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VOL. XVIII.
ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING MAY 10,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
.Our Story Corner
Nimble Will, The Runaway i
lty Montgomery M. Folsom,
For 1 he Cr nctilutlon. '
Away up among tbs red hills of Juperthors
is a htt's black-eyed boy, and his name
Holme, ttd I promised when I saw him last
tell him a atoiy. Not many miles from hen
there Is a little girl, named Jolla; and Bolsnd
std Julia are my fast friendr, and I shall try
to'tube the story interesting to each, and so
1 will hunt np Unde Mentor, who will tell ns
of the old plantation home.
Undo Mentor was busy—very busy at his
OTerlastlag basket-making when I entered the
shop, where be sat knee deep In a pile of white*
oak shavings.
"Unde Mentor, are runaway nlggerj bad?"
I asked.
4 Well, now honey, dat pen’s party much on
how day’s raised. I kuowed some w'at wus
del ea mean ea dey posscrbly kin be. Day allok
■'boot ia de woods all de day V den come er
prowlin’ rrtoun de bonse at night, etcalln* de
taterr, an' de chickens, an’ acrttchln’ nn'or de
emoke bouse to git do bakln, an’ dey git tor be
wil’hswg.
plnm red-eyed ’n’eklttlab, lack er wl „
“Den I knows some sonio w’at ain’ mean ntreo
Wt. but dey eca’ed ole mare’ gwine lay de lash
on ’em ’n’ dey make deyiclf sca'ce t’wel 'e
passion cool.
“Nimble Will wus cs good or han’ es my ole
ensrster had on de place, an' ole boss fonght
dey want nullin’ lack ’lm. AU de res' er dem
nfgpre’nd rnuerway an’ klckupjackgln'ly,
. idle«e. Healusstay Vten’ to do bis*
nere, dee lack de boat say.
"Ole master, he eras er mighty rickety so’t nr
er pc ram sometimes Min’, I only say eome*
times, ’cm ole mars, want one o’ dose ere con
trary folks w'at nnllln don’t enlt ’em, an' dey
-alien fln'iu’ Mult. Ef dey wn, one flag ole
Men lose mow den ’nudder, hit wnsde timber
trees. He wun’ let de overseer cut down er
nleew'ito oak saplln, lark die one I'se been
Uiw ” HU uaa aapuu, ssevaa uia vu« a m
mintin' up fa' to ruck de cotton bisklt out’n,
lie say, Havade trees, man; yor kin raise oi
crap er corn cv'y yeah, bnt bit tek i moi' er life
time to raise a crap er trees.’ Date w'at ole
man say.
“Oaedayde ole boss dde ’o wan’some lye
hominy. Jlo dee dote oh lye hominy ’n’ sassy-
fas tea in da spring o' do yeah. Do he tout
Nimble Win terde hammock,’n’ ’stay:
“•WDir
“Will say, ’flah I’
“ ‘I pan’ yen go cut some hlckerry wood ter
tiu’n tome ashes lof to lye eome hominy co'n.'
Will say. Tat, ash!’
“Ola min' aro <Mln>
“Ole mars’ say ‘Min' w'at I tell you, WU1,
do'n'yon gocntt’ndem w’itooaks._ Don’t pes-
“Wni say. Tae, boss, I both.’
“So Nimblo Will tuck de ax ter de grin’ stone
W 'o f ronn’ it moa’ ca sba’p cs or msh, ’n’ don
■*•0 went off tingin’, he did, sloglu':
Joe,' yon IretUh go,
;o or htweake.
“Well, now, ter show you how caless’n’
mnrklnmrned tome nlggsha It, dlt ere tame
could inttrdo hammock ’n’ commence er slash-
In’er way, sight’s’ lef. Hickory wood don’
smell lack w’iteoak wood, w'en you or cutttn’
inter It,an’ blmeby Nimble Will stop sudden'
ideken np cr chip, smelt In It, an’ say: “Um;
Ain’ no hkkory/ Den ho look np an' too do
young leans or cornin' out ’n’ ’o say: ‘W’lto
vak. bV God, wat’ll de ola boas say?’
“ ‘HU aay yo oa’lets, good fur nufflu’ nl|
' doao by, a
you,’ say er voice closo by, au’ Nimblo
glance’roun’ an’ dero stood do olo boss right
«losto tor do treedsn’ dit or foamin’ at da monf.
“ 'Kip! Ul-Ip'.’ Frougb da bnthet dat nigger
went, an’ 'e never stop twcl ho dono outer
nea'in'. Don he atop ’n’ ’sldar. Mo' ho ’aid'
Isycd doro, •amblin' lack
twel da bota git over bo passion, daymonght
not cr been no tronblo, ’cep’ll’ de olo man’s
grumble, but Will waa tuck’n’ by a’prlio. V ’e
elos lit out.
“Will hep er ram'lin’, an’ or ramlln’, an’ ar
ramlln’ twel *o corns tar wey do hammock an'
-do rlvah corns tergedder, an’ den’s sat down
tsr res’. Hs wus mout’ons ti'd an’ ola man
Hungry done got sr good grip on hs poach.
Sobs scraps srroun’, an’ hs scrapserroun'
twolbafuun’aome taw parmeeter roots an' hs
ebawed de tap ends dot lacker Injun. Dsn
Its got sleepy, an’ so hs say to hi
*» *1 niu liv tlnwn ’n Ulr« air
■”I gslas lay down ’n taka sr nap. Day’ntno
ole man tor make me wo k. 1’as fra# nigger,
lit.’
“Down he lay wid 'is head on ar log 'n fus'
saws ’e kuowed be was fas’ eraleep. No toli’n
how long he lay dere ’u euo’d, bnt bineby
P’n struck him ‘kardab’ on do nose, an’ he
mp n struck him ‘kardab’ on do nose,
jumd up’s any: ‘Ob! 1’leaee, massa’—but I tract
nuffin but er gre’t big gallcrnlppor w’at fonn’
-dey was er flue mesa o’ grab dca layin’ out dar
ep’ilin’. an’ fought ’e gwlos try aome.
“Will rubbed ’e eyea ’n felt erroun’ fo' ter tee
wey he Is, ’a den he membe'd dayn’ut no esbla
-dey. tn’ den 'e eay: ‘Hal ht! I free nigger, I la.’
“Dos dan dey coma ar turbla rtckeu down in
de swamp; ’n’ Will fought de ole Booga man
’eta’f dono cornin’ fo’ ter git ’tm.
'“Halhnlba! Hs! he! be!’ HU wus erole
ho’n owl, an' de owl lay ‘Who, who; who; who;
who tl’-re-yoY
“De goose bumps came cr crawlin' up Will a
bark, an’ ho say:
“’land er matey! Dey done gone ’a’ 'qul'ln'
who I It ’ready.”
“.Long time dem
i owls her er 'who who In' ’ an'
Kimble Will an do night glttln’ da'kar, ’n’
da'ksr. Will try tar keep 'e eon'age up ’n’ laff
’n’ say ‘Hnmph! Darn dam fool owls. I free
nigger, I is.’
“Btiaebju das ea Will wus er ftelin’right
peart, nar bird coma floppln' or 'long ’n' brs’k
cut er stagin' ‘Will-cut-do w’lto oak! Will-
cut-do w’ito oik! WlU'Cut de w'lla oak!’
“Wilt shake ell ovah ’n’ say, “Oh, my aakea
srlivel Dem ola whlpptrwUl done fonn’ me
out, new. Dey gwine tell ole mart*, 'n'
■ — ' 1* devil ter p
dey 11 be de davil ter pay ’n’ no pitch hot.’
“Attar exw’UajvViilgot mad 'n' broke er chunk
’n' dung it at de bird, tca’ed 'lm off. No soon
er ’s did ncr ols whlpptrwUl sotnp In nar
ilppsrwlU sotnp
place, das er tingin', ‘WiU-cnt-ds-w'itsosk,’
fat’ ’a svah hs kin.
Will wua mu' aca'sd to de'f, bnt nummlno,
anmp'n' wua gotter happen jit.
up'n' wns gotter happen ylt.
'Way down in da bottom do little brown frogs
smence ar yelpin’ 'n' Will say, ‘Oh, Ltwi!
II asy,
dim nigger dogs right on my trail now.’
“Den ha jnmp up ’n' s'.a't ter run. but ha
dunno way ter go. Beem lack dem dogs git
cloetr ’n' closer, V WU1 dunno w’at tar do.
!«■’ 'a mek er brek, ’n’ frongh dem briaht 'n'
bamloo vines 'e dee nat'ly go sr tea'in’. ’Illp!’
want’oshlit;‘sap,’want r ebfitsiu#; Sly' '
’chat, V down ' '
cams In da mod. Will
fin*.
"Will staff* ssy.JHumph! Wat I er braldn’
tnj fool neck ft.’, 1 sin’sued. Can’t act' ar
free »igiter. I bee Bitter. I lt T Dm deo de
hum’ frogs begun crgls, 'n de little froxs tty,
'sick 'lm 1 tick 'lm 1 tick 'lm!’ an' de ball frogs
say, ‘seeboy-y! aoo boy-y!’ Will ll'p dat fonco
’n sta’tcdergln.
"All or snddlnt 'a soo er light. Look like
some tin huntin’ lade ole feel. Will e-op 'n
watch dat flab far er mloit. Flah look lack
hit i r pataln' by. Will hair begun tor rite.
Vka Ha Ath In'n ’n rnmn fn'itla btav 'a itan' *n
'case de flsh tu’n ’ncomo to'rdo wey 'o stao
'e can't too nobody w'at totin' da to'uh.
“Atter or' wile de fiah commenoe er wavln
be er giant er holln It.
‘ Don ‘e my, ‘oh! Hama God? hlta do jackor-
mes-lantorn,’ an’ den WUl did ran.
“De dot' dee nat'ly flew np dem ole las' yeah'a
' ‘ Will look back *n* eoe er big
cotton rowa, V
ligbt'in bug, ‘a’ he done so bad eca’el dat he
UgUb ID UU|. u UD ttwssu IV urns Itot use itu
link dit hits de Jeckermerlantern. ‘n’ he
clean up, he did.
‘'Olemess’etttln’out lndepo'ch 'n’deoool o'
de event', 'n' ‘e heab de clock strlk nine, 'n'
ho my 'hit’s was’ bed time; an' deaden de;
come enmp’n’ ‘erripplty rip! Slam bang!
down la do flo', V meat asy, ‘who dia yoto?'
Nobody tin’ say nnlfln’ ’n’ ole mars my:
“ ‘eylvy.brlngor light.' Bylry fotchdo cin'lo,
'n' ole mars sty: ‘Well, tlreo! Ef it tint dat
low down nb .
“Dca don WUl come to 'n' myi ‘Do, Maam
God! Don’let dejzckerinarlantersgtt mo.
“Mara say: 'Git np, yo' no uuuut fool ulggor
you. Wat you mcau anyhow?'
‘‘Will terooebed np In do corner, ’n' say: ‘Hots,
I tin’gwine do to no mo'. Let mo off die time,
V 1 tin’ gwlno to run no mo'.'
“Dcu 'e tol’ 'bout do devilments w’at pestered
him ip do awamp, ’n’ las' ’• commence ter tell
'bout do jaokermerlsnter' ’n’ 'e stutter ’n'
mumble to dat mars could n' undontan’ ntry
wo'd, 'n' ’o aay: ‘Q'long homo ’n’ go tor bed 'a'
ef I ketch yo' er ranulu’ 'bout any mo I'm
J wlr.o to buck yo'
o’ty-nlno. Y’ heab?’
ty-nlr
'WUl done ica'od so bad dat Han hatter sen
Bylvy wid 'lm tor de quatah, ’n' ola mammy
Kilslo hatter rack aoiuo boncset tm ter git de
foul boy ter sleep wid.
“Nsx’ dey I'nc' Ab'am went ’n’ track WUl
wey be run, ’n' he my Will jumpde cruse fence
V nevah toch er rail, V don Up er mben foot
gaily, w’sn 'o soo dat jackermcrlanter dat
wan’t nnllln bnt de flah kln’lln’ np la er ole
dead trie wat do boya sot fiah ter bn'n de up
uff’ult
“Dot's w’at mek messy w’atl does 'boat run
way niggers. Dey’sromobad .nns an’ dey'e
one w'at bad, but day ain’t mean. Atter dat
t doyi
all dew'i’teoak in the hammock ain'gwina
mek Nimble Will runaway.”
IDE SALVATION ARMY.
Kobort Van Brunt, lately a prominent mem
ber of the Salvtilon Army, Is under sentence or
death at Rochester for the murder or young Roy.
From an Interview with a reporter of tho Demo
crat this extract Is made:
“Van Brant, yon scorn to place Uttlo reliance
upon the final result of this hoped-for appeal to the
blgber courts, and you scorn to clearly realise that
your life Is nearly ended, and that the dreadful
event can at most bo poatponod but a Uttlo. Now,
with theta grave convictions In your mind, I wish
you would tail mo innelhlng about the true in
wardness of this SulraUon Army to which
longed.”
Syoobo-
Van Brunt, who It only twenty-threc years of
age, meditated a momont, eyed '
— __ hU questioner
curiously, and then laughed a bit In a pocuUar
manner lo himself.
"I think.” ho said, after a little, “I think Ithero
aro a few good people yet In the army;l moan
people who really want to bonoflt mankind, but I
toll you most of tho soldiers, and officers particu
larly, ant thinking more of wouuuiklud,’’ and tho
face of tho man, who In duo course of tho law had
It a Uun ten days beforo his death on tho gallows,
took on a wicked leer, which startled even the ex
perienced interviewer, who was mentally, but
none the leu unerringly, notwithstanding the tes
timony of t no who knew that ho wu facing almost
certain ir rot Immediate death.
“I orghl to know this Salvation Army,” contin
ued the condemned murderer, his tell tale faoo
adding strange cmphaslt to hit candid words. "I
ought to know them; I have boon there mysolfand
sh.«m»sa ha*a IiIVmI with mn ffhmit It ’•
the officers have talked with mo about It.
'•There Is a data of young girls drawn Into tho
mattings,” he went on, "who are easily enough
influenced by tho officers, and aro controlled by
tho offiesrs and men for their own purposes and
for bad purposes, and those are the girls they are
after. 1 don t know ea I can Just exactly describe
tho Influence they have over them, bnt It Just con
trols them, and lotaot them have this Influence.”
l'crhaps they mesmerise them,” quietly sug
gested the newspaper man.
“Yet," said the slayer of Roy and the suitor oi
hit tutor, “I put It all down as something like
that.’’
“ You know this It the general character or these
soldiers you associated with, then,” psrtUtedths
newspaper man.
“Yes: I know It from my own experience, and I
bare talked it all over with the ofllcen.”
-1 imagine you mean your observation, not your
personal experience."
“Yes; I mean my observation," and again the
uncanny, mallcloos expression stole over tho fea
tures of the man, and tho visitor did cot tegntthat
hU disagreeable task wat nearly tndel.
• Van Brunt," said he, "Horn what you know or
tbit trmy. and (torn the position In which yon And
yourself, what do you think of the general effect of
the practices of tbU Salvation Army?"
The witness was a competent one, and It was the
last question the Interviewer ever expected toad-
drem lo Robert Van Brunt, and the answer came
wltha rapidity that carried conrlctlon with It:
“I told you some good people get into the Salva
tion Army, but the enthusiasm wears offln two or
three weeks snd they gat to beta had at the rest.
If the Salvation Army altogether waa swept from
the cttth It would be bettor; better foe everybody."
Liquid Fuel at Saa.
Fiom the London Times.
A farther Important advance has just been
made In utilizing bydro-caihons for steam raisfog
purposes ou toard ships. A IsgUlmue objec
tionto tho adoption of liquid fuel at aaa
under certain circumstances has been that the net
ot steam Ibr the dtlftiitoa of the oil In the holler
ftirnaces entetle a considerable less of ftwh water
from the bolters At this leas baa to bo mad* good
by salt water on long ocean voyages, tbs density of
the wa'erU rapidly raised to a dangerous point.
This Is, however, entirely overcome by too system
adopted In the steamship charlee Howard, owned
by the Messrs. Alfred Suaxt A Co., which has ro-
ctutly been fltted with tanks tor carrying reflned
petroleum in bulk, sod also with Talbott's system
of bunting residual oils under the boilers In place
Ot coal. Ebe Is ztt> feet in length, with to feet
beam, end SS fret depth of hold. The whole
the cargo trace In the vemel
.. or copied by ranks lor carrying the reflned
petroleum, white the refute oil to be os d for fuel
1 <- , tanks. Mar holler It
.tried in the water ballast tanka Her bollerlt
oflhe ordinary marine type, with threo floes of
three feet six tuche* diameter each. Thera flora
sre fltted with a brie k combustion chamber feeding
tlic heller along with that condensed from the real o
engines. The Charles Howard left the Tyne dock
lail Saturday for the Black Sea,and as she steamed
down the river at full speed not a particle of smoke
wet visible from the tunnel, the tlraa working ad
mlraMyfiomiheflrst start It Is stated that the
oncers propose to fit the remainder ol the fleet
with similar apparatus The storage ot the oft to
the water ballast tanks has, wa believe, never ba-
fbrt teen Introduced in practice. It Itan Impor
tant feature, as tt raves the skip owner the heavy
expenditure Incidental to th* fluing of tanks In
lb© tutker tpcco, ©ud, combined with all tf»e wb-
ii It alien of air for iteta, marks a declled depart
ure to liquid fuel prattle*.
LITTLE SHORTY.
By WALLACE F. REED.
Written for The ConsUtntton.
It waa weeks and weeks after the surrender
at Appomattox beforo Oottonvllle understood
tho fall moaning of lb
At the beginning of the war It had been our
bout that Cottonvllla was alow but aura.
One© tangled np In the straggle ere did not sra
enr way out of lb and when the paroled vet
erans In gray began to straggle homeward over
the old red bills wo could hardly believe that
their return signified tho end of the war.
When a small detachment of fcdoral troops
occupied tho village there waa general indig
nation among our people. Some of tho bolder
spirits were In favor of wiping out tho (uvadere
at one swoop, but the more mod era to counsels
of the returned confederates prevailed and
prevtuted tho renewal of hratliltlra.
One thing, however, w* were all determined
upon, and thatwaatoahow the miserable inter
lopers that Cottonvlllo was still loyal to the
confederacy and wonld submit to nothing dis
agreeable.
Wo did not find It necessary to do anything
nth. We bold a few public meetings and
lasted resolutions proclaiming our dovotion So
tho lost canto, but that was about all.
Amorg the paroled confederates was a quiet,
pale freed man who waa known far
anti wide at Little Shorty, Ono
bad only to look at him to too
the appropriateness of hla nlek-natno. Little
Shorty, tothegrestdlsgastof hit fellow-towns
men, rofusod to participate In tho public de
monstrations. He oven went so fer as to aay
that the truo policy waa to make the brat of
the altnatlon and obey wbatevePlawi tho vic
tors saw lit to promulgate while wa were going
tbreogh the prooast tt reconstruction.
New, although Little Shorty waa insignifi
cant In stature, he waa perhaps tho strongest
man In the county. Ha wat a match for any
two ordinary men. This was all that saved
him at that time from being made tho victim
of an ontbont of popular indignation. There
waa rough talk, or Conroe, and the prominent
citizens as a rale ostracised him.
“Little Shorty did his duty in th* war,” re
marked a man ono day when tho mattsr was
under discussion.
“Yes, alter a fashion,” replied Colonel Jones’
“but you never heard of any of hla deeds of
daring. He simply sralked through tho whole
bn sin css, and gotback homo without a scratch.”
“Ptrhsps tbit was not his fanU,” aaidttro
other, ‘He volunteered, yon know, among
the Drib”
were on the spot, cursing and shouting Uko
midmin. Their fint step wag to arrest Col
onel Jones and tho other spectators. Then
jxtrtlts of cavalrymen wore ant out to aeiur
tern;
“That'a all right,” answered tho colonel con-
■. "If he
hadn’t volunteered ho
have bran conscripted later. He was
iptnooaly.
rid have t
sharp enough to have an inkling of lb and so
vie went to the front liken little nun. That
... front liken little nun.
has no teat of hla courego. Look at him now.
country.
It wat weeks before tho excitement abatod.
Tho mott extraordinary efforts were made to
capture Little Shorty, but hla dlttppetraoco
was as complete aa It was mysterious. There
was no clew even to tho direction of hit
flight.
Twenty yesn later Uttlo Shorty paid Cot-
tonvllto a brief vltlb Ho had booomo a citizen
of Texas and had prospered.
“No, ’ho said to his old frionda, “I know
that I am In no danger here. That old matter
under the new order of thug* would never bo
Intonate aro all In
brought against mo, bnt my
Texts and I ftel that I must return them.'
“The whole basinets wat each o surprlto to
ns,” raid Colonel Jones
“Yes,” replied Little Shorty. “Yon did not
understand me. I waa willing to inbuilt to
auj thing when It waa the law of tho land.
Ynn were not But I oouldnot submit to what
was a mere wanton personal Indignity. -There
again you differed from me. 1 havo never re*
trctttd tny curse.”
Us departure that night Colonel Jonei
After
was unutually thoughtful.
“Ill tell you wbat. gentlemen,” he mid aa
he ratted homo, “Lltt'o Shorty Is what tho
town boys call a daisy. 1 can soo now that ho
wsarighb He know when submit don wat a
virtue and when reels ten* waa a duty. Ho la
a hero If there ever waa one! ’
It may or may not be creditable to Cotton-
vlllo morals, bus tho little orowd as the hotel
applauded the colonel. Whether right or
wrong, hla sentiments were thoeo of tho com-
mnnliy.
LIKE THE KALI. OF THE MANTA.
The hbowernr Qiinlts fur the Mormons, and
Its I’ruluhlo Explanation.
The stotlts about quell which aro coming
fn-m Kevsda, writes a tislt Lako corrcrpomlont of
the New Yo- k nun, have ruggtsicd to an old act*
tier here an explanation Of a phenomenon which
bra all ah-r:: t,cn rited as au erlflrnco of the favor
In which the Mormons who ffitdo tho journoy
soon the rlalns with Btlgbtm wen bold by tho
Almlgiitj-. the Mormon teachers maintain that
tbecxi-cr'rhccofUiufsltbftilon that well-known
pllsrlmatc was more marvelous than anything
that occurred to the cbUdroo of Israel when they
wandered In the wilderness under tho leadership
of Mores By C hris',lacs It Is generally admitted
that ihe Israelites wero under the (Uldsnco ol tho
l ord: that they were fed from heaven; that water
lushed ftom the reek to satisfy tbslr thirst, and
that but for superhuman sublet ce Urey never
would have pawed tafeiy Into the promised land.
Yet tire Israelites were forty yean In crossing a
wilderness not so extensive and certainly not more
few mouths. To all Mormons In this
vlclolty the story of tbetr forefather’s pllgrlmige U
as attractive as the Mosaic hegtra waa to tha an-
dent Hebrews: tt la retarded by alt of them as a
uas no eras or ms courage, woswuiainus.
Is ho Standing by hispoople? Is he true to the _
lost cause? Youseo wlut hols doing. He mots certain UliutraUon_of QttFs fltvor, snd by
favors submission. Ha claims that wo are -many of them tho mlrar.lcs whloh are satdb, tuvt
subjugated people. I don’t know what you
think, gentlemen, bnt I aay that his conduct la
: I aay the!
> traitor!”
ol Jones
were repeated
all over tire village, and naturally they tand
cd to Inflame publlo
sentiment still more. It
wit true that tho colonel had not bran In tha
army: but hla patriotic oondnet la organising
a torch light procramon when tha statu seceded
bad never been forgotten, and hla fearlwt op
al source made . .. .
The situation did not Improve as tlmo rolled
on. Additional Muh coats wort stationed at
Cottonvlllo. They awarowd lu tho_ street!.
Their olfleera began to monopollxo tho aldo-
walks, and Itsoon became evident that the en
emy was strong enough to hold bis own, and
that tho friendship or tbo enmity of the vll
lager* was held In light rateem.
rreaumlng upon their strength the federals
grew more oflbnslv* In their behavior. They
required the citizens to obtain the command
ing officer's permission to hold meetings.
They arrested good men on tha tramped np
chargee of idle and vicious negroes, and In va
rloua other wayi the conviction w
waa brought
home to na that the Iron heel ot despotism was
stolid reality and not a mere figure of spooch.
Strange to say, while matters were progress
ing Ikorn bad to worse In this direction, the
cltimns of Cottonvlllo wen gradually simmer-
leg down into s enbmlstlvo mood. Home
Joined the Union League, and tho majority
‘ — similar to thoss uttorea
expressed opinions
by Little Shorty not very long before.
Abent this time the (adonis began *
to annoy
oor people in email end petty ways Fra-
itlya
nuently a countryman wonld oomu to town
wanting hie faded gray nnlform. When ha
made hit appearance In torno publlo plan a eol-
dltr wonld halt him, and with acarotly a word
of explanation poll onto knife end cut the
confederate button! from hla ooat. *
the town people saw wbat wu np they were
ctrcfhl not to wear tho objectionable
„ _ buttons,
but tha fknntrs were caught tvary day. Tha
whole proceeding wu to sudden and so ridicu
lous that tbo eonatrymen generally found the
button flcndi missing by the time they had
turned the outrage over In their minds.
turned tbo outrage over
Resistance wu considered out of tho quit-
tloo. Itwu better to loco a few buttons than
to be butchered. Everybody took thia view of
It.
One morning the loungers about the court
bcure
Ha wore
all.
Colonel Jonca winked at the bystanders.
“Lltlla Shorty will catch it,” ht uld, “and
e morning the loungers about the oourt
> saw Llttls Shorty riding np tho strut,
ore hla confederate Jacket, buttons and
t him right, too. A man with Ms sent!-
gbt to her
avs ripped off hla buttons at
meats ought
the surrender.”
Everybody laughed, and after Little Shorty
had hitched hla bone and made hit way to the
front of the oourt houu, every eya wu fixed
upon bis buttons. , , ,
A federal llentenut,who wu aimlessly walk
ing abent. had bit attention attracted by tha
peculiar behavior of tha crowd. Ho looked
tesaly attach nan, and finally hla ayra took
In Llttla Shorty’s bnttoni.
Everything that followed occurred In such a
whirl that tha tpactaton found It difficult to
Me whit wu going on.
With out quick stroke tha lieutenant cut off
one of Llttla Shorty’s battens. Bat he did not
it bit hand on another. Little Shorty throw
got bit hand on nnotnor. Lime anoriy snrow
himself back, and with fluking ayra and end
ed muscles ha oeizad hit umlaut by both
wrists. Osa quick twist, and the lieutenant,
with a bawl or pain, fell (hinting to tha ground.
Tho enormous strength of the conftdcrate se
ttled him to wrench
tho man’s arms oat of
tbelriocketi!
Two soldiers came raihlng across tha alreat
Twoaoldlers came lushing across tna street
to tbo relief of their superior officer. Tsar
bad their bayonets fixed and It sru their evi
dent intention to run Little Shorty through
where ha stood. Tha plucky Uttlo giant front
ed tbera with a face u serene u a summer
moiling- Jost In time tha bright barret or
hla revolver flatbed in tho sunlight. Two
repoita rang out almost almallanaoaaly. and
Iba tiro told ten hit tho dost, ono a daad man
and tha other mortally wonndod.
HOW THE RED-COATS ESCAPED
In tbo month of August, 1814, during the last
war between the United States and England,
tie American sloop of war Adams, of twenty-
f.-nr guns, under command of Captain Charles
Morris, put into Penobscot Bay, on the oout of
Malre, for the purpose of taking in provisions
and water. The Adams bad recently captured
several Britlih vessels, and had on board sixty
prlsoncn, sailors and officers, and It wu Cap
tain Horrii'i Intention to dlspooo of them by
shotting them up In tbo Jail at Wlwaasot, until
they should bo exchanged.
Tho weather wu very thick and foggy that
morning, and, by a blonder of tho pilot, tbo
vearal wu ran ashore on Isla an Hant, and only
got off, In a leaky condition, by lightening. It
waa thin dodded to go up tho Penobscot, put
Csstlno, for repairs. The prisoners, and twenty.
five of tho shin's crew, sick of scurvy, wore
therefore landed at Camden, then a small coast
village, and tornedovor^ to tbo town officer^
with a nqnest to march tho captives to Jail, i
in give tho yanheo sailors tho but accomtaoda-
possible.
lions
It wu n heavy demand to make of to small a
town. Many of tho men were away, cither at
eratr In tha army, and It wu difficult to got
trgetbrr n inffloient guard. Meantime, somo of
tbo prifonera wore wandering about tho village,
golr g where they pleuod, having good humor-
rd'y premised Lieutenant Hanford, of tbo
nillilla company, to go with him to VYiscuses
“when he got hla men together.”
Among tho efllcara wore five whoso nemos
lnvo come down to ns u Eamesbury, Dalton,
Cturch, Krsns and Wlldea. Thau five, form
ing a Iittlo group, kept together, and went
lilltc for liquor. All of thorn, eud Church I
laitlciilsr, bsd T .... -. .
boon bard drinkers on their
own rbfp. But their supply of liqnor had boon
cot off when they wore captured, and nowttwy
were making np for their enforced abstinent©
l,y having a spree.
Church bad already bran more than onoo on
tbo verge of that terrible disease, dellrian tre
mens, and now hla excessive Indulgence wu
too much for him. Ho foil down tn -bo street
in a horrible patoxyam, snd a fow hours later
lurchyard of tho htm-
i ot tbo town, at well
earoo afternoon
Many of the peoplo
as moat or the prisoners, aliened tho funeral,
and they all fraternised together as though
they bad been fellow-countrymen, and not
enimlrt.
Alter the services, Lieutenant Hanford ad-
drafted tbo British, and bado thorn all coma to
and bo rvtdy to start for Wlactatet. Ho bad by
that tlmo succeed In getting together about
twenty msn to act u a guard.
To inis proposition tho prlaonenagreed; than
went off, wandering again among tho honsu
and shops.
awsy from tha prize-boat, hivlog more msn at
the can, and toon had left it a quarter of a
mile astern. It was now doth.
Umcen by Conway or Terr, Pilot T con
trived to looaen the rope round his wrists.
SUpuiug hla beads suddenly out of it, hs gars
Cunway a violent push which landed him on
bla back In tbo bottom of tho boat. Thu,
matching np bit musket, hs pointed It full at
Tan's head and, In a low bnt fierce voles, or
dered him to give np his own gun—unlam h»
piefemd Instantly to bo shot, ,
Talrn thus atadlaad vantage, Tan begged (hr
Ms life and drllrarod up bla musket Before
Conway could rcrsmblo np, the pilot trad pm-
section of both pieces snd ntd leaped Into tha
stern of tho boat, where hs stood ready to
•hoot
Calling Eametbury back to him, Pilot T-
tbo mnaksts in hit hands, ■
... Ihtn took tho forward oar hioKolf, and or
dered Conway ud Tan to the middle thart,
where they wore bidden to row.
The re-capture had boon effected without tha
least outcry, and it waa now tha recreant pllot’a
plan to capture Palmer’s boat. They accord-
Ingly pulled ban* * “ *
bard, and, after a ttms,drewap
cloie astern of It; bnt by this tlmo Itwu as
dtik that no ono In tha other both
could have detected the change In tho arrange-
mints mads by Gradating pilot. All thru of
tbo American' hid laid their guns ea’da and
were rowing Utzunly; for they had had a hard
row and wero retbir tired.
Suddenly tha rear boat shot alongside them,
snd tbo flint thing they know of tbo turn af
faire had taken, wu a stentorian shont from
Pilot T , who exclaimed, fiercely, “Uura
to, ud hand over threw gnus, or I’ll send m
Ksmeibury waa alzo covering thorn with
Tan’s murket; and they all tbr< ororilied that
to move a hand for tbetr guu meant certain
death Ibr two of them.
After an Instant of tnrpilaed illanca, Palmer
turitndered unconditionally and haodad the
guns, but! foremost, to Earneabnry, who piled
Ihi in In tho Item of thopllot’s boat. Ths ex
ultant victors then tent Tare aboard Palmar’s
boat to cat tho ropra fiom the bands of Dalton
and Wlldta, who wtnat unco armed wills
mnsksts.
Tho ro-rapture wu now complole.
"Wbat d'ye think now, Ash Palmer?” ex
claimed Pilot T , ‘ Does my hanging look
. ..... JJoJir
lo you qulio u sore u It dldrawhlto I
been perftumed for the buofit of Brigham's follow,
an aro looked oponu more wonderful than any.
thing that took place In tho . days of Uosok Tho
only one of threo supernatural stories lo whloh II
Is now nocoisry to refer to Ir that which relates
how Ihe Brighamlios wore fed when starvation
•ccmofi lo bo staring them In tits rue.
"I havo Investigated that story," my Informant
oboerTid, “and I am bound to believe that sons
such Incident actually occurred. You can not
question tho evidence of a soon of men and wo
men who, whatever their peculiarities may hare
been, were not known u Uaro. Their word wu
good, somo or them were not polygamists. Ac-
raiding to tho narrative, u I got It, tho Mormon
caravan had run onto! meat of ovary description,
and though tbera wu still nmi food on hand, It
wusetn that unless a more fruitful country wu
non reached all must perish of hangar. Tha wil
derness yltldod absolutely nothing. There wuno
game. Tha water wu unfit to drink. Hoatllo In
diras swarmed on all tldu of thorn, and u day
followed day ud tho prospect became blaeker and
blacker, Itwu decided that on a certain day U»
csravtu should halt and pray to Almighty Hod
(or tiller.
"When that day dawned tbs wegoni and horses
wero left u they bad bean placed tha night baron
In a circle, and tha pilgrims assembled In tha cen
tral spaco and prayed (errantly, both publicly
and in alienee, for deliverance. Not a morsel of
food passed the month ol any parson, and from
wbat 1 can leant a morn solemn test ud supplica
tion never occurred In this world. For elx or sev
en hours tbo unices lasted. Tbo sky had boon
cloudless during tbo forenoon, Mdlnthe after-
neon only a tew white flakes stood In Ura broad
expanse ot blue. Boon after 3 o'clock a breeze
>piang up, which gradually Increased to a gate,
and a little later tho watchers, who balled tbo lint
chanst In tbo atmospheric conditions u signs or
■ piovldcutial response, saw far away on lha hori
zon wbat appealed lo be a black cloud. At It
grew Id tizo, all stood wateblug tt Intently,
until, amid the shouts and hallelujahs of tho faith
ful ihrmrands of quail, borne on tbo wind and
dashed with violence against tho oorered wagons,
fell exhausted or dead to tbo ground. Tbo air
aasblack with them for a tew mlnutsAandao
unifying waa the experience that men and wo
men fainted or went wild with Joy. After a llltio,
such of tbo flock u had escaped tho wagons ditap.
feared, and tho men and women who retaiuod
ibclr t-reierreofmlnd login gathering UreUrdt
which had come to them so strangely. White they
were engaged In this work and were rejoicing ovat
tbclr good fortune it grew inddenly dark, and be
fore tbs test bird bad boon picked up rslubsgtn
to fslldn copious showers. Ths stock wu greatly
refreshed, and much water waa caught lo mtnslls
which were mads ready ter tbs purpose. Those
strange events had a profound eflect upon ovary-
body, strengthening the faith of Ura wavering and
Imbuing all with tbs conglctlon that Uray ware in
deed Ura chosen ot the Lord. After a day of
ihaukigivlug, ths caravan movad «, and In a
water, the last of Ura birds not being consul
until other gsnrawia found In plenty.
“Now, sines I have read of tits ‘quail storms'
that they have In Nevada, I have coma to the con
clusion that this was on# of them, and that the
only rsmarksl,la thing about the manor wat that
tnhoutd have occurred Just salt did. Of course,
to the Brigbamltca tt wua mlraclo. They had
utter had iuch an experience bsfors, andldoi'l
cerates It, bnt Jost such things are happening'
lu ihe west almost arery year. The quail loss
their way or they are drlrcu by Harms In direc
tions contrary to those which they Instlnctiroly
seek, snd wbtn exhausted, or If they coma In sin.
tact with any obstruction, they fall lo tha (round.
Many or them are dead, but irallro they may be
easily caught, tynall It plenty this year, and you
will hear ot It lalulug birds’before lung."
“Thia la as plate for me. Good-bysl't
Little Shorty, and frith a wave of his
■hooted uhwmwiv,-n -
hand ht ran for hla horw safest as his short
^wcnldcarry him.
less than a minute n hundred soldlsn
Kagcnfo la Exile.
From a Foreign Letter.
fir appeared ou
, , , -.Naples, and one
who then saw her rtya »he still beam ths traces of
-rieoT
supers
i u ones tn bo recognized as a crania
bilgbl and vlvactoua eves justify Ura
on and tbs episode of ths diamonds In
the Focest of CnmptegiM. Her still rosy ooatptex-
lon it admirably prrwtved, and la perhaps owing
to lira mild climate which has renewed ths ancient
tssuiy In h*M basks; bar heir, not yel watte, still
on « bun ibossvtr, th* did not lout.
per, Eamesbury and bla threo
abovo mentioned foil lu a woll-known pilot of
the bay, of whom wo will hero spook at Pilot
u.oo-/, vi —w no, ,,oio 17—a, - „v
T—, for at this dlstanco of tlmo no gool oud
rill borcrvrd by glring hlrrcalnanm From
IMa man they learned that tha British ware
then in pcsscsrlon of tha town of Kastport,
farther along tha ooaat, and that tt wonld not
bo a very difficult exploit to escape lo them
there.
The poor follows naturally preferred this
prospscttctbal of going to Jail tt Wlscasaat,
and immediately made tbo pilot an offer of all
tbslr money to taka them to their countrymen
at Eastport In their sailing-boat.
To perform inch a serslce, howaver, wonld
be high treason, and punishable with death. Pl>
lot.T bcalialid,bntthailghtof aovoral gold
‘ " ' ‘ htoi to risk tk Go-
doubloons finally Induced __
log hastily down to ths shore, they embarked
under cover <* * * " *
They were
safely way but
strong liquors, which baa, In all times, brought
ao many fir *■”— ‘— “
r of aonra bushes, and pulled away,
re not observed, and might hsyogut
bnt for that unfortunate lore for
so many nno fellows to grief. Ths prospect of
a long, ’dry” trlpto Kacipott waaao unpleasant
that, whan a Uttlo way below Negro Island,
they put sabers again, and Evans, at Pilot
T ■’« suggestion, went to a homo nt some
---Jfltst .
dlstanco In tho hops of purchasing a quart of
ram.
Meantime, It wu post six o'olosk. and tha
fsor officers bad bean missed when tbs rest of
the prisoners assembled In front or Ura meeting
boon. A squad of Lieutenant Hanford's lltUs
company wat dispatched to look them up.
Word havlag reached tha squad that a "red
coat” had bun Been going across lots to ths
hours (bora mentioned, tha militiamen ran
lay, howaver, Pilot T either uw them, or
took ths hint, and pat off with ths other thru
fugitives.
Ths breeze bid Isllan, bnt they all rour bant
to tbo oatAtiid mads tbo bast rate of speed
possible. The pilot wu now oven more anxi
ous than ths Britons themselves to avoid cap
tors.
Tidings of tha flight were soon sounded
through ths village; a crowd oollected at tbo
wharLu* ‘
whtre a new and fast-salllog boat, bo-
to oao Dick Conway, wu spasdlly
to go In pursuit of tha runaways. Ths
party fn ths boat consisted of Ctpitlu Asher
ftriraer,~
Dick Conway, and thru sailors named
Hobbles, Terr and Brown, flvt altogether,
armed with markets.
Itwu now about sunset. The fire mtn pullsd
of tbslr pursuit wall down toward Dear L
PilotT .fearinga ebaxo,had already —u
them, snd there then ensued a most exciting
raor. Tha Englishman, find with a hope of
liberty, and Pilot T—.dreading a baiter,
lid desperately at thalr oars, and ssnt their
pnllrd desperately at their oa
wat onward at a rapid rata.
Bnt Captain Palmar had an extra man In his
best; ana. moreover, ths mambersof hla crew
were all (Xpert oarsman. Hla boat, too, wu
lighter and more sully propsllsd tbreogh ths
water. Tbs partners gained steadily on ths
fugitives, gradually radod
lodng ths distract to
about throe hnadsd yards. Both boats wars
oow off Kdgemaroggon batch, whan with a
final spurt,Palmar sod hla tallori brought thalr
boat op opposite ths pilot's,'distant not more
than twenty yards from It.
Tt na far not t word had ben said, nor a hall
agehangadf it bad ban a hard, grim, silent
itce. Bat Osptaln Palau now stood op, and
cocking a musket, commanded Pilot T— to
' >p rowing, or bo wonld shoot him. As natth-
T , nor any of tho officers bad waspons
of any kind, rattetanc* n thalr part wu nt of
tha qncstten.
They reluctantly surrendered.
~ ' oats wus laid alongalds; ud, without
muriTctremony. all four of tho fugitivee wara
tied with *—
with rents by thtircaptore.
don't blame yon red coats ao much," ax-
claimed Palmar, “but yon, T , will have to
swing for this trick, tud no mistake about tt!”
“I expect so,” grumbled ths pilot. “But
don't you be too aura about it. Ash Palmar!”
— * “ —* Esnuabui
They left ths pilot and Eamssbnry, with
tbslr hands crested ud tied, la ths captured
boat, while Conway sad Terr, each armed with
I musket, stood ntrd H
ton and Wildtt,alia tied In Uksmnur.te tho
over them, and put Dai-
other bnt with Captain Palmer, Bobbin tad
Brown. Both boats were thrajisedad back to
list the tester boat quickly began to dfsw
and determined to taka
tbo futrr boat—Conway’s—and leave tholx
Isle captors to go home In ths alow one. AU
live of the Ctraden men wars then ordered Into
tbo latter ciaft; and Pilot T , standing bx
tbo item of it, bad already handed tha lan of
the five markets to Kemcsbory, who with
Dalton and Wide# ware in ths bit boat, when
another moat unexpected turn of uflUIra hap
pened.
For It suddenly occurred to tho throe British
officers,^tbst, now they wero In _po«cas]on_ of
and fiva guns, they bail no furthsr
ucq for Pilot T , and might as well go to
IlMtpnrt without him xml rave tbolr money.
Ditlldli si'Ci.r.iliiL-ly puzlird the boilj apart.
Tbo treachery of his Isto allies sudd onlydairn*
ing upon him, tbo pilot would havo leaned
aboard;butEtmcibiiry, covcrlcg him with*
mushst, sternly ordered him to stay where ho
was.
"For god’s sake, man, don’t Isavo mo here
to to hong!” cried the pilot.
“Stay where yon nrel” commanded Ktmcs-
bury. “A follow who plays traitor to hit own
country might pity us a trick at any tints, Wa
don't want yon."
They pushed oil
. . off and hcartltssly left the pilot
to tha tender mardu of hla own oountrymstx
- who ware net long patting tha ropes on his
‘n, being ill In a very lll-hauior at
wrists again, .
tho failure of tbclr expedition.
“Wall, wbat d’ye think about It, now,
T ?” growled Captain Palmer, “Don't you
see that halter a llttla plainer now?”
“I Keenly that I have been a fool,”' replied
the pilot, bitterly.
They took tbslr one prisoner back tr Oam-
' * * lidhlnu
den town and dallvan
t upto ba sent ta
Portland, to bo tried for treaton, but ware
obliged to endure no end ol chaff
Arias th*
town’s folk on account of their misadventure.
Pilot T was tried at Portland, and, being
adjudged guilty, wascnimced ton hanged.
He was subsequently psrdoncd, bowovor, da-
ritigibocnlbuist of exaltation and good feel
ing that followed at tho closo of tha war.
The three rcd-coata reached Eastport Is
safety.
It Dill Dim Good.
From the Detroit Free Pms.
Bids by slda In tbo watting room of tho Third
street poiienftr station yesterday sat a ntrvoos
llttla woman and a tall, melancholy man. Tho
women had a boy about seven yean of ass who
,tciucd to bo pMScasod ol an aril spirit. I(s
wouldn’t sit nor stand UHL He didn’t want apple*
nor candy. lit couldn't Ira coaxed nor bribe! ht
hebara hluualf, and hla kicking tod whining
second to wear tba little woman out. The melan
choly man stood It for awhile,bnt Anally felt cello!
upon lo oteerve:
Yes, so do I,” the promptly answered, 1
a toll on my right arm.”
“I’ll taka the Job off your bands If you say son
It’* Mimlhlo' I've been In the habit of dolngalmost
every day or my life, (Or I'vs bad throe wires and
three lets of children.”
The boy set np au extra bowl and bsgan kicking
bar Iblna Just then, and she looked around In *
helpless way and laid:
• Well, you may try. Net too vigorous, but Just
vlforoot enough.”
lit reflehsd over sad plotted Ihe child up and
laid Mm acromhlz knee, snd tne spanking ma
chine started off at about forty rcrcUtiona A
minute aid worked lo a charm.
“Thera—you sot there!'' retd Ura old mao, as ha
straightened tba boy op and sat him down. "That’*
better than all tha candy and peanuts ia the oooa-
try, cud you'll behave yourself (hr the next litre*
dayc.”
Th* tray blubbered softly and ml still, and wham
lha mother bowed her grsUtwte Up old man re-
piled:
“Oh, don't mention It. It's the bast madldne la
the world. Braldre, I wu a bit km mo me today,
and U hu sett o’ cheered nra np.”
On Hood Not o* lira Method.
From Ura London Figaro.
A prominent official of Tabreczc, Persia, hal
an altaicalion with an English gentlemen, and re
peatedly called him a liar to hla lac*. Th* la- _
gltihman, whosasasad not to be acquainted wilts
the oriental character, rent him a not*,demandta*
ctUrar an apology orlbailm ihould semple chat-
leu goto flgbn Tho Fenian wu note reward—tew
Pendens sre poltrocoa-tmt Ura Idea of riskingAte
lire because ht had calted ‘“♦tirar
man a liar lecmcd to him prepoctereo* I
flght,” mid he; “what shall I flfkt ®*? *
only called him a Iter, and gnaw holwsoteJJJ
to flght him. Never wu anything more absurdrs
-Well,’' zald the gentleman who wok Ura note »
him, “ko my* you will have lo light trim. There Is
no way of getting out of It." “Bott myi won!
flght.” replte th* other. ‘The* you mu* epolo.
,!„/■ "Apototizs? whet does he auaa by apotav
lire?" “Why, take li all back and my that jm
are retry joo relied htm a liar, that la who! It
muP “lalhat.il?’replied lira Panten. *«f
enure* I'll asolaglm; I'll my whatever bt wl.hs*
w^^S. l «» ao[ ‘
!t*r.
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