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THE LITTLE FAIR MAN. By A R. Orckll. Copyrllthl. I*, by B. R. Croekett. (Notably amort* my father'* papcra •* on* bundle quite by themselves which he had always looked upon with peculiar veneration. They were written In crab bed handwriting on undent paper, very much creased at the folds, and bearing the marks of diligent perual In days past. My father could not rend these, but had great reverence for them because of the great names which could be do Iphereq here and there, such as "Mr. I). Dickson." "Mr. Q. Otlesplc," and In special, "Mr. Samuel Rutherford." Itow these came Into possession of my fatlier'a forbears 1 have no Information. They were always known In the family as "Fedcn's papers," though so far as 1 run now make out that celebrated Cov enanter had nothing to do with them—oral least, la never mentioned In them. On the other hend. I find from the family lilble, written as a not# over against th entry of my great-grandmother's death, “Aprtle the snventeene, 1731." the words "Conn to Mr. Patrick Walker, chapman, of Brtsto port. Edinburgh " The letters and narratives are In many hands snd vary considerably In ihite. some being as early as the great hey days of Presbytery, about 1635. whilst oth ers, In a plainer hand, have manifestly been copied or rewritten In the early years of the last century. Now. after X came from college and be fore my marriage, I had sometimes long forenlgbta with little to do. So. having got some Insight Into ancient handwriting from my friend. Mr. James Robb of the College of Bt. Mary, an expert In the same, a good golfer also and a letter fellow, I set me to work to decipher these manu scripts. both for my own satisfaction and for the pleasure of reading them to my father on Saturday nights, when I was In the habit of driving over to see my mother at Drumquhat on my way from visiting my patients tn the Glen of Kells That which follows Is from the first of these documents which 1 read to my fath er. He was so much taken by It that he begged me to publish It, at he said, "as a corrective of the sinful compliance and shameless defections of the times" And though I am Utile sanguine of any good it may do from a high ecclesiastic point of view, the farts are Interesting enough In themselves. The manuscript Is clearlv wrltlen out In a tali dopybook of stout, bluish paper, without ruled lines, gnd I* bound In a kind of gray sheepskin. The name "Harry Wedderburn," Is upon the cover here and there, and within Is a defin itive title In tloreated capitals, very or netely described! "The Story of the Turning of Me. Harry Wedderburn. Prom Darkness to I.lght. by the Means and Instrument of Mr Samuel Rutherford of Anwoth, Servant of God." Ths Dorth hath spared mo, llarry Wefl derburn, these many years. drtnylnr th setting of my son till oiw more the grass grown green where once 1 saw the blood ll# rd, and I wait In patience lo lay my old head beneath the sod of a quiet land. This Is my story, writ at the Instance of good Mr. Patrick Walker, and to be ready a* his next coming into our parts. The slack between hay and harvest of the year of deliverance 10S9 Is the time of writing. I, Harry Wedderburn of Blark frwlg of Dee. acknowledging the mercies of God and repenting of my alns. set theee thing* itown In my own hand of write. Sorrow and shame are In my heart that my sun was so high In the heavena before I turn ed me from evil to seek after good. We were a wild and forward set in those days in the ba -klandn of the Kells. It was not long since the eoming of a law strong er than that of the Strong Hand. Our father* had driven the cattle from the English border—yea. even out of the fo: field# of NlddlMlalr and over the flower of Solway. And If a man offended another he went his stralghu-st way home and took gun and whinger to lie In wait for his enemy. Or he met him foot to foot with quarterataff on the highway If he were of ungentle heart nnd possessed neither pistol nor musketoon I mind well that year IKifi more than fifty years bygone I being then In the I3d year of my age. a runnagafe cast away loon, wlthou: God nnd without hope |n the world My father hast been In his day a douce sober man, yet he could do little to restrain myself or my brother John, who. wns, they said, “ten watirs" than I. For fliere ws a wild set In the Gtcn Kells m those days. t,M derhai* of ftlogarte and Roaming Half of Klrkchrlst being enough 10 poison a par ish. We four used to foregather to drink the dark raw and the light In two or three tlmea In the week at the ehange-houee of the Clachan. Btspeth Vogle keeped It. and no good name it got among those well-affected to religion-aye. or Elspeth either, a bouncing buxom piece as ever rouped good liquor Into a pint-fuss or give a man a clour on the head for chunking her under the plump chin. But these are vain thoughts, and I have had of a long season no pleasure tn them Yet I do not deny the* Elspeth Vogle. though sore left to herself, was a heart eoms quean, and well favored of her per son. So at Elspeth's some half-dozen of us were drinking the hay-winning and the corn-cheating. For halrst was late that year, and the weather mostly backward sad dour. There had come, however, with the advent of the month, a warm, drowsy epell of windless days, the sun shining from morn to even through a kind of unwholesome mist, and the rorn standing on the known with as little motion as the gray whlnstane and granite cairns on the hllltap* The farmers and cotters look'd at their scanty mods of piowland and prayed for a rousing wind from the lxird to winnow away the still, dead easterly inlet and gar the corn rees tle ear agulnat ear. so that It might fill and ripen for the Ingathering. But we that were hand-fasted to sin and bonded to Iniquity, young plants of wrath. 111-doers and forlorn of grace, cared as little for the barkwaid year •' we did for the sad stale of h otland and the strifes that were fast coming tipon that land. Bo long as our plnt stoup was fllled and plack rattle on pb*ck In the pouch, sorrow Ihe crack of Ihe thumb we cared for harvest or sheep shearing, king or bishop, Bible or Incense pot. To ue sitting thus on Ihe Babhath morn ing iivhn It had better set us to have been sleeping In our nuked beds) there came |n one Hah Altken of Aucheiigask. likrmlnded with us. Bah was seeking his ’•morning." or eye-opontng draft of French brandy, and to us bleared and l*aded-eyed roisters he seemed lo come upon us fresh ns the dew on Ihe while Ihorn In the front of May. For he had a clean sark upon him. a lace ruffle aboul his neck, and his hair was still wet with <h# good well-water In which he had late ly washed himself. "Whither away, RabT” wc cried. "Is II to vtsli fair Meg o’ Ihe glen so early *’ the morning’7” “Ha Is on his way to the kirk!” cried another, chafltngly. "If so, ’tls lo stand all day on the stool of repentance," declared another. Then I" Ihe precentor's whining voice he added; "Hubert Altken deleted discerned lo c.m l"sr at both diets of worship for the heinous crime of—and so forth!” This was •n excellent Imitation of ihe ofllcl.il meth od of summoning a culprit to aland his rebuke. It was Fsllo Kol>b of Iron tnsnooeh, who said Ihlr. And he had Ihe best opportunities for perfecting himself •r. the exercise, having stossl Ihe session end received the open rebuke on three several occasions— two of them In one twelve-months, which la counted a shame •vert among shameless men. "No. Patle,” said Robb. In answer, m indesed for the kirk, but on no slccan owk‘s errand as takes you there twlco B and chiicious sauces easily mad# by m using a little M i LIEBIG 1 Fcmrwpts extractoi^^J v \ ** '. ‘.tfST* 1 m In* ye.ir. mv man. I *o io hear (he gos|>e| pn ached, for there Is to be stranger fr.ie the south shore at the kirk of K. lie this day, and they say he has a mighty power of words. And though ye scoff an I make light o' me. I care not. I am neither klrk-gocr nor kltk-lover, y sat True, but there Is a whisper In my heart that sends me there this day. I thank ye. bonny mistress!" lit look the pint-stoup and with a bow of his head and an Inclination of his body, he did his service to Mlelrvss Klspcth. who. fresh as himself, had come forth front her chamber, to relieve Jean M Calmont, who. poor thing, had been going to sleep on her feet tor many weary hours. Then Roaring Ralph I'rlngle cried out. "Rand. w will u' gang. I had news yestreen of this, ploy. The new bishop, good lu k to him, has otiled another of thn high-flying, prating cushion-thresh ers. Tills man goes to Kdlnlturgb to be tried before hi* betters, lie Is to pteach In Kells this very morn on the by-going, for ihe minister therefore Is ltkemlnded with himself. We will all gang, and If he gets u heartn' for his rebel's cant—why. lads, you are not the men X tak' you for!" So they cried out. "Wed sal.l, Roar ing Half," m.d got them ready to go as Inst they could. Por some were red of face and some were ringed of eye, and all were touched with a kind of disgust for the royaterous spirits of tha night. Hut a dabble In the chill water of the spring and a rub of the rough spur towel brought us all to some decent ptenenluble nesss. Por youth eaelly recovers Itself while It lasts, though tn the latler end It pays for such things twice over. We partook of such breakfast as we could manage, and that was no great thing after such a night. Hut we ewch drank down a stirrup cup, and with vu rloua good speeds to Klspcth Vogle and her mabl me wan to horseback and so down the Mratlr fo the kirk of Kells. It site on the summit of a lltle knowe. with the whin golden about It at all times of the year and Ihe lock like a painted sheet spread Itelow. We could see the folk coma flocking front afar and near, from their mailings aid to-shllllng lands, their farm towns and cothouses In half a dozen parishes. "We are In luck's way, lads." cried I.ld derdale, called Tonlass I.ldderdale, be cause he could drink that number of Moupx of brandy neat; "It Is a great gath ering of the godly. Our shutting of (his mare's mouth will make such a din as will he heard through all Oallowny ” And so to our sham* and my sorrow we made It up. We were to go the rounds of the meeting and gather together all the likely lads who would stand with US. There were sure to he plenty such who had no goodwill to preachings. And with these In one place we could easily shut Ihe mouth of the fanatic raller against law and order. For so In our Ignorance anti folly we called him. Because all this sort (such as I myself was then) haled Ihe very name of religion and hoped to find things easier and better for them when the King should have hla way, and when the bishop* would present none to parishes but whnt we called "good fel lows'—by which we meant men as care less of principle as ourselves—loose-livers and oaih-wearers. such as In truth they mostly were themselves. But when wo came that August morn ing to the kirk of Kells. Io! there before us woe outspread such a sight as my eyes never beheld. The kirk knowe was fairly black wlih folk. A little way off you could se* them pouring Inward In bonds like the spokes of a wheel. Purther off yet, lit tle black dots straggled down hillsides, or up through glens, disentangling them selves from eltimps of birches and scurry thorns for all the world like the ants of the wise king gathering home from their travels. Then we were very content, and made it our business to go among the gay young blades who had come for the excitement, or as It might be. because all the prrtty lasses of the countryside were sure to lie there In their best. And with them we arranged that we should keep silence till the fanatic minister was well under way with his treasonable paries. Then we would rush In with our swords drawn, car ry him off down Ihe step, nnd duck him for n traitorous loon In the loch beneath To this we all assented, and shook hands upon the pact. For we knew right slekerly what would be our fate If the battle which was t omlng on the land the covenant men won the day. Perforce we must subscribe to deeds slid engagements, attend kirks, lay aside gay colors, fore swear all pleasant dnflittg with such ss Klspcth Vogle nnd Mary, her maid—not that there was anything wrong with my own practice with such. I speak only of others. The clatter of the dice would he heard no more. The carte* themselves, the knowledge of which then made the gentle man, would be looked upon as "Ihedell’splc ture books." An good broad oath would mean a line as broad. In-bad of chanting loose catches, we would have to listen to *. rmotts live hours long, and be whip ped for all the little pleasing transgress ions which made life worth living So "Hush." we said, "we will salt this man's kill for him We will drill him, wand hend and working hand, so that he cannot stir. We will make him drink his till of Kells loch this day!" AM this while we knew not so much as Ihe name of the preacher, nor Indeed car-d He came from the South; so much we knew, and be had a great repute for godliness, and what Ihe broad-bonnets called "faithfulness." Which, being Inter- signified that he contemned Ihe king anil the bishops, end held to the old figments about doctrine, free grace snd the authority of the Holy Ktrk. The ntan had not arrived when we reached the Kirk of Kells. Indeed. It was not long before the hour of service when tip the lorhslde we saw a cavalcade ap proach. Then we were angry. "For," we said "this spoil* our sport. These are and üblless soldiers of the king, who have hcen sent to put a stop to the meeting. We shall have no chance this day. Our coin Is spun and fallen edgewise between the s'ones le’t us go home!” Hut I said: "There may be some splrtty work for all that. lads. Better bide and (*•€ !'* So they abode according to my word. y tut a hen they came near we could sre that Ihese were no soldiers of the king „or Indeed any soldiers at all. though the men were all armed with whingers and pl-lols, and rode upon strong, slow-fooled horses, like farmers going to market There was a gentleman at the head of them verv tall and stout, whom Hoarlng Ralf In an undertone, pointed out os Oor oon of Earlstoun, and In the midst, the center of the company, s little fa'r man shllnlt and dellrate. whom all deferred to clad all In black like a minister. H, r de a long-tailed aheltle. like one well accustomed to the exercise, and bore about with him the dte-stamp of a gen "•rhbT was the preacher, and these were mostly his parishioner*, come toronvoy h m through the dangerous and 111-sffect et and vttets io the great popish snd pre- Ittl* city of Aberdeen, where for the time b. Ing he wits to be Interned. Then Roaring Ralf whispered among us that we had better have our swords easy n the Shewth. and our pistols primed, tor that tbssa man in the hodden gray THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1900. would certainly light for their minister. "Gordon of Cardonea* Is there also." he said, "a stout, angry carle Him In the drab Is Muckte Ntnl.tn Mure of Cas aencarry. Bsyond la Ugly Peter of Husco, and that's Bailie Fullerton o' Klrkrud hr ght. the man wi" the warns ami the bed-mouthed musket across his -ea ldle bow. There will be a rare Ittltle. lads This Is worth leavin’ Klapeth's for We will let oat some true blue Coveaiant blutd this holy day!" And when Ihe IIBIe fair man dismount ed tlHrc was a rush of the folk and some delay. Bui we of the other faction kept In the back part and bided our time. Then the Utile fair man went up Into the pulpit, which was a hex on great broad, creaking, ungreased wh-el*. which they had brought out from the burial tool house as soon as tlwy saw that the mighty concourse could In no wise te contained In the kirk—no. not so much as a 10th part of them! Then there was a great hush which lasbsi at least a minute ns the minister kneeled down with his head In his hands. Then at last he rose up and gave out the psalm to be sung. It was th* one about th* Israelites hanging their harps on Ihe trees of Babylon. Amt X mind tha: he prefaced It with several |>lth> sayings, which I remembered Intig after ward. though X paid tittle heed to them at the time "This tree of Babylon Is t strange plant." he said "It grows only In the backside* of desert* where Mow* found It or by Battel streams where men walk Mi sorrow ami eitle. It la an ever-burning bush, yet no man ever saw the astir* of It." Then the people rang with a great voice, far-swelling, triumphant, and the little fair man led them tn a kind of ees tnry. I do not mind much about his prayer. I w* no judge of prayer# tn those days. All I cared about them was that they should not be too tong and so keep mo standing. But I can recall of him that ho Mtcllned hi* face all the time he was speaking toward Ihe sky. a* If Some One up there had been looking down at him. At that I looked, follow ing Ihe direction of hla eyes, and so did several others, but could see nothing Hut I think it was not ao with the ljttlc Fair Man. Now It was not till the sermon was well begun that we were to break In and "skall" the conventicle with our swords In our hand* I could hear Lkhlcrdal# behind me murmuring "how much lon* er were we to listen to this treason monger?" "I>et us give him five minutes by the notch, lads!” I said, "the stimc aa matt hath that Is to be hanged before the top man turn* him off. Ami after that I ant with you." Then Roaring Rslf s.tkl In my ear. "We hsvo them In the hollow of our hand. ThN will he a great .lay in the Kells W.- will put the broad bonnet* to rout, ao that not one of them after tnl* sholl be able lo show fare upon the <-nti*eway of Dumfries. There are at least fifty staunch Inds. good, honest, swearing blade*. In snd shout the klrky.vrd of Kellsthl- day!" For even eo we delighted to rail our selves In our Ignorance sn.l heodetront: folly, glorying In our shame And according to my word we wal'ed live minutes on Ihe minister. He had that <l.iy a text that 1 will always mind "God is Our Befuge and Our Btrengfh" from the 46th Pralm—one that wa* ever afterward a great favorite with m* And when nt flnst he began. I thought not muekle about whot he sakt. but of he great play snd bloody fray that was before me For we rejoiced In such like, ind called It among ourselves a "blood letting of the whey-faced knaves!” Then the Uttle Fair Man Is-gan lo warm to hi* work, snd Jut tvhen Ihe five minutes drew on to their end. he was tell ing of a certain friend thst he had, one that loved him and hod been •-onstnntly wlth him for years—so lh.it hi* married wife was not n.-nr and dear Thl* friend hod delivered him he said, from peril* of great waters, and from the edge of the sword. Yet he had put up with all the evil things he had .tone to him Ofttlm.-s he had cast thl* friend off and buffered him. hut even then he would not go sway from him or leave him deso late. So as I had never heard of such strange friendship, I was In a great •weal to And out who this friend might !e. who could he so different from the comrade# I knew, who drew their swords at a wont and gave buffet for buffet as qulek as drawing a breath So I whispered again. "Give him another five minutes!" And I eoukl hear them growl behind me. Tam .Morra of the Shield*, called "Tartan-face Tsm." Galtklt Gib Morrison and the others. "What for are ye wattin'? Let the gray breek* hae It noo!" But since I wa* tho strong**! there, and In a manner the leader, they did not ■l.ire to counter me. fearing that I might give ahepi "sirength-o'-slrm" ss 1 did one* In the von net of Dumfries to Mathew Alrd when he sothstood me In the mat ter of Bonny Betty Coupland, a rocontro which was little to roy credit from any point of view. And then the Lttlls Fair Man threw himself Into a rapture like a man going out of the body, ond his volts sounded somehow umhnny snd of the other world. 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They seemed lo be walling for something Then the Little Fair Man kaned out of the pul pit and atrelchgd his arm toward me. where I stood, like Haul, taller by a head than any about me. "Them Is a great, strong young man there standing by the pillar that hitherto has used his strength for the service of the devil, but from this forward He shall use It for ihe lewd Even now he Is plot ting mischief. He. too, hath wounded my friend, even Jean* Christ, and smitten him on the cheek bone But to-day he shall stand In the hrea.lt and light for him Young man, 1 bid you come forward!" Aim! with that he continued pointing at me with hla Anger a little crooked At first I was angry, and could have made hts ehafta ring with my nelve had I been near enough. But presently something up rose in my heart—great and terrible and melting, all at once. I took a step for ward But my companions held me back I could feel Lkklerdate and Roaring Rail with each hand on a coat tall. "Harry." they sakt. "do not mind him— cry the word and we will (all on and pull Ihe wlxartl down by the heels." "Come hither!" sakl the Uttle Fair Man again. In a voice of command. "Come up hither, friend Thou didst com* to this place to do evil. But the spirit hath thee now by the head, though well do I see thal a pair of bla.fc devils have thee yet by the tall Come hither, friend, realst not the spirit!" Then there arose a mighty flame In my heart, the like of whk'h I never felt be fore. I* was a gale of the spirit—a break ing down of dams thal Imprisoned waters might flow free. And before 1 knew what r did I took my hand and tlealt a buffet right anti left, so that Itoarln* Half roared amain. And as for Jock Uddenlale, I know not what became of him. for the)' carried him over the heads of the crowd and laid him under a tree to come to Him self again. Thou ahalt know a Friend to dap, young man." the minister said when I cause near. "Thou shall be the first frutt* to the leird In Ihe Kells this day. There .e to be H groat Ingathering of sheave* here, though eotne of them shall yet have bloody shock*. But thou, young sir. shall he the first of all and shall stand the longest!" Then on the outskirts nf the crowd there seose a mighty turmoil For all Ihoee that had been of my party made a rush forward, that they might rescue me from what they thought war rank witch cr.ft •Overturn! Ovlrttlrn , • , th*y cr!*<l "fling doi.n Ihe w sard' lie hath hewltrh * and 'Btrengih-'o-Arm' Fight, Harry, for thine own hand, and we will rescue thee!" And so ardent was their on*t that they hod wrllnlgh Ot sited a way to where the Little Fair M<n stood, aa unmoved and smiling as If he had been sitting In hi* own manse Bo great became th* crowd thal the very preaching tent rocked. The men of th* cavalcade drew their swords and met the assailants hand to hand In another minute there had been bloodshed But by some strange providence there came Into my hand the pole of a bury ing bier whereon men bear coffins to the klrk-yard. I know not how It came there unless peradvrniure they had used It to roll out the preaching box. But In any case It made a goodly and gruesome wea pon. Then the spirit of the lytrd cams upon me. and I shouted aloud "I am on the Mttle Man's tlde-and on the side of his Friend! I’race! IVace! And with that I laid about me as th* Lord gave me strength, snd I heard more than one sword snap and more than one head crack. Then again I cried louder than before "Lei there be peace, and God help ye If ye come In Harry Wedderburn'# road, all ye that are set on mischief!” Anil O! by means of the bler-pole a way was opened, a large and an effectual, be fore me. and like Samson t smote and smote and stayed not till I was weary. For none could stand against me and such as could ran out to their horses. But the most part of them I. with my grave pole, reused to remain that they ton might be turned to the Ixtrd by the word of the preacher. So they came back, and I had* th* Little Fair Man preach to them while I kept guard. And at that h* smiled and said; "Did I not say that thou ahnulds't tie a soldier of God? Thine *rm this day hath been an arm of flesh But thou ahalt also wield In thy time the sword of the spirit, which I* Ihe word of God!" And of a truth there was a great work and an effectual that day In the Kells For they say that more than fourscore turned them .from their evil way. and many of these blessed me thereafter for th# breaking of their heads—yea, even upon thetr dy ing beds. Now. I have backslidden alne# that, but have not altogether fallrn away or shamed my first lore. And when the caral cade rode away up the mulr road. I heard them tell that the Little Fair Man who had called me out of my head folly was no other than the famous Mr. Samuel Bulherfund. minister of Anwoth. on his way to exile In Aberdeen for conscience rake. That these thing* are verity T vouch for with my eoul Th truth ta thus, neither less nor more. Which I* Ihe testi mony of me, Harry Wedderhurn. written In this year of grace and a freed Israel. 1. _ OPT OF THE HIMDRIM. The Wonderful Wedding at the Man From I.araatle. By Charles Battell Loomis. We had been talking about th# general ly humdrum lives led by nine m*n out of ten. ant the sad-eyed man Who £ad hitherto kept silent sakl, ss he settled bark Into his chair and put hts feet on the hotel plixxa: "From my birth to the present time X have had but one thing happen to me thal was In the email**! degree unusual and that related to my marriage, which was a little out of th*. ordinary." He spoke with a sleepy drawl that p'qued curiosity and I asked him to tell u* what happened If II wouldn't Interfere with his tup. Be rallied and yawmd and said; "I was born .r*l brought up In I-era mi". Wyoming, and si was Arabella Ara bella Is my wife. I bed known her all my life and bad always lon.l her. and *h* had done the same by me, and the course ot our affectkai* ran aw smooth aw molb n tmt.il In im.9,1 decided to mar ry her. and the day wu- set (or April ti, and w-e Invited all uur friends and looked forward lo a l.ap|n but common place wedding. "Just one week Ivfore Ihe ceremony f was called up to North Dukola on a bits Iness mailer which I did not think would detain m. mote than three or tour day* Arabella did a lit to weeping on my shoul der. woman like, and raid, 'What If you never come back?' but I said; 'Now. you know perfectly well that I always have rente back, and that our two lives have been a* regular aa clockwork It’s only a few hundred milm aw.i>. and I'll be tack and w.ll be mini, 1 exactly at I oclock on April 25. and It will be the least exetilng and yet the latppbst wed ding that ever took place.' "I went up to North Dakota and the last ten miles of my journey I hot to make on fool. While 1 was walking along It began to snow, and Inside of nn hour n bllxx.rrd was raging, nnd I bud to put In for shelter at the bouse of u lorn stranger named Smith, who kindly gave me supper and told nr** Ihtl II would be eulcid.il for me to go any further, that a Dakota bllxxant. the last one of the sen eon. but perhop* the worst, wu upon us "'When can t regurn?’ said I. He tohl me that It the hllax.itd was o real ener getic ore H would ta* two weeks Indore 1 saw home nnd irarmm i You may Imag ine my feelings Hundred* of miles from Arabella with less ilmn a week interven ing before our marriage, and no wav ot getting word to her Of course, sksnroull think me faltlrlee*. I told the stranger my troubles, snd he sympathised with me. but wild that no human U-tng eoukl live oul In that storm ami when t looked out of the window I lielleved him It wn.i tirrifle I had been In Ihe New York bltxxard of Kv and H was a sultry summer s day to this one. “There was nothing to do but to grin and bear It, Maybe It would slop sooner than my friend thought. He might be an alarmist. But It grew worse, and by next morning It seemed to lie only Ju! beginning to get tn N* line work The snow fell nl the rale of a foot an hour on the level. The house was soon covered up, and we would have smothered In time If my friend had not happened to have .1 tin ventilator that ran fifty fee* up In ihe air for just such occasion*. "Not to make a long story, It was five ■lay* before the snow stopped and then we were snowed In lo Ihe depth of fifty frat. And we wera down to our last loaf of bread. But the thing that worried m moat was the tact that It was my wed ding day. I sal In the pitch darkness— for our oil had given out—wondering what Arahslla would do when I didn't turn up Suddenly we heard a vole* coming down the ventilator pipe. Hmlthson groped tile way to It. " 'Who's there?" said he •' 'lt'* Ihe parson. Have you food enough? 1 " 'No, Indeed.’ raid BmHhson 'We're down to our last loaf How are you able lo be about, parson?' '* 'Why, thl* la the queerest <orm that ever happened All llakota north of n* Is covered, but your* I* tin* last hnuse In th* track of the storm Booth of hero the ground t* |>#rfectly bare, so I hitched up end brought soma provisions along and drove to the edge of thl* mighty snowbank, and then I put on my snow shoes nnd climbed up. It's lucky you had such a long venlllallng pipe How are you going to get out ? Bhalt I drop some food down the pipe?' •BnUtheon told him that wa had no! eaten anything for ten hour* end we w.-r --beginning to get up an apt<*lH*. and the next minute bundle of pork and bean* was drop|ied down to u*. " 'lf you can tunnel south of your house for twenty feet you'll cams out on clear country I'll go home and get my shovel and dig toward you. and you ought to get out soon ’ "Smithson thanked the dominie, and we tackled the baked bean*, and they taslod like Naioleon lee cream. Then we felt like working Hut 1 was feeling pretty rerlous, because I knew that Arabella was beginning to worry. However, I fell to with a good will, and after two hour* of hard work w. me* In the snow tunnel, the minister and we, and a minute after ward we walked out to open elr and saw the strangest sight that could be Imag ined North as far as Ihe eye cotild roach the country lay cover* and fifty feet deep with an Arctic snowfall. South of u* the gras* was Just beginning to ehow green, and skunk cabbages were already push ing up through the earth. And In front of us *too*l the par*on's lonely house with n box of a church next door to tt, and rot another building In eight. "We graapsd the parsm's hand nnd told him he wa* a whit* man If ever there was one, and then I asked him what chances there were of my being able to get back to lairamle "He told me that the road to the ela tion wa* completely blocked, and It would be two days before I could get through Two dnv*! I Instinctively pulled out my natch. It wa* ten minutes to four Tn ten minutes, par*<u.' *ald I. 'mv wedding will be due In Larmnb. and Arabella Is even now watting for me "He was expressing hi* sympathy when he heard a roaring noise, and Hmlthson arid: 'Hun for sour lives. A eyolone!' “The three of u* Instinctively dove into Ihe snow Then w* heard a muffled roar. nn*t the earth shook, and It was all over Just to make sure, we lay |n the snow for a few minute* and then we crept out Hurh a scene as met our gaxe! The church nnd th* parson's house were tho ooly ■ movable things that hadn't moved Tree were leveled on all aides, and th*- plains In front of ua were Bill Of debris from various states. Just In front of me were s half s hundred crate* of r*g whipped lo an omelet by the wind, a bunch of banana*, a while hors# and a library of hooks Inis led. 'Cheyenne Free Library ' Aral stuck In a snowbank was a woman Mi a grey traveling dress. The parann pulled her out. wondering If It was neighbor, but I. catching sight of her face, recog nized her aa Arabella! Arabella In her wedding dree*, my friends. "Of course, the next day'# paper* all oter th# country hail full account* of the awful cyclone that had struck larunls and had run northeast Into the Dakota* CONSTIPATIONr Inward Hie#. Fulln*** of tha Blood In the Bead. Aridity of the Btomarh. Nau sea, Heartburn, Disgust of Food. Full ness or Weight tn the Htomach, Hour Eructation*, (linking or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or Suffocating ftensa tlons when In a lying posturs. Dimness of Vision, Dltglnsea on rising sud*b nly, Dots or Weh# before th* Bight, Fever and Dull I'aln tn the Head, Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellowness of th* Hkln snd Eye*. I'aln In th* Bide, Chest. IJmh* and Buddsn Flushes of Heat, Burning In Ihe Flash. A few dose* of Dad way’s a phis will free the system of #ll the abov* nam ed disorder*. Price. K cents per box. Bold by all druggists, or sent by mall on receipt of pries. RAJJWAY * CO., M Elm street, N. T. • MILITANT" the STRAIGHT-I RONT style of P THOMSON’S | “Glove-Fitting” Corset is unexcelled in quality, durability, com m‘\ *j# 'i I,(/ MpTf ' Tr*i (hem *rf as,! *c* Mw tSej'rf Data. ( ;/ For talc by all dealers throujhnut the IVral :' I’nitrd NUtCi. A handsome catalogue tlt f W''JfV mailed fret on application to ( Oto. C. H*u htllrr A Cos., J4.X R'wgy, New York. but not .i wool mlnkii x • t tin* f*< ' timt h* iv immuring, ot <1 t*i moth er mii fiiintitv Now you tu iv •;*v tltdt ttv * b*r %v man'* love that her on tin* !*• k of th> ntoini to Hlirif I wjii. hut rwa II to, It wnr* ti r*tn trkuhl* omim’ib • **l h mlnut* --h* •!* nwl h*r py* ■*, .in 1 then phe * it m*. m *l (h*n r!mw m*-. Hiir %vi* nil* iv* quirk ( Ink*' In a H* ■ <tlon. hrul nh> hold out h<*r rm* t<* m* I hi*oiil h r Just on< s for lurk, am) thru I looked nt my wntch. It l.i> kd one min* tit#* of four. ** ‘Pnrsofi.* laid I. 'thi* church Is still landing. 1 " o\ 1111 niti nu Trr %in uu( i The llnlr Hmlmliik E*|#*rlr*c# of n Mon lorpl lum In IMlnvis lllvrr. Th*- horrlhh* of or who has tin ‘•wept nw y hv Mine mcrrll* w* current and Undo hi ms* If at last at fit* brink of m cataract, mav possibly Im> Im MKtn’d, hut (hare nr** fi who MirvlVtt to r- at** to us the p.iril- ulnrs of such nn ordeal. Yet there Is 'n# Inatanc#* wh**rt* n man was saved at th very and of the fall*. There are fewer Imposing hits of scen ery tn<'ftriAita than where ih** Ottawa river pours thunderhi* nnd fonmitut over the Chondtere Falls When th* water In the rtvr Is low, * It I* In autumn, there Is a full of about forty feet; but when the river Is swollen by imlilnjc *ow** in the aprlnjr. the apparent depth of the fall Is less* ted At any lime the rush ami ewlrl of the gr*at river over this ledge of rock Ia eight worth feeing. In some plact s llie water pours over tn a dense* and Irresllhl volume, while at oth* r |M)tn t s a shallow ft ream will spray Itself over a higher tal*l * of rw*k nn the upper Ottawa are float* 1 *) I h men a ct logs which fed the large lumber Indue irha of that region. Handling these wet logs Is a treacherous bust!)**#, ami It Is easy lo lose one's foothold ami fall Into the swift stream Accidents f Hla kind occur frequently. The only r-M* Halt did not have a fatal termination la the on#* referred lo here The man was busy forking theo logs with thooe sharp prongs uaed to swing them boot and draw them tn, when he missed his footing nnd fell Info the river. Though a strong swimmer he could not withstand ihe current, and waa swept out Into ihe stream and on toward the falls Nearing the falls he found si 111 conscious, and It happened that he wai* being floated over one of those flde# of rook where the writer was ao shallow that he fell himself touch, lie glruggted to regain his feet, ami wa succemful In so doing; ao that he found himself standing In. perhaps n foik of rushing water, at ahn brink of Ihe cataract, a great torrent surging by him on every hand. Hut It o* s *nid hope lews. He saw n> wav of getting to shore, nnd no one from the shore could get to him. Many people on tha hanks of the river were watching him snd tryltur to study out some plan to save him. Finally a large derrick wan brought to hear, such a I* used In ImilM tng operations. A great arm with ropes was awung out over the torrent; and when •he man had fastened himself securely with the ropes, he was raised up high and swung tn. Just us a Urge stone would he raised In constructing u building. William l. P. Walker. —One Paris "grand dame" Is hound that rrance shall not l* depopulatod. The Vlcomtosac de Rocfeastallle Is 22 years of age. has been married five years, and la •he mother of eleven boys, of whom tha eldest t not quite 4 years of age. Dha presented her bust and with four Pairs of twins In succaaalon and has just topped off with triplets. Tb ch!ldi>n are all sound ami healthy. a n Nut, r r mh.i aso President. Vice I'rs.idsnt Bxkrt lu.tra. jr Bac'y sad Trsaa NEAL-MLARD EO. Builders' Material, Sasb, Doors and Blinds, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Class and Brashes, BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, Lime, Cement and Plaster. Ber „* Wkltake, Otrsele. AAV AM BAR, A. &FEVER] L Dumb Ague and, J L- - M alaßia^ LIPPMAN BROS.. ProprUhirs, o’Vglltts. Lipomas'. Slock. SAVANNAH. o*- seedryeT OFSORGIA SEED RYE. Bni'TIIKIIN SEED HYH. TEXAB HED R. P. OATS. HAY. GRAIN. FLOUR. FEED. FMIHTB AND VEOBTABLFA CHEESE. BEANS. TEAS. 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THUNDERBOLT SrHEI)I!I,B.' fommenclna nl 7-OO u in ear leaves Bolton elreet juneslon every M) minutes until inn p. in., after which time ear leave* every 10 mintues. t'nmmraclnK at 7 .T> a. m rar leaves Thunderbolt for Bolton etreet junction every Mr minutes until lit p m . after which time c*r leave* every in rntnuae* The IC-nilnule sehrdule I maintained as long ss travel warrants It, WERT END Th* first ear leave# for Wes! End a! 7:30 a m and minutes thenarier until 11:00 a. m.. lifirr which a car run* tn each direction every 9) minutes until midnight. IT M X/IFTON, Gen Mgr, An Open Letter Jasper Springs, (near. Savannah. Ua.. •rpt. 7, 380(1. t nlumhla Drag I oaipaaj, Savannah. Ga.i Gentlemen—l base (area angering with ( bills nnd Frrrr far mare than three month* Have been under treatment of several alurtors, tried several as-railed ("hill Taalrs, none of whirl, bene#led me. A! last I (red one hnllle af ysar Smith’s Fhtli sad Merer Tualr, aad within Ikres days I fell marh better, and after ualsx ihe sernad bottle I am lad ta say I am entirely eared. I write this so Ibnl ram mar be able la Inform others who may anfrr and saaara them af a mare. Very tralr yoare, (flowed) HKMtf TOKTII K. 1 11 I"! 1 , BUILDERS' HARDWARE —AND— WAGON MATERIAL. HO MI'S m 11,1 Braafloa ftreet, Meet. Seed Oats! Seed Rye! Texas Rust Proof Oats, Coat-rat##a fly*. Cow Feed, Hay, Oraln, Bran and Feeds of all kinds for stock anil poultry. T. J. DAVIS, Telephone 23. IB Bay street, west. BKHNNAN BROS, WHOLES ALB Fruif, Produce, Grain, Etc. 133 RAY AT It LET. Wok 7l.>>.b. ASS. J. D. WEED * CO UTima, . Leather Belting. Steam Packing & Hose. A|MU far NEW TOHJfc HUBUMK BEUTJLNU ANI2 FACKINQ UUMFANX. 17