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I ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ISSUED SEMI-WEEKL^^ l. m. orist's sons'. Pnbiiihers. } % Jfamilg Jfeursgaper: Jar ihe promotion of the political, Social. Agricultural and ?ontmetrial Interests of the fJeople. {"^SwA'nA!i?!2??at ESTABLISHED 1855. - YORKVILLE, sTc., TCTE9DAY, FEBRUARY 1'4, 1907. ~ NO. 13. ??^?fc? * / ? A Romance of the A t By W. GILM( CHAPTER XXIV. "The game is lo6t. and needless to pursue, i I Through such a waste, In such a ( night as this," The course of Singleton lay for "The Oaks." He was about to pay a part- j lng visit, and to seek, if possible, to persuade his uncle to set forth with < ^ him for the Santee, with whatever ( force might have been procured by him from among his neighbors. This ( was, indeed, htt only opportunity. He I had arrested one courier, it is true; i but others must succeed in giving to i Corn wall Is the important intelligence I which, for the present, he had stayed. ! The movement of Cornwallls towards i CJsniden, in compliance with the nec- ! essity of the case, and Rawdon's sollc- ' itatlons, would have the effect of l breaking up communication through- .< out the intervening country, and niak- I lng any effort to pass it dangerous to i r the partisan. This was a consideration < wnicn ne neLr?sttriij vuikiuucu influence Colonel Walton's conduct; and the opportunity of passing at Nelson's. now filled with Marion's men, jf was one not to be disregarded. His I hopes were, that his uncle would carry with him a decent number of sturdy fellows Into the camp of the continentals. Nor was this hope an unreasonable one. Colonel Walton, though slow In taking up the cause of his country, had. at last, set heartily about It. By his earnestness and Industry. since his determination had f been made to resume his arms, he strove to appease his conscience, and do away with any reproach that might have been due to his past forbearance. He had made some progress with his recruits, and was night and day Indefatigable. He rode through his neighborhood among all sorts of people, and played his game with skill and coolness. He knew that Proctor watched him. and he was circumspect accordingly. Rut, though cautious, he did not relax. In the little Interval which followed his resolve to come out, and the moment under our view, he had secured some twenty pledges?pledges ^ of stout, honest woodsmen?men who had been chafed by the Insolence of their oppression, borne down by wrongs, and were Impatient for redress. He was now, even while Sin^ gleton rode with his attendant towards the river, engaged In close council with a little band at Johnson's house, on fane Acre, to whom h?* was successfully urging such considerations as did not fall. In the end. to effect the object he desired. Let us there leave him. for the present, and return to the camp at Bacon's Bridge. With the close of day, Humphries made his preparations for moving to the Cypres* in ooeaience to me com- ^ mand of Singleton. The horses were I saddled quickly, the arms prepared. < the surplus baggage put upon pack- i horses, the prisoners were mounted, and all appearance of a camp broken i > up In that quarter. The prisoners e were placed under the Immediate sur- < velllance of Davis, who brought up i the rear of the troop. 1 The custody of Hastings placed the \ rivals In a novel sort of relationship to one another; and the sturdy Goose > Creeker did not feel less of his bitter- i ness of spirit because he was compell- \ ed to suppress Its utterance. His old I love for Bella Humphries grew active s with the feeling of jealousy which the i presence of the sergeant necessarily t provoked. He really loved the girl, i and his hate for the dragoon was. In < consequence, entirely without qualifl- < cation. He felt that he was getting i angry, as. while arranging the prison- i ers. his eye continually fell upon Hast- I Ings. But he knew and respected the i situation of the enemy too much to I give utterance to his feelings at large; t feelings which, ut the same time, were sufficiently evident to the eye of the i W dragoon. < He, on the other hand, conscious of I his danger, and apprehensive of pun- < Ishment corresponding to the out- i rageous character of his last offence. "| ? strove to be very conciliatory, and ad- : dressed some soothing and gracious I speech to his rival, as the latter approached him; but the other was not to be soothed In this fashion. A glance of contempt, mingled with hate, was the only response given to the obse quious remark of Hastings; and. In a few minutes after, when he could do i so unobserved, Davis came back to where his prisoner stood, and in a lowtone thus addressed him? "Look ye. Sergeant Hastings, there's ^ no love lost between us. and it's no use for you to make sweet speeches. You're in no fix to help yourself now; hut I've got sich a grudge agin you, that must be satisfied, and I'll be on the lookout, though it's agin orders, to * work a clear way for you out of this hobble, if so be you'll only promise to give me satisfaction when I've done so. Say the word now that you will cross swords with me, if I help you to nn/1 Kotm'o mu hon/1 tin. I CirUI liuv iv. aim iicico iiij nuim ur on It. that you shall have a fair tight and free passage." "Well?but. Davis, my friend?" "No friend, if you please. I'm your deadly enemy, and If so he I can, as Ood shall help me. I'll cut your heart out of your hide, or there's no snakes." "Well, well?but I've no weapon." "I'll bring you one?only say the word," was the pertinacious and quick reply. Finding there was no ekcape. the sergeant readily enough closed with the terms, and Davis then promised to seek him out In the swamp, conduct him to a clear ground, and make the terms of fight equal between them. This done, he turned away from l the prisoner with something more of llght-heartedness than usual, as he ^ Anticipated the pleasure of that strife with his enemy which promised to revenge him for so many wrongs. The prisoners were soon all mount' ed. Goggle along with them, and so disposed as to ride between alternate files of the troopers. In this order they set forth for the recesses of the BTISAl merican Revolution DREHIMMN swamp, and a route was chosen b; Humphries which enabled him to kee| away from all beaten roads; the nec psslty still existing;, while in the neigh borhood of a superior force, for thi utmost caution, as the objects of th< partisan required security from obser vatlon even in preference to any sue cesses which so small a party migh obtain. It was not long before they began ti enter the swamp, and to meet wifl its obstructions. The twilight grad ually ceased to glimmer, the treei crowded more closely on the path, am the shades stalking about them inces santly grew incorporated Into hugi masses, from which the trees them selves were scarce distinguishable Then came the varieties of the swamp the black and stagnant puddle, thi slimy ooze, the decayed and prostrati tree, and the hanging vine swlnginj across the route. The night cami lown shortly after they had penetrat id the morass, and, though a cleai starlight evening, it was only nov ind then that glimpses could be ob tained of the pale and melancholj watchers suddenly peering down int< the openings of the trees overhead. A clnspr order of march was nov Imposed upon the troop, as, carefull: leading the way, Humphries guidet them through one little creek, an< ilong the banks of another. The eartl between the two parallel waters laj tolerably high, and formed a defile, a) t were, through which they contlnuet to move with'no other obstruction! than such as were presented by th< >ccaslonal morasses formed In th< ;urves of the creek, and the clos< trees, that suffered them to move onlj n single file. Only fairly In th< iwamp. Humphries had a tortsh lightid and carried by a trooper In fron vfth himself. This serving sufficienty to pick the path, though yielding n< isslstance to those who came after they were compelled simply to keej dose, and follow the leader. The lieutenant kept unrelaxlng watcl luring all this period, and the utmos >rder was observed during the proStress. His ear was keenly observam >f every sound that reached his ears though deceived by none of them. He ,vas skilled In woodcraft, and knew veil how to decoy the bird, and to derive the reptile, by his various imitations. At- this time, however, he >ermltted himself no exercise of hie lowers In this respect: but watchful n the highest degree, he gave his orlers briefly. In a low tone, and with>ut the employment of unnecessary vords. At Ienath the defile narrowed, the indergrowth thickened about the tree.' n luxuriant vegetation, and so darlvas the place that the figure of eact ndlvldual horse could only be made ?ut by the rider Immediately behlnc t. To the Instinct and better vlslor f the animals themselves the movenent was In great part left; the troop>r and his prisoner, alike, only taking :are not to fall far behind the steed ir idvance. This being the case, anc leedful of his charge?while Davis vas directed closely to watch and bring ip the rear?Humphries stationed himielf at the mouth of the defile, having irst led the way through which thej vere yet to pass. There, with upliftec torch. he numbered one by one th< steeds of all that came through anc passed before him; and In this waj vith a precaution which he considered he most complete that could be adopted. confidently thought that then ;ou!d be no risk of losing any of hi: prisoners. And Indeed, with the ordinary prisoner, the man only skilled t< right bulldog fashion, without Ingenuity, and solely relying upon hi! teeth, the precaution would have beer enough. But Goggle was not of this description. He had the gift, along with In lian blood, of Indian subtlety. He hat kept his course quietly and patientlj rt ith the rest, and there was no gloom no dulness, no flagging of spirits abou him. All was coolness In his mood tnd he knew his ground. He hac heard the orders of Humphries, read ily understood the route, and preparet to avail himself of circumstances ai they might occur in his favor. Then w.as a cry which the troops were heart to utter successively, as they advancet through a certain point of the defile the meaning of which he clearly enougl understood. A ragged pine had thrus an arm directly over the path, and s< low as to endanger the head of a tal man moving along too erectly. Th< cry of each rider, therefore, as hi passed under it. was to his immediate follower? "Stoop low!?heads down!" Goggle heard this cry before hi reached the obstruction. He cooll; prepared himself for a little scout j>rac tice?buttoned his jacket closely, am freed his feet from his stirrups as h proceeded. He did this without th slightest precipitation or impatience In order to accustom his horse to th relaxation of the bit. so that his move inent might not undergo any chang at the trying moment, he gradual!; yielded up the bridle, until the anlma failed entirely to feel its restraint upon his mouth: then, dropping th reins altogether as he heard the cry o his predecessor to "stoop," instead o doing so. he threw his arms upwards caught the overhanging branch firm ly with both hands, and with the ac tlvity of an ape. lifted himself falrl out of the saddle, and for a inomen swung in air. The horse passed fror under him, anil with his old habl' followed the lead to which he had bee accustomed. The succeeding steed ap prouched. doggie gave the cry, in th most measured language and as he di so he whirled himself over, out of th trooper's way. upon the top of th branch, where he sat with all a squir rel's sense of security. Here he remained in quiet as th troop proceeded. He knew the lengt of the defile, and could see in the dis tance ttie glimmering of the torch b which Humphries enumerated th troopers as they came forth from th * avenue: and as the rear of the part :? with Davis was at hand, he felt se cure that all would have passed hlr some time before his empty saddl would warn the lieutenant of his de parture. A moment after, the voice of Davis as he passed under the tree where th fugitive sat chuckling at his success apprised him of the proper time t commence his flight. The groun was free, and dropping from his perch the fugitive crossed the path, and tool the v. ater of the creek as soon as pos y sible, following its course towards th river for a brief space, then turnlni . aside and shrouding himself, whll still koeninir his onward way. in i e close-set forest of small sapling's. e Here he had scarcely entered whei . the alarm was given. The vlgllan . Humphries had discovered the absenc I of the prisoner, as the untrammelle* animal came forth from the defile. J a confused shouting, a rush as of om (j or more in search, reached the ears o . the fugitive; but he was safe, am s laughed at all pursuit, j The sounds finally died away; am . Goggle, who had lain quiet while th< e confusion lasted, now resumed hi . flight. Davis and some of the troop , ers had dashed back when the alarn . was given; but In the thick darknes; B which shrouded the region, there wa: s no prospect of retaking the prisone f so long as he kept silent. This wa: ? soon evident to Humphries, and, son ? and chagrined, he hurried on the prog r ress of the party, swearing vengeanci f against the Tory, his hostility to whon . naturally underwent due increase am ^ animation, as he found himself out , wltted by the subtle enemy in so sim pie a manner. Humphries got back t< r camp late at night without farther In f cldent, and without meeting with Sin j gleton, as the latter had proposed j They had taken different routes; an< , when the commander emerged fron f the swamp, he took the road back t( 3 the bridge, only accompanied by hii I youthful protege. He reached the riv 3 er just as the fugitive Goggle wai > about to emerge from the swamp. Th< ? laner ueuru m a uisianu; mc nci ? , the horse, a lay snug: bestde th< r road as they passed. The unobstructe< 5 starlight was now around them, am . he was enabled to distinguish theli t persons. He conjectured what woult be the route of Singleton, and he nov > beheld the opportunity of finding hi! , reward with the British, and of galm > Ing his revenge upon one, at least, o: his American enemies. Toil and fa > tigue were at once forgotten, fear wai I discarded from his mind; and, now running, now walking, with an Indlai t pertinacity of spirit, he took the di, rectest course leading to Dorchester. CHAPTER XXV. "Her words are so much music, caughi from heaven When clouds are parting, and the rosj eve Come to her sway." The hour was late when the Hall Breed reached the village. The sentries were all set, and Proctor had rer tired for the night; but, aware of th? value of his Intelligence, the fugitlv< - ftlft lint scruiile to disturb him. H? ' told his story at full, and had the sat1 Isfactlon to find that he told It to s 1 willing ear. Proctor at once proceedet ! to arm a party, and heading It himself ' prepared to surprise the rebel parti1 san In the quiet dwelling to whict * Goggle had seen him pursuing his way " The British major was the more will' Ing to move in this business now, thar 1 he otherwise might have been, as h< ' had been troubled with some doubt! 5 whether the suspicious attitude ol ' Colonel Walton had not already callec " for his attention. He was glad of ar ' opportunity, therefore, of proving hi! r alacrity in the cause, and making ' amends for what might be construec 1 into previous neglect. Something ol ' his stimulus to present action, ma> r also, not unjustly, be ascribed to th< ' jealous instincts which coupled Rob" ert Singleton with his fair cousin i We leave him. with a little troop ol ' half a score, getting into saddle, ant " about to move in the direction of "Th< 5 Oaks." Goggle remained behind, a " the suggestion of Proctor, who needet * not his assistance farther, and sav 1 that his fatigued condition craved foi immediate rest. I.et us now return to Singleton ant " his attendant. Having reaohed th< * neighborhood of "The Oaks," they tool ' the hack track leading to the river * which carried them immediately int< 1 the rear of the dwelling house. There * dismounting and carefully conceallnj * their horses in the brush, Singletoi " placed his pistols In his belt, and leav* Ing the boy in charge of the animals s with Instructions to watch closely - proceeded to the mansion. Proiul of the trust. Lance PramDtoi 1 promised his commander to watch well and approve himself a worthy sent! 1 nel. In a few moments the partisai t was once more treading the wel 1 known path covered with those gravi I guardians of a century, the spreadinf e and moss-bearded oaks, and on his wa; p to the presence of those well belove< 6 beyond all. and dearer to him thai the life-blood at his heart. Many min utes had not elapsed before he was a e the side of the frail and attenuate! y form of her. the sister and the play mate of his boyhood: feeble to pros ' tration, sustained by pillows, an* e scarcely able to turn upon him thosi e lovely eyes, still bright, and brighten - Ing to the last, as if the reluctant sou e had concentrated within all its heav - enward fires; and thence, though cling e ing still to mortality, was alread; y evolving some of that divine llglt 1 which it was so soon to he mingle* s with for ever. e "Dear, dear Emily!" he exclaimed f "my sister, my sweet sister!"?and hi f lips were pressed to her forehead and. though he strove hard for th - suppression, the tears gathered in hi - large sad eyes. Hers were the onl, y unclouded ones in the chamber. Gi t one side sat Kate Walton, while hi n aunt moved around the couch of th t, sufferer, heedful of all her wants. The; n too were in tears, and had evidently - before, this, been weeping. It was* i e scene for tears; in which smiles hai d been irreverent, and Joy and unbecom e ing and most impious intruder. e Yet. though the dying girl wept no - herself, and though her eye had In I that glorious effulgence which Is s e peculiarly the attribute of the victim t h the deadly form of disease under whlc - she labored, yet the brightness of he y glance was no rebuke to the tearful e ness of theirs. It was a high and holy e brightness; a deep expression, full of y divine speech, and solemnizing even - while it brightened with an aspect not n of the earth. The light might have e streamed from the altar, a halo from - heaven around the brow of Its most favorite apostle. s. She spoke to him of the commonest e affairs of life; yet she knew that death J, was busy at her heart. Whence was 0 this strength of mind?this confidence? d Is there, indeed, a moment before the ?, hour of dissolution when the mortal k Is vouchsafed communion, a close com. munion and converse with Its God. e Are there glimpses of the future from s which, at such moments, the sufferer e draws his hope, his consolation? It Is, A It must be so. The dim confine, the heavy earth, cannot always be around n us. The soul must sometimes employ t the wings of a divine prescience, and B shaking off human care with human j feeling, forget for a while the many 1 nalns. along with the humble pleas 1 - ? e urea, of humanity, and be only alive j to the Immortality of the future. The j dark mansions of the coming time, and the huge and high barriers which conj trol it, must then be thrown aside; e and faith and the pure spirit, in their s white garments, already on, must be . suffered to take a momentary survey , of the world which is to.be their own. ? But the spirit had come back to 3 earth, and now grew conscious of Hs r claims. . 3 "Dear, dear Robert!" she replied, as g she motioned to be free from those . caresses which he bestowed upon her; e and which, though studiously light and 1 gentle, were yet too much for a frame j spiritualising so fast; "you are come, . Robert, and with no 111 news. You . have no harshness on your brow, and - the vein is not swollen: and by this . I know you have not been engaged In . any war and violence. Is It not so?" He did not undeceive her, and supj pressed Carefully every allusion to his 1 late adventures: spoke of Indifferent 3 things, and encouraged In her that Idea g of the national peace, which, from a . hope, had already grown Into a cons stant thought within her mind. B "Oh. would that I could only hear f of It, Robert, ere I leave you! Could ? I know that you were safe, all safe, bej fore I die?you, dear aunt, and you, j sister, my more than sister?and you, r Robert, who have been to me father j and brother, and all, so long; would I could know this, and I should die happy?even with Joy! But death will have Its sting, I feel. In this. I shall f go to peace?I feel that: while all the strifes, and all the cares, the wounds, 3 and the dangers, will be left for you!" Her eyes now filled, as her earthly | sorrows were renewed. Her brother strove to console her In the usual commonplace. Alas! there is no language for such a time and occasion, but the euinmon-place and fruitless, and silence then Is the only fruitful ' speech. r "Fear not for us, dear Emily; and let not our afflictions fill your mind. Be calm on that subject; you have ^ pains and sufferings enough of your ' own, my dear sister, to keep you from nesiring any snare in ours. "I have no sufferings now, Robert: I have long ceased to have sufferings cf jny own. Have I not long survived ( the hope of life? have I not long labored to sustain myself against the coming and the fear of death? God be praised! for I think I have succeeded. These were my afflictions once, and they are now over. Yet I have sorrows not my own, and they are, that 1 must leave you to sorrows?griefs of an unnatuial time, and horrors that come with the disease, as it would seem, of nature. For war is her disease?her most pestilent disease. The sharp sword, the torturing scourge, the degrading rope, the pining and the piercing famine?these are the horrible accompaniments of war; and oh, brother, soldier as you are, when I leave you to the dangers of these, I carry with me all my human sorrows. I may die, but my soul must bear along with It those thousand fears which belong to my sympathies with vou." "Ah, too considerate of us, so unworthy such consideration!" was the exclamation of Kate beside her. "Do not. dear Emily, oppress yourself by ' reflections such as these. You leave * in tn nn fllfflrtiltles: for thouirh the country still be at war, yet our quarter ' is "free from its ravages; and though i under hostile control, it is still quiet, e and not now a dangerous one. We are all here at peace." 1 "Why seek to deceive me. Kate, when but a glance at Robert tells a differf ent story? Look at the sword by his 1 side?the pistols in his belt, and say " why they are there, if war be not around us?If there be no occasion for strife, and If he is not exposed to its dangers? You cannot persuade me 1 out of my senses, though In this I am quite willing that you should. - Would that it could be so? I would i not believe these truths if I could help 1 It." i "And you need not, Emily, my sister; ? for though there be war, and though I 7 may be engaged in it, yet the present 1 prospect Is, that it will soon be over, i and as we all wish it?giving us peace - and freedom alike, and securing hont orable station for our country among 1 the nations of the earth. This last - thought, my Emily, ought to make you - better satisfied with the risks our peo3 pie are compelled to run.*' e "It does not, brother. I have not - that vain ambition, which for the sake 1 of a name, is content with the blood - sued and tne misery or manKtnu; anu - I hold the doctrine hateful to one proy fessing the Christian faith. How It t may be upheld, this warfare in which 1 life Is taken as a worthless thins, and man's blood shed like water, for any ; pretense, and with any object, by a s believer in the Saviour, and the creed ; which he taught. I can never undere stand." s "You would not have us submit to y wrong and Injustice?" it "No; but the means employed for s resistance should be justly proportione l ne aggression. But, alas for y humanity! the glory and the glare of r. warfare, under false notions of rea nown. are too often sufficient, not only d to conceal the bloodshed and the hor for, but to stimulate to undue vengeance. and to make resistance premat ture, and turn the desire of justice t into a passion for revenge. Then, for o the wrong done by one captain, all the o captains conspire to do greater,wrongs; h and the blazing dwelling by midnight, r the poor woman and l\er naked children - escaping fixrni the tlumes to perish of hunger: the gibbeted soldier on the nlghest tree; the wanton murder of the shrieking babe, quieted In its screams upon the bayonet of the yelling soldiers ?these are the modes by which, repairing one wrong, war does a thou- ( sand greater. Oh, when, calling things by their right names, shall we discover that all the glory of the warrior Is the glory of brutality?" The picture which the enthusiastic girl had given of the terrors of war, ^ was too felicitously Just, as it had oc- j crurred in Carolina, to be denied by j her auditor: and as she had herself ^ made the right distinction between war ^ as an absolute necessity, forced upon | a people In their defence, and pursued only so far as adequately to obtain j the mere object of Justice, and war as ; a means of national or Individual ag- ( & i aiiui^ciiiciii vi tame, nici c ?? i*?j ? ?? j legitimate answer to her exhortation. A momentary silence ensued, which was due to the exhaustion following i her effort at speech. In a little while ( she again addressed her brother? "And how long, Robert, do you stay ( In our neighborhood?" ( "But a few days more, Emily; I linger now somewhat over my time: but f my objects are various and Important." "And where then do you go?" "Either to the Santee or the Peedee; wherever there Is a chance of finding ( Colonel Marlon, to whose brigade I am , attached." "And not so easy a matter," said ( Kate Walton, "If reports speak truly of { your colonel. He is here, there, and , everywhere, and they say cannot often ( K.r% ???o? ...1*1% K*? frlnnd nr fnft except when he himself pleases. What Is it Colonel Tarleton calls him?" "The Swamp Fox; and a good name, for certainly he knows more of the navigation of the thick swamps of the Santee and Peedee, than ever seaman of the broad ocean. In a circuit of five miles he will misguide the whole force of Tarleton for as many days; then, while he looks for him In one qwarter, Marlon will be cutting up his foragers or the Tories In another. He Is fearless, too. as well as skilful, and ID the union of these qualities he is raore than a match, with an equal ffrce. for any score of the captains tley can send against him." As the major spoke with that warm enthusiasm of his commander, which distinguished the men of Marlon generally, an audible sigh from his sister recalled him to his consideration, and he turned to her with some observation on an unimportant subject. She did not seem to heed what he said, but after a moment's pause, asked, rather abruptly. If he should not move first for the Santee. "I think so." was the reply: "the probability Is that I shall there find my orders, if Indeed, I do not find my commanding officer. I wait but to fulfill some Important duties here, when I shall move direct In that quarter." "And when, Robert, do you expect to return?" was the farther Inquiry, put with considerable earnestness of doanner. "In three or four weeks, Emily; not before, and probably not even then; for I may be ordered to Join the continentals, on Gates's arrival, and shall then have a more limited range and exercise than now." "That will be too late, too late!" murmured the maiden with an expression of deep regret. "Too late for what, dear Emily?" said the major, quickly, in reply; but when he met her glance, and saw the mournful utterance which it looked, he needed no answer to this question. Never did eye more expliclty speak than hers, and he turned his own away to conceal its tears. "To late to see me die!" she murmured, as he bent his head downward, concealing his face in the folds of her encircling arms. "Ah. Robert! I leave you, but not lonely I hope?not altogether alone." Her eye rested upon the face of Kate Walton, as she uttered ? this hope: and though her brother saw not the look, yet the cheeks of a the conscious Kate, so silently yet ex- , pressively appealed to, were deeply crimsoned on the Instant. She turned j way from the couch and looked through the window opening upon the water.** of the Ashley, which would at a little distance beyond them, stealing IT, like a creation of the fancy, under the close glance of the observer. Her h fingers played all the while with the 1 branches of the oak that rose immedl- * ately beside tlie window. Emily then Intimated to her brother * her increasing debility, the necessity * of her own repose and of his depart- s ure, with a calmness which was per- ' feet, and painfully appalling to him in f consequence. 1 '"But come to me tomorrow, tomor- 3 row night, Robert; come early?I would speak with you: I have much to say x to you. and I feel that I have but little 1 time to say it in. Fall me not, unless ^ there be hazard, and then heed not my 1 desire. You must risk nothing, Rob- ' ert; your life Is more valuable to me, 1 strange to say, as my own Is leaving r me. I know Its value, as I am now c about to be taught Its loss. But go now?and remember, tomorrow." 1 His grief and her farewell were alike 1 voiceless. He pressed her cold cheek ' with his lips at parting: then, like 3 one who had left behind him all his -M consciousness, he descended with his ' beautiful cousin from that sad but sa- ( cred apartment, where life still linger- r ,'d, neutralizing decay with Its latent c freshness hut where Immortality al- 1 ready seemed to have put on some hue 1 of .that eternal morning', whose bloom 1 and whose freshness speak not only a for Its lusting existence, but for Its 1 holy purity. (To he Continued.) An Unpi.fusant Cj.imath.?Karachi, c a port In northern India, has a most c unpleasant climate. The parched desert country behind Karachi has a ter- c rifle heat. Jocobabad, thirty miles \ away, often records 125 degrees F. The f one mail train a day carries a coffin I In the hot weather season "for the \ use of passengers." If need be, and j In one year long ago twenty-three t European engine drivers died while t working their trains. A long journey f by train In the hot season is particu- \ larl.v exhausting. Carriage windows t are kept shut to exclude the heat, and \ sometimes not only does the woodwork t get hot to the touch, but even the wa- c ter carried in the tanks on the roof r can scarcely be endured with the hand. It Is said there is never an odd 1 number of rows on an ear of corn. 4 iftistfUanrous grading. J DEATH IN COLD STORAGE. " t( Chief Chemist of Agricultural Bureau Gives Interesting Facts. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the ? chemistry bureau of the department Df agriculture and government food 1 expert, gave " much interesting testlmony concerning the deterioration of foodstuffs in cold storage before the * louse committee on agriculture, whose bearings on the agricultural appro- ( priatlon bill have just been made pub- ' 01 lie. Two cold storage warehouses are at Dr. Wiley's disposal in Washington, ind he gave the results he has attaln?d by experiments with all sorts of ^ foodstuffs. "Milk begins to deteriorate right ^ iway, and so does cream," said Dr. w Wiley. "Eggs also begin to deteriorite Immediately. Fruit Is Improved ind sometimes continues to Improve 'or three months. Meat improves up " to about seven or eight weeks. But SI ifter three months for meat you can . lee that it has reached tha maximum ind then It begins to go down. I do not care how hard it Is frozen." When asked for a further explana- ^ tlon of the deterioration of meat frosen In cold storage, Dr. Wiley said: "We find that meats do not taste as ^ [veil, and they do not smell as well, ' tnd every time the Jury can pick that tvhlch has. been kept over three nonths. Take our quail: We have ^ tuall a year old, and we huve a fresh ' luull cooked at the same time. We ^ look them Just alike and you can dls- ^ ingulshed between them first by their ^ ooks an dthen by smell and taste. ^ Every time the Jury can pick them >ut b'lndfolded." Dr. Wiley stated that he is a thor>ugh believer In cold storage, and beleves that most foods Improve when jroperly kept for a short time, but le said that the object of his experlnents is to tell the public, and particllarlv the cold storasre neoDle. how ai ong they may safely keep articles of n' 'ood In storage. He said that as yet D4 le has been unable to determine ^ vhether drawn or undrawn poultry cept the better. fc Dr. Wiley was asked many queslons about oysters, and said that the >ysters opened and shipped In buckets ihould be prevented from entering Inerstate commerce, as they are dead. "An oyster Is dead an hour before t Is openetf." said Dr. Wiley, "and u s not good. It los'es Its flavor." In response to inquiries from Rep esentatlve Haskins as to the advisiblllty of freezing oysters to preserve hem for shipment, Dr. Wiley said: "Oh, they ought not to be frozen, rhat ruins them and as soon as they haw they are dangerous." He then urged that oysters should s' >e shipped alive and In the shell and 01 aid that the greatest outrage of the h< >yster trade Is to soak oysters with Sl 'resh water and swell them up, mak- ir ng them look fat. Dr. Wiley said the v< >.vsters sent out In tin cans are all lght, but In further denunciation of )ulk oysters shipped In tubs and buck- ,a ?ts, he said: n' "They are either preserved with pI tome pre-ervatlve or are dangerously S? lear the ptomaine line, one of the n' Gelatin was denounced by Dr. Wley. who said of It: "It Is made out of hides, of the icrapings from hides. These hides ,r To Into the tanners vats and these " lldes that smell to heaven are treat- ol ft) id and trimmed and these trimmings 1 ire used to make gelatine. The ma- te Ine hospital service found tetanus m Terms In gelatine. 111 Dr. Wiley said that the gelatine fac- "s* orles are the dirtiest In the world. In reply to a question from Reprelentatlve Haughen, as to the uses of ai Telatine. Dr. Wiley said: "It Is used for putting Into Ice cream 11 ind cnndles and for making capsules hat you put your medicine In." h< c< JNDER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. * fr te tfany Odd Plans That Have Been Proposed?Scheme Thfct Seems Feasible. f Sixty years or so ago. when enthusl- m ism for an entente eordiale between England and France v.as about as Treat as it Is today. Douglas Jerrold ^ aid: "Tut! The best thing I know rt >et\veen France and England is the ?f ifcal!" And there are many who are j, till of the same opinion, says London rit-Bits, and who regard the proposed 3l hannel tunnel, the fate of which par- m lament will soon determine, with dls- ^ ipproval and even with dismay, sl But this project for linking England ^ vlth France has always had Its doughy champions, and umong them Queen ,| "ictoria. who. long years ago said to n he Prince Consort: "You may tell the Tench engineer that if he can accom- ... dish the tunnel I will bless him in ny own name, as well as In the names u >f all the ladles of England." p, It is now more than a century since ^ he problem of bridging over or bur- sj owing under the English channel was irst seriously attacked by engineers; ^ ind many and marvellous are the ichemes that have since been devised. n 1802 M. Wuthieu, a great French m nglneer, conceived a wonderful idea >f a submarine road, through which b( oaches could be driven from England tj, o France. The tunnel was to be in Ighted by oil lumps and to be ventlated by a series of shafts rising high ibove the surface of the water. But he scheme was hopelessly impractlca)le; for. apart from the grave danger vv rom one or more of these shafts being lestroyed by the waves, a line of closey placerl shafts drawn across the O hannel would prove a serious obsta- 1( >le and menace to navigation. b? Equally Impossible were the bridges d< lesigned much later, a model of one 16 )f which was to be seen at the Paris a> 'xhibltion seventeen years ago. tins m nidge. which was to link Folkeston hi vith Cape Orls-nez. was to be sup- fr lorted by 120 piles, to weigh 1,000.000 cl tins, to cost over ?34,000.000, and to m ake ten years to construct. But apart ai 'mm the enormous cost of this struc- p? ire, which doomed it to financial fail- It ire. its piles, which would have In- T . olved so much danger and difficulty ot o vessels passing up and down the ci hannel, constituted and insuperable vl lbjection to the bridge scheme. Another project doomed to failure .1 ,vas that of two English engineers who cf imposed to construct a tube railway th in the bed of the channel between at lover and Orls-nez. The tube, which as to be thirteen feet In diameter and nly four Inches thick, was to be laid < 1 ten foot lengths secured to the botim by screw piles: ind through this ubmerged tunnel the trains were to I e propelled by compressed air. More t mbltlous, but equally Ineffective, was t le plan of M. Castanler, a French en- 1 Ineer, who proposed to lay two paral- t (1 tubes on the sea. bed, connected at I ttervals by transverse tubes, and with 1 station half way across on the Varne t ank. <3 Among many other visionary pro- t cts was one of a submerged bridge, 1 n which a platform carrying a train r as to run across the channel, and t riother for a submarine boat to run I: a rails on the sea bottom. t Thirty-one years ago the present S lannel tunnel scheme came Into being t Ith the formation of the "Sodeto ? rancalse du Tunnel Sous-marln," and Ith the approval of both the English ) id French governments work was k /x# *Ka /than. fl n 11 u i?r i n *;<j "ii mini niucn wi uic ? el. In France a capital of ?80,000 r as subscribed. A vertical shaft was e jnk near the village of Sangatte, r bout half a dozen miles from Calais, a nd the tunnel was commenced, which c as suscessfully driven about a mile | nder the sea. On the English side a f fglnnlng was made with three separ- t te tunnels?one of half a mile from s bbot's Lllff. another from the Dover s de of Shakespeare's Cliff and the V tird and longest a seven foot tunnel s (tending for 2.015 yards from a shaft t 30 feet deep sunk near the west end c f Shnkespeare's Cliff. a Unfortunately the project excited larm In the military authorities, who r >ared invasion. A Joint committee of t te houses of parliament was appointed I consider the scheme, and when the 1' rospect of success was assured the c ork was stopped. 8 That the scheme Is feasible Is be- t tnd doubt. Beneath the channel, from s tore to shore, there extends a bed of r nn i f oKn llr nnnalatinff r? f Oh O llr Q ttH i clj vuain, ^.wiiotoiiug ui vii?in ???vt ay, and quite impervious to water, ' rid through this bed, at a distance s ever less than 100 feet below the wa- ' ;r, a perfectly safe and dry tunnel can t e driven at an estimated cost of ?4,- t 10,000. The proposition before parlla- e ent is to construct two tunnels, sixty et apart, with a third for draining I jrposes. These tunnels would be lit- o e more than twenty miles long; and a hen completed, as now seems proba- a le, It will be possible to reach French * >11 from Dover within half an hour t id without any of the physical qualms I hlch now afflict cross channel travel- ? s. * t ?, . I 0 MAKE WAR MORE HORRIBLE. ? ots of Inventors at Work on Great 1 and Grewsome Devices. * This government expends a small 0 im each year for testing new devices 8 f a possible military value. The c aril of ordnance and fortification Is lpposed to have the duty of encourag- ' ig Inventors and assisting In the de- ^ iopment of their Inventions. * Last year only $5,000 was expended e Y the board, which, with Its accumu- ' ted allotments of previous years, has fi dvv on hand more than $100,000. Comiratlvely few experiments are made, 1 iys Harper's Weekly, and the vast d timber of suggestions are apparently t lelved without much more attention lan polite acknowledgment of the au- F mrs. ' Nearly all the devices submitted are a itended to Increase the terrors of war y adding to the efficacy of the means li ' fighting. Perhaps an exception lould be made In favor of an ear pro- s ctor, the Invention of a New York ian, adapted for use by those who r 'e on duty In the turrets of battle- t lips and those wno are stationed at i le coast fortifications. s Ordinarily the blast of a big gun has t i effect upon the drum of the ear; p Is at best unpleasant, and some- c mes It proves disastrous, as In the I stances of men who have lost their s ?aring. The ear protector is a l'ttle ? dlulold bulb so pierced that It may 11 i placed In the ear and protect It t om the noise and shock while not In- l! rferlng with the hearing, *?n advan- p ige, of course, over the crude method * ' stuffing the ears with cotton so that II ithlng can be heard and when orders in only be appreciated by pantomime, a Some of the other Inventions which r ive been favorably received may be b garded as having a tendency to en- b urage peace since they would Intro- t jce Into warfare factors of devasta- d on which would by their diabolical re- e ilts promote International disarma- t ent. Of this class must be considered s lose bomb dropping devices which. If P iccessful, would destroy whole ar- u ies; the Inflammable projectile cap- f lie of burning up a camp; the nltroycerlne missile; a scheme for pour- S g burning sulphur Into trenches, ^ id kindred methods of wholesale ob- a :eratlon. t There Is, too, the usual proportion of & mored cars, Including the highly t otected motor which shall penetrate h le enemy's lines and afford Its steel ilelded occupants a chance to pick tl f the opposing marksmen and lncl- t< >ntally strew high explosives along a ti ?uth dealing route. One of these S jrtllng cars makes the famed Jugger- fl lut look like a nursery toy. w One of the conditions which seems to w ? fully met by incipient invention is tt ie use of smoke for various purposes, h eluding that of a shield which will li ?rmlt approach upon an enemy with- c it his discovery of the advance. n The country does not lack yet, with 1 the cry for universal peace, the eans of Increasing the ravages of ar. n ? a Whkn Coffbk Was Unpoput^ar.? tl offee was Introduced into England in T 152, and within the next ten years tl ?came the fashionable drink of Lon- s >n. A few years later, however, in j< 163, there was a great uprising c rainst the "oriental beverage of a ides." It was satirized on every tl ind. the bitterest Invectives coming n om the pulpit. One leading minister b laracterlzed It as "the sirup of soot n ixed with the essence of old shoes," ji id another declared that it was "a e ison which God had made black that f< might bear the devil's own color." l; his bitter crusade soon wore itself tl it. and by the time of Charles II e >fTee houses were known in every t: llage in the land. fi E*' In England. In the eighteenth a mtury, heavy fines were imposed on r lose convicted of the crime of not fi tending church. b RESEMBLE EACH OTHER. 9user Mistakes of Idsntity Among Public Msn at Washington. Striking' facial resemblances of men n public life and In official circles In his city are frequently commented ipon. There are three men widely cnown whose similarity of face and orm Is so striking, says the Washngton Star, that queer mistakes of dentlty are experienced every now and hen. The resemblance of the presilent to his distinguished secretary of he navy and attorney general, Mr. rtoody, has always been the subject of emark and now and then of humorous nlstakes. Now that Mr. Moody has >een elevated or at least transferred o the supreme court of the United itates he has come across another doutie In the person of James Maher, clerk f the supreme court. vy lien nr. justice muuujr ursi ium dr. Maher It was a* a member of the louse of representative!!, when the reemblance between the two was renarked. Again when as attorney genial he had occasion to go to the court oom he occasionally saw his double, ,nd now as a justice on the bench he an look over the edge of his judical rown any time and practically see timself as others see him. Mr. Mater's resemblance to the president is trlklng when In repose, but when be ipeaks or smiles lie is obliged to acknowledge that owing either to the lubduing atmosphere of the OQurt or o the lack of dental qualifications he annot vie with the chief executive it the other end of the avenue. * The resemblance of Senators AidIch and Foraker Is also striking, alhough the distinguished senator from Ihode Island plays the role of a retcent general manoeuvring his forces m the floor of the senate, while the enator from Ohio acts the more strikng part of & dashing' officer with tandard uplifted ready tor the fray, egardless of the distribution of forces, f Mr. Foraker's well covered head were matched by the hirsute adornnent of Mr. Aldrich the resemblance would be complete. But standing side " >y side they appear as brothers and heir similarity is frequently commentd upon. Now and then Representative Adln i. Capron of Rhode Island wanders iver to the senate end of the Capitol, .nd whenever he does so he gives a hock to some one who upon seeing ilm is startled at his striking resemilance to the late Senator Quay of 'ennsylvanla He Is more robust In .ppearance than was his prototype rom Pennsylvania and much younger, lut the resemblance was always strlkng. \: Two senators stand as competitors n the degree of their resemblance to he pictures of a widely advertised loctor, the virtues of whose remedies ire announced In the public prints In onnectlon with a picture of the doctor n an attitude of attention with upIfted hand admonishing the sick, rhese senators are Clay of Georgia and a Follette of Wisconsin. They are mough alike to be brotiiera were It not or the fact that one Is of the most :enerou8 build, while the other Is be ow the average height, uotn wear heir hair pompadour and both can [efy the senate when they make up heir minds to. Senator La Foliette was recently asslng through the Marble Room rhen a Phlladelphian nudged a friend ,t his side and remarked: "I wonder If Dr. is here in the nterest of the pure food law." He had not before seen the Wlsconin senator. Senator Carter of Montana and Repesentative Livingston are rivals in he role of replicas of Uncle Sam. Vhen Livingston went to Venesuela ome years ago to observe conditions here he was warmly received by the >eople who knew the United States hiefly by having seen pictures of Jncle Sam. When they saw Livington they declared that he was Uncle lam personified, and some of them beleved him to^ be the owner of the Jnlted States. Either Carter or Llvngston could pass anywhere as the rototype of the typical Uncle Sam without adding any stage paraphernala. The likeness between Senator Cullom ,nd Speaker Cannon is also frequently emarked. and Mr. Cullom's resemblance to the venerated Lincoln has een commented upon ever since the wo knew each other In the stirring ays of the war. Lincoln and Cullom ach had a warm place In his heart for he other, ana cunom was aiwaya a trong supporter of the great emandator In the days when even the popilarity and fame of Lincoln were far rom being assured. Representative Lacey and the late Senator Alger were strikingly alike. Vhenever Mr. Lacey visited the senate nd sat on the divans at the rear of he chamber back of the desk of the flchlgan senator the resemblance beween the two was remarked by people n the galleries. Since Senator Du Pont of Delaware, he head of the great powder company, ook the oath of office he has been mlsatken on many occasions for Admiral Ichley. Not long ago his right to the oor was questioned by some visitors, rho declared that they knew no reason hy Admiral Schley should be on the oor. and they finally accounted for Is presence there because of his havlg received by name the thanks of ongress. I^ater they learned their llstake. Wanderinq Needles.?In one of the medical journals a surgeon recorded ome years ago a strange Instance of he wanderings of a needle In a lady, "he patient called upon him, stating hat the greater portion of an ordinary ewlng needle had broken In the first mint of her left thumb. The surgeon ould plainly feel the needle point, but fter Ineffectual attempts ut the exraction of the foreign body he recommended that nothing further should e done lest the attempts to remove It might result In greater Injury to the mint. About a year afterward, how ver, the patient called upon him to Inarm him that a day or two prevlousi .she had felt a pricking: sensation of he right forefinger, and, having brokn the skin, she without difficulty exracted the portion of the lost needle rom the point of the finger. Thus the eedle traveled from the left thumb long the arm, across the chest to the Ight arm and down the latter to the nger, where It was extracted.?Chamers Journal.