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CHAPTER XVIII.
And now tin- busiLi-s if the da.v it he- j
fan. Evtt one has wtt!H him or tier- j
wlf into the al!l ainl is preparing to I
make a dav of it. To hour later many j
IT in a rj.iion to acknou !ed;re tialiy )
thut the day ihcj Lutc made has, not bn j
tx&ctly up to the mark. !
K-i;T ami Iiuloe have got a litil away j
frv.m the otirn, and are now ndiiif aide;
y aide across a rather hilly field. Riirht j
bfore them rises a wall, small enough i
m itself, but in parts dangerous, bemuse
of the hoavy fall at the other side, hid- '
den fr.m the eye by some brambles grw
big o-n the up of the stonework.
Low er down, tins wail proves it-!f even
more treacherous, hidinx even more effeo '
tuallr the drop into the aljoinii)K held,
hir-h is here too deep for any horw. how-
ei t-r gf"i. to take with safety. It is t ;
RTOt well known by all the sportsmen in ;
the neighborhood as one to be avoided, i
ever sin.-e (Jort, the farmer, srniif years
before, had jumped it for the sake of an
Uilt bet, and had beea carried home frm j
It a dead man, leaving his pooi brown i
mare with a broken back behind him. j
' it would s-ein, however, that ei titer if- 1
rsorance or reeklessues is carrying one i
of the riders to-day toward thia fata j
pot. lie is now bearing down upon it
with the evident intention of clearing the
lraitoroua wall and so gaining upon the
bounds, who are streaming up the hill
hevond, UDnaware that ahimat cei-tam de
arniction a-waits him at the point toward
which be is riding so carelessly. Jtulce,
turning hr head accidentally in his di
rection, is the first to see him.
' "9i. e there!" she criea, in a fright
med ton, to Roger, pointing to the lower
part of the held. "Who ia that going to
tojje (lon't Fall?"
HojftfT, following ber glance, pulls up
dtiirrt, and tre tiiedly at the man be--iow.
now drawing terribly near to the
condemned spot. And, as he kwks, hi
face change, the blood forsakes it, and a
horrified eipression creeps into his eyes.
"Ir is Stfphen," be says at last. In an
liiileucribable tfine: and then, knowing he
a-..t.t reach him it: time to prevent the
coming eatastpop.he, he stands np in his
tt'rrups and shouts to the unconscious "P en treaty.
Ptephen. with all the strength of bis fresh j "There Is one thing-I must My,"
yen lungs, to turn back before it i ttxi j wli;pe Gower, "while I have time. Tell
J:e. her that I have behared like a coward
J'.nt all in vain; St ; l.en either does nt ! to her, and that I gire her bark her prom
trr cannot hear. He has by this time J Tell her she may marry whom she
n-acbed the wall: his hore, the gallant j plf-ases." He gasps for breath: and tbn,
ar'mial. tesponds to his touch. He rises ' pressing Roger's hand with his own nti-
there is a (rash, a dil l thud, and then all j injured one, says, with a hist effort: "And
Is still. Involnntarilv llulce has covered
be- eyes with her hau l, and by a supreme
effort has wippressei! the cry that has
Tim n from her heart.
A sickening settsat "U of fit nttiess is i
oremowering her. When at length she i
gains courage t
open !-er eyes again she j
fculs Itoger has forvRli ti her and is ntlmj;
JH.e one psessed across the open field,
and there lieyond, where ibe sun is glint
ing in small patches imkoi the dry grass,
stMt sees, too, a motionless mass of scar
let cloth, and a dark head lying oh! so
strangely quiet. Roger, having safely
etaared the unlucky wall higher up, has
flung himself from his saddle, and is now
na his knees besHde fiower, and has lifted
his head upon hi arm.
"Htepheri! Stephen!" he cries, brokenly.
B.i: Stephen Is beyond hearing. He is
quite insenaible, and deaf to the vote tht
ha the oid days used to have a special
charm for hiin. Laying him gently down
agnin, Roger rises to his feet and looka
wildly round. Itulce has arrived by this
time, and, hating sprang tt her feet, baa
art ber bor, too, go to the winds.
"lie is not dead?" she asks at first, In
ghastly whisper. wh pule and trem
bling Hi.
"I don't know. I'm not sure," says Kog.
sf, distractedly. "Oh, if somebody would
aoly conie!"
"Have yon do brandy?" aak DuJce,
who is nibbing the ha ads of the senseless)
soan, trying to restore animation by thia
"Yea, yea. I had forgotten," saya Roger,
and then he kneel down once again and
take Stephen into hia arms, and raising
is head mi his knee, tries to force a few
4rDS of the brandy between hia paQld
Una.
At tkis s";rm moment all is forgot
ten aD 'he ld heartaches, the cruel
taunts, t' ' . ::gry words. Onca again ha
la hat taniest friend; the boy, the youth,
the man. he had loved, until a woman
had eonM between them. Everything
rushes back upon him aa he stoop over
Oower and gates, with passionate fear
and grief, upon hia marble face.
After ill, there bad bean more good
points than bad about Stephen, more
good. Indeed, than about most fallows.
How fond he had been of him in the old
daya! bow angry he would hare baas with
anyooa who had darad taVtn to a ecu him
at acting ahabblly, or Well, well, no
as la raklsg op old grlssrances now, and
aw donbt there was great temptation; and
Wstdea, t'io, oncivll things had bean said
to hum and h (Roger) had certainly not
ken up to the mark himself In many
avaya.
Mat! 9 ackooi and coliesya me
rw4 apaa Baayar saw, m. ka gas with
mi tocg-wlig fMr onr the rlgai fasv
gajsaa Mas khan IHtto niaaa, haalgwl
eaat in taaaasTsa, kjt anVAed hr hot
t saartaaaaait, tmt teaakariy coaoactod
wHk Urn tow af minkiil, tin tha aa
CsttosM Oawav ka4 kaan ttraettsj and
fnarinntH by tkt koMse sad more raek
ana mmttim af Dart, recur to Ma now
aMatwaaa uari, uaoar ta nrisini
to
assnaatrlsgly at Dais,
to MS
fat as
or
r
' r "; , ten--Mb -
Ul i Li I 'C L u . b
I" ; :;f !)' cies tl ri
iiiL s'-gh f-i -i jt hin.
as the inu b"t;i over
ivy .o
Slrnr, v erw.u r
him, ar;d his s.-'c
; to the other,
j sense of c litem, m,t on Ji!.-e's fa
l.m
j !tU UoJt'.T s.
i "IStephen! I tear old feil.ii. y.'i are r:.)l
tn'ti-h hurt, are you?" k Roiier, tender-
!v. "Where fhe pair.? W hi : i!',e :i
j hurt y in uios: ':"
j "Here!" says Sitphei). faintly, in to
J lift one nt his arms to wiiiit 'i hi- left
I side; but. wiih a irroan, the ii'm f:il s
j help.'esn. and then they know, with a sick
! ening feelinjr of bwmr, that it is broken,
j Stephen loses consciousnes a-aio for a
; moment.
"It is broken!" says rtogr. "And I am
', afraid there must be some internal injury
- beide. What on earth Is to be d i.e.
S I'nlce?" in a frantic tone; "we shall have
i him here all niicht utiles we do something.
Will you stay w ith him while I run and
try to find Homebody?"
But Stephen's enee having returned
., to him by this lime, he overhear and un
derstands the last sentence.
' "No, dun't leave me," he entreats, earn
estly, though speaking with great diffl-
ctilty. "Roger, are you there? Star with
, me."
i "There is Dulce," falters Roger,
i "No. no; don't leave me here alone,"
says the wounded man, with foolish per
sistency, and Roger, at his wits' end,
hardly knows what to do.
"Try to drink this," says Rocr, hold
ing he flask again to (tower's lips and
forcing a few drops between them. They
are of sou use, as presently a slight, a
tptj- slight, tinge of mi come imo his
:heek and his eyes show more anima
tion.
"It is very good of yon, old man," be
whispers, faintly, looking np at Roger.
"I beliere you are sorry for me, after all."
The "after all" is full of meaning.
"Why shouldn't I be sorry for yu?"
says Roger, huskily, bis eyes full of tears.
"Ion't talk like that.'
"I k.now you think I behaved badly to
you," goes on Stephen, w iti painful slow
ness. "And perhaps I did."
"As to that," interrupted Roger, quick
ly, "we're quit there, you know: noth
ing need be said about that. Why can't
we forget it? (Vime, Stephen, forget it
all; and be friends again."
"With all my besirt," says Gower, and
his eyes grow glad, and a smile of real
happines illumines his feature for a mo
ment. "Now. don't talk any more; don't,
there a a good fellow," says Roger, with
that will be you, I h"ie."
CHATTER XIX.
"Before you begin, Fabian. is otiiy
fair to tell you that I will not listen f.,v.
orably to one word in his defense. I'm'er
the farcical term of secretary, Siyme Ljs
been a diagrace and a torment to me for
years; and laat night has 8nishe every
thing." "It waa very unfortunate, no doubt,"
ays Fabian, regretfully. " hat a curse
the love of drink ia a madness, a s
sion." "I hare told him be murt go," says Sir
Christopher, who is In a white heat of
rage, and U walking up and down the
room with an indignant frown upon his
face.
"After all theae years," says Fabian,
thoughtfully, thrumming gently on the ta
ble near him with his forefinger.
All night long the storm has raged with
aneiampled fury, and even yet Its anger
is fierce and high as when Drat It hurled
itself upon sleeping world. The rain
drops r pattering madly against the win.
dow panes, through the barren branches
of the elms the wind ia shrinking, now ris
ing far above the baada of the tallest
Una, now descending to th tery bosom
of the earth, and, flying over It, drive
before Its mighty breath all sock heipless
thing as are defenceless and at Its mercy.
Perhaps the nolae of th tempest out
side drowns the keen sens of bearing of
those within, because neither Kabian dot
Hlr Christopher stirs or appears at all con
sciotis of the opening of a door at the up
per end of the library, wber they are sit
ting. As this door is gently poshed open
a head protrude Itself cautiously into the
room, though, on ac-o'tnt of the hantfli -
enrtams, it is quit invisible to the other
occupant of the apartment.
There ia a wildness In hi bloods hot
eyes, and a nervous tremor In bla bony
hand aa It clutcbea at the curtain for snp-
port tkat betrays the haunting terror that
Is desolating him.
"I don't care," says Hir Christopher, ob
durately. "I hsre suffered too much at
hia bands; I owe bim nothing but discom
fort. I tell you, my mind is mad op, Fa
bian; be leave at ones, and forever."
A t this the crouchtnf figure. In the door
way shiver and shake hi wretched old
head, as though all thing for hha art at
an end.
"My dear Christopher," says Fabian,
very quietly, yet wKk as air of doelsion
;hat can be heard above tk fury of the
storm. "It 1 imasxalbkt yon can tarn lb
old man out now, at his age, to again so
licit Fortune's favor. It would be terri
ble." At thia calm but powerful Intervention
af Fabian, the old head la tba doorway
(bowed with fear and sniletyi ralso n
satf abruptly, as tkeagk aaabl to kalloet
tk words tkat kar Just fan, npos his
nil. H ka erewt bet to lists with
soiVd ka. t boar wsataatui
words sttorad sf bis by tk lips that bare
jast snaksnj ad to! those very has bar
boon osaraot hi kit bobalf, anal sjovgbt
bat kindly wards bar kwaed frasn tbioaa.
as tko tvatft kraaka to op Ms daltod
bnlB that laMM has aotaaUy Um
bis cs a
(is she dues n
t.nd a I
over; : m!s Lis f e, and it Is with ditfl
rtil't : - s;ij,j,f ,.se a groHn. He v titroi
h :. lioweicr. liiid listens eai.er y for
what .n.v f,,:;...,..
"!' . u tiiei.u ji tell me I am b und
to ;-. . a dep:avet dn.n:;ard beneath tujr
r ' .ieii;jti.l S r r!ir;ss.pher. veh
r ' 'y. "A feiiow w ho ::i-u!' my ':
!. "
"''I he ; id that he In.- eoritractcl this
m 'eral .e htibi? of u 1,:. h you speak is oTi'y
arc the.- ii-ai.ii why i.,u -bould think well
let . 'i ,! ,-rl him now in h' old
ae. " st s 'u Wan, ;,h l.terensins r-ara-e-i;M--.
"lie w ill starve J c in a gar-re-,
it ! tin- wayside, if you fling h in
TI- I- .. i to a tit state to seek ;:..:' r
live!. I :. Who wouM employ b:tn' 11
was v r right ham! for a lens t:nie. atid
tiii.i ' has done riei her you nor yours
a r 1 1 . , in i ."
lie , ; , nuhnppv figure in the doorway
r;ii - Us 1 ami and beats his '!::i'hed
list in :t f t'raiiti".', though silent, man
tier ma. list his forehead.
"You defend him!" exclaims Sir Chris
lopher. irrttably, "yet I be'-i-xe that in h.s
son', be iiates you -would d you a harm
if he -limes,
last !
ch. i-S
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; oti'
Mi'd. It is h's treatment of yoti at
' Sir 'hristopiicr. oming at
the ie,-i iieriu of the aitger he is
liiii.' a-'.iil.st S! Ml-, "that --that
.itier w hat he said will last week to
"Tut!" kij.. Kt.b'an. "I remember noth
ing. He was drunk, no doubt, and said
what he did Hot mean."
"H ', as yoit seem ben on supporting
a most unworthy object," says Sir Chris
topher, "I shall pension Siyme and send
hiiu adrift to . himself d.-atb aa
s.s.n as it suits him."
"Why do that'.'" says Fabian, as quiet
ly as ever, but with all the de'cruiinution
that ch.iracterlr.es hi every word and ac
tion. "TVs let:-" is large, and can hide
him somewhere. Hive h'm two room In
the west wit.g - it is seldom Used and
give him to umlerstand he must remain
there: but do not cast him out now that
he is old and helpless."
At this Inst gentle mark of (houghtftil
ne on Fabian's pert the figure In the
doorway loses si! self-control. With a
stifled cry he tiitigs him arms above his
head and staggers away down the corridor
outside to his own den.
"What was that?" asks Sir Christopher,
'liiickiy; the smothered cry had reached
his ears.
"What? I heard nothing," says Fabian,
looking up.
"The storm, perhaps," say hia uncle,
absently. Then, after a pause, "Why do
you so strongly espouse this man's cause,
Fabian?"
"Because from my soul I pity him. He
has had many things of late to try him.
The death of his son a year ago, upon
whom every thought of his heart was
i-entered. was a terrible blow, aud then
this wretched passion for strong drink,
having first degraded, baa of course finish
ed by imbittering hia nature. I do not
blame him. He has known much mis
fortune." CHAPTER XX.
It grows toward evening, and still th
rain descends In torrent. Small rivers
ar running on th gravel walks outside,
the snowdrop and crocuses are all dead
or dying, crushed and broken by the cruel
wind. Iown below in the bay the sea has
risen, and with a roaring sound rushes
Inland to daah itself againwt the rocka.
Now and then a flash of lightning illum
ines its turbulent breast and leu one see
how the "ambitions ocean" can "trwell,
and rage and foam, to be exalted with the
thretifemng clouds." The. sailors and
boatmen generally in the small village ar
going anxiously to and fro as though fear
ful of what such a night as this may pro
duce. Thty are assembled In Dulce's boudoir,
bein? under the impression, perhaps, that
while he present Incivility of the ele
ments continue It is cozier to be in a
small loom than a large one. It may lie
thi. r the fact that both Dulee and
Port a have declined to come downstair
or en'.-r any other room, until dinner shall
be announced, under any pretext what
ever.
Sir Christopher has just g-me through
an exaggerated resume of old Slyme's dis
graceful conduct last night, when the door
ia opened, and they all become aware that
the hero of the story is standing before
them. Ye, there stands Cregory Slynie,
pale, bsenthle, and whh one hand al
ready uplifted, as though to deprecate
censure, and to stay the order to "be
gone," that he plainly expect from every
lrp.
"Why, here he is sgsln!" cries Sir
Christopher, now la.cet.aed beyond m fas
ti re. "Even my niece' room Is not aafo
from him."
He points angrily to the secretary, who
cowers before hia angry look, yet shows
no Intention of retiring. Witt all hia ah
of hopeless sottnhnos that clings to him
liko a spotted garment, there la still some
thing atrange about the man that attracts
th attention of Mark Gore.
Ho has been closely wachlng him rr
sine his entrance, and he can see that
th head usually buried on the chest is
now uplifted, that hi tb sunken eyas
there is a new meaning, a fire freshly kin
dled, born of acute mental disturbance,
and indeed In bis whole beating there to
a settled purpose very foreign to It
"Hear mo, hear mot" b entreat with
quavering accents, but passional hasto.
"Do not send me away yet; I must speak
nowno v, or never !"
The Anal word sraks almost out of hear
ing. Hla hands fall to hia aides. Ones
again hi Lead sinks to hs eld place upo
bis breast.
(To b continued.)
Roof Tiles Made of Wood.
Roof tile are made In Warsowi, R ti
lls, of thin wood sheets, which are
fined on one another so that the (rail
of the wood Is crossed. A thin, elaa'ld
plate of wood to thus obtained, which
cannot by any accident ue twisted out
of shape. The tile resist tb action
of the weather very well, after they
have received an application of pitch!
they will even stand boiling In watf
fur several hours. The weight of
roofing of these tile to twelve pottadi
per square yard. They ca be render
fiiwproof by saturation with potaalaJ
sllicat (soluble glass).
Knstoa's New ssuteewL
Boston to to bv a new public irtsyl
named after Pas) Ksrver, whlsh wfl
cost. Including the aft, about l&VOtMV
000. Tb balldlD- will b ontTwCtwl
of light pink graalt, gray, red aasl
white brick a ad torn cwttav It wfl
contain public bathing fxi-llttles for Ukf
chilttrtm
rr. r - t 1
VcpfnTC-d at t hirkamiiiicii.
"During tlie pust twenty-seven years
the l'.nh and L'atli of September 'uive
tiei'ti tiri.'lit. s juvliiiiv davs such an
wen the U'tli ntld L'ttlli of Septeiubcr,
iMij. ul w liicli time the latt!e of Cliii k-atiiati-u
was fought."
A white haired, yoiinj: faced, bltt.
eyed uuin. Maj. Henry (i. Koger. made
the remark. Then ho i-losed li;s blue
eves, hooked his left thumb In UN vest
and was lost, seemingly, in tliir,tj;lii. fur
some minutes. At the end of that lino
lie Imuuu in a way peculiarly his own
to tell a story of personal experience in
iliat, one f the jriviit battles of the
war. He bee.in jn this manner;
"I can recall the scenes nml incidents
cf 'liii kaiioiiia as readily and distinct
ly as 1 recalled them a week after the
battle. If lit it more so. For a week
after the battle. es for several luoiiti:-.
1 was j.'ivln a K'hmI deal of attetiib u
to the work of Iteitjj; (uili lied up for
future service by the Kiirieon ami
nurses, (it-n. W. H. Lytic, of Cincin
nati, was our brigade ciiiiiiiianiler. lle
fote the batllc bewail he ni.uli a speech
'ellliiK us Hhat ho natiUNl the brigade
to do. and how be w anted It done. Call
liiK his bugler t his side he said: 'When
rou hear the call the busier will stive
now 1 want every man to fix bayonets
ami start in on a charRe. The bugler
sounded the chartte twice ns a means
of ctiipliaslzlnR the Ceneral's desire
and Instructions. Just before we moved
ouf lie ordered the litit'ler to repeat the
fall for a third lime. Lifting his hat.
he suid; T.tMiieinber, my men, what I
Uave told yon when you hear the
buxle sound the charge, tlx bayonets
and give tlieni the cold steel.'
"Poor Lytic never gave the order to
Charge, though It Is said that he was
about to do so when he was mortally
wounded, lie was a brave man ami
Biucb loved by his soldiers, and also
Lad the confidence of his Rii-rlors.
You remember that It wan Lytle who
wrote the beautiful aud cxprt-sslve
poem, '1 am dylus, Egypt, dying.'
"The forenoon of the 20th, when ottr
retfiuient moved Into line of battle, 1
was acting as first lieutenant aud was
In command of the second platoon, my
brother Charles couitiiauilnu; the com
pany. I had a premonition that I would
be ahot that day. Ixok In whatever
direction I might there seemed to be a
dark spot before wry eye. Did It both
er me? Of course It did. Did ever a
man In ihe war have a premonition
that did nut lxjther him? We had not
moved far when the enemy opt tied fire
on us and we returned the compliment.
There was a mau In our company who
had managed to fly from the ranks to
the rear every time we went luto bat
tle. I made up my uiitid he should help
Ei'ht that day. As mhi aa the slnotlug
coinuiencet! he stepped back aa If to
run. I raised my sword to force Ll.a
back Into the ranks, and at that Instant
a bullet went through my arm and
dropped It by my side. The fellow got
away, a he always did when It came
to the pinch of whistling bullet. lie
died a good many years afro and this
truthful remark about him can do him
no harm. The bullet grazed the bone
and cut I lie muscles of my arm, giving
me great pa lu, but I would not quit the
Held. Every now and then I looked at
my brother and he at me. It Is not nec
essary to tell why. Soou after I was
shot he came to my side aud said:
'Heury, you look pale; bow are you
getting along? 'Oh, flrt-rate; I ant do
ing well.' At that moment he caught
sight of the limp arm from which the
blood waa floving profusely. 'Henry,
you are shot; you had better go to the
rear.' 'Oh, no, not for this little stab.
1 have paid to see the whole show and
shall keep my seat until the curtain
drops."
The enemy crowded down against
us three or four lines deep and were
getting on our flank before we had or
ders to fail twek. Juat before orders
come I saw a large cluster of Confeder
ate In a fence corner a little to our left.
A dozen men caught sight or the crowd
about the same time. I picked up a
gun that bad Just fallen from the baud
of a dying mau aud gave the command
to lire Into that cluster. Just aa we
fired I felt some more burning sensa
tions, Including a shot that tore this
hand and made It necessary to carve
off a couple of fingers; a buckshot
truck my wrist, auoihcr bullet slashed
Into my well arm, and tat 111 another
gave my fhoulder a, scratch. By this
time we bad received orders to fall
back. 1 could bare stayed, If the rest
bad, a little longer, but I was growing
weak rapidly, and felt faint. At that
iwlnt Capt. Greene, of our company,
who, because of an ugly hole In bla
foot, bsd been serving on the staff of
(leu. I.ytle. rnrae along, and my broth
er, the acting captain, asked blta to
assist me In escaping, which he did.
While trudging along a best we coald,
both covered, with dust and painted by
battle smoke, and I soaked In blood
from five wounds, we presented a
queer picture. I looked up at Greene
and said: "Captain, I wish your wife
could see yoo now; I don't belle abe'd
know you.' Tb Captain returned th
shot with, 'Well. I think If your beat
girl werr to see you now she wonM
change her mind.' Funny comments
from Ms ania so disabled that he could
hardly walk and tb chr hot la Ira
pl:n and hlee.!ng from every one. to
"e In, but that was a common
. with the I iy s h j.pered In buttle
iiion on both sides. About a tulle
. half from where we had quit
.' the I'aptaln and I came upon
.. t llllbllces. lireitic told me to
iiin one of them. I attempted to
iji. s, ,11,1.,; ine driver started to drive
nny. The Captain drew his revolver
ntol pointed It at the driver and told
liitti to sti.;i or l.e would blow his hea 1
oft , Me stopped ami I rode to Chlek-nuitnu.-i.
reaching there ulout twelve
!oiiir after I v.;is wounded and re
tii.iitritu a (ottple of d.iys before the
sioLo-on e.ime to look after my various
l.iu '. Some days In these piping times
vf peace I think what tender care a
IH.Hi hi! by a siliirle revolver bullet re
ceives. He is generally carried to bis
I . ' ' 1 1 - never walks; a trained nurse Is
silo plied, the slll'Sreon gets at hiin at
o-', . and for weeks and sometimes
lo'oiins lie m watched mid guarded
n itli the ;:re:itet of caution. We young
fellows iii the army were not treated
tleit way. Mind what I tell you, we
shall always have bright, sunshiny
days the l;th and 201 h of September,
lays siicli as we have had ever since
hii Uaiiiniia.
"Do you think I have ever regretted
for an lu-tant that I teased my father
for pcriiiisMon to go to the war nnlll
bis consent was given? Do yon think
that I ever regretted the hardships, the
dangers, the sleepless nights? Never.
There Is nothing of which I ti in so
proud as the fact that I was permitted
to play even a little part In that mighty
on test, and were my scars ten tltnis
as tunny and had my sufferings lwon
tenfold greater. I should rejoice with
a full In-art that I had enlisted and had
had those war experiences."1. A.
Watroiis, In Chicago Times-Herald.
Sherman's March to the Ken.
"There was one little Incident In Cen.
Sherman's famous march to the sea
that has never been recorded by his
torians of the war between the North
and the South." says a former South!
Carolina Judge.
"Soulh Carolina was the first State
In the Cnlon to send a regiment to par
ticipate in the war with Mexico. The
people of a grateful Ktate caused to
be creeled In front of the Capitol In
Columbia a monument to the memory
of the brave boys of the First South
Carolina Regiment who lost their Uvea
In that conflict.
"This monument Is made of pounded
bras and represents a palmetto tree.
When Sherman's army entered Colum
bia, and bis soldiers were destroying
everything tliat came In their way, sev
eral companies made a dash for the
shaft. With the butts of their muskets
they began the work of dismoUtlon.
They had not proceeded far when a
man on horseback runted tip to them
aud commanded them to deaint.
" 'Not another stroke" he cried.
"Several of the soldiers paid no atten
tion. " 'The next man who dare assault
Iha! shaft I will kill, he thundered.
'The men saw tears In the eyes of
the one w bo lhu addressed them; they
also saw that he had weighed his
won! carefully and meant every one
of i '-em.
" Soldiers,' said he, 'the boys w bo
sleep Ix-ueaili that palmetto loved their
con iiry as much as you or I. They
fought as valiantly.'
"Aiul the palmetto utlU kIuikUi Iii the
old town of Columbia. The mau who
cati-i'd It to be preserved was Colonel
I'a.ue. of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth
Ohio Regiment."
Srrnc of the Wilderness.
A little to the east of the cross roads
stood the old Wilderuesn tavern, a de-ht-rted
building surrounded by a rank
growth of weeds, atid partly shut In
by trees. A few hundred yards to the
west, aud lu the northwest angle form
ed by the two Intersecting roads, wujj a
knoll from which the old trees bad been
cut, and upon which was a second
growth of scraggy piue, scrub oak, and
other Umber. The knoll was high
euougb to afford a view for some little
distance, but the outlook was limited in
all directions by the almost Impene
trable forest with It Interlacing trees
and tangled undergrowth. The ground
upon which the battle waa fought was
Intersected lu every direction by wlud
lug rivulets, rugged ravine and ridges
of mineral rock. Many excavations had
been made In opening Iron ore beds,
leaving pits bordered by ridges ol
earth. Tree had been felled lu a num
ber of places to furnish fuel aud supply
sawmills. The locality Is well de
scribed by Its name. It was a wilder
ties In the moat forbidding sense of
the word. "Cauipuignlng with Grant,"
by Ceu. Iluiuce I'orlir, lu the Century.
Uave Him a Naaas.
A great many curious fact connected
a 1th the names of veterans of the late
war are developed In the work of the
civil service commission, which Is
frequently called upon to certify lu re
gard to the service of soldiers who seek
to enter the classified service. This
work of the commission develops tic
fact that one out of every eight soldiers
who enlisted In the civil war enlisted
under an assumed or partlai name,
which frequently wake it difficult to
identify them now. A curious case litis
Just com to light It appears that
A. I. Holme, when be enlisted, told
the recruiting officer bis namo was
"Al Holmes." Tb offlcor wrote th.
name A. L. Holms.
"No, that to not my name," protested
tb recruit, "bty nam is Albert
Holmes."
"Well." replied tae officer, "I will givt
yam a middle name," and ha proceeded
t writ the recrnlf a nam Albert I
cia Holme.
Toa will never m ashamed f thai
aaM," the oUcer remarked aa tb r
emit stood speechless.
Sues that day be ha beea Artier
Uswata Holmaa. -I
1
lliim Kahi'l.
Tor ham salad, ivld boiled or baked
mo.k.ii ham is toe lHt, altiiougii un
booked may b- used. -Mix togelhef
and put into a line dredger, a small
, pi.!!, lity .ach .,! c.lcry s.-,lt. cayenne
and black pepper, nhite sugar and all
spice. Shave th- ban of th- hunt and
Sipleeze lelliotl jtll-e oV.r the pieces,
then lighlly dredge them with tl"
above iniMiire. Shave up some white
otiloie, and celery and put tb'-in in the
salad bol with H few white lellllce
hearts. Add the laum net. t'neii pi.ur
several sHsiiif'uls of oil r nil and
da.sh of linear. Serve iiuiekly. In
the coutitty ulicre il i-i not pronira
ble, the giavy from the fried fill of
the ham may Is- iis.-d ii'nii- it is aititu
etiuiigh to jsiiir.
I onus if (iriicc.
The simplest fiirm of words Is th
best. Il-'t-e is a short one which may
lie helpful: "(t. thou "ho give-' 'biily
bread, bles.s that which th-ii . ls -1 given
and fi-od our souls as ihoti feedest our
Isiilies, for Christ's sake, aincti." "r
this: "Almighty and most merciful
rather, we thank thee for thy contin
ued lxiiitiH ;i ul ask iln-e to siinctiiy
It to our Use for the sake of thy great
est gift, thine only Sim, our Savior,
allien." After a liltlc'W. other forms
will readily suggest themselves. Hers
is a pretu one for a child, from one of
Susan ('tsdiilge's poems:
l.-.r.l Jesus fhrist. lie Hem our aaest.
And sli.irc the bn ail ni.i. li iiiou loiit h.i-lU
- Orange .ludd l aniier.
Kcst Way to M.ike l-moiiiidc.
The lies; lemonade is made by boil
ing sugar and water together a"'! 'Kill
ing the lemon Juice aftet It Is cold. !'
one pound of sugar to each quart of
water: mid the Juice of six lemons and
the desired quantity of water at serv
ing time. 1'lneapple lemonade may tie
made by Isiillng together one quart t
water, one s)und of sugar and the
pratisl rind of one lemon for live min
utes. Strain; when cold, ald the Juice
f six lemons, one pineapple pared and
picked Into very small particles, atid
cither a quart of water or a quart of
Apollinaris water.
Kice unit Fruit Pudding.
Wash a small quantity of rice and
Iit In a pk- dish lu the oven w ith a lit
tle water; when the water has evapor
atinl add to the rice a small quantity ot
milk, sllr It ami put It again In the
oven, Stirling It now and again until It
Is soft, and add more milk If required.
A little Kneel cream stirred In will im
found an Improvement. Fill a pie disk
almost full of a ha lever fntlt you pre
fer, hweeten It well, and then lay the
rice unevenly over It In bntiil'tils. Put
It into the oven, luil.e until ihe rice ia
brow it, and serve.
linked (U mi HoUi.
Take cold baked Iteuns mid twice the
(inutility of cold water and let theua
simmer until soft. When ue.iriy done
add half lis much ioiuatocs ; beans.
Itub through n strainer or sh ve. Sea
son with salt and po;ip-r and dry mus
tard. Rub the iiitisiiinl sum th wKb
the salt ln-fore tulding to the soup. IC
tomatoes are not liked thev may be
umlttisl .itnl slices of len.uii -erved ia
the soup. The ciiimisl beans may be
used, and if canned svlih tomato sauce,
ti'-ed no other siasonllig.
A Mustard Duster.
Made aceordltig to the following dins-lions
will not blister the skin: Two
teasMHiufiiU of mustard, two tea
Kpoouiuls of flour, two teuspsmftil of
ground ginger. Lo not mix too dry.
I'luce between two pieces of old mus
lin ami apply. If It burns U mucb at
first, lay an extra piece of muslin be
tween It ami the skin; an the skin Iwj
comes acctist'wned to the heat, take the
extra piece of muslin aw ay.
Ilrlcf Uinta.
In preparing carrots for cooking, al
ways srrape; never peel.
Cinders form a good material for cov
ering the Moors and paths of the i-os-servatory.
In mending gloves, use fine cotton
tb rend Instead of silk, which is apt to
cut the kid.
During cold weather use alcohol te
wash window s. This prevenls the wis
dows from freeilng, mid gives them a
fine polish.
The plants stored for the winter la
the cellar have now been In some time.
I'erbaps they need a little water or oth
er attention.
Where plants are Wept about th !a.
dowa, cold drafts from the sides of the
nuh should bo carefully guarded
against during severe weather.
Frequent cleansing of the leaves of
foliage plants, by using tepid water
snd a sponge, lends to their attractive
ness, and la essential to the health or
the plants.
In roasting beef, dredge with flour,
ult and pepper, then sear quickly '
hot oven or In auet on top of stove, pot
In a cool oven, and finish roasting, al
lowing leu minutes to a pound.
J ust at thia time, when work with tb
lowers Is very light. Is a good time te
:onslder what will be best to plant la
he garden In the spring. When the
proper time comes everything mut
b In readiness, so that no valuable
Ime will be loat.
Hllver that baa been Uld away and
bus become badly tarnished can be
leaned quickest If the Brat appllcattaai
rf the whiting la moistened' with west
ill before application. Afterward dr
rMtlnf can be used as atual
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