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i^THE HILLS
BY FLORENCE WARDEN.
Copyright, 1899, by Florence Warden.
CHAl'TEIt I.
..*4# LOST DROTHER.
On the 15tU of September the Rev.
Granville Masson wrote from Llnn
dadno to his younger brother, a stu
dent at St. George's hospital, London:
My Dear Reggie—I don't know whether it is
that my temper becomes shorter as the end of
tny holiday draws near, but 1 can't stand tals
plaot at alL It is full of people, and the crowds
bother me. The weather is magnificent, which,
•f oouno, accounts tor the fact that the numbers
of the visitors have not yet begun to thin. As
lor m/ health, 1 don't know whether it is aqj
betters but, on the other hand, 1 don't think it
la «ny worse. My cough is still rather trouble*
•ome at night. 1 am a regular "pale young
curate" now, and I think I rather resent the
Cympathetic glances the old ladies throw in my
direction. It is evident that they consider mc
"Interesting," a distinction at which, to do me
Justice, you will own I have never aimed. I
think I shall go on, staying a day or two at
Bettws-y-Ooed, to .8outb Wales, to get away from
the eternal camera and bicycle and from the
equally eternal young lady with the high pitched
voice and the novel which she carries about and
never read*. Yours, GRANNY.
On the 24th of September the same
writer dated his letter from AberyBt
wlth:
Dear lamrto Tills place it better not quite eo
full. OB the other hand* 1 don't feel quite so
well. Thia to to be accounted for, however, by
the **—T in the weather, which is now wet and
oold» I have been out to the Devil's bridge, but
I am going to do something more interesting.
11MM are some much less frequented and wilder
regions to be explored in this part of Wales than
up In the north* wftdch is like Regent street.
Don't be surprised If you don't hear from me for
a fortnight. I shall be on tramp. Yours,
QBAKKT.
Reginald Masson* who was much
^troubled about the health of his broth
er, wrote off to htm at once on re
oetpt of this letter begging him not to
be too venturesome and not to begin
eoplorios-unknown tracts of country
ln. weather so unpropitious.
He got one more letter, dated Sept
80, acknowledging his note of warning
and announcing that Granville had
pot off his expedition in deference to
his brother's advice. The weather
having now changed for the better,
however, he intended to proceed with
out further delay.
Be wrote In a robust and cheerful
tone, as if in the highest spirits over
his proposed excursion. He had got
hold of an odd creature, he Bald a
wild, uncouth, redheaded son of the
mountains, who was going to act as
his guide and to coach him up in all
the old Welsh tales and superstitions.
And then his brother beard no more.
At the end of one week Reginald was
curious at the end of the second im
patient after the lapse of a third he
was anxious and worried. The
weather had grown bitterly cold for
the time of year, and already reports
had reached London of snow in the
mountains of Scotland and of heavy
rains In Wales. He wrote half a dozen
letters to Aberystwith, addressed to
his brother, to the proprietor of the ho*
tel where he had staid, to the chief of
jh. But all without much result
1
proprietor of the hotel wrote that
Rev. Granville Masson had left the
el on the morning of Oct. 2 and had
ken the train with the intention, as
he stated, of alighting at Trecoed and
of making a tour on foot from that
town among the points of interest in
the neighborhood.
The chief of police wrote that he had
heard of no accident befalling any
traveler recently In the country. And
the letters Reginald bad addressed to
his brother were returned to him.
Thoroughly alarmed, he determined
to go down into Wales himself and to
make inquiries, starting from the
small town of Trecoed. It was near
the middle of November when he ar
rived at the place and made direct for
the principal inn. Here, at the very
outset of his researches, he came upon
the track of his brother. The inn
keeper nodded Intelligently at the first
questions put by Reginald Masson.
"A young clergyman, tall, thin, gray
eyes and brown hair? Yes, sir he
was here for one night about five
weeks ago. But I can give you the
exact date by looking at my bookB,
and I can show you his portmanteau.
I suppose I am right sir. In thinking
you are his brother?"
"Why, what made you think that?
We are not supposed to be at all
alike."
"Not in face, sir, but In voice. 1
could have recognized the voice any
where, and that in spite of the way of
speaking young clergymen always
have."
"And can you tell me where he went
to from here?'
"He was going to explore the coun
try and make his way down gradually
to the south by the Black mountains
valley and along the
^en up the Wye and
The landlord was looking through
his book.
"It was on the 3d of October that
he went away."
"Was he alone?"
"He was alone when he left the
house, but I had warned him not to
cross the mountains without a guide,
and he said he had engaged one."
"Ah! We can find him out, I sup
pose, without any trouble?"
But the landlord shook his head du
biously.
"I don't know about that sir. It
wasn't one of our regular men, I know
that It was some one he bad met be
fore he came here, near the Devil's
bridge, 1 understand, who had told him
a lot of the local stories and legends
and had arranged to take him across
by Llyu Foel to Llaudu."
"Did he mention his name?'
"Well, he T!*ay have done, sir, but if
so I've forgo^eu it."
At this point of the conversation
man whose composite style of clothing
suggested Chat, In the oft season, he
filled various functions at the inn,
edged near enough to the speakers to
show that he wished to join in the con
versa tlon.
Reginald Masson turned to look at
him, and the man saluted.
"Beg pardon, sir," said he In a strong
Welsh accent, "but was you speaking
of the clerical gentleman who left
some of his luggage here a few weeks
back?'
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by hiiusi'-If, \s ifu jusWialittle hag car
tied across litui oil a strap."
"By himself?"
"Yes, sir. But look you, as soon aB
he had left the house, not more than a
quarter of an hour after, there come up
a fellow who asked for him and who
went off lifter liiin, a fellow I know
very well, sir."
"Well, and who was it?"
"It was a big, redheaded fellow, Blr,
who's employed ou one of the sheep
farms over in the hills yonder. He
comes in most every market day."
"And can you tell me his name?"
"No, sir. I only know him through
seeing him about. He drives in the
sheep, and he buys and sells In the
market for his master. So I've gath
ered. A rough looking customer."
Reginald Masson's heart sank. Then
a passion of energy and anger seized
him. It was impossible to doubt that
some evil had befallen his brother, and
this information seemed to point to
the direction In which he must look for
a solution of the mystery.
Although he was burning with im
patience to prosecute his inquiries, It
was too late to do so that night. Al
ready the little town was asleep the
lights in the windows were for the
most part extinguished there was
hardly a footfall in the street.
Reginald went up to his room, but
he could not sleep. This rough, red
headed fellow who had come to the
hotel Immediately after Granville's de
parture from it could be, of course, no
other than the "wild, uncouth son of
the mountains" of whom his brother
had written In his last letter. To find
this man, therefore, was plainly the
first thing to be done.
On the following morning the waiter
who had given him the Information
came up to Reginald and told him that
he had made inquiries in the town that
morning and learned that the name
of the redheaded man was unknown,
but that he was called "Coch Tal" as
a nickname In the sheep market at
Aberayron.
"And have you been able to find out
where he lives?" asked Reginald.
"Yes, sir. It's up in the hills yon
der, over by Llyn Poel. He's In the
employ of a farmer yonder. Mr. Tre
garon of Monachlog farm."
"Is that far off?"
"It's a matter of five or six miles,
look you, up along the valley. But it
would be hard for yon to find without
a guide, sir, being right up among the
hills."
"Well, you can find me a guide, can*t
you?"
"Oh, yes, Bir! You don't think of
going today, Bir, do you?"
"Certainly I do. Without a mo
ment's delay."
"Well, sir, It's a nasty day for such
a walk. We shall have snow before
midday by the look of the sky, and
when the snow comes on it's hard
work for them that knows the paths
well to find their way among the hills."
"Well, hard work or not,
I
I
have to
go. And If you can't find me a guide
must go without one."
Reginald was eating ham and eggs,
but with very little appetite. His anx
iety and feverish eagerness to be on
"Beo pardon, sir," said he in a twwj
Welsh accent
the road made breakfast a hard task.
"All right sir. I'll find you a guld*
sir," said the waiter.
And then he shuffled away with ap
parent haste until he reached the door
of the coffee room, when he turned
slowly and hesitatingly and came back
again. His tone had become mysteri
ous.
"I think perhaps I ought to tell you,
sir, something they told me this morn
ing when I was asking about the
young man Coch Tal."
"Well, what was it?"
"I
Aqigaln .to fetch
hlB
was told, sir, that he's not been
seen so much in the town lately—not
since the beginning of last month, in
fact He's been 111, they think don't
look the same man, sir, when he does
come, as he used to look."
"Thank you. Now see about getting
me the guide, there's a good fellow,"
said Reginald, as he jumped from his
seat and began to button up his coat.
"My boots, please."
"You've quite made up your mind to
go, sir?'
"Quite."
log-
0a1fl
cotne back here?"
•*&•») saId he might and he
ml, tfhe didn't come, he was
to |pdw where to scud bis lug
gage
"And \vTRit was the date of that?"
asked. Reginald Masson, whose anx
iety was not much allayed by this in
telligence.
The matter of obtaining a guide into
the hills proved, however, to be less
easy than Reginald had supposed. He
had to wait so long, in fact before the
waiter, who had undertaken the search
for one, returned to the inn that at
last Reginald, unable to control his Im
patience any longer, told the landlord
to send the guide after him and start
ed ou his journey into the hills alone.
The fiakes of snow bad already be
gun to flutter down, and he was
strongly advised to give up his expedi
tion until the following day. He would
not however, hear of any delay.
He started at a brisk pace, quite un
disturbed by auy thought that his jour
ney might be one of difficulty or even
danger. The lightly falling snow
threw a soft veil over the landscape,
softening the rugged outline of tho
hills toward which he was going aud
filling up the ruts In the road.
He had gone some distance, walking
quickly and deeply preoccupied with
his gloomy thoughts concerning his
brother's fate, wheu it occurred to him
to wonder why the guide was
r''
Buch
feoktti back along tba
he had come.
At least it would be more correct to
say that lie tried to do so, for he
now percelvcd that the snow had for
the last ten minutes been coming down
so fast as to reduce the wide space
over which he had traveled to a fiat
expanse, in which to trace out the
road by which he had couio was to
his Inexperienced eyes an impossibil
ity.
His very foot tracks, not having
been made in deep suow, were already
obliterated, and the wind was driving
the flakes straight into his eyes as he
stared and stared, vainly trying to ret
ognize some landmark by which he
could find Ills way back.
He felt that to venture farther with
out the guide would be madness. Yet
to back, now that the snow was
driving from that direction, was al
most equally difficult As he paused
for, one moment deliberating and
blinking to keep the suow out of bis
smarting eyes, he heard a man's voice
behind him, evidently at some dis
tance, singing one of those wild, half
mournful, wholly tender Welsh bal
lads which are forever on the lips of
these people of tne mountains.
Reginald Masson turned again, fac
ing the mountains once more. With
his back to the wind it was easier to
see, and he managed to distinguish a
dark figure on the rising ground a lit
tle way ahead of him, making its way
slowly through the snow In the direc
tion of the bills.
Reginald shouted, but the man went
on singing and took no notice. Against
the whitening background and through
the veil of falling snow his figure stood
out, seeming to be gigantic In size.
There was nothing for Reginald to do
but to follow this, the only human fig
ure in sight Quickening his pace, not
without difficulty, for the road had
dwindled Into a rough foot track, he
came up with the stranger at a point
where the path began to wind round
the side of a hill. By this time the
town was so far behind and the snow
was falling so thickly that Reginald
Masson felt that the only safe thing to
do was to addresB himself to this
stranger, who could hardly be as Ig
norant of the country as he was him
self.
The man had quickened his pace and
was now making his way, still singing
to himself, with long strides, which
made it difficult for the town bred
Masson to overtake him. So that at
last Reginald had to speak from be
hind, without having had one oppor
tunity of seeing the face of the man he
was addressing.
"Can you tell me," called out he, "if
1 am on the right road for Monachlog
and how far off It is?"
The man in front had stopped with
a disconcerting suddenness before his
Interlocutor had got to the end of his
question. His body, which had beeu
bent nearly double as ho ascended the
hill, stick In hand, had become
upright and rigid: but he did not turn
round, and he did not answer.
Reginald, coming a step nearer and
trying to get a look at the man's face,
repeated his question.
lie might as well have poured his
words Into the ears of a statue of
bronze. The stranger, a man of enor
mous height, dressed In the rough
clothing of the hillside peasant, his
bead and face almost hidden behind
the collar of a coat which he wore,
cloak fashion, over his shoulders, an
swered never a word—did not even
turn his face toward his questioner.
Supposing that the man was deaf,
Reginald, who was now close to him,
touched him on the arm. But the mo
ment he did so a paroxysm of terror
seemed to seize the fellow. He shook
off the light touch with an abrupt and
violent movement and, still without
turning his head, began to run up the
hillside path as if for his life.
For a few seconds Regiuald watch
ed him In amazement thinking that
the fellow must be an imbecile. But
then it occurred to him as possible
that it might be only the uncouth na
tive way of treating a stranger, a way
compounded of rustic shyness and su
perstitious fear, for fear was apparent
ly the emotion uppermost in the heart
of the flying countryman.
The snow was now coming down In
larger flakes the Bky bad grown
heavy and lowering. After one more
glance back Regiuald saw that to fol
low this son of the mountains was his
best chance of safety. The man had
now got so far ahead, however, be
ing evidently used to these paths In all
weathers and sure of foot as a mule,
that Reginald had some difficulty lu
keeping him in sight
Up the rugged, slowly ascending
footpath, which he would never have
been able to find but for the footprints
of the peasant, winding round the hill,
descending again, turning, twisting
about among the rough hill tracks,
now with a peep into glens and
valleys where the gray shadows lurked
In the corners, now shut In on all sides
by the bare and stony hills, Reginald
followed his unwitting guide.
The way grew wilder as they went
The hills grew loftier, stonier patches
of dark gray rock showed black
against the snow, while here and there
a tuft of bush and brier, or a lonely,
stunted tree, stood up from the white
ground like a gaunt, misshapen figure,
bent Into strange curves by the weight
of the snow it bore and seeming to
point with a dark, fieshless finger into
the recesses of the barren hills.
The figure In front had never once
turned, and Regiuald felt sure that the
sturdy mountaineer was unaware that
he was serving as guide to the stran
ger whom he had treated so cavalierly.
At last, after a rough and toilsome de
scent of a barren hillside, made dan
gerous to the foot passenger by great
quantities of small loose stones, the
pursuer having at last gained some
what, upon the pursued, the two found
themselves in a cleft of the mountains,
through which a wild, weird sight pre
sented itself to the view.
In a rough basin formed by the
stony, barren mountalus lay stretched
before their eyes the dark waters of a
lake which looked inky black against
the snow which lay all around. Here
and there on Its borders a great gray
bowlder, snow capped, but bare and
dark on its scooped out sides, stood
upou the flat expanse of uutrodden
snow. Nothing else, uot a tree, uot a
bush, broke up the monotonous stretch
of bleak, desolate shore aud black,
lonely pool. As the big snowllakes
.fluttered down swiftly and softly into
the black waters, each absorbed as
soon as It fell, Regiuald shuddered,
with a sudden hideous faucy that in
some such silent, grim fashion a lone
ly traveler might be swallowed up by
tho cold, placid waters of this moun
tain tarn in the shadow of the hills.
a
long time in coming.
At the same moment the thought
came Into his mind, with an ugly per
sistency, that it was in this very same
fashion that Granville had started on
the expedition which had, in all prob
ability, been a fatal one to him.
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Even the rustic In front seemed to
be impressed by the wild and awful
desolatlou of the scene. At any rate,
be paused and thus gave Reginald an
opportunity of gettiug up to him.
Determined not to be evaded or
avoided this time, Masson seized tho
huge peasant in a strong grip aud with
an unexpected movement brought him
face to face with himself so suddenly
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down.
As he did so his round cap fell off,
and Reginald Masson, with a great
He began to run up the hillside path as
if for his Ufe.
leap up of the heart, saw that his head
was covered by a thick crop of short
red hair.
"Coch Tal!" shouted Masson.
The peasaut made no answer except
by a guttural exclamation.
But his face, which had been red
with exercise, blanched to a livid pal
lor He scrambled to his feet, and with
one wild stroke of his stick, which
Reginald was quick enough to avoid,
he sprang like a deer down the narrow
ravine and disappeared behind A spur
of the hill.
CHAPTER III
A WILD MAN IltTIST. W3
With a savage shout as the huge
mountaineer escaped him, Reginald
Masson sprang down the ravine after
him. Ho could not doubt that this
was the very man of whom he was in
search, the man who could give him, If
he chose, some news
of
It would amouir.
Granville's
fate. That this information would have
to be wrung out of him by the ungen
tlest means, and that when obtained.
to little
more than a
tissue of lies, he felt sure.
In the wild eyes and blanched cheeks
of Coch Tal Reginald had read the
signs of an abject, sick terror, which
warned him of what he already guess
ed, that his brother's fate had been a
tragic one and that this rough, uncouth
creature, whom he had taken for his
guide, was cognizant, to say the least,
of the details of it
As he stumbled down the mountain
side In hot pursuit, Indeed, Reginald
felt not a doubt but that he was chas
lng'bis brother's murderer. Everything
that be had heard and seen seemed to
confirm this impression, which stamp
ed Itself each moment more firmly In
his mind.
There dashed through his brain, even
as be ran, stumbling, leaping, sinking
In tho suow at every other step, those
words of the waiter at the inn, telling
him that Coch Tal had beon 1U since
the beginning of last month—the time
of Granville's disappearance that he
had been seen less in the town since
that d&te that ho had seemed, since
then, "a changed man."
These circumstances, trifling In them
selves, became important when taken
in conjunction with the man's horror
at the souud of Reginald's voice. He
felt that It was the resemblance be
tween his voice and his brother's
which had struck such terror into the
mind of the peasant—terror which had
become more acute when he heard his
own ulckname pronounced by the lips
of a man whom he had never seen be
fore.
And while these thoughts, stimulat
ed by the fierce passion which possess
ed him, chased each other through
Reginald's mind, his feet flew from
point to point of the rough way with
ever Increasing rapidity, it seemed
as if the exaltation of his mind had
communicated new powers to his body,
for he followed Coch Tal with moro
ease, more security, tliau before, and,
rounding the hill at a great pace when
he reached tho foot of it, he found
himself only a little way behind the
object of his pursuit
The peasant heard him, gave one
look round, and uttering once moro
the guttural exclamation, like the cry
of a wild bird, which had chilled Regi
nald's blood when they first came face
to face, he went on his way. at a
swifter pace than ever.
On they went again, pursuer and
pursued, with the snow and the wiud
driving at their backs, filling up the
crevices and the ruts In thorough foot
tracks and swirling Into drifts to right
and left of them.
Up the rough side of a mountain
which looked as they approached it
like the stone wall of a huge fortress
or prison up, up, up, tearing his hands
on the crags of rugged graystone
which jutted like piu points out of the
snowdrifts, went Regiuald, his teeth
set and his heart beating like a ham
mer In his breast.
The mouutalueer could beat him at
this work could climb like a cat where
his pursuer could only crawl. And the
distance between the two began rapid
ly to increase. The peasaut was out
of sight when Reginald reached the
top.
There were now only the footprints
in the snow to guide him, but eveu as
he took the first step forward in the
track Coch Tal had made a gust of
wind, which he felt with redoubled
force ou this bleak hilltop, whirled
the snowfiakes round him in a blind
ing storm, forcing him to turn and to
shelter his face. When for some sec
onds the blast had howled and whis
tled and roared in his deafeued ears
and the drifts had swept up from the
ground in blinding sheets of stinging
spray, there was a sudden lull, a mo
mentary calm, and as the wind died
the snow fell less heavily.
Reginald raised his head, shook him
self clear from tho thick white coat
ings of hard, dry snow aud looked
arouud him for the traces of the peas
ant's footsteps.
They were goue, all trace of'them
swept away under the smooth white
sheet.
He shivered as he looked about him
down into the dark waters of the
black tarn below him on his left baud
at the barreu hills, on the sides of
which great perpeudicular slabs of
cold gray rock relieved the white mass
and disclosed the stony bareness of
the soli at the lowering clouds above,
which seemed to be descending on his
head at the never ending prospect of
hills, bare and cold and white and
melting Into forlorn gray dtstauces on
every side.
Look which way he would he could
see no sign of human habitation. Chill
ed to the marrow with something
which was worse tliau cold, worse al
most than fear, he recognized the des
perate situation lu which he was plac
ed and knew that tho chances of his
getting back to Trecoed alive were
lutiuiteslmnlly small.
Although he had left the Inn before
noon, with the day before him, he saw
by his watch that it was already 4
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evening was alrendy gathering lu 'tho
valleys aud ravines beneath.
Where should he turn? Not back by
the way he had come, even if that had
been possible. For he had passed not
a hut, uot a cottage, and he could uot
hope to liud his road to Trecoed before
night fell.
The
Making a rapid exploratiou of the
small tableland on which lie stood,
Reginald fancied that he descried, half
way up the side of a hill on his right,
of lower elevation than the one upon
which he was staudlng and less rug
ged lu appearance, a gray, shapeless
something which looked like the frag
ment of a ruined building. In his des
perate plight even such a chance of a
precarious shelter for the night as a
ruin might afford caused him a sensa
tion of something acute as joy.
To discover this possible refuge was
one thing, but to get to it was another.
So Reginald Massou soon found as hs
started down that side of the mountain
which appeared to offer the most direct
route. This descent was the most peril
ous thing he had undertaken that day
the mountain was steep, strewn with
loose stones, and its pitfalls and in
equalities were hidden beneath the
snow.
Any sort of path or foot track was
of course .not to be discerned a way
had to be found, haphazard, between
the-jutting gray crags and a stunted
growth of rugged pine trees which
grew on the side of this hill at a little
distance from the summit.
Having passed through the narrow
belt of wood, Masson found himself,
without warning, on the brink of a per
pendicular cliff which formed one side
of a mountain pass 100 feet below him.
The snow was falling heavily again,
the daylight had grown fainter, and
the ruin toward which his steps were
bent was no longer in sight. He turn
ed back, and making his way among
the rough tree trunks, which afforded
Jfoswn sprang down the ravine after
him,
some valuable assistance in the scram
ble among the stones, he got at last
to the bottom of the bill and, turning
to the left, reached something Uke lev
el ground.
Then he stopped and looked about
him. The silence, the loneliness, were
awful, The big flakes of snow touch
ed his face like the cold fingers of dead
hands. Before him he saw nothing
but the bare, bleak Bides of the moun
tain pass and a black patch beyond
which he knew to be the waters of
Llyn Foel. At his feet trickled in a
thin, snakelike line the feeble lake fed
stream which became some miles away
a fair sized river. Behind him was a
dreary white waste, and all around
were frowning heights of gray, grim
hills, with the night shadows growing
black in the crevices which the snow
could uot reach.
The oppression on his spirits was so
great that he felt It a labor to draw
breath. With difficulty groping In his
mind toward a remembrance of the
relative poBltious of the pass, the
mountain he had descended and the
hill upon which be had discerned the
ruin which it was his ambition to
reach, he at last turned his back to
the paes and made his way with diffi
culty beside the stream, the course of
which be followed.
He had gone some 50 yards and had
seen or heard nothing to help him on
his way, wheu a sound suddenly reach
ed his ears and seemed to pierce the
air like an arrow.
It was nothing but a moan, a cry,
pitiful, agonizing. But it was the
sound of a human voice.
|y
aa coNTiNPBpJ
ANOTHER FI6HT WITH REBELS.
Our Troopa Lose One Killed and 81*
Wounded.
Washington, Dec. 11.—The war de
partment has received the following
from General Otis:
"Manila, Dec. 9—Dispatch from
Young at Vlgan yesterday
"Suspect ilcnTra "riTI
sayB
es­
caped Spanish prisoners report four
hours' engagement 3d inst, between
his troops and Agulualdo's guard near
Cervantes, fifty miles southeast Vigan,
with heavy loss to enemy, who is be
ing pursued. Our loss, one killed, six
wounded inhabitants of own accord
join troops repairing trail and carry
ing subsistence. Have pushed col
umn to San Jo«» south Bangued,
Howe's column en rear trail Batch
elor*s battalion, Twenty-fourth, out of
reach north of Bayombong, evidently
descending river. Natives report fight
ing occurred twenty miles north. Navy
reaches Aparrl tomorrow column of
MacArthur's troops, Twenty-fifth In
fantry, reported near Iba, west coast
Zambales Grant's column near Sublg
bay Lawton In Bulucan province to
day with sufficient troops to overcome
opposition and scatter enemy."
It Is probable that the troops which
engaged Agulualdo's guard are Hare's
command, as he was reported to be
close in the Insurgent leader's rear.
General Otis also cables as follows re
garding tho revolt In Negros: "In
formation received that Negros revolt
of minor Importance Byrnes In rapid
pursuit of disaffected party Hughes
in mountains Panay en route Capiz."
Shooting of Rev. Cheney.
Racine, Wis., Dec. 8.—Tlie mysteri
ous shotting of Rev. D. B. Cheney and
his wife has aroused every citizen In
this city. Should the culprit be
caught It Is uot improbable that he will
be severely dealt with at the hands of
a mob. But little hope Is entertained
by the doctors attending Mrs. Cheney,
as the bullet tired by the burglar—
for such the people here believe he
was—passed through her neck and
tore Its way through the membranes
of the air passage. Rev. Cheney's
condition Is equally precarious. He
was Bhot twice, one of the bullets
striking him In the groin.
Racine, Wis., Dec. 0.—Henry J.
Corbett, a picture solicitor of Milwau
kee, is now in the custody of the po
lice here for the attempted murder of
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. David B. Cheney
of this city. Corbett has been posi
tively Identified by Mrs. John Arm
strong, a neighbor of the Cheneys, who
encountered the assassin In the street
to ho wU
I
•a
~C0Dh6CH66
Michigan
Willi
the crime, but is unable to tell the po
Where he was between the hours
of in and 11, when the shooting oc
curred.
Negro Burned nt the Stake.
Marysville. Ky„ Dec. T.-DIck Cole
man, the uogro murderer of Mrs. Lash
brook, was taken from the officers by
a moli of 1,000 men aud burned at the
stake. The mob, led by the husband
of the negro's victim, dragged the
shrieking criminal through the princi
pal streets of the town, bound him to
small tree, set tire to brush and tow
about hi in, and stood guard until he
was dead. The scene was an awful
one. anil around the funeral pyre were
thousands of maddened people, headed
by the husband of the dead woman.
Four Hour, of Flame Burn. $1,000,000.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 11.—A Are whicli
had its origin In a dry goods store here
shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday monr
lug burned four hours and laid waste
a block In the center of the business
portion of the city. The damage will
approximate $1,000,000. There were no
casualties.
Found Donrt ltt Best.
New York, Lice, a.—Policeman
Charles L. Heusle and a young wom
an, said to be Mamie Jackson, 25 years
old, were found dead in bed in a room
of the House of Lords, a Houston
street hotel. They had been killed by
ens. the two jets in the room being
found turned on. All windows were
closed tightly and the transom over
-the iloor was shut. Whether it was
an accident or suicide is not known.
Holl»uler»r
111
Petition.
Washington. Dec. 11.—Burrows of
Michigan has presented to the presi
dent an elaborately prepared petition
asking lliat the chief executive tender
Hie good otliccs of the United States
the settlement of the difficulty be
tween Oreat Britain and the two South
African republics. The petition was
«:i:ueil ly a committee representing a
large number of Hollanders in Michl
lau.
Peculiar Fatal Aooideafc
Movllle, la., Dec. 8.—Miss Sarah
McDermott, of this place, shot and
killed herself under peculiar circum
stances. She was In the presence of
her sweetheart, Hank Stevenson, who
hail been calling on her. The young
woman asked the man If he had seen
her new present. He replied In the
negative, and she walked over to a
trunk, taking from it a 22 calibre re
volver. It was unloaded and she
handed It to Stevenson. Later, how
ever, she put two catrldges In the
cylinder. There was a snap and a re
port and the frlrl fell dead with a bul
let Just over her heart. Stevenson
declares he did not see how It hap
pened.
Death of Judge Woolaon*
Des Moines, la., Dec. 8.—John S.
Woolson, federal judge of the southern
district of Iowa, died at his home here
Monday of a complication of stomach
troubles from which he had been suf
fering for two years. He was 57 years
old. Judge Woolson was for many
years a resident of Mount Pleasant,
and was a prominent member of the
state senate for two terms. In 1891
he was appointed to the federal dis
trict bench by President Harrison and
has served since. He removed to Dea
Moines about a year ago. He leaves
three daughters,
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Ot The First National Bank at Man
chester, in the State of Iowa,
at the Close of Business,
Sept. 7, 1899,
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured.
U. S. Bonds to secure circulation....
Bunkltig bouse, furniture and fixtures
Duo from National Banks (not re*
servo agents)
Due from approved resorve agents...
Checks uud otber cu«h limns
Notes of other National Uauks
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents
Lawful money reservo in Bank, viz:
1 Specie 9 14 608 20
1 Legal-tender notes 9,000 00 23 658 20
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasur
er (5 per cent of circulation) 5C0 63
ll&r.7ir os
4.381 C4
19,500 00
0,5200 00
30,970 76
10,576 39
ii.
162
The amount subject to ho
drawn at sight on deposit
witli solveut bunks or bank
ers:
Xat'l Bank of tho KepubUt.
25
685 00
Total 1290,378 01
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In $ 50,000 00
Surplus fund..
y,ooo
Total $290,378 01
State of Iowa, County of Delaware.—ss.
I, M. F.Le Roy cashier of the above-named
bank do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. M. P. Le Roy, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo thls7tk
day of Dec., 169?.
ENNIS BOtiGS
-y'-V Notary Publio.
Correct—Attest.
J. W. MILES.
H.O.HAEBERLK.
A.
H.
BLAKE
Directors*
Amount of Bills, U. S. Uoudb and other
ovldeuces of debts di counted or
purchased actually owned by tho
Manchester Markets.
«3 40@$3 55
Steers, por cwt
Heifers, nor cwt
Cow*, butcher's stock, per cwt
Canners, per cw*
Turkejs, per lb *...
Ducks, white, per lb
Ducks,dark,per lb....
Chickens, per lb
Old HonR, per lb
Com. per bu
Oats, per bu
H»y, wild, per ton
Tame hay
Potatoes, per bu
Butter,creamery,per 1b
Butter, dairy, per lb
Eggs, per doz
Timothy seed
Ch'\fr s»-f»d
JJC-O?
4 00® 5 00
3 fl0& 4 00
00© 8 00
more Urain-0 you give the children the
•"no
re health you
tastes
distribute through their
systems. Grain-0 is made of pure
grain*,^and when properly
prepared
like the choice
grades of coffee
but costs about
I much.
John Clerk, aftnrward known as
Lord Eldln, was Mmping down the
High street nf IMJnliurgh one day
when he heard a young lady remark to
her companion. -That Is the famous
John Clerk. t!a» lame lawyer." He
turned round nnrl said, with his "not
unwonted coarseness:" "You He,
ma'ara! 1 am a lame man. but not a
lame lawyer."
Lord Justice Rraxfield. too, appears
to have failed
in
sex, for. when told that a brother
Judge would not sit that day, on ac
count of having just lost his wife, he,
who wa: fitted with a Xantippc, re
plied: "Has ho? That is a trude excuse
indeed. wish wo had a' thr same."
The person who disturbed the con
gregfttion last Sunday by coughing, is
requested to call on Gregg
&
Ward and
get a botte of Foleys Ilone and Tar
which always gives relief
A TbotiKhtfn] HnMbaal,
"You asked tun to bring you some pin
money this i::urning." said the young
husband.
"Yes," she replied, with an air of ex
pectancy.
"Well," said he, "I thought I might
as well save you a trip down town, so
I brought you a paper of pins instead."
—Chicago News.
For Pneumonia.
Dr.
C. J.
JMshop, of Agnew, Mich.,
says:"I have
used Foley's Honey and
Tar in three very severe cases of pneu
monia the past month with good re
sults."—Gregg
& Ward.
The Uiilck, the ucau and the Other.
Mrs. Casey and Mrs. Murphy met in
a street car and were discussing family
affairs.
"And how many children have ?ou,
Mrs. Murphy?*
"Foive. Two IivIn. two dead and wan
In Philadelphy." Si!ushin*»
Benj, Ingerson, of Button, ind., sayB:
he had not spoken above a whisper for
months, and one bottle of Foley's
Honey and Tar restored his voice. It
is used ry largely bv speakers and
singers.—Gregg
& Ward.
nroia a task and ttf fear It Is to
make It our master. To set about It
cheerfully at once Is to become Its mas*
top
Love Is the salt that preserves affec
tions nnil actions from tlie corruptions
of life.
82 SO
IiOSt.
Many have lost confidence and hope
as well as health, because they have
been told their Kidney disease was in
curable. Foleys Kidney Cure is aGuar
anteed remedy for the discouraged and
disconsolate.—Gregg
& Ward.
00
Undivided protlts, less exponses and
taxes paid 2,298 52
National Bank notes outstanding.... H.2fiO 00
Duo to State Bankn and Hankers,.... 1,458 50
Individual deposits subject to cheok. 75.714 50
Demand certificates of deposit 140,656 49
A mail Is hiTui'lably disappointed
whet) the imui he Is snltl to look like Is
pointed out to him.—Atchison Globe.
Chapped bands, cracked lips and
roughness of the skin cured quickly by
Banner Salve, the most healing oint
ment in the world. 25c.
"One Minute
N.
STATEMENT
Of the Condition of the Delaware
County State Bank,
Organized under the laws of Iowa, located at
Manchester, lowajlu the county of Delaware, at
the close of business on the 2nd day of Decem
ber A. D., 1899, made to tho Auditor of State
as required by law:
ASSETS.
Bank $230,732 7fi
Amount of cash on hand,
described as follows:
Gold coin $12,007 50
Silver coin and bullion... 681 23 «1
Legal tender and national
bank notes and subsidiary
coin $ 9,804 00
Drafts and checks on otber
solveut banks and other
cash Items not dishonored,
on hand aud beloufi lug to
the bank $ 1,725 22 $24,817
or
New York City $ r»,704 01
Union Natioual Bank, Chica
go, 111 .$ 21.8N 1C
Socond National Bank, Du
buque. Iowa $ 32,759 16
Des Moines Savings Bank,
Dos Molues $ 28,7«)3 G9
Sundry other bunks $ so $
Revenue stamp acct
Overdrafts $
The value of real property $ 13,347 90
The value of personal proi
erty (owned by the bank).? 2,imm 00 $15,847 90
lotal Assets $SG9.8W £3
LIABILITIES.
The amouut of capital stock actually
nald up in cash $ co.ooo on
rhe total amount due depositors, as
follows):
Amount sight deposits
Amount time doposlts.
The amount of undivided'
profits, as follows:
...#131,039 79
..$101.997 24 $293,037
(after
$ 12,000 00
Surplus fiuid
Other profits ou liaud
deducting taxes aud ex
penses) $ 4,818 3(1 $10,818
Total UublUtlo.s
Amount of nubilities totlio
Hank 011 tmrtot the directors
I As borrowers, a,023 51
As endorsers $ a.tfir, 00 I
State of Iowa, Delaware County—ss.
We. Win. O.Cawley. I'reslilent. andOlius. .1.
Soeds, caslilor of the Hank above inuiied, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing state
ment is full, true and correct, to the
best of our knowledge and belief that
tlie assets therein sot forth are bona lido the
property of said Hank In its corporate capacity
and that no part of the same has been loaned
or advanced to suld Hank for the purpose of
being exhibited as a portion of Us assets.
\VM. C. CAWI.EY,
1 President.
1' W. TIKKILL,
[SEAL]
Notary
uMimki
Vice-president.
CHAS..I. SEEDS.
a
Sworn to before me aud subscribed lu m:
presence by Win. C. Cawley. R. W. Ttrrlll ani
Ohas. J. Seeds this 7tli day of December 1899.
CALVIN YOltAN"
otary Fublle of Iowa In and for Delaware
county.
Attested by: C, W. Keai
o'
any,
H. F.Arnold,
DIreoton.
-f Ki
Cough Cure is the best
remedy
I ever used
for coughs and
colds. It Is unequalled for whooping
cough. Children all like it," writes H.
Williams, Gentryville, Ind. Never
fails. It is the only harmless remedy
that gives immediate results. Cures,
coughs, coldB, hoarseness, croup, pneu
monia, bronchitis and all throat and
lung troubles. Its early use prevents
consumption.—H.
C.
Smith.
Holiday Excursions.
For the Christmas and New Year
Holidays the Chicago Milwaukee & St.
I'aul
railway will sell excursion tickets
to points within
200 miles at fare
CALIFORNIA
NEW ORLEANS
Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car
FROM
3.087 51
$364 00
5 22
Personally couducted. ltuns
rsi ,»Vk through to Los Angeles and
OH P.Afin
San
Francisco, via New Or-
wi I lunuv leans In connection with the
EVERY Southern Pacific, leaving Chi?
WEDNESDAY cago on the Ceutral's fast
MORNING "New Orleans Special "con
nection also made by this
tralu with dally trains out of New Orleans for
the Pacltlc Coast. The Limited, from Chicago
every even'ne. connects on Mondays aud Thurs
days at New Orleans [after December 18,1899]
with tho
SUNSET LIMITED
J[ the Southern Pacific, giving special through
servlco to Sau Francisco.
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VIA
Nashville and Atlanta
THROUGH
SER VICE
FROM
CJi- 1 connecting llues to Nash-
Double dHily service is
maintained out of St. Louis
via the Illinois Cuutral and
XJOIIIS vllle, Chattanooga and
Atlanta, through sleep-
lug cur to Jncksouvllle. Florida, being carried
on the DIXIE FLYER leaving St. Louis every
evening. This train, us well as the Day Express
leaving St. Louis in the
momlug, are both solid
tralus to Nushvllle, having through coaches and
"—tin,
.. ing
for all principal points in the Southeast, such as
Charleston. Wilmington. Aiken and Savannah,
sleeping cars, running via Martin, Term., and
the N. & St. L. liy. Connecting via this .line
Charleston. Wilmington. Aiken
and for all points iu Flor da.
TWO SOLID FAST VESTIBULE TRAINS
DAILY FROM CHICAGO TO MEMPHIS AND
NKW ORLEANS.
HOMKSEEKKRS' EXCURSIONS to certain
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Being narratives of the lives and ex
ploits of the most renowned Heroes
Trappers, and Explorers of this coun
try, etc. It is a book of
540
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Poultry Culture.
Written by
SRSf
It Hits the Bpot.
When suffering from a severe cold
and your throat and lungs feel sore,
take a dose of Foley's Honey
the
and Tar, when
be at once re
grateful feelin
affected will
will say:
BorenesB will
lieved, a warm
and healing of the partB
experienced and you
IT HITS
"It feels
so good.
THE SPOT." Guaranteed—Gregg &
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legal questions banks and banking:
interest tables and laws agricultural
tables legal phrases and maximB, ETC^
the whole forming a library in itself.
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