The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 18, 1889, Image 1

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CHE S?MTEK WATCHMAN, K.tabii.hed April, issn. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" THE TRUE SOITHKON, Etubiiabed june, itt? Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1889. Sew Series-Vol. IX. No. 19 v.) Published e?er7 Wednesday, .sr N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTKK, S O TKR.MS : Two Doilars per aunum :n advance. A D V S S T I 8 5 X ! S T 8 . oe Square. ?vs< insertion.Si 00 $very subsequent inser? ion. 50 Go a trac ts for thr*^ t^ant-tis. or longer will ?e made at reduced ra'e? All communication- vh?vi .uoserve private nterests will be charge*? as advertisements Obituaries tributes o? respect wil; hf. barged for R. W. BRABHAM, Wheelwright and Blacksmith SUMTER. S C IAM PREPARED TO REPAIR AND Rebuild, MS weil as to build outright, ali kiuds ot Vehicle*. HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTV. Also repair al! parts of broken Machinery Keep on hxnd a stock of Check und Globe Valves ?nd Fittings. Also keep Pumps on hand ?nd put th-ro down I handle the SMITH'S SONS IMPROVED GIN, which ts HS pood as any on the market, and givrs entire satisfaction. Aug 21_ J. J. MULLER, PRACTICAL HARNESS M AXER, SUMTER. S. C. Has now in Stock, Harness. Collars. Saddle?, Bridles. Halters. Whips, BOSKY Cushions, Buggv Aprons. Baroess Oil, Harness Dress? ing, i*ads and S?ent Collars, -ALSO Saddlerv Hardware and Horse Goods of all description. Repairing done at lowest possible, prices for cash. Sept 25. IMPERIAL EGO FOOD, FOR ALL VARIETIES OF POULTRY, WILL MAKE YOUR HENS LA) ! >? ? It keeps fowls in best condition, and m*ke5 poultry the most profitable stock on the farm. When the Imprriai Egg food ts fed ^cord? ing to directions, sick and drooping chicks will never he seen It supples ?ll the need? ed material for forming bone, muscle, and feathers, and by ?ts gentle toniceffect strength? ens the digestir? orgaDS and lays the founda? tion for 11pSfOU? healthy, and therefore. proStable fowls. They will also be fitted fo: market a month earlier than by common tre*rm?nY Far sale by Eh A. J. CHINA. v4? gjjjj_ J. F. H DK?MOI , Agent. -DSALEK IN BRfiii MfiBia TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY K KPT IN \ FlKsr OL ASS DRU? STORK Tobacco, S mi IT ami Segars, GARDEN SEEDS, -ALSO Paints, Oils, Varnishes, ??IASS, PUTTY, &c. -A sn DYK STUFFS. ?JT-U Physician*? Prescriptions carefully coiupomidecU and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu? ine, and-ofttfl? best quality. Call and see for yourselves. PATRONIZE HOME TALENT. ft ?va - - -- - - Life-Size Portraits in Crayon, MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, -SUMTER, S. C. -BY - MRS. E. J. DUNNE. > ; Ai?c prepared to teach a class in Drawing and Music Jan" 30. Dr. T. W. BOOKHART, DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bultman & Bro.Shoe Store. ENTRANCE ON MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S C. Office Hours-9 to 1:30 ; 2 30 to 3. April 17-0 Gr7%. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bogia's New S'ore, KtfTKASCR OS MAIN ST?tKKT, SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-." to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 B. G. GIBSON, COTTON BUYER. HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID Office at VV. II. Yates' well known Grocery Store, Main Street. _Se?_ll _ PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. first Class in all its Appointment?. Supplied with all Modern Improvements. Excellent Cuisine. Larg** Airy Rooms, Otis Passenger Elevator. F)lec tric Bells and Lights. Heat? ed Rotunda. RATES $2 00, $2 50 AND $3.00. Rooms Reserved by Mail or Telegraph, Sept IS POWDER Absolutely Pure. This pt? rt tie: .ever varie: A marvel of .uritv, strength snd wholesomeness. More .coriomicHl 'han the ordinary kinds, and can? not oe sold in competition with the multitude yf low test, short weight, alum or phosphate >owders. Sold only in cans ROY AL BAK NG POWDER GO-, 106 Wall ?t.. N.Y. CATARRH HPAFV tit Try the Cure U.SJL Ely's O ream Bal m Cleanses the Nasal Passages. Al? lays Inflammation. Heals the Sores. Restores the Senses of Taste, Smell and Hearing. A particle is applied int o ench nostril and 5s agreeable. P: i:'?*.>Ot*. ut llrtisKist* or by nail. ELY BROTHERS.5G Warren St-.New York. THE SIMOSDS NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. j Paid up Capital .$75.000 00 j Surplus F::n.i. 7,500 00 j Tran^H-.-ts a General B.ttikine Business. Careful attentive given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. i Deposits of JI md upwards! received. In j terest al io wwi Ht the rate of 4 per cent per i M ti nu ni Pavat-le quarterly, on firstdays Ot i January, April, July and October. * R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. ! W. ALSTON PRINGLE JR., : Aug. 7 Casi;?er. TBE B!.\K ISHIM!!, SUMTER, S C. ] CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. ! Transacts a general Bankiog business. A ?So hrs IA Sayings Bank Department I Deposits of Si-00 and upwards received. ? ! Interest calculated ;it the r?ite of 4 per cent, . per aunum. payable quarterly W. F B. HA Y NS WORTH, ! A WHITE JR, President. ! Cashier Au? 21. I BARTOW'WALSH ~ . Would inform the -.^;J*.*ic that he has accepted the Agency for the sale of j "Er. Sine's Royal Geraieteur," : the b">t Proprietary Medicine ever sold in ! this country, for Dyspepsia, Sick Headaches. I Indigestion, Suu:ti.rr Complaint, Cholera In? fant uni Insomnia and ail diseases ari?intr : from an impoverished condition of ?he biood. j A few bottles will make you tee! like a new ! person Cures ail Female Complaints ?nd is j a specific for Chills and Fever, and all skin j diseases from Itch ;o Eczema. Would refer you to th* fallowing persons. I who have used ii either for themselves or ! families : I J D Craig. J P. Roach. N. P. Lenoir, C. ? F A Buhman. W. B. Murray, R. P. Brad \ wei!, L. W. Folsom, H. R Nash. G. D. With? erspoon. D M Richardson. W. H. Br)an, ! Rev. C C Brown, L. I. Parrot!, C. L ! Stubt-s. J. N Brand, E H.Rhatne, Geo. F. j Epperson, A. P. Levy, C. F. II. Bultman, L. j E. While. L D. J-rvev, .J*u:es Gaillard, ; R*v. John Kershaw, A." B. Stuckey, E B .Shaw and a nurnt-er of others who are using ' it now, at.d from whom I have no? learned ; the result I have given it a thorough test I rnvself before attempting to sell j?. Have ! sohl 4d gallous in two months, and no adver ; tisement uatii now There is nothing like it. i N'> family should he without it, "Germe ? leur cures Plies." Put up ia 2 qu irt Lotties, at $1.50 per ! boitie. B VRTO W WALSH, At Buhcian & Bro.s Shoe Store. Auc 21. I if any dealer p-a.vs he J;a* ti?'.- XV. L. Douglas j ?>..>.-?. without uame and pri?e Ktaw-p?d aa Le bottom, put bim down as a Iraud. L. DOUGLAS FOR CEKTLEMEN. Re?l in the ieor)<I. Examine hi?? 85.00 GENUINE H AN D-SKU ED SHOE. S4.O0 HAND-SEWED WU.T >ff<>-:. Sr;.."?0 POLICE AND FA KM EES' SHOE. S?.?O EXTRA VAI.i'K CALF SHOE? S-i.'tr, WORKINGMAN'S SHOE. &4.00 awl SI. 75 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES AU made it? Congress, Hutton and i.:?._.... W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE LADIES. J5est Material. Beat S*yl?-. liest Fitting. Ii not sold i?v your dealer, write XV. I.. ?OIGLAS LOCKTON. M A SF Examine XV. I.. I>?m?la- $'?'.00 Shoes for gentlemen >?n?! Ia?tie?. FOB SALL BY J. Battenberg c: Sens, Agents, JHO. 16 SUMTER, S. C : WATCHMAN AND SOUTHRON - AND j ? The Greil F<irv Industrial and S'>,cf; Journal j of ike South, ONE YEAR FOR $3.00. i DAVIS' FUNERAL. Impressive Obsequies, Where Sect "Was Ignored j - I i All the South Unites in Homage to the ! Memory of Theil Hero. From the New York Herald, Dec. 12. Aaiid the tolling of bells and the booming of minute guns all over the South tiie body of Jefferson Davis, first, and only Presideut of the Confede? rate States of America, was laid to rest yesterday. While representatives of ail the Southern States joined with the people of New Orleans in the imposing obstqoies of ?he man who led the South in its vain struggi- to forsake 'he old Union there were few places of any im? portance iu any of those States where marked observance of the event was not made. Memorial meetings aud pro cessions in honor of the dead chieftain were held everywhere, flags were dis? played at half mast a i,d building8, both public and private, were draped in mourning One of the features of the dav was tl e general participation of ce ii.-y m en of all denominations in the memo! ia! ez'jteises It was a mani frs tation every where of the most sincere and universal mourning felt by a peuple , for a man who had been a leader among them NEW ORLEANS. LA , Dec ll. 1889. -The obs? quies of Mr Jefferson Davis were celebrated here to day with great pomp and ceremony Perhaps two . huudred thousaud people took part in j the funeral, although the funeral pro? cession proper did not consist of more than six thousand persons. The weath- j er was bright and warm. At an early hour the railroads began to briug in visitors by thousands, aud ; as soon as the doors of the mortuary chamber were opened to the public \ people began to crowd through to ob? tain a farewell view of the Drst and last Confederate President. The doors were open from seven to ten o'clock, and in ' the three hours thousands parsed the bier on which the Casket reposed It is estimated that from the time the cof? fin wa* placed in the City Hail la>t i Friday uight until it was closed this I morning more than one hundred and fifty thousand people passed in proces? sion through the Council chamber where < the body lay in State. I MAXY EM31.EM3 OF MOURNING. Early in the day people began to ' crowd the streets through which the procession passed. These had been profusely draped in mourning colors, but elsewhere, in the residence section of the city, mourning emblems were the exception instead of the rule large crowds also gathered in the vicinity of the City Hall and in La Fayette square, immediately in front, to attend the funeral services there and see the pro? cession form When the casket was brought from the mortuary chamber and placed on the portico of the hall, where the funer? al services were to be held, the crowd j numbered* not less than tweo'y-five | thousaud FAREWELL OF LOVED ONES Mrs: Davis and her daughter, Mrs. Hayes, accompanied bv General Joseph K Davis, called at the hall last night aud took a last look at the face of the dead husband and father They re? mained iu thc- room alone some time Promptly at ten o'clock this morning the doors o? the City Hali were closed to the crowds still anxious to view the body, and the funeral directors began to make their last preparations. The casket was closed, the mass of floral decorations removed and a detachment of the Louisiana Field Artillery bore the casket ?o the portico cf thc building CLERGYMEN OF ALL DENOMINATIONS PRESENT. Following the military pallbearers came a small procession of clergy, cou? sis; ing of ten clergy men of the Episco? pal Church, immediately followed by ministers of all denominations, includ? ing teu or twelve Catholic priests, who attended without their priestly robes, as the services were under the direction ol the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Lou? isiana, John N Gallaher, Mr Davis being a commuuicaut of the Episcopal Church. Then came Ri git Kev. John N. (iailaher, S. 'J' D.. Bishop of Lou? isiana, and Right Kev. Hugh Mill' r j Thompson, S T. D., LL D., Bishop of Mississippi. Behind the Bishops came the official pallbearers, who wete followed by the Mayor of the city and members ot the City Council. At the main entrance stood r?giments from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi and Louisiana, who lowered their standards as the procession passed Arrived at. the portico the casket was deposited directly in front of the maiu entrance to thc hall Immediately tn trune were Mrs. Davis, Mrs Hayes arid otb? . members of the family seated in carnages, while in the background was a large assemblage surrounding the hall and niling the square in frout. IMPRESSIVE SERVICES. The funeral services at the hall were of a comp? si e character They were j conducted by Bishop (iailaher. who was ! assisted by five officiating clergy met? j The services (?pened with the anthem j "Through the \ alie)' of the Shadow of death." beautifully rendered by thesur pliced choir of St Paul's ('hut ch. The butial service of the Episcopal Church was then recited, after which Bishop j Gallaher delivered a sermon. Bishop Gallaher, who was a colonel in the Confederate service, spoke, earn? estly and feelingly and seemed much moved Bishop Gallaher was followed by Kev. Dr Markham, of the Presbyterian ("burch, who read the Scripture lesson; Kev Mr. Martin, of Grace Episcopal j (/burch, who repeated a psalm ; Kev. Dr Brakewell, who read the vend?les, and Bishop 'I hempson, who recited the j crce? m I Then Father Darius Hubert, of the Society of Jesus, offered au earnest , prayer and brought the services to an j end Not more than half an hour had been 1 consumed in the reiig us ceremonies,; which, though brief, were very itnprcs- j sive, aud wore libtcncd to with close aS tention, the crowd standing with bea uncovered in reverential silence. TUE FUNERAL CA lt The casket was borne to the eatafalq by a detachment of the Louisiana A tillery and the procession was rapid formed. The catafalque svas borne . a caisson which had been -. pn? opriafe draped for the oeeasn ti T catafalque itself consisted of unique and artistically designed cano] supported by columns in imitation bronze cannon with muskets bet wee The dome of the canopy was festoon) with furled United States flags Tl sides of the catafalque were draped black cloth with bullion fringe at gimp. The casket rested on a slight elev tion. and the caisson was drawn by ii black horses, two abreast, caparison* in artillery harness and plumes. Ea( animal was led by a soldier in uniforu DISTINGUISH KD PALL BEAKERS. Following the catafalque came tl pall-hearers, fi fry in number, and ii eluding Governor Gordon, of Georgia Governor Buckner, of Kentucky ; Go1 ernor Fowle. of North Carolina; Go ernor Richardson, of South Carolina Governor Fleming, of Florida ; G01 ernor Lowry, of Mississippi; Governc Nicholls, <<f Louisiana ; Governc Eagle, of Arkansas; General Georg VV. Jones, of Iowa ; Ex Governc Thomas ll. Watts, of Alabama; Cou: inodore VV, \V Hunter, of Louisiana General Jubal A. E^rly, of Virginia General Stephen D Lee of Mississip pi ; General Codmati M Wilcox, c Alabama; General F S. Drayton, o South Carolina ; General J L Haltze low, oi Alabama ; General A. G Blanchard, of Louisiana General P 'J Mumford, of Virginia; General E. FI L)"Neill, of Alabama; General S. H Ferguson, of Mississippi; Major Ethe barnsdale, of Mississippi ; Colone William Preston Johnson, of Louisiana md a number of prominent cirzeus o S*w Orleaf?s,? Among Trie latter were General A 5. Badger and Captaio Jacob Gray :>ast and present department command? ers of the Grand Army of the Republic AN IMPOSING PROCESSION. The procession was well ordered anc noved promptly, lt was arranged at rollows : First Division-Brigadier Genera Ad Meyer, marshal; detachment o ;ity police, military escott, consisting o ;he troops of the first military distric ind visiting military; clergy, attending physicians and pall bearers in carriages The funeral car attended by a guare }f honor. Second Division-General W. J Bebau, marshal ; family of the deceased in carriages. Confederate Veteran asso dations, local and visiting ; Ladies Confederate Monument Association ami di.-tinguished lady guests in carriages. Third Division-General J. B. Vinet, marshal ; carriages occupied by thc Governor of Louisiana, members of the General Assembly and visiting Gover? nors ; judges of the Supieme Circuit and Districts Courts of Louisiana ; Louisiana S?ate officials; foreign.Con? suls ; i fficers of otl.sr States; judges of the Uuited Sta'en Circuit ain) Dis? tict Courts; United States officials; officers of the army and navy of the United States ; Mayor and City Gov? ernment of New Orleans ; official* of other cities; representatives uf com? mercial bodies Fourth Division-Colonel A W Hyatt, marshal: Masonic bo??i In? dependent .Order of Odd Fellows-. Knights of Pythias, Knights ol Honor and kindred organizations Fifth Div?9?oo-Charles T Souiat. mnrshal ; faculty aud students of Tu'ane University. Catholic Knights of Amer? ica, British shipmasters and officers of vessels in the port of New Orleans, civil, religious aud benevolent associa rions and clubs Sixth Division-Thomas O'Connor, marshal ; Fire Department of the city of New Orleans The procession was a very long one, requiring over one hour to pass a given point About ten thousand people were grouped in the various divisions. At. the head nf the long line rode Gen? eral John 15. Gordon, the honorary grand marshal, in eit'z-'u's dress, and General John Glynn. Jr., of the Lou? isiana Na; ional G Jard, the grand mar? shal, in uniform The milifiry escort consisted of the Louisiana Field Artil? lery, the Washington Artillery, the Louisiana Rifles and the Tito al Bersig lio, all of this city, aud the following visiting commands: - The First and Second regiments, Alabama State Gua:d; Vicksburg. (Miss .) Southern? ers, Wai icu Light Artillery, Jeff Davi? Volunteers, of Fayette, Miss. ; Colum? bus, (Miss ) R fiemen. Hospital Light Guards, nf Jackson. Miss ; Crawford's Battery, from Dallas Texas, and a detach ment from Goldsboro, N. C - about two thousand men in all. TI1K CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Although the military presented a fine appearance thc most interesting features of thc procession were the Cou federate Veteran assnciariouss of thi Army nf Northern Virginia and the Confederate Cavalry. Their rank* wen full, am! many of them presented < vi deoce of Service in absent aims arni legs They followed the entire line of march, and despite their infirmities and the long route over which the proc-stoi pa* sed. ?lid not. drop out until ranks were broken after the funeral. Others who excited much interest were the many di.-tinguished men win? were m the procession. Each i>nc nf the Son. hoi n ?vates was represented b\ a number of its most prominent cit'Z "ii*, who were promptly recognized as thc process inn moved along. W 11 \] i N IN Tl I K I INK. Still another no a dc feature was a delegation ot twelve or fifteen from the organization of Daughters of Confed? erate Veterans, who trudged along ihe only representatives of the sex on font A number of societies composed of ladies had applied for a place in the line, but Marshal (?lynn had refuged their request on the ground that the r ?ute w;?s ti o long for them to walk over. The delegation ab ive nanu d ?i i I were sn insist? nt that they were per- ; miffed to take a place in line. (JUAN!? ARMY MEN AM? THE I'.iOCJSsIoN. j An expected feature was missing j from thc parade ou the original pro- ? gramme The Grand Army of the Republic had been placed immediately behind the Confederate veterans. It was understood at the time that the organization would take part in the parade as a hody. Captain Jacob Gray, the District Commander, was a member of the Committee of Arrangements, and both Captain Gray and General Radder, another proiniuent Grand Army man, were among the pall bear? ers. Some outside pressure was brought to bear to prevent the Grand Army men from participating as an organiza? tion, and in order to prevent dissensi n in their own ranks a meeting was held last night, at which it was decided that the organization would not join the parade as a body, but such members as desired to march io line should do so as individuals Forty or fifty Grand Army men exercised this privilege GENERAL BEACKEGAKD ABSENT Still another absence that was much remarked was the absence of General Beauregard Although thar gentleman is the ruling Confederate in New Or? leans he has taken no part in the funer? al arrangements, has appeared on none of the committees and was not seen in the parade to-day nor at the cemetery. MARCH TO THE CEMETERY At tweive o'clock the signal for'the moving of the procession was given by the firing of minute guns and the toli ing of city bells The procession moved ilowly amid the playing of dirges Tn the order given above. Everywhere along the route the streets were densely crowded By general conseut the day had been made a holiday. Business was practically suspended, although the banks and a few mercantile houses had their doors nominally open, and almost the entire white population of the ci ry. supplemented by many thousauds of strangers, were on the streets It re? quired four hours from the time the line of march was taken up to reach the cemetery Steam trains had conveyed large numbers to the beautiful grounds be fore the procession entered the gates, and when the closing funeral services began 30,000 people surrounded the tomb of the Army of Northern Vir gioia, in which the body was tempora? rily deposited. The tomb itself had been handsomely decorated with floral emblems from alt parts of the South, and the tall shaft was entwined with garlands of laurel. AT REST. It took some time for the military and civic organizations to get in place. Then the casket was taken from the catafalque and placed on the mound, and the ?-urial service of the Episcopal Church, begining at the sentence, '.Man that is born of women," &c. was recited by Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson The committal, "Foras? much as it has pleased Almighty God," &c , was theu recited by Bishop Galla her. The choir followed with the chant, "I beard a voice from heaven r Then came the Creed and Lord's Prayer and a prayer by Bishop Thompson. The religion* services ended with * Rock of Ages" sung by the choir, many of the people j diiing in, and the body of Jefferson Davis was committed to the tomb. It was after sundown when the solemn services concluded and night had fallen before those who had followed the body tc the tomb again reaehed the city. DUNRAVEN RANCH A Story of American Frontier Life. By Capt. CHARLES KING, U. S. A., Author of "The Colonel's Daughter," 44 From the liante* "The Deserter," Etc. Copyrighted 1S8S by J B Lippincott Company. Philadelphia, and published by special arrange? ment through the American Press Assoei.itioo. I CONTINUED.] CHAPTER XIV. HE group that gathers lore ;i moment hiter is as interested a party as the central figures are interesting. Unable to set her left foot to the proun.l and still encircled by Perry's ann. Miss Maitland stands leaning heav? ily on his breast. She is very palo for a moment, partly from exhaustion, partly from pain, for there was no time to free her foot from the stirrup, and the ankle is severely wrenched Nolan, riderless now und cast loose, stands with lowered hea?l and heaving Hunks. :i sympathetic but proudly heroic looker on. he knows he has phi ved his part in that rosene | The huge English hunter is plunging in misery among the mounds a few yards hack, his fore leg broken. <>ne of the' troopers has seized his bridle, -'red an? other is unstrapping the heavy Lllglish saddle. "Splendidly don.-!" sax s the colo- j ia h as he trots careful!} up, casting a glance at the fallen eau-- ol' all the mis- I chief; "but if that saddle had been one i of those three pronged abominations he ? couldn't have swept her ott as lu? did.'" 1 Graham has galloped to tho stream fur water, and the colonel lifts Mrs. j Sprain- from her saddle, and together; they advance tv? olTer sympathy and aid j Mrs. Lawrence follows as ?ptiekly as she j cati pick her way among thc prairie dog holes. Dana has deserted Mrs. l?elknap. j and she alone remains mounted while' all tiloso others throng about the two who stand there for the moment, cling-j ing to each other. And now (? ladys' Mail lan.1 has raised her head: blushes of shame and confusion triumph over pallor and pain; she strives to stand alone, hut Perry bids her desist. The moment she sees Mrs. Sprague's sweet, womanly, sympathetic face her eyes are rilled with comfort and lier heart goes out to 1er Most reluctantly Perry re signs his prize to the anns that open to . receive her, and then como the wonder- j j ing exclamations of some, and the brief, I , breathless explanations. I j "Don't try to talk yet." pleads ?Mrs. ( Sprague. "We are only too glad it was ' , no worse." i ' "Indeed, I'm not hurt," answers Ghi- ? dvs, bravely- "onlv a little wrench. I but." and she laughs nervously, trying j ^ to carry it ott with all the pluck and j spirit of her race, "it would have l>een ^ what we call a 'nasty cropper* at home if"-and her eyes turn shyly yet with a world of gratitude to his-"it had not j j been for Mr. Perry." "Oh, then you know Mr. Perry!" ex? claims Mrs. Spnigue, with frank delight, and Mrs. Lawrence turns in rejoicing to look first in his glowing face, then at the dark beauly of Mrs. Belknap silently Hs- j tentng "Why, we had no idea"- And she concludes irresolutely. "Oh, yes; we met at the ranch-at home. I am Miss Maitland, you know: and that is my father's place. Hut we've only just come," she adds, with the wo? man's natural desire to explain to new found friends why and how it was that they IKUI not met before. And then the group is joined by a bulky young Briton in the garb of :i groom, though modified to suit the requirements of frontier life; he comes cantering to the scene all el? bows and consternation; he gi ves a groan of dismay at sight of the prostrate hun? ter, but rides directly to his mistress. She is paling again now, and in evident pain, and Perry's face is a study as he stands, h is eyes ri veted upon her; but she tries to smile and reassure him. "You'll have to rido to Duiir-to the ranch, Griggs," she said; "and-there's no help for it-papa will have to be told. Let them send for me." "Pardon me, Miss Maitland," inter? rupted Col. Brainard. "You are almost under the walls of Fort Rossiter, and Dunraven is miles away. I have sent a swift horse for Dr. Quin and a spring ambulance. We cannot let you go home, nov/ that you are so near us, until you have had rest and proper care." "Indeed we cannot. Miss Maitland,'' chimed in both ladies at a breath. "You are to come right to my house until you are fit to travel." "Fm not very fit just now, certainly," she answers, with a faint smile; "but 1 can surely wait here until they send, 'twill not be more than an hour at most." "It will be two hours-perhaps three Miss Maitland," pleaded Perry, bending eagerly forward. "Do listen to our la? dies!" And "our ladies" prevailed. While Griggs went sputtering off to Dunraven with the sorrowful news, the strong arms cf Perry and Graham lifted and bore their English captive to the shade of a clump of cottonwoods. Mrs. Spragiie and Mrs. Lawrence managed to make a little couch fer her as a tem? porary resort. Mrs. Belknap rode up and was formally introduced, then gal? loped away to Rossiter to send blankets for the picnic couch and see to the pil? lows of the ambulance. The colonel and Perry remained with the ladies and en? grossed their attention while Graham went back and sent two pistol bullets into the struggling hunter's brain, still ing his pain forever. Then came Dr Quin galloping like the wind down the familiar trail, chiding "Gladys as though his right to do 60 were a long established thing, and thereby setting Perry's teeth on edge. and. tong before the call for afternoon stables was sound ing. the fair daughter of Dunraven Ranch was housed within the walis ot Rossiter and the "ice was broken ' Perry had had the joy of heiping carry her into Mrs. Sprague's coolest and co ziest room. She had held forth her hand -such a long, white, beautiful hand and let it rest in his while she sahl "You know how impossible it is for nu to tell you how 1 thank you, Mr Perry.' and he had simply bowed over it. long ing to say what he thought, but power less to think of anything eise, and then he had gone to his own quarters and shut himself in. Mi's Sprague-bless her!-had invited him to call after re? treat, and he had totally forgotten the Lawrences' dinner when he said he would be only too glad to come. At.the sounding of stable call his darky servant banged at the door anti roused him from his reverie. Ile rose meehan ically ami went out into the broad sun shine, glancing lirst along the row to see how things were looking at the Spragues' and wishing with all his heart that they were somewhere within reach of a conservatory, that he might send a heaping box of fresh ami dewy roses tc that sacred room where she lay How many a time, he thought, had he strolled into some odorous shop in the cities i j. where his "leaves" were spent, and care j j lessly ordered cut flowers by ll ie cu hie foot sent with his card to some one with whom he had danced the german thc night before and never expected to sec again! What wouldn't he give now foi just a few of those wasted, faded, for gotten flowers! Stables that afternoon proved a sore trial to him. When nt last the men went swinging j Q homeward in their white canvas frocks and Perry could return to hisquartorsto dress for his eagerly anticipated call, thc first thing that met his eyes as lie caine in sight of officers' row was a huge, bulky, covered traveling carriage in front of 3 ii n o a b ii o ti \ A V d o d P o 0 q p fl .ii Cl Ol lc Ol w , h Spragues'. 'I wo or three ladies were there j sj at the gate?. Mr. F.wen. the Englishman | T ager, was just mounting Iiis horse; Dr Quin, too, waa there and already in sad I j" die: and before poor Perry could get half | way across the parade, arni just as t!i<i j jf trumpets were sounding mess call for j ^ supper, lite bulky vehicle started, th?f J Q ladies waved ilieii handkerchiefs and ! ^ kissed their hands, and. escorted l>\ Puen j aiiii tin* doctor, saluted by c'oi Brainard j and the adjutant with raised foragecaps ?t] Gladys Maitland was il ri ven slowly away, j tj and Mrs. li?.Ike.:)pst.?od there in the little I group of ladies smiling sweet ly upon him . as he hastened Inwards them For many j gt a long dav afterwards un-ss call always j jJ( mad?- him tliink of Mrs. Bel kita p's smile, j and Mrs. Bel!; nap's smile <>r mess call j ^j" I le shuddered at t he sound of one or sight j p af the oilier. J w It was Mrs. Sprague w ho stepped for- ; > war?I-to.greet him, her womnuh heart j,( il! led with '.sympathy for the sentiment \ slur suspected Sin- hail to push lei Mrs J Belknap to reach him; hut, I his t imo no : rorisideranoti ?>l etiquette stood in the . w a \ j "It couldn't be helped." she said, in ^ w te Ix se? ll; u; Ul cr rc low hurried tune, lier kind eyes search ing his. so clouded in the bitterness of hts ilisappointmenl "lt couldn't l>e helped The news of her accident-or something-brought on a seizure ?d' some kind Mr. Maitland was taken very ?ll. and they sent for her. Th?? manager carno, and with him herold nu rye, Mrs. Cowan, and Dr. Quin said sin- could lie moved without trouble: so she had logo. 1 hated to have her. too, for I've hardly had a word with her: Mrs Belknap has been there most of the afternoon even when she had a guest of h< r own josi arrived, too." And Mrs. Sprague could not but show her vexation at litis reuo SI "'Ct. ai tl; b: li fe U Perry stood in silence, looking ycart ngly after the retreating vehicle, lt vould take him hut a few minutes to lasten to stables and saddle Nolan, he rould easily catch them before they had rone two miles; but there was parade, md lie could not ask to l>c excused ?ot until he suddenly looked around and ?aw that Mrs. Belknap's dark eyes were ixed in close scrutiny upon his face did ie realize how he was (straying himself Then lie rallied, but with evident effort The colonel was standing but a few ;aces away, chatting with Mrs i^tw .euee and his faithful adjutant Mrs Sprague stepped quickly towards him md spoke a few words in a low touo vhile Mrs. Belknap remained looking ?traight into Perry's eyes Before the :oung fellow could gather himself. Col brainard, as though in reply to a sug jestion of Mrs. ^prague's, suddenly ?tarted, exclaiming, "Why. by al neans!" and then called aloud: "Oh! Perry, why not gallop down and . rertake the Dunraven carriage and say rood-by? Here's my horse all saddled low right in the yard. Take him ants jo: I would." There was something so hearty an** genial and sympathetic in the colonePn nanner that Perry's face flushed despite tis effort at nonchalance. The thought )f seeing her again and hearing hei ?weet voice was a powerful incentive Ie longed to go. The colonel's invitat? ion was equivalent to an excuse from >arade. There was no reason why he hould not go. He was on the very >oint of thankfully accepting the tempi? ng offer, when Mrs Bel knap's words Li-rested him. Clear and cutting, but till so low that none but he could hear, ?he spoke: "Take my word for it, you are not ranted, nor any other man, when Dr. ?>uin is with her." Perry's hesitation vanished. "Thank .ou, colonel. 1 believe I don't care tv ;o," he answered, and, raising his cap 0 the ladies, turned on his heel ?ne* lurried to his quarters. ?rrs. Belknap tood watching him one moment, thee almly rejoined the party at the gate, "Well." said she, with the languid rawl that her regimental associates had earned to know so weil, "this has been day of surprises, has it not? Only ancy our having a beautiful English iciress here within reach and never :nowing it until today!" "But you had a surprise of your own, lad you not?" interposed Mrs. Sprague, rho was still dialing over the fact that 1er lovely and dangerous neighbor should ia ve so monopolized the guest she con idered hers by prior right, and who neant to remind her thus publicly of he neglect of which she had been guilty. "Mrs. Page, you mean?" responded Irs. Belknap, with the same languid, mperttirbable manner. "Yes; poor Jen iel She is always utterly used up after ne of those long ambulance journeys, nd can only take a cup of tea and go to ed in a darkened room. All she wants s to be let alone, she says, until she gets ver it. I suppose she will sleep till nttoo and then be up half the night, 'ou'il come in and see her, won't you: tu revoir." And so, calmly and gracefully and ictoriously, the dark eyed dame with rew. leaving her honest hearted antag nist only the sense of exasperation and efeat. It was full quarter of an hour after arade, ann darkness was setting down n the garrison, when Capt. Lawrence's rderly tapped at the door of Mr. Perry's uarters, and, l>eing bidden "Come in," ashed on to the sit ling room, where he ound that young officer plunged deep 1 an easy chair in front of the fireplace, is attitutle one of profound dejection. "Beg pan ion, lieutenant," said the ian, "Mrs. Lawrence and the captain's raitin' dinner for von." CHAPTER XV. ^rt!^^^^> WO days passe?! with f?t?%f>p out event of any kind. ?^8?*' Socially speaking, the -^?.^''Ssr garrison was culivon 'jPM ed by the advent of r |?? Mrs. Page, and cvery ^ body flocked to the P>ol naps*quarters in order to do her proper omage. When Perry called he asked arke to go with him, and when the lat? ir seemed ready to leave the former, isrega rd ing a very palpable hint from ie lady of the house, picked up his for ge cap and went likewise. For two ays the one subject under constant dis ussion at the post was the event cf Miss [.miami's sudden appearance, herperil us run ami herdaring and skillful ros? ne. Everybody maintained that Perry light to be a very proud and happy iel )w to have been the hero of such an ?easion: but it was very plain that Perry as neither proud nor anything like appy. No ono had ever known him so lent and cast down. The talk with awrence had helped matters very little, lu brief, litis was about all the '"ap? lin could tell him. and i: was all hear? ty evidence iii best. Theo?Hcers of the leventh and their ladies had. with a 'w exceptions, taken a dislike to Dr. uin before Belknap and Lawrence with ieir companies of infantry had been or Ted to Fort Rossiter. T e fcoiingjEvas i full blast when they arrived, and dur ig the six or eight months they served lore together the infantry people heard dy onotside of the story-that of the leven tn- for the doctor never condc ?ended to discuss thc matter. After 3 was forbidden to leave the post r his commanding o??icer, aral after ie announcement of the "blockade** of unraven. it was observed that signals ere sometimes made from the ranch at ght: astron-; light thrown from a re _vtor was ?lashed three times and then ithdrawn. Next it was uoted, by an itorprising member of thc guard, that ?ese signals were answered by a light tile doctors windows, then that lie omited his horse and rode . wey down ie valley of the Monee. He was al ays back at sick call; and, if any one ld the commanding o??icer of his diso ?dience of orders, it was uot done until ? near the departure of the Eleventh lat the doet i, .- as not afterwards act illy caught in the act. Things would idoubtediy have been brought to a isis had the Eleventh been allowed to ?main. Now as to the story about Mrs. Quin id berg? lg. lt was observe 1 urning ic winter that she was hulking very .Hy. and ..ie K???r*. ,v "vi tho rounds in i<- > ac ..ul. J ii. .. .. ... Uig ring because ot lier husband s conduct. n<|uestionaMy there was sonic fair <. u ena ni ress ai uim raven wno turee mm j from his own fireside. She had no inti ! mates among the ladies. She was proud 1 and silent. It did not seem to occur to j them that she was resentful of their dis? ! like of her husband. They were sure she was "pining" because of Iiis neglect-of j worse. When, therefore, without word j of warning, she suddenly took her de ! parture in the spring, there was a gasp of gossip loving cronies in the garrison; j all doubts were at an end: she had lef* ? him and taken her children with her. "The more I think of it," said Law } renee, "the more i believe the whole thing capable of explanation. The only thing that puzzles me now is that Quin hides anything from your colonel, win? is one of the most courteous and consid? erate men I ever served with. Perhaps he ha3 told him by this time: we don t know. Perliaj-i he thought he might be of the same stamp as his predecessor, and was waiting to find out before he made his coniidenees. As to Mrs. Quin"* j going away when ?he did, it may have j been simply that her health was suffer i ing, she needed change, and went with j Ins full advice anti hy his wish, and he j simply feels too much contempt for gar ! rison gossip to explain. Very pro'?ably j lu* knows nothing of the stories and the I ones in circulation: I'm sure I did not ? until a very few weeks ago. You know, . Perry, there are some men in garrison i who br-ar and know everything, and I others '.rho never hear a word of sean : dal." j But Perry was low in his mind. He i could not forget Quin's sudden appear I ance; his calling her Gladys: and then he j hated the thought that it was Quin who ; saw him having that confounded tender interview with Mrs. Belknap. Was therc eversuch a streak of il) luck as that? No doubt the fellow had told her about it! Perry left Lawrence's that night very little comforted, and only one gleam of hope did he receive In the two days that followed. Mrs. Sprague joy? fully beckoned him on Wednesday after? noon to read him a little note that liad just come from Miss Maitland. Her father had been very ill, she wrote; kit condition was still critical; but sire settt' a world of thanks to her kind entertain^ ersat Rossiter, and these words: "I was sorry not to be able to see Mr. Perry again. Do not let him think I have for? gotten, or will be likely to forget, the service he-and Nolan-did rae." Of Dr. Quin he saw very little. With the full consent and knowledge of Col. Brainard, the doctor was spending a good deal of time at Dunraven now. at? tending to Mr. Maitland. Indeed, there seemed to be an excellent understanding between the commandant and his medi? cal officer, and it was known that they had had a long talk together. Upper circles in the garrison were still agitated with chat and conjecture about Gladys Maitland and her strange father: Perry was still tortured with questions about his one visit to Dunraven wljenever he was so incautious as to appear in public; but all through "the quarters," every? where among the rank and file, there was a subject that engrossed all thought? and tongues, and that was discussed with feeling that seemed to deepen with every day-the approaching court martial of Sorgt. Leary and of Trooper Kelly. As a result of his investigation. Capt. Stryker had preferred charges- against these two men-the one for leading and thc other for being accessory to the as? sault on his stable sergeant Gwynne was still at the hospital, though rapidly recovering from his injuries. Not a word had he said that would implicate or ac? cuse any man; but Stryker's knowledge of his soldiers, and his clear insight into human motive and character, were ?mell that he had readily made up his mind as to the facts in the case, lie felt sure that Leary and some of tho Celtic members of his company had determined to go down to Dunraven and "have it out" with Hu? hated Britons who had so affronted and abused them the night o* Perry's visit. They knew they could not get their horses by fair means, for Gwynne was abovo suspicion, lie was English, too, and striving to shield bise*, otrymen from the threatened vengeance. They there? fore determined, in collusion with Kelly, to lure him outside the stables, bind and gag him. get their horses, having once I rifled Gwynne of the keys, ride down to I the rn nc ii, and, after having a Donny? brook fair on the premises, get hack to Rossiter in plenty of time for reveille and stables. No sentries were posted in such a way as to interfere with them, and the plan was feasible enough but for one tiling. Gwynne had made most gallant and spirited resistance, liad fought tho whole gang like a tiger, and they had been unable to overpower him before tho noise had attracted the attention of the sergeant of the guard and some of tho men in quarters. An effort, of course, was made to show that the assaulting party were from without, but it was futile, and Siryker's cross-questioning among the men had convinced them that he knew all about the matter. There was only ono conclusion, therefore, that Gwynne must have "given tbamaway/' as the troopers expressed it. Despite the fact that he had been as? saulted and badly beaten, this was some? thing that few could overlook, and the hue nt jealousy against the "cockney sergeant" blazed into a feeling of deep resentment. Garrison sympathy was with Leary and his fellows. Thursday came, and Sorgt. Gwynue returned to light duty, though his fae* was still bruised and discolored and ho wore a patch over one eye. Ile resumed charge of the stables in the afternoon, after a brief conversation with his cap? tain, and was superintending the issue of forage, when Perry entered to inspect tlie stalls of his platoon. Nolan was being led oat by Ids groom at the mo? ment, ami pricked up his tapering ears at sight of his musterand thrust Iiis lean muzzle to receive the caress of the hand he knew so well. Perry stopped him ami carefully and critically examined his knees, feeling down to the fetlocks with searching fingers for the faintest symptom of knot or swelling m the ten? dons that had played their part so thoroughly in the drama of Monday. Satisfied, apparently, he rose and be? stowed a few hearty pats on the glossy neck and shoulder, and then was sur? prised to lind the stable sergeant stand? ing close beside him and regarding l?otli Kim ami horse w ith an expression that arrested Perry's attention at once "Feeling all right again, sergeant?" ho asked, thinking to recall the noi.-com? missioned officer to his senses. "Almost, sir. I'm a trille stiff yet. Anything wrong with Nolan, sir?" "Nothing. I gave him rather a tough run the oth^r day-had to risk the prai? rie dog holes-and, though I felt no jar then. I've watched carefully ever since to see that he was not wrenched. 1 v. ish you would keep an eye on him too. will you? ' There was noanswer. pern" hrv? ' . geant. To Ins astonishment. (?wynne's CONTINUED ox rounm r.vofc.