The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, February 15, 1894, Image 3
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CHAl^TliR V'—(Ton;mued.
Out at the corral gate meantime a
vehement council \va« being held. Fee-
ny’a bold defiance and threat had pro
duced their effect. His voice had rung
out above the *oar of the flames, and
what Morales could not bear was
promptly reported by thoee who had
crawled up nearer to the bar and could
understand every word. Even hampered
by the care of their helpless women, the
defense was undismayed. The little gar-
ison was fighting with magnificent
hope and conrage.
Beyond the wounding of one of their
number, no impression apparently had
been made, whereas the bandits had
a sorry loss to contemplate. Ramon
shot dead. Pasqual crippled and the
two “gringos,'’ the daring, enterpris
ing leaders of the attack, painfully
Wounded, one probably mortally so.
And now, with the flames lighting up
»le whole valley between the Picacho
and the Christobal, with cavalry know)
to be out in several squads within easy
march, some of the men were already
weakening. They hud had enough ot
It and were quite ready to slink away
but Pasqual was a raging lion. Re
venge for the death, qf his brother
wrath over his own crippled condition,
fury at the failure of the assault and
hatred on general principles of all hon
est means and honest men, all prompt
ed him to order and enforce a renewal
of the attack, all served to madden him
to such a degree that even burning his
adversaries to death seemed simply a
case of serving them right. Wbat cared
be that two of the besieged were fail
young girls—noncoin batants? They
were George Harvey’s danghters, and
that in itself was enough to bring balm
to bis soul and well nigb cause him to
forget bis physical ills.
One or two of the band strove to
point out that the faintest indignity of
fered to the sisters would array not only
all Arizona, but all Mexico against
them. Like dogs they would be bunt
ed to their boles and no'quarter he giv
en. Returning hitherto with, theit
spoils, Chihuahua or Sonora had wel
comed them with open arms, bnt what
outlaw could find refuge on Mexican
soil who had dared to wrong the chil
dren of George Harvey and Inez Rom
ero? It was even as they were point
ing this oat to Pasqual and urging that
he consent to be lifted into the ambu-
lac.oo and driven away southward be
fore the return of the cavalry that Mo
reno h'imself appeared. Slipping out
of his western window, dropping to the
ground and making a complete circuit
of the corral, he suddenly joined in the
excited conference, What he said was
in Spanish, or that pan- Arizona . patois
that there passes enrrent for such, and
was a ivild,'fervid appeal. . ~ ‘
They had mined him—him and bia
He was unmasked, betrayed, tor now
his connection with the bund was estab
lished beyond all question. Now be
was known and would soou be branded
a»an outlaw. His homo was being de
stroyed before his eyes—not that that
amounted to much now that he could no
louger occupy it—his wife and child
must flee at once for Sonora, and he go
with them, bnt recompense for (tie loss
ho must have. Never again conld he
venture into; Arizona He would be
known far and wide as the betrayer of
his benefactorchildreii, thongh he
called God and all the saints in the
Spanish calendar to witness be never
dreamed of their being involved in this
plot. The paymaster's funds, not the
lives of any of the paymaster's men, were
what he had sought to take, and now
there lay the dollars almost within their
grasp, bnt unless captured at ouoe
would be gone forever.
"1 know that pig of a sergeant! May
tholTSmoe of hell envelop.,him for all
etenflty I” Die cried. “He Mlrnot sem
pie to do as he says. He will cast ev
ery package Into the seething furnace.
Mira I Look! The shed is new all
ablaze! In one minnte th» roof of the
rancho will burst into Samel There is
not an instant to lose! 1 adjure you, let
the daughters of Harvey, the son, the
men, come out at once. Hwcar to them
safety, honor, protection. Let them go
their way now, now I Then yog will
have to deal with only two or three,
and ^he treasure is purs. Look you,
Sanchez. Pedro,' Jose, down with that
shed next the rancho I Hnrl it. drag it
down so that ite fire cannot reach the
brush beyond; then we can parley; we
can Win their ear. They will be tint
I to be spared' to go on their way
. Yonder are their mules
1 corral. Hitch them in at
he otters for the ambu
1 the backboard here and for
tchisf. la it not so, captain ?
Am I not right ?•• *
Approving murmurs followed his fiery
words. So long as the Yankees held to
gether there was little likelihood of the
outlaws gaining the ground except by
burning out, and that now meant the
destractian of the very money they were
after, the otter loas of tte fortune that,
divided even among ao many, would
enable’them to live like princes in Her-
~ i or beyond, They wonld be he-
, conquerors. Bnt if that were lost
after all their plotting, planning, labor
and crime, there was absolutely no rrii-
oimpense. Even through the brain clond-
ttg fury qf his revinjpt Paeqsal Morales
saw tte aondd sensd <at ^Moreno’s plea.
He made up effort to check tte men
who ran to do his bidding and were even
taring dOwn. Wiftiiu the eastern room
tte dense smoke was already finding ita
way. The aonnd of falling benma and
timber only conveyed to the occnpaots
the idea that already the shed was in
embers and that any instant tte roof
over their heads would bant into a tor
rent of fife. Ned Harvey’s brave spirit
#M taxed to the utmost Unless relief
conld come, and come at once, nothing
for him but death, nothing
fair sisters bnt a fate far
with the outlaw s demand, pledging
himself and his father's fortune to make
good to the government every cent so
sacrificed. His father conld pay it four
times over and would rather sink his
last cent than that the faintest harm
should come to those beloved children,
but the next moment Feeny's splendid
defiance Lad so thrilled him that be
could not frame the words he thongbt
to speak, and yet here was awful peril
close at hand. What right had he to
further jeopardize the life, the honor
of these, his father’s fondest treasures?
If it were only himself, he wonld
stay and fight it out to the bitter end.
But if the robbers could now be content
with the money alone and pledge safe
guard for the property, was It not his
duty, would it not be his father's man
date were he there, to bay the safe and
contents from the agent of the general
government and pay the ransom levied?
But he little dreamed of tte fury of
revenge and hatred burning in tte
soul of Pasqnal Morales. He little fath
omed the treachery and cunning of the
outlawed scoundrel. Even as he was
revolving these thoughts in his mind,
ever and again listening with new hope
for the sound of rallying trumpet, the
beat of rescuing hoofs, there resound
ed through the night the aonorons and
ringing voice that so short a time be
fore had called for the surrender of the
safe. “Edward Harvey, we pledge safe
conduct for yon, your sisters and yonr
party. Here Is yonr wagon ready, your
team hitched in. Throw yonr arms out
Of the door. Come forth as you please.
Put the senoritas in the wagon. Look
neither to the right nor left, but drivi
away, and God bo with . m. We hav.
no quarrel with you ur.d yours. W
war only with these soldiers who hav
killed onr chief.”
Put yourself in his place. Death for
him, perhaps for them—dishonor any
way—was all they could look for if no
rescue came. Was it not his duty to
his parents, to his sisters, even to God,
to accept these terms—to withdraw his
little force? Why should he be peril
ing such precious lives and names in
the defense of a government official who
had been so wreckless as to part with
ku euard and nut himself and his funds
iff such a predicament r f rom tno otn-
er room, in which the major now lay,
feebly moaning, no word of remon
strance came. Even in their extremity,
then, the soldiers of the government
would not urge that he stay and en
counter fnrther peril in their defense.
One of the drugged troopers was begin
ning to regain some atom of sense, and
sitting np was miserably asking what
had happened, what was the matter
now.
• ’ Go and douse water over yonr d d
worthless"head, Mullan,” he heard the
sergeant say. So Feeny was evidently
alert as ever and must have heard the
proposition from withont. At his feet,
hnddled close to the floor where the
thick smoke was least distressing, Fan
ny and Ruth still clung to one another,
the latter trembling at the sound of the
voice from without. But Fanny had
quickly, eagerly, raised her head to lis
ten. For a moment no reply was made.
Then came the impatient query: “Har
vey, do yon hear? Yon have no time
to loee. You have bnt a minute in
which to answer.”
“Major,” ho burst forth at last in an
agony of doubt, “yon hear what they
say, yon see how I am fixed. If I were
here alone, you wonld never need to ask
my services—I'd fight with yon to the
bitter end—but think of my father, my
mother, if anything befall my sisters.
Cau notbine bo done?”
From the lips of the stricken paymas
ter there came only a groan in reply.
“I fear he cannot hold ont long, Mr.
Harvey,” muttered the clerk. “Idonbt
if he heard or understood yon.”
"Well, why not let them have the
safe if they’ll guarantee that that is all
they want ? How mnch have you there ?
I feel sure my father would make It
good.”
“There’s over$25,000, Mr. Harvey.”
“Well, if it was only 25 cents. Mr.
Ned Harvey, all I’ve got to say is devil
a wan of them wonld they get so long
as I conld load a shot or pnll a trigger.
Go yon, if yon will. Take the leddiea
by all means it you think it safer, but
before I’d trust the wan sister I ever
had—God rest her soul—to the prom
ise of any such blackguard party as
this, I’d bnry my knife in her throat."
An awfnl stillness followed Feeny's
words. For an instant there was no
sound bnt quick beating hearts, the
mntterings and complainings of poor
Mullan, staggering abont in search of
his carbine, the quickened breath and
low moaning of poor old Plummer.
Then again came tte loud hail from
without:
“Onco more, Ned Harvey, will you
oome ont and be saved or stay there
and roast? Surrender now and yon're
all right; bnt, by the God of heaven,
if you refuse it’s tte last chance for yon
of those you were fool enough to bring
here. Think for yonr sisters, man.
There's no hope for one of yon if you
delay another minnte.”
And then it was a woman’s voice,
tremulous but clear.
“Ned, wasn’t it to save na that Major
Plummer sent his men? Wasn’t it for I
onr sake he gave np all Mhascort?” |
"It was, Fan, yes—at leaffhe thought
so.” ' ”
“Ami now yon would desert him,
would you? Leave hMn to be murdered
you of yonr pretty sisters and drag tneni
away before yonr dying eyes. That
ni*a Pasqual is a devil, sir, nothing
lees. Shore we’ll fight till rescue comes,
for come it will. I tell you tte boys
are spurring toward us, h—11 to split,
from every side now, and we’ll whale
these scoundrels yet. ”
Then from without came tte final
hail:
“What answer, Harvey? Now or
never.”
“Go to h—11, yon eon of an ape and
worse than a greaser 1” yelled Feeny.
‘If yon had a dhrop of Irish blood in
yer veins, ye’d never ask the ques
tion. Now, if yon think yon can take
this money, here’s yonr chance. No
Harvey ever went back on his friends. ”
Even brain muddled Mullan felt a
mandlin impulse to cheer at Feeny’a
enthusiastic answer. Even poor old
Plummer gave a half stifled cry. Pos
sibly he dreamed that rescue was at
hand, but there was little time for re
joicing. Springing back whence he
came, the unseen emissary was heard
shouting some order to his fellows. The
next instant the rifles began their crack
ing on both sides, and the ballets, with
fnrions spat, drove deep into the adobe
or whizzed through the gnnnysacks
into the barley. The unseen foe was
once more investing them on every side
and not a shot conld be wasted in re
turn.
Once more the fnrions crackle and
roar of the flames were heard close at
hand, and then the smoke grew thicker,
the heat increased, and poor Ned Har
vey, his eyes smarting, knelt, steadfast,
at his poet and prayed—prayed for the
coming of rescue, for the return of the
loved father, all the gallant troop at his
back—and then, even as though in an
swer to his prayer,there came a sudden
lull in the fight.
“SomPthing’scoraingl" shouted Fee
ny excitedly. * ’ They see or hear some
body sure. Look, Mr Harvey, ain’t
that two of their fellows scudding away
westward ont there?”
Snrely enough. In the glare of the
burning sheds the besieged caught a
glimpse of two of the gang bending low
in their saddles 100 yards away and
sendding like' bonnds over toward tte
open plain.
"Is It rescue? Are our people com
ing?” was the query that rose to every
lip. “ God grant it!”
Heavens, how hearts were beating!
How ears were straining underneath
that now blazing roof I Louder, fiercer
roared the flames. Furious became the
snapping of sun baked branch and twig.
Stifling and thick tho smoke.
“ Quick 1 Come here for a breath of
air," called Harvey to his sisters. “It’s
safe for a moment at least.” And in
stantly they joined him at the doorway,
still clinging close to the floor.
Listen 1 Hoofs 1 The thunder of gal
loping steeds 1 A distant cheer 1 A sol
dierly voice, in hoarse command:
“Steady, steady there 1 Keep togeth
er, menl”
“God be praised!” screamed Feeny
in ecstacy. “Look np, major, look np,
sir. We’re all eafe now. Here come
the boys. Hurroo!” And mad with
relief and delight the sergeant sprang
The sergeant rorangfrom hit lair jutt at
a tall trooper that into eight.
from his lair jnst as a tall trooper in
the Union bine shot into sight in the
full glare of the flames, sprang from
his foaming steed, waving his hat and
yelling:
“All right 1 All safe, lads! Here
we are!’’
Down went Harvey’s rifle as he leaped
ont into the blessed air to greet the
coming host. Down went Feeny’s car
bine as, with outstretched band, he
sprang to grasp his comrade trooper’s.
With rush and thonder of hoofs a band
of horsemen came tearing up to tho spot
jnst as Feeny reached their leader—
reached him and went down to earth,
stunned, senseless from a crashing
blow, even as Ned Harvey, his legs
jerked from nnder him by the sndden
clip of a rawhide lariat was dragged
at racing speed ont over the plain,
bumping over stick and stone, tearing
through cactus, screaming with rage
and pain, until finally, battered into
oblivion, the last sound that fell npon
his ear was the shriek of agony from
his sisters' lips, telling him they were
struggling in tte rode grasp of reckless
and infuriated men.
arms by these robbers, the worst gang we
ever had or heard of? I say you shall
not. I for one will not go Into their
hands. Butt cannot go withont me.
Stay and fight It ont, Ned, or you're
not your father’s son.”
“Fanl Fanl you’re a trump! God
bless yonr brave heart!” cried Harvey.
"It seemed cowardly to go, yet the re
sponsibility was more than I conld
bear."
‘%lay the saints in heaven smile on
yonr party face for all eternity!’’ mut
tered Feeny in a rapture of delight.
“The young leddy is right, Mr. Har
vey, though it wasn't for me to say it.
t Share you can’t trust thoee scoundrels.
They’d stab ye in tte back fill. ttdJQfr
CgAPTER VI.
Harvey conld not long have lain un
conscious. No bones were broken, no
severe concussion sustained’in the rapid
drag over the sandy surface, and the
awful sense of the calamity that had
befallen him and the dread and doubt
as to the fate of his beloved ones seemed
to rally his stunned and bewildered fac-
ultiee and bring him face to face with
the horror of the situation. Barely able
to breathe, he found himself rudely
gagged. Striving to raise his hand
to tear the hatefnl bandage away, he
fonnd that he was pinioned by the el
bows and bound hand and foot by tte
very riata probably that had dragged
him thither. No doubt as to the na
tionality of his nnsCen captors here.
The skill with which he had been
looped, tripped, whisked away and
bound—the sharp, biting edges, even the
odor of dirty rawhide rope—all told
him that, though Americana were not
lacking in tte gang, his immediate an
tagonists hailed from across tte Sonora
line. Who and what they were mat
tered little, however. The fact that
after hoars of repulse In open attack
the foe had all on a sndden carried their
castle by a damnable rose was only too
forcibly apparent. Writhing, struggling
In miserable effort to free himself from
his bonds, poor Harvey ’s burning eyes
were maddened by the picture before
him only a couple of handled yards
sway.
There in the fierce light of tte flames
now bursting from every window and
roaring and shooting high in air from
the brush heaped roof of Moreno's
ranch—there stood the Concord wagon,
stalwart men olipging to tte beads of
tte plunging and excited miilcs, a big
ruffian already in the driver’s seat,
whip and reins in hand; there beside
it was the paymaster's ambulance, into
which three of tte gang were just shov
ing the green painted iron safe—the
Pandora’s box that had caused all their
soi rows—there Moreno’s California
backboard, pressed into service and be
ing used to carry tte wounded, drawn
by the extra males, and then—God of
heaven 1 what a sight for brother’s eyes
to see and make no sign 1—then one big
brnto lifted from tte ground and hand
ed np to a fellow already ensconced
within the covered wagon the senseless,
perhaps lifeless, form of pretty little
Ruth, his father’s idol. The poor child
lay nnresisting in the ruffian’s arms,
bnt not so Paqnita. It took two men,
etrong and burly, to lift and force her
into the dark interior, and one of those,
to the uttermost detail of his equip
ment, was to all appearance a trooper
of the United States cavalry.
There stood his panting horse with
hanging head and jaded withers, the
very steed whoso rush they had wel
comed with such exceeding joy, sad
dled, bridled, blanketed, saddlebagged,
lariated, side lined, every item complete
and exactly as issued by the ordnance
department. The trooper himself wore
the field uniform of the cavalry—the
dark bine blouse, crossed by the black
carbine sling, whose big brass bnckle
Ned conld even now see gleaming be
tween the broad shoulders and gath
ered at the waist by the old fashioned
“thimble belt" the troop saddlers used
to make for field service before the
woven girdle was devised. Even
more. Harvey in his misery remem
bered the thrill of joy with which he
had noted, as the splendid rider reined
in and threw himself from the saddle,
the crossed sabers, the troop letter “C”
and the regimental number gleaming
at the front of his campaign hat.
Who—who could this be, wearing the
honorable garb of a soldier of the United
Statee, yet figuring as a ringleader in a
band of robbers and assassins now add
ing rapine to their calendar of crime?
Edward Harvey’s heart almost burst
with helpless rage and wretchedness
when he saw his precious sistexs
dragged within the canvas shelter—saw
the tall, uniformed brigand leap lightly
after them and heard him shout to the
ready driver,' “Now, off with yon!”
Crack 1 went the whip as the men
sprang from the heads of the frantic
males, and with a bound that nearly
wrenched the trace hooks from the stout
whippletree the Concord went spin
ning over tho sands to the sonth, whirl
ing so near him that over the thud of
hoofs and whirl of wheels and creak of
spring and woodwork he conld hear
poor Fanny’s despairing cry—the last
sound he was aware of for honrs, for
now in dead earnest Harvey swooned
away.
Half an hour later, the rafters of the
ranch having by this time tumbled in
and turned the interior into a glowing
furnace, there came riding from the
west a slender skirmish line of horse
men in the worn campaign dress of the
regular cavalry. With the advance
there were not more than six or eight,
a tall, slender lieutenant leading them
on and signaling his instructions.
With carbines advanced, with eyes
peering Ont from under the jagged hat
brims, the veteran troopers came loping
into the tight of the flames, expectant
every instant of hearing the crack of
outlaw’s rifle or perhaps the bias of
feathered arrow of unseen foe. Though
some of tho steeds looked hot and wea
ried, the big rawboned sorrel that car
ried the young commander tugged at
his bit and bounded impatiently as
thongh eager for the signal—’ ‘ charge. ”
Straight into the circle of light, straight
to the southern entrance, now a gate of
flame, the soldier rode and loudly
hailed "MorenoI”
Bnt h'ssing, snapping woodwork
alone replied. Guided by an experi
enced sergeant, some of the troopers,
never halting, rode on into the east
ward darkness, and there were sta
tioned as vedettes to guard against sur
prise. Returning to where he had passed
his lientonant, the sergeant dismounted,
allowing his weary horse to stand, and
then began a minute examination. Fol-
There in the fierce light of the /lama stood
the Concord wagon.
lowing tte freshest hoof tracks, he
found tte young officer riding abont
through the thick smoke within the
corral.
“Any sign of Moreno or his people,
sir?’’ be hailed.
"Not yet. Jnst see what's beyond
that doorway. My horse is frightened
at something there and I can’t see for
the smoke.”
Obedient, the sergeant poshed ahead,
bending low to avoid the stifling fames.
Between tte tumbledown heap of bar
ley sacks and the crumbling wall lay
some writhing objects in the sand, and
his stont heart almost failed him at the
moan of agony that met his ear.
“Help 1 water 1 Oh, for Christ’s sake,
water 1”
One bound carried him out of' sight
of his superior. The next instant,
dragging by tte foot a prostrate form,
he emerged from the hank into jtte
fresher ah’ of the center of tte corral.
Off came his canteen and was held to
tte parohed lips of a stranger in scorch
ed civilian dress, his beard and hair
singed by the flames, his legs and arms
securely bound.
“Who are you and what’s happened?
Whose work is this?” demanded the
lieutenant, leaping from saddle to his
side. The man seemed swooning away,
bnt the sergeant dashed water in his
*
“Quick!—tte ©there!—or they’U
burn to death.”
“What otters? Where, man?” ex
claimed tte soldiers, springing to their
foot. . *
"Oh! somewhere in there—tte far
end of Dm wnai—fir Mares"’*
room," was tne gasping repiy.
Another rnah into the whirling, eddy
ing smoke, another search along under
the wall, and presently in the flickering
light the rescuing pair came upon a
barrier of barley sacks, burning in
places from huge flakes of fire falling
from the blazing rafters of tho over
hanging shed, and behind this, senseless,
suffocated, helplessly bound, two other
forms. Thrusting the sacks aside, the
troopers seized and dragged forth their
hapless fellow creatuns. Jarred by
snddi n pressure, a burning upright
snapped. There was a crackling, crash
ing sound and down came the rafters,
sending another column of flame to light
np the features of men rescued not an
instant too soon from tho death that
awaited them.
“My God!” cried Sergeant Lee,“this
is old Feeny—and yet alive.”
Together the two raised the senseless
form, boro it ont into tho open space,
laid it gently beside their first discovery
and ran back for tho next, n big,
heavy, bulky shape in loose and blood
stained garments. It took all their
strength to lag it forth. Then tho lieu
tenant bent by tho side of tho slowly
recovering civilian.
“Are there any more we can reach?”
he questioned eagerly, his heart beating
madly.
“No—too late!—others wore inside
when the roof fell in. More water—
more water 1”
Sergeant Lee sprang to tho ollas
gleaming there in the firelight and
brought back a brimming dipper, bold
ing it to the poor fellow's parched lips
nntil be could drink no more, then
slashing away the thongs with which
he was bound.
“This is greaser work,” he cried.
“How conld they have left you alive?
Where are Moreno's people? Who’s
done this anyhow?”
"Pasqual Morales. Moreno was in it
too. Twas the paymaster they were
laying for, but they’ve killed Ned Har
vey and got his sisters—old Harvey's
children—from Tucson.”
“What?” cried the officer, Imping to
his feet. “Harvey’s danghters here?
—here? Man, are yon mad?”
“It’s God’s truth! Oh, if I had a
drop of the whisky that’s being burned
in there 1 I'm nigh dead. ’ ’
“Run to my saddlebags, Lee; fetch
that flask, quick: then call in the men
and send one back to hurry up the rest.
Where have they goue? What have
they done with their captives?”
“God knows! I could hear them
screaming and praying—those poor
girls! Mullan and the pay clerk picked
np Feeny after he was stunned, and
they rushed him back through here,
where tho paymaster had dragged
himself, to where you found him.
That—that’s the paymaster you’ve got
there. Then they tried to save a
drunken soldier while all the gang
seemed crowding after the safe and the
girls, but they were shot down inside
and must have burned to death if they
wasn'tkilled. Oh, God, what a night!”
And weak, unstrung, unmanned, the
poor fellow sobbed aloud.
At this instant there rode into the
corral a couple of troopers.
“Lieutenant Drummond here?" cried
one of them. “We’ve found a man out
on the plain to the southeast, gagged
and bound. Shall we fetch him in?’’
“You go, Quinn, bnt get some one
else to help you. Patterson, yonr horse
is fresh, gallop back on the trail. Tell
Sergeant Meinecke to come ahead for
all he’s worth. Let the packs take care
of themselves. Send Sergeant Lee in
here to me again.” Then with trem
bling hands the young officer turned his
attention to his other patients. Sever
ing the cords with his banting knife, he
freed them from their bonds, then
dashed water over their scorched and
blackened faces, meantime keeping up
a running fire of questions. Between
his sobs, the young civilian told him
that tho outlaws had hitched in both
teams and taken also tho spare males
and the bnckboard. They had lifted
the Harvey girls into the Concord, the
safe and Pasqual Morales into the pay
master’s ambulance, while the wounded
men and Moreno’s people probably were
put on the open wagon. Then they
had all driven furiously away to the
south, leaving only two or three men
to complete tte work at the ranch.
Finding the paymaster and sergeant
well nigh dead, they had contented
themselves with binding and leaving
them to their fate, to be cremated when
tte roof of the shed came down. Then
ono of the gang whom he had once
befriended in Tucson pleaded with his
fellows to spare the life of the only one
of the party left to tell the tale. Pas
qnal and the Mexicans were gone.
Those who remained were Americans,
judging by their speech, though two of
them were still masked. “My name
is Woods," said the poor fellow. “But
that bandit had to beg hard. They
were ready to murder anybody con
nected with the defense, for Ramon was
killed and Pasqual shot through the
leg. I did that, thongh they didn’t
know It. They bound and left me
here, bnt made me swear I would tell
Harvey and his friends when they got
back that It was no use following;
they had 80 armed men and three hours'
start. They never thought of any one
else gettinj here first. Oh, my Godl
who can break it to Mr. Harvey when
he does come?”
fro BE CONTINUED.]
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CHARLESTON, SUMTER AND
^ NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES E. KIMBALL Receivei-
In Effect Jan. 10, 1804
NORTH. SOUTH.
1 3
A.M. P.M.
Lv 7.80 Charleston 8.45 Ar
8.40 Pregnall’s 7.27
10.47 Sumter 5.37
13.05 Darlington 4.12
12 56 Bennettsville 8.21
1.30 Gibson 2.57
1.47 Hamlet 2.30
Ar 6.00 Raleigh 10.15 Lv
P.M P.M.
No. 1 connnects with Seaboard
Air Line at Hamlet for Raleigh
Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel
by, Routherfordton ; and at Charlotte
with R. & D. Vestibule Limited for
Washington and New York. Passen
gers can take sleepers at Charlotte at
8 :89 p. m.
No. 2 passengers by this train have
through Sleepers New York to Char
lotte, connects with 8. A, L. at Ham
let from Charlotte, Raleigh and
North, and from Wilmington, con
nects with 8.C. Ry. at Preguails for
'harleston, Columbia, Angugta and
the West. Dinner at Hamlet.
C. MILLARD, Superintendent
c.
& D. and C. A S. RAILROADS.
In effect Dec 8, 1898.
Through Passenger Train.
Leave Wadesboro 4.90 a m
Bennett's 4.61 a m
Morven’s 6.04 a in
McFarland 5-17 a m
Cheraw 0.00 a in
Cash's 6.12 a m
Society Hill 6.26 a m
Dove’s 6.44 a m
Floyd's 6.49 a m
Darlington 7.00 a m
Palmetto 7.11 a m
Arrive Florence 7.25 a m
Leave Florence 7.15 p m
Palmetto 7.28 p m
Darlington 7.38 p m
Floyd’s 7.50 p m
Dove’s 7 55 p m
Society Hill 8.18 p m
Cash’s 8.27 p in
Cheraw 8.50 p in
McFarland 9.13 p m
Morven's 9,39 p m
Bennett’s 9.54 p m
Arrive Wadesboro 10.15 p m
Freight Train.
Leave Florence 7.80 a m
Darlington 8.40 a u
Arrive Cheiaw 11.20 a in
Leave Cheraw 1.00 p ra
Darlington 4.00 p m
Arrive Florence 5.00 p m
A. F. RAVENEL, President.
Watches Repaired
AND WARRANTED,
— AT —
MASON'S JEWEIR1 STORE.
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Do you know what your con*
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Will your earning capacity
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yourself and family? This is
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could confidently answer
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A method which guarantees
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and in addition the largest
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money rather than assurance.
For facts and figures, addresfl
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Auditor’s Notice.
Auditor’s Okfick.
Darlington, S. C., Dec. 1,1898
T HIS office will be open for the
purpose of listing all real and
pergonal property and poll taxes for
the fiscal year commencing Nov. 1,
1893, and ending Oct. 81, 1894, from
January 1, to February 20, inclusive,
excepting days required in filling the
jury box and days named below.
I will attend In person or by dep-
uty:
Philadelphia, Monday, Jtn. 8.
Lamar, Tuesday and Weduesday,
Jan. 9 and 10.
Cypress, Thursday, Jan. 11.
Ashland, Friday, Jan. 12.
Stokes Bridge, Saturday, Jan. 18.
Lydia, Monday, Jan. 15.
Hartsville, Tuesday and Wednes
day, Jan. 16 and 17.
Antioch, Thursday, Jan. 18.
Leavensworth, Friday, Jan. 19.
8ociety,Hill, Thursday and Friday,
Jan. 18 and 19, by deputy.
Jasper, Saturday, Jan. 20, "by dep
uty.
High Hill, Monday, Jan. 23,.by*dep*
nty.
Medianicsville, Tuesday, Jan. 38.
If tax|iayere will aid theAnditor in get*
ting all the taxable property on the
tax books much dissatisfaction now
existing would cease. The school
fund would be increased If all taxable
noils could be entered, Male persons
between the ages of 21 and 50 ret
are deemed taxable polls except ihi
incapable of earning a support.
W. H. LAWRENCE,
Dec 7—it Auditor D. O.
N ortheastern railroad.
In effect Jan. 11, 1894.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 61
Leave.Florence 7.45 a m
Kingstree 8.58 a m
Lanes 9.20 a in
Arrive Charleston 11.20 a,nl
No. 85.
Leave Florence 3.87 a m
Lanes 4.52 a m
Arrive Charleston 6.50 a m
No. 23.
Leave Florence 7.25 p m
Kingstree 8.87 p m
lanes 9.00 p m
Arrive Charleston 11.00 p m
No. 53.
Ltave Lanes 7.05 p in
Arrive Charleston 8.45 p m
Train on C.[& D. R. R. connects at
Florence with No. 61 Train.
NORTH BOUND.
Leave Charleston
No. 78.
— 3.35 a m
Lanes...-
Kingstree
Arrive Florence
Leave Charleston
No. 00
Lanes
Kingstree
Arrive Florence
Leave Charleston
No. 14.
Lanes
Kingstree
Arrive Florence
No. 62.
Leave Charleston
Arrive Lanes
No. 53 runs through to Columbia
via Central R. R. of S. 0.
No. 78 runs solid to Wilming
ton, N. C., making close connection
with W. A W. R. R. for all points
North.
Train No. 14 runs via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—and
makes close connection for all points
North.
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ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA 4
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Dec. 8, 1896.
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 58.
Leave Wilmington 8-20 p m
Marion 6.11 p in
Arrive Florence 6.50 p m
No. 50.
Leave Florence 7.10 p m
Snmter 8.28 p m
Arrive Columbia 10.00 p m
No. 58.
Leave Florence 7.45 a m
Arrive Snmter 9 20 a m
No. 63.
Leave Snmter 9.53 am
Arrive Columbia 11.05 am
No. 53 runs through from Charlee-
ton via Central Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8-40 a m, Manning 9 18 a m.
NORTH BOUND.
Leave Columbia..
Snmter
Arrive Florence...
No. 51.
. 4.80 a a
.. 5-57 a m
7.16 am
No. 66.
.. 7.40 a m
... 8.28 a m
...11.10 am
No. 63.
. 4.80 p m
■ 6.36 p m
No. 69.
TXART8VILLE RAILROAD.
** In effect Dec 8, II
DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartsville 6.00 a m
Jovann 6.80 a m
Floyd’s - 6.86 a m
ArriveDarlington..... 7.20 am
Leave Darlington 6.30 p m
Floyd’s 8.00
Jovann 8.90 pm
Arrrive Hartsville
J. F.
Leave Florence .....
Marion
Arrive Wilmington
Leave Columbia
Arrive Snmter
Leave Columbia*. —
Sumter
Arrive Florence....
No- 68runs thiouau su cnaneston
via central Railroad, arriving Man*
nlng 6.16 p m. Lanes 7.00 p m,
charleston8-46 pm.
Trains oa Manchester and Augusta
B. R-, leave Snmter daily except Sun
day, 10.60 a. m., arrive Rimini 11:59 a.
m. Returning leave Rimini 1.00 p.
m.. arrive Snmter 8:10 p. m.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadboum
and Conway Railroad leave Chad-
. 5.45 p m
. 6.55 p m
su uiarleston
bourn at 10.10 a
12.80 p m,
9.-00 p. m..
m. Leave
5.15 pm, arrive
6.00 p m.
m and 8.80 n m. a
400 am and 7.16 pm.
at Conway
ray at
4:80 p.
7.00 a m and
7 46am and