I Old Blazer's Hero
Hv DAVID CHCISTin A'.ITPPAV. - BE
CHAPTER IV.
The proprietors of the Old Blazer hnd
00 right to coll upon the services of Ned
Blane; but In such e case no man who
Was competent to disehnrge the duties of
superintending the work of rexcuo could
hesitate to obey the summons. Illiine
was doubly competent. His business du
ties is mine surveyor hnd ninde him fa
miliar with the working, and in similar
esses he had more than once given proof
of courage and resource. He threw him
self heart and soul into the work, nud
ven forgot for an hour or two at a time
that hi sweetheart hnd that dny married
his rival and that her mnrringe was like
ly to endanger her happiness.
It was night time, and the roaring
wind had fallen, to be followed by n
thick drizzle. Great cages of fire hurtl
ed here and there, and smenred the thick
atmosphere with a murky light. The
scattered crowd looked listless enough
on the surface. The engine panted with
noise of fenr and hurry, and echoes
from the waste of darkness beyond the
circJe of the flaring cressets answered
drearily. Faces shone like hot metal In
th near light of the lires, or took a
gk-stly pallor as they stood ngninst the
borders of the darkness. Knots of
ahawled women waited motionless round
the hovels by the pit's mouth; the rest
.f the lingerers moved purposelessly hith
er nnd thither, about thn slippery and
uneven ground.
Al! was being done that could be done,
and for the moment there was no more
need of the man who felt most need of
labor. He stood disconsolate near the
mouth of the mine, with his hands folded
behind him and his eyes upon the ground.
The drizzle was growing thicker, and the
crowd, knowing that there was no hope
of rescue, or even of early tidings, had
begun to fall away, when he felt a hand
Upon his shoulder, and, turning, found
Hepzibah by his side.
"I've brought you a change o' clothes
nd some victuals, Mister ISdward," she
aid, as he turned upon her. "You should
ha' sent a message to the missis. Dinner
was kept waitin for a hour and more.
We've only just found out as you was
here, though anybody but a set of thick
heads might ha' guessed it."
He took the things from her half me
chanically, and having bestowed them in
one of the hovels, came back into the
rain and stood there looking gloomily
bout him.
Hepzibah, who could guess something
f her young master's troubles, though
the was scarcely competent to calculate
their force, laid hands upon him nnd in
sisted on his return to the hovel, where
-she opened her basket.
Whilst Blane forced himself to eat,
Hepzibah sat and watched him in si
lence; but when he pushed the food away
nd arose from the stool on which he hnd
been seated she broke luto complaint and
reproach. He paid no heed to her nntil
he laid both hands upon his arm, and
in her earnestness gave him just such an
imperative little shake of command as
he had been wont to use for the empha
sis of reproof when he was a child. He
langhed rather forlornly at this, and
-turned upon her:
"Well, Hepzibah, what Is it?"'
"Why, it's just this," responded Hepzi
bah. " Vou've got your mother and the
little tins to think of. There's nobody
eke in the whole wide world for them
to look to but you, and it's no part of
your business here to lie doing nuythiug
rash and throwing your life away. You
went down the Aid Tump when nobody
else would go. Aud there wnsn't a
creetur there as saw you go ns ever ex
pected to see you back again. Don't you
go playing any of them tricks here. And
look here, Edward, you tnke heart; pluck
op a bit of a sperrit and bethink your
self. There's as good fish in the sea as
ver come out of it. Now, don't you go
Jurapin' at me as if I'd stuck a pair of
scisso.s into you. I shan't say no more;
least raid soonest mended; but a nod's
s good as a wink to a blind horse. Aud
now I'm going away, but not before I've
got your promise to get Into your dry
-clothes. If you say you'll do it, I know
you'll do it; but I shan't go until you've
.promised."
He gave the promise and she went
way, leaving him in the hovel alone.
He opened the door, aud, accosting one
f the loungers, said: ,
"If anybody asks for me you can say
I'm here. I'm going to get a change."
The man nodded in response; nnd
when Ned had exchanged his saturated
garments for the dry ones Hepzibah hud
brought him he sat down and surren
dered himself to his own comfortless re
fections. After the space of some half
hour or thereabouts a knock came to the
door, and the man who had accosted him
outside entered.
"Here's Mr. Hackett asking for you,
sir," he said.
"Mr. Hackett!" cried Blane, rising in
surprise and fear. He could think of
nothing but some sudden misfortune
which could have brought his rival there
at such a time, and he went out to meet
him with the feelings a man may have
who walks to the gallows.
"Hillo, Ned!" cried Harkett's voice
Blane emerged from the hovel, and,
turning round in the direction of the
voice, the surveyor saw his rival swag
gering, with his feet planted wide apart
and a bottle in his hand.
"They told me you were in charge
here," said Will, "and I snatched a min
ute or two to run up and see how things
were going on. I've brought a drop of
comfort for the fellows who're at work
here. Pass It round, boys."
Hackett, glistening from heel to shoul
der ia a long India rubber waterproof
coat, and with a felt hat stuck rukishly
at the back of his head, had his face
turned away from the glare of the cres
set, so that bis old companion could but
dimly discern hia features.
Blane's unformed fears of half a min
ute earlier were gone, but a terror as
great and more tangible was in Its stead.
II 8 advanced without a word, and selz
jg Hackett by the sleeve, turned him
round gently but firmly and brought his
face into the light. He knew then what
he had only guessed before. The bride
groom had beeu drinking.
"You bars no business here at such a
time as this," he said roughly. "Go
borne."
"No business here!" said nackett
Why have I got no business here?"
"You know a well as I do," Blane
responded with choking nnd rapid
Voice, "why you have no business here
to-night. Cows with me. '
i Us had kept hia hold upon nsckett's
arm during this brief exchange of words,
mi how, gripping him harder Uuta he
knew, he was lending him away. Hackett
twisted his ti rut from the other's hold aud
laughed.
"Hoii'tyoii fret abont me, Ned Blane."
he caid, with n laugh. "I'm perfectly
right where I am. and I know what
I'm doing. Did you over read the life
of that grrnt and good mnn, Doctor
Johnson V"
"Never yon mind that great nnd good
mnn. Doctor .lohuson, just at present."
said Blane, who by this time, between
wrutli nnd anguish, was ns white us a
sheet. "Yon go home."
"I'm taking a leaf out of his book, my
boy," said Hackett. "There's nothing
like having the reins in your owu hands
nt starling."
Such a tempest of nnger raged through
Blane's mind that it was a matter of
wonder to him afterward thrrt he did not
then and there knock Will Hackett
down. But he restrained himself, and.
turning abruptly, walked back to the
suuulid shelter lie had so recently quit
ted, nnd closed the door behind him.
CHAPTER V.
Blane was alone wrestling with him
self for a full hour, and at the end of
that time he was called out to some
smnll duty. He got through it dogged
ly, compelling himself to listen and uu
derstmd with as strenuous an urgency
and compulsion as would have been need
ed to hold a struggling man physically,
and then betook himself to a waste field
hard by, nud there walked up and down
in the darkness nnd the ruin.
He did not know how long he had
been thus occupied when a voice hailed
hint excitedly, and he ran, shouting in
nnswer, toward the engine house. The
little remnant of the day's crowd waa
gathered closely about it, and he had to
push his way through with some force
until he was recognized nnd room was
made for him to puss. Three or four of
the more intelligent and Instructed of the
workmen were gathered In the engine
room, nnd with them wns a mine survey
orone Atkinson who hnd a little while
before arrived on the scene prepared to
tender his services in case of need.
"Hero's a strange thing, Blane," said
the new arrival. "The water in the
shaft has gone down thirty feet within
the last ten minutes. It can't have gone
down in the shnft without having gone
down in the workings, nnd a draught like
that can't mean anything but this: the
weight of water has broken into some
lower workings that I don't know of, and
the Blazer is more than two-thirds drain
ed already."
In the excitement of this news Rime
forgot his personal griefs, nnd instantly
became master of himself and the situ
ation. He called for the plan of the
mine, studied it for a moment nnd then
turned quietly npou his fellow volunteer.
"We can get nt them now." he said.
"The full In the water has left bare this
old air-way, which is bricked up in the
shaft. We must break through at once.
Shndrach, rig things up in the downcast.
Meshach" this was Shadrnch's broth
er "get lamps and picks. See that the
lamp casings are watertight."
The two men were gone about their
several affairs as briskly aa the orders
were conveyed.
"I'll make one," said the new volun
teer. "But it 8 likely to be a wet job,
aud I'll borrow a suit of llanucls from
one of you chaps. And you'd better do
the same, Blane. It 11 be well to have
dry things to come up to."
The little crowd outsido was excited,
but Intensely quiet The shawled women
stood like grouped statues hi the red
glare of the cressets nnd the murk of
the night. Preparations were made rap
idly, without noise or bustle, nnd in a
few minutes the rescue purty was ready
to descend. It consisted of Blane, his
momentary colleague, Shadrach and two
others all tried and experienced men,
who knew that they miarht be venturing
upon a desperate enterprise, tut hail
faced the like so often that scarcely a
nerve fluttered nmong them.
They eutercd the skip which hung over
the black cavern of the pit's mouth. The
word was given, aud they swung down
ward. In a minute the tloor of the skip
began to heave beneath their feet like
the deck of a boat at sea answering to
the regulation of the engine on the bank
and a second or two later they came
gently to n standstill.
"Here, said Blane, striking the brick
ed wall resoundingly with the point of a
pics'.
Shndrach lay on the floor of the skip
at full length, face downward. The two
other miners steadied him as he hung
chest and tshoulders over the black space.
He worked the point of the pick into a
crevice of the wall, and after a tug or
two out came a brick and fell with a
splash into the water, which, from a
couple of fathoms lower down, reflected
thn light of the safety lumps with a
sulky and oily gleam. He ami his com
panions peering Into the hole thus made
saw nothing but what looked like a solid
darkness.
"Go on," said Blane. "That's the
place. You'll be through directly."
Shadrach worked industriously, and
the bricks fell fust uutil there was a
hollow mado big enough easily to ad
mit of the passage of a man. Shadrach
bridged the chasm between the skip an'l
the wall with his body and wormed him
self carefully through the orifice he had
made; then turning, thrust out a band
for his lamp.
"It's deadly wet." said Shadrach. "I'm
up to mid-thigh in it."
Nobody spoke in answer to this state
ment, but, man by man. bridged the
chasm and entered upon the air-way.
When nil were landed they set out upon
a difficult and broken road, which in
places was so low that they were com
pelled to go snakewise, and even then
came Into occasional contact with the
harp ridges of the roof. By and by the
road dipped suddenly. The passage was
higher at this point than it had been
hitherto, and the men could stnud in a
crouching posture whilst they pnused to
take breath. Blane went down upon
his hands and knees, aud thrusting his
lamp before him surveyed the depression
in frout.
"Lads," he said, turning and looking
upward at his companions, "there's wat
er here. I fancy we shall have to divo
for it."
"That'll be queer work," said his fel
low surveyor gravely. "It'll be a bad
business for anybody who gets stuck
down there. And who's to know wheth
er the road rises again aud gets free of
water? Aud if it due, who's to say
what the distance is?"
"ITl try it tt fsremost," said Ned
Blane. "I shall come nt of It easiest
that way if I find the rond too narrow
or too hng. If you get a tap from the
other side you'll know It's pretty easy
to follow."
He blew out the light of tie lamp, ami
encased the lamp Itself in a waterproof,
tin box which wns suspended nbout his
shoulder. Then kneeling down ngatn.
he slipped feet foremost into the black
wnter, and slowly disappeared from
tt!irl.f lila ro iftna 1 1 i.wntr tnrv
1 motion with eager glances until the wat
er closed over his head, and ft babbie
cr two rose upon its inky surface. The
little pool lapped its boundaries idly aud
noiselessly, find the watchers, crouching
inunchile nud silent, kept their eyes uson
it. f'.uddetily it ebbed by three or four
iodic?, r.nd n second or two later was
hmro a nmflled nnd inward tap, tap, tap,
from beyond it.
"Who goes next?'' asked the volunteer.
"Be careful about your lamps and
matches, lads."
The Bard put out Ms lamp, encased it
as his predecessor hnd done, and slipped
backward into the wnter. Then his com
panions followed. The volunteer, having
put out his light, fumbled in the dark
awhile to fix it in its ease, and then went
after the others. When he had emerged
upon the farther side, he found a lamp
or two already relighted, ami in a while
the journey wns begun ngain. The rond
still presented the same characteristics.
At times they could walk stooping, at
times they could make their way upon
their hands aud knees, and again at
times they were compelled to crawl. On
n sudden when they were in the straitest
pass they hnd yet come to, the leader's
light went out. The lamp of the man
behind him followed suit.
"Get back, for your lives!" shouted
Blane; "the choke-dnmp's on us!"
In a narrow way there was no room to
turn, but they shuflled backward with
breathless haste, tearing their thick
clothes against the jagged roof, and
wounding hands and knees upon the bro
ken way below. Another Inmp went out,
and then another. But by this time they
had reached a less difficult portion of the
nir-way, and were making more rapid
progress.
"We shall be all right on the other side
of the water," said Blane. "The gas
can't get past that."
They hurried on by the light of the
foremost lamp, which by good hap was
still burning, until they reached the wat
er. And here, by some disaster, the lamp
went out. One after the other they
struggled through this gup of safety.
The volunteer, having beeu the last to
enter, was first to leave. Arriving on
the safety side he took a match from its
waterproof case and struck it. His com
rades came up one by one, dripping and
breathless; one two three.
"All here?" asked Blane, ns he emerg
ed, shaking himself like a dog, and wring
lug the foul water from bis hair aud
face.
"No," said one of the men. "Where's
Shad?"
Shadrach was absent. They waited
for a little time, and the volunteer sur
veyor ignited one match nt another while
they watched and listened.
"This is getting serious," said Blane.
"I must go back for him."
"It's mere madness to go back," av
Bwercd the volunteer, gravely.
(To be continued. i
STATES IN THE NAVY.
Only Six Names Now Available for
Future ilatt Usbipi.
' Congress, act of May 4, 1898, provid
ed that "hereafter all tlrst-elasa battlo
6liips aud monitors owned by the Uni
ted States 6 hall be named for tha
States." This is the provision that
gave the names of States to the Arkaii
sas class of monitors recently com
pleted. By the act of March 3, 1901, the
President Is glveu the power to estab
lish the classification of tho vessels of
the navy, nnd the old classification by
gun strength gave placo, under order of
June 8, 1901, to a classification by ton
nage, says the Scientific American.
First rates are men-of-war of 8,000
tons and above, thus Including armored
cruisers, which, until recent Increases
In battleship tonnage, differed only
from battleships by the relative pro
portions of speed and armament.
The names of States in the navy list
appear as follows:
Commissioned Battleships first
class; Alabama, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachu
setts, Oregon, Wisconsin; battleship,
second class, Texas; armored cruiser,
New York. Total. 11.
Building BattI '.ships: Connecticut,
Georgia, Louisiana. Missouri, Ne
braska, New Jersey, Ohio, Ilhodfe Isl
and, Virginia; armored cruisers, ( Cali
fornia, Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylr
vanla, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wash
ington, West Virginia. Total, 17.
Monitors: Arkansas, Floridkt, Kevuda,
Wyoming. Total, 4.
Designations of ships authorized by
last session of Congress : Vermont,
Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota. Total, 5.
New Hampshire, wooden ship, use
less. Michigan, service on Lake Erie.
Names of States not on navy list:
Delaware, Montana, North Carolina,
South Carolina, North Dakota, Utah.
Total C,
Countercharge.
A retaliatory thru it at mankind lies
In the remark of a woman who Is quot
ed by the New York Times. She was
putting the finishing touches to her '
toilet, and her husband was waiting
with ostentatious patience. Having
adjusted her hat, she took a hatpin
from the cushion, and suddenly cried
out:
"I think it's a shame!"
"Yes, my dear," nervously assented
the waiting husband.
"I mean the way theso writers say
women sharpen lead pencils and open
tin cans with their husband's razors."
"Yes, my dear."
"Yes. Now I never do such thing
with your razor, and I don't bellevs
any woman does. I looked at your
razor once, when 1 had a box of sar
dines to open, but it was so sharp and
so wabbly in the handle I was afraid
to use It."
"Yes, my dear."
"If the writers want to put some
thing true In the papers, why don't
Oiai, tails Ki 1 1 f mftn t i r. no. ,1., ,1.
wives' natpins ror pipe-cleaners?
Ugh!"
This time the husband forgot to say,
"Yes, my dear."
His Opinion.
"Do you believe thut every man has
bis price?"
"I won't discuss that," answered
Senator Sorghum; "but I will say that
tha reason some men stay honest la
because the price asked Is so ranch
higher than the price bid." Washing
ton Star
TWO PICTURES.
I.
Au old fartihoiist w iih meadows wide.
And sweet will) clover on each side;
A bright eyed boy, who looks from out
Tho door with wood. Ine wreathed about.
And wishes his one though; nil day:
"Oh! if I could only fly nwny
From Ibis dull spot I he word to so.
How happy. hnnpy. happy,
How linppy I ahou'd be.''
II.
Amid the city's constant din,
A man who round 'ho world has been.
Who. 'mid tho tumult and tho throng,
Is thinking, thinking all day long:
"Oh! could I only tread once more
The Held path to the .armhoiise door,
Tho old green mendow could I see.
How happy, happy, happy,
How happy I should bp."
Unlversallst Lender,
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A CHANCE
o
OLLY GREY wns 22. and ns
a stenographer in n New York
law oftico the sum of $18 n
week was nllotted to her as her share
of the world's wealth.
It mny have been the vicinity of
Wall street, or it niny have been pass
ing the sub-treasury dully (where all
thnt glitters is sure to be gold), but
Molly luid the feeling of wealth.
How could it be otherwise when day
after day she copied documents that
discoursed easily of hundreds of thou
sands and millions, and deftly tucked
certified checks for $50,(HH) or $100,000
Into the envelopes of letters that be
gnu "Inclosed plense find" with uncon
scious nonchalance?
Imperceptibly her point of view Ito
enme one with thut of the great cor
porations of whose workings she hnd
daily glimpses, nnd the time when $.",
000 would have seemed to her a lordly
fortune was blotted out.
When It ia added that In her native
village her love of Ideals and her hab
it of reading and studying hnd earned
hei' the reputation of being "stuck up,"
It will be superfluous to add thnt she
was ambitious.
She lived In a busy dream world
where, without fully realizing it her
self, she wns forever preparing for tho
high station to which she might some
day be culled.
But her dream of fame was not for
herself, but for the man the man
whom the rose-colored future would
"I HAVK COME TO ASK YotfONCK MI1IIE."
surely bring nnd of whom every girl
worthy of the inline dreams raptur
ously. In her absorption she looked right
over the heads of the ordinary young
men whom fiite threw In her path, al
beit she did It so sweetly thut more
than one of these fatuous youths hnd
tried tc bring her attention down from
the clouds.
Only one persisted, nnd that wns
Hansom McC'omb, the bookkeeper In
the ofllce. His unfailing thoughtful
ness and consideration hnd won her
sincere liking, though he was keen
enough to suspect thnt the liking was
tinged with patronage.
Delicately he tried, from time to
time, to show her the trend of his feel
ings. But she treated hi in nlwoys
with a frank good will that would not
understand, receiving bis attentions
much as a gracious goddess might have
received the adoration of a mortal
and with not n whit more conscious
ness that anything more than friend
ship could exist lietween them.
When, therefore, with the dogged
ness of a mnn who knows he Is but
ting bis head against a stone wall, he
told her In plain words what hnd long
beeu apparent to every one who knew
them, she was not only amazed but a
trifle shocked.
Hansom, ordinary man though he
might be, bad loved her too long und
deeply not to understand what she
carefully tried to conceal In her guard
ed, but decided, refusal.
"You needn't le afraid of hurting
me," he said bluntly, though bis lips
were drawn and white, "I know what
you mean know It better really than
you know it yourself. You mean that
you could never marry a mnn who is
not ambitious who doesn't at least
expect to take the world by storm,
whether be ever does It or not!"
Molly flushed the more hotly be
cause she kuew bis words were true.
though she managed, woniun-llke, to
muke an Incoherent protest
It was then that the thread of gold
that runs through the nature of euch
one of us came to the surface In Han
som. He took her bunds in bis, and
looking down Into her tremulous face
suid quietly:
"I love you so well that God knows I
would give you your dream If I could
But I can only offer you my love, and
I hoped that you might Und it big
enough and deep enough to make you
forget ambition.
He bent down nnd kissed her fore
head. Before she recovered herself he
wns gone.
At the thought of facing him at the
ofllce next morning sbo quailed. It
life sai
OF HEART
was not alone tlnildily, but a certain
unaccountable discontent with herself.
She felt small and mean. Indignantly
ns she defended herself to her con
science. But she need have no fear. There
was nothing in the business-like smile
and "good morning" with which he
greeted her to Indicate that anything
unusual had passed between them.
Her first fecllnn wns one of relief.
But with the perversity of woman, be
fore the day wns over she was resent
ing the stolid indifference of his man
ner. For the first time in months he
omitted the little deferential attentions
to which she had become accustomed
without knowing It
"He's a nice fellow," her thoughts of
him ran as she busied herself packing
up her belongings that night, "but he'll
never achieve anything much."
Then she fell to wondering how a
man could fail to respond to the beck
oning ambition, and gradually her
mind turned to other things the de
lights of the new woman's hotel, for
which she was about to forsake tho
shabby hall room that she had occu
pied for a year, and where she fan
cied imagined pleasures of living
would begin to mnterlnllzo.
A fortnight later, though she did not
confess It even to herself, she was rest
less and disappointed. This staid, quiet
place, with its endless processions of
women, so many of whom looked as if
life hud beaten them to the wall, was
not what she had dreamed of.
Some were tall and thin nnd sub
dued, others short nnd stout nnd re
signed. Few appeared to be enjoying
the game.
Many of Ihein were spinsters, and as
she watched their meek ways day by
day her curiosity changed to oppres
sion, and that melted Into fear. Across
her proud young confidence the shad
ow of a dreadful doubt fell.
Could It be possible, by any chance,
that such a fate was in store for her?
She shuddered nt the thought. It was
easy to be proud and self-reliant while
she was strong in her f 11 it It of his com
ingthe man who would shield and
protect her ut whose tlresldo she
would sit when she was old and gray.
But what if she should miss him?
What If she should have to Journey on
to the end w ithout love?
A blank, wordless misery possessed
her. She saw now thnt love was the
greatest thing not ambition. She re
membered Hansom McCombface that
night when he told her how much he
cared the honest, longing eyes tho
mnuly, gentle way In which he hud
admitted his shortcomings.
A great tenderness tilled her. It wns
the love of n warm, generous-hearted
man that he had offered her, and In
her arrogance she hnd scorned It as a
thing of small account.
It was In this chastened mood that
she seated herself nt her desk the next
day. Ransom McComb nppenred In an
entirely new light. Six months bad
passed since he had nsked her to be his
wife, nnd though he bad been as kind
nnd thoughtful as ever In his treat
ment of her In their dally Intercourse
in the ofllce, something wns gone from
his manner something Bhe had scarce
ly known wus there, until she missed
It
Inadvertently she had begun to
watch hlra closely. There were deter
mined lines about his chin that appeal
ed to ber that meant something. She
was studying him one dny, with her
head slightly on ono side and more
warmth and Interest In her eyes than
she was aware of, when ho turned sud
denly and caught her glnnce.
A flash of surprise crossed his face,
and hope rushed over him like a warm
wave. Proudly, but keenly, bis eyes
questioned hers until, with a little
nervous movement, she turned away.
But he was satisfied.
That evening, as Bhe was moving
-estlessly about her room, trying to
i Interested in something, but not
succeeding, his name was announced.
In one of thn small parlors of the hotel
she found him waiting, and his very
greeting bespoke a new mastery on his
part.
On a chair In the opposite corner a
colorless spinster reclined, hungrily
reading a love tale. She sat there like
a stern object lesson, but Molly no
longer needed to be taught.
"I have ceme to ask you once more,"
her lover sit Id, In smothered tones,
wltlt one eye on the object lesson; "I
love you and I want you. My love foi
you would be no more worthy If I hat
u million," he went on, almost roughly.
"It's tho Inst time."
Shamed tears rose to her eyes and
her hand stole Into his.
"Love is the givutest thin' she
whispered brokenly. Utica, Globe.
Oolil In oilier Worlds.
An Australian scientist has analyze
a meteor which contained truces o
gold, bhowlng that the element Is no
monopolized by the earth.
Deaf mute
their weight
gulden.
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WASHINGTON'S NAME.
At the heart of onr country the tyrant
was leaping.
To dye there the point of his dagger
In gore.
When Washington sprang from the
watch ho was keeping.
And drove hack that tyrant in shame
from our shore;
The cloud thnt hung o'er us then parted
and rolled
Its wreaths far away, deeply tinctured
with flnme;
And high on Its fold
Was a legend that told
The brightness that circled our Wash
ington's name.
Long years have rolled on, and the sua
still lias brightened
Our mountains and fields with its rud
diest glow;
And the bolt that he wielded so proudly
his lightened.
With a flash as intense, in the face of
the foe:
On the land and the sea the wide banner
BATTLE OF PRINCETON.
Fierce llutchery by lirltlah Bayonets
Fittingly A to need.
The Revolutionary battle of Frineeton
was fought on Jan. 3, 1777. After cap
turing the British forces at Trenton,
Dec, 20, 1770, Washington found him
self confronted by the British army, un
der Gen. Cornwallis. Cornwallis con
centrated his forces at Princeton Jan, 2
nnd marched with nearly his entire army
against Trenton. At nightfall the British
encamped on the west bank of the ABsan
pink, a small fordnble stream, which was
crossed by a bridge held by the Ameri
cans. . Cornwallis postponed his attack
until the next day. Finding himself op
posed by an army superior In discipline
aud in numbers nnd cut off from retreat
by the Delaware, vhich was filled with
Ice, Washington determined to make a
night march around the British army and
attack Princeton, which was held by
three regiments of infantry and five
troops of dragoons. A large quantity Of
supplies nnd munitions were stored there,
and after destroying them Washington
Intended to march to Brunswick, where
tho British magazines were defended by
only a few soldiers. The rear guard
of tho British army was at Maidenhead,
nbout half way between Trenton and
Princeton. Washington determined to
attack the troops nt Maidenhead first by
making a detour through the Quaker
road, which Joined the main road within
two miles of Princeton. As the road
was in hnd condition, the Americans did
not reach the bridge at Stony Brook,
about three miles from Princeton, until
sunrise. Here they took a short cut
while Gen. Mercer took possession of
tho bridge at the main road. The Amer
ican army began this movement under
cover of night, nud by leaviug a few
men to keep their ramp fires along the
bank of the Assanpink going, kept the
British in Ignorance of the movement
until daylight At daybreak the British
Torres at Princeton, under Col. Mawhood,
began their movement toward Trenton,
when they came upon the American
forces under Gen. Mercer at the bridge.
A sharp fire was opened on the enemy,
which was vigorously returned. The
British then charged with the bayonet a
weapon of which the Americans were
destitute. After a short struggle, la
which Gen, Mercer was mortally wound
ed the British put this division of the
American army to flight The enemy
were soon cheeked, however, by the
American regulars, under the command
of Washington, who distinguished him
self by his personal daring. The British
then opened with their artillery and at
tempted to capture two pieces of cannon.
Col. Mawhood fought desperately, and
by the aid of his bayonets forced his
way to the main road and retreated to
ward Trenton. The Fifty-fifth British
regiment was completely routed, and a
portion of the Fortieth regiment took
refuge In Nassau Hall, where it surren
dered on the approach of the Americans.
Not mors than thirty Americans were
killed or wounded in this battle, while
the British lost two hundred killed and
wounded, and two hundred and thirty
prisoners.
HIS ANCESTRAL HOME.
House of Washington's Ancestors Btlll
Stands at Hranbury, Kncland.
The home of George Washington's an
restors still stands at Banbury In th
English county of Northamptonshire,
about eighty miles from London. The
old-fashioned manor bouse now forms a
Washington's anckbtual iiouk.
part of what is kuowu as the Bulgruve
estate.
The house, while small compared with
many homes of tho F.nglish geutry, 1
well arranged and comfortable. It Is
built mostly of stone and has a stone
roof aud mi ii a re porch of stone imbedded
La which are suuiv iutmstiug antique
Bin fffTini ''" . .-.:
has rolled
O'er many a chief, on his passage W
fame;
And still on Its fold
Shine in letters of gold
The glory and worth of onr Washing
ton's name.
And so it shall be, while eternity tar
ries,
And pnuses to tread In the footsteps of
time;
Tho bird of the tempest, whose quick
pinion carries
Our arrows of vengeance, shall hove
sublime;
Wherever that flag on the wind shall b
rolled,
All hearts shall be kindled with angel
and shame,
If e'er they are told
They are careless and cold,
Ia the glory that circles nr Washing
ton's name.
James Gates Terclval.
relics. From on of these It Is supposed;
the father of his country took the design
for the original American flag. On th
ground floor of the house is a dining halt
twenty-eight by seventeen feet In length,,
also a tiny breakfast room. The dining;
hall contains a huge open fireplace and
oaken beams form its ceiling. . On that
first floor above art the drawing room)
aud two bedrooms. The next floor 1
occupied by one big bedroom with an ad
Joining dressing room, and, still above
there are three attic bedrooms.
ONE PICTURE OF WASHINGTON.
From the portrait by James Pealei
painted from life for David C. Claypool)
of Philadelphia, editor of t Daily Ad-
vcrtiser, the Journal chosen by Washing-!
ton to publish his farewell address. Inj
this picture Washington is represented)
i the uniform of comma nderln-chiefJ
he form is well drawn, the face serene!
nd dignified, the costume truly rendered
At the death or Mr. Claypool it was
purchased, with the original manuscript
of the address (which Mr. Claypool byt
Washington s permission bad retained),!
by James Lenox, and Is in tha collect
ion founded by him in the city of Nesjf
York.
So Many Mora to Cut Down.
"Say, mam "
"What Is it. Tommy?"
"If dey'd bad Arbor Day when GsorMr
Washington was er kid, he'd had a cinctu
wouldn't he?"
Washing-ton as Dictator.
Dec. 27, 177G, George Washington was)
made Dictator in the United States. U
Is a remarkable and not a very well oh
served passage In American hlstcrnl
Students know hs was honored abort
other men at different times In his llfej
but that the Congress of this country
should ever clothe sny man with th
powers and attributes of Dictator as U
It were a South American State seems
Incredible. Yet that is what Congress
did years ago. True, the authority "was
to run only six months; but s less pairs
otic roan, so warranted, might have mads
himself Dictator for life, King or what
ever he liked. Chicago Evening Post.
Nona for Her,
"neally, Mrs, O'Toole." snld Mrs
Naybor, "you should send little Denl$
to the kindergarten.
"Phwat kolud av a thing Is that?
demanded the contractor's wife.
"Kindergarten? Oh, that's simply
German for "
"Knough snld, ma'am. Ol'U bov no
Dutch lu molne, thank ye kolndly,
ma'am." Philadelphia Ledger.
Good company and good discourse)
are the very sinews of virtue. IsaaJi
Walton-
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