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VOL. 6.---N-4 PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBIR -N L A rUPytuc.1 T . 1896. BY seen throuigh 13io drifts Cfok1inel ra: withl his litte pm ty of, :!!kimt,< ridiing to the front of tho lin. Lo - long afterwaird they remembered th-1 s, cleatr cuit, solierly, hihbrinQ, -with its aqupilinlo no, kooen, kiind. deep set eyes, tho gray wvhite imsit.. Snow wh~ito now, ats w-as his4 close(, cep podl h'ir. "Menl," Raid ho !In the firm tones.. they hid known so long and Well, "fully hal the anid atre somi o Ilh : away, but Kill Eangle, withi over 100 warriors, is right hero inv our. f'ront,; ,o, too, aire his woto en and chibiren; Fo, too, worso huck, airl somo of our ow-n unhappy caxptives. You aill knowv t he first thing thos Inians would do, wrd we to Ittick Is usul. woudi h to nutrl der those poor wlitad women i. This i now atorm is in our favor. We e en, p right inl uponl themn bef'ore w chr To ponies aro domn in tChi valey, 4o, tho south. Lot the firste io t oi;w.:tr throgh the viliago wd s doede to!! herd, then orllyind return. fLtt ti: second follow at 100 yards nail S::r round the tepees at t he east wad il. What white women are with IIm 11re there. The il iltmi iantiw, 's a 1ille, will xako a (ash in the directim(2 of the po nies. Shoot tihem lown wherever you can, ut, inrk my wNords now1, he cnr. ful of the voient :1n1l (chidren. 1 1 intended Suilioning Kill En' to sur render, but we did not hroin tI lk:-w ho had so ii.anyv war1rir)t. chc' it h:m.tl and did not know about; tie eapi v.-i. Bat has s5een, ani1d that is lolgl. T'h-tro is no other way to settle it. It's the (,)to chanco of recuing those peor crteat mIri. Now,keep Itogether. \Vatch your ltictrs' conilua11nds 1nd sig.n1als, anti sparo the squaws anid papooses. Do ready iu two minutes. " And then every man took a long breath, whilo the colonel rode t broui to say similatr words to t he .-t-cond hue. Then, r t uring, iet pled Jim i 111 in tho riar of the cnter of thi Iirst squiidron, ho l recimi lino nile.sly advaincing and closing up ion the Ieal ers, and then he secui d to think of in other point. "Ask Mr. Ormsby if he will rido witia me, '' saitd he to tho :jut:-. "Now, Lcale, forwird at a walk. Fol low D.at. .It's all level ahead of you. You'll sight the villago in three Or fur1' milnutes." The tall, stalwart aptini touched his hat, took off his "broad brim, " sakiig awIy a% loald (if snow, mal spurre out a little to the front. Thre, hokin g back to boti his riht and left, he gave le siga.i ".i ard!' 'ad wit 11hamoi-t a si'gl iiipult' the litn.., dil i'uin2 ot hl'orsemien, open "'! tilt ('nlir iml ml in terval of ,.o)Ie ll ' a tloze y:miS, v ith out it her souid than ihl sli:b ratth- of ac...ouitermeti.-- . antd th 'i I ou -- ed rumb- l'I of' 500t hoofs, miovtd stteadily' focrwar~d. At momlet ieo colonel sat and wat:ht .1 I hiem, smiilttd a cord(tin I greet inig to ( nns to the sce ot linet, hea, too,' gaive hiis hiorso the r'int, and at a' sady walk followed c(lose to thet eenlr of Le'ale's ho held ia little p)ocket ('comp~i5asond ami led as ho noted th e lin or'cf diirrt"in. "'Almoist elit somihieast tat this int stanit,"' stid hii. "We ought to hag, ourt gamoc and( be well neross the Mini Pusat with them ini less Ithot an hiour. '" Unconsciously thei pace was quickotn ing. Foremiost of till, well out ini front pf the ceter, rode the half? breed Inidiatn guide, itemiintg low oever his poiny's nieck, his bxIlack, beady eyes' leerintg ahead. Well out to thle righit and left were ot her seout s, (lager antd alerr, like Blat hinisel f. Thten, stoarely' ini lie een tor', on his big, powecrful hay, rode Leale, commatnder of thle foremist line, and Ormsbiy's soldierly hetart thItrobbed with tadiration ats lie mtarkedi, just lie foro Lealo wvas lhiddeni fromi view, his spirited, confident henrinog and ntitedi how the eyes of till tiho line seemedt't fixed on their gallanit loader. Attd niow someit of the horses begtan to danc~e antd It g at thio bit and pilutnge, andl~ otheris to lake a jog trot, for tho Idiani scouts wetre at the lope, and1( their gest ieuilat iotts lie camio every miomienit moitro v(hemnti ani~d theni iat wats seen, though v'isiolo only to the first line, to grat' his r~e. volver, and Leatle's gatuntloten~ hand al most ins.tatl y sought the bnols tr, iand out caime tho ready colt, its muz'zlo raised in air. Out, ini quick anid ready imitation, leaped 100 more, anii instinctively tho jog ochanged to a lively trot, andl the dull, thud~dinlg hoofs uponi tho snowv mnufled earth rose leuder and more in Sistenlt, and1( Oitmsby, r'iing flt the colo nol's left, gripped tighter his revolver and sot his teeth, yet felt his hteart was hammnering loud, tand thieti ditinner and (dimmner growv tho first line as it led away, titid still the colontel's fIrm hand kcopt Roderiek datnitng impatiently at the slowver g.ait, anid thent, just as it seemed~ ais though thec line would l:e swallow'~ed up( ini sniow tand d isippi atr fromi view, qjuick atid suddeni t wo ui. fled shots were heard fronm somiewhlero just itn front, the first syllable perhai~ps of some stetitorian shout of warnuing, and then onteili magt itlicent burst~ of che('ra and, a rush of charging men anid ai crash and' a crackle and spuitter of shots, anlid tha' fierco ralrving cries and niamc'int ~k'ZI se rc a n~ s of wot at U I. F. Tt P04 tt the fir.e:t linot cu, t he 'J.'e( ftl h rtlic on and bore 1I." a w"i.r1v, id, .ig, din 1N u~pon' " rcn' h!1is isytnnk AndI Io oe atr ftes 0ond lb1w. Seigo. e ~m1 Irell were for t llto) t nart xv ith i1 II e t('eps as th- linue era : inl. 8tonei I< w wvor. 'with the mliseralej v.ptivo5s, hui at the first iound of dnger every %N ar rior hi:ad seized his rnia l and rush-d for the open air. Sorne fv.., throwing thm-i selves inon their faces, fired wil.1 Shots at the foreic'st troopers as tjy canm bounding through, but as a rule only a fev' opposed their passage, so sudden wais 0h' shek. Thl ?I :n11n th ret I'lizationi t hat the herds \-. re iing driven, andl t ht not anin antlmust ho )ost in mutn sulch p nies as were st ill tot hred abot the villag!"S, and darting"' awvay inl a w~i cire-a2waiy from the troops-yt concentrating again beyond them andl regain i ng t Ie Jti. And so. where t he first liie ilet an apparelitly sleephuii vil lt'e the s'ecom comes Cheering, charg ing, firing, thmidering through a swarim ing mob of yelling braves and screani ing q luaws. Fairar, foremost in the chiarge, wit h the .vilian guardsman elose tt hlk side, shouts warning to the woitel, even as he (":"pties his pistol at tht howling m1en. Close it his back Come Amory and hit sorrel trcop, cheering like mad, bath-ring over Indians too slow to jupllp aside and driving their hissing had at every warrior i their path. Anid still I the colonel shouts, "This way!" and Ormsby, Amory and tho adjutait ride at: his heels, and the sorrels especially follow his lead, and, daushing t hroughi a labyrin(h of lodges, they rein up cher ing about two grim1y tepees, at which IBat is excitedly point ing and the ranch mien buotI are shioutinig tihe llnaes11' Of loved relatives and list iing ('au-rly fttr answtr, and thrilling voices within are crying, "Herel Here!" and stalwart mna, swinging from saddle, are rush ing in, pistol in hand, and tearing aside the flinisy barriers that hido the rescued captives from the eyes of their deliver ers, lIld tho OtIier troop, re-enforced again by strong squads from Leale's rallied lino, are dashing to and fro |~ .0, thrughthevilag, frin a tIni Amor an th duat hroa lit - I i" ;2 / '* flsro i thh I ring at; ntlt ado' n yards dlista,Il just as thli good (tll colonelt , afootnw Jis~ 1 (hlsping the hiand of soeit( peor womanli whioso last hole14 event wh!! 1e lisiining to1 her franutic lets-. lingst fiels t im'e fto shlout aigain to his li etsobbtiot men41: "Dlntt't hurt thle wonlwn. I, hidts. Lookli out for) thle (!hilI 1dren!'' a1 ha~glike', blnket ed fury of a1 Prl' 1. quiw spin fgs fromi b)eh1intld the shler o(f a1] piih of robes, levels her re volver, and1(, pulIlinig triggter ait tim in) titaiit, leapsjt sereamlling dlown'i info the0 ere I bot toml, leaving Fairrar sinikinig An haar l at er, withI Strionlg skirmish l ii'' om, on l~ every side of 11h0 capturaiil vilh:'gt, with a score of lIndian2 warr'iiors sent to iheir las5s accounit- and1( tho others set5'1 tered over fte face of the earth, thle 1lit t le ha tlti allon of thle Tlwelfth is 15won. dlering if, aifter all, tile fight woro worth wininlg, for hero in their rmidst, his hiead (in Lell's arm11, his fad(inlg sight fixed oii the tealr dlimmied (eyes of his fait fuil comirade', here lies I hiei r beloved 01(d coloili, his last mtessaiges m'urmnuroed ini Ihat Ilisteinig ear: " Leale-old friend -fhind--fhnd that poor girl ---y------my son1 robbiedl and1 ruiiined and delserfted antI b1 file friend to her-you've been to mie-and mlinie. G.odl bless"' Andl1( thiis--whv~ile th10 regimient, oibey lng its stern duty, goes oni in pursuit, thiis is thle nlews Jack O)rumsby 11as to break to the lovinig, breakinig heaurt~s alt Fraynie. All thlis was but part. and14 parcel of the st ory of Ihe i \t.yomting fort. Long yoears hail it. served as rtefngo and1( resting placet for the emiigranits iln tho (lays be lore the UiJoni P aci lia wast built, when tho overland tage rou to folliowved the Plat to to thie Sweetwater anid t heln past the Devil's Ganto and( lindepenidenco Roc, ld1 hlanarks of thie MormionsH, and nn1 tn thn bantkbnone f hn oniumnt, whero tho iaountain streams, springing from rocky beds not long pistol shot apart, flowed rippling away, tho one to the Aliosouri and the gulf of Mexico, the other to tile Colorado and that of California. Frayno was but at huge stockado in tho early days of the civil war, but tho government found it iu portant from a strategical point of view even after tho railway spanned the Rockies and tlho emigrant and the fiettler no longer trudged the weary trail that, bordering the Sioux country, be caio speedily it road of fire and blood secontd only inl its terrors to the Smoky Hill route tiroiugh "bleeding Kansas." Once it wv-as the boust of the Dakotas, is it has hliti i for geinerations of t helir them ' S, th j Ab::rakas, or Crow-, I hat they ad ni4 vr shed the blood of a whito nanii. ttler: of the oldoldav use&d to tell how the Mioux had folloved them1 for long, long nmncesIi,, not to niialer and pillage, but to restoro to thIei itenis4 lost, a long the trail or ii ijm.s med fro tht ir. hitll' herds. Buit. cl i nn-.n .It enid ti) all thisi v;& in, Ist ing' m1. un7just 6(i1n:1u14, t he jo:;-bing :irai up:An l t. aod Fror a the (iy oi t.h(Grat tan ilas-acie byond oblt Liarauio there had beeni no real pl)ace with t he lo.ds of IIt ienorthwest. 'hey are quit only when subdulted by forCe. They have broken the crui, of their environiieit time and again and burst forth ill the seething flaino of a voleano that is ever bubbling and boil ing beneat hi the fee t of the fronuiersmiau to this dany. And so Frayno -was maintained as a military post for years, first as a stock ade, then as a subdepot of supplie.,, gar risoned by four companies of infantry and four of cavalry, the former to hold the fort, the latter to scour the neigh boring coumiry. Then, as time wore on and'other posts were built farther up in the Big Born, Fraytie's garrison (Iwin died, but, there stood upon its connnand ing blurf the low rows of wooden bar racks, the par.l'h rows of double sets of brca'l pi: zz:ed gniarters where dwivelt the oflleers, Ilie long. low, log riveted walls (f the corrals and cavalry st ables on ihe flat below. Ilere, oddly enough, the Twelfth had spentt a lively year or two before it went to Arizona. 11ere it, learited the SjJioux country and the Sioux vo well thut when, a few years back, tho ghost danco craze swept over the plains and mountains like the plague, the old regiment was hiurried from its suiishiny stations inl the south and iis tered (iico again, four trops at least, within the very walls that long ieforo had echoed to its trumiipets. Iere we found them in thu midst. of the Christ ias preparationls thati were turned so sucllniy inato smno;Is tO lie tield, antd hero lmiii, three- yrats later -till, heati - quart rs and six troops niw,. t!.4 prouil old re.iment is still at. Frayne, al Fenton, "vice Farrar, kilhl(d in' act ion with hostile Indians," holds the em in atd. A go1d soldier -- Fenton, a brave fel low, a trifle rough at. thnes, like the sinipie plains bred dragoon ho is, but a gent lmini, with at gentle heart in his breast for all the stern exterior. \Voni ei said of 1'him that, all ho needed to mxale t hini perfect was polish, and all ho netid to givo hini polish wais a wife, for ait -4 th grizzled colonel was a bachilr. But FOntoni I;td had his ro n1l.umre inl k'.r! youth. Ho had loved w%.itll h ilg iart, so said tradition, a Iw ! r tle and beiuty whemi lie knew ia' u. itet tay-i, ;and who, so rnr1011 V i''. pn.*' t'rTd anlother, iwhom 1h ~ i ti or thle war, andc inanty a gar i iuell ;::dl since set her cap for a 'ucaud foundi~ lhim faithful to his eal . a. Iait , thiotgh thet hoilies iten .p ~tt 1 s to the idenit iity of heart in be;I:g, i ll t'hese years and1( niaii or 1ver oI;i'w thei truth. Onte ofli Feion himd '2 , wNS :iit aI cnirna d bach-e~ ol' thb ,vhole sI' ry, but thteie was nio use askinig aelni Let:ie to tell anybtody's stcre(ts, and w~in Fettn (cam1e to Ftraynie, promotd to thbe (oninanid so r''eent hy iehl byv a mane t hey aill loved andtt hionioritd, it was platenit to everybiody (lat, lhe ft wor. y, as I ho ingh lie were anl uisti:tr. lont' ni was iIany ltng ni les awaty w ith i:11ll2it-r httailiOi (Of the T1welfth the <biy of the tragie hit1 01n the( Mini l'u::, ant it wasi- long months therieafter beforet lhe appear<ui d at regimuenital he~adqliuarters, iint then1 hi brought with ii a as his Iunisekotpir his kindliest, quitt.~ mithil agtud prat tIer that (ver 1livedl, miuvted nitalitua her' being ini th armyi ab~- he I.olls (if thle overi thae, they wIl I i :h !' ti'it fot~r femiiini no fasc iations (I ifther brither, the c()olnel. Wh~eui ]F(ntoit came, t he IFauirrr had been gooine wet10 lo k:. 'T, slit k of her husbandl's datlu hwel-'l niigh shakeni M\rs. Farrar's rteason1, andl ftor imnthis her cond(it ion was ined dle plorable. Thex niext, sunitiner th li'a';rrors spenlt iat West, Poeint. It was Wilhl's Lur't class emnp, andl Will was cadett calpt aan of the color comipaniy, andi~ a captital younlg ()fli(!ert desiit' a botyish faci anid ituminnr, andl then ,Jacik Ormsb~l y. whol neOvert before hadl " tat:en nuiach ittjik in \Vost IPoinit,' '.--thuole ~i b ttal 11 lokid so sniallI hesido the 5evnth I, tand the hantd w.as sucih a ierablehi lit tle atlfair after C~alppa andI his super -b array-Jhack no t. ontly conclumdedl that he imustt go ~j up tere~ every fewy days to ik tip 1poin5 tsil gutard iol sentr ~y duty amt I iuiigs of that kind, hbt Jack doecith d that Kit ty, his preckuis nister, miught os wecli go, too, aond spop'd a fortinight, and sue dlid, uiider' thin wing (if a miatiron fromii Goth ami wIth daughters ol her own, and Ki t ty Ormsby, oiily 16G and as full of vivac ity, grae, pr'ighit hiiesst and winniing wava nn8 gh.1 (inn1 ,1 p retty~ na nt noehl aid brimng over with ful, coquutry and swtne mCllnited, played havoc iii tile crps of cadets, and--could any thing hatvo been more for t Iuate?-the Victiml most helpl's-ly, lopole.'sly, ut. terly gone was Cadet Captain Will Far rar. To the consternation ,f the widow ed mother sho saw her Ihaidolo soldier boy led day after day moro dcply into tio mesies-led like a slavo or liko the piggy inl th iursery rhyme, with the ring in the end of his nose-by this be witching, imperious, faseinatinog little creature, and thero was absolmely no help for it. Anywhero else albost she could have whisked her boy under her wing :m1d 1( orno himi awtay Ieyond range, but n1 t at West Point. -he had to le.tra the leSo0so .1 m1any lotle,3 learn witli ich bewibi liwm, often with sucl ill grtae, that tit it o. v;s no longtr hiers tO domwith as -h- oul bua t;incio 1am', 1an Uw-1';.11, un fell inglySiO. "Stick toy ',cap duty with its dri. anl ardo roll (alls, pract041al ?ninern, pNt1oNing_ and Spoolililig in stOltlen 11d otirs, nolaatter wh~at thom conl-1quel nw(. " Mrs. Farrur couldn't carry Will away aid couldn't order K I y. A bu 1lt il she saw of her boy was drilling with the battalion at t distanei tor danciing witit Mliss Ormsby closew at 11nun1, :1uid, (in thec principlo that mise-ry htvcs ciuinpally, she soon wmas (ollforltd 1!.y. a fellomtw stif ferer, for just ill prwport iont as 1he m(oti er's heat- was trouled 1by ih' sight of ler boy's infatuation fIr I his -pretty child, wo was Jack Ornwb1Y imwilt iniser able bty seeing the atttentions lavished by oflicers and cadets alikeon Ellis Far rar. And yet thO lit H-e blind god wa.s-- do ing Jack far bettei work than hto ever dared to dream. The inother ilnged for Will, and no one ilse coni (luit e tako his place. The lovet.r longed for Ellis, anid whlat earthlky chaneo has, at "eit" lover- at West. Point., ('ven thmgh h be a swell and a strgeant ill tOh Seventh? It resulted I lit[ in ihe hours wihen the mothewr and Jalc had to sit and look oil they were brouglt. cotistanti Iy together, and1( thenl iln tese hours of colimanionl ship Mrs-. I arrar begant ito soo more wuill more ho,' lim:ifiul, hlionst, self r'eliant. was the galailt fellow who had fought by her husband's side. Little by little sh learined to lIean u1ponk him, appeal to hin, defer to him and to see inl him, after all, a ian in whomt sit conl per haps coutiido even so precious a tru-;t as her daughter's hevart, and that smumer ait West, Poinit wvon thet. mother oven if it did Iot winl the lady of his love. All that winter Ellis had(1 coitinlucl her colrse at schotl, hut was to comeo ouit in MNIay, :md dutrinig t he long niontlis from Siember she wasj comforted il theconorihor mothecr founid ill thw compa 01-n 11h:hd beenl ChOsen for her, at gen1i'. retiin -i aIl evidently Vel brtd winlal, who (-.timle upon ithe rt-'t ominientfiation of their rector, and14 whcl VIs introduced its irs. Damiton-H0l enl Dalilltoll, a woaln1 with a1 sadl his toiy, as the gravo old pasttor frankly told them1, but through no fault or foi ble of her own. She had been nuirried, but her husband was unwort ly of her, had deserted her soino years beforo, leaving her to strugglo for herself. Dr. Morgan vouchued for her integrity, and that; wts elough. By 1 lie I iino Ellis was to re0turn1 to her. mloliher's roof Helenvi Daunton wa1s to tho4u111ghly estaLlisi ed there, so lear o her mlother, so devotii to hel in cve'ry wav, tha1 for thle irst tili i[n hr life, even whih- IItd to mark the Ivpstl'u 1mprveen i the l ved iiin ai's hea iilt 1mnrebt app(ra1' lIlis th-'1 'etirarI feltt t angs liof' real' fousy. iI nerood I h y hadt i lovely 111( bO(im at t he itw. Wpild 'oul ho o ntenat nowh01ere wihu her an woh ae are Ie he ndtheebu orhs ohe' JnIo bontio m Kty' ostv reual h ha enraedfovil Ioo byadtig ut 'a be- e a mdsile- t oead tsho n tIulen, in h howihleringly rety 1Tlhad. Sih' wotuldn 't. w('art an1 ('ngagotnentt ring, wuini't conlstnt ( ~tocll it tin ('ngag nt Iinl any'. hurryl, and4( Ithrefore, but It nd i:mI ' one 21t1hn as W~tl~ e-c il a to wnkh his father 'lhun bf ienvalryi', and1( ~It) on' rsit wasi, why it and:, w h n'd e an~d ringing nt.i oft calVir13. Cadet, Will Dimwcan Farrar, to bo second lieutonant, vice \\atsoi, promotcd, Troop C.' Lcalve': troop, Queiien Mfhier; blessed old Mal colm Jwale. What Inloro coul I aqlk 1 yoeu ask? whmt. captain inl all tihe l inc cai muatch iiu? An.d Kitty's uncio it co1111:tu4d of th1 regimnicIt iid poSt Just think of it, maidre, dear, aid you'l -all como o ut, 11n1( we'll havo grua Christmas times at Prayno, and we'l Iini; tather's picturo over the niate and father's sword. I'll wiro Lealo thi very iinute aid writo my respects t< Ftolnlt. Whait's ho liko anyway, moth er? I cnn't reuteminber himi at till, noi can Kitty. " 13.:t Mrs. .Farrar could not tell. It waIS yas too, sineco She had seenl himl, "I he w.s alwav.i a intiluful friend of Fourlater Wdi, and( hto wroto lue al bem wlbeutifuil letter whenl wei i! so, late inl <miir, tile b) i -: int left. hi meat hier's arms auic, fello Nl by her pray- r.t mam te-ars amit leiig';, wa-,S borino1 away wetlward to reviii sieneios tl,:i t were eit faniliar as the old btimrak walls at. Wc'st, Point. Thnii, it requlirt lo;l;. 1 days of trayel oVter reiol inouii'jtalii ro 'ais to reitCIl the railway far -th of thw Med~j(ihe-w Now tIht swi ft, expa'i t I iltaled him ait the statio oii the froitier town that had grown rp oil the site (if the prairie dog village lit ni1 his pony h1ald ofteni "istamIlvd'd" i nil- teI days. Ihiert at Ithe stat ion, coie' to et t le' soll of it heir oll euiniIIIIIierl', i-iorinig thil fact thilt ht nwewome 10cr wN'a but whe pleibeo litein antA (f the TwNi1th, were. tho ruddy incedf ol colonl and WV ill's mvwn troop l':ai, r, Captain Ie:t, b41h heartily, Cord1ial h. ,N iddling him wt bf-im afold Comn inen t ir:9 nlot r. liti fihllo h is stalwart build anid tryiIng' h:rd not t-ortifer toli the Vti (owIly IulLIeChl' that alornIled his boyish lip. Antid oher and younger oll cers were tLe-re to wtleoilte the lad to his new stationi, an11d h1uge was vWill's comfort whenii le aught sight of Ser getat: in, thet' veteran statidard bear er (if the reginief-t, anid that superbly punfi ilitiu ehil tlieir straiglitenled tip like a Norway pine and saluted vith rigid 1n visiol an1d hoped (ie littou I t was well auid his lady imiotlher aid Miss Fairrar. "Ther's lint hiig, " thought Will, "like the disciplino of the old regimeit, after all," ias the orderly camo to ask fir tho cheks for tho lieu' tenaniiit.'S baggage, an1d11 all went weI untfi th luickless momllinlt weni thit coliel an11d .aale, with somo of th1 eld. ers, turned asido to look at ia hatch ol recruits ment, by tho tit) traiii, atic Farrar, chatt illg with 14in11 of his fel0v youlgstors, was stowing his bagS in th waiting amubulance, and thero in th driver Will recogniized Saldletr Don. vaii's freckle faw-Ad Miekey, with whor he had had imay a hulnt for rahbits f the olde old days, aInd i ble an inttiou caressiig Irish voice fairly bllbberi out, "HIivel save us if it, Lsn't reall Masther Willl" ntid there, corpoiral'i chevroins on his brawnimy atrins, was Oh Terry Rlicke, looinhg wi ld to cmbrite, him, and evenl as Will, half ashana-41 01 his own1 8hn3'les.4, was hia1:1ing hand with this faithful old retatiner of his father's household inl years gonce by, the squad of recruits vaime marciig past. The third mlanl inuni Uhe fronit, heav ily bearded, wi.ith a bloated. Ill r:'ed faco aid rst lessly gai .. I ;, ! , , a quic'k, furtive leook at (he' 14 \, l. L telialit Its he platw'd, 1 hen1uin btililed and lungcd forward againjst; his I. ti leaIder. Tithe inoqul was throwi into nountulary lipI toI th'e1 -ife' a..1 sava. Inut tt'l'ed, "'lie'your e'-s to t hec frnit, die(centi n-'' 1:arb." A mit tlie' litueIC de ttlcn-t w Vat bii isky on. "'I tho outa l :won thiat miian Ibe-. foi''e, '" rahl intle an ai h li', "'antd nowe' I k ntow, iit. ::ial I ju. iow whiere." I N Tihie H11,dl4i hA SS ItiI'G ION. Out' .Jcie ,Icohn~son~ Shelling t he Woocthd ini ienctiteky-TIhe iTct its ofi 1114 A ssistuat lIep~ulienn a ls. Ar. J1os. TP. .1 ohnoson, of Spiartanhuei 'rs wowats a eanidicatce for Congre. ti yjearihas eenl4 (eage~d to ilpeak byv the l hiecraitic naticonal tcommiiittee ii We'st. V'irginia, lienltucky anti illjinoi., atnd thce (campalgin il committe in 1K n. tuc'ky asked for ian cx tenusiion ocf hi time1 in that State. T1hie cloing i, v ('ek of the camain iIgn will lhe spent, bv himi 'Illincis. lie w rites as follovis to thc patanthurg Herhilc: A\ fler wvritin~ ytmu framiu \Vecst Vir*gi. i et I madlie twot,ber~ltl spcetches in thi:' E 'itte. .\ly islief is that I iryan will . 'ry it, byaIoiaort.Icm thllientuVk at Ashlandit and1( maith mty Iintr ict~seh at Gr'ay'ion, the conty eciut cof (a rterc coun ty. Carte ir is a stronyii l ituIlican coun11ty, hut Oiur peolc lhav e the prise oi~(f two hundtclred lI e publi ican votes fcor I Bryan and will lost tir ity gold m1hen. In all the coumntry diistri ots the I)..mocra'its will mnik biirPt! gins~i. Thle gainms will comle fromii Hilveir PiIub liing, ' l'opu lists and1( mien w ho ha&ve nott, her'etc ftore voted. Ie'or instanctie thec're arecIi t~ree br'otheris in th1 is cotyi whov' e have not votedc In Iwlv year(I i. TI'hey art redP(hot, licyan ment antI wvill vte anti work for i huni. Ourmi peopc~le aie contidlent, of c:arry'ing Si,i Stat fori liryn Iby thcirty thioieandi. I dot nott. k now. WVhilec the I~emicraat~s will gain ( enormoslyt 3 in the l con try, it mo eu-t bie remvembehredI thait the iosesiu ve'.ill lbe iicnsidi'eable in1 louisville, Lex Ineton, C;ov ing .toni. ilic mnd andl other ii', the iiiuivilh:. TJimes, thet ,Oi s a jin m oici i e :p e r - e li; el in r o y r a n *.% v. Init.4- p eaner. atre *a Ux otis f.te \ nily's ter : the' .\ali andc I~xy'-a o. cf Ntw Yo . hut ai' they, ct.]II dub1 ht themelvs I meitrtieh thiey camn could do If they~ t waro I pubbelan. 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Becef of~ t)4ilt Un .tll' 411 tt "'41.21. 44 "I a'1 l' \Ar42i121Z 11) ('44 2 fte 1.11 4444 , o f heI .04 I 1' 4 Ii 1141( l' 4 11 . A 2111.1111,' Of .t 1'41i ov 1 0 2''' l- '''k 140 .2'l 114'.(I If2 'l 1.1,( vIti-! voII) l of02 (2! ld.l: vill ~I22 ?., 141)4)4 wmII' 11-av I4'14 2ll I- ;4'L. 1 4441 MUSIC1 TBY CHOIR. (raphic Demeription, of' thiR I mtport anl Serviee.-.-.inem Writtenl by One Who A ppreilates itie S itattior. A fier the church orgianir, 1 had pliy ed it volbthutary introducing airs from -1.192" and the "lmilak Urook"-which Si r---the hi tsrose for Its t . ' eI f 2th - torning. Jh% choiu- was, umdo ip of two parts, a iarvi&L and eboruis. The formV. occuitdo 'eaitis ill ti: fronlt row-be Ia e tee mebltver.,- wme aiii. The -or wa. r't-olipedi alout and made a 't . , rI I g i as wel a 1t a lt-lrtin - i n '-o '.t,re wrC :ome10 who could Orome who i.hoiht threy could zaid Li.'ri wsire othrrus. . i iaderof tLhLi atrrergation wts t b aier of the quartet. lHo was la. I it. his neck was respoitibio for coulr -rilh (If his eXtvreme height. It ' he "'Vln paid t.o lead the choir he 13 gn 1v. " 1.e1 , jun i(pressi to thoso Who saw hio tihat. he0 was cut tiIg soTe ice. A greater part of his conto0rtionM were lst h1 i:ne tihe uid ince did not fReu thlse ehoi v-. T h ran iti struck a few chords rnd without aUy preliminary wood swt t 11.' the hoiri I. squI tared itsel f for ie lon. ( )f cour-s there we'ro a few who C" i. 11( ion t.he p) I ce till I after risinlg it is -Zo it all choirs-hut finally all ap pared to be reidy. Tho leader lot sit another 1 ink in his neck, and iIe his head was takiig a motion 'imlbr to a helns when WaIkin~g, the choir broko I00-r,. Th is is what, it sang: ..:det-i-e - ide --a)- abidowith ah iion witih--hide'----Ln---a-bi1 d-m wit'h 1., i -u-tbidh with-wit.lt me frt. f-a-. I ai5ls--abld--ftst the even -- fa f-a- a-iIls th abide wi ith me ovent.l falls tl-a-O---evCntlide--.'-t ti rs --the dark-Olt ithdar'knress ibide t he ria rkn rl sepeuis-- Uar-r-d with mc *-- I Ad wal v t h me-deeaper s--Lord I rd-ia'kness depes----r-i-th me Lord iwith m1;0s- m1 a----i -hide."' 111 itt a O lt first verso. There we".-. thr-ee othbers. lIvei v Onear I- fmtiuiri' wiAth the- nymn, hen.e i its not iecesS-ary to I lIe the ver sis. )riin tbh psrformt somlo Who hadtmg alt'tnld the choir rehearsaL t.he 'l hur:-day evenling previouts, were a hi"le slow in tp)irts. llring the plsso:.' of thesei spots some would movt thoil- lip-i 11ii not tutIter a soutnd, while ote.i-pr~elrythe ldiv - fIlnd it lconveninlt, to feel of their saii r Straighten Ii um. IItts. L..it 1110 n whio did this iad a look as, if -h,- vobilt) h onestl)y sty : "I coild sing 1.hat if I saw tit "-and the cloir sutg ont. 1ht v.elnc thjere cinetno a aote, im tetts tr ate har wit h which all were fa tli.. -, What at. granld volumite of miciie I hr tth. (I I i t it1.Ilen this way rally lihures, because the IpLid sintzers utiwee supaost'd to do ths greater part of the work. And the othersl wero williny A\ I. r pI, at f lr ia breath ng spo 1, or at rst, ats miiuians 6ay, the teoror started iami . Ile did n'Lt mrean to. 1But t1 y ithis break Litie deacons discov 'red I.ltat he wats in the game and earn ing his sitlary. Theirs- others caught1 him at tihe first (Iiirter, however, and witay tlhe!y went, ingii, neck and neck. M ),for-e they finished several had ebagedplCes. Sometimes "aubido" Was auhead, and sometimes " Lordl" but, ol tle whole it wits L pretty even thinrg. Then the millister read something utri of tIhe Hible, atr.C which-as they say in the lwSpalI)pers--'-" there was8 aiotsi-r wel-renttderd solection by t&he chir s. This. spasmn was at tenor solo with eboirut-accompai~ni ntik. Ti wa etL--n ie of the 10 tg neck got in his dh ally work. 'iThe auid iencc faced the chilr, andl thre n-airr'ied boloist wans hap pry. Whlen) thle hutddhntg bad counsed the 5s nolrt sttopli-t a tril i to thte front antd with thi IIr on iid enco hori of poweri' g..ave a iarjrstic riweep osf Ihis head to ward thre ot'~ranist. lie 5:'id nothing, but, tire morrvemet implIed, "' Let 'or Gal laghertr wa-s on deck, aind after ivtttintg ihh- ipatenrt lieate shoes wvell srnied ona L t sub 1-baiss pedals, hto a uiitted t'gether a few chtordls, and the :i,ll~tt wias off. Hl is selection was -ide. e, r-yidte me, ge-*yide mie, () I' har ra-~ tt .1saw-saw-inh - i'iilma t-ra- this ba~w-a ua Anrd he s-anig othu' thrings. Ia'lewas iawaty tup in G. lie dimnin Ilendirlor . st' tiek aL ('art aile mtovemnt Yid up rover a eresi-indo, tack led a steiitt r inding by matake ---but it wvent caut h.t in evnr wl ind oni aL imodera I . .-gri.itiris rlesii-re for a ratiso in enrry on a trill, did some brilliant wrir n: aL lim~estriso, I ealched~ high C wit1 i~ no1e, went down into theo bass, clef andt climrbedn again, quai~vored an1t hrel, didi sixteent notes by thre hantidful praya he n eta'iand-- waized1 ?atl ong a nrrr r 'i- n;tag, g racefrill' trned thte airal sejnio, ski pped a chirirotje rnry didi rte comn ex preioner~lL act worthy of a D e lierszkeQ, pttred fo r-th volhim es onr a iaeasiure hold, bsrokir thei~ OnlL on an atirrat t t,a aage for threPie yards, re tiriled rto bteat, the hantd, enmoti near got tintg ap~pituse Cii a catdenrz-, took a six hawrred tiplet wiathort tunitnng a hair -ther nst donI. iB: tLweir whils 13the chorus had boon rigoiig s-omethIin g else. Th'ie notes bit in jed iL,.it: thte oiled nattur-al wood raf ters-- r i wan a me- rn cihutrch--iio. onhattedt over the iremrriial windows al ong lo is:. I v o mA's n-ew *ii00 chntde d';, 'ijo hn.a Lust rilgs-polti, pat - . s~ed deracons fondly, ,anda tunioly died awany in a bunCh of cot ibument t~ I ~ nes in Itntr corntor. -'The United State5 government em ploys twenty women as olicial light hoose keepers. They are soatterod thbroughout the North, South, East and \\est5r. (Some~ of thnem are famous fo thieiriii h:dil s a t~trnd brroaory. One of tia ~ wotr'an is lda WilInon, (MInt I ..:whi), who hati charge of the light hotur-, att l~rtc lk, Niewport, .* [. Shre bias wrestled with storms of all kinds, but has never yet noglootod a dunty nor left her- post. --An Ohio Democrat who was e1~ porting ['ahnuer and ' Buckner b~ changed his m~iiind and is P9 oQb 6 Bryan and Sowall. This is' '*i a be tormed the reverse o