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The Southerners. [Continued From 3rd Page.] "Dr. Palmer consenting to the removal." "It matters little," Raid the doctor, "w bother he goes or stays." "We can at least bury him on?In his own laiul, sir?the land he loved though he fought against it," urged Willis. "Aye, lad; that is true. Last night In my cabin we talked it over. He loved the south as I?as we all do. Take him, then, all that is left of lilin. Say to your mother, with my deepest sympathy, that I have known many officers | in my long life 011 the sea. none braver, none better. Tell vunr father wh?>n I you moot him bow worthily bis son? | nny, lot ine say it for both of you?bow worthily both his sons uphold the ancient name and ancient honor of the Peytons." "Thank you, sir," said the young man, deeply touched. "They will value those words." he added spontaneously, "from the greatest captain of the sea. 1 will go over to the Tennessee, sir, with your permission, and make ready." "Ho so. You shall have the Loyall, my own steam barge, under a Hag of truce, to take you up to the city. Give my compliments, nay. my affectionate regard, to your own brave admiral. I am sorry he is wounded, and tell lrim I am sending my own fleet surgeon to look at him. You'll go. Palmer? And, Mr. Peyton, congratulate him for me for his splendid light, and ask him if there is anything I can do for hint or his men now. After the battle, thank God, we are no longer enemies, but brethren. By Jove, 'twas like old Buck to I come single handed out against us all! 'Tis the old navy spirit, the old lighting blood, that made us what we are, gentlemen," he added, as he turned to the ladder and followed "Willis Peyton to I the deck. In n few momenta tlio young ofTieor, having hastily removed sumo of the i evidences of battle from his person and changed his soiled uniform, came on deck once more. The little Loyall had swung alongside. Heady hands had rigged a whip on the main yardarm of the Hartford, and the cot, with Its silent occupant, lay on the deck ready to be swayed up and lowered Into the barge. One of the junior surgeons was to accompany them to see the patient safely delivered on shore. Hut that was not all. The crew were lined up In the gangways, the marines drawn up on the quarter deck, the admiral and his staff and other otllecrs stood aft on the poop. As IVyton was lowered into the Loyall the marines presented arms, the seamen and their otllecrs took off their hats, there were flourishes of trumpets, tljrec rolls of the drums ami the shrilling of the boatswain and his mates piping the side with their whistles as if It had been a flag ollieer departing. As the barge moved away the admiral, lint in hand,?'J^e wind blowing across liis bared head, stepped to the side, looked down at the two brothers and called out in a voice heard in the stillness throughout the ship: "(Joodby, sir, and may God bless you!"' And in a silence more eloquent than if the love of his fellows had been Voiced ill ohoors llnvil Cnvlnn I..O *i.? ship in which with his ndmiral he had gained an immortal name. Far down on Fort Morgan a woman stood, with a little group of officers nround her?a woman tilled with a consuming present grief and with dread forebodings of another. She stood on the grassy rampart over the Casemate, where under a sheet lay the still form of her little brother, watch "II-'/If he 11 ret In there mi j/ chmicc"' united Willin lion i nch/. 1 npr tho battle between the ships nnil tin* Tennessee, standing like 111:1 ny ailother woman liny, like tlio south itself?over the fcrnve of dead'hopes, lost illusions, vanished dreams, watching the battle uoiiitf against them! "It's all up," said General IVyton at last, dropping his glass. "The firing Is over. The rani has surrendered. Our last hope is pine. Good thai, to think it has come to this! I wonder if any hurt has come to Willis"? He hesitated. No one had ever heard, him mention the name of Ids eldest son since that day lie drove liiin from the porch. "Or to lloyd," ho added at last. "Good God! Both my hoys, both my boys!" lie turned and walked slowly away. "General Peyton," said Pleasants, venturing to break his reverie. "I suu i ife*. Costs Only 25 cents Mall 11 caata U C. J r>tt. C. JT. MOFFETT-Dear Itoctori 1 M otnlcrs) to our little grand child wit were almost magical, and certainty mi ttntprertiiird. l'??r? rcrytrx iXow Bishop Southern MtctHodimt Cfcwi pose you will want to soml the news f of this morning's battle up to General \T Alirv olti/in Hia ?!? *! ?-* 1. ? ? oauvv UIV IVIVjjl ilJMI JI1IU Jin IS been cut or broken?" "Yes, sir," said the general. "The Morgan yonder," pointing to the gunboat, "is still serviceable. I shall endeavor to get word to t Sonera I Maury by her tonight. Captain Harrison thinks he can avoid the fleet and get past safely by keeping elose Inshore. At any rate, he will try." "1 shall of course wish to return to my duty In her, sir." "Ity all means, colonel. Let Dr. Bainpnoy go, too, and Mary Annan as | well. You may take her brother's body i with you also. They will want to bury him beside his father, poor lad! You ! may possibly be captured, but yo\i certainly will be captured if you remalu here. If they land a force behind the [ point and ring their ships around the I fort, nothing can prevent our being battered to pieces." "And if we are captured, general, we will have oue friend among the enemy ?your son," continued rieasants boldly as he turned away. "Have you no word, no message, for him, sir?" asked Mary Annan, who had listened listlessly to the conversation. "What. Mary Annan!" cried the old mi: T?u vou plead for liim?" They were alone together for the moI nient. "I love him," she whispered. "Oh, my (Jod, I love him! Can't you send him some word?" The old general bit his lip. "No," he said, "I cannot. I wish him no 111. I pray to Cod that he may have been spared In battle, but I cannot forget that it was he, and such as he, to whom we owe our defeat. The south has been beaten by her sons, ma'am." "Some word, sir?some word. Think!" pleaded the girl. "He is your own son! He followed his idea of honor; he did his duty. What is right or wrong each man must Judge. They told me that you saw him in a little boat out yonI der and that you did not lire upon him." "'Twns because lie was saving life," interrupted the old soldier sternly. "Aren't you proud of his courage?" "Yes. of course, but not of his principles." "Won't you send just one word?" "Not one, except that I hope he has not been hurt." "Won't you ever forgive tilui?" "Never!" "Not when I?not If?If?I plead with you as his"? "Not if an angel in heaven pleads* not yet. Forgive me, Mary Annan. Bay no more. It pains me to say 'No,' yet I must." 'CHAPTEIt XL." now novo pkytox came home agaix. SWIFTLY up the hay sped the little steamer, the white flag IggSTS at the fore, the stars and SbBJ stripes aft. Silently under the awning sat two men by the stretcher on which Boyd Peyton lay, Willis and the assistant surgeon. Past the guard boats, past the obstructions, up to the wharf at the foot of Government street they came. Long since the news had spread that a boat flying the Union flag and pnder a flag of truce was comiug up the bay. By the j time the Loyall tied up at the wharf a great crowd of people had assembled, mostly women and children and old men. At the wharf were several officers from General Maury's staff. Willis Peyton was the first man to step ashore. His face was white and haggard. lie could hardly nerve himself for the ordeal through which he was about to pass. "My heavens, it's Willis Peyton!" cried a voice in the crowd. "You come from Fort Morgan, s!r?" asked Colonel Craighead, General Maury's chief of staff. "No, sir; from tin* Tennessee." "And the battle?" "The Union ships passed the forts, captured the Solum, sank the Gaines"? "And the Tennessee"? "Engaged the Union fleet, single handed, after the passage and was captured after being battered into a helpless wreck." "She surrendered, then?" "Yes, sir." "Why are you here, Mr. Peyton?" "I am a prisoner of war on parole, sir." "And you came"? "To bring the body of my brother home"? j "You mean"? "lie was wounded on the Hartford." "Is he dead?" "No, sir, but soon will be. Admiral Fnrragut gave ino permission to bring him home?to die." While this colloquy had been carried on the bluejackets on the launch, tin- | dor the direction of the snreomi mul tt>n . ensign who commanded her, had gently lifted the stretcher bearing the wounded 111:111 out 011 the wlnirf. "Friends," said Willis I'c.vton, facing the crowd, "you hated my brother because in accordance with what he thought his duty he went north. lie is dying now. Will some one help to carry him up the street to his home?" "Let the traitor die where he lies!" broke forth a rude voice charged by same bitter heart. "My men will carry him up under the flag, Mr. Peyton," said the ensign in command of the boat quickly. "No, up!" hurst froui the crowd as KTTOJPBCirvs Cteleri-Infantum, WWWFlW IHmhoea.Dysentery. ind the Bowel Troubles of Children of Any Ago. 1.M Aids Digestion, Regulates t }WBIRo)lMi the Bowels, Strengthens at Dnoists, *iStJSSSSr ] i. MOFPKTT, M. Dh ST. LOUIS. MO. (Mutntas. (Ja.j Aaa.94, IS78, We pave f/oar TEETHTSA < Teething h the happiest resuitm. The efTeetn < re oatio/aetorv than front anutiiina , ilv, JOSEPH S. KEY, 1 -cK.) JEmmter ofBt.JPaul Chureh, i one xunn or anotfiorr pushed forward. "We will take him ourselves; southern hands for a southern sailor!" iiic moruant words of tlic llrBt speaker had awakened nil that was i good In the multitude. "We have no love to spare for him or his cause," cried one, "but we have no animosity for a dying man. lie has fallen In the line of his duty!" "lie's of our people, though he fovght against us!" exclaimed n third. "Right!" cried another old man. "I 1 knew him of old, and a braver, truer man does not?did not?live. And, as for you, sir," he added, turning to the man who had cursed and sworn, "If e 1 hear any more remarks like that from f you, old as I am, I will slap your 1 mouth for you. I believe you are a j Yankee anyway. Come, we will take ! him home." "Tell me of the fort, sir," said Colonel Craighead as Willis motioned to the men who had volunteered to pick up the stretcher. t "It still stands and seems to have ? suffered but little from the bombard- 1 meut. Rut," he whispered to tlie olH- r cer, "its fall is only a question of I time." t Willis spoke a few words of thanks a and a farewell to the surgeon and the 1 ensign of the Loyall and watched them 3 for a moment as they turned the prow ' of the boat to the southward and sped ? away to the lloet; then lie took his p place by the litter and directed the I bearers to go on. The crowd opened neroro thorn as thoy carried it up the i street. Ilorc wiih the hody of tlielr ' enemy. More than one suspected tlint < he might linve piloted the fleet upon i them, realizing his intimate knowledge 1 of the harbor. Tlicy knew the family < too well to doubt that he had fought ' bravely nnd well. TIiq fact that he i lay there apparently dying was evi- < dcnce that he had been in the thick of the battle. They had mocked and scorned liim nnd hated him when he ^ had chosen to leave them and remained ] true to his flag. His father had east f him off, the people had approved and t honored the old man for his action, hut 3 the animosity was gone from their 8 hearts now. Animosities vanished be- ;. fore that stretched out figure. Restless movements subsided. The sullen , murmurs and mutterings died away, ( nnd a deep silence supervened. Hats were pulled from heads; awe fell over the multitude; women put their hands over their eyes. 1 A little company of home guards, or- < dered there to control any possible disturbance, was standing at the curb. The ofllcer in command hesitated a moment. "By God," he said, "1 11 do it!" lie faced ai>out, uttered a command, nnd the company presented nrms. The colors were dipped too. The stars aud 1 bars were lowered to valor, to manhood, to honor, to dentil, even though they had been exhibited upon the other ride. In silence and sorrow, with every mllltuvv T>, 1 ? i 1 i iiuiiui , iivju 1 r \ lUH 1IUU ll'll his ship; hi silence niul in sorrow, with every military honor also, he came hack to his home, the home of his ehlhlhoo<l, tli" home of ids enemies, he home of his mother. CIIAI'TEIt XI I. " SAI> IIOL'n.S AT ANNA.VDALE. jiJ y was early in the morning of i ? (lie day after the battle. The SjnrS? Morgan hail successfully ] ao9A~l slipped past Farragtit's fleet ] i:i the night and while it was yet dark i had run alongside the St. Francis 1 street wharf at Mobile. Her arrival j had not been reported and no one but lie sentry on guard was there to wel- 1 come tiie vessel. Mary Annan had j stayed in the gunboat until daybreak j at Colonel Pleasants' earnest request. ( The captain had given her his cabin i and she had lain down during the pas- t rage, or at least after they had passed ] the Federal licit, but she had been ' unable to sleep or take any rest. Pleasant*, who laid gone on shore - - I1IIUICUIIUUI.V, CiiUie DilCli IO lilt! hoat | at sunrise with u conveyance for ljer and I)r. Ilampney and another one for , the body of her brother. It was broad daylight when they drove tip to the doorway at Annandale. Where before there lind been troops of servants to welcome her or her guests, now she had to wait and ring the hell of her own home before the one or two faithful retainers remaining to her " presented themselves. The men, with the assistance of the drivers, carried the hotly of the little master of the ancient house Into the great parlor and left it there. After seeing everything disposed properly, Mary Annan, bidding the clergyman and the otlicer to go into the sitting room to partake of such refreshments as the blockade permitted her housekeeper to offer them, turned to ascend the stairs. She bad scarcely put her foot upon them when the door of the j lauding above tlicin opened and a , woman came out. It was Pink Peyton. |To UK CoNTINI'ED.] A X.ntnral CnncltiNlon. Tenelier?Tommy Brown, tell nic the \ shape of the earth. Tommy? Bound. J Teacher?IIow do .von know? , t Tommy Brown You tohl ino, t Teacher?Well, how do you supposo t 1 know? J Tommy Brown -Oh, I g'pose some- * body told you. * , i A 8nr? Homed jr. "1 am fixing up a surprise for John, but I atn afraid that if be stays around the house he will discover me." "That's all right. You Just tie a towel around your head and ask him If he can't stay at homo today and help you take up the carpets."?Baltimore News. So Frank. She?Albert, I hnve come to the conclusion that I love George better than 1 love you, aud? lie?What about the engagement ring I gave you to wear? She?Oh, that's all right. George says he won't object If I wear it HI* Injtirle*. They were talking of the man who was thrown front the street cur. "How badly was hd hurt?" "He doesn't know yet. The Jury In his suit for damages Is still out."?Chicago Post. ? From A Cat Scratch On tho arm to the worst sc*t/of a burn, lore or boil, DeWitt's \*tch Hazel salve is a quick cure. In buying "Witch Flazel Salve,be particular to get DeWitt's Plils is the salve that heals without leavng a scar. A specific for blind, bleedng, itching and protruding piles. 5old by F. C. Duke. The Orlfirln of the ntnmond. The diamond is still one of the inyserlcs of geology. When the South Af lcan fields were discovered there was nueli astonishment to flud the gem in l series of minerals quite different rom those in which It had been hithero found In India and Drazil. Instead if Ij'ing beside tourmaline, anatase and >rookite it wns mingle# with a breccia ?f magneslan rocks which hud evidenty been pushed up from below, and a :reat variety of minerals, such as dlopilde, mica, zircon and corundum, were mbedded along wltli it. Some have supposed that the dianond was originally formed where it q now nif*ko#l 1111 nnrl 11m m w ..v .. t-tuv |HVOCIIV-U VI arlniretcd pas and carboniferous ocks is In favor of the Idea, but, on be other hand, the broken condition if some of the stones nnd other facts uakc it far more probable that the liamond lias been ejected from a deeper source. A Little JLiarly Riser iow ar.d then, at bedtime will euro contipation, billiousness and liver troubles. >e\Vitt's Little lCatly Risers "are the anions little pills that cure by arousing lie secretions, moving the bowelp gently ,'ct effectually, and giving such tone and itrcngth to the glands of the stomach ind liver that the eause of the troublo s entirely removed, and if their use is rontinued for a few days, there will bo 10 return of the complaint. Sold by F. J. Duke. Poets nnd Coats. Poets have always loved dogs. In this poets and boys resemble each other. Walter Savage Lnndor was devoted to his dog Giallo, nnd Byron's epitaph upon his dog Boatswain we all remember: To mark a friend's remains these stones arise; I never had but one, and there he lies. Cowpcr was very fond of his dog, nnd wo know how Charles Lamb, who was a prose poet, loved Ills Dash and how Mrs. Browning appreciated the little Flush to whom she indited a poem. The Karl of Shaftesbury kept his noble collie in his library with him at oil times, nnd Samuel Rogers nl ways walked out with his dog. Scott declined nn invitation to dinner when his dog died, saying thht lie could not accept on account of the "loss of an old friend.^ The Wnatea of the Jiody. Kvery seven days the blood, muscles and bones of a man of average size loses two pounds of wornout tissue. This wasto cannot be replenished and the health and strength kept up without perfect digestion. When the stomach and digestive organs fail to perform their functions, the strength lets down, health gives way, and disease sets up. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables the stomach and digestive organs so digest and assimilate all of the wholesome food that may be eaten into the kind of hlood that rebuilds the tissues and protects the health and strength of the minu ana uouy. ivoaoi cures indigestion, Dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. It is an ideal spring tonic. Sold by F. 'J. Duke. Tlic Tallest People. In a comparative table of stature, arranged according to nationalities, the United States Indian stands higher, than any other race of the world, though the Uatngoulnn runs hint very close. The white citizen conies next. The United States negro ranks fourteenth In the scale, and of all the countries of the world considered the 'Portuguese are found to be the shortest. It has always 'been proverbial among anatomists that blond nations ore greater than their darker neighbors. This Is duo to the geological positions of the blond races. They are characteristic of the north and 011 account of the lower degree of temperature are Induced to take more exercise, which throws them more in the open air. At the top of the list of countries, arranged in order of stature, the first seven after the United States white men are Norwnr. K..ofi,n>?i - ? nanu American. Sweden, Ireland, Denmark and Holland, nil northern nations.? Detroit Tribune. The X-Rnyti. 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