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arrow ioahed fcrtk«d Ktag,
and ha (Ml dead la bln chariot. man
thma of his boat who had paaaad thaaa**
baabtomad to fly, bat the oharlet of tto
Wanderer daahed Into them, ad
the obarlot came the horaeme". aodaftar
the horaemen the eharl«>t«of Pharaoh-
No* all who were left of the broken
boat rolled back mad with fear, while the
apearmen of Poaraoh gaUed them to
hunters gal a b ?'D
men of Paaraob irampUd D~em beueatn
Till Spy's Narrow Escape.
with mo la ragard to atj preparation tor
'mth.
Captain Jonao waa a Christian gaatlo-
maw.and —meetly did ho argeme to got
Dm inPwnpinlWIiw,
' Wh Y M rnwi for Ex ™«5y to meet my doom. He toid me | fme Game that a Handsome Young
A Confederate Who learned for fcx aowutteriy impossible itHunter Bagged.
citement, and Got it.
^Rfoldaugiiter raged all down the pass.
“S-r'suTuSws
olftin was black with fly n* m0 “> * nd ^
ir-gmenU of the bryaen nation weto
n.fx^d together as clay and sand are
“ the poit.r. Waere now were
Sorts of the Nineoow barbarlanet
wSere nor was tnelr glory and their
^Tfoe Wanderer gathered his footmen
Jdhl* chariots Ld set them In array
Iaaiu.bat the hers, men he sent out to
.mfta the flyH 2 nations and wait his
SffiuMW tS- camp. For there were
mustering those wio were left of the
nations, perchance 20 0C0 men, and before
their shtps were rangec the dense ranks
of the Ao’ ae ms, shield to shield, every
man in his piece.
Tue Wanderer led his heal slowly
ac:oBi the sandy plain ii 1 at length he
halted In two bow-shots from the camp
of the barbarians. T\e ctrnp was shaped
like a bow, and the river Si nor formed its
string; and around it was a deep ditch,
and beyond the ditch a wail of clay.
Moreover, within the samp and nearer to
the shore there was a second ditch and
wal'. ind behind it were the beaks of the
snips and the host of Aquainusha, even
of his own dear people the Act a; .ns.
There were the o.d b.azons, and the
spears that had fought below T oy towns.
Taere were the two loons of Mycene,
the Centaur of the son of Poiyj m .as, sou
of Pirhhons; there were the Swan o: Lie-
ei'se non and the Bull of the Kings of
Crete, the Rose of Rhodes, the Serpent
of Athers and many another knightly
bearing of old friends and kindred dear.
And now they were the blazons of foe-
men, and tha W eird-srer warred for a
strange king, and for hia own hand, be
neath tiie-tvings of the Hawk of the Ls-
gi'tuofRi.
The W anderer sent hsralds forward
me to bo respited; bow useless to think
of eooapo, ana how sorely th# sontonco of
the court would bs put into effect at the
a *Aftsr abrief"'risit the oaptaia left me
to mv meditation*.
My mind bad now become mors col
looted, and 1 b gan to seriously consider
my condition. How swiftly time passed
now!
Every time I thought of the sentence
of the coart, something—I do cot know
what—seemed to say taat the sentence
weald nof be carried ont. This faint,
calling to those barbarizes wuo a war aud ( y ju a^ain.
behind the wail to surrender to th6 host '
or Puzraoh, out thus, being entrenched
by the river S.hor, they would in nowise
do. For they were aiad because of their
ahicgitored thousa-ds, and, moreover,
they zntw mat it is better to die than to
live as slaves. Tula they saw aicO, that
taeir host was still as strong as the host
oi Pharaoh, which was without the wall,
and weary with the heat and stress of
battle and the toll of marching through
the desert sands. Now, tne captains of
toe host of Pnuraoh came to trie Wander
er pray leg him trial ne would do no more
battle on that day. b- cause the men wtre
weary, and the horses neighed for food
and wale:.
But he answered their: ‘T swore to
Pnaraoh that I would utterly smite the
people of the Niuebows and diive them
down to death, sotha;thcCoa.teofKhem
may be free of them. Here I may not
camp the host, without food or pasture
lor the hoists, ami if I go back the foe
will gather heart and come on, and with
them tht li.-et of the Acitejs, and no
more snail we lure them into ambush, f.r
therein they have learned a lesson. Nay,
get ye to your companies I will go up
against the camp.'’
Then taey bowed and went, for having
seen iris deeds and his axil! and craft in
war, they he.d aim the drat of the cap
tame anc. dared not say him ray.
So lire Wanderer divided nie host into
three parte, set it in order of battle, and
moved up against tne camp. But he him
self went with the centre part agoiast
tne gate of tne camp for htre there was an
earu.cn w.y.for chariots, :f hut the gates
might be passed. Aid at a word the
threefo.a host rushed on to the charge
Buttnose within lire wa.is shet them
with spears and arrows so that mauy
Were ait in, and thiy were rolled back
Iron) toe wail as a wave ie rolltd from the
o: ft' Again the WaiiCerer budo Item
charge on the right anc left, bearing me
daad oefore them as shields, and hur.ing
corpses into tt-e ditch to ae it. But tie
limse.fuung back awhile withthamiddle
army , watching how tne ball.e v. enr, aid
v.ailing till me foe at the gate sric-uid be
drawn away.
Now; the mere rsrif s of Pharaoh forced
a passage on the rigor, and hither went
ly attachment increased also. There was
no one, except my mother, of whom I
thought so much as I did of my brother.
My father was a strange, cynical man,
and a distant, dreaded parent. He was
very rigid in discipline, and often, 1 fear,
cruel to those over whom he exercised
authority. My mother, on the other
hand, .was vary kind and loving to her
children, exercisiDg her authority gently
but firmly, and always encouraging us
with a smile or kind werd in the per
formunce of our duties.
Our father rarely spoke to ub except to
scold us, and cons< q rently we became
estranged from him as much as we were
drawn to our mother. When I was
abont ten years o!d, oae morning at the
breakfast table I found my mother in
tears, holding a piece of paper in her
band on which was scrawled:
“Dear Mother: I have 1< f: home, never
to return, or, at least, until I can stay at
borne in peace. Don t grieve for me X
shall not write and let you know wnere I
am, for fear you may persuade me to
return. Good bye. I hope I may see
Your loving son
“J hn Walkeu
I shall never forget the impression that
scene left upon me. My father munch
ing away at his breakfast in a state of
perfect stolcis u. and my mother in tears
over the ioes of her son.
K 'eeiing betide d y mother, I buried
my face in her iap ind burst into a 11 od
of tears. . .
My father made no effort to h id my
brother's whereabouts, passing the mat
ter over » great deal more lightly than if
it had tten one of the servants who had
run away.
We learned through tne servants tnat
on the day previous to my brother's ae
parture my father had treated him very
cruelly while ou the plantation. So my
brother’s determination to escape grew
out. o: that treatment.
For months and months I grieved after
one who a I had learned to love with ail
the warmth of my young heart.
My uundle wt-g >n, cross bow, kile and
marbles ail reminded me of the loving
hands that had spent so many hours try
ing to amnse me. Bat now the half of
my young life was clouded by his absecc •,
acd .ife was madeendurable alone by the
love and encouragement cf my mother.
Years pas. ed, and still we heard nothing
from the run away boy, who, if living, by
this time muit have grown into a man
My mother had mourned him as dead
My father never alluded to the unhappy
cc -urrence.
Tne war, with all its attendant evils,
rushed upon us, and 1, by this timegrown
up, felt it my duty to volunteer in defense
of n.y country. Being a Southerner, I
was entnusen with all the hot blood of
the S-utb, and euiisted in her defense.
For something over two years I was
subjected to tne vicissitudes of regular
warfare 1 had seen all the pleasures and
all tee miseries that camp life afford, had
passed through the thickest of the battle
without receiving a scratch. But no w 1
long-d for a change. I bad grown tired
of t. e routine of soldier-life and wished
for sopretbirg .-’Ore exciting.
I therefore determined to visit the
Federal camp as a spy.
Fully aw>re of all the dangers attend
iDg th:s hazardous attjmpt, and that Jr
caught 1 wuu;d Ccilai jiy bs hjyji per
uhnt T knt»w tba.fc reDUt r if I
For the Sunny South.
Y PARENTS had only
• 6) two children. My
brother was my senior
by five or six years, bat
my c nstnat compan
ion and play fellow.
Indeed, he was very
ja ford of me, humoring gtringe^glimmer ”of’hbpej U It could toe
all my childish whims called such, entered the secret recesses or
and never teasing nor ®y heart I cou d see no ground* for
fretting me, ae Is the j nor * ay c,U9e *“ BUCh * P
custom of many older On the evening before the sentence
brothers. Ai onr years ] was to go into efLct my Cnrtstian friend,
innreaaed this brother. Captain Jones, mads me a second visit,
increased this brother I n n( j tt] g mat I had some hope of
escaping the sentence, he told me that I
was acting very foolisnly to indulge each
e thought in the face of all the facts.
1 had written a letter to my mother,
which I now gave him, with the request
that he ehoulc convey it through the
lin.. s as early as possible, as I was anx
ious that she should know my fate.
On glancinging at the superscription,
Captain Jones' color changed. Looking
np, he said:
“I thought you said your name was
Thompson?”
* Oh, I thought that name would do to
be shot under,” returned I, carelessly.
‘‘My real name, Captain, t£ Wa'k-r,
Henry Walker.”
For some moments the Captain seemed
deeply moved, and neither of ub spake.
At last ne arose and said: “I snail be
back at cine o'clock. Good by until that
hour.” rMsaw
Why the Captain abonld be coming
back at nice o'clock I could not co-j c-
ture, but from some cause my mind in
stinctively connected the object of that
visit wits my escape.
Promptly at nine Captain Jones re
turned, and relieving the guard, he said:
“Mr. Walker, 1 nave become vtry much
interested in yon, and, with great danger
to myself, 1 snail undertake to get you
across the lines, and tuna save your life.
Now, it will b j necesiary for yon to obey
orders, as you va.ue your life.''
For half an hour tne Captain remained
with me, and at the end of that time the
plan for my escape was all arranged.
From my inmost heart I thanked him
for the ioitreit he was Ufci: 2 in u:e ’ k' 111,
ne cut short ui> eff usive gratitude by re
minding me tLa an unguarded word or
look would be suttic.eiit for the frustra
tlou o', our plans, and at the same time
endanger him. ... .
By tnis time the gurrd had returned,
ana Captain J.-nes, for the purpose of
Keeping dewn suspicion, admonished me
to prepare for my fate. He now loft for
his own quarters.
Fur two nours 1 was in a state cl the
greatest excite mtnt. Whether or not
our plan would work; and if it did and 1
were io make my escape, had not some
thing fallen, some word cr deed, that
would fasten suspicion on my frieno.
in the midst oi my fears a soldier came
with two gJassts of wine, and said they
were sent for the prisoner and the guard.
By preconcerted understanding I knew
tne smaller glass con taint d wine only,
while the larger one was drugged. I too*
tne smaller glass and quailed the con
tents, while my hand bo shook with ex
citement that 1 feared I should arouse
suspicion. The guard trank the drugged
wine, a~d I knew cow that he had no
inkling of mischitf.
it was but a few minutes before the
guard was sound asleep and snoring. 1
anew the drug had done iis work well.
The soidior who had brought the wine
and gone away now reappeared at the
door. 1 knew lie was the same, deapi.e
that he had taken, off his di guise, a
neavy set of shaggy whiskers.
Before leaving i tcoi the gun of the
unconscious guard, determined, if one
man only stood in my way of escape, to
a aie short work of him.
foiiowed the stealthy fco'
tear from hie <7* with hlo ooot ei—Tto.
cast a look atG *>r*e and
“Peg was er awful gad* oman, « »
nighhUt me when sue wua ‘“ckerway,
an SU looks jest Uk* ’er, an I *»»£ *"
think I'll hev ter gnv ’er up, fer ahe a er
comfort tor mo In my olo duya, an ahe a
nothin liker ’er sisters be. But time is
chanced now ter wat they nst ter wua,
an I apeckt I'm kinder selfish, mebby,
of ahe wua ter luver feller she’d luv lm
ter destruction, jest like Peg luvel me,
atid n
Finishing b<s meal, George started I to
leave the kitchen In the midst of the o d
man's narration, bnt he called after him
and aaid:
“Say, yonBg feller, when ye n Sal git
ter tner atiokin pint, j -st lemme know.
It ’nd be tarnal hard ter guv er up, oat ef
ye lav ’er an she lu'sye, jistsey ther
ward, an we’ll send down fer tner Square
and bitch ye ter onct, 'ithont enny more
o yer tomfooliehntss.”
“Mr. Skinner, X am glad to inform you
that I and your daughter have long since
reached the conclusions to which you re
fer, and with your consent we shall be
come man and wife.”
“W y didn't yer say so long go? Thar s
no use o beatin round ther bush an goin
behind Kobinhood’s oarn ter ax or feller
fer his Sal. C ose, ye kin hev’er. Say,
L'za J*Le, will ve please run down ter
Square MuDger’s an tell lm ter come up
yere right quick, fer Sal an that feller
Georgs wa, wars store does wants ter be
spliced. Hurry up, gal, f-r they’ll git
tired er waitin’’ j. w . H vdeh.
MY DOG MARS,
For the Scssv South:
AST SUMMER A PARTY
of young men from t
prominent Missouri town
went on an extended hunt
in the wilds of Arkansas,
nnd ss a matter of cc u rse
landed in Porcupine Hoi
low.
Tne young men were
full of sport, and when
they came across one of
the native “grays" they
were very csreful to see
all the fun possible at his
expense; bat when they
landed in Porcupine Hollow tl ey were
almost exhausted over their tramp of
twenty miles from the railroad station,
and were as hungry as a sot of wolves.
Then was a store and postoffiie com
bined, a blacksmith shop, s saw mill and
‘ corn-cracker,” a hotel and eight cablnB
stack on the side of the mour.tain, up the
valley. ^
The hotel waa a story and a half log
house, covered with roush clap-boards,
and the store wm a 11x16 log hnt covered ! „ £ War-Time, Well-
with plank and had a etiok-and-mnd Sagacity ol “ " ; n ,, —-
chimney and dirt fl >or, wnlle the mill
was merely a shed made of brush and ref
use lumber, while the blacksmith shop
was under the shade of a great elm tree
which afforded ample pioteotion from
the scorching rays of the summer sun.
A half dozen men were seated on a log
in front of the store when the party of
hunters arrived. Etch of these opened
his mouth and vacantly stared at the
men as if he had nearer seen a human tid
ing before in all their days; but not a
ward did they atter. Tae leader of the
party, Giorge S,Vinton, broke the death
like stiilnesr:
“II iw do you do, gentlemen?”
‘Party tarnal siov. Hiw's yeree’f,
young feller? ’ said cne of the natives.
• First rate, thank y< u Could we get
something to eat and a place to stay over
night hert? ’ asked G •: rge, alter noting
how the “grays” eyed the party of hunt
ef “Don't know; spsekt yer moat. Kerne!
Skinner, one o’ tn^r pierneer sett ers o’
this yere kentry hereabouts keeps ther
only hotel in tner' town. That's his’n
right out thar tar tner righ^—that air
great big un.”
‘ Taint you, sir.”
“Oh, yer welcome.”
“What is this ht.u e here?”
‘ It s thtr biggest store in ther kentry,
an’ ther postffis, an people come yere
ter trade wat lives fer miles ’n miles
erroun. It longs ter Ike MudzSl), an he's
made er ,'o.tin outen o it, an ha s j s put
up er new house up thar on ther side o
tner mounting, an nover ust rr log nuth-
er. He made it outen plauk wat Tom
Jumper sawed uth his new mil! down
thar asideo ther crick. Ike he married
one o Dan Skinner's gals Dan hes five
o them left ylt, an they’re all gol blasted
gule gals, ceptin Sal. They do ever tar
nal bit o ther wura fer ole Dan’s boardin
house.”
“Why, what is the matter wlthSallie?
asked G;orge, after a pause.
“Sal—you mean, I reckon?'’
“Yes, Sallie.”
< O i, she's a kind o good-fer-uuthin
gal. She sits erroun an reads ther pa
pers an bosks an sich. Says she's goln
ter teech skuie, tin's nob iiza ther tother
gals eriali.”
“is thtr plenty of game in this part of
thecountr,? ’
“Lor sakes, mister! ef yer want game
yer in thtr leart o ther kentry 'er that.
Erer’boiy ccmis ter this yere section
w’en they waut game.”
“We want to spend a few weeks hunt
ing and so I presume wc h ,d better go to
the hotel aud see if we can get iodgib
and jn-'ite our oeadqu irters Ih-.re.”
Known Bull-Setter.
Lessons m 0» Tariff.
“An,l what Is rerfprority f
“Why, dearest, don’t you knowf
Thru host by IfliiafTStlop
Its nature I can dlsw.”
“Now, you’ve two red sod rosy UpW
And I've two anna, you sea;
You give the first, the second I—
That's reciprocity.”
Quoth she, “Now don’t experiment
Till sure of your election;
For pa, who sits in yonder room.
Believes in straight protection.”
—Boston Courier.
Ill the Editor's Room.
“J a Holocaust,” shrieked a hi (leone,
HT tongueil object in the city editor's
“And I am a Dull Thud,” growled an ob- j
ject of gloom. , „ .. j
The city editor made two grabs at the j
reporter's copy and hurried to the elevator
shaft. !
"What was that?” inquired the rnanag- ■
editor. , , |
“I dropped a Holocaust down the eleva- t
tor shaft ;vith a Dull Thud,” responded i
the city editor, nnd a silence fell upon the
1 eagerly
steps of my guide for some distance, uo
til wo aearou the picket line. - c0n 5Hnly think yer kin git ter stay,
My companion now sw _ St' qwA n Jf “lm, sharp 0 f r Kernel keep) evtr’body wat wants
tim-: " g staiesmr*tay, an’ef yer need enny shot an'
T..u were dowa, and
tae Waadeier ri a . eu through caem with
kla c ariot. Bat even s h= passed, the
mtic limits o' Fnarach were driven out
from the camp on the r g t, and tht se
Who ltd tne left attai.it tied also. Tae
gotoirrs who should l ave followed tte
Waadtr_r saw andwavtiodaiitUemo-
meat aud v.hi e ttfcy wavertd tie com
ponies of toe barbarians poured into the
gateway and he'.c ir so that none might
p ass. N )W the W#ndtrer was left alone
wtchiu toe camp arid back ue might not
go Bat fear Ckhie not nigh him; nay the
j )y a. Oattlv fll.ea his mignty heart. Ho
cant n:s shieiC opoa tne traz.-n floor of
tht chariot and cr.ed aloud to the chariot
ear. aa ce loosened lira .ox:g grey shales
id his quiver:
• D: -.b on, thou charioteer! Drive or. 1
The j t. tala n *vo the lion la tne toils!
Drive o:.i Drive on! and win a glorious
aea.:t, -.or thus shornd OJy.ssus dlt!
the snanoteor
lashed me nor.
ihty -prang forward mamy among
too. A».d as they rutiled the great bow
ra .g end sai-g the swallow string—rang
tao ow ana sui-g He string, and tho
lean o.i ft trmk the blood o: a loader ef
men a B ain me string sang, agalu the
shait aped forth, aaa a barbarian King
felt iro n his chariot as a diver pluuges
iu.o las sea, and his tot th bit the sand.
\To Se Continued )
i hE BABY OVER THE WAY.
iteer. prsying to uis Gads,
rots aitk hi-, scourge, and
For the tI'sny riotiil
.We fl.=t saw it from the di: g/ window
of a crowded hotel, round, fat and chub
by, contentedly striving to obtain nour
i „moct 'rom the firs: of his stumpy
digi-.s The e.vant girls exchanged
pleasant!i s, and then Bat.y was with
drawn from our dehghttd gtze, and safe
:y ba r.cac.c Iroiu impudent cr erquir-
lug Sj.es, b-cind a set of sober red
3 .1 ad re
A: tea light of plan' ts lingers, so his
memory elu. g to us, and prompted many
auxin ms rooks toward the rittie nouse. We
weie rewsidud by glimpses of nis happy
little .’aca,ruai/y pats of iris dimpled hands
and — a-.y soft c-. olngs from his rosy,
de« y . ip s We iovoa the Baby, and almost
eni-i.c the happy, cheery mother.
Wiir- the Del-8 rang fer church on a holy
baoo»:h,»nd nature reveled in her bright
est. v e saw “dadcu” kiss the cDirpy, cosey
lips, and mamma linger at the gate to
sate . me last glimpse of his strong, bur
ly torm. Friends stopped and stayed, to
see tae baby, the queen of the hour.
Yoaag men, with frtsn violets or rose
bud;] from some loved one; middle aged
men. with a kiss fresh from ttuir little
ones, smiled, genial and fatherly. Even
stern old bachelors were softened by its
bright, velvety ryes. A gay troup of
school children next canxe, and nnlted in
declaiming it the “cutest” of babies.
Bus holds her realm gracefully, and
beato wa upon each and all a beamy, sun
shiny smile, a soft, nestling kies from her
dainty lips.
Bat the time came, ah! toa soon, when
there was no baby at the gate or window
where we watched ior days; when the anx
id us mother was seen at the door, with
a kind old gentleman whom our heart
told oa was a physician; when, though
the birds sang and the flowers nodded,
that house seemed strangely gloomy;
when young children softened their
laughter and older ones wiped their eyes
aa they passed! And then, in spite of
prayers and tears it came—the gentle
Angel of Death.”
And we wept. Gone, with the flowers,
itself a lovely bad, to b.oseom, in the
Court of Heaven! DobOth y,
For the Sunny South.
TBOP TARD.
8he stoo I a’.oot, '.er feet unwounded yet with
Ufe's rough sand):
Wild roses, kissed with morning dews, clung to
tie fair white hands,
She held towards you these offerings rare.
Love did not care—
And sc. blind man you passed on,
Trampling the heart and the roses you had won.
L'Envoi.
A prophecy holds. Have you learned it vet?
Thata woman’s sigh, a tear, or regret
Will over-reach itself some day.
Bo her heart and the roses you .rampled away.
Heard an echo thatcaUed, while “back!” it said
“1 tear you, dear voice, but p'y love ia dead.”
Emma ThaikzkKayi.
merchandise, such as needle-, pins, hand
korchlsf3, stockings and so fojti, and
after prt paring set oat on my dangerous
undoila&mg.
Our p’cket iir,e was within a mile and
a half or that o! the enemy. Tne night
was moonKss an,! uncommonly dark,
and thick, heavy e.ouns iii.cd ide vault
overhead.
Our own line was pissed at the post of
a friend who knew my bnsineHn. and I
was not iong in reaching the F.derar
picket line.
Before doing so, however, I donned my
ci. z n suit and, using a heavy walking
sties, feigned a limp ia my walk. Thus 1
boldly approached the guard. I was
promptly ha.ted and my business de
manat d.
i told that I was a peddier; was several
days out aud that while X had been abroad
the F Ceral army had encamped between
me and my home, which was only a short
distance inside theiints.
Taking hold of my satchel, the guard
demanded the key.
How my heart in at at tbit! I knew if
be found my Confederate uniform my
doom was sealed.
Luckily i had placed my stock of mer
chandise on top, and the outpost, bemg
satisfied with a sopeiiiciai examination,
to my iufi jits reifof returned my satchel
to me and ordered me to pass, warning
me, however, to get in next time before
r.i^ht. Tnis I promised to do and hasten
ed on.
1 now felt that 1 had better bury my
Confcdera.e uniform, as my efleets would
prob^biy be more thoroughly searched
oefore 1 got away, and it might get me
into trouble.
The soldiers were al! astir, for it was
yet earl; ; so I walked boldly into camp,
feigning to be badty crippled, and ottered
n y wares for sale. No one seemed to
suspect mo, and after trading my goods
for tobacco, and conversing with the
soldiers until a late hour, I left for my
own command.
1 had con reeled my soldier clothes be
side a tali tree that I might And with
eas.; but when I looked about me to lo
cate it, I saw so many tall trees that I
knew not which was the right one. For
a time 1 was stealthily groping my way
from one to another whose broad
branches were barely discernible ageinst
the murky vault above. I at last, how
ever, secured iny uniform.
I tad little trouble in passing the
guards, and reach d my own command in
Eafety, well pieased with my fi.-st venture
as a spy.
For some time I kept up this perilous
business, growing bolder and bolder as
the dangers weighed lass heavily upon
my mind. In fact, 1 had no thought
of the hazard connected with the ven
ture, eo complete y was I wrapped up
in my success thus far, and, besides, X
was receiving for my services ample re
muneration. But there came a time
when 1 was less fortunate. It happened
one night that I met the same guard
whom I had passed before. His sus
picions were aroused on hearing for the
second time my story of being belated,
and, worse still, on examining my satchel
be found a letter I had received from an
officer in reference to the very business
then in hand. This letter I had forgot ten
to destroy. By the bright light of a full
moon the large round hand of the officer
could easily be read
At the point of the bayonet he marched
me to the sergeant of the guard, I still
keeping np my feint of being crippied. I
was put under guard until tne next day,
and then came the trial.
The fatal letter condemned me, and 1
waa sentenced to be shot as a spy at the
expiration of three days.
1 now realized the peculiar feeling one
has on knowing the day and hoar he is to
die. I had thought I could meet death
with a great deal more firmness and com
posure than I now felt would be the case
on this occasion. I thought, too, or my
mother, doating oa her son as a brave
soldier, and how she would sorrow to
think that her only boy should be shot
asaspy!
Short aa was my time, I had made no
preparation for death. I wished to take
a serious view of tko situation, to make
peace with God and to meet death In a
proper way; bat I could not collect my
wandering thoughts, was sleepy, from
not having slept the night before, and I
fell into n profound slumber. From this
I waa awakened some hoars later by Cap
tain Jones, who had come to converse
be oust for me to accompany you
u?«‘ i
the boys in gray! No one unless ae o&trol stfrtA v’ a nt to o eti*
With that George led the way to the
‘hotel,” and the “Kamel'’ was seated at
■ ■ ^
for a few days,
foeifo - sUualtd COUld »PP«c*ate #^me^oTmanTTbafi*^ppei|f' Can ? ou ac '
6 i noVdadded that the life of a stf** lu j wf ! s ye<US Waifc ri S ht in ttn
been a little too much exciting rf lrt ' ild 5 r lj4 '- a fifteen }ears{- e yerse’ves to turn,
and resolved to s.isx to my Eoidijh not unreasonable to sindy, Sal, Liza Jane,
even if it were s inewhat monoton%‘n years hence he will be an git these yere fel
After the war Captain Janes,aliiuKie seat, popping in the sdbe quick erbout it,”
Walfctr, visited us at our Southern tj to ill considered or .-•.isl
and our »gcd mo .her was ovtricyil a t , * tC8 lour tow-headed
steiug her iong lost boy. ‘ " t ... , ' ' nllre ; v , J( a through the
On meeting nim when I was a prlstf&T i ’ , pft P out u r: ae ,iu * e stream which
i -ad failed to lecogmz. a brother, * down Porcupine Hol-
now recogn'z jd in my brother Capt ^ • veterans cannot me minutes had passed
Jones, who had so lovingly planned/4p ul and t-JiepereuW yelled at the top or his
narrow escape from tht death of a spjfSt someth' o.« ‘' P ,c'ic
Howard »VAYn»./emeuti\<s'
■ ’ • e, who ai ° l 0 \-.° ..if* *“
-other f.
’Ter yeajr
<'ut ‘' V ' -h-'^bVwith a book ia her
■ _ s hed the center of
“ 'li^ *).’ < A>gniz:d the visi-
v ffi- evidently been
jcW' not to notice
e ' else supposed
rfjV? wc* - < fC <, -''mingin; and
IcP ^ , cN'Sne strangers
TURF NOTES.
A kite shaped track will be built on
farm of Story & Smith, near Cliiliicotbe
Jockey Watts has riden three St. Le
winners. The value cf ISOO's St. Leger.
15,200. I
The book of tire fashionable Eng'.Lsb
St. Simon, is tilled for two years in adv.-ill fil-' B i ih«P
at the high fee of S1.S50. f life I rat
A project has been started in Teiv‘' !l !’!' : '%e ' ®
to erect a monument over tire gravy ntuciRe
king of pacing sires, Tom Hal. 6 muck
a»ve, father?” said a
\° 'J the adj jiaieg room.
,yo'l vere.”
^ trim figure of a girl
F. C. O’Reilly bought Ilaubver ot the-
Dwyer Brotliers for 610,500 one day and sold
him the next for 420,000 to Milton Young,
a profit of $4,300.
Over ?40,000 lias been subscribed toward
the new track to be built at Nashville, I
Tenn. It is said that the track will be j
built ou the kite shape model. i
>-.rev strangers
”'a v- “ f r emoarrass-
to"-iecs for a moment,
Ai to- the fl jor.
git these yere men some
pro, Bfti? ’ inquired the old mnn.
Yes, sir,” she said, la a firm voice,
Kai.1
editor’s desk without rnakin
Washington Star.
Nothing Worth Me
‘Have
anv evidence to oiler as to .
,i )«” demanded
For the Sunny 3outh.
Tne biography of my dog “Mars” has
never been written; but it sbouid oe, be
cause he was nearly human in his intelli
gence and possessed many traits that en
titled him to remembrance long after
death.
“Mars” was bull aid setter, a cross
which endowed him with beautiful black, j
white and tan spots, and dimensions !
much greater than those of the ordinary |
setter. He was born during the war, and j
was originally cdltd Manassas after the
battle of that name. It was in couse
quence of this fact, I think, tnat his bull
is a tendencies predom nated and oe 0s
came irritable and a little treacherous
towards those who presumed on h’s Co
c'.llty to pat his h- ai or ; u'l his tail.
The ti.'tt tbiug cc urred when Mars and
I were both y^u ig—net puppies—and I
thick it will at once prove that hii intel
ligence was at times almost «■ qua! to hu
man urdersUnding. The family ia which
Mars was raised consisted of four p rsons
and seven cats, whose names were all ;
known toMara. Oi this there was not
the slightest d)ub;, for he was tested re
peatedly and never eircd. If we said,
Mars, go and kiss W-Uebaek. Jerry, Feu
tarch, etc., he would at once select the
designated cat and kiss it. Jerry always
had a chair at the table jest beside my
own, and I nave many times called Mars
and, placing a plec j of meat ou his nose,
sale: “Now, Mars, this is for Jerry.” He
would permit Jerry to reach out his paw.
and taxe the meat from his nose, and this
without moving a muscle. T..en I would j
place another piece on his nose and say: ;
“Now, Mars, this is :or you,” when he |
would Immediately throw his head aside
and catch it. . I
One day a number of kittens were taken
to an oven filled with water and drowned.
As Mars stood r gretfuliy waicuing the
proceeding, I said: ‘ Mars, the poor little ;
kittens are drowned!” He listened for a , J’.,,
moment, then walked to the oven and, j weaituj. ..
wi;h his foot, raked for them until the Mp- Baque 3e> Are they not
oven was empty. I Miss B. B. I should say not.
sound.—
the character of the
tfce judge.
! “One moment, your honor,” replied the
'attorney. “What do you know of it?” lie
| whispered to his client.
| “Nothing but this: He was a man with
out blame, pore in all bis thoughts, be
loved and respected of all men and”
“Where did you learn that?”
“I copied it from his tombstone.”
“Your honor,” sail the attorney, “we
have nothing to offer. ’—Chicago iribune.
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NEVES BEEN OlSAPPOlNVED
:t general faini!;
My pooms unto her I
(A very dainty rhvi
She turned her head :
“For verses I have i
d colleetioa - )—
av and said,
affection.”
vas th-
sighed and cursed the book,
l into the stream I d throw it;
>ii!d learn to love
Munsev's Weekly.
Miss B-aq'ie Br-y—I understood yon to
mamma, that the Emersons were
very body
i wore her sum-
Mrs. B. B.—I should think she would be
afraid of taking cold.—Cane Cod Item.
circuit stance toa caller, and proposed to j except Miss Emerson,
tost the d >g’a memory by repealing mer gl
my former remaik. I s.mpiy said:
“Mars, go show us where too kit
tens were drowned;'’ ai_d mucu to my
astonishment he ra x to the oven and be
gan raking the wvter out with his paw.
T us was the first and only time he had
hea:d of the kitteos for a year.
O.r another cccrsioa i was sl tieg with
son. e friends in the parlor, and spoke of
his seeming c -mp -ehensiou of words and
commands he had never previous y heard
Scene—General S. S. A
six months lienee.
Mr. B. Z. Ness—Book me for the
tonic to r
S. S. ,V:
oadway;
Plu-
X went out aud eim boken. SI
n!-Weil, I can accommodate y„u think this would have occu lye
eamiuanos ue uau «« i» “Z you on la-r; but ii it's on urgent business had been wearing a Steveus’Wat- - It'r.t-
ignxsrdft&z&iz @| si&SK&Sfe 2rts*“(
new improve men t3.
Please meutiou t^-is paper. 2? 2tt.
Hifftanglfs ^rtrioii..
said:
without any in-! “ Dear io-. rn -.h, *‘T)
1 Oly I.-arhn-r Fo
ard almost flaw from the room.
•■Sal's-er mouty geda gal,” the old man
aaid, “duo she’s got ’or mind eot on boia’
er skuie miss an she’s alias studyin’.
She knows how ter wurk, though, an i
fin’ lots o’ comfort in ’er. Sae’s so much
like ’er mother wus, an’ er better ’oman
never drawed er breath in Arkansas than
Peg waz.”
re- i- j , i In a reasonable time the meal was an-
Dr. i'. -i., of Lexington, Kv_, ls ».nown ! nounced, and the hungry men did ample
as the father of trotting races. It is said . justice to the plain hut well cooked food,
he was the first horse breeder to tura Lis and “Sal” waited on them in a manner
attention to the scientific develop merit and becoming an adept in the dining room,
training of the trotter. | George took occasion to speak with her
m. - - ... io , r, . t ! several times during the meal, and found
The purchase of Alfred S. br Robert , tnat she possessed r*3 renunt that
Bon ne r iiiCi’iiis tiKit the* f;isi son of Elmo j weald gr&cs & city gii*l.
will be retired from the turf. The price , Tne banters would return each evening
Orin Hickock received for the gelding is. to the old log hotel ladec with game, ana
said to have been $7,500. i ‘ Sai” was well qualified to cook it j ust to
I theirtAsto
Memoir was the seventh St. Leger win- J All passed off merrily, while George and
nerin the tv.entj-two years wuo was also , ‘ sii’’ had become very intimate fr.eads
the Oaks winner, the others being For-j duriag tne time. Taeir friendship had
niosa, Hannah, Marie Stuart. Apology,,] ripened into love, and George offered her
Jannette and Seabreeze. I his hand and heart, which she accepted.
Alvin the fiver tw ™t )„• He 8et about ttea to secure the old gen-
ABui, the flyer that cut down ho.record , l)eman - 9 consent, and made repsatod at-
at Inuependcnce to -.14.^, is a( auaman , tempts to gain an audience with him
non-standard bred stallion. He as named , privately, bnt all efforts proved futile,
after his owner, Alvin Merrill, of Tilson-j At last Ike was prevailed on to send'for
burg, Canada, who once owned Ihitron. I the old man to come down to the store.
The great race mare Firenzi will remain j SSSftfcSK’ gentleman .“the^ear ot
V* t'.' 1 '' searon. as her owuer, Mr. : t j, e fc j 0 re wished to speak with him. He
J. B. Haggm, mis leased her racing iiuali- we nt arouLd there, to findGsorgewait-
ties for the year to hif^frainer, Matt Byrnes, ing for him. He understood the situa-
After next year she will go to Mr. Hoggin’s ! tion in an instant, and before Gdorge
stock farm. could speak he turned on his heel and
Twfv 4 3et !n °t ! ' 1 "p- El b ® at | He^left home for several days, but on
Donovan m tne Prince of \i ales stakes . bis return his daughter’s suitor was still
and ran t.urd to Donovan aud Miguel in . there, and seeing the determination of
last year’s Derby, was sold to the Hu nga-1 the young man, one day at dinner he
rian government for 3,500 guineas, died in said:
shipment to Hungary. I “Say, young feller, wat yer bin er
Ms; renin.. r> .i I wantin' ter talk ’nth me eroout?”
May. I -*iltf» . Johnston, thewell known . «xt is an importaut matter, air and
wotting horse owner and president of the j should . be very carefully considered, I
National ! rotting association, will appear think; bat you have persistently avoided
v.as then with us.
He im^’i- : ‘ "“‘'■ft into the parlor
and p'^ c = ree - . ®|licr iap, a/vatted j —
fort:•!>«*’*« Vj|’ ed him th^g be- j
tne doethe newsijaptr, waiciT’ie j ■ iUl1 *
carried to^omerSoaiber of the faini
Tnis he begaa doin
struct! ng.
I was sitting in the parlor one morning j
aud heard several negroes Irying to in
dues him to pick up the paper waich had
ju3t been thrown. He paid no attention
to them. Finally. I salt: “Eringmethe
paper, Mars,” and,he instantly plcktd it
up and brought it to m-.'
Mars wa] a peacemaker, and many a
time 1 have seen him break up a zhichan
ffghi, gently placing his paw on the
ia ger combatant while the smaller one
ran away. He was never known to eat a
piece of chicken which was killed on the
let.
Now I am about to relate something
which may stem incredible, but it is
absolutely trne, undoubtedly, and proves
the dog's understanding of th6 Snglish
language.
During the war, Mars, or Manassas, as
he was then called—was permitted to
stay iu the house that he might not be
poisoned or killed. For sometime my
grandfather had let him out at night, in
ie ponse to his whines at his bedside. 1
had retired one night, when my grand
father, who was fuz ing too unwell to get
up to let the dog out, brought him early
to my bedside ana said:
“Now, Mars, if you want to go out to
night, come to Marse Hjnry.”
1 laughed and turned over, pretty con
fident of an unbroken re3t. About mid
night, however, I was awakened by two
l>ig paws and a cold nose pressing on me.
of pron
ill I the
, tlie letters all
words of each
“My Ovvnest Jac
“Sir.” and ;
UL
.r Friend,” “Dear Jolin,"
Leaf Clover,”
Dear John,’’ “Dear Sir,” thee
mate Error.
You have actually pent a bill
tibes. What insult! What ia-
Travers—
with my cl<
famy!
Tailor—Ii was all our new bookkeeper’s
fault, sir. He got you mixed up with thoso
who pay.—Clothier and Furnisher.
. Collar
, Bruises
, Abrasion
J V Scalds, .
lions. J
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The object of his visit was unmistakable.
He did not go to his master that night at
all, but came to me instead—a thing he
never did before or afterwards, for he
was not so instructed.
Oue night he asked to be let ont, and
the following day he showed unmistak
able signs o' poisoning, which resulttd
in his death. We were many days
mourning the noble old dog, who must
have held the soal of some a. an who had
died and entailed It.
Montgomery,
BAEV'S RESTING .PLACE.
an owner and a racer of thoroughbreds
next season. He has a number of year
lings in training in Kentucky.
The directors of Charter Oak driving
park, Hartford, have decided to offer $25,-
000 for foals of 1*00, $10,000 to be trotted
for in 1S93, and $15,000 in 1894; $200 en
trance, with a special provision that non
winners iu 1892 can start iu 1894 for $100.
The distance of the English St. Leger is
lmffe.O furlongs and 132 yards. On this
side of the Atlantic the records for dis
tances about t his length are Glidelia, IJf
miles, at Sheepsuead, in 3:01, and Enigma,
1 mile and 7 furlongs, at Sheepshead, in
&20. The English and American time for
the St. Leger distance are about the san>%
SH3 and 3:12 2-5 respectively.
The leaves of the common sundew are
provided with hair like glands which ee-
eretea sticky substance, upon which minute
insects arc caught, and then the gland%
let in motion by the struggling captive^
bend over and enfold them, and they an
digested as food.
* Ssems ter me that yon'n Sal’s gittin
puny lovin,” he continued, without no
ticing the answer to hia question.
“O father! ’said Sallie, blushing.
“Young feller, yer moat be gittin nigh
ter ther stickin pint, haint yer?”
“I should like to speak with yoa pri
vately upon several matters, bat I hardly
think tide a proper place,” aaid George,
hoping to torn the tide or the conversa
tion.
“It takes yer er terrible long time ter
git thar, it ’peara ter an ole oodger like
me."
Well, Colonel, how did yon enjoy your
.—• -■ and " "■
, J i
indulged in merriment.
“W’ei
risit?” asked George; an
and left the room, while the other girl
Sallie got no
-
Jen I’nPegwuz hitched,” oontinned
the old fellow, “we had no sich foolish
ness ea ye an Sal be carryin on. It didn’t
take oa long ter fin’ ont whuther we
salted er not. I Jist went down ter whar
Peg lived one Sunday an axed er ef ahe
would jine me, an she sorter luffed an
looked kln’er quare, an aed ‘yea’ qnick-
er'n yer could say ‘scat.’ It fairly dazed
me, she said it so qulca’n sadden.”
The old man paused nnd wiped a stray
The gypsies tarry tlieir- babies ithe
packs in which they cairy their goods.
The Turks u-.r cradles, -:i-! they spend a
great deal of money in iuiaying their ba
bies’ cradles wilii mother of pearl.
The Ch ine.se boatwouian lias Lev bal>j
strapped upon her I>u.k, and it bubs up
and down us she sen 1 la. over the water.
The African womau carries her baby ia
the bag formed by quaking the dress full
in front, and thus carry them next to their
ftkin.
The Greeks had no cradles hi the time of
Plato, and the li»st notice \ve> have ot* cra
dles in the cl.issics is in the works of Plu
tarch.
On the Californian peninsula the chil
dren are cradled in turtle shelK and thejr
go to sleep by the rocking of this quite as
well as our babies da
No cradles of any kind are used in Japan,
and the Japanese baby is never bandaged.
It is wrapped loosely in a cloth of some
kind and placed on a soft mattress on the
floor.
The Indians of northern California make
a very pretty basket cradle. It is shaped
tike a slipper with a square toe, and it looks
os soft and as pretty as any baby basket
Hju have ever seen.
A World’s Temple of Architecture.
Here is a World’s fair suggestion
which comes from a correspondent of
The Chicago Tribune residing at Edin
burgh, Scotland. He says:
I think a separate unique building should be de*
voted entirely to a display of the models of all the
famous buildings and bridges of th* world—the
Toj of Agra, British India; St Peter’s, Rome;
House of Parliament; the Winter Palace, St. Pe
tersburg; St. Sophia's Moeque, Constantinople;
Oftlieeum, Rome, etc., and such bridges as the
Joth bridge, London bridge, the Rialto, the
iMdge of Sighs, Venice; the Bridge of the Holy
jMnlty, Florence, and Trojan's bridge over the
Danube. How few there are who will ever bavt
•bechance of seeing all, or even a few, of these
architectural triumphs scattered over the globe,
■ut there is a splendid opportunity of placing
them In miniature before the eyes of every visitor
to the Chicago World's fair. A Temple of Archi
tecture Is, therefore, what I would propose aa a
vahuhie and useful “tnrtln to the *rtmX ahow.
feature.
“What is that?”
“It lets such tunes as ‘AIcGinty* and
‘Annie Rooney’ severely alone.”—Munsey’a
Weekly.
A McAllisterefete.
TLi»‘ lady which i saw with he
Was not her whom I thought her was;
And yet it seems quite strange that me,
W hat knows our whole society,
Should fail to see them furs
Was hers.
— New York Sum.
Duties are not very quick at repartee.
I’m onto you,” said Chappie's trousers
hi the morning.
Come oil, was- Chappie’s response flw
hours later.—Xew York Evening Sun.
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Sillibub— ShocUIiman is getting very
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Quickmau—^es; I understand the colors
in his new neckscarf are on speaking terms.
—Clothier and Furnisher.
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And you betcher sweet life,
He couldn’t break into our set.
—Washington Star.
eared Jliiuself.
class)—Mr. TufTern, i3 ’
Professor (i
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Sophomore—No, sir; it hasn’t been
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THE OLD RWife
5(;.n*s u Fool.
. W lien Clipid .strikes a womau's heart.
He ;ret.s it willy uiliy:
Bui when iie strikes the heart of mn-
Ue merely kuocks it silly.
—^Washington SU
A Simple blatter.
“Can you <»et the right pitch on this 4
net?” %
“Yes; gimme it (pitches it out of
window). There you are!”—Puck.
All for Ten Dollars.
Twas at the fair. “I'll take a kiss," said te.
“All right.’’ the maiden said—in for a cup..
Then took a card and kissed it, one, two, thiee-
And wrapped it up iu dainty, tinted panat
The Best Kind.
“There’s no rest for the wicked.”
“Oh, yes there is. There’s arrest i
wicked.”—Munsey’s Weekly.
A Question.
“Could you learn to love me, darling?”
Thus lie whispered with a sigh.
“Well. I might in time,” she murmured,
“But 1 do not care to try 1”
—Hew York Bo
If yon will imagine a big shoe lined
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youth nnd you will enjoy a green old ace.
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ALL PARTS OF THE SOUTH.
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or C. P. ATMORE, Gen’l Pass, Ag't.,
Louisville Ky.
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