Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1912 — Page 7

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chapter Viii. _____ Mrs. Bungay Defends Her Hearth- ’ stone. A hand pressing hard upon my arm brought back my scattered senses with a rush. It was Mrs. Brennan who stood there, her face whitened by anxiety, her eyes peering anxiously through the opening of the door. “Surely those men are not soldiers. Captain Wayne! ” she exclaimed. They wear uniforms of both armies.” “No dou>* they are guerillas,” I answered, drawing her back from where she fpight be seen in their approach. e must find hiding if possible, for you shall never fall into such hands. Bungay!” I turned toward wh're the little giant had been sitting, but he was not to be seen. However, the sound of my voice aroused Maria to a full sense of our danger, nor was she a woman to hesitate in such emergency. With a single stride she crossed the narrow room, caught the white-faced hero

“It's Hosses,” She Said Harshly.

by the collar of his shirt, dragged him ignominiously forth from beneath the table where he had sought refuge, shook him as she would shake a toy dog, up til his teeth rattled, and then flung him out of the door leading into the back shed. It was done so expeditiously that I could only gasp. “Now inter ther hole with ye, Jed Bungay—you an’ yer dorgs,” she panted furiously. “An’ you uns foller him. I reckon I’m able ter handle thet lot out thar, even if it should be Red Lowrie and his gang.” Catching firm hold of Mrs. Brennan’s hand I sprang down the single step and closed the door tight behind us! Jed had scrambled to his feet, and rubbing himself vigorously with one hand, utilized the other to drag outward a rough appeared to be a portion of the house Itself. As it swung open there was revealed behind it a fair-sized opening extending Into the face of the hill. It was a most Ingenious arrangement, doubtless finding frequent use in those troublesome times. Its presence partially explained how Jed had thus far escaped the conscription officer. Into this hole we entered one at a time, and when the heavy cupboard had been silently drawn back into place, found ourselves enveloped in such total darkness as to make any movement a dangerous operation. I felt the clasp of my companion’s hand tighten, and knew that her whole form was trembling from intense excitement.

“Do not permit the darkness to alarm yon,” I whispered softly, bending down as I spoke until I could feel her quick Ireathing against my cheek. “Our visitors are not likely to remain longer than will be necessary to get something to eat. They need never suspect our presence, and all we have to do is to wait patiently until they move on. I only wish I could discover something upon which you might sit down.” "Pray do not think me a coward,” KShe answered, “but I have heard of this man Lowrie in the Federal camps, and I would rather die than fall into his hands.”

I had heard of him also, and of his outrageous treatment of women. The memory caused me to clasp my hand warmly over hers, and set my teeth hard.

“It may not prove to be Lowrie at all,” I said soberly; "but all these gentry are pretty muv.n alike, I fear. However, I promise that you shall never fall alive into the hands of any of their breed.” Before she could answer me other than by a slight nestling closer In the darkness, Bungay whispered: “This yere hole, Cap, leads down ter the right, an’ comes out in a sort o’ gully ’bout a hundred feet back. Thar’s light 'nough ter see ter walk by a’ter ye turn the corner, ’bout twenty feet er so. You uns kin go on down thar if ye’d rather, follerin’ ther dorgs, but I reckon as how m stay right yere an’ sorter see how ther ol’ woman comes out

' Tiff 10VE STORY OF A GRAY JACKET

By RANDALL PARRISH

“Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousands men.’ If you uns like ter see a durned good fight maybe ye better stay tew—ther ol’ woman is pisen if she once gits her dander up.” His voice was expressive of great expectations, and I had reason to believe his faith In Maria would be justified. Before any of us, however, had time to change our positions we heard the fellows come stamping roughly into the cabin. The thin slabs which divided us scarcely muffled their loud voices.

“Well, old woman,” exclaimed one in voice so gruff as to seem almost assumed, “pretending to be alone, are you, with all those dishes sitting out on the table; just been eaten off, too. Have n’t seen no strange party along the road this morning, have ye?” “Nary a one,” said Maria, and I knew from her voice she was standing close beside the fireplace. “Are you Mrs. Bungay?” “I reckon I am, if it’s any o’ yer business.”

“Don't git hifty, old woman, or we’re liable to give you a lesson in politeness before we leave.” The leader dropped the butt of his gun with a crash on the floor. “Where is the little sneak, anyhow?” “What do you want of him?”

“Want him to go ‘long with us; we’re hunting some parties, and need a guide."" They tol’ us up the road a bit he knew every inch o’ these yere mountings.” There was a pause, as if Maria was endeavoring to decide as to the honesty of the speaker. Her final answer proved the mental survey had not proven satisfactory. “Wal, I reckon,” she said calmly, “as you uns ’ll be more likely ter find him down ’bout Connersville.” “Then whut’s all these yere dirty dishes doing on the table?” “Hed sum Yankee officers yere; they just rode on down ther trail as you uns cum up.”

“Like hell!” ejaculated the fellow with complete loss of temper. “See here, old woman, we’re too old birds to be caught with any such chaff. We’ll take a look around the old shebang anyhow, and while we’re at it you put something on the table for me and my mates to eat.” The voice and manner were rough, but I was impressed with a certain accent creeping into the man’s speech bespeaking education. More, in spite of an apparent effort to make it so, his dialect was not that of those mountains.

Even as he uttered these last words, throwing into them a threat more in the tone than the language, I became aware of a thin ray of light penetrating the seemingly solid wall just in front of me, and bending silently forward could dimly distinguish the elliptical head of Bungay as he applied one eye to a small opening he had industriously made between the logs. Grasping Mrs. Brennan firmly by the hand so that we should not become separated, I crept across the intervening blackness, and reached his side. “Holy smoke, Cap,” the little man muttered in suppressed excitement, as he realized my presenee, “it’s a goin’ ter be b’ilin’ hot in thar mighty soon. Mariar’s steam is a risin’.”

He silently made room for me, and bending down so as to bring my eye utton a level with hi*, I managed to gain some slight glimpse of the scene within the cabin.

Mrs. Bungay stood with her back to the fireplace, an iron skillet firmly gripped in one hand. Her face was red with indignation, and there was a look in her eyes, together with a defiant set to her chin, which promised trouble. In front of her, carelessly resting on the table, his feet dangling In the air, was a sturdylooking fellow of forty or so, with red, straggling beard covering all the lower half of his face, and a weatherworn black hat pulled so low as almost to conceal his eyes. His attire was nondescript, as though he had patronized the junkshop of both armies. In his belt were thrust a revolver and a knife, while within easy reach of his hand a musket leaned against a chair. Two others of the party, younger men, but even more roughly dressed than their leader, were lounging between him and the door. i

Bungay chuckled expectantly. "O Lord! if they only git the ol’ gal just a little more riled,” he whispered hoarsely, jumping up and down on one foot in his excitement, “they’ll hev ther fight of their life.” “Do you know the fellows?” I asked. “Is that Red Lowrie?” He shook his head.

"Never laid eyes on any of ’em afore, but ye bet they’re no good. Reckon they're a part o’ his crowd.” The man who posed as the leader of the party picked up the empty cof-fee-pot beside him and shook it. “Come, now, Mrs. Bungay,” he commanded, “I tell you we’re hungry, so trot out some hoecake and fill up this

pot, unless you want to reckon with Red Lowrie.”

The woman stood facing him, yet never moved. I could see a red spot begin to glow in either cheek. If I had ever doubted it, I knew now that Maria possessed a temper of her own. “You ain’t no ReC Lowrie,” she retorted. The fellow laughed easily.

“No more I ain’t, old woman, but t reckon we ain’t so dura far apart when it comes to getting what we go ifter. Come, honest now, where is ;he little white-livered cur that runs :his shebang?” < j Whatever Maria might venture tpi mil her lord and master in the privacy of home, it evidently did not soothe her spirit to hear him thus spoken of by another. “If Jed Bungay wus hum," she answered fiercely, her eyes fairly blazng, “I reckon you would n’t be sprawln’ on thet thar table fer long.” “Wouldn’t I, now? Well, old hen, we’ve fooled here with you about as ong as I care to. Bill, go over ther© ind put some of that bacon on to fry If she doesn't get out of the way I’ll give her something to jump for.” And he patted the stock of his gun. Instinctively I drew my revolver, and pushed its black muzzle into the light under Jed’s nose. “Shall I give him a dose?” I asked eagerly. “Not yit; O Lord, not yit! ” he exclaimed, dancing from one foot to the other in excitement. “Let ther ol’ gal hev a show. I reckon she’s good fer ther whole three of ’em, iess they shoot.”

Bill came up grinning. He evidently anticipated some fun, and as he reached out a grimy hand for the slab of bacon, took occasion to make some remark. What it was I could not hear, but I noted the quick responsive flash in the woman’s eyes, and the next instant with a crash she brought the iron skillet down with all her strength on top of the fellow’s head. Without even a groan he went plunging down, face foremost, In front of the fire. In another moment she was battling like a wild fury with the other two.

It was a quick, Intense struggle. The man near the door chanced to be the first in, and he received a blow from the skillet that most assuredly would have crushed his skull had he not dodged; as It was it landed upon his shoulder and he reeled back sick and helpless. By this time the fellow with the red beard had closed upon her, and wrested the skillet from her hand. Struggling fiercely back and forth across the floor, Maria tripped over the body of the dead dog and fell, but as she did so her fingers grasped the red beard of her antagonist. It yielded to her hand, and bare of face, Bave for a dark moustache, the man stood there, panting for breath, above her. Then suddenly, almost at my very ear, a voice cried, “Frank! Frank! I am here!" tTe be Continued.}

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FARMS FOR SALE. $2,500 livery stock for farm. 160 acres, finely improved, near courthouse, at a bargain. Terms $5,000 down. 225 acres, in Washington county, Ind., nine miles north of Salem.'This farm has 150 acres of bottom land, has house, good barn, 4 acres of peach orchard, is on R. F. D., and township high school 80 rods from farm. Will trade for property or farm 1 near here. Large brick mill and elevator in Converse, Miami county, Ind., in first-class condition, doing a good business. Will trade this plant clear tor farm land or good property. 95 acres, large house, mostly cultivated, near head of dredge .ditch half mile to school and near station. Only $32.50 per acre. Terms SSOO down. t 21 acres, five blocks from court house, cement walk and all nice smooth black land. 35 acres on main road, all good soil, has good small house, new barn and in good neighborhood. Price SSO; terms SSOO down. 80 acres, good house and outbuildings, all black land, all cultivation, large ditch through the farm, lies near station and school, gravel road, and in good neighborhood. Price $65, terms SSOO down. 40 acres, all cultivated, all black land, near school and station. There is a fair four room house, outbuildings and orchard. A bargain at SSO Terms S4OO down 80 acres cn main road, R. F. D. in good neighborhood, has fair house good barn and outbuildngs, orchard and good well. There is 45 acres in cultivation, 15 acres timber and 20 acres in'grass. This is good heavy soil. Price $46. Terms SSOO down. G. F. MEYERS. Read The Democrat for news. '•

MEAN SWEEP FOR WILSON

Democratic Gains in Vermont and Maine Impressive. OTHER PARTIES IN PLIGHT. Third Termers to Poll Their Entire Strength From the Rapidly Thinning Republican Ranke That Taft Will Carry but Two States, Roosevelt None.

That the results of the state electidns In Vermont and Maine mean a trenien dous Democratic victory in November is freely admitted by all except the bitterest partisans. Political experts have done much analyzing, and some claim to bave reached novel conclusions. But these facts stand out:

On Monday, Sept, 9, 1912, the Republican and third term parties combined elected William T. Haines governor of Maine over Frederick W. Plaisted, the present Democratic incumbent, by 3,023 plurality; in 1908, a presidential year, a Republican was elected gover nor by 7,053 plurality; iu 1901 the plu rality was 25,800. and in 1900 it was 34,132. In other words, iu twelve years the Democrats have cut down the Republican plurality iu state elec tions by 31,109. In this period the Democratic vote has increased from 39,000 to GB.OOO. whereas the Republican vote has de creased from 74,000 to 71,000. The Democratic vote of this year exceeds that of September, 1908, by 1,000, but the Republican vote is about 2,000 less than that party cast four years ago. The split in the Republican ranks, following the election of William T. Haines, is pronounced. If the divl sion in ijMaine in November is as it was in ’the recent Vermont election six-tenths of the Republican vote will go for Taft, three-tenths for Itoose velt and one-tenth for the Democrats. It is siguifleant that the latter party has to date suffered no losses, as compared with the vote in previous years, from the third term move ment. On the contrary, it has gained. The result in Maine may be exacted to be something like this: Wilson, 74.000; Taft, 42,600; Roosevelt, 21,300.

The returns from the recent Vermont election show in round figures that the Joint Republican and third party vote was 8 per cent short of the Republican vote four years ..ago, while the Democratic vote In that state shows a gain of 25 per cent over that of 1908. It is of special interest to speculate what will happen next November throughout the nation if the Republican and Democratic vote for the national tickets happens to be affected as the gubernatorial vote this month in Vermont hns been affected The New York Post has done some In teresting figuring along this line, and as a net result it Is shown that under the contingencies mentioned President Taft would carry only two states in November, Rhode Island and Vermont, all the others going for Governor Wilson. The conclusions reached by the Post follow:

To compute this result we should have to deduct 8 per cent from the vote cast for Taft four years ago and apportion the remaining vote in the ratio of 62 to 88 between Taft and Roosevelt, and we should have to add 35 per cent to Bryan’s vote in 1908 and give the “demnitlon total” to Woodrow Wilson—in other words, give Taft 57 per cent and Roosevelt 35 per cent of Taft’s vote four years ago and give Wilson 125 per cent of Bryan’s vote four years ago. The result In round numbers would be as follows, so far as regards Taft and Wilson:

Taft. Wilson. Alabama 14,000 93,000 Arkansas 32,000 109,000 California 122.000 IGO.OOO Colorado 71,000 159.000 Connecticut 1 .. 65,000 85,000 Delaware 14,000 28.000 Florida 6,000 39,000 Georgia 24,000 90.000 Idaho 30,000 45.000 Illinois 360,000 603,000 Indiana 199,000 423,000 lowa 157,000 226.000 Kansas 113,000 201.000 Kentucky ~..135.000 305,000 Louisiana 51,000 79,000 Maine 38,000 44,000 Maryland 66,000 145,000 Massachusetts 152,000 194,000 Michigan 192,000 219.000 Minnesota .112,000 136,000 Mississippi 3.000 75j000 Missouri 199,000 448.000 Montana 18,000 33,001 Nebraska 73.000 164,001 Nevada .. 6,000 14,0(4 New Hampshire 30,000 42,005 New Jersey..: 151,000 208,000 New Fork .' ....497,600 834,000 North Carolina 66.000 171,000 North Dakota ............... 33,000 41,000 Ohio ....327,000 528.000 Oklahoma .... ........... 63,000 153,000 Oregon t.. 36.000 48.000 Pennsylvania 426,000 861,000 Rhode Island 35,000 81,000 South Car01ina.............. 2,000 78,000 South Dakota 39,000 Wf.OOO Tennessee 68,000 170,000 Texas 37,000 271,000 Utah 35.000 63,000 Vermont Virginia 30,000 103,000 Washington ................. 61.000 73,000 West Virginia. 79,000 139.000 Wisconsin ........142,000 208.000 Wyoming 12.000 18,000

A western third termer regrets that Roosevelt will not have' time before election day to say hAlf lie menus He’ll have plenty of time following it. There is plenty of peace about the Taft candidacy, but nobody riaims “it passetb understanding.”

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PUBLIC SALK. Having decided to quit farming, ■ I will offer at public sale ut my! residence on the McNulta farm, 5J miles southeast of Francesville ana 7 miles northeast of ilomon, o® I Thursday, October 3rd., 1912 1 Commencing at 10 o’clock a. • ra.,{ the following property, to-wit: 0 Head of Mules and 3 Horses— These mules are extra good work mules aud will weigji from 1,000 to 1,200 -iounds. One fine Drooi mare will weigh about 1,400 pounds. One 2-year-old draft horse, a good one. One 3-year-old pony, unbrok^. 18 Head of Cattle—Consisting of seven cows, five calves a'nd six yearVi .. #1 R ■ ling heifers. These cattle are all first class stock. 104 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 1 eleven extra good brood sows, Cu I pigs that will be weaned by day oi

er, McCormick mower and rake, one gang plow bought new last spring, 4 riding cultivators, 3 'new John Deere Breaking plows, one 4-sec-tion tooth harrow, 2 disc harroWs, 2 good Columbus wagons, hay ladders. 6 of harness, one extra fine set of harness, one old buggj This stuff is all first class stuff. Household furniture, cooking stoves, and utensils. Twenty-eight tons of timothy hay to be sold in stack and 3-5 of 100 acres of com to be sold in field. There will be 110 adres of stock pasture and 40 acres of pasture and oats straw oft 135 acres. Terms of Sale—A credit of six months will be given on sums over $5. Purchaser giving note with approved security without interest if paid when due. If n t so paid 8 per cent interest from date. 3 per cent off for cash where entitled to crdit. Sums of $5 and under cash. Xo property to be removed until terms of sale are cmplied with. - ROY SMITH. Joe Hepp, Auctioneer. | ‘ \t Lunch on ground. sale, 39 shoats weighing 100 pounds, j 33 SKeep—Thirty-two ewes and 1 ! buck. They will run from 1 year !to four years old. Farm Implements—Deering bind-