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!S DYSPEPSIA?
I Among the many symptoms
cf Tyrepsia or indigestion
the n c?t rrc111!111611 are: Va
r;aV.: arjetite; faint, gnawing
fjelliu.' at pit of the stomach,
viUi unsatisfied craving lor
icod: i'3artburn, feeling of
v eight and wind in the stom
f.ch, br.d breath, bad taste in
She mouth, low spirits, general
rrostrat'e-n, headache, and
constipation. There is no form
cf disc aso more prevalent than
ryspsyaia. and none so pecul
iar tu the high-living and rap-id-eating'
American people,
iloohoi and tobacco produce
Dysocrsia; also, bad air, rapid
iertiW. cto. BURDOCK BLOOD
fEiTIK3 will cure the wcrst
'cae. ly regulating the bowel3
ui.u t.-;mng up the digestive
Sold everywhere.
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I reeomiarii J it as superior to any proscription
known to me.' II. A. Archeii, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T.
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An absolute cure for Rheumatism, Sprains, Pain in
tho Back, Uuru.s, Oalls, 5:c.
t relieving txutl Jlealingr Kcmetly.
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Coral !ne is not Ilerr.p, Jute, Tampico, or Mexican Grass.
'orali no is Bseu in no goods except those scid by Wist Esotiizes.
The c: uinc t.'orallliO i superior to whalcjot-a, and gives holiest va'us and
perfect satisfaction.
Imitations kre a fraud and dear at any price.
For sal by all leading merchants. Price fl-cn Jl.OO ttp,
85 BBOiDWAr, Sew York. 141 ic 113 WiUlsH AT"., fMoto.
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flies' Neckwear, l-J d J h 1 3 V N N M 1 1
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In Bering an ORGAN don't be led Into'prtrcha!ng I
one that contains a :r at .1 HZ A T OP STOPS
an 1 FEW IltEVS fc.,: write t a
RRIABIr DEALER.:
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OSGAS, SZBtopi cost but a few cents rich
VVrft; fir our CATALOGUE and diagram
shov.-ir.; corstruction of tho INTERIOR of
ORGANS, EMT FREE TO ALL, aad
AGENT'S DISCOUNTS allowed where we
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SALESillli WANTED.
Bythe IntroJnrn of KlsrtHMS HaSTBtRT.
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tlrr ti.,1-nr. 1 .it:r.t ..i ? t-.r!i. 1 lie 0 )-l-nes.
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Castorlu c-iros folic. Constlriatlon,
Siir Stomach. riarrho'A. Kructlion.
KilU V 'onus, b'v-,:1 iileep. auJ pruiuotes di
gestion. Without injurious medicetion.
An Iustantancous Pain-
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Colls, Strains, Er&tcles,
E3T53, t3., on
HORSES.
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355 niei it. Its effect are in
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trratrner.t of above diease.y
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tl: ili'T' v 1:1:111. tir.ua and child leds and apprfs-j-a'-
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PK I'M F.RK'R'S PKRIL.
BY K.
THOMPSON.
Each story of th Hhf-ltnii Cfittun Factory
is fifteen feet between fluors ; tliern are sev
en such over t he basement, and this rises six
feet above the mound. The hrick walls nr
I row to eight inches ha they ascend, and fottn
a parapet rising above the roof. On of the
tiaie beepers in the factory. Jack Hrdy, ti
vounzman abnt mv own age, often runs
aloi'g the brick work, the practice giving
him a singular delight that has seemed to in
crease with his pioficiency in It. Having
been a clerk In the wotks from the begin
ning. I have frequently used the parapet for
a foot. path, and although there wis a sheer
fail of one hundred feet to the ground, have
done it with eas and without dizziness.
Occasionally flsrdy and I have run races,
on the opposite walls, an t-xercise in whiclrl
was invariably beaten, because I became
timid witli Increase of pace.
Hopelessly distanced last Wednesday,
while the men were off at tioon, I gave ud
j midway, and looking down, ohst rved the
upturned face of an old uian, gazing at me
with parted lips, wide eyes, and an expres
1 sion of horror so startling that 1 involunta-
rilv stepped down to the bricklayers' plat
j form inside. 1 then saw that the apoarent
: ly frightened fpecatoi whs Mr. Petliericlf,
I who had been for some weeks pavma.--ter
and fuctotum for the mutraetors.
'What's tho matter, Tft liet ick ?' 1 called
down. Hi? made no answer, bnl walking off
rapid'y disappeared sro-iml the mill. Curi
ous about Li-. t-iit-B!ior, I descended, and
after some little seeking, found him stnok- j
; ing a'one.
I "You quite frightened me lust now, Peth-
ghost?" i eyes closed convulsively, to shut oi.t the
'Not Just that, he replied, sententiously. I abyss down which my gUnce had fallen;
'Did you expect me to fall, then V I In- shudder ing. 1 pressed hard against the solid
quired. - ; wall at my back ; an appalling clod slowly
'Not Just that, eithr,' said he. The old j j-rept thiough me I My reason struatrted
man was ciearly disinclined to talk, and ap- i against a wiiil desire tj leap; all ttie demons
parently ntn-h agitated. I began to joke ' of despair whimpered to me to niake an in
hini about his lugubrious expression, when ; stand end. In iuiauination I had leaped! I
the 1 o'clock bell rane, and he shuffled off i
hastily to another quarter. j
TI ouch I puzzled ttwh le over the incident j 'Still I pressed hard back against the wall
it sdoii passed so en tirely f rom my mind ttiat I of rock, and though nearly faint from ter
I was surprised when, passing Petherick in I ror, never forgot for an instant the death at
ttie afternoon, intending to go aloft, he said, j my feet, nor the utter danger of the slight-
as I went by
Don't do it again, Mr.
What'." I s'opperi.
Frazer I'
That T tie retorted.
Oh I You mean running on the wall,
Slid I.
1 mean going on it at all ! he exclaimed.
His earnestness was so marked that I con- j
ccie! a strong interest in Us cause. j
'I'H make a bargain with you, Mr. Pethe- j
rick. If you tell tue why you advise me, !
I'll give the thing np f
Done ! said he. ''Come to my cottage 1
this evening, and I'll tell vou a strange ad-t
venture of my own, though perhaps you'll j words flashed to my brain : 'Are not two
only laugh that it's the reason why it sick- ! smriows sold for a farthing ? Ard one of
ens me to see you fooling up there." tiienj shall not fall on the ground without
Petherick was ready to talk when Jack your Father. Fear not, theiefore; ye are
and I sat riown in his doorstep that evening, ! of more value than many sparrows. My
aud immediately launched Into the follow- I faculties so strained, I seemed to hear the
ing narrative : j words. Inded, often yet I think that I did
'I was horn and grew to manhood near the I trnly hear a voice utter them very near me.
high eiifls of the coast of Cornwall. Millions 'Instantly hope arose, consciously desper
of sea fowls make their nests alone the face j ate Indeed, but I became calm, tesourcef ul,
of those wave-worn precipices. My com- j capable, and feeling unaccountably aided,
panions and I used to get much excitement, . jarhtul not to look down. 1 opened u.y eves
and sometimes a good deal of pocket money , ano j,Zrt far away over the bright sea. The
by taking their eggs. One of us placing j rippll billows told that a light outward
his feet In a loop at the end of a rope a-d j breez had sprung up. Slowly, and souie
taking a good grip with his hands, would be ! what more disant, the two brigs moved to
lowered by the others to the nest. ward the horizon. Turning my head, 1 could
When he had his basket full, they'd haul
him up, and another would go down. Well,
one afternoon, I thus went dangling off
They paid about a hundred feet of rope be
fore 1 touched the ledge and let go.'
'What ledge ?' asked Jack.
Oh!' said Petherick, after a pause. 'I
see it will be troublesome to make you un
derstand the situation.' Then, after reflect-.
Ing for &ome moments
'You must know that most of the cliffs
along that coast overhang the sea. At many
points ope could drop six hundred feet lnt j
the sea, and then be forty or fifty feet from
the base of the rock be left. The coast H
scooped under by the waves. . But in some
places the cliff wall is as though it bad been
eaten away by seas rur.nir.g Id od higher
levels. There will be an overhanging cop-
Ing. then, some hundred feet down, a ledge
jsaekiw? out further than that of the top ;
under the ledge all wiil be scooped away.
In p'aces there are three or four such ledges
each projecting further lha those above.
These ledges used to fall away occasionally,
as toey do yet, I am told, foi the ocean Is
gradually devouring the coast. Where they
did not proj-.-ct further than the upper cop
Ing, one would swing like a pendulum on
the rop;, and get on the rock, If not too far
In, tin n put a rock on the loop to hold it till
his return. When a ledge did project so
that one could drop straight on It, he hauled
down some slack and left the rope hanging.
'Did the wiud ever blow it off ? asked
Jack.' ' ' '
'Seldom, and never out of reach, said the
old man. 'Well, the ledge I reached, was
like. .this,' Illustrating with his hands. 'It
was some ten feet wide ; it stuck out maybe
six feet further than the cliff top ; the rock
wa.'l went rip pretty near perpendicular, till
near the coping at the ground, but below
the ledge the '.iff's face was so scooped
away that the sea, five hundred feet below,
ran In under ii nigh fifty feet.
As I went down, thousands of birds rose
from the jagged places of the precipice, cir- ;
cling around me with harsh screams. Soon
touching the ledge. I stepped from the loop.
and drawing d jwn a little slack, walked off '
briskly. For fully quarter of a mile the
ledge ran along the cliff's face almost as
level and even In width at that sidewalk. I
remember fancying that It sloped outward
more than usual, but itistaotly dismissed the
I notion, though Gaffer Pentreath, the oldest
j man in that countryside, used to tell us that
we should not get the use or that ledge al
ways. It bad ben as steady In our time as
in his grandfather's, and Tre only laughed
at his prophecies. Yet the place of an old
filled fissure was marked by a line of grass,
by tufts of weeds and small bushes, stretsh
ing almost as far as the ledge Itself, and
within a foot or so of the cliff's face.
Eggs were not so many as usual, and I
went a long piece from my rope before tur'u
inj back. Then I noticed the very strange
conduct of the hosts of sea fowls below.
Usually hundreds, but now tb 're were
millions on the wing, and instead of darting
forth in playful motions, they seemed to be
wildly excited, screaming shrilly, rushing
out in terror, and returning in masses as
though to alight, only to wheel in dread, and
keep the air iu vast clouds.
The weather was beautiful, the sea like
g'ass. At no great distance two lare brii-s,
and tiearer a small yacht, lay beoalnjeil,
heaving ou the long hillwws. I could Iin k
dwn her cabin Mairway almost, and tt
seemed scarcely more thau a long leap to he.r
deck.
"Puzzled by the singular conduct, of M:e
sea birds, 1 soon stopped and set my hack
against the cliff to rest w hile watching them.
The day whs deadly still and very warm.
"I remember taking off my cup and wip
ing ttie sweat from m face and forehead
with my sleeve. While doing this. I looked
down itivoimitariiy to the fissure at my feet.
Instantly my blood almost froze with horroi !
There was a distinct crack between the in
ner edge of the fissure and the hard packed
root threaded soil with which, it was filled !
Fotcibly I pressed back, and In a flash look
ed along the ledge. Tne fissure was widen
ing under iny eye, the rock before me seem
ed sinking outwartl, and with a shudder and
a groan and roar, the whole long platform
fell crashing to the sea below ! 1 stood on a
margin of rock scared a foot wide, at my
back a perpendicular cliff, five hundred feet
below the ocean, now almost hidden by the
vast concourse of wheeling and affrighted
birds.
'Can you believe that my first sensation
was one of relief? I stood safe ! Even a
feeling of interest held tne for some mo
meets. Almost oootlj 1 uhvi veil a long ami
might'y wave roll out from beneath. It went
forth with a high, curling csest a solid whII
of water I H btruck the, jarht stern on.
plunged down on her di ck, Miiasliwl throuuh
her swell of sail, and swept her out of sight
forever.
'Not till then did my thoughts dwell en
tirely on my own position ; not till then did
I comprehend its hopelessness! Now iny
fet the .swooning helplessness of failing, j
and the cold, upward tush of air !
j est motion. How long this weakness lasted
i I know not ; I only know that the unsper.k
i able horror of that first period has come to
! me in wak ing dreams many and manyaday
since ; that to think of the past is to stand
again on that narrow foothold, and to look
around on the earth is often to cry out with
joy that it widens away from my feet!'
The old man paused long. Glaucing side-
wise at Jack I saw that his face was pallid,
I mvself had shuddered and grown cold so
strongly had my imagination realized the
awful experience that Petheiick described
'Suddenlv.' said the o'd man, "these
' trace the narrow stone of my footing to
where my rope dangled, perhaps three ban
dred yards distant. ' .
"It seemed to hang within easy reach of
the cliff's face, and instantly I resolved and
a instantly proceeded to work toward It.
No time remained for hesitation. Jfight
w is com'ng on. I reasoned that my com
rades thought me killed. They had proba
bly pone to view the condition of the preci
pice from the lower station, and on their re
turn would haul up and carry fl the rope.
1 made a move toward It. ' Try to think ot
that journey !'
I nodded to him silently.
Shuffling sidewise very carefully, I had
not made five yards before I knew that I
could not continue to look out over that
abysi without glancing down, and that I
cou d cot iariCe down without losing my
1 8ense9. Yun have the brick line to keep
ee3 on Bs jm, OTftlk ftlon8 tbe factory wall;
v do you tthlk vou C(,uI(1 niove alorJK it erectl
. I00Vin( down as you would have to ?
ony 0r)()llliudred fept hiju Iruag,ne five
( ore such wails ou top of that and you try
ing to move sidewise incapable of closing
your eyes, to reed to look down, from end to
end, yes, three times further I ; Imagine
you've got to go ou or jump off I Would
you not, in an ecstacr of nervous agitation,
fall to your knees, get down face first at full
j length, clutch by your bands and with shut
j eyes fee! your way ? I longed to lie down
and bold, but of course that was tmposib!e.
'Still there was a wall at your back,' ob
served Jack. '
That made it worse I The cliff seemed
to press outward against me. It did, In fact
incline very slightly outward. It seemed to
be thrusting tne off. Oh, the borror of that
sensation ! Your toes on the edge of a pre
cipice, and the Implacable, calm mountain
apparently weighting you slightly forward.'
Beads of sweat broke out over his face at
the horror be had cil'.ed before him. Wip-
in? his lins nervoii-.lv with tl back of h's
nRmi look .skan, lh- arrow
p,th n pau9(,d , ' f 8aw t, cruel
edK0 and the dark 8,eams of abysma,
water.
t k" w . hn rpanmprt Mr,, with rnr hack
, ... - - - j
I to the wall I could aever reach the rope. I
j could not face toward it aud step forward,
so narrow was the ledge. Motion was per
hips barely possible lhat way. but th
breadth of my shoulders would have forced
roe to lean somewhat more outward, and
and this I dared not and could not do. Al
so, to see a solid surface before me became
an irresistible desire. I resolved to try to
turn around before resuming the desperate
journoy. To do this I had to nerve myself
j for one steady look at my footing.
'In the depth below the myriad sea rowl
then rested on the Mack water, which, tho
swelling more
ith the rising wind, had yet
an unbroken surface at some little distance
from the precipice, while further out it had
iroin iuu precipice, wane ituwiei ou. .b .it
begun to Jump to white-caps, apd iu beneath
" - -
i me. where I could not see, it' dashed and
churned witn a laiut. pervaning roar mat i
could barely distinguish. Bifora the de
scending su'i a be.'vy bank of cloud
had arisen. Theoceat's aurfaoB bore th.t
appearance of intense i nd angry gloom that
often heralds & storm, , but save the deep
i
murmur oing out Trom far below my peicti,
all to toy liearinu was deadly still.
'Cautiously 1 -wungflut my rit:ht firt.t be
fore th.- other and carefully edged around.
For an instant, as my shoulder rubbed
ani'i-t the rnek. I felt that I must fall. I
did stagger. In fact, hut the next moment
'iH.d firm, fjre to the beetling cliff, my
heels on the very edge, i;nd tl.e new seta
tio of the a'u-s behind me no less horrible
than that Irom which I had with Mich diffi
culty e-caped. 1 stood quaking. A deliri
ous horror thrilled every nervd. The skin
about my ears and neck, suddenly cold,
ahrank couv tusively.
'Wlid with tear, I thrust forward my head
against the rock and rested in agony. A
whir and wind of sunder, wine made tne
conscious of outward things again. Then a
mad eagerness to climb swept away other
feeling, and my hands attempted in vain to
Clutch the rock. N-t daring to cast my tiead
backward, 1 dtew in tortoise like between
my raised Hhoulders and chin against fie
precipice, aud gzed uuwatd with straining
of vision from under my eyebrows.
'Far above the dead wall tretche.d. Side
wise glances gave ir.e glimpso of the pro
jecting summit coping. There was tm hope
in that direction. But the distraction of
scanning the ciilT-Mdo had giver, my strain- j
ed nerves boiue relief ; to my memory aga in I
returned the promise of the Alm'.ahty and j
the conscious. less of His retard. Onca
more uiy muscle' became tiriu-strung.
'A cautious step sidewise made uid kivow
how ii.uch I had gained in my ease and se-
curity of uu.tioti by the change of front. I !
rnaoe progress that seemed aluiost rapid for j
some rods, and even had exultation in m j
quick approach to the lope. Hence caum (
freedom to tiiiuk how 1 shou'd act on reach
ing it, and sp.-culitloii as to how soou my
COUitadeS wouid hnui me up.
Then the i.U'U rushed t!iro'i;h
me thit I
they might even yet draw It away too soon ; :
that while almost in my clutcn It might rise
from my hands. Instantly all the tenors of
my position returned, with tenfold foice ; an
outward thrust of the precipice seeded to 1
grow distinct, my trembling hands told me ;
that it moved boldly to ard um, the descent j
behind me took au uuspeakanie reuioleness,
and from the utmost depth of that sheer air
seemed to ascend steadily a deadly and a
1 chilling wind. Out I think 1 did not stop
for an inMAnt. Instead a delirium to move
faster possessed me, and with "quick, side
long steps my following foot striking hard i
against that before sometimes on the point
of stumbling, stretched out like the cruci
fied, I pressed In mortal terror along.
' Every possible accident and delay was
presented to my; excited brain. What if ti e
lede should narrow suddenly to nothing?
Now I believed that my he.Is were ucsup-. dna, and soon around until the circle was
..... , , ,. ,
portc u in air, ana I wovea along ou i.p-ioe.
Now I was convinced that the narrow path-
i a 1 1. 1.1 .1. ..... V . T H.
' .. .
come so distinct, so Increasingly distinct
that I might at any monent slip off into the
void. But dominating eTry consideration
of possible disaster, was still that of the
need for speed, and distinct amid all other
terrors was that sensation of the dead wall
ever silently
and inexorably pressing me
outward.
My mouth and throat were choked wilh
dryness, my convulsive lips parched and
arid ; much I longed to press tbe.u againat
the cold, moist stone. But 1 never stopped,
T7 - ... 11.!., t B...,.ru1 ..In .
r..'"r.""v. "
uenriuui a liunuru .iu. cUJU.o.j -
. ,.n,.n,k
.0.0 ...... ..K cje,
edge of mossy sura, and I knew that tl.e
rope should be directly behind me. Was it?
I elanced over my left shoulder. . Th
I t- J-'TT TV B3 HUli V J-J ovv . " ".
over the othei no rope I Almighty Cod!
and hastThon deserted me ?
But what! Yes. it moyes ! it sways In
sight! it disappears to return agaiu to
view I There was the rope directly at my
back, swinging in the now strong bretie
with a motion that had carried it away from
my. first hurried glances. With tho relief
tears pressed to my eyes and face bowed to
the precipi3e, almost forgetful for a little
time of the hungry air beneath I offered
ditep thanks to God for the delivery that
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ioc o.u .u . ..,. won.u r,",rl
n r. , . . . iv. . . . m . 1 . lu.l . I i H n I
iniauuiiuwiiiii'ii.'uiinuu,. -
while, with closed eyes and bent bead, he
remainea ausoroea in inereuonecMouu, luav
strange minute of devoutness.
I stood there, be said at last, for what
cow seertis a space of hours, perhaps half a
minute in reality. T ben all the chances still
to be run crowded upon me. Toturu around
had been an attempt almost desperate be
fore, and certainly, most certainly, the ledge
was do wider where 1 now stotkl. ttas the
tope within reach? I feared not. Would it
. , t. ... .,,.i,,ii1,t
sway toward me ? I could l ope for that
But could 1 grasp It e.iould I be saved ?
Would It not yield to my band-coming
,.ow,y down as 1 pulled, uurulh.ig, f tom a
coil above, trailing over the ground at the
top, running fast as its eud approached the
ledge, ftlling suddenly at las'? Or was it
fastened to the act nstomed stake? Was any
comrade pear who would summon aid at my
signal? If not, and if 1 grasped it and if it
held, how long should I swing In the wId!
that now bore the freshness and tremors of
an imminent gale?
Now again fear took hold on me, and as
a desperate man I prepared to turn my face
to ttie expanse of water and nothing beyond
that wwtul cliff. Closing my eyes, 1 writhed,
with I know cot what motions, easily around
till again my back pressed against the preci
pice. ToHt was a restful sensation. And
now for the decision of my fate I I looked
at the rope. Not for a moment could I fancy
It within my reach. Its swayings were not.
as I had expected, even slightly inward, but
when falling baek against" the Wind, it swung
outward as thougU the air were eddying
from the wail.
'Now 1 gszd down steadily. Would a
leap be certain death? The water was of
immense depth below. But what chance of
striking it feet or head first? What cbane6
of preserving consciousness in the descent
No. the leap would be death; that 'r51
was clear.
Again I turned to the rope. I was now
perfectly desperate, frat steady, nerved be
yond the best moments of my life, good for
an effort surpassing the human. S 111 the
rope swayed as before, end its motion was
ver regular. I saw that I could touch it at
I m. - m. i, -. t.tt am dl ntn J lfTV
i any P"'" 01 f, ..
But could l grasp ii r " i"
a-., nut fi. mtv secured above ? But all the
i v " - -
J time for hesitation had gone by. 1 knew too
. . i. lna K..1- r,.r now
well that strength was mine but for a mo
ment, and that in the next reaction of weak
ness 1 should drop from tt.e wa'.i like a dead
fly. Bracing myself. I watched the rope
steadily for one round, and as it returned
against the wind, jumped straight out over
the beaving Atlantic.
' Ity God's aid I reached, touched, clutch
ed, I, eld the stong line. And it held ! Not
absolutely. Once, twice and ajjain it gave,
irav- with jerks I!. at trid my amis. Iknew
these j, dieted but tightening. Ti.e.i it held
firm and I sui.g turning in ttie atr, secure
above ti e iters that beat below.
To slide down and place my feet in Ihe
loop was the instinctive work of a moment
Fortunately it was of dj.nenstons to admit
my b:-dy barely. I slipped itrvr-r mv thighs
up in in) trtnpits just ns the dr-aded reac
tion of weakness came. Then 1 lost ooi;-
ecloilSiies.
When 1 awakened my dear mother's tuce
was 1'ebiWe icy pi!tow, and she told i.ie tht
1 had beer, to-.siu2 for a fortnight in brain
fever. ?.iany week. 1 y tnere, and whrMi I
got srn n fi.un l that 1 had left my nerve on
that a.-vfu! c tff-side. Never since have I
been at.le t. look from a height ot see any
other human being on tie without shudder
ing.
Si now yon know the story, Mr. Krazer,
am) i.ave had jour last walk ou Ihe factory
wall.'
Ho 'poke truet than be knew. His story
tin-! irv.-n in' such horrible nightmares ever
a 1 1 ice tii.'t I could lio more wa.k ou the hiuh
brickwork than aloug thai iiaiioA ledge it)
distant Cornwall.
a mokt or Tin; iiii:.
j
Sotnetiine before the war a Pr styU-rian I
clergvmaii from New l!aa.hite went Snutrt
wil" ,i:s fami'V. lor the bi:ut-fituf l.ijtieaith
e puichascd a h'.Ua farm in Virginia,
about three times I rum ashintou, D. C,
access to wh.ch ss had by the way of
tic. rgetown and th? Acqueduct brhlge. He
! gradually failed in health, however, and
i died, leavlug a wido.v Mre. Hays and two
! girls and boys. At the breaki:i out of the
war in lHtil, Mrs. llajs and l,er eliier daugH-
,er. w llu v113 ahout 15 j i ars of ae. took a
neouea stand in tavor of the L n -on causa.
It required not a Kttle moral co-irag to do
this; but there was no element of fear
In i
the make-up of any member of the family, j
At fir.', their ho'-ae was within the Coufeder- i
ate hues, and communicaticn with Wash
ington was very diflicult aud huzardous.
Mis. Hays was riilicuied aud sometimes
threatened, hut it availed nothing.
After ttie Confederate lines were driven
back a few miles in lfitil, fortifications were
constructed ar'oucd Washinctoa for the pro-
tection of Ihe National Capital.
They con-
sisted of a chain of fort9 arranged in uearly
a circle. The line crossed tt:e Potomac near
Cliaie Bridge above (ieorcetow n, extending
thence down to Arlington Heights and some
distance below, recrossing the river about
half way between L.n.g Britgeanl Aleian-
I -
k mipieie. i uuiu uu line, rniu aooui a muc i
j a id a-half from Fort Smith, sliuated ou a
1 little eioloenee was Mrs Tiara" modest
. , . . t..'
home, protected now from the enemy, but .
j suffering more perhaps from ter friends.
fTv reotmenta were enramneri near nv :
3 - - " - r
and little by little her timber aud fences and
stock and crops disappeared, until there was
scarcely anything left save the bouse and
f land. Even the cook stove was missii.s one 1
' niorriiug. Very frequently at night she was :
': aroused by the beating of " the long loli," ;
j the shouting words of command, and the j
j tramping of regiments as they swiftly form- j
j ed in line of battle to meet the expected j
. ni...nir 4 tn Oil oil nif.sii.n8 ft tl tt-.e 111 e III lief 4 i
t :rr.:,: "; :
, ul lUe ,...,., ...-c, ...
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B.J11UI .soosuaa.o....tJ
and pati-ntiy wait. During all thes trying
years she and her daughter were devoted
, f .-.ends or the Union cause, and their will-
I iuk liouvi? r-1 c uinn i-1 ft " " ' 1 r K owut kll ink;
for the soldiers.
It was a mid-summer morning in 164.
Out in the fields aud over in the city it was
scorching hot. But iu
Mrs. Hays' house,
protected a a u was 1 rom tne rajs 01 me sun try.. gajJ (jJlrifJt if you'll be
by the abundant foliage ol the gn at oaks j SU18 0, 8nil Dot je, my leg be cut off."
which surrounded it. the heat was not op- j bhe pre!i;,ed Lira t0 ;pr i,eart B!jd aS,ured
presstve. Mrs. Hats was In the sitting roosu ; fcim ovillg words that there w .s 110 oc
reading a paper. The elder daughter was j casi0n for so serious an cperatioa.
In Washington. Charley the elder son j -'SiDg to E'C, lusajniii 1 cMngtonser
wh was thetj ppar 18 year of age. was. .. Wh.. rhnriev-I-I don't believe I can
playing with the dog on the porch. It was
, a peacerut quiet picture 01 Virginia country
1 fcu"P'y merecame a toun. wuuuiBg,
.... ....... " f-
screammg sound, lonowea oy a tertiuc ex-
j piosiou directly over the house.
"Whvf ejaculated Mis. Havs. as sh
B'arted f r m her seat, "what a heavy clap
of ' Ciunder, she was about to say,
but the unmistakable humming, twanging
scunds which followed close npoo the explo
sion, with tho failing of leaves and broken
branches from the trees, toll her it was .
S'tell from Some heavy gun.
" Is It possible the rebels .re making an.
att(,ck r sVl9 8uid
...
Tho chi:ar,n now came running in ttonl
their p,ay anJ cne of tt.em prit,d ou. 0,
mlln,ma , llie nhtoilfi has struck tbe trees."
Mr, IIaV4 ,at t.ut Cn the porch and looked
and listened but nothing unusual could be
seen or heard.
"It was a shell," said she. ' I expect a
guu M one oi uie loru, weni, ou acciceui- . fcim wj.h n(, , ,,,, bamlj , ,ipr9 Ua tb9
'r-" other side of the bed sat Berty Pierson fan-
" Well, said Charley, "when they loal j nro(j chariev's, face. At the foot stood tbe
their guns I wish they'd point them toward j surgeon and tbe steward. Clustered around
Richmond. They cusiht to be ashamed of j ttie rKtn were half a dozen neighbors look
themselves." jng oti w ith sympathetic, awe-stiicken faces.
"I don't think we shall be troubled any ! Wheu t,,e moUler to 8,rtly 8lniI tD9
more," said the mother as she returned to 1 90DJ slie k . ew n. u Vt.,, tI,Prf. a pmn
tbe sitting room, followed by the children. bush in the room, and every eye was fi;led
She had but Just re-umad her seat when ! it" tears. Even the roueh, old surgeon,
another shell buried itself iu the earth a tew i cut - way the bloody r,r-r- wftr-w
, . ... . , . turn away his bead a".d ha" "raw nls
rods from the house and burst throwing up j sU.ve u-r0ss bis eyes a fj-; '".of1 h'Tt.7n'
clouds of dust and dirt. i aud the stewardw; """T'fP7 the 'soothing
" What can It mean ?" said Mrs. nays. cni-h his iti,.,, votc the xy allowed
"I know what it means, matr.ma," cried ! f,ffprI,i,uni U be drcsse ' and the cruel
Charley. " That New York reglnVnt wh'-' ,' stitches to be taken, hut t in the dy he
has jiist been sent over to Fort it-,in ' dropped aMeep and awnk- r. n-ia-rnV,'y re
1 . .. . .7 fellows ! freshed. Ho was nnernp!aliilng tbtough It
put up a target in our fie.d, and thf t a . and the tlirtitufl, M ,t w hich he bore Ms
are firing at it. 1 wisa I wass r-uerai l i guTt.tj..s eiCjted the admiration of every
put every or.e of tbem iu -e KUard oa- one.
t, . His surmise, iuu 1.1 a
A 111: Ku . T - J . . .
-....flier missile ttiri
oolher missile thrown from
lew moment
or.e of .f wbich tbe
for was armed struct a quarter or a mue
away, and csme bounding or ricocheting
toward the bouse, striking tbe ground at
short intervals in Its mad course, something
as a stone when thrown violently upon tbe
water skips along tbe surface. With a
shriek like a demon it plunged through the
gatden. destroying everything in Its path,
filled the air with dust, gave twj or three
more skips and ecreeches, and finally burst
over near the road. Mrs. Hays turned pale.
" Come down Into the cellar with roe.
of vou " she said: and thev obeyed with
J ' '
a'acrity.
. ..... ...... -a .o. ...-t FiiT. ibo
Aliei cue u.eu .
l . , A ys.,,w. j..-f V 7 f
negro servant, who was alternately praying
to de cooA Lord " an1 to " Missus Hays
to save tier, site said :
"Charley, you must run up to Mr. Pier
s ns jLS' as fast as you can. at.d ask hira to
go around to tuj tort and have tne firing
stopped. And you remain t Mr. Piersin's
until 1 send for jnu. I).n't come bait.
You arc t.ot a!ratd to go, are jou ?"
" No u aainiy. I'm not afraid," ar.swerel
ttie brave little feliow cs t:e clapped hi
mother's hand a little tighter.
" I knew jou would not be : and iiuw as
soon as the i.ext ahell Comex I want Jou to
g'. Wbeu it tame she Llssed lum and said :
" Now my brave lxy, iuu !"
She would have c'ad:y pone tier.elf. but
she thought it better to remain t!mi she
intgtit tie wi.b t tie otl.t.r two children In cse
the tioiise stK'U.J be struck and burned. It
cost tier a struggle to send her. son forth on
such a petilous errand and tier fae was
very paie as she kis.c-d him. Away sped
Ctiar.ey ttitough the uaiucc, ;;a'-ciiig wita
wonder at the ?rrat fuitows the shells 1-ad
ploiijrhed, rliiiiUcd the f-t.ce and started to
run with all liistiiiht ttiward Mr. rieron's
house, which was half a mile distant. Ho
bad Mare-Iy left the garden fet:ce, however
wlien another shell came tearing through the
shiubbery lie tiad just pa-istd and but cke
to the l ouse. The mother's heart stood still
for an iu'aut and there was cau-e fur It.
I O.ie of the flying fragments struck p.-or
Charley, and t:e fell to the prout d with a cry
of Oh, minima !" Down in the cellar the
mother heard the cry t f her wounded hoy,
and tn a moment she was kneeling by bis
nide. It was a sad sight for a mother to
look upon. Th. cruel pit-re of in u w ith its
muKj eues oau Mrippen a j;reafc iieieca
1""!,tl foia the bak of his tr.kle upward,
compietely severinK- theconi and Sayit: bare
! ft.f nunc, lid was lying tipi n tns lace, ana
' te b.oi.il vai a.ua'y f'.B:iii g tt.e greeD
' ttra.ss wtte.-e ne had fal!?r.. Sp-akihtf words
of er.couraeeiueni , 1 e removed his shoe and
! the tiagmer.l of st kirj, a:,J hastily bound
j up the wound with strips torn from her
, clothing. Iu this way she stuusched the flow
oT blood and quieted his fears, though she
could not alleviate l.is pain.
" Now Charley, 1 riLst go up to Mr. Pier-
son's tnyseif, for a shell may strike the boose,
I and ttieu Maty and Hobby will be burnt.
. IV! Toil von iltiiol thut tree, and von avlll
" ; . J -- - --
uoi il. 11. uc. uauer.
" Iv-U i on'!! I uti, i:i'in:tna, A'ort ou ?"
And tears trick led down Charley's cheeks,
though he tried very l ard to keep them
back. The tn-e was a 'arc? cbeslt.ut, and
its ReiH-rfiUs trunk ailurdVd a pretty ample
protection against the shells, two of which
fel. near iii.e Mrs. Hays was binding up ttie
wound. Airiving at Mr. Pieison' she dis
patch hiin In great haste to the f jrt, while
&!ip with fcwitt fi et rftiirre'l to I'harlev.
ri . r. n. , .. ..
! liecky and Petty 1 leteoti, aged seventeen
. . . . , ..i.r. t. ),o.,.ic.
land eighteeu with ttue gijlisli heroism, re
turned with her, notwithstanding the burst
ing shells. Ou the way tl.ey passed several
uegrot s sheltered behind stun. ps and stones.
t ati.t trii ITai- v-intv- bii'ij,-ft ltierntn to. low
i , , , .. j
! her m d ass.st In the removal of the wourd-
ed boy. They found Charley Ivehind the
I tree, and lie said, " Oh. mamma! I'm so
g ad you ve come back. He could r.ot
. , , ,
walk at all, and he was weak from pain and
1 lis of Miiod. bo his mother ati.l tho two-
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nn LOlliru linij in .111.1 m ilia a - i . lutj .
i couid. Down t:ie I. ill, half biinde.J by the
! smoke and stunned ly the aw ful exp'osionv
' slowly moved the strarge pr cession. They
! waded the little stream in the hollow, stopp
ing n m tuent to bathe Charley's face and
hands and carried their burden up tb hili
to Mr. Pierstiu's house.
By this t.u;e Mi. Pierson had reached the
fort, and the htitii ceased. The other child-
1 .t for, and in. few mo.,t, the
, sorreon ar.l hnMtal St -ward
. lex oeoin. .."
, R4!1,pirR (lown t , pre-S th t .t S3rrO W
, mt whal ed 8nd renJ as3,,tan(V8.
, T()e (u . pr,)ff(.reci 9t.rvic,.s wt.re ni(Mit
.CPtPtea. When te was ready to ex-
auiin; ttie wound, the mother said :
"Now, Churley, it will hurt you to have
the w iund dressed ; but it nust be done,
and vou rtifst trv and bear it. It will anon
feover '' - ' 1
j
sing now," stie faltered.
Yon mnst, Diarrma. you must I Piease
, te ju.t Uie Mme Blw.av9 d
-
and I'll keep aw ful still," Anl be reached
UDand yui uis arms pieadingly arouhi
I neck. There was a .Hence in the room as
J tte little sufferer persisted in his strange rr
j quest. - Then the mother closed her eye3 and
' tried t-j siu. Her vot-e was trerau'.ous at.
I fir!, but by a wight)' effort she expelled
I from !r wind every thong". t save the re
j menihrance of her love for her wounded
i i-r.fM .n.-t nil. arna enrtn fttila t.t s'i. tn 1.1m
; ' "
i -"-y" , UT-. w
i qiet birtiie. Tbe bov'a arms cadualiy r-
H ,A he , qlji.t, J,
( . , , ' -, -
f-J wdo L;. Lesd re.
s If1, !
p ,la ,,1Iiet!jjna cf the round.
I De9 Bnd fullness which marked it In the
Thp moth ,,,,,. ,
i in in eooi .u iit ncniim iimi ej w..
i taken b-tme m an amounrire. seru. ror tn.i
1. .. m . . .
( p.,rp(, froTI, the
j eveything in theil
torv. nif .'i.ic-is um
their power to atone for the
suffering they had so carelessly, but unin
tentionally caused. The surgeon and his as
sistants attended him tender! and carefully
until tie was welt. Tli furgeon offered ta
procure his mother a pension, but Mrs. Hays
declined saying that she w-rxs too thankful
that her hov was a!:ve to think Of asking aid
from the tov?rnni nt. t hark y was sooc
able to wa'.i w 'h the aid of crutoi-.r-s, but
could not dispense with their use for many
mot tbs.
Mrs. Hays, now an aged woman, loves to
tell of those perrons tir.es. tne of her
daughters, a lady of rare quaht-es, fills one
all j cf tIle irshest positmne allowed I t her sex
in the Government l leparunems at van-
ra . I J" " ' " " - v
: a. Ci.o haa in liur i .ain iin.il tt hma
. inetiir-.. n
s - Khich d:
.1 its cruel
- t, )lav it n.ty. and when pick-
t LUr t ' I V v w -a .'v -' -
; P,i .. w as biotd stained. Chat ley is a fi-
r.st and brir.gs his n n'ers reguiarty to one
i of the Washington, markets. He limps a
-tl. aid wili a: ways have nu to ren-m
t-- sntimet ni'ii ii.j ""n the New York
r iraetit iu t ort 'n.tn
triarJed bismuth-
et's house.
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n