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Show once thfnk in your ha.rt WVi is going to pay me for tiis business 7 If you. Squire Acton, would go cut, and you, Fermor, and you, Cc. ifcorpo, A Story of Cromwell's and CbarmiEgton ana Gamer, you Time would draw men alter you; for many will follow if the candle be i nee BY AMELIA E. BARR. lighted. By tie mouth cf John VerAuthor cfTho Bow ot Ribbon Thou ity, a sen ant of the Lord, jou have ho Maid of Maiden Lane." Etc.ln ,ho 0th this day got another call. Look in(Cop),riht- - 1S0. br Dodd. Mead ward and think oier it. Compaq AH rithu resened ) Then Acton rose and said, Doctor I will go, and Ca.tnorpe aud CHAPTER 11. than Declarations from the General Verity, Former followed, and the Doctor told Those unlucky Stuarts! They will them to meet h.m at Sxaffiam Marswallow up all Englands chivalry. Assembly. hou women would rot understand ket Cross the follow irg day. And I Oh, for one campaign with Queen Eli- the of the tattle. It is enough will say tula to ycu," he aided, you zabeth at its head! She would send thatsettirg it began at fcur in t.ie morning, are like to laie the gcod fortune oi old Oliver with his Commonwealth to and that nine o'clock thes was the man hired at tae eleventh hour; the bottomless pit, and order him to no longer by a Scotch army tireiwthou-sar.- d tae full penny for the you w.ll tell the devil that Elizabeth Tudor of it were san in tie battle last stroke.get sent him there. and more killed in pursuit. We The short service was followed by What say you if, for once, we part had many all their baggage and artillery, an excellent dinner, and the richly without Cromwell between our good- besides fifteen thorsard stand of dressed men and women, full of wills and our Father, arms and two hundred colors to hang eager queH.ons and lurocent mirth, a fan of ostrich up In .have seen Wesmirster hall . l!d the Swaffham parlors, and made feathers; tis with Gaius the packman, And wbat of Israel Swaffham? a f ,ir picture cf hi splia.ity sobered who will be here in the morning. Al- He did his I know that, said part? by great interests and great events. so, I want some housewifery stores, Mrs. Swaffbam. Some of tae guests lingered for two and some embroidery silks, and balHe led his own troop of the solid and three days, but Dr. Verity would lads, and a book of poems written by fen men of Cambridgeshire. I saw cot be delayed. The next morning one Mr. John Milton, who keeps a their blue banrer waving wherever he errciled sixty men and tien he was school in London. Tonbert carried it. resolved to ride with them as far I know the man. We will have Jane's face was radiant and tears as Ycrk. "And if Neville come, send none of his poems. of enthus asm filled her eyes. Sue him ruickly after me, he said. He But, father, I may have the other kissed the doctor proudly and ran to thought he might be four days, but I things? a send messerger to de Wick with the . You will take no give him seven, and then wonder tidings of Dunbar. if ne keeps tryst. There will be many Then a sir! Are you going further. Doctor?" "Not yet I will have my pay for asked Mrs things in London to delay him. Swaffham. In fact, Neville was so long delayed, the other things.' You shall sing to No, Martha. I mean to stay here that Mrs. Swaffham was certain he me. Your lute lies there. Come It until the General's mensereer Joins nad been sent back to Scotland at Is early in the morning. me. He sent a letter to Lcndon by once cn Mrs. Cromwell's order, and Happily, tenderly, fell the musical the young Lord Neville, and that he would probably be with ths syllables to the tinkling lute, and as he took the directCluny read there, so we Lord General before Dr. Verity. After she drew to a close, still singing, she In the day; but he a week or more bad parted very passed, all expassed smiling out of the room; leav- calls here forearly me on nis return, and pectation of his visit died out, and ing the door open however, so that we shall go back together, If so God Jane began to wonder why Matilda they heard her voice growing sweetly to had not been to Bee her. softer and softer, and further and wills,I neverEdinburgh. you speak of Lord As she was speaking there was a further away, until it left nothing but Cluny Nevilleheard before. stir in tae passage and Jane the delightsome echo In their hearts I did not know him be- slight Because Our feet are bathed in smiled at her mother. It was only an fore. Cromwell has set his heart on And our hearts are bathed in love. illustration of the old law they had the youth, and shows him great favor. been of Matilda, because she CHAPTER II. Some are jealous of the boy and make was talking approaching them, and had sent a grumble that he Is so much trusther thoughts in advance. Doctor John Verity. ed Jane went to meet her friend, kissThe anxious days went by for a If this young Lord is taking a letweek and there was still no word at ter to Madame Cromwell, then why ed her and removed her hat Then Matilda went to Mrs. Swaffham and Swaffham. Then Jane went over to did not Israel write to me?, laid her head against her breast and le Wick, hoping that the Earl might the unreasonableness Oh, of said, I have a bad headache. I have a bad heartache. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! It was bad news for you, dearie, said the motherly woman; you may be sure I thought of you. I know you did. It was terrible news. Father has walked the floor night and day ever Blnce. I hope that no one you love was MY LOST YOUTH. THE LIONS WHELP By LONGFELLOW 0. good-nights- ? ' , good-nigh- think of tho beautiful town That is seated by the sea; in Often thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town. And my outh comes back to me. Often X I can see the shadowy lines of its trees. And catch, in sudden gleams. The sheen of the seas, And islands that were the Hesperldt Of all my boyish dreams. And the burden of that old song. It murmurs and whispers still; A bojs will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts," I remember the black wharves and the slips And the sea-tidtossing free; And Spanish sailors with beared lips. And the beauty and mystery of the ships. And the magic of the sea. And the voice of that wayward aong Is singing and saying still: "A boys will is the winds will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts. remember the bulwarks by the shore. And the fort upon the bill; The sunrise gun, with Its hollow roar The 'drum-berepeated o'er and oer. And the bugle wild and shrill. And the musio of that old song Throbs in my memory still: A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.9 2 nay-say- t, remember the far away, How it thundered oer the tide! And the dead captains, as they lay In their graves, oerlooklng the tranquil bay. Where they in battle died. And the sound of that mournful song Goes through me with a thrill: 'A boys will is the winds will. And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts. . 1 can see the breezy dome of groves, The shadows of Deerings Woods; And the friendships old and the early loves Come back with a sabbath sound, as of doves In quiet neighborhoods. And the verse of that sweet old song. It flutters and murmurs still: A boys will is the winds will. And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." I remember the gleams and glooms that dait Across the school-boybrain; The song and the silence in the heart, That in part are prophecies, and in part Are the longings wild and vain. And tho voice of that fitful song Sings on, and is never still: "A boys will Is the wind's will, And tbe thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." There are things of which I may not speak; There are dreams that cannot die; There are thoughts that make the strong heart weak, And bring pallor into the cheek, And a mist before the eye. And the words of that fatal song X May-de- sea-fig- 's hurt? Stephen is well, as far as ws know. He sent one of his troopers with the news George Copping, a Huntingdon man. I dare say you know him? (To he continued.) Come over me like & chill: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long Strange to me now are the forms I meet When I visit the dear old town; But the native air is pure and sweet. And the trees that o'erpshadow each street. As they balance up and down. Are singing the boautlful song. Are sighing and whispering still: "A boys will is the winds will, . And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." And Deerings Woods are fresh and fair, HE WOULD OUTWIT FATE. thought." n Mans Bump Cromwell Is have news from his son, wnich would at least break the voiceless tension of their fears. But the Earl was in the same state restless, perplexed, wistfully eager concerning the situation In their of the opposing armies. mutual sorrowful conjectures they forgot their political antipatiies, and a loving apprehension drew them together; they talked in low voices of the absent, they clasped hands as they walked together through the lonely park in the autumn afternoon. They also agreed that whoever had mews first should send a swift messenger to the other, no matter what the tidings should be. When they parted, Jane kissed her friend, a token of love she had not given her for a long time and Matilda was so affected by this return of sympathy that siie covered her face with her hands and wept Oh, Jane! she said, I have heen so lonely! And as Jane answered her with there came affectionate assurances, into her heart a sudden anticipation consideraWithout of intelligence. tion, with no purpose of mere encouragement, she said confidently: There is some one on the way. I seem to hear them coming. So they parted, and Jane brought home with her a hope which would not be put down. Her face was bright and her voice so confident that her mother felt the influence of her spirit and anon shared it were in deep sleep when the blast of a trumpet and the trampling All horse on the stones of a heavily-shoof the court yard awakened them. Jane ran to her mothers room, and found her at an open window. She was calling aloud to the messenger, and the "Is it you, Doctor Verity? answer came swift and strong, ere the question was fairly asked: "It is I, John Verity, with the blessing of God, and good tidings. Get your horse to stable, Doctor, and we will be down to welcome you. The next moment the house was astir from one end to the other bells were ringing, lights moving hither and thither, men and women running down stairs, and at the open door Mrs. Swaffham and Jane waiting for the messenger. It was good even to see him, and how much better to hear him say: Israel Swaffham is well and God hath given us a great victory. Now then, we shall have pea, Doctor? No use, Martha, in crying peace! peace! when peace is wickedness. Our liberty was won by men willing to go to the battlefield for it. When iid you hear of us last? About the tenth of August You were then in camp near Edinburgh," tsaid Mrs. Swaffham. "To be sure having a paper war It with the Kirk and David Leslie. was little to Cromwells liking, and no more to David Leslies; both of them would rather defiance of battle d of Eloquent Entreaty Was Highly Developed. The mans bump of eloquent entreaty was highly developed. Thus did he acquire a railroad pass. The man's bump of caution stood way out on his head. I have heard, said he, that passengers traveling on a pass always get into an accident, and cannot recover damages from the railroad by reason of the fact that they were traveling on a pass. Therefore, said he, a Lions Whelp. I will outwit fate ana get insured in women! Can a man write wfien he is an accident company. From the fact that he assumed to in the saddle pursuing the enemy? Israel and I ambept left immediately outwit fate it will be deduced that his with seven regiments for Edinburgh. bump of conceit was also highly deHe sent you words full of love and veloped. True. The mans bump of comfort, so did your sons; what conceit was a regular knubble. As a matter of fact, there was a would you have, woman? Then Mrs. Swaffham put her hand ra.iroad accident. The man was in 1L on the Doctor's arm to stay him, and He didnt even receive a scratch. Do you remember she asked, the Other passengers who had paid $1.65 and for a ticket managed to receive black flag the women of Huntingdon Ely gave to Gen. Cromwell just be- eyes, bruised elbows, and things, and averaged something line $5,000 apiece fore Nasehy? I do. And your Israel made the damages from the soulless and grasping railroad company. speech. I am not likely to forget it. To outwit fate! Oh, the fatuity of Then you also remember that as Israel was speaking, the east wind man! New York Sun. the silk rose, and stretched wide-ou- t En Enormous Expense. folds, so that the big tawny lion The expense of tuberculosis to the watching the red cross was blown straight above the Generals bare people of the United States, after head. And there was a murmur of careful estimation by Dr. Biggs of wonder, and then a great shout, and New York, is placed at $300,000,000 Israel pointing to the flag and the savs the American Medicine, He first man below it, cried out: calculates the loss to New York city Behold your Captain! Cromwell by putting a value of $1,500 upon each is a lion's whelp from the prey thou life at the average age at which art gone up, my son and unto Him deaths from tuberculosis occur. This shall the gathering of the people gives a total value of the lives lost be. annually of $1,500,000. But this Is I was standing with Mrs. Cromnot all, for at least nine months prior well and the girls, said Jane; and to death these patients cannot work, at the shout he turned to them, and and the loss of service at $1 a day little Frances ran to him and he gave together with food, nursing, medithe flagstaff into your hand. Doctor, cines, attendance, etc., at $1.50 a day, and then stooped and tied the childs results in a further loss of $8,000,000, tippet. Then Mary and I went closer, making a yearly loss to the municiand to us he was just the same Mr. pality of $23,000,000. From the Cromwell that I knew years ago, whole country the 150,000 deaths when I sat on his knee and put my from tuberculosis represent In the arms round his neck, and he kissed same way a loss of $330,000,000. Dr. me as tenderly as if I was one of his Biggs also says that the total expenown little girls. But for all that, diture In the city of New York In the of power and majesty care of tuberculosis patients is not something clothed him like a garment, and the over $500,000 a year, L e., not to expeople generally feared to touch the ceed 2 per cent of the actual loss by hem of It. If this annual expendideath, etc. A lions whelp! he said proudly, ture were doubled or trebled. It would and while England's lion has such mean a saving of several thousand whelps, she may make and unmake lives annually, to say nothing of the Furkings as is best for her. Then be lit enormous saving In suffering. bis candle and went stamping down ther evidence of this Is shown in the the flagged passage that led to his fact that In the last twenty years the room. total deaths from tuberculosis In New York have been decreased Instead of increased, notwithstanding that there CHAPTER III. has been an increase of 70 per cent in the general population. Woven of Love and Glory. For the next (hree days there waa Wants Protection for Birds. a busy time at Swaffham. All the Samuel J. Crawford of Kanneighbors were summoned to hear the news, and a sermon from Dr. Ver- sas has printed an urgent plea for the law. ity; and he did not spare the rod In enactment of a of every kind and vathe way of his calling. There were He says: Birds some wealthy young men present, and riety except the hawk and the Engbe let them know that they ought not lish sparrow are useful and many of to be present; furthermore, he told them Invaluable. They should be prothem how many miles it was to Duty tected by a rigid, stringent law, with a severe penalty attached thereto. and to Scotland. This is not a time, he said, "for One quail will destroy a thousand inmen to be on their farms or In their sects in a single day and many other will do as much." shops getting a little money. Thou birds Shalt Is written on life in character -Proof Positive. i Shalt Not just as terrible as Thou do Mrs. Is husband Neighbors not your that help you not enough It is sound Bleeper. the enemy; you Shall shut your shop, a Mrs. You would think so U Homer you Shall leave your oxen untied; you heard him snore. Shall take your musket, and never you Ex-Go- y Why They Went Astray. is bemoaning the loss of three trunks, and might, if he were a layman, curse the stupidity of a station master up in Franklin County, Me. It seems that the reverend gentleman when returning from the Rangeley Lake region was in a hurry to catch his tram. He had but a few minutes, and approaching the and perspiring agent pointed out four trunks and said: Here! Give me checks for these four. Where to? gasped the agent, who was a new man. Buffalo, replied the cleric. With tremulous hand the agent detached four checks, wrote Buffalo on one of them and thrust the four claim checks into the minister's grasp. One But the trunks never arrived. came along all right, and the officials are hunting for the other three. It seems that the new man, being in a hurry, made out one check all right, and wrote Ditto on the others. d Mrs. Astor a Woman of System. Mrs. Astor, who is known the world over as the social empress of New Her York, Is a woman of system. social life is ordered in a most business-like way. She always gives her halls on Thursdays and her dinners on Mondays, and she leaves New York for London or Newport on the same date each year. A Eclipsed the Universe. certain woman, who had vainly tried to reduce her weight, had engaged as a servant a young Irish girl, who and had only recently come over, had never lived out before. One afternoon a friend of tbe family called and asked very politely of the new girl: be seen? Can Mrs. Can she be seen?" laughingly reShure an 01 tInk plied Kathleen. she can! She is six fut holgh an four fut wolde! An its sorroh a hit av annytlng else can ye see when shes about!" Nothing to Worry About. was a case of love at first sight They met, loved and were married in an incredibly short time. sobbed Forgive me, d darling, the sudden bride, as she fell somewhat excitedly on the bridegroom's neck, but I k kept a s secret from you. I cant cook! Oh. thatll be all right, replied the masculine part of loves sweet Illusion; I forgive your secret, dearest, because Im a poet consequently there wont be much to cook. It The Two Broom Makers. bankHenry Clews, the er, was talking about a business condition di which he disapproved. Such a state of affairs, he said, reminds me of the business of the two broom makers of Jersey City. Didnt you ever hear about those two broom makwell-know- ers?" Mr. Clews smiled. on: Veteran of Two Wars. John A. Goddard of Westboro, Mass., bears tho distinction of being a veteran of both the Mexican and civil wars. Next Thursday he will observe the 67th anniversary of his arrival in Worcester following an honorable discharge from the army that invaded Mexico. Mr. Goddard was born in Berlin seventy five years ago. Having had trouble with his father he ran away from home when in his teens end brought up In New York. He was in Utica when workirg as an rumors of war became rife, and he enlisted and was stationed with other recruits in Fort Jessup, Louisiana, in 1844. Ho Bpent tho winter of 44 on Governors Island, N. Y., and in Murch, 45, he was taken with a batch of recruits in the packet ship Sultana to Mexico and was assigned to the 3d U. S. Irfantry at the time U. S. Grant joined the 4th infantry. Mr. Goddards first taste of war was gained at the battle of Palo Alto. Later he took part in the battle of Resaca del la Palma and was picked up for dead after the battle by two sergeants and carried to the rear. The rurgeon found that he had been stunned by a blow from the butt end of a musket, and on cupping his temple restored him to consciousness. Mr. Goddard was anxious to rejoin his regiment, but the surgeon ordered his discharge, and be came north, arriving in Worcester Oct. 1, 1846. Later he settled in the town of Stow, and when the civil war broke out he enlisted from there in the 4th Massachusetts heavy artillery. He had no opportunity, however, to figure in the actual conflict, as his command was stationed in the fortifications about Washington. Mr. Goddard tells a thrilling story of his experience in traveling north with his pay. He was beset several times by thieves, but managed to escape, and reached Worcester with every dollar of it. Mr. Goddard has a medal he received for bravery in the Mexican war said in his matter-of-fac- t way: Weil, boys, I guess its time to go. We filed out on the camp side. There w..s Knight on the engine and Wilson and Brown climbing into it Andrews walked forward to the caboose, stopped a moment, turned, and. motioning to us with his band, said lightly: Get on, get on. Knight pulled the throttle as Andrews nodded to him, and swung aboard. Would that engine never start? It then-sto- pped snorted, ground ahead, and in its tracks with a great hiss of steam, and the wheels kept buzzing around. That would alarm the trainmen. We wondered if theyd seen us. Not a sound came from the station. It was a bad moment tor us, penned up blind in tbe box cars. At last we shot off at high speed. Even were they following now, we were safe, for there was no telegraph at Big Shanty. The thing had been done. This big detail of men had crossed the enemys ranks, without the least alarm, had stolen a train on a line that his very being depended upon, stolen it from one of his own camps, in the middle of his country. There, in the half darkness of the car, we soldiers simply stared at one anRailroad "Andrews other. From Raid, in McClures Magazine. Hoosler vs. Sucker. They met in the rooms of a G. A. R. Post In the Capital City for the first time since the close of the Civil War, in which they had served in the same brigade west of the Mississippi, one as captain of an Indiana regiment, the other as field officer of one from Illinois. The Hoosler, being at home In the post, introduced his former comrade in a Bhort speech in which, after complimenting the "Sucker organization for soldierly qualities, he took occasion to say in effect, and there was one other thing said of it by those who served In the division, and that was that the Illinois could do more and cleaner foraging than any other adding, regiment in the division and every soldier knows what that meant. When ho got the floor, he of the Sucker organization retaliated by the That may be so, following story: but the th Indiana ran as a dose second. One day, while on the march back from Pike Ridge, the column passed the farm of a Pike, who sat on his door yard fence to see It pass, and, as we rode up, my quartermaster accosted him. " Say, old man, have you got anything to eat or drink any shoats, calves, chickens, sheep or any whisky! We're hungry and thirsty. You una No, hain't got nothin. , an been goin' by ever since haint lof me nothin 'cep my 'llgion. To which my adjutant replied: " 'HIP Well, old man, if you have any of that left you had better take to the woods, JOHN A. GQQfrAPD for th Indiana is coming along in and is a member of Arthur G. Blscoe and they havent got any, and the rear, post, G. A. R. lie is considerably take all you'er got, sure. " broken in health because of the hard- they'll roar of laughter which followed The ships of his early days and the Mex- told the that his retort was a ican campaign, but he bids fair to success. strangerand Navy Journal. Army hold the fort many years to come. sun-up- And with joy that Is almost pain My heart goes back to wander there. And among the dreams of the days that were, 1 find my lost youth again. And the strange and beautiful song. The groves aie repeating It still; "A boys will is the winds will. And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." A Buffalo clergyman TOE Bp? mM YETEMNS mi And a verse of a I a p land song Is haunting my memory still; A boys will is the winds will. And the thoughts of youth are Ion, long thoughts.' 1 Hwm Then he went They were rivals in business, and in their hatred of each other they cut rates until both were selling at starvation prices. One day they met on the street, each with a load of brooms on his back. They frowned at each other, and then the man with the smaller load said: How is It tell me how it is that you can sell brooms cheaper than me, when I steal my broom corn? I, said the other, steal my brooms ready made. Where Realism Ended. A recent symposium of acting as an art. In London, was being discussed In the presence of Sir Henry Irving and he was asked whether he felt as though he were acting amid real scenes while on the stage. I am not averse to the theory, replied the actor, smiling. But in Dante the scenfe is laid in hell. Strictly speaking, I cannot say that I feel like that New York Times. Womans Success at the Bar. twenty years ago that women were first admitted to the bar in Massachusetts. there are only forty or so In active practice throughout the state. Their success in office work and la probate matters has been unquestioned, and although they have not turned their attention to pleading the high ability they have shown In promoting the legal interests of their clients has given them an unquestioned rank with men in the state bar. Their admission as lawyers, which was made possible by legislative enactment in 1882, has certainly done no harm. It was Captain John Brown. John Maj. Green, who captured Brown at Harpers Ferry on the morning of Oct. 18, 1859, lives at Mitchell, S. D., and Is active despite his age. He loves to tell about how he dealt the blow that laid the abolitionist prostrate and how he helped to bind him and carry him off to prison. Maj. Green, for that is his name, was an officer of marines and stationed at Washington. After the raid was made on the arsenal, Oct. 10. 1859, he was ordered to Harpers Ferry to report to Col. Robert E. Lee. When John Browns men came to town it Btirred up a great commotion. Troops were summoned from the country around. Brown and his teen, after capturing several leading citizens of the town as hostages, barricaded themselves in the fire engine house. Among those captured was a Col. Washington, a descendant of a relative of the father of his country. The troops surrounded the engine house and demanded Browns surrender. Maj. Green, then a lieutenant, was in command of a company detailed for guard duty. Brown defied his besiegers, and a ladder was used as a battering ram against the door. As the door started to splinter and give way to the battering the force Inside opened fire. Finally a panel was smashed and then a hole was made large enough to admit a man. Here Maj. Green pauses in his narraCoi. Lees tive and says, modestly: report to the government says I was the first man in. The man that followed me was killed as soon as he entered. Col. Washington stepped up to me and yelled in my ear, pointing out Brown to me. I had my sword raised in the air ready to strike, and I brought the flat Bide down on Browns neck with such force that he was knocked unconscious. He was then bound and taken to prison. To-da- y From Another View. In a railway carriage a youth had disturbed and annoyed the other passengers by loud and foolish insane remarks during a great part of the journey. As they passed a certain lunatic asylum he remarked: I often think how nice the asylum looks from the railway." Some day, growled an old gentleman, you will probably have occasion to remark how nice the railway looks from the asylum. Stealing a Confederate Train. At last came the call: Big Shanty twenty minutes for breakfast! That cooled our nerves. Here was the moment for action. We stopped between the shed and the white tents of I big Confederate camp on our left, where we could see the guards Andrews and Knight crowded out of the cars with the passengers, but we stayed In our seats. What they did then took less time than to tell it, and all the while soldiers were lying on the ground a few yards from them, and a staring sentry stood twenty feet from the locomotive. Andrews strolled on ahead of the engine, to see if the track was clear. To us, waiting in that motionless car, he seemed to be gone an age; the tension was frightful. Then he walked back with Knight and, pointing between the last of the box cars and the Uncouple here. baggage car, said: We could see them from the windows, walking about, talking leisurely. Then he stepped to the doo: cf our and An Interesting Thimble. Theres a remarkable "thimble at the Massachusetts state house. Maj. Charles G. Davis, the sergeant-at-armkeeps It as his rare treasure, close hidden in the drawer of his desk. It was presented to him at the battle of Kellys Ford, Va., when Maj. Davis was ordered to charge with his squadron into a patch of woods where the Johnnies were lying concealed in a perfect horseshoe formation, into the bow of which the troopers charged, only to receive a deadly fire in front, on both flanks and from the rear This peculiar thimble was made from the heavy breastplate of the majors belt, and manufactured then and there. A shot struck the plate squarely in the center, at Just about the pit of the major's stomach. Out of the saddle he went, and for a considerable interval lay dead to the world. On regaining consciousness tbe major felt sure that he was hard hit, but there was no blcid. A close examination revealed a dark purple spot just behind the buckle, and severe abrasion of the outer cuticle, but no puncture of the abilomen, as had been feared. When the plate was picked up there was an indentation in it so deep that one may insert the tip of his little finger and wear it as he would a thimble. It waa good, stout brass, however In Admiral Knew Hit Men. a recent volume of war reminis- cences Maj. Stiles, a Confederate soldier, tells this story of the retreat from Richmond just before Lees surI remember, render at Appomattox: in all the discomfort and wretchedness of the retreat, we had been no little amused by the naval battalion under that old hero, Admiral Tucker. Tbe soldiers called them the Aye, Ayes, because they responded aye, aye to every order, sometimes repeating the order Itself, and adding, Aye, aye. It Is, sir! As this battalion, which followed Immediately after ours, was getting Into position, and seamen's and landsmens Jargon and movements were getting a good deal mixed in the orders and evolutions, all being harmonized, however, and licked into shape by the 'aye, aye, a young officer of the division staff rode up, saluted Admiral Tucker and said: Admiral, I may possibly be of assistance to you in getting your command Into line. The admiral replied: - 'Young man, I understand how to talk to my followed a people'; and thereupon of right grand moral combination flank and left flnak, starboard and larboard, aye and aye, aye until the battalion gradually settled down Into place." Many Tons of Onions. Essex county farmers are now gathering Danvers onions, and on farma by the roadside hundreds of bushels lie in rows while the sun browns their skins. Their strong odor fills the air shout the fields. |