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Show s In per-sen- BV hVITH . ARY gEVEREUX ILLUSTRATIONS BV DOM C. WILSON CO?r&t, 803, CHAPTER XVI. about her, In the tan-- , and shadowy forest, where the .w was already coming darkly, a within her, and she w terror aiose the way she had return by to ught was only to find her me but this masses of ppscut off by still denser Even as she stood rest growth. came a faint cry, like isitating, there of hopeful-,3- J at of a child, and a 'rush thrilled her at the thought of near In the imetblng human being oom and oppressive stillness. Then there fell upon her a freezing rror, as she suddenly recalled the ares telling recently of a panthers heard at night, near ,lce having been and she remembered e gettlement; to the crying ,at they had likened It Aj she looked l r to tno Sirj old ). wlctoSl- - 3UWR yontn. Ug ? pootlai,1 "but it, thin la tor step tj ilnp tin couldi: pi emembe to I udl I, way to came faintly. It was a sound heard before, and one no a short, purer could ever forget; a followed by prolonged bark, jlck the cry of the timber wolf. Gathering her draperies closely, she all color gone ?rang forward again, um the dainty little face, now ashen ith fear, against which the bushes ad tow branches beat unmercifully, gals and again the fiendish cry rang lit, to be succeeded by another, and iei another, as if the first call had ummoned a multitude of wolves to But, for all her dainty femie chase. nity, she had a mans heart for ourage In the face of danger; and, she still kept on, with clenched ands and panting breath, a small able showed in a clearing before her. A new strength came to her at sight f thtrrefuge, and she rushed toward untenanted ruin, t, to find only an rith Its door fallen from the hinges. But she saw upon the floor a large on ring, which Indicated the entrance ,e bad good. the fright, she stood, terror, wondering turn, when another Trembling with anclng about In )Und Iotsij ishr de child. hlch r. d so bf. the Mississippi valley, occupied by some two hundred and seventy many of them women and chilof whom all but seventeen were dren, Put to death by the Creeks, one of the tribes which the English had won over for allies. Gov. Claiborne had foreseen this threatened peril, hut was powerless to avert It, for hie forces were few and scattered, white the Indians Beemed Innumerable, and moved with wonderful activity. But the governor did all In his power to restore confidence; and not long afterward Gen. Jackson utterly destroyed the Creeks at Talladega. My heart may be telling me Wrongfully, Pierre, Jean said, as the two sat talking in their abode at Grande Terre a cabin outside, but luxurious within, but I have a feeling that if I now go to the emperor I may find the opportunity for serving him; and that this may prove to him the love that has never died. answered Pierre, hesiPerhaps, But what Is It that makes tatingly. you think you may be of service to the emperor and France? To say truth, I have no Idea that is definite; but I feel an Irresistible Inclination to go, and see If the opportunity offers. If you should find service over there then what? Why, replied Jean, then you can wind up our matters here, and come over to join me. Why not? Why not, indeed? That Is assuredly what Iwould do, If and Pierre hesitated for an Instant I could. And what can prevent? In such a case, Pierre replied deliberately, there would be a valuable cargo to come with me, and watchful enemies here to blind. Then possibly, or most probably, by summer or fall, with the English vessels patrolling the waters around us, the safe getting away might not be so easy a matter." Summer and fall are not now, was the oracular declaration; and by the time they come, It may be that the English will have been made to sura home again, as once before." I dont feel at all sure as to that," Pierre commented, as he rose to cover the embers upon the hearth. Then, turning to Jean, he continued, as though there had been no Interruption, I tell thee, lad, that Louisiana has always possessed a great attraction for Great Britain. Grant it, said Jean, rising and stretching himself. Then all the more reason why, in case they succeed In obtaining It, that we should wish to live somewhere else. Ah, hut I am not saying that they will rule here! exclaimed Pierre, with a showing of anger at thought of the possibility suggested by Jean's words. God forbid! Amen to that, said Jean, laughing at the quick change In his manner and look; and they soon parted for the night. It was a bright morning In May that the Black Petrel, with Jean lafitte and a picked crew, and hearing a car go of rich nerehamlise, sailed from Barataria; and Pierre, his heart filled with loneliness and misgivings, sat on the bluff, watching her sails until they melted away on the horizon. (To he continued.) ABOUT THE AGE OF A CROW. Dwl-- The touch and the words struck sharply through her benumbed senses; and with a cry of affright, 6he struggled to free herself. What is It?" asked Lafitte, now speaking firmly and quickly. Are you hurt, child are you injured In any way?" Do not do not! the girl commanded, now uncovering her face, and looking up at him with an angry light sparkling In her eyes. How dare you? Drawing back a step, Lafltte stared at her in amazement, until suddenly recalling what Nato had told him a short time before, and realizing that what he had then feared was Indeed true, he stood before her speechless, a new agony growing In his pale face. For a moment she met his eyes unflinchingly. Then, dropping her own, turned from him with a shudder, as she said coldly, I wish to be taken to the house, Captain She stopped as If checked at the thought of uttering his name. In a moment, mademoiselle, he answered with the cool courtesy he would have shown a stranger. Your grandpere has been alarmed on your account. He had sent for you to come and bid me adieu; and then, when your absence was discovered, it was quite late. She said nothing, nor did he, for the space of a full minute. Then, with his face turned to the darkness out side, he resumed: If the day may ever come when you can think of me with less condemnation, remember always what tell you now. I do not, nor can I ever, blame you. And, If I can ever serve you, you have but t comamnd me, always and forever." Some of the slaves, who bad re turned from the hunt, now sent up a Joyous shout at sight of their HI Mamselle unhurt; and, rising, she :lde tin a foolx a lotto i hunch iat 3hj ed wfr tori ad ill chen I thm mulatto foster-brother- lined i isque x made u id. III of th d kin wltol nirs to ilmauK, the sg t" me! ru hiZ I vs A Tag Would Indicate That One Lived More Than Twenty Years. A farmer living near Orrville, Ohio, enonfb to start says a correspondent of the Toronto lit table 40c. I Sw lut vau the nouldit at B er Hub d." She P I ad gov looked boot; i our d wort adapted hat the be! Dp Udr under it abed eadtto t hie! Wbok out d Without gaaa i enough !t co C.NKT. laiaCe) u wait , of th otn th sludorp iilaatoi- - )r.Va' igoiH pauerd iwblc lendtot a CM ita and ,e tbdf eofldtJ raW Ids we r all tb iun a cellar; and, seizing this, she Pilled at It with all her strength. A small section of the floor lifted, teaking on rusted hinges, and dash-- a through dust and cobwebs she plunged into the tollow opening, earth-walleand toored, the dust filling her eyes and nostrils, and her, as she panted sohlilngly for breath. A few moments later she grew cold ith an agony of apprehension, when to heard the noise of her pursuers upon the flooring over her head, to their snuffling at the cracks In the 'filar door. How long It lasted she wcely know, cramped as she was the darkness, aching, throbbing tolfswoonlng. with the dreadful crea--Me- t howling and snarling above her how long it was before the bay-I- t of beagles, faint at first, sounded wildly tot rose with It, d !t kor ears. Nearer and smIUd p them as they gathered arourn nm Two V tnem. under Lafittes direction, made a seat of their Interlocked hands, and, bearing her between them, set out for the house, with flaring torches lighting the way. The proclamation of Gov. Claiborne resulted In inducing Count de Caze-neato return to his New Orleans home earlier than usual; and Laflttes house in the city was closed, while a trusted negro overseer was left In with charge of the blacksmith shop, had master goue his that to say orders away upon matters of business. It was to Grande Terre that Pierre hnd gone, feeling Unit a time was near beat hand for the joining of issues the governand confreres tween his ment. and wishing, as always, to share the fortunes of his foster brother. On the western shore of Grnnde of forest Terre, with several miles De Cazeneaus Ivlng between It and fort" of the house, was the a KTassy upon Baratarlans, standing live with magnificent dotted eminence not bluff a at oaks, and terminating the sea. Consisted of a building It all of wood, and several smaller ones, and a enclosed within a stockade;fleet-n- ow the few cannon protected some consisting of two brlgatines " a loops. and small schooners of smaller mf largo number rear of tho chored In the harbor at the u nearer came the sound, strong and clear; and then sto heard t ho shouting of voices. brought a new fear for might W these come from those fully as Jwhto he feared as were the wolves? Island, as she knew, was several alleslong; and she had always known tot U held others besldci her grand-ltor- i household . , 8to listened tremblingly, a new d encompassing her as the voices the beagles now broke out closo to r tobln. Then there was a rushing tood, followed by an uproar Indlcat-- r torce struggle. At length the tot Honied to surge through the were manJ rra and a voice which she rec-li- d '"outside tho stockade as that of black Zobo, one of huts, constructed of log. cr a,"a' J toandfnthcr'a most trusted slaves! thatched roofs, where onted, Bar goes de last debbll, domiciled a small army at Grande hr do woods! Shoot him. boy retainers, while hen hi of toot cvry hide few Torre and a yer can aee! JwMle cnlled to him, but her voice had their quarters Inside. men toed faint and unnatural to her 0"P Shell Island, already tors. Then the door was lifted. one of the almost Inaccessible where Mho blinding light of a torch was his most frequent abode, " JCT0 p In her face. ho kept about him only 6 m ah f,,; ,ake me her arma appealingly. '"ig Mm ha sobbed like a terrified child. v"'ce, ono she wna too IM 5?' hnd answered her. Great Britain hut It had not yer more; or Island year K'vmjr Precious little nor had any threatened Louisiana, mA Vat Or- shaking voice murmured ,rprittlnn,resist sn tw ea,n"t her car, where leans to An r uT' V"1 PrrM'ir of warm Hr. occurred the summer of 1813. Mhank God, I have thee aafe Fort Mims, st massacre the horrible Wmlng up! to Frenfb Globe, has Just received Ha stood before her, speechless. fair-sire- he-w- sub-leade- 'CUtrnitedB.ates.nd W S.ln a much-prize- little aluminum plate marked as folReturn to George McCarren, lows: Orrville, O, with which an Interesting story is connected. George McCarren, Sr., father of the man who received the little billet of aluminum, was an eccentric naturalist and spent much time In the study of birds and Insects, During McCarrens youth, about twenty years ago, he says he remembers being told by his father, the elder McCarren. of a dispute the latter had with a fellow naturalist at Aktvn, Ohio, as to the age to he attained by a common crow, and finally, to settle the matter, McCarren attached an aluminum tag to the crow captured In the fields and sent the bird forth with the plate securely fastened to Its neck by Tires. The legend on the plate requeued the finder to return It to McCarren In case anything should happen to the bird. As McCarren, Jr., remember It, the two men made a bet as to whether tho within twen plate would he returned or ty years. If the crow were killed billet on little the counted died they adbeing found and returned t the not were If this on the plate. dress returned they believed It would be sufficient evidence that the bird would He still alive. McCarren bet that the within plate would not he returned The won the hot he hence that time; crow waa killed by a farmer boy named Angers In Holmes county last week, and the billet returned to the son of the better, the elder McCarren the having died before he could realize winof satisfaction the and proceeds little bllH is ning his wager. The as a highly prized by the Jlarrens memento of the fathera eccentric). Egg ef Captive KUveenalr. ratfl-stiak- es One of a boxful of four California from sent to Fred Kempel three or four days ago laid an egg, which Is said to he almost without In captivity nevprecedent, ai snakes breed. er The ega Is only a little smaller fit an', ,hci mBl1 rat than a h bn plainly seen curled up Intier can side of the opaque membrane. It Is or two. a expected to hatch within day Few naturalist have ever been able to locate the eggs of the rattlesnake1 tho snake owing to the fact that the at time, and torpid exceedingly so aa Its of hole, bottom seeks the not to he prey for the bird, whhh attack it. Milwaukee Sentinel. - mWJUMMUlSOUNia 4? me BROOO r O- J WVid - THROUGH THE LEA5, NOPDINU IN THE BREETBp the THE DROWSY MUSIC Of THE BEES. THE MYSTIC WHISPER OF THE TPEES, AND DOVES A COOING AND LOVERS WOOIN- GPEVVLE ON LAND AND SEA. - o , V ft X. . Several native tribes on the Natal side of the Tugela river are reported to be ready to rise. The losses In California of the Lorn don and Lancashire Insurance company are estimated at $5,000,000. As the result of a riot among laborers at Bristol, Tenn., one man was killed and two seriously-InjuredA detachment of Turks on Saturday annihilated a band of twelve Bulgarians at Llsolsl, near Monastic Madrid is rapidly putting on gala attire In anticipation of the marriage of King Alfonso to Princess Ena of ffJm glad petlmTop springtime. - wmen- . brother AND MAN And HISSED WiFE AND MOTHER,- -' ND GUN. met .with- - and T,: - '' mid tme clover blooms of may here happy lambs hap been at armies met one day madmighty WHILfe BALE pl-a-y THE CLAY AND FRiENOAND NEIGHBOR WITH SHOT AND SABER CANNON "" THE Clashed in a (deadly) , fray MAI X AND THE PETREATj BUGLES BLAST. THE WAP-DRU5 BEAT, CONFLICTS FEARFUL FIRE AND HEAT, THE THE THE 5CENE.OF CARNAGE AIL REPLETE. THE CRASH AND RATTlEt. . OF THE BATTLE:. J Battenberg, May 31. Five miners were torn to places and twelve badly burned by the accidental explosion of a box of dynamite In a colliery at Shenandoah, Pa. "" FEAT ) A SHADOW (f l.,v... www. OLD FARIT FIELDS WERE ALL lNKEPT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE CREPT WAR ABOVE THE NATION SWEPT I? , AND BABES WERE CRYING, ) AND WIVES WERE SIGHING. Vand STRONG MEN WATCHED AND WEPT. '.The Tho Oakland stock and bond exchange baa been organized, with 100 Charter membera. Forty San Francisco brokers joined the exchange. The houBe committee on Insular affairs has authorized a favorable report on a hill extending United States citizenship to the Inhabitants of Porto DECAY Jo 1 , , the happymeetings at mjjrS'r' WERE BY LOVED . , ANDAiOVER ALL AND WAITING LIR5J REMAINED WHILE -f . SWETE5T;DREAMS FORJDH THE SORROW - n-- - .n MfcSED, UNKISSED. 'WERE HALF DISMISSED, .wn v- - K'G jeJ'1" LOVEJWILL BORROW WHEh(j?QU0T HAS HOPE ABY55ED! 5WEEXSORRY TALE AGAIN RETOLD Rica HEAR) OF MOLD Ad tHESE WREATH-CROWNETHE FLAME THAT OER THE NATION ROLLED THAT BURNED THE DPO AND LEFT THE GOLD HAS WROUGHT THE STORY T NEW-LIIN GLORY MORE BRIGHT AN HUNDRED-BOL- D BY m7E an aide to the chief of t police Warsaw, waa killed by the explosion of a bomb which was were thrown at him. Five passers-b- y wounded. The late Carl Schurs was elected to the United States senate from Missouri In 1869, being the first German-bor- n citizen to become a member of M. Christianson, BRING POSES fM?AND LILLIES AND VIOLETS 6HUE. IN FREEDOMS LIGHT WE LOOK UPON A GRACIOUS SIGHT, as all our hearts in love unite, fo THE 5AM E GRAVES WREATHING. r THE SAME PRAYERS BREATHING TO GOD AND, TRUTH AND RIGHT. 'k - THE BROOKS A BABBLING THROUGH THE LEAS, THE Lie. ACS NODDING IN THE BREEZE. THE DROWSY MUSIC OF THE BEES, THE MYSTIC WHISPER OF THE TREES, AND DOVES AND LOVERS WOOING, AND PEACE ON LAND AND SEAS IBXOr KtTZB&X DATE A SILENT MEMORABLE ONE. RELICS OF HEROES Events of Importance in Countrys History Happening on the Thirtieth of Hay. Knapsacks of Fallen Soldiers That Spoke Eloquently of Devotion to a Holy Cause. The thirtieth day of May, which the (5 slates of the now Indivisible union have known as Decoration day ever since Gen. Logan's order in 18G8 officially set It aside for the observance of reminiscent patriotism, figures variously In the chronologies of peace and war. To that passing generation which lived through the horrorq and sufferings of a titanic civil strife tho date is eloquent as (fortunately) It cannot be to any others, but to all good Americans It will ever stand as a peaceful monument to the Juster ending of the great debate, while all that world which busies Itself with the records of past htelory will fittingly place the Decoration day of the states first of the ten events of importance which have fallen on the penultimate of the fifth month. Three of these nine happenings, other than Memorial day, are closely connected With the war between the northern states and the southern. It was on May 30, 1850, that there was born a boy soon to he christened Frederick Dent Grant, and who was to grow up to the command of those same armies which his then unknown father was to lead to final victory In the greatest of all civil wars to grow up, moreover, so like the father in every feature and movement aa to cause many a veteran of the CO'a to turn and look after him In the streets with a strange and sadden beating at the heart Twelve years later than this (13G2), It was on May 30, that the confederate forces evacuated Corinth, down npar the Tennessee line tn Mississippi, while the same date In 1854 had seen the signature of Franklin Fierce attached to that famous ' bill which played no Inron slderable part In bringing on an armed arbitrament of the slavery question. That stroke of the chief executive's pen organized as territories the states which are now known as Kansas and Nebraska, the latter to Join the union In January of 1861 as a slave state, hut Kansas not until 1867, when the hnd which question portentous drenched her fields with blood In the middle 50s had been settled beyond all further disputing. Far from least by among the past events recalled Memorial day Is the signing of that hill It marked the repeal of tha Missouri compromise, It marked the triumph of that strong but scheming leader Stephen A. Douglas over such patriots aa Sumner and Chase and Wade and Seward; It made of "squatter aoverelgnty a bitter fact, enoouf-agin- g those worse elements which brought war Into the land. The following letter, written several years after the close of the civil war by one who speaks whereof he saw, and which I am permitted to quote, Is eloquent In heart feeling and graphic portrayal: I have Just seen a pile of knapsacks and haversacks left by the boys who went to the front and never came back. The eloquence of these worm-eateand molded hags cannot be written. Here was a piece of stony bread uneaten, the littlo paper of coffee and the smoked tin cup In which it had been boiled so often over the hasty fire on the eve of battle. There was the letter, sealed, directed and never sent. Here a letter half written, comDear Wife: How I want mencing: to see you, and another beginning, Dear Mother: My time Is nearly out The rusty pen, just, as it was laid down on the half filled sheet by the gallant and loving hand of the writer, who had hoped so soon to finish It, here tinted with red, white and blue. Here were photographs of the favorite generals and of the dear ones at home. Here were letters of love, and loyalty to duty, and holy faith and cheer, written at home, and here was a Testa ment, soiled and worn, which, judging from a penciling on a flyleaf, was given him by the woman be loved world-famou- s Kansas-N'e-brask- a THE THIN BLUE LINE. rrondest of all who may bo called Americans are the surviving members of the Grand Army. Their beads may be bent their bodies twisted and weakened by age, but their hearts are erect Their eure may not hear clearly the plaudits of the throng that lines the way, but the distant call of the bugle Is as thrilling to them as In that long-agyesterday. And we enter Into their enthusiasm. In our young strength we aid their faltering steps. In the bright (untight of a profound peace, of firmly knit nation, of a spirit of unity that time can do oothlug but atrengthen, we give our cheers for the thin blue line and our tears for the comrades who drop by the wayside, their floral tribute Intended for others esrvlng m a last tribute to themaelvea. o heart-breakin- g best Yes, here were these mementoes of the brave, living, loving life gone The out. They never came hack! mourners at home do not all know where they fell, or where they were burled. To one unfamiliar with the soldier's life these relics might mean little. To me they mean all love, all suffering, all heroism. I look on them and again I seem to see the long lines of marching men file past, dust covered and warm, on their way to tho front I see the roads of Virginia simmering In the white heat, lined with exhausted men lying down to sleep and to die, after the last defeat; I hear the cry of the wounded, the moan of the dying, see the half-fillegrave, the unhurled dead. All the awful reality of war comes back. So. too, do knightly days and dauntless men. Charles O. Stlckney. d CAVE HIM THE PASSWORD, Oerman Sentry Somewhat Confused-Goo- d Story That Veterans Will Enjoy, In our army at the west said member of the Missouri contingent the word Potomac waa given as the password for the night. A German on guard understood It to be bot tomlc,' and thla, on being transferred to another was corrupted to butter milk.' 8oon afterward the officer whs bad given the word wished to return through the lines, and approaching sentinel, waa ordered to bait, and the word demanded. He gave Potomac. "Nlrh right You dont pass in It me die vay. nut thla la the word and I will past,' replied the officer. No, you elan, at the same time placing a bayonet at his breast in a manner that told Mr. Officer that 'Potomac' didn't pass In Missouri. What la th word, then? asked the eflicer. . It Ish 'buttermilk,' was th an-wer- 'Well, then, buttermilk.' Dot Ish right. Now you pass mlt yourself all aboud your pUlncss.M the senate. The state department has been advised that the wireless telegraph conference which waa to have been held at Berlin June 28 next has been postponed to October 3. The Standard Oil company has declared a quarterly dividend of $9 a share. This compares with a $15 dividend In the last previous quarter and one of $9 a year ago. Insurance comThe Pennsylvania panies, nine In all, have submitted statements of their conditions, and showing an aggregatq ions in San Francisco of $7,460,250. The leader of the robber who were arested for bolding up a Canadian Pacific train near Kamloops, B. C., has aa BUI Identified been positively Miner, notorious outlaw. . Information has been received from Santa Rosa, Cal., to the effect that the school of the Ursullno Sisters was neither destroyed nor materially Injured In the recent earthquake. During a ball game at Saginaw, Mlch Carl Steuber, aged 18, dropped dead of heart disease as he reached first base after driving a liner Into the left field In the second Inning. Fifteen men were Injured, two ol them fatally, by the bursting of a ladle holding fifty tons of molten metal In the converting mill of the Illinois Steel works at South Chicago M. Jakovleff, who waa the candidate of the Constitutional Democrat! for member of the lower house of the Russian parliament was shot by twe unknown men, and died In the boa pltal at Baku. While canoeing on Union lake Sunday Thoadore P. Clark, manager ol the Millville, N. J.. Manufacturing companys department store, and hli nephew, Richard It Lewi wore drowned. Arthur Moose, a night watchman al Crawford, Neb., was killed by a negro Jamei soldier from Fort Robinson. Moose, the watchmana brother, killed the soldier and a friend of the lattei struck James Moose and broke hli arm. Manufacturers of window glass In Indiana have dccldod to close their acplants from May 29 to June 10 on and fuol count of the high price of scarcity of skilled labor. Other states have been asked to take similar so tlons. The first chamber of the Swedish parliament rejected the government! electoral reform bill by a vote of 12$ to 18 and adopted by a vote of 118 te 26 a scheme of universal suffrage with proportional representation In both chambers. A aensatlon waa created at Madero ' CalH when the surgeon who held an autopsy on the body of David Llchly, a former Southern Fuciflc track wallfr er, discovered that the, heart was on the right side. The organ wae In nn normal condition. The pennant through Saratoff prov. Ince, Russia, are gMatly excited and seem to be organizing a general agrarian movement In th district of At knrak several landlords have boen burned out and Cossacks have been dispatched to restore order. Five persona, all connected with one of the prominent families of James county, Tenn., were drowned as the result of the overturning of a boat In the Tennessee river. The catastrophe occurred near Normnn, a village about twolve miles north of Chattanooga. |