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By TOM P. MORGAN. ffopyright. ISW, byv thi Autor.] Witih ono xovption, tho muemibers of the Baxter househlol woro honest ( and tipright. The ugh lifo hfad been otmne thing of a struggle wvith thini sinco Mir. laixter- death, Illty hiad( met thoir trials bravely, ani after each day of truggling, whenl night settled dwtvi over the l0ittl weather beatenl houso iAider hlit' 11 (all t 'in wood tree, they could go to lost with the SiIple satis faction of feeling that they Had! dono their best. 'ilt, day was fast approaching when, tho time of reshlenv required by t ho goverument having been fulfilled, t ho hom esteadtI claim wouli he their own. Their small cropsq, cultivated as well as a boy whlosei will perhaps was greater than his aility could cultivate them, were sutrcigt for their nodet neis, and if their mneans wero icanlt their wants were carefully kept down to then). They owed no one. They LAd n0 oli lunle' it might 1,o hIian Jim, t le wortihh-ss half breed hii1o chiief fond ness was for dirt, begging and stoeling, three things that tho 1axters, with i one exception, a0oinlated. The'y feared no on1, except perhal-p som khu' (t' tilt po(mplii Otis, straiglt iarked (ifllrs of thw prai ri0 military p(t4 of FIort lial, thlrto mih s alnay, and (If tin h1e )ih yunr Baxters, wvith 1t s:int singl (xtcep tioln, .,tIo)(d moro in awl thanl fear. Mlrs. Baixter wa a <iit, painlstaking Womn, who wked hart to ialike bt 1 ('nd( Inwet. inl Ohw hibhl. houlsol.I Dobby was 1n, th, ainnish chau who did his best I Io1l hi ft ather's plact. Aind litti . lartini was faithful at h2r ta', helpin at tih di;h wahim:g, inentbng ain s elldi and <'pl l st'ds fior lhbtby' laing, f-d t Chi'ns and ui at whateveri kil. her handsfurltd. BUt tiere as one ina . o hil tl, weratherlo. t os ho huhei dentlly conlside ring hilws-if on (i'fithe, falmily, took~ no) .ansp Io 4.uuh1 te:1h4 prohitv that marked ' hei iy lit'', aind ;apparntily fe-ared nitherl I-lw Dnor th. .c1111111im-111s This was 1Ji jer2, vho als., f:i fr in being saintly in slpte 4 th, p t riaeh bial l111 0 h- hI r,' af tdeuhtitfuil (ot' i'oi inplinin t to1 t il Bil. Sttory o f l 'lijah itt tll ravis ltst Dobby dil 11t.- il th lilin th1t of any of It, luaV ,, n ii iup aol i tig-t Ir x lIt thin gby calling - l. ittl12 crow)N Elijah. Ftrm11 t he vry fir tLi1j's aparill a1i t o was agatinst him. \-ven when atuat,,(, by' AS good itntions Asii tt a scro had, iil- I:nlokd tihe rawal. When) tilvy took hii fr-n thi parnti nest, a1 n11ly, lalust f ate - I 1 tlie wr1t11, his nist prominent atrib. llii hat ofI a l tceninry elly 1aw \1 w. is, bill. 1ls voo oi o at that tinll.ws t harsh, coinplai1inin "wI hauru , an h1 h h light, 11 xt lo t i , 1"0 114- t.i - i exerc-isilig it :1-< flw i' (cont1itlid ly a., plis ek'll gu' iiialt v i hero ho is ci i imT ri 13y wvalbble about, Owa (hJ1n'ywa to <luit his erD Q :nil his apl Ohit was to cauhtby i o i otin- thenoio 111(et upon :hun. cre severel givbed bef12oru Dobbyr t-uhltcm th e vitm's 125)ih t25 bfhins b Ius w t broon.u O t Thi 21(1-al i tp aly buet ihnu asion thapticauseJI tium ctikoretl hoa ti wayk wifho da raife. tihat WiIl' 1'oni lotl t' hIIe tmore a tlhy Ahice priie -d to fueall ro a cr w-S (h0212 he th vi Xl 'iterlCor (iVo rvilthe12iir than) rvi I. ibt~ apeaih. fo hi-; snmr whtrLijer lati c t edive <muhdity hto tion'- fiup eitiuan thty passis thld c u,'' tot theionso dl by ws h,-~t( ;nd iuxpreiliv COfwrath tl)pat -he atis fctono Inti th-eighratiigwhisinuhts Vlmv hiben13' call e kinder of lau h, a hasrho ntlLI(i1 11 "wl-ou-h y, per lAps feein ti eru when hians. of forsihir, ithetemd ti- ould lishhean wity tolte ient-ess ahcs wt he worhl gatithe app~t earuce and always hun-fro the hem wofsrihtin tmenstrangerv entic~Je the bltlif thm to tile tfeest Poorl Tyend fran uphwit a derii "wlior-ioor. how-l. A Baa smef was Lijor. Itseemod tht if thoro was an honest bono in his blao body it sust bo a very small one. I was bolioved by the 3axters that th only things safe from his dishonest bil woro thoso so largo mid hoavy that the were beyond his ability to lug off. Fe metal objects, especially if they wor bright, ho had the greatest liking. Mr Baxter's thimble would disappear, to b perhaips found in some odd corner c crevico. Spools of thread wero to be dii covered poked into the bedding, in th kindling box, behind the wash bonoh out of doors under big chips and good ness knows whoro elso. Part of a paper of tacks lof t carolossi, about ono day attracted Lijor's atten tion, and ho made a num bor of trips be tween it and the broad spongo that Mrs Baxter had left on tho tablo all read for tho oven when a neighbor droppet in. After the departure of the caller thi housewifo.astily thrust tho bread int< tle ovenI without notioi ng anything un usual about it. Upon getting tho loaf a suppor she was astonished to find on e(nd of it plentifully studded with tacks Lijer dearly loved to got it a wol filled pineulshion, from which 1h0 woulk extract tho pins one by one and thrus them into somo convenient receptacle Onf night after the prophot, unbeknowi to any on, had robbed tle pinoushiot Dobby was considerably surprised, il not d1ighted, to fin3d, uponm going t( bed, his pillow carefully bestuck witli pills. (.nlt winte-r's day old Mr. Hanson 'irtzi drapped inl, " as he expressed it, a3(n was sitting lside th stove retail ing the sc3antv gtis8sip (if tht neighbor hood, while his dg, f:ithful Tylor, vas (1o1nfortably curle(Id up b iufor ti fir. ii er wsII swigg rilig abitut loolking foI Anl opportility for displaying Ilk peell jair tainflis wnellv .1 live; c'oal litipp-'( outl of tlt gra-. Like a fhi - Inp Il-d it up1) in his hard hill :and illsertd il liltI 11 i (lpg s * 'ar I4 (H Po r. TY i'r spr- an lp with a1 terr-l3 ibi b. h111 wi :IiId dlashd11 Ile. t wel-n the legs of hli- m1.4-t1r, who hmul )ilst risen to ta l i3 ( ll (ii.'riur', l('1111Y Ftalidilig llt (le l g Il lfi l il f liu head, alld tqpranig out f thp flor, ollid ilig with 1)(0IY, w1ilwiiijl:t brilging ill a bIll'ket (of wilitr. The' bielt, w%,(lit 11y1ng, haff dren-1ching" ill. boy-, and the dog, senttled awa~ly, Ylping mournfully, followed by lJaijer's triuimphant "whoor later- Ila-:3.-a But, in sIuto (if all his Villain)i(S, LijOi hall 4n1 redeeiiniig trail. This was lii for331in'ss till. )obby, wo1101 he llolvl Witl all his rawwilly little heart. It was Dob by wh11o lil fed himl) w1en3 1(i wa9S 1 helpliS-4 gormand and resenled himli fron tin- rooster and bound ilup his broken le and nursed him tend-rly. It was Dobb3 who) saved hiti fitim many unpl11asai Scrape's, 11sually brought up' (13 hiisell ly his own rasa'elity, and it w\.as 1)obby, tilt, who p-tted himu and pranlk-d witI him, and1 it was 1 n11( 1)obby that 11t lav islied all tht litetion hat was in1 him le would swagger ariund alter th 11y at his tasks, invI-stigating every whereii Stiviking his nose : into ever1ything" (ften33 hinib-ring sadl' Vh3ilo apparentI intt1- ling to 11 hie lfllul, amdl. all filh tiin ruur333331tining to his 13naster inl crow hill g9a1a; . 1 i ee3ed I3o dlin3- 1othiln3g to good 'or lldbby, (anId (Iften when tho lai was 1i3tIng quiely the crow woui lo 1u1 into hI I ap and3 popl1(11 inito a3 plocket, a1 fl (el his .i:e-ket 0one of 15 hishoies st3ea1s an3d the balc1k a3way is pr(oud( as l3eacoIk wiInil l)Ilbby forun333 and3 nec'eptes the- ifr, usually11 81on3- sinull3 article thas h3:11 been113 i'.-sing Ifro133 thll hous a381 Il :3C'3 3r1 igly (1hargedI to3 Liit'r, IthougI 11.I 1:1- 3(31 haps o in S'l m 3 itin 81tea ii :3311 inu3Itter- m3a3l nauinble3 inl his- ('ar 3133 a3ga ist t3 he boy's (cheek. (Iun- Sep4(3temer day3 the( 1laxter (1Swer' thirown into ai flut Ier' of1 (xcitellnent le 1he'( 33 c inig in a inost1 une'xpected fash 13 iI V S fvisiors from31 the( fort. M is-s E: n3t in-o R3(1 ossi ter of'(1 Cica3g ha 13 la1mtel bre'Itn333 he 11 gue'ist ofI Clone and( M131n U211nk1 ln, an1d sev'eral times31 the hiouis ho11 l under t he taill ('o1tton3wood3 ha3d set t11 he tately beaulty ride~ by3, a1 memb11)er ( :1m (IIuestr3ian3 party1 frelin thel post. Te dayV her ('51rt 333was bl1ond113 muSta1ched an3 eyeI lassed.011 n 1iu en3ant, Lemon03, just froi W\e-. Po(in3t, a genltleman31 of apparen(litl tremendous(133 import ance31(' in his (3wn3 mim13 hi low1 it ('in 3ab'ou1(3t dloes not ma13tte but whenV a313 littl way. :3 from31 t-he IlaxtI hon31'S stead th 13(ady(3''s horse stulhInbIl giv ing her1 a1 pain31ful and3( 1(st unIgra3ct fulI t umle, bri~in~ g her somewIlm 13t 313 giv ing her dii giit 3a 31sid shock. Th'l was1 trullly un33ftunate31:1, for upon11 th1 part13iclar1 (lay she( had3( arrayed het.rse withI unusual3:1 care( for thle pur3iposo iipein1g the (illeerC. TI'hat ginlnum I,* nme3 3133 ga1llan1tly3 to tl rcue13 and183 11(1 supotd her ten3derly' to(1 1house, wher Mr1('% s. I lIx t-i', in a3 high st (ot flutt131r11 lt, (did 1her best toi ad1iin TLhe lady1's '3houb(3 l er was31 abra'lded a lam33ed and3( (on3 of her 1lumd(1 cons31idera'l brul~ised. Mr's. a~xter' wa's ready13 wi *linien ('1oths1 and1 homema113de liniime Dobby13 thou1(ght1fully brought a1 pi tel of ('ool1 wa53ter' from13 tho sprling, and3( lit M irtha: rendered what33 assistanco3 0 withini her1 po(wer'. M1iss llossiter wasN abno3(st. as1tonlist wh~enl Mrls. lhaxtelr refuised paOymenot 1her kids i md( 3(l5 3( see.IinedI 13331f hur3t t, it 13ad( beeni off1ered. Th'lese pr':al'ie pe we'(re halrdly13 barbar),3ians3., after 3al1, lady' dlecidt d. JI\en1 the1 li1euenant, whomeli ':11 whi speredl this, aigreeId wv htri and1( was3 ahno1(st graceiouis to D1ol 3a13( Mar1tha3, who3 s.t(ood ini man13ifes.t 1a of this very imnpormnlt appearl13ing (311k who walked a3s Orect as if he hald sw1 lowed a poker whole 31nd( had as8 failed to digest it. So busy was Dobbly with his hlelpf no05s that ho forgot, to won!der' whalt I becomo of L~ijer' anld wha:t raisca. might be koeping h1im ouit (If sighlt. deopart, 31nd( they 1had( almo1(st reC Iched -door, tlh ldy eli nginig to th33 oille Iarm, whon she gave a little cry of Imembrane: "'My dialmond ring!I I placed('( it the little 8tand( 130311 thle win :dolw wl miy hami3( wa~s about to bo ban3dalged.' But the ring was not thler( ! Mrs. II ter looked cairefully about th1( f1l1oor, I 11o ing appe)(arod1. "'I-I"'- she began, looking worrj and half frigh tenedI. "'I placed it thoro," staid Miss R aitor. "'It hasu been' stolen I" "D1)3 you 313:an that'' "'It has b)0en stolen!'" repeated I visitor. "'I feel sure that boy stole It "I neveri I never!I" erled Dobby. T idea of thus being accused aet hjs ho it k y r 1- - Thte prophtl ultred at fecec "choor-hoor b ha-a-a!" 0 est heart to beating wildly. "I didn' , Boo your rinlg at all, ina'ail" I "You must hanveseoon it whenl you I placed thle pitcher of water onl tho stand and" "Blut I didn't,", protested Dobby. k" 'Deed an douiblo, I didn't!" And the pompous appearing oer Ilooked into the lad's honest, troubled 0falco and felt that ho told the truth. I"Mls Rossitor, "1he began, "isn't it possibl" "No, sir!" interrupted that lady de Bidedly. "That boy sol my ring, and if he does not roturn it instantly ho must ho arrested. " "I didn't, 'doe a double" Littde Martha burst into a howl of fear. A rough looking man was just stepping il at th opel doorway. "ish ohitea, Mr h you w 'in't arrost D40bby ?", crie-d theechild. "P'lease donl'ti", ,si'bby?" sorted th1 nawyom r.i lW al, I reckon not ! sorter dropped in t set if you folks had nodiced Injun Jim sniakin yerbous. HI"w- t '"Ar you an ofsler?" questioned Miss totositer. "Yes, moin-constahle. Namo's Cash. What" "Arrest that boy," the lady com imiaided, ".illess ho instantly ' retiins tiny diamion.'1ring, whlichl ho hazs just stol eni!" "Oh, don't arrest Dobby! Please don't!" cried littlo Martha. "lly boy would not st.al," said Mrs. Daxter bravely. "Dobby is a good boy. " 1er ehi' quivored as sho spoke. Lit tle M artha was ihiiot choking with sobw, and Dobby was very close to thie erlying point. The ideai of being arrested seenmed very terrible to these honest 'h liit ennit looked sevoral times as if on the point of speakiking, tit re frainwd. Miss Rlo.,siter was the guest of his rmnnaulzing oflicer and must not be offtutd.~ S*o "M."l tegail tho constable, '"I ''Wi II io w1 Will yla liet arrest, hiin?'' y iltelrupteid the hluy impatieintly. "I "1.'pose I'll ham, il," adhuitted theI colistalit' relueti' lvy, ''if Vou i 1aktt a 0 o iiiplaijit, bu~t ymi' 11 hizf t o gor' lefor. ;lire Ashburln. lla( I (bin't L;elieve' . p "What you believv i do not believo r' has niothling to doi with th144ecase. Thell trilig litust ho retuiria d at, once, cr'' "I'' haven't. got. it!" t ried D)ubby.. "T'1hen it liust be paid furl 10 cost' t. my1 fat hier $:.ut, mu" " We~ haivE noi ioney"-' '- Imug~im po~r iMrs. liaxter. ".AIr. '2onstable, dou your dlutyl T [hose r Anld thlen t here w as wiin zg ini thle 1lit tle weathier bealten1 house. Mml t ha just isimplyi13 howl :'1, Mr B axter b'roiko dIown, anid eivenl Dobby sniffed a lit tle. a ''I'll haf to do mty duty, Dobby,"' said the conistatble. "But I don't believo .you're guilty."' ..'Neither (do 1,'' said the strnaight y backed 1lioutenlant suddeinly. .1Thero wa's t flu tterinig sound1( at t he ~. dloor, and Lijer, thus prophet, staggered a ini, lookinig as if ho hiad been very hanrd ~f ly' used(. Soinzo of his foathors were ouit, y. and othlers looked as if theoy had been d rudlIed the wronig way. Ono wing n draiggedl as if brokeni, anid 1as ho stag y gered( feebly aeross thle rooml to D~obby . lie left a few spots5 of blood oii the floor. At the boy's feet lie stoppedC(, unable to ri 1hop into his Ilap, but lie held upl his bill, , and ini it, gl istenied the lost diamlondI .ring. As Dobby tooki th 114je'wel the piroph-' dI et u tteredl a feeble " 'whoor-hioor'-ha is a-a!" cif sat isfactioni and1 se'ttledl downi is on thle floor comle~~(tely exhausted. If ''Ay riing I" crnied Miss Rossitor. lSkimp~y Jlackson zad littlo Joe Rizdoni 10 id in at th open1)41 door1. mo "We'e b trung back thle lady's hoss," te said1 the foiremuost. "'le's tied out to tho is- feiice, anl I reckoni it.'s worth 'bout a u~d himgi for thIe last half hour."' Iy "Ohil, you'v~e got Lijer!"' said thu oth th er as soon1 as thlei first speaker hiad conl It, eludled. ''We tol Inijuni J imt if ho din't icer let th licro1(w alonie we'd jell Mr. Cash the oni himii!" ay3 "What doi you m't lean'-"' "Walvhiile we wats chiasint the bo0s8 ed Ve a1w1 iniuni JIimi siieak away from f'or'1(4 here aI iijer ilym a long after himt. The sa [injun took to the' golly ini a little wvhilo, e ani we coullldu n''e himi, but. Lijer kopt li flinaln above' as if fdolcerin him I." to 'lho boy proceeded(4'( t hat, owinjg to thi their at tent Iion beginug takeni up withI t ho ~by hiorsul, t hey had forgot teni theii crow for a wefew miiinutes. When thiey lookzed aginh, (er' they sa1w him fly but (of a1 t hickoit and ythe Inianiii athppeared4, a1114 t hey saw hiim firo a shot fromi hiis revolvter at Lijer 'aduii saw the prophet tumbilec fromi his perl'ch1 and14 aligh t in t hiu big fork oft t ho tytree, hiighi above thle Inian111'8 head. ITy heyl'~ shiou ted thle thri eat to iniformn Mr. tc (lash, whIiiebi seemed to frighteln the Ini dian, fr hi le pilunzged into thie gully anid r'u disappe4ared. As s-oon ats thley' capltutred re- the horse it. was their initentioni to go with Dobby to tho rescue of the crow,' o Bfor the story was dono11 Constaiblo i (ashi 1had rushed away in pursuit of lIn jun Jlimi. "'The exlana111tion1 is simiplo, '" said thle mi straighit baciked lieuitonanut. "'The half breed, ini snloaking toward (lie gull y, od atppronebied the hiouso and looked ini at the winidow in hope that there might be an1 opportunity to steals somithiig and discoveredl anid took the ring. T1he crowv, guided perhaps by subltlec initelligence, lie followed him alnd as the Indian stopped !"to gloat ovor is prize in the gully . swooped down and sniatecd it away -I from him. Who will say that ho was I not a horn in dragglna his brokenn wing all this lofag way homo, enduring a this agovy that ie might lay his troph at his master's feet?" "Lioutonant,'' said Miss Rossitt shortly, "wo must go. Mrs. 3axtoi how much do I owo you for the incot ven ienco I havo caused ycu?" "Nothing, " answered Dobby's moti er. "Money cannot pay for sufforink Goodby I" Skimpy and Joe followed the lady an tho officers out to the horses. Presenti Skimpy (,-ato back. "Whon tho woman wasn't lookin, lie said, "that pompous foller haude me this an whispered for mo to give I to Dobby. " "This" wats at bright goldpieco. That was last autumn. Lijer's broke wing healed long ago, but it droops little, making him look moro rakis iAnd rasrally than over. T111-1 END. A SENSATION IN THE TOWN OF UNION, IT1'EMP'T To BURN A NEWI BANI IUILiDING. lsin, Strawiv. Oil aid Lighted C(andl in tile CelIla-Statement 1-iom Dr W. M. Meador, Accused of' th< Cl Dime. The most astounding sensation wa prung up~on the ole of Uno 10 Piuesday morning,, 9th inst., relatinm ,o an attempt made the nbLht before tq et fira to a handsome h!ock of building ust cmpleted. The New Era make he following statcment: The new bank building just beinj inished, is the largest, and by far ho handsomest buildintg in town, be ng four sto ics high. The first an ocond floor was finished tist, and thq Jnion Drug Co. went into one of the ooms and fitted up one of the lines Irug stores in tie ip country and the 1erchants' and Planters' B3ank hav ist moved into their hands.ome apart nents in the same Iuildini'. It is stated that, Dr. Meador las dorday night after leaving the store tarted for home, but was seCO hy )arty to return after a few minutei mid unlock the door and enter withou triking a light. Tho party notice( ,hat. no light was made and he awatet levelopments. lie says ho finally sav ,he Dr. come out and lock the doo Lnd departed hurried ly around thi ,orner. anil down the street. Suspect ngr something wrong a key was ob ained, and a policeman wias hunto< ip and together they entered the drum -tore, and began looking around. i antern was ftind on the tI-mor discon 1eeted, which arouise'd more suspicion ind they finally went down into th, ellar, when only a few steps down ighat was discovered in the cellar an ipon investiration it was found to hi , short lighted candle and around thi 'andle was piled shavings or straW an bbish. all of which were saturate< vit I korosene oil, and very near thi !andle stood a barrel of rosin alsi aturated with kerosene oil. Withii , few fect, stood the oil tank, whicl vas sutrroided by the litter also sat traited with oil. Leading from th and Ic to the room where the variou mairels of oil were kept there was 'ow or trail of rosin. The steps an, andin g was also noticed to be we vith kero-ene oil. The candle w8 u _rnin_ low and possihly in the sho 'qitce of fifteen minutes more the mat ntificent huilding would have been er veloped in flames. A polieman wi left in charge of the store to awal levelopments. Early Trucsday mort ing, about five o'clock. Dr. Mead( "ame and went into the store and fin< ing the ,policeman, on guard, aske him what was up and wvhat he wi rioing there ? the oliceman repli( t~hat he had heen left there to guat the store on account of some one tr ing to break in. 'rho Drm. asked hi who left him ther"e and he was told thi Dr. Smith and Colton had left hi there. The Dr. asked why he hi not hoen sent for ? The policemi told him ho did not know. The Di afier opening and shutting some dra' er's. wvent away in a few minutes. The Union Drug Company was cot nsed of Dr. Mealor and Dr. M Smith, as wvell as we can learn. Ti co-partnership wvas.~ dissolved ynstr day morning and t.hi keys wvere tuem edl over to D)r. Smt h. Now the queiCion arises who p that lighted candlei I in that dangoro pl ace. Should the building ha caught there wou'd have possiblhy hr one~ of the greatest. con itagrations cv seen in Union. It is impe '11b1e 'Eate the loss that would nave suited. It. M i'ADI01O'S STiA'I'IMEN'T. Monday ntight K. of I'. wor' hioldlit a meetintr at their' hail above the dr'i store. While they were ini bessiOt said to senior11 clerk of drtug stor "Wonder' if anybody could see wh was goig on up there?" Said he d idt know. I said that, the Woodmen the Wvorld met thoere, and I went c ito the street, looke..d up and saw on the heads of two men and I walk back andi told1 himti what I had sec V/e stood there and talked a fi minutes. 1 heard a noise upstairs the hail and then remarked again this clerk that I was going upi) street to sco if the windows wou have to be shaded. W~ent up as far Car'ol inra Drug Store and stoppied a spo(ke to ai man andi told him I want tosco if I couldl a ''t the hail. I kni "'.out, the wor'k. f t' 1 V K ' 1'hias, but wat ' s to see it necesa to shaem. '' - .. ' dows. I thett start back, got oppo1 i te Carson's hart 81h01. lle spoke aibouit a bottle of hi v igor'. I waus g one someth ig tnear minutes, atnd wihmen I got, hack a opeted the dootr wihich mtakes coniside abtle noise thei c ler k eamtu fi'om bohi the entrane to the col lar' stairtwu As i catme neat' Ihe tootk otut, his wvat anda saidi, ' My'. I dlidn't. know it was latte-afteor 10."' 1 then said it wi tue for' me to be at htouei. He bih ot. tIOhe lampst. I wnlt, t'ut the de fi rst,. We wet, across to Col. Youni toil the. II.' went, thtwn 0 ido stres 1 went dlown M aint striet. Going of fouindl Lou is Carsont talki1ng to sot one0 and I asked him if he was goil homte. ie said yes, that Ito wou ove;atke tme. WVhen Ito did sc), wal~kcat together as fari as my houm When I got home it was 20 minut after 10. I get up bilefore tay every mortn in whichb is kitow n. O n th-u, moicrning 5 o'clock I wiokoe '. ' ok .' headacl whItich I ccasiontal ly haviie. I look for' mediicine at home and finding no suitable, I drtessed antd went itp to tl storto to get, soe I reached tho nto about 5:30. When I got ther'o I sawi light, in the store. KnowIng that son 0n0 was~ the-re antI taking it, to be C, to. ort Dr. Smith [ ''helloed " to thoi butt thte voIce of a policeman answer'e I went on ar'ound to the stove and ti conversation took plalc as related e ccjpt I toldl him I was very sick and e, the headache medicine ID his presond [1 and then walked out and returned cap y home. The same morning after break- hat fast I came back to the store and told no r Will Colton the policeman said there 1 was Eomething wrong last night and I pr( wanted to know what it was. H1e re- tak plied that he did not know what it was. I 'ho policeman having told me that in Yo the early part of the night Colton and and . Dr. Smith were up there, I asked him dill if he was sure he didn't know that wo d anything was wrong. Said no he gr< d!dn't. I did not find out until Dr. D Smith came. nmv My relations with Dr. Smith havo I always been pleasant, but I can't s5 I ( d as much in reference to my relations hor t with one of the clerks. old I deny emphatically returning to the sob drug store after leaving Will Colton son on Col. Young's cornor until 6.30 in the me a morning, when I found the policeman the in charge. Furthermore, I take this cop opportunity to brand as an infamous and and contemptible liar the person or E persons who by insinuation thus soaks pee to blacken my life, whou 1 have tried rec( for nearly lifty years to build up a name mit for honesty and integrity. About the G cantile, rubbish, straw and oil, people tha will draw their own conclusion. I had hav nothing to do with their placing or ar- dur rangenent. Sat Since I have been in Union If any Th< know aught against me let them say dici so. My friends will bear me out that foul mly actions have always been to the use plimb line and I have been fair and met square with all mankind, and those ( who are disposed to give credence to mo1 this falsehood damneing to me and as h mine stop and think that " lie who my -I ials III purse steals trash," but lie rea w .o lilches fro a me my good name It takes that whieli enriches him not fati and makes me 0poor indeed. the Tho above is my statement. The of people among whom I have lived will bre not be hasty in jumping at conclusions. dri Ba3foro God I have given a straigbt had aceoun:. Lot justice rule. stoc W. M. MEADOR. for mol The Good Samaritan I n Pos and M e. Moody, atone of his recent meet- day ings in Now York, read the story of rea The Good Samaritan," and then you said : my It's a good thing to take a parable she like this and look it straight in the mo face. Who is our neighbor ? I don't A think we need anyone to explain that. ligi it's pretty plhin, but some of us have chi been pretty long finding it out, and mo iiiost of uis haven't found out yet. Got Many a man has come to New York the and been shipwrecked and fallen had aiongst thieves. Soinctimes they hanc have killed him as they did that wet - gentleman from Colorado the other - 4 day, but more often they have only wounded him. I regret to say that I thCre are many so-called Christians who will see a man in distress and won't help him because he doesn't belong to their parish. Somo ministers are the same way. The trouble with such is that their religion is all up in their head; it never struck into their hearts at all. They have the big head and the little heart. Lats of inen are head heavy. They'd V topple over backwards if they stood up v e too straight. $' s in the parable, the first man that A came along was the Iriest. He was probably on his way to hold some ser t vice at the Tniple. When he saw the ~ t wounded man lie probably said: "That Xr. Vman is badly hurt, but I can't stop) to X-E -attend to him for he is not in my XE ~- parish. If he were I'd certainly come __ .to him as soon as I had seen the coim V mitteo about it." And he p~assed on. -~ I pity these men who are always wait- If rv ing for a committee to appoint them. 1- Seine years ago, there wasi a man in 0 i this town who lived near the North Eg. ma River, and in the afteirnoon of a cold Ar. d winter's day he heard a manir calling I: di for help whlo had fallen through the f~ v- ice. Hie sat in his house and heard', m the man~ ciry over and over again, and Lv. it did nothing to hoip him, but let him" im drown. The next day tihe people learn. Ar. Ld ed about it, and they drove that cruel, Ar. Lfn heartlets muan outi of town. Nol -.,'hmat wvas right, wasn't it? y N v- Oh, it wasy Then look at your"selves amnd sete what you are doing. Are you g e n- not dloing wvorse than he did in lotting 100 r. that follow drown? All around you In 0 o New York cries for help are being w '- hleard, aLnd you are pasing by on the 115~ nl- (otheri side. 11 You say when you see a man In dis ut trecss, "' Oh, how I pity him.'' nia I wvouldn't give the snap of my finger ste ro for the pity that does not help him to em *n get up again. na eru Th'le next one that came along the '9 to roadl wais the Levite. He was a sort of n" e- church warden, a steward. Tile wound- s:1 ed man lay about one hundred yardb amway when the Levite sawv him. HI- Ny had another turn of mund. He said : 4:2 ig "' It's dreadful that a man can't take a my simple little journey in broad daylight I without binlg molested by robbers. E' o, When [ get back to the city Ill set at Pilate and have an act plassed by the 'et legislature to appolit a committee to W of guard tile reads, and veiry likely my ut. n ame ill be put at the head of it. It's ly a great shame." And he passed on. -- ed Trhere's a Christianity of works as n. wvell as of words. Wor dsare cheap. We w can got earloads of line sermons, but in what we wvant is sermons with hands to ahd feet on them. Enough beautiful ho sermons are preached to convert the ild whole city. as The next person that came along was iid tie Samuaritan. I can see his cheerful ed smiling face its he stooped to 1h011 thle iw suilfering man11 andl bathe his wounds ,' ! renr oil in them. Some carr'y oil .1y .0 pouri in the wounds of those they ed( mfeet. A goodl many more carry vine er irar, and they always give you vinogari. mlir I )on 't be3 like them. 15 That Jew wams sick and wounded, nd and that good Samaritan p~ut him on ar-* his beast and wvent afoot himself. Hie id took him to an inn. Lie fed ohim, and .y. left money to pay for his board until he Lh retir',ed. so l)jn't ask me the creed of that Sama as ritan. I don't, knowv his creedl. Some ywv peole are so par ticulaur about creeds. or I loll you that any creed thlat will 's priomplJt you to put yoiur iarmf underi an :t. Other' man and help him up to God is a I grand creed. lie The Jews haited~ the Saimaritains. rig D~on't condemn them. Ints of us tire Id just as bad ourisolves. I've sat In a ear ye and seen ant Irish woman pull her oe. skirts away from a colored wvoman who es sat besido her, and a few minutes later I've seen the coloredi woman p)ul1 g, her sklirts away fr'om a Chinaman. at Why, there are men in tis city who e, will tell you that a Chlinaman hasen' t .'d any soul. rie A few years ago I was In San JFr an te cisco, passing along the street, iv hen I ire saw a hoodlum grab a Chinaman by a the queue and pull him over' back ward to and kick him andl heat him horribly.A >!- I inter'fered, and the hioodlutm looked n, at me, and said(: " \Vhatt, you take thoe dI. part of a Chinamian, a iierablo (dog?' rio and he pulled a knife on me, anli I x- cam near losing my lifec. ot If we had mlore good Samnaritans so there would hn an nent +.he c..y of her and saw her little one laid in per's grave. 0M was the last of my Sunday Ii scho1as that Over wats laid away >auUtn' gravo. ) told the btory t" 5abbathi-school, an11J, p)oor s': S wore, we raised money enough rehaso a PlQL containing fifty 's, and1 as they WCro fie'I another. ais Purhased. want good anavitans with r. cat kind of sYmnlpthy. T-"ioro: of a oheap kind of Christianity A o an 13 always willing to help [OeBin't cost himu Ufyting rld of that sor of tu and get -o lnd Of eYll'Pathy with you. v-being tlittt wvill show hima that Uvehim anud MW I fol, him th. t the beeirning of tie try the Bible (o'lid ho b )ic l by one-fifth of the eartl' poI)uat iqn it is trarislated into langa L make it rccessibi1c to nine-ton 3 world('s inhabitants. L paper bicycle hai inva(ld the Paper lib'e, similat' to that times used in tho tmanufa(,turj (f ny carriage wheels. Is emph-ye-v ibinig, and is as 8trong as any in 'ho period of a "t generalicn " ha,; lengthened. It 1Iuel toi bw :10 S1111l later increased to) :11 Now 'nt-ist says tho avel4'ae tI111 c: ,n :fo has IncrIvease(i in the I4, I from .'2 to .12 yeavs. )UTHERN RAILWAY. PIFD31ON V AP.It LAM tIMI 41 4 I :uased Schedule4I4 ol' l'nengor Tralusi'i in Eil'tot Jo,. 1.1, 1M.T7 I "'. I . '1 1.No . .h.un . N. 3 N.. 3 N . 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Miry..... ............ ~p44 )wnetta..... .. . 1 ~~~34 31h4............ 13 p4 4Yl O') n ~ ~ (~i 4in4 illo . 831 p .J 1 35.' n 841r 7 )1 .4:'ord ....... ........ ...0 )75f o4'ferOS$ .. . ..93 8'. t13anta1, E.'IT. *.', p .1 10 4a 0P. 40i l~nniC.'I. ~ ) b 1 2(ii 0:' o 81 331 4 ~.. 1..3'.','"~Ni...''4..'!'4 4 10 p4 ....... -4'314t43, tI:41 4)4 4i4,i Ph4u. ...... 6~c'u ',ts1e 344 o 5''' p44 Ncf 3'4 44 4:433443101 W4313 th ' a p-3 '4.1.i 34:14.41o' "4411':444 1334 7 00 p(4 Ex 3411 443 391444p 8ro2t a n. n."P p.ot1 m Iin.'. . A nr.x ~ . "N" nig. ug arshe1ee Newi York nl N'1:w4 44 n), in entumelV on with343: the44 '%ne4 t, 1 int-) 3333n.'ns for 434an 4,1 Frane 4?3'o, 1etni-eekly 43 ('34rsey I City4 Tne:3days nil'n.turday .; nin44414,4143. lento Now ' Orlean 4 We 4 4.g m d.44.~ This\' trai 1 n 3care Ii hinor 1 '4 314333ni 1 tiars be 4'' ween Dan 1 vil an ,.4 (in S nthorn 3ni4wa,4 ..& W3.' . 3.443 1. 333. 4 N.44 ('.3. ig e41ni4osed l'.' bag4 34. 33'' 4in433g .ears be t en . '.rse ' C a 34 "4.4-- I 34' 4..New York :Nni.. :.4311 I . 3I ).. 'nlhn'' h - 'nji 111, m.n '4t - ia n <h4131 Dv.n 0. on W.! 4;Z4 , . C. 4 :y. .!i s i44l ri)' (a ls e n1. 143w< 4:v 3 I i4n [o al iwYrses norosal D &vi Co. E.tiR dl, S. J. P 'ital and labor. Thoro would be with >pier homes, too, for there would ba a pai re good fellowship in the world. T1 rou ladies with your carriages could schoc actb sormon MI. around the city by in a . tug the poor to drive. my don't believe ther's a tuan In New pupil rk who can't be reacheu by lovo to p, I kindness. We've got to have a grav( cront style of preaching to lift this lot w Id up. A little kindness goes a W< at way. Try it. pract rover look for gratitude and you'll a lot 'er be disappointed. now. reluembor the first good Samaritan if it ( vor met. I was sent away from Go no when I was about eight years into I to do chores on a farm and go to follo' 001. I was feeling terribly lone- you 1 to and homesick when an old man Ime and gave me a cent; not on of little conts we have now, but a big Peio one, and that encourage(I me centi mado we feel good. only ow can we got into sympathy with Now ple. Do you want to know tho whie Ipt ? Put yourself In tho other of Uh i's place. .. od taught In a lesson once along field. I line which I hope He will never some 0 occasion to rejeat. In Chicago railw iug the Summer I had a mission for tt bath-school with 1,500 scholars. use. season was hot and the children ... 1 rapidly. I oiliciated at three and been funeral services a day, and got so year I to it that I repeated the service a sd. thanically. hum )no day I received. word that a 0 . her wanted me to go to her' louf.k or little girl was diowned. Taking four-year-old Emma I went an ,hed the home. was a drunkard's home. The L0r, sat in one corner tipsy, while poor mother hung over the body her child, which had just been Light in from the river and lay )ping on a dirt.y pino table. Sh no money to bury the child, and I id thore taking the mfeasuieti t *" the shroud and coflin, while the her stood at mny side wooping. ICft the house ca-rying mny own N, lo girl in my arms. Afttr we had e a little way she sald, ", Papa, sup- - mamma and you were vcty poor', A I had to go out to the river everv " N to pick up wood, and one day' "1 Dhed out too far and fell in, would feel bad ?" I strained the child to Ar. <, heart, and said : " Yes, darling, I Lv uld." "Did you feel bad for that ', V ,her, papa ?" she asked. - # h, that was putting it in a new " C t. I hurried home with my own ". Id, and then hastened back to that her. I wept with. her. I read " I's precious Promises. I told her of beautiful home whero her' child Lv. C gone, and when I left that mother A r. dried her tears. The next day I Ar It t soven miles to the grav -yard - Ar.W A J.. W. )OUTHERN RAILWAY. N Condensed Schedule In Efroot P1 "o F. NOV. 15. 1890. " STATIONS. No. Oharleston.......................7 10_a m Lv. 1) d .ubia...................... 11 0 m Ar. Prosperity....................... 12 11 p n ,v. (6 Newberry .................:...... 12 22 p mu K Ninety-Six .................. 1 25 n in a Greenwood.................... 1 45 p n in Hodges......... 2 26 p i m Ab bevile....,................... ~2 65 in 1 0 Belton.... .................. ~TIo i " S Anderson ............. 5 p~ m Gr'oonvill..............4 20 p m " MI Atla nta............... 0 .,0 p II " STATIONS."hd~ a Greev i ............... 10300a m ' Piedmont..................... 10 5. at in Ar. A Wiliamston ............ 1 1 a cm g.' A Anderson.............. 1 o. n m " , Bltohn .... ................. .11 an. a mn D)onnalds ............. o-p02 m Nec Ahhevillo...................... II . a m sle'pi Holdges ......................... 1 '20 pt m l('a ii Giroonw~ood ..................... 1 00 p mt cay. Ninety-Six...................... I '25 p m inW Newborry ...................... 2 25 p m mn Prosperity...................... 2 37l p mi Orieu Columitia.............. 50 In m htal' Carleston................... .. 8 010 p mn k-atv -- .... retura l! 7 10a'L....Charl1eston... . At' 8 00i' 11 I0aJM tit Ia 11 S0a 4 . . .. Colt ubia.." 1 35 ;23 ~pbtw in 12 151) "..Astoni.........2 2.5p lid:ase N Ia 1 25p4...Satuo.......".25p 7 iiprn' Ia 2021)".... Uion..........I 05p 7 20p rm t; [ia 2 23p "' .. . Jonest'ville ."12 h6 658p c.I 4a 2 m7p, "...Paont. .. ... "12lpi 6.t4ipan Sn 3 l101 A r.. Sparm tlanhurg. . .LTv Il -5'n I 20~p car 6a U Ulp Lv Hpata tmnug. Ar Il 2 at Il (tp ~ Op 7090p Ar. .. Aiville. . .. Lv-20 8 &)' I p "P, p. mn. "A' ," en m.: rains ii amnd 10 enrry elr'gant Putllman I" aping cat's het weeni Go1imbl~in mod A sh.-villo ~ out daily het weet~ Jneksonmviller and' < :ic,.'.i rnlns lenvo' Spartanimrt, A. & C'. dli tn ;rta . 'thboun~d, 41 42 a. tm.. It.4e p. m., .:1 y m a.. o c tatibutlo ILimiied1; esonthbound l'2: at. mi., a 5p. m.t 11:'7 a. mn., ( Ves~tibulc, 1.hni' "d.) crains ienco (4reenville, A. atu' I' ' ii visiont t .tbonn, 5:45 It. am., 2:31 i.. mi. nnc 1. - c . mc. istibuked I~cmip ed 'sonit boa~:il. I :'i a. ma. ) p. mc., 12:28 p. m. (Ve . ic'd I idna Puillman~c Serv'ien. N 'ullnmn palace scing tipn' rs on ratins 15 aced 87 and J8' , n A. ne ndl . di v sin bt. Sttier'hintenenmt, Tr'attioiiM'g'r . A. TUlIK, 11h lllbimi'. K , kit. Peass. Ag't. M Gon. Fut -. A / t.. VE WANT TO Or$anyor FOR -GoodE d exanderI -GREEN VILL