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Show CHAi'TER VIII Thrcuh Flame and Smoke. It was the fateful day of Atlanta's fall. The Federal forces had so environed the city that nothing was left to the Southern army but a farther retreat. Never to be forgotten were the scenes that marked the departure of the brave men who had battled against superior numbers with a valor the equal of which history has seldom chronicled. Soon smoke arose In many quarters. Here the retiring Confederates put the torch to huge piles of cotton rather than have it fall into the nands of the victorious Federals. In other quarters houses could be seen ablaze, perahps fired by one of the numerous bands of guerrillas that haunted the course of the rival armies. Through copse and over hill a squadron of Federal cavalry dashed, heading for the region where we have witnessed these strange scenes on the previous night. At their head rode Colonel John and near him the sergeant. "The house is on Are, kurnel;" cried the latter, as they rounded a bend in the wood. Flames burst from many windows and his ancestral home was doomed. Perhaps Crocket Rirlgeway, determined to ruin if he could not rule, had applied the match A headlong rush was made, Colonel John threw himself from his horse, determined to risk much in order to eave the papers. One sweeping glance he took, and then dashed into the hallway. At this very moment a cry was heard a cry that might have been of distress and came in a woman's voice, reaching John's ears while he was battling with stifling smoke. There was no time for John Ridgeway to consider the matter, for he found himself compelled to buffet billows of smoke on his way to the dining-room- , where the found himself at the door of a small room. It was closed. When he tried to open it he found himself baffled. Then he shook the door savagely. "Open open!" he shouted. "I cannot J am locked in. a prisoner." came Indistinctly from beyond the door, for the flames were roaring and crackling with the fury of demons. John threw his weight against the door. It was not a cumbersome affair and when one who possessed such strength as nature had given to John Ridgeway beat upon it with desperate energy, something was bound to .give way. Thus he entered a room filled with smoke., entered it to find no one at the window, for the girl prisoner had sunk down in a heap. Seeing that she was too exhausted to follow him, he immediately swept her form into his arms and turned to retreat. Just as he expected his retreat was cut off, for the flames seemed to have him, and already the passageway was a roaring abyss. Having already made up his mind as to what he should do John moved along to the short ladder that went to followed the roof. Here was a scuttle which, he burst through and gained the open air with his burden. The whole east end of the building was already in the grasp of the fiery octo.i:s and a west wind blowing was all t,hat saved him from being suffo-- i cated on the roof. As his only means of escape lay In the extreme west end of the house, It was in that direction John bore his burden. Reaching the end of the roof he looked down. Through the eddying smoke that curled around the corners of the house he could see that the ladder was coming, that it would speedily be placed in position. half-faintin- g lier who. at the risk of bis own lif. had matched her from what threatened to bo her funeral pyre. "Par lm me. again. If I say 1 don't fully believe that; but it does not mat. er at all. I am curious to know how you earns to be fastened la that att:o a riace w.cr. as a bov, I spent :nacy an hour in play, and even oice l ,rg ptnanee up there by following the same route over which our line treal ran. How came that door locked ?" She loked at Mm curiously. "What right haw you to demand an answer?" "The best right in the world that of a husband." "I refuse to acknowledge the relation, sir." "Just aa you please. Then I have a right to ask the same question because my life was put in peril to save you." "On that account I will answer you. It was a strange thing for me to do. I had not been over here for a year or 'more, though we keep the keys of the Ridgeway house. Perhaps the mention of your name last night stirred up some memories of pleasant rambliugs in these grounds in years gone by. "At any rate I came, and having entered the house roamed all over It A flood of memories swept over me aa I went from room to room. "Suddenly 1 heard veices looking out of the window I saw unknown men dismounting. I became alarmed. "Escape was no longer a possibility, and I retreated to that small room, hoping they would look for valuables and go away without discovering me. "My hopes were without foundation for I was seen by a man who came seeking some hidden wealth or valuable property. 1 have in these troublous times always gone armed, and my father taught me as a girl how to shoot. "When he would have seized me put a bullet in his shoulder that sent him tumbling down the attic stairs. It Then I slammed the door shut. caught in some way, for I could not open it again when I discovered the house to be on fire. That is the story You have no concern in brief, sir. with other particulars." He knew there was more to It, yet would not presume to ask questions. This haughty girl aroused his Interest just as the hunter's keenest enthusiasm is awakened by the game that gives him the most trouble, so this man who all his life had fought shy of the gentler sex had met his fate in a way never known of men forced to wed to save his life, hated by the girl who took his name in order to save the old plantation home, he now found himself actually swearing under his breath that in due time, sooner or later, he would hear from the lips of Mollie Granger the sweet confession of love. Thus, her very expression of dislike only served to arouse his determination. "Allow me the privilege of seeing, you home," he said, courteously, but firmly. She opened her iips to refuse. "I shall go whether you say yes or no, so please don't put yourself to the trouble. Your nerves have received a shock from this experience. Besides, the smoke has served to disguise you, so that the lady of Granger plantation might not be recognized. Just now the safest place for you is at home. Your shrewd father has seen to it that a guard will be thrown around hia grounds. Come, let us go, Miss Mo1 llie." great hearth and chimneyplaee were to be found. Some woman had seen him enter, and in her weakness screamed that was the conclusion he reached, his mind being bent upon securing the precious papers. Reaching the hearth he found fire in the room. Down on his knees went the soldier, and for the second time his eager under hands touched the hearth-stonwhich he expected to find the realization of his hopes or else despair. Fortune was kind. When he had snatched the packet of yellow papers from the hiding place in which It had lain for years, he hastily buttoned his coat over the prize. Then for escape. A kick sent the shivered glass flying in every direction and left an outlet for escape. Through the window he made a flying leap and landed safely on the ground. me nonsp,- - to where He ran aroi he had left kis men. and before reaching the; saw a sight that caused an awful sensation to overwhelm him a spectacle that no man could look upon unmoved. In un upper window of the doomed Southern mansion he saw a face and waving arms. It dawned upon him then that the screams he had heard as he plunged Into the house in search of the papers under the hearthstone must have been cries of distress. Was It too late now? John took In the whole situation with a comprehensive clance. Knowing the lay of the land, he saw there was a slncle chance of caching the room from whence the girl signaled so wildly. Shouting an order to the sergeant he mnde a motion of encouragement to girl above. the Then he burst In a rear door and sprang up the back steps three at a time. The room In which the girl was confined was a portion of the attic, for differing from mot Soul hern houses the old Ridgeway mom n had a high roof Who shp was and how she came then' these were questions that John did not bother himself si out. flleh' of stairs he Ascending the ' e -- i He crept down toward the gutter. If this failed him everything was lost, but thank Heaven the old wood was still firm, and John swung loose That strong arm sustained upon it. its double burden until he had acquired a certain momentum, when he broke loose and landed on the lower roof with some of the agility a cat would have shown. This done he made his way to the edge. Those below had discovered him and loud shouts attested the admiration they felt for their dashing leader. The ladder was reared aloft. By rare good luck it reached the edge of the roof, and John knew the game was saved. As he reached the ground and staggered away with his burden, he was surprised to feel the girl struggle in his arms. "How dare you hold me so I am able to stand. Please put me down, barbarian." The voice the maner gave him a shock, and mechanically he dropped the strong arm that had carried her from death to life released his burden and stood there amazed, gazing at the face revealed to his eyes as she shook back the mass of black curly locks. It was Mollle his girl wife! CHAPTER Ia. Fate Weaves the Fabric. Amazed, nlmost stupefied, he looked at the Georgia girl whom fate had thrown across his path In such a remarkable way. "I beg your pardon If I was rough the case demanded action It was a question of life and denth." he said at length, recovering his usual gentlemanly manner. "I would rather It had been anybody but you. sir, to whom I should be Indebted for my llf," she said coldly, but John only smiled In a grim way. "There's no use trying to fight fate. I told you we would meet again and It has come true. Nor do I believe thl to be the end." "Sir. rerrtemher that I sold I hated vou," she burst out with some show of temper that must have been assumed, for no living woman could maintain such a feeling toward a dashing sol He gave a few orders to his men who mounted and went around by the main road. The two made use of the shorter path. In the dividing fence was a turnstile that had seen much service in years gone by, but was decrepit from age now. (To be continued.) ESCAPE SEEMED LIKE MIRACLE. Engineer Rode on a Boiler That Exploded Under Him. It will be a long time before Timothy Ardwheel will have another such ride as he had not long ago, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He is an engineer in the Benbow & Co. sawmill at Bidley Lake, in Li Sueur county, and was engaged In making some repairs in the mill when the boiler blew up. He was sitting oa a box on top of the boiler, and bad hold with both hands on one of the pipes at the time of the explosion. The boiler, which is a large one, (lew out endways through the side ol engine house and curved up gracefully into the air. Ardwheel was protected by being behind the steam dome, and so was not Injured when ha went through the side of the engine house. Hanging on desperately, ha continued to ride the huge projer'ile in its flight. Fifty feet farther on 1 turned sidewise, and, bottom first struck nnd crashed entirely through a Ardwheel coming large warehouse. through the wreckage still uninjured. On the other side of the warehouse is a deep lake, and Into th ynil to the bottom of It went Ardwheei s iron balloon, followed by Its unfortunate li ter. A few seconds later Ardwheel rose to ashore, somethe surface and what surprised and dn.ed, but net at all harmed. te sv.-n- The Auto Guarantee. "My brother bought an autonuibllO here last week," said an a,ngry man to P lo the salesman who stepped greet him. "and he rays you told him If nnvthlng broke you'd supply a new part." "Certainly," said the clerk, "what does he want?" "He tianU two deltoid muscles, a one ejbow and couple 'if about half s yard of cuticle." said tho fan, "and Ht wnnts 'em right iwayl" knee-pans- , NORTHWEST NOTES THIRTY F. W. Glass, a switchman In the Oregon Railroad and Navigation con. I auy 's ai killed yards at Portland. in a collision be;w two passenger tra!ns, caused by a dense fog. M. S. Largt y, president of ihe State Savings bank, of Butte, which cloned i's doors a short ttVW ago, says that F. Augustus Heinze will retire from the bank and the bank will be nor ganized and will reopen in the near future. Official denial is made of the statement telegraphed from Helena tint more than two labor organizatior s had withdrawn from the Montana Federation of Labor as a repult of the alleged boycott campaign against the Bell Telephone company. The announcement was made in Laramie, Wyo., last week that whea the portion of the Oregon Short Line between Green River and Ogdeu is turned over to the Union Pacific, November 15, a new division will be created from Rawlins, Wyo., to Ogden. Mrs. Mary Phillips, wife of the manager of the Phillips notel of l.aramie, attempted suicide by drinking carbolio acid, but her daughter knocked the bottle from her hand, preventing the swallowing of a large dose of the acid. Mrs. Phillips lost a baby a lew weeks ago, and it is believed her mind is affected. Trust company, The State Bank of Goldfield, is meeting with opposition in its effort to prevail upon depositors to sign an agreement to ac cept their money in installments of 10 per cent in three months, 20 per cent in six months, 20 per cent in nine months and the balance at the end of a year. Fire which for a time threatened the destruction of the Capital brewery, at Helena, one of the largest establishments of its kind in the northwest, and other substantial buildings, destroyed the coal warehouse and ico The loss, of the brewery. hon which is small, is fully covered by insurance. The Southern Pacific Railroad company is preparing plans for the erection of a great electric power plant at Clark, a station sixteen miles east of Sparks, Nev. The plant will have a capacity sufficient to supply all the at needs of the railroad terminals Sparks and Reno, and to furnish commercial current. V. L. Kline, the Goldfield business man who was shot and fatally wounded while in the act of stealing amalgam at the Nevada Goldfield reduction works, died at the county hosconsciouspital without recovering ness. Gipple, Kline's accomplice, is said to have made a complete confession to the sheriff. Just 187 warrants were sworn out on November 7th for the arrest of practically every saloon man in Spokane, on a charge of keeping open on Sunday in violation of the local Sunday closing ordinance. Only nineteen saloons escaped. The movement was Started by the Law Enforcement league of Spokane. One hundred men were thrown out of employment last week by the sudden closing down of the Jay Gould mine, one of the richest properties in Lewis and Clark county, Montana. The action was taken on account of the decrease in demand for ore. The property is owned by Chicago and Milwaukee capitalists. Frightened at the money situation, C. J. Atkinson, a laboring man, converted his savings, $100, into gold and deposited them in a buckskin sack in the second story of his house In Fire destroyed his home and he barely managed to get his family out. He found two $5 gold pieces and one $20 gold piece was melted into a lump. The cause of a mysterious explosion during tho fire in the pavilion in Columbia gardens at Butte was disclosed when the exploded case of a Cordite shell was found in the debris. The shell had been part of a war exhibit. It was filed at the fort at Manila by Admiral Spanish Dewey's fleet May 1, 1S9S, recovered later by a soldier in the First Montana infantry and brought to Butte. What are said to be the first suits of the character filed in the norfhweft were instituted in the Federal court at Helena last week by United States Attorney Rasch against the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway eighteen Respectively, companies. and twelve" violations of the safety appliance act are alleged, and damages in the sum of $.100 in each Instance are sought. The chief grievance is found in alleged defective coupling d six-inc- apparatus. Henry Fergusrn, deputy state fish and game warden, of Bozeman, has received a letter containing a check club for $200 from the of New York, the organization perfected by President Roosevelt, former President Cleveland and others for the protection of- elk. The club offered the reward for tbe states ol Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, to the person who would secure convictions where the penalty Imposed amounted to $100 fine or sixty days in jail. The body of a young man. 22 years old, was found by the watchman in the hold of the Chilsei bark Adela, Th" body says a Tacoma dispatch. was In a horribly tnutilitcd Condition and had the appearance of having been cut with a sheath knife and a hand ax. Engineer Thomas Hancock and Fireman Claude R. McDonf ld were asphyxiated by gases from their en i., in the Busk tunnel, nine mfles west, of Leadville, Colo. It W mpposed the men left their englnt; to repair a broken coupling and trer overcome by the ga Boone-Crocke- tt STAltS REPRESENTED mm wm at csu H3 7 A'itiority on Matters Mining and MetalPertaining in Annual Meet lurgy Convention. Jk. Men of High FOR club. FIGHT FOR SHORTER HARD TO CATCH. Fasten Short Bit of Chain to His Fore Leg Above Knee. Joplon, Mo Three hundred delegates from thirty states were present here at the first business session of the American Mining congress, which began its annual convention on the 11th. Men of high authority on matters pertaining to mining and metallurgy were on the program for addresses on various kindred subjects. A committee of five was named to draft a measure that will prevent mining engineers from aiding in the perpetration of mining frauds. A resolution asking the federal government to issue separate patents to lands suitable for both mining and agricultural purposes, and classifying mineral lands as "mineral lands" only, was submitted, but action was deferred. ,A resolution declaring for ad valorem tax on imported zinc ores of $Q a ton was adopted, and each member pledged himself to work for the enforcement of such by addressing a letter to his congressman urging it. In an interview here, President Richards stated th it President Roosevelt a few days ago to'd him he would recommend to .the national congress the establishment of a bureau of mining similar to the department of agriculture. An address bv Or. Erasmus Haworth of the state university of Kansas, on prospecting for gas and petroleum, was of especial interest to the delegates. The night session was devoted to the address of President J. II. Richards of Boise, Idaho, and a public reception and social session at the Elks' WILL HORSE A DAY. Federation of Labor to Battle With the Manufacturers' Association. Norfolk, Va. The American Federaannual 2t7h tion of Labor, in convention here on Tuesday, took aggressive steps toward the establishworking ment of a universal eight-hou- r day in America, and began action looking to ways and means for the raising of a sufficient fund to fight tho present war that its executive counsel reported has been begun through the Manufacturers' association, with an available fund of $1,500,000 on hand by the latter to wage battle against organized labor, with particular aim association the Manufacturers' by against the efforts of the American Federation for the amelioration of the conditions of the working class. For a horse that is hard to catch, take a chain about one and one half feet long, and fasten it with a strap to bis front leg, just above the knee. Breaking a Hard Runner. The chain will hang down and will not bother the horse while he walks, but if he runs, it strikes his other leg. and he will be forced to stop. They don't run far before they stop and let you catch them. SPECIALIZING STOCK. Farmers Should Follow Lines in Which . They Will Have Best Success. This is fast becoming an age of specializing. The farm of a few years ago was supposed to produce about all that was consumed. A great many things were made then, too, that are bought now. The change has been coming on gradually, but now the disposition is general to let the man who Jls better fitted, for doing or producing one thing follow his line, while we may follow anotherMine, and the exchange is made through the regular channels of trade. The stockmen are taking up specializing to a wonderful extent. A very few years ago the stockman had a few of all classes of stock, and each class represented some of all agog. we find more and more of the special herds. The cattleman sticks to a certain line, and if he raises for the market he likes to have the bunch all of an age and size. It is the same with every other line of livestock. After all that has been said of having a few of all kinds, then you will be sure of having some of the right kind, for stock does better to run all of an age and size, and is easier cared for. To-da- A FIVE THOUSAND VICTIMS. Bulletin Issued Showing Accidents on Railroads in United States. Washington. The interstate commerce commission bulletin on accidents on railroads of the United last States during the year ended June shows total casualties 81,286, or in5,000 persons killed and 70.280 2 jured. This shows an increase of casualties, or 775 in the killed and 9,77 injured, as compared with the previous year. The bulletin says: "There have been heavy increases in all of the items, except accidents in and from striking against The number overhead obstructions. of passengers killed and injured in collisions and derailments has increased to an alarming degree. In this Item the very large total reported in 1905 is now exceeded by 17 per cent." IN Do FEW HOG DON'TS. the Don'ts If You Would Have Success in Raising Pigs. Don't keep diseased hogs with the of the herd. Most diseases common to hogs are contagious, especially cholera. Don't let your feed lot get foul. A hog as well as other animals does better when he has a cloan eating and sleeping place. Don't expect to raise thrifty pigs by feeding the sows nothing but corn. Plenty of slops are essential to the growth of the pigs. Don't let your sows and pigs sleep at jid straw ricks unless you want them to die with the cholera or some other disease. Don't let your shoats run all over the farm. A few dollars spent in wire will save you much worry and keep meadows and growing crops your UNLOCKING STRONG BOXES. from injury. Don't let your pigs root up the High Rates for Currency Brings Cash A few hog meadows and pastures. From Hiding Places. are cheaper than a lot of timrings New York. The magnet of high othy and blue grass which would be premium rates for currency Is attractdestroyed. Don't let your sows run together ing the money hoarded by depositors In steel vaults and strong boxes, and Cold until farrowing time. nights within the last two days over $3,000,-00- 'hey will pile up together and may Its hiding cause the ioss of their pigs. It is best has been enticed from places and sold lor a premium to to separate them a month before. Don't fail to give your hogs plenty money brokers. The placing of these large amounts of hoarded currency ef ashes and salt. If you have an into circulation is performing its im- old ash bank about the place, throw portant part in lessening the monetary it into the pen and salt it good. The stringency and money brokers are hogs will dispose of It to their adconfident that more currency will soon find its way into circulation from safe vantage. a chicken-eatinsow just Don't deposit vaults, the owners of which, because keep raises she litters of large finanto the as renssured now being She will ,,jgs, says Farmers' Voice. cial future, are anxious to take adsoon eat her worth in chickens. Put vantage of the large premium rates. her in the fattening pen and let her 'o on the market as soon as Willing to Succeed Foraker. Governor Columbus, James E. Campbell declares that he is STOCK NOTES. a receptive candidate for United States ForB. J. succeed Senator to senator A badly shod horse Is one that will aker. He believes the Democratic his work with difficulty. to elect a a perform chance has better party Is a machine for convertcow The of Olilo. He senator than a governor ing food into milk, and the profits would not be averse, tie taid, to makfrom her work are In proportion to her ing a campaign against Mr. Foraker Re-- I digestive and assimilative powers. )r any other candidate whom the With an Increasing demand for ublican party may nominate. He It to be understood that his ophorses on the farms where they are position to Foraker is not personal, as raised there will be less horses to sell hey are warm friends. and consequently those sold will command a higher price. Keep on raising steamer Runs Down Launch and Two good draft colts. Men Are Drowned. The future brood sow should show Seattle. Wach Th? steamship every Indication of being able to propon the Seattle Tacoma line, erly nourish her litter. This quality is ran down a cutter from the United evidenced by the development of ten States survey boat Explorer, at 9 or twelve well formed teats. This is o'clock Tuesday morning. Two men, quite an Important point. Before building the barn or hog Joseph Van I.euwert, engineer on tho launch, and George A. Moyer, steward house sit ilown and calculate where It from the survey ship, were drowned. ran be placed, and how planned to be Twa other men on the launch were the most convenient. The average Tho accifarmer shortens his lifo a fourth by sai ed by the Indianapolis. dent occurred shortly after the InImneceiearj ltej a around the taking A heavy fog dianapolis left her pi- -r barn and feed lois. vas responsible for the accident. 10,-35- g 0 rest |