Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 33, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 July 1898 — Page 7

Carrie The Telegraph Girl XXX A ROMANCE OF THE CHEROKEE STRIP. XXX By Captain Jack Crawford THE POET SCOUT.

(Continued.) Gcd bless her! And she called me Freu! Her heroism fanned yet brighter the flames of love in my heart, and I felt thar her language indicated that she held me in more than ordinary regard. Were I dealing with fiction I would write a lurid description of a desperate conflict between the sheriffs posse and the outlaws, but as I am dealing in actual experiences, and the story will, no doubt, be read by many acquainted with the faefs, I must adhere closely to the lines of truth. The special stopped about u mile north of the station to allow the posse to disembark, and, by advancing noiselessly, surround the depot ana capture the robbers; but. alas, for the well-laid plan, the noise of the train was heard, am! fearing a trap, the scoundrels, leaving me a parting curse, hastened from the office, mounted their horses, which had been secured near by. and made their escape before a shot was flred. A few months later, while on leave of absence granted me from the handsome station given me in a beautiful Kansas town, a telegram was handed to me as I stood In the parlor of Mr?. Rankin's pretty cottage home in Arkansas City. I read it and handed It to the little woman dressed in bridal robes who stood at my side. Then the chief train dispatcher read it aloud to the assembled guests. It ran as follows: Topeka. Kan., May 10. 18 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Saunders, Arkansas City. All the officials of the Santa Fe company join in warmest congratulations, with the sincere prayer that the new lives you to-day begin may never be shadowed by a cloud of care. While we regret tho loss of the valued services our little heroine of Red Rock, we glean satisfaction from the fact that wp will yet hold her husband, and will also feel that she, too. is a cherished member of the great Santa Fe family. May the sun of true happiness ever ijlumlne your lives. (Signed) R. B. GEMMELL, Supt. of Tplgraph. "I am commissioned." added the dispa uher, "to place these two envelopes among the gifts from loving friends on this table. They bear slight tokens of appreciation of valuable services from the Santa Fe Company and from the Wells-Fargo Express Company." There was an envelope addressed to Carrie, and one to myself. Each contained a crisp, new. uncreased f 1,000 greenback. HIS LIFE'S MISTAKE. "Why did I never marry? Well, I'll tell you.' The little crowd of listeners looked Interested as Col. Wiley, the handsome white haired bachelor, settled back in his chair, as if to more comfortably relate the story of his escape fram matrimony. "I was very much In love, but you would know that when I tell you that she was as fair and lovely a girl as these Virginia skies ever looked down upon. A true southerner.she was loyal to her state and was proud to say that her ancestors were among the F. F. V.'s. "While a slender little creature, she was a splendid horsewoman, and knew every inch of our rugged mountain roads. Of course that was just before the war, and I was a young chap then. "Her name was Lucy, a good, oldfashioned name that we southerners still cherish, and do not change to the more airy Lucile, as do our northern neighbors. It doesn't matter about her surname; you'd all recognize it were I to divulge, so I shall be silent concerning it. "She was the daughter of the house and had two lare brothers, who looked upon Lucy as a mere baby and guarded her quite as zealously. I first had to win their friendship before getting anywhere near being even a mere acquaintance with Lucy. When the war broke out both brothers were filled with the enthusiasm of the battlefield, and by constant allusions to their bravery, and adroit carefully worded remarks concerning their excellent appearance in the uni forms of the confederate gray, I soon won them completely over. As for Lucy, she regarded me with suspicion for some time, but suffice to say that when 1 marched away into the fire and thunder of Shiloh a little golden curl. a locket enclosing the photograph of a pretty girl, and a Bible, her gifts, were snugly and carefully tucked away in the lining of my coat. Lucy's brothers and I were enlisted in the same regiment, and in that way I frequently heard from her. Their father, a strong minded, stubborn, aris tocratic old fellow, had positively for bidden an engagement or even com munication of any sort. She was too yo ing, he -aid, to have her mind turnd .opsy-turvy with love nonsense. "She made no effort to disobey, but when she gave me the curl and locket iftnd looked at me throtigh tears that were just falling from her great blue eyes, I felt that in the battle of hearts I had not lost, and that in due course of time I'd claim the indemnity of war

and call little Lucy my own.

"This blissful condition continued for six months or a year. Then came the usual uncertainties, suspicions and jealousies that so frequently disturb love's young dream and bring despair to youthful lovers. "It was this way: Our first lieutenant was a dashing young officer, aa fearless as a young lion and so handsome that the privates soon dubbed him Master Prettyboy.' We were cleaning our muskets one day, preparatory to the morrow's fight, when Master Prettyboy came strolling along and paused near us. saying to Jim, Lucy's brother: 'I received a charming letter from your sister today. She sent her love to you two boys and asked me to tell her how far you both ran at the first fight.' "That night I went to Jim and asked him if the first lieutenant and his sister had long been friends. " 'They played together when babies.' he answered. 'Sis thinks a heap of him.' "That was enough. From that hour my visions of sweet Lucy were blurred with the mist of insincerity and faithfulness. To be sure, we were not engaged, but we understood, and our eyes had asked and answered the questions which our lips were forbidden to speak. ' My love-life as Ibsen calls it died one day when the first lieutenant, beaming and smiling, hailed Lucy's brother with: 'Congratulate me, old boy; she says she'll have me.' ' Well.the war ended as you all have perhaps heard ere this, although some of our mossbacks here in the mountains refuse to believe it. When Lee surrendered I was the superior officer of the handsome first lieutenant, whom I hated and envied with equal passion.

I came out of the army with a cruel i wound in my shoulder, and it wa? months before I came back to this part of the country, where I had found and loved and won my pretty Lucy. "The old-time scenes and associations (although the war had brought many grievous changes) seemed to open my emotions anew, and one Sunday I de cided to go to her. "I had gone perhaps half the way when I came to a switch on which stood a dilapidated locomotive. An "I LOVE YOU, DEAR." engineer and his assistant were en deavoring to polish its rusty wheels and boiler. They were discussing the pros and cons of matrimony. " There's no use in talkin',' said one; 'there's mighty little sincerity in women.' " 'That's true,' reiterated the other. 'I went to the war engaged to the sweetest girl you ever clapped eyes on, but when I came back she was married to a cowardly cur that never saw the smoke of a musket.' "So I was not the only one, I thought. I retraced my steps, boarded a train, and a month later was digging a gold mine in the Grand Canon of Colorado. "Years later I was at the depot at Denver awaiting a train to take me back east, and was much surprised to find myself face to face with Lucy's brother Jim. "That night we talked over old times as we smoked our cigars and let memory drift back to the exciting days of '64. I thought of the dashing first lieutenant and casually aaked: " 'And whatever became of Prettyboy?' "'Why, didn't you know?' he replied. 'He married my sister Kather-ine- ' " Your sister Katherlne?' I gasped. 'I I never knew you had any sister but I-ucy.' " 'She's a half-sister. My father was married twice, and Katherine always lived with her grandparents. Say, by the way. he added, 'we thought at one time that you were rather smitten with Lucy.' "You can imagine my eagerness to reach once more dear old Virginia. How beautiful the dusty old town looked as Jim and I sprang from the train and almost ran down the stret toward his old home! "Our footsteps sounded loud and drear as we walked across the porch and Jim opened the door. Jim tramped along the hall shouting and laughing and asking if the place were deserted. "Then his mother, bent and gray and her once beautiful face furrowed with lines, came softly toward us. She fell into Jim's arms, sobbing as she did so. " 'It was thoughtless for me to come without telling you beforehand.' he said. 'I might have known it would upRet you.' "She but sobbed the more and could not speak. Then she took Jim's hand, and I following, led us to an upstairs room and gently pushed the door ajar. " 'She died but an hour ago,' the mother said, but I heard as if in a dream. Then going to a table she took up some letters, and, trembling and sobbing, handed them to me, saying as si e did so: 'Lucy left these. She said there was one for you.' "There was but one sheet and on it but a line or two simply: 'I did not forget, and I have waited patiently, I love you, dear.' "Chicago New.

COMMANDS MA CHI AS.

HENRY M'CREA A PRODUCT OF INDIANA. fie Has Don Some Fierce Hammering Since the War Uecan Under Fire at Cienfuegos Was with Schley Daring Chilean War. OMNI ANDER Henry McCrea, of the staunch gunboat Machias. is a native of Logansport, Ind. He is the son of Thomas P. and Adeline McCrea. and he attended thf public schools until he was 14. when he ! Mm I"' v 1 entered the naval academy at Annapolis. Owing to his youth the young man was kept Ave years in the academy instead of the four that is customary when the cadet is of the right age. In 1876 and 187S Commander McCrea was aboard the United States battleship Blake on the coast survey with Capt. Sigsbee. On the pan-American tour he acted as interpreter for the South Americans. In 1891 he served with Schley hen the Chileans made their attack on the sailors of the Baltimore. When the war witn Spain came along Commander McCrea was navigating officer of te Brooklyn, but was at once transferred to the Machias as its commander. The Machias was near the Winslow when young Bagley met his death. In a letter to a friend Commander McCrea wrote about the brave young ensign as follows: "He was a warm-hearted fellow, respected by seamen and very popular among the officers. I did not think when I went aboard the Machias that we would take the first to fall in action in the Spanish-American war." Commander Medea's wife was MioS Cara B. Higgens of Chicago. CAPT. A WISE COMMANDER. Lord Howe, who, in 1708. accompanied General Abercrombie in the attack on Fort Tlconderoga. did not. like the foolish Braddock. insist on fighting Indians and Frenchmen according to the military rules of European armies. While his army was encamped at Albany he forbade all display of gold and scarlet in the march, and ordered the barrels of the muskets to be blackeud; that the soldiers might not be seen at a distance by the glittering of their arms. He himself set an example by wearing a soldier's coat shorn of its tails, and leggings made of cloth. The hair was, in those days, worn in a bag or queue by the officers. Ixrd Howe's hair was abundant and fine, yet he cropped it, and ordered the officers to do the same. The amount of personal baggage and camp pquipage then carried by officers was ouormous. One day the officers were invited to dine with Lord Howe ir his tent. When they arrived, they were surprised to see no chairs or tables, but bearskins spread on the floor like rugs. Lord Howe sat down on a small log. and the Officers followed his example. Presently the servants set down a large dish of pork and peas. Lord Howe took a sheath from his pocket, drew from it a knife and fork, and began to cut and divide the pork. The officers sat in silence, which he interrupted by asking if they were not provided with similar portable Instruments. Then he distributed to each a case like his own. On the march he ordered that each soldier should be provided with powdered ginger, and that it should be mixed with the water with which they filled their canteens. The simple prescription saved the lives of many while marching through malarial swamps, the water of which thirst compelled them to drink. The wise and gallant commander wa3 shot

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while leading his men against aa advanced guard of the French. COMPANIONS OF OUR DREAM3. The Frleads We Flud Id Books Nerei Fall to I'ntierstanil 1. Once in a great while we measure j literary characters by living people, but j constantly we measure the living j against the ideal." writes Florence Hull Winterburn of the companionship of ooks in an article entitled "Our Near est and Dearest" in the Woman's Companion. And the Ideal becomes real, and the real seems remote and insignificant when, as often happens, our most passionate wishes are realized in the friend between bookcovers. more vital in his sympathy with our secret elf than the person who walks beside us day by day, keeping step with our gafc. but out of all understanding of the rhythmical movement of our spirit. It is almost impossible for two persons to have a perfect comprehension of one another, for there is a plot in every heart fenced about and marked 'unexplored.' We fear to know ourselves perfectly, lest we should find something to fear and shun, and yet be forced to reveal it. But a spirit of yearning dwells in this secret region, and its cry is like that of a lost child, seeking to make itself known. How joyful, then, the start with which we find in the ideal world of literature where feeling walks In open day. unabashedlineaments that declared kinship with the dearest hope of our heart. This is i the compensation for a poor, barren, j worldly experience. Even cooler mind? are susceptible to the influence of the j literary companions they select; more ' susceptible than they are to cne guidi ance of their companions by the hearth or in the exchange market. We put up our guards when we walk abroad, nor are they wholly down when we are in j converse with the friends of our bosj om. But to open a beloved book is to ; throw ourselves into a current that shall carry tu whither it will. In readM'CREA. ing we relax, become supple and simple, and so we are educated and devel. oped. As are our nearest and dearest, we must and shall become ourselves. This is as sure as that the food we eat determines to a great degree the character and amount of energy we possess. The kind of literature we enjoy marks our rank among other minds, and dalliance with debasing characters works injury to our better natures." COLORADO'S FAVORITE SON. Hon. John F. Shafroth of Colorado ranks among the best known and most widely respected of the members of the national house of representatives. Mentally and physically he is a true representative of his mountain state, possessing not only a powerful physique, but an equally powerful. rugged and athletic mind that meets every occasion that arises with an ability and courage that at once commands the admiration of friends and foe alike. Mr. Shafroth ranks high as a lawyer, and his opinion upon measures before congress where fine points of interpretation are involved is often sought by his fellow-members before their final acceptance or rejection of a proposed measure. When he addresses the house upon any pending measure he not only commands the attention of his fellow-members, but has the compliment paid to him of the presence and attention of the leading members in the press gallery. He has always been a Republican in politics, and was elected to the Fifty-fourth congress by that party. In 189H he was elected as a Democrat. He supported William J. Bryan for the presidency and threw the -strength of his great personality into the campaign with a force and resolution possessed but by few men. Mr. Shafroth is a famtllar figure in the Supreme Court room of the United States, where he is frequently called to argue important cases appealed from the supreme court of the state of Colorado and other states. "No voice, however feeble, lifted up ; for truth, ever dies."- Whittier.

NEWS OF INDIANA.

MINOR HAPPENINGS DURING THE PAST VEEK. Johnson County Wheat Has Been Nearly All Thr;tihel Peculiar Chain of Cir cumstance Keep Trustee Morgan In ; Office General Telegrams. Johnson County Wheat Thiashed. Franklin. Ind. Practically all the wheat in Johnson county is beim; thrashed. Very few farmers are m- ; elined to stack the grain. The yield is very good, and tho average of tho county will probably be seventeen bushels per acre at a low estimate. Very little grain is being sold. The producers have decided to hold on for a few months, and while the elevators and mills are receiving about as much as usual, about 90 per cent is on deposit. A thrashing company west of this city claim the record for quick work. They have thrashed 10,000 bushels in seven and half days. Fourteen hundred bushels with two moves of a mile and a half each is their daily work. Keeping Him in Office. Noblesville, Ind. Trustee Morgan, of Fall Creek township, in this county, when he retires from office will have served fourteen years. He is holding on by a chain of unusual circumstances. He was elected in 1886 for two years. He was re-elected in 1888, but before that time the term of office was changed to four years. In 1892 his successor was elected, but died ten minutes after the polls closed, and before the ballots were counted, and Mr. Morgan held until 1896. In the meantime the legislature had made another change in the tenure of his office. nd Mr Morgan, by the extension of time, will continue until 1900. He says that he will consider the question of retiring, and may conclude to hold on for a few years longer. He is the only Democratic trustee in the county. A Hreach of Promise Suit. Shoals, Ind. Suit has been filed in the Martin circuit court on behalf of Miss Hallie Herenden by her guardian. Hiram McCormiok, against Ottie Ebelsiser for breach of promise, damages in $10,000 being claimed. Ebelsiser is a son of John Ebelsiser. the New Albany millionaire, who has a summer residence at Trinity Springs, this county, and the defendant has $50.0i)0 in his own right. Young Ebelsiser married Miss Louette Eckhard, of New Albany, last September. The Ebelslsers have a handsome residence and own the electric light plant at Trinity Springs. Work of Sign:! Corps. Lafayette, Ind. Robert P. Roseberry, first sergeant in the Indiana signal corps, writes from Washington that of the five companies now in camp, Iowa is to be the first out. with Indiana second. He says too much praise cannot be given to Lieuts. Wright, of Iogansport. and Oglesby, of Plymouth. In his letter he says the boys had it pretty tough when first reaching camp taking care of horses and doing other rough work but that with things better organized and more men for the details, affairs are now working better. A Claim for S.0.000 Danmg:'. Crown Point, Ind. John and Barringer Brown, of this city, two of the largest ranch owners in the Kankakee valley, have filed a $50,000 damage suit in the Lake circuit court against the Monon Railroad compauv, claiming that the big fire which burned over one thousand acres of land last fall was started by a spark from an engine on their line. Should the Browns be successful in their suit, it is said several other ranch owners will file similar proceedings. A Bad Fall for Mr. Shlmer. Chesterfield, Ind. Mrs. Margare Shimer, 87 years old, fell out of bed. breaking her arm at the shoulder and also injuring herself internally. Mrs. Shimer is one of the three surviving persons who witnessed the execution of the white men hanged at Pendleton for killing an Indian family in 1824. She was but 13 years old at the time, and she rode sixteen miles on horseback to be present. A Corpse iirasped the Kein. Galveston, Ind. The dead body ot Edward McLaughlin, a well-known farmer of this (Cass) county, was found seated II his buggy as the horse ambled along th? highway, the lifeless hands still clingii.g to the reins. Mr. McLaughlin was IS years old, and is supposed to have tied of heart trouble. The horse i believed to have traveled several mils after death had seized the driver. Kathbone Sister' Convention. Hloomlngton. Ind. The Rathbone Sisters of Indiana 'iave appointed Mrs Frank R. Woolley, of this city, deputy grand chief, and Miss Läzzie Owen, also of Bloomington. district secretary, for the district composed of Monroe. Martin, Iawrenee. Daviess, Knox and Greene counties. They are members of the Monroe Temple, 154, and have always taken a great interest in Rath bone work. Henry County IT the Piper. Richmond, Ind. The costs in the trial of John Thrawley, the murderer of Rufus Shoemaker, brought here on change of venue from Henry county, were $Lf25.90. of which $100 is attorney feea. Henry county will havf to bear the entire burden. A Had Spill of Wheat. Arlington, lnd. Hutchison's elevator, overloaded with wheat, gave way under pressure, one wall falling out. and permitting 8,000 bushels of wheat to overflow the ground. An old well close at hand was filled to the brim.

I. MASONIC. PLYMOUTH KIL V tNING LODGE, No, 149, F- and A.M.; meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Daniel McDonald,V.M. lohn Corbcrly, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No 49, R. A. M.; meet second Friday evening of each month. L. Southworth II. P. J. C.Jiison, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMAND RY, No 26 K. T.; meets second and fourth Thursday of each month D McDonald E. C.; L.TannerRec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No 26, O. E.S.; meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mrs. Mary L. Thayer V. M.Mrs. G. A spin all. Sec ODD FELLOWS. AMERICUS LODGE, No. 91; meets every Thursday evening at their lodge rooms on Michigan st. Ed Campbell N. G. Chas. Shearer Sec KNIGHTS OF PYTrilAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. 117 meets every Monday 1 ight in Cattle Hall. Lou Allman C. C. Chas S, Price K. of R. and S. FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 499; meets the second and fourth Fridv evenings f each month, in K. of P. hall. Elmer Werntz C. R. Daniel Cramer Sec. HYPERION TEMPLE RATHBONE SISTERS, meets first and third Friday of each month Mrs J. G. Davis, Mrs. Rena Armstrong K. O. T. M. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 27; meets every Tuesday evening at K. O. T. M. hall. 'Dan. Jacoby, Com. Tames Hoffman, Record Keeper. L. O. T. M. WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 67; meets every Monday night at K. O. T. M. hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Flora J. Ellis, Commander. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE NO. 2S; meets every Wednesdav evening in K. O. T. M. hall. Mrs. Maggie Fogle, Com., Alma E. Lawrence, Record Keener. ROYAL ARCANUM. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simon's hall. Moses M. Lauer, Regent. Francis McCrorv, Sec. WOODMEN OF THE WORL D Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in K. of 1. hall. C. M. Kasper, C. C. Joe Eich, Clerk Q. A. R. MILES II. TIBBETS POST, G. A. R; meets every first and third Monday evenings in Simons hall Dwight L, Dickerson Com,. Charlie Wilcox, Adjt. SONS OF VETERANS. Meets every second and fourth Fri day evenings in G. A. R. hall J. A. Shunk, Captain. Cora B. North, ist Lieut. CHURCHES. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Preaching at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath school at noon. Junior Kndeavor at 4 p. m. Senior Endeavor at 6 p. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. Teacher's meeting immediately following. Rev. Thornberry, i'astor. II ETHODIST,- Class meeting every Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Preaching at 10:30 a. m., and 7.30 p. m Sunday school at 12 m. Epworth league at 630 p. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. L. S. Smith, pastor. JN W. Wiltfong, class leader. 1. Frank Redd, Sabbath school superintendent. PROTEST A N T EPISCOPAL. SI Thomas' church. Rev Wm. Wirt Raymond, rector. Sunday services, 10:30 a. m., 7:30 p. ra. Sunday service, at noon. Services Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Communion on holy days at 10 a. m. CHURCH OF GOD (iarro and Water sts. Regulär services 10:30 a. no., each Sunday. Third Sunday in each month preaching ty J. L Wince; fourth Sunday by B. V. Keed. 10:30 Sunday morning and 7:30 Sunday evening. Sunday schort at 12 o'clock; Kva RBilsback Supt. Prayer meeting at 7:30 each Thursday exening. UNI TE I) BRUTHERN.- Sunday 9:30 a. m., class meeting. 10:30 a. in., and 7:30 p, m., preaching by the pastor. 11 JO a. m., Sunday School. fcjOO p. m. Junior Y . P. C. V. meeting. 6300 p. m., Senior Y. I. C V. meeting. A cordial Invitation is extended to the public. CATHOLIC CHURCH Church is held on Sundays as follows: First mass a 7 30 a m . second mass at 10 a. m. Ve-pers at I p. m. Week day mass at 7:46. Father Moeneh pastor.

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