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a (Continued From Yesterday) of herself. the 4 and, in api ned toward door t. drew him erect strode out. Nor did the y of the situation so much a his mind—that he should be 4 from his own home by the he loved and to whom he given that home. Nor did be dack—¢ise he might have seen ink, sobbing, to the floor XXI Dp the James rode Erekine, Aid = the woods by day and slip qantiously along the sandy road night, circling about Tarleton’s fires, or dashing at full epeed gome careless sentinel @ the third morning he came yen & gKed sentinel—an Amort Ten minutes later he got his glimpse of Lafayette, and then ‘waa bailed joyfully by none other Dave Yandell, Captain Dave shorn of his woodsman’s Bnd panoplied in the wappings Jate in August came the mes that pet Washington's ¢reat fm arms." Rochambeau had six thousAnd soldiers in Con and now Count de Grasse French fleet bad sailed for Chesapeak General Washington at once re to camouflage. Ho laid out ostentatiously opposite New ‘and in plain sight of the ene He made a frigned attack on posts. Rochambeau moved and reached the Delaware the British grasped the Yan trek. Then it was too inte. The win of Philadeiphia were filled ladies waving handkerchiefs crying bravoes when the tat Continentals, their clothes with dust bat bats plumed fh sprigs of green, marched thru their term bdattieflage and ting cannon Behind follow the French in white uniforms faced with “and martial music throbbed alr. Down the Chesapeake they went transports and were concentrated Williamsburg before the close of September. Cornwallis had erected ‘wrks, for he knew nothing of ‘Washington and Count de Grasse, jmr Mad Anthony and General Nei ae. whe were south of the James ‘prevent eecape into North Caro came de Grasse, whe drove | the British Meet, and the houth | ot the net was closed. Cornwallis heard the cannon and! Sent Clinton to appeal for help, but the answer was Washington hiro | self at the head of his army, And } then the joyous march. | At Williamsburg the allies gath | ered, and with Washington's army jcame Colonei Dale, now a general, and young Captain~Harry Dale, who had brought news from Phila. | |delphia that was of great interest | }to Brekine Dale, In that town | | Dane Grey had been a close inti mate of Andre, and that intimacy | had been the cause of much specula | Uon «ince. He had told Dave of his mother and Barly Morn, and Dave had told bim gravely that he must go get them after the campaign was over and bring them to the fort in Ken ltucky. If Barly Morn still refused to come, then he must bring his mother, and he reckoned grimly that no mouth would open in a word that could offend her. In mid-September Washington came, and General Dale had but one chance to visit Barbara. Erskine's plea that he was too busy to «0 with them aroused Harry's suspi clons, and he went bluntly to the | point | “You woultnt go te Red Oaks |and Barbara did not seem surprised. js Dane Grey concerned ™ “Yes.” Harry leoked searchingty at his/ cousin: | “I pray to Ged that I may soon meet him face to face.” “And 1." said Erskine qufetty, “pray to God that you do not—not| until after I have met him first.” And Harry, after a searching look @t his cousin, turned away They marched next morning and | at sunset “GF (the second day they bivouacked within two miles of! Yorktown and the siege began. | The altied line was a crescent, with each tip resting on the water— Lafayette commanding the Amert- cans on the right, the French on the lett under Rochambean, | De Grazer, with his Meet, was tn the bay to cut off approach by water Washington himself put the match }to the first gum, and the motual| lconnonade of three or four days! | began. The scene was “sublime and | stapendous.” Bombehe..« were even “croming each other's path tn the air, and | were visible In the form of a Biack ball by day, but in the night they appeared like a flery meteor, with a SABEL OSTRANDER (Continued From Page 6) the whole crowd waiting for @ut en the lawn.” “Tm torry.” Clayton rane. ‘The next hour was tess of a trial Pay than she had feared, for the first fugry of greetings, @onversation returned to the cur Tt was a white, drawn face with weled hat. it _gomip and the girl was con to sit back and look on. That evening after ber aunt and in had departed with Mr. Clay to a country club dance, Vay trolied into the library. She ex n ished the lights, seated herself the open window und looked out jer the sloping lawn to et hich marked the clump "rounding the tea- house $0 it had been Captain Warren trees ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS by Clive Roberts Barton THE @ rubber mountain went on with Is story Yeu Dg I ought to be called plum because. that’s The pastry © mountain at I'm made of. to have his sh: en he made plum pu that ren't good he dumped ‘em « pot. After a while they her and then I be Ny am rubber now, but don't ot I've me me me estion indige ed jo didn't ve our Green She h on on down the other walk oureelves We'll not you any fed the Who no, you can,” rer er th joever would get to rakno that he hag walked MOUNTAIN’ who brought Wilbur's things home. He had come to see her tn Paris on | bis first furtough after her brother | was killed, and she recalied him as a }tall, self-contained man, with kindly gray eyes. She wished that she| had been at home here to recetve| him. j With « start Ber thoughts came | abruptly back to the present and she leaned forward. Had something | moved there beneath that clump of trees? | It must be «tmpty her nerves, | which peopled the shadows. With « |hrug she eank back among the cushions, and her mind reverted to Une captain once more. Suddenly she was aware ef a rustling in the alrubbery directly | beside the window agd without warning a face appen within tew inches of her own! It was a white, drawn face with disheveled hair and eyes which stared wildly Into hers for a mo ment, while she held her breath tn surprise and terror. The next instant it had disp | peared, and there remained onty the | night breezo rust thru bbery. a ng the CHAPTER IT The next morning, when Fa awakened, she was ready to Inugh at her own fancy of the night be fore. Her overwrought imagination had played her strange tricks since her nerves had given way, but nev er bad her visions taken so startling a t The pallid horror of, and the staring, almost maniaca eyes were like nothing she had seen it could only be nightmares are human being tuff of the which made. | (Continued Tomorrow) > I te) my bre her give you al it the next ADVICE ru the what I'll lon an’ saf fer England.” Seven Valleys. do. I'll hob down or Vl you th ide it before you rd of fo warning It & formpvery step v eps do T t over is to £0 t *jump tain made of glass, and| you will slide two wn only way you car kward is | s far you up ba 1 carry you two steps in the direction ¢ mountain won't nh 1 Nancy. we'd better be going ‘The mountain held his breath and the Twins serambled up to bis top| “Then had pu " divtan.e m and t k old m and heeing ‘ © hard the th trembled. | To Te Continued) . by Seatile Star | (Cop jand shouting: | you'se come.” | firmed the instinet that had brought . oO AS A REMINDER MR. DUGAN, BUTTE ROOM AND BOARD BILL FoR You AND MR. DIXON 1 OVER- DUE, AND’ I'VE PAID FoR TWO DELIVERIES on ON YOUR LAUNDRY~ || MY PARTNER, MR. DIXON LOOKS AFTER ouR UR BOARDING HOUSE I ASSURE You IT IS DURELY AN OVERSIGHT WiS DART = ER~ AH Wow WOULD You LIKE A SET OF TICKETS TD SEE fT SLIPPED YouR MIND, Y'KNOW diasin, tant.” It was near the middle of Octo- ber that the two redoubts projecting beyond the British lines and enfilad ing the American intrenchmenw were taken by storm One redoudt was left to Lafayette and his Americana, the other to Baron de Viomentl, who claimed that his greoadiers were the men for the matter in hand. Lafayette stoutiy argued the suportority of his Amer fans, who, led by Hamilton, carried their redoubt first with the bayonet, and sent the Frenchman an offer of | belp. The answer was: “I will be in mine in five mtn-/ ute.” And he was, Washington | watching the attack anriously: “The work is done and well dene.” | And then the surrender: } ‘The day was the 19h of Ovtober. | The victors were drawn up in two lines a mile long on the right and left of @ road that ran thru the sutumn fields south of Yorktown. | Washington stood at the head of his tall most beautifully brik colm at omnes handed it back the surrender was over, Between the lines the Brttish | marched om and stacked arms tn a nearby finid. Some of them threw! thelr muskets on the ground, and a! British colonel bit the hilt of his sword from rage. } Aa Tarieton’s legion went by, | three pairs of eyes watched eageriy | for one fnes, but neither Harry nor! Captain Dave Yandell aaw Dane! Grey—aor did Emkine Dale | xxIt To Harry and Dave, Dane Grey's! absence was merely a mynterp—to | Ervkine it breught foreboding and sickening fear. He started for Re@ Oaks end with every mite suspieiem and fear | grew. The distances to Williams | burg was soon covered, and skirting the town, he went swiftly for Red On ka. “Stop” he cried mn@denty, as « negro came thundering blindly on Firefly ewerved aside, and Ephraim shot by, pulling In with both harids “Maree Erekinel Thank Gawd When he wheeled he came back at a gallop—nor did he top. Come om, Marse Mirsktne® he cried. “Come on, suh? With a few leaps Wirefy was abreast, and neck and neck they ran, while the darky’s words con- Ernkine. “Yaesuh, Mim Bartary gwine run away wid dat mean white man- Yaswuh, dis very night.” “Is he alone? “No, suh, he got am orfieer an four sojers wid him.” “Does he know that Cornwallis has surrendered?” “Oh, yarwuh, be to? Miss Barbary dat. Dat's why he saya he got to git away right now an’ she got to go wid him right now.” “Dis arternoon,” the negro went “be got his American uniform. He gwine folks on de way dat dem udders is his prisoners an’ he takin’ dem to Richmond, Den dey gwine to reprate an’ he an’ Miss Barbary gwine to git married! somewhur on de wry an’ dey goin’ “You jest walt in dat thicket next to de corner o' de big gyarden,” said OUR PERFORMANCE 2 BY AHERN , THE OLD HOME WERE ME I'D }] RAIN SPOUT DOWN FROM lTMEIR STALL= FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS Ephraim. “Dey wont know I deen! cone. Il come to de thicket an’ tell you de whole lay 0’ de land.” Erekine nodded. | More quickly than he expected, he saw Ephrait’s figure elipping thru | the shadows toward him. “Dey's jus’ thru supper.” he re | ported. “Mim Barbary up in her) room. De sojers down dar by de wharf playin’ cards an’ drinkin’. Dat udder man been drinkin’ hard.” } “Ephraim.” said Erskine quickty, | “go tell Mr. Grey that one of bis men wants to sre him right away at the eundial, When helstarts you run around the hedge and be on hand tn the bashes.” } “Yansuh.” Soon Erskine saw Grey» taf fis-! ure emerge trom the halldoor, Grey came swiftly down the great path. As Grey neared the dial Erskine moved toward him, keeping In @ dark shadow, but Grey mw him: “Well, what is it? Erskine | stepped out into the moonlight with | his cocked pistol at Grey's breast. | “This,” be said quietty. “Make no | nolee—and don't move.” Grey was! startied, but be canght his control | instantly and without fear. “You are my prinoner, Mr. Grey,” said Erskine. “I could lead you to your proper place at the end of a rope, but I have in mind another | fate for you. I tried once to stab! you—I knew no better. You once! tried to murder me itn a doel and) you did know better, Twice you| have said that you would fight me | with anything, any time, any place.” Grey bowed alightty. “I shall ask you to make those words good and | I shall accordingly choose the wea pons.” Grey bowed again, | “Ephraim” wld Irekine, “stip | into the hall and being me the two rapiers on the wall.” (Concluded Tamorrow) Polly and Paul—amd Paris By Zee Beckley (Coprrigh(. 1972, by The Henttle Gtart CHAPTER you like to prow! tank for dinner?” but Polly saw “How over on the Left Paul tried to be gay, it was an effort iin’ She was quite as ant mated. “Let's try some quaint little place wt y Frer . t me simply | spoken. I} hat would “Love re h people to onglish ays v ,W you | we are discovered it!” “Righto! I know * * ¢ here s is our place, There's a XXXV—A MEETING Jon Paul's part and Truncan's den. Gosh, ye's some freak!’ She ¥ trudged along, happy except for the vague preoccupation Polly sensed her puzzlen over the contract from 1 There was something about it Paul hadn't told her, © * © Oh, well, she tionings ‘They window-shopped as usual queezed hin arm and they| gloves only 25 france WELL WELL - ASE YOU CIMANG ‘ar Page TOWN LUMBER - IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BUILDING “THIS SPRING — * Qrattle * ory feook-” & a * By Mabel Cleland 623 THE GRANDFATHER INDIAN AGAIN Now, !f you happen to live on a farm yourself, you know Just | how much work it ts to look after | the cowa They have to be fed, | and they have to have a barn to sleep tn, and they have to have their baby calves looked after, and the silly things don’t always | come home to thelr supper, but | have to have sameboty go and Qrtve them home, | But most of af—that i, most trouble of allk—twtce every day they have te be milked. So you can see for yourself how | the young husband would have to hire quite a few men to help with all that work. He couldn't htre anybody to | help the gtri-mother beeause| women were #0 scarce you could | hardly get one for love, much ess | for money, and every woman was | busy as busy could be, making her | own home and tending her own | babies. So that’s how thingn were when the young husband came in one | evening to say that five more of | his best milk cows were milking. | “I hardly know what to think,” | ho said, many of ther are| missing now that I've let all the! men go out to sew if they can round them up. I'm uneasy about EE eee RE ER ET N-aeetegaaae <teenenteenveny look at beaded barn, or brocaded|Grecian draperies, with purses, or a joweler’s display with | bare feet and hair flowing. Rue Bonaparte, oppostte Raymond | corceous over see Duncan's? | carven ivory. necklaces of jade and “And look, Gear, those lovely From the Qual Voltaire they fol | establishment for Polly presved her nose| come two dollars. | They want I aball chase right over tomorrow | world back to the simple tlassic life | too late to back out of the place and get ‘em! | a|sorry for the poetry |» it T can't help beng afraid some one is stealing the cows.” ‘The next day came and went and neither men nor cows re turned. ‘The man was at his wits’ end to know what to do. He couldn't leave his wife alone with her ba bies—there was no one else to mnd—what could he do? ‘The third day dawned hot and , bright. About the middle of the morning an old Indian came rid ing up to the door. “Kinkowyar he called tn greet- ing. “Moosmoos (cow) no come home? Moos-moos many O, no home? Moos-moos bad.” ‘Then he blew out his old wrinkled cheeks, and made all sorta of signs to show how badly the cows needed to be milked, ‘The girl-wife showed him where her husband was at work and he rode off toward the wood lot, | where he told the same story to the young husband. “You go," he added, “you get moos-moos—I tell where.” But the young husband only shook his head. “I can't fo,” he said “I must stay with white woman.” Then the old map did a funny thing. (To Be Continued) “But ought we gape in | this way?’ “Sure! ‘That's what and to bn¥ their books and wares, Some lowed the narrow Rue Bonaparte tll | they take themeelves. they came to the “Duncan den” | primitive wouldn't spoil their walk with ques-| weaving, cloth dyeing and making. against the broad window to watch | bright [Utue restaurant at We corner of the|Polly forever drageig Daul buck lalthe tamily at We Woms, gurbed injsight of Miolet Rand and George siood women, folks take ‘em seriously, But 1 tockings! Come on, Poll.” ‘The restaurant was It was not until Paul ¢ wandaled at them they want.) educate the stupid as feel | poor kids in winter rug | time, in only those few rags and no|table. Despite herself, Polly glowed (PAGE 11 BY STANLEY y= n= EVERETT TRUE Say, MY FRIEND, & DoN'T UKe THe + \war You eat It 1 Don't SE You, rt HEAR ou tt! Barray tn a distant corner that he/ remrembered it was she who had told him about it. Of all times he did not want to see Violet Polly moment 1 can't glimpsed her at and murmured, T just can't the same “Oh, Paul But it was If Violet saw them enter no sign. But when she and Barr had finished, they stopped with fusive greetings at Dawsons’ she gave at Barray’s cordiality. Whatever cory andjhe may not have been, he certainly ht} was a man of charm—who under : “Congratulations!” Violet was say. ing to Paul. RP saw triumph in ber bright smile. “I'm so glad you got that contract—on Rigaud’s ac- count as much as yours, Heaven knows they need some modern stuff in old country! Isn't t so, a few d nt furnaces your precious France, this darling George hurt what?" won't eh, Polly felt the bleod drain from her face. She bad hardly breath enough to make the goodnights. © * = So Violet Rand knew all about the contract, while she, Polly, knew nothing! (To Be Continued)