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Newspaper Page TextFAYETTEVILLE NEWS. FAYETTEVILLE, GA, BUTCHERY. IN MADAGASCAR. Two Hundred and Seventy- Eight People Massacred. News of a horrible massacre comes from Madagascar. Raminsatrn, governor of the province of Belnnond. resenting a petition from ike populncc to the gov ernment to defend them from cruelties, massnered 278 persons, including men. women and children belonging to lead ing families. The slaughter continued for several days. Tlio ngonles of the victims were, in many cases, protracted. Sometimes their limbs were gradually dismembered, their heads were sawed off and their bodies were thrown to the dogs. The survivors were forced to erect a trophy composed of the heads of the victims. Popular fury his caused the government to announce that the offend ers will be punished. THE BILL PASSED And There is Great Rejoicing Among Mississippians. A Greenville, Miss., dispatch says: The news of the passage of the emergency levee bill in the United States senate Monday was received here with a feeling of much relief, in view of the impending high water, and will have a stimulating influence on the local levee board in the entire Mississippi valley below Memphis whose treasuries have bee 1 exhausted in repairing the ravages done by the floods of last year. Its effects will be felt by the planters and the laborers, and will encour age and give confidence to the latter class that will he of incalculable benefit t» them in keeping their homes and prepar ing for another crop. GEORGIA BRIEFS. Interesting Paragraphs from all Over the State. PIRN OS x ORGANS • • • • Nev Reliable Makes, Many Styles, and Second-Hand. LOW PRICES. EASY TERMS. LONG TIME E VERY new instrument guaranteed for ftv- years, shipped on trial, and if not as reprt tented, can be returned at our expense. With eac) Piano we give free a fine plush-top stool, sill embroidered cover, piano instructor and six piece; of mu-ic. With each Organ we give free a gooi rep-covered stool ami-instructor. I FREIGHT PAID. I* We agree to assume all freight on Pianos am Organs. Those who want quick delivery, orde: from us. The mail and freight facilities of Atlanti arc perfect. N o matter what others offer, write u- -before purchasing, and see how easily money cai he saved. PIANOS $150 00 to $1,500 OC ORGANS $ 46 00 to $ 750 Ot The John P. King Manufacturing Com pany, of Augusta, 1ms made a direct shipment of cotton gcods to Manchester, 1 ngland. Henry M. Stanley, the explorer of tho Dark Continent, will lecture in Atlanta on April 2, under the auspices of tho Young Men’s Library association of that city. A farmer in Washington county made 200 bales of cotton with ten plows last year, besides enough plantation supplies to last him until unothorcrop is gathered. This is good farming. Tho Georgia negroes aro not affected by the Oklahoma croze. They purchased thousands of dollars worth of experience from the 1 African” agents recently, and they are somewhat wiser now. The Georgia, Alabama and Illinois rail- rond has becu surveyed from Tallapoosa to a point on the Tennessee river in Ala bama, taking in Fort Payne on the route. The enterprise is being undertaken by the people who aro building up the town of Tullapcosa. The Southwest Georgia Teachers’ As sociation will hold its noxt meeting in Fort Valley on Saturday, March 28th, next. Fully 100 ti acliers will be present; also, School Commissioner S. D. Brad- well will be on hand and dolivor an ad dress which will cot only be a benefit to the teachers, but will interest and please i he general public. A great deal has been said and written about the large trees of California, but tho Pony Vnricty Works, a few days ago, cut a yellow poplar that was four feet in diameter at the butt. It was eighty feet to the first limb or knot. The first cut of twelve feet weighed 4,800 pounds and SAX BOY AJTDTHX KOLA. BY JAMBS MA8BBT. A mule a boy did ono tlmo ride; Be thought to save many a weary Str< But lu this lie was mistaken, For off without cause he was shaken, And int i the mud he did roll; And iudood did very cold got. Besides being muddy and wot. And this tils mother did unto btm say, BeoauBO of tho trouble some wash-day: “Now, my sou. this way I would unto you talk. That you bo wiso and walk, Bather than bo a fool, And try to ride a slocpy old mule.* Walhacla, S. 0. SHOULD EAY NOT. Thoro's tho friend ho pleased to seo you ho must thump you on tho back; All those win try to compliment, but haven't got the knack; Tho man w. o o’or your shouldor peeps to scan tho latest news. The greet agroelst who subscribes to every, bodv's views, Tho wonnju-riuhtorn who declare that men shellU1 not oxlat— fl'hoy'd none of tne.n bo missed, they'd none ol them ho mts. ed. —American Commercial Traveller. THE A THRILLING STORY OF TH1 Great Cattle Ranges of New Mexico and Arizona. BY FORTUNE L. STORR. took four mules to pull if [CHAPTER XXVJL—Continued. J As the girl spoke, the outlaw had drawn back, and his movement was like the spring of the mountain oscelot, The" tree i an< ^ tlie 0,1 - cer was knocked from his Special Offers. PIH1IUMNT Piano, Style 1 (illustration at to] rlLUIIIUlt I of this advertisement), rosewooc case, i'A octaves, three unisons, overstrung basi all improvements. The best low- priced Piano manufactured,. S210 0C' C O, III Clough Sc Warren, five octaves, largi i 0( II, case, satin walnut, very handsome two sets of reeds, five stops. Is Mouse-Proor Better than other organs sold at 175.00. Jut f]f Beats the world. He oiler it lor only vuuiUv “ A ten-year-old girl can buy an organ or flan, from Phillips Crew, Atlanta, Ga., as sector from imposition as the most expert musician in th land!'—Christian W orker. If you want or think of buying a Pian< or Organ, by no means purchase until yo have secured prices and terms from PHILLIPS & CREW, Established 1865. ATLANTA, CA ASK YOUR GROCER FISTr GUARANTEED PURE AND WHOLESOME MANUFACTURED BY Gaijton Baking Powder £0., CANTON, Ohio, FENCES GATES, POSTS GUARDS, every description COLUMNS, SILLS, LINTELS, GRATINGS. VERANDAS, STAIRS, CRESTINGS, TOWERS ■Write for Catalogues. yielded 2,400 feet of lumber, which sold for $72. An important change has been decided upon by the penitentiary authorities. Its effect will be ti nt the female convicts all over the state will be separated from tho males and camped together in one place. This plan has been inaugurated already by voluntary motion of some of tho les sees. In other places the male and female convicts work at the same camp, but the lessees of these camps have willingly agreed to the change, and it will be adopted at once. The Pintsch Gas Company is erecting plants for the manufacture of its gas at Savannah and Chattanooga. The former will be completed by April 1st, and the latter by May 1st. They aro in every re spect similar to the one now in successful operation here. When the Chattanooga plant is ready for operation, tho Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. . Louis road will, in all probability, adopt tho plan, if not on its whole system, at least on that portion of it between Nashville and Atlanta, — Both the Columbus and Athens federal court bills passed tho senate Tuesday just as they passed tho bouse. Senator Colquitt seized nu opportunity between appropriation bills during the afternoon, and without debate the bills were passed in a few minutes. The counties forming .JJ'e Columbus judicial district are Mus- jgee, Heard, 'Troup, Meriwether, Har ris, Tulbot, Taylor, Marion, Chattahoo chee, Stewart, Schley, Webster, Quit- man, Clay, Randolph, Early, Miller and Terrell. There will likely be two terms in Columbus—ono commencing on the sec ond Monday in January, tho other com mencing the second Monday in June. President Harrison signed the Coluru bus, Ga,, court bill Wednesday, but ve toed the Athens bill. News comes from New York ti at the Augusta and West Florida road will be built after nil, despite the financial come flientions in which tho company has seen lately involved. Tho New York capitalists announce that every necessary arrangement has been made, and that nothing will be allowed to hinder the progress of the constiuction forces. Colonel W. G. Holliday, an engineer from Missouri, has completed the line from Louisvillo to Augu ta. days active work will begin. Men and , material are being gotten ready, and after 1 that time operations will be pushed for ward. The Augusta and West Florida will use their own track from Augusta to i Gainesvile, Ga. From that point they ! they will go over the Gainesville and Wadley tracks to Wadley, and at Tifton they connect with the Georgia S uthern and Florida. As may be generally known, the Ma- i con street railways belong to George F. Work, of Philadelphia, who was found guilty by the courts of Pennsylvania, of rehypothecating securities, and will have [ to serve a term in the penitentiary. The affairs of the Mncon street railway have j been in a tangled shape some ime, and it is very certain that the only way they can be untangled is by selling the road at receiver’s sale. This may he done the first week in April. The Thomsen- | Houston E ectric Company lias a large j claim on the road, and they will proceed | to make the foreclosure, un’ess a private , sale of the property is made. Several different parties, local and foreign, have mide bids for the railways, hut no agree ment has been reached yet. 'the Thoin- son-Houston people bought the first mortgage bonds amoun'ing to $00,000 on which there is $70,000 interest due. They also held a claim of Hen of $05,010. The total issue of bonds ou the whole line is $410,000. This is about $200,000 more than the road is worth. The Cliicainaiign Park, An amendment of much importance to the residents on the land of the proposed Chicamauga park in Georgia, was in serted in the sundry civil bill aud adopt ed by congress Tuesday. The original • act required the condemnation of this j property by process of the United Stales j court at Atlanta and the marshal of the court had notified the owners of the property to appear in Atlanta. The amendment to the hill, however, sets all this aside and the attorney general has ordered suspension of such proceedings. The land will now simply he bought and paid for in the, ordinary man ner without causing any inconven ience to the property owners and without burdening tho district at torney and the court of Atlanta with e.U the unnecessary labor contemplated in the first provision made some weeks ago. Apropos of this, the secretary (J war, the Chicamauga park commissioners and Mr. Clements, who has been the main mover in getting the appropriation, will visit tho paik. They will go to Chatta nooga and from thence to the park. Then the party will go to Atlanta and B 'Cictnry Proctor will inspect the Mc- Poerson barracks. Both General Fuller ton aud General Boynton, members c;' the park commission, will lie in the party Be sure to sUjfflrTbo fot this paper as it contains the latest news. Tha Indians wore all mounted, which the continued; "I ain deposed, and my feet and thrown several paces away. Tho outlaw did not dare to ieave him, for Carletou was striving to draw a pistol, but followed closely, striking him heavily as ho essayed to rise. The officer, in the meantime, had tho presence of mind to roll toward the embankment of the stream, forcing the outlaw to follow, drawing him every moment further from the girls. As the combatants neared the stream an effort to draw a weapon on the part of tho outlaw enabled the officer to re gain his feet and attack fiercely, yet drawing the fight away, to give the girls an opportunity to tlee in the di rection of the camp of the soldiers. Red Martin observed this maneuver on the part of his adversary, and it filled him with the greater rage. He saw, however, that the girls had not taken advantage of it, and won dered at such hesitation on the part of J udith Colton. He was soon to know the cause, for she stood as though turned to stone; then, rallying her senses, she shrieked | loudly, and lied towards tho cavern. | Bed Martin sought an opportunity to glance back. A hundred dusky forms I were swarming over the hill, j At that moment the cry of Judith I was answered by a cheer across the I stream. Tho outlaw knew it well; it : was the ringiug whoop of the cowboy, j Carletou’s nerve failed him at the appearance of the Indians, rushing | forward. He knew them at a glance; j they were hostiles—Chiricahua Apa- ' ches. | Realizing that the safety of the girls ; now lay in his rejoining his troop, he broke away and fled to the stream, while the outlaw, glad to release him, turned at once to the savages, who had already secured the girls. “Welcome, Genomo! welcome!” ho cried, warmlv greeting a tali chief who approached him. “Your coming is timely. 1 was about to seek your lodges. ” “What is it, my brother? With whom did the horso chief fight?” “Tho Captain of the blue soldiers, who nre below. They are encamped in numbers, aud wo must away. Bring off my captives.” “No, ” said the savage; “wo fear not the bluo soldiers, and my braves de- In~a few i sire scalps. Como with us to attack the camp.” The Apaches gathered about their chief, and waved their weapons above their heads. “Listen!” said tho outlaw, while hoof strokes beat the earth, nearing rapidly. “Did you uot hear the call of those horsemen, and know you not that a foe more dangerous than the soldiers is at hand? Hark! the cowboys!” The Indians broke to cover at once, each seeking the nearest shelter, throwing themselves like shadows in the weeds. The outlaw seized Judith, while a 8lout warrior bore away Winnie Eerrill. "Struggling with her captor, who had torn her knife from her hand, Judith was stupefied to see a horseman riding down upon them. A single look sufficed to reveal his identity—it was the cattle man. Erect upon Black Dirk, eyes darting lightning, and iiis white teeth gleam ing through his dark mustache, ho rode upon the outlaw like an envoy ol death. His weapon was up; Red Martin reeled away, when the girl saw the smoko rise above the hushes that con cealed tho Apaches; there was a suc cession of flashes followed by sharp reports, and the cattleman tottered in the saddle, and fell to the earth. Judith saw no more; her head sank upon tho broad shoulder of the outlaw, and she lost consciousness. CHATTER XXVIII. KTIIONO WOLF. When consciousness returned to Judith Colton, she found that sbo was hound tightly upon a pack mule. Blan kets and furs were placed beneath her, and, aside from the strain of tho cords upon her wrists, she rested easily enough. About her were gathered the Apach* wari brs, urging their horses forward, and lasting anxious glances to the i umph. (ed her to suppose that they had aban- ioned their horses, the better to steal upon the struggling figures which they had descried, as the outlaw and the officer battled near the stream. The band was evidently n war party, returning from a foray in the south laden with plunder, for numerous pack mules like the one upon which she was mounted were driven ahead, and upon ono of these sho saw Winuie Borrill, »ud lvoyoud was a sight that nearly drew from her a cry of pain and sor row. It was tho bloody form of the cattle man strapped upon tho back of his steed, his limbs hanging over the haunches, while his pale fnce was par tially shroud, d by the dark mane, which, in contrast, made it look the more ghastly. Black Dirk seemed to know the na ture of the load he carried, for he stepped carefully over the ground, avoiding the rough places in the sward with a rare intelligence; and Judith felt a sense of gratitude to the noble animal at this manifestation of the love he bore his brave master. In advance of the band rode Red Martin, in close conversation with Genomo, the chief, and Judith could hear their gruff voices borne back to her in rude badinage, as though they were in high spirits. Evidently they were old acquaint ances, congenial companions, with a common sympathy for foray and mur der. Sho saw no other captives, except Winnie Eerrill, but several bloody evi dences of the rai l hung at the boltB of numerous warriors; they were scalps; some the fair long tresses of women, others the coarse looks of men. She looked again to where tho pale form of tho cattleman hung limp upon his horse, and her heart sank within her breast. Was he dead? Why should they car ry his bleeding body, or why did they spare the curly locks that clustered about his brow ? “Water 1” she gasped. “Water!” A young Indian, painted and decked in all tho gaudy foppery of the savaga brave, rode his steed instantly to bet side. She looked upon him as he handed her a leathern flask, containing nearly a quart of the desired fluid. He was tall, well made, and pos sessed the characteristic features of the desert Indian; but the expression of his countenance was less ferocious than that which made repulsive the faces of his companions, and Judith 3aw that his deep eyes rested upon her with a peculiar and indefinable mean ing. She was too much a woman, and too sxperienced by association with the gallants of the army, not to know the varied guise of the master passion, even when it strove to find expression in the wild breast of the savuge; the young Apache had been touched by her beauty. She fancied that his face was famil iar, and, as she returned him the flask, refreshed by the draught, she asked; “What is the name of the chief?” “J am not a chief, though the son of a chief; I am a brave,” he answered, proudly. “I know the daughter of the fort. I havo been to the post upon the rivers.” Ho knew that she remembered him, and he was flattered. “And have you eaten the bread of the blue chief, to bear his daughter into captivity? Would'-'you help to make her the victim of a renegade?” Judith adopted the smooth metaphor of the Indian, who spoke English with strange fluency. The youDg brave turned a glance ol hate in the direction of the outlaw, and bent forward, hi; eyes blazing like liv ing coals. “Strong Wolf does notlovo the white horse chief, and the Dark Rose shall never bo his victim; she shall bloom about tho lodge of a warrior in the val ley of the Bernalillo; but the brave is not a chief, and must be cautious; let tho Dark Bose trust, and fear not.” Judith recognized an ally here that would prove of invaluable assistance, and grasped it as a single chance of re- lemption. Sho knew the power of her beauty, and meant to use it to escape. In this red champion, inspired by love, she had a chock upon the brutal ity of the outlaw that would delay her fate for an indefinite period. “I thank the Strong Wolf,” she said, with a smile that made the blood mantle his copper cheek. “Why do his companions take with them the dead body of the cattleman ?” she asked, with apparent curiosity; “they might the more easily carry hie scalp.” “He is not dead,” replied the Indian, quickly; and Judith felt a thrill ol joy. “The bullets of tho red men are sure, hut they merely stunned him; he is but little hurt; they shot hastily, and his horse was fast.” “Ho is dumb, and struggles not, “Look at his mouth.” Judith saw that a thong of rawhide had been drawn between the teeth of Douglas, and was made fast about the neck of Black Dirk; it was gag and bond. Sensiblo now of her returning strength, sho begged Strong Wolf to releato her, which he did at once, and allowed her to rise and sit erect. “Why do you spare the cattleman?” she asked. “He is the greatest white warrior in all the world,” explained Strong Woli waving his arm with dramatic empha sis to tho horizon about them. “On all the plain there is not his equal. Genomo was angry when the horse chief wanted him killed at once he will take him to tho lodges of our pouple, and burn him upon our great altar, as a sacrifice to the sun.” The outlaw now observed tliat Judith sat erect upon her mule, and, drawing rein, waited until she came opposite him. His lips were parted in a savage smile, and his face betrayed his tri- subjects are scattered, but a lodge among the brave Arizonas awaits you, aud I shall guard and proteot it.” Judith saw that Strong Wolf watohed the outlaw, with a burning glance. “I am in the hands of heaven,” she said, with a meekness that surprised him; "I shall not murmur at the fate it has in store for me.” “A happy resignation, ” laughed the outlaw. “We have a frightful ride be fore us; but our destination is beyond pursuit, nnd there you will find rest, many comforts, and oven luxury. You shall be clothed in the softest doeskins, embellished by tho skill of the Apache maidens. I will give you ornaments of gold without suspicion of alloy. Your beauty shall shine with a doublo luster, and I shall be at once your lord and slave.” “Thank you,” she replied, coldly. “Where is our destination?” “Beyond the Cababi Mountains,” an swered the outlaw; “in a valley blos soming with flowers. Their beauty shall give new color to your cheekB, and your rich blood shall tingle with % new health. Do you like the pros pect?” He laughed again as he rode forward to join the chief. Judith’s heart sank within her. She bad learned at the fort of tha far haunts of the Apaches, in tha almost inaccessible region mentioned by the outlaw, and she felt that unless Providence should offer her some unexpected succor, she was indeed lost. Their course wa3 now though n rugged defile at the base of the mount ain, and, leaving the valley to the north, they plunged through a chain of the Sierras by a pass evidently well known to her captors. She listened in vain for sounds of pursuit; the sold ers were distanced. She know that Cavleton had escaped, and would not linger on the trail, and 3lie felt that the cowboys, missing their leader, would follow them like blood hounds ; but the retreat was rapid, and the start a great advantage. The In dians, adept at border cunning, might find some means to throw them from the scent. They continued their flight until nightfall, and stopped in a clump of cottonwoods to retst their steeds. The delay was short, and by the light of tho southern moon, their journey was continued. M atched closely, Judith could not stir a moment from the camp; but the attentions of Strong Wolf enabled her to find a brief moment to comfort Win nie, and cheer her with the hope that their friends would not be idle. She sought for a view of the cattle man, but he was gono. He had been borne ahead by a party who had gone in advance. With short stoppages for rest and food, the Apaches continued their flight lor two days through the moun tains. Judith was not molested by the out law, further than to receive at his hands attempts at ordinary civilities. His demeanor Avas more respectful and courteous, and he had lost his mocking and sarcastic manner, and she Avas grateful to be freed from his brutality. It was evident that he meant to make his triumph the more complete by win ning, if he could, her admiration for his strong characteristics, for he knew that women esteem the brave, and to brute courage he could justly lay sub stantial claim. On tho third day after their flight, they descended from the pass in the mountains, and passed westward into the desert. What torture tlioy were to endure they little dreamed of. rear as though in momentary expecta tion »f pursuit. S : n could not have been long sense less for she could look up the long vail y in which sho had been retaken, and ee the mottes, clustered about the basi of the mountain. “Tho fates are with me, and fortune promises a fair bride, ” he said, mock ingly. “It is not written that you are to escape me. ” Judith did not reply; she could find no words, and was silent. “I oannot now offer you a kingdom, ” CHAPTER XXIX. THE DESERT. The course of tho Apaches was non across a country barren and desolate. There Avas but little trace of vegetation, save here and there the artemisia and the repulsive creosote plant. The hoofs of the horses beat a soil arid and stony, and a cloud of yellow dust arose in their trail and hung in the quivering atmosphere about them; the wind blew it against their smarting faces, and it stung the skin like the bite of a myriad of insects. The Indians bore it Avell, their brown bodies glistening with oil—a good pro tection against the sand blast, but the suffering of tho despondent captives was intense. They were plentifully supplied with water, for they well knew the nature of the country oA'or Avhich they were to pass, and did not neglect so ordinary a precaution as to bring it in abund ance; but this was being rapidly ex hausted under the strong heat, the girls consuming more than the most prodigal savage about them. Winnie Berrill was in charge of a brawny Avarrior, Avho, in a rude, though deferential manner, endeavored to show her kindness, and mitigate the discom forts of the passage of the desert. He gave her his shield, and in broken language told her how to protect her self from the painful blast, making it also a shade for the fierce rays of the sun; but his painted visage and brutal admiration filled tho girl Avith terror, and she shrank back to Judith, prefer- ing tho eA'ils they suffered than protec-, tion from such a source. The outlaw Avas careless now as to the fate of tho squatter’s daughter. Judith being secure and Fawcett gone, it mattered to him little what might become of Winnie; but a smart rivalry having arisen for tho posses sion of so beautiful a prize, he was con tent to bestow her upon “The Ser pent,” that being the name of the influential warrior who had her in charge. As they progressed, the aspect of tho country became more frightful. All vegetation disappaared, aud the horses sank to the fetlocks in the burning sand, their hoofs cut Avith sharp flints aud pebbles of lava. About them the white field shone like heated cloth, from Avhich arose a sickly mist as far as the eye could reach. The savages now felt the effects oi tho terrific journey. They leaped to tha ground and rubbed their faces against tho reeking flanks of their horses, lift ing their heads that the breeze might cool their fevered brows. They drank copiously, and the water dwindled to drops in their flasks. They swore in their discomfort the strong oaths of the Mexioane, and in terlarded their complaints with the vile expletives of their own rude tongue. They ohattered like monkeys with one another, and the air was tilled with clamor. Judith thought of the tribes she had seen in Minnesota, and Dakota. Thin was unlike the stoicism of the Indian of the Avoods. All day beneath the burning eun. At times tho ground was broken in gaping cracks; and the desert cricket and broAvn chameleon orept.in and out before them, sharing with the loath some and deadly rattlesnake his heated quarters. They were choking, gasping, and now silent. The horses, wiry and strong though they were, could hardly pull their burdens across the plain. Their oruel riders struck unceasingly, venting the expression of their own pain, devilish malice upon their dumb brutes. The captives sat upon their mules, their faces buried in their bauds. They had suffered less than the others. Strong Wolf hid hoarded the con tents of his flask that Judith might not be tormented, and The Serpent was likewise considerate for Winnie. Apaches as they were, they knew that the tender maidens had not the endur ance of the tough women of their own race, and they valued them too highly to risk their safety. The sun now sank to a level of the desert, and they neared a range of low hills, not to be* dignified by the name of mountains, yet reaching an elevation several hundred feet upon the plain. Their surface was dark and forbid ding, and no sign of bush or shrub grew upon them, not even a blade ol grass found root upon them. Sterile and black they loomed up as a threat ening and gloomy burrier to the hor rors of a yet more frighful desert over whioh their course must lie. The horses pricked up their ears, and dashed forward, their spent energies revived Avitfi new life; their masters shared their haste and urged them to greater speed. “It is water. We are nearing the Black Fool,” said Strong Wolf to Judith. “Tho mustangs scent the spring, and when famished they can 3mell water for miles.” The brave himself spoke in a husky voice, showing what had been his own privations. He had given to Judith his share of water during the day, and his sAvollen tongue was cracked and bleeding. A startled cry from a warrior in the roar now brought the band to a halt; and muttered ejaculations and low curses burst from every Indian. Some voices Avere deep with ferocity and rage, and others louder in mockery and derision. The out’aw, with Genomo, rode back to the rear, and stopped to survey some far specks many miles back upon the arid plain just riding into the range of vision. “The cowboys!” said the outlaw, in tently gazing at the distant figures. “Let them cornel” said Genomo, in excellent English, but with a marked Mexican accent. “The water they will find Avill be poison to their stomachs; and their horses, already famished with the desert, will die under the travel of another day. ” “It is the cowboys 1” said the outlaw, with emphasis. “The soldiers could never have followed ns so quickly, unless,” he added, with a visible shud der, “those renegade Mescaleros have aided them. Does tho chief know Mescalero, who is dumb—the Black Jaguar?” “Whiteman,” replied Genomo, la conically. “I said a Mescalero,” repeated the outlaw. “A dumb Mescalero, who is a scout for the soldiers. He is called Black Jaguar," “White man,” was the reply of Genomo. “Gold hunter in the mines for a long time. He could much talk before he turn Mescalero, and be made chief; it is but recent that he is dumb. ” The outlaw was silent. He understood Genomo fully, and wondered it his information was cor rect. He spoke confidently, and the out law taxed his brain to think who, among the numbers he had wronged, this singular enemy could be. “They are miles back,” said Ge nomo, referring to tho far horsemen; “it morning when they come.” “Wall! We have a moon to ride away by, as they to come. ” “Uhl seo the pale dogs! Let us wait them upon the hills 1” “Why Avait? The thirst will kill them; their bones will rot in the sand as they creep back on the desert 1” These were the exclamations of the Indians about her, and Judith under stood sufficient of their language to take their mean'ng. Sbe half guessed the import of the words of Genomo, with reference to the water, familiar as she was with savage methods, and she trembled for the safety of her brave friends. Their journey was now continued, and the order to advance was joyfully obeyed. The poor beasts, chafed at the delay, pressed forward with speed, and they rode into a low valley between the dark hills before mentioned. The soil was still sandy, but had changed its color; it was black. Sentinels wore posted at the en trance, taking a position where they could command a long view from the A'alley, and the main body pressed into the broad hollow. Pursuing this depression for nearly a mile, they ascended the ridge of the hill, and Judith here observed a slender strip of vegetation. Broad-bladed arrow heads arose above the sterile plain, mingling with the artemisia, the caotus and creosote weed. The growth of green ended abruptly at a round rooky basin, its edges shoot ing lava points about its entire circum ference ; it was a boAvl like a crater, smooth and rocky at the bottom, and within its jagged edges was a pool of clear and crystal water. A slender stream broke from its aide and ran down the hill, irrigating the soil, and causing tlio luxuriant growth extending out from tho pool; but tlie course of the rivulet Avas broken at a rocky crevice, into which it fell at suoh a depth that its souilll was lost, and tho water was returned to the earth from whonco it came. Beyond the growth occasioned by the escaping rill, not a tree, not a shruU waB near; the rocky sides of the pool inclosed it but ot the single point men tioned. It was a well, fed by a single fissure in its bottom, heaved up by soma far pressure sufficient to throw it to tha surface, and seemingly exhausted by tho effort. The Avater that escaped to return to the cavities under the hill, was suffi cient to keep it from overflowing. The bond was in no haste to leave tbe refreshing spot, iu spite of the dread pursuers behind. A repost Avas leisurely eaten and the warrioiB threw themselves upon the ground. They spread akins upon which to play their various games of chance, and wager for the plunder they had captured, and they made the air redo lent of tobacco, ob they sought the com forts of the pipe. The day departed. The sterile hills made long shadowa in the valley, and the sun went down. The sentinels had been called in from the valley to refresh their steeds and prepare for the continuation of tho journey under the coming moon. The interval of darkness was brief; the moon came up like a huge basin, and flooded the country with light. The savages leaped from the ground; pickets were snatched from the soil, spears plucked out, and each bravo leaped into the saddle. Green hides, undried but putrefying under the tropic avo ither, were thrown into the pool; garbage of every kind was cast into its waters; the stinking creosote plant was torn up and throAvn upon the hides, and riding their horsea over its hanks they stirred the foul mess until lashed to a brown and rot ten froth, and they knew it could nob be drunk for days. AVitb yells of delight at their fiendish work they rode down in the valley, laughing to think of the misery in store for their pursuers. Judith looked upon the scene sick at heart. Bho had expected such action on the part of the Indians, for she had heard low the soldiers, often in close pursuit of them in the desert, are forced to abandon the chase at the moment of triumph, stopped by a poisoned spring, while their exultant enemy with well- filled water pouches, rode off at leisure. The cowboys must either leave the trail and seek safety by. an immediate return across the plain or they must wait for the slow purification of the well, a process of several days. In either event her fate was sealed, for without water her friends must halt; continued pursuit meaut death upon the jornado. An hour’s ride took them through the sand hills, and they debouched once more upon the desert, heading for a lofty range of mountains far away to the south. [TO BE CONTINUED ] He WanteJ to Lithp. Success is pretty certain to show a preference for those who are willing to make personal sacrifices to gain it. The sacrifice should, however, be in proportion to importance of the de sired success. ‘ ' “Mr. Smith,” said a young man, aa he entered a dentist’s shop hurriedly, “I Avant you to draw a tooth. ” “Show me the tooth,” said the den tist, with a happy expression of face, as he picked up a dental croAvbar and a handsaw. “Take any in this row,” answered the youth, as he slid into the operating chair. “But which is the aching tooth?” “Neither one of them. Will you pull one of these or not?” “I suppose you kncAV your own busi ness,” said the dentist, and he lifted the young man out of tho chair with the friendly grip betook, and the tooth came with him.” When he had paid the fee and was wa’king out, the dentist asked: “Would you kindly inform me why you wanted a sound tooth pulled?” “Thertainly,” answered the youth. “I am an elocutionitht, and there ith a piethe I wont to rethite where the thpeaker lithpth, and I couldn’t lithp. Now you thee it will be a perfect thuctheth." And he went off, leaving the dentist in awe-struck silence. Cliosing a Husband. Husbands ore not made to order; they just grow. To get a good one, you have to know him Avhen you see him. He may not look like the man yoar fancy painted, yet you Avill recognize iu him the qualities that go to make up the reliable, enterprising, amiable men. As a rule women are not possessed of acute business minds, and are not as observant as they m ghtbe. One after another they will fall into the same open trap, just as though they were blindfolded or were impelled by some uncontrollable force. The majority of thorn seem to think they must marry, and all that is necessary is to find a man that is good-looking or rich. The average girl first takes a fancy to a pretty man, and thinks and dreams of his lovely hair, charming eyes, ele gant dress, divine mustache and dove- like voice. She declares that he is too sweet for anything. This fever passes off iu time, but too often leaves a perverted taste. A dandy figure, swell manners, and clattering tongue aro apt to even outweigh a good heart, industrious habits and moral Avorth. Even after marriage visions of tha early ideal rise up to disturb tho serenity and tranquillity of the domes tic scene. Better 6uch an ideal had never been formed.—Piiisburg Chron icle. Laura Jones, tho Georgia girl who has invented a neAv plow and corn- planter, is said to be a cousin of Lulu Hurst, the famous electric girl. Geor gia girls seem to be determined to sur prise the world. Most great works are accomplished slowly. Orders for Fanoy and Plain Job Printing reoeive prompt at Mention at. this office Subscribe for This Paper 1 Brimful tf iUm reading matter far everybody tfow 10 TSj5 Ti)t% Bxatnlua this (taper aud send ua yeur rabeariptioa. WILL PAY YOU!

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Fayetteville news. (Fayetteville, Ga.) 18??-????, March 13, 1891, Image 2