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8ATUKUAY....FEBRUARY 18. 1905
'?'Who id the ri.heet nian in tue
^world? ' liMked a correapoudent. The
anan who has a happy farni y nnd eui
ployment that enabiea hiui to live coui
fortably.? Wa*h. Puat.
Th? error in the foregoinar lies in mis
taking happmeaH f>r riones Probably
the kaaaaa aaaa in the world is tho aaaa
th tris more than he wanta D es
41 t aaaa exiad*?Peteraburg, Va , Iu
d* Appeal.
Of oourse he doo?. H>s name ia Mr
Andkbw Oakksoiic who ia accredited
v it h haviug expreaaed the wiah to die
poor.
Charlksto*, S. C, Suutheru Bi
fjort-er anuounoes that it ia now nnder
tha editonal tuauasement of J. L.
f)ART, A M., B D., W. W. BBCKtTT,
V. D aud I E Lowkky, A, M., D. D.
If ability and titlea oonnt for anything'
tlie anoeeaa of tlin j.urual ia aaaared'
The tirst nanied areutlemau is editor and
huB colleagueH are aaaociatea.
Thk report An m the town of Monti
oetlo, Atkaasaa tella of the outrageoua
c&ofiiug of a school for colored people,
fouuded by Mia* Makv Holmks of &*
ton The lynuliera aent M.ias Hoi.mf.s a
CDtnn, cartridaea aud rope, leaviug the
aame at her door. The eff?-ct was bo
elartliug that not only did ihe teacber
tfave, but 1 undreds of oolored people in
tbat ueighborhood did the same thing.
The priucipal of the school had several
tlghta wuh ihe white boya la the ueigh
borhood and abaolutely no protectiou
Waa alforded by the authoritiee.
The?e deplorable oo urronces are very
etmbarassiiig io the liberal iniuded peo
f>leof the couuiry and tend to enipha
afhai the fact that the bhghtiug effects
<U heatheuisui aud lawlessneas are ?et
to be seen in many portiona of the
Sontb land.
MK. ROOSKVKLT AND THE RACE
QUEST10N.
Thk epeech of President Roosbvelt
dij'.ivernd at the Lincoln dinuer of the
Hepublican Club, Monday, February
1.3th, 1905 within the palatial ooutines
Cff the Waidorf-Aatoria llotei, New
aTork is eiguifloant and will rank with
ihe ableat addreases upon ihat aubject.
Be mildly critioised the Norih, bnt no
where in that eea of worda is there to
ahe found anght olse than charity for
?he South.
That thia ooarae waa diplomatio hard
%j admita of a qneetion, for thia fair
gfection of thia great couutry was all the
enere foroibly reunindt d of ita deformi
aUea and ita ahort-oomings by tha very
arjttitude of the President iu failing to
anake any referenoea tothena.
It is erident to ua tbat Mr. Roopb
ryi.T took thia oooaaion to dedue hia
fKMiition upou thia raaoh mooted race
rjneation. Some peopta may thiuk they
aae a caange in hia former attitnde to
waxd the South and inoldentally towirda
the oolored people.
We do not ahare in that opinion. We
tauiere that he aa now aa he always haa
no aptcaal fritnd to the oolored
men ino no kpecial enetuy to the
to the Southerner* The foriuer who
proro theui selyea worthy can exuect the
saine treatuu ut as tht-white inen who
kUoa' that Uiey Bl> 111 possessiou of hui -
ll.?r sUTHiik' 'jiiuliu.-i Ihelaiter uiai
tiiid laaaaaaataaa even aaaaat laaaaadl than
the fornier it they will l?ut leiiniuit-h
t'leeuumies and raaonafl ot the pat?t atid
prove to Mr. uooskvelt's aanhana* taua
that they aie 111 p? BBBBBana ol lil- r..!
laVaaa and are reiidy to mureh u> ih.
aaaaaa of the aaaaa. in piam worns.
* whiie uiau ne?d have no fear that he
wiii be iguored at the White Houae be
C.iusb h a ia from the South and has h,
lu.ved in its theories and precepts and a
hitu-k uiau ueed h?ve no fear ihat he
will bt: turnrd away becauseof his r ue,
color or previoua oouditiou of servi
tude. In ftict, with Mr. huosbVKi t
??worth makes the ruan, aud the want
of ir the fellow."
We Ooafaaa that we hnd no fault with
the Uhief Executive on tbis scor? and if
Baoaabrian tlie unreconstrueted South,
oompnsmg ns it does aoout sHvmty ptr
oent of the body p<nitic to ??e the ligl'L
hewill have takm a long str.d- m the
direetion of regencating oue of the
aa .st naaaai kabie aortioaa of >t m aaaar
ti.tli eentury civili/ation.
We have read and re r- a l the Prtsi
deui's utterances aud we cordially sub
aoiibe to the views therein couUiuea.
Colored men ot this aaoaaoa who
th.uigiu they saw iu huu a specia
friend are deceivt-d. White uien of the
attctiou, who t hought they say iu him a
speciul eueniy are uiiHtakoii.
His platforiu is broad, but erniueutly
Bitistactory aud if he will live up lo
the d daratious made, no cause for
coinplaint shouM eiuauate froui uuy
wide-awake, progrosive. thrifty, tndua
trious colored uiau iu this broad l.u.d of
oata.
SENATE NULLIFIES
EIGHT TREATIES
Amended Arbitrat.ion Conventions
Negotiated by President
RATE BILL PASSES THE HOUSE
Washington. Feb. 13. ? By a vote
?f 50 to 9 the senate nullified
every oue of the eight arbitra?
tion treaties that President Roosevelt
had negotiated with foreign powers. It
did this as a rebuke for what several
aenatora, including Messrs. IfotBJBB,
l?dKO, Spooner and Foraker. charae
terized as an attempt to laiaafeaa with
the prerogatives ol" tho senate when
he sent a letter to Senaa>r Cullom do
claring that if the conventions were
Baaeaaaad bo as to provide for a
"treaty" instead of an "aKreement"
*?ior of a*-bitratio'
would not ask th* contracting foreign
powers to ratify them. The senate, af?
ter hearinp the presiilent's letter read,
dld so amend the treaties and then
ratlfled them. The president, however,
will withdraw his consont to the
treaties.
Tho polnt at Issue ls of conshler
able importance, for. as the president
points out in his letter to Senator Cul
lom, if the arbitration eonventlons
merely provide for "agreements" to
arbitrate, then the state department
will be froe to arrange for the arbi?
tration of whatever subordlnate ques
tion arlses; but if they provide for
"treatie8." then the consent of two
tbirds of the senate will have to be
socured every time the state depart?
ment arranges for the arbitration of
any question, no matter how small.
The second article of each of the
treatles, as sent to the senate, reads
r.s follows:
"In each Individual case the high
contracting parties, before appealing
to the Permanent Court of Arbitra?
tion, shall conclude a speclal agree
ment detlning clearly the matter in
dispute, the scope of the powers of the
arbitrators and the pcriods to be flxed
for the formation of the Arbitral
Tribunal and the several stages of the
proeedure."
As amended the artlcle reads, "spe?
clal treaty," instead of "special agree
ment"
CANT CONVICT MRS. CHADWICK
Her Attorney Says Indictmenta Are
Not Worth the Paper Written On.
Cleveland, Feb. 15.?Diseussing the
report that the federal grand Jury will
probably return another indictment
against Mrs. Chadwiek, Attorney J. P.
Dawley, her counsel, said:
"Let them return another indict?
ment. Tho five indictrnents already re
ported are not worth the paper they
are written on. They will never be
able to convict her on tbe charge of
eonsplracy."
Mr. Dawley added that Mrs. Chad?
wick is suffering from acute heart
trouble, and he feared that the excite
ment incident to the trial would cause
her death.
Iri Reynolds, who held a packago
said to eontain $5,000,00(1 in securities
belonging to Mrs. Chadwiek, is seri
ously IU, Mr. Reynolds has beon oon
fined to his bed for several days with
a aaraara attack of grip and malaria.
MITCHELL AGAIN INDICTED
Conspiracy to Detraud Government of
Lands Worth $3,000,000 Charged.
Portland. Ore., Feb. 14.?The United
States grand jury returned an indict?
ment, charging United States Senator
Mitchell, Congressman John N. Wil
liamson and llinger Hermann and oth
ers with having conspired to have
created the Blue Mountain forest re
serve in Hastern Oregon, with tho in
tent of deirauding the government of
publie lands and alao of conspiring to
obtain poss. aatoa of more than 200,000
acre8 of publie and school lands, sit
uated in several states, of the value of
mo?-e than $3,000,000.
Fire In New York School.
New York. Feb. 15.?Within an hour
after 1800 children had been dismlssed
from publie 8chool No. 3, in Grove
atreet, the building was found to be
on fire, the fiames spreading so rapidly
that it waa quickly gutted. At the
time the fire was diseovered there
were only threo or I'our teaehers and
a few eiiil.lren in the bullding. These.
with the aid ot the janitor. made their
aaeaae taiaaajh a eorarad paaaaajoway
to an adjoining baiMiBg an I thence
to the atreet Hary Laaaa, matron of
the pirls' depai tment, frrdad hot es
CafM y the stairways out ofT. but was
takaa down a la/ lor from the aaeoad
thxir. Two sinull hoys were st en to
jump Irotn tho m xt window, but es
eaaod aalaJavdL The damage is est;
mated at $M.0M.
Found Arjsd WomaVs Fortune.
New Yoik. i-- h. 14. Viii-u the po?
lice and x'.m\ . i archod th-> throe
rooaaa la afhin h Ura. Itaria Kall, 7:
years old. liv. .1 BlOBO in a tOOOaaoat
house in Third aveane, they foaad
more t ICOOt hidd-n und'U'iee't
the COYOliag of a sofa. Deeds of houses
valued at $70,000 and bank booKs
Bhowiag dopoadta aggnnating more
than $18,000 were also found COacoalod
in <1 ts. The woman is in Hellevue
aaapital aufferiag from earoaic gastri
tis, and it is said that her condition is
precarious.
Ate Poiscn In IVistake For Candy.
Benniiu'ton. Vt.. Feb. 13.?As a ro
ault of eathiR strychnine tahlets mis
taken for ?- taly, Lealie tfirweH, 3 years
old. Is dead, and his 7-year-old broth<>r.
Calvin is in a critical eondition. with
his llmtM aaralyaed. Physiciaaa say
that he will he b erlpple if he aurrla m.
C2AR GRANTS REFORMS
Endorsed Scherr.e For Removal of
Ancient Land Parliament.
St. Petershurg. IVb. 13.?The BOWa
that Emperor Nieholns has endorsed
the seheme for the re.yval of the
Beaaaky Zabor, or aacieat hnad parlia?
ment, which the old aaaaerora con
VOked in times of stress, has spreal
throagh the city and created intense
natislaetion anionp; the liheral classes.
The newspapers th!s morning were
filied with articles deseriptivp Of this
anelent Russian institution, imiieatinu;
that word had gaae forth that the gov?
ernment had dedded to listen to the
voice of the reprosentatives ot the
people. Nataraliy there is some scepti
cism as to whethcr the government
iateada fraakly to take the step; but
the geuoral vcrdict is that H the em?
peror has BUtcaoded in shaking off re
a<?tionary intluenees and now proceeds
in BJOOd faith to sun.mon the Zemsky
Zahor, he will rally to his support the
BaOdaratO lihorahj and perhaps arouse
a ware of goaolae aathaaiaaaa ta the
country
The Lihcrals are convineed that the
aiaciflng of raeh a repiaaeutaHie body
inust he followed by important and
addeaaeaad raforaaa
The anti< ipate.l renewal of t.rouble
aaaaag the workaaaa was not roallnd
Nelther atrtkara nor atadoata made the
alightoat attenapt ao damoaatrata. and
the city pr?m atod ? n>uinal appear
aaoa The aaapetor'a croatioa of a joiut
commission of masters and workmen,
?f'S't b] * lo iuvostigate
the cauae 01 ib< dascoateat amonK the
laborers has made an exeeedingly good
inipression, haiag COBatderod definite
evidenee Of the government's purpose
to compel soine of the rapacious mas?
ters v.ho have paid starvation wages
to do justlee to their emulrtyes.
OWEN KELLY ADMITS DEBTS
Says He Owes $50,000 to Philadelphia
Relatives and Friends.
lx)s Angt los, t'al., Feb. 15. ? Owen
Keiij. a foraaar waalthj grocer of Phlt
adelphia, now wanted there for the al
leged embezzlement of a sum said to
aasoeed $50,000, is under arrest in this
clty. Ktlly was arrested on one of the
main streets by Chief of Police Hara
mil and Chlof of Detectives Bradlsh.
who recognized him from printed de
scriptions sent out at the time of his
disappearancc
Kelly left Boston last October by
steamor for Europe. His destination
waa unknown, but ho was followed
across the Atlantlc, thence across Eu?
rope, where trace of him was losL He
flnally returned to this country, land
ing at San Francisco. His presence ln
California becaine known through in
formation from the cast
Kelly talked freely of his alleged de
falcations, and admitted that he owed
probably $50,000 to Philadelphia rela?
tives and friends, which sum, he said
he lost ln speculatlon, after havlng
spent his own fortunc in the same
way. He offered no resistance to tho
offlcers, and expressed himself as glad
that he was no longer a fugitive. He
stated that he would return to Phila?
delphia wlthout a requlsltion. Kelly
said that when he left Boston he had
$1000 in cash with him. When he was
searched at the poliee station $500
was found in his poekets.
No Charge Againat Kelly.
Philadelphia, Feb. 12. ? Friends of
Owen Kelly in this city are convinced
that the man in custody at Loa An
geles, Cal., is the long missing mer
chant and bank director. A meeting of
Kelly's associates was held here, and
it was decidod to aaaaj an agent to Los
Ang^les for the purpose of bringing
him home. There are no charg:>s
against Kelly. It is true he ls indebted
to various rorsons for large ainounts
of mocey, but he is not accused of em
bezzlc.aent or defalcation.
Jcrsey Militia Going to Inauguratlon.
Washington, Feb. 15.?Word reacned
the inaugural committee that an entire
brigade of the New Jersey National
Guard, including Infantry, cavalry, sig
nal corps and a battery of artillery,
will participate ln the inaugural pa
rade and will serve as the personal
escort of Governor Stokes, who will be
here with hi* staff. The arrangements
for the illumination of the city are
progressing rapidly. The capltol and
the Washington monument will be
brought out in bold rultaf at night by
brilliant aearchllcha, There wi' be
numerous other ill imination features.
Senator Tillman In Phif i.'slp'iia.
Philadelphia, F?l>. !! (Jo i ? 3t?tea
Senator Benjamin R. Ti'.Iin.n, of Booth
Carolina. arrlved hare, la eOl paay
with his physician. Dr, ? \ i ,cocb
of Columbia, S. ( :' n%tor ". il'na:
says he has bOv n la illvr >i-.
he came here for .
he will not enter a sanitarium, and
states that his , l.ysician says he is
suffering with grf>. Senator Tillman.
however. says b< thinks it is sonie
thing more serUu n than grip. Ho was
unahle to state h w long he will stay
in the city.
Found Purse Containlng $13,000.
Cleveland. Feb. 15. ? George Put
nam, 15 yeara of nge. found a purse
on Superlor stre? t containing $13,000
in currency and draits, together with
a bank book showing deposits in the
Guardian Truat Company, of this city
The lad returned the purse and con
tcnts to the lat<. institution and re?
ceived a reward. Ihe purse is said to
belong U> H. J. 1'iyer. an out-of-town
cuatomer of the trust company.
Ninetyfour FVraons Drowned.
London. Feb. 11.?A dispatch from
Kobe. Jhprn, to the Express reports
that tbe s nall iteamor Nato igawa
colii;'' 1 with be harbor works at
Osaka on Sunda . and sr.ak. and that
94 persons were drowned.
GENERAL MARKETS
PhlladelMbl t I lour steady; winter
extras. $4.2504.40; Penaa. roller
clear. $4.5004.75; city milla, fancy,
$6.25rc 6.35. Rye flour steady; por bar
rel, $1.40. Wheal firm; No. 'J Penna
red. mt w. $i.i.Vo l i.>>... c'orn ateady
No. 2 yeiiow. local, r.n'.( Oata arm;
No. I white. clipped. ::7'..(. iower
grades. ::t;,. Hay firm; No i tlmothy
$14015. I >rk firm; farrily, $i; Beef
ataady; beef hame, $23024. Ltre ik.uI
try ftraa; beaa, l ;;'?...-.; old roostera tc
Dresscd poultry . ady; chotce fowla
taa.; otd rooetera, *.*c. Butter ateady -
eraamery, 85c Bgga firm; New Tork
and Peaaa., Stc. doaen Potatoea Braa:
new. per bushel. 50(5 ">:k
Baltlmore?Wheat araaei; snot. con
tract. $1.'.. \ -a l.iii; spot, No. 2 vd
weatern. $1.16%OL17; atcainer No l
red, $1.08%&L09; aouthern, by s-m
ple gl.Ol't 1.15; siHithern. oo grale,
$1.04.1 1.18. Corn tirtn apot, i'.?'., ?'
49%c; Bteamer mlxed, 47 :, a41%
soutbern white and yeiiow i >rn 41 &
049\&c. Oata steadicr; white. :;.. ,
ffc.; i i?.< i. :::-'.. ;:..? ,<. Rye dnll; up
todn. No 1 wester.t. 85c II -v cul ?
No. 1 tlmothy, $. j 0O15: ' No \
clorer, m?xed. $12<frl2.50. Butter firm;
fancy Imlta loa, 22 j 23 ?.: fam v cr a <i
ery. .">'?<.; fancy laile, 10020c. E ?
firm; per do/en. Z$c.
THE IRON BRIGADE
Continusd from 3rd Page.
CHAl'THER XII.
"IN THE TEKTil OF THE BRIQADE."
Once more th Badger-Hoosier bri
gade was sw ;ag away south west
ward. For i. -.t,i time jn |es?> than
a year the m A vhe "Biae.. Hats"
at the head ol < iton n id pic.ved their
way over i. -i.*.,..? d pine, saying
opprohious thn ?- of Virginia paih
masters. An ii: dent lot were these
fellows in the tfizkation "Kossuths:'
Mar\elouEly anappy and precise in
urill, steady on parade, enduring on
the march and ;?? asonably respectful
towaid their c us i who w. re the
only uiics in tl Ii i :.,n to doa and
kahitually wear he fulldresa beadgear
of the legular ocrVice), the rank ana
file were bles.'~d with not a little
soldier skeptid as to the value or
stahility of other pommamls in aud oai
of the hrigade, Bod a calmly critical
attitude toward ofllcers other than
those ol their a< ie~tion. They had not
been over we!i contcnt with their
original field an I *taff, and, for la
leaders of that i.nk, had become some
what aplit up at first R :ll Run. flght
ing aturdily all be aame by company
or squad to the frg end, and never
hnowing they .-re whipped when
finally "herdeoT off tbe tield. Now,
however. they had men at their head
colonel. lie iteni ... ctdonel and major -
by wliom they Bueitively swore and
on whose si.ill and valor they would
ha\e banked th t cent. Yet, with
all their regard "o these, their hon
ored leaders. 1: .p-ist he ownad the
Blaek Hata m lota of trouble.
They WOttld ? of the hri.rade
a hole
iviaton. n-iij > ? ? - nt of
which had as yet faoed the foe in
hattle. They had a curioua defecl of
rhuon when "oajfatde" offlcera happened
along. and were forovor belng com
plained of as fallinj; to "render honora,"
whereat they were heard on more ihan
one occasion nabluabingly to d'H-lare
they saw. but didn't suppose the atrang-'
ers couhl he offlcera. Th >y were pre
ternaturally keen sicht.-d as s>ntri???>
toward men of other re-iniepts "run
nins guard-' or s:-i iggllng eontrahand
of war. and wen correspondingly bllnd
when the culnrit was of their own
eomplexion. They were probahly the:
best drilled and poaitively the worst
hated rejriment in the whole division
?and relished one distlnctlon quite
as much M the other when they were
marching this third tlme on Btanaaaaa,
and the little West PolnteY in aaddle
at their head thaaked Qod that at last I
he had them where. with work agalnst
a common foe, there was poeslbility
of keeping them out of misehief.
Centreviiie had boen naased. Bull
Run recroaaed. and Briatoe roachad?
a point heyond their prevloua explo
ratlons. Then back had they to go
to meet a threatenod raid on their
railway communic-itions, and. that
matter settled, again they were trudg
Ing through the well-remembered
wood roads when, as a turn of tht>
way brought their foremoat company
in full view of the flne aweep of
country off to the west, the gray-.
bearded colonel. for the time eom
manding the brigade, reined out to
the right for a look at his men, and
his tall, born-soldier of an adjutan";
rode alongside the hlaek-bearded, dark
featured, atocky little leader of the
Black Hats, pointed with his gannt
letted hand to the blue curtain of the
Bull Run range and remarked: "I'd
give a good deal to know just what
that fellow Jackson's doing behind
that screen to-day."
"Why so?" asked CVConnor, shortly.
"Shields licked him well at Kerns
town. Banks has uirned his whole
force back there. Blenker'a big divi?
sion has gone to roiaforce them. Why,
we've got enough men there to eat 'em
alive?Jackson and all."
"First catch your rahbit," said the
adjutant. musingly. "Old Stonewall
knows every footpath in the valley?
every path through the mountains.
He'll trick Banks and Fremont, sure's
your born, colonel. Then we'll have a
phy at him."
"May the Lord grant It," was the
pious answer, as the colonel looked
wlstfully away toward the little rift
, 'n the dark ridge where, ten miles dis
_ tant, lay Thoroughfare Gap. the best
and 8hortest route to the Shenandoah
? the gap through whieh four months
] later this same m.uch-discussed and aa
| yet little-known Jackson w- * with such
fatal effect to pour his coiumns on the
union fiank and rear.
It was a molst afternoon. The men
In the marching column, heavily bur
dened with bulging ki apsack and
double blanket and the long Springfield
over their burly shoulders, whipped
off their hats and swept the coat
aleeve over their drlpping brows, peer
ing curiou8ly at the old colonel sitting
aturdily in saddle and watching their
array. A grim amile atole over his
grizzled face as his own battalion camt
striding forth ia the wake of th.!
"Scoffiug Second." Then the kindly
excs cloouLji j *' a ? i ? '?--> ~'
?"??.-r4? ot vjo] t , ? .. ,. ;, ? ,., j ,.ivil.
ian on a decr pii gn ?? .1. with tha
Ueateaant-coloael ? cmaadiBg. He
had s< en ihe man belore m%By a mile
Trom the apct a: 1 moi 1 ;. aaa ?
away. ??: . ,. . , ? 1. ..?>?? hr
aaked, a.s tho < i i; tn anibl sd oat of the
coiumn and toBched b:s arora bat
brim.
"My plaea la jest over yakndah,
eolonel. PTyoa yon di ta' meember
my eoaala1 to ym with a pa*.s. baek
I?' I ?M:;\." -it: ! t^e t [\ strnngor
looked 0 ? " ' ??'!? i-i'o t i? grlzalad,
Bun-burnec' ?? <\ ??;...? M KBB
dri.a. y?' | n -,-. jl>r gq .. ; ... WagOB
wenl khorht eul by atooe b ' la i."
Keealy atadyta? the '?'???.i*a faee.
he aaddealy 3<'<'o-: "AIb'i CoL i-..-?%
ard'a earalry 001 i- reT*
"Ask mo ao Queettoae, azy frlead,
^nd i'u teii yoa no liea," waa the arary
aaawer. "Gea. Ifc] owell'a paaa com
aehi mo bo i<m yoa rlde ak ng with tha
roiunin. it'.t doeaa'i requlra bm bo poat
you. as to our Btoramenta. You vnow
too mueh BOW to be tiv.voling toward
j.-K 1 son's 1 eople, aad hara you ahowa
that pass to tho dtrtskn commandcr?"
"Why. it was he who got it for me."
anawarad the Vlrrfalaa, placldly. "it
was I that took him l.icut. I'.cnton's
pistol and told him of his capture.
W'hat's more. I'm 'apectiBB to gat fur
ther nows of tho lieuteuaat Why,
kynh ooaaaa the faaaral now. and 'f
I'lin dont aund, roloaeL 1 reckoa 1*11
rtde with him a j ?
C.raybcard rlin ed h: !f aaglily over
ils ahoulder. a fea yarda aorth of
ch?? roqd there w.;s a Im--- n litile emi
luddenly appeared 1 oa eom
mnnder with two of I la. Btaff, I'n
allagjiaai thnr Deldj laaaea, thay aaamed
for a BBomeai Btadyiai tha aaatward
lowiands. th?n eiaie tTOttiag swiftly
toward the COlnatB.
"Coiomd. there ara aeat*erad partlea
of earalry oui there comiaa. switt this
way. t(x>?aat aorth o*. Brlatoa?be
tween that and Qelaesrille. They
don't seeni to '.., BratchtBJ the eolumn,
alther, Band one reglmenl oal aloag
the Qalaeerilla road aa far as it thie
hem church and let theaa throw out
skirmishers. li;tlt the r -t of the
brigade here. Qood Bftt rnoon. Mr.
Jennings," he OOBtlaaed, la eivil ae
knowled-no r.i 01 the Vii;;inian's sa
(utation. "i thought yoa arera hoaaa
by this time."
"General," said he. eomlBfl along
side, "1 wani to aay one thing. suh.
and it's thta ibat fOUBg gentleinan of
your staff was so kind to Dr. Chilton
that. it eonapletely ataggered the doe?
tor to have bim knoc ed down and
aaptared. He'a boaad to take the
best of cayuh of him till hes well
enough to take cayuh of himself?an'
chen-"
"Well, and then, Mr. .lennings?"
isked the general. impatiently, for he
was eager to get on aaaaad.
"You look out for his turning up any
day! If he ain't BTrhaagaal. I'm bot
tin' somethin' else will happen."
"My understanding is that Dr. Chil?
ton has made himself personally re
sponsible for Mr. Benton's safekeep
ing so long as he's allowed to remain
with him-"
1 "That's true. I rcekon," answered
Jennings. "But," and here his lan
tern jaws relaxed in whimsieal grin,
"the doetor ain't the only brainy one
ln that family, general. The giri that
planned young Ladue's escape from
your fellows at Henry houso may play
It on Ewell's folks at Gawd'nsville just
as easy."
j "So you know Ewell's at Gordon
ville!" said the general, wbirling sud
denly on the speaker. "And you know
the lady who got Mr. Ferguson into
his scrape, do you?"
"Gettin* another fella out o' one?
yes?suh," answered Jennings. un
flinchingly. "And she mado a big play
that night to get still another out of
a bad fix?'less I'm mistaken Why,
general, you jus' ought to beuh .ludge
Armistead talk about that giri. He
aays half the men in Albomarle, uni
versity and all, were in love with her
when the war hrol e out. and the judge
has a mighty pretty daughter of his
own, too. I rather hoped some of our
ravalry might be pushin" out 'toward
Hopewell to-nigbt. Ain't Col. Bayard
somewhere out that way? Hullo!
There's a shot!"
Not one shot, but two, three. in quiek
succession. Somewhere ahead among
the patches and thlcketa ot scrub oak
and pine the soattering advanee guard
had suddenly met swift galloping lads
In gray. Then came the disiant sound
of half a dozen shots?carbines?and
the answering sputter of a ragged vol
ley. Well out to the front a bugle
Bounded some !?vely call, and, spurring
fttll gallop from the rear, the ta)l
adjutant went bending and twisting
away among the trcs until out of
sight ahead, and then his powerful
volgg came rin^in:: baek: "This. way.
eaptain?lively! Double quick!"
Evidently I'askell had BagatOd some
of the quarry and closer at hand than
taaaa ahea.i alaag tha raadway, for
there eaaaa a eraekla <>f ?hofa tha
bark of the cavalry aoapoa. the sau<v
BOB) of a r.voher ss.mew!-.. re among
the thic eis to the lelt af the eolumn;
then a shril! burst of ehoera from tha
dofdoytag blaa eaata oa tlu waataraN
aaak. am of a andak ? throagb the
baahaa taaahlad a litth? aqaad oi troon
ers in ajaaty, aaakJaa haraic eflort to
?arry ofl a bolnjeaa eoaarade. The r.ea
>rai na : hia aii ea ,n
the al Iradshera, aad w? n |m I la tiaa
to se<> two rid. .;,. t i ,,-.,
awaj ?
1 -:>?. abJIe h. |f i do ? a darina. '.
roto.! roHoara ... re itoatly in
""?;'" "- '" '>v' '"? tho 1 >rw 1.1 raah ol
the oxcfted l ed tfcree of ?>esT
ananber aorrorndiaj ??? < r lv ? ,i
tall offl - i aho had b .. ?...? .'.
waya to tha Luciv or a piur
"Halt?M "Haltr ??!? . u>
raad<???:" rang the tu ar aboata uf
the doai n blnecoata, <: i .v ia i
suit. Baag! l.an . : eame t
rospon e of tl [?wi
Baag! bellowi t] a brace of S]
la reply. 'Doai i kool:"
lire!" yelled the ; eoei ri ; .. i i
Bhoot!" MDoa1 ahoot:" echcod n..e
ataff, for the Ini loaa caralier, rceliag
in his leat, woal alidlai Into the arms
of hia loyal followera, while the derO
of a horaa whlrled n ging,
straintm: at the reiaa Bl iij i >
beaah away. ??(?. : Lonat!" "Dowa
with yoa!" -off aith yoa!" cried the
parsuera, offlcar and aaaa, aa aaother
terrified horse tore. arildly i eighing,
in ehas.- of the foremost lt was a
deaperatB i Korl oa parl of the i
Their eoaarada troopora were too far
off to help them. BTOa eould they drive
through the stout skirmish line al
ready far Baag acrOBfl the fi.-ld beyond.
With a last v.ave of his white hand,
the offieer seemed ordorlag his de
faadera to save theanaolToa, and those
in saddW, Ith parting ahota aad d< t\
ant yellsr-t?t? of them even haiilag in
rage ?-*>? en. tied rev H r at the tall
adjutant. th ? foreaaoBl man in the
rush?aartad aaray, bendtng low over
the afraaaahag aaaaaa, with the bnlleta
of half a score of BptiagBelda whiz
zing past their eara.
The adjutant was off his big. raw
boned bay in an instant and. bending
over the fainting man. BBBcrOWOd the
cap of his laak and held it to the pale
llps beneath the BWOOplng mustaehe.
"A major. hey?" he said. aa he BOted
the brilliant braids of gold laoa OB the
handsome uniform frock. 'What is a
major ioiag out bere with ouly a aoaad
of you bovs ."'
"is he aroaaded?" aaked the ehlef
as he glanccd at the two sihnt strip
lings in gray. Oae of them tBCOd the
comniander.
"Horse fell. suh?rOUod on him ?
broke his leg." sald he. with a BBlate
that toid aaerringly of aoMier teacav
iiu;; so t.H>. di.i the spea'er's pose.
Instinetively ?ie was standing at atten
tion. He knew the rank betrayed by
that yellon s
? i \ e .Vlk ... . .
from your aaak, Uaakeli; i leai
he's- Why. my had, you're wuiind
ed! LOOB to him. BOma Ol jroo!*1 eried
the gaaeral, tor th.' boy had trowa
aahen pale nr < wrts r ..? when
Btroai araai < ????i ht aad k*w< rod him.
"Sure. aaaaral r*>*a ihot throagb
the breast." said a bearded aoldler,
leariiv BBide the troor-r's jaeket and
dtsplayin ? : hlood-wei l rt l> n.-ath.
"An.i wouicnM siiii., it,** aaaaarod
the gaaeral. "That s the way aith
them B ? , ? r a sur; eoa, eaptain."
And then the -eneral. too was off his
horse and 1 ending over tha stricken
lad. MDo vnii know his mmr aad
home?' he B ??' ed of the palo faoad
yoaag Virginian, ataadiag traaabliai
a bit with exdtonM at boside him Tha
lad Bnshed, loohod dtstresaed, amhar
raaaad, hat aaoaaed to beiieve it hia
aoldler duty tO ,^ive no in!orma'iou
whatever to the eneniy lt was .len
aiaga who ipoke, his roioa breaklng
harshly, aomehow, oa the aHoaot of tha
anrrouadlni ?. roap, as he afbowed a
way throagb the eartoaa circle and
Caught Btght Of the swooninu boy.
*i l iioa him. geaeral. Ho'a one of
our b^st. suh," and now JeaaingS, too.
had thrown htnaelf ution his i aoOB.
"It's Fioyd Pelhaaa, suh, of Charlottes
ville. It'll broab his niother's lnaht,
suh. if ho'a doaa to? "
The wail in the Vlrgiaiaa'a \(d'-e
seemed tfl CBtcb the eir and rouse the
faealtiea of tho revlving offieer.
"Who'a that doae for?" he falntly
asl ed. "Xo; FToj d Pelham?" And
braclng h.is haada npon th' tnrf, he
Btragghad u> a alttlng postnre, while
Jonalnga apraag to his feet aad atarod.
"Maj. Loaasberry! Good God, suh,
you womuled. too? Why, l'd no
idea-"
"No idea. 1 supnose," interposed the
major. with entting, aareastic em
phasis, ??that yoar frfoada, the Chil
tons. had tnrned that Yaakee lieuten
ant loose. Well, you needn't rejoice,
gentlemen. we'\e got him ai^ain?and
right in the teeth of his own hrigade!"
CHAPTER XIII.
RIV.WNA TU HAI'IDAN.
Long as he lives Fred Benton will
never forget that night ride from the
Chiltons and the thrilling days that
foiiowed. Soaaothiag heayed up
through the dim starliu;ht and lightly
tapped against the clapboards below
the sill, and something black eame
"Bwarming" up the other something?
Pomp again, and Pomp chuekled at
sound of Boatoa'a waaaporod haii.
"We've got a ladder dis time, suh.
Didn't dass try it befo' wid dem sojus
at de ba.hn," and by ladder, not by
lightning rod. was the descent aeeom
plished. Doaky hands helped the crip
pled soldier into saddle. Dusky hands
waved him good-by and good luek.
Then Benton gave himself unques
tioning to him whom she. his imperi
ous queen, had appointed as his guide,
and togetinr they rode forth into the
murmuring night.
When the suburbs were left behind
and they had found the open eountry
hia eseort turned and said: "Kin you
atand a little canter, Marstuh?" and
Benton recogni/.ed the COiOB of D.is y
Dan, and "st.)od" B'yordiagly. 1 he>
forded, Boaaowhero toward two o'cloek
a little branc-h, a tributary (,f thf rtish
inji Rivanna. and w^re c-i: z-?Jin;
areatward non Freara jT- m Ruide
left him with Iw.th horsos at the edge
of a grove, arhtla he went toraard
afoot aad reeoaaoM aad Preaoatry he
eaaaa baea irjaieaftal -i>.% ajn-t a
so-n ? loo ta1 oui fo- ,,p arMaa, aaaa.
!>.\\s all <? o C, v.d ?s\ ille w>\ ?. ..
save niph oata five BBttaa hy-th." aud
aa i"<i on agntfl the hooi b au a
ing liollow oa ?-? lot of
? truaa a . i a gwli
aut BBoaatala atraaga, raai
fall aad, far aad aaar, t
fordable, Btlll oa throngb .\ ;
"i toi s; treea. thio
croaa-eouatrj brldla patha, iu .i,.:-!
i?'? ? or "ii road, aatll at aaa , 1
DaaM lad bia aol .1. i charj ,. hrom ..0
? Urael . and tnralBg auar to
t,le ic ;? tori to is ellmb that
broughl thaa pr . atly to two little
Here. n. ;-. ,t?M vaa n tdaj
eoeafortable la bia blaaket Daa hekl
eonveraa with other aaseea <> ?<?';,taata,
girlag <\pi:ci; diractlons, Calatlj
dlbk la t! i blaa of frying bacoa aad
ibo babble of boiliag co i Benton
heard ragaely, drowally. the worda
"Swiit Rua Gap, Bperryi Ille, 0
rJedgmaa n-e,-- :.n,i w!l(., ,,,, ,.,,*
hhnaelf in Repoaae to tigoroo |
regretfnl proddiag. he I aea not how
long thereafter, a n~w volee aounded
on his slc. rj a. Anoth, r | ir
dlaa beat over him la the ahape of a
with arrlaklad I ice aad ^-ray
arhlte, kraky halr, but a arorid ot
aad latereat in his abaabb
Maratah'a ? araa apotllag and
it w;ts time thtt th-\v were mo\ ing.
Where waa I>,u,:-'" ?panirl hnd to go
baek to Marse Chlltoa'fc Miss Rosa
li" doBft Ba d an dat."
His htg boy Hector was "grooBala*
bawsos." and rroBH thia potat would
lead him on np tho aaun faee of the
range aatll aear the Hedgmaa. He
knew that eoaatry well, arhereaa old
Dan did not. aad tho Iatter hnd to
hurry home so that he Bllghl show
bUEAKKA8T \\ \S BPOILINQ.
about Ihe Chtttoa plaoe ;is ustal. Miss
Roaalle had otaVarad that. too. They
would ' \thin- la tl ? i orld fcr
t< ?:
And so. oneo more. but in broad
daylipht now. aud well up ahmg the
hoitthts. they eaaaa ai baal in view of
the taiattag aaoaatala road that
pleread tha raaga Jackaon*B mnway
from tha SheaaBdoah dowa to Qor
donsville and !.. :.? .1 glo Fred lttr ed
ln aldlag, wh:ie Hector acrambaad
down afoot to try the 1
Ten o'clock had come before Doe?
tor raappeared, btg-eyed, paatlBC
Thore were 100 BOMlan tt) the west
of tho c,ap dfcgglng forta, a aqaad in
erery faraahoaaa adoag the road, and
about as BBBCh cbam e 01 a Yanl.ee
olficer erooatag in dayUghl as there
was "of a aeedle'fl eyg a-eittln' into
heavon." HeetOT had been plOUBly
taught at BOtae time in his life and
now he WOked at the blaa and the
brass buttons in dismay.
Benton thoaght it over. The guard
were to come for him at six. and long
ere this had discovered h.is escape.
Pursuit and seirch would of course be
made. "Aaybody own bkoodhouada
around Charlottosvillo0" be asked. and
Hector said "No " Still Dan had gone
baek, Dan Btlght be lashed and tor
tured until he revealed wh.at he knew??
such thincs had happOBfid and the
soonor Benton reaehed tbe Bpper wa
tcrs of the Rappahannoek and secure
hiding places baek of Warrenton,
known to Hector. the better it would
be for him?for all. He doabted not
that by Booo courterfl would come gai
loping out from GordOBSVille '<?? lliag of
his escape and orderlag guards and
sentries on the loo'..out everywhere
along tbe Gap.
"Not a aecond to lose!** He sprang
to tho aaddle-baga and bagaa a aearch.
What had occurred te. him would proh*
ably have occurred to her. and it waa
Miss Roaalle, Daa afCrmed, who packed
them. \\ Ith eager haada Beaton puiied
at the eoBtenta of the aaaimoat?a
Mask of braady from the doctor's store,
towe!. hand: eivhiefs . sponge, soap,
comb and brush, aoeka, shirt and un
eerwear Jack'a, ot course, and prob
ably a tlgkt fit; amall tta boxes con
taining grOBBd eoffae, supar and other
things?no time to examine now! Then
came a BBOBl from Hector. nrmmaglagj
on the other side. and over the l)road
baek of Marse IVlham s old 1'yramus
came a worn gray BBCb coai and waist
coat, d Richmond make, and pinned
to the lapel a scrap of paper on which
In petlcil appoared in Itoman char
acters, not script, theae worda: "Map
and spectacles in coat pocket. Smail
pistol also. Look out for federala about
Warrenton."
ln less than half an hour. a tall, pale
faced, studious-looking young man in
spectacles, slouch hat and worn sack
coat of gray?thrown loosely over a
slung right arm?with a dark-browu
horse, a doctor's saddle-bags and a
darkey follower on a nondescript nag,
turned deliberately from a mountain
path and took tbe highway to the east
ward. A few roda further the road
twisted to the loft and brought him in
view of a mountain cabin, where a
squad of soldiers in queer-looking
frock ooata of dingy gray were filllng
their canteens. Another of their num
ber, sick and dejectod, was squatting
on the steps. h!s sallow faco the pic
ture of woe. "Guwt any physic that
will cure the cawlic, uawn-tunt"
dra"^.'. ' i--T aaa i^Jtosam tail-w in