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March 14, 1895 ipF-A- M ITCH tljfiggg tCfcfonright, 1804, by Amerloajs Press Hon.) CONTIKUIDk CHAPTER VIL OLD FRIF.NDS MEET. . It was the middle of August before the different columns of the Army of the Cumberland began to cross the mountains between it and Chattanooga in pursuit of the Confederates who had withdrawn to that place and there in trenched themselves. Meanwhile the Black family had arrived at tbeir home near Jasper, in the Sequatchie valley. Much to Souri's surprise, everything about the place looked uncouth. When she left it a year before, it was all she had ever known. A ten months' resi dence in the north, surrounded by every comfort, associating with the daughters of refined people, had made a great change in her. Now the furniture ap peared dilapidated, the rag carpets rough. Indeed there was a disappoint ment about "sweet home" that she had not expected. Nevertheless she did not sit down and repine over it. She had no means of procuring anything better, but slie found that she could do a great deal of patching. With considerable fore thought she had brought some cheap ma terial of different kinds with her from the north, and this she used to the best advantage She made neat valauoos for the beds, cushions for her mother's rock ing chair, scarfs for the bureaus in fact, with very little she mado quite a revolution in the house. Her great anxiety was her brother. Jakey had attended well to his studies while at aohool, but his toachers had found it impossible to change his meth ods of expressing himself. As soon as he reached Tennsssoo he began to re lapse into the state of semi barbarism in which ho had lived before the coming cf his advantages. Souri know that there was no hope for improvement in her father and mother. Instead of trou bling them when their ways cf acting and Bpcaking shocked her, she retrained from comment, but when Jakey dropped into his old ways she tried hard to cheek him. Besides she felt that it was neces sary to keep a strict guard over herself, for she had noticed that when under any excitement or when her feelings were deeply touched she was apt to for get hersolf and be once more the "poor white" girl of former days. There was another cause of solicitude as to Jakey. It must be admitted, not withstanding Jakey's good points and a certain original shrewdness there was about him, that he never was the same boy after his few hours of service on Colonel Maynard's staff. It was con stantly "when I war Colonel Maynard's aid-der-camp," or "when the colonel n me rode inter Tullyhomy, " or "when I carried the news of the revacuation. " Then he would strut about with his hands in his pockets, much to his fa ther's amusement and Souri's dread that he would run away and join the Union army. But one day when he threatened to do so Souri took him to task for it and made him promise that he would not. This ended her anxiety, for Jakey would as soon have forgotten his military honors as break a pledge to his sister. The Army of the Cumberland was now advancing by every possible route toward Chattanooga. One of the routes taken by the Union army lay through the Sequatchie valley and directly past the Slacks' little farm. One evening Souri was leaning over the gate thoughtfully when Bhe saw several mounted men in blue, with yellow fac ings, trotting down the road. They were the first bluccoats to appear of the host that was coming. There is a certain jaunty air, a devil may care ap pearanco, about a trooper who becomes used to being always on horseback. Each man and horse seemed the same animal. Their sabers clanked in uni son, and they were chatting and laugh ing as if they had come to the south with only the most peaceful intentions. When they reached the gate where Sou ri stood, one of them, lifting his hat politely, asked. "Would ye mind me goin to the well for a little water?" In the brilliant display that was re vealed by the lifting of the man's hat Souri recognized a head she could never forget the head of Corporal Ratigan. "Why," she said, "ain't you Cor poral Ratigan?" "I am, me young lady, and if Oi'm not mistaken ye're one of the party that was goin through the lines one day a few weeks ago." Jakey at this moment came around the house in a fashion at which he had become expert at school. This was turn ing handsprings sideways like a cart wheel. Seeing the soldiers, he suddenly remembered his dignity as former vol unteer aid-de-camp, and straightening up pulled his hat down over the back of his head and tried to look military. True, his hair was in his eyes, but his military training ht,a only boen for one morning, and Jakey's hair was always in his eyes. Doubtless it would have required months of training from a drill sergeant to get it to growing any other way. Approaching the fence, he climbed it and sat with one leg on each side of it "Do ye know me, me boy?" asked Ratigan. "Does I know one o them signal lights on th' mounting?" "Oh, Jakey," sighed his sister. v" Well, me lad," pursued the corpo ral, laughing. "Who am I?" "Rats." "I see ye have a good memory. Rat. It's quare ye should have remembered that " And the corporal chuckled good naturedly. "Mebbe y remember some un's name "And who is that?" "Miss Baggs." "Certainly I do," said the corporal somewhat startled and confused. "Isorher t'other day." "Ye don't mean it?" "Reckon I do." "Whore?" "She war a-trcttin thet ole critter o hern, goin no'th like shot from a sqiJ'-relgun.". "Upon mo word!" ejaculated the cor poral, evidently much interested. "Reckon 6he war up to somep'n. " "What makes ye think so?" And Rati gan changed his position in his saddle uneasily. "Waal, when we uns met her" "Oh, Jakey, please don'tsay we una," interrupted Souri. "Waal, when we met her outen th reach o' you uns (Souri gave a despair ing look, but said nothing) she talked peart nuff, 'n she knowed me, too, but when she passed me on th' road t'other day no'th o' th' Union army she only stared at me through her goggle eyes n didn't say nothin nohow. " "And what do ye suppose that was for?" "Reckon she war in a hurry 'bout somep'n 'n didn't want ter stop 'n talk or nothin. "Did yon speak to her?" "I asked her ef I o'd give her love ter Rats when I sor him. " Corporal Ratigan's Irish good nature triumphed over his desire to reach down and give the boy a cuff. Jakey's coun tenance was solemn, as usual, and did not break into a smile in response to the corporal's embarrassed laugh. He opened the gate, and Ratigan rode into the yard, followed by his troopers. They refreshed themselves from a gourd wmcn hung in the wellhouse; then, fill- lug their canteens, they rode away. But Souri and Jakey were destined soon to meet one who was of far more consequence to both than Corporal Rati gan. The next morning while Souri was setting the house to rights she heard the beating of innumerable horses hoofs. Going to the window and look ing up the road, which stretched north ward for a long distance, in full view she saw a column of cavalry approach ing. Before the head of the column had reached the house the whole Slack fam ily were standing in the yard gaping. Two regiments passed, though each seemed like an army, for cavalry occu pies three or four times the space of in fantry. Between the socond and third regiments was a gap of a few hundred yards. In this rode an officer especially noticeable for his youth and manly beau ty, attended by his staff and escort. On approaching the Slack cabin he motion ed to these to go on, and wheeling his horse from the road unattended rode up to the party of lookers on. Jakey, who was standing on the fenoe, gave a spring and was caught in his arms. "Aha, little brother, we meet again." But there were others to engage the speaker's attenti6n. Dropping the boy to the ground, he dismounted and was soon warmly shaking all by the hand. "YerMark Malone, I reckon, "said Farmer Slack, "though y' don't look much like the common sojer ez kem 'long hyar a year ago 'n changed yer uniform fo' our Henery'B store clothes. " "Not Mark Malone that was a fio titious name but Mark Maynard. No. I'm not a private any longer. I com mand this brigade. And it's a splendid body of men. I'm proud of it. " When Colonel Maynard came to sa lute Souri, there was an unspeakable interest, sympathy, even tenderness, in her expressive eyes. "Why. Souri, you're a woman. How you have improved 1" A slight flush on her cheek showed the pleasure the words gave her. "Hain't I improved?" asked Jakey. "Improved? Certainly. Have you con quered your old habit of answering peo ple with questions?" "Did I lick Johnny? Oh, yes," sud denly recollecting himself. "I purty nigh got over thet. " "So I perceive, " said the colonel, smiling. "You're a perfect paragon at expressing yourself." "Won't yer come in 'n set down?" asked Mrs. Slack. "Not now. I am going to meet my wife, whom I have not 6een for nearly a year. I expect to find her at her moth er's plantation near Chattanooga. You remember how she hid me when my neck was in a halter on that very plan tation; how I came north in disguise with her; how I came here one night, where I had left my horse and uniform, and dashed away to the Union lines; how she followed me, and we were married by a chaplain. Well, I've nev er seen her since a week after" our mar riage. Old Pap is famous for not allow ing women in camp, and he made no exception in Mrs. Maynard's case ex cept for one week's honeymoon in rec ognition of, service rendered the cause. " "And yer wife's gone back on ter the plantation?" said Mrs. Slack. "She has. You 6ee, in June a recruit entered our family quarters in the shape of a ten pounder boy. Before that hap pened Mrs. Maynard went through the lines to join her mother, Mrs. Fain. As the youngster is not old enough to re port to his father since his enlistment, I suppose his father will have to report to him." "I reckon Mrs. Maynard'U be right glad to see you," remarked Souri feel ingly. "I shall certainly be right glad to see her. And that must account for my leaving you so soon. I owe you all a great deal in this household, and now that our forces occupy the country, if you require anything, let me know it What can I do for you?" There was silence for a few mo ments, which was broken byMra Slack. "Waal, now, colonel, d'ye know I hain't had a cup o' ooffee fo' nigh outer a year?" "You shall have some as soon as I can reach my commissary. Anything else?" Souri frowned even at the request of her mother, and no one named any other requirement "Jakey," said the colonel, yoa haven't forgotten how, when I went through here a year ago, I asked you to go with me on my way to Chattanooga to get information of the movements of the Confederate army?" "Hev I forgot when I war yer aid-er-camp? Oh, no, no, I hain't forgot" "Well, I hadn't much inducement to Offer you then unless the sharing of a "1 thank you very much." prison may be called an inducement, Now, if you will go along, I'll nomise you the best that Mrs. Maynard can pro vide at the plantation. Will you go?" "Will I? Course I will Paw, can I hev Tom?" "Sartin, boy, " and the farmer turned and went to the barn. "Won't you need a a luncheon?" asked Souri, whose hesitation was an effort to avoid the word "snack, " the only name 6he had known for a cold bite before she went north to school. "Oh, no," said the colonel. "We shall ride directly to the plantation. We'll get plenty to eat when we arrive. " Meanwhile Jakey had followed his father to the barn. Mrs. Slack stepped into the house to make up a bundle for the boy. Maynard and Souri sauntered aimlessly in the yard. Presflntlv thev found themselves at the wellhouse. Sou ri leaned over it and looked down into the well. There was something she wanted to say, but found it difficult. 'I thank you very much for what you've done for me, " she said. "Why, Souri, what have I done for you compared with what you did for me?" "Didn't you find me a 'poor white' girl a year ago, and haven't you sent me to school, with Jakey, and helped me to look into a world that would have been always closed to me except for you?" And wouldn't my world have been entirely closed to me except for you?" bouri was silent "Souri, when you speak to me of ob ligation you remind me how deeply 1 am obliged to you. When I was impris oned at Chattanooga, charged with be ing a spy, tried, convicted and about to be hanged, you came and effected my escape. Why, child, were it not for you my bones would this minute be molder ing in the jailyard at Chattanooga. " ".But Mrs. Maynard, she" Souri paused. She was bending low over the side of the wellhouse, her faco in the palms of her hands, her elbows resting on the board beside the bucket. and looking down as though seeking for something in the dark disk below. ' She completed what you began, ' ' the colonel finished for her. "It was more for her to do. 'Twasn'l noth anything for me. You uns you was Union, and so was L She was Con federate." There was a depth of feeling in Souri which threw her off her guard and made it difficult for her to adhere to her train ing in expressing herself. "Souri, I am indebted to two lovely women for every breath I draw. You opened my prison doors. She who is my wife concealed me when I was hunted for my Ufa Let us talk no more about it. The very mention of the narrowness of my escape gives mo a choking sen sation about the neck. " Jakey came trotting out of the barn on Tom, the rim of his felt hat flapping up and down at each step. The farmer followed, and Mrs. Slack came out with Jakey's bundla Then with a handshaking all around, and a "God bless you, my little girl," from Maynard to Souri, the two started on their way, not on foot, as on their for mer journey, but each with a good mount to bb continued. The His: I o.l strike. Vttsbuko, Pa., March 12. The Strike of the miners of the Pittsburg district has reached a point where both sides are claiming the advan tage. The miners say that they now have over 5,000 men "working at the sixty-nine cent rate. The fourth pool operators held a conference Saturday evening at which they agreed to pay the sixty-nine cent rate and most of the men returned to work this morn ing. The remainder will be at their places to-morrow. A Lad Shoots Ills Father Dead. Minneapolis, Minn., March 12. Nicholas Bodvin, aged 17, shot hia father, Peter Bodvin, twice through the head. He claims that his father attacked him, but the circumstantial evidence seems to show that the boy approached from behind, struck his father with some blunt instrument and then shot him. After committing the crime he gave himself up. Fire at Home, Vo. Hume, Mo., March 12. Fire broke, out in the Racket store in the north side at 12 o'clock last night destroy ing the entire stock. The building adjoining it on the west occupied by W. V. Harkins with a large lunch counter was also destroyed. Scott & Sons' grocery and meat market on the corner was next to suffer a total loss. The loss is estimated at about $5,000, insured for about one-third. The origin of the fire is unknown, but i supposed to be incendiary. Sfllll 10 MIL SAID TO BE DEALING WITH GOVERNMENTAL MATTERS. THE QUESTION OF CHURCH AND STATE An Interesting and Important ommiv nicatlon to Official ot Guatemala Given Oat In San Francisco in Which Significant Reference Is Made to the United State and Lome. Saw Fbancisco, March 1 2. Private advices received here give an inter esting and important communication from Mgr. Satolli Jo officials of Guate mala, concerning that country's fol lowing the course of Nicaragua in sending- to Rome an envoy extraordin ary and minister plenipotentiary. In the course of the document reference is made as to the propriety under the United States constitution of official relations between Washington and Rome and an interpretation given to that feature of,he constitution rela tive to the separation of church and state. Mgr. Satolli's letter was written while negotiations were pendinar. about four months ago. It refers at length to difficulties in church ad ministration in Guatemala, and sug gests that certain changes desired by me government should -be accom panied by an equivalent of serious advantage to render less burdensome the condition of the church in Guate mala. The document then savs: ' In the first place to allow me to reflect that to re-establish diplomatic relations between the lioiy See and your government, a 'concordat' would not be necessary but that they could be re-established and maintained without it. Besides it is well to re flect that the holy father enjoys al ways in fact and by international right the prerogatives of sovereignty. In the second place the separation between the church and the state (sanctioned by the constitution) ex cluded the action of one power over another in civil matters in regard to the church and in relig-ions matters in respect to the state; but does not exclude offi cial relations between the one power and the other, unless by separation is meant the inevitable hostility or open wrong of the civil power toward the church and its ministry. It is also to the point to consider that many nations (although they have in their constitutions the said principle or separation between state and church) maintain, nevertheless, amic able reports and relations with the Holy bee, and I can also add that al though the Holy See has no diolo- matic representatives with the empires of China and Japan, it has certainly found no official obstacle in their diversity of religion. And the condition of the Catholic church in the United States, in whose consti tution was inserted the article of separation of the state from any re ligious sect, cannot escape our con sideration, I might almost say, a sense of surprise, if up to date no official relations exist between the government and the Holy See and al though the majority of the popula tion is anti-Catholic. In the mean time the church is maintaining possibly greater development and liberty than in other states." Besides this direct reference to the United States it is said that Mgr. Satolli's argument as to the propriety of official relations between Guate mala and Rome applies also to the United States, as he states that the constitutional provision of both coun tries is the same respecting church aud state. It is said that this is the first time, so far as is known, that Mgr. Satolli's mission has been extended outside of spiritual questions, and has dealt with governmental subjects. AVENGED HIS CHILD'S WRONG. City Marshal of Vnionville, Mo., Shoots and. Kills His Daughter's lietrayer.. Unionvillk, Mo., March 12. Will Clark, city marshal, shot and killed Al Todd, colored, last night The latter and Marshal Clark's daughter ran away together last week and were found at Ottumwa. Todd was brought back to this city by Clark. Repulsive as the fact may seem the colored Lothario in formed the young lady's father that she had been ruined by him. Upon the promise that Todd would never again show himself, Clark told him to go, as he did not want to give the case publicity. At a late hour last night, however, Todd, in company with his half brother, Joe Johnson, went to Clark's home and called the latter up. Clark ordered him away, but instead of go ing ho drew a revolver in a menacing manner, when Clark shot him. The coroner's jury exonerated Clark. Johnson, the half-brother of Todd, left immediately, and has not been heard of. He is guilty of a sim ilar crime. There is considerable feeling here against three or four col ored men, and if more trouble is ex perienced but little surprise will be manifested. MANY CHINESE SLAIN. General Sane Defeated by the Japs at Thlen hwang 1 al. Yokohama, March 12. On Thursday last the Japanese captured the coast forts near Yin Kow, the port for New Chwang. The forts held out after the capture of Yin Kow. On Saturday the first division of the Japanese army at tacked a force of 10,000 Chinese, under General Sung, at Thien Chwang TaL For four hours a fierce battle raged, bnt the Chinese were defeated after losing 2,000 killed or wounded. The Japanese loss was only ninety killed or wounded. Madge Yorke's Slayer In Prison. Philadelphia, March 13. James B. Gentry, the murderer of Actress Madge Yorke, was removed in an am bulance from the German hospital to Mayomensing prison. TAKE Book andJob Printing In all its County Printing Lithographing .... Book Binding From the Engraving Of all kinds. Blank Books In every style. Legal Blanks uiuci- nouses Stereotyping From superior hard metal. Printers' Rollers Made by material. Country Printers Having county or other work, which they cannot themselves handle, would make money by writing - us for terms. WEALTH MAKERS PUB, CO, Lincoln. Neb. ARMAGEDDON. The new industrial and political song book. It contains 150 pages 7x9 inches size. 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Mich' ael McCarthy, a laborer, shot his wife to-day, went to the house of his brother-in-law, told of his crime and then shot himself in the breast and lay down to die on the river bank. The wife will die, but the man is ex pected to recover. The body of Eugene Rhodes ol Hutchinson, Kan., who was drowned on the Elbe, has been recovered. Out of Work and Shot l imself. Fort Scott, Kan., March 12. Clint Baker attempted suicide yesterday morning. He had been working in Pittsburg for several months, but was discharged the 1st of the month. He came here, went to the house next to his wife's home and, after sending a messenger for his wife, sent a shot into his right lung, the wound of which will prove fatal "Out of money, out of work," is the reaso for the deed. Improve your time by getting up a club for The Wealth Makers. Use the Northwestern line to Chicago Low rates. Fast trains. Office 1133 O Street. Subscribe for The Wealth Makers. 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