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SWEET i REVENGE »r . * • Ca^t»ii> P. K /VTCHEL* Aatb«r of “Th»ttJUioof»," ‘•Chick M CHAPTER XI. BTKAl.INO Til* OVVB. J AQCELINE once more became an object of undivided Interest. Tba men crowded about ber, atcrlnj: at ber. nttertng exclamations of admiration, vainly aeeklng a way to do her .honor. Presently they cut sap lings, oat of which they constructed a rude cbalr, decorating It with twigs, and one 111 fa sored bandit, to whom nature bad Imparted a spark of. art, gathered wild flowers with which to put on finishing touches. When the seat was completed, the men looked awkwardly at Jack, and the captain, presenting the tips of bis fingers, led ber to her Improvised throne. Helen, who at tbs first sign that I was to be temporarily spared bad recovered her equanimity and bad Infused some of ber restored courage Into Jack, saw nt once the advantage of keeping up ber cousin’s popularity. Seizlug sdinc of the flowers, she wove them on a frame work of green twigs into a di'CuIar gar land and Insisted on crowning the fa vorite, not queen of May, for May bad not yet.come, but queen of a mouth far more appropriate—April. Ky this time night bad come on, n muring fire was lighted, and the guer rillas, forming's ring of wbleb Jack was the gem, threw themselves on the ground and listened to ber chat, ber songs, her stories, their fire lighted fae<w standing out of the gloom In grim contrast with her refined beauty. The captain, with his superior brertl- lltgfwtTved ;is a link between her and his in >0. keeping them In check, and strtnuhrtlttg -thete-admlenrtoii --lUa- inqup'Ut I'tv 4~ rweeti tier wtortca and hej^j^uotfs, He 1 was quick to suggest ii7w ones, and or casloually buth were relieved by little struck me and ctasped a Jackknife. Meanwhile Buck disappeared, but, soon appearing again 7 In his place, held up a carbine. He bad doubtless stolen It from one of the men who slept on the edge of the circle about the fire. Again he disappeared, and I watched eagerly for his return. The guArd was ■till awake, though nodding, but bail he been more watchful be would not likely have discovered Hack, for the underbrush, both where the boy ap peared to me and Vhere It skirted the sleeping guerrillas, was so thick that In passing around the camp . was comparatively safe from observation. Besides for most of the distance Buck traversed In his gun foray the guardk back was toward him. I watch the point where Buck’s head appeared, expecting to see It again, but In Its stead presently see two white points. Straining my eyes, -I discerfi the whites of two eyes, then a black face. It Is niuger. A white line nppesrf directly below the eyes, and be is show ing his teeth In a smile. Me tuixes hi* arm, and, behold, another gun! Again a white line of te«-tii. and In* puts the weapon down, l ive, 10, 15 minutes elapse, linger holds his ground. Has he gone to sleep? Xo. Another tlv»' mhnttcs. and !«• holds up another gun. All, 1 see. I.lttlc Buck, with catlike tread. Is gathering In the arms. That's wHI. He Is fnr better ftttist for'such delicate work than a stl(T old uugro. The little pantomime tteglnsdo takr shape to my ml ml ami hrlwr’ijutii go. Waiting long enough for them to t a few hundred yards between-t-hem the camp aod noticing that the ird’s *yei w$pe still shut, I prepared Rising slowly land silently, ^‘^f^l^lble. my eyes fixed on the man by the fire, raising my revolver and taking as good an aim as possttne with bound wrists, stood on my feet One step back ward, then another, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth. I had reached the bushes where Back and Ginger bad been concealed and was about to take one more step which would secure con cealment when the guard opened his eyes and looked straight at me. „ Surprise was his last emotion, my figure the last sight he ever saw. I shot him through the head and before the report had ceased to reverberate |vas In the bushes. remark typical of that perullar rrvn. tun*, the American hoy. So long ns the songs and stories Iasi ed there was nothing to precipitate trouble. I Hit the rntertalnioent could not go on all night, ami I ls*gnn to dread the nioiurut when tile girls should attempt tiVtake tbrlr d«-| rture I‘resent I) Helen in a fl rm voice anM: “Tome. It's I line-fur us to go.** ■Iioot^of "Nor “A dancer "A nonf*" greetisl the proposition, ami the gner tillas Is-gan to form In groups to resist an exit llelon. se|r< ting the noisiest knot of men. drew n revolver (mm her |HM-ket sod. cocking It. moved ton an! Ihcui with ber rjre fixed upon them, calm and steady. Whether It was that (bey Were cowred by tbe wos|s>n or ad- L.md this rv tdeoev of woman's pluck, Urey opened n way. The captain. svU lug the opjmrtunlty. quickly took Jack by the baud aod Ini ber a! .er her ronsla. On<-r bryoud the ring, he as sisted the girls to mount, then, mount ing fil hi self, thu time rode sway, fol lowed by a cheer. As for me. 1 breath ed one long nigh of n lief. “Well, Ulager," said Hock, “reckon ef we uus air goto to git to Mparty to tuorrer we'll have to travel all night." “Is the nigger takln yo’ to tfpsrty or air yo' takln tbs nlggerr* asked one of the men. , “I Hit ain’t gwtoe to mak’ no dlSer’," ngld tilugwr 'Alan buck an 1 don' never had no trouble. Man* Buck,he's my man’ till I gits to de u«w ooev" Buck' hd his hone to the log and mounted, giving u>« a significant lofik. as 'to say, "I WBU l dwrl tlons of mofe a I life. 14 .> ran iwS|m> and Buek light for my ow n and ba-puselUlu fut.jvU ’ens*‘ I must Veil Dlngrr hi get some ■rmurinMlon But with a guard looking straight nt Ruck, who Woifid throw In some quaint? it la no easy task to convey Vn order by stgns.'nnd that to a stupid negro. Catchfugftght of s small stone beside me, I pul out my hand. yawi)l|ig to conceal.my Intention, let It fgll on the stone and am>n ha<l It lietwceti tin knuckle of my thumb aod the point of my forefinger, ns a hoy Indds a marble Watching till the guard's head Is turn •d. looking meaningly at Ginger, I fire the •tone a short distance, hoping lie wlU understand the word "ammunl tloii. ‘ Ills face Is a blank; It la evl dent that be does not know what I mean, and there Is no prosprrt at his getting It through his thick skuli Ginger turned sway, and I knew that he waa speaking to his young master, i then Ruck's white face showed Itself . Inquiringly behind the negro's black 1 one. I looked meaningly at Bock and I repeated the# motion of filing He caught my meaning and. taking up a gun. made a motion as If ramming a [ cartridge, looking at rao IMQutrlugly. 1 Indicated that he wits right He went away aod after a long abm-iK-e came teu-k and held up Tout cartridge*, two In each hand. Then, potting down the hoira. be held up three fingers, and I (knew that they had secured three gnus He next held up four fingers of the other baud, pointing to the sleeping guerrillas, and I kurw be pro|H>«ed to get ut\p more gun. Ruck was a long while capturing the fourth gun. One of the men awoke, yawned, sat up ajid lookvd Into -the fire, yawned again, lay down and was soon snoring Then the guard got up from where he was sifting. Then* was ■llttht iimnd m-q ^Hellof “Kody! CHAPTER XII. 'A DAYLIGHT ATTACK. D ESPITE the thickness of the surrounding underbrush, t made quick progress. Jump ing clean over bushes, darting around trees and under low limbs, aft er running some 200 yards from the guerrilla camp I came to a compart- lively open space. Seeing a figure standing within It and surmising It to be one of my friends, I was about to call when a woman’s voice cried “Halt!’’ I knew that.I was covered by a weapon and stopped short “Are you”— “Yes, and you"— “Helen. This way.” She darted away like a deer, I soon overtook her, and together we ran per haps half a mile, when she began to climb an ascent leading to the base of an overhanging cliff. I saw through the gloom a large and a small figure climbing Just ahead of us and knew they were Ginger and Buck. ' Helen led the way up to a recess In the cliff, and I saw at em'e a position that we conld hold against a dozen men so long as w« had food and ammunition. It was Jack’s cheery voice. Ain’t 1 find to get oat o’ the wilderness!” “rm glad enough.” I said as soon as I could get breath to speak, “hut yoo women" There was no time for words. We ifci n was in poo It loo had * continuous breastwork. The guerrlllas«erere tng to each other In the woods belo but they did not v seem to know where we were. I picked up one of the guns Ginger had thrown down. Burk had one In his hands. Ginger kept ona, and Ileleq seised the remaining one. "Where do I come In?" chirped Jack. "Here.” I banded ber the revolver. In which there were five loaded chant t>er*. and told her to hold on to tt. as I she would doobtjees need It We all took position behind oar breastworks { reedy to n-pel nif assault, at the same time seeing to the rundlttoo of oar pieces. They were cavalry carbines. I all loaded and capped ready for use. "Where are yoor horses?” I asked. ''Picketed down there,” Helen re i plied, pointing westward, "la a thicket But far froMi the road.” "Have you anything to aatf* •be glanced at a parcel oa the ! ground. ”1 got that In a cabin. There's | some corn pone and pork.” "Barely enough for one meal Any water?” “There's some water trickling be tgreeu the rocks back there.". “That pone and pork means n chance, bat It's a slim one." Helen net ber llpa, Jack turned pale. Ginger showed no emotion whatever, while Buck remarked that he'd be ‘‘darmd If he didn't plunk one of 'em. anyway.” As for myself, I was aghast at the terrible fate that threatened those who had so nobly and so bravely risked all In my behalf. "What brought you heref' 1 asked. Impatiently, of Helen. "When you were taken .from our bouse I nVolved to follow. ’ Hock.came n ln^ ys i sjsrt.d »nd Inslmled ..n cqU plow. Bot by this Ume theta was more call lag among the men below, a streak of light appeared In the east, and 1 did not dare let any one attempt to evade the enemy. Besides, I could npw see by the lay of the land that It would be Something must bava given the guer rillas an Inkling off our whereabouts, for as soon as It waa light we could aee them standing, looking up at our position. I told every one to lie low, hoping that some of the outlaws would climb up to Investigate and we might pick them off. For more than an hour we remained concealed, only speaking in whispers; then we saw the knot of men below divide, three going to the west three to the east while three be gan to cHmb toward our fortress. One remained below, and as the light In creased I saw It was the captain. We four who were armed with car bines knelt behind the rocks, I to the extreme left, Helen next, then Buck behind the stone we had moved to fill the gap, with Ginger bringing up the right end of the line. I was an excel lent shot—I had long been considered one of the best In Tennessee—and It turned out that Helen was not bad Ginger was no shot at all. I selected the man In advanceTor my especial ob ject, designated the second for Helen and gave Buck the third. They were to fire after me in the order named Ginger was to fire at any who might be left standing. Jack had only a revolv er, and I directed her to keep back. She was trembling, and in order to streagtb- ea ber by concentrating ber mind on » . _ ■ TM ROD'S GRATE IS MARXBD : Wwy popular in the South. Wheh the war was ended he was id Columbia, e r inionea—Ane ^ere ^ been edHi- g ^ f rM n liman when the city was deeiroyed. Snatched from Kuined jn jf oru , ne> with the hand of disease tearing at his life, with starva tion and suffering facing him, Timrod The Labor of Love Finished—The Poet’s Rama Oblivion. The State, Oct. A The bumble marble abaft which has marked the spot where sleeps Henry Timrod has been removed and a more { (retentions granite bouldy has taken ts place, lu a retired corner of Trinity church yard, hallowed by the dust of choice spirits of the commonwealth, lienry Timrod waa buried ou the 7th of October, 1867. It is indeed appro priate that the grave should be marked suitably and permanently before to morrow, the 34th anniversary of his death. Thu is the closing work of the Tim rod Memorial association. Three years ago this baud of devoted South Caro linians determined to rescue Timrod* name aod fame from the dust of time, and to erect a memorial to his mem ory. This was done by obtaining the right to publish and to toll the poems into which the dead poet had breathed his lofly mmd and beautiful spirit. Four thousand copies of this volume have been put into the bauds of those who have learned to. know end to love Timrod through companionship with his genius. Fiona the proceeds a iteau- tiful marble tablet has been erected in Timrod’s home. Charleston, and the erecting of the stone which marks his lowly couch in Trinity thutch yard completes the work of the association. The roughly quarried gray granite boulder is 5 1-2 feet high, 32 mches square at the base and a little smaller at the top. On its face is this inscrip tion : a 182#-67 Henry Timrod, Potl and his only child—WiHie — lie buried here. 1901. That is all. A plain epitaph but enough for Timrod, for his name and his fame will not soon I'erith. The stone which marks his grave is taken from the toil of Carolina, and Timrod would have had U thus. In appear ance it is bold, as was his spirit; and the inscription is simple and direct, as bis life. Tba committee in charge qf thu ex-Gov. Hugh 8. Thom ft. Wiiilwaflg Courtenay#did not stop with the erec tion of this stone, but had the sur** lived bnt a short while after the war He expressed to Capt. Courtenay and others a desire for his poems to be collected, and that was 1 the inspiration which prompted the noble South Caro linians to lend their energies to, giving Timrod’s name its proper place on the scroll of fame. Capt. Courtenay says that in youth Timrod was looked upon as an athlele. He was rather short of stature but very broad shouldered and "his very walk indicated strength. Hut con sumption wasted his frame and he died at the age of 38 when life should have been but beginning. The pallbearers who attended the body to us last rest ing place were Gen. Wade Hampton Dr. A. N. Talley, Dr. It. W. Gibbes Gov. Hugh S. Thompson, Melvin M Cohen and Felix G. de Fontaine. In 1873 Paul Hamilton Hayne col lected and published a number of Tim rod’s poems and three years ago the Timrod Memorial society secured from Mrs. Kate Lloyd, relict of the beloved poet, the copyright to bis poeqis on the condition that whatever profit might accrue would be used in erecting a suitable memorial. Over $2,000 has been raised and spent iu this way and the copyright has recently been sold by Mrs. Lloyd to the B. F. Johnson company who will get out another edition. Timrod’s grave u through the sack cloth of the Reconstrnclioo in South Carolina remained without a stone.” But, as Timrod himself wrote of the host of Southern dead in the war: ‘ la seeds of laarel in the earth The blossom of y< ur fame is blown, And somewhere ratting for its birth The shaft is in the stone.” 4ir from to writ* to Dr» That advice Is baeed tqxm ^taftk«:i experience. After suffering fcrmpnthx, nod finding no benefit rtonft Btorf the treatmafit of $ the local wfcygician. mBk Miss Bene Hednci wrote to Pt, Pfcrc fo' ih** good time." Tli.' restraint of the girls’ presence •Leih^ no longer felt, the men'e behavior rhanged In a twinkling. The captain's absence left Pete Halllday, the worst man iu the gung. free to foment trou til*', and he began to do'so by sneering nt tils chief for being brought, as he impressed It. under petticoat govern went. There appeared to'be two fac tions In the band—the one traded by llnlliday or Jaycox and the other by Captain Klugold. Halllday set about Instigating the guerrillas, or, rather, his adherents) to go after Helen and Jack and bring them back for another dance. To make matters worse, one of the men found some applejack, and It was not long before the gang were half drunk. Meanwhile .the captain returned and received a hearty cursing from Halllday and bis adherents. Sev eral of them started to bring back the girls, but Rlngold drew upon them and threatened to shoot them unless they returned. They staggered hack, grum bling, and the captain adroitly pro posed another pull at the applejack. This diverted them, and after finishing the liquor one after another sank Into a drunken slumber. It was midnight. Every member of the band was asleep save the man who was deputed to guard me. He was sit ting on a piece of firewood, so placed that he could watch me across the flame. I lay on my back looking up at tbe stars and featherltke clouds that now and again floated across tbe great blue dome, the only motion apparent aave the tree tops bending under an ocr caslon&l breeic. The fire flickered, the MM&ISS&SL *ad an owl fils- Tbeugbtf i tance gave an occasional hoot. He bad I beard something stir In the under- brosh. Glancing aside, I saw a' small light disk over a bush. It was the face of little Bock. a Now. la the gam# of all the goda, will those devoted friends never give over flaking their Uvee In these useless at tempts? What Is to happen now? 1 •cowled an order to the boy to go •way. bat he paid no attention to It sliding along the I and lodged against me. Tbe heard It etartod. cast a quick then about ilia, hot into hia- tor- iffnsctf 1(Frc Ginger held up the fourth gun. I moved slightly, showing my friends by my manner that I was about to try to get away. They app«*nre*l Hi under I that my mu* LhrvugA Uu hwivt Vome duty I told ber to be ready to hand us tbe ammunition after the first volley. Tbe guerrillas came on. every man bolding a carbine. When they had cov ered a third of tbe distance. 1 saw that Back was abont to fire oat of. turn, and 1 was obliged Jo speak to him some what sharply. 1 think tbe advancing men beard me, for they stopped and consulted. Tbe captain, standing be low, called to them to go oa^aod. sep arating so as to leave a dosen yards between* each man. skirmish fashion, they started again, watching eagerly for a sight of something to fire at As they were all abreast, my order for firing would not serve. I gave another. "I’ll take tbe left man. Mias Sun forth tbe center. Rock tbe right” There was no response. All were too Inteut on the work before ns to speak. 1 permitted tlie men to come within a hundred yards, when, taking deliberate aim with tbe rest I shot my man through tbe heart, to another mo ment 11 Hen's rifle cracked, and the center man dropped. Buck, who was excited, fired wild and missed alto gether. Ginger lost bis bead com pletely and did not fire at'alL As Gin ger's courage deserted him Jack's came to ber all of a sudden. “Why don't yo' sboot Ginger?” she cried, with lasblag eyes Snatching his gun and aiming It atibc remaining man, who ,was rapidly getting down tbe declivity, she sent him the rest of rounding burial lot enclosed in a new granite coping surmount*d by ah iron picket fence. Withm this enclosure sleep# Timrod, and by him lie his child, his sister and his moiltsr. Next south of the poet’s gtave is that of his youngest sister, now marked by s small, rough graalio tablet upon which b this inscnptioo; 1838 fi6 Kdytk U Timrod. wife of A. H. Corbett 1901. And beside her I ms the venerable mother of the pohland his giltsd sis ter. Tbe moilier’s fcrave b marked with a stone of sppenrance similar to that of the danghter’s. The Inter •P- Uon reads; 1796 1070. 7 hyraa K Prince. * Relict of Cart. W 11 Ttmrod of . * Char lesion, B. C. 1901 • This small burial lot adjoins that of the Gibbes family'and b but muc feet Iquarv. The work of the committee of the memorial association will uot only change in a m~rkcd manner the appearan* r of the spot somewhat ne« gloctcd£io the p^l. but b a tribute of ktve and admiration which will with stand the dements But the greatest monument which has been erected to the memory of Henry Timrod b the placing of hb written work into the hands of Uioos- anda of people who might not have heard of him but for the .collcviioi} and •publication of his poems. To Congressman Galusha A. Grow, who is known as tbe Dean of tbe House at Washington and the father of the h« mestead law, finds one of his great est pleasures in conducting a little Sunday school of abjui 100 scholars at the Grow homestead, Ulenwood Susquehanna County, IV The sc boo .wmatpmixal forty ran.gateJtei: F. I*. Grow, the C Kigrcssni in’* sister rreVftti iy ever} body in die hood from children to wilii gray hairs. •There Inc liltie neighbor men sod wotg Wll be literary an* be on y< Daughter- people there.” Mother—“Yes, guard with them.' • "But bow shall I know them, n erT’ / “By their hair ; long in the met short in the women ”—Life iotb and The guard opened hie eyee and looked straight at me. atand and gathered up the guns, Buck taking one and Gluger three, doing all so silently that no sound reached even me. I waited, watching the guard In- fently till he should nod. I had no ex pectation of his going to sleep. 1 only hoped to free myself from my thongs before he should discover my move ment. He nodded. I moved. He open ed his eyes. I snbred. He nodded again. opened the blade. Drawing up my knees. 1 cut the ropes that bound my gpkles, then felt In my boot leg for tbe revolver. ’I was about to cock It when I remembered that tbe guard would hear the click. 1 thought I would conceal the sound by a annulo. but a sneeze might disturb some of the band. The owl, which had for some time been silent, hooted. It usually gave three boots In succession. I count ed-one. two and at tbe third cocked my revolver.. Through my half closed lids I cast a glance at the en.«d hi* eyes were ahuL at Bock and t w» Tqndy 1 looked algolBcnutiy * it was you f'heard coming In after I went up sjalrs. "Ginger took tbe horses to the stable and was returning to tbe bouse when be saw two men climb a tree near your window and enter your room., lie watched from a distance and saw them Itrlng you out. but he could not tell whether they were taking you away by force or assisting you fo es cape. Coming into the house, be told us what hud happened. J “Jack started to nwaken/ Captain Beaumont, hut I stopped bef. If you had been assisted to^eseape. this would ts* fatal. Besides, from what Jack had told me of the captain, I Judged he would have his night's rest before starting In pursuit. I told Jack I would follow you myself, and she was wild to come with me. Ginger had seed you leave the plantation and knew the di rection you had taken. We sent him and Buck ahead, and they soon came near enough to you to bear your horses’ hoof beats, then waited for us to come up. Soon after we lost track of you, but. hearing something come crashing down-the mountain”— “A stone." —“we follow*J the direction of the sound. In the early morning Buck and Ginger came open you unexpectedly. As sooii as you had gone they rejoined us, we shadowed you and yesterday afternoon laid a plan for your Mcape." “A wild’. Impracticable scheme. One circumstance has led to another, each Involving you more deeply. My God, what a load of obligation!« We can’t stay here. We’ll starve. Buck, couldn’t you slip out In the darkness and find help?” “Nor-etree: I'm -not goto out 0’ byat, T’tn goln t* stny an fight with the rest." 1 “But you may save all our Uvee.” "Why don’t you go, Mr. Brandy- atone?" “I? I must stay wttb your sister and cbusln. Besides, I'm big and couldn’t, get through as easily as you.” “WHI. I ain’t a-golt tc sneak away If l am little." ' “Bocky.” said Jack, ”yo’ needn't go. I’ll go myself." "Yo' don’ do nuffln like dat. Missy Jack," cried Ginger. “Item grillera ■IiupIiqX Wha.'.mars’saga* 1 gobnefc •h tell 'em de apple ob be eye go down 'ttonf grillers fo to gtt fbot? miff’,'* be added to to*. "By golly,” cried ’em, didn’t we?” I tboqgbt It beet not to discourage him by telling film that this waa only a preliminary skirmish, but asked Jack for tbe ammunition, aod we all reload ed. ’rtie wounded man went back to the captain, wbo appeared greatly agitated ovef tbe result He wws evidently sur prised’ at tbe reception of his searching party. Tbe men wbo bad gone to tbe flanks, bearing tbe firing, rejoined tbelr leader, and two men wbo bad been In the rear came forward. Heaven preserve usl Tbe captain has started up the slope at tbe bead of a storming party of eight men. I was appalled. We had but four guns and after firing a volley most re load before firing another. We could not expect to disable more than four men at tbe first fire; then the remaining four would be upon us befog? we could reload. In quick tones I gave the or^ der: “All load. I’ll fire." With that I let drive and dropped a Then, throwing down my gun, I toek Helen’s and dropped another. Buck banded me big,-aod 1 dropped a third. '* “By Jlmlnyl” cried Buck, exposing his bead to see bettey. “Ain’t yo’ a bul ly shot?" ring! went a bullet within an Inch of bis ear, and be ducked. “Keep downT’ I cried as the lead rat tled against tbe rocks in front of os, and fired tbe fourth gun, again hitting my man, though 1 only “winged” him. Indeed. I believe he dropped to evade the fire. By this time the first gun had Itieen reloaded, and. I took aim at the SafttAhL L w—?«awt hH hfmrffftfrW came on. Taking tbe next gun uow ready, I fired at him again, bnt Jnst as 1 did so one of the men stepped In front of him and received the shot This finished tbe assault The men broke and fled and before 1 could get another shot were far back toward the Doaltloo from wbleb they had started. 1>X> n OOHTDrtTKXk J it is claimed that dentistry prolongs ife as hss been said of matrimony— When some elderly look yonnf they dye in (he try to ted Timrod Capt Cour tenay stales that a'copy of (he poems of Timrod recently found its way into the hands of a man of letters in Can. ads. The poetic tire in the book brought from this stranger a warm encomium and ^TimrodV fame is through him being given to tbe people of other sections of tbe country, for “the poet to the w hole world belongs.” This gentleman iu Canada had not beard of Timrod before, but is now telling others of tbe beauties of tbe poet’s writings. The small shaft which formerly marked the grave of Timrod wan erected in 1880 through the efforts o!' Gov. Hugh 8. Thompson, Prof. Wm J. Rivers, the historian, Dr. Ja«. II Carlisle and others. It was bard theu to do more than to mark the spot, for the country had not recovered from the effects of the civil war. The work just finished was done and done well by the Stewart Contracting company o;' this city. “ Poverty scatters all things,” sau Capt. Courtenay yesterday. “ Tim rod’s sister was gifted with a mint very much like that of her brother and composed beautiful verse. She bad collected this into a book in mauusenpt form but it has been lost. They were too poor to keep their treasures safely.” A biographer h^s recorded that when racked with diseate and suffering in the general poverty of the State just after the war, Timrod said, ‘‘-i would consign every line I have written to eternal oblivion for $100 in hand.” Henry Timrod was burn in Charles ton iu 1829. His father was an officer j£l the German. Fusiliers daring the campaign against the Seminole In dians in Florida and there contracted the disease which was inhei.ted by bis ton. Tbe elder Timrod waa himself a writer of ve»te of much merit. The ) ounger Timrod studied Jaw under James L. Petigru, but devoted his life to literature. t% illiam Gilmore Simms took a great interest in Timrod, frul Hamilton Hayne and other talented young men. Timrod’s first book of poems w*a published in 1860 and was hailed with delight by his friends. When the war came npon his be loved 8Late, Timrod’s bold spirit a p'ipp* left me Mv meads said As snack of la s bed cough I kad consumption I then toed Ayer's Cherry Pectoral sad it cured me promptly.’• A. K. Randles, Nehemis, III. . You forgot to buy a bot tle of Ayer’s Cherry Pec toral when your cold first came on, so you let it run tlong. Even now, with all your bird coughing, it will not disappoint you. There’s a record of sixty years to fall bac^ on. TWm i tfc Me 11 XS CmmU jomt 4nr%nr It %» My* •sk*«t. My* If k« MU* local Miss Bette H wrote to Dy, for-advice.. She acted on thp^dvicc. regained her appe tite, recovered hei strength. ed several potmdsrt in weight. «Write to Doctor Pierce ” is good gd- vice for every woman to follow. It costs nothing Dr. Pierce invites' sick women to con sult him, by letter. /ree. Address Dr. R. V. Piesce, In valids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. In a little over thirty years, Dr. Pierce, assisted by his staff of nearly * ot physician's, has treated and cored ovet half a million, women. «I suffered from month. wTtte.v*«i ^ tre>te<1 b y • foo<! Sh£h I received.uuineme tot^ehujrsvort. n^Ttttrteea^tle. of F«v<^uVre*rirtio^ lidTightTGoldjs Medley Dtocov^TVhe.. I had u*ed th* medicine * nicrnth mr much improved^ until now l crb worm at . . . .. housework. I hsd ■c.rc.ly sp^ertmtn U all right now. 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