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RIDER, BRYANTS CO.,
Reliable Jowolnrs,
259 MAIN STREET, D ANBURY, C3NN.
IHOWAED BICYCLES
Art rounl to ftuy liijli wrndf wljocl made, ami we giiarantf-e
U r le bon-y. Let us nl
Leader (tore antl inetl Uieu.
' R1DEK, TK Y ANT & CO.,
259 MAIN STREET, D ANBURY. CONN.
VOLUME XIX.
NKWTWN. CONN., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1896.-EIGHT PAGES.
NUMBER 24.
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We Beat Them All For Quality and Price.
IRON, STKKL, TIN PLATES, MKTALS, OA li HI AO K WOOD WORK,
& TKI M M I N ( i S, 1 L A 0 K S 31 1 T 1 1 OARIUAOE MAKERS SUPPLIES.
THE CONG DON & CARPENTER CO,
4:38-1 10 WATER STRKKT, BRIDGEPORT, CONN
Established 1790.
THE J. M. IVES COMPANY.!
. 257 MAIN STREET, D ANBURY CT.
DEALERS IN
FURNITURE, CARPELS, CROCKERY AND
IIOUSEEURNISHING GOODS.
3ola Agent For Danbury and Vicinity of tho
MAJESTIC STEEL RANGE.
None better. The special features of these Ranges are economy of fuel, bak
, ing qualities and the short time required for heating water
We are headquarters for
STEAM, HOT WATER AND FURNACE
. HEATING.
MGoods delivered without charge.
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Incorporated 1892-
J. F. FITZSDIMONS,
cicniinrv
Surgeon :ind Dcnl i.st.
e town, Tuesdays, at Grand Central
Hotel From s to 1'2.
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KDWAUDS M. SMITH, M.JL.
FHY8XCIAN AND BUBGEOtff.
OQloa and Eeaidence Sewtown Strut.
Telephone Connnotion.
DR JAMES W. GORDON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SANDY HOOK
CONN
Residence at. M rs I.
tionite I he old mill.
Hull's dru store.
Callahan's house, op
Telephone call S. C.
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nl V. Sunderlaiul, M
Fhysioian and Sargeon,
Newtown, (Joan.
Ofllcn In lioers liouse, Newtown Street
Orders may be telephoned to the Grand
Central.
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KICHAIiDSON, M.
I.
PHYSICIAN AHD SDEGEON,
Ollice and EosiJence. Sandy Hook
Telephone Connection at Bull's Drug Store
DS C. L. G; NICHOLS,
IKNTIST,
WKSTPOKT
Sturtires It lock. COJjN.
DIE It. S. TOII,
Veterinary Surgeon, Sew Miltord, Conn.
Will be at Leonard's Hotel, Tuesday
morntns?8 until further notice, and at
Hull's Drug Store In afternoon.
CELEST A. BENEDICT, M. D.,
Pbyaioias and Surgeon,
843 Stat St., Bridgepsrt.
Eleotneil f one of the therapentie EgenU. Of.
boarafrom 10 a. m. to 13 m.S to 4 p. m.
AJEWTOWN SAVINGS BASX-Newtown
11 Conn. Ineornoi-Htetl 186.
PHll.O CL.AK.KK. Preaideut: C. H. KOKTH
ROP, Treasurer. flOl;U44iJa.ni. to 8 p.m.;
Mondays, 1 to p. la.
i;ii
Attractive Owe in
gS
ON NORTH AVENUE
TERMS: EASY
INtUI UK OF
2
36 1 MAIN ST- NEAR JOHN ST.
i:kiix;ki'out, conn.
i. 6. BAKER'S AD
lii you ticvcr think ot it how much like
inu irii! Koiiu- linwlty villo in? At least ttie
M saying Hiat "nil roada lead to Koiih," ia
()u;iliy itppiicHhlii to Iiawluy ville. Julius
t it Hur io.-,i inn hit; in a conspiracy or revolu
tion unions a Ihw old Uornaii "wiunu horat's"
.so to spt'Hk, ami our last yt;ar'a laitlitul olliue
ml nn'i jl similar trayic la e witlnn 'JO fect ot
cur Ironi door while wtrlvlng fo check an or
rii vol n Lion among tin; drive wheel a ot
a New KuKhuid in-.itjht engine, and at the
t-'o-i- oi th! miiior rt-vohil 1011a lluit lollowed
) ii 1 : am t lit- w hole nine. Hvcm ot Mint devoted
companion were crualied out and he was
;;ai 1 1' j't'd up iicro ami there in pit-ces, ev;ry
j ' i ' -1 dead -dead us Jul.U4 (Ja-aar. Wts use
lhi.- rpiuH-ioii a.s comparative and not aa a
fjuola! ion ot ulang.
Koiih.-'s populace wtjro wont to ttsast their
cyN upon ih; tragic and hlood curtliing' acta
"! !ln' art-mi, gladiatorial combats to the
di at n, and t he crunching ot men's bones by
ha 1 1 st ai'ved and ferocious wild beasts amid
t hi- plaudits ot tin; brave ami the tair.
n aw icy villi- exhibits every now and then a
iadiatoriai combat lo the death between two
moiiMcr engines, and the crunching ol men's
bones by the blood thirsty, untamed and nev
er sauaiiM car bumper. Had some of the
Irardif-s here enacted been suddenly sprung
upon an old lioiunn audience, io per cent 01
thoso valorous Komans would have been
tound under the hay stacks and in the tall
trees instead ot applauding from the crimson
cushioned bo.es.
Home had her great uquatie reservoirs antl
waterways, but she. had nothing to compare
wiin our great norm irog ponus ana poiiy
wog hatcheries, where until they are drain-
tl and abolished we can produce more mi
asmatic bree.es, twin pollywoga and double
yolked eggs tt the square foot thau Rome
could to the yard. That we can beat old
Itome on this point we are positive. (Only
our extreme modeNty checked us trom add
ing that we could almost do it on a competi
tive display of artistic turniture) but what it
we do outnumber Home in some tilings and
resemble her in others, we shall strive to do
m no longer. Hawleyville is no imitator.
What cart; we tor arenas and (Jolloseums, and
sculptured walls and chariots of gold, and
gates ot bronze, and tribute to Ca-sar? Wo
prefer our ow n romantic and rural simplicity,
nature's handiwork, to Roman grandeur. Our
unsidewalked walka and trails. Our grasay
hills and stately forests. Gound made haf
lowed and dear by recollections ot the past
and :he prices ol the present. The same hills
and the same to rest s under the same blue
dome when- our foretathers lought antl bled
tor freedom, and where the moceasined teet
of our predict-.-, sors the "noble red men" trod.
VV here he i-hot down the bison ami the bear
ami the gleam ironi his evening camp tins
tinged th Cores? leaves audiUuminea liili
ami dale- Where lie camped his teepees. kin
dled his tires and smoked his skins and veni
son in the morning, swapped jack knives,
skinned the luscious muskrat and played
mumble te-peg during the matinee hours ot
he aiternoon while the gentle suuaw dexter
ously roassted ijunbangs and chestnuts and
tort ured the pale-faced capt ive to the beat ot
hetom torn in the central foreground , and
tek Mgnal smokes pulled Heavenward on
the distant lulls, revealing the fortunes of the
lay and telling ot Uie plans tor the morrow.
Wo know not what llawleyville's future may
be, but what a past to look back upon What
stimulating Jood tor thought ! What scenes
are these for the imaginative and soaring
mind to dwell upon! How the dim outlines
otthe past loom up and pass beloro us in
panoramic pantomime, while the central
hgures become become. We can see plainly
hat .the subject Is too exhaustive for any
thing short ot a book. We started out to say
something in regard to furmtture and carpets
and mattings and refrigerators and baby car-
lages. nut vou can see 101 vonrseii there has
not been a ghost ot a chance to get a word in
igewise no more cnance man mere wouiu
be to attempt an introduction ol the Venezu
elan boundary (juestion at a sewing society.
so we must refer you to the exhaustive ads
ol other furniture dealers to be found else
where in the columns ol this paper. Good
men all of them antl true, but it they don't
Keep wnai. you want men you will have to
ome to iiawieyvine. wniie waiting for
trains don't forget to stroll into our waiting
and reading room where you can sit in the
front windows and"see the wheels go round.'
A. G. BAKER, Hawlevville. Conn
Furniture, Carpets & Matting.
THE ALBANY DENTISTS,
388 MAIN STREET,
0pp. Cannon St., Bridgeport
PAINLESS
DENTISTRY
AT MODERATE
PRICES.
FIRE INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE,
INVESTMENTS.
i-JiiHtnow I have a sate 7 per cent invest
ment tor a limited amount.
B. H. MATTOON,
Pythian Hall, Watartown, Conn
Telephone-
-FIRE INSURANCE
Old Reliable Companies. Lowest Rates,
W. A. LEONARD. Newtown, Coaa.
FAIRCHILD & MEAD,
Genera! Insuraaae And Seal Estate Agents,
61 FAIRFIELD AVENUE, BRIDGEPORT, COKB
Warner Building, Room 8.
CHARLES JONAS,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Church St., Newtown Conn.
COUGUXLN BROS.
- Bridgreport.
DEALERS IH FISE GOLD WALL PAPERS,
OIL TISTS, FSES00 BOSDESS, DECORA
TIOBS. WINDOW SHADES, FIXTURES, ETC.
A. W. Orgelman, Btni&
Banafaettirer and dealer la Haraiai, SaidiH
Bridlai. Coilari. Blankota, eta.
M. G. KEANE'S
MONUMENTAL '.WORKS,
Eocsatonie Arenue, Bridgeport
SEEDS OF
ADVERTISING
fall in manv placos. Th pr.-ini.iit nil
vei'ti8r nnvur knows w Intro thoy will
tnkomot. We n;t;fivi!il a call from an
Ansi'.nla mnn. lut we ek, who took home
x illi him a mil ol cai-ii-t anil a rn. Hi
saw one of our advoitisitmciil.s in Till
Hkk anil travoliwl 70 mil lo Imy here
hcraui'l! lie knew ),i cnuld Ket a'better
hai-Kin- 'in- (tui'i)etHHre as fjood a8 aje
ina-le, our ruf-M are as iianls-nne., the
varii l.y is as lai),'e ami Hie jM-ieeH are
not rutplie.Hlorl in the. Hame duality ot
KOm1h. This instanee inighl to be sullic
ient to proi i! our atory-
D. E. ROGERS
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House Furnishingg, Carpets. Window Shadea.etc.
183 Main St.,Danbury, Ct-
we have nst oneneii onr new stoi-l
ot Spring Wall Caper il eomnrises all
ot the latest siyles ami designs; also
the new colors in Iteils, lielft nine,
Green ami Hrowns. Our sloek of White
Lead, Oils, Mixed Paints, Varnishes,
Glass and lirnshes, ete.,is the hest and
prices are the lowest.
W. W. WALKER & SON,
500 Main Street Brideaport, Conn
YOUR HOY!
Should Have A Start.
Stillman College
V'ill tit him fo'iiKOOd prtsitinn. Ihisiness oi
Shorthand. No Classes. Aliemlance nearly
donoled t he past sea.s( n. .iH i ial discounts
to those who enter now.
'2-6 MAIN' .ST., UANIU'KY, CONN.
TfQTDV
Persons Wanting Superior Dentistry,
at Prices Consistent with That
Kind of Work, can Find it at
398 Main St., Bridgeport.
J. S. CAIR0LI.D. D.S.
C. G. COLBY, D. I). S..
Assistant.
J. W. JOHNSON,
BRIDGEPORT,
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE, LOANS.
-rUICKS
uu ui IU 0 OUu uuu
50, 71-2C, 10n, 121-20, 150, 1U0, ETC.
THE COLE & ELLIS CO.,
390 Main Street, Bridgeport, Ct.
-A IS EW LOT
TUBULAR OIL
LINE STOVES!
Also Refrigerators Just Received Which We
Have Marked at Bargain Prices.
E. J. HALL,
SANDY HOOK,
BICYCLES!
Wholesale and Retail, from $30 to $100. Fenton Monarch, Wilhelm, Pack
ard, Wolffe, American and the P. & L- new $50 Wheel; also a full
line of Juvenile Wheels- Riding Academy on the second
floor. New beginners taught free of charge.
PECK & LINES'
CT OLUMBUS STjIOXjHSS,
157 to 181 Middle St-, Bridgenort Conn.
TAKE NOTICE !
A regular first-class dinner served for 35e,
Electric fans. Good service guaranteed. Give
us a call.
C- R- BLANCHARD,
SI FAIRFIELD AVE., BEIDGKPOET.
Next Door to Park City Theatre
WANTED!
A farm of about 50 acres, good buildings
near lino ot railroad, will pay spot cash. I
have frequent calls lor farms. II you wish to
sell or exchange call or address.
F. N. YASRINGT0N,
Real Estate Agent and Notary Publio.
84 MIDDLE ST., BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
NEWTOWN'S CENTRAL .MARKET,
J. H- BLACEMAS, Proprietor.
Native BeoJ. ' Newtown Street.
New Haven.
F.M.Brown D.S.CarnbU
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ar Here.
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in person is worth many
letters," said Ben the
Wise, but a
2c Stamp
with your address brings
the variety, quality and
low prices of our store
service to your door.
Name the kind of SiSks, Dress
Goods. Wash Fabrics, etc.,
stating about the price you
want to pay and we will mail
the samples quick .
Hundreds rhop here by
mai!v hy not you ?
Try us on a lovely Feather
Boa, .'-'6 '.;::'; . Sons;,
worth S8, for
53.90
This offer holds nood for
one week.
Free Fare!
Return fart! paid on pur
chases of ,S 1 O or over, 30
mi'esfrom New Haven.
RUN FROM-
OF TII03E
AND GASO
COXN
Just right lor larra work, Single or Doub e
Light and Heavy, and everything cheap tor
CASH.
WILSON & WOOSTER,
381 Water St., Brid geDort-Ct
How to amuse the soil bo It will
laugh withiabundance
use Plumb & Winton Go's
. . BONE :: FERTILIZER
Mann fact ured at Bridgeport, Coca,
MIDDLESEX BANKING CO. Subscribed
ill capital, $800,000. Paid in, t0,000. Issues
8 per cent Debenture Bonds of 100,200, 1
500, $1,000 and S,000, which are by statu
lawful investments for Trust Funds in tne
state. L. D. SAN FORD, Asent, 17 Bishop
Biocjc, uriUKepnrt,, cmn
DAVEEFQET & O'HABA, Attcrneyi and Conn
sllors at Law State street. Bridgeport,Cooa
The Home Circle.
ANOTHER DAT.
Another day of life I've lived,
A nd have. I thought
To morrow's Him may never 1 r uu
"-llir.e,
it mine,
An-I li:,ve I f
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;-n' ih-etim.'
day
A iioiIk.t 'lav ol lile I've Ih ed -oh,
dreadful thought '
II, ' s I tei " : ; e rr-cau'tl of eiu li hour
I e t'i r'-ad ' 'r....t. i!inn m' power,
1- or oUieiM wroujih! .
Arriii I- day ot ! i !e. I 'e ; ved,
Oil. -oleum fiiouu'li; -That.
I may mv r iivi; ihi.s day aain
So lull ol joy or v.-oe, ot sin or i)ain
Y ilii iiierey f .-autliit .
A Mother
ot life
I've lived,
s thought !
opportuuny
, dear Lord, tor Til
lo live,
d pr.
Thai
of livi
More as 1 sou
i it ilny 1 have
Oh, llOiiesI til
i le el ei n a i, I,o
.lied -oul Ironi
lit '
A .lay ol
My burd
ol d, wit ii Thee,
ii sin and sorrow In
bought .
liy'lav
Kaster morn
y wits bom.
A l: I in in y hear ' ilo
1 Eas
tor my soul '
't hour
- iio-er
I. II
Uo!
. l'. ''i, mad
whoie.
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DAN.
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Idsilni'
Kiiiit i:t i
(bill wu
.ok.
A thing of beauty.
Ra-d him. lie was
ma hilit even when
overyljody j.:!:!
Sean.', iy l.p to tin
lull (,'rinvn, 1 n. i
or
vhfstimt
itiid in .i'k
'here vii-i
-or, i-l. ll.'ckfil iib.-iii
:ii'. pots of pure-1
a !....! ot into; 1 v, r,t.,
-1 11 .3 r.ti. e of olO Veil
liibljs.
I'in re';- ij'' iii t; ti.
di'tl." s;i.i;l (,il.r O
bin! -!..
! ;; !1 VI :. a The pr -J '
Lite .-'on of (itTIUSII
i Miiall f.irni i'l
H L't y v.:i 1 I years
it. to his pits -e-3io!i
pi'V-i;::: from Harry
the head
whi'e. '1
pi.
t-.
y .,f Harry Si:.!.-.
I'iitS W 1:1) livi d Oil
e.-terr. Maryltimi.
J v. h.-. n 1 til came
The uuit was a
uiii ie. rr ratlb-r.
o spi'itk orii r'.Iv.
at) (itilig'tLion u II i
iil'Jc servicL's by jj;
lieu of other coti't
the u fh: t!i-ih:j.red
,rry for tt good it ahy
'inj; him the e-oi in
a-risation . 1 'an w.i
too rdiini, to -hr
ireak i'l tlio oitntiarv
fn5t v.-hci) li
u::der the eonrrol of
his new ma'tt. r : but partly out of hi- af
h etititi for the pretty eoit which led him
to spend a k'ood share of his leisure titue
v' ith him, and partly cut of his belief
that early training is be-t. Harry began
at onee to give l:lti some les-OIls ill bo
hayiiT. The It irvy system t f horse traiuing
vvi a! rae! -t (ti'i'd d- al of itttehtior.1
aliout that titue, aril Harry had recently
It t ! 1 ( i - f 1 a course of lecture? on the ful)
j' ct. lit- ;;i.v, ;. 1 i- a;t.ii.iTuneiit, the
.mi-: y , 'o i iior e- ha; tiled and sub-
I'lemt atiy h
: .and c. uel til
atit'i;, or any of the
: hods so frt ijuer.tly
tar
ii
d for
i vi n
ih t
j,u: (.-..; arid, what
Ver iti , p' .rta !a-e. he
1 e ilh .bits
p a vt ::! tt bv proper
-'a; t. !!; -a v vour.g
Through a course of
a -a tle'tn in a short
:i aed fdiey the traint-r
int. Full of this new
to vuk upon Dan
iasiti. If his success
eariit d
! - t
'iahdnei; f"
Uiil ra v c
I h
kse
Clp l ie V t ;i
: iiiie io e iini'i he?
at aiimed every p
aie.-t, Harry e, a,
Yttli a 'at en; tiu
vaa not imtm-diaie! v
rhe t xierieiiced lee
is great us that of
irer had lieen. it
was tit least sulheientie eitcouraging to
lead him to persevere.
It was a eorepHiaUVely simple matter
to teach Dan how to do all that the ordi
nary horse is exjeeted to do; such a!
stat ting and stopping at tne word, pull
ins; tt bght load ia harness, and carrying
Harry's little brother, Fred, on his back
under the saddle. All this was accom
plished by the Karey method tulmiuis
teiedwith uniform kindness. No whip
was U--ed and no harshness ct tone or
manner was ever manifested, thu" it
sometimes r quired till the patience and
-elf-control that Harry ca uld muster to
keep the rule laid down for him by his
teacher in horsemanship. The course
of discipline was a? valuable for the
rrainer as it was for the colt.
'T know one thing," said Harry, one
lay after the regular practice was over,
whether this is good tor Dan or not.
it's a mighty good thing for me.''
When Dan was pronounced perfect in
the ordinary ways ot horses, his educa
tion was begun in special tricks and per
formances of the kind that most horses
know Lothing about. This was much
more dillieult, and the progress was
lower than in the earlier and simpler
tages ct the faming. Cut Harry and
Dan had come to understand each other
so well, and worked together so faith
fully, that each served to develop the
other in kuowledge, tact and skill.
After every honest effort on Dan's part
to do what was required of him, Harry
would throw his arms about his neck,
pat him affectionately, and talk to him
as if he were a human being, until Dan
came to look for these tokens of approv
al, and seemed to be disappointed when
they were not forthcoming.
By the time Dan had been in Harry's
possession a year he had become a neigh
hood wonder. Grown now to almost his
full size, he had developed great speed
in running. He would come at Harry's
call from the furthest end of the meadow
at just the ra:e of speed indicated by the
word of command now slow and steady
as an old stager, now in a rapid walk, a
trot, or at his full speed, as Harry gave
him the word. No fence in all the com
munity was too high for him to leap. He
coftld stand straight up on bis hind feet
and balance himself indefinitely, and not
merely paw the air with his front feet
but imitate almost any gesture that Har
ry saw fit to make. This latter perform.
aueewas so grotesque and comical as to
prove a neighborhood diverson. Harry's
father, however, a severely practical and
rather stolid kind of man, had little pa
tience with these performances.
"What for, Hendry,-you washte so
mootch tdime mit dat coll r" he asked, one
day. "You sbpoil him. Vou make him
so he be's no goodt to vwork."
Vet even Mr ISia'ie had to admit that
Ha-ry rejected no doty. He was a hard
workT on the farm, and spent only his
own iei-ute t i:i;e with Dan. The young
hor.-f man, Lowe er, had a more serious
ohj"ct in view than either his father or
any of his fritnd mpeoted. For a cou
p'e of year? pat Harry had bfgun to de
sire an education. His advantages were
limited to three or four mouth? in the
iiublie school each winter. His father
could not well ttfl'jrtl to spare him from
the farm In summer and the outlook was
not very promising, unless Harry could
find some way to help himself. After his
successes with Dan and other raw colts,
and also several vicious horses that had
been brought to him. an idea of doing
something on his own account begau to
take on shape and color in his mind.
He was a dear lover of horses, and he
had now acquired some degree of confi
dence in his ability to handle them. Why
could he not employ his horse-lore to
work his way through school'.- If he
could have Dan with him to exhibit
wherever he vent, there would be no dif
ficulty in getting business, as his experi
ence in his own neighborhood was now
proving. 'This was the thought that had
taken possession of Harry's mind, and
gave a new meaning and a character of
steady persistence to an undertaking that
iia.l been begun, as hi expressed it. --for
the fun of tin: thing."
But an event now occurred which
threatened to spoil hi- calculations. The
war for the 1 tiion was raging, and Mary
land had la come the theater of great
event;. 1'owerfu! armies ai.d various
rii!i!!K parties traversed the state from
side to side'. A detachment of the rebel
General Karly 's troops, commanded by
General M c 'ausland . shot like an arrow
out ot the r-i.erianclfia
Itie taie (if Maryland
(Kii.-it. ai.d burned the
!iurg in l'ennsj Ivan":
1 'toon forces under ( ,
of the latter state. tN
anil followed ih" n;:-
"alley, crossed
its narrowest
of ( hambers-
ia. Driven by the
i.-neral Averiil out
y turn-d westward
- i'ial turnpike to the
:and. MJ. General
vicinity of -unibi
Ki-lley. commanding
he post at Cumber-a-
cut of tow n and
and. marchi d his fere
took a good position .b
the eastward. Here he
McCauslaud about tbv
ternoon. The fight las
ut three miles to
was attacked by
middle of the af-
s:ed until darkness
rebels retreated in
put an end to it. 1 In
the right, and made tlitir
the Potomac into irg.ni;
escape across
the next ttiorr.-
ing.
In the relit at they pas
Slagic'f farm, and d. 1 no
help thcnisehes 5o a:! th:
could be foural in their rout
ed over Mr
hesitate to
horse; that
. MrSlagle
and Harry were compelled to witness the
forcible entry of their stable and see all
their horses, includir.g I 'an. hurriedly led
tw ay ; but there was no use in attempt
ing to resi-t several thou -and soldiers.
Indeed the Slagles and their neighbors,
afttr '.he excitement was all oyer, con
gratulated "ne another that their losses
were no greater, and that no personal
harm had been done to
i'.ut it was a bitter
bavi. to give up h;s co.
cry over it. ai d found
sleep the rest of the n
comfort in any way.
any of them,
jrief to Harry to
. lie had a good
timsOf unable to
the, or take any
He obtained his
on a party of the
lather's permission, to j .in
m. iijttibo'.-s the m-xr moni!
uii the route of the retre:
g in following
ting army, in
the hope that some of the horses might
have broken away from their eaptcrs in
the darkness of the night, and might vet
be recovered. The party took the wind
ing, mountain road over which the rebels
had gone, and reaching the bights abnve
the river in time to w itness the cross
ing of the rearguard. They were disap
pointed, however, in the object of their
search. The Confederates needed horses
too badly to keep careless watch over
those that had once come into their pos
session. After reiting a while the party pre
pared to retrace their steps. They would
scatter through the hi!'.?, they said, and
keep a lookout in dii'.'ercnt directions:
but they had little hope of recovering
any of the horses.
Harry declined to returned with the
rest. lie had an uncle, his mother's
brother, living several miles up the South
Branch Valley. It was evident that the
raiders were retreating in that direction,
lie would pay his uncle's people a visit.
he said, and see what harm the rebels had
done them. He tried to persuade some
of the party to go with him, but without
success.
"I'm as near to the Johnnies now as
1 want to be," said one of them, and this
remark was echoed by the others.
Harry had little' difficulty in crossing
the river at the fording place. He took
off' his shoes and stockings and rolled up
his trousers, and thus escaped with only
a slight wetting. He pushed on as fast
as he could over the road, which had be
come quite familiar to him in his frequent
visits to his Uncle Schneider. People
who had been frightened from their
homes by the approach of the raiders
were now returning. A number of men
and boys fell into company with Harry,
and presently they caught sight of the
column, which had halted. The soldiers
were preparing to go into camp. Men
who had been either marching or fighting
for twenty-four hours continuously were
badly jaded and needed rest.
"Halt! Tou can't go in here," cried a
sentinel as Harry, tho' with a beating
heart, attempted to pass the picket post
into the camp.
.'My uncle's folks live on the next farm
above, and I want to see them,"' said
Harry.
"Can't help it," replied the soldier;
"you can't see them to-day ; you'd better
go back."
Harry's mind was already made up aa
to what he would do if refused admission
to the camp, so he simply turned back a
few rods to where a bend in the. road
concealed him from the guard. Then he
struck Into a thicket of laurel bashes on
the left which terminated in a fringe of
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