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' ' ISSUED SEMI-WEISL^ " l m. oeist 4 SONS, Publishers.} % ^amilg feKsjjajw^ 4or (he promotion of (he golitol, Social, ^ritetoral, atu!_ ommei[riaI^Jnteres(s_o|f the geogle. ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1902. NO. 39. THE SPUE BY ASHliI Copyright, 1901, by Charles B. Ethering [The conflision in last Saturday's installment of "The Spur of Fate," was the result of an error by the foreman in the make-up. That Unlnllmani AiroHlOP irith UTkfTkA flftdltinnAl llinMIIIIUVIII'1 WgVVMVl (f a?u WWM.W ........ mutter, Is reproduced today In order to help put the reader straight], CHAPTER XII. THROUGH THE RUSSIAN LINES. FE^g)[Li2g##ffA.RRELL followed the course of the stream, which led him back toward the highway. rijC There was a bridge formed of a single * ktont* arch, and the bushes grew close up to the sides of It The voices of soldiers standing upon the bridge were audible as Darrell crept up In the shadow, and he could hear the tramp of many feet. A regiment was marching, but not upon the high way. There must be a road intersecting it and running parallel to the pres ent course of the stream. The stream was so high that It left only a fringe of wet rocks on each side of the arch, and Darrell worked bis way along with considerable difficulty. He succeeded in getting through with no worse misfortune than a bard fall on the rocks, and presently he was again within the shelter of the trees beside the water. A hundred yards far ther along, the stream bent sharply to the left and passed under the road upon which the troops were marching It was not an easy task to elude observation under such circumstances and Darrell narrowly escaped n squad of soldiers thai had taken advantage of a halt to till their cauteens. He lay within ten feet of them for many min utes and overheard snatches of their conversation, from which he learned tbat tbls force bad come by rail to n point not far north of Vladikaukas and bad made a circuit of the city, that it was composed of troops from the province of Stavropol and tbat it was depending upon re-enforcements concern !ng wbicb there was a rumor of delay. The men were recalled at last, and Darrell passed the second bridge. A little later be asceuded a niii beside the stream, and. being overcome with weariness, be lay down to sleep Just as the uioon begau to light the sky In the east, lie awoke at daybreak, stiff with cold and painfully lame as a result of bis rail upon the rocks. Hobbling to the edg/ of the *rec3. he found tbat he bad accidentally chosen a spot singularly favorable Tor observation. Despite the roughness of the region, Darrell could see almost the entire extent of the Russian force. The line as be saw It was about two miles long, and doubtless there were skirmishers beyond bis vision. There seemed to be between 5.000 and G.000 men. nearly all Infantry. The center was on the main highway from Vladlkaukas to GredBkov. and there bad been great changes In the disposition of the force during the latter part of the night. The way by which Darrell had come was now the least practicable tbat bis eye could discover, yet be eouiu see otner places where a mau might pass aided by tb? roughness of the country and the darkness of night. His proximity to the line was an element of peril: indeed, he wondered that the very spot on which he stood was not held by a picket guard. Retreating from the place, he became aware of men upou the north slope of the hill ascending, but he eluded thein, passing around to the westward. He encountered far less difficulty than lie had expected and was soon beyond the reach of anything except some chance scouting party. It seemed to him that the Circassian outposts around Vladlkaukas could not be more than ten miles away, yet he was so lame from his fall that even this short distance Involved a great exertion and much pain. On the 6lender chance of finding any beast that a man might ride lie visited several deserted farmhouses, securing enough food for his needs, but no cattle. He was in such a condition that a sound ox would have seemed a good mouut, but there was none to be had. In one of the houses he was greatly surprised to discover a gun. almost the last thing he would have supposed that a fleeing tenant would abandon. It was a muzzle loading weapon of the type of many years ago: but. as there was a supply of ammunition. Darrell thought the gun worth taking. During the day he made very little progress, being twice compelled to lie whllo Itucclnn cpanflnc nni'tluc wore about. Suuset found him far to the west of the highroad, uncertain of his way and suffering both from exhaustion and the iujury that lie had sustained on the previous night. lie came at last to a road that was scarcely more than a trail through the woods, and by the side of It he sat down to eat such food as he had and to rest. He fell into a doze, with his back agaiust the moss covered stump of a tree, and It was dark when he awoke. Something had startled him. He felt a thrill of vague alarm as lie struggled back to consciousness, and the rusty gun that he had taken from the farmhouse was in his hands witiiout an effort o? volition. He heard the sound of a horse's feet, and Immediately the beast and his rider cauie into view, diiu in the starlight. Witiiout u thought iu his half waken ed miud. except that he needed a horse. Darrell sprang out into the path, with the gun in his hauds. and cried out. "Halt!" It was the horse that obeyed the order. The rider continued to advance, by the law of inertia, and he ' OF FATE. JY TOWNB. ton. came to rest like a sack or meal on ttif soft moss by tbe roadside. Darrell in stantly pounced upon blm, but It was wholly unnecessary, for the man did not move. 1 He was lying upon bis face, unconscious. A hasty glance assured Darrell that the horse would not run. Tbe poor beast was standing as if on wooden legs driven into the ground. Satisfied id tnis particular, uarren ioukcu uguiu to his prisoner and became suddenly aware that he wore a Circassian oflicer's uniform under a loDg and ragged coat. In another instant he had turned the man upon his back and was gazing into the face of Koran. There was no sign of injury. Evorna bad fallen limp as a drunkard and with a drunkard's immuuity from broken bones. It was the mere shock that had robbed him of his wits. Darrell was at a loss to understand how so good a horseman had been so easily thrown, and yet the manner of the fall gave some hint of the explanation, so that Darrell was not wholly surprised when Korna had regained his power of speech to hear him mutter in Russian (for he fancied that he was addressing Russian soldiers): "Don't make me move. I'm too tired to stand on my feet" It required some minutes for Darrell to make himself known aud to explain his act. Finally Korna sat up and looked at the American with a glance of comprehension. "I've scarcely been out of the saddle since I left you." he said, "and 1 was almost played out then. There's a little village In the hills to the west of Gredskov and the mouth of the pass. It Is out of the way of everything, a quiet and beautiful place. You wouldn't believe there could be anything like It in this region. There two years ago I met the girl who will be my wife some day. To that quiet spot when we begap this war I sent ray mother. Ihtrrcll spmiuj mil Into the ituth. ^flowing "'lint reprisals are sometimes made. My two younger brothers were with tier, and she was safe so far as military operations are concerned, but I was afraid that Kilziar, who knew of her retreat, would seek me there, and so I have sent them all farther west Alt. I have ridden a long way. my frieud. I think I was asleep in the saddle wheu you played the highwayman." He lay back upon the moss with a sigh, and ?lumber gathered bis bead into her lap as It fell. Darrell led the horse among the trees and then watched beside the sleeper until the sky over his head began to be silvered by the rising moon. Then lie roused him and led him to a brook where the water ran cold as ice. Korua drauk of it and then thrust in his head, declaring afterward that he was as good as new and tit for any adventure. Tlit* Horse was not 111 conamou to curry double, but lie was perfectly sound aud uiueli refreshed by bis rest. Darrell mounted him, and Korna walked at his head. It was in the nature of a relief for the Circassian to walk after so long a time in the saddle, and to Darroll's lanie leg the change iu method of locomotion was grateful as sleep. They proceeded with caution and exchanged but few words. The light of morning was in the sky when they were challenged by the pickets outside of Vladikaukas. and an hour later they were both asleep within the walls of the city. They had asked to be roused after two hours of slumber, and this was done. A breakfast that seemed fare fit for the gods to Darrell was ready, and as it was brought in. an orderly appeared with the information that Motrnan Khan would receive tliem presently. Korna looked sharply at Darrell, and when the orderly had withdrawn he asked: "Whom do you expect to see?" "I have no doubts upon the subject," answered the American. "My only puzzle Is the reason for this masquerade." "The princess desired to take the field," replied Ivorna, "but Kllziar persuaded her that she could not do it as a woman. So she took this name of Motinan Ivhan, which was assumed by a member of her family during a brief but futile uprising following the peace of thirty odd years ago." "He is no fool, this Kilziar," rejoined Darrell. "It is far better?for him?that the troops should cheer her as Motman Khan than directly as the Princess Vera," said Korna. "It makes her a military leader, In which capacity she cannot hope to rival Kllzlar, who Is the best soldier that ever led an army in Circassla?and I say that though I hate him for ten thousand reasons." "Being so good a soldier," said Darrell, "why has he permitted this grotesque invasion? What good can he hope to gain for Circassla"? "I think," said Korna, interrupting, "that you have the makiug of a fairly good soiaier iusmv juui u?u omu, u good enough soldier, In fact, to understand this whole situation. I have done my best for my country with my influence and with my sword. That is all that I can say." "Shall we present ourselves before i the khan?" said Darrell, rising, and | Korna bowed gravely in assent CHAPTER XIII. IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KHAN. CT5n>gJ^QOTMAN KHAN had established headquarJ l\KM ters in a house that had been occupied by the colonel command,Dg tbe Russian earrlson in Vladikaukas. A much more pretentious residence might have been chosen, but the khan had ' preferred this simple abode, perhaps because of its military associatons. Upon the way there Darrell learned i something of the taking of the place through the conversation of an officer, i a friend of Korna's, who had got news of his arrival in the city and had come i to greet him. It appeared that, though there is a railroad to Vladikaukas, the garrison had not been re-enforced at i the outbreak of the struggle to the extent necessary to hold it, and, even so, the force within the walls had retreated upon very small provocation, in the officer's opinion. He said flatly that i the city ought to have been held without much difficulty and that the Rus- | sian retreat from it ought to result In a court martial or two. "However." be added, "we can't hold i* oi,h Hi. onnnor we make a Junction I witb Prince Kilzlar the better." i He was surprised to bear from Dar- I rell that so numerous a force lay south < of them. According to the best of bis i information, no adequate report of the I conditions bad reached the khan. ? Outside the bouse of the kban there was evidence of a good but somewhat spectacular military discipline. An un- < necessary number of sentries stood up- I on guard, and they challenged all comers In a manner that suggested to Dar- i rell the military dramas that he had t seen in bis own country. His heart Bwelled with pity for the woman he < loved thus playing soldier In this pre- i posterous campaign. 1 Upon the veranda of the structure he < beheld a woman with the figure and I warlike bearing of Brunhllde, but too i old for the role, and be learned that she I was a princess who had been a sort of 1 military heroine in the fighting days of I the sixties. This formidable person re- 1 treated within the house as the party 1 advanced, but Darrell was glad to have 1 seen her. < Pausing for a moment In the hall, he i was conscious of a boyish excitement 1 agreeable to the heart as any touch of < youth is to the man who has seen much of life. A door opened. He heard the < sound of Vera's voice, and the blood rushed to bis face. The princess sat by a long table upon which were many documents and maps. By her side stood a gray haired man in a general's uniform He was a typical i Circassian, slender limbed, dispropor- 1 tionately broad in the shoulder, his face stamped with that sort of pride which requires nothing but the man's existence to account for it Yet this expression was modified by anxiety and by a deference for the princess which was not without fineness of quality. Darrell marked the man because the opening dwr revealed him before the nrinresH. Then he saw nothine but Vera. She had grown much older in these months, and her face revealed lines that belonged not to Its years. Yet she seemed to have borne her hardships without loss of health. Iler color was good and her eyes were wonderfully bright Her shoulders were covered by a gold embroidered cape that did not lack a feminine suggestion. Iiut Darrell saw under the table two riding boots that might have been a man'except that they were not big euo^h, and at the tops of them baggy trousers like a Turk's. "M. Darrell," said Vera in French and very coldly, as he thought, "I regret to heur of your misfortunes, though I do not yet understand how they could have happened. Re assured, however, that you are safe within our lines and that I shall soon tind a way by which you can return to France." "With your permission, excellency," replied Darrell, "that is the least of my anxieties." "I do not comprehend," said she. "I will go where you send me," he answered, "whether to France or elsewhere, If It be upon your service, but I wish you might lind use for me nearer at hand." "It may be so," said she, inclining her head in such a way that, in obedi ence 10 tue nou, ne sieppeu usiue, permitting Korua to advance. "Excellency," said Koriia, "1 have to report that when your order regarding Mr. Darrell was brought to Gredskov It was delivered to me us an officer of Prince Kilziar's staff. The prince wus then outside the city for the purpose of overtaking a caravan which, having come through the pass, was endeavoring to escape without paying toll to our cause. Believing the matter urgent. I rode out and attempted to deliver the order. The prince refused to receive it, and when I insisted he attacked me with his sword. We were alone together?or supposed ourselves to be so?in a room of a farmhouse by the highway, but through a strange coincidence Mr. Darrell was concealed In a room overhead. He caine to my assistance, and we both escaped, leaving the order In the prince's hands. I have come here to seek your excellency's protection." The situation Involved more points of military etiquette than Vera felt able to decide offhand, and she looked out of the corner of her eye at the general. who stood by the end of the table. She felt a woman's sudden resentment that her order should have been treated with disrespect, but also she was moved hv that feminine Instinct of utilities wbieb let ber perceive tbat, after all, the object of the order bad been attained. Moreover, she doubtless knew what was the matter with Prince Kilziar, and so long as he had not actually slain Darrell from Jealousy the crime of attempting to do so appeared less black than It should. What she wanted was an easy way out of the difficulty, and the general so understood. "Does Colonel Korna desire to make formal charges?" he asked. "1 will do nothing to breed discord in this critical hour," replied Korna firmly. "My own petty wrongs are not worth considering. 1 mention them merely that my report and the fact of my presence here may be understood. What I desire is a chance to serve our cause, and. if I might make a request, it would be that I should be assigned to duty here." "General," said Vera, "my desire is to grant this request. Will you assign Colonel Korna to duty?" "I would welcome him upon my staff." said the general, whereupon Korna made proper acknowledgments, and the incideut seemed happily closed. "As to the Russian force now lying between us and Gredskov," said Korna, "I have certain information, but Mr. Darrell has much more, so that 1 hesitate to speak before he has been heard." This judicious remark brought Darrell back to the center of the stage, and Klo momaH trou iinmn'lv rafo,Ipn/1 It flTV peared immediately that bis information was far more accurate than any that had previously been brought In. His estimate of the Russian force, with sketches of Its position, made the situation seem far more serious than it bad hitherto been considered. It was obvious that the Russians must expect to co-operate with a force moving down from the north and that the plan was to annihilate the little Circassian army In Vladlkaukas. "The position which they have taken." said Dnrrell. "is merely that of the greatest advantage in case your oree should attempt a voluntary movement toward Gredskov. At the proper time they will advance to Invest this city closely upon the south, but they io not wish to do It prematurely because they are not 6trong enough to take the place by assault, and an indecisive action might result in bringing up Prince Kilziar's army In their rear. Clearly there has been some bitch in their plan, for the thing was to have been done quickly; otherwise this flying column of Russians might be caught by Kilziar's advance and be In a bad place. Something has delayed their larger force that was to move down from the north, or you would already be engaged with It They certainly must have expected to take Vladlkaukas this morning." "Kilziar's scouts should have reported the presence of this force," said Vera, "and he should already be advancing." "We have no knowledge that such Is the case," said the general. "We cannot assume that the prince is in possession of information equal to ours. The Immediate need Is to send word to him. He is probably in the same position that we were In before Mr. Darrell's arrival, aware, of course, that the communications had been cut, but In Ignorance that it had been done by a force sufficient to menace seriously our position here." . . .. . "Let the messenger he chosen at once!" "Let the messengers be chosen at once!" exclaimed Vera. "I will prepare the orders. We will cntcli these Uussiaus like a gnat In a glove." And slie made a very graceful gesture to enforce the metaphor. "I will attend to this matter In person," said the general, "with the assistance of Colonel Ivorua. In the meantime it may lie that .Mr. Darrell will prepare duplicate maps of the Russian position as lie saw it. They will be carried by our men and will assist tliem in getting through the lines." Darrell bowed as -file general and Korua left the room. Vera made a place for him at the table beside her. and lie began his work without a word. Sentries paced the veranda outside the windows, and two were on guard iu the ball, but no one was within hearing. The noises of the camp came very faintly, and the sound of Darrcll's pencil was audible in the room. "I trust that you conveyed my thanks and my apologies to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon," said Vera suddenly. ""DarreTl passed Tils "hand across his forehead as one does who would steady his wits. "I was not authorized to speak for you," he said, "but I know that they fully understood. Of course your sudden departure gave us great anxiety. We were afraid that in escaping from the police you hod run Into the bands of the czar's agents. It was for that reason that I went to Stavropol, remembering that you had said you might be taken there." "But I told you where I was going!" she exclaimed. "I gave you word for Mr. and Mrs. Gordon. I gave you the means of seeing me again In Paris." Darrell slowly shook his head. ?T 1 4UU II 1 &L1UW iiuiuiuj; ui LUIS, LIC naiu. "It was all?all Id your liat," she cried, stammering prettily in her excitement ! "All In my hat?' he echoed. "I really beg your pardon"? "I could not find you that last night" she said hurriedly. "Your hat was lying on the table. I wrote a note and put It under the band Inside, so that you must find It when you put the hat on." "I haven't seen It from that day to this," said DarrelL "A servant must have taken It to my room." They sat looking Into each other's face In silence for at least a minute, each thinking of the pain of mind that this trivial accident bad caused. "I heard that you bad gone to Stavropol," said Vera, "but I could not guess that you were in search of rae. In Stavropol you disappeared, and I feared that you had been murdered by some avenger of Ladlslov. It was almost by guesswork, founded upon the vaguest rumor, that I came to believe you bad been taken to Gredskov." Darrell's voice was not free from a tremor of emotion as he rejoined: "How did you know anything of my fate? The mere fact that you were sufficiently Interested to make a single ? ? a a #AH inquiry repays me a uuuureu uuics iu> all I have suffered." "I had agents Id Stavropol," said Vera, coloring, "upoD other matters. Having heard that you had traveled in that direction with Ivan Getchikoff, my agents thought you worth an Inquiry. They learned that you had been arrested upon your arrival, but neither they, working secretly, nor the American consul, protesting openly, could gain any knowledge of what had happened to you afterward. It was glveD out that you had been Immediately released and had left the city. Your baggage was obtained by the consul, who received also a packet forwarded to you In bis care from Paris, by Mr. Gordon doubtless. These things were In the consul's hands three weeks ago." "Three weeks ago!" cried Darrell, rising slowly. "Have you had word so late?" Vera's cheeks were burning. "We have still our agents In Stavropol," she said, "and occasional communication is possible. They have thought It worth while to report to me in regard to your affairs." "Then nothing else In the world matters In the least," be said. "I do not magnify your Interest In me, but"? She checked him with a look that was both Intense and smiling. "You couldn't" said she almost In a whisper, and at that be laid his band upon hers, which was palm upward on a pile of military reports. "Vera"? he began, but suddenly there was a clash of guns and sabers In the hall. The princess rapped upon the table with the scabbard of her sword, a much bejeweled weapon that had lain across a chair beside her. At the sum? o nnnn ro/1 with thf? ' iiiULlO au \JL Utl A J U|/pvu.vw ..... ! rigid baste of a toy monkey on a tick. Vera pointed to the door communicating with the ball, and presently the orderly announced two officers, who were admitted. They came with reports that concerned the practical details of war, and Darrell heard them with a divided attention, working meanwhile upon bis maps. One of them spoke mostly of cannon, and Vora's questions showed a surprising comprehension of the subject. Singularly enough, Vera when speaking of ordnance ceased to seem a play soldier. What she had to say about the capacity of certain light batteries whose disposition seemed to be a subject of some question struck Darrell as apt and accurate beyond criticism. Darrell bad followed the charlot of war In many quarters of the ?1 ?*? - *'* hn/1 frnnDQ glUUC UUU I1IUCVU uuu uuiLnw uw^, white, black and yellow, In the whirl of various emergencies, for which reason this Circassian campaign had appealed to him as a grim and awful joke. But somehow when Vera talked of artillery the thing seemed serious. Perhaps it was the surprise that a woman should know anything whatever about the subject. "Your excellency," he said when the officers hud withdrawn, and then, "I beg your pardon; 1 am uncertain what form of address you prefer." "Under the present circumstances," she replied, glancing around the empty room, "I prefer the style which you used just as these annoying people came with their reports." "Vera," he cried, "I"? "That is it," she said, "but in public 'excellency,' 'highness' or anything that suggests itself. I am indifferent. And now the maps, the maps! You are slow, sir." And Darrell, under the compulsion of her glance, fell to work earnestly. TO BE CONTINUED. Coo11n? and Eating. If we ate properly, the physician would lose bis occupation. And we can eat for whatever we want?to get fat, to get lean, to be nervous or phlegmatic or to stop or encourage the ravages of disease. An "open door" awaits them all. Is it too much to hope that the twentieth century will see a law compelling cooks to take a medical course? pisfcUancous Reading. RERl'KED BY HIS COLLEAGUES. Democratic Senntor* Show Their Dltiapprovnl of Senator Tillman. Senator Tillman was today treated to a severe and extraordinary rebuke by the entire Democratic side of the senate, with the single exception of Senator Teller. The rebuke was delivered in a dramatic manner, and in the presence of a senate crowd in the galleries and on the floor. Senator McComas having made an onslaught during the Philippine debate on the south's manner of handling the Negro question, Mr. Tillman was provoked to answer him in one of his characteristic speeches. It was a speech in which he justified the southern methods by asserting the right of the Anglo-Saxon race to dominate the territory which it had won from the Indians. To do this, he asserted, and to recover the reins of government from the inferior race, it had become necessary in the reconstruction days to shoot and bulldoze Negroes and to wrest the ballot from them. He Justified these acts on the ground of necessity, and attributed the crime for which Negroes are usually lynched in j the south to the demoralizing influence of tne reconstruction period. Mr. Tillman's speech was delivered < with more than his usual violence and < heat, his language was bitter and his , manner excited. Before he had been , talking very long several of the leading j Democratic senators from the south , arose and left the room. They gathered , in the marble room, just back of the j senate chamber, hastily discussed the j matter, and determined to rebuke Mr , Tilman for dragging in the southern question, and at the same time show to the country, in a dramatic and unmls- j takable way, that he spoke only for . himself and not for his party. The senators then re-entered the . chamber, and taking seats among their colleagues, whispered to them the pur- . poses they had in view, and invited , their co-operation. Aporoval of the . proposition was unanimous, and then . began a scene so extraordinary that Mr. Burton, who followed Mr. Tillman . in debate, mentioned it and extended to the Democrats his congratulations. One . after another, and sometimes in twos and threes, the Democratic senators t rose and walked out of the chamber and into the marble room. Some of j them went to their committee rooms, Hut fho mninrifv remained within easy . reach of the senate doors so that they could make their rebuke more pointed by entering the chamber the moment Mr. Tillman had concluded. The galleries looked on in amazement, not understanding the meaning of the sudden exodus. This march out of the chamber was led by men from the southern states, men as much interested in the race question as is Mr. Tillman. Among the first to go were Clay, of Georgia, Culberson, of Texas, Pettus of Alabama, Bacon, of Georgia, and Martin, of Virginia. They were followed rapidly by all the rest, until not a Democrat was left in the chamber from either a northern or a southern state, except Teller, of Colorado and Daniel, of Virginia. Mr. Daniel was sitting at his desk, deeply engrossed in writing, and had failed to notice the disappearance of his colleagues. He had not been informed of the purpose of the movement. This led to a proceeding which added to the intensity of the rebuke and made the purpose of the Democrats plain to everybody. As Mr. Tillman continued to talk, almost alone on his side of the chamber, Senator Martin, of Virginia, entered the chamber, walked with a rapid and decided tread to Senator's Daniel's desk, and tapped that senator on the shoulder. Mr. Daniel looked up, and in a few hurried , VT?* MortJn tnlrl him whftt ' sememes mi. lam uu >v.u ...... had happened. Mr. Daniel gathered up tne sheets on which he had been writing, stowed them away in his desk, ( picked up his cane, and hobbled after Mr. Martin, past Mr. Tillman, out into the marble room. The scene was now one without a ' parallel in the recent history of the senate. Except for Senator Teller, who ( had apparently decided to stand by him, Mr. Tillman had the entire Democratic side to himself. One half of the chamber was tenanted only by deserted desks. On the other side, the Republican side, nearly every seat was occupied. The venerable Senator Pettus, of Alabama, took up his stand Just outside the chamber, in the lobby, and stood apparently with his face pressed against the giass door, so that every- , body could see him. There he stood throughout the greater part of Tillman's speech, in plain sight of the senate and the galleries, as if trying , to show as unmistakably as possible that he uad left the room for no pur- . pose whatever except to show his disapproval of the speech. As soon as Mr. Tillman concluded, , the doors opened and the Democrats filed in and took their places. By the time Mr. Burton, who rose to answer Mr. Tillman has completed his first two sentences, every Democrat was in his seat. Inquiry among the Democratic senators about tne reason for their action 1 developed the fact that it was not taken 1 because of any fear that Tillman s speech would embolden the Republi- , cans to proceed with force legislation. ' They also claimed that they did not take this action because of fear that Tillman's speech would be turned into 1 Republican campaign material. They 1 did it, they say, simply oecause they ' deprecate the dragging in of the race question by a Democrat and because 1 they are determined to show that the sectional issue shall not be raised by them. If it is to be raised at all, they ' say, the Republicans must bear the ( responsibility. Mr. Tillman himself, when asked t what he thought of the action of his c colleagues, spoke of the matter with , good temper and no heat. "They did It" said he "because they deplored the raising of the race question. They are right in that. I deplore it myself; no one can deplore it more than I do. [ said tnat over and over again in my ipeech. But it was not I who raised the race question; it was Senator McSomas. He charged us southerners with hypocrisy in maltreating the Negroes and then objecting to maltreatment of the Filipinos; and he brought Ip the civil war and revived the charge that we southerners burned oOlumbia and not Sherman's army. At east, he said, it was a disputed question. Under such circumstances I had to answer him. ' une 01 me leaaing rtenuDiican senators was asked what he thought of tne iction of the Democrats. He seemed iverjoyed. "It Is true that the Democrats went out," said he, with a broad rrin. "but Tuiman cannot complain :hat he did not have an audience. Did rou ever see a more attentive body of Republicans? The Democrats wouldn't isten, but we did; we drank It in in every pore; we took it like manna and ,ve were mightly refreshed. We never enjoyed a speech more in all our lives." -Washington special of Thursday, to !>Jew York Times. South Carolinians In Texas.?Mr. 3. H. Epps, Sr., of this county, is a Confederate veteran and attended the ecent reunion at Dallas, Texas. He eturned home last week, and lias some nteresting stories to tell about the nammoth crowd of visitors present and he consequent inconvenience suffered iy many of them. Among other things le said that he stoou in line for two or hree days while there In the hope of -eaching the railroad validating office, ind finally abandoned the attempt, beng apparently no nearer success when le gave up than when' he started. He laid that the railroads gave notice that Jiey would recognize tickets that had lot been validated, and this was why le did not hold out to the end. Mr. Epps relates a story something like :his: "The train stopped at a small ;own near the line between Indian territory and Texas, and while standing here, a man past middle age, rushed lp to one of the cars and called out; 'Is there anybody in this train from >ld South Carolina? If there is I want ;o see him." It so happened that the nan stopped near where Mr. Zach Sailes, of Fort Mill township, in this :ounty, and who was traveling with ne, was sitting, and Mr. Balles told ;ne inquirer that he was from South Carolina. Just about this time I came jp and Mr. Dalies torn tne stranger :hat I was from South Carolina, and :hen it was that the stranger told why le was inquiring for South Carolinians. He said: "Men, I am a native of the >ld state, and, although I have been jut here for years, my heart goes jack to the land of my birth," and then :ears commenced to flow down his :neeks, "and I long to have a good ong talk with somebody who knows t as it is. I want you men to get right >!f this train and spend awhile with ne?just as long as you will. I am the >wner of the hotel here, and if you'll >nly stop with me I will feed you on :he best tnis country affords and nothng shall cost you a cent. Please stop lust a little while with me." Mr. Epps >aid the appeal was very touching and :he man's request hard to refuse; but, wing to the fact that their time was imited, ne and Mr. Bailes were forced :o decline. Mr. Epps told of another nan who left Fort Mill when a boy and joon after the close of the war, who found out where he and Mr. Bailes were from, and followed them about from Dlace to place for several days.?YorkI'ille correspondence of the News and Courier. Russell Sage on Wealth.?Russell 3age has written for The Independent i short but pointed article, replete with jpigrams on "Wealth?A Degree of Justice." Here are a few 'of the most interesting sentences: To rail against the accumulation of kvealth is to rail against the decree of lustice. ino man has a right to wealth who lias not a sense of the responsibility that goes with it. capital represents crystalized efforts jf the past, while labor is present energy and skill. If the truth were known, concentration of wealth is popular with the masses. Tnere never was a day when capital ind labor were so near togetner as now. So long as some men have more sense md more self-control than others, just 30 long will sucn men oe weauny. It Is observable that the very rich men of today are far more democratic than ever before In the history of the worlcf. It is the concentration of capital and the concentration of labor, which amounts to the same, that our commercial supremacy throughout the world will be due. "Mad Jack's" Naval Prank.?Captain Percival of the navy, whose portrait has just been presented to the navy department, died in 1862. He was known as "Mad Jack" Percival because ot eccentricities which on many occasions brought him in conflict with the naval authorities. The portrait was sent by Mrs. William Nicholson, but who she is the department is unable to discover. Captain Percival was sent to Morocco with his frigate to bring back a cargo of jackasses for the government, and in order to show his contempt for the employment of a war vesel for such i mission, on entering New YorK nart>or he ran in all nis guns and placed the head of a jackass through each jort as the ship sailed in. The sight )f a double row of jackasses' head protruding from tne places wher? guns were looked for created a sensation at he time, and "Mad Jack" narrowly es:aped a reprimand.