The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-04-17

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praised by the editor and reprinted In
New York and Boston journals. BE
Joined the company for home defense
and excelled in the games, on training
day, especially at the running, wres-
thing, boxing and target shooting.
There were many shooting galleries In
Philadelphia wherein Jack had shown
a knack of shooting with the rife and
pistol, which had won for him the
Franklin medal for craftsmanship. In
the back country the favorite muse
ment of himself and father had been
shooting at a mark.
Jack forged ahead, not only In the
printers art, but on toward the full
ness of his strength. Under the stimu-
lation Of city life and continuous
study, his talents grew like wheat In
black soil. In the summer of seventy
three he began to contribute to the
columns of the Gazette. Certain OF
his articles brought him compliments
from the best people for their wit,
penetration and good humor. He had
entered upon a career Of great promise
when the current of his life quickened
like that of a river come to a sleeper
grade. 1t began with a letter from
Margaret Hare, dated July ID, 1773.
In 1t she writes:
when you get this please sit down
and count up the years that have
passed since we parted. Then think
Aou, pIaps bora 1opa owrU Vow
must also think Of me waiting here
for you in the midst of a marrying
world. All my friends have taken their
mates and passed on. I went to Doc
tor Franklin today and told him that
I was an old lady we'll past nineteen
and accused him of having a heart Of
stone. He said that he had not sent
for you because you were making such
handsome progress in your work. I
said: You do not think of the rapid
I am making toward old age.
You forget, too, that I need a husband
as badly as the Gazette needs a philos-
opher. I rebel. You have made me an
American-you and Jack. I will not
longer consent to taxation without rep
resentation. Year by year am giving
up some of my youth and I am not
being consulted about It,
"Said he: I would demand justice
of the king. I suppose he thinks
that his country cannot yet afford a
queen. l shall tell him that he is
initiating George the Third and that
he had better listen to the voice OF
the people,
Nov, my beloved hero, the English
girl who is not married at nineteen Is
thought to be hopeless. There are fine
lads who have asked my father for the
right to court me and still l am wait
ing for my brave deliverer and he
not. I cannot forget the thrush's
song and the enchanted woodg They
hold me. If they have not held you-if
for any reason your heart has changed
you will not fail to tell me, will
you? Is 1t necessary that you should
be great and wise and rich and learned
before you come to mef Little by
little, after many talks with the
cradle Franklin, I have got the Amert-
Cdu nOllOh Luak Il WOQlu ilnS W nv
away with you and help you to accom-
plish these things and enjoy the hap
piness which wal ours, for a little time,
and of which you speak In your letters.
Surely there was something very great
those moments. 1t does not fade
and has 1t not kept US true to our
promise? But, Jack, how long I'M I to
wait2 You must tell me-"
This letter went to the heart of the
young man. She had deftly set before
him the gross unfairness Of delay. He
'elt 1t. Ever since the parting he had
not a rich man and the family was
arge. His own salary had been little
nore than was needed for clothing and
books. That autumn 1t had been
and the editor had assured
him that higher pay would be forth
He hesitated to tell the girl
low little he earned and how small,
when measured in money, his progress
lad seemed to be. He was In despair
when his friend Solomon Binkus ar
lived from Virginia. For two years
he latter had been looking after the
interests of Major Washington out In
he Ohio river country. They dined
ogether that evening at the Crooked
Billet and Solomon told him Of his ad-
in the West and frontier sto-
les of the notorious one-legged robber,
dicah Harpe, and his den on the shore
# the Ohio and Of the cunning Of the
outlaw In evading capture.
Solomon read the girls letter and
aid:
"If 1 was you I'd swim the big pond
f Necessary. This ere Is a real simon
,ure, four-masted womern an she
wants you fer captain. AS the Teller
aid when he seen a black fox, Come
IN, boys, it's time fer to yea out yer
I'm tied to my job"
'Then break yer halter" said Solo
non.