MARION'S
By MAJOR J.
CHAPTER X. (Continued.)
, That Ool. OunnitiKlintn was a bad innn
wiih something well known to nil who
had heard IiIh odious name. Hist cruel
ties luid spread terror wherever the his
tory of the same had been related. To
Ire songl u f tor by surli a hard and re
morseless miscreant gave t Im gentle Mary
a feeling of uneasiness which It would be
tjnito impossible to describe. The prone
of her firnt meeting with him had made
on Impression whleh could never bv of
faced. IIIh cruel and unprovoked order
lo murder her brother had tilled Ivor with
no much horror, that the very memory of
that event wiih deeply painful.
During the con vernation that ensued
between the latter and Ituth Strickland,
Curniughnm waH more than once refer
red to.
"The newB of his escape," said Mlns
Adair, "fills mo with n tremulous terror,
which 1 can neither explain nor account
for."
"Common report nssuroH mo that he
admired you not n little," replied Ruth;
"and did not take any pains to conceal
hi sentiments. Yon hnve wpokon of Ills
escape, but I can tell you of a more re
cent piece of nowfi; Major Galnoy Is nlso
Bt large. J low he obtained his freodonl I
know not, and I confess that Hip event Is
jnlto ns unwelcome to me, as the escape
of Cunningham seems to be to you."
"Prom whnt. I can learn of the man,
the two nrc well mated. Roth are deaf
to the voice of humanity, as their deeds
ibtindantly testify," rejoined Mary. "That
vou should shrink from him Is what I
enn well understand and appreciate. I
am nwaro thnt you stand In much the
lame relation to the major that it Is re
ported 1 do hi regard to him whose name
1 can scarcely pronounce without a shud
der. If the two are Indeed at liberty, I
believe that our apprehensions and fore
bodings will not prove unfounded or pre
mature." The conversation was interrupted by
the entrance of Mrs. Strickland, who told
them, with considerable notation of man
tier, that one of the neighbors bad just
Informed hnr that Cunningham was down
below the Neck with a party of Tories
and would probably be up that way be
fore long.
"Did you har anything In relation to
Major Gainey?" Inquired Ituth.
r. i ....i.i ii . ,
i" j iniui iniiiii. mi mi ii was reporter
Hint no una Joined (Jol. Cunningham nud
It was through the ngenoy of the Lionel
that his escape wus effected," replied Mrs.
Strickland.
While the parties were conversing on
this subject, n colored servant appeared
and announced that n geutlomnn was
without who desired to speak n few
words to -MJss Adair. Mary blushed and
hastened to the door, remarking' as she
left the npartment, "that It was doubt
less her brother."
A man of large frame stood near the
irteps. Ho was holding by the bridle a
horse from which ho had evidently just
dismounted. A capacious military cloak
concealed most of his figure from view,
and the lower portion of his face. The
hilt of a saber was seen pooping from
the ample folds. Tho features which were
visible were highly prepossessing, the eyes
were very blue and mild.
Ho held the little band wh'ch Mary
timidly extended n long time In his. nnd
It seemed not a very unwilling prisoner.,
"How dared you venture hero when
Col. Cunningham is down Iwlow?" she
exclaimed.
"Tho brigade is moving toward Rocky
Creek and I hnve left It for the purpose
of seeing you for a moment," the young
man replied.
"You have diverged considerably from
your way nud incurred considerable dan
rcr, I Bhould think," returned Miss Adair.
"Thy danger 1 regard but little when
I am approaching the spot rendered dear
to me by the presence of Mary Adnlr.
Danger I have become familiar with in
all the forms In which pitiless war pre
sents It," wild the other earnestly.
"I know you urcfr bravo, I-iewis,' re
plied Mary. , V"
Lewis IhnvthornOjt as we shall call
him, acknowledged the compliment by a
bow and a smile. t-
"I have hut little time," he added,
"and therefore must improve it to the
best advantage. He kind enough to walk
with mo, u few steps nnd we will converse
as we move along."
"Is II true," asked Mary, "that Major
Gainey hfs escaped?'
"It Is, but I think the fact need not
disturb you or your fair friend, whom
It is said be admires. It scorns to me
that ho will hardly feel Inclined to ven
ture up this way again, while Marion's
brigade Is within a day's march of the
place," rejoined Hawthorne.
"Perhaps not, Lewis; but Cunningham
has nm the fear of Marlon before his
eyes, !t appears, nnd we expect a visit
from him hourly," said Mnry.
"I hope ho will not bo ho bold. It
would pain mo exceedingly and make me
very anxious for your safety if 1 thought
he had any such intention."
"My box have the reputation of being
naturally timid, but I trust that you will
not esteem me weak and sujierHtitlous
when 1 frankly confess that I feel a pre
monition of approaching evil, and it has
reference to Ool. Cunningham."
"I am not one to Judge hastily. I shall
be- the last one to think you weak or
. superstitious. I know that your mind
Js well balanced and not easily mlsdl
tected. I nm not ashamed to say that
there Is to me, something prophetic In the
instincts or Intuition of a pure woman j
upon such, at tlmoH, the true spirit of
prevision seems to rrtrt. I do not, by any
means, ucoff ut the soul's far reachluga
BRIGADE
H. ROBINSON
I 7
Into the future, for it has wonderful pow
ers," rvturticd Hawthorne warmly.
"There is one subject upon which I
would speak before we part," wild Mnry.
"The part which yon are enacting In tho
terrible tragedy of war is extremely per
ilous. In the nnme of that friendship
which your Hps have avowed, I ask you
lo be careful of that llfo which foil now
so freely and so often expose Ttn the
shafts of death. There Is more llan one
heart that would mourn your ct from
earth."
"I nn Indeed gratified, my belovtMary,
for these friendly expressions of regard.
I shall endeavor to provu myself worthy
of the friendship which you tire so con
descending as to confer uon me I am
aware that my isisltion is often perilous,
and tint my duties require much tact,
prudence nnd courage. Hut the thought
of Mary Adair imparts new strength and
fortltnd'i when tho heart Is ready to de
spnir. Mine Is truly a dltlicult part to
play; but I have played it thus far suc
cessfully. I'Yw are in my secret, and
those that arc will not botrny me. The
cause In which I act Is n good one, and I
urn will ng to peril life for tlw sake of
my unhappy and oppressed country.
Hark!"
Hawthorne paused, nnd looked down
the river.
"I nm betrayed !" he exclaimed, "the
Tory bloodhounds are on tho scent."
Miss Adair had nlo turned her eyes
In the direction specified, and beheld a
band of twenty or thirty Royalists ap
proaching at a gallop.
"It is Cunningham himself at the head
of his dragoons !' cried Mnry. "Alas,
your temerity will cost you your life!"
Hawthorne sprang into the saddle, and
cast a hurried glance around him, to dis
co vei the best method of escape.
"Delay not a single Instant n you love
me ! See, they nre coming at a fearful
f.peed. Fly, Lewis, fly !" added Mnry, o,x
cited boyond description. '
"Farewell, Mary! I go I trust in
Providence. Romomlwr what I have
said."
"Su render, you rebel !" cried a voice,
which Mary recognized ns the voice of
Cunningham.
For a reply, Hawthorne touched his
horse's flanks with his spurs, and swept
away up the river road like The wind.
As ho bounded forwnrd, n dozen carbines
were fired at him, nnd the terrified and
half-fainting Mnry heard the leaden mes
sengers whistle over her head.
"Cut him down, men ! hew him to
pieces no quarters to tho rascal !" shout
ed Cunningham, as he passed the maiden
nt a furious gallop. He gave a signifi
cant look as he dashed by, in which the
cruelty of his nature was but too evi
dently expressed.
It was some timo after tho Tories had
passed before Mary could gain courage
to look after Hawthorne, to see If he had
fallen ; when she did so, she beheld lilin
about the same distance from his pur
suers us at the beginning of the race.
His horse appeared n powerful one, and
In good condition, while she observed that
Hiose ridden by tho Roynllstn were al
ready somewhat blown.
Mary Adnir's heart beat fast, nud ev
ery pulse was full of racking suspense.
With fearful anticipations, of the catas
trophe, she behold a Tory horseman Hear
ing tho object of her solicitude. She saw
within the distance of a few yards of
half a dozen--of four of three of one,
and ho bent forward in his saddle and
lifted his sword to give a fatal blow;
but at that moment, when Mary consid
ered all hope lost, Hawthorne turned sud
denly uiKin his pursuer, nnd with a sin
gle sweep of his iKindorous saber, cut him
down ; he fell, nud his earthly warfare
was at an end. Hawthorne made no
pause, but waving tho saber triumphant
ly, shot forward at a much greater speed.
CIIAlTER XI.
Marlon's brigade was moving towluv?
Rocky Creek. To John Henderson it
wiih a most agreeable mnrch, for he rode
beside Kate Martin, and her silvery voice
Hounded to him like the sweetest music.
To her peerless beauty he had added the
idea of her heroism, which had been ex
emplified by her daring conduct on the
night previous. The pastor's fair and
brnvo daughter could not rise much in
the estimation of Henderson; so far ns
his opinion was concerned she already
stood in the pinnacle of female perfec
tion. While tho gallant Henderson Is drink
ing in the soft enchantment of Kate
Martin's beauty, wo will see how Frank
Forstall fares and follow his movements
for u short time.
The voice of Ren Rowan was less fre
quently heard. An unwonted taciturnity
had fallen upon him since the "pulver
izing" scene had transpired, and Frank
wiih loft more to his own reflections. The
thought occurred to him when he saw
Henderson so pleasantly engaged with
Kate Martin that a friendly chat with
Until Strickland would be exceedingly
ngreeable. This idea induced him to ask
permission of Capt. Logan for an hour's
absence in order that theory nnd prne
tico might be harmoniously blended. Tho
cnptaln consented, though somewhat re
luctantly, because he snld it was not safe
for people to be riding about the country
alone when tho Tories were so much on
tho alert nnd so full of mischief. Con
siderations of this nature, however, had
but little Influence with Forstall. Cast
ing n parting glance at Henderson, he
foil out of the ranks of the brigade, and
taking a cross road, gnllopod townrd the
residence of Ruth Strickland.
He resolved, most firmly nnd serlouHly,
to make that declaration which had more
than once trembled upon his fcnrfbl
tongue. Full of this during, and to him
momentous conception, he urged his horsyi
forward. Foxtail became entirely ob
livious to all pari.v dlsilnotions and en
tirely forgetful of nil personal hazard;
the imago of Ruth Strickland was the
only distinct Idea in his brain. A tre
mendous clatter hurst suddenly upon his
ears, He heard the report of carbines
and loud shouting, and the din Increas
ed and approached rapidly.
Frank was n roused from his reverie
and prudently reined in his horse into a
Mnnll eopsn by the wayside. In the course
of five or six minutes a body of horse
men, about fifteen in number, appeared
In view; their steeds gave abundant Indi
cations of Mng overridden, nnd their
rider were laboring under some strong
excitement.
Forstall rtn nt a loss at first to know
whether they wore Whigs or Tories, but
very soon their angry exclamations en
lightened him; they were Tories.
"It's no use to st.Kil our horses!" ox
ilaJmod one. "The fellow has got away
fairly; we can't overtake him."
"Fin sorry, for I like to file rr'Mw
dance on nothing," replied another.
lien a few yards beyond Forstall's
hiding place the whole party stopiwd and
turned their horses' heads In the contra in
direction.
"I'll toll you the onlv tlilnir thnt enn
end this war," added the individual who
had last spoken. "It's hnngin' !"
I hats my opinion," responded Hovoral
of tho band, fiercely. "Strlnir in mi!
nothln' else will answer. We're too ten
der lierted, that's the trouble. We must
hang 'em whether they have tnkon pro
tection or not. What's the difference Ik
tween the feller who has taken protec
tion and then fights us, and tho chap ns
hasn't and fights us? For my part, I
can't seo no odds."
"It's all tho same," snld another.
"Serve 'em nil nlike, and then justice
will be done. It appears to me we ought
to look round here in the bushes to see
if the follow hasn't hid himself some
where. I thought 1 heard n noise out
here on the right."
The person who made this observation
moved toward the sit where Forstall
was concealed. Discovery was Inevitable
and instant ; tho Tories shouted with ex
ultation as Frank nut smirs to his Iiunh
and flid toward the Nook, while n dozen
carbines were levelled nt his person. His
horse being n good one, soon distanced his
pursuers, and he was congratulating him
self on tlw prosed of escape when
things asumed a new aspect. IIo had
proceeded about a mile and a half when
an abrupt turn to the road revealed to
bw astonished eves another boilv of iim.
goons drawn up in the road. Just ho-
loro them lay the body of n man. find
close by was n riderless horse, nipping
unconcernedly the grass by the roadside.
Refore Forstall had fairly taken in the
scene with his eyes lie was in the midst
of the Tories, and many sabers were rais
ed to cut him down.
"Hold, men!' cried Cunningham. "Not
so fast, my lads. We'll do better than
that.
Forstall drew his saber and defended
himself vigorously, inflicting several
wounds, but tho odds against him were
so overpowering he was soon disarmed
nnd a prisoner.
"It strikes me that I have seen your
face before, young man," said an ofiioor,
scrutinizing Frank pretty close v.
"1 think you have, sir; I was at Rrit
on's Neck with Gen. Marion," said
Frank, sarcastically.
"Such allusions as those will prove
very unfortunate for you, my fine fel
low!' retorted Major Gainey angrily.
"When the rlcissitudes of war placed
you in our hands you wen; well treated
and had nothing to complain of, I be
lieve, ' nddfsl Forstall.
"What is your name, young man?"
asked ( unningham.
"One that has never been dishonored
by cruelty, cowardice or meanness. I
am called Forstall," replied Frank.
Cunningham immediately said some
thing to Galnoy In a low voice, and the
latter scowled fiercely at our hero.
"Yon see that body, don't you?" he
asked, pointing to the corpse in the road.
"1 do; and I should say that it was
made a body by nn ugly saln-r cut on
the head," answered Forstall.
"That man. young rebel, was a Royal
ist, and his life wns worth half a dozen
like yours," continued the major.
"I regret then that ho hadn't died in
n letter cause,' rejoined Frank.
"One of Marion's ruffians did that,"
resumed the major, jKiinting at tho body
again.
"I (nought one of our sabers made that
wound," replied Forstall, regarding the
ghastly opening in the dead man's head
more closely.
"And have you yet thought whnt tho
consequences would be to yourself, sir""
asked Gainey.
"I am a prisoner of war, and expect
to be treated hh such."
".lust henr the rascal talk !" exclaimed
Cunningham. "You'll be treated nccord
ing to your diverts," ho added.
"i p with him! up with him!" cried
several voices, impatiently.
"T.iere's a fine tree for tho purtKise,"
emarkod the colonel, pointing to a thrif
ty oak a few yards beyond them.
At this juncture the rest of tho party
came thundering down the river and join
ed their comrades.
"Rebel, your time is short," bald Gai
ney. "Do you intend to perpetrate another
murder?" asked Forstnll, in n voice still
calm.
(To ha continued,)
Not Y;.
"Some people thinks," wild Uncle
Henry Rutterworth, "Unit there's noth
ing new under the sun, nnd nil the
Jokes hns been told. Rut I don't think
bo. 1 believe that some of the very
best things thnt over were said hnln'l
ever been thought of yet." Khuhm
City Times.
TOPICS OF THE TI M ES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTINQ ITEMS.
Comment unit Criticism Hnncd IIiion
the 1 1 n p pen I n ch of the Dnjr Hintorl
cnl nnd Ncwb NoIch.
Groene nnd Gnynor were the orig
inal gold-dust twins.
The only dividend some lliianclnl In
stitutions over pay Ih when they fall.
II. II. Rogers Is showing, grout fore
ben rnnee In not running the courts out
of business.
Paul Morton likens llfo Insurance
to .salvation. And yet wo hnve been
t.uigbl thnt salvation's free.
Doen Sir Thomas Upton think that
If he made the mcnmircmcut rules him
self he could lift that mug?
Peru threatens to lick Chill. Rut
Chill probably knows that the Peru
vian bark la -worn' than the bite.
Franco is becoming a real republic
-nIic van ekvt nnd Inaugurate n Presi
dent without n riot or even a rcd-lin;
demonstration.
The man who fell .'100 feet with ills
neroplnne and escaped death Is natur
ally disposed to regard his flight as a
greut success.
Au inventor claims to be able to turn
wind into electricity. What an argu
ment for frequent campaigns and
abundant spellbinding !
Metchinoff explains thnt the natural
period of life for ninn Is IL'0 years, and
Dr. Wiley explains why most men fall
lo live half that time.
A Camden man convicted of assault
Is paying his tine on the Installment
plan, it Is n wonder that be didn't
make a kick for trading stamps.
.lust look ut all the show girls be
ing married by Fngllsh lords. And
still some people have the heart to ad
vise girls to adopt a singe career.
So they nre to make "Romeo and
Juliet" Into a comle opera. We may
yet live to see .Miss May Irwin present
Opiuliif to DeWolf Hopper's Hamlet.
If P.onl de Castellane cannot live on
.$10,000 n year the deficiency must be
made up ut tiny sacrifice. It Is of the
utmost ImiMn-tance that Roul should
keep on living.
The report that August Rehuout Iiiih
Just bought a lake Is denied. It prob
ably started over the fact that be has
lKen buying lnrgely of Wall str?vt
stocks.
One correspondent informs us that
the President litis grown suspicious of
China. And we cannot dodge the im
pression that China has become a
trifle suspicious of Uncle Sam.
Dr. Wiley, the government's chem
ical expert, says he is almost nfrnld
to go to tile table. After finding that
inanuraclured In tub chop the doctor Is
justified In the fear that be will find
a bone In the liver.
While the other Territories are
clamoring for stntebnod Alaska would
be content, to be simply treated with
the full rights of a Territory. She bus
been trying to get an ordinary terri
torial delegate In Congress for fortv
von rs.
A woman never loses interest in Hie
man she might have married. If be
ucceeds she prides herself on the fact
that she could have had him. If he
falls she Is equally proud of the fm-t
that she had foresight enough to turn
him down.
Kxtrnefs from the Russian govern
ment orgnn nre published to show how
amusingly Ignorant the writers for t:ut
:rgnn are of American nffnlrs. It is
u more serious matter that they are
ilmost as Ignorant of the real 'situa
tion In their own country.
For some years engines have been
taking water without stopping, and
mull cars hnve been picking mull sticks
from posts without so much ns u pause.
Now an appliance for coaling engines
without stopping has Ik-oh Invented,
ilud experiments with it nre said to
have been satisfactory. The next Im
provement to save the running time; of
trains will be a device for Uirowing
passengers on board and off without
stopping.
Public opinion was the first great
Jndgo. It drove the malefactor from
his own people to the desert, to live
an exile, with every man's hand against
him. It.s judgments are still true and
righteous. Cunning lawyers may liofog
Juries. Wrongdoers may hid behind
technicalities. Rut there are verdicts
of public opinion which are branded
Into their skin and which they can
never erase. Not for all offenses, but
for certain otteuses that Ib "the great
eorrvK'tve and punitive." Us Value
cannot be easily overestimated. Thoro
ure men In nil sections of tho country
who nre lludlUB the verdict ot public
opinion Bcnrccly less blighting than tho
sentence of a erlmlnnl court.
Everyone has henrd of the youth
wlio, having found a lnrgo sum of
money on the street and returned It to
the rich man who lost it, was angry
because the man gave him only n quar
ter of a dollar for his honesty. Those,
who are honest only In hoje of reward
deserve the contempt of all decent peo
ple. Tlore aro even heroes who hopo
for reward. Tho eaptnln of a small
yawl who, with his erew, rescued thft
passengers and crew of a stranded
steamship off the Now Jersey coast In
.lammry was not of that sorL Ho
risked his life for others, and when
the Ournegie Hero Fund commissioners
benn to make Inquiries about bis ex
ploit, he told them not to mind him,
but to take care of his crew If they
wished to reward anyone; then. If any
thing was left, and they Insisted, they
might do something for his little boy.
As a result of this convincing proof
of his heroic qualities, the commission
ers have given him $1,W)0 to pay oft tho
mortgage on his home, nnd hnve set
aside .$5,000 for the education of his
boy. And tho best feature of this in
cident 1b that the hero of It does not
think thnt he did anything worthy of
special recognition.
What n factor the farmer Is In en
riching the country! Few think of
this and those who do so sympathise
with the farmer, who, after the beat
and burden of the day, has so little to
show for his industry and Intelligence.
As an occupation in the east farming
Is looked upon as unremuneratWo and
with slight prospects of It ever being
anything else. Prices of food steadily
advance, but the husbandman does not
reap of the Increase because the scar
city of the product accounts for the
rising market. In the middle west he
does better. In the fur west the tilling;
of the fields Is satisfactory in Its re
turns to the cultivator. To turn to
what he has accomplished: In l!i-t
the faerlcan farmer's crops reached
in money the nstonlshing total of near
ly five billion dollars. Last year It was
six billion four hundred millions of
dollars, an Increase in a twelve-month
of one billion live hundred million dol
lars. How stupendous these figures
are can be guessed when It Is known
that all the gold mined in the world
for the last four centuries could not
equal in value what the earth yield
ed up to man in the past two years.
That fanning Is a good business Is
borne out by the fact that our agricul
tural binds have Increased in value
over thirty-three per cent In five years.
In the fur west the Increase has been
over sixty per cent, but the areas in
the middle and eastern sections which
have stood still or declined, lower the
average rate to thirty-three per cent.
To make life happy the tiller of tho
soil lias his telephone, his daily deliv
ery of mall, and, in many cases, the
railroad to bring him to town. He Is
a skillful man and brings science to
bear to outmnneuver the pests which
are ever preying upon his cultivated
Held. Then the National and State
governments nre co-operating with him
in making his nreas yield the greatest
possible. Ry their working In harmony
the American farmer Is far and away
abend of the Kuropenn or Asiatic and
gets much more out of the ground per
square foot than the corresponding toil
ers separated from him by the oceans.
It is pleasant io read how our farm
ers nre doing well and nt the same time
contributing so much to the enrichment
of the country.
While on his recent Western tour,
Edward 11. Harriman, the railroad
magnate, was amused n: the pertness
and wit of Frank Jones, a boy who
had been sent from the master me
chanic's oflloe In Cheyenne with a mes
sage for Superintendent McKeen of tho.
motive department of the Tnion Pa
cific. Pushing Into the private car of
President llarrhnan, he said: "Hello,
I got 'or telegram for McKeen." "You
mean Mr. McKeen," Interrupted Mr.
Harriman, with a sly smile. "Yep, I
guess so; the head cheese of the mo
tive department." Mr. Harriman took
the telegram and had tt sent to Mr.
McKeen. "What do you do?" he asked
the lad, with a glance around at his
companions. "I'm one of the directors
or the Union Pacific," said the boy
taking the challenge. "What?" ex
claimed Mr. Harriman. "Yep. I direct
envelopes over at the master mechan
ic's olllce." Raptlst Commonwealth.
Tit for TiU.
Mr. Jinks "Who has been fooling
with this gun?"
Mrs. JlnkB "The new girl got hold
of It this morning and discharged It."
"My gracious! What did you do?"
"I disclaimed her." New York Week
ly. .
' '
A father Is either getting reproving
looks from his wife because he doesn't
make the children behave, or because
he Is trying to.
An explanation Is not muck nd an
apology Is ite poor relation.