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* • * V * . Cl. 2 1 THE, GRIT l I OF HOffOR 1 •* \ .. . 3 y .. . < £ t'< Cyrus ijcbtmsend 'Brady , <£ %? ■ Aaiiyor Of-CA* !$< ISOO. by CHARLES JCD/SA £H'J SO//S || ■ CTTAPt;::. xti. IS TUB UMC Os IU4 DUTY. H 3 soon as they l.nil driftpfl some little distance from tlie Scrr.pta, O'Neill rose, threw off the bant cloak, imd stepped n?t around tl:e oarsman to tire stern sheets of tin* boat, where Eliz abeth sab motionless, bolding 1!:e tiller, lie knelt down before her. “Elisabeth, dearest, we have netr.-illy escaped:" be sold softly, stooping toward t>:-r. •'! did not think it pos " elble!'’ She released the tiller, took his head in her bauds and kissed him in V,’lM »'TT’?!>* s ?r , T*. •'Free! Free!’’ she murmured. “and together-lflj own. my own:" lier word*. her leak. lor caress, set Ids. Jilood lioitndins again. •] “Yes, yes: is It uot heavenly, and with you f Ch. my noul, li.:w can I repay you?" he whispered. giving back ■kiss for kiss, and stretching oat his Muds'toward her. There was a iittie j ya use. broken by a rough vciee, whlcli i i.s owner evidently tried la render ! more gen tie. In a hoarse whisper j the man at the oars usfc.-d; "When* are ye u-headin' of tho boat, 1 yer leddyslilp?" *T know not!" sire answered wittily, j whdng tlia» tiller again. "Only 'Away I froi.i that awful ship!” "Who is this man at tire oars?" asked lisjr lover, rising tr.*l sitting f devil by her when he tick the tiller i from her nervous hands. "Well, yer honor." said a low, deep ! voter. wttl> a smothering laugh in it. ! “my name ashore, w'ero l v. as left : by Captain so ies t'other night to look urtcr you. monpht be-Smith, or KrPwn. or any old name: but yore in this boat it's Plica—William I*. Price— w icliNs wot lay mother told me, at any rate, tbongli 1 ain't get no evidence but her word fur It, an' site's dead, an' God bo tbankls} t roe yer honor ailve.” “Pries'! You! 1 * exclaimed O'Neill In ! great surprise. “Ilow did you Unit j him. dearest?" “I found her, please yer honor." re- | plied tbs iio.ii. “I still lier leddyship ! a-corr.in* down to Hie Leach, an' I ups*an' captures n sinall boat from tbs Jiuglish. w'lcb the man 'll be ftv.ful ' tiisapp'inted like'w'en lie da n't flail llcr tomorrow. an' then I ups an" of fers to take her off. an' I teils tier I | knows yer. ah' we fixes it up. an' . here ye afar’ They w-evo not yet r.o far from tho Seraffs, even by this time. Lut that the quick oar of tire girl detected the : confusion on her fleets—the shrill pip- ( i.:g of tin* boatswain and I.ls mate*, j tlie sharp comiuinds of 11 ■* otlciffs. the tmtnnil.,- of many f'*.*t. were ensi- j ly heard, bap clutched li**r lover nerv ously. e.il alert at the thought of a possible furl her danger to him. . "Oh." sire whispered, “they are doing something on the ship. *Our escape Is discovered. They will cubic alter us!” : "Not witb the- vviioih ship.” lie an- • •cored. siuillug. though listening with ' straining apprehrax ton .as well. "! ti:lnk they're n-gettin' under way. Sir." H.dd lire old seaa. "t.lsten to : the clankin' o' the ji.iwls. y *r honor." . "You are light. It cannot be after . us. though. A culler or two' would sc.pice for that.” I "it 'II to* far the Iticbard aid the rest of ’em. Cap’ll Jones, tic* said he'd cap- j ■ ttirt* them. ships afore the loomin' j tvtdi. an* If yen wasn't bung afore, j that time l:?'il trice up 'tic.* whole j crowd to the yardarms unices they'd let yen go free. Cur 'Vessels ought to I be r.-cotalu’ up from i'littuliurty pally j soon r.ow. F.u! if 1 me.ught make so I bold, w’ere are ye headin' fur now. | air? ' “Y.'e head for the Rickard, of j e-jnrse.” said the young man promptly. • “That's w'ere v.re b'Ua.said the ! sailor joyfully. "I don't want no i flghtln' gein' on an’ I ain’t there!” “Nor I.” replied O'Neill. “I would j pvt you ashore. Elizabeth, before ive ; E". fittl"— ” ‘Wiiitlicr tlion srwst I v. ill tiiy : f.ropk* shall bo m-v pfoplo,’ *’ slu* <jii»u*. • <h! soitiy. “Wlioiii lmvo I now !» :t , you? To \vl.t»i>; can i *io but to you?" j *l*i» i:!iinm!ml, laying Lt*;* b. iuS i:jm ; l'is own. It was dark on the beat. Llifc ; jf it boon broad rtuyMgbt be could ' cot have hoiped i. 1 Kl.-ted ber. “CL. to be worthy of it alb to be j worthy!'* 1 1 ns v* *»•«<!. \Vl.lia;:i ;;ri:iu. i sympathetically. S wiped bis lr.outl: v.; -i:'ui!y wiib the . back of I U band, and tried to look r.vroy. Presently, tb.* oars. ' ti: ‘ two uion stepped the mast and ! hoisted the suiail Ti e little boat. ; itndt-r tlie fresli.v'ii.ig b;v« began ' to draw tl.rouir!: thi* water ra;»ldly. T;i order \0 win out oft!: inouih of th* , ”* " . ' ' ' ' ■v , , . . i. ]. d.-.r f. j wouid have lo i»a*v: i:i a direction L::ch Would bid UK the. a once more netH* the moving Berapis. ; They could bcrclly bope to escape dis covery. They bad. of course, gulitod a prood start on the frigate. But ns she was soon loTered with sails, and her ;t height enabled dscr to catch the breexc blowlnff over the bills. trt»ic!i was lost to tlie smaller : craft, sfce literally rushed down upon : tberu. •* A nolde picture rho made to those on the boat, (ibostllke nrnl eerie iu tlie ; pale moonlight, shining fitfully through tho overcast heavens, the great white i siTiTp ToW*-iT7! ;TuovV d.cm. in i swutrin" j nsusts covered with clouds of snowy canvas stretching far out on either side' j s os the spread hr' ynnlarms. Her I swept the sidles. Her keel plowed /the deeps. The wind sang In the top ' luun|K*r. The white-ava ter. shot with j Bparfcs, piled up h.i front of her, bub ] bled and played around her fore foot i I and roiled away on either side in j broad* sheets of foamy phosphores j eotVee. The yellow lights of the battle | l lanterns streunred through her open j portn. "drum was grindy rclliujr the ben 11 to battle On In'r decks. Dark ! fonns passed to avod Men leaped j hither and thither In castln* U>o<e the | double tmv of great black guns. Soine j Hines a vivid flash In the moonlight ! ) proclaimed a drawn sword. Presently i the cries and orders dic'd away. The ; men settled down at their stations, i ! Silently tlie hn»;o fabric, n spiendM ’ I example of Oat powe r which for twice ! , two hundred y'enj** luicl ruled tlie seas. : ; swept toward tlfbm. Os Neill watched her in tubihration.. : *'A lit antagonist even for our great ; captain.” he cried, nil his enthusiasm aroused by the ship. * , nn , .l uohly Imn dled,” he ncHcd. *Mark the discipline. See the* order!’* “Aye. sir. that *ll !>e a hard one to take, but we*ll take her. never fear!*' J i said the old seaman, sharing his oflt- i i ccr's ungrudging approbatloh of their i pallant foe. “ilow can you fcponk so*/** said the [ ! fftrl. “To me she is nothing hut n | prison, a menace, a horror!’’ . ! “You are a woman, dearest. I hope i to I*c on the old Richard before long, ; ! and l fc*cl from such a ship as that | there is muc h honor to be gained.” j “And death, to:),” she answered, j shuddering. J “.It may he. Death and honor often 1 get hand'in hand,” Ik* replied gravely. ; . “But she nenrsvus. You munt lie down | until Rlii? passes.” • . J It was a':wr thing for her to bo j j commanded.. Slie found it altogetliei* j ’ n svi'eet c::; ;•:*•.>*•.• .i.c.i. j*..w u t I might be an<;:mr ui/.ltcr. ?n, thougii ; ; protesting btxar.ro siie vvgs u woman j ; and li.ul prescient c»yie to the fuitive. ; Elizabeth dutifully c’.x’yeci her lord I and lay down in the boat, resting her j head against his foot. As they drew i j toward tho mouth of the harbor tho • : wind cam.* stronger. The little boat ' fairly roared through the white cap* i ped waves. She heeled over until the j water trickled in on the lee side, but j t O'Neill resolutely and skillfully hold i her up to it. IT.* c-otiid not afford to i | lose r,n inch of distance to k»c\v:trd, , for the wafer shallowed rapidly fu ! | flint direction and abounded In rocks j ns well. Tfco Ber. pis was alongside i j now. They had not yet been Observed, j j The attention of the men cn the frig- \ j ate whs fixed upon the approaching i ships to the southeast, now plainly | visible. O'Neill fairly lielil hla bruntk ; as ho ccngralted himself that they i were to be pass' d by unnoticed; Sud- j ; d; n’y a shall) cry rang out just as the | Scripts drew ahead. ' Sail !:•)! lior.t ahoy, there!” For a • imuneut the small i; ...t lay right hi t h«e ! path c:f ligl.t cast by the brilliatitiy ! i illuminated stern ports of the frigate. ' “ ’T:.s the prif.onor. ho that escaped!” i i shouted a powerful voice. | “Sentry, give him a shot from your • piece!” oriel Captain Pearson himself, i springing on the rail and leaning over . toward thorn. Old Price shoo!: Ids fl-t ; at the frigate in stout dcflnncp. Tin* ’ sluirp crack of a musk't rang out. in . the air. The bullet seemed to have | struck something forward in the bout. A shudder swept through the little ! emit, a hoar, e, frightful cry quivered ! through the night, tlicre we.s a tho boat struck'something, and that | something, whatever it was. .rasped j : along ber keel as she drove ahead. “Clear away tho second cutter!” cried nnothpr voice on Hie frigate, j 4 ‘K*»op all fast!” r.l.oni d Pearson, i “V.’o have bigger game tonight.” \:;d i then ho hollowed his hand nud cried out 'O9 the Sera pis drew rapidly ava y: “Wo’ll take care of y *u. sir. in tin? morning, when we r. .u:ix *** A few i t VIDAL! A, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1004- 1 wor» lini'M shots v,-<*n* tired at t re. 1 ; froai <lifiVi*t*t!t parts of lire skin. Uj<> j i U'.ilU't tore the sx-.il unit \vlJs- i llfsl l>v tv,* mr of tire yomiif Jfr.j- | tenant, but dkl uo kartu. "\ye are saved aßnhi"’ crksl Klizn beth, sitting up an.r looking gratefully at b;-r lover. ! i “But not vritUotit a cost." said t'H* ! . young man solemnly, i “Wliat mean you? Are you bolt? ! Are you wounded?" sho cried, j "Brieel" called O'Neill soflly. though ha knew It was useless. There was no answer. ' | "Oh, that awful cry!" said Eliza i both, shmldertng. "It was Tie." added O'Neill gravely. , • "He was l-.i* by the first nud r -.t { ; O’.'ei'i e,utl. t)i4 you not feel him strike the k.-el?" "Is there no hope for liim?" s..e j queried anxiously. “Could we uot put ! i back am! seek him?” "None," replied tlie nontenant short- | ly. “There was death ia 1:1s voice. It’s ! all over with him. Well, be died in | the line of Ills'duty. ’Tis a sailor's ; chcrialn*d hope." “He helped me—both of as-In time cf need. Onr way to liberty and liapp'.- ncei,” she cried piteously, ‘ seems to Is? j over tbe.bodies of those vhe u.ve us." "So It liai ever been ill the world-—a i-flimisamt Ocntbs to nlabe one Ilf**, a ! The sharp crack nl a mubhet rang out In lhe air. thousand griefs to make one Joy." be answered, laying hla band tendetfly upon her bend, which Bhe bad burled I In ber bands. \ . “But come what may." she added, looking ltp resolutely, witb all tlie self ishness of love. “I have you., at least, and we are together again." "A.ve. let us pray it may be forever. ! sweetheart." They were oat tff tlie harbor now, , and while Hie Berapls was stretching along to the northeast to gain an ofling, with the Scarborough some distance , ; abend of her mid to leeward, tire ] i lighter' draft of the Rmail boat per- ! | milted O’Neill to head Iter directly for ! the oncoming American ships, whose ] lights and the ships, themselves were ; now plainly visible In the moonlight.- 'CHAPTER XVII. * j lUrCli SiANUAKI^ i *TT*"| HE battle which will take J place toniskt yonder he* tween Uiosl* ships decides ! my fute. f hope to (loti I j may arrive In time to take iny part in \ it! The Richard is fearfully .short of officers at best; Laadnls. who Las the .Vllhiucc, is crazy and a coward; Cctti- ! licnu iu ilie i’ullaa is an unknown | j quantity, and the rest have f!od. Jones i ! has only Richard I'Jnle and a lot of | I midsiihiißCu with him upon whom he I i cun absolutely dopcml, aiul 11. ore nro ' i over two hundred prisoners in the.! ! licJd. lie needs me. If this kreefto | holdH on I think wo may intercept i the Richard before the battle is joined. ; I’ray, dearest, #3 nover before, for the ! success of our arms! It means life, and you, for me.” **lt means life* for mo ns well,” sho j answered, neat ling against ldni and j . nervlus herself up to the? inevitable j confession. How he would take it sho i did not knave,*or. rather sho would not i permit herself to say. She was con scious only oT an im]>o!i!n;r necessity to toil him the whola story, s!*.o 1 had deliberately waitcxl until tsi.u be- j"' ! lieved he could do uotliiii^. M Ah, yes. ’tis sweet of you to say so. : blit not the same. Mo they will hang. but not you,” he answered fondly. • “Yes. they v.*!!!.” sho replied. “I—l I must confess It to you before we jjo further. It weighs upon me. ! also am jiuilfy.” “(!utity! You! Os what, pray? Os loving me too much?” liO (p.iericd. j laughing in pure iigiitucss of heart. “No, not that,” she u!33wCrc«l, “but ! that--that order—your reprieve. It I was—tho admiral did not sign it,” she? ; added desperately. Tho secret was out. ! “And who did it, then?” bo asked, still unsuspicious of her mennin;:. “I did it myself,” she answered, j with -averted head. “it is not possible!” ho exclaimed, withdrawing from Ucr a Httlo in his ; astonishment. “’Twns for you—for you I did it. j J Reproach me not -nay, you shall not'*' * t i , *!*iTV:v\l. lire to ClToiiOnioraolfaiirt ■ liar love. now t !.<? truth was told. ■ “Captain *.lcaea sial ssl:c boon’ delay and yon were saved. There was no i other wry. I - i treated the admiral, lie left me—went ; atva.v. 1 saw the u:an fixing that ! block—the rope—l ran to him to make one more appeal. He was not there. ' On his desk was an oixlor giving two j permission to see yon. which lie lmd Intended to give me and lmd refused | “t the last- moment ami left unsigned. 1 i His watch was there and his seal. I i addra the rest and signed ami sepled 1 It myself. l>o not shrink from me!” | she pleaded, with changed mood again. ! i “Yoar a user—your disapproval—kills . j me. Is there no excuse that yon can ! I find for mo?” ‘ Her nmteul was so ten der, her affection so apparent, she* was 1 her awn justification. "No fitttn would have done it.” he | •aid Irresolutely, wavering. ‘ Hut every woman would," she rc- ! plied promptly, pressing her atfvnn- . tage. “Why are you so silent? Your \ precious honor is safe, nnd ns for ftlne”— “ ’Twas nobly done.” he answered :*t lust. In complete surrender. “There | Is not a woman In the world but would 1 honor you for It. Not a man who i would not love you. You have done that which ! could not, and for me. ; My heart before, and now my life Is , yours, my heart's dearest." I "I know jmi would not like it." she answered simply, “but there was no I Oliver way. 1 confess I was terrified ! when Edward"—. | "Uoi'd heavens!” cried O’Xelli. “He I saw the order?” | "Yes."* said tile girt, cowering he , tore ldui again. In truth, this phase | of the transaction hud actually es ! enjird her memory. flauiiiiy accented It with out (laestioulug him?" he ipterntt. yt-«, would have given all the world to lie to him, but even In the darkness she ■ coaid hot be further untrue, in his j very presence, though now like n llutdi 1 she saw It Jill. ! "He—lie cloutited It,” she whispered j hesitatingly, "lie. handed the 1 paper to Edward and asked him If It—if it j Was nil right." ! .-"And Coventry?" » ! "110 took It null locked at It looked i at.me—l had forgotten him. 1 must confess"—she weut on brokenly—“and then he handed It buck to Captain Pearson nnd—and said It wus correct —the signature. 1 mean." “lie knew, think you?” asked her ! lover, with deadly calmness. "Yes, he knew." ske faltered. "And the sentry—our unheeded es cape?” "Edwant, took Ills place—l might ns well tell you all now,” continued tlio fclrl desperately. [TO liE CONTI N't ED. | ,To The White Voters Os Montgomery County, j j .On next Wednesday, tho.SOthi jiiiat.. yon are to decide by ballot j ; w ho v ill represent Montgomery | 'county in the Lower House of j : the ut.\t Legislature cf Georgia. ! [regret (hat- nick nor.-, business 1 I engagement.-t and- Jack of time I linvf prevented my seeing every I mother's son ol you in regard to the matter. lam proud to be a bio to sav truthfully t-lint 1 have run a clean race. 1 have lived up to my’ an nouncement % dealing with my i opponents as it- behooves one lion !orable man to(lcul with another. Neither by private act nor by pub lic utterance have I attempted to ! besmirch the reputation or black* cn the chiiract-srof any candidate ! hi this race; and I have requested ! many of my supporters to accord : to them the same fair and gentle- | •manly treatment. 1 wish to strongly emphasize the fact that . I Imve eschewed mud-slinging and i j avoided personalities. Iff can-j : i.ot accomplish (lift defeat of both | I Messrs. Pears and Clements by i 1 telling the truth, I .prefer not to! ; defeat them at ai!. Someone lias maliciously cir- | minted the falsehood that 1 am i | . an in filial—un unbeliever. Whitt | nonsense ! 1 will tell you what I !iiy real conception of our Creator {is: I believe there dwells in im i mensity an All-wise, Invisible being under whose protecting! wing the universe exists and whose ■ every thought is a glittering star; and to Him everyone is responsi | ble for liis acts while tabernacling ! in the body. It line been 1 old in several dis • 1 T | ferent eomirwmtips (hat I favor ! a ‘no fi'iice or stock !ft\v” for this : county. This is the sheerest Utnlf. There is not- n particle of truth in it. I removd from tin* county of my nativity in 1882 | partly litres use ot the adoption there of the “no fence or stock law.” lam candid and truthful enough to say what I mean and mean what I say in politics ns well stin my every-day life. Tlie people are in the saddle touching this law. They decide by vote j whether they wm.t “fences” or I “no fences.” A member of the I Legislature is not. a king, but a (servant of the people whotieof ' him. | Some oppose me in sentiment because, to use their expression, I urn a lawyer. Permit me to tell you what kind of a lawyer I am. I have never depended on the practice of law fora living. I have cl<nred and had cleared two hundred acres of land in this county. Within the past four teen years 1 Have made more than two hundred bales of cotton and corresponding crops of corn, oats, peas, potatoes, cane and rice. In a word, gentlemen, I !yn not law yer enough to hurt much. While both my opponents urn i honorable men nud good citizens,' so far ns my information goes, yet to save my life I cannot but, believe thnt I would make the’ best legislator. I have spent six years of my life in journalism, | seven years teaching school and | thirty-four years on't.lie farm; : and if I have not sense and expe rikiice sufficient to lt-pivsine you in the Legislature, I am simply a dunce of the lirst water. ■With the kindesf feelings for : all, and asking vour support on the 20th ,1 takepleasure inVubscri bing myself, Yours, very truly, Chas. W. Spakks. | J. R. Odom & Co. I I YIDAI.IAjGA. a I WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS, ¥j And will appreciate a call from j’cm to i.. inspect our stock of Dry Goods and’ N**- © ftions, also our line of “Harvard Brand”’ © Clothing. Our line of White Goods © © ' . and Dress Goods at prices unequaled in © £ the mercantile history of Vidalia, Z Our line of Fine Shoes is complete. © jS In Fancy and Staple Groceries we 2j* can’t be beat-—our prices are right. . a| I J. R. 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