The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 17, 1903, Page 6, Image 6

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flte Southerners. * T, ? Jfei |Continued From 3rd Page.] * ""-J "Yes, yes," wild the girl; "the war la taking everything from me ?everything! ItUt where Is he?*' "In the casemate out yonder," answered the general. "We have fitted It up as n hospital. Colonel Pleasants and I>r. Itampney, after you have seen him I wish you would come over to my quarters. I want you to stay with me until"? lie stopped suddenly with a significant pause which cut the girl to the heart. "We have no spare room in the fort to speak of." continued the old man quickly, smiling a little, "hut we can fix up n shakedown for you." "Thank you. general, anything will do for mo." said Pleasants; "I am an old campaigner, you know." "Although"! am not a campaigner." said I)r. Hamphey, "I am old enough for anything to do for me too. We'll be with you presently." The casemate was not an unpleasant place. The low arches that sprang almost from the floor had been freshly whitewashed. It was all r.oat and flea 11 and the sunlight poured In through the open door. There were haj(. a _d07.cn cots In It. Over In one corner lay a sick soldier. The others wor,o untena'nted save for the one occupied by Heverly Annan. The surgeon, Just then coming 011 his rounds, stood by the foot of the bed. A tall, gaunt artilleryman sat at the head fanning the patient. The boy lay with his eyes closed, his head thrown back, motionless; a low moan broke from his lips from time to time. lie was as white as death and broken with suffering. Mary Annan and the two men walked softly over to the bed. Something rose In her throat'.JMid seemed to choke her as she looked down at her little brother. lie had been so bright, so handsome, so full of spirits, and now it was all come to this. Of all the men in tlinf ?.<n.|cn,i linv lw.<> I.,,,. 1...,. nlnnn bad been stricken down, tlie lad who should have been at play at school. Now he would never play again. The Impartial touch of war and death had t>&n laid uport him. As.'she leaned over the cot lit spite of herself a sob broke front her lips. The sufferer heard It and opened bis eyes. "Sister Mary," he whispered, stifling a low moan like tlie brave little soldier he was, "don't cry. It doesn't hurt so very much, does it, doctor? And he Bays-lie says?I will?be better"-the l>oy bit his lip as a paroxysm of pain shook his body, to keep front crying out?"better In the morning. Won't? I, doctorY' "Yes, my boy," said the physician, bitl*fc ills own lip in turn, "I hope so I tillnk so. 1 am sure of it." ^ "Who Is that with you? I can't see very?well, Sister Mary." "It's* Colonel Pleasants and Dr. Jla inpney." "Gentlemen," said the lad?and what a gentleman he was liliurfclf, the two men thought?"I'm glad to see you. You will?excuse me for?not?getting up? It?was good?of you?to conic down here?to see me. Where?is lather, Mary?" lie said suddenly, with a little bewildered stare. "1?1? want him. Why doesn't he?come too?" The'girl looked at the two men in hgncluM agony. The ol?l clergyman Kndfi. uowri Dy the hoy's bedside and took liis hand In both his own. "You will have your father in tli* morning, my son," he said softly, up 4crstnndliig, as they all did, the doc tor's meaning. 'Is that you, Dr. Ilanipney? Father? I will see him-in the morning. 'Our t'atlior'?that is what you taught me? when I was a boy?in your Sunday ecliooi." ^ "Yys, my lad," said the old man, "'Our Father.'" *"SaV It, doctor." i.Thc two voices, the old one leading, Jlie 9t_her. feebly following, softly uttered the eternal prayer. Pleasants covered his face with liis hands. Tlie tick soldier in the corner lifted himself upon his elbow and listened, the artilleryman rose and gave place to the woman and considerately left the easemfMc, and poor Mary Annan knelt, too, nnuiburiod her head in the bedelothes l?yjher. brother's side. . "That's'a?good prayer, doctor," said the loy after a long silence. "Oh, how ?this?hurts me! P.ut?I?will?be?better?soon. Won't?I ?" my boy, better soon." "I must bear It?too? mustn't I?because I?am?a soldier?a?man?nn? Annan?bear It?for tlie lienor-of the Ko^jh-jfor?the cnuse^-I love? Don't cry/Sister Mary. It will?be all?right BreAMfe?mOtmlng." lie lifted his hand weakly and dropped it 011 her Iwiwod head. "Annan," said the doctor, coming Into the room,."here Is the general coining to see you." "Poverty, my 1w\v," said Colonel Toyton. looking down at him gravely and tenderly?It might have hren his own son lie looked upon?"how do you feel now V "Much the same, sir," said the hoy, making a pitiful effort to f:iInto; "It's n great?honor for?the?general to conic?visit n private, sir." Tliore was that in tliat room that leveled all distinctions of rank. "We arc not general and private now, lad. You are Jm?t the son of my dear old friend. I have conic to say good"? the general hesitated a moment, "good night to you." "I am glad?It Isn't good?hy, sir. I? I?don't want?to die now. I want to ?live and do more f^r the south. If I'd only?got my wound -in battle, when I?was doing something." "Never nillid, my boy." said the old innii, "you are wounded under your ling, In the service of your country. Kothfng could be more noblel" "Tliurik you, sir. Oh, doctor can't ; " \ ' Sy^fT^ETHINC Cure* Cholera-lnfantum, Diarrhoea, Dyae Any Apr. Aid* Dlgeation, Regulator the I TEETHING EASY. Curea Eruption* and and prevent* Worm* TEETHINA Count Summor'a heat upon Teething Children, mall 2S oent* to C. J. MOFFKTT, M. C you give?me something so? tluit I can get a?little sleep? It?hurts so! Ami? it hurts Sister Mary?to see me suffer." "I will give you something," said the doctor, turning away, "and perhaps you can sleep." "Good night, general." The old general went to the head of the bod, hesitated a moment, stooped down and pressed his lips upon the hoy's brow. "Good night, my boy, and God bless you." Followed by Pleasants, he walked slowly and sadly through the door and stood outside the casemate listening. "Now, Annan," wild the doctor, coming back, "drink this, and then perhaps you can get a little sl^p." "You will?stay with?me. Sister Mary? And you, too, I>r. Bampney?" said the l>oy, as he quaffed the draft. "We will not leave you," said the clergyman quietly. "Never again," said Mary brokenly. "You can't say that?Sister Mary. Because?when I?am well?I must go on duty?once more." "Yes, when you are well." "Sister Mary," said the boy, after a lime pause, "won't you sing inc.something V' She did not think she eottlu frame n note with her sinking heart, yet what could she do? "What do you wish inc to sing, Beverly, dear?" "Sing ine?some of the songs?yon used?to sing." "Which one?" "The 'Mocking Bird.'" God, who had given her the voice, gave her the power to use it. How she did it she could not tell. Kneeling there by the bed, she sang the old song, the song that brought up the days of the past; the song of the man who had loved her and was gone?who As she leaned over his rot a sob broke from her li)>s. bad died on the bills of Cbtckaiuauga ?and the other man she loved on the ship beneath the alien flag. It brought back days of happiness and hours of Joy, sweet dreams of the past. Low and clear and sweet as the notes of the bird the song rose in the air. Outside iuu vunt'iiiait; uit' l U U1IICITS HSlfllCU. Tho sentry on the r.'imparts stopped entranced. Tlio men of the garrison. le<l liy the artillery man, crowded nearer, listening with heating hearts. Ilats were removed from heads, and heads were bowed as the music rose and fell. As the last note died away the trumpet from the ramparts sounded retreat call and the colors eaiuo drooping gently down the staff. Within the casemate all was silent. "That's a good song," said Beverly faintly at last. "It almost makes?me forget?the pain sing more." "A hymn this time, Beverly?" "Yes, this time?a hymn." "What shall it he?" " 'My Faith Looks l*p to Thee.' That's a good?hymn?doctor?for a soldier." "Yes, It's a good one for anybody, Beverly." There are harder things than fighting battles?things that women have to do. To sing that hymn, to keep the I throat clear and the heart down to sing iu the fncc of clontli itself, with anguish gnawing at the foul?to lead a charge, to die oil a field, were child's play l?y it. The hoy listened with closed eyes and compressed lips. The woman sang with every fiher in her being vibrating Willi pain and grief, with despair accompanying the notes, yet she never stopped nor faltered, her voice never broke. Honor and duty bade her sing, ami she inflexibly followed their behests. ltieli and full rose the rare contralto voice with its deep note of passion. Mary Annan bad never sung so well before, and she would never sing so well again perhaps. The words and music of the mighty hymn rolled through the casemate and out through the citadel of the fort, where the officers and men, wet eyed, listened in the twilight: J FTCJT'S MM 1 p'wntnc?f sd ^ ntery and tha Rowd Troubles of Children of Bowels. Strengthens the Child and MAKES Sores. Collo. Hives and Thrush. Removes eraots and Overoomea tho*Ef foots of the and oosts only 23 cents at Druggists, of >-. St. Louis. Mo. "When ends life's transient dream, When death's cold, sullen stream Shall o'er me roll. Blest Saviour, then. In love, Fear and distrust remove; Oh. bear me safe above? A ransomed soul!"' How st 111 he Iny, slio thought as she looked down upon him?how very still! Was It over? Ilad so ended life's transient dream for lilm? Not yet, O pitiful fj'od; not yet! She" lifted Ue hand to her throat. No; he was speaking! "Thank you," he munnured. rousing himself a little. "I won't ask?you to ?sing any more?Sister Mary. You must bc^tlred." "I will sing more If you want me to, brother." "No; I'm?going?to sleep now," he . gasped out. "Do you remember how. mother?used to have us?kneel?at her?knee every night? ^ haven't?forgotten? tliat prayer. 1 always say it. We'll alI-*-say It. And?then?I'll goto?sleep and be?better?In the morning. " 'Now I?lay?me?down to?sleep. I pray?the?Lord' "? The old doctor finished the prayer alone In the silence. The opiate the doctor had given the boy had at last taken effect, and the sufferer drifted out to sleep. lie would be better In the morning. Ah, how ninny sufferers have been cheered through long nights of pain by that sad, elusive hope?better In the j morning! ^.y-. CHATTER XXXII. THE FLEET OET8 TTNDEn WAT. . " ' IX bolls in the mldwatch, sir," said the murine orderUrwjj' l.v, tapping deferentially ot IwBM u,e door of tlic admiral's sleeping room, while to the accompaniment of their shrill whistles the boatswain and his mates were piping, "Up all hammocks!" "I am awake, orderly. What sort of n morning is it?" "It's been cloudy nnd squally, but it bids fair to l>e clear now, sir." 'TIow's the wind?" ' V.? "Light from the sou'west, sir." "Good! Send Mr. Watson and Mr. Teytou to me. I would like to sec tliom In my cabin as soon as I an) dressed. Is Captain Drayton tip?" "Yes, sir." "Give him my compliments and ask him to come here, too;<, say in about -"iiair an nour, mi.The admiral, who ha\l risen at the first tap on the door, was soon dressed. He buckled on his swoid, which had been pi veil him by an old friend and which was ids almost constant companion. lie Invariably wore it when on duty. Just as lie completed his preparations, which included a long niul fervent petition to Almighty God for the success of the dangerous under* taking he was about to commence, Drayton, followed by the two lieutenants and Dr. rainier, the fleet surgeon, came down Into the dimly lighted cabin. "Good morning, admiral." "Good morning, Captain Drayton. Good morning, gentlemen. The tide will be at full flood in a few hours and we'll carry out tho programme. You may call all hands and get the ships lashed together, sir." "Very good, sir." "And, Watson, you will signal the fleet to couple up and prepare for action." j,. "Aye, aye, sir." "Tho wind is sm'westerly, so the or ucii.i ivjiuriH, i >rnyion "Yos, sir: rather light now, bnt It gives promise of growing lienvlor." "It's lucky for us 1 lint the wind blows that way, for it will carry the smoke over Morgan and make It difficult for them to see us." "And not obscure our view of them, either, sir?" "Certainly not. The gunner who couldn't hit a mark that bulks up like Fort Morgan had better go and be n haymaker!" "Admiral, yon won't fall to call upon me for any service in ease the enemy don't give the medical corps work to do';" asked I>r. Palmer. "My dear Palmer, I expect to call upon you and every man for the best that is in him this day. But don't fear that you won't have plenty to do in your line. We'll not get through scftthless by any means, morc's the pity." "But in ease we don't get through at all. sir?" asked the surgeon. "I do not contemplate such a possibility, sir. We shall get through; we must, we will. Come In," called the admiral, in answer to another knock. I "Alt. Mr. 1 login hot bit in, whnt is itV" lie ! asked a young otHoer who presented h i in sol f. "Mr. Kiinhorly hnrto me report that the Metacomet is coming alongside, sir." "Quick work. What time la It?" "Kight holla, air." nusworod the youngster. anil at the Instant the mellow couplets ran;: out forward. "So it is. How's the weather now?" "Fine, sir. anrt the wind la freslienin;'." continued the young man eagerly. "Very good, indeed; and are the other ships at work?" | To UK Co STINTED.] _ The man without a purpose la llko a Kldp without a rudder?a waif, a nothing, a 110 man. Have a pun>OHe In life, and, having it, throw auch strength of mind and muscle Into your work a? (!od has given you. Cariyle. , S Dlmnnrrk an a Court Officer. It xvas while n student at Berlin or a little later that Bismarck served for a few months as court officer. An oft told story of that time will bear repetition here: A witness annoyed v Bismarck so much that at last he lost all patience and threatened to throw the man out. Then tho Judge inter- " ffred. "Tho court will Itself attend to all the throwing out that is dono here," said the magistrate, and the taking of testimony proceeded. Later the witness again became obstreperous. Bismarck jumped up In a rage, but, bethinking himself !u time, turned Ills In dlguation luto n numerous cnnnnci. Sir," bo yelled. "If you don't behave yourself I shall have his honor the Judge throw you out of this courtroom with his own hnnds!" Anger ventilated often hurries toward forgiveness. Anger concealed often hardens Into revenge.?Dulwer. For liver trouble and consti; ation There'." nothing bettor in creation Than Little Early Risers, the famous little pills They always effect a cure and save doctor bills. Little Early Risers arc different from all other pills. They do not weaken the system, but act as a tonic to the tis sues by arousing the secretions and restoring the liver to the full performance of its functions naturally. F. C. I)uko . The Political Habit. "Miss Roxlcy," began the young politician, "er?Maude, I love you. I"? "Oh. this Is so suddenI" she exclaimed. "But surely you must have guessed. I have been calling here so much of late." "Ah, yos; but, since you nro a politician, I thought your visits were 'with- 5 out slgnlflcnncc.' "?Philadelphia Press. Provident. TKn C/./.!. nv.o.1 _l_l r AUV V\A?a 11 UUIU J V 111 111VI &1VILIg mo a recommendation, ma'nui? The Mistress?Why, you have only jost couie. "But yo may not want to give me wan when 1 do be leaving."?Life. The day after he nsks her to marry htm she goes around the houso and : tnkcs Inventory of the glmcracks which I tro hers and which she can take with her.?Atchison Globe. Good for Children. The pleasant to take and harmless One Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief in all cases of Cough, Croup and LaGrippe because it does not pass immediately into the stomach, but takes effect right at the seat of the trouble. It lira IV a Alii f lin tnllnmnlSoM l,r??ln ?* %<! ..... ? u v%?v vuv uiinuinviuii, nurtio ?m.i j soothes and cures permanently by en- ? aiding the lungs to contribute pure life- , giving and life-sustaining o*ygen to tho , niwni rtin p. C. Duke. , Understood. Lhi7.ee?There's uotliing 1 like better than hard work. Morris?'There's nothing you like better when somebody else is doing It Llnzee?That's understood. 1 hope you didn't think I was such a fool as to like to do hard work myself, or any other kind, for that matter. ? Boston Transcript Again Oar Qaeer Lnngaage. "Queer language, isn't It?" "Why so?" "Because of sickness I bad to send my shorthand writer borne yesterday." "Well?" "Tbat left me shorthanded."?Cleveland rialn Dealer. Tlie world has a million roosts for a man. but onlv nno noat ?O \V TTnlmoo " ? Dtte Notice is Served. 1 Due notice is hereby served on the public generally that DeWitt's Witch Hazel ?alve is the only salve on the market that is made from the pure, unadulter- ' ated witch hazeh DeNV itt's Witch Ha- 1 zel Salve has cured thousands of cases of t piles that would not yield to any other , treatment, and this fact has brought out j many worthless counterfeits. Those! persons who get the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salvo are never disap- { pointed, because it cures. F. C. Duke. J Oriental Itav*. I The Armenian dealer in rugs Is prob- t ably the craftiest of all shopkeepers, and his emissaries have so thoroughly ransacked the orient that the traveler ^ is frequently advised in Persia and Af- | ghaiilstan to |ook for the rarest and the g best specimens In London'and especial- r ly In New Vork. Yet even here the experienced purchaser can find not n bio t q bargains. A gentleman who lias In Chi- ? j cago a very notable collection of Rok- J ^ haras and who hns traveled through- [ ^ out the orient In search of the rnrest i j and the most perfect fabrics lately | . found three new specimens hanging before a Fifth avenue shop and bought . thein for prices which, allowing of course for the duty, would have been ' cheap in the tent qf a Persian.?John A uorbin in Scrlbners. BilrrniM Eilrrmrlr L'neomfortable. "What does comfortable circumstances mean?" .| "Why, you're 'conifortatble' when ? you're neither poor nor rich."?Detroit Free Press. ^ A Sweet Breath 1 is a nevor failing sign of a healthy B stomach. X When the breath is bad the B stomach is ont of order. There is no tl remedy in the world equal to Kodol ^ Dyspepsia Cure for curing indigestion, ^ dyspepsia and all stomach disorders. Mrs. Mary S. Ciiclc, of White Plains, p Ky., wiites: "I have been a dyspentic * for years?tried all kinds of remedies ?: hut continued to grow worse- By the- ft use of Kodol I began to improve at once u and after taking a few bottles am fully o! restored in weight, health and strength 0] i and can eat whatever I like. Kodol digests what you eat and makes the 1 stomach sweet, f, C. Duke, -~*?rE)R. I. M. m -DENT Jrown and Bridge Work a Specialty. 9 CRACK GOES THE W I IN COMB THE ORDI i Miputetafc ! SELLS THE VERY BEST ORA FERTILIZERS AT THE VERY LOWEST 0 It pay* H fcrtlttM ymr talis ' (Tv THE VIROINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL COMPANY^ jfc fRPDUCTH ( S6lKV**yw*E** Tha Vlrgfnla-CaraMn* Chfcfflctl 0a, CHABLE5TON, S. C. ? ^ -1" ? ??? ITotnble PatnltaR*. Probably tlie smallest pnlntlnp erer nndo was tlie work of the wife of a icniisn nmsc. 11 tiopietea n mill Wltn ho sails bout, the miller mounting the italra with a sack of grain on his back. Jpon y>c terrnoo where the mill stood vns a cart and horse, and on the road ending to It severnl peasants were hown. Tlie plctnro wm beautifully Inlslied, nr.d every object was very distort. yet it wn's so amazingly small hnt Its surface, so the story goes, rould bo covered with a grain of corn. In contradistinction to this the lorjest painting, exclusive of frescoes and lanorninas, Is Tintoretto's "Paradise." It Is hung In the grand, saloon of the logos' palace at Venice and Is 81 feat tvklc ami 34 feet high. Michael Angelo's fresco in the Slstlne fiiapcl of the Vatican completely covers the vaulted* roof, which measures 133 feet In length and 43 feet In width. This painting delineates the creation ef mnn, his fall and the early history of the world, with a reference to map's anal redemption and salvation. nea*??rlas, "Oh, Harold," wnllcd the lovely maid* !>n, In whose expressive features grief and indignation seemed to be struggling for the mastery, "how can t believe you In the face of all this evidence af your perfidy and double dealing? The letter to Blanche, In your own handwriting; her photograph, found In CAlir nAGSoealmi 41m #.?-4 ?? A?.* -i ?? ? r w... ?? ? mvili US iviu mo ?y I i dozen witnesses nnd tacitly con'essed by you, tlmt you kissed he# the >ther evening when you were together n the conservatory?how can you reconcile these things with your continled professions of love fpr me?" "All these things, darling," said the aero of the story, the light of truth ihintng in his dark brown eyes and the mpress of sincerity stamped upon his loblc forehead, "will be satisfactorily explained in the next chapter!"?Cblrngo Tribune. Gtrmia Soap*. Soups furnish a curious instance in which Germany differs from other nations in the preparation of food. Milk soups sweet nnd savory, chocolate soups, almond soup nnd wine soup, 'rotlied letnon soup nnd beer soup are nnong the number, while soups made >f apples, pears, strawberries, currants and cherries are not uncommon. There arc also a large number of flsh soups which bear a strong resemblance o the fish soups of the Russian kitchen. ' i ( 7heap Rates via Southern Railway On the dates named below, the louthern Railway will sell special ( ound-trlp tickets as follows: To Nashville, Tenn., account of leneraly Assembly, Cumberland 'resbyterian church. Rate of one are plus twenty-lire cents for the ound trip. Tickets on sals May 9rh, 20th and 21st with final limit une 1st, 19011. To St. Louis, Mo., account of Ded- 1 jatlon Ceromonies, Louisiana Purhase Exposition. Rate of one first lass fare for the round trip. Tick- 1 ts on sale April 29th, 80th and May 1 st, good to leave St. Louis not later ban May 4th, 1908, returning. To Atlanta, Ga., account of Natonal Convention, B. Y. P. U. of 3 n.. A?4 -I ? vsuo iirs* cibu iaro pins irenty-flre cents for the ronnd (rip. 'ickets on sale July 8th, Oth and 0th, with final limit July 15th, 1008. To Richmond, Va., account of f outhern Educational Conference. 1 ,ate of one and one-third fares for < lie round trip. Tickets on sale c prll 20th and 21st, with final limit f pril 28th, 1009. I Solid rcstlbuled trains. Elegant k ullman sleeping car serrlce. ITn- 1 reel led Dicing Oar serrlce. For f ill Information In regard to sched- a les, tickets, etc., apply to any agent ? f the Southern Railway Company, r R. W. Hunt, Dir. Pas. Agt., Charleston, fi. c. Office Bank Building Union, 8. O \ , Desof^^ i P(_iB mmiiMuH gblumi "Mi" -^TMTh? Largest <?? Alanufactur or of ^ Fertilisers on Eatlh" \ Forty odd J \ Manufacturing plant* > "SP Wholesale purcontft / Largest importers v Concentration of Xy Management . .. ! The Clothes Horse Need not be brought into requisition by the ltonsewife that patronizes The U-Need-A Steam Laundty. All garments, linens, etc., are thoroughly dried before being bandied for delivery and can be put to immediate use when received without fear Of damp* ~ ness. We do all clasres of lauvdartaf and do all well. U-Need-a Steam Launofy, Id New Quarters Having moved to my new stand, and got everything in ship shape, I am prepared to attend to yonr neede In the line of watches, jewelry and repairing. Qlve me a call. F. G. Trefzer, Williamson's Old Stand. 41 RDIP 1/1 DDIPI/M DntAi/ii? uiiium umurxi Dr\lUV\m For aale in any quantity. The Rodger Brick Works. FOR SALECHEAP One 15 II. F. 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