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. i : . i- HORSE-SHOE ROBINSON A TALE OF THE TORY ASCENDENCY BY JOHN P. KENNEDY CHAPTER XXV. A Travel a Grave Accusation That Still Further Confirm* Butler In His Belief of a Secret Enemy a Sudden Respite. Butler’s baggage, ever since he left Robinson’s habitation on the Cataw ba, and had been divided into two parcels one of which he carried in a portmanteau on his own horse, and the other had been stowed awa.: in a pair of black leather sadd'e-bagt. that were flung across Captain Peter. These latter sufliced, also, to enclose !n addition to the sergeant's own wardrobe, sundry stores of proven der, which the careful appetite and equire had. from timo to time, accu mulated for theircomfort upon the road eide. After the escape of the sergeant, this baggage had been kept with more scrupulousness than might have been expected from the char acter of the freebooters into whose possession it had fallen; and now, when Butler had beeu surrendered up to the custody of Colonel Innis, it was restored to the prisoner with out the loss of any article of value. On this morning, therefore, Butler had thrown aside the rustic dress In which he had heretofore travelled, and appeared habited as we have des cribed him when first introduced to the reader. After a very slight meal, which had been administered with more perso’al attention and consideration for his rank and condition than he was prepared to expect, an officer en tered his apartment and communicat ed an order to him to repair to the yard in front of the quarters. Here he found a sergeant’s guard muster ed to receive him, and he was direct ed to mraeb with them to the place that had been selected for his trial. The spot pitched upon for this pur pose, was at the foot of a large mul- berrv that stood on the border of the plain at a short distance from the house AVfcen the guard arrived with the prisoner, Colonel Innis was already seated at the head of a table, around which were placed several officers, both of the regular and militia forces. Writing materials were also arrang ed upon the board, and at the l°*e- end. a few paces removed from U, stood a vacant chair. Behind this wa.- erected a pile of drums, witn on * of two colours laid transversely actx.s- -h^m. Sentinels were station ed at different points near this group, and within their lines were collected the principal officer o. ln- nis's command. Somewhat more remote, a number of Idle ^tutors were assembled, amongst whom might have been discerned Haber shaw. Curry- and many of the heroes who had figured at Grindall s for . Captain St. Jermyn had taken a Sta ton a Uttle to the left of the ing officer at the table, and in the rear of those who appeared to have the management of the approaching procedure, and now stood, with _ ms hands folded, apparently an anxious and interested looker-on. There was a thoughtful and even stem expression upon every lace when Butler appeared—and a silence that wa-s scarce broken by the occas ional whispers in which the several individuals present communicated with each other. The guard marched the prisoner around the circle, and inducted him into the vacant chair, where he was received by a quiet and cold inclination of the head from each member of the court. For a few moments he looked around him with a scornful gaze up on the assemblage that were to sit in judgement upon him. and bit his lip, as his frame seemed to be agita ted with deep emotion; at length, when every look was bent upon him, and nr. one breathed a word, he rose upon his feet and address the com pany. ‘i understand that I am in the presence of a military court, which has been summoned for the purpose of inquiring into certain offences, of the nature of which I have not yet had the good fortune to be informed, except in so far as I am given to in fer that they purport of treason. I ask if this be *rue.*’ The presiding officer bowed his head in token of assent, and then presented a paper, which he describ ed as containing the specification of the charges. "As an officer of the American army, and the citizen of an indepen dent republic,” continued Butler, ‘T protest againsit any accountability to this tribunal; and, with this protest, I publish my wrongs in the fa :e of these witnesses, and declare them to arise out of facts disgraceful to the character of an honorable nation. I have been drawn by teachery into an ambuscade, overpowered by numbers, insulted and abused by ruffians. I could say that these outrages were practised at th e mere motion of the coarse banditti themselves who as sailed me; but their manifest subser viency to a plan, the object of which was to take my life, leaves me no room to doubt that they have been in the employ and have acted under the orders of a more responsible head”— “Keep your temper,” interrupted Innis. calmly. “Something is to be allowed to the excited feelings of one suddenly arrested in the height of a bold adventure, and the court would, therefore, treaf your expression of such feelings at this moment with lenity. You will, however, consult your own welfare, by giving your thoughts to the charges against you, and sparing yourself the labor of this useless vituperation. Read that pa per, and speak to its contents. We will hear von patiently and imparti ally.” ‘‘Sir, it can avail me nothing to read it. Let it allege what it may, the trial, under present circum stances. will be but a mockery. By the chances of war. my life is in your hands; it is an ideal ceremony and waste of time to call in aid the forms of justice, to do that which you have the power to do. without insulting heaven by affecting to assume one of its attributes.” “That we pause to inquire,” replied Innis. ‘‘is a boon of mercy to you. The offence of rank rebellion which vou and all your fellow-madmen have confessed, by taking up arms against your king, carries with it the last de gree of punishment. If, waving our right to inflict summary pain for this transgression, we stay to hear what you can say against other and even weightier charges, you should thank us for our clemency. But this is misspending time. Read the paper to the prisoner.” he added, address ing on e of the officers at the table. The paper was read aloud. It first presented a charge against the prisoner for violating the terms of the parole given at the captitulation of Charleston. The specification to support this charge was that, by the terms of th e surrender. General Lin coln had engaged that the whole gar rison should be surrendered as prison ers of war, and that they should not serve again until exchanged. The prisoner was described as an officer of that garrison, inculded in the sur render, and lately taken in the aot of making war upon bis majesty s subjects. The second charge was, that the prisoner had insinuate himself, by ’i?® Back to the (arm I That’s where you get good coffee. None of that “ fresh roasted loose by the pound ’* store stuff from nobody knows where, full of dust, atmosphere and soiled hands, but the real old, genuine egg and sugar coeted Arbuckles’ ARIOSA Coffee, which the folks keep in the original package and grind in the kitchen. Thafs^Coffe^! Gmdm wiA nmawmi «f Ae N»a—»l ft— faodUw.Gy«ni» No 204l.iMai WmUnM. false representations, into the terri- tory conquered by i&c royal army, and that, in the quality of a spy, he had visited the family of a certain Walter Adair, with a view to obtain a knowledge of the forces plans movements, and designs of the vari ous detachments engaged in his ma jesty's service in the neighborhood of Broad river. # And third and last, that gether with certain confederates, had contrived and partially attemeptedto execute a plan to seize upon and car rv away a subject of his majesty’s government, of great consideration and esteem—Mr. Phillip Lindsay, namely, of the Dove CoU:- in toe province of Virginia. That toe ob- iect of this enterprise was to possess himself of toe papers as well ^ of the person of the said Philip landsaj. and by surrendering him up to the rebel government, thus exj>osing him to confiscation of property, and even to peril of life- Such was toe general import and bearing of the accusations against the prisoner, expressed with the usual abundance of verbiage and minute ness of detail. Butler listened to them, at first, with indifference, and with a determination to meet them with Inflexible silence; but as tne enunciation of them proceeded, and the extraordinary misrepresentations they contained were successively dis closed, he found his indignation vising to a height that almost master ed his discretion, and he was on the noint of interupting the court with the He direct, and of involving him self in an act of contumacy which would have been instantly decisive of his fate. His better genius, how ever, prevailed, and smothering his anger by a strong effect of self-con trol, he merely folded his arms and abided until the end. with a con temptuous and proud glance at his accusers- “You have heard toe allegations against you, sir,” sail Colonel Innis; ‘‘what say you to them?” "What should an honorable man,” replied Butler, "say to such foul as persions? The first and second charges, sir, I pronounce to be frivo lous and false. As to that last, sir, there ar e imputations in it that mark the agency of a concealed enemy, lost to every impulse of honor—a base and wicked liar. Confront me with that man. and let the issue stand on this—if I do not prove iiim to 1*\ in the judgment of every true gentle man of your army, an atrocious and depraved slanderer, who has contriv ed against my life for selfish pur poses. sir, to remain silent, and to refuse, by any act of mine, to ack nowledge the violation of toe right* of war by which I bav e been dragged I hither Nothing couid^ have swayed me from that determination, but toe iniquitous falsehood conveyed in toe last accusation.” “We cannot bandy words with one In your condition,” interupted the president of the court. ‘T must re mind you again, that our purpose is to give you a fair trial, not to listen to ebullitions of anger. Your honor Is concerned In these chargee, and you will best consult your interest by a patient demeanor in your present difficulties.” , ‘T am silent” said Butler, indig nantly. taking his seat. “Let the trial proceed.” continued the president. “You will not deny.” he said, after an interval of reflect ion. ‘‘that you are a native of Caro lina?” "I can scarcely deny that before you,” replied Butler, "who. in my absence, as report says, have been busy in the investigation of my af fairs.” “There are bounds, sir, to the for bearance of a court,” said Innis. sternly. ‘T understand the taunt. Your estates have been the subject of consideration before another tribu nal; and if ray advice were listened to. the process relating to them would be a short one.” , “You are answered.” returned But ler. , “Nor can you deny that you were an officer belonging to the army un der the command of General Lin coln.” Butler was silent. “You were at Charleston during the siege?” inquired one of the court. "In part,” replied Butler. “I left it in March, the bearer of despatches to Congress.” "And you were in arms on the night of the thirteenth, at GrindalPs Ford?” continued the ^ame questioner. “I confess it, sir.” "That’s enough," interrupted Innis. “In the ninth article of the capitula tion of Charleston we read: ‘all civil officers, and the citizens who have borne during the siege, must be prisoners on parole. “I should say.” interposed St. Jermyn, who now. for toe first time, opened his lips, “that the prisoner scarcely falls within that description. The words ‘during the siege 1 would see m to point to a service which last ed to the end. They are, at least, equivocal; and I doubt Lord Corn wallis would be loath to sanction a judgment on such a ground.” Upon tois (ensued a consultation amongst the officers at the table, during which Butler was withdrawn to a short distance in the rear of the assemblage. Several of the unoccu pied soldiers of the camp, at this stage of the trial, had crowded into the neighborhood of the court; and the sentinels, yielding t.o the eager ness of the common curiosity, had relaxed their guard so far as to al low the spectators to encroach be yond the lines. Among those who had thrust themselves almost up to the trial-table were a few children, male and female, bearing on their arms baskets of fruit and vegetables, which had been brought within the camp for sale. A smart-looking girl, somewhat older than her collection of mellow apples; and perhaps her ixjpularity was in some degree in creased by the soft and pleasant- toned voice i n which she recommend ed her wares, no less than by the ruddy, wholesome hue of her cheek, and an agreeble, laughing blue eye, that shone forth from the shade of a deep and narrow sun-bonnet, toe cur tain of which fell upon her shoulders and down her back. “Buy my apples, gentlemen,” said the pretty fruit-merchant, coming up fearlessly to Colonel Innis, In the midst of the consultation. "Three for a penny; they are very ri|>e and mellow, sir.”^ The colonel cast hlsWH upon toe treasure* of the basket, and began to select a few of the choicest fruit. TJius encouraged, toe girl set her pkd upon toe table, in the midst of hats and swords with which it was encumbered, and very soon every other member of the court followed the example of toe presiding officer, and became purchasers of the greater part of toe store before them. When this traffic was concluded, the little huckster took up her burden and re tired towards the group of specta tors. Seeing the -prisoner i n this quarter, she walked up to him. curt sied. and presented him an apple, which was gratefullyaccepted. and the proffered return, from him, in money, refused. This man bought a supply of tobacco with out acquainting himself with the distinctive taste of SCHNAPPS Tobacco, which has the cheering qualities that gratify his desire to chew, and at' less expense than cheap tobacco. SCHNAPPS has been advertised in this paper so that every chewer has had an opportunity to get acquainted with the facts and know that drugs are not used to produce the cheering quality found in the famous Piedmont country flue-cured tobaccos, and that SCHNAPPS is what he ought to chew. Still there are chewers who accept other and cheaper tobaccos that do not give the same pleasure. Some day they’ll get a taste of the real Schnapps—they’ll realize what enjoyment they’ve missed by not getting SCHNAPPS long ago—then they’ll feel like kicking themselves. * SCHNAPPS is sold everywhere in 5 cent cuts, and 10 and 15 cent plugs. Be sure you get the genuine. The new Laxative that does not gripe or nauseate. Pleasant to taKo. Cures Stomach and Liver Laxative Fruit Syrup Chronic Constipation. F*r Sal* by Cftarok** Dnifl Co. For Sal* by Charakaa Dnif Ca. Far Sal# by Charoka* Drug Ca. he succeeded in arresting the prison er and his comrade, with the loss of two men in toe struggle. The narra tive then went on to give the parti culars of Horse Shoe’s escape, and the other facts with which toe reader is acquainted. This account was cor roborated by several witnesses, and, amongst the rest, by Curry. (CONTINUED NEXT FRIDAY.) When about a quarter of an .hour had elapsed. Butler was resummoned to his seat, and the court again pro- ce<*ded to business. Th e inquiry now reiated to the second charge—'that, namely, which imputed to the prison er the character of a spy i n his visit at Adair’s. To this accusation, '’ap- tain Hugh Hahershaw and several of nis troop were called a* witnesses. The amount of testimony given by them was. that, on the eleventh of ?h e month, they had received infor mation that a Continental officer, whose real name and title was Ma jor Butler, but who was traveling in disguise and under an assumed name, from the Catawba towards the Broad river, in company with a well known, stark Whig—a certain Horse Shoe Robinson—was expected in a few days to arrive at Wat Adair's. That Habershaw. hoping to intercept them, had scoured the country between the two rivers; but that the travelers had eluded the search, by taking a very circuitous and unfrequented route towards the upper part of Blair’s Range and Fishing Creek. That o n the night of the twe the two men arrived at Adair's molested; and. on the morning of the thirteenth, some of toe woodman's family had met Habershaw and ap prised him of this fact; adding, fur ther, that the prisoner had offered a bribe u> Adair, to Induce him to give in format on in regard to the loyalist troops in the neighborhood, with a view to communicate It to a certain Colonel Clarke, who had appointed to meet Butler and his companion t o newhere on the utfper border of the province. That, in consequence of tois attempt, Adair had directed the prisoner towards Grindall’s Ford; and, this intelligence being communi cated to the witness, he had con ducted bis troop to that piece, where Beecher’s Defense to be Published. The ih-ath of Theodore Tilton is th< death of the last of the principals con cerned in tin- lioochor trial of 1875. The principals wore Beecher and Mrs. Beecher, Tilton and Mrs. Tilton and Mr. Frank Mdulton. It has always boon understood in Plymouth church and among Mr. Beecher's intimate friends that not all the facts were stated in court which might be stated in his defense, and the reason given was that there was a relation of Mrs. Beecher to the '-use which he was un willing should be stated until after the death of all thv principals. That situa tion has arisen. Lyman Abbott’s biog raphy of him therefore did not contain ail the facts. After the trial was over it was said that Mr. Beecher wrote out a full statement of his defense, dei>o«- ited it in a safe under the care of some of his friends, with a request to publish It after all the principals had passed away. There is a story therefore yet to l>e told—a story which, it has been said, would clear his reputation in the minds of that small minority that re i fused to believe him innocent. Tbeo dure Tilton was an exile for the re mainder of bis life. That fact alone has some significance. W’e state these facts on what seems the very best au thority.—Leslie's Weekly. “Throwing a Cheat” Injure*. It eai not be repeated too often thac the more that appalliug system of chest s\v Hing was practiced tin-greater was ihe invaliding for circulatory diseases, the l oot guards, who were more “set up" than tin* line, always heading the list for invaliding for these diseases. And who will say of the guards that th -y were originally defective? It was hopeless to expect men to be content and not to take any opportu nity to quit the army who felt the In jury to health ls»ing Inflicted on them. They were taught to regard the dilat ed. rigid chest ns essential, that sol diering could not he thoi ght of without it! Happily we have cbm god all that. What mainly stood between the army and popularity was Interference with natural breathing. F. A. Davy. M. D., Lieutenant Colonel Late Army Medical Corps, in I-oudon Hpeetator. O R A. 1^ IC 3*- Two 5-room cottages. One 7-room residence. TA’o city farms. Seven beautifully located lots that are not five minutes walk from depot Farms and lots everywhere. FOR RENT—One 10-room dwelling with water, baths and electric lights. Brick store room with rooms overhead. If you are contemplating building a new house, call at my office and see many new plans. SAM L. FORT, Real Estate and Fire Insurance OFFICE OVER NATIONAL BANK Saw Just Over the Line in Cleve land County, N. C., is Situated PIEDMONT HIGH SCHOOL $63-$81 Pays .Board, Tuition and Room Rent for the Full Session off Nine Months. Eleventh session. Never a case of serious sickness in school. Mineral water, magnificent scenery, splendid community, experience*! teachers. WHAT PEOPIE SAY OF PIEDMOHT. The School Is one of the best preparatory schools in this State.—The Cleveland Star. Most heartily do I recommend the School to all who have sms and dauRhters to educate. 0. E. Tati-iOK, Ex-President Wake Forest college In my opinion there is no High School In this part of the country doing more thorough educational work. F,. Y. Wzbh, Member of OoaglW**. Reformed Baseball. “The gentleman Is safe,” said th* umpire. ‘T beg your pardon, bat be seemed to I** out,” said the field captain, saun tering In from short. “A thousand pardons, but be beat the throw about a yard.” the umpire In sisted. The base runner was called up, and the umpire took a Bible out of hi* pocket and swore him. “Now, were 70a out?” asked the um pire. ”1 was,” tit* baa* nmoar admitted, whereupon the aodkace Cell to talking of th* old day* of Use, fine* and arbi trary deeMoaa.—Bt Loala patch. We are all pleased with the progress made by the boys, and If nothing happens they wlU return next session. It Is the best and cheapest school In the Slate. E. M. Kounce, Member N. O. legislature. Faithful work has not only been done In text books, but work equally as good has been done In training the morals and developlnif the character of students. T. J. Ramsach. Treasurer of Cleveland CoSton Mttis. On all sides I saw evidence of patient, painstaking labor, thorough scholarship and marked executive ability. I believe the sc boo) a good one and worthy of liberal patron- mre. J. B. Caki.yxk, Prof. Latin, Wake Forest Ocalege. 1 commend Prof. Burns and Piedmont High School warmly to those who desire their children to he taught the true idsa of education and to be lead up Into a higher life of useful manhood and womanhood. J. A. Anthony, Ex Superintendent Schools. The Instruction is thorough and the Influence surrounding the pupil excellent. The loca tion of the school Is One, because of elevation and water, and the community Is one of tbs most relined in Western Norj^ Carolina. B. F. Tbedway. Former Pastor at Shelby. Chapel Hill, N. C., May 11,1906 Mr. W. D. Burns, Principal Piedmont High School. Dear Sir: The young men who have come to the I. Diversity from the Piedmont High School bave taken a good stand in tbelr classes, doing faithful and satisfactory work. F. P. Venable, Presld' ut University of North Carolina. Shelby. N. C.. May 1. HMM 1 take pleasure in bearing testimony regarding the Piedmont High School. I have spent some time In this school and found the work of the class rooms Ut be thorough, practical and far reaching In Its scope. ^The teachers are devoted to their work, and ‘ com i * ‘ “ thoroughly lace of interest to the -ongest high lehool de- i given by th* members of this society. In my ootaloa this school deserves a place among the best achools In this part of the Bute, and I oommeod It to all the people. B. T. Falls, A. M , County Superintendent public Instruettoo itent, and pupil. The school bates I ever listened they spare no 1-ffort in making the class room a place of x>l has an excellent literary society. One of tne strongest _ sued to was one given by the members of this society. In my optaloa - . " ute a n d I oomao Session Opens August 1 ttA. For Cetslefue writ* t* W. D. BURNS, Lawndale, N. C. June tt-Aug 2-ltav. All kinds of Job Work d “ ne •* ^ office neatly and at •riaaaaMunaaaniRta with hitk*rsdawork! Trvns.