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VOL. I. NO. 40. BUTHERFORDTON, N. C THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21. 1901. S1.00 A YEAR. il . A'.Iks, Tern.. Jan. 27, 1001. ( y "Sver niice ( 1? i'ri,t ojaraico oi mv , "' .V ..- c.i Tf-y J'vci.-uicv u:ir 1 43 - t...u..i--i a 11 :i ;-Lat pam m my jum, U ' r "-a'-h ami 1ok, with terrible H ,. - a 'vn a:as ,a t.'.a aoa,rieu. J "rim 11'J pari ;.H.t.i 1 h; bt-.u t '.ic of Caro ai and Tafclloru's (. 35l!5ck-l"rucght, .. I ! Hie n.airih- a "?.iui .vitaoui i:u lor th. .. .,-si tme Vi iat is 'no 'vcrth fa a wf mar .;.-. H --Z Ka Wsn.i? Pa-is suffered Yet T! E t'....-c isc ?Bicr. in r'lausur.di of homc3 n fl to-sy .vho are bcar'aig thoso fcrris.'o 2 a ru5Ptiriis: r-'.s i,: slioi.cc. if you are ii k O.r- c. ihfcse we wanl to say hat tin's B r-i S,T. . i. w. ' i . "4 t "v.n hr;r3 ya. ?or.-r;..rait :-'-Ut. Car- j 1.,?!.'C,Ci)0:icr.!en isen -i';nj)!fc!!ly f; v Ci.riS L;- tf.Ir.3 of v6ul. T&esovi3- en zJx-ni f;oT Sccori-Iicor., irrsular 'n "i"jci, 'i.asJac'ic, :kauho, r..:d El I Liar ng do.vn r-Mi. V,':.i3 of Cardui $ tj 'a::I mc? :iil aches and pnms I yo'j. F5:rc?:.-5 a CS.00 fccH.la cf r j5 -'-"'' iS'&-.y and fake it in j Hi ihc .-.a-:y tl 31.? hone. 3 :'or --'x --..i-jie, ..d'.'.vi-ss. ciTiiie srpin. ii K-TllS J. jr...; A-V4.-V iu-- .. ft J -iv.::io...i .M'ic.-e t o., Ciii!anoi.pr f T'-: ! v :iud i.v vtitiy. ot -x u tivri of the t'ii,:. j-iii .. --ui of Rnt'je.-Pe.ru ceumy, v f i-; i't i.u ouiirt ' ;'f ' ' in tLe cic.ve of i. vJ. i .-tiiv. u l:Ti')i --,',it; r of tr'arab . .Tutic". ,i' iis.'!1. ai.a otiurs vs. C: -ori-cstice uv' iiif-.-i, . as each aiir.iii- '- '!, Uii i .iv:irissiii: T iU'lUCil in s::i, deer.-. , .4' ut the court !:-i:?e ' !i- m ilt.i-iirfoit'tou :o the highest Mot, i n', o; eiHl,t rir.d, ICO , Qt l l ,V;-icV, the foliowinpr very . ii. oi. Will is : Oi"3 tiv.cl .'onsLsti'i,'? of ; o.l or CO ;'c.v.-i awl ivk-'tg. t""-st:-.t.'t .;-rr- A. jMS-ir?, deeea-d, and iii-s i c S2 i'.I co j ty on -:ic w aters of Cath "s a i C:-i ;. r-r"- ks;n:..d:e:!joinsi:iiids ,-l''triv to li e eiute 01 John A. J js ti( M, d: "i a?'-V., it -. rait of wb.t is sr-,".'''-.i'lv i.ii. v.V-i us th-" ja.slii-0 place'" C:iriK-y s cvh U, woieh -.;:tee lies al t .':"'; je Ici.'ri-i o.f Aks Forney, 7.'.ii!i.- uai. ti c .S,lfii fiver Ir.n.ls. V i jr ie.cc ' I'-'isi.-.tin of about two ufut d Li. ivs of lanu If-loHging to the e ' .J hii . . Ja uL-e, ee(.e;tseil, aud .;u-t of tu-f r-uiii 'Justice place" -.m . Cr.th.'-.-'s ere"'-r ;id boiiudefi iv the x-a. ;f .Iai-.- .ivis Alex I''or- -';. s.: 1 et'-M-ts aiid adjoins the otLer i'hf jii-st ti-ti t v ill lesrXu f.r casli mid ,- t -TTf ot r .uiiiR a isets. The .eciiii i -Aie? , !.o s-!1 for t'-e purpose oi 1-, ili iZ p-rt,:ioii ox -'ivision among ; t J-.iw cud ti.'iir.Titr, iu coimioi. -i ijii'i f pvtrc '-ase. pri? is to be i" ''i'" h'Kv.'i :. .1 l eiuur-- iu i; lutmch.v X'-ie aUiio (it F-ii'.iu ;'re 5i.e lands and ...v lnue Mve.e !f tlf iiue.-t lttont lards i:. iit"-herfo.- c: r.iitj-. Tli' iv. is about '; dr:--s of L"jf(:'Ui This ITovem- ei Tj, . UiiO. C. Jl'STICE, .v.lr-jis. iti-p tir aud. Oomitussi-iuer. On T ; ..adiiy f he 2d day ot December, 19- v -eJ nt nt) 'e ruction -it (be 'out- Loniv deer in Ka. lun'ordl.-on. N v three : or parcels of laud coa t::ii." w fi m to . rcies, !.i a part 't'fhv- '-.ids iii(.wn as the Bowiv-ell-Los-'-' -ii"1' . fine p-L-rel coiitainiug abo-at M'V. . another 10 :.c; es and the tliO'd -i oiif lC'.'.v Hiv-i. ai'i iiivei.- vvill be old under a . '-: of t'.iO Superior Court r? r.vtlier ff IwiiU.v for the puroose of coating as: tis wit h which t- pay d-ilts against sa: I esrrlu, suw't w,il oJ.-rd irst iji .ituv.-3 lots a ! a-iervarrT;: us a whole, l-a k".--. in rfar way that the l.iit.i. u'ar ii"i'J,-' die best jrice. Otie to; .i of t.hi pa base price will o? re otitic! on t;- .lay of xuv and oue-thircl ou ' ie tost o f or roornary, 102, and Tee. ivu-.a I'ay, n:.!08 io I ..'. Ui tK .'d S"JtUV iot; oi .-ii.ir;! o; tbe. lirst oay ;iC -, '-'.c- t ro tleO.- rfd pay K ut . i from date of sale ;c.f-..:. . y note - v. ;"li i-.r-prov- ti:. v- i'l be r .'allied r.rti1 ptiv.-,, n. db- y?a' "'ilj - ..i .-v.. ...--1 .....,'3.-.' j?.n rir-ioi- n.i.y ';. ?en 1 c&iiine on the ui. rueji. i-'iii- i,ov. i.st. )ii01. J. T LL AOi', xd'mr. of V. S. Hill, deceased. l:f.;2ivyr & Jr.jiice, Attorneys. Fy virrr.e of an ft."e r issriug from the -p c urt ,:' P.af Lerford county in hs t -visv! :'-e -(et.ir.g enMtled "P. F. admit,itratc.! cf ?,. C. PiirV-Jit vs. Arriws liAidlo.v .uid otliers, hejrs at . ... . j.)v..r . j fi'.;ig",rt, l witl se-ii at the co.;rt uousii it n.Lerfordfon at public mi!" ; on Monday, rJ.-ceiir 2iul, 100j , tb'-or. ;. aviv-;- of Vi'j.iu'ue f.lf'jlib;; lands t if: - w-.teri ot Oailuy s -reek, .i vg the line's e '' T?M1,iiiT Fh rlu -id ar..l orhe.s. ri he sa id lands be liig tb -; o.c on wieh S. C. Padgett lived (..; ior i t.is f- it' i The lands will be sold . . ircr.1? rtior- vitSi whit h to pay debts ip-.insf- the iii' e.- vil e of the undersigned. Aixu .vil: or sold on the foii iwiug terns : One-thirl ie, 113 ui..'d iacas-h, one-third iu t -, ( Ive lnoiit' s aid thr- reuiaining one t.irl if t.'ejOy-i'our uiontlis, the two d--i.Vrrorl -.a;. 111. ufs to -i secured by note with app". v"l s.v'irity, ar.d to bear in-i.TC-ii - onit'iloof sale. Title will b" re-t:ii-n .t t nt ti the '.n;il payment of r.Le por t;:e u:oL?y. This loveother 4th ,iy01 K. F. WiJAST, Adnii-isfi:itor of S. J. Pd-'ett. AIcBrr.yoj & .Tnstio". Attorneys! Carroll W. Downey, Physician avrt Surfreon, Rufherforuton, N. C. Office in Residence ou Ilain stre' Phone Ko. 22. I TEN YEARS' I I The Siory of a Soldier's Struggle By Brigadier General CHARGES KING ! Copyright, 10M, by CharK-a Kin,-;. 2, Not until among the last regiments to reach the islands did the Second Co lumMas ajipcsr nSotss in Decciubi r and were pusheil forward to the eastward sucur ;ii snppcri of u.e I- irst br.gaue, mg foe v!th dripping bayonets! But for iKSKi-gi lit t aiiiioii fnv,-ned 1'roui ! still the stern mandate csime from the nevv' made lvdor.'jts and b'sre fuil upon j distant rrp.r. "Defend, but don't ti the i:iiiroteeted lines aloiig the Con- vance beyond, the line." Another instant coru.a, aa.i ju.wu swariuy, scowling soldiery surrounued r.nd hemmed in the sleiuler force cf h: vadcrs. All too V'te the government fourd its little ar iry of oc(.'tipation far outiiumbered and tterniy tneraced at Manila and no rush e.l tl:e reg'nsrnts of rege.Iars to tho sea benrd an secours. I;i:t iong before the tt)eiiirst . ; r.I:l n.tch the shores of Lu zon the blow had f.iilen. Agninaldo L id dashed his devote:! followers upon tlio Siiidy ranks in biue. and, regular C'id vt ''.-.etvr, the 'wo little divisions p.bonl l'e bcltr.gr.ered city were grap plir v.itli the overv.'heiming force of Tagalogs. j And in the dark hour jnst before the e.iv," cf that ladiam and most event ful Sr.nii.iy of the first week in Febru ary si 0 '-en-re thing happened. Away out along- the crookid estr.ary of the Con cord -a, fronting en the left the : dim, gray stone walls of Santa A::a and on the right interminable thicket or weii nigh impasr.ble swamp, the thin i l'ne of the First division stretched fro in ' the Piii-ig at Pandacan point fa? across to eld Fori Sa.i A:ite:iio, on viie bay, i ; cfiicerij and n alike 'waiting and j praying for the word that was to loose j them from the leash and let them go in fnr'eus rush upon the swarms of dusky foemcn who since 3 o'clock had been ! pouring In hot lire from the shelter cf j ed words, and there was but scant re thtir s tone -iiiJ earthen walls and driv- i spect in the tone. There was utter ii.g a storm of steel clad lead upon the ! tntnrotected lads in blue. In grii.j sub ordination they had obeyed the orders that forbade their turning a spade of earth for counter kitrenchmeuts lest the natives, who for weeks had been building redoubt -j and planting can nous, should accuse the Americans of hostile intent. Loyai to their duty and observant of Instructions that were bird to appreciate or understand, they had borne ihe brunt of the storm and j seen some cr" their best and bravest swept away, bin ground their teeth and gripped their Springflelds harder and took heart in the promise parsed r.loug the crouching line: Cur time will copt?, lads. Wait till broad day light." And now It was nearly 5. and from the shelter of eld earthcrn walls and ir.ouuds across the crocked Trioa the i Tit gal rifles wore pouring in heavy fire on the fiauk and even the rer.r of the j Americans lyiitg south of tie bridge, i livery company of the great Ever greens was hotly engaged. ' and the brigade commander galloped to his re serve, baited among the streets of Paco. Tl.e mountain guns of the regulars were bellowing from the left of the block house at the Krupps under the convent wails ct Santa Ana. The long rifled breechloaders at Cattery knoll, in rear of the right of the bri gade, were sending shrapnel spattering into t'-e bamboo thickets where the in- surgent Ma-oners were spitefully crack- : ing. Everywhere, as the dawn began ; to streak the skie3 above the village ' roofs, the roar of battle stunned the : ear. and men hugged the ground as the Iin.?.,. I... : f ...t.:... i . , ... n.iiii; im.i milieu overneitii. anu tlie little native horses, the mounts of the staff and field officers, squealed and bit ' and kicked in nervous wrath at the unseen, bis.;;ng. vicious demons of the air that buzzed about their ears or bit or scored their way alo: haunch and flank. Behind the stone wall, well within the limits of the eastward suburb, a lieutenant colonel, iu natty khaki uniform, had dismounted .and was expostulating with bis pony as the genera! galloped up. "Put two companies in at once on the right of the village, facing that snack yonder! What's the v. itli your horse, colonel V" matter , j "fc'ecms to be scared, sir. I thought he was bit-he behaved to bad," was the faltering answer. "Then mount my orderly's. He'll st-'nd anything. Yon take' the colo nel's. Uaijfcrd," said the chief to the tall lad who rode at his beels. . "Lively, I now, Nathan, there's not a second to lose! I'll relieve you here with the Washoes." Under the dim light of the street ' laiyps, n the first gray mists of the niornmg, swinging up the main street In solid sets of fours, en me a col umn of sturdy foot, striding as though burn- , ing with eagerness to get into the fight, i "Move your battalion into the side streets, right and left. Colonel l.nno-. ' don." were the quick orders. "Keep them under shelter tiU I send for you. Now, th?n. what's the matter with those Columbias?" he snapped, eager, impatient, intolerant of delay. "Here! i biiog your men through this lane, cap-! tain!" And away went the general's protesting pony and a brace of a'ds-de- camp, two companies of the Coluni- bias, arms at a trail, scurrying after them afoot. Something delayed their field officer 6tirrups too long or too short. He y,-as fiercefv tufft-intr nt tbo leather on one side, his orderly bugler on me other. The little steed with which he had experienced such unac- conntable difficulties displayed aston- ishing ag'lity and zeal tho moment the boy orderly straddled him and darted away on the trail of the Columbias without so much as a pretest. Drawn up within a little walled inclosare the caissons of the mountain guns stood sheltered from the Mausers whistling overhead from tbe blazing front. A ' squaa or eager anvers, erouenmg Dy the gate, snickered at tbe sight across the narrow way. "Nathan's very par ticular just where that holt's got to be punched," jeered a grizzled driver who had served iu the old battery. "Particular not to get one in bis own bide, you mean." laughed a mate. "Where's bis colonel, anyhow?" "Over at the riht. Nathan only bad four companies. Here comes Washoe ! DIIW." Allll I I. on at il.n ;ri,t - t. I .An.l . 1 , ;iv... 11 . jwuu iuc vui0e wans, a maa cneer went np to tb skies, followed by a crashing volley. The Columbias had burst from the thickets at the edge of the suburbs and made their dash to the banks of the stream. Oh, that they could only cross it and drive the Inrfc- aim another ci-.cer, ringiu"-. heart v j Spontaneous, went up among, the teams and caisseus cfrtho battery, and eoii!ii!.-i".der of the advancing reg!!i--:z.L. Liiiting in surprise at the sound cf his own name, turned, saw the siailiij. ewarlhy faces under tlie dim 1'gi.t of the street lamp an.i. half shaking a ren rn i I..f ...1 fi..- ... . 1 1 . . hat aud sniiied grcctiuj and appiecia tkm. A mcicent later, his battalions care fully disposed, one on each side of the : highway, under cover of the walls, the j colonel turned Ills active little mount ! across the way, and "old hands" cf j Pawnee days and the lieutenant they knew and honored in ihe batteries ! faced each other under tire, and Lang- don was grasping the brawny lists cf ' men who were humble cannoneers the day they lifted up their voices iu part ing shout for the "best officer in Bat tery D." Again came the crash of vcl Inys from the righi front and the shriek of a Krupp shell overhead, and a staff officer came spurring back from the blockhouse up ;he highwav. "t'olo- nel Xathau here?" he sluuitod loud, in- Sistent. imperative. A dozen voices an swered. a dozen hands indicated the wfiy. "The genera! wants you nt the fcotbfklge at once. sir." were the add scorn of the etiquette of the service that demands of a mounted officer that he alight before addressing a senior afoot. Drowning men grasp at straws. Anything to temporize, Nathan seized eagerly the pretext. "If you intend that remark for mo. sir." he said, "you will dismount and convey it with prop er respect."' out the aid had net even stopped to listen. He was spurring swiftly down the line of the Washoes crouching at the-roadside, aud there was marked difference in the tone with which he asked for Colonel Langii;n. "Here!" sang the prompt answer as that officer instantly dropped iris chat with the gunners and reined out into the lvad. The red was in the sky. the pallid light of dawn a beady strong enough to outline forms and figures close at hand, but ail men's faces were drawn and waa. There had been "org nights cf vigil and later the strain of long hours under tire. Two men of the nearest company, close to ihe l:igh- j road, turned over on their backs, one with strange anguish in his boyish face, the other, after a moment's strug gle, with staring, sightless eyes. Strong arms raised and bore them to the ref t uge of an adjoining wall Low flying Mausers had found their billet in the recumbent line. "First blood for the Filipino." muttered a grizzled major, with an upward glance at Langdon. who was hording his men like a shep herd with his i'ock closer within the shelter cf the i.ine. "Aye. but we'll have full satisfaction after sunup." cried the aM-de-oamp. iiis voice quivering with excitement. "The general is waiting ; j'.st acre.-. the little footbridge to ward the 1;doi:. sir. You can see al most their entire position from there. He wishes yon to join him a moment, I'll guide you." Along the lane they urged their steeds. A minute's swift trot brought them to the southern outskirts of the village, and the fiats of the riceSeids. seamed by little ridges cf stiffened mud ' aud streaked by winding estuaries, lay j before them the banks. of the main stream, ihe Tripa. fringed with j.-nia.r : fires. A narrow path ran to the edge ; of the slough tliAt split the britoo'e in : twain and turned back toward rhe rearward city. Beyond it dimly out i lined forms crouched In the open fields I . behind the tiring line of the Colum , bias. A frail footbridge, thrown up by i the engineers, spanned the shiggish I tide, and white chips flew from the ! hand rail as the top was grazed by I ! T-1 ier 1 i :cr ItiOfl TTr;rlnT o 1 1 m n I bamboo at the edge of the lane three I I, lll.-l ...It, 1 . V. . L 1 .41. I t. VlUlUfl Jl orderlies were holding a little bunch of horses. The officers, throwing them selves from saddle and bending low, i sP-d swiftly out along the narrow dike j and over the swaying bridge. "Where's j Colonel Nathan V" demanded the chief j he saw his aid and Langdon. '"I 1 told you to find him first." "l did. sir. aud gave the message," was tue instant reply, Up from the knoll, where the field guns were thundering, with soldierly j salute came the stalwart colonel of ', the Col urn bias. The commander of the Evergreens, silent and attentive, j ws already there and listening to the i rapid instructions of the brigadier.' These In swift, terse words were re- pea ted to the ether field officers as they reported. There was no mistaking the intensity of their zeal and interest. But still no Natiian appeared. "Never mind." said the chief, pointing to where the Columbias were volleying at the lines across tlie Tripa. "We'll find him out there witn tus men prooaniy," : aL'd he led the way back across the, slough. "Not mr.ch we won't." growl- "d th.e colonel of the Columbias in sa- ' tirie aside to siknt Langdon. "If the geueral knew him as Melville does, he'd know better. Big luck for Nathan be Isn't In Melville's brigade!" "Oh. never you fear but the old man'll cinch him," spoke up a staff of6er 5n weer lovalry to his hief. Btt.mbling on the dike as be spoke, j "After you. colonel. By heaven, there'a j Nathan now!" I he light had broadened. The roofs and walls of Sar.ta Ana stood in sharp, black silhouette against the orient sky! Forms and even fc;es now -could be j recognized a dozen rods away, and j here at the edge of the Taco suburb. ; ft ill sheltered by the walls, stood Na i than in crouching attitude, peering at I then) as they ca-ie. Tjie general, tnrn- ing abruptly to the right, had moved away toward the tiring line. His aid swiftly followed, ar.i 1. n.uon. return- ng for his horse, came face to face at , I , , "V l"V "1,J f.iijioi iv-ii ji-ai3 ueiore t;a(i unven hi!ii i tHil -rn-f.; "i ,i tcld of en,.; gIade n the volunteers ! S'eaniefJ o:. the shoulder of each, but 1 1 1 ii if iiit :itii. i lie v;:ii ir l.ir l in4 i cue ' t'. w"'.;rn since the 1st cf Jiay. i three months later. -. : i of every volley from Tiipa a llight of bnilets '.-ross the dike and foot d sv.ept the level fields. Kn t !l Oil: a:.-:! iii;posed, Eric Langdon passed .cm the zone of tire i.ito that of cow rarative safety to th-d the pate way blocked by this pallid man and eerv- ous. fldgeting pony. The lieutenent j colonel of the Coinmbias turne 1 in sore j embarrassment and funk, kicked the ! ribs of his Iuchiess steed, then awk : wardly backed him off the track and ; stood aside to let his seni-?- by. With utter contempt in his frowning eyes Laiigdon looked his former captain in . the face, passed him without a word ' and then was astonished to hear the i weil remembered voice, no longer loud and truculent, yet something almost like defiance or despoiation rang '-n the , harsh, tremulous announcement: "I suppose you know that Mcuville's killed and we're ordered to faii Lack!" CHAPTER XIX. The guns were stilled at Battery knoll, and the gunners, ofii.-ers and men. clustered upon every little moiiiid and salient, srazimr eatrerlv out 01-e. the smoke shrouded field before hem. Off to the right front, lire spitting still, grim blockhouse 12 seemed the center of an incipient conflagration..! Over at the left front ou the Santa j Ana road its twin. No. 11, appeared as j though afloat in slowly drifting clouds of bluish gray. Across the dike ribbed , flats of the ricefie-lds that stretched I away eastward and toward the Pasig i to the left long line's of cheer. iig sol diery were sweeping to and beyond the gray walls, where the Tagals were still desperately battling to save their bat teries. Two battalions of the Colum bias. their colonel in their midst, were dashing straight at the insurgent works along the Guadeloupe road. The right wing of '.he Evergreens, with ringing cheer, had enveloped the native section of the pretty suburban town and were crashing through bamboo and nipa. fightiug their heroic way straight for the Plaza and the river bank beyond, rolling up the yelling bands of brown men. well nigh panic stricken s t tlie dafh and vigor of the American advance. Across the Con cordia, at the heels of the brigade com mander, the Washoes had carried their colors, ail book rules on the subject thrown with the silken folds tj the winds of the morning, and then in magnificent, irresistible charge bore down with the bayonet en the redoubts and earthworks toward the river and. side by side wtili ibe Everureea left i end two of the reserve companies of the Columbias. had swept the field like ! a cyclone, whirling the yelling rebels in;o the stream, tumbling over guns, gunners and crouching foes until in a ! mad chorus of exuit.mt cheers they ' t:-. 1 ... . . ..." iiiieu up ai ine oauu over wmcu m terror scores of their tormentors of the eai'lV llOlirs ll.nl nlnmri..! in l.rnnc nf reaching the opposite shore Along the j parapets, among the bamboo thicki-is. under the walls of the old gray convent and everywhere across the open field the dead and wounded lay in little pools of brownish red, brave lads in blue and tr.tiUed oaps of stricken for-u.en. tln-Ir loose, light uniforms all St.liried im:! r..:ked with gore. N l r..'.t - attei five long hours of pa iical c :.di:i:iiice had be brigade recti-, c-d ii'.p longed tor, pruyed for word to .'v.-ioce. and the pent up rage for i ;f !o burst like a torrent on au aston-'-'ed foe swept he'plessly before it. Foremost in :he nn guificcnt charge of his cheering men Langdon. sword in hand, had leaped among the guns at the river redoubt, bis cheek seamed by j the stinging lash of a bullet, his hit brim torn by the desperate lunge of a boio. the last thrust of a cursing little Tagal ofBcer fighting like a raf in a corner, for the bayonet :f a lusty ser- lic T7icy gathered a'lout the stricken form o the gallant old major. geant had transfixed hiin on the spot. Close under the outer works a little sad eyed squad had gathered about the stricken form of the gallant old major, dying, sword in hand and with almc-t a smile on his lips as Langdon knelt and raised the grizzled head and stauched the blood that welled from a mm h I Mip I l HI i r-,iw Wjr HX'X 1 I wonai wouaa. Victory brilliant, com plete, decisive, had rewarded their de termined assault, the warm handclasp, the enthusiasi;e praise of the brigade coniirander. his "(iloriously done, Langdon'." bringing cheer after cheer from the exultant battalions, but the h: ai t of the colonel was sore. It wa T;ard to lose such lives as these that were ebbing avrav there in all the ra diance cf the morning sunshine. It was sad to part with this trusted and loyal subordinate. It was bit:?- to tiink that that other and eider friend v. im im.i , i ;.. adversity ubw lav t:.f to r-e t Id- f mis most soldierlv achievement that ;lvi!i mig;ht never i:ov hov thor- ougii nan feeii Ijingc-oii-s vindaation 0f the faith and trust repo-l in i.im Rile:.r. K,,!iv , vL. ..." 1 ' dying major lack to the walls cf the old convent within ti e Uun KwB.-.nt. , ....... i,,- , , :xz. I.HUT lilt- ly th; y began the gathering up of the dead, and Tenderly, there stout hearted u.,ows. they strove to minister to the : wounded, fiier.d and foe alike, while i cowed, scov.liag, svl!tn. the luckless prisoners Weie swept eo from tiie orn v- ! ing shores, from under the floors of na tive nuts, freiu the ditches and drains 1 t.ong the villrD walls. Away out to the right front, nn the river ror.il to ward Guadeloupe, the pursuing Colum bia were still voKcying at Kiearti's rear guard, wl-at there was left of it. but Santa Ann, with all its st.x-e.3 of ammunition and supplies, v.-r. tee prize of the brigade, and the veteran genera! of division, riding out to sur vey the scene and congratulate the vie- i tors, stopped to shr.Lv hands with j Lacgdon and add his won1 of praise i and compliment and lo Inquire as to i his wound. "Only a pin scra'ch. gen- I erai. tnat wouldn t hurt at a'l if I could know there was no truth in the story that Coeeral Melville is killed." "Oh, I won't believe It!" said the Chief. "Yfsnr .inlr milWItv .ir.,1 ;,.. is Colonel Nathan, and Nathan's only authority is tint batch of corespond ents he's been housimr for t"io -.-i;. ct i WPok- T,ieT !ind it that you were mor- . tatij hit nd half your regiment killed, j Where is Colonel Nathan, anyhow" j "I don't know, sir," answered Lang i don guardedly. "I haven't seen him since daybreak." The major gcueral turned In saddle and looked I.a' k across the bloody field toward the roofs of Pr.co glmting be--tweeu him and the white towers of Manila, and her mi'.e beyenj. The pale blue clouds had drifted away. In their place dense volumes of black smoke wore beginning lc roll skyward from three or four points !u the thronging suourij. anJ the crackle of burning bamboo sounded like a distant fusil- IJUl "They've been firing on our wounded and ainl-uances from the church and native houses." snid the general hriefy. He was thinking he cotddn't help it of the words of two Lattery oiiicers he had overheard as he stood at tlie knoii watching the triumphant advance of his division Ledney May was the first speaker, am! the battery com mander had heard without either re proof or dissent. "It's just what Eric said at Pawnee ten years ago. no has come steadily up and Nathan pone steadily down in the good opinion of every square man in the regiment. Yesterday they were on a level as far as rank poos; today l m Oettirg t-nngdon s name goes in i'o brevet aud Nathan's won't be of." heard ihere 0:1 f-rrth is Colonel Nathan V" asked the brigade commander as be reined in on 'he Fiaza under tlie walla of the groat church where two conipa- nies of the Columbias were fanning their hot faces with their broad brim med hats, and the men looked at each other and gi ioued. "Where on earth is Colonel Nathan?" ! again demand;"! the division chief as ! he and the l.-ri.tiier rode through the smoke of biasing nipa huts fr. m who:-e walls the lurking Ta;val ildeo bad shot down but a few moments before at tendants of the wounded, friend and foe alike. A surgeon, iaoking up from the stretcher oer which he was bend ing, ducked his head toward distant Pace. "Away back yonder, colonel. You won't line! him this side of the Concor dia. Ar.o the two seniors exchanged gl.nn-'s. Not unto out of range of lis- j acclaim at San Francisco. 1 he Co'.Uiii tcning ears was another v.o-rd ppoken. blilfl mourned the loss of many a 'sl The.i fhe division commander began to j ,:,nt ,ad left bcrietl in the I .liiippaa s. rree mnise.i 01 las impressions. "When tb.' story of this day's work fs told, your Wnsl.o and westerners, especially Langdon. r.'ll he glorified." said he, "but what shall be ssid of Na than;" Mcmwbile Eric Langdon burned j with puin and fever under the roef ! where lay, couvaiescing of tlie wounds received cnrly iu the- first day's light. . - . - . . . . his gailant and devoted friend Melville. Laag-iou pulled through, thanks to na tive 6trt!!gth and ?'otistitiifio:i and the tireless devotion aud professional s!:ill of the surgeon who received him, un- conscious and sore spent, irom the hands of the hospital t orps. "Iioing as wel!. general, as we can ex.jicet after so ! severe a wound." was Dr. Armistead's aiu.ost ua'iy report lor a t-.eeii. ' i5tit i wnat will tue v.p.Kins iter "If von will nermit me. Dr. Armi-i stead, that U a matter with wh'cb I shall charge myself. It's time Lang- don knew the truth." And 0 one day when the soft 6ea breeze was blowing in from the bay. j o"'" t even salute, now studded with transports bringing ' B'-V a m,-a?er dcK-n of th ivr the lon delayed re-euforcen euts. as I offi-'" attended that feast. It fi.-.tten-LangdoL lay, weak, but ence again ei dolerully despite the lavixi Low f clear htAded nnd craviuz news f hi ' wine. Every field ofheer "reCTotted. ' men. Melville hobbled to his bedside and signaled tc the attendant to slip away. Langdon. eld fellow," he ask eo as tuey were icti aione. "reel though you could bear a slick toda . ? Your oM A ris en commandt r c.nnH tn "I to say goodby while you were asleep, You are named for Ihe medal of honor and the brevet of brigadier jreneral. 1 wrote the news heme by last .post." The pale, thin face en the pillow lighted with a faint flush of pleasure. TH" Infiir clf.rwlta Ii tTnra l4i"wO il r r-lm ed the warm hand eifci.ded in greet- I lug. i "How long before I cm he ip srdeMc ' again V" was the qresn'i... r-riu-,l y ! bis pallid lips, and the voice wrs but i the ghost of thnt that rang like a ciur-1 len over the Ccid at Sania Ana rmd . swung tbe Wa shoes inio their niil"tl":fl- . cent charge. j "Two mcnihs or throe, perhaps, 'ad not that possibly without a wa vovw to Jinrn or n n-J to Aus:r;..:.i. V.u had a fearful wound. Erie, and ue.Jer God's providence i.othing br.t the lr : : of surgeons and c ustitu.io-is snvct you. Dr. Meade U looking after yo.i cow that all is coin;; s-o veil. I w ic two v.eekr?. lad, if v.vs u!: :a,.j tuek. tud have you any idea wo wha p.'.'i ed you through:" j Laiigdon's eyes spoke negation and i inquiry both. j !3'' Armistead, Erie. The patient half rose on hi-5 nii'ow i no faint flush this time ou his 1 row. ! but Melville's hand at once rebuked j and restrained him. i "There's u story you cvr-iit t !:. i Langdon, and it is one I'll vcv.- h for cnui your eyes ana up ou-.et n.:v.- f.n- i I'm' going to tell it." " j j And so in faraway Mnro'a. wit'i his ' f medal of honor iu sight, as it were. ?:J j his soldier ambition well r.!:;'.i fr.'lv ' "A!; hir.itr- ti, , : .. c . tli'C, tC""i IO 1:, ...c 1 1: i-;' i.r er hor.ro realized, the wouml.-d r.idie from the 1ms of his l est r;id -fiicnd the tale of .Vrn'ist.TeVs la lions with ihe woiiian w':o. :o.! ::,-. 'ariu;' i Ixngden's name, had r n-.-.r! ('.- ! ed his life. The early boyi.-h !::;-i:::::-J tiou cf the young Virginia'! v.: s u.it concealed. The lad well nigh worship- j eo iiis pretty, rrrvoloas km.'-woni.-.ii ! li!,d endowed her with m nt;il gi.'is moral attributes lhat onlv with i:- ur- .1 ji ; g j. x. j 3 MX) Ii ieim&c ? . - rves, refreshes the rir-i j V' ' I ran and restores hia'ih. (1 N. V V-)V-? -1 j ! j D. i.'iics I'.rdkJ Co, Elk'-sn, lad. 1 z 3 1 imr yer.rs he found i'.eliticus. and ..iiii. il-v.iiiciiii.eiit!.: like a huigtt of old. he bad ste:d ft- L' V 1 l'";" tween her and temptation, had ji.-iei ; Ev .iNcmiia. manfu'.ly to h ad her to ti e lig:,t an ! ' Lv.il. i.::- r.-'in. Interjiose between her and t ie v. '; of ! '-v.iiil-:;i, scamlal. The true rtory of the r. -. .!- j 1v "'' S tor at the Shoieham Laiigiioii 1. t.; d ar ' Ev-ll-imM, last i i.itl his face i.i sorrow i.nd 0.1- tritii.n. lie had so eas'lv t eiieved ill of AiiniKlead. he had so urtorlv in!.--.. judge.1 hini! "Ask him to Jo conn to me in a day or two. will y.,it vi-ral?" he ..aid. t.iii.ui ore.ss'.iii' ..;e".i.'es ; 1 us ed to think ov. ii.:s. It i. rdl -5-1 diffe.tnt." A .id !-iUe tsiei.- J: v.;.-,-! I ai;d left hiiu with the i.. f oi icntJil 1 ti. li.rlii viti (.:-..... t.. ..i.r. CriAPTl": XX. I The summer had come ar.d gore. T':e i ate rcgimeiits wer sun. mane .1 boi ie icr imiwier cut. ami tioice tliv.-;- i.i.pi bcr In regulars and ns-Lnal vohi-itcvs were goae or go'ng fo in. . i.i . biaiiii oou.eo ana raiii: as in! or giierrhias were the ene?:iy eiicc-.m.i-The lightultig dashes of the el noi 'h aud south in Luzon jrad ih- 'ire- less souls and marches of the hf::,it.-v had scattered the insurgent. hi eici y direction. The war had tbvin.ileil Jo n campaign of detael-men's. "liae old Ariae.na days." as the tioopers pTit t. and. full of honors raid the cor.sciov.s- ness of duty faithfully doae. with thin- ned ranks and in many ins.. ats t.'.'n. gaunt face. the soldiery cf tlie wide west was sailing back rcros the sea anu being welcomed w.th iumvh- tm'.di-ias ik'u wtuiout iiercp -oie can.'. 1011 with laeir original lieutenant ol. ne!. triltll?l!i r:itriiU,1 rli.. ..fl...... 1 . . - ' " -45 '4 .-iij.r-i 1 uieisths berore they fought Ih.ir h.M fight, preferring brief garrison ! iry with ld l attery. So many ti.1 a s and majors seemed to get picked of.' bv ti.e reu i nl.es lhat it Ueame jK)' itie- ly 1 anafe to take the field, said a sntur- ! nmc s,aff cfioer of the comni:fid!i-g rr. 1 ...nl .. .1 . 1 . . . 1.1 . .. general, and that might have Infiiione- ed Nathan's action. Hut promotions in the artillery aim spec'ily gave him un- der the law the grade cf major, and It was 1 tetter to be a live major cf re,u- ( lnrs at a conifortaL'.e station .11 ihe ; United oiates than n .ieti!r;'?iit it..n-.i j of volunteers in the mud rud rain and i dis 'omfcrt of uzon. 'fl volu itee;s '""'0 u- run ev.y ;..!is- n.t I... I ...... " s t.iaiiK'u ci t!i? .cscr:i- tion .lending their n:ustir out The i Colamtias airhed, and Nr-thati arrans- e1 a bl" "inner t-ur the oftcfrs and n-Ie J about among the cjeu. who fcomahow ! col'dd:i't seem to see him. and many and certtio of the captains possibly i n- scuooieu m tne wars or eocirty never r - even acknow'edged the coancsy. Xia J " vl.,u.,iV.. .-..- ; tPnant toJont I on Nathan's resignation. woiuo uoi even nonce i.iin. iLe 1 A . . ..t ctis greeting was grave and distant. Some of the men lau;hed aloud when p.atnan rotle over to camp, nnd tne Sit uation was tLs talk of the preit assem blage of returning voluntreis wh. la ennto the trannort with Ibe wrwrti t'ONTISUKD OX ForitTH r..JF.. j CDs ZrU' ! i l tl- t's all. No ener, no vim, no vigor, no ct:tiv,tto?i. J The hc-d tchc?, l';oug'it3 5 are confused, ntcmc rv i:Is. Life becomes a ruun J cf f work but half acrom plirhed, cf eating that tlo.-s not nourish, of sleep th..t fails to refresh and of resting that never rests. Thit's the bernnnin-r of nervous prostration. "I was very nervous ar.d so t'r-.-l r.: d criincf tf th. t 1 :o;:M i: ? i r:y v'( :'u Vi.e. fo-e ut 1 !i. Ji.:' crv; t o'-ii 'ed uy r.rrv- .3 t-vf -iro.; aay thi l.i.-:i' J-:';v!.a "vu'xi d.J vus iri r:-:-t.Ti:ij 1:1- rei!;,.." J 'ti s. M. . Lai.v, rorlvi'c, IaX i i B-.TWZEN NEW YORK, TAMPA. A" - LAN'TA, NEW ORLEANS & POINTS COUTH AMD WEST. In TSUrnnt Ma SSCf-.J, IOOI. ) lit. 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