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H' ( fAl SIX CUMTT ICOX. GMA OTT, OTA, Ttlitj, Ar"t IT, Ml. I I VS1ADOW I SAConAnDoule BSB n S IcopvuiGHT1 'l K OCCAPTISH I. WVittatf loot: onor tho H eafbatu dcocrfbod, Jack Caldor, Scottish H tannor, tolls how. In bis ohlldhood, tho H for of Invasion by Napoloon, nt that H ttmo oomploto mnater of Kuropo, bad B fflppod th British nation. Following a B colao alarm that Uio Ifronch had landod, H flm Horncroft, tho doctor!! son, youth of H fifteen, qunrroto with bid fathor ovor M Joining Uio nrmy, and from that lncldont H a lifelong frlondshlp begins botwoon Uio H bora. K' CTIAPTnu IT. When Jack In eighteen H hla fathcr'a brother dlos and bin dauprh- B tor, Kdlo, Bovcntocn yoara old, comes to m Uvo with hor undo. Attroctlvo ponionally, M bitensoly romantic, and ooomlnKtv fooling B llttlo sorrow for hor father's danth, tho girl Is Bortiotlilnff of a pucxlo to tho B slmplo folk of tho Caldor homo. H CHATTER III.-Edlo makoa a play- H thing of Jack's affoctlons, and though i- j ways nomowlmt In awo of hor, n fooling j uf doop lovo for hla cousin dovolops In H Choboy'a hoart Edlo roproachos him for B staying at homo In Idlonou whllo hla country Is at war. Stuns by bor words, ho declares his Intention of Joining Uio M army nt onco, but sho poreuados him to B stay. Ho tolls hor ho loves hor and she , apparently roturns his affeotlon. H CHA1TEII IV.-JIm Horscroft returns B from Edinburgh, whero ho Is studying modlclno. Jack tolls his chum of his on , BUBomont to Kdlo, behaving tho girl la m Bin core. Somo days lntorlio wltnosaos an H unmlstakablo display of affection botwoon m Kdlo and Jim and roproachos his friend. H Jim tolls him Edlo has promlsod to marry 1 him, sho laughing at tho Idea of hor on- H gagomont to Jack. Tho two rook tho girl H and nho declares only fondness for Jack B but lovo for Jim.. H CHAPTKIt V. Jack, Uiough dooply H hurt, nccopta tho situation. News of tho 1 downfall of Nnpoloon and tho ond of Uio H war reach tho country. Walking along B tho coast, Jim and Caldor wltnoss tho m landing of a strangor from a small boat H He Is completely exhausted and In a dy- H lag condlUon. They rovlvo him and . against Jim's advlco Jack takes him to M Uio Colder homo, whoro bo remains no a m guest Ho gtvos his namo as Bonavon- H turo de Lapp and Is ovIdonUy a man of 1 distinction. M CHAPTER VI. H' " A Wancterlno Eagle, m t My father seemed to bo much of lira H i Horscroft's opinion, for lio wns not H ' , ever vvitrin to U1I3 now guost, and H looked him up and down with a very H ; luc&rtlonliig oyo, no sot a dish of vlno H V cured herrings boforo him, howovor, H and I noUcod that ho looked mora H ruikanco than ovor when my compnn- H ion nto nlno of them, for two wore H ilwnys our portion. Whon at liiBt ho H and finished, Ilonaventuro do Lapp's H Ida were drooping over hla eyes, for H ( doubt not Unit ho had bo- i file H taH3 as woll as foollos3 for V so tl H days. It was but a poor notn o m which I led him, but ho tlin hit If H town upon Uio couch, wr: pen) Is H i!g blue cloak around him, md is H rcileep In un Instant Ho vi i a ry H blgh and strong snorcr, an as ly H room way next to his, I had ouu to Hfl remember Unit wo had a stru n- H within our gates. H When I cumo down In tho torn ; I H found that ho had been b foro nd H i viUi me, fur ho was seated opr Itc H ny father at tho window Ui lo li ins H kitchen, their heads almost tour ng, H and a llttlo roll of gold piece t bet en H Uiciiu As I camu In my fat) er 1 :ed H op at me, and I saw a light of j -ed H In his eyes such as I had r-evor en H iKifore. Ho caught up tho u'onoy Ith H -er clutch, and swept It Int his LHHHB H ' y good, mister," said ho. Clio H . i yours, and you pay ilway on H tlie third of tho mouth." H "All, und hero Is my flrnt frl d," H ertcd Do Lapp, holding out his luv I to H ruo with u smllo which wus k dly H enough, aud yet hud thut touch o pu- H tronugc which a man uses whe ha H kdIIcs to his dog. "I um mysolf aln H tow, thunks to my excellent m per Hj ttid good nlglit's rest. Ah, It Is un- H cr thut takos Uio courage fn i u H Biun. That most, aud cold next H "Aye, that's right," snld my C thcr. H Tvo been out on Uio moors in a now H ftrlft for slx-and-thlrty hours, i ad I j ken what It Is like." H "I onco saw Un-eo Uiousand men H irtmrve to death," remarked Do Lapp B putting out his hands to the (Ire. "Daj H fey duy they got thinner and mor . Ilk H pcs, and they did come down io the H Mlge of tho pontoons where u t did H keep Uiem, and Uioy howled wit), rag H uid putn. Tho first few days UieU H bowls went over Uie whole clt , but H after u week our sentries on tin bnnli H tould not hear them, so weak tht-y hut' M fallen." H "And they died?" I exclnlmee. B "They held out a very lonp tlmt H9 Austrian grenadiers they were, nf th B Mrps of Sturowltz, line, stoii moi HI in hlg as your friend of yesteni iy, bu H when the town fell tliero vere l it fuu H huiulred alive, and n mun en Id 111 H them three nt a time, as if Um f wer H little monkeys. It was u pi r. Al H my friend, you will do mo the honot H t with madamo and wlUi innden. isulle H It wus my mother and D e, vl H M bad come Into tho kitchen. Io Iil H ' s-ot seen thum tho night bef ;o; hr now It was nil 1 could do to koop my facn aa I watched him, for, Instoad of our hotnoly Scottish nod, ho bent up hit back llko a louplng trout, and slid his foot, and clnppod his hand otot his hoart In Uio quooroat way. My mother utarcd, for alio thought he was making fun of her, but Cousin IMIo fell Into It In an Instant, as though It had been a game, and away sho went in a groat courtesy, until I thought sho would havo had to give It up, and sit down right Uiero In Uio nilddlo of tho kitchen floor. But no, sho was up again as light as a plcco of fluff, and wo all drew up our stools and started on Uio Bconcs and milk and porrldgo. He had n wondorful way with wom en, thnt man. Now, if I wcro to do It, or Jim Horscroft, it would look ns If wo wore playing tho fool, and tho girls would havo laughed at uu; but with him It seemed to go with his stylo of faco and fashion of speech, bo that ono catno at last to look for It For when ho spoko to my mother or to Cousin Edit and ho wob novcr backward In speaking it would al ways bo with a bow and a look as If It would hardly bo worth their whllo to listen to whnt ho had to say; and when they answered ho would put on a faco ns though ovory word thoy said was to bo treasured up nnd remem bered forovcr. Edlo did not say much, but sho kept shooting llttlo glances at our visitor, and onco or twico ho looked very hard at her. When ho had gone to his room, after breakfast my faUier pulled out eight golden pounds, and laid thorn on Uio table. "What think yo of that, Martha?' said ho. "You'vo Bold tho two black tups after all?" "No, but H'b a month's pay for board aud lodging from Jock's friend and ns much to como every four weeks." Dut my mother shook her head when sho heard it "Two pounds a week Is overmuch," said she. "And it Is not when Uio poor gentleman Is In distress that wo should put such a nrlrA on hln hit of fond." "Why, woman, ho'a turned you! head wl' his foreign trick of speoch, cried my fnthcr. "Aye, and It would bo n good thing If Scottish men had n llttlo mora of thnt kindly way," sho said, and thnt was tho first Uffle la all my life that I had ever ho.nl her answer him back. Our visitor enmo down Boon, and asked mo to como out with him. When wo were In tho sunshlno he held out a llttlo cross mado of red stones, ono of tho bounlest things that over I had set oyes upon. "Theso are rubles," Bald he, "and I got It at Tudola, In Spain. I pray Unit you will tako this as a memory of your exceeding kindness to mo yesterday. It will fashion Into a pin for your cravat" I could but thank him for tho pres ent which was of more valuo than anything I had over owned In my llfo "I am off to tho upper mulr to count tho lambs," said I. "Muybo you would car to como up with mo and sihj something of tho country?" He hesitated for n moment, and (hen ho shook h!:t head. "I have Bomu lottora," ho sn'A "ulilcli 1 ought U) write ns soon as possible. I thin'.: thnt I will stay at iiuli'i this morning and get thoin writ ten," All forenoon I wns wandering over the llnltH, and .'.ien I got buck he nuked as though ho had been horn .tad bred In the .:.ndlng. He sat In the I,! w ooden-nrue 1 single chair, with ho black cut on his knee. His arms were out, and I o held n skoln of orsted from lui d to hnnd, which my . milier was hus.Iy rolling Into n ball. oux'n Kdlo wm sitting near, and I ould .see by her eyes that sho had iin crying. "Hullo! Hdle." said I; "what's the louhleV" "Ah ! mnilemnhTllo, like all good and .rue women, I. u soft heart," said lie; "I didn't '.'..might It would have noved her, or 1 should have been si lent. I ive b i u talking of tho suf fering of some :r"op8 of which I knew something wlm they were crossing the (iiiadanunii mountains In tho win ter of 1809. Ah, y"j, it was very had, fur they were (' e men and lino horses. It Is strange to feo mun blown by the wind over the precipices, but tho I ground wiih so sllnoy, and tliero was l nothing to wh cli thoy could hold. So ! companies all : nk.'d arms, and they I did better In th it f .shlon ; but one ar I tllleryman's hand ame off as I held , It, for bo hnd had the frost bite for thrco days.'' I stood staring, w Ui my mouth open. "And tho old gt midiers, too, who wero not bo acthe .a they used to he, Uiey could not k y up ; and yet If they lingered the peasants would catch Uiem and ct jclfy hoin to the bara drs with thoir fet np and a Arc tinder their heads, which wna a pity for thaae On old soldiers. So when they could go n farther It was Interesting te see what they would do. For Uiey would alt down and say tbolr prayers, sitting ea an old saddlo, or their knapsacks, maybe, and thon tako off their boot and stocking, and loan their chin on tho barrel of thotr mus ket. Thon they would put their too on the trigger, and poufl It was all over, and there was no more march ing for thoie fine old grenadiers. Oh I It was very rough work up thoro on the Ouadarama mountains." "And what army waa thlsT I asked "Oh I I have served In 09 many ar mies that I mix them up sometimes. Tea, I have seea much of war. Dut there Is a man out yender. Maybo he Is Uio sue wko yeur father said would carry my letters to the post." "Tea, ha Is farmer Whitehead's man Shall I give them te hlmr "Well, he wrald be more cnrofnl of Uiem If he had them from your hand." He took them from his pocket aud gavo them ever to me. I hurried out with Uiem, and as I did so my eyes fell upon the address of Uio topmost one. It was written very large and clear. "A.S.MaJcite "Lo Ilol dn Sucdo "Stockholm." I did not know very much French, but I hnd enough to mnkc that out. What nort of eagle was this which had flown into our humble nest? CHAPTER VII. The Corrlemulr Peel Tower. Well, It would weary me, and I nm very Ruro thnt It would weary you also If I were to attempt (0 tell you how llfo went with us after thin man camo under our roof, or Uie wny In which ho grndually came to win tho affec tions of cveryono of us. With the women It wns quick work enough, but soon he hnd thawed my fathor, too, which waH no such easy matter, and had gained Jim IIorscroft'B good will ns well os my own. Ono of his first nets wob to give my fathor tho boat In which ho hnd come, reserving only tho right to have It back in enso he should havo need of It. Tho herring wcro down on the const that autumn, nnd my uncle, be foro ho died, hnd given us a flno sot of nets, so tho gift wob worth many n pound to us. Sometimes Do Lapp would go out In tho bont nlonc, and I hnve seen him for n wholo summer dny rowing slowly nlong, nnd stopping every hnlf-dozcn strokes to throw over n stono nt tho end of n string. I could not think whnt ho was doing un til ho told mo of his own free will. "I nm fond of studying nil that has to do with tho military," Bald he, "and I never lose a chance. I wns wondering If It would he n dlfflcult matter for tho commander of nn nrmy corps to throw his men ashore horo." "If tho wind wero not from tho east," snld I. "Ah, qulto so, If the wind wcro not from tho cast Have you taken sound ings horo?" "No." "Your llno-of-bnttleshlps would havo to llo outside, but Uiero Is water enough for n forty-gun frlgato right up within musket range. Cram your boats with tirailleurs, deploy them be hind theso snnd-hllls, then bnck with the launches for moro, nnd n stream of grnpo over their heads from Uio frig ate. It could be donol It could be done I" Ills mustaches bristled out moro llko a cat's than ever, and I could seo by the flash of IiIb eyes that ho wns carried away by his dream. "You forgot thnt our soldiers would he upon tho bench," wild I lndlgnnntly. "Tn, tn, tal" ho cried. "Of course, It takes two sides to mako a battle. Let lis see nowl Let us work It out I What could you get together? Shall we say twenty thirty thousnnd? A few regiments of good troops. The rest, poufl conscripts, bourgeois with nrms, how do you call them volun teers." "Ilravo mei!" I shouted. "Oh yes, very bravo men, but Im becile; ah, mon Dleu, It In lncrcdlhlo how Imbecile they would bo. Not they alone, I mean, but nil young troops. War must bo learned, mj young friend, Just the same ns tho farming of sheep." "Pooh!" said I, not to be outcrowed by a foreigner. "If wo hnd thirty thousand men on tho line of the hill yonder you would come to be very glad thnt you had your boats behind you." Sometimes, when ho talked, I thought ho was Joking, and at other times It was not qulto so ensy to say. I well remember ono evening that summer when he wns sitting In the kitchen with my father, Jim, nnd me, nfter tho women had gone to bod, ho began nbout Scotland and its relation to England. "You used to hnve your own king, and your own laws made nt Edin burgh," said he; "does It not All you with rage and despnlr when you think that It all comes to you from London now?" Jim took his pipe out of his mouth. "It wns wo who put our king over the Engllnh, so if there's any rngo It should have been over yonder," said he. This wns clearly newn to tho stranger, and It Mlenccd him for the moment. "Well, but your Inws are made down there, nnd surely that Is not good," he snld nt last. "No; It would bo well to havo a purl I anient bnck In Edinburgh," snld my father; "but I nm kept so busy with the sheep thnt I havo little enough time to think of such things." "It la for fine young men like you two to think of It," snld Do Lapp. "When a country is injured it Is to Its young men Umt It looks to nvengo It" 111 "Aye, the Vagllsh tako too much upen themselves somntlmM," said Jim. 'Welt If there aro many of thnt wny of thinking about why should we not form them Into battalions nnd march them pon London?' cried Do Iipp. "That wool bo a raro IltUe picnic," mild I, laughing; "and who would lend ost" He 'Jumped up, bowing wlUi his hand on hla heart In his queer fashion. "If you would allow mo to havo tho honor)" ha cried and thon, seeing that we were all laaghlng, ho bogan to laugh also, but Z am suro Uiat Uiero was really ne thought of ft Joko In his mind. I could never make out what his ago conld be, ner could Jim Horscroft elUier. Sometimes wo thought Uiat he was an eldlsh man Uiat looked young, and at others Uiat ho was a ynungirh man who looked old. On tho whole, we thought that ho might bo about forty or forty-flvo, though It was hard to see how ho could havo seen ro much of life in tho time. Rut ono day we got talking of ages, and then he surprised us. I hnd been saying that I was Just twenty, and Jim said Uiat ho was twenty-seven. , "Then I am tho most old of tho three," snld Do Lapp. We laughed at this, for by our reckoning ho might almost havo been our father. "But not by bo much," snld he, arch ing his brows. "I wns nlnc-nnd-twen-ty In December." And It was this oven more than his talk which mado us understand what an extraordinary life it must havo been that he had led. Ho saw our as tonishment, and laughed at It. "I have lived. I havo lived," ho cried. "I havo spent my days and my nights. I led a company in a battle whero five nations wero engaged when I wns but fourteen. I mado a king turn pale nt the words I whispered In his car when I was twenty. I had a hand In remaking n kingdom nnd put ting a fresh king upon a fresh throno the very year that I camo of ngc. Mon Dleu I I havo lived my life." That was the most thnt I ever heard him confess of his past life, nnd he only shook his head und laughed when we tried to get something moro out of him. There wero times when we thought thnt he was but a clever Im postor for what could a man of such Influence nnd talents be loitering here In Berwickshire for? but ono dny tliero came on incident which showed us Uint he had, Indeed, n history In tho past. You will remember that there was an old ofllcer of tho Peninsular war who lived no great way from us, the same who danced round the bonfire with his sister nnd the two maids. He had gone up to London on some busi ness nbout his pension nnd his wound money and the choice of hnvlng some work given him, bo that ho did not come bnck until Into In tho autumn. Ono of the first days after his return he enmc down to see us, nnd there for the first time he clapped oyes on De Lapp. Never In my life did I look upon so nstonlshcd a face, and he stared at our friend for n long mlnuto without so much ns n word. De Lnpp looked back at him equally hard, but there was no recognition In his eyes. "I do not know who you are, ulr," he said at last, "but you look at me ns it you had seen me before." "So I have," answered tho major. "Never to my knowledge." "But I'll swear It I" "Where, then?" "At the village of Astorga, in tho year '8." De Lapp started, and stnrcd again at our neighbor. "Mon Dleul whnt a chnncoJ" he cried; "und you wero tho English pnrllnmentalrel I remember you very well Indeed, Blr. Let mo hnve n whisper In your ear." Ho took him aside, und talked very earnestly with him In French for u quurter of an hour, gesticulating with his hands, nnd explaining something, whllo tho major nodded his old grizzled head from time to timo. At lust they seemed to como to some agreement, and I heard the major say "parolo d'honneur" several times, nnd nfter wards "fortune do hi guerre." But after that I always noticed Uiat tho mnjor never used tho same free fash ion of speech that we did toward our lodger, but bowed when he addressed him, and treated him with u wonder ful deal of respect. Jim Horscroft wns at homo all that I summer, but late In tho autumn he j went back to Edinburgh again for tho winter session, nnd as ho Intended to work very hnrd, and got his degree next spring If he could, he said that ho would bide up there for tho Christ mas. So there was a great leave-ttik- j lug between him and Cousin Edle, and he was to put up his plate aud to marry her as boon ns he had the right to practice. I never know n man lovo ' a woman more fondly than ho did her, and iho liked him well enough In n wny, for Indeed In tho wholo of Scot laud she would not find n finer-looking man ; but when It camu to marriage 1 think she winced a llttlo at tho , thought that all her wonderful dreams should end In nothing mora than In being the wife of a country surgeon. I was never very suro at that time 1 whether Edlo cared for Do Lapp or not. When Jim wns ut homo they took little notice of each other. Aft er he was gono they were thrown moro together, which was natural enough, as he had taken up so much of her timo before. Well, tho summer nnd the autumn und tho best part of tho winter passed nwny, and wo were still all very happy together. Wo got well Into tho year 1815, and tho great emperor wns still eating hla heart out at Elba, and all the ambassadors were wrangling to- tether at Vienna as to what the? should do with Uio lion's skin, now Uiat they had so fairly hunted bint down. We never thought that what all Uiese high and mighty people were doing could havo any bearing upoa us. and as to war why, everybody waa agreed that the great shadow waa lift ed from us forever, aud that, unlets the allies quarreled among themselves there would not bo a shot flrcd In Ks rope for another fifty years. There waa one Incident however, that stands eat very clearly In my memory I think Uiat It must have happened about Uio February of thU year and I will toll It te you before I go any further. Tou know what Uio Border peel cas tles are like; I havo ne doubt They were Just square keeps, built every here and Uiero along Uio line, so Uiat the folk might have seme place e protection against raiders and moss troopers. When Percy and his m were over the Marches, then the peo plo would drlvo somo of their catUe Into the yard of Uie tower, shut up Uie big gate, nnd light a flro In the brazier at the top, which would be answered by all the other peel towers, unUl the lights would go twinkling up to Uie Lnmmcrmulr hills, and so carry the news on to tho Pontlands nnd to Edin burgh. But now, of course, all these old kecp9 wcro warped and crum bling, nnd mndo flno nesting places for tho wild birds. One dny I had been on a very long wnlk, awny over to leavo n message at the Laldlaw Armstrongs, who Uvo two miles on this sldo of Ayton. About Ave o'clock, Just beforo the sunset, I found myself on tho brao path, with the gablo end of West Inch peeping up in front of me, and Uio old peel tower lying on my left And ns I stnrcd I suddenly saw the fnco of n man twin kle for a moment In one of tho holes In Uie wnll. It was bo queer that I was deter mined to como to tho bottom of It; so, tired as I was, I turned my shoul der on home, nnd wnlked Bwlftly to wnrd tho tower. The grnss stretches right up to tho very bnse of tho wall, and my feet mndo little noise until I reached the crumbling arch where the old gate used to be. I peeped through nnd Uiero was Bonavcnturo do Lnpp, standing Insldo the keep, nnd peeping out through tho very hole nt which I had seen his face. He was turned hnlf nwny from me, nnd It was clear that he hnd not seen me nt nil, for ho wns staring with all his eyes over In the direction of West Inch. As 1 nd vnnccd my foot rattled the rubble thnt lay In the gnteway, nnd he turned round with a start and fnced me. "nullo I" said I, "what are you doing here? "I mny nsk you that," raid he. "I came up because 1 saw your face at tho window." "And I because, as you mny well have observed, I have very much In terest for all that has to do with tho military, and of course castles nrc among them. You will excuse me for one moment, my dear Jack." and he stepped out suddenly through the hole In ihn u-nll ro ns tn hn nut of mv wlirht. 111 uie wiui, u ii3 iu uu uui ui 111; nikiu. But I was very much too curious to excuse him so easily. I shifted my ground swiftly, to sec whnt If wn Uiat he was after. He was standing outside, nnd waving his hnnd franti cally, as In a slgnul. "What are you doing?" I cried, and then, running out to his side, I looked ncross the moors to seo whom ho wns beckoning to. "You go too far, sir," said he an grily; "I didn't Uiought you would hnve gone so far. A gentlemnn hns the freedom to act as ho choose, with out your being the spy upon him. If we are to ho friends, you must not interfere In my uffnlrs." "I don't like theso secret doings," Bnld I, "and my father would not llko them, cither." "Your fnthcr can spenk for himself, and there Is no secret," snld he curUy. "It Is you, with your Imaginings, Uiat make a secret. Tu, ta, tal I have no putlunce with such foolishness." And, without so much ns a nod, he turned his back upon mo nnd started wnlklng swiftly to West Inch. Well, I followed him, nnd In tho worst of tempers, for I had n feeling thnt tnere wns somo mischief in tho wind, nnd yet I could not for tho life of me think what It all meant What could there be to spy about In Berwickshire. And besides, Major El liott knew nil nbout hlnij nnd he Would not show him such respect If there wns anything nmlss. I hnd Just got ns far ns this In my thoughts when I heard n cheery hall, and there was the major him self, coming down tho hill from his house, with his big bulldog, Bounder, held In lensh. Tills dog was a savitgo creature, and had caused more than one accident on the countryside, but 1 the major was very fond of It, nnd would never go out without It, though ho kept It tied with a good, thick thong of leather. Well, Just ns I was looking nt the major, waiting for him to come up. he stumbled with his lame leg over n branch of gorse, and ! In recovering hlmfelf he let go his hold of the lensh, nnd In nn instant there wns the beast of a dog flying down the hillside In my direction. I did not like It, I can tell you, for there was neither stick nor stono nbout, and I knew that tho brute was dangerous. As It came at mo with bristling hair and Its nose screwed bnck between Its two red eyes, I cried out, "Bounder 1 Bounder I" nt tho pitch of my lungs. It had Its effect, for tho beast passed mo wlUi a snnrl, und flew along the path on the traces of Bonavcnturo do Lapp. He turned nt the shouting, mid seemed to take In the whole thing at n glance, hut he strolled nlong ns - - 1 - - - '" slowly as errr. My heart was In my mouth for him, for the dog had never seen him before, and I ran m fust as my feet would mry me to drag ll away from him. Hut somehow, ns It bounded up and saw tbo twittering finger and thumb which Do Lapp liota out behind him. IU fury died suddenly away, and wo saw tt wngglng its thumb of.-v "a 1 nnd clawing at hK knee, V W "Tour dog, then, major? said hoj as Its owner came hobbling up. "An, It Is a flno beast a flno, pretty thing." The major was blowing hard, for be had covered Uio ground nearly as fast as I had. "I waa sfrald lest ho might bnv hurt you," ho pantoA. -Ta. ta. tal" cried Do Lnpp. "H Is a pretty, genUo thing. I always lovo Uie dogs. Hut I am glad that I have met you, major, for Uiero Is this young gentleman, to whom I owe very ranch, who has begun to think that I am a spy. Is It not so, Jack?" I was so taken aback by hla words that I could not lay my tonguo to an answer, but colored up nnd looked nskance, llko tho awkward country lad Uiat I was. "You know me, mnjor," said Do Lapp; "and I am suro thnt you will tell him thnt Uils could not he," "No, no, Jackt Certainly not I Cer tainly not I" cried tho mnjor. "Thank you," said Do Lnpp. "You know me, nnd you do mo Justice. And yourself, I hope thnt you will soon havo your regiment given you." "I nm well enough," answered tho mnjor; "but they will novcr give mo n plnco unless there Is wnr, nnd Uiero will bo no moro wnr In my. time." "Oh t you think thnt?" said Do Lapp, with a smile. "Well, nous vcrrons. We shall see. my friend I" Ho whisked off his hat nnd turning briskly, ho walked off In tho direction of West Inch. The mnjor stood looking after g him with thoughtful eyes, and then 1 nsked me whnt It was thnt hnd mo 1 think thnt he wn n spy. When I fl told him he said nothing, but ho shook his bend, nnd looked llko n mnn who was HI at eii- In his mind. (Continued next week.) w . Tho Misses Elnn nnd Fern Froyd, ' whose popular Millinery establish ment helps to keep the ladies of Cedar looking their best, havo just returned from Salt Lake City where they havo been selecting their fall nnd winter stock of hats. MICKIE SAYS: ( " T -N. poiewoe, vouevi vou&b ioowvmTV (fw. cfiA.vss, let tu ove kxmiA ORDER. OATAICX& UE V) PICK. OP -TVV UOUC VAPSR. 'M jooa. CNt-UM AGS OP OUR. UOVAE KA6RCUAMV&. C -VUO-IR6 VJ&&. FRJL&UCS'H UE16UQOR3A, "tM R -VUE Q.ONQ VSiUO VCP c MAE TUB 0 QOCto -flUA COW-) UA3SED M CART VA AIOSV3 VOUCMj VSER. 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