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It reinforces the nervous system, .icts directly on the geni- fe tal organs and is the iine?t tonic a for Avomen known. Ask your ?A drujririst for a 81.00 botlle of S I Viae of Cardui . Batcsville, AU., July 11, 1900. I am tising Wine of Cardui aid Thcd ford'a Bla(.'fe:-Draurht md I Jeel like a different voinan alreadv. Sveal la dies here ketp the medicines in their i honif s all the time. I have three girls t' and they are using it with me. Mrs. KATK BP.OWDE2. For aiirloe nnd litt-raiiire, aildress, 0vlng R-nrintoiiis. "The Iifliew Advisory Dnart- TfH'iit", The Chattanooga Jlediciiie C'omijany, CCattanooga, jenn. T'r 'V" " - C . Vjcf rfV -,-r v S' ' a. ..or jj 4,r, X A ; R ? IT TLB til t.: ts Il j1 ID ins to eet a i i iJariTU rr.is?d the man s hrau and ' -v tliilt iH'ny wol'w nniffi rfnn nnt ttft.' I 1 rc's,-t':"'s- as ,!ly had been. !J i wns galherii!!? honey with my 4 ! brothers." lie went cu. "and I fell from rr J ! f.'x' jy- : - . - r-. -. i t j f-j ; mi o? p A TP' im .fi5i aa io fl. & i$ ft .''M''S3SSQPx k''rif '17 ! nized tlie lciiot piper by tlie cloak tnat ' Z f'v' V"l!l he bad worn, a garment that had once : v??s'$ f ' been bright red and gaudy with gold . 1 1'4Tl-V,-i thread, but was grotesquely stained ( '-i'vW I W with age and ragged and tarnished. I V HLiV?i.:v5 HW As a result cf the conference tne car avan was v.-!tl:uraw!i lroni tue read in- j to the shelter of a w ood. Dorrell learn- ; ed thr.t there was hope that the Rus sian force, which had been inarching toward the east, might pass on, leav- Suddenly a picket cried-out, "Half." nig me way ciear lor lesi'.iu.ng uie xiie kliot stopped, hesitated a mo- journey on the morrow. He ' himself j meiJt and then answered: "I'm Musef cherished no such delusion, knowing ; the Traveler. You'll let nie pass." very well that the main read would j Then a voice, not the one that had not be left unguarded. The caravan j spoken before, but the most surprising would never get through until the mil- J iy harsh and rattling tone that Darrell itary operations of the Russians should j ha(i evcr heard from a human throat, be transferred to another Geld. It ' said: might be possible however, for one man to get through the liiu-s or to work his way arcund them without too great expenditure of time. When the night had fallen, Darrell crept out of the camp which lay so silent iu the wood, a nran guarding ev ery animal and ready with a knife in hand to cut its throat if it should dis- . turb the stillness with, such voice as nature had given it. For a mile or more he followed the edge of the high way, and then, without warning from eye or ear, he was as near as possible to running straight into the arms of j Russian pickets. He dropped into a : clump of bushes not 100 feet distant i from the guards and there lay quiet for i awhile, undecided what to do. Upou his left was bare and open ground. ing it aud running parallel to tlie pres ent course of the stream. The stream was so high that it left only a fringe of wet rocks on rack side of the arch, and" Darrell worked his way along with considerable difficulty. lie succeeded In getting through with tj,. no worse misfortune than a hard fall ! involved a great, exertion aud mtch pain. On the slender chance .cf fiudimj any beast that a uiau might ride he visited several deserted farmhouses, securing i enough food for his uceds. but no cat- lie was in such a conjitim that fl ,1 I. . .1 t on the rocks, and presently he was ; niclUi, ,.ut lb(,.. ... nnni,"tn ,. ; aga.n wnnm tne sinner or u.e uees . In tuu, of the ,louses Le vas reatlr j beside the water. A hundred yards far- si:ri)lised to aiSCOyVV a a aljll0Rt tLL. j ther along, the stream bent sharply to last tIiins he won,d Uave d the left and passed under the road U:at a Ulsl,,n? u,uant wo,., , al.audou j upon which the troops were marching i lt y.KS fl Iuuz2e ,oadi, Wrapoa cf tL, It was net au easy task to elude ob servation under such circumstances. i type of many years ago: but. as there i was a supply cf ammunition. Darrell palor, fainting, tcilitr-iv.r or sinking speiis aU pc'uf in the same direchor. r.;i heart action. A he weak or diseased cj and Darrell narrowly escaped a sqird ti ouglit the gun vxrth takin" ! wea Or diseased cannot do hi! , of soldiers that had taken advantage of Dur,Rg the (, L(? tna JtUe j du afid rhc &f- ! a ha t to bll their canteens. lie lay prog.Sj! Leig twice compelled to lie j bl&od is ierf-ed nvN Th - w.thm ten feet of them for many mm- bid,t,u wbile llasslaa 0UtiR,, partles ; P1&OQ lier.cQ ..... 1 .x... utes and overheard snatches of their were abcct. Sua?ct foun, hiui flr to ! a medicine tnat olVc3 KC-7 On Monday, the 5th day of May, 1902, j ven under cover or tne tianuiess ne j unharmed the s!:elter-of the bushes on ! the undersigned Commissioner will selli scarcely dared risk crossing it. To go ' the other side of the field and, looking at public auction for cash, at the court the other way was to approach the fcack, could see no si" i of his pursuer" house in Rutherfordton, the following! head of the army, for it was moving j Turning to continue' liis flight, he came .waiiiuai uait i icuiu y mg m xviumx- eastward, and he was afraid it might to a strea A uuuuuiiij in oaipmu- ouriugs tow n-, th..(..v (lnwn ,snr Ward firodskov "Come on, here! Give an account of : yourpelf!' j If the voice had been ordinary, the , idiot would probably have obeyed with-1 cut fear; but, as it chanced, be was frightened by this raucous cry. like a " 77lC Uli0t npvd. beast's, and he turned to run away. 1 a high rock. Ah, well, that was a long Instantly two shots were fired, and while ago. Rut I remember it. I re-Dan-ell beard the soldiers advancing, j member many things." The idiot had sprung out of the road i lie looked up with a smile, tried to and was running across the open j speak, again and choked in blood, yet ground. Darrell. being too nearly in 1 without the appearance of much pain, the line of the soldiers, dared not re-! Then, in a moment, the poor fellow main. He got upon bis feet and fled in I was but clay, the crippled soul set free the same way that the idiot had taken. ; upon the wind of the night. . It appeared that in the darkness they ; Darrell laid him down and was about both escaped the view of the soldiers to cover him with the red cloak, but at Gist. Darrell had run almost a huu-: upou a second thought he threw the gar dred yards before another shot was ment over his arm and took up the pipe fired, and it went wild. He reached with which Musef had amused the car avan. Some seconds later he bad found a place to ford the stream, and as he crossed he heard the Russian soldiers calling to one another iu the field. conversation, from which lie learned that this force had come by rail to a point not far north of Vladikaukas and had made a circuit of the city, that it was composed of troops from the prov ince of Stavropol aud that it was de pending upon re-enforeeniputs concern ing which there was a rumor of delay. . The men were recalled at last, and Darrell passed the second bridge. A little later he ascended a hill beside the stream, and. being overcome with weariness, be lay down to sleep just , as the moon began to light the sky in the east. He awoke at daybreak, stiff with cold and painfully lame as a re sult of bis fall upon the rocks. Hob bling to the eSge of the trees, he fouud that be bad accidentally chosen a spot singularly favorable for observation. Despite the roughness of the region. Darrell could see almost the entire ex tent of the Russian force. The line as be saw it was about two miles long, and doubtless there were skirmishers beyond his vision. There seemed to be between 5,000 and 0.000 men. nearly all infantry. The center was on the main 2 near IK j the west cf the highroad, uiu-eitain of j Strength to ins way ana suaenng DctU Rom ex- power to the puiSC and rtit sustained on the previous night. He came at hist to a road that was scarce ly more than a trail through the woods. and by the side of it he wst down to eat ! such food as he ha.l and to rest. He feil into a doao. with his back against the moss covered stump of a tree, and j It was dark when be awoke. Something bad startled him. lie felt a thrill cf vague alarm as be stmg- v;nsc mia in i:--:n:. and pule so vcr-k . and thus cut bini off completely. The ship, adjoining the hinds of Winfield j T?.ri?irV. -liiini TVTrwnlxr fnirl n.hnro I known' as the "Mary 'Mays land,'"' and! better courso would be to work to tl!e hoanded as follows: Reginning at a! westward, though that would involve poplar on the brand; and.' rnns thence! crossing the army's line of commuuica honth 42 east 50 poles to a dead red oak; ! tion with its base, wherever that might thence south 48 west 1(30 poles to a pine, i be. Itoach's line; thence with said line! as he lay there reflecting upon this north 42 west 50 poles to a pine stump , problem he heard some one advancing V?n S L ll U01tl1 f - P-asti along the highway. Whoever It was, 160 poles to the begmmnf;, containing., .., , ,. , aWt hty-six (58, acres of laud. The be t ame on w,tbout caut,ou- tUe souml aid lands will be sold by virtue of an of his stePs Plainly audible in the still order granted by the Superior Court of night. Darrell could detect a move- Rutherford. County, lor partition in the ment of the picket guards, indicating proceedings entitled "(. W. Wall, that they, too, had heard the sound. Willis Mays and others, Ex parte His position was such that the man in April ;rn, i;tu i. MATT M'BRAYER, Commissioner McBrayer & Justice, Attorneys. m that looked too deep to be crossed without swimming. He fol lowed it toward the left through some thick brush, from which he emerged upon a smooth, sloping bank. It was a .spot upon which the starlight seemed to fall with an especial radiance, per haps because of the darkness . from which he had -come. At any rate, Dar reil saw the sluggish stream, the di'oop fng trees beside it and the smooth slope quite plainly aud upon the grass the figure of a mau lying with his face toward the sky. It was the idiot. Mu sef the Traveler, and be had come to the end of his journey. "I'm hurt in the breast." he said as i the road was nearly opposite him be- , DarrGU Unelt beside biul, "but I guess fore lie came into view. Then be reeog- j It yery bad fee m.etty :slL CHAPTER XII. THROUGH THE HUSSIAN LINES. A.RRELL followed the gled back to consciousness, and the rusty gun that be had taken from the j farmhouse was in his bauds without an effort cf volition. He heard the sound cf a horse's feet, and immedi . ately the beast aud his rider came iuto I viv 1iti in tlio ctnrlir'.t Without a thought in his half waken ed mind, except that be needed a horse. ' Darrell sprang out iuto the path, with ' the gun in his hands, and cried out. i "Halt!" It was the horse that obeyed : the order. The rider continued to.ad ' vance. by the law of inertia, a 'id lie '. new color into cheek and :yj. "I wag short, of 'jrer. li, tVzzy tctl.le 'aid cot raise nij scl" in l;,.. I f.-.-ai. a perfect euro in Dr. Mih - Heart Core." A. T. .Tacrstx, & m & f regulates the heart's artier, while if: stimulates the dirmive organs to make new, rii.h, rd blood whicn favcs strer.rti to the whole body. Said bv Crvg f(ists cn a gur?.i.tee. o o Dr. Miles llcdicJ C- PI inn 1 n t-Qift 1 i 1.-1 1 f O r- V rf t -1 t-.n 1 . n flu highway from ladikaukas to Gred- ,. , . ... J , , , ,, , ! soft moss by the roadside. Darj v b in skov, u i iiiere nao uuen gre ti cnauges . . ,. , , . . . . . . . . it ,. ... . r i f l stautly pounced upon him. but it w;:s Ily virtue rt. ; . , . , , . ' x . ., . , . ., , wholly unnecessary, for the uiaa did ; mort' a the latter part of the night. The way by which Darrell had -come was now not move. lie was lying upon his fatv, :s:e Simr-n t' Clli' i 1; J. C. CV. ,mirv!ic-.i-.f. -a 'i 1 S') i . 1 1 1 U ' liLVriTl the least practicable that his eye could j . at public outcry', fui ... ... ...... the horse would not run. The noor i where a man might pass aided uy tne , . ,. i ir,.,i.,.. r ... j.,r; t, A, ' , ', . beast was standing as if on wooden inMsn . , !;!i. i: roughness ot the country and the dark- , , . . , c. ,- I c -i - r .( . J legs oriven into the ground. Satishtd I the fallowing piec- or p . 1 -.e ness ot "ight. .. in this narticuiar. Darrell looked nsain I in;' and Ix ing in ;-iti, .-,..)-.. ,-. His proximity to the line was an. ... . . . . , , ,fi nu t.i- l'.r .- it ' , , : to his prisoner and became suddenly ! OA TU- rii-j .v .. . ic rt w;l s -!; clement of peril; indeed, he wondered 'Hi ?c-- I aware that ho wore a Circassian cfli-! 1 course cf the stream, which led him back toward the highway, j There was a bridge formed of a single ' aware of men upon the north slope of stone arch, and tlie I tlie 11511 ascending, but be eluded them, bushes grew, close up ! passing around to the westward. He . i . i . . it li. I i?irrnnit"TOfl for loco I i fTl -nlti o t Im to Hie S1UCS or ll. ; Tr-jth a .lrmtard's innminitr fmm l.rn. ! the railnc'ds. that the very spot on which he stood; , , , . ilcrhci-fc-lt':i ;:v ; i,-:vi.-;;: ': till! , 4. , cer s uniiorm under a long and ragged . r, ., ; - , . . r , . vas not held by a picket jruard. Re- , ., . . , , , : ltrj-v.it: Lrinr.isi at :'..i:- , , eoat. In another instant he bad turn-1 , .-.v, :. .i ... ., , ;, Ii I t tin w i l. uuj luc i!4.-cr iisz i v: v. . lii ir 1 . . . . . e x 1 j 1 . - i'V" -- I 1 (MM I 11 1HI 1". n . 1 . V. t'l . J gazing iuto the face of Korna. j soath with Cow. it's lii ; a f- j There was no sign cf injury- Koran en s corner r titii .i. in :i i had fallen limp as a drunkard aud ; ?!rs. Ly's .-'(.n.i r: : ::-."" i ljee s line if . -i-r.iic. fi:1 : The voices of soldiers standing upon j "d expected and was soon beyond the : k(in l(ODp tbe bridge were audible as Darrell crept up in the shadow, and he could hear the tramp of many feet. A regiment was marching, but not upon the high wav. There must be a. road intersect- reach of anything except some chance scouting party. It seemed to him that the Circassian outposts around Vladi kaukas could not be more than ten miles away, yet be was so lame from his fall that even this short distance It was the mere shock t U''t'2nb'! 01 'i! i that bad robbed him of bis wits. Dar- i "lV 5 JET "V J!' " rel! was at a loss to understand how ; of movia Jn . ; ofjocV so gc throw 00.I a horseman had been so easily j lx..ds for Ruf; t ford conn! .-. fr,-s r wn. and yet the c.auuer of the fall is made t sati-;'v he svm i'.x.-. s r,- (COXTLNI'ED OX I'OUKTH PACE. ) uiortpige. T;.- Anri! ' :)). ! J. rmviiv .m. L'.:.
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