The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 06, 1889, Image 1
IEEE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50.
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SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1889.
Sew Series-Vol. IX, No. 13.
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BT
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THE TREASURER OF SUMTER COU
TY gives notice that his books will
open from the FIFTEENTH DAY OF 0
TOBER, 1839, to the FIFTEENTH DAY C
DECEMBER. ?8S9, for the collection of Tax
for the Fiscal year commencing November ls
1888, in Sumter County,
The following are the rates per centum
the levy :
1. For State pnrposes-6ve and one-four
mills on every dollar of the value of all tax?t'
property.
2. For County purposes-three and on
b'&if mills on every dollar of such vaine,
which the proceeds of two and one-half mt!
are to be applied to ord in try County ex pet
6?s, and of one mitl to paying the deficient*
of the fiscal year ending October 31, 1S83.
3. For support of public schools-two mil
on every dollar of such value.
4. One dollar on each taxable poll, (to wi
between the ages of 21 and 50 years.)
5. Mayesville, two mills extra levy fe
school purposes in the town of MavesnUe.
I also give notice that my books ?il! fc
opeo at toy office in the city of Sumter froi
the fifieeuih day of October, to the fifteen?,
day of December, except on the fol lewin
named days, when I will attend at the ptaot
named, either in person or by deputy, for th
collection of the said Taxes :
On Tuesday, October loth, at Sh
k>h. *
Oo Wednesday, October 16ih, a
L;, rich borg.
Ou Thursday, October 17th, at Mag
nolia.
Oo Friday, October lSih, at Bi>b
op vi He.
On Monday, October 21st, at Prov
idenee. *
On Taesday, October, 22nd, at Rem
bert's Store, Rafting Creek Township.
Ou Wednesday, October 23;d, a
Spring Hill.'
On Thursday, October 24:h, at Man
ville.
Oa Friday, October 25ih at Bos
sard's.
Oo Monday, October 28th, at Gor?
don's Mill.
On Tuesday. October 2i)rh. at J. M.
Tindales Store. Privateer Township.
On Wednesday, October 30th, at
Mayesvs?e.
Oo Thursday, October 31st, at Reid's
Mill.
On Friday, November 1st, at Wedge?
field.
Oo Tuesday, November 5th, at
Stateburg.
P. P GAILLARD,
Treasurer Sumter County.
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: ^
Th? plantation known HS ibe*'Ksics pince"' ?
ahoul OOO acres, a^out 600 H ct c.* ?i?i.it.ie, 19
ten?t:is. L^rge residence wUli ail necessary
outbuildings. ?Jay be so'.<i iu two or ruort
Two tracts near Lynch'?? rar.
103 acres unimproved, 3 miles Xor th of
Sum?er.
250 Here farm, 2 mile? North of Gaillard's
X Roads.
200 ?.ere farm 3 miles South of Sumter on
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50 acre a-.d 23 ?ere :r*c'r on G urden R. R.
ann Rafting Creek.
40 acre trac?, ucioorove?, Xor'.h of Bisbop
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Several acre lots and mr-.ay small ID'S, snme
with buildings arid others without, in differ?
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next, and ir??v t-e se id on ":<.:>? time.
The Cpshur Residence on [lay csworth street j
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Oct.Sth, 1889. Attorneys al Law.
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rTWE TRACT OF LAND below Mayesv?le.
X known as the MILTON COOPER Place,
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3 head Horses or Vittles,
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Use of new ['la? ks nita :-!.op,
Are off-red for re:.t
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SUMTER, S C.
CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY.
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Also h> 3
A Savings Bank Department,
Deposits of ?! 00 rnd upwards received
Interest calculated nt ?!ie r?t:e of 4 per cent,
per annum, payable Quarterly.
W. F. D. HA Y XS YY ORTH,
A. WiiiTK. Ja , Pres! lent.
Cashier.
Aug 21.
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OF SEMTKR.
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" R. .M. WALLACE,
\ ice President.
\V*. ALSTON PKIXCLE. JR..
Aug* i
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FXE PORK and SA! SAGES.
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A Stoiy of Amer
By CAPT. CHARL
AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL'S E
"TH3 BS SE
Copyrighted, 18S8, by J. B. Lippincott <
Special Arrangement through t
CHAPTER III.
^^^^^/E A NT I .VE Lieut. Perry
N? v^r?W'Mr riding blithely down
%llll?? ?'^ win^n?5 trail, total
'^^?Wwj'wAf'ty unconscious that his
^Mtf ? W*Z ,uovements were of the
y M ^?3 ?? ?j? ?f. fain test conse( j u cn ce to
JP jSj* anJ"^J but Iumself,
?p N^ i'M^ anc^ heedless of
-their being a source of
"?^S^^ speculation. His horse
^^"^V-fv was one he rejoiced in,
full of spirit and sprint an:l intelligence;
the morning was nut ifni, just cool
enough to be exhilarating; Iiis favorite
bound. Bruce, went bounding over the
turf under the slopes, or ranging off
through the cottonwoods along the
stream, or the shallow, sandy arroyos,
where the grass and weeds grew rank
and luxuriant. Every now and then
with sadden rush and whir a drove of
prairie chickens would leap from their
covert, and. after vigorous flapping of
wings for a few roils, would go skim?
ming restfully rn long easy curve, and
settle to earth again a hundred yards
away, as though suddenly reminded of
the fact that this was mating time and
no gentleman would ho mean enough to
shoot at such a season.
Every little while, too, with prodigious
kicking of dust and show of heels, with
eyes fairly bulging ont of his feather
brained head, and tall lop cars laid flat
on his hack, a big jack rabbit would
bound <>:f into space, and go tearing
aero.-.- the prairie in mad race for his
threatened life, putting a mile between
him and the Monee before he began to
realize that the two quadrupeds ambling
along the distant trail were obedient to
the will of that single rider, who had no
thought to spare for game so small.
Some Indian ponies, grazing across his
pathway, set back their stunted ears,
and, cow like, refused to budge at sight
and liearing of the big American horse;
whereat a little vagabond of a Cheyenne,
not ten years old nor four feet high, set
up a shrill chatter and screech and let
drive a few well directed clods of turf,
and then showed his white teeth in a
grin as Perry sung out a cheery "Howl
sonny," and spurred on through the
opening thoroughfare, heedless of spite?
ful pony looks or threatening heels.
Perry's sp'nts rose with every rod.
Youth, health, contentment, all were
his, and his heart was warm towards his
fellow men. To the best of his reckon?
ing, he had not an enemy or detractor in
the world. He was all gladness of na?
ture, ail friendliness, frankness and cor?
diality. The toughest cowboy whom
they met on the long march down, the
most crabbed of the frontiersmen they
had ever encountered, was never proof
against such sunshine as seemed to ir?
radiate his face. He would go out of
his way at any time to meet and hail a
fellow man ii pon the prairies, and rarely
came back without knowing all about
him-where he was from, where he was
bound and what were his hopes and
prospects. And as for Iumself, no man
was readier to answer questions or to
meet in friendliest and most jovial spirit
the rough but weil meant greetings of
"the plains."
Being in this frame of mind to an ex?
tent even greater than his normal wont,
"Mr. Perry's eyes glistened, and he struck
spur to hasten Nolan's stride, when, far
ahead, and coming towards him on the
trail, be saw a horseman like himself.
Being in this mood of sociability, he was
something moro than surprised to see
that all of a sudden that horseman had
reined in-a mere black dot a mile away
-and was presumably examining him as
he advanced. Hostile Indians there had ,
been none for manya long month, '"road
agents" would have starved in a region
where there practically were no roads,
cowboys might, and did, get on frolics
and have wild "tears" at times, but who
ever heard of their being hostile, man to
man? Vet Perry was plainsman enough
to tell, even at the mile of distance, that
the stranger had halte?! solely to scruti?
nize him, and, next, to his vast astonish?
ment, that something in his appearance
bad proved either alarming or suspicious,
for the horseman had turned abruptly,
plunged through the timber and across
the stream, and in another moment,
veering that way himself to see, Perry
marked him fairly racing into the mouth
of a shallow rav inc, <>r "break." that en?
tered the valley from the south, and
there he was lost to sight.
"What an iii mannered galoot!" was
his muttered comment as ho gave Nolan
brief chance to crop the juicy grass,
while rds perturb :d rider sat g::/.in;;
across the stream i'> thc direction taken
by the shy horseman. "I've half a mind
todrofj tiie ranch and put out after that
fellow. That ravine can't go in so very
far but what he must soon show up on
the level prairie; and i'd bet Nolan could
run him down." After a moment's re?
flection, however, Slr. Perry concluded
that as he had como SO far and was now
nearly within rifie shot of tire mysterious
goai of bis morning ride, he might ns
well let the stranger go. and pushed
ahead hims? If for Dunraven.
The stream i > ?: ?t sont ii ward just at the
pr int where he had ?irst caught sight, of
the horseman, and around that point he
knew the randi to be. Very probably
that was one of lae ranchmen of whom
Mrs. [jawrencehad spoken-churlish fel?
lows, with a civil word for nobody, grim
and repellent. Why, certainly. That
accounted for his evident desire to avoid
the cavalryman, but he need not have
been in such desperate haste-need not
have kept at such unapproachable
bounds, as though he shunned ev< n being
Seen. That was the queer thing, thought
Perry, i lo acted just as though lie di<l
not want to be recognized. Perl taos he'd
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i boen up to some devilment at the'ranch.
This thought gave spur to his speed,
j and Nolan, responsive to his master's
j mood, leaped forward along the winding
j trail once more. The point was soon
; reached and turned, and the first object
! that caught Perry's eye was a long row
of stakes stretching from the cotton?
woods straight to thc south up the gen?
tle slope to the prairie, and indicating be?
yond all question the presence there of a
. stout and high and impassable wire fence.
There are few things the cavalrj'man
holds in meaner estimate. .
i "That marks the western limit,"
j thought Perry to himself, "and doubt?
less reaches miles away to thc south.
. from what 1 hear. Now, where does one
j enter?"
A little farther on he came upon a
: trail leading from the low bluffs to his
left hand. It crossed the winding bridle
path on which he rode, though some of
the hoof tracks seemed to join, and wheel
tracks too. Ile had marked that between
the fort and the point no sign of wheel
appeared: it was a hoof trail and noth?
ing moro. Now a light and little trav?
eled wagon track came in from the north,
anti while one branch seemed to cross the
Monee and to ascend the opposite slopes
close along the wire fence, the other
joined lum and went on down the stream.
This IK- decided to follow.
A r?'Vi of a few hundred yards brought
him to a point where a shoulder of bluff
j twisted the trail well in towards the
j stream, and he, thinking to cross and re
i connoiter on the other shore, turned No?
lan in that way, and was suddenly
brought up standing by the heaviest and
most forbidding wire fence he had ever
seen. Yes, there it stretched away
through the cottonwoods, straight as a
die. back to the angle whence started
the southward course he first had noted,
and, looking down stream, far as the eye
could reach, he marked it.
"Well," thought Perry, "I've often
j heard an English man's house was hi?
castle, but who would have thought of
staking and wiring in half a county
half a Texas county-in this hoggish
way? How far down is the entrance,
anyhow?"
Following the trail, he rode down
stream a full half mile, and still there
seemed no break. Nowhere on the other
shore was there sign of bridle path lead?
ing up the slopes. Turning to his left in
some impatience, Jie sent Nolan at rapid
lope across the intervening "bottom,"
and soon reached the bluffs, which rose
perhaps forty or fifty feet above the
stream. Once on the crest, the prairie
stretched before him northward, level as
a floor, until it met the sky; but it was
southward belonged to look,and thither
quickly turned. Yes, there it lay-Dun?
raven Ranch, in all its lonely majesty.
From where he gazed the nearest build?
ing stood a good long mile away. That
it was the homestead he divined at once,
for a broad veranda ran around the
lower story, and white curtains were
visible at the dormer windows of the
upper floor. Back of it and on the eastern
flank were other buildings, massive look?
ing, single storied affairs, evidently
stables, storehouses and corrals. There
was a tall windmill there-an odd sight
in so remote a region-and a big water
tank.
Perry wondered how it ever got there.
Then at tho southwest angle was a build?
ing that looked like an office of some
kind. Ile could see horses tethered there,
and what seemed to be hunian figures
moving about. Beyond it all, to the
cast and south, were herds of grazing
cattle, and here and there in the dim dis?
tance a horseman moved over the prai?
rie. This reminded him of the stranger
who had given him the slip; and he
gazed westward in search of him.
Far up the valley, between him and
the distant post, he could plainly see n
black object just descending the slopes
from the southern prairie to thc stream.
Not another was in sight that his prac?
ticed eye did not know to be cattle.
That, then, was his horseman, once more
going fort-wards in the valley, after hav?
ing made a three or four mile detour tc
avoid him. "Now, what sort of a Chris
thai is that fellow?" thought Perry, as
he gazed at the distant speck. "Going
to the fort, too. By thunder! I'll fine1
out who he is. anyhow. Now I'm going
to the ranch."
Down thc slopes he rode. Down the
winding trail once more lie trotted, peer?
ing through every gap among the cot?
ton woo: ls, .slaking Nolan's thirst at a lit- j
tl,' pool in tiie stream, and then, aftei
uno: her long half milo, he came to a
sudden turn to the right. The road
dipped and twisted through the stream
bed. rose to the other side, wound through
the cottonwoods and then out on th?
op'.u turf. Huzza! There it stretched
up the slopes straight away for the south,
straight through a broad gap between
two heavy gate posts standing on the
stake line ot' that rigid lenee. Nola:'
broke into a brisk canter and gave a
neigh of salutation: Perry'sweyes glistened
will? anticipation as he bent over hi
charger's neck, keenly searching the odd
looking structure growing on his vision
as they neared the fence. Then, little
by little. Nolan's cager .stride shortened
and grew choppy. Another moment,
ami horse anti rider reined up short inj
disappointment. Between the gate posts
swung a barrier of cobweb lightness,
slender and airy ns spider ever wove, hot
bristling with barbs, stiff as "bullfinch"
and unyielding ns steel. Ono glano
showed Perry that this inhospitable gat'
was firmly locked.
Fora moment he sat in saddle, study?
ing the situation, while Nolan poked hi
head over the topmost strand of win
and keeping at respectful distance from |
tie* glittering barbs gazed wistfully over
tire melesed prairie in search of comrade
quadruped who cou h I tell hin? what
manner of' place (lins was. Mean tili?
Iiis rider was hitently evin.-; th . heavy
padlock 11 J : ? t w as SCH! red on the innei
sitie of the gate, it was square i.i shape,
m e--ive and bulky-something ut. ly
unlike anything he lia ! ev, r seen a no rg
tin* (piartermaster's stores. Dismount?
ing, and binding Nokin well bael: from
Iii-,' a:;;: - ive fence with one hand.
he gingerly ....-?.-< ? tho Other through the
spike fringed aperture and turned the
padlock so as to gvt a better view. It
was of Eng?ish make,.as he "surmised,
ind of strength sufitcient to resist anv?
iling short of a tri:? hammer. Evident?
ly no-ad m issi on VMS to be gained here, he
reasoned,a:i<i vet it wastbrott rh b< re that
that horsemen had come but aa hour
fore, i?ere were the fresh hoof prints
the trail, and it was evident that t
rider had dismounted, opened the ga
led his horse through, closed and fa
cued it, then remounted and ridd
away. Perry was plainsman enough
read this from tire hoof prints. Studyr
them carefully, a look of surprise cai
into Ids face; he bent down and close
examined tho two or three that wc
most clearly defined upon the trail, th
gave a long whistle as a means of c
pressing his feelings and giving play
his astonishment.
'.Johnny Bull holds himself too hi.
and mighty to have anything to do wi
us blarsted Yankees, it seems, exce
when he wants his horses shod. 'Abc
shoes were set at the post blacksoil
shop, or I'm a duffer,'' was the lieute
ant's verbal comment. "Now, how w
it done without the quartermaste]
knowing it? That's the cavalry shoe!"
Pondering over this unlooked for rev
lation. Mr. Perry once more rnount<
and turned his disappointed steed aga
downstream. At last, full half ami
farther on, he saw that a wire fence ri
southward again across the prairie, ?
though marking the' eastern bouudai
of the homestead inciosure, and co:
jecturing that there was probably a tra
along that fence and an opening througl
even if the southeastward line should I
found fenced still farther, he sent Nola
through the Monee to the open bank c
tte northern side, cantered along tint
the trail turned abruptly southwan
ar.d, following it, found himself one
more at the fence just where the heav
corner post stood deeply imbedded i
the soil. Sure enough, here ran anoth(
fence straight up the gentle slope to ti
south, a trail along its eastern side, an
a broad cattle gap, dusty and trampe
with the hoofs of a thousand steers, wi
left in the fence that, prolonged dow
stream, spanned the northern bound ar]
Inside the homestead lot all was virgi
turf.
Following the southward trail, Pen
rode briskly up the long incline. It wc
east of this fence he had seen the catt!
herds and their mounted watchers. II
was far beyond the randi buildings, bi
felt sure that once well up on the prairi
he could have an uninterrupted view c
them and doubtless meet some of th
ranch people and satisfy himself whs
there was in the stories of their churlis
and repellent demeanor. The sun wa
climbing higher all this time, and h<
eager in pursuit of his reconnoissanc?
gave little heed to fleeting minutes. I
fair means could accomplish it, he an
Nolan were bound to have acquaintanc
with Dunraven Randi.
Ten minutes' easy lope brought II?E
weil up on the prairie. There-westwar
now-was the mysterous clump of brow;
buildings, just as far away as when h
stood, bafi?ed and disappointed, by th
gateway on the Monee. Here, leadin;
away towards the distant buildings, wa
a bridle path. Here in the fence was ;
gap just such as he had entered on th
stream, and that gap was barred ans
guarded by thc counterpart of the firs
gate and firmly secured by a padlocl
that was the other's twin. Mr. Perry'
comment at this point of his explora
tiona was brief and characteristic, if no
objectionable. Ile gave vent to the sam
low whistle, half surprise, half vexation
that had comforted his soul before, bu
supplemented the whistle with th
unnecessary remark: "Well, I'll bi
damned!"'
Even Nolan entered his protest agains
such incredible exclusiveness. T!*ru$iin<
his lean head far over the topmost wires
as before, he signaled long and shrill
a neigh that would have caught the eai
of any horse within a mile-and then
all alert, he waited for an answer. I
came floating on the rising wind, a re
sponsivc call, a signal as eager and con
fident as his own, and Nolan and No
Ian's rider whirled quickly around to sec
the source from whence it rose. Foul
hundred yards away, just appearing ovei
a little knoll in the prairie, and moving
towards them from the direction of a
distant clump of grazing cattle, anothei
horse and rider came trotting into hail?
ing distance; and Perry, bis bright blue
eyes dilating, and Nolan, his dainty,, sen?
sitive ears pricked forward, turned
promptly to meet and greet the new ar?
rivals.
For fifty yards or so the stranger rode
confidently and at rapid trot. Perry
smilingly watched the out turned toes,
the bobbing, "bent over" seat, and an?
gular ci bows that seemed so strange and
out of place on the broad Texan plain.
Ile could almost sec tho "crop" in the
free hand, and was smiling to himself
at the idea of a "crop" to open wire
gates, when he became aware of the
fact that tlie stranger's mien had chang?
ed; confidence was giving place to hes?
itancy, and he was evidently checking
the rapid trot of his horse and throwing
his weight back on the contle, while his
feet, thrust through to the very heels in
the gleaming steel stirrups, were braced
in front of the powerful shoulders of the
bay. The horse wanted to come, thc
rider plainly wanted to stop. Another
moment, ami Perry could see that the
stranger wore eyeglasses and had just
succeeded in bridging them on his nose
and was glaring at him with his chin
high in air. They were within two hun?
dred yards of each other by this time,
and to Perry's astonishment, the next
thing thc stranger did was to touch
sharply his horse with a barbed heel,
whirl him spitefully about, and go bob?
bin;; oiT across the prairie at lively can?
ter, standing up in his stirrups, and be?
striding his steed as though his object
wert; not so much a ride a's^anieof leap?
frog.
It was evident that he lind caught sight
cf Perry when Nolan neighed, had rid?
den :it. once to meet lum, expecting t<>
lind some one connected with ti ie ranch,
and. had veered off in disgust the mo?
ment he was able to recognize the uni?
form-arid norsti equipments of the (J^Red
Slates ca\ airy.
CHAPTER IV.
fi 4 K
MU ^
ff fe yygggk.
. L&~9&rH hi- - aSgg,
' '^^X WEET tempered a fel
^/^v^K'tow as Mr. Perrv c? n !
fr*?**Ny ?".'** tliero w.H
v>Os o m e t h i n g ia tilt
stranger's conduct that
~% galled him inexpres?
sibly. Kr?.?m his hand
some 'jiount. his garb and his geneud
appearance. Perry set tlii's stranger dov
as one of tire Englishmen residing at tl
randi. It was not fear of arrest ai
captor-} that sent him scowling awi
across the prair e; it was deliberate i
tent to avoid, and this was, to Perrv
thinking, tantamount to insult. Ol
moment he gazed after the retreatir
form of the horseman, then clapped li
forage cap firmly down upon his hea<
shook free the rein and gave Nolan tl
longed for word. Another instant, ar
with set teeth and blazing,. angry ey
lie was thundering at headlong spee
swooping down upon the unconscioi
stranger in pursuit. Before that su:
burned, curly haired, buikily fram<
young man had tho faintest idea of wh;
w as- impending, Mr. Perry was remix
in his snorting steed alongside and? CE
tingly accosting him:
"I beg your pardon, my good sir, bi
may I ask what you mean by trottir
away when it must have been evielej
that I wanted to speak with you?"
The stranger turned slightly and cool
eyed the flushed and indignant cavalr
man. They were trotting side by si<
now, Nolan plunging excitedly, but tl
English horse maintaining his cv?
stride: and stronger contrast of type ar
style one could scarcely hope to find. ]
rough tweed shooting jacket and ca
brown Bedford cords fitting snugly ;
the knee but flapping like shapeless ba<
from there aloft to tlx? waist, in hea\
leather gaiters and equally heavy leath<
gloves, the stocky figure of the Englis:
man had nothing of grace or eleganc
but was sturdy, strong, and full of th;
burly self reliance which is so chara'
terestic of the race. Above his broa<
stooping shoulders were a bull neck, re<
dened by the sun, a crop of close cur
mg, light brown hair, a tanned an
honest face lighted up by fearless gra
eyes and shaded by a thick o.nd carlin
beard of lighter hue than the hair of h
massivo head.
He rode with the careless case and si
preme confidence of the skilled hors?
man, but with that angularity of foe
and elbow, that roundness of back an
bunching of shoulders, that incessar
rise and fall with every beat of h
horse's powerful haunch, that the ef?e<
was that of neither security nor repose
His saddle, too, was the long, flat seate?.
Australian model, pig skin, with hug
rounded leathern cushions circling i
front and over the knees, adding to th
cumbrousness of his equipment and i
no wise to the comfort; but his bit an
curb chain were of burnished stee
gleaming as though fresh from the hand
of some incomparable English groon:
and the russet reins were soft and phi
ble, telling of excellent stable manage
ment and discipline. Perry couldn
help admiring that bridle, even in hi
temporary fit of indignation.
As for him-tall, slender, elegautl,
made, clothed in the accurately fittin
undress "blouse" of the army and in ri?
lng breeches that displayed to best ad
vantage the superb molding of his pow
erful thighs, sitting like centaur wei
down in the saddle, his feet and lowe
legs, cased in natty riding boots, swinp
Lag close in behind the gleaming shoul
ders of his steed, erect as on parade, ye
swaying with every motion of his horse
graceful, grillan:, and to the full as pow
erful as his burly companion, thoadvan
tage in appearance was all on Perry*
side, and was heightened by Nolan"
spirited action and martial trappings
Perry was an exquisite in his soldie
taste, and never, except on actual cam
paign, rode his troop horse without hi
broidered saddle cloth and gleaming
bosses. All this, and more, the English
man seemed quietly noting as, finally
without the faintest trace of irritability
wich even a suspicion of humor twink
ling about the corners of his mouth, lu
replied:
"A fellow may do as he likes wher
he's on his own bailiwick, I suppose."
"All the same, wherever I've been
from here to Assiniboia, men meet like
Christians, unless they happen to be roae
agents or cattle thieves. What's more, ]
am an officer of a regiment just arriv?e
here, and, from the Missouri down, there
isn't a ranch along our trail where we
were not welcome and whose occupants
were not 'hail fellow well met* in om
camps. You are the first people to shur
us; and, as that fort yonder was built foi
your protection in clays when it was bael
ly needed, I want to know what there is
about its garrison that is so obnoxious tc
Dunraven Ranch-that's what you cali
it, I believe?"
"That's what-it is called."
"Well, here! I've no intention of in?
truding where we're not wanted. I sim?
ply didn't suppose that em the broad
prairies of the west there was such a
place as a ranch where one of my cloth
was unwelcome. 1 am Mr. Perry, of thc
-th cavalry, and I'm bound to say I'd
like to know what yon people have
against us. Are you the proprietor?*'
'Tm not. I'm only au employe."
"Who is the owner?"
"He's not here now."
"Who is here who can explain the
situation?"
"Oh, as to that, I fancy I can do it a?
well as anybody, lt is simply because
we have to do pretty much as you fed
lows-obey orders. The owner's orders
are not aimed at yon any more tuan any?
body else, ile simply wants to be let
.alone, ile bought tins tract and settled
here because he wanted a place where
he could have things his own way-see
people whom he sent for and nobody
else. Everyman in Ids employ is ex?
pected to stick to thc ranch so long as
lie is on the pay roll, and to carry out
Iiis instructions, li" he can't, he may
:;o."
"And your instructions are to prevent
neople getting into the ranch?"
".Oil, hardly that, you know. Wo don't
interfere. There's neverany one toc?me,
as a nile, anti, when they do. thu fence
seems to bestijHoient."
"Amply, I should sar: and yet vere 1
to tel lc you tltfit thad business with the
proprietor and needed to ride up to the
nnch, you would open the gate yonder.
L s;i{?|>ose?"
"No; I would tell you that the owner
w;is away, and that in his absence 1
transacted all business for him."
"Well, thank you for the informa?eon
^ivi-u me at ail events. Max 1 ask the
name of your misanthropical boss? You
might tell him I called."
"Several oihVc?s called three years
ag??, but he hogged to be excused."
"At: I w hat is ll ? name?"
"Mr. Militia nd-is what he ii* called." j
"Ali right. Possibly the time may
come when Mr. Maitland will lu' as
anxious yo have tho cavalry arouriel him
as h.- is now to keep it away. But if !
von ever feel like coming up to the fort, j
just ride i?j mid ask fer me."
"I fed Uke it a dozen times ts week, 1
von know: but a man mustn't quarrel
with Ids bread and butter. I met one of
vour feli'cws.oncc^m a hunt after strayed
mules, and he asked me in, but ? couldn't
Sorry, you know, and ail that, but
thc owner won't have it."
"Well, then there's nothing to do for ,
i; but say gooel day to you. I'm going
I bael?. Possibly l'if see" some' of fol
people up at Rossiter when they co mt:-'
get a horse shod."
"A horse shod* Why, man alive, v
shoe all our horses heref*
"Well, that fellow who rode out <
your north gate and went up towards si
fort about an hour or so ago had ii
horse shod at a cavalry forge, or Fro
duffer."
A quick change came over the Ei
glishinan's face; a flush of surprise an
anger shot tfp to hi3 forehead* V
wheeled* about and gazed eagerly, lowe
ingly, back towards the far away buit<
ing3.
"How do you know there was
Wliat fellow did you see?" fife sharpl
asked.
"Oh, I don't know who he was," ai
swered Perry, coolly. "He avoided ir,
justas pointedly as you did-gallope
across the Monee and out on the prairi
to- dodge me; but he came out of th:
gate on the stream, locked it after hin
and went on up to the fort, and his hors
had cavalry shoes. Good day to yoi
my Britannic friend Come and see u
when you get tired of prison- life." Anc
with a grin, Mr. Perry Sumed and rod
rapidly away, leaving the other hors?
niaif in a brown study.
Once fairly across the Monee he an
bled placidly along, thinking of the od
situation of affairs at this great prairi
reservation, and almost regretting tha
he had paid the ranch the honor of
call. Reaching, the point where th
? wagon tr" "ks crossed the-stream to th
? gateway the boundary fence, h
reined in Nolan and looked through
vista in the cottonwoods. There was th
Englishman, dismounted, stooping ove
the ground and rvidently examinin
the hoof prints at the gate. Pen
chuckled at the sight, then whist) In
?for Bruce, who had strayed off throug
the timber, he resumed his jaunty wa
to the post.
In the events of the morning ther
were several things to give him abur.
dant cause for thought, if not for li vol
curiosity, but lie had not yet reache
the sum total of surprises in store fo
him. He was still two miles out fror
the fort, and riding slowly along th
bottom, when lie became aware of
trooper coming towards him on the trail
The sunbeams wore glinting on the pol
ished ornaments of his forage cap an
on the bright yellow chevrons of hi
snugly fitting blouse. Tall and slende
and erect was the coming horseman, ;
model of soldierly grace and carriage
and as he drew nearer and his han<
went up to the cap visor in salute ;
gesture from his young superior brough
an instant pressure on the rein, am
horse and man became an animate<
statue. It was a wonderfully suddei
yet easy check of a steed in rapid mo
tion, and Mr. Perry, a capital rider him
self, could not withhold his admiration
"Where did you learn that sudder
halt, sergeant':" he asked. "I never sav
anything so quick except tiie Mcxicai
training; but that strains a horse anc
throws him on his haunches."
"It is not uncommon abroad, sir," was
the quiet answer. "I saw it first in thc
English cavalry; and it is easy to teacl
the horse."
"I must get you to show me the knact
some day. Pvc noticed it two or three
times, and would like to- learn it. What
I stopped you for is tins: You've been
6table sergeant ever since we got here,
have you not?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then if anybody besides members ci
the troop had horses shod at our forge
you would ba pretty apt to fcnw it?'
"I know that no one has, sir." And a
flush was rising to tho young sergeant's
face and a pained look hovering about
his bright blue eyes. Yet his manner
was self restrained and full of respect
''Don't think I'm intimating anything
to the contrary, Sergt. Gwynne. Nc
soldier in the regiment more entirely
holds the confidence of his captain-ol
all the officers-than you. I was noi
thinking of that. But somebody down
there at that big ranch below us1 hus had
his horse shod by a cavalry farrier-ir
may have been done while the Eleventh
were here-and, while I knew you would
not allow it at our forge, I thought it
possible that it might be donein your
absence."
"It's tho first time I've been out of
sight of the stables since we came to the
post, sir, and the captain gave me per?
mission to ride down the valley this
morning. May I ask tho lieutenant why
he thinks some ranchman is getting his
shoeing done here at the post"/"
"I've been down there this morning,
and met a man coming up. Ile avoided
me. and rode over to the south-side, ami
so excited my curiosity; and as they
keep that whole plac*** inclosed in a wire
fence, and lie had evidently come oat of
the north gate, 1 was struck by the
sight of the hoof prints; they were j>or
fcot ly fresh there on the trail, and plain
as day. There's no mistaking the shoe,
you know. By the way, he rode up ta
the fort, and probably entered at your
side of the garrison; did you sec* him?"
"No, sir, and, except for breakfast
just after reveille-1 have been at.s?abies
ail the morning. 1 was there when the
lieutenant got lus horse."
"Yes, 1 remember. Then no one rode
in from the vat foy?"
"No civilian-no ranchman, sir. The
only horsemen I've seen were some
Cheyenne scouts during the last two
liours, and Ur. Quin-just before sick
cali."
"Pr. Quin!-the post surgeoni Are
yoi sure, sergeant?"
"Certainly, sir. The doctor renie- futo
the post just atxnitan hour after live lieu?
tenant left-coming up the valley too
He went right around to Ivis own stable,
over towards the hospital."
A look of amaze anti stupefaction waa
settling on Perry's face. Now for the
lirst time he recalled Mrs. Lawrence's
intimations with regard to the doctor
and his connection-with the signal Lights.
Now fos the first time it occurred to him
that the secret of those cavalry hoof
prints-at the gate wastliat no ranchman;
but an officer of the garrison, had been I
the means of leaving them there. Now j
for the first lime it flasliedupon him that;
the Englishman's astonishment and eoi>
cern on liearing of those hoof tracks in>
dicated that the- story of a mystery at
Dunraven in ?rhicl> tlie doctor was con?
nected amounted to something mon?
than garrison rumor. Now fo? tho first
time an explanation occurred) to him cf
the singular conduct of the horseman,
who hail dodged him by crossing the
Monee. Never in his young life had he
known? the hour when ho was ashamed:
or afraid to look any man in the eye. It
stung him to think tliat here at Rossiter,
wearing the uniform, of an honorable
profession, enjoying the trust and con
fidence of all his fellows, was a man
who had some secret enterprise of which
lie dared not speak and of whose discov?
ery he stood in dread. There could be
little doubt that the elusive stranger was
Dr. Quin, and that there was grave rea
son for the rumors of which Mrs. Law- I
renee had vaguely told him.
For a moment he sat, dazed and irreso?
lute. Nolan impatiently pawing tlie turf'
the while: tiren, far across the* pf?ft-ie*
and down the valley t?iset?rcstttx floating;
quick and spirited, though faint with5
distance; the notes of the cavalry tr?iinv
pet sotiTtriing. "Fight, ?P?*W into line."
He looked?^, startled.
''They're out at battalion drill, sir,*
said the sergeant. "They marched out
just as I left tTie-s?ables?"
"Just my infernal luck again!** gasped/
Perry, as he struck spur to Nolan and?
sent him tearing up the dope-, "I-ntHghtf
have known I'd miss it!"
[TO 98 CONTINUED''J
- ? ll .?>?. -IT-i -
"Tho Lady ?f Lyons.'*""
Itis-remai'kab?fe'how so many of ou?
leading performers have alf eagerly come'
at last to attempt these favorite charac-^
ters. The fnserval between the days of
the classical Macready afid the "roman*
tic** Irving is filled by ar regular line of
distinguished players. & must be ad?
mitted tliat there is a certafn "high
flown" strain in particular passages, ce&
tainly "bombastic," and whifcFr ait? al?
most impossible to deliver without pro-'
voking a smile.
Such is the well known- description- of
the pakice with- windi- t?w sniidl" at?
tempts to dazzle thc imagination of his*
mistress. To the ordinary player this
is, of course, inexpressibly dear, and?
perhaps tire most precious morsel* of
"fat" in the whole. Mr. Coghlan, who
played the part with Sirs. Langtry, jjidi
ciousiy leveled down the strain?? tone"
mto a more prosaic shape, w4fcJy?*eeH?"*}*2*
effect. A rather ludicrous tradition
seems to have l>een jealously preserved"
by all performers of the chzrsste*:
Wlren Claude returns from the wars andr
meets his mistress, it is obvious that the*
Haere change of costtwne would not pre*
vent msiarr? recognition, which- t% feow
ever, happHy averted by t-ke dfefibe of
sheltering his face- be?fnd his cocked?
hat and spreading plumes.
The gracious, winsome ye.Tf of Paulin*'
has been essayed by ail'our most charn>
ing actresses, after being created- by the'
once irresistible 3*iss Heles- V:'j?eltr awd*
all, down to Miss Terry, "V?issr AM(ier*s?il'
and Mrs. Langtry, have increased tlieir
reputations by the performance. Foi
over fifty years it has held its ground*
and is always performed. Nay, it has:
been said that there is not a theatrical
night in the year on which it is rttrt Ssi-Hgi
played at some theatre of the kingdom.
The young beginner, just stepping on tlie*
boards, turns fondly ter elie e&es&v*'
"gardener's son," and is certain he could"
deliver the passage ending, "Dost Iika
the picture?"-a burst often toughed4 atf.
but never failing to telL-'-Every charac?
ter is good and actable, and, though we
may have seen it fifty times, as most"
playgoers ba ve, there is always a reserve
of novelty and attraction Fe?t wfacn ?*
certain to interest In his preface to the
play the author explains that he had*
founded it upon his imperf erl recollec?
tion of a pretty little sto*y called "The
Bellows Mender." This is the ex?et*
truth, for the main or "root" idea is
thus suggested, viz., that of a girl- beio*-*
deceived into a marriage with one ef?
low dorree to gratify the revenge of a
rejected suitor, and being afterward1
gained over to love her low born ad?
mirer. The character of Pauline is to?
tally different, the original; being a rather
energetic person who asserted he7 right*
in a very vigorous fashion.-The Gentle*
sstan's- Magazine..
A Toad Tackle? ai Snake. .
"I once ssw antnrthing. wh*n a sra all boy/,"""
said an old stager yesterday, "that f never"
heard of since, and that was a toad attack a
snako, after the latter had been forced to- iW
go his hold. It was in a blacksmith >L.?pK
built ot logs vu. Indiana county The black.
smith was working at h?i*>#arrv?T vr?tri tv
squeaking sound was beard at one side of tb?*-'
shop whi?;b attracted attention.
"Turning to look, the blacksmith and tba*
narrator saw a large toad dragging himself1
into the inclosure, with a lifteen inch garter*
snake following The snake hail the himlr
leg of a toad swallowed. With a pair of hotf
tongs the blacksmith caught the snake;
which released its bold as quickly as possibler
Instead of hopping away, a* was to tie ex?
pected, the toad, turned itself around aral;
leaping six inches high in the air, comedown*
en the-body of the snake and bit itsfrvag?ly-.*
-Pittsburg Disuatch.
Evolution of the ??ootblac?o*.
I think that nothing reminds me mor?*
that styles have changed and are chang
ing than bootblacking. The small boy"
who appeared from the most unsaspect
ed places and yelled. "Shine, sahl" has^
disappeared entirely from llie New York
streets, and in his place, in uniform cor?
ners, are very pretentious- bootbbc4ingr.
pedestals with two toot rests and a plat?
form for the chair, some of these not ?nly
very comfortable but very elaborate, any?
where one can enjoy a rest, a cigar and
paper while having a "shine."-Nev*'
York Cor. Detroit Tribune. ;
Elsie-What did you say then. !
Amy-I asked him calmly to think:
over my proposition.
Elsie-Calmly! Good gracious! Ite
nearly drives him into hysterics to think-'
at all.-Boston Herald.
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