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The London Law Times, In reviewIng the "noteworthy decisions" of the judicial year, cans aucuuui iu a curious case. The defendant made bids at a sale and. because of deafness. mistook one lot for another, which he was desirous to acquire. On learning his mistake he refused to sign the contract, and the auctioneer, before leaving the rostrum, purporting to act as his agent, signed it for him. The plaintiff, as owner of the property in dispute, brought suit to ! compel the defendant to purchase the lot. The court held that from the moment of the hammer falling there i was a contract, and dismissed as opposed to principle the defense that the auctioneer could not sign the contract. )ther woman in high r health to the use of Vegetable Compound* iered for several years with general caused by womb trouble. Nly appen alee for liours. and cculd not sleep, aorning than when I retired. After I derided to try the merits of Lydia und, and I am so glad I did. No cce I took three bottles faithfully, and altli, it drove all disease tr.d poken 1 as rpry and active as a young girl, tainly all they are claimed to be. ? d St, Chicago, 111. try Tasks Produce Displacements, woman's daily life frequently produce t the stairs, lifting' duHng menstruation, ing machine, or attending to the most ent, and a train of serious evils is started, ile should be the signal for quick action. iic through neglect or a mistaken idea r leaving it alone. regained health by the U60 of Lydia E. ;ars which you do not understand x, Mass., for her advice, and a few v you the right thing to do. This tay mean life or happiness or both* i Stowell, 177 Wellington ingston, Unt., writes: ks. Pikkham : ? You are indeed a -omen, and if they all knew what for them, there would be no need ing out miserable lives in agony, d for years with bearing-down pains, , nervousness, and excruciating neadw bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham's table Compound made life look tnd promising to me. I am light and *, and I do not know what sickness :11 now enjoy the best of health." Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable can always be relied upon to restore thus suffer. It is a sovereign cure for ts, ? that bearing-down feeling, weak womb, inflammation of the ovaries, and it dissolves and expels tumors from the ent, and checks any tendency to canccr, nervous prostration, and tones up the cures is the greatest in the world, and a* # rilh prod are the origins! letter* and rignatnre* of r>re their absolute ccnnlneneu. in X. Fiafcfaam Medicine Co* Lynn, Uan. | J The kin< 4 ./hon ^ ^ An jk ^ A NOVEL OF AMERICAN I DV IV! AURIC CoT3Tit;ht, 18S2 *ail CHAPTER XI. SOME SMILES A\D SOME FR0WN3. The guests at Chateau d'Or we not disturbed by the dramatic see going on in the room where Fair/a Colonel Loriug and Mr. Vernon we grouped together under such peculi ircumstances. Mrs. Vernon and Fanlino were ale and facile hostesses, and as the cn torn of the time permitted them a wii latitude in their method of cntertai fcg. it was easy for, them to make t) most of the occasion. Everybody felt the clmrm of tl place, with its flowery vistas, its efle of amplitude, its surprises of ligl shadow, color, perspective and its pe vadinsr air of generous wealth at hospitable welcome. Lieutenant Ballanche could < have beeu aitogetber unaware that 1 was one of the chief attractions of tl occasion, yet he showed no sign such consciousness. Everywhere 1 was met with smiles and with won and looks of approval. This was pro ably due as much to his military rep tation as to his fine form, his c!oar-c face and his extremo ease and grai of manner. When ho danced with Mile. Mar de Sezannes the thought flashc through the company that never ha a handsomer couple beeu seeu iuXe Orleans society. Mademoiselle de Sezannes was dark brunette, tall, stately and < superb form, with the perfect skii teeth and eyes which have alwa] made Creole beauty so distinctive an emphatic. She was richly dressei with just enough of dark scarlet shoi ing iu her gowu to contrast excellent with her complexion. She was loadt with jewels till she glittered like savage princess, but her manner w; exquisitely refined aud modest. Ta as Lieutenant Ballauche was, Mad moiselle de Sezanues's head ro; above his shoulder as sbo leaned c bis arm. Paulino had beeu dancing with short, dark-eyed young mau, who wi now telling her what a friend hi father had been to him. The reade being present, would have reeognizt this gentleman at a glance as one i our acquaintances of the Pearl Riv< woods, known in history as John 1 Murrell, but passing upon the presei occasion as Wilfred Parker, son of rich Tennessee farmer. They atoc for a brief space near the festoonc railiug of the stairway, and Parker quick restless eyes soon singled 01 jVTndemoisello de Sezannes and Liei tenant Ballanche. "Your pardon, but who is the youn lady on the lieutenant's arm?" he i] quired in his brusque but fairly modi latad voice. It is one of my sweetest friend It is Mademoiselle Marie de Sezai ues." "She is superbly beautiful!" "Yes, every one says so; and she as pood as she is lovely." "Her face shows that. The liet tenant looks as if he were in love wjt her. Ah . What is tho licutei ant's name?" "Ballanche. He is the famon young Indian fighter. He was wit General Jackson." "These fighting men make the way easily with the young ladies, wish I knew how to fight." ? a. T*-ii u. it* "'JLiieuieuaui x>uuuui;uu tuiu&a tut we may have fighting here." "Not to-night." "You choose to make light on aver serious subject, I fear. He says tlu the British are going to attaok No Orleans." "If that is the case, I shall set or for Tennessee in the morning. 1 makes me nervous to think of dai 99 ? f Pauline looked at him to see whethf he was chaffing or speaking seriously Although he met her eyes with a bole almost boyishly frank gaze, there wa something in his face that trouble her. Ho laughed, and said that he di not think there was any danger of a attack being soon made. ? ? ?!i.i. ji TUe lieutenant came up wuu iu?u< moiselle de Sezannes on his am Both were evidently in high spirit Pauline presented Wilfred Parke and then some duty called her awa; When the eyes of the two men in< it was like flint meeting steel, so co! did they appear and so sharply fle out the commonplaces of polite bi meaningless intercourse. Parker vei much desired a further acquaiutam with Mademoiselle de Sezannes; fori understood at a glance that she wa9 ?i< as well as beautiful. Ballanche he no thought of permitting the your lady to leave his side so long as 1 could hold her. Parker saw this, or felt it, and once drew upon his resources of bol ness and enterprise. Self-reliam was inexhaustible in him, and he ? ways had an expedient which ju fitted an exigency. Mademoiselle i Sezannes was impressed with the r markable personal charm of this han some youth, and was caught by tl lure of his original and forthrig manner. Perhaps she discovered a glance that he admired hor, and th he would not be slow to fall at h feet. Sometimes a discovery of sort is very fascinating to a you: woman. It was muoh more apt to so then than now* Parker would r 3 OF,?:,. F.Y ISLAND .IFE DURING THE WAR OF 1812. IE THOMPSON. !W, by Robert Be cner'i Son*. ha shaken oITby the lieutenant's cold- i liens, but stood close to the beautiful eirl, looking boldly into her face, and , re speaking with fluency aud engaging ae versatility. Mademoiselle de Sozannes dropped rB her fau. In those days, young ladies ar sometimes did this very skillfully; it ( was a way of testing the promptness ] rt and gracefulness of her admirers. s* We must not say that Mademoiselle de Sezanues's fan fell in accordance i u* with a design of this sort; certainly, J ie she let it fall with a most innocent ( air and with a pretty little start and < a step backward. ct Lieutenant Ballanche was a quick \ it, man, a man whose every musole acted ir* with almost instantaneous promptness at need. He lent toward the jeweled toy at once; but Parker was already \ ?t handing it to Madomoiselle da | , 10 Sezannes with an exquisite bow. \ 10 Sach celority astounded the lieuten- , aut; indeed, it actually offended him; j 10 and his face showed it in spite of him. < Is "That is a remarkably tine ruby, \ b* mademoiselle, in the hilt of your fan," , Q- said Parker, after gracefully receiv- ; iug her thanks. "Such a stone might ( 3e have a history." j "Monsieur Parker, you have very ] i0 quick eyes," she'smilingly answered, , id "and you guess well. This stone has ( id a romantic history. Rochon, the last w of the buccaneers, gave it to my j grandfather. It is known as the buc- j ft caneer of Caribbean ruby." j of "That is very interesting. Will ( u, you kiudly let me look at it. I havo ] rs a passion for old gems." , id "Oh, certainly, monsieur. Every g d. one desires to look at it. It is a fa- , mous little pebble." ? ly | He took the fan and held it so that . sd the light fell favorably upon the \ ft rosy-hued setting. as "Superb!" he exclaimed. "It ? dl glows like fire and has the color of a s e- red cherry's juice. Thauk you, mass demoiselle; it is a great pleasure to >n j have seen tho beautiful thing." j Parker was exquisitely dressed, j a and upon his own hands aud bosom is sparkled diamonds of no mean size. c er His air at that moment was that of a \ r, connoisseur delighted to have been j >d permitted to look at a marvel in j of his special lield of knowledge. He T sr lacked the peculiar air of ease and fink. ish, so to*speak, that made Lienten* f it ant Ballauche so notable in company; a a but there were a self-sufficiency, a id ! readiness and a sharp vigilance that r id even the famous lieutenant could not ^ 's command. Evidently he was one to it watch, if you would not have him beat f a- you in any race. ^ Ho looked bodily into Mademoiselle j, g de Sczannes* eyos, and said: a- "Will Mademoiselle de Sezannes l- honor me with the next dance?" c Ballauche had been just on the c s. point of asking tho great pleasure, but | . J- the quick youtn liad forestalled mm. "Yes, monsieur, with pleasure," r she auswered, "but let us pass ouo is tlance, if you please, I am a trifle ^ tired." , i- "Take my arm, I will find you a f h seat." l- He stepped close to her and bowed. ? lie was so prompt, so taking in some ,a is way, and withal so outright that there t h was no denying him. E A moment later Lieutenaut IJal- 8 ir Ianche found liimself standing there % I alone, while the tall girl was walking away leaning with snperb grace on the c it arm of the spry little muscular : stranger. A flush of auger mantled f the usually cool cheek of the soldier, v aud ho turned on his heel, as if to give ^ it au order to a company behind him. v w He came near upsetting an old j, gentleman of short but portly figure, it "Your pardon, sir." j, !t "Ah, pardon." ^ l- Both men bowed and apologized. ,, The old gentleman was Madamoiselle ^ >r de Sezannes's father,Octave de Sezanr. nes, the banker. He rubbed his I, hands togther in a businesslike way c is and smiled with that perfunctory readd iness noticeable in men who make money by sharp turns. The seal of d his watch was a multese cross of gold ,n set with diamonds. "Pardon, monsieur, we heavy men e- move bnt slowly and awkwardly; we i. are in everybody's way." s. "But it is I who am to blame, Monr, sieur de Sezannes; I sprang around y. as if I meant to rnn away. I was unet gry, however, and you know an augry id man is a fool." w He spoke lightly, bnt the ring of at his sudden Creole fnry was not yet out ry of his voice. ?# ??T T T X B??Tj X Ot?*T , X AUVH tl U(?V J vu ^ le mean," said De Sezannes, with the ;h air of one from whom nothiug escapes, id "The young fellow swooped down like , ig a hawk and took Marie right away , ie from you. Ha, ha, ha!" Lieutenant Ballanche joined the at old geutleman but dryly in his little j d- laugh. ce Through a rift in the company and il- beyond a curtained doorway he could , st see Madamoiselle de Sezannes sitting j ie in a tall, carved chair and Parker e- stauding by her side. They appeared j d- to be charmed with each other's com- ( tie pany. A little later they were going ^ ht through a dance together, while Bal- j at I (lanchc was talking with Monsieur de at' Sezannes. ( 5 er ' In the meantime, Mr. Vernon was tis laboring to convince Fairfax that Colng onel Lonng was not Pierre RameauJ be < Loring himself stood by, apparently tot quite indifferent as to the outcome, i holding his head high and taming hia half-closed, inscrutable eye a toward the ceiling. Fairfax found himself in a predica* ment very difficult for one of his temperament and disposition to control. i He felt that he could not be mistaken; he recollected with absolute memory every feature of the face disclosed to him when the loose cloth mask of the robber fell partly away on that very < noteworthy night in March over as < Vasssur's place. The form of the i man, the peculiar beauty of his hands . (long, shapely, muscular) and then ' the ring on his last finger?that of ( itself was identification beyond doubt; for no other ring like that was, in all ! orTAx rv* n el O ATV Al" _ ! I UUUUllllJ I CTCi UiUUVl MhV* VV t v?| the voice was unmistakable and the peculiar, half-nonchalant, half-reckless air could belong to no other man. Still, what was Fairfax to ?ay when Mr. Vernon sturdily, even peremptorily, declared that the person before hiin was well known to him, intimately known to him, indeed, and was a valued and distinguished friend of his, just returned from a long sojourn in Mexico? It was strange beyond comprehension, and there was no.disputing auoui n; lor surely Mr. Vernon ought to know, and beyond question he would not have such a man aa Pierre Eameau in his house as an honored guest. Of course Fairfax had but a crude knowledge of the social, political and moral condition of New Orleans at that time. He was too close to the scene for his vision to have a correct focus upon it, and he knew but little the comparatively recent history of ;he city in which Wilkinson had schemed and toward which all of Burr'a treasonable plans had gravitatsd, nor was it possible for him to imagine the extent to which the lawessness had insinuated itself into the rery lifo-tiosues of New Orlcaus so:iety. "I am sorry that this little mistake 1 las happened," said Mr. Vernon, turnug from one to the other, and trying :o make the whole thing appear of no jonsequence; "but it's quite an honor, Ijoriug, to be taken for Pierre Ra? neau, who is reputed to be the hand* lomest man in the South. You know uy frieud Fairfax hero had quite an adventure with that renowned robber ?was robbed by him, in short, and lolds a just grudge against him." "Ah, I see," said Loring. "I unIerstaud now. He has takeu me for i robber." "You've heard of Rameau?" "No; but you must recall that I lave been in Mexico for nearly three ears." "Certainly. Well, gentlemen, this ught to be satisfactory. Now, then, he broken linger; let's look to that, ilr. Vernon bustled a little and proInced some bandage-cloth that a ser ant had fetched. Colonel Loring promptly set the ractured bone, and with great skill ind rapidity applied the wrapping. a "There," he said; "you are all j iglit. sir. You will have no trouble r vith it." s "Thank you, sir," responded Fair- e ax coldlv enoueh. in spite of an effort a o regain his lost temper and appear ! a :indly polite. c "Now, gentlemen," remarked Mr. * Vernon, laying a hand on the arm of t ash and smiling from one to the > ither in his large way, "yon ore my g quests and my friends; be friends to f :ach other. Forget this carious little aischance, this awkward mistake." t By this time Fairfax had shaken off t ho outer couting of his mood and ^ rith something like his habitual 6 ran kness begun to apologize. "I am quite sorry," he exclaimed, ? 'and chagrined that I should hare t poken so hastily, Colonel Loring. I a tope you understand my embarrass- i ^ iieut, sir, and will forgive my pas- i iouate words. I really thought you t rere Pierre Rameau." t "It's nothing at all," insisted the * :olonel. "I don't care a straw about t ? * J - t \ fl t. Liet it drop uere, sir, auu ue ior- i ;otten." ' Somehow in an instant Fairfax re- J tt [retted his apology. Surely, this man i \ ras Pierre Rameau?it was he from icail to foot. ]; Mr. Yernon, still inclined to be t leavily impetuous, kept his hold ou f ho arm of each. With his double c ausclos, not the least impaired by ( ige, he propelled them to the dining- 1 oom. g In the midst of a rapid and light a onversation, Loring suddenly ex- ^ laimed: s 'Please excuse me, gentlemen. I v im losing a greater pleasure than ever c rour company affords me. Miss Yer- v ion promised to dance with me. Ex- 't juse me." a And he hastened to the drawing- c ooms. Fairfax looked after him with n floomy eyes and flushed cheeks. The r >are thought of Pauline's dancing ? vith that man went like a leaden bul- y ct to his heart. In fact, just then v lis heart was particularly sensitive in his regard, for it seemed to him that v [lieutenant Bailanche had beeu doing t 4 v * wiMi Ponlinn f.lia f) lOlUUJg UUli uauuc >? 11U iiauitov vhole evening; and that man, or boy, " ather, Parker?she had been un- 11 lecessarily agreeable to him. These ; vere not exactly the thoughts of Fairrax. We must acquit him of actual t petty jealousy. But somehow he felt ^ eft out for tho time being, or as if he j iad failed to seize the opportunity g vith manly promptness. L He wandered into the conservatory, vhere many tropical plants were flourshing. Here the music reached him ^ n subdued waves and throbs; the Q jrisk phrases of tho violins were softmod and sentimentalized by the di3:ance till they seemed to creep . ;hrough his sense, trailing a nameless nelancholy behind. He stroked his ^ nouatache and gazed vacantly about, (TO BE COXTnOTED.) C There are at present forty-fl7e atari 0 pn the Amerioau flag. 0 ?^^?*!t!ft&SlMlUiKS!USS3S3X | BILL ARPJ Midnight?dark midnight. The heavens had been illumined with bursting shells and sky rockets ever since nightTall, and it kept our side of the river in alarm, but General French was over there with 7,000 troops, fresh from Texas, and these, with old Joe Johnson's forces at Resaca, could whip Sherman all to pieces. Every now and then we sent a messenger over to Genaral French to know if all was safe. Would old Joe certainly fight at Resale, or would he fire and fall back. More and more terrific the bombs Sept bursting and nearer and nearer ind nearer they came, closer to the ' roofs of our houses. Another messenger was sent to General French, but he assured us it was all right. But about aiidnight the general sent a message :hat Sherman had crossed the river and vould burn Rome and the bridges in lalf an hour and the troops had orders :o move up the railroad. Then came the :ug of war. The artillery had already cached the crossing and were loading h? cars with evervthinz in a jam. The lighway of Broad street, from one iridge to the other, was crowded, and lot a soldier could find elbow room. But still they moved. We had loaded )ur rockaway with baggage and my ovely wife and numerous children.^talked along outside in silence to keep iff intruders until wo found ourselves ight in the thick of the soldiers. Some were yelling, some were whopping, lome were cursing, and pretty soon :here was a crash and a bang and the loors of the stores flew open and solliers rushed in. Just then my old frieni Ueyerhart yelled out: "Oh mine tobac:o!" But Colonel Cameron was desperate and rode into the store behind them ind whaled them over the heads with ? lis sword and ordered them all out, iut it made them all mad to think they .ouldn't take the tobacco the enemy would plunder In a few minutes. They :urscd and raved furiously, but it made :o difference with the colonel. Tobao o wasn't all. They loaded down with obacco and then began on caps and )cnnets and sugar and coffee. * After we Bad all crossed the bridge t was a funny cavalcade. Long lines of loops marching up the long cemetery lill, arrayed with women's garments in?bonnets and shawls and?But the >rocession didn't turn out of the big oad. It turned up into the cemetery ind began their vandalism there. They ;ot hammers and broke up the iron ailing and tumbled down the tombtones and monuments and then kicked the soldiers' head stones to pieces, ill except cne, and that was the handome one of Lieutenant Bayard Hand, f the United States navy. They let hat go untouched, because he was a Jnited States officer. All the rest were iroken to pieces and tumbled down the lill. My father and son and brothers uffered the same fate. It was shameul! i'Yom tne top or tnat am tcey uurm he bridge and fired their shells across he town and destroyed everything that vould burn. Then they followed us for miles to Silver creek, where we were ;oing to stop for coffee, for we were xpected to take breakfast and rest. 3ut camp followers pursued us and old us the yankees were close behind ind for us to get up and hitch up and ;et away from there. So we hurried the mrness on and struck a trot for Eutarlee creek, and as wo crossed the >ridge it wabbled like a snake. Then re journeyed up a long rocky hill and hat night camped near an old house md sent up there to borrow a skillet o fry some meat and the old man said te was washing his feet In it, but as con as he got through he would send t down. Next camp was in the suburbs of Atanm and next morning we found that wo of our servants had departed to lome and we lost them for goocf One, if them came back. The other went to ,'hattar.ooga. The other came back to is last week and said I was just as ;ood looking as when I got married, nd she flattered up my wife so that he loaded her down with fancy scraps . nd calico and told her to come back, nd she said she "shorely would." She ' * 1 vent on down to jonesDoru, wuere me hildren camped, and from there we rent down to Alabama to dodge the hick of the fizht and eave our cotton nd cow peas. But It didn't save the otton and my wife and children got way from there and she escaped by a ound about way to Covington and run ver a lot of soldiers and from there to he plantation and took refuge at my fife's old river home and took a rest fhere her father lived. Our next more was homewward, here we found darkness and desolaion?not a bed or bedstead or mattreca r bureau or chair or cooking vessel? othing but the naked floor. No lard or ;,eat or sugar or coffee; no nothing; ot a hog or chiken or cow. Well, I did nd a cow, for which I paid $3,500 in onfederate money. I had long .before bat sold the cotton for a piano- in ladison and the yankees burnt It up. tut we lived and still live?thank the ood Lord for His mercies.?Bill Arp 11 Atlanta Constitution. Self-Sacrifice Extraordinary. Two piegantly-drcssed men, who ave long been wanted on a charge f burglary at Maycnce, Germany, rare arrested there the ether day rhile in the act of committing robery. They were taken to the police taticn and confined in separate cells. VTiile one of the men was being exmined the other committed sulcidS iy cutting his throat, and during the onfusion caused by the suicide the ther prisoner availed himself of the ipportunlty to escape. d ? - ,