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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1895)
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Barker a It would be at some of the haunts of the I gang , The letter to the lady superior had born postmarked tram "Bald Top , " which , Key knew to bo on obscure settlement less frequented than Spinner's. Even then It was hardly possible that the chief of the road agents would prcsent himself at the post- , " office . and It had probably been left by some . A Idea-th3t less known of the gang. vague was hardly a suspIcion that the girl might have a secret address of tier broth r's , with- , out understanding the reasons for Its secrecy- came into his mind. A still more vague hop that he might most her before she found her brother uphold him. I would ho an acci- dental meeting on her part for he no longer dared to hope that she wculd seek or trust him again And I was with very little of [ his old sanguno ! quality that , Iraval . worn and weary . ho at last alighted at Skinner's. But ' his hal careless inquiry If any lady passengers - gers had lately arrived there to hIs embarrassment - rassment produced a broad smile on the ! face of Skinner. "You'ro the second nun that asked that question , Mr. Key , " he said "Tho second man ? " ejaculated fey nert- ousty. "Ycs : the first was the sheriff of Shasta. lo wanted to find a tall , goo.loollng WO/II / , about 30. wih black eyes I hope that ain't the kind 0' girl you'ro looking arter-Is It ? For I reckon sho's gin you both the slp , " Key protested with a [ orcc.1 laugh that It was not , yet suddenly helatel to describe Alice. For he Instantly recognized the por- trait of her friend , the assumed Mrs. Darker. Skinner continued In lazy confdcnc : : "Yo see , they say that the sheriff : hat sorter got the dead wood on that gang 0' rOll agents , and had hcllC1 'em In somewha betwixt Bald Top and Colinson's. ! But that woman was one 0' their spies and spotted his little game , and managed to give 'em the tip so they got clean away Anyhow they ain't pot cean bin heard from sInce. But the big shako has made ecoulin' along the ledges rather stiff work fpr the sheriff. They say the valley near Lang Canon's chock full 0' rock and slutngullon that's slipped down ; ' "What do you mean hy the big shako ? " askol Key < In surprise. "Great Scott ! you didn't hear of I ? Ddn't ! hear of the 'arthquake that shook us up all along Galloper's the other night ? \Ve11 ; ' he Galop . added disgustedly , "that's jlst the conceIt of them folks In the bay ; that can't allow that any thin' happens In the mountains The urgent telegrams of his foreman now flashed across Key's preoccupied mind. 105- slbly Skinner saw Ills concern. "I reckon your mine Is all right. Mr. Key. One and your men was over yere last night . and didn't say nothln' : Dut this did nQt satisfy I\ey. and In a < few minutes he had mounted his horse and was speeding toward the hollow . with 1 remorseful - morctul consciousness of having neglected his colleagues' ! Interests For himself , In the coleagues' utter prepossession ot his passion for Alice , he cared nothing. As he dashed down the slope to the hollow he thought only of the two momentous days that she had passed there and the rate that hall brought them so nearly together There was nothing to recall Its sylvan beauty In the hideous works that now possessed It , or the substantial dwelling house that hall taken the place of dwelng cabin. A row hurried questions to the foreman eatiefied him of the integrity of the property There had been some alarm In the shaft , but there was no subsidence of the "Beam , " nor any difculy In the working "What I telegraphed you for , Mr. Key was about something that has cropped up way back o' the earlhquake. We were served hero the'.other day with a legal notice of a claim to lime nine on account of previous work Bono on the ledge by the last occupant - I cupant " ' "Dut , the claim was built by a gang of thIeves , who used It al a hoard for theIr I booty ; ' returned Key hotly , "onll everyone of them are outlaws , and have no standing 1 before the law. " lie stopped with a pang as bo thought of Alice. Ant the blood rushed to his checs as the foreman quietly con- Untied : tnued the claIm aIn't In any 0' their names. I'l allowed to 0 the gUt of their leader to his young sister More the outlawry . and It's In her nameAlce Rgg" or something. " Of the haU-dozen tlnulous thoughts that passed through Key's mind only one re- I . I was purely an act of the brother's to , secure some possible future benefit / for his sister. And or this she was perfectly ignorant ! He recovered himself quickly and salll with a smlo : "Dut. I discovered the ledge ant its aurif- erous character myplf , There was 10 trace or sign of . previous discovery or mining oc- cupatton. " cupaUon. "So I Jedged . all p : I said and thet puts ye all right : but 1 thought Id tel ye. For ' mining laws Is mining laws , and It's the one thing ye can't get over " ho added with the peculiar superstitious reverence of the Call. forla miler for that vested authorl ) ' . But Key scarcely listened. All that he heard selet only to link him more fatefully and indissolubly with the young girl , He was already impatient of even this slight delay In his quest. In his perplexity his thoughts had reverted to Collinson's : the m\ was a good point to begIn his search from : Its god naturell , stuphl proprietor ilh he his guide . hh ally , anti even hip confidant. Whel his here was baited he was agltn In the saddle . "If yer going Calllnson's way yer might ask hIm if I he's lost a horse . . salll the foreman. "The morning after the shako some or the boys plclell up a mustang with I makeup ludy's saddle on , Key started ! While It was Impossible that It could have x been ridden by Alice . It might have been by m the woman who hall preceded her. 1 "Did you make an ) "arch ? " he said eag- N erlY. "There may have been an accident" "I reckon It wasn't no accident , " returned the foreman coolly , " [ or the data was loose and trailing . as I It had been slaked out and brnke ' t away , " Without another word Key put spur to his horse and galloped away , leaving his companion staring after him here was a clew : the horse could not have strayed far' the broken tether indicated a camp : the ' gang had been gathered somewhere In the . vicinity , where Mrs. Darker hall warned thcnr-perhaps In the wood beyond Collins - eon's Ho would penetrate It alone lo ; r knew his danger , but as a single unarmed man he might be admitted to the presence ot ' r the leader , ant the alleged claim was a sum- dent excuse What lie would say or do afterward depended upon chance , I was a p . wild chcme-b.'t . ' he was reckleu Yet i 'culd go to Colliuaon's frt , 1 At the end of two hours he reached the ? . thickset wool that grew upon the shelf at the top of the grade which descended to the mill. As he emerged from the wood into the N bursting sunshine of the valley below he ' sharply rdned In his horse and stoPI'ed ' Another bound would have ben hIs last 'I For the shelf . the rocky grade itself . the I ledge below . and the mill upon I ! were al' ' gone The crumblng outer wail of the rocky grade had slipped away Into the Immeaaur- a below , leaving the Ibo depths only sharp edge ot a cliff which Incurved toward the woods that once stood behind the mill , but whIch now bristled on the very edge ot a precipice , A mist wu hanging over Its brink and rising from the valley : I was a full . fed strum that was coursing through P the former dry bell of the river \ and falling : down the face of [ the bluff , He rubbe hs ere , dismounted , crypt along the edge ot the precipice and looked below : whatever had subsided and melted down Into Its thou- sand \ feet Qf depth thee was DO trace left upon its smooth rAce , Scarcely an angle of drifter Ir debris 'lDarred the p"rpendlcular : the _ _ _ , _ ' . _ -A . - burial or all ruin was deep ant compact : the erasure had been swift and surethe obliteration - oblera- ton complete I mIght have been the precipitation ot ages , and not of a single. night. At that remote distance It even seemed that grass was already growing over this encrmous sepulcher but It1 as only the tops of the burled pines. The absolute silence - lence the utter absence of any mark of convulsive \ulslve struggle-even the lulling whimper of falling waters gave the scene a pastoral repose. So profound was the Impression upon Key ant his human passion : , that I at first Eeem d an Ironical and eternal ending of his quest. I was with dllculy that he reasoned that the catastrophe occurred before Alien's flight . and that even Colinson might have had time to escape lie slowly skirted the edge of the chasm and male his way back through the empty woods behInd the old mil site toward the place where ho hall dismounted , Ills hors3 seemed to have strayed ! nto the shadows of this covert , but as ho approached him ho was amazed , to see that It was not his own , and that a woman's scarf was lying over Its side sad < le. A wild Idea seized him and found expresson : In on impulsive cry : "Alice ! " , The woods echoed It : there was an Interval of silence and then a taint response But It know nothing and keep her thought of him unchanged , ; ' "I leeI seeI sea Mr ICey , " murmured the " ' ' been Injured man "Thet's wet Ive 8ayln' to msel Iyln' here all night. Thet's wet 1 bin sayln' 0' my wife Sadleher that 1 actooraly got to think kern back to me last night You see l't heert from one 0' these felar that a woman Iko unto her had been picked up In Texas ant brought on yero , and that mebbe she was somewhar In Call- Corny , 1 was that foolish and that ontrte to her-al the while knowln' , as I once told you , Mr. Key that er she'd been alive sho'l bin yere-that 1 believed I true for a Ilnltl Ant that was why , afore this happened . I hall a dream . rIght out yer and dreamed she kern to me , all white and troubled through the woods. At first I thought It war my Sadie but when 1 see she warn't 11,0 her old self , ant her voice was strange and her laugh was strangethen I knowed I wasn't her ant I was drcomln' . You're right Mr , Key , In wet yon got off just now-wot was I ? Better to know nothln'-and keep the old thoughts unchanged , " "Have you any pain ? " asked Key after a pause. "No : I kinder reel easier now ; . Key looked at his changing , face . "Tell me . ho said gently , "Ir It docs not tax your strength , all that has happened here all you leoI Is for her sle. Thus adjured , with his eyes fixed on Key . Colinson narrated his story from the Irrupt ton of the outlaws to the final catastrophe fven then ho palpated their outrage wIth his characteristic : patience , keepIng still his strdlg0 fascination far Chivers and hIs blind belief In his mlserabo : wife The story was at limes broken by lapses of [ falntneu , hy a singular return of his old abstracton ! and forgetfulness In the midst or n sentence , and at lat by a nt of coughing that : left 1 few crimson hubbIes on the corers of his mouth. Key Ire.l his eye anxiously ; there was soma grave internal Injury which the dying man's resolute patlce had suppressed. Yet , at the sound of AIe3's : returning step Col- Iinson's eyes brightened apparently as much - - ' M s'al ' 1 , F , t , t m . t , /r { n y 'a v t ! \ 1 . - ' -s ' ' J II , Mli R r s. - a . , , > y . : .j- . - J , . : /t ' . . , . . . _ _ _ "HOW DID THIS HAPPEN ? " SAl KEY GRAVELY. was , her voIce. lie ran eagerly forward In 1 forwart . that direction ant called again : the response was nearer this time , and then the tall ferns parted and her lithe graceful figure came running , stumbling , and limping toward him like a wounded tawn. Her taco was pale and agitated . mho tendrils of her light hair were straying over her shoulders , and one of the sleeves of her school gown was stained with blood and dust. Ho caught the white ant trembling hands that were thrust out to him I eagerly "I Is you ! " she gasped. "I prayed for some one to come , but I did not dream It would be 'ou. Ant then I heard your vocc : and 1 thought It could be only a dream , until yon called a second lime. " secont tme. "Dut you arc hurt , " he said passionately "You have met with some accident ! " < "No I nol" ! she said eagerly. "Not I-but a poor , poor mal I-ound lying on the edge of the cure I could not help him much I didn't care to leave him. .No one would come ! 1 have been with him alone , all the morning I Come quick , ho may be dying , " lie passed his arm around her waist unconsciouslY - sciouslY , she permitted It as unconsciously , as ho halt supported her figure while they hur- ried forward " 10 hat been crushed by something and was halt hanging over the ledge and , could not move nor speak , " she went on quickly " 1 dragged him away to a tree-I took me hours to move him ho was so heavy-and I got him SOle water from the stream and bathed his face , and bloodied all my sleeve. " "Dut what were you doing here ? " ho asked quickly. A taint blush crossed the paler of her de1- Icato cheek ! like the taint tnt of dawn . " 1- was going to find my brother at Bald Top , " she said , hurriedly. "Dut don't ask me now -only come . quick ! do. " "Is the wounded nun conscious ? Did you speak to him ? Doc bo know who you are ? " ) asked Key . uneasily . "Nol ! he only moaned a little and opened his eyes when I dragged him. I don't think ho even knew what had happened , They hurried on asaln. The wood lightened - ene suddenly "Here ! " she 'ald In a half whisper ant stepped timidly Into the open light Only a few feet from the fatal ledge , against the roots of a buckeye , with her shawl thrown over him lay the wounded man man.Key started back , It was Colln9n ! Ills head and shoulders seemed uninjured , but as Key lifted the shawl he caw that the long lank figure appeared to mel away below the waist Into a mass or shapeless and tlrty rags. Key hurriedly deplace(1 the shawl , ant , beDding over him listened to his hurried respiration ant the beating ot his beart. Then he pressed a drinking flask to his Ip ' The spirIt seemed to revive him : he slowly opened his eyes They fell upon Key with quick recognition . lint the look changed ; one coulll see that he was trying to rise but that no movement of the limbs accompanied that effort of will , and his old patient . resigned - signed Icok returned . Key shuddered at the thought that his . spine wan hopelessly In- jured. "I can't get up , Mr Key . " he sold In a faint but untroubled voice , "nor seem to move my arms , but you'l just allow that Ive shook hands . with yeal the Eame " "How did this " 'happen ? " said , "low dlt Key anx- Iously. "Thet's wet gets mel ! Somctmcs ! I reckon I know . and sometimes I don't. Lyln' thar on thet ledge all last night and only Just able to look down Into the alai valley some- times It seemed to me ez If I fell over and got caught In mho rocks trying to save my wife : but thou when I kept to think sensible and know my wife wasn't there at all I get mystified . Sometimes I think I got ter thlnillu' or my wife only when this yer young gal thet's bin like an angel to me kern here ant dragged me off the ledge for you see she don't belong here and fez dropped onto mo like 1 sperrit , ' "Then you . were not In the house when the shock came ? " saId Key "No You see the mill wu filled with them tellers l the sheriff was arter , ant I ' = ' went over with 'cm-and 1- I "Alice , " said Key with n white face , "would you mind going to my horse . which you will find somewhere near ) "our and bringing me a medicine case from my saddle bags " The Innocent girl glance quickly at her companion saw the. change In his face ant , attributing It to the"lmmlnent danger or the Injured man , at once glided away. When she was cut of hearing , Key leaned gravely , over him : "Collinson . I must trust you with 1 secret I Am afraid that this poor girl who helped You Is the sister of the leader of that gang the sheriff wu In pursuit of , She has been kept In perfect Ignorance of her brother's crimes She must never know tbem-nor even know lila fate I Ir he perlrbet utterly In this catastrophe , D It would seem. It wu God's will to spare her that knowledge , I tel you this \0 war you In anything yoU say before - fore her , She mUlt believe . a I shall try to make her believe , that he has gone back to the states , where she will too , hereafter , be- leve that he 'dled , Deter that she should . - - - - - - - - " ! "f' t , . , l J at her coming as from the effect of the rowcr- fut stimulant Key hat taken from his medicine - cine case. "I thank ye , Mr Key " ho said faintly , "for Ive got an Idea I ain't got no great time before me , and I've got su't'n to MY to you , afore witnesses"-his eyes ought Alice's In halt apology-"orore w Itn"s.s , you understand Would you mind sta : r' out , thaI afore me , In the light so I kin see r you both , ant you , miss , rememberln' . cz a witness , suthln' 1 got to tel to him You might take his hand , miss , to make It more regular and lawiike. " The two d ! ! as . he bade them , standing side by side . humoring what seemed to them to ba wanderings of a ( lying man. "Thar was a young fellow . " said Colin- son . In a steady voice , "ez kern to my shanty a night on his to ago way the-the-valley. He was a sprightly young fellow , gay and chipper-like , and he sez to me , confidential- confental- like : 'Collinson , ' Eez he . 'I'm aft to the slates this very nIght on business of Impor- tance : mtbbe I'l be away a long tImetor years ! You know , ' sez he , 'Mr. Key , In the Hollow ! Go to him , ' sez he , 'and tel him ez how I hadn't time to got to see hIm : tel him , ' sex lie . 'that Rlver ' -you've got the name , Mr. ley-yon've got the name , mIss ? -'that Rivers wants him to say this to his little sister from his loving brothcr. Ant tel him , ' sez he this yer Rivers . 'to look artlr her , being alone. ' You remember that : Ir. Key ? you remember it . mss ! ? You see , I remembered I. too , being so to speak alone myself- " he paused , and added In a taint whisper , "till now , " Then ho was silent , . That Innocent lie was the first ant last upon hIs honest lips . for as they stood there , hand In hand they saw his plain , hard face take upon Itself at first the gray , ashen hues ot the rocks around him , ant then and thereafter the infinite tranquilty and peace or the wilderness In which ho hat lived and died aDd of whIch ho was a pat , Contemporaneous hIstory was less kindly , The Dahl Top Sentinel congratulate its readers that the late sel.mle diEtu.bance ; was accompanIed with very little less of life , If any. "It Is reported hat t the p'cprletor' ot a low shebeen for emigrants In an ob- scuro hollow hall succumbed from Injuries , but ; added the editor with fine edior a fne touch ot western humor "whether this was the result of his being forcibly mixed up with his own ul tll.gleroot whIsky or not , we are unable to determine from the evidence before us , " For all that a small stone shaft was added later to the rocks near the site of the old mill . inscribed - scribed to the memory of this obscure "pro- prietor , " with the humorous legend : "Have yo faith like to him ? " And those who knew only or the material catastrophe . looking around upon the scene of desolation It com- m loratcll , thought grimly that It must be faith Indeed , and-wcro wiser than they knew , - . . . . . . . . " "You smiled , Don Preble , said the , lady superior to Key I few weeks later , "when 1 told to you that many caballeros , thouglt tt most discreet to Intrust their future brides to the maternal guardianship and training of the holy church yet of a truth I meant not you And yet-chi well , we shall see " ( The End ) , . S- CoN'rrST , Rochester Post . What though old Dorcas roars without And tears about unruly , wihout 11' sweetheart's nestling close to mo Ant says she loves mo truly ) What care 1 now for other's smiles Or frowns however plenty ? smies She loves me though she's only nine And I am nine and twenty None know my joy as I sit there ; Her arms around me twining , . For so.caled love at sellsh minds No more will I bo pining One can accept without a doubt The love that now ts mine , For love can never truer be , Or purer , than at nine , Dear little sweetheart , may Ine'er Betray the love I cherish , May no unwitting act at mine Cause I to tate or verlsh. No compliment as sweet as this , Though friendship may be plenty , Where one Is truly loved by nine , And he Is nine and twenty , . Economy In Sound Teethe , There I a largo manufacturing establBh- the wect side ment on which employs a dentist to examine the teeth of all applicants for work , says the Chicago Tlmes.Herad , I a tooth baa 0 cavity ! It must be filled or . t Il II too far gone . It mUst be pulled. This dental wore is . ID mOlt cases , done at the ex- penle of the factory , aDd has proved to be wise economy , Little time I lost on account of toothaches . Teeth of emplo'es are examined - Ined at regular Interval , whether they are giving their owners any trouble or nol 4 _ . . - . - - - - - - - ' - - - _ _ . 'h . _ . . . ' , , - , - . ' - : , : _ _ - _ ' Y , a w , .h 'w b d n , o + a . a vt > w v 't a ' . o s M , BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS. h , a . v < Adventures of nn Amerlcnn lloy nt That Gt'cnt Engage me nt , . f Du ! lnuruo'I lolnpon , 'I ; , lj r.'ll 'W1'fW 'I''k' : ' ' ' R rw j . "lia ; ; ' - ' 'u In the history or our country the battle ot New Orleans Is unique and In time history of war there perhaps never was a fight attended - tended by circumstances more picturesque. On the part of the Americans It was waged by IndIviduals rater than by al army : each man fought ass citizen . feeling that ho tail 1 persona ) duty to perform Whether true or not , the word hat come to the people or Now Orleans that the British commander - mender hat promised his soldiers unlimited freedom to sack the , city I they took It. This aroused our peplo to the highest pitch ot martial excitement , and General Jackson's little band of soldiers was at once reinforced [ by citizens of all ages . who rushed gun In hand , to the proposed - sine of defense [ , 1 few miles down the river. ' Among these volunteers was a boy of IG by the nome of Hogr Fayerd whose parents were poor and of mixed French ant American - can blood . Roger had armed himself with a short clumsy gun , a horn of powder and a pouch well supplied with bullets. He pre- sentel himself at headquarters . and was told hy the bluff . rough.and.ready general to go and find a place In the lines. Jackson was too busy at the time to pay much attention to him , and the boy fully determined that ho must have a hand In the Impending fight , went out to where hundreds of men were digging like moles In time wet sand . building a long embankment for defense : but ho could find no one that he knew , ant so he wandered about somewhat bewildered until ho chanced to attract the attention of General Coffee , who was In command ot the left wing ot our forces A little later Roger found himself stationed ! In a swamp , where a struggling line ot men were watching for the British redcoats to appear. LOST IN THE SWAMP. Here ho had to stay all nIght , ant the next day the command was sent farther on Into a dense jungle II ) ' this tune Roger was , boy-like , begInning to eel dissatisfied with his situation . Ho was wet , muddy hungry sleepy and tired almost beyond enturance , Some movement 'was ordered which ho did not unterstand , and at last . after running this way and that , trying to regain his place In line . he suddenly ) found himself all alone In the midst of a wild tangle ot trees and plants Not a nun was In sight , and a dead stillness and silence hung over everything A strange sense or bewilderment and fear filled his hcart. Where was he ? What hall become of the army ? He stood and listened , Not a sound To make time mater worse night was coming on , ali n tog with it. Roger was no coward but his nerves thrilled . and for a while he was faint ant almost ready to fall. After a few moments he rallied , however ant set out to look for his command But which way should he ! 01 Ho had absolutely no guide , nothing from which to draw even a hInt of direction. For hours he foundered In mud , water and underbrush Overhead , as night tel , the breeze souhcll dolefully through the dim treetop , He dared not halloo or make any sound , for this might betray him to the enemy. At last lie saw a light twinkle , then dlsappcar. Ho pushed on. Another all an- other light flashed through the thickening rog. They were campfires , but whose were they ? lie must be carerul. In his ImagIna- ton to fall Into British hands seemed worse than death. And the next Instant , when he slyly pushed his way through a clump of tangled . shrubs , he saw red coats and bay- onets. A sentry was strutting back and forth between him ant a fire where some men were cooking anti eatng , He saw two , whom he thought ofcers , discussing a bottle of wine , At first he was sure that the guard saw him all his heart sank lie recoiled and crept back Into the cover ' unnoticed , however , to haten'u.ay Im . the opposite direction - rectnn : hut again anti again he came upon lights ant always there were red-coate sol- .llers . by th3 fires. I seemed that choose what course bo might time result was the same , ant naturally : he concluded that he was In the midst ot the enemy's army. In fact hike all lost persons , ht was walking II same a circle place. and returning - tlmo after time to the TiE BATTLE BEGINS. There was a moon , but the tog shut off nearly all the light ! For many hours Roger strove In vain to get back to the American lines. At last , worn out , he lay down In I thicket near an old 'fence . and almost Im- mcdiateiy fell fast aaleep. Some time afterward - ward a great rU'blnglnols awoke him. lie opened his eyes and sprang to his feet Immense - menso rockets weregotng up ant their : 'ght made the tog look red. The British a"my was moving , and far ant near the noises of a multitude of men tramping , cannon trundling and horses plunging , were heard , while military orders . given In sharp lo"ps were passed from distance to distance. Then a heavy boom from a big gun , and all at ante the storm or battle hegan. In a few mInutes the British were . charging upon Jackson's works . Roger was nov , able to make out by the general direction at the enemy's march which way he should go In order to reach his friends but he soon discovered that the British Ish advance line was already between him and Jackson's worlls lie knew that General Care was on the American left , ali he hoped that by bearing far out Into the swamp he could reach the extreme of the dine. His sleep had rereshct him so that now lee ran briskly , keeping a sharp lookout for redcoats but his eyes were not Quick enough , and while making his way through the corer of an old ' plantation Inclo&re be suddenly came taco to race with foul or five soldiers who fred at him Their bullets sang past his cars without touching him. Badly ! caret as ho was he leveled his old gun and banged away , then turned ant ran as fast as his leg could carry him back Into the woods TiE hIIGHLANDER. Dy this time time battle was at Its highest pitch . Cannon balls and grape shot were , pounding and tearing their way throuGh the j . i. I er , t 1 l a 4h' 1 1 Ii ? i e. m TIFEN , TURNR I , TIE RAN AS FAST AS IIIS LEGS COULDCAIIRY ! HIM BACK INTO TIIE WOODS. woods and plowIng gust furrows across the sandy open space , while a continuous paler and hissing or rifle bullets was mingling with the snarling ot rockets and the broadsIdes from vessel In the river. Roger Ig.zagged his way toward the let of the American line . a he thought but In fact ho was approaching the center. I began ! to be very difficult' to keep out of the way of the charging British , and every movement made hIs peril greater lie sought the flratropportulnty to reload bls gun , but , to his consternation . discovered that he bad lost his powder born. Aid scarcely was he aware or this calamity be- fore a soldier , dressed In the uniform of the Hlghlanders . sprang Jo . front of him and leveled his musket : and the next moment the lock snapped ineffectually : It bad missed fire , Roger could not retreat . nor could he fire an empty gun : but feeling the du'peraton ot such a predicament , he dared to try a scheme which Hashed upon his Inlnd. Tak- ' " 1\ ho do with hl8 prisoner . whom he was ! otJ- lag under fear ot an empty blunterbl : ? To stan thee would be certain death or cap. Ins quick aim upon the Hlgldander . be de mantled his surrender , "Drop that gun I" ! cried the boy with a stern scowl. The highlander promptly obe'ed. So far 9 good , but Roger realized at once that Ie had a serious trouble In hand , What cn'd ' Tura . "March along I" ! linger commanded , Indl- CHI'g the direction In which ho wlshoJ0 / " J" ' Time IIghinnder ! . seeing the gaping muzzle or the boy's gun bearing directly upon : ltu. ! , felt ! bat lie must submit , and so hI marched as 1e was tuld. At this siege of the acton there was e terrlho ceI'centraton of energy by both nrmleo. The British comnrandor fell ! \ , mor- tally wounded , the Ilghlantera charged up to the ditch In front of Jacks"'s . works and WCN cut down like grass . linger Iud hla captive . were borne along , as It 01 tie 5loru..tde ( ' the fight , and forted hither and ) " )1. At last the recoil came ' Tie British armmy . torn to shreds was I'mled back , utt : Iy defeated and panmastriclten , IN THE MUD. The ditch In front of mho American breast- works was an old mill race In whIch the sluggish water covered a bottom ot deep mud . IU < When Roger had succeeded In driving his prisoner to the brink ! of thi ho ordered him to cross I. not Imagining the feat a tlfcult one In went the Highlander , UI to his armpits - pits , anti by a tremendous struggle reached the other side , all covered with mud Without counting the probabilities imager followed and plunged Into the oozy ditch , where he stuck fast. fast.Hero Hero was the HIghlander's opportunity to escape. But no ; It was too late : the Americans - cans were swarming over their breastworks ; they were upon him : they seized him and marched him away. Not far . however. The bravo fellow staggered and fell . and when they examined him they fount that he was dead. During all that time he had been bleed- ing from a gunshot wound necessarily mortal - tal . but had never shown a sign of I. mo.- Nearly two hours passed before Roger was discovered and rescued tram the mud. He told his story but nobody believed I : It was too romantic . Yet throughout all hit after life ho stoutly maintained its truth and Insisted - slstet upon having I heard ant AUty NICK N.I S , Odd Tllies ' Yleirit Germnrs Soldiers 0111 Tll. . 'II'h Glr.nn SOller. 1..hJv Upon Bnch Other. Everybody Is familiar with the name ot Tommy Aldns , representing the British sol- flier but how many know the terms or endearment dearment hy which the German soldiers arc called ? Some of these are applet to the entire regiment , soma to an individual corps , The guards are called "Hammel , " or "sheep ; " the guards cal the Nldlers ct the line "field rats ; " the Infantry speak of the cavalry as " grooms , and the cavalry return the compliment by , bestowing upon time infantry - fantry the names of "sand " " ) "snd hares ; "sand "sant carrIers , " "clodhoppers : The Cuirassiers are known 09 "flour sacks , " the pioneers as "moles " the Hussars as "packthNas , " and the artillery as "cow soldiers , " Time 911ers latter are called , also "astronomers , " and the engineers "water rats In these dlv1- l'lons again the corps have , names for them- selves and theIr rivals. In the cavalry the Seventh Cuirassiers are the "white-smiths , " the First Hussars the "te.th's "white-smihs , as their . ' shall bears . this emblem , and the I.'ourth Hussars , from their brown uniforms , are called the "partridges , " the only brown In the German , army preserved In remembrance . brance of Frederick H , - who used all the cloth found In the Capuchin convent for his soldIers , The green uniform with yellow facings has given to the Sixth wih velow name ot "spinach and eggs , " and Hussas nl- ant 1111- Jar , reason the Tenth Hussars are tolled "parrots. " Illed In the guards the first regiment or root arc called "tin heads , " In poetic olutlon to their , helmets , " the Chasseurs ; are "green frogs ; : " the First Grenadiers , "potato peelers ; " the Huss3rs "glow-worms , " from their red clothes ; the Third Uhlans , "duslles , " ret their dull yellow trimmings "dnstes. : Pioneers - veers , "carth worms " , A ) tUSIC:11CI.E. . ' \ 'ooders Perr.1 . . ' \'oluler. . . ' I. y' Jeanne Ilnllhnrd , the fm-l'i'ar-OIQ 1'nu.t , Fancy n small girl of 4 o I smal years vf rge playing classical music before on assemblage - blago of distinguished men and Women at Paris This was time remarkable achiev'e ment of a tiny French maid who ' achieve Lny malt a year later composed 1 sImple sketch for the piano caleJ ! ca1oJ "Noel. " Since : her debut In Paris little Miss . Banch. orll has gone from one triumph to anotlmer until she gives promise of rivaling even the glorious boy Mozart After composing ballets , polkas , mazurkas and marches , she larches completed an opera entitled - titled "Fln al , " ant at Nctre Dame de Paris last year little Jeanne conducted an orchestra of 12 performer who played the prelude to "Fingal " Of course this young prodigy has appeared before most or the Irving : mat ' ' . Sint- Saens . Mase net ant Deiiebs . who one and all are enthusiastic In praise or her wonderful gilts She Is a pretty child , with I ewot earnest , modest little taco and tn ltte ant spite cf the adulation ned presents helped upon her by admirers . rev < tan ! her childish simplicity ot manner , Our principal Interest In Jeanne I that she expects . pech soon to visit this country . the land ct cldldren . and one wOI1rs I. In spltQ of her fame and genius she may not some time envy American boys and girls ! who lve In the freest , nicest country In the \ \ boo : mound world 1'1'ltte of the Yoinegsters , : Jrly 1l.rlno Is still n'llnlllnel ' In some American families , as , of course , It ought to bo In all . A small boy got a sliver .n the f'ot , accorcln , to the lon llertid I . and his mtthEr expressed her Iulu'tttc . , or pllng I rultco on the wcu.I , 'fho ioy , with the I c'nal foolishness wh'an ' II hour , I u ( a mho lemrt I of 1 child , ubs ) ' tit U thu , pmpurrJ renmedy . " 1 vs on't have any poultice , " he declared . "rp , ) C.I m will . " said both mt'r : 111 l ' ' ' , tlll.er hlrmly . The majorlt/ , 11" ' to one against hint ant at bedtime the pout- U' e wnt reat4' . The patient was not relily. On the con- trary . ho resisted so stoutly that I switch was brought Into requisition . I was arranged - ranged that the grandmothe should apply time poultice , whlo the miollmcr with uplifted slick , was to stand at the bedside. The boy was toll that I ho "opened his moulh" he would receive sontetbing that would keep him quiet Time hot poultice touched his foot and he opened hie mouth "Youhe began , "Keep still , " said his mother , shaking her poultice slick , wltlie the grndmother applied time nmoulh Once more time Ito fellow opened his " 1- " 1Dut But time uplifted switch awed him Into silence , In a minute mora the poultice . was firmly In place and the boy was tucked Into bed "Thero now ; ' said his mother. "Tho old sliver will be drawn out , and Eddlo's foot will ho all well. " wi al wel Time mother ant , grandmother were mov- Ing triumphantly away when a shrill voice piped from under the bed clothes : "You'vo got It on the wrong toot " , Little Johnny has been naughty , ant has to he sent from the table without having any dessert , For an hour ho has been sitting In the corner of time room crying. At last ho thInks It time to stop , "Well , I hope you have done crying now ; says his mother "Uaven't done , " says Johnny , In a passion : "Im only ! resting , " _ The little Chicago boy was sleepily muttering - terlng his prayers " 0 , Lord , " he said , "hless papa l and mamma and Uncle John and Aunt Maria , and-and the whole push I" First Urchin-Say , Tom what's appendlcl- tus ? Second Urchln-Appendlcltusl Oh , peachstonos dat's der disease yer catches from swallerin' . R'Oit'I'lIY WIPL S Ot NOTED MEN. Ohio lolt.l"u , % % 'ieo Owe Inch to 't'heir iletter llnlves , 11. r Hcter ) "h"e. The political eyes of the nation are now focused on Ohio. Five vial factors In the pending guborna- torial , senatorial and subsequent presidential - tal campaigns , says the New York Herald , are embodied In the wives of the candIdates indorsed by the recent republican and dem- ocratc state conventions . They form a remarkable quIntet-a curious combination of wealth . social prestige . intellect - telect and domestic vIrtues The failure of OhIo republicans to renomi- nate McKinley for governor , while they In- dorsed him as their candidate for the presidency - tency of the United States , Instead of rele- gatlmg Mrs. McKinley to time traditional obscurity - scuriy of the wHo or a defunct olelal , but emphasIzes her possibilities as the successor ot Mra . Cleveland. From an Invalid's chair the cherished wife of the world-amous protectionist , In follow- log the political fortunes of lien husband , has kept In vial touch with public questions at I home and abroad. The Invalidism that prevented her active participation In Washington society during the fourteen years Governor McKInley served In the house or representatives nat- ualy tented to concentrate her mind on the measures her husband has ever hat at heart I there be a stanchion protectionist In the world today than the author of the JcKln- lay I bill It Is his sweet-tacell wife , who thinks there Is no man her husband's equal. Jrs , McKinley was born In Ohio , and In the quaint Dutch commercIal town of Canton she was a noted belo In her girlhood. lien rather , time late James Saxton , was an Inv fuental citizen aDd the publisher of the Canton Repository. Until after the birth of two children , nol dead , Mr9 McKinley was actvo In social affairs . As wire of Ohlo's governor she has given several state ant informal receptions In the spacious suite , specially fitted up for the I governor In the Neil house , which confronts - fronts the windows of the gubernatorial ofce at the state house. OD these occa- J . ,1 - " UI slops Mr McKinley like Mme. ltamlor , ' ) ' reclvel her guests reclining on a divan , The gubernatorial race reVives two'omOn ' 'I of varied social and political ruourcu-th6 wives of former Governor Janice E. Camp- bell and General AM Iluahnell. Mrs . Camp bell Is probably time most ambitious I well lS the most "advanced"-In time best sono of that much abused , term-of this interest. i Ing quintet She Is reputed to bo n practical politician. . . 1 practcal I Is an Inherited predlleclion . Tier rather , t Job II. Owens , was one of time sharpest , I shrewdest politicians ant most successful ' manufacturer of Iamlon , O. Ills home , wits the rendezvous ot the early Ioltclani "I of that section . " Mrs. Campbell was born In Lebanon 0" , . " : ' the homo or Tom Corwin and mO\'Cl to a' 1 ' Ilamllton . where , as Libby Owens , she was Jj i voted time brightest Iretlest girl of the ' town " Educated nt Vassar college , she was 1 : favorite of Marla Michel , Governor Camp bell's tour congressional terms initiated his 1 handsome , clever wife In time Intricacies of official society , ant her receptions soon vied J In popularity with those of Mrs Whitney , ' A woman of commantlng presence , really wit , social tact , an artistic dresser , Mn. Campbell burt like a meteor on the social . life of Ohio's capital , amid her toilets . teas , - luncheons ant receptions during her hus- band's gubernatorial reign wera a rcvelatior ( ' " ' to the conservative town To the ren'lator . Ilplomacy of his wife GO\'cror Campbel enl , - despite his unquestioned talent anti gifts ot statesmanship owes not a little of his popu- lariy with time masses , j An Incident Is cited In Columbus Illustrative - " 1- lustratvo of Mrs. Campbell's tacl. Durln/ the republican convention which nominated , Major McKinley for the governorahlp Mrs. i Campbell rode In her open landau to the Nell i house , where Major McKinley was slops " ping ) , and took the distinguished protct'on- fat for a drive through the city. Cheer upot ) fl cheer rent the air as McKinley rode awe ) t , - . a f ] with Mrs. Campbell at his side , while the governor sat facing them t " 1lajor McKinley Is one of our old friends , { Why slmouldn't we give him a little onln . acer being penned UI all day In that hot' stuffy convention hal ? " salt Mrs Campbell when asked what prompted her to take her husband's : political rival on that memorable rids. : rids.The The wife of the republican nominee Mr. Asa Busitmtehl . achieved her first official ab cia ! prominence lurln her able husband' SH\'Ie on Governor Foraker's staff . Mr $ star. Jr 1 lushnel ! s a handsome , dark.e'ed woman ; of [ sweet , al'ractlve manner. lien lather , Dr Ludlow . , , 'or a pioneer of the sterling lual - t ties that have contributed to OhIo stablt , jl trs. Bushnel was born and reared II Sp'Ingfehl and has always been aclyelv engaged - occa,1 : iJ j housekeeper ' and presides with old'II'o Ltl- \nlty \ anJ grace over a beautiful hOJJO Ct tae : early renalsaneo type of orchlecturo , 1 Unlike Mrs , Campbel , sue Is chilflitas . , ' In time senatorIal contest Mrs Calvin S , Brice confronts dire . I.'orallcr , The lat r has never had the social discipline In5ep , arable from Washington Ilfe. Al buss Julia Bundy sue attended the Ohio WeSle"aD tem. ( nary at Delaware , where she met In a fellow student at the neighboring university the 4 brilliant . erratic youth who developed tatej' j Into the "fire-eating" Foraker , who novoj ) : lng tails to attract ant hold a political gathor- j t Ing.As As wHo of a governor , Irs. oraler made many frIends tn Columbus , and during the " Grand Army encampment and the Ohio ceb- j tennlal the executive mansion entertained with consummate grace Mrs. John A. Logan Mrs , Russell A. Alger , Mrs , Fred Grant ant hosts of celebrities , Mrs. Foraker is an active - tive member of the Methodist church , Sluce her gubernatorial experience pe family has grown , and she could now brid to Washington society n family of interest- lug ago and attainments , Mrs , Foraker is a women of fine prese c . She is as politically ambitious as her gIftc husband , and quite as capable of holding her tongue as was the governor when asked tp state whether Mrs. Cleveland did or did riQt snub him at the Philadelphia review , vchiCh closely followed Foraker's dispatch to tpb president. No flags shall be returned whllb I am governor. " w The supremacy of Brice money singularly t equips Mrs. Brice for an extended lease op her present social aml official prestige. MrQ , Ilrlce , like Mrs. Foraker , was educated in q Ohio seminary-the Western Female aem nary in Oxford , whicht is a mile from lb Miami university , from which her husbaml4 was graduated. In college environment they met and subs sequently both taught school in the vlcinl of Lima , where they were marrled long b . fore wealth overtook them. Some five yea ago Mrs. Brice endowed her mina mater , amid time senator erected there "Brice hall , " Before Calvin Brice aspired to senatorigt honors the family , by renting time cottages o Newport celebrities during several season and nmaking repeated trips to Europe , su i ceeded in making social Inroads. They a nod this prestige to Washington , where theit- luxurious career is too fresh to be reiterated hero. . - + - - Mr. and Mrs , Edwin N , Benso not Pllil. _ adelphia have issued cards for the mnarr-ttge of their daughter , Miss Nina L , Benson , apQ Jay Cooke , third , to lake place at CheetnuG 11111 in St Paul's church on Wedensday , September 25 , Mr , Benson 1s ox-president of the Union league and one of tha wealthiest and most public-spirited men In Phllsdelpblp/ / Ills daughter is very attractive. The bride. groom-elect is a grandson of Jay Cooke , tbo famous financier. 0 I-I oiiest , . o , : ! P I Tq TO ' 5 - - - . 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