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"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
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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.
Itecent experiments by practical teRts
ind examination with the aid of the
K-Itays, establish it as a fact that Caarrh
of the Stomach is not a diseaFC of
tsolf, bat that it results from repealed
ittacks of indigestion. "How Can I
Jure My Indigestion?" Kodol Dvnpeptia
Curo is curing thousands- It will
aire your indigestion and dvHpeiadn,
ind prevent or curo Catarrh of tho
Stomach. Kodol diircgls what you
at?makes the stomach sweet. ?ol?l
>y F. C. Duke.
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