The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 29, 1896, Image 1
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.
Any tnewus un fav orable to I ryain is
published unud'i lihuin beau line'3,anud
all reports favoriablo to lHryan are bu'p
nmrolo.
1 li;ea i H.ioy', of 'I.'yxii, in.%k(2
,rc.at spjoL't!1 ill e1x ingt~ on Inst ''iii,
'.vnopsis of 1.ho Speech ;hut rc por'i I
I ito fact 12)11!. l3iley piptco to itat
ia ip ii' tha inYour cii w'piill og (11Ye
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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