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VOL. XII LAURENS. S. CM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1896. NO. 27.
CHAPTER XIIL j
Jack Ormsby did not go oast by tho
(hat train after tho Christinas ball as
had been his purpose,, but ho saw no
lnoro of tho lady of Jus love. Lato that
dreadful night, rouBing for a few mo
menta from tlio 6tupor into which she
had been thrown by tlio nvnouucoincnt
that it was her own brother who lay
thero downstrickon in tho midst of bis !
career of crime and 6hame, Ellis Far- j
rar, littlo by little, realized tho whole '
znisorablo truth, that ho, her brothor,
was tho xuau who had wrecked Helen
Daunton's life?Helen, who, to spaxe
that invalid mother an added sorrow,
had hidden from her tho namo of tho
man whoco brutal blows and ourse3 bad
rowarded her lovo.
Moro than all did Ellin realizo that
tho lover, whoso loyalty and devotion
aho horse)f had repaid with scorn and
contempt, bad suffered her words iu
silenoo rather than botray another wo
man's confidence and thereby divulge a
truth that would overwhelm with shamo
all who bore tho name of Forrar. Thcu
it was that, hysterically weeping, aho
broke down utterly, mid beforo tho set
ting of another sun the mother and all
thohousohold learned from her lips that
it was all that was left of Roylo Farror
Hiat now lay there, cold and stiff and
Jtill in that bare, echoing word of the
old hospital, awaiting tho last volleys
and tho solemn trumpet salutation to
tho soldier dead.
Only a corporal's gourd formed tho
firing party when, just before sundown,
tho remains of Private Graice wore laid
in tho bleak, snow covored cemetery out
on tho rolling prairio, but nioro than a
dozen mou in tho crowded garrison
know by that time that the folds of the
flag wcro draped over tho mortal re
mains of a colonel's son.
It was an awestricken group that
gathered a boat tho hospital when the
boarcrs oamo forth with their burden
and placed it in tho waiting ambulance
void tho firing squad presented arms.
Tho idea of tho recreant, tho would bo
murderer, Tom Graico, being buried
With military honors had not occurred
to tho garrison as a possibility. Yet
hero was tho little escort; hero wcro tho
trumpeter.-?the band had been merci
fully excused; hero wore pallbearers
from his troop instead of from among
tho garrison prisoners, an might have
boon ruled when ono of tiieir number
died; here wero old Terry Korke and
somo of the senior sergeants ft tho regi
ment; hero indeed, with pallid face, was
young Lieutenant Fnrrar, with him Mr.
Ormphy, tho adjutant, quartermaster,
tho Burgeon and euo or two veteran oap
taiiiB, Major Wayne and even Colonel
Fenton himself! Whoever heard of such
an array as that attending the obe.scquies
of u orimiual? Fort Fruyucwas mysti
fied and talked of it for hours, but tho
story told itself beforo tattoo, and tho
mystery was done.
They had buried tho firstborn of tho
colonel whom all men loved and honored
and. mourned, and old Font on himself
dcMded that, as Graico had never yet
been tried und convicted ami could nev
er appear beforo an earthly tribunal,
ho must bo considered as innocent and
so issued tho order that no military
honor should bo denied except the band.
It was too bitterly cold for them to at
tompt to play, for the valves of tho in
struruents would freeze at once, and it
Was deemed best that no sound of tho
dirge music should reach tho ears of
Mnrjorio Farrar. Neither sho nor Ellis
knew when tho funeral took place,
Mrs. Farrar learning only on tho fol
lowing day, Ellis not UUtil weeks there
after, for, as a result of all the long,
gradual strain, culminating in the shock
of that trngio night and tho realization
of tho wrong sho had done tho honest
man who had so lovod hor, her strength
gavo way, and brain fever and delirium
suporvonod. In tho week that followed
that hapless holiduy Ellis hovorod on
tho borderland 'twixt lifo and death,
and no man could say that tho fatal
Ohristmnstido might not claim still an
other of tho Farrars.
And that week was ono of woe to poor
Jack Ornisby. Ho hanntcd tho neighbor
hood of tho Farrars; ho hung about tho
gateway, importuning tho doctor, the
colonel, Kitty, Will, anybody, for tid
ings of tho girl ho loved. His fine, alert,
intelligent foco was clouded with the
dread and sorrow that overcame him.
He could not see Mrs. Forrar?sho raro
ly moved from hor stricken daughter's
?idc?but twice ho saw and talked with
Helen, and ouoo, with her, walked out
to vL.ifc tho now mado gravo. All that
week the shadows cast by the glare of
the gnardhouso flames seemed to wrap
Fort Fray no in gloom, and people gazed
upon the black ruins only with a shud
der.
The Indians, evor superstitions, bad
professed to seo tho hand of tho Great
Spirit in tho clouds, pointing remorse
lessly at tho spot and warning thorn of
further wrath to come as a consequence
of tho unavenged murder of a chief
tain's sou. Cowboys and hustlers, un
gerod again*-1 tho garrison because it
had interposed between them and their
purposed punishment of Big Head's
band, saw here a capital opportunity of
embroiling tho red men with their
white defenders. By dozeus, in shiver
ing silence, wrapped in their blankets
and seated on thoir scraggy ponies, the
warriors bad looked on at t bo solemn
>n i in < civinnny, and wit hiu another day
by scores tho cowboys anil sottlers woro
spreading tho 'Story that the white
chief had buried Tom Graioo with all
the honors of war, despite bis crimes and
misdemeanor!*, simply because ho had
killed the son Of an ludinn chief?tho
6on of tho ohi< t whoso people killed the
colonel of tho Twolfth whon ho attack
ed tho lieolug villago on tho Mini Posa
threo long years before. It was the
white soldiers' way of taunting the rod
man. It was proof of his real feeling
toward the Indian.
"Look out for yourself, Big Road I"
r aid those astute, frontier States?*
and his soldiers have*
readily swoop upon you soino Litter
uiornirjg und put you and your war
riors, your women and children to tho
Bword." In tho iutousecoldof tho three
days that succeeded tho blizzard, there
was no interchange of visits, so to
speak, between tho fort and tho Indian
village hut tho emissaries of Beu
Thorpe had boon busily at work. Big
Road aud his warriors had been bidden
to attend tho stately funeral of their
kinsman and friend, Crow Knife, on the
morning after Christmas, and had flock
ed to tho seeno and lifted up their
mournful chant when tho volleys flash
ed and tho crowd of attendant soldiers
bowed their heads in mingled homago
and sorrow, That was as it should ho,
but what did it mean that his slayer
should then ho accorded equal honors?
aye, that moro ofllcors?chiefs?were
present at Graico's grave than when tho
son of a Brulo warrior was laid to rest?
This they could not fathom, and this,
despito the strained relations that had
resulted in the death of Laramio Pote,
tho cowboy emissaries proved eager to
explain iu their own way and to explain
to attentive curs.
"Old Fenton thought ho'd dono mo
when ho moved that bloody baud up
hero to tho fort," said the cowboy kiug
to his admiring audience over at the
saloon ucross the. Platto. "If I don't pay
him off with compound interest within
tho month and inako him wish lie hadn't
monkeyed with my business, call me
a coyoto. Ho and the stuck up gang he
heads will wish to God they'd loft those
Indians whero they were."
And five days nftor ChriBtmas Colonel
Fcntnn heard of goings on within the
villa o that gave him oause to summon
his adjutant and officer of the day, to
double his sentries on every front and
to realize how muoh in theso few years
he hud learned to loan for counsel and
tupnort on Malcolm Loale: for now tho
lOionoi was iorbiddon, us was everybody
ilse, to seo him oven for a moment.
Not only had the flash of tho explosion
wrecked his eyesight, but there was
grave reason to fear that ho had inhaled
the flame. Captain Loalo was suffering
torment, yet bearing his burden v "' nut
a moan.
A troubled man was tho veteran post
surgeon all that woeful week. Kllis
Farrnr, delirious in burning fever, Mal
colm Lealo pre.'drate on a bed of pain,
blind and breathing only in agonized
gasp*, Mrs. Farrar looking so fragile
and weak that it seemed as though n*
breath might blow away tho feeble
flicker of her life, others of tho women
more or Ichs overcome and shocked by
the events of the last few days, and now,
right in the midst of it all, came indi
cations of trouble in the Indian village
up tho stream?powwowing, speech
making and dancing by night, runners
flitting to and from tho Big Horn, mes
sengers darting in from other tribes?
and when Fenton sent for Big Road to
come into the office and explain the
chief, temporized,, oppressed himself as
suspicious of soiuo plot to separate him
from his people and to hold him as
host ago at the. fort.
If Colonel .Fenton desired to talk, let
Colonel Fenton como to tho council
lodge at the village, but Icavo his sol
diers behind. Big Road's old mou had
seon visions and had heard warnings,
his medieino chiefs had bcon signaled
by tho Great Spirit, his young men wore
excited and alarmed, bis women were
weeping and gathering their children
to their knees. If tho white chief meant
peaco and friendship, lot him show it
by coming to hiB lodge with gifts in his
hands instead of guns. He (tho white
chief) was rich, and hi;t ho; ioa and his
young men wcro fat and strong. Big
Road was poor and his people wero
hungry aud cold, his ponies dying, Fen
ton indeed would have gono with only
his adjutant and Interpreter and a sin
glo orderly hut for tho warning of a
Brulo girl who had left her people a
fow years boforo to follow a noldier lov
er and had mado hor home among the
whites, a patient, sorrowing woman,
ever since his untimely death. The
Amorys had provided for her in every
way, for the soldier was 0110 of the cap
tain's troop, and sho had grown deeply
attached to them, evcu though now oc
casionally visiting hor kindred.
It was at luncheon, talking to his
wifo, that Amory told of Colonol Fen
ton's purpose of riding ovor to tho vil
lago that very afternoon, and the story
was repented in the kitchen, where it
reached tho ears of tho Indian girl. In
an liistunt sho had darted out of t be
house and gono to the oolouors, where
the frigbtenod Luorstia out of hsr seven
senses with the first words shs uttered:
"Th< v kill the oolonell He no ero!"
Lnokily, Wnyno was at hand to soothe,
support and explain. Othor officers were
I sent for, and, despito Fonton's pooh
poohing, so strong wore their arguments
that at a o'clock n met-songer wan dis
patchod to Big Road's bailiwick to toll
him tho colonel had ' <?nrd that whioh
mado him sny to the indian chief that
now tho only way iu which ho would
meot him would be at tho adjutant'h
office, as originally proposed, or else
nlono i.nd unarmed midway botwoen
the fort and tho village, no soldiers or
warriors being allowod to approach
within 900 yards, nnlcss, indeed, Big
Road himself slionld propose nn adju
tant for each. If this was satisfactory,
lot tho time bo sot for 8 o'clock and
For.ton would be there.
Tho balf broed messcngor came back
in half an hour. "Big Road would send
his answer by a squaw," and that was
Big Road's way of ?Aying that the white
ohiof was nn old woman. Utterly for
getful now of the service Fenton had
rendered his people and him, duped by
tho visions of his medieino men and
fuddled with the liquor lavished on him
by the cowboys, Big Road was hot for
war.
No squaw came, no conference took
place. Darkness was Kettling dtfcvn up
on the post when at last tho westward
sentries reported a small party of In
dians riding out from tho Tillage to
ward Fe
wer^^||^^||jn|jg
treat when tho offlcor of the day con
"Thcy hill the colonel! He no gol"
veyed tho nows to Fenton, nud in two
minutes nn oflicor, with a dozen men,
trotted out from the stables of Troop
K and 400 yards beyond the sentry
posts signulod to tho advancing war
riors, "Haiti"
Thcro were ton in tho party nnd Big
Road was not among them. Tho offi
cers, returning from stables and retreat
roll oall, had gathorod about the colo
nol on tho wosward bluff and fioldglass
es wero brought to bear on tho opposing
parties, now only dimly visiblo in tho
gloaming, Ovor nt tho barraoks tho
men wero still gathered about thoir re
spective parades, despite the faot that
suppor was ready and they as ready for
supper. All ovor the garrison had gone
the rumor of Big Road'shostilo and do
flant message, and tho troops wore
wrathful at tho indignity put upon
thoir colonel. Some of them had step
ped inside tho quarters and wer? quiet
ly examining their belts and equip
ments and counting the cartridge* in
their bozos. Ormsby, sharing the sup
pressed excitement, had hastened ont to
join his friends of tho Twelfth, his
nerves tingling again nt tho thought of
the possibility of a skirmish, and now he
stood with Fen ton closo at hand, wait
ing oagorly for tho first dovelopmonts.
But litt Jo timo was wasted. There
was a brief parley between tho nonten
ant with the troopors and a formidable
looking Indian who seemed to lead tho
others. Thon tho officer turned and sent
a man galloping back to tho post. In
four minutes he was in tho colonel's
presence, dismounted and making his
report.
"Big Road's compliments?I mean,
the lieutenant's compliments, sir?and
Big Hood Hondo his delcgatiou for throe
wagon loads of moat, flour, sugar and
coffeo, sir, and says as tho colonel hasn't
oomo to see him ho'u going to move,"
Tho colonel laughed?tho first laugh
since Christmas, somebody remarked at
the timo. "Aro you sure there's no mis
take, Fullon?" ho asked tho messengor.
"That's what tho lieutcnaut asked
tho Indians, sir, but wo have two of
'L' troop with us?what's left of 'em
?ono Brulo and t'other Ogalalla, nnd
they both translnto it tho same way, and
Bat is with us, too, sir and ho says it's
liko Big Road when ho gets liquor iu
him. He thinks bo's lord of tho earth.
Bat says he's drunk now, and heliovos
the colonel will bo glad to do as ho de
mands for foar of him."
"Well, who brought tho mcssngo?
Who's that big buck in the lead there?"
"That's One Eyed Bull, sir?him
thut was nursed in tho hospital here
after the fight three yoars ago."
"Bull? Ho ought to know hotter than
to bring any such message," said Fen*
con reflectively. "I presume ho dare
not refuse, however. Mr. Adjutant,
mount Fullon's horse, gallop ont there,
and tell Bull to tell Big Road to go to
tho devil. That's all on that head. Cap
tain Farwell, us soon ns your men have
j had supper let them saddlo and be ready
for night work. Orderly, havo my horse
sont up in half an hour. That's all for
tho present, geutlemou. Come, Juck?
Lou's waiting dinner for us."
It was tho first time that any ono had
seen Fcnton mad, as Amory put it,
when tho group broke up. "Either Big
Road will como down off that high
horse or tho old man will snatch him,
and within tho next few hours too.
Ormsby brings us luck. Ho never comes
out hero that we don't havo a shindy of
some kind."
More than ono officer was thinking of
this remark of Amory's as thoy scattered
to thoir homes. Many a diuncr was kept
waiting and many a housewife had to
be plaoatod whoa the lord and master
hurried in, and tongues that wero primed
with wifely reproof wero stilled by tho
tidings that quickly spread from door to
door. Big Road had mndo an insolent
demand and coupled with it n defiant
message. Big Road was drunk and had
threatened to move with his village,
and then it would become tho duty of
the Twelfth to surround and herd him
back. Uudor tho stipulation of a late
treaty he was allowed for his winter
rango only tho south bank of tho flat to,
from Frayno to tho breaks of the Modi
olus Bow. If ho crossed tho Platte and
struck ont for tho Big Horn, ho invaded
tho cattle lands and laid himsolf open
to attack from the hustlers. If he
dovo into tho mountain rango to the
south, ho left his reservation and for
feited tho rotions and supplies whioh
the agent at Fetterman Bend was bound
to issne at regular intervals. Ho had
quarreled with the agent and moved his
village up stream to within ton miles of
Frayno?which he had a right to do.
Ho had quorrolod with?and on good
grounds?the cowboys and thon been
taken under the wing of Undo Sam for
safety, and now he proposed quarroling
with his bonofaotors and launching out
on fo biddon territory, and that meant
business for all at Frayno,
But Ono Eyed Bull was no trnoulent
warrior. Ho hod delivered bin message
in accordanco with his chief's demands,
and in far more oivil tone and terms
than it was consigned to him, thon had
waited in dignifed silonoe, confronting
the somewhat uippant bluoooats from
the fort, refusing to make.any response
to the jocularity and ridicule in which
some of thoir number indulged or to
enter into any discussion with Bat or
the two Indian soldiers as to the prob
able inspiration of Big Road's bombast.
Well enough he realized when tho adju
tant arrived upon tho scene that the
"bluff" had totally failed, aud before a
word was spoken read contemptuous ro
fnsal in the young officer's faoe. Thoy
wero indeed cold and hungry over in
the village, and he himself and the war-.
riore with him would have'been glad of/
a feast en army rations. I
Nor were the warriors at ?11 satisfied
tholr chief, hut one and all tho Indians
were now imbued wish tho warning of
their medicine men and expected
nothing less than some sudden act of
hostility on the soldiers' part. If there
ever was a time in Big Road's history
when a dear head and cool brain were
needed, it was now, just when he had
succeeded in getting dr?nk, and well
had the cowboys reasoned. While some
of the number lured the chief to the
banks of tho Platte and plied him with
lies and whisky, others were sonrrying
up and down the valley, routing ont the
ranchmen, settlors and "husllern" and
warning them to bo in readiness to
gather at the given signal, for there
was no telling what would be the first
oonseqnenoe of their diplomaoy. If Big
Road simply broko camp and started
with his wholo village iu tho dead of
night in hopeB of leading the soldiers a
stern chaso to tho Big Horn, they could
stumble in his way, impede bis flight
and bring on a row in which, with vast
ly superior numbers, they could at least
rob tho red men of their pony herd.
That would bo part satisfaction for the
death of Laramie Poto. Then, whon the
soldiers came up, they could sail in aft
er them and claim such spoil as was
worth having and ull tho crodit of hav
ing brought tho chief to bay. If, on tho
other hand, Big Road becamo so crazed
with their firewater as to ao down and
beard tho lion in bin den ami defy the
oavalry at tho fort, then thero might
be a pretty serimmago right over on tho
flats when the colonel ordered the
chief1 h arrest, aud when the soldiers
wero tackling the warriors in tho opeu
and having a nip and tuck fight of it
tho frontiersmen could surround tho vil
lage aud help themselves. There would
be only old men and women aud children
to defoud it. Thero was gloom, there
fore, in Bull's Hole remaining optio as
ho reoeived in majestic silonco tho adju
tant's indignant rendering of tho colo
nel's message, and, motioning to his
blanketed braves to follow, ho turned
about and rode away.
" What do you think they'll do?" was
the eager question asked tho adjutant
on his return to the post "Is ho mad
enough to mean fight?"
"Bo is, if ho doesn't get any drunk
or," was the answer. "More whisky
would bo tho surest way of settling the
question now, but it would rob us of
tho pleasure of knocking him out?and
bo d-d to him for spoiling my din
ner!'*
At 8 o'clock that night, with one
platoon in dispersed order woll to the
front and others in reserve, whilo the
garrison of Fort Frayno stood by their
arms within tho fort, Captain Farwoll's
troop moved slowly up tho dark valley,
along tho snow covered flats, out beyond
tho point where the delegation was met
at dusk and held at bay, and, though
the stars wero glinting in the frosty sky
and not a broath of air was stirring
and tho night was still as solitude it
self, not a whisper could bo hoard from
tho direction of tho village, not a spark
of flro could bo seen. Over against them
on tho northern shorn wero sounds at
times as of rapid hoof beats muffled by
tho snow. Half a mile out a horseman
loomed up at tho front and in a moment
was merged in tho advancing lino.
"What is it, sergeant? What new*
have you?" asked the young platoon
commaudor.
"They'ro off, sir! A wholo gang of
old folks and women on ponies aud
travois has started across tho Platte.
The warriors are all thero yot. You'll
hoar Big Road shouting in a minuter
He's fighting full aud is urging on some
deviltry. I oon't make out what, but
from all we can understand of it he
wants to lead a rush through tho stables
to oapture or kill the horses. He's just
drunk enough to try, but tho others
won't let him. They declaro they won't
follow him. They know too much.
What they want to do is to get out and
reach Troopor creek tonight, I reckon."
"Ride back, then, and let tho captain
know. Who else aro out at tho front ou
watch?"
"Only Rorko and two or three of tho
Indian troop, sir. They aro taking care
of thomsclvefl, though."
And then for a moment tho forward
movement ceased. "Halt, halt!" were
tho low toned orders of tho noncommis
sioned officers dispersed along the line,
and under the twinkling stars, dim,
ghostly and silent, the extended rank of
rid. ?., seemed as ono man to rein in and
wait. Hero and there an impatient
charger began to paw tho enow, and
others sniffed suspiciously and cooked
their pointed oars in thodi-rrtionof the
unseen vl'lngo. Some young troopers,
tremulous -Hh czcitomcnt and oold
combined, began to slap thoir fur gloved
bands on breast or thigh and had to be
sternly called to order. Presoutly a
muffled horoomau oame riding up from
the rear, a trumpeter in his tracks.
"That's right, Martin. Yon did wsll
to halt a minuto. I've sent back word
to Colonel Fenton. He had wirod to the
agenoy boforo wo pulled out."
"Can't we turn 'em back without his
authority, sir?"
"No, even when we know they mean
to cross tho Platte. But orders will
oomo tonight. The wires are working
well."
"Captain, did yon hear what Captain
Amory said this evening?" asked the
youngster as he edged in closer to the
elder's side, "that Ormsby never came
out here that wo didn't have a shindy
With tho Sioux?"
"Yes, but poor Jnck H out of tho
dance this time and cuu t bo with us
as he was before. "
"I don't understand," said Martin,
having somo vague theory that the ill
ness of Miss Farrar was at the bottom
of Ormsby's inability to take part in
tho promised ohasc. "I didn't suppose
anything could keep him from taking a
hand in soldier service."
"Well, that's just it Those follows
In tho Seventh are as pnnotilioun on a
point of duty os any man we know in
the army. OrmBby promised to bo back
with his company for some review or
ceremony within this week. Ho's got
to go. They've telegraphed to remind
him, and he has just time, barring ac
cident, to make the trip."
[TO HE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.]
? " Well," romarked the wife of the
man who had ohanged his mind about
going to congress, "you have a dear
conscience, anyhow," " 1 know that,"
was the comfortless reply, " but a dear
consolonoo isn't what I was running
for."
?In Brazil at tho funeral of an un
married woman, tho mourning oolor Is
scarlet. The coffin, the tears*, the
??' ' iiwiariiiMiHii
A Christmas Gill and What Came of IL
J. P. Kain in Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
Some years ago, while conducting a
series of meetings in Michigan City, I
was invited to preach to the convicts
at the State prison, situated at that
point. I saton the platform with the
governor of the prison, and watched
the p- isoners march in, Boven hundred
and men, young and old. They
marobed in lock step, every man's
hand on the shoulder of tbe man before
him. At the word of command they
eat down and fixed their eyes on- a
deadline, a white murk painted on the
wall above tho platform. Among that
large number of convicts were seventy
six " lifers"?men who had been com
mitted to prison for life for the crime
of murder.
After the singing I arose to preach,
but could hardly speak for weeping.
Disregarding all tho rules of the
prison, in my earue?tuess to help m\
poor, fallen brethren, 1 left the plat
form and walked down tbe aisle among
tho men, taking now one, now another
by tho hand, and praying with him.
Every heart was melted, and wo all
wept together. At tho end of tho row
of men who wore committed for mur
der, sat u man who more than bis fel
lows seemed marked by sin's blight
ing hand. His fuco was seamed and
riuged with scars and marks of vice
und sin. Ho looked us though he
might bo a demon incarnate, if once
roused to anger. I placed my arm
about his shoulder, und together we
wept and prayed.
When tho service was over the gov
ernor said to me :
" Woll, Kain, do you know that you
have broken tho rules of the prison in
leaving the platform ?"
" Yes," I answered ; " but, governor.
I never could brook any rule whlh
preaching, and I did want to get close
to the poor, despairing fellows, and
pray with thom."
" Do you remember," said the gov
ernor, "the man at theo end of the seat
in tho lifers' row, whom you prayed
with ? Would you like to hear his
history ?M
" Yes," I answered, " gladly."
" Woll," said tho governor, " here
it is in brief: Tom Galson was s< nt
hero about eight years ago for the
crime of murder. Ho was without
doubt one of the most desperute am
vicious characters we had ever re
ceived, and as was expected gave us a
great deal of trouble.
' One Christmas eve, about six years
ago, duty compelled me to spend the
night at the prison instead of at home,
as 1 had anticipated. Early in the
morning, while it was yet quite dark,
1 left the prison for my home, mj
pockets bulging with presents for my
attle girl. It was a bitter cold morn
ing, and I buttoned my overcoat tight
up to protect myself from the cutting
wind which swept in from over the
lake.
"?As I hurried along, I thought I
saw somebody skulking in the shadow
of stlie prison wall. I stopped and
looked a little more closely, and then
saw a little girl, wretchedly clothed iu
a thin dress, her stocking'ess feet
thrust into a pair of shoes much the
worse for wear. In her hand she held,
tightly clasped, a small paper bundle.
Wondering who*ho was, and why she
aus out so early in the morning, acd
yet too weary to be much interested, I
. urried on. By and by I felt rather
ihan beard, that I was being followed
I stopped short, and whirled about,
and there beforo me stood tho same
wretched child.
"What do you want?" 1 asked,
harply.
" 'Are you tho governor of the
prison ?'
"'Yes,' I answered i 'what do you
want ?'
" 'Have you?does Tom Galson live
there ?'
lier voice trembled and broke with
repressed tears.
" "Yes. W ho arc you ? Why are you
not at home ?'
" "Please, sir, I haven't any homo.
Mamma dUd in tbe poorhouse two
weeks ago, an' she told me just before
she died that papa, that's Tom Calson,
as in tbe prison, an'she thought thai
maybe lie would like to see his little
girl, now that mamma's (h ad. Please,
can't you let mo see my papa ? To
day's Christmas, an' 1 want to give him
i little present.'
" 'No,' I replied gn Illy, 'you'll bavi
to wait until visitor's uu} ;' and with
that I started on.
"I bad not gone many steps until 1
felt a band pulling at my coat, wblle a
pleading, sobbing voice cried, 'Pleuse,
?iou't go r'
"I stopped once more, and looked
down into tho pinched, beseeching
face beforo me. Great tears wore
'trimming in her eyes, while her little
cbin quivered and trembled.
" 'Mister,' sho said, 'if your little
girl was mo, an' your girl's mamma
uad died in the poorhouse, an' her
papa wns In tho prison, an' sho had no
place to go an' no ono to lovo her, don't
you think she would like to see her
papa ? If it wus Christmas, an' if your
ittle girl came to me, if I was gover
nor of tho prison, an' asked mo to
p ease lot bur see her papa an' y'w
iilm a Christmas present, dou't?don't
you think I wouio say "Yes?'''
"By this timo a great lump was Id
my throat, and my eyes were swim
ming in tears. I answered :
"'Yes. my little girl, I think jou
would, and you, too, shall see jour
papa,' and taking hor b> the hatd, I
. urried back to tho prison, thinking
of my own little fair-haired girl at
homo.
"Onco In my offlco, I bado h< r como
ciouo to the warm stove, while 1 sont a
guard to bring No. 37 from his cell.
In a few moments ho came, wonder
ing what was wantod. As Boon as he
was ushered into tho offlco be saw the
littlo girl. His face clouded with an
angry frown, and in a gruff, savago
tono ho snapped out:
"Nellie, what are you doing hero?
What do you wunt? Go back to your
mothor.'
?"Pioase, pap.v' sobbed tho littlo
girl, 'mamma's < cad. She died two
weeks ago in the \ rhouso, an' before
she diodsho told mo to tako care of
little Jiramie 'uauso you loved Jimmlo,
she said, and, an' sho told me to toll
you she loved you, too; but, papa,' and
here her voice broke iu tears, 'Jimmie
died, too, last week, an' now I am all
alone, papa, an' to-day's Christmas,
papa, an'?an' 1 thought maybe as you
loved Jimmie, you would like a little
Christmas presont from him.'
" Hero sho unrollod the littlo bundle
she held in ber hand, until she camo
to a little package, of tissue-paper,
from whloh she took out a littlo yollow
curl, and put It In her father's hand,
saying as she did so, 'I cut it from
Jlmmlo's head, papa, just before they
burled biic'
" No. 37 by this tlmo was Bobbing
iiko a child, and so was I. Stooping
down, 87 picked up tho littlo girl, and
pressed her oonvusivoly to ills breast,
while his great frame shook with sup
pressed umetlon. .
At the end of an hour I returned. No.
37 9at near the stove, with Iiis little
daughter on his knee. He looked at
me sheepishly for a moment, and then
said, 'Governor, I haven't any money,'
then suddenly stripping off his prison
jacket, he said, 4 For God's sake, don't
let my little girl go out this bitter day
with that thin dress. Let me give her
this coat. I'll do anything ; I'll be a
man ; please, governor, let me cover
her with this coat.'
"Tears wero streaming down the
faco of tho hardened man.
"'No. Galson,' I said, 'keep your
coat. Your little girl shall not suffer.
I'll take her to ray homo, and see what
my wife can do for her.'
" 'God bless you, sir,' sobbed Gal
son.
"I took the little girl to my home.
She remained with us for a number of
years, growing Into a beautiful Chris
tian character. Tom Galson also bo
cara' a Christian, and never gave us a
moment's trouble."
A your ago, l visited tho prison again
The governor said to m*? :
'? Kaiu, would you like to see Tom
Galson, whoso story I told you a few
year* ago?"
"Yes. I would."
Tho governor took mo through tho
eity, do>vn a quiet fetrect, and stopping
before a modest, neat home, rapped at
the door. The knock was answered by
a bright, cheerful woman, who greeted
??he governor with the utmostoordlality.
We stepped in. and then tho governor
introduced me to Nellie and her father,
who because of his through reforma
tion had received pardon, and was now
living un upright Chrls'.ian lifo with
his daughter, whose little Christmas
gift had broken hie heart.
OlttUIN OK BtlOR >i o \ ISM.
I hn Curious Outuoiiio of a Literary
Production?The Aui her Was Draw
Ingon His Imagination.
[The following article was printed
in the Greenville Mountaineer, May
24, 1831), and is reproduced on account
of its. strange statement of a literary
curiosity.]
Tho book of Mormon, or "Go'.deu
Bible," it would seem, is tho produc
tion of the Rev, Solomon SpaulUiug,
formerly pastor of a Presbyterian
Church on the Western Reserve In
Ohio. While suffering under disease,
to amuse himself and his friends, ho
wrote an linaginaryihtstory of the mys
terious race of men who built the an
cient mounds and other works of art,
which are scattered bo profusely over
i ho valley of tho Mississippi. His
manuscript falling into the bands of
wicked men has been perverted iuto
the m< ans of building up the new sect
of fanatics The lie v. John Storrs, of
Holliston, Mass., learning that the
widow of Mr. Spuuldiug was liviug at
Mum-on, Mass., addressed her a letter,
u> d obtained tho following narrative,
which wo copy from tho Boston re
corder.
Lt v. Solomon Spauldiog wasa^iad
oated of Dartmouth College, was dis
tinguished for a lively imagination
an i a great fondness for history. At
the time of our marriage, he resided
in Cherry Valley, Now York. From
this place wo removed to Now Salem,
Ashtubula County, Ohio, on Couneaut
On ok. Shortly after, hit, health sunk,
and he was laid aside from active la
?>ors. In New Salem, thero are nu
merous mounds and forts. Those an
cient relies arn st tlie attention of the
new settlers. Numerous implements
wero found, evincing great skill In tho
arts. Mr. Spuutding took a lively In
terest in these developments of anti
quity ; und in order to beguile the
Hours of retirement and furnish en
joynn nt for his lively imagination, ho
conceived tho idea of giving an his
torical sketch of that long lost race.
Tin it extreme antiquity, of course,
would lead him to write in the most
ancient stylo, and as tho Old Testa*
nn nt is the most ancient book in the
world, he imitated itiic'.y'o as nearly
as possible. This was about the ycur
1812. It claimed to have been written
by one of the lo.-t nation, and to have
been recovered from tho earth, and
assumed tho title of "Manuscript
Found." The neighbors would often
inquire howfjMr. S. progressed in tic
ciphering "the manuscript,"and when
uu hud sullicient portions prepared
they would assemble to hear it read.
He was enabled from his aequaintanct
with the classics and ancient history,
t.o introduce many singular names,
which were particularly noticed by
tlie people and could bo easily re
cognized by them. Mr. S. hada broth
er residing In thn place, who was per
fectlj fumiliar with this work.
From New Salem, wo removed to
Pittsburg, lJa. Her Mr. S. found an
acquaintance in Mr. I'utterson, an
editor of a newspaper. Ho exhibited
his manuscript to Mr. P., who retained
it a long time, and informod Mr. S
that if he would make out a titlo page
and preface, he would publish it, and
it might he a source of profit. This
Mr. S. refused to do for reusons which
I cannot now state. Sidney Rigdoo,
who has figured so largoly In the his
lory Of the Mormons, was at this thnt
connected with tho printing offle?
Hero be had ample opportunity to be
come acquainted with Mr. Spuulding's
manuscript, anil to copy it if ho chose.
At length the manuscript was return
ed to its author, nnd soon after we re
moved to Washington Co., Pennsyl
vania, whero Mr. S died In lrflli. The
manuscript then fell into my hand*,
and was carefully preserved. After
tho " Hook of Mormon" came ou', a
copy of it was taken to Now Salem,
tho place of Mr. Spaulding's former
residence, and the very placo where,
tho " Manuscript Found " wbb written.
A woman preacher had appointed a
meeting thoro, and in tho meeting read
and repeated copious extracts from the
" Hook of Mormon." The historical
part was immediately rocognized by
all the older inhanitants, as the identi
cal work of Mr. S. Mr. John Spaul
ding was present, and recogn /.ed per
fectly the work of his brother. II?
arose on the spot, and expressed his
deep regret, that, the writings of his
brother should bo UBed for a purpose
so vile. Tho excitement In New Salem
became so great that the inhabitants
had a meeting and deputed Dr. Phl
lastUS I lu timi i, to repair to this place,
and to obtain from mo the original
manuscript, for the purpose of ct mpar
ing with tho Mormon Bible, to satisfy |
thoir own minds, and to prevent thoir
friends from embracing an error so de
lusive. This was in tho year 1834. Dr.
Hulbert brought with him an Introduc
tion and request for tho manuscript,
?Igned by Messrs. Henry Lake, Aaron
Wright, and others, with all whom I
was acq minted.
Tho Kev. Dr. Ely, pastor of tho Con
gregational church In Monson, and D.
It. Austin, prlnoipal of Monsoo Aca
demy, havo given their certificates
that Mrs. S. Is "a woman of Irreproaoh
able oharaoter, and that hor testimony
is worthy of implioit oonfldonce."
I,nla and Flossie Sleepy, of
Joseph county, M iehlgai^aWaWl
A UALIiANT SOUTH CAROLINIAN
How Sherman Was Defeated at Oblok'
?saw Bayou and Grant's Plan ol
Campaign Frustrated.
Gen. Dabnoy H. Maury in the Char
leston Sunday News pays tho fallowing
tribute to Stephen D. L?e, one of the
most gallant ofticors of the Coufeder
aoy:
After our defeats at Iuka and Cor
inth by Rosecrans, in October, 18(i2,
Grant was strangely inactive until late
in December, when ho formed that
fine plan of campaign which, but for
Sherman's dofeut by Gen. Stephen D.
Lee, might have ended tho war in
18G3.
Assembling all his forces from Ten
nessee and North Mississippi, Grant
moved down tho Mississippi Contral
Railroad with an army of 00,000 men,
while he sent Shorman down the Mis
sissippi to capture Vicksbu/ g, and
then moved east to Jackeon, whence
their united forces would tnovo on Me
ridian, Mobile, Solma, Atlanta and
Charleston?If they could. I
Tho heavy batteries of Vicksburgj
consisted then of five in inch guns andj
ubout thirty other siege pieces, ult
defended hy tho movable force of In,
fantrv?2,1100?under command of Gen ?
s. D. Lee. i
Lite in December. 18(52, Sherman d> ,
barked his army of 28,000 meu UPC
tho lower Yazoo River, and moved 1 ,
Chickusaw Bayou, at a point six mih ,
from Vicksburg, whore be found Gm
Stepben D. Deo ready to moot hi ,
with 2,300 men drawn up with t) ,
Bluff behind them. Sherman ro-e* ,
barked his army, moved up to SnydeJ i
Mill by boat and again landed B {
army. Leo had moved his lorces thi
er by tho road, and after firing a w (
shots Shorman ro-embarked again, id
moved down to Chickasaw Ba;u,
whero was fought, December 24. oiiof
tho most romurkable buttles of he ,
war.
After several hours' conflict Ser- (
man retired, leaving his dead ind .
woundtd thick upon tho field, ie's
loss was ten wounded ; Lieut. Ilnil
tou was killed by the explosloiuf a
caisson. (
On Christmas Day our army was
drawn up in order for battle alonfthe
Tallohatchie, at Grenada, whentho
DOW8 came that Van Dorn had pitied
behind Grant's army and destroyehis
great depot of stores at Holly Sprigs.
This, as intended, had compelled Gvnt
to retire at once, unon tho 24lh.
Ou Christmas Day, as a largo od
happy company of generals and wlT
officers, with Gen. Price at our hwl,
were sitting down to a sumptuous in
ner, a telegram was handed Gen. Pi?o.
ordering Maury's division to raov at
onco to reinforce Lee at Vieksbrg,
where Sherman was aoout to atick
hlra.
About 2 o'clock tho next moring
Maury reached tho battloliold of Cfcck
asaw Bayou, whence Sherman lad
been driven the evening before. The
night was as black as a wolf's mono, a
cold rain wus beating down upotus,
and upon Sherman's dead and wond
cd, who lay tnick upon tho field w/cro
they fell. /
Lee's surgeons and hospital attend
ants were moving about with their
lanterns, ministering to the wounded,
and bearing them to tho field lospituls.
Under these weird circunstanees
Oons. Leo and Maury mot fo/ tho first
time since Lee had been a b(f at Wobt
Point, where Maury was hisinstructor
iu belles lettres, ethics, etc Leo was
now a brigadier general, wb had won
his grades upon many a bard-fought
hold in Virginia, while Mauy had ris
en to major general in thi Western
battles.
They greeted each other most cor
dially, Maury saying: '"Lee lam hero
with 400 men; my wholo d vision will
bo up by daylight. Meanimo, as I
don't know anything about the condi
tion of things before us, youwill retain
the commaud and 1 the reeionsibility.
Von shall have the glory of ;he victory
wo shall win, and I will be Responsible
if anything goes wrong. F)r, you see,
Lee, I don't know where thi enemy is:
don't know where I am. S<, go ahead,
Lee, and complete your vicory."
Aud so ho did; and fron that day
Lee and myself have been 'rusting, af
l> otionate friends. Togotler wo work
ed three days, to Shermai's discomfit*
uro and defeat.
Gen. Sherman left h's ioad swelling
and festering three day) in the rains
and sun before ho sont ; Hag of truce
to ask permission to ronovo and bury
them : and then, insteacJof addressing
his letter to Gen. Lee And signing it
himself, he addressed ;t to me, and
caused Gen. Morgan to ign it. 1 gave
tho letter to Lee, sayiuf: ''Here, Leo,
you killed all these non ; give Sher
man two hours to remove them, and
sign your name and nnk to your re
ply."
Gen. Carter L. Stove:son had by this
time como up with hB fine division,
making our whole forso 15,000 men?
and as it was evident Shorman was
preparing for somothng, wo wero re
solved to have a gen-ral battlo next
day?but, lo anil beholl ! with tho first
morning light wo sa' tho last of his
?reat flotilla as it ritired down tho
Yazoo.
Lue look the 2.1 Te as Sharpshooters
and flvo or six otbir rogiments and
'?listened to the loVJO of tho Yazoo,
a hence he killed anl wounded a num
ber of Sherman's reir guard. Crowd
ed as they wer* u<on tho steamers,
they were terribly <ut up.
Loo won great ind well dcBcrved
reputation for thhextraordinary vlc
toty. It was groa' in exocution and
grr-ut in its results
I recommended jeo to bo promt I d,
and the I'residentof the Confederacy
promptly appointe] him a major gene
ral, and a y ar liter ho was mado a
lieutenant genera,
CONI'IODiatATK BATTLE ,vitin;v .
AddroHH of tho lexcinlvo Committee
of i in-. Coufecferut n Memorial As
Hooiat Ion.
To tho Public: Wo the undersi^n
ed executive ctmmitteo of the C? n
federato Momorid Association selected
at tho meeting (I tho board of trustees
Ik Id ut LiOOkOUt D"-i Tonn., September
3, 18ln>, deem t hue to the Confed
erate Vcteruns to state that we have
scoured u uhator under the lawn ol
M Ississippi, Ion' formed the by-laws
and huve selcctd John O. Underwood,
of Kontuckj, is superintendent and
Hecrotury anil tho Fourth National
Hank, of Nuer/ille, Tonn., as treasur
er ; and aro oit organized for won.
Wo there for* mako an earnest ap
poal to Conftlerato Veterans, other
sympathizers .ml friende in every land,
and to the nollo women of our beloved
Southland foractive aid and i-upport in
raising sulllobnt funCs to ereot a memo
rial institute edifice which ?hall bo
\ on a scale ail in a architectural stylo
that will be i monument to and prop
I orly oommenorate tho memory of our
noble dead ard the herolo and valor
"10 dettdr*"
, putt, wo uiuko the following Btate? ?
hi?That this movement Is under \
? thuspiee8 of the United Confederate I
Virans and will be so conducted. m
cond?That our comrade, Charlea M
B?ouss, is deserving of our thanks
feoauguraUng, by his genorous con
tiution, this coinmendablo ai.n. \
Xt wo appreoiate*his great lntoreaB;V
avidenced by h's prolTorod subscrip
ts of ono hundred thousand dollars
u by bis liberal aid iu furthering tho
.'hird?That Comrado Rouss, not
klistanding his very munificent uo-" <
tion has in no way intorforrod with
r work or sought iu person, .o^fl
rough his ropresontativo, to dU*" ,?*
the board of trustees, or lufr? 1
tern in their aetious. Wo appeal to ^
1 State division commanders and v
ould impross upou them the groat
Uportanco of bringing the mattor of
ontribution to thu memorial fund, . ;i
?efore their brigado commanders,
commandants of camps ane every mem- ' .5
>or of their respeetlvo divisions.
Fourth?Tho election of a city for I
-he locution of the memorial Institute i?S
s absolutely undor tho control of the I
ward of trustees and will not bo con
?Idered until sutllclent funds arc raisod .
?vit.b which to orcot suitable buildings. 1
Then every applicant will be given a
fair ehanco to securo its locution and
will be visited and thu advantages and
mducomuuls of each will bo consider
3d mo4t carefully beforo a decision is
?eached by the board.
Fifth?To the ladles who did overy
ihlDg for the Southern cause diodng
;ho "sixties" except to tight Its battles,
ind who encouraged Confederate sold
oi B by their smiles, their cheers, their
natchless patriotism, fortitudo and
iclf-sacriiices wo appeal for aid, with
.he assurance that every assistauce
will bo rendered them to accomplish
iny work they may undertake, which
?vo further assure, them shall be dono
ander their own organizations, iu such
manner and at such times as they
?.hall prescribe, in their respeotlvo
States.
Sixth?tho dolay in this work is not
t-ho result of any lack of interest in
preserving tho history of tho Southern
sause but from a desire to formulato
mil enunciate a proposition that will
most eertalnly securo tho desirod ro
jults.
Seventh?The Confederate Veterans
jtand pledged beforo tho world that
they will erect a memorial institute
sdiiico that will bo a credit to the
3auso for which they fought so gallant
ly, aud all should work together to
Accomplish it.
Eighth?Donations should be re
mitted in exobange, drafts, check, or
?nonev orders, together with pertinent
commuuicuti'ms of every character
until general ofliees shall have been
established aro requeued to bo mailed
to Gen. John C. Underwood, superin
tendent and secretary, at Covtngton',
Ky. Yours very truly and earnestly,
W. H. Jackson, of Tennessco,
Robert White, of West Virginia,
J. B. BRIGGS, of Kentucky,
Li. S. Ross, of Texas,
Executive Committee Confederate
Memorial Association.
*W. D. Ciiipley, of Florida, pres
ident of tbe board of trustees,
John C. underwood, Superinten
dent and secretary, C. M. A.
WAYSIDK GATU EBINGS.
Bits ot Humor und Xuggnts^of Truth
for tho luultitude.
?Twelve lottersLcomprlso tho Ha
svaiian alphabet.
?A dollar is respectablo because It
represents somebody's hard work.
?Teacher?how many months havo
28 days in them ? Tommy?iu of *oTlf.-~
?Over 1,260,000 acres of tho earth's
surface is duvoted to tho cultivation of
tubacco.
?Marrying into a family does not
carry with it the right? to criticize its
members. /
?It has been sta'tod that a murder
is committed in lt*ly every two hours
on the average.
?Fully one-third of tho land in
Great Britain is owned by members of
the house of lords.
?Anthracite coal fi out China is sold
irr California, and b crowding out tho
Pennsylvania produot.
?Wisconsin has - 000 creameries, -
and produces one-sixth of tho cheese
made in tho United States.)
?Saturn is 006,000,000 [titles from
the sun, and it takes nearly 30 years
to complete its re-volution. /
?When terrified, the ?strich trav
els at tho rate of 25 miles in hour, and
clears 12 to II foot at a stiide.
?George Washington's plantation
on tho Potomac river, sy.it h of Wash
ington city, originally dontainod 8,000
acres.
?Evangelist Moody says wealth is
not power ; but there i| a widc-sp.-ead
impression that is a pretty good sub
stitute for it).
?A young lady who was blamed for
allowing her glove to be discovered in
a young man's pocket stated that she
had no hand in it.
?Tiger bones are some of tho (juoor
things in commerce of China, i'hoy
are used as a medicine, being account
ed a kind of a tonic.
?How many blu Odors we should es
cape, if wo were not so much inclined
to think of ourselvec more highly than
wo ought to think.
?If you would lind a great maoy '
faults, be on the lookout ; but if you
want to find them in unlimited quan
tities, bo on the look in.
?It is a strange fact that the right
hand is moro sensitive to tlio touch
than tho left, and Is less sensitive than
tho latter to boat or cold.
?If thou woulds't find much favor
and peaco with God and man, bo very
low in thine own eyes. Forgive thy
self littlo aud others very much.
?In one house in Nashua, N. II.,
every one of the eight families who
havo lived In the house during the
eight years hAve bad scarlet fever.
?There are men who are very pro
fane Who saddenly become very pious
in the midst of a thunder Btnrm, or in
the presence of pbysloal danger.
? Dr. Utflngetono used to toll how*,
whilst traveling in Africa, he waa nO
hard set for to nl that be made a meal
of two mice and a light, blue-colored
mole.
?A lady In Bath, Maine, oarrii d
$50 in her stocking, deeming Ma a
safe place. While running for a street
oar, her garter broke, and she lost the
money.
Tbe Lord made tho world and
rested j he made man and rested, and
then he made a mistake?and made a
wonun. Since then nobody has had
any reef.
?Threo pollcomon In/ a Brooklyn^
station*house had a (gfeirrol about' t?jT
aanlMsh, wbluh muB^A|tM^p^MdB|