The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, September 30, 1900, Page 16, Image 16
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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
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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. Often a bad rase of Rheumatism,
Catarrh, Scrufula ot severe skin disease,
an old sore or ulcer developing in middle
life, can be traced to blood poison coa
?a*cariy ***** & ,n ot ttH> ©***•##•
life, for it remains smoldering in the sys
tem forrver, unless properly.treated and
driven out in the S. S. S. is
the only antidote for this peculiar virus,
the only remedy known that can over
come it nnd drive it out of the blood, and
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> LIEBIG
COMPANY’S EXTRACT
of Beef simplifies sick room
cookery.’ A cup of rich beef
tea in a?minutc, before the
invalid's fancy. food has
passed away.
Tb© germtae always i/
b#*ar th# •igaaturo /tv 1 *. *# #
to biu©: (/
me. Hut It ichel allayed my fear a lit*
tin by ti lling in© sh#* dl) not b**llevn that
any In the lion • kn©V of the cava be
n* uth th** tumhb* of rr.cka save only
herself If Iml long beeti her ruatom to
y 4-k It tor quiet, when the Roaring On©
brought his crew about th© bourn*, and
i.oiu* hod #v*r tracked h**r thlth#'r
Ho she #ixamin©d my wound In th*- light
of th#' moon. whl‘h shon© in at on© n#l
i wo **at on th© inmost rridr h of the
tree. 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
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w. F. McCAL'LEY. Cashier.
the germania" bank
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mb CHICHtITts I CNQLISM
Pennyroyal pills
if.-*\ Mil Only ttmalHß
innrit>Me | b4ns. Mi l .ffivt
/ ((Qjk n c iiirm htkk’h k.m.i.mi
Lf ■ Kl' l* Wia aa 4
V -aB/fiqWh WrtHHrt TaiieMlk*r R. f„e.
ffcWJ l.B*rii *t.MlHtla# mm a lmalt
I 7 nr litme. *f y%t i raffffisi *r W 4 4*. 1*
1 to Jr •“"© %f TovO+wimrm. T##HanlfiU
V• 0 M 4 kVr.
A k i? lr Mll. I©.®©## i-.ita , He#©
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Hniko l*# !•!# Mn4lw Nmf*. PM ILA . pa.
>w On— 4
“MILITANT” the STRAIGHT-FRONT style of
v THOMSON’S
“Glove-Fitting” Corset
kgjfVQg jl U tmexrellecl in qaality. durability, com
g. ‘'. fort and fashion.
H*.\ f ■ Tara ika 4 w hoar llw, r m,4
ai-Vf *'H I'lll I Jr/ All Mat ran araaad Ik. kod>.
r~ For gale by all dealers throughout the
United States. A handsome catalogue
ffgwJLu ij4' fi mailed free on application to (_ (>
'•f fteo. C. Baicheller A Cos.. 315 B'way, New York.
SGoonD:
jtnan Is a picture of per-
Ith. Her exlataao* is
miaerable by Shattered
iVaoting Irregularttlag,
a, the Bines, or any of
nif o 1 and derangements
Y weak or impure blood.
11 of life and ambition,
ndsome. She is happy,
id coarsing through her
intains her magnificent
lod, warding off the in
le diseases to which a
roman would be suscep-
PD FY (LIPPMAN’S GREAT REMEDY) is the ideal medt-
I J yj cine for women. Its use insures health and the sub
.l.l. stantial attractiveness which health alone can be
stow. P. P. 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*.
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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
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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
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