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XSSITED SEMI-WEEKL^ _ ^ ^ ^ ^ l~ M. grist s sons, Publisher., J %. cjfamilj Jfnrspaptr: 4?r the gromolwn of thq fjolitioat, ^qial.Jfjriculfnqat and Commeqtiat Jnterqsls of the |eop!q. {? ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1906. NO. 5. *" * * * " ? *w '?? 4 " ?,J D"tl" "??/i "? <mnH I Ml? ? ..tt,? ?..^ M>,. lit. and anv man who roes home a?=ad HOUSE SI _l A Tale of the Revo! Upper ( Jt3y jr. CHAPTER VI. There's two at flsty-cuffs about It; Sir, I may say at dagger's drawing, But that I cannot say, because they have none. Mayor of Quinborough. When Horse Shoe left the apartment he discovered the person, whose demeanor had excited his suspicion, leaning against a post of the porch, in front of the house. The moonlight, as it partially fell upon this man's figure, disclosed a frame of sufficient mould to raise a surmise, that, in whatever form of communication the sergeant might accost him, he was not likely to find a very tractable subject to his hand. Robinson, however, without troubling himself with the contemplation of such a contingency, determined to delay his visit to the stable long enough to allow himself the expression of a word of warning or rebuke, to indicate to the stranger the necessity for restraining his curiosity in regard to the guests of the inn. With this view he halted upon the porch, while he scanned the person before him, and directed an earnest gaze into his face. The stranger, aMorhtiv Hiaromflted bv this eager scrutiny , turned his back upon his visitor and, with an air of Idle musing, threw his eyes towards the heavens, in which position he remained until summoned by the familiar accost of Horse Shoe. "Well! and what do you make of the moon? As sharp an eye as you have in your head, neighbor, I'm thinking it will do you no great sarvlce there. You're good at your spying trade: but you will get nothing out of her; she keeps her secrets." Startled by this abrupt greeting, which was made in a tone half-way between jest and earnest the stranger quickly confronted his challenger, and bestowed upon him a keen and Inquiring Inspection: then, breaking Into a laugh, he replied with a free and Impudent swagger.? "You are mistaken, Master Jack Pudding. What says the proverb? Wit's in the wane when the moon's at full. Now, our mistress has let me Into a secret. She tells me that you will not lose your wits, when sne comes to her grrowth. The reason why? first, because she never troubles herself with so small a stock as yours, and second, because your thick skull is moon-proof; so you're safe, friend." "A word in your ear," said Horse Shoe; "you are not safe, friend, if you are cotched again peeping through the chinks of the window, or sneaking upon the dark side of the doorway, to pick up a crumb of talk from people that are not axing your company. Keep that in your memory." "It's a base He, Mr. Bumpkin, If you mean to insinuate that I did either." "Oh, quiet and easy, good man! No flusteriflcations here! I am civil and peaceable. Take my advice, and chaw your cud in silence, and go to bed at a reasonable hour, without minding what folks have to say who come to the Widow Dimock's. It only run in my head to give you a polite sort of a warning. So. good night; I have got business at the stable." Before the other could reply. Robinson strode away to look after the accommodations of the horses. "The devil take this impertinent oxdriver!" muttered the man to himself, after the sergeant had left h'm; "I have half a mind to take his carcass In hand just to give it the benefit of a good, wholesome manipulation. A queer fellow, too?a joker! A civil, peaceable man!?the hyperbolical rogue. Well, I'll see him out, and laugh or fight he shan't want a man to stand up to him!" Having by this train of reflection brought himself into a mood which might be said to hover upon the isthmus between anger and mirth, ready to fall to either side as the provocation might serve, the stranger sauntered slowly towards the stable, with a hundred odd fancies as to the character of the man he sought running through his mind. Upon his arrival there he found that Horse Shoe was occupied in the interior of the building, and being still in a state of uncer -- *?-- t~ u-hl/th ?t lainiy as 10 in** iirannci ;> ?mv? >. was proper he should greet our redoubtable friend, he took a seat on a small bench at the door, resolved to wait for that worthy's reappearance. This delay had a soothing effect upon his temper, for as he debated the subject over In his mind, certain considerations of policy seemed to indicate to him the necessity of making himself better acquainted with the business and quality of the individual whom he came to meet. After a few moments. Horse Shoe was seen with old Tony at the stable door where, notwithstanding, the unexpected presence of the man to whom he had so lately offered his unwelcome advice, and upon whom he now conferred not the slightest notice, he continued uninterruptedly and with deliberate composure, to give his orders upon what at that moment, doubtless, he deemed matter of much graver im portance than any concern he might have in the visit of his new acquaintance. "Do what I tell you, Tony; get a piece of linen, rub it well over with tallow, and bring it here along with a cup of vinegar. The beast's back is cut with the saddle, and you must wash the sore first with the vinegar and then lay on the patch. Go, old fellow, and Mrs. Dimock. maybe, car give you a strip of woolen cloth tc sarve as a pad." With these intsructlons the negrc re-tired towards the house. "I see you understand your business," said the stranger. "You look to your horse's back at the end of s day's Journey and you know how tc manage a sore spot. Vinegar is th( thing! You have had a long ride?" lOfi V0BIHSM utioiiary Struggle In Carolina. KENNEDY. I . . .. .... "HOW do you Know tnai: mquireu Horse Shoe. "Know it! any man might guess as much by the way you shovelled down your supper. I happened by chance to pass your window, and seeing you at it. faith! for the soul of me I couldn't help taking a few turns more, just to watch the end of it. Ha! ha! ha! give me the fellow that does honor to his stomach! And your dolt head must be taking offence at my looking at you! Why, man, your appetite was a most beautiful rarity; I wouldn't have lost the sport of it for the pleasure of the best supper I ever ate myself." "Indeed!" said Robinson, drily. "Please upon the trencher!" exclaimed the other, with the air of a pot companion; "that's the true music for good fellows of your kidney! But it isn't everywhere that you will find such bountiful quarters as you get here at the Blue Ball "in that cursed southern country a man like J ?? 5 f lfrtl 1 Airfin yOU WOUIU UICCU a. lumiur, u jvu ?fvti do not find one ready made to your hand when you get there." "Where mought you be from?" asked the sergeant, with greut gravity, without responding to the merriment of his visitor, and purposely refraining from the answer which he saw it was the other's drift to obtain relative to the course of his travel. "It was natural enough that you should have mistaken my object," con- i tinued the stranger, heedless of Horse i Shoe's abrupt question, "and have sus- : pected me for wanting to hear some of your rigmarole; but there you did me wrong. I forgive you for that, i and, to tell you the truth, I hate i your " i "That's not to the purpose." said Horse Shoe; "I axed you a civil ques- i tion, and maybe, that's more than you i have a right to. You can answer it i or let it alone. I want to know where mought you be from?" "Since you are bent upon it. then." i replied the other, suddenly changing his tone, and speaking with a saucy ; emphasis, "I'll answer your question, when you tell- me. what mought be i your right to know." "It's the custom of our country," rejoined Horse Shoe, "I don't know what < it might be in yourn, to larn a little j about the business of every man we ; meet; but we do it by fair, out-and- l out question and answer?all above < board, and we hold in despise all sorts ] of contwistiflcations, either by laying ] of tongue-traps, or listening under i eaves of houses." < "Well, most wise and shrewd mas- i ter, what do you call my country? < Ha! ha! ha! I would be sworn you think you have found some mare's | nest. If it were not that your clown i pate is somewhat addled by overfeed- j ing, I would hold your speech to be > impertinent. My country, I'd have ( your sagacity to understand?" "Tut, man, it arn't worth the trou- < ble of talking about it! I never saw rtno r.f vonr nennle thnt I didn't kllOW i him by the first word that came out of his Tips. You are an Englishman, | and a red-coat into the bargain, as we call them In these parts. You have . been a sodger. Now, never bounce at that, man! There's no great harm in belonging to that craft. They listed you. as likely as not, when you was . flustlcated with liquor, and you took your pay: there was a bargain, and It was your business to stand to it. But I have got a piece of wisdom to whisper to you, insomuch as you are not in the most agreeablest part of the world to men of your colors, it would be best to be a little more shy against giving offence. You said some saucy ; things to me just now, but I don't grudge your talking, because you see I am an unaccountable hard sort of person to be instigated by speeching." "Verily, you are a most comical piece of dullness," said the other, in a spirit of railery. ' In what school did you learn your philosophy, friend? You have been brought up to the wholesome tail of the plough. I should say?an ancient and reputable occupatlAtt ' ' "When I obsarved, just now," replied Robinson, somewhat sternly, "that I couldn't be instigated, I meant to be comprehended as laying down a kind of general doctrine that I was a man not given to quarrels; but still, if I suspicioned a bamboozlement, which I am not far from at this present speaking, if it but come up to the conflagrating of only the tenth part of the wink of an eye, in a project to play me off, 'fore God. I confess myself to be as weak in the flesh as e'er a rumbunctlous fellow you mought meet on the road." "Friend," said the other, "I do not understand thy lingo. It has a most clodpollsh smack. It Is neither grammar, English nor sense." "Then, you are a damned onmannerly rascal." said Horse Shoe, "and that's grammar, English and sense, all three." "Ha. you are at that! Now, my lubberly booby, I understand you." re turned the other, springing to nis reel. "Do you know to whom you are speaking?" "Better than you think for." replied the sergeant, placing himself in an erect position to receive what he had a right to expect, the threatened assault of his adversary. "I know you, , and guess your arrand here." i "You do?" returned the other ; sharply^ "You have been juggling , with me. sir. You are not the gud| geon I took you for. It has suited i your purpose to play the clown, eh? ? Well, sir, and pray, what do you guess?" ? "Nothing good of you, considering how things go here. Suppose I was to say you was, at this self-same Ident tical time, a sodger of the king's? I i have you there!" ? The stranger turned on his heel and i retreated a few paces, evidently perplexed at the new view in which the sergeant suddenly rose to his appre- co henslon. His curiosity and his Inter- bl' est were both excited to gain a more distinct insight Into a man whom he mi had mistaken for a mere simpleton, ge but whose hints showed him to be he shrewdly conversant with the personal concerns of one, whom, apparently he th had seen tonight for the first time in pli his life. With this anxiety upon his mind, he again approached the ser- Sh geant, as he replied to the last ques- an tlon. of "Well, and If I were? It is a char- wl acter of which I should have no rea- W * - . a it HI, son to De asnamea. n* "That's well said!" exclaimed Horse Shoe. "Up and speak out, and never gr be above owning the truth; that's the is best sign that can be of a man. Al- no though it mought be somewhat dan- di: gerous, just hereabouts, to confess ba yourself a sodger of King George? su let me tell you, that, being against fo< you, I am not the person to moslest you on that head, by spreading the ba news abroad, or setting a few dozen I 1 Whigs upon your scent, which is a lnj thing easily done. If your business us here is peaceable and lawful, and you th< don't let your tongue brawl against up quiet and orderly people, you are free ] to come and go for me." Ief "Thank you. sir; but look you, it ws isn't my way to answer questions ale about my own business, and I scorn wi to ask any man's leave to come and ho go where and when my occasions call no me." th "If it isn't your way to answer ques- ad tions about your own business," re- pa plied Horse Shoe, "it oughtn t to be his your way to ax them about other peo- th< pie's; but that don't disturb me; it Is on the rule of the war to question all ins comers and goers that we happen to ad fall in with, specially now, when Th there's a set of your devils scamper- soi J PornHnQ r?m in*? arm auuui m um vm.M, w, hardly a summer day's ride off this clc province, burning houses and killing bri cattle, and turning everything topsy- wt turvy, with a pack of rascally Tories ics to back them. In such times all sorts he of tricks are played, such as putting 1 on coats that don't belong to a man, I 1 and deceiving honest people by lies, fic and what not." wi "You are a stranger to me," said of the other; "but let me tell you, with- ' out circumlocution or periphrsuse, I mc am a free born subject of the king, osi and I see no reason why, because for some of his people have turned rebels, Th a true man who travels his highway see should be obliged to give an account to of himself to every inquisitive fellow me who chooses to challenge it. Suppose me I tell you that you meddle with mat- bri ters that don't concern you?" wli "Thon vnu moueht chance to get cai your head in your hand, that's all. of And, hark you, if it wan't that T am pit rather good natured. I mought hap- be pen to handle you a little rough for 'a\ that nicknaming of the friends of lib- ou ?rty, by calling them rebels. It doesn't ari suit such sixpence-a-day fellows as ha you, who march right or left at the sto aidding of your master to rob a church ' or root up an honest man's peaceful re] hearth, without so much as daring to pri have a thought about the righteous- sa1 ness of the matter?it doesn't suit ' such to be befouling them that fight "la for church and fireside both, with your scl scurvy, balderdash names." do' "Well, egad! you are a fine bold fel- oni low who speaks his thoughts, that's bef not to be denied!" said the stranger, an again suddenly changing his mood, ani and resorting to his free and easy ad- dn ilress. "You suit these times devilish tre well. I can't find it in my heart to ?o< quarrel with you. We have both been int somewhat rough in speech, and so, ad the account is square. But now tell bu me, after all. are you sure you have tal guessed me right? How do you know in I am not one of these very rebels my- rtc self?" no "For two good and point-blank wi reasons. First, ycu dar'n't deny that hit you have pocketed the king's money coi and worn his coat?that's one. And, ' second, you are now here under the th< orders of one of his officers." at "No. no, good friend," said the man, poi with a voice of less boldness than fat heretofore, "you are mistaken for fes once in your life. So far what you "It say. I don't deny?I am in the service Bu of a gentleman, who for some private flg affairs of his own, has come on a vis- I i it to this part of the province, and I thi admit I have been in the old country." I ^ "I am not mistaken, good friend," hn drawled out Robinson, affectedly, in "You come from the south. I "an tell men's fortunes without looking Sh into the palms of their hands." fir "You are wrong again," said the ' -- ?- - of KoL ' otner, rariiy, as ne kxcw au^i; at urging thus badgered by his opponent, "I came from the north." "That's true and It's false both," so returned Robinson. "From the north, ol< I grant you?to the south with Sir Henry, and from the south up here. to? You will find I can conjure a little, co friend." w< "The devil take your conjuring!" go exclaimed the other, as he bit his lip th and strode restlessly backward and sa forward; which perplexity being ob- lei served by the sergeant, he did not fail mi to aggrevate it by breaking into a go hoarse laugh, as he said? fal "It wa'n't worth your while to try do to deceive me. I knowed you by man- in ifold and simultaneous signs. Him sa that sets about scouting after other be people's secrets, ought to be wary co enough to lam to keep his own. But oa don't take it so to heart, neighbor, m; there's no occasion for oneaslness?I it, have no mind to harm you." ou "Master bully," said the stranger, so planting himself immediately in front Y< of the sergeant "in England, where I th was bred we play at cudgels, and sometimes give broken heads; and "n some of us are gifted with heavy fists, w< wherewith we occasionally contrive to sa box a rude fellow who pries too much it. Into our affairs." "In our country," replied Horse Shoe, ur "we generally like to get a share of whatever new is stirring, and, though in we don't practice much with cudgels, uj yet, to sarve a turn, we do, now and ot then, break a head or so; and, con- m sarning the fist work you happened to al touch upon, we have no condesentious df scruples against a fair rap or two over of the knowledge-fox. and the tripping- bl up of a fractious chap's heels, in the fo way of a sort of a rough-and-tumble, w which maybe, you understand. You have been long enough here, mayhap, re to find that out." le "Then, it Is likely, it would please "1 you to have a chance at such a game? ct I count myself a pretty tolerable hand ol at the play" said the stranger, with a m mposure corresponding to that exulted by Horse Shoe. "Ho, ho! I don't want to hurt you, an," replied the sergeant. "You will t yourself Into trouble. You are hotadeder than Is good for your health." "As the game was mentioned, I ought you might have a fancy to ay it." "To besure I would," said Horse loe, "rather than disappoint you In iy reasonable longing. For the sake quiet?being a peaceable man, I 11 take, the trouble to oblige you. here, do you think, would be the ;eliest spot to have It?" "We may readily find a piece of ound at hand." replied the other. "It a good moonlight play, and we may t be Interrupted If we get a little stance off before the negro comes ck. Toe to toe, and face to face, Its me best with both friend and 3." * "A mule to drive and a fool to hold ck. are two of the contrarlest things know," said Robinson, "and so, seeg that you are In arnest about it, let go about It without more ado upon 0 first good bit of grass we can pop on along the river. In this temper the two antagonists t the vicinity of the stable, and ilked some hundred paces down >ng the bank of the stream. The man th whom Horse Shoe was about to Id this strange encounter, and who w walked quietly by his side, had e erect and soldierly port of a grenler. He was square-shouldered, comet and muscular, and the firmness of 1 gait, his long and easy stride, and ? free swing of his arm as he moved ward In the moonlight showed Robson that he was to engage with an tfAxaafir r\f riA AAmmAn f*fl nnoltv. lere was, perhaps, on the other side, me abatement In this man's selfnfldence, when the same light dlsised to his deliberate Inspection the awny proportions of the sergeant, ilch, in the engrossment of the topi bandied about in the late dialogue, had not so accurately regarded. tV'hen they had walked the distance lave mentioned, they had little dlfulty to select a space of level ground th a'sufficient mould for the purpose the proposed trial of strength. 'Here's as pretty a spot as we >ught find on the river," said Roblni, "and so get ready, friend. Be e we begin, I have a word to say. lis here bout Is not a thing of my ?klng, and I take It to be close akin downright tomfoolery, for grown up >n to set about thumping and hamring each other, upon account of a - ~ -* ?cur>h Hire 16 Ul WIIU O UUOb man, v/i uuv.. ....v, ien the whole universe Is full of ocsions for scuffles, and stands In need able-bodied fellows, to argufy the its or right and wrong, that can't settled by preachers, or books, or vyers. I look upon this here coming t to fight no better than a bit of rant nonsense. But, as you will ve It, It's no consarn of mine to >p you." "You are welcome to do your worst," plied the other, "and the less eaching you make with It, the more vlng of time." . 'My worst," Interrupted Horse Shoe, almost more than I have the conence to do to any man who isn't a wnright flagratious enemy; and, ce more I would advise you to think Tore you draw me Into a fray: you ; flustrated, and sot upon a quarrel, a mayhap, you conjecture that by iwing me out from behind my re;nchments, by which is signified my ad-nature, and forcing me to deploy 0 line and open field, you'll get the vantage of an old sodger over me; t there, Mr. Dragoon, you are misten. In close garrison or open field, siege or sally, crossing a defile or :onnoltrlng on a broad road, I am 1 apt to lose my temper, or strike thout seeing where my blow Is to . Now, that Is all I have to say; so ne on." 'You are not what you seem," said ? antagonist, In a state of wonder the strain of the sergeant's comsed and deliberate speech and at the nlllarlty which this effusion manlited with the details of military life. 1 the devil's name, who are you? it don't fancy I pause to begin our ht, for any other reason than that nay know who I contend with. On ? honor of a soldier, I promise you, vlll hold you to your game?man, or p of hell?I care not. Again, who the devil are you?" 'You have hit it," replied Horse oe. "My name Is Brimstone, I am st cousin to Belzebub." 'You have served?" 'I have." 'And belong to the army yet?" "True again; and I am as tough a dger, and may be I mought say, as 3 a sodger as yourself." "Your hand, fellow-soldier. I misok you from the beginning. You ntinentals?that's the newfangled >rd?are stout fellows, and have a od knack at the trick of war, ough you wear rough coats, and are vagely unrudimented in polite irning. No matter what colors a an fights under, long usage makes a od comrade of him; and, by my 1th! I am not amongst the last to him honor, even though we strnd opposite ranks. As you say, most pient Brimstone, we are not much tter than a pair of fools for this nspiracy to knock about each other's tea, here at midnight; but you have y pledge to it, and so, we will go at if it be only to win a relish for r bed; I will teach you, tonight, me skill In the art of mensuration. >u shall measure two full ells upon is green sod." "There's my hand," said Horse Shoe; iow, If I am flung, I promise you I an't be angry. If I sarve you in the me fashion, you must larn to bear "With all my heart. So here I stand >on my guard. Begin." "Let me feel your weight," said Robson, laughing, as he put one hand >on his adversary's shoulder, and the her against his hide. "Hark you, aster, I feel something hard here jout your ribs; you have pistols Horn your coat, friend. For the sake fair play and keeping rid of foul ood, you had best lay them aside beire we strike. Anger comes up onaares." "I never part from my weapons," plied the other, stepping back and reaslng himself from Robinson's grasp iVe are strangers; I must know the >mpany I am In, before I dismiss such d cronies as these. They have gol te out of the scrape before this." we iook nanas jusi now, hh.iu nuo- a< lnsbn, angrily. "When I give my h hand, it is tantamount to a book oath thait I mean fair, round dealing with ci the man who takes it. I told you, be- cl sides, I was a sodger?that ought to tt have contented you?and you mought c< sarch my breast, inside and out, you'd t< seen in it nothing but honest meanings. There's something of a sus- 01 pectable rascality, after that, in talk- u ing about pistols hid under the '.aps hi of the coat. It's altogether onmanful, fr and, what's more, onsodgerly. You t< ane a deceit, and an astonishment, and b< a hissing, all three, James Curry, and hi no better, to my comprehension, than a coward. I know you of old, although, c\ mayhap, you dlsremember me. I have s] hearn said, by more than one, that you pi was a double-faced, savage-hearted, ai dlsregardless beast, that snashed his tl teeth where he darsn't bite, and bul- w lied them that hadn't the heart to rl fight; I have hearn that of you, and, s< as ft live, I believe It. Now, look out tt for'your bull head, for I will cuff you al In iplte of your pistols." tl \Vlth these words, Horse Shoe gave at his adversary some half dozen over- sj powering blowe, Ir. such quick surc?2- bi slon as utterly defied and broke l<"?v n ai the other's guard; and then seizing him tl by ,the breast, he threw the tall and ai stalwart form of Curry at full length w updn the ground. ol "There's your two ells for you! there's the art of menstlrratlon, you g? disgrace to the tall of a drum," ex- w claimed Horse Shoe, with accumulating wrath as the prostrate man strove h< to extricate himself from the lion grasp cc that held him. In this strife. Curry w several times made an effort to get his si nana upon nis pisiui, in wmui no r?c*.?j ^. constantly foiled by the superior vi- n< gor of the sergeant. al "No no," continued the latter, as he bi became aware of this attempt, "James w Curry, you shall never lay hold upon th your firearms whilst I have the hand- hi ling of you. Give them up, you twist- hi lng prevaricatloner; give them up a you disgracer of powder and lead; and gt lam this from a rebel, that I don't a blow out your brains, only because I H wouldn't accommodate the devil by to flinging such a lump of petrifaction 'ei Into his clutches. There, man," he dc added, as he threw the pistols far cc from him Into the river, his exaspera- H tlon, at the same time, moderating to gc a lower temperature, "get upon your or feet; and now, you may go hunt for m vour cronies In yonder running stream. X You may count It a marcy that I have- vc n't tossed you after them, to wash the sa cowardly blood off your face. Now lo that you are upon your legs, I tell you uj here, In the moonlight, man to man, with nobody by to hold back your In hand that you are a lying, deceitful It' skulker, that loves the dark side of a wall better than tne lignt, ana sietus e> the secrets of honest folks, and hasn't bi the heart to stand up fairly to the to man that tells you of It. Swallow that. In James Curry, and see how It will lay m upon your stomach." will seek a time!" exclaimed Curry, "to right myself with your heart's gs blood." uj "Pshaw! man," replied Horse Shoe, te "don't talk about heart's blood. The h( next time we come fnto a field togeth- m ?r. ax for Galbraith Robinson, com- hi monly called Horse Shoe Robinson, sf Find me out. that's all. We may take tl< a frolic together then, and I give you m my allowance to wear your pistols in ar your belt." hi "We may find a field yet, Horse Shoe of Robinson," returned Curry, "and I'll to not fall of my appointment. Our game te will be played with broadswords." se "If you should so turn out James, ar that you and me are to work through I i campaign in the same quarter of the sc world, as we have done afore, James, ar I expect, I'll take the chance of some of holiday to pay my respects to you. I se won't trouble you to ride far to find re me; and then, it may be broadsword or it pistol, rifle or bagnet, I'm not over- el scrumptious which. Only promise I h< shall see you when I send for you." 'a "It's a bargain, Galbraith Robinson! Strong as you think yourself In your B' cursed rough-and-tumble horseplay, I w am soldier enough for you any day. I th only ask that the time may come to quickly." th "You have no objection to give us a b< hand to clinch that bargain, James?" cl asked Horse Shoe. "There's my paw; take It, man, I scorn to bear malice onfter the hot blood cools." to "I take It with more pleasure now," di -aid Curry, hastily seizing the hand, th "than I gave mine to you before tonight because It is a pledge that suits hi my humor. A good seat In a saddle, w four strong legs below me, and a sharp w blade, I hold myself a match for the *a best man that ever picked a flint in u your lines." 'h "Now, friend Curry," exclaimed the th sergeant, "good night! Go look for <t vour pop-guns In the river; and If you h find them, hold them as a keepsake to to remember Horse Shoe Robinson. Good it night." w Robinson left his adversary, and re- m turned to the inn. ruminating, as he in walked, over the strange Incident In ti which he had just been engaged. For hi a while his thoughts wore a grave m complexion; but, as his careless good- "t humor gradually broke forth through the thin mist that enveloped It, he was fe found, before he reached the porch, b; laughing with a quiet chuckle, at the p] conceit which rose upon his mind, as ai he said, half-audlbly, "Odd sport for a summer night! However every one to tl his liking, as the old woman said; but tn to my thinking, he mought have done better if he had gone to sleep at a st proper hour, like a moralized and so- a ber Christian." c< When he entered the parlor, he found tl Butler and the landlady waiting for tl him. bi "It Is late, sergeant," said the major, bi "You have forgotten the hour; and I ei began to fear you had more to say to your friend, there, than suited the 0) time of night." a; "All Is right, by your smiling," add- a ed the landlady; "and that's more than p I expected at the time you walked n t out of the room. I couldn't go to my ci . bed, till I was sure you and my lodger i had no disagreeable words; for, to tell g I you the truth I am greatly afraid of s his hot and hasty temper." "There Is nothing hot or hasty about w him, ma'am." replied Robinson; "he w 1 is about as peaceable a man as you f< . mought expect to meet in such times as these. I only told him a little scrap > of news, and you would have thought d i he would have hugged me for it. ha, " ; ha, ha." ti "We are to sleep in the same room, I rrgcaiu, nam uunci, auu v?? ov?ostess will show us the way to It." The dame upon this hint, took a indie, and conducted her guests to a namber In the upper story, where, afsr wishing them "a good night," she jurtesied respectfully, and left them ' ) their repose. "Tell me, sergeant, what you made ut of that fellow," said Butler, as he ' ndressed himself. "I see that you s ave had some passage with him; and, ' om your tarrying so long, I began to ' i a little apprehensive of rough work ' ?tween you. What passed, and what ( ave you learned?" "Enough major, to make us more clr- 1 jmscrlptlous against scouts, and } ales, and stratagems. When I was a ( risoner at Charleston, there was an f nazlng well-built fellow, a dragoon, * lat had been out with Tarleton; but, hen I saw him, he was a sort of ' Vimntlrnl nof>niint-k?>en<?r and letter irlbbler for that young flghtlng-cock, 1 le Eari of Caithness, him that was ( degoing to Sir Henry Clinton. Well, ( lis fellow had a tolerable bad name, c ? being a chap that the devil had c illed In spite of all the good that had * een pumped Into him at school; for, ' j I have learnt, he was come of gen- c e people, had a first rate edicatlon, c rid I reckon, now major, he talks as g ell as a book, whereupon I have an | tiservatlon." "Keep that until tomorrow, ser- , jant," Interrupted Butler, "and go on 1th what you had to tell me." "You must be a little sleepy, major; jwever, this fellow, they say, was f itched cheating with cards one day, g hen he was playing a game of five illllng loo with the king or the c jeen, or some of the dukes or colo;ls In the guards?for he wa'n't jove any thing rascally. So, It was lzzed about, as you may suppose ( hen a man goes to cheating one of ^ lem big fish?and the king gave him s choice to enlist, or to go to the llks; and he being no fool, listed, as matter of course. In that way he it over here: and, as I tell you, was ? sort of sarvant to that young earl. c e sometimes came about our quarters list prisoners and make Tories of m, for his own people kept him to 1 > all that sort of dirty work, upon ac- f >unt of the gllbness of his tongue. ^ e was a remarkable saucy fellow and it nothing but 111-will from the prls- lers?though. I make no doubt, the an Is a tolerable sodger on sarvlce. ^ ow, after telling you all this, major, 0 iu must kiow that the Identlcle, ' mnn Illot TVO Q9 TV ' ,II1C, |JclI llUUIill man wiai. ?? v mw.. oklng through the porch window at v i tonight"? 71 "Is the man you have been descrtb- v g? Is It possible? Are you sure of ^ ?? v "I knowed him the minute I clapped ' es on him; his name Is James Curry; n it. as I didn't stay long at Charles- v n, and hadn't anything to do with him particular, it seems he didn't re- 71 ember me." . f "You conversed with him?" "Most sartalnly I did. I wanted to f ither a little consaming of his visit 0 j here; hut the fellow's been so bat- r red about In the wars that ho knows >w to hold his tongue. I had some f ischlef In me. and did want to make s m Just angry enough to set his 1 >eech loose; and, besides I felt a lit- '1 s against him upon account of his 71 lsdoings with our people In Carolina, 1 id so. I said some rough things to ' m; and. as my discourse ar'n't none ' the squarest In pint of grammar and pographica! circumlocution?as Lieu- 7 nant Hopkins used to say?why he * t me down for a piece of an Idiot, 1 id began to hoax and bamboozle me. nni that matter straleht for him very v on. by just letlng him say so much v id no more. And then, as I was a ' aeeable man, major, he seemed to i e that I didn't want to have no quar- ' I with him. which made him push c at me rather too hard, and all my v vlllty ended In my giving him what r > wanted at first?a tolerable, regu- ? r thrashing." " The sergeant continued to relate to v tier the details of this adventure, v hlch he did with more prolixity than s ie weariness of his listener was able r i endure; for the major having in r ie progress of the narrative got into e ?d. and having. In the Increasing os- i tancy of his faculties, exhausted r rery expression of assent by which \ ie who listens to a tale Is accustomed t i notify his attention?he at length ropped Into a profound sleep, leaving c ie sergeant to conclude at his leisure, c When Robinson perceived this, he c id nothing left but to betake himself, d ith all expedition, to his own rest; d hereupon he threw off his coat, and r king the coverings of the bed appro- c dated to his use spread them upon \ le floor, as he pronounced an ana- f i; ma against sleeping on feathers, l or it must he observed, that our good r ostess, at that early day, was liable [ i the same censure of an unnatural t tachment to feather beds in summer r hich may, at the present time, be f ade against almost every country inn v i the United States,) and then exnguishlng the candle, he stretched a Imself upon the planks, as he re- t arked to his unconscious companion, j hat he was brought up on a hard jor;" and after one or two rolls, he c 11 Into that deep oblivion of cares, r V which nature resummons and sup- f lies the strength which toil, watching t id anxiety wear down. f The speed of Horse Shoe's Journey ^ irough this pleasant valley of sleep r ight be measured somewhat in the ^ ime manner that the route of a mail ^ age may sometimes be traced through < nnilntaln rlotilu hv fhp nnteS Of the , lachman's horn; it was defined by le succession of varying intonations irough which he ascended the gamut, eginning with a low but audible reathing, and raising through the sevral stages of an incipient snore, a lort quick bark, and up to a snort lat constituted the greatest altitude f the ascent. Occasionally a half rtlculated interjection escaped him, nd words that showed in what curent his dreams were sailing "No istols! Look in the water, James! la, ha:" These utterlngs were acompanied with contortions of body lat more than once awaked the sleep, r; but, at last the huge bulk of Horse hoe grew motionless in a deep and trong sleep. The next morning, at early dawn, ur travelers resumed their journey, ,-hich I will leave them to prosecute, hllst I conduct my readers to the afilrs and interests that dwell about tie Dove Cote. This stricture true in 1835, the ate of the first edition of these volmes has, I am happy to notice, lost luch of its point in the lapse of sixeen years. TO BE CONTINUED. stusmuinou? xwuiuuj. ti STRONG MEN. 8< a O] Secret of Their Development a Puzzle to Science. To decide which town In England, or ?ven which country, produces the a] itrongest men Is a very difficult mat- w :er. Were I to decide In favor of some ei slace In the north, said Mr. Sandow, n an Interview with a representative p] >f Tlt-Blts thirsting for Information on bi his nnlnt I should have DeoDle In the ?! louth down upon me In a moment, and ^ vlth Justice, for naturally well devel- tl >ped men?the term "strong" men 'r fives rather a wrong Impression?are o be found In all parts of England. ci In the recent contest which I held cl 'or Instance, representatives qualified 'rom every county, and finally the w >rlzes for the most perfectly developed :ompetltors were fought for by 160 :ontestants. Among these the first half lozen were so equal In point of view ^ >f merit that It was found almost impossible to award the prizes with falrless. These six men were not proluced by any one town or any one :ountry. One was an American, anothv( t came from the north of England, mother hailed from the south of Eng- 111 and, another from the west of Eng- " and. and the remaining two from the Midlands. The real fact Is that, while veil-developed men are produced In ** (very part of England their develop- w nent Is accomplished by different c< neans, according to where they live 'a rnd the work they are engaged In. A man, for instance, who does a lot tr >f muscular work Indoors may be no to tetter developed than another who ^ ises his muscles much less but leads ,r in entirely open-air life. This Is par- 8 icularly noticeable when one con- le rasts the workers In some of the m forks hi re and north country towns, vhose lives are spent in Iron founda- p1 les and so on, where they have a m th rreat deal of heavy work to do, with he agricultural laborers from such w ountrles as Essex, Sussex and Surrey. ^ The latter, although they do none of hat muscular work which Is part and m larcel of the former's life, may be Just a a fine specimens of humanity owing o the Ideal conditions under which br heir work is performed. Nothing is more essential to proper ^ ihyslcal development than plenty of pen air. Some people have an Idea tfl hat the strongest men are to be found w n those districts where the most heavy rork Is done. They think that If a * nan is forced to do hard, muscular rork hour after hour and day after er lay, he Is bound to become well de- y( eloped. But although hard labor Is rood up to a certain point, yet when w >nce that point Is passed it tends to- 61 rard deterioration. Take the case of miners. They renaln below ground for many hours. e* ngaged upon hard work all the time, p t Is very seldom, however, that one Inds a miner who is at all well developed. This Is because, in the first * ilace, they are obliged to overwork hose muscles which the nature of their ^ ask brings Into play, while, In the ^ econd place, they have to exist In an inhealthy atmosphere. Few men are ^ nore readily attacked by disease than ^ nlners. and If the health of a man is ?tl a unsatisfactory as this implies It ^ ollows that he is not a suitable sub- ^ ect for proper physical development. u] The towns In mining districts are hus put out of court In any search . hat Is made for the best muscle-pro- d< lucing place. In Just the same way that too much i'ork causes deterioration, too little vork falls to bring the body to perfec- ^ Ion. Mention has already been made nj >f the healthy lives led by the workers n agricultural districts, but while their ^ lut-of-door life is an ideal condition, 'et the usual agricultural laborer does tot exercise his muscles sufficiently to ver reach ideal development. Take the |g ase of a man who is ploughing. He valks leisurely along behind his plow, jc vhlch it often requires considerable w trength to guide straight through ough ground; but while a few of his a| nuscles thus become beautifully devel ped, the rest of his body "runs to g( teed." so to speak, and although he nay be an exceedingly 3trong man, la ^ft from the expert's point of view, ^ le comes nowhere near perfection. gg No better illustration can be given ^ f this one-sided development than the tr rdlnary English athlete. England is a ej :ountry of lop-sided sportsmen who m levelop one-half of their body to the leterioratlon of the other half. The |j( nan who plays football becomes devel- ^ ped in a different way to the man aj vho plays cricket, he differing again y( rom the man who plays polo or goes ni n for hunting. It is only the all- a, ound athlete who ever approaches 0, erfection physically, and the most . rilllant exception among the sports- ^ nen l:i this country is probably to be e, ound in the person of Mr. C. B. Fry, a, vho is such an all-round man that he aI las become an exceptionally fine ex- N imple of the first-rate physical devel- fc >pment, that may be brought about w >y properly applied athletics. m It is gentle exercise, which does not st >ver-exert the muscles, that has the w nost beneficial effect upon the human p, rame. The man who knocks In tin m acks with a light hammer will have 01 ar finer arms than he who wields a ti leavy sledge. I have seen some re- ju narkable specimens among men whose iaily work consisted in the delicate lammering of steel and other metals m o prepare them for Inlay. But in this bi ;ase again, only one part of the body jj jrcomes developed to perfection, so g, that such towns as Sheffield and Blr- fs nlngham, where many of the inhabl- si ants are engaged In work of this de- p( icription must be left out of calcu- r ation. A Let us next examine the condition 9J CI )f things at some of the seaport towns ^ >f England. Equally with the agrlcul- w ural laborer, the sailor and the dock h aborer work under absolutely Ideal p conditions, for we all know and have ol experienced the health-giving: proper- o: :les of sea air. On the whole, sailors ire strong, healthy men, but, although e] :he pulling of ropes and the climbing s! >f spars develop certain muscles very JJ nicely, they do not produce a uniform- ^ ly fine body, and many of a sailor's a most important muscles are utterly n undeveloped because they are never | brought into play. The dock laborer comes higher up in *1 the scale because he has more gpener- ? al muscular exercise: but in this case n he almost invariably haa too much of t< red every night may be certain that e haa little chance, so long as this tate of things goes on, of becoming perfect specimen of physical derelpment. Strange as It may seem, finer specllens of physical development are to e found among the navvies than by ny other walk of life. The navvy orks all day In the open air. and his fiergles, when he shows any, are dieted In all sorts of directions. In le course of his eight hours' work retty well all of his muscles are rought Into play at one time or anoth\ None of them are over-exerted? e takes good care of that?and the motent that any particular muscle is < red he rests awhile until the overseer ispects the piece of work he Is enaged on. Unknowingly he Is pracclng the very essence of physical llture, which consists In gently exerslng every muscle without over-ex-tlng It, and so building up all parts r the body evenly and little by little Ithout unnecessary strain. MAKING ARTIFICAL LIMBS. ecrets of the Trade?Persons Who Carry Around Different 8ets. "Oh, yes, Indeed, they come pretty Igh," said the artificial leg maker, [t Is a beauty, though, Isn't It? I snture to say there ain't another one . i Philadelphia like It, on or off, and 's as light as a feather, too." With these words the creator of arflcial limbs flourished a leg In the air. e was fat and smiling, and he spoke ith an undlstlngulshable foreign acjnt, and every once In a while his ice beamed with enthusiasm. "They all come to Philadelphia for tern, too," he continued. "We've cusimers from all over Europe, Asia and frlca. There are lots of leg makers i the city?at least they call them >lves such, but some of them are not g makers at all; they're harness akers." The august Philadelphia leg maker, jrveyor to kings, queens and governent officials, took a little time to show le specimens around the room. They ere fat and thin, long and short, -aceful and otherwise. Some of iem were huddled in corners, accu ulating the dust of ages; others hung oft or racks, so light and airy that tey were wafted to and fro In the eese. "You see," continued the leg maker, Ve know how to do things now. We ive got the secret all right Ilrst ley chop down the willow tree; then e cut out the legs. It takes a heap ' flexible leather to put the tendons in ie right place. See that spring In le ankles? That's made by the leath tendons. If you saw one on a man >u could not tell the difference, hen the whole thing Is covered over 1th flne pink enamel. Looks natural lough don't it?" At this Juncture rap came at the door, and a big man, feet 4, weighing nearly 300 pounds, itered. He looked smilingly comalsant as he lighted a cigarette and took hands with the leg maker. "Can you do a rush order for me, >uble quick?" he asked. "I've come irough a tough light." Me went ffffT' T qIwqva fravAl with inch of legs and coming up this way om New Orleans the Pullman car was lrned and all four of my legs were st I only saved the one I had on and >w you've got to get to work to make lother set for me double quick." rlth an air of languor and ease the g man stood to have himself meas ed. "Do you know who he Is?" question 1 he. of the leg trade, after the ponirous man had gone. "Well, he Is the in of one of the richest women In the nited States. He lost his leg through 8ea8e, and he-always comes to Phillelphla to have his sets made. Plain, 'dlnary boxes do for most people to irt their leg around In but he's got ie leather cases with his name en aved upon them. "Do many of them go Into It on such wholesale plan?" was queried of the g maker. "Heaps of them," he replied, laconally. "Some of them can do anything 1th 'em. There's one young man In ils city who belongs to a glee club id they tell me he's the best dancer ' Irish Jigs In the town. He was a >od dancer before he lost his leg, and ?'s all right yet. No; we have no dy attendants. We ought to have, tough. What's the reason? Oh, beiuse there Is not one woman In Phllailphla that I can And who knows the ade. Pity too, because there's mon r in it. A good leg maker ought to ake at least $25 per week. "There are six or seven men in pubis life, well known, who wear artificial mbs. None but their intimate friends id families know it, however. One lung lady in Philadelphia who led a umber of dances last winter has an -tiflcial leg. It is easy to waltz with le after you learn how to use them. 'Oh, yes, artificial leg making is the ting for me," concluded the leg jnak . "I started out as a fine carpenter, )lng up banks and public buildings, nd one day I went into a place in ew York to order an artificial limb >r a friend in distress. The maker as a doctor, strange to say. He sized ie up and I sized him up, and in a lort time I was under contract to ork for him. They can't steal our itents, either, for it's as hard to ake an artificial limb without years ! learning as it would be for some nhorn maker to produce a Stradivaris."?Shoe Retailer. Ugly Story From Russia^?The re arkable allegation, says a St. fetersjrg correspondent, that the British set was held in readiness to destroy le Russian fleet if the battle of the ea of Japan had gone in the Russians' ivor is made by Admiral Rojesivency in a letter published in the Novoe remya on last Wednesday, with the srmisslon of the minister of marine, eferring to the absolute secrecy of dmlral Togo in regard to the dispotion of his forces Rojestvensky deares that "this was unknown even to le admiral of the British fleet allied ith the Japanese, who concentrated is forces at Weihaiwel, in expectation f receiving an order to annihilate the :ussian fleet if this, the final object f Great Britain, was beyond the power f the Japanese." From Admiral Rojstvensky's account of his tactics in le battle of the Sea of Japan the readr is almost convinced that the Rualan commander out-manoevred Adllral Togo at every point, and was Imself the real victor. He declares he new Admiral Togo's exact wherebouts two days before the battle, lade his dispositions accordingly and ntered the fight with his eyes open. Ir. Spring-Rice, the British charge 'affaires, without waiting for instruclons from his government, demanded n explanation from Foreign Minister /amsdorff this afternoon of the statelents contained in the admiral's leter to the Novoe Vreyma.