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THE 5hADOW** $1 OF THE It s(ORDILLERA;*: :j Or, The Maunoria flower. 1:1: 0U BY VIRGINIA LEILA WENTZ. ' Coe y urarr, 1900, "$ h tt. Y FuVIN NVARDAflLN. 14: 1: $j: j4 j$j $$: $$ C1AP l U.. u 11 Liana had retur-ned from the countr i with dark half eciles under her eie and all her pretty color gote. "Too laiy long walks, too 1u4b Vi1, lent iding and that solt of thing. 've overdone It," she explained t4 .Ilis. Morris. )lit. she adevd, seeing t(e Iook of distress nill that lady's race, "I'll s0on frt-shel 1ip - youi'll see!" She did1. .\ndl whi-n the salltsonl olwnl ed she bteaenin' inlost pollari-; slit' wa a here aid there tad everyhv liere. '11lt Jiqlln'y of' It ft'origII ilarti gale heri an additional attractivenuess. IHer st elil ti upllhs WIw Ifo. 'r the fIrst t ,iine fully aw n thll' iliplutlit li , Wittt to her ('1a111s, aid he wilnierd at his iomer iparativat. ihy. As to Liana. he i aa iliing tlistiess ed her greaitly. I w-as his litlw'i"s Idolized sonl; shit. IJ1.ian. wa*1- 1w-r penl nilIess pr-ot -ge-. \\ lit li-r happines. C11.1.110t o i lit, Wvlghi'ul Ili Ili 1lilli-. cametoib' weihtttl iiiiitI inl thlueii h hi' agalli St hl.4 iI %I 4 1i t I t a a n I )e t w4114st 1 on1 whieh wouhl 111 th1e -ale-.1 .\11d Ilhe was4 betginning it, feel soeinelbinlg l. jin t li a repulsin for) thet uInIII, til lacubitely groonwkil :1nd1 tailored as hit wais. ills coutliillal llw, whilixpl-I's and gazIng eyes, tihl' dulcet Itte-i-tetes wheni the fiiI111y13' W ' i tI, the italtila inlug passages ia-, h' waylaid her on the stailr.is of itl evening --all these brought her troublt and uurest. Ali. were all men self seeking?. Mirgaret Maltland and Llana had becowe fast frienis, as thelr first meet ing promised. The experlences of the sumLmer had brought them closely to gether. It was the tly after Anna Abbott's wedding. at whilh loth the girls had beenl bridesmalds, and MI garet, who vits not f'eeling wll, as lyIng down in her boiillr, propped up with cushions. Lizana ad 111(Irlpped In1 for a few moments' ilat, hut. 1ining(111 her friend indispostd, had tiaken oil' her wrapi and deebiled to) paiss thet at vrDoon with her. "Anna look~ed every inch1 thetrb. didn't she'." s.ll MIargarelt " 'pret t, flushed andltilus. I hop' sli-'lI be a good little wIlt t' harles, hi's so desperately ot hlr. .\od sle's. such a fspoikti, pttedretue. IlanaI t acejlut - i itt all these40. tI hingt. , playing Idly witt e btip tg iuf, which hity Oil at hborbsiee. Someh'low her hevart was hl-akvy today It was "Loh1eliuin's \\' k ,lu .\tIan r M C" tvhleh had Cdet'elid lt' liv iiit'ss, sli. soid to herself. 't'st today n he I he t I .as hadit reat'hd~ her'i i-it in herli-i usual seniisetlt'ss Iashionti shit hail fltI her lips5 tremlelt. andI a gri'eat ooli sobt netarly had brok'n up froin her' Ithrot. llut 01' tis slit s-a id n wol-il. S he began to talk Inustd I - o t' the guts s'treaul ttf men'i ain iin '-i. tiltd andt ly andt elackling toil Sit lihrasis autni to about Nuch tingls ai' lihi s-hit wjlotws Alaskani seal guit'iits n- tl' cne in to Jewteied barbarit illets in bu ick lts ait the other, wIth ttiuioise llit f'antask's In. millInery' coiming sonwwherett-i in be tween. Trhey talked tof Itese Ittoiple for awhile until Mlaigai't, risiug linpetu. OUSIly and lettinig anitl urt'gardted cush ion fall to t he lioor' heslet her, saId "Llnna, I'm slek tof It tall thIs thing they call soeiety. It's tonly the click clacking of at grist less miill, whose noIse iore t han any-t hing e'ls' prto claims Its owvn e'iiInpt ss."'' "One must lnintgintt to like' It,'' hut luii Liana, smaIling arcuhly'. ''That Is howta one learns, ThIs Is how tine 'ouilil wIsh thlngs tot be, andit thIs Is howa thliv . are." She crossed tonte slIm lingt'r toveri another as she laItI out the u'ase. lii We must imiagline to Ilit' tem all. No?'" Margaret watchedl hitti llt'ity. 'T-in she reached over to ta table lit ht headi of her oouch andt pleketlt su tnlipei pamphlet. It was a liitt' ('ssay writ ten In the pr'eraphaelitt' -ein anti ari gued agalust the prosa Ie out wai't fur niture of modern life and thle .lpre'ad ing of "the hideous town."t She found the place she wanted and recad: "Say what you will, we ar'e lost cil dren, and when alone and1( the dark listers weknwnouchlodad cry for the gentle armas that ioncc rock ed us to sleep. We are homieslck aidt tis sad, tiad r'ush f'oir wealth and place and power.' The calmi of' the country InvItes, and we faini would do with less things antd go hack to slit pilcity and rest" "ChIld of natui'o," cried Margaret. suddenly turinog on Liana, t'how can you be satisfied?'" "Perhaps I am niot,"~ answveredl the - --girl. "Well?" said Mar'gar'et. "Well," echoed Llanja, and the shad ow of the tdear old peaks of the Cor dlllera crept overl her face. But Margaret had never' seen thle Cordillera and ditd not obsterve its shad ow. She went on: "So It came about, ar'ound the year' 2001, that men began to think, anti they said: 'Let its go hiome. All Is so quIet there.' They found. havIng taken a little tIme, that ther'e waas a beauty In the country they had quite forgot. I ten, and the melody of the water run- r ning over the pebbles was a song of r pleasure. They saw, too, that animals and birds that hIved it) the open air net *s went Into decline; that the ohip munk's health did not fail nor the d1 quail have nervous prostration." i "Yes," admitted Liana, who hand been listening with her cheek on her hiand,a 9lt4oj, 9r 9qt than .to ee~a t~ I \ lhe ald 'tlo words slowly anil pic(ise. F. Sh1e ii asI L-rou0d Of an Ingl1sh uotation ns tost people nre of a Latin ne. They ebatted :a little mnore till half aist 5 cune upon them. Thein it Was nme for ilaina to leave. When she uid dressed for dinner ,at night. she went into the library nid, silking Into if eii hr by the open ie, began reading. She was all In ,)ft yellov, mid at bounli of yellow ear atiaons mli xed wI it some itideniialt -us htriiled ill sonie creiuy hace just uidtir 91-10h shotthlet-. P're-sently De Vitit tinred thle $I ipirtieres :nd. pit In Is Iell4il. " 1ihi'e ard'on foK itrlgyu i~~hiliil.I Iid I lendt ot of lier book, terall andio 01igurati11vely, with somle "You .aih r1'! Shxe's dre4ssin~g, I he4 ")h. :IIl right: 1 only wtdilll a pil Wr II lit1''ktle1o. lit th l e loop at tile lick h114s 4,11i1n1 a wiy, aal I gets con " :II t:hul Yve ta pill If thit Is .1l "C'IIhb yni': It would be 1)so good ot' IIo;.l ie 11 I 1 t t lit 11 41d stood4 r'ni i )1g h' 1.b 1 0'Ii Ow lire Ieanto utubb-11 aiuo1ng her'l flowers an ld >r.ght 101ullt, desired4 p h. One of I hol elo iar I ions, 11hat, hald bieen 11b:1 to Itaa l ilut hun)i Ich I the, saiu Iz! IN Its i n in n fell to thie grounid l(In she' rtinivo ti its 1411o1 . DI, Witt I lek1 d it upl. "Bra1vo!" hie tl. "I laid no1) lower." "Buit you intn' 1ake1ru1n0"' "Yes, I liust," he l ild (ea1rn'estly. It TaH liair %\ Wk or141 1 .lanni 1o411 . t C Sdog'-s dtub pratyer thesev datys. Thatt vna why sheli) allswered: "Takeo it, thwn.'' Laitit 4 livd lwers with 1a a1hiniost )ersot nl I Io vi., it lil. d 1S1 lite a111111 Wals lIumnsy 14t1.1 proirilise-d to blteaik the. v'ar. .antion ill getting It tlhrouglh his but ouhol(e she. - tfr'I d to alsteit' 11. for him11. Thle intils ill h r-1 wh.ilt(! fingers" resitrid n his IhIrk vi Ioa ta hi gleitnIed like illik' 11gtes1 n lIIlk IhO t b I Lf i. inoon liht. stireai'tl . Thwe110' h f 1o f th'- oplen fIre. canused S4111- 41f her-1 loose, 111uffy ha 1t ly u) I Is faio. The 111:111 whose44 wishe's had a(i lway41 been1 their ow .utiilto wn a i ly hli ng p1 .1 it' ih 1111d. H41 b -1 aug1 her wrIs b h11-14il n111 wi'gan show tllve ym. :11141andtq .11 o, wIt," lit l i i t voic I ui1h -.hI s n el' r(-(' oglIz-d f'1r. ll i h il -s. As Ik lips%. 1110 thll th.-h oil her~l puls*. t4h14' guive grt:1 b11w1 ar1 stlrl ll, r i111 441 t lilt , j14 li g. -l fIw t 1-1 otul'" Iht gasp d. i tuit ill n 1 1111 lton 11 rhe lunire1overe hrpol. "I I Iu 1111.- 11 11-i h 4 'o'rr 11, not lot It Ill. ie-i \wI' "ll" il d wit I (111et i gnil slo- 1ft lihe 1.101. T)n dinnr111111 1 ,0,111.4-llow' was4 soni hin dreadf1d ul Ifor her.I Sl.' w hrd If till tort1u b111 ' tub1rs of he IfIIils II oulli lirevi 11look11 111114-1h like t1is l um ttlous4 din in4 r44111 n tot' ll. -Old of thell l p ius sio ning hIn11 g hil whI rl I nill thiigIs w biuo vis ll ist i 11 ri1Ally re turn.li vey hn haid ..,t geus u ru 14 1x d, ' H~att 4inly .1u-ubb'd. Then I e~ne ono ii lid foo'.sthe'hl tanywi'hr JusI lt.n slo04)i.!h 1a oing it o atlreams (4 "T ha' Iiia( e only i n a o)444. Ilo le( n ('I l a *ll '. 4iierre i i 1 -.1 (441 ii'4 hy is i- e d i r i o i eKes . "ilots that f i lu '1u) n th uni I V r i '3. Iia ii 4a (0 fe r - r41 h rny si1h ' R I er 1 ~ j 4)1 1) .' --, \,'i 1),,ii '. 11 e Tin-1114 l th- .'reliter Ir m111 (4h4e Ii 1of "1 81hth roar euaghtt m11oonilidiiian. "Asi to14 lie" ows osrrs 1"l)w beu t!i('uils4it as. the Hi'8ted Irose As then moonenht he t lork at fet reauitesl thr slgi col j Iii large liirpo oybei*11. i-yte tibhered114 fr II fewii ersels ad hin un thle bp. s efo ar. + .. niinrd M "eAn lantlnemht has for. nademol Tell n the wind oo m.' aonce reach of boek fOnea ntraardthe 20 "O-bl" The word was breathed much I as the girl hatt I ri' ited It wben for the first tine she had seen the nigbty" sea. She took Io step forward to wel. come 1it. but ft great striffusing joy camne into her face. Inocencio crossed the room and ttood I before her, cJose, but Cali. "You are so glad, little one, to meo I mne? It would Ihe too good to be true"- 1 As If to stop his words Llana un- l awares made ani Impulsive forward v Movemnent, 11nd hle, Seeing It, half held tJ out hils hands to hier. Then unexpect- f edly, like t Iroknit Iing, sie slipped 8 Into his arrns. For the first. tie since they were chitini inaking toy ilobes out by the i ace4iia lie hent dowin anl kissed her. " MlI ella iinagiolila," tie saId, touch Ing tie g irTs br11Iled( f1lorehlead is one t woul Iouch hlie- petals of a flower, ")InIt h lhi ma11gnolla." 11 WItws natural that he should re ItIpse into ith. dealr, soft Spianish of thivr ch111ilhood. * * * * * * * M- P'eyr:'s p1tu1-re was well hung ADOl aIO a 'tiIr lit the Salon that year. T i intiler nio(w wears the red riIbol of the LeA'gloln of Ilonor gleamilig In hi1s but11tonhlole. lIut Ie (d1 iot secure ile fortune of MIle. de G uerin or any part of it. TEllE NI) IIn the district of Yend)-'hank inl lte yell 551 It. '. wa o1rn1 thlie pit 1lo-so thter ')ofiu ils, 10114. 4if tie iliost uniu11 and remtk b e l 111111 that the orbi4 hits over sen.t~ertily Ill other1ha e'ver3 atta4Ine'd sucth ai 3iasery as11 hIs ove'tr his race( lby thie sheer3 3i4'it andic 2,et'i y ir's hi ' yst10 oI 1' tIh- a Ills h)etl Illh 1 basIis of. t'hinel e n in basl'l 431 hits wor)ks. 11 In lOS iin the4 Chhaiuse aI race' ofi phtilosophersiM ai 'i tnt41id :il h llsy po ph-Ii1'. Ills control wailk tine il' 4d1 with t mrt of 1r n tig tY foillow' alt itieir heels. AtI irst thle 'Iih tibin boga inak11111 Ilng hunsvir oulIs retourks. but, 111n thir l toilt ThIt inssiloi ry4 IurnI i nel ilnt coIIy alwil:-1 "Iave youry pal-tils gIven ou I I Illa g' I coiifofiuiis say s that a p 1a1rn is hlIor4 b y tlii 11)litner of th ChId T41h11 hi4h1 -I ti itl d or t 1001d-<t eutinernill at()a' ollther aintlj wrilli.Iit 14 1111d s ihk i wy3'. A lt 141 r il' lifiltis 'tilin t4o (tr tilh e phililoph4I y ofI' lIfe -iS show 11by Ills slta-il nent4 1 of t " lini r u411 "11 l i ngt thiit t h s shoytitb1411 lo uilto you."'. L.l Y4 ee1rreg ('I l 134 our111 frhl1 11 as a ' N1' . 114 lw1-4 tylis his b11 'd in the 4-111daarkt houe1104. Im- ll gal( line Is h ir specIiaItby." \\'ashligtoli StarI' l i"P~ l ilt 1I41 Elit Ill 4114 W 4I 41(t-:J14 III n i - .:11 "i n 111lite Va '.. liltlielI -ihll I f 14)li 3n 4r 1 lot r doit wih nii mr a ou inir (!l 11111-'1.4' ~ S11011111: 414I) 1114) I311i 1' 4 -4.' with es r n, tih rd4 or1 i s ill 1', .' f a114 lir:i k1 lII, h.in r4na1 d ti, ten-v:ed Y. froninge ~ Sot t w ll.,oere talit ', l'i' i h' ltre it- seen lg'i t'gltn 'ley " i dried rst ail Cob. in 111' Ie 't. 13tl ,* vn w I I hah s f i t Hler, 11h4 two411 grate5ll a 11in i ils ell'. 114e ' i'r with 'l..'sal, in-'k3 , blrarly andtlI \ono 1itne111 s ie g'l ' Ih s l3gie3'llge 21it' I s 44 tu ut t 'a Clarten lit, he . 14'41441' V Iins (I1els44 as lavdn and' fer PthleI4l, tellwhlgtresetst415 te apear IaP13i (f yelloI' sh,41 ls'1 -tliy 1'trn shel ing S unI lledl ' crlai, Ia froi a)''hllppetiz-l ing,4I lai to on'n wh111ich ~laliot, how Ivr lthat44l44 of h4it'0great ninyii PXurgun-t hIlled woith:l difernt'I inds1544 of veg tbls-X iii bhall s ,liii Coao's, tuerls, IetuIs, ho I! ri', o 10easthet broIHthatin Iisi tili for sup 1the03 liteings.t Shiollly aI4). 1ag 1it lilutilit tilneaJ4dIne '1il e tly~ Il do notP. l i nd 0( flscrif'ein 13'utks, I Itwlsi 1 eeusl, it)eons ogr rub-o bi3k ts in ono iofl teir feus ts.-Bilackl In4 onega4 ithere3 kis ta'i fust'm ofl en-'s stilng~ lt' usarmo hint' tn hilservt 1adt for1' si~ Iinith' athringfas? the~~ gls'11l hera41sI tirtX331l igoace ht herto hot IIunh 'l tn fl oldt fo'r toeroughestr h(lI hW hwever, holre asoishn that tg is '-ti eose po' lit tleo h'otnes shonbkis know any.thing (111 a'.tt all about service113' iha iha4 tb.Oy soul be a lagne lot f crs, 1ar, hady srt, Ther' 1wn ioines3t't tov tlfund dors ywin dow that dio'sl nt aen tis ad ho ny~ itehen Iulitednsit) , no raene th3'e tookin5ig'se.l ete Is bliend to ll itirtlng pott 's tilcooingI grhiSdedkes tha hw nn tey no e thrute waesa tll lste I us o thhou. d n Th eru Ca~frnisweo idustrye iven~ ar shor tininactoy too te growe, awtal angM exaddmare, andtheettor no wrices b o' rs evtt h a rHE GENERALS FORGIVENESS. Wo looked before us and then to , eft and right, and everywhere we saw 1 lie 8moke of the enemy's mosketry ex ending like fire in a field of dry grass, 1; vile the little bullets sang like a t) warn of bees, cutting (own our ranks b nld driving the survivors into a hud lied mass. It is one thing to fight the (I oc In an open plain, where you can c IIs fa1ce and the chances are even. t is another thing to charge him in t us chosen position, with the flag wav- f ng over you, the druni beating you f n and the hot blood singing in your reins, but it is a very different thingl1 o have hun111 ri-c up from the woods s md thickets all around you when you lid not know of his presence and en lelop you in a fire that burms and linds you. t The torrent of the British musket ry . grew alike in sweep atil vo!tue. Our murprise wits e< implete, overwhelmingj imd terrible. We had IIalrchled into the ambush as if that were the only 1 roald in the world, antI our shattered lines recoiled farther and farther. We were shouting to each other, firing randolm shots at the enemy whom we could not stc and bending to the hail of bulleti which reduced our nitillbe r so fast. Our colonel wa.s s wearing at the men and striking some with the flat, of his swoi mI vain attempt to re store order, ind1 then I saw a grayish color over-p-reid his face. lie stopped quite still f. r a1 mlomlent, ats if hie had been stricken with sudden paralysis, I lie Sword droppAd from i is ou tstretched lian , antd tie pitchled Forward oil Iis ace. ,Our colonel's killed !i Our colonel's kilN d ! " ran a1 wailing cry through the regliment. We loved'4 Co lonel Carut lithers aid Well be lit deserved11 our. love. 11 had led us thrughi a ih Zen battles, sometime ini victory antd sometines In defeat, but always he had been the same brave, patient, kitily 3' i watch ing over t us like a father. Whenl the bullet struck him down, we felt as if' we had received the lead in our ownii biodies, andi11 the w ailing cry wits follow ed by one igreat groanl, coming from us all to-tecthfer. But th 14 ire'that con ver1 t ett upon u11i grewv holter :til hotter.1 andl d1mutlher~ an dilalie'. The bushes 5e4'1(enled to spoult deadh, innumerable little Ishes >o flame11v appeare'd aInon1g themln, Imiark ing the lictivity of the liti ing ar Ip shioterl, mal the shrill hiss of tile btul lets levet ('tcsed. ()rii liinmb1ers inclt (1d ralilly, althoutgh Sine tried to rc -tore order aii leform tlie ranks thlii waste-d bothI threat and appeals. We wete veterans, but we had been thrown int0 a pailie. It was not the fire of the Illmy, it was tle surprise, the aill l)i I, n11)d our routeds regiiuent., a m1ob of, lugilives, streimled backward, lcavin g behind it the trail of its dead aniI wounided. "Good God, Giorkdon, didI I think that I woul 'ver see such a siiglt I And we hoasted that onuri was tle filitst re'gimileit in the army tIo!" giloaiied C'aptain llitei to iuc. T heim weret eitr on hi s fact', and hcle struck a1 futg itive' across Iu head I ~iith thle flat of hiis awoirdl. hUti thit 'main pa3 iog 1no atten tion to himt, tan oni. I lootketd baick anrd saw thle Iritishb coats11 gleaminu.g ini thle dazzIlinig suniiiliht and4 t'eir sharpshlototeirsI haw ingi fte samei4 dilidy activity that hal mariked hen'i in lie biegintning. hiut ratik aittf flie antI shiarpshtooteis alike iio loniger soulgh Cl ('tcatmenlt. Thei'e was no0 itedf tif it no0w. TIhey saw that, we were bt.ieatin, pan1 C i' icke'n, a1114 theyI i: rowdl Ia l' pon u1, po)1 ' urig inlto us a1 fire t hat athietd to our11 tcoitfusint n thle liesire to un fuIaster. We were fir'inig, too, but in a wil intl scautter'ed way, antI I fatcy thiat w of thle bull11ets itound14 a Biti isli tarik. Thle smoke of the muitsketry hung over ias andlt at times obscurledl turi sight1, but, *lwaiys we behehtl throughi it the retd mud hostile untiforms11 priessing downa Ipo u1)1ms in clo ser' and heav ier columins. I knocked sudtdenlly against some one, andali he when ihe smoitke cleared aw av a little I saw it was Captain IIlunter "Cani't you d o somethini g? Can't you do someic m n, Giordon?" h le cried in tde 51pai1. "Oh, that such ia thing shioutl ha ppen to this of all regi ments ! ie rais ed hiis sword dagaini to strike a man, but the arm'li d ropped'i back to his sidec, shot, thrtough by a mus nket, ball1. Yet lie st illshiouited to thetm antI soughtI o hio'd thbemi hack an sl form a linie of4 -esistanice. I wili 'onifess that I hadl ttjfe'redi from thbe pan11ite terr'or att. firlst ,vheni the volleys leapled fromi the musa Cels of thle hld enl sharpshwlooters in thle mlshes', feeling that Slid dett impulse to 'ImI awaly, toi escampe the buallets that vere cuttig us downi, thle aitoma im ti nct, I thiink, but. now may pride be ;an to tke control of my13 feelinigs. I uirtied my13 face maore Itan once woward lie enietiy, and I found that it emlbol '-ied mec. Th'le dantge r that I saw was ese terrible then the danger at ray iack. Then I used both enttreat ies ut'd three'ts to make the men turn, bt hey dhid not. huear or if bearing they lid not hieed, Th'le rout Weti on anid tid the smoike cloud and1( our disgrace like infolded us. "To thle lills yondr Tl'Io thle hills!'' bioated thle iieti andI theuy lookedrt lonig. tigly at the broken ridge's thatif liay be ore us a miile away. Th'ey knew thatt ur minl armiy was there, anud the biotught in all their br'easts wits (of re. - ge behind its nuimbeis. We ireachied little Ibr ook atnd lutnged acr'oss it ill uich a huddled mass t hat the water ew up in a shower, andt theni ini an ristanit all of us were on the other' side. heure we paiusedt a muomeit. A great man on a wh ite horse stood acr'oss thew I shall ne'ver' feiget the look of thtat '1)an a1s he sait thierte on1 his horse be 'ire us, horse and~ man ialike moi~itin-y 'as and thle eyes of eauch seemiing to laze wIth fIre, as if they were oneC andf b~e same beitg. Every lne of his Ltong, large featuires showed in the aizzling tiulighit, anid I remember iat I not icd even1 then, althoighi i uad seeni him many times before, how ' insmive and powerful was thle jaw and ow clear andI penletrating the eye Lie handl larger than the average man's ud4 graspinug the bridle rein, lay upon Ia horse'a neck. It was General Washington, the ornlaiauelr in chief. The horse (lid nli t move. The rider rit8 iotionless in tlie sadile. Ile tmere V sat there regarding us witti that Rlhn, icily cold gaze which we feared lore than bullets. We recoiled as if the enemy were efore us-i and not behitil us, and for ei moment we forgot the fire that ad driven us on. Then he spoke: 'May I ask what this regiment is olng01 Ihs tones were calm, icily cold, like is look, but full of scorn. We heatr1 hem distinctly amid the crackling (ire roi the British, although lie had not eemed to raisa his voice. We made o reply, merely looking at one an->th r, each waiting for some other to peak. ''May I ask what this regiment is loing?" lie repeated, but in a louder -Oice, andl then hie continued: "Is his the iregilent. that I commended Lfter Plietoii inl the presence of the vliole armiyi for extraordinary gallantry n the f.ce of the enemy? 18 this the -egiment that showedl even greater >ra'veiy at Germaintownif? There was a cry' in, the rear of our uddled crowl. The fire of the elieny uim grown iotter andl had come closer. ILt Ws scorchiing terribly, anl the regi ient ).y an abrupt convulsive ilove men heaved forwar i directly towarl tle genieral. The fl3liht was about to L3onulnl e inl spite of lii1mi. But lie role smidenly toward us hii face red with wraIi, ailid e slin utedl ll it voice that rose far above the crash of lte ritii musketrv : Where is your colw'iel? \'iere is Colonel Gar "The colonel is killed. i1e foll early in the attack," repliet some one. "A -id hiis body-where is it? h' fiat have you dlone w ithIi it?" shouted the aIt is back yonder,'' I replied, amog te1 w Ibuihes on the hillside. IlIe w is left where lie fell." "Do yol iiean to ay thiat you have abandloneti youir colonel's h.><' v to tile ein m'" Iitoute l the genieral to thle whole regin'itit rather thiati to Tie. "DIM S anly A1ii1,tu 1an'i11 reis lit-ut lball <hon its oflicers denla or ahive inl such at manner? A reireat before superior nuinihei's Cai be partltned, hut not that. Go back ai bring lnway your ctltonel's boitl v Hlis voice wi laire, like everythiiing ehe about Iim, a111 its tones rolledi aiont g us like thunder. The men wavered ani turned Ifleeting lances toward thle enemy. '' hey thought of the body of toui beloveI ~olonel l3ying bick there aulo , the hushes and inl the hands oif tle foe. Ile wat not alone tle t olonel, but he fat her of the regi. mn iit, ant it wohltI be repeated by every otlier reLien1t ill the army as lontg as any of us lived that we' had abandonet him. h'lley still hesitated, and Captain Mllner, runnling ainun-g them, shot ed, "For God's sake, un,-n t-urn back 111d bling ol the coloiels body'' Ten we juniior (tlicers, inspi-ed agm by his exaiiple, took ip the ry, and lresety1' the soldiers themielves be gan to shoot it It swelletd amu og u-t liket a irefrai n, "Savye the colonel's botly!'' "C(ome, Goirdon."' shouted Captain II linter to me1(. "T1hie war islit m hire, but her ie. TJhis rod'et1( tak les us to thli (cololtcl's bohly!" Aiid tuning about lie rani towarid fte Iitish. I followed him, andh siihdeiiy tou' meiii, wheeling, ttoo, ran upo the01 i( Brii ti-,h vaniigunard, shouiting thbat r'efrin~ i, "Save thle ('ot., utel's hodly I Save I lie colonelll' btnd) !" Tlhiere is soiethling terrible in lie Wi'ath of meln who have'i beenC~ throwln linto a paiei tellrI uriuo thien, underl~ the iiflec( oIf ai mhtfleni andit gieat, emio.. i, ecover' ~ l co ietely3 from it. 'hicy have so mnuch to attoie foi' that, he nalunal ctour'age in them b~ui'ns like br ue. Out' tuni was so quick. our irush S Look at your tongue. Ts it coited ? The n y ou have a had taste in your i mouth every morn inig. Your appetite is pooi', and food dis tresses yoti. You have4 freqtuent headaches and are often dizzy. Your4 stomach is weak and your bowvels are always Sconstipated. 4There's an old and re liable cure: Don't take a cathartic dose and~ then stop. Bet ter take a laxative dose each night, just enough to caulse onegoodl frenmove-c me-nt the day following, You feel better the very next day. Your appetite returns, your dyspepsia is cured, your headaches pass away, your tongue clears up, your liver acts well, and your bowels no longer give you trouble. Price. 25 cents. Alil druggist. " i have tak'n A yer's Pilla for 85 yars, antd I conllsitier thom, the beat mtade. otto Pill dt's me morep od ltta ha if a botx of any othier k nd I havo over tried." Mrs. N. E.TA Lu-r,* March 30, 1899. A rr ing ton, Kane. The Kinid Yout Have Always B In uise for over 30 years, b1 All Cotanterfeits, Imi11tations a Experimmts that trifewith .Infanits and Children-Exper What is C Castori is a harmyless subsi goric, Drops and Soothing k coAltain .nteither Opium, M1 ubstcrIe. Its ag is Its g1tU and allays Feveismess. It Colie. it relieves Tetihig . ad Fltuilency. it assi8nila1 Stomae id dowels, giing Thie Children's Panaica-Thm Bears the 11 The Kind YOU ia In Use For 0I o0 fleree, that tle British were as muchsurpried as we had beenl. TheirI v11ianguad was Crushed inl anl ms1t t, swept entirely from the field, and then givinga their mlain force our second Vol ley, we dr1ove a1L it with theC bayonet, and always above the crackle of the rt fles and muskets and the clash of steel, rose that n somber Uttle cry: 'Save the colonel's body! Save thle colol'P s body I" We had fied a full mile, and the colo nel lay somnewhr ne hel, beginning of the rout. That was our objective point, now, and we rusthed back utpon our own path, ibighting ats our regi mlent, famous ine the woli oy, his never foughit becfore, pressing heavily and more heavily upon the Brilish and driving them before us. I think that no0 troops in the woIrld Could hatve heldI us back then, and~ shoutmne our battle colonel's body! avTe thoe oonethe ie hid le inf oful face, d the oey' bulit ' us, som e o the beinnie bof the dadThth wisourndecti lh hint nowe the uw udedack utlldove nsrh fotht spfoe amonig theabush asn more heil po ide.n ih n Theiv rith uhelreoued beor hin ta sboek ti and ston asr hatleer Thy, we b'egad n towardm that ftlse a~ t nd t h hien soded "Ii whereevd he fell Iig ler in werae he ell!' ' Bu the lco ne hlimsef, p11 a n b l, bronlupam the buhes wondesd mh ao wek voie;Um won dileldstinc ll ead byv us:rIh knew tht my)0 bravo~gte bas would iis ro e ck oie I~fr knew at~ they wcioued:o 'lere to hee lfell! he is weelefl! u he (l( e us imslf, woue a s~ blody asa weahurloiceurslve diticl ardctby haon the wold nrtis lamyt he we heardf to 1oft and right the long, rolling tire of our own ai my as it press ecd forward to the battle which we had been chosen to open. * - A * That night, when the victory was w.oni, ouri regiment, silent, subdued and humbled lby ai miemiory, mariichedl past Gieneral Wasinmgton and~ his staff and our *.wni colonel, who was still pale1 and1( weak, wearing a great baindage around his he'ad. "Geneiral,"' said Captain Ilutnter to the commander in chief, actin: its our spokesmatn, ''is it poss5ible for the regi ment to obtain forgiveness ? " "Caiptaim Ilutnter, ''lie replied, "' the regiment has earned its forgiveness ail readly. 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The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier relates the fol lowing story ot the reckless extrava gance and inordinate ambition of Mrs. Cusham K. Davis, whose husband diel recently ; " By the (leath of her distinguished husband one ambitious woman is out of the race for social advancement. This is Mrs. (usham K. Davis, wife of the statesman who has labored so untiring ly in his Senatorial work, and whose last utterance was that he regretted to die whila there was still work to be done for his country. Rarely has there been a woman more talked about, more purposely conspicuous, more ambitious in otlicial circleb than Mrs. Davis. Phrough her husband's position she was entitled to much social consideration, but aside from that she :ound many obstacles in her path toward leadership when she first came to Was.hington, and if she surmounted some of them it was due solely to her untiring e ffjrts and not by reason of encoJuragemnent received from the wives of senator Davis's friends and associates In the Senate. "Mrs. Davis is of the type Junoesque. Her massive beauty delighted to show itself in the most startling of costumes, and in giving entertainments this wo-. man's aim was to achieve something out of the ordinry. On her reception day Mrs. Davis has been known to wear a Grecian costume complete, and with one rounded arm exposed she would entertain her guests with selec tions on the harp. Last winter she made her first really startaing bid for popularity when she took for the season a large mansion on F arragut square and entertainec. in cessantly foi one month. Every night there was a dinner, card party or in formal dance, by day there were lunch eons and break fasts galore, and the climax was reached when five thousand invitations were sent out for an even ing reception. It proved to be the crush of tne season and substantiated the statement that a Washington orush can be a thing to marvel at and dread. I went to this receptilon at 11 30 o'clock when hundreds had already left and were departing in throngs, but at even this late hour It took exactly twenty rminutes to reach a dressing room. Many arriving guests turned from the entrance In despair unwilling to pene t~rate so dense a crowd, and others ar rived at the scone of gayety, but did not attempt to greet the hostess of the eveniag. Trho house was cleared of furniture and the confusion in the liressing room was well-nigh pitiable, so great, was the devastation of costly wraps and gow ns. Delicate opera cloaks wvero tossed seven rows deep upon the 'boor, their ownte wading through he billows of finery in a vain attempt ~o find what belonged to Lbem. Several POmnej fainted and dozens of them ~arried ilmunces, rofti-is and even auz3 sleeves home in their arms, heir costumes having been littrally orn to pieces in the crowd. Thoge ho reached the neighborhood of the upper tabte were deluged with salads nd wine, ano 1 heard on all sides that end itions had been infinitely worse an iour earlier. " The Davises engaged an equally oomy house this season on H street, pposite the French embassy and close o the Metropolitan Club. M rs. Davis's 'lans and thoughts for the future overed a wide area. It, was her dreama i attain to first place In the officbi at, and had not death intervened it is ot improbable that Senator Davis ould have become Secretary of State ithe event of John Hay's resigning. 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