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CHAPTER XI.—Col
from Adjt. Gordon the story
A at«rr ma story
srivorxii.
CHAPTER I.—Billy Gray, young colitg*
•tuacnt, secures & lieutenant's commlaijioa
on breaking out of Spanish-American war.
He meets Mr. Prime, Miss Prim* and
Miss Amy Lawrence.
.CHAPTER II.—After a conference in
bis official tent, Qen. Drayton Joins a_gar
•ompany in hJa personal tent—Mrs. Gax
rtson acing the honors us hostess.
CHAPTER III.—Lieut. Gray Is iBvlteJ
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the
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AJ-MV Uf-e The ftukityi
(CnvtlcM, ill*, tr F. Tunyioa NaM
Primes carriage to see the review, bui is 1.1/
denied leave by Col. Canker, whem the
been accomplices in the stealing of stores there, however, the sight of ita, cliwg-
intended for the soldiers—«ven of daictles
contributed by the Red Cross.
CHAPTER V.—Gray receives a note from
prisoner, who is suspected of having been
a large recipient of the stolen goods, but
whc« declares his innocence, begs Gray's
help and signs himself "George Morton,"
adding the Greek letters of the same fra
ternity Gray had belonged to In college.
Gray had planned a night in town, ex
pecting to meet the Qrlrae party. In spite
of the fact that this mlgnt be his last
chance for a chat with Amy Lawrence.
Gray manages to secure duty as officer 01
the guard, that he may have an opportu
nity to have an Interview with Morton.
•JHAPTKR VI.—Preparations are maue
forsending part of command to Philippines.
For some i^asons Red Cross officials wish
their tables, where they have been lunch
ing departing soldiers, moved across plat
form directly under the side of the trans
port, but the officer of the guard has orders
to allow no one to intrude on that spaco.
However-Mrs. Garrison overhearing wish
of Red Cross official accomplishes the er.d
by scrawling a note to the officer. The
colonel of the regiment about to leave ar
rives and is surprised to see his resorved
space occupied. Joining Armstrong at this
momenthe shows him Mrs. Garrison's note.
Armstrong turns sharply to where Mrs.
Garrison had been, but she had vanished.
Armstrong now learns an Important pack
age has been taken from Gen. Draytcr.'s
tent. The night before an Important pris
oner, Morton, had escaped, and Billy
Gray, offloer of the guard, placed under ar
rest.
CHAPTER VII.—Board of officers, con*
vened by Canker, investigates escapo of
prisoners from guardhouse. A tunnel from
guardhouse to street is discovered. Canker
places a sentsy over Gray's tent, Intending
to hold him for prisoners' esnoo»
CHAPTER Vm.—Tne story goes oaca
to the summer of '97, when the "Fairy Sis
ters (Mrs. Garrison and Nlta Terris)
were th« sensation at West Point. Mrs.
Garrison warned Nlta against accepting
attention! of young Latrebe. a cadet whe
was shortly to graduate, insisting she
must marry money. A card is handed Mrs.
Garrison—"Mr. Gouveneur Prime."
CHAPTER IX.—"Gov." Prime had fallen
into a mad infatuation for Mrs. Garrison,
though she was married and several years
his senior. He had been abroad for a
time, but now unexpectedly returned. A
letter about this time from Latrobe intend
ed for Nlta fell Into Mrs. Garrison's hands,
and, to break up what was already an en
gagement, took her sister west. A few
months later Nlta married Col. Frost. On
this announcement Latrobe suddenly dis
appeared. Now, too, Mr. Prime, learning
of his son's attentions to a married woman,
became angry, whereupon "Gov." left
home. Months later Mr. Prime got word
of his son's enlistment and traced him to
San Francisco, but without flrulin* him.
CHAPTER X.—During the Ffosts hoh
•ymoon, Mrs. Frost received in Wash
ington a note from Latrobe, who swore
he would follow her until granted an In
terview. Then the war brolte
was assigned to duty in the
and he took his wife as far as Hong-Kong.
While in San Francisco he learned of his
wife's previous attachment to Latrobe.
Armstrong gets
of Morton,
lw
..,
&nd concludes that the young recruit (and
now a deserter) is "Gov." Prime, and that
Latrobe, nephew of Gen. Drayton, Is prob
ably with him. Canker, has been oruored
I i'tve sentry taken from Gray's tent and
tn have one placed over Sorgt. Foley, a fa
vorite of Canker, but Foley is already miss-
CHAPTER Xl'I.—Amy Lawrence asks
Arxn-su'i-nji us a personal favor to hersell
to 1 Gray's counsel. Before Gen. Drayton
a::d Col. Canker he clearly disproves ail
charges.
JflAPTKR XJII.—Canker's regiment uaa
.* .riled. un:( with it Gray. Ai Hono
lulu Cankt-r accuses Gray cf having stolen
the packet of letters from Gen. Drayton's
tent in San Francisco. Then Uiay was
taken with brain fever and hud to be left
at Honolulu. Col. Armstrong is advised
of all this, and goes in search of Mrs. Gar
rison, but that lady Is already aboard a de
parting transport.
CHAPTER XIV.—In mid-October the
Queen of the Fleet" was sailing out from
Honolulu. Mrs. Garrison hud secured the
exceptional privilege of sailing with her,
had nursed Lieut. Gray back to health, and
lie in turn had fallon a victim to her
charms and designs. Lato one nig'ht Col.
Armstrong had found them together. She
was saying: "Do as I say doaslbegyou
when we reach Manila, and see how I can
reward."
CHAPTER XV.—At Hong-Kong Nlta
Joined her sister and proceeded to Manila.
Nita's nervous moods had becoinw mere
apparent, and Col. Frost's jealousy eor
lespoudingly increased. One day Latrobe
broke through the corporal's guard, threw
ofr Lieut. Uray, who was still seen much
with Mrs. Garrison. He had tightly
grasped Nita's arm, and field in one har.-J
her unreturned letters. Then was heard
a bugle call "To arms," and he disap-
And now all along the Calle Real the
bugles were sounds tig "To Arms'*
CHAPTER XVI.
That was a wild daj* in Manila. Far
over near the E.seolta somebody shot at
a vagrant dog lapping water from a lit
tle pool under one of the many hydrants.
The soldier police essayed an arrest
the culprit broke and ran the guard
lired a lot of coolies, taking alarm, lied
jabbering to the riverside. The natives,
looking lor trouble any moment, rushed
to their homes. Some soldiers on pass
and unarmed tumbled over the tables
and chairs in the Alhambra in their
dash for the open street. A stampede
sergeant told a bugler to sound lo
arms, and in the twinkling of an eye
the call was taken up from barrack to
barrack, and the news went Hashing
out by wire to the extreme front. The
shopkeepers hastily put up their shut
ters and bolted their doors. Cabs, carts,
quilez and earromattas—even the street
cars—were instantly seized by the sol
diery scattered rll over town,'and util
ized to take them tearing back to join
tlieir regiments. In five minutes the
business streets downtown were de-
He held her wrist.
serted. Chinese cowered within their
crowded huts. The natives, men and
onion, either hid within the shelter of
their homes or fled to the sanctuary of
the many churches. All over the great
city the alarm spread like wildfire. The
battalions formed under arms, those
nearest the outer lines being marched
at once to their positions in support,
those nearer the walled city waiting for
oiders. Foreign residents took mai
lers more coolly than did the Asiatic
German phlegm, English impassiveness
and' Yankee devil-mny-care-ishness pre
venting a panic. Bulb those who had
ewmtd tor 90 ttift kfc*
t'il&S-'i
riages and launches were not slow in
seeking for their households the refuge
of the fleet of transports lying placidly
at anchor in the bay, where Dewey's
bluejackets, shifted their quids, went
coolly to their stations and, grouped
about their guns, quietly awaited fur
ther developments. In an agony of
fear Col. Frost had bidden his driver tc
Party, to go over In Mr. ]a*lj the ponies to a gallop and iro like
1
"e
wim'
to
regiment had nicknumed "Squeers." Va- of the long ranks of sturdy infantry
cant seat la carriage is given Col. Arm- .. ®v
strong. 1 rest 1 ii|* on their arms und beginning to
CHAPTER IV.—On the way to the re- look bored, measurably reassured him
rTo^?rysul,Xed"ofhh\vT„Pc b,ef°re, his,
dilate but the appearance
Ou,e
ing liystcrieally to her sister and moan
ing on her bed, was sufficient to deter
mine his first move, which was to wire
for his launch to come around to the
bay shore and take them off to the fleet.
The next was to send and ask for an of
ficer and 20 men from the Cuartel, on
receiving which message the major
commanding, standing on the dusty
roadway in front of his men. grinned
under his grizzled mustache, and said:
"Frost's got 'em again. Here. Gray,
you go over and tell him to keep his hair
011, that it's nothing but a fake alarm."
And Gray, glad enough of the chance to
go again into the presence of the wom
an who so fascinated him, sped on his
mission. lie was in a fury over his re
cent humiliation in her very sight—he,
a commissioned officer, tossed aside
like a child and outwitted by this daring
intruder in the shape of a private sol
dier—he and his guard brushed away
and derided by a young fellow in some
strange regiment—who had easily es
caped along the beach to an adjoining
inelosure into which he darted and was
no more seen. The streets were full of
scurrying soldiers, and it was the sim
plest thing in the world for him to
mingle with them and make his way to
his own command. Of course, Gray
well knew who the man must be—Nita's
troublesome lover of whom Witebie had
told him so much. There was his chance
to recover the letters and claim the re
ward but man and letters both had es
caped his grasp and when he pulled
up, blown and exhausted after fruitless
chase, he was brought to his senses by
the sight of his own men falling in "for
business," and he had to scamper for
his sword and join them.
That was a miserable evening. Mar
garet Garrison was the only member of
the household who seemed to have her
wits about her and her nerves under
control, for Frank, her liege lord, had
his duty elsewhere, and not until hours
later trotted slowly home. Margaret
plainly let Gray understand how he had
fallen in her estimation at being so
easily tossed aside. A warning finger
was laid upon her lip. "Not one word
of what has happened while he is here,"
she muttered and a nod of her fluffy
head toward the perturbed colonel told
plainly that the chief of the household
really had no place in the family coun
cils. To the sisters that alarm was a
blessing in disguise. It was all suffi
cient to account for Xita's prostration.
To the rash and reckless lad, who,
claiming to be an orderly with a letter
from the colonel, had been passed by
the gate guard to the open stairway, it
afforded ample cover for escape, when,
alarmed by Nita's cry, Gray and Ihe
corporal came springing to her aid. To
Gray himself it gave only a few minutes'
forgetfulness of his trouble, for, smart
ing under the sting of a woman's only
half-hidden disdain, he would have wel
comed with almost savage joy some
fierce battle with a skillful foe, some
scene in which he could compel her re
spect and admiration. He was still
smarting and stung when at last that
opportunity came.
Long will Manila remembe** the
night! It followed close upon the-heels
of warnings that for weeks held every
officer and man to his post of duty.
Day after day the strain lnci#ased.
The insurgents, crowding upon our out
posts in front of Santa M*«a on the
north and of Santa Ana on the south
side of the Pasig, had heaped insult-aud
threats upon our silent sentries, com
pelled by orders to tlie very last to sub
mit to anything but actual attack
rather than bring on a battle. "The
Americans are afraid," was the gleeful
cry of Aguinaldo's officers, the jeer and
taunt of his men. The regulars were
soon to come and replace those volun
teers, said the wiseacre of his cabinet,
therefore strike now before the trained
and disciplined troops arrive and sweep
these big boors into the sea. And on
the still, starlit night, sooner perhaps
than his confederates within the walls
intended, the rebel leader struck, and,
long before the dawn of the lovely
Sunday morn that followed, the life
flashed from 40,000 rifles in big semi
circle around Manila, and the long-ex
pected battle was on.
Hours after dawn, hours after the at
tack began, the —teenth were in ex
tendtfvl battle order to the south of
Malate confronted by thickets of bam
boo that fairly swarmed with insui
gents, yet, only by the incessant zip and
"wliiew" of their deadly missiles and
1he ceaseless crackle of rifle fire, could
this be determined for with their
smokeless powder and their Indian-like
skill in concealment nothing could be
seen of their array. Over to the west
ward on the placid waters of the bay
the huge Monadnock was driving shell
after shell into the dense underbrush
across the abandoned rice fields and the
marshy flats that lined the shore. Over
to the east resounding checrs-and crash
ing volleys, punctuated by the sharp
report of field guns, told tJiat tiie com
rade brigade was heavily engaged
und, apparently, driving the enemy be
fore them. To right and left their vol
unteer supports were banging into the
brush with their heavy Springfield.*
and still there seemed no symptom of
weakness along the immediate front,
no sign of yielding. If anything the
fury of the insurgent volleying in
creased as the sun climbed higher, and
all along the blue-shirted line men gTit
their teeth and swore as they crouched
or lay full length along the roadside,
peering through the filmy veil that
drifted slowly across their front—the
smoke from the Springfields of the vol
unteers. To lie there louger with the
bullets buzzing close overhead or bit
ing deep into the low embankment,
sometimes tearing a stinging path
through human flesh and bone, was
adding to the nerve strain of the hours
gone by. To rush headlong across that
intervening open space, through deep
and muddy pools and stagnant ditch,
and hurl themselves upon the lurking
epemjr ia the bftnbw fetfeedi
W.
tWxifv7
naa oeen tne ardent longing of tne line
since daylight came to illumine the field
before them. Yet stern orders with
held: Defend, but do not advancc, said
the general's message and the whisper
went along from man toman: "There
is trouble in town behind us, and the
chief may need us there."
But, as eight o'clock passed with no
word of uprising in the rear, and the
cheering over toward Santa Ana grew
loud aud louder, the nerve strain upon
the —tecntli became well-nigh intolera
ble. "For God'si sake, can't we bedoing
something instead of lying here firing
into a hornet's nest?" wai the murmur
that arose in more than one company
along the impatient line and the gruff
voices of \eteran sergeants could be
heard ordering silence, while, moving
up and down behind their men, the line
officers cautioned against waste of am
munition and needless exposure. "Lie
flat, men. Keep down!" were the
words. "We won't have to stand this
forever. You'll soon get your chance."
And presently it came. The cheer
ing that had died away, far over to the
left beyond the wooded knolls that sur
rounded Singalon and Block House 12,
was suddenly taken up nearer at hand.
Then crashing volleys sounded along
the narrow roadway toward the east,
and a bugle rang out shrill and clear
above the noise of battle and then
closer still, though unseen in the gloom
of the dense thicket in which they lay,
the men of the Second battalion, strung
along a Filipino trail that led away to
the rice fields, swung their big straw
hats and yelled for joy. A young of
ficer, his eyes flashing, his face flush
ing with excitement., came bounding
out front the grove at the Jeft of the
crouching line and made straight to
where the veteran battalion command
er knelt in rear of his centcr. It was
Billy Gray, adjutant of the Third bat
talion, acting that day as adjutant to
the regimental commander. The bul
lets whistled by his head as he darted
springingly along: and in their joy
at sight of him even old hands forgot
the reserve of the regular service and
some man sliout-ed: "Now we're oil'!'
and the popular cj^ery: "What's tlic
matter with Lieut. Gray?"
At any other time, under any other
circumstances, both questioner and
respondents who gleefully shouted:
"He's aJl right," would have been
promptly and sternly suppressed. But
the senior captain at their head well
knew the excitement tingling in th.
nerves of that long-sutYering line, and
only smiled and nodded sympathy.
He saw, too, that Gray was quivering
with pent-up feeling, as the boy halted
short, saluted, and, striving to steady
his eager voice, said:
"Captain, the colonel directs that
von open sharp fire on the woods In
your front ana occupy the enemy there.
He is about to charge with the Third
battalion and drive- them out of the
trenches we've located over yonder
and Billy pointed eagerly to the left
front—the southeast.
The captain's grizzled face took on a
look of keen disappointment. "You
mean we've got to stay here aiid see
you fellows go in?"
"Only for a few minutes, sir. The
colonel says that for you to change be
fore he's got onto their flank would cost
too many men. You'll get the word as
soon as he's got the works."
"Well said, Billy boy! That sounds
almost epigrammatic. Hullo! You
hit? Stoop down here, man. Don't
try to get perforated."
"My hat only," was the answer, as the
boy stooped quickly to hide the irre
pressible twitching about the muscles
of his lip. A Remington had ripped
from side to side, tearing a way through
the curly hair at the top of his head
and almost scoring the scalp. To save
his soul he could not quite suppress
the trembling of his
knees but, steady
ing himself by great effort, he contin
ued: "The colonel says to commence
firing by volley the moment our bugles
sound the charge. Now 1 must get
back."
"All right, youngster. Tell the col
onel I savey, and we'll do our level best
—only, let us into it as quick as you
can."
But Gray heard only the first part of
the sentence. He was panting when
h© reached his placid, gray-mustached
chief, and could only gasp out: "The
captain understands, sir." And then
the regimental commander simply
turned to the battalion leader, stand
ing silent at his left in a little clump of
timber—another veteran captain grown
gray as himself in long, long years of
service:
"Now's our time, old man! Pitch in!
Gray, we'll go with him."
All aloug the line from right to left
there ran the cross-country road con
necting the broader highway, from Ma
late to San Rafael and Parauaquc on
the west, and from Paco by way of Sin
galon to Pasay. Jn front of the right
wing all was swamp, morass or rice
fields. In front of the left wing all was
close, dense bamboo and jungle, save
where the broad, straight roadway led
011 past Block House 13, or the narrow
er cart track stretched southward, over
arched in places by spreading branches,
and commanded at its narrowest path
by the swaxm of dusky fighters iii
Block House 14. A year before the blue
shirts stormed these forest strongholds
from the south, and took them from the
troops of Spain. Now they were com
pelled to turn and storm them from the
north for, just as Stanley Armstrong
said at San Francisco, the Filipinos had
turned upon their ally and would-be
friend. Aguinaldo had bearded Uncle
Sam.
And while the volunteers and regu
lars to the right could only remain in
support, it fell to the lot of the left
wing of this brave brigade to assault in
almost impenetrable position an enemy
armed with magazine rifles or breech
loaders, and entirely at home. The
bugles rang the signal the officers in
silence took their station, and, stepping
into the narrow patjiw-ys through the
jungle, crouching along the roadways
or crashing through the stiff bamboo,
the blue shirts drove ahead. Two, three
minutes and their purpose seemed un
discovered. Then suddenly Block House
14 blazed with fire and a storm of bul
lets swept the road. The earthworks
in
the thicket to the right and ieft seemed
tobccrowded with a running flame and
down on their faces fell the foremost
soldiers, their gallant leader shot
through and through, plunging head
yet in his dying agony waving his
surviving men to get to cover. Venge
fully now the "Krags" opened in reply
to Remington and Mauser. The blue
shirts struggled inch by inch through
the network of bamboo. Still the
storm swept up the roadway, and no
mau could hope to face it and live. But,
little by little, the low-aimed, steady
volleys, driven in by squad and section
through the cauebreak, or by company
and platoon across the westward
swamps, told on the nerve and disci
pline of the little brown men in the
bamboo. Their shots flew swift, but
wild and higher. Then a daring lad, in
the rough field uniform of a subaltern
of infantry, sprang like a cat into the
fire-flashing lane, and, revolver in hand
and a squad of devoted fellows at his
heels, dashed straight at the wooden
walls ahead. In frantio haste the oc
cupants blazed shot after shot upon
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another three went down but in an
other instant, the lieutenant leading,
they reached the block house and dart
ed through the open doorway, the last
of its garrison fleeing before such un
heard-of daring and determination.
And then came the rush of comrades
cheering down the lane, tumbling over
lie earthworks and the luckless gang
that, still crouching there, held to their
position, and all the southward leading
road was ours.
But, over along the next lane, a
parallel track through the timber,
there had been as stern a check and
the fury of the fire from the trenches
in the thickets forced brave men to
cover and dropped others in their
tracks. "By God, we must have-it!" al
most screamed a tall captain, pointing
with his sword to the flashing block
house half hidden in the trees, "near
those fellows on the other road? Don't
let them beat us. Come on, lads," and
out he darted into the open, an instant
target for a score of Mausers. Out, too,
leaped half a dozen men, one a tall,
lithe, superbly built young athlete,
with a face aflame with resolution and
rage of battle. Out leaped Billy Gray
from the corner of the crossroad, and,
cheering madly, called on others to
follow. Down went the captain, shot
through the knee. Down went the near
most man, the tall youth who was first
to follow. Down went a brawny GOV
geant, who had stopped to raise Ms
fallen captain but on swept a score of
others while the bamboos blazed with
the fierce volleying of the Krags. For
ward jn scores now, yelling like
Apaches, rushed the regulars and
somehow, he never just knew how it
happened, Gray found himself a mo
ment later straddling an old field gun
ia a whirl of dust and dirt and smoke
and cheers, was conscious of something
wet and warm streamingdownhis side,
and of being tenderly lifted from his
perch by brawny, blue-sleeved arms,
given a sip from a canteen, and then,
half-led, half-supported back to where
the surgeon was already kneeling by
the tall young soldier on whose brow
the last dew was settling. 011 whose
flue, tlear-cut face the shadow of the
death angel's wings was already
traced. The poor fellow's eyes opened
wearily as he sipped the stimulant
pressed upon him by eager, sympathet
ic hands, and glanced slowly about as
though in search of some familiar face
and so they fell on those of Billy Gray,
who. forgetful for the moment of his
own hurt, threw himself by the stran
ger's side and seized his clammy hand.
CHAPTER XVII.
'In the fortnight of incessant action
that followed the mad attack of that
starlit Sunday morning, there was no
place for Billy Gray. Sorely wounded,
yet envied by many a fellow soldier for
the glowing words in which the brigade
commander praised his conduct and
urged his brevet, the boy had been
carried back to the great reserve hos
pital at Malate. The breezy wards
were filled with sick and wounded, and
certain of the rooms of the old con
vent once used for study and recita
tion had been .set apart for officers.
There were three cots in the one to
which they bore him, and two were al
ready occupied. Even in his pain and
weakness he could hardly suppress a
cry of dismay for there, with his arm
bandaged and in splints, his face white
from ioss of blood, hiy Stanley Arm
strong. Time and again the boy's heart
and conscience had rebuked1 him for
the estrangement that had arisen be
tween him and this man who had
proved his best friend. Time and again
he had promised himself that he would
strive to win back that friendship but
well he knew that first he must rein
state himself in Armstrong's rcspect
and how could he hope for that so long
as he surrendered to the fascinations
that kept him dangling about the
dainty skirls of Witchie Garrison?
TO BE CONTINUED.
Btatk
of
Ohio, Trv
ok Toucjm,
Lucas Col'ntv.
Fkanu
ss*
.1.
Chknkv nmkes oath that he is the
senior nurtuer of the Ann of F. .1. ('iiknkv &
Co., (loins business In the City or Toledo, Coun
ty and state aforesaid, and that said linn will
pay the sum of ONE llUNDHKH DOLLAUS for
each and every ease of Catarrh that euuuot be
cured by the use of JIali/h f'ATAium Cuiik.
FKANK .1. I'HKNKY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in iny
presence, this tilh day of December, A. I). 1880.
!SKAL[ A. W. IJI.EASON,
N a
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and a ts
directly oil the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Send for testimonials, free.
V. J.CHKN ICY & CO Toledo, O
£gL,,Sold by Druggists, 76c.
li-irmof li
room or ixjiulmr in ti.u nufl ly ran
liL'itr Ii-.u.. UOiinOVA
IV jIliiiiK wMl ujjitHMm- inoKMo tlu
MST(7 INTII MICCIM?- UT th«« luii' TICNI),
lv!i ur ittnTv.:r. 'i'he imI ili-.orutive
ettmtlo"* for ho uinmlest or tho
fiinc'Um—t'or cot* I
Ui-J ••'•He «f lit'i-i-»in. Mail- in ull olc.itf
Y2JT and tfu' mu.'t iiulicatr tint* by
NTAN3»AIll OIL CO.
OD-j uold everywhere.
What Would
Jesus Do?
We are u^ntBfur theTopeka Capital, to
be edited six days by the R10V.
OH AS. M. SlliiLUON, and no
one should iniss getting this
paper. \\v. deliver it to any part
of the city one week (from March
13 to 18) for 2oc. Leave yotir
order now, as we cannot fill it
after March 1st.
Chicago News
Stand
NICK MALVIN, Prjy.
jfJS
Ralroad Time Table.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
Illinois Central Time ihle Nn. 2a, tnkli ir
feet at 12:00 o'clock nu.n, Suuday Jan. :W.h»00
.. Khsi. Train..
Thro Express..
Local Vxpress
—dinner..
~W--v Fretjjht.
m*m
Main Line Passenger Trains.
WEST BOUND MAIN 1.1 VR KAST HOUND
N0 1M1:3S in
No 3* 0:23
No*J3+ 9:02 a in
No Silt ri:4'2|»
NnU1tl:4r.|»in
No 71t4:0T»pm
Nail* 4:05 a
No 4* III
No 24t#:2o
Vo SWOiiffam
No92tl0:27am
No 62*3:10
Thro Freight..
Nos -2t and 22 run between Dubuque and Fort
Douir»\
Nos '23 and 24 run between Dubuque and 1 ylo
fiFPAW BRANCH.
South Hound iiet vdstr Rpds North Hound
Leave an Manchester Arrive
No.323l0:30a.tn
No j'2I ,r:fOp.!n
No. 3M S:00p,m
...•Passonirer..
..tl^issonKor..
....tProlRht....
No 822 8:W a.
No 3240:35 p.
No.3r2 l:4fi p.
•Dally.
+Daily Except Sunday.
H. G. PllfiROR. .SiatU.n At
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERNRY.
"The Maple Leaf Route."
Time card, Thorpe. low
a.
oogo Speolal, Dally, Going East 7:40 a in
Day kx *88. dally excopt Sunday 3:04
Way Frol-lt. daily U:35am
^ay Freigh'gd5jly':.N°r.t^aQ.d
S°Uth'9:3.-,
fror information and tickets apply'to
J. L. O'HARROW Agent Thorpe.
B. C. R- & N, R'y,
CEItAR RAPIDS TIMB CARD.
MAIN LINE GOING NOllTH.
Arrive Leave
,a:»n M0,1 WUmeapolls Express.. 8:05 am
No. 3 wuverly 1'BRsenper... 3:Sfliun
njst no. r» Minneapolis Express..
00
A half smile flitted over the pale face,
the other hand groped at the breast of
his blue shirt and slowly drew forth a
packet, stained and dripping with the
blood that welled slowly from a shot*
hole in the broad white breast. "Give to
—Gen. Dray on— Promise," he gasped,
and pushed it painfully toward Billy
Gray. Then the brave eyes closed, the
weary head fell back and Gray, staring
as though in stupefaction into the
placid face, found himself drooping,
too, growing dizzy and faint and reel
ing, but still holding on to his trust.
"Don't some of you know him?'
asked the surgeon. "He's past helping
now, poor lad. Here, you drink this,
Billy and he placed a little silver cup
at Gray's pallid lips.
"He came a-runnin' from over at
Block House 12 with a note from di
vision headquarters just as we went
in," said a veteran sergeant, drawing
the back of a powder-stained hand
across his dripping forehead, then re
spectfully stepping back as a young of
ficer bent down and glanced at Gray.
"Much hurt, Billy, old man? No?
Thank God for that! Look at who?
Where? Why, God in Heaven, it's Pat
Latrobe! Oh, Pat! Pat! dear old boy
—has it come to this!"
Honr)' Hurchinnon
Breeder of Thoroughbred
Shorthorn Cattle.
JOSErH HUTCHINSON
MHiicY-PPtrr.lrwn
WM. DONNELLY, M.
Physician and Surgeon,
Proprietor 01 toe
Ryan Drug Siore.
Dealer In
Drugs, Stationery, Etc.
RYAN tow
Compound Vaoor and Sham-
BATHS
000
Baths.
.Most all dis­
eases are caused
by poisonous sec
retions, which
clog the wheelb
of NATURE.
Vapor name and
a
Jl the symptom*
cliKJ v:v may be different
Shampoo.
but the
cuusc
Office and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel
G. D. GATES.
The Old Reliable Blacksmith,
P. J. Hoche
Can be fouod at hlh dbop oo Franklin street
during business liours. with a competent
force of workman to «lo all kli,.le of
SB SMITHING
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
Conic and Interfering CLruu ur ou pay. b«*U8
Xact'.OL Cuiirauteed.
1
DELAWARE COUNTY
Abstract Co.,
.'
Ki-upeutlullj,
P. J.Roch
Manchester, Iowa.
12:Su nut
5:4.» a No. 13 Chicago Passenger.
11:45 No. 19 Chicago Passenger.
coaches to Mlnne
!. J*
No*
6—J'uHnian sleepers
and coaches to Minneapolis and St. Paul.
MAIN LINE GOING KAST AND SOUTH.
8jSo No 2Chicago Passenger.... 8:40pin
a 4
Passenger.. 8:0511 ai
3:10 No Chicago ti St,Louis Ex. 3:30 am
U:2o ngt »o. 8 Chicago Fast Expross. 12:30 ngt
£•0.10 Passenger (Kptn
No 12 Burlington PasM-nger 7:15 am
No 2—Pullman Meenrr, free chair car and
jC.Les *°. Chicago. No. ti—Pullman sleepers
aua through coaches to Chicago »nd St. Louis.
:sp. 8—Pullman sleeper to Chicago arrives
Chicago 7:oy a. m.Ngt.-nlght.
DKCOllAll 1)1 VIRION.
8:10 ui Decorah Passenger 8:15 a tn
4:05p ni Decorah Freight 6:20pin
IOWA FALLS DIVISION.
2:50 m... Spirit Lake Passenger.... 8:30am
12:20 ngt ..Sioux Falls Fast Express... 12:30 ngt
IOWA CITY, CLINTON AND DAVKNI'OllT.
2:80 Passenger..., a:or ni
Passenger 7:15 am
1* Passenger 8:40 ir
...Passenger
7:50 Clinton I'BKFtnper 7:if. a
f.50 m... Davenport Pn^uger... 7:15 a ir
••Trains numbers 5.6,8,18, 13, and Sioux Falls
Fast Express run dally, all
.ether tralus dally ex
cept Hurday."
JNO. G. FARMER, J. A. LOMAX.
Uen'l Pass & Tkt Agt. Ticket Agent.
Cedar Rapids Iowa.
"I had bronemtis every winter for
years and no medicine gave me perma
nent relief till began to take One
Minute Cough Cure. 1 know it is the
hest cough medicine made," says,
Koontz, Corry. Pa. It quickly cure
coughs, colds, croup, asthma, grippe
and throat and lung troubles. It iB the
children' favorite remedy. CureB
quickly.—H. C. Smith
R. W. TIRRILL
Is Loaning floney as cheap
as any person or Corpor
ation.
O',
Something NEW IN
LEATHER
JEWEL
CASES,
Pocket books, and Calling Card
Cases Just what
Every Lady*
Needs
We have a fine line of
Silk umbrellas
with
FANCY HANDLES.
Call and see them.
fiQTSTOHMra
l*
ABSTRACTS.
REAL ESTATE. $
LOANS AND
Orders by mail will receive careful
attention.
We have complete coj ies of all recoids
of Delaware county.
If ENNIS BOGGS,
ARCTICS MITTENS. UNDKk-
WEAR, ETC,
We are better
1
furnished at a rate meeting
all competition.
J. E, DAVIS, Abstracter,
ALEX SEl'-KTHOU,
LACKSMIT
Makes a Specialty of
•I-
CONVEYANCING.
Office In First Nation a
Bank Building.
MANAGEK.-."':^
felt Boots.
Snag
Proof
Overs
81
iyt?
prepared than
ever to supply your wants in the
above goods. Prices away down.
F. M. FOLEY
KYAN, IOWA.
8.
A. STEADMAN
DEALER IN
Harness, Saddles. Whips,
Robes and Blankets.
50 set of light and heavy harness
for the spring trade:
The Best
farm harness on the market (or
$28.00.
This price is for CASH.
Come in and look over my lar^je
stock ol harness before buying. I
can save you money. *53-
Respectfully yours,
S. A. STEADMAN
J. E. DAVIS, Manchester,
Ia., Main St., North ol
Court Hcuse. f'3|
M0NEY...t?ODAYn...5°/o
I am making first-class farm li.ans
at 5 and 6 per cent., with privi
leges.
ABSTRACTS
Horse
Shoeing
Interiering and Corns Cured or
no Pay.
Do All Kinds of
Work in Iron—
Machinery und all kinds of Farm Implemeiiia
and Machinery repaired The best of .....
work guaranteed
PRICES REASONABLE:
A share or the Public Patronage Is solicited.
i&iess. Sefstrom,
3urc-HMi
to I'Mier Wf-ver*
DON'T YOU
of
disease can us
ally be traced
to ttie lraperiect aotion ol the millions
of pores of the human body. A bath in
accordance with scientific require
ments ia the best preventative and
remedy known. The methods employ
ed by me are the most scientific, ever
invented or discovered for dispelling
disease. Results toll the story. Give
eqo a trial. This is the Conant system
of baths. A competent lady attendant
in charge of the Jadiesdepartmeut.
NEED A
NEW HARNESS
We have the right
kind at the right kind
of prices. Come)kin
and
HI
LOOK THROUGH
our line of horse fur
.viiishings—a complete
line of A goods. "Jl-
H.R.EATON
LIVERY AND
PEED STABLE
First-class riys to bo had at all times "'fi^ -i
Buss to all trains and passoQgerB taken
to or called for in any part of
the
city.
PROPRIETORS.
PATENTS»#1?,
OBTAINED
ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY
Notice in Inventive Age" klfkb
Book "How to obtain Patents" ||CE
a c. j.