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Show AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY. JULY St, VOL. V. KSSAGE FROM PAST. It was the spring of 1865. Morning lifted two wings of light above the dark pines and slowly dropped the radiant eastern bars, one by one, for the sun to pass through and crown a perfect day. The sunshine fell like a smile dt God upon the beautiful south; but little cared the crowd of angry men, citizens and ragged soldiers in gray, for her beauty as they trampled under foot the golden bells of the jasmime that covered the railroad bank at Barnet, until the air was heavy with fragrance, as they crowded about tbe car In which Major Moses was carrying gold bullion to deliver to the federal authorities stationed in Augusta, after Lee's surrender. The war had confused mens Ideas, and the soldiers, who were unpaid, swore that the gold was as much theirs as any one's. In front of the angry crowd swaying round the sidetrack where Major Moses had switched oil the treasury car stood a young soldier, his arm in a sling, who wore the epaulets of an Inferior officer; he was tramping home after the surrender, for he had been with Lee in Petersburg, and helped to form that "thin, gray line which kept Grant at bay during that terrible winter. He was heartsore and desperate, and although he knew what fearful suffering a continuance of the war would have meant for the south, his dark eyes flashed as be heard Major Moses say firmly: "It Is my duty to deliver this gold to the United States government the government which has conquered us and I shall do so. The law as well as our honor Here a ragged little drummer boy gsmtd' pound his drum, drowning the rest of the sentence. Then a soldier cried out: "We will not let you hand that money over to the Yankees while we starve!" "Do you want to give them everything 7 asked the other, loudly. Jr followed' Where' drums law Is silent; the crowd, seizing the treasure car, began pushing it towards THE CURFEW BELL it of honor which belongs to all brave men to assist me in tbe discharge of Aariwl CaitMl Adopt I by Many Tow my trust and your countrys. with Good SStoa There are. It la said, 800 twns la this country in which, the curfew bell is now rung at night, says Harpers Bazar. The upholders of tbe new regulations quote statistics to prove that crime has decreased In consequence and that every day fewer arrests have been made. The object of the government is to keep children off the streets at night and to get them, under penalty of a fine In money, safely tucked away In bed before danger can assail them. When statlstica about crime and its decrease are quoted the voice of dissension for the time being la silenced and it requires a certain amount of hardihood afterwards to so much as attempt the first argument to prove a possible other side. But there are those of us who remember among the weeteet sins of oar' youth the Joye of running away on. summer nlgbta when bedtime oams well oat of reach of the parental voice. .There was the beauty of the early moonlight to tempt us, the fragrance of eyeet fields; there were the rompg on aOwly mown behind the the currant busheg anJtho daring plunge into some boaC'draVuiup on the shore. No delighta were like them. We would barter muchjthat we possess to day to have then over again. And there wae no penalty of a 88 fine hanging over our heads, qply the frown on a mother's face that, ys could kiss or laugh away in a teofeent. It would never do in. theo&lays of strict discipline to. led thfjrjblldrea know how Innocent and easlf fcondoned that disobedience. waa.,X $ who of hi can resist a slgh- - qf , iteathy for those to ho summoned little ones whfr to' bed; by a rjbeli a bell the sound qf'WhJdfSl ;dan haver reason-a-r, coax' into a ably';. hope to will there jthsm emiliif.silencf a of voice, no pwr.he :eweet 'nofed,' of some The young officer was silent a moment. but he was conquered. I must, I suppose, he said at length, and, turning to the crowd, be cried: "Boys, I am one of you.as puur, as hungry, as homeless but we have not lost all let us still keep our honor as brave men. Springing down, he went about from group to group until he quieted them; then, returning to Major Moses, be saluted and said: Sir, you can now continue your trip to AuguBta in safety they will not disturb you agsln. With a farewell glance of sympathy and pity for those whose garb resembled his own, he turned and left the crowd. - Many of them muttered angrily as he passed. He sat down under a great pine up which a Jasmine clambered, bearing long arms full of beauty and fragrance far up its stately height. But he hpeded neither the radiance nor the loveliness about him, as he drew from his pocket a stained, worn letter and began to read it aloud: "Dear Jack: Do come at once. We are In actual want of food, and baby " Is ill He read no further; his voice broke In his tbroat in a great sob. "God help you, Nellie, if you are waiting for help at your husbands hgads! O, my God! I had two bflt I have only one left to fight the enemy, poverty, from our home If we have a home yet 0 Nellie! My poor Nel: lie! With a groan he flung himself, face downwards upon the pine needles, his bead upon the 'arm of the hand which clutched the letter convulsi vely. ; A slight noise aroused him, and, looking up, he saw a mounted union soldier,'. a mere, boy, . who held a small shotbag full of something.' Ha had evidently observed the entire scene,! for fcls dimmed moisture, v r yL brave, blue gras-heap- hlds-and-ee- : - ra iti v. But Major Moses, who stood in front f the train, leaped forward, sprang in- - s, ek If You were Acquainted with Our System You Could Understand Why :xj t. WE Ladies Shoes, Mens Shoes, Childrens Shoes. Cheaper than any House in the World. EVERY CONCEIVABLE STYLE AND SHAPE. RUBBERS FOB YOUNG AND OLD. EVERYTHING IN THE SHOE LINE. - m - ---Jeers the depot NO. :t4 18!)S. Ladies' Oxford,Ties, and Slippers !$ Tflf&jvni IWdusk f jod Nqw ebitg- jnst'gioimy "Tj, Ihoms to bed? Of course, these pleas- pay?, butt er were never arae the at I do; 4 din' get igMAd ti boy id help T-RTTH and .no doubt it ls wise to get me out And he threw the bag of gold and streets the children in from city . ataxia feet1 .. harms way before temptation The rebel rake Whls full height, and.'f ut rooms to Yet the how is hot; .abroad, extended to r4' it the picking up tbe.hag, ' V. which the bell wiU summon them; how !' s.V, union soldier.-- , Do you think," he asked ecornrully, crowded, how unpleasant!- Better then "that I, who have refused to take gold the streets? Perhaps? But better than all, if we only knew how It coaid belonging to us, will touch this? "I guess yerll have to, returned tbe be done, would . be no poverty, no boy soldier, his blue eyes flashing one cramped rooms and no evil streets, so merry glance Into the disdainful brown long as little children dwelt among ones. So long! he cried, aa he put ns. spurs to his horse and galloped away. A DOG STOPS A TRAIN. The young officer, after a moment's his pocket, After Saving Bkbfi Ufa Ha Xudaatiy hesitation, put the letter you want to pave money, send tor our booklet, it will and whispering softly, For Nellies Takaa to the Woods. went on towards the blue sake, Train No. 20 on the Indianapolis and explain everything. Sent Free for the Asking. mountains, where his home lay In ashes Vincennes, in charge of Conductor 9. and where Nellie waited for him W. Russe of Indianapolis, was tearing with softened thoughts for the enemy along toward Indianapolis yesterday who had conquered so generously. evening fifty miles an hour. The train It takes a fine nature to be nobly con- was loaded with passengers and wae bequered to bury in the grave of a past hind time. East of Edwardsport issue all bitterness and hard feeling. Dorsey saw on the track far ahead a dog that was jumping about This true story was related to me by and acting in a peculiar manner. The one of Atlantas most successful mer- doge actions looked suspicious and, as chants. and as I write the last words a measure of caution, Dorsey shut off the small, soft hand of his beautiful the steam, so as to have his train under When the train reached a daughter and heiress Is laid upon my control. nearer point the dog stood and barked arm. I want you to send a message for me at it, and then, with n yelp, started for in your story, her sweet voice entreats. the woods. Then it was that Dorsey solsaw that there was something red bed I want you to tell that is dier that a welcome always waiting tween the rails, and he threw on the for him in one southern home, as well emergency brakes and opened the sand as In the heart of that officer, the nu- box. The train came to a standstill cleus of whose fortune once lay in the within ten feet of a pretty, flaxen-haire- d baby in a red frock. The child was little canvas bag he flung at my fathers 2 years old and had been playing about feet. with the dog. The train crew ran forI write the message as she gave it, ward and Baggageman Franklin picked him find some time hoping that it may up the child, which laughed and crowed to whom it is sent. Exchange. and patted his face in glee. About one M .xnVTUKRRl OF AND DEALERS IX hundred yards distant thousand, eight Cautions for Hathars. was a farmhouse, acd toward it FrankNever enter the water when overlin started with the baby, to meet a man heated; rest a little first, and cool off, toward him like an Insane perA specially f ail kind ur im.'iorj viik Matriiulaiid workmaDshlj but not enough to feci cold, says a running son. It was tbe child's father, who bad writer in the Womans Home Compan- missed the baby Just as the train stop- gUArantasd or inx aj lefuiided. Bend fur designs and prices ion. Bathers should enter the water one that and the little supposed FROVO UTAH WEST OF TAYL'.u olHtt. FURNITURE CO. when the body is at glow, not when it ped been killed. How it had got so far Ib in active or violent perspiration. from home and Into such a danNever enter the water with a headache; away uo one could understand. never do so with a full stomach. Noth- gerous place were considerably joltThe paMMU'.crs ing can be more dangerous to the sys- ed by the sml h'n slopping of the train, tem than to contravene these rules, but no one :is hurt, and when they and many have lost their lives by neg- learned the car..-- of It they clustered .Manvfa turrt of lecting them. No one should enter the about Engineer I'nrroy and congratuwater immediately after dinner; none him on his caution. who wish to avoid tbe swimmer's bug- lated bear, cramps, should enter it when sufFart In the Cnee. HeasctcscE, Table ti. Curbing. Etc. fering from aridity iff the stomach. The Colored arc'll- - I am hfc&red, friend best time for bathing Is either before NEW DESK INS AND lIKil. (SHADE WORK A SPECIALTY. breakfast or between 11 and 12 o'clock Johiwing. dut i.mcsny cako walks bob yo sensibilities, sah. In the forenoon. All who suffer from lulleil de aldsc Trovo. Utah Jes delicate constitutions should avoid Johnslng No. Indeed. pahson. American Utah. dulled de aidge f,:i r.'.y nuzer, dats alL JolinPutciH, Agent, bathing in :irly morning. -- befor town-dwell- LZDUBS - BOOTS, -R- iqejZEnts . 'Jfc. ;siz:e shoes. - Meng and Children? Slipper?. BABY SHOES- If I GUESS YOULL HAVE TO." to the doorway as It rolled along, and, drawing his sword, cried: "You shall not touch It! It Is intrusted to me to deliver, and I will defend It with my life. The car soon reached the depot, and there two or three other officers came to Major Moses assistance; they appealed to the honor, the patriotism of the crowd, but they appealed in vain. "The gold belongs to us! the soldiers cried. "We have fought and bled for the south, and we will not let you band it over to the Yankees and leave us here to starve." Shall we go to seek for our wives and children, whose homes are in ashes, empty handed? cried the young officer with the sling, who seemed to have fallen naturally Into the position of ringleader, In a voice whose passion and desperation thrilled across every heartstring. "I will beg that rations be handed out to the starving soldiers of the south, said Major Moses. Words sometimes mean more than swords and hurt worse. "Beg! they Jeered. "Not while we can take our own! And we are armed to do it! they declared, closing about their leader. Followed by ihat desperate, hungry, conquered crowd, the young officer sprang upon the treasure car. Major Moses bad advanced, sword in band, swearing to plunge it Into the first man who entered, when the young officer caught the naked blade. Major Moses eyes fell upon his epaulets. 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