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NOVEMBER EVE
Kred Keott was certainly tho most hash
lid youth in Fanvillo, as well as the most
honest and manly, and everybody rather
laughed at jsior Km!, for Ids blushes, his
stammerings, his painful embarrassment
when 1n the presence of ladies tended to
make liiiii appear decidedly ridiculous.
Now, Kanville was a country town pretty
and picturesque, and Fred lived aliout a
mile from its centre, being one of those blest
beings,a well to-do farmer. His father was
dead, and his mother and lie, with their
farm bunds and "help" lived cnuifortuhly
in the pleasant, roomy farm house, which
was sketched by every artist that came to
the neighborhood, even by the lie.autiful
young lady who was visiting at 'Squire
llulc's and who was his wife's niece from
the city.
Fred.had lirst his-ii her sitting under one
of the great maples busy with her peucil,
tin- shadows lightly touching her bright
j hair, her face, her Heeey dress, her very
I attitude a poem to him. And then and there
standing at a distance and watching her, j
the poor, bashful fellow fell in love with the
graceful city ls-lie, who hud sotircd of men's
admiration that site had come to this quiet,
unfashionable place to escajie it.
Aud when slut looked up at last from her
sketch and, seeing him, left her Mat and
went gracefully toward him, it really
seemed to the poor fellow that lie would give
his farm, his favorite black horse—anything
he owned—tola- ten gissl miles away ; and
i he was meditating taking to his heels when
I the sweetest voice he had ever heard ar
i rested his iuUntiou and sent the blood first
- to his heart and then to Ids face.
"I am tresspassing," the sweet voice said
to him, "hut my excuse must Is- the beauty
of this quaiut old place, which I could not
ro-sist making a sketch of. Will you look
at it and tell me whether I have done it jus
tice
Fnsl could only blush more deeply and
removed his broad straw hat while he stam
mered something, he never knew w hat.
She was holding out the sketch to him,
and he didn't know what in the world to
do. Finally, trembling violently, he ts>k
it from her.
"It—it is well done," he said slowly and
with difficulty. "It is very true."
"Do you always hold a sketch in that way
when you examine it?" The lady asked,
with a smile ; and ]< or Fred then saw that
he had in his confusion held the sketch up
side down. This made the jierspiratiou start
out on his forehead, and he hastily righted
it.
"I—l lcg your pardon," he said. "1 am
afraid 1 am a poor judge of such things.
Will—w ill you go to the house ? My moth
er "
"Would wonder at my visit. Not to-day,
thank you. Hut Mima had talked of taking
me to call on Mrs. Scott."
Mima was "Squire Hale's daughter, aud
about the only girl among his acquaintanc
es of whom Fred was not mortally afraid.
In his ileliglit at the prospect of seeing this
l*;utit"ul Kirl attain he could only stammer
some words, and grow wann
er and more uncomfortable than ever.
"1 knew it was not good, but that is
scarcely kind of you," she said reproachful
ly. And poor Fred nearly fainted, for he
saw that in Ids confusion he had destroyed
the sketch.
"I—l am very sorry," he faltered. "I
I was not thiuking."
"Oh, it is of no consequence," she said,
looking curiously at him. I w ill make a
n. it her someday, with your permission."
"4>h, will you ?" he asktsl eagerly ; and
then she smiled and bade him a pleasant a
dieu, and went away through the sunset,
leaving the sketch in his hands, and from
that day he was more bashful and retiring
then ever, and when Mona brought her
beautiful cousin to call on his mother, and
introduml Iter to him, he roitld not say a
word to her.
"What ilo yon think of Frod, Elaine?"
Mona asktsl, as they were driving home
ward. Miss I tar re I smiled.
"He is decldely handsome, but wretched
ly conscious. I really was teuipted to as
sure him that we were quite harmless, Mona,
he seemed so afraid of us."
"Of you," Mona laughed : "he dosen't
mind inc in the least, hut poor Fred is to Ik*
pitied : he is afraid to draw his breath where
there are ladies. You'd never think he had
taken his degree at Hutgcr's would you ?"
"No ; 1 would not think he had ever been
bt-yond the confines of his own picturesque
farm," Miss Darrel laughed.
The following Sunday Fred met the two
girls ;u they were all walking, and Mona
accosted liiin like an old friend, he was o
ldigeu to walk with thein as far as Squire
Hale's gate, hut he scarcely opened his lips
on the way, defeating all Miss Darrel's ef
forts to draw him out by his strange bash
ful tiess.
"Oh, In* would provoke me terribly were
I to meet liim often," that young lady said
to Moua, when he had left tliem.
"He would enchant you were lie to con
quer hi* timidity, and talk to you as he can
talk," Moua said, stoutly ; and Miss Dar
rcll shrugged her shoulders.
A week later and one night tin-re was a
great exeitemeut in Fanville ; a large build
ing had taken fire, and before the flames
had been noticed there was no jKjssibiity of
saving it. As is tho case iu all country
villages, everybody was out to see the tire,
and, as there was iio engine within four
miles, many hands held buckets, and there
was a general running hither and thither
without much good being accomplished in
the confusion.
Mona and licr cousin had gone out with
their neighbors and had been separated by
the crowd. Elaine stood at a safe distuuee,
watching the flames rise, hungry and rapid
in the caliu of tliu night, licking the light
walls with tongues of destruction.
"How grand it is !" she thought, when
suddenly her face paled and her eyes took
tbe expression of horror. At an upjier win
dow, with the fire playing about its white
face and sunny hair, with its little hands
held forth pleadingly, she saw a child, and
a cry of horror went through tlie crowd a
bove which rang the voice of a woman wild
with despair.
"My child ! my child I I had forgotten
her ! My child will he burued to death !
Save her ! Oil, my God, save my child !"
There was a sudden hush. Life was dear
to all, and it would be death to enter there.
Under the soaring flames every face grew
white. Kome women fell on their knees and'
sobbed aloud. Women are too weak ! they
can only weep and pray.
Then a tall form sprang from the crowd,
dashed over the lighted space and disap
peared in the smoke and flame. A won.au
near Elaine shrieked aloud.
"It in my ami ! ami ho lium gone to bin
death !"
It was Mi-k. Scott, and the girl went to
Iter and laid a hand on her shoulder.
"(■oil will save him," she said solemnly ;
"he is too nohle to die in his youth."
Then a cheer rang wildly in the air, for
the young man had apin-attsl at the up]K*r
window ami they had seeu liiin lift the child
in his arms.
Then there was a hush like death, broken
only ly whispered prayers. Mrs. Keott and
Elaine held each ot hers hands and both were
prayjng.
Then another cheer swelling high and
ringing far into the night, rushed from
throats of men and women, for a figure hail
come staggeringly from the smoke and
tl iim-s clasping a child in its arms,and it was
drawn tenderly from danger amid a shower
of Hohhing blessings.
Mrs. Keott and Elaine pressed forward,
and they found hi in panting and blackened,
his clothing scorched, his hands burned his
eyes haggard, after their view of death, aud
the mother uttered a low- cry as "she Hung
her arms about him.
i Elaine's face was white as death, her eyes
were dim with tears, her swelling sympa
thy in tliis hero act, site liftod oue of his
jMxir burned hands and laid her lips on it,
and Friil seeing her there, tears in her eyes,
her face ashen, her lips trembling, lost his
usual timidity and caught her hands in his.
"It was so little to bring me this glad
ness," he whis|ered ; "I know now- that
yon will at least remember me."
"We do not forget our heroes," she said
t rem ii lon sly. "tlod will remember you,
Mr. Keott, you have saved a life."
Kpptomber came and went; Miss Darrel
never came now to the farm, but she re
muined in Fanville, and Fred saw her some
times, hut nut often. October came, and he
wondered why she still lingered so far from
the fashionable world. The fashionable
w il wondered too, but Mona Hale knew,
and she kept her cousin where she knew it
pleased Elaine to best remain ; and then she
sent out invitations for a small )>arty on
November eve.
We all know how merry they are, those
gatherings of young ]ieople, where apples
are roasted aud cider is hissing ami nuUare
chosen to jsiiut out the ones who love and
w ill be faithful, where le;ul is poured hiss
ing into the water, and apple }M-aliug are
tiling laughingly over young shoulders, to
IV rm an initial on the tioor.
It w as all new to Miss Darrel, and sheen
tered into the merriment with true girlish
zest. Fred was there, and a dozen young
jieople from the vicinity ; but jmor Fred had
a severe attack of his old enemy aud kept as
much as possible in the back-ground. At
last Moua called him to the tire to see Elaine
hum two nuts she had named. As heap
proached her Elaine blushed as deeply as
himself, hut said nothing : and there was a
perfect silence in the great kitchen, all eyes
being fastened on the nuts that continued
to burn pleasantly side by side. Suddenly
one hissed, sputtered and nestled close to
the other, and Mona clapped her hands.
"The smoothest |s>s.sible course I predict
Tor Tnai irue nrrr, mr onto HI 111 itj , mi
her cousin blushed again, while poor Fred
turned very pale and retired to his corner.
Presently Maud proposed a game, from
which all were to have the greatest possilde
enjoyment, provided they would implicitly
obey her commands, and whispering a wonl
to each gentleman, she M-ut them off, some
to the parlor, some to her father's study,
some to the hall, one or two even out to the
veranda ; there each was to await the fair
lady who was to go to him, and after whis
pering a word, or replying to a question al
low him to return, if anything could strike
one aa being stupid on November eve, this
might, but it did not ; aud Fred, who was
stmt to the study, wondered why Mona had.
given him such questions to ask of the lady
who would le sent him; and when a moment
after, Miss Darrel glided in, be turned rod,
and liegan to tremble
"I have promised to answer truthfully
any questions you may put to me, Mr.
Scott," she said, with a smile.
"Then, who—who did you name with
yourself, w hen you burned the nuts ?" he
asked, rejH-atiiig what Mona hail told him
to.
Miss Darrel blushed warmly, but laid her
hand on his arm as she answered :
•You."
Half an hour after thoy went back to the
kitchen nnd found the young people gath
ered about Mona reproof king her for having
made them all seem so silly. Khe turned to
Fred ami Elaine.
"This is more than I can liear," she said,
laughingly, "come, and tell them I did it
to make you two happy ; and I have suc
eecded- 1 see it by your faces. '
"You have indeed," said Fred blushing
like a girl. "You are a treasure, cousin
Mona."
A MAN VP A TREE.
Iloxv a Union Captain Spotted liim in
a Dense Oak in Mississippi.
Many thrilling accounts are told by veter
ans of tbe annoyance caused our forces
throughout the army, by rebel sharpshoot
ers hanging on the skirts of encampments
during the late war.
Early oil the morning of the a skirmish
line, composed mainly of tlie Forty-eighth
Illinois, was thrown out in advance of our
army, lying near Jackson, Mississippi, con
fronting General Joseph' Johnson. The men
had constructed a few temporary shelters
by standing rails upright, leaning against
each other, tops In-ing tsiund together.
Behind one of these little fortress—though
in a rather ex posts I position—4'aptain P.
D. Ktephenson, of the Forty-eighth was sit
ting on a turned-up bucket, taking his
morning coffee. As he threw back his head
in drinking, aw hiz was heard aud a ball
spoil by witnin half an inch of his face di
rectly across the eyes taking effect in a lit
tle dogwood tree lieside liiin.
The captain rose quietly and taking a
ramrod stuck it. in the ground, so that its
top would 1h) in the space lately occupied
by his nose ; he then went behind tbe tree
and sighted from the bullet-hole over the
top of the roil, thus ascertaining the direc
tion taken by the ball iu its (light. Direct
ly in this Hue rose the top of a large oak,
with great sheets and st reamers of southern
moss hanging dependent from its boughs.
"Boys," said Stephenson, evenly, "our
man is among the branches on that tree
yonder." "Now," taking a soldier's cap
and placing it on the etui of a knotted stick,
"you all load up and lie low. When I shove
this hat into view, he will tire again. There's
your chance, let drive."
When all was ready he slowly elevated
the cap until just in sight from the tree.
A puff of white smoke burst from its
leaves and the cap turned round on its stick
support, letting the daylight through a
large jagged hole in its crown.
A moment later, six Springfield rifles
spoke from the rail pile and a man dropped
froin the oak tree, clutching wildly at moss
aud branches as he fell. His last shot was
fired.
NO. 46-
OLD CORNSTALK.
Tho Denson Itoys had committed a
foul murder,and the entire neighbor
hood was up in arms against them.
Jack Dover,the victim, had dared to
face the boys,ami tell them that they
were infringing oo bis rights by pull
ing down liis fence uud allowing their
cattle to raugo in his fields. For this
assumption he was shot down. The
Denson.four in number, fied to the
mountains. The governor issued a
proclamation, calling on all good citi
zens to assist in their arrest. Men
turned loose their plow bandies and
rallied to tbe support of the law. It
reminded one of the beginning of tbe
war. when farmers suddenly became
soldiers. Tbe posse was under tbe
command of Sheriff Guilding, a bold
man, who brought home three wounds
from Gettysburg,and among the aven
gers was an old fellow named Corn
stalk Johnson. Why this name was
given him is not known,uuless it befor
the fact that he bad but one ear, and
it is said that a stulk of corn in the
Oak Fiat neighborhood never bore but
one ear. Cornstalk took with him an
old rifle which he declared was pre
sented to his grandfather by Davy
Crockett. The neighbors held their
own opi nioDS concerning the histori
cal value of the gun, and some of
them hinted that be"uipped" tho rifle
during the Brooks-Baxter war, but as
every one desired to be on good terms
with the old fellow,be was allowed to
have bis own way.
It was known that the Denson boys
had friends in tbe mountains, and that
a desperate resistance would be made.
(Juite a number of men who at first
were eager to serve the st ite, became
discouraged wheu tbe excitement bad
died away .and finally Sheriff Guild
ingjust as the posse was enteriug tbe
mountain defiles, stood high in bis
stirrups, and exclaimed:
"I want you fellers to understand
one thing. There's going to be some
music round here, and a coward has
no business iu this gang. If anybody
wants to go back, now's tbe time fcr
him to git."
The appellation of coward bad ef
fect, and for a time no one was dis
posed to accept the bumilitating terms
of discharge. Finally,old Cornstalk
—fiuui tiro i auks ami SSICC
"I know AS well as I know my
Dame that some o' you fellers are
skeered. I don't want to see qo man
hurt, an'some of you need a leader
what is got tbe moral backbone. Jis'
let me say, Mr. Sheriff, that you can
count me out o' this here uudertak
in'."
"Shame on him!" exclaimed several
voices. "Coward! traitor!"
'Ccrnstalk,' said the sheriff, 'I
thought you would fight, hut I see
you aiu't got DO more grit than a
worm. Go ou back with your rake
handle that you stole duriug tbe
Brooks-Baxter fight, and don't never
speak to me no more.'
'lf it wan't on sicb a solemn occa
sion, ' replied old Cornstalk,'l'd wbup
ye fur calliQ 1 this old guu a rake-hao
dle.au'tben arter yer sorter tekivered
yerse'f I'd wnup yer fur sayiu' I stold
bit. 1
'Yes; you've always got some ex
cuse. Go on hack and tell tbe wimmin
folks that you'll tote water and make
fires for T etn.'
None of the ruurmurers now bad
tbe courage to face tbe indignation of
the sheriff and his more determined
followers, and as tbey rode on, losing
sight of Cornstalk, no one dared to lilt
a voice against the expedition. For a
time they proceeded in silence; tbe
clank of the horses' hoofs and the oc
casional spiasb of wuter falling from
the grim rocks above were the only
sounds to break tbe still quiet of tbe
rugged region of solitude.
'We've got to be mighty careful
aloug here, fellers,' said the sheriff,
turuiDg aud looking over bis meu who
filed along the new steep pathway,
Reaching a place of high prominence,
the leader stopped a moment, and
shading his eyes from tbe sun which
blazed over a distant peak,be survey,
ed tbe ravine below, and then led bis
meu down tbe daugerous slope. The
last man had desended. and the sher
iff and an adviser were debating as to
tire proper course to be taken, when
from up amcug tbe rocky ledge* puffs
of stnoke arose, and the sharp crack of
the rifle aud tbe jarring bang of the
shot-gun threw the men into confu
sion. Two men fell from their horses
and were borne away by their com
panions. Each man sprang from his
horse and took refuge as best he
could. Tbe surprise was complete,
though it might buve been expected,
aud several miuutes elapsed before
the sheriff's men returned the fire.and
when a shower of bullets and shot was
sent up rattling among the rocks, no
effect resulted, for the Denson boys
and their lawless friends were safely
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concealed from view. Again a volley
came from above, but by this time tbe
sheriffs men were under 'the protec
-1 tion of rocks, behind which they
crouched. Duke Deusou, leader of
' tbe outlaws, recognising the useless
} oess of .firing under such circumstan
ces crawled from bis niche of conceal
ment, br ving tbe fire from below,and
posted himself behind a rock overlook
ing nearly every position taken by tbe
pursuers. Taking deliberate aim he
fired, and Jack Simons leaped into tbe
air and fell dead.
'Great Lord!' exclaimed tbe sheriff,
'ibis will never do. Lay close, boys,
or be'll kill you. Don't run. The
other fellers will kill yoo before yon
can reacb shelter.'
Duke Denson coolly surveyed tbe
situation, and selectinc another mark,
be fired. Old John Patterson turned
over, dt ad. Duke was preparing for
another shot, when, far op tbe moun
tain, a rifle cracked. Duke writhed
from behind the rock, and fell on tbe
sharp rocks below. Tbe sheriff's men
shouted. Jack Denson sought bis
brother's position, bat tbe rifle, far op
tbe mountain, cracked again.and Jake
rolled out and joined bis dead broth er.
Tbe remimng outlaws,with one im*
pulse, scrambled from tbeir hiding
places and attempted to climb tbe rag
ted steep.but tbe sheriff's men, taking
deliberate aim, shot tbem down.
'Well fellers, bow air yer gettin'
along down tbarf
•It's old Cornstalk,' exelaimed tbe
sheriff
'That's about tbe size o' it,' and tbe
old man climbed down. 'Yer see, I
didn't like tbe way yer was duttin' o'
tbe kerds, Mr. Sheriff, an' I thought
1' d whip' and see how tbe land laid.
Been hangin' Ton' on yer ontskirt
all tbe time. Say, beleeve I heerd
somebody talk erbout a rifle what was
Btold dnrin' tbe Brooks Baxter scrira
mae?'
No one replied.
'Now, sheriff, did you eyer hear
sich a repo't?'
'I bave always uuderrtood,' replied
tbe sberi.ff 'that your rifle was one
OAued by Davy Crockett.'
'Correck,' said old Corostalk. *Now
let's take care o' the po' fellers what
bave suffered in this here transaxshua.
Texas Si/tings.
THE BEAUBIEN'S CLAIM.
They Want Twenty Millions Worth of
Chicago at $135 Per Acre.
A claim of gigantic proportions was
made in tbe United States Circuit Court re
cently by Catherine L. Beaubien, tbe wid
ow of the widow of the late Jean Baptists
Beaubien, one of Chicago's earliest settlers,
and her eleven children. They lay claim
to the equitable ownership of almost untold
millions of dollars' worth of property in
the very heart of Chicago, and sue to recov
er {Ktssessiou of the same. It's boundaries
ore Madison on the south. Stats street on
the west, the Chicago river on the north and
Lake Michigan on the east. This district is
uearly all comprised of lands valued at fl,-
000 per front foot and upward, and nearly
all of it is covered with magnificent busi
ness blocks, the improvements themselves
being worth probable 120,000,000. Nearly
every wholesale grocery house in the city,
many of the wholesale hardware, dry goods
and boot and shoe bouses, mauy of the lead
ing retail dry goods stores,besides countless
other establishments, of like character, are
located in this district, and the wealth rep
resented in it, including lands, buildings,
stocks of goods, etc., would probably not
fall far short of 9150,000,000, and might ex
ceed that amount.
The complaiuants represent that when
Fort Dearborn was erected, in 1803 or 1804
its southern boundary was marked by a
rail fence, running southeast and northeast
across a neck of land formed by the bend of
the Chicago river. The land just outside
this enclosure was occupied nntil 1812 by a
Canadian, who sold it to Jean Baptiste
Beaubien, who at once took possession of
the property. A man named John Dean
built a house in 1816 oo the same fractional
quarter-section, and Beaubien bought his
claim, living in the Deau house until 1840,
when the United StateafGovernment ejected
him from its posession. Acts were passed
by Congress in 1813 and 1816, providing
that actual settlers on government
lands, not reserved or divided into lots,
should be given the preferene in the
sales of such lauds. Under these acts it is
therefore claimed that Jean Baptiste Beau
bien acquired original title to the property
which is now worth so many millions. The
government, it is claimed, had, only a
naked legal title to the property, the reason
for Beaubieus ejectment being his refusal
or failure to comply with the land laws. In
fact, the government did in 1824 specifically
withdraw the land iu question by declaring
it reserved for military purposes. Iu 1831
Beaubien made application to buy it and
was refused permission to do so. In 1835
he secured a land registrar's certificate of
purchase of fractional section 10 at the price
of $125 an acre. He had prior toj that filed
notice of his preference under the act of
Congress of 1816. The land in questiou was
subdivided in 1839 by the Federal Govern
ment and was sold for upwards of 9100,000.
Poor Beaubien's claim was ignored and
he was again rejected.
In March, 1854, Congress passed an act
extinguishing Beaubien's title to the lands
giving him title to some other property in
settlement of his claim. He died in 1864.
It is now claimed by hi%heirs that Congress
gave Beaubieu the lots mentioned on ac
count of bis poverty and not iu settlement
of his claim to tbe property from which he
had been qjected. The Beaubien's now
propose to take tbe land, tbe Court willing
at the pricejof 9125 per acre, and when Obey
get it they will be among the wealthiest
families of the world.