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KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1879.'
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To I'1 c1'' Uohmi ln Town. On
nOMn Street near the A. kfi. C.VtoU
S. B. West,
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AT T O it N BYS AT L, A Wf
KINSTON, N. C.
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i JACKSON & LOFTIN,
ATTO'UN'KYS AT LAW,
KINSTON. X. C.
practice in Inoir, On-ite, Vayn Jon and
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lol iitrunJi'il u tlim,
S-ttlftu'iu of ruu-a of deceased persons a
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itmc on Court Monh Sqtiare, formerly oc
u pied, by Jwo. K. Wh.tkn. ianl-l-hii
Robt. W. JOYNER,
ATTO K Ni: Y A T U W,
HoOKEKTOJf, GltEENE, Co., N. C,
Will attend promptly to all proffnttional busl
pk. triiti''l to cart:.
CiKf i it Or Tut and Lmoir countie.
a" 0)ll',4 tioiH vvllt r c-ive prompt attention.
Lalage.
Drs. HYATT & TTJLL.
OEXKRAIi PKACT1TIONERS OF
Office at th'lr. Hkow Olnoo. janS-lyr
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Dr. A. R. MILLER,
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Board fiirniMhfd to ymrti from t! coun
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Wm. W. N. HUNTER,
MTERIOR COURT rl.EUK, PROBATE JUDGE
. AND '
Kx-OtTicio NOTARY PUIil.IC
. for Ijnoir 0untr.
Vr nmf In S H WM Str, North of th
fir AM hirl JtlMiikn ri'uiiiri-d to Irolatl
contiaatlr on h;tiwl and Iiunitlu'd free of
cliarj:'.. . . jan.t-ti
Come to me, Ialafre
Girl of the flytne IWt, ;
Girl of the toes Ing blr
And the red month, entail and weet;
Iiie of the earth than air.
So witchlngly fond and fair,
Lalage!
Tonch me, J,ala;jp!
Girl of the i?oft, white hand,
Girl of the low, white brow.
And the roate boeora band ;
Hlooin from an orchard bough,
Jvs downy-oft than thou,
Ialaif?'
KIh me, Lalap!
Girl of the fragrant breath,;
Girl of the nn of May; i
Ah a bird that flutter in death,;
My fluttering pulseH nay;
"If thou be Death, yet stay, '
Lalaget"
A Serenade. 1
IinR beneath your lattice, love,
A Monfc of fjreat regard for you;
The hioon U getting rather hijjh-,
My voice if , too.
The lakelet in deep shadow lies,
Where frogs make much hullabaloo:
I think they sing a trifle hoarse, j
And love, me, too. f
The bloKomn on the pumpkin-vine
Are weeping diamond tear of dew;
'Ti warm; the llowersare wilting fast,
My linen, too.
AH motioultiKS the cedars itand, I
With silent moonbeams slanting through
The very air is drowsy, love, I
And I am, too.
Oli, could I ."oaron loving wings.
And at your winduw gently woo!
Hut then yourlattice you would bolt -
"o 1 11 bolt, too
another family within ten miles, in
any direction.
At times the children thought it
very lonely. There was nothing in
particular done, except to watch the
trains that stopped at the junction
several times a day. Once in a while
a freight-car would be left on the
side track, &ud the .children soon
found that an empty freightcar makes
a capital play house, ihey coum
keep house in the corners and visit,
or sit by the open door and make be
lieve they were having a ride.
One morning, lney were waKened
by a curious humming sound out of
doors, and they all scrambled up and
looked out of the window. How the
wind did blow! It whistled and roar
ed rbuud the bouse and played on the
telegraph Wes upon the roofs as up
on a huge harp. As the wires were
fastened to the roof, the house be
came a great music box, with tha
children inside. After breakfast, the
morning" trains arrived, but the wind
was so high that the passengers were
glad to hurry from one train to
another as quickly as possible. Then
the trains went "away, and the great
wind-harp on the roofsang louder
than ever.
The station-master said that it blew
a gale, and that the children must
husband with a cry' of despair.
The car! The childrenl' -
The station-master ran oat upon
the platform and looked up and down
the line. , Hot a car in sight! It had
been blown away before the terrible
wind, and was perhaps at this instant
rolling swiftly ownward with a prec
ious load to destruction. What would
happen to it? AYould it meet 4 train
or run into a station? Would the
children try to get qut, or would they
stay in the car till it was wrecked?
He spraug to the door of the depot
to telegraph the terrible news down
the line, but just as he opened the
door he saw5 faint . white cloud on
the western horizon.' It' was. a train.
Help was coming. At the same in
stant, .hiY wife appeared with new
grief and terror in her eyes.
'I canpot iret a call in either direc
tion. The wires are blown dowu.'
Thi.T only added to the danger, for
there was now no means of sending
word in advance of the runaway car.
It must go on to its fate without help
or warning.
'Help is coming, mother. Here's a
train bound east.' ,
Nearer and nearer came the train,
and the father and mother stood
watching it as it crept along the rails.
It seemed as if it would never come.
Yes, ye.1 There were three
dren inside. . ,
Oh niarrn, I'm sorry for ye. It
went past here, going twenty miles an
hour. It came down grade all the
way, but the up grade begins about
two miles out. I was inside when it
passed, and didn't see it till it had
gone pass the door.'
How loog it took to fill the tender!
The engine stood hot and smoking by
the water-tank, and the water came
out in a sleuder stream, while " the
poor mother stood looking on, tearful
and impatient.
. 'Good bye! I'll put up the pipe.
Heaven help ye! the op grade' '
lhe rest was lost, for' the engine
chil- . reached out his hand, ami msked:
Ever on the Humboldt River?
Yes.'
Ever hear of Limber Jim around
Star City?' .
Why, he was the chap who made
fourteen well armed men covie out of
a stage-coach, and hold op their arms,
and he was all alone, too!
He was the chap!' chuckled Mul
grave and Limber Jim and myself
wear the Mine coat? Let hak!
No rewrter ever got hM of a man
more willing to talk, and an honr.'and
a half slipped away and cut converse-
won in iwo in tne inula e.
I don't claim to be a saint.' sait
. the prisoner when asked what brought
stay in the house, lest they be blown j At last, it reached the platform and
proveu u De a passenger iraiu oounu
up the Black River road and not in
tended to go in the direction in which
the car had been blown , away. The
instant it stopped; the station-master
ran to the engineer and told his ter
SCANDAL.
A woman to the holy father went,
Confession of inn wat her intent;
And so her misdemeanors, great and small,
She faithfully rehearsed them all;
And, chieftest in her catalogue of syi,
She owned that she a tale-bearer had btfen.
And .borne a bit of caudal up and dowu I
To all the loiig-tongui'd gossips in the town,
The holy 'fat her for her other Kin
Granted the absolution asked of him;
But while for all the ret he pardon gave,
He told her this offense was very grave.
And that to do fit penance, tthe must go
Out by the way-side where the thirties grow.
And gailiering lhe largest, ripest one,
Scatter It seeds, and that whun this was done,
She must come back again another day
To tell him his command she did obey.
The woman, thinking thi a penance, light,
IIatend to do his will that very night,
Feeling right glad she had escaped so well,
Next day but one he went to tlie priest to tell;
TJie priest sat still and heard her story,
"TVen f aid, "There's something still for yon to do,
Those liitie thistle seeds which you have sown,
I bid you go regather every one." j
The woman said, "Hut, Father, 'twould ho vain,
To try to gather up those seeds again; j
'l he wind hath scattered them both far ami wide,
Over the meadow, vain and mountain-side. V
The father answered "Now 1 hope that from this,
t The lesson I have taught you will not mis;
You cannot gather back the scattered seeds.
Which far and wide will gnw to noxious weeds,
Nor can the mischief once by scandal sowii,
My any penance be again undone.''
JOSEPH LASSITTER.
Livrry, Sale, and Exchange Stables,
KiitMou, X. C.
febUly
lr. TTonv.v TWoUV
i iu.n n ioiv?h:hs
Will cure iu(1:ituiu.i:itn of the Kidney ani Flad
dr, t loiion hea, leet, S' t ic lures, "ispermator-
ilnr.Nerttt1 end I'lirienl
'Ittlitr, Seiiiiiud Kntis
I' Hi- tJ. tiit.'i! Org:iuc,
l'rij;ly mi lv iciou' liwlil' Id youth, txcesKM,
into the prairie and be lost, lhe1
station-master's wife said it was a pity
the children must stay in the house
all day. There was an empty freight
car on 'the side track; perhaps they
might play in that. The station-raas-thought
this a good idea, and he took
Kitty by the hand and Tommy in his
arms, while Mary took hold of his
coat, and they all went out to the
empty car. " Whew! How it did blow!
They certainly thought they would
be lifted up by the wind and blown
quit 'oie sky. The empty car
wa$ j nd snug, and, once in
side are quite out of the Way
of the Yviud. 6 (
Mary thought the rear end would
be a good place to keep house, but
Tommy preferred the other end, so
they agreed to keep house at both
ends of the empty car., This was a
nice plau, for it gave them a chance
to visit each other, and the open part
by the door made a grand promenade
to walk on.
Louder and louder roared the gale.
Safe and snug in the car, they wentcu
with iheir. play and thought nothing
of the weather outside.
Suddenly the car seemed to shake,
' and they stopped in their housekeep
ing and ran to the door to seG what
had happened.
'Why, it's moving! Somebody's
pushing it,' said Mary.
4 1 bey. are taking us away on the
tram, bonie, we must get
snot ahead on and on out over the him th re on a three year sentence.
1 own that I ve been mixed up in a
bad company and perhaps they might
have sent me here long apt if they
had been sharp enough to catch me,
but my sentence on this occasiou was
a fraud and a farce. Blind, now, I
don't say, that I am any too pnxl to
be here or that I haven't done enough
to justify a sentence, but they had no
case against me this titn uud my sen
tence was au out rage ' -Well?'
Well, I had got hold of a ranche
; A Very Nntttrnl MNtnke.
, A young man from one of lhe back
towns came in to buy a , present for
bis girl one day last week. Ills
wondering gaxe being transfixed ty
the grotesque display in one of the dry
goods windows, he entered the store
and bashfully stepped op to a pretty
youug lady behind the counter.
How much are those? pointing la
a pair of ha uJ.-omely-wrought uickle
plated garters iu the window.
Seveuty live vents,' replied th
younp lady, sweetly, handing out
the articles in quesliou, and blushinr;
oien prairie, me water-tan a seem
ed to sink down into the earth, and
the shining rails stretched longer and
longer out behind.
Ah! What was that? A cloud of
steam on the horizon, far ahead. The
engineer took out his time-book and
studied it carefully.
'Freight No. 6, bound west, stop
ping on the two mile siding.'
How swiftly Freight No. 6 rose
above the grass and grew big along
the way! Listen! A whistle. The
engineer whistled in reply and shut
ofi steam. I Their engine quickly
slowed down, and they could see men
leaning out !: the other eugine, as
if to spea k to them.
'Its ten minutes back. Running
slow on main line, road :clear- -'
'Thank Heaven!' said the woman.
The engineer said nothing; but at
rible story. The mother, with quick- that instant the engine gave a great
er wit, found the conductor and' de
manded that the engine be taken off
aud sent after the children.
The conductor was a man of regu
lar habits, and such a bold request
struck it i in as something extraordina
ry. Take the engine tiff and leave
the train and passengers waiting at
this lonely station? The idea was
preposterous! Some of the passengers
gathered near and asked what was the
matter. . .
dou't you?' inquired the young mau,
anxious for somebody else s opiuiorii
Very replied the youug mis; 'they
are the latent style
'Everybody wears them, don't they?'
continued the young man.
Almost everybody, said the young
lady, affecting an unconcerned air.
I was going to get them for a girl
that I know,' said the youncr man.
somewhat nervously. 'Do. you think
the would like them?' -
I should think she might I I I
dou't know.' returned the young lady.
and some stock aud I thought I rould P,u.!?,!,5 . .: .
make a little money by trndin- with .V 1 Uon 1 hAniiTt myself.'
the Indians. I was down in the Ind- ",a .u,.c Jru,, mau wVnS UP. "c V
me uainiy articles anu examining ic
ian Territory then and living a square ",e u.n,,,lJr ruc,t
life. I bought my goods irf a square .
manner and I didn't have, a thing in . iiont su
pnosc they are too
Fvinahr We:ik nem, heuctui lnj-a vr White, Womb
Pim, MiililUil in Ml l( lorinx, Ncronna, l leers,
Old Sre". IIIvnhI u.l Skin ill.tewn, &r.
Mi" i irrtHi' ciirel in 4 liotirx. fH
For mI In Kin-tun, N. t, by 1S.VACJ. TAYLOR,
PruKsIxt, Qneu .iriTt. 1'rice, $3 r box.
Sent by mail, etur from uldwrvation, on rrpipt of
rtc. 'iO ly
KINSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
MALE AND FEMALE.
The Oth Smion will brsiH Au?. 35th, 1S79.
TUITION :
UngUh 10 toi'CO.OO
luttra, re.k and French, each ..... ..:...V,M
Mn.tc (with use of Instrument..... i'J''.C0
Ilea rd p n nj th... to S 10.00
All of our pupils are instructed u Vocal Mu
C without chnrr t'ahatlienic will be contin
nl, and Xinclerirrien introduced next Session.
Fer rarttculars, addr
J. S. MIIY1:TT1:. Principal,
lulliMtm . ' Kinston, N.C
COME AND SEE!
New Store ! New Goods ! !
X, AND
In Strt arid to arrive
DET CniipK, tiUiM EKir-SKOTIONS, HATS, 1KX)TS
anJ SiMYm, 'Ac.
HisKrt t'li li loe j'id for t'ouiitry Trcvlno in ri
efcaejT fnr 0sl.
Somebody's Darling.
J r-
Wc repuljlish the following lines by
request. Their tender sentiment can
never grow old: ' " .
Into a ward of the white-washed walls
W here the dead and the dying lay,
Wounded by bayonets, shells and balls,
Somebody's d:frlhig vas borne one day.
Somebody's darling, so young, so brave. :
Wearing still on his pale, sweet face,
Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave,
The lingering light of his boyhood grace
Matted and damp are the curls of gold
Kissing the snow of that fair young brow
Pale are the lips of delicate mould '
Somebody's darling is dying now.
Hack from his beautiful blue-veined broW
Hrush hi wandering waves of gold,
("rosa his hands on his bosom e now,
Some body's darling is still and cold.
Kiss him once for somebody's sake,
Murmur a short prayer aof t and low.
One bright curl from the cluster take
They were somebody's pride, you know
Somebody's hand hath rested there;
Was it & mother's, t-oft aud white?
Or have the lips of a sister fair
Heen baptized in those waves of light?
God knows best. He was somebody's love,
Somebody's heart enshrined him there;
Somebody wafted hi-name above
Night and morn on the wings of prayer.
Somebody wept whvhhe marched away,-
Louluug so handsome, brave and grand;
Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay
Jrtfanebody clung to his, part iug hand.
Somebody's watching and waiting for him.
Yearning to hold him again to her heart;
There he lies with his blue eyes dim j
And the smiling, childlike lips apart
Tenderly bury the fair young dead,
Pausing to drop on his grave a tear,
Carve on the wooden slab at his head.
"Somebody's darling lies buried here.', I
freight
out.'
& us a call. Two doors South of F. G.
Orifan. ,
D R. MIDYETTE.
Kiot.m, S. C., N-i.t.2i Cm .
-A.. Harvey 5t Co.,
ollaaafaeturera of and Heaiern inv S
Flho C1IKW1NO aiMlS3H)KLN'G
' T 0 B A C C O,
1C1NSTON, X. C.
JSelocte cl.
BLOWN AWAY.
There were three of them Kitty,
Sr- 2 per cent oif for Cash.'
(aug2-tf
' S-?BCLAYT0R, '
lioot .ShocMuker,
. ilUNrTOX, N. O.,
l?ing secured thaaen lce of IL V. HABl8 of
tieem UK., a
First Clnss Foot an'l Shot Makfr,
' guaraaut-a aaufaciiun a to work and
febl3-ly
'v
Mary and lommy the children of
the station-master at Black River
Junction, on the Great South-Ves-tern
Railroad, The station stood
alone on the open prairie, miles j and
miles from anywhere in particular.
Black River flowed through the
mountains, a hundred miles away to
the north; and on clear days' the
snowy mountains could be seen glim
mering on lhe - grapsy ; horizon. The
line leading to the Black River met
the South-Western here, and thus it
was the place was called Black Riv
er Junction. .
The station-master and his wife and
three children lived in the little; de
pot quite happily, but there wasi not
'I. didn't hear the whistle,' said Tom-
my. i guess something is pushing
the car :
The girls leaned out of the door to
see what had happened. Wfhy. where.
was the platform? What was the
matter with the station? It was mov
ing away. - No, it was the car. It
had left the siding and had rolled out
upon the main lme and was moving
faster ami taster along the road.
'Oh, we must get out! They are
taking us away.'
'No, no' said Kitty. 'We must
stay here till the brakemau comes
round. ! didn t hear them when
they took us on the train.'
'There isn't any train,' said Tommy,
looking up and down the line.
'Oh, it's the wind! It's blowing the
car away. We must put on the
brakes and stop it..'
This was a good plan, but how
were they to carry it out? The
brake-wheel was on top of the car,
and they were inside. Faster and
faster rolled the car. It began to
rattle and roar as if dragged along
by a swift engine. In a moment
Tommy began to cry. Mary tried to
look brave, and Kitty stared hard at
the level prairie flvingpast. It was
of no use. They all broke down to
gether and had a hearty cry alone in
the empty car as it rolled ou and on
before the gale.
The statiou-master'swife ro lied up
her sleeves to put the house in order
while the children were safely out of
the way. The station-master, feeling
sure the children were safe in the
treight-car, sat iu his office nearly all
the morning. At last, the beds were
made, the dinner put on the fire; and
the mother wondered how the girls
were getting on in their play house oq
the track. She threw a shawl over
her head and went out on the plat
form. At once; the wind blew the
shawl over her face, and she could
not see exactly where" she stood.
Turning her back to the wind she be
gan to call the children.. How loud
ly the wind roared through the .tele-
Three children lost, blown away in
an empty car. Some one said, 'Yes,
go aCnce. We can wait here till the
engine!returns.' The conductor said
he must telegraph tor instructions;
but some one said, 'The wires are
down,' and thepeople only cried out
the more, 'Let the engine go!' so the
mother ran to the tender aud began
to pull out the pin, that the engiue
might start.
'Hold on, marm,' said a brakenian.
'I'll cast her ofi. Vou jump aboard if
you want to go too. Fire up, Jack
and make her hum.'
It was all done in a moment, and
away flew the eugine, leaving the con
ductor and the station-master staring
in surprise at this singular proceed
ing. .
'Fire steady, Jack,' said the engi
neer to the fireman. 'It's no use to
get excited, for we're in for a long
race. ' ,
'It's enough to make a fellow exci
ted to see that wouiau,' said the fire
man. , " . .
The engineer turned around, and
thtre by his side stood the mother,.her
eyes straining ahead down the line in
search of the missing ones,
'Oh, sir! Open the throttle wide.
Don't trv to save coal at such a time
as this.' '
'We must keep cool, marm, and go
steady, or we shall run out of coal and
water and come to a stand still on the
line.' -
The woman said not a word, but
nodded mournfully and leaned against
the side of the cab for support, and
then the hremau gave her bis seat,
where she could look out over the
line. How the engine shook and
roared! The little finger of the steam J
gauge trembled and rose higher and-
higher as the steam pressure increased
over the raging tire. The,, engiue
seemed to be eating up the track in
front, and, behind, the rails spun out
like shining ribbons in the sun: The
station and train had already sunk
down out of sight, and the grassy ho-'
rizou on either side seemed to fly
away in a gigantic waltz. The wind
died away to a dead calm, and in a
few moments a little breeze sprung up
and blew in at the front windows.
'We are beating the wind,' said the
engineer. 'If we can .keep up this
pace we shall soon overtake them.'
'How long have they been gone?
leap and shot ahead, at the rate of
hfty miles an hour, up the easy grade.
How long the minutes seemed, aud
yet each meant almost a mile?
'Ahl A speck a black dot on the
horizon! The car? Yes. It was the
car. It grew bigger and bigger. Now
they could see it plainly. But the
children! Where were they? The
fireman sprang out through the for
ward window ami ran along the eu
gine and down upon the cow-catcher.
The monster began "'to slacken its ter
rible puce and iu a moment it struck
the car with a geutle jar aud stojw
ped. ;
The fireman thought himself a live
ly man, but the woman was before
him and sprang up into the car.
There they lay, safe and sound, in
the corner of the car Mary aud Tom
my fast asleep, and Kitty, watching
over them.
I llrtlU. U IUIIII! Ill .
my wagons which was contra baud. ' S;?. , ,y ,V
iue interpreter at ort Mnith was a 1 i .,
friend of mine, and he
ml- inula ami ali.iin.l tl...... f. 1 CT.
liidr ntiil rMIt Wlmn t ...t.i I -ineyseHMn sorter Dig like,' contiu-
outland was read r to return to mv ueLU,r y0l.inS n'" l nberving her
rnr.h T h. ',aht r : contuaiou: butot cturse 1 wouldu t be
im. ,v a viiia ill llllli, llillinil IWPII" C t "fit t
ies. I could lay my hand on the Ind- rta,n- S,, ju'ddhii me; but not
ian who had parted" with each one. I fat afnJ 1 ,e tWou.,a ,be ,a 1,11,0
drove these ponies on the open high
way and right through the fort. When
I reached butith the Indian trader
there took me to do for trading with
the redskins, and he was backed by
the post coramender. It was noue of
too loose. 1 should think she was
junt about your bignes, aud of course
if these would fit you they would fit
ner. now just suppose you try them
on, an ir
Sii!' exclaimed the young lady be
their ' business how many ponies I c counter, ma voice that iut;
bought and Iguess I told .' fd the young man s hat on the end of
He rubbed his hands nd chuckled " Jwu ",,u l,"e' ,
'Oh! mother! I knew you would
come, Mary and Tommy. cried them
selves to sleep, and I I.'
Nobody could say n word. The
fireman tried to rub his eyes, and on
ly marked his face with black streaks.
The mother laughed and cried all at
once. The engineer picked up the
little ones and quietly took them into
the cab of the eugine.
'There, now, my hearties, you have
had a risky ride; but it's nil right.
Corne! We're more than thirty miles
from home, and it won't do to be late
todinner. Fire up, Jack. , , , .
'Aye, aye, sir,' said Jack. Si,
Nicholas.
BEHIND THE BARS.
A Prisoner AVlio Ilafc DropjKMl
i His Man.
pom??
as the inci lenU . grew fresh in his
memory, and presently continued:
How should the commander of a
fort arrest a person?'
15y sending a detail of soidiers af
ter him?
'Precisely, and now hear how they
arrested inc. When I got about ten
or twelve miles down the road about
a dozen citizen niggvrs, acting under
orders from the fort, came riding down
upon me, yelling and chooiing ns thev
i a a "
came. 1 was not culled ujkui to sur
render, but they began shooting .'as
soon as near enough to drop inc. It
surprised me. of course, but I took in
the racket pretty f;i?f. Pulling my
revolver, l roje ncht through the
gang and ?cattrrid 'em in no time.
1 Could have killed 'six of Vru dead
as' claims, but I fired wild on piiritoM.
pi'.", i t. t .11 . i '
i ne cnap i uiu menu to Kill wan tlie
fellow who led the crowd but the bul
let cut across his stomach rind simply
gave him a wound that -laid him up
for about three mouths.'
'Well, thcu you went oi.?'
No;- the iiiggers rallied, got out
about twenty white men to back them,
and the small army ire down ou me
from all directions. I had only one
revolver, the roads were closed, and 1
took to the bushes. They run me out
o' that, and I swam the river, picked
up a horse on the other side, and after
a gallop of forty rods found my road
blocked. Over a hundred men were
then after me, and every one of them
ready to shoot me down on sight. 1
swam the horse across the river and
left' him. In ten minutes I had to
swim back. They were all popping
away, but they couldn't hit me the
durned slap sided galoots'
Didn't you shoot bsefc?' --. ,
No! . .My plan was to give 'em the
slip. If I had idiot one of lhe guttg
swept away to the end of the store,
leaving the bewildered youug man
standing in dumb amazement, hold
ing in his hands what he supposed was
a lMutiful pair of bracelets. Aud
when one of the men clerks came ami
explained' his mistake, the young mau
from the back town struck n bee Imo
for hi team, and in a very, brief snaco
of time was tearing toward home at a
nit that threatens! to irretrievably
iniii the old family ho ire. He toti t
buy any bracelets now until he's mar
ried. Boshii Trntder.
Some day 1 when you are
through the Detroit House of Correc
tion ask your guide to point out the
wickedest prisoner in the institution.
If he complies he will show youauiau
3o years old, weighing not over . 13o
pounds, and having nothing peculiar
in his look unless you stand, close be
side him. Then you will see that he
has a pair of the blackest, wickedest
eyes ever placed in. a man s bead.
They seem to burn your' face as he
looks at you. Ask him what sent
him there aud those eyes, flash such
revenge as tongue caunot tell. .Talk
to him of the dark mysteries enacted
a a'
in the lonely canons along the per-1 tiiey'j havc j,,, hem.t ou mc am,
ilous highways -in the foot bills and no Inistake. I had to swim the river
. a i - . a
around the scattered ranches in the
far West, and his eyes have .that
crafty, hungry hok ever to be seeu
in those of a tiger or panther.
'He won't speak a word to you,'
replied the deputy when our reporter
asked for a talk with Mu'grave. He
has beeu here a year and a half and
he has never told one man a single
line of his history. - All we know is
that he was seut here for shooting a
shouted the fireman above the roar of negro, and that he has trained with
the engine. r road agents,' gamblers, trappers, Ind-
'I dou't know,' screamed the worn- ian fighters and bandits. He will
an, without takiug her eyes from the
horizon, where the rails met the sky.
'It may have beet two hours or more.
They were playing iu the empty car.'
Ah! something ahead. Was it the
runaway car? No, tlie next station.
What a terrible pace! Twenty miles
already!
Oh, don t stop, cried the, woman,
a . a ft
graph wire.!' Perhaps, thev'couid not as she saw.the engineer put bis hand
hear iu ail this dm. Maybe, they ou tne lurotiie-vaive.
were iuside the car out of hearing.
She walked bii toward the siding.
Not a thing to be seen! She wonder
ed if there had not been ...a mistake?
Perhaps, the car was ou the other
8iue uacki i.v o, iue raira were uuuc
'I must," marm: We are getting
out of water," 'and perhaps we can
learn something of the runaway.'
s The sudden arrival of a solitary en
gine, containing two men aud a wo
man, startled the station-master, and
cu pied as far as she could see in v-j became out to see- what it meant.
ery direction. What did it mean? He seemed to guess at the i truth, "for
What had happened? bhe staggered he said: , , , - '
back into the station and startled her j ' After the runaway car?" "
fiatfy refuse to answer a question.'
The deputy was nil taken. Seated
opjiosite Mulgrave, whose eyes snap
ped maliciously at the word interview,
the reporter said:
When Buck-Skin Joe and his
gang were working ' the ' Smoky Hill
route in 'CO, one of the' fellows bad
just such a pair of eyes as you've
got,"-- - '
The black eves lighted an as if they
had been candles, ami the prisoner
leaned forward iu bis chair. ,
In G7, when Col. Gill and h doz
en bandits robbed three stage between
Carson and Virginia City, Nev.; one
of the bandits was a. right-and-left-handed
man, the same as you are,'
said the reporter. " .
The black eves now danced with
delight, and Mulgrave leaned forword
once more, and being about rdnye!
. it -
otu i lay down in some iu.hc atxiut
a foot high. While lying there about
thirty men on horseback rode past iue,
and 1 should have ecapl imt for a
young boy. He was riding behind
all the reft, and his sharp eyes caught
sight of we, and the croud returned
ami gobbled me up. I was. taken to
the piwt, charged with intent to kill,
and was sent Lei e and there and kept
in chains for four or fire mouths.
When the trial came ou thejr could
prove that 1 shot the n'gger, but I
could prove that they fired on rue first
and that they were citiiena aud had
no warrant for roy urreaU I showed
that I came honcatiy by l ho i-ouies.
but it was no go. Tlie Judge wanted
to get iueuut o'. that, and Lc scut me
And' ; ; -
. a
Ami 1 ve got to stay my time cut.
(Ira. Hooker and the Ieertrr'
J served on Gen. Hooker's stitfTfor
a ycr, and on one cccaioii was n
eigned to duty as Judge AdvK-ato of
a generol curt martial lefore which
t .ldi-r of a Michigtn regiment was
brought charged with desertion. The
evidence allowed that the prisoner bad
decried three time.', on tlie hint occa
sion 'in the face of the enemy.' The
court martial sentenced him to be shot,
and the record of his trinl aud convic-
liou was forwarded to Gen. Hooker for
his approval. A shoit time subse
quently Gen. Hooker came to my
quarters, which adjoined his own, and
said:
Bond, in this cae against Privato
,what do you think had better bo
done?' Are there no extenuating circumstances?
None that I know of, General. Ha
has deserted three times.
Ifut there something in the case
upon which you could base a recom
mendation of lucrcy?'
'Not a thing. Tho proof against
him was positive and not denied, and
the witness sy further that when he
was with his regiment he was a worth
less fellow and a constitutional cow
ard.' . That is jut the thing,'
said the General xsitively. The man
is constitutionally a coward, aud you
recommend him to mercy on that
ground. I'll tell you what s the mat
ter. Bond,' his mother's at my quar
ter begging for her on life, aud I
want to iparu him.'
In accordauc! with this suggestion.
s
the recommendation for leniency was
written, and a few minute theieafter
a feeble eld lady with silver gray hair
and a tearful fate ai b-.wrd out of
the General door by jXe brave old
hero and turning away she exclaimed
with uplifted band God Ideas you,
Gni. Hooker. Cincinnati Enquirer.
- A, certain iiiAtch country minister
removed Irom oih; parih to anotlcr,
atul on Sumluy 'exchanged' with bis
euc,efsor irr 'his tortutr charge. At
the "chs of the service an elderly
I Wumau iuiuired what had become of
iu going back there as soon a 1 get . . -.
t , - . ; h:r mn
I ill I a t I I I J 4 T1 nAa w a a. .m . r lam
r 'i... .l.itr. M'm. he rei.hetl; 'hes with my people
tAisy.' Indeed, indeed said tho
just rtuicnieber yours truly! Good
bye, aud don't be too hard on ma in
your sketch!
Tb obi-fashioned well- weep t 11
finds favor in New IIaroihire( where
all the women are left-banded and all
the pumps are made the 6ther way.
ct-itrou, 'they'll be ctlin a treat the
day
( 'I dou't have enough religion to brag
of. says so old Nevada lutuer, 'lot 1
never prt into tle mg to go up or
down without feeling how puny I am
and how great my maker m