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Erskine D By John Fox, Jr Copyright by Charles Scribner's sons DANE GREY. SYNOPSIS.-To the Kentuck wilderness outpost commanded b Jerome Sanders, in'the time imnn diatoly preceding the lIevolutori comes a white boy floeing fron 4 tribe of Shawnees by whom he hai been captured and adopted as a sol of the chief Kahtoo. lie is give shelter and attracts the favorabi attention of Dave Yandell, a leadei among the settlers. Thle boy warni his new friends of the coming of i Shawnee war party. The fort i attacked, and only saved by th: timely appearance of a party ol Virginians. The leader of these ta fatally wounded, but in his dyin moments recognizes the fugitiv: youth as his son. At iRed Oaks plantation on the James river, Vir. ginia, Colonel Dale's home, the bo3 trpears with a message for th' colonel, who after reading it Intro duces the bearer to fis daughte Barbara as her cousin, Erskin Dale. Erskine meets two othe cousins, Harry Dale and Ilugh Wil loughby. Dueling raplers on a wil at Ited Oaks attract Erskine's at tention. ilo takes liis first fencing lesson from Hugh. CHAPTER V-Continued. -5 Forll an hou" or more they driven and there was no end to ilekis of obctco aind grain. "Are we still on your land?" li1Nh-1ra laughed.- "Yes; we e 41.i've nroind the )lantatlon ait( 'hack for <dinner. I think we'd be ~-tirlI) flow." "P 1lan-t a-t Ion," said the Ilad. "Wh that?" - 'birbarn waved h'er whip. "Why, all tihis-tle indl--the fa r "Oh !" - "It's 'l1le<1 1ted( Oaks-fronm ti big trees back of the house." "Oh. I unow onics well-ail of 'e She wvheeled the poniles and y fresh zest they scanpered for ho .lverybody hin githered for the n< (ay dlinner wen they swung ar1 lie great trees and il) to the 1) .porchl. just its they were startlng the Kentucky boy gilve a cry : ll ( <(1 down the path. A towel 'iguire In voonskin ei nnl hunt giaih was h1alteli at the stin-dial; lookinhg toward theml). "Now, I wondler wiio that is,:, Co lion Dale. "Jupi ter, but that nl Itill !' They saw the tall stranger si wolderinigly it tlie boy and tii back iis heal ani laugh. Then two (nine on together. The boy still liushei but the haiter's face "Th is I Dave," salid the boy shin "Da~vo Yalniell," athded lthe stranl silling 111i Iking oft his; enp. heen(ii at \\'lllinmsburg to register s 1,11141 111(1 I lthought. ]'(I coline 11m1 how t lis young inn Is geliling lol ColoneIIl Dale. wen.lt quickly to 11 hIiln w%.Ith outstret chil ha111. "i'inl inigIlty ghad you did," hei hear'ily. "Erskin hias' aidenly I 1 i ls biut yo'. Yo IIIr !just in t folin iiudr." Aii th hoii ilie aftir he~'' was Ipreg ios!i''!yg ini igrak honteresiiit. lie N'enut'kinnts wias br'oachei to Colh Daile, antal to thle wointleriing iell ol' the Iwto boys bothI ia thers s'eei to~n wans goIng t0 J'nglanii for' a v: the( silmmier' wa'is coinig oni, andl I fathier's hiought It wonuIdbe at g; heinellt to0 their sons. l'sven Mr's. I) -1n whiomi the( hiunter' bad nide a n -agr'eeatble imIpressloon, siled and .she wouiil iilr'eatly lbe willing to t. her son withI theli' new guiest a 'here. '"I shall take goodI care' Of I aaai." xailI I ave wi'th~ a how. Colonel Daie, tot), wats greatly la w'itht the strannger, 1and lie iasked im quest ions~ of thle niew~ land( beyond thiit night, and1( thle hun tter, towei -zailing inuter'esi. lie even tookI -loaghiby, ha ndl ig hiis great hulk i aistonlishling gract(e and1 j lighnss foot. Th'ien the el dei' gentliemien v. int thle dr'aiwitng-r'oom tio lhir P and1( huipes, antd the boy Etrskine slip' aifter them'ti and listen'led eathIirall the talk of' the cominlg wari. Colonel IDale hind been't in llah ten yearis bei'ore, wh'len one Illt: I enr 1'voi(cd thle fiirst. inlium11lion iiidepenitidence in Yir'ginilat; iilenryP 'e 0 t~l r. 3y Stor'ek ((eepe - b0ank ri -a1 n ankr'iut agini ; ani 1(dler, hmt ishier', and1( stor'y-tellr-ev'ena I itpr, s Mr'. Jeff'erson once4 dl him i, becaui ise henry had once't hei Al~s father-in-law~ to keel) talvern. 'l fiar back Colonel Diale hadt h Heni'y dletnounce the clergy, stlgni the king as a tyranttt wiho had f'or (Sd all climi to obeOdience, and1( seen te orator' caulght upl oni slihhir of. the c'rowdi anid am1 shouls (of aplplause biorne artountdo 'outrl -hmoute greetn. He had1( seen same nit' bry' ride into RIchmond year's i ltr on ai loan hiorse: witht per's in his~ sddlic-pockets, his presslin gim, hiis Itall litre sI bulule e'yes, hiis brown wig wit houit I der', hiis coa. ipeac(h-lOSSOmi in c: hIs kneohreechies of lent her, and. 4 stocklin~A of yarn. Trhe speakecs the Blurgesses was on a datis u: le -Pioneer a red clinopy3 Supported by glIded rods, and the clerk sat beneath with a -nlace on the table before hini, but 1enry 'rled for liberty or death, and the shouts of treason failed then and Y there. to save Virginia for the kil'. V The lad's brain whirled. What did fill this moan? Who was this king and what had he done? Ile had known but the one front whomie 'had run away. When he got have alone he would learn and learn and learn everything. And, then the yotuing S peop e e1 aie quietly in and sat down quietly, and Colonel Dale, divining what they wavnted,4got Dave start.ed on stories of the wild wilderness tlit was lils honme--the first chapter inl the Iliad of Kentucky-the land of dark forests and cane thickets that sep3 rated Catawbas, Creeks fin(] Chero. kees on the south from Delawiiries. Wyandott..s and Sliawnees on the north, whlo fought onle anlother, 111Nn all of whoin the wlites n iust light. How the first fort was built, anti the first women stood on the banks of the Kentucky river. le told o'f the perils and hardshiilps of the first jouirnvys thither--fights with wild beasts nd Wild iiieni, ebases, hand-to-bian13d coi hats, 0sen pe and massicres - fand only the Irehi ling of his listeners a could he lieird, save the sound of his ta own voi-e. And he eame finally to tle tie Story of the littliek oin the fort, the ruising of a sin11l1I hand above tie 'nle, IaIhIil oltward, and the swift ilnt dash'of a sliiaer irown body into the get fort, aind then, seeing the boy's finte ttei' turn scarlet, he did not tell how that 3aiie lad had slipped back into the at s woods even wh1ihe the light was going on, and slipped hlec withi tihle bloody sealyp of his enemy, lint enlded wih i the timely Conming of the 'irginians, led by the lad's father, who got his 00Se degth-wound at the very gate. The terfise breathting of his listeners cul minated now in one general deep "It' brealth. 111e. (i1-olonel Dille rose anll(d turned 10 )oil Generiti Willoughby. I1)fill "And that's where he wants to take a(k our boys." "Oh, it's inuch sa fer now," said the 1111ter. "We have had 310 troulie for l soe tin1e, and there's iio danger in or's side the fort.'" 1nd "I eii ill Igie 'yo keeing those Iomys inside the fort whllen there's so) a11ii h going onl olitside. Still-'" boy olonel Dille stopped and the two hoys took leart again. titl Colonel Diale escorted tile hoy aild "Ow Dave to their room. %I'. Yaidell miust the go with themn to tle fair at Williams Wits wals ply. gel"s F . e gti 0oth - . i4 .1 'ist Maidens Moved Daintily Along in Silk and Lace, High-Heeled Shoes and 'Clocked Stockings. ken bur'g niext miorinlg, and( Mi'. Yandetlll iiny wouldIIE go giladily. They would $11011l anin nor's hail . The next dhay there was 11 'inig 'ounlty3 fili, 1and( p~erhaps Mi'. I 1enr1y lirt ust 11 ome11 bac1k wIthI theln to ited 'VII- Onaks and1( 11ay the a331f vlsi t-n-o, t he of ever. 'et. T1hie h)oy lhied D'ave with Iiquestions 0ort about thle 1people in thle wildernless aund it'dl llasse'd to 510e11. D~ave lay awake a I to long timle thinikinig tha 113w.ar was sure to comeii. They wer'e Amienn'i':ls now, >ver' said C'olonel Dale --nt1 Virigiinis, riek Jlust as5 near'ly a eentur'y later the of' same1 people1 were to say: i ''We ire not Amrletans 11o v--we p lt ; n re Vir'ginaans." alill, Eterl, CHAPTER Vl. >Edl'E It was33. a mlerry cavleadle that l 1e0( swnng inrioundl the great (Iaks that hlat spinig mnorniing in 1774. Tw.EP coaches0 'ard' withI 13 '~~' ourier and p)OSt Iios led the It ize way withI their priecious freight-the felt- eler ladIles in the first coach, and h113d the0 se'(ondi blossoming with~ flowerl Ike tile f3aces133 and tarr'(ed withI daninlg eyes. hi1st111 ('lo 1 11an spurre3'(d, the gent lemen tihe rodle behind, and after them rolled the tile baiggaIge wa'gons, dIrawn 11y 3mules0 two inl jinglinug 1133rness5. Harry. on a 1)a- chestnut sorriel and the y'oung Ken. eIx- tuceklnn on3 ni high(1-Stepping graiy fol 001)- lowe'd the Second~ ('0n10h-1 lugh on 31331 Firefly' ('bampied thle lengi h of the 3(ow- ('01unm. Colonel Dale 13nd1 D'ave )lOr', brought up the rear. The r'ond was is of san.1 and3( thiere wans little sound of 'of hoof or whieei---only the~ hmium of ider voiees, occasional n1alle when a neighbor joined tilein, and laughte - from the second coach as happy and to care-free as the singing of birds froix - trees by the roadside. The capital had been moved from L JTamestown to the spot Where Blicn hadl(] taken the onth against Englnd then called Middle-Plantation, and .. nowr% Wliiaisburg. The cavaleade Il whIeeled into Gloucester street, and Colonel Dale pointed out to Dave the old cnpitol a. one end and WV'illiam find Mary College at th oiher. Mr. lenry lad thundered in th old a(-il- In Itol, the Burgesses laud their couniell h chaniber there, and fit the hall there would be, a ball thnt night. Near the street was ii great building which the coloni pointed out as the goverinor's palace, surrouided by Plleasurn di grounds of fill three hundred neesfr aind planted thick with linden trees. My Lord Dunimore lived there. At this seison the planters caine with their families to the caupital, and the street was as brilant as a fancy dress parade vould be to Its now. It was filled with coaches ind fours. Maidens moved daintily along in silk and luce, high-heeled shoes and clocked stockings. The nvalcade lialted before a build iag with a leaden bust of Sir Walter Italeigh over tile mna1n doorway, the old Raleigh tavern, in the Apollo room of which Mr. Jefferson Intd,rapturous ly diced with his linda, iind which wis to hecoie the Fiailcll hall of Virginia. Both coeaclies were quickly surroumided , by bowing gentlemen, young gallants, fiind] frolicsome stu deits. Dive, tile young Kentucklhin, an:d Ilarry would be put up at the tiivern, d11(1, for his own reitsons, Iuigh elected to stily with them. With nll ull revoir of white hands from the (tIeIliehs, tile rest went on to thle house of rlatives aid friend,. inside the tavern llughi was iy.ioi surrouidti by fellow stiients ind' hool (-I li ilnpaifonis. .-ie pressed 1 avo It1ld the hoy to drink with them, ')ut Jitve Ih ilighing ly leclined ind took thei lad up to their rooln. Below tlcy could hear Iliugh's te'rriiient r oing (Itn, and when he ellie upstairs a whilie later his fave was flushed, he. was in great spirits, 1111 wis full of enta liilusials over a horse race and: cock-tight tut lie laid arraniged for' the afterinon. With ha im eine a', youth of his own %ge with daredevil oye's an1d i slave ninnililier, on1e Dane (rey, to Nwlom Harry gave sclint. greetn111g. (ha' piVoillZing look froiil lite st rllilger toward ile Kentucky hoy and withiln the litter a fire of anta1goisml wais inlstitly kin'dled.. W0ithi a word after the two WIent out, lilarry snorted his -Xplhuiatat ion: "Tor01y !"' In the early afternoont enach and horseiinen moved out to till llid.'" Ilugih wats Inissiig fron the I)tale P111ry, and (neral Willouglhby froweid wleti hoel oted Iis son's all). Then at crowd of boys ga thered to' I-unl (tne hulai1red ande twelvet yards for ia halt vorth Iwcelv shlilhigj.s, ani I)ave ntiei l his yoing fI'end. A 1l)ontilt later 11arry criedl to to r hara: -:t "Look there!"I Ther was t1ir yoing Inldhin lir-1. ing ill w*ith ille ruIn'Irs, his fa-e eninii, hut Ill e'aer light in his e AL. thei word4 he' started off ttitst 'irly teln yardsl aheadU (of hitn, andiu the4 crowvd. 'Te hoy was skciiining the4 groutiiii onl winigs. l'nst one' aflter anoliter he iiewv, and14 laughinig ane4 haridiy out1 44f breath hi le botloli o4ver thgA finishi, wi1th 3t'he irsi of1 thei rest Ihtoring wtith hitii'sting liuigs teni yairds bhindiiit. Iluigh and1( 1311ne Greyv had1 111Il apered arviniii ni a an11 were luovinig t hrou41gh thle crowd withl gre'at ga1yety 11114 soin1e4 hlst15.4'rousne4ss9, and(1 wvheni the4 hoy app~en ied wit ii ls hat "(Gliod fr it little savage !'o Iaskinie whee'iled furiously hut ]Dave' caught bini by' theit arvia and led himu batck to4 1111rry and1( IUnvrar, who' loo~ked soI ileasetd t hat the lad's ill limior paised ait onve. H ughi and14 his friend had not up proa)lchied thaem, for I lugh luuld seen thbe lfrown1 on1 his fath ler's~ face, but lErskine .9aw1 (Grey look long lit ]hr h~iara, t urn 144 (question11 llgh, andli aigauinll h began1 to4 burna withini. forth1 1(o baittle for a1 Pair 44f siver buckle's, anid te hoy ini turinl uiied I )ave, 1but1111 unvaiin gly. T.ihe wres thung w1as good ml lea:ve' watiched' it wvit Il ee'in in tere'st. Onme hluge bull netkedt fellow wa~ ~~ s easily thle wvinneir, but wh'len thie silver bucklIes werie ini hils haiinl. lit houstful11 liy i halged aniybody41 in t' cro~wui. I )aive shoui dceed thIurough thle crowdii ml~ laced'i thle vic'torl. ".I'll try y'oui ((lce,'" lie said, and14 a shout of' appIrovali 1rose. muy lordl's conehiiilcil4i ppare In thei 441t skirts andit stoppe~td. , asked thle vi41tor sneervingiy. ''A yo Y lea Itse,"' said1 )1 IbVt. "He's hurt," said Dave, "and he's gone home." Very Much to Be Desired. W~e aill shllik a31 31oo)4k suchi as anl EngIlish. e14ergynnoI adver1tid for1 'm in the London ThnelliS. In hiis n141vert Ise ltlent he snid amonig (otheur Ithinigs that. it was11 essential niot onily that his (9ook shouldI have a senise' of lllinor' but aliso that she should 'eipilIfy t he splrit of Ganlatians, vervse 22. Now (lantins, verse 22, readls thlus: "IHut the fruit of the spirit is love', joy, IWence, long. suffering, gnneiiesm, goonanem. faith." )EMAND STYLE IN - COTTON M j'V lingerie ludicnttes that Ivoi- I< enl have Con1 to a place where in ey demand style, comnfort and beauty bi their undergarnints,, andI tinit at ey favor siiple deomrations-or (it in1e at all. Styles are iore varied ti L not its stable am they were, chang- e( g to suit the changing modes in outer it rments. There hias been a steady I. ifting towar& silk fabries and away t( on all-white into ,Ilght colors. for n %'KI Matched Set of (th Si11k 1111d cottonl lingerle. Crepe Le chine, crepe-back sit in, and radium lk111 have a grisp on popular favor for Alk under-we!Xr; baltiste and1 nain1sook, millolg cotton w-*'., %v1h line (ottoll ,repes holdinig their own ainonolg themn. Just no()w tIere is a I de03nan1d for sets f Ste-in d. Iawr w i I hInIse I o InIatcI. ThIeIv0 ste ( - ) S . I I a ie n111d1 11u IlIly dre1d)(I at the sides IanI(Id the beInse S hor(It and I) ( an3IIt. InII )I: I ner, 3 allIo1re1 s 1 ye Is, b lootnIers rehi e he I I e t (.1 )-ills ad141 cot4tonl cre pes, siml5 ply n33de 1u)p, a re of tenl chosen for hI es e very praiclI 1 pieces. In1 the ilerI silks or 11af i'e ga3men't33s mulich estrint ill I he m3tir of01, 1 I nritiiuiihiig Is ne of thi(! ouitst ain 1g feat r3esA of the st-di hIII 1 of14 ii leht and4 Irish. Inpetcot and. stm sip I k S' Charming Cot at1een- IS addedQ4 to the I4'C 31 Ilist1of vaabe; vIth sha~dow-pro (of Panels, or3 hems4'3 for reair with~ gown' of' thin1 fabri31. 1 Th'ie ma31tche(d set of cru'pe 414 chin 11( 11etured'3, ind (ing ('hemlis and131( Stl 335, illus ru1P3 (lie trn to14 I4wardP simple11 r33innings and1( gracefu1'l 41h'signs13. Lit le rll Ie1s of 33 P Imrow 3 val1e(1ging aIC -ount3 for' th de' 1corall1on1 II n thOee mod0( -Is. Nalrrow head3(ing. t'dged wIth a1 -u114ti 11'e ami carring hah ribb iIIon heads1 he chem4I se and1( ruf~h'lieare f3stOOne~d 3(eross thle front where( tiny ribbon )hossoms33 are set. Tho34se uniha~ippy wVomenO who hav~e ftingj worlh while to (10, and1( are ot. '.o)k1ing for anything, may hnve FOR INI Hf e 25t and 75t Packages. Evayw)er The Original Foninine. Aiim camI wallig up the puth', witht his liet %Iliosaurus. "Hby" salti Eve, Wistfully, "shinny up) that tree and get me the golti an1( ple lear oi the top bough." 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