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Mickey Edits (Part II) J. Raymond Elderdice 5
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Scouting with Daniel Boone (Conclusion) Everett T. Tomlinson 7
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I SAW UNCLE BILL COMING, DRIVING IN HIS LIGHT WAGON.
CHAPTER I. UNCLE BILL — SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS.
THAT DAY that Joseph De Long, the revenue officer, started off North with the five smugglers— including Tom Wasson, the shore watch — all chained together in the three-seated rig, Uncle Bill hung around with all the rest to see the fun. He was grinning and crack- ing jokes in an undertone into the ears of some of the folks, and I gathered that they were witticisms mostly at the expense of the revenue officer.
I had always liked Uncle Bill, and he had always seemed kindly disposed toward me. But I was soon to learn that some sort of change had taken place in our re- lations.
It was the day after Joseph De Long had gone. I had just been jumping from step- ping-stone to stepping-stone to cross the •branch that divides that little Florida backwoods town in two parts, and was emerging from the heavy growth that lines the creek, when I saw Uncle Bill coming, driving in his light wagon.
One could easily see he was quite tall where he sat flopping the lines, and his
long, thin goat-whiskers wagged up and down as his smooth upper lip pressed a cud of tobacco. And there was the well- known soiled, peaked-crowned hat of no definite color, on the back of his head so he could see.
When we came opposite one another he pulled up. His chuckle was not so friendly as I could wish.
" Hello, Uncle Bill 1 " I greeted.
He omitted his usual " Howdy, Nathan- ee-al ! " but only chuckled.
" I reckon you an' thet governmint cuss 'low to be right smart of a police pair, a- catchin' of smugglers. They ain't nothin' like a danged good lot o' schoolin'. Say, did ye see any o' my hogs out in them woods when ye was chasin' them smug- glers? "
" No, Uncle Bill," I said. " I don't know what they're like."
" Every kid knows my mark," he said ; "upper-bit, under -hit, cwaller-fork in one ear; upper-half -eioo, uniierbi'-, slit Jti t'other."
He rattled it off so fist .1. couldn't tell it from Chinese.
" I don't understand," I faltered.
By WALTER WALDEN
Author of " Tropic Smugglers," " The Mystery of the River Cave"
" I reckon they is some things they don'i learn ye in them up-north schools," he said ; and he shook his lines and clucked to hi? horse, and away he went, chuckling, leaving me discomfited.
I FELT much hurt. He had never before shown any disposition to poke fun at me. I now saw that he bore me some grudge, and that it was in some way con nected with Joseph De Long and our cap- ture of the smugglers.
Some days later I was sent by my mother on an errand to Uncle Bill's wife. I was seated on the back porch steps, by the basket into which she was placing some pineapple slips and guava seed for plant- ing, when I saw Uncle Bill coming with a careless swinging of his long, jeans-cov- ered legs. He was squeezing and sucking an orange.
When he saw me he threw away the orange, and, chuckling, pulled out his ol-d Barlow knife and hunted up a stick. He sprawled on the porch with his back to a post, and began to whittle — and grin above his goat's whiskers.
I saw he was in for a talk, and I no- ticed that he again omitted his old " How- dy, Nathan-ee-al I "
" I reckon ef them steupid smuggler boys hed belonged to these parts, you-all wouldn't a-ketched 'em. They shore should a-been tied to a log an' horse- whipped, to 'low theirselves to be ketched that a-way."
His wife had retreated to her kitchen and left us alone.
" Them 'ere fellers warn't stealin' no folks' goods. They war just takin' their own goods to market, an' 'lowed they hed no call t' pay them lazy gover'ment rap- scallions for the preevilege o' bringin' in their own goods. An' them same rapscal- lions up there makes out thet a man hain't got no right to make his own corn liquor without he pays them a right smart pile o' spendin' money for a paper thet says. ' Go ahead.' "
" But that's the law," I said.
" Yes," he answered, " an' them fellers makes the laws — to keep their pockets full o' spendin' money to buy their own corn juice, which they aire too lazy to make theirselves."
The porch and steps were well littered with shavings and splinters, and his stick was half gone. I caught myself wonder- ing what he was going to make out of the stick.
" I mind two year ago," he chuckled, ' one o' them gover'ment police come down here, havin' heard someone or other was makin" corn liquor without payin' tribute to them fellers. One o' the boys whispers in his ear he "lowed he could tell him where the doin's was goin' on. So he takes him down six mile in the ' piney ' woods to a swamp, an' tells him to foller 'long the edge till he come to where he could
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see through to the 'piney' woods on t'other side, an' to wade over an' foller round till he come to a cow-path leadin' right into the swamp, an' he shore'd find hit."
The stick was all whittled up, and Uncle Bill began to gather and whittle up the larger splinters.
" Thet thar gover'ment jack-ass, he did as he was told, an' follered round thet swamp, crossed over an' follered round an" round, but he didn't come to no cow- path."
Uncle Bill chuckled.
" He walked a right smart — I reckon he thought forty mile. When the sun was only about a half hour high he stopped an' scratched his head, an' looked around — for prented signs, I reckon. Well, purty soon he see he was lost, an' begin to hump along to git round thet swamp. But the night come on an' he set down till mornin' Then he struck off through the woods an' got lost worse an' worse, an' got to runnin'. Then 'long about noon one o' the boys happens along, huntin' turkeys, maybe, an' finds him an' takes the pore cuss back to taown.
" The feller thet showed him the way to the swamp to hunt the corn liquor fac- tory hed gone daown the bay fishin,' an' the revenuer give a good price fer a rig to take him back up to the railroad."
Uncle Bill had finished the last splinter and shut his knife with a snap as he said:
" I reckon you better tell thet to thet smuggler-ketcher friend o' yourn."
He clasped his hands around his knees, and his head bobbed up and down as he laughed his derisive laugh.
AS I trudged home I felt decidedly un- comfortable. I felt sure of a number of unpleasant things. Uncle Bill knew the details so well that I was sure that he had had a hand in that playing at " cat and mouse " with that government agent. He was himself engaged, without doubt, in some practice which was unlawful, but which he in his ignorance considered morally lawful. And that accounted for his strong prejudice against government agents, and also for his changed feeling toward me, as one who had been in friend- ly association with one of those whom he considered his enemies.
It was a shock to me ; for. as I have said, I liked Uncle Bill. I had never before - seen a mean trait in him. He never let a chance go by to do a good turn for a neighbor, and I'd seen him take meat, and flour, and grits to the old Widow Simp- son more than once. I missed his friend- ship. I knew him well enough to know that I could never talk him into seeing the moral wrongfulness of the things he had talked about.
I was uncomfortably conscious, too, that I owed it to my friend, Joseph De Long, the revenue officer, to write him something of what I had learned, and thus be the
"l RODE MY PONY TO THE EDGE OF THE PRAIRIE, MY GUN SLUNG ACROSS THE POMMEL OF THE SADDLE."
means doubtless of getting Uncle Bill into chains like the smugglers. The thought made me positively miserable.
OUR place was a mile south of town, and a mile and a half to the east the pine woods came to an end in an inter- minable, irregular line, and the big prairie began.
Some days after, in the afternoon, I rode my pony to the edge of the prairie, my gun slung across the pommel of the saddle. It was here I often went to get a rabbit or two for meat.
As I neared the open prairie I heard a sudden "Whoa!" and turned my head to see Uncle Bill leap from his wagon and go back and carefully tuck a tarpaulin around a bulky mass that filled the light wagon- bed, as if to keep out suspicious eyes. He climbed back into his seat as I came up to cross his path.
"Howdy, Uncle Bill!" I said.
He just chuckled quietly over his goat's whiskers and curled that smooth upper lip stubbornly — not quite like the old Uncle Bill.
"Out huntin' smugglers, be ye?" he said, his manner showing his contempt for such an occupation.
" No : rabbits," I said.
He chuckled some more in lieu of his unspoken thoughts, and urged his horse forward, going southward, picking his way among the saw-palmetto roots.
Perhaps everything he did had come to seem a little suspicious to me now. Any- way, I got to wondering what he might have in the wagon that he seemed so care- ful to hide.
In order to convince him I was not watch- ing him. I changed my intention to skirt the edge of the woods for the rabbits, and in- stead turned my pony out across the prairie.
BOYS' LIFE — The Boy Scouts'
January, 1915
NAT'S MAP OF THE SCENE OF HIS STRANGE EXPERIENCES.
Then suddenly he pulled up with an- other " Whoa ! " and he called out to me : _ " Thought I'd see ef I could see any o them hogs o' mine. Jes' keep yer eyes out in case ye see any." " All right," I said. And off he started again. I couldn't decide whether he was again poking fun at my lack of woodcraft, being unable to read hogs' earmarks, or whether he sought to turn aside any suspicions 1 might have regarding the purpose ot Ins journey.
I rode out over the prairie, making for a hammock of cabbage-palms and live-oaks, a mile away. When I got within the shel- ter of the trees of that island in the prairie T dismounted and began a half-hearted hunt for game. But my mind was on Uncle Bill. I climbed high into a large, moss-hung oak on the southern side and watched for some sign of his horse and wagon. I could not see into the shelter of the pine woods, but after a time I saw him coming out into the open. He headed across a corner of the prairie toward a hammock that I knew must fringe a branch called Prairie Creek.
When at last Uncle Bill, with his horse and wagon, became a wee moving mass. nearinsTthe woods to the south of me. I suddenly became aware of another wagon following in his tracks.
Immediately I thought of Uncle Bill's particular chum, Bat Mason. Many a time had I seen their heads together, often trav- eling on the same wagon-seat; and now their comradeship began to take on a new interest. I became convinced that they were co-workers in some particularly guilty business. I recollected that Bat Mason seemed to have no regular occupa- tion; sometimes he helped on a cow-hunt, sometimes he'd helped Uncle Bill butcher ;i hog. and on occasion handled a team, hauling freight from Bogg's Landing- two miles down on Peace River— when the steamer came in from Tampa.
"THE shadows of the distant pines were 1 creeping fast toward me when slipped down out of my oak and leaped into the saddle again. Leaving the hum- mock island, I galloped my pony across the piece of prairie, entering the pine forest where I had left it. I looked about for the tracks of the second wagon, and my eye fastened on a little yellow mass lying between saw-palmetto roots. " I dismounted and took some up in my fingers. It was a small spill of corn-meal. As I rode through the darkening forest toward home my wits worked over Uncle Bill's problem. Though the corn-meal had likely been spilled from Bat Mason's wagon, I was sure it was also corn-meal that Uncle Bill had been so careful to keep covered from my sight. I knew that it was never the practice to feed either hogs or cattle out on the range — much less with ground corn — so it was plain that that corn-meal was intended for some other use. I had heard of one very particular use for corn — in the backwoods — and it was a use that was practiced secretly.
When I reached the road that passed to the south near my home, I came upon James Howatt, a boy four years older than myself. He was hunting for his pony, that had strayed off from his home, which was a mile to the west of our place.
" Did you see who that was that drove south at the edge of the prairie?" he questioned.
" I think that last one was Bat Mason," I answered. " I didn't see him close by." " Why, was there someone else went by? " he said.
""Yes; Uncle Bill," I answered. He laughed.
" Those fellows must have a mighty in- teresting ball-ground — or picnic-ground — down that way," he said, "they go down so much."
James Howatt had been living in the region nearly a year before my folks moved down into these wilds, so had some advantage of me in knowledge of the
habits of the natives. Though he was a neighbor, I had not become very intimate with the boy. His being a few years older made very little difference, but while I was fascinated by, and roaming in, the tropic scenes, he was all taken up with wires, and wheels, and batteries, and motors. His father was some kind of an engineer, and anyone could see the boy was b<>rn another.
I helped him find his pony, which was grazing within the jungle growth by the branch, and we got better acquainted. 1 would have liked to share with him my sus- |iici»ns regarding Uncle Bill and Bat Mason, but was a little fearful of results for Uncle Bill.
AN expected letter from Joseph De Long finally came, telling me of how our smugglers had been disposed of behind prison bars, and he expressed the wish that it were possible that we might enjoy again so exciting and profitable a chase, and that he would ask no better company.
I warmed under his generous words and shared his sentiments; but I trembled to think how I should report my suspicions of Uncle Bill in my letter of reply, tor it would be no part of friendship to with- hold such matters, seeing he was a revenue officer and bound to be interested.
Bat Mason did not attract me. He was repugnant, showing no scintilla of fine feeling; and I couldn't understand Uncle Bill's interest in him. But Uncle Bill was generous and most agreeable with every- one, so long as they didn't trample on his ideas of liberty ; and in most ways he was rather easily influenced. As I have said before, I liked him, and I was much hurt by his new attitude of unfriendliness to myself.
"l knew that I must tell Joseph De Long about Uncle Bill and my misdoubts about his practices; but I began to hope there might be some way to turn him from the crooked trail before ill consequences should catch up.
Thus I delayed my reply to Joseph De Long, and set about seeking knowledge that might lead to better things, indefinite though they were in my mind then. But I had the feeling that some way I should find, and so began my quest.
CHAPTER II.
WHAT I HEARD IN THE Loo HUT, AND SAW IN THE SWAMP.
IHOYHKF.n about Uncle Bill's stamping- ground as often as fortune favored me and I noted that the heads of him- self and the ill-seeming Bat Mason were often inclined one toward the other in con- spiring attitude.
They were much given to holding meetings in an old log structure down at the far end of Uncle Bill's yard, next to his sugar-cane patch ; and on one of these days that I was about they had business in there among the sugar-cane, which vyas not to get stalks to chew. So when they both as" I supposed, had finally gone their way 'toward town, I went over and put mvself in the wav of Uncle Bill's wife, Diving her the chance she never neglected to invite me to help myself to some cane.
I crawled through the fence and cut a stalk on which I munched as I roamed about among the sheltering canes to find what they might have concealed there.
I had got well down the field when I stepped between rows that gave me a view of Bat Mason, not thirty feet away, in the (Continued on /'(iff." 31.)
"Mickey" Edits
The Bannister College "Weekly" Gets Out a " Fight Extra" on the Battle for the Tissue-Paper Weight Belt
By J. RAYMOND ELDERDICE
PART II
THAT night there was a " private af- fair" over in the Gym. Hicks, star- ing from his window in Bordyke, the Junior dorm, saw bathrobed and sneak- shod figures slip from the other dorms, and later bathrobes were hung over the Gym windows, so that no " prof." would suspect the affair of honor. Hicks knew that a fight was on, for the custom at Bannister was to separate the wranglers when they clashed and bring them together in the Gym at night, after lights were out.
" Hello ! " Hicks exclaimed, slipping on a sleeveless jersey, a pair of trousers, and rubber-soled sneaks. " A fight in the Gym and the press has not been notified ! I won- der if it is ' Heavy ' Stayton and the big Freshman? There has been bad blood be- tween them ever since the class scrap; if so, what a bully one ! "
Arriving at the Gym entrance, armed with pencil and scratch pad. Hicks whispered to Bob Pendle- ton, doorkeeper : "A representa- tive of the press. a reporter for the Bannister Weekly!" While Pendleton gasped his amazement at this startling an- nounceme nt, Hicks passed tri- umphantly inside.
Insisting on the rights of the press, Hicks se- cured a ringside seat, and with pencil poised in air. he prepared to take copious notes of the fight. He nodded pleas- antly to Theophi- lus Opperdyke, who was always being dragged against his will to such scenes of mortal combat, and who was shivering! y looking for a way to escape before the carnage be- gan.
" Who are the pugilists, 'Bucky'?" Hicks inquired non- chalantly of " Bucky " Turner, the referee, who was hastily reading the Rules on Box- ing. "Heavy and his foe?"
" Nope." mumbled " Bucky," thrusting the handbook into his hip pocket, " Ger- trude " Shipley and John T. McCann. John T. rough-housed ' Gertrude's ' boudoir to- day, and it's a fight to th; finish. Some bout, for Shipley is quite ladylike, and
Illustrated by WM. J. SHETTSLINE, JR.
McCann is a regular tissue-paper weight." The running track, serving as a gallery, was crowded with boys, and Hicks was justly proud of the ringside seat accorded him as a representative of the press. " Ger- trude " Shipley, an effeminate human lathe, and McCann, who wobbled on his pipe-stem legs as he entered the ring, insisted on pleading with "Hickey" to do them justice, in his write-up of the fray, " Bucky " cleared the ring of all but the fighters and seconds, and the most memorable battle ever wit- nessed at Bannister Col- lege was on ! It shall be described by
Of late this had ceased to cause even a ripple on the surface of student existence, but because Hicks had been hurled into the editorial chair as a result of his criticisms. condemnation, and reform talk, a few boys purchased copies, so as to find objections to cast in the teeth of the irrepressible Junior.
The old Staff, charitably desiring to en- joy Hicks' dis- comfiture to- gether, grabbed a copy of the
". '. . W e e k 1 y before
the piles were taken upstairs to the sanctum; and. retiring to the Science Hall steps, they started in amaze- ment at the lurid cover. Instead of the usual decor- ous Greek au- thor, sculptor, or statesman whose head was always o n t h e outside, there was a fig- ure of a prize- fighter in action, and over the pic- ture was the big- lettered caption — •
'•SPECIAL
FIGHT NUM-
BER !
" Detailed ac- count of the Shipley - McCann Battle for the Tissue - Paper - weight Belt !
" Written by a representative of the 'Weekly' from Notes Taken at the Ring- side ! "
THE SAVAGE STRING BEAN AND THE " BALTIMORE PINCH OF SNUFF" IN THE RING.
the Bannister Weekly, since the description dition was sold out with
The paper was opened in sue h haste as to ren- der it in peril of destruction, other boys crowded up to peer at the con- tents ; and, hav- ing come to scoff, remained to read. Soon a steady torrent of yell- ing, pummeling boys besieged the editorial rooms, and the first edi- such speed as to
printed in the first edition of that periodical, leave Hicks and Theophilus breathless with
under the editorship of T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., caused a terrific sensation in the school. The next afternoon, about the time the la-it recitations ended, and the students loafed on the campus, a mild excitement was caused by the rattling approach of the wagon from the town printing office, as this meant the delivery of the Weekly.
emotion.
As the riot increased (^or the boys se- cured the papers, retired to the campus to read, and straightway became convulsed with laughter), venerable " Prexy," who had returned that morning, felt constrained to examine the issue of the Weekly, the first under the Hicks-Opperdyke regime !
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January, 1915
" EVERYWHERE THE BOYS WERE READING THE WEEKLY, AND CLAMORING FOR COPIES."
After barely escaping a faint when he surveyed the extremely scholarly cover de- sign of the pugilist, he glanced at the words beneath the figure —
" A Vivid Write-up of the Shipley-Mc- Cann Controversy — Don't Miss It! "
The worthy President gasped, passed a hand bewilderingly over his brow and gazed out over the campus. Everywhere the boys were reading the Weekly in twos, threes, or crowds, and invariably they rolled in convulsions on the ground. Look- ing up at the editorial rooms, he could see a crowd as excited as that which stormed the Bastile, clamoring for copies.
Then he turned a page, and the Shipley- McCann headlines, in all their flamboyant grandeur, flashed on his gaze. Paralyzed, as he remembered the long list of ex- changes the Weekly possessed, with such dignified publications as the Yale Record. the Harvard Revieiv, and the Cornell Wid- ow, he read :
" ALTHOUGH this far-famed encounter took place in an inconspicuous spot, owing to a Jack of Faculty sympathy and under- standing, we feel that it has never been given due consideration by American his- torians, and it is our purpose to correct this omission, so far as lies in our power. Why Mr. Greasy omitted this epoch-mak- ing engagement from his ' Fifteen Derisive Battles of the World ' is a puzzle.
" The exact cause of the dispute between these pugilists has never been ascertained, but a case of ' roughhousing ' ' Gertrude's ' boudoir by McCann is popularly supposed to have embittered them toward each other. Certain it is that on that evening they ap- peared resolved to do battle to the death.
" The contestants weighed in at 3 :30 on the day of the fight, and ' Ireland ' McCann, the ' Baltimore Pinch of Snuff ' was found to be slightly over weight, tipping the scales at 73, Troy, N. Y. He was confident of being able to reduce this before appearing at ringside, and accomplished it by the somewhat heroic, but altogether effectual method of receiving a hot bath, with vigor- ous applications of soap and sulphonaphthol. The ' Pinch ' absolutely refused to be ether- ized for this trying ordeal, and bore the unaccustomed pain with courage."
Kindly, dignified, white-haired " Prexy " clutched at his desk for support, and stared at the caption :
"A Description of the Gladiators!"
" 'Gertrude ' Shipley, the ' Savage String Bean,' appeared in the ring attired in a tailor-made gym. suit, cut Princess fashion. As Referee ' Bucky ' Turner called them to the center of the ring, it was seen that the ' String Bean' was at a slight disadvantage. McCann's immense chest and gorilla-like arms seemed to dwarf the proportions of
his opponent, and the cheering was in his favor. It was lowered, however, and a riot nearly started when he insisted on being allowed to wear his ' specs ' in the encounter.
" THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS. _
" ROUND ONE. — The fight opened with a rush. McCann started rushing Shipley across the ring, slugging savagely. The ' String Bean ' was brave, however, and retaliated by turning his right side to the enemy, which stopped the ' Pinch ' in his attempt for a knock-out, as he could not land on the thin edge thus presented him. ' Gertrude ' was cneercd to the echo for this masterly i'' ->l;.y of ring generalship.
" ROUND Two. — Shipley opened cautious- Jy, and seemed to have the better of it for a short time. He inflicted several rather painful scratches on the ' Pinch's ' face, and stepped on his toes rather cleverly on three occasions. This scientific fighting seemed to daze McCann, but he came back with several vicious pulls of his opponent's ear, which caused the newspaper men at the ringside to call the honors of the round even.
" ROUND THREE. — The third and final round was the scene of a terrific encounter, in which McCann somewhat lessened his chances in the early part of it, by winding his arm around ' String Bean's ' neck and hitting himself in the face. He seemed to understand this later, however, and the fighting became fast and furious. The climax came when Pinch, in a moment of passion, seized Shipley's ear firmly in his teeth and administered a cruel, cruel bite!
" Pandemonium broke loose. Amid cries of ' Murder! ' from the 'String Bean,' and of ' Foul ! ' from the spectators, the fight was awarded to ' Gertrude,' and the police were obliged to clear the hall.
" When seen in their dressing rooms after the fight, the opponents had but little to say. Shipley, with characteristic brevity, talked for five short hours to the reporters, and said as briefly as possible that he in- tended to sue McCann for mayhem, assault with a dangerous weapon, and several minor accounts, including desertion and arson.
" It was left for the defeated ' Pinch,' however, to rise to heights which could never be attained by his victorious rival. His sublime remark when questioned about the fight has gone down in history as the epitome of indomitable pluck and deter- mination, coupled with a spirit that knew not how to brook defeat. With folded arms the little general cogitated (what- ever that means) for several hours after being asked the leading question: 'Would you fight him again ? '
"At the end of that time he lifted his
noble head, and a light of almost tran- scendent beauty flashed across his seraphic face. As we stood breathless he opened his lips and uttered the momentous words which will become famous in history — ' / would, yes!' And we tiptoed from the- room, leaving him alone with his dead."
For a time laughter and wrath clashed in " Prexy's " being, but mirth won the battle, and he sat back in his chair, laugh- ing until his eyes filled with tears. Then the thought of other colleges reading that Weekly sobered him, and he remembered that Duty must be done. Hickey had vio- Jated the trust imposed in him, and the uncensored copy had wrought havoc.
At supper that night, the Dean an- nounced that " Prexy " wished to see all the students in the auditorium immediately after the 7 o'clock bell for study hour. Such an urgent summons always meant a matter of grave import, and the hall was thronged at the hour, as " Prexy " arose, hemming and hawing to keep from smiling at the memory of the Weekly, and began —
" I was deeply shocked and humiliated at the make-up of this week's college paper," he said sternly. " It was a bur- lesque, a travesty on the staid, dignified publication that has reflected glory on Ban- nister in the past. Mr. Hicks, I am hurt that you should have violated my trust in you, and printed such trash. Such an article, .such pillorying of our students! Why, I am amazed that your pen produced them, sir! "
T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., looked properly chastened, and " Prexy," afraid to prolong the interview, lest he laugh and lose his power, was about to demand the destruc- tion of that week's edition of the Weekly and to return to office the former staff, when, to everyone's amazement, The- ophilus Opperdyke arose and nervously attracted attention by feebly waving his hand.
" I beg your pardon, sir." he stammered. " but it wasn't Hickey that wrote those things, it was I! I thought the Weekly just had to be saved, and the only way I knew was to make the boys laugh. Once we got their favor, we could go ahead and build up the paper ; Hickev didn't want to publish them, sir, but I begged him to do it!
" The edition sold out, and our sub- scription list is larger than ever in the paper's history — the advertisers will be buying space at a great rate, and soon the alumni will be sending in for copies, as we mailed the Weekly to the entire alumni list.
" I wanted to do something for the school before I left, sir, and Hickey said (Concluded on page 32.)
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IT was not known within the fort that Girty instantly ordered preparations to be made for raising the siege. When daylight came the Indian camp was de- serted !
When Peleg and Israel sought the place where the warriors had encamped they found the fires still burning brightly and even that pieces of meat were left on the roasting sticks.
The rejoicing at Bryant's Station was great when it was known that the Indians had departed. Before noon the fighting force of white men was increased to one hundred and sixty-seven. Among those who entered came Daniel Boone.
"What does this mean?" demanded Is- rael, when he saw his younger brother, Daniel, also among the men in the assem- bly. " What are you doing here ? "
" I think I had as good right to come as you," retorted Boone's younger son. " I am almost seventeen."
" And old enough to know better," laughed Peleg.
The officers assembled at once and called the men of Bryant's Station to a conference.
" It is known," explained Colonel Todd, " that General Logan has collected a strong force in Lincoln and that he will be here within twenty-four hours. If we wait for his corning we shall be stronger when we start in pursuit of Girty. What do you think?" he asked, turning to Boone, who was standing near by, silently leaning upon his rifle in the rear of the assembly.
" It will be wise to wait," replied Boone quietly. " I have never found it a mistake to get ready before you attempt to do any- thing. Girty has treble our numbers. The trail which the Shawnees have left behind is so plain and so broad that I am sus- picious that they have made signs which they hope will lead us to pursue them. My advice is to wait until General Logan shall c:ome with his men."
The younger members of the force, however, were not to be denied. To them appearances were convincing that the In- dians had fled because they were alarmed. Ignoring the council of Boone and other of the older scouts, who had had longer experience in dealing with their Indian enemies, a swift pursuit instantly was be- gun. Many of the men were mounted on horses, but the entire mass, horse and foot, kept well together.
The eager party had not gone far from Bryant's Station before a halt was called when it was discovered that the retiring Indians had turned into the buffalo road and that, almost as if they were attempt- ing to make their trail still more evident, they had chopped many of the trees on each side with their hatchets.
Daniel Boone shook his head seriously when he discovered these indications of apparent carelessness in the band they were following.
" My opinion is," he said quietly to
" PELEG SUDDENLY FELL AS HE RAN ALONG THE BORDER OF A SWAMP."
Colonel Todd, " that Girty is trying to lead us on."
" But it is too late to go back," said Colonel Todd.
" Yes, I am afraid our men will not go back now. But my advice is to go ahead cautiously."
" Will you be one of the advance guard? "
" If you so desire."
As Peleg, who was standing near-by and heard the conversation, looked into the face of his friend, he became aware that the years of anxiety had left their mark upon the countenance of the rugged pioneer. There was, however, a deeper expression of gentleness on the face of the great Scout which in no way detracted from the impression of strength which his entire body still produced.
Orders for camping for the night were soon given, and on the following day the entire force arrived at the Lower Blue Licks. As the force arrived at the south- ern bank of the Licking the men saw sev- eral Indians climbing the rocky ridge on the opposite side. The redmen halted when the Kentuckians appeared, looked at them intently a few minutes in silence, and then as calmly and as leisurely as if no ene- mies were near they disappeared over the top of the hill.
A halt of the white men instantly was made and several of the officers at once entered into consultation.
After a few minutes had elapsed Colonel Todd summoned Daniel Boone and in-
quired his opinion as to what was best to be done.
The great Scout, speaking in the deep, quiet tones he usually used and leaning upon his rifle as he spoke, said : " My opin- ion is that our situation is critical and dif- ficult. The force before us without ques- tion is ready for battle and outnumbers us very largely."
"Why do you think that?" inquired Colonel Todd.
" Because of the easy and slow retreat of the Indians who just went over the crest of yonder hill. I am quite familiar with all this region, and I am fearful they are trying to draw us on. About a mile ahead of us there are two ravines, one on each side of the ridge. They run in such a manner that the Indians can hide there and at the same time attack us both in front and on our flanks almost before we should know they were there. My ad- vice," continued Boone quietly, " is to do one of two things. The first is to wait for the coming of General i^ogan. If it is decided to attack the Indians, then my ad- vice is that half of our force ought to go up the river and cross the rapids and fall upon the Indians from that side at the same time the other attacks them in front"
Every man in the little assembly was listening with deep attention to the words of the great Scout.
When he ceased, for Boone was a man of silence unless his advice was sought, there were some who urged the adoption of his recommendation to wait for the
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coming of General Logan and his men. There were others, however, who were strongly in favor of advancing at once.
In the midst of the discussion Major McGary, one of the young officers, who was unable to endure the thought of being near an enemy and not fighting, let out a wild whoop. At the same moment he waved his hand over his head, spurred his horse into the river and shouted in his loudest tone, " Let all who are not cowards follow me ! "
Instantly the mounted men dashed into the river, everyone apparently striving to be the first to gain the opposite shore. The men on foot also rushed into the stream. No order Had been given and no order now was desired. Through the deep river horses and men staggered forward, with McGary still leading the way.
When they gained the opposite shore no scouts were sent in advance and none acted on the flanks. The contagious exam- ple of Major McGary s:mply acted like magic and men and horses went forward as if everyone was doing his utmost to out- strip his neighbor.
Along with the others went Daniel Boone, his two boys and Peleg. The ex- pression on Boone's face had not changed since his quiet advice had been disre- garded. But he was not one to draw back when his friends were rushing into action.
Suddenly the men in front halted. They had arrived at the place mentioned by the Scout, where the two ravines met. As the men drew near, a small body of the In- dians appeared for a moment and fired at the approaching settlers.
Instantly McGary and the men with him returned the fire. As the reports of the guns were heard the men in the rear in- stantly rushed forward to assist their friends. But before they were able to gain the ridge they were stopped by a terrible fire from the ravine which was on their flank. They stood almost as if they had been shut in by the jaws of some enormous savage beast. They were without protec- tion and a terrible fire was being poured into them from front and side. Their enemies still were hidden from their sight.
Gradually the Indians pushed out from the ravine as the fire became fiercer. They were striving to extend their lines and turn the right of the Kentuckians so that their retreat would be cut off.
As soon as this was made clear the men in the rear attempted to fall <lack and then by breaking through the attacking party- find their only way of escape to the river.
Their actions, in part misunderstood by their companions, almost created a panic and a flight. From the ravine to the river the sight was indescribable.
Many of the mounted men escaped, but those who were fighting on foot were in deadly peril. And Daniel Boone, in the thick of the fight, saw his boy, Israel, fall lifeless before the guns of the Indians. Even the death of his boy, however, did not prevent the great Scout from becom- ing aware that he himself was almost en- tirely surrounded bv the frantic, howling, whooping mob of warriors.
It was in such crises that the great Scout displayed best the qualities which had made him a marked man among the pioneers. Whatever occurred, it was sel- dom that Daniel Boone was found unpre- pared. Quickly controlling his feelings, he turned to the men who were near him and said quietly, " Come with me ! "
The men obediently followed the Scout. who, instead of running toward the ford as most of the fugitives were doing, dashed into the ravine where many' of the
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Indians previously had been concealed. Apparently now they had left to join in the wild pursuit of the demoralized set- tlers.
Boone and his comrades were not to escape, however, without attracting the at- tention of some of the howling Indians. A half dozen or more discovered the fleeing settlers, and with wild whoops instantly started in swift pursuit.
It was here, however, that Boone's knowledge of the region, as well as his- coolness, came to his aid. Leading the way to a place in the ravine where there was a narrow passage between the rocks, he ordered his companions to precede him, while he himself coolly raised his rifle and fired at the approaching Indians.
The entire band instantly halted, for their own rifles were not loaded at the-
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time and they were depending upon a similar condition among the whites.
As soon as the band halted, Boone waited a moment to assure himself that his companions were safe, and then run- ning swiftly he rejoined them.
" We shall now be able to make our way to Bryant's Station," said Boone. " There will be no Indians to inter- fere with us from this time on."
His words proved to be correct, and by the middle of the afternoon the half dozen men with the great Scout arrived safely at the fort.
Throughout the remainder of the day many of the men who had so confidently gone forth in the morning came straggling back.
Peleg, who had been among those who rushed to the ford, returned to Bryant's Station when it was nearly dusk. He had secured the aid of two men and the three were assisting young Daniel Boone, who also had been shot in the fight at the Licks.
It was soon discovered that Boone's younger son was not seriously wounded. When the welcome information was re- ceived by Boone the face of the great Scout was still unchanged in its expres- sion, though the deathly pallor that for a moment had spread over it when he had been informed of what had befallen this boy disappeared.
' "Tis a wonder," said Peleg, " that any of us are left alive to tell the story. Some of us ran up the stream and swam across. The men who could not swim were shot down or were made prisoners without being able to do anything to defend them- selves."
Such of the bodies as had been recov- ered were now being brought to the fort, and the fact that many of the men of Bryant's Station had been made prisoners by the attacking Indians increased the feeling of gloom that settled upon the Sta- tion. Among the men who had fallen was Colonel Todd, who had sought the adv:ce of the great Scout and then did not fol- low it.
Long before nightfall Colonel Logan and his men arrived at Bryant's Station. In his force were no less than four hun- dred and fifty men, and he rapidly led his force over the way by which the defend- ers of the fort had gone in their untimely pursuit of their wily foe.
With Colonel Logan, Daniel Boone and Peleg, as well as many others of the de- fenders, were advancing. The great Scout showed plainly the suffering through which he was passing. Two of his boys had been shot by the relentless Shawnees and his third son had received a severe wound. He had seldom spoken since the men had departed from the Station, but Peleg was confident that he understood the purpose which was urging the gentle- hearted hunter forward.
The second day the advancing soldiers came near to the place where the fight had ocurred. When the band approached the bank of the river they discovered many of the bodies still floating near the shore. They were the unfortunate victims that had been shot by the Indians after they had rushed into the stream.
Silently the men crossed the ford and advanced toward the rav ne. Here at the scene of the recent fight the sight was even more heartbreaking. The bodies of the fallen men could not be distinguished one from another. All traces of the once familiar features already had disappeared.
Daniel Boone, apparently unaware of the presence of his comrades, quietly had been searching among the bodies for that
of his missing boy. Even the men who " Children and savages. Neither class were most eager in their search for their has learned to control itself. A strong friends stopped_a moment as they watched man shows his strength, at least in my the man in his agonizing and fruitless humble judgment," Boone added mod- quest, estly, "by being able to refrain from speak-
The great Scout soon turned to Colonel ing useless words and by not whining over Logan and said, '"Tis no use, Colonel; we his troubles."
must give the poor fellows decent burial "Is it your best judgment that the best here and at once." thing for us to do is to return to Bryant's
Noiselessly the men carried out the Staton?" asked Colonel Logan, bidding which their leader speedily gave. Silently the settlers dug trenches where- ever the soil permitted.
When this task was accomplished the bodies of their dead and mutilated friends were buried.
There were many faces in the band down which the tears were rolling while 'his tatk was being accomplished. The manner of the great Scout, however, ap-
"It is."
" Then I shall see to it that the order is given."
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CHAPTER XX. To THE MEETING PLACE. HE judgment of Daniel Boone was accepted by all the men in the band. Indeed, there were many now who were blaming others
parently was unchanged. Only the deep- as well as themselves for not hav- ening of the lines in his face and his un- ing listened to the word of the wise old usual pallor gave any indications of the Scout before they had entered into the suffering through which he was passing, unequal struggle with the Indians at Blue His manner still was as silent and as self- Licks.
controlled as in the days when only the Swiftly and seriously the men retraced joyous things of life had been his portion, their way to Bryant's Station, where they
When the gruesome task at last was were dismissed by Colonel Logan with accomplished it was Daniel Boone him- the understanding that they would respond self who said to Colonel Logan in reply if he should call for their help in the near to the latter's inquiries, " It is useless now future. In a brief time the Boonesbor- to follow the Shawnees. They are far ough men were back in their settlement, beyond our reach. They have lost no time, To all it now was evident that Daniel you may be sure." Boone held a place in the affection and
" How many captives do you think they respect of the settlers such as he never have taken with them ? " before had won. His deep sorrow, the
" Not many," said Boone quietly. distressing tragedies which had brought
" I am told," suggested the Colonel, the loss of two promising sons, the will- " that they will put every prisoner to death, ingness to do all in his power to aid his or so many of them as may be required to friends — all these qualities were in addi- make good any loss they themselves have . tion to the value of his judgment, which had." now was more highly esteemed than ever
The great Scout shook his head as he by the people of the region. The simple replied quietly, " The Indians have not manner of the great Scout, his skill as a lost as many as we." hunter, his knowledge of the Indians, and
" Why do you say that? " his quiet but enduring friendship were
" Because the advantage was all with more fully appreciated with every passing them. They greatly outnumbered us and day.
in a good part of the fight they were shel- A few days after the return of Boone tered by the rocks, while our men were and his companions the Scout said to
fighting" in the open. It was the bloodiest fight I was ever in."
" And to you one of the s a d d e s t," suggested the colonel.
Boone nodded his head and did not speak.
" I cannot understand," continued the colonel, " why it is that you take your own troubles so quietly. You cer- tainly have suffered more •than most men on the border, and yet I fancy the man has yet to be born who has heard you complain."
" And why should I com- plain ? " inquired Boone, smiling as he looked into the face of his friend. " It does not make my own griefs less to try to have another share them. That is something no one can do. Every heart must bear its own burden. If anyone thinks that his troubles are less than those
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Peleg, " I have just received a message from Colonel George Rogers Clark from the Falls of the Ohio. He sends me word that he plans to raise a force of one thou- sand men to go against the Indian towns."
"Where do we meet?" asked Peleg.
" At the Falls of the Ohio. I have seen Colonel Logan and he is to assemble his men and march in a body to the meeting place. I have ar- ranged with Colonel Logan for you and six other men to go as a band of scouts to the north of the route we are to take, and at the same time have several bands move_ to the south. I do not believe there will be any danger be- fore we arrive at the meeting place, but it is well to provide for what may happen before it comes to pass. At least that has always been my plan.
that come to his friends he is mistaken. My I do not think I ever had a fight with an
experience teaches me that almost everyone Indian that I did not try to think what he
has about all he can bear. There are only would do, or what I would do if I were in
two classes of people, at least as far as I his place, before the real contest began."
have observed, and I am well aware how The following morning Peleg, as the
Ittle I know in this particular, but as I leader of his little band of scouts, at
said, there are only two classes of people once departed from the place of assembly.
that cry and laugh" too easily." The advance to the Falls of the Ohio
"Who are they?" (Continued on page 24.)
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Pancake Jim
By ROGER FISON
Author ot " Joe's Christmas Eve at Whistling Bend."
JAMES NORTON walked slowly out of the dingy railroad station at Overland, and started across the snow-covered prairie path leading to his home. There was a troubled expression on his boyish coun- tenance this morning, and though New Year's was but a few days off, none of its pervading spirit of good cheer seemed for him. What had at first appeared to be a piece of good fortune had terminated in a. moat unfortunate circumstance.
The North Pacific railroad agent at Overland had wanted mrec weeks' vaca- tion, and James, having qualified for relief work, was placed on nights as telegrapher and ticket clerk, while George Havens, the regular night man, was transferred to the day shift as agent. In order that the boy might accept this temporary employ- ment he was released from high school one week before holiday vaca- tion.
On the night of Decem- ber 10, when James began his first duty at the Over- land depot, but one ele- ment of inharmony ex- isted. Havens was ex- ceedingly prejudiced against beginners. He dis- I liked seeing this seven- y
teen-year-old boy receive salary at the rate of $60 per month, which was the same figure paid Havens for night work, notwith- standing that Havens had railroaded for twenty years.
" Well, you just wait," the old-timer had pre- dicted to a trainman. " Some night that kid will make a mistake. See how long his job lasts then!"
In -pile of this ill-feel- ing, however, James per- formed cheerfully and to the best of his ability all tasks assigned to him, which, besides telegraph- ing and ticket-selling, con- sisted of handling bag- gage, and delivering to the express messengers
on passenger trains money packages and various express parcels.
Things ran smoothly enough until De- cember 18. When the St. Paul flyer ar- rived at Overland at nine o'clock that night, James emerged from the telegraph office carrying two heavy mail sacks and a small express receipt book containing a sealed money envelope of five $20 gold pieces. When just outside the door he thoughtlessly laid these things on the platform and rushed back to the telegraph key to answer a call from the despatcher. Returning to the mail sacks a moment later, he found everything intact save the envelope contain- ing the $100. Search as he might, that could not be found.
Havens, on being ap- prised of the loss, prompt- ly reported it to division headquarters, and begged that Norton be replaced at once by an older and more experienced man. No extra man being available, Havens himself was returned to the night shift, and McKenna, the regular agent, canceled his vacation and resumed duty on the following day. This morning marked James Norton's fifth visit to the railroad station since his dismissal. He had hoped by now to re- ceive encouraging news regarding the lost money, but was disappointed. The $100 could not be found. Only by earning money during spare hours had James Norton found it possible to attend school. With this lost $100 to re- pay, his schooling must cease. Worse yet, his pros- pect for a future railroad career appeared to be ruined.
" To think." he ex- claimed bitterly, when half way across the prairie, " of a little carelessness losing a fellow - "
He did not finish. The stooped figure of a crip- pled old soldier hobbled
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into view — a figure so feeble and so forlorn- looking that for the moment James entirely forgot his own trouble. A friend, Uncle Joe Storey, was approaching.
For two weeks Uncle Joe's wife had lain seriously ill, and the long nights of nursing and watching at her bedside had finally ren- dered the aged veteran unfit for duty at his lunch cart— a little business he con- ducted near the depot, and one that had, until this misfortune, furnished a modest living for the elderly couple. To make niducrs wurac, the man placed in charge ui the establishment had closed it up, then dis- appeared. The lease for the cart had almost expired, and if not soon renewed would be taken up by another, thus depriving Uncle Joe of his only means of earning a liveli- hood.
" Good morning, Uncle Joe," was the boy's kindly greeting. " How's Aunt Jane this morning? "
" Pretty bad, Jimmy boy, pretty bad ! No Happy New Year for me, I guess, and I'm afraid I've lost my trade at the cart Oh, it's a shame to let that place stand idle. If there was only some man on whom I could de- pend— some one who would show interest in the business. Can't depend on help, though." There was a strange touch of pathos in the quivering recital which deeply moved the youthful listener, ^he old soldier, sur- mising the boy's own trouble, but deeming it not wise to comment on it, bade him good-bye and started on.
James himself had gone but a few yards when he stopped. How about the time he had gone camping in the Green Mountains back East? How about those compliments paid his cooking by some boy comrades? Could he do it? He turned quickly about and rushed after the retreating figure of the old soldier.
" Unc-le J-o-e ! " he shouted, the first hopeful note in his voice that morning, "oh, Uncle Joe ! "
The old war veteran looked back, and ob- serving the tall, dark-haired figure rushing toward him, stopped.
" Jimmy," he said, when the boy had reached him, " I knew you wanted to tell me about that lost money; saw it on your face all the time. Of course, you didn't
mean to be careless. I '
" But that's not what I was going to say," interrupted the boy, somewhat downcast " I want to know — do you think / could run your lunch cart?"
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So astonished was the old soldier that, without a word, he placed his hand in his right pocket, withdrew a small bunch of keys and handed them to the boy.
" Jimmy," he said, " there's no one in Overland I'd rather have. Can you do short-order cooking?"
" Well, if you'll give me a chance Uncle Joe, I'll - "
" You'll try," prompted the old man ten- derly. " Why, of course, you will. No one «n Overland tries harder to make a man of himself than you do. I was afraid I was going to lose that little business. Now, maybe— well, go ahead and try, my boy! 11 rest easier knowing it's in honest hands. Get what provisions you need at Greene's grocery and meatshop. Charge them to me I arrange that. Do your best, Jimmy. 1 11 go back to Jane now. Good-bye."
The fact that no arrangements had been made with regard to the pay he should re- ceive did not worry James. He was fairly overwhelmed with joy at having found work, and glad, too, of the opportunity of serving Uncle Joe Storey.
The hopeful boy lost no time in reaching the little lunch cart. It stood 300 feet west of the depot and seated ten customers. It •had in former days, served as a street car As James unlocked and opened its door an •unpleasant sight greeted his vision. Dirty •cooking utensils and numerous empty bot- tles rested on the shelves and counter- the floor was littered with paper and crumbs— for all of which the last employe was re- sponsible.
James removed his coat, heated two pails of water on the small gasoline stove, and finding an abundance of soap and cleaning powder, washed up every dish and utensil
ft •' jAt noon he set to work clean- ing the windows and scrubbing the seats,
the tol' SheKimla"d fl°°™g. By evening the little car looked quite respectable
Mrs. Norton was not only surprised but greatly overjoyed at the change in her boy's manner when, on returning home at eight
£v£Ck ^1* "ight he rushed into the
"A?" u greeted her affectionately ^ Mother, ' he exclaimed enthusiastically you can t guess ! I'm to run Uncle Joe Storey s lunch cart. Been working there all Z\*r ,OWl mother. what shall I serve?"
Well, responded Mrs. Norton, her eyes dimming with glad tears, "my hens are laying now, and you may have fresh eggs from here. They will cost you nothing" " I »'u Protested James promptly,
you shall have the regular market price I hat egg money is part of your income "
Before midnight Mrs. Norton had pre- pared home-made bread, pies and doughnuts tor the next day's trade
the KfffC!°Ck thC fo'loTn£ morning found the httle car open for business with a bill of fare posted as follows :
EGG SANDWICHES DOUGHNUTS
FRIED EGGS APPLE pl£
HAMBURG MILK
The attendant in charge was hopeful, but when noon arrived not a single customer had entered the place. Former patrons who had been driven awav by the last employe's unclean _ ways were not yet aware of the -change in management. Up to closing time that night James had sold but one cup of •coffee, a sandwich and a piece of pie. Be- fore going home he overheard some noisy •talk between a pumpman and a brakeman.
I can see that kid runnin' a lunch car " ™e pumpman had declared sarcastically
Why, he needs a guardian to hold his money for him, eh Bill? Well, he won't Bast very long."
The boy suddenly grew hopeless. Evi-
dently no one considered him responsible ! Supposing he did not succeed!
Mrs. Norton saw the troubled look on her boy's face as he dejectedly entered the cottage that night; saw, too, the red, chap- ped hands that had toiled so faithfully in an endeavor to make the car a fit place for the most fastidious customer. Intuitively she felt it would be unwise to question James. His careworn expression told only too plainly the story of that first day's failure.
" Mother," he confided presently, in a voice broken with emotion, " I took in— but fifteen cents to-day."
" Have courage," she responded after a moment's silence. " Perhaps to-morrow has something better in store for you. It takes time and patience to re-establish a business reputation once it has been lost."
When James Norton started for the cart early the following morning he had decided on a change in his menu. The crisp, cold weather seemed to invite it A year before this his widowed mother had disposed of her httle farm in Vermont and, with James had migrated to Overland, a thriving town in the fruit-growing belt of Idaho where she purchased a house and five acres of ground. There still remained some of the maP1e syrup brought from their old home and this morning James carried two gal- lons of it to the cart.
On arriving there he began the still novel work of opening up the cart." That meant scrubbing and scouring of counter, stove coffee urn, and floor— and the boy did it thoroughly.
When everything was spic and span James immediately prepared a strange mixture consisting of flour, cornmeal, eggs, salt, baking powder and sweet milk, then added to it a handful of a certain flaky cereal. He next took up a small blackboard and a bit of chalk. , Having learned from Agent McKenna how to execute that style of hand- writing known to telegraphers as
"LET'S TRY SOME OF THOSE WON- DERFUL CAKES "
" operator's fist," he presently placed on the outside of the cart the following notice:
/3e/iv<v
a
In spite of this earnest invitation, the forepart of the day yielded no encouraging results. The receipts at 3 p. m. amounted to only fifty cents. At that hour the white- aproned boy gazed hopelessly out of the little window, first at happy holiday crowds passing by, then at the new depot being erected across the tracks. But for his re- cent carelessness he might have at some future day been a regular employe at that depot. When he thought of the splendid telegraphic equipment he would have en- joyed in the new building, the crude prac- tice telegraph set he had installed in the lunch car lost all its charm. Perhaps, after all, he would never have another oppor- tunity to work at railroad telegraphy!
It was in the midst of this dep'ressing period that a jolly-looking traveling man approached the new lunch sign, gazed curi- ously at it for a moment, started on, then for some unknown reason retraced his steps and entered the car.
" Well," he exclaimed cheerfully, " are you the boss now? "
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James smiled in the affirmative, but the smile quickly vanished when the customer called for " a Spanish omelet."
" I don't believe I ever — heard of that," stammered the boy. " I'm not a regular cook. I can fry, poach or boil you some eggs. I'll know how to make that omelet the next time."
" Well," he responded kindly, " let's try some of those wonderful cakes that you have advertised in that very plain hand- writing. In fact it was the handwriting that attracted my attention. Looks like an operator's fist. I'm an old telegrapher myself."
In a moment James placed before the traveler a plate containing four deliciously browned pancakes — fluffy pancakes with crisp, crackling edges. These the stranger flooded with golden syrup, all the while questioning the boy regarding his knowl- edge of telegraphy, finally learning of his unfortunate experience at the depot, and of how he had happened to take charge of the cart.
" Well, James — Pancake Jim, I've half a mind to say, for these are the best pancakes I've eaten since I left Boston — keep this up, and you'll make a reputation. You're bound to make good. Take that from an old traveler. Hope I'll see you again."
As the kind-hearted stranger departed there was a feeling in the boy's throat which he found difficult to swallow, for these were the first kind words he had re- ceived from a customer since he had taken charge of the cart.
A moment later a coal-begrimed fireman entered the car.
" Whatcher got to chew, Buddy?" he asked. " Wouldn't have come in, but a traveling man told me to try. Let's have some of your pancakes. Hustle; we leave in twenty minutes."
It seemed that this good fortune was to
THEY CALLED HIM SUNNY JIM.
continue, for now came an engineer and two brakemen, and during the next ten minutes pancakes, maple syrup and coffee was fairly flying across the little counter.
" Fellows," declared Engineer Jones as he started with his three companions toward the train, " that lad's no slouch on pancakes and good coffee. Real cream in the coffee, too. What do you know about that? That's a new one for a railroad eating place."
That afternoon proved to be the turning point in affairs at the cart. The success that quickly followed so surpassed his ex- pectations that, when Saturday arrived, James had written John Tyler, superintend- ent of the Columbia division, telling of his new-found employment and of the proba- bility of his soon being able to make good at least part of the missing hundred dol-
lars. The veteran official was favorably im- pressed with the boy's frank expressions, placed the letter in a special file, and made several entries in a small notebook.
The pancakes and coffee served by James Norton were winning praise from all who partook of them. Traveling men and even certain employes at the Overland lumber yard foresook a large restaurant uptown and patronized the cart. Conductor Lahey said there was nothing like it on the Colum- bia division.
" Why," he- remarked one day, " that lad is actually drawing trade from the hotel. Do you wonder? Who wouldn't enjoy those delicious pancakes and that golden coffee he dishes out? Jim Norton has won my trade."
All of the boy's patrons now spoke of him as "Jim."
One wag of a brakeman went even fur- ther, for when the boy arrived at the cart on the morning of the day before Christ- mas he was surprised to see fastened to it a well-made and beautifully lettered sign on which were these words :
PANCAKE JIM -THE BEST EATING HOUSE ON THE ROAD
Thereafter his name was " Pancake " Jim.
The boy labored hard at the little cart from early morning until late at night. He kept the place very clean, served only the best of food, was prompt and willing, and so cheerful that patrons suggested changing the name to " Sunny Jim."
A few days preceding New Year's a rail- road official's private car was switched into a sidetrack in the Overland yards. That same night James was a trifle surprised to see a distinguished-looking gentleman step (Continued mi facie 29.)
Money! Money! Money! Money!
Some Staggering Facts About Uncle Sam's Great Wealth
HE MYSTERIOUS power of money is known to us all. What boy does not remember the time when he begged his mother or father for a penny or a nickel to buy an " all- day-sucker " or a bag of marbles at the little store around the corner? He never gave much thought to the form of the money itself, yet he knew it was necessary to have it before he could satisfy the longings of his heart.
In times gone by when people wanted to buy anything, dried fish, silk, tobacco, furs, rice, wheat, olive oil, wampum and many other articles served the purpose of money, but today in this country metal and paper are used almost altogether.
The paper used in the manufacture of United States currency is made by a private concern under Government contract. The process employed in manufacturing it is a secret one. The money is printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and delivered to the Treasurer of the United States in the Treasury building every day in large wagons which are closely guarded. After it reaches the Treasurer's office it is placed in what is called the reserve vault,
By FRANK J, F. THIEL
Secretary to the Treasurer of the United States.
and thereafter when unfit or mutilated cur- rency is destroyed a like amount of new money is taken from the reserve vault and placed in the cash vault. From the latter vault the new money is finally shipped to Subtreasuries, banks and others, and thus placed in circulation.
The output of currency of all denomina- tions varies according to the country's needs, but at the present time the daily supply is 268,000 sheets of four notes each, or 1,072,000 notes. These notes cost the Government one and three-tenths of a cent apiece. There are eleven different denom- inations of United States paper currency issued at present, ranging from $1, trie lowest, to $10.000, the highest.
The money is put up in packages of 4,000 notes each, regardless of the denomina- tion ; so that while a package of 4,000 one dollar bills represents $4.000, a package of 4,000 $10,000 gold certificates is worth $40,- 000,000. I have held in mv arms at one time $100,000,000 in $5,000 and $10,000 bills. WHAT BECOMES OF WoRN-OuT " BILLS."
When old and worn United States paper currency is received at the Treasury for redemption it is turned over to the Re- demption Division of the Treasurer's office. Here experts examine the notes to deter- mine whether they are genuine or counter-
feit. If coun- terfeit they are so branded and destroyed. If genuine, they are strapped in packages to be canceled and destroyed b y maceration.
After com- plete destruc- tion the result- ing pulp is rolled out in sheets about one inch thick, put in bales and sold to private parties under annual contract, and by them is manufactured into paper stock, souvenirs of Wash- ington, etc. During the last ^ year we received for redemption mutilated paper money having a value of $975,416,- 516.00. PEOPLE WHO USE THEIR STOVES AS SAFES
There is an interesting fact developed every fall when the Treasurer's office re- ceives fragments of burnt paper money which has been put in stoves for safekeep- ing during the warm weather and the hiding place forgotten until cold weather comes on, a fire is started and the awful
JANUARY, 1915.
BOYS' LIFE— The Boy Scouts' Magazine
THIS VAULT CONTAINS $10.5,000,000 IX SIL- VER— EACH BAG CONTAINS ABOUT $1,000 AND WEIGHS ABOUT 59 POUNDS.
discovery made only after partial damage has been done.
We receive on an average two thousand such cases every year, and the result is that packages come to us first from the colder sections of the country and then by degrees from more southern points, until we are able every year to pretty accurately trace the frost line from Canada to the Gulf. If there remain fragments sufficient for proper identification, the full redemp- tion value may be had under reasonable regulations. For money totally destroyed, however, the Government can afford the owner no relief.
ONE TRANSACTION $1,426,422,051.48%.
All the moneys of the Government are placed by Congress in the hands of the Treasurer of the United States, whose re- sponsibilities are therefore very great in- deed. When the present Treasurer took office he gave his predecessor a receipt for all moneys and securities turned over to him. This receipt called for $1,426,422,- 051.48":!, which is said to be the largest single financial transaction in the world's history.
THE TWO-THIRDS OF A CENT.
The two-thirds of a cent has caused a great many people to remark that Uncle Sam must have bookkeeping down to a fine point of accuracy. A short time ago a man in Canada wrote the Treasurer a letter saying he had noticed that the Treasurer •was carrying among his assets two-thirds of a cent, and he took pleasure in inform- ing him that he had the other third!
As a matter of fact, this fraction of a cent is brought about by a bond of the State of Tennessee for $1,666.66%. It is one of a lot of $335.000 of other bonds of the same State, which years ago belonged to the Indian Trust Fund, but now are the property of the United States Govern- ment.
All moneys in the Subtreasuries and all coin and bullion in the mints and assay offices are charged to the Treasurer. There are nine Subtreasuries, located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco. There are three mints, at Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco, and nine assay offices, dis- tributed between New York and Seattle. li'O CARLOATIS OF GOLD.
The total amount of money in this coun- try on December 1. 1914, was $4,031.4*1.- 945. The money in circulation averaged $36.40 for every man, woman and child.
VIEW OF INTERIOR OF CASH VAULT, THROUGH WHICH $3,000,000 I'\ EVERY DAY.
estimating the continental population of the United States on December 1 at 99,733,- 000. The total amount of our gold was $1,817,121,700 — about three times as much as Great Britain has. It would require 120 cars of 60,000 pounds capacity each to carry this gold.
Our silver dollars amounted to $565,904,- 478, which if placed on top of each other would make a pile 835 miles in height; if placed edge to edge would make a string 13,500 miles in length ; and which would require 555 freight cars of 60,000 pounds capacity to carry them.
BILLIONS HANDLED WITHOUT LOSING A CENT!
In concluding this brief article I cannot refrain from presenting below in concrete form the great volume of cash transactions in the office of the Treasurer of the United States during the past three years :
1911 $6,382,303.750.59
1912 6,601,731,502.41
1913 7,071,520,498.25
Making a grand total of $20,055,555,751.25 It should be remembered that the above figures do not include checks, warrants, bonds, drafts, etc.. handled in the ordinary course of business. In the matter of checks alone there are handled in this office between 10,000,000 and 12,000,000 a year, representing approximately $800,000,000 ad- ditional. These checks have been issued by nearly 3,000 Government disbursing officers, who have some 5,000 separate accounts with the Treasurer.
It can truly be said that the United States Treasury is the greatest banking institution in the world, and when it is realized that this vast aggregation of wealth has been handled without the loss of a cent to the Government, the spirit of zeal, industry and fidelity on the part of
WHEN MONEY IS UNFIT FOR FURTHER CIRCU- LATION IT IS CUT UP BY THIS MAC1HNK. ABOUT $3,000.000 A DAY IS DESTROYED. THE " PIECES " ARE CONVERTED INTO PULP, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT SELLS FOR ABOUT $20 A TON.
the employes is considered worthy of men- tion in connection with the performance of their responsible duties.
Prizes For Big Tree Pictures
A CHANCE for Boy Scout foresters, photographers, and " hikers " in gen- eral, is presented by the offer of the American Genetic Association, with head- quarters in Washington, D. C., of $100 apiece for two photographs. One of the prizes is for the photograph of the largest tree which bears nuts, such as the walnut, chestnut, hickory or pecan, and the other is for the largest broad-leaf tree which does not bear edible fruit, such as elm, poplar, ash, cottonwood, maple or birch.
The purpose of the contest is to secure pictures and information which will tell the association where the largest trees may be found, so that seeds or cuttings may be secured for propagation in experiments bearing on the influence of heredity in tree growth.
Here is a chance for live boys with cameras, who know of particularly large broad-leaf trees in their localities. There is no need to be discouraged by a fear lest the Scouts in California will carry off the prize with their giant redwoods and sequoias, because the association does not want pictures of the conifers, since they know already that the California big trees have no rivals amorfg the evergreens, or needle-leaf kinds.
The pictures must be clear, and all meas- urements authentic ; these should include the diameter at five feet from the ground, and the height. There is not only a chance for rivalry among the Scouts, but an op- portunity to put forward the tree-growing claims of the various sections of the coun- try. Foresters who have discussed the con- test say there is a chance for the tulip poplar of the Southern Appalachians, the oaks of the Middle Atlantic States, the cot- tonwoods of Kansas, the hickories -of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, the walnuts of Indiana, and even for some phenome- nallv large sassafras trees in Georgia.
Pictures should be sent to the American Genetic Association, 511 Eleventh street, Washington, D. C.. which may be written for fuller information. The contest cl" on July 1, 1915, and pictures of trees in leaf "i- bare of foliage will be accepted.
BOYS' LIFE— The Boy Scouts' Magazine
January, 1915
The New Year's Duffel Bag
•DonT Fight Your Pack!" Mr. Beard Tells What "Fighting Your Pack" Means and Why
You Should Avoid It
By DANIEL CARTER BEARD
National Scout Commissioner, Boy Scouts of America
FELLOW SCOUTS ! New Year's Day, you all know, is the time to swear off all your bad habits. Often it seems to make little difference on January the sec- ond what was sworn off on January the first. The swear- ing off business on New Year's Day is observed by most boys in the same spirit as is the fooling of people on the first of April, or the dressing up like ragamuffins on Thanksgiving Day or the giving of gifts on Christmas Day or the hanging out of the flags on the Fourth of July, but I want you Scouts to be mighty careful what you swear off, because I shall expect you to live up to your promise for the rest of the year and not forget it the next day, that is, because you are Scouts. If your load of resolutions is heavy, do not fight the pack. Do you know what " fighting your pack " means? I will go into the subject and explain.
In all new countries, when •we carry a load we say we are " packing." We have pack horses and we carry packs on our own backs. This is so universal that the wrd "carry" is almost for- gotten in the wilderness ; there a man will ask you if you won't " pack that letter " to the settlements for him, and a pioneer woman will ask
MR. BEARD IN THE WINTER WOODS
load; if the mind is strong, you will stagger along under a very heavy load.
Just now your National Scout Commissioner is carry- ing a heavy pack. He must get out this Duffel Bag for you fellows each month, and also one or two stories for the New York Sunday Press every week, besides which he is trying to finish up a couple of books. But this he looks upon as a " portage pack," for when the two books are fin- ished he can get into his canoe again and will have nothing to do but paddle along with his Duffel Bag and weekly contributions to the New York Press, which, by the way, is also publishing a page of funny Scout comics, intended to help lighten the pack which we are all carry- ing.
Now that you know what a pack is, and what " fighting a pack " means, remember that if your studies at school are hard, that's your pack. If the work you are doing is hard, difficult or tiresome, that is your pack. If your boss is cross and exacting, that is your pack. If your parents are worried and forget them- selves in their worry and speak sharply to you, that is your pack. Don't fight your pack, remember that you are a Scout, straighten your shoulders, put on your Scout
" fight the pack " meant to perish, so when the pack wearied him and the straps rub- bed the skin off his body he forced him- self to think of one of the good dinners he had at the Camp Fire Club of America, of all the jolly stories that the toastmaster told, or of the fun he had at some other entertainment, and all this time he was trudging along and forgetting the pack on his back. In this way he learned how not to "fight the pack," but to FORGET IT. He braced himself up, looked at the snow- capped mountain range ahead, hummed a lit'le tune and " mushed " on over the frozen snow at a Scout's pace.
The whole North country is sprinkled with the bones of the men who fought their packs. Our whole country is sprinkled with men we call " misfits " and failures, but who are really men who have fought their packs. But every post of eminence in the United States is occupied by a man who forgot his pack; this country was built by men who forgot their packs. George Washington carried a portage pack in weight all through his life, but it was a proud burden and he stood straight under it. Good old Abe Lincoln had even a heavier pack to carry, but in spite of the weight of it he always had a pleasant Scout smile for everyone, and a merry story to send the visitor away smiling. If Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton had fought their packs we would never have heard of them I
According to the Indians' calendar, Jan- uary is the Moon of Difficulty; according to the Scout calendar, it is Pike's Moon ; and old Zebulon Pike, after whom Pike's Peak is named, carried his pack without complaint. (He was born on February 5, 1779.) This is also the Wild Goose or Cohonk season of the Pioneers and In- dians, and for us the l\ew Year. So brace up, boys ! Put on your Scouts' smile — I know you know how *o do it, because I have seen you. Whistle " Yankee Doodle," sing your Scout song and make us all glad — glad that we are alive, glad that we are connected with such a bully bunch of boys. A Happy New Year to you all ! and God bless you.
you if you won't " please pack a pail of smile and hit the trail like a man ! water up from the spring." Consequently, If you find that you are tempted to break when we say we are " fighting our pack " the Scout Law, that you are tempted at we mean we are fighting our load ; that times to forget the Scout Oath, that be- does not mean setting your load up against cause your playmates use language unfit a tree and punching it with your fists, but for a Scout and you are tempted to do the it means that you are complaining and same, if your playmates play craps and fretting because the load is heavy and the smoke cigarettes and laugh at you he- straps chafe your shoulders. cause you refuse to do so, so that you are There are two kinds of "packs," the tempted to join them, these temptations pack that you carry day after day on a form your pack; don't fight your pack, long hike, and the pack that you carry don't give in and fall down under your when on a canoe trip and you are com- load and whimper like a " sissy," but pelled to leave the water and carry your straighten up, look the world straight in canoe and duffel overland around some the eye, and hit the trail like a man I bad rapids or falls. Tl~e first named pack Some of us are carrying portage packs should be as light as possible, for on a which we can dump off our shoulders at long tramp every pound counts, because the end of the "carry," some of us are you know that you have to carry it as long carrying hiking packs which we must carry as you keep going and there is no relief through life and can never dump from our ahead except when you stop for your meals shoulders until we cross The Grand Port- or to camp at night. But the last named age from which no voyaguers ever return, pack, the " portage pack," the kind that you All our packs vary in weight, but none carry around bad pieces of water, may be of them are easy to carry if we fret and as heavy as you can with safety load upon fume and complain under the load. Bel- your back, because your mind is buoyed more Browne, a great friend of the Boy up by the fact that you know you will not Scouts, wilderness man, climber of Mt. have to carry that load very far, the work McKinley, explorer, hunter and naturalist, will end when you reach the water again, will bear to his grave the marks on his and, strange to say, fellow Scouts, the body made by the straps of the pack he mind has as much to do with carrying the carried over the frozen Northland. When load as the body. If the mind gives up. I asked Belmore how he carried the load you will fall helpless even under a small he replied that he soon found that to
Camp in the Snowy Mountains
Troop 1, Garneill, Mont., had an un- usually interesting outing the past summer in the Snowy Mountain range. The boys
MONTANA SCOUTS IN THE MOUNTAINS
made the trip on saddle horses, and the trail led them across dangerous trails and through almost impenetrable forest and jungle. After six hours of hard work the boys reached the crest of the range, from where they could see six different towns and eight different mountain ranges, in- cluding the lofty peaks in Yellowstone National Park, 125 miles away. Although it was mid-summer, the boys passed snow- banks fifteen feet deep.
January, 1915
BOYS' LIFE— The Boy Scouts' Magazine
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Save the Birds This Winter
TACKING SUET TO TREES FOR THEIR FEATHERED FRIENDS
Prize Winners in Our Story Title Contest
Here are the winners of the contest based on " the story without a title," by Mr. Joseph Ames, published in the Septem- ber and October BOYS' LIFE.
FIRST PRIZE, $-5.00 in Cash. TAD, MAN-MAKER
Winner, Msrdpn Q CrxMce, H»a'('<;bu''% CaL
SECOND PRIZE, $3.00 w Cash. THE DOMINATING SPIRIT. Winner, Waldersee Hendrey, Trinidad, Colo. THIRD PRIZE, $2.00 in Cash. THE GREATER VICTORY.
Winner, Orrin L. Mangum, Glens Falls,
N. Y.
HONORABLE MENTION, one year's subscription to BOYS' LIFE awarded to each.
TAD COSTA'S DOUBLE VICTORY — Wallace Muir, Mich. ; Lincoln W. Beale, Mass. ; Walter Metcalf, Iowa; Jack McKelvey, Ontario ; John P. Ryan, N. J. ; G. S. Grosse, Wis.; Alan N. McDougale, N.Y.; Ralph Snively, Ind.
TAD COSTA'S DOUBLE TRIUMPH — U. Archie Ridhy, Mass.
THE DOUBLE VICTORY — W. Harden Haight, N. Y.; Willis Ritter, Utah; Harold West, Ind.; Ralph B. Urmy, Jr., N. Jy. ; Charles Kincanon, Va. ; Isidore Simon, N. Y. ; Mey- ran A. Lotz, 111.; Arthur H. Pierstorf, N. Y. ; Myer Kornreich, Pa.
The total number of boys who entered the con- test was 1,255!. It was very pleasing to us who are BO careful to select for you stories that have action and thrill and yet are inspiring, to note that nearly all of the boys, instead of seeing Mr. Ames itory merely as a football tale, read even between the lines and caught its real significance. The task was no easy one for the judges, who were the Chief Scout Librarian, the Author of the story, and the Editor of BOYS' LIFE.
The first title " TAD, MAN-MAKER," not only ide- quately describes the purport of the story, bat names the chief character. The second and third titles are nearly as good except that in them the personality definitely named in the first title il omitted. In the titles that follow, recognition il given of the personality of Tad, as well as the idea of " a dominating spirit," but there was included also what was only an incidental touch — -Tad's vic- tory of kicking the goal. In "The Double Vic- tory " you have the same idea as just stated above, except that Tad's name is left out.
It will be noted that, though only ten "Honorary Mention" prizes were promised, eighteen were awarded.
Scouts Everywhere Are Interested in New Methods of Providing Food and Shelter for
Them in Snowtime
( ( QAVE the birds ! " This is the slogan jj of thousands of Boy Scouts who are planning this winter to feed and ^Teller their feathered friends.
The Boy Scouts have begun to realize that the birds of America are fighting a losing battle with hunters and nature, and they have decided to come to their aid.
Since the destruction of the forests and the breaking up of the land into farms has deprived the birds of their natural feeding grounds and shelter, winter has become an especially difficult season for them to sur- vive and thousands of birds, especially quail, have died.
But the Boy Scouts are coming to the rescue. Last winter hundreds of Scouts proved themselves " friends to animals " by providing food and shelter for the birds, and this winter the number of Scouts en- gaged in this service has increased to thou- sands. The boys have discovered that it requires even more skill and knowledge of wild life to protect it than it does to kill it; and they have discovered that it is more fun to save than to destroy.
Perhaps the best example of bird pro- tection is furnished by the Boy Scouts of Allcgher.jr Cetinry, Pennsylvania. Their work during the severe snow storms of last winter attracted wide attention.
A detailed account of the activities of these Scouts should serve as an inspiration to boys in other parts of the country. When the heavy snow storms came and it was realized that the birds were in danger, notice was sent from the office of Scout Executive Charles B. Horton, of Pittsburgh, to all the Scoutmasters in Al- legheny County, and the work was imme- diately organized.
In all of their efforts the boys were aided and encouraged by Mr. John M. Phillips, Scout Commissioner of the Alle- gheny- County Council, Boy Scouts of America, and Game Commissioner of the State of Pennsylvania.
The Scouts hung suet on the trees for insect-feeding birds, scattered seed in shel- tered places and hung small ears of corn on trees for seed eating birds, and built shelters and feeding stations for quail. These shelters were built by making thatched roofs and putting them i-n posi- tion where the snow would not be so heavy as to break them down and where the birds would come.
The suet was hung around the trees out of reach of cats and in such a way that it would not be blown down. The grain in the feeding stations was arranged so that it would not be disturbed by the squirrels and so that the quail could get it. A good many of the Scouts could not get around during the day, so they devoted their eve- nings to going out and following up the bird tracks and locating the birds. Wher- ever birds were found in numbers sufficient to justify it, feeding stations were estab- lished. Lanterns and flash-lights were used to follow the bird tracks. This is the only method many troops could use, be- cause the members worked all day. Some Scouts who worked all the week gave up Sunday afternoons to erecting shelters.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, SCOUTS BUILDING BRUSH SHELTERS FOR BIRDS
The school Boy Scouts spent some time each day taking corn and grain to these stations and made extended trips into the country on Saturdays.
The different birds the boys discovered were the downy and hairy woodpeckers, red-bird, wren, snow-sparrows, chickadee, snow junco, blue-jay, slate-colored junco, winter wren, Carolina wren, screech owl, brown creepy, red-tail hawk, etc.
One troop of Scouts located and fed seven covies of quail, and all over the county Scouts discovered quail and fed them. Many of the Scouts did not want the men to know where these quail were for fear they would kill them in the hunt- ing season.
Within the city limits of Pittsburgh the campaign of feeding the birds was carried out under the supervision of George W. Burke, superintendent of the city parks, and the Scouts worked in the various parks under his direction.
The Allegheny County Scouts have made even more elaborate preparations for their bird activities this season than they did last, as many of them spent a great amount of time during vacation building bird " lunch-counters," bird houses, shelters, etc.
Meanwhile the idea has spread to all parts of the country. At Davenport, Iowa, Scouts are prepared to care for the birds during the coming season. The Scouts were furnished with all materials for feeding and sheltering by Mr. E. S. Mar- renar, of that city, who is interested in bird protection. Scout Commissioner A. R. Forbush, of Worcester, Mass., is plan- ning extensive activity of this nature for the coming winter. Last season Worces- ter 'Scouts, co-operating with the S. P. C. A. and the Humane Society, distributed over two tons of food. The Worcester Scouts have also been making bird houses and feeding platforms during vacation.
These are only a few communities, se- lected at random, to show how generally the idea is being taken up. Bird protection is coming to be recognized as a regular feature of scout work in a great many sec- tions and is rapidly graining in favor.
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agazine. January, 1915
Active Scouts
A Group of Ohio Scouls Taking a Cooking Test in Winter. =
New Mexico They Have No Winter. This Picture, Received from C. C. Nicholson, Scoutmaster, Shows Troop I at Staff Drill.
Scouts on a Ski Hike in Norway. Photograph from Leif Under- dahl, Portland, Ore.
cinaling Stories in the Snow Being Read by a Patrol of Scouts at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Dan Beard Making Friends with a = Ten-foot Blacksnake. Photograph from Scoutmaster J. H. Moore, Pittsburgh, Pa.
With the Boy Scouts of America
Stories of Especial Interest to All, From Tenderfoot to Eagle Scout
(Other Scout News on Pages 20 and 21.)
SCOUTS OF SCHENECTADY, N. Y., AT CABIN
How to Become a Scout
I— IOW can I join the Scouts? Hundreds of boys ask this question every day.
If you want to become a Scout, the tirst thing for you to do is to find out whether or not there is a troop organized in your town or city. If there is, you should call on the Scoutmaster ot the troop and apply for admission. The Scoutmaster would then tell you just what you would have to do to become a member.
If you live in a large city where there is a Scout Commissioner or Scout Executive — and nearly every large city has one — it would be better for you to apply to him. He will tell you which troop it would be best for you to ioin — or oossiblv he will help you organize a troop ol your own.
But if there is no scout organization in your town your problem is entirely differ- ent, for you must have a troop organized. The first thing to do is to get a copy of the official " Handbook for Boys." You may be able to buy one at your local book- store, but if not you can get one from National Headquarters for 25 cents. Read this book carefully until you know just what a Scout is expected to do.
Next you must talk things over with your boy friends and get them interested too. When you have enough boys to form a patrol — that is at least eight boys — you are ready to organize.
Your next problem is to get a Scout- master. He must be a man whose good character will be vouched for by others. If you have not already found a man who is willing to take charge, you must find one, for you can not become Scouts until you have a man at the head of your troop. Try all your fathers and brothers and see if one of them will not consent to help you out. If none of them will do this, pick out some other man you know, and try to get him interested. Send his name to the Scout- masters' Department at National Head- quarters and ask them to write to him. In the meantime, go ahead with your work and show your man that you mean busi- ness. And don't quit! If you keep trying long enough you will finally get a Scout- master.
When you have your Scoutmaster then you are ready to join the Scouts. Your Scoutmaster will apply to headquarters for registration blanks, he will send in your fees, which are 25 cents a year for each Scout, and your names will be officially en- rolled with those of the tens of thousands of other boys who are members of the great organization. You will then receive an offi- cial certificate, and be entitled to wear the official badges and uniform and will be in position to begin your progress in this Scout game and advance from Tenderfoot up through the various degrees, possibly even
Distinguished Scouts
Report of the National Court of Honor
for November, 1914.
EAGLE SCOUTS.
To win the Silver Eagle these First Class Scouts have qualified for 21 Merit Badges. It is the highest honor given for winning Merit Badges.
Wilbur H. Collier, Baltimore, Md.
William Saunders, S. M., Bala, Pa.
D. Wantland, Denver, Col.
George Sheriff, Washington, D. C. STAR SCOUTS.
To win the Star Scout Badge these First Class Scouts have qualified for Merit Badges in first aid, athletics, life saving, personal health and public health and any five others in addition.
George Embree, Bridgeport, Conn. Oscar Clauder, Bridgeport, Conn, loul number of Merit Badges issued, 527.
becoming an Eagle Scout, and thus reach- ing the highest rank in the organization.
The important thing is to get a good Scoutmaster, so keep your eyes open for the right man to direct your troop.
Watch For This Boy
All Boy Scouts are asked to be on the lookout for Scout Robert Kirkpatrick, who left his home at 824 West 83rd street, New York City, on September 9, and has not been seen since. Scout Kirkpat- rick is a mem- ber of Troop 3. New York City, of which Syl- vester E. Me- ga r gee is Scout master. His description is as follows : Fourteen years old, five feet tall, has light complex ion, light hair, blue eyes and rather large front teeth. Robert's father asks that in case he should happen to read this notice, that he will write to his mother and let her know that he is well, as she is very much worried.
A Merit Badge Question
Being a First-Class Scout my chief de- sire has been to become the first Eagle Scout in this city. So far I have managed to pass satisfactorily nineteen Merit Badges and have entered upon Pioneering which I have completed with the exception of the first question, which requires a Scout to fell in a prescribed direction a 9-inch tree.
I am writing you with the purpose of finding out whether the felling of such a tree is not a direct violation of our Scout Law number six, also if it would not be just as sufficient to demonstrate what cut to take or write a statement on how to fell a tree. As far as I am informed there are approximately 500,000 Scouts in the United States. Can you imagine what a tfpr-«r- dous destruction of trees would result it each of these boys were possessed with a desire to fell one tree apiece? In all my years of service, this being the sixth, I have always been opposed to the wilful destruc- tion of trees. Kindly inform me what course to pursue.
Thanking you for giving this matter your prompt attention, I remain.
GEORGE SALAK, Racine, Wis.
For the benefit of other Scouts who may be puzzled with the same problem, it is announced that the Committee on Badges Awards have already had this matter un- der consideration and the test as now re- quired omits this item.
ROBERT KIRKPATRICK
His GOOD TURN.
BOY : " Miss Jones, you are very beauti- ful."
LADY : " Thank you, Bobbie."
BOY: "Oh. that's all right. Us Boy Scouts have to do one kind 'act every day." — Hans Ramthun. Michigan City, Ind.
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Extinguish Forest Fire
A forest fire in the mountains near Forty Fort, Pa., was discovered by the Boy Scouts, who immediately rounded up their membership and hurried to the scene of the blaze. Within forty minutes the fire had been extinguished.
The Forty Fort Scouts are always on the lookout for forest fires and they have a regular system which they follow in this emergency. The boy who discovers the fire notifies the Scoutmaster, and he in turn calls up the other members of the troop by telephone.
Detroit Scouts Receive First Aid Kits
The city of Detroit, Mich., in recogni- tion of the services of the Boy Scouts of that city rendered during the National En- campment of the Grand Army of the Re- public, held early in September, has pre- sented every troop in the city with a first- aid kit. The kits contain all the essen- tials for first-aid work and are of excel- lent quality and workmanship. On them is printed an acknowledgment of the services of the Scouts during the G. A. R. reunion.
January, 1915
BOYS' LIFE— The Boy Scouts' Magazine
Find Body Under Ice
After a prolonged search by several groups the Boy Scouts of Antigo, Wis., had the honor last winter of finding the body of a young man who had been lost while skating across a pond. The boys dis- covered the skate tracks very faintly marked and by noticing the length of the strokes saw that he was traveling very fast. They deduced that on account of his momentum he was unable to stop when he fell on thin ice and they estimated the spot at which he sank in ten feet of water. The man was dazed by striking his head on the ice and instead of turning toward the shore went parallel to it, breaking the ice. He finally realized the situation and walked or crawled under the ice toward shore until he was overcome as he reached the shallow water. There was no outward sign to show where the body was located but by reasoning out the course of events the Scouts found it in this unexpected place.
Where Boone "Cilled A Bar"
Garnet Sowder, nine years old, of John- son City, Tenn., has sent BOYS' LIFE a pic- ture of the Daniel Boone tree near John- son City. On this tree is carved the fol- lowing inscription:
D. Boon
On
CILLED A. Bar Tree
In The
year 1760
Boone was eighty-six years old when he died in 1820, and therefore he must have been twenty-six years old when the in- scription was made.
Evidently Daniel Boone made a hobby of carving his name on trees, for another
Daniel iSuuut ncc was found at Sailors- ville, Ky., by Rev. George Willis in 1890. This tree bore the inscription : D. Boone
1776
When the tract of land on which this tree stood was cleared in 1894, the section of the tree containing this inscription was | sawed out. and it is now preserved at the Lexington Public Library.
CORRECTION. — BOYS' LIFE is very glad to correct a mi«-statement which appeared in the September and October numbers of the maga/me. In the articles written by Scout Joseph E. Aiken, of Benton, 111., his rank was. given as Second-Class Scout. Scout Aiki-n is a First-Class Scout and he has earned four Merit Badges, one of which is aviation.
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This gives you a faint idea of the business of managing the Bell System.
Not all the 8,500,000 telephones are in use at once, but the manage- ment must have facilities always adequate to any demands for in- stant, direct communication.
In so vast an undertaking, every branch of the organization must work in harmony, guided by one policy. The entire plant must be managed in the light of accumu- lated experience, and with the most careful business judgment.
The aim of the Bell System is to make the telephone of the utmost usefulness. This requires an army of loyal men and women, inspired by a leadership having a high sense of its obligations to the public.
Animated by the spirit of service, and unhampered by red tape, the 150,000 Bell employes have the courage to do the right thing at the right time upon their own initiative. They work together intelligently as a business democracy to give the public good service.
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Our Lonesome Corner
Letters Exchanged, Through "Boys' Life," by Many Boys in Many States and Many Lands
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care of BOYS' LIFE. Mail this to us. If your letter is to a boy in North America or England, put on a two-cent stamp. If it is to go to any other country abroad, five cents.
OUR Lonesome Corner is growing by leaps and bounds and is becoming more interesting with each issue. Some important announcements are in store for you Lonesome Corner boys in the near future, so be on the lookout for them.
Written in English script which would do credit to an American high school senior, a letter which came recently from G. Misu, who lives in Tanabe, Kii, Japan, had especial interest. This letter, which was forwarded to a Scout in Buffalo, read in part as follows : " Dear my friend :
" I am a stranger to you at all. I am a student of the Tanabe Middle School, and now a boy of the fourth year. I heard about the Boy Scouts of America from my teacher, and it very interested me. So I am very wishing to correspond with any one of you. Will you kindly reply to me? Then I will send you some picture cards of Japan. I am very glad to hear from you about the Boy Scouts. As you see 1 cannot write English so well as an English boy.
"But I will tell you about my school. My school stands near the sea of Tanabe Bay. The sea is almost always calm. A long pine-grove stands by the sea. Steam- ers and sailors are going in and out.
" There are about 400 of boys in my school. We sometimes hold the matches of baseball, tennis and fencing. We hold once or twice the match of wresting and boat. We learn English seven hours in a week. We have taught English first from A, B, C. About four years ago we began to learn English, but now only a baby as to English.
" I will wait your letter or others. Please give my love to all your friends. If I could have letters of yours and your friends, I am only so glad to read them. " Yours truly,
"G. Misu."
Letters just as interesting, some of them accompanied by pictures, are passing be- tween boys of the United States and of many other lands every week. In the past month correspondence has been handled to or from England, Wales, Ireland, Scot- land, Holland, Japan, South Australia, British Guiana, Canada, Finland, Bolivia, Chile, Sweden, Greece and Turkey, as well as the Philippines, Hawaii and Alaska.
If you are not sending letters to the Lonesome Corner to be forwarded to boys in other countries, you are missing a dandy chance. It costs only the price of the post- age.
The following new boys have signified their desire to join "Our Lonesome Cor- ner" and each will be glad to receive letters : Louis Gilchrist, Iowa. Wm Youngblood, Tex. Robert Tryon. N. Y. Ferrel Williams, Ga.
Ray Kenneth Smathers, Harold C. Washburn,
N.J. Minn.
Lloyd Griffith. Tex. Harold Barcus, Del.
Emery Russell, Penn. Lowell Callyer, Ind. Eugene T. Seaward N.H. Tohn A. Tarrell, Ala. Wm. Field Herbert, N. J. Kenneth Keefer, N. Y.
Quite a number of boys, who have en- tered the rapidly increasing ranks of this department, have specified some particular subject in which they are especially inter- ested. They are : Ralph Lake, Iowa; 12-year old Scouts. Sidney Waltz, New York; cycle Scouts, tgbi r't H. Walker, Michigan; birds and bird pho- tography.
Frank A. Klemm, Indiana; stamps. Clarence F. Kramer, Indiana; taxidermy, wireless,
camping, Morse telegraphy, photography. William A. Mattice, New York; model aeroplanes. .Norman P. Marks, Connecticut; magic, lohn Sparrow, Jr., New York; photography, camp-
ing, cycling.
II. Lester Schug, Pennsylvania; stamps. Staller Edwards, Pennsylvania; photography, hikes,
foreign Scouts.
Park Snyder, Indiana; wireless. Donald Dickinson, Montana; correspond with boys
in Montana, and Massachusetts on stamps. Howard Kennedy, New Jersey; foreign Scouts. Claude Garn, Michigan; foreign Scouts. \\illiam J. Groetzinger, Pennsylvania; boys in U.
,s. possessions and foreign countries. Lycurgus Laskaris, Pennsylvania; woodcraft, for-
estry signalling. Franklin Casper, Wisconsin; P nglish and Canadian
>'<>uts; Alaskan Scouts; Scouts interested in
mineralogy and mining.
Berthel Logergren, Massachusetts; foreign Scouts. S. Chester Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania; boys in
Arizona, Wyoming, California on nature and
photography. Leon N. Seaf, Connecticut: exchange postage
stamps,
W. P. Woolen, Jr., North Carolina; electricity, as- sistant patrol leaders, stamps and Scoutcraft. Horace Arctander, Illinois; violins. Kenneth Jones, New York; stamps. Edwin S. Youmans, Wisconsin; flags of all na- tions, size 12x6 inches.
Correspondence with foreign boys has
seemed to be extremely fascinating, if we can judge from the number of letters to- boys in other countries which have been sent through " Our Lonesome Corner " during the month just past. A few more foreign boys, who would be delighted to have letters from boys in the United States, are given below :
Cliford D. Copeland, England; correspond with Scouts on out-door life; exchange weekly paper on out-of-doors; boys books.
Xorman A. Norcross, England.
Andrew Fabian, England.
Reggie Lopes, British Guiana; 16-year old Scout on stamps.
' i. Misu, Japan.
This list of boys have sent letters through this department of BOYS' LIFE, without be- ing actually on our records as " lonesome boys " :
Sterling Callisen, N. J. H. Clarence Skiff.Conn.
George Lawton, Mich. Geo. Eakland, Conn.
O. Blanchfield Brown, Lawrence Sacks, Pa.
Mass. I'. R Maxwell. W. Va.
Emanuel Hoyt, N. Y. Neil Bozeman, Tex.
Wilbert Klcinstirber, Wis. Chester Coggeshall, R.I-
Louis Bragdon, Ga. Clarence Chadwick, T. Reid Whaling, Md. Mass.
Arthur M. Dole, Vt. Anton T. Loverinn. 111.
Reuben Edin, R. I. Hallocit Marsh. N. Y.
Chas. C. Barloe, Fla. Lee Strickland, Ga.
Clayton Skinner, Mass. *iric Meese. -\. I.
Geo. P. Miller, Pa. John Y. Wilson, Pa.
Lloyd Knappenberger, III. George Welch, Pa.
D. W. Abbott, Jr.. X. Y. Raymond Taber. X. •) .
W. S. Conrad, Mass. McKinley Tingle. Drl-
William Miller, N. J. Geo. H. Kingsbury, Ind.
Leland R. Smith, O. Donald Remington Thos. B. Portens, L. I. Rose, N. J.
Ralph Hooten. Fla. Clarence Tohnson, VY.
Louis Warner, L. I. Eben L. Webber. Me. Seward S. Merrell, X. Y.
With the Boy Scouts Afield
Boys are urged to send in reports of their interesting doings.
LOCKPORT, N. Y. — On Thanksgiving Day the Boy Scouts of Trrop 2 distributed twenty baskets of pro- visions to poor families in that city. These baskets were contributed by a society of the First Pres- byterian Church. In addition to this the Scouts distributed two baskets of provisions which they donated themselves.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — Troop 21, in charge of Scout- master Merritt L. Oxenham, celebrated its fourth birthday in November. On November 14 they were hosts to the entire Bedford district of over thirty troops at an outdoor rally. At this rally the trophy was won by Troop 25 of the Central Congrega- tional Church.
CAMDEN, N. J. — Troop 6 held their second an- nual field day on Thanksgiving.
LISBON, O. — The members of Troops 1 and 2 led the parade at a mardi gras celebration and assisted in the distribution of prizes.
PONTIAC, MICH. — The Pontiac Press-Gazette con- tained the following item the morning after Hal- lowe'en: "The Boy Scouts were out In a body Saturday evening, guarding property about town. They also called on several widow ladies and pre- sented them with provisions."
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Troop 8 held an entertain- ment at their rooms on November 5 and pleased an audience of about 150 people. The program consisted of the various work of the Scouts.
HARLAN, KY. — Troop 4, in charge of Scout- master D. H. Scott, recently carried a message through the mountains from the Mayor of Harlan to the Mayor of Middlesboro. For a considerable
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portion of the distance covered the Scouts were off the beaten trails. Their exploit was considered quite remarkable by the people of their section of the country.
ELIZABETH, N. J. — Scouts G- Schau, H. Bennett and R. Keys, of "Troop 10, while returning home from a party given by a brother Scout recently, noticed fire in the Edward Clark Club which is tneir troop headquarters. The boys immediately turned in an alarm and then assisted the fire department on its arrival. The quick work of the Scouts enabled the fire department to confine the fire to the engine and pool room.
WOODSTOCK. VT. — The Scouts of Troops 1 and 2 recently held an Indian pageant in the prin- cipal streets of the village. A feature was the enacting of the scene of rescue of Captain John Smith by Pocahontas, A banquet was served in the evening at which the Camp Fire Girls were guests.
BAT AVI A, N. Y. — BOYS' LIFE has recently re- ceived some very interesting reports of a hike taken bv the Boy Scouts of the school for the blind. The reports were written by two of the blind boys and describe the various incidents of the trip. On this hike the boys were in charge of Scoutmaster Lesser Erenstone.
HORNELL, N. Y. — Scoutmaster Ira M. Sitterley has made a most interesting report of the Scouts in that city. One of the important activities dur- ing the past year was their work at the Hornell Agricultural Fair. The Scouts did first aid work, helped find lost children, etc. Their services were
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so much appreciated that the Hornell fair officials mailed the Scouts a check for $20.
ROCK HALL MD.— Scout Scribe Buckney Sewell reports that Troop 1 is progressing rapidly- The Scouts have a commodious log cabin and have also a room for local headquarters. The troop also has a substantial bank account.
NEW LONDON, CONN. — Scout Harold Round claims a time record for his troop in making an improvised coat stretcher. In a recent race two teams were tied in the final contest at eight seconds. The boys were required to put their staves on the floor, and at the word "Go," to pick them up and construct a stretcher. The New London Scouts are anxious to know if any other troop has a better record in this event.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — Scoutmaster H. L. Butler, of Troop 25, and a delegation from his troop gave uo their Thanksgiving holiday to a visit to the St. Giles hospital for crippled children.
DALLAS, TEX. — Captain J. M. McCoy has donated the use of four acres of land on the west shore of Winn's Lake, seven miles from Dallas, for the use of the Boy Scouts as a camping ground. The Scout cabins at Steward's Lake, the old camping ground, will be moved to this new location.
PECKVILLE. PA. — Troop 1, in charge of Scout- master L. D. Palmer, held their first annual ban- quet recently. Every Scout in the troop, except two who were ill, attended the big "feed," and plates were sent out to those two Scouts who could not attend.
ASHEVILLE. N. C. — The Boy Scouts have been invited to hold their weekly meetings in the rooms of the Asheville Board of Trade. The invitation was extended by Mr. N. Buckner, the seceretary, who is also helping the Boy Scouts in other ways. OSKALOOSA, IOWA. — The Boy Scouts recently took a hike to an abandoned mining community where they spent a great day exploring old excavations.
BERLIN, N. Y. — The local troop of Boy Scouts recently took an interesting hike to Williamstown, Mass., where they went through the buildings at William College.
RICHMOND, VA. — About 500 Boy Scouts visited the Pamunkey Indian Reservation on Thanksgiving Day. Last year this trip was made by 2-14 Scouts. An exhibition of woodcraft was given for the benefit of the Scouts by the Indians, while the Scouts also gave a demonstration of various feat- ures of their work. The invitation was extended to the Scouts by Chief Cook of the Pamunkey tribe.
MONON, IXD. — The Boy Scouts did very effective work in a fire which destroyed a residence in this city recently. A great deal of property was re- moved from the house by the boys and saved from destruction. The house was totally consumed. SUFFOLK, VA. — A group of Boy Scouts number- ing about fifteen, in charge of Scoutmaster G. L. Woodhouse, were the guests of Boy Scouts in Washington, D. C., over Thanksgiving. Mr. Wood- house reports that since the Scouts were or- ganized last May they have done a great deal of valuable work and have won many warm friends in the city.
DAYTON, OHIO. — Troops 12 and 7, in charge of Scoutmaster Glide well, are making good progress in their Scout work. They recently went on a hike to Miller's Ferry. Several of the boys are prepared to take second class tests.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Troop 22 organized a relief squad and collected groceries for a number of poor families on Thanksgiving Day. The boys started early in the morning with a large box and visited grocery stores, butcher shops, bakeries, fruit stands, etc., to receive contributions of pro- visions. After the collection was made the pro- visions were divided equally among a number of families. The first family visited was an old Ger- man couple who lived in a barn. When the old people saw the provisions which the Scouts had brought they both broke down and cried for joy. On their way home, after distributing the food, two of the Scouts stopped a runaway horse.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Scout Fred Fulmer reports that Troop 1 is making fine progress. Recently Scout Fulmer succeeded in getting seventeen new members for his troop. The boys are building a log cabin headquarters which they think will be a big help to them in their work.
CRISFIELD, MD. — Scout Scribe Crest on Collins reports that his troop is engaging in a good turn contest. The contest started on December 5 and will close on January 28. During this term each Scout will report his good turns. At the end of this time the Scout having the most good turns to his credit will receive a silver medal.
"INVINCIBI E" SCOUTS. — Scoutmaster George M. Holt, of the Invincible Scouts, reports that eighty- six boys in forty-three States are now members of the "Invincibles." There are still openings for Scouts in Arizona, Utah, Mississippi, Kentucky, Wyoming, North Dakota and Nevada. Only two Scouts from each State are accepted and one of the requirements is that members must be sub- scribers to BOYS' LIFE. After obtaining a repre- sentative Scout in every State in the Union, the "Invincibles" plan to include representatives from foreign countries. Scouts who live in the States above mentioned and who would like to join this troop should correspond with Scoutmaster Holt. His address is 3036 North 27th Street, Kansas City, Kansas.
YOUR CAMP SUMMER OF 1915
In six short months summer will be here. Your troop will then want to spend one or two weeks camp- ing. Will you have the necessary money?
This Troop is Going Camping
OGDENSBURG, N. Y. Curtis Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
Dear Sirs — Your Troop Finance Plan, which \vas taken up by our troop a few months ago, has been a great success. Since the return of our troop from last summer's short camp it has been the aim of the boys to devise some way by which they might earn a bigger and better camp the next year. Your Finance Plan seemed just the thing, and it has been taken up and pushed along with a spirit which only boys can show when they want to do a thing.
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Lightning Changes in Mexican Stamps
By FRANK L. GOES
In answering advertisements please mention BOYS' LIFE.
THE War of the Ten Nations with all of its stupendous movements of troops and its desperate battles has nearly caused us to forget that there is another war going on very close to us. But this war near at home is causing changes in stamp issues just as interesting to stamp enthusiasts as those I told you about last month.
There is a nice little family row going on down in Mexico and stamps of all kinds are being overprinted first by one faction and then by another, much to the disgust of the collector who had Mexico all fixed up in his albums and felt satis- fied that there was one country, at least, that he had well in hand.
General Villa may not be a stamp col- lector, but he knows that new stamps sell well and that he can dispose of the ones that are not used as postage to someone who will sell them to collectors.
There have been so many issues in Mex- ico that it is impossible to name them all, thnnorh all of them are interesting. General Villa, when he got con- trol of the State of Sonora, issued a series. After that there was the Ejercito (Army) Con- stitucionalista issue of special revenue stamps to raise money. Later, u-hen the Constitucional- ists won territory out- side of Sonora, they be- gan using the Army s'amps for postage.
This year the Consti- ticionalists brought out me 1 ransitorio issue. All are lithographed and some are in peculiar colors.
Last April when the Constitucionalist leaders met at Juarez there was a fete day and celebration of the victory won over the Federals at Torreon. For this occa- sion special stamps were issued and over- printed " Victoria de Torreon, April 2, 1914."
The list of Mexico stamps has been fur- ther lengthened by the overprinting of ina'.y of the old issues with the letters G. C. M., which means " Constitucionalist Government of Mexico."
By tracing the stamp issues it is possible to trace the Governmental changes of most nations. Let's continue with Mexico as an example. The Republi- can issues of 1856 are rather hard to get. Next come the issues during the years when Mexico was an empire, from 1864 to 1868. Some of these stamps will be easy to obtain and a few reprints and counterfeits will make the hunting good. Next come the Republican issues from 1868 to 1910. These are easy to obtain and easier to place and there is a world of information in them. The first issues of the last Republic bear the portrait of Hidalgo as do the official series. Do you know anything about him or Benito Juarez, who appears on the 1879 issue? Then the issue of 1899 to 1903 is a regu- lar picture gallery. The two low issues have portraits of women on them, Josefa Ortiz and Leona Vicario. Following them are portraits of Rayon, Aldama, Hidalgo, Allende, Gonzalez and Abasolo. Another interesting thing about these stamps is the
fact that they were printed in London. It is really remarkable how much in- formation a bright boy can dig put of the stamp issues of our own continent, and if people knew more of Mexico and its people and its troubles the United States would be better liked by our neighbors across the Rio Grande.
Speaking of information and stamps re- minds me of a method a friend of mine in Birmingham, England, has used to teach his boy geography. This man believes that his boy will learn geography quicker by means of a stamp collection than in any other way. Here is how he does it. He gives the boy a library globe, a stamp catalog, a blank book and an envelope filled with stamps. The boy works from the catalog, finds the country from which the stamp came, and then locates it on the globe, afterward putting it under the proper continental heading.
In this way this little chap learned geog- raphy, spelling and some arithmetic from his stamps. The whole thing appealed to the boy and seemed to him like a game, because he could go to his father's office, bring home the accumulated stamps and enjoy the search a new one caused him. I think he must be a Boy Scout now, for when I saw him it was his dearest wish to join the organization, and he is now the right age. I have told you this because I want you to realize that even the cheap current stamps have something in them that will help us to learn something of the countries from which they come.
There are postage stamps valued at $5,000 each. There are some that you can get 5,000 of for a dollar, but after the items of color, issue, face value, country and the lesser items of paper and per- foration are gone through you can learn about as much from the cheap stamps as you can from the expensive ones.
Last month, you remember, I told you about the German stamps which have been overprinted " Belgian." And now England is getting even with German colonial issues in German colonies which have been con- quered by the British. These issues have been overprinted with the letters " G. R. I." This does not mean " George Really Is " as the kid in the reform school said, but " George King and Emperor." The " R." comes from the Latin word " Rex " mean- ing king, and the " I." comes from the Latin word " Imperator " meaning emperor. Inasmuch as the German colonies are prac- tically cut off from the Fatherland by Eng- land's powerful fleet it is more than likely that other of these colonies will fall into the hands of the British. It will be in- teresting to assemble the list of German colonies and watch the change from Ger- man to English administration. You can save a few pages for these chance changes in your book, and later correct them in your catalog.
(Concluded on following page.)
January, 1915
BOYS' LIFE — The Boy Scouts' Magazine
T h c
Cave
S c o u
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COME on in, fellows, and warm your " mitts " by this open fire. It's pretty cold out to-day, isn't it? I'll bet some of you fellows have been here before; your faces look familiar. There's Scout Cast' over there, for instance. Glad to see you Mike; how's everything out in La Crosse, Wis.? And here's Carl Bissett, of Washington, N. J. How are your plans working out for that hike to Washington, D. C?
Are you all here? All right, then shut •±c door before some of those Scoutmas- ters sneak in, and we'll get down to busi- ness.
And now let's see what's in the question hole. Hello! here's a letter from Scout Frank Parater, of Richmond, Va.
"Dear Mr. Cave Dweller:
" Your talk on good turns was dandy. the same class with Dan Beard's and Chief Scout Seton's departments, and that's going some. lAw, shucks Frank; don't make me blush right here before the whole crowd!] I should think all the Scouts would rush to the Cave and have their troubles solved for them.
" Here are a few questions I would like to have answered :
" 1. In what does an ideal bcout consist? What is one, his qualities, etc.?
" 2. How is the best way to run a hike, i. e., pro- gram, discipline, compfire, food?
" 3. How can you stir up interest in advance- ment?
" 4. What are —
Hey, Frank, STOP! For the love of Mike! The Cave Scout could write a book on those three questions, and you're still ask- ing more ! I can't write a book here, so I'll just tackle the first question and let the rest go.
"In what does an ideal Scout consist? What is one, his qualities, etc.?"
and orderly, whose hair is always brushed, whose teeth are always in perfect order, whose shoes are always shined, and who is never late to meetings. I want a Scout who is able to do things in a systematic and orderly way. Scout Burnett, you say? All right, Burnett, step up here.
And now I want a Scout who has plenty of " pep," a Scout who gets things done because of his abundant energy and en- thusiasm, a Scout who goes after merit badges like a hungry turkey after grass- hoppers. Scout Tousley? Step up here, Touser.
Now give me a Scout who is always cheerful, a Scout who thinks it's a joke when his tent blows down at 3 A. M. and his blankets get soaked with rain; one of those Scouts who makes the most of every situation, who, instead of saying " what's the use " when something goes wrong, starts right in to " save the pieces " — a Scout who can't be downed by discourage- ments. All right, Scout Parkhurst, you'll do.
Next I want a kind Scout, one who has
a great, big heart in him, one who always
considers the feelings of others and who
does his good turns almost instinctively.
(Concluded on page 24.)
Lightnim* Changes in Stamps
A Scout in Wisconsin wrote me that he knew the names of the peaks shown on the New Zealand stamps and his letter showed him to be a careful reader. When I answered him I suggested a new idea for his " good turn " list. I always make it a practice to $»&<! my young friends who are shut in, or convalescent, something to amuse them. I have found that a package of loose stamps, an old catalog, a blank book or a small album, and an envelope of stamp stickers will Jielp them to pass many hours that woulcf otherwise be very tiresome.
I can't tell you how many collections have had their beginning in a spell of sick- ness, but the number is large, and a funny thing about them is that these collections seem to last longer than the ones that have been started " for fun." I suppose the rea- son for this is that the shut-in ones have fewer interests to occupy their attention.
I always teach my stamp folks to use stickers, and make sure that they have a good quality " peelable hinge " and a pair of tweezers or tongs. It is just as easy to begin right as to begin wrong, and here is a point to remember, the cleaner and more perfectly your stamps are kept and arranged, the more valuable they will be to you later on — and the prouder you will be of them.
Well, just between you and me and the pump-handle, Scouts, " there ain't no such animal." All of us are good Scouts in some respects and bum Scouts in others. None of us are good Scouts in every re- spect— even if our mothers do think so. We all have some strong points and some weak ones.
If there were such a thing as an ideal Scout I'd like to stand him up here in front of you fellows and show him off. But since there isn't any such Scout I guess we'll have to make one.
First. I want a well-built fellow, one with a deep chest and long, firm muscles, one who is strong, quick and graceful, a fellow with sound teeth, clear eyes and no cigarette stains on his fingers. All right, Jones. I guess you'll do.
Now I want a fellow who is always neat
I was talking about stamps not long ago in a school-room, and a little girl came to me with a sticker that I could not place. She said her father had promised her a new album if she would place the con- tents of a packet he had brought her from Paris. The one that puzzled her was a Russian Local Post stamp, and that stamp put me in a way of making a collection of these Local Stamps, or Zemstvos, as our Russian friends would call them. I think my collection is one of a very few in this country, perhaps the only large one, and it started from a little Miss in trouble. You can never tell what the re- sult of a start in stamps will be.
Perhaps some of you need assistance as she did, and I'll do my best to help, but I hope you won't bring anything that will start me on a new collection, because the war is keeping me pretty busy.
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Such a Scout can't help being courteous, for true courtesy is nothing but thought- fulness for the feelings and respect for the rights of others. Who's the kind- est Scout you know? Scout Lincoln, you say? All right, Scout Lincoln, step up.
And now there is one more kind of Scout I want — a Scout with a good " bean," one who grasps the meaning and signifi- cance of a situation quickly, one who thinks raoidly and reasons accurately, a Scout with an alert, keen mind. Scout Calhoun, over there, just about fills the bill.
Now, then, let's see what we've got. Here's " Husky " Jones and " Orderly " Burnett and "Peppy" Tousley and " Cheerful " Parkhurst and " Courteous " Lincoln and " Brainy " Calhoun. Let's take Burnett's neatness, Tousley's " pep," Park- hurst's courtesy and Calhoun's brains, and dump them all into Jones' fine physique.
That will make "some" Scout, won't it? But he isn't an ideal Scout yet. He is something like a new automobile, strong, neat, able to do things, and full of gasoline or " pep." But that automobile won't go until a spark sets the motor run- ning. And so this Scout we've made won't be an ideal Scout until a spark sets him going. This spark is Scout spirit.
Scout spirit cannot be analyzed and de- scribed like these other qualities can, but it is the most essential one of them all. I can't tell you what this spirit is, but I can tell you some things it does. It makes a fellow proud of the fact that he's a Scout; it makes him anxious to make the right kind of man of himself and eager to be of serv- ice to others. Spirit is the thing that helps a fellow to get deep enjoyment out of his Scout work instead of simply " having a good time."
Those of you Scouts who have this spirit will know what I mean, but those of you who haven't go%it may think the Cave Scout is " bughouse."
But those of you who haven't got the true Scout spirit will catch it sure as shootin' if you do your level best to live up to the Scout Law.
And now we mustn't feel discouraged because we can't ever become ideal Scouts. The thing for us to do is to keep the quali- ties of an ideal Scout constantly in mind 1 and work like sixty to come as near to being ideal Scouts as we can. If we do , that nobody will have any kick coming —
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I That looks like a reasonable program i to the Cave Scout. What do you fellows think about it?
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(Continued from page 9.) would require three days or more. In Peleg's little band was Sam Oliver. Sam now was plainly showing the effects of the passing yeavs. He was suffering from rheumatism and exposure through the many winters. He was still sens'tive, however, concerning his physical strength and skill, and refused to listen to any sug- gestion that he was not in condition to ac- company the younger men on their way to the meeting place of the army.
" Peleg," said Sam Oliver when the party, all mounted now. had set forth on their expedition. " I know a little Indian town about seventy-five miles from here where we can get some horses."
" Is it on our way? "
" It is not far from the river. If we can get a dozen or more horses it will make the heart of Colonel Clark rejoice."
Late on the following afternoon, when his friends halted, Sam Oliver donned his
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Indian garb. In his disguise he was scarcely to be distinguished from one of the warriors.
" I have learned the lingo, too," he said laughingly. " A good many times I have been right in their villages and no one has suspected that I was. a white man."
Advanc.ng with three of his companions and leaving Peleg and the remainder of the party behind to await their return, Sam stealthily began to make his way toward the little Indian village, which he said was situated only a few yards dis- tant from the spot where a halt had been made.
True to his words, Sam was absent only two hours. His approach was heard by his waiting companions long before the hunter could be seen. It was plain, too, that he had been successful. The noise of snapping branches and an occasional whinny indicated that Sam was not re- turning empty handed.
"Did I not tell you what I would do?" boasted the hunter when he returned. " I said 1 wanted a dozen horses. I have six, so that I am only half as happy as I ought to me."
" You are happier now than you will soon be again," retorted Peleg, " unless we leave this part of the country right away."
Even Sam acknowledged the serious- ness of their situation, and the men pushed forward rapidly.
When night fell they selected for their camp a spot on the bend of a little stream. Two of the men were assigned positions in the rear of the camp to be on watch for any pursuing Indians. There was no fear of an attack from the opposite side of the stream.
At midnight the guard was relieved, and as it was Peleg's turn to take the position, he said quietly, " I can do this alone. All the rest of you turn in and get your sleep."
The night passed without alarm, but when the first faint streaks of the dawn appeared Peleg, taking a little bucket, ad- vanced to the brook to secure some run- ning water.
When Peleg returned to the camp he was startled when he discovered by the dim light that the water in his bucket was muddy. There could be but one explana- tion, and the young scout hastily aroused his companions.
" The brook was not muddy last night,
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but it is now," said the young eader. " To my mind, that shows that we are being followed and the Indians are coming down the stream to creep close to us."
After scouting around the camp for some distance the men became convinced that no Indians were near them. The stream might have been muddied by any one of half a dozen other means. P. ably a 'coon had been the guilty party. So they lay down again to rest, as they knew they had a strenuous day ahead.
And yet, all unknown to the little body of settlers a band of twelve warriors had been stealthily approaching them in the very manner Peleg had suspected. Their noiseless footsteps had now brought them within a few yards of the camp. Only the coming of the morning was required to enable them to attack.
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THE first light of the rising sun had appeared when the crouching In- dians together fired upon the silent little camp.
The settlers were taken completely by surprise, and without stopping to return the fire they leaped to their feet and fled from the spot.
There had been no time for plans to be made, and consequently every man fled by himself.
Peleg, who was fully dressed and bet- ter equipped than his friends for flight, still grasping Singing Susan in his hand, suddenly fell as he ran along the border of a swamp which he had not noticed before.
In a moment the warriors swept past him, all apparently believing that the young scout had been shot and that his scalp might be secured when they returned.
Waiting only until the howling band had passed him, Peleg quickly made his es- cape. Ignoring his sorry plight, he sped swiftly back in the direction of the camp, hoping to secure one of the stolen horses. When he arrived, however, his disappoint- ment was keen when he found that not one of the horses was still there.
Exerting himself to the utmost, Peleg darted instantly into the forest and ran swiftly in the direction of the meeting place which Colonel Clark had selected.
Several hours elapsed before the young scout arrived at the bank of the river. Before night fell three of his recent com- panions also came, but Sam Oliver was not of their number.
Soon after Peleg's arrival the announce- ment was made that the men would depart for the rendezvous at once. There was a suf- ficient number of horses in the camp to provide one for Peleg and for others who had come on foot.
Just previous to the departure the great Scout explained to Peleg, " We are not far now from one of the largest villages of the Indians. It may be that we shall come to it before morning."
The following morning dawned and still no signs of the first of the Indian villages had been seen. Stranger still, not a sign of a warrior had been discovered through- out the night nor had any been seen when several hours of the new day had passed. Whether or not the men had been in- formed of the approach of their enemies was not known.
Peleg and the great Scout were in the front lines, when suddenly on the opposite shore of a large pond they discovered a solitary Indian. The warrior was standing almost as motionless as the near-by trees
as he gazed steadily at his approaching enemies.
Suddenly he turned and fled into the forest, unmindful of the few scattered shots which were fired.
"Who was that?" whispered Peleg ex- citedly to Daniel Boone.
" It was Henry."
" I believe it was," declared Peleg ex- citedly. "What will he do now?"
' He will give the alarm to the village We are not more than a mile from it now, and he will be there long before our horses can carry us over ^uch ground as we have had for the past few miles."
The words of the great Scout were ful- filled when the force drew near the Indian village. Not one of its inhabitants was to be seen. The fires were still smouldering and even the meat which was being roast- ed and the corn that was still boiling in the kettles had been abandoned in the precipi- tate flight of the Indians.
The discovery of the food was perhaps as welcome to the hungry men as would have been the sight of their foes. At all events, a halt was made and such food as could be obtained was speedily allotted.
In a brief time fires were started in the various sections of the village, and in less than an hour the men departed, leaving behind them only the smoking embers of what a brief time before had been a pros- perous village of the redmen.
Colonel Clark now urged his men for- ward with increasing speed. At times the force was divided and the task of burn- ing certain villages was assigned to the different bands.
Village after village soon was burned to the ground. The rich fields of corn were left in ruins. The pioneers were deter- mined to rid themselves once and for all of further possibilities of attacks by the un- yielding Shawnees.
Apparently the alarm over the advance of Colonel Rogers had spread through- out the entire region, and with one accord the redmen abandoned their homes and fled into the wilderness beyond.
When the attacking forces at last dis- banded and the men returned to their homes Daniel Boone and Peleg Barnes went back with their friends into Ken- tucky. The warfare with the Indians was ended. The Kentucky homes were now free from the attacks of the Shawnees or Cherokee*.
Peleg was no longer a boy. The years that had passed in the pioneer days had made of him a man. He now had his own home and a tract of land adjoining that of his great friend, Daniel Boone.
Not a word was heard concerning Henry. There were occasional vague re- ports of the presence of a white man among the Shawnees, but whether or not this referred to the white Shawnee was never known.
As for Daniel Boone himself, it seemed for a time as if the days of his peril were ended. The region which he had opened up for the incoming people had now be- come settled. The sound of the axe was heard more frequently than the rifle. Prosperity smiled upon the efforts of the sturdy settlers, and the steadily advancing civilization and the spread of education wrought wonders among the people.
In the diary of Daniel Boone there oc- curs the following:
" Two darling sons and a brother I have lost by savage hands, which have also taken from me forty valuable horses and abundance of cattle. Many dark and sleepless nights have I spent separated from the cheerful society of man, scorched
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by the summer's sun and pinched by the winter's cold, an instrument ordained to settle the wilderness."
Another writer has left the following :
"He (Boone) has left behind him a name strongly written in the annals of Kentucky, and a reputation for calm cour- age softened by humanity, conducted by prudence and embellished by a singular modesty of deportment. His person was rough, robust and indicating strength rather than activity; his manner was cold, grave and taciturn ; his countenance home- ly but kind ; his conversation unadorned, unobtrusive, and touching only upon the needful. He never spoke of himself un- less particularly questioned."
As the years passed he showed more and more a spirit which has been described by one of his admirers in the following words :
" There never beat in man a kindlier or more philanthropic heart. While he was a stranger to selfish and sordid impres- j sions he was alike above mean actions ; and he lived and toiled for others, amid hardships and sufferings that would have crushed thousands of hearts."
The simple-hearted Scout, shrewd in his deals with the Indians, was honest and straightforward with the men of his own race and looked for similar treatment from them. One can therefore imagine his surprise and indignation when he was in- formed that he had no legal right to an acre of the land which he had discovered and into which he had led many families that already were sharing in the steadily increasing prosperity. The clearing he had made, the acres he had cultivated, he was informed, were not his property now, but belonged to a man who had signed certain papers.
And Boone intensely loved Kentucky. Its rocks and trees, its rivers, its forests, its very soil were dear to his heart. In Kentucky, too, he had experienced his deepest sorrows and many of his highest joys. Perplexed as well as disheartened, the great Scout departed from the settle- ment which in a large measure was his own work. He now was homeless in a land in which he had helped so many to secure homes for themselves.
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pression in useless words. Quietly he went back to the bank of the Delaware where he had been born, and then went on to Virginia, and on the borders of the great Kanawha he dwelt for five years in the woods with his dogs and gun.
Meanwhile his son and a brother had gone out into the remote and almost un- known land beyond the Mississippi River. Their reports and appeals were so strong that at last, when this great Scout was sixty years of age, once more, accompanied by his faithful wife, he journeyed away from civilization and went to join his friends in the far-away wilderness.
The name of the great Scout, however, was so well known and his character was so much beloved that the Spanish Gov- ernor at once made him a present of eighty-five hundred acres of land in what is now in the State of Missouri.
Here the great Scout in a measure re- newed the scenes of his early life. But all the time he had been working quietly and saving the money which he received from his crops and his furs, until he had an amount sufficient to enable him to return to Kentucky. There he looked up every man to whom he owed any money through the loss that had come to them by his in- ability to retain his land in the region he had loved. It was not long, as has been said, however, before " he went back to Missouri, his heart lighter and also his pocketbook."
When the Scout was seventy-five years of age he still was a great hunter. Friendly with many of the Indians in the region, he paddled in his light canoe over the creeks and the little streams in the new territory, and it is sa:d that even along the banks of the great Missouri River he set many of his traps for beaver.
As long as the Spanish and French were in control of the Missouri country Boone continued to hold his land safely; but when Napoleon sold the vast territory to the United States once more Boone suf- fered a heavy loss, for his own govern- ment refused to recognize his claim to any part of the region. It seemed almost as if the closing days of the great Scout were to end in darkness.
Through his friends Daniel Boone now appealed to the Legislature of Kentucky to see that justice was done him. Eager to recognize the services of the men who had done so much for their State, the Legis- ature of Kentucky urged Congress to do justice to the white-haired old Scout. After some delay the petition was granted and a gift of eight hundred and fifty acres of land was voted to Daniel Boone.
It was in December, 1813, when Daniel Boone received the word of this gift, but lis relief and pleasure were in part less- ened by the death of his wife. Selecting a choice spot that overlooked the river for ler grave, the old Scout said that when le too should die he wished to be buried jeside her.
Seven years later, when he was eighty- ive years old, the wish of Daniel Boone was granted.
Missouri, however, was not to be the ast resting place of the famous old Scout and his wife. A quarter of a century later :he Legislature of Kentucky requested he children of Boone to permit the peo- ple of the State for which he had done so nuch to bring the bodies of the great Scout and his wife to Jfrankfort, Ky.
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( in the last night of the year James called at the Overland railroad station. Agent McKenna welcomed him co_rdially, and even Peggy, a black water spaniel who made her home there, wagged her tail joy- fully when the boy patted her head. The little dog had not forgotten how James, during his brief employment at the depot, had always given her a part of his mid- night lunch.
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" But for that lost money," thought the boy as he trudged homeward, " I could have finished high school this year."
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" Sixty dollars ! Why, Jimmy ! Surely this isn't all clear? "
" Everything has been paid for," answered the boy proudly, " except my services. I hardly know what they're worth."
" Worth ! Why, my boy, it's you that saved my little business. I've been hearing good reports about you every day. You didn't know it, but the other night I took my duplicate key and walked into the car. Clean ! Why, the sight was good to my old eyes. Jimmy, here's $30. That's not all. You shall continue to help me by running the car after school hours, keeping all you make during those periods. The sign — PANCAKE JIM — shall remain. That name stands for well-earned success."
" Then I can finish high school after all, Uncle Joe. Oh, I must run and tell mother ! "
Scarcely had the boy stepped out of the door when he was met by Agent McKenna. Both re-entered Uncle Joe Storey's cottage, and there, for the first time, James heard the story of how the agent had found the lost money with Peggy's family under the depot, how he had reported it to the super- intendent, then sought James at the lunch cart, and, finding it closed, had traced him here.
" Hereafter," advised the old railroader, " keep a tight hold on money packages. Don't lay them on platforms for dogs to carry off. Now, listen to this message:
'"'To Pancake Jim.— Happy New Year! While I dislike checking the career of a competent lunch cart manager, yet if you still think of following railroad work we'll give you another trial on the Columbia division next summer.
"'JOHN TYLER, Superintendent, " ' Columbia Division, North Pacific Rail- road.' "
January, 1915
BOYS' LIFE— The Boy Scouts' Magazine
Moonshiners in the Jungle
(Continued from page 4.) act of laying an armful of brush down among the cane.
Before he could look up and see me I had dodged back out of view again. But directly I heard him humming, coming toward me, and I hustled back up through the patch.
I crossed the bit of cleared space be- tween the cane patch and the log shack, around which I started to make my way, when my ear caught the sound of Uncle Bill's jew's-harp, playing " Old Dan Tucker."
I turned back, and, to avoid Bat Mason, climbed hurriedly through the rear win- dow of the log house, intending to crawl out again when he should have passed. But as I peeked trough a crevice between the logs, I saw Uncle Bill coming right toward my hiding place.
I was in a panic. As I looked about me, I saw my only chance was the top of lum ber that lay across beams under the roof. I jumped, seizing a beam, and was soon stretched on the lumber, out of view.
Immediately Uncle Bill was in through the door, and Bat Mason came in, as had I, through the back window.
" Well, I reckon I got enough brush in there," said Bat. "There ain't nobody goin' to look in there noway."
' No," said Uncle Bill ; " I reckon they ain't no up-kentry police in these parts naow — onless hit be *het young scalawag."
" An' he don't count," said Bat Mason.
I was sure he meant myself, and I won- dered what would happen if I should be discovered hiding above his head.
" Hit's jest as well I go daown for them demies this evenin'," continued Uncle Bill, "an I kin take 'em daown an' meet ye in the ' bay ' to-morrer evenin', an' we kin git fixed for the biz-ness ag'in ; but I ain't a-goin' t' agree t' set the biler a-bilin* so
long as the moon sheds water
" Oh, etarnal hades 1 " said Bat, " you aire too dang supersteeshus."
" I ain't a-carin' what you calls it," said Uncle Bill ; " no good never come o' start- in' such doins' with thet thar kind o' a moon."
He insisted, and Bat had to give in.