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& & a NOVEL OF AMERICAN LIFE
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BY MAURICE
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Copyright, 1892 and 1893 b
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CHAPTER 3^.
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Mr. Yernon laid a heavy hand on
*"^ihe! young man's shoulder, and tbey
t. Stood in silence, "while the excited
Jf people went past them to and fro.
i The rain had oeased and thff we*ter$
\Buh flashed ont fitfully between *qttdfling
olouda. /
"Where were you going?" Mr^Ver|r.
/ non presently asked.
mfe,,.. f * "To General Jackson's headquarBkT'-w
ters,vihe answered. "The ariny is
moving."
I "We will go together."
And arm ih arm they went.
I - CHAPTER XXI.
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Kjf; . - ax COGNITION ST AND GJTNKf
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3 It \ras the Afternoon of ,the 23d of
Deoember, 1814. Lieutenant Bal1^.
Unohe and Mr. Yernon were not the
l^nlv friends of the AmericA^owjs^
IfflKAho had,
^B^^KKS^^^SNESBSmBKI^XgnBaKl^^^^^K0
^J^H^^Rnfl^M^BMHBfl^9jHH9HHH^^H|BEEfifi^9^K)s
?H;d wa^alrcacly
BB|Hb Rodrigues CaS^Rroop
bad passed,
^Vto Da^ezac, another
^pids. and said, while
Kandiced face glowed
rtartling passion:
nvinoible, sir, absolutely
We wiM drive these red
^^the {Jblf!"
BUnDnHow be] signaled to all the
^M9SNE|Html said:
BSMKme on! Gome on! We will
HHHHHca^h them!".
^IT And away they went at a gallop,
following the well-beaten road taken
by thv troops.
Mi, Vernon reached tbe neighborfKt
hood of the Villere plantation before
tinnaowa, auu uy 1110 umti ium ueu- |
? eral Jackson and his ptaft-^act arrived, 1
. * jae hkd formed n plan of reconnou*&.
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:Y ISLAND
DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
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y Eofcert Bonner'? Son*.
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men, .some of them well acqaalntdd
with thd coantry, and make a bold
ride right down through the British
pickets. v > <!'
He -was'successful; and what he 'die
had iu it.a smack of the old tiilic
and the knightly. The ihvaders had
flung out jit weak line of pickets, ianc
iipon ofi,e .of these the horseimen casi
themselves at headlong speed. Close
by Mr.- Vernon's side rode Vassehr
mounted on a wiry little creole pony,
There, too, young Louis Livingston
nf "R^wnrd. smooth-faced and boy
ish, dashed along, eager for the mos'
dangerous, adventure.
It was growing; dark, and a thir
fog was creeping across from the
marshes of iBorgnp; the lights of tb<
British camp-fires flared and flicjserec
in a zigzag, line from the river bn the
westto the dark swamp on the east.
Mr. *V$rnou was familiar with ever]
feature of the country, and there wai
one' with him who knew just how tc
Ifc^^j^rustio bridges over, th<
EfLanse General;
^jqksofi wa
lug for an advance upon ^tne en
B?_ Livings ton was at hiB" Bide a!
aud niore ' QQoo ro
"Wjell.-ye shall have to wait till lit
'iriifJhfftoki!? . . :. ? .
rfte wait was pot long. Mr: Y6rnou
with Vasseur still clinging oil at
this cruppex came straight to the sppt.
Jiacksonwho at ityt time^Sjfitf; apt
mounted, leanest on the sweating neck
of the old man's horse and hep.Vd *he
story of what had been seen along the
British front. ,,
"We must turn their te^ht flank,"
Mr. Vernon added, after ^y&iig a rapid
Report. "We mast drivJ^t&em toward
the river."
| "/(at nerre mmeau, zas: uoionei
Loring vat pull yo* nose, he is'over
zare, mo'sieu Je general!" cried, Vassenr,
jumping Nnimbly and lightly to
the ground. "I see 'eeftn zare, zat
colonel, yah, sare!" f ^
He skipped around lrlb^.a jay, bit
gesticulations coming in the proportion
of about three to a w<?rd.
"Yah, sore, 'ee pull yo' nose "an1
slap yja^an' z$n 'ee go to ze Anglais
an' shobt at us!"
He knew that Jackson could not
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uuugrtjmuu x ruuuu; v luciciuio uio vi~
fort to make himself plain in English.
"Shut your mouth or I'll smash it!"
was all the notice that the general
gave to him.
"Go to yoar place with Major Daoquinl"
Mr. Vernon ordered, and Va9seur
wont.
"We had been planning," said
Jackaon, "and your suggestion isjuet
what we, were agreeing upoawltya
you arrived. Your men atfeSnst/to
the left of us iieore. When jot. hear
the guns of the Carolina out there in
the river, march straight to the BritJ
if /-? 1
lau hubs. vjrtjumai uuucc *o uu uui
extreme left. , He will turn tlie eo{
emy's* Sank and' drive them towird
the rivet, 'You know your men; ion
know what to do when you findihe
redcoats. Blow 'em sky-high, sr?
sjcy-highr* , 7
^jJust before 'going to tbe placa assigned
to him, Mr. Vernon Btofped
from his saddle and, speaking lor in
General Jackson's ear, said: ' j ,
' "I am glad thatryon refused tcaayo
anything to do with Colontl Ldin&
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ft i
I -was wrong in Ton
were right in vgSHMijx&te."
"Yet?, sir/'SBft^ackflon, -with
vigorous prompHp^ "he's an infernal
-villain,. Kfeoundrel and a
traitor?out-thro?1 ^ I'm amazed that
you?r Bat let's talk no more. ' Go
at the tnetay and give tfiieyn fits. Re?v>A?vtkA?HliA
nrnno aP fViA
iiiomuiDi. vuo ? tuw guuw v? VMw
Carolina. Good; Jnok,' sir. "
It was a ghastly Jiight. The moon
had risen, Dut it oould not shine
tbrongb the fog that momentarily
thickened after' the sun went down.
Some troubfc w&s had in forming the
line, owing- to the ' awkwardness^nd
nervousness of the' undisciplined
[J i?nnno-,oni1 tW? haf.f.(? inVn?3'oiik!ta
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! be, as every, ope knowB, j? wild conL
fusion of han.d-tD;Jbanrd combats tie*
tween straggling bshds of both armies.,
L f;;'A signal-ahot/ and tb.ea- iy Vilpid
) broadside from vthet Caromuvsefc the
I little, ill-formed line1 intq.mp^iom juafc
I ay a flight of flaming rookets lit up
\ the whole Briljsh fronts
i ?.. Mr.,Yern6nvhadjreport^t^e ground
,. aa quite unfavorAbie fo-cftTalt^ opera,
tions, and' BQr'all the >;dls^
, mounted. JCveh _tho officers s01> $aft(
- upon that strange night -attack on foot;
t flashing through the "mice and'tnnib^
ling waist-deep into ditcho^ leadiS^,
i th6ir men amid th? darkness *nd fog,
i often' utterly ignora-ft of the points of
3 direotjoUand unable to distinguish
1 friend frpni fae^\'.It~^as anfnthusiass
tic, hrtrum-eearum rnBh from' the out
, set. ^acn juue umaiuii uujuyus^.u ue
r the first to fire at the
i Qqnerat Coffee took Fairfja&gM
i him,
rannpp
nHnBBH^VHe. rb'tro&d
nvnitt trarmlklid<&?At
W&mk
^led; toon^pridkly clatkjg^ W
eB an^totfriiB.ejtot^;^ the
of fallen tree-tops. ' V: 8fev?.
Sto*a* a$-;ii# clumsy iffaifji; whi
j iiow his'ouly^ weapon; Thjalie eop^a
0 naked^m^^.^ipfi,
ninHkpfrv Tnndrtr Uui lipArv flun^A!1
[ of the .yesaelV gttns\tp Iub left-oj^
. lique, and all around the keen "pan?
[f. pang," of the well-known ^oodsmewl
. jifles. ' z ; ./? v .%
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| g tyreattPhilippine*.
81- Bnt it ib to '.the' fors.rtts of tlfo Philip.
pin^i.that w6 ara V^olly un&Ie fojdo;
* jafltwiei. ilSmber exists in variety
andititoii^fexcellent qnjUity. ' There
are to^ound; kind^wo^suitable
J- -to eyeij purpose, J&D^^?f;donae
' a^d toogb fiber j suseegfciblp of tlie
highest' poK?h;:'i^^bo
ireaVy that water yill jttaK float ithem,
'* jnor ,catt .they ordinary
1 9QWAV'; One variety' js '^^bright
emerald green, and another ri$i yellow,
and they retain ft^coIpTS-tfrJien
poliehed,'Anothi^,:^^a^,r'pe^ip^
the prettiest;, and ifcucai u^eit lil^flrfe
,. f urn iture*. varies in1' cplor Jr oia^?3ght
Laps the
very^ heavy ^w^hrov^
a aid .the carvings'are ^^aster ^ind&l
' and^fi surpassing bean ;y. jESduy Sr
abundant. There ajre the caoao tree, j
tui? tibcoannt p^I?HrehdM^?a'mboot j
. dl'mvalaaWe-toJ?) n^f^s,%ad alsoa
tree which yieldjTf kiad of cotton.
| A pitoher plantTi^found with receptacles
that hpld^us- mnch as a q)iarfc
of water. There is a very curfipna
': plant witlL lpng pendent feelers ifhat
; bang near -t^e. ground and have|re-^
innrkable preHensible properties, &k-j
iug the stfpSgest hold on anytlrotg
that happen^t to touch them. XC.isv
witla the ^iatesB^flBfficnlty thdE a
passerby can erfai'o*(te himself, from.
!one of tbeee ^<?j^fingered, hannng
jiands.?Sel^Ciljffwe.
f Crorjc's I'rojieirty in the Xransvpnl.^
General Crorij0?ropef/fcy near Potchefstroem
con^t$?of more than six
thousand acnjHuffhe fartaihoupe \s a
I one story buumof;anil is liMfcished
withtha utog^St simplicity, vfita owner
is essentialfyTi sportsman lover
of open air life. He dislijfSKni life,'
aud for that Reason has to^lalferiily.
f?poHn?rl tr> r>?f?ritna si fmnrTnfflira for-fiio!
. Transvaal ffregjgoncy?an' office the'
holding of ,wbi|l^ii7oiye3 the necesJv.v
An Infallible SIq;nv
^WTjiTeraKO wpmati will think auaan
-wants tp'&iarry hefnf he tells*he* sh$
seems so different from other girls,?
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THE NEW #A1
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by -ha^' p<
two ^ears,*
HMflHK^ IS
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I^^^H^^^BI^hBHb1^9 H^slsi
HDHnniC f^i:1 ,jt?3t2
BMMMMWroSa i'S'jj~rjr
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- gium. thp Belgfs^g^togetlier several tii
i'^ho beUeved .in ,t?e 6oer cause; land ar
. w-nniwa^ M thorn that ho trlvo Tnfrhln j '
.^chateau to the .use of the refugee^^y rji
| scheme was brought about. fe
I .' Anderlecht\is a pretty suburb; south- If
1 east of Brussels and dpifetetejOjand- ^jj
upom'e mansions dotted abwjtt '... in
.^ZTOunds of Ilmlted ertent on (q^elope8
r WHA&tgBi BOEB BJgjff PIT8 X)00g>XX^f.' ^
la by a (frawbrid&e Crossing
;ia ,^pCoyr ,'moat, and th^ppad liead^. ' V
directly to the colannades 'wbicb for&i
?&?? front of the. mansion. -The''iafifl* ...*
iMBAbJ., *: . . j - > -. . SO
Pby'fovo colossal busts,.!"
belonged to the Oasttef.
;<vOn the right of the ?
Krager'a antechamber^ .p
ibed in Gothic style. cj
sident will find, a lar^e ^
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ATTrrm /1TTIH TVT A TiTTIT T? BTT
| fulfill VilAX JOI IX
I Bible, of which book he is said to be fo ter
! fond. Tt is more than seven inches
I thick, and was printed in j.772. The s
I grounds have an area Oi! ten acres,, laid. '
out by M. d'Aumerie, whdi also drew,
the aketcb'of the chateaufand Jts^uji'-"
tonndipg3 accompanying 4bis arMMMj
... There are two odd colnjidem^^^^Rnj
TLESHIP PEt\
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>1 IDENTICAL PLANS AND FOR WHIC
tcted with this", gift Catholic, monks
lilt .the chateau three rchtrirtSsago,
;
what a suWerfam;an dwelling ougbt
^ b^evgn out and er^
at?a' ion^ A1 n alr^
jmmlssicner. 'Moser, tie
jlletin of the United S^feir' F!sh :
jmmiesion for' 1898,-give dsp history 4
the salmon fisheries c<" Atftshfl. ^
ost of the enormous catch I
ade in the past fey years. (.Th6wj? \
it of the Alaska canneries,',for eiraiw?
2, in the year 1897 was about 48;60pji j
It is not- to be wondered,#!
reams bt Alaska are hprnrri1pg.7lp.
eted of their salmon.
?le- l'act is caused not by ov^EMmtng ,
orifei but 6y "bairfcading/'.'.iF^icii^ i
hereby ths fish are actually preveSlit-i *
from ascending the stjteams /*$.' \
awn. They are thus compelled to r
main !a the lower watei^&waltingi '
e pleasure of the.padc^ivVUiiiougb.
tirfeading Is punishable by heavy N
be and Imprisomne^pf the ,iaw? have '
k yet been odgjmtely enforced^ and
if^gdustry . ujow .yieldiug $3,000,000 J
in^^ts'th^atengd with extinction.
A Queer Neighbor.
Only in London and Paris do we find
queer a juxtaposition as that of
ashington square north and Washgt'on
square south. In a limltedv
iall, narrow way the former Is the :
rnbourg St. Germain of New York
ty, containing-the mansions of the- ,
Istocracy of blood, a? distingutehed
our Faubourg St. Honore and our
?amps Elysees?Madison avenue and ;
IQionaires' Row (upper Fifth avenue) !
while tuu latter, taking in, as It is
o^aphteally bound to do, Bleecker ,
:eet,~'aojd parts of fjiouth Broadway, .
eetfe','Sullivan, Thompson, Wooster,
acdpugal and Third streets, is a rare .
mbinatlon of the Latin- Quarter of
iris and the Whitechapel district of ]
ndon. An aristocrat on the north ]
le of tlie square can pitch a stone al- ;
>st into one of the most squalid quar- ,
s of this city.?New York Press. j
Motors For Market Gardens.
["he Idea of utilizing a motor haulLin
connection witii the market gar- j
kiaoi, ?? motrrmnlis hns hpf?n Ril*'- .
Rof late. Motor vehicles would l
some of the difficulties that j
gardeners have now to encoun- j
In getting* their produce to market j
d it would certainly pay some en- j
nrfaine- carrier to make the venture.
American and English Flonr.
?even pounds of American flour *
lal eight pounds of English in bread- 1
i'
seconie a smooth arti
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DISTRICTOFCOLUMB/A CENTENNIAL .
Description, of the JKenmato Fabricated bj
the United States Mint In F.hiliadelpliia.
. ,The metiar to be struck in commemoration
or the > hundredth anniversary:
of Jt&e i day upon which the. District of
Cohintbtya became .the seat of the.ITilIjjtiat^
Governmeht'^wafll'rece^w^,
inj ^Ta^hington December -V. ..iviituf
niflrfw at the United' States Mint In
J^ilftdelphia; did in point of vroikmanfihlk
as well as excellence of de? ,
sign, Cb one 'of .the most expensive Of
poS&d; coffin or casket containing, ofgoorsiii
the corpse of some departed
Celestial, ' without any/ covering of
eaartii" or Inclosing' tomb. -T.'
The first and highest ambition of
every Chinaman is to JiaVe- a splendid
coffin, and he will half starve himself
and family for'years in or^er to acquire'
the coveted casket. Tlie buying
of It does not depend at all upon the
state of his health', but of his finances,
and irinthis connection many spill recall
thfc; statement -.that Li Hung
Chang. When' he' made his tour of the
United States, took his coffin with him.
When the' coffin-is,purchased, it is
given tne place 01 aonor in iije nouse i
and is looked upon as 'the most valuable
piece of furniture in' it. As no
Chinese lamlly f any pretensions
would seem lacking in respect fo^ its
head, dead or alive, the Chinese son
ivill deprive himself of Comforts for
half his life that he may be able to
present his father with a fine coffin on
his sixty-first birthday, and when his
revered parent dies he will give a gorgeous
"send off" at the fuueral, even
if he has to wait many moons to do so.
Newspaper*'of Hegiznentc. 0
Most of the Eritish regiments have
heir own newspapers, published onc-e
l month. The news consists chiefly oi
natters pertaining to the officers add
nen of the regiment and their, fainiics,
but rhe papers also devote regular
columns to sporting news, humor,
)oetry or other departments. All coniibutions
are from members of tht
eciment. These papers are much in
'avor among the officers and soldiers,
ind ihany of them are .yer/'well editWs&kJi
lE^feargest ranch in !the world Is to ; '-:A
bj^Wad m Texas. This immense do- , -|1
nJPRj is known as the X. I. T. ranch,/,
and is owned by Ch^ago> Capitalists. ^ , ||
This ranch is so "extensive that som^L^^j
Stated could not contain It. Connectt^|&|s
cut, fd'r example, cooWinot hold it'kzwM
several thousand'. ^crey. The
States of Rhode Inland and Delaw&M^H
combined could not pontain this greggM j
ranch, which consists of over S,QOO,O00|jl M
acres, or alrtfost 5000 square miles.
About twelve years ago, when Texas.-',
needed a new State capltol, the
lature adopted..a. novel plan toi jjet ljLj
A premise was held, forth. thii a vaatt'cS t
tract.of unappropriated-land wouldtwijfflfej
given In exchange for a saitable
ite bonding at Austin. Among
tempted by this offer vrere ex-Senatorj
cate in Chicago, and tookvnpoa^^^M.M
fiolvpa thp rpRnnnaihiUtv rif
^o^^eBt corner di^t^
tuj JO 4JIU *uau o juauui , a
the Territory of Oklahoma, andjHjK?>4j
western 'limit Is th^ line1 betwewj
Texas and New Mexico*. ^ Jn wiA >32
(from1 east to west) it ayeratofjiliMl^^B
twenty-five mile3. In lerig^'lt^B^?
about 200 miles. The land liea|H^|
is tno-wn as the Staked Plains.*
plateau, .me sou ta mely or
or chocolate color?very f"I'til*?
covered with-a'thick coat
mesquite, grama and other-.
w^icli ^ure on the ground
they inclosed it with a
jOarbed-'wl.e fence,.jyheqe
rainfall,, ;a?&' ' in, yarious oth^r
made the-p^tee suitable for a sjucees^j1! M
ful ranch on a large scale. Thtypli&BSfl
cattle upon It as fast lb Ijt.
tie* herd from time
chase and breeding until they,-$a$SwS
present about 120,000.
property
ETerytl^oy.M?yioi?Iti?h.Peat ?
A large1 Dublin ipanufacturer hqj|B| A
room entirely furnished /with ' ItflSPiM
peat The carpets on tte flo^rs^yfiJ^|
curtains at the windows and th(']iqw^
on the wall are made .from thiEnjtijg^
stance. For years he he.% exppriil^m^ >*
with the xnat^tl,: which 1p noV/ffljp Aj
largely exported a? "?fuell 'and H
n-.i-'a?i u *ii. i_ jLiaaSHH
oiscovereu inatuvut, it " ^88 9
which are strong aiid ioagfcu JH
tracted and woven like cotton
2he fabrics have the tonghiwte
linen and the warmth of wool.: BhHB|9
ets made of them are'found to'excjO^^J
warmth and lightness anything ye? V;J
Cat Rode 120 Miles on r FJywh#feI, '
A Maltese cat jumped into a
flywheel of the Plymouth Refrl^Mpr^
Company's engine, at Sheyboyjptnv
Wis., the other day. As the en^jie^l^a
could not very well, stop and Bhut
lights to release the animal, he wait<^h?W
until the usual time of shutting dowflc. %
On stopping the engine he found
cat alive ana clinging to me nyim/nagm
The wheel is twelve feet In dlametci*^
and makes eighty-seven revolutions o*:^
minute. Consequently, during two and
half hours the cat covered a distance
of about 120 miles. The cat lives, an<T >
with the exception of lameness apv.
pears to be none the worse for the exi
perience.?New York Times.
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A number of Scottish grouse have
been imported by The Canadian Go^v .fl
ernment from the highlands of Scot*;*;'
land for'the purpose of stocking tip.njB
provincial parks.
CM1A1D,