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Show ILi- it THE GIRL AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE S k O H O F V T V k M t 1 1 ttd . i 9 tfi II if I , If I A , i1 $ I K 1 A . 11 m if N S l ( K V l I am ; n n r. Aff it ':i n Mrh Co!. Bitterfe tun) an oljF : i:i place.). at ig ft :...f III l..Ut I tin lit- - b j0 t - i !!. ii N'a "I'lcli I :i -- m. r wlii'U ti.tre ti!:ir:!.i. I. l!"i- siif ii ,r - i.' CHAPTER ill Continued, this part of r li auod tin- - ! ul fin were rnfnalcd fri.m Imib side of Mm nnfi-t-ttin f.i!- -l !! in ami tin- - fa Miuieillut ! i" arcu ilUttiiKuikliaMc. tnji thi-tt- 'Tkt-l- l (Stine u lliicl.rllinK f in turii, ax I In travi-i- i r al anil Cray, vaui-i-and ululMH, toward iIm t m Urn luviluiulfiaii-d- . Northern dal though at 111 ttie re wi re many fa pah. dark framed. Franklin jmxMd over thn abatfis, aver I he tvmairing and Into the intruni ImieniH where the final Hand had The dead lay thick, among them many who were young. Franklin aiook looking out over the fluid. In the directum of the town. And there lie aaw a Night Ally to he called the ultimate mirror of all thews things horrible that he had wen. Over the field of Lntiisburg there rame a frarful sound, groalng, rising, falling, Hopping the singing and the twitter of the tdrda. Acroa the land there came a horrible pnaeiwlon, advancing with abort, uncertain, broken paiuea a procession which advanced, paused, halted, broke lnit groups; ad vanced, paused, stopped, and xU toped ; a procession which came wlih wailings and bitter cries, with wringing of bands, with beads now anil then laid upon the shouldi-rof others for upport; a procession which stooped uncertainly, horribly. It was the women of Istulhburg coming to seek their slain a sight most monstrous, most terrible, unknown upon any field of civilized war, and unlit to be even In the thought! It la for men, who sow the flclda of battle, to attend also to the reaping. Franklin stood at the Inner edge of the earthworks, half hidden by a little clump of trees. lie saw approaehlng him, slowly but almost lu direct line, two figures, an older Indy and a girl. They came on, as did the oilier, always with that slow, searching attitude, the walk broken with pauses and Pu Hi 1 f.i.i.t I. eld 'hi- - The Ixiiiisbnrd. waj no lot. hymn of triompii. an! war I. Hoi ii und wul.y. swei-Mof nnlo-la the xiis.i; triri. Inipjf, oilier c.iys, .in nir lot g kni-- in And Aniiie I iiun. old lime So'iM 1. uti-l.es--wep. iii I I: lor b r ll.u imir'. and lde.-n-- !' of t!.- 'in i a;) llnt If ijf t t!:'j ficri'chlng rf fi. Hit ro.v an.i ti easily have been h.iri it tan evt-- r the newspaper Lein aMi Hie blanket. icelis tn Mi- - wa agaiii a ii.iiiiMai tur d from a box. Ba rade The were also boxes, tw in number. Upon one of (!! at liaitcr-ih-lgh- , buy at hi Occasiotjally he gaxej out up nl wcct blue sky, uu fretted by Sf II. cioud. His eye crossed a aca of it !y waving grasses. The liquid i it plover can Buffalo. ahim.mile Inhighthemysterious line of vision froi V tint door there could be aei 9 CHAPTER IV. token of a human nolghborhood 9 nuid there he heard any toun-iOatteraleigh of the Rile Irish. matt lire. Tho canva house tsi h his In cat iiaiter-leigINd. Henry and apart. Itatteraleigh alum; tent engaged Iri the coiiismiMoii of a out of the dour aa he folded hla l i con ociaxium-him which document It's grand, just grand," he aald. i should cern. That Col. o he turned comfortably to the hu using his tent as office and resilug of hla mice, which nibbled a even fuel was the such for that dence lingers Intimately, a had many thn most casual glance must have det- of many lands with Uatteralelgl ermined--was for him a circumstance l or no extraordinary offering CHAPTER V. features. Ills life had been spent unIn the proup iter canvas, iirnuglit Th Turning of th Road. fession of arms, so long as fighting At tho dose of the war Capl and furagu were good It had muttered ward Franklin rcturued to a ahruM liilhi lu him in what clinte lie found world. The littlo Illinois with the his home, lie had fought which had been hi home no Kitgllsli In India, carried satire In the served to bound his amblllon Austrian horse, and on his private ac- ferort only a mill round of duties n count drilled regiments for the (Irani! a borlxon of opportunities to petty, a Interior of the within Sultan, deep as to cause In hi restricted, Its how which lu knew ml(i keep eoiinlry ilMIres of teellng equivalent at tfati set ruts. When the American civil war to absolute abhorrence. The pcrsjse-tivbegan be drifted lo the newest scene all tilings had changed. Ik of activity as uielal to a magnet. men of who hud once seemed great k Chance sent him with the rnluu army, him In this little world now appears! and there lie found opportunity for a in the light of a wider judgment, u cavalry iniiimaud. "A gliitlenian like were small, boaslffi, lluitersluigh of tho Kile Irish always they really cowardly, deceitful, protn-lioniMiinpous, horseman and natural he suld, rides, Franklin was himself now a aa well as trained cavalryman was Hat iiiuii, and a man graduated from tbit lersleiglt, tall, lean, flat hacked, and severe and exacting school which admitted even Ills under martial sixty tired a generation of years. It was his boast that uo horse luickly uiat American youth. Aa hla hand hi fitted naturally a weapon, so his mind turned naturally to larger thlnp than those offered In these long-tilfield of life. He came back from the , war disillusionized. Irreverent, and full of that surging fretAd-neswhich full tton all the laot To this young man, ardent, ep getic, malcontent, there appearuti 'tbi vision of wldo region of rude, actin life, offering full outlet for ail lUi bodily vigor of a man, and appa!iif not less powerfully to hi Imaginitloa This West no man had come from It who was not eager to r to it again! For the weak and rul it might do to remain 'In th communities, to reap in the lonytllled field, but for the strong, ftr th unattached, for the enterprlalof, thli unknown, unexplored, uncertali country offered a aeene whose pos abilities for two made Irresistible appeal. years Franklin did the best hi could it reading law In a country office. Kvery time he looked out of tbs window he saw a white-toppewagon Irish. Rlls of tho "Batterslelgh moving West. Men came back and stooping. The qnest was but too ob- on earth could unseat him. Perhaps 'old him of this West. Men wrote letvious. And even ns Franklin gaied, none ever had until he came to the ters front the West to friend who remained In the East. Presently these nneertnln and unablo to escape. It Plains seemed apparent that the two had For this wna on the Flalns. Aa all friend also, seized upon by xome found that which they had sought The America wax under canvas. It was not vast impulse which they coaid not girl, slightly In advance, ran forward at range that Col. Batterslelgh should control. In turn arranged their affairs a few paces, paused, and then ran find his home In a tent, and that this .ind departed for the West (To bo continued.) hack. Oh, there! there!" she cried. tent should be pitched upon the West And then the older woman took the ern Plains Not that he had gone di Tried to Pull Her Tongue Out glrl'a head upon her bosom. With rectly to tho West after the musterJacob Ulttcl, of Southlngtoa, Conn., hared head and hla own hand at hla ing out of hi regiment. To the con In trouble. A a matter of bet the eyes, Franklin hurried away, hoping trary, hi first abode bad been In the for himself unseen, hut bearing indelibly city uf New York, where during hla :;ent Ionian has been In troubl pictured on hla brain the aeene of brief stay he acquired a certain ac- years. His wife la one of these Unbearable nuisance which th Puriwhich he had been witness. He wanted quaintance. tans tu used hold under th town to cry out, to halt the advancing colWhat were the financial resources umn which would soon he here, to of llaltcnilulgh after the cessation of pump a village gosAp. lie hu tried very argument and used every threat tell them that they must not coma his pay as cavalry officer not even Ms upon this fluid, mad sacred by such best friends could accurately have to induce her to cease her chatter woo. Oild. It was rumored that he was the and lot him sleep o nights, but in Near tho Intrenehment where the coinmisslnner in America of thn tan-ilu- vain. Priven finally to desperation hitter close had been, and w here there Times. He was credited with In' determined to put a stop fur good was need alike for note of triumph Mux a Fellow of the ltoyal Geo- and all to her Incoxsant talk by pulland forgel fulr ess, the bond major mar graphical Society. That he had a his- ing her tongue out. The cur would ehalod his niusle, four deep and forty tory no one could doubt who saw him have boi'ii heroic Inn effective. But, strong, and swung out Into the anthem come down tho street with his broad weakened as he was by his loss of of the flag. The head of the column hat. bis sweeping cloak, his gauntlets. deep nnd by the conii:in''l strain on his nervous system, the unfortunate broke from the last cover of the wood Ins neaily varnished Units. husband had not t lit to hold and came Into full sight at the edge In reality (Ml. Henry llattersleigh of Ho open country. Tims there came lived, during Ms rity life. In a small, Ids wife with one hand while he perInto view the whole panorama of (ho n very small room, up inure than oin formed the (iper.it ion with the other. field, dolled with the slain and This room, llli'.bt of stair. no She got away and complained to the those who sought Ihc slain. The larger than a tent, was military in i iitthorities. The result is that, while wryhody sympathizes with him, the hy J lix le'aim-ss- . music of Irhimpli was Hattcrsleigh, bachelor the concerted voice of grief and woe. ami soldier, was in nowise forget Till liusbnnd is iu Jail and the woman 1 Tln-rappeared for the foot of this of the truth that personal neatness dill miking. army not a mere road, a mere ha'lle-field- , and personal valor go well hand in He Did Not Mote. hut a ground sacred, hedged high liiitnl The bed. a very narrow one. The motor cyrl;t was careering r meat-.i-shout, not rudely to be violated. had covering, and during down the remote co'tntry hillside at was Us a a band hlaukel winter the months lint the single poet, major t speed which would hn made a Surgreat man. There came to him no rattled to the touch. "There1 not It- rey policeman ehortl- - with gud order telling him what he should do, ittg in the world so warm as news- - lenly there was a 1.7 Chihut the thing was In his soul that papers, uie boy." said ItattfrsMgh. nese pny de view of a report, t a the table, whii h was a box. ind his should he dona. There came to him, machine, and then Mb reposwafied from the field of sorrow, a note there was displayed always an Invari ed in a roadside ditch, each considerCol. Itattersleigh's which was coiuRiaud, a voice which able arrangement. ably the worse for the eierlence. sounded to him above the voleea of j ruling whip (without which he was Hied the motorcyclist; and Ids own brasses, above tho tapping of rarely seen In public) was placed in "Help!' to the cry a farm response comA gesture of the kettledrums. upon the table first. Above the whip hurried out from a field m ar laborer hy. mand, and the niusle ceased absolute- were laid the gauntlets, crossed at For an instant ho gared at the strut On of resumed. A had and It moment, ly. top sixty degree. whip and mas in the ditch, particularly The forty black horses v hlrh made gloves rente I the hat. Indented never gllng his vision upon the still refocusing up this regimental band were the pride more nor less. Beyond thsse. the per- volving wheel f the cycle, the Ilk of the division. Four deep, forty sonal belonging of Battrrslelgh of of aa he explained afterward, which, necks, with fore the Kile Irish were at best few and he had never seen strong, with before. Then h feet reaching far and drooping softly, humble. In the big city, busy with rea big stone. grabbed band each horse of the famous cavalry viving commerce, there were few who "Tell me where to hit her h passed on out upon the field of I ouls-bnr- g cared how Batterslelgh lived. It was shouted, and I'll dash her brain with such carriage as showed It a vagrant wind of March that one day Ixmdon Answers. out! sensible of Its mission. The rein lay blew aside the cloak of llattersleigh loose upon tbulr necks, blit they kept as he raised his hat In salutation to Utterly Useless. "Educatin' some men," said Uncle step to the music which they felt. a friend a vagrant wind, cynical and Forty hones paced slowly forward, merciless, which showed somewhat of Ebcn, "la a good deal like glfin a keeping step. Forty trumpeters, earh the poverty with which Batterslelgh FIJI Islander a check on de national man with hla right hmnd aloft, hold- had struggled like a soldier and a gen- bank. He's got ft. but what tleman. Batterslelgh, poor and proud, gwlne to do wif ing hi Instrument, hi left hand at nl Star. aide, bearing the rap which he had re- then went out Into the Y.'cst 1 l . : iii! i ti.r- - i d -- ycl-lo- DOOK I The Day of the hi-i-- '!( fM r of pnpi Indeed,! ti ami caused by the aniaiftd p: ai.it- - mice, which now lay l OR FOUND OUT t4 bUlil was kiufa. -: : .li-M- .t. the !! , '.I. finite), r'xic It THE FATAL REQUEST T i J ul Aitjll.UTuW iiri.., and secure old Mother Jlnman's room, A small urchin who was hanging about the door, was induced, by the prospect of twopence, to show the wa; to the old dame's cottage. Having seen the room, a funny little up under the roof, lu which he place By A. L. Harris Author of Mino Own Familiar Friend," ate. could barely stand upright, but which V p r ig I , i rit Suotleshly clean as It was. seemed t, b t S t r t t I a very haven oi rust to the worn out young man. and having ex pressed him sen as satisfied, and paid five shill CHAPTER Vllw Continued. how of dust, or many of the agfC , as a token of good For some reason Ted liurritt re- they may claim as their owu. (tui-par- e ings in adtuM-eold the dame faith, departed in search mained behind. I lUIak "Ill let them go with and eae theirs, your i t new laid eggs, front her own hens said to he himself. first, you will agree with me, that you l.tve In the meantime, those who had a great deal to be thankful for. you to si rvc up fur her uew lodger's break been to view the body In the vestr: re- can have your dead decently in- last. In the meant i me the young man " turned. it was evident from t lelr terred. with hla name upon hla himself iuto a chair with a tarew manner, and the short time they bad which the good old soul been absent, that no IdentificaJon Ted Burritt raised hla head, wl.lih baavy sigh, as beard she shut the door upon him bad taken place. waa sunkeu between hla shouhMs. She returned to the room, in about TeA Burritt, with bis heart beating kuu are right, he said (irmly, "I have wildly now, turned In the same di rec- a great deal to be thankful for, t en half an hour's time with a tray, which contained the homely but excellent to n. On the extemNirixed bier a body yet. she bad prepared, and lay, the lower limbs oh which were ''That's right," said the doctor, re- country nofarenotice taken of the knock, finding covered with a cloth, leaving the face suming hla brisk, every-dat;ine, with which she announced the arrival exand the upper part of the body "that's the way to look at the matter. ot the dun breakfast, posed to view. Ted Burritt saw that lowering his voice aga n anJ entered. pushed open 1 1 waa the face of a man of about was may as well tell you that She found the new lodger fast fifty years of age, with featurea that one of the party who helped to find must have been handsome In their day the poor gentleman." and he motioned asleep on his chair, with his head but which in death wore an expression with Ms bead toward the corpse. resting on the table, and. depotrillni! of agonised expectancy the ex- "Yea'' aa the other made a sudden her tray thereon also, stood regarding pression of one who recognised the step toward him "he waa in the him with motherly oollcitude. Poor, dear, young gentleman," she full horror uf the fate that awaited fourth carriage from the engine, a look him. first class carriage It was, and be was murmured to herself, "if 'e don't I'll jest put the breakfast dead heat! It waa the face uf his own father! was Thia the only occupant. carriage 'ini, so as 'e can see it when 'e thought to be empty, aa no cries were by wakes." CHAPTER VIII. heard, and it waa generally believed She left the room, closing the door that whatever passengers it might Dr. Jeremiah Cartwright have contained had made their escape behind her. and still the young man atA few momenta elapsed, at the end before the flamea reached it. Of slept on, in spite uf hia constrained of which time the door of the vestry course, the supposition is that he waa titude aud the hardness of bis pillow. Another half hour passed, at the opened again. This time to admit a disabled, perhaps killed outright, by small, middle-agegentleman, whose the effects of the collision; for the car- end of which time another step was somewhat Imposing Iioman nose was riage waa much damaged, and we had heard ascending the crazy little woodd amounted by a pair of some considerable difficulty In extri- en staircase a firmer step, but at the same time lighter than the other; and spectacles, and whose civil garb had cating him. sn almost military cut and precIseneBB The young man nodded hla bead another voice this time a masculine-onmight have been heard to aay, shout It. and an expression of relief spread "All right. Mrs. Jinman don't you lie cleared hla throat and gave a itself over his countenance. "I should like to think that, he aald. trouble will announce myself! harp little cough like a double knock. Which the speaker proceeded to do I beg your pardon, my dear sir, I "it would be a great alleviation if I first of all by the application of his hope I'm not disturbing you. but " could believe be perished like that, Ted Burritt rose to hla feet and Instead of enduring the agony of that knuckles, which, proving ineffectual, all at once, to wake from other hideous death, and. as he spoke was followed liy the lifting uf the the apathy of grief which had over- he shuddered and set bis teeth to- latch, and the appearance ot the figure of Dr. Jeremiah Cartwright upon the come him when he realized that hla gether. worat fears hail been surpassed, and "Depend upon it, that was the truth threshold. He, too, contemplated the sleeping tnat hla beloved parent had met with of the matter, rejoined tlje little dochorrible death, such aa the most tor. He might hare been struck figure doubtfully. "Humph!" he reabandoned criminal might have shud- senseless by a blow upon the head. At marked, half aloud. "Asleep, eh? dered at Ilia eye were bloodshot; any rate I shall find out that when I Good thing, too; gone through a lot; worn himself out. Hullo! What's this? Breakfast, eh? All got cold, too! Better wake him up after all! Thia he did very gently; and Ted Burritt started up. rubbing hla eyes. Then, recognizing the situation as well as the personality of the individual who confronted him. Oh, Lord! he cried, with a groan, I d forgotten all about ft. But tell me ! i liaio-rslelgl- -- ss-ela- s top-rate- e Itnp-tient- a - hacal-tone.- y d gold-rimme- 1 kk-me- what the ffr n stri-ngt- I i I ' -i l'n motor-cyclis- an-hln- Itr-Washt- igton - gold-rimme- d It was the face of hla own father! his hair tossed and tumbled, aa though hud been clutched at and dishevel- His dress v muscular fingers. jsty and disordered, and hehaggard unwashed appear- lu aplte of these drawbacks, other ejaculated under hia breath : Seems A fine fellow. Humph! uncommonly cut up, too rather unusual thing in these days. Seems to he something like genuine feeling here. And I like to see it! I like to see It!" Having arrived at the conclusion of these remarks, some of which might hare been distinctly audible, had the listener chosen to lend an ear In their direction, he continued out loud: let me Introduce myself. My name' Cartwright Jeremiah Cartwright,' aurgeon, etc., late of the 47th. Ted Burritt .turned toward him with y. something like an appearance of Interest, nnd the doctor, seeing this, went on: Ie been on the spot ever "Yes, took place. You've accident the since heard how it was, of course? It was an awful Bight, and what made it more ao wa the fart that little or nothing could be done to help. The groana and shrieks were something awful, and what was more, the front of the train wa completely enveloped smoke from the In n black pltch-Uk- e burning oil which, a you know, had the concussion front exploded flames lcatied and which the through Mined. It wa quite an hour uore out, and, they had burnt themselves even then, the heat was so Intense that there was no opportunity of apfor some proaching the carriage hour after that. And when we did he paused Impressively and threw out hla hands "when we did, there was nothing left but smoking skeletons of men, women and children Inyea, sir. children and In some seen for have aa may you stances. yourself, not even that! Ted Burritt uttered a groan, as the doctor wound up In a breathless condition. "Terrible, wasn't it? said the latter, But recovering himself In no time. on the hand hla young laying yon you mustn't give man's shoulder way, yon know. Just consider 1 these hill other poor folk the church of them. They, many of them, have nothing left of their lead, but a few Mhea a handful of black dust What la mors, in moat cases, they do not even know which particular handful exam" The doctor Interrupted him with a What'a that I see? lookgesture. ing at the viands through hla gold rimmed spectacles. Tea? eggs? butter? cream? brown bread? My... news will keep; your breakfast Wont, or, rather has been kept too long already. Sit down at once and dispose of the contents of that tray, or you dont get another word out of me. Ted was astonished to find how hungry he was, and had sewn cleared the board; though, at the same time, he found it rather embarrassing to feel that he was an object of interest to an Individual In spectacles. who stared at him persistently through them, and kept up a running commentary under hia breath all the time. Some of the ejaculations, too, which caught hia ear were decidedly of a nature to arouse curiosity on the part of the hearer, who now and then could not avoid overhearing such fragments as these "Mysterious affair-sho- uld like to get at the bottom of It. sensational Incidents! Talk about Wonder how hell take it! etc. "And now said the young mas, turning round upon him, tell me what is the result yon have arrived make my examination of the remains. I don't know whether you care to atop while I ? No? in answer to a vio- lent shake of the head. haps It's better not. "Well, per- "AntT you think, Ted Burritt inquired, that the examination will show you how my father died? The doctor nodded hla head. "You remain for the Inquest, I suppose?" ?" began tho young man. When But the garrulous little gentleman did not allow him to finish. "Monhe day morning twelve oclock, jerked out. You'll find the place very full, but very likely you'll be able to get a bed somewhere. If not come to me and I'll put you up." Ted Burritt, moved by this generous offer on the part of a stranger, thank-e- d him In n few broken, but heartfelt words. He made hia way back to the station. and found that another train had Just arrived bearing n still furinther load of anxious, quirers. He wrote out a telegraphic message and consigned It to one of the clerks: not one of whom had had his hand off the Instrument all night. On the line groups of men, under were still proper superintendence, busily engaged In searching among tne heaps of debris. As Ted Burritt stood and watched them at their work, suddenly the thought flashed across his mind again his father's friend! What had become of him? grief-stricke- n CHAPTER IX. A Startling Discovery. The telegram which Ted Burritt sent to his sister was as follows: Have found my father. Am remaining until after the inquest Break thn news gently. Having disposed of this duty. It occurred to him that he would be the better for a wash and a meal. There was an unassuming little Inn not far from where he stood. It looked clean and Inviting to the weary young fellow, and thither he bent hia steps only to find that the modest little hostelry was already besieged hy those whose errand had been the same as his own. He was told hy the landlord himself, almost before be had time to frame the Inquiry, that they were full up tn the hay-lofhut It waa Just possible that he might find someone in the village who might be able to take him In. Mine host strongly recommended the gentleman to go t; at? (To be continued.) HOW TO MANAGE A WIFE. Some Suggestions Which Are Said to Be of Value. A great many methods have been suggested as to the best way to manage a husband, but up to date no one has thought it brat to guide the poor husband. The following will therefore be found the best way to manage a wUe. It has never been known to fail. Never contradict her. You are right of course nine times out of ten, and she knows It. but to tell ber so makes her always unmanageable. Never oppose her. When she suggests that in the absence of the cook you get up and light the lire do so at once, willingly and cheerfully. If she wishes you to walk the floor with the bnby obey with alacrity. Never deny her. Iossibly she will exceed her allowance, but this la always your fault, because you are not man enough to support her. Never be cross. When you come borne at night, having failed once or twice during the day. or lieen insulted by a total stranger, or with a large, powerful pain In your stomach, laugh it off, and conceal your real feelings. Never tell her the truth. When she asks how yea like her new hst. swear that it is the greatest thing for the money you ever saw. When she shows you her new gown, be lost in admiration. When ahe la cross and irritable, tell her she Is an angel. Never disagree with her. Whe ahe suggests that you have a cold an need a hot mnelard plaster, grin and bear it. When she tells you she needs a change, tell her you are glad she mentioned It. Never Interrupt her. This Is the only way to menage e wife. Tom Masson in New York |
