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, Dlsappolntt as the message left Key. I
. cetormlneJ his action . and a the train !
Luis It for while dl-
. t steamed out of San a whie
, ' ; , . vertCI his attention tram the object of hIs
" pursuit. ID any event hIs deslnatloD would
i , r , have been Stunner's or the hollow . as the
pont ! tram which to begin hIs sea'cl. lie be
lieved with Sister Seraphina that the young
gIrl woulll make her direct appeal l to her
brother : but even Ir she sought Irs. 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
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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
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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
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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
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_ _ _ "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 ! "
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"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 ? "
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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
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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
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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 , -
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"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 ) ,
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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 ,
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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
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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
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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-
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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 /
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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 .
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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 "
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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
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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
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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 - "
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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. .
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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.
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