MARION'S
By MAJOR J. H.
CHAPTER XL (Continued.)
"Prepare yourself, youngster," nnTH
Cunningham. "Think nltotit your mother,
nnd iiltout. your prayers."
"Unfeeling man 1 dure you speak n
mother's name In such a tone, nml with
suoli nn expression?" Haiti Frank, indig
nnntly. "Conic forward, three or four of the
tnoBt cxjcrieiiccd of you, nnd truss him
up. Lead tin- horse to tlw foot of the
tree" continued Cunningham.
This order was Instantly olcyed. For
Mall's arms were tied behind him, and
the fearful preparatloiiH went on rapidly.
Frank Forstall looked toward the nun
now in niid-heavvn and hade it adieu.
The thought that, he should never again
fH7.o upon the qiiet skies gave him a feel
ing of inexpressible sadness. lit1 had
been an admirer of nature. The green
fleldH, the leafy forests, iImi hills, the
streams, the valleys of earth were obj'iKrt
which had a strong hold upon his affec
tions, lie wondered whether he should
contemplate the name objects when his
Immortal part was enfranchised from the
body. It was a singular thought to In
trude, itself at such a moment, but It
camo spontaneously. Other and more
mourn fti I reflections crossed his mind
friends parents, Hone, Huth ; he should
look upon them no more in time. With
n sigh he closed It 1h eyes iukI prayed
prayed most fervently nnd humbly.
Liu felt rough, unfriendly hands ujion
his neck and shuddered. The thoughts
How like waves of lightning when the
kouI trembles on the brink of eternity,
nnd innumerable conceptions were crowd
ed Into miserable fleeting second.
Frank's spirit secmd to shrink and con
tract itself and (piiver with dvend ex
pectation of something liorrible.
CHAPTER XII.
The hrigado had moved steadily for
ward. Henderson was still entranced
with the silvery tones of Knto Martin,
nnd Joe Sawyer looked at him with n
jealous eye.
"Where is Mr. Forstall?" nsked Gen
Marion, addressing dipt. Ixgnn.
"lie asked permission to call at Brit
ton's Neck, and I .couldn't very well re-
iuse his request, he s such a gallant young
fellow," replied the captain.
"I lun sorry, for I just learned from
a lad that Col. Cunningham is in that
vicinity agaiu with quite n body of
Tories. Forstall will bo likely to fall
in with him, I am afraid," said the gen
cral.
"Perhaps wo had letter send n few of
our men after him," suggested Logan.
"I will send Capt. llawes and his 'tar
nal critters,' " Raid Marion, good-humor
edly, and immediately rode up to the per
nonage referred to. He explained the cane
to him in a few words, nnd ordered him
to ride after Forstall us fast as possible
witli his company.
"I exject thu chap is galivantin' arter
some femnle specimint,' said Capt. Nick.
Hut I can t blame the youngster much
for I kinder calkerlatc I shall do sonie-
thln' in that jwrtlcorlar line as soon as
3 can get time, after finiBhin' the Rever
hitlon."
"Quite right, sir; the sex should be
attended to and are certainly worthy of
respect," replied Marion. "Now, captain
nway with you and rejoin us soon as you
possibly can."
"I'm off like a streak of chalk, general.'
With these words the captain fell back
to his place in front of his company.
"Attention, you 'tarnal critters! Rare
up In your saddles stick out your eyes
to the right, and look unshakable ! To
the riidit-about-fnce, march !"
And the " 'tarnal critters" retraced
their steps to the spot where the road di
verged which Forstall had taken. They
galloped off in fine style, and the tall fig
ure of Capt. Nick towered up like one
of the famed giants of the olden time.
There is a ripple upon the smoothest
oca, and some inharmony in all human
proceedings, as was illustrated by the
fate of the unhappy Jones; for his colt
became suddenly restive, wan guilty of all
aorts pf antics, threw the sections into
confus'on, and it was by the most desper
ate exertions that the rider maintained
his seat.
"What's your brute tryin' to dew
now V" inquired Capt. llawes.
"lie kicks up for'ard," replied Jones.
"Lean to'ard his neck, then, and keep
him down," added the captain.
The misguided Jones leaned toward the
neck of the horse, according to orders,
when instantly the hinder portion of the
animal flew up nnd landed him on his
head nnd shoulders in the road.
"I knew 'twould be so!" he exclaimed,
rather lugubriously.
Natural philosophy would teach a
person that If you hold down one end of
that cretur, the other II fly up. If you
dew that ngiu, Jones, I'll put you under
rrest, I'll be blowed If I won't !" cried
Capt. Nick.
' I didn't do It," answered Jones.
"Don't contradict your superior ofll
cera, Jones. You threw yourself over
lils head because you's afeared he'd kick
up. Juies, you'll disa'ppint the hopes of
yer country it you don t conduct better.
Don't be a settin' there on the. ground a
Btudyiu geology, but up and ut him
again. '
"I'm nfeared, cap'n," remoiiHtrnted
Jones. "The crcetur's never been broke."
"Corporal Higgins, prick that tarnal
Jones with your toad sticker!' contln
tied the impnclfled llawes.
Joins tried to remount; but the colt
continued to kick nnd rear moat IndiiH
triously, nnd the thing could not easily be
accomplished.
BRIGADE
ROBINSON
him down," said Capt. Nick. "What on
arth did you give the critter for his
breakfast?"
"A pint of onts, and n little new rum
and molasses," replied the culprit.
"Well, to-morrow mornin' give him a
bundle of shavin's and two lengths of
stone wall,' said the captain. "Now
hnng to him, ami no more pitchin' about
under loot, if yon don't want to Ih made
an example of. Attention the whole tm
panyi straighten up- put her through
go nhead !"
After tills little episode, the Fire Hai
rs prcceeded at a very rapid wce until
hey reached the main road where yViing
Forstijtf had concealed himself to evade
the Tories. Capt. llawes was in atl
vantv of Ills company, u adnsit SIIRDL
vtnee of his company, nnd instantly or
dered n halt.
"I perceive," lie said, "that there's a
grat ninny horse tracks in the road here,
ns Miough a considerable body of mounted
men had just passed over it. Now this
looks ratber suspicious, for if Lainning-
tain ban been really recruiting in these
p.irts, them tracks most probably was
made by his band. If 1 nm right, young
Fnrstall, I reckon, is by this time a pris
oner, ami perhaps worse than that. Jones,
try to hold that critter down, while I
finish what I've got to say. The enemy
can't be far from here, judging by these
l racks, and perhaps we shall have an
nll-sulliclent tussle afore we git biu-k to
I lie brigade; so follow me and obey or-
oeis. Jjieui.. Anderson, gaiiup aneiui ami
itvonnuitcr a little. If you see anything
suspicious, ride back without giviu' nny
alarm."
I'lie eaptnin and his company moved
en at a slow pace, while the lieutenant
proceeded to do ns had been ordered, lie
had gone but a short distance In advnnce
vhen he was seen to stop suddenly, turn
nix ut and retrace his steps with nil sjoed.
"Hornet bin's in the wind!" mnttcp'd
llawes to himself. "And I hope there
is, for I want somethin' to do," he added,
in a louder voice.
'What's the row, lieutenant?" asked
llawes.
"We re just in time, cap'n. That road
is full of Tories, and some mischief is
goin' on, you may depend on't," replied
Andersen earnestly. "I believe they're
going to hang somebody."
"You don't say so?" exclaimed Capt.
Nick, his eyes lighting up witli the pros
peel ot n "tussle." "How many do you
suppose there are?"
"All of thirty; they're all up in a heap
a:.d terrible busy about something, which,
ns I told you, I believe is an execution."
"Is there time to make an all-fired
patriotic speech, lieutenant?" asked
llawes eagerly.
"You might, cap'n, but it ought to be
short under the circumstances, because
ii'.- kinder delercate work to straighten n
feller up nrtcr he's been hanging by the
neck during one of your speeches. Rile
it down to a few words."
"Feller soldiers!" cried Capt. Nick,
wavini; his sword, "glory is afore us,
disgrace behind us. Now is the time for
heroic deeds and gullant achievements,
Half n dozen of you help Jones hold
down that colt. The road is full of
Tories nnd we're nlnjut to bust u)on 'em
like an earthquake. I want every man
that wears a saber to swing it ! (live
it to 'm hard; cut right and left and
remember that you are fight in for life,
love and liberty. Let's up and show the
worm wnat we can do. l in goin to
harge on 'em, and I'll die on the ground
afore YA knock under. When I say halt
stop in though It was physically onpos
Bible to go any further, and when I say
charge, bust like some mighty convulsion
of natur. t oiler mo and keep still till we
get n view of 'em."
The horsemen rode on nt nn ensy pace
until they had nearly renched the turn
in the road, when the captain motioned
them to stop and, riding on a few yards
further, came in view of CunniiiKham
and his men.
"Keep back out of sight," said llawes.
I wait, to see what they're about. You
were right, Anderson, the wretches are
goin to string up n human being, and I
lielieve it's that young Forstall. Now
if that isn't a scene to make a man's
Idood feel hot I never saw one. I don't
think I can contain my feeliu's of out
raged humanity much longer. We'll break
upon 'em, sir, like a thunderclap ! U-t's
go back and lead on our Bengal tigers,
for you see they're ready to murder him."
When llawes stood once more before
his company his features were unusually
stern and he was biting his lips with
n re. He unsheathed his sword with a
jerk, iK-nt forward in his saddle, nnd ex
claimed in a distinct though suppressed
oice :
"They're doin' Satan's own work out
there, my brave fellers; they're going to
Strang)-: a human specie and one of Ma
rion's brigade! Straighten up, you tarnal
critters, give your horses the spurs till
they sweat with pain, bear down on the
miscreants as though you were nil slftl
from the mouth of n mammoth mortar ii;
a body. Strike as if you mennt to cut
through mnu and horse at a single blow.
Steel your hearts, I tell you, to deeds of
blood, nnd don't think of anything but
victory and vengeance. Itare up in your
saddles and follow me like so many links
of chain llghtnln' I"
Capt. llawes stnick his Hpurs deep into
the sides of his horse; every man of the
company followed his example, and with
drawn sabers nnd brows contrncted with
'owns of deadly hate, thundered forth
with inesistible Impetuosity. They swept
round the bend, their foes were in eight,
nnd the next moment they charged
thrmirh. (htm with ft dreadful aliock.
ff .1 .....I .twit yfilAPCI '
crushed beneath them, while heavy sabers
flashed like living fires over their heads,
utthiK down their comrades with strokes
lint steel armor could not have resisted.
So furious was th onset and ho headlong
heir siM-ed that they were carried some
yards beyond the spot where the murder
was being enacted, but, checking their
maddened horses, they turned, olwdlent to
the order of llnwes, whose voice was
heard like the blast of n bugle, and charg
cd back upon the scattered and terrified
wretches.
'Ktrikc hard. I tell you," shouted the
aptaiii, nnd set the exnmplo himself.
The paralysed senses of the Tories be
gan to nrovcr their activity; they drove
heir rowels into their horse' flanks, and
!ed in every direction, Cunningham and
Ji'ney being among the foremost.
""orstull was instantly freed from his
mtMoub position; 1 he Bharp wilier of
C:ipt. Nick cut his bands, and seizing a
wvajKin, he Joined in the pursuit of the
flying dragoons. A sense of the outrage
which hnd been offered him nerved his
mud, and gave additional energy to pur-
nit. His horse sped on like an arrow
shot from the bow of on nncknt High
lander. Frank pressed hard ujon n In
gitive; he swung his saber but liefore
i descended, the Tory turned back upon
dm a face pallid witli terror, and he
recognized In the ashy features one of the
miscreants who hnd been most active in
arranging the preliminaries of execution.
Forstall b heart swelled with a sense ot
indignity that he had experience! ; ho
struck home, and the mnn fell, iwrietratcd
by a wound which the combined powers
of all earthly surgery could never repair.
CHAPTER XIII.
The Tories were gathered at the place
of rendezvous; they came riding to the
spot b' twos and threes, and in squads of
half a dozen. Tlve locale was a judicioiiH
one fjr the purpose, being unfrequented
and marly surrounded by large forests.
Cyrus Dix was first on the ground, wait
ing impatiently for the coming of his
comrades nnd brethren in the Koynl
cause. The idea of n captain's coinmis-
ion was still uppermost among many
thoughts that crowded upon him. His
mind aspired nfter nnthority, power and
emolument. He felt that he wns already
a leader, and was and would be acknowl
edged as such, although be hnd yet re
ceived no formal appointment from the
legitimate source.
Col. Ferguson had promised to be nt
their gathering, nnd was punctual to the
time. While the Roynlists were troop
ing to the rendezvous, Dix was engaged
in earnest conversation with the colonel.
The conditiou of the country, tlwj speedy
termination of the war, the best policy to
be pursued, and kindred topics, were am
ply discussed.
While the parties wore thus engaged a
large nnd awkward young man was ob
served by them walking from place to
place, staring at every new comer with
dilnted eyes.
"Hather a verdant youth," remarked
Ferguson, with a smile.
"I have just been watching his move
ments," replied Dix. "He's fresh from
the bush, probably. I saw him when ho
came, and he rode n very fine-looking
horse."
"His dress don't appear to be of the
most recent style," said the colonel.
At that moment tlie individual alluded
to approached within a few yards of the
parties.
"Mv good fellow," said Ferguson, "na
ture, it would seem, has gifted you with
an inquiring mind."
"Vei)y, I am not one that loveth the
sound of the trumpet, and the lifting up
of the sjear," replied the person ad
dressed. "My excellent but rather puritanical
friend," added the colonel, "I perceive
j on belong to the sect called Quakers."
"By the grace of heaven, I am num
bered with the salt of the earth," re
turned the young man, piously, elevating
his eyes toward the ethereal region
whence that particular unction which he
had mentioned was supjKised to flow.
"Fortunate youth !" exclaimed the colo
nel, w.th mock solemnity.
"I hid thought that lie looked too fresh
to have any connection with any of the
salts, except the neutral salts, perhaps,"
ol)erv-(l Uix, looKing signiiicantfy nt the
colonel.
"I know nothing of tho different sects
you Inve alluded to, for I regard all
book learning, except that of the llible, ns
vanitj, and as something that will not
abide 'lie test of the great day," returned
Job Dawson, twirling his thumbs relig
iously, and sighing profoundly.
"What's the matter?" asked the colonel,
with apparent solicitude for his health.
"I was thinking of the nations that set
in darkness," said Job. with a nasal
twang. "A great multitude which no
man can number."
"I should think you'd sink under it,
really.' said Ferguson.
"At times I nm pressed like nn oxcart
under sheaves," was the emphatic re
sponse. "Poor fellow, how drendfnl it must be!
I shouldn't suppose nil your salt would
save j ui from premature decay," rejoined
the v tlonel.
"A little leaven leaveneth tho whole
lump," said Dawson.
"Wl.at induced you to come hero, my
good friend?" nsked the colonel.
"Verily, I wns invited up hither by
some friends of the king. So I thought
I would come to see If nnything could be
done to favor the Qunker sect in particu
lar, and the spread of righteousness in
general," answered Dawson.
"Quite right; nnd I am happy to say
that His Majesty is the particular friend
of the Quakers, and as soon ns pence is
secifed in this country, intends to pond
over shiploads of them, that this unhnnnv
land may be plentifully sprinkled with the
'salt of the earth,'" responded Fergu
son. (To bo continued.)
One way to keep out of the divorce
courts 1b to remain single.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE 8EI.ECTION OF INTER-
ESTINQ ITEMS.
ConimcritH unit Criticisms Based Upon
the IlnppentfiUH of tho Dny UtHtorl-
cal nml Nctvh Notes.
England Is not lightening the big
Bt.'ck, but merely shifting the weight
Rut n pnragraph may bo pert with
out being iiertlnejit In fact, a great
tunny are Impertinent
HouPCwlvoH awjert that tho govern
ment never did send out nny good varie
ties of canary seed, unywaj.
Tho millionaire socialist usually Is
careful to confine his Interests to the
academic phases of the question.
Tho puckenless persimmon is the lat
est Science, In time, may evolve a
mild and delightful Indian turnip.
It would take a great denl more than
a vote of n lack of confidence to pry
the average American statesman loose
from his Jot).
Count Honi do Castollane's pa has
written a play. A good title for it
would lie: "Tho Cruel Wife; or, The
Lost Pay Roll."
Ouo of the faith healers offers to
cure poverty for $5 a treatment Here
is another splendid chance for poor peo
ple to get rich quick.
According to Mrs. Cralgle, "the very
faces of Americans belong to the sev
enteenth and eighteenth centuries."
American faces are not worn so long as
that
Col. W. D. Mann disposal of Town
Topics $10 shares at $1,000 a share. The
Steel Trust could afford to pay such a
stockseller as that about $1,000,000 a
year.
An English society lady has had her
et spaniel supplied with a set of false
teeth. The dog, In order to make ieo
ple think they are natural, should now
Insist on having a muzzle.
It has been discovered that George
QJsslng, the celebrated English novel
ist, who died not long ago, once worked
in America as a gas litter. Evidently
he didn't go into literature merely to
make money.
Mr. Lopffu-orth comes from nn old
and aristocratic lino of ancestors, hence
there Is no likelihood that he will
cause trouble by referring to the ex
cellence of the doughnuts his mother
used to mni:e.
"Why," asks the Grand Itaplds
(Mich.) Herald, "should not the peo
ple have a direct voice In tho election
of the next United States Senator?"
Down at Washington there are some
eminent gentlemen who will rogard this
as another piece of direct import!
nence.
Count Donl says he would rather beg
bis bread than suffer nn Injury to his
pride. What sort of pride is It that
would rather leg, even under great
stress, than to earn u livelihood by
honest toil? Why should tho count
beg so long as he has health and
strength?
The large increase In the demand
for rubber has led to a more careful
exploration of tho tropics for rubber
producing trees, as welf ns to the de
velopment of rublKJi-tree groves In fa
vorable districts. In Java, Ceylon and
the Malay Peninsula large tracts are
being planted to rubber, nnd it has lieen
found that Liberia produces an excel
lant quality of gum. The extension of
the rubber Industry In Mexico and in
South America Is progressing rapidly,
and it has been discovered that tho rub
ber-tree adapts Itself readily to various
climatic conditions in different parts
of the world.
Our neighbors nre contrasting the
King's speech with tho President's mes
sage, says the Toronto Mail and Em
pire, and some of them conclude that
under his majesty there Is less of the
monarchical principle than under Mr.
Roosevelt Certainly, In England it Is
tho executive, sustained by Parliament,
and therefore by tho people, that rules.
In tho United SUites tho head of tho
State exerclBes tho greater degree of
power nnd seems to bo free from popu
lar supervision. A British ministry
has gono out because the people want
ed a change. How could such a thing
possibly occur next door?
Tho origin of tho so-called, San Jose
scale Is not certainly known, but It is
reasonably sure that It was brought
from China about 1870 on some plants
Imported by James Lick and placed on
his property in the Santa Clara val
ley. By 18S0 it had como to be recog
nlzed ns a serious pest, and in that
year was found near San Joso and de
scribed by Prof. Comstoclc, who named
It "aspldlotus peruiciosus." That name
being too hard for most of us, the pest
haa "become known the world over as
tU. "Jjjnn Jose scale," from tho place
where It was first found by Prof. Corn
stock, very much to tho disgust of the
people of that city and vicinity, who
do not suffer from it in any appreciable
degree.
Something more than new laws Is
neededto ivstore a social consclenco
to those seats of finance and commerce
from which it seems to have been
driven. The significance of the pre
vailing ferment in American llfo is
that it is no longer deemed enough to
bo "law honest." To rely on laws
alone Is to reduce the plane of soclnl
life to the level of the lowest common
denominator. There nre latencies in
public opinion large enough to restrain
tho tempted man from profitable com
mercial weakness, to hold back, tho
rapacious man from his piracies, to
reward the man who under difficulties
Is true to himself. One of the hopeful
signs of the times Is that these poten
cies are being organized. It is going
to be easier than it has been for men
to be as square lu their business of
fices ns they are outside of them.
Miss Anthony has passed away with
out seeing women admitted to perfect
political equality with men, and yet
she must have taken satisfaction in her
bust days in seeing how far tho world
had moved since she stood up In a
teacher's meeting in 3853 awl demand
ed tho right to speak. At that time
it was an unheard of thing for n
woman to speak in public, even in a
gathering like that one, composed
mainly of women. Now women aro
successful In all the professions at
tho bar, In the pulpit, nnd in the prac
tice of medicine, lu some of the states
women hold public olllce on equal terms
with men. In all states the influence
of woman is deeply felt In public life.
The achievement of the franchise was
only n small part of the reform In the
relutlon of woman to the law contem
plated by Miss Anthony. Sixty yenra
ago a woman had no control over her
property, her earnings, or her children,
except so far as secured by aute
nupllal agreement. Now In almost all
the states, and evn in England, a
woman has a right to her own. Lib
eral divorce laws free- women from
legal bondage, and, -while laxity of tho
marriage tie has goue too frir, Miss
Anthony would probably say bad said
In effect that It Js better for a love
less marriage to be terminated rather
than that the woman should be the vic
tim of cruelty or drunkenness. A few
years ago nho took exception to Presi
dent Roosevelt's remarks on race sui
cide, and defended the right of women
A- 1, .. II 1 1.1 T ! .
to Jive as sue iivuu, a iiiiiiuuii wit; iu
.Irnn n.ul T 4- t t t . 1 fW !- I.n. . 11 . 1 t 1 M J
will probably have little effect; in fact,
she could not dissuade her own secre
tary from marriage; but her words
will bo quoted with admiration by
those who felt the same but could not
give as good reasons for their belief.
Women have secured so many rights
today that they miss less than beforo
the formal endowment with the fran
chise. The right of aglt'ition is theirs,
and It is the conviction of many that
tho Influence of women is even greater
in the states where they have not tho
franchise than in tlrose states where
they vote the same as men. On the
wliole there was little left for Miss
Anthony to desire. She retired front
active command of the army of woman
suffniglsts a few years ago, but futuro
victories ns well as present status will
be closely associated with her name.
She Is a brilliant example of the suc
cess to be attained by holding reso-
lutelv to one standard through a long
life, never discouraged, never ready to
give up, ncceptlng such partial conces
sions as the enemy might yield, not ns
bribes to desist but as encouragement
to fight on.
FiiHNliteMH About llCllKll.
When one thinks of the newfangled
Ideas about health and sees people on
every hand hunting for disease germs
In water, milk, heat fruit, and the at
mosphere, analyzing everything, dread
ing swallowing a mouthful of fear wltti
everything they eat one almost wonders
whether or not life is worth living. If
we are liable to be made the victims of
tens of thousands of enemies which ara
in and around everything, in all liquids
and all s.ollds alike, we nre in just
about tho same condition to enjoy llfo
is was one of the olden kings, who
lived in mortal terr that everybody
vras trying to poison him. All his foods
and drinks, his wines, everything, had
to be tasted and tested by some trusted
i. a 1. I., l.n..,il,,if1 Imfmri lift
niCUllHil OI His nuiiBi-iium uiMwiu
On red to touch it himself.
If there is a pitiful object in m
world, it Is a person who has become
finical about his health, who Jives in
terror of germs nnd must examine and
ftimlyzo everything he eats or dtinka
looking for lnfectlou.
It is an Insult to one's Creator to go
through life whining, complaining, nnd
fearing, in morbid terror that n thou-
nnnd enemies aro combined to rob ono
of comfort, of happiness, mtd of health.
Man was mado to hold up his head, tc
walk erect, with boldness, fearlessness,
nnd confidence. Success Magazine.
. Six yenrs out of seven father's ne
overcoat is the result of cleaning ujj
his old ona.
