20 THE OMA1IA DAILY 35E.D : RITNDAY , At AT 2 , 1807.
AARON IN THE WILD WOODS 5
The Story of a Southern Swamp.
i ,
JORI CIIANDLRIt KAURIS-
XIII.
AITAIUTION THR I'OX HUNTERS SAW.
As the fall en mo on tlio young men ( and
Jwmo nl the older omn , too ) began to Indulge
In the sport of fox hunting. They used no
RUM , but pursued Hcynard with horse and
lioiind In tlio English farhlon. Tlio foxes In
that region were mostly gray , but the rod
ono.i liad begun to come In , and as they
came the grajs began to pack up their be
longings ( an the Baying Is ) and Beck homes
tlsowhcro.
The Turner old fields , not far from the Ab-
crcromblo place , and still closer to the
Swatnp , were famous for their foxes first
for the grays nnd afterward for the reds.
There teemed to be nome attraction for them
In these old Holds. The scrub pines , grow
ing thickly together , and not higher than a
man's wilst , and the brier patches scattered
about afforded a fine covert for Mr. Fox ,
gray or red , being shady and cool In sum
mer tlmo and sheltered from the cold win
ter \Umo. ! And If It was flno for Mr. Kox It
was finer for the birds ; for hero Mifi. 1'ar-
trldgn cnitld lead her brood In safety out of'
eight uf man , and hero the sparrows and
smaller blirts were safe from the blue Fal
con , she of the keen eye and awlft wing.
And Mr. Fox was as cunning as his nose ,
was shnrp , Ho know that the bird that
darkness of the night that such light ns there
was seemed to blur the vision rather Unit
aid It. Hut when the young man turned in
hlo caddie he saw enough to convince bin
that ho was likely to have company In his
ride after his companions.
Ho hesitated a moment before urging hla
horao Into a more rapid gait. He wanted ti
ECO what It might be that was now so
vaguely outlined. Ho strained his eyes , bu
could sco nothing but a black and shapeless
moss , which seemed to be following him
Ho could ecc that It was moving- rapidly
whatever It was , bul the gray light was so
dim and gave Btich shadowy shape even to
objects clcao at hand that ho found It Im
possible either to gratify his curiosity or
satisfy his feara. So he settled himself
firmly In the saddle , clapped spurs to his
horse , and rode headlong after his com
panions. He looked around occasionally , but
the black masa wcs always nearer. The
faster the horse went the faster came the
Thing.
Kach time he looked around his alarm roao
higher , for the Thing was closer whenever
ho looked. At lost his alarm grow to euch
proportions that ho ccatod to look back , but
addrc-jbed himself entirely to the work of
iirglnu his horse to higher speed. Presently
ho heard quick , fierce snorts on his right ,
and bis eye caught Eight of the Thing. Us
course was parallel with his own , and It
was not more than twenty yards away.
He saw enough for his alarm to rise to the
height of terror. He saw something that had
WHAT THE HUNTER SAW.
made Its nemo In the Turner old fields must
roowt low ; and what could be moro convenient
than that-espcclally at
venient foriMr. Fox
the dead hours of nlghf when ho went
creeping around as noiselessly as a shadow ,
nrcle idlng that ho wanted to whisper a
cceT in their ears ? Indeed that was the
main reason why Mr. Fox lived In tlio Tur
ner old fields , or went there at night , for he
was no trej climber. And so it came to pass
that when thceeiwho were fond of fox hunt-
lug wanted to Indulge in that per they
rose before dawn and went straight to the
Nowwh0reorgo Go sett and h.3 . patrolling -
( companloas ceased for a time to go
trolling
fr6 " cklnfc' about the country at night on the
were looking after the safety
1 they
pic. at
concluded hat It
of the plantations , they , , toKe
? vould bePKOod for their health and spirit
fox hunting occasionally. Bach had two
Ko , all
when
or three hounds to brag on , so that
together they made a
the dogs were brought
size.
than respectable
packof more
fairly ad-
the fall was
One Sunday , when
7nnedMhe air being crisp ard , bracing nnd
.th. . mornings and frorty arranged , " ' ? to ? Inaugurate , The
church
-fflx nt Vinllrrgseason the next morning. They
meet
their dogs , and
to go home , get
- - nearest o
' lying
e-tt's.-hls plantation
.
" t Go
Turner old fields. Thin program was i July
night
stayed all
men
carried out. ThOoiinB
before
-'v.ltn-Ocorpe GosBCtt , ate breakfast
for the Turner old
and
daybreak , sorted
'iUds : 'As they eet out a q .eat . on aroM
should through the.Aber . -
. . Svlicther. they go
crotnble Placo-thc' nearest way-or whether
- around by thq rood. The
-Mh r-.shouId , goaround
darkness of night 'was still over wood and
"flSianSnt there was a suggestion of gray
In the cast. If thhunting < ? party had been
' conifose-d'only of ( hose who had been In
S.ablt.ot . patrolllnB with George Gosset
choice would have been ma.o of the
prompt Invited
had
Goesett
public road ; but young
another Mltlcmei t o
in from
" ' acquaintance who had reached the
loin them a gentleman
of maturity , but who was vigorous
yea a
rldo to
enough to enjoy a cross-country
" "
*
ThUsontlcman had been told of the strange
x irrlenco of the patrollers In Mr. Aber-
cromhlp'B I"5' " Iot- Some of " 53 l0
' i
-SSr'Ken Supprowca. For one thing , the
men had not confessed to him lion
young
SSly they had been frightened. They Imply
told him enough to arouse Ills curiosity.
When , therefore , the choice of routes U >
lictwcbn tlm public road and the short cut
through the Abercromblo pasture the gentle-
nan wL eager to go by way of the pasture
where his young frlcnds.hna beheld the won
derful vision that has already been described.
When they displayed come hesitation In tne
matter ho rallied them smartly on their lack
of'nervo and In this way shamed them Into
going the neatest way. George Gossett , who
had no lack of mere physical courage , con-
scnted to lead the way If the others would
"ketp close behind him. " But none of thorn
except the gentleman , who was moved by
curiosity and who attributed the mystery of
the affair to frequent visits to Mr. Fulla-
lovo'd etlll house , had any stomach for the
journey through the pasture , for not even
George Gotsett desired to Invlto a repetition
of the paralyzing scones through which they
had passed on that memorable night.
As they came to the double gates the
young man who had Insisted that TImoleon
was Beelzebub concluded to leavean avenue
by wjilch to escape If the necessity arose.
Bo ho rode forward , dismounted and opened
the gates. Then ho mode a great pretense
of thuttlng them , but allowed them to re
main open Instead. This operation left him
somewhat behind his companions , as ho In
tended It sluuld , for ho had made up his
mind to wheel his honio and run for It If he
heard any commotion ahead of him. In that
event tbo delay hu purposely made would
leave him nearest the gates. .
Seeing that tlio young man did not come
up aa quickly as ho should have done , George
* Gcttsett , In whom the spirit of mischief had
no long periods of rcpop3 , suggested that
they touch up their horses and give their
companion a tea re. This suggestion was
promptly acted on. The commotion tils rom.
panlons made caused the young man to pause
a moment before putting- spur to hU tionw
to rejoin them , ThU delay placed several
hundred yards between him and the party
with Gossett. Ho realized this BO he rode
after them , but waa consoled by the facj.
that , In the event of any trouble , ho had
a better opportunity to re capo than they did.
But ho had hardly gone fifty yards from
the double gales before he heard some sort
of jioUe in that direction. Ho half turned
In LIs tadJlo and looked behind him , The
vague gray of the morning bad become BO
Inextricably mixed and mingled with the
the head and feet of a black horse , but the
body was wanting. No ! There was a body
and a rider , but the rider wore a long , palo
gray roba and he was headless ! If this was
the Black Demon that the young man had
seen In this pasture on a former occasion
ho waa now more terrified than ever , for he
was guided by a headless rider !
The young man would have checked his
horse , but the effort was In vain. The horse
had eyes. 'He ' also had seen the Thing and
had swerved away from It , but ho was too
frightened to pay any attention to bit or
rein. 'The Black Thing was going faster
than the frightened horae and It soon drew
away , the pale , gray robe of the rider flutterIng -
Ing about like a fierce signal of warning.
The young man's horse was soon under con
trol and In a few minutes ho came up with
his companions. Ho found them huddled to
gether like so many sheep , this maneuver
having been Instinctively made by the horses.
The dogs , too , were acting queerly.
The men appeared to be somewhat sur
prised to see their companion come gallopIng -
Ing up to them. After riding away from
the young man who had taken It upon him
self to leave the double gates open the hunts
men had concluded to wait for him when
they came to the bars that opened on the
public road. But the gallop of their horses
had subsided Into a walk when they wcro
still some distance from that point. They
were conversing about the merits of their
favorite dogs , when suddenly they heard
from behind them the sound of a galloping
horse. They saw , as the young man bad
seen , a dark , moving HIMSS gradually as
sume the shape of a black horse , with a
headless rider wearing a long , pale , gray
robe. The apparition was somewhat further
from them when It passed than It had been
from their companion , whom , In a spirit of
mischief , they had deserted , but the Black
Thing threatened to come closer , for when
It had gone beyond them It changed Its
course , described a half circle and vanlshPd
from sight on the side of the pasture op.
pcalto to that on which It had first ap-
"What do you think now ? " said George
Qoasett , speaking In a low tone to the gen
tleman who had been inclined to grow merry
when the former experience of the patrollers
waa mentioned.
"What do I think ? Why. I think It's right
queer If the hap wo left at the doublu
gates lan't trying to got even with us by
riding around like a wild Indian and waving
his saddle blanket , " replied tbo doubting
gentleman.
"Why , man , he's riding a gray horse , " ono
of the others explained.
Tills put another face on Ibo matter , and
Uio gentleman made no further remark. In
fact , before anything else could be said the
young man In question came galloping up ,
"Did you fellows see It ? " he Inquired.
Hut ho had no need to Inquire. Tlio attl-
tudo and the uneasy movements of their
horses showed unmistakably that they had
seen It. "Which way did It go ? " was the
next question. There was no need to make
reply. The direction In which the hunts
men glanced every second showed unmis
takably which way It went.
"Let's get out of here , " said the young
man In the next breath. And there ) was no
need to make oven thla simple proposition ,
for by common consent and as by ono Impulse
horse. ) and,1 men started for the bars at a
rapid trot. When the bars were taken down
they were not left down. Each ono was
put carefully back In Its proper place , for
though this was but a slight barrier to Inter
pose between themselves and the terrible
Itlack Thing , yet It was something.
Once in the road they felt moro at case-
not because they were eafer there , but bo-
rauso It seemed that the night had suddenly
trailed Its dark mantle westward.
"Did you notice , " taid the young man who
was first to see the apparition , "that the
Thing that was riding the Thing had no
head ? "
"It certainly had that "
appearance , re
plied the doubtful gentleman , "but "
"No 'huts' nor 'Ifs' about It , " Insisted tbo
young man. "It came so close to mo that
I could a' put my hand on It , and I noticed
particularly that the Thing on the back of
tlio Thing dldu't have elgn of a head , no
more than my big too has got a bead. "
Tlm exaggeration of ( lie young man was un.
blushing. If tlio Thing bad come within
ten yards of him be would have fallen off
his horse In a fit ,
"And what was you doing all that tlmeT"
Georgii GotHctt Inquired. Ills tone implied a
grave doubt.
"Trying to got away from that part of the
country , " replied the other frankly. "It waa
the eamo hots that got after us that night , "
tlm young man continued , "I knowod it by
the blaze ot hie eyes and tbe rod on the
lusldo o ( til * note , Wby , It looked to mo you
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his eyes. "
"I know how skecry you are , " said George
Qoisett , disdainfully , "and I don't believe
you took time to notice all these things. "
"Skeer'd ! " exclaimed the other ; "why ,
hat ain't no name for It no name at all.
Hut It was my mind that was1skcered and
not my eyes. You can't help seeing what's
right at you , can you ? "
This frankness took the edge off any
criticism that George Goisett might have
made , seeing which the young man gave
OCKO reins to his invention , which was happy
enough In this Instance to fit the suggestions
that fear had made a place for In the minds
of his companions.
But It was all the simplest thing la the
world. The apparition the fox hunters saw
was Aaron and the Black Stallion. The Son
of Ben , All had decided that the Interval ,
between the first faint gllmps * of dawn and
daylight was the most convenient tlmo to
give TImoleon hla exercise and to fit him In
BOIIHI sort for the vigorous work he was ex
pected to do some day on the race track.
Aaron had hit upon that particular morning
to begin the training cf the Black Stallion ,
and had selected the pasture as his training
ground. It was purely a coincidence that ho
ode In at the double gates behind the fox
lunters. but It was such a queer one that
Lilttle Gcesctt laughed until the tears came
nto his eyes when he heard about It.
Aaron's version of the Incident was so en-
.Irely different from that of the fox hunters
: hat those who heard both would be unable
to recognize In them an account of the same
affair from different points of view. As
Aaron saw It and know It the Incident was as
pimple as It could be. As ho was riding the
lorao along the lane leading to the double
gates ( having left Rambler behind at the
stable ) , TImoleon gave a snort and lifted his
lead higher than usual.
"Son of Ben All , " he said. "I smell strange
nen and strange horses. Their scent Is hot
on the air. Some of them are the men that
went tumbling about the pasture the night
you bade me play with them. "
"Not at this hour , Grandson of Abdallah , "
replied Aaron.
"I am not smelling1 the ) hour , " Son of Ben
Alt , but the men. If wo find them , shall I
use my teeth ? "
"We'll not see the men , Grandson ofi Ab
dallah. This Is not their hour. "
"But If we find them. Son of Ben All ? " per
sisted the Black Stallion.
"Save your teeth for your corn , Grandson
of Abdallah , " was the response.
As ( hey entered the double gates , which
Aaron was surprised to find open , TImoleon
gave a series of fierce an-orts , which was the
same as saying , "What did I tell you , Son of
Ben All ? I ook yonder ! There Is one ; the
others arc galloping further on. "
"I am wrong and you are right , Grandson
of Abdallah. "
As much for tlio horse's comfort as hla
own , Aaron had folded a large blanket he
ound hanging In the stable ami was using In
> lace of a saddle , lie lifted himself back
oward Tlmolcon's croup , eelzed the blanket
vith his left hand , and , holding It by one
corner , shook out the folds. He had no In-
cntlon whatever of frightening any one , hlo
lolo Idea being to use the blanket to screen
ilmsclf from observation. Ho would have
urned back , but In the event of pursuit ho
woiild be compelled to lead Ills pursuers Into
ho Abercromble place , or along the public
oad , and cither course would have been em-
) arrafi lng. If ho was to bo pursued at all ,
te preferred to take the risk of capture In the
vide pasture. As a last resort he could slip
rom Tlraoleon's back and give the horse the
vonl to UPO both teeth and heels.
And this was why the fox hunters saw the
apparition of a black borso and a headless
rider.
"Shall I ride him down , Son of Bca All ? "
nortcd the Black Stallion.
"Bear to the right , bear to the right ,
Grandson of Abdalluh , " was the reply.
And BO the apparition flitted past the
young man who had left the double gates
open , and past his companions who were
vailing for him near the bars that opened
on the big road , flitted past them and dis
appeared ,
Finding that there was no effort made to
mraue him Aaron checked the Black
italllon and listened. Ho heard the men
et down the bars and put them up again ,
and by that sign he knew they were not
latrollers. '
Later on In the day the doubting gentle-
nan , returning- from the fox hunt , called by
ho Abercromble place and stopped long
> nough to tell the Whlte-Halred Master of
be queer eight he saw In the pasture at
dawn.
"The boyg were badly scared , " ho ex-
ilatned to Mr. Abercromble , "and I tell you
t gave mo a strange feeling a feeling that
can best describe by saying that If the
arth had opened at my feet ami a red
larao shot up , It wouldn't have added one
whit to my amazement. That's the honest
ruth. "
Mr. Abercromblo could give him no
atsfactlon | , though lie might have made a
hrowd guess , and Little Crotchett , who
ould have solved the mystery , had to make
n excuse to get out of the way , BO that ho
night have a hearty laugh.
And Aajoo , when bo came to see the ;
Little Master that night , knew for the first
time that he had scored the fox hunters
nearly out of their wits.
( To be Continued. )
DIBU TO SAVI3 HUH ri.AYMA'l'n.
IltM-ole Ilei-il of Flve-Yonr-Olil Kvii
Mazy Orny.
An almost unparalleled case of youthful
feminine heroism occurred last week at Wil
liams , In Arizona.
Ltttlo Eva 'Mazy Gray , the 5-ycar-oId
daughter of B.N. . Gray , manager uf the
Postal Telegraph office at Williams , was the
Infant heroine. She gave her own llfo to
save that of her playmate.
Three tiny maidens Mazy Gray , Jennie
OTJrlcn and Maggie Brady , near neighbors
and constant playmates were romping on
the banks of Cataract cre k , a stream that
runs through the town of Williams. It la
usually only a narrow , dry airayo. But for
the past week or more the warm weather has
melted the snow on the mountains near to
Williams and the creek Is now a ragl.ig
little torrent , swollen quite out of its natural
channel , and It Is dangerous for even a
strong man to attempt to breast It.
Cataract creek rises far up In a box canyon
on the side of Bill Williams' mountain , and
when It reaches Williams It courses through
the town within a stone's throw of Jennie
O'BrUn's doorway. Perhaps some older
heads were to blame for letting these three
small maidens play so near the stream , but
they had done to many times before. It was
their accustomed playground. In fact , and ,
though but babes In years , the children of
those frontier towns are Inured to many
dangers.
Across the stream , but a few yards from
Jennie's house , Is a small foot bridge. It
was from this narrow plank that Maggie
Brady , the eldest (5f ( the trio , lost her bal
ance and plunged headlong Into the stream.
She was throwing flat stones Into the water ,
trying to skim them up the stream against
the current.
Jennie was several yards farther up the
stream collecting an apranful of stones to
bring down to her playmates , who were
more skillful In casting them than she.
Mazy was only a few feet from Magglo
when the latter foil. Without an Instant's
hesitation brave little Mazy plunged Into
the Icy water and swam out to Maggie.
Exactly what happened at this critical mo
ment will never be known In detail , for the
only eyewitnesses to the tragedy were the
three small maidens , and the coolest head
of these Is now silenced forever.
"Mazy helped mo reach the bridge , " Is
what Magglo Brady told her mother half on
hour later , when Mazy Gray's bravo little
body had been taken out of the water half a
inllo further down the stream.
But what became of 'Mazy then ? How
did she mlfo her hold ? How was she swept
away by the current after saving the llfo
of her Infant comradeMagglo could not
answer these questions , for the natural In
stinct of eelf-prcsorvation had seized her
with frantic ze&t , and she was clamoring up
on the narrow plank out of death's clasp.
Jennlo saw tlio whole thing , but die was
only a wee child and she was too excited
to remember Just what the saw , "Mazy
helped Magglo reach the bridge , but Mazy
could not catch bold. Her hands slipped
and she wont under the bridge. " This Is
all the detail that Jennlo could give.
However , If some , of the details arc miss
ing , the ma'ln tacts are clear enough. Of
tlio thrco girls only Mazy could swim , She
was the youngest , coolest In danger , the
bravest. It was her bidy they fished out
of the btrcani. stark and client ,
The little * heroine wes born on Lamlsh
lake , Whatcom county , Washington , Novem
ber 5 , 1891 , wlicro her father was employed
by the Postal Telegraph company. She was
a strong , hardy baby , wonderfully precocious ,
with big eyes and a wealth of silken tresses.
Shu was tall and stout of 11 tub for her age ,
and had learned to nwlni when only 4 years
old. For two years she had lived with
papa and mamma at Williams , and It Is no
exaggeration to say that eho was the favorIte -
Ito child of the town. Almost the entire
population of the vicinity turned out to at
tend the funeral. It was the largest funeral
ever held In that part of Arizona. And the
beautiful llltlo maiden , upon whose bier
were heaped scores of armfuls of wild moun
tain flowers , and whoeo memory will enter
Into the history of Williams , was the bravest
Ilttlo soul that ever won a martyr's crown ,
y.KK.MI COI.IIIIIt.V.
Tlio iU % > ii liTfiil Hey Ciilriilator anil
ilie SloMoliiK Student.
It Is a bit of solid comfort for a school boyer
or Klrl to realize that It they are plodding
along patiently In mathematics and once get
the multiplication table fixed In the memory
their work will stay by them and be of
practical uso. If this same plodding often
seema dull work It la well to bring to mind
how short lived hag been the glory and of
how little wcrrk-a-day use the poucru of
the ' 'Infant prodigies" or "lightning calcu-
latoru'1 that o dazzled our grandparent * In
the earlier part of thla century. Take , fo. '
instance , the case of ZeraU Colburn , bom In
1800 at Cabut , a little town In Vermont.
When he was 0 years old hla father acci
dentally discovered that his boy , who had
aa yet never had a single lesson In the two
"TCa" ( "righting" and "rlthmotlc" ) , could
solve In an Instant , mentally , problems that
would have puzzled his elders even with
pencil and paper In hand. The ] ne\\a of this
Infant prodigy soon thread through the
neighborhood , and the father was persuaded
to take the boy on a tour of the United
States. Many persons renowned for their
knowledge of mathematics and eminent as
philosophers hastened to sec him , and were
estonUhcd ? t his extraordinary powers. In
the midst of his play they gave him such
problems aa raising the- number eight (8) ( )
progressively up to the ICth power , and even
In the last result , viz. , 281 , 474 , 070 , 710 , C56 ,
ho was right In every figure !
Think of this for a moment , boys this
computed In the child's mind so quickly
that the perfon who was writing down the
answers asked him to give out the figures
moro blowly. as he could not write them
down as iv , Iftly as they were given. He
would tell In thin same quick manner the
exact product nrlalng from the multiplica
tion of any number consisting of six or
seven places of figures , and all the factors
otswhich It Is composed. Not only was ho
thus marvelciisly quick at the raisins of
powers , but he would In a twinkling extract
the square and cube roots of the numbers
proposed and determine whether It was a
prime nuirbor. One day a very wine set of
men came with specially prepared qiic&tlona
and nsked the lad to name the' factors which
produced the number 217,483 , which he did
at once , nnir.lns the numbers 941 and 2C3 ,
which. In fact , arc the only two which will
produce It. Now comes a "poser. " "Give. "
sal-1 the questioners , "tho factors of 36,083. "
Almost Imn-cdlatcly came the reply : "There
are none , " and sure enough this Is the ccse ,
as 30,083 is a prime number , and therefore ,
of course , has no factors.
Zerah would move his lips when com
puting , showing that he was actually multi
plying' , Just as an ordinary boy would , but
when asked to tell other lads just how ho did
the sum , replied that ho did not know how
the answer came in his mind. A pencil and
paper were given him , but ho coufd not do
the simplest example In multiplication or di
vision ; neither did ho know rules.
Now comes the comfort for the ordinary
boy or girl , though It must have been very
cold comfort for young Colburn's parents.
The boy was put to school , hoping that be
might bccemo a great teacher , and finally a
learned profetsor. However , ho never could
tell how to help on others. The hope was that
as his mind matured ho could throw a light
to help -boys and girls In the mazy bogs of
factors , pilniu numbers , prime factors and
the like.
FOUR SMAUT JMUVATKS.
A. NotiililtOcciiMloii Wli.-n Uiil < 'k Wi < N
Mu l < - Up for Slow ICKN ,
Once upon a tlmo four private soldiers cap
tured and made prisoners fifty-two soldiers ,
men and officers. Docs not that beat any
feat In the "Throe Musketeern" or even any
feat that Mulvany and his friends ever ac
complished ? And the feat of this brave ,
long-hcadc'd quartet Is authentic history1 ,
though history has not taken tlio trouble to
tell us what their names were , as Mho ought
to have done , even If she left out some- ac
count of some dull kings' dull lives to make
room for them.
They 'were ' Prussian grenadiers , these four ,
and tlio deed was done In the \cry first
Prussian battle under the young king , who
waa afterward to bo known us Frederick the
Great.
It was In the first hour of the Oth of
March , 1741 , King Frederick had Invaded
Silesia , because Silesia belonged of right to
him , but was claimed by the great-Maria
Theresa , emprtss of Austria and queen of
Hungary. Glogan , Silesia , was a town held
by the Austrlans that the Prurelans deter
mined to take by storm ; the battalions
marched up to the walls before midnight
moro Ilko cats than like soldiers , so still
wore they , not a jlnglo of spurs or saber In
the whole attacking force , not a word above
a whisper spoken , and no more whispers
than thus ) must. When the great town clock
struck 12 the Prussians at thrco points
began scaling the fortifications , howln , ? down
palluades , pouring Into Glogan before the
Austrlans well know whether or not they
wcro awake or only had the nightmare. Now
our four greuadlern were at the tall end of
their regiment and got over the glacis the
last and Eomo way behind their comrade , ) ;
on getting to ( bo top they were In a con.
fusion and turned to tliu right Instead of to |
the left , as their comrades had done. In
two minutes , If you please , they were rushIng -
Ing right Into a mass of Austrlana ttlll
ranked In arms. Hero was A how-d'yo-do ' , In
deed I So much for "being Blow on your legs
at climbing fortifications , and then not being
clear which Is your left hand ! But quick
wlta can sometimes moro than make up for
alow Icgb and bad memories , and the pran-
pe.'t of Imminent death quickened our
gronadlers mightily.
"Prisoners ? " oaks the quickest of all , In o
fine , stern voice , an If ho had the army and
the king hlmtclf at his back , and the other
three catch the Idea In aa Instanj , und try
to make noises to auggeet aa armed multi
tude , and the Austrlara , bless you , thought
the army was on them , and the game up ,
and they said :
"Yea , they were prisoners. "
"Pile arms , then , " commands a grenadier
and he la obeyed there In the darkness , and
then leaving his companion ! . ' to "mako be
llevo" as best they can for a few mlnutoD.
he slips away to get help ; the help came
before the Austrlans found out how they
wcro fooled , and the whole fifty-two were
made prisoners sure enough.
The btory was told to King Fritz , and ho
said , "I must make acquaintance with thcsr
men , " and he rewarded them all with pre-s-
cnty and promotions. With euch soldiers ,
smalt wonder that the town of Glogan be
longed to the Prussians before the town
clock struck 1 on that March nlsht , and
since that night Austria has never again
possessed It.
IMIATTI.U Oli' Til K YOUXGSTI3HS ,
Thcro Is a little lady in Kentucky who ,
although only G years of age , teaches school.
She Is the youngest school teacher In the
United States , If not in the -world.
Her pupils are younger than iierself , and
they show a deep attachment for their
teacher , who is bright beyond her years.
This Ilttlo girl Is Myra Tcvls , daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Tevls of Richmond
mend , Ky.
Miss Florence Hood teaches a kindergar
ten school In the neighborhood , and from
this school little Myra Tevis graduated last
June. Miss Hood was much Impressed by
the little lady's 'brightness. '
Shu displayed an Intelligence far beyond
her ago , and had occupied the head of her
class from the very start. Before she grad
uated sha was frequently observed to assist
other scholars In their work , seeming to
bo naturally fitted ( for teaching.
Miss Hood , In view of these facts , em
ployed itlic little girl to assist her this year.
She Is a blue-eyed Ilttlo girl , and Is much
Impressed with the dignity of her new posi
tion.
A Ilttlo Philadelphia girl , C years old , was
on a visit to her grandfather , -who was aNew
Now England divine , celebrated for bis logi
cal powers.
"Only think , grandpa , v/hat. Uncle Robert
says. "
"What docs ho say , my dear ? " .
'Why , ho says ttfio mroon Is made of green
cheese. It Isn't at all , Is It ? "
"Well , child , suppoae you find out for your
self. " i
"How can I , grandpa ? "
"Get your blblo and see what It says. "
"Where shall I begin ? "
"Begin at the beginning. "
The child sat down to read the bible. Before
fore- she got moro than half through < the
second chapter of Genesis , and had read
about the creation of the stars and the ani
mals , she came back to her grandfather ,
her eyes all bright with the excitement of
discovery. "I've found It , grandpa. It Isn't
true ; for God made tlio moon bcforo ho made
the cows. "
i
Early last week a Ilttlo girl went to the
whlto house with her mother to shako hands
with the president , relates the Washing
ton Capitol. They wre > a few moments too
late. Just as they arrived under the portico
tico some one said , "There goes the presi
dent now , " and , sure enough , ho was junt
getting Into his carriage for his afternoon
drive.
Impulsively the little maiden ran toward
him and said ;
"Oh , Mr. President , I wanted to see you
so much. "
"Welt , hero I am , my dear , " said the
president , "you can see wo If you wish. "
"But I wanted to shako hands with you , "
she persisted.
"Well , you can do that , too , " answered
thu president , and ho stooped before getting
Into the carriage and shook the Ilttlo mai
den's hand warmly ; and I suppose she was
Just about aslihappy as a HUIe girl could bo
as eho walked auay.
TIM : oirmiuH. . i
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service sixty years. His duties at first were
light , and he worked eleven years before
there was u policeman In the town ,
The venerable Gabriel Harrison , actor ,
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teachjr , degucrrcotyper , photographer and
painter , nnd acquainted with the most fa
mous men of forty and fifty yean ago ,
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years , and IB yet busy In writing teaching
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bers to send a memago to the veterans of
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! 0. Ho never drank a Klaus of liquor andyl
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