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FORT FRAYNE By CM. 0HAEI KING, U. ?. A. boat gavo tho liu to friendship. 1 loved you, I love yon, und so havo c?me to say a long goodby. I've made my light to he your fiicnd and failed. At least I havo been a soldier. I will not bo a coward." SJ>o could control herself no longer. Though she had freed her bauds, flu: seemed involuntarily Btrotehlng them forth. Then, leaning upon the table for Rapport, one baud found the glove that ho had removed and laid there. Ho had withdrawn a pace and lifted Iiis bead as though tho blighted eyes were striv ing to peer from under their shade for one look at the faco they had gazed up on in Hueh pas-donate farewell so many months before. Tho strains of tho "Tr?umerei" wore still thrilling soft ly through the open casements, and, overcome With emotion, tenderness and passion, Helen bent and laid her soft lips in fervent pressure on tho senseless glovo. Then the room rang with a sudden, startling, joyous cry. Tho shade went Whizzing into space, and tho next in stant Lealo had sprung to her and seized her in his arms. "Helen, darling ?not that! Don't waste those kisses!" And sho sank sob bing in his arms just as?grand, joyous, triumphant?tho strains of the wedding march burst forth, re echoing among the walls of Fort Frayne. Horkowas the Cost man to come tear ing in to announce the ltd urn of tho wedding party and the guests, but Fen ton was close on his heels "on hospita ble cares intent" and exploding over Wayne's performances. Thoro was no time for a formal reception. "Proceed ings" had been delayed well nigh an hour as it was and the east bound train was reported unaccountably on time. Bride and bridegroom, bridesmaids, ush ers, bachelors and benedicts, maids and matrons?Fort Frayne seemed surging tumultuously up the colonel's step, sur rounding and bedeviling poor Wayne to the verge of distraction. Ho laid tho blame on his spring overcoat, n venera? hie garment of tho fashion of 20 years agone, but that ho had so seldom worn as to cause it to seem to him ever new and available, and for this garment ho darted into the adjoiningquartorswhile the laughing guests came tripping up tho stops in the wake of tho bride, who, totally ignoring Helen and Lealo now, win) were gazing into each other's eyes in the deep bow window, rushed at her uncle with characteristic explosive abuse. "I'll never bo married at Fort Frayne again as long as I livel What on earth did Major"? But she could go no fur ther, for tho shout of laughter that greeted her sally and the exclamations which resulted from tho discovery of Lealo and Helen silenced her complete ly. And then the bride was rushed away to doff her finery and reappear in trav eling garb, and then Will was hustled to his quarters to change his full dress uniform to the conventional garb of civ il life, just as Wayne oaine in, dazed, half douiouted, overcoat in 0110 hand and a package in the other that ho now dreamily held forth to Ormsby, who took it, as wonderingly opened and be gau slowly counting over a number of greenbacks, side contents of the wrap per, but he dropped thorn as of little consequence when the bewildered major produced a moment later another?n little uoto from the depths of an inner pocket. They were all crowding around him now, but at sight of this missivo Ellis made a spring and captured it, on ly just in time, and was seized in turn by Ormsby, who pleaded for possession of what was plainly addressed to him, and then came renewed uproar, for Will rcappoarcd in uniform trousers aud unfastened blouse and a towering rago. "Of all tilings that could havo hap pened to a man, think of thisl" ho cried. "Major Wayne, didn't you promise mo from the field to send that dispatoh to Hat held tho moment you got to tbo po?t?" "I did, and I pledgo my solemn word that I kept it. I sent it tho very first post I struck." "You did, for a fact, you moonstruck ?oh, but just listen, all of you I In stead of my traveling suit horo's what I find?a letter from Hatfield, forwarded from Fort Washakie. 'Dour Sir: In ue oordauce with your telegraphic instruc tions, wo have this day forwarded to you a cutaway tweed traveling suit by American express and trust tho same is,' etc., 'also statement of?um, never mind that?'Wo are'?now, mark this, all of yon, good people?'wo aro somo what at a loss to understand your sud den change of address, but are compel led to act on your telegram, a copy of which is inclosed. "Fort Washakie, May JJ?. Havo tweed cutaway traveling suit hero by Hitii prox. without fail. W. Far rar. " ' Fort Washakie I Oraoious pow ers! Think of my traveling suit at Washakie and I here and tho train oom ing!" "Hut, Willy, dear," said his mother Soothingly, "surely you can wear for just a ('ay or two last year's suit. " "That? Now? Why, heavens ablaze! Korke couldn't squeczo mo into it with a shoehorn. I'll have to travel in my pyjamas. Oh, couldn't I murder you, Major Pereivnl Wayne!" Poor Wayne's cup was indeed full to overflowing. Martin and somo of tho youngsters lugged Will off to squeczo him into last year's garments, made on cadet measure, and then down eaino Kitty, tho bonniest of brides, in tho daintiest and most coquettish of cos tumes, and while Rorko and his sntel Utes wore passing the champagne, ai everybody?no, almost everybody?W? crowding about the bride, there stooe'. poor Wayne stijl diving into those long forgotten placer mines of his pockets and fetching up bills and billots and odds and ends, while Lucretia tremu lously and Fen ton, Farwoll and Amory delightedly watched him, and then CfliiKi a now excitement. Enter Will, squeezed at last into tho light gray f \v; eds he had so complacently donned didn't impose silence on mo, and I s'-poso I let.out about your engagement"? "My what?" says poor Jack aghast. "Your engagement. You said, oven to attend Kitty's wadding, you couldn't get away until yours was fulfilled?on tho 10th, wasn't it?" "Certainly, our annual inspection. JJo man in the Seventh would miss that for lovo or money. " "But, Jnok, don't you know? I'm sure you told me a lady was in tho easo. You told mo her name, and?indeod, you did?that Efflo and you wore to be tied"? "Yon transcendental idiotl I told yon F and I?Company F and Company I? woro tied for place nnd neither dared loso a point.'' And then, instead of smashing Wayne, as was bis first thought, Jack fled down stairs in search of Ellis and found her and told her Wayno's story and thon his own, breathlessly, eagerly, imploringly, nnd thoro wore blushes and tears and soft laughter and soft, happy murmurs, and?and how horribly those big epaulets get in tho way and scisitod medals and soutacho braid scratoif at BUOh times! And ??? louf AtA Tnnt. n%fj?; his voico again to say, "Ellis, I'm in i heaven," and then did sho uplift a | slashing, tear st>niii<-d, kiss rumpled faro to archly inquire, "A Seventh heaven, Jack?" and then did old Fontou coiuo ' blustering 111 to take a veteran's eharo 1 in the engagement. It Was known all over the houso boforo tho wodding'party started. Then came the next sceno in Mad Anthony's play. Auiory and tho chap lain declare to this day that when tho parly was duly marshaled at tho altar (1)6 major clicked his heels togothorand rata el Iiis hand in saluto and began, "Sir, tho purado is"? whou Ornisby "Helen, darUng?not thatl Don't toasts those kisses." caught tho hand and brought it down. But when it ciuno to tho ring there was consternation. To tho horror of tho groom, the despair of tho bride, but to tho marked and tremulous emotion of Aunt Lucretia, the circlet produced for the occasion hy the dazed host man was an old fashioned hut beautiful cluster Of (lashing gems. Only by a miracle did it happen that tho other ring was in his possession. How the mixture oc curred there was no time, to tell, until later, when all were gathered, for there were two whose fortunes we havo fol lowed through those long, long chapters who were absent from (ho ceremony, who, in fact, were having one of their own, nud to these two, while tho band Without is softly playing in front of th<> ohapel, and in eager hundreds tho men are gathered to cheer tho brido and groom on their reappearance, lot us turn and listen. "No, dear Mrs. Farrar," were Helen Dnuutou'H words as tho eager guests were pouring forth to the wedding. "They are briugiug him here, even now, k<) that ho may welcome Will and Kitty on their return from tho wedding he cannot see. " And no sooner was tho parly fairly at tho ohapel than tin-re drove to the colo nel's door tho old colonel, and two soldiers assisted to alight and led to the doorway the soldierly form of Captain Leah', Ids eyes still covered hy tho deep green shade. It was Helen Daunton's hand that guided him into tho lately crowded parlor, and he knew tho touch and thrilled with the joy of it. "HelenI" ho cried. "They told mo all were gone. What a blessed welconio! I've been so long in exile! With your voice tho old homo feeling I'vo been groping for comes to mo through the dark.'1 "Then it is still dark with you?" she faltend. There was a moment's pause. The band had just ceased tho joyous march with which it had "trooped"' tho wed ding party into tho chapel, and then, as though in accompaniment to tho cere mony just beginning and to tho sweet romance id ready throbbing here, the ex quisite strains of the "Tr?umerei" softly thrilled upon the fragrant air. "Hehn I" he spoke, his deep voico trembling, as did the hand that still clung to hers. "You know that for me tho lights went out before ever that powder Hash crossed my eyes." Sho strove, hardly knowing why, to release her hand. "No, dear," he went on gen tly. "Don't be afraid I havo eomo back to vex you with my sorrows; but listen, they will all bo hero in in a moment. I went away hoping to teach my heart a friendship for you that should give me tho right to come again and serve you as your friend. When I found tdint it was almost (Sure that I should walk in darkness all my life, I said, 'Now at loa-1 I can accept tho blessing of her friendship, even as she offered it to mo.' A man maimed and set apart from his follows can learn thankfulness for a great good, though it is not his heart's dosire." And lu re her graceful head Was bowed, and silently her tears came Hushing forth. "But time has taught me tho falsity of that," he went on, firmly now. "You shall never misunder stand mo, liven in the dark my pulse At 10 that beautiful Juno morninn there was something more than pathetii about poor Lucre tin's sorrows. While Fontou, Mrx. Fnrrar, Helen, silent, brave faced Ellis, and a dozen sym pathetic souls from all over tho post were gathered on tho north piazza over hanging the bluff and the roaring waters of (ho Platte, signaling to Will and watching eagerly his vigorous movements, the lady of the houso re mained w ithin doors, wept unceasingly and refused to bo comforted. "It is dreadful to think of the con dition that chicken salad will bo In," eho moaned. "It is preposterous to talk to mo of patience! I've said all along it was tobe an unlucky day, because you all know perfectly well?al b ast if yon don't you ought to?(hat it is just 18 years ago (his day thai we were all gathered at Fort Crook for i he funeral of Captain Crocus, which was to take place the moment tho ainbulanco got in from tho front, and the band was all ready, and tho escort and the hoarse and ?and nfter all tho whole thing had to bo abandoned, for a. hen the ainbulanco got in there were no roiunins at all?at least there were, bill liny weren't ready for burial because they'd revived and woro Kitting up and saylllg shocking tilings. Why, I think a wedding with out a bride is ten tilnos worse than a funeral without a?without a"? But here, it must bo admitted, (ho hurst of laughter in which Korke in dulged was too much 1< r her determina tion to weep, and, blazing through her tears, tho midden demanded oxplanai ion of his unseemly conduct. Korke was a permanent member of tho colonel's 08? tablislnaeilt now, but ho c ould not risk Miss Lnorotin's displeasure, and was wise and knew his danger and fled to tho kitchen, there lo i< 11 cook and Chinaman tho lady's pit i itivo mono loguo, while Amory, equally conscience* less, ran out to convulse with it tho party on tho porch. And then in the midst of all I ho laughter came delirious new s from tbo "best man" sent to meet tho brido and Ormsby at the station and break to them tho direful news that "tho bridegroom wan late." The train had passed Fcttcrmnn Bond. The brido would be there in u0 minutes. And she came, and what a scone there was I And how sho was hugged and kissed and mauled and pulled about, and how sho slrovo to tell of her tribu Intions nnd could not for tho volume ( f welcome, exclamation and interroga tion, and not until trank?, boxe? and what alls had boon whisked away to l.< i , room aloft and soniobody said it was al ' most 11 o'clock did sho find breath and opportunity to say: "Gracious heavens I Aud I'm to bo married at noon! And not a thing done yet! Why?why? where'* Willy?" Aghast tbcy looked at one anothor. Was not all this to havo been ezplaiuod by Way lie? Hadn't Wayuo told her? Told her? Told her what? All Major Wayne said to her about Willy wus that ho was almost f ran lie with impatience to meet her, bntbe'd?he'd have to take bis bath first. What did he mean by sending such ridiculous stuff? What wero thoy ull laughing?crying ut? Isn't hero? Couldn't cross? Can't ho swim? Why, tho man sho thought be was would swim Niagara ratbor than miss bis wedding day! Aud thou?oh, day of days?perhaps her words an nihilated spaco and reached tho oars of the maddened lover, for at tho vory mo ment came an Irish howl from tho porch without. "Oh, fur tho lnvof God, shtop himl Don't lot hinil Oh, mother of Moses, it's drowuin bo is!" And then, all shrieks and tenor, did most of the party scatter for tho balconies, while, all shrieks and terror and protestations that she'd never speak to him again if he dared to, Kitty* collapsed upon u sofa. Was over tboro a wedding day to match it? Soaked to tho skin, dripping, but triumphant, Will Farrar rodo out I of tho Hoods aud up the heights amid tiio frenzied acclumations of the garrison, und throwing himself from tho saddle at tho colonol's gato demanded to sco, if not to squeezo, his hrido. Thero wero they gathorcd, tbo clito of Fort Frayne, soino in wedding garb, some in travel ing dress, and what a cheer went up as ho sprang to tho porch and bis mother wanted to clasp him, dripping though bo w ...->, to her heart of hearts. Not so Kitty. "Don't you come near mo, you dreadful tliiiiRl" she cried, and, laugh ing and protesting, bo was led away to bo caparisoned for tho ceremony. Lu orctia's spirits were onog. moro in ebullition. Wayuo was back, tho ro mains had come; so why longer delay proceedings? They wero not. There was as blitlio and bright and joyous a aoldior wedding that, perfect noonday as over was seen within tho walls of old Fort Frayne, and Kitty mado a bewitching hrido, and there was a wonderful unloading of sorrow from heart after heart on to tho shoulders of ono luckless, BOroly tried man, Major Porcivul Wnyyn. Ob, Mad Anthony! Hut hero was ono of thy de scendants ten times worthy thy name! In that, one day thero came crushing in upon him tbo consequences of a genera tion of misdoing. It was enough that he should have failed to 'explain matters to Kitty. It was worse when lie took tho first oppor tunity to oxplain matters to .lack. His way of doing jt was somewhat as fol lows, and they wero dressing for tho ceremony, and Jack, gorgeous in his full dress uniform as a lieutenant of the Seventh, was sick at heart over the cold, constrained greeting accorded him by Ellis. "Why, of course, old fellow, you a year before and that now fitted him like; the skin of a sausage. A sudden move of ono arm oarried away the breast button. "It's no use," he cried. "I'm worse off than Peggotty. Every jump's a but ton." And then Kitty caught sight of him, and then there came a scene. "What's that?" she exclaimed. "That isn't the man I married. I won't stir a step with him in (hose things." "But I haven't any other," pleaded Will in despair. "Who wants you to wear such things?" sho fairly screamed in almost hysterical laughter. "I married a sol dier. Your uniform, sir, your best blouse and trousers and forage cap, and don't you dare wear cits till I tell you. " And, as it was manifest, that bo couldn't wear those now incasing him, the groom a third timo hastened away to tho upper regions, and, while dozens clustered as before about Kitty, an ab sorbed group still hung upon the move ments of the major. The light as of other days was dawning on Iiis face. Ho was searching still, and at last ho found and drow forth a tiny box, at sight of which Luorotia's maiden heart Hut - tered almost out of her throat. "And now what have you uncart bed, old Rip Van Winkle?" boomed Fenton. "A ring, by all that's gorgeous?a ling, and a beauty, and an inscription on it. 'P. W. to L. P., 1??4.' Who's P. W. ? Who's?but a glance at his sister's trans figured face as she tottered there at his side warned tho old warrior to desist. Wayne was panting with cxciteinout. "I know," lie cried. "Of course it wasn't my class ring. It w as this. I got it for"? And hero ho turned and drew her to ids arm, and the others considerately moved away as at last that ring was fitted to the linger that had boon waiting for it 20 long years. Fivo minutes more, and with Koike loading off in tbo cheers, with music and sunshine, mirth and gladness, smiles and tears and prayers and blessings, tho young couple wero whirled away to the station, bound for tho bliss of tho honey moon. But what mado that wedding day so remarkable was that it scorned to lead to so many more. There came a letter from Martin to Jack Ormsby only the other day. The latter, being a New York guardsman, was sweltering in his tont at Peokskill, while Mrs. Jack cote soled herself by a brief visit to I ho Leales at West Point. Tho former, be ing a West Pointer, fell hack naturally Into tho vernacular of bis cadet days, and this was somewhat as ho wrote: "Your blessed brother-in-law continues to bo tbo joy of the Twelfth, and tho dovecot is every whit as hospitable as Amory's. Rut of course Will and Mrs. Will haven't outlived their salad days, and their tiffs and make ups are too funny for anything. Will is just as true a soldier as ever, but we always know when tho 'wind's iu tho east' at tho cot by bis becoming even more aggres sively, austerely, self denyingly mili tnr}-. Just now all is bliss, for dear Lady Farrar, 'QllCOU Mother,' as WO learned to call her from your sw< < I wile?my salutations to ht r ladyship? is, as you know, in tho third \s<(k of her first visit to 'tho children,' and this, Jack, old hey, brings me to a predic tion. In our cadet days we USP(1 to say 'extras breed extras,' and I'm thinking what that wedding day of Will's is re sponsible for. First I hero's you and Miss Ellis?God blcsfl 'emI There's Loalo ami Mrs. Royle Farrar?God re? wnrd 'oml There's Old-Man-Hoap Masbed-in-tho-Moou and Miss Lueretia ?God help '??in I hut, do yon know, wo bolievo our bully old colonel has tho promise now of being made at last just tho happiest man in old Fort Frayno." TUB UND. ?Grrox barber surgeors in tho Levant use largo an's to keep toirethor tbo fdgrs of Olltfl. Tbo ant, held with foreep?, opens Its mandibles wide, and as ponn as it seizes tho edges of tho wound has its head sovored from tho body, but rotains Its grip. Peoplo have been seen with wounds honllng held together by seven or eight ants' beads. Tho kind nsed is a species of blir hcaded camponotus. --" Mrs. Shopper is just crn/.y after bargains. :rSbo is down town everv barcraln dav, and novor gets homo until dark." "Yes. Indeed. Sho'd dio hap py If sho could be laid out on a bargain counter and burlod as a romnant." The piie Who Stays at Home. The wheels of the world go round and round, In the press of the busy throng. Morn whh its matin melody, And uight with its vesper bong; The tides are out and tho tides aro in, Liko the sea with its ebb and tlow. For there's always one to stay at homo Whore there is one to go. Abroad on the highway's noisy track There is riiBh of hurryimr feet, Tho Bparks fly out from the wheels of time To brighten the bitter and sweet; But apart from the beaten road aud path, Where the pulse of earth runs slow, There is idways one to stay at home Where there Is one to go. Over and over good-bys aro said In tones that dis with the day, When eyes are wet that cannot forget, Aud smiles have faded away ; Biniles lhr*t arc warn as over a gravi Flowers will blossom and blow; For thero's always one to stay at homo Where there is ono to go. Always one for the little tasks Of a day that is uover done ; Always one to sit dowu at night And watch with the stars alone; And he who lights on the world's broad field, With banner and blast and drum, Littlo^dreams he of a battle gained By the one who stayed at home. AN ENGINEER'S STORY. Thrilling Occurrences in tho Lifo of Ono Who Holds tho Throttle. Abbeville Press and Banner. Tho following is a true story told me by an engineer of the Southern Rail road : The l.'Ith of December, 185)2, was a dreary night. 1 fastened on my over alls, lit my luutorn and proceeded to make my way tho heat 1 knew how down to the round-house where my engine was being olouued to start out on her regul?r run. The town of Sal lisbury, N. C, as I passed dowu its lonely streets, sc tn< d dosolato and de serted. Now and then a light beaming through the window of au old manse were tho only signs of life that this old historic place gave to tho outside world this dreary night. Alter turn* intr 6i"oral Sui'icts, I soou found my self in front of tho shops where 1 was to tind the object most of all prized and loved by me as it is in human power to love u material thing, my en gine. The steady pour of tho rain which had been descending for three dajs seemed now to increase with double fury. Hero I met tho hostler who was preparing1 to cany Boulah (for that was tho pet name of my en gine) around to tho station for me. ??Tins is an awful night, Jim," said tho hostler, "to {. o out on thirteen." I only answered with a shudder and pa88cd on. Thirteen was the limited vestibule between Salisbury and Paint Kock, which was duo to leave the first named station at one o'clock ) a. m , reaching Abbeville shortly after day-break. I had been promoted to this run not two months hi fore, tho complaint being against the former man that he could not make the time. Tho schedule had still been cut since that timo and I was now to make Paint Keek by one hour earlier bo as to make connection with the Fast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia going north. 1 had wont to bo reckless during my younger days as an engineer aud it was mainly through this and the strict attei.lien to all duties that I was pro* motcd to this run. 1 Lad ft cured n.y rubber coat down at the shops and wi\s making ray way slowly back over the wreckedcar trucks which lay scattered horo and there over the yard, wh u 1 was suddenly mot by !ho foreman of tho shops. " 1 am eorry to tell you, Jim," said he, "but I will have to send a shop hand out ? gbt iis C ear Icy is ve: j . mo word that he win ue unable to make the run. I will give you Joe Heiser as I think he kno.vs the track belter than any negro I have ju&t now in the shops." 1 made no aoawcr to the foreman, but nodded my head In assent, and mado my way up toward my engine through tho storm which now seemed to be setting in with redoubled fury. 1 had thought more than once that some iil omen would befall mo this dreary night. Now to add to this, Charley was sick and 1 had to make this trip with an Inoxperleno* d lire man. However, Joe was a good darkey and I felt assured that ho would give mo but little trouble. 1! the thought of Charley's sick ness bung over mo like a black veil, to increase the horrors of this awful night. Charley McCreo was) au Irish lad who came to this country whin but sixteen summers, lie had finally landed in Asboville and applied to the Southern (then the ItichUQOlid and Danvillo railroad) for work to lire an engine By chance, he made his Urst trip with mo from Avhevillo to Spar tuuburg, and 1 liked bim po much that I dot* rmin< d to keep him if possible. 1 sticecedi d well and soon b -gun to look upon the hoy as a younger brother. The !, through tho kindness shown I.im, became greatly all;.ein ?1 lo me, add wo wer?; not long becoming fast friend3. 1 could not help thinking of Charley now. Should I go t'> see him V I did not have time enough, for we wet'0 due to leave then in seventeen minutes. But what if tho boy should die before I returned! I knew not what lode; yi t there was only one thing?e^t,!, my tngir.c, pull out Into this dreary night and toon lind myself Hying over the mountains of Western North Caro lina. I toon arrived at my engine at the van of a baggage, a mail and ? xpre s. two day coaches nnd tv.o Pullman sleeping can, making six coaches in all, very heavy train for my Petto climb these mountains with, yet sin was more than enough for her task. After oiling and examining the ililTs r out parts of my engine. I bad only to await the arrival of the northbound vestibulefrom charlotte to Washington and thence after tho transferring of baggage andupaEsengors to pull out on this dreary rido. The time soon passed, one fifteen a m, The vestibulo had bei n due twenty minutes and siili no signs of her yet Tho wires wire all d.iwn bclwcii Charlotte and Sallisbury, to no report of her had been received since depart* ing the former city. We waited oi:e dreary hour with no sounds Im.t the beating of the rain and tl o eontitiual up aud down n otion <>i u .. piston in the air pump of my engine panting as the tin d In und after the chose and Is now rotting in tho tbacV. Thus we waited i ii In ur and ten n Inutns, and my conductor wa'kod up lo me and said that wo could p< t n-> orders from tho dispatchers and s > with a clear* anco oard wo would pn!l out for onr rur. He wa ked slowly baok to tho rear end Of the train, ami it was not long before the sound of "All Aboard," and the b'ow of the air whistlo an nounced tho beginning of a fearful ride. I mounted upon my box, placed my rovorso lever in tho last notch a'ul crack* (1 my throttle. The driv11*.? lightly slipper1, but catching m,\s. If again, Bell ah soon walked away from the Btation down through the yard and out into tho dark night. My head*llght was burning unusually dim, this I remarked to Joe, but ho said it was hard ( > keep it lighted at all. I pulled my rovorso lever up three notches and 1 could fairly feel Beulah over the rails as if sho had no load at al'. M> trip for the first part went well. We had passed Statesvlllo. The fury of the storm seemed to increa?o I was now noai ing a pleco of straight track. I held my watch to tilO iainp light, one hour behind time. I knew ; the good track I was nearing and pull- i ed my throttle back and my engine sprang forward aa I pulled it. Still the Rtorm continued to leap like bii lows lushed into mitt* by tt.w t in peat. Besides a the wiud columns arc tii-h Ing up the black rocks aud fall inn again liko a thousand caturacts of snow, lieforo us 1 knew was the d. ep and sheltered river which must bo ? Bwollen by tho rains, bat it is not fir ; in front of you that you cau see; for soino miles out uhoad of us beglE3 a sloping roof of thick blaok cloud, which stretches ovor tho b- adj of th-j peaks, catting tho i Ml - off at middle heigbt, hiding all tho mountains and darkening tho hollows In the distauco I into blackest of nights. Underneath that awful whirling mist tho storm is howling, ever sweeping beforo it tho groat tall trees, till all tho land is shrouded dim and dun. On we rush with scarcely lessened speed, tho black j storm followiug fast, curtuinod by ono dark shoet of nouring rain, beforo which tho forest was falling in a long line ; while evory moment boforo us a keen blue spurk leapt down to tho earth and darted zigzag through the rain. Abovo us, behind us, before uj, tho lightning leapt, ran dazzling and blinding, while the deep roar of tho thunder waa changed to sharp, car piercing cracks. A Hash, another heavy sound and all was still. A white sheet had Hashed down in front, putting out my houdlight. What wus it, a ghost, a woman? My tiremun had fallen from his box ami was down on bis knees in front of tho furnace. I heard the awful words from him : "Lord have morcy, Mas' Jim, you killed that lady ;" and as he spoke an angry growl from tho westward hea vens seemed to answer his wild words, and rolled and rolled nearer and near- j o?*, till right over our heads it crashed against some cloud-clilY far above, and all was silent, (.juick as lightning tho thought came over mo?1 had killed a woman! 1 did not feel my engine jar, but it must bo so. 1 re versed her quick und applied tho air. The drivers started backwards and tho guide-rods rattled as if they had been shattered into a thousand pieces. Her speed slackened and soon she stood still beneath the pouring rain. 1 grubbed my lantern, felt my way out of my ongino back toward the coaches. Lloro I met the conductor and explain ed the cause of the stop. Wo searched fur back up tho track, but no signs of human life could bo discerned. Vet 1 felt that I had killed her and still her corpse kept pointing back and back anil looking at mo with yearning eyes of agony and lips which longed to tell some awful secret. Wo felt our way back to the train, and, not being sat isfied, 1 went around in front of my engine to see if thero waa any blood upon tho cow-catcher, and as I started to s'ep?horror of horrors!?two feet beforo mo, by tho jaggored streak of tbo heaven bolt 1 discerned an awful sight. Tho bridge of tho river wus gone; two more minutes and tbo whole train would have plunged headlong into this huge chasm. The waiting until morning, the building of a new trestle, the crossing and the rest of my trip mutters little to you. Does this not argue a Divine Provi dence, an all-powerful God who is con tinually watching over His children? How much more tln.nkful should I feel than tho man to whom God shows His mercies from day today by not taking away from him his soul V Another occurrence similar to this and which happened on this same run has caused to be grafted into my soul a stronger belief iu the hand of Provi dence. It had been a night in all of its horrors similar to tho one in Decem ber. 1 had made my night's run un usually well. I had left Salisbury at one o'clock, and had passed over those dreary mountains through a storm that had shaken the foundations of old earth. It was nearing the apprnuca of tho morn. At three o'clock the clouds began to clear away, and the i moot:, surrounded by amillioi dancing stats, began to peep forth to light up the dreary world. The summer storm was over. My eyes were largely lixed on tho low, WOOued hills, which now slept iu the moonlight: my nostrils drank greedily the fragrant air which swept from }hn mouutaitis ladencd with the. scent of a thousand flowers { my curs Wulcomcd as a grateful change from the monotonous roar of tho storm, the bum of the mountain Streams, the croaking of tbe frogs, the plalutlvo notes of the wblppoorwill which till a night with noisy life. Slowly and wearily broko the dawn on such a day jis often follows heavy thunder-storms. I felt like exclaiming as the immortal ban! of old : "Hall, holy Licht, < IV spring of heaven, first-born, Or of tbo Internal co-eternal beam; may 1 express tho uublamed ? " So on we went, where, the immense wall of granite olitT, which forms tho 'V( btorn side of tbe mountain, ends sheer in a precipice ofsomo three hun dred feet,topped by apiloof snow white t. ck bespangled with golden mossi s As we approaohed, a screech-owl, which sat upon the topmost stone, Hupped lazily away, shaking the: rain from its feathers, anil sinking into the abyss as if it scented the approach of my oncoming engine. It was a glorious sight, upon a giorious day. Xow and t hen, in the. distance, I could discern .-in.ie far-< IT cattle farm, while I crash ed like lightning over the crossing of son o eld mountain road which led fr< m Knoxvlllo down toward the coast. 1 1 rtd c 'm. ThcTO was not a bit on io stir a biado of ^riins. And yi 1 the air was full of sounds, a low ih i p roar which hovered over lawn a; u wood, Intortniriglod with toe ol irpinui of birds and insects. Tho air whs full of perfume, the dainty scent of t he mountain llowors. I was now nearing a piece of straight, level track, ten miles in length. ILto the track fol ow8 a stream down through a mountain pasture, 1 bad bo? n wont to mako this rnn from curve lo curve during good weather in nine minutes. Tbe linck was bad today, but 1 re solved to try it. I shortened the stroke of my drivers and pulled my throttle out. My ongino leaped forward like a tiger. Par down on the track, as far as my eyes could see, I could discern a white speck which seemed shaking to and fro. As f approached tho object became plainer and uJ^iner. A faint bleat borne to ine by tuTT light brcc/.o which now began to stir soon told nie that it was the form of a new-born lamb. 'hi<< ? !ng and drying itself in the : uu. i ed my whistle ail 1 o< Uld, It started and looked up, but was too feeble to move. Dach stroke of tho drivers brought mo nearer and nearer this feeble form. What should I doV I wus now nearing tho en 1 of this ten mile run. I had seen a time in my younger days as an engineer when I would have taken great delight In run* nint,' over the lamb and feeing how blgh I COnlel Knock it. Hut somehow my heart failed mo now, and I could not b ar the thought of killing tho little creature. Quiek as a Ibisn my ongino was rov< rsud a second time and by tbo aid of my air-brakes I succeed ed in stopping I or in ten yards of the bloating lamb. I got down from my engine, picked the kid up gently and placed it off the trade. I was now standing on tho curve at the endo! the straight run and could look around it for several yarns. I raised my oyes. What did 1 see! Was it a dream ! Ono of the* largest poplar trees that grows upon tho mountain-si io had beon blown down and now lay at right auglos across tho traek. Twenty yards farthor and wo would all havo been hurled into otornity. George Marshall Moorh. ? And still pt.oplo ask If the yoar 11)00 will bo leap year? Thero are a fxoat many folks In this country, und t takes a deal of timo to tell tho whoJe of thom that thero won't bo another leap year until 1WM. Highest of all in Leavening Power?Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE The Story of How He Lost Both Hands. TIIK VICTIM OF BUPBATBD AC CIDKNTS. Ono of tho Most Remarkable Canes In Insuranco Annals?Tho Innur anco Agent Gives the Grounds of 11 is Company's Defense in tho Coho. Atlanta ConatitU'ion. The cuso of A. It. Fowler, tho theo logical student who lost his hands in separuto uccidents, is ono of tho most remarkable in insuraueo annals. In August, 18114, Fowler eamo to At lauta ana took out a ton-thousand-dol lar combination lifo and aeeideut policy with the Preferred Accident Insurance Company, and just seven days after he had made his applicatiou tho company was notified that while out bunting he had Buffered the loss of a hand from tho explosion cd a gun. After recovery Fowlor wont to Ten nessee, and while in Memphis took out a policy with the /Etna Life Insuranco Company, und in a fow days the report came into their headquarters that the other hand was gone. Shortly after tho second policy was taken out Fow ler was out hunting near Union City, Tonn., und by a most mysterious fatal ity shot the only hand he bad left en tirely off. These are tho bald facts, entirely devoid of any coloring of motive, or oven tho suggestion of the case, either providential or otherwise. It is all mysterious, and the friends of the un fortunate man claim that the reports which havo been circulated on him are unjust and cruel. Fowlor, at tho tlmo ho took his llrst insurance here in Atlanta, was a stu dent at the Presbyterian College, at Clinton, S. C, and was prominently oonneotcd with one of the college pub lications. The ltev. William P. Jacobs, who is known all over the country as the head of the famous FhorDWcll Or phanage, is the president of this col lege, and the fact that Fowler was connected with tho leading publication of that institution is strong evidence of the good moral character of the young theological student. Itseeris that Fowler was taking a general theolog teal course, and in or der to defray his expenses, would go out on occasional trips soliciting insur ance and the like with a view to earn ing his living. He came to Atlanta, and while here went to the office of the Preferred Accident Insurance. Com pany to see the agent in regard to tak ing some insurance. At that time the business of the company was conducted by Messrs. Thornton & Scott, and in Ins first application Fowler dealt, en tirely with Mr. Scott. He decided to take; what is called a "combination'' accident policy, and made out the ap plication himself, but on handing it in he stated to Mr. Scott that he would cull back and pay the premium the next day. l'On hisseeond visit," said Mr.Thorn ton. 'Fowler came in the ollice. and no one happened to be in but myself. I asked him what he wanted, and he said be bad called to pay his premium on a policy be bad taken out the clay before. "We havo regular blank receipts," continued Mr. Thornton, "for our quar terly premium money, and when 1 went to fill this out he informed me that he: could not pay the full amount, which was $>S, so 1 turned the blank slip ever und simply wrote a receipt for on the back of it. This was satisfactory to bim, and he stated that as 300 as he reached his home In South Carolina bo would send the balance of $3, which he did. ?'These receipts expressly say that the amount i* received in ease the pol icy shall be Issued by tho company, but that if the company refuses to take the risk it reserves the right to refund tho money and thereby eaceci all that has been clone. Our company never ac cepts, under any conditions, a risk until the policy is signed at tho home ollice, and this fact was clearly Impressed on * his mind, for in the blank application i that Fowler read and signed himself the following sentence occurs: 'This application shall not be binding upon the company until accepted hy the sec retary and the policy shall not bo in force r.mil actually issued from tho ollico In Now York.' Fowler mado out hin application on tho 7th of August, paid tho $."> on the sih and was Injured on tho 13th. Whero was the policy all this time? Why, tho papers had been sent on to the ollico in Now York an l on the representation that ho was a theological student was held up, for we do not take large risks on theological students. "About tho 8th of August we received information that Fowler had recoived a call to a church and on tho strength of this report the policy was issued and reached him at Clinton, S. C, about tho 1st of September. From this it appears that Fowler held no policy in tliis company at any time between j tho 7th of August, when he first came | to the ollico, aud 13tb, tho date of the ? policy. His hand was wounded and the 1 arm amputated somewhere near the 1 13th, and on that ground the light bus been mude." Tne case was tried here in the city court and is now before the supreme court, and a decision will, in all prob ability, be reached tho early part of this week. While this easo is before the courts of Georgia news has reached hero that Fowler has lost the other band and holds a policy in tho /Etna Life insur ance Company. In every eise thero is always two sides of some kind or another, but iu this one there seems to be two big sides with the odds in favor of the poor, arm less theological student. "It is a shame," said Mr. Goo. West moreland, who is conducting the light against the Preferred Accident Insur ance Company, "for such rumors t.? bo circulated on an innocent man, who is without doubt tho most unfortunate creature I ever heard of." "1 do not know very much about the accident in Tennessee, but I am thor oughly acquainted with the case in 1 South Carolina. Young Fowler is from i near myoid homo and Ills family stands 1 high in their section of the Statt;. He ; was going out on a hunt and while dri ving a buggy with another gentleman the gun was in some mysterious way l discharged. His companion at tin. time of the accident, is one of the best known men in his section, and is thor oughly reliable, ami he corroborates 1 the statement made by Fowler that it j was purely accidental. "It Is simply the old story of a man ' riding In a buggy over rough country ? roads with a gun under his arm. That I is all there is to it. and all these wild i rumors which are bjing circulated arc doubtless put out with a view to Injur ing the poor fel low's case, which is now b fore the supreme court. It, seems that he is simply pursued by a most singular and Inexorable fate." As a sequel to the foregoing state ment concerning the payments ol In surance policies hold by A. I", fowler, the agent of the /Etna company prints tho following letter from the insured, in which he acknowledges the receipt of $1,0(16.0(1 for the loss of his right hand. In this letter additional light Is thrown upon tho tragic accident by which Mr. Fowler lost his second hand, lie writes as follows : Dear Sir : I desire to acknowledge receipt of your company's cheek for the sum of $1,060.0(1 for the less of tbo right hand, which was accidentally shot ell while I was out bird hunting, near Union City. Tenn.. on October 22. At the time I met with the accidont, 1 did not know that I had any insurance. I had never signed the application, nor had I paid the premium. 1 had made application to the /Etna Life Insurance Company for $10,000 Insurance, wblub was declined, hut the company author ized von to issue me a $."?.t)ii!i regular accident policy, which you did on Oo toher 12. When my application was made, you informed me that you would have to refer the same to the home of fice, owing to the fact that I had lost my left hand. As 1 had to leave Memphis tho next day you promised to protect nie on my trip when you heard from the company. I now desire, to thank you for the protection giveu me, which I assure you I appreciate. Tho prompt payment of the /Etna of its losses, and especially in this ease, under the cir cumstances, should commend it to the favorable consideration of every ono desiring accident insurance with a company of undoubted linan ?'; land ing. Yours truly. A. RlCIlAKI) FOWI.KP. BEFORE YOU BUY AN O rga. n, jpiario, Sewins; 0.- - JYI a c Ii i n e Or Musical Instruments of any kind, it will save you dol lars by writing to Alexander Bros. & Co. GREHNVILLB, S. C. Who is Will Whitener ? Eta is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver, ft*?BENDKLLA HOTElw ?''Ourn-w neighbors arc vory po lite" i-u'.d Air-j Perkaso t-> bor hus band whrti b > oamo home at night?* " A thi < "Yes; I scat to bor-1 low ? Ii -' piaddor, Rod they told uio they hadn't <?no. but if I'd wait awhile they'd t< rid end buy cue" ?it whs said not long BRO 'hat the 1' i tod states government was asked to appropriate $1,000,000 for the sup pression of the R isslan thistle In the northwest. Now u S;n;th Dakota mill o-vuer has (it red $1 50 a ton for all t ic i ! j. whtoh may bo d< llv< red at bis factory. Ho says 'that it is nearly as good as coal for fuel. ?A Now York clergyman who reoently conducted a Sunday morning BOrvlceon Black well's Island learned that there are at present fifteen col* leges graduatos wearing tho "stripes" In that penitentiary. THE LAURENS BAR. H. V. SIMPSON. C. l>. UARUSDALE SIMPSON & BAUKSDALE, Attorneys at Law, LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims lt. W. IIAL.I.. U W. bimk1nh. \V. W. BALL BALL, Sl.YlKINS At BALL, Attorney & at Law, Lauukns, South Cakolina. \V\\\ practice in Si ne and Unitod States Court. Special attention given collections W, II. M V KT1 N, Attorney at Law, Lai KKNs, - South Carolina. Will practice in all Courts ol ibis Slato Attention given to col butt Iodh. T. loll N SON. w. u. aioriKV JOHNSON AL It I Oil ICY, ATTOKN KYs AT I.A v . Opkioh -Fleming'O.n'iior, Nort host side of Public Square. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. PIBDMON i a i It i.in 1 Comleii <l Solioditlc <>i l'iissoit|*?r Train*. In KIT??! Jan. IS, IS07. I v. Noil h In i ii ml . |N??. 11 t- Lv. Dully. Oally. " '"J Suit. ii 60 |. I 115 p !i') n l.v. Atlanta, C. P. is on " Alltuitn, 13.t. i do p 1 ?'??-? > " 'S" ?? NorcroiM . I i 1 '> " " I ?> " ?l? |i)t).| ii . IWp > qA .. :.' '5 !i III .. i ;i i !?! I> j .j'. I ii 'i 47 i I ? i ii s 1 <P Unfold " (-illitl? vi! " Lullt.. . Ar < -<n ).. I i. l.v. Ml Ali v YV. Central ... " t:n ? :t VII lo m ?,-.. . >?.,.. " l-a'vlle\ < " 1 lieUsblll'U KIuk's Ml . " Knsniiila. ? l.v. L'liai : .no Ar. 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" (?.'iilVin ys . !i 47 ii M i'|. " Spnritiiiliili'i?. I' ::; n I.' .'i :?? II15 1?. " ('iiviiuvillo... Ii -'s p I a| i !'i i>,. " Central.i I 15 i n> n 6s.*5 P ._.... " Hoiieeii . 1 :i"i i -'-M n ?> ? t lv".. iT. ?* Wexlmtustur 1 ''? ? P " Tiiilf. :i.j 2 l> i 11 13 m r ??> p " ML Airy .... .I. ? ' ?1 11 - - " Coriiullti. .... ! I i iw j)M ai n " l.uhi.I :t i:i p| l n' a si;s |.i ?'.?'?; :? " ('iiiliioKvlllo 8 Ul P i a5 ;i sa'ip 7*)n " Dufoi-d .j. . ... . ?07 |> T 4H ii <? NoiiM-o. i j........ I ii 4!i p a Ar. Atluiilii, K.T. i f *i i? .;in ii lo! i p OtWa Ar. At Innla, O. T. it .A p 5 10 n a . ? p s :i?i i? "A" a. in. "1*" |?, in. I lioon. "N" itltikl. n<m.:i, mid :W -Daily. Wnsliliiidon mid South* wo.:, i :i v? ftlbul.! Limited. Throttle > I'lillilinn Sleophnj onvs l?;tween New York uiul New Or* Icai's, vlii WnsiiiiiKloii, Allnijla und Mentw.iin. l r\ . iiii.| a Is-1 lit w <????! New York litiil Mf lioilil , vii'lWiislitllv'tnn. AI li.nl a a.i-1 Uirii-e. '..on. ?* 11 -:: - limM st?h)ping i-Ht's between Now York and Sew Orleans,hi i'liiiiiuetlon with lh?;'* ??? I lm* ttml" litihis for Han Kiletoiseo, ?<? ,i lonvliiK Jersey (Utv TwoxilliyH niul satiudiiysj loitii'iiintf, leavo Now Oi'le.'i ihWo.Im? ilnysni 1 Sntari1n> s. 'I his train iiIh oarrii - Ki. hnioiu ? AiiKiistn slcoplitii cars belwei.'U Dnnvillo und Chili lot to. Kirnt i-:uss Ihoroii^hfn.a ?: ? i IioIwcom Wnsliinittoii nnd Atlniitit. IliniiiK<??? ^ t.-r\o all meal- r?n roll i o. N..s. ;'? nnd ?: : I 'idled Stales Cast Midi runs solid liotween VYiisliiiiKton innl Now Or* leans, via Sotitlmni Kallwny, A. .V \V. I'. H. . nn i I.. ?v N. K. It.. I'oiliK (?omnosml ?>: hii|/?ai:'i enrmid ootivlii's, diroitint ivltliont eiinnvro 1 pflKSeiirers ol' nil classes. PiiiUnnn iltttwiint riMiiu >..).? iir ear.-. ImiIwocii .Iots?sj City nnd New Orleans, via At hint it ami Montgomery. Leaving Wnsliillirton t aeh ?- al iinl i> a lotiri s tiieopilltC ear \l ii i'tlll ljiroe?h lelw n Wash* |lli!loii an.I s'nn i min Isen ?? ithottl <?; mj?o. Noh. Ill and l>2?Now-York foul I'lo.hln Llm* Hod. Vest P alwl linin ' nlw.tm Now \ m k nml St. Atigusiiin?, \ln Wa-iii r. ion, i :iini lone, l'o> Ituiihi'i, Stivaiuiah ?od .In ?>? onvillo,. on ilsliiiK ol I'nllintni ilniv In? room !? nplnu i iirs. I'ltlo tiuili compart iik nt ears, I'lillinan ol %eivutiou c-nr.s nnd ibiiiatt oars, Ion vi ny Now Yotk mat IM. AiiKUflllito (torinbitil pointsi tin \- tx.-epr, Stttidiiy. Thlsirnl i also currli wi vo .sijolloit druwiiiK room buiroi sleeping ear.- butwoon Auuusiti And New York. Noh. 11 nnd I.' - I'lillilinn sleeping enr - bei woon Richmond nml l itinvllle< The Air Lino Hello train. Kos. II -ill^.i" i tween Athiuiii nnd Cornolin, Wn., .1;.; .% oxoi t r'liinl.'iv. \V. It. (4RRP.M, .1. M ' 'I .1". Ouii'l Sunt.. Trntilr U'K'r., Wn.shiiiKtoii, I). 0. Wiisl'in. I >. i>. \v. A.TURK, s. ll :; m.i.v Ii If, (4en'l Puss, Ak'I < AiW't (4en'l I* Wt.j W iishiliRtoUi I). I'. Al i i n, ll.i. ("?IIARLKSTON .V WKSTK1LN CAR ?-> linn Railway Co. '? Augusta and A si villi? SJiOl I I.me. 1st. 1800 o llC Schedule in < Ifcci l>oc l.v Augusta. "ii am A r Urconvt ood.12 17 | m \ ndorAon.7 ?" ? pie t.flurons. i i > pm (4 r con vi lie. pm Glenn Springs. I o."? pm Spartan burg.8 im pm Saluda. :"> ? in Honder6onvills. .. 5 ft pm Ashevlllo.fi i ? pm i.v A ihevlllo. K 20 am Spartan burg.11 15 an. Orccnvillc.11 5. am l/iuremi.... .. i ! pm A udorsoti.1025 am ?roonwood. v.- pm h r Augusta.5 05 pm A r Alken. fl ?" pm 7 !K) pm 12 10 am a nn 1 .'on I on pm i ? n pm 7 mi pm V n i am l i J"> am TO ATHKNK, ATLANTA AND POINTS W KST. Lv Oroenviilo.ii >> a'n Ar Raleigh ?. 1 arn Norfolk.7 '?>? ? am Petersburg.i. (hi am Richmond .. .fl i'1 am i.v <? rcoVivlilo. lie j m Ar Klbcrioli. 'J am Abboville. 142 am Athens. ?"? ? am Atlanta.U '2" am Lv Atlanta. 0 10 pm Athens.n i" pm Klherlon.12 I i am Alihcvillc.12 45 am Ar (Ircenvillo. 946 am i no pm 12 no n'n li 20 pm B i; pm i Ift i m II . ..am i i Dpm I ."> ipm G iopm n t'pm ciofle connections at Oreonwoori for ai points on 8. A. L. and ('. A; </. Railw ay, nnd atSparlanburg with Southern Ralb .y. For Information relative 10 ttokol . rttua achedulc9, etc., addre- n W.J. OKAK4, Qen. 1' s. v i, Augusta, Ui.. .f. 8.Uureton. Agent.C. H. Speights, Oen. Agent. Greenville. S* 0.