whispered with a
yawn and in a moment was snoring.
It was black dark when he roused
his companion. Solomon had been up
for ten minutes and had got their ra
tions of bread and dried venison out
of his pack and brought a canteen of
fresh water.
They started down the foot of the
gorge then dim in the night shadows.
Binkus stopped, now and then; to lis
ten for two or three seconds and went
on with long stealthy strides. His
movements were panther-like, and the
boy Imitated them. He was a tall,
handsome, big-framed lad with blond
hair and blue eyes. They could soon
see their way clearly.
They hurried through sloppy footing
in the wet grass that flung its dew
into their garments from the shoulder
down. Suddenly Mr. Binkus stopped.
They could hear the sound <of heavy
feet splashing in the wet meadow.
"Scairt moose, runnln' this way!"
the scout whispered. "I'll bet ye a
pint o' powder an' a fishhook them In
jun* la over east o' here."
t It was hla favorite wager ? that of
a pint of powder and a fishhook.
They came out upon high ground
and reached the valley trail just as
the sun was rising. The fog had lifted
Mr. Btnkus stopped well away from
the trail and listened for some min
utes. He approached it slowly on his
tiptoes, the boy following in a like
manner. For a moment the scout,
stood at the edge of the trail In si
lence. Then, leaning low, he examined
It. closely and quickly raised his hand.
"Hoofs o' the devil !" he whispered
as he beckoned to the boy. "See thar,"
he went on, pointing to the ground.
"They've jest gone by. The grass
ain't rlz ylt. Walt here."
He followed the trail a few rods
with eyes bent upon It. Near a little
run where there was soft dirt, he
stopped again and looked intently at
the earth and then hurried back.
"It's a big band. At least forty In
juns In It an* some captives, an' the
devil and Tom Walker. It's a mess
which they ain't no mistake."
"I'm afraid my folks are In danger,"
said the boy as he changed color.
"Er mebbe Peter Boneses' ? 'cordln'
to the way they go. We got to cut
eround 'em an' plow straight through
the bush an' over Cobble hill an'
we'll beat 'em easy."
It was a curious, long, loose stride,
the knees never quite straightened,
with which the scout made his way
through the forest. It covered ground
so swiftly that the boy had, now and
then, to break into a dog-trot in order
to keep along with the old woodsman.
They kept their pace up the steep side
of Cobble hill and down its far slope
and the valley beyond to the shore of
the Big creek.
"I'm hot 'nough to sizzle an' smoke
when I tech water," said the scout as
he waded in, holding his rifle and
powder-horn in his left hand above the
creek's surface.
They had a few strokes of swim
ming at midstream, but managed to
keep their powder dry.
"An' ol' Red Snout went down
like, a deer under the ax."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
First American Money
Made of Clam Shell t
The proprietor of "a ranch on Cape
Cod" has found traces of a trading
station established at Bourne, or
Manement, in the year of the Pilgrims,
1627. At this trading post American
money was first invented as a device
for making trade more convenient This
post was established for trade be
tween the Pilgrims on one side and the
Indians and the Dutch New Yorkers
on the other.
In the course of time they Invented
wampum, which was to have a stable,
fixed value at all times. Wampum was '
a piece of quahog (clam) shell cut
Into a certain shape and well polished.
One piece of quahog shell represented
a certain fixed value. ? Detroit News.
LoudSpeaker Can
Be Made at Home
producer for Vari
d Frequencies
rloadcasting.
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e construction of thA
producer for various
ies of broadcasting.
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striking the su
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give the reprodju
a solid horn,
filled with a m|
and sawdust
The appearand
is greatly inc
tomary finishing
placing betweq
sheets of white
fret saw, the p|
setting in posit
mounted on
appearance, ki
{ugh the horn. They
ed from t the sides of
lid, down and outwards,
rface of the table upon
iloducer is placed. To
cer the advantages of
hollow spaces were
lxture of melted pitch
ore setting into place,
of the finished article
teased after the cus
of all wood work, by
n the four uprights
celluloid. With a fine
^ittern was cut (before
on) and colored paper
! back to improver the
places in this celluloid
! a
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Exterior View I of Completed Loud
Speaker.
iheet showed a 'tendency to vibrate at
certain audible frequencies, small
pieces of celluloid were cemented on
the backs of these portions.
This reproducer which may be small
In size can find a fitting place any
roora. There Is very
of speech or music
Is right there In the
fcrt the end of a long
where In the
little distortion!
and the music
room and not
hall.? Radio News.
Easy Way t(o
Body
Body capacity
Inated by using
celluloid knittink
Eliminate
Capacity Effect
effect can be oilm
an 8-lnch length of a
needle placed in a
5-32-Inch hole d
In the manner
to turn the knob
rilled In the dial knobs
illustrated. It Is easy
s by this method.
Copper-Clad Steel Wire
May Be
LJsed for Aerial
Current that is direct, or alternating
current of low
through the ent
wire, and with
wire is an adv
are reached, the
trates the surftj
stranded wire
frequency, will How
Ire cross section of a
such currents solid
antage. As the fre
quency of all alternating current in
creases, the current tends to leave the
core of the conductor and travel near
er the surface, so when alternations
er oscillations 4>f a radio frequency
current barely pene
Ice. For this reason
and "Lltzendragbt"
are used for aejrials, making connec
tions and winding coils ? they present
more surface than would a round solid
wire of the sami diameter. And cop
per-clad steel wire may be used for
aerials, with ncj appreciable loaf la
conductivity.
Only Way
Wei
Remember thai
can be obtained
faces to be sol
used are absolu
the hot Iron witji
ing the solder
and lightly so t
catch fire. Rub
the surface to be
wipe the solder
rag dipped in a
solder is cold,
soldering flux a
corrosion. But
the soldering op
Ask Advice
lng little technicja
subject of radio
come experienced
tlo Obtain
l-|Soldered Joints
a well-soldered jolai
only It all the sur
>1 tiered and the irom
clean. Brush off
a rag before toueh
it Brush quickly
hat the rag does not
all dust and dirt oif
soldered. Be sure to
joint well with a
llcohol ad soon as tbe
This removes the
td prevents possible
eep fire away from
ejratlon.
flely
tk>
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Before
Buying Radio Outfit
It would be woll for a person har
1 knowledge on tlie
to get the advice of
friend before mai
ing a purchase of apparatus. Or, if
this Is not possible, to buy only ap
paratus made by
recognized standj
whose engineers
ing the best in
companies having a
[ng in* the field and
are capable of ?iv
design. This ?'?-?:Id
result In a saving of both pMlcoee
and money and tfve Ir.icrcased all
round satisfaction.
Why You
May Need
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of ample means, only a small percentage of whom as yet
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. nothing, due to die reduction in their transportation
expenses effected by it.
We respectfully suggest consideration, investigation and
comparison of Chevrolet with any other car at any price.
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" Division of Qeneral Motors Corporation
Prices /. o. b. Flint, Mich,
Superior Roidittt . . $490
Nperior Touring , . 495
Superior Utility Coupe . 640
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Superior Sedan ... #795
Superior Commercial duMtii 393
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Utility Exprcu Truck Ctianit 550
Ancients Believed Man's
v. Glory Was His Beard
' There was a deep-rooted belief
among the ancient peoples of the East
that a man's glory was his beard.
Compulsory shaving and the close
cropping of hair were signs of degra
dation/ This is borne out by Assyrian
sculptures, which always show kings
with beards and long haid and slaves
with close-cropped hair and clean
shaven faces.
The Egyptians, however, had differ-,
ent ideas. They considered that hair
was a source of dirt and shaved both
fiace and head. Their slaves and serv
ants were compelled to do the same.
The early Greeks and Romans
shaved off their beards because tliey
gave the enemy a good hold In hand-to
hand fighting! It Is recorded that Al
exander the Great ordered his soldiers
to shave for this reason.
It was the custom among Romans
to shave off the beard at the age of
twenty-one and present It as an offer
ing to the household gods. A beard
was grown after that age only as a
sign of mourning. ? London Tit-Bits.
? *
The complexion of a woman's
thoughts may be due to the way her
face Is made up.
African Ruler Devises
Language of His Own
A few. years ago Njoya, king of
Foumban, in the Cameroons, became
Jealous of the particularly good set of
secret languages of neighboring tribes,
and Invented from French, English
and German words a code tongue of ?
his own which Is reserved for the ex
clusive use of the "cabinet" and upper
administrative offldals.
The interesting feature of this state
language, which was discovered and
studied by a Frenchman, Lieutenant
Clapot, is t U?t, ^instead of meaning
tlielr usual equivalent, the European
words have 4fc$lrelyf different code sig
nifications. "La mission," for Instance,
means "to see," tndi "franc" means
"the king." "Ordnuqg" means "we,*
"savant" means "an egg," "lemon"
means "a hill," "left" means "which,"
and "English" means "a head." ? Man
chester Guardian.
Largest Waves
From a series of observations made
of waves of the Atlantic, Pacific and
Indian oceans by a French naval offi
cer, It was found that the largest
waves occurred In the Indian ocean,
where thirty different waves averaged
29 feet, the largest being 37 feet.
"I'll Take
a Chance V*
THE thought that goes with the
cup of coffee at the evening meal
is a disturbing one. "It may keep me
awake tonight!" -
The something [caffeine] in cofiee
that keeps so many folksawake nights,
is entirely absent in Postum ? the de
licious, pure cereal beverage. The dif
ference means a full night's rest and
a bright tomorrow*
for Health
"There's a Reason
f^^nni fiiww In two format
fwafnt Postum [in tins] pre
pared instantly in the cup by
the of boiling water.
Postum Cereal [in packages}
for those who prefer the flavor
brought out by boiling fully
20 twinim? . The cost of either
form is about one-half cent a
cup. '
At grocers everywhere