The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 03, 1890, Image 1

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TOBHAN, JErt&Bttafced April, l$SO? 'Be Just and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's " THB Tft?JB SOUTHKONj Established Jane, 16?# SUMTER, S. a, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1890. New Series?Tol. . Na. 18. awryW??x aday, SB, SC & ??? annum?inadvance. i osertion^.I 00[ elise? ti on......?.??.? -, ; 50 mouths, or longer will : for a??dvert?aen?o?a. ttioutee of respect will be ANO COUNTY DKP0SI S??TE?, S. tt . . $75,000 00 rraes ?bpa?tmest. atid upwards received. _ In hit cete of 4* percent, per o,?arterljr.,. on fir$ dajs ?^ -VweJ?reaidcnt. C^biwr. ill aew?^^i9?3^ Baojingbasing. ^ Alen has-? ' $1.00 and npwarde received, hj? the raie of 4 per cent. ;^f^ President KBST-CL?SS > ? STORK. . OTE ST?FFS. O .?*??, I.?- ' -Prescriptions ?arefolly And orders answered ? will find my stock w p?ete, warranted gena JgStfl??*quality. " '^^?kWm?dts?^for y ourselves. diSP^.?^ AND ?t? be the g sr??:v?oI<{ an this Staie. ^o^ fe^?iie of Cem yon sat^etl that you have made -HO HHStaKO. ? ^ Write* Cor cuir prices. ? bs and Cotton ^re^es it bo?tom figures. I ??n Bave you money. W C* BADHAM, mm AgeaS, Colombia. S, 0. Some Office and Factory, ^p38ehmond, Va, ?fea" Bffl?-iBB? CO., - CSiaxlestoii, S. C. BRINES. 30?LERS, SAW, CANE ASF* GRIST MILLS HALL SMITH BROWN. WIN ^ SHIP AND LU M M OS GINS. FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS Acme and ffacce Cotton Presses. ;; Seeder's /Self-Paekiog. Cotton Prese. ^^ftoea^BjKreet-Actiog Steam Press. bout Pipe and F?ttisp. y SAJ^CO?^K INSPIRATORS. Tbe above we offer at factory pri?es. Thiekofit. $195,00 for a 60-Saw Gin, COM Pi .ETE, DELIVERED. ?mm fw Ike Best Cotte* Press ? ? ON TBE MARKET. Write to ? before baying and save inpfT. Jane 25. MACHINE SHOP. All kinds of WORK REPAIRS _jnater, at ebort notice, and io rery best class of work, at the shop re Jt??L?y opened by toe undersigned oo Liberty Steeet, near the <5. 8. A N. Depot. Seile? Patched, and IfiH and Gin Work a Specialty. - Prompt attention given to work io the eoenCry, a!?d firpt class workmen aest to at tend to same. GaH at toe step or address ibroagb Sara ter Poet office A?g 13 EDGAR SKINNER. -C?AtES?An Amer. ?SDSitSJCN?D has established ;Btt*ft? and Collection Ageocv ia and desire* property holders baring JjC0j)ftTJ t?r Mie or rent to list same ?ita Ttsaat? oe?Bfs? " and reels collected Seat ??fef eaeorg?f ??. Office on ; ^fe^etoie. The reason RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER is the moat wonderful med icine, is because it has never failed in any in stance, no matter what the disease, from LEPRO f s y the simplest disease kfoown to the human system. This seien ti ? c ?oen of to-day daim and .prore that every disease is CAUSED BY MICROBES, RA&AM'S MICROBE KILLER Exterminates the Microbea and drives them oat of the system, and when that is done yon cannot have an ache or paio. No matter 3?at <4He.|B|M^ w*e&er a simple cas? of ^?arial^l^eTO'^r astoni nation of diseases, we core them all at the same time, as we treat all diseases constitutionally. Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Brooches-, Rheamatisin^Kidoey and llh?r jfeseaj^. CbilU and ^ever, Pe-. j roalVTro??et^ ib ali* itslTorme, and, in I fact, every disease known to the human system/ ? See that oar Trade-Hark (same as above) appears/^ eachjug. Send for book "History of the Microbe Kilter,*1 givec.away by Dr. A. J. China, Droggis?, Sole Agent. C Jan 22 TAX NOTICE. ' TREASURER of sumteroounty giv-es notice that his books will be open from the FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER. ?890 to the FIFTEENTH DAY OF decem BER, 1390, for the collection of Taxes tor the Fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1889, in Samt?? Sor'aty. TheToI??wiag are the ra tes per centum ofJ the levy: 1. For Statepnrposes?fire aod one fourth mille oo every ?dollar of the- value of all taxable propePty.. 2. For Cfeanty^parp^>ses--three and one half mills ?n everv .dollar af such value, of which tW proceeds of three mills are to be applied to ordinary County expenses,-and one half of one miir to paying the d?ficiences of the oecal year ending October 31, 1889. 3. For tbe support of public, schools?two mills on every dollar of such val?e. 4: One doHar on*ach taxithle poll, (to wit, between the ages of 21 and years. ) 5. Mayesville, two mills extra levy for school.put poses in the town of Mayesville. '6 Swimming Peons 2 mills extra levy for school purposes in the township. fr 1?. GAILLARD, County Treasurer. Sept. 33 ' - ?? deaoses thelsrasalPRssages. Al lays IaSarrtTrta. tnrt. Heals tSe Sores. Restores the Senses of Tasie, Smell - A particle Is applied into sacb nostril mad ' reeab?e? Price?Oc at ? Kgiat?* by.. , ELYBRO'l"HERS,56 V/aiaen St-,New York. SAVES MONEY. One box of ?heao pille will save many , dollars in doctor's bllte. Tbey art . socially prepared ma & Family Medicine, astpplte* a w?ni lon$- felt. They ? e unt?e?ltli> *r cumulation* front the boc:j, witbont naosea or apripiiaa;. Adapted to y o un y and old. Pri?e, 28e? SO?jD ETCH YWHJS??ri, For Infanta and Children. Castoria ^promote* Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sortr Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep naturai. Carter?a contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. "Castoriaism well adapted to children that I recommend ft as superior to any prescription known to ?." ? . A. Archer, M. D.. Ill South Oxford St, Brooklyn, . Y. "I use Castoria in my practice, and find it specially adapted to affections of children." AUX. borkrtsox, M. D., 1057 2d Ave., New York. "From personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria Is an excellant medicine for children, acting as a laxative and relieving tbe pent up bowels and general system very mach. Many mothers have told me of its ex cellent effect upon then* children.1 ' Da. g. C. Osgood. Lowell, Tea Czktaub CoaiuxT, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. I. M. NIGH9LES, Experienced Land Surveyor, -AND-? Civil Engineer, Solicits the patronage of the community generali , PO.. SUM TER, S 0. Sept. 17 IF TOO ARE GOING WEST AND WANT LO?? RATES To Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Oregon aod Cali fornia, or any point WEST or NORTH *5ST? IT WILL PAY YOU To write to me. FRED D. BUSH, D. P. A., L k R. R. 38 Wall St., Allant?. Ga By Capt, CHABLIS KLM. ^Copyrighted by J. . Lippincott Company, Phila delphia, and published through special arrange' aient with the America Press Association. ] SYNOPSIS. Chapter 1.?In a recruiting office in the ' Queen City" Lieut. Fred Lane, ?. S. A., receives two letters?one informing him of Bis promotion to the rank of captain, the other a brief note from Mabel Vincent. Chapter 2.?Gordon Noel, a. lieutenant in Lane's cavalry regiment, succeeds, through wheedling the wife of his : colonel, in being appointed to the vacancy caused by Lane's promotion. He is disliked by bis brother officers, as he has in the past - several times dodged active eervice in Indian campaigns. Chapter 3?Capt. Lape is desperately in love with Mabel* Vincent. He prepares to torn the recruiting o ver to his successor. Chapter 4.?-Lieut. : Noel arrived to take charge of the recruitiog office.' He is band some and agreeable and succeeds in creating the impression that he was a very gallant officer and done brave service on the plains: It is discovered that a clerk named Taintor bas embezzled some of the funds of the re cruiting office (forging Lane's name) and decamped. Noel professes an enthusiastic friendship f?r Lane. Chapter 5.??Lane writes to MabePs father asking permission to pay his addresses to her. This is granted. Vincent is on the brink of financial disaster. Lane proffers bis services. Chapter 6.?The transfer of the recruiting office to Noel is made by Lace, who has or ders to return to bis regiment in the west. Lane makes good the deficit in the accounts ont of his own pocket. - Chapter 7.?Lane famishes to Mr Vincent the money which saves the latter from ruin. Before Lane starts, for the west Mabel prom ises to marry him. The engagement is to be kept secret at her parents' request. 4 Chapter 8?Noel succeeded in making him self a social favorite by telling false stories of his own bravery. He becomes acquainted with the Vincents and is invited to their house because of bis professed friendship for Lane. Chapter 9?Lane arrives at the frontier post whither be has been ordered and takes command of bis company. He writes often to Mabel, and her repliesv contain frequent reference lo.Noel who is very attentive. Chapter 10.?Mrs. Viucent is worried by Noel's constant attentions to Mabel. The Vinceats.go to the mountains, where Noel visits'Mabel.' - ^Chapter IK? When Mabel writes Lane of," Noel's ?riait be is somewhat anoojed. He ad vises her not to encourage these- visits. The Vincents announce the engagement. Lane receives ? letter from Mr. Vincent, begging him to come east at once. Just before Lane starts he learns that Mr. Vincent's partner has defaulted aud that Mr. Vincent.has died suddenly. He goes as rapidly as possible. Arriving at the Vincent mansion he enters un announced, and finds bis fiancee clasped in Gordon Noel's arms - Chapter 12.?Lane returns to his post after' a long illness. Mabel bas thrown him over and becomes engaged to Noel. Mrs. Viucent writes a long, heartbroken letter to Lane, begging forgiveness for her daughter. A few months later Noel and Mabel are married. Lane's health fails again, and he is sent east on sick leave. While there he discovers his defaulting clerk, Taintor. News is received of an Indian uprising, and Lane starts, post haste toj?in his regiment. Chapter 13.?Gordon Noel is made a captalo and ordered to roport at the frontier for duty in the Indian campaign. His cowardice leads him -to resort to every subterfuge to avoid the dangerous duty, but be fails. Lane arrives at the post just in time to bead his old company on a raid. Noel is obliged to reluc tantly follow with his men. Chapter 14.?Lane and bis men head off the Apaches and, though they are greatly out numbered, attack them and rescue their, captives. The hostiles rally and fall upon the gallant little band with awful vigor. CHAPTER XV. [ "For heaven'8 sake, sir, let's get ahead to hissupport." Meantime, where are the looked for supports? Lane, with wearied horses, had made the march from the railway station to the pass in a little over four teen hours. It was 5:30 when he started and 8:15 when he unsaddled among the rocks. He had. come through the blazing sunshine of the long June day; some I times at th? trot, sometimes at the lope, ofttimes dismounting and leading when crossing ridges or ravines. He was still pale and weak from his long illness, and suffering from a sorrow that had robbed him of all the buoyancy he had ever possessed. But the sense of duty was as strong as ever, and the soldier spirit triumphed over the ills of the flesh. Noel, starting at 4:45 p. m.,with horses and men fresh and eager, with a guide who knew every inch of the way, and the bright starlight to cheer his com rades, could reasonably be expected to cover the same ground in the same time; every old cavalryman knows that horse* travel better by night than by day. By good rights he and his men should be at the pass at least an hour before the time set by Lane. It was only a week before that the captain had declared at the Queen City that he had never felt so "fit" in his life, and a campaign would just suit him. Things seemed to have a different color, however, as he watched the going down of the sun behind the distant pelonciHos. The words of the young infantry adjutant kept recurring to him, and he knew of old that when Lane started after Indians he was "dead sure to get 'em," as Mr. Mason was good enough to remind him. Twice before sunset the guide had ventured to suggest a quicker gait, but Noel refused, saying that ho did not mean to get his horses to the scene worn out and unfit for pursuit. Mr. Mason, who heard this, begged to remind the captain that pursuit was not the object; they were expected to get there in time to help Lane head off the attempt at fur ther flight, and to hold the Apaches, wherever met, until the pursuing force could reach them from the north an<" hem them in. Noel ranked Mason only a few files, and knew well that all the regiment would side with his subaltern; so he was forced to a show of cordiality and consideration. He rode by the lieu tenant's side, assuring him of the sense of strength it gave him to have with him a man of such experience. "For your sake, Mason, I wish 1 had bt^en twelve hours later, so that you could rave had the glory of this thing to yoursei* ; but you know I couldn't stand it. I had to pull wires like sin to get relieved, as it was. " Old Hudson, the head of the re crmting service, just swore he WQuldjjSt let me g"), because ? had had good luck ( in the class and number of the recruits I ; sent him. Personally, too, Tm in no shape to ride. See how fat Tve grown?" Mason saw, but said a fifty mile ride ought not to stagger any cavalryman, hard or soft, and made no reply what ever to the captain's account of how he succeeded in getting relieved. He didn't believe a word of it. Night came on and found them still Lurching at a steady walk. Halts for rest, too, had been frequently ordered, and at last Mason could stand it no lon ger. After repeated looks at his watch he had burst out with an earnest appeal: "Capt. Noel, well never get there in time at this rate. Surely, sir, the orders you got from the general must be differ ent from those that came to the post. They said make all speed, lose not a mo ment. Did not yours say so, too?-* "The general knew very well tha? I had marched cavalry too often not to understand just how to get there in time," was Noel's stately reply; and, though chafing inwardly, Mason was compelled to silence. Ten o'clock came, and still it was no better. Then both the lieutenant and the guide, after a mo ment's consultation during a rest, ap proached the captain and begged him to increase the gait; and when they mount ed, the command did, for a while, move on at a jog, which Mason would fa?n have increased to the lope, but Noel in terposed. Midnight, and more rests, found them fully ten miles behind the point where the guide and lieutenant had planned to be. Even the men had begun to murmur among themselves, and to contrast the captain's spiritless advance with Mr. Mason's lively meth ods. Two o'clock, and the Pyramid range was still far away. Daybreak came, and Mason was nearly mad with misery, the guide sullen and disgusted. Broad daylight?6 o'clock?and here at last were the Pyramid buttes at their right front, and, coming toward them on the trail, a single horseman. "It is Sergt Luce," said some of the foremost troopers. And Luce had a note, which he handed to Lieut. Mason; but that gentleman shook his head and indicated NoeL The captain took it in silence, opened it, glanced over the contents, changed color, as all could see, and then inquired: "How far is it, sergeant?" j "It must be fifteen miles from here, sir. i came slowly, because my horse was worn out, and because Capt. Lane thought that I would meet the troop very mach nearer the pass. It's more than fifteen miles, I reckon." "Had the attack begun before you I left?' 1 "Yes, sir: and I could hear the shots as I came cut of the pass?hear them dis- I : tinctly." i "May I inquire what the news is, cap tain?" said Mr. Mason, riding up to his side. "Well," was 'the reply, "Lane writes J that he has headed the Apaches, and that he is just moving in to the attack." j t "W?l you permit me to see the note, j sir?" said Mason, trembling with exas peration at the indifferent manner in which it was received. ! Noel hesitated: "Presently?presently, Mr. Mason. Well move forward at a trot, now." Sergt. Luce reined about, and, riding beside the first sergeant of troop, told him in low tones of the adventures of the previous day and night, and the fact I that the Apaches were there just north of the pass and in complete force. The I result seemed to be, as thr word was passed among the men, to increase the gait to such an extent that they crowded upon the leaders, and Noel, time and again, threw up Ms hand and warned the, men not to ride over the heels of his horse. Seven o'clock came, and still they had not got beyond the Pyramids. Eight o'clock, and they were not in sight of the pass. Nine o'clock, and still the gorge was not in view. It was not until nearly ten that the massive gateway seemed to open before them, and then, far to the front, their eager ears could catch the sound of very sharp and rapid firing. "My God!" said Mason, with irrepres sible excitement, "there's no question about it, captain, Lane's surrounded there! For heaven's sake, sir, let's get ahead to his support." ? "Ride forward, sergeant," said Noel to Luce, "and show us the shortest way you know to where Capt. Lane has cor raled.his horses?I don't like the idea of entering that pass in column, Mr. Mason. The only safe way to do it will be to dis mount and throw a line of skirmishers ahead. If Lane is surrounded the Apaches undoubtedly will open fire on us as we pass through." "Suppose they do, fdr; we've got men enough to drive them back. What we want is to get through there as quickly as possible." But Noel shook his head, and^ forming line to the front at a trot, moved for ward a few hundred yards, and then, to the intense disgust of Mr. Mason, ordered the first platoon dismounted and pushed ahead as skirmishers. Compelled to leave their horses with number four of each set, the other troopers, sullenly, but in disciplined silence, advanced afoot up the gentle slope which led to the heights on the right of the gorgo. Not a shot impeded their advance; not a sound told them that they were even watched. But far up through the pass itself the sound of sharp firing continued, and every now and then a shrill yell in dicated that the Apaches were evidently having the best of it. Again Mason rode to his captain. "I beg you, sir,7' he said, "to let my take my platoon, or the other one, and charge through there. It isn't possible that they can knock more than one or two of us out of the saddle; and if you fol low with the rest of the men thoy can easily be taken care of." But Noel this time rebuked him "Mr. Mason, I have had too much cf your interference," he said, "and I will tol?rete no more. I am in command of this troop, sir, and I am responsible for its proper conduct." And Mason, rebuffed, fell back with out further word. The pass was reached, and still not a shot had been fired. Over the low ridge i the dismounted troopers went, and not I an Apache was in sight. Then at last it ! became evident tint to cross the stream j they would have to ford: and then the ! "recall" was sounded, the horse3 were ! ran rapidly forward to the skirmish lino, the men swung into saddle, the rear platoon closed on the one in front, and cautiously, with Mason leading and Noel hanging back a little as though to direct the march of his column, the troop passed through the river and came out on the other side. The moment they reached the bank Mason struck a trot witho'.rD :'-ny orders cv.A the men fol lowed him. Noel hastened forward^ ahout?li* Ouv, 4nVW, w?a.?? p^t, fludiiij ttyt they either. 4|?J noi pv wquld'net'ftu?K uj a.^h'q galloped in front p? the troJ? - Iy ordered the leaders to decrease their , gait and not again to take the trot unie ^ he gaye the command. Just at this minute, from the heights to the right and left, half a dozen shots were fired in quick succession; a trooper j riding beside the first sergeant threw up his arms, with the sudden cry: "My God! Tve got itr and fell back from the sad dle. Noel at the same instant felt a twinge along his left arm, and, wheeling his horse about, shouted: "To the rear I to the rear! We're ambushed!'* And, despite the rallying cry of Mason and the entreaties of the guide, the men, taking the cue from their leader, reined to the right and left about and went clattering out of the pass. More shots came from the Apaches, some.aimed at the fleeing troop and others at the little group of men that re mained behind; for the poor fellow who had been shot through the breast lay in sensible by the side of the stream, and would have been abandoned to his fate but for the courage and devotion of Mason and two of the leading men. Promptly jumping from their horses, they raised him between them, and, lay ing him across the pommel of one of the saddles, supported by the troopers, the wounded man was carried back to the ford, and from there out of harm's way. By this time Noel, at full gallop, had gone four cr five hundred yards to the rear, and there the first sergeant?not he ?rallied the troop, reformed it, counted fours, and faced it to the front. When Mason returned to them, lead ing the two troopers and the dying man, his face was as black as a thunder cloud. He rode up to his captain, who was stanching with a handkerchief a little stream of blood that seemed to be com ing down his left arm, and addressed to him these words: "Capt. Noel, there were not more than sis or eight Apaches guarding those heights. There was no excuse in God's world, sir, for a retreat. I can take my platoon and go through there now with out difficulty, and once again, sir, I im plore you to let me do it," Noel's reply was, "I have already heard too much from you today, Mr. Mason. If I hear one more word you go to the rear in arrest. I am wounded, sir, but I will not turn over this com mand to you.** "Wounded be hanged! Capt. Noel, you've got a scratch of which a child ought to be ashamed," was the furious reply, upon which No?i, considering that he must at all hazards preserve the dignity of his position, ordered Lieut. Mason to consider himself in arrest And, dismounting, and calling to one or two of the men to assist him, the captain got out of his blouse and had the sleeve of his undershirt cut off, and then, in full hearing of the combat up the pass, proceeded to have a scratch, as Mason had truly designated it, stanched and dressed. Meantime, the troop, shamefaced and disgusted, dismounted and awaited fur ther .developments. For fifteen minutes they remained there, listening to the bat tle a mile away, and then there came a sound that thrilled every man with ex citement?with mad longing to dash to the front; there came crashes of mus ketry that told of the arrival of strong re-enforcements for one party or another ?which party was soon developed by the glorious, ringing cheers that they well recognized to be those of their com rades of Greene's battalion. "By heavens!" said Mason, with a groan, ' 'after all, we have lost our chance ! It's Greene, not old troop, that got there in time to save them." The looks that were cast towards their new captain by the men, standing in sul len silence at their horses' heads, were not those that any soldier would have envied. Directing the first sergeant to talk half a dozen troopers and feel their way cau tiously to the front and ascertain what that new sound meant, the rest of the men meanwhile to remain at ease, Noel still sat there on the ground, as though faint from loss of blood. The bleeding, however,'had been too trifling to admit of any such supposition on the part of those who had been looking on. The cheering up the pass increased. The firing rapidly died away. Soon it was seen that the first sergeant was signal ing, and presently a man came riding back. The sergeant and the others dis appeared, going fearlessly into the pass, and evidently indicating by their move ments that they anticipated no further resistance. The arriving horseman dis mounted, saluted the captain, and re ported substantially that the pass was now in possession of Maj. Greene's men, and that the Apaches were in full flight towards the south, some of the troops pursuing1. Then at last it was that the "mount" was sounded by the trumpeter, and half an hour afterwards?full three hours after they should have been there? Capt. Noel, with troop, arrived at the scene. Lane, faint from loss of blood, was lying under a tree; four of his men were killed; one of th^ helpless recap tured women had been shot by an Indian bullet; five more of the "Devil's own D's" were lying wounded around among the rocks. Desperate had been the de fense; sore had been their need; safe, thoroughly safe, they would have been had Noel got there in time, but it was Greene's battalion that finally reached them only at the last moment. And yet this was the thrilling announcement that appeared in The Queen City Chron icle in its morning edition two days af terwards: "Gallant Noel! Rescue of the Iniian Captives! Stirring Pursuit and Fierce Battle with the Apachee! "A dispatch received last night by ' the Hon. Amos Withers announces the return from the front of Capt. Noel, who so recently loft our midst., with a portion of his troop, bringing with him the wo men and c'nildren who had been run off by the Apaches on t heir raid among the ranches south of their reservation. The captain report.! a severe fight, in which many of the regiment were killed and wounded, he himself, though making light of the matter, receiving a bullet through the left arm. "While the rest of the command had gone on in pursuit of the Apaches the captain was sent by the battalion com mander to escort the captives back to the railway. "This dispatch, though of a private character, is fully substantiated by the official report of the generili command ing the department to the adjutant gen eral of the army. It reads as follows: " *Capt. Noel, of the Eleventh cavalry, has just reached the railway, bringing with him all but one of the women and children whom the Apaches had carried off into captivity. The other was shot by a bullet in the desperate fight which occurred in San Simon Pass between the i commands of Capts. Lane and Noel and toe ?^ica?s^T^?sa retreat they were Wm ?km$ m**i fa Ss* % vf\.F? .f-l<&l itppearan?e the Apaches fled through the mountains in the wildest confusion, leaving much of their plunder behind them. " 'It is impossible as yet to give accu rate accounts of the killed and wounded, but our losses are reported to have been heavy.' "How thoroughly have the predictions of The Chronicle with regard to this gal lant officer been fulfilled! To his rela tives and Iiis many friends in our midst The Chronicle extends its most hearty congratulations. We predict that the welcome which Capt. Noel will receive will be all that his fondest dreams could possibly have cherished." CHAPTER XYL He teas permitted to go himself to the railway to meet Mabel. For a week the story of Gordon Noel's heroism was the talk of Queen City so ciety. He had led the charge upon the Indians after a pursuit of over a hundred miles through the desert. He had fought his way to the cave in which these poor captive women were guarded, and had himself cut the thongs that bound them. He was painfully wounded, but never quit the fight till the last savage was driven from the field. For daring and brilliant conduct he was to be promoted over the heads of all the captains in his regiment. His name was already before the president for a vacancy in the adju tant general's department, and the ap pointment would be announced at once. He was coming east just as soon as the surgeon said he was well enough to j travel. Mrs. Noel wanted to join hrm, but he had telegraped saying no, that he would soon be with her. So rang the chorus for several days. At the club the men shook hands over the news and sent telegrams of praise and congratulation to Noel and drank his health in bumpers, and two or three old "soreheads," who ventured to point out that the official reports were not yet in, were pooh poohed and put down. Amos Withers had left for Washington on a midnight train immediately a'tex furnishing The Chronicle with the con tents of his dispatch, making no allu sion to that part of it which said, "Now push for that vacancy. Not an instant must be lost. " Nobody could say nay to the man who had subscribed the heavi est sum to the campaign fund in his own state, and therefore both its senators and half its representatives in the house went with him to the president to urge the immediate nomination of Capt. Noel to the majority in the adjutant general's department made vacant by the promo tion consequent upon the retirement of one of its oldest members. Already the war department had furnished the ex ecutive with the names and records of the four men whom it considered the most deserving, and Gordon Noel's name was not one of the four. But what was that in comparison with the eminent pe cuniary and political services of Mr. Withers, when the nephew had just be haved so superbly in action? Meantime, the Apaches had scattered through the mountains, and escaped across the border, the remnant of Lane's troop taking part in the pursuit, and they, with their commander, only slowly returning to the railway. For three or, four days Noel had the wires and the correspondents pretty much to himself; but then some of those enterprising news gathers had been getting particulars from the men, and there were two or three of troop in the detachment who ? could not conceal their derision and con tempt when the" newspaper men spoke of the bravery of their captain. This set the correspondents to ferreting, and then the dispatches began to take a different color. The very day that Mabel re- ? ceived her first letter from her husband, [ and was reading extracts from it to en vious friends who had come in to swell the chorus of jubilee and congratulation, an evening paper intimated that recent dispatches received from the seat of war revealed a different state of affairs than was popularly supposed. But by this time interest was waning. It is the first impression that is always the strongest, the first story that is long est remembered,- and no man who has belioved one version will accept the truth without vigorous resistance. In his let ter to his wife Noel had spoken modestly Of himself and slightly of his wounds. This only made her worship him?her hero, her gallant Gordon?the more in-j sanely. He intimated that he had been compelled to place in arrest one of the most prominent officers of the regiment for misconduct in the face of the enemy; and this and previous matters,- he said, would surely make of this officer an un relenting foe. She need not be surprised, therefore, if this gentleman should strive to do Mm grievous harm. Mabel blush ed becomingly as she read these lines to some of her friend3, and that night at the club it was hinted that Lane had been placed in close arrest for failing to support Noel in his desperate assault Just at this time, too, Mr. Withers came back from Washington looking mys terious. The next published dispatches were from the general liimself. He was in censed over the escape of the Apaches. Measures for the capture were' complete, and it was broadly hinted that a certain officer would be brought to trial for his failure to carry out positive orders. "It is believed," said The Chronicle, "that the officer referred to is well known in our community, as he had, oddly enough, been a predecessor in the re cruiting'service of the actual hero of the campaign." Two weeks went by. There was no announcement of Noel's name as pro moted. Other matters occupied the at tantio? of the club and the coteries, and no one knew iust what it all meant when it was announced that Mrs. Noel had suddenly left for the frontier to join her husband. Perhaps his wounds were 7~we severe than at first reported. Then , - -r?ce? uiat Mr. Withers was in it waif uv avery nervous and irritable frame of mind, thai constant dispatches were passing between hiiri and Capt. Noel in the west, and that suddenly he departed again on some mysterious.errand for Washington. And then it was an nounced that Capt: Noel would not be able to visit the east as had been ex pected. All the same it came as a shock* which1 completely devastated the social circles; of the Queen City when it was announced in the New York and Chicago papers that a general court martial had been ordered to assemble at Fort Gregg, New Mexico, for the trial of Capt. Gordon Noel, Elev enth cavalry, on charges of misbehavior in the face of the enemy and conduct un becoming an officer and a gentleman. The Chronicle made no allusion to the matter until after it was heralded over the city by the other journals. Then it announced that it was. in possession of information showing conclusively that Capt. Noel was the victim of the envy of certain officers in his regiment, and that the charges had been trumped up from the false and prejudiced statement of the man whom he had been compelled to place in arrest for misconduct in action. "Capt. Noel had demanded a court mar tial," said The Chronicle, "that he might be triumphantly vindicated, as he un doubtedly would be." At the club several men surrounded Lieut. Bowen with eager inquiry as to the facts in the case. Bowen, who was now in charge of the rendezvous as Noel's successor, was very reticent when inter rogated. He said that while an officer might demand a court of inquiry he could not demand a court martial; they were entirely different things; and it was certainly the latter thai had been ordered. "Was there not some likelihood of malice and envy being at the bottom of the charges?" he was asked. "And was it not unfair to let mm be tried by offi cers prejudiced against him?" Bowen said he did not belong to the Eleventh, but he knew it well enough to j say no to the first part of the question. As to the other, there were" only two Offl cers from that regiment on the court, and one was Noel's old friend and colonel ?Biggs. s It was in the midst of this talk that Mr. Amos Withers had suddenly ap peared and begged a few wor?? m'private with Mr. Bowen. Withers was in a state of nervous ex citement, as any one could see. He talked eagerly, even pleadingly, with the silent j lieutenant, and at last suddenly arose, and, with the look of a defeated and dis 1 comfited man, left the club house, en I tered his carriage and was driven rapidly j away. [ That night an officer from the war de partment arrived in the Queen City and was closeted for a while with Lieut. Bowen, after which the two went to the chief of police, and in company" with htm visited the cell where Taintor, de serter and forger, was confined, took his statement and that of the chief, and with these documents the Officer went on to division headquarters. Meantime, the campaign had come to an end. Capt. Noel had reported, in ar rest, to the commanding officer at Fort Gregg, and Mrs. Riggs had tearfully greeted him: "She would so love to have him under her roof, that she might show her sympathy and friendship; but so many officers of high rank were coming on the court that the colonel was com pelled to give every bit of room he had to them" Noel thanked her nervously, and said he could be comfortable any where, but his wife was coming; she had telegraphed that she could not be sepa rated from him when he was suffering wrong and outrage. Capt. and Mrs. Lowndes, moved to instant sympathy, begged that he would make their quar ; ters his home, and placed their best room at his disposal. Two evenings afterwards he was per mitted to go himself to the railway to meet poor Mabel, who threw herself into his arms and' almost sobbed her heart out at sight of his now haggard and care worn face. Mrs. Lowndes then came forward and strove to comfort her, while Noel rushed off to send some telegrams. Then they drove out to the post, and Mabel's spirits partially revived when she found that it was not a prison she had come to share with her husband. Everybody was so gentle and kind to her; she began to believe there was noth ing very serious in the matter after all. It lacked yet five days to the meeting j Of the court, and in the intervening time there arrived at the post a prominent and distinguished lawyer from th? east,- eerif to conduct the defense by Mr. Withers* orders; and many a long talk did he hold with his client and tho officers who werci gathering at Gregg. The charges of misconduct in face of the enemy had been preferred by the de partment commander, who cited as his witnesses Capt. Lane, Lieut Mason, Lieut. Royce, the guide and two or three non-conimissioned officers. To the' charge of "conduct unbecoming* ad offi cer and a gentleman" there' were specifi cations setting forth that he had caused to be circulated and published reports to the effece that it was his command that had been severely engaged, and his com mand that had rescued the captives and defeated tho Indians, which statements he well knew to be false. Two or three correspondents and railway employes and the telegraph operator were wit nesses. This would be a hard one to prove affirmatively, as the judge advo cate found when he examined his wit nesses as they arrived, and the great lawyer assured the accused officer that he could secure him an acquittal on that charge. The real danger lay in the tes timony of Capt. Lane and Lieut Mason, who had not yet come. And now, hour after hour,- for two days. Mabel was reading in her hus band's facetbe utter hopelessness that possessed him; hay,- more, the' truth was being revealed to her in all its damning details. It might be impossible for the' prosecution to prove that he had actual ly caused the Ldse and boastful stories to ue given to the press and the public; but how about the telegrams and letters Mr. Withers had so proudly come to show her? How about the telegrams' and letters she herself had received? What impression could she derive fromr them but that he was the hero of the' whole affair, and that he was lying pain fully wounded when he wrote? The gash through the beautiful white arm turned out to be a mere scratch upon the skin, that a pin might have made. It was Greene's command from Fort Gra? ham that had rescued Lane, and Lane with Ins men who had rescued th? cap tives, and then fought so hard, so des perately,- r^amst such fearful odds.-"and sustained their greatest losses while her hero?her Gordon?with nearly fifty" men, was held only a mile away by half a dozen ragamuffins in the rocks. She had almost adored him, believing him godlike in courage and magnanimity; but now on every side the real facts were coming to light,; and she even wrung them from his reluctant lips; And yet?and yet?he was her husband, and sue loved Iii m. Again and again did'?? question Mrv Falconer, the eminent counsel, as to the possibilities. This gentleman had fought all through the war of the rebellion,- and* had won high commendation for bra very. He had taken the case because, he' believed, on Withers' statement, that Noel was a wronged and injured -man,' and because^ possibly, a fee of phenome-"" nal proportion could be looked for. He' met among the old captains of the Eleventh men whom he had known- ixt Virginia in the war days, and learned from them what Noel's real reputation was, and, beyond peradventure; how he had shirked and played the coward in the' last campaign r so that he, who had known Mabel Vincent from her baby hood and loved her old father, now' shrank from the sorrow of having to teEF her the truth. Yet she demanded it, audb: he had to say that her husband's- fate' hinged on the evidence that might be given by Capt. Lane and Mr. Mason. That very night these two officers e -; rived, together with three members of the court. The following day. at 1Q o'clock the court was to begin its session, and four of its members were still to come. That night Mr. Falconer ancf Noel were eleseted with several metf in succession, seeking evidence for the de fense. That night there eame adisp^tc?r from Withers saying he had done' Ms" best in Washington, but that it seemed1 . improbable that the president would in-* terfere and accept Noel's resignation frccf the service, Noel showed this to"Mabel and sank upon the sofa with^ groan of despair. "Oh, my darling!" she whispered,* kneeling by his side and throwing hex arms about his neck, "don't give way! There must be'hope' yet! They cannot prove such cruel charges^ ThOro must, be a- way of averting this trouble,-* "There'is one," said he, starting ?pL- ' "There is one, if you will only do it W save me." "What would I not do' to save" y<m> Gordon?" she asked, though her face wa? paling'now with awful dread of what? the demand- might be. "Mabel, my wife,- it is id ???-=??xd ?? once. There is nothing that he will nofc do for you. I know it?for I know' what he has done. See him. You know what to say. I cannot prompt you. But get ! bini to tett as littlcas he possibly can itf regard to this case." "Gordon!" she cried, "you ask* me* tof do this- after tie great wrong I did him?" "There is no other way," was the sullen answer. And he turned moodily from her side, leaving- her stunned. speechless; f ? [f o be coxTnrcsb j gmniifor MMan" and "Woman" in Socie*? There exists much confusion in people** minds as to the proper application of the tends lady or gentleman. It is m very" bad taste for a lady to talk about "a geri tleroan friend," or for ? gentleman to speak of "a lady friend.17 He should men tion her as "Mrs." or "Miss So-ami-Sk,* and she should simply speak of him jb? "Mr. Blank." . In f as hronable circles a girl says, "I ans! going-to -dance or dine with a man." Ai man, however, would not announce his in tention of dining ?t a woman's, but at ? I lady's house. When to discriminaie as to' se proper uses of the words lady or gen tleman is the outcome of association with well bred persons, as no ironclad rul?s cm be laid down upon this subject ? word which makes a cold shiver run down the spinal column of a cultured per son is "genteel," which should! never be applied to any one in a position above that of a menial. It might be quite proper tc' Speak of a genteel looking maid servant or butler, bat no weil bred or re?oed persoti. wouM express himself in these terma Iti speaking of an equal.?Countess Annie de' Mentaiga in Jenness-Miller Magazine, ?f ?issontf'g Mooad T?nt Wer*. Th'? southeastern corner of this stated comprising the conn ties of Swxidard, Scott Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiseot and Danklin, mast at one time have had sir immense population. No quarter of Mis souri is so rich in burial mounds covering the remains of previous races. Tumuli and funeral relics; comprising jars, bot* ties, vases and other objects of earthen ware are to be found everywhere, even ini '?he midst of the swamps. The colored people do a good business f? digging up these relics and selling them, but what they find is bat a tithe of what they leave undisturbed. In one ridge, about ten miles from New Madrid, there* are over 200 mounds, from 10 to ?0 feet ixt y diameter, ?i?ch probably containing re mains and relicS. Tbey are' not the1 re mains of the present race of Indians, bui of thefr pr?d?c"ess"ors, the mound builder^ and are interesting to the antiquarian for no other reason than that he knows noth ing about them, and is free to speculate* concerning tberr origin and history.?St Lo ais Globe-Democrat He Was "In It" That Time. ? benevolent looking gentleman of ciert cal appearance stopped ?t the bridge en trance and got a paper from one of th? street gamins that hover about in that lo cality like bees before a hive. The happy urchin bad scurried off for change and was soon lost to' view with ? "Hi Jimmie, give me de coppers." The benevolent gentle man Waited a moment and then, conclud ing that he was perhaps face to face with! an illustration of frail humanity wrestling in th? throes of heavy temptation, started for tbc cars. He had gotten but a short dis: ance when he felt a tagging at th? tail of his coat. Looking around be saw the bri-/ni face of the little chap'and his change i the boy's extended fist "Here's yer coppers, boss.'* '?r? you always as honest as this?" said the gentleman. " 'Cept when I ain't in it" piped the littKf fellow. The gentleman took the hint and the newsboy was "in it" to the extent of ? handful of pennies.?New York Times. Happy Hoosier*. VCm. 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