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Show lj though a terrible suspicion bad entered his read that this good looking k'ankee jm be was using as an bMtrtMMBt tor aing his property might a; Mme future, time give them trouble. It wau by accident that John's hand touched that of the girt He was amazed at feeling a strange thrill shout through his frame, and ready to laugh at biawell foi such foolishness; but it gave him a sentattM he had never experienced before, and which he would romemlw r. Again he was left alone with the planter. "Allow me to congratulate you." said the other, with a sneer in his voice. "I can hardly realise that am no longer a single man An hour ago I had not dreamed suc h a destin was in store for me," returned John, with a careless laugh. "I have a little more writing to be done. Sit down, please, and fill out these documents. Then the bargain will be complete." John did as requested. Of course the papers concerned the one movement in which the squire was deeply interested. When John came to sign his name and his regiment, he managed to stj manipulate the pen that the word Kidgeway was obscured, and a casual glance would only reveal plain John Emmett. When the squire discovered that his new bad placed the word "colonel" before his name, he smiled grimly, not because of pleasure in being related to a Yankee officer, for he hated the whole army of invasion from Sherman down to the humblest drummer boy in blue, but simply on account of the more favorable prospect ahead in saving the estate from the torch and the pillager. As it now stood Sherman would be compelled to put a guard around In case any damage was Lyndhurst. done, the government would be re sponsible, for the whole property belonged to the wife of a Federal officer. "Are you satisfied, squire?" asked the prisoner, as the other put the papers away. "I believe it is all right." "Then allow me to depart in peace." The squire raised his heavy eyebrows. "My dear colonel, you certainly must have misunderstood me. I said nothing at all about giving you liberty. It is against my principles to assist the enemy." "Sir, I understood that the reward which was to follow my er sacrifice of bachelor principles was to be freedom." John showed some signs of annoyance, though too diplomatic to even raise his voice above the ordinary pitch. "I gave you the choice between marriage and the death of a spy. Yot have chosen wisely, colonel. We will keep you here over nighl, and when the morning comes send you under guard to headquarters. Your life wa3 in question, and you have saved it. Say no more words would be useless, and might bring on trouble." Closing abruptly, the squire clapped his hands, and again his satellites entered, each with an exasperating grin upon his face, as though thoy ap preciated the humor of the situation. "Gentlemen, kindly show Colonel to his Emmett, my Federal boudoir. I hold you responsible foi his appearance in the morning." As the squire spoke a hand was laid upon each of John's shoulders. "I will go with you quietly, gentle men. No violence, if you please, oi you will find yourselves handling s desperate man," was what the Fed eral said, and his manner impressed them so far that they used no undue familiarity. The sarcasm of the squire's wordi could be plainly seen when the prison er was ushered in the "boudoir" ii question a strong room that ha evidently served as a prison on mori than one occasion, perhaps for re fractory slaves. (To be continued.) NORTHWEST -- 7 CHAPTER II. Continued. Bending a keen look upon the prisoner, the planter addressed him. "I presume there is little need of my telling you. my man that you are in a fair way of stretching hemp Caught within our lines, there is but one conclusion to be drawn that is, you are a Federal spy. Of course you will deny this, but it matters little. We are justified In acting upon this supposition. These are times for action, and our policy is to reduce Sherman's army at every chance." 'Under these circumstances I might as well prepare to meet my fate," remarked John, coolly. "What! are you anxious to die?" ejaculated the planter, with considerable surprise. "Not at all. On the contrary, I have every reason for desiring to live, but as a soldier I long ago made up my mind to face the worst manfully when it came." "But there is a peculiar stigma attached to the fate of a spy unmerited. I admit. It has always been so. To fall in battle is honorable to be hung a disgrace." "Granted yet not being a spy I take little interest in the controversy. You have not come here to engage in an argument, squire." "Ah! you know me?" "That is the penalty for being a prominent man, sir. Every one has heard of Squire Granger and his lovely home." "It has been my pride. You can imagine my distress at the prospect to come. What is your name?" "John Emmet t," replied the prisoner, which was true enough as far as it went. "Then listen to me. I am about to give you one chance for your life. Refuse it if you like, but the penalty it death." "Go on I am ready to hear you," said Emmett, calmly. i i "Listen to me. You fail to grasp the situation. I'nder ordinary circumstances would as soon see my child dead as the wife of a Yankee. To save Lyndhurst we are ready to do have a even this If you consent solemn contract here which you must sign." "A contract kindly teil me its It may put a different face nature. on the matter " "It is simply an agreement by means of which you swear never to claim Mollie as your wife in fact, to be a stranger to her unless she of her own free will decides otherwise." "And you tell me she has consented to this?" "I have said so. Expect nothing but coldness from her. She is a Georgia girl and bitterly opposed to all Northern soldiers. Make up your mind that you will never see her after this night. Allow this strange romance to fade out of your mind. Lyndhurst will be saved and in twelve months the courts This will set you both free again. is a marriage of business and convenienceno dancing, no blushing bride, no happy hearts. The growl of Sherman's heavy guns is the only music, and that sad enough to South-aDecide in five minutes hearts. w hether you care to live a Benedict or die a bachelor." John walked up and down. Life was sweet to him, for he had much to Beaccomplish, duties to perform. sides, what matfered it under these As yet the peculiar circumstances? romance in the affair did not appeal to him. "Before I decide one way or the other, will you allow me to see the young lady who has offered herself a sacrifice in order to save Lyndhurst?" "I don't see why you show any curiosity in the matter, as she will be However, your wife in name only. I am disposed to be lenient. Step this way she stands by the table in 1 1 1 son-in-la- "You are a bachelor, I am told." "That is true." "Then hark! in half an hour from now you will be a married man, or the other room under the light. Tell me, Yankee, will you accept and live?'' John held his breath. He had not expected to see such a charming girl as the one who raised have ceased to live." At this strange remark John turned her head and looked coldly, yet with and looked squarely into the face of some little show of curiosity, toward him. the planter. "I will sign the paper, squire," he "Pardon me if,. I say that under ordinary circumstances of the two said, quietly, while to himself he muttered: "If I have to be sacrificed on evils I might choose the latter." "Oh! I see, you are a woman hater." the altar of connubial folly, I could "Hardly that. I have grown some- hardly wish for a more interesting what cynical regarding the happiness partner in the ceremony." of those who wed, and long ago reCHAPTER III. solved to remain single." "Perhaps we can batter down the Mollie. walls of your prejudice, especially when it is a case of giving up your Squire Granger was a man of busibachelor freedom, or meeting a fate ness, as he proved by producing the document in question. At a signal a that usually makes men shudder." "Explain yourself, squire, for you couple of John's captors entered to must admit this Is a remarkable prop- act as witnesses, and in signing he was careful to put down only so much osition you bring me." "Then listen, and weigh well the of his name as he had already given. It was evident that all preparations consequences before you decide. This estate has been my pride. It would were made for the event, even to a kill me to have it ruined by the parson, before the expedition was sent Yankees, which must come about un- out to capture a bachelor Yankee. John aroused himself to take some less I can secure immunity. I have Perhaps the one child, a daughter, whose heart is interest in the case. t.. niv. anuaiiuii nau none'the same as mine. She is ready to sacrifice herself in order to save thing to do with this departure from his usual nonchalance, or it may be, Lyndhurst." "Go on I am still unable to grasp the presence of Mollie Granger aroused a peculiar sensation within his the matter." bachelor heart. men soldier Federal a my You are The girl was as cold as ice, and tell me they believe you to be an beyond one contemptuous look, never officer." vouchsafed him a glance. "It Is true." John found himself smiling at the "If I ran show proof that this estate ridiculous nature of his position. Life and of my daughter, is the property that she is the wife of a Federal is sweet to nearly every human being, officer. Lyndhurst will be saved from and few men would have refused to accept It, even though the inevitable the torch." John was electrified by the proposi result was a sacrifice of personal tlon. and looked curiously at the man liberty. She stood beside him while the whose shrewd brain had evolved it. One glance at that determined face parson went through the service hastold him Squire Granger meant all he tily, as though a little ashamed of the said, and that a refusal to accept the part he took, but ready to assist the contract would be tht signal for a squire In bis scheme to save Lynd hurst. hasty execution. When the words "to love, honor and 'What Is your daughter's name'''' "It does not matter still, you would" obey" were read. John saw her scarlet lip curl In contempt, while the color have to know it is Mollie Granger momentarily left her face; but she "She cannot, be twenty, as yet." Allow me to add gave a little affirmative nod. "Just eighteen Some spirit possessed him on his you are showing a curiosity thai Is part to exclaim 'vlth more tha usual unpleasant to me." emphasis "I will" when the usual nil. .'"U IliUH COM "Well. Tiy was put to him, and the girl a for natural be question less U would only turned a startled krtk upon him, gentleman to ask the name of the while ber fat ii r scowled like a nlrate lady who was to be his wife" I Why She Yielded. small man .safe in the corner of a Subway car. An extremely thin anc very well dr,essed woman sat down next him, but placed herself exactl) on the line dividing two seats. The car filled up and strap hangers wer much In evidence. A man tried tc sit down between the woman and Hitman in the corner. He gave it up Another tried on the other side, witb the same lack of success, and he, too joined the strap brigade. At Four teenth street more people crowded intc the car, btit the thin woman serenely held her position. At length the man in the corner said, mildly: "Madame, you are occupying two seats." The woman gave him a scornful look and, glancing at her attenu ated proportions, said very emphati- cally: "Certainly not, sir." "I did not say you were filling them," answered the man. A rippled from face to face iike a summer wave on a sandy beach. The woman slid hastily away from tho man in the corner and incidentally landed in the middle of a seat, whereupon the fai man clinging to, a strap sank slowly and heavily into the vacant space, with a leep sigh of satisfaction, and pence reigned once more. New York Press. Was Looking to Her Dad. Confusing Environment. Old Got rox Hut If my daughter Edith (to evening caller) write have to be entirely marries you will she have all the comalone and have everything quiet, so forts to which she has been accusthere will be nothing to disturb my tomed? don't see bow' any one Young Da Hroque- - Well, it will bo thoughts. can dictate to an amanuensis. your fault if she hasn't. I Mr. Goodfellow It's very easy. ANOTHER TRUST GONE WRONG. dictate all my business letters. "You do? And don't your thoughts often wander from the subject until you find yourself unable to proceed?" "Oh, no. My typewriter is a man." N. Y. Weekly. No Miss When 1 His Sentiment. "Yes, I acknowledge that your father did me a favor once which placed me under a lasting obligation to him. I cannot, therefore, refuse to lend you the money Hut come around for it, 'won't you'.'" "Certainly, if you haven't got It now." "Oh, I have it now, all right; only hate on such notice to part forever with what is near and dear to me." Judge. I A Bumper Crop. said the man from southern Kansas, "1 reckon that year was what you plight call a banner year with a bumper wheat crop. W'y do yu know that Sile Edwards neighbor o' mine, Sile was had sich a field o' stand o' wheat on a his'n that he had t' rent th' field next t' 'im t' shock about half of It wasn't room fer th' shocks on th' ground It growed on." Judge. "Ya-as,- " ten-acr- e Often the Cate. Eva That old saying, "Marry In haste, repent at leisure" is a good one, isn't it: Edna Yes, but It was quite the reverse with Helen. She accepted a chap who was not working and regie! ted it the next day. Eva Ah, see. With her it was "Marry at leisure, repent In haste." Chicago Daily News. 1 Willie's Conundrum. Willie Beefenham (who has been admitted a few moments to his mother's afternoon tea I've just thought, of a splendid condundrum. Why is all the silver here today like our new servant? The Guests Oh, why, Willie? Willie 'Cause (triumphantly) they're both hired. Hi 'We warn ,o put au eiid to d l Ir.uitous practice dey have In saloons of limit In' de privileges of de fret !urirh to dem wot buys drinks." Squeezing People. see th,. number of people to the square mile in this country is 17, while in England It is 480. She And yet I imagine there Is just as much squeezing done over here as there is in England. Yonki "Hullo, old chap, you are looking bad." "Yes. I've just got over the influenza, and It's really left me too weak ers Statesman. to crawl." THE VALUE OF "What do you want to crawl for? It's much better to walk." AN OATH. Time for Change. "Miss Ethel." he began, "or Ethel, I mean. I've known you long enough to drop the 'miss.' haven't I?" She fixed her lovely eyes upon him with a meaning gaze "Yes. I think you have," she said. "What prefix do you wish to substitute?" ECONOMY. i "Tell yer I did." Will yer swearT "Yus!" lake yer oath?" "Yus!" Bible oath?" "Yua!" Bet a penny?" "Nar!" London Telegraph. A Description. Teacher- - Johnnie, can you describe the spinal column'.' Johnnie Yes, ma'am. It Is a long hone extending up and down through Hie body. Your head sets on one end and you set on the other. Judge. Another Great Reform. "Yes. lady " said the man at the back door, "I am one of the leaders it I great reform movement." "Ah! I am glad to hear you say so. What Is the nature of the reform which yon are endeavoring to bring about?" Faithful Beast. Unappreciative Matter. SYMPATHY. Strong Part. "Yon say your big brother is with an opera company now?" "Yes, ma'am." "Has he a strong part?" "Yes, ma'am; why, he's one of the fellers that hit the anvil In the anvil chorus!" Yonkers Statesman A Fire broke out in the Hyde block and Fraternal halls, two of the largest buildings in Spokane occasioning a heavy monetary loss. The strike ou the Tonopah A Gold-fielrailroad is over and trains are again running as usual. The men went back to work on the company's terms. John Healy committed suicide on a 1'nion Pacific train between Sherman and Cheyenne, while en route from San Francisco to Fori Chester, N. Y., cut ting his throat with a pocket knife after locking himself in the toilet A man supposed to be Hjalmar Ni lis son of Yacbet, Wash committed suicide in Portland by jumping from the Ford street bridge Into Jefferson street, 117 feet below. His body was reduced almost to a pulp. Two large Industries of Tacoma were swept away by fire on the 10th. entailing I property loss of about $125,-000- . They were the mill and plant of the North Shore Lumber company, and the Llndstrom-BerCabinet Works, Incorporated. Hen C. Hellamy, of Iararaie, Wyo., has been granted a license as a civil engineer and surveyor by the state board of examining engi neers, being the youngest engineer in the west. Mr. Bellamy is not yet 21 years of age. Frank Tucker has been arrested at. Granite, Ore., on suspicion of being an accomplice to the Harvey K. Brown murder at Baker City. Tucker made a statement while under the influence of liquor and this caused his being taken into custody. Judge Ira A. Town, a prominent member of the T, coma bar, was stricken with paralysis in his office and is In a serious condition at his home. He came to Tacoma from Albert Lea, Minn., in 1884 and was one of the early mayors of Tacoma. The jury in the Hines murder case, at Goldfleld, returned a verdict of not guilty. Hines was charged with murder In the first degree for Killing Count Podhorskl, a Russian nobleman, who had ruined Hines' wife. The killing occurred in Goldfleld, March 21 last. John McGurn came into Carson City, Nevada, bedraggled and exhausted, and relates a series of thrilling adventures through which he declares he has He passed during three days time. says for hours he floated in the swamps of Washoe lake and escaped only by crawling through mud to dry land. The annual meeting of the Wyoming Sheep and Wool Growers' association will be held in Laramie in January, and Colonel E. J. Bell, the vice president of the association, estimates that between 300 and 400 delegates ana visitors will be present, including sheep men from every county In the , son-in-la- The marriage of Mollie Granger and the Colonel. NOTES She Hut. Jack, you nough to Support two He Hut won't Brooklyn Eagle. we in- don't earn one then? Not Very Funny. "I bear Mis. Smith was very bad with that fever." Last night she began "Yes, Indeed to say all sorts of funny things, and the doc tor told me she was hilarious" Baltimore American first-clas- s state. Montana railroads must obey the law relative to the posting of delayed trains and the reporting of accidents In which lives have been lost or property of the value of $2,000 destroyed, or they will be prosecuted. This Is the essence of two ultimatums just issued by the state board of railroad commissioners. The physicians attending John I). that the Ryan, in Butte, reported patient shows marked signs of improvement. Dr. Hillings, the specialist who came from Chicago, expressed the belief that Mr. Ryan, while still dangerously ill, would recover. There are no great alarming symptoms, but the patient has become weakened by his long fight against typhoid. Colonel John G. Boyle, soldier, lawyer and journalist, died at North Yakima, Wash., on Oct. 8, aged 62 years. Colonel Boyle was born In Ohio ana served through the civil war. After the close of the war he studied law. After being admitted to the bar he be came assistant attorney general of Texas, becoming one of the editors of the Post. At the time of his death he was manager of the Daily Republic oi North Yakima. The house of bishops of the Episcopal church has CTOBted th missionary districts of THah, Idaho, Nevada, western Colorado and Wyoming. Newestern Kearney, comprising braska. Bishop SpaLding Is assigned to Ftah, Funston to Idaho, Graves to Kearney. President Fred A. Miller of the Lar amle. Hahns Peak & Pacific, whoafl offices are In Laramie. Wyo., denies emphatically the report from Denvei that the 1'nlon Pacific has made an offer to buy the road to prevent com petition. He says the story Is "simply hot air." The Great Western hotel, built In 1868, the oldest hotel building In Wyoming, has been condemned by the building inspector of Cheyenne and will be torn down. At the time of erec tlon It was the finest hotel In Cheyenne, but for many years it has 'been an eyesore. The I'nlon Pacific is rushing a spe clal train of canned salmon from San Francisco to Chicago in competition with the Santa Fe, which received a similar train at the same time. The distance by way of the t'nion Pacific Is 2,338 miles, and by the Santa Fe It It 2.578 miles. The Christina saloon In Butte was held up and $119.35, together with three gold watches, carried off by the the three masked men resembling three men who held UP the Cash sahours before There loon twenty-fou- r were nine men In the place when tho robbery occurred. Owing to the grpat number of sheep which have been dying on the range In Wyoming, an exhaustive diftgBOtill of the cause has been made, and In the heads of the dead animals have been found small erubs which were supposed to have caused death by Soring Into the brain. ; |