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CHAPTER XII.
Yankee Doodle pandY.n

As the end of the hurrying file OF
sayuges vanished into the woods David
stole back toward the glade where Ike
lay. He had gone but three miles
on his quest for help when his anxiety
for Ike's safety had overcome him n
he turned back. He had nearly cached
the spot when he caught sight of the
last two warriors of the party, and
Toinette between them; and even as
his blood stopped in his veins at the
vision, the two warriors overlook the
dvanc guard and disappeared from
view among the trees.
The blood pounded wildly in Da-
Vid's temples, and like a mailman he
rushed to the side of the delirious man.
"Ikew he whispered hoarsely; "Toi
nette didn't you see them passT"
But Blackboard only moaned pite-
ously; and David sank to his knees
and, as gently as a woman, bathed the
parched forehead of the unconscious
man. AS he watched Blackford, a su-
perhum0n force seemed dragging him
away to rush after the vanished war
party; but as often as he rose fren-
Gedly to his feet, the utter folly OF
attempting Toinette's rescue alone
pulled him down; and at last he forced
himself to turn his back on his last
hope and to bow his head to the duty
nearest at hand.
Through the long nights his lonely
Ngils were spent in brooding over the
past. BY day he secured the woods
Tor food, finding a wealth of purple
clusters of the wild fox-grape, WIS
l%abrusca, the ~muscadine; sometimes
seeing the busy cloud of wild bees
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understanding and strobe fearlessly
with lowered gun up to the singers
side.
Howl" came the cultural saluta-
ton.
The eyes of the white man looked
full at him without a ray of compre-
henSiOn in their wild stare. A mo-
ment only Blackford paused, and then.
turning his shoulder carelessly on the
warrior, resumed his song.
The Indian nodded Understandings.
"Ugh!" he grunted. "White nan big
Manitou! Make big medicine"
He gllded off again into the forest
as noiselessly as he came; and for a
while only the chattering of the squir-
reIS and the notes of birds broke the
stiffness overhead. Ike had sunk
there stole into the glade six naked
savages, their cheeks hideously daubed
with red and yellow ocher, their war
bonuets nodding over their heads.
The II who had first discovered Ike
pointed to the figure on the grass.
big medicine" he grunted; mo
hurt"
They passed on to the north, in
single file. Behind them came the
other two of the party, leading be-
tween them a girl whose face was
stained with weeping, whose dress
was torn and muddy with the march,
whose knees faltered beneath her, But
relentlessly the march kept on; and
the sick man, raising his head weak
ly from the ground, looked in the
face Of Toinette and knew her not.
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flood of the Wabash at their feet; and
flying swiftly toward them a canoe
driven by the brawny muscles of two
white men.
"'Cre nom !" calculated the figure in
the bow as the canoe ran up the reedy
bank. "Les hommes fous qui pour
suivant la file de Corydon !"
Toussaint Dubois, the captain of the
guides, had small respect for foolhar-
diness But the second occupant of
the canoe recognized the two adven-
turers with a cry of thankfulness and
flung his arms around them.
sect in the canoe quick" he said,
"nO tellin' what pesky devils thar is
hereabouts."
THANK God you found us, Hogue I"
cried David as they obeyed his COM
mand n the light craft shot out
again over the water. The man had
served with Hargrove, captain of the
company In which David had enlisted.
Are you carrying messages to the
Prophet? What were those flies we
heardT"
1.-THE musicians at the fort" said
Hogue.
"The fort2" repeated David bIankly.
"Where are we?"
"Ye're on the Wabash, sixty miles
north of the Old POST
"But there's no fort on the Wabash"
said Blackford wonderingly.
9TH buildin' on it's jist begun" an
swered Hogue; 9Th army gut here yis-
tiddy."
"The armyI" Ike and David ex-
claimed together.
"In course We didn't know-lef' Vim
cennes. horse and foot, nigh to a thou
sand on US, seven days ago. Will
Harrison's a-commandin' and Dubois
and 1 air a-scoutin' around the bresh."
"Then Tecumseh has chosen warp
"Tecumsy's still SOUTH" said the
backwoodsman grimly. sold Horse
head Gibson and Harrison igger thet
he's up t devilment weth the Creeks
an we'uns air a-goin' t skeer the
Prophet into a shakin' ague before Te-
clumsy hes a nance t git back"
Dubois grunted in assent. by gar.
thees Harrison he strake queeck lax
panthere !"
"You came just in time said David
weakly. Silently he stumbled along
at the heels of Hogue and Dubois, as
they bore Ike's limp body between
them toward the clearing in the forest
on the east bank of the river; and
when the men of his company ran out
to meet them their cheers rang
strangely distant in his ears.
D,t FoAl nrJ rae+ soon hrA,,nAN I,orr
his strength and Ike, too, gained rap
idly under the clear skies OF October.
All the month "A spent in completing
the log f~ortiication, and then, leaving
1t as a base with a handful of men,
the column o up its course once
more toward the Prophets town at
T~ippecanoe. The sick, Blackford among
the number, were left Mt Fort Harrison
to spare them the onward march.
David again entered Captain Har-
groves company. Among the cold
ashes of his hopes one CLEAN still per-
sisted: he might yet find Toinette at
the Prophets town. Indeed, that was
the one place where she had probably
been taken.
They advanced warily. The regular
troops, under Colonel Boyd, headed
the little column the militia followed ;
Spier Spencer's yellow Jackets" trot-
ted at the left, the Vincennes horse
men at the right; 10 Daviess' Ken
lucky Dragons brought up the rear.
The boats conveying the supplies
were left at a ~blockhouse hastily con
structed at a point 25 miles north of
Fort Harrison n at noon of Novem-
Der 6 they came into view of the hun
dreds of tepees which made up the
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marsh grass, and suddenly upon the
wind he heard the unmistakable u
of a marching quickstep, the shrill mu-
sic of the flies, the rumble Of the
drums. They threw their arms around
each others neeks and shouted with
all their strength. Waited . shout
ed again . an answering hailoa
came family to their ears, and with
a cry of joy they forced themselves
on. With a last effort they burst
through the reeds and found the broad
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his face and hands with wet clay.
climbed laboriously to their strong
hold, and rifled their rich masses Of
dripping honey; sometimes finding a
store of nuts, forgotten by the chat
tering squirrels; sometimes succeed
Ing in bringing down a black grouse
as 1t drummed and strutted on a res
onant log. Thus eking out their scanty
store of dried venison, he kept life in
Bfackford's body through twelve days
of agonized watching.
And at last the fever and the stab
bling pain in Ike's side vanished under
the healing of the forest.
There came a day when David,
gaunt and weak from starvation, bent
over Ike and felt the hot tears yelling
up un~consciously; and even as he
watched, Ike's eyes opened and looked
up at him with all delirium gone
Hello, David" he said weakly, as
the rain over?"
"Yes," was the joyous answer,
thank God. the rains over W !"
Ike lay for a while in silence before
he spoke again:
"Time we're going on, isn't it?" He
tried to rise. "Why, what makes me
SO weak David?"
you've been sick q long while, son ;
easy now, easyi"
The tale of his long delirium was
one which Ike heard in wonder. His
sickness had left him like u little child,
and he cried in sheer gratitude as he
realized what David had done for
him. David saw that Ike remembered
nothing Of the passage Of the war
party; and he said nothing of It to
Ike, fearing hat Blackford would
blame himself for Toinette's loss.
They agreed, with hearts inexpress-
IDLY heavy, that the delay had driven
the last CLEAN of hope from the pur-
suit and as soon as Ike was able to
stand they began again to seek the
river to the west. Onward they
pressed, with infinite toll, Ike's hand
clinging to David's shoulder.
Again and again they were Inr ed to
rest; and as the sun began Its down.
ward journey they had traversed five
miles only. They had reached a place
where the forest grew thinner and the
long rushes rose above their heads /;
the painless home of innumerable wa
terfowl. Ike fell heavily upon the
marshy ground, crashing through the
dry reeds. David lifted Ike's head in
terror. He had not lost consciousness
an uncomfortable fatigue possessed him,
but his eyes burned with unconquer.
able resolve.
I'll be all right in a moment,
Davy," he gasped. Its only-listen,
what's that sound?"
He staggered to his feet and David
held his breath. Then he shook his
head.
Il heal nothing but the blackbirds,
Ike"
mol listen, Dayy, the flies, the
fifesI"
David felt an awful fear sweep
through him. Had the strain been too
much for Ike's exhausted body? Was
the delirium to return once more? He
began to speak s~oothingly.
But Ike held up his hand for silence.
'Listen, Davy, the ffesl They're
playing Yankee DoodleH And, oh,
Davy, you can hear the drums now l'
David strained in an agony of listen
ing. A breeze rustled the tops of the
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|IIppeCan0e

A story of the
pioneer days of
Indiana. when
savage tribes
tried to halt the
progress of the
sturdy frontiers
men,, and of the
famous battle
of Tippecanoe
which preserved
Tor the United
States the great
North w e S tern
territory.
A romantic and
historical narra-
tive that is inter-
esting through
out.
The Washington times., 1917-11-22
A Wartime Crowd
By EARL GOODWIN.
Washington Needs Little More Elbow Room and the Govnsnt
No Doubt Settle the Housing Problem Satisfactorily.

Before the United States entered the war there lived in
washington about 10000 persons Now have been at
war since April and the city has taken extra popua
ton big enough to compare with some Of the best known In
dusral center The estimated increase from 10000 to
ioOO the latter being based the increased street
traffic
Now see what has happened. Between forty Thousand
and seventyhve thousand and have sud-
denly to Washington only to find the chance to get vacant
house or an apartment steadily decreasing because the Gov
ernment must take many apartment buildings and
hotels.
In the meantime upset trades railroad jams and all the
necessary and unnecessary delays and disturbances bone
In silence because know In the mol of conhict
have made impossible to erect many houses and apart
ments general survey of the situation being made An
ofhand view of the city Of Washington indicates
about to burst through jacket unless lets out
stitch. We have outgrown our city to some extent.
Washington is the biggest shop the most important
army center, the main cantonment The Government
quremens stretching the jacket and the Government
viii the necessity of making the proper repairs Seventy
five thousand men and business must be prop
ery housed Moreover this seventy five thousand viii be
increased long, according to have heard Also
the Government will take apartments and
hotels squeezing the population closer and closer together
boosting renting prices again and again. and making living
this in time and viii relieve the situation by building houses
or barracks for thousands of the new clerks -
There is great doubt about this it has been done
other countries where the capital population jumped sud
denly beyond the bounds of housing possibilities. it had
been otherwise the countries at In Europe would have
felt the friction caused by dissatisfied workers The United
States Government will doubt do the thing here In
Washington where the housing problem has for weeks been
almost unanswerable.
The Washington times., 1917-11-22

Everybody knows that the taking Of interest money
lent was looked upon until recently crime and dis
grace The Bible almost at the beginning denounces usuy
and any interest charge whatever the rate considered
usury.
"n thou lend money to any of my people that Is by
thee thou shalt not be to him usurer, neither shalt
thou lay upon him sury."-Exodus, 22:25.
In Deuteronomy read unto stranger thou nsGyeSt
lend upon HsaTy; but not unto thy brother"
But for centuries the church forbade all lending at in
terest matter what the rate Such lending criminal
and severely punished.
Only recently have learned that countries pros
pered under bearing loans the interest system regu
lated by law has been recognized
We publish here the views Of earnest young who
believes that because not profitable interest should
be paid to those that lend money in bonds We do not
share the optimism Of this writer.
But we admire his expression Of It, particularly he
belongs to the class that has money to lend.
It certainly would be better world II you could find
few million individuals sharing the opinions Of the writer
whose views you viii now read:
The Washington times., 1917-11-22

there was no stopping her.
"Go to it, Kate" encouraged her
younger sister. 'Tell us all the
crimes we commit"
IN tell you two crimes you
commit" Katherine flashed back
at her. you 90 to my stamp box
and help yourself to my stamps.
Then when / 90 there in a hurry,
with a letter that ought to Be
mailed that minute, ] find a 10
cent piece In the bottom Of the box
and no stamps. Now, ] don't want
q 10-cent piece; ! want stamps.
And II you help yourself to my
stamps, the very least you can de-
Gently do is to take the trouble to
replace them"
"0h" muttered the younger sis
tel, In some confusion.
Another thing resumed
Katherine, warming 70 her talk.
But her sister interrupted her.
Walt q minute" she said.
You've had the floor long enough.
It's my turn now. How about my
pencil? You know / keep q PEN
ell and pad on the telephone stand
to take messages and write down
addresses and that kind Of thing.
When you want q pencil you 20
there and get 1t.
You carry 1t OF, but you don't
take the trouble to return 1t. You
drop 1t wherever you happen to be
when you're through with it. And
when I'm at the telephone and
need a pencil in q hurry, I've got
to keep the person WAITING while
go and look for one. And you've
done this not once or twice, but
dozens and dozens Of times"
Indeed she has" said the
mother with warm sympathy.
"I've seen her do it. And every
time she comes into my room with
anything in her hand she leaves it
there, and l have to carry it back
where it belongs"
EYES," continued the younger
daughter. "And WIN she came in
from the theater Wednesday night
she made so much noise that she
woke us both up, though she knew
we had gone to bed early to get a
good nights sleep, and
But Kate threw up her hands.
That's enough" she said. II
admit II all. But, don't you see,
what yea say is merely proving
my peiHt, All families are very
much alike, Most of US are abom-
iAable in our homes. And we can
be so avfully nice outside! Why
Il itf"
Their mother, her geed humor
completely restored, beamed upon
her daughters.
"Why, there's only one answer,
children" she said. 1--WE do these
things because we're supremely
selfish, and because we know that
those who love US will endure al
most anything!"
The Washington times., 1917-11-22
The Price of Human Life
l. Cheaper Pay Damages After III
3

Big signs procaiming Extreme Danger, sumounted BY
Deathy Skulls and Cross Bones being placed on Dead
Mans Curve the Baltimore pike 1t Is commendabls
procedure and the State of Maryland should be congau
lated The writer called attention to the necessity for the
startling warnings possible, and there is no question
about Deaths Head.
This city should follow the example of Maryland, and
either all the death traps within the bounds Of the
District orplace huge Deaths Head each There
still trolley poles in this enlightened community
against any of which load of human beings may
some day crash There street crossings here as
dangerous any dead mans in the wor there
careless pedestrian rules and silly methods of issuing auto
mobile drivers licenses There street managers who
allow heavily loaded to crash together greasy hill
side track for lack of sand in the sand box.
Oh, for day when own barn door viii be locked
before the horse is stolen Industrial learned long
ago it spend few thousand dollars to prevent ac
dents It is cheaper than spending hundreds of thousands
dollars in accident claims Safety First is not only human
but it is efficient
We fairly safe in Washington but there are still
few bad points and conditions Let clean these and
one of the first things to do win be to the trolley
poles
The Washington times., 1917-11-22

zoe could do to help It. If you had
left the table we could have gone
on with our breakfast. While you
were there, in discomfort, we could
not-because you made US too ner-
vous. So you see, without helping
yourself at all you passed your
discomfort to four other persons
and made two Of them 20 of to
their days work without any food.
And the strange part Of It all
Is" added Katherine, serenely
studying her mother, "that Il
never occurred to you to leave the
room and that you can't see yet
why you should have done so. Yet
you know perfectly well that II the
attack had come when we were at
a table away from your own home
you would have left that table in
five seconds. In other words, you
would not have dreamed Of sub
jecting strangers to the lack Of
consideration you show your fam
ily."
Her mothers manner stiffened.
VI course, II you wish 70 be
disagreeable," she said, coldly, 81
don't know anyone who has more
talent in that line"
Katherine laughed.
"I'm not being disagreeable,"
she said good-humoredly. am
simply trying to figure out why
most Of us are infinitely more
careful about the feelings Of our
acquaintances and friends than
about the feelings of those we love
most-our own family. We'd die
for our mothers and fathers and
brothers and sisters and children
If the need came; yet we irritate
them with a thousand daily un-
necessary pricks which we wouldn't
dream Of expecting strangers to
endure"
Katherine was of now, and
The Washington times., 1917-11-22
Overs
About the Old
Folks at Home
Copyright, 1917, International News Service.

Copyright 1917, International News
Men and engrossed in
you seem to have attention
Just because family of
ing your father they left
insist visit while and while they
guests do the things you'll know will please them
Tell them your plans ambionsi who is AsFested1
They feel each and which you
largely to their training and speaking OF your little HmPhs give
them the credit s due. 1t won't hurt
Its sad thought father mother feel that aftsF child
of farther farther
teres new and and parents
lonely. ~
If away and mothers write often the
Tell them tbat ttle like her grandmother"
that like his
them the little points which you know will gladden. their
hearts ' ~
Be thoughtful for the old folks at home
The Washington times., 1917-11-22

claimed. "As If l could help
coughingl Could l help it7"
The daughters did not reply.
Gould help It ?" repeated their
mother, angrily. The older daugh-
ter had pulled herself together.
"No, dear" she said comfort
ably. "You couldn't. But you
could have left the table. Couldn't
your"
"No, couldn't" snapped the
mother. "How could / leave the
table when l was coughing so
hard?"
"You could have left It easily"
said the daughter, placidly. "Your
room is just off the dining room.
You could have slipped in there
and had your cough out all by
yourself-and' the rest of us could
have had our breakfast"
The mother looked at her with
the eloquent reprOach Of which Q
mothers eyes are so capable.
Katherine" she said reproach-
fully, 81 think that Is the most
selfish remark / have ever listened
to; and i am deeply hurt to hear
it from the lips Of my own child"
Katherine sighed. Katherine
was in some danger of being a
prig. She was a person who
looked on both sides Of questions
that came up and who had an in
convenient way Of urging others
to share the view. As she was
thirty years Of age, and independ-
emit she had no objection to an oc-
casional respectful debate with her
mother.
Two Sets of Manners
One for House Use.
Are you hurt?" she asked,
now. I'm sorry. But YOU see,
my point is this: There was moth
ing serious about your attack Of
coughing and there was nothing
The Washington times., 1917-11-22

While We are agitating for . two
platoon system for firemen, lets
take up the suggestion Of Mrs. L.
E. KIDWELL.
This clever lady suggests that the
ennui Of q fire laddy's LIE would be
relieved II they used their spare time
TO knit for the soldiers.
OF course, II q fire broke out while
a fireman was In the middle of q dif-
ficult stitch, we might have to wait
for the fire engine But then
I can tell you vhsre there are
about fifteen cords Of iOOOd lying on
the ground. In the gully betiDes'.
Decatur street and the Walter Reed
Hospital, iust east Of Fourteenth
street. Soms filing IN e going on
and lot Of real fuel has been cover
cd up. Ho1OeVsr, there Is q pile Of
It left, lying on the ground. ! don't
L7otU the otCner Of this property, but
Il tOould be a Godsend to poor folks
II he tpould see that the tcood Is dis
tributed instead of buried. For this
/ uEs inde6tsd to J. p. YODER.
ROBERT WATSON, chief clerk
Of the Department Of Labor, assures
me that the intsrned Germans at
Hot Springs are NOT fed fve good
big meals a day, and that the ladies
and gentlemen who were 80 terribly
excited over this allegation can calm
themselves. The Department OF
Labor has charge Of the particular
internment camp involved.
FRED 8. WALKER, 76o Rock
Creek Church road, says "Go right
after the car companies. Most peo-
pie would rather pay a dime for the
comfort and rapidity Of the jitney."
rather than pay q nickel and be
Squeezed out Of shape.
GEN. E. W. WHITAKER be-
lieves that one Of the greatest needs
Of the District of Columbia Is the So
luton Of the water power problem.
Great Falls is running amuck at the
rate Of millions Of horsepower.
The Washington times., 1917-11-22

It was a family breakfast-that
function which is SO frequently
depressing to those who take part
In It.
The head of the house was in a
hurry. He was also irritable. The
war news was discouraging. The
cook was late. The coffee was
bad.
When things went at their worst
the mother of the family had a
sudden attack Of coughing.
Something" she gasped, has
gone down the wrong way"
She coughed and coughed. At
first the family was sympathetic.
The father brought her a glass Of
water. The oldest daughter left
her chair to sympathetically pat
her mothers back. Then, as It
was clear that the something"
was only a crumb and there was
no symptom Of strangulation, they
resumed their places.
But they could not eat. Tbs
coughing kept on and on and on
1t would stop for a moment or
two, only TO be resumed. The
family waited and waited, gazing
from the mother to their plates.
The Father Leaves
the Table in q Huff.
At last, with an exclamation
that proved his nerves at the
swapping point, the father rose,
pushed back his chair and left the
room. In q few moments more his
son followed his example. The
two daughters sat silent and
prodded their food aimlessly
around their plates with their
forks.
At last the mothers attack Of
coughing ceased and she looked at
the two vacant places.
where's your father" she
asked the girls. "And where's
GeorReP
"Gone," the older daughter
lasonically told her.
But they haven't had their
breakfast"
mo" The nerves of the older
daughter were also on edge and
her speech showed it, They
couldn't eat" she ended briefly.
Couldn't eat? Why not?"
The older daughter laid down
her fork.
Mother" she said distinctly,
'they couldn't eat because for the
past ten minutes you have been
coughing your head of here at the
tablep .,
The mother, who had begun to
eat her own breakfast, promptly
suspended the operation. An ex-
preston of deep resentment and
injury settled over her features.
"Well, ! like that!" she ex-
The Washington times., 1917-11-22

Speaking Of cigar bozss. do Y0u
remember I0heH cigars allUdys came
IN bERekes of twenty-five i1ith o NsI.
losp ribbon about tksnl.
The Washington times., 1917-11-22

There must be millions Of good
cigar boxes broken up and thrown
away every day. J. z. HURST sug-
gests that some one start q conserva-
ton campaign to save this good stun.
/ have a friend in Philadelphia who
makes a living by Transforming cigar
boxes into ukeleles. What can you
make of them?