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THE SUM NY SOUTH
JANUJkHY 26, 1907
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A Story of Love and THrilling Interest
By ANNA KATHERINE GREENE. Author of “The Millionaire Baby/’ "The Filigree Ball/’ Etc.
window, which ^ one
ITITIX thi
was only a few feet above
;>!s head, stood tiie glow
ing image of a woman clad
in pinit. and sparl.ling with
Jewels. Her face was
turned from him. but he
recognized her splendor as
that of the one woman
who could never be too
gorgeous for his taste;
and, alive to this unex
pected opportunity, he
made for this window with
the intention of shouting tip to her. and j
so attracting; her attention.
Rut this proved futile, and. driven at!
last to the end of his resources, lie tore j
out a slip of paper from his notebook j
and. in the dark and with the (blinding '<
snow in his eyes, wrote the few broken
sentences which lie thought would best
warn iter, without compromising ids
master. The means lie took to reach
liej- with this note r have already re
lated. As soon us he saw it in her liaiulk
lie fled the place and took the ilrst train
west. lie whs in a pitiable condition
when, three days later, lie reached the
small station from which lie had orig
inally set oui. The haste, the exposure.
had ever been aible to sound, unless
it was tlie man wiio hud known him in
Jiis days of struggle, was one of those
dangerous men who can conceal under a
still brow and a. noiseless manner the
most violent passions and the most des
perate resolves. He was angry with ids
wife, who was deliberately jeopardizing
his good name, and lie had come there
to kill her if lie found her Haunting the
diamond in Mr. Grey’s eyes; and though
no one could have detected any change
in his look and manner as lie passed
through the room where these two were
standing, the doom of that fair woman
was struck when lie saw the eager scru
tiny and indescribable air of recognition
with which this long-defrauded gentle
man eyed his own diamond.
Ilo had meant to attack her openly,
seize the diamond, (ling it at Alt'. Grey’s
feet, and then kill himself. That had
i been his plan. But when lie found, after
j a. round or two among ihe guests, that
1 nobody looked at him, and nobody
as to take in Ills hands the two cups of
coffee which should serve as his excuse
for this intrusion, but his naturally chiv
alrous instincts again intervened, and lie
set tlie cups down again—-this 1 did not
see—and turned his steps toward the li
brary with tlie intention of writing her
u note instead. But though he found
paper and pen to hand, h© could And no
words for so daring a request, and lie
came into the hall, only to hear that
the woman lie had contemplated
addressing had just, been murdered find
iter great jewel siulen.
Til® shock was too much, and as there j
was no leaving 'tlie house Ihen, lie re- ^
treated again to ithe library where lie!
devoured his anxieties in silence till
revived again at sight of the diamond
in tlie inspector's hand, only to vanish
under tlie machinations of one lie did not
even recognige when lie 'took ihe false
jewel from his hand.
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ignized tin- well known millionaire in the ! *-'r 80 ** seemed. ' !u *- ^ l * ,e English-
tutnniiitoiiliki- figure with Hie formally j nl; ui Is. slow, lie in sure. Thrown off the
figurt
arranged whiskers and sleekly combed J
luvir, colder purposes intervened, and he
asked himself if it would not be possible
t«i come upon her alone, strike his blow, |
possess himself of tlie diamond and make I
for pttrts unknown before liits identity {
the horror ol' the crime in
avert, had undermined his
i-ellent constitution, ami t
of a serious iilness wen-
make themselves mauifes .
his Indomitable muster,
great fund of energy and u
saw that if he was to sum
brother fand now thai Ain
was dead, his old master
world to himi. lie must niak<
ers alibi good by carrying
eeption os planned By the lath
ting as soon as posslbl
can?> in the New Aloxi > mou
knew tiiat he would hav
to do this, and he wen: about
sparing himself.
AJaking his way into the
he found tiie guide and
place agreed upon. and. i
enough for his services t
\ -
had tailed t
-liith
i<- symptoms
beginning to
But ho. like
possessed a
illpower. He
Abner Hair-
Fa irbrother
was all the
■ could he discovered. Tie loved life ev
; without the charm east over it by this
woman. Its struggles and its
j bought luxuries fascinated him. Tf Air
track for the time being, Mr. Grey had
only .to see a picture of tlie stiletto in
the papers, to feel again that, despite all
appeara.nces, Falrbrotlier was realty not
only a; the bottom of the thefts from
which his cousin and himself had suf
fered, but of 'this frightful murder as
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well. lie made no open move—he was |
I a stranger In a strange land and much j
hard- I disturbed, besides, by his fears for lr is j
| daughter—but he started a secret in- !
Fairbrt
hi tlie
r. and i
| Grey suspected him, why, Air. Grey was j ,[Uiry through Ills old- valet, whom he
Kngiish, and lie a resourceful American. : ran across in the street, and whose tie-;
If ii came to an Issue, the subtle Ameri- ! euliar adaptability for this kind of work j
j can would win if Air. Grey were not able i lie well knew.
" point to the flaw which marked this j The aim of these inquiries was to de-!
j diamond as his own. And tTiis. Fair- | termine if tlie person, whom two physi-j
■ brother had provided against, and would ] elans and three assistants were endea- !
| succeed in if lie could hold his passions i voting to nurse bask- to health on the!
n check and be ready with all his wit j to r» of a wild plateau in a remote dis-
wiien matters readied a climax. j ,1- iet of New Mexico, was the man lie
the mountains,
lis horse at tiie
laying the guide
o insure a quiet
tongue, rode hack toward K! Aloro, where
lie was met and sent on ;o Santa Fe.
as already related.
Sucli is the real > xpla.nation of the
well-nigh unintelligible scrawl found in
Mrs. Fail-brother s hand after her death.
As to tiie one which left Aliss Grey's
'bedside for this same bouse. iL was alike
In the writing and sending, the loving-
freak of a very sick but tender-hearted , 1; ic
girl. She had noted tlie look with which j air
Air. Grey had left her. and. in her do- j see
lirious state, thought that a line in her ter
own band would convince him of her
good condition and make it possible for
him to enjoy tiie evening.* She was.
however, too much afraid of her nurse
to write it openly, and. though we never
found that scrawl, it was doubtless not
very different in appearance from
the one with which T had con
founded it. The man to -whom it was
intrusted stopped for tlie man;, warming
drinks *on hits *wfiy fur t ever
Afr. R&lisdell's-house lie did
return home that right, and
did put in an appearance tiie
big he was dismissed.
This takes me back to t
\lrs. Fair brother. Sir aa.i
much fear of her husband
eeived his old servant's note
1° bis | Such wi re the thoughts and such tlie
ins. lie | plans of tlie quiet, attentive man who.
strength I with his tray laden with coffee and ices,
without 1 . ante and went an unnoticed unit among
I twenty other units similarly quiet and
similarly attentive. He waited on lady
after lady, and when, on the reissuing
"I Ah’. Durand from the alcove, he pass-
ed in there with his tray and his two cups
of coffee, nobody heeded and nobody re
membered.
H was all over in a minute, and be
aiic- cut. siiil unnoted, and went to the
supper room for more cups of coffee.
Hut that minute had set its seal on his I
heart for ever. She was sitting there j
alone with her side to the entrance, so
I hat in- uad to pass around in order to
fa-e nor. Her elegance and a certain
he had of remoteness from the
s, i in- of which who was the glowing .-en
ter when she smiled, awed him and made
his hand loosen a little on the slender
std.'iio lie help close against the bottom
ol the tray. But such resolution does
noi easily yield, and his fingers soon
lightened again, this time with a deadly I
grip.
H'- had expected to meet the flash of
ihe diamond as lie bent over her. and
dreaded doing so for fear it would attract
bis eye from her face and so cost him
reach the sight ot ihat startled recognition
even j which would give the desired
ome entertained at liis own board in
Kngland. and the adventures thus in
curred would make a story in itself.
But the result seemed to justify them.
Word came after innumerable delays,
very trying to Air. Grey, :hat lie was' not
tlie same, though he bore the name of
Falrbrotlier. and was considered by ev
ery one around there to be Fa irbrother.
Air. Grey, ignorant of the relations be
ll ween the mlllionaie master and his
! matt which sometimes led to the latter’s
j personifying the former, was confident of
| in's own mistake and bitterly ashamed of
I his own suspicions.
But a second message set him right. A
deception was being practiced down in
New Mexico, and this was how his sff?
had found it out. Certain letters which
went into the sick tent were sent away
again, and always to one address. He
had learned the address. It was tiiat of
James Wellgood. C . Maine.
Grey would look up this AVel
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il anil
j u flying
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Air. Durand and I have just re
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Manor.
(THE END.)
of the country with him. The
were iri safe deposit, but that safe di
posit wus in his strong room in the cen
ter of his house in Eighty-sixth street («i I
room which you will remember in con- 1
section with Sweetwater's adventure). To i
enter his own door with his own latch j
If Air. l ki-y in the security and darkness of a j and Tumor is a recognized success,
ood ne | stormy night, seemed to this self-eonfi- - ware of imitators. Write today to
their possessions, j friends, including Captain Rankin, arid
The bamboo groves of Japan are one of ! - L young soldier named Horton, wer*
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j it. shielded
i when he
. blow. he
But tlie (ray. as he
her breast from view
lowered it to strike
thought of nothing
held
a nd
his
but
never had j aiming so truly as to need no second
till she re- J blow. He had his experience in those
in the i»e- j old years in a mining camp, and he din
would doubtless learn something of tne| dent man a mater of no great risk. Nor
man lie was so interested in. j did he find it so. He reached his strong
Tltis gave Mr. Grey personally some- room, procured his securities and wvs
filing to do. for he would trust no sec-1 leaving the house, without having sttf-
ond party with a message involving <ue, ;cred an alarm, when some instinct of
J honor of H possibly innocent man. As' self-preservation suggested to him tin
i the place was accessible by railroad BUd*. ad\isability of arming himself with a
i uis duty clear, lie took the journey in-j j,j<>T. His own was iti Alaine, but lie
I \ol\ed and succeeded in getting a I remembered where Sears kept his; h •
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j man James Wellgood. This time he rec- trunk ilP , la<] bought with him from the
ogruzea Fan-brother and. satisfied I rom ; .. ,, , .
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one of the windows and running. On
making their appearance, Captain Stew
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Captain Rankin received a dangerous
wound in one of his thighs. Young Hor
ton was shot down while running tnrougn
the garden. Life not being entirely ex
tinct, one of the villains placed the muz
zle of his gun to the head of young Hor
ton and fired, literally scattering his
■brains.
The party then proceeded to the Goode
euliar manner ahead iu":ilion(
coming through the night aim
and with all ill" marks of hm : ■
did impress her greatl and if
take the first means wli;,-. ofiv-i
ding herself ol I" i dr agent - •
The story of this w.> know.
■Meanwhile, a burning hear;
scheming train were
deadly work a few ;>a
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j not fear failure in this. What he did
^ ! "a ■ was her utterance of some cry—pos-
| sib!y Ills name. But she was stunned
, with honor, and did not shriek—horror
S OI -‘ini whose eyes she met with her
! r^hissx ami staring 1 ones ;is he slowiv
‘ drew forth ihe weapon.
U ':> he drew it forth instead of leav-
: in# it in her breast lie eould not say.
1 Po-sibJy hoi-ause. il gave him liis mo-
! niiMii. of gloating revenge. When in an
other instant, her hands flew up, and the !
j tray lipped, and the china fell, the re-I
I valsion came, and Ids eyes opened to i
I two facts: the instrument of death was |
| still in ills grasp, and the diamond, on j
whose po.-session he counted, -was gone j
from his wife’s breast.
It was a horrible moment. Voices ( .,,uld i
lie beard approaching the alcove—laugh- I
dig voices that in an instant would take!
on the note of horror. And the music— j
I ah! how low it had sunk, as if to give j
pla e to tlie dying murmur he now heard ;
issuing from her lips. But he was a man '
"f iron Thrusting the stiletto into the
lirs’t place tiiat offered, lie drew the cur.
tains over the staring windows, then slid 1
out with his tray, calm, speckless and at- ■
ti-ntive as ever, dead to thought, dead to j
feeling, but aware, quite aware in the!
secret depths of his 'being that something >
besides liis wife had been killed that j
! night, anil that sleep md peace of mind
the circumstances of the moment, that
iie would lie making no mistake In ac
cusing him of having taken the Great
Mogul, he intercepted him In his flight,
as you have already read, and demand
ed tiie immediate return of his great
diamond.
An,) Fa irbrother'.’ Wc shall have io
go back a little to bring his history up
to ‘.liis critical instant.
When he realized tiie trend of publ
in-'
I ... .... ... ... and became front that instant invincible
But in restoring the articles lie had pulled
out he came across a photograph of liis
wife and lost himself o' er it and wen:
mad. as we have lieaid the detective tell-
j That later, he should succeed in trapping
i this detective and should leave tlie lionc
j without a qualm as to his fate shot' s
) what sort of man iie was in moments
opinion: when he sa w a perfc Uy In- j of extreme danger. I doubt, from what
nocent man committed to the Tombs for j have heard of him *ince, if lie eve,
ins crime, he was first astoni-’.led ami ^ gave two thoughts to the man after ne
then amused at what in continued to re-| | l;lJ sprung the double lock on him;
gnr,l as tiie triumph of ins star. ^ n! i whicli. considering his extreme ignorance
ho did not start for El Moro. wise as he | of who his vjct im was or what relation
lie bore to his own fate, was certainly
remarkable.
•Back again in C . lie made liis final
largest and roost carefully cultivated
bamboo plantations in tlie world, not ex
cepting those of China, some of the Jap
anese plantations being several square
mile in extent.
Not even the Chinese have found so
many uses for the bamboo as the Japa
nese. They excel even the Chinese in its
universal use, especially among the com
mon people. The plant is a vital neces
sity to the Japanese peasant. Jt is one j hotel, to which they applied the torch,
of <^lie favorite themes of tlie Japanese land afterwards to the court house an i
artist and artisa.ii. and some of the most j jail, l>ut these buildings were saved by
Bamboo Cultivation—-Its . deli; iitely beautiful works of Japan’s art i the eitizens. «’apiain Stewart's men.
•are manufactured from Mo* wondrous ! hwo were Quartered in different parts ot
1 'bamboo. And what this noble plant is tf >’- l°wn, soon rallied but were provent-
. , _ . . led Irom firing on the murderers and
to tne natives of China, Japan, Asia, in- j ,. ousc burners, they having placed an
dia and their adjacent islands, it may t old lady and several children in a pos:-
well become in many ways even to the ; tion between them and the former. After
proud people of the Cnited .Slates of j this the party withdrew from the town.
America “Captain Stewart had .been engaged in
' So convinced is our beneficent depart- I I’nntlng deserters, stragglers, etc., and
,, , „ , for performing his duty in this respect
mom ot agncultme of its t,tine .ml th • ; hjg (j(> ha(] been threatened more than
practicability ot raising the bamboo sue- on ce. as well as the lives of the men titi-
oessfully in the gulf states and in Cali- : ( j er ifim. He was a gallant soldier, and
fornia that it sent an agent, to Japan for j was liked by all who enjoyed his a •-
I THE GULF STATES OFFER RICH
i Future for
; Profits.
Continued front Second Page.
ground as they twist or plait it. This
bamboo cordage is admirably light and
strong, and is used for cables for the
junks, and also for their rigging. Their
sails, too. are made of bamboo, woven
in fine fibers.
felt it would be to do so. Something of
Cue fascination usual with criminals kept
him near the scene of liis crime—that.
and an anxietv to see how Sears would, , ,, , , ,
conduct himself in the southwest. That | Pi'T^atious for departure, lie had al-
Sears had followed him to New York. ,
knew ids crime, and was the strongest i *-' ,e launch.
Ihe epidermis ol tin* bamboo is .. , .
, , , . -, , , , ■, the purpose ot investigating the methods quaintanee.
hard and slirav. So largelv does stlex I 1 1 . , ... ,,
... ; ot its culture and ascertaining all other !
. UK ,- into its composition that it ' ints impomn oe. What a.v the con- ! THE ‘' COMMANT-SR-IN-CHIEF."
-Hike fii" wuh steel, m the sain,- way lug , ons ,.p ilohe <i on t' nt . subject w. shall I The following eulogy on General Lee
a piece of flint. It is this hard, tough presently was published in The Edgefield (S. C.i
1 ; Advertiser:
“The man who possesses and who has
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days. • so long displayed all the genius, knowl-
! —, _——.. , i edge, firmness and quickness which are
I PAZu oilsTAIE.N I is 5,uaiantced tc . p ssi , nt 5 a i to tiie constitution of a great
cure any case of Itching, blind, Bletc n =military commander: the man whose won
derful adaptation for the control of other
Bortrtming idles in
money refunded. 90c.
14 days
texture that gives It strength and dura
bility. Marco Polo saw a pavilion of the
great khan or emperor, the roof of which
was made of bamboo canes richly gilded
and varnished. The roof had been laid
many years before, and bid fair to Iasi
for as many more years to come. Thes i
bamboos, be says, “were eaeli three paims
in circumferapee and ten fathoms (sixty
onmiunicaled with the captain of i feet) long, and being cut at Uie joints, j
ho mav or may not ha vs i were split into equal parts, and laid ’
witness against him, was as far from hisl 1;nown ilis passenger's real name. lie j concave and convex, to form gutters." j
thoughts as that* he owed him the warn-' says that lie supposed him to be some j Our missionaries inform us still further j
ing- which had all but balked him of his J agent of Air. Fail-brother's; that among j that not only roofs, but entire dwellings !
revenge. When therefore he read in the the first orders he received from that i art built of bamboos. This is especially j -old Reliable’ pronounces it
papers that “Abner Falrbrotlier" had gentleman was one to the effect that he the case in the southern province of £>.- Iganized and efficient body;'
been found sick in ills camp at Santa Fe. was to follow tlie instructions of one j chuen, where nearly every house is con- ! " ‘Charleston, January 9.—To tlis Ex-
he felt :hat nothing now stood in the Wellgood a? if they came from himself; I struclcd solely of this great giant bamboo |«*}lMicy,
plans he had j that lie had done so. and not till he j and built substantially, too. Not only-
had Mr. Tail-brother on board bad he j so. but nearly every article used in the
known whom he was expected to carry | house is made of the same material,
into other witters. However, there are ! Mats, screens, tables, bedsteads, bedding,
many who do not believe the onptain chairs all have the same origin. Th»
Fairbrother had a genius for rousing de- [ fibers of Uie reed are converted into pa-
LEAVES FROM AN OLD SCRAP
BOOK.
Continued front Second Page.
well or-
way of his entering on th
framed for ultimate escape. On his de-
nar'ine from FI Afore he had taken the
precaution of aivlng' Sears the name of
a certain small town on the coast of
Alaine where his mail was to be sent in
ise of a great emergency. He had
dYosen tiiis town for two reasons. First,
because he knew all about it.
having had a young man from
j men. as exhibited In the signal aibMity
I with which he has conducted our armies.
1 entitles his opinion in all military mat-
! ters to be regarded as highest authority;
i tlie man whose greatness, goodness, vir-
; tue. patriotism are dazzling; the man in
! whom the people and the army nut their
trust, and on whom thev- build their
hones, ns nnnn a foundation of ruck; that
I man. General Robert E. Leo. has been
; anmiinted by the nresident. commander-
j in-chief of all the. confederate armies.
| Tlie whole confederacy i-rcs; Well done!
| at his appointment; and every southern
man feels profoundly comforted and re-
| and all pleasure in the past were gone (there in his employ; secondly, because ot
forever. | ;r- neighborhood to the inlet where a.i
it was not he l saw enter the alcove ,,!d launch of his liad been docked fo-
and come oui with news of the crime. He] the winter. Always astute, always pre-
"ft this role to one whose antecedents i cautionary, he had given orders to have
•ould better bear investigation. His part : t ;,; s launch floated and provisioned so
was to play. With just the proper dis- j that now ]ie ha d only to --end word ft
play '.1 horror and curiosity, t he ordinary ]u , captain< hav> at , lit
menial brought face to face with a '-rime ' , OBaib | e , tloans
„ lugn hlc. lie could do this. He could | i - must make good his po-
even sustain iii- share in tlie gossip, and
for ibis ) i.pose kept near the other
waiters. Tlie absence of the diamond was
all that troubled him. That brought him
at times to the point of vertigo. Hail Mr.
Grey recognized and claimed it? if so,
he. Abner Fairbrother. must remain
Janies Wellgood, the waiter, indefinitely.
This would require more belief in his
ornmand tlio
f escape.
Meanwhile, lie
sition in C . He did it in the way w-
know. Satisfied that the only danger lie
need fear was the discovery of the fraud
practiced in New Alexieo, he had con
fidence enough in Sear.-, even in his pres
ent disabled sate, to take his time and
make himself solid with the people oi
C while waiting for the ice to disap-
But as the: pear from Ihe harbor,
ontradietion i *
This accontplish-
( atari'll. But! it1 It. I\'t;
>pMtiug (Juii kly Cm
Combined Tit
no il
-tar than ever lie had
moments passed, and
was given to the universally-received im
pression that tlie same hand which had
struck the blow had taken the diamond,
even this cause of anxiety left liis breast
| and he faced people with more and more
outage till the moment when lie suddenly
J heard tiiat the diamond hud been found
i :ti the possession of a man perfectly.
strange to him. and saw th" inspector! Grateful I’utrnns Tell of AIiiiomi Alira
‘ pass it over into i ae hands of Mr. Grey. * ” “
instantly lie realized tiiat tlie crisis of
gestion. dyispepsia. raw throat and 'his fate was on him. If Air. Grey were
reaches t<i general debility, idiocy and in- I given time to identify this stone, lie. .vb-
sanity. It needs attention at once. Cure ■ „er Fairbrother. was lost and the dia-
I mond as well. Could lie prevent this?
I There was hut one way. and tiiat way
that cause catarrh. the took. .Making use of his veutriloquial
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iSears. ,
To leave speculation, all was in tra.;;,
then, and freedom but a quarter of a.
mile away, when the boat he was in was
stopped by another and lie beard Air.
Gtry's voice demanding tlie jewel.
The shook was severe and lie bad need
of all tlie nerve which had hitherto made
Ids career so prosperous, to sustain the
encounter with Uie calmness which alone
could carry off tlie situation. Declaring
that the diamond was in New York, he
promied to retore it if Uie other would
ake the sacrifice wort It while by
jcr. and also into wicks for candles. In
short, there is scarcely anything to be
found in China, either on land or water,
into whose composition bamboo does not
crier, or to the usefulness of which it
has not contributed.
BAMBOO CANE.
Tiie East Indian .-ane (calamus versus),
grows straight and tall, without any
branches, and is topped by a tuft or
crown. Its bark is thickly covered with
strong spines, hut when these are stripped '■ worth embracing
off. tlie smooth, hard cane comes into I aI1 arts'—printin'"
view. This species grows in great abund-
cavairy has ‘been organized under my
supervision. It. consists of three divisions ] n ..cured
—eight brigades. It is a well organized I '
and effeient body. Reports of its disor- I
ganization and demoralization are with- ' T'H’F CIT.d j A' w T> THE NF.AV.
out foundation, and its depreciation, ae- j V j ss Kfizabeth Afaeie. tlie prettv and
credited to this command, can generally j (alent0ll Chicago girl, who rec-entiv inn, .-
he traced to hands of maiaudors claimlnGr i
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ent to add to its effectiveness except ihe | f° r sale, said tlie utner day, in an an
promotion of (blank), for which recoin- i dress before a girls’ club:
mendations have itcen sent in.
“ AY. J. HARDEE
DARING EXPLOIT.
Tiie .Mississippi Extra publishes ihe fol
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“Jackson, January 18. Ib65.—A gentle
man .lust from the army of Tennessee
nas related an incident which. I think.
‘art conseravtive of
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, “ 'What brought you here, my poor fel-
! low?' a missionary asked.
" ‘I married a new woman, sir.’ i ie
j prisoner groaned.
I “ ‘Aha.’ said tlie missionary: 'and she
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i caught but one passing glimpse was the
I Great Mogul his once famous eoUee-
! tion. So sm<* was he of this that at
I oiu» moment he found him-elf tempted to
enter* tlie alcove, demand a closer sigjit
of the diamond and settle
sHencc concerning him. Mr. Grey rc
sponded by granting him just twenty
four hours: and when Fairbrother said 1 price;
fhc time was not long enough and al- bamboo canes.
lowed his hand u» steal ominou>lv to his ! ing the plant was withheld from those j enemy’s cavalry was crowding close
breast, lie repeated still more decisively, j not to the manor born, and tlie impres- j i yand defiantly upon them. The officer
“Twenty-four hours.” I sion was studiously spread abroad that Iin charge ol' the battalion ordered Cap-
' r ite ex-miner honored braverv. With- ! the canes were scarce and drCficuH to j tain -Bledsoe to move rapidly on with the
drawing- his hand front liis breast, he j procure. The truth was that they grew | other *»tterie» to<>“
brought out a note book instead of a i wild and in the greatest profusion. j Misaourifns coucluiied he would lake ,
pistol and, in a tone fully as determined. ! Sucli a naluiull> open secict. nowe\ei. » .j ie responsibility of slightly disobeying j
replied: “The diamond i? in a place in I could not be kept indefinitely. ] the order and give liis old hereditat - '
accessible to any one but myself. IC
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tinuing to preserve his hitherto admirable j the sale of canes from that quarter, and jefiori space in your valuable journal, to j t,ie P 1 lpr>nel > tll? ° ll! wonia 1
other nations were compelled to buy ] notice a feat which might otherwise bo : r '.
from them at their own extortionate j known comparatively only to a lew.
when Fairbrother said I prices, or go without the much valued i “Un the retreat or our army in front
.• i of Nasiiville. Captain Bledsoes Missouri
Vll information concern- , n a bat \ alioll . was in the rear:
you will put your name to a : remise not
to betray me for tiie thirty-six hours
1 ask. I will sign one to Restore you the
d'amond before I :30 o'clock on Friday.”
"I will." said Mr. Grey.
So the promises were written and duly
exchanged. Air. Grey returned to New
York and Fairbrother boarded his
Tlie diamond really was in New York, i 11 f MV ''
and to him it
it as a means of securing Mr. Grey s per- . . ., .
manent silence than to fly the country, dags. With all the natives of that re-
leaving a man behind him who knew Lissom fine split cane fiber takes the place
secret and could precipitate liis doom of our twine, being used h> the merchant,
with a word. He would, therefore, go! tor tying up then- goods. Ins Indian
to New York play ids last great card <* n * bears a fmU , wh . ICh ' ? v ’ I,e . n npC ' ,s
and, if he lost, be no worse off than I «*„nd and about the sac, of a hazel nut.
he was now. He did not mean to lose.} 11 Stows in clusters and is sold m the
But lie had not calculated on any in- markets as lood. In the porous een-
herent weakness in himself-had not cal- ter of tne cane is a pulp which is often
dilated on Providence. A dish tumbled sucked to allay thirst. Here, too as in
and with it fell into chaos tiie fair struc-'Ubina and Japan, the fiber is made into
As the navigators of Uie other European enemies—‘the 'yanks—a light, arguing and
nations began to push their way to the j correctly, too. that tlie enemy's cavalry
eastern islands and into the Indian ocean i could easily overtake and capture them
on a run.
“lie therefore unlimbered liis pieces and
they made delighted acquaintance with
the coveted and hitherto mysterious cane
plant, and with tlie numerous uses to
which it might be put. The natives taught
tiie sailors how to cut the sirong outer
parts of tlie cane into fine strips and
to plait them into beautiful mats to sit
They taught them also how to
, .... , . weave strong ami neat baskets and jars,
erned more politic to usei . . '
n-e'-'c and how to twist the cane scrips into eor-
ture of liis dreams. With tlie cry of
"Grizel: Grizel!" he gave up ids secret,
his hopes and liis life. There was no
retrieval possible after that. The star
of Abner Fairbrother had set.
Mr. Grey and Ids daughter learned very
soon of my relations lu Mr. Durand, but
through iii" precautions of the inspector
and my own powers of self-control, no
suspicion nas ever crosse dtheir minds
•abies for ships. Dampier tails of a fac
tory of this sort at Malivia, says lie.
“Here we made our new cables of rattan;
each of them 4 inches about. They were
strong and serviceable and had the prop
erty of buoyancy in tlie water .not sink
ing like our hemp cables."
As witlt tin- Chinese and natives of
India and Asia, so with the Japanese.
They also cherish the bamboo as otic of
charged them with grape and canister. I
Ordering his men to lie down, tiie yafikee i
cavalry, about 150 strong, came riding j
furiously up to almost within pistol shot, j
when erecting liis long, gaunt forjn. Cap- ;
tain Bledsoe thundered out to them to .
surrender. The yankees were dumbfound- !
cd. some of them looking into the grim i
' mouths of liis cannon incontinently suc
cumbed. the others made an effort to
scatter when the word 'fire' wa« given
and tiie iron hail told with deadly effect.
9onie few escaped, bill tlie rest gave
themselves up.
“A large number of the horses, as well
as the prisoners, were brought sa felt-
out. When we take into consideration
that tills was dow» bv a sioede battery,
ontireiv unsupported bv either infantry
or cavalry. | think von will agree wT*di
me that it is a brave exploit. -wprti lv fi, P
tdoh character of Contain Bledsoe and
it's eatlanL men. and therefore worth
recording. K. A.”
PROFIT AND LOSS
it had been a hard day for Alike l-v
negan, the "ragman." Many anl varied
had been liis wanderings, hut no one
seemed inclined to dispose of rags, as
he -was making his way homeward at
the close of tills hot July day, through
one of tlie tenement sections of the city.
heard a cry from above. Looking
up iie saw a woman at a sixth-story
window violently beckoning to him.
Mike’s heart was full of hope as lie
stumbled up the broken stairs.
At the top he was met by a woman
holding a weeping child by tiie hand.
“Hey. mister!" cried the mother to : ■
perspiring Mike, "don't you take had
little boys away in your big bag?"*—Har
per's Weekly.
ONE OF THE WAR OUTRAGES.
The Selma Reporter stated tiiat on the
13th of January. 1865, a party of armed
tories and deserters appeared in the
town of Asheville on Monday, last, just
before daybreak, and committed deeds
of tiie most revolting character. They
surrounded and set fire to Ihe house of
Captain Steart, with whom several
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