Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1896 — Page 19
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CHAPTER' IX.
Thre' days aftei the colonel's dinner 31rs. McLane was pronounced sufficiently well to take the open air. but did not look sufficiently well. In her own opinJon, to take the hint, nor did Mrs. Grafton too eagerly urge. Uy this time the hostess was fully convinced that Fanny was far from being the frank, confiding creature she had pictured herself to be; that she had come to Sedgwick with, other purpose in view than that of seeking the sympathy and counsel of her .erstwhile schoolmate; that she was con
cealing from her. to whom .she once longed to unbosom her' every thought, gome vital and thrilling circumstance, and, worst of all, that Captain Grafton now knew what it was and wouldn't tell. This "perhaps was almost unpardonable. In vain had Mrs. Grafton insinuated, inquired, insisted and finally implored. Her husband was gentle, but obdurate. "I know nothing, Harriet," he simply aid.' 'I do, perhaps, conjecture, but all I conjecture is derived from that dispatch, the contents of which should be seen and known only by your friend the your friend and once-upon-f-time bridesmaid. If she chooses to tell you, well and good, but I cannot." IJut he told Mrs. McLane what he had read without telling what he conjectured, and then furthermore told her what he had done wired to Aunt Charlotte that her niece was prostrated by the receipt of her dispatch and might not be able to reply for feeveral days, so Aunt Charlotte was existing without further knowledge of the condition of 'her niece as placidly, let us hope, as was her niece
(Copyright. 106.' by ;F. Tennyaoa Neely.)' ' ,
iyn. mere, at least, was a woman he
approved of.
"Nothing that I can understand or the doctor either," "said Randy, anxiously. 'She hasn't been like herself for several day, and 'gets worse instead of better, I dnt like .'to be away from her, although Mrs. Ifayne Is there a great deal, bless her.", . . : . x : 1 "I'rn . 8orrv I'm doubly sorry, Merriam," sald Grafton, uncomfortably, "for I waxn the point of asking you to come over and see Mrs. McLane about a matter which Is giving her deep anxiety." Merriam's face began to darken at once, but he said no word. "Handy," continued Grafton, after a moment's embarrassed pause, "I know it's asking a great deai more than I should care to do were I In your place, .and I wouldn't ask it if I didn't think it might do. good for all and do harm to none. ' You heard of her sudden prostration the other night?" "Yes but " "Do you know have you any Idea' of the cause?" "Not the faintest no, I can't say that. She got-atelegram, I heard." "She did, and an answer was demanded and I had to read it and reply that she was prostrated and couldn't answer herself, perhaps for. days. I have no right to tell you what was In the message, but she seems to need to see you. dhe-says to-morrow I say tonight." For a moment no answer came. At
last, with evident effort, Merrlam spoke.
attend him at the office." he explained, and the eyelids drooped again. . Then he pressed his lips to hers and they anf swered not' at all. Then he rose, and
with deep concern In, his manly face.
turned to go. "It is so good of , you to come to us he said to Mrs. Hayne. "I should be at a loss without you. '.I'll hurry bach." - : V." ! But his last. look as he left the room was for Florence, whose eyes followed him only untirhis turned again to her.
Then they drooped again.
IT !
'that Eden ot the fixlniy South,, the La- I disastrous, and' reported" back to the iourche district, on the lawn parks of the I major "fifteen hundred rebel troops in
great "sugarbowl oLlhe United States."
The sun never gladdened a prettier piece of creation than the site of Thlbadeau ahd the stretch of .country lying between New Orleans and Brashear City. When I say that we ..camped In the "sugar bowl" of the United States it goes with
out saying that ire had a aweet time of
camp. It was a disagreeable night
upon which to be killed, and If I had had
my pick and choice of the times and
places in my whole three years' service
at which and, upon which I should be killed, I am sure I wouldn't have picked
either that time or that place. At any rate, with all our shooting and cannon-
Mayor's Office, Nashville, Tenn.
it. Within a .stone's, cast, of our tents lading into that good; old farmer's clear-
stood a magnificent castle in the archi
tecture of the French renaissance, dedi
"Floy, dear," said Mrs. Hayne after a cated to the education of the beautiful
moment of thought, ."I'm going to ask
you something." The girl held up her white hand, and, as though listening, said "Wait." , They heard Randyln the hall below as he threw his cape over his shoulders and hastened out,' heard him go bounding down; the steps, out through the gate
way and then, across the hard gravel of the road. Then as "his footfalls died away Mrs. Hayne knelt where 'he had knelt the moment before. ?. "Floy, dear, it isn't possible you think he still, cherishes any feeling except of pity or contempt for that woman? 1 never saw anything more perfect than his devotion to you his avoidance of her." ; , For answer, with sudden force the young wife seemed to tear herself from the touch of the friendly hand, the sound of the gentle yoice, and, burying her face in her arms, turning her back upon her consoler, moaned aloud. : "Oh, Floy. Floy, my little .friend. You must not doubt him. Never distrust him again. . Why, he will not evenr go near her. He will not see her speak with her, and I never; heard such love and tenderness !n his' voice as when he speaks to you." ? : . Then, as though' stung, Florence
whirled upon her. and with dilated.
Creole daughters of the French and Spanish settlers of that .wonderful land of magnolias and palms. .Just think of It! a vast army of. soldiers inured to the
ing, there wasn't or hadn't been a rebel soldier within twenty, miles of there, so
far as any of us were able, to ascertain.
But all this was only an intimation or
the driftwood piled upon the banks of the river of genius, out of which the wand of comedy drew shapes and forms
hardships of war, cut off for years from of grotesque mien with which to people
the refining influences of the compan
ionship of women,: to be; thus suddenly dropped into the very arms of the sweet emblem of home brought mother, sister and wife nearer and dearer by reason ot a long and cruel separation. And yet we knew that the bar of prohibition had
fallen between us and the pleasure of meeting and conversing with that bevy of purity and innocence, for the fathers
and brothers or the dear little creatures
were our bitter enemies whose loyal duty
It was to shoot'us down, like dogs rather
than give us the right to bask in the sunlight of the shy and winning smiles they
smuggled, to us at .the risk of, being
"disciplined." How grateful we were.
then, when we found that the good Lord
in bestowing His first, best gift to man had wisely fitted , in a heart of flesh wherewith to love and lead and move the
hearts of men. Here we were at short range with-the modest creole beauties,
whose fresh, laughing, faces looked out from the windows of the dormitory over
shadowing our camp, and the mirthful
rogulshness of their eyes seemed to say
"thus far and no further,". Matters ran
"1 had promised myself never to see I burning eyes and a hot flush overspread- on In this exasperating manner for sev-
her alone. It is due to mv wife, if not I Ing her face, with lips close set as though
to me. You know the relations that ex- to beat down the tremors that' strove lsted. No, Mrs. Merrlam does not like for the mastery, answered with startling your guest." vehemence: ' "Neither do I," interrupted Grafton, "But. I have it's when he calls to her stoufly, ?.'and I've an idea she'll go after talks to her in his sleep." she's got what Information you can give Then Mrs. Hayne sprang up, aghast.
And now Men-lam's face began to lose lously down at .Florence, a world of sor-
Its dark look and to grow suddenly pale. row and pity in her eye9. Then, with
-Uo-you mean that this telegram has ner nana o ner ear, cried "IiarK; and
made has anything to do with her wish 1 hastened to the window.
to see me?"
Kverythlng,
Merrlam, according to
without further knowledge of the condl- my belief, and if I could tell you what it
said I think you would not refuse her.
Intently Merrlam eyed the cantaln's
face as though burning with eagerness to read his full meaning.
'very well ,1 will come right after, re
treat. Surely, five minutes ought to be
enough,'" he said at length, and then went thoughtfully homeward.
But retreat parade came within so
short a time after Grafton's return to his
quarters that' his message to Mrs. Mc
Lane covered that lady with consternation. What! Meet Randy Merrlam
tlon of her uncle. It was on this third day when the doctor left, after saying Mrs. McLane ought to go and take a drive or a ride7 that Grafton wrote to her a few words reporting that he had read Aunt Charlotte's dispatch and replied to it as above stated. This note he sent in by Annette. Mrs. Grafton was receiving sympathizing callers at the moment, and the captain bade Annette sau that if he could be of any further service Mrs. McLane should let him know. Presently Annette returned with a note. "I am so distracted," It said, Vso friendless I do not know what to do. You are the only man upon whose counsel I can depend, but even that is. denied me, for Harriet has turned cold and unkind. Because I cannot tell her the secrets of others she thinks me false to our old friendship, and she has changed to me so, much that were I able to travel I should go at once, only how could wo explain? Oh, I long to tell you the whole story, but I cannot! I must not! And I must not do that which might Increase her suspicion " But here Grafton began to frown angrily. He read no further, though there were half a dozen lines on the following page, but tossed the whole thing into the open fireplace, tramped right upstairs and tapped at the guest room door. "Can you come to the door a moment, Mrs. McLane?" he asked. There was the sound of sudden rush
and rustle within, then her light footfall,
the clack of the doorknob and her voice, low and sweet.
"You startled me so," she said through-
the inch-wide aperture that appeared.
but left her invisible. "I dreaded that it was another telegram. Oh, I'm not
lit to be seen, but" "I don't w I don't need to Fee you,
Mrs. McLane," said he stoutly. "We can
converse perfectly well, as Annette is be
low stairs. All I wish to say is this: If
I can be of service in sending off any
letters or dispatches to your friends.
command me. But really, Mrs. McLane, there is no need of telling me anything
about tne matter.
"But I have to. Captain Grafton." and
the door opened a bit wider. "I must
have your advice. I must do something right away, and you're the only one who
can help me.
"Then I'll ask Harriet to come here at
once." said he. and, suiting action to
words, started for the stairway.
Far out across the still, starlit level of
the parade a trumpeter was sounding officers call. (To be continued next Sunday.) The Bugler's Story. (From advance sheets of a volume of War Tales, by Dr. Isaac L. Mitchell, of Danville, Ind., soon to be published.) ' General Cameron always thought of the comfort of his' men, and he even looked after their moral weal, and at
one time when he thought there' was
when she had less than thirty minutes more gambling going on among the boy$
in which to dress! It couldn't be thought than was necessary for mere pastime he
of! When Merrlam called Mrs. Grafton
fluttered down with flushing cheeks and indignant eyes. "I'm so sorry, Mr. Mer
rlam, but really Mrs. McLane says she Is so far from well again this evening
that she cannot see any one. She has
gene back to bed, but begs that you will come in at noon to-morrow. How is
dear Florence? I should have been to
see her, but I am tied hands and feet."
And.:ltandy went angering back to
Floy's mutely inquiring eyes. "What can
I do to cheer you to-night, my darling?" he whispered as he bent over to kiss her.
"Is Mrs. Hayne coming back?" Florence was lying on the sofa in her pretty room aloft, and Merrlam knelt at her side, taking her passive hands in his and stroking gently the curls that shimmered about her white temples. The smile with which she greeted him was very wan and flitting. "She said she would after a little. I told her you'd be in right after parade, but" and the "but" had a mournful tone to it.' . "I had to stop a moment on the way, dear. A matter I promised to attend to," and again he bent and laid his Hps upon her brow, then pressed them to hers. Trme-was, and only a few days gone by, when she used to meet that fond caress with a kiss as fond, as lingering as his own. Now she lay there patient, unresponsive. Something prompted him to pass his arm underneath her neck and to draw her head to his breast, and she let herself go, unresisting, but her cheek did not nestle happily, confidently, as was its way. Her big, pathetic eyes were downcast, even averted. "I wish I knew some way to gladden you a bit, my Brownie," he murmured, using for almost the first time her father's own fond pet name for her, and he was startled beyond measure at the result. One instant her face lighted as with sudden, radiant Joy, then quivered all over with pent-up emotion. Then the
pretty mouth began to twitch and the Hps to tremble, and then despite every
She rushed out after him, disheveled, I effort she turned back to her pillow and
pallid. "Oh, I cannot tell Harriet." she
cried.
"Then, .Mrs. McLane, you cannot tell
me."
For a moment she looked at him In
amaze.
"I will wire for your lawyer, Mr. Par
ry.' he went on calmly. "He can advise
vr.at I probably could not." it r .
lie cannot auvise as you can, cap
tain. It's a matter he knows nothing
about. I ve got to see Mr. Merrlam. and
burst into a passion of tears, great sobs
shaking her slender frame from head to foot. "Florence! Florence!" he cried in utter dismay and trouble. "What is It, sweetheart? 'What is it, my pet. my precious? Ah, don't turn from me. like that. You are not well, my own, or you would not break my heart by Shrinking from me. What can I have said to so distress you?" And now he would take no
denial, but had clasped his arms about
sent out. guards to arrest the "gambler kings," who were driving a profitable trade down in "Prince Chuck-a-luck's" camp near "Fakir's" happy hollow. The sergeant of the police guard did his duty to the letter, and by noon he had lined up at headquarters with "the whole shooting match" faro, roulette, chuck-a-luck, three card monte, poker, seven-tip, dice, the shell trick and all. "Prince Chuck-a-luck," who headed the procession, was an "old-timer," who had done duty on both sides of the bar and Inside
of the bars, and the coloring on his nose represented one of the best farms in Marion county, Indiana. The "pirooter," Sam Irlck, whom General Dan Macauley has since the war made famous by his camp fire speeches, was under arrest also for stealing clocks to get the wheels to make "spurs," which he sold at a fine profit to the cavalry and staff officers, Oliver Dougal, forager and abstracter of bric-a-brac, was among the culprits. He had violated the "code of ethics" by being seen in the society of a good sized "shoat" at a time when rations were not scarce in' camp. Out of the material thus gathered General Cameron organized a reform school by compelling the motley group of "bums" and "gamblers" to sit in the broiling rays of the August sun in front of his tent and ply the forms of their various "fakes" to an imaginary crowd of the gullible suckers who haunt the "happy hollow." When they all got started it reminded me of a county fair in the good old "wide-open" days when beer and gingerbread flowed
like water in a June freshet and the "fakir" And "skinner"' roamed to and fro with his kit of lrreslstlbles. Prince Chuck-a-luck rattled "the bootleg" and cried out In a nasal drawl "two aces and a lovelye tray; try your luck, gentlemen; there's money in this game for you." The wheel-of-fortune man spun his wheel and sung hls competitive
eral days, when. the inventive genius of
one of the boys contrived to get a "package telegraph" into- splendid working or
der from one of our tents to the upper
window of the dormitory, and the
missives dainty and sweet began to
travel back and-forth high over the tops
of the magnolia trees, where shapely
hands reached out, to. receive them. My first intimation of any infringement on
the rules of the turreted castle over the way was received while standing in front of my tent by .seeing what looked like an envelope moving gently along the hypothenuse of a triangle from the ground
toward an open window In the dorml
tory. Aha! I became interested at once.
and I hurried toward the Junction of the
base and the hypothenuee, where I found.
a double line of "O. N. T." (our new tele
graph) running smoothly over a couple
of empty spools. ...Everything was love
ly, and the boys. were happy as larks.
Earl Reed seemed to be principal opera
tor, and his shining, face, told me that the answers to his ".messages were emi
nently satisfactory,. Later in the day he handed me a delicately scented note which ran: "At the northeast corner of the garden wall to-night at 10 o'clock." Jpe Jackson and Billy, .Sesegrand were
now in charge ot the clandestine tele
graph, and they grew so bold by their success that the mation of the castle discovered and tore down the line and
turned our fun into disgruntled hopes.
l had been taught from boyhood that "all's fair In love and war," and so when
I sneaked around that night to help Earl
Reed keep. his. appointment with the beautiful cieole 1 felt that it was a case
of love and war, both, and my conscience approved, for I didn't - know from my
covert in the tropical grasses and shrubs
what might happen to Earl to render my
presence needful. I will own also to a little curiosity, otherwise I . should not
have endured for.. three hours and a half
such a mixture, Of cramped legs, elon
gated ears and sugared endearments as I lived through that beautiful night at
the corner of the'ereole paradise. It was v 1 ft lft a a
nere i learned mat tne rair gin, wno nau
kept her tryst ' with Earl despite the
zealous vigilance of the blllou3 matron,
was none other .than the girl who had
sat at his side in the chorus at New Or
leans in Gilmore's famous festival, the daughter of Morano De Seronio, against whose love for Reed even the gates and ivalls of Thlb,ad6aa could not prevail. It Was here, also, that I heard them vow eternal love and loyalty to one another, come weal, come woe. Ana then in the
days that followed, when the fussy
matron took her flock of creole lilies for an outing through .the narks, her solic
itous love for tU.e pretty ones and her Intense hatred tfor the "horrid Yankee soldiers" would' have turned an old hen with a brood of venturesome chicks green with enyy, Yet, notwithstanding her aggressive ., antagonism, many a billet doux was 'slyly pressed into the soft and waiting palm of the passing beauties. The growing antipathy of the
matron for the .iankees was daily remarked, and no opportunity was slighted
by "the boys', for nourishing the venom as it sparkled in her eyes or flew off like sparks from her surcharged tongue. Whenever occasion required me to blow
the bugle calls of the camp I always
turned the bell of the noisy little lnstru
ment toward the dastle and Its fair beau
ties in distress,' and, with my neck stretched to its .limit,; I would splinter the air with a chorus1 of rasping, resonant vibrations fhat raised the hair on
the tethered mules and brought a Chau
tauqua salute from the windows of the
dormitory. One day while indulging my muse in a particularly scientific bugle
the walking "floats" In the wildest, most ridiculous and most' spontaneously extravagant procession" that, ever spurned
the earth with its "war-made corns," for on reaching Murray early in the morning of the following day we proceeded
to capture the. town, and went into quarters in the courthouse. It was here we
were joined about noon by two com
panies of the Second Illinois, in advance of the main army. . The cavalry looted all the saloons in town and dealt out
the fluid Joy with unstinting hand, and the result was the grandest and most
jubilant spree I ever witnessed. Every
body was happy, good-natured and irolicksome. Bacchus was in his most play
ful mood, and. a simultaneous raid was made by some intuitive freak on all of
the secret society halls in. the place. A
grand ruth broke open the closets, chests and sacred archives and the boys ar
rayed themselves in Jewels, symbols, regalia, robes, coronets, '. uniforms and plumes in the' most discordant relation
that' Ignorance of their uses could de
vise. A man with a "Sons of Malta'
false face, a "Master Mason's" Jewel and a "Red Men's" painted tomahawk headed the procession. .Nothing in the
history of -the Mardi Gras, under the Veiled Prophet of the Mississippi, ever equaled the side-splitting comicality of
this unique and' indescribable spectacle.
It would have caused the mot eloquent circus poster linguist, . with his . colossal
vocabulary and gigantic corrigenda dla-
bollcum to have turned pale in the pres
ence of such a perilously, unpronounc-
able congress of terrible sights. The
"bill-poster's dream'.' . would create the
impression of the millennium to come if
contrasted with a snap-shot picture or
this allegory, of Hadea. c Each man was stuccoed all over with comedy thicker than the spangles on the gaudiest circus clown that ever cut a throat with a piece of soap or sawed wood with a hammer.
The Supreme Fol-Dod of the second de
tachment wore a pair of broadfall nan-.
keen pants, hind side: before, a pigeon-
tailed coat with brass buttons, a piug hat with fur on it as long as the bristles In a whitewash brush, and a fluted and
ruffled shirt, a f alse iace on the back of his head and a dingy expanse of shin between the bottoms of the nankeen pants and the tops of his army brogans.
I am of the ODlnlon that Providence,
or whoever It isithat gins the impulses
in the human breast, had this thing to
happen in the way it did that Kentuckians might have a glimpse of the
way the rest of the nation looked upon
"Kentucky neutrality." it was a spectacular digest of the unity of the great
State which stood upon neutral ground
and furnished recruits to both factions in the civil war.
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TWO:' DAYS. 0NLY,ISav. MAY 8-9 . i - ' Old Show Grounds, West Washington St.
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he avoids me even worse than you do, I her and drawn her to his breast again.
twang, and the three-card-monte man
.manipulated his innocent, foolish look- oratorio the matron .stepped out from Imr.Mme nnd tilned hla allurlnir sone' behind a flg tree, and, after drawing her
.. thanin fact everybody does now that
I m in deep trouble, she wailed.
"I am sure Mr. Merrlam will come to
. you if there is anythlngvof importance," said Grafton gravely. "I will see him at
stables, and the call is sounding now."
Oh, not to-daynot to-day. To-mor
row perhaps, but not to-day. I really cannot see him Just yet. I'm so unstrung and he mustn't let her his wife, ' know. She'll never re.c till she's worried
it all out of him."
"He will let his wife know," said Graf
ton calmly, "and is wise in so doing, but
she will not be apt to make inquiries.' Then he turned and left her.
There were two restless and unhappy
men at bedgwlck now gunner and
trooper Minturn and Whlttaker, and.
each at his appropriate stable, managed
to intercept the troop commander on the way to his own. each importunate for
and began kissing away her tears and
striving to check her sobbing. It was useless. "Oh, - let me cry let me cry!"- she pleaded. "It's it's what I need." And so in pain and bewilderment he yielded to her wish and strove to content himself with murmuring soft, soothing words and holding her close to his heart, and at last the storm of tears seemed, drifting away and she could speak in answer to his pleading, and presently she looked one instant Into his eyes and began: . "Do you" think could we go back to the cantonment for Just a little while?" ; "Why, Floy, darling, we've only Just come from there." "I know. And yet and yet oh, it seems months years since since then."
nd now the sobs again became uncon-
tldings of the fair invalid, each resentful trollable and In dread and distress he
sprang up to call the servant and bid him go for Mrs. Hayne and the doctor. Florence protested, even implored, but to no purpose. The message was sent, and before many minutes both were there. The medico looked perturbed when he came j down stairs; talked about low nervous condition; said tha,t air, sunshine, cheerful companionship were what she really needed, etc. She'd been housing herself too much of late. He would send over some sedatives from the hospital: and then he bustled out, and, was glad to get away. Then carne an orderly with the colonel's compliments, and would Mr. Merrlam step over to the office a minute; and, glancing out across the parade. Randy was surprised to see that bright lights were shining from the windows at headquarters and there were signs of unusual life and stir about the infantry barracks. Quickly he mounted the stairs and again knelt by the side of his young wife. She was
of his Indifference and unpitying re
sponse. ' Grafton was a warm friend
where he liked, but an unbeliever and a
cynic where he did not. and Grafton be
lieved that he had fathomed Fanny McLane's shallow nature and secret purpose, and was Intolerant of her to the verge of rudeness. He loved his wife.
He mourned the semi-deception in which
she had indulged in having, against his vihes. brought her former friend within their gates. Hut now he looked udoii
Harriet as being quite sufficiently pun-
lsnea. and equally willing that Mrs. Mc
lane should take herself elsewhere. If, therefore, Merrlam would see her and do
or refuse to do that which she de
manded of him, Grafton felt that he
might speed his parting guest and re
lieve not only his own but his fair wife's shoulders of a heavy load. He was late
reaching stables, a fact burly old BuxA m . . .
ion woum pe quick 10 notice and as
quick to rebuke. He had delayed only a
minute or two after the sounding of the quieter now, but evidently weak from the
call, because he wished to have his in
terview over and done with. The men of his troop were already leading out'as
he came in sight of the long row of yel-.
low washed rookeries that passed for
stabkj. and it annoyed him to be hailed
on the way, one after another, by these two admirers of so much that he
couldn t admire at all. Then, as luck
would have It, the lieutenant colonel was
the next to accost him and to remark that he was Ave minutes late, which
wasn't bo. but couldn't be contradicted,
and drafton was gritting his teeth when he reached his troop, ne was in no
mood to talk diplomatically 'with Mer
nam Just then, and knew it, and was thankful that the lieutenant was still
another stable beyond, when who should
appear, walking rapidly back from the
bank where the horse were watering,
than Merrlam himself. Seeing inquiry in
the captain s eye, he stepped quickly to
ward him. i
"My wife isn't feeling at all well," he explained, "and I'm excised In order to
ieturn to her."
"2othin Eeriour, I hepe," said Graft-
violence of her emotion. If from no other
cause. Smiling sympathetically, Mrs, Hayne arose from her place near the head of the Bofa that he might come closer and fold Florence In his arms, as she felt . sure Florence wished to be folded, and Randy did come nearer and took 'the slender hand In his and spoke tenderly and fondlv. and bent again and kissed the pale forehead, llngeringly, and all this Florence seemed to accept without other notice than silence and submission. Mrs. Hayne gazed with swiftly changeful expression. This' was somethingutterly new, utterly unlooked for. What could have occurred to turn Florence Merrlam. fondest, happiest of wives. Into this . limp, unresponsive creature? Surely It could not be that there lingered one remaining doubt of Randy now. He had -ignored so utterly, so successfully the wilts of the coquette to whom he owed allegiance a year gone by. She heard him murmur, "I'll be back very soon, dearest," saw the sudden upward sweep of the white eyelids and the miserable, questioning look In the dark brown eye.: -The color.:! hzz cent for zzz to
The air was full of the slang and Jargon of Iniquity and the slums. It was a regular Donnybrook fair, the like fif which had not been seen since Tarn O'Shanter saw the devil and the witches that stormy night in the orgies of Allo-
way's haunted kirk. In the evening the general started out to lecture the offenders before sending them to their quarters; and as he passed down the line he had each trickster disclose the secret of his devices. When he came to the three-card-monte fiend he was flour-, ishlng and tossing, his cards in the simplest manner imaginable. The gen-! eral said: "Is that all there is to your game?" "Ye-es," .said the oily rogue. . "Well, then," said Cameron, "the boys will get every last cent you've got. Why, I can pick out the little man every time."; "Well, yes," said the sharper as hej continued to toss his cards about, "a man with a good eye ought to do it everyj time, but some of the boys miss It occa-j sionally or I couldn't do business." .' The general was about to pass on when! the fellow said: "What will you bet,; General, that you can pick out the littlej man?" , j ' "I'll bet you $3," said the General as he laid down his money. The gambler putj down a like amount and pitched mV cards out on to the board, and General'. Cameron quickly picked out his -card, j and lost, while the smooth individual; raked in the money, folded his 'grip" and silently stole away, saying as Yie went: "General, I have waited all day; for a chance to turn your flank. " The General replied: "Give me those cards, you rascal, and go to your quarters, and if ever I see you at it again1 I'll send you to Ship Island." Thus he released the Jolly bummers, and they went to their respective quarters, but the next day they were all back again In "happy hollow," where the fool and h!s money pursue their devious paths. One of the brightest spots In my sacred little budget of delights is the memory of the golden daya in which each mlnuto was a nevrer, fresher Joy in The various incidents from wtrich this story Is bullded were given me by llarvey
C. Henry, late bugler in the Eleventh In-.
dlana Volunteers, and are vouched for by him as being absolutely true historically. The arrangement and expression of thera. with the exception of a few verbatim. passages, are chargeable sdely to me. so that the lncongruitie la the "literary millinery" of the medley. If any there t?, rauct lec'; (3 me fcr rtircss. Isaac I ZIU-U-
skirts about Her in a dramatic fashion, she blighted my young life with her
withering scorn in the remark: "Your
Yankee music hath ho charms for South
ern laaies. it 1 could nave found a
porous plaster1 I should have worn It through the balance of my service In the hope of drawing out that sting, but there was none in camp,kand I began to waste
away. This ended my long and Joyous
season of bugle contests with the mock
Ing birds that swung and sung in the branches of the'nalmettoes of Thibadeau. There is a circumstance, blazoned in the pages of an accredited work known as "The History of the Indiana Soldier" that always makes laugh when I read it, not publicly or uproariously, but with a subdued, and sheepish shyness and a sort of a dad-burn-hls-extrava-gant-Imaginativeness feeling that I can't help. It Is in effect that two companies of the Kleventh Indiana left Paducah, Ky., for an expedition up the Tennessee river, with Murray, the county seat of Calloway county, as an objective point. We carried two pieces ol artillery, and were otherwise amply: equipped for emergencies. The march wa3 made in the night through a rough stretch of timber land in a drizzling rain; that tempered 'the adhesive . mud to a consistency which rendered the transportation of a large section of the country, imperative, as It 'stuck to our feet in flakes as larg;e as bacon sides. Presently: the advance guard. reported the enemy In sight. The major in command hur-! ried us forward," and soon W'e came in full view of the camp fires of the enemy off to the left" of 'the road. The major had us slip' along under cover of the bushes ' that " skirted the roadside, and placed us in line', not over fifty yards from the enemy's camp. The artillery was put into position, the command "flre" was given and we, blazed away, the hills roaring and echoing with the thunders of war.' '."Recover arms!" "Load," "Ready," "Aim," TFire:" and we roared up the echoes again. Fifteen : hundred of the enemy's forces were thus killed, wounded, captured or retreated, and the old pleventh Indiana expedition ; of two companies and two pieces of artillery marched victoriously Into Murray without a scratch or the loss of a man; or a drop of blood. Such Is the "historical" substance of . what was known as the battle of the "deadening." Facts,, however, are not always history, as would appear from the above, when taken Into consideration along with what did happen , on, this expedition. The truth of the matter Is that the captain of the advance cruitrd ran on to a number of smolderinj fires In a clearing and became wary c.rA fanciful h:t a nlht
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A Rusian can plead infancy for a long time, as he does not come of age till he Is twenty-six years old. The first exportation of American silk was In 1734, when eight pounds were sent from. America to England. It Is 6ald that out of 8,000 Hebrews In the city of Amsterdam, 10,000 are occupied In the trade of diamond dealing. It Is now seventy years since the first railway In the world was finished, and now seme 400,000 miles are In existence. British emancipation in the West Indies took place in 1S34. It is estimated that 783,000 slaves were freed in that year. Amsterdam is intersected by canals, which divide the city into about ninety Islands Communication with tnem is had by about S00 bridges. : ' Half the diamonds known to exist in the whole world come from South Africa. The value of all the diamonds known is estimated at $1,000,000,000. v Eggs directly from the nest are said to be lers rich and appetizing than when a day or two old. For invalids the day-c2d egg is recommended as Just the. thing. Carthaginians are said to have been the first who paved their towns -with stone.?. London was flr?t paved about the year 1533.
Wood pavement commenced in 1839. English coal (20,000 tons a year) is used to "rescue" land from the -lagoons near Venice; the reclaimed land; which' becomes very fruitful, Is drained, by steam power. The rate at which the Zulus can run upon an emergency Is astonishing. Some will cover as much as. fifty miles In six hours; eight miles an hour Is an, ordinary pace. With children In the house it Is especially necessary to know how to remove fish bones cr anything else .that .has lodged in the threat. The white, of a raw egg will d3 this. The vital statistics of Steuben, Me., for the twelve months just closed show a curious coincidence. During the year there were in the town sixteen births, sixteen deaths and sixteen, marriages. In Germany water pipes are being made of glass with asphalt covering to prevent fracture. It Is claimed that they give thorough protection against moisture in the ground, against the action of acids and alkalies, and that they cannot 'bo. penetrated by gase3. In Hindustan either party for a slight cause may leave the other party and marry again. In the olden times the Jews had a discretionary power of divorcing their wives. Divorces are scarcely allowed in Thibet, unless with the ccrseht of both parties.. Re-f marriages are forbidden. The first Christian church erected In England was at Canterbury,' In the suburbs of St. Martin. Chapels were formerly places set apart In baronial residences for private .worship, but In course of time the term became a general adaptation to both Roman
Catholics and Protestants. Ccnstantlne, . King of Scots, punished drunkenness with death. He used to say that the drunkard was but the mimic of a man, and differed frcm the beast only In shape, A. D., 870. Drunkenness was restrained In the commonality in England in 973; and by several later laws. In Siberia if a man Is dissatisfied with the most trifling acts of his wife, he tears a cap or veil from her face, and that constitutes a divorce.. In Slim the first wife may be divorced, but not sold, as the others may be. She may claim the first child; the others belong to the husband. Mince pies are first mentioned in l.'G as in common use at Christmas times. Culinary authorities declare that they might be eaten as early as Dec 14. They were made of mutton, mixed with raisins, cloves, allspice, nuts and many other indigestible stuffs that happened to occur to the mind of the manufacturer. - Civilization is hurrying Alaskaward with long strides. There Is a great rush this season to the practically unknown region about Cook's inlet, in the far north, and among the passengers leaving Tacoma last week for that point was the aent of a big brewing concern, which proposes to establish a brewery at the inlet. The names of the three magi who visited Christ are variously stated by different authorities. One gives them as Melchior, Balthazer and Jasper; another, Appellus, Amerus and Damascus; a third declares that they were Megalath, Galalath and Sarasln; while a fourth, rejecting all these, affirms them to be Ator, Sator and Peratorus. There can be little doubt that the old?st edifice existing In England is the Roman Pharos or lighthouse, which still forms conspicuous an object on the cliffs, within the precincts of Dover Castle. The masonry cf this Interesting work Is composed of tufa, ctment and Roman bricks, or tiles, and Is in the best style of Roman workmanship. Eurico Dandolo was elected Doge of Venice in 1192, at the age of eighty-two. In the fcUcwUig year, he attacked and conquered Trieste, the Ionian Islands and Constantinople. In 1204, being thn ninety-four years of age, he took Constantinople by storm, himself, leadincr the attack, and established there the Latin empire of Constantinople, z Excluding the two capitals, there is not a tingle city in the whole of Russia, properly so called, which would be deemed a large town in Britain. - Only twenty have a population exceeding 50.000. and only 150 count more than 10.000 inhabitants. Not more than one in eight of the &0.000.000 who make up the subjects of Alexander III can be called a townsman. The ages at which the greatest commanders made -their reputations are these: Alexander the Great, between twenty-one and thirty-three; Hannibal, , between twenty-six and forty-five;; Julius Caesar, between forty-two and fifty-five; Frederick th? Grcnt, between tvcr.ty-flx and flfty-cn?: Gurtivua Adc:-h. between thlrty-tlx cr.3 thirty-! -htv -llz-tlzz. t;treca tT7cr.tr-
".And Congress of Rough Riders of the World.
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PHILADELPHIA April 18 to 23 CUMBERLAND, MD.. April 21 CLARKSBURG. W. VA., Aprils rARKERSBUUO, W. VA., April D CHILLICOTIIi:, O.. April 30 I RON TON, .May 1 WASHINGTON C. II., 0 Mar 2 CINCINNATI, May 4 and 5 HAMILTON, O., MajO RICHMOND, IND.. May 7 INDIANAPOLIS. IND., May 8 and 9 ANDERSON, IND.. May 11 COLUMBUS, IND., May 12 LOUISVILLE, KY.. May 13 and li OWENSBORO, K.V., May IS EVANS VI LLE. IND., May 14 ST. LOUIS, May 18
Thence to Chicago to dedicate and Inaugurate the Coliseum, tne largest exhibition building lu all tne world. An Exact Duplicate, Man for Man and Horn for Home, of tha Exhibitions Riven mt the Columbian World's Fair nt Chicago In 1803, all hummer In w York in 1894, and In 1GO of the Principal Cltlceof theKustln 1803. Organized on the Most Lavish Scale, with More Men, More Horses, More Cars Tlc. Any Two nxlilUltloxii And perfected In all tb detat'a that th combined manawrtal iriijce and wealtU commanded by tbe trio of Trtumcbant t'arerrrd Caterer to public luitructlon aod entertainment. Nate Salsbury, Jas. A. Bailey and Col. Wm. F. Cody ASSLT.INO TO THE TUBLIC THE PHODUCTION OK America's National Entertainment In a Colossal Manner. EquaMng if not Surpassing tbe Maguinceuce ot MaMive Magnitude at New York, London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, Brussels AND AT THE COLUMBIAN. WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO, Where tbe Multitudinous MUllont Meted Equal Honor to THE WHITE AND TENTED CITIES. NEW, UN LA KG ED AN II AUGMENTED. The Original Wild lest AZORES TKIMITIVE AND CIVILIZED llOli-SEMANSHir. That Nations Furnish aud Races aro Exhausted to Complete. All klndi, all colon, all tongues, all men fraternally mingling la tne jtictumque racial ramp. All bora Hereditary Princes of the Saddle 100: Indian Warriors Ogalalla, r.ruie, Uncapapna, Sloui, Cheyenne and Aripauye Tribes. SO AMERICAN COWBOYS, 30 MEXICAN, VAQUER0S AND RURALIES, 30 SOUTH AMERICAN dAUCHOS, 5) WESTERN FRONTIERSMEN, MARKSMEN, ETC., 25 BEDCLIN ARABS. 20 RUSSIAN COSSACKS OF THE CAUCASUS, DETACHMENT OF U S. CAVALRY, ROYAL IRISH-ENGLISH LANCERS, FRENCH CHASSEURS, GERMA.N CUIRASSIERS,
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TLls Enormous Outfit : Transported In Special Knilroaa Trnlns t'slnjt Its own s?Mo'.allj constructed ronnir. toc. the lar-s-of Traveling Com. miwmry. Dormitory aud Equerry ArroinuoUatiou.ronii.ltl!i even" iarucu!ar, and equallrg tne requirements of tue modern method of uovt:i A Fully Equipped Army In Time of War, Carrying all tbe raraiberoalla 'ecesiry to A Covered Graid Stand, Seating 20,003 Persons, Assuring Perfect Protection from Sun or Rain, So organized and arranged as M nmn tlo to the city In ao easily accewlLla location. Ou Fit ID AY, May 8, there will oe giten A. rroo Street Cavalcnde At 10 a. m., by detailed detachment from each diri!on (Will Hornet, E ifTa'.a, Catt, etc., belnsf nereasirllv jruarded la ramp), -So taat be who runs mj read." The inarch wldte enJlrtnert by 3 Magnificent MITQIf Led by the Famed, Bands of iVlUol V World Traveled BUFFALO BILL'S COWBOY BAND r At night a Brilliant Electric Display by the Largest l'ortat le Double Eleetrt riant, of 2Ju,K ranrtle power, yet contrirtel for any l;nlUr un. Tw clieuiu insuring a i fleetly reliable Illumination, making til;ht as Ughl as da: TY0 EXHIBITIONS DAILY, RAW or SHIH" Afternoon at 2 o'clock. . Night at 8 o'clock. Doors opencne hour earlier. Mglit ai lijrtt as diy and at com i Me la dotal
General Admission, 50c. Children Under 9 Years, 25c. . Numbered Coupon, Actually ISeserred Seats, will be eold at Pomeroy's Pharmat opposite postollice, at regular price. No advance. Sale of teat9 will begin Tu day, May5r , , . , j
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