The Riser's
By HON RE
CHAPTER V. (Continued!
"Come slung, Cruchot." said Uraudet.
addressing the notary, "Vou are on of
ay frieudu; I am going to show jou hat
piece of fllj it U to plant poplar in
food aail ''
"Then the sixty thousand franca that
ri fingered for those poplars of yours
the meadowa by the Loire are a mere
trifle to you?" aaid C'nirhot, opening bis
yea wide in his bewilderment. "And
uch luck as you had, too! Kell
tng your timber just when there was no
white wood to be had in Nantes, so that
very trunk fetched tliirty francs!"
Eugenie heard and did not hear, ut
terly unconscious that the most critical
moment of her life was rapidly approach
ing, that a paternal and sovereign decree
wai about to be pronounced, and that the
Id netary waa to bring all this about.
Grandet had reached the magnificent
meadow land by the Loire. Some thirty
laborers were busy digging out the roots
f the poplars that ouce stood there, fill
ing up the holes that were left and level
ing the ground.
"Jean." he called to one of the hon
ors, "fill up all the holes except those
Jong the riverside, where you can plant
those poplar saplings that I bought If
you set them along by the Loire they
will grow there finely at the eipeuse of
the government." he added, aud as he
looked round at Cruchot the wen on his
pose twitched slightly, the most sardonic
mile could not have aaid more.
"Yes, it is clear enough, poplars should
nly b planted In poor soil," said Cru
chot, quite overcome with amazement at
Grandet'a astuteness.
"Y e a, sir," aaid the cooper iron
ically. Eugenie waa looking out over the
glorious landscape and along the Loire,
without heeding her father's words; but
Cruchot'a talk with his client took an
other turn, and her attention w as sudden
ly aroused.
"So you have a son-in-law come from
Paris; they are talking about nothing
but your nephew in all Saumur. I shall
oon have settlements to draw up; eh,
ere Graudet?"
"Did you come out early to t t tell
tne that?" inquired Grandet. and again
the wen twitched. "Very well, you are
a old crony of mine; I will be plain
with, and t t tell you what you w
want to know. I would rather 0!ug my
4 -d da lighter into the Loire, look
jon, than g give her to her cousin. Vou
lean give that out. But, no; 1 1 let
beople gosnip."
f Everything swam before Entente's
yes. Her vague hopes or distant hap
piness had suddenly taken definite shape,
tad sprung up and blossomed, and then
Bar harvest of flowers bad been as sud
denly cut down and lay on the earth,
f luce yesterday she had woven the bands
Of happiness that unite two souls, and
Venceforward sorrow, it seemed, was to
trengthen them. Is it not written in
the noble destiny of woman that the
grandeur of sorrow should touch her
tnore closely than all the pomp and splen
dor, of fortune?
How came It that a father's feelings
had been extinguished? What crime
could be laid at Charles' door? Myste
rious questions! Mysterious and sad fore
bodings already surrounded her growing
love, that mystery withiu her soul. When
they turned to go home again she trem
bled In every limb; and as they weot up
the shady street, along which she bad
lately gone so joyously, the shadows look
ad gloomy, the air she breathed seemed
fall of the melancholy of autumn, every
thing about her was sad. Love, that had
brought these keener perceptions, was
quick to interpret every boding sign. As
they neared home, she walked on ahead
of her father, knocked at the bouse door,
and stood waiting beside it But Gran
det, seeing that the notary carried a
newspaper still in its wrapper, asked,
"How are consols?"
"I know yon will not take my advice,
Grandet," Cruchot replied. "You should
bay at once; the chance of making twen
ty per cent on them in two years is still
open to you. Yon can buy now at eighty
francs fifty centimes."
"We shall see," remarked Grandet pen
sively, rubbing his chin.
"Great heavens!" exclaimed the no
tary, who by this time bad unfolded bis
newspaper.
"Well, what Is itr cried Grandet as
jCrnchot put the paper in his hands and
aid: "Read that paragraph."
' "M. Grandet, one of the most highly
respected merchants ia Paris, shot him
self through the head yesterday after
noon, after putting In an appearance on
'Chang as usual. He bad previously
sent in his resignation to the President,
resigning his position as Judge of the
Tribunal of Commerce. His affairs had
become involved through the failures of
bis stock broker and notary. M. Gran
det, whose character was very greatly
esteemed, and whose credit stood high,
would no doubt have found temporary
assistance on the market which would
have enabled him to tide over his diffi
culties. It is to be regretted that a man
of auch high character should have given
way to the first Impulse of despair "
and so forth, and so forth.
CHAPTER VL
"I knew It," the old vine grower said.
Phlegmatic though Cruchot was, he
felt a horrible shudder run through him
t the words; perhaps Grandet of Paris
bad stretched imploring hands in vain to
the millions of Grandet of Saumur; the
Mood ran cold in his vein's.
"And bis son?" he asked presently;
"he ss in such spirit yesterday even
ing." "Hie son knows nothing as jet," Gran
det answered, imperturbable as ever.
"Good morning, M. Grandet," said
Cruchot. He understood the position
Mir, lad went to reassure kite President
4e Boston.
, Grandet foaod breakfast ready. Mine.
Grandet waa already anted In her chair,
aaoaatod on the wooden Moeka, and kntt-
-tatf woolen eaffe for the winter. Enge
ie ran to her mother and pot her anna
: hor, with th anger hanger for
that ceenaa of hidden troobU.
"lot na gat row hroakfaot," aaid
' r 1 -arb taSn lewnotairn hi harry;
l iiC-t s3toro. Co loon
Daughter
DE BALZAC
and called him, but it was all one, be .
never heard me." j
"Let him sleep," said Grandet; "he i
will wake soon enough to hear bad news, i
in any case." j
"What is the matter?" asked Eugenie.
She was putting into her cup the two
smallest lumps of sugar, weighing good
ness knows how many grains; her worthy
parent was wont to a mute himself by
cutting up sugar whenever he had noth
ing better to do.
"His father has blown bis brains out"
"Oh! that poor boy!" cried Mme. Gran
det. 'Toor indeed!" said Grandet; "he has
not a penny."
"Ah, well! he is sleeping as if he were
the king of all the world," ssid Nanon
pityingly.
Eugenie could not eat Her heart was
wrung as a woman's heart can be when
for the first time her whole soul is filled
with sorrow snd compasslou for the sor
row of one she lores. She burst into
tears.
"You did not know your oncle, so what
is there to cry shout?" said her father,
with a glance like a hungry tiger's; just
such a glance as he could give, no doubt,
to his heaps of gold.
"Hut who wouldn't feel sorry for the
poor young man, sir?" said the serving
maid; "sleeping there like a log, and
knowing nothing of his fate."
"I did not speak to you, Nanon! Hold
yonr tongue!"
In that moment Eugenie learned that
a woman who loves must dissemble her
feelings. She was silent
"Until I come back, Mme. Grandet.
you will say nothing about him, I hope."
ths old cooper continued. "They are
making a ditch in my meadows, and I
must go and see after it. I shall come
back for the second breakfast at noon,
and then my nephew and I will hove a
talk atiout his affairs. As for you, Made
moiselle Eugenie, if you are crying over
that popinjay, let us have no more of it.
child. He will be off post-haste to the
Indies directly, and you will never set
eyes on him any more."
Her father took up his glove, which
were lying on the rim of his hat, put
them on in his cool, deliberate way, and
then he wer.t out
"Ob! mamma, 1 can scarcely breathe!"
cried Eugenie when she was slone with
her mother; "I have never suffered like
this!"
This nervous excitement In one who
was usually so quiet and self-possessed
produced an effect on Mme. Grandet.
She looked at her daughter, and her
mother's love snd sympathetic instinct
tcld her everything.
"My poor little sir!!" said Mme. Gran
det drawing Eugenie's head down till It
rested upon her bosom.
Her daughter lifted her face, and gave
her mother a questioning look, which
seemed to read her inmost thoughts.
"Why must he be sent to the Indies?"
said the girl. "If he is in trouble, ought
he not to stay here with us? Is he not
our nearest relation?"
"Yes, dear child, that would only be
natural; but your father has reasons for
what he does, and we must respect
them."
Mother and daughter sat in silence; the
one on her chair mounted on the wooden
blocks, the other in her little armchair.
Both women took up tneir needlework.
Oogenic felt that her mother understood
ber, and her heart was full of gratitude
for such tender sympathy.
"How kind you are, dear mamma!"
she aaid, as she took her mother's hand
and kissed it
"Do you like him?"
For an answer Mme. Grandet smiled.
Then, after a moment's pause, she mur
mured. "You cannot surely love him al
ready? That would be a pity."
"Why would it be a pity?" asked Eu
genie. "You like him, Nanon likes him,
why should I not like him. too? Now,
then, mamma, let us set the table for bis
breakfast"
She threw down her work, and her
mother followed her example, saying as
she did so, "You are a mad girl!"
Bnt none the less did she sanction ber
daughter's freak by assisting in it
Charles, after making innumerable pi
rouettes around his room, came down at
last, sinking gay little snatches of song.
He had taken much pains with his ap
pearance, and now he came in with that
gracious sir of condescension which sits
not ill on youth and which gave Eugenie
a melancholy pleasure. He went up to
bis aunt quite gayly.
"I hope you slept well, dear aunt?
And yon. too. cousin V
"Cousin, you must be hungry," said
Eugenie. "Sit down."
"Oh, I never breakfast before twelve
o'clock, just after I rise. But I have
fared so badly on my Journey that I will
yield to persuasion. Besides" he drew
out a dainty little watch "dear me, it Is
only eleven o'clock! I have been up be
times." "Up betimes?" asked Mme. Grandet
"Yes, but I wanted to set my things
straight Well, I am quite ready for
something, something not very substan
tial, a fowl or a partridge."
"A partridge," Eugenie said to her
self. She would willingly bare given all
sho had for one.
"Come and take your seat," said Mme.
Grandet, addressing her nephew.
The dandy sank into the armchair la
a graceful attitude, much as a prett)
woman might recline on her sofa. En
genie and her mother drew their chairs
to the tire and sat near him.
"Do you always live here?" Charles
inquired, thinking that the mom looked
even more hideous by daylight than by
candle light
"Always," Eugenie answered, watch
ing him she spoke. "Always, ex
cept during the vintage. Then we go to
help Nanon, and wo all stay at the Ab
bey at Noysrs."
"Do yon never take a walk?"
"Sometimes, oa Sundays, when it U
fiaa, wo walk down an far aa the h ridge,"
id Mm Oraadot, "or wo sometimes
go to see them cutting the hay." ,
"Have ro theater bereT"
"Go to the play!" eried Mme. Gran-
dot; "go to too play acton! Why, air,
stniM know that that la a mortal
do yoi
ur
afe" MM M
-""uiT,r'chickeuti,LET US ALL LAUGH.
"Oh, new-laid eggs!" said Charles,
who, after the manaer of those accus
tomed te luxury, had quite forgotten ail
about liia partridge. "Delirium! Da
you happen to have any butter, eh, my
good girl?"
"Butter? If yon have butter bow,
you will have no cake by and by," sals'
the handmaid.
"Yes, of course, Nanon; bring somt
butter," cried Eugenie.
The young girl watched her cousit
while be cur his bread and butter lots
strips, and felt happf. The most ro
mantic shopgirl in Paris could not inort
thoroughly enjoy the spectacle of iuna
cence triumphant in a melodrama, li
must be conceded that Charles, who bad
bees brought up by a graceful and
charming mother, and had received bit
"finishing education" from an accom
plished woman of the world, was as dain
ty, neat and elegant In bis ways as snj
coxcomb of the gentler sex. The girl'l
quiet sympathy produced sn almost mag
netic effect. Charles, finding himself thul
waited upon by his cousin and aunt,
could not resist the influence of theii
overflowing kindness. He wss radiant
with good humor, and the look he gaxY
Engeuie w as almost a smile. As he look
ed at her more closely he noticed hel
pure, regular features, her uuconscioui
attitude, the wonderful clearness of hel
eyes, in which love sparkled, though sht
as yet knew nothing of love but its pala
and a wistful longing.
"Iteally, my dear cousin." he said, "ii
you were in a box at the opera and Is
evening dress, and I would answer foi
it, my aunt's remark about deadly sis
would be justified, all the nien would bt
envious, and all the women jealous." !
Eugenie's heart beat fast with Joy al
this compliment, though it conveyed n
meaning whatever to her mind.
"You are laughing at a poor littls
country cousin," she said.
"If you knew me better, consln, yoi
would know that I detest banter; It st-ari
tbe heart and deadens the feelings." Ana
he swallowed down a strip of bread and
butter with perfect satisfaction. "No,"
be continued, "I never nmke fun of oth
ers, very likely because I have not wil
enough. They have a deadly trick in
Paris saying, 'He is so good natured,'
which, being interpreted, means "tin
por youth is as stupid .s a rhinoceros.'
But as 1 happen to be rich, and it ii
known that I enn hit the bull's ejt
straight off at thirty paces, with any
kind of pistol, anywhere, these witticismi
are not leveled at me."
"It is evident from what you say,
nephew," said lime. Grandet gravely,
"that you have a kind heart,"
"That Is a Tery pretty rin? of yours,"
said Kusenie: "is there any harm in ask
ing to see it?"
Charles took off the ring and held II
out; Eugenie reddened as her cousiu'i
rose pink nails came in contact with hei
finger tips.
"Mother, only see how fine the work,
is!"
"Oh, what a lot of gold there is is
It!" said Nanon, who brought in the cof
fee. "What Is that?" asked Charles, laugh
ing, as he pointed to an oval pipkin,
made of glazed brown earthenware, orna
mented without by a circular fringe ol
ashes. It waa full of a brown, boiIin
liquid. In which coffee grounds were vis
ible, as they rose to the surface au4
fell again.
"Coffee; boiling hot!" answered Na
non. "Oh, my dear aunt, I must nt least
leave some beneficent trace of my stsy
here. You are a long way behind thi
times! I will show you how to make de
cent coffee." Forthwith he endeavored
to explain the principles involved.
"Bless me; if there is all that to d
about it," said Nanon, "you would havi
to give your whole time to It I'll nevei
make coffee that way, I know. Who Ii
to cut the grass fur our cow while I an
looking after the coffee pot?"
"I would do it," said Eugenie.
"Child!" said Mme. Grandet. with a
look at her daughter; and at the won'
came a awift recollection of the misery
about to overwhelm the uuconscioui
young man, and the three women were
suddenly silent, and gaied pityingly at
him. He could not understand it
Just at that moment Mme. Grandet
Eugenie and Nanon, who could not think
of the cooper's return without shudder
ing, heard the familiar knock at thf
door.
"That is paps!" said Eugenie.
She took away the saucer full ol
sugar, leaving one or two lumps on th
tablecloth. Nanon hurried away with
the egg cups. Mme. Graudet started up
like a frightened fawn. There was t
sudden panic of terror, which amazed
Charles, who was quite at a loss to ac
count for it
"Why, what is the matter?" he asked.
"My father is coming in," explained
Eugenie.
(To be continued.)
Thluetlan Odd It lee.
The ways of the Thlbetlaos are past
comprehension, and It la no wonder
that tbe English expedition to their
sacred city, Lassa, are meeting with
many difficulties other than those duo
to the natural ruggodness of tbla ex
tremely mountainous country. Llttlo
Is known about this strange region, but
that little give it a decSre3ry bad fig'
vor.
The people are extravagantly fond
of dazzling Jewelry of all kinds. Un
man bodies are fed to bald-headed
eagles and dogs. Some are thrown
Into the river and burned, but as a rule
cremation la rare. .. Small-pox, which
flourishes In all countries, regardless
of race, language or custom, has piay-
ed great havoc in Thibet More thai
6,000 fatal cases are on record, but ths
population continues to Increase Just
the same.
Several Europeans have entered Las
sa l nee the expulsion of tbe French
priests Hue and Gabet in 1840. In
stead of being sent away they wen
cared for and given much good food -poisoned.
Onco two foreigners and
foreign woman came within a day's
Journey of Laaaa. They were permit
ted to send for food and were not pot
toned, bat they were not allowed hi
enter the sacred city.
A woman never realises that the has
done something wonderful after stop
tag backward oft a otreot car tad
wltt her Ufo.
JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA
RIOUS HUMORISTS.
Pleasant Incident Oi-cwrrinsj I be
World Ovri Hayinga that Are Cheer
ful to Old or Young-Fnnnjr Selec
tions that Ton Will Knjoy.
Tom But why did you bare a boy
deliver your wedding Invitation in
stead of sending tbeiu by mall?
Jack Couldn't afford to tale
chance."
Tom ("UatM-e of what?
Jack Being arrested. Don't yon
know it la unlawful to (tend lottery
tickets through the mails?
Keal Thing.
"Yes," remarked the bald -beaded
jiiati, "uiy wife Is president of a secret
Society."
"Nonsense!" rejolnisl the fussy nll
lmi'bi'lor. "Tlie Idea of women bavin.;
anything to do with secret societies.
"But." explained be of the n l.eul
hair, "thin Is a society In which the
members exchange se.reis."
Same Old Fall Down.
'. ib-itr, Is It KoinK to fall ilnwr
niiinV"
"I'nll down flL-nln? Wliv. condemn
(lie tiling. It Imsn't tiuit fallinir down
(lie Urst time yet?" ('liiniiro Tribune.
liver Notice It?
SiinkliiH Whiit Is the diameter of a
Fllver dollar?
Tliiikins Oh, it varies.
Si mkliiH How's tbiit?
Timklns It is smaller on pay day
1 ha ti It Is a few dnvs Inter.
Hidn't Worry Hint.
Ht My brother frets more than ;!
hundred love letters every lny.
Him You don't say! And !o s h
answer all of them?
Her No. indeed! He gets thetn re-
cane he's a letter carrier.
Ktaiie vw- Keul Life.
McFIub There's a heap of differ
ence iK'tween real life and the Ktnj.'.
rUeetb As to how?
McFIub Well, ou the staee when
the hero gets In trouble the heroins
hollers. "I'll never I e leve it." But in
real life she generally nays, "Just wh it
expected." riiiladelphiit Bulletin.
Almost the Home Tiling.
"I understand you were carried
sway by her singing."
"Well, not rjuitp that; I was drivn
sway by It, though!" New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Only Two,
"This dispatch," said the as-lstai:!
editor, "says that 'one of the Kussiar.
ships remaining at I'ort Arthur did
gallant work during the last attack.
I wonder which one it was."
"Oh! give the Kussian full credit,"
replied the editor. "Make it read.
'Ixrth of the Russian ships, etc.' "
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Kurlv Variety.
"Are those four o'clock Y"
"Not yet I should Judge that thej
were about twenty-minutes-aftcr-twoi
to-day."
Romewhiit I'uullinlic.
Mrs. Churchieltch They sny otll
new minister Is what they call a fight
in; parson.
Chun-hlelgh All ministers are fight
ing pursuits, my dear.
Mrs. Cliurchlelgh How's that?
Chnri-hlelKh They put a ktt of pen
pie to sleep.
Another View.
"Waal, nobody can't nay Ephrnlia
didn't love his wife," remarked Farm-
e.' Goodman at the funeral; "see bow
he's a-cryln'."
"Il'm!" remarked Mrs. Crabtreo;
"they do say thet some men cry w'eu
Ihey think o the entry expense they
got to meet." Philadelphia Tress.
A IHttiinou Truth.
8lduey Talk Is silver silence it
golden.
Rodney Nonsense; Iota of talk it
fyoro brass.
fHE FIELD OF BATTLE
HCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF
THE WAR.
fhe teraaw at tbe Bebelliosi Tell
Whistling Ballet Bright Boyosteta,
Bn retina Boats. Bla Battles,
Cam riro, restive Bags, Btc Bsb .
"I was much interested." said W. I- '
lappley. formerly boatsweiu's mate of .
be 1'. S. S. I'inola. "in the story of J
he mn who saved Sherman's am- ;
uunltion at Resaca. 1 have another j
nstanee of self sacrificing braery i
bich ha received no mention in ottl
lal reixirts or In print My part in
he story U that of an eyewitness to a
hiring deed. I will say briefly that I
M-rved four years In the navy and that
ii April, 1H;"J, I was Is.atswaln's m ite
m the gmilsut Plnola, on the lower
Mississippi, under Farragut.
"At that time Farragut's fleet and
lie mortar Isiats were bom Harding
rort Jackson and St Philip. The gmi
oats were engaged dally, and would
mi up close to the chain stretched
icross the river Just below the form
nils obstructed the channel at a isiint
vhere vessels stopped by the sunken
bain would lie under tire of the forts,
md Farragut dechh-d to remove the
)l)stru tioii before making attack In
'on e. The gunlsiats I'inola and Pasi-a
sere chosen for the work, ami the at
tempt was made on the very dirk
ilght of April 'U
"Our luat was In charge of Com-iia:idi-r
Pierce Crosby, one "if the "id
(st naval ofllcers i:i the nVct. and ev
?ry man on the boat was liisirwti-1 s
to what he was to do under givn cir
!u:nslaiii'cs. We carried on the Pi:iol-i
til Infernal machine or tori-.. t!i"
Invention of a Frenchman mi l-iard,
with w hich we hoped to demolish one
f the hulks supporllna the chain. 'I h:s
:hain, by the way. was one of the
largest ship cable kind. It was se
cured on the south side of the river in
! lie woods below Fort Jackson and car
ried across the river to the north side.
Dear Fort St. Philip, where it was
hove Unit by a crab winch. It was
supported by four hulks so as to sus
tain the chain at the reijuirisl ib-pth
Vlow the water surface.
"It was dark as dark could lw and
fie of the Puiola ran alongside the mid
dle hulk, ami, there being no guards
in board, we made our Infernal ma
rhlne secure under the chain and at
tached the electric wire. Two men
earricil the wire to the station near the
battery on the gunlsiat, so as to be
ready ns soon as we were far enough
way to make connection with the bat
tery and blow up the hulk. However.
!he water was unusually high, the cur
rent was very strong, ami our boat
was swept astern so fast that before
we could regain headway the wire
snapped off short near the reel.
"This caused excitement and eotifti
ion on board the I'inola, the noise was
heard at the fort und the guns opened
tm us In a way to send us off In a hur
ry. Meantime the Itasca bad been to
the north of us examining the channel.
mid after slipping the chain from one
of the hulks had run nground under
the guns of Fort St. Philip. Just as
we were turning down stream the oifl-
rer commanding the Itasca came along
side in a small Unit, reported that his
ship was aground close in shore under
St Philip, and asked If he shoul.l
abandon the vessel and blow her up.
as the rebel as soon as II became light
enough to see would destroy her. Cros
by replied, "No. and directed Uie otllcer
to go back to his ship, saying that the
I'inola would take the Itasca's hawser
and try to pull her off.
"Thereupon the I'inola ran over In
the darkness tit the Itasca, where there
was a great confusion. We got our
hawser out, conveyed It to the Itasca,
secured It, and all being ready steamed
ahead with n swing to port for the
center of the river to get more power.
But the hawser parted, ami before we
could haul In the piece on our wide It
sunk under the propeller well ami was
caught up and wound around the shc.ft
so tightly that It stopped the engines.
Here was a crisis which, like that at
Resaca, had to be met at ouce, or both
Iwats would be lost. The forU were
already firing at us, and the moon was
coming up.
"Crosby ami the other officers and
the men worked like heavers. A hawser
was bent to the kedge anchor and let
go to hold the Pinnla's head up stream,
and Lieutenant Cook asked for a vol
unteer to go down the propeller well
with an ax and cut the hawser from
the shaft The carpenter's mate, Ed
ward Spencer, of Baltimore, aahl he
would try It. A rope was fastened
around his body and a life line to his
left arm, and down he went Into the
well, I looking after the life line.
Spencer dived Uirough six feet of wa
ter, and standing ou the propeller shaft
tried to cut tbe hawser, which, of
course, he could not see. He came tip
twice to blow, but succeeded the third
time In cutting the hawser, and lucky
for him and all of us that he did cut It.
"Just as he struck Uie last lick and
came up the eddy current struck the
gunboat on the starboard how, causing
her to sheer to port and the full strain
coining on the hawser. It parted and
we drifted broadside down st renin.
Just at that moment the propeller was
cleared, the engines were started, and
all was safe. We gave the Itasca an
other hawser and the first pull with
her engines working with ours brought
her off and we proceeded down stream
under h full bead of steam just ns the
moon rose,
"By his daring and bravery Spencer
saved tbe two gunboats and the lives
of thoae on board. If the hawser to
tbe hedge anchor had been In tbe port
hs )i,pe when the eurr-n. in the eddy
truck the U.w of the Fim.U she . er
thinly would have gone ashore, as !
bad no use of her engines at the tin.
If SpetK-er had been cotnjUl "' '
down a fourth time be ouid )'vs
(been crushed to death by the h:fwu
' of the boat when the hawser parted.
Thlcsgo Inter Ocean.
Taken for a Ppr.
! There Is living In Gasper Comity.
I Neb., a lady who did an unintentional
! servl'ee to the i nhm army at a .r ti- al
time by looking much like Pauline
Cushman, the spy, as she could. The
lady is an own cousin of Jeff DavU
first wife, was raised in the South,
grew up uisJer the baneful influence
of slavery, and has tl-dtcd with le-r
!avi-lealiiig relatives every
centra i
slave market of the South, one cm-d
not ex- t loyalty to grow from sii.-h
conditions.
A young fellow from Wisconsin went
South as a teacher and was engage!
In or near St. Iju1s to teach a ulere
of hers. She had revolted agsin-t
slavery and was looking for a way
out of the land of her kinsfolk. In
three w .-eks after meeting her nle -e
Northern Instructor she took advan
tage of an opsirttiiie moment a dark
night, I think she told uie and elopel
with him to a be'ler pla e Wi-consin.
War was then a foregone conclusion,
and the call for troops was sin an-i.oiiiic.-d.
The private tutor enlisted in
the Twentieth Wisconsin ami was ll
the lia'tle at Prairie Grove. Ark , or
near there, at the time. Ills yoiin
Southern wife could get no tidings of
him after the buttle, and started fr"W
Jefferson ('.unity, Wis., to find him.
She was taken s"eson of III !f.
Spoils by nlrf-1 nltkvrs. taken to :!i
hoii-e of one or them, and searched lor
a dl-pat'-h they ;:p!-ed she had.
They cut !.:T clonk ! piece, str pp l
I, new bat Into scan-less shreds, t'"'k
her piu-e ami Its contents, but gen-eroil-ly
forgot to take the change of a
.. bill that was loe In her drcs-l
pocket. Searched the remainder of
ber clothing In an unbecoming man
ner (even for war lijaesi, then told
her If she had any prayers to make slid
must make thetn pretty iiilck. Slia
asked to be taken to relatives In thl
city l rebel oilbersi to be Id- nMled.
They comp'hd. and the relatives ac
knowledged that she was the p -rson
she claimed to be, but would hnvo
nothing more to do with her. PauMn
Cubiilan. the famous spy. bad hap
pened to seeVJu-r on the train, and tbo
physical resemblance was so striklmf
that she assumed the dress of l-r tat
that tiir.ei unfortunate rival, and went
Isildly out of St. I.oiils the next day
in another iisiimcd dress of hep
rival's, mill no rebel dated to int.-rferi
with her lest the niltnke of the day
pivveHi lc rc,,c.i!ci!, and that "dis
patch" went on Its merciful mission t
a Fiiioii general.
Two days after her St. Ixiuls experi
ence she ii.it ruuiy oi iijicd a treatment
to tar ami feathers by the timely ,-p.
l-eurniii-e of a I nioii soldier doinsr
guard duty at Pacific I'lty. twenty Iku
miles from St. Iuls. Hie had gonn
there to visit her tin thcr. The $." In
change Is-lng nil the money the chiv
alry" left In ber posessslon. her search;
for a t'nlon husband was abruptly
ended. She was writing a letter to
him when a llttlo knot of Missouri
bushwhackers rushed Into the hotis
with their tar kettle, and the Fnioii
guard Htatiotiisl four or five inilcs dis
tant rushed In on the noble Missouri
tins. His miiiie was (ihost. He had
a slight acquaintance with a young-r
sister of the liuly, and supposed slm
was the one the bushwhackers w.-ro
after. He would have gone to the de
fense anyhow. It was one Instance of
the war where "one Southern geutl h
man didn't lick twenty Yanks." Does
anyone rememlier the circumstance or
the man?
Having renounced the Southern
faith, her relatives refused to prnte.-t
her, and hr money being gone, sha
could neither follow her husband nor
return to his Northern home, so shu
went to work at that which came near
est for the I'nion cause, tn hospital
or anywhere that she could do at all,
and did not see her husband until the
war was over. On e when In camp
at New Orleans he started like n hap
py whirlwind to meet bis wife. Im
agine his disappointment. It wai
Pauline Cushman riding Into camp
with an important dispatch, for the
commanding general.
The lira nd Army has no truer friend
than the Southern wife of the Twen
tieth Wisconsin soldier, the physical
counterpart of the famous spy of tb
I'nion army, n Southern woman her
self. American Tribune.
Expounding the Constitution.
In lHt.l two Ixiys who had been
friends at school went to their home
for their summer vacation, a year
later one of them, swinging ulmig with
his battalion, ttph-d the other ns a meid.
bef of another Imdy of miMI-th. Ilia
greeting was of 1he familiar type, oti
sislng of, "Hello! John, u lint' ore you
doing down here':" Quick tin a flash
came the response: "Ob, Just down
here helping to expound tbe Constitu
tion." i
And so It was. Statesmen had de.
tinted the question for three-quartcra
of a century; lawyers had argued tha
subject, and Judges had made coi tllet
ng rulings regarding It But these two
schoollwiys and their comrade wet to
define Its meonlnif so that all tha
world should understand It
The oil from the germ of a kernel of
com is worth 5 cents a niud, while,
the sUrch with which the kernel la
filled Is worth but 1V4 cents pound.
The muscle forming protein Is In tba
bull.
Nothing la so hard, but ooarrh will
And It out Derrick.
