The herald-advance., October 13, 1911, Image 8

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la
ANOd
By Captain
f. A. MITCHEL
Copyrtlttt, 1892. by American
Press Association
SYNOPSIS
Private Mark Malone, U. 8. A.. Bent a«
ft *py to Chattanooga by General Thomaa
saved from guerrillas by Souri Slack.
Disguised as a countryman. Mark starta
for Chattanooga with Jakey, Souri's brotlj*
er.
Mark Is to send
Sourt her
red hand­
kerchief If In peril.
Mark and Jakey are given shelter by
Laura Fain and her mother. Laura sus
pects Mark Is a Union soldier tn disguise,
He confessfs that he Is Laura Is
a
Confederate. She prevents her lover. Cap
tain Cameron Fitz Hugh. C. S. A., from
detaining Mark.
Mark karris that a big Confederate army
la
massing at Chattanooga and planning
a northward dush. He uttempts to ea
cape from Chattanooga.
He carries Jakey in safety past the
picket tine and un«xpertedly m^ets a band
of Cur:ffd#»ni e des^m-is He and Jake
are tiu-n taken pnponera.
Mark is imprisoni-d as a spy. Jake\
sends Souri's ii ituiuiMchief to her by a rj
Kro Mark, defended by Kltss Hugh,
sentenced to death.
SOUM leteives her handkerchief and dis
guised as a colortni girl. goes to Mark's
rcscue. She becomes a servant In the
jail.
Souri and Mark exchange clothing, and
wtth a blackened face Mark passes tile
guard. Mloodliounds follow nim. He take#
to the river.
Beaching the Fain house, Laura con
ceals
him
clothing.
her
and gives him food and n«
She upbraids him for seeking
protection.
Souri and Jakey are went home by the
Confederate provoat marshal. Mark pse*
as Professor Rhett of South Carolina in
the Fain home.
He sends Uncle Panlel. a negro, to Chat
tanooga for further military information
Captain Fltz Hugh, calling
unexpected!),
captures Mark.
Laura insists that Fltz Hugh permit
Mark to escape. He does ao, and thev
engagement is broken. Mark. Laura atui
her mother start for Nashville.
Mark, endeavoring to pass a
Confpder
ate picket, says he and I^aura are
Mr ami
Mra. Green. They are detained.
and Laura agree to be man and
reality.
Fit* Hugh appears, heara that
and Laura are married and aida
escape. Mark reaches the Union
Mark
wife
tn
Mark
Mark ro
lines in
safety.
Laura and her mother rejoin Mark, and
legal marriage la performed. Mark aa
Laura he will be a spy no longer.
hone* are not all taken before morn
ing- The man may tie In league with a
band of guerrilla*, for all we know."
The daughter withdrew, for the mo
ment quite Impressed with hor moth
•r'a prudence. As she stepped out on
the veranda Mark rose respectfully
and stood looking into her black eyes
with his blue ones. Her mother's cau
tion fled away before that honest coun
tenance.
"Ton can have some supper." sae
•aid. "if you care to eat It in the lower
hall, and you can sleep—you—you can
Bleep"—
Mark was bowing his thanks.
"Would you mind sleeping in She
paused again.
•The barn? Certainly not."
Tou know these are troublous
times," she said apologetically, "and
we are alone. I mean we haven't
many men in the house." she quickly
added, conscious of having made
known the household's weakness to
stranger.
Mark smiled. The young lady was
looking at him as be did so. and she
thought be had a very charming smile.
"We will sleep anywhere you choose
to put us. Leastaways we ain't pur
tfcnlar."
The first sentence was spoken In his
natural way: the second In dialect
Mark's manner of speaking to her was
•iacularly mixed.
"I suppose your men are fighting our
battles." lie remarked to relieve an
awkward cause.
"Papa is a way."
"Have you no brofhertT*
"Yea, one be is fighting for the Con
federacy."
"And your father—la he at the war?"
*t*o papa does not care much about
war."
"Perhaps he's a Union man."
yes. Papa la Union."
Mark concluded to hazard a surmise.
"Was he driven out?" be asked.
"Not eanctly.** she saM. with a
frown. "He's gone north, though."
JUw did not like to tell the whole
story to a stranger, who waa gradu
ally getting a good deal of information
Her father had come to Chattanooga
from the north years before, where
be had married a southern woman
After the opening of the war, on ac
count of hi» pronounced Union senti
ments. he bad been warned several
times to leave, and his family wen
much relieved when he was well away
from the danger that threatened him.
"You are divided." said Mark, "as w
art. Now. my leetle brother hyar'a a
Union boy. I'm Confederate."
There was a pause, and the girl, re
marking that she would see about
their tapper, turned and weqj^to the
feowi
y
It waa ifftrfc before strpper waa
annooaced. The mistress of the house
cam* out, and as Mark saw her eying
them both he knew that she came to
have a look at tb&tn. Fortunately for
bin. the darkneas prevented her get
ting good view Of him. Mark at
one* commenced to probe a mother's
heart by dwelling on tbe tired condi
tion of little Jakey, and kept it up till
wardly resolved that the child should
liave a comfortable bed.
Jakey ate a hearty supper—the
heartier for the delay—and the two
wttyfarera were shown up stairs to a
large room with a big bed in It. A
few sticks were lighted on the hearth
to dry the dampness, for the room had
been long unused, and there was a
general air of comfort. Jakey. who
had never seen such luxury, rolled his
little eyes about and wondered. But
he was too tired to waste much time
in admiration. Tie was soou in bed
and asleep.
Mark took his pipe and went down
to the yard to have a smoke. Going
back to the barn he entered into con-
1
"BHO' NTT**. AIN'T OWTNB TO TELL NO
BODY."
versation with nn old darky sitting on
a barrel by the stable door and evi
dently master of the horse.
"Fine nU'lit, uncle."
"Yas. bery fine niffht, sah."
"That's not very good tobaccfl yoa*T«
smoking, uncle. You'd better take
some o' this hyar."
"Thank y\ Bah."
"Do you hear any news, uncle'*—
"Dan'l. My name's Dan'i. sah. No,
sah I don't git no news 'cept de so
jers Is getting mighty thick at Chatte
noogy."
"Do you know how many are there?"
"I reckon 'bout free hundred thou
sand."
Mark laughed.
"You're not much at figures," he said.
"No, sah, I ain't got no larnen."
"Uncle, I shan't want anything of
you while I am hyar, but you must
have somep'n to remember mo by all
the same." and Mark put a new crisp
dollar greenback in the old man's band.
"Bress de Lo'd. you is de fines' spe
cermon ob a po* white gentleman I
ebcr had de facliatude ob meeten."
"Well, don't spoil it all by tellen
t'other hands. Keep It to yourself."
"Sho' nuff. I ain't gwine to tell no
body."
Mark left Uncle Daniel chuckling on
his barrel and strolled about the
grounds. Presently be found himself
walking near the front of the house.
The mother and daughter sat on the
veranda in the moonlight. Presently
the daughter came down the steps and
advanced to where Mark was loitering.
"Mamma says that if you like you
may-she would be pleased to have
you come up and sit on the veranda."
"Thank you!" Mark waa about to
lift his bat In his usual deferential
manner, but suddenly remembered
that he was not supposed to be a gen
tleman. He followed the girl up to
the veranda, and she placed a seat for
him, near where they were sitting.
"Your brother is a good deal young
er than you." said the mother when
Mark waa seated.
"Oh. yes, ma'am 'bo ia ton years
younger."
"You don't resemble each other at
all. You are light and be is dark."
"8o we don't. Jakey is my stepbroth
er, you know."
"Ho seems to bo a peculiar child."
••Yas. Jakey, he is peculiar, very pe
culiar, ma'am."
"You haven't told na your name yet,"
aaid the mother.
"Slack. I'm Farmer Slack's ton."
"How many field hands does your
father own?"
"Father, be don't own no niggers at
all. We're just only poor whites."
"You're very frank about it," said
Laura.
"Waal, there ain't no use maken pur
tensions."
"And you go to Cnattanooga tomo*.
row?" aaked the mother.
"Yas. ma'am I cal'late ter do some
traden thar."
"And you will return this way?"
"I reckon I'll be along byar in a few
days."
The mother arose and walked with
all the statellness of a southern high
born matron into the house. There
ahe resumed the book she had been
reading earlier in the evening.
Mark had kept up hia assumed char
acter very well during ber presence
Now that ho was left alone with the
daughter he was put to a much se
verer test He bad been so used from
his childhood to meet a refined bear
ing with one equally refined that he
found it difficult to avoid doing so
now.
"Don't you love to look at the stars,
Mr. Slack?" asked the young lady.
"Waal, yas Miss"—
"My name is Laura Fain."
"I bev always been fond o' the sci
ence of— He paused be suddenly re
,//
SliPilfSf
-v
ineinbered that poor "white IrTish"
were not usually versed in any of the
sciences.
"Astronomy," she supplied.
"Waal, yas."
"How did
Mark suddenly became conscious of
hftving forgotten himself. He recol
lected his critical position and resolved
to proceed with greater care.
"How far is the moon?" asked Miss
Fain.
"The moon's a hundred million miles,
I reckon."
"Oh, no. You're far out of the way
there. It's only about two hundred
and forty thousand uiiles."
"Waal, now!" exclaimed Mark in
well feigned surprise.
She looked searching!? at him, but
Mark looked as if he had simply re
ceived an interesting piece of informa
tion.
"Do you like poetry?" she asked,
changing the subject.
"Suine'at."
*'My favorite p. ot is Tennyson. Is
he yours too?"
Tills was dangerous ground for Mark.
He had a special fondness for poetry,
and was tuore likely to betray himself
on this than on any other subject.
"No," he said "I love Sholley best."
"Why. Mr. Slack, how can you un
derstand Shelley? I can't."
"Waal, he is kinder obscurelike."
"Do you remember any of his poems?
If you do I would like to bear you re
peat it."
"Waal, I mought give you a few
lines of the 'Ode to the Spirit o' Na
ture.'
"Please do."
Mark would have done well to let the
**Ode to the Spirit of Nature" alone:
but with a beautiful girl beside him.
the half moon sinking in the west and
all nature in repose, be momentarily
forgot his assumed character entirely.
Suddenly he awoke to the conscious
ness of having given the whole poem
In his natural tone and with his ordi
nary accent.
"Mr. Slack." aaid bis listener when
he had finished, "did you learn that
from a man in Jasper?"
"No— no— I—waal," he stammered, "I
read It in a book."
He stole a glance at his companion,
but failed to detect any unusual ex
pression on ber face. He took courage.
"What do you raise on your planta
tion?" she asked.
"Oh. we put in some potatoes and
corn and straw this year.'*
"Straw?"
"No. no not straw." Mark W®S as
little conversant with the farmer's art
as he was familiar with the poets. "I
mean hay."
The girl looked at him and smiled.
"The wheat was all gotten in early
this summer. I am told," she remarked
casually.
"Yas, we got in ourn early. We jest
finished up before I kern away."
"Why. Mr. SlackI"
Mark knew that be had blundered
again.
"Wheat is gathered in July," she In
formed the young farmer.
"I mean the corn," he said wildly.
"The corn comes later. It is ripen
ing now."
Mark felt it was all up with him so
far as deceiving Miss Fain as to bis
being a farmer, but he struck out
boldly to undo some of the mischief.
"Waal, you see. Miss Fain, to tell
the whole truth, dad he don't reckon
much on my farmen. He aaya I
ought er be a perfessor or somep'n o'
that sort"
"A gentleman, for instance."
Mark made no reply. For the first
time he detected irony in ber tone.
"Mr. Slack—if that is really your
aame. which I don't believe—you are
certainly not very complimentary to
my sense of perception.4
"How so?"
"In trying to make me think you are
aeot
an educated gentleman."
Mark saw the futility of keeping up
the sham with Miss Laura Fain any
longer. He resolved to give ber so
much of his confidence as was neces
sary to keep ber from betraying him.
"I will be frank with you. I am not
what I have pretended, but I am not
here to injure you or yours."
"Are you a Union man?"
"Yes."
"A northerner?"
"Yes but let that suffice. You would
regret It If I should confide anything
more to you. Yet from this brief inter
view I have learned to trust you snfll
ciently to place my life in your keep
ing."
She thought a moment. A faint shud
der passed over ber.
"I don't want to know your secret,**
"Will you tell your mother what yon
have discovered?" asked Mark anx
iously.
"Not for worlds."
"You suspect"— He paused and
looked at her inquiringly.
"Yes, yes. Don't say any more.
Don't breathe another word. Only go
away from here as soon as possible."
"I shall go tomorrow morning. I
shall always hold you In grateful re
membrance. You are a splendid—a
lovely woman. I owe you"—
"Yes, yes go—go early."
8 tie rose sad went into, the house.
in
you come to learn astron­
omy
"Oh, I don't know nothen 'bout it,"
he said quickly. "I hearn a man at
Jasper talken oncL He said a heap o*
quar things."
"What bright star is that?' pointing.
"Venus. I reckon."
"I wonder how far It Is from us?"
she said musingly.
"Venus? Why, Venus Is sixty-eight
millions of miles, 1 reckon."
"I happen to know that's a correct
aiiswer."
a few minutes a colored boy aiue
out and told Mark that he would show
him to his room. As Mark had been
there before, he knew this meant that
be was expected to retire for the night.
As he went by the parlor he glanced
In. The mother sat by a lamp on a
"center table" reading. Miss Fain's
face was also bent over a book. It
was white as the margin of the page
she pretended to read.
[TO BS CONTINUED.]
O't.H Oct, l:j
Notice to Sewer Contractors.
Scaled proposals, marked "Bids for Newer*,"
will he received by the city council of the city
of Millmnk, at the office of the city auditor of
said city, up to o'clock a. in., on the IHth day
of October, I'Jll. for constructing ec«er run
niuK from Kmluay street south through the
center of Viola street to Kmery street, in said
city ot Milbank. Plans and specific atione may
be seen at the office of the citv auditor or city
engineer. ,\ll mttterinl for s«aid sewer to be
furnished by the city of Milbank. A certified
check in the sum of live hui.dreo 51
N
Oct.#
ToricE.
JO .(Ml] dollar#,
payable to the city treasurer of Milbank, South
Dakota ni net accompany all bids.
All contractors eubmiuint! bids
PIIHII
make
thei- estimates upon the basis of employing
laborers residing in this city, for all construc
tion work. Hurt other hiti^'8 lieinj equal, whall
employ resident laborers therefor.
Saul city reserves the right to reject any and
ail bide
iibanic, S. I)., October ict,1!lll.
A. A. HtuMQOiST, City Auditor.
Notiee is hereby given that lie city Council
of the city of Mjlbank, will on the ittth cay of
OcKiher.It'll, it the hour of c'tiht o'clock P.M.,
Oi'tlnit tiny, receive veal til ind.t lortiie dif-'^int of
a tierich for a four inch water main on ihe_ west
side of Viola Street from Milbank Aveniie to
l'rairie Si ree\ Plans and specnictuionn may be
Seen at the oflice of the cit\ auditor or city en
g'l ier. All cotitiactors hubiiiitting bnii shall
mske their estimates npon lie basis of employ
ing laborers residiim in thi citv for all construc
tion work, and other things beinu equal, sha'l
employ resident laborers therefor. Said bids
shall be in writing and must be accompanied
Willi a certified check for (*.")• 0.00] Five Hundred
Dollars, payable tothe treasurer of the City of
llbank.
The said city cmncil reserves the right
ject any and all bids.
Milbank, S. !., Oct. "1, 1HU
Oct. 6
OT1CE TO CREDITORS.
state of South Dakota)
County of (irant IN COUNTV COITRT
In the matter of the estate of Qulick Olson,
Deceased,
Notice ia hereby triven bv the undersigned,
administrator of the estate ot (iulick Olson,
deceased, to the creditors of, and alt persons
having claim* against lie said deceased, to ex
lii'ot tb« in, with the necessary vouchers within
four months art'r the lirst publication of (his
notice, to the said administrator, at Strandberg.
in the Countv of r»nt. South Dakota.
Dated it jfttftmuk, South Dakota, September
lilll.
N. FOR«BKKG,
Administrator of tl.e Kstate
of (iuiick Olson, Deceased.
At Last
HERE IS COMFORT FOR
SPECTACLE WEARERS
We will Guarantee
THAT THE
Apex Temple
WILL NOT CUT OR
CHAFE THE EARS
They can be applied
to your lenses while you wait
LET US SHOW YOU
Dr. el. W Y
TELEPHON K li LOCK--MILBANK
c.t. li Nov. IT
NOTICE
OK MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
HA I.E.
Default having been made ID the conditions of
a mortage containing a power of sale, dated
September Twenty-tnnith, I'.ilO, made by David
J. Kiiey, Theodore Wilson and Vera Wilsou,
Mortgagors, to The Exchange Hank of Gary, a
Soum Dakota Corporation, whvse I'ott-crtice
address is Gary, South Dakota. Mortgagee, which
mortgage Aae'tiled for tecord in the oihce of the
hegister of Deeds in and for Grant County,
South Dakota, on Septemh« Thirtieth, lttl ', at
o'clock, A.M., and was recorded therein in
Book 14 of Mortgage*, on page S-'-J thereof, which
default consists in the failure of said Mortgagors
to pay the promissory note for Nineteen liun
dredaud Forty-iour Dollars described in,
and secured by. said mortgage, which imte be
came due r.ud payable on September Twenty
fourth, l»ll, by reason whereof the power of sale
contained in said mortgage has become, and now
is, operative: and said note and mortgage being
liow owned and held b.v the undersigned. The
Exchange Bank nf Gary. Mortgagee, and the
iMim of Nineteen Hundred and Forty.four Dol
lars (being doe and unpaid thereon at the
liate of th is notice and no action or proceeding
having been instituted at law to recover the
debt secuied by said mo.tgage, or any part
th reol: Therefore.
Notice Is hereby givfti, that said mortgage
will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises
therein described, and hereinafter desciihed, at
public auction to the highest bidder, forcash, by
the Sheriff of sitd (Jrant County, or by his depu
v, at the front door of lie Court House in the
City of ilbunk. in (irant Count)
.South Dakota,
on Saturday, the Eighteenth day of No\eiuber,
It'll, at One O'clock, I*. M., said mortgaged
premises being situated in Grant Couuty. south
Dakota, and being described in said mortgage
subMautially as follows, to-wit: The North
west uarter i N W '4] of Sect ion Ten 101, in Town
ship Un'Hundred and Eighteen [11^1, Range
Forij-nine I I'M. (irant County, South Dakota.
Dated at Clear Like, Deuel County, South
Dakota,
Oct. 13
Oc t. fi.
to
re­
A.
A. BLOOM^ITIST,
Citjr auditor
September ait, it'll.
THE EXCHANOK BANKOF GARY.
a South Dakota Corporation,
Mortgagee.
Law & Knight, Clear Lake, South Dakota,
Attorneys for Mortgagee.
Oct. t:
Noticc.
Notice in herein- given that the city council ol
the city of Milbank, did b.v resolution passed on
lie second day of Oc tober, it'il, declare tlint a
necessity existed for a luteinl sewer running
from Kai.w.iy street south through the center of
Viola street to Kmery street, and ordered the
same to l«e constructed at oticp, and all property
owners along the line ot s nd proposed sewer
can make objections to the construction thereof
at a meeting of the city couticiI to be held at the
council chambers in said city,
on the l'ith day of
October, 1!*U. at eight o'clock tn.
Dated this 3d day of October.
K. W. kkham,Mayor.
Attest: A. A. Iiloini|inst,
City Auditor.
Kirst—Sept.
OKTGAOE SALE.
Oct.
Whereas, default has been made in the con
ditions of tbt mortgap* containing a power of
sale jjiven by Jnlin Van Asih and .Jane Van
Van A-cli, his wire, as moit^ni ore, to (J. L.
Wood as morta gee, whose pi.st office address
is Milbank, South Dakota, dated January
1 -Mts, and recorded on the Tth day of February,
1(*IK, at 4:1") o cl'.ck p. tn., in bcok t-9 of tnort
U'ajfes on pane M«t. mort^aitin ,' the following de
scribed land situ.ted
IU
Whereas, no action or proceeding at law or
otherwise have been instituted to recover a debt
secured by said mortgnge cr any part thereof
and whereas there is claimed to be due upon
said mortgage at he date of th's notice, the sum
of aix hundred sixty-one and il'-lOd (SWil.V,) dol
lars.
Therefore, notice Is hereby given that the said
mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of said
premises at public auc! ion by the sheriff of said
county on the 'JHth day of October, l^ll.at
o'clock p. in., at the front door of the court
house in the city of Milbank, in said county of
(irant and state of South Dakota, to pay said
debt and interest and twenty-Ave (-5.110) dollars
as attorneys fees, and all other disbursements
allowed by law.
Dated this 'JOth day of September, 1!M1.
O. L. Woon, Mortgagee.
Geo. S. Rix, Attorney for Mortgagee.
September 22
OT1CE TO CREDITORS
N'
State of South Dakota,)
County of (irant
In
the Matter
For the next two weeks
General Merchants
City Meat Market
Keeps a variety of the freshest
vegetables to le had. and makes a
specialty of Home Made Sausage.
A choice line of Meats always on
hand, including Sliced Ham. Sum
mer Sausage, Dried Beef and Can
ned Goods.
Markets in Milbiak and Twin
Brooks.
Fred W Meyers
Dr. G. O. Goodman,
DENTIST & DENTAL SURGEON
MILHANK.
art .41.
the county of (irant
and state of South Dakota, tow it: the southwest
(piarter of sect ion twelve Hi) in township one
hundred and twenty-one (lv!l) of ranjie turty
cialit H*), and
In Coeatjr Court.
of
the Estate
of Hannah
Fred­
erick Sahr. Deceased,
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of the estate of Hanuah Kreder
Icka Sahr, deceased, to the creditoreof. and all
persons havin claims against the said deceas
ed, to exhibit the. with the necessary vouch
ers, within six mouths after the first publica
tion of this notice, to the said administrator
at Bitr stone City, in the County of Orant,
South Dakota.
Dated at MiLoank, South Dakota, September
21, mil.
HERMAN SAHB.
Administrator of theEttateof
Hannah Fredericka Sahr,
Deceased
Special Underwear Sale
the remainder of our light weight
union suits at the following low prices
Regular $1.50 suits $1.20
Regular 1.20 suits 1.00
We are also offering some choice
bargains in ladies white shirt waists
$2.25 values for 1.70
1.75 values for 1.35
5.50 values for 4.65
4.50
values for
S. D.
Office in Farmer's Bank Building.
Pnone:(irant County— 04—1
Dr. Frank Mittelstaedt
Dentist
Office over Pott's Hardware
Store, Milbank. Phone 188
S. S. Loekliart,
Law, Land, In&uram'e, Surety Bonds
Oilkv (jver Farmers Bank
Phone
Milbauk, So. Dak.
Tliad L. Fuller
LA W YEK
Practice in all Courts
iBoth Phones—
MILBANK 80. OA EOT
A
Dr. J. A. Jacotel,
PHYfelUlAN
Last-Oct. 3T
AND
SUKGEON
OBce over Farmers Bank—rooms 1,
i
and
Residence—First house north of court house
Phonea— D, C,,oBlCe,S9-3, residence 83-4 Farm
MILBANK HO. DAKOTA
Dr. Cliiirles Flett,
PHY SCI AN
AND
p.
SURGEON
f^Speeial attention given to disease*
of the Eve and Ear. Glasse? fitted
Calls promptly attended,
Office 19 Over M'ttel-
Residence I!Hr staedfc'a stora
MILBANK, SOUTH DAKOTA
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