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Jerry looked back once when the trail
turned abruptly to the right. He saw he
had but ten cattle at mis- heels when he
should have had sixteen, and he noticed
that three OF those left had feathered
shafts sticking in their hides.
But he saw more than this, and it was
enough to blanch his cheeks. One young
buck was fast getting abreast with the
herd, and Jerry saw that he was as agile
as deer.
It was the intention to turn the herd
from the regular trail which it was keep
ing under the leadership of the big white
steer; it this could be done their chances
for preventing the boys return to the
stockaded settlement would be good /.
They could scatter the cattle in the forest,
bewilder SNOWFALL and capture him and
his rider.
The young Indian trying 20 head off the
cattle was stalwart fellow, in all of the
paraphernalia of the war trail; it was go
ing to be race between him and the
white steer. Snowfall seemed to see it
too, and he bent all his energies to in
crease his speed.
Not more than thirty yards separated
Snowfall and the Shawnee as they ran on
parallel lines. The Indian dared not stop
long enough to try shot for fear of be-
ing outdistanced; he most depended on
his ability to head off the animal.
Jerry saw the buck leaping the fallen
logs like deer and digging his heels
deeper, he called out to Snowfall to hold
out little longer, for they were almost
in sight of the lights of the fort.
But all at once with a yell the Indian
threw himself into the trail twenty yards
in advance.
Jerry Tomkins felt his heart sink.
Capture was inevitable, the Indian had
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taken off his hunting jacket and was heav-
ing it in Snowball's face.
The Yankee boy released the branching
horns OF the white steer and with throb
of Joy chung to the neck, as the animal
bent his head and uttered a cry Jerry
knew preceded one of his charges when
angry.
With lowered head SNOWFALL lunged
straight at the Indian, his hoofs hardly
touching the ground. The Shawnee
sprang aside, but too late. The blood of
SNOWFALL was hot and he, too, turned
from the path and rushed with mad bel
low at the redskin. The young Indian
cried out, but the long horns caught him
and he was tossed up among the lower
branches of the tree as if he were but
wisp of straw.
And this did not occupy ten seconds,
and Jerry, holding his breath, saw the
whole terrible performance. He heard
the Indian fall among the other cattle
rushing in Snowball's wake. The next
moment the white steer was back in the
path with his bloody horn.
The fate of the runner seemed to daunt
the other Indians; they fell off one by
one, and at the top of the knoll next to
the stockades, Jerry had no enemy on his
track.
Still holding on to Snowball's neck,
he was carried down the slope to the
gates, which were thrown open to re-
ceive him. Everywhere he saw armed
men, and he was told that the Indian
yell had been heard in the forest, and
that the garrison had armed itself in
hurry.
The failure OF the Shawnees to inter-
cept Jerry Tomkins led them to be eau
tious, and instead of attacking the settle
ment, they Withdrew and left it unmo-
Tested.
Jerry Tomkins became one of the most
noted pioneers of the early border, and
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along the river, and when the herd came
lowing home at dusk the sleek white hide
of the steer was sure to be seen at the
head of all.
Sometimes Jerry went out to drive them
in, and on these occasions he generally
mounted to the back of the white steer
and rode him like a horse. SNOWFALL
seemed to like this, and now and then he
would come down the trail at full gait
which WIS almost as good as that OF a
keen racer.
One afternoon in the keen autumn.
when the woods were putting on their
crimson garments, Jerry Tompkins
started out to bring in the herd as usual
OF late rumors of an Indian uprising had
reached the settlement, but as no saVages
had been seen proving in the neigh Dor
hood, they were not credited, and the men
had gone about their duties without
alarm.
The Connecticut boy found that the
herd had strayed a little further from
home than usual, and before he knew it
he was two miles from the nearest cabin.
Already the woods were dotted with the
frightening shadows thrown by the trees.
and he heard the night owls hooting.
At last from knoll in small opening
he saw the cattle grazing near the river
and he started forward.
The moment the herd saw him, there
was movement in his direction, and the
boy ran up to SNOWFALL and patted him
playfully on the sleek shoulders.
The white steer turned his head and met
Jerry's eye.
How are you for ride home?' asked
the boy, and at the same time he yaulted
upon Snowball's back and struck him
with his open hand.
The cattle understood, and left off graz
ing and turned their heads toward the
settlement.
Not a sound broke the quietude of the
woods as the herd started on. Jerry kept
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SNOWFALL at his place at the head of the
procession, but all at once the white steer
stopped and began to sniff the air. He
would lift his head and dilate his nostrils
IN manner which was soon initiated by
the others, and the pioneer boy began to
fear that danger lurked near them.
Between him and the river the grass
grew luxuriantly, and here and there
where the ground was low were patches
OF sedge from which he had on several
occasions frightened wild duck in their
season.
''Move along, SNOWFALL, old fellow, -
cried jerry, eager to be going as the
shadows were getting longer; by the
time they reached home it would be
quite dark.
The next moment, and almost before the
command had left the boys lips, some
thing whizZed past his head and struck a
tree almost in their path.
jerry Tomkins knew at once that an ar
row had been fired at him-he had but to
look to see the feathered shaft quivering
in the bark. 1t was long, slender shaft,
with its wild turkey feathers tied on with
sInews after the manner of the red ar
row. makers, and the sight of it was
enough to stir the blood of the Connec-
ticut boy.
The whizzing of the arrow had startled
the cattle, especially SNOWFALL, and mo-
ment later ali were rushing over the trail
with heads and tails erect, and the big
white steer, leading them, was in culver
OF excitement. a perfect shower of ar
rows hurled through the air and several
struck the hindmost of the herd.
1t was now race for life, as the boy
saw. and as he fell forward on the white
steers back, he dug his heels into the
heated TANKS and urged him to his ut
most speed.
The trail was not very broad, but it was
defined enough to enable the herd to keep
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it. Now and then the believing cattle
were obliged to duck their heads for some
OF the branches hung low and they were
liable to be thrown by catching their
horns in the trees. Single file, led by the
dig white steer, they rushed along, fol-
lowed by at least twenty Indians, painted
Tor the warpath, and armed, exerting all
their strength, and Jerry had but to look
back now and then to see that they were
likely to catch up with the herd and head
him oil.
Snowfall kept his place at the head of
the herd despite the frantic efforts of the
cattle behind to rush past him in their
fright. Arrow after arrow hurled through
the air, and now and then loud snort or
below would tell that one had found a
Judgment in some unfortunate creature.
Forward, SNOWFALL! forward We
must reach the settlement ahead OF these
red demons,' cried Jerry, as If SNOWFALL
could understand.
Already he had lost his coonskin cap
and after it had been tramped beneath
the hoofs of the herd young Indian had
picked it up with great glee. Jerry heard
his shouts as he held the cap up to his
companions, who replied with shouts
SNOWFALL seemed 10 realize all the
danger. In all the new west there was
no faster steer, and his fame as a runner
had gone beyond the settlement on the
Ohio. He knew that the boy on his back
was not holding to his ample horns and
digging his heels into his TANKS and
clinging to him fer dear life without good
reason, and he pressed on madly.
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Ohio until was appointed midshipman
and, in November, 1896, was brought east
by my fathers friend, Mr.. Hamer, cur
member of Congress. 1t was two years
later that he obtained an appointment for
''Ulysses Simpson Grant, to the military
academy at West Point. When he gradu-
ated four years later l was on duty in
Philadelphia. He wrote me that going
home ward he would pass through that
City and would meet me ct Jones' hotel,
where we passed few hours together
Nearly twenty one years later I went
to Culpepper, Virginia, on mis- invitation,
with the more satisfaction as it enabled
me to promise satisfactory co-opera-
ton, or rather subordipation to army
purposes, of the naval forces in those
waters under the command OF Rear Ad-
miral Lee-of course authorized in adj
vance by him.
When l arrived at Culpepper was met
by General Grant with as much kindl1-
ness and confidence as though only a
short time had passed since we were
neighbors and playmates, although ac-
tually it was twenty eight years.
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ment .insthe wilderness more settlers ar.
rived, and among these were Phineas
Tomkin' S family, whom he had lett be-
hind in Connecticut. More cabins were
needed for the new arrivals, and they
were soon built; and before long quite a
little settlement had sprung up On the
site OF the now pretty city.
The family of TomkIns consisted OF
himself, his wife and a boy named cry.
The boy, at the time Is, gave all prom
Use Of being a hardy youth, and soon he
knew the trails of the forest as well as an
old hunter. He took many lengthy trips
up and down the river in light canoe
his father had built for him, and several
times he had run down deer which had
taken to the water when hard pressed by
the dogs.
In course of time the settlement had
collected good herd of cattle, which
furnished it with change OF food and
supplied il with milk Three of these be-
longed to Phineas Tomkins, and among
them was a large white steer called
"Snowbali''
Snowfall always led the herd when
they were driven to the rich pasturage
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farm for few hundred dollars. One lot
upon it recently SOLD for $50, 900, and
this lot was then part of Mr.. Murray's
COW yard. 1t is only fifty feet front. And
on what was the Murray farm there now
live men whose aggregate wealth is nearly
one billion dollars.
LindIey Murray was put in a counting
house when he was a boy, and he was
the leader of all boyish sports. There
was a creek in the lower part of New
York which is now the site OF 2 great
banking house. 1t was then twenty-one
feet wide, and Lindley Murray was famous
because he was the only youth who was
able to make running jump and clear
that creek. But he jumped one time too
many and injured his leg so that he after
ward became lame and remained so until
his death.
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| The Arabian is small horse with slim
! legs, but his legs are as if made OF iron.
and he will gallop hundred miles day
without firing. He gets very little grain
he can go without water and sometimes
he is obliged to do SO for days at a time.
The pedigree of the Arabian horses runs
back for hundreds of years. They are not
written or printed. The Arabs have few
books and they are not given to reading
and writing, but the ancestry of their
horses is a matter of common knowledge.
Every member Of tribe knows Just how
every horse belonging to the tribe is bred
what horse was his fathers, what one
was his grandfather IS, and so on for many
generations back. They take the greatest
pains to preserve the purity of the breed.
Another, and perhaps the most i'm
portant popularity of the Arabs, SO far as
their horses are concerned, is this: They
are extremely good tempered and patient.
It is said that no other people in the
world are SO kind to children as are the
Arabs, and they treat their horses like
children.
The horse is the most sensitive of all
animals, and he is also by nature playful
and affectionate. Ii you make habit of
speaking harshly to him, if you give him a
cuff or blow or kick whenever - Won i,
lose patience with him, or when he falls
to understand you, then he is sure to be-
come unhappy and stupid, and perhaps
vicious and dangerous. The Arabs never
strike horse.
HOW ARABS RIDE.
The Arabs have neither whips nor spurs
nor bits. They ride on a pad, without
saddle, stirrups or bride. The horse is
restrained merely by halter having a
slight chain passing around the nose.
and the halter rope, which the rider holds
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THE ARABIAN HORSE
The steed of Song and Romance.

The Steed of Song and Romance.
by H. c. Merwin.
On the edges of the desert OF Arabia
are large cities such as Damascus on the
west, and Bagdad on the east shores.
These towns are famous horse markets
and many horses falsely called ARA
bian" are sold there every year; but one
does not find in every city the true Ara
bian horse, the courser of the desert, the
fleet and faithful animal known to poetry
and romance.
He is to be seen only among those
wandering tribes of Arabs OF Bedouins.
who would scorn to live in towns.
WHY THE ARABIAN HORSE Is WHAT HE IS.
To understand the Arabian horse, one
must have some idea of the Bedouin who
raise him.
They are a simple, active, hardy peo-
pie, living life as natural as that of
rox or deer. Eley despise luxury and
display, drink no intoxicating liquors,
and eat sparingly- They are short.
slight men, but muscular, wiry and capa-
bic Of great endurance.
Their horses are like them.
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native of North Carolina, who was as
amiable as could be expected with his
surroundings. The hours Of instruction
depended upon the season of the year;
from half an hour after sunrise until
very near sunset, with an intermission of
an hour at noon. A cow-bell served the
purpose of calling us in.
In after life, once said to General
Grant that had studied grammar, but
had never learned it; he smiled and said
that was his case also. In the study of
other languages since that time, 1 have
learned their gTammars more or less, and
by analogy and thorough comparison,
something of the grammatical construc
ton OF my own tongue.
ABSENCE OF REVENGE.
So we passed our time as youths in
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general, she kept her children neatly
dressed, especially on holidays.
HOW GENERAL GRANT CAME BY HIS MID
DIE INITIAL.
The second son OF the Grants was
named Simpson. When Mr.. Hamer, our
member of Congress, was asked to get a
West Point appointment for Ulysses, he
had the idea that he had also the name
Of tSimpson, - and the appointment was
obtained for 'sUlysses Simpson Grant"
The mistake in name was not brought
to the knowledge of the war department.
The addition was accepted by all con-
cerned without The ceremony of baptism.
THE FUTURE ADMIRAL SAVES THE LIFE
OF THE FUTURE PRESIDENT.
In 1928 my father moved from Ripley
on the Ohio river, to Georgetown, o., a
county seat eight miles in the interior
The Grant family had been located there
a year or two. When Ulysses and myself
first met we were of an age when children
were "tied to their mothers apron
strings. - As years passed on we were
partially released and then came our
period of danger.
We were in the habit of going fishing
together in a small stream that ran
through field. belonging to his father.
When the stream was much swollen we
thought the time most opportune and
also that the best place for casting our
lines was from poplar saw log that had
lodged on the bank, the outer end over
the water at an incline.
Ulysses usually preceded me, as we
ventured out on the slippery extending
log. One day he suddenly plunged head
long into the rapid muddy current and
disappeared. A few feet below this spot
the stream narrowed and had undermined
a willow tree so that the trunk leaned out,
barely above the surface. / was a little
boy and / managed to scramble out on
the old willow, and grab my fellow fisher
man, who luckily had come to the sur
face at Just the right time
At the time of this exploit, Ulysses
was probably eight years of age, chubby
boy with a quiet disposition. He was
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his day there came other and ADLER gram
marians than he, so many in fact that IL
is not an easy task to mention the names
of all the grammars which have been
written for the last fifty years.
Lindiey hurry was regarded as certainly
a cross, obstinate and very uncomfortable
man, and it is certain that thousands OF
scholars hated his very name. But the
truth is Iindley Murray was most gen.
erous, a.fectionate and fun-loving man,
who took up the study of grammar after
he had made a career in another pursuit,
and one in which grammar was regarded
as of small consequence-that of a mer-
chant.
There lives in New York today gentle
man who, when he was a lad, heard some
interesting anecdotes about Lindley Muir
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AN ALL-NIGHr VIGIL.
A True Story of the Maine Woods a Half
Century Ago.
TBy Mrs. S. S. Wood. |


Just ffty-seven years ago was young
man down east, not yet married, living at
nome with my father on the homestead.
Neighbors were few. in fact, not nearly
SO plentiful as were wild animals. Uncle
Johnny Racine lived two miles farther
down the road, and although 1 was
farmers son, learned of Uncle Johnny
the carpenters, builders and mill
wright's trade, and we were always in
demand, Uncle Johuny and 1, for twenty
miles around.
We were building mill that fall be-
yond the Shawangunk mountains, at
marlborough, in Sullivan county,
about fifteen miles from home, and win
ter came on and caught us with the job
unfinished.
Either Uncle Johnny or I made it a
point to go home every Saturday after
noon and stay over Sunday. On the par
ticular Saturday that 1 am going to tell
you OF it was my turn. There was
promise OF a big snoWstorm close at hand,
but / started.
1t was right after dinner, about
o'clock, and to save time struck out into
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ANOTHER NETTING.


A year or so later Ulysses and / were
much in the habit of riding on horse
back. We had very simple trappings- A
bride we regarded as necessary and a
blanket strapped to the horse desirable
On one occasion. when / was away from
home, Ulysses came over to my father 8
and asked to ride my horse My father
told him that had taught it tricks, and
that it threw everybody except myself
that attempted to ride it he had no OBJ
jections save that he feared an accident.
But Ulysses insisted, so my colt was
bridled and the blanket strapped on, and
the future United States general mounted
and went oil gaily alta gallop.
A quarter of mile away he reached a
brook with a depth of water of about a
foot, where at times we watered our
horses. As soon as the middle of the
stream was reached. the colt threw his
fore feet forward, his head downward
and suddenly halted. This unexpected
violent movement sent the rider over the
horse head, and landed him in the water
without other injury, however, than a
thorough wetting The horse, no longer
embarrassed with the rider, and quite
frightened, ran home. His appearance
greatly alarmed my father. He went at
once in search of Ulysses, and soon met
him and felt very thankful to find that his
yiSluluS w an AlipOIbunibJ ndu uOe ES-
suited seriously.
LITTLE GRANT HAD NO TASTE FOR FIRE
ARMS.
Atthls time had very long and heavy
squirrel rifle, as those with a small bore
were called. Any boy of my size and
age would be quite unable to use il with
out taking a rest'' for the gun, and
Notwithstanding this / shot at times half
a dozen squirrels a day. But Ulysses
never went with me on these occasions;
he had no fancy for firearms. nor for kill
ing game.
In after years when we met, he told me
that ne had never in his life shot bird
or an animal, though game was plenty
where he had served in the army, espec-
tally on the Pacific coast.
ULYSSES scHooLMAsTER.
Our schoolmaster was John D. White, a
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LindleY Murray.

There was probably no writer for young
persons who was more widely read, pal n
fully stndied and generally unpopular in
the early part OF this century than Lind
ley Murray, and it was the opinion of
schoolboys OF that time that he had con-
ceived his English grammar and written
it especially to torture them.
Scholars of the present day, and, in
fact, men and women who are old enough
to have children of their own to send to
school, only know Lindley Murray as the
father of English grammar, because after
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HOW JERRY RODE THE STEER.
A Boys Adventure with Redskins.
rRr n q Harhnnnh

(By II. c. Harbaugh.l
Phineas Thomson was one of the little
band of pioneers who braved the perils OF
the unbroken wilderness with General
Rufus Putnam in 1887, and at last reached
the sheltering forests Of Ohio.
The company consisted of forty-seven
people and their axes rang for many days
while they erected block-houses in the
Indian infested country where now
stands the city of Marietta, not far from
Blennerhassett's famous island in that
beautiful river.
a year or two after the initial settle
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ray, entirely different from those which
have described him as a hard grammar
ian.
1t'is generally supposed that Lindley
Murray was an Englishman, but that was
because he wrote his grammars in Eng
land, and they were published there. He
was in fact an American, born in New
York city, who gave the name to what in
these later days is regarded as the most
aristocratic locality in New York-Mur-
ray Hill
Lindley Murray's father bought the
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where he makes den among the rocks.
Farther south the same serpent is often
called the "upland moccasin," and the
negroes keep a good lookout for it in the
cotton fields, and usually term it the
Section MOUTH or 'sred eye.''
The experience OF a certain Mrs. Null
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n the northern part
of the copperhead's
range, which reach
es eastward to the
Connecticut river
and northward to
the Catskills and
follows the Appala-
chan ridges south
westward, his prop
er home is on the
wild mountains,
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The secret of their good behavior is
that they love their masters and no more
think of rebelling against them than a
dog would.
As soon as the foal is born he is tied
close to his masters tent by a cord
around his neck or sometimes around a
hind leg.
In a months time he is weaned and his
mother goes out to pasture every day
while he remains by the tent and is fed
with camel's milk. The children play
with him; he becomes one of the family,
and when he is a year old his playmates
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As he grew older he became very good
merchant, and when the revolutionary
war broke out he was worth quite little
fortune. They said that he was not very
patriotic. At all events, he went to live
upon farm on Long Island, and stayed
there very quietly until the war was over.