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I heard a story about a policeman who met a negro in the early hours of the morning, and he tiad a big melon on his shoulder. 44 'I see you have a melon there? " 'Yes, salt,' answered the darky. Tse got er melon; but I'se fixed fer you, sah,' and pulling out a paper he handed it to the officer, who read: This bearer of this is O. K. He paid me ten cents for the melon, and he Is a pillar in the church. James Elder. " 'You are fixed.' said the officer. " 'Dat's what I 'lowed,' answered the negro, and he moved on." Washing ton Herald. Promoting German Sculpture. Emieror William has received Prof. Schott, the well-known sculptor, who with Prof. Itheinhold Begas. also a sculptor, is actively engaged in pro moting an exhibition of German sculp ture In New York. The emperor gave his approval of the exhibit, for which statuary worth $750,000 has already been pledged. Important to Mothers. 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A company of the Seventh cavalry. LJeut. Brant In command, find them. Hampton and the girl stop at the Miners' Home in Ulencald. Mrs. Duffy, proprietress. Hamp ton talks the future over with Miss Oll lls the Kid. 8he shows him her moth ers picture and tells him what she can of her parentage and life. They decide she shall live with Mrs. Herndon. Nalda the Kid runs away from Mrs. Herndon s and rejoins Hampton. Ho Induces her to go back, and to have nothing more to do with him. Hampton plays his last game of cards. He announces to Bed SUvin that he has quit, and then leaves Glen cald. Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives. In Glencald to teach Its first school. Miss Spencer meets Nalda, Kev. Wynkoop. etc. She boards at Mrs. Herndons. Nalda and Lieut. Brant again meet with out his knowing who ahe is. 8he Informs him of the coming Bachelor club ball In honor of Mis Spencer. IJeut. Brant meets Silent Murphy. Custer's scout. He reports trouble brewing among the Sioux. Social difficulties arise at the Bachelor club's ball anion? the admirers of Miss Spencer. Lieut. Brant meets Miss Spen cer but she is not his acquaintance of the clay before. She tells him of Nalda. and he accidentally meots her again as he is returning to the ballroom with a fan for Miss Spencer. Brant accompanies Nalda home from the dance. On the way she Informs him as to who she if. and that she Is to meet Hampton. Brant and Hampton meet. Hampton Informs the lieutenant that his attentions to Nalda must cease, and proclaims an authority over her that Jtirttiilos the statement. Brant tells Hampton of the presence of Silent Murphy, und of the fact that Led Slavlif receives government messages lor him. Miss Spencer called on Bob Hamp ton. Tells him of a rej-faeed utranger mistaking her for Nalda. Brant Inter views Hed Sliivln. Kinds that he is nn ex trooper In the Seventh cavalry. It was Slavin'a and Murphy's testimony that more than ten yea is before hud convicted Bohert Nolan, then a ca plain in the Sev enth, of the murder -of MaJ. Brunt, Sr. Hampton attempts to force a confession from Slavln. Slav In insists It Is Murphy he wants, and Murphy had left. In a scuffle Slavln Is killed by u knife thrust. Hampton Hurrendeis to Buck Mason, marshal. Mob attempts to capture him. Mason and his prisoner escape to a hill and defend themselves. Mob lights lire to burn them out. Brant tells Naida that he loves her. She tells him there Is an Insurmountable barrier between them, but that she does not fully understand It. Brant and his troop rescues Hampton and Mason from the fires set by the mob. Brant carries the unconscious gambler through the lines of fire. Hamp ton Is taken to the hoi' and Nalda comes to nurse him. Miss Spencer accepts the heart and hand of Bev. Wynkoop. Brant is ordered to take the field. Before he goes Naida tells him she loves him. but cannot become his wife or offer an ex planation. He Insists he will return to her. Hampton goes on the trull of Silent Murpry, then at Cheyenne, as the one man who can clear Capt. Nolan of the charge of murder of MaJ. Brant 15 years before. Hampton arrives nt Cheyenne after Murphy had left with dispatches for Custer. He follows the ncout, deter mined to wring from him a confession. Comes within sight of Murphy on the edge of the Indian country. Murphy practically confesses to tho killing of MaJ. Brant for which Copt. Nolan was convicted and sentenced to dismissal from the army and ten years In the peniten tiary. Murphy goes Insane. Brant's troop guarding Custer's p;u-k train on Little Big Horn rescues Hampton and Murphy. Hampton Insists on going on to Join Custer and deliver the dispatches. Tells Brant Nalda is daughter of Capt. Nolan who was convicted of murdering his father. Murphy, now Insane could clear Capt. Nolan of charge If he recov ers his mind. Leaves package of papers bearing on the suhjeet with Brant when he goes to Join Custer. The story of tho first day's fighting on the Little Big Horn. Brant's troop In charge of pack train and not engaged. CHAPTER XXXIII. The Old Regiment. Ry the time Hampton swung up the coulee, he had dismissed from his at tention everything but the business that bad brought him there. He ex perienced no fear, no premonition of coming disaster, yet the reawakened plainsman In him kept him sufficient ly wary and cautious. He possessed a soldier's proud confidence in his reg iment the supposition that the old fighting Seventh could be defeated was Impossible; the Indian did not ride those uplands who could do the deed! Then there came to him a nameless dread, that Instinctive shrinking which a proud, sensitive man must ever feel at having to face his old companions with the shadow of a crime between. In his memory he saw once more a low-celllnged room, having a table extending down the center, with grave-faced men, dressed in the full uniform of the service, looking at him amid a silence like unto death; and at the head sat a man with long fair hair and mus tache, his proud eyes never to be for gotten. Now, after silent years, he was going to look Into those accus ing eyes again. He pressed his hand against his forehead, his body trembled; then he braced himself for the Interview, and the shuddering cow. ard In him shrank back. Away to the left something was moving, a dim, shapeless dash of color. It might be Renteen, but of Reno's columns he could perceive nothing, nor anything of Custer's ex cepting that broad track across the prairies marked by his horses' hoofs. This track Hampton followed, press ing his fresh mount to Increased speed, confident that no Indian spies would be loitering so closely in the rear of that body of cavalry, and be coming fearful lest the attack should occur before be could arrive. He dipped over a sharp ridge and came suddenly upon the rear guard. They were a little squad of dusty brown-faced troopers, who Instantly wheeled into line at sound of ap proaching hoofs, the barrels of their lowered carbines glistening in the sua. ''FN - - - mm hi -ha i t i ir With a Bwlng of the hand and a hoarse shout of "Dispatches!" he was beyond them, bending low over his saddle pommel, his eyes on the dust cloud of the moving column. The extended line of horsemen, riding In columns of four, came to a sudden halt, and he raced on. A little squad of officers, several of their number dismounted, were out In front, stand ing grouped just beyond the summit of a slight elevation, apparently look ing off into the valley through some cleft in the bluff beyond. Standing among these, Hampton perceived the long fair hair, and the erect figure clad in the well-known frontier cos tume, of the man he sought the proud, dashing leader of light cav alry, that beau ideal of the sabreur, the one he dreaded most, the one he loved best Custer. The commander stood, field-glasses in hand, pointing down Into the valley, and the dispatch bearer, reigning in his horse, his Hps white but resolute, trotted straight up the slope toward him. Custer wheel ed, annoyed at the interruption, and Hampton swung down from the sad dle, his rein flung across his arm, took a single step forward, lifting his hand in salute, and held forth the scaled packet "Dispatches, sir," he said, simply, standing motionless as a statue. The commander, barely glancing toward him, instantly tore open the long official envelope and ran his eyes over the dispatch amid a hush in the conversation. "Gentlemen," he commented to the little group gathered about him, yet without glancing up from the paper in his hand, "Crook was defeated over on tho Rosebud the 17th and forced to retire. That will ac count for the unexpected number of hostiles fronting us up here, Cook; but the greater the task, the greater the glory. Ah, I thought as much. I am advised by the department to 'You Shall Have Your Wish. keep in close touch with Terry and Gibbons, and to hold off from making a direct attack until infantry can arrive in support. Rather late In the day, I take it, when we are already within easy rifle-shot. I see nothing in these orders to interfere with our present plans, nor any military neces sity for playing hide and seek all summer in these hills. That looks like a big village down yonder, but I have led the dandy Seventh into oth ers just as large." He Stopped speaking, and glanced up inquiringly into the face of the silent messenger, apparently mistak ing him for one of his own men. "Where did you get this?" "Cheyenne, sir." "What! Do you mean to say you brought it through from there?" "Silent Murphy carried it as far as the Powder river. He went crazy there, and I was compelled to strap him. I brought it the rest of the way." "Where is Murphy?" "Rack with the pack train, sir. I got hira through alive, but entirely gone in the head." "Run across many hostiles in that region?" "They were thick this side the Rose bud; all bucks and traveling north." "Sioux?" "Mosfjy. sir; but I saw one band wearing Cheyenne war bonneta. A puzzled look slowly crept Into the strong face of the abrupt ques tioner, his stern, commanding eyes studying the maa standing motionless before him, with freshly awakened in terest. The gaze of the other falter ed, then came back courageously. "I recognize you now," Custer said, quietly. "Am I to understand you are again in the service?" "My presence here is purely acci dental, Gen. Custer. The opportu nity came to me to do this work, and I very gladly accepted the priv ilege." The commander hesitated, scarcely knowing what he might be justified in saying to this man. "It's a brave deed, well performed." be said at last, with soldierly cordial ity, "although I can hardly offer you a fitting reward." "There is little I desire," he re plied, slowly, "and that Is to be per mitted to ride onoe more Into action In the ranks of the Seventh." The true-hearted. Impulsive, manly Boldier fronting him reddeaed to the roots of his fair hair, his proud eyes softening. "Spoken like a true Boldter," he ex claimed, a new warmth In his voice. "You fhall have your wish. Take po sition In Calhoun's troop yonder." Hampton turned quietly away, lead ing his horse, yet had scarcely ad vanced three yards before Custer halted him. "I shall be pleased to talk with you again after the fight," he Bald, briefly, as though half doubting the propriety of such words. The other bowed, his face iqstantly brightening. "I thank you sincerely." The perplexed commander stood motionless, gazing after the receding figure, his face grown grave and thoughtful. Then he turned to the wondering adjutant beside him. "You never knew him, did you, Cook?" "I think not, sir; who Is he?" "Capt Nolan you have heard the Btorj" "Is that so?" he exclaimed. In evi dent surprise. "Ho has a manly face." "Ay, and he was as fine a soldier as ever fought under a flag," declared Custer, frankly. "Poor devil. The hardest service I was ever called upon to perform was the day we broke him. I wonder if Calhoun will recognize the face; they were good friends once." He stopped speaking, and for a time his field glasses were fastened upon a small section of the Indian vil lage nestled in the green valley. "I doubt It many warriors are there," he commented at last. "They may have gone up the river to Inter- J cept Reno's advance, and if so, this Take Position In Calhoun's Troop." to your commands, gentlemen, and with the order of march see person ally that your men move quietly. We must strike quick and hard, driving the wedge home with a, single blow. That will be all at present, gentle men; you will require no further In structions until we deploy. Capt. Cal houn, just a word." The captain thus directly address ed, a handsome, stalwart man of mid dle age, reined in his horse and waited. "Captain, the messenger who has Just brought us dispatches from Chey enne 13 a civilian, but has requested permission to have a share In this coming fight. I have assigned him to your troop." Calhoun bowed. " "I thought to spare you any pos sible embarrassment by saying that the man is not entirely unknown to you." "May I ask his name?" "Robert Nolan." The strong, lion-like face flushed under Its tan, then quickly lit tip with a smile. "I thank you. Capt. Nolan will not suffer at my hands." He rode straight toward his troop, his eyes searching the ranks until they rested upon the averted face of Hampton. He pressed forward, an4 leaned from the saddle, extending a gauntleted hand. "Nolan, old maa welcome back to the Seventh I " For an instant their eyes met, those of the officer filled with manly should be our time to B'rike. Return sympathy, the other's moistened and dim. his face like marble. Then tho two hands clasped and clung, in a grip more eloquent than words. It was Calhoun who spoke. "I mean it all, Nolan. From that day to this I have believed In you have held you friend." For a moment the man reeled; then, a though inspired by a new born hope, he sat firmly erect, and lifted his hand In salute. "Those are words I have longed to hear spoken for 15 years. They are more than life to me. May God help me to be worthy of them. Oh, Calhoun, Cal houn!" For a brief space the two remained still and silent, their faces reflecting repressed feeling. Then the voice of command sounded out in front; Cal houn gently withdrew his hand from the other's grasp, and with bowed head rode slowly to the front of his troops. In columns of four, silent, with not a canteen rattling, with scabbards thrust under their stirrup leathers, each man sitting in his saddle like a statue, ready carbine flung forward across the pommel, those sunburnt troopers moved steadily down the broad coulee. The troopers riding at either side of Hampton wondering still at their captain's pecufiar words and actions, glanced curiously at the new comrade, marveling at his tight ly pressed Hps, his moistened eyes. Yet In all the glorious column, no heart lighter than his. or happier, pressed forward to meet a warrior's death. CHAPTER XXXIV. The Last Stand. It was shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon when that compact col umn of cavalrymen moved silently forward down the concealing coulee toward the more open ground beyond. Custer's plan was surprise, the sudden smiting of that village in the valley from the rear by the quick charge of his horsemen. From man to man th whlspered purpose travelled down the ranks, the eager troopers greeting the welcome message with kindling eyes. It was the old way of the Seventh, and they knew it well. With Custer riding at the head of the column, find only a little to the rear of the advance scouts, his adjut ant Cook, together with a volunteer aide, beside him, the five depleted troops filed resolutely forward, dream ing not of possible defeat. Suddenly distant shots were heard far off to their left and rear, and deepening into a rumble, evidencing a warm engage ment. Tho interested troopers lifted their heads, listening intently, while eager whispers rah from man to man along the closed files. "Reno is going in, boys; it will be our turn next." "Close up! Quiet there, lads, quiet," officer after officer passed the word of command. Yet there were those among them who felt a strange dread that firing sounded so far up the stream from where Reno should have been by that time. Still it might be. that those overhanging bluffs would muffle and deflect the reports. All about them hovered death In dreadful guise. None among them saw those cruel, s'pylng eyes watching from distant ridges, peering at them from concealed ra vines; none marked the rapidly mass ing hordes, hideous in war-paint, crowded Into near-by coulees and be hind protecting hills. It burst upon them with wild yells. The gloomy ridges blazed into their startled faces, the dark ravines hurled at them skurrying horsemen, while, wherever their eyes turned, they be held savage forms leaping forth from hill and coulee, gulch and rock shad ow. Horses fell, or ran about neigh ing; men flung up their hands and died in that first awful minute of con sternation, and the little column seemed to shrivel away as If consum ed by the flame which struck It, front and flank and rear. It v. as as If those men had ridden into the mouth of hell. Yet It was scarcely for more than a minute. Men trained, strong, clear of brain, were in those stricken lines men who bad seen Indian battle be fore. The recoil came, swift as had been the surprise. Voice after voice rang out old familiar orders, steady ing instantly the startled nerves; dis cipline conquered disorder, and the shattered column rolled out, as If by magic, Into the semblance of a battle line. It was magnificently done. Custer and his troop commanders brought their sorely smitten men into a posi tion of defense, even hurled them cheering forward In short, swift charges, so as to clear the front and gain room In which to deploy. Out of confusion emerged discipline, confi dence, esprit de corps. Safe beyond the range of the troop ers' light carbines, the Indians, with their, heavier rifles, kept hurling a constant storm of lead, hugging the gullies, and spreading out until there was no rear toward which the harass ed cavalrymen could turn for safety. One by one, continually under a heavy fire, the scattered trcops were form ed Into something more, nearly re sembling a battle line Calhoun on the left, then Keogh, Smith and Yates, with Tom Custer holding the extreme right. Thus they waited grim ly for the next assault. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Effect and Cause. "He has an apprehensive look about the eyes." "Yes, his wife has just entered the room." Cleveland Plain Dealer. And a good looking detective Isn't jcessarily a food looker. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS FOR HORSE AND CATTLE OWNERS CHNONIC INDIGeSTION Question: " 1'len.so let nio know how you would treat a borso with chronic In digestion ? " (i. J. A'., Tenn. Jlrpty : Feed good hay In moderation, HoiitxloHtsaiid a littlodry bran. Mix with tho feol two to three times daily I'ratts Animal Regulator. Thin article, not only regulates the digestive organs, but also acts an a general tonic. BOOK ON NORSK Question: " 1 would like you to ree ominend Hoaie good, inexpensive book; on horses." If. 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