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rn a- ship or der ams.
"hen nilen! iles the sleeping town
In Its profoundest rest.
Th-re ls a ship raaMS sailing down
fpon the .liver's breast
While winged as tba' enchanted iw_n,
sh,* sa: let h ih'ongh Ito night.
And purple grows th* gb,oin Ul on
dh* magie ol her flight.
Th" Lai-rue she l,r*a,-s nn mortal name,
N'o Crew ol mortal mould.
Cl*,-* s* ship of l**ng and flame,
Ol cellar wood and goldi
Sh? |. ih* shit* that Tinner BBSW
du th * enchanted seas.
She floats far Isle* "f M SH through,
And isles ol iii'Tiiu.'es
And she ls mist'-alli* fraught
vt,th .bs ams p membered bing.
That drib on all th* Cd-s ol thought
And all the seas of long.
(she bath ITtysSm kg her helm,
.Vs In Ito olden time ;
Thli ihln of a d.vlii'-r realm,
And ot a fairer clime.
A GOLDEN SILENCE.
UV JOHN" BTBAHOK W1MTBB.
L
Tn n small mom. sra utile furnished as a bed
room, in lin- Residency of Munapore, n- lit t lo girl
of twelve yean, old or bo wns sitting in a rocking
chair, with a fun In one hand and a very dry ami
unpalatable-looking Idscnit In the other.
She vvns a etriltinir-looliini* child, very pule and
pinched In the face, with black hair the color ol
n mveirs wing, cut close to her shui>eC- head and
parted on one side like a boy's, lier eyes Mem
dark, and made her perhaps took more wan than
if they had been blue or gray Her muslin gown
lind once beeu while, uud was full and had many
flounces or little frills on tho skirt thereof, eaeh
edgell with tine Ince?but it wns very dingy in
color now, and had nnruistakiibly been washed by
nu ama tim la the laundry art. Her white .tock?
ing- had shared thc same .ute ns the frock, but
her shoes were tidy and good.
'Ihe child's whole nir was languid and I1stb--s;
twice or three times she wc.nhl wave the lan 1*'
nnd fm, then take a nibble nt ihe dry biscuit?a
nibble which hud no feign of apia-tite nix.ut it
then she would pul up on.* foot or the other and
look nt fhe toe of the Inly shoe or at Hie poor
little s'n'k of an ankle in the dingy stocking, then
lbs weald wave the fan again and turn her wistful
B~M apsa tbs Igam of a lady standing at the
table, the figure of her motber, lhat is to say.
There was not much siniikirity between mother
nnd child?in fact, the six mi nt hs old infant, in
the neabul lilfldll bj tin* t.Tbl, utis the living Image
of her uiother, as the alder child was of her gallant
father.
Mr> Marci?Beat wrns tall and slight and very
fragile in appearance, had pretty soft gray eyes
nnd bright brown hair timi wns sc indy darker
than gi-ld-n timi was yet distinctly brown. N**r
Brag aha so lille ns the child in the rocking, hair;
but her gown, which wns ol a pinkish tint, was
Very diugy and shabby.
Agnin and again did the child's big dirk eyes
tum upon her, watching her as she trashed out
s un- gtvwscnio bandages so stained with bleed
that the water In the basin was dyed crimson from
them?stopping every minute or so t*, drive away
A Hy from the steeping but restless baby in the
madia, ra to iou a lew breathe el au* to still it
us it t> ned in and fro.
'" (?'n: Mamie dear," the girl broke out ai teat.
" I du w lab you'd let nra do something to help you."
" I'm so nfrnid nf vour tainting again, Toltic,"
lin. Marchmont answered.
?? 1 shouldn't feel half sn ill if I had something
BBjthiag tu dn," 'lottie pemteted. "You know.
I??Ute, you've always s.,id no human being could
du two things ut oik-c properlyi and then von ar*'
jrearmlf trying to wash thom nactj bandages and
keep th*- flies nil baby at ihe semi- time. Couldn't
1 beea ibe flies nil bab**, at Isaaif"
? iee might du that," rel nun (1 her mother, still
nesjtiit ,i,ely. "only you know what. l>r. Poi mid,
ll.nt you tren not to exert y* him ll in uny way
until the attach had quite pasted off."
" I needn't exert myself,-1 pleaded Tonie. " You
enid move the cradle close up here, and just
fanning h?-r a t?it wouldn't hurt nie; it would iud
baked, Mamie.*1
Thus penaad-rd, Mrs. Ilarehmoni moved the
chair on which thc cradle Mood * I *? to the reek
ing-cliiiii* in which Tattle lap, and then she bent
down uml kivseii the child H-ndi-ily.
" Don't over-tire yourself, my dcurie," sin said
fondly. " We must be carelul ol you, you know,
for ft little while."
"All right?I'll he card ul. Mamie," rctum-d
Tottie, waving the fan to and Ito and attacking
the dry biscuit with new vigor.
Bili, it was hurd work for her little fever-wasted
fnun-. in that close mein wit inuit tia- luxury, ai
more truly necessity, of punkahs to which she had
Wen iieciistclued during the whale of brr life?fur
it was in the hot month of .lune, in tin* year ISaT.
Outside the itesidt ney a lure** Indian sun shone
down upon the city ami tertian of lleenapon.
Fate-tat, did I say? Well, yes, it was a fortress,
nlthuiigli it had never been planed lor any su* h
puri-sjoe; in truth, a forms*, consisting of the
Baste?Bi v, tin- 1-iiglish Church, and the hospital
three tellly inbstaiiti.il i?n,ne i,ml,hugs, each stand?
ing in an enclosure el compound of its own.
And now they had become ft fortress?such
a one us Wanbi Beam have stood au lunn* against
the altock of tiny foes mme valiant than them
who, by the loree of overwhelming numbera, 'lur?
ing tin- Miunuer of '5 7 lani waste the great.-r part
of tbe Indian cont nu nt by lire and sword, ami put
to a miserable and i*.nun, lui diath hundreds and
bandieda af d. lieut iy-nend European awaken and
children, when tbey hated b, muss they were
Christ nins. Mini limul,led to Ihe dust beCBBBC tbey
had while team inst,-Md ol black.
It was toward the end of the month, ami ni
re;.dy thc little garrison ol Meena pan bail beea
uiiiU-r a close siege lor nearly three v eeks?a siege
l?ii * lose indeed that the rebels outside the wretched
mud wall.*, and stakes and baillie lita of the im?
provised fettrem could, and afteB did. |>ass jeer?
ing r. murks mid gibe, nnd sneers te them sepoys
aud i.aiives who had been faithful to theil trust
und still stood by the F-jingbeee in their hour of
lived.
At all times Meenapore was au excessively hot
place, and anything bul healthy ut this season ol
the year; indeed, us a matter ol luct, fioui May to
Oetehee there win- usually no turojieun women ol
children uf any grade hit in the station.
Hut now, in spue of the excessive eud over
POWIS lag heat, one and all had to make life as
endurable us was possible without thom luxuries
tn which they had been us* d. Jr'or all stood <u
lbs mam level now; Um wives of colmiel and
privates shared ulike the work of nursing nnd
cooking and washing one with another, just as
S?teen and men had forgotten all distinctions, and
did each the work lhat his st rength allowed, stand?
ing shoulder to shoulder, men nnd brothers, againsl
one cou.m.m foe.
And oh, what a life it was! Over n hundred
and lifty men besides the wemen und children, ul
whom there Were about s.v?*_ty, cooped up it
thrve buildings, which any om ol them would hat!
declared less than lliree month- below could not
possibly hate held a third of that number. Fool
va* scarce and of the |>oorest quality, and wai
amend eal in lbs ssaattaal of rations, so that Um
evil day, when they would be forced to N?teed *1
to th- (T,*-my, might be put oil as long us possible
Water BBS not plentiful nor ) ct good, limn wer*
to bateaem lo kill tba animals which still eked
oul u starving existence on tl..* course grass of tin
church compound, and if tLa-re had beeu, there wtr>
im c oks to dress the neal. Th* re wen ii" washer
men. and no servuiiis to keep the punkahs going
iiur y,-t. willi one ex** pt ion, any ayahs etea ti
-wash and attend to the children.
It was an awful life, lor this work all fell upor
lbs Efllopsaa women ol every grade, they who
ep to ihHt time, ned teaed life la tbe shining East
only endurable by the help of bindi luxuries us hui
few have oj desu,. tu have lu their own BBB?llj.
They were all limn', every ??hc of tlie womel
of that devota-d band, y<-1 without a doubt llst
br;.vest waana in tba gsntesa ww the colon, li
wife. Mrs. Marchmont: Stie was not pertieulsrlj
strang, aad sin- imi! Bat had tbe adtaatagi of waa)
is g. n tally * ad-da" douMfltiea! tdedaeatiea;" sh
lia l inver beea mpeeteHy handy willi her Angers
un*! knew no pion- how to make h pudding thai
sb.* km w bovCio make (.reek tire. She had beet
tvv Itt yean, in Inn a. e* d ???. a rub* hud lived ni
iii.ic'.rc. luxuriem life, lying most of her dav
BBOB a Soda, and driving oat iii thc coni of th
ave?teg to listen te Ito I nnd or chat willi iii
,,; i uniies of tbs garriaoa
But vib-n the Hrribb- mutiny of bi bridie aa
a. Meerai, and biased from eas end af India te tl)
other, Mr* Mun bm*,nt rawmd harnell from he
ii: ti rm in* ?'!"! lbs and tba husband who aden
bet tbal hi* will wns made of the right tstnlt, hu
ihut a knave Bngttebwaaaaa is gells .is seaa-le *
endurance as a gallant h.iglislimnn may be. Fro]
the hoiii that the mini wall was thrown up al* ii
the cu.nis,und of Ihe itesnh ney an I the last tim ,
v. rc driven in in tin- mme ol strengthening .
nothing /?cowed tn seam am.st, io her banda, un
without a doubt she put her whole heart into orerys
thing that she found to do.
I do not mean to say thnt she became hil at once
a first-rate cook who could have set up cooking
cliu-ses for young ladies at South Kensington, and
sent them home to poison long-suffering fathers
?with preserved ginger made out of lettuce stalks
or apricot jam made chiefly (Sf vegetable-marrows.
I do not say for one m..n..-nt that M a laundress
she would have kept the washing of any respect?
able middle class family in any part of l-ondon
after the first trial: nor do I believe for n moment
that they would have taken her in at St. John's
House, or any similar institution, and have chosen
her to take charge of the most critical cas?s which
called for help from them, without the regular
hospital training; but I do say that many was Ihe
jaded palate to whieh Mrs. Mnrchmont's arrowroot
or beef tea came like food for the gods, many was
the wound to which she brought bandages that,
were cool and fresh, many the fevered and weary
pillow she soothed, nnd many the fevcr-cheked
child thnt she fanned to sleep. In Ibis world
everything goes by comparison, and to the sud
little w-orld of Meenapore Mrs. Marchmont appeared
Very often in the guise of an angel.
II.
Several dayl had gone by. Hour by hour the
anxious watchers kept a strict look-eut for the re?
inforcement's which they believed to be slimly on
the road to Iheir succor. Hour by hour all ears
wen- strained to catch, amid the crack of musketry
end the din of the enemy's fortunntt-ly poor and
ill-miinned artillery, the sound of tlie Scottish bag
pities or English cheers.
Yet they came not, and the siege was not rais-d.
Still thc men of the little gani*,ni wen da.Hit?
less in their determination tn Bgbl to their very
last brenth. and to guard the tender worn-n nnd
helpless children who were their nearest and (bar?
est, ns long ns they could keep a defence of any
kind standing between them and tin* enemy. And
to this end every man who was well enough tn
Hand upon his feet and use his hands, gavo bis
time and strength light willingly to working at Ihe
tr,neb which they dug within the walls und barri?
cades of which their fortress consisted. How they
dug! Ay, dug for dear life nnd the lives of those
wiio were dearer to them than life it-self.
And then there came un evil day when lt wns
advisable that all but the invalids should be pit
on shorter rations, and that the water should he
dealt out even moro sparingly ! An evil, evil day ; j
for those whom a full allow.,nee of food and water
might have kept in comparative health ami
strength, were weakened lind brought so low ms
to be in no eondi', on to nie* ihe yet more deadly i
fn,- that was fast stealing upon them, a fne wh.'cfa
had no need lo work mines under their feet, nor ,
to make attacks upon their barricades, u foe wlmm '
no trenches could keep at hay. the foe which wns
evan more merciless than the insurgents, ami which I
was called?Cholera.
The number of soul, in the little gnrvi-on wns ]
I binned rapidly aft r this?the dis ase worked so
persistently and with such deadly resales; for mt
only were the weakly nnd the niling taken, but
thom wlio seemed the best able to withstand its
ravages fell victims umong the first.
Tr. short, thor* were eight or ten (leiths every
day, nnd tbs difficulty of giving pro|K-r burial to
those who were gOBS add* I lu a terrible way to
tin* distresses ami dangers nf thom who were left.
Very early after the outbreak the Marchmont
bnby dn-d after a few ho.irs' il Iih>- ; and then the
(ni.in> i and ins wil*- watched tie ir remaining child.
Til ie, in an agony of apprehension, dr* liding
evin* day, ray, evett hour, tc sin the sitrns nf
ibm f;ital Mm plain! against which they knew she
would have no streiiglh 1*. Bght lit, strange to
my, nltbougb si mug nnd seeiiiin.lv healthy men
tran telbag mi .ill sub-s. 1 < i-.- to-day ami gone t<>.
morrow nisi bending th, ir In ads at the tirst touch
of lhat dread Ininti and civinc np their lives with?
out a struggle, ihe delicate fever-weakened little
gitl lived m in sa lei \ un I the choien passed her
by. IVrlnps it was because such luxuries nnd
medicines us were nt her pennis1 remmand were nil
hiv is!,,.,| ujMin her, perhaps shs vhs spared that
she might prove ?<? thom win, wen oder and
sti mir* ,- Can she I1.it n the I'el^n of Terror of
1*4,7 then waa nut wanting ene iittl*- weakly
English girl who could show ihe wi.nh- world that
th*- spirit had not died ont which carried Hail
maidens into the Unman amphitheatres to meet
wiih unflinching eoonge a cruel and lingering
(bail, f- t Christ's su,tO-the spirit which led their
m-:iis of a leter day to suiter and endure .nih
unquenchable brightness all the horton and fiend?
ish ingenuities nf the .* innteb Inquisition.
Anyway, the cholera puned Tuttle Marchmont
by and she. gained health and strength as rapidly
as OOUld be expected Of her under the desperate
circumstances in which the whole garrisun were
placed; that ls tn say, she mewled from sofa to
rueking-eliair, and when Ihe rebels' musket rv was
quiet, whieh was ind often, crept out into tho
Compound at the back of Ihe Ii'-sidincy, nnd be?
tween that building and the hospita., and got a
few* breaths of such air a-* lin- Int sumner morn- j
inga or evenings afforded.
Often and often she begged hard to be allowed
to help her mother itt her many duties; but Mrs. \
Marchmont was very anxious and careful about !
her. and gem-rally found that, although Tonie's i
spirit wiis willing her Beeb wm lamentably weak, |
und that any strain, BO matter how small, upon |
the one was sure to react to iniense depression
upeii the other. Rn tm- treaty days dragged their '
slnvv length Biting wttlioni much occupation fur
her buy.md the dl-ttf etion of a few books which
?Im h'd reed at ,>*.isi a hundred tums ami the
(?Mit, ment of bearing of one death after another,
.md tl lk.| lin*, out o' 'he way ol the shots wi Ich
imin time 1*, time riddled the walls which abbi
tered il em.
The sietrc had now been wrried on fur five
weeks, or ratler fm* nu ly six. and si ill uv de
Uvennoe h.ni cnn- to tbe daily deereaaing band
of defenders; 1io|k> hal gone down very low ami
it. was a question whether they could Imbi out
many days longa nut utily on inc,mit of the
shortnc-s nf rations ami the scarcity ul water, but
benaan the rebels wen evidently making great
preparations fur a desperate attack upon the al?
ready weak and poor .h-leni * s.
" They're pretty quiet new. mother," sahl Tottle
one evening just before darkness began to "fall.
" Couldn't I go in the compound for a minute or
two? Tm choked in here.-' The words ended in
a sort uf -sob, which sin- tried bani to nip in the
bud, but which the mother*, lovrsharpened ems
beard, nevertheless.
" Yes. I think you might go fur a few minutes,
dear." sin* answered tenderly. " But you will be
very careful and keep by the wail, won't you ?"
"Yes, bat can't, you come?" imploringly.
" Nut fer ten minutes ?-r so. I must make the
arrowroot fm pom Mr. Bell?he has had so little
to-day. poor fellow."
'* Then I'll wait foi yuu. Mamie," said Tottie
resignedly,
" No, no. Go and sit outside at least, darlin;;.
I will come to you in a few minutes. I fancy yon
will lind luther eal then?lie went out to SM hew
Captain BvBBB is to-day."
" Over Bl thc hospital;'"
" Yes, dear."
"If I went over I might a*-k bow Nelly 1s,
m. thi ii't I " lottie iiskid.
" Yes, af cnurse, and I will bring Mr. Bell's
arrowroot over ivs soon as it, i. landy.'
So Tottie gave her mother u kiss and went out
to run aerem the compound. Hun i' No. poor
Tottie did uot, run much in those days, but to
creep Bemm thc eompoeed te ths hospital and nt*
quin after bet Utile friend Nelly DB**?, who had
been slightly wounded by a splinti r lrom a shell
which had exploded within the defences the pre
* i-us nimming, and 'hen lo lind her father of
whom she saw but little at this time.
ljeft behind, Mrs. Marchmont linlshed Ironing
the big pile of bandages which sin- had under
taken to wash for the hospital, mid then to work
to make the arrowroot for Mr Bell, and not inly
for him but for as many other patients as possible
When it was nady she poured it into a large Jug
in Which IO carry it across the compound.
" Here is tlie arrowroot, doctor," she panted,
as she gained the veranda ol the hospital1. " Has
Colonel Marchmont bun nver hen-.'''
" Yes, here he is," answered the doetur," hei zing
on the big J?g eagerly.
"Oh, you are here," she said lo ih- colonel.
" And wlu-re ls Tattier
"Tottie ? I haven't seen her," thc colonel
answered.
" She rame across to see Nelly Davis and to find
you," Mrs. Marchmont said. " She was so tired
ol halag indoors, poor child. I dara say she is
with Nelly."
" No. 1 have Just MBM from little Netty -tuen
dressing her wound you know, 'lottie was not
theri," nM the doctor.
" Then she ls MBM when In the hospital,' Mrs.
Marchmont replied, wit-boat showing or indeed
feeling aay Bflsasiarn "<>r pethaaa she went
hagb into the h.,usc How ls Nelly to-day, doctor?"
? Very feverish and excited," the doctor un.
iwered. "Ita not much of a wound, bat the
child is rather hysteric*!. By the by, l'U send her
up a cupful of your arrowroot."
"Ito, poor little soul," said the colonel's wife
kindly; then, alt?r she had j-aid a short visit to
one or two invalid*, shs took har husband's ann
and went bsck across the BBB-PSWBI fo the Resi
dencj*.
But Tottie was not then I Had not in faet
been seen by any one sinej' vb,- bnd tefl ber mother
nt work on the pile of bandages, ta go across tim
compound and ask after her little wea?dad Mend.
" Ned," said the mother when sh- Mt?Ired that
the child wa* nowhere in tbs huns.*. " is it psBBJbhl
that any harm can have cone to lu t ??"
She was white to the very lips as she pul the
Iden Into words, nud his bmn/ed cheek paled in
spite of himself.
" No, my dear. no. All has been perfectly
quiet for an hour or BBB Bel B shot has been
fired. What could have happened to her? Don't
distress yourself, my love; she has fOBC ''ito some?
body's room or other. I will go mund and find
out. Happily"?with a siph for tbs situation in
which they were?" there is not very far ta look."
Hut. small a.s the ground was over which they
had to search, they found no sign or trace of tim
Child. Apparently she ha*l disappeared as utterly
as if she had never been at all.
Cnlom-l Ifs lehman! and his wife were well nigh
Inside themselves with distress. Bl (1 Ihe entire gar- j
risen was more disturbed and excited and COB
Mined Bl the mystery than they had Ben by nil
tbs deaths from cholera or misadventure that had
taken pla,-.-,
It was sn mysterious I All had been quiet, un?
usually so in fact; the child had gone out in
broad daylight, for there is no twilight in India,
to go aernss two strips of comp*,und. nnd, fruin
that. mum'T.t, had disappeared, leaving no trace
Bf any kind behind. Where could she have gone?
Who could have spirited her away ? What was
her fate? All these quest inns passed freely to
nnd fro and led ta another, which wns even more
important still to each one who asked it: " What
traitor have wc amongst us, and who will bo
tuKeu in like way next?"
ra.
liie long hours of the long evering passed slowly
by. each munni.t seeming at least an hour; up
and down and in and out did ihe colonel nnd his
wife wander, searching moms ut.d verandas over
and over nguiu in the forton Impe of finding their
lost child. " Sin- trill get her death in this night
air," Mrs. Marchmont cried more than once, and
the brave soldier felt a (bailly chill creep over him
as lie renumbered that, In all probability, his ,
BUM little Tuttle had already met. her fate.
Bat be said nothing of his fears ta his wife, and
If such thoughts eteaaed bet mind, she (lid not
express them ta words, bat sought oa- Imping
against hojt-e, and Bet admitting the fear of tho
wurst even to herself. And oh! what hours of
agony and dread they w, re- sev en?eight? nine
ton?eleven ! As if the Bight would never gol
" lt is nearly midnight,"' said the colonel nt
last. " My love, will yon not go in und rest? You
are wearing yourself oat."
"I can't go in and r*st,"' lite*answered desper?
ately. -? if i a* ,p tn th'nk fut* a moana! I shall
go mad. Don't try to make me, N< d, darling. I
eau i do it."
" Tm n I will n >." he said ten leriy, ??utting his
arrr. shoot L *, and drawing ber close to lim.
" You shall stop with me all Bight, If need be?"
Ile bruk'- ntl short iis bs Spoks t<? look mure closely
at a little fnx terrier which had suddenly como
npon the scene nnd began frisking about them.
" Why, what has Fly gut arnuad his neck" Has
hs buti hun in any way?"
The woman's eyes were keener than the man's,
and Mrs. Murdinunit dropped upon lu*r knees be?
side tin- little animal with a cry af joy.
" Don't you se,- ?In- has COBBS from her,"1 sh" ex?
claimed ; " it- is a strip af lettie's truck, and me,
it has my darling's ring Upon lt. She is alive.
Oh, thank 'iud?thank God I"
She held up a strip uf railed muslin edged with
flue lace and showed bim that it was passed
through a little gold nug set with turquoises. Thc
euiuin-1 st;u< il ai it i*,r a moment ta perplexity.
- She must be within tin- barricades still,-1 he i
declared, " elm how could tbe dog have gol here?
Her*?Wilson, l'uwis, Muir, quick I News ol thc
Childi See what the du;*; hu-. Ii.uii.hl I"
" Try it he'll guide yuu tu her," suggested Muir,
ond so they all hurried eu! together, Wilson whis
peting to Powis ihat likely enough it was just a
dodge of thus*- black devils outaide to give the
mother and father another piing.
In far less tim,- than it takes me ta write the
words, they had a lani* rn ready and wer. trying
to persuade the dog to show when bis young mis
l!o--s was hidden.
" Good little chap?where ls she? Go find," be?
gan the minnel, patting him encouragingly J and
iiiter a puzzled ln*,k at. him for a minut.; Fly
started oil at a quick tr.it- across the compound
looking beeb every tow ya rd* or so to make sure ,
Hm! they wen following bim.
FoUow him I Ay, did Hoy aol ? And out of !
the Itesidency ground ne lcd them, into that in
which th*- church stood, tin-n out si rai gi it aerom ta
iluit *?*,rn er w bieli was nearest ta the rebels, and
themfonthc nest strongly protected and guarded.
There were raven! men on guard at. this point,
both European and native, mid als,, a couple of
native studiers lying aatoep against the wall. To
the left, about a dona paces sway, grew a thick
dump of bushes, ami beyond tbal tbe wall turned
al a sharp angle and ran nu! ta meei tbe wall *>f
the l.e-iib-ncy cnmpouiul.
Fly nm itnight across the ci ar-,- grass to the
trench winch had been dug within the wall, and
made fur tbe planks whieh gave footway ta tbe
barricade itself. These be CTOSBfd. followed
cl*,sell by the four men and Mrs. Marchmont, and,
passing the men ua guard and tbe tiro natives ly?
ing Mleep, daabed behind the thick clump of
bushes iiinl began whining and balking.
Ami th.-re they found b.-r, lying on the enid,
dainp with heavy -arith ihe nigh! dews, h?-r (ale
fine nmre drawn aud pinched than it had ever
been before, pinned down ta tie- ground by a
mam "f masonry which bsd been knocked efl tbe
wall during the evening by ir rebel slmt.
Mis. Mnnhmonl uttered ? cry ol thankfulnem
and joy us she fell upon her kines beside her. " I
winn Father?quick?rm su taint," the child
gHSped nut.
" Med?quick I" cried lim colonel's wife.
" Father, pul your ear ei,,se down ta my mouth,"'
she saul eagerly." Do you iee thom twe natives
lying asleep here, duse ta tm-V
" Yes," bc whispered beek.
".Never mind me?arrest them al once-don't
Ins,- ;ti, instunt. Never mind nie. I shall do very
Well lill that is dune. I run', get up because
smile of the wall I**ll on my leg, ll*- .pink,
, Father, don't Ins** a motneat."
'Jims bidden, the cul,me! asked not another
? question nor made Um delay ol ? moment
" Wilson, Muir," be mid, " have yuu your re.
1 volvem ready ;'"
" Yes. sir," tiu-y aw wend.
" Help Inc to !iri*e-*t. these mell'' lie mid, and
forthwith stepped round the bushes nnd vent up
ta the astonished natives, who mutt ju*t making
mi elaborate display of awaking fmm tbs deepen
of slumbers.
" l*iit- down ymir arms," be mid, presenting his
; revolver full in the face of one, while the two
j younger offleen took charge of the ether.
The men were so taken by suit,ns*- lhal tbey
submittal! quietly enough, and wen marcher] ,.fr
ta the Residency cellar, when they w.-r.- bound
band and foot as a precaution against their at?
tempting to eacepe.
This dune, tho three (.fliers went back to <*m
how ToUle was tn in* brough! in, but foucd tnut
I'ovvis and am of th** men on guard bed managed
ta gel the mun of rauM**-?flifted nit bet, and that
l'uwis hal taken her in his ann-, and was carry?
ing her iis quickly as hs could ta th** hospita?
" She fainted dead away when he lifted her,"
said Mrs. Marchmont who was In,Ming OM ol' her
darling's banda
"Is she niii'li hurt?'' tb*' eobme] Mked anx?
iously.
" I.eg broken, I'm afraid, colonel," anawend
l'uwis pitifully.
And ti.ey i-mid thal, it was mi. As ?..in ns
they g, t, i er laid upon ? cot nnd t ie duet r gave a
glance at the leg he si.Ul: "H'm?broken: Geed
thing it wasn't a foot higher?would have .mushed
ber knee aad?" Ile made a significant pi-stun,
by wi iah those gathered aim,nd realised thai bc
im a ii ampatation ; ihey nil knew wini' tbat would
have beeu t*? B delicate child lik** Tottie.
.fi. r a few Miaatm Tottie opened h< ?, yet, n__
looked Bl them. "I want Father," abs said, in
a very small faint voice.
" And I want you to keep very still,"1 the doc?
tor answered In palen platy tones. " And then
I'll manage to make that leg of yours a little mure
oi aa fm labia"
" I must tel1 Father first," Tuttle cried. ? (Jive
me sum. thing to let mo tell him. 1 must tell hun
before it ls too bite."
44 Better ht me hear lt." aald the cnlonel, and
then 'loltio begun her tale.
u I went out, meaning to cross the compound to
thc hospital." she said. " Mother had said I might
fo out fer a little while aud get a breath of air.
was so tired of being indoors," with a sigh.
" Well, Fly pendst-ed In chasing a big butterfly,
nnd presently he tumbled Into the treuch and
couldn't get oat I scrambled down to help him
out?for you know what a little stupid he ls when
he can't do anything he wants?and then, to my
disgust, he coolly scrambled up on the other side.
1 thought I might) a* wall get up by the lower
Mg ni thc high one to come back, and waa walk?
ing ulong under the bnrridide, when Just M I got
tn the bushes where you found me, I heard one of
those tsvo natives nev to the other, " Well, I should
like tn have the killing of the colonel myself.' 2
didn't, wait ft minute. I knew that they had not
seen me, and t knew too that nobody In the garri?
son understood their dialect so well ns I. because
they were both of tlie same caste as my old ayah.
Sn I slipped behind the bushes and heard all their
plot. They wire to open tin- west, gate ns soon
after midnight as th-y had a chance, and eaeli
was io have fifty rupees for himself tomorrow,
Brid twenty for every nntive taken by the rebels.
" I thought, the only thing for me to do was to
wait, until they were taken off guard ct till it was
da.k. so I lay down under the wall and trusted to
the bushes hiding me. It would have been all
right, only ft shot hit the top of thc wall and tipped
s gTcnt lump of lt over on me; so I couldn't move
If I would, nnd did riot dare call out, lest, they
should be the only ones to hear me, and should
just kill me as I lay there."
" But they were off guard." said the colonel.
? Yes, only you see. dear Father, my leg hurt me
a good blt, nnd I think I must have fainted or
something, for I didn't see the gumd changed at
all. and the next thing I knew was .ha. they were
lying qalte close to me pmt Tiding to he nsleep,
nnd Fly was scratching nt my hands and licking
my fine. And then, after a lung time, I thought
of trying to get him to bring you my ring; and
then, you came, and that, was all."
" Ami what, time was if when the slut struck
the wall?" Muir asked eagerly.
" lt. was not. quite dark."1 answered Tottie simply.
And tlu-n all at. once the child's small stuck of
streiiglh gave way and she slipped off Into a dead
fatal again, on which the dudor uneeremunioiisly
turned them all out of the room, with the excep?
tion i'f Mrs. Marchmont and one other lady, who
was the ductor's right, hand in the hospital.
-?Culoncl," said Muir, "she must have been
uhout four hours-"
" Yes," said tbe cnlouel in a clinking voice.
There was a moment's silence.
"Colonel," said Mut, "how lon^ shall you
give those beggars ?''
*' len minutes," said the colonel shortly.
" Thai's all right," chimed in the three youngal
men together, us with one voice.
And three days later help came and tho siege
xvas raised, an*!, by nnd by, T,,nu- M.tn.hniont,
went home, with her father and mother, to the
country sh- hud never nea; nut only went home,
but found herself a peatel heroine by far than
uny niic in India thought tbemmlvea in those dark
days fur every oin- was BUXioUS tn set- the brave
little English giri, who, while ta frightful suffering,
hilled a .viole ha iris, ii ly four hums of goldvu
rikace.?-.Atalanta
01)11 PEASES Of ( ITV LI IE.
BCEMSd AND INCIDENTS OUT UF THK
COMMON HUS.
In thru short Mnleh of Bew-st mimili-' fi,un Wall it.
to Biak-Bga-plan sha looa bigges tkaa lu ,uiy other
purl nf N'W-Yerk. Th-re MSM M '"' sn aHuuaph.rio
cnminimi tiler- which ii,..-.,.11.?? |M pk slr.il prapSMMM
ur j, wfla lust **? Um MaSBw <-_-i by i ui i Manas Uuiiauig
np, ai- lilli reine s people Ui ubini mal tl.uiiiiUiivclir... Mein
?tv i.o h.,ul! til- nd iiuiioiic.a will, iti> comp,,-nie ainu!*" of a
KifthavD. parade lo m up Ifl BOW-ab UM Iuds ui a
i.nn , i, lag The ikoroaghlats is a parallel ou.. a j
HlMgSI lu town would BOt readily lind n, tor il begin. '
aaraptly and leam uow here in peiUcular. ii is a sort ot
ifloBcai eacMage, wham 0,1,1 ihaiei nf saauiacuvs otuck
hiv aiicliuned oil, and dogs, canv.,-!,.., .. di., Ks, IhOeSlTiagS ,
and plajrlBg-eafBi ar.- prandacnofliiy aM petehHeuUy suid.
lt ls the back jard ot the Stock l-.xolia gc, and r,|,iabty and
frjteriiliy ealM UMTS to hu, plly lliai bootblacks aud
tu,Tu is I'Mii.ui." i n,iu!>- un (h. ? rather, and Ucl mun Icu 9
SB on- side Of Hi, Mi,'.', smiles. WCOflTSgeBHiat at Uti)
n<od-st ben tinned on the. Other. NV Inn an BtUMUVS
youiig vvumaii ennis .New -st. MBSSflllM locmi.nl. ut, cc.,.-, a
a.,d a graveyard itillaaM pervaaat thu aalgbtarfcood 'ihs
m.ni of Malflsas i.un-c-4 iu h.. laiaaas raaa aad gaiM Sky?
ward vTlth (ho air of a isic! ; ihe glslriel t.T,u'.,|h >,?????
SSngn BMm walking and whistling, lets hi- low or jjtr
dmii and stares ; Ih*' venders of 1,1,1.una discontinue theil
Mpattaattles tu buy, ami a bootblach irouM tkrow up in
ragafB-Mflt rath -r Hutu miss rho biranRo s.rTit. Fur
gui- lu ttoW-ata are ns BCBiee M pearll Iii .shiinlytuivn.
1', tli.ij,-) Hus Is why a brunet*- In a lung red cloak
created a COMierBatlM on l-'mtay last * yul to the am
inmiu ,-MK-iit of a inllUnn dollar failure, J tie paMiOBlCM
sm, luci goos I,'TiiiiI a (lund and Hi" by wind wu* -ucp
iiii-- 'nr im- pavanwal wi.h a Marchi ai eageraesa. Tho
itali..ns shrank l?h:ml their stand- Ol NeapQUtM 'u(Ty
ivlih an <-.\pressiiin of abject regret ai having left the
balmy alis et iheir nativt- land fur such *i 11,11.ns- bre'-Ji-s
sa-aan-eaaeeS thea Mra. TM lady wm glowing arlu- tho
warmth of young Mood. Bflllinai hilled und Mew-st.
wa.s tiansfon,,' d. I.vu Hassell Bags tn ai tool awkwardly
at the ham.lii of I,'linuui, (,'s sa luging door and looked
mu H,u md. Ihe lady was coming snuthwanl and would
prabablj hat,- j..i-s-i <i ami lliapiisared lo ? aoflMnt, allow?
ing the market Io resume ,<_ BMVBBMflti SM nut u sudden
mish.'ip sent ItOCkl a Hying. lb If Nwt ItrtKB a ..null ipot
of ic" Sfl UM sid'-*-..ilk, and the phlntM-IHgOrll Ihn! SB"
lae! nasura the plat seeas lu " a?alni*." Immediately
thc ai,.,'l.y ot ll,.- BeightttrbOOd va, isled und 11 ewetamt li?
lt an alain, bf Ure (iud Mia rung Hi. Ihfll wu- a wild
?kflirytag of feet and BtoMBitog uf (Innis, ami the |,ui>irate
inri *\a, fairly lilied into tbe air by a Whola leglra of
Mutton, chiv thous brokers. The oeessim was one of I
nuii,- Intensity. Nu OM tall a word, and tho girl, ,
hemmed In by the eui led CJOWdi utily blushed il deep red,
lasted iii" MMe trow h:r rd elOM and righted In-r li tlio
vcivc- tarban. TM tUaaei *.1 bec?ai frightful and tho
gul was gulag a.s,ul ler Ilk" a liis'lii'ind fuvvii. Ju-t
th>'ii unne- nil" un UM Mtaklrtl of Ihl croud shouted out
lu the vernacular of rhe prill l-l nc: "' HMM away" Tbal
,|e--i\.',l Um Itali, und Ncw-si. t'lal'ially moll ,1 Itself
Imo Hs s.rlctly moneta ry routine. Afier the young
woman hurt __wppe_*ed Into MS ol iM Mfldlngi thal I ul
ihtOBgfe io Brosdwayi nie c<>n-'u:,'. tara Uar cries sud
f.-a ni? - of 'h" itraat usn ard praaUneBcs uguin. The
g.-,,H, uian w'l-h UM bunch of CMTMMek ducks over his
f hi.ul l"i thom lu-* 11 id, -cent load, and thc old man trvni'
lo 5..-I1 it -k.c nurl.-r leg MB) Ins rubier ball roUlng ov.'i
il,, ,..,,.?,,,. ui iuw-.ru VVail -r. tn eil,.nt (he agile InteUl
g.-iii.- nt 1,1- hom in nada Thi Imbecile Boy wltk a
yuk- of slices'lintis SbOOl lils ne, ,1, ulc, I.- MOWB '<' ITSTJ
MB Int Si ti.-* -i"i, attaied hil penliteat itslatatlM u
,?, ga. lu 1 ai I ci ai 1
?? ', Bo Btu r
Th, tal WSI inver known lo vi. a pall ut tbOWtrlBgSi
bul bc g"'- (.oin" ceil si ghi wiih .. collection uf nickels
and du,"*, i-onii. lured bj ara who-. Iv 1 nd si ri ini__UTy
MdieMC- w 1 Ti lhat same- wild * ry ut:
?? *i ii.. etU i'?
ll ls a .New Tock itfreet altk a eMraeiet ol Us own, a
slat! in thi nu- Its tn .eon ry 01 the elly, ibaost ires from
thc wi.-* I- Ol Hallie, and IM "iii.) plBM in town BM*S Jun
wm iin.i in-'ii making a pracUo ol aalkiag un thc pave*
11. cut in-'cid ut un (he UM Bilk.
Bunill nen whu Mas a haint of cMgregatlng with
-oi,,<? fi- T'.- my 11, UM Hellman UoaSS art gallery woro
ranged Iboal a multi eulun d MaOrUBSal ul liquid tMCtel
last Bight Oil ng QMSM li.*? A BMBlMI M IM Rioup
whilst- 1,'in, I'-vi*-ii rerged m th. outauB algi ol auburn
told I s'.u'V .hut .illina! 11 ade a MM iii armor thal forms a
ian of tie* wanan nails Uue igh his belara IM iiory
Concerned Wi Irishman In WMM hud been prsSSBMl 1 han 1
tonie watch a. un indue- n.enl fur him to joli) a MglBMOl
commanded by u Colonel Ca-ey- Replying iu the prv-e ma?
non speech Hie Keii'i'Ut ol thu gifr .misc ami c.xuibitcd tho
fuliowiin; iiiipi.-sive example ui iMMlle! " Funds; Ve*
.,,.,. wet* 10 gm bm u hui.a. Phwai do-s tm aire nu. a
aatch tari Kui MyroUa. Datryiii ia' jlnla* Casey's
ri gin, ??!-'. but !??!? Inane, wid thai, .hanks:"
?* .-sui-nit.iilh I"
Afnr the 'leva.'-d rullruud gnunl hud suld the word he
.lanni,ed Hie dour, 1 uied grace!ully against the pluiform
Kau- and Mini-'1 pa*.rom?Tugly ui*?i a pale raced girl who
was working MUM -rules at a machine la Hi- im.viiw nf
a nelghlsn.ng building. The train rai tied rhythmically
un, and u ihrewd looking chicly n.an glanced up ovr thc
top Ul hi- gap*! lu a.c Hain if any one hud absorbed thu
leftnantlon ol IM taara, Thea the nain Mopped agata,
ai,,! bbb in"'-' ""* -1""' was spran arith a baag uf BManal
nut.on :
-? Bnlsalkls :"
? Ii tale IBrty.,;,d s*. .** ii.i-.nii? d Um sMerly nan,
w im I, ?1 a I i* ie ar Un' d-sjr.
- That'i *'"' 1 *:'id," leapmead lbs gnard, wiih grr.it
pinflssi "f 1 ame r ra 1 an ? 1 rattoa al ih-1?rt eyebrow.
"Ah. thsnk jon,' sud .he 'ldily BBB. TM Hain
sped OBWard MM inure and th,- guard wlila.li'd a d.s
eotdMi in I'.'vi-a'1"" m "What tot DteMy Hirds Bay"
while he tl.ti- ? -1 ai",!' I ie plaUorn, to lu Mp his f--ot ?si.n.
\V le 11 ih" nain st"i>|.?d at il," next niano,, ho put lils head
Into UM cur. lived ihe dd'ily mun with a Urrlblo glaneO
and moated :
?? lyfurt r
?- 1 i^g v ,ur -pardon, runductor," slid the fldcrlv icm,
"did 1 und-rsuind you to *ay that thii wa- Thirty
fourth at. V
" I su,d tjfor' *ri,ot. aa' If you can't wdetataa straight
out BBMim i-r"d U*rO-r gu duwiisiairs an r.de un a '
sn' walch tho lani|>is>su yorsolf."
" Enlllsh I" r-spninl'-d the f Id'-rly mau, 'why I have
b<eu trying to Int* rpr^t yuu undei the u,.p,-.bluii that you
wura t.ukii.g Vnlapuk. 1 am a BMUmmB In thai laagflagS
and I wai congratulallni myself on Uie fact lhat li waa
being lnHs-dur-d her* lu .nth a popular m. uer. I would
like M 'eli you, cim due mr, that ihs n-xt *i,,p lu Kngli.h
la at Twenty elghth-it."
The eiiiducUM si .n -. -1 tbe door to lo an ipipl-JCtte
rage amid ibe laughter uf th" pMSflagMBs but ?len Ute
train roaohed BM (ext station ha slid 'h> rt,s,r SgSB again
lu tho g-liU---*l puesilii- Way, IsakM lu, .al* tn and Ullared
with siholarly cuiinclallofl, ead, rims..,.am being slSM
cut tod evr) nwB gSftoMI
?* Tw*ntyel|hih st."
It wm a smgls inkiance nf _? bundilatiuu ol an BstSMi
railroad guard bj un pubHo.
LIBERTY IN COLOMBIA.
flight of thf. dictator-a fr kr" ptkm
and political amnemy.
frROM an fTTITTII OtMBBBfaBBBBtt "r tiik Tninrnie.
H(Kn>! I, Jun. 2.
Tho reign of terror which for the Inst ihroe,
months has existed here has come to un end,
nnd without the shedding of blood. President,
Nunez nnd wife left Anupoim.i on December lt,
and nrrived in Honda on ihe lift.-moon of the
1Mb. Contradictory rumors had been circulated
for a fortnight as to the intent inns of the Presi?
dent, the hist of which was thnt, he would re?
main till the reassembling of the National Coun?
cil In January. This was generally ihooghl t-o
indicate that bc was about to ko; und sure
enough, on the evening of the 12th ft lalegBMi
wns received by the Seeretniy of Slate statins 'hat
he had left As soon its this news was circ-ilut'd
ii marked feeling of relief was evident throughout
the entire community. It ls true certain inti
mate friends and admirers of the late Pr-sident
shook their heads and expressed misirivlngs at
thc outlook; and a few preferred to wait beforo
SXpnaslBg any opinion io see what course the
new EYestdeat would adopt. But the gnat body
of citizens gave unmistakable signs of satisfac?
tion, and were perfectly willing to take on trust
the doings of Dr. Nunez's successor. " Things
cannot be any worse," was the prevailing senti?
ment, " and wc are willing to believe that any
change will lie a change for thc better.''
On December lt, the day'it was known Nunez
had left, (leneral I*nyan issued a decree declaring
himself in the exercise of Presidential functions,
and announcing that there would he no change in
the Cabinet. On the followlg day he received
the Diplomatic Corps, headed by the Cited States
Minister, General Maury, he being the senior mem?
ber In point of age. At the same time the Cabi?
net Minisfers and other functionaries of the Na?
tion paid their respects to the President, while
tin- usual National salute was lind. On the 1 -th
the city was lakes completely by surprf&e by the
Issue of a second decree of thc I'resident announc?
ing the full lilicrty of tho press. This was re- ,
irani* tl as an augury of good for the future by |
men ol all pintie-. It is said thnt President
l'avan resolved on this Mame with*,ut even con- i
suiting his Cuoitiet. and that he had the decree j
all written when the Secretary of State Balled at
tin- Presidential Palace. Thc conversation turning
on the recently muzzled press, the President ask***!
the Minister what he thought upon the subject. ,
" I have always thought the restrictions snmewhiit
severe," replied the Minister, a little surprised uti
being wiled on s<> unexpectedly to express himself
nt) sn important R part of the policy ot his recent
chief. *? I iim verv glad our views ac- in BOCord
upon this vital point."1 rejoined the I'te-ident.
" Them ure mine,'1 he added, tabing from his desk
bis n ,vly written decree and handing lt to his
Minister; "after reading it, have the goodness to
add vour licnatun mal we will issue it at, oneo."
In tho evening there trna a spontaneous gathering
of over 1,000 citizens, without distinct! n of
putty, at tin* Palace to congrntulate the President
on this measure. General Paean responded to
ll" eilis >f ih*- laiiltitude fmm his heinous*, ami
told them ?h,it within i few davs a further decree
would be issn--! rccnlliiig the expatriated citizens. ?
There was. however, "ii" unhappy soul in tim
capital, Dr. Felipe Anuulo, the bile Minister of
War. whose decrees relating tn the muzzling of
the press and ihe suspension of netmpanen Eave
been Hying thick and fast during the laal rear,
and whose activity In the matter of the expulsion
of ex President rewa and nth,-rs received such '
warm approval fr**m Dr Nunez. Dr. An-zulo,
ImmcdirUeh- after the issue of the decree refcrnd
to. tendered his resignation of the War portfolio.
This news was also received with gnat satisfa'*,
tinti. ns hf has rendered himself c\*eoedin_'lv .
(?(linus to the country l*v his arbitrary d' crees.
General MiL-iu-l Montuys has been appointed his ,
successor as Minister nf War. General Montoya, I
though 'piiie a young man. only thirty-three fenn
of age, hus rendered important nrviees in vartona
eampaiims. Ile is very eon ra .eons, of an Inde?
pendent ehaneter, and belongs to the Liberal
sehnol. For these reasons his nomination has
been most favorably received.
Geaeral Payan, a lawyer by professoiu, has oe- ',
oupied Important pasta in the judiciary ead in
the army, as also iu the legislative alni executive
department, ul his own State, as weil as thu*>_
oi the Nutiou. In 186- be wars,i_ade Governor of ;
Caliea, and liBM has served not on ly as l.epro
bcntative, but as Lfeuutoc in Congress, In both of
which houses M has bran president. He has also
been lu the Cabinet, having been Minister ol War
Under Nunez. Ile distinguished himself in tbs
revolution of 18fc.), Ut which I line be was (jov
eruor of ('ama. attending personally to the de- i
lon,*** oi that State, lie took Command of Car*,
tego, and encountering the enemy at Santa Bar?
bara, be attacked and vanquished them, tims
deciding the liege ol Antioquia in favor of the
Government, In Que, Genenl l'nyun. one of tho
oldest generals ol the Republic, has, since his en?
trance into [tildie life in iel... shown Inuisell in
nil emergencies ni possessing sn.md judgment.
si'lf-pi,s-.e-,vi,,ii aim valor; and he has rendered
most Important servicn to ihe Liberal party.
Yisteiiia.v President Rhynn proved thal be is
sincerely iu earnest m his intention t*.mel ex?
isting evils, and he begun tlie nevi year by verify?
ing his words by actual deeds. Immediately
niter high tni'ss, m aoon, the National Council
wns convoked in the Capitol and mind the Bring
of a salute the President fulfilled th*- promin to
issue ii decree giving liberty to expatriated citi?
zens to return to their country and their homes.
Thus a heavy w* i_ht is lilted fruin the hearts ?>!
tim people. Thc dei ree is two fold; first, offering
full liberty to political prtaoners *,r exiles who
have binn made sn tim**.;- by executive arden
Under this head are ex-President l"awa. ex-Secre
tai.es Maslin, 15. riiiil. ami (leneral Alduna. ex
Governor of Cundina?utrea; Deetonol Law Um/..
Rudal and othem Then tnt* arrested snd in
the most anitra rv mminer. without trial OT even
presentation nf charges wore, like the twine In
Hible history, "driven violently dunn a steep
place to the see," where they were allowed the
liberty of going to such foreign parts as they
might choose. The second part of the decree
refers tn political prisoners or exiles who were
mail,* so nominally by regular prows nt law. |
liven these, while having 'be show of inst i-i-,
were practically, in nmst cases, the victims ,,f
executive malice or hatred. Fur mefa was the
power or Influence of Nunez and hil coadjutors
during the dictatorship of the former that he had
univ to maka known his wishes and it was the
signal fur rarrying them Into effect. This part
oi the deer**-, r*-terring tO eases vvlii-b ba e had
th-- mnetinti of the tribunals, ls to be subiect to
legislative approval, hut as tin- National Council
will meet fur furit.er business on the Uh Inst..
there is no doubt that tbe President's course trill
be promptly approved.
TBS EFFECT Oi SITBOCS OXIDE.
ti a. a stray Kew-fork Letter,
lt was the tirol and onlj time. 1 ? vcr louli nitrous
linn' i-.i- Ti.- ii,., bunin uui will U.iv -? Meit me
seeuint. lb- inliu.r u.g WM ai un li li i lay back .U
ina Mair, cou.pora?i. tin mouiapiecs was appued
Ino in-' si-ii-.ii,"i,s nf il,.- gM w-ic p--*euliai.y pc* ni.ar.
iou know nov- ,. li yoi.-eu. L-uiipieit-.y auder its
il,it,n., 1 i,celine au 'inmeuse, binnu-Vii, and via,
placed in one ?,i me large*! ol Meg- mortars, it wai
b- lui*- Yorktown. In. ,.n,.. arl was paded, and iho
luur.ar u.-* mn gad W,lh a u,,Un, io ,,.e SiUllldilg,
report. TM shell- tnat is, 1?wa.-, Brad adult with tho
veiuciiy ol a well oiied itnuk ut i gil mag. i icit
my-il tl-> mts Uifuugb the In awns Move. I'he HIM
binned l via*, nu; un "t tiarri ng lour,-' but "what
gout nu must a nie th,wu'' I rea* Ind the bigti-st
puaaihls ab,indi- and, malling | grateful curve, pre
p ned lu descend, i wai- al *,ut io buist, i t**.t ibe
Hie oi tho It.se as il burn tl down IO the iron shell. I
w._) descending as rapidly a* I lind gOM up. Wliy
aid I nut bural '?
hiill dnwiiviBHl. dotrnvard, downward I rushed,
until I felt I ihould strike the ground wiihoui bursting
- a 'erribio ciiiiiiniiy. l felt lim Ilise limn min il,.j
lune lr th iron shell amt thought, " Hurrah I NOW
1 am guns' i" heist. ** No. I'll not buist. ** "Hui 1
cannu! Mlp my-,if.'" '? l must berat." Thenefeeliiig
ol " I don't < a.e whether 1 burst OT not ci.ne ov.r
me. .md I did buist Into -ini!ti*Toc,,s, will, an in?
tense feeling ul rel?I a- i Bow lalo tidbits and tender*
lu.n*- w im ii i was relieved fruin the sflflets ui tho gan
I lound that the tir-t pun the dentin had nedi ic
pulled 'be whole crown of the utoth uti. Thhl wn
vvhoii the mortar WM discharged Then he cut around
Ihe mots and I toll Hie SSaratlOU "I **>:ir.ug aloft.
In the meantime the fuso burned. Finally tbs den
ii-l alli ned bis Ins. ruinen, of tort ur,* and with ono
mighty tlliii levered tay vvhnle li ail fruin tl,.* routa
ol ibe tooth The ihall bant. The mnssttoni wen
a- real ns though ! had been a living bombshell, and
ye- nen* in,I nilpie..-an!. Tl,,ie wa- a tolling af
abandon aboul u ail thai was euj >yable. i experienced
no III stfect.
NOT sn II a iiad LVMOBBOB.
Front The /?ridiirtVl'iMii Tuner
A good menu fm a feminine larh, ind uni an ex
Iienslve one, ls Iles ; Haw oysters, Ml bouillon In
en i s ebb - ls.-1? hv,us ru i.n.che!!,* ami green i-ca*
win, them; rani *,uaii ami iv iti, lt a salad of chicory
ami len,ice will, plain ! lench dressing! then ir,,, lu
puffed satin buses sud IM small Ainu,nd cal,r>- that
are eaten el th them now. I'or frail, straw Uni*.es
terved fruin their lime voodan baskets, tour teing ob
Hie Hiller tray and fhe Uniies having lung items
Arter ties MUM Hi- Cogra and the distribution of Ihe
flownst ii, the rcnlre ut th" table If any WtM is used
it weall te )'.ard, though, ol euarra, mum nf the
cb-ar waters may be lutotttutod if tb'-io ls any ob?
jection to the me of wins.
SLlnim f SBBIOUOVB iDTIOR
Fruin Th* In,il al,, Btptret
Oearenatton averhsmd m Hie n*ar mattera of a
street-ear: i (inductor lafldresdn-- passenger abe ls
smoking a idgari Smoke 0? the ul hat cud, air. I'm
longer l>a-h lt I pan't lt's Ut
BAVTD III-. LEO!
B< HOI'I 1.A
Of Mic
HUNK I I KT.tl!
? T.ITIK.VIA, (is.. August 11, IMT.
thf. Ban n graeme 00.1 o tin te ca. ?.
'.inrie 1 ,-n -I have lu>e,, *l*lli-o-d with ulcers'lea
of ihe l,^.. rset since I wits a child. '1,<- disease un
doub'edly bring tv-rrilltary. as mv moiher suffered
from scro'iilo.-s symptoms. As I advance' fo man
h'-ott m. aili, tina lucre .sd until tlc- milady became
har.-- nr. ho 1 painful U. lind thc potter of words
to MSSrlM. My ri.ht leg particularly MSBBM foar
f-illv In-.olv. rt. thc left log t^ing |~.s painfully
affcct<ad. Finally, shout tomtom yan ago. ihe
ulcers on my r|Kht leg had eaten thmu.h the flc.
Info the hone. In order to lave my BM 'he doctors
determined to amputate my lc? ix low the lenee. The
BpMBtlm was *mt*mB*BS performed hy Dt. II- V. M.
Miller, of Atlanta, and Dr.If. P. Mund, of I.ithonla.
Hut (hi huts of my leg gave me wwtf temporary ro?
ller. The poison waa still In my system and soon
began to show Itself again. In a short time after
large ulcers appeared on my left left, eovsrlni lt
fro-n the knee to the tna'ep. ."r-rpiently while
at work I could be (racked hy the blood which cosed
from .ho hnpo ulcers, and the sores and rottenlni
holes were so offensive lhat my fellow-workmen
could not stand the stench and would move away
from me.
I.asf, winter I was perauaded to try S. 8. S. Ai
a Inst effort I consented to do so, and about seven
months aim I began taking the BpBslBe I noon
began to feel the good eff'ct.s of tins medicine, the
offensive running began to grow |m and less ind
fluidly ceased, me ulcers healed, my fl"**h bc,-am*i
firm ah. solid, and to day, after using twenty-one
boi ties. I nm aa halo and stout a man uf my age aa
there ls In Ceorgla. I am seventy-.,ne yara old.
but feel now younger and stronger than I did whs,.
I waa twenty-five. I welch about 170 poundl.
Nothing ls to be seen of the terrible disease, or to
remind me of iho torture I suffered fur so many
years, except the scars nf -ho perfSe ly healed flMS
I want tho world to know of the I?MM mlr-i-u
Joui cure .--ie.Ted ou me hy S. S. S.. and I call
upon those who wish to know the particulars di?
rectly from mo tu write and I will consider lt a
pleasure ai well aa a duty to answer (heir K'twri.
1 refer to Ur. W. P. Bond, of Ut-CfltB, *>? to tin
truth Of my statement. Very gratefully youri,
B. DRAKE
Treatise on Blend and Skin DIMSBM B?Isl free.
tueswikt areciric oo.i
Drawer 3, A dan ta. ila.
Ii ELK! ION IN PA RAI! HA MS.
ITEMS OF INTKKiSr ABUT CRURCRS8
AM) (IU'RCH PEOPLE.
Professor rtilggs writes Interestingly ls '-The Ob?
server" about the guilds of the Church <-f BeoCtaatj
which do a more comprehensive work 'ban tie Young
Maa*. Christian Association. "They havo given new
life lo our venerable mother," lays Fl'OBMM Briggs.
"They huve dono moro for her la recent teats than
anything else to Increase her Christian activity. *ilr
up ber evangelical fervor, enlarge ber mernlc-iip,
and give her a stronger hold on the people ol s. it
toaa."
Tho thirteenth year of the Boston Meads** LmlBSB'
sblp will begin to-morrow, at Tieinuut Temple. Mr.
fotept Cnuk's subject for his lectures will ls* "(.ml
and iho Bible"' wllh preludes on leading totems- such
as Aiul?.Mormonl-sin, Constitutional Prohibition, High.
Licence, Civil service lloform, Sabbath '.vservance,
?oetallsati tho Indian Question, Municipal Misrule,
and any oilier subject ol impoit.ince thal may MflM
up. The leciuie; are to M published IB tn*- nev
peri ode al "Our Dat* of whet Ur Cooh is tn i*i
rho editor, vvith a utstlagvlsbed eorpi ol MBtitfrston.
The rector of St. John's Episcopal I bur* I,, Woree*
ter. Mass., hus iuviie,i i,i3 aatghher (be Central Ce*
gragattoeal Cherah to |ota in a series *,f Un m Lsatos
services, and Hie Invitation has I-eeii promptly ac?
cepted, The services will be heb! alternately In each
Church, ami tbs pieachei-s and iMturerS will !>?' piuinl
i,.iii Kplseopal and Congregational clergymen.
The thicaiened dearth of ministers ls scil.-isly occu?
pying the Blt Salton of all the ITcie-i.tiif ( Inn* li-'S.
There aro for lie-ianco BOyBOO Baptist i-hur* I.*** In thu
country and only '_0,000 ministers, lasted?Sj many
whose ministry ls purely titular, and who MS SBgSgSd
In various occupations outside of the n-lmstry. In
fact lhere ls In eveiy chinch an Increasingly large
numler of Ministers who have In fa**.. If not In form,
"demilled the ministry,'' while at tn- ian Mme tha
number uf candidates for the ministry ls decreasing.
The Betseopsl Bratterboad of st. Aadnw, te ligate
to Interest young men In p:llg'on, vva.s nishMlbsi in
Chicago Shoal two years ago Its growth has be-on
very remarkable all (uer the country, .early 1-0
Chapters halflg now est abb" I *?*!. Its vice jaesldent,
Mr. ( hariet J. Wills, ll a member of St. (.corgi*'. Church
In this elly, and has done much to popuutilie lt In
tte Mast. Ho ls a tr.veiling salesman, and wherever
he gnes he gives lils spare time te 'ho work of enlist?
ing the Inteiesl ot clergymen and laymen lu the older.
loo Brotherhood aims to ?BBB Hie laity ul tho Epis?
copal Church active Ishoratl In the work of the Church,
and lt it ContlOUM to grow lu ItKBgthi il Will soon
be ono ol lbs must unpoitaut agc noe-, in I ha! I luina.
Says a Mexican ci rrespoudenf of "The t'at hollo
Kt snd sri i" '"Now ti,it u,c seeatiy >*> ramed by the
ciy, 'Look out for Protestantism.' Clergy and people
stir themselves?schools are being meted promptly,
Instruction is being argaalasd?flgatast the dauger not
only ol IT ,ii<*-lai!.i--m, but also of Ka'ional- m. atom
riallsm, Masoery and general Ineilgl* n. The Mexican
cai hollis will leave to sinceie natal! IBM (heir right
ol peaceful III.city-they will allo-v Hmm to Wflnbtf
even In their stolen Catholic < liurches. I.ut as for the
souls ol tuen* own children, ti ey ara rlstag up with
the ciy of ia.11.ful I i.ii,d"i, again**' ilBSOBM unbelief,
'I.e. will not torah ide IMUS, 'le ll,,.nulla! souls,
ot our ekltdraa.M
The speech of Mr. Everett I* 1 heeler, of this
city, at the Brat dinner of tho Episcopalian flub, of
Boston, was a remaikiblo tribute lo .he Importance
of religion, Coming ns lt did. fruin a layman. Mr.
Wheeler ts the president of ihe .'hurcu club, of this
etty,
The mw teredos In St. Paul's Cathedral, _ondun,
ls of white Italian marble With colored marble pilas?
ters. It rises to a great (Might, representing the
Crucifixion lu life size. Its cost w*-, glBByBOQ.
Thc lia. Mtflfltoi M\ss., County ( inference of tho
COagregflttOBSl Chanhm ha. resolved ta circulate ibe
following ptodfD :
" We, legal voters of -, hereby pledge our?
selves that we Will not, kiiuwl.igly, vnte for a-iy
candidate f*ir any ortice, legislative, executive, or
Judicial, who will not endeavor, both by vote ami lu?
ll,,enc,-, to in..I..lui ,T.? manufacture a,el sale of In
toxicating liquora as a Mvaraga>"
The Metbodht Bplraopfll church In Mexico will
hold Its annual eontoreaes iu the city ol Mantes or
Wednesday ut this week.
NOT THE EDITOR FOR DAKOTA,
iced, curruth, m rhe th icu yu Tr,hunt.
"Have you a new-paper betel" I I I*ed of a mal
who came ovor to where wo Were camped on the edg?
of a bille lulu,ia town.
** Ye*, gui one; dui have two, -but Hie other fellei
pulled out la*i week.**
- I lulu*! lt pay I"
'? Mew, he wau't uo good?got out th. weaken pap?*-r
jun ever -e-n."
'?What was the trouble with lt I"
"No news, or at least iione to 'mount to anvthfnq.
Course, if toniethlng big Mppened .ha' M couldn't
help teeta1 he'd get lt lil, but ev'ry week there'd ba
a lot o' spicy things thal bed keep still's a mouse
about, an' stick in a lui o' ptoces un fie. trade, or
protMtloa, Ol mebby sumeiliucs the tariff. But ths
Other tiiiin wati't thal style-no blow in" olsen In SIsti,
but all the -pb y an" liireresttn' mw- thar happened.'
"So yuu fin/.* the lung editorial niau raitt"
" ll ni to du I'. I toll yuu- he didn't Itiinw enough to
pound -and. Wy, lemme tell you a little ca.*o: Cou pis
o' inotu li* agu I built me a new chicken coop?nut ,
very big 'un, 'CBOSS 1 only got six hens an' a tightlo'
rooster- bul I mad.' lt very heel ful an' put lu two
round rousts an- whitewashed 'em. an' three nests. 1
figured ob half 'ho ban lestin' au" scratehla' while
tho other shift was lavin', an' nailed MflM slats over
a box In one corner to shut up thc senors |n, _,,x,
make 'em ipili ihelr Monkey bUS'ness. an" fixed her
up in sui*- geiu-iaiiy. Pretty soo,, ubi Cooper thu
man that's gone, come abm*-, an' I call"d him In an'
says I : vies- ult onto tne new hep hOMM 1 hem a
bulldln'.' lhat looks tirst rate,' sav s ho. -Wiggle
ll,' says I Ile wiggled lt. 'It 'pears solid.' lays
he. 'I claim Ifs the best hen house in the cliy.'
lan I. 'Wouldn't wonder,' says he. Then ho walked
off will, his head down, athlnldn', I reckoned, what
he Should say 'lout If. Somehow I didn't manage to
see the other feller to tell him 'bout lt, but Lor* ly,
how* do yuu think lt come out V
'* Haven't any Idea. Il-w did lt I"
" W'y. slr, I went over to Hank Georgs*! and bor
rowed its eepy af Cmnr-'i paper mob's it sosm out?
Hank hadn't aol a look at lt yet hlm-clf an' took lt
hume an' wailed through lt. but not a line -kent my
hencoop! Not a Imo: Nol a SNtrdl Didn't sat
ii,,.bing 'bout li my name wasn't lu the pa|s-ri 1
wen, a,, (ni as ta even read cl-'.u tl.'s'h .1 long pie.-*
on '('ur Common School S\stem,' thinking nubby thai
he Huck In siunei liing 'bunt my len huu-c lOBMWkena,
but he hadn't. Well. 1 was mad. an' I think I had a
righi to re 1 tl,rowed the Baan down an' d'.ln't
e.en lake li bark to Hank. nut next itmrnlu* wh-n
I seen one of U," other feller's pupers down lu the
stnre my eve* -fuck out so fofl could a h> ng rear Bm
OB '. Them lt wan In hil P?l?"r SS*T.__? .'_""
cup bin's a Hostess ilollari It raad Bte tato! we
hew that lucie Abner IH.ty has J;**. [|B|j_BI
lace an' ennv emeiit henhouse for Ms flue flock ol
Mangi,ls. I;, , -.vs. |-h:nn"h Roeta, an n terttel*.
get her with his lauioiia IghUfl' rOOStor. Hen Butler.
Vi- have mil vet had IM PtoBSOrS ol -amubn any ot
'he eggs laid la this yew henhouse. MB we know
that In, le Abner ll not fhe man lo long forget J?
editor- Thais the verv way he had k BM for
a,,rd. name and all. Je?* soon l I read lt I went
?ts urn. name ana am. jin. .__??-. ? ?"???? ? --?
right out an' tadd ev'rybody wo eoubln I afford to
iu anon old Ceoaar m longer, ?mom h.* was hurt n
u,e iowa bv mu MSflttoato' lha HaBravsmsam. an I
les' teat np the talk HU what little b.ir.'ne" ?*- ' '
lave dropped ..IT an* nobody wouldn t hav
to do with him. an' be't left. .nu can ns
tbat we couldn't -erv well do anything else
in rius-'M"!, ???? rn
?u'lr"' .ip ti.e telk tiii "what M-ii _aVasm m did
' -ouldn t have nothln
rae tourieli
ths
way iva used me oa'thal ben-koiiae-"