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f ISSXTED SEMI-WEEKLY^ l m. grist's sons. pnbu.hers. [ % ^antilji JJearsjaper: <^or the promotion of the {political, jSocial, Jgrisulturai and Commercial Interests of the {people. {*irvino^^?p?nvicmt?a!,ck' established 1855. YORK VILLD, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL, 17, lt)0(>. NO. 31. r- * - *" l HORSE $1 _j A Tale of the Revol Upper I By -JOHIV P. CHAPTER XLI?continued. Horse Shoe, who at this moment was tightening the girths of Mildred's saddle, paused for an instant to listen, and then said,? "The wind is northeast, young lady, and the voice sounds far tonight. One could hardily expect you to be cool when one of these night frays is coming on, but there's no occasion to be frightened. Now, ma'am, if you please, I'll heave you into your seat. There," continued the sergeant setting Mildred upon her horse "you have got four good legs under you. and by a fair use of them will be as safe as a crowned king. Mister Henry, mount, and ride with your sister slowly down the road, till I overtake you." Henry obeyed the order. "Is the portmanteau and the rest of the baggage all safe, Isaac? Don't be flurried, you old sinner, but look about you. before you start off." "ud and follow your master, then. Hark you Mr. Bloody Spur," said Horse Shoe, as Isaac rode off, to the trooper, who was still actively employed In turning: the cattle loose from the enclosure, "what Is the best road hereabout for my squad to keep out of the way of these bullies?" "About a mile from here, take a road that strikes Into the woods, upon your right hand," answered the trooper hastily, "It will lead you up the river to the falls of Pedee. If you should meet any of Marlon's men, tell them what you have seen; and say Dick Peyton will be along close after you." "Where Is Marlon?" asked the sergeant, mounting his horse. "What man that knows Frank Marlon could ever answer that question?" said the trooper. "He Is everywhere, friend. But you have no time to lose; be off." As Bloody Spur said this, he disappeared, driving the cattle before him; whilst the mother, laden with an Infant and as many pieces of furniture as she could carry, and followed by her terrified children, fled towards the neighlloring thickets. Horse Shoe In a few moments overtook his companions, and, urging them forward at a rapid flight, soon reached the diverging road, along which they Journeyed with unabated speed for upwards of a mile. "How do you bear it. sister?" asked Henry, with concern. "Ah, brother, with a sore heart to be made so painfully acquainted with these frightful scenes. I lose all thought of my annoyance. In seeing the calamities that are heaped upon the unoffending family of a man who dares to draw his sword for his country." "Yes ma'am" said Horse Shoe gravely, "these Incarnlverous devils have broken the rest of many a good woman in the Carolinas, before they routed you out tonight ma'am. But it is one of God's marcies to see how you keep up under it." "Mine's a trifling grievance, good sergeant: I lose but a little repose: that poor mother flies to save her children, uncertain, perhaps, of tomorrow's subsistence; and her husband's life Is in daily peril. It is a sad lot. Yet truly," added Mildred with a sigh, "mine is scarcely better. Gracious heaven!" she exclaimed, looking behind her, "they have set fire to the dwelling!" Ir the quarter to which she directed her eyes, the horizon was already illuminated with the blaze of Wingate's hut. The light grew brighter for a short Interval, and brought into bold relief upon the sky, the tall dark forms of the stately pines of which the forest was composed. "They are fools as well as villlans," said Horse Shoe, with an angry vehe mence; "they have had liquor tonight | or they would hardly kindle up a blaze which should rouse every Whig on Pedee to track them like hounds. It would be sport worth riding to look at. if Marion should get a glimpse of that fire. But these wolves have grown obstropolous ever since Horatio Gates made his fox paw at Camden." "Oh. It is a most savage war." said Mildred, "that roots up the humble hearth and fires the lowly roof, where none but defenceless women and children abide. I shudder to think of such wanton barbarity." "There's the thing. Miss Lindsay that turns all our blood bitter. Man to man Is fair game, all the world over; but this 'ere stealing of cattle and burning of houses, and even cutting up the roots of the plants of the 'arth. and turning of women and children naked into the swamps, in the dead of night! it's a sorry business to tell of a Christian people, and a cowardly business for a nation that's a boasting of its bravery." The light of the conflagration had soon aieo away, anu our wanucicrs pursued their solitary road In darkness Ignorant of the country through which they passed, and uncertain of the point to which they tended. A full hour had gone by In this state of suspense. and Robinson had once more resolved to make a halt, and encamp his party In the woods. Before, however, he could put his design into execution, he was unexpectedly challenged, from the roadside, with the military demand?"Who goes there?' "Travelers." was the reply. "Where do you come front, and where are you golYtg?" "The first question I can answer." said Horse Shoe, "and that is, from Old Vlrglnny, a fortnight ago, but tonight from a tolerable snug lodging, where some onmanly fellows troubled our sleep. But as to where we're going, it's more likely you can tell that for us." "You are saucy, sir." '-"It's more than I meant to be." replied the sergeant. "Maybe you (nought have hearn of a man they call Bloody Spur?" "He has picked your pillows for you ?has he? Dick Peyton Is good at that," said a second questioner. Its tOBtKSO* utioiiary Struggle In ' t Carolina. * t KENNEDY. f e "Aha, comrades, I understand you now," said Horse Shoe, with alacrity, d "Dick Peyton and Bob Wingate both c; belone to vour Darty. Am I right? We v are friends to Marion." "And therefore friends to us," said t the patroie. "Your name, sir, and the h number you have in company?" p "Take us to the general, and we will d answer that," replied Horse Shoe, a "The Tories have set upon Wlngate's v house and burnt it to the ground. It's s like we may be able to tell something s worth hearing at headquarters. Your c man Bloody Spur gave us in charge to a report him, and to say that he would t soon follow upon our track. I wonder f [that he isn't here before now." e "I will remain," sai? one of the sol- c diers to his companion; "you shall take s charge of the travelers." v The trooper accordingly turned his t< horse's head and commanded Horse w Shoe and his party to follow. The scout conducted our adventurers p along a by-road that led round the tl head of a marsh and through several tl thickets which, in the darkness of the li night, were penetrated with great dlf- g Acuity; during this ride he interrogated Horse Shoe as to the events of t< the late inroad of the Tories. He and his c comrade had been stationed upon the it path where the sergeant encountered them, to direct the outriding parties of b his corps to the spot of Marlon's en- d campment, the policy of this wary officer being to shift his ntation so fre- s quently as almost equally to defy the d search of friend and foe. Peyton and fi Wingate were both expected; and the li trooper who remained behind only waited to conduct them to the com- e< mandlng officer, who had, since the v disappearance of daylight, formed a a bivouac in this neighborhood. Marion's custom was to order his reconnoitring parties to return to him by designated o roads, where videttes were directed to repair in order to Inform them of his rl position.?a fact which, as his move- d inents were accomplished with wonderful celerity and secrecy, they were gen- " erally unable to ascertain in any other S way. I At length, emerging from the thicket, and crossing what seemed, by the \ plash of the horse's feet a morass, the "The Black River hawks are flying," n party under the guidance of the scout, b came upon a piece of thinly-timbered ii woodland, which, rising by a gentle b slope, furnished what might be called tl an island of dry ground, that seemed fi to be only accessible by crossing the s circumjacent swamp. Upon this spot o were encamped, in the rudest form of r< the bivouac, a party of cavalry, which might have amounted to two hundred h men. Several fires, whose ruddy glare h had been discerned for the last half sj mile of the journey, were blazing forth b from different quarters of the wood, n and threw a bold and sharp light upon o the figures of men and horses, impart- c< log a feature of lively, picturesque \\ beauty to the scene. The greater por- fi tion of the soldiers were stretched be- a neath the trees, with no other covering ? than the 1? afy bowers above them. The \\ horses were picketed in the neighborhood of their riders; and the confused p array of saddles, sabres, muskets, rifles, fi and other warlike Instruments, that were a hung upon projecting boughs, or leant p against the trunks, as they caught the V flashes of the frequent fires, seemed to be magnified in number equal to the n furniture of thrice the force. Sentinels h were seen pacing their limits on the s outskirts of this company, and small a bodies of patriots on horseback moved w across the encampment with the regu- fi larity of military discipline. Here and there, as if regardless of rest, or await- tl ing some soon-expected tour of duty, si small knots of men sat together amusing themselves, by torchlight, at cards, r and, more appropriately, others had e extended their torpid frames in sleep upon their grassy pallets and knapsack \ pillows. tl "We have seen war In its horrors" f iiVol'i I rnoi) \f ildi'od or* Invntiintarv 41 vivacity; "and here It Is In all Its ro- h rnance!" tl "Sister, I wish you were at home," f, said Henry, eagerly, "and Steve and I c had the Rangers on this lield tonight, h I would undertake to command a pick- r et with any man here!" h To Horse Shoe these were familiar p scenes, and he could not comprehend p the source of that sudden Interest which had so vividly aroused the ad- p miration of his companions: but ask- f Ing the guide to conduct them Immedi- f ately to General Marion, he followed p the soldier across the whole extent of (j the bivouac, until they halted beneath a large tree, near which a few officers v were assembled. One of this group was seated on the ground; and close ;t by him. planted in the soil, blazing s pine-fagots Hung a broad light upon a saddle, the Hap of which the officer had converted, for the occasion, into a t writing desk. a "Make way for a squad of travelers J picked up on the road tonight," said a the scout in a loud voice. "They wish a to see Ge teral Marion." t In a moment our party was sur- 1 rounded by the officers; and Horse Shoe, unceremoniously dismounting, s addressed the person nearest to him,? > "A lady, sir. from Virginia, that I i started with from her father's house, to % fetch to ParnlInn hilt who has been i most audaciously unhoused and unbed- I ded in the very middle of the night by ^ a hellish pack of Tories." i "My name is Lindsay, sir," said Hen- t ry. riding to tlie front; "my sister and t myself were traveling south, and have * been obliged to fly, tonight, before a f detachment of horse-stealers." > "From Bob Wingate's," said Horse t Shoe, "as I should judge some six < miles back. I want to report to Gen- > eral Marion; the lady, likewise, is tired, as she has good right to be." The officer to whom this was ad- t dressed, directed a soldier to seek General Marion, and then approaching I Mildred said,? "Madam, we can promise but little iccommodatlon suitable to a lady; the rreenwood tree is but an uncouth restng place; but what we can supply shall be heartily at your service." "I feel sufficiently thankful," replied Vlildred, "to know that I am In the lands of friends." "Sister, alight," said Henry, who low stood beside her stirrup, and ofter>d his hand; and In a moment Mildred vas on her feet. The officer then conducted her to a jank, upon which a few blankets were hrown by some of the soldiers In atendance. "If this strange place does lot alarm you *' he said, "you may perlaps find needful repose upon a couch ven as rough as this." You are very Kind," replied mhIred, seating herself. "Brother, do not [Uit my side," she added, In a low oice: "I feel foolishly afraid." But a few moments elapsed before he light of the torches, gleaming upon lis figure, disclosed to Mildred the apiroach of a person of short stature and lelleate frame, In whose step there was singular alertness and rapidity. He k'ore the blue and buff uniform of the taff, with a pair of epaulets, a buckkin belt, and broadswords. A three ornered cocked-hat, ornamented with buck-tail, gave a peculiar sharpness 0 his naturally sharp and decided eatures; and a pair of small, dark yes twinkled in the firelight, from a ountenance originally sallow but now warthy from sun and wind. There ras a conspicuous alacrity and couresy In the gay and chivalrous tone In hlch he Accosted Mildred,? "General Marlon, madam, is too hapy to have his poor camp honored by he visit of a lady. They tell me that he Tories were so uncivil as to break 1 upon your slumbers tonight. It adds reatly to my grudge against them." "I have ventured," said Mildred, "lno the field of war, and It does not beome me to complain that I have met s vicissitudes." "Gallantly spoken, madam! May I e allowed to know to whom I am inebtcd for the honor of this visit?" "My name is Lindsay, my father reIdes at the Dove Cote In Virginia; uner the protection of my brother and a rlend, I left home to travel Into Carona." "A long Journey, madam," interruptd Marlon; "and you have been sadly exed tonight, I learn. We have a rude nd unquiet country." "My sister and myself," said Henry, counted the chances before we set ut." "I would call you but an lnexpelenced guide sir," said the general, adressing Henry, and smiling. "Oh, as to that," replied the youth we have an old soldier with us?Horse hoe Robinson?hem?Stephen Foster, meant to say." "Horse Shoe Robinson!" exclaimed farion, "where is he?" "Mr. Henry Lindsay, general, and le," said the sergeant, bluntly, have eon practising a lie to tell the Tories, i case they should take us unawares; ut it sticks, you see, in both of our liroats. It's the true fact that I'm iorse Shoe himself. This calling me tephen Foster Is only a hanging out f false colors for the benefit of the ?d-coats and Tories, upon occasion." "Horse Shoe, good fellow, your and." said Marlon, with vivacity, "I ave heard of you before. Miss Linday, excuse me, if you please; I have uslness tonight which is apt impertiently to thrust itself between us and ur duty to the ladles. Richards," he ontinued, addressing a young officer ho stood near him, "see if you can nd some refreshment that would be eceptable to the lady and her brother, torse Shoe, this way; I would speak ith you." Marion now retired towards the lace where the writing materials were rst noticed, and entered into an exmination of the sergeant, as to the articulars of the recent attack upon Hngate's cabin. Before Robinson had finished his arratlve of the events of the night, a orseman dashed up almost at full peed to the spot where Marion stood, nd. flinging himself from his saddle, hllst his horse stood panting beside lm. asked for the general. "How now, Bloody Spur! What's fie news?" demanded Marion, aid the soldier. "I have heard that already" interupted the chieftain. "Tell me what !ge." "I stayed long enough to secure Vlngate's cattle, and then set out for he river to cut loose the boats at the 'erry. I did it in good time. Four les followed close upon my heels, who ad been sent ahead to make sure of he means of crossing. The fellows ound me after my work was done, and hased me good three miles. They will ardly venture, general, to swim the Iver tonight, with all the thievery they ave in their hands; and I rather take t they will halt at the ferry till dayght." "Then that's a lucky cast, Dick Peyon." exclaimed Marion. "Ho, there! 'eters, wake up that snoring trumieter. Tell him to sound 'to saddle.' 'oine lads, up. Gentleman, to your ut ies!" Forthwith the trumpet sounded, and kith its notes everything asleep started rect. Troopers were seen hurrying cross the ground in rapid motion; onie hastily buckling on broadswords nd slinging their muskets; others quipping the horses; and everywhere orches were seen passing to and fro in ill the agitation of a sudden muster. Is soon as Marion had set this mass in iction, he repaired to Mildred, and in l manner that betokened no excitcnent from the general stir around him le said,? "I owe you an apology, Miss IJnday, for this desertion, which 1 am sure ou will excuse when you know that it s caused by my desire to punish the arlets who were so ill-mannered as to ntrude upon your slumbers. I hope, mwever. you will not be a loser by the vithdrawal of our people as I will take neasures to put you under the protecion of a good friend of mine, the wid?w of a worthy soldier. Mistress Rach 1 Markham, who lives but two miles rom this, and whose hospitable mandon will afford you a shelter more congenial to your wisiies than this broad innopy of ours. A guide shall b? eady to conduct you." "Your kindness, general," said Milired, "puts me under many obligaions." "Horse Shoe shall take a line of explanation to my friend," added Marion And now, madam, farewell," he said ! offering his hand. "And you Master > or Mister Henry, I don't know which? you seem entitled to both?good night, ' my brave lad; I hope, before long, to hear of you figuring as a gallant solI dler of Independence." "I hope as much myself," replied Henry. ? Marlon withdrew, and by the time that he had prepared the letter and put I It Into Horse Shoe's hands, the troops were In line, waiting their order to . march. The general mounted a splrlts ed charger, and galloping to the front of his men, wheeled theip Into column, II and, by a rapid movement, soon left | Horse Shoe and his little party, attend i ed by one trooper who had been left as a guide, the only tenants of this lately so busy scene. The change seemed almost like enchantment. The fires and many, torches were yet burning, but all was still, except the distant murmur of the receding troops, which grew less and less until, at last, there reigned the silence of the native forest. Our travelers waited, almost without exchanging a word, absorbed In the contemplation of an Incident so novel to Mildred and her brother, until the distant tramp of the cavalry could be no longer heard; then, under the direction of the guide, they set out for the residence of Mrs. Markham. CHAPTER XLII. y The day had Just begun to dawn as our party, under the guidance Cf Marion's soldier, were ferried across the Pedee, on the opposite bank of which river lay the estate and mansion of Mrs. Markham. The alarms and excitements of the past night had caused to stimulate the frame of Mildred and she now found herself sinking under the most painful weariness. Henry had actually fallen asleep as he sat upon the gunwale of the ferry boat, and rested his head against the sergeant's shoulder; the whole party were overcome with the lassitude that is so distressing, at this hour of dawning, to all persons who have spent the night In watching; and even the sergeant himself, to the influences of fatigue and privation the most inaccessible of mortals, and by fate or fortune the most unmalleable occasionally nodded his head, as if answering the calls of man's most welcome visitor. It was, therefore, with more than ordinary contentment that our travelers, when again mounted, were enabled to descry, In the first light of morning a group of buildings seated upon an eminence about a mile distant, on the further side of the cultivated lowland that, stretched along the southern margin of the river. The guide announced that this was the point of their destination, and the intelligence encouraged the party to accelerate the speed with which they Journeyed over the plain. When they arrived at the foot of the hill, the character of the spot they were approaching was more distinctly developed to their view. The mansion encompassed by a tuft of trees that hung their broad and ancient limbs above its roof, was of the best class of private dwellings, old and stately in its aspect, and exhibiting all the appendages that characterized th? seat of a wealthy proprietor. It was constructed entirely of wood, in accordance with a notion that prevailed at that period, no less than at the present, that a frame structure was best adapted to the character of the climate. It occupied the crest of a hill which commanded a view of the river with its extensive plains; whilst, in turn, it was overlooked by the adjacent tract of country bearing the name of the Cheraw Highlands. As the party ascended this eminence. Henry, in the eager and thoughtless satisfaction of the moment, nut his bugle to his mouth and continued to blow with all his might, deaf to the remonstrances of his sister, who was endeavoring to explain that there was some want of courtesy In so abrupt a challenge of the hospitality of the family. The blast was Interrupted by Horse Shoe's laying his hand upon the instrument, as he gave the indiscreet bugler a short military lecture ? "You might fetch trouble upon us. Mister Henry; this here screeching of horns or trumpets Is sometimes a sort of bullying of a garrison; and if an enemy should happen to be on post here?as. God knows, is likely enough in such scampering wars as these, why you have set the tiling past cure; for it Is cutting off all chance of escape, just as much as If the people had been ordered 'to horse.' It leaves nothing for us but to brazen it out." An old negro was first startled by the summons, and appeared for a moment at the door of one of the outbuildings, evincing, as he looked down the road upon the approaching cavalcade, manifest signs of consternation. After a hrief glance, he was seen to retreat across the yard to the door of the mansion house, where he fell to beating at it with as much earnestness as if giving an alarm of fire, shouting at the same time, "Lord bless us, mistress! here is a whole riglment of sodgers coming to turn everything topsyturvy. Get up, get up?open the door!" "Stop your bawling, you stunted black-jack!" said Robinson, who had galloped up to the spot, "and none of your lies. Is the lady of the house at home?" A window was thrown un. at the same moment. In an upper story, and a female head, decorated with a nightcap, was thrust out, whilst a voice, tremulous with affright. Inquired what was the cause of this disturbance; but before an answer could be given the head was withdrawn, and the door opening, discovered a youth scarcely In appearance over sixteen, with a loose robe thrown around his person and a pistol in his hand. "Who comes here, and with what purpose?" was the question firmly put by the young man. "Friends," said Horse Shoe?"sent to the good lady by General Marion. Sori ry. sir, to be the occasion of such a ? rumpus. But this here young lady has traveled all night and is most dead with hardships." Mildred, who with the rest of the i company had now arrived near the door, was about to speak, when the questioner retired, calling the negro I after him into the house. In a moment ! the servant returned with Mrs. Markham's compliments to the party, and a request that they would alight. "Then all's well," said Horse Shoe, dismounting, and immediately afterwards lifting Mildred from her saddle, . "a friend In need, madam, is the great, est of God's blessings. I make no doubt you will find this as snug a nest as I you ever flew into In your life." ' "And, good sergeant, most specially ] welcome," replied Mildred, smiling In i the midst of all her pain, "for In truth i I never was so weary." < The guide, having now performed his I duty, announced that he must return 1 to his corp: and, after a few cheering < words of kind remembrance from Mil- 1 dred, coupled with a message of thanks a Moi?I a? ko o Knut onH (T(\ 1 _ \ loped back towards the river. Mil- 1 dred and Henry entered the house, and ] the sergeant, taking' command of Isaac, i followed the horses towards the sta- j ble. The brother and sister were ushered 1 Into an ample parlor, comfortably furnished according to the fashion of the wealthier classes of that dayf and Mildred as she threw herself upon a capacious sofa, could not fall to recognize In the formal portraits that were suspended to the panelled walls, that she was In the dwelling of a family of some pride of name and lineage. \ After a short Interval, the proprietress of the mansion entered the parlor. She was a lady of a kind and gentle; aspect, apparently advanced be- r yond ihe middle period of life; and her s features, somewhat emaciated, gave a sign of feeble health. She was attired ( In dishabille hastily thrown on; and there was some expression of alarm in the unreserved and familiar manner with which she approached Mildred, 1 and Inquired Into the nature of this early Journey. r "I hope no unhappy accident, my c dear, has driven you at this unusual ' hour to my poor house? You are [ heartily welcome. I fear to ask what c brought you." * "My brothe;- and myself, madam," s said Mildred, "have had a most adven- c turous night. This letter will explain. General Marlon was so kind as to com- 1 mit us to your hospitality." The lady took the letter and read It. 1 "Miss Lindsay, my child, I am truly 1 happy to serve you. Ycu hav^had an v awful night, but these times' make us 1 acquainted w.th strange afflictions. 1 This young g'-ntlemun, your brother, fi is he your only attendant?" v Mildred begun to communicate the 1 details of her Journey, when she was r Interrupted by her hostess. 11 "I will not trouble you with ques- h tlons, now. m> dear. You must have ' sleep; I dread lest your health may ' suffer by this harsh exposure. After you have had rest, we will talk more 1 and become better acquainted. Judith," v continued the matron, addressing a v servant maid, who had Just entered the a room, "attend this lady to a chamber. " Mr. Henry Lindsay, I believe?so Gen- f oral Marlon calls you?my son Alfred a shall take you In charge." a With these words the good lady left ^ the room, and In an Instant after re- r turned with the youth who had first v appeared at the door. Upon being Introduced by his mother to the guests, d he lost no time In obeying her orders s In regard to'Henry,-whom he had con- ' ducted out of the room at the same 1 moment that Mildred followed the ser- 5 vant towards a chamber. r The entire day was spent by our par- f ty In recruiting their strength, towards ? which needful care the hospitable host- " ess contributed by the tenderest attentions. On the following morning. Mildred, although refreshed by the a slumbers of the long Interval, still exhibited the traces of her recent fatigue, 1 and upon the earnest recommendation of Mrs. Markham, seconded by the almost oracular authority of Horse J1 Shoe?for the sergeant had greatly ' won upon the respect of his companI Ions by his prudence and discretion? she determined to remain another day * in her present resting place. Mrs. Markham was the widow of a Carolina gentleman who had borne the rank of a colonel In the Whig militia, and had been actively employed. In ? the earlier stages of the war, In the southern provinces. He had fallen in an unfortunate skirmish with some of Prevost's light troops, on the Savannah v river, some sixteen months before; and N his widow, with three daughters and no a other male protector than an only son. u was now. In this season of extreme 1 peril, residing upon a large estate, c which the evil fortune of the times had 1 made the theatre of an eventful and v active desultory war. She had been exposed to the most cruel exactions froirfthe Tories, to whom her posses- 1 slons were generally yielded up with a ^ passive and helpless, submission; and 1 the firmness with which, In all her dlf- * Acuities, she had adhered to the cause for which her husband fell, had gained for her the generous sympathy of the * wmg leant rs anu mure man uin.<; stimulated them tt? enterprises, in her * behalf, that were followed by severe x chastisenn nt upon her enemies. These 1 circumstances had given extensive no- ' toriety to her name, and drawn largely u upon her the observation of both friend and foe. To Marion, who hovered upon 8 this border more like a goblin than a *' champion whose footsteps might be 1 tracked, her protection had become a 1 subject of peculiar interest; and the 8 Indefatigable soldier frequently started ^ lip in her neighborhood when danger 8 was at hand, with a mysterious form of opposition that equally defied the cal- 1 culations of Whigs and Tories. The lady was still In her weeds, and ^ grief and care had thrown a pallor upon her cheek: but the watchfulness Imposed upon her by the emergencies of the day, her familiarity with alarms, and the necessity for constant foresight ; and decisive action, had Infused a cer- j tain hardihood Into her character, that is seldom believed to be,?but yet in the hour of trial u.terrlngly exhibits ' itself?an attribute of the female bosom. Her manners were considerate, kind, and fraught with dignity. She was the personation of a class of matrons that?for the honor of our country and of the human race?was not ( small in its numbers nor upon trial un- N worthy of its fame, in the sad history 1 Ul I fit* .SUIUM'llIK^ V/atuiiuu. The evening of the day on which ? Mildred arrived at the mansion brought ' rumors of a brilliant exploit achieved ' by Marion; and more circumstantial 5 accounts on the following morning confirmed the good tidings. The alert partisan had fallen upon the track of the ' freebooters who had been marauding on the confines of North Carolina, and ( whose incursion had expelled our trav- v elers from Wlngate's cabin. Marion | had overtaken them before sunrise, on ' the bank of the Pedee, where they had j been detained by reason of Peyton's successful removal of the boats. A short but most decisive combat was ? the consequence, and victory, as she was wont, had seated herself upon Marion's banner. The chieftain and his followers had, as usual, disappeared, ind the whole country was in a state >f agitation and dread; the one side fearing a repetition of the blow In some unlooked-for quarter, the other alarm;d by the expectation of quick and bloody reprisal. These events still more contributed to fortify Mildred's resolution to remain another day under the shelter of Mrs. Markham's friendly roof, before <he would venture forth In the further prosecution of her journey. Here, for the present, we must leave ler. TO BE CONTINUED. ittioccUancou? heading. HOW TO FLY TO THE POLE. Walter Wellman Telle of Hie Plane and Hopec. Walter Wellman, the newspaper corespondent and arctic explorer, who Is toon to make a dash for the north pole , n the largest dirigible balloon that has ver been designed, was the guest of lonor the other night of the New York dotor club at Its smoker held In the iotel Wellington, says the New York rimes. Mr. Wellman recently returned from Paris, where he made arrangenents with Louis Godard, the builder ?f the Labaudy airship and other fanous balloons, to construct the 160 oot airship with which he will try to llscover the pole, starting from Spitz?ergen. He related for the first time lome of the details and hopes of his omlng arctic Journey. "I am no enthusiast, no hero," said dr. Wellman after his Introduction by L H. Johnston, "and I have no desire o reach the north pole without a reurn ticket and a chance to use It. It cas three years ago that I conceived he Idea of getting to the pole through he air. I studied the problem of the ;as 1 iHated balloon; but, although I ias younger and more reckless, I came o the conclusion that It was not for nine. Then Andree came along and ised It, with the result that he and his irave companions lost their lives, beng at the mercy of every gust of wind n the arctic regions. "My two previous trips Into the arclc zone have made me well acquainted kith the conditions and the customary kinds. Taking zero as'the most favorble state of the winds and 100 as the naxlmum of the most difficult, I have Igured that, according to the law of iverages, I ought not to encounter ' inythlng worse than an average of 75. Vith that it Is possible to reach the >ole. With 60 it Is still easier, and 1 kith 50 more or less it is all right. "My airship has been designed on a llfferent principle from all preceding hips of this character. It is not built or speed. It Is to make from twelve o fifteen statute miles an hour, and ,500 pounds of gasoline will be carled as fuel. This will drive the ship or a distance of 1,700 miles, requiring .bout 140 hours. The distance from Ipltzbergen to the pole is estimated at ,200 miles, so I will be provided with 0 per cent more carrying force than is .bsolutely necessary. "The balloon will be propelled by wo motors one of fifty horsepower and he other of twenty-five horsepower, ilven the best motors fail, and 1 would lot risk the lives of my four compant>ns with only one engine. The carryng capacity of the balloon will be 16,00 pounds. It will be ten times larger han the famous Santos-Dumont ship ,nd nearly twice as large as the Leaudy airship. "You perhaps may ask how I am gong to get back, as the airship will not 1 arry enough fuel to come entirely lome by it. Well, I am now having iuilt in Paris and America two exper- ! nu ntal motor sledges. Each will relgh from 210 to 215 pounds. They 1 illl be equipped with small engines ,nd will only carry the two persons pi rating them. One has recently been : ested in Europe, and the other in this ountry will be tried in a few days. If hey succeed I will take perhaps three rith me. "One difficulty is In going from a riven to a mathematical point; but laving arrived at the north pole, we lave this advantage, all the winds low to the south. Sailing with the rinds, our ship might be carried to 1 Jlberia, and, although I have no love j or that country, it would mean safey. We might reach Greenland or 'ranz Josef Land, where I left a large 1 took of supplies on my last trip. Any- 1 vhere on land Is safety, and with hi so motor siedges we can reach civ- 1 fixation. If they fall I shall have to ' ise the arctic dog sledge. "I accept the entire responsibility if my mistake occurs. The best French 1 eronauts and students have agreed hat the plan is feasible, but many loubt Its success. The final decision to .dopt this method was mine, and any ilame will attach to no one but my elf. No one knows of how much or of low little value the discovery of the lorth pole will be. One opinion Is as ;ood as another. The scientific spirit Is o go and find out and discuss it aftercard. a.id thut is all that I hope to do." Quinine, Dri'o Ln Most Demand.? iVhen a Chestnut street drug store ilerk was asked recently what the Irug in greatest general demand was ?e replied: "Well, If you cut out the oilet preparations and lotions, some >f which might fairly be called drugs, t's quinine, which is far ahead of all he rest. "Some people take it all the time, tnd nearly all others take it on specal occasion and we hand out more if it than anything else. The people vho take it regularly find it a tonic. In reality it's not only that, but a itlmulant, and, of course, when used hat way it has its bad effects. The ast time I heard the figures this coun ry was using more than 100 tons a fear, and It's certainly no less now. "Most people think of South Amerca as the source of the main supply >f quinine, but it isn't. There Is vhere it was originally found, but Host of that now on the market omes from India, Ceylon and Java. Mime experiments are being made to rrow the cinchona tree in our south rn states, but so far they don't imount to much." ? Philadelphia Record. fcf A tramp works hard trying to ivoid work. AFRICA'S UNREST. cl Ci England May Have to Reckon With an h Uprising of Natives. We do not think too much impor- a tance should be attached to the present native trouble in Natal. So far ^ as the facts appear, the disturbances a, would seem to be isolated and Incon- ^ siderable. A poll tax has been re- lr cently Introduced Into that colony to n supplement the hut tax, and Is levied a] upon the young bloods of the tribe lr who have kraals of their own. ft, About fourteen miles from Pletermarltzburg there is a small settle- p ment of Christianized Kaffirs be- T longing to the Mvells tribe, who an- ^ nnii nnnH thalr IntanHnn r\f roolaHnff the new levy. Accordingly, when on Friday week a detachment of Natal A police were sent to collect It, some ^ forty natives ambushed the party, jr and In the fight which followed an cj Inspector and a trooper were killed p( and another Inspector was wounded. h The rest made their escape, martial law was proclaimed, and the followIng day a strong force of Natal Carblneers went out to find the murder- n' ^rs, who had fled to the difficult bush 88 country around the source of the Unkomas river. Imperial troops were offered from the Transvaal to r| supplement the resources of the local authorities. The other native tribes 88 have remained quiet and the Mvells re chief has volunteered to assist in the I11 18 capture of the offenders, who are ^ said not to exceed fifty In number. .So far the trouble seems nothing pi more than a violent breach of the peace by a few unruly natives. The Z? only sinister facts In the case are that ^ the Mvells are Christianized, and apparently under the influence of the Ethiopian movement. Hitherto It had been believed that Natal was almost exempt from all ill-omened propaganda, but If rumor speaks true, it shows that It has wider rami- ^ llcations than was supposed, and is capable of stirring its votaries to ^ active rebellion. a The Importance of the event is the light It casts on the position of the ^ white population In South Africa. We think and speak of the sub-conti- n< nent as a "white man's country;" 0 and so it is If we look at Its capacity C for supporting a prosperous white or race. But on the facts at the moment 'n the whites are a small settlement in ( the midst of a dense native popula- 01 tlon. If such a population should combine to rise against their white pi masters, obviously the risk of anni- ly filiation would be of the gravest. Na- 81 tal perhaps Is in the worst position. ?* She has no Imperial troops and her hl active militia do not exceed 3,500 pi men. The task of garrisoning towns t,( and villages, quite apart from that of conducting operations in the field, w would be beyond her power. She 111 nas a purely native population of ra over 900.000, exclusive of Indians and ai colored people, while the white race does not exceed some 97,000, or about pl one-tenth of the whole. Elsewhere U1 In South Africa- the disproportion- If ai not equally great, is yet more re- w markable. In Cape Colony three- nl fourths are colored and three-fifths a are pure Kaffirs. In the Orange Rlver Colony the natives are twice the number of whites. In the Transvaal ^ the proportion Is three to one, In w Rhodesia fifty to one. Then we have llthe natlv e reserves of Swaziland, Basutoland and the Bechuanaland Protectorate, where the white population is about 3,000 all told and the M native population more than 550,000. Nor can we omit, In considering the strategical features of the situation, ^ the natives in the German and Portu- ea gese possessions, who number at least 2.000,000. In South Africa, therefore, se south of Zambese, the nations may tr be taken as outnumbering the fQ whites by fllce to one. If there <j should rise a leader among this vast 8V pople, or if some commomn grlev- so ance against their white masters in should coerce them Into unity, w, it is hard to see what could save South African civilization except a ex long and terrible extermination of gC the malcontinents. ea Those who take a hopeful view of th the situation base their argument on fo two grounds?the distance in space a from one blank space to another and B< the strongly marked racial differ- th ences. In Cape Colony the bulk of the la natives are segregated In the Tran- w< skeian territories, and elsewhere they fe are mere knots of farm laborers and wi squatters. Basutoland Is separated from Bechuanalanu by some nun- jo J red of miles and from Rhodesia by he a thousand. In the Transvaal the na- ra lives live for the most part in re- hi serve at great distances from each th other. Swaziland, Basutoland and ex Zululund are the only important na- th live centers, and they are command- he ed strategically by the white districts. Si In the second place it is argued that race hatred Is as strong between na- v? lives as it can be between black and bj white. Ever since Tchaka used his th Zulu imps to scatter the old popula- pi tions of the veld there has been an C< abiding distrust between tribe and sil tribe. The Swazl has no dealings dl with the Basuto; the Cape Colony w< Kafiirs have nothing in common with the Matabele; the tribes of the at northern Transvaal are despised by gr the Zulus. In case of a tribal upris- tr Ing it is maintained, it would be easy wi to keep the other tribes quiet and so Ct isolate the offenders. It is further kt pointed out that In many parts of the bl country the natives are without fire th arms, and that the assegias and knob- wl kerrles which were so deadly fifty sn years ago, would stand small chance against modern weapons of precision, th however few the white defenders, ca Further, long years of peace have de- ar "Oni-uii ?nvc in Basutoland. any mil- I itary organization, and the decay of in hunting has deprived the native of his I veldt-craft and hardihood. All this is true, but none the less there are forces gc at work which seem to us to weaken cc these various securities. Civilization m is by Its own method endangering it- w self. The need of labor Is making the native travel far and wide, and by ui this means native races are acquiring a new solidarity. The Swazl frater- ^ nizes with the Zulu In the compounds of Johannesburg, and old race quarrels are being forgotten. Tribal fights, b] which were of every day occurrence 8,1 on the Kand ten years ago, are now jjj few and Insignificant. Further, what w education the native gets tends to break down his tribal prejudices, i while It does not weaken those of his pi lass and color. His power of secret ommunicatlon over great distances as always been the wonder of his eighbors, and now if he wishes he as the resources of civilization to Id him. We are no alarmists and do not elieve seriously in the likelihood of ny general organized native rising; ut at the same time It is worth pointig out that too much reliance must ot be placed on distances of space nd tribal jealousies. The years will levitably consolidate native feeling, nd it is our business to seek other ifeguards. The most important at resent Is our military superiority, he native is declining as a fighting tan, and must continue to decline. 7e have never raised native regitents, as we have done elsewhere in frlca, and in a country so situated was a wise refusal. A native ristg would be a war of ill-organized vllians against a strong military ower. No doubt there might be orrlble atrocities here and there be>re help could arrive, but it Is dlfcult to believe that the thing could ot be checked before it grew into trlous war. The second fact is that lere is no ground to assume that le natives will rise unless we outige their sense of justice, or suffer lem to become the phey of some inine propaganda. This is a very good >ason for being careful about our itive policy, for the native question , after all, the most intricate and te most permanent of South African roblems. Hitherto we have acted, i the whole, wisely. We have enfavored to maintain tribal organlitions under our protection while le authority of the chief was still point. Kaffir is familiar with the idea ' a Paramount, and is contented to id security and prosperity under ir aegis. But already the reserves re becoming overcrowded, the power ' the chiefs is on the wane, and it is te more or less detriballzed Kaffirs ho will be our difficulty in the fuire. A smattering of education ,and nominal profession of Christianity ill not keep him out of mischief, ir it must be remembered that the itlves whom the Natal police are oklng for are by way of being hristianlzed. In the long-run the lly safeguard is to give him a share a higher civilization. By this we ) not mean the political franchise, any such expedient. White must rule "black for the nttfl f krt SAAVIAS tVtio til frOtllr. CUCI1I, auu ilic OVVI1CI Vina BO ii uiin~ recognized the better. But we can ve- him an interest in the prosperity ! the country by fitting him to take ? place in our social fabric. .By a oper system of technical Instrucon we can offer him an industrial dure; we can educate him in the ants of civilization and give him the ean's of supplying them; we can tise his whole standard of comfort id self-respect. And at the same me we must protect him against exoitatlon by double .fanatics, whether nder the guise of EthlopflMNRr,' or ly such creed. The decaying tribes ill not be united by a military geus, but they may come together for dangerous moment under the faience of some crazy faith. It is our ity to protect the uncivilized against ie dangers of this status, and meanhile to do all in our power to raise ?London Spectator. ^ FORTUNE IN FI8H BAIT. sine Man Retires on Money Made By Raising Earthworms. By far the most popular bait for all nds of fishing in Maine is living .rthworms, which have the odor of e ground about them and. which em to be choice tidbits, not only for out and landlocked salmon, but also r pickerel, perch, black bass and, fated, every species of food fish that k-ims in fresh water. As the Maine 11 is deficient in humus and lacking decaying vegetable matter, angleorms are not plentiful. More than ten years ago, says an ichange, Carl Beers, a florist of Ban>r, went into the business of rearing rthworms for the purpose of selling em to the local fishermen, as well as r shipment to Boston. He imported breed of dark purple worms from >lgium, which were prolific breeders, ough coarse and strong flavored, and ter he secured a box of giant angle arms from India. In the course of a w years he was able to supply live arms by the million to his customers. Those shipped to Boston were sold In b lots for 75 cents a pound. To the ime customers he sold worms of avege size for 10 cents a dozen. Though s greenhouse was a small one, and ough his trade In flowers was never itenslve, he made money rapidly from e sale of worms, until last year, when > retired and went to his old home In veden a wealthy man. Sidney Cooke of Presque Isle, the In>ntor of several diving appliances used r men who work in deep waters, was e next man to attract attention as a ibllc benefactor In the bait line. Mr. >ok says his invention was made posble through having watched the Inans of Canada when they" sought arms for bait. "All earth worms come to the surface night," said he, "and feed on the asses and rotting leaves near the enance to their burrows. While the arms were busy eating, the Indians of tnada had a habit of dragging a blant with Its under side smeared with rd lime along the surface of the land, us picking up the fat worms, together 1th sticks and lumps of earth and nail pebbles. "After dredging the land for a time e Indians carried the blanket to the ,mp, picked off the worms and added lother coating of bird lime. Though have been praised very much for my ventlon, it is not mine by rights, as guinea me iaea irom inuiaus. "The only change I have made Is to > out with a light giving forth a violet ilor and allowing It to shine for a few lnutes upon the land to be visited Ith the smeared blanket. Most tights ighten earthworms and drive them iderground, which is the reason why ley feed In the dark, but a light that irries a blue or a violet blue shade ems to soothe the creatures and akes them careless of danger. "Or perhaps the worms are hypnotised r the strange glare and cannot get vay. That is the way a dash lamp :ts upon deer at night, and I think a ?er should know as much as an angleorm." 69" A little taffy is apt to make silly rople appear stuck up.