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16 THE HUMBLING OF STRENGTH-O’-AIRM. By H. H. Crockett. Copyright, 2MO, by H K Crocket!. i'hfl I'ontiiiMtlon of lh of 0T- Harry Wul-Irburn, cmIN “Htrenjth t- Airmn.** written by hltnuHf ml tr.m t* a by Alexander McQublrr, >1 li C A! > TMI fell out exrefdlnuly wall, and lb© f. i was much bruited abroad 11. rough cm all the aiouthlartlft of Uilhraay, huw a i. wliii tie tram of a bu-r | convert It II .iv-thre# nit n In and about the kirk* I i>( !■*.t*l)as In on© day. ltui the brat li, n that 1 biak the head of w*i# H ur- B 1 .if I’rtnglo of Kiikehrlat—and Iw* *<„j I 111 th© bands of fl> Un with | t i.-r Ua.-tiel rxfvs tin# to wed h#r Vith ih* flr#t failing of the b if. Now, ft.urlng Half was no wor*hipfulty fcn.itl don tin* pate that before he could m up to fuarken to the vole*' of the Lil li* r>n Man bo had ridden nortliwurd Oil lib way. . lid all hlj f< k with him No.\ whin Rolf eat ii| mid drew Ills band II I h Id brow lu ked who had done tide and *li*n they told him that It wa? frbmd Harry W wider bum of the lllaok t'r.iifc who bal look, hia own Camill.n lie.ul with Urn tr.m of the dead bier, h* w. a wiki man, and M*ror# m hie tin* iiuliovti-d wrath to nhi**! m#- If ever 1 tnnn* uiUgii the house of Kirk- hrlM to see hta airier or for any oilier purpose n. m. ii ei• • ■ uislo about lUohd lna .if I knew dial wloa. li earn* to the I jHMUt stir eared not u dull for Koartri# Half or for 81©© Tod fTlnatle. her running fillltrl Shi- wart a fell ©lever lass and t | *t tPa*l MU though ever urging; rr>* u tor*w* r altflng drinking at the win*, with wild runna futtl In public plan sand chango hoU-©e, | If I bop* and to *t and will In tier favor 2ltit otwo having ln*en with hi r and lioar- Ing Half at Dumfries It wav my good lortuno to tuny her acre**# the ford at I Holywood whMi Nub wk*r was rlaing and sini e • that day somehow she b.*d always thought well of m© For we left tlie Hoarlug Of on tin- Dumfrl h shore, bleating like a calf with fear and liquor. "I will go over and bring h in hither on my back." said I. Am) would have plunged In again to do It. For I thought troth mg of perils of waters, being tall oi and a good swimmer, to boot. Hut this, ji t h I would In no wise permit She caught lie by (ho arm and would not let •n© go back •'Deed, will you do somewhat i#** 4 * Harry W#dd©rburu? If Half thinks *• little of his sister as to convoy her home disguised In liquor. • en let him eland tfa*-re on the shore baain' till he fire ft, Bo take his way home by the Brig of Dumfries." . . And so I was very content to do. de livering Rachel Into the hands of her Mi le Lancelot Brlngle of Quarrelwooil In due time, but a longer time mayhap than in ordinary ircumstnnces It took to traverse the distant** between the Korda of Holy wood over against Nether aoim aisl the mansion houw of Quatrel wnod Kor the pleasure that 1 had In earning of Rachel K’nngle through th© v, bad gone to mv head some lift.# wtid I waa perhnpe not so clear about way iu I might have been. Ho. minding n on that beirtsonit .nl Vncmore.de night, tog.-ther with other things more recent. I was not perhaps eery anxious about th* affection of lta< hel jTin*l© Kor 1 thought that It would take more than the wore! of Roaring Hall to change that little 14a- hel. whom I had earned In my arms over the swelling >( fCith water I minded me how tight she Lad liekl me. end how. when we not over, she whispered In my ear before I pet her down “Harry. I like strong men”* Which saving somewhat delayed my put ting of her down Tor Ihe ground gTew incontinently boggy mad unstable Just sit that spot. Ho on the evening of the day after I hn#l forsaken my ill counre at the bidding of the Little Fair Man. 1 set out from the onateedlug of Ul< k Fra Iff of Dee, leaving all there In the keeping of my brother John, a stark upstanding lad. ami tho of Gilbert tlrler, my chief hired Lord. I told them viol where 1 was going tut I think they knew well enough For John brought me my father's broadsword, Werfcicb he lawi sharpened. instead of my own smaller whinger, and (lib. the herd took the pistols out of mv twit and saw be* itoetr priming anew. They were always Very loyal and slh to my heart, these two. w*.d p#*) me on my love adventure with out a word Now the turn or twist that I get at the out-door service t the Kirk of Kells was stranre enough. If traty seem that m man can only bs turned by the applica tion of reason or argument. Hut It was not so with me. The Little Fair Man crooked his finger and sakl, “Come”—and 1 came. Bo also wa-* It with the others Who were convert It that day. aided, may to© somewhat by my Ida- k qu.rt*r staff 3But 1 have since read In the Hook that oven so dkl Mr Rutherford's friend, when w. the shores of the aen he called his aha Iples “Come?" be m.d to the flsher tnen. oral forthwith they left all und fol low *<d him Now. my call did not cause me Vo foJ •ow the Little Fair Man. It was not of that sort He did not bid me to that of It. But those who have been my n igh* tiors wiii bear nv* witness that I never was the same man again, but through many hort >rnings nml much warring f the fl ?*h against the spirit, have ever ••ought after batter thing.-, during all the fifty and one years since that ftny. Ho out 1 net on my road to Kirk hrlsr With <> rose In my oat. tin* covenanted Work of reformation in my heart and my gUtUoIK prix*l I knew it would need all three to win bonny Rachel Cringle out of the hand of the Hire Tod and his son 2K.tf. ttie K<nir:ng One. Now. Kirkchrist k* one of the firm towns of Galloway, which In the undent rluys havi- been t Ilk* forlllaces high on • defended Ml Indeed, the ancient fewer ef lll stands at *ne angle of the •uuar of bous* where it is used for a l> a! sheil. Rut bv an outside stair It Is ► l.t- lo get on tht roof and view the an try for ml es round. Do one side the Coox In turn runs down a deep ravine full nt bagel cop- s feathering to the mea dow edge* Where the big bumblebees iMVe tl-dr l-ykes. anl where i first courted JiaelM 1 sitting bahln-l a cole of |py on the grut day of the ingathering. On the tidier three sides the approach to Klrk ti:z 1-1 Is as bare as tin* palm of my hand, wl iort. stringy turf, and not *> much a. a dal-\ on it. gruse I over by Hlee T> d 't- nli- ifcp, and cast up In plains ly t-r., whose while tails are forever to I seen bunting about here and there wrong the warreny braes. Now, somehow. It never struck me that lioarlt-g Halt would bear malice. What was a broken In a<l that he should lake offeti • at bis ancient friend? Had I not bad my own aconse broke a st ore of times ar.u over 1"VhI the hr* aker better, prac • i tng dWM> with John and Gib till T o.ilJ br*uk his for him In return? Why r- thus Half Pringle? It was true that !’ had gotten an uncouth clout from tin* bl> r tram of K* lh*. but I w-as witling to give him hi** revenge any day In the week and for my iwrt bore no malice. Ho In thl frame of min i I strolled up towards Kirk(*hrist when the reek of th~ gt* .it |>*at tin s was just beititinlng to go Hi* into a still heaven from the rot hotis* In tlic bil. and the good cottier wives w*re pu:ttng on their pitH to make their four-hout h, I was at peace with all the w- rid. for since the Kirk of Kells there hi* i been a marvelous lightening of my *t bll Rachel is yonder." I thought as I went up mi hillside toward the low, four squared homestead of Kirkchrist “Her band will I** toying the put and blowing bp the kindling Hhe will be looking out for nu> somewhere, most likely at yonder . so she was. For a* 1 value lo view MUNYUN’S , Blood Curp ib- MlutplT riirps f • /•■ini., (tinpiH, R , hlotch*'*. Ice eruption*. Kj-pliillt- WT sß3 ''' ~,,,,,' 11*i0rm 1 m*r- WF rurinl \ V J, fjp..fial|y <■ \ rloiiM in n lil.hml /i JUT li'!i.ni rommon , I" a t '*' tua * , “* 'J I'pp* nH- *, I j vlro. i 505 A rob Kt- I‘llil.t. • BLOODCimE Of the yard gate I sswg a white thing wav*f mightily and then suddenly with drawn. '•Rear lass?" 1 (hougltt. “she ! watch ing An l thinks thus to I*l*l tne welcome Hhe ban dutlhtpss rnado rny p* ice with the lhairiiig ( >*• “ And I smiled within my-**!f, like a vain fool, well comr* nt and secure. Also 1 quick#ti*d rny step a little so that I might arrive In tint** for th* rn*ai. b*liig hunger s'larpenrd with my tr.ivit. and having out *f ex|*ect:in • and foricet fultiess taken but little nooning proven der with me from tht* Rlack c’ralg of Dw 1 witched the window eagerly 1 ewme ti ur-r for another glint of the k r chhf Hut not the b* - k of a load or the flutter of a little hand intimated that one of the b tiniest larses in Galloway was waiting within. Yet It stru-k me as strange that there were no clamorous dogs about, or anv mhih-I of life what ever Anl ever and anon 1 teemed to hear my name called, but yet when 1 stopped, and listened, all wus still ugjln on the moment. Now the entrance Into the courtyard or Inner square of Kirk* hrlst washy a “yett* or strong gate, flowed when any raiders or doutdful characters were In the to- gh iMirtMwd. as w*ell as in the night season Rut n*w this yeti stood wid* op* n. and 1 eoukt see the yellow straw In tho yard all freshly spread, the stray * ars yet u|sn it. which last, together with the empty lo*'k of the crofts, told tne that 111.* oats had been gather*-I In that day Wlu r*. then, wen the men who had dom* the work? It was a thing unheard of that they should depart without nuking mer ry In the house place, an 1 drinking of the home-brewed ah lac* i With fi tass of brandy to • a* h tankard. The sun was low l**hlnd tnv back and I was looking toward the onstead of Kirk christ when stublenly I ■ 1 * s-gnethlng glisten In one of the little ftiree-cornersd wicket windows of the barn It was bright and . hone Ilk— polished m* tu! a metal pistol eto> k belike. But n* verthc k**- I went on In the r ime dead, uncanny silence. Suddenly, “blaff! blaff' btafT?" Three or four shots wnt off in front of roe and to the light I heard the smooth hiss ing sound of lead bullets mid the whistle of slugs Something struck me on th* muscle of the forearm, stunning tne like a blow. then a kind of ragged t*ar or s# a ring of the flesh, a*• with a hot Iron. I cannot describe It lieiter not very pain ful at first, but rather angering, and roak log me. but for rny recent conversion, apt to stamp and swear like u ktng'w troop, er Thla. however, I bad . fc inall time to do. even If I bad wished It. for after on# gian.% at the barn, through the three-cor nered wicket of which, as through tt* portholes of it ahlp in action, white wreath* of smoke of gunpowder was curl ing. my right arm fell to my sldo an I I turned to run. Even as I did so a little <ioud of men. perhaps half a dosen, came rushing out of th* mi kh* yett with a loud shout and nad#* for tin* across the levsd sward. Kor*most of them was Roaring Half. So 1 knew he hud not forgiven the • lout on the hea l he had gotten. I knew him by bis high! and by the whit#* clout that waa bound Ilk** a mutch about bis brows. “Harry." sithl I to myself, when I saw them thus take after tne; “the Rlack Craig will never e* you more \i* are as a dcd man. You cannot run far with , there lu no shelter within miles?'* Then 1 heard the brainge of breaking glass behind me and a voice. “The linn tbs linn? It Is your only chance. Th# y are mail to kill you. Harry!" And even then 1 was glad to hear the voice of my la as, for to know that her heurt and her prayers were with me. So I turned it the word end ran redwud for the linn of Klrkehjlst. a wild, steep pin c all fllfTs ami screes and allthery *|*>ut o: broken slat** I felt my strength fust Nv ifig in#' as I ran, ami oyer the cnem> shouted nearer to my back. “Kill him? Sh<x>i him! Put a bullet Into him!" Wokidroit# stimulating I found such re marks a© Ih©*©, mail© 100 or 200 yareb t> leeward, with an occasional pistol bullet whistling by to mark tho sense u tn a print##) book This mad© m© run as I think I never run before. For though I was a changed man. 1 did not want to di© and go straight to thnv Abraham’s ts<m of which th** Llttl# Fair Man had spoken as one that had lain there of a long **u*on. I did not surmls#* that the Nccommodation would suit me No, not yet nwhile, with Rachel Bring!# praying for my life half a mile behind. 8o I ran and !*tler ran. till the sweat of my brow ran Into my eyes and wi 11-nlgh bltnd#! m*. Now. In those days I whs very young and Unitor I am none #o stiff yet for my age. But then I could well nigh have tak*n my great toe In my mouth Ilk© a baby. At all events, when I came to the tak ing >ff of the linn I saw that there was nothing for It but my callant's monkey trb-k of letting myself down like n wheel I had often practiced It on th© hesrthery •lo|tt# of th© Hlaek Craig of IV*©, so I ©aught my self behind tlie knees and with my lie. l bent lik© n hoop flung ov©r th© ©ilg©. TT* 'fitly 1 felt mys#df t*vrii.g through the cops©# and plunging into little darksome dells Ir bou !©) from tree trunk# and bruised myself against rocks. Btofus I hud started spun whixxing about my ©nr# and I heard th© rlsp and rattle of shot fired after m© from the margin of th© Jinn. My wounded arm •eemed a# If drawn from It.* sock©! Then I felt the cool plash of water and l kn* w no more*. I might have wi ll been drowned In Kirk christ linn that day. but tt had not b©#*n to be. For it so chanced that I fell Into th© deepest pool for miles nnd w.is car ried downward by the strongest current into the place that Is now called ihe “Mur ry's Jaw#.’’ This I* a darksome spot, half cavern, half bridge, under the gloomy hrch of which the brown peat water foams whit© as fresh poured ale, nnd the nob© of It# thundering deafen# the car. When I cam# to in'self I wu# lying half out of th© water and half tn, on the v©rge of a great fall, where tin* burn tak©.- a J©np thirty or forty feet Into • hlaek |hol. 1 lmk©d over and there beneath me with one of my own pistols in his hand was Mooring Half, u terrifying sight, with his Moody ©lout all wr> about hi# head. ll© w is looking at i* dripping w**t as it had con© over th© fall when I came down like .i runaway cart wheel Into the linn of MU k hrlM “He’s farther doon 111# water, boys," I h*ard hi* cry. rerrel the sound wa# sweet to my ear. “here’s the pistol he has left I*#*- hlnl him! Heat ter lioya. and a hr.iw **be|. t| to the man that first puts bad Into him!" A pleasant, forgiving nature hud this #am© Roarmg On©. And I resolved that. • hough a converted man. I would dial with him accordingly when I got him Into my dutch©#. Th© pla< e where I found myself was not uncommodlous. To make the most of and 1 crawled backward till 1 caiuc to the THE MORNING NEWS: SEN DAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1900. .ml of th.- r<k* Htro , BUI* *rlp of itn>l n.l over lh;tt n *lry t<•*■*> nltno-l \.,rvr .-noUKh * * .iv* Hoto* mt-r* ■•..1 la frain unv.-.rt rrrvlr.-.-* bhv\ no that I think It w n*>* roofed with Ihe unlhl ro. k ourhi. l Mother '>™ r fjll -1., of th. linn which hl made th.- I.Mtll.K pla. . Here 1 -af*- < n-.UKh lon, ,h— burn *h*l not rla* .inMenlv. f°r I kj.ew . 11 from th. "Klet" on the stone* and t(N> b.te of nth k and drhal ru>h*- tha! the w.ttere of the lnn came up here In time of llocal. Then I made what rhlfi I could to bind ti|. my nrm I . already faint front h of hlool, bill I In,und It band Hkht ut-**H ttiy n||“-r nrm. MtMliiK It with a .tl l k till | Miino.t red out with the trreatn.c of th, p.ln Then I H*t a r .tr lorn fr<an mv ehlrl „houi th* wutin.l Ite* If. whleh Itirn.d out to la* In th.- fle.-diy par,, very .. .I „n.l n,ry However. It l>*l *>>’d freely will'll thoutfh It mole nn faint at the time, to,* il.er with th* 1 w.i-l.ln. In the water of the linn, wa, probably the ivtftf HM T ’* tt .oft fannln, air a. the iiiKht drew on. find In n.v w* t . loth* leh vered, now hot now cold. Yet mv h* tnl war throbhln, ami overfull, ,rel I be, an *o hi** rtran,*- tight* ** *'e i*]V .f ■ Wtd *II ■ I ‘'l* the llrniiin.il*. and ttrirHi contraclert to the ,l„ Of I, haxel nut aliout me. Th*t wn th. lltt " ton h of fevr which alway* ifimi . ..ftir a Kiiluhol wound. Hu In . little fell the ilarkne**. or rather If there li.iil not teen a full tnnon. the .larltm." would have fallen. But Iwin, thirty with my wound I crawled down to the water'* edge and l>cnt my head to drink with the drimimtn, of th* fall loud 111 nn •ar - And k>' In the pool I raw the round of the moon reflected I wa* nt the , ... „f |he little . iv.- and there to the north the Plow hum; updd* down ;if X rom a nail in tho AiiKtf*t <*kv. while a Ittll hlKher 1 mi w one pronir of ell very fanHl* of**da'a bioken-leKK.il “W." The Ct.irs looked nn n mnt and lone- Hom* . no cafe and card, w* up there, they mlixhd co little that I wa/* wounded and h. lple~c, that If 1 had not twen a chnng. . and man I ib ' In re I could have cur*ed them In my h*wrt. Ilut Huddenty from ab>vc capic A amino that made nil my heart heat and quiver. It wna n womnn'n cry. All you who have never heard how eft n woman ran Ituki h< r word- when cite fear- for her true tnun’a life, tnke thlc word There la no Hound t><* Hweel. no low. ho fnr-tenrcbln* In the world. "Harry* llarrv Wedderburn." tt enld Anil I knew that In th- mldniuhl Rahel I'ringM* wan rearchlnK f** me Though there might be danger, f could not bear .. ah* hottM i*a. away fmm me ■i „ m inn'" I nii-w. red a- aoftly a T ,ould But the nolee of the waterfall drowned my voice. thouKh rny earn, more ... . uetomed to the roar. Iwd caught hen* candy enough. So, etrallying me on the eruti h of n tree lint Krew perllotlHly over the fall. I w. nt out und ,400.1 In the full ll*ht of th- moon taking my life tn my hand. If t had ao chanced that any of my enemies were In ambush round ni>owt Hi,. hel sow me Instantly, and I could see h*r clusp ht r handa over her heart, as he ct.ssl mt 4h** margin of the rleurh. hi.,, k against the Indigo sky of night. "Harry—Harry Weld, rburn'" ■■Here—dear love-here! By the water fall.” 11, an Instar* ah< was flying down the Sl,, |*.. having lifted her skirt, und os we M y, ••kid* d'' It co that she might ko doww tie- lighter. Hhe wore a arhTc gown, und I could s.e her flit like a moth through the covert of birk and hard to th. w iter edge In another moment, without stop plng either for dlre.'tlon or to draw breath, she was coming toward me. her fio-etothe pro. tpM-e. swiftly, fi irltsslv clinging to4h. lltUo rag,cut rock rifts from which source a wind-wafted seed would grow or a tuft of gillyflower iwotrude alxmf which 4o clusp the Huger*. But Kao hel t’rlngle .ime us lightly and easily os If she bud been ..—■ending the slrps of her father s hall. ••Clo l>a*k." sho whispered. "<o back. toar love. They may you. 1 am oming. I know tht* way! Aim! with that I Mopp* <* back out of tha mi>ofilight olrtll#nt bar worel. \* * 1 stood n#ar enough t the wall of the i lilt to rearh my arm over for her to take that she might have something to hold by during th© laft and most dlfbctllt r the givita* path, h© roaring linn being alxwe. the pool l , ‘| anil i)ia> k below. Now eNher by ehanr© or because U w.i th# otp wiii*h could r**o* h furth#?** 1 tin#bred Rachel my wounded arm and tt* 4>on us me rhfpiil toy hand, ao rmlr astound ran up my wrist that i s*em*d is though pl**rce| throuah and through with a hot Iron. **<> when at last Rachel lightly on the wet rock 1 was reialy to droop Ilk** a blown wlndleatrae n Dn*ember gal© into her arms—ye© I. that was the strong man, called .itrength-o'-alrm. laid mv bead op her ••houtdor and she drew me within tte dielf©r of th© rave's mouth, cooing over m** a© wood dov©** do to their m*‘S and vvnis|M*ring soft words to me *is n moth **r )uth to n bairn Gain hath fallen down inl hurt Itself. But in a little the stound of jsiin jsissed iway, what with the happineaa of her oming, the pl.ivh of the nearer waters und th#* ooolne*" of the night winds which lew* t and fr In our refug© place a§ hrough a tunnel. Then Rachel told me that she had run fiom the house while they w#*r all search ing for me everywhere. Roaring Rolf and his brother Peter, together with Gib \! ixwt ll of Blagnaw. Paul Reddick of •he glen, and M.i> eleliar*#* •f Ori gorle. Will of Ovsrhw and lot Lindsay ttie tutor of li t*''artel—as doodtblrsty • crew us ever ruk**d the hrlmstony byroads of hell. Very well I knew that tf they lightil upon iia together there* was no hope for Contagious Blood Poison There is no poison so highly Contagious, so deceptive ami o<letructive. Don't he toosurr vou are cured because all external signs of the disease have disappeared, and the doctor says you are well. Many per sons have been dosed with Mercury and Potash for months or years, and pro nounced cured to realize when too late that the disease was only covered up , ix.„ driven from the Omgmtm LMtm. , ur f ace . to break out again, and to their sorrow and mortifi cation find those nearest and dearest to them have been infected by this loath some disease, for no other poison is so surely transmitted from parent to child* as this. 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Now R.arnel had mu* h skill In sound*, for. indeed. h#r bom© was nsver free of them, her ttrotherw R©ter and ih© Mooring fn© n v©r tielng tmlh skin whoii* Hi the same tim© An*) with hatxH *rei*d?h t*rn from h©r white undertkirv •he bath©#) and ban*lag*d the wound, tell ing m** for my comfort that th© *hof ap- P*ar*d to have goru through the fleshy part with*.nt lodging, so that must likely th© wound wmilit come together sweetly ari'l heal by th** first Intention. Then, after this was done, w© arrived at our first difference For It i* hel Vowed that she would In no wls** go hack to the onstead of Kirk hrlst. but would si**P and nurse m* hern In tho Hnn Whb h flung. Indeed, was mightily pbwsant to the natural man. Rut being mindful of that which the Uttle Fair Man h •*! said nd also of the censorious clatter of the country side, I Judged this to Im- impo© slid**, and told Rachel so. who In h#*r turn received It by no means with metk h©sp, hut rose and stamp cl her llttl© foot, and said dial she would go and n**v©r re turn—th.#t she was sorry to her In art she hud ever come where* she was ao little thought of, with many other ©i>©*-rh©s of that kind, such a splrltv mabls make a hen they arn affronted and In danger of not getting their own sweet way with th© men of their hearts. Now. It went sor© ag.ib-pt th© grain thus to deal with Rachel And yet 1 ‘gull think of no way of appeasing her but to feign a dwalm of faintness and pain from my wound. Ho when 1 stag gered ami appeared to hold myself tip by th© rock with difficulty, ah© stayed In the full flood of h*r reproaches, and fai rer* and. “What Is the matter, Harry?" Then because 1 mud© no answer, sh© kneeled down beside me and. taking my head In both of her hands, she kissed rny brow “I did not mean It—lndeed I did not, Hurry," sh* said with that delicious con trition which nt all times sat so w©U on her—even after w© were married, which is a strang** thing and very uncommon. So I noticed her cheek, with my fingers and forgave her—as a man who has been in th© wrong forgives a loving woman who has not. There la ever a touch of superiority In a man's forgiveness—ln a woman's there Is only lov and the de sire for peace. “Then 1 may stay with you?" ih© said And I will not deny but she tempted me more. As swift a- th© sunbeam that strikes from th© ©loud to hilltop a thought cam© to me "Llfttn to me, Rae." I Fa and. "at th* break of day or thereby al will b© quiet The Roaring On© and all his crew will be snoring In tied." "Or oti the flour," sai l Rachel, with a quick and dainty sniff of distatste. “That will suffice." I said. “th©n will w© go down and ©all up th© minister; wc will cause him to marry us. and then w* will f*ar neither traitor nor slander er." "Rut he will not." sh© cried; “Donald Bain Is a Rishop's hireling, and our Half’s boon companion." Then 1 drew my and rk and held it aloft, so that th© moonlight ran ilk** molten sliver down the blade “H#c.“ mid 1, “dear Rachel. If this does not gar th© curate #f Kirkchrist marry us to a galloping tune* Harry Wedder burn knows not the breed, that is ail!" "l*ont#'il." said she. “I will do what you say. Harry. Only I will not go back , to Kirkchrist. nor wi‘l 1 part from you n*w when 1 have gotten you " Which thing I was most glad to h**nr from her fair and loving lips. And I thought that Ra< h©l s manner of apeak mg then became her w* 11. Ho there, in th© din of the water cav • rti and under h# wheeling shafts of sliver light, s the moon swung over h ad. wre two s*ood. wGI content, waiting for th‘ dawn And so, In this manner, and for all my brave words, the wrltch got her way. A K lIAMCOD WIFE. Vila, llrnalrr nt Hoalnn the flntv tmrrlrsn Ever W rdilrd to ftovally. New York, Sept, a —Although American womon. with their millions, have appro priated a koo.llv share of European title only one woman Is a princess In her own light, nd only on*, of t'ncle Ham's daugh ters ever wedded king. The Princess von Wnldersee, Ihe power behind the throne of Germany.ls at pres ent much to the fore In the Chinese af fair. or more properly speaking, her hus band. Field Marshal Count von Walder see. who Is Just about Assuming supreme command of the allied forees In China Princess von TVaMersee lu|d Intended visiting her American friends and her old home ;his autumn lor the flist time since before her marriage, had political affairs not chang'd her plans Hhe a lh beautiful Miss lat-Uir) Esther Lea—daughter of David ls'a.a rich Sew York grocer, and une of three vogy lovely sisters, all of whom married Into !|tled families Fount v.,n Wal.lirs.-e Is her a> <und husband Hhe Is the Princess Frederick von Noer, the title being- con ferred upon her by the Emperor of Aus tria ufler the death of her first husband, wl.o relinquished Ihe title of Prince of Hchl* swig-Holstein to conttact a marrlag* with her. lie was a prince of the roval line, and on thla account offered Miss la-a a tnor x ana tic marriage for In marrying her O'uerwls, he would have to relinquish his titles Hhe refused other Ihan a regular marriage, whereupon the prince gallant ly abandoned his high station and we.ld.-d her Btx months later be died, leaving her mistress of his It."' (•ounl von Waldersee is of ;*n old Prus sian family and * a favorite of the Etnteror W illiam The princess' Influence In Ihe present German court, where she ts called the power bciilnri the throne, cam- about through the marriage of the Kaiser, ihcn Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, which she Is credited with hnving brought about In ro - of the angry opposition of the Prtm—'s mother The bride waa the PrlncesV grand-niece by her tlrst marriage, th- Princess Augusta Victoria, lo whom sh? p,.,vet a moot kind and Judicious friend when ll*r Majesty first came to Berlin, a simple, country girl, with but little knowledge of the ways of courts The Princess Frederick tt was who Instructed the fulure Empress in the devious pethi of Prussian ...uri ellquettr. nnd she was always regarded by Prince and Princes* Wilhelm of Prussia as their dearest and inoe; valued friend The friendship has been held up to ltd present day*. Her (H.hle trait* of character hove made her greatly beloved of all the Oerman people. The Princess retain# her love for her na tive country, end celebrate* every fourth of July In mo.d patriot la fashion. Ona of the rnarmt of her ©umm* r home. sh-> ways, la Lint she can - see the ftmr* and Htrl|ei# as Am**il an ships pasa * h*ir way across the Ailantlc Tha Frln* ••*# ta i bewiHlful w*HTi<*n, with anow-white hilr and queenly bearing. Th© honored wife of a king was the Count*** of Kdla Th* only woman who ever reached such h lofty and royal em inent • .h*i murrii.t In Ntf morganatl . aily Ferdinand of Portugal, who died In I*#T. The Count#-a wa- originally K:i©e H# naler of Rost*n Hhe went to Europe to atmly for th© *4© rath stage* Her de but was made #n th© night of the birth day of th© King at the Royal Opera Hotis©. Lisbon, th* King saw her. nd Immediately f* II in love with her, propos ed marriage, and wms j fpted. King F*rdlnnnd s win, King Isuis, was then th© actual rukr of Portugal Th© latter s wife, rjue* n Mini* Pla. at tend# *d her father-ln-law’a w*‘lilirg and kisaed h©r Am*rl< in hrile King K©r*linalKl obtain ed for his wlf© the tit ** of Count# •• of Kdla Bl# might have b©**n 11 quten !• reality-the Qo* • n of Bpa in—for In fh#* year #f h r marriage. th* crown of S|oin was offer**d to King Ferdinand by Gen#. Prim and Herrano, but the King pref# rr©d kk poflCM iui Ufa, and tha Oonal— shrank fr#m th© #luti# sof queen. The two were devoted awl live#! an hlyllc existence, at I'en # Castle, surround#<i by #• va>t estate, whi* h wim beautifully cultivated Many trees and ahrulis w* r* in|Mrtd from Mas sachusetts, Ih© native rial© of th© Coun ters. at the express wish of the King, who was a man of ret)n-*l taste# In art. literature and music. The Countess, b#*- sUles rare beauty, wn.** p.©--* " i*l of many a* < omplishm©iits After the King’# <l#*ttth, th© Count©## lived In retirement ai th© Chateau of Clntra on Intimate t* rrns with all the royal family, by whom she waa greatly b#lov#-l Sh© was treated as es actly a# If sh© had t* ©n torn to purple, instead of In #1 Util* . • ramped bn k house in Flea-ant stree t. 80-tori. Her taro ais le rw, residents of Boston, make n#) boast *f Irt'lng sister-in laws to a king, and, in deed. but few know* what they are. LEOPOLD A DLL It. JNO. It DILLON. Preulcieni Cashier. C R KLLIS BARRON CARTER. Vic# President Asst. Cashier. The Chatham Bank SAVANNAH. Will he plrae<l to receive the account, of M.’r> hant*. Klrm,. indmJual*. BankA ard Corporatlotia I.lbaral favor, cvfen<J**d. Vnaurpaned roll- tlon factntlM, Inaur- Inr proni|>4 refurna SEPARATESAVINGSDEPARTMENT HTtiHUr lOMfOIMIBO (fl AIUtn l.Y O* HKfOSITfI. Safely Deposit Bnxe, end Vault* fo rent Correapondenca solicited. The Citizens Bank O* ttAVANAAH. CAPITAL, SBoaooa Trauu.u • Iftaual itaakltul Baalaaaa. koltclta Ik,u(. a* ladlvldaala, Ntrakaau, Buka 4 etket Cer*a> nU.u. Collrrtlnne keadled Wit* uf.tr, ••••* aad dlapateh. latrrr.t Ma.oi.dH ,iartuly •■lowed ea depoalta Ib aa> lavlaai Dapartau.t, •<*'*■© l*eoalt Boar, and Ifnaaa ▼•alia. SBAITI.BT A. DKIVMARK, PvealSaaA MlLt.fl B. I.ABK, Vlea Preaid rat. eeoltrlß C. FBRBNVV. faahlrr. BOHDOV L. QROOVER, Aaat. OulM SOUTHERN GANK of tha State of Georgia. Capital Surplus and undivided proflla ... ttOI.OM DEPOSITORY OF THE ST AT A OF GEORGIA. Superior facllluer foi ir.,naa< ling a General isanHiug iiualnaaa ollacllona made or, all polnta aoc—artble through banka and bankara. Accounla ol Banka, ReUkrta. M,..l.afiia and other, aoUollsd. Safe Deposit boxes tor rent. Department of Savings, Interest payable quarterly Seda Sterling Exchange on London O and upward,. JOHN FU.NNKRT. President. HORACE A. crane, Vice President JAMES SCI.I,IVAN fohler DIRECTORS: JNO. FLANNERY. \VJ| W GORDON. E. A WBIIa W W. GORDON Jr. H A CRANE. JOHN M EGAN. LEE ROY MYERS JOSEPH FERST It P SMART CHARLES ELLIS. EDWARD KELLY JOHN J KIRRT Sill Mitt CAPITAL, *300,000. Accounts of banks, merchants, corpora tions end Individual, solicited. Havings Department. interest paid quarterly. Hafiy Box,, and Storage Vaults for tent. Collection, made on all point, at rea sonable rales. • Draft* sold‘on ell the chief cities of th, world. Correspondence Invited. JOSEPH D. WEED. President. JOHN C. ROW LAND, Vice President, w. F. McCAL'LEY. Cashier. the germania" bank SAVANNAH, GA. Capital OOO.tMB L’l.dlvld.d profits to,ten This lank offers its #ervl< as lo cotpura lioi.e. mi rch.Hits and individuals Has authority lo act us executor, ad ministrator, guardian etc Isau-e dref’s on ibe prlmlpa! cities In Great Britain and Ireland and on ths Conti newt Inter*a- raid or compounded quarterly on dep .ells In the Havings Department Haf-ty Hoxes for rent HENRY Bl.t'N, Preeldent. ORO. 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P. is the greatest Blood Purifier known ts l dical science, coring all Scrofulous Affections, Dyspepsia, Rheums, tiSni, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Malaria and Nervous Derangements. , •P. P. P. la sold by all druggists. $t a bottle ; six bottles, $y •! BROTHERS. "iSBIEPSt Savannah. Gai FRENCH CLARET WINES, and GERMAN RHINE and MOSELLE WINES and FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES. All the,, tine Wines and Llquora are Imported by us in glass direct from tha arowera In Europe. _ __ . . Our Bi. Julian Clerti Wl* from BvoreM. Dupont A Cos of Bordeaux, France, la one of their epevlelrios. and one at extremely low price. The Chateaux Leovll.e, one of thalr superior Claret Wines, well known ell over lb# Fnn©#) Btaire. , a We a too carry in bora) Clara! Wlnqa from thl# ratobrated firm In oeaka. Our Rhine end Moseß, Wines are Impori-d from Martin Deals, /rank (art Ger*-any. ere the beet that coma to tho United States BOD. HEIM ts very fine and che.p. NTERSTKIN also very good. BUDEBHEIM very choice. RAITENTHAL eelecied grapes very elegant. UEBFRANMILCH. quite celebr.tad MARfORRUNNER CABINET .laant end rare. YOHANNIfIBUROER Is perf-ctloo. BPARKLING HOCK.-SPARKLINO MDSEI.I.E. BPARKUNO ITUBCA TBLLK and FINE FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES Special Brandies are Imported dtr-ot from France by *ll. tn cases and casks LIRRAA/AIN BROTHERS. An Open Letter Jasper Sprlngi, (aearj Gnoh, G#., #©pt. 7, IPOO. Columbia I)ru| Company, karannah, fia.i Gentlemen—l have been sufferln# with (’hill# nnd Fever for more than three month#. Hare been under treatment of aerernl doctors, tried •rveral ao-©olled C hill Tonlea, none of which benefited me. At Inst I tred one bottle of yoor *mlth*s Chill and Fryer Tonic, nnd within three day# I felt much better, and after using the aceoud bottle I am Kind to •ay I am entirely i\#rrd. I write thl# •• thot you may be able to Inform other# who may #ulf©r and a##ure them of n core. Very truly your#, {Signed) HRSRY TOKTTER. IIPPIUN BROS . ProprUtore. ©•*ll*t. Ltppmxn'i Block. lAVAUNJIH. B BRRNNAN BROS, WHOLES ALB Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc. SAV STHtitsT. warn. Taler be a, Mt. THE GEORGIA STATE B IILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. Assets over SBOO,OOO. S PER CENT. per annum allowad on depoeit,. withdrawable on demand. Intar tat credited quarterly. • PEIt CENT, per annum allowad on depodta ol even hundred,, withdrawable at annual period# r "X*. *: w L S;.' B i. c *,r.T“’‘- C. O ANDERSON JR , Tree,,.—, OFFICE, U YORK STREET. WEST, S.. I. * L OF H R T *llO C. 88. 17 11NU.4Y IL'HGIHXE. For Ida ol Hope. Thunderbolt, Montgea*. cry. Cattle Hark and West End. Subject to change without notice. ISLE OK HOKE ANDTENTH STREET. Lt city for I. of It. f Lv Isle of Hop*! Miaai from Tenth rl4 am for Tenth 10 Uam from Tenth |lO li am for Tenth 11 do ant from Tenth indium for Tenth 100 pm from Tenth ] 100 pm for Tenth 200 pm from Tenth j 200 pm for Tenth 230 pm from Tenth 230 pm for Tenth 300 pm from Tenth j 300 pm for Tenth 3SO pm from Tenth | 330 pm for Tenth 400 pm from Tenth 4 01pm for Tenth 4SO pm from Tenth , 430 pm for Tenth 800 pm from Tenth [SOO pm for Tenth 630 pm from Tenth |B3O pm for Tenth 600 pm from Tenth 6On pm for Tenth 630 pm from Tenth ) 630 pm far Tenth 700 pm from Tenth 1 700 pm for Tenth 730 pin from Tenth I 800 pm for Tenth 330 pm from Tenth oh) pm for Tenth 30 pm from Tenth 'lOOOpm for Tenth 10 30 pm from Tenth |U 00 pm for Tenth ISLE OF HOPE AND HOLTON £. VIA THUNDERBOLT. Lv city for I of jf |Lv I of II for~R si via Thun * C. Park I via Thun * C. Park 800 am from Holton - 800 am for Bolton 2SO pm from Rolton 330 pm for Holton 3pm from Holton 430 pm for Bolton 430 pm from HoMon ; 830 pm for Bolton 830 pm from Bolton i 630 pm for Bolton 6sn pm from Bolton ' 7SO pm for Bolton 730 pm from Holton | 30 pm for Bolton Mi iNTLOMEKY. I.v city for Mnnlg'rv Lv. Montgomery in Uam from T. nth | 338 am for Tenth lon pm from Tenth |!2 IS pm for Tenth 300 pm from Tenth ! 230 pm for Tenth 630 pm from Tenth ! fi 46 pm for Tenth THUNDERBOLT AND ISLE OF HOPF Commencing at 3:00 p. m car leaves Thunderbolt every hour for Isle of Hopa until 8:0fi p. m. Commencing at 330 p m. car leaves Isle of Hope every hour for Thunder boll until *:3O p. m. THUNDERHOLT SCHEDULE Commencing .it ; flo 8 . m. car lesvcs Bolton street junction every 30 minutes until 200 p. m.. after which lima car leaves every 10 minutes. Commencing at 7:80 a. m ear leaves Thunderbolt for Bolton street Junction every So minutes until 2:2S p. m., sfter which lime car leaves every 10 minutes. The 10-minute schedule Is maintained as long as travel warrants It. WEST END. Tha first ear leaves for West End t 7:20 a m and every 40 minutes thereafter until it:00 a. m . after which a car runs In each direction every 30 minute# until midnight. H M LOFTON, Pen Mgr BUILDERS’ HARDWARE —AND— WAGON MATERIAL. EDWARD 11'S SONS 118 Broogtnn Street. West. OLD NEWSPAPERS, 300 for IS cent* al Butts tea Office Morning Nswr