The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 21, 1901, Image 4
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By *»
, Captain P* K A^lTCHCl-*
Author of •K hottonootu," “Chiokumooju,” Kte.
ittt OopyrtAbt. IlAryor A
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chapter xx.
A MASqUEHADE.
HAT been inc of the others 1
Oi<l not aiU*mpt to discover.
I ui.'ulf straight for ths
'I
4—
f
n
blacksmith shop and found
a smith at his forga,
“My good mnn.’y said, *Tm fo”.owr>d
hy Riierrlllas. They'll be In the town
.In n few minute*. Can’t you give me
your clothes and let me tak< your place
at the forge V”
He stood with his hand on tEe imn-
<Jle Of the bellows looking nt me while-
what } said was slow ly making its w ay
through his skull. .
“Weel, non,’’ he said at last. - -
“Seoteh—I knew It. I'll bo taken l>e-
fore I can make him imdmvtniHl." Then
to him, “Do ym. want to save me from
death by guerrillas'.*'’ - ———s-
“Certaln, inon.”
^TTten take off that apron and give IF
to me at oneo. Xot a OTOinent to hisri”"
At this Juncture the dr*t>erote f*osi-
tlon I was in entered tils brain, anil he
worked quickly enough one# he real
Iced what was wanted. I saw a wdol-
•on shirt, well begrime*], hanging on a
nail and. seizing It, put It on. Then 1
took the smith's apron, rolled tip my
sleeve*, sinesnsl mv arms with cinders
gone 7 along thar,” pointing to the path
his men were Just dashing Into.
“Th’ didn't go. that a-w.iyt”
“They didn't? Which way did they
go?”
D’ yef a'poseJ give foe’s to’ noth
in r
Bhc
and looked Into a bit at btokeo mirror » an4 Ts t;tng hold of his Wrblle rein, be-
restlng against the wooden wall to <”•-
A cold chill-rau down my back,
was going t" tell for pay.
“What <fS yo* want?"
. “fllpiOic Talff fo' a eallker dress, an
I'll put ypr ou th’ right track.”
“Slio'- 1.
“ttart in.” •
“This ’ll git It ns easy.” He drew a
,revolver and put it to her face. She
drew back. Hut this man, who was
above his calling, never -could persist
hi ill treating a woman, amt lowering
hla weapon, he put his hand In his
(locket and pulled out a bill.. ’ ^ r
“That 1 * the stuff ter git fae’s^ with,’’
•aid the woman. ,r Xow, 'yoii tins git
right ’h^ng yhar.’’ and she pointed
the mad northward.
“That won’t dti.” sahl Hie oaptata.
“Wc jn -t i ame from up thar.’’
There was a. pause, at the end of
which I heard the woman say lu a low
tone: *
“Captain!"
The voice was familiar. T saw the
man start, then exclaim, “Great God!”
The old woman went over to him
serve the effect. I was disappointed to
see that my face belh-d my calling.
“Your rasor!” I exclaimed to the
blacksmith.
He went through a door lending from
the simp to his dwelling and returned
with n rasor. soap ami hot water.
441 iIlHil’M 1
leaving a dark stubble: then, seizing a
handful fif. coluv. rubbed out tr
fined lineament. 'I .iking another look
at myself. 1 was pleased to see that my
own mot tier would not know me. flelx-
Inn the handle of the bellow*. 1 began
to blow vigorously.-•
"Weel. w eel.” latigheil the hlnek-
amlth. “ye utak’ a Iwtlter Ui kin smith
than creutleiiMiii ’*
“Ilay your own |*art wHU” I replied,
“and I have something liter for you all
the end of the perfonuanesb” .-
It waa fully to minutes after we
reached the hamlet Is*fore there were
any signs of the guerriilaw and IbCfl
three or four rode Into t ' I
asked for our (sirty. Had they seen
ua? Which way had we gone? and oth
er questloua. which the few |ieOplettiey
met rrspoixled to with a grunt or a
■bake of the head I put my h* ad out
to ace and. msmuiaiug wue of timat
drew Isn k and tK*ran to Mow my ls-t
iows as If my life dt iw-itdcd uu it. And
It did. Presently one qf the outlaws
rod* up to the shop
"Hello thar!*' lie ahotited.
“Waul.’’ I •rpllcd. still blowing nod
kreplug ny fire turned from him.
"Hecn • Ban. two women, a Iwy an
a nigger go through the town?”
“Haln't aeeu do •ue.”
“SboT
“Hbo' nuff "
He rode off. hut I knew the sturm
had not yet tdown over. 1 wrnt on
working the Iteilowa. and It was well
I did so, for presently mors of tbs band
rode Into town, and one of tbs hsrses
Pres-
gan to whl‘‘jut to him earnestly,
entiy I beard the captain say:
“I can't do It."
There, was more whispering, and by
the ^moan's attitude I knew she was
pleading. Was she pleading for ns?
If an. w ho could this good friend tie to
t
|3tnke so much Interest In us?
ys ! so ■yu’’ frieioi. -bul
pot the other one!" < ^
urn hied wttb the rein, she struk-
j ed; hi* horse s neck, she Jnid hec, band
.1 on Ins. nil the while talklag earnestly.
1 and l<
Jug up Into liKeyes. I fancied
|h'S<-«*<
her. fa
while
loo er at
on her ton-k
au was Jn<i
lingly. t bough
■e. for her l*a<
the Iikiu's he
lowif.r II.
atu) I k
•I cpuld not see
was toward me.
.1 waft drooping
bonnet fell tisek
< w. tlia old worn
"Van
said bn
The -
within
his foe
I 'o'
o y<
le to
littk
n itj'
IRfl
roll I
h«r
dow
ti-ars: <
reward
ft. ndl
»utl> It
Lust
I was i
aelf t lu
pro id I*,
the w
tbrougl
Ih-aum.
yo* reflBg
ihl ellotlgli I
man wnw
him was pi
At la-d h
Tnansr
ok hi*
white i
on It, U
*1 ran gt
vapti
mg TWuh
• lit it* *1 ills
lu Wttluler
jcrrrthet
at six to
t to draw
hole a.hi
t i he iusaii
Hill. It K
Oil III
for me
silent.
» Ssk Itr she
to ts ar
The StrUKKle
i ercry line of
•njy
TTI do IT ."* -
wo han.1 In
•nt her head
I up thningh
t r. tie. In
he had struck a troop of ConfedMwte
sohllerk. tu;t\ed nuti-lled. All this Imp-
pene.1 so quickly vhfit no one but H.*an-
mout and the thre.> huudlts had an op
portunity to take a hnud In tlie fight.
When there were no m<t£e guerrillas for
the captain to kill, lie .vent Hhyly back
to Jack, who had witnessed his feat.
looking like a schoolboy who had done
penance for a fault and wanted for-
flvenesa. But Jack turned her hack
on him.
When ths firing began, with oM
bound, disguised and begrimed afcl
Wns, 1 cleared my window. When
Rfngold fell, I was Joined by the other
members of our pprty from the houses.
Buck had blackened himself for a ne
gro, and It was he who-had answered
Rlngold’s questions. Helen and Ginger
had hidden without disguise. The peo
ple of the town, one man and eight wo
men, besides children, rushed Into the
road. I knew well that the absence of
as that It was one ifllle to Decheril.
“One mile to their two. Can we not
do It. driver?” 1 asked quickly.
The only answer was another
oop!” and renewed hammering on ths
horse's rump. The eyes of all war*
strained to the rear, watching to see
Just what chance theru waa fiNhn time
to time between life aftfi pPR* *hU e
I examined the carbines, which we had
taken care to bring with us, to discov
er If they were In good condition. At
rise we could see either one or
more mdn coming like the wind. They
the guerrillas was but temporary; that
they would soon come down on us In a
body. • ..
“We have no time to lose,” I cried.
“We must get away at once."
“Where?”
"Anywliere.” -—
Turning to the townspeople. I asked
If they could furnish a conveyance.
“I've a horse and wagon lu my shed,”
said the smith.
“Out with It, quick!”
Every one of us took a band In har
nessing the team, and In three minutes
by the clock we had finished. Then*
We all tumbled In. except Jack, Who
declared she would never leave her
Fiend. Captain Itingold. There "was
no tiia| to bandy words, so 1 took her
up yfa tossed her into the* wagon,
where she fell In a heap. Rising on
ber knees, she shook her clinched list
at me and cried to the wounded guer
rilla that she would come back to him
as soon as she could get away. Mean
while the blacksmith was driving us
down the mad. belaboring bis horse
with the stump of au old whip.
I
wagon,
to
r part
Id not
*k a
b. ib-ar
III III*
11-
at.
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Kt
■ dtl
er-
id.
ht.
, rllhis rode Into town, be waa sitting by
havlng lort a shoe. Its rider *Vimlow Sipping a glass of Tenn
In front of tbe sbep and tuld me to put
It on.
This was aometlilng 1 had not count
ed on. I knew no more aU.ut. horse
shoeing thap about knitting, but,I put
* huidfact Ufl Uta-maUiir and ^
work.
man. “Air yo’ goln ter put that sbou
on with nary trlmmln?”
"Don’t yo’ s'pose 1 know my busi
ness?” I cried, bristling. “I was only
flttlD IL”’ ‘
With that I seized a knife and began
to cut. But I was too excited to pare
the boof even tt 1 bad been an ex|H'rt.
and In another moment tbe man yelled
again, “Kf yo’ cut that critter’s hoof
off. I’ll brain yo’!”
“Here, Sandy,*’ I cried to the black
smith within,-“coinc shoo UiU man's
critter. He thinks he knows tnore’u I
do ktout sboeiu.”
The blacksmith finished (lu* Job,
while I, pretending to be greatly Irrl
tated, was glad to escape Into his
dwelling house. Going to a front win
dow and dropping a curtain so that l
could look into the road without being
seen, 1 took a view of the situation.
Tbe guerrillas were scattered about the
town, some riding around tlie Houses
hunting for us, others sitting on their
horses, questioning the inhabitants as
to our whereabouts. Captain Ringold
Was In command. A* negro boy was-
playing “hopscotch” on tbe slfitwalk.
The captain called to him:
“Yo’ boy thar, didn’t yo’ see anybody
go this way awhile ago?"
“Two women an a boy ’boul big 's
me?'
! "Yes.”
"An a white man an a colorefi man?”
"Yes. Which way did they go?”
1 “Dey’s gwlne right ’long dar.” And
be pointed to a path leading acmes the
road westward.
“Here; you.” cried the captain to two
taen who were watering their horses
at a wooden trough In front of the
■bop,- “strike out on that path.”
The men darted, away, leaving the
captain alone In the road. A little old
woman came out of a bouse opposite
and began to guy him in a cracked
voice, poking fun at blm for not being
•ble to catch a party of women. She
talked ao familiarly with him that I
began to suspect she knew blm. I
trembled for fear she would betray us.
"Ybu tins ain’t wo’th a persimmon,’'
■he said. "With them critters’ legs uu-
tfar yer, yer orter ketch wfcpmen folks
he re
Iter fore hr
»(range si
atutallng toy
ed the man's
off bla force when
ntage was spoiled
jealousy of Captain
uia that the captain
had-disdained to hide with th« rest.
Indeed he had no ori-aslou to bide. The
guerrillas did not know that be waa
with our party, and lie waa In no more
danger from them than any other man
would be. lie bad, however, yielded
fo Jack’s |N‘r»ua*lou to go Into a house
smt keep out of sight When tbe guer-
wblat i', and at t&e moment Itingold
Impriatefi yn klsa on Jack’s forehead,
as UI locljfBQuM have It. he'happened
to look aot dt the window. In anotbel
moment be Baa in the road discharging
CHAPTER XXL
A ST1RV CHASE.
A STRAIGHT road-lay before ns
to Decberd. a few miles dis
tant. The place was of tow
great Importance for the guer
rillas to dare enter, and If we could
teach tt before they could catch ua we
should he safe.
“flow much Is your bona worth?” 1
asked the blacksmith.
“A matter & saxty doHar».”
“If you kill him by bard driving. I'll
give you a hundred, and If you get us
to Jierherd before the outlaws ran
patch us I’ll make tt a hundred more ”
“H eel, non. I don't want to be hard
on a mon Ilyin for bis life and wlmmen
folk too. I’ll do tbe best I can and ask
no money.”
With that be belabored the poor
horse's flanks with the atump of bla
whip and sent him galloping onward.
There were no aprlngs to the
MH we Valued our live* t«o
draw rein at rut or atone. At
of the mad I feared that If wi
check our {•ace we would
wheel and be left with no means to
get on save our legs. 1 cautioned tbe
driver to slacken bis pace; bat, bearing
or fancying be foard the clattering of
horaea’ hoofs behind, without a word
I from me tie apidled tbe (ash. Now we
I hounded Into tbe air ami now we were
| tossed together like dice Id a box.
“Git oop. ye critter!” cried tbe black
smith. mingling Scotch and Tennessee.
I "iH.n’t ye knew ye’re graggln bonny
i Ij-ddles 0ylD for their Uvea?” And
| down came tbe butt of the whip. It
was harrowing to see a horse furred to
giro bla life to save oura. but our altn-
atlon waa too critical to uamat any
slackening of speed. Jack, wlio of all
our force was usually muM frightened
at danger ahead and would fight It
most vigorously when face to face with
It, for once acted In reverse at seeing
the poor brute making h-atM that were
killing him. p *
“Stop Itenilng that horse, you brute.”
•she cried, "or I’ll beat you!” And abe
sprang forward to.seize tbe whip I
Anugiit Jivt.jn-my amis. She Looked up
' fafiBBaa* ~~
We could $cc either one or more men com
ing like the wind. . —
had evidently fauglit sight of ns and
wero atralning every nerve to catch us
before we reached Decberd. I told the
bhtcksmlth to lay ft on hard, wefl
knowing that between us and our pur
suers was only the Ilfs of bis horse.
He was raising Ida whip when the
horse stumbled and frTI,'pitching most
of us out of tbe wagon, fortunately ou
aoft ground. Getting up and running
to tbe prostrate animal, I found blm
xjone dead. ¥
We were still a quarter of k mile
froip tbe town, and tbe guerrilla-*
would be on us In ■ CaHtafc to
tlie otben to help, 1 .turned tbe wagon
across tbe road and directed aU to Mke
position behind It Distributing tbe
guns, we waited tbe coming at tbe ad
vance of .our enemies. Three Ben. pret
ty near together, catching eight of us'
drew rein and waited for their cum
rades. others soon rtroe up. and 1
counted seven men preparing to charge
us. I was about to give an prder aa to
the firing when 1 beard an exclamation
from Ginger:
"Bresa de Lawd!”
Turning. 1 saw a troop of cavalry
carrying tbe star* and stripes ridfkg
leiati'-ely from tbe town I fired a shot
to attract their attention. Bttddeidy
they seemed to take In tbe situation.
I beard tbe sharp word of command
and saw them coming at a gallop
Glancing at the guerrillas, I saw them
TSntshtrrg tn the dtawioeev —
“Raved!*' I erted.
“IV hrv«aed lot wd be t'anked[” about
e.l < . -flfer "
“Gol darn It.” «
bad a sbot I'd '
“By Jove.” n
tug at tbe n|qi
a prisoner T'
• P
kl Buck
link, d n
.•si lira i
bitig lr«i
. “ef I’d ’•
fie of 'em!”
nit.out, star
sipefS. “I*B
There wa* a
puff of suteke an
tone tbe
ret real lug gu<
prrlllaa. the rri<
rk of a
carbine, aud
Jack fell luto
IlHeu’s
arms.
Net er a aff l
lie p'tm-tKV uf ha
rd earn
ed aucec
moment
** iu
of t
i tied) daabefl at llw
these fl.-iiUa off
iqth.
fur
\> .' had fought
days, we had •**
ca|H*«| from them to a ravetrd |>rotec
tlon, and now. at the last moment. Ihr)
| had struck ua severely. Jaqueliiu- lay
on the grass, her bea.r and aboulders
resting on Helen’s arm. who stanched
tbe blood which (lowed from a wound
In ber aide. I I •cut over ber wltb a
gruau. Capt&iB Beaumont for a mo
ment seemed tire.I to chase th* man
who bad sbot her, then Joined tboae
about- the wounded girl, muttering Im
precations ou tbe guerrillas and In
coherently begging ua to sav* bla little
JaUMulW - -
re. A fusnuinollow^r'srngol'a re
ceiving a wound that put blm bora de
combat. Huaytoglb'hls saddle, he fell
fainting to tbe ground
.1 in I in-line turned upon Beaumont like
a fury. 1 have seen lluipJack In many
a towering passion, but Outer anything
like this. Her face was lltld. ber eyes
llaming. She tried to mt&k, but ber
Ire choked her. At last one word ex
pressive of her pent up feelings came
out like a pistol sbot:
’Tig!”
Uavltifr thus relieved herMlf fto Cap
tain Beaumont, she turned tOTOe pros-
Suaglng in hl» saddle, he tell fainting tc
id.
croon
the grount
Irate Ringold, knelt beside hit
Ifig over jiim nx-lf he I
to her than all the work! tieslde.
At tliis moment a guerrilla, who had
doubtless l>?eu attracted by the firing
dashed down the road. Beatn
caught sight of him just as Ji
hurled her opprobrious epithet
an expression indicating that be wddlu
prefer death to-anotber such woid fron
the girl .wlio had enthralled blu.. bt
riarfed to meet, tbe lovadj^^™^
were exchanged, and tbe guel
frourtbe saddle. Ue waa f«
anotbdr, who shared the
etnrr It w?is w t oily sympathy or
overstraided nerves I did not know;
probably hntli. At any rate. I prqfect-
»-d her from the Jolting by k<*cping her
iu my arms, w hile site bid her face ho
that she ,could, not see tbe suffering
horse. • • „ ••
“Jack.” said Buck, “you’re nothin
but a baby.”
“Shut up. yo’ little nigger!" she cried
I could not repress a smile at-the re
tort seeing which. Jack realized tbe
absurdity of It all and hfoke into' a
laugh, while the tears continued to ruu
down her cl eeks
“Won’t yo' let me support yo' against
tbe jolting?” asked Captain Beaumont
ruefully.
“Yo’?” Do yo* suppose I’d let yo’
touch me? Yo’ shot my b»st friend.”
“IV yo’ dislike me fo’ sboovlng—a
robber?" asked ber admirer sadly. '
“I bate yo',"
.Beaumont settled down In a'corner of
the wagon in despondency. After
awhile Jack slid down beside him,
whereupon be suddenly lighted up and
took as much Interest.,in our flight aa
any oue of the party.
We were a wild looking load to tbe
few people who passed us. Whenever
we saw a farm wagon coming or going
we would shout to Its driver to get out
of tbe way. They must have supposed
our horse to be a runaway,.for everx
one quickly turned aside. There are
pictures of that ride which I can see
today, so vividly were they stamped
on my memory. An old man wltb hi
hands on the handle of bis plow gape
through Iron rimmed spectacles, a wo
man In a check gown and sunbonnet
stopped trimming plants in ber gar
den and stood with tlie shears In ber
hand to gape at us as if we ware
party of witches who had lit on tbe
earth from tbe moon and were making
ready to take to tbe sky again. Ne
groes, children, country lads, faced the
oad as w« passed and stood wonder
stricken till we were out of sight. *
. Coming to a rise, in the ground where
we could look to our rear for perhaps a.
mile, we were terror stricken to see •
man shoot around a tiend In (lie road at
a gallop. In a moment another follow
ed. Wa could not see If there were
pny more, for we passed over the sum-
Si* tar below a
who were sitting ou their bones look
ing on. “Some one go for a surgeon.”
“Ride quick.”*, said the captain In
command, turning to tbe man nearest
blm. “and bring a doctor and a con
veyance from the town.” Then to an
otlicer: “Lieutenant, follow those men,
and don’t come back till you have cap
tured every one of them. Take Sulnen
wltb tbe best bones. Wltb fresh
mounts yon can run them all down.”
A man dashed off toward tbe town
and 20 more after tbe retreating guer
rillas. Jack lay wltb her .bead on
Helen’s shoulder, ber eyes closed, ber
face white as a cloth, we all about her,
dreading every moment that tbe life
blood would run out. Presently she
opened ber eyes, looked about ber, then
fainted away.
"Oh, my God!” cried Beaumont “she’s
gone!”
“Keep off,” cried Helen, “and give
ber air.”
"Jack” cried Buck, terrlfl^ at fief
ghastly appearance, “wake upP*
1, with a soldier’s knowledge of tbe
thirst of a wounded person, - dashed
sway In a bunt for water. I found a
well In a yard on the outskirts of the
ttrwn and. drawing the staple to the
chain that held a tin cup, brought a
plentiful supply. Helen was still sup
porting her cousin. Buck was striding
about nervously, wltb his bands thrust
down Into bis pockets, while Captain
Beaumont was kneeling, his eyes peer
ing Into Jack’s as though by his gaze
he would bold the life that he dreaded
was ebbing away. I sprinkled water
lu her face, and she opuded her eyes,
looking about her ns If jiuable to under
stand her surroundings.
“What's the matter?*!
nsly enough, the words were thc-
■ame as those I had-first heard her ut-
on’t, surely, Jack.” .
use if I do 1 can’t dance any
io’ fo* tbe colored people. Who’ll look
>ut fo’ ’em, Helen? Papa's away, and
no one elae cares ‘fo* ’em as be and I
do.” '
“They’ll have you with them for
many a year, Jack.”
An open wagon appeared In the road
and. drove up beside us. A doctor with
a satchel In his band got down and ap
proached Jaquellne. Making a hasty
examination of the wound, he ban
daged It, then told us to lift her into
the vehicle. The seata, except the front
one, had been removed and their cush
ions placed on the bottom. Some of
tbe cavalrymen tossed in their blan
kets, and I smoothed them over the
cushions, making a comparatively com
fortable" bed. We placed little Jack up
on It Helen got in with her, and, the
rest of us walking beside, the cavalry
acting as escort, we bore her to the
town and lodged her In a room In the
main hotel of the place.
We found the town agog with news
of’ the first day’s battle at Pittsburg
Landing, and I knew that my general
would bold himself ready to co-operate.
determined to Join my«command at
once. Having been assured that Jack’s
wound would not prove > fatal, I ar
ranged for the transportation of the
party ns soon as she could be moved,
then gathered my little force in her
room and announced my Intended de
parture.
"I must now bid Tare well,” 1 said, “to
my little army, every -one of Vhom has
become dearer to me than life.”
Like General .George Washington,”
vaid Bnrk. “sayin farewell to his ossi-
fers. There Is a picture of it In my
Anriricnn school history.”
“Goodby, Buck. Remember to get a
book and pencil and break yonrself of
the habit of sayUtff bad- words.”
“1 will, by thunder!”
“Goodby. little girt,” I sahl to Jack,
bending down and kissing her on the
forehead.
“Where yd’ going?”
“I? Oh. I'm going away.”
Heleo's eyes wf-re gleaming. “Where
are you going?” she asked, repeating
Jack's .question, though lu a different
tone.
I had DianagtM to k<«p my connection
with the Union arm* (bus far a secret.
Now 1 knew there wn* do need to keep
it tougvr
“To the Kedernt army, where I fie-
iJng." • ^
Tbe mute aguny on Helen’s face tuld
what my dlM'losun* bad coat her. Ex
tending my aruia. I cried <>u«- word.
••Sweetheart”’
•e hissed.
atound tbe suo its oibit in about
three tnonlhe, has passed across be*
tween us and the tun, and is at this
time on tbe oppoeiie side of tbe sun,
and from having then been an evening
star, is now a morning star, and rises
juat before tbe sun.” , L
An Expenbivk jAo.-The New York
Commercial calls attehtioo to the most
expensive jag of recent record. The
island of Guam, one of oor colonial
possession#,-is a small place and much
isolated, but our naval commandants
Itave mad* rather unfragrant history
(here. Captain Leary, the first com
mandant, was a most eocentrie officer.
We are told thai the Captain “ ordered
the people to wear trousers andtaise
belli instead of fighting roosters.” He
did other things that made him un>
pleasant and was finally relieved of
command. He. was succeeded by a
Captain Tilley, who has, it is reported,
scandalized even the natives with
drunkenness and debauchery. To as
certain The truth or frisehood of this
report a na al commission is on its way
to the island. It requires two war ves
sels to convey the inquiring officers to
their destinatiqq, .and the expense of
the trial and trip is estimated at |180..<
000. We hope that-the, next com
mander will be sane and sober, for if
this sort of thing goes on the island of
Guam,' ii sold outright, may not pay
for the possession, even as a coaling
station. Some naval or other officer
ought to be sent there who can under
stand and make allowances for the na
tives and give them at least good ex
ample. -
An interesting agricultural item is
reprinted in tbe London Times from
its issue of October 10, 1801: “A Mr.
Vacher of Heckford farm, neat Poole,
last year planted one potatoe, which
produced him 335 iu number, and
there would have been still mote, had
not a hoy lost one of tbe eyes after
the potatoe was cut In pieces. The
farmer, having saved tbe whole of
them, bad them planted, which he has
now dug up, aod finds that they have
multiplied to tbe number <>f OiySfi, and
weigh 13 cwt, 3qrs., which certainly
La a very great increase from one single
root io two years. ”
A great many women are subject to
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pans of digestion and nutrition.
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uf Uia Lmtodjiftoa. ~~
bill in 1‘arlismenl providing a scheme
] for pensioning the widows aod orphans
I'if soldiers who have died id the South
African war, Thu measure ta hastened
bv officials of the war other in order to
stimulate tnlulfmtrs in the army,
which are now very alow.
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An Interesting
Heavens That
serve.
Display in
Should
the
Ob-
CoMidermble interest ta manifested
in the novel and beautiful view of the
planets now displayed in (ha evening
skj, add which will grow more and
more interesting tietween now and th
latter part of the loonlh.
Judge George UiL’yer, who is re
garded as an authority on Itaaitfra as
tronomical, has furuiUied the Atlanta
Conntitution with the following stale
meut regarding lb* unusual display:
V If, just before, dark, the obeerver
will stand with hie tight hand to the
west and thus looking toward to the
south to Ihe right of the meridian, a
1 . . Mi
zenith and the horizon, he will
W*run-use it fur rwftun
A—se*»wwSsS*a um 7-
see
ter when, wounded, I reclined on a
sofa at her home.
"You're hurt. Jack,” said Helen.
“Am I going to die?"
“Oh. no, dear. I hope not”
“Don’t die,” said Beaumont In a bro
ken voice. “Don’t leave me I couldn't
bear It” •
She looked up into Ida face sadly. “1
ha vs'been a had girl to yo’, captain.
Forgive me." «
“Forgive you? Hot*
Venus, itbpiler and Saturn in. a line
diagonal to the meridian and pointing
toward the sunset Venus Tp-nearest
to the stiu aod much the brighter of
the three. Next to Venus, iu the liue
to the left and above Venus, ie Jupiter,
and then Saturn iu the same line to the
left and above Jupiter.
<• Venus is at this time about 90,-
000,000 miles from us; Jupiter, say
500,000,000 miles away, aud Saluru
nearly twice as far as Jupiter. Either
of them ia immensely—near a thous
andfsld—larger than Venus. . The
reaaou Venus shines so much hrightei
than the other two is that she is much
nearer to us; and also being so much
neare^the sun than they she is iu the
glow of the sun’s more brilliant ami in
tense light, which is reflected to us.
“ They are all traveling in their or
bits in the same direction eastward;
but tbe apparent motion-of Jupiter, as
projected on the vault of tbe heavens,
is ni u re rapid than that of Saluru; and
such motion of Venus much more rapid
than either of the two, so that both
Venus and Jupiter are night after
night shortening the distance between
them and taturn, and both of them
will nearly, or quite, overtake Saturn
within the next two weeks—say about
the 2fith of November—when they
will be nearer together, as visible in a
c nvemeni period of the twenty-four
horn*, than they have been in hun
dreds of years.
“ Between now and the 26>h instant
the moon will pass by tbe same place
in the heavens. .This will occur about
the half moon; and the most interest
ing display of all is, or will be, whec
we shall h ive these four most brilliant
aud interesting—aud two of them by
great odds the largest .of the number
of our planetary system—grouped so
□ear together.. Mars is on nearly the
same line, but nearer the sun, as seen
in the sky, than either of the others;
but Mars, though distinguished by his
steady red light, is so lar off at this
time on the opposite side of its orbit
not to compare with either of tbe
others named in belanocy. When I
wrote a abort Uaa ago Um ’planet
Mercury waa atoe ou the same general
line, w4 nuifrt hM*
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