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Vo . XVI. Gastonia, N. 0„ May 23, 180B. ttstrass:} No SI. cnaJTxs xx. - tbs a mat aq ha raaAxra. Orrr oaptln nt is Um nUn oopoelta to the Iron box which he hod 0004 ao maeh and walled ao long to gain. He wax a aaaburaed, reoklrea-tyed follow, with a network of linen and wrtnklea all orrr bit mahogaay feature*, whleb told of a bard, open-air Ufa Thera waa a alngnlar promlnenoe abort bla beard ad obln which marked a man who waa aot to hr eaaily turned from kla pnrpoar. Ilia aga may bare been tflr or thereabout*, for hla black, early hair waa thickly abet with gray. Hie free la rapoae waa not an io pleating one, though hla hoary browa and aggreaalru chin gitre hla, oa I had lately acen, a terrible? rapniInu when morad to eager. fla at now with hla handcuffed hand a upon hU lap and bla head arak a poo hla fanaat. while ha looked with hla keen, twinkling tyce at tha box which had baen thr oauat of hla 01-doiagu. It aearmed to ai that there wia more aorrow than anger in kla rigid and contained ooaclenaooe. Onea he looked up at me with a gWarn •f anmrtblnc Uke humor In htaryra. '•Well, Jonathan Small,"xald Holmea, lighting a cigar, "1 am aorry that It hea oum to tbia." "And ao am L" he answered. frankly. '*1 don't he Her* that I can swing orer the job. 1 give yoa ray word on tha hook (hat I acror raised my hand agmiaat Mr. Hholto. It waa that little hell-hound Tonga who shot oae of hi* ewretd dart* Into him. I had an part In IV air. I waa aa grieved aa U It had been my blood-relation. I welted the little devil with the alack end at the rope tor IV bat It was done, and I oould not a ado It sgsla." "Hare a cigar," aald Holme*: "and yon had bnat take a poll oat of my flank, for yon are very wet flow could yon aspect an small and week a man aa thla Mack fellow to overpower Mr. Hholto and hold him while yon were climbing the rope? “Yen sees* to know ea much a boat U aa tf yon were there, air. The truth la thnt I hoped to And the m»m clear. 1 know tha habit* of tka turner pretty well, and It waa the thne when Mr. Hholto usually went dorm to hla sup per. I aha 11 make no secret of the bnslneaa The heat defense thnt I can make la jnat the simple truth. Now. If It bad been the old mujor I would hare swung for him with a light heart. 1 would hare thought no more of knif ing him than of smoking this cigar. Hut it's cursed hard that I should be lagged over this young Hholto, with whom I had DO quarrel whatever." “Yon are under the charge at Mr. Alhelney Judes, of Sootlond Yard, no la going to bring you up to ray rooms, and 1 shall ask yon foe- a truo account of the matter. You must mu We a clean breast of IV for If you do I hope that 1 any be of use to you. I think T can prove thnt the poison acts so quickly that the man waa dead Wore ever you reached the room.' "That be waa, air. 1 never got auoh • torn la my life aa when I aaw him grinning at me with hi* heart on hla efcoolder aa I climbed through the win dow. ft fairly ahooV n. air. I'd hove half killed Tonga for it If he had not ecrambled of». That waa how ha name to leave hla elab, and aorae of hla darla, too. aa he tolla me. which I dare lay helped to put yon on our truck; though how yon kept on It la more than I eau tell. I don't feel no malice agalnet you for K. I hit It doaa acorn a queer thing.* he added, with a bitter am lie, “that I, who have a fair claim to nigh upon half a million of money ahonld apemf the Brat half of my life bonding a breakwater tn the Aadamanm. and am tike to apend the other half dlggtn' drnfna at Dartmoor. It waa an evil day lor me when Brat I clnppod oyea apon the laerehaat Aehmct and had to do with the Agra tree me,. which never hrooght anything but a curve yet anon the aaan who owned It To him It hrooght murder, to MaJ. Phot to It hrooght fear and putlt, to me It ha* vacant alarary for life.* At thla moment Atholncy Jotwa thrnat hi* broad face and heavy ahouV dera Into the Uay aahla. 'Quit* a ha "qHTTT* K rtWIT »4»TT* OB UHilinv fly party," ha rawarirod '1 think I •hall hay* a pall ht that Saak. Hoi Tana. Wall. I think we May all enapihtnlate aaah athar. Pity wa didn't taka lha other ehrat hat lhara waa no ehoiaa. I any. Uolaasa. yoa nail ennfaaa that yon ant M rather ha. It wna all that wa ana hi do In omrHaal ha.* "All la wall that nada wall.* aid flat waa. "Mat l aartalaly did aat knot* that Ut Aurora waa «"«»■ a dipper.* "Smith aaja that aha la ooa of tho faateat launch** on the rlrer, and that M ha had had another man to help him with the ongtsea w* ahould uorcr liaro caught her Da aweara ho knowa noth ing of *hla Norwood boafocaa." "Neither be did." cried our priaoner —“not a word. 1 choee hia launch ba eauac I heard that the waa a Oyer. Wo told blm nothing, bat we paid him wall, and he waa to gat aomat' :ng hcndaocae If we rrnched our raaacl, the Ermorakla. at Grareread, outward bound for the Draalta" n be hu don* no wrong wn ■ball t« that no wrong oorooa to him. jf wo are pretty quick in catching our »cn. we arc mil ao quick In coatlomn' Ing them." It wia-esmalng to notice bow the consequential Joses waa al ready beginning to glee himself airs on the strength of the aapture. From the alight smile which played over Sher lock Holmes' face, I could aee that the apcoch had not bean loot upon him. "We will ha at Vaiultall bridge presently," said Jonas, "mod (hall land yoa, Dr. Watson, with the treasure boa. I Deed hardly toll you that 1 am taking a very grave responsibility upon aayaolf in doing thla It la moat Irreg aleri but of oourae an agreement ia an agreement. I moat, howerer, as a mat ter of duty, scud sa Inspector with yon, ainoe you bsro ao Talus hie a charge. You will dries, no doubt?" "Yea, I ahaU drive." "It Is s pity there Is no key. that we *“7 make an inventory first- You will hare to break it open. Where ia the key. my men?" “At the bottom of the riser,* aaid Smell, shortly. "Ilum! Thera wx* no aee you giv ing thlx unnecessary trouble. Wo liava had work enough already through you. However, doctor, I need not warn yon tc lie careful, bring tho hog hack with you to the linker street rooms. Yon will find us there on our way to tho station." They landed me at Vsuxhall with my heavy Iron bog and with a hlniT. genial Inspector u> my companion A quarter of an himr'a ilriro brought ua to Mr*. Cecil Forrester s The servant soemod surprised at an Into a visitor. Mrs. Cecil Forrester was out for the evening, she sxplalnod, and Ukvly to be very late. Miss Mors ten, however, was la the draw lug- room; ao to the drawing-room 'I went, bo* in hand, leaving the obliging Inspector in the •th 8b ■ «u aemted by the open window, dressed in some sort of white dtephan ous material, with a little touch of scarlet at the noclt and waist. The soft light of a shaded lamp fall upon hor as she leaned beck in the basket chair, playing over her sweet, gruvu foou. and tinting with a dull metallic sparkle the rieh onils of her luxuriant habr, one white arm and hand drooped over the aide of the chair, and lior whole poM and figure spoke of an tlaorbiu^ I melancholy. At the sound of my foot ^11 sho sprang to her feet, however, and a bright flush of surprise and of pleasure colored her pale cheeks. "I heard a cab drive op," she said. "I thought that Mrs, Forrester had come back very early, but I never dreamed that It might be yoa. What news have you brought mr "I have 1 nought something better than newt," sold t, putting down the box upon the table and speoklng jov ially and boisterously, though my heart woe heavy within ran *T have brought you something which is worth all the newa In the world. 1 have brought you a fortune." bhe giaoued at the Iren box. “Is that the treasure, then?" she asked, coolly enough. “Vee, this is the greet Agra treeaure. Half of It ia yours and hall la Tbaddcus 8hotto*a Too will have a ouuple of hundred thousand each. Think of thatl An annuity of ten thousand pounds There will be few rIchor young ladles In Rngland. J* it not glorious 7" I think that 1 amt Kara boon mtlinv nwrmUnj my delight, and that «Ue detected a hollow ring la my oongratn latloa*. foe I aw bar eyebrow* rlaa a little, and aha fflanoari at au variously. “If 1 bare It," aald aha, 'I owe It to you," '■We, no," I an a wared, "not to mo, •«d to nj friend Hherlook Holme*. VTlth all the will In the world, I could oerer hare followed up a claw which Ua» taxed area kin analytical gantaa A* It waa, w* e#ry nearly loot It at the lari moment" “Pray alt down and tell me all about it. Or. ITataon," aald aha. 1 narrated briefly what had oeourrad duo* 1 had aaan her iMt— Holme* new method of areruh. Ui* dUooeerv of the Aurora, the appearance of A the I ary Jirnea, oar oxaadltkm In the craning, and the wild chare down tha Tliamwt : Aha 1 let an ad with parted llpe and *h lo in g ay a* to my rualtel of oar advent urea "'boa I apohe of the dart which had *o narrowly mlaaad a*, aha to mod ao white that t feared aha waa about to faint. “It U nothing." tha *aH. aa I battened to poor her emit water. “I “> nil rtflht again. It area a ahocb to hear that I had placed my friend* ha auah horrible peril. • " rhat la all ©ear," 1 anawerod. “It waa nothing I will tall you no more gloomy details. Lot an lera to something brighter. Thar* la tha ‘-111111 What oonld be brighter then Umt7 I got leave to bring It with me, think lag tlwt It would Intenet roe to be the tint to eoe It." “It would be of the gnu teat Interest to Die.* thu said Idiere w*a no eager ness In her ruioo, however. It atruok her, doubtless. Unit It might wom uu gruuioua upon bor pert to be indiffer ent to u prise which had eosl to much to win. "\Vhat a pretty boxi" she said, stoop-' lng over It 'Tills is Indian work, I euppooo?" “Yci; It U llucaret metal-work." “And mi heavy 1" tlio exclaimed, try ing to mh o It "The box alone must bo of aotr.1* r.ilcc. Whore la the hoy 7" "Small threw It Into lira Thames," I nn»\vtrod. “t must borrow Mr*. ICor roMtr's i»Ucr.“ There was in the front a thick and bread hasp, wrought In the Image of a sitting lladdho. L'nder this I thrust Uio end of tbo poker and twisted it outward ana lercr. The hasp sprang open with a loud soap. With trumbling linger* I flung bach the lid. Wc both ctood gating In astonishment. The box woo empty I rio wouucr that it wsa h*A*y. Tha iron work wqd two-third a of an inch thick nil moniL It waa rniyi~o, w*ll Eta do and acIIA, Ilk* ac>x*»t oouhiruclod to curry thing* of (Trent prico. hot not one Mhrnl or orunb of root u l or jewelry Iny within it It vva* absolutely and ooinplotely empty. “The treatere is lent," said Mias Ifnriitau, calmly. Aa 1 I‘.atoned to the words, and mV Ued what they meant, a great thadow Kerned to put from my tool. I did not know how this Agra tnonn* hod weighed at down, tmtll now that It »*« Anally removed, it waa aeldih, no doabt, dlaloyal, wrong, bet I coo Id rvaliio nothing aaee that the golden borrler wma gone from between ua "Thank OodT 1 ajaenlated from my Tory heart. 8be looked at me with a quick, ques tioning tmile. "Why do you my thntT" ■he naked. "lieoooae yon are within my reach again,11 I laid, taking her Ivaed. Sho did not withdraw It. "Ueeaum T loro you, Mary, ne traly ne ever a man Urred a woman. Iloeauae thin troamra, “TUB TBC AJIUBX » LO*T,” ti»t> utK lCOIltTAJr. those riohee, sealed my Ups. How that they sro gone I can tall yon how I loro yon. That is why I said: •Thank God.’ * -Then I «ay Thank God,' too," she whispered, as I drew bor to my si do. Whoever had lost a treasure. I knew that night that I had gained one. CHAPTER XU. TUB mujiot KTORY OF JOKATHAB SB AM. A very patient mtn was the inspector In the cab, for it wa* a wosry time be fore I rejoined him. Ills face clouded over when 1 showed him the empty box. "There goes the reward," said ha, gloomily "Where there is no money them is no pay. This night's work would hare !>een worth a tenner each to Ham lb-own and me If the treason had been there." "Mr. Thaddcns Hholto is a rich man," I said. "He will see that you are re warded, treasure or no." The Inspector shook his head de spondently, however. "Jt’a a bad Job," be repealed, "and ao Mr. Atholney Jones will think." His forecast proved to he oorreot, for thn dotectlve locked blank enough when 1 got to Dakar street and showed him the empty i«o». They had only Joel arrived, Holmes, iho prisoner and oc, for they bad changed their plans so far as to report themselves at a station upon, the way. My companion lounged In his armchair with hie usual Ustlem expression, while Kmall sat stolidly op posite to him with bis wooden leg cocked over his sound one. As I ex hibited the empty box he Us pad book in Hit oh air sml laughed steed. "This ia your doing, Hmall," said Atholney Jones, angrily. ttm, 1 nave pat It away where yon •hall nmr lay band upon IV’ be cried, exultantly. -It U my timnn; and If 1 aan't baro tho loot 1 11 uka darned good cars that no one ebt dooa. 1 tall yon that no Wring man haa any right V> It, uniom K I* throe men who nrc la Uia Andaman oonrlst hnrrruska and my Mlf. 1 know now that I nan not hay* tha uao of IV and I know that they cannot 1 hare acted all through for thatn ax much aa for my mlf. I fa been tha alga of tour with n* el way*. w«I) I know that they would Itaro hail me do Juat what I Hare dooa, and throw tha tree*urn Into tha The mo* rather than Ut It go to kith or kin of bholtn or of Herat* n It wo* not to make thorn rich that wa did for AchtaeV Yonll tad tha troarara where tha key U, and where little Tonga k. When I »w that yorw leuneh most natah aa, I put tho loot la a Mtfa place Thera are no rupee* for yon 111 la jrmrnoy.’ "You am •Imalrtng aa, ftmall," mbl A the! any Jooo*. aternly. "If yoa Had rrkhad to throw the troarara Into the ' ham** It would bare hern eaalar for yow to hare thrown box and all." Raker for me to throw, and malar for roa to roeorar.* ha aaawarad, with a ehrewd, d A. long look. The rnaa that waa olerar enough ta hunt ma dowa k ala me awn—to .to afefc aa fc— box from the bottom of e river. Now that they are soattured over Are miles or so. It may bo a harder Job. It west to my heart to do tt> though. I was half mad when you mm. up with me. aowerer there', so good grieving over U. rve hod epa In my life, and Tv* had downs, but rve Warned sot to ery over vpilt mlllr." “This Is a very euriou.ni/ittci, KmalL” -Id the detective. ,()n hadElpid Juatiee, instead of thwarting it in this way, you would Have bed a batter chance at your trial." Justice! Knurled the exconvict. "A pretty Just lor: V. hose lout is this. If It la not onra? Where is the justice that 1 should pivo it up to those who have never earned It? l^oh how 1 have earned it 1 Twenty long years In that fever-ridden swamp, ell day at work under the mangrove tree, all night obatned up la the fllthy convict buU, blttos by mosquitoes, reeked with agtse, bullied by every curved black feoed polioemaa who loved to tako It i out <* » whJUv man. Tb»t wsa bow I earned the Agra trosaore; and ymi ulk to me nf Justice becante I eannot bear to feel that 1 have £idU,U price c^y that another may enjoy |U I would mtber swing a score of times. or neve one of Tonga'* darta In “y hide. than lira |» 0 oonrlei'a mil acd feel that another mao U at hie toot ! la a polar* with the money thatehoeld be mine." Small had<ln,pped hi. mark ond »1> thi.como ont Inn ", whirl of worda, while hia area biased, and the hand-cuff* clanked to gether tvlth impaaaioaed movement of hla band*. I canid laulfwlaml. a* I enw the fary and the paadon of the mnn, that It wn* no gronndleaa or no natarul terror which bad ynniaied MaJ. Hholto whoa ha flrat learned that the Injured oonvtet waa open Hie track. “Ton forget that we know nothing of eU tbU," aatd Holme, quietly. "W* bare not heard your atory. and we oan aot tell how far Jnatim may originally hare been on your aide." '•Well, *tr. you hare bean very fair •poken to me, though I can me that 1 hare yon to thank that I hare them bracelet* upon my wriata. htOl. I bear wo grudge for that. It hall fair and above-board. If yon went to hear my atory I here no w!*h to bold It hack. What I aay to you U Ood a truth, every word of It. Thank yon; yon enn put the glna* bo*ide mo here, and IH pet my Up* to it If I am dry. “I am a Vi orocateruhlre man myacll— b°en near Perahore. l dare my yon would find a Ucnp of living there now If you were to look. I have often thought of taking a look round there, but the truth ia that 1 waa Dover moeh of a credit to the family, and I doubt if they would be an very glad to aea me. They were all ateady. chapel going folk, ■-mall farmer*, well known and reapocted over the country-aid*, while I waa alwaya a bit of a rover. At laat, however, when I waa aboat eighteen, I gave them bo more trouble, for I got into a mem over a girl, and could only get ont of it again by tak ing the qucco'n chilling und Joining the Third Haifa whichwa»juatatarting for India. “I wasn't dcatined to do tmoeh sol diering, however. I had Just got peat the goose-step and leamod to handle my musket. when 1 wn« fool enough to go swimming in the (hinges. Lee Wily for me, my oompnny sergeant, John Holder, waa In the water at tho same time, sad he wee one of the finest swimmers in the aerviee. A crocodile took me, Jnst aa f waa half way across, and nipped off my right log jnst an clean aa a surgeon could bare done It. Jnat above tha knee- " kat with the shock and the toes of blood I fainted, ■nd I should hav# been drowned if Holder bud not anught hold of roe and puddled for tha bank. I waa flvn months in hoeplul over it, and when at lest I wna able to limp out of it with thin timber toe strapped to lay stump ( found myself Invalided out of the army end unfitted for any active occu pation. "I wae, aa yoa nan Imagine, pretty down on my lock at this time, far I was a useless cripple, though not yet Is my twentieth year. Ilowcver. my misfortune soon proved to bo a blcse Ing in disguise. A man named Abel white. who had come out there aa an Indigo-planter, wanted an orrrmor to look after Ma cool tea and Icecp them up to their work. He happened to be a friend of our colonel's, who had taken aa Interest la ma einoe the accident. ntr» ■■ !<•■* »'» L»*. To min a leaf rtoff abort, the eolonel reootnmended me Mrongly for the poet ntwl, « Uto work "*»" tnorlly to be done on Worm berk, my leg <nu no great ohetaele, for 1 bad enough knee lafl to kovp a good grip on the uuVIle Whet I hivl to do ema to ride I 'Ter the plantation, to krop an eye on the art aa Uioy e'orkod, t® import the liUcrv The pey "*■ Wi, I Itad earn fortahle quarter*. and altogether I waa eonlent to apead the nnilailai of mj Ufa la Indigo-planUo« Air Alwlwhtte we* a kind ana. ka remold oftaa drop Into my IlMIe ahaaty and a pipe with me. for while folk oat there feel I heir heart* warm to eaeh ether a* they rarer do here at bonte. ■Well. | wm oarer la Imefe-. way loog Mnddaaly, wtthoaa a note at ma. tea month lahTSly aa aiOlaad Fa^aatol. to aU appmiaw. aa Surrey •r Kent; tha mast than war* two ban dnd thooaad black deril* tot looae, and the country waa a perfect kail. Of aomiaa yoa know aU aboat It, gcntla ■»»»■ • daal man than I do, rurr Ilka* ly. Mac* reading U not In my line. 1 only know what I aaw with my own ayaa Our plantation waa at a place oalled Muttra, near the border of tho north want prorhitet. Night after eight tha whole iky wa* alight with tha barring bungalow*, and day after day we hail email compact** of Bero poena pawing Oirough oar retau with their wlro* and children, on their way to Agra, wliurn wore tip Dcoxeet troop*. Mr. Ahelwkite waa au o be Unate mao lit had It in hie hand that the affair had been exaggerated, and that It would blow orcr aa suddenly aa It had »prong up. Thera ha at on hie Turunda, drinking whiaky peg* and amoving cheroot*, while th* ooantry au In a blaa about him. Of euuree w* a tank by him, I and Itowaon. who. with hie wifa, nod to do the bookwork and th* 1 managing Well, ooo (Inc day tha ! Uriah came. I had bean away on a 1 dtolaat plantation, and wa riding j elowly home In the area lag, when my ! ay* fall upon eoiacthliig all huddled together at lb* bottom of a eteep nullah. I rod* dow* to ere what It wua, and th* cold atruak through my haart wbun I found It wa Daemon'* wife, all eat lato ribbon*, and half eaten by Jackal* end entire doge. A little farther up th* road newarm blmarlf wa lying °° face, quit* daad. with kq -mpt» rerolrer fat hla hand and tear Semoy* lying aerom each other la front efhlm. I reined np ay beran, wonder toff wbieh way 1 sboald turn, but at tlml moment I aw thick Moke curl tog up froa Abehrbite'a bungalow and the «*»** beginning to beret through the roof. 1 knew thee that I could do »y employer no good, bet would only throw ay own life away If I meddled to the metier. Froa wberu I wood I eould ea hundred* of th* black dead*, with their tad mate atUl an their tmeke. dancing and bow Hag round th* burning houae. Rome of them pointed nt me, and n aonpta *f bullet* eang peat my hand; to I broke eway aero** the pwrtdy-tald*, and fomd mvaolf tote at night oft within il»e wall* At Agra, A» It proved, however, there wns do CT»»t safety there, either. The whole eoentry was op like a swarm of bee* Wherever the English could eolloct la lltUo bauds they held Just the ground that their guns eraamundod. Every where via* they were bclntoee fugi tive*. It was a fight of the millions against the hundred*: and the crudest pert of it wes that these nun that tvs fought agtdmd. foot, hors* and gun ner*, were onr own picked troop*, whom ere hod taught and trained, UsodHa^oer own weapons, and blow ing our own bugle coll*. At Agra there were the Third Bengal Fusilier*, some Klkha, two troope of boreo and a battery of artillery. A volunteer corps of eledu sad merchants had been formed, and UUe I Joined, wooden leg and all. Wo want out to meet tbe rebels nt Khahgunge early is July, and w* beat theca beck for a time, but our powder guv* out aad we had to fall beck upon tbe eity. Nothing but the wont non* came to us from every side —which is not to be wondered at, for If you look at tbe map you will tee that we wore right la the heart of it I .nek now la rather better than a hundred miles to the seat, and CWwapore shout as far to the sooth- From every point on the oompatt there was nothing but torture and murder and outrage. •The oity of Agra is a great place, swarming with fanatics sad fierce devil-worshipers of all sorts. Our hand ful of men were lout among the nar row, winding streets. Our kinder moved across the river, therefor*, and tods ap hfas position In the old fort of Agra. I don't lcaow If any of you geo tlomon have ever rend or heard any thing of that old fort. It is a very queer piano —tbs queerest that urer I was in. ami I bare been la some rum burners, toss First of all. It is enormous in ala*. I should think that the loeloe ur* most be acres and acres. There U a modern part, which took all our gar rison, women, children, store* and everything else, with plenty of room over. Hut the modem part Is nothing Uke the she of the old quarter, where nobody goon, and which Is given ever to the scorpions sad the centipede* tt Is all full of great doeertod halls, sad winding passage*, aad long corridors twisting la sad out. so that It is easy for folks to get least In 1L ?,*• this rea son it we* seldom that anyone suet into It, though now aisd again a party with torch#* might go exploring. im._I_A . a as l ae nnr washes along the (rant of the oM fort, and ae protects It, bet m> the aldee and behind there ero many door*, and those haul to ha guarded, of course, in Ibu old quarter aa writ aa la that which waa aetvsally hold liy our troops, ff* were short handed, with hardly anan enough to man the angles od tha building aad to aorre the grow It wee Impossible for us. therefore, to station a strong guard at rreryoau of tha Innumerable gates. What wa did waa to argue lac a control guardhouse h» the middle of the fort, and to here each gate under the charge of one white men aad two or three goitres. I waa <*!<-« ted to take charge during oar* tela hours of thr night of a small ten. lsted door upon the enolbvrssi ride of the building. Two trikh troopers worn pUoed under my enainund. end 1 was fastmeln.1 M anything went wrong to fire my musket, when I aright roly spon help earning st osw tram the central part. As the guard waa a good two hundred psoas away, hgwerar. aad ae the apses hstwaen waa rut ap Into n labyrinth of passages and eorrtdaeu. I had grunt double ae to whether they eeald arrtra la time to ha of any am in aaaaof aa aenoal sllash "Well. I waa pretty grand at haring waa a raw recruit. end e gems legged enent UgV For two nights 1 hep* thq with my Kagh aad Abdullah by both old Sghliag an who had «• agaUat as at Ctiilianwal -1 They could talk Knglish prnttr woll, but I could g«t Uttla oat ot them. They preferred to atusil together and Jabber all Bight In tkeir qunr Mibb lingo. Pur myself. I used to stead oatskle the gateway, looking down on ibe broad, winding river end on the twinkling lights of tho great city. The beating of drama, the rattle of lam tana, aad the yolla and howls of the rebels, druak with opium ead with heog. ware enough to remind ua afl nlghtof our dangerous aelgh bora amuaa ; the stream. Every two bourn tho offl orre of the night need to rei round to ell the porta, to aselm earu that aB was weU. “The third night of my watch waa dark and dirty, with a email, driving rein. It was dreary work etondlag tat the gateway hoar after hear in each weather, f triad again sad again to malts my Stkhatelk, hat without tauok •assess. At two la tho morning the rounds passed, end broke inr s taomrol the weeriaeoeof the night, rtadlag that my companions would not holed into -yareatltm. I took oat my pipe, and laid down my muin-t to strike a mntoh. la «m foment tb. two «kto wars epos am. One of them snatohed *«» leveled it at ag head, while the other held e great knife to my throat and awotu between his tooth that he would plunge it into me If I moved a atop. “My drat thought was that them feb tows were la loarne with the rebels, aad that thU as.the beginning ofso •■■•■It. If our doer worn In the heads •f the bepoyu the piece mast fall, and aad children ha treated as In Oawnpnre. Maybe yon think that I am Jast molting -— .«* myself, but 1 give yon my word that whan i thought of that, though I fell the poimt of the knife at to .throat, 1 opened my i the intention of giving a i waa my last one, which i the main genrd. The msa who _| — —1—* *° ka<7W toy thoughts; far. to—.— •J’tooad myself to It, hs whim paradi 'Don't asalcs a noise. The fart “ • *“ovrh- There are no rebel doge on title ride of the river.' There wee the ring of truth la what he said, and I knew that If I raised my votes I was a dead men. I ooold road It la Urn fellow-, brown .yea I waited, therw fore, la sUraee, to aee what It was that they wanted from as, [QOUTLxrgp mtxT trggg.] A M*a aTlkt Timm. UrccavTOa Mm. It 1* phemut to ace tbe broad spirit of loh-rimes whteb developed in may of the speeches in the Southern Baptist convention during Ute dlscussioo of the relation* of tha Protestout Church** to t he Roman Catholic*. Civlllrttton and tlte condition* and motuol Pristine* attending It ar* teat breaking down tba barrier* which di vide men byerwedannd denomination*. Thom forces have brought tolerance la tbe practical eoaduet of people which will In time prevail In the tritctiicg* of the ehurefcea. No tWeomiuatWtt now oedartakee to follow to a conclu sion the logic of He own doctrine. In the Catholic chcreli, for lnsUiior. the Inevitable sequence of lu tlieulflgloal lecaonicg lo tlmt it It tl* only tree church, tlmt all outride of it arc brre lic* and shut out of aalvatioo. Yet very few member* of tlmt church be II*vc that way: vary tew private, if any, trad) IV W# doaH If tha Po|* l-imatlf would declare tlmt all who ar* not mriobrr* ot tlm clmrolt of which lie la tbe liuad arc Inevitably doomed to eternal damnation. Tim llaptiau be lieve tlmt the only true bcptuin ie by immersion. We suppose tbe logical te ault of that, fotlowrd to lla direct con eloaten, would be that those who Irnve uot been Imunrerd art not baptized. >u>d consequently ere condemned. Yet wo doubt If any Baptist believes that all who ar* not imiaererd will go to ItelL We do not think any Rptsoopu ll*n in bta Imart believe* that eternal lire and tlm gift of tfao Spirit oac be gained only by baptism by a Priest of that faith or the laying on of bands by a bishop. It la a very doubtful qcscUoa wheth er the obliteration uf tbe dmomlea tloaal Have would be toed for tbe Christian religion. A errUU emuact of dlflr-reneu aod compeiltico lo, peg. hape, eondoclve to activity, life sad growth. Tbe time lo near at hand, however, when tb* bitur.ua* of met* wHl vanish, when men win reepeet each other's belief* and will uvt at tempt to banish eeeh other from heav en and when the eld taunt ‘ How thee* Chriatteaa bat* vaolt other!” will eo longer apply- The love of Chrlet w*a universal. Uta leaching era* breed, oathoMo, beaut ltd. Narrownrea trad i*» phree In IV The narrowness of Urn Homan Catholic and tlm aarrowueet of tli* Protestant will broadau tugvtlmr end tb* time la owning wire* no sui at be believe* la aod worship* and fal low* Chrlet wlU Ik. called heretic er h>ld uoctaao. Charity, lore, faith, are evamtuiela menta of Uw Christian faith. Tha elum drawing of Itnea of miration and orlhcdety, the declaration of evertaat log die a ad brltwrioee for all who do cot bold aartaln points of belief and system* of worebm, have not part h> IV (lie uarrowsul and m at tntotmaat *f all people now ate tb* iaddala aod * Nutria. It BM the B—lo—i. I Mr. 1. H. CoMt, pub) Id tor of U*« at Brockton, X. V., Mr* "For i>e«r1r two yoMrlihO Minor baa •won ou'dioMng too ilwtlMHoUOl CbanbcrUkt'a A few d*r> •go Um writer onto tittering ftwta i kuM truabliaed nanrtarf to aa old IMltl whMh dtd POt prooo rgkwctetu •nolkr bo triad CtouaWlala'a Ootle, Cbotmoad Diarrhoea Rontf and two dooM dtt thB booloOM, ebeoktwg It completely. Fur ala bp Cvut tt Kbxmbbt, DraggtaU. kmcrp ft««n »a H* Jjww Kamao* —rr n Wamixotox, May 11—TW raU •*t» by iw tfaw Yorfc 71mm aftha rtladn NtNftb la Ua XbUomI ttmm pJmauJuJ'Sad UHr fr.jj'^rsas. ttvfirurwes; Xod party, UwraTon, mad-|r p 191am dafcgaM, la ardor t* mm the noml l> allot: and this tbt-r will An If odd eaa aeco mpt i*j> d ’ rnmrtrtuafd** IW*^*wmdaf tt. VW iri»vnJm i£xi?^5 Jt^SS^anSMSTtt toUl coma* a jwUtflaa HUI*a an dm MUarUgi ^ MinanaSr!!*. u xwTtamuiw;.”' * .rm l'<enaaylrm»ii»._.ft) nhoda I aloud.' * g Wtaoaala.M Uuw taT&Se partytcHR* tato Con Ten Um with drlrpita mot *"■**“• BepwUle*. (tout. Uh this policy to to be odaotad.tbo man economical |4*n win baToe Uw llama erwy to laqwat ib* Undtomta nomlaat* a tlekat fee tbemaHar cbooataf tbek own caudldataa. tor th# ibuTo>niQMd Hint ft will tutittlv rot* tlia ttcyaMfeaw ticket la Ira. **r, ISM, bat Uiay will toad mm* muuomeiatUcu to the Democrat!* Cow* Teutioo, |UM to vote foe no am ««ateUi»f MUtefte* ecta *»*of Oliver. <.&5»f3£cr&*532: tun* upon lb* oww to b* ariected, and uot opoo CMruUal muiiuim. VVbrra 'tt. fcl"*'B*,**,a oMetUow* 55tir.^s‘«£unirs?S2 s^iisvssrea.-XiS ■uiuiatea llie majority *f ib* party, or they may be diywtrt on u« tow£.¥t£ waa Um aaa* la 18*4. when It* aaltrd South defeat* tb, tmartoatloa oTm7 Van Harm. Tl.e aaursalton of True wo* Um great jMiryoae of tho HoaUwra DraMeraey. Tho norUu-m win* <« Um jwrty wa* dirtied apo>. it, and th* South, by lb* aid of th* Two-Thbtta Buie, wo., th* day. defeated Vaa n**f*a. aad aomlaaUd Polk. Bat the Booth cannot wto now. In •aeha .tro«*bi wltblU jr.wtbwa al ilfr ..U tb* !»«»»«■< In* aUbttlou of ilarery at tta back. Mow It la tlw North that la back ad to Uw aiwatmoweyjwwer of the world. ■*»* ooa raaaaia* feft. Tbo Swath should ref am to go '"J? • «w»»utloa tint coaatUatcd, ainl refuse to support any m«a who to uot In favor of Uw free coinwr at aU Vrr- Daxikl tt. Ooopioa. ChwMU CmTiu, Goviroor'"IlrKlotey* daelarwd that the U-rrlwm adtainttuatkvu m|m out March 4,1899, had torard ora to )U aucotamr a aurjdwi of 41*4 000.000 Tooclitnf UU dtelnratfcm Dm PMta dalpiua Tlaaat nhi « alatrmcat •l.teh ta of common kcnatodn WWa Oi<taf<4 Um Jion an of Frieda* and SeasSttgaBEa V* **VMm of Um dcalgno tor Um S pat cool hoada ‘la ■dm MO Of Um await moat’ of On Swat* amendment to Um Bawdry elvil sssaswarlPBB '«**»0fUm daw of Mr. Rani aoata term and after Mr. Paatarhai ■«U9ad Ooafrmo that ‘than mxta ho a dondam tfJ17.0UO.060 lath. 1W aryet iheofawaof urn Ratal ytar • hat Umt Um Utaotlaa waa aim ‘-*r- n diai WrWw eot.ildrmtfow.* Tta -nrm~" by Unaanoat wat tha dame «a tfcaaaa dry civil MB auUmvfttac tha Ittaa of 4 |W OMti. hQSl|.h .‘n>—* “Mtor* are, ao w* have mtaL of com moo haawtadaa. Tta U«itI« T,rm^y tun rSSK*«S fal almot tta faota._. HotiImk} gU| Ttw Kin** VMkUh Maantadar •id CniuaaaybaM tUi* MHMMt m ia*«u tu nit lad. a*4 frnMiii 4 dlvMdd at li| a-raaat. «« tUMUra laaMUMW, »Mek la rmjm! tkia oomfmiy va* nrjaalaU araya Ml) *w> «»i IU mill hat baaa TwmJrZ? tu d«ak UM«r« ara all aStSfi «IUi ttd rtaaU a«i Uta aaua wrara-Hdtai. - TU CatmtlM Cotta* Mm kali JS-says'sriaaftt Hodbar /nr. (t rnuu dueiidlng U fnrrty, UUaSatU ****** mm a*? LSAr1
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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May 23, 1895, edition 1
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