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i p COPYIUOUT, 1100, l?V <? v. in ii o^<>-!<>JO?l<>?J??>!?ocJ?I?o?:?o?:^>^?!rw,?r>?,?': * *T Til AT." says I. -Mh. rats: \ H / :, vs 1 "The bloke hu'stcd ye in tli.' J?l\V, and ye V Y ilidn't do Uollllll to 'lui. Ye ain't no good," I says, and I lays In and knocks tin- hid about good. "Now," says I w In n I w as through, "will ye llvk that bluko or will I pound ye again?" So In- hunts up that bloke, win. whs a heap bigger than Sammy, and I situ it was a square do, and Sammy knocked "nn out i" the tenth round. See? If it hadn't been Tor that llokln that I guvo Sammy Oweil that made 'I111 fight most des p'rnto, that Kid would have been n ?Iis greet! t<> tin- ward, no In- would. 1 tell ye, rollers, there won't bo 110 monkey business with Lieutenant Sammy Ow eii from West Point, 'cause I seen to that when Sammy was s<> high and 1 was champion lightweight of the ward. I was 1 lie uiiiUin of Sammy, and ho thinks the w orld of me. See?" in the long lingering twilight of an evening in midsummer n number of troopers sat >.n the long porch of the wooden barracks. Out on the parade ground, retreat being comfortably over and the day's work done, the hand was gathered about the Hags t a IT, playing away the heat of the son and welcom ing tin- cool shades of night. Spud Murphy was the especial object <>f In terest to the nun in that a new lieu tenant had Joined the troop that day, and spud was. it seemed, well ac quainted with the young ollleer's fam ily history. Kven the first sergeant so far relaxed his dignity US to step out from the orderly room and ask a ques tion or two of the bullet headed, bright eyed soldier from New York city. - "t'was this way," said Murphy, "my father and Sammy's father was pals once and when I was a tough J'OUUg fellow. Ilghtln my way through the ..hl ward, 1 took Sammy, who was a little kid, and educated him In the ways and manners of men as Is men. ?Twos me as learned him to put up his little lists first. Ihit say, old Owen was a lulu, he was, and went in for bciu a politician, and got made an alderman ami Wlllt'/.ed in the boodle for all he was worth. My father hadn't that kind of gel up. s>> when ..hi man Owen got rich, we didn't mix no more with their crowd, see'.' Sammy lie jmcs away to a dude school and bis dad goes to con gress, and they pulls out from our block and moves up town, though, say, the Owensos is always our ward boys and we's proud of them, see? Then I enlists in this here bloomlll troop. Say, that's nine years ngo, hut them boys in New York remembers mo still, and what's the matter with the time they give me when I go Lack on leave to see them! Say, 'twas grout. Sammy goes to West Pollll, and here he comes. He thinks the world ..I' me. does Sammy." A tall, thin man, with the straps of a second lieutenant, came out from the last house, a bachelor's quarters on of ficers' row. and crossed the parade ground, coming directly toward the barracks. "It's him," cried Murphy In suppress ed excitement. "I'd know his measly red hair a mile oft'. (Joel To think that little Sammy would ever grow up to be my lieutenant." The olllcer passed the length of the porch, saluted by the men, and entered the orderly room, to which the first sorgen lit preceded him. In a few inl,u utes Spud Murphy was called and left his comrades complacently expectant. "How do \>ni do, Murphy'.'" said Owen, nodding, and Spud felt chilled. In the seclusion of the orderly room he thought, with a sense of aggrieve incut, the now lieutenant, his old protege of the "block," might have condescended ;<i shake bauds. The trooper stood, however, at atten tion and eyed the new subaltern curi ously. The lieutenant held himself straight. Four years of stern training at the military academy had given him that soldierly bearing which a West Pointer can never lose entirely. lie was well set up. but to Spud Murphy's critical eye, accustomed to the clean and wholesome face colors of the plain troopers, the dead dull Kray of Owen's cheeks, their sunken leanness, the wa teriness of his uncertain, nervous eyes, were as a cold cloth on the soldier's enthusiasm over bis old friend's rise In station. Owen pricked nt the blot ting pad of the desk before which bo eat, pricked aimlessly with long and twitching lingers. "Murphy," said he, "I have 03ketl tho sergeant about detailing a man to look after my horses, and so on. He has suggested you. Would you he will lug? It Will be a considerable help, of course, as far as money Is concerned, to you." Spud squirmed. Every olllcer has his dog robber, or servant, but such details are not those which the smart er soldiers aspire to gain. There Is BOinethliig menial about the position which Is to many a man offensive. Spud "had his opinion" of dog rob bers in general. He was, therefore, about to reject the offer peremptorily when the young offlcor looked at him .with nn appeal In his eyes which clos ed Spud's lips. "I?I have been 111, Murphy," he said slowly, "or I should have joined four months sro. I am not quite well yet, and I -1 should like some one not?a? completely a stranger about 1110 for a time at least." Spud's memory at tho sound and manner of the appeal Hashed back to years long pnst, when the man, now his olllcer, came to him as a little whin ing boy for protection, always cheer fully accorded. "These dog robbln details ain't my style, Sam?lieutenant," be said, "but I'll?I'll help ye out." The sergeant grinned, for Spud's bluntnesa of speech was traditional in the troop, but Owen smiled faintly, and his eyes shot up at Murphy with a pnssliiR gleam of kindliness as the old famiiini mannerism nickered, flame like, from the dying embers of Ids boy hood's Hres. "Thank you," ho said, as if greatly relieved, and passed out. The troop doubtless had many sneers to cast upon Spud Murphy's abandon ment of principle, but It was not a snfo thing to speak too plainly before the New Yorker's face. Spud therefore, dlsdnlnlng explanation,assumed charge next day of Owen's horses, took his aupper and reported duly at the lieu tenant's headquarters In the evening for orders. He was amazed to llnd the olllcer a different creature. His cheek was Hushed, his eye wns bright, he was filling his room with the music of his whistling as be moved about, and ho greeted Spud with gay familiarity. Ho talked garrulously of old times, of tho side walks of his childhood; he laughed boisterously at remembrance of his groat fight, tho penalty of losing -which would havo been .1 severe thrashing from Spud. Murphy ought to have been delighted. Ho Was at first, Indeed, but the voice of Owen was. too hilarious, his words too tu-i , , 7- ' " V i multuous In (heir outpouring, his laugh I loo in.ist. i,.us. Ten years of garrison ,iii?l eainp had made (he trooper a stickler for etiquette, lie knew very well Unit such ruinlllarlty with an or dluary "buck soldier" was out of place. Ho I,new very well that that familiar ity was the worst of all possible things for dlsctpllUO and order. Therefore he waxed eold ami eyed the loquacious subaltern closely. Then he took tho big glass or whisky offered to hbn, drank it standing with punctilious re Bpect and withdrew, a good deal wor ried In his mind as to the future of an Officer in whom, lor the glory and hon or of the (dd ward, be felt the greatest Interest. "He drlllke," be muttered as he crossed the parade to barracks. " That little devil Sammy's taken to drlnkln. Ob, rats:" And long after taps the dog robber lay awake, frowning at the mosquito bar over him. ? The worst thing Is," he pondered, "the kid didn't get that dose at the club, like an otlleer and a gentleman. He swallows his medicine all by him self in his room, Sammy's a lone llsu eriunn, and they're no good." lie was at Owen's quarters before reveille. The lieutenant lay on the Bit ting room lounge, his blouse open, breathing Btertorously. He had not been to bed. Oil the lloor beside blm lay an empty bottle. His lingers, hang ing lifelessly to the Moor, seemed to feel tor It. Spud shook him silently, but with little effect. The sergeant ran to the hydrant In the yard and came back with a bucket of water, which he sluiced vigorously over the lieutenant's lace and chest. He put another coat on him somehow, gave him a fiery gulp of liquor and bustled him out on the parade Just In time to report his troop present and get down to morning stables. "This here racket's got to bo stop ped," said Murphy, "If either Suiumy Owen or me's golll to face New York again mid hold up our heads In the ward. Qee, he'll be under arrest In a week at this rate!" From that day Spud Murphy went about his new work with an altogether unusual reticence and with a faithful devotion which wns novel. Ho Roldom now declaimed us he had been wont to declaim on the valor and virtues of his beloved city's Inhabitants, among whom he reckoned dearest his erst while neighbors, tho prosperous Ow ens. Hut If tho new lieutenant's name was mentioned In bis hearing his quick eye turned sharply on the speaker, and his big ears cocked up like a terrier's. He heard little said against his muster and protege, for Owen attended to his routine duties and did not attempt rad ical reforms after tho manner of some ambitious Johnnies come lately. Gradually a feeling of pity spread In the troop for the youngster, who was bo quiet and .courteous, yet so nervous at times and always bo gray faced and unhealthy looking. As for bis fellow ottlcers, they found that, In splto of his apparent delicacy, Owen could do fair ly well nil things that they did. Ho rode, shot, danced, boxed, played poker or billiards with that decent average success which excites neither contempt nor Jealousy. He never drank and was methodical In his duties, so that his colonel thought well of blm, us a man who In time would make a model regi mental qunrtermuBter or fill Borne such place, where rivers were never expect ed to be set on fire. Hut Spud, writing homo In fhese days to his old father, a saloon keeper In the dearly lovod ward, grew men daciously heroic lu Ids descriptions of Sammy's Huccesses. "He's an honor to us all," said Spud, "and we'll be prbud er of htm some day even than of bin father. I hear old Owen's to go to the senate. IIo may be president yet, and Sam'U bo a general lu time, If the saints allow n war. Horray for the old ward! It's men we breed there." Spud grinned sardonically as ho wrote, but bow proud old Murphy was to show that letter across tho bar to his ancient chum, the member from tho district! Owen senior blow his nose violently when ho read It and straightened up Uko a youngster. He slipped a $20 bill lu nn envelope, with an encouraging Uno tc Spud, suggest ing that bis pull In Washington might do something for an old friend's sou. Spud spent the money honorably with tho boys across tho post trader's bar, but asked for no help through Wash ington. " 'Twill brenk the old man's heart." thought he, "when the truth's known." Little Dr. May, who was known to officers and men alike, so Immediately appropriate was the nickname, as the "Kid," was then the contract surgeon, or "citizen doctor," attached to the post. lie was smoking his last pipe be fore turning In one night when a knock came to tho outer door of his quarters. Opening It, the light of the lamp fell upon Spud Murphy's face. "Doctor," said the dog robber quiet ly, "Lieutenant Owen's almighty bad. Will ye come and see blm?" The Kid put away the lamp, asked some questions, put a few things In bis pockets and Stepped off to Owen's quarters at the end of the row, some what Isolated from tho rest. Owen had the house all to himself. Spud followed live paces behind, ns was seemly. At the house he gained on the doctor and spoke hesitatingly. "Doctor, ye'll soon see for yerself, and It's no use lyln aliout It. If?If It's not against the rules and regula tions, will ye keep It to yerself? It's drink." Dr. May whirled on his heel and stared at the man. No one had ever seen Lieutenant Owen drink. He Whirl ed again and entered, and Spud Mur phy followed him. On the edge of the bed sat the un happy young otlleer, shaking horribly, whllo great drops of perspiration trickled down bis cheek. Ills face was ashen. His eyes were full of a pitiful horror. "Doctor," he cried and tottered to the Kid, "save me! For God's sake, save me!" The clean shaven, plump roslness of tho Kl.l's cheeks were In strong con trast to the gray leanness of Owen's. As groat wns the difference between his cool firmness and Owen's horriblo unstrung condition. "Get back Into bed," said tho doc tor, "and tell me what all this Is about." Then followed n wretched, ghastly scene ns the young officer, with shak ing voice and weak tears, chattered In coherently. He told of his last year at West I'olnt, where the vice had go't hold firmly of hjm; how he had escap ed detection marvclously and how, when on his leave after graduation, h3 bad let himself go. He had hoped the new life on the plains would help him to freedom, but?Spud Murphy alone know of the hopeless lonely flgbt In tho bachelor's quarters. Ho kept on crying, "Save me, doctor; savo mo!" ? Tbo doctor spoke 'to Spud, who stood off in tho shadows, watching Owen wttb a curious minglinghis broad face of pity, sorrow, contempt -fend shame. ?'Ha* bo^ been like this before?" the ^ ' ' .... ? Kid asKOO. "Twice," said Spud. "Not ho bod, 1 but I've bud the worst time keepltl It | dark. Toulgbt 1 was sure be was aus gespleled, bo l ?nvs the thins up, and I goes for ye. See'/" Suddenly the man In the bed rose up with u screech, bis eyes reflecting hor ror. Instantly Spud pounced on him und clapped a hand on his mouth that the sound might not penetrate un friendly ears. He aud tho Kid held the maniac down until the paroxysm passed. Then May took a syringe from his pocket, tilled tt and bared his pa tient's arm. "Murphy," be said after aw hile w hen the Injection was taking effect, "why have you saht nothing of tblBr" "Sure, Hlr," Murphy continued, "ho was once like a little brother to me when he was a kid In our ward. 'Twould be eternal disgrace to his old man, that's goln to be our senator, and to all the boys ami to my father and to me If he w as bobtalled?that is, got the 0. n., hhn betn olllcer and gentleman. See? We think the world of the OwcnoeH. See'/" The doctor looked at him curiously. Ho had in hlB library a volume on dip- | somanla, others on heredity. Somo * Idea of the fight before the lieutenant dawned upon him, and even be shiver ed a little nt the thought of what Owen uau uireauy pasBod througn, uiuhjk habit, yet every moment fearing dvtec i ion and uhamu und oyeu dlsgruco. "And do you expect to euro him of It?" ho thoughtfully asked of tho trusty dog robber. Spud's face gloomed. 'Tin fond of a good time on pay day. doctor, with the boys, but since this here miserable racket I've sworn olV. What t'ellV My righteous example ain't no good, tie breaks out in spells, and there ain't no know In w hen Sam my's goln to break out. That's the worst. Some day he'll do It at the wrong time, when I ain't around, and then It'll break the old man's heart." He looked Ml the now sleeping olllcer In despair. "Wish ho'd get sliot liefere It be comes known." lie muttered fiercely. "Doctor, ihe boys will do anything ve ask 11.n t.a- Ibis is for me. Don't give it away. Cure him. He's a good sort." The Kid hummed gently: "That I may <1 io and not Jisiuaro lt.? ancient chivalry." "TMd the senator drink hard. Murphy, wlt*n he was trading in politics in that sweet land you're so fond of?the ward'!" "Why. sure, sir, they all did." said Spud, "but he took it like a man." "And bis father, I suppose," said the Kid grimly, "took it like a man. and his and this poor devil Is the result. Murphy, my lad, when you say your prnyet'S or tell your heads or whatever you do, pray that drinking may again become fashionable- in the Interests of Lieutenant Owen. And in the mean time, before he wakes and gets the blues, you had better corral his car tridges." "I done that," said Spud, "though It might be better that way too." "No, Murphy," said the Kid. "That would be a bad expose. Soldiers must fill other people with bullets, but should scrupulously respect their own persons." The Kid respected Private Spud's anxiety to save the unhappy lieutenant from dismissal. He wan bed over Owen's "attack of malaria" personally, so that even that critical outbreak of the maniac passed unnoticed by the adjutant or men. In a week Owen was back with the troop, grayer and thin ner, quieter and graver than ever, but with the same nervous courteousness which made bis troopers as also his comrades regard him with it pitying liking. The little doctor and Owen hail a long private talk, and it is -.r. be sup posed the Kid dabblui in nostrn out Hide the regular pharmacy of the facul ty, for he and Owen took together four weeks' leave of absence, and the doc tor brought the lieutenant back to Spud looking Setter than ever he had since the craving had burst upon him. "Take him, Murphy," said the Kid confidently, "and you can let him have the run of the pistol cartridges." "The blessln of the ward Is on ye," said Spud, with great Joy, and there after permitted himself to mingle as freely as In former days with the troop, to take bis regular break at the post trader's and to discuss the glories of the ward and of the Owen family as magnlloquontly as before. Again the old saloon keeper received a letter from his son, which he showed to the senn tor, and again was the old lawmak er's heart borne up within him, as he dreamed of glory?real glory, not of the political order, whose hollowness he knew?for his boy. For war wns In the air, the Maine went down, and then war came. That was six months after the Kid had brought Owen buck to duty. Dur ing the last three of these the soul of Murphy had been possessed with doubt. Something was wrong with his charge. Just what he could not say. It was not the old trouble?not once had tho unholy thirst consumed the of ficer?that seemed indeed lo have left him through the little doctor's radical eure, whntevcr It may have been. A something of alteration was in the eye and step of the lieutenant. Now he wns llstlcsb; he took no part In so cial gatherings; he avoided any morel duty than was absolutely necessary.! Reforo, when not Incapacitated by his vice, he bad been a burning student, tndefntlgnble In helping his troop to stnr rank In the regiment. Hooks no longer Interested him nor drills. He cared not whether his men were marksmen or sharpshooters. Spud took heart of grace and wrote to tho Kid, who had been sent to another station, and tho Kid replied, a little anxiously, but hopefully. "In changing his Inherent nature In one direction," said he, "It Is possible that other traits may have been weak ened, but It Is probable ho will bo his busy self again In time. So long as the great object was attained by my cure t really don't care much about tho rest." But Spud did. Tho troop was crazy with delight at getting the routo for Cuba. Owen disguised his own feelings from every one, but not from the watchful attendant. "Hully gee," Spud moaned, "he?bo don't want to go!" The dog robber raged, and, It is to be feared that when in attendance on his master In tho seclusion of the latter's quarters, things passed which had bet ter fitted the* long gone days when they were only big boy and little boy on tbo block, and Spud bad forced the child to fight or be thrashed. It resulted In Owen's thrusting asldo bis UstleBsness for a time and moving around with some enthmlasm In the preparations for departure. The dog robbor, howev ?r, was grlo/ously Imblttored In heart as ho watched the lieutenant's condi tion. "By gee," said he, "I asked him to eure him of drink, but not to take all th? spirit out of him. What fell! A coward's worse Oaan fother thing." Then it en me about that on a very iu mose waters crept closely In to the Cuban const. She steamed slowly uloiig, her bulwarks lined with watch ful armed men. w hose wide, gray cam puign hats topped her sides. Tho sil ver beach Btretcbed, a slilulng ribbon, along the edge of the KOQ, and great Clouds of surf sparkled la the sun as the waves broke on the rural reel's a little out from the shore. The land within lay a garden Of the gods, as green, a.s fruitful, to sill seeming :ts peaceful. A net of Jungle, of tralllug, thorny vines ami tropical bush, with bamboos and banyans mid clumps of cocoa palms, reached back from the beach, rising gently until some miles Inland the dark ridges of the lulls loomed in the horl/.ou. No sound came from the land, no foe showed "himself us the ship drifted gently In and then Inv still some hun dreds of yards from shore Swiftly from her sides two longboats were lowered, and each was tilled with men With carbine, ammunition belt and pis tol. "Lieutenant Tanks will take charge of boat No. 1, LicUtcUIUlt Owen of No. 2," saitl the commanding otlleer. "Von have you- Instructions, gentlemen. Oood luck to you. In mi hour or two 1 shall expect you back with the Infor mation and the scouts." Boat No. ) was lying ready and im patient When Mr. PutlkS swung him self In the stern. "(Jive way, inen," said UO. "See If wo can't beat the oilier bout ashore. "Now then," he added to the Cuban at the tiller, "look out lor the reef. I'd as soon get there dry as wet." "Where Is No. 27" a soldier queried as they shot forward. "Lieutenant Owen,'' said the com manding otlleer Impatiently, "what 1h the matter? Your men are all In the boat." A voice from the stern of the boat spoke up gently, sedate und respectful as need be, yet with u curious note in It. "The things is nil with me. lieuten ant. There's iiothln loft behind," It said. Owen started at Spud's rebuke, a re buke only to his ears, and In bis turn swung over und scaled himself in the stern close to his attendant. "Give way," be said, but there was no Jolly appeal to his squad to Peat the others. The men looked fretful ns they noted the start the others had. "Them fellows have the luck," one growled. "They w ill he first ashore." Spud had a cornet of his eye on Ow en's face. In the crowded small boat their shoulders touched. The officer's face was gray, his form trembled. "This Is black mill," thought Spud; "black ruin and dlsgrnco for blm and the ward, if I?If l tlnredt" lie watched the men furtively. One man nudged another, and both looked nt Owen and sneered. Spud ground his teeth and marked them for future slaughter. "They know; they see It," he In wardly groaned, "and we'll be eternal ly disgraced. Oil, Sammy, Sammy, if only I could give ye n Jolly good hidln to wake ye up!" Ho slipped a hand to a hip pocket and half drew sonicthing from it, but shoved it back again with great dis tress of face. "What's to be done? I>?n the kid doctor! Shall I burst the cure or? Oh, this is the devil sure!" The other boat wns drawing away ahead, for their officer was cheering tho oarsmen on. He waved from bis place In the stern a band to Owen and cried back ga.vly, "You're not in it. Owen." The men looked at Ow en. lie made no response. There was a certain hon or in being first to set foot oil the shore, but the soldiers saw disgustedly that their otlleer did not desire it. Han ger was there, and he?he funked it. That was the sudden thought that sprang to each man's mind, and they looked blackly on Iii in. Spud moved In tho boat, standing up so that he hid the lieutenant while he Stooped on some pretense. Hi? held out a black bottle and whispered an grily: "Drink, Sammy, drink, and God for give us both!" The lieutenant looked at blm in sud den horror. It was ns though one's guardian angel, who had watched for long, should ahandoti his task and as sume a demon's form. "You?you want nie to?" "Drink and say notbill," said poor Spud, "for if light in's to be done that kid doctor's ruined ye for it. Drink!" And be drank quickly and deeply. He handed the bottle back to Spud, who slipped It away. lu a minute Owen's face flushed, ami bis eyo brightened. He stood up and spoke to the men and bade the rowers pull. Ho was more like himself, and their faces brightened. "Pull boys," he said, "and we'll beat those fellows fur nil their start. Mur phy," ho whispered as ho sat down ugaln, "give mo that bottle." Spud moaned, but the Qrst step wns Uiken. He passed It over, and again tho officer drank, und this time be kept the llnsk. Over the blue waters they skimmed. Thereof was near. "Two to one In V's we beat yon, Owen!" sang Panks. "Done. (Jive way, men!" Owen cried, nnd the men laughed. Spud brightened up. The poison was work ing. He knew what the doctor would sny, but bade the morrow begone! Enough to live bravely through the day. At Uie reef a false turn nt the tiller capsized Punks' bout, and Owen gained nnd passed them. They cleared tho surf. They run high on the white shore. They formed as skirmishers 20 yards npnrt and plunged Into the Jun gle without waiting for the other boat. These were almost Immediately after them, however, yet Owen had time to stop and In the shelter of a bush gulp down another drink. The blood dash ed through hl<) veins. Blood tilled his eyes. Ho wns n new man from the listless craven tin hour ago. Danger, certain lighting, was before blm, and he knew and welcomed It. Spud was by blm and was astonished. If tho doctor 1iad been there, the Kid could have told tho dog robber that his mas ter hud been returned nervously to n boyish condition, and the liquor would act on htm as It would on a boy who had never touched It before. Hut Spud was almost soared, so red were Owen's cheeks, so full of vivacity bis manner as ho led his inon, now following him with cheerful amazement, in the Jun gle the two boat loads Joined and com pleted a skirmish line of some r>0 men. They panted onward. Crash! From In front of them came a sudden volley. "Down!" yelled i'nuks. "Down and steady! Roturn the lire lying!" Down they went, and tho Spanish bullets flew over their heads. They fired back at the puffs of smoke, but Owen stood up. waving his sword. I'nuks wos bis senior and called out t< blm: "Owen, they nro In force and must bo In rifle pits. We Hhould draw back to tho boats for further orders until tho gunboat shells them out. What do you sny?" Owen wns hidden from view for s moment. "NVhen ho appeared again, Ik had fliiiBhcd tjio futeXui Jwttle and thrown It ami discretion uwiiy. "Nonsense"' lio ? rlcd. "Thoy ore on ly Spaniards nnywity. At them. boj ? i Const1 thing: Forward! Double time! tloinmcncc tiring:" 'I'lie men obeyed, cheering, and gain i ???1 20 yards by tin- rush, when thoy | wont down again and peppered nway. Again ?WOIl COlUinninled, ami again thoy rushed. Now they gained a rlsfl ami saw abend of them a llttlo way saw tin' mounds of a row of rltlo fits. "Oweul" yelled Panks, "it la mad noss to lake them with our force. They must ho shelled." A blistering volley of Mauser bulIotH stremued front behind the earthworks and drowued Owen's reply, 't he men, lying down, eseaped injury, and at once Owen's voice was again at tbelli In a frenzy: 'Curse 'ein'. Forward'. Commence tiring'." Pnuks was overborne! The spirit <>f Owen had permeated the nun. They were laughing and sw earing and cheer ing and making a grand series of rush es, w ith every now and again a gill) of more than the ordered 20 yards in the line. Tlio daring thing bad its Imme diato effect, a Spaniard bounced up from buck of the rifle pits and dashed no.. Ihn farther luiltric. Another and another followed. Owen saw tviim iiim men's COOl tile had done and their steady advance llgullisl greatly in trenched odds. Pnuks could not eon trol the men. They were laughingly cheering Owen as they leaded and Qred. Some one sang out: "He's all right:-' "Who's all rightV" "Owen!" "Oh. the sidewalks of New Vor!;'. That there should be so much devil meut in a pint of whisky:" The Spaniards were Uustcred evl dently. Snob work was unexpected. A strip of nearly dear ground some 00 yards broad separated the demoniacal Americans from them, and the Spanish lire faltered and dickered. It was ton late to go buck. Panks was borne aWUy b.v the excitement. "Now, boys, forward: Charge!" Owen .veiled, and tho men, with a w ild yell, rose and follow ed him. The Span lards broke and scrambled any way at all mil of their pits and ran. Owen was away ahead of his men. Half way across a Mauser bullet struck him. but In- plunged on with a crazy cry Spud wns after like another bullet. Tho lieutenant rushed ahead blindly. < Hie olllcer of the Spaniards, mad with rage, was defending the trench almost by himself. At him Owen ran. pistol ami sword in hand. His foot slipped, and ho fell at the oflleer'H feel, who. madly furious, raised a cavalry saber to dispatch Ills foe. Spud saw and gasped, "'bid forglvo me, his life will bo on my head!" The dug robber ran forward at the charge and was felled by the saber, failing back upon Owen. In a moment more it was all over, and tho Ameri ca us held the position. Panks was bew ildered. "It was mild ness." said he; "but, by JlllgS, it was glorious: Are you hurt, Owen'.'" (?wen looked up mistily. He was bleeding from a bad wound In tho shoulder ami was sick. The effects of the poison wore passing off. "I don't know," ho said. "What w hat has happened V" "You're stunned, old mau," said Panks, "but. I say, 1 didn't think you had It in you. That was tine. Do you know this man saved your life'.' 1 saw It all. He ran clean In and caught the saber. Let's look. It's your servant, isn't It V" Owen looked, and Murphy feebly opened his eyes ami looked back al his old pet of the bhu-k. The dog robber glanced round with a faint grin of tri uniph. "The old ward breeds men." In- said, "and don't don't none of ye guys fol get it." (>wvii took his hand. "Is it bad. SpudV" he whispered. "It's taps," Murphy whispered back, with a squeeze of the hand. "Is ye hurt much?" "1 guess so. 1 think' my shoulder's BUi ished all to pieces." "Thou it's all right- all right," said Spud faintly. "Vo'll have tho army with heaps of glory?retired for wounds and?and thoy can't say ye was a coward, Sammy. The ward will bust itself with BllOUtlu." "But you, Spud!" cried Owen in groat distress. "Thai's all right," said Spud, now very feebly. "Toll my old man to sot 'em up for the gang. They won't for got mo, Sammy!" "Yes." "See the kid doctor again and ?get? another?of?thorn?cures. I -thought ?the?world of ye, Sammy." mm Aman with a thin head of hair i s a marked man. But the bigM bald spot y is not the mi kind of a mark most rJ men like. ^ V) Too many men in m their twenties are ^1 4 bald. This is absurd and all unnecessary. * Healthy hair shows ? man's strength. To ^ build up the hair from the roots, to prevent f and HAW It always restores color to faded or gray hair. Notice that word, "always." And it cures dandruff. $1.00 ? bottle. All .Inikkl?t?. " My tuinlneflA calls mo out among ^ \ BtranRors a great deal. I would [ *? actually feel ashamed ?very time k, 1 I would tako off my liat, my hair fJ ho thin and ttio bald apota L 1 nhowed no plainly. I ticgan tho use of your II.iii Vigor less than three rnonthn ago. Today I lind I havo aa fliio a in-.ni of hair as 1 over had. I toll evorylMidy what I used, and they-say 'it mimt lie a wondorful remedy?" Gko. Y.?aiw,, Lkio. 14,1898. Chicago, IU. a Wa hava a book on The Hair and I * Scalp which wo will lend free opon fa> ' * . i'11-1 ir you do not obtain all tto* f lioiielMs you expected from tho BfO of I 4 the Viper, wi an tho Doctor about k It, Addrei*. Y DR. J. 0. AYRR, towell.lfaaa. AN IvXTRAORDINARY CASK. A White Man Illegally Kept in the Penitentiary for Right | Years. Tho Italolgb (N. 0.) correspondent ?>f Hie Atlanta Constitution says an ex Iraordinary ?tiee of mistaken identity has just been developed before Justice Montgomery, of the supreme court, in the ease of George JohuBtoue, a white man, who has keen unlawfully confined * in the penitentiary for the past eight I years. . 1 l-'itli en years ago a young white inau | by the name of Christopher Betehler was convicted in Shelby, N. C , of an aggravated ease of stealing, and was sentenced to ten years in the peniten tiary near this city Betcblcr was the son of German patents who had resided lor many years in the town of Kuther fordtOU His father Augustus Betehler was a jeweler. After gold was dis covered in Rutherford, Burke and Mc Dowell counties, in 1840, old man Betehler was authorized by act of Con gress to coin gold dollars, and he bought the dust from the miners and coined it into dollars as blab as the fifty-dollar piece. "A. Betehler" was stamped on 1 each coin and they were worth live cents j more in the dollar than the coins of the Unitod States mintage These coins to this day are known hb the " Betehler dollars," and are now preserved by those who have them as rare coins. After the war the Betehler family moved to Spartanburg, S. C. There were several sons and daughters, all handsome and well educated. "Chris" as be was called, turned out to be the "black sheep" of the tlock. After he was sent to the penitentiary ho remain ed there two years and then made Ins escape. In 181)51 Captain J. M. Fleming, who i was warden of the penitentiary when "Chris." Betehler was received there, and who held this position until lH!?r>, was in attendance on the superior court of Randolph Counry. at Asheboro,as a Witness. While there a man known as George Johustone was the plaintiff in a case which involved the title to 701) acres of land ou which gold in consider able quantity had been found. Fleming saw this man and made inquiries con corning him, and found that he hud located in Randolph County some time during isss. It was in 1887 that Betehler escapek from the penitentiary. Fleming was positive that .lohustone was "Chris. Betehler and so stated. On the trial of the land case .lohustone was asked if he was not " Chris." Betehler, and if he had not boon convicted of stealing in Shelby in 18*5 and sentenced to the peniten tiary for) ten years, and had escaped therefrom in lSs?V Of course .John stone denied bitterly all this and said he was an entirely different man from Betehler The defendants in the land caso had Johustone arrested as an escaped prisoner. Johnstone sued out a writ of habeas corpus, but could not produce any witness beside himself to disprove the positive assertion of Flein Ing that he was "Chris " Betehler, and the judge refused to discharge blm and ordered that he be returned to the peui tculiary. The arrest and decision of the judge caused Johnstone to lose the land suit. As soon as Johnstone reached the penitentiary he sent for a lawyer, but had no money to pay him. He gave the lawyer the address of a number of poo pie in Montgomery County and that of a man in Atlanta, whom he said knew him and would swear he was not Uetch ler. The lawyer wrote twice to each of these parties and did not receive an an swer to a single letter that he wrote. The failure to have his letters returned or to receive an answer from either of the partlos to whom he had written did not impress the lawyer in favor of Johu stone and he gave no more attention to the case. Four weeks ago Colonel Cebern L, Harris, a man seventy-nine years of age, Who formerly resided, in Kutberfordton ami knew the Betehler family well, went to the penitentiary to examine the manufacture of brick, which is carried on inside the Blockade. While in the yard he saw a tall white man at work and Inquired who he was and was told that it was "Chris" Betehler. Colonel Harris then asked and was allowed to talk with the prisoner. He stated to Colonel Harris the facts herein stated as to his Identification as "Chris." Botch lor and asked Harris if he knew Betehler. Harris replied that he had known all the family for fifteen yee.rs before the war and while they lived in lluthorfordton. He was then asked if he, the prisoner, was "Chris " Hetcldcr and Harris unhesitatingly declared that the prisoner was not Betehler. A lawyer whs then employed and another write of habeas corpus was issued by Justice Montgomery and the prisoner was brought before him. Cap tain Fleming swore that he believed the prisoner to be " Chris." Betehler, and that he had known him as a prisoner in tho penitentiary for the two years he was in the penitentiary. That he hail escaped and remained at large until 1803, when he was arrested at Asheboro and returned to the prison, and that the re semblance of tho prisoner to Betehler was very striking. Colonel Harris was put on the witnci-s stand and to'.d of the young boy "Chris" Betehler ho had known before the war for fifteen years; how he had seen him grow up to be a man, and that he knew hint perfectly well and could not be mistaken, and the prisoner before the court was not "Chris" Betehler; and that since he had seen the prisoner in the penitentiary lie had thought the matter over and had talked with his wife about the case, and there was a test that would certainly show whether the prisoner was Betehler Harris then asked the prisoner to ex hibit his right leg above the ankle for examination Tlr prisoner complied with lliis request and Harris made an examination and said that the prisoner was rot 11 Chris " Betehler because Betehler had the scars of a bad dog bite on his right leg which he received when he was not over ten years old, and that Harris had k' led the dog. On this evidence, Justice Montgomery dis charged tho prisoner from further im prisonment. Tho attorney of Johnstone is row awaiting a decision of the supremo court in another case as to whether the Htate's prison la such a corporation as can be sued If this decision is to the effect that the State's prison can bo sued the attorney of Johnstone intends to sue for a large sum in damages for the false im prisonment. ?Among the curiosities of criminal law brought to light by the discussion of tiio Cudahy kidnapping case is the fact that in Tennessee tho punishment for stealing a horse is imprisonment for not loss than three nor more than ten years, while for stealing a child it is only fiom one to llvo years. A hill has been in troducod In tho Legislaturo to correct this by making kidnapping a crime punishable by death. ? Tho remains of James Hmithsou, tho founder of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, has reposed since hi death in the English cemetery at Ocnoa, which is it now proposed to abolish. The original tomb \b marked by a tablet erected by the Institution, and the secre tary was empowered at the last meeting of the trustees to arrange for tho rein terment of Mr. Hmithson'a remains and the removal of the monument. ?The Vermont system of not hanging a convicted murderer until two years after the passing of the death sentence upon him is founded on the assumption that any possiblo doubt as to his guilt will bo removed in that time, and all danger of putting an innocent man to death is thus eliminated. A NICK St* It I NO SUITOKCLOHIKS Will be given free to anyone who will ?oil only loo packets Heeds for us at 6c sach No money required in advance. Write us a postal saying you accept this ? tier, and we will mall the 8oeds to you at )nca. T. J. KING CO, Heedsmen, RICHMOND, \ a. House Work is Hard Work without GOLD DUST. 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Nothing except the mint can make money ?vilhout advertising. OH KAPER MIIjKAOK HOOKS. Seaboard Air I.im- Makes a Note worthy Reduction ol Prli e. The Seaboard Air Line being ever alive to the neople'a interests as well as its own has, effective February '2">, reduced its 1 ueo-mile tickets in Florida, from to (25; ail one thou mud mile tickets')! the Seaboard Air bine railway Issue are now good over the entire system (with the ex ception of the family mileage tickets sold in tho State of North Carolina.) which traverses Virginia( North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, and reaches tits capitals of all the above States. Ry agreement, one thousand mile tickets of Seaboard issue are good m addition to its own lines over the Richmond, Kredrr Icksburg and Potomac railroad from Rich mond to (juantieo, and the Pennsylvania railroad from ^uantico to Washington, the Columbia, Newborry and I.aureus rail road, and the Baltimore Steam Packet company's line from Norfolk to Ralliii ore The Seaboard Air Line railway is the short line from South Carolina to all points north, south and west and has a service that is second to none in the South, and its trains are run on quick and convenient schedules. Vorinformation write Geo. McP. Ratte.T. 1*. A., < olumbia, S, < It. 10. Ii. Bunch, (?en. P?se. Agent. Portsmouth, Va. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Cuiult'iiitiil MoheUute <>r I'tuDMMiK0' i riktua. In Ififfool .'an. -,'7. I'.Hll. Orcoiiv ille, Washington and tin" Rant. No. I'4 No] .is No ;,1 ?s Northbound, I Dully Dally. I) ifly Dally. Lv. Atlanta, U. T. " Atlanta, K. T. " (btlimarville. " Allans. * I.a la. " Toccni. " Seneca. 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New 1 irleans la i>> hi to no p 7 45 p S an a Inno r 8IW 11 Ar. Coluuilai- .iia !? .'si a S a:, p " Mitcon J* Brunswick .. Ar. .lack-,.11 villi * IW a P p . .. ! 8115 v P ia 55 a 7 im i I.", a s an l)all\ No. 15 l>ail\ No.ll. ? :t i n . I.v 4 as'it i.v 7 ofi a 11 IK) |> I iV 41 a 12 in ii " 7 tin n " K ;?l :i " ;i .".ii :i ?? . 1(1 [5 :i " . VJtt :i I.v J KTji Ii I ' ii L< "?j :?:> 11 lu IT) ii I jv 4 15 n r~' 20 i> Ar U Id a 1225 p l r>.> n 2l6p I .l 'i p STATU ?NS .. Sn\ anniili Ai Ula.-Uvil).' Ai ('iutrli-siTin Ai Slllllllll'i'Villtl ." i 'olmiihiti . ?' . Nowbi-rry.. " ,(4ri'i-ii\vniKl.. " IIikIki'?. AIiIi. v ill.' Ai llolton .. At Anderson ai . .Hri'ciivill.' \,\ TT ft hu ii i k i a k 15 11 '. ?I [ i< :to |i 'i iki |l I I 2? |l II .?>:> a 2 IMp l> Lv...(4r?ionvlllt II o:i p '.i :?> p 7 .v. p 7 !H) p a lo p 12 25 V i". |S p II Ifi a 7 15 |i ? in a ;i ii) it In 16 a a iTSS p li:i7 p ll l:t p Ar SparliiiilmrK I.v 12 .'i> a II :tl a AhIiovIIIo.... " ... Knoxvlllo... " I A r.. < 'inriiinali.. I.v |Ar...t.i)Ulsvlili!...|jV s im it I 20 a s S? ii 7 4fi a 16 V 4 V, a ? _7 :?> p "', 4? i' "A" a. in. "V" p. m. "M" noon. "N" night. TrailiH lonVfl KlllgVillo, daily OXCQpt Smul.iyi for Caiinli'ii 10:15 n. m. find 4:50 p.m. Rot urn Idk icnvo Oniidon for Klngvlllo, ilnll.v oxoopl Bunriny, H.'Xt it. in. ami 2:50 p. 111. Also fur Sunv tor dally oxcopl Bttndny R.OOn.m. 10:16 ft. in.and 4:60 p. in- Rotumliitf lonvo Sumtor at 6.60 it, m. 10.05n. in. ami 4:110p. in.,makingconnoclIi>d at Kliigvlllo with trains hutwoon ColumblA and Char loaf on. Trains leave Spartanburs; via 8, U. ?X- O. di vision daily for t-tlontlalo, Jonosvlile, Union nnd Columbia and intermediate points at 11:46a. in. ami 0:16 !>. m Trams lonvo Toccoa, Go. , for Rlborton, Ga., daily 4:36 p. in. except Sunday, 7:00 a. in. Returning leave Rlborton clallv t':uo a. in. oxcopt Sunday, 2:16 p. in., mailing connec lion nt Toccoa with trains between Atlanta, Orconvtlle and t Mo Raul. Chosapcako Lino Stoamora in daily sorvloe bot wren Norfolk and Italtiinoro. Nofl ;I7 and U8?"WftahllltttOll and South western Limited " Through Pullman sioe|> lug ears liotwoon New York and New Orleans, via Washington, Atlanta ami Mont solitary i and also liotwoon Now York and AlomiiiuH, via Washington, Allanta and tin mlngnam. Also ulognnl Pui.t.man LinitAitt Oiiskuv ation OAltAltotWOOIl Atlanta i.'.d Now York. Kirstrlass thoroughfare conehos ho twoon Washington and Atlanta. Dintnu enrj aervc all meals on ronlo. Pullman Blooiilnfj Bam hot ween G rei-nsli. no and Kalo.Kb- Glos* oonmii't ion at Norfolk for Of.l) PotMTI loMgOHT. Also at Atlanta With Pullman D. K. Hloopol tor Chattanooga ami Cincinnati. Nus. iliiand :?> "United states Paul Mall" rum ?olid between Washington and Now Orleans, Ming Composed of conohos, through without :haiiKO for passengers of all classes. Pullman irswlng-room sleoplngonrsbotwoen New York in. I New Orleans, via At Ianta and Montgomery md liotwoon Birmingham ami Rlonniona i IIiiIuk oars servo all meals onroute. Nns. 'M and ,14 ? "Atlanta and New Yora Cxpress," New local train butween Atlanta nut t'harlotte, conneotlng at Charlotto with hrough trains of same numbers carry n\t Pullman Bleeping ears between Chariot t? .ml Richmond, Norfolk, Washington and Nes* fork. No Pullman oars on those trains be ween Atlanta and Chariot to. Leaving WaGi nglon oaah Monday, Wednesday ami Frida* i tourist Hleopiug ear will run through bo ween Washington and San FranolSOO without halloo. Connection at Atlanta with throurh 'oilman drawing room sleeping oar for Jack onville; also Pullman sleeping car for llruns .'Irk. Oonnootlon nut.in at Spartanburg with hrouidi Pullman nlcoper for AnIiovIUo, Knox lllo and Cincinnati; also at Columbia for S? annah and Jackuonvlllo. HANKS. GANNON. S. H. FI AKDWIOK, Third V P. & Oon. Mgr., Gen. Pans. Ast., Woahlngton, D. C. Washington. D. a 1, H. TAYI.OB, J. D. McOUB, Ah:.' i i4on'l Fass. A n't., Paaa. A T'kt Agent, ? Atlanta, G?._"?WM?*, 3, ft An Historic Tubs.?At the conven tion of the Daughters of the American Revolution, hold in Washington last week, Mis Clark Waring, of Columbia, roprcsoutfd tho State of South Carolina, S?d presented to the society a piece of a Deo which is of historic renown. The tree is that under which General Marion, of the Revolutionary army, and a lliit ish ofllccr dined together during the Revolutionary war, the meal consisting of a frugal repast of good, wholesome Irish (?) potatoes, Mrs. Waring, in mak ing the presentation to the society, spoke of the incident In a few words The gill was accepted by the organization through Mrs. Manning, the President getu tsl, and was much appreciated. <o' ??. ,T5 n? c:> n x j\.. >W8 tho * lho Kind You lUeAUvn; B ffhl Signature Si? . s&SJ-*-^ MM? llMfTED Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa. Atlanta, New Orleans, and Points South and West. In Effect Jan. I.'l, H?0I. booth HOC n d. Daily, Daily. No. ;?>l No. 27. I.v New York. P. R. R. .. 12 fGpin 12 lOiun I,v Philadelphia, " ?? 3lPpm 35tiimi Lv Baltiuiore, " .. r> 15pm (S 22atu I.v Washington. P. K. It... l> ?ipir, 10 fiSam LvKiohmond, S.A. I..1040pm ? lopm LvPo nrsburg " ? 1131pm 3 2spm I.v Norlina Junction. 1 f5mn 5 52pm I.v Henderson. 234am H2Upm Lv Raleigh. II 18am 7 311pm i.v So pines. ??? 5'Jam !i 3 >pm Lv Hamlet. '? 05am IU 35pm LvColumbia! .. .. IHM'atii I2f?Vuu ArSavaunah.12 25pni OUOaiu ArJackaonvillo.ICOpiu tl lOam ArTampn.OoOam P:50pm " No. lus. No. It. Lv New York, N.Y P.A-N. '7 ?ftant 8 5f?pm Lv I'hiladolp la, " lO'.Oam 11 fciipm LV New York, ODS. .( n. |l I 0|?il bv Baltimore, R S P Co. 10 30pm Lv"W?shTtun, N A W~S R iT31>|un Lv Portsmouth S.A. L. ... !l Iftpm IHlOam LvWeldon .12 l lam 1201pm l.vNorlina .Into- . -team I 35pm Lv Henderson. . . 2 34am 2 lupin I.v Raleigh .... .... 3 ham 3 12pm i vSouthern Pines.5 fiUani liOUpm i.v Hamlet.... . 7 0.1am 7 ."upm Lv Wilmington. 305pro ArCharlolte.......... Otdam lu20pru LvCheeter. liosam 10 55pm Lv Greenwood.12 (7am l 07am I.v Athens. 2 :51pm 3 43am Ar Atlanta ? . 4 3?um ? Ojaru Ar Augusta, U ?! WC _ ."? IU|ui. Ar Macon, Oof (>a.. 7 2(lpuill lOam Ar Montgomery, A Si \V H. !t20pmTi (Mlaui Ar Mobile, L ?* >f.... ,. :t (Oani I l .'pui Ar New Orleans, b.v N 7 30am S.'tOpm Ar Nashville, N (' ?V SI I... I! ?lOam l! 55pm Ar Memphis, '? . 4 Ot)|iin 8 10am south hound. No. 402. No. an I.v Memphis, N 0& St I,..II 3 lam 8 15pm I I.v Nashville, " .. 1130pm '.I lOaill I Lv New Orleans, I. ,v N. . 7 40pm 7 55pm Lv Mobile, " .. 12 20am 12 68pm j Lv Montgomery, A ,v W I* i. 7.0am ? 20pm I v Macon, c ot (ia. SOOam I 20pm Lv Augusta, O & \V ('. '.?1 lam i.v Atlanta s.a.1. 1 (Kipin !l 03pm Ar Athena. 2 48pm 11 23pm Ar Greenwood. 1 llpm 2 oftann Ar Chester. iS33pm i 23am Lv charlotte >s a b.???pm?iiOam Lv \Vilmington, S ? I. 12 05pm Lv Hamlet S A !. !>2ipm t-O?ain i \ so 1'iiics s a I. in i ipm !D3am Lv Raleigh.12 '-pin 11 . o.un Ar Henderson .i ?ia.n i UUpni i.v Norlina , tinotion .. .. 22011111 200pm Lv WoldOII. 3,.Van 3 2opm Ar Portsmouth,... .... 7 oOam 65Upm Ar Wash'ton N Si \v s 11. 7 OUaiu Ar Rallimore, Its PC. 1045am Ar New S'ork, O O S8C. II :sopm Ar Philadelpina, N Y .v N >-Kipin 5 loam Ar New York,_ *?_6 4Upui 8 01 lam ~ No, 44. Nt>. ii> I.v Tampa, S A I. Ry. iid'pm Kouani Jacksonville.10 ?Harn \ 15pm bavannah. I 38pm IIWipiu ('olumbia, : . o 07 pm 45am Hamlei .. . 1120pm I) 20am Southern Pines.10 14pm lo Uam Raleigh.12 1 sam 12 0-7 pni Henderson. 1 . 2am 1 27pm Norliun Junction. 2 (6am 2 1 pm Petersburg,. I 05am I 4Upui Richmond. ? laam 5 65pni Washinglonvial'ennRR 845am U30pm Rallimore " R'(8am 11 35pm Philadelphia " 12 27pm 2 ;>i>am New York. _'? 3 lopm ti 30am Note ?tDaily Kx, Sunday. Duong cars between New York ami Richmond, and llauiletand Savannah, on, Trains .nus. ;;i ami 41. ICential time. Lastern lime, for TicKeis, bloopers, etc., apply to ?. M. P. RATTE, T. P. A., Tryon Struct, Charlotte, N. c K. St. JOHN, Vice-l'resideut and General Manager. (Jharleston and Western (Jarollna R. R. AUDUIl'A AM) AHllltVILI.K BlIORT I.INK. I ii ullecl N?>\ . :.">, I'.HUJ. Lv Auguata. ii 40 it ?? ? p Ar < i rue Ii wood.ii In p . " Anduraou. h 00 \i " Lauren* . I 20 p ?> 56 a ?' UraenviUo. _ 'A 00 p lu 10 a " Ulenn Springs .. .. I 30 p . " hpartunburn. ii 111 |i '.< 00? a ' S'hIiiiIh. ;>."?> p . " Hcnd? rsouviile.ii w \< .... " Aslli Ville. V < n I. Lv AHhtiville. s 0 i a _ " Henderaouvtlle.!? n a . " Plat Kock. !? 24 a . Kaliula. !? 46 ?i . " Tryon.10 20 a . " 8partuiilnirg. J1 46 ? 1 10 p * '? 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