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VOL. XL SALLY. ! k K ? (CONTINUKD FROM LAST \VKKlv.) CHAPTER IV. The month 1 ?^ Hannah owned (luit (horo was "good HtufT" in that girl. Mattio had her baptized and called her Surah Hope. Hope wns a name of good augury. She quickly fitted herself to tho ways of the house, never forgot anything, never shirked her work and only had two outbreaks, but they wero bad ones, and crockery flew about so freely that Aunt Hannah tied her hands behind her back and locked lier up till Kenneth returned. Never in Sally's life had Hhn shown what it was to blush, but when he saw those discreditable bonds a flood of shame and contrition dyod her young oheeks. This was tho last of her outbreaks. When the month Was over, she was sent to Nurso Brown and the nearest boarding school. Evory Sunday afternoon sho went to Bedford Lodge, and soon Aunt Hannah owned that Sally was growing quite a decent looking girl. She was indeed rapidly changing in everything but in what was unchangeable?her fidelity to Knnnnlli mwl !>..? r.-.- I>> ? Six months after Kenneth's memorable fight there was no little commotion in Cow court one afternoon, for Middy announced her intention of "looking up that gull. " Out of a dirty receptacle she produced Kenneth's card. It had changed to a dull yellow, for win never the famous talo was told of how the "young Swell licked Tim" the card was handed round to finish off the story. The call was to be made in style. So at !1 o'clock a costerinonger's barrow with a donkey 1 harnessed to it was drawn up at the entrance to tho court. In the barrow was placed an upturned fruit basket, and 011 to this Biddy was hoisted. Tho crutch wont, too, its a sign of her torunoral power in Cow court and to tie handy to belabor the donkey with. According to tho tradition of the court, tho host fetnalo headgear was a shawl thrown over the head, and thus attired Biddy drove through the stately streets of tho west. As tho day wore 011 she maintained her seat on tho basket with increasing difficulty, for it became necessary for ho. pause at sundry taverns to refresh herself, and when she reached Bedford Lodge her faco was aflame. Many vagrants had stood at that floor, but novel a more disreputable figure than old Biddy. Sho did not limit herself in the niuttor of bell pulling, and her peal rang through the house. "Go away!" cried the maid, trying to shut the door. "It's like your iniper* once to come to tho front door!" "No, you don't, my gell!" chuckled Biddy, adroitly slipping in the end ol her crutch. "I'vo como to see Mr. Ken i"That's just what you will have unless 1 sees the yell." neth Gordon, and I don't go till I've Been him, that's more." Tho housemaid was bo astonished that her vigilance rolnxod, and Biddy established herself on tho mat insido. Tho maid called to the cook to keep watch and ran to Aunt Hannah. "A droadfnl woman in tho hall!" cried she. "I'll see to hor. " And, like a hawk sweeping down on its quarry, she boro down on Biddy. "Bo off at onco!" she cried. "How daro you entoi my houso?" "Stow your jaw I" said Biddy, unmoved, and thon she produced Kenneth'* card and thrust it aggressively under Aunt Hannah's nose. "That's his card, ain't it? Well, I've come to scohim and SalJy and don't budgo till I do." "What have you to do with Sarahi Wo don't want all tho riffraff of Cow court hero." "That's just what you will have anloss I soes tho Roll," replied Biddy, and then who seated herself on tho hnll chair, took out her pipo and announced hor determination to stay till Kenneth camo. To tho great disRust of his aunts, Ken noth, whon ho roturnod, ushered Biddy into his study and was closeted with hei |pt| for half an hour. Biddy explained that |||j as Tim was dead sho considered hersoll Hally's guardian, and Cow court cntirely ratified this viow. Beforo loaving jSp] Biddy rominded Kenneth that there was ||?|j an anoient and laudablo custom of drink||||j ing one's host's health. Kenneth ranHlf somod himself from this obligation by Hop a cash payment of half a crown. Ms| The aunts novor knew what had taken place ut this intorviow. Ho meroly said |P| that Biddy had something to tell him |g|| about Sally's early life. H "Nothing creditablo, I'll warrant," Hi Ba'd Hannah, and ho mado no reply. gjP CHAPTER V. Seven yearn had {piled by. They had passed lightly ovor Kenneth, only changing the youth of 22 into u man of 29. Tlioy had brought a few more gray huirs to Aunt Mattio, a fow moreangularities to Aunt llannuh, but thoy had absolutely transformed Sally. During tho lirst two years Kenneth had staid at home. ; thou lio had accepted u? appointment in Buenos Ayres, where ho had to May for fivo years. When ho loft England, Sally was a promising girl of 14, and lie was easy about her future, for stop by stop she had won her way into tho household, tirst gaining the hearts of the servants, then Aunt Mnttio's and then by slower degrees Aunt Hannah's. Sally as a child, girl and woman was uuchuuged in one thing?the little wild heathen heart had gone out to Kenneth when ho fought for her and remained his always. Her love had grown with her growth. Education and refinement were as sunshine and dew to it, fostering and feeding. At first it was arranged that she Was to bo trained for service, but her wonderful development altered their plans. Then she was to be apprenticed to some tirst rate shop, and, lastly, trained as a teacher. So she was sent to Kensington high school and spent her holidays at Bedford Lodge. She was gardening one Juno morning soon after Kenneth's departure, and Aunt Hannah watched the tall, lithe figure moving about among tho flowers. "Who," sho exclaimed, "would over have believed that the dirty child Kenneth brought homo that memorable evening would ever look like that?" "She might be Flora amid her own flowers," said Mat tie gently. Tho very Hght of the girl seemed to bring gladrets into the hearts of the two old spinjtors. Auut Hannah had softened won derfully under Sally's pretty influences, and, as for Mattio, Sally was enshrined in her heart next to her own dear Kenneth. "Sister," said Hannah abruptly, leaving the window, "we ought to think seriously about Sally. SVo love hor dearly, but"? "Hut what?" asked Mattio anxiously. "But, of course, she comes out of tho gutter. Our first duty is to Kenneth? we must let him run no risk." "IIo has no thought of that. Besides, he won't bo back for live years." "Sho must go to a good boarding school and ho trained as a governess. She is pretty now. What will sho be when she has outgrown tho awkward age?" "But, Hannah, don't let us lose hor altogether." "Men always make fools of themselves over beauty and always will." At this moment Bally came to the open window with two posies in her hand. Her cheeks were flushed with a tender, rosy glow, her eyes sparkled with happy life. "This is for you," she cried, pinning the posy in Aunt Mattie's dress. "Flowers tiro for the young, dear. The old nover want them till the end conies." Nevertheless Mattio tucked them in prettily and glanced at tho mirror. Then Sally made a rush at Auut Hannah, but was repulsed with: "Be off with vour tomfnnlorv Xnllv! Put your flowors in water and go and practice." But Sally coaxed till kIio gained her point, and tho servants atnrod to see Aunt Hannah's uncompromising left shoulder daintily adorned. After lunch Mattjo triod to look storn, though tears stood in her loving old eyes. "Sarah, my dear," sho said (Sally started at the unusual "Sarah"), "you are 14 now, and we havo determined to send you to a good hoarding school." "What! Leave you all?" cried Sally, turning pale. "You will spend part of your holidays here perhaps," said Aunt. Hannah. "Remember, you havo to earn your living. My nephew can't always keep yon in idleness." Sally's dark eyes flashed as she answered: "He has done so much you may trust me to do the rest. They said at school I had a fine voico. If I worked hard, I might"? "You'd have to toil for years to earn even your bread, hut I'll seo to it." She did so, and speedily. The very next, day Aunt Hannah walked Sally off to a professor to give his opinion of her singing. Aunt Hannah sat upright, umbrella in hand. "Yon will understand, professor, my opinion is there's been no real singing since Malihran died, and I'd have half your modern screeching women gagged. This girl thinks she has tt voice, so let her sing to you and havo done with it." When Sally had finished one verse of a ballad Aunt Hannah ejaculated, "Goodness gracious, bless tho girl!" At the end of the second the professor said, "Tho voice is a real contralto of great beauty, but it needs training and yeurH of hard study." "It shall havo both," said Aunt Hannah. ? # # # * Fivo years afterward, when Kenneth i returned from Buenos Ayres, bally was still at school. Almost t ho first thing ho | said was: "What havo these yours dono for my littlo Sally?" "That style of talk won't do." said Hannah. "When Sally scrubbed floors, it didn't matter. She is a pr< t;y young lady now, and things aro different." "Thcro was nothing protty about Sally when I left but her eycH. i shall never forgot how frightfully sharp her elbows were." "She's the host and dearest and prettiest girl in tho world," said Mattie. "I hope she is unchanged in somo ' things," said ho. If ho oouhl hnvo looked into Sally's heart, he would have seen ono thing unchanged. It still seemed as right and natural to her to love Kenneth as to lovo God; both liud been so good to her. Sometimes sho recalled tho dark vision of Cow court, but oven that caught a glory from tho thought that thoro Kenneth first found her. Tljero >yus one CONWAY ! bJ:\ok memory couueotcd with thoso days that nothing could brighten, hut that eho kept hidden in the depths of her heurt | iuero'8 tt lettor from Bally,"cried Kenneth one day at breakfast, and then he said: "She lias had an offer of marriage. Her music master has proposed to her. Of course site has refused him." "And why of course?" asked Aunt Hannah sharply. "For the best of all reasons?she doesn't love him." "FiddlestickI The man's honest, I suppose, and can give her a good homo. She sprang from the gutter and can't expect to pick and choose." "She had better go back to the gutter than marry without love," answered Kenneth. Sallj* wrote simply and straightforwardly. The trouble of it was that there had been so much talk that Miss Addison thought she must leave at onco and had, subject to Kenneth's approval, obtained for her the post of pupil teacher in a school at Streatham. Then came a pretty little bit in which Sally said she hoped she had acted in a way that Kenneth approved. "S j's a brick!" ho said emphatically. "She must couio hero for a week beforo going to Strcuthum," said Mattie. GHAFTER VI. Sally was to come at ft. Kenneth wondered what she was liko. lie expected to find her neat, orderly and well mannered. At o ho wont into tlio drawing room and wuited. Five fifteen and no Sally?5 :!10 and she ciinio. For a moment ho stared ait her in silence?the years land done so much. She stood with outstretched hand. Her great, soft eyes sought his. He noticed in a stupefied way thut. she moved with exquisite graiee and lightness. Ho would have liked to kiss her, but. that was dourly out of the question, so ho warmly grasped her hand in both his. "Why, Sally, dcair, my little girl grown into a tall young lady!" Deep ?ih any "inmost heart of rose" the young blood flushed into Sally's cheeks. "Yes," sho answered, "but still tho same Sally." Then Sailly took sweet count of iiim in one quick, shy glance. Her heart told her that never had sho seen anything so goodly as this bright young Englishman as lie stood boftro horwith gay, glad eyes. Half playfully, half tenderly, ht led her to a sofa and Raid: "Now, Sally, roll mo everything." "Where shall I begin?" "From the moment I left England. When I left, you had high shoulders and woro short froeks and culled mo 'sir.' " "1 must call you 'sir' still. Bnt look at tho dear old room. It isn't a bit changed. I wonder who has dusted it since I've been away." Then sho went tu Brim tin) nuiiin. "To think thut sho came out of Cow court," Haiti Kenneth, watohing hor oross tho hall, "and that woods can grow into suoli sweet flowers! liut I won't make a fool of myself." "And now, Sally, sing to us," said Aunt llnnuah after dinner. This was tho supreme moment Sally had looked forward to for years. Sho knew sho had a superh voice?knew exactly what hor powers wore and felt in full possession of them. When sho sat down to tho piano, a soft flush cnino to her cheeks and a light to her eyes. She chose an old Scotch ballad, it simple, tender thing, that neodod perfect style and expression. Kenneth started as her first notes fell on tho air. Hers was one of those thrilling, deep contraltos, soft as velvot, rich and rounded, with tho strange power to stir and move tiiat tho good contralto has. Tho spoil of her voice fell upon him ; tears camo to his eyes, lie moved forward to see hor sweet, impassioned faeo as sho sang. He saw her soul flashing in tho sweet, dewy eyes, and a great a wo and love arose in his heart. Tho song ended in a deep, solemn chord, like t ho echo of an amen. Hally turned to Kenneth. "Did you like it? I have labored so hard for your praise. " He did not speak at first, hut when she raised hor eyes to his sho saw there a look so eager, so ardent and sweet, that she almost wished sho had not spoken. Ho caught Iter hand in his. "Am I pleased? Oh, my dear, surely yon know. It is too beautiful for praiso of mine." Hally sang no more that night, but felt she was rewarded. That song had changed tho world for Kenneth. Could a man's heart ho sung out of him in such fashion? Were the days of magic still with us, and had this sweet witch of Hi summers made him forget all prudence and wisdom? Next morning ho was full of content, bathed in the brightest mental sunshine. Joy was in his heart, lovo ruled his life. U?ll,r ..i?u i>. II./. I.CO. I I I.!.. I MUIIJ n (in us IIIU jii'imui ociuj' win uin~ surely all his. Ilud ho not fought nnd conquered for Jier. Ho sang as ho dressed, breaking off to laugh at Mm contrust of his rough baritone with Sally's velvet tones, and it, was not till ho saw his aunts?tho very models of family propriety?that he realized the difficulties of his position. Hat little sleep had come to Sally that night. Hove has divino insight, and when their eyes met after her song sho knew that ho loved her. Hut ho should never marry her. Hor valiant heart screwed itself up to tho sticking point and settled that forevor. Tho eonsciouHness of his lovo oamo on her as a hitter sweet surprise. When, flushed with hor song, she looked into his eyes and saw lovo thero radiant nnd enthroned, her difficulties were at ono stroko doubled. When hor own heart was hor only foe, sho had buekled on her armor and gone down into tho fight, hut now sho had to faeo another foe, beforo whom sho felt pow? i less. Flight was hor only chauco. At 0 sho roso nnd packod; at 7 sho went to Aunt Hannah. "I am going away," sho said. "I ought never to havo come." Aunt Han\ 3. C. THURSDAY, M mill's honest oyes searched her fuco in "Tt in tbo beautiful for j?r<i/?e of mine." silence. "I shall never couio back. If in the only way. I thought I was strong, and I was till bo was weak. " Aunt Hannah took her in her arms, kissed her and said: "I honor and respect you, Sally. I saw it all last night. You are a good woman. " "A grateful < , 1 1 ,)0. Alter all i vnnv nml l??o ' ?" ' r , >4 1 :? ' jt<uk mo iuviiil'h.i, rail jl in iliiil ruil any risk?" "Hut it is terrible for you, my child." "1 can boar my own grief. I have loved him f< ho long my heart has pit used to its su he. It is harder now, but I Htill 1 can b' ar it." At breakfast Aunt Hannah said Sally had slept ill and could eat no breakfast. All Kenneth's inquiries got nothing : morn out of her than that. At 12 Sally went quietly out of the ' back door, her eyes full of tuns, her heart like lead. At lunch Aunt Hannah said: "Sally has gone, Kenneth?for your good as well as her own. She has saved us a terrible trouble by acting so nobly." Then Kenneth lost his head, but | Aunt Hannah presented a front of iron. "It was tho right thing to do, and so you will own in time. Ho patient. My heart is sore for you both, hut you are | young, and life with its duties is before you. At any rate don't let a girl of lb 1 beat you in self sacrilico." Hut Kenneth thing family pride to the winds and said, "Von may say what you like, I'll marry her tomorrow if she'll have mo." After an hour's hot debate he agreed to wait a month. CHAPTKR VII. Sally went to Miss Parker's sohool. Sho had to face all tho drudgery of pre paring tun girls lor their lessons and taking thom safely through tho rudiments. She knew what awaited her and did not flinch. During tho last five years she had learned how to master hor lovo, to use it as an incentive to hard work, but it was easier to light tho battle alone. To fight at all in Kenneth's presence was impossible. Day by day she plunged with feverish vigor into the work of touching, plodding on with a I pale fneo and heavy eyes through tho long list of pupils. During the night watches she thought it was a hundred times hotter that she should suffer than ho; better that the wrench should come now than that he should marry her and hiH good name beclouded by her shameful story. Time passed more quickly for Kenneth, for at tho end of it shone hope. Bally had none. When the month was over, Kenneth said, "Today 1 am going to Sally." "What! Yon will let tho whim of a moment ruin your life?" said Hannah. "If I followed your advico, two lives would ho ruined." That very day ho went to Streathani. Sally's work had been harder than usual. The everlasting exercises, the never ceasing scales, tho persistent wrong notes, tho enormous difficulties of teaching suburban young ladies without voice or oar to sing, had worn her out. Suddenly a pupil exclaimed: "Oh, there is such a handsome young man coming up the drive!" (Sally was unmoved?no young man was likoly to call on her.) "Ho must havo como to see Miss Davison. That's four cousins in throe weeks!" Sally looked up and saw Kenneth. Her heart scorned to rush into lior mouth. Sho dismissed tho girl and steadied herself. A mirror was in front of her, and sho saw her own face pale as death, with dark shadows round tho eyes. Sho wore a dingy, old black dress, but even that could not conceal the grace of the lovely young neck and the sweep of tho beautiful shoulders. And now Kenneth entered. And when she saw ms ratiiaut luce, xuii or strength and forvor, she felt that ho looked yearn younger than she did. That sorrowful, girlish fact-, full of pathetio endurance, appealed to his heart irresistibly, and, without a moment's thought, ho flung his arms round her and kissed her. All Sally's lOyearsof lift) culminated in that first unwarrantable onibraco. As her pretty, flushed face rested for a moment on his shoulder her heart whispered, "Why not reHt thoro forever?" Then sho wrenched herself froo, ami her blush ebbed away, loaving her as palo as marhlo and as hard. "You might at least huvo spared me this and left me some self respect," she said, looking like a young Joan of Are. Ho ought to have been abashed and humbled, hut ho wasn't. "Sally!" ho whispered so tonderly that she drew hack again, mistrusting horstdf and him. "Sally, I lovo you? you know I do." Sally tried hard to keep hack the flood of joy that welled up from her heart into her eyes. "Do men in your rank of life act like that and speak afterward?" Looking down into the sweet depths of hor eyes, ho said: "Oh, my lovo, you nro wasting moments that might bo so sweot. Wo lovo ARCH ouch"? lire ho could linish Sully flushed in : "Who told you I loved you? Huvo I over K'd you to tlunk I loved you?" Ho gazed at hor with such sweot, lniinly assurenee that she felt hor auger moltlug away. "Sally, my darling, I sou it in your eyes?I hour it in your voico. Iajvo Imh given mo insight. " "Of courso you know it." And hor voico took those thrilling tones which had moved his heart so when sho sang. " 1 dare say every one does. I have loved you for years and shall love you always. 1 am not ashamed to own it. It Iuih boon the strength of my life. If you had never spoken, I should have gone on loving you all the same and gone down to my grave single for your sake; hut, oh, my love, I shall never wed you?never ho with you." Kenneth would oneo more have flung his arms around her, hut she composed herself by a great effort and said: "Wait just a moment, and I will fell you all." "You told nio all when you said you loved mo." "Not all. Let me speak onco and forever Wlli.l t ..I AH I .? ..?<? A ?-??? \MI IIKKHI IIIVJ. i\ll I > you gave mo, and in return i mean to guard your good name?to guard it from yourself and from mo." Ho intorrujitod her with an impatient gesture, but sho persisted: "You know what t Was when you found me. You think you know all, but no one ever told you that 1 had been in prison for theft; that I had my hair out short, wore prison dross and ate prison food, and"? ller voice failed her, her face grow deadly white, her hungry eyes searched his face to son if he shrank from her. To her joy, the brightness of his eyes never clouded for a moment. lie took her hand, with a sweet gesture of love and reverence, and holding it steadfastly between his own ho spoke: "Dear, I know it?have known it for years. Middy came and told mo long ago. And, knowing all, I still ask you to bo my wife.'' Sally's blood slowly came back to her pale cheeks, slowly Hooded her fair face with its tender rose. Slowly the sweet light mingled with the tears in her eyes and conquered them. It was so doubly sweet that ho should know all and yet love on. I lor joy at lirst was too great for words. Sho moved a little closer to him ; then with swift, sweet abandonment she tlung her arms round his neck and drew his fuee ilmvn to lim-u "Hut, dear," she whispered, "the world will know." Ah their lips mot ho answered: "You aro all the world to mo." THK KM). ? ? A HIDDEN CRIME IS CONFESSED. MUIIDKKKI) FOR IIIS WATCH AM) IMSTOli. A Former Citizen of Groeitvillo Is Shot Through tho Head and 111* Hotly Thrown Into the Kivor?His Partner was the Assassin. Special to Atlanta Journal. llAKMONV GltOVK, Gu., Fob. 2f>.? Grady Reynolds, a merchant of Belton, Ga., was arrested hero yesterday afternoon by the marshal of Bolton for tho murder of his business partner, Mr.'M, G. ilunt, a prominent oiti/.on of I lei ton. News has just reached hero that. Reynolds has confessed and has told the ollicers that they would find Bunt's body In tho Oconee river, about three miles from this place. A large posse of citizens aim officers have, just 1 fL hero for tho purpose of dragging tho rivor at tho point designated by Reynolds in search of tho body. It sccins that Ilunt and Reynolds were partners in a store at Bolton and both loft that place on Monday, the loth, on a trading tour. They were in Harmony Grove trading on last Monday and went out of town about three miles and spent the night, near tho Oconee river. That was the lust ever seen of Mr. Ilunt. Reynolds returned to Bolton with Bunt's gold watch and pistol, which ho claimed he had bought from him and stated that ilunt had taken the train at this place for Athens. Reynolds began selling out his goods for almost nothing and tho people, of Bolton became suspicious and threatened to urri st him. 11c became frigbtCnod and came back to work near tho place whore he has confessed to have killed Bunt. He was arrested there yesterday and carried back to Bolton | last night. Tho affair lias created the most In! tense excitement both hero and at i Bolton. Tho searching party has just returned from the Oconee river with tho doad body of M. C. Bunt, which was found at toe exact spot designated in Grady Reynolds' confession. T.io body was weighted down by heavy rooks so as to prevent its rising. A bullet hole was found back of tho right ear, and it is supposed tho ball came out of tho mouth, as the tongue was split open. The posse is en route here now with tho body and an inquest will be held tiu tho onronor l('.*r(Hnmnnt. nrwl In dignation aro running,high at Bolton and there may bo a lynching tbcro boon. _ ?Col. Samuel Boyd, for many yearn the head of the cotton press business in thin country, died in Now Orleans a few days ago, aged 72 years. Bo was a native of County Antrim, Ireland. He came to this country in 1828, He roso to tbo ownership of the Louisiana Cotton I'ross, and in 1870 was the owner of five presses in Now Orleans alone, and in practical control of the business, lie continued to acquire cotton press property rapidly, and by 1875 he was called the Cotton I'ress King, and was said to own more cotton press property than any man In tho world. Col. Boyd was at one time owner of large cotton plantations, but sold them out to consolidate his .attention on tho compressing business. + i. Highest of all in Leavening P< Ab&olu Ill'NNIN(? Til 10 lll.OCK VDK Am I'.xpcrli iter of ilio Wnr Itrcnllcd ll> l lie Slii|?h ut <'liarlesion. Ah blockades running in once more brought before Uses public mind?moat notably by the presence of tbe I nited Stuteh Meet around Charleston harbor, it follows that experiences in that very lut/.ardoin business are quite Interesting reading, especially whetftho story is told by actual participants therein. It is one thing to play soldier and another to las soldier sure enough ; and only the man who lias heard tbe wicked " whiz " of the bullet and the Indescribable shriek of a big parrot shell can enter into the great excitement attendant on running the blockade. In tins month of June, 1 HO I. youi corrospon111 * 111. lib bi Vri) ill W iliitinirtfkii N ( t i % try tho cllicucy of Uncle Sum's blockade, as it vvuh found that it was no use making an effort from closely guarded Charleston. 1 was notified that the h to am or " Lot Her I ti!'' would hihI tiio lirst dark, cloudy night, and Captain Ooxctlcr, her commander, required everything to be in rt adiness for departure at a moment's notice, lining thus warned, I took steamer at Wilmington for a run down Capo Fear river, and at Smithviiie found the finest little steamer I had ever seen all ready for the dangerous olTort. Six hundred and lifty bales of cotton constituted the cargo, snugly stored under and above deck, and a we 11-organized crew were determined to make Nassau, itahamas, if they could. Fortunately it was a dark night, one of the darkest, and not a light was p emitted on the steamer. Very soon I felt from the vibration of the engines that the ship was " under way," slowly and quietly stealing down to the broad Atlantic, with only the trifling impediment of ten or twelve woll-prepared United States ships-of-war to dispute the venture?if it was discovered. And it was a time, too, for serious reflection?the night shadows, dark and murky, the little ship with leathered paddles silently pursuing her way, dark forms moving hither and thither, orders given almost in a whisper and everything ready in case of discovery to put every pound of steam that could he carried and make her tly through the wa tor. And just then the lights of the hlockaders came into view, no less than twelve ships, all of them ready to pounce upon us, and our six hundred bales of cotton if they only had tho chance. Hut we were singularly fortunate, for we had almost reached the line of tho last ship, hud passed the admiral's vessel, and ull the others, when the steamer "Montgomery " discovered us, and up went a rocket?and in a moment answering sig mils were on every band, culcium 1 "ghts wore brought to bear on us : and if you eve- saw paddle wheels go round those belonging to the " Let Her He" were doing the best that eun bo accomplished in that lino. Now we were permitted to smoke and talk, and laugh, and everything was done to promote cheerfulness, especially as we found tiiat we hud no causo for alarm, for if there were no enemies ahead of us those behind we were surely leaving. Cradually thoy gave up tlie chase, until when the inorningduwncd there wusonly onoship tho "Connecticut," which seemed do VVv I IlltllVU UW l>\'ill/IIIUU WW I I I I v r\ ? 1IO UU UUI best. Tliroe or four shots she lired at us, but tbey foil so fur u-storn sbo ooncludocl to waste no more powder unci pave 111> tho chase. And a happy man was our captain, for in the most gonial manner ho told stories, sang songs ; one of which was something about " McGlnegaw," and we wore expected to join in the chorus. Well, no doubt, the captain felt greatly relieved ; ho might have bad an interest in tho cargo, and while tho "Connecticut" seemed to be getting uncomfortably close there was anything but the assurance of getting safely into port. But wo distanced them all and at 12 o'clock next day there was not one to bo seen. This gave yourj correspondent a nice time to look over tho steamer, become uequainted with tho engineers and other olllcers, and to lind out what a large cargo wo had on board for such a ship. True, we were not overloaded, especially on such a business as wo were bound, but a dock cargo is always in the way, and never more evident than when chased by a number of fast cruisers, and all the space is necessary for quick movements and prompt execution of orders. Tho steamer was u new vessel built on tho Clyde in Scotland and bud ail the appliances for quick running, and steady movei&ent in a sea-way. Well, wo found that instead of shaping our course for Nassau, Bahamas, it would bo safer to bear up fo.' St. (Jeorgo's, Bermuda, and in all probability we should tind fewer vessels from whoso company It would bo desirable to got away. True, we were always on the outlook and everything in sight was reported, largo or smull, sailing vessel or steamor, and everything was always in readiness for immediate flight should the necessity arise. But while wo had so far made an excellent trip, and were only about a hundred miles from Bermuda, wo came very near having to give up our pretty steamer and our cotton after all by perhaps being too confident that all dam/or was nasscd. and that we should nono of us seo tho inside of a northern prison. It happened In this way. Tho navy department of tho United States had just sent out a number of new ships that wo *e called "double-onders," which were full rigged like sailing vessels, and had a funnel that was something on tho telescope order, en abllng tho ship to put it out of sight entirely when she was not using steam, so that from a distanco tho appearance I was a merchant ship going on a peace j ful mission. ' One day ono of those ships was soot / ^ c * L. I NO 28. >wcr.? Latest U.S. Gov't Repot t I Baking Powder ' WElf.V IPRJKE to windward of us jiih! with all canvas ! set and a fair wird was making (food j headway. and (foinvr in tho Hamo diroc' tion with us. After awhile tho pilot oamo to the captain and told him that ho did not like tin; appcaranco of tho Rtrango vessel. "Sho looks, I know, like a merchant ship, but there is too (treat a distanco between tho main and ml7//.en matto. 1 am afraid there is a | funnel there somewhere." Tito captain ; did not think so, but as a precautionary j measure, ordered the helmsman to put : tho ship olT four points. This was done, ! and the apparent "merchantman" took no notion of it. "Put hur olT four points morn," said our captain, and hardly had tho ship answered her holm and changod her eourso boforo our " poaonfui friend" ran up a funnel sure enough, and in a little while wan doing 1 everything possible to catch us. Ily tho I use of a good glass wo could see tho water leaping from her liows, and wo wore busily holding our own. Hut ni^ht noon began to Mettle about u.s, and our captain, by skillful movements, went completely round hoJ in tho darkness, and came oneo more on tlio straight course for Bermuda. About i o'clock tho next morning tho Hash from the friendly lighthouse of St. tieorgo's told us that in a little while wo.would be safe in port. About I) o'clock in the morning wo anchored in the harbor of St. (Jeorgo's, Bermuda, and found about ton blockade runners loaded and wailing for the dark and , murky night t> make tho run to Wilmington. jL We must not forgot to inontion that ' % at 2 o'clock in tho afternoon tho very v esse I that, had chased us 'ho day before came into port and anchored only a short distance from us. She was a beautiful ship, and ono of her ollioers said that tho only reason they did not catch us was the friendly intervention of tho night. If it was not for tliat, ho said, wo would havo had your ship, and your cotton, and in all prouumniy would have detained you lor awhile. 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