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The Gastonia __ _to Cli* Pmtavtlon ot Homo mn* »«.— lntnmu VoL XVI. Gastonia, X. C„ May 2, 1895. ourm Tin. m um nun lUMniu “What now?" I asked. “Toby has lost his oharueter for Infallibility." “Ho acted second Inf to bis lights," ■aid Hoiwss, lifting him down from IBs banal and wmllcUy him oot of the Mmbar yard. '“If yoa oonaldsr bow Wash orsosots la eartad about London in owe day. It Is no yrsat winder that oar trail she aid hors boon crossed. It te «»«ash aosd now, os pen tally for tho ■nesowtny of wood. Poor Toby Is not to teams." “Wo mast yet oa the main seent nyala, I oupposa" “Tee. And. fortunately, ore hate no dlsteoes to go. Evidently whal painted tha day at tho ooraor of Knights pteos was that thsra wars two dlfTsr ont trails running In opposite direc tions Wo took tho wrong on*. It only remains to follow the other." Thors was no dUBoulty about thte. On teadtay Toby to ths plans where be bad committed his fault, ho oast about te a wtde sdrsls. and Anally aB te a trash direction. “Wo mast take sare that he does not ®ow Winy as to the place where the arsoooto barrel earns from." I observed. “I had thouyht of that. Bat yon no tion that he keeps on tho pavement, whereas ths banal passed down tho roadway. No, wa are on tha true soant It tended down towards tbs rirer eida, raaolny through Bel ascot place aad Prince's street. At the sad of ■road street It ran right down to tho water* edge, whore there wee a small woodsa wharf. Tlnb* Ud as to the eery edge of thte sad there stood whining, looking out on the dark ear rant beyond "We are out of lack," said Holmes. “They hare taken Vo a boat Imre." Serosal earnII pun sad skiffs warm lying a boot Id the water and oo the edge of the whart. We took Toby round to each hi tarn, bat, though he miffed earnestly, be/made no sign. Close to the rude landing stage was a email brick hoaae, with a wooden placard swung oat UifOogb the second winsiow. -moroeoal amrOT" was pnneed aoraae It la large Utters, and. under neath: “Boats to hire by the hoar or day." A second tnaarlptlon shore tha dear lefnrmuif as that a steam Uaneh was kept a statement which was eou drmad by * great pile of ooke upon tha jetty. Mherloek Holmes looked slowly round, end his fees assumed an ominous "This looks bad." said he. “Those fellows am sharper than 1 expected. They seem to hareoorered their tracks. Thane haa. I fear, been preconcerted Be waa appr lashing the door of the hpwee, when ll opened, end a little early headed lad of eta came running eat; followed by a stoutleh. red-faced warns with a targe sponge lu her hand. “Yon some bank and be washed, Jeok," she shouted. “Come back, you roneg Imp. For If your fatbereomes home and tads yen like that, he'll let as hear of a" “Dmr Uttle chap!” said Datum, Strategically. “What a roay-ebeeked yoaang raaeall How, Jack, la there any thing you would likaT" The youth pondered for a moment. ‘Td lika e shillin'," said ha “Nothing you would like hetterT" 'Td like two shillin' belter." the prodigy esewered, after seme thought. “Here you are. thenl Catch A One ahQd. Mrs BaalthT -LMT you. Mr, ha is that, and forward. Ha ywta a moat too much for at* to —■«>», 'apootallj wbea ray man b away day* at a Uaa* “dway, la bar* aaid Holme*. 1* a dta ayuoiatad rote*. “I am aorry for that, for I wa^wlto «ynh to Ur. Smith." "Ha** baan away daaa yesterday aurata’. Ur. aad, truth to tall. I ambw ataaia' to iaal fHnhfid a boat him. Bat if U la about a boat, ah’, mayba I Mali aanaaawaU." “1 wan tad to Ura hte strata launch." “Why, biaaa you, air, K la la tha ataam hand that ha haa yoaa. That's wKat yaaataa mat lor I kaow thar* ain’t mor* aoala la bar than would taka bar to about Woolwich aad back. II ka'd baan away la tha bary* I'd ha' thouyht nodhla’i far many a Urns a Job haa takan him aa fur aa OrmTaaanit. aad thsa If thar* ara* mooh doin' thara ha mlyht ha' atayad new Bat what yood la a ataam laaaoh wlthont oonUT' u» aught Bara bought am at a wharf «owa tha Haar." “Ha atfkt, air, hot It weren't hit »»/ Many a llat I ra baard him aaU oat at tha prlaaa they aharp* for a faw odd bagn Hmddaa. t don’t Ulta that wondao-lapted mt, wl’ hU aply faea and onUandhh talk. What did ha araat alwaya kaooblm’ about HarafarT’ “A wooden lepped manT* -etd “Tat. Hr. a brown, monhay-faoad •hap that * sailed mora’n oaaa far my old man. It waa Mm that rnn.nl hlra ap yaataralpht. tad, nhaTa non, my man low ha waa towin’, for ke had ataara ap In Urn Uaaah. I UU you atraipht air, I don’t tael aaay la « mind about If “Bat, my daar Mr*. BaaHh,” aaid Batmaa. ahrapptnp hfa ahouldean, “you are Mgttamlar yonraelf about nothing Haw mould yon poaUhly tall that It waa tha wor Ian lappad mb wka aame la tha alphtt I don't qvtta “«h mlm. Hr.*'/ knew tg*raln. which it kind o' thlok nnd fuggy. tapped al the winder—about three 11 would be. 'Show a leg, matey,' tayt he: 'time to turn out guard.' My old man woke up Jim—that'* my eldest— aad away they wool, without ao auob ae a word to mo. 1 could hear the wooden leg deckle’ on the stones •* “Aad wae thia wooden-legged man ■lower* "Couldn't any, 1 am rare, air. I didn't bear no one elaa.” “1 am eorry, i!n Smith, (or I wanted a ttcam launch, and I hare, heard good report* of the— Let me eee, what la her name 7" "The Aurora, air." “Ahl She'e not that old green launch with a yellow lloe, rery broad la the heuar* "No, Indeed. She’e ae trim a little thing ae any on the rlrer. She'S been (reah painted, black with two red streaks" •Thank*. I hope that you will hear aoon from Mr. flhniLh. I am going down the rlrer; and If I should eee anything of the Aurora I shall let him know that you nr* uneeey. A black funnel, you any7“ “No, sir. Blank with a white band.** "Ah, of oouree- It wae the side* which ware black Good morning, Mr*. Smith. There la ^ boatman here with a wherry, Watson. W* si,si) take It aad warn the river." "The main thing with people of that •ort," laid Holme*, as wt ml h> the •heels of the wherry, “is never to let them think that their Information can be of the allghteet Importance to you. U you do, they will Instantly shot up “*■*« »o»if, uaa. mm, m i •wajttzd A WTAAM LAuaCa." Uka on oyster. If yoa listen to them n»der protest, ss it were yos era rery likely to get whnt yoa want.* "Oar aonraa sow anrn pretty el—r," —Id I. "What would yoa do, thsnr1 "1 woald angaga a Launch and go down the track of the Aurora." "My dear follow, It would bo a oolhs aal task. She may hare touched at any wharf on either side of the stream between hers and Greenwich Below the bridge there b e perfect labyrinth of landing-places for mil**. It would take yon days and days to exhaust them. If yoa set about It alone." "Employ the police, then." "No. I shall probably sell Atbelnry Janes in at the last moment. Be b not e had fellow, end I should not like to do anything which would Injure him professionally. Bat I here e finoy for working It oat my—11. now that we hare gone so far.” * "Coaid ws adsertise, then, asking for Information from wharftngersf"' • Worse and worse) Our men would know that the ohaas was hot at their heels, and they woald he off out of the •owtWy. At It Is, they are likely enough to team, bat as long aa they think they are perfectly safe they will he In mo hurry. Jobss* energy will be of ess to us there, for hie tUw of the earn b tors to pash Itself Is to the dally prana, sad tbs runaways will think that ereryoae is off o. the wrong aaant" "What are wu to do, thenT" leaked, as we landed near MUlhauk peolUm LWy "Taka tala hear on. drWa luw^, Kara aotne braahtaat, and (at an hner'r alaap. It la qulta on tha oarda that Wa ■ay ha afoot to-nlqht a|>h. Stop al tha telaflaaph oflloa, aabbyt Wa will haap Toby, for ba may ba of aaa to na yat." Wa pollad op at tha Orar t Peter ■tiaat poet oflUa, and Holmaa dla patohad hla wtra “Whom dr yon think that U tot" ha naked. aa wa r. aamad omr Jooraay. “I am anre I don't know." “Tan remain bar tba linker atyaat db rWna at tha dataattwa pollen form whom I amployad la tba Irfmoa Hope aamr* "Well. • raid I. leoqkla* "Tbli la Jnrt tba earn wbara thay mlflbt ba Inaalaabla. II thay tall, l hare Other rooonrooo; but I thall try them Brat. That wtra waa to my dirty little nontenant. Wlyylaa and I erpent that ba aad hla fae* will ba with na before we hare Bnlahad oar braahtaat* It waa bat warn etflht and nine o’oioob aad I wan nr ml nr i of aalraaf reaetkm after tba iMliahi Mod In maaaa of tha al«hv I waa limp aaa "mry- hr*°fl«ad la mind aad fattened la body. 1 bad aot tha pmdaaatoaal am MkaaUaap whlnk aarrtad my eompaaloa a^parmmld Uocfc at tha mtm» a “*»re iMidei latali actual problem. KX tor er the death of Bartholomew Sbolto went, I had heard little good of hi™, and oould tool bo lataaea antipathy to hie murderer* The treaaure, however. waa a different matter. That, or part of It, belonged rightfully to If Lee Xocaten While there waa a ohaaaa of recovering it, I waa reedy to . devote my life to the one object. True, If 1 found it, it would prob i ably pat her forever beyond my 1 re oh. Tet It would be a petty •tlfteb lore which would be Infloenoed 1 by mb a thought aa that. If Molucca could work to And the article.ala. I had a tenfold etronger reaeon to urge mu I on Ur And the treasure. A hath nt Baker • treat and a com plete change fraahened cat up wonder fully. Whan I came down to our room I found the break tort laid and Holman pouring out the ooftea. I " Here it la” laid he, laughing and i pointing to an open newnpaper. 'The | energetic Jonee and the ubiquitous rr pwlcr have Inf It np between them. But you hner had enough of the cam. Better have your ham and agge Brat.*' 1 took tha paper from him —d mad Iba abort notice, which waa headed: I "Myetertoua bruin— at ,.w I wood.” AMai twelve o'olock leel eight," | Mid tte Standard. “Mr. Bartholomew Sholto, of Pondicherry lodge. Upper Norwood, wu lowed deed la hi* room •Oder circumstances which point to tool play. A* tar ae we can Iran*, no actual trace* of violence were bind upon Mr. Sholto'* per ton. bet • relueble eoUeation of India* gem* 1 which tte deoeaeed gentleman had inherited (too hi* fatter ha* I been carried off. Tte dlaoorery waa drat mad* by Mr. Sherlock HolatM aad Dr. Watson, who bad called at tte hoaa* with Mr. Thaddea* Stelto, brother of tte liecMMd. By a singular piece of good fortune Mr. Attelaey lorn*, tte well-known member of tte deteclir* polio* fare*, happened to b* at the Norwood polio* * action, and waa on the ground within half an hoar of the drat alarm Bin trained and ex perienced faced ties war* at onee direct ed toward* tte detection of tte elim inate, with tte gratifying remit that tte brother, Thaddea* Sholto, ha* al ready been amilai together with tte housekeeper, Mr* Barnatooe. an In dian bn tier n*m»d Lai Mao. aad a por ter. o* gatekeeper, named MeMardo, (t la quite certain that the ttlnf or thieve* war* well aoqnalated with the honae, for Mr. Jon**' wall-known technical knowledge end hi* power* of ml cute observation have en abled him to prove eonolaalvely that tha mUcraanU oonld not have entered by the door or by tte window, butmust have matte thalr way acroaa the root of tbe building, and no through,a trap door lato a roots which communicated with that la which tte bod} wee found. Thi* fact, which baa been very clearly mad* out, prove* oooolaalvcly that It wm* no mere haphazard burglary. Tb» prompt aad energetic action of tte ofS oere of tte law show* the great advan tage of the presence on *t*lh occasion* of a single rigor oa* end maaterfel mind. We cannot bat think that It supplies aa argument to those whof would wish to see our detective* more decentralized, and brought Into closer and more effective touch with tte ae*M which U Is their duty to Investi gate." "Imt It gorgaoasr said Holme*, grinning over hi* coffee oup. “Whet do you think of Itf “I think that we hare had a close ■hay* ounalvM of being arrested for tte crime." 90 »© *• I would! 1 Miiwcr fop our safety row, if he shoald happen to hare another of hie ettaolca of energy. * At this moment thorn was a loud ring at the bell, and I eouLd hear Hra.' Hudson, our landlady, raising iW roioe In a wall of axpostnlatloa and d^L “By hearan, Holmes," I scM. half rising, “1 believe that they ere really after us." “Mo, It's sot quite so bad as that. It la the unofficial tome the Baker street Irregulars.” Aa hh spoke, than eaeua a swift pat tering of naked feet upon the stairs, a Blatter of high voioae, and In rushed a doaen dirty and ragged little etreeV Arabs There waa soma show of diaot pltoa among them, despite their to ! multaone entry, tor they instantly | drew up In Una and stood feeing tu ■ with expectant fanes. One of their I number, taller end older than the oth ers, stood forward with an air Of Loung ing superiority which waa rsry bony In such a disreputable little suarArow. “Got your message, sir,” said be. “and brought 'em on sham. Three beb And | tanner for tlohete.“ “Here yon am," said Holmes, peo dnoing same Mirer. '1n future they eea report to you. Wlgghas, end you to ms l oanaot have the house hmded la this Way. However, It la Just aa well that you should all hear the I net ruc tions. I want to find til* whereabouts of a steam lauaoh railed the A arora. owner Word seal Smith, black with two red streaks, fanaal black with • white band. She Is down the river —rut where. I want one boy to be at l|or decal Smith's landing-stage opposite KUlbenk to my If the boat mi him husk. You must divide It out among four selves, and do both bank* thoroughly Let me know the moment you have news Is that all elaarT in. g** oar, mm v*Ifrw "Tha old Mala at pay, aad a pl«n to tha boy who lull lha boat (lari'I a day la adraoaa Now att yap far Ha baodad tbam a ahlUtay aaah, aad away tkfy baaaad dowa tba Main. aad dowa tha atraat. "II Uta laaaeb la a bora water thay wtU tad bar." raid Hobaoa, M ha raw tram tha tabia aad lit hia p4pa. "Thay « «» a^rywhara. aaa ararrthlny. riiwhiat »*aryma I aipat {a baar hafera aaaataf that thay Ww aoottad bar. la tha naaawMla, wa am da aothlay bat aaah raaalta Wa moo* tedk mo lha lir hi a trad uatll wo tad either the Aurora or Mr Tliarlllll Smith. * "Toby could cat theca aorapa. 1 data mj. Are you going to bwl, ilulmea?" ••Ko; 1 am not Ured. I ham a eurl ooe eoattltutloo. ] nerrr iimoaitior feeling tired by work, though Idleneae exhanate me completely. I am going toewohe and to think over thia queer bad nee i to whioh my fair client haa In trod coed ua If rear nma had aa eaqytaalc. tbla of cm ougM tab*. Wooden-logged nma are n<* ao oom mo«. bat the other man mutt, ! ahoold think, bo ebeolutely unique." '-That other man again!" I “1 ham ao rich to make a myatory of him—to yoo, t-nyway. Bat yon moot ham formed year own opinion. Now. do outrider the data. Diminutive footmark* tone never fettered by boot* naked fart, atone-beaded wooden maeo. great agility, email poieonoc dart* What do yon moke of ell thUT “A aaragur I exclaimed. •Kerhape one of thoae Indiana who were the ae aoelatea of Jonathan Butell" — •V mu oe. TT Mu onv I MW signs of strsugr wsopoos I wss inaltnad to think so; but Um rsnvsrk •bl* share*t«r of tba footmarks canard ms to raeouaijsr my rlows. Hocus of •he inhabitants of tbe Iodine pendnsnU , _ hot ninM oosid bn re left soeh marks os that l*bs Hindoo proper has long and thin fast. The Mndsl-wariag Mohammedan has tba graat too wall separated from tha btoROM thi tboaif if oodboaI/ psmad between. These Uttls darts, too, coaid only ba shot la one way. Thay ara from a blowup*. How, than. Where ara wa to And our saragoP* “Booth American.” I •»--«-s Ba strstehsd his hand as and took down a balky rotoma bran the shelf. “This Is ths first volume ad a gasaUar Which la sow being published. It may ba looked soon ns the vary latest authority Whattosra ara bsrsf •An daman Islands, masted Urea bra drad sod forty miles to tba north of ■vmatr*. tn tba bay of Beafel' Huml bam! What's all LhUr Moist aUmeU. ooml rests, sharks. Pert Blair, oonriet barracks, Rutland Island, cottonwoods —ah, burs wa are. Th* aborigine* of tbe Andaman Islands may perhaps claim tba distinction of being tba ■mallsst race span this earth, though *»« anthropologist* prafar tha Bnak man od ilrka, tba Diggm ladlaas of A maria* aad the Terr* dal Paagiaaa Tha arrrsf* height is rather below four feat, although many fall-grown adults may b* found "who era rery much smaller than this. Tbay are a ftaroa. dutch aad in bests hi* peo ple. though oapebla of fenaimg moat devoted friendships whan thaw sonA denca hat one* bean gained.' Mark that, Watson. Mow, than. listen to this: 'They ara neutrally hideous, baring large, mlmhspaa heads, small. * •wwa n in iof tiA« rmi txb mat.* Sr®*.?***’ J^r*«torUd Intuw. met tJKnde, however. m re merbably 4Ball. So In treatable and fleroa m they that aU the effort, of tba ltrttkh ofBotale have felled to win them over In any degree. They bar* alwaye bees a terror to thipwrecked •f***. braining tha amiron with tbatr atoba-baadad olebe, or aboottcg tbam with thei* pctoamd .rrowe Tbaaa mama arm are Invariably oon elodad by a eaantbal beit' Nlae, amiable poop** Watsoal U thin fellow bad baaa laft to hfc own aoaldad do vtoae tbla affair might bare token am •van meet* gbaatly tort- l faaoy that, even da U la. Jonathan Small woald fj»e » goad deal not to have employed "Bat hew aaaee be to bate eo elngular • oompanlorpr' "Ah, taat la more thea I aaa tall. Maee. howavar, wo bad already deter mined that Small bad eoma from tha Aadaanaaa, It la aot ao vary woadorful that thto lalandac abahld be wltb him. Mo doubt we ahall know all .boat It in t*ma> Look bora, Walooa; yoe look •eaalarly demo.' Lie dowa there oa tha aota, and aaa It ( aaa pat yon to ilnp.* Ho took np hie vtotta from theooraer, and aa I atrotehod myeelf oat he began to play kcm tow, dreamy, malodlooe air—bla own. no doabh tor ha bad a remarkable gift far tmprevldhUoa. I have avmgne ramambraaaa of hlagaaat Umbo, bla wnmt torn, ehd tha tha and fall of hie bow. Tbaa I eeemed to he Saotod peooefaUy aw*y enow a aoft ma of aoond, until I feaad tnyaelf la dream lead, with tha iwaa* fear of Uary Morelia hrrrlrlTtg doer i apoa aa foowrunrap amxr «m.] * *»aarBm>l» car* ,t~—1— FVoa* (A/ Orate* Krdar. r>"»ld Lrwl». *So ha* I Mr* afliolrd *11 wlntrr by rhramattxB. la imh aga'n and all do* (n orm of thr mrdlrlnra advrritted In nar anlaana. After try l«f »rrnrlMn« pmalbl*. hr Hard trUav brrtain'a Pain Bala, vhlah haa rr llrrad hla .if all pate. from wlitoh h. who a ornate a i rrUrrrr and pmalaa *» BMhr Mb Si ter daly anna W. kooa David baa tern a inrt liter and am gWd ta ar hla wmind aorala. For wlr by Ctraat B Knnvr, ' tv*wiaa BMW# BDOIIATIBM. ■ ■»■** IBl—it>a ta. * ram mating stoat tha return «*»iprtng. It b a bl.awd plaaaara to : all to tlia pinna and Invk oat upon I nature that la now tKidding Into baaa I V B*1 *«Ulag on bar panulrtu Bad ^oklag brrwlf arltii |..w*ia Ilka a May Day firm. Nmurr’a ImsUr ooata iiuliihig. uni i« tin- liitaMeat of all. 1 ilka Uibig* tiia' cual nothing—na to-naj, no 111 nr ..or toll—but tajr wlfa like*avoir Uwt rrgnlna work and Itora'a nnlkby Inna bat m*. 8»« nyr tt.l tiMiira oMii't pot on new dotbrs until Jha old ones am ramorrd, and an I Ufa to naka up tha laaraa and Unto and haul Mimb aff fb tha wbaai bamiw imm Im Sowir i«*ii Iia4 to b* 9fMfid mrt refrrtlllaed and Ua old flora tore down from Uia Urlllwaw and tha balha and frrbauaa and g-rmulam* brought ■ Kit <> I lira grr»tih»iiBra and rraat la tbrir faada. Whra I get tired aha aaya I amy bwmp wart by digging In tha gKiitrn, and to aha nmnagra to krap ma bogy, and all I gat t« a liuir pralaa now ard I twit. If U waaant for bar 1 don’t ratoon I would do mueh of anything, but alt arouod and rwmlaata. Wa warn Loth ru«l noting a boat Spring and the Una to droncaU tlia grafra, nnd rbut tha anulfarBaf of tlw aurrandrr, tor about tola Mias thirty yrara ago Uirre who trouble In this auuutry —tlili Southern ouuatry. Tlia war Waa oear, but thwa waa not nary much prime. Tier* waa aiora fur than pane*— faar of lawlnaneaa at launa and nppnwiloa from ouroon aurnwB. And Ibrto waa a faar of auf frrlng f»r thera waa bat Hula am a and no nnml froai tha laal yoar’a crop. Ttiern were widows aad oblMiwa all r»ear Ua land, tart tiwto worn its aattla AIM INI !■ V «A1W . re*. Tire morning told I* r* braaghl torek some nrrebeek mule*, bat there WMiMiU.1iict.ifMl there «o. While Uw XortlM-rn »4dl*re wrat hour in triumph, tinging songs of victory •join OMrehlaa through Um|l*. the tuy* wen. Lreowsleg lire re Ik* re tire onwilnc gnure nd rigging up their «M plow Muck* aud patching the fear with hickory bark. Bat Ure long war waa over, aad that wa* enough. The buy* bad e« treat 10 “»< Brrelda and laid they •wN Ml root* *od drink branch «e |cr and be huppy. Mot all tha boy* [red « >t back, hre three war* tbooMuda In federal prt*oaa and it took time and •ed tape to relearn them. After Urey were draofcergrd It took time .nd ehart ■y tn pt ibrm home, for they bid no ntMreyei.il bed to bog or work ibetr wet On every road Umm return Irik •old lets euuM*. It wee a plot uni too Mg fur a psloler, nr «Ue It would have •reti Irateb-d long ago. “The retain, of lire boys In gray,” noilmvrd, as* washed, unkempt, Urey pbiddad sloug >nwa day hi day. weary sod hungry aud funtauto. Imp homeward bueod. ourel of them to humble, country eot Uagaa, wlrere pwliape there waa a moth er mtatiug or a slater .re mm lured member of ibe family Kveu tired.* that used to bark waa dead. Tha onw waa glare, fire She. max's burners had taken Iter, <nl there were a lew pota toea in the hit) and few chicken# left a«d s Hula areal that but brer, bidder iru... tire icuiu. I bougU the only uuw that w«* fur sal* in our eoualy and tire bed been hid oat la a cane ireak*. 1 gave |10 In gold for Bee boahal* of ooru »w«y desrn in Alabama. I i.ad it hid.Ian at «ld Bewleod Bryant's dnwn lire rlvar, sad he lad It grou.al st s eebol'g mill I by wight and brought uw half a bualrei at a time, stented uadar the amt of bis old buggy. There were *ts eJilldivn tlmu at oar boose, and they were hungry. Wa never lluiiiabt uf meet ay sugar or coffee. Bread and milk and sorghum wen* reed en.Mt.ch fire anyiredy. But Urere area no repining. The family waa re united and at home and that wm a big thing. Ivverty waa uothlug hi e-<m »«rla»n. Tire war wa* over aud oar people were cad and tbry were glad. It had been virtually over f..r aeyaral motiihe and the aoldkm knew It god laid got snmewhgt rrm.oelled, aud home bihI wife and ehildrew were on their hearts. Then, there were tire returning refogiree whom Shrrmae bad driven from tire lie* of hie uiardi tn •M M. Ho Mm Rail U.s wood* brfoaa HI® and they fed. Tbrrr wara aooo to Ore but tba old mm and woman aad ehUdreo. Ha burnad thrtr towns aad •riard Uw4f ►look aad ordaaod than to *‘gll,*’ Ida ha waa going to ask* wor faarribta, ood bo did it. Snob a desolated oona uy for thirty ml too in width boa aat barn Boon to omtarire. Aad mj wife looked away off rt roomily and mid*. “Yea, it la pretty nawr tba danlvrtmnr of oar ranags* trip frum Hume. That was early ta May. I*d4. a«d yon had a baoirtlful garden Umo. and wa b«d grown yeas for dinner *64 Mrawborriaa and ema far antiwar." "Yea," “wild I, aad abnal midnight, wban wa got Urn earning wa took tba ahlldren from thatr tods and tnmbird Uirra Into tba IKlto rook nwoy and want railing down tba auort towards tbo Etowah bridge to gat away from tha abatis that wyra aiming sad twisting la tha air. Tbaa tea gnt langtrd ay with aar retreating artsy and it waa almost daylomk Harare wo ernab'd iUr bridge. Wo hurrtod ay tba lull Uy tba light of Onsuoaato bridge that waa homing, and away wa want an n long trot until era got to Cham ber** caW, and stopped to real, aad Tty —thy folthfal Tip- mads a Ire on Ua •Ida m tba read and fedled ua aoma tnffre aad sra drunk it and gatrs tba ebildrea enma broad and meat and away wa went agna, for almost every nu-mral »>ma stray hnrtrman woaM galHty Uy no aad say: ’Harry ayt H»iry oyl T»m ranker* ha so got serum tba rtear and are onmlng util* Ok. It war an earful lima." I M iww im rnninai* awniw and t»wn tha mM| »a aimoat aa ! bad whan w» )anraayad !.»■>, aaar Ibr of tha war. t aaaar will tom U*t a*r*i(n# tbx wa draaa down lb# Mil to mart** brldga aa lb* Oatua road and oaa nt tba IKtla bof* Ml oat of tba wafoa aad tba bind wbaal aaam a wlihlo an ii—reaelag over hW head, [tad vtaa wegot to—bridgethe door , —f not aa—k was oa It— nothiog tat tta i tee pm, aad Mt ! soul ow Mr. ■tad's plaa* tor Mar had ran away H was tta only bridge that ! f ita lMag riaor. aailhaaa 1 in—daw i_ i Mt aata Mr. 1 tiara with Ua taaai aaa < aad Mr. ttaundm and_ : ooumod itaoM planka that am. , totvd art tta tank and aaar ttara ware . eaougb to aro« oa, and oil bond* swat i to work and laid two rows, rwd to aad, ' wMa oaoaaii apart tor tta Wheat# in rua OB. mud thou pa Mad all tta wa— Tlpawl«tba a»%ra aad **“d *** aad you walked tta ptook wttTTta baby I" your arm, aad thou mmm tank tor ■* aad ita children, and wo M\ a»t aver eoBebow, tat 1 waul—t Iry It await) fur a BlUloa dottara.” •‘And that alobt." aald (. "wrdma about — Bike la tta dark beating tor a liaiaau baUtalton aad toted none, forttay had —a burned, aad wa anatned In aaokl whoolhoaee, that tad a ■•aplaas uat an door, aad tta tone wet* awful. Thera wee aa aid — ataM* ay itae—oltaawand— two Otdaet boye tied tta wuta aad tta borae to t lunar end elrpt la Ita tree— with itaU^judad guna. tor there ware In the oiutry who would rattar etaa I a Bide thus to Sad one wtirjed Tta I nest day ww Buds tor beau. Wa Meeeed Chat ataUuw, that tad town wm lying all round. The lataoeida tad pinktd ttaB to Uwtr akin aad bunoa. Ttara wm ouom wraata ef IrunMnaand"aide* were »Uad>>^p”aH ataet. Whan are rrwakrd OeaerfUa wa luirdly know where ww warn, tor tta wee nuntj destroyed. There ■u nothing left bet riilaueya aad sel lers walls—uot e bomaa brlig nor e dowretic eulnul—not ■ deg wet a net eor • Mid nor e i»uwt.” A jeer before It waa the meal been* tlfnl town In Hurth Ueargle, the aaet , «l colter* end reitcris and efctnehae end tt rt«yd to weather tbn’borrori’of war. When 1 knocked at the door he eem*. end before he ealuokrtJ end aabarred aoM tn a eauctaoe vote*: “Wire U it, end whet At jm went? It took »•» Uax to aasttra hia of our ladenUtr end to gain odmtmloo far the Urad wtfaend Mule ehHdrae. Neat day we found oar ones br-euttfel home la a •reck- Kvrrythlug that wa had Ml to Iba boose waa gooa. The feoee amend It ares tune. The tlnbUry waa destroyed bat tba dwelling wee there, end are aand In. Ter weeks we slept so the door In burr eared bade, bat wa went to work end pul rind ay wltet we eould. end were boggy in oar desolation. That wee Um uftoraielh of war. It !• aeldoB that we recall It, f-g It eaeas like a aeored blatory sad always triage opari-mg orlaa of Um deed whore wo loved nad hist. Bill. Aw. •etaategvaotoeeMbiaam WaSMegMe Stoats* Mesa. “I have e friend Iravritag through Jfnrth Carolina.” aeid D. T. Stoart at the Behlgh. "Be hat e natural paw purity ter getting into bat water. In e letter to aw Ibe other day he raleiea e fanny atcperlenea he bed at a heetiiry in * lluie town or the Bute. TMels pert of hie well: -And aow let as glee yew a hrtaf sketch of the Intaot irnluaieeiit I got leto. 1 got Into e little ptoee called Malden, end Ptopped at the hotel far dinner. Tbry have no welters there at least, they had none when I was ttMpa. They may have got e>mr rinse. To toll the truth, they had a dories rigged up which dlapaoMd with tbrir rervleta. The tat4n waa meed end oowpopd Wf tin* Um. Th* Brat, or htmr. Um wm stationary, and oo It raatad jroor plat*. at*. On thn opyar Urr wm yhmd th* fMa, eoatalwlag tin Inavf tabte him, th* oanlpiwwt fried iff*, th* taartwd pntatnas, tho torn! p-top Inttuo* (f) and *11 th* ottnr thlnsa wti>oh an to sapport I IN la thta Old North BtaU. Tlita tht la*o ballt that tt iwvnhrm. *o that If yo* waat tha atawad VnsutOM aad tha* ehaae* to b* la front of th* piwfiynmd hr Ullfar draamar, all yea bar* to do I* t*«t***»pth. aad, yaata, yaa baa* th* timatoM la froat of yaa. Oa* drawbaoh U tha ihia* Is that yn* bar* to holdtt white mtUac tho atafarato* *<ma fallow at Um athar (Ida af tha taMa wMI #j*ln It away Ina you. I waatad sima battar Uw day I waa thm aad It waa half-way, mood fraai rna. An oMarty lady (It *a baypaasd. hat t dM not know ft) wm hatwaa harartf to U.a ham aad had bold af tha taU*. 1 trted to «jdn It, bat tt wantda’t aaoaa. to •water* oa a»» lap! UaplSfAwi draamar waa fortaaata rooawh to atop zxflff-&sssiaa ia tha atomaah and Mnmad off (aha tbr lay of a yoana tedy ** hto toft, tha Umlplnppad tettaor aalaadad aata the hrad af a vary rad brirad aad aa*b frarblrd ynalh who sat oa ay toll. White tha battar atnoh la Uw hair af a ■aa who waa dr4sinl*« far asotoa faotory. Tha toadtody taaaht th* bteealta and I eaayht Uw Sard (aa wMI a* (ho townuwsv It anat aa Jml 1* 80 to pay Nr thr dbhaa." *rw««ly MnyHill. '-|ha« ifay *44 mi m hiMf* Oku mm4 *io*h wicmmi m4 *»" «m*T«bli mmMmm hi !•> wrttnUa rvMiH’’ Mjn Mr. T. B. •toiuh. «f BlUrthM. Mm -A Maal toUMh* mIM m* aitatiUoa to 0*M tortal**UMwh fciaMf. m4 nMi rwm**ntolw I im Um i»m4> a aaiMTal 'rial. Tto r*a*R mc»rt»« Mat I rwaMw4 mUHi (a Um 4aya M to an4 to ani htoi to nto by Ccaav * Kanran, OragcM. j7 ,y v v > | V fr jt iJ t * f! S ' ■ i? s ? nan HR*, | $ Sg, i x t V.» 4 > Vfr i |; \i\ v/» . ^ |y'; J '■ *N *•■»'_. ;VV " \ r*l V-.' c ■ \ r "' l « ' f: ■•j is §
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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May 2, 1895, edition 1
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