Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1894 — Page 6

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The ramshu-kle each, whose only claim to dignity lay in the fact that it carried the United State- mail?, milled up wlih a jerk in front of th? "hotel." The place v:-i we 1 feme is the frst habitat'on we had pa.-s-.l f-r relies; otherwise, it r'.iJn't ata unt to :h. So far as I could see hi the gray gl im of scarce broken dawn, it console! of a lot? cabin with an Inverted hogshead set in the doorway 13 an al fresco bar, round which som? halfdozen rr.injr.s were clustered for a morning dram. "While I was wondering whether a cup of decent coffee was within the capabilithy of the hostelry, th? guard rame to tl.o d'.cr and addressed m?. "If yxi're lun1 fc-r CJol len Kall.-, Judge," he said, "th. re's two ways open to you. Some of the boys have com In from there with a. load of dust for us to take t tho bank al Pardon's City. You can either g- back wlih them in tho mule-cart a matter of fifteen mi'e or y.iu can go on In the onach, an 1 w-'!l drop y.u at 1'laokman'd Comer. Fr-m then? It's a ronghih tran p of ten reüs to Golden Kalls." Without -t moment's hesitation, I decided to go e n in th'? c ach. and walk the ten mile. I rr.i-re!" . han-d my position 'rom the inr'J-", where I had spent the night as sole passenger, to the box seat next the driver. Thi w-.uM b preferalde-. I thou'.tt, to a fifteen-mil-? drive in a JMtlng mu!-rart in the cc'.i',; any of routhih st ranLj o:-s, vh.- were show-Ills' an inclination to ic!e!T.ue th; dispatch of their preeioü.s earnings by fr-n.uent round of , rye whisky. Th3 br.Y'S cf dust were sdoh hoisted. i :. i;e coach, ar.d. amid cheers from XlmTt a ?d miners, we started o: our" lor. '.y road aralti. The route lay for a few n.iic.-t .tiu-u, h. rugged boulder-strewn country, L.h kjy i:iterpTs.ed with pnietrees. At a pput ealle i Klaektnaa's Corner it d.yiiM J into an open piain. and it was at this j. iridic:; cf th-.- rocky ground with tin iv.uti? that 1 was to be set down. T.i. .-H-;-.-y j J guard, with wh.ni I v.M.s by t'ii-i time? pretty friendly, had ju-l an:,ja:u d ear r.ppr -ach n the Carter, a;: 1 1 ivjj ;..: ."nma -eng for my valise. w;,a ;i v;, , niak-.--l rii : rrvks, or:---with r.t; s cry of, a.--. "11 ".ii-.'.U fr.ri: !, n -i t: '.'.! driv--:-; u-;; b -t t.-r pTh - h .. iv.;. v t d.'i'.u tur. wnen two t si-op I '.'; :ly out cf the .1 oi;;s r side- Z the road. a:ed I-ew-ll-d. sh-ued th-? dreaded i.y thund-M-!" Mid the hl. ani;.-- jil.h aiovc lil.s ' Mike." he o. tiled to .h.-y'v k w th. nir dri on ::! in 1 save our kins." w -r puh".! cilinorit on: their :r.t- ni :; k ;; his rille ti: .lrivr-:"r; h-rad. while the i :.- --id i t th;' oo.ii'h : "'.' a- :i, pi ir 1. l--. k . i:i-.I :: t.u du.--t .xuv:i V -u - - I've jr : the uilije a-.-t aliv-. ..' pa !.:-. d ur trying' to '"If I h ol.i': Ial-1 d'O.vn my an to h-;lp the i i.-.- . - r v.th his b. pirate y.ud He Vor li.lr 1C '. the ii s . ,' Oil as, I p.is," siid th- ?.; ird ra. fully. Ha: he did as he was b.,i, tn.l oil? by on;- tlro alxteen lirrle o;:---k::i puki-res w -re thrown on the jr: 'u:io i:i f; . :.t of th tvbhr-r. He pither -d thrin i n a .-., ;:. while the other ;--: k.-r: his rifle ready. There was n eh it;. f r any f us la pet t our pl3Vl4. ih'f.'.;'h I ..;v th? guard's llnscrs twit'-hh!? ar.d the whites cf his eyes iriist-n a.-- his ?'.i!ic tttrned dnvnwird to his be".. Ii was ail over In no time, and th- sa; was r-rinoved. to the roadsid?. I was bi--rlnu't.a to c-ns:rtiulate myself that I wis r,-: p- rs .ma'.ly to be a victim, wh-n tio- nun v.-li. hllcd the sack refr. -i t trie coaen and di-pcllod my il1 asi .i by jtaytntf: 'Now. mistf r, your Uoll.!v. jl MSe. 1 pat me to the trouble of 'ial.; up there to p thro'a?'u you.' T.:.e was nothing el.-e for It but to Siiornlt. I took mi: a r.-!l of note and h::!:-h 1 tl. m down. There was no us-; in trylrx conceal any of 'thfm with tint - air rf slurp Pyes searching me fr an !h lit.- of the m is!;. Km the pro-'.-(.linqr hid tli- effect of leaving me pr tl Mlly p-,rilles in a ?trjng:? bnd, i'.'hm) mi.es iron a friend. "Wirh the exoep;:r :, ,-? a ten-d .liar hill, which I re-nit-mh-Tfd was !n my waistcoit pocket, I ho! n r-ources nearer than New York. "!;--tt.r h !p cursives to a nas apic?, li tl," ai-l th? more active of the two to th - on at the h-r--?s" he.vls. "S-e here, k-c-p y.rar shocttr.g-iroa handv while I d th? trlk." In a ;n .:omt th two leaders one a dappled 'tray, and thf nthr a bild-facrd chestnut w re d tached . from the t-im. The k w i.s f.jnj 0n the back of on f thci. ari.i ti-.e two horses were led Hwny behind r. i.luT. Tliey were no sooner out of .:?ht th-.n th-? oth'-r man. who had war-hed us the while, b aa to r-t-' it K. k-.vard in th? direction his comT'.ir.i n a 1 takn. to--), disappear!; and th.n f?.r the firs: t:m f-r ten minu'tes wo ko w what it was to exist without ihe Fi-r-:nl:n of a loaded Winchester tiro.: us at pcinr-bl.-.nk rang1?. Tl-.tf (irivr .';t'.1 tho fruard set about odr'ir: th' cut harnf-s to tho two reliia;:.;;; h-.r.s';;; vrhkh dn-, the lumberin' vehicle started ot a crawl to rfturn to tho h'tel t rM:act the stolen stppd---, avln-r ri? nl on. to mak the bot of my way to (JoM'ü V . The cuird's directions were very simpl?: "I'clnt vour nose to th west, anl keep right on till you git thar." An ! while T am taking my lonely tramp it may b; well to explain how it was that I. Arthir 5V-.:;r.;j.-.-h a youn? En2lih barn-tor. ram? t . find myself in thf wfds of th.- I'i-i.-k hills, whT.? "roti ogeiU" r.nd "tho. ;ir;-ir"'ns" wore ou'te commonpl.Tco aff-.ii-.-:. Jn.-t l-'-r- th c.-mmenoe-m-nt r.f t.a.Tt 1 ..g vi -at.'r.n. I had seen an dvertI--.Tn-r.t in one of the newspapers which i-.f -nv-d th next of kin of the late Loar.ard .Saltmar.-he of Now York that be would "h-iir of s-.m -thinp to hi ad-vant-sr" hv coplyir-g to Wilkins & 'rowdy, alt jrn--;..s at law in that city. To :!: b.-s: , f my be! -f I wa? that ind:id nl. L--n rd .v--.l;r.nrsh having been ray father's only brother. We had n-ver ii-a-d f' h's mprriacf. and, to the day of Ids d ath. my fruh-r had acsrted that his brother Lio-nrd would have a pile to h-ave b h!.i1 ?--m- day. AM I kn--w of my nnrlr. .v,i.s that was n epntrio: young man, who hid p.-.n- to America years Y-t I wis h-rn. My father and 1: s-1 Lim roinnmrdc t-d. I wrote, at once to Wi'.kins & Crowd y, an.l by r urn rr.iil rcc-ived a civi". replv t- th ff----t that rny undo had died sud denly wi'hxjr. b'viitr P'-rty o hi:ii:i. ( i '.,i"o.".o D'Tuni u:m. Taey wer-' ciulie j-r-jurej to entertain my cli.'-n. In :h ao.--vict of any other a p;-'.i'Mntr all thy wantfd fo h- fur-r.i-h d v,-;;h th' n --.-sir-,- proofs; an l they Hat. .-it that. o-.n-il;-rlr.g the am aunt at Mak-. i: weul ! b w'.rth my while to run ? a- s New Y-rk in jvr?on. The lda i f srff.üng the v-ritim in this wav pe!l w. My fath-r had left me well oft"; wh:th-r fl- i-.heritr.nee proved to Im mine or i. . f c uli well afford th h.lliiy jaur.t. I to:-!: th" next Cunard b.at anl. f.n landing, went straight to the n -os of :hr attorn'ys. Hat h-r? a stirprlse W3S In store for me. Tli. very morr.i::? or my arrival in New York. M.-ssrs. Wi.'ki-s Crowd y had r-c-ivel a l.-t'.T putting In a claim to the P'- rftty from, an'th-'-p applicant. Th? !or-t---'-,vas date I f ;; ru oiden Kails, which t'.e Iri.vy -r.s b ih ;d Wjus a mahr.ain ;ol.io.ir camp in the Black Hills dL-iri-t; .a d it purporb'-d j. c me fronn one Luka H ilati tr-'i, w'ij said h was a son of I.'.an ird gjltmar?be as the result of a i:. trria-r - r: tt--a?t 'i by th?) latter vrlicn ". ii A V twenty- ipa: year:- befor--. I oh';.- - rny own course at onoe. I ex-p'.-in'.d to the tic.orr.iys that I was vr.l V. ai l .:-!y d-.:re1 that justice fhout I b .l-.: If li.ls yoiing m.in were r-aily ) y u-ri- L or-arl's son, hy all rn-ans lot bioa hwc the pr pr?r. T'ut I had no relations üvi-i-r. and fiiil: a on ri fr-m the Jüatur in hr. 1 1, it wruld pii-.c-e me much to m my oou.-ia's ncquaiaiance. My tiioo teinr; i.-y or. a. I thrnffor? proposed myself to to CoUni Fall3 and sec him. quite in a :'ri?::l!y way, and thoroughly i ii'ircJ to rec -fi lze bis claim, lly lesal

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training, I said, rciaht even be of some u.e ti him in helpine hi;H to procure the proofs which were necessarj. Messrs. AV.lkins Crowdy confessed thit they did r.ot like my project. A trip t the Blick hills was no J .k, they said: and if by chance Luk? altmarshe wis an impostor, my life even might not be safe In that wild region. Better, at any rate, wait for bis reply. Th-se objections I overruled, and started for the West that Fame evening. Thus i: was that on the day the Tarson's City m ill roach was robbed I was approaching Golden Kails with nothing but a change of clothe? and a solitary tendollar note. At the end of ten miles th path suddenly dipped over th- brink of a ravine, down the center of which a mountain torrent was brawling. Perched among the nv ks below on the brink of th stream were some two-score lojj cabins, with a few tents here and there, t denote that Gold. n Falls was a thintr of today, but n..t of yesterday. All down th' r-ours of the brook were the "cradled-' for washing out the gold, and I could s.e the various claims with their heaps of dirt on either bank, but they s;emed to le all deserted. Spiles and picks were lylmr here and there as If ca.st ai!e in a hurry. It struck me stnr.ge this strange abandonment of work In the middle- of the day th? in re ? as I caul 1 h?.ir tho hum of mn'.s v ijo-s raised. I :h iufr.it. In angry dlsousai n. Lookintr .-i?:n( 1 suv tint ther- was a crowd round th? largest of the cabins, about the cent r of the row. -ibive which ii tljR- lleu.'d t--arinj? thd?vice, "Bon Bablwin's saloon." l: Hashed up m m in d nim. nt. Th. m.v.r hat lwil of the rohN-ry of thca- i?. Id dust. When I reach d tae salom I f..unl th:-t I was rUht. Thre.1 of th? m'.n.T.' whom I had s-.n at th wayside "h t:-l" had Jut arrivet.1 with th nws of the cnoiiN f ?r!orn return. It und the doorway of th ?tbon an ex it?d throng of sbuchhatted. red-shlr;-.l m tilers wero 1 iiiie-ntloK and vowing veniuioe. I ciiowel rny way inta tho üilvm, ar.J, hiving Io.mi posted in th- nin.'ms of the W esi, pulled out my fn-d 'liar bill ta "treat tho t'DWil" insid?. Thin mdhml of self-in-tr aduotian left me with only a dellir or two in my packet. Thä excitenunt was increased when it became, known that I had b.-cn the solitary passenger in th miil-oaach. M my wera the questiDtis I hid to answer as to thr appoaranoe of the ma-k. d robb a s, but I euild thrw but little light on thn. Alnncsit any of th- men before mo wo r,d have re-ombled them, given the addili n of a crape mask. It w as nt f r full hilf an hour that I wa-t aid? to think of my own affairs. T'n n I a.sk-'d the lmdlonl if he knew wher Luke ya.Hm.irsh? was ti be found. "I gu 'ss he's totin around f-ni-whcres jawing ah. nit th road-at'eiit.s." he r -P 1-d. "Any of you loys s en I. ok this morning?" hf added., turning to the thr.-ng before the bar. "Luk started fur l'arson's fity at Minns'." said one of the niin-.rs. "i:pect he'll be back by j-upp. r time." I explained to the landlord that I had come from New York to see Saltmir lie on a m.tter of bu-in.ss. "Well." said Mr. Baldwin, "I re kon you'll b st b -t along t his sh.an;y; it's fourth fr-'m here as you go d -wn stri am; maybe los shuer will liv you up .soui -thine; to eat while you wait." Here was a revel itionl Luke S'altmarsho with a si--ter! I distinetiy rem .-inhered that he had described him-cdf ia the :t r to the lawyers as an only child. Wis there something wrong about my unknown u.-in. after all'.' I th mked th? landlord, ami turn d my steps toward the cabin be had indicated. It was laijT-T than mos of us n iühbors, and there was an air of. neatne.-s about 1c wha-h would have sutrst.d w cnan's rresonce, even if I hid r. t lieard of it. A dusky half-br. ed Indian b y of about lif;e-n was jii?t entering tr.e cabin , ith a bucket of water as 1 appro iei:e anl at the same moment a white rni apn arIng in the doorvay relieved t.hc boy of his load. I cannot describe Naomi as I saw her tarn for the first time; 1 only know that I looked up. in tae most btatuifu! womin my eyes have ever s-en. Tall and fair, and with a stately dignity of her own, the picturesque sjmplic.ty of her frontier dre-s in no way clashed amid th-no surroundings with her o itnral grace. There was an air of rff.nem.nt about Na mi which the roughest setting could no: negative, yne Invited me in; and wit! u. proing Into the object of try visit. I t X her that 1 had reason to b.liee i was a relative. To my wonder, a look of harassed fir came into her eyes. "Tell m ," she .-ai l. "H my fdthor, Leoin r J .i.tmarshe, living?" "Is it poss'bl-." I exclaimed, "lhat you do not know? Your brother Luke knows, 1; is in consequence of a letter iron hini that I am here. Leonard f ilimarshe di d two months ago." "Ah!" she said as if to herself, shuddering the while. I thought; "that explains it then that explain - it. It is as I feared." Taen she went on: "Mr. Siltmarshc or may I call you cousin? there Is a story which I must tell you lu-foro before Luk? returns. I am Leonard Sal tmtrshe's only chill. Luke is neither his son nor my brother, lie- Is my dead mother's nephew. But I was brought up to believe myself his sister, and it Is oniy the other day that I Kirnt d the truth. He has known It all along." "But how is it," I 3ked, "that you are out here in the wilds? Did r.ot your father and mother live together?'' "Only for two years after their marriage, which tork place in Chicago. My mt-Lher always Faid that his temper was so vljlent that she couli not slay with him. So she ran a.way, taking me with h-r, anl suppirtej h-'r.-e'.f as bst she could by her needle. Luke was her sister's child, and mother took him when my aunt died. Then my meiihor died when I was twelve years old; but first she gave me a little box. which I was not te. open till I was twenty. I was twenty last May; and when I opened the packet, I found a letter from my mother telling me that Luke as not my brother. 1 had no one to protect me, and she wanted me to think mys?lf his sister. Thar was tho reas n she gave me; and she added, that when I was twenty, it would be right for ma to know th.- truth." "Sa Luke has always known that you were not his sister, but have only lately discovered it?" I said. "Yes." she answered; "I have n:t told him yet that I know." "Am I right in supposing that you are afraid of Luke?" I askrd. She hesitated, and turned th? question aside. Seeding the- absolut iiooeüUy of Kiinir.tr he-r confidence, I told her exactly how matters lay. and asked her what I had best do und P th altered circumstances. We both agreed thu the only safe course would b? to treu Luke as if ho were a genuine claimant for the present, and as if I and Naomi were still in Ignorance of the truth. I waa powerless to aid Naomi, or move myself, till 1 had obtained a remittance froai my bankers In New York. "Bven without hl-? knowing thtt w? are aware of h'.s designs, you will have to be careful." said Momi. "Luk? is dingerous If thwarted, and this is a lawless pi ice." There was a firm step on th? outside and a yjung man strode into th cabin. He was of medium hlght, with randy hair and complexion. He had a furtive look, and pause! on the threshold to eye m? askance. "Luke, here Is a cousin from England," Naomi said; "won't y-u bid him welcome?" For a moment he hesitated, as If making up his mind. Then he i ame. forward an.l gave me Iiis hand. "Glad to see you," he said. "Guess you've came over nf:" the old man's dn.l irs thith- so?" Yes." I a:d: "hut as I find another claim with more right than mine I sliall ga home again finite contented." "That's all ruht, then." said Luke, "stay as Innr- as you like, and nuke yotn-s-tlf comfortable. Naomi will fix you up." After thus he became more and nn if ho: pitable. lie listened with an air of interest to my story ef th" coach iob.je.iy, and eiffered to "lend m-'- a few dolhn-, till I he-irel from Nw York. But I siid not a word to enlighten him as to my knowledge of his having claimed Leonard Saltinarahe's money for him?clf alone, with

out mentioning Xaoml. I wished t o try and fathom him without ralin-f his suspicions. In the course of that eveu.ng'e friendly conversation Luke Inform d u tliat he had been to Parson's City that morning to buy a horse. The next few days passed quickly enough. Naomi and I became fast friends, and whenever sho hid th? chance, shi told me much of her early life. But Luke took care that we were seldom alon. He haunted the cabin, under the pretence of entertaining me, and pressed attentions which, wen? almost servile. He avoided talking of.M claim on the solicltom. but when obliged to speak cf it always In-f-rred that Naomi wis to share his gjod fortune. It was understood that I was to remain at any rate until the remittance for which I had written to New York arrived. AVhen I had been at Galden Falls three weeks, an incident occurred which had its effect on after-events. I came out of the cabin cne morning and found Luke brutally thrashing Indian Joe, the ha.fbieed boy. who fetched; and carrk'd for Naomi. In my horror at tho cruel treatment, I called Luke a blackguard. To my .siiprL-e, he left tho lad alone and apo'.ogiz d to me numbly, making some excuse about his temper. A 'hen 1 told Naomi of this, she was much agitated. Luke's civility she felt sure was dangerous. The next day I was sitting alone in the cabin reading a week-old newspaper. Naomi had gone up the ravine to hunt for scr.ie- herb.-s. among" the rocks; and Luke had ftir:ed' on." after breakfast to hU "cradle" t wash fcr gold. Suddenly th? dhor tf the cabin bruil opin and Luk? dashed in. "For God's sake, cousin" he always called mo c .u. in "Ket on my r.as ar.y ride far Dr. H?;i at Parson's City. Naomi has fallen over a eras up yjuJ.V. I'm afraid h-r baek is broken. She cua't be moved, and I must get back to her right away." Horrified as I was, and anxijus to go to her. the-re was na need for Luke to j.:e-s rib' inta th.? .;-rvia In two minutes I was mounted and listening to Luke's final in.s:ruetio.).. "Take the i-ith you oai.ie by till you istrike the coach road," hesaid, "ihn aliui-g the roal tl!'l you e nv: to the city. Any one will tetl you where the Dec live; bring him -back a: all risks, and ride Ilk? ihund'.r." Tiie .ure-footed horse a large, rawboned chestnut carried me safely up the rocky sides of the ravine. Once on the top. I dug my heels inta his sides and made him gallop his best. The ground, though level, had a broken surface: but with Naomi lying there injured, perhaps fatally, what cared I fe.r the risk of a broken r.tik? We flew along regardle-.-s of s. aes and the frequent burrows of !rairie-el irr-5. T hid iched -i sn-i" three

mOe f r. iri th.- .--i.O i-.o.l -li ii n 7 thought I heard a shjut. Lioking around I saw some twenty fr thirty mounted men fell wnlg in my tracks. They wera g;ll ping their hardest, and some of the best in unit eel were overhauling in?. For a moment I wondered whit it meant; had Na -mi's peril started off th whole of Golden Falls in search of a d.-tr'.' Tii it had nothing to d with me; I had promised to g-i t 1'ir.s m's City, and wheth r I arrival there lirst or li-t, thithr-r I would ge. I sent my horse abng with a will. But there were fleeter footed th.?r i).n cliestnut behi ad me. As we enter d the I coach-roid. three of my pursuers d.irVu alongside, and. bef ire I could reibze .hat they were doing, pointed their pistol- at my he ;d. i I tit! you durued hos.j-thief, or we'll down you." cried one of lite mim i s. I pulled up H explain. Before I bad opTn-d my m rath, they had me otT tho hoi-se. Two of them held me fast ivhii the remainder of the party came straggling up. "For heaven's sake," I said. "Whatever blunder you are making ever m?, ice tenr of you ri le on for the do tor. it nir.v be too late else." "It's uncommon little p-nod a doctor will d) you fn this j b, my ltd." said one of my captors. "Here, Luke," he a iu-'d. as Naomi's soi-psanc brother rode up on a leoi rowed atced, "we've took nun, vou See." Luke cam? up to where I rt.vd. "What does this mean?" I asked. "You told m--Naomi was hurt and asked me to li.'e for the doctor." "That be hanged for a yarn; you htd better t.ll that te the curt. Ycu rtol.the horse, y :i dirty tenderfoot." rephe 1 bukt', let! in-? his pent-up hatred looc j a; bt. I saw that I was trapped, but 1 rejoiced that Naomi's supposed, fall was but part of Luke's device. ''omo. ioys; form the c urt," said one of tire oiler m-n; "ther.-'s a handy tree on yond r bluff reaiy fir the Britisher." Thus it was that i foun 1 myself rn trial for mv life for horse-st'-iiing is a h.ms-ln-x business in Iiitkota ht-fore the drt-a 1-1 .luh'e Lynch. Luke's p(-rjurel evi.b ne was fatal. He swore that my story of having been sent for the doctor was false, that 1 had arrived at Golden Kails a mere p-n-niless loafer, and that I ha I requited his charity by robbing him of his horse. I l-- kf-il round on the rugged faces of my captors, and saw there was na h. e lor nurcy. 1 was absolutely without proof of my innocence. It was ull over in five mlnute. The ceort pronounced me "guilty." and I was toll to say my prayers. Hut just as the sentence was uttered there was the clatter and rattle of wheels, and round r.'.ack-m.-tn's Corner came the Parson's City mail coach the self-same vehicle in which I hai been victimized by the "mil agents." The driver pulled up as he came abrest the crow J. I siw that my oil acquaintance, the one-eye 1 guard, was In charge. He got down and strollel over to where the miner who had overtaken me was still holding the chestnut h rse. "Goin,-? to hang him, boys?" he asked after a moment's scrutiny. That's sn." was th reply. "Where I s the cus?" askf l the fruard. "That's him." said one of the men, pointing to where I stood with my hands bound be'nd me. The guard recognized me with a Ftart. "Pah!" he said, "you're foolln. That Britisher was along with us. a passenger, when the aamts stuck us up: he coul.M't have stole the horse or the dust either, for th matter of that." "What do vou mean?" a;ked th miner who had neted as juü'.e: "no one's talking about dust." "I am, though." said the guard shortly. "I tell you that that is the horse the roaencentsi "lifted, and it stands to reason that the man as lifted the horse lifted your dus-t. don't it?" There was a murmur of wrath among the miners. All eyes were turned on Luke. He began to move toward the e-'-e of the crowd; but rough bands restrained him, and the leader s-i'd very quietly: "Vou will have to show where you got that hoss, Luke, before you make tracks." "It ain't a matter of show in where he got the boss, I reckftn." said the guard; "leastways not altogether. See! he's a button short in the center of his shirt. Guess I can find the missing sh!ner to match," and he pulled out of his pocket a bright metal fancy button, engraved with a phoenix the xaet counterpart of the showy fastenings Luke wore in his hunting Ehirt. "di on. What of that?" shouted the crowd. "1 picked up that button on the ground whT? we were robbel," sa;d the guard, "right here by the corner. It got hitched off as the galoot cut the trrxce of tht ball-faced chestnut. I paw It drop. I guess that ought to be enough for you." It was. "What say you. boys, shall we hang him?" asked the judge; and amid a Htrm of "ayes." Luke was draeed, pale and trembling to the tree. As the fatal spot was reached, he braced himself up with an effort and pointed to me. I was still h-und between two of the men. "Boys." he said. "If I tell you where thdust i.i hid, will you hang that cursed Knc-'ishmen alongside me?" "No, by gum. we wouldn't hang a doe on vour evidence, you traitor, that sold vour pal?!" said the judge, "L'p with him, la is." It was not till a year later that, sife In the security of our hlngaish home, Naomi toll me fjulte all there was to tell about Luke. She had reason to believe that in the Interval letween hearing- of her father's dentil and my arrival he had twice attempted her II f once by means of a repute I "accident" with his revolver: and again by persuading her to crass the mountiin trrrent at a. dangerous spot. In all probability my rash trip out AVet was the means of preserving the life as well as the fortune of the be'res of Golden Falls. But I am more than repaid. My character was fully established union; the miners on our return to camp. The boy. Indian Joe, had overheard Luke pressing me to take the horse to ride f-r the doctor. Needless to say, Naomi's fail fr-m the crag was a fiction designed to Pfnd me to a merciless death. Chambcrs's Journal. Yv'hen bo many peoplo are taking and deriving benefit from Hood's Sarsaparilia. why don't you try It yourself? It will build you up. Hood's Karsaparilla will make you strong. Hood's Fills cure nauea,. pick headache. Indigestion, biliousntes. Try a box.

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s. .Va irr'-? Ii Send for our New Lnrge "1 WV w UeSlgllS ailu lTlCe LISI iManufacturing Jewelers UNDER THE RUINS. Ill-;lit Ivlllcil nnI Menrly a Score Injured. N1-1W YORK, Oct. 10 Wl-.il thenoim was at its bight, ju.-t bef. re 4 o-!. k ;h s morning, a n.-w oi'.'ht-siory building at 71 Monroe-st. collapsed, bearing down with it tho bouse at 72 Manr.e-st. and the rear extensi an of the building on the other s-ide, 7G. lVjth places were tilled with sleeping tenants, who were buried ue.der th tremendous mass of ruins. The crash of the falling walls arou-ed the neighbors, who, scantily clad, bgan the work of rescue, which was c ntinu d well into tl e day by police and liivm.-n. Th-y min. d fir un 'or Ihe brieks a::d be. uns and m.rtar and from out the ruins th-y ;o -k the dead and injur, d. The .lead: I. I. AhRAMS. forty years of a to. MKS. riK.s-.-sli: AlillAMS, aged forty, wife of I. I. Abnnis. HO.s'K AHKA3i. a gel eighth -n, da.ig::ter of I. I. and .Mrs. 15 ssie Abrams. r.lllS. nilKTMA KAKON'IIS. ;:g d lifty yenr-', b ard driv n ir.t ab.lom:-n. AHItAIIAM K A i ION MS, Irr so-, nia years old. SOLOMON K A MONKS, he r son, aged nine. M U.S. JMNXIK PTMINMAN, aged sixty years. MKYER STMINTdAN, ared thirty-one, her son. T!.e injured: AI.I1X AHUAMS, cut and bruised about the body. hOUIS AHHAJIS, badly cu about the fade; scalp wounds and bruised on b dy. UblKMAN AilUAMS, cut and bruised about f ie? and ludy. JAilKS UltADV, broken arm and scalp W.'Ullll. HAY IJItAPY, cut and bruls-d abiut fac? and brc.tst. THOMAS J. Fit A bY, right log injured and cut abjut body. LO III ITT A 1JKADY, bully cat ab rat th? face. JACOB K A RON MS. bully bruised. MICH Alibi KAituNbo, cut and injured tnlcniilly, DAVID KARONES, ?0alp wound and bru.sed. FANNY KARON ES, bruised and cut. CAUL KAI to NFS, nas broken and otaorwUe ;njurd. JACOH KAltONES, leg broken and h'ld bruised. I'nknown worn in, Injured abmt buly. TI.MOTH V LiooLAN. right arm brok.n. n.lUItbll ItOItEXSKY, stMlp wund. Ell Abrams. .ged scvcti, son of I. S. Abrams, is missing. The new building at 71 Monroe-st. was eight sb-ri?3 high. It had been ereeud oy A. Aronowit, proprietor of a foundry about a block away. He bail: the new building fv.r a foundry and its coinpl.nion wa? celobrttcJ ye.ner.ljy by li.r.i.?ini; out flag, and tapplr.g a keg of beer. Aronow.tz w as .-rresicd this aftrrn on and arrat',rod befare Justice IFgao in Essex marked pellet' court by lM'.lcvman McCarthy. In spit of the fact th it Aronowitz v.-as charg d with hmiici.lo Ju-ticc I login discharge.! him. 11". he ,v :ver. Issued subpoenas for Aronowltz anel David A. Molc-ky, tha contractor who put up the building. to appear before him torn -rrow ecfi er neon. The structure, it Is allege 1 by Thomas Brady, who?? family occupied the nar of 76." was weak, and he says that he had rnida comprint: about It t too building inspector, but. that no attention had been, paid to 'them. Tha damaget at Long Branch is great. About; or-o hundr-el feet of piling of the new iron pier was washed out. The bulkhead bt-lwien the Erighcon and Grandview hotels is bkdly wrecked. A cut cf I;-.ut twenty-five feet was made in the bluff on the east end pnperty. About twenty-five feet of the West End hotel was bijw.n off and thd old Oliver cottage adjalrjlng was unroofed. also were the cottages of II. H. Painter of Washington, D. C. and F. M. Shaffer of New York. Many bathing houses wero washed out to sa. M.WY MVKS LOST. ruhermcu Ilrowneil nml Vessels Lost Oft St. Jolin. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Oct. 10. The northeast gale, of exceptional force, swept over this laland last night. The storm waa very eevero at' St. Pierre, Mlquelon, where thirty lives were lost and great damage was done. A very heavy sea was running In the harbor. All the vessels at aonchor there put out 'extra anchors and took other measures te outride the gale, tout notwithstanding this the maritime casualties wore many. Not less than fifty vessels dragged their anchors or parted their cables and were thrown upon the shore. Every effort made to claw off shore was fruitless, the gale blowing with such tremendous fury that even storm canvas could not he set. dome of the doomeel vessels were thrown ashore In very exposed place, and the great seas breaking ever them soon pounded them to pieces. No assistance could be rendered the shipwrecked men from 'the shore. A number of them, who jumped overboard and attempted to reach the shore by wlmmtng, were drowned, while others were swept into the sea toy the waves coming over their vessels and were not seen again until their bodies were cast upon the ibeach. The wrecked vessels were part of the fishing fleet that had put inlj St. Pierre from the banks to repair dimige.t they had sustained during tha heavy etorm of Sept. 33. Altogether th?re were nearly thre hundred vessels at the port, not a cingle one of which escaped without sustaining &nu damage. Several of the fleet are missing and grave feaj3 are entertained that they foundered during the . eight.

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MORE MONEY FOR MISSIONS. Mrrlluic of tlie American llonrtl at Mnd Moil, W in. MADISON, Wis., Oct. 10. The American board of commissioners for foreign missions opened Its annual meeting here this afternoon at the congregational church. About one thousand delegates are in the city and more wi'.l come by later trains. President C. K. Adams of the state university delivered the address of welcome, to which Richard S. Ptorrs, D. D., LL. D.. of Brooklyn, N. Y.. made response. The first business was the annual survey of the work of the hoard for the year ended Aug. 31, 1S94, shown in the reports of the treasurer and foreign and home secretaries. The reports of Treasurer Langdon S. Wade shows expenditures during 11 to have been $733,vd, of which 0"S,1'.S was for cost of missions. The indebtedness, which on Aug. öl, lsttl. was JstS.til, has increased $L'T.flS to $110.27. The items of expenditure beyond cost of missions are: Salaries and traveling expenses of district and fitM secretaries and missionaries visiting churches, S14.S37; net cost of publications, $l..V5-; cost of administration, $29. 41 S. 44. The cost of missions is: West central Africa. Jll.fit'il: Fast central Africa, SS.C; Zulu, $"7t:7; KumpMn Turkey, S31.SÜ1; western Turkey, $5o.'Jf; eastern Turkey, JHl'OS; Mavathis, J."d,l-1; Ma iura. V'OXJ; Ceylon, $1S.752: Foo Chow. S17.r12; south China. S.llti: north China. $7.S44: Phansrh.il. $13,fiT.2; Japan, $!:?. SH; Sandwich Islands. $.",ü77; Tdyronesia, )$,4'.; Mexico, J17,5tXi; Spain, $12X83; Austria, 11,717. Tho receipts dnrlnfr the year yere: Donations, $!sa,iei; lesra.-ie!-. $1S-1,76S: from the legacy of Asa Otis, HO.'?:': interest on fteneral permanent fund, $7,3tC; total. I7a".,132. FARM PRODUCTS. Reuord ShotTlufi le Crop Condition In Various States. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. The October returns to the statistician of the department of agriculture make the general condition of corn as not materially different from that of last month, It being C2.2 against C3.4 in September, a gain of eight-tenths of one point. In m6t of the southern states the condition of corn has fallen since the last report, but in some of the western states there has been slight calns. The averages in the largrest surplus cornKrowdng states are as follows: Tennessee. RV, Kentucky, 77; Ohio, 71; Michigan, GC; Indiana, 7S; Illinois, 7: Wisconsin. 54; Minnesota, 59; Iowa, 47; Missouri, 70; Kan-f-as. 4Ö; Nebraska, 14: South Dakota, 41; Nerth Dakota. 80; California, l4. The wheat returns indicate a production of about 13.1 bushels, being 1.8 bushels greater than last October's preliminary estimate. The rate of yield toy states Is follows: New V..rk. 14.8 bu.; IVn-isylvan . ir..3; Ohio. 19.4; Michigan, 13.8; I: na, 1H.4; l.'.lnols, 18.3: Wisconsin, lfi.5; ..linneseta, 1'.9; Iowa, 14.8; Missouri, 15.6; Kansas. 10.4; Nebraska, 6.&; Suutb, Dakota, 3.4; North

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