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The Southerners. (Continued From 3rd Page.] ou bis pillow, his bond thrown back, .with bis mouth wide open, drinking, air. The girl dropped Ills hand, rose and stood over him, her hands stretched out to him. Only the arm of the old clergyman kept her from falling across the bed. It seemed to her afterward that she heard his voice coming from far away, murmuring broken words of consolation and prayer, nut tnen she was only conscious of the deathly figure writhing before her. Over her head and about her the guns wore shrieking now. The rattle of the grapeshot, the scrcnmiug of the shell, the ernshlng roar of caution tilled the morning with hideous sound. But above nil the noise In some strange wny her faculties were so attuned that she caught and heard that faint, desperate struggle for breath on the narrow bed before her. l-'or five iniiiuteH, perhaps, it Continued, growing faiuter und fainter; and then it )Wt stopped. Thnnk/tiod! In spite "of AVtr rWTnor outside, the room seemed strangely silent. She could hear her heart bent, or was It nl>out to stop too? "War, war!" she gasped out brokenly at last, wringing her hands and writhing In the old man's arms, "and 1 wished It! 1 weleomed it! With Other Women 1 elicered them on. Now We are paid. Oh, my l?oy, my boy! My little brother, the last one! War, War! And lie is out there!" Oh, Peyton, Peyton, what power had you over this woman's heart that even nt this moment she could think of you? She dropped upon her knees by the lied and seized the lifeless hand of her brother and laid her forehead upon It, murmuring again and again, as if she could not get away from the idea, "War, war!" u my u?nr, wnr in ternine," sntu the old doctor, tenderly smoothing her hair an It 6wept the coTcr and then drnwlrg tor gently away. "But there On the bed is peace nt last. Thank CJod for It!" They were not allowed to cherish their grief alone or for long, however, for as Dr. Bninpney spoke a body of men crowded through the casemate door. The casemate was In the curtain which was protected by the water battery and was probably the safest place In the fort. For that reason they had turned It into a hospital. The men who entered it bore on n rude stretcher n frightfully Injured soldier, who had l?oen terribly torn by sn exploding shell. And there were other wounded and dying also that followed hard upon the llrst in that hour of battle. As she thought of that nft srward they proved the salvation of the woman. They gave her something to do. Her mind was reeling under the shock, hut she gave herself to the Wounded, and that distracted her front her grief. She did not forget?no, never that?but In serving others she found strength to hear her own burden. There were so few who could he spared fo look after the wounded, and She and Dr. Bampney rendered good service to the surgeon and his assistants. ' But when the battle was over and the strain relaxed she had to take rogJtlrauee again of that small l^viwh figure under the white sheet covering it from hend to foot, while she wondered dimly if Boyd Peyton, too, had l>oen sacrificed to the Insatiable war god that ruled the land. ~ -v:1 ! CHAPTER XXXVI. %* ox tiie end of tiie wiiie. Shalf past 0 In the morning the operator at headquarters In Mobile was called up to receive information that the Federal fleet was at last about to attempt to force nu entrance Into the l?ay. The news was taken instantly to the commaudlng general, who, knowing her intense personal interest in the battle in which her husband and two sons ;wore engaged, immediately dlsjmtelied on orderly to Mrs. Peyton with the pews. In a few moments Mrs. Peyton, iwith Tink and Tempo, who had insisted upon accompanying them, came into the telegraph office. ' "Ob, what Is It, tleneral Maury? Is there news?'' cried Mrs. Peyton as she came into the room. "Make way here, gentlemen," said the general, forcing his way through the crowd and coming toward the woman. "My dear Mrs. Peyton," he continued, "the enemy are about to engage the forts and our naval force in the bay." r "Has the battle begun?" ! "Not yet, mndnn>. The fleet Is Just coming within range. The monitors arc leading, nnd they soeni to Ik? in three columns. We will cret news ns fast as it coincs in. There is a direct wire between the fort ami headquarters liere. (Jo within the railing. Mrs. Peyton, and yon, Miss Pink. There are rhnlrs there, and you will have a little tnore room. We are so interested that 1 am afraid we might crowd you out here," said the gonernl courteously. Within Ihe railing and next to the Operator tly? two women and the little girl sat dowp. There was a window looking to the south near them, which (was open. As they settled themselves to listen Temi?e, whose ear was of the keenest, suddenly called out in her shrill little voice, rising almost to a per cam: i "Don't you hear the guns? There!" ' Bhe pointed toward the open window ALalieapoke. The room had la-en tilled (With noise, which Immediately gave place to alienee as everybody stopped talking or moving to listen. Mrs. Peyton's heart bent bo that she cotild bear nothing. One or two officers thought they could distinguish the sound, but juost declared themselves unable to bear anything. As tho child bad spoLlfaca. tesrtxtt. Aba Km) looked up at Costs Only 25 ccat gg&gwSbor Mil 1ft MiU U C. DR. C. J. MOWVETT-Dear Doctor: to our little grand child ?d were aim out magical, and certainly n tee rrertmfft. lour* rcrwtr Ukotc Blmhott Southern Mcthodlmt fat the clock oil the wall. The bands marked 0:47. I Click-click, cllck-cllck-cllck, click cue*, rnmeu tnc sounder on the table. I The operator translated the message verbally as the words were spelled out by the key: "Leading ? monitor ? opens ? fire. Shells ? explode ? harmlessly ? over ? fort. Garrison?at?quarters?ready. Tien sa n t s?acts?as?a Id?to?G eneral? r Feyton." A deep* sigh broke from the Hps of Mrs. Peyton at this confirmation of the news. Tempe was right, then. She had heard the two fifteen Inch guns of the Tccuinsch. A murmur of conversation broke out In the roon^ again, to bo Instantly hushed at the calling of the sounder: . .u "Beverly?Annan?Just?died." "'v "My brother," walled little Tempe bitterly, burstlug Into the noisy tears of childhood. rink Peyton, herself nlinost heartbroken for her lover as well as her father and brothers, gathered the little waif to her breast and strove to sooth? her agitation. She would have given worlds to have wept herself. "Poor boy," said the general, taking oft his hat; "poor lad! .Well, he died like"? "Click-click!" rang again from the table. "Fort?has?opened?fire?with?every?guu?that?bears. General?Peyton ? freely? exposes ? himself ? on? ramparts. M on I tors?close?to?fort. Leading? monitor?hendine?toward? Tennessee?which?with ? gunboats ? standing?across?channel?heavily? engaged. Two?of?our?men?killed. Names?later. Leading?ships?firing? Ithcll ? and ? shrapnel?point?blank ? range. Monitor?approaching?Tennessee. Firing?heavy?and?continuous." The room was filled with such excitement as has rarely been contained within four walls. Distinctions of rank were forgotten. Men crowded around the operator seated before the trembling key, their breath coming quickly, their faces red or pale according to their temperament, as the story of the tremendous action thirty miles away was clicked off in broken sentences from the tenuous wire. It was like holding a battle by a thread. That long strip of copper put tlieni In touch with it. It was alive. In their imagination they could lienr and see as they waited and listened eagerly for more tidings from the front. Murmurs, mutterlngs, ejaculations, broke from the deep breathing men. In the intervals between the messages the room quivered and vibrated with outward manifestations of the fierce pent-up emotions possessing the listening pbople, which seemed as If they must break the walls, as they burst from the hearts of the men and women hanging upon the clicking key. Rut when the rattling of the key broke In upon those in the room, all other noises died away, and they held their breaths to listen. There were many men In that room who would have given all they possessed to have been in the battle. Their desires as well as their characteristics were Indl cait-u in meir positions, In the way they listened, In the looks that came over their faces. 'Trending?monitor," clicked out the wire?"believed?to ? be ? TecumseU? Is?about?to?grapple?Tennessee. She ?has ? veered ? to ? port ? heading? straight?for?the?torpedo?line. Ships ?are? a bout?to?engage." There was another wait, followed ***itli feverish Impatience, then: "Explosion?Just?taken?place. Can't ?see?011?account?of?smoke?whether?monitor?or?the?Tennessee." () <Jod, those awful breaks, those sinister silences, filled with forebodings which drove one mad, especially If one were a woman, a mother. The Tennessee was Willis' ship. Merciful Providence?could it have been?ah, the wire again: "Monitor?torpedoed. Sinks?with? all?on?board. Tennessee - safe." "Thank Hod, thank God!" murmured the woman in great relief, forgetful that for her thanks hundreds of others? aye, mothers, too?would have to suffer when they heard of the loss of the Tecumseli. Once more the wire clicked. "Enemy's?ehips?stopped. Swung? around?opposite ? fort -two?hundred ?yards?away. Water?battery?doing ? fearful ? execution. Lending?shipBrooklyn?being?raked?with?every? shot. Ships?in?huddle?In ? channel. Bel love- t hey?are?ben ten!" The room rang with cheers. Men t jumped up and down like mad nml j hugged each other like boys. lints were waved. They shouted and danced j Mn i >t.j inikih unvc (lone. "Silence, gentlemen, pleasel" cried the operator, "I? cun't hear the message." "Ships ? pour?in?tremendous?fire," ran the message. "Shell?from?Hartford? second?ship?I tearing ?admiral's flag? strikes?parapet?near?commanding officer." Mrs. Peyton rose to her feet and stopped forward. A deep groan hroko front her lips. Now it was her lnishand. Her daughter clasped her mother's hand, ller lover, too, was l?y her father's side. One of the officers Btepped to the older woman and assisted in supporting her. "Walt, Mrs. Peyton; wait!" cried General Maury, reassuringly. "I am sure he has escaped." "General -Peytou ? ell::btly? woundf I Cwn CMra-liftitto, flfPlffv DrteDcsz-s' IAJaMA I Children of Any Ago. Digestion, Regulates !SLW0IMl1Hi the Bowels, Strengthens at Bjujilili Cm Child end Makes s at mggnts, teething easy. ?l. MOfPmr, M. Dh ST. LOUIS, MO. CWwntus, fie., Aug. 94, 1979, We onw your TKtTMIlKA <Teething th the hanpieot remits. The e/Tecto sore mmtiofactory that* from any tit in a flu, JOHKFH N. KKY, ircJ*.) Faotor of St. Paul Church. ed," clattered tlio Impassive "key, "keeps?place?on?rampart. Channel ?covered?with?smoke. Hartford?appears?to?be?on? fire. Fleet?Inhopeless ? confusion. Our ? gunnersmake? fine?practice?on ? them. Rest ?of?fleet?close?up." The woman was almost distracted. There was no excitement, nothing thrilling In the scene for her. I'lrst her husband, then her boy on the Tennessee, then ber boy on the Hartford in that lildcous network of death and destruction, In that awful hell of wnr. Wherever she turned she was struck to the heart. No matter who won or what happened, she lost. It seemed as If her whole being was there in the very center of It all, as if every shot that .was flred passed through her heart. She had gone through some terrible experiences, but this was the worst of all. She could bear it no longer. Stop! That awful wire was clicking ngnln! "A?ship?disengages ? itself ? from fight. Swings ? around ? Brooklyn ? heads ? up ? channel. Fire ? of?gunboats?and ? Tennessee?concentrated ?on?it?alone. Bears?admiral's? blue fin g. I mposslble?to?pa ss?except?over ?torpedo?line. Hartford ? approaching?the?line." Another of those soul racking breaks. Was the Hartford to meet the fate of the monitor? "Small?boat? flying?Union?flagobserved ? pulling ? between?ships? and?fort. Purpose ? to?rescue? fewmonitor's? men?surviving. General? , Fcyton?orders ? gunners?not?to?fire on?brave?fellows?saving?life." What did she care for small boats or anything but for that ship on which her oldest son fought, now perhaps right over those deadly torpedoes? Oh, iwhy was that key silent? Didn't they know it wns playing with a mother's heart? The strain was killing her. Unless it began again she should go mad. She was trembling and shaking like an aspen leaf. No one paid attention to her, so eagerly Were they listening "Hartford ? nearing ?torpedo?line. Boyd?Peyton ? recognised?as?officer ?on?small ? boat. Can?scarcely?cs- 1 cape?between?fort?and?ships." "Boyd! Boyd! It can't be!" screamed the woman. "He may be a traitor*-to-the south," cried one of the men, "but he's a brave man, a hero!" "Boat?picks?up?few?men. Turns ?back?to?ship. Right ? in?centerline?of?firing. Not ? possible?to?escape. Tennessee?running?for?Hartford. Hartford?right?over?the?tor"? The sounder stopped calling. Mrs."Peyton, exhausted human nn! ture at last giving way, sonk gently to | the floor In her dainrhter's nt-ms No more messages came over that "wire. Tlitfy waited in great anxiety for a minute or two and then the operator strove to call up Fort Morgan. In vain?the connection was broken. A allot from the Iticliniond had demolished the telegraph office, wounding the brave operator, who had watched I the lighting from a vacant embrasure | whence lie telegraphed the news. There was nothing to do in Mobile but wait. CHAPTER XXXVII. IN* THE MKTAC'OlfET*S CUTTER. WE left I?eytoii In the cutter of i the Metacoinet. Oars were ' RSS3K broken out at once, Peyton grasped the yoke lines in hiH hand, the boat swept around under the vigorous impetus of the stout ( arms, passed the stern of the Motn- | comet, darted between the stern of ] the Hartford and tlie bow of tlie Rich* t inond, her next astern, ranged along ? the starboard side of the llroffflyn and ' entered the zone of tire. The roar of the discharge was absolutely continuous. The air was j tilled with shot and shell. The j screaming was like the sound of a ( thousand temjicsts. The water all about them was lashed in frotli^Vcrftfen into foam by grapcsliot, canisber, shrapnel and bits of iron from cxplod- < lug sin 11. Close as they necessarily < were to the ships, the tremendous broadsides from the decks passed only i a few feet above their heads. It was . ] a situation to appnll the stoutest heart. i They seemed to be floating on a sen 11 of boiling water canopied by a hgr%en( ] of tire. Their position was one ^ ;#r- < rible peril. One shot striking the little boat and they would he lost. Between < the triple cross lire from their otvn whips, the fort and the Confederate < squadron, it did not seem humanly possible that they could escape. Peyton had pulled about half the length of the Hartford before he discovered i that no flag was Hying. -?e? i ITo ns Continued.] The Giant Spider of Ceylon. Far up In the mountains of Ceylon there Is a gigantic spider which spins a bright yellow web, each thrond being almost as large and strong ns "buttonhole twist" or embroidery floss. The net which this creature forms from these webs is often Ave to eight Ctfet , across. Jlils not Is swung on mainstays or guys which are from ten to | twenty-live feet in length and strong i enough to call the pedestrian to a halt' i ns suddenly ns If ho had encountered n 4 low hanging clothesline. These yellow ' webs are collected by the natives ns ( well ns by Dutch and English residents , and woven luto pretty mats, screens. J etc. ? 1 The Limit. Mr. Cribbs?Mrs. C., I have borne with resignation?nay, even cheerfulness?antique chairs that wnbbled, antique clocks that were always thirteen hours behind time, antique rugs that some prehistoric Turks wove, antique china, antique Ik>wIs, pans and kettles. 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The Japanese believe In more mythlcnl creatures than any other people on the globe, civilized or savage. Among them are mythical animals without any remarkable peculiarities of conformat Ion, but gifted with supernatural attributes, such as a tiger which is said to live to be a thousand years old and to turn as white as a polar bonr. They also believe In a multitude of animals distinguished mainly by their monstrous size or by the multiplication of their members. Among these are serpents 800 feet long and largo enough to swallow an elephant, foxes with eight legs, mon keys with four ears, flslics witli ton heads attached to one l>ody, the flesh of which Is a cure for bolls. They also believe in the existence of a crane which, after it has readied the ago of GOO years, lias no need of any sustenance except water. A hittle Early Riser now and then, at bedtime will cure constipation, billiousness and liver troubles. 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The tower Is built over the |H>rcli at the west end, and ttie spire Is placed as closely as possible to It. The origin of this architectural freak has not been ascertained, but there Is a tradition to the ofToct that when Orme, the Saxon pirate from whom the town derives Its name, decided to construct a kirk, or cliureh, as an expiatory offering for his evil deeds his two daughters quarreled over the design for the structure. One determined to linvc n toner, the other was equally resolved to hare n steeple. As neither of them would give way the pirate chief acceded to both their wishes, and the curious may sec the tower and spire still keeping watch side by side on the surrounding eounlry" I The X- Kay a. Decent experiments by practical tests ind examination with'the aid of the X-Itays, establish it as a fact that Lai&rrh of the Stomach is not a disease of itself, hot that it results from repeated ittacks of indigestion. "Jlow Can I < Jure My Indigestion?" 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