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UflK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1S50. Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.] fcBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's" SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY" 1, 1890. TBE TRUE SOVt?iKOS, Established Juc*, 16f ? New Series-VoL IX, Nfr. 21. ?/|j? Sto?jpni at? ^oii?jjroiL Published ?very Wednesday, BY N. Gr. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKKMS: Two Dollars per aunuui-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. One Square, firs: insertion.$1 00 Ev?ry subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three moni-iis, cr longer will be made at reduced rates. All communication s which subserve private interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect *iU oe charged for. R. W. BRABHAM, Wheelwright and Blacksmith SUMTER, S. C. IAM PREPARED TO REPAIR AND Rebuild, HS well as to build outright, ail kinds of Vehicles. HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY. v Also repair all parts of broken Machinery. Keep on band a stock of Check and Giot>e Values and Fittings. Also keen Pumps on hand and put th^m down. I handle the SMITH'S SOS S IMPROVED GIN, which is as good as any on the market, arid gives entire satisfaction. Acg2I_ J. J, MULLER, PRACTICAL HARNESS MAKER,; SUMTER, S. C., ?^$5 now in Stock, Hnrness. Collars. Saddles, j bridles. Halters. Whips, Buggy Cushions, ? otiggv Aprons. Harness Oil, Harness Dress- j ing, Pads and S*eat Collars, -ALSO Saddlery Ht rd ware and Horse Goods of ail' description. RepiViriog done at lowest possible prices for cash._S*pt 25. j IMPERIAL EGO FOOD, FOR ALL VARIETIES OF POULTRY. WILL MAKE YOUR HENS LAY ! It keeps fowls in best condition, and makes ! poultry the most profitable ?tock on the farm. ? \Vhe:> the Imperial Egg cood is fed accord- j ing to directions, si<-k and drooping chicks ! will never be seen. It supplies ail the need- j ed material for forming bone, muscle, and feathers, and bv its gentle tonic eSVct strength- , en3 the iigestive organs and la;, s the found*- ; tion for vigorous, healthy, and therefore, ? profitable fowls. They will also be fitted fur i market a month earlier tbau by common ' tieatment. For sale bv Dr. A. J. CHINA. March 20 hf. W. BELOIIMK, ! Agen:, i -DEALER IN Dira & mm, \ TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMBtY j AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries j USUALLY K KPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DR Uti STORK. Tobacco, Snuff and Segars, GARDEN SEEDS, &CM i -ALSO- j c Paints, Oils, Varnishes, ? GLASS, PUTTY, &c. |] DYE STUFFS, If -o Physician's Prescriptio ns carefully j compounded, and orders answf>re<i ;K with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of t Medicines complete, warranted genu- j ine, and of the best quality. i j Call and see for yourselves. PATRONIZE HOME TALENT. ! I Life-Size Portraits in Crayon, MADE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, SUMTER, S. C. -BY - MRS. E. J. DUNNE. Also prepared to teach a class in ? Drawing and Music Jan- 30. I ? Dr. T. W. BOOKHART, L DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bultman & Rro.'sShoe Siore. ENTRANCE ON MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. O?T?ce Hoars-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. April 17-0 G. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Ro -in'? Ww Store, ?N7 .? A NCK OS KAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1:30 ; 2:.?.0 to 5. Sept 8 B. G. GIBSON, COTTON BUYER. Ii IG H EST GASH PRICES l'Ail? j Office at VV. li Vates' well known ! j Grocery Store, Main Street. Sept ii "SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED, RENOVATED, REBUILT. \ Glass Lamps mended. Satisfaction G uara o teed. MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C., ! < Opposite Court House, next door to Rickers. . { ' . f Second-hand Machines in good order ?or j j sale. NOT. 6-3m. I i POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of ? aunty, strength ?nd wholesomeness. More , economical than the ordinary k;nds. and cnn- ? aot he sold in competition with the multitude j Df iow test, ?hort weight, akin; or phosphate ; ?owfie:s. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAK- j [KG POWDER CO., 10t? Wall-st., N. Y. *s Cream Bal m ! Cleanses thc Kasai Passages. AI- j lays ?i??amniation. Heals the Sores, j Restores the Senses ol' Taste, Smell j and Hearing. A particle is ar?j:iir?I into each nostril and is a?reeal>l?'. Triff "JO'-. i:i ?>r'.i?r?;Kt?? or by i BM?1. ELY BROTHERS,:*; Warren St-.New York, j aanec- .--i THE simms SATIONAL BAM?, j OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. G. >aid up Capital .$75,000 OC j Surplus Fund. 7,500 (JU j Transarts a General B inking Business. Careful attention given tu collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of Si and upwards received. In- [ ere.--t allowed at the rate of 4 {?er cent per 1 tnnum. Pa\H><'e quarterly, on Hist dav s of i faauarv, April, Juh and Oct.??.er. R. M. WA LL A CI!. Y i ce President. j \Y. ALSTON PRINGLE J it. ? Vug 7 Cashier. ri eli i iran, SUMTER, 8 C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. j Transacts a venera: Banking t.u>i;;ess. Also h: s fii Savings Bank Department. i>pr-os'ts of Si 00 ;uni upwards received, interest Calculated at tn^ rate of 4 per cent, .er annum, payable quarterly VY. F. Li. HAYNS WORTH, A. WHITE. -IK , President. Cashier. Aug 2d. TAX RETURNS POR 18S9-90. IVETCRNS of Personal Property, Polls j ^ ?ni Real Estate will be received at the oilowiog iiiu'S and places; Ou 'Tuesday, January Tili, at Tin? foil's Store. On Wednesday, January S?h, at 1?. I. Manning's. On Thursday, January 9th, Wedge- j ield. On Friday, January 10th, a; Gor- j lon's Mill. On Monday, January 13th, at John- ; !ton?s Store. On Tuesday, January 11th, at Shi ?oh. On Wednesday, January 15th, at Lynch burg. Ou Thursday. January iG:h,at Mag? nolia. Oo Friday, Januar} 17th, at Mayes pille. On Monday. January 20th, at Cor-j belt's Store. On Tuesday and Wednesday Janu- ' irv -_'l-r and 22?d. ar Bi>hopvi!le. On Thursday, J maa ry 2-:>rd, at. Man lille. Ou Friday, January 24 th at Spring ; JJ i j [lill On Saturday, January 25th at Mc- I ?hanics ville. 0.1 M ; a dav, January 27 h. at State- i i ?Uror. Ou Tuesday, January 2S:h, at F?agood. Ou Wednesday, January 20fh, at r> t ? tie ;n ne i ' On Thursday, January ?>?-'fh., at j ?carbor'>u^h'.s Store And At the Auditor's tiffi re in Sumter '>u j ?thee, days from Jauuarv 1st to Feb 2Uth, I ndasne. A-s th a? \$ the y<*ar fur returning J Etea! Estate, Tax-oa.ersare r?*o unsted to m-?k( 1 i ull ft um s of a!! I!?-?! Estate owned on ]?.. Fanuary, ami notices ??fx:i V imnsi'ers VY. i:. DELI;AR I !>..<. 4_Fe-. 20 Aft*r*.r Snrnt-r Co. j EXT8? FiiNL SWAMP TIM? BERED LAND FOR SALE. ; .>.OM,, Acr*s of Choice TIMBERED LAND ! situated n?:ir t t . em tm ? Depot. I an?d?n j Iiranch .South Caro in* Rniivva; W >\\ wmui- j .d with Oak. H irk orr. ii<> Iv, Swe-I (?um. ' {'n-k Cunt. Poplar. Maple, A?'? and Cypress i This is a splendid !><>dv of Land, lying j Dost conveniently ?<;r trannortat?on. TIIP trm't (j? known ?> ibe Samuel .< I?rad ey Lan ?-is bounded r.\ the Watere? River m the west HIMI on the other sides bv lands if House, Bradley, Pinekney ( Hiwassee) 'aldwell and Brayton. Titles clear and per? met. Plat on record ai .Sumter (Jouit House. lor terms and price apply to E. W. MOISE, Dec. 13 Sumter S. C. ! IIIIN RANCH ! A Story of American Frontier Life. ! Ey Capt. CHARLES KING, U. S. A., ; Author of "The Colones Dtvohter." "Frojn (hf RnnW "The Deserter? Etc. ! Oopvri^Jited I'V .J H FJppincott Company, i Phil.i'irlpina, :in.l ptib!ish<*<] hy s;-vi:;l arrange j merit through lite American Press Association .?. oXTiNUED.J CHAPTER XVII. i -^ ' .W^i C~ ??^P tf"?ri i iw t?'T? ff ( ?j. # A ? f, i A| ! , .W <&^ f ^ ^"^V. <TY -I? \U 7" *? % jp ^J^^f T THE head of a score ^??i^fili ?^ ms on n mon< Capt. I^Pte^ St rv ker rode forth 2 ^?i?s' some iifto?n minutes later. His orders from Col. Brainard were to go to Dunraven, and, if he found the marauders there, to arrest the entire r.arty an i bring them back to the post. From ail 'hat could he learned from hur? ried ques??oaing of the sentries and the dazed, half drunken sergeant of the cor? nil, the troopers engaged in the raid must haw selected a lime when the sen? try was walking towards the south end of his pose to lift one of their number over the wall of the inelosure in winch were kep: the wagons and ambulances. This man ha l unbarred from within the gate leading eastward to the trail down which the "stock" was driven daily to water in the Monee. Riley admitted that '"tho boys" had left a bottle with him which ho and his assistant had emptied before turning in. and so it hap? pened that, unheard and unseen, the raiders had managed to slip out with a dozen horses that were kept there and had also tak??n six mules as "mounts" for those who could not find any tiling better. Eighteen men. apparently, were in the party, and the sentry on Number Three heard hoof beats down towards the val? ley about half past ?o'clock, but thought it was only some of the ponies belonging to tho Cheyenne scouts. Tiiere w-as one comfort-the men had taken no firearms with them: for a hurried inspection of th - company quarters showed that the carbines were all in their racks and tiie revolvers i:i their cases. Some of the men might have"small caliber pistols of ii:' ir own, but the government arms had not Uni disturbed. Half tho party, at least, must have ridden bareback and with only watering bridles for their steeds. They were indeed "spoiling for a fight,*' and the result of the roil call showed that the missing troopers were all Irishmen and some of the best and most popular men in the command. Whatever their plan, thought Stryker. as ho trotted down to the Monee, it was probably carried out by this time; it was now within a minute of 4 o'clock. Only a mile out he was overtaken by Dr. Quin, who reined up an instant to ask if any ono liad been sent altead. "Thank (?od for that!" he exclaimed, when told thnt Perry and Sergt. Gwynne had gone at the first alarm; then, strik? ing spurs tolas horse, pushed on at rapid gailop, while the troopers maintained their steady trot. A mile from Dun? raven, in the dim light of early morning, the captain's keen eyes caught sight of shadowy forms of mounted men on the opposite shore, and. despite their efforts to escape on their wearied steeds, three of them w*-re speedily run doun and captured. One of them was Corp. Dono? van, and Donovan's face w-as white and his manner agitated Bidding him ride alongside as they pushed ahead towards the ranch, Stryker questioned him as to what had taken place, and tho corporal never sought to equivocate: .We ve or. a trying t<>i several nights, sii to g'-t horses and go down and have it out willi those blackguards at the ranch We tool no arms, sir even those of us wini bad pistols ol oui own Ail we asked was a fair light, man against man They wouldn t come ??ut of their hole they dasu'l do it sir - and then they tired on us We'd have burned the root ovoi their I mads, but that Lieut. Perry g:illo??e?l in and stopped us. 1 anne away then, sir, and so .lid most oj us W'?- knew 'twas ail up when we saw the lieutenant, but there was more fir? ing aftei 1 left This way. captain Out aeross the prairie here We cut down lim fence on "this side." And so--saving, donovan led the little troop to a broad g'.p in il"- wide barrier, and thence straight across tim fields to where lights W. T.- ;-M thuin:: about in the dark shadows of the buildings of thc ranch Another moment, and Stryker had dis? mounted and was kneeling beside the prostrate and unconscious form of his lieutenant Some mi ;guided ranchman-, mistaking foi .1 new assailant the tail ?ung .-"I ii- i who gal!??ped into the midst <?f tin- >\\a::n M? taunting Irish men, had lire?! the cruel shot Tiiere lay Nolan dead upon tire sward-; and her?- el??se it .mid. his grief stricken nuistci had \ nally swooned from loss ol hi?M..I rim hulM having pierced his leg beli?w iii - k:me Uesidc him knelt [li? doctor lm ha?! ?-i?; away the n:iitv ri'ling I mot. and was rapidly binding up the wound ? 'i- se at hand st?-?? j < ?wynne, a world of aM.\jct\ and trouble in his bru ?se? 1 an?! >:ul disco-Jo iv? I face. (trotq HM J rt round were some of thea.-; sailing party, crestfallen an?! dismayed at the unlooked foi- result of 1 heir foray but asl in nm? I to attempt to ri? le away, now that their favorite young ol?'uvi was son stricken ;i- a result of their m id f??liv Mr Ewen, too, ba?! come out i::! u hustling about. giving din-e tioj > to "tim oneor: two of his hands who had ventn; -I forth from the oi?ice hnil?l ing Tim .big frame house under whose wails lim group was gathered was evi death used tts a dorm i lory for a mun!" r of tm n. and this had'been the objoo.tive t??<into{ the attack, but not a s.?ul hail tssue?.J from its portals: the i>ecupanls were the nmn who made the assault "ii Perry the night of his ?h t visit, and now t ;i?'V deemed it best to keep within Everything indicated that Perr\ liad.got to the scene jus?, in lime t<? prevent a bloody and desperate fracas, for the few ranch p'.-opl" who appeared were still quivering with excitement and dread Ewen was almost too much agitated to speak: "(io to Mr Maitland as soon as you can. doctor: this has given him a fearful shaking; up Mrs Cowan is having; a room made ready for Mr. Perry. Ah: hero's young Cowan now. Ready?** he j asked. j "All ready. Mother says cany tlie gentleman right in. She wants you to ; como too," he added, in a lower tono, to ; Sorgt, Gwynne, hut the latter made no j reply. ? And so, horne in the anns of several j of ivis men. Lieut. Perry was carried ] across the intervening space.and into the I main building. When he recovered ron ! sciousness, as the morning light came through the eastern windows, he found : himself Iring in a white curtained bed in I a strange room, with a strange yet kind I and motherly face heading over him, j and his captain smiling down into his i wondering eyes. "You are coming round all right, old ; fellow," he heard Stryker say. "1*11 cal! j the doctor now; he wanted to see you us j soon as you waked." ! And then Quin came in and said a few cheery words, and hade him lie still and worry about nothing. The row was over. ? thanks to him, and he and poor Nolan j were the only victims; hut it had boen a j great shock to Mr Maitland and ren i dered his condition critical. Perry listened in silence, asking no questions.' For the time being-he could think of nothing hut Nolan's loss. It was j such a cruel fate to be killed by those he j came to save. j Ail that day he lay there, dozing and ! thinking alternately. Ile wondered at ; the tenderness and devotion with which tile kind old Englishwoman nursed him and seemed to anticipate his every want. Quin came tn towards evening and j dressed his wound, which now began to be feverish and painful. lie heard his j colonel's voice in the hallway, too, and heard him say to tho doctor that some? body at Rossiter was eager to come down : and take care of him. "Bosh"" said the blunt surgeon; 'Tve a far better nurse here-and a reserve to fall back upon j that will be worth a new life to him." j And, weak and feverish though he was, ; Perry's heart thrilled within him; he j wondered if it could mean (?ladys. Two days more he lay there, the fever skill ! fully controlled by the doctor's ministra I tions, and the pain of his wound sub I clued by Mrs. Cowan's cooling bandage? j and applications. Rat there was a burn ' mg fever in his heart that utterly re ! fused to go down, ile strained Iiis ears j listening for the sound of her voice or j the pit-a-pat of her foot fall in the corri i dor. At hist tie mustered courage and j asked for her, and Mrs. Cowan smiled: "Miss Maitland has been here three S times to inquire how you were; but it . was while you were sleeping. Mr. Perry, and she rarely leaves her father's becl ; side. Ile is very ill, and seems to be , growing weaker every day. I don't know what we would have done if we i had not found Ur. Quin here; he has pulled him through two or three ba?1 Seizures during the past year." j "Where had you known the doctor be I fore?" asked Perry, with an eager light in his eyes "Nowhere: but i: was as though one of his own kit h und kin had suddenly ' mud'* his appearance here to welcome ; Mr. Maitland. The doctor is a first cousin of Mrs. Mail land's: siie was from Ire : land, and it was from her family that the ranch was named. Loni Dunraven is of the peerage of Ireland, you know," added Mrs. Cowan, with the cheerful confidence of the Englishwoman that ; every person of any education or stand ' ing must be familiar with the pages of " L?ebr? tt. I "How should I know anything about ' it?" laughed Perry Ile felt ia merry j mood, another page in his volume of sus ' picton und dread was being torn away. I and Quin s relations with the household vere turning eut to be such as made him an object of lively interest, uot of ] ; jealous d<??bt Then came the callers from the garr?- \ ? son ll seemed as though all of a sudden j the blockade had been raised aim that no ; people were so warmly welcomed at ! . Dunraven ;is tue very om s who had been . especially proscribed. Mr. Maitland, j weak aad ill as tie was, had asked to be j 1 allowed to see Col. Brainard <?n tho occa- j ! sion of that officer's second visit: Stn*ker, j Dana. Graham and Parke had all been I allowed to come up and see Perry a few i moments, but Mrs. (Jowan was vigilant j and remorseless, would allow them only a brief interview, and, with smiling de I termination, checked her patient when : I he attempted to talk. The third day of ? . his imprisonment Dr. Quin came scowl- ; . mg in along in the afternoon, manifestly annoyed about something, and said a few . words in a iow tone to Mrs. Cowan, and that usually equable matron fluttered \ away down stairs in evident excitement. "lt's Mrs Bel kita p." explained the doctor, in answer to Perry's inquiring look "She has ridden down hi re with : Dana and sent her curd up to (Jladys who can t bear the sight of her: I don't know why; intuition, 1 suppose.'' I Presently Mrs. Cowan reappeared: I "Miss (?ladys has asked to bo excused, as she does not wish to leave her father at ! this moment: and the lady would like to coai'' up an I see Mr. Perry." "'?'..?i her no!" said Quin, savagely. N.->- lurre: i ll go myself." Aa l down went tile doughty medical o?riccr, arni straightway the rumMing tones of his harsh voice were hear* below: tin words were indistinguishable, I ? :11. Mrs. Cowan's face indicated that there was something in tho sound that gave her comfort. She st".,.I nt window watching the pair ;is t h? y r< ?de away. "Miss ( tUul\ s shuddered when she had to shake hands with her that da\ when wc caine away from Mrs. Sprngue's." s?id she. "1 hope that lady is not a purlieu lar fr?en i of yours. Mr. iVrry?" "We.have Leen v?-ry good friends in d.1." said he, loyally "To |,,. stire. I have hardly known Mrs I te I knap a month, but both si ie an 1 tile cap:.tin have I.n vt-ry kind I . me." All the same, -down in th" bottom of his In-art, he did :; ?I wonder at Miss Maitland** sensations i :-? w.i^ beginning M despair of over seei;i : her. and could g??t no exp lanai io:i that satisfied him. "You ?.now euri walk only with great pain aad di'.lieu j ry even now." ?vu I Mrs Cowan '"?I i ankle was v -rv Ladly wrenched, and sh- hardly goes further than from h-r own t?> her fath? er's room Yo? ought t.? feel compli? mented that ^'o- has been bere t ?\<-;r door (hr?',' times." "1 fo 1 more like huit?n ; mv brains out for being, asl ??.:?." muH red Perry in reply. "1 wish roil would wake nie next rime, Mrs. Cowan. I shan't believe it until I s .<. i;, or hear her voice at the d? ?or." Sh-- h.. 1 exeu^eJ u -rstif t" Ur*. Hoi knap, und I h . doctor ha l denied that lovely worn m Inn* request lo be nih ?wed to corn" H ?and see Mr. Perrv; and vet the wr\ tietit day. when the lug four mule ambulance from Rossiter rame driving up to the front door, and Mrs. Sprague and Mrs. Lawrence, escorted by ehe colonel and Capt. Stryker. ap? peared on the veranda, how did it hap- '. pen that tho ladies were speedily ushered upstairs to Miss Maitland*!* own room, 1 ami that, after ar, animated though low toned chat of half an hour with her, they were marshaled down the long cor? ridor hy Mrs. Cowan in person, and, to I Perry's huge delight, were shown in to ; his bedside? It looked as though Quin were showing unwarrantable discrimina- ! tion. Stryker and the colonel, too, came ! in to see him, and the lattertold him that j both Mr. Maitland and Mr. Ewen had begged that the arrested soldiers might not be punished. Including Sergt. Leary j and Kelly, there were now twenty men under charges more or less grave in their character, und he had asked that a gen? eral court martial be convened for their trial. Tlie colonel deeply appreciated the feeling displayed by the stricken propri? etor and his overseer: he was toadied that even in Iiis extreme illness and pros? tration Mr. Maitland should intercede for the men who had made so hostile an in? vasion of his premises and brought upon the inmates of Dunraven a night of dread and anxiety; but discipline had to be maintained, he replied, and the ringlead? ers in the move had been guilty of a flagrant breach which could not be over? looked. But on the following day-the fourth of Perry's stay-the doctor came down with a face full of gloom and distress. Both nurse and patient noted it, and in? quired the cause. For a time Quin avoided any direct reply: "something had ruffled him up at the post," he an? swered: "can't tell you about it now. I'll do it by and by. I want to think." Ile examined Perry's leg, dressed ami re bandaged the wound, and then went back to Mr. Maitland'sroom. They could hear his voice in the hall after a while, and Perry's heart began to throb heavily; he w.as sure tho low, sweet tones, almost inaudible, that came floating along the corridor, were those of Gladys. When Mrs. Cowan spoke to him on some or? dinary topic, he impatiently bade her hush-he could not bear to be disturbed -and, far from being huit at his petu? lance, Mrs. Cowan smiled softly as she turned away. Then Quin came back, and, after fidgeting around a moment, abruptly ad dress?d his patient: "Perry, do you remember that morn? ing you rode down here right after re? veille and met me on tho trail-or at least would have met me if I hadn't dodged and gone over to the other side of the valley?" ''Certainly I do. doctor.*1 "I may as well explain that singular performance first. You may have boara that I didn't get along amicably with your predecessors of the Eleventh. Their colonel was ass enough to totally miscon? strue the purpose of my visits here, and I was ass enough to make no explana? tion. The Maitlands went away; I was not called for again while the Eleventh remained; and therefore I said no more about it. Mr. Maitland returned unex? pectedly soon after yon came, and the first I knew of it was tho signal lights telling me he was there, ill. and that I was wanted. It was tho night of the colonel's dinner party. I couldn't ex? plain then, and decided to go at once and explain afterward. When 1 met you all of a sudden the next morning. She first impulse was to get away out of your sight, and I obeyed it simply be :ause of the unpleasant experiences 1 had been having with your fellow caval? rymen. I did not want to have to an? swer question-;. Seo? I was ashamed j{ it. but too late Lo turn back." Perry nodded. "I understand it now," he said. "Will, what I want to ask is about Sergt. Gwynne. Did you meet him be? fore you got back?" "Yes--a mile or so out from the post." "You stopped and talked with him lidn't you?" "Yes-for several minutes." Mrs. Cowan's needlework had fallen in her lap. She was seated near the window, md had been busily sewing. Now she was looking up, eager and intent. "You've known him a long time, haven't you?" "Yes-ever since he joined. lie's one j[ the best sergeants I ever knew." "You would bar-sly think him guilty of any dishonesty, would you?" Mrs. Cowan was rising from her chair. *.he needlework had fallen to thc floor. "Dishonesty! Not by a-good deal!' ?ras the reply that bade fair to be even .nore impulsive, and was checked only in deference to the presence of a woman. "Well, neither would I, from what I've seen of him: and yet Mr. Maitland's seal ring was found on him last night." "My God! Of course he could explain it tn some way?" "Me couldn't-or wouldn't. Ile sim p!v stood there, w hite as a sheep except, where those bruises ma.de him green and j blue. Ile had denied the charge flatly when accused; and yet there it was ia j bis chest. 1 never saw any man so taken j a? ?nek as Capt. Stryker; he said he would iufvo sworn to his innocence." "So would I!-so I do, by Jupiter! It's some foul plot! - it's" But he got no further. To his own amaze, to the utter U w ?ld. raient of Dr. Quin, Mrs. Ci?wan precipitated herself upon her parieur, seized the hand that lay ii ea re -t lier eu Mle coverlet, and buist forth into half .articulate, so'.?nug. indignant words, mingled with kisses sLo'.v eivd passionately on that astonish? ed baud. "Oh. bless him fer the words! Oh. , Cod bless von. Mr. Perry! * * * Oh. the fooi.-,*! iii.- lunatics! * * * A thief, indeed. * # * The idea of las L-ing accused! ? * * Oh. God! what would his mother in heaven say to this: * * * As tin nigh he had not li ?rne far loo much ahead} '. * * * It's his own ??is ow a ring. I tell you! Who else s! e ni ld wear il? * * * Who dare take ii from !.i.:i now? * * * Uh. ibo j infamy <.! it nil!" lu her w i'd ex? itt un tit. in brr ?nco heron! praise and Liment at ion a in J wrath j and indignation, her voice, her sobs, rang .through tia4 room ard . tit along t he broad corridor. I'.vt n ia their amaze t!ie two men bea ni a hurried step ap preaching, a limping, halting, painful step, ye! i.ipid aad impulsive. Qi lin.-al?-, sold ?e< 1 in his o? mt em pl.:'ion ot the ex-: ?.?red woman', pa i I u? ? at t ention; Perry's : eager ? ves were s:rained upon the dobi i wav; where-, the very next instant, with ; pal i id feat un ?san 1 startled mien. GI.; ; Maul.md appeared ami t tooti -tarin-; in j iip?>:i the spectacle ?d' Mrs. Cowan tis-- j ing and sobbing over ..Perry's hand. Al? ready he had di\ hied I lie truth, and strove to warn the tear blinded woman ..f h r presence; I ?ul Mrs Cowan's ex- | citemenl had increased to the verge of h\ .? ria; she was laughing ati 1 crying now by tie ns. blessing her soldier patient for bis l'ait h hi the a?-?a?sed sergeant . and then breaking forth anew in indignant expletive, "Who are his accusers? Who tiaro suv thief t?? him? * ' * Not one is fit to look him in the face! Twas th" very ring his mother gave him, * * ? his own ! his own!" And then the doctor seized her and turned her so flint she mu>r see Gladys- | Gladys, wild eyed, panting, staring, tot- : tenn? forward from the doorway. One sharp cry from tho woman's lips, one spring towards the reeling form, and she had caught the girl in her arms. "Gladys, Gladys, my little pet! mv own baby girl! Look up and thank God"! I've tried to keep my promise and his secret until lie released mc. I've tried hard, but it's all useless; I can't, I can't. Oh, Gladys, sweetheart, your mother's smiling down on us this day. Who do you think hos come hack to us, safe and strong and well and brave? Who but your own brother, your own Archie, Glades?" CHAPTER XVIII. ES, certainly very pretty now. It's such a pity that Englishwomen grow coarse and stout and red face?! so very soon after they are married." The speaker wits Mrs. Helknap, and her soft voice was tuned to a pitch of almost pathetic regret. They were talking of Miss Mar land, who had just been as? sisted to her saddle hy the colonel, and now, followed hy the faithful Griggs and escorted hy Capt. Stryker, was rid? ing away homeward after a brief call at the post. Fort Rossiter, once so hum? drum and placid and "stupid," as the ladies termed it, had been the vortex of sensations for a whole fortnight, and one excitement had trodden on the heels of another with such rapidity that people were growing weary. Perhaps the happiest -man in garrison was Capt. Stryker; he had refused to be? lieve in the guilt of Sergt. Gwynne when Capt. Wayne came to him to say that there were men tn his troop who openly accused the sergeant of having that cher? ished seal ring secreted in his chest. So confident was he that he had gone with the captain and Mr. Farnham to the stables and there told Gwynne of the charge against him. Gwynne flushed hotly, denied the truth of the story, but hesitated when asked if he would allow his chest to be searched. This was quick? ly noted hy Wayne and Farnham, and :he search was insisted upon. Gwynne then said there were a few items in that fliest which lie allowed no one to see; he pledged his sol?lier word that they were nothing hut a paper or two. some little photographs and a l>ook. These he asked permission to remove first: then they might search, lint Wayne sternly re? fused. The sergeant turned very white, set his lips, and hesitated still, until his own captain spoke: then he surrendered Iii- key. Wayne and Farnham bent over the chest while the troop first sergeant rapid ly turned over the clothing, books, etc., with trembling hands. There was a little compartment at one side, in which were lying some small items-a pocket com? pass, a pencil ease, some keys, a locket and a neck chain, and, among these, something wrapped in tissue paper. This was handed to Capt. Wayne, who un? rolled the paper.and-there wasa massive seal ring. A crest was cut in the stone, and, taking it to the light. Wayne was able to make out the motto, "Quod sur sum volo videro." It was the ring Mait- j land had lost. Stryker looked wonderingly at his ser? geant, who stood there as though petri? fied with amaze and consternation, pale as death, and unable to say a word. Asked to explain the matter, he could only shake his head, and, after awhile, hoarsely muttered, "I know nothing about it. I never placed it there." "Do you mean to tell me you never saw it before?" asked Wayne, sternly. And Gwynne was silent. "ls this the first time you ever saw it. I say?" repeated the captain angrily. "?o, sir; I have seen it before," was the answer. "Then you must have known 'twas stolen, and you have connived it its con? cealment," was Wayne's triumphant conclusion; and on the report of his offi? cers (\>l. Drainard had no alternative but to order Gwynne's close arrest. Only j Stryker'sappeal and guarantee saved the ? sergeant from confinement in the guard j house. I The next sensation was the sight of ? Or. Quin galloping back to the post like j mad and bolting unceremoniously into the colonel's gate. Then Stryker was j sent for, and the three officers held an i excited conversation. Then tho orderly j went ?t a run over to the quarters, aral i in five minutes Sergt. Gwynne, erect as j ever and dressed with scrupulous care. \ looking anything but like a guilty man. was >. - r -1 . crossing 11 ie parade towards \xi? colonel's house. Tlie men swarmed ou? , on tho porches as the ti.lings went from lip to lip. and some of tho Irish troopers j in Wayne's company were remarked as I?, ing od.?iv excited. Just what took ! place i luring that interview none could n ii. hut in ten minutes the news was fly- j ing around the garrison that Sergt. Gwvnnewas released from arrest, and in less than half an hon:-, to the wonder- j mont of overv!>o?Jy. he was seen riding! awav towards Dunraven with Dr. Quin, and for tw?> days more did not reappear j .i! Ros>?ter. t [>ni wdiet: the story flashed from Innis?. Co house about the garrison that Sergt. G w vu ne was not Sergt. Gwynne at all. but Mr. Ar. hibaid W\ adham Quin Mait? land', late <>f b T majesty's -th lancers, the onl\ surviving soti of the invalid owner of Dunraven Randi ami other viii lia! >'e.properties, the amaze amount? ed t?> st upofacti? ?tv. lt wa^. known that old Mr. Maitland lay desperately weak and ill the ?'..iv that Quin the doctor cam?? ridingback. All manner of stories were tobi regarding the affecting na ture of the interview in which tho long l?>st >on was restored lo his over? joyed father, but. like mos: stories, tho; were purely the offspring of imagination, for :it that interview only three were present: Gladys Ie?! her brother to thc roora and cl??sod the door, while good Mrs. Cowan stood weeping for joy down the long corridor, and Dr. Quin blinked his eves and fussed and fidgeted an?! strode around Perry's room ' with his h.-inds in bis pockets, exploding every now anti then into sudden comment on the romantic nature of tho situation and the idiocy of some people there at Ros? siter. "Joy tloes tt >* kill," he said; "Maitland would have been a dead man by theend <>f the week hut for this: it will give him a new lease of life." And it <li?L Though the flame waa feeble and flickering, it was fanned by a joy unutterable. The boy whom tl stricken father believed his stubboi pride and condemnation had driven despair and suicide was restored to hi: in the prime.of manly strength, all tei derness. all forgiveness, and Maitland whole heart went up in thanksgivin; fr?e l>egged that Brainard and Stryk< would come to him, that he might than them for their faith in his son; he bac the doctor say to Berry that the monier he could be lifted from his bed he woul come to clasp his hands and bless (iii for being a far latter friend to his so than he had been a father. The sergeant's return to the iwst wc the signal for a general turnout on tl; part of the mon, all of whom were cur ous to see how he would appear now th; \ his identity was established. Of cour? Iiis late assailants could not join in th crowd that thronged about him, but the listened with eagerness to everythin that was told. "He was just the sam as ever," said all accounts. Ile ha ! never been intimate with any of then ? but always friendly and kind. One thin; went the rounds Utce lightning "You'll begetting your discharge now sergeant," sait] Mrs. Reed, the volublt wife of the leader of the band, "am taking up your residence at the nindi, suppose. Of course the British ministe can get it for you in a minute." "Not a bit of it, Mrs. Reed," was tin j laughing answer. "I enlisted to servt Uncle Sara five years, and he's been to< good a friend to me to turu from. ! J shall serve out my time with the -th.' I And the sergeant was true to his word I If old Maitland could have prevailed, at application for his son's discharge wouh have gone to Washington; but this*tlu soldier positively forbade. Ile had eigh months still to serve, and he meant t< carry out his contract to the letter Stryker offered him a furlough, am Gwynne thankfully took a week, tim he might be by his father's side and bel] nurse him to better health. "By tba time, too. the garrison will have growi a little more accustomed to it, sir, anc I will have less embarrassment in goin^ on with my work." Two days before h Ls return to duty there came a modified sensation in th< shape of the report that a trooper o; Waynes company had deserted. IL was a man who had borne a bad reputa tion as a turbulent, mischief makin*, fellow, and when Sergt. Leary heard ol his going he was in a state of wild ex citement. lie begged to be allowed tc see his captain, and to him he confessed that one of his little party of three hac seen the ring drop from Mr. Maitlands finger the night of the first visit to Dun? raven. hail managed to pick it up and carry it away in the confusion, and had shown it to his friend in Wayne's troor when they got b:ick. The latter per .uaded him to let him take it, as the lockers of the men who were at Dun raven were sure, he said, to Ix? searched. It was known that he had a grudge against Gwynne; he was one of the men who was to have gone to the ranch the night they purposed riding down and challenging the Englishmen to come out and fight, but had unaccountably failed at the last moment. They believed that he had chosen that night to hide the ring in the sergeant's chest: he could easily have entered through the win? dow. And this explanation-the only one ever made-became at once accepted as the true one throughout the garrison. During the week of his furlough the sergeant found time to spend many hours by the bedside of Lieut. Perry, who was rapidly recovering, an 1 who by the end of the week had lx*en lifted into an easy invalid chair and wheeled in to see Mr Maitland. When not with Mr. Perry the young trooper's tongue was ever waggin^in his praise, ile knew many a fine officer and gr.llant gentleman in the service of the old country, he said and he admired many a captain and sub altern in that of his adopted land, but the first one to whom he "wanned**-tin first one to win his atTection-was th< young cavalryman who had met his pain ful wound in their defense. Old Mait land listened to it all eagerly-he had already given orders that the finest thor oughbred at Dunraven should be Perry's the moment he was able to mount again and he was constantly revolving in mimi bow he couhi show his appreciation of the officers who had befriended his son Mrs Gowan, too. never tired of hearing Perry's praises, and eagerly questioned when the narrator Hagged There was another absorlxil auditor, who nevei questioned anti who listened with down cast ?wes. It was she who seldom cam? near Perry during his convalescence,sh? who startled and astonished the young fellow beyond measure, the day the am bulariee came down to drive him- buck to the fort, by withdrawing the hand he had impulsively seized when at last sh? appeare?! to bid him adieu, and muting short his eager words with "Mrs. Belknap will console you. 1 dare say," and ab runtly leaving the room. Poor Ned! In dire distress and per plexity ho was driven back to Rossiter and that very evening he did a most sen sibloand fortunate thing; he told Mrs Sprague ail about it: and, instead of con doling with him ami bidding him strive to l>o patient and saying that all would come right in time, the little woman".* kind eyes shone with delight, her cheek: (lushed with genuine pleasure; she fairly sprang from her chair, and danced up ami down and ( lapped her hands and laughed with glee, and then, when Perry ruefully asked her if that was the syro pathy he had a right to expect from her she only laughed the more, and at last broke forth with: "Oh, you great, stupid, silly boy! You ought to be wild with happiness. Can't you soe she's jealous?" And tlir very next day she had a long falk with Dr. Quin, whose visits to Dun raven still continued; ami one bright afternoon when Gladys Maitland rode up to the fort to return calls, she managed t?) have quite a chat with her, despite the fact that Mrs. Bid knap showed a strong desire t<> accompany that fair English girl in all three of her visits. In this effort, t??o, the diplomatic services of Capt. Stryker ??roved rather too much for the l>oauty of the garrison. Was it possible that Mrs. Sprague had enlisted him also in the go?>?l cause? Certain it is ihm tho ?lark featured captain was Miss Maitland's escort as she left the gan ison, and thal it Avas with the con? sciousness ?'!' impending defeat that Mrs. Belknap gave utterance to the opening .sentence of this chapter: Mr. Perry had ? i istinctly avoided her ever since his re? turn. One lovely evening late in May Mr Perry was taking his first ride on the ', new horse, a splendid bay ami a perfect match for G la? lys Maitland's favorite mount. Already had this circumstance excited smiling comment in the garrison; but if the young man Himself had noted the close resemblance rt conveyed no blissful augury. Everybody remarked j that he had lost much of his old buoy- k ancy and life, and it. must be confess?e? he was not looking either blithe or well. Parke had suggested riding with- Ui^ an invitation which- Perry treated so Coldly that the junior stopped to think a moment, and began to see through the' situation; and so Mr. Perry was suffered to set forth alone that evening, and no* one was surprised when, after going out of tiie west gate as though l>ent on rid? ing up the Monee, he was presently seen? to have made the circuit of the j>ost and was slowly cantering down towards tl te' lower valley Out on the eastern prairie' another horseman could lie seen ami presently the two carne together Col. Brainard took down his binocular and: gazed out ?.'tex them "I declare." said ho, "those two fig? ures are so much alike 1 cannot telP which of them is Perry." "Then the other is Sorgt, (/wynne, col? onel," said Stryker, quietly. "Put him' in our uniform, ami it would indeed be hard to tell the two figures apart. Mr. Maitland told me last week that that was; what so startled and struck him the first time he saw Perry." "How is Mr. Maitland now, do you* know?" "Ile gets no better. After'tire first week of joy and thanksgiving over his boy's restoration to him>, the malady seemed to reassert itself Dunraven will' have a new master by winter, ? fancy." The colonel was silent a moment. Then' he suddenly asked: "Ry the way, how was it that (Jwynne wasn't drowned? ? never understood* that." "He never meant to be." said Stryker. "Ile told Perry all about it. Ile was ruined, lie thought,in his profession and in' hisown country, and he k?ew his father's inexorable pride; so he simply deeided tc put an end to Archie Maitland and star* a new life for himself. Ile wrote his letters and arranged his property with* that view, and he called the steward to enable him ter swear he was* in his state*-' room after the steamer weighed anchor' Then in a jiffy he was over the side in" the darkness; it was flood tide and he was au expert swimmer; he reached a coasts ing vessel lying near; lie had money, bought his passage to France, after a1 few days at Cape Town, and then came1 to America and enlisted. He got ft con? fession out of one cf their irregulars who" was with him. Perry says, and that was oneof the papers he was guardmg so jealously. Ile had given others to Perry that very night." "They seemed to fake to each other" like brothers from the start," said the colonel, with a quiet smile. "Just about," answered Capt. Stryker, Meantime, Perry and Sergt. Gwynne" have been riding slowly down the valley. Night has come upon .Dunraven by the hour tliey reach the northern gate-nc longer closed against then?-afipd as they' near the house Perry slowly dismounts. "I'll take the horses to the stable myself: I want to," says his trooper friend, andF for the second time the young officer stands upon the veranda at the doorway, then holds his hand as he hears again the soft melody of the piano floating out upon the still night air. Slowly and not without pain he walks around to the east front, striving to move with noiseless steps At last he stands by the open5 casement, just where he had paused in* surprise that night a month agone, and" slowly drawing aside one heavy fold of curtain, gazes longingly in at Gladys Maitland, seated there at the piaBO-, just where he first saw her lovely face and form. Presently, under the soft touch of her' fingers, a sweet, familiar melody comes* rippling forth. He remembers it in? stantly; it is the same he heard the'??ghi of his first visit-that exquisite' "Spring. Song" of Mendelssohn's-and he listens, spell bound. All of a sudden t'te swee* strains are broken off, the music ceases: she has thrown herself forward. bowved? her queenly head upon her arms, and. leaning over the keyboard, her form is shaken by a storm of passionate tears; Perry hurls aside the sheltering curtain* and limps rapidly across the soft and noiseless rug. She never dreams of his presence until, close at her side, a voice* she has learned to know anti know well* -a voice tremulous with love, sympathy and yearning-murmurs-only l?er name; "Gladys." and. starting np, she looks' one instant into his longing eyes. Sorgt? "Gwynne" Maitland', lifting the" heavy portiere a moment later, stops' short at the entrance, gazes one second at the picturesque scone at the piano, drops the portiere, and vanishes, untie* ticed. Things seemed changed at Dunraven of late years. The -th are still at Rossiter, so is Lieut. Perry. It may be the climate* or association with an American sister? hood, or-who knows?-perils ps some-' body has told her of Mrs. Itel k nap's are* diction, but: M 73. Perry has no? yet begun* to grow coarse, red faced or stout. She' is wonderfully popular with the ladiesof the -th. and h:is found warm friends:' among them, but Mrs. Spragueof the in? fantry- is the Woman she particularly fan? cies, and her grui! old kinsman Dr. Quin* is ever a welcome guest at their fireside. It was he, site told her Irusband kmg. after, who undid the miscbie? Mrs. Bel knap had been able to sow irs one brief conversation. "I've known that young, woman ever since she wore, pinafores; Gladys. She has some good points, too, but her one idiosyncrasy is that every man she meets should bow down to and? worship her. She is an Alexander rn poiV ticoats, sighing for new worlds to con" quer, has been a coquette f rom tlie cradle; and-what she can't forgive in Ned Perry is that he simply did not fall in iove,witb* her as she thought he had." Down at Dunraven the gates are gone; the doors are very hospitably open. Ewen is still manager de jure, but young. Mr. Maitland, the proprietor, is manager' le facto, and, though t?tere is constant going and coming l>etween the forr ami? the ranch, and the officers of the -tl* ride in there at all hours, what rraikc? the ranchman so popular .?"^ongiheranfe and file is the fact that Seig.. 'thynne* as they still call him, has a warm place in his heart for one and all, and erery year when the date of his enlistment in the-th comes round hegives-a-barl>ecuo* dinner to the men, w-hereat there are feasting and drinking of healths^ audi song and speech making,* and U\ary and Donovan and even the recreant Kelly are apt to be boistorouslv prominent on such occasions, but blissfully so-for there hasn't been a shindy of any kind since their old comrade stepped into hk* possessions at Dunraven Ranclk THK END. ! .i CHILD Kl LL KD. A"?-.:hcr child killed-'?y the uso cf ?snwt*? ijiviji in ihe form of S?>i?thi?; syrnp. Why' mother';' give thvir children such deadly poison" ts iuirpThingr when they cm relieve tSte child <>? its p?.-cali.-ir tro-uhles bj usrng Acker's "Raby" Souther. It contains no Opium er Morphine* Sold by J. F. W. Pc Lonne. GUARD AGAINST THE STRIKE, And always have a bottle of Acker's English" Remedy rn thc house. 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