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HHHHhbBh lB9t. 6* r. rtNNV^ON NtUT. Ite l WP ' 1 . ^ CHAPTER L The mow was mantling the wild Waste of barren prairie stretching to ward the white peaks of the Big Horn, ahronding dts desolation, hiding its ac- oostomed-ngliness and warning aoont, soldier or oowboy to look well to his landmarks before venturing forth upon its trackless sea, for even the cattle trails were hidden and the stage road lost to view. Between its banks of gits- toning white the Platte rolled black and swollen, for a rare thing had happened —one so rare that old trappers'and traders said they never knew the like since first they sighted “Lsr*- penk or forced the peace of the Sow—there bed been three days of softly failing snow and not a 1 of a Wyoming gala There had s thaw ia the Laramie plain*, pee- ’ by e enft snath wisd in the perk | t'nlcredo. end whole Avery MUeidee. said the nettvre, were “stomp ing 00“ la the eppvr sratese of the vtssr And thet wee how the Ptotfe So he (esmsai high its wintry wove 1 the eld shwkade el the ferry end I to power, tneseed of sb* pmg la peace. Sroeaih Ms try MeaheS, eseand the hage hied warns waved the sohos ef aid 1 un Ftayw* The soadweg wiadtag fema the Uses ekde eg So She edjatows e sdhee at the mathera ead ef the gemww wee still awtoehem TW sward as the fesvyhsmee had haem wtthdvswa had se ho the eeteeao Meehade. ade seile ef the early sastip eafpao a ef mcm, Lha safi vherfeSSe 4e Be whs! liUe V ^ae>d feoes the ssy gasswoe aw I "And Se thswh ef CWetwee tm I meet h»S> ead Wot a rhaiem of 1 I a e *0 w thsewgh tr-we tie* rei ■ she maramseA **shd I ee tewged e M tewhteed Jgpowef«0aseshef' *|wsys he* eaddset ssweaw low tewsd wsads wese addseamd 1*ale ef e wgl a s'nmfe o Mlsrlj 1 • • ‘ | teea rty So .-ore. alia wish feXti’Me A had hsew eiadytag ta* wtsstry he asoth *4 eseS. He •araed m the yoasA f 1, i toehe. aaA lowvneg hts gleasee. feihesed hee eyes aad leehed enaMaelp asaeea the toiaht anav pastes IS whose the Stertight fwee the t~'»f ~s haps spew the hearth fell tali opew a momwty srwmaw whcsw humrtent ham wasalmwdy teraiag gray, aad whaae ewwM, pwtiewt face hem the asm tv* i > hi ■ i rare ef deep siowmb hhe was owSed as a deed, aa andalohad he- tos before her, aad had |<*umd ta the mirlei ef her •mine ami dropped of taoo the ilfi emleml of fares sy ewnse aad mesaonea Prcsn a drawer ta the desk aha had taken what was eridmtJy a portrait, a small pfetogreph. and had beea intently rc 'vtng Hwhih other (rmpants of the room at the window. "U la—yoo know—Boyle's, my brother's picture,’’ whieprrrd Lilia “1 know it, thoogh I haven't sn n it in ever ao long—live years, 1 think. ’’ Again the captain bowed, inclining his bead in the slow, grave way that was habitual with him. “1 know," be said briefly, and the gaze bo fixed upon his colonel's wife was fall of anxie ty and sympathy. “I have often wished that your father’s promotion bad brought him to any other garrison in the anpy. Yon remember be wassta- ' tioned here when lieutenant colonel, and it was from here that Hoyle went to West Point” “I remember it but vaguely. That was nine years ago, captain, and I was but 7 We saw him daring bis cadet furlough two years later—in lt?88—and that was the last Mother only rarely speaks of him, and father never unless —unless,"she added, with timid ap peal, "he does to you. Does ho?” Captain Lcalo paused a moment be fore replying. Only that very morning had his colonel talked with him, the most trusted of his troop commanders, of Ellis’ long missing brother. Only within an honr had Farrar sought again his advice as to one whom he coaid not bring himself to name and referred to in shame and sorrow as "rfiy eldest, ” and only rarely as “my son.” First bom of the little flock, the boy had been given his father’s name. The only 1 ; ■&' ehilri for several years, petted, spoiled, overindulged by a fond, pure hearted mother, then reared among the isolated . army garrisons of the far west, the handsome, headstrong, daring youth but all too early had shown a tendency to wild companionship and reckless liv ing. Few men in the cavalry arm of the service were held in higher esteem than Ookael Hoyle Farrar, who, entering the service with tbs first regiment to be sent to the front fresh New York city in tbb spring of Jbfil. bad fongbt his way to the command of a brigade in the last T «—and then been cammissaomA ^ • junior mnjar of cavalry at the ro of the regular army. The .m-.t had U :.i* : . 1 rrar. Point The father dreaded that the wayward, reckless fellow. Intolerant of. restraint or discipline, would merit onnishment, and, being punished, would, resent. Royle stood the ordeal only fairly well at first Demerits in profusion and "light prison" twice had clouded his record before the furlough year, but the mother’s eyes rejoiced in the sight of the handsome, stalwart young soldier after hia two years c4 rigorous training, rvqp though the heart grieved QTCZ LbCtVkdflBQfifi of diwipatiou and v^pa which speedily marred throng" looked for days of his vacation. Between him and hia father had been mesa than oste stormy arrne before Royle returned to the academy— Interviews from which the senior pale, stern, sorrowful, the ytmng gloomy, oullm and mere than half ant ia hia eaomd elaee yaa of miariemratwr that almost broke the mntlx re hr aft. Farrar heattntd from the distant fnatlar to the hanks of the Had* a. ecprrtiag nthtag Asst of dis missal fer the boy. and psemtssag the mm hi r la fetrh him at asme ta has, hat art, ev*n in wvtrartng. had etgtvd t be massy fas the cadet who hiss •end a name, a plan that hts rises i •raid neves hsss tndmaeA and vndvot ismtttnd the pniiishmanl i m of mudhmansat ta tmrrwks and The father naaSed aa wando In nth Ito palnSed ant IS Use era thai ice hte Iasi ffesnsa hoyWk Jr, ■Dsoto mapsasdsd that hts dtsnram aa eat av ly to mtea and laleUsar rams wm r^a f rWtl Um enuuid she have hidden that marriage from her father? My own fortune is well nigh wrecked, but she has her mother’s little portion—enough if be can resist his craving for drinh and gambling to support them in comfort I pray yon help me save my child. ” : Ail IMS sac nistory was now well known to Malcolm Leale, and his eyes were full of sorrow as he bent them up on .^he gentle, yearning woman at the desk, lc«Bt iif her study of her firstborn’s face. Ellis in turn stood watching bim. She was a girl of 16, yet seemed older far, because of the years in which she had been her mother’s companion and closest friend. Then, as lie made no an- swer to her query and seemed plunged In thought, she turned and stepped lightly over to the mother's side. "Day dreaming again, Queen Moth er?” she asked In the half playful way that was habitual with her. "If you don’t go on with your letter to Will, it won’t be ready for the courier. Captain Leale tells me they are to send one out at noon." "Will they really?” asked Mrs. Far rar, rousing suddenly. . "Why, I had given np all hopes of bearing from him ibis weeTor oT frtfing a~ letter to him. Who is td^go, captain? The pass most ho breast deep In enow. ” “I think not, Mr* Farrar. Thera waa vary little wind, you know, and the fall seems to hare bran vary uniform. Corporal Borke and a eoaple of my men are getting ready now. The eoloorl waa only waiting, boptng that there might ha stiU ausne news frran Rrd Cloud. " ‘•Why. how can It cease? The wires are dowu the road hidden and the rtv- I or uafordable, *• said . Kilts eagerly 'The last news waa bad ennagh 1 cam II don't weal to hear father ” Otar Louie'a fane n graver shadow (ML "Thera are Indian rv-yse who ana Id easily stake the journey. '*. bo surd. "Oow Keif*, tor tnesaom. whom the rofeoal mol ewer with the aauta five days «n The fat that ha hasn't ow of anxiety that was noted when ha stood gazing in silence upon the sorrow ing mother at the desk within. Tho colonel was talking in an earnest man ner to the man at his side, a civilian, so far aa his dress would indicate, yet a civilian with the erect carriage and brisk step of a soldier—a handsome fel low, too, of perhaps seven and twenty years. Leale turned from them with seme impatience. 1 •Td bet a month’s pay if I ever bet a cent in the world, ” he mattered to himself, “that old Fenton's nephew had no thought whatever of hunting when he came here in midwinter. The ques tion is, What else has brought him be sides what I have already learned, and why does he haunt Farrar from morn ing till nights - At the window the fair, girlish face brightened an instant at sight of tbs coming soldier, then clouded as quickly as the. civilian came in view. "Mr. Ormsby again!” murmured Ellis below her breath, and the bow of recognition which she gave him in answer to the quick uplifting of his sealskin cap lack ed all of the warmth and interest that beamed in Ormsby'sfaoe at sight of her. Beeing lieale. the oolooel preased on to join him on the northward porch. Catching fight of Ellis, the civilian fell back, entai briskly to and his etc] Ellis tone thing not a It wss who to open it A loud, cheery Irish voice fesonnded through tbs hallway an in stant later. “Corporal Rozka to report to the colonel for dispatches.” and. glancing thither, Ormsby saw a atput trooper, with broad, jovial, ruddy faoe, hia hotly form clad in winter service dress. Mrs. Farrar, striving to hide and to check her tears, had turned into the dining room. Ormsby stepped to the north window a^d glanced out u^tm the little group upon the porch, Ellis half abiveringly clinging to her father’s arm, he intently eying Leale—Leale, with leveled gl sales, steadily at gaze at aom# dim, black object far, far across tba turbid Platte, for out to the eastward, across those snowcapped slopes. "Can yon make ont what’s coming, Leale?” — ”1 think so, colonel” "What is it?” Leale slowly lowered the glass, and, never turning, unswerad in low but posi tive tone: “Car marching order*—for the agen cy. . Red Wolf escaped. Kill Eagle's whole village baa jumped for the Bad Land* ” And that meant that the Twelfth ■ Mrs the wanderers (CONTINI UD NEXT WEEK.) TOURS or PRESIDENTIAl CANDIDATES. THE NLMBKR OF EPBICCMMI AND MII.KH TRAVELED W. J. Brjraa Breaks all Jan.** G Itlain* OSonA I of iba Lias l' astl Bryaa lag aif Asa ty Us Wail .a MB “Oh. "K* he was a journey of 312 miles and throe speeches. James G. Blaine nominated June 6. HL long campaign tour begsm on Sept. 17, and it included Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. He spoke in every Im portant city on the New York Central railroad between New York and Buf falo. He traversed three lines of rail road across Ohio, speaking In 29 cities; he then entered West Virginia, speak ing in 12xcities; again cruaved Into Ohio, and was joined by McKinley. They stumped the State together Mr. Blaine spoke in 26 more cities, includ ing Canton ; thence be went to Michi gan, speaking in six cities, and Indiana, 15 cities ; Illinois, five cities; Wiscon sin, six cities. Blalharetu'^dlo the East across the northern tier of Ohio and the southern tier of New York Erie railroad), closing his campaign n New York city and Brooklyn Nuv. 1, but on bis way borne h* spoke in n '•itU-s .d Coon otieut. His re cord for the campaign was 195 speeches and 4.750 miles of travel. Tbla record was uneclipsed until Mr. Bryan broke It. HABRUiONS TOUR In 1888 Benjamin Harrison wa nominated. HU record of travel waa speeches during the wbot* (•rover CUvelaad was r June A, wrote hia letter of Sept. 9, aad made hU only apaceh dur log tbucampeiga to the mem bora of the Notification committee at I Whit* House. CLEVELANDS THIRD CAMPAIGN la IMtt Grover Cleveland eae at Chicago. June S. He dea anas pi lag tba aomlnaUau. Be osada three add wan aa • oasloee* aad so caapalf a tour Urajamta Uarrteoa *as reac at Mtaarapaits. Jaa* tfi la the oany part of September Mr*. Harrtsea be came 111. bad waa takes ta the AJirwa 4aeb* Mr. Harrtaaa aaa la eaaataai attradaaca wpa* hts wife sail f*.e w*, tabes barb to Waeblagtaa. She died vtowtly after bar rataru. la the middle of Otoabar Mr. Herrtaae V regard an -ampa g a tsar, t AN APPALL!NO Mlokel rushed to the rescue of € who were about to be kilted. He 1 to tba rescue of Lines and Thomas, found Llnee alive and he out hia wsr to bim but could not save hia friend, the fire being too hot. Ltnea begged and encouraged hia friesd to save him from a fiery death, hot aa tbs flames got too hot Liaea said: “Good bye, oid man,” and in suffering agony be expired. The pecuniary loss is placed at about •30 000, including the engines and car*. The ’rack has been cleared and traffic on the road has been resumed. V- SAM JONES ON CHILDREN. * ■■■'--■ ■ The Great-Freacbar Otrea « Plata Talk oa tba Dangers of th* Pw seas Day. Sam Jonas in Atlanta Journal. CivilIxation aa history show it is Ilka a road in th* hill country, down, born la poverty aad ' aod eying ta affluence aad pleasure; thus the history of the past to bat the Mvtory of tba rise aad fall of H iwavar, from tba high tide of aaeh a .tion something has ' • • add to our permanent progress, uestion often ariaaa, will oar ms -r-t v W- fl ml fl’viriil on go 00 to or rot at tba top, ilk* other cirliiia- t oa*. Tba bops of s country I* ia bar ssssnadlng gaaaraOoas. Tba bora aad g'ris of today are tba at** aad women oft s sixt goaoratioa. Wa may road ia ear vniUlrwa tba fatars wf oar aattoa. A« my child res bag.* to take puaiuoa as oil seas, this q uaailoa baasmm mora lavaraatiay to me. ST baa ( bagta at New Orlaasa m tba gulf, I lai tba Maps of tba (orala a part of IPs city aad ItalliSB foralga ta Ms aa if bur* ia* 1 auaa* ap lata tba < Pd^iad ally aw two paaotai ltd baa* teas with Llasata'* Srat isf ( luhsui’b Dartag bto Srat 4 prm«4aaa>. IP ISK. •Mr asM as bis atato. < ISSSS S SBff SB* • A* (ommitaa* «! NaMl la li 414 A lb»agim. Uaaatak ap rai 1 EDb imSa^Mm aptil u Mi mmy Nw fn ito ooiy were bo«v t arrar timua* bta ngpalatv priaoa* ptartaL Tie- yeaag maa waa beard ef « Muoaily. bower, r. borrow lag mo fnzn « BWta and frW-ada aod rrlali cm hts fatbrr'a amasab Thro hr • to a-a. Uku mnm.d to Nrw York I wrote a long k-ttrr to his moth* r, t* lug bow be muarued the old days and waa going to lead a new life, and aha too gladly stmt him all the money aha bad. Then there waa another interval, and after a year be again appeared as a suppliant for aid* He had been desper ately ill, he mid, and kind but pour, hum bio people bad cared for bim, and they onght to be rewarded. The mother would have sent again her last cent to him direct, but Farrar interposed. Hi* check went to a trusted friend, with in structions to investigate, and that friend was his old comrade. Major Fenton, and, as he expected, it proved only an other lie Then there came an era of apparent prosperity, and now the poor mother in joy besought her husband to recognize the sou, for bo repoflnd himself in good employ with a fair salary and brilliant prospe cts. Ho even sent a draft to repay a small portion of what he termed his father's loan, bnt this was soon follow ed -by a draft on his father for double the amonnt, and later another, and then letters of inquiry came from his employ er, and then rueful complaint of how that trnsting person had been swindled. In hor agony of grief and disappoint ment the mother’s health was giving way, and Farrar concealed -from her particulars even worse — that their wretched son had won the love of his employer’s daughter and that she had followed bim from her father’s house. There had been a secret marriage. There was another Royle. This news had come to the colonel bnt a day or two before. It was this that had unsealed his lips and turned him to Captain Leale for connsel and support- ”My daughter,” wrote the bereaved father, "was the idol of my heart, the image of the mother who waa taken from her loi.g year* ago Yet she turn ed from me In the passion of her love for him. bad they have gone God alone knows wher*. If yon can find him, say that thoogh he has robbed me poor I can fi rgrfe him all if ha will bnt bo good and kiud to ber. 8La )y u ana ml. aa easeftlly your ovra daagbiar could he. Mr. aad Hba was emk to mat fee sbe waa mj all I ow* laas. having marrtoi hm. bar qeaouea is j fcjy |s ihas IL4 W ta<-! L *1 L dafV.DJ * agaat. aad MoS tbs savelt will Npraad | to KiiUUgie'a rtibws If they go t tba aaepalb. aaoee «a eat baas avast* artll to taruNoA Tba* tog. Ctoor Katfet •a warth toa aiMhl ta DMA hot bta fa that attd ■nsbse weaVt ftalbw Kill Kagfe ' "Do yaa ibtsUk—do yon rhtafe that tf they aboald savott wa—oar rmmnaanf ~~ weald bare to to ordasad eatr' asked Kills aaaieasty. *Tt Biigat to,** ha replied aaatvoavly, | "hat 1 oat topiag that ao viator caat- paign la to stcri for aa Think ef a saarrh ovi r sorh a waste as thaL " aad tn tk Motor F«as a that a aftsr all ha triad la Mb. ^ The sigh a ttb i ■a wirw'Mi • I iMtotoak seh KUto vtto had fedl to* saasa to gra th* toaoae wttbaat. aa ttsas star* bta aeottoa. MM aad anaa I Aad iba gM la tt m m iit AArtobj tontataiar r*.. toa a ir* tot af a tarry-••* mis owclad ao ■*• haw mad to aad bald at Frayns by tba gwoi mu a fall. M** Farrar was abm* with tor gosal "Tbsrs la aaasthiag I bar* kaagto la as* yoo. Mr Unas try." aha woto so. "—arlhlag 1 mast aak yam fee a BKdtoe'a totalstoa la toao. aad I feel ear* yaa bar* ama or kaema my ynor boy to th* past. Ham yaa baaed do yea know anything ef him aawF* •"Mr* Farrar. I give yaa my weed I th* faintest Hte* of hte wtoea- ra this* " W« » eoukto’t crass ito Platte ary tbiasutenf Laramie cl Umt, r wo If ths wa Mrram wtre fcwlabl* Tbe runr ng Ira «nt wnakl rat tl se bursra tr> ra nodrr oa ” UK] Oat arrna »the parwir '. rlrar, yrt srft. Ml* | m though ni ufilnl by tb i* mow, the car* t nun p sounding orderly and his men will start aa ■ootggu they bare had dinner, Mr* Far rar." mid Leale, "and I most see the colonel before they go. I will send for year letter* ” He took up tbs glasses again for one last survey, Ellis narrow ly watching him, while ber mother went on with her writing. For a mo ment the search seemed barren of result, as before, but suddenly Leale started, Stepped nearer the window and riveted his attention on one spot Ellis quickly noted it “You see some one?” she asked. A brief nod was the only answer. Than, glass in hand, the captain sudden ly turned to a side door, let himself out into another room and thence to the enter gallery sorronnding the bouse. Here his view was unobstructed. Two gentlemen were coming up the pathway from the adjutant’s office, and a soldier in immaculate uniform and side arms following a short distance behind indi- 1 vtoMtagdafe u * Whit* Haas* . to* m IBs** I m* so mb vara aowwamteat Hte to- 1ftfp f tea mi was tto mi lav aad sight ^ ••aalt af tbs abate oamgalga McOaliaa, hia siaatad sail- Aag M. Ha I tba NoUAaattoa commits , N J.. hi* bawv. b*fA. nth aad jr% city, aaly **Toa arc tome mUT she naked. rated tliat the one iir uniform was th* pnat oennuandtr, the elder one, a distin guished looking man of nearly 60, a boas poimvd master he and imperial — Wsfl aigiHas white as the aawfall- raaaad by y-*t* of agposor* to preina tm aad wiad. was rodfer town, al "Forgive me If I am IntrvMva, Im portunate." abe pmustaA "Bat—Major Faatoss—he was Major Feu loo yoa know, sod 1 think of him with tltl* he bore when he was ao friendly—when my unhappy boy Deeded friends You were with uncle often than. Did you not did you not know my Royle?" Ommby 's honest eyes betrayed the deep embarrassment under which ha labored, and the, watching every sign with painful intensity, read the truth, despite his faltering reply. “Once or twice, Mr* Farrar, but I knew him only very slightly." "Tell me still more, Mr. Ormsby. Yon have been most considerate to me. Yon have sought to spare me, but in my husband's sad faoe and abstracted manner I have read the truth. He has beard news—worse news of Royle—and •o yon have been the bearer. Is it not so?” Bnt Ormsby palled himself together, this time at least like a man, and braved her. “I assure yon it ia not so, Mrs. Far rar. From me at least the colonel lias heard nothing new—nothing worse. I beg you to dismiss the thonght ’**. •* Bnt he did not say that he had come prepared to tell, aye, instructed to tell, of crowning disgrace—come with tbe written proposition of his employers to relinquish pursuit of Roylo Farrar pro vided the fatbej: would make good |her, sum they had Tost through the son’s forgery. ' ’ . “God ble»V°tv Mr. Ormsby, for tbe Iqad yon have lifted from my heart,” she cried. “Ever since yon came I have ‘dreaded more and more each day that yon were the bearer of evil tidings of him who has almost broken his father's heart and yet cannot, most not, shall not be beyond redemption if a mother’s love and prayers a<4 of any avail Evan Ellis has seemed to share my dread. I have read it in ber manner, as perhaps yoo have too. Sbe did not mean to be unkind, inhospitable to oar guest, bat that sorrow has overshadowed oa Even my bright, brave Will, who ia do ing all a boy can do to ladasm th* aaom at tba Point *t*b Will. I my. ia aotaa- by tbs ranvd that hia lafL- ea* wtbar apaseh la O P^Mada fir* tetps ta Nat bat O* other speaahe* GRANT 1 CAMFAlum. Ia I*** Gaaaral Grant mad t vo •iMX'oboa, oa* of M vord* at at Juoepb, Mos aad aa other at Galaaa. 111., •bleb fiUad 10 Haas to a newspaper Hu record lor th* campaign vas aa army Ipur of 1,109 ■11** aad three ■pseebee of leas Ibaa 200 words to all. Horatio ttoymowr, aom I anted at Tammaay bail July 9, was notified th* dcxt day, aad replied briefly, la October be made a tour of New York aad Praasylraala, iraveilug altogeth er 1,100 miles, aod making only sight speeches. r • General (-rant, renominated at Phila delphia June 6, 1872 : hia letter of ac ceptance contained 246 words this time; he made no campaign tour and no speeches. Horace Greeley was nominated Mav 3, and bis famous tour began not until Sept. 17. £Ie reviewed parades and held receptions all along tbe line. His record lor tbe campaign was 79 reported speeches and he traveled 2,- 234 miles. HAYKS AND TILDEN. Governor Hayes of Ohio, nominated atCiucinnatl June 16, and on Oct. 26, 1876, Ohio day at tbe Centennial ex hibition at Philadelphia, be spoke four times to audiences aggregating lOo.OOO people. His record for the paign was 1,400 miles traveled and .»ix speeches. £ imuel J. Tilden, nominated in St. Lo is June 28, made a speech to set t naders in Albany on tbe same night; replied to tbe Notification com mitted in New York July 11. His re cord for tbe campaign, no travels and two speeches. .-** GARFIELD'S LONG TOUR In 1880 Garfield made an Itinerary rough New York and New Jersey, ’ later spoke in Ohio. He spoke y to delegations at bis home, Mentor, O., In October. His record for the campaign is 2,300 m'les traveled, and 07 speeches. General Hancock, nominated June 24, replied to the Notification com mitteeat Governor’s Island, New York harbor, July 30, with a speech of 10 lines. His iettar of acceptance vtn out July 31* completed his record or the campaign; be made ao tour, and there ia a record of only two short •DtrCchO#. G ’iM-ral Weaver of Ohio, th* G um..-Labor aomlaa* laths mac* two rampaiga tour* of th* Houtb aad Weal, teavaliag to all 5,800 mil** bat made oaij ala sp sac tea i LAVk-LAND * rtJMT CAHFAJUN. ad aaaragaaaaly Thoogh they gUod | ad tar tbatr Ufa, ya* saaiag that raaso* Ir** ImpaaaiMa they mat tbatr Ito* like Wbaa lb* teataa aaom lagalbsr tba Iglasers jampad aad raved tbatr raa. The Aramaa did tlksvtsa aad ms af Ibam raaalrad aay lajarlra Whoa tba two tealas rams iato **4U- sioa. raaaiag at a high rots of apasd. naturally It raasad a great edits tea. r for £5 Verb any teador ef telescoped Iato tba bag gaga aad preaa oar aad aomplataiy HHmIM la this « mb as aad s W. D. Line* ' Thera klllad, nor does It appear that they fatally hurt by tba collision, bat they wars shat la by tba debris ao that ihrv oou'd not gat out. The uninjured soon raw tba difficult; n which their friends were put a» the crewa of both tratna began tba work of rescue. Tbe flames were rap- aad the uninjured work ed with might aad main. Thomas and LJnes, pinioned by baggage and ex press, were notfdead, but aa tbe flamee gradually grew towards them they piteously cried for tbeir rescuers to lurry. These worked with might and main and cut through the car so much as to be able to catch Thomas’ band. They tried to pull him out, but could not do t. “For God’s sake save me,” tbe poor man cried, but do all they could tbe rescuers could not get him out. The fire was burning too fierce, and amid the horrified cries of Thomas and Lines, the re«cuerfl had to stand back and see them burned to death. Tbe fire was beyond control then, but the crew nev er wavered in its attempt to save other With all tneir work tbe batwramaaA hvamtai w t bare ta vbaA ls as am ef eastaay I I •pe la eltoar. My ttastsam a* toa train manta roperty. _aggage and. express car, the mail oar and tbe second ciaas passenger oar were destroyed. Flagman Ulmer was standing be tween the ir-cond date car aod the bag gage car. He has not been found and is supposed to be buried in the burned debris. Tbe northbound train was not badly injured except the demolition of the engine. A» soon as tbe collision oc curred M r. L. C. Farmer, express agent, jumped. He received an injury of tba leg, bat nothing serious. With him was a new man named Price, who was making his first ran. H* jumped with Mr. Farmer and received a ' “ In tbe back of tba seek. - - So far as <vn bs learaad the ace ideal was owlag to s misuaderstaadiag of tba order* by tba craw of No. 36, or tba •owtbbouad train. It appear* that they rweelved the word "Bwaasra’’ far 1 Mat i wold bs wall to I breeding of cILdreo I bat I do tblak wa bad bs tbe road that toads to tba Tba country see as to bs beaded that way. I notice from tba papers that all oar schools aod colleges are tailor this year than usual. This 1* a good ladlost- tloa, but tba boy* and girls ara loeatad In college board lag houses aad piiratr familiar, away from the kind aad salu tary influences of th* mother. The bad our obUdren get away from home at school, mixed with the good they gat, makes in many oases a doubtful compound. The higher collagen are going to "seed” In amassment~‘elnba w and “teams” and secret societies. College yells” are becoming more prominent than college honor* The average college boy who can wear toothpick shoes, part his hair in the middle, set his hat on the back of his head, belong to a “team ’* and gira the college “yell," seems to be with himself, provided bis daddy j tbe bill* In many had better foot the boy. That.k there are many schools where girls aad boys may secure the very beet training of bead and bear* It seems that every.fad and new Invention la bidding for our boys and girls. The ballroom and tbe bicycle bid for oar modesty. Moonlight balls and moonlight bicycle parties bid for our purity, bicycle rxcursions, itriet lake* and pavilions bid for oor I school boys aod girl* Social o dances and cards take oar boys borne at alghL The various trade are bidding far l boy* tbe cigarette, tbe aafaea. the card tabic, the bicycle dabs and hail bid lor their health aad marafe* e boy who i makes a cl day aod te- ^ -