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.ERSKINE COJSIN RARBARA SYNOPSIS.-To the Kentucky , wilderness outpost commanded by - Jerome Sanders, in the time immedi ately preceding the lievolution, comes a white boy liceing from a tribe of Shawnees by whom ho had been captured and addpted as a son of the chief, Kahtoo. 11o is given shelter and attracts the favorable - attention of Dave Yandell, a leader among the settlers. The boy warns his now friends of the corning 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, but in his dying - moments recognizes the fugitive youth as his son, CHAPTEnI IV -3 The little girl rose startled, but her breeding was too flue for betrayal, and1(1 She went to hlin with hand out stretched. The boy took It as he had taken her father's, litply and with out rising. The father frowned and aulled}-,-how could ,the lad have learned manners?. And then he, too, saw the hole in the moccasin, through whlch the bleeding huid started ugaliu. "Tak1e hint into tlie kitchen, liar barn, and tell Ian inah to wash his foolt andl bandage It." The hoy looked uncomfortable and shook his hend, but the little girl was [illing and she told hhiln to comne ',II "You Go On Back an' Wait for Yo' Company, Little Miss; Ill 'Tend to Him!" with such swet ilipriousness that hep ro4,~ he,1llessy. Oh)Ili Iannlah's eyes't rundei al bew1'iltlere'l start! "Yo Go On back an' Wait for yo' Conpany, little Mniss; 'l 'tend to hin :'" "LioiiSikyl hee sn liittle 'iiss tli rut toash yr ' oot i'j n'~;y li winiiite d ei, ifiJ got Ji lijiiyou'i s fat;n w y u k iEe Ii ' 't ii ill.' o conte f rn?" eiilsI~y n tswer was I 'tenwha haugh 1y grun tvit a c touched l irothet'l tohecked 4 furthe iu' sten Swifty doa ienly sh ot un his foot, and1 wi4th illat riespc hei ledt haiuli t littgl iioo in onle eli ot' thel gr'eat hiouse it wvhieh wans n tub of warmn waler. anl' inebbieit you likei to refeiitsh yo 'st'r lmir o' his s~ihes, ain' I kniow~ dly'll juis' lut you1 snuii. Y'ou'lil find all dle folks oni dii Ifronlt liio'lh whleni youl git thr iough."' She closed'u the door. Onice, wvinter (1nd( Suunniiir, tih' hoy4 hail chtilly t')iiinimilois, butt lie ii neivert had1( a larnl no ini'intta the' fot that thle pickeil up Ite cloit's; he' was onlly liuzzled hiowv to gt ito them'i. l ie kei.ep fromn falling andii ':ani:ht a red colh wv ith a hushy redhi -assel; whaerea I there wasi ia ringinig thai min'le iin sparing awaty fr'omi it. A momenitii later thiere wais at knock at his doior. hie mnnde n anuswer. 'lihi door'i wais opiened' sIlihy nal a woolly I hmilp piea red. "No." "Den T reckon lilt wats taihier'i hell---ynssumh." W '.IThe hoy hegan putting on his own -clothes. Outside Colonel Dale and Pbarn'i~ it hadtt strolled down the big palth to thei -sun-dinal, the colonel telling thle st ory of the little Kentuckcy kinsman-tihe 'little gIrl listeing and wlide-eyed. "Is he going to live here with us, 'papa)1?" "P~erhapis. Yvou nmus~t he v'ery nice Pto him, lie has lived at rude, rough life, but I ci~un see lie is veiry seunsi tlve." At the bend of the river there was the flash of' drIpping oan's, and the song of the hinck OnrsmenlO~ camei aciross the vallow? flood. DALE-] By John Fox, Jr. Copyright By Charles Scribner's Son's "There they come I" crled Barbarn. And froi his window the little Ken tueki nl saw the coipany coming up the path, brave with gay clothes and smniles and gallantries. The colonel walked with ia grand hily at the head, behilid were the belles aind beaux, and bringing up the rear was Iliariba, es corted by a youth of his own age, who carried his hat under his ari aud bore hiiself as haughtily as his elders. No sooner did he see thei mounting to the porch than there was the sound of a horn in the rear, iand looking out of the other window the lad saw a conch and four dash through the gate and swing around the rond that encircled the great trees, ani up to the rear porti'o, where there was a joyous eiuinnor of greet ings. Where (d ill those people comne fron? Were they going to stay there aind would lie have to be amng thein? All the 1n1(n were (<ressell 11ilke and not one was dressed like bnt. Panic assailed ll". snil once ioi'e he looked at the clolies on the beI. n1111d then without hesitatlion walked through the liallwiy, anid stoppedi on the threshold of the front loor. A qluaint igure he ilutdi there, andl for the inoient the gay t:ilk tanll laughiter quilte ((eseri. The story of himu ili ready biel heen told, fland alreadly was swelling froin enl~hl to cithin to the farthest ilge of the great plantation. No s t of l lowhaan11i could have stood there with mnore dignity, null young1: Iliarry lhaie's fiare biroke into) a slinile of wel(oile. Ills father being Indoors lie -went fiorvarid withI handll out st ret (hed., "1 111n your cousin 1111rry," lie sab, anl taking lim by the arni he led bint (n the rou:i1 of presentation. "Mrs. Willi ughbiy, isny I present tiny cousin fron11 Ketucky'"; "This Is your coutslo, Miss Katherine Dalle; anthiher cousin, Miss Mary ; 1111 this is your cousin 1Hugh.'' And the young hldes greeted bMin with frank, edger interest, and thit le voung gentleinen sudhlenly rep'resse i litronizing smiles stud gave him grave rgi'('tilng, filr if ever a rii pierP lilastie froin a huiani heaul, it thzishetd froin fthe pleiing black eye of tant little Kentucky uckwoodsinun winvi his ousin llugh, with ia rat her whimsilI ,anile, howedl with a liolteness that was at trilIe too elauhorte. Mrs. Gen 'ral Willoughby guessed how the lad's hear1t wits thunnliig with the cl'fort to conce('al his enharbrassinent, and when :a tinge of color spread oin each sit' of his s5' iiutlh will his eyes be.an to waver tuncertin ly, her intu1itio~n wis quick and kind. "itrhara," sie asked, "have you showns your cousin your' ponties';" 'he little girl saw her nolive and laugheel inerrily: "Why, I hlaven't had time to show bhint anylthing. Cornt( mn, v'ou1Sin." The hoy followedl her down the stein in his noiseless ntoc1l'siis, :hlol:g 1 graISs 1all.h het ween heiges if Iln ieent hx, around an ell, andi 1:s t ti' k~itchlei andi~ towareli tile stables. AtI lth giat. thie little girl culled lulngeri isusly: "'JJuhirill, brijig unit' of. iiy ponies !' A\ind in ni i1inenit 41ut ceniii 31 stuirdy~ ittle slav~e whlose hleinI wasi all hlack 4kini, hhteck wvooI mu11 wIle teeth, lead hait shook thte hid('s co~lposur1e at la1st, 'or hne knew pInies as5 far Imeck as hn' nost tr'elinbled whlen he ran11 it overi hiel r sleeMk coats 1, and)4 unc(0'onslusly a' llroipled4 into1 hIs Inian13i spHeechI and lidi not k now it until1 the girl asked a1u'.hinigly: "Whly, whait are you snlylng 10 mny lnes''" Anel lhe bllushied, for the lIttlhe girl's iir less prattLIling and frindlliness wverIe ilred bciI:'egininlg to malike him i ilte I lughi had1 followed them. "'Birharal, your 11uo1tier wanIts you,'" 14' said(, a111( the little gI turiied 40wardl thle house. 'lThe st ranlger' was3 II at Qase wilth lI[ugh and1( tile hat er new'~ it. "It Iiist h~e very exeltinag where "1 Iow?." "'I ih, llghtling Inians3i1 andl~ shooting le t'i d 311(tirkeys 3111( bul)o31. It Iiust II great funii." "'Nobd doe ~ t~ls it for fuin-itl's ini ghtIy :31rd wonrk." "My~~ uncl(e--your father'1-used'( to elI us 3) about his~ wondier'fiul o1(ven Uires out, thiere.' 'Ilie b1314 no0 ('lbnce to tell Jile.'' " ti t yours m' Just haive been iore Th'le holy giave am little gr'tunt tl at was asur'vval of his Indian life, andl Ltrned'I to gol bac1k to the house. "111nt.anl t his, I suppose, is as sI range~I to y'ou."' lII gh was polIte andl apparently slli cere in interti't but thle 131d was vaIguily isture and11' h111le gI ulekenetd hIs step'I. TIhe porichi was emi]pty when I hey turnledl the~ cornert~l of the house, bult' younlg l1iarry Dlme enine11 runningr doI wnl te sl(eps, hiIs honiest face alli1ght, and4 Iaugh~t the little Kenltucklani by ''(;3t read uy fort Msuppler, I Tughu-coine 4on, (ous3in." hei sa114, and11 ledl lhe stra'Jnger' to hIs room nd14 po(intedl to "I )ln't Itoy tit?"' he ftisked4, sinlIIng. f "'I doin't know~v--I dhon't know~ howv to gi Into '4'In."' Yon u arry laughed Joyously. RIONEER "Of courset not. I Wouldn't know how in Iut yours on either. Yoiu 11t whiit," he cried, and llsappiared ti return1 quickly with ailt armnful of clot ies. "Take otf your 'war-dress," Ie sajd, "and I'll show yoht." WWI hIert warining to such hint. Mess, aind helpless agailst it, the ltid obeyed like a child and was dreSsel like a child. "Now, I've got to hury," said liar 1T. "I'll come ba1c(k for you. Just )Dook at yourself," he called at the door. And the stran ger did lo dk at the wondlerful vislio that a great mirror lis tall ats hiiiiself gave back. Ills eyes began to st zi.g, anel he rubbed them with the i'ck of his hund and loiokel ait the 1i101,! curiously. It wits ielst. 1le had seen tears in a woji ali's eyes, iut lie did1 not know that they couil comte to ia man1 and he felt a shanllied. CHAPTER V The boy stood at a window looking out into the gathering dusk. The ieighing of horses, the lowing of ':ittle, the pliping of roosting turkeys Inl nlotherly clutter of roosting hens, [lie weirdi songs of negroes, the otmids of busy lereiaratiton through he hliuse iiii freii the kitchen---all were sutlids of peace and plenty, se Irity and service. Aid over in his iwli wilds at that hour they were riving cows :ind horses into the ec0kiie. They were voeoking their -1ie1 suppueir in1 the oipei. A onan hain tle t1) each of the wa tcli-totwers. 'rol the hilackenincg woods cLine the ureideling cry of a iehither einn the looting of ow~ls. -\way coil over the tiill 'e'stw varel w1ilhs were the wig. yamsni 4s't iws, InIl toses, braves, lie red inen-- red in skin, in blood, it heart, and red with lte against he whiltes. l'ert:ips they were circling a fire at Hiat uioefiint in a f'renezied wVar-danee ---lerhapls the bioeetieng at that ionient rwin the w '(eels reindi the feort w%":!s eot the liotinr of owls at ill. There ill was hardlshil-d--eanger; here ill wa'is c'oifeort am1el peace. If they coll(l e' iei limnw ! 84ee' his ruoii. his lire, his heel, his (lot lies! They hall told bini to c(liie', ani yet he felt ilow the .haste e1f dese'rtion. 1le haed come, )ut he wouhil 110e stay long awaiy. Thu loor opleled, he turneed, an1d learry .1alh' (:eNiie e:e.'erly inl. "other wanits to see you.'' 'hle Ctw'o ioys Ip:isel in the halt 1ail Iiarry Plned ito I alr of erossed rapiers over the imu itelpeiece. "'Those were y41u1r fat her's,'' he said; "lie ws a w erfil fencmer.'" The hll shieeok his iieam in igniorance, and1l Iiirry siilel. "I'll showt- youi tomoeorrowy." , At a e door in t i -er ell iarry knocked gently, ail a voieo that tw:is hitw mae1l SwVeet bult vibrant with ihl Iperiousness elled: "('nele in:" "Isere he Is, hiether." 'T'he Iiel slelpeed iito warmlh, sbiltle l'regranel~e ouan y ae candle lights. Tha~ ~ren3t bedy waes .in1st rising Cfrem ei ) "HereHe i, Moher. hai i fon ofheiiro,Tod, "WHeethis iso ther." o tl ai of," het said "eCtoeeiier hre!'adoth i$dyou."'e ey eel ile e i i th 'e hly lie tllyt l t~iiertntook a eie oar'y yeioltu haed litni 'o ada tge'reve ou e ' her "3 se.'(' said~ ee with sdde oberness,' mJ'le''(3~ miling tleel he cit bth ze hasn h(iis~ sholdersdre ''Ato erlm kyoed hlmo alage-n, arfelt yoi lan his3eyes than uiege, sting. "You fih ownt 'eem? I wantla ltoern ho te o se n tendmly h Lines to Be Remembered. Quiet eminds caninot, he perplexed or righitenedJ, but go oen In foert uni or tsf'ortune aet their own prIvate pace, ke a clock, (turing a thuniderstorm.. .L. Steve'nson. SENSIBLE BATI MANY QU Il:l tare Iatlint suits 0n( btIi ing suilts, soine of thrau in detinled by their designet'rs fotr huthers who ''go out to swim," itun! others aiippairently for those who "iitug thir clothes ont a hickory liinb hut 'lon't tear the water." These lust are th li' (olorful 1nd interesting beaci stits, intade to be cool and worth lookiiig at. ftu. tween the regulattion swliintiing suits 11(1 the beach stilts art' all those sen. sible andi practicnl i:thin suits of knitted or woven wool, like those shown in the picture, that :are worni by the great majority o(' Ieillt'e. For all their sjorts wot.nw'n have come to detand sensibl ant tiiomfort able clothes, but they insist tat the Two Sensibi e'iernen'tt oif styli' h(' not foi'r tlen! 11 :1ny\ of thIn'l. Thereforeii't. ;::1111'/iflelu (1r s ee t ()It thala t 'l ven 111; a hig Suit: al e nitractive :1 well as praction! unil <le'signert's ha e an ytov Ii I ,th '\ t'ral tylu's of -lire's (o ht' sitil. '!'h :verni;!t' figure' I.i.uk;. well iln a regnIl . Siitlil n h:h1 r 1,111 X h1 . <!etils :1 r't 1I t'n wol ereyanl a''knes CenU: Irun s a t~llht~i i: ;i ( spii-itij "C Marinell that re elles it Arl '> kne. tha rualncklnw an v'ds0 wls o be tu stntb t -Cy Soe c Two ob~s apea inTwo youthfui mit t th rIht . Te t runkts,;' ; oftt tct ('ngth,! t In t th iirttn'v-eye it bilt stl )ytta tinil it ithe il ighle i. ! :t r, hi e bc tart'. ioi nda veil in thei tvracitn enlt'. 'iii' ii''t sit citn s oleIi. It'ln al' t lvvit h tit ca s s~'t a''c t lba Vtinl 't'e\ thuan lacnd oine ia'rea I t:ratuk cutof tt s tro ci 'a atw-tit lat t. SIING SUITS; DINT REVIVALS vary atti acrcelit their costuuaes, neck thet gutalaajp, sleeveless4 or othe~rwise, c'omuiaitiais Jaioxt attenion. It ofteni uslarlas ()I(r illatC of the t)louset aiaad Is sho1wn1 w3ith roundtt or tuxedo collar, .3lstte or Jttot front, made11 of net, UHU:lIly and1( t rliniue( lwithI lace 111(1 tucksH. 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