PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
u vmrz
ATTOHNEY.AT.LAW,
Okfiok-
Front Room, Over PoBloffloe.
ULOOMBlJOItU, I'A.
J II. itAIZK
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
OKcis.-noom No'. 8, Colummah
building.
Hl.OOMStlUKO, PA.
jy u.punk;
AT1UKNH X-AT-LAW.
U31C0 In itnfs Building. BWokmom, PA
J OHN M. CJLA1UC,
A'l TOHNE V-AT-L AW
AMD
JUsTIOE OF THE PEACE.
BLOOM8IOB0, VI
Ofllco over Moyor Bros. Drug store.
lie
0. S. HLWELL. i
J X BITTSHBEKSSB. PtOM.
BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1888.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXII.NO 20
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL til, NO 17
Nat'rally. Well, I'm ft nlnlco robber
uf litm mid bIio nlu't got marriedl Yes,
sir, yoro It la la llio paper. Tlioy gay
lliu obi man's richer than Hlno Gnlch,
givo 'om n couplo of hundred thousand
to Btnrt ou, ana wot'n more, among tho
weddln' presents thoy got was a solid
silver tea not with 'eoriptlon on it, ait
how it wan presented to Lioutonant
ard Mrs. Goorgo W. Calverly by
Well's, Fargo and Company's Express,
'In rrratoful rcmcmbranco bf their gal
lant dofenao of the Johnstown Btago.' "
Robert JIowo JPlelcher, in the Ar
gonaut.
Q W. MILLER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
omo la Brower's bulldlng.sooond floor.room No.l
Bloomsburg, Fa.
g FRANK ZAliR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Office corner ot centre and Main streets. Clark a
Building.
Can bo consulted In German,
a
EO. E. ELWELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
IJLooMsnuna, Pa.
Ofllco on second floor, third room of Col
ombian lluilding, Main street, below Kx-
cliango Hotel.
pAUL E. WIHT,
Attomey-at-Law.
onico in Colombian boildiho, Third noor.
BLOOMSBURG, PA,
JJ V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BL00M8BURQ, PA,
Ofllco la liiowcrs' Building, 8nd;floor.
may 14f
8. KNOBB, L, S. W1KT1R8T1BH.
KNORR & WINTERSTEEN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
nninalnla. Hallnii.l tl.Kl.kiill.l..
nrat door to the left. Corner ot Main and Market
streets uioomsourg, i.
99Pctmont and liouiUia Collected,
JP P. BILLMEYKR,
(DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
KTOfllco over
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Dcutlcr's shoo store,
apr-30.80.
w
a. RIIAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlssa, Pa.
omoe.cornerof Tblrdand MalnHtreeta
jyjIOUAEL F. EYEIILY,
Conveyancer, Collector of Claims.
AND
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ESTATES, 0.
taronico in Denver's building with F. r. Bill
merer, attorncy-at-law, front rooms, 2nd Door
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D
It. UONOKAA. ROBBINS.
Offlco and residence. West First street; Vlooms-
ourg, ra. novo so jy,
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Office, North Market streot,
Bloomsburg, Fa
rR. WM. M. REBER Bureeon and
l.Phy8lolan. Office corner otKock and Market
ESTABLISHED 1BT0.
J J. BROWN.
PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON.
Offlco and residence on Third street near Mctho-
dist church. Diseases ot tbo ere a specialty;
J 0. REIF3NYDER, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Offlco with Dr. wants in Mrs. Ent's building
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
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BLOOMSBUBO.PA.
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below Market, five doors below Klelm'i
drug store, nrat floor,
lo be open at all Aouri during the da;
HOT J3.1J
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BENSON, PA.
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with all the conveniences of a nrst-ciaas uoieb
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WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON
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J. w.
7 and 9 Market St.,
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OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
butts made to order at Bbort notice
'and a fit always guaranteed or no sale.
Call and oxamine tbo largest and best
selected stock of goods over shown in
uoiumbia county.
Btorc next door to First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
Bloomsburg Pa.
Spring
Specialties.
A LiiUMs, rnoTOGRArn, autoohaph and
ccrap, a large ana complete una ai j, u,
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AT
ALL PROPRIETARY AND PATENT MEDICINES
at J. 11. Mercer's Drug and Book store, oppo-
LOWEjvBERGS
OOKS, STATIONERY AND WALu PAPER, A
fine stock at Mercer's Drue and Ilonlr Htfim
uppuaiie jtpiscopai unurcn, liioomsDurg', i'a.
iirlir 1 ; ft l fulfill
Clieriots
in
C
Store, Upper Main street.
COMBS OF ALL KINDS. WELL SELECTED, AND
" at Terr low nrlcea at J. II. Mercer's linur untl
Book Store, third door above Iron Rtrcct. Itloomn
UUJ, I lk
SACK
0NDEN8ED MILK. COXR'S. NELSON'S AND
CooDer's Gelatine. Taoloca. Saep. Arrow Root
and all the prepared foods for children and in
valids at Mercer's Drug and Book More, first door
atove ji ess' uoot and bhoe store, Bloomsburg, Pa.
and 4-Button
CUTAWAY
SUITS,
WITH LOW CUT VESTS.
Fine Dark Blue and Black
"Worsteds, Corkscrew, Broad-
wale Diagonal and Block Worst
ed in Sacks and Cutaways, andl
HANDSOME
OVERCOATS,
a special leader
at $5.00
Very Pretty Children's
SUITS
Plain or pleated and belted
dark and light colors.
PRINCE ALBERTS
in all aiiaimcs.
NICE LIGHT SPEING
Sailor Suits
with Bluo and Gray, also,
KILT
with Pleated
Children
SUITS
Skirt for smaller
AT
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INSURANCE AGENCY OF
J. H. MAIZE,
Office 2nd floor Columbian Building,
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
LIFE.
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bersH.m Paldt3bcncncianessi,iei,ej.ii, in
sures nou Masons.
Travelers Lire and Accident ot Hartford.
FIRE.
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a m ciiiL'AN of PhlladelDhla. .'.S01 .ttOT.tf
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Liverpool. London and Globe Fire Insurance ua,
ot London, tne largest w ito wonu, ana ins iu
nrlAl nf iAndOD.
A liberal share of the business Is respectfully
ooUciied and satisfaction guaranteed.
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lone 1, 18S3, M.
IASTILLE. TOILET AND MEDICATED HOAP8.
run lino at J. U. Mercer's Drug and Boole
c:
SELECT STORY.
THE BTORY OF A WOMAN'S COIHAGE,
CHAPTER I.
Tho Johnstown Btacu was duo at
City of Rocks at 5 o'clock. About tbal
hour a man in a flannel shirt dirty sol
dior trousers tucked in bis boot and a
slouch hat on tho back ol bis bronzed,
bcardtd, unkempt head, matoralizcd in
tho obscurity of tho doorway of tbo
station bouse, and shading bis oyes
with his baud, looked down tho road.
As ho stood thcro a cloud of dust be
oamo visiblo in tho distance. It floated
and wavored nearer and nearor, until
tho creaking and jingling of dry wood,
leather and motal, and tbo pounding
of hoofs woio heard. Then, as the
oloud approached tho station, an ap
parition of two horses and a stace
coaoh was seen within it. Tho cloud
stopped in front of tho houso, tho dust
settled and tho ooaoh, ooatod inside
anil out witn the whito powder, was
disclosed. The driver, looking liko
miller, laid his whip on the roof and
prepared to descend. Tho station
keoper, who meanwhile had stepped
out in tbo road and silently comuieuo
od to unhook the traces, looked up for
tho first time. Tho noxt momect he
dropped the trace with an cxolamation
of wonder, whilu his hand slowly but
instinctively sought the revolver which
nunc in a belt loosely about bis nips.
For a fow seconds ho scrutinized the
faco of the man who was swinging
himself down from tho box and then
his look of surprise changed to one of
recognition, his hand relaxed its hold
on the pistol nnd he said heartily,
"Well, I'll be darned! Lieutenant, is
that you? Why, what's come of Jim?''
'Ho was taken siok down by Shot
gun Creek, and had to lay off at tbo
tniiK rancn,' Bam tne man addressed,
taking off his hat and beating out tho
dust against his kg. Ho was tall and
broad-shouldered, but Blende-, and was
dressed in tho samo manner as tho sta
tion keeper, even to tho revolver which
hung about his hips. His voice and
bearing, however, the only obaracter.
istics unaffected by the dust, betrayed
a aiitereuce oetweon tnem.
"It leaves me in a purty fix,'' said
tho hostler. "Frank's out after stock,
and thero's no ono ycro but mo. Who's
goin to take the stago on 7
"I'll take it on a9 far as Pack City,
if you like," said tho lieutenant. "Tho
old man will nnd someono thcro to
take Jim's placo easy enough."
The st-tion keeper, without reply.
ing, mechanically resumed his duties
of taking out tho horses, and watched
them meditatively as thoy walked
slowly off to the stables. Then finally
turning to tho lieutenant, with the air
of one whose mind is mado up, ho
said: "By thunder, I guess that's the
only thing wo kin do. I can't leave
here. Iwouldn't have a head of stock
left bv the time I got back. Them
damned Iujuiia is glttin' worso and
worso. not to mention tho.hoss thieves
and road agents that's gittin' thicker'n
lleas on a doc's back. It s sort
crowdin' you, though, lieutenant, and I
his mind back to tho subject.
Tho stago when it lolt City ol Kocka
was twenty minutes lato. uut tno
ack-rabbits, which laid back their
ears and souddod at Its approach,
found it no mean ri nl that afternoon.
"I'll bot S10 ho makes it pp afore he
gits to Stonoy Creek and not turn a
lialrl" said tho station keeper to Him
self. Then, after a furthor contcmpla
tion of tho fast receding cloud of dust.
ho added m a more reckless tono, "i ll
uct $10 ho makes it up aforo bo gits
to iJick uav s rancn, and not turn a
hair!1' As no ono accepted cither of
theso gonerous propositions ho shook
Ins head and remarked confidently,
"Thero ain't many can copper tho
Lieutenant, now, if you year me!" and,
disappearing in the doom of tho inter
lor of tho houBo, the City of Rocks
was left onco moro to tho hot silence
of its fantastic stones.
0
ANARY, HEMP, RAPE, MILLET, MAW AND
Mixed Seed for the blrdR. nt J- II. Mercers
Drug ana Book store, nrst door below Croasy'B
Grocery Store.
TX.
I! In Tablet form, at J. It. Mercer's Drai? and
Book Store, Bloomsburg, Pa.
NURSING BOTTLES. NIPPLES, RUBBER RA'l.
ties. Teething Rings and all requisites ol the
Nursery that win contribute to the baby's happi
ness, at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book Moro, two
doors above Evans & Eyer'a Clothing store.
I)HY8ICIAN8' PRESCRIPTIONS AND FAMILY
receipts carefuuy prepared at all hours at
ercer's Drug and Book btorc, Bloomsburg, Pa.
rPOILET AND INFANT POWDERS. ROUGE.
X cosmetic and gold and Mirer Diamond Dust,
at J. 1L Mercer's Drug and Book Store, No es Main
Biroet, uiuuinsuurg, ra.
WALL PAPER-MANY KINDS AND MANY
prices at Mercer's Drug and Book stnre,
uiipusne apiscuimi tuunu, viuuui&uuix, ru.
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MILTON, Pa.,
Dealkrs IN
PIANOS,
By the follow log well known makers:
ChickcrinK,
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Weber,
Hallet & Davis.
Can also furnish any of the
cheaper makes at manufacturers
prices. Do not buy a piano be
tore getting our prices.
.o.
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On application.
septs- sett.
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A NEW WORK,
HON. THOS. E. HILL, Author of
Hill's Manual of social and Business
Forms,
IN
Bloomsburg and Colubia County
An excellent opportunity to secure a good
position and MAKE MONEY. Bales
can bu made on the Installment
Plan when desired. Address
for terms and particulars,
Hill Standard Book Co,, Fublishers,
103 State St., CHICAGO, ILL,
July 0-lw.
1ArA Uftn MONTH can be made
tslw 10 iJUU working tor ua. Agents pre
(erred who can lurnish their own horses and give
their whole time to the business, spare moments
may be profitably employed also. A few vacan.
cles m towns and cities. B. IT. Johnson ti Co.
10u Mam St., luonmond, va. June u-r-u
man 11 say.
you, at any
CHAPTER II.-
-1N THE SILENCE OP THE
CANON.
on't know what tho old
"Ho won't say thank
rate, said tho lieutenant.
"You km gamble ou that,1' said tbo
hostler, approvingly, "Who's this
Johnny cotno latelyt" ho addod, as
passenger from the msido of tho stago
strolled toward tnem.
"Jim said ho was a stockman," said
tho lieutenant; "bo's billed for Paok
Citv."
Jim," growled tno Hostler, con
tcmptuously. "Jim's a stranoer hi
elt in tneso parls. now suouid lie
know?"
And when the traveler, an elderly
man, -joined tnem witn a sociablo re
mark that "it was pretty tol'abl
warm,'' tho hostler vented his scorn for
Jim by ignoring him altogether, and
continuing his talk with the lieutenant
about waybills, express, mail and other
etcgo matters. But the passenger ap
pearing in nowiso attected by this lack
of cordiality held his ground, and if
ho did not join in the conversation,
listened to it so persistently that tho
hostler finally turned to him and said,
rather sarcastically, "Stranger, is thcro
anything 1 can do lor youi '
"Well, no, pard, replied tho travel
er good liumoredly, "theres nothin
ycr kin do fer me, but I reckon you
kin do somethin' fer that lady inside;
bIio's petered plumb out, and tho kid's
yelling like all possessed.
At this the amateur drivor opened
tho stage door and looked in, Thero
was tho usual litter of mail bags and
small bundles, and smell of dust and
leather. Addre sing the woman, who
in a long linen duster and with a veil
over her lace, reclined limply in ono
comer, half holding a crying baby,
tho lieutenant said, "Supper station,
madam.
1 ms announcement producing no
reply, he repeated it in a louder tone,
1 ho only result was an added forco to
tho baby s cries.
I reckon sho's fainted.1' 'said tho
other passenger, appearing at his elbow
with a oup ot water; "try this yere."
The lieutenant got inside, followed
by tho old man, to whom ho uncere
moniously handed tho baby. Taking
out his pocket-flask, ho mixed a little
whisky and water, and pushing tho
veil up from tho unconscious mouth,
he succeeded in partially reviving tho
exhausted woman. "Now, then," ho
said, in an authoritative tone, "you
must come outRido in tho opon air and
wash your faco and hands; that will
braoe you up quicker than anything.
Xhon, when you nave Had somo dinner,
you will bo all right. Wo nayent
much time, he added.
Tho woman obediently arose, but
cramped and worn out by tho long
days ride, haJ to bo assisted to tho
ground. She succeeded in walking
over to tho water trough; and, sitting
down on its edgo, silently took her
baby, Tho lieutenant brought her a
basin and towel, and left her to her
toilet. Presently he returned and said,
"Supper is ready."
"Thank you, I don't want any sup
por," was tho reply.
As ho hoard her speak for tho first
timo tho Lieutuuaut looked at tho
shrouded form in surprise. Tho voico
was low and trainod, tho voico of a
gontlowoman. It startled him with n
swift suggestion of perfumed laco and
six-button kid gloves, of waltz music,
yachting and low murmured words in
dim conservatories. Tho recollection
of the fried pork and beans awaiting
them in tho station, however, brought
Tho sun was settintr behind Bald
Tttlt t n nn t.lin .Tnlmntnron nt.nrrn nil.
proachcdtho five-mile grado which led
down to Stonoy Creek. Down grado
tho stago went, with tho driver on the
brake and tho horses trotting loosely
in their harness, until, with a final jolt
and lurch, tncy fetched up on tho
bank of Stonoy Creek! Tho driver
swung himself off tho box and taking
an Iron pail out of the boot, proceed'
ed to water his horses. Tho elderly
passenger emerged from the Btago with
a tin cup, and scooping up eomo of tho
bright, cold water lrom tho noisy
mountain stream, gallantly took it to
tho lady inside. Then, helping himsolf.
nu ruiu wj tuu unver, wuu a inugn:
"i jeogo you vo been making up
time. Yo herded em along pretty
lively down mat grado,'
'llio .Lieutenant nodded his head,
Tho position in which he found him
self had responsibilities that dlsoour
agod sociability. Going to tho other
stdo of tho Btago ho got out his overcoat
and put it on. It was a garment
mado of rough bluo cloth, long and
voluminous, with a capo that camo to
l.! i-l -v..:...i , ! l.t- -
inn wuibu wuieuy mippiuir ms ru
volvcr from its holster ho put in a nar
row pocket in tho lining of his coat,
This pocket, apparently mado for tho
purpose, dispensed with tho ostonta
ti us and cumbrous method of boiling
tho pistol on outside. Theso prepara.
Hons for tho night completed, ho
mounted, to bis place and mado the
usual warning inquiry, "All Bet!''
"it you don t mind, pard, said the
passenger, "I'll ride outside for a ways
ami givo tuo latiy a ouanco to stretch.
"1 don t mind.' sas tho Lieutenant.
and tho elderly stranger climbed labor
iously to his Bide. Tho horses' hoofs
splashed and tho stago wheals crunch
ed their way through tho stream, wliilo
tho water fretted and foamed noisily
about tho wet fetlockB and through tho
cleaned Bpokes. The hoofs and wheels
came out of tho soft batik and tho
stago sped sileutly along tho dam bot
tom land. Dark lorms shaped them
selves into cottonwood trees and alder
bushes and dissolved again into tho
darkness, while the fresh odor of the
earth and growiug things scented tho
cool night air.
"Have a drinkl" said tho passenger,
sociably, drawing out a bottle.
"Mo, thank you,'' said tho Lieuton
ant; "I don't drink on tho box."
"Right you are," said his companion;
"well here's luck! You h'aitit been
long on tbo line, I tako it.
Tho Btago had commenced to ascend
tho grado on tho other sido of Stonny
Creek. Tho road wound up through
a canon or gulch in tho bottom of
which was tho dry bed of a winter tor
rent, it was a long, tedious pull to
tbo top of tho mesa, and the horses
ha 1 to tako their timo to it. Notwith
standing mat a turn lino ot light on
the brow ot a distant mouutain signal
ed that tho moon had rison, it was very
dark in tbo canon; so dark that al
though tno lieutenant kept peering
ahead of tho horses, ho could sco but
little more than a bend of tho winding
road, faintly defined by the denser ob,
scurity on each side of it. Tho pas
Bonger himself, notwithstanding his
steady flow of talk, seemed affected by
tho gloom, and maintained an alert
gazo upon the side of the road. Tho
Lieutenant spoko to his horses, which
were showing a restivo disinclination
to proceed. Thoy wero almost at tho
top 01 tho grado now. A clump of
scrub-oaks at tbo top of tho canon was
in sight, iho shadows horo wero very
denso by contrast with tho moonlight,
which lay in tho open boyoud. It was
at theso shadows that tho horses were
pricking their oars. Tho Lieutenant
cracked his whip over tho unruly nnl
mals, but as ho did so, ho looked sharp
ly in the direotion of tho oaks. Was
not something moving thoreT Or was
it tbo moonlight shadows playing their
usual tricks ou highly htrung nervcsT
Then ho remembered that thero was
spring under those oaks, and that cattlo
woro always around it; or perhaps
stray deer from the mountains might
iiuvu uuiuu inuru iu uruiK, ills null,
tary training and frontier oxpcrionco
made him guard against unreasoning
alarm, At 1110 samo timo tho station
keepers open secret that tho paymaB
tersiunus woro aboard Hashed aoross
his mind. It would novor do for him
an army officer, to hand down VoU
l nrgo s box to tho first road agent
who asked lor it. l'rotcssional pride,
if naught clso, forbado it. Ho said
nothing to tho man nt his side, but 11 11
dcr cover of his capo he slippod tho
lines and whip into his left hand, and
with his right cocked tbo revolver in
his pocket. Tho elderly passenger.
notwithstanding mat his oyes wero
also fastened on tho dump of oaks
Boemed qulto unsuspicious, and ooutin
uea to talk.
A shrill whistlo suddenly startled
tno siieuco ol tho night. Tho paBson
ger on tho box, almost without
pause, leaned over, ami loaning 0110
hand on tbo lines, with tho other point
od a pistol at tho driver's head, and
said, but no longer in tho accents of an
uneduoatod person;
"Hold up your hands, Ltoutenantl
At tho samo instant a man with
maskeu laco and Homing a gun ap
peared in tho middle of tho road and
stopped the horses.
Tho Lieutenant turned palo and
stared in awaz'omeut at tho man by
his eide.
"It's no use," said the elderly pas
Bengor, sternly. "Wo'vo got tbo drop
on you! Be quiok or I'll'1
"Well," B.tid the Xleutenant, defeat
edly, ''you have got tho drop ou me,
for i fact!" And drawing a long
breath, ho slowly raised his arms. But
when his left elbow was high as his
shoulder with his right hand ho press
ed tho trigger of tho revolver in his
pocket.
Thero was a inuillcd report, a Bliriok
and a curse followed by another ro-
ort, then another and nnothor, con-
used and intermingled, tbo sharp
crack of tho rillo ringing out over tho
duller noiso 01 tno pistois. vvneu tno
sounds ceased the man in tho road was
crawling on his hands and knees to
ward tho shadow ot oaks whenco no
had emerged. Thero was no ono on
tho box but tho Lioutonant and ho was
standing erect. Tho next moment he
pitched head first over tho dash-board
on to tho off-horses back, and from
thero rolled on to tho road. It ncoded
but this to goad tho frightened ani
mals into a Btampodc, and, with the
lines under their heels, kicking and
shying, they galloped out over tho
prairie.
It is not easy for two horses to run
away with a Concord coach, especially
after coming up Stoney Croek grado.
And so, after tno stago had lumbered
and lurched at their heels for half
milo or so, tho horses camo down to
trot, and then to a walk, and finally
stood still and gazed around trembling
and toady for a second flight The
moment that tho vehicle stopped tho
veiled taco ot tho lady passenger ap
pcarcd at tho door an I her terror-
stricken voico criod, but almost inand
ibly, "My Godl what has happonodl''
Aroused from a troublod Bleep by the
report of a pistol, followed by a man's
shriek, moro shots, curses and groans,
bIio had opened hor eyes lust in time
to seo a heavy body fall over tho wheol
and on tho ground. Then tho stage
had startod forward tho wheel going
over tho thing on tho ground w th
sickening jolt. As tho stago bounded
on sho had boon thrown violently to
and fro, clinging convulsively to her
baby, unablo to realizo what this griBly
horror of the night might be. With
shaking hands she now unfastened the
door, and, stepping out, found herself
alono in tho awful silence and solitudo
of tho night.
Hark! what was that? Sho tore her
veil from her head, and with it came
her hat. Great masses of black hair
fell down her shoulders, and a whito
young faco shono out in tho moonlight,
lovely oven in its terror. Tho noise
was but tho piping of au insect, but it
sounded liko a distant shriek. Then
tho wind stirred tho dry bulfalo grass,
and it seemed to tho panic-stricken wo
man as though it was tho voices of
TT. 1..!. 1 -1,
mon pursuing, nor nair rose anu an
tho blood rallied in hor heart. Sho
would havo fainted had it not been
for the wailint' of the dependent baby
in her arms. What should sho dot
Her first impulse was to run from what
might bo behind her. But her feeble
nibs failed at tho sight of tho wild
plains and obstructing sagebrush. If
sho could but get upon the stago and
drive. Sho went to tho horses and
spoko to thorn. One of them whined
reply, and that encouraged her.
Sho crept between them, talking to
them all tho timo in trembling, be
seeching tones, and got tho lines out
from beneath their hoofs. Thou, hold
ing tho reins and tho baby on ono arm,
sho scrambled on tho wheel, and from
thero to tho drivers seat. Kverything
was so big, tho linos, the seat, tho
brake, her littlo feet did not reach the
dash-board but rested on somo Backs
of barloy that filled tho forward boot.
In this barley sho mado a nest for tuo
baby. When sho was roady to start
it was evident that sho was not ignor
ant ot driving. Sho held the lines and
whip liko tho amateur drivers of tho
New York coaching olubs. The horses
had been restivo during theso prolong
ed preparations, and they startod off
lreely at her timorous word.
CHAPTER HI, A DRIVE FOR LIFE.
this trcatmont, nnd, again sitting
up, took out bis knife nnu askcu nor
to cut his Bleove off. "I am losing
blood terribly from my arm, ho ex
claimod. Sho bravely but tremblingly
did as sho vras told. Whon sho had
cut away tho soaked oloth and barod
the massivo arm ho helped hor to lm-
proviso a tourniquet with his handker
chief and a picco 01 stick, aim tne
bleeding was stopped.. After a second
doso of whisky and water he comraono-
od to improve rapidly. Sho bound
another oloth around his head. "The
fellow with tho rillo did that,'' ho said
"That is what knocked mo off tho box.
It is only a graze, but it was a mighty
closo call." Then he struggled to his
feet, and, looking around, saw the
stago, "Thoy didn't got tho box, did
thovt" ho cried eagerly.
"I don't know, she said, taking up
her baby and hushing its cries, "l
dont' think so. Tho horses ran away.1
"Tho horsos ran nwayl" ho said,
staring wondoringly for tho first timo
at tho pretty whito faco that was rais
od to his. "Well, but why how
did tho stago get back here! '
"I brought it back," sho replied,
lowering her head tinder his persistent
gazo.
"you brought it back! ' bo exclaim.
ed; "yon!"
rrora fow minutes tho wonnded
lieutenant looked down at tho slight
form of tho woman who stood before
him in tho moonlight, veiled in her
long blaok hair. Then, as ho realized
what sho bad done, ho took off his bat
and dropped it in tho road, having but one
available arm, and offered tier bis hand.
Sho placed hers frankly, within it, and
he raised the littlo gauntlet respectfully
to his lips. "You are very bravo," bo
said with considerable feeling; "I am
glad to think that perhaps I owo you
my lite.
The Johnstown stage was later than
over that night when it drow up in
front ot Abo (ioldstom s store in l'ack
City. Simultaneously with its arrival
tho drinking and gambling saloons and
other places of puoho resort suddenly
becamo desorted. It was Baid that a
woman had driven the stago in, and
that a man with his head bandaged
and his arm in a sling was sitting
along side ot her holding a baby.
TIT, T.T-,I T1 , J .t i
yv 11110 y ens-r argo s uox ana uie man
sacks woro being taken out (for Gold
stein's store was also tho oxpress and
post-office) tho story was briefly given
to tbo orowd. Then a cheering, pistol
firing proocssion accompanied tho stago
down tho street to tho hotel. Hero a
dozen strong arras lifted the woman
from tho box, while tho baby was only
rescued "from a mob of volunteer
bearded nurses by tho inter ventioh of
tho muscular landlady. Tho lieuten
ant himself, after boing enthusiastical
ly asked to drink iu the aggregate
liquor enough to havo stocked a whole
sale whisky store, was put to bed, and
messenger despatohed tor tho surgeon
at tho fort.
Meanwhile a party of horsomen
swiftly and silently rodo out of the
town in tho direction whence the stage
had come. Tho novt day tho lieute
nant was informed that Whistling
Dick had been found dead in the road
at tho head of Stony Creek grade. A
talso gray beard bad been picked up
near tho hody and was thoughtfully
offered to tho lieutenant as a memento.
'We struck the other fellow's trail,"
aid tho informant, "in a olump of
scrub oak. Ho was wounded, and
And now tho distraction of driving
and tho senso of motion dimiuished her
first ghastly horror, and replaced it
with nervous oxcitement. Sho had no
difficulty in finding tbo road, the horses
took her back to it. When sho reach
ed it, however, sho stopped to look
around, and determined which way
led to l'ack City. It would bo fright,
fill to mako a mistake, and drivo back
to that awful tragedy. Sho thought
with a shudder of what might be there,
dead or living, in tho moon-lit road or
in tho blackness of tho bushes. Sho
wondered what had become of the
driver. Was it his body she had seen
fall from tho stage? Ho must bo
either dead or wounded; perhaps ho
was only wounded. Sho would Bond
back help instautly from Pack City,
'But when Hhe decided on tbo diroction
sho still hesitated. Tho recollection of
tho tall, broad-shouldered young driver,
who had been so kind and courtoous
to her, uersistod in obtruding'itsolf on
her mind. I'crhaps it no was only
wounded ho might bo dying now lor
want of a littlo help. He had helped
her in her need; bo had helped her
baby. Iu common humanity ought
sho not to go back to his assistance!
Was it not cowardly to tako tho stago
and desert himt Longing to go the
other way, and weeping hysterically,
sho finally turned tho reluctant horses
toward tho canyon.
Tho moon had lit up tho vicinity of
tho (ci'iib oaks by tho timo the stage
moved slowly back ou tho scene. All
was silent and deserted. Suddenly the
horses snorted and shied nt a mass of
bluo cloth lying in tho road. Tho wo
mail turned tho team to ono sido and
drovo it against somo trees. Thon
taking her baby in her anus bIio crept
down from her perch, mid, starting at
every sound, stole hor way to tho pros
trato form. It was tho driver's faco
which eho uncovered, as ghastly white
as her own and smirched with blood
and dust. Thon sho slipped her hand
under his coat and laid it over his
hcai t. It was still beating. Hurriedly
sho searched bis pockets for tho flask
that ho had used in her service but a
fow hours before It was hor turn now.
Sho had lifted his head and poured tbo
raw whisky gouorously down his
throat. Ho responded with a groan
and a gasp that frightened her auow.
aud then struggled to a sitting posture
"Water!" ho criod, "for Gods sake,
water!" Then, as she hositatod, ho
oontiuuod, faintly; "My hat. There's
a spring over there," aud lay down
with another groan.
Her foar was dispelled by tho sound
ot uis voico. 0110 found the Bpring,
and, filling his hat, lot him drink ami
bathed his faco and head. Ho revived
KISSING LINKS.
A Vermont minister has rcachod 121
Cinnrnl anrmnns. With net returns Ot
two barrols of applos and a silver dol
lar.
Thero is not a cross-oyed base ball
player In the, country. It is; a general
superstition that a cross-oyed man
would irretrievably noo-aoo mo game.
An Krio County, Now York, physi
cian issuod a certificate stating that
tho causo nf a littlo girl a death was
"information of tho lungs."
Justus Schwab, tbo notorious New
York Socialist, is ono of tho fugitive
from military scrvioo in Uormsny am
nestied by Emperor Frederick's proclamation.
Tho North China Herald ays that
asents of tlu Panama Canal mado ar
rangements to kidnap 80,000 Annamo
so coolies to work at Panama, but tho
ontorpriso failed.
Mrs. P. L. Collins who is employed
at tho Dead Letter ofllco at Washing
ton at a largo salary to dcoiphor
"blind" handwriting, can read overy
known language exoopt Russian and
Chinese.
Matthew Arnold drow a pension
from tho British Civil List. The pen
sion lapsed at his death, Hbut it is
understood that Queen Victoria will
bo asked to oontinae tho pension to
Mr. Arnold's widow,
The cornflower that was the favor
ite of Kaiser Williamthe blue "bach
elor's button" of this latitude is said
to be tho badge of tho Liberal party in
lielgium, wbiio ttio rea poppy is mim.
of the Conservative or Clenoal party.
As an evidence of tho progress that
modern idoas aro uiakiug in Japan, it
is stated that that country is now
building thirty-four now railroads, at
aioost of over S50.000, and it has hun
dreds of miles of railroads already
built.
Tho old Ilohenzollern curse that no
king was to be succeeded by his oldest
son, and tho heir was always lo havo
somoi malformation or damaged limb,
has been broken, and oven tho most
superstitious havo begun to doubt tho
spell.
John Hutchinson, tho only brother
left of the onco famous Hutchinson
family ot singers, now lives at Eynn,
Mass., and is as earnest a worker for
temperance aud women suffrage as tho
, family wero in tho causo of tho slave.
Tho two-year-old son of a Bohemian
farmer living near Oakdale, Neb., fell
into a dry well seventy feet deep; and
was thero sixty hours before he was
rescued. When.taken out the lad ap
peared to bo none tho worso for the
adventuto.
Out in Sydney, Australia, acoordiog
to report, if you want to uso tho tele
phone, you must ring tho pewon np
with whom you wish'to communicato '
and then take a cab and go and boo
him. An answer by telephono is
never expected.
Mrs. Llllie M. Pavy, of London Eng
land, is a commercial traveler now vi
Biting tho Western States in the inter
est of an English house. Sho travels
alone aud finds that in this country a
woman does not need an escort to pro
tect her from annoyance.
Senator Muruaga, the Spanish
Minister at Washington, sometime ago
presented Mexican opals totnreo young
ladies, two of whom have slnco been
thero wasn't any troublo in following marrjed, and tho third is engaged. So
Wo finally corratcd him down in qpPml, thr-ro is real v something in
Stony Ureok. lint ho was game, and ttje ml0ient superstition concerning tho
u;ijeu uiui, j;iiu ui um iu, uu 11. m luck attaoued to tuo opai.
worth boforo wo took him in. Yon
nover would havo guessed, now, that
it was Jim Gatesby himself, the com
pany's now driver. But that's who it
was, for a fact. 1 vo heard since that
tho express folks kind of suFpicioued
him ot standing in on. that last rob
bery."
Thero is said to bo a blind jeweler
in Bradford, Pa., who is able to repair
jowolry and watohos entirely through
his sense of touch. Tho blindness
camo upon him after ho had liecomo a
proficient workman, ana mon, Dy. cul
tivating the sensibility in his finger
ends, ho overcame in a great measure
his lack of eyo sight. This is certainly
a most rcmarkablo instance.
Tim nrmv ridden bv the late Prince
outlino in theshimmoringheatof a July Imperial of Franoe when he received
aftornoon. On tho bench outside the his "baptism of firo" at Baarbruok
the stagehouso door Nato, tho statiou- during tho b ranoo-l'russian war baa
keeper, is sitting, reading a month-old just come to a sudden end, liko its un-
newspaper. Un tho edgo ot tho lortunate master. Oliver ouuuu iuu
water trough opposite him, Frank, the pony was bought by a German baron
helper, is mending a hoiso collar, and was kept on his estate in Silesia
Presently Nate threw down tho paper for his children to ride. Recently it
and said: "Well, 1 11 be durned! I lell down on a Biipoery roau aim urux-u
Frank looko'd up inquiringly, Nato its leg and; had to bo Bhot.
rolling a cigarrotto from a pieco of ,.. eraaociation of slaves is pro-
brown wrapping paper, continued: -, rdmnlv in Brazil. Thero still
CHAPTER IV. A ROMANTIC ENDINO.
Onoyear has passed. Again the si
lent City of Uocks has lost us sharp
"Yo reo'leot the old cen'l'man from
tho States wot went up tbo lino about
two months after Lieutenant Calverly
laid out Whistling Dick and that
tmarty of a Gim Gate6by!"
Frank nodded his hoad. lie was a
man of few words.
"Yo reo'leot bow many questions ho
asked about that little rumpus! Spe
cially 'bout tho lady with tho kid, who
showed such a heap o' Band! That
old geiiTman was bur father."
"I kuowed that, said P rank in a
tone that resented having his interest
exoited to no purposo."
"Of courso yo kuowed it," replied
Nate, calmly.
"Uidu t ho perk up his head like a
grass-fed cayuse aud toll yo so when
ho btought her down the line ngiu
about two weeks afterward! Of
courso yo knowed it. U1U11 1 ho tell
every mother's sou all along tho lino
that it was his daughter! why, when
ho went out to tho feahatlm Agency
and got her to givo up tcachiiv tho In
remain about 3,500 black bondmen in
K10 Jaueiro, but it is proposed to UDer
ate theso on tbo 20th of Juno, in con
nection with tho celebration of tho
Emperor's return from his protracted
tour abroad. In other parts of the
Brazilian Empire tho planters are set
ting freo their slaves in large numbers
and paying them wages lor mo wont
performed.
Herman GotUchalk, a Now York
merchant, possesses one of tho raro and
valuable coins of King Solomon's timo
known as a holy shekel. It is of
bronze and gold, about the size of an
ordinary copper ceut, and derives 1U
namo from tho fact that it was only
used insidrt tho old temple at Jerusa
lem on certain festival days, GotU
chalk is Baid to havo been ofJerod 500
for it by tho authorities of tho Anti
quarian Depaitment of tho British
Museum.
Rosooo Conkliog was strongly averso
aim roi nor vo g.vo up tcuom.. me in- t X). intcrvioWed, but his freedom
juns' kids and go homo with hnn thoy - , convor8atiou oftcn iod t0
trill tnn (lint hn unr 11 ti tlin r1t'itlu frtr I. .P. ... . .. ....
toll mo that ho set up the drinks lor
tho whole derned town. But yo did'nt
your how it was that tho lady evur
co mo out into this country to teaoh
siwashes, did yo? No! Well, then,
tbo way of it was this: sho bucked
acin tho old man in gittin' married
Sho lowed her jodgraent laid over his,
but it uidn t pan out worth a dnrn.
Hor husband was no good, and whon
ho found her father wasn t goiug to
chip iu and help em along ho wont
back on hor. But sho didn't go nos
ing 'round tho old man to be tuk back.
That warn t her stylo. Sho jiut got
au appointment as school teacher out
yore, which was 'bout as fur away as
sho could giu nut biio 11 ami 1 no
moro'u gono when her husband passed
in his checks in a railroad smash-up.
Well, tho old man didn't know whero
sho wero, till 0110 day ho camo across a
newspaper telliu' 'bout a stago being
jumped out yere. Then ho got ou
her trail, and followed
her homo. I
about two month
tenant went baok to
his beincr victimized without his know
ledge, when Sullivan and Ryan had
thoir famous meeting in Madison Gar
den tho ex-Senator occupied ono of tho
press seats. While awaiting tho ap
pearance of tho pugaiistio stars no
oh at ted freely with those around him,
and tho next day ono of tho afternoon
papers had a oolumn interview witn
him, in which tho wholo rnugo of ath
letio sports was discussed in a peculiar
ly happy mauuer.
A Letter prom '$10,000 Kelly,' The
Author op 'Play Bali.
"PnntTaJExlract Comvanv.New iorfs
City :
DEAR SIRS : I havo used POND'S
EXTRACT and find it particular good
for Bprains, wounds, and bruises, I havo
also used it successfully when tho
musoles of tho arm becamo contracted
from throwing tho.ball. I rcootnmcud
allowed hor up and tuk it highly to all Athletes and Ball Play
raps yo reo'leot that ers, Yours truly,
ths afterward tho lieu- M. J. KELLY.
tho States. Boston, May 10, 1888."