Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 339, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1902 — Page 3

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Ii. 2 cans Jirje Peas. 12 Cans One Order 95c EXTRA QUALITY 2 cans Lima Beans. 2 cans Fancy Sift Peas. 2 cans Lima Succotash. 2 cans Tiny Wax Beans. 2 cans Fancy Sugar Corn. 2 cans Baby Beets. 12 Cans for $1.45. ORDER AT ONCE THE N. A. MOORE CO. Ponoy Grooera OHIO AND ILLINOIS STREET Telephone 891 THE THEATEES. To-Day'a Schedule. ENGLISH'S. "Ben-IIur," S p. rrt. GRAND. Vaudeville, 2:13 and 8:15 p. m. PARK. "The Fatal Wedding," 2 and 8 p. m. EMPIRE. Variety. 2 and 8 p. m. The Troubles of David Delaaco. David Belasco, manager of Mrs. Leslie Carter. - Miss Blanche Bates and David Warfleld and proprietor of the Belasco Theater of New York city, asserts that the members of the theatrical syndicate, envious of his success, are attacking him at every opportunity. Ills enemies Instigated the suit brought against him by Jean Rlchepin. in which the Parisian dramatist alleges that Belasco stole his play of "Du Barry," and these wicked persons are now backing Onoto Watanna (Mrs. Bertram Babcock) in her charge that from one of her tales of Japan Mr. Belasco surreptitiously took the material for the play "The Darling of the Gods," which was presented at the Belasco Theater on Wednesday evening by Miss Bates and her company, and of which the announced authors are David Belasco and John Luther Long. Mr. Belasco has determined to defend himself offensively and has brought suit against Mrs. Babcock for $20.000. alleging malicious libel, and obtained an order for her arrest. Justice Fitzgerald fixed ball at $500. The following statement has been Issued by Belasco: "My purpose in causing the arrest of Mrs. Babcock (Onoto Watanna) is to stop once and for all the groundless persecution to which I am subjected whenever I dare to present a new play. That my productions are thorns in the sides of several managers I am perfectly aware, but through Mrs.. Babcock, who- will now have to give an account of her claims against me in court, I hope to reach the real instigators of this attack against my Integrity as a manager and a man. I have never met Mrs. Babcock in my life nor have I read either of her books, one of which Klaw & Erlanger have announced that they have purchased the dramatic rights. The first I heard of Mrs. Babcock was about two months ago, at which time my play had neither been put In rehearsal nor read to any one who could possibly have told her cf Its plot, characters or Incidents. "At that time she Informed a nrominent morning newspaper writer that the Arm of Klaw & Erlanger were very anxious to have her bring a suit against me for plagiarism. I laughed at the whole matter, for, knowing that The Darling of the Gods' was entirely original with Mr. John Luther Long and myself, I could not conceive of any person being foolish enough to make such a charge. But it was the last shot in my enemies' locker. From the day I started work on this production I have been harassed in every direction. I am almost as anxious to get this case into court and KEPT HER CHILDREN. The Right Food Drought Them Hack to Health. Food purchased from curiosity saved the lives of two children In a family in Ulysses, Wis. The mother says: "We had bought a package of Grape-Nus, attracted by its pleasant, suggestive name, and found it a pleasant food. Aa my five months old baby liked it, I fed it to her and found It as satisfactory as Baby Food, which I had been using and paying 50c for a much smaller package. "Shortly after this three of the children came down with the whooping cough my oldest one was taken with pneumonia ' and the little three yvar old strained her stomach in some manner, so that she vomited blood and could not retain anything on her stomach. She continuously cried with hunger, and it was terrible to see her grow weaker and weaker until she did not have strength to keep her eyes open. I was so overworked nursing all of them night and day that I finally woke up to the fact that a change must be wrought and that at once. "I shall always believe that divine In spiration whispered 'Grape-Nuts. At first 1 did not give the solid part; I poured boiling water on It and let it stand until the water had drawn out some of the strength. added some rich, sweet cream, and gave the little one a few spoonfuls at a time. She kept it down and it nourished her so that after a while I could feed her the GrapeNuts themselves until she got strong, and she is to-day aa rugged as I could wish. Meanwhile the oldest girl was unable to turn her hdia or swallow solid food, and for weeks htr strength was kept up by Grape-Nuts softened in cream, given a spoonful at a time, until the got strong enough to take other food. They are both well and strong now, and I feel that I owe Grape-Nuts for two of my hearty, healthy children." Name given by rosium Co., Battle Creek. Mich. settled once and for all as I am to have the Du Barry controversy clinched. All I claim is the right of any citizen, to pursue my business ventures unmolested. 'TtdM whole affair, from etart to finish.

Is a conspiracy to throw a nasty slur on my name as a playwright and manager, on the eve of a new production In which I have Invested a great deal of money; and with the courts to help me I Intend to unmask a few of the real culprits. Furthermore, I find now that Mrs. Babcock's story. 'The Wooing of Wistaria was not published until last September. Our play was finished early In June. By causing the arrest of this woman I hope. In addition to Justifying myself, to establish a precedent whereby other playwrights, when they happen to be successful, may be able to take drastic means to protect themselves against similar persecutions." Note of the Stngc. Robert Mantell will present four plays at the Park Theater next week. Three of them are familiar, having been in his repertory for year, but the fourth, "The Dagger and the Cross." has been acted in this city only once, and that at one of Mr. Mantell's engagements at English's. This is his second season In the "popular-priced" theaters, where he has disproved the theory that "Hamlet" and the romantic drama will not be accepted by the patrons of the houses of wild melodrama. xxx. The Grand will have next week Will Cressy and Miss Blanche Dayne, In a sketch; Carroll Johnson, the minstrel; Alice Raymond and Bessie Glrard. the Athos troupe of acrobats and balancers, Jess Dandy, Parker's dogs and others.

Franklin People Se "Jlen-Ilur." A special train over the J., M. & I. brought 150 people from Franklin last night to attend the performance of "Ben-IIur" at English's Opera House. MUSIC. The Phllhnrmonlc Club Concert. The Philharmonic Club, under the direction of Edward Nell, gave the first concert of its season last evening at the German House. Its ability Is a well-known quantity and did not operate last evening in a way sufficiently differentiated to call for comment more than to record that a large audience was pleased by Its balanced and nicely directed tone. The chorus was heard in Sakalow's "The Fir Tree and the Palm" to best advantage, and the Slavic harmonies therein were the most stimulating element of the concert. Mrs. Josephine iJroramerman-Edmunds and Messrs. H. H. Van Wie. Krank W. Taylor and Henry W. Iiut were soloists In "Within a Mile of Edinboro Town" and Dudley Buck's "Paul Itevere's Ride." Two of Chicago's musicians W. C. E. Seebroeck, pianist, and Holmes W. Cowpcr, tenor were presented by the club and were heard for the first time by an Indianapolis audience. Mr. Beebroeck played six of his own compositions a concert study, a minuet in antique style, a caprice "In the style of Paganlnl" and three bits from his "Music of Nature." None of the pieces showed as important. At another place in the programme he played a nocturne and a prelude by Chopin, a prelude by a Russian composer, Rochnanlmoff. descriptive of the booming of cathedral bells, a paraphrase on the "Tristan and Isolde" love-death and a prelude and toccato by Pabst. Mr. Seebroeck has a painstaking method, but displays little vigor or assertive spirit. Mr. Cowper sings as if he were imitating an Italian coloratura soprano, his voice sliding willfully and rather recklessly in transitions. "Sally in Our Alley." "I'll Sing the Songs of Araby." Rubensteln's "longings and Schumann s "Thy Lovely Face" were In his list. Discretion and expression of the composer's Dumose would make him a more valuable singer. He does not lack volume, and some of his tones are pure and round. The Philharmonic Club makes the inter esting announcement that at Its second concert on Dec. 13 at the German House the soloist will be the distinguished French pianist Raoul Pugno, who should have been heard at one of the Amphlon Club's concerts several years 'ago had not a railroad wreck prevented. He is one of the most authoritative musicians from abroad that are visiting the United States this season, and at his recitals In New York and Boston he has had enthusiastic commendation. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Miss Dora Krauss. of Peru. Is vlsitine her cousin. Miss Delia Krauss! Miss Agnes Duncan has returned from a several weeks' visit at St. Louis. Mr. S. S. Walton, of Atlanta, was the guest of friends in town this week. Miss Schofidld has returned to her home in Kokomo after a visit with friends. Mrs. Frederick Verbag, of North Vernon. is the guest of Mrs. Ernest II. Tripp at the Hotel Engiisn. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Davies Odell returned yesterday from a visit with relatives in Dubuque, la. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Darlow have returned from Annapolis, where they spent Thanks giving with their son. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Klrkwood. of the Wellington, will go to Montana this week for permanent residence. Mrs. Bert English, of Rushvllle. Is visit ing her sister. Mrs. Nannie II. Ross, at No. 3W4 East Washington street. Mrs. J. E. McCullough will give a card company Thursday afternoon. Dec. 11, in honor or Airs. t. h. uiue, or suiiivan. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barnard will return this afternoon from New York. Mrs. Barnard is returning from a short sojourn abroad. Miss Nellie Peabody, of Minneapolis, who is visiting Mrs. M. P. C. Clark, will go to Chicago Monday for a short visit before returning to her home. Dr. William A. Bartlett. formerly pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, now of Washlngtonu. D. C. is the guest of Mr. Benjamin D. Walcott and family. Mrs. John Candee Dean was the hostess for a high tea yesterday afternoon, one of the series which she is giving. Her home was prettily adorned with pink chrysanthemums. Mrs. Dean has issued invitations for another tea next Thursday afternoon. The Young Ladles' Missionary Society of the Second Presbyterian Church will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Odell, 1410 North Alabama street. There will be an election of ofllcers and final arrangements will be made for the Christmas fair, which will be held Dec. 13 at the church. Miss Sara Messing entertained the Bachelor Girls' Club yesterday afternoon in honor of Miss Welner. of Newark, N. J., who Is visiting Miss Isabel Haas. The club's colors of red and white prevailed in the decorations and appointments, and games were played during the afternoon. Mrs. J. K. Sharpe was the hostess for a pink rose luncheon yesterday, entertaining Mrs. Frank G. Darlington. Mrs. W. B. Wheelock. Mrs. W. M. Taylor, Mrs. Clifford Arrlck. Mrs. W. F. C. Golt. Mrs. Pirtle Herod, Mrs. John Li. Grlftiths. Mrs. Charles Martlndale and Miss Caroline Howland. The floral decoration for the table was a graceful cluster of pink roses. A delightful company was given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. James E. McCullough in honor of her guests. Mrs. T. II. Blue, of Sullivan, and Mrs. A. O. Morris, of Knlghtstown. During the afternoon Mrs. Albert Rabb read an original story. Mrs. McCullough's assistants were Miss Irene Blackledge. Miss Virginia Minor, Miss Gertrude and Miss Mary Minor and Miss Helen Davis. Mrs. Frank Van Camp gave a second .luncheon yesterday at her home on North 'Pennsvlvania street, entertaining for her visitors. Mrs. John J. Hall, of Dayton. O., Mrs. IiV)hman. of New York, and Mrs. Harry Van Winckle, of St. Louis. American Beauty roses were used in the decorations of the several rooms and a buffet luncheon was served. Mrs. Van Camp entertained about sixty-five of her friends. Mr. and Mrs. F. II. Searle will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage with a dinner and card company this evening. Out-of-town guests who will arrive for the occasion will include Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Searle of Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Lyrlck and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Jones of Alexandria. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Wilson of Columbus. O., Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Searle and Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Taylor of Chicago. Miss Caroline Marmon gave a luncheon yesterday, entertaining in honor of her visitor. Miss Josephine Dodge Daskam. of Stamford. Conn. The young women asked to meet Miss Daskam included a number of the Smith College graduates who were her school friends. At 5 o'clock a few of Miss Marmon's friends were asked to meet Miss Daskam. who will leave to-day to fill an engagement in Chicago before returning to her home. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Haas gave a pretty dancing party last night at the Amerlcus Club in honor of Miss Welner. of Newark, N. J., who is the guest of their daughter. Miss Isabel Haas. About fifty young people were entertained and the parlors and dance hall were elaborately decorated with palms and cut flowers for the occasion. Dr. and Mrs. Haas were assisted In their hospitalities by their daughters. Miss Isabel and Miss Rose Haas. KATHERINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT The Katherine Home will open its annual Christmas fair and sale this evening

at the German House with an elaborate and beautiful entertainment, entitled "A Vision of Fair Worsen." The friends of the Katherine Home and the general public are cordiallv invited. The theme of

the entertainment follows the poem by Tennyson bearing the same name. Miss Caroline Hardwlck will have the role of dreamer, and the characters will be introduced by her in elaborate stage setting. Mr. Hector Fuller is stage director. The evening's entertainment is in charge of Mrs. John W. Kern. Mrs. Louis H. Levey and Mrs. J. Cumming Smith. After the performance to-night there will be dancing in the ballroom. To-morrow afternoon the Katherine Home will have Its children's party, to which the children are all Invited. Household and fancy articles suitable for Christmas gifts will be on sale both to-night and to-morrow. The participants in this evening's performance Include Mrs. Zelda Seguin Wallace,. Mrs. John T. Brush, Mrs. George Edwin Hunt, Mrs. Don Price Hawkins. Mrs. H. D. Hammond. Mrs. Layton C. Walker. Mrs. F. W. Planner, Mrs. E. M. Ogle. Misses Eunice and Augusta Jameson, Miss Anna Louise Beck. Mtes Harriet Ritter, Misses Katherine Peddle, Mary Allen. Marjorle Ogle, Edith Wood, N'atalte Brush. Josephine Morss. Mrs. O. B. Jameson, Miss Grace Porterfield. Miss Campbell. Miss Adele Walllck, Mrs. A. R. Thompson, Miss Susan Thompson. Miss Gladys Wynn. Miss Lucia Holliday, Miss Anna Dean. Miss Elizabeth Defrees, Mrs. Carroll B. Carr, Miss Lucy Taggart. Mij Anne Hurty, Mrs. F . Alexander, Miss Martha Foster, the Misses Taylor and Morris Hamilton. MOORE FUQUA. Miss Lillian Blanche Fuqua and 1'r. Bloomfield Haynes Moore, of Machipongo, Va., were married Wednesday at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Fuqua, No. 907 North Pennsylvania street, by the Rev. Mr. Halstead. Mr. John Van Ness Moore was the best man. The bride was dressed in a gown of white chiffon and silk, trimmed in lace and velvet. She car ried a shower of Bride roses and was escorted to the ceremony by her father, who gave her away. The ceremony was performed in the parlor to music by Mrs. John Van Ness Moore and Miss Larlmar. Miss Larimar nlaved the wedding march from "Lohengrin" and "O Promise Me." After the ceremony a luncheon was served and at the hrlrle's tahlo were seated Mr. and Mrs. John Van Ness Moore, brother and sister of the bride. Dr. Rav E. Klbler. Miss Lari mar. Mr. Walter Kibler. Miss True and Dr. Halstead. After the lunch the bridal party left for Virginia, where they will be at home after Dec. 15 at Ard-Moore, Mr. Moore's home. Among the guests at the wedding from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. John Van Ness Moore, of Machipongo. Va.: MisseM True and Graves, of Terre Haute, and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Homan, of DanVille. A LARGE RECEPTION. Mrs. Rufus King Syfers was the hostess for a large reception yesterday afternoon at her home on North Capitol avenue, In honor of her house guests. Mrs. Harper, of Ottawa. O.. and Mrs. Annat. of Wooster, 0. Poinsetta blossoms combined with palms and ferns decorated the hallway and par lors. The mantels were banked with green and studded with clusters of the scarlet flowers. Punch was served in the library by Miss Mry Annat. of Wooster, O.. Miss Marjorle Hackerdorn, of Lima, O., and Mis Hazel Kinney. Pink begonias were used in this room and the bookcases were topped with great bunches of them. Hart's orchestra, screened by a group or paims In the hallway, played during the afternoon. The dinlnsr room had Its table adorned with a big French basket filled, with yellow chrysanthemums and the handle tied with a bow of yellow satin and white tulle. Dainty flower baskets In the shape of chrysanthemums held the Ices. Mrs. Syfers was assisted In her hospitalities Dy xvirs. John S. Duncan, Miss Pearl Haynes, Mrs. W. N. Harding. Mrs. I. P. uray, Mrs. Thomas O. Barbour. Mrs. Frederick C. Gardner, Mrs. Joseph H. B. Joiner and Miss Maude McConnell. KIRKPATR1CK ROE. The announcement of the marriage yes terday of Perle George Kirkpatrick, of Castleton, and Miss Carrie Jane Roe, of Malott Park, on Thanksgiving day, was a surprise to their friends. Kirkpatrick is the son of John Kirkpatrick. of castleton. Last Thursday he called on Miss Roe, and the two left her home together, presum ably to visit. a friend, but instead went to Howland Station, where they were mar ried by the Rev. Mr. Schmitt. A dinner will be given by Mrs. Klrkpatrick's friends Wednesday evening to celebrate the mar riage. MILLER LACEY. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Dec. 4. Joseph Miller and Miss Alice Lacey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lacey, were married last night at the home of the bride. The Rev. J. P. Chamness officiated. Only immediate relatives were present. BEESON BROWN. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MILTON, Ind., Dec. 4. The marriage of Robert Lee Beeson and Miss Mary Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Brown. took place last night at the home of the bride. The Rev. G. Jensen officiated. They win live nere. DOUBLE WEDDING. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANS VI LLE, Ind., Dec. 4. The marriage of Miss Agnes Wilson and Mr. John Clark and Miss Bertha Williams and Ed ward Rickets took place at Oakland City to-aay. uom couples were prominent. PETERSON-BOYER. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Dec. 4. Mr. Henry J. Peterson and Miss Catherine Boyer, both residents of Indianapolis, were married in this city yesterday afternoon and returned to Indianapolis last night. HOME DRESSMAKING HINTS. By MAY MANTON. Theater walcts made elaborate with lace are In the height of style and are worn both with skirts to match and those of contrasting material. The very stylish and charming design illustrated is shown in rose-colored crepe de chine, with trimming of Venetian lace, but suits many materials and combinations. Albatross veiling, wool crepe de chine, crepe a sole and silk are all appropriate and can be combined with flowered silk In place of the lace, or made entirely of the material with an applied edge of lace or embroidery. The original 9 9 4291 Theatre Waist, 32 to 40 bust. TO BE MADE WITH LOW OR HIGH NECK, ELBOW OR LONG SLEEVES. is made with low-cut neck and elbow sleeves, but the neck can be made high and worn with or without the collar, and the sleeves long with or without the elbow frills as shown in the small sketch. The waist has a fitted lining that closes with it at the center back. On this lining are arranged the run front, the smooth backs and the handsome decoration of lace. The two seamed sleeves are finished at the elbows with shaped frills. When high neck and long sleeves are used the upper portion of the waist and lower portions of the sleeve linings are faced with the chosen material. The quantity of material required for the medium size is four yards twenty-one inches wide, three and one-half yards twenty-seven Inches wide, or two and one fourth yards forty-four inches wide, with one and one-half yards of all-over lace and two and one-half yards of applique to make as illustrated. The pattern 42D1 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 3C, 38 and -EMncn bust measure. PATTERN COLT PON For patterns of garment Illustrated above send 10 cent (coin or stamps.) Cut out Illustration ami Inclose it in letter. Write your name and address distinctly and state number and Ixe wanted. Address Pattern Dept.. The Journal, Indianapolis. I ri d. Allow on week for return of pattern. CIMONA will cure your asthma,

THE IRON BRIGADE

A STORY OF THE ARMY OF TBE CHAPTER XXVI. WHAT A LETTER REVEALED. Once again had Lee's valiant army slow ly retired to the Potomac and leisurely recrossed, superb even in defeat. Just as after .Antietam. the Cabinet, the committee on the conduct of the war (that remarkable annex to our military system) and countless critics all ever the North stormed at the Army of the Potomas because it seemed to follow at respectful distance, content to let the erring brethren go in peace. The man who felt It most that the beaten enemy should again succeed in get ting away was the one who said the leastLincoln had no rebuke for Meade, who, smarting and sensitive under the lash of Halleck and Stanton, asked in his turn to be relieved of that vexatious command, but could not be accommodated. "The plum was so ripe," was all that the patient President could say, "it seemed a pity not to seize it." But no one save those that tried It knew the cost of seizing Confederate plums. Stern and defiant, the disciplined ranks In gray turned and faced every essay to molest them, and another winter closed in on the armies in Virginia, with the same old stream the Rapidan for their dividing line. For a time the tide of war swept to other fields, and all eyes were focussed on the West. Matters in the Immediate front of Washington seemed to stagnate, while within they seethed. A curious state of af fairs existed, a condition of divided responsibilities that resulted in Lee's being allowed to detach a third of his force un der Longstreet to help crush the Army of the Cumberland at Chickamauga, and to set us back another six months on the road to victory. Then came the final resolution of the great war President, that as he and Halleck and Stanton had long tried, without success, the business of "bossing" ar mies In the field. It was time to turn the whole thing over to a single stage man ager. Then came Grant and the beginning of the end. Meantime, how fared it with Fred Benton and his fellow-workers in the war drama? Gettysburg, with all its solemn triumph, had left them sore at heart. The old brigade had trudged back to Its former fields along the Rappahannock, bereft of many a loved and honored comrade, and in the relic of one regiment, at least, there was genuine sorrow over the death of him who wore the gray. There was comfort in the Sixth that it was in front of Geary's line, not theirs, that Ewell's fated young aid-de-camp should meet his mortal wounds. There were eyes that blinked beneath the worn visors of the caps of faded blue. In sympathy with the grief in, Benton's haggard face. All that was mortal of Paul Ladue they laid away on the bank of the little stream by which he fell soldiers of the Sixth his pallbearers, officers and men his mourners, and the Montgomerys from the old home city, his funeral escort, though they could hardly muster a squad. The few papers and memoranda in his possession, his watch and forage cap and sword, were placed in Benton's charge Benton who had stooped and kissed the peaceful, up-turned face ere they lowered It from sight of all, and had reverently clipped away a lock of the dark, wavy hair for that anxious-hearted girl at home, praying, all unconscious of her new sorrow. The three volloys flashed over the slender, wasted form. No soldier honors were omitted because of the' garb he wore. They knew well that but for the treachery of one, and the unreasoning violence of others of their own people, this might never have been, and, whether or no, it was all ended now rancor, enmity and strife forgotten in the contemplation of the wrongs dealt his name both North and South. Yet only to a limited few was it told that, after all, that soldier death was mercy. The doctors said it saved him from long months of suffering that he could hardly have lived another year. Distress of mind, confinement and illness had so racked the fragile body that he was a doomed man the day they sent him back, exchanged, to Newport News, to rejoin his one-legged old division leader in time for his last essay on Northern soil. And there at Gettysburg he slept, awaiting the ending of the war, while the clouds lowered thicker and thicker about the heads of those whom he had so loved. Fred Benton, twice named in official reports for most gallant conduct on the field, and recommended for the brevet of major, found himself again summoned to Washington, this time a witness before a military commission for the trial of one Peter Jennings, civilian, for whose apprehension with a whole skin the First Virginia Cavalry stood ready to pay a round sum and the "Stonewall" to supplement it with another, each claiming prior right to perforate or sear that skin at sight. The Virginians swore he was a double-dyed traitor, informer and spy that he sold Information to the Federals, and had betrayed Ladue. of the Eleventh Alabama, into their hands, even while Stanton and others at the War Department were ready to swear the tall Virginian's life away to the charge of giving information to the rebels of the plans, movements and numbers of the Union forces. Now, what, asked Benton, could they want of him? Among the papers In poor Ladue's possession was the original draft of the report he had written the commanding officer of the Eleventh Alabama of his flight across the Potomac and capture by Union cavalry near Mathlas Point. Not until he reached a certain farmhouse near Port Tobacco did he know who were the officers escaped from prison camp near Annapolis, and his joy was great when Jack Chilton appeared ah.ong them Chilton mad with eagerness to make the crossing, the others disappointed that the boats provided were so pitifully small Ladue, suffering from some kind cf ague, with remittent fever, now almost too weak and ill to make the attempt at all, yet determined to go on. He and Chilton were ferried over on a dark, wintry night, and landed at a fisherman's house three miles below the Point, and there, to his Infinite concern, Paul found that he had lost his pocket memorandum book, well nigh filled with notes concerning the troops about Shepherdstown, Hagerstown, Chambersburg and so on round to Baltimore, also certain sketch maps of field fortifications and the like, all of which he felt confident would be of value to General Lee. Then there were private papers in the book of vast importance to him if to no one else. A racking chill had come on as the result of exposure to the raw night wind, and Jack and the fisherman secreted him in a barn, rolled bllankets about him and poured Virginia peach brandy down his throat. Then Chilton deliberately went back to Maryland In search of the missing property, sorely against his better judgment, but he could not permit Paul to go in his weakened state, and going himself seemed the only way. Thereby he escaped capture by the cavalry piloted by Jennings, as they had since grown to believe, though, sanctimonious and sorrowful, the long Virginian had arrived an hour ahead

By GENERAL CHARLES KING.

Copyright. 1903, by U. W. Dillingham Company POTOMAC of them. and. claiming to be a doctor, was taken to Ladue's sanctuary in the hayloft, and was there captured (?) with htm. When searched, Ladue was found to have no incriminating papers about him a disappointment to his captors and obviously a puzzle to Jennings for Ladue heard him whispering with the officer in command. The last Paul had seen of Chilton was that December night, but later he learned that he had been compelled to remain in hiding many weeks in Charles county before the vigilance of the federals was again relaxed and he could finally effect his escape. Ladue never dreamed they were again within hailing distance of each other Just before the last sunrise of his own dreamy, gentle, sorrow-laden life. Then there was a letter, unfinished, for Elinor, which Fred had sealed and sent to her, and it was through her, four weeks later, that he learned that Paul well knew that he had not long to live, and had really hoped to meet a soldier's death in front of the charging line. One longing he had. he owned, that would probably never be gratified that of branding McKInnon as a liar and a thief, for young Larry O'Toole, he that used to sweep out and sprinkle the store and had enlisted as a drummer in the Montgomerys after Paul's banishment, had strayed in search of forbidden luxuries just before Chancellorsville, his pockets filled with poker winnings, and Stuart's men had nabbed him and run him off to Richmond where Ladue was sent to tell the story of his experiences, and here was favored with O'Toole's account of McKinnon's bribing him to purloin those St. Louis letters. With this confirmation of his theories burning within him, Paul had gone to Charlottesville, spending one day with the Chlltons and hearing from the doctor a strange story of McKinnon's generosity to them and kindness to the imperiled son. Rosalie had listened in silent acquiescence until i'aui burst in with vehement denunciation of the whole story told them of McKinnon's treachery to him and his hatred of the Bentons told them of Fred's devoted friendship, and then came a strange part or tho letter. Elinor copied It verbatim: "Miss Chilton grew more and more excited as I talked, and finally whirled on me with 'How can you speak of devoted friendship on the part of a man who planned tocapture you both and was only balked by by Jack's going back for your old notebook!' Then she rushed out of the room, and I had to go right on to Gordonsville and could only write to her that that too was probably one of McKinnon's slanders, and there wasn't a word of truth in it that no one was more amazed than Fred when they brought me in. I've not yet heard from her, but I shall, and Jack shall know the moment I can find him." "Was it not strange that that same old notebook, which she risked so much to send to me that night Fred caught her at the stone house, should later have been the. means or saving Jack? She found it in the breast pocket of my new uniform coat at Henry's, and glancing through the pages saw the sketches and memoranda I had even then been making; supposed it was of vast importance something that we ought to have, and. fearing it would fall into the enemy's hands, betnought her of Jennings and Judge Armlstead: slipped into my uni form, and Fred has probably told you the rest." So there it was at last the story of her daring and devotion unnecessary, perhaps. and misdirected, but daring none the less and Benton, had he but opened his heart to Paul In the few days they were together at the Chiltons. might have known it all! There then was that mystery solved, and Mclvlnnon, furthermore, had been unmasked, and was even more of a black guard than they had deemed him. Now, at least, must Rosalie know how utterly in her wrath she had wronged the man whose devotion to her she surely could not fail to realize, yet not a line from her had found its way to Elinor. There was some comfort in the belief that now she knew. but how he longed to get at McKInnon tor further comfort! That, however, was out of the question. Major McKInnon had gone with the Twelfth Corps to Chattanooga; had indeed left the Army of the Potomac with dispatches, it was said, and certainly with dispatch, within two hours of Ladue's dying accusation. It was no place for him about Meade's headquarters after that. And now that queer customer, Jennings, was also under the ban, was he? And they needed Benton's evidence Benton whose brevet hung lire for reasons he could not understand Benton who didn't love the Avar Office and who well knew he had found no favor in the grim, deep-set eyes Denina tnose comprenensive spectacles. -mere was little he could really tell of Jen nlngs, though ha had never forgotten that story about the Indiana sergeant seeing itosane toss me packet to him in the rush and excitement at the stone house. If that story were true she must have thoueht him faithful at the time at least. That fateful notebook, filled with Paul's clever topographical sketches and his daily memorandawhat had not Rosalie dared in her effort to send it to safe hands! What sac rince had not Chilton made in recrosslng the Potomac that wintry night in hopes of recovering it! Yet had not that very crossing prevented, not procured, his recapture? That notebook, as Ladue had written, had reauy Deen "tne means of saving Jack.1 Where was it now? thought Benton as once again he caught sight of the unfin ished dome of the great white Capitol. A very vaiuaDie Dit oi property the little volume might be to Southern chieftain again invading Maryland with an army at his uacK, ana a very dangerous one for Southern officer to be caught with if alone. CHAPTER XXVII. LOUNSBERRrS LAST STINQ. Gettysburg had thinned the grand old First Corps into the proportions of a small division. Consolidation became the watch word, and, with Reynolds dead and his successors devoid of influence, it had none In power to preserve Its autonomy. The Second. Fifth and Sixth corps retained their badges and their name. The Eleventh and Twelfth, sent to the West, were "telescoped" and called the Twentieth. The Third had lost its grip, with Slckles's leg, at Gettysburg its way, with French's head. at Mine Run, and finally its place and name being distributed to fill the gaps in other organizations. As for what was left of the First, most of it, under gray-headed Wadsworth, went as the Fourth Division to the Fifth Corps, our old friends of the Iron Brigade ruefully shedding the blood-red disk and decking their caps with the Mai' tese cross. And so, faithful to the end. they hewed their way through the Wilderness, hard hit many a time, but ever land Ing, cat-like, on their feet, even though so many of the old leaders were gone. Brave, silver-haired Wadsworth, after he roic effort against Longstreet, died at their head in the crash of the sixth of MayCutler taking the division, and Bragg, another graduate of the Sixth, the brigade and holding it longest or all. Few they were when they reached the James, mourning with all their hearts for Haskell, killed in command of his new Badger regiment In the awful attack at Cold Harbor. With Warren they rounded the gray line at Five Forks Hallon Richardson, headine the Seventh, receiving the shot meant for their major general and nnaiiy, bursting from the southward woods below Annomattox. they helped to bar the last gateway of Lee's beaten army. Then they marched back to droop their riddled, crape-laden colors for the last time before the head of the Nation in the grand review at Washington, and, with final handclasp from Hooslers and Wolverines at the parting of the ways, went home to lay those tattered flags within the walls of their own white Capitol, with never a stain or shadow on the record of their defenders. But the story of several who set forth with them was still unfinished. Fred Benton, who had ridden with their battling line on may a bloody day, came not homeward with the few survivors. A strange fortune had been his after Wadsworth fell. There had been many a reason, as has been told, for believing that the tall Virginian. Jennings, had played a double game from first to last that he had served the purposes of several officers of the Confederate government even while receiving the pay and protection of the United States; and. though it was he that revealed to the secret service the fact that two young officers, Chilton and Ladue of the Confederate army, could be captured by sending cavalry to the fisher's hut below Mathlas Point, and though It was through this information that Ladue had been caught, Stanton had abundant ground for suspecting the guide, had had him watched and latter arrested. Benton's evidence had little helped the prosecution, however, and when the young officer was again summoned to the War Department and again questioned as to his relations with the Chiltons. he finally "fired up," as the President himself expressed It later, and declared the line of Inquiry a reflection

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on his loyalty and integrity. Stanton so hat ed the rebellion that he seemea to noia no officer above susnicion who did not hate everything connected with it. and Benton could not be made to hate tne v-nnion any of them or to look with anything less than love on the memory of Paul Ladue. So he came back from Washington in time for the Mine run affair, boiling over again with wrath at the way he had been badgered. Stanton as much as Intimated that Benton knew Jennings to be false to his obligations, and was shielding nim as he had striven to defend the Chiltons and Ladue. "Nrn man can serve two masters. young sir," said the stern secretary, "and you can t properly serve your counirj ana shield those in rebellion against it. I've seen too much of this disposition on your part, and if I see any more of it I'll break yu.r " . . Words were these to be wen rememoertu in the light of later events. No wonder Ronton was aname wnn in dignation, and narrowly did he escape court-martial for the not wratn or nis reply. He demanded a court of inquiry, but to no purpose. There was little evidence but his own. He continued to nerve wltn AVadsworth, who, from having been more than half-Inclined at one time to share Stanton's views, had now reasons of his own for differing radically with that tremendous power, and took up the cudgels for Fred in his vehement fashion, and might have got into serious trouble of his own had it not been for the shot that ended it all that bitter day in the wilderness. Then Benton was transferred for a time to the headquarters of the cavalry corps, and rode with Sheridan to Yellow Tavern, where the plumes of Stuart went down at last, ind the brilliant leader of the Southern Horse was borne away to die within the walls of the weeping. city, and here it was, after Yellow Tavern, Fred Benton had one of the oddest, yet most opportune, meetings of the war. It was a soft, moonlit night In May. The dead and wounded still lay in numbers on the field of the stirring fight. Tne lines had surged hither and yon during the late afternoon. Three Confederate officers, un horsed and captured, had been brought to Sheridan's camn fire near the Richmond road, and in one of these Benton Instantly recognized young Winston, wearing now the braid of major of cavalry. The recog nition was mutual, and Benton s well-niiea flask was brought into requisition at the instant. Soldiers sink their enmity at such a time. The blue and the gray were soon In cordial chat, but Benton saw the Virginian was in deep chagrin. A question as to Lonnsberry a whereabouts was all tnat was needed, and Winston launched at once into a tirade. There never was such infernal luck, he said. For months three men had been hounding that fellow to get an accounting from him on a matter that that well. Pelham's sister had been en gagedat least believed herself engaged to Lounsderry ever since early In the war, yet in January came the announcement of his approaching marriage to a widow of wealth and social position in Charleston. He had tricked Maud most damnably, said Winston, and Floyd" Pelham, the very voune fellow who was so nearly killed try ing to save Lounsberry out there near Gainesville, a captain now and only twenty, had been trying to get a tight out of him. and so had Jack Chilton, but Floyd had the best claim, and now Lounsberry had actually been nailed. He had come to Stuart with dispatches and Pelham had slashed him in the face with his gauntlet. A meet ing had been arranged for to-morrow morn ing. He, Winston, was Pelham's second. and would almost give his parole, were such a thing possible to an officer of Stuart's cavalry, to get back to the Con federate lines and bring that fellow to book. "You owe him a grudge as well as Maud Pelham's kinsmen." said he. "Sooner or later he's got to fight or funk. 1 can't be there to second Pelham, and now there's no telling when any of us can get at him." "Why not Chilton?" asked Fred. "Chilton!" and Winston flushed with em barrassment. "Chilton has Just been sent away on other duty." "With his wounded leader and kinsman to Richmond?" hazarded Fred. "No o," was the halting reply. In fact, Winston could not say whither he had gone. It seemed long indeed before any of those who owed Lounsberry a grudge were en abled to "get at hlm.r But there came a time, and not to thosethat wore the gray, but to Benton, still serving with Sheridan. still wearing the blue, still praying for a break in the straining lines that circled the still defiant capital a break that would permit him to ride again to Charlottesville. where he had left the silken sash, to say nothing of his heart, in the hands of that proud, impulsive Virginia girl. Even through Elinor, neither word nor sign had come from her in all these long months. Grant had crossed the James and invest ed Petersburg, when to shake him loose, if possible, by the old device of scaring Wash ington, Early was sent down the Shenandoah valley with twelve thousand men and orders to stir up Maryland. Stir accord lngly he did, until the arrival of the Sixth Corps from the James and the approach of the Nineteenth warned him he could not too soon drop It all and scurry back. He had come close enough to sigh" the snires of the capital city and put Stanton into a fume. He had displayed remarkable knowl edge of all our works and ways, and had found time to substantially reward certain tarm people near Shepherdstown and to shake hands with not a few enthusiastic Sympathizers who came flocking out from Baltimore to meet him. No wonder Stanton was wroth! Then Early harked back, leaving Just a few of his men cut off by a sud den rush of Union cavalry, one of these a young captain of his own staff, an almost Invaluable officer. It seems that he had dared to ride too far to visit and thank certain people who had won his gratitude on a previous and more extended visit. This time It was not so easy to get away across the fotomac. lie was still in hiding when Grant sent Sheridan to put a Mod to fur ther use of the Shenandoah valley as the highroad to invasion of the North. Stanton growled at the order. Sheridan was too young, said he, for so important a com mand. but the President had seen enourh of the policy of interference at the rear with the fighters at the front. Grant's choice was sustained, and speedily Justified itself. With Sheridan went Fred Benton. The Sixth Corps had followed Early across and fought him sharply In the Blue Ridge. Some or the wounded were still lying In farmhouses, and sorrowful women were busily caring for these as best they could, for most of their medical men had gone with the army. One warm August evening, as Benton came riding down rrom a scout among the beautiful heights that border the valley on the east. he stopped to water nis norse at the nub ile trough in front of a .village tavern, and while his half-dozen troopers were reset ting saddles and exchanging laughing, low toned comment over the disfavor in the few feminine faces visible, his quick eve caught a glimpse of three forms that, coming suddenly from a leafy side street, had stopped short at sight of the blue-Jackets and. after a moment s hesitation, had turned back the way they came. One, an elderly clergyman, gave his arm to a eentlewoman, evidently bowed with care and sorrow. The third form was that of a girl. slender, graceful and in her walk there was something vaguely familiar to Benton's eyes, even before he noted that she wore a drab felt hat, broad-brimmed and feathered. There seemed no houses in the little hamlet that warranted the presence of people of such evident station, and Benton followed to the comer, saw the trio hold brief conferences, saw the young lady bow her head as though in acquiescence, then enter the gateway of an unpretentious lit tie home, while the other two walked slow ly on. He had seen Just enough to rouse both memory and Interest. Qulcklv he crossed the street, followed along a hedge of rose bushes, turnen sharply through the gate, and face to face at the trellised porch met the girl whom he had first seen sauntering along that leafy side street at Charlottesville in the spring of '62. Bearded, bronzea ana stalwart as he was to-day, she saw nothing to remind her of the pallid prisoner of the Chiltons. and only indignation at his Intrusion

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