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OHAPi'fcK Villon; umcd. nee He came back ana, precue aaerer,
. , .. . . stood attention and sainted.
And then bergeant Lee eame hm^y- i .. Herr ) ientenant pH Tat e Bland it
Ing back one or two men with him, not with my part at alli tir ...
and together they labored to restore to .. Did u l6ave him wk w)th th9
consciousness the paymaster, breathing 1
feebly, and old Feeny, bleeding from a
gash in the back of the skull and a bul- I
let hole through the body. For nearly
a quarter of an hour their efforts were i
vain. Meantime Drupimond, well nigh !
mad over the delay, was pacing about '
like a caged tiger. He set two of the
men to woik to hitch the bewildered
littlo burros to tho well wheel and get
up several huge bucketfuls of; water
against tho coming of tho troop. He
ordered others to rub down his hand
some sorrel, Chester, and the mounts of
two of the advanced party. At last
after what must have seemed an age,
yet could not have been over 80 min
utes from tho time of- their arrival,'a
soldier running in said he could hear
hoofs out on the plain,' and at the same
instant two men appeared lugging be
tween them, bleeding and senseless,
tho ragged form of Edward Harvey.
Scratched, torn, covered with blood
and bruises and still unconscious though
he was, Drummond knew him at a
glance. They had met the previous
year, and though only once it was
enough. Men with young and lovely
sisters are not soon forgotten. Kneel-
Tv n men appeared lunging between them
the ragged form of Ldward Harvey.
Ing by his side, tho lieutenant sought
anxiously for trace of bladder bulled.
Rents there were many qnd many a
bloody scratch and tear; but,*to his in
finite relief,no serious wound appeared.
BtilTin deep swoon, his friend seemed
to resist every effort for his restora
tion. The dash of Water in liiB face
was answered only by a faint shiver
ing sigh. The thimbleful of whisky
forced between his lips only gurgled
down his throat, and Drummond felt
— responsive flutter of pulse. ’The
shqck to his system must indeed have
been great, fm* Harvey lay like one in
a trance. Drummond feared that ho
might never again open his eyes to
light and home.
And then the weary troop came trot
ting into view, old Bergeant Meineoke
in command, Halting and dismount
ing at his signal, tho men stood silent
god wondering at their heroes’ heads,
While their leader went in to report to
his commander. 0 *'
Drummond barely lifted his eyes from
the pallid features before him.
“Unsaddle, sergeant; rubdown; pick
out the best and likeliest horses. I
want 20 men to go on a chase with me.
How soon can the packs get op?’
“They must be fully half an hejur be
hind, sir.”
“ Sorry far that, sergcaat. We'vo
got to take at least four ot them; load
with barley, bacon, dinwltnck,
them up with barley, bacon, dnuaftai
ammunition. Kick off everything else.
Ws'l^-fpod gnd water j^ere before start
ing, them we’ve got/to ride like the
devil. Send Trooper. Bland here ns
aofn aa he has unaadd
to ride with me. Re knows all the
roads to the south, '*
Meinecke saluted in .his methodical
German fashion, turned away and pres
ently conld be heard ordering “Un
saddle;’’ and then shouting for Private
Bland. ' • <« *
“Are there any of our men besides
the farrier who have any knowledge of
surgery ?” asked the lieutenant of Ser
geant Lee.
“ They say Bland has, sir. I don’t
know any one else."
“Well, I've just sent for him. Mr.
Harvey here doesn’t seem to be wound
ed. yet it's impossible to bring him to.
Give Woods a little more whisky and
see if you can get a word out of the ma
jor or Feeny.”
But efforts with the half suffocated
men had no effect. The whisky with
Woods had better reknlts. He present
ly ceased his shivering sebs and could
answer more questions. Drummond
begged for particulars of the capture,
and these the man found it difficult to
give. He was stationed at tho back
door, the corral side, he said, and hard
ly saw the final rush. But there was
something so queer about it. There
had been a few minntes' lull. Then
Harvey and Feony both began to talk
excitedly and to call out that the “road
agents" were running away, and then
presently there came the sound of gal
loping hoofs and cheering and both the
sergeant and Me Harvey had shouted
that the troops were coming and rushed
out to meet them—‘ ‘. And the next thing I
knew,’’said Woods, “was seeing Feeny
flattened out on the ground and crawl
ing on his hands .and knees and the
room filled with roughs, some Mexi
cans, some Yanks, and I s:
the corral and »aw one of them
Feeny aw he was trying to crawl
me; and*whUe Ufty »0ro swaaring and
aearofiing for fhe safe aid carrying it
out, Mr. DaweS and Moflan managed.
“No, sir; the men say he wasn’t with
ns all night. He rode ahead with the
lieutenant until we came to Corporal
Donovan’s body.’’
"He’s not been with me since,” ex-
ilaimed the lieutenant “Sergeant Lee,
tik if any of the men have seen him.’’
Lee was gone but a moment, then
came back with grave face and troubled
eyes, bringing with him a young troop
er who was serving his first enlistment.
"Private Goes, here, has a queer story
to tell, sir.”
“What do you know? What have
yon Been?” asked Drummond.
“Why, sir, right after Sergeant Lee
caught sight of the fire and sung out
that it was Moreno's I was back about a
couple of rods looking for my canteen.
I was that startled when they found
Corporal Donovan dead that I dropped
it, and all of a sudden somebody oomes
out past me leading his horse, and I
asked him what he had lost, and he said
his pipe and passed me by, and I
thought nothing more about it—only
no sooner did he get ont into tho dark
where I couldn’t see him than 1 heard
all of a sudden a horse start at full gal
lop right over in this direction, and
now I think of it it must have been
Bland, for it was him that passed me,
sir—sneaking out like.’’
Drummond sprang to his fset.
‘ ‘ What say you to this, sergeant ? D*
you believe—-do you think it possible
that Bland bos deserted and joined
these outlaws?”
“I don’t know what to think, sir,
but I haven't forgotten what Feeny
said of him.”
“What was that?”
“That ho had too smooth a tongue to
havo led n rough and honest life; that
if ho was a Texan as he claimed Texas
people had Lamed to talk a different
lingo since ho was stationed among
them with tho old Second cavalry before
tho war, and that he wished he’d been
there at Lowell when the adjutant ac
cepted those letters from former officers
of tho regiment as genuine. Bland
would never show them to Feeny. Said
be had sent ’em all to his home in
Texas. That was what made bad blood
between them.” *
“By heaven I and now to think that
one of our troop—C troop—should
have been engaged in this outrage!
But we’ll get them, men,” said Drum
mond, straightening up to his full
height and raising his ganntleted hand
in air. “They can’t go fast or far
with those wagons such a night as this.
They’ll strike tho foot hills before
they’ve gone 10 miles, then they'H
have to go slow. We’H catch them be
fore the sun is up, and, by the God of
heaven, if Bland is with them, IT1
string him to the highest trbo we can
find.”
“There's more than him that’ll be
strung up,” growled a grizzled old
trooper in an undertone. "The gang
that murdered Pat Donovan will find
scant mercy in this crowd.”
“Aye, aye,” said another, “and
there’s more than Pat Donovan to he
scored off. Look yonder.” For at the
instant one of the packers came leading
into the corral a resisting mule, at sight
of whose burden many of the horses
started in fear. It was the lifeless body
of Donovan’s companion, the soldier who
had escaped the assassin's bullet when
■ 1 want him ; Patsy fell only to be overtaken and cut
,ymaster ont.
Other mail.”
little more,
qnd excited
his eyes, hut
somehow, to help
and th#i went'
Therf
One th
him so
he was almost ready to swear that the
fellow Feeny fan to shake hands with
was a soldier in uniform, and that he
held Feeny s hand while another man
up behind and ” mashed” him
down half way to Moreno’s.
“It’s the bloodiest night I’ve known
even in Arizona, ” said Lee to his young
leader. “The paymaster and Mr. Har
vey about as good as dead, old Feeny
dying, most like, the clerk and Mullan
and some other trooper of the escort
burned to ashes in that hell hole there,
and Donovan and this last one—some
of our fellows think it is Flynn, from F
troop—shot to death. It’s worse than
Apache, lieutenant, and thereT1 be no
use trying to restrain our follows when
wo catch the blackguards. ”
A quarter of an hour later, leaving
half a dozen soldiers under an experi
enced sergeant to guard the packs, the
wounded and the noncombatants at the
smoldering ruins of the ranch, with
barely a score of seasoned troopers at
bis back, Lieutenant Jim Drummond
rode resolutely out toward the southern
desert, toward the distant line of jagged
mountains that spanned the far hori
zon. The false and fatal blaze at th*
Picacho had utterly disappeared, and
all was darkness at the west. The red
glow of the smoldering embers behind
was no longer sufficient to light their
path. Straight away southward led
the wheeltracks, first separate and dis
tinct, but soon blending, as though one
wagon had fallen behind and followed
the trail of the bolder leader in the
first. Straight away after them went
the ruck of hoof tracks, telling plainly
that for a time at least the gang had
massed and was prepared to guard its
plunder.
Stop to divide it was evident they
dared not, for they had not with them
the implements to break into tho safe,
and all their searching and threatening
,nto had failed to extract from the appar-
't ’ entiy dying paymaster any clew as to
what he had done with the key. Stick
together, therefore, they undoubtedly
would, reasoned the lieutenant, and all
their effort would be to reach some
secure hannt In the Sierras and there
send back their demand for ransom.
Twenty-flve thousand dollars in cash
and George Harvey's precious daugh
ters! It was indeed a rich haul—one
that in jdl the dread history of the
Moralea gang had never been equaled.
Even had they failed to secure the safe
the richer booty was theirs in having
^ . _ i eized the girls. But few people in Ar-
‘ with the tt of bis plstfcV, jaadf that
this fellow in soldi* elotbes.Was the
man who afterward shot Feeny as he
was trying to crawl away.
Drummond looked around at the man
incredulous— almost .derisive. The story
was improbable, too much so to deserve
** tten Ifot-
seized tl
{zona—as Arizona then was constituted
—would make great effort to overhaul
a gang of robbers whose only victim
was Uncle Sam and “his liveried hire
lings.” Nobody in Sonora would fail
to regard them with envioua eyes, but
in the deed of rapine that made them
the cantor* and rWttwat o! thaUfe
refiseia# sisters wen man nae -jw a
price upon his head, a halter round his
neck, for “gringo” and "greaser,”
American and Mexican alike, would
spring to arms to rescue and avenge.
As the rearmost of the little party
of pursuers disappeared in the darkness
and tho wearied pack mules went jog
ging sullenly after, urged on by the goad
ot their half Mexican driver, the ser
geant left in charge of the detachment
at the corral looked at his wotch and
noted that it was just 8:80 o'clock.
The dawn would be creeping on at 4.
Wearied as were his men, he did not
imnnit them all to rest. The coudition
of his wounded and the instructions left
him by Lieutenant Drmnmond made it
necessary that they should have constant
attention. It was sore trouble for him
to look at the old paymaster, whose
life seemed ebbing away, lying there so
pallid and moaning at times so pitiful
ly, but Feeny lay torpid, breathing, yet
seeming to snffer net at all.
Both were in desperate need of sur
gical attendance, bnt where cOnld sur
geon be found? The nearest was at
Stoneman, the little cantonment across
the Christobal, 80 miles to the east,
and though a gallant fellow had vol
unteered to make the ride alone through
the Apache infested pass and carry ths
dispatch that Drummond had hurried
ly penciled there was no possibUity
of doctors reaching them before the
coming night, and tho thought of all
they might have to snffer through the
tie roe white beat of the intervening
day waa one that gave the sergeant
deep concern. Then, too, who could
say whether the solitary trooper would
succeed in running the gantlet and
making his way throngh? He was a
resolute old frontiersman, skilled In
Indian warfare and well aware that
his best chance was in the dark, bnt
speed as he might the broad light of
day would be on him long before he
conld get half way through the range.
The stage from the west would prob
ably come along about sunset, but noth
ing conld be hoped for sooner. No
troops were nearer than the Colorado
in that direction except the little signal
Boot at Nie Picncbo. Corporal Fox and
fwo men had been amt thither to to-
qutie what the signal leant, and ft
Would soon ha time far them to eome
riding in with their report. How he
wished Wing wore here! Wing knew
something about everything. He was
an expert veterinarian, something of
a doctor, knew more of mineralogy
than all the officers put together and
conld speak Spanish better than any
man in the regiment When it became
necessary to have a signal station at
the peak and it was found that no one
knew anything about the business.
Wing got one of the old red manuals,
studied the system and inside of a week
was signaling with the expert sent
down from Ban Francisco.
The interior'of the ranch was still a
smoldering fnraace as 4 o'clock drew
nigh. Woods, weak and exhausted,
had fallen into an nneasy sleep. The
trooper detailed to watch over old Plum
mer and Feeny and bathe their faces
with cold water was nodding over hie
charge. Here apd there under the shed
on the north side which the flames had
not reached the men were dozing, or in
low, awestricken tones talking of the
tragic events of the night Near the
east gate, reverently and deeply covered
with the only shrond to be had, the
newest of the saddle blankets, lay the
stiffening remains of poor Donovan and
his comrade. Larking about the west
ward end of the inclosure, their beady
eyes every now and then glittering in
the firelight the Mexicans, men and
boy v were smoking their everlasting
papelitos, apparently indifferent to the
fate that had deprived them of home
and occupation.
One ef the troopers had burrowed a
hole in the land, atarted a little cook
fire and waa boiling tome coffee in a
tin quart mug. Overhead and far down
to the horizon on every side the stare
shone and sparkled through the vapor-
lesa skies. Eastward toward the Chris
tobal they were just beginning to pale
when a faint voice was heard pleading
for water. Sergeant Butler sprang
from his seat and hastened to where be
had left Mr. Harvey bnt a few minutes
before, still in deep and obstinate
swoon.
“Water, is It, sir? Here you are!
I'm glad to see yon picking np a little.
Mr. Drummond left this for yon too,
sir. Be said you would maybe need
It. ’* And the sergeant raised the dizzy
head and held a little flask to Harvey’s
lips.
“Where Is be?” at last the sufferer
teas able to gasp.
“Overhauling the outlaws, hand over
flat, by this time, sir. He has 20 good
men at his back, and we'll have the la
dies safe tonight—see if we doa’t. ”
“Oh. God!” groaned the stricken
brother, burying his face in bis arms as
the recollection of the fearful events
of ths night came crowding upon him.
For a'moment he seemed to quiver and
tremble la every Umb, then with sod
den etart raised his baad and turned
•gaffs, the bleed trick ihtg anew from
a gaab to trta tore aa he Md so.
"Give me more of that," he moaned,
stretching forth a trembling hand.
“More water too. Lend me a horse
and your carbine. I most go I 1 must
go!” Bnt there his strength failed
him, and grasping wildly at empty air
poor Harvey fell heavily back before
the sergeant conld interpose an arm to
save.
“Don’t think of it, sir. Yon're far
too weak, and you're not needed. Never
fear, the lieutenant and C troop will
do all that men can da They’ll bring
the Isdiee safely back as soon as they're
hung what’s left of that murdering
gang. Hellol That yon. Fox?” be
shouted, springing np as two or three
horsemen came spurring in.
“It’s I—Wing,” was the answer in
ringing tones. ‘ ‘ Fox is coming slower.
Qnick now. la It so that that gang has
ran off the young todies?”
"It’s God’s truth. Hare's Mr. Ned
Harvey himself.”
In an Instant Wing was kneeling by
the side of the prostrate man.
“Merciful heaven, my friend, bnt
they've used yon fearfully 1 They only
bound and held me till Jackson got
back from Ceralvo'a a couple of hours
ago. Are you shot—Injured?”
"No, na” groaned Harvey. "But 1
am broken, utterly broken, and my sit-
ten are in tae hands of those hounds. ’’
“ Never worry about that, man. 1
know young Drummond well There
isn’t a braver, better officer In the old
regiment if he is but a boy. Hell never
drop that trail till ha orertakes them,
and by the time he needs us old Pike
here and 1 will be at bia rida
As Lord, those lento -wwa
off and never took our boreea. iney re
fresh ns daisies, both of ’em. Cheer up,
Mr, Harvey. If hard riding and hard
fighting will do It, we'll have your sis
ters here to nurse yon before another
night. Come. Pike," he cried as he
vaulted into saddle. “Now for the
liveliest gallop of your lazy, good for
nothing Ufa. Come on!"
CHAPTER VII.
A new May morning was breaking,
its faint rosy light warming the crests
of ths Santa Maria, when Lieutenant
Drummond signaled “halt” to his lit-
tls Hand, the first halt since leaving
Moreno's at 2:30. Down in a rocky
canyon a number of hoof prints on the
trail diverged to the left and followed
an abrupt descent, while the wagons
bad kept to the right and by a winding
and more gradual roar] seemed to have
sought a crossing farther to the west
It was easy to divine that with such
elements in the gang, there had been no
long separation between the horsemen
and the treasure they were guarding,
and, eager aa he was to overtake the
renegades, Drummoad promptly decided
to follow the hoof tracks, rightly con
jecturing, too, that they would briug
him to water in the rocky tanka below.
Dismounting and leading his big
sorrel, he sprang lightly from ledge to
ledge down what aeemed a mere goat
trail, each man la succession dismouut-
Eoeh mim to
Ing at the came point, sad srith more
or less elasticity coming on in the foot
steps of his leader. The faint wan tight
of early dawn was rendering neighbor
ing objects visible on the sandy plum
behind them, but had not yet penetrat
ed into the depths of the gorge. Lying
far to the west of the Tucson rood, this
was a section of the country unknown
to any of the troop, and with every
prospect of a broiling ride across the
desert ahead so soon as the sun was np
no chance for wittering their horses
could be thrown sway. Just as he ex
pected, Drummond found the descent
becoming more gradual, and in s mo
ment or two the bottom of the dark rift
was found, and presently, keeping keen
lookout for the reflection of the stare
still lingering overhead, tho leading
men were rewarded, and halted at the
edge of a shining pool of clear though
not very cool water and the horses
thrust their hot muzzles deep into the
wave. Here, shaded by the broad
brimmed hats of white felt, such as the
Arizona trooper of the old days gener
ally affected, a match or two was struck
and the neighborhood searched for
“sign." The rocks around the tank
were dry; the little drifts of sand blown
down from the overhanging height
were smooth. Whatsoever splashing
had been done by the horses of the out
laws there had been abundant time for
it to evaporate, therefore the command
conld not thus far have gained very
rapidly on the pursued. But Drum
mond felt no discouragement Up to
this point the way had been smooth and
sufficiently hard to make wheeling an
easy matter. The wagons had been
logged along at brisk trot the attend
ing cavaliers riding at lively lope.
Now, however, there would be no like
lihood of their making such time. The
ambulance could only go at slow walk
the rest of the way.and the guards must
remain alongside to protect the stolen
funds, not so much from envious out
siders as from one another. Pasqnal
Moralea showed his accustomed shrewd
ness when he forbade that any one
should try to buret into the safe and
extract the money, for well he knew
that if divided among the men there
would be no longer a loadstone to hold
them together, to call for their fiercest
fighting powers if assailed. The Instant
the money was scattered the gang would
follow suit and he be left to meet the
cavalry single handed.
The horses of the little detachment
were not long to slaking their thiret.
Ths noiseless signal to mount was
given, and following in the lead of
their yonng lieutenant the troopers rode
silently down the winding canyon,
Drummond and Sergeant Lee bending
low over their chargers’ necks to see
that they did not miss the hoof prints.
Little by little the light of dawn began
to penetrate the dark depths in which
they were soon ting, sad trailing baoMM
an easier matter. Prauently the ser
geant pointed to tbs face ef the appo
site elope, now visible from base to sum
mit where an abrupt bend threw it
against the eastern light
“ Yonder'* where the ambulance came
down, sir.”
“1 tee, and wa can't be far from
where it crossed. Trot ahead and take
a look. Let Patterson go with yon. If
you find a chance for abort cuts, sig
nal.”
Another half hour passed sway, and
still the trail led along this strange
rock ribbed groove to the desert, the
dry bed of some long lort stream.
When first met, it seemed to be catting
directly across their line of march, now
It had tamed southward, and for sev
eral miles ahead south or weet of south
was its general course. The light waa
now broad and clear, though the sun
had not yet peeped acroaa the moun
tain range to tbeir left. - The pace was
rapid, Drummond frequently urging
his men to the trot or canter. Ont to
the front 400 or BOO yards, often lost to
view In the windings of the way. Ser
geant Lee with a single trooper rode in
the advance, but not once had he sig
naled a discovery worth recording.
Both wagon and hoof track* here pur
sued a common read. It waa evident
that some horsemen had fouad it neces
sary to ride alongside. It was evident,
too, that the outlaws were traveling at
full speed, as thongh anxious to reach
some familiar lair before turning to face
their expected pursuers. Every one in
the gang, from Pasqnal down to their
humblest packer, well knew that it
could not ha tong before cavajry In
Ions wdsM coma tretriu U
Ths squadron at sum-man
would surely be on the march by the
coming sunset As for C troop, they
had littls to fear. Pasqnal laughed
with savage glee aa he thought how
be had lured them in scattered detach
ments far np to the Gila or over to the
Christobal. No need to fear the coming
of the late escort of the paymaster. By '
this time those not dead, drugged or |
drunk were worn ont with fatigue.
Over the body of hi* bandit brother, the
swarthy Ramon, he hod fiercely rejoiced
that seven to one he had avenged his
death, and Pasqual counted on the fin
gers of his brown and bloody hand th*
number of the victims of the night—
Donovan and his fellow trooper killed
on the open plain; the paymaster and
his clerk, Mullan and the other soldier,
dead in their tracks and burned to
ashes by this time, and, best of all,
“that pig of a sergeant," as Moreno
called him, that hound and murderer,
Feeny—he who hod slain Ramon—
bound, gagged and left to miserable
death by torture. Indeed, as he was
jolted along to the ambulance, groan
ing and cursing by turns, Pasqnal won
dered why he bad not insisted that Har
vey, too, should be given the coup de
grace before their start, it was an un
pardonable omission. Never mindt
There in the brand new Concord that
came clattering along was booty that
ontrivaled all. There was wealth
far exceeding the stacks of treasury
.notes—old Harvey's daughters—old
Harvey's daughters. It was with mad,
feverish joy that when as last the sun
came pouring in a flood of light over
the desert of the Cababi he listened to
the report of a trusted subordinate.
”1 could see every mile of the road
with my glasses, capitan, from the cliff
top yonder—every mile from Moreno’s
to where we strurk fho canyon. There
isn’t a sign of dust—there isn’t a sign
of a pursuing party.”
“ Bueno t Then we rest when we
reach the cave. This is even better
than 1 hoped."
But thsr* were taro elements la the
problem Capitan Paequal had failed to
consider — Lieutenant Drummond’s
scoot to tba CliitofifcaA Coahtoss' band
of iVrtsatreas to to* lanta Maria.
troop, ftnfehtng Ms flhtfas at to* north
ern end of th* range and about turning
south to rsooout th* Santa Maria, had
ridden cut upon the plain, summoned
by the beacon at Picacho pass, and leas
than two hours after their hurried start
from the burning ruins at Moreno’s
were speeding on their trail ? The beet
fieldglassee ever stolen from the paternal
government could not reveal to the flee
ing outlaw that, only two or three miles
back in the dim recesses of tho crooked
gorge, the bluecoats were following
to hpt pursuit Who could have dream
ed that a band of Apaches, cut off from
their native wilds by detachments from
Bowie, Lowell and Crittenden, and
forced to make a wide detour to the
southwest, had sought refuge in the
very gorge of the Cababi whither Pas
qnal with all speed was urging bis
men?
“We rest when we reach the cave.”
Ah, even the torment of his wound
could not have wrung from the robber
chief this longed for order had he
dreamed what was coming at his back.
“How are the girls getting on?” he
asked of his hot and wearied aid. “Are
they tranquil now?"
“They have to be,” was the grim re
ply. “The little one dare not open her
eyes, and Sanchez has his knife at the
elder's throat. ”
And the sunrise had brought with it
new inspiration—new purpose to those
who came trotting to the rescue. Just
as the cliffs on the western side were
tipped and fringed with rose and gold.
Sergeant Lee, riding rapidly far ahead
from point to point, always carefully
peering around each bend before aignal-
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" CAUTIOIf.-lr a dmler wtors W. C
Donatos shoos at a rodnosS prlos, as sax*
he has sham without Basts stamps* aa
bottom, pot him down as a (read.
Th* nert instant he stood erect, waving
tome white object high in air.
Ing “come on,” was seen suddenly to
halt and throw himself from his horse.
The next Instant he stood erect, waving
some white object high in air. Spur
ring forward, Druurmond joined him.
“A lady’s handkerchief, lieutenant, ”
be qdietiy said. "They ssein to have
halted bare a moment; you can tell by
the hoof prints. (Am of their number
rode over toward tost high point yoa-
dsr mi rej toned lies hare. I don’t bs-
tiere todg dsn tomm them half mi hews
Drummond.reverently took the dainty
kerchief, hurriedly sssrrhsd for an Ini
tial or a name and found the letter*
*R. H.” th monogram In one corner.
“ Push on, then, Lee I Here, one mors
of you—you, Bennet, join the sergeant.
Look alive now, bnt do not let your
selves be seen from the front.”
[TO BB COimXUKD.]
W. L. Douglas
83 SHOE TmV WORLD.
W. I*e DOUGLAS Shoes srs stylish, Mffy it.
ting, and give better ff.itifffffcUon st the pricee ad
vertised than any other make. Try one pair and
be convinced. The stamping of W. L. Douglas*
nnme and price on the bottom, which guaraeteee
their value, eaves thousands of dollar* annually
to those who wear them. Dealers who push the
sale of W. L. Douglas Shoes gain customers,
which helps to increase the sake on their full line
of goods. They can afford to sell el a leas profita
ami we believe you can save money by buying all
footwear of the dealer advertised below/
Catalogue free upon application. Address,
DOUGLAS, Brocktoa, Mam. 6oU
your
Cal
W.L.
A_. J. BROOM,
Darlington, S. C.
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THE*BE8T
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la unequalled for house, barn, fact'
ory or out buildings, and costs half
the price of shingles, tin or iron. It
is ready for use mid easily applied by
anyone. RUBBER PAINT costs on
ly 00 cents per ralloB in ban el lots, or
$1.50 for 5 gallon tubs. Color dark
red. Will stop leaks in tin or iron
roofs that will last for years. Try It.
Send stamp for samples and partlcu
lars.
Excelsior Paint and Roofing Co.,
155 DUANE ST., NEW YORK, N. Y.
Dec 28—2m.
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AND
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For tail particulars, address
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
carolTnas. Rock Hill, S.C,
ON. SUMTER AND
NORTHERN RAILROAD
CHARLES B. KIMBALL Receiver.
In Effect:Jan. 16, 1894
NORTH.
SOUTH.
1
2
A.M.
P.Xf.
Lv 7.80
Charleston
8.46
Ar
8.40
Pregnall’s
7.27
10.47
Sumter
6.27
12.05
Darlington
4.12
12 56
BenDettsville 8.21
1.90
Glbeon
2.57
1.47
Hamlet
2.30
Ar 6.00
Raleigh
10.15
Lt
FJI
P.M.
No. 1 oonnnecta with Seaboard
Air Line at Hamlet for Raleigh
Wilmington, Charlotte, Shel
by, Routhertordton ; and at Charlotte
with R. ft D. Vestibule Limited for
Washington and New York. Passen-
ers can take sleepers at Charlotte at
:99 p. m.
No. 2 passengers by this train have
through Sleepers. New York to Char
lotte, connects with S. A. L. at Ham
let from Charlotte, Raleigh and
North, and from Wilmington, con
nects with S.C. Ry. at Pregnalls for
harleston, Columbia, Angugta and
the West. Dinner at Hamlet.
C. MILLARD, Superintendent
C * D. and O. ft S. RAILROADS.
• In effect Dec 8, 1898.
Throngh Passenger Train.
Leave Wadesboro 4.80 a m
Bennett’s 4.51 a m
Morven’i 5.04 a m
McFarland 5 17 a m
Cheraw 6.00 a m
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 — 7.88 p m
Floyd’s - 7.50 pm
Dove’s 7 55 p m
Society Hill 8.13 p m
Cash’s 8.27 p m
Cheraw 8.50 p m
McFarland 9.18 p m
Morven’s 9.39 p m
Bennett’s * 9.64 p m
Arrive Wadesboro 10.15 p m
Freight Train.
Leave Florence 7.80 a m
Darlington 8.40 a m
Arrive Cheraw 11.20 a m
Leave Cheraw 1.00 p m
Darlington 4.00 p m
Arrive Florence 5.00 p m
A. F. RAVENEL, President.
Auditor’s Notice.'
(i. I HAdiR &
Manufacturers
—ot-
Doors, Sash, Blinds,
iMlOTJLDXlSraS
—AND-
Buiiding Material.
ESTABLISHED 1642.
CHARLESTON, N. 0.
April, 2q 1893—1
Auditor's Office.
Darlihotoh, S.’C., Dec. 1,1898. f
T HIS office will be open for the
purpose of listing all real and
personal property a ad poll taxes for
the fiscal year commencing Nov. I,
1893, and ending Oct. $1, 1894, from
January 1, to Febrnarv 20, inclusive,
excepting days required In filling the
jury box and days named below.
1 will attend in person or by dep
uty;
Philadelphia, Monday, Jen. 8.
Lamar, Tuesday and Wednesday,
Jan. 9 and 10.
Oypreas, Thursday, Jan 11.
Ashland. Friday, Jan. 12.
Stokes Bridge, Saturday, Jan. 18.
Lydia, Monday, Jan. 15.
Harteville, Tuesday and Wednes
day, Jan. 16 and 17.
Antioch, Thursday, Jan. 18.
Leavensworth, Friday, Jan. IB.
Sooiety.Hill, Thursday 'and Friday,
Jan. 18 and 19, by deputy.
Jasper, .Saturday, Jan. 90,^by.dep
uty.
High Hill, Monday, Jan. 8> n by*dep-
uty.
Meohaniceville, Tuesday, Jan. 88.
If taxpayers will aid theAuditor In get
ting all the taxable property ou the
tax hooks much dissatisfaction bow
existing would cease. The school
fund would be increased if all taxable
polls conld be entered. Male per,
between the ages of 81 and 60 yei
are deemed taxable polls exoept th<
Incapable of earning a support.
W. H. LAWRENCE,
Dec 7—4t Auditor D. O.
N ortheastern railroad.
In effect Jan. Il, 1894.
SOUTH BOUXD.
No. 61
Leave. Florence 7.45 a m
Klngstree 8.58 am
Lanes 9.20 a tn
Arrive Charleston 11.30 a m
No. 85.
Leave Florence 8.87 a m
Lane* 4.52 a m
Arrive Charleston *************** 6* 50 a m
No. 88.
Lsav* Florence 7.85 p m
Klngstree 8.87 p m
Lanes 9.00 p m
Arrive Charleston 11.00 p m
No. 58.
Leave Lanes 7.05 p m
Arrive Charleston 8.45 p m
Train on C. ft D. R. R. connects at
Florence with No. 61 Train.
HORTH BOCirp.’'
' , , f ' ^ No. 78.
Lsav# Charleston 8.35 a m
Lane* 5.80 am
Klngstree 5.52 a m
Arrive Florence 7.10 a m
No. 60
Leave Charleston 5.00 pm
Lane* 7.06 p;m
Klngstree 7.25 p m
Arrive Florence 8.50 p m
No. 14.
Lsav* Charleston 8.80 p m
Lanes..... 5.29 p m
Klngstree 5.45 p m
Arrive Florence 6.45 p m
No. 52.'
Leave Charleston 7.00 a m
Arrive Laaes- eeeasaseaaessssa ****** 8.85 am
Hu. n run* solid to Wilming-
Train No,’ 14 runs via Wilson
and Fayetteville—Short Line—and
make* close connection for all points
North.
3. F. DIVINE, Hen. Snpt.
W ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA ft
AUGUSTA RALROAD.
In effect Dec. 8, 1898.
SOUTH BOUXD.
No. 58.
.. 8-20 p m
..6.n p m
6.50 pm
No. 50.
Lsav* Florence 7.10 pm
Sumter 8.28 p m
Arrive Columbia. *•••**###•• 4e*ee* 10.00 p m
No. 68.
Laavu Florence *•***#*• sssssedesss* 7.45 a m
Arrive Sumter.......... 9 20 a m
No. 68.
Leave Sumter »*•*******•***••••* 9.58 a m
Arrive Columbia. •e*oee****eeeeeee 11.06 a m
No. 8S rune through from Charles-
teal Railroad; leaving
Lanes 8-40 a m. Manning 918 a m.
■ORTH BOUXD.
Leave Columbia
Sumter —
Arrive Florence
Leave Florenee.
Marion....
Arrive Wilmington.
Leave Wilmington—
, Marion
Arrive Florenee.:
■eeeceeeeesa*
Leave Colombia.
Arrive Sumter.
•eae*eeee**«
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rear*
TTARTBVIIiLR RAILROAD.
J=L In effect Dee 8, II
_ DAILY MIXED TRAIN
Leave Hartsville - AM a m
Jovann .AMa m
Floyd’s ASSam
Arrive Darlington....— 7.90 am
Leave Darlington 6.80 p m
Floyd’s AM p v
Jovann— 8*90pm
I Arrrlve Hartsville A40 p I
J. F. DIVINE, Gen. Sefto
No. 51.
4.30 a m
5.67 a m
7.15 a m
No. 56.
. 7.40 am
. 8.28 a m
.11.10 am
No. 58.
4.20 pm
5.85 p m
No. 69.
Leave Columbia- .......... ..........
Sumter 6.45 p m
Arrive Florenee— —....... 6.66 p m
No. 68 runs thicuuu so coarleston
via central Railroad, arriving Man
ning A16 p m. Lanes 7.00 p m,
Ohstrleaton8.45 pm.
Trains on Manchester and Augusta
R. B’, leave Sumter daily except Sun
day, 16.50 a. m., arrive Umini 11:59 a.
m. Retunring leave Rimini 1.00 p.
in., arrive Sumter 8:10 p. m.
Trains on Wilmington, Chadbourm
and Conway Railroad leave Chad-
boom at 10.10 a m, arrive at Conway
1AM p m, returning leave Conway at
| £0 p. m., arrive Chad bourn 4:50 p.
m. Leave Chad bourn 7.00 a m and
5.15 p m, arrive at Hub 7 45 am and
AM pm. ReturaiM leave Hub 8.15 a
to and A80 p m, arrive at Chad bourn
AM a m and 7-16 p m. Daily except