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20 In the Hanc's of the Cave Dwellers. Tin Story of An Apache Raid. * ill ii. \. IlfiNTf. (Copyright, 1900, by S. S. McClure Cos.) CHAPTER V The time passed very pleasantly, Will had become a. great favorite with berth Senor Saras la and his wife, and was treated os one of the family. Donna Clara often accompanied the party on horseback, and when her first shyness with Will had worn of , he found that she was lively nnd h gh-splrited. Ac customed to horses from her infancy, she was an admirable rider, and, although both Juan and Will were mounted on some of the best horses on the ranch, she could leave them behinc’l on her favorite mare, a beautiful cieati.re that she her self had broken in. At the end of three months Will felt that much as he way enjoying himself, he must not outsiay his welcome; but. upon his broaching the sub ject of leaving the whole family protested eo Indignantly against such an Idea, that he felt they really desired him to stop wiih them. Juan spoke <o him on the The Time Passed Very Pleasantly. subject as soon as they started on horse back together that afternoon. “The Idea of your leaving us Is alto gether preposterous, Will; do you think that we should for a moment let you go? Where, indeed, would you go? What ideas have you in your mind? Are you not one of us completely?” “You are awfully good to me; I was never so happy in my life, Will replied, “but there is reason in all things; I can rot spend my life here. I must be doing something for my living. As I told you, 1 do rot want to return home until I can say to my father, I have been a success. 1 require no favors, and am in a position to keep myself.” “I understand that,” Juan said, “but how do you propose doing it?” “I should do it somehow. I can at least ride now, and have more ways of making a living open to me than I had before.” "My dear Will, you are talking non sense, and if you suppose that we are going to let you go out into the world in that sort of way you are altogether mis taken; at any rate, leave the matter Antonio Rod. l’p at a Head-Long Gallop alone for th* - * present; we may see our wav morr clearly in time.” and had Will happened to glance at his companion’s face he would have been puzzled by the •light smile that glanced across it. Two months later all hands were busy on the ranch. It was the season at which the herds were weeded out. the old bulls and some- of the young one* slaughtered, skinned and boiled down. Will only on * accompanied Senor Saras ta and Juan. to the scene of operations. He was Interested at the number of In dians. with their squaws nnd young one*, who had come down and established a conip of th*ir own. They were free lo take ns much meat ns they pleased, not only for eating, but for drying for future consumption; broad, thin slices of flesh w'ere cut up and hung on ropes between pole* to dry in the sun. Three days suf ficed for the operation. Then the merit, ■row almost hard as leather, was pounded (tin irnn.. .. I. ....... , . Pr *ne worn*i beiwt n ht ivy stones, nnd then mixed with a little salt nnd packed | tightly In bags made of skin*. In this • tate it would keep for un indefinite time Will Harlan often w. nt there, but could not be Induced 10 approach the spot where the animals were slaughtered. He was much rallied bj Senor Snrusta nnd Juan on what they ailed his faint-heariednrsv “I admit all you say," he replied. "I don’t mind going into a fight myself, but I cannot stand seeing those, poor brute* killed. I know that it 1* necessary, and that your vaqueros do it nlmo e t instan taneously; at the same time, it is not nec essary for me to see it. 1 would very much rather stay away and watch the native* with the shriveled old women, and the funny little pappooses." Clara nodded approvingly. “You art quite right. Don William,” for although the others all. like Juan called him sim ply by his Christian name, Clara still continued the more formal mode of ad dress. ‘1 never go near the yard myself when it is going on.” “Ah. i is one thing for a girl not to like it.” Juan said, "but for Will, who I have seen as cool as possible when his life is in danger, and who fired at a man as steadily as if he had been shoot ing at a target, It seems odd. However, one does not go to see the animals killed; no one can take pleasure in that. The interest lies in the skill end cour age of the vaqueros, who are constantly risking their lives; and, indeed, there i* scarcely a season passes that one cr two of them are not killed.” The work occupied nearly’ a mon f h; then Juan started with his fothe f r San Diego, where the formal betroth 1 of the former was to take place. At this his father’s presence was nec’psa y, and the Jotter would make his usual ar rangements for chartering a ship o ro down to receive the hides and skins full of tallow at the mouth of the river. Wi 1 had again proposed that He should ac company them and say good-by to them there. As proposal was scoff'd at. •‘lt will be time enough to think of that when I go down three months to be married,” Juan said, “and row you must take our places here, and lock after my mother nnd sister. You will have to play the part of my younger brother, ad keep things straight When we come back. wt will have a serious talk about the future.” Will was Indeed now quite at home at the w'ork t the ranch, nnd not fnfrequ nt ly rode in one direction to give orde s respecting the herds, whl’e Juan rode in the other, and the vaqueros all rega del him as being invested w.th authority bv their master. The report of Antonio and Sancho of what had taken place nt San Diego, nnd on the road, had greatly pre- , disposed them in his favor, and the man ner in which he had succeeded in sitting a horse that few of them would ventur to mount had greatly increased their re spect for him. Don Senor SaTasta settled the matter by saying. "If you were to go with Juan I could not leave at the same time. Will, arid I particularly wish to be present at. his betrothal. It would strange and contrary-to all custom if one of his family were not to be there; still we could hardly be away together links* there wgre someone here to take our place. You know there ore constant y questions referred’to us. One herd suay.-t into the ground alloted to another, dis putes arise between vaquero3, and, in ( \ • A Barge Band of Indians Rede Down to the Bank and at Once Opened Fire fact, someone in authority must be here ’’ “Very well, sir. Then, if you think that I could be really useful, I should be only too glad to stay. You know that my own Inclinations are all that way. I hate al ready been here five months, and I feel that this delightful life must come to on end before long. However, since you ate good enough o my that I can rta ly of use In your absence, I will gladly r - main here until Juan goes down again to fetch his bride.” Two days later the Mexican and his son rode off. accompanied by six well-armed horsemen. Will found plenty to do. and was out the greater part of the day. Two days after the others had starred he ww one of the Indians talking to Anton o. As soon as the latter saw him he left the Indian ana came up to him. "This Indian, who is one of the chiefs of our tribe, senor. tells me that there is a report that the Indiana on the other side of the river are preparing for an ex pedition. It is supposed that it is again*: another tribe farther east. They have not raided on this side of the river for many years, but *he thought that it was as well to let us know that they are at pre?- ent In an unsettled state. He *eys> that he will have some of his warriors down near the river, and that he will let us know as soon os he has any '‘certain news.” “Is there anything to be done, do you think, Antonio?" "No. senor; there are frequently wars going on between the Indians to the east, but we hove never had any trouble with them since we came here. If our Indians thought that there was any danger, they would very soon be flocking down here, for they have always been promised that they should be supplied with firearms were anything of that sort-to happen, and they know that, ■with the aid of our people, they could boot off any number of these redskins." “I have no doubt that we could defend ourselves. Antonio; however, you sec thnr In Don Sarasta's absence I have a very heavy responsibility, and I think that It would be as well to take some precaution. Will you ask the chief to send down a doaen of his warriors? They shall he paid in powder and in blankets, what ! ever Is the usual* sum. I want them to establish themselves round the hacienda, to keep guard at night. 1 don't mean that they, shall. slay close to the house, but to scout down toward the river, so that in case of alarm there would be time !to get you all in from the huts. How many sleep there'?” “There are about thirty of ue w’ho look after the herds in the lower parts of the > valley, and eight or ten peons who work In th* garden round the house ” “Well, that force, with the half-dozen servants in the house, would be able to hold the hacienda against almost any num l>er of Indians, and you could all be here in ten minutes from the alarm being gl\ en.” “Very well, senor, I will tell the chief.’ He talked for a few minute* with the Indian. “He will send twelve of hl braves down to-morrow,” he said, when he rejoined Will. “Very well, let him do so; I shall cer tainly feel more comfortable. What tribe i do these Indians on the other fide of Ihe river belong to?” “They are a branch of the Tejunas, who i are themselves a branch of the Apaches. , The headquarters of the tribe lay on the *nst aide of Arizona, between the Gila river and the little Colorado. The Te jwnas lie between them and the Colorado; they are Just as bad as the Apaches them selves. and both of them*arc scourges to ‘ tho northern district* of Mexico.” “What are our Indians?” "They are n branch of the Genigueh In dians. They live among the hills between ! Iron Bluff, sixty miles below us, and those i hills you see os many miles up. A good j many of them hunt during the season on THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JUNE 1900. the other side as far east as Aquarius mountains, in what is known as the Mo have country, but they never go farther houtn tha; sme than the river Santemaria, for the Tejunas would be down upon them if they caught them In what they con sider their country.” “I wish ihe senor were back.” Will said, “though I dare say it is all right, and that, as the Indians haven’t made a raid across here for many years, they will not do so now. How would they get across the river?” "They would swim across, senor. An Indian thinks nothing of swimming a wide river; he simply slips off his horse*, nnd either puts his hands on its back or more generally holds on by its tail.” “Have these fellows guns?” “A great many of them have. They capture them from the Mexicans, or in peaceable times, trade skins or their blankets or their Indian trumpery for them. It i* against the law to sell guns to the. Indians, but most Mexicans will make a bargain if they have a chance without the slightest regard to any law.” “How is it that the Mexican government does not try and get rid of these Indians? I see by the map that the frontier line is a long way north of the Gila.” “Yes, senor; they may put the line where they like, but there is not a while man for a couple of hundred miles north of the Gila, except on the Santa Fe river, and even there they are never safe from the Apaches and the Navajos. Why, it would want on army of 2d,000 men to ven ture among the mountains north of the Gila, and they would ail die of starvation l>efore they ever caught sight of an Apache. No, senor, unless there is an earthquake and the whole region swallow ed up, I don’t see any chance of getting I the better of the red ras ale.” After entering the house Will said noth ing of the news which he had heard. It seemed that there was no real ground for alarm, and yet flu could not but.feel very uneasy. The next morning he rode down to ihe river, where a number of peons were engaged in loading the rafts with hide c and tallow, fie had told Donna Sa rasta that he should be down there all day. as he wanted to get the work push ed on. had IK-on there but two hours when Antonio rode up at a headlong gal lop. “What is it, Antonio?” Will exclaimed, for it was evident from the man’s appear ance that his errand was one of extreme imp'rtan e. “The he?Dnda has been attacked by Indians, seror; I was with the herd two miles this side of it when 1 heard some shrt? fired. I gallop and lo see what was the metier, but when I got within a quar- ter of a mile I saw that the Indians were s a arming tound it. A dezen started in pursuit < f me, but they did not follow me fa:.” Will stood as one thunderstruck. “Hut low can th y have got there, An to: lo?” “They must have ccme by what is call ed >he litvl-j gap. You know it, senor— that val.ey that runs off fiom the other i ear y at r ant of the hac.enda. Follow ing that and crosslrg a should r you cross < own on to the r.ver some 10 miles high er up. They must have crossed there by swimming in the night.” “But the chief said he had scouts there." “They could hardly watch TO miles of the. river, s< nor, besides the redskins woud have sent over two or three swim mers to s.lence any one thy found near the place where they weie to cross.” By this ilms a dozen other vaqueros who had been warned by Antonio as he cjme down. Joined th m. "We must ride for the hacienda at once." Will raid, leaping into the saddle. “No use, B‘ncr, no use. 1 should say there must be 4to or .VO of the redskins, and we may he sure that there is not a f oul alive now at the hacienda or at the huts. They will be here in a short tim< ; |of that there is no djubt; probably half | will come down il.e valley, and half will g> up. We must ri e lor it. sir, follow the r vcr down till we are pit-t the hills; there is not a moment to be lost. "The peons who had gathered round save a cry of des. air. You can go, If you like, Antonio; I can s*ee we can do noth ing at present; but 1 will not leave the place." “What will you do then, senor?" “We will take the rafts and pole them across the river there are no signs of Indians theie, and it is not likely there will be now." Then he turned to the •peons. “You hive lie or-1 what I said, (let to the rafts at once; then* is not a mo ment to le lost. Look at that herd gallop ing wild.y; you may be sure that the tedsk.ns arc after them." "Th spnrr‘6 advic Is good," Antonio •"aid, “and there is not a moment to be lost. Get on board, all of >ou. comrades; tie your bridles io the *afts.’’ All hurried on to the rafts the ropes that held them to the shore were cut. and the pfons putting out th * poles, push ed them Into the stream. The rpfts were already heavily lathn, by far the greater Potion of the cargo having been placed on board. Mcaf of the vaq ier<*s had their rifles Blung acioss their should is, as they l ad heard from Antonio what the Indian had said, h id on s artlt.g out taken their guns with them. "One never can tell what will happen," Antonio said, “it is always well to he on the safe side." Although the peons exerted themselves to the utmost, the rafts moved hut slow ly, ami they were but seventy or eighty yards from the shore, when a large bin I of Indians rode down to the bank end at once opened lire. As they approa 'h and Will shouted to nil the men to take hfir places on th other side cf the piles of hide, and. using these as a b east work, those having guns at once retuine I t > th * Indian Arc. Five or six of the redskins fell, ond the plunging of many hors n showed that they were wounded. A chief who seemed to be in command wav- and his hand and shouted to his followers, who were evidently ai>out to urge their horse* into the riv.r. when Will, who hid held hi* Are. took a sternly aim at the chi f and the latter fell dead fre m his hor.-c. "Will they take to the Water, Anton o?’ he asked the vaquero. who had takc.i hit place on the raft with him. "I do not think so, senor; it is not io Indian nature to run such n rDk ?* that. W should shoot down number* of them tie fore they reached u, and they would have n tough Job then, for the peons would tight desperately with their long ; Triumph of Worth. iceptlou a.'corjed to Pure Rye Whiskey Murray Hill Club Goods sold at area ► Bon.iw.c pt.cv— a pre-eminent whiskey * without a rival. It is listed by all the | leading Clubs, and served at the • most exclusive functions. So.d by | first-class dealers everywhere. JOS.A.MAGNUS&GO, ! CINCINNATI, OHIO. knives, and ii is no easy matter to climb out of the water on to a raft with two • r three men with long knives waiting for you. This band ore Apaches, senor; they have evidently joined die Tejur.as in a big raid.” The Indians for a few minutes contin ued their fire, bu as those on the nit* showed their heads when they stcod up to fire, and every tudlrt told in tie crowded mass, the Indians sullenly lode off. The peons then resumed their yoles. and in ten minutes leached the opp she shore. Will sat down as soon as he had seen the horse.** landed with a feeling cf despdr In his heart. In the hurried arrangem nts for the safety of those with him he had scarcely had time to think. Now h t there was nothing to do the full horror of the situation was felt, and the thoug.it of Donna Saras la and of Ulnra being murdered altogether overpoweiei him, and his cheeks w’ere moisten* and w’iih tears. What would Ihe senor and JU3n say rn their return? They had left him in charg\ and although he could hardly be -aid to be to blame, yet he might hive nk-n greater precautions. He should r.ot have relied upon the Indian scouts, but have kept at least enough of the men up at the house to offer a serious defense. An tonio, who was at the head of one of the parties in charge of a herd, came up to him presently. “WeH, senor, ’tls no use grieving, ami assuredly if any one is to blame ii is I rather than you, for I assured you that there was no danger. I shall tell the senor so when he comes. Had he been here he would, I feel sure, have waited for further news before regarding the matter as seri ous. Now. senor, what do von propose to do next? You are our leader.” “The first thing to do is to go to the hacienda after dark, and find out what has happened there. How long do you think that the Indians will remain in the valley?” “Some days. I should say. senor. They will no doubt kill u number of cattle and jerk the meat. Then they will drive off as many as they think they can take with them, and probably slay the rest out of pure wickedness.” “The first and great point is to find out whether all at the hacienda have been killed.” “That you may be sure of. senor; but still it is right that we should know*. There may be one exception, although I can hardly hope.” “How do you mean Antonio?” “I mean, senor, that the eenorita may have been spared for a worse fate. I mean, may have been carr’ed off by them. The Indians, while sparing no one else, old or young, always carry off the young women.” “Great heavens!” Will exclaimed, step ping back, as if hm had been struck. “You do not say so! A thousand times better hnd she been .murdered by her mother’s side. It is maddening to sit here end be able to do nothing, not even to be able to find out if this dreadful thing is true. How many men have we with guns?” “Thirteen besides myself and you, senor." “Yes. senor. that would be best. The Indions are sure to swim across to-night, and the four rafts would do well to push off as soon as they can no longer be seen from the other ride. The four head men. who will go down with them, are oil here.” “Call them up.” The four white men came fo him. "As soon ns it is dark.” he said, “you must push off; do not make the Ugh;e*t noise; when you get out in the middle of the. stream lot the current take you down, only using the poles when it is ab solutely necessary to keep you from ap proaching either bank. The twelve vaque ros who have nc* guns had better go with you, that will give three to each craft. We will pick out thirteen of the best horses, the others you must kill this after noon for food. Have you Ashing lines?" “Yes. senor. we always carry them with us. and you have shears and can Ash by torchlight.” “Good! then you will manage very well. The vaqueros, and what peons you do not require must be landed as soon as you have passed the mountains; they had bet ter strike up :o Monterey and wait there for older*. I will give money to one of them, to buy a horse there, and ride with the news to Don Serasta at San Diego." To be continued. QUICK COLD DESSERTS. They Are Coatf, Wholesome and Require Little or no Cooking. Pineapple food Is made by grating the fruit quite Ane and adding sugar enough to sweeten. Drop a candied cherry or a small spoonful of Jelly Into the bottom of a punch glass and cover with the pine apple; when ready to serve, add a spoon ful of whipped cream to each glass an 1 put a candied cherry on top. Jelly may be substituted for the cherries, and the glasses after being Ailed, should be placed on ice for twenty minutes. For cherry snow balls, select large red and white cherries. Arm and ripe. After stoning them, roll each one in a soft icing made of confectioners’ sugar an-l colored pink, for the white cherries, then roll them In freshly grated cocoanut Place on ice for a short time before wanted. Strawberry charlotte requires slices of sponge cake, with which a mold is lined, cover the bottom of the mold with crush ed. sweetened s;rawherries, then All with stiff whipped t roam, which may be col ored with strawberry juice. Put in the Ice box until wanted, when it should be turned out on a glass dish. A dish that is pleasant to the eve, as well as to the palate is made with a pine apple. four oranges, four bananas and cherries. Place in he center of a dish, a pineapple, pared, cored nnd sliced, yet retaining as near ns possible its original shape. •Peel, quarter and take out feeds of the oranges; arrange In a border around the pineapple. Put the bananas into lengthwise slices and arrange zig-zrtg fence fashion around the border of the dish. In the spaces put stoned and sugared cherries. Whipped cream is poured over this, or clear sugar eyrup flavored with a little brandy. Strawberry velvet takes n little more time for preparation as gelatine Is re quired—a half ounce dissolved in a gill of water; odd to it half a pint of sherry, grated lemon peel, the Juice of one lemon and a quarter of a pound of sugar. Stir over the Are until the sugar Is thoroughly dissolved; strain and cool, before it sets bent into It a pint of cream. Half flu small molds with strawberries and pour the cream on top. Put on Ice until needed. —The Prince of Wales was the first Christian who ever dined with the Sultan of Turkey. SIS cow. Her Mother Love Persists After the Period of Helplessness in the Calf. Cattle are not merely gregarioua—they have an Instinct of nelghborltness and comradeship almost human. Further mother-love among them persists long af ter the period of helplessness. A cow know’s her calves, licks them and mcoa to them, when they are full-grown, with calves of their own. She lows lx mentation if they are sent to a separate pasture, and recognizes them after six mon'hs rr even a year of separation. This, of cour.e on the commons where normal JnsHncUi persist, and even strengthen. Stall-feed ing does not develop heart or mind, in cattle any more than In human brings. Once at least this continuing mether love prevented bad blood betwixt neigh bors with a possible suit In law. Two cows upon adjoining farms dropp and. wi h in the same week, calve* so nearly alike it would have puzzled that traditionally wise person, a Philadelphia lawyer, to know one from the other They were heifer calves, dun, with a white apot in the forehead, and the. barest tip of white In tbt tails. Dun was a raie color upon ihe range round about, so both th* yourgsters were looked upon with interest. They sucked mornir.g and night through the summer, wefe weaned in me fall, and turned out next spring to find their own living in the natural blue grass nvaiows along the creeks. Food was abund ant, the creeks had also many wind ings, with here and there in te cluded spaces remnant fringes -of cane. The dun heifers throve so finely, and fell so in love with freedom, they did, not come home in the fall as did other well-conduct ed cat lie. Just what they did do indeed was never known. The spring they were two years old one owner went looking for his property, and discovered a fine, saucy young cow with a pretty frisky calf at foot, grazing happily, ten miles away. Neither yearling had been marked be fore. turning out—that is to say its ears hod not been cropped, nor slit, nor swal low-forked. nor under-and-over-bitted to show particular ownership. So the finder was quite Justified in assuming that he had found his own, and taking it home re joicing. There his neighbor at-once claim ed it, saying he knew’ it by a peculiar indentation in the white star. As the other dun was still missing, there was room for a very pretty quarrel, until it was agreed to let the old cows decide it. The three were turned together.in a past ture. At first both the old cows looked askance at the young one, and after a little made a rush at her as if to bear her to her knees. But as they got within three yards of the youngster, who stood tossing her horns defiantly, the claimant's cow half wheeled, butted the other in the flank, sent her reeling, sniffed gently at the stray, then began to lick her on the neck and brisket, just as she licked her own new calf. The demonstration was con clusive—the men shook hands on it, and the stray dun went home with her mother. Whether from Instinct or calculation, cattle have a curiously accurate sense of time. If they are salted every other morning at a ceriain spot, they will be prompt almost to the minute, though they may not come near the place between times. Dairy maids whose milkers run out. give them “a lick of salt” or meal, as they say “to h’ant ’em home.” Hehe* no doubt comes the cant rural proverb, expressing mulish obstinacy: ”1 wouldn't do it for a lick of salt." Buck nnd Brandy were brindled oxen, a yoke of renown throughout the country side. They had horns a yard from tip to tip, intelligent black-nosed, white-star red faces, and beautiful bushy tails. Bro ken together at a year old, they worked and played and grazed side by side until they w*erc rising seven. Then Brand}' fall ing lame, was turned out for a long rest, his owner thinking to fatten and sell him in the fall. • Buck at once quit work. Yoked to cart or plow, or ox-wagon, he simply laid down. The goad could not moved him. As soon ns he wan free, though he had never in his life tried to jump a fence or throw one down, he straightway made a breach somewhere and went through it to his comrade. As a result his owner sold two stall-fed oxen in place of one. In death, os in life, the pair were not divided. The prodigal calf gtts a rough recep tion upon his home-coming. The herd looks him over at long range, bellows de fiance and scorn of him, then keep* on with its cwn affairs. If ihe prodigal l.angs modestly back, feeding upon the outskirts fra day, or may be a week, never obtruding himself, and running from each lower.:d head or brandished horn, he may in the end be grudgingly accepted. But If he comes boldly lr, crowding for salt, snatching at forage, answering bellows with a low disdainful moo. he must conquer a peace, or go to the wall. At first the herd-leader rushes at him. butts him to his knees, and tries to roll him over, but does not gore him. If the stray stands up stoutly, or gives the leader a fair argument, he may win out right there. But if he is badly worst ed. yet lacks the sense lo prefit by defeat, nnd kesp :n pnc\ next time there will be a combined rush that will leave him with whole bones it Is true, but a badly sc a'ched coat, and sore all over from the pummelling horns. Atavism perhaps exrlalrs why cattle go mad at the smell of blood—especially the h ood of their own soecies Even a fresh hide trailed across their feeding ground may make them dange ous. With lowered h ads, tails stiffly ex • ndfd, bellowing,not oudly, but with a deep, menacing growl ing rote, they charge compactly upon al mest any moving thing in sight, particu larly a human being on foot. It is a charge net eA‘i.y stayed, but readily evaded—lt is hard for a herd to check Itself, and harder still to turn square about. 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The blacks in deed. believe firmly that both cattle nl horses can see many things invisible to mortal eyes. A curious bit of adaptation to circum stances may be seen in summer among the cattle of the swamp lands along Mississippi. From July to mid-Septemb' r blood-sucking insects —mosquitos, ii gnats, and so on. are so bad there, cl• 11 are sometimes in danger of their lives. So are people, unless they make smudge —that is to say. fires so thickly smother ed they fill the air with clouds of smoke, and thus drive away the rests. Tne * at .tie soon learn he use and value of *he smudges. If a space is incl Fed wi h the the herd will rush inside it. aid stand pgtiently blinking, motionless for hours, leaving it only when .he smoke dies dwwn, or when driven by hunger. Ezra’s Inheritance. Dancer of Counting; Cliiokenn Dr forr* They Are Hatched. Jty HOPE 11. STRONG. ‘'Half past eight and 'most time for Ezra to come! Well, we’re goins prey rid to have to work so hard, and 9 o'clock is more'n bed time for a man in his six tie*. I wlsht he court gst another place. But it won't do ary goed to grumble and I took him for better or for worse. But I guess nobody when they promise that expect any worst. Well that rlsin* must he ready and I may as well put my bread In sponge.” So-saying Mrs. Hampton rose from her straight backed chair, which she always proudly stated had been part of her "grandmother’s weddin' outfit,” and bus tled about In preparation for the morrow's baking. Such a tiny room as it was. The sight of it would always make one wonder If any city furnisher could have more suc cessfully arranged the many articles tha* f-.und a place there. A rag carpet covered this floor, but wherever it was likely to get extra wear a piece of oilcloth was overlaid giving a p cullarly variegated effect. Combining kitchen, dining room and library, it needed furnishing for all three. 60 the horse-hair covered sofa stood near the sewing-machine, and the sew ing-machine In turn pressed again against a chair whose very next neighbor was the o and corner-cupboard which held dish es, table linen and Sundry other necessi ties. Conveniently near and c ose against the wall stood the table where for so many yeirs Mr. ar.d Mrs. Hampton had taken their daily br ad. Years ago, happy young feces had Joined them there, but death and marriage had scattered them all,leav ing heme and parents alone So the table had the leaves down instead of up. The rush-bottomed chairs stooel beside it. The otd c ock ticked busily on the mantel. Beneath, the shining stove cooked the mralft and suprlled heat. At only a safe distance frem the range was a meal chest which answered the purpose cf a modern pantry. So without leaving the room Mrs. Hamp ton completed her "sponge,” brushe 1 away every suspicion of flour, nnd with folded hands awaited the coming of her spouse. The stroke of nine brought him. He laid off his heavy overcoat nnd hung It in its accustomed place behind the dot-r. with the old hat over it as usual; put one ponder ous foot Into the home-made wooden to t Jack and drew off a heavy boot; treate i the other foot and boat in like manner, thrust his feet into wailing slippers, dr w a chair to the Are and remarked. “Well, Hannah, I got the queerest kind of a let ter to-ntght. Some lawyer. Ferrett. he calls himself, up here in Columbia county has been writing to me to know i.t I’m myself." “Oh, Ezry. they nin't trying to make you out crazy, are they? Who could 'a done it?” “Crazy, well I guess roi," laughed her husband. “You don’t understand. It’s to establish my identity this her? lawyer fe low calls it. I’m to tell him who my fa ther nnd grandfather was and all my great grandfathers as far back as 1 can remem ber, or have ever heard tell of. Thai’s easy enough, for it’s been Ezra T. for five generations bock—but what it’s about 1 can’t quite make out.” “Do answer it to-night. It’s late, but maybe it’s something important to u Maybe w’e’re going to hear something. Here’s the pen and ink.” , And from the recesses of the cupboard appeared an ink bottle and n rusty steel pen. neither of which was called Into act ive service except on the rare occasion when one of their absent children receiv ed a letter from home. Only an half hour before Mrs. Hampton had lamented tha her husband was each night kept so long from his sleep. But now feminine curios ity conquered wifely solicitude. Ezra was spurred on by his better half until the whoJe letter was completed though un other hour had rolled by before he reached the end. The lawyer smiled next day as he look ed at the curiously formed letters, nd read the quaint phrases. But they t H the facts plainly enough, Ezra’s identity , worn established. Meanwhile Hannah Hampton ponler.d and planned over what the* lawyer could want, and at every home coming of Ezra besieged him with the query. “Haven’t you heard yet?” It is doubtful who'her either of them could have Fng e duced the strain. But fortunately in less than a week the answer camp. On Mr. Hampton’s return one night be drew the type written sheet fom l i pocket and looking through fils tel framed spectacle?, with his wond rin; Hannah beside him. read as follows: “Mr. Ezra T. Hampton, Dear Sir—Yours of the twelfth irs^an 1 at hand. In reply I w uld that i> quirios made by a distant relative rf yours, regarding some* Western prope ty have led to your discovery. About th year eighteen hundred one. Ezekiel H imp ton emigrated to and settled a 1 rge true of land In the territory of Blank, where the city of A— is now located. Com munlcations wkh him soon ceased, and ns he never returned to his hem-*, h!s friend gave him up as dead. From the copy of your family record you hive kindly for warded I find proof of what I had al n y surmised that said Ezekiel Reed I-lamp top was the brother of your grnndfi'he . Consequently as his nearest de <• i, lur this property will ‘revolt to y.u. O course, with the lapse c f time the laid has greatlly Increased in value, ard it would he well for you to look lno the matter. Any help cur firm can render you in re-establishing your claim will Iv* chi r fully given for twenty-five \er c nt. Hoping to hear from you at an ' u v *1 i e I am A. Sharpe Ferrett.'* No possible event could nnve wrought more Amazement in the minds of this worthy pair than did the contents of t’.ih letter. But os usual the woman broke the silence. “Well to think you’re gr-lnfg to own n whole city. It’s an awful responsibility for you. Of course, you’ll have to be Mayor—a man of your years, too, Ezry. Little did I think forty odd years ago when we was mnrrled, that I’d ever live to be a Mayor's wife. But girls never know what they’re marrying. What are you going to do about It? give it to this man?” “Well, yes. none of fhem would tv* any cheaper.” deliberately answered Ezra. “.And he sort of deserves it for finding pul. Though I’ve often heard father talk of hi* uncle Zeke who went West, nnl all the land he got out there. You and me have been wishing for enough money to get a little p'ace of our own wher* we could keep one horse and may be a S Blood Cure ab- Bolutely cures vjtpiV scrofula, eczema, SgpgL pimples, liver spots, blotches, jfjjggeruptions, syphilit l£sgie conditions, mer ajjay canal taints, etc. VW Specially effica j§9 cions in ail blood By diseases common to a hot climate. Price, 25e. 4 I | gp Free medical ad , * | f vice. 1505 Arch ft.. Phi la. * BLOOD CURE real Aldurney cotv. I guess we can get a whole drove of them now. Come Han nah, let’s leave this, letter till to-mor row. it’s time we were abed.” And vo with no thought of the time when as Mayor, he would importune unruly fire departments, argue with refractory boards of health, or take counsel wim ignorant aldermen, he lay down to peas ant dreams. On the following day the rusty pen wai again brought into use. and another let ter of crabbed characters found its way <o the lawyer's office accepting his terms. And the waiting time began. It is cu iou s to ii.t wild! effect even the prohnbi ity of w.ahh hos on ihe aver age mi’ <J. Lz a Ham. ton was above the aver, ge, so he pursued the even tenor of his way and per’o med his duties as faithfully as though “Uncle Zeke's’’ t' ousa ds had neve b“>en heard of. Not s* his wife Hannah; mindful of her com ing- gr an. ss it was impossible for her not to show it. She took on a superior teno with her neighbors, and hinted at coming changes; f r so repeatedly had Ezra charged her to keep the good news a secret until they more surely knew the result, that she and .re not enlarge on it as she would have lik and. In her market ing she assumed 1 tie airs and extrava gances Why should she buy “round” sleak when soon unlimited wealth would be he*s? So sue ord red choice bits of ! orter heu-e with a \v s- ned of her head and remarked t’.iat her money was as g 'td as other f >Jks. The people of her lit tU world wend red why Hannah Hamp ton acted so important, and Ezra mildly rem. nstrattd. assuring her a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush. But she silt need hifri by saying that did not mean when you vveiu goiog to get the whole bush too. ' And so the days wore on. Days had grown in:o weeks, and week into months, when rhe decisive answer came. Again Mrs. Hampton leaned over her husband’s shoulder with joyous anticipations of the we 11 th soon to be theirs. But the words were hard <o comprehend. There was lit tle doubt that the property really belong ed to them, but so many papers were missing, and the records had been so neg lected that no proof could be brought. Al most endless litigation would probably bo the result of any effort to reclaim tha land. So i' would perhaps be ns well to drop the matter. In these researches, however, they had made another discov ery. Ezekiel K. Hampton had been a colonel in the Revolutionary army and had, been enrolled as a member of the Original Officers, a society composed of officers who had served in that war. Each member paid a certain amount to perpetu ate fhe association. Membership was to descend in the direct male line. Said Ezekiel R. Hamilton having no heirs his next oldest brother inherited a life right in this society. And the writer took much pleasure in congratulating Mr. Hampton on being 1 gaily entitled to be long to this august and honorable bo ly. His name had been s rK to the president for this state and in a few days he would doubtless be heard fiom. Thus through no fault of their own had come to these brave souls the hard task of bearing a bitter disappointment. The president was heard from. Soci ety documents of ell sows poured in upon Ezra until in a few weeks he hud received as much mail as had come to him before in as many years.. The village postmas ter and Hannah could scar ely keep up with it. Of coure*. Ezra became a member. His faithful wife would permit nothing else. And. of course, too, he attended the an nual dinner. And in hearing of the glories of that festive occasion, Mrs. Hampton found some slight compensation for the loss of the expected wealth and official position. With brave heart she tried to bring her husband to the same opinion. “! don’t know Ezra, bui it’s mo.t as good as being Mayor; there’s less care, and it's ever so much mere high-toned.” And Ezra would answer submissively, “Yes, l s’pose so, but I did want that Aldurney.” Ezra’s inheritance, however, had no light influence on ihe people of Rural ion. For so soon as it was noised abroad they straightway began a search for warlike ancestors. For unately, he had no riv al as a member of the O. O. S.’s. Admis sion to the body was too difficult. But descendants of the r> iF*engers on • he over loaded Mayflower were-* numerous. It seemed as if H e whole population of the colony mus; have served it in the early days, so may grandfathers w’ere found who had held office, while sons and daughters of ihe Revolution were discov ered in every household. Family • ■rests wore unearthed, or made to order. Rusty sabers and moth-eaten army sad dles w’ore hung in many a hall. And the envied of all was a summer -traveler, who returned from her trip, “to the other side,” with a photograph of an Engllsn estate, which she proudly exhibited as her family homestead. So though Ezra’s inheritance brought disappointment to him and his brave wife, it came as a blessing <o the people of Ruralton, for wi hout it they miehi never have known the pleasure of seeking and finding illusirious forbears. MCMILLAN BROS, —Manufacturers of— ] \ Beamless Turpentine Stills and Fixtures. PATCHING COPPER AND RIVET*. ■HURT AND BOLT COPFER. Impairing thrt vgh t!i country a epcctal* \ fc&YANKAH. OA. MOBILJ3, AXJL rATETTE> XLK, N. CL J ■■. - ■—l ■ ■ JB SCHOOLS AXI> COLLIiUU). DAOITTAHO SEmtED. Mar deposit Pinnsf 1 Uul 1 lUll fur tuition in bank till position is v p cur'Mi, or will accept note*. Cheap hoard. C:r fare paid. No vacation. Enter any time. Open for both boxes. > DRAUGHON’S /J 7 rf/? PRACTICAL business^ Nashville, Tenn. Savannah, Go. Galveston, Tex. 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