The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 24, 1922, Image 7
BARNWKLL. & C
ERSKINE DALE
By John Fox, Jr.
... THE YOUNQ CHIEF
STIs’OPSIS.—To the Kentucky
wilderness outpost -commanded by
Jerome Sanders, In the time Imme
diately preceding the Revolution,
comes a white boy fleeing from a
tribe of Shawnees by whom he had
been captured and adopted as a son
of the chief Kahtoo. He Is given
shelter and attracts the favorable
attention of Dave Yandell, a leader
among the settlers. The boy warns
his new friends of the coming of a
Shawnee war party. The fort Is
attacked, and only saved by the
timely appearance of a party of
Virginians. The leader of these Is
fatally wounded, hut In his dying
moments recognizes the fugitive
youth as his son. At Red Oaks,
plantation On the James river, Vir
ginia. Colonel Dale's home, the boy
appears with a message for the
colonel, Who after reading it Intro
duces the bearer to his daughter
Barbara as her cousin, Erskine
Dale. Erskine , two other
cousins, Harry Dalei and Hugh Wil
loughby. Dueling rapiers on a wall
at Red Oaks attract Erskine’s at
tention. He takes his first fencing
lesson from Hugh. Yandell visits
Red Oaks. At the county fair at
Williamsburg Erskine meets a
youth, Dane Grey, and there at
once arises a bitter antagonism be
tween them. Grey, In liquor. In
sults Erskine, and the latter, for
the moment all Indian, draws his
knife. Yandell disarms him.
Ashamed of hts conduct In the af
fair with Grey, Erskine leaves Red
Oaks that night, to return to the
wilderness.
I Br Chartaa Sa
CHAPTER VI—Contimiad.
niniry.'’ »uil«1 Colonel FHile. “carry
your cousin my NfMilngles and give him
Firefly on condition that he ride him
back some day. Tell him this home la i
Ms”—the *|M*nker halted, hut went on
gravely and tlrmly — “whenever he
|fble«sea.”
, "And give him my love.** said Bar-
ahara. holding hack her tram
P At Ute river gate they turned to 1
wave a last goiNthy and dlaa(tfwared
In the wooda At that hour the hoy
fMT o%f*r If) (H# flitMPttlS ttf
them had cooked a squirrel that be ♦
had shot fur His breakfast and was
tn-
On the summit they wept Into camp,
and next* morning Dave swept a long
arm toward the wild expahse to the
west 1 . -
“Four more days,” he cried, "and
we’ll be there!”
The two boys looked with awe on
the limitless stretch of wooded wilds.
It was still Virginia, to be sure, but
they felt that once they started down
they would be leaving their own be
loved state for a strange land of un
known beasts and red men who people
that “dark and bloody ground."
Before sunrise next morning they
were dropping down the steep and
rocky trail. That night they slept
amid the rocky foot-hills of the range,
and next morning looked upon a vast
wilderness stretch of woods that un
dulated to the gentle slopes of the
hills, and that night they were on the
edge of the blue-grass land.
, Toward sunset Dave, through a
sixth sense, had the uneasy feeling
that he was not only being followed
but watched from the cliffs alongside,
and he observed that Erskine too had
more than once turned in his saddle
or lifted fils eyes searchlngly to the
shaggy flanks of the hills. Neither
spoke to the other, hut that night
when the hoot of an owl raised Dave
from his blanket, Erskine too was up-
J right with his rifle In his hand. For
half an hour they waited, and lay
down, again, only to be awakened
again by the anort of a horse, when |
both sprang to their feet and crawled
out toward the found. But the heavy |
: silence lay unbroken and they brought
the horses closer to the fire.
"Now I know It waa Indiana," said
‘ Dave; "that boas o’ mine can tmell
i one furtherin a rattlesnake " The boy
| nodded and they took turns cm watch >
whOr the two bo)a slept on t^l day-
! rtg^L The trail waa broad enough ’
neiw morning for tbrtn to tide two 1
abreast—Itnve sad Kraktne In advance
* They had amrrrljr gone a hundred 1
rda when an Indian sirpped Into the 1
PIONEER
he loved them. . He had fled from tha
Shawnees because of the cruelty .of
Crooked Lightning’s brother, whom he
had slain. But if the Indiana were
falling Into evil ways and following
evil counsels, his heart was sad. *
"I will come when the leaves fall,**
he concluded, "but Crooked Lightning
must pitch his lodge In the wilderness
i^itll he can show that his hearT is
good." And then with an Imperious
gesture he waved his'hand toward the
west: \
"Now go!”
It was hard even for Dave to realizd
that the lad, to all purposes, was actu
ally then the chief of a powerful tribe,
and even he was a little awed by the
instant obedience of the savages, who,
vyithout n word, melted into the bushes
and disappeared. Dave recovered him
self with a little chuckle only when
without a word Erskine clucked Fire
fly forward, quite unonseiously taking
the lead. Nearing sunset, from a
little hill Dave pointed to a thin blue
wisp of smoke rising far ahead from
the green expanse.
“There it is, boys!” he cried. All
the horses were tired except Firefly
and with a whoop Erskine darted for
ward and disappeared. They followed
as fast as they could and they heard
the report of the boy’s rifle and the
series of war-whoops with which he
was heralding his approach. Nobody
in the fort was fearful, for plainly It
was no unfriendly coming. All were
gathered at the big gate and there
were many yells and cries of welcome
and wonder when the boy swept Into
the clearing on a run. brandishing hit
rifle nhov^hls head, and pulled his
flery black horse up In front of them.
• "Whar'd you atea! that hossT* shout
ed Bud.
"I<o»*k at them clothes!" cried Jock
Handers. And the women—Mother
Handers. Mother Noe snd Lydia snd
Honor an 1 Polly Conrad - gathered
about him. laughing, welcoming, ahab-
(Capr |or
th*
Thta Dopartmont Rupplla^ br
Amarlcan Lrsion Nawa Sarvlea.)
TO MEMORY OF GALBRAITH
NEED FAITH AND CONFIDENCE
Bronze Tablet le Embedded in Huge
Boulder on Spot Where Com- *
mander Was Kilted.
"Dedicated to the Memory of Fred
eric W. Galbraith, Jr., National Com
mander of the American Legion, who
was killed on this spot in active serv
ice of the American Legion, June 9,
1921,” reads the inscription on a
bronze tablet embedded in a huge boul
der which lias been dedicated by the
Legion in memory of Its beloved com
mander.
v .. \ \
Galbraith Memorial.
Mr. Galbraith was killed In an auto
mobile accident near Indianapolis,
whlie In active service of the legion.
The rock and tablet were recently
Psettlena Open fur Newly Trained
Victims of Woriit War Bel ere
They Are Reedy. *
That the rehabilitated World war
▼eteran's v success In life depends
absolutely upon his faith In himself,
la the assertion of MaJ. W. F. Lent,
chief of the employment service of
the United ‘States veterans’ bureau
which has In charge the proper train
ing of thousands of disabled service
men.
Major Lent, in speaking before the
headquarters staff of the American
Legion in Indianapolis, said that the
Legion and the Legion Auxiliary had
as one of their greatest obligations
Jhe task bD Instilling into the hearts
of service men an absolute faith and
conttilence. In themselves and their
abilities to cope with life’s problems.
He said that the government is to
have a place for every veteran three
or four months before the veteran
is ready to take it. "We do not
guarantee that a man who has studied
to be a factory superintendent will
be placed in that position," the major
explained, “but he will be placed In
the path so that he can obtain such
a position through his own initiative
and ability.
“We want employers to understand,
too, that' these men are no longer
cripples. They may be physically
crippled, but not .Industrially or vo
cationally. When we put a man
with one arm Into a job, he Is as well
able, and perhaps more so, to do t
particular work as Is the man
two anus.”
WORN OUT AFTER
SHE COOKER
A MEAL
Took Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound—
Read the Remit
Cincinnati, Ohio.—“I l&frered for a
year with nervous troubles andirregulmr-
~iti«s before I took
id and Liver
Lydia E. Pinkham’e
Vegetable Com
pound. My back
pained all the time
and 1 was unfit for
housework. 1 Was
worn out if I cooked
a meal, and was un
to do my wash-
My girl friends
and my sister told
me if f would take
your Vegetable Corn
ells I would be re-
that
AS THE “FLAPPER OF 1776’
lieved. After taking the first bottle I
felt better, and neglected it awhile, but
found I could not do my work until I
waa stronger. So I took the Vegetable
Cbmpound again and now I am the
mother of a 19 months old boy. He is
fat and healthy and I am sure I could
never have carried him if it had not
been for your Vegetable Compound. I
recommend your medicine to all women
although I am young to be advising some
one older. M — Mrs. Christ. Prraorr,
818 W. Liberty St., Cincinnati, Ohm.
Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Com
pound contains no harmful drugs and
can be taken in safety by any
i ted
lal M*r
Charming Hilda Schaurer Aids In-
dianapolis Legion In Advertising
Benefit Picture Show. •
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When It Payo to Be Bad.
Mother—Johnny, I want you to stay
In tha inuae and amaar baby til I get
bark.
Johnny—I* wouldn’t 'vine you to let
him ’anrtate with me. mother; 1 ain’t
a very good example.
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part of
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the took ne India's
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John Sheemeher,
American Ley on
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waok. al oom eat* Tee rfwoM ftad
the came of rear troohW aad try No
torvmt M. poeo tboa hheAy B*a yam
kiloiH MorrabW bockaehee with
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ronta huubi eo, mmuA a ».
Farm Pao<*
w erxt
If of
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on ft
They Ned Scarcely Gene a Mem
Vardc When an Indian Stepped
the Path Twenty Varda Ahead.
’te
Tl
IltUl
them with their
“We’re anrry
A few minute
ferrlng hie aad<
ugh waa trano-
Flrefly to Ida
gone a trifle
later II
le from
own horse, which had
lame. On Firefly, Harry buckled the
hoy's anddle and motioned for him to
climb up. The tiewlldcred lad turned
to D‘ave. who laughed.
“It’s all right."
"He's your horse, cousin," said
Harry. "My father sent him to you
and gays his home is yours whenever
you please. And Barbara sent her
love."
At almost the same hour in the
great house on the James the ‘old ne-.
gre-M was carrying from the boy’s
room to'Colonel Dale in the library a
kindly deed that the lad had left be
hind him. It was a rude scrawl on a
sheet of paper, signed by the boy’s
Indian name and his totem mark—a
buffalo pierced by an arrow.
"It make me laugh. I have no use.
I give hole dam plantashun Barbara.”
Thus rend the scrawl!
CHAPTER Vi 1
Led by Dave, sometimes by the hoy,
tlie four fallowed .the course of rivers,
upward, always except when they de
scended some mountain which they
had to cross, and then it was soon up
ward again. The two Virginia lads
fonnd themselves, much to their cha
grin, as helpless as children, but they
were apt pupils and soon learned to
make a Are with (lint and even with
dry sticks of wood.
Three days’ Journeying brought
them to the broaif, beautiful Holston
river, passing over the pine-crested,
whfte-rofked summit of Clinch moun-
taln and came to the last outlying fort
of the kawttfm trnntU > r..NiM,atoy thoy
started on th* long, long wilderness
traU toward the ‘Cumberland range,
tin the third day tbeerfmm the gray
wall of the Camber 14 od that ran with
fmwnmg inoecee* l illty
gatt -red Its Boat* int
said the lad. as two more appeared
from the hushes. The eyes of the two
tidewater hoys grew large, and both
clinched their guns convulsively. The
Indian s|»okesmnn paid no heed except
to Krskine—and only from the lad’s
face. In which surprise was succeeded
by sorrow and then deep thoughtful
ness, could they guess what the gut
tural speech meant, until Erskine
turned to them.
They were not on. the war path
against the whites, he explained. His
fosier-fatlier—Kahtoo, the big chief,
the king—was very ill, and ids mes
sage, brought’ by them, was that ^Crs-
kine should come hack to the tribe and
become chief, as the chiefs only
daughter was dead and his only' son
had been killed by the palefaces. They
knew that in the fight at' the fort
Erskine had killed a Shawnee, his tor
mentor, for they knew the arrow,
which Erskine had not had time to
withdraw. The dead Shawnee’s
brother—Crooked Lightning—was with
them. He it was who had recognized- an( F weeping and of an lndlan striklny
The boy the day before, and they had ^ er nia ^ e * u>1 st0 F ) himself
leaping at the savage llke a little wild-
• ••••••
e scarlet of maple aad the rus-
nok This glory in turn dulled
r leaves, like petals of withered
L began to drift to the earth.
;h the shower of them went
e and Firefly, who had .heeomo
i to the wilds aa to the amlllng
of the far-away James. And
the two now were one in mutual affec
tion and a mutual understanding that
was uncanny.
The hoy was the son of a king again,
and ns such was on his way in answer
to the wisli of a king. For food hs
carried only a little sack of salt, for
his rifle would bring him meat and
the forest would give him nuts and
fruit. When the sun was nearing its
highest, he "barked” a squirrel from
the trunk of a, beech; toward sunset
a fat pheasant fluttered from the
ground to a low 7 limb and he shot its
head off and camped for the night.
On the second day he reached tha
broad buffalo trail that led to the salt
licks and on to the river, and then
memories came. He remembered a
place where the Indians had camped
after they had captured himself and
his mother. In his mind was a faint
picture of her sitting against a tree
avw ta«t Ji
POLAND SEEKS LEGION PLAN
Government Amke Amir*ean Body for
Details in Matter of Employ-
moot for War Victim*.
Lp Up {htS (hi
their right
neep gray
Imo Cam
y ctiaBod.
kept him from killing Erskine from
the bushes. At that moment a gigan
tic savage stepped from the. brush.
The boy’s frame quivered, straight-'
ened, grew rigid, but he met the ma-
Jevolent glare turned on him with
emotionless face and himself quietly
began to speak Vhile Harry nhd Hugh
and even Dave watched him en
thralled ; for the lad was Indian now
and the old chiefs mantle was about
his shoulders. He sat hts horse like g
king and spoke ns a king. He thanked
them for holding hack Crooked Light
ning’s evil hand, but—contemptuously
he spat toward the huge savage—be
.was nuLlu-dlo hp that band. Ho- waa
a paleface and the Indiana had slain
fils white mo{her. He had forgiven
That, for he loved the old chief and
hla foster mother and brother and sis
ter. and th* tribe Lad always been
kind to Ida Then they had killed hig
cat, whereat -The others laughed like
children. Farther cm, next day, was
the spot where the Indians had sepa
rated them and he saw his mother no
more>-TTmv told him that she had
been taken back to the whites, but ha
was told later that they had killed
her because in their flight from the
whites she was holding them back too
much. Farther on was a spot where
they had hurried from the trail and
thrust him Into a hollow log. barring
the exit with stones, and had left him
for a day and a night.
One of the highest rompllmcma *v*r
given to the j»eno*-tlme effort* of an
organization was paid the American
Legion when the Polish government"
a liked that the Legion explain its
plan used in the successful campaign
for unemployed former service men In
the United States in order that Just
such a system might he used for do
ing away with unemployment In
Poland.
The Legion furnished a detailed
outline of the scheme used in this
country, and lias received a letter of
thanks from T. Hoinko, commercial
department manager of the consulate
general.
More than 400.000 ex-soldiers were
given at least temporary employment
during the first week of the Legion’s
drive and It is estimated that now
more than 500,000 men— are in
permanent positions largely through
the efforts of the Arneriean^Legion.
Ex-TommleB Cheer the Legion,
Ex-Tommies who attended the first
annual conference of the Britisli Le
gion in London recently, rose en masse
and cheered • H. Nelson Jackson, na
tional vice commander of the Ameri
can Legion, when he read'the greet
ings of Commander Hanford Mac-
Nlder and the entire American Legion
to these “buddies" in the mother coun
try- The message of g<H>d will and
comradeship was received for the Brit
ish' Legion by Field Marshal Earl
Haig.
kly
Ct«*< for /Deplane*.
The air service <»f the United Htateo
I War r»e|«orttnent ha* developed a pe-
I cullar kind of Hock to be used «»o o|r-
i planes. It ta said the clock will keep i
j |*erfect time In any tem|*erature front
! *.N» degrees below zero to 1110 degrees |
| nlmve. Furthermore, the vibration of
j The plane does not affect the accuracy
of the timepiece, which ha* a move
ment like watch and is wound by
electricity.
BETTER
DEAD
Life 1b b bordan whan tha body
1b rwefiod wt*h pan. Everything
womaa and th# victim become#
deaporaivnt and dowmhaarta<L Th
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GOLD MEDAL
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The National Remedy of HoUao
300 years; H is an enemy of all
aolting from kidney. Ivar and
trouble*. AD druggist*, three ti
Veteran Had Many Relative*.
In Investigating the record of Ben
nie F. Taylor of Crystal Springs.
Miss., a World war veteran who died
in 101S, the veterans’ bureau found
that Taylor, exclusive of cousins, was
closely related to four per rent of the
total population of his home town of
1,395 residents. The stepmother and
15 brothers and sisters are each re
ceiving monthly Installments of $1.92.
| Carrying On With the j
l American Legion
“Black Iftolf, sen of Crooked
Lightning!”
U BK OJNTINLKEA i
Many "Bummed'* to Convention.
Rerauae of (Ji* financial ilcpreKalon
and lack of govermuent coro|*cn*aijon.
| rnivtiy ptfft
the World 1
I cars to Sa
“Standing Bear,” a Sioux squaw,
presented MnL Lowell B. Hobart, na
tional president of the American Le
gion Auxiliary with an Indian doll
during Mrs. Hobart’s visit t« v the In
dian reservation in South Dakota.
* * *
On a $10,000 wager *lx American
Legionnaires from Dallas. Tex., start
ed to walk from Dallas to New York
In 200 day*. One got married on the
way and thteft__fell by the wayside.
Only two reached tht last lap of the
Journey. " ^
Freckles PosItlvelyT^emoved
by Dr. Bcttt’* Freckle Ointment, Riving beautiful
nplexlon. Your drug*i»t or by mail 65e; tend for
c booklet. »t C 1, Urry 2tT> aic*is*a Pt- CWcag*
HAY FEVER
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from this dlstresalna eomj
••curt quick relief br oainc
MOUNTAIN ASTHMA COM
POUND. Uaad for IN year*
and reault of lone experience
In treatment of throat
lung dieeaees by Dr.
Guild. FRER TRIAD
and Treatise sent upon
queat. lie and $1.01 at drag-
Slata. J. H. GUILD CO.
RUPERT, VERMONT.
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A herb of the Vorid war. flve^Hmea j
wMHUlPvmt Chnten(rTTHeTTy -tfiirwith-
(Hit »..rk and with no pr*«*pecr of get
ting the gwvennnet>l owmpti*o|k*n to <
| which he was entitled, Daniel Web- |
J Mrr of Philadelphia. I**, noaBlitted
1 awjride anti ownlti have l sen hnnoti in
I # |.«oter * Brid hod not tha a n»»rvon
ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC
Aad Drives Malaria Owt of the lljaf
“Tour "Babefc* acta like magic; I have
given It to numerous people in my pariah
who were Buffering with chills, malaria
aad fever. I recommend It to those who am
sufferer* and In need of a good tonic.’’—
Rev. 8. Szymanowski. 8L Stephen's church.
Perth Amboy, N. J. Elixir
druggists or by Parrel Post, pi
Kl « seaakl A Co . Washington. D. C.
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