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lewis m. grist, proprietor, j %\\ Independent Jitniiltj Jjjtatspper: Jor flit fromotion of the fotitirat, Social, ?ugrieulturat and (flommertial Interests of the ?outh. j terms?$2.00 a year in advance. vol. 35~ yorkville, s. c., wednesday, october 30, 1889. 3sto. 44. ? - _ j | - ?? TAKEN I The Story of a Younj enees in J Copyright by J. B. Lippincott Compan Special Arrangement through t CHAPTER IX. S H was #quaintance with Helen Knowlton he had written special articles, for which he was paid so much a column, but now he was' taken regularly upon the staff of the paper, on a salary or $30 a week. He was in no special department, but acted in the capacity of "general utility man," which gave him just the experience that he most needed. Ho worked in the city department, edited * " ??j teiegrapn "copy, <uiu wiww w-wwiumu editorials, so that his nights were pretty well occupied, and he could not have renewed his evenings at Helen's had he been so inclined. He was trying to drive her out of his mind; but he found that simply impossible. To refrain from calling at her house was much easier; yet he did not accomplish even that sacrifice very successfully. When he left the office of The Dawn at half pcct 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, he walked up to Twentieth street and passed with lingering footsteps under her window; but lie had not called upon her 6ince the night his pride had been so wounded by what he took to be her desire to rid herself of his company. He had called at the Archers', j however. It came naturally in his way j to do so. Sometimes ho dropped in of an afternoon with Archie, and sometimes by special invitation of Bessie, who liked to talk over with him the things she was just then interested in. Buddhism was at this timo attracting her attention, and, as Rush was much inoro liberal minded than Archie, slio enjoyed discussing this Oriental religion with him. Rush really cared little more for it than did Archie, but it was something to divert his mind. Had he dreamt for " a moment what a hold it was getting upon Bessie, he would have politely but firmly declined to discuss the subject He supposed that she took it up as he did, as an intellectual amusement; but with her it was a more serious matter. To the intense disgust of Archie she renewed her acquaintance with Mme. Parapoff, and continued to attend to her seances. She did not ask Archie to accompany her any more, for sho knew that he would try to arguo lier out or going, and as she had made up her'mind to go the argument could only have ended unpleasantly. She got hold of a young married woman with a taste for the unnatural, and the two visited the very remote and dingy apartments of the High Priestess of Buddha and listened, to her twaddle with credulous ears. As Archie was really in love with Bes-, sie, I should explain that 6ho was not his cousin nor any blood relation to him; had she been I should have taken no interest in his sentiment for her. She was Mrs. Archer's daughter, but she had been adopted, when she was 5 years old, by Mr. Archer, when he married her widowed mother. Archie had been brought up to regard her as his own cousin, but his feeling towards her had been of a warmer than cousinly nature for a good many years. She liked him more in the cousinly way, and always turned the conversation with a skillful stroke when she thought he was going to express other than tho sentiments of a cousin towards her. Since her devo tion to Buddha there had been a little coolness between them. He could not tolerate any such nonsense, and the thought of the class of people to whom Bess to was turtiing for esoteric information almost maddened him. Buddhism was only another name for spiritualism, he argued. The latter was a burned out volcano from which its devotees were trying to throw out imitation lava to deceive the credulous. That Bessie Archer should be one of the deceived ho considered a degrading thing. "Let the vicious and the vulgar run after such absurdities, if they will, but heaven forbid that a refined young lady should find any attractions in this tomfoolery 1" was his reflection. "My dear Bessie," he saia to her, "if this Parapoff was what you say, she would be sitting in a golden temple, dealing out her words of wisdom at a thousand dollars a word. There is nothing that men would better like to know than what the future has in store for them. If they believed that they could be informfmifK tKor tFAitlil no tr nnr tu ? IV" V4UM1, MiVJ " VW.W wy amount of money; for it would save them countless sums. People are credulous enough, in all conscience, and if they had the slightest encouragement to believe in these soothsayers they would patronize them to an extent that would make theirs the most profitable profession in the world rather than the most ill paid. They would be living in palaces instead of in dirty rooms on back streets, and their patrons would be the rich and great rather than poor deluded servant girls." "But they are not all 'poor deluded servant girls' who consult Mine. Parapoff. Some very intelligent men and women visit her rooms, among them your cousin Bessie Archer, who does not put herself in the class you mention." "With the deluded, dear child, but not with the servant girla You can't show me an intelligent man or woman who seriously consults Mine. Parapoff. The very fact that one consults her disproves his intelligence." "You are bo prejudiced, Archie Till innrhocf tKof if Xfmn Porow\ff tUf^UUOV) H??*w a*. All HIV. * UlU^A/U ^/I^UIVVVU something to you and it came true, you would say it was all chance," exclaimed Bessie, indignantly. "I am quite sure 1 should, Bessie, and I am equally sure that it would be," replied Archie. "You are a very unsympathetic and narrow minded young man," said Bessie, rising to leave ithe room, "and I shall never again speak to you on this subject I find Mr. Hurlstone much more liberal." "I am sorry to hear that; I had thought % better of Hurlstone." And Archie opened the door for his cousin to pass out of the room. Ho was genuinely distressed; and well he might be?for when a crotchet of this sort takes possession of an idle person's brain it is hard to uproot it He felt sure that Bessie would become thoroughly disgusted in time, but when? He ^ wondered if it could be possible that ** Rush was encouraging her in this nonsense. No, he could not believe that; but it began to dawn upon his mind that Rush might have taken his advice about the prima donna (he hadn't seen him with her of late) and been devoting himself to Bessie. He turned pale at the thought, for it was plain that Bessie liked him. Why hadn't he let his friend go on dancing attendance upon the singer? Why should he have interfered? It was just like him?always standing in his own light The drawing room door opened, and he heard Rush's voice saying to the butler, "Tell Miss Archer that I am here, James; she is expecting me." Then, upon seeing Archie, "Ah, you here, Archie? glad to see you. I've called to take Miss Archer to see some pictures at Goupil's; won't you go along?" "No, thanks," replied Archie, somewhat coolly; "I've an engagement down town, and .must say good-by;" which he did without loss of time. As Rush stood i looking out of the window, he noticed ' 5Y SIEGE. ? Journalist's Experitew York. y, Philadelphia, Pa., and Published by he Americau Press Association. "* i I that Archie turned up, instead of down town, but he thought nothing of it, except that his friend had probably changed his mind. That he should have regarded him as a rival in the affections of Bessie Archer never occurred to him. In the first place, he did not suspect the state of Archie's feelings towards Bessie; and in the second, he supposed that Archie was thorougldy aware of his devotion to Helen Knowlton. Rash was not altogether happy this afternoon. It was a whole fortnight since he had spoken a word to Helen. He had seen her in the meantime in an old curiosity shop in Broadway, accompanied by her aunt and West Hastings and she seemed to be buying furniture. What did this mean? Were they actually-engaged and making preparations for housekeeping? No, they were not; it wasnotliing so serious as that. West Hastings was refurnishing the dining room in his bachelor quarters. The craze for old'furniture was just then at its beginning, and he had asked Helen and her aunt to accompany him to this shop to look at an old French sideboard' he thought of buying. Helen had excellent taste, and she sealed the fate of the sideboard by pronouncing it a beauty. This episode, as Rush interpreted it. was depressing enough of itself; but added to this he had received a long and desponding letter from his mother, telling him of the Mutual Dividend Mining company, of CoL Mortimer's connection with it, and of the offer ho had made to John. "Do see John as often as you can, Rush dear, and keep him under your eye. You know how I dread the influence of Col Mortimer. He is a bad, unprincipled man, and dear John is 60 easy going that he doesn't believe there is any harm in him." John must have been in town for a week at least and he had not yet made himself known to Rush. Bv chance, I however, the brothers met Rush was sent to report a masked bail at the Academy of Music?a tiling lie felt utterly unfit to do. "J was never at a masked ball in my life," he told the city editor "So much the better," replied the editor. 'You will give us fresh views of a , hackneyed subject I quite envy you your new sensations. Get your copy in as early as possible, and good luck to I you." Rush was about the first person to arrive at the ball, and the Academy looked gloomy enouglL He had been told that the festivities did not begin until late, so he arrived at 9 o'clock, thinking that that would be about the fashionable hour. There waa not a woman in the place, and the only men on hand were the floor managers. He had plenty of time for reflection before the bail opened, and for the sake of the associations he wandered about behind the scenes. The stage and parquet were boarded over, but the prima donna's room was undisturbed. He. looked in and sighed. A perfume of violets lingered on the air, and lie sighed again as he recognized it, and then wandered to the front, where a room had been reserved for the press. A large table stood in the center, furnished with paper, pens and infc. There were a great many bottles on the table, but they did not all contain ink, or anything that looked like it. He sat down and took a pen, and thought to improve the time by writing to his mother; but, as he could say nothing about John, he concluded not to. Instead, he wrote "Helen Knowlton" over three or four sheets of foolscap, in every variety of penmanship, and then tore the paper into fine bits. But, still fearful that the name might be discovered, he made a little pile of the scraps and burned them, watching their destruction with an expression of countenance not at all in keeping with the spirit of a masked ball. He shook his head sadly. "A man's hopes may be as easily destroyed as that paper," he said to himself, as he blew the ashes from the table. Then he sauntered out into the lobby. There he found a very different scene from the one he had left Men and women were crowding into the place as fast as tho man at the wicket could take their tickets. Most of the men were in evening dress, but all the women wore dominoes and masks. There were a few who appeared in fancy dress, but they were tho German members of the society. Rush was too young and too enthusiastic not to find excitement in the scene, and when the dancing began he thought he had never witnessed anything so brilliant and intoxicating as the movement of these many colored dominoes to the music of the band. As time wore on, tho place became more crowded, and Rush recognized among the men many faces that had become familiar to him at the opera and elsewhere. There was Uncle Lightfoot Myers renewing his youth, with a pink domino on his arm; and there was West Hastings lounging against one of the pillars of the balcony and chaffing a Columbine. Rush wondered what Helen Knowlton would think if she saw her friend thus engaged. His thoughts were broken in upon by a voico at his elbow: "My handsome young friend," said a blue domino, taking his arm, "why do you poso in this melancholy attitude on so festive an occasion? This is Romeo's, not Hamlet's, night. Let us walk about among the giddy revelers. I want to 6eo a more cheerful expression on your young face." As they walked out into the lobby, Rush racked his brain to recognize the voice or figure of the mask. His expression showed that he was puzzled. "Ah, you do not recognize me," 6he said. "How sad that makes mo feel! A little disguise and one's identity is gone. I should liavo known you through twenty disguises." And she turned her mask up at hitn in the most bewitching manner. "Certainly I have never had the pleasure of hearing that voice before?no man could forget so sweet a thing," said Rush, entering readily into the spirit of the ball. And so they thrust and parried, until his mask spied a spry old man with gray side whiskers and a bald head, when she dropped Rush's arm as suddenly as sho had taken it, and took the other by the hand. " Dear general, I am so glad to seo you! I have been looking for you all tho evening, and feared you were not coming." The ger.pral looked pleased, though puzzled; but this was not his first masked ball, and in a few moments Rush saw him moving off in the direction of tho supper room, tho blue domino hanging affectionately upon his arm. Before the night was over, Rush learned much of the ways of masked balls, and camo to tho conclusion that the blue domino was an entirely new acquaintance of his and of the general's. As he started for the press room, ho met his city editor with a Swiss peasant girl on his arm. "Hello, Hurlstone," 6aid he. And, stopping a moment, ho whispered, "Get your copy down early, and then have your fun. You can writo it out hero and send it down." And he, too, passed on in the direction of the supper room. Rush hardly recognized tho press room when ho returned to it In tho first place, lie could hardly 6eo across it for the smoke; and in the second, it was so noisy that ho did not see how it would bo possiblo to writo there. " Hellodiere's Hurlstone!" shouted a reporter of a morning paper whom Rush had seen at different places, but had never had occa sion to speak to. "Come, fill up your H glass and take a cigar," added tho re- rs porter, suiting tho action to tho word; vi only he took a handful of cigars; ono he v< lighted, tho others he put in his pocket. le There were a dozen men sitting around si the table, some writing, and all smok< hi ing. Rush declined both the proffered rc cigars and the champagne, though he lighted a cigar of his own in self do- d< fense and sat down in a corner to write. to He used his note book for copy paper and his knee for a desk, and in tho or course of an hour he had a crick in bis th back and a very good story written out tl; for The Dawn. This he dispatched. ar Then he went out into the ball room cc to look around for a few minutes, after to which ho intended to go homo to hit at lodgings. He had not passed half way cc through the lobby when he 6aw Archie fe Tillingha8t standing at the foot of the w staircase, WlUl Mis lmusk iu ilia uuuu, ok gazing earnestly at the hundreds of dominoes who lounged past him or hurried hi by on mischief bent. tli "Why, Archie, what are you doing "I here? You look as though you were ex- st pecting some one. Who is she? Come, m old fellow!" said Rush, shaking his hand n< and smiling knowingly. di "I'm looking for my cousin Bessie." w replied Archie. to "What!" exclaimed Rush, starting back, "Miss Archer here?" y( "Yes; why not? They all come; though H they will deny it to-morrow. She is with lo her father, however, and Helen Knowl- h; ton and her aunt. They didn't come as ai regular participants in the ball, you I know; they never do, only to see what ki sort of a place it is. To do them justice, di they are not enjoying themselves very m much. There is a sort of excitement about it, however; but when I saw them rc a while ago they were just recovering c< from a fright. A half tipsy fellow had si addressed some coarse compliments to si Miss Knowlton, and she was very much di alarmed?more, I fancy, at the idea of hi being discovered than anything else, for he said, 'I know you, my beauty.' Of sa course he didn't know her. That's what h< they all say. She wanted to go home at once, but Bessie didn't The girl evident- tl ly has some miscliief in her mind. I n< tried to find the man, to slap lxis face, io but they couldn't point him out" "How did you know them, Archie?" oi ?D..oV> tin iron flrinff til mcfit W UOIkCU 1VU911. &AV ?fi*v ...0 Helen in her disguise, for he thought he ki would get n mask and say 6ome things m to her from its concealment that he bl wouldn't liko to say in open court. ki "How did I know them? In the first w place, I brought them here, and in the V\ second, they are dressed alike?black rc satin dominoes, with a bunch of violets "] pinned on the left shoulder." hi Rush could hardly talk with Archie, b( he was so impatient to break away and hi look for Helen in the crowd. At last, after a few commonplaces, he started in sa quest. Ho had not searched long before st he was rewarded. There, sitting on one hi of the seats in the dress circle, ho saw pi the object of his search. There was no ^ mistaking the poise of that head, even d< had ho not recognized the black satin y< domino and the bunch of violets on the at shoulder. She was sitting alone; that tu was 6trange. Where were the rest of R the party, and why should its most pre- fr cious treasure be left unguarded? Hastily adjusting the mask he had borrowed m from Archie, Rush sat down in a vacant ar seat next to the domino. hi "The beautiful Cinderella sitting alone at the ball," he whispered in her ear. She turned with a start; the eyes of the mask glared up at him. (Why do all eyes look so wicked behind a mask?) In a disguised voice, with just the least di tremor of a laugh behind it, she replied, t0 "Cinderella is waiting for her princo and ?ho has come." The boyish heart in the breast: of the young man beat high. Did she recognize him? She called him "her princo." How he wished the pumpkin coach were waiting at the door that ho might drive off with her in triumph 1 They had a pleasant chat, only ho felt that ho was being chaffed pretty hard at times, and he thought that some of tho expressions used by tho lady were hardly such as ho would expect to hear from Helen's lips. " "However," ho argued, "ono feels freer ^ behind a mask. If she only suspected ~ ine, how differently sho would speak 1" In the midst of their lively sallies (she " would not allow him to bo sentimental), \ ho heard an unmistakable voice behind him say, "Don't you think wo liavo had enough of this, aunty?" And, looking tQ around, ho saw the fac-similo of the jj mask by his side, and near her Mr. Ar- BQ cher and another black domino, which ho knew was Bessie. Ho felt a sinking feeling; ho wanted -pj the floor to open and let him through; tr but it didn't. The resemblance between ^ Aunt Rebecca and Helen was very m strong, and, except that the former was jj, a triflo heavier, their figures wero much alike. Rush had often remarked the ur likeness, but ho never expected to bo ^ caught in this way. Well, there was g. nothing for it. Sho evidently did not recognize him; at least so ho thought. ai When Helen spoko about going, ho rose m to his feet. w "Nay, beautiful mask, why tear your- at self away from this festive scene? Take jic my arm and let us walk about among tli tho gay revelers and amuse ourselves." W; Ho offered his arm, but Helen drew pi back affrighted. Aunt Rebecca gave her jn an assuring nod over Rush's shoulder. w Sho took tho proffered arm and they CI strolled into tiio loooy. uut au ms gnuness of speech had deserted him. lie in was going to say so much, and could say th nothing. th Helen broke the silence by saying, in pr disguised tones, "You are not a very te entertaining cavalier. Why don't you gi mako yourself more agreeable, Mr.? th Who shall I say?" gl "I am speechless with happiness, fair mask," ho replied. "To have so much or loveliness so near me dazzles my eyes fc and paralyzes my tongue. If you only Ri knew 'ono half my heart would say,' to pi quoto from an old song, you might think H better of me." ta "I have no doubt you could bo very si eloquent on any themo you chose; but I tr riu afraid you aro a young man of words. fu You could be just as eloquent to the next in mask that came along." th "On the contrary," answered Rush, so somewhat loftily, "I would have nothing w at all to say to another; my heart is not sp large enough for two masks." cc "I have heard men protest in this way in before, but they have forgotten what bi they said ere the last word left their lips. cr There was ono young man in whom I be- si! lieved, but even ho turned out like all the a * TT 1 A 11 rust, JLIU uio ^icatcab menu- iv fillip for me, visited mo at my house, and wo passed many pleasant evenings to- th gether; but suddenly his visits ceased. it Without a word of warning ho stopped pi coming to see me. Our pleasant even- tb ings came to an end. Do you know why? I, 1 fe lind formed a pleasanter friendshiD b] with another young lady, and I was forgotten." oi "You are cruel; I formed no pleasant- ti: er friendship; I have never entertained tl: but the one feeling for you since the first lr) timo I 'saw you," said Rush beforo he j knew what ho was doing. d< "What do you mean?" asked Helen in ta tho most innocent manner, knowing per- 6c fectly well all tho while. "You formed ji no pleasanter acquaintance! you have tl entertained feelings for me! This is very y< mysterious. One expects mysteries at a masked balls, but I am moro than sur- b, prised at being spoken to in this way by 0| an unknown mask." m "Then you don't recognize me," 6aid fc Rush, taking some comfort to himself in ni tho thought that ho had not betrayed his C( identity after all. By this timo they fa had reached the end of tho 60Uth lobby, J, and were just about to retrace their steps, when Rush felt Helen's hand p, tighten its grasp on his arm. ci "There is that awful man," she gasped, b; as a man, walking very unsteadily, came si out of tho directors' room, and, seeing tl elen, started forward as if he would iise her mask. "Ah. here's my sweet olet," lie said, in a thick, uncertain rice; but, before the words had fairly ft his tongue, Rush gave him a quick, larp blow between the eyes and sent im crashing up against the door of the >om ho had just quitted. "Oh, Mr. Hurlstone, what have you me?" exclaimed Helen, in trembling >nes; "quick, take mo to my aunt." Rush thought her advice good, and at ice acted upon it. He was only sorry lat he had not taken her to her aunt in ie first place, and then come back alone id knocked the insolent fellow into a >cked hat Fortunately there happened > be no one at that end of the lobby just that moment, but ho heard people >ming, and was dreadfully worried for ar of the annoyanco to Helen if she ere discovered under such circumances. "Come this way," said she, leading m through the little passage way at ie back of tlio lower tier of boxes: there is a door hero that opens on the age.sind we can go around and get to y aunt and Mr. Archer without being riiced. Oh, why did I como to tliia eadful place? Aunt Rebecca didn't ant me to. Oh! if I had only listened her!" Rush felt extremely mortified. "I beg )ur pardon, Miss Knowlton," said lie. e had taken off his mask, and they no nger played at mystery. "I should not ivo struck that fellow with you on my -m, but I am not used to masked balls, don't know their etiquette. I only new that you were insulted, and my ingnation got the better of my judg;ent." "I forgive you, Mr. Hurlstone," she iplied; "but I don't forgivo myself for iraing to such a place. It is a lesson I iall never forget. Here are my friends," 10 added. And Rush saw the two laies and Mr. Archer and Archie Tillingist. "Aren't you ready to go home yet?" iid Bessie. "I think it pretty dull ire." They all agreed to go, and Rush bade tern good night at tho door. Helen said nthing about tho little episode of the bby, and he was grateful to her. After ho had seen their carriage drive f, Rush returned to tho lobby to 6ce hat had bccomo of the man ho had nocked down. On the way ho saw iany curious scenes?among them the ue domino who had first spoken to him issing tho bald pate of tho general. He as glad enough that Helen had gone, fhen ho got around by tho directors' >om ho heard a loud voice proclaiming, I'd know the damned rascal if I saw im; ho took mo right between tho eyes, jforo I had tiino to defend myself, damn im!" Rush pressed through the crowd. He ,w the man ho had knocked down anding with his back against the wall, s hair ruiupled and his shirt front etty well demoralized. A younger an hud him by the arm, and was evi;ntly urging him to go home. The )ung man's back was turned to Rush, id liis figure swayed slightly as he igged at the arm of his companion, ush stepped up to him. "Is your iend much hurt?" ho inquired. "The colonel's not as hurt as ho is ad," answered the young man, turning ound slowly, "though he got a pretty ird blow. Sorved him right; he wa3 o fresh, making up to another man's ask." And the young man steadied mself by tho wall as he turned. Rush ought he detected something familiar the voice, though it was thick with ink; but when the fellow turned around the light he saw who it was. "John!" "Rush!" And thus the brothers met for the st time in New York. CHAPTER X. his last. ^ John gave him his address. He had a trorereous .^it, 6uito of rooms uptown, whoro "" lie lodged and ok his breakfast. Ho and the colonel ned at "The Club;" but it was not the rt of club men boast of belonging to. iey called it the "Club" because they d not want to call it by its right name. 10 cooking was excellent, for its paons were all judges of good eating, and e proprietor knew that to keep them he ust cater to their palates as well as to ieir love of high plav. John Hurlstone was a born epicure, id the kitchen of "The Club" was quite i much of a temptation to him as itaa lining tables, though ho was pretty cky at cards, for he had a cool head id a quick eye. Col. Mortimer won uch moij money, however. That he as a card sharper John did not suspect this time, but he knew very well that i was a professional gambler, and that o Mutual Dividend Mining company as one of the biggest games he ever ayed. The offices of this company were - -i - T1 * .1 i.1 rine Brreec, near uroauway, anu wiey ere fitted up as luxuriously as "The ub." In the latter establishment CoL ortimer was a sileni partner. The ming company's offices were furnished in o heaviest black walnut (that wood was ie fashion then), and the furniture and irtitions were made of the 6amo marial and pattern. The company's monoram was carved in the chairs and over ie mantel piece, it was ground in the ass and worked in the door mat. There was a whole suite of offices? ie outside for the clerks, a private one ir Col. Mortimer, with "President's oom" engraved on the nickel door ate, another for the "Secretary," John urlstone and a large room, with a long bio down the middle flanked by masve chairs, for the "Directors." A porait of Col. Mortimer hung over the replace, and a map of Colorado, showg the situation of the mine, took up a tird of the opposite wall In a hand ? ? -1 ? I ' ? "'1 f A IL1U VU1VUI 11I1UU L-ai/uiui/ ovicn tu %,\j uiv all between the front windows reposed >ecimens of the ore sent east by the >mpany's engineer. What rich speciens they were, tool The silver fairly ilged out of them. Ono shelf of this Lbinet was devoted to bricks of solid Iver. When Col. Mortimer got hold of doubtful investor he took him in this om and showed him the cabinet. "There's the stuff, my good sir, and iero"?pointing to the map?"is where comes from. You seo that district eked out in blue?well, that belongs to ie Mutual Dividend Mining company, am not going to press you to invest; T Jove, I'm not sure we want to sell. rith a inino throwing out tons of 6uch o every day, it's rank nonsense to sell 10 stock. But I'm a bit of a philaniropist myself, and when I'm making oney I want others to make it, too. don't think, however, I'll offer another allar's worth of that stock. Wo won't ilk mines any longer, but we'll tasto >me fine old brandy I keep hero for ist 6uch judges as you. You'll admit lat this is as good a glass of cognac as au ever tasted. There! how's that? nd here are some choico cigars. (Don't 2tray me, they're smuggled. A friend ! mine, a sea captain, brings them to te from Havana.) Let us sit here be>ro this genial fire?what is prettier, aw, than a soft coal lire!?and discuss ignao and cigars. They aro much more iteresting subjects than mining shares; : an't you think so?" In this way Col. Mortimer drew tho aor flies into his net. They would disass the cognac and the cigars, and end y begging tho colonel, for the old friendlip ho bore them, to let them put a few lousands into the Mutual dividend. This they always succeeded in getting him to do, though with great reluctance. I need not say that the colonel confined himself to the cigars rather than to the brandy. He did not object to drinking out of business hours, but when he was playing for such high stakes he had to keep his wits about him. Just how much John Hurlstone knew of what was going on I should not liko to say. He knewCol. Mortimer pretty well, and preferred not to ask too many questions. Mortimer paid him a large salary because he.was invaluable to him. John was well educated, and wrote a good letter. Mortimer was badly educated, and it was said could just sign his name and nothing more. Indeed, it was further said that he only learned to sign his name by copying it as written out by John Hurlstone in their army days. Certainly his signature was very much like John's writing, and, when signed to a letter that John had written, was in perfect harmony with the rest of tho autograph. Not only did Mortimer pay the company's secretary a handsome salary, but ho gave him good lump sums of mnnoTT hn?irlpR which ho Raid were the dividends on the slrv lie held in John's name. Mortimer could not have got along without John, in this raining company scheme, and ho knew it; and he paid him well both to keep him in his servico and to prevent his asking questions. With all this money at hand you would have supposed that John would have sent some home to his mother and sisters. Not he. Had they asked him at a time when ho had a roll of bills in his pocket he would have handed it out to them, but they asked for nothing and they got nothing. John was a spendthrift, and, like most spendthrifts, he Bpent his money on himself. If he spent it upon other people it was in the way of his own pleasure. He did send handsome presents to Amy Bayliss?useless things that represented a lot of money but little taste. A tradesman could always sell him an unsalable article by representing it to be something unique and adding tliat few men would have the taste to appreciate its beauties and pay the price. The consequence was that Amy Bayliss had a collection of costly odds and ends that she could only praise for their costliness and because "dear John" had taken tho trouble' to send them to her. mere were paper cullers of frosted silver, and jewel boxes much too fine for her modest dressing table, and mother-of-pearl card cases which had long since gone out of fashion; and every Saturday regularly came a box of cut flowers. These delighted Amy more than anything else. "Dear John never forgets to send me flowers every Saturday. No matter how busy he may be, ho is not too busy to send these lovely roses to me." Poor Amy I The regularity in the coming of the flowers was duo to the florist John gave him an order witli instructions to send them "till forbid." In his extravagant way he had paid for six months in advance. Paying in advance was not the usual habit of John Hurlstone. He was generally a long way behind with his bills. No matter how much money ho had, he spent it quickly, and found himself in debt. He gave as an excuso that he miscalculated?that ho had thought one hundred dollars would do the work of two; but it would not, and at the end of his first year in New York iie was hopelessly in debt. His income was live thousand dollars, and he lived at the rate of twenty. A day or two after the ball, he dropped in at the office of The Dawn on his waj up town to take Rush out to dinner witb him. He was dressed in the latest fashion, and he appeared to advantage in his fine clothes. Rush, to whom John was always an object of interest, noticed that he had all the manners of a man-about-town, that he wore curiout rings and dressed in the English style. He seemed very glad to see Rush again, and was interested in his work. He asked to be introduced to two or thref men in the room, and it was all Rush could do to keep him from inviting tTiena out to dinner. As they were men Rush scarcely knew, he winked at John not to ask them when ho saw that he wa# preparing to do so; but he could not prevent his taking them over to the Astor house to have something to drink. After parting affectionately with them ? ~ A ofano Tnlin rnlloH a UU lillU ilOlUi 1IUUOU U VtMl wvv. v cab that had been waiting for him, and they drove to "The Club," where he had ordered a dinner especially prepared and served in a private room. Rush asked what the place was and was told that il was "Our Club." As CoL Mortimer en tered the room at this moment, he supposed John meant his and the colonel's, and took it for granted that it was a questionable place or the latter would not have anything to do with it Hush despised CoL Mortimer, and was never more pleased than when he found it was he whom ho had knocked down at tha masked balL He wanted to confess the deed at once, but John, in whom ho confided, begged him not to. saying it would bo fatal to his interests. Rush did not tell John who tho lady was whom Mortimer had annoyed, and his brother asked no questions. It was very annoying to Rush that Col. Mortimer was a guest at this little dinner, but there was nothing for it and ho had to be polite on his brother's account. Mortimer could bo very agreeabio when ho tried, and this was ono ol tho occasions on which ho had laid himself out to please. Ho told amusing anecdotes of tho war and of tho world, and Rush was entertained inspitoof himself. "He's not half a bad fellow," said John, when Mortimer left the room for a moment "You will liko kira better when you know him better." It was 0 o'clock when this little dinner came to an end. Fortunately it was Rush's night off at tho office, for he did not feel very much liko working for three or four lioure over a desk in a stuffy room. John proposed that they should walk around Madison square, and the three sauntered out. On their way they stopped at a florist's, where John ordered a basket of pink and white roses. "For the same party, sir?" asked the florist "Yes; and send them at once, please," answered John. And, taking a card from his card case, ho inclosed it in a small envelope and addressed it. Tha three walked on again. When they reached Union square, John said, at though seized by a sudden inspiration, "Let's go to the opera. It is 'Faust* tonight; and there is a good ballet, you know. I'm more than fond of a good ballet." Rush was at first ready to embraco his brother for tho suggestion; but he could not bear the idea of going to see Helen Knowlton, particularly in such a role 09 Marguerite, in company with Col. Mortimer; so he answered: "We're not dressed for tho opera, John; ? -I 1.1 t-? -1 -1.V-1 X _ .1 A It If we were, 1 snuuiu uo uengnieu 10 gu. "Hang dress!" answered John. "We'll buy admission tickets, and stroll in the lobby till the ballet comes on. Here's Fourteenth street. Left wheel, march!" They wero soon inside the lobby, and, to John's delight, the corps do ballet was just coming down the stage. They stepped inside the glass doors and formed part of tho crowd of men who fringed tho wall. Was there ever more delightful walta music written that that of "Faust?" Rush thought not; and I think so, too. Tho dancing was encored, and Leoni, tho premiere, came tripping down to the footlights to bow her acknowledgments of tho applause. An usher jostled against Rush as he hurried down the aisle, bearing aloft a basket of pink and whit? roses. Leoni bowed low over the flowers, kissed them, and backed with th? awkward steps of a ballet dancer to th? wings. "Leoni gets a basket like that every night," whispered a confiding usher in Rush's ear. "Some feller's dead gone on her, no mistake." "Who i3 tho man?".asked Rush, know ing very well who had sent the flowers. "I don't know; but they say he's powerful rich, and would marry Leoni if she'd have him. She won't have anything else, he can bet his life on that." And the usher stopped talking to join in the applause as Helen Knowlton came clown the stage. I need hardly say that Rush was interested in the usher's information. Ho < <11 Id not help smiling at the idea of John marrying the ballet dancer with his engagement to Ajny Bayliss on hii hands. He didn't even believe that lis knew her, but merely thought it wasona of his fancies to bo known as a patron of the ballet to the extent of sending flowers to a premiere danseuse. Tha dancing was hardly over, when John proposed going, and, as Rush was his guest, ho had to go too, though he did so with great reluctance. John suggested that they should return to "The Club;" and to "The Club" they accordingly returned. "There is some interesting playing here of an evening," said John, as they entered the gilded saloon; "you will bo amused to watch it. These fellows play | lngh Borne nights?en, coionei: The colonel smiled, and they sauntered up to the table and watched the game in progress. As it grew exciting, John said .that he would throw $5 on the red, "just for the fun of the thing," and the red won. Ho left his money there, and still won. "Why don't you tako your money while the luck is with you?" -aid Rush. "It will do better than thac. I'll leavo it there and show you." But the luck did not last very long, and before the evening was over John had lost $500. "I'll have my revenge to-morrow night," said he, good naturedly, "and win it all back and more, too." Rush looked at his watch. It was 2 o'clock, and he felt ashamed of himself for having come from the presence of Helen Knowlton to spend the evening in such a place. He knew that she dotested anything like fastness in a man, and that she would be thoroughly disgusted if she knew that he was spending an evening in the company of gamblers, for he realized now that "The Club" was nothing more nor less than a gaming house. He noticed with pain John's familiarity with the place, and put it all down to the corrupting influence of CoL Mortimer, so loath was lie to think that John could go unled among such men. Rush had no maudlin sentiment on the subject; it was not from any religious scruples that he disliked gambling, but because of what he knew of its hurtfulness. The victims he looked upon with pity and the victimizers with disgust. John was in a fair way of being ruined, but Rush knew thero was no use in speaking to him on the subject He would not get angry and fly into a passion, but he would laugh good uaturedly and tell Rush that losing a few dollars at cards was not going to hurt him, and that he didn't propose to follow gambling as a profession, but only as an occasional pastime. It would have been easier to argue with a more violent man, for John only laughed off words of warning and advice. Seeing Leoni at the Academy reminded Rush that he had not been very attentive to her of late, and, as she had been a friend in the hour of need, he upbraided himself for not having called upon her, and vowed that he would do so at the earliest opportunity. Fearful lest John should go back to the gaming table, he proposed walking home with him, and the brothers left "The Club" together. John had rooms in Twenty-ninth street, and when they arrived at the door he insisted upon Rush going in with him, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour. "In for a penny, in for a pound," said John, gayly. Rush %vas astonished at the splendor of the rooms. Everything that a luxurious tasto could suggest for a bachelor's comfort was to bo found there, from a well stocked buffet to a well trained valet. "Why, John, you live like prince," said Rush, looking around in admiration. "Say rather like a stockholder in the Mutual Dividend Mining company; that beats the princes, Rush." Then, taking a dainty decanter from the buffet, he poured out a small glass of old brandy. "There, there's something to warm the cockles of your heartl Drink that, and tell me if it isn't good!" ItUSll losseu It UOWll UIIU umaicu tiiat ho had never tasted better. "And you never will, unless you taste it here. Mortimer has a corner on that brandy," said he, filling his glass, "and no one else can get it." Rush's eyes roamed about the apartment, seeing new beauties every moment, until they rested on a large colored photograph of Leoni standing on an easeL "Hello!" said ho, "there's a portrait of Leoni! Do you know her, John?" "Why should I know her?" said John, rather shortly. "Must a man know every ballet dancer whose picturo he happens to have?" "Of course not; but this portrait is so conspicuous a feature of your room I thought it quite likely you knew the original." "Your reasoning is childish, Rush," answered John, restored to his usual good humor. "Leoni is the popular dancer of the hour; sho is a very pretty woman, and I adore pretty women. What more natural, then, than that I should have her picture, particularly as any ono can enjoy the same privilege by paying its price? It's early yet," continued John, as the clock on the mantel chimed the hour of 3; "what do you say to a cigar and somo more brandy?' He filled both glasses, tossed off liis own, and pushed the other towards Rush, who declined. "No, thank you, John. This won't do for me. I don't want to wake up with a headache to 6poil tho memory of our pleasant evening. Good night, old boy; sleep well. Let us see more of each other, John, now that we are together. Good night." "Good night, Rush; you shall see more than you want of me. Pleasant dreams." And they shook hands and parted. As Rush walked homo in the cool morning air ho thought over tho events of tho evening. Ho was not at all satisfied about thoLeoni matter. lie felt that John had not told him all lie knew of the dancer, and his heart was stirred to pity for tho girl, for ho knew that John fascinations for women were irresistible. Ho never for a moment thought but that Amy Bayliss still held sway over his brother's heart, and his pity was all for Leoni. TO HE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK. Jl^-Some travelers from Socorro, New Mexico, tell us of a wonderful parrot there. It sings to the accompaniment of a piano. A party of friends were recently gathered at the residence of the young lady who owns the parrot. The bird, as soon as it was brought into the room, commenced to whistle a popular tune. After whistling this tune three times over, one of the company suggested that the tune be changed, whereupon the parrot stopped quickly, and turning to the young man, cried, "Chestnuts !" The young lady then bepan to play on the piano; and the bird, after listening a while, ruffled up the feathers on his head and sang "The Last Hose of Summer" and "Home, Sweet Home." The voice was rather too shrill to sound pleasant, but the words could be distinctly heard. "How do you like the squash nie, Alfred?" asked a young wife of ner husband a few days alter marriage. "Well, it is pretty good, but, but?" "But what ? I suppose you started to say that it isn't as good as that which your mother makes." "Well, yes, I did intend to say that, but?" "Well, Alfred, your mother made that very pie and sent it to me." ihc (Coufdcvatc^ar. COMPANY B, TWELFTHS. C.V. IN Bivouac and Battles. BY MAJ. WM. H. DUNLOP, Formerly Captain of the Company. Written for the Yorkvillc Enquirer. The forces under Banks, Fremont and McDowell had been united in the neighborhood of Culpeper court house, and formed into an army of 50,000 men, under command of MajorGeneral John Pope, around which, as a nucleus, the second grand expedition was to be organized against Richmond. In order to delay and cripple this movement, General Jackson determJnn/1 l\irn mnnmiuri*n nr\nr\ si a ] iiuuuu) uj a iiuuiu u v xu vi/w^y uu to attack Pope in his position, alarm 1 the Federal authorities for the safety 1 of their capital, so as to place beyond ] peradventure the withdrawal of Me- 1 Clellan's forces from the Peninsula, ? and thus secure our own capital from ' further immediate danger. Accord- 1 ingly, with his little force of 20,000 1 men, Gen. Jackson, on the 9th of August, suddenly fell upon and defeated the Federal left wing at Cedar moun- I tain ; held possession of the field un- 1 til he had secured his spoils and buried his dead, and retired to his position near Orange court house, on ) the night of the 11th. Gregg's brig- ] ade held a cross road in rear of Jackson's line during the fight, to guard ( against a cavalry movement from ' that direction, and was not engaged. 1 An amusing incident occurred just 1 here. When the troops began to re- 1 tire from the battle field, soon after ] ciarK, ana 10 pass ine posmon occupied by Gregg's brigade, we dismissed from our minds all thought of danger and disposed ourselves for a good night's rest, some going so far as to gull off their shoes and outer clothing, oon all were sound asleep on our little pallets in the woods, hard by the roadside along which the troops were passing. Shortly after midnight, when the infantry had all gone by and the silence was only broken now and then, by a passing straggler, suddenly was heard the cry, "Yankee calvary! The Yankee cavalry is upon us!" Up sprang the whole sleeping bivouac, blear-eyed and half-conscious, and began to rush hither and thither in the wildest confusion. Officers shouted to the men to rally and form, while the men, each for himself, determined the degree of their personal responsibility for the consequences of this indecent intrusion, as well as the best method of protection and defense against impending disaster. Each pursued his own plan without regard to the welfare of the whole. Some, heeding the appeals of their officers, threw themselves promptly into an attitude of defense; others took to the woods as fast as their heels could carry them ; while others looked to the treeS for protection, and in holy terror crouched behind them. One poor fellow was reported to have taken reiuge up a tree, which proving too weak to bear up his weight, bent over and let him clown within two feet of the ground; while another, under a similar impulse, sprang up another tree and continued to climb until he had reached a point some thirty or forty feet above ground, as he supposed, but when discovered he was sitting flat on the ground with arms and legs both tightly clasped around the trunk of the tree, but both resting in quiet consciousness of supposed safety, high above the slightest danger. It was soon discovered, however, that there was no Yankee cavalry near us, but only a herd of beef-cattle, which had been collected by our cavalry during the fight and were being driven by. The men soon returned to their places in line, the brigade formed, and covered tne retiring column back to the south side of the Rapidan. The success achieved by Gen. Jackson at Cedar mountain had the desired effect upon the minds of the Federal authorities, and McClellan was ordered to withdraw his forces , from before Richmond. Gen. Lee at once dispatched Longstreet's division to the support of Gen. Jackson, and when the forces under Burnside, in North Carolina, were ordered to join Pope, the Confederate commander knew that the base of operations against the Southern capital had been changed from the James to the Potomac river, and he, with the remaining available forces, withdrew from their position before Richmond and joined Jackson and Longstreet. On his arrival, Gen. Lee found Jackson occupying the line of the Itapidan, while Longstreet was encamped in the neighborhood of Gordonsville. He at once determined to assume the offensive, and accordingly, on the 16th of August, the Confederate forces, now about 65,(XX) strong, began to move. Gen. Pope fell back to the north bank of the Rappahannock, where Gen. Lee, pursuing, confronted him. Several days were spent here, in which our skirmishers, here and there, engaged those of the enemy, with now and then an outburst of artillery. Divisions were shifted from place to place, as if the position and order of battle were not satisfactory to the Southern leader. Early's brigade was at one time thrown across the river, and but for a most daring and dexterous piece of strategy, would have been destroyed. He, however, succeeded in recrossing the river without harm. This con stant shifting of position on the military chess-board was continued until the pseudo-Napoleonic Pope, in his arrogance, believed that by his superior tact he had selected a position from which he could not be driven, and settled back upon his haunches in defiant repose. Gen. Lee ordered Jackson to turn the Federal position, while Longstreet kept up the ruse. Accordingly, on the 24th, Gen. Jackson withdrew from the lines and Longstreet covered his front. Late in the afternoon of the 24th, we moved out to the left, marched through Jeffersonton and bivouacked just beyond. On the next morning early, we unslung knapsacks and resumed the march. Crossing the Rappahanock at Hinson's mill, we entered and marched across the beautiful valley of Salem to Cobler's mountain, a distance of about twenty-five miles, and went into bivouac for the night. At early dawn we resumed the march, passing through Thoroughfare gap in the Bull Run mountains, the town of Salem, and bivouacked near Bristoe station, on the Orange and Alexandria railroad. That night the head of the column was pushed forward to the railroad and succeeded in capturing two long trains of cars returning from Pope's army; and still later, Stewart's cavalry, assisted by Trimble's brigade, captured Mannassas Junction, two batteries of light artillery with their horses, and 300 prisoners falling into our hands. Early oil the morning of the 27th, Gregg's brigade was marched to the Junction, and the men turned loose upon the immense depot of army stores, there collected for Pope's army. Every fellow helped himself to whatever struck his fancy, and , after storing away everything that he could eat, he was allowed to take whatever he could conveniently carry. I filled my haversack with sugar, and nothing hut sugar, so that for a day or two I had to call on my friends for "hard tack" to eat with it. This was a feast and jubilee to the half famished soldiers, for we had eaten nothing for several days hut roasting ears foraged from the cornfields through which we had marched. About this time Pope discovered, for the first time, that Jackson was in 1 lis rear, and he began to crowd Early i it Bristoe station. That gallant offi?er planted his brigade square across 1 :he pathway of the Federals and de- < ayed them as much as possible, while i lackson disposed of the immense army-stores captured at the junction. 1 we remained at Manassas junction 5 jntil about 3 o'clock on the morning ] if the 28th, when we were moved on ] toward Centreville, after setting fire { to the depot. We continued the < march until the head of the column 1 reached Centreville, where we were ] tialted and allowed a few hours of rest. From this point we turned back and . moved up the Warrenton turnpike, crossed Bull Run near the old stone bridge, filed off to the right and went into position along the line of the Manassas Gap railroad and nearly 1 parallel with the turnpike. In a 1 short time Ewell's division, which was now on our right, became en- . ?aged, but night intervened and the i firing ceased. Gregg's brigade was moved up to the support of Ewell, 1 was formed in column of regiments, 1 md in this form bivouacked for the night. Strict silence was perempto- i rily enjoined. Pope haa pursued lackson, on the same road, toward Centreville, until the head of his j column, now his right flank, had reached a point beyond our left. Division after division moved up and formed on the Federal right, until an irmy of 90,000 men confronted the < little force of 25,000 under Jackson. Believing that Jackson was now at i their mercy, and would certainly be gobbled up in the morning before i Longstreet could possibly come to his relief, the Federals raised a shout . of exultation, which broke upon the stillness of the night like the fiendish shrieks of ten thousand demons ready to pounce upon and devour their helpless victims. Three times i three these throat splitting bellowings 1 burst forth from the entire Federal lines, and went echoing from hill to 1 hill and through field and forest, until the whole section was aroused i by the hideous reverberations. The little giant knit his brow, braced his nerves and heaved a deep sigh for the victims appointed unto the morning's sacrifice. Then committing his cause and the gallant men who followed him, to the tender mercies of the God of battles, Gen. Jackson threw himself upon his oil cloth and was soon wrapped in the profoundest sleep. The 29th of August dawned. Gregg's brigade was moved back to the westward some four hundred yards, to the crest of the ridge, and then turned due south. We had scarcely more than gotten on the new direction when Gen. Jackson came at a sweeping gallop, hat in hand, ordering each regiment, as he nassed. to halt and about face; and when he reached the last regiment and faced it about, he gave the command, "double quick." We then went back up the same ridge at a full run for some six hundred yards, halted, faced to the front and moved down to the railroad, near the spot where we had bivouacked the night before. Col. McCready was ordered to move the First regiment forward, and feel the enemy. He had but little more than cleared the railroad cut when his regiment was met by a galling Are from a solid line of battle, not more than seventy-five or a hundred yards in his front, which was followed by a charge from a long line of Federal infantry 2 that threatened to annihilate the little command. McCready dropped back to the cut, where he was joined by the Twelfth regiment, under the gallant Col. Barnes, which had been sent to his support. The two regiments now charged and broke the Federal lines, and having relieved their front, the First regiment turned to the right, and assisted by Col. Edwards, of the Thirteenth, sent the enemy flying through the woods, in every direction, while Col. Barnes with the Twelfth, single handed and alone, charged the enemy hanging upon his left flank and swept them from the field. The three regiments now dropped back to the railroad cut and re-formed, for it will be remembered that we were to hold our position, and if possible not to project a general engagement until Longstreet should arrive. Orr's Rifle regiment, the Eleventh, under Col. Marshall, and the Fourteenth, under Col. McGowan, were brought into line upon the right and left of the regiments mentioned. The lino VniH eoiiroolv hof>n thus re-formed and strengthened, when a second assault was made and repelled, and the field swept by a counter-charge in the same gallant style as before. These attacks against Gregg's position were made again and again at intervals, but with increased numbers and determination at each successive assault, the live long day, and were as gallantly met and repelled. Caldwell writes that "About three o'clock the enemy gathered up their whole strength for a final spring. The woods swarmed with them. They closed in upon us from front and flank:, pressing up with an energy never oefore witnessed by us, and certainly never surpassed since. * * * Standing, kneeling, lying, we fought them so close that men picked out their marks, and on some occasions saved their own lives by anticipating the fire of some one on the other side." The position was held, even after our ammunition was exhausted, until relief came. The reply of the lamented Gregg to a message sent him by Gen. Hill shows the spirit which animated that accomplished officer and his confidence in the valor of his men: "Tell General Hill my ammunition is exhausted, but my men still have their bayonets; the position xhall be held." Other troops of the line did their duty nobly and well, and the entire position was gallantly defended and held against Pope's most savage onslaught, until Longstreet arrived. The issues of the desperate ?Atif cnfflo/1 n Struggle VtCIC uun o^invvi uvvT vuu neradventure, as the sequel shows. Night, however, interposed a hiatus in the bloody record, and Jackson's men slept upon the gory field. Gen. Lee, upon his arrival on the field, had placed Longstreet's corps upon Jackson's right, and assumed command of the whole. About 8 o'clock 011 the morning of the 30th, the Federal artillery opened on the Confederate centre, as if Pope intended to make his attack at that point, but Gen. Lee awaited the full development of his designs. Ten o'clock; noon came, but no attack. A little later, however, say one o'clock, the enemy's batteries opened furiously upon Jackson's lines, answered by the guns of Stephen D. Lee and Mm. Shoemaker. ''The thunder of artillery shook the hills, while shot and shell, shrieking and hissing, filled the air, and the sulphurous smoke, settling in black clouds along the intervening valley, hung like a pall over the heavy columns of infantry as they rushed forward into the jaws of death." Line after line of Federal infantry was hurled against Jackson's front, only to meet disaster and death at the hands of the Confederate. Kaeh moment the conflict be came closer and mort deadly. The Federal right wing, which extended beyond Jackson's left, now began to swing around so as to strike our line squarely in flank. At this critical juncture Col. Lee, with his artillery, dashed into a position to the left and rear of our lines, trained his guns accurately upon the wheeling columns of the enemy, and hurled upon them such a storm of shot and shell as to completely paralyze the movement, and to cause them to swing backward to their former position. Meanwhile Longstreet led his invincible battalions against the Federal left, driving everything before them. The animating shouts of the Confederate battle-cry, which came sweeping up from the right, fell upon the ears of the surging columns in Jackson's front, like the knell of doom, and caused them to relax. The troops of Ewell caught up the sound, and sent it echoing along the lines of Taliaferro and Hill. Then the whole corps sprang forward across the railroad cut, struck md crushed the pivot upon which liung the discomntted wings of the Federal army, and the whole line ;*ave way and fled the field before the exultant Confederates, who swept forward in solid phalanx until nignt put a stop to their bloody work. Company B lost in killed, Lieut. J. II. Bighorn, privates Jas. Kincaid, W. Ferguson, W. W. Mulleneaux, W A. Lanier, George Ware and Pinckney Dover, and in wounded Lieut. W. S. Dunlop, commanding the company, Lieut. M. V. Darwin, Sergt. Jas. R. McKnight, John B. McKnight, W. C. Childers, S. M. Johnson and many others whose names I cannot now recall. i ne Tvveiitn regiment iosi in kiik:u and wounded 145 men, the brigade 513, and the division 1,507. After the killing and wounding of all the company officers, Sergt. McKnight led the company until he fell, pierced with nine balls, and for his gallantry on this field was, on my recommendation, promoted to a lieutenancy in the company. He recovered from his numerous wounds after a long absence, and returned to duty some time in the following winter. Lieut. Bigham was a gallant soldier, a skillful officer and a Christian gentleman, and his death was a great loss to the company. Fortunately, Capt Miller reached the field Just at the close of the battle and took command of the company. The Army of Northern Virginia slept upon the hard-earned field, and awoke early to continue the pursuit of Pope and his stricken legions. This was on the 31st of August, and the "holy Sabbath of restbut the dark passions of men had thrust aside the crown right of the Divine Lawgiver, and in pursuit of vengeance now disregarded the sacred command to rest and commemorate. Pursuing our vanquished enemy, we crossed Bull Run at Sudley Ford and bivouacked in Pleasant Valley, and early on the morning of September 1st, the march was resumed. Sumner and Franklin had joined Pope at Centreville with 25,000 fresh troops, and McClellan and Burnside were hurrying forward to the rescue. But Gen. Lee determined to strike his adversary another blow, if possible, before Llrt /I MAAnU KftVl ilia miiiuivciucmo wuiu umi, and so ordered Jackson to turn Centreville, and bring Pope to bay. We passed to the westward of Centreville and late in the afternoon struck the enemy at Ox HilL The Light division was at once thrown into position, with the other divisions of Jackson's corps forming on its left, and under a drenching rain Hill moved to the attack. "A brief but sanguinary combat ensued, whose dramatic effect was greatly heightened by the furious thunder storm which burst upon the combatants almost simultaneously with the clash of arms." The darkness of a stormy night intervened. but Hill's division occupied the field. Under cover of night Pope made good his escape to the defences of Washington. The Twelfth regiment lost 11 men killed and wounded in this encounter, but the casualties in Company B were either not reported or lost. Gen. Lee now determined to carry the war into the enemy's country, and 011 the 3d put his columns in motion. Jackson's corps passed through Dranesville aiid Leesburg, and on the 5th crossed the Potomac at White's ford. The exultant Confederates plunged into the river waist deep, ana lustily sang, "My Maryland," as they crossed over Jordan into the Promised Land. The commanding general pushed forward his forces, now about 45,000 strong, to Frederick City, where we arrived on the6th, and went into position behind the Monocacy. The Baltimore and Ohio railroaa, as also the principal highways leading into Baltimore, Washington, Harper's Ferry and the upper Potomac, were seized and closely guarded for several days. Meanwhile Gen. Lee issued his famous {iroclamation to the people of Maryand, calling upon them to throw off the yoke of Federal domination and rally to the standards of their neighbors of the South. The appeal was coldly received, and finally rejected by the good people of that sovereign State with an ominous shaking of the head. Their chains were riveted upon them. It was expected that, as a matter of course, tne garrison at Harper's Ferry would evacuate the place upon the passage of the Confederates into Maryland, but such was not the case. A strong force still held that position. Hence Gen. Jackson was directed to proceed .at once to the reduction of the place. Accordingly, on the morning of the 10th, we took up the Hue of march in the direction of Boonsboroj recrossed the Potomac at Williamsport on the 11th, passed through Martinsburg on the morning of the 12th, hurried on in the direction of Harper's Ferry, and on the morning of the 13th discovered in the distance the white lines of the enemy's tents on Bolivar heights. The troops of A. P. Hill, with Jones's division, were now disposed so as to cover the interval between the Potomac and the Shenandoah rivers, while McLaws, with his own and Anderson's division, was to sieze Maryland heights, and Gen. Walker the Loudon heights. These movements were made with amazing celerity and promptness; for as soon as Hill and Jones had thrown their troops into position, McLaws and Walker were discovered to be already in their places, ready for action. Early on the morning of the loth, the Confederate batteries opened on the enemy from threesides. and after a furious shelling for perhaps an hour, and when Pender and Gregg were about to lead their brigades to the charge, the Federal commander discovered that he had suffered himself to be completely surrounded in his oLnrvAii nAClflATl in til A 11 ttl P lUIUlCl"Slla|K^l L/V.74V1VU * ? v..v city on the boraer, and hence caused the white flag to be hoisted, and surrendered the whole garrison, consisting of something over 11,000 prisoners, 70 pieces of artillery with horses and harness complete, 13,000 stand of arms, and a vast amount of valuable army stores. Gregg's brigade did not lose a man. TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK. Elected by the Negko Vote.? The Indianapolis(Ind.) Sentinel says: "There are about 13,000 negro votes in Indiana. Ben Harrison's plurality in this State was only 2,592. There were 22,000 negro voters in New York, and Harrison only carried that State by 13,674. There are 25,000 negro voters in Ohio, and Harrison's plurality there was only 19,599. Illinois contains 40,000 negro voters, and gave Harrison a plurality of only 32,104. Without these States Harrison would have been defeated; yet when it comes to a distribution of the offices the colored voters are almost entirely ignored. They are kicking at the neglect." Igy If we were perfectly honest with ourselves, most of us would have to confess that we do not do our very best in many of the things to whicn we put our hands. There are few things which with more pains we couia noi ao Dener. 1411s is especially true of things wedo every day? and of the secondary duties of our callings. W8r Have a tender regard to sudden and unpremeditated impressions. In the pure heart they art? often God's whispers to the soul. 1 J