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Show I S-STOR- Y But If Wind n 'ould have ber an eavesdropper behiud the door of Super intendent Colbert's office on the MOOM iloor of the Union depot, his doubts would have been resolve.! instantly The telegraph operator's guess went g straight to the mark. Mr. Darrah his because sand" word particular Do you know, Bessie, I think it was wire cider for a special engine had not Mr. Adi'nif. who scored this afternoon?" been cleyed to the saving of the ultiof time. But between his mate she said. "How so?" inquired la petite Bisque, objurgations on that score, he wa exwho was too sleepy to be overcurious. rasping cut questions designed to "I think he took a rise' out of ne, as haust the chief clerk's store of inafhe puts it. Mr. Winton is precisely all formation concerning the status of he kinds of a man Mr. Adams said he lairs at the seat of war. Will you inform me, seh, why I wasn t. wasn't wired that this beggahly appeal CHAPTER HI. was going against us?" he demanded, time the when breakfast was late It "What's that you . say, wrathfully. "Limited" swept seh? Don't tell me you couldn't know Transcontinental around the great curve in the eastern what the decision of. the cou't wa gofringe of Denver, paused for a ing to be before it was handed down; fog moment at "yard limits," and went mat's what you-aare heah for to clattering in over the switches to come And out these things! And what is to rest at the end of its long westward all this about Majah Eva'ts resigning, at the Union depot. run on the the and Utah's sending east for a Having wired ahead to have his mail y tighten to take limits registering his meet him at the yard is this new man' 'Who place? station, Winton was reauy to mawe a Don't know? Dammit, seh! it's youi dash for the telegraph oflu e the moment business to know! Now when do yov. .1... in t. .t ,i ensine ,aven me wilh Tha, is our wagon, ever there on the Thus the Rajah; and the shiof clerk h? said to Adams, point- narrow-gaug- e himself known from end to end of tht XlZ OUl Illf wallUlg IUUUUM1U iicuu, Colorado & Grand River as a quellei ,. , v.rt vuodor t ran afar nnr rlnnnam could only point out of t m I'll be with you as soon as I can send ot men, where the Kosemary stooc window " wire or two lie saw the yard crew cutting out the engined and equipped for the race, and 'I'm awfully sorry Rosemary, and had a glimpse of Miss sy. meekly: and you've been delayed, Mr. Darrah; very Virginia clinging to the hand-raindeed. But your car is. ready enjoying enthusiastically, he fancied, sorry, I go along to be on hand now. Shall the broad across On the way platform U me?" need you her first view of the mighty hills to the "No, seh!" stormed the irate master; roeani in- The temptation to let the telegraphing and the chief clerk's face became re-tkeenest the of stantly expressive wait while he went to say se her was strong, but he resisted it and lief. "You stay right heah and are Creek to kept wires the that Qua'tz hastened the more for the hesitant And when yoi thought Nevertheless, when he reached open wide open, seh. the telegraph office he found Mr. get an orden trom me ror an engine Somerville Darrah and his secretary a regiment of the National Gyua'd, ot there ahead of him. and he remarked a trainload of white elephants you fill that the explosive gentleman who pre it. Do ycu understand, seh Meantime, while this scene was getsided over the destinies of the Colora- dQ & crand River appeared to be in ting itself enacted in the superintend- Odd? t. ouih. the comment on Win- ion did nut Main with ihe encomiums of the train erW. When the "Limited" was once more rushing, on its way through the night, and Virginia and he otisin wen- safely In the privacy of their .state-rooadded her Miss Carteret It was: hp name on the stone. LIEUT COL. WILLIAM EDWARDS. of Instantly all the old animosity man the year gone by returned. The burled here had stolen from him his had stolen the girl he mart BVT ! . H A FOOL dk FOR LOVE I By FRANCIS LYNDE Author o! "The Grafters," Etc. J (Copyright. MM, CHAPTER 1 se-on-d - j L by J. P. Uppiucott Co.) II. Continued. It was a rather unnerving thought, when he considered it he was glad that their ways, coinciding for the I mo- ment, would presently go apart, leaving him free to do battle as an hones; soldier in any cause must. Ihe Kosemary party was rising, and Winton rose too, folding the seat for Miss Virginia and reaching her wrap from the rack. "I am glad to have met you," she .said, giving him the tip of her fingers and going back to the conventionalities as if they had never been ignored. But the sincerity in Winton's reply the conventional form transcended of it. "Indeed, the pleasure has been wholly mine, I assure you. I hope the future will be kind to me and let me see more of you." "Who knows?" she rejoined, smiling "The world has at him level-eyebeen steadily growing smaller since Shakespeare called it 'narrow. He caught quickly at the straw oi 'Then we need not say good- hope. by?" "No; let it be auf wiedershen," she paid; and he stood aside to let her join her party. Two hours later, when Adams was reading in his section and Winton was smoking his short pipe in the men's compartment and thinking things unspeakable with Virginia Carteret for a nucleus, there was a series of sharp whistle shrieks, a sudden grinding of the brakes, and a jarring stop of the "Limited" a stop not down on the d. v Na-Iha- ll right-of-wa- , . i 1 il good-mornin- g WHEN COLUMBIA .' CROWNS HER -- DEAD 1 I By T. C. HARBAUGH. Winton was among the first to reach the head of the long train. I he halt was in a little depression of the bleak plain, and the trainmen were in conference over a badly derailed engine when Winton cme up. A vast herd of cattle was lumbering away into the darkness, and a mangled carcass under the wheels of the locomotive sufficiently explained the accident. "Well, there's only one thing to do," was the engineer's verdict. "That's for somebody to mog back to Arroyo to wire for the "Yes, by gum! and that means all night," growled the conductor. There was a stir in the gathering d and throng of d passengers and a whose soft gentleman, southern accent was utterly at variance with his manner, hurled a question bolt like at the conductor. "All ntrht, you say, seh? Then we miss ouh Denver connections.?" "You can bet to win on that," was the curt reply. d "Damn!" said the gentleman; and then in a lower tone: "I beg your pahdon, my dealt Virginia; I was totally unaware of your presence." Winton threw off his overcoat. "If you will take a bit of help from DON'T an outsider, I think we needn't wait for the wrecking car," he said to the a more than usually volcanic frame dubitant trainmen. "It's bad, but not of mind. as bad as it looks. What do you Now Winton. though new to the say?" business of building railroads for the Now, as everyone knows, it is not si10rt jIle was not new to Don in the nature of operative railway men ver or Colorado. Hence when t lie-tbrook Interference even of the help-- , Raan followed by his secretarial But ttiey are as quick as shadow had left the office, Winton spoke fttl sort. other folk to recognize the man in esse, to the operator as to a friend. as well as to know the clan slogan "What is the matter with Mr. Darrah, when they hear it. Winton did not Tom'' He seems to be uncommonly wait for objections, but look over the ,.i,H,.tiv ihk mnrninp" command as one in authority. The man of dots and dashes nodded. I'll show "Think we can't do "He's always crankier this time than Up on that tank, one of you, he was the othe,'. He's a holy terror, the you. Riid heave down the jacks and frogs. Raiah is. I wouldn t work on his road We'll have heron the steel again be- - for a farm down east not if my job took fore you can say your prayers." nle within cussing distance of hiin. Bet At the hearty command, churlish a np wort h $50 he is up in Mr. Colbert's reluctance vanished and everybody lent nmve right now, raising particular sand a willing hand. In two minutes the ,eoa,1SP his special engine wasn't stand-creof the "Limited" knew it was inK here ready to snatch his private ear working tinder a master. The frogs on ,he fly, so's to go on without losing under the derailed headway." were adjusted were braced to jack-screWinton's eyes narrowed, and he let the wheels, lift and push with the nicest accuracy, his writing hand pause while he said: and all was ready for the attempt to 'So he travels special from Denver, does back the engine in trial. But now the he?" I should "On his own road?-w- ell, engineer shook his head. is too move gooa ior tne her to smile, artist gently the "I ain't joining enonch with all thai string o dinkeys Kajan; or too qmcK, wnen ne nappens to be in a hurry. I wonder he didn't behind her." he said unhopefully. into "Come have the I. u. pun mm special irom up "No?" said Winton. the cab with me and I'll show you how." Kansas City." winton handed In his batch of tele- And he climbed to thedriver's footboard with the doubting engineer at his heels. - Krams and went his way reflective. what was Mr. somerville Darrah's At the critical instant, when the entire weight of the forward half of the particular rush? As set , forth by Adams, the (hp tne H08en,;i,.y pans of ,ne pi)rty engine was poising for the drop upon added impulse. the precise he gave rails, ,.onterapated nothing more hasteful coughed hoarsely 1)un a jeLsurely trip to the Pacific coast The big a pleaaure jaunt with a winter sojourn and spat Are; the driving w neeism.nn .i backward; and a cheer in California to lengthen IL Why, then, quirk half-tur- n from the onlookers marked the little tll(t sll(,Pn change from "Limited" trains to unlimited specials? triumph of mind over matter said the there fresh news from the seat of "You bet he's no 'prentice," war in Quartz Creek canyon? Winton fireman. quoth the engineer. thought not In that case he would have "Not much' .,ii r.mnrl artist, that's about had his budget as well: and so far as his were still what he is Shouldn't wonder If he was owr, advices went, matters they had been. A letter from the the travelln' engineer for some road Utah attorneys In Carbonate assured back in Cod's country. ' conthat the Injunction appeal was not him "Travelln' i.othing! said the t de, ided, and another from Chief of masa train he's "More likely ductor. thai Const rUCtiOS Evarts concerned itself ter 'r p'raps a bigger boss than lefly with the aML)0fl desire to know Call in the flag, Jim. and we ll bo get he Wat to bt relieved. when ting a m1'1' 'fDARlEle CL.EVERTOB x ." j. white-mustache- red-face- r if w ti. and man. Col. Bryant As a boy had been a soldier. his ambition had been a cadet-shiat West' Point, and the irmy as a life career. Blessed with wealthy parsnts, there seemed nothing ;n the way to the accomplishment of nis ideal when the opportune time arrived. At 15 he began a course of study that would fit him to pass the 'equired examination and admit him '.o the United States militaiy acadAt 18 the opportunity came. emy. There was a vacancy at the academy to be filled by appointment from his congressional district, and he entered eagerly into the competition for the coveted place, feeling confident of winning the prize. His most formidable opponent was Billy Edwards, the son of a struggling clergyman, into whose path fate uad thrown no special opportunities, but who had improved every chance for study that had been given him, the appointment and who wished merely as a means of securing a desired education. The two had never been friendly, and on one of two occasions had had some boyish quarrels over the atten to be tions each had attempted When stow upon Blossom Nat ban. Billy Edwards won the coveted ap pointment every semblance of friendship between the two boys ceased, and Bob Bryant refused even to e with anyone who called young Edwards their friend. Grievously disappointed In not winning the cadetship, young Hryanf entered a military academy with a determination to prepare himself for a millthfj career, trusting to his fa ther's wealth and Influence to secure for him an appointment to the army. During their school days both boys kept up a correspondence with Blossom Nathan, until at the end of three years Bryant insisted that she could not retain the friendship of both he and Edwards, and that all correspond-enbetween her and his rival must cea or her would lur e nothing more to ( with her. The young lad ve promptly Informed her angry suitor that she would choose her own Beside the White Stone. friends, and he accepted her deci sion. Six months after Lieut Ed wards airy. For tl years he followed the had graduated from West Poinl and trail of the red man, and then "the entered the army he made Blossom good of the service" took him to Nathan his wife, and took her to the Washington to aerve for a time on western post, where his command was the staff of the general commanding the army. It was this that account stationed. for his presence on the Getty sturg fine( Bryant In the mountains had battlefield on Decoration day, 1878. ished bis college course, and not findHe walked over the ground so ing it so easy to secure a civil ap In '6.1 and glanced pointment to the army, bad settled fiercely contested down to the study of law In lij home at the white headstones looking for At each the name of his comrade town, and confined bis military ambitions to a place In a local company of grav there was planted a Jmall flag, similar to one he carried Idly In his state guards Then came the call to arms to hand. At one grave he noticed the frail staff had been broken, and the save the union. The southern states to He stopped had sececded; the flag bad bean fired Uag Mown away S half-alarme- red-face- d, Every avauauie couip"".1 the regular service had been rushed eastward for the defense of Washing ton. Volunteers in companies, bat talions and regiments were flocking into the mustering camps. With the volunteers went Bob Bryant as cap tain of his company. With the regu lars sent to Washington went First Lieut. Edwards, while Mrs. Edwards went back to her old home to await the return of her husband flora the front. The four years of war dragged wear Lieut- - Ed wards stuck to ily along. the regular service and rose to flic rank of major, and brevet lieutenant colonel, as which he commanded his Oapt Bryant of the volregiment. unteer service rose to the rank of colonel. Col. At the battle of Gettysburg Bryant was temporarily in command of a brigade stationed at Cemetery Hill. During the first day's fighting bis command in company with all (dhers at that point in the line of battle had Buffered severely. With the reenforcemente of the second day by came the regiment commanded Lieut. Col. Edwards, and during the fighting of that day Edwards fell and was burled on the field. The war over. Col. Bryant found the wished for opportunity to enter the regular service, and was sent to the far west as a lieutenant of cav- - uiion. time-car- wreck-wagon- opportunity, loved and then there came to hira the thought that this man had sacrificed his life for the flag; that this man had lost his life in bringing success to himself and his comrades, and had helped in saving them from probable annihilation at the hands of the enemy. Revert-ntlhe stooped over the and planted the flag he carried grave he As stone. beside the white did so a woman's voice close behind him said. i thank you." It was Blossom He turned. The same Blossom, though a woman now, instead sad, sweet-faceof ihe chit of a girl he had knowu The years of so many years ago. exposure and hardship had changed him so she did not know htm. "It is my husband's grave," she ex"The wind has evidently plained. blown the flag away, and I have been looking for it. but without success. It seemed so lonely without a Hag like the others." "Blossom!" lie cried. "Don't you know me?" The voice brought back to her the days ot her girlhood; the impetuous boyish lover. She gave him her hand, and together they left that battlefield, where hope had died and hope was born again. A few months later she again journeyed to the west to spend her life at an army post a soldier's wife. KNOW?" office, a mild fire of consternation was alight in the gathering room oi ihe Rosemary. As we have guessed, Winton's packet of mail was not the only one which was delivered by special arrangement that morning to tha incoming "Limited" at the yard regis- - ent's tering station. There had been an- other, addressed to Mr. Somervillo Darrah; and when he had opened It there had been a volcanic explosion and a hurried dash for the telegraph office, as recorded. Sifted out by the Reverend Billy, and explained by him to Mrs. Carteret and bessie, tne tiring spam oi tne ex- plosion appeared to be some news of an untoward character from a place aguely designated as "the front." "it seems that there is some sort ot y a scrimmage going on tip Id the mountains between our road an(J the Utah Short Line," said the young man. "It was carried into the courts, and now it turns out that the lecision has gone against us.' "How perfectly horrid!" said Miss Bessie. "Now I suppose we shall h ivo , indefinitely while Uncle s,mierville does things." And placid "It's M Carteret added, plaintively: j thlnk tlley might let him tQO bad! , ave one mt(! vacation in peace." Wno ,a,kg of peacer queried Vlr- . dHven , frum hfir po8t of v;,n. on the observation platform by tage HWjl ,hln atnn,. )r,,m enrh,e. "Didn't I see Uncle Somerville char jng a(.mHs to the telegraph office with war written out large In every Una ()f him?" "I am afraid you did," affirmed lh the Reverend Billy; and thereupon explanation was rehearsed for Virright-of-wa- ginia's benefit. The brown eyes flashed militant sympathy "Oh, I wish Uncle Sonierville would go to 'the front.' wherever that is and take us along!" she cried. "It would be ever so much better than California William laughed; and The Rove-renAunt Martha put In her word of postulation, as '.n duty bound. - ex-e- l (TO UK CONTINUB1X i HOY Whit has set the drums the tender skies of May 'neaih ? troop ihe children from the fields with flowers fresh And gAy ? I see the net'rAr.s gather in their buttoned coats of blue. With here And there an empty slee'be to prove the wearer true; I hear them talk of battles in their youth-tim- e long ago, Wlere side 6v side they stood and mes the onslaughts of the foe ; And now the 1oice is silent, ana each soldier bows his head. For well they know this sacred day Columbia crowns her dead. Why w m is flying and the air The flag half-mais filled with yraise Of those who by the NAtion stood throughout her trying days. When strode the God of Battles in his fury o'er the land. And crimson grew Potomac's tide and red the Rio Grande ; When the cannon tore the cedars in ihe green vales of the South, d builds her nest Where now the deep in the mortar's mouth; But ah I the snowy wings of Peace above those fields are spread. And Columbia, like a mother, comes to crown her galUnt dead. st blue-bir- I hear the rumble of the battle's brazen car, Iha'be to part the flowers fair to find the wounds of war; I hear a robin singing where the colonel braWv died. And a butterfly is hov'ring where the No more legions multiplied ; The bugle is no longer heard on fields we love to name. And the roses bloom in beauty in the sacred camps of Fame, with And down the street Old Glory at their head. Come the "bet'rans. for Columbia bids them all salute her dead. 0 wearers of the of praise you've won. Sleep on, b uel the meed Sleep on the long, long summer thro' in shadow and in sun ; The sweetest bloom that Nature yields lies on the soldier's breast, And nevermore war's clarion notes shall break your peaceful rest ; The battle rhoes vanish like a distant cannon 's boom. Behold I Columbia gently lays a wreath upon a tomh, "My chi dren ! Peace be with you!' speaks she low with drooping head. Then she ktsses all the roses iV has t: id upon her dead. CIVIL WAR FIGURES. Statistics of the. Army That Put D.ivwn the Rebellion. The enlistments In ihe nniot. army during the civil wai reu led the enormous' total ol 1.898,304. It is not possible to know exactly bow many enlistments there were in the ooMeo; erate army, because the confederate tales failed to keep a reltabls retort of the BUmbet of men tumlsiied to the service, and such statists s as ar to be had are incomplete. It is est! mated, however, that there were be tween P.00,000 and 700.001) men In the confederate at rules, and thst fully 200.-00of this numbei died in battle or from wounds and di use |