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We 'lave thousands of letters from,physi
cians and druggists who have prescribed
and sold the Tar Cordial, saying that thev
have never ttqed or sold a medicine which
gate such universal satisfaction.
•
Tiuttordial, sithea taken iiiCzieCtiec
tion'irith Dr."Wfshart's Dyispepsia
is au infallible cure for Dyspepsia. '
The PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL.
cure Coughs, Sore Throatand Breast, Bron
chitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Dipthe-t
ria, and is all-also an oxoellent remedy for
the diseases ofthelcidneys, imd female com
plaints. .
BEWARE CrF)COUNTERFEITS.
The genuine has the name of the propri
etor and a Pine. Tree blown ig.the' bottle.
All others are spurious imitaMns. „
DR. - WISHART'S
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL
Is The Vital Principle ;of the
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(I A BTA-I NED zby , a poet:tiler process in the
Ldist illation of the tar, by which its high
est medical properties are retained. , . ,
Have You Az Cough.' Have You a Sorc
Throat! Have youanyof the premonitory
symptoms of that most fatal disease, Con
sumption?
Those who should) be warned by - these
symptoms generally think lightly of them
until it is too latd.2.l4rofutlik‘Zet, perhaps
more than any °Vier; arises-the sad preva
lence and fatality of disease which sweeps
to the grave at least "cue sixth" of dert2h's
victims.
Consumption has destroyed more of the
human family than any other disease and have
despaired
best physicians for many years
daspaired ot a cure, orif remedy that would
heal the lungs, but fOr more than two hun
dred years the whole medical world has
been impressed that there was a mysterious
power and eflicieney in the Pino Tree Tar
to heal the lungs; therefore they have le
commended the use of4lsar Water, which
In many cases had a gtKxleflect; but how
to combine the medicalproperties so as to
heal the lungs, , has ever been a mystery
until wai' discovered by Dr.• 'L. Q. C.
WISILA.RT, of Philadelphia,•Pa., the pro
prietor of "Wishart's Pine Tree Cordial."
Many, not only of the people, but phys
icians ()revery school and practice, are daily
asking me "What is the principle or cause
of your Success in the treat:rid:A . of Pubso
?Lary Consumption P",.. My answer is this
The im,igeration of the digestive organs
—the a tre sly tlieril I hr. debt I Rated system.
—the pn rifleation. and enrichment of the
blood, must Opel fromthesystem the cor
ruption which sciriftilte breeds, While this
is effected by the powerful alterative (clfang
in from disease to health) properties of
thearar Cordial, its healing and renovating
principle is also acting upon,the irritated
surfaces of the lungs and throat, penetra
ting to each diseased part, relieying pain,
subdu gamot„.t. estorinf,
inailflifiatfterency. "lietetfelirpcht , L'
Cr, the healing and the strengthening, con
! throe to act in conjunction with :Nature's
consOant recuperative 'tendency, and the
patient is saved, if ho has not too long de
layed a resort to the means of cure. -
I ask alit° rend tho following oirtilicates.
They Inv fiom men and women of unques
tionable worth nnd ropitition:
Dn. Wisrtairr--:Dear' Sir Thad every
dreadful cough and sore throat for one year
and my whole system wag fastglving way,
and I Was prostrated on my bed with but
I little hope of recovering. My disease ,
bullied the poNyer of all medieinesoind iu
a short time I iaust have gone to my grave,
but,,thankG od‘my daughter-in-law would
not rOSOtintil slap went to your store, No. ,
10 N; 2!= a 3tl7 ,
„a ir Pn
- yrim^! h
. t n to one
after using three bottles. I am perfectly
well, and a wonder to nil my friends. for
they all pronounced me past cure. Pub
lish my case if' rim thinkproper..
. - It HT:MCC:I. ILAbfTLTON,
No. 13'21 Wylie street, Philadelphia.
Dr. Wislin.rt's Pine Tree _Tnr Cordial is
an infallladleenre for Bronchitis; Bleeding,
of thg, Lnngs, Sore Throat and Rr•w.vt, In
lianzation of the Lnngs.
IVarti. says :
Dn. Wisitxter—Nir : I had Bronchitis,
Intiamation of the Lungs, Shortness of
Breath, and Palpitation of the Heart in
their worst forms ; I had been treated by
several of the most eminent physicians in
Philadelphia, but they could not stop the
rapid course of nay disease, and I had de
spaired of ever being restored to health.—
I was truly onthe verge of the grave. Your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial was highly recom
mended to me by a friend ; I tried it, and
am thankful to say that, after using four
large, and one small bottle, I was restored
to perfect health. YOu can give reference
to my house, No. :VS N. Second street; or
at my (nee of 'Receiver of Taxes. from
a. m. to2p.m., corner of Chefnutand Sixth
streets. ;DUN WARD.
Read the - following from Utica:
Du. WrsitAnr—Dear SEr : I take pleas
ure in informing von through this bouree
that your Pint! Tree Tar Cordisl, which
was recommended for my daughter by Dr.
J. A. flail, of this city, has cured her of a
cough of moro than hve months' standing.
I had thought her beyond cure, and had
employed the host of medical aid without
any benefit. I can cheerfully recommend
it to the public as a safe and sure remedy
for those similarly afflicted, es Lknow of
many otheicases besides that of my daugh
ter that it has entirely cured of long stand
ing coughs. Yours respectfully '
JOHNS .PARIneR,
Daugerrenn Artist 126 Gcnessoe St., Utica
G 0 0 0 8. I have used Dr. Wishart's
Pine Tree Tar Cordial in my family, and
can cordially recommend it as a valuable
and safe medicine for colds, coughs, and
those predisposed to consumption.
Dr.. 0. A. FOSTER, 160 Uonessee St.
The above are a fen• among the thout
ands which this great remedy has saved
from an untimely grave.
Price Afty-Clatts , and One Dollar per Bot
tle. Prepared only by the Proprietor.
DR. L. Q. C. WII3HART,
10 NORTH SECOIVD &red, Phitadel
pAia _nZautsytuftnia.
• tdoldhyDraggiabie, at Who'd
male-by-all Philadelphia' and IQew• - York
WholesalpDraggiata. •
raar.10 ,7 1114-17.- .
"NO ENTERTAINMENT 30 CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING.'I
COLUMBIA, 'PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 14, 1864.
Hutry.
• For the Columbia Spy.
Written for the Soldiers Sanitary Fair,
OUR SOLDIERS.
LEY EVA ALICE
Who when. wily traitors rose,
Sprang from out their calm repose—
Rush'd to meet a Nation's foes?,-
• Our Soldiers:
Wile the serpent's track bath stay'd,
Met the monster undismayed,
Cheek'd him in each hellish raid?
Our SOldiers
Who his slimy course pursue—
With willing hearts and weapons true
Resolv'd the reptile to subdue ?
Our ,Soldiers. '
Retreating to its Southern cave;
Secession soon shall find its grave -
Who this glorious land will save?
Our Soldiers.
They suifored, toil'd with manly pride,
Fearless the trettelf rous hordes defied,
They freely bled and nobly . died,
For Truth and Right.
Of gallant deeds perform'd, how well?
Let forest, plain and mountain tell
Where tens of thousands heroes fell,
With armor bright.
The debt we owe can ne'or be paid,
Our offering's on the alter laid
May some poor suffering soldier aid—
But notrepay. •
Respond then nobly to `•the call,"
Come ! patriots come! 'come one and nil !
Let loyal hearts fdLaislo and Hall -
From day to .day !
irTi ff iltai.
For the Columbia Spy,
IRTNI~J;
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THE = GIPSY -LEADER.
=I
EMS
A STORY OF LOVE & TREACHERY
- 0 _
EY FINLEY JOHNSON,
trthor of "The Outcast Daughter," "Alice
St. John," "FannieMowbray," "The Or
plums," "The Drunkard's Daughter."
=l=
CHAPTER in
"Another glass of ale, landlord, come,
my friends, all of you join me," so .kpake
the Gipsy Rackets, who with a tivild
recklessness of manner, had for. the last
half hour at the little inn of the '"Stag
Horn," about a mile from., the farm of
Sto4Ps, bepn't4inrill
:titre :iii_Ntiy:wl44
The landlord handed out the required
liquor, at the same time holding out his
hand for the money.
"No. trust for gipsies," laughed a piling
farm lahorer.
" Who says that ?" cried Rackets
fiercely.
"I do."
The young man lolled indolently on
his elbow, and confronted the dark eyes
of the gipsey with a clear countenance.
"Oh, you do ! you can say what you
like." Haekets . was evidently' making a
strong effort to keep down his rising pas
sion. "You can, say, what you like=l am
a gipsy—l am a gipsy. But has not a
gipsy a heart? Is he not created like
other men, and I don't•see why a gipsy
should be ridiculed."
"Well, Hackets," said theyoung man,
"I did not mean to offend you."
"No offence—let us drop the subject."
There was a strange silence now over
the group, when it was broken, by avoice
saying :
"I tell you, Tom Bruce, Stoops' farm
will be reared amain. Tie has gone to
Columbus to get his money, and this very
day too."
"This day," said Rackets. "Pass the
liquor."
"Yes. Why, Rackets, bore comes
one of your tribe. Do you call her the
queen of the gipsies t"
Rackets cast an angry glance in the
direction of the eyes of the man who was
speaking, and he saw the female chief of
his tribe in the person of Myra Fane, as
she called herself, slowly approaching.
The remarkable looking woman carried
in her hand a wand that looked like a
piece of peeled willow, and as she neared
the "Stag's Horn" she crossed it twice
upon her breast, and then quietly took a
seat on the bench. All eyes were direc
ted to her, and she muttered to herself,
and looked at the setting sun as if she
had no consciousness of the persons who
wore around her.
"She is dreaming," said one.
"No," said Rackets, "she sees -some
thing."
It was at this moment that Myra, in a
strange, half screaming tone of voice.
burst oat in words that enchained the at
tention of all.
"I see it now," she said,
_"I see' it now.
The old house once again in Its_glory.—
The gardens are once more bisikifful, and
Mount Hope is in a blaze of splendor.—
I see it all."
There was a death like stillness upon
all, and the swarthy couatenance of Rack
ets, took a fallowing hue, as muttering to
himself :—"The prophetic spirit is upon
her, and she heeds not time nor place."
"Then the dead shall be carried away,"
added Myra.
_ 4l l. see them now—face to
face—so still, so terrible:" '
Rackets strode , nri to the woman, and/
spoke to her in the gips' , tongue, bat she
made no reply to _ him. Her eyes were
still fixed on the Bettis' goon. Again she
spoke..
"There was a - man, and' he was rich,
but his unholy! desires wore his tido.—
Hi sought the gaming table—he lost all.
The4itate passed away from-him." '
POE' wiiom do you speUlz said Tom
Bruce.
She went on, without apparently hear
ing the question.'
"The two sons sought to win back the
lost inheritence. One, brarts foul and
wicked, the other, by gentle means and
honest purposes. I see n..prison cell, and
the pale faco of the condemned. I see
the heart of the good- brother nearly
breaking. I hear his wild appeals for
mercy to his erring brother., ; .fAnd there
is another broken spirit there. I see.
her. Oh, how fair she •
"You are mad," whispered Rackets,
in the ear of, Myra, mut .he'shook her
roughly by the-arm. "Shake .aff this fren
zy. I have work to do."
With a scream, the Ivo:Van sprung to
1. er feet, she hung her head, and sighed
dely; and as the sun disappeared be
hind the hills, she left the place.
"Let her' go," said Hackets, "she is not
right in her mind."
"But she spoke strange things of Mount
Hope," said one.
"I tell you what," said atother of the
men, who had been drinking pretty freely,
"let us think about poor farmer Stoops.
He has gone to Columbus After his gold,
and will be back to-night".
"To Nigher said 'Jackets.
"Yes,
.but no one must mention it.—
For robberies are plenty as blackberries
now, and if he is not home by ten o'clock
he will have met the 'Night, Hawk.' "
"We poor gips," said Rackets, "don't
know whatvou mean. Who is this Night
Hawk ?"
"Well, I will tell you. On any road
between here and Columbus, whenever a
man has money iu his purse, he is apt to
meet a horseman who stops and robs him,
and as he leaves him, saEs er in a strange
voice, 'night hawk.'
"A highwayman."
"Yes, and that is why. I am to meet
William' Stoops at ten i?eAlli.7sfilhe - road
home. But Itumsn't tell any one, for I
promised I wouldn't—so don't say any
thing about it."
"Not a word," said Hackets, "not a
word. And now, good evening to you
all." • I
As he went, the gipsy muttered to
himself various disappoir s tsd sentences,
and made violent motions with his arms,
and the rapid pace he went at was only
diminished, when ho mounted a little emi
nence, on the other.side of_which, deep
It
cliif
dAn iii. a pretty hollow, Ni - ,.'' the Tramp
ment;'of his.people.i , ' • •Ar '...-:,
,"I` nu!t,couvreljend -,al
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ha 0 ~.4 . 1i ,„ t ,, 5493 , i -, - i ; 4 . wi ..., '1'7.474.: ~. -,
only ind out where he Ire ps• his hoards,
I should take it and go to 'England—and
yet—detection is death. I must be care
ful."l
. , .
Slowly he descended' the hillside, A
couple of lank looking dogs' come scour
ing towards him. He addressed them,
and they whined around him. In a few
moments more, he was in the midst of
the encampment.
A singular scene than presented it
self. A crowd of swarthy looking men,
to the number of about thirty, was gath
ered together in crouching attitudes,
while in their midst, standing up to her
full height, was Myra, she was holding
above her head the white wand, and as
Rackets joined the throng, be heard her
voice, calm and unimpassioned, in the
peculiar dialect of the gipaies, and her
translated words were as follows:
"Spare life, if Iifo• will be spared.—
Take life, if life will be taken. He who
loves gold better than his life, loves -both
gold and life. It is written so. He is
here."
Althoutrh , she could not see Ha.ekets
where he stood in the throng—for he was
behind her, and shrouded too in the deep
shadows of some tall beeches—Myra turn
ed abruptly and pointed directly at him,
and he stepp'd forward.
"-Its before," she added, "he : will 'se
lect his own instruments, and they will
obey him."
Hackets stepped forward:owl making
his way with a soft, low, noiseless step
among the throng of gipsies, ho touched
six of them, one by one, upon the breast,
and each one as he did so, said, "lte)dy..."
Then the whole throng seemed to melt
away as they dispersed to their differette,
tents, and Rackets stood ale a, with the
six men he had selected.
"Come," he said. "It is' me.
At a rapid pace he start: off, and the
six gipsies followed him.. They-Were all
soon lost to sight in the deep shadows of
the hedge row, along which they took
their way, following pretty acenrately in
each other's footsteps.
**•* * • *
The family of William Stoops had ac
cepted the hospitality of the brothers
Handy, and were at their farmiu Deep
Hollow.
There was a look of radiant joy about
the eyes of Charles Handy, as he saw his
own dear Irene moving in grace and
beauty in the little garderi,wluotr he had
made his especial care. .!
It is necessary now that we stordd say
something of the brothers. The was a
great difference between them in every
thing, but in height. The hair of 'Charles
was a rich brown, rather light tha ' dark,
while Henry's:is as black as je . In
fait; there was do real similarity be wean
the two, although people, who thg i ht it
a proper thing to find relative al • resem
bling each other, often deolared ai . saw
the likeness. • • - ''s" ,: '' ,
' The Stoops'—that is,irrniart. Stoops
and his wife-r-loyed Charles Het*, but
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towards Heuu• they seemed ye an
instinctive dislike , which they nld not
whollr conceal. As for ben , Swag' as
she did for Charles, alio II -tre m bled
on the approach of Henry, and regarde?:
him with a sort of superstitious terror
The noon-clay had passed, and farmer
Stoops waved his hand to his wife and
child, and was off towards .Columbus,
Now, William Stoops was a quiet man.
He was one of those who kept their own
council, and he
. never told • them he was
to return that smite night.
"Something may detain me," he mut
tered to himself, "and then poor wife and
Irene will get no sleep all the night
through, whereas, if I get back in good
time,, they will he the more pleased.—
And these strange highway robberies too!
No one in these times should let a soul
know he will-be upon the road' at night.'"
It was only, then, to that elle farm
servant that-he had imparted the fact that
he intended to return that night, and him
he enjoined to socresy. How this man,
under tlrinfluence of liquor allowed his
master's secret to ooze out, we are all
aware. . _
. Henry Handy was quietly mending a
landing net, when the farmer left, while
Mrs. Stoops went to her room and Wept
bitterly.
Charles, with the light of love upon
his face, made his way into the flower
garden to speak to Irene, and so the day
wore away. There was sweet converse
between them in the garden ; Mrs. Stoops
wept herself into a kind 'of composure,
and Henry Handy, 'as the sun dipped into
the western horizon ' and the shadows of
evening rapidly approached, called over
the palings of'the garden to his brother :
"Charles, Charles."
•
."Yes, Henry."
"I am going to set some eel lines to
night, and shall not be back, I dare say,
till you are in bed. So good night." .
"Good night, Henry."
"Good night, Miss Irene."
Irene shuddered, but'she said "good
night."
'let us now. return to the old . mansion
of ➢fount Hope.
CEIAPTER Iti
The concealed dooi behind the state
in the old mansion of Mount Hopo had
closed with a sharp sound, and General
Scott was in a narrow passage that only
admitted one - pers?n at any time to walk
along it, and then not without brushing
against the wall.
There was an nwful,'sepkilehralkind
of stillness about the Place. - Iti would•
seam as if rio sound
is eneti-of,it great
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sec cornor : -Of •llie lila
The airivas heavy and damp. The dtist
laid thick all around, and the silence was''
terrible, to the man who was• treading
now the narrow passage. .
There Was something he had to do in
that old mansion—some strong, or ap
parently strong necessity had presented
itself to'his mind, or he would not have
been there—and so he was trying to steel
himself for the undertaliag—to philos
ophize—to think of the dead as just so
much inert matter; for it was with the!
dead lie had to do. And so on, through'
that narrow passage, carrying the light
above his head, so that its rays should
project upon the path before him, went
the General, until he came to a point at
which the passage divided to the right
and to the left, and the sharp abrupt an
gle of masonary that was immediately be
fore him suggested the presence of some
wall of the building that had an eccen
tric-shaped room on its other side. •
He idid not hesitate a moment, but
took the left hand passage, and at about
twenty paces down it ho paused and
looked carefully about him, until he saw
a long slender something that looked like
a sharp straight streak of rust in the
stonework of the wall.
"This is the spring," he said in a low
voice. "I am thero."
He could not have spoken aloud just
then had Ms life depended upon it. Au
inconceivable and awful feeling of alarm
and awe'was creeping over him—he did
not like to confess it to himself, but he
felt it: , He touched the spring, and
t eir was a visible movement about one
of the square stones of Which the wall
was composed, and it slowly, moved out
wards. There was jest space enough
for ono man to got through, and the
General stood in a passage more narrow
than the last. Something glittered be
fore his eyes it was a gilt knob, which
has resisted change of color. He placed
his hand upon it, and the door opened.
All was absolute darkness within this
door, and although he projected the
light forward, its rays failed to penetrate
far enough to see to the limit of the
chamber, to which that door communi
cated. It was now ho trembled I
"Well," he said, with an affection of
bravado, "well what now ? Am I then,
at the eleventh hour to play the fool?
No, no. It has to be done I The well
is deep, and will kdep such a sooret.—
This should have been done long—long
ago. I wonder how she looks now I"
It took him several minutes before he
could gather strength of heart to pro
ceed, and. it was a,great relief to him to
hear a sharp, °rumbling - sound, whioh he
defined to be thunder. With determi
nation stamped upon his pale feature, he
strode forward. He *Sod the door
way, and -.uttered an appartment of , most
peculiar shape. It, was not above six or
seven feet in width, for it had been con
structed se as to be hidden, and its axis
tenoe Unsuspooted. by a casual observer
if the hi:Lib:hug; but it was about. thirty
feat, in length, and forma a segment of
a large circle, so that if Via stood to the
very Centre of it, it would be as plush as
you could do to eeo'oither end.
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There was no' means by - which- the
light of day could reach this roam , It
was inclosed by dense walls on all aides,
and but for the lantern which he carried
all would have' been Egyptain darkness.
The General recoiled, though, when.he
advanced two steps into this. room,
the odor of a charnel was in it.
"Why should I fear ?" he muttered to
' himself. "I who fear nothing. 'Weil,
lam here. Be it so. she - whe'is . to
bring me such a fortune as to make this
old mansion once more in all its glory,
has the fancy orholdino it from me, but
the old well shall hide her and her se
cret."
Slowly, as he spoke, he eate eyeiiii
the other direction- of the'• room,- and' he
saw the object that he expected to see— .
that in his heart he dreaded IO look upon
—but which a stern necessity held com
pelled hint to encounter. A thick and
gorgeous carpet covered the flo of the
room; richly carved chairs Afirelliere.—,
One of those chairs was so placed, that:
its back was only visible. A silken scarf
seemed tied around the back: of the chair,
the ends of which hung half way to - the
floor, and streamino , over all of the arms,
and touching the floor, on which it rested,
was amass of something that the light
from the lantern did not welldefine. The
General knew, however; what that some
thing was. It consisted of a mass of beau
tiftehair, in long, waving ringlets, which'
had streamed down in this fashion, and
rested on the 'dug covered carpet.
And now that the fancy might create
strange fanasties out of that sight, he
shook awfully: He had done the deed ;
his hands 'were red with her blood—and
he stood there—a murderer ! He stood
as if 'entranced. In a half screaming,
harsh;'.ttwful tone he now spoke :
"Slm:ivas false to me—l know she was.
She lot'ed another, and—a—. Well, she
stood between one and fortune.. She is
no - more. Whituis.that ?".
He paused a moment, tofheihonght
he heard in the distance cries and shouts,
but the sounds died • away, and again all
was still. •
With a slow staggering gait, he. passed
over the distance which separated him
from the chair. There stood another
chair exactly opposite--=at the fbot of it'
lay a traveling cap arid glove.
Slowly .very .slowly, he faced, the oc
cupied chair. - 4 shriek of horror burst
from his lips—e sank' doiin into the
chiiirUt the font of TIM& 11:63441°1cup and
• love,farulalaspinr,-both
,In Hiat t
ancient ehlif=-In awn! con
trast to its gilding and its rich satin cov
ering—sat the mortal rem - dins of what
was once a young'and -beautiful Woman.
Alas! where was all her beauty now !
How. could that man come to look upon
such a sight? How could he there sit,
with other purpose at his heart, than that
of deep remorse: And yet, tliti-e he was;
he had come to remove the body—to hide
the evidence of a crime, which now rose'
before him, and defined -even his cold
phylosophy. He kept his eyes shaded
for a few minutes, then, with a jerk re
moved them, and gazed upon the dead
body. .
".Mary ! Mary ! Mary !" he said thrice.
The same seemoi!to echo through the
room, and he again spoke, but this time
in aloud manner :
"I did love you, Mary, but you thwar
ted me, and loved another. lam of the
world. You have passed away. What
is life but vapor ? I have many schemes
yet in view. lam young yet. Time is
before use, and in the time to come—to
He slowly pressed both hands to his
breast, and : uttered the next few words
in a suppreised fashion, that sounded like
a prolonged hiss.
"Years to come—many years yet.-I
Good God ! what is this ? Oh, what
this 2"
He strove to rise from the chair, and
fell back into it. His lips fumed of a
livid color, and his'eyes were'rolling as
if in phrenzy. - Still kir hands wore
pressed upon his heart, and still he strove
to speak.
"No—nc;--not ill ! Here where there
is no help—no one—no 'life. Help!
help ! help ! I"
41 shriek eame , irain his lips; and he
premed his hands yeti...tighter over •his
breast, and his head sink forward: - 'As
if by the touch of aeouchauter, a change
passed over his face, dommorteing at the
brows, and sweepingdownwards—achtinge
that cannot bo described. Then he
flung his head back, and rested it against
the satin covering of the chair. Then
ho moved his hands despairingly. The
hand of the destroyer was upon him
"Morey Pardon—pardon—par— '
There wag one deep sigh—a wailing
sound, and a faint inflection of the strag
gling lungs to perform their office. Tho
heart paused in action—once again it
made two heata,,and,the languid,. blood,
with a surging null, sought the brain.
General Scott was dead l Ho had died
as his ancestors before him, suddenly
and strangely, and there hd sat with dile
hand clasped in the other, dead to all
around him. 4
The lantern burned steadily, and shed
a mild, gentle ray over, the room, and
over the two dead forms that sat there.
The silence was intense - and awful—the
very air seemed to stagnate. At last,
the light crent-onb-..s deep darkaosa - fell
on the socret'room, and the two bodies,
and twochairs,andall that the longnarrow
specs contained was mingled np in -one
black ohaotio num.
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It was about one hour after midnight
the born that Scott had loft by the gar.
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den wall broke l i "so...and.iegaining ;his
Ebert" galloped ay ; from the fitted
mansmir. - We ire aWarejaiwlte 'was
Seen ,and captured by the . Kemissariea.,pf
Henry Handy, who, at all events, .44,41
an owner should present himeelfitnadeno
scruple in appropriatin'glhe
At the - Place which hatrbein 'indica=
ted by the General, his Inazi , joe„.as, ha
called hiraiFteek his ,quarters, and- await.
ed patient] ztor his master.
next day dawned, and he came net.'
..,"Your master appear:3,4o' be lotg: a
coming," said the lanai:Tref: the:. hotel,
at which Joe had put up:: • •
"Rather," 'said Joe. • .
• . "And, who is he when heis atlome?"
-:::!.iliaster" said Joe, "as alr men ahicula
tYes, I knoi thq.,,.; itiii Mit neater
"Well; 'that's his own, and. I -don't in
terfere with it," :•:;- . , ,
"Yon area ruin chap."
"No, I am not; it is a liquor I don't
Joe made his way. to the. stable, -and
quietly put the saddle l on his horse, and
having paid his bill;'he sallied forth with
the intention of searching after his ma
ter. He rode on until he reached a point
where the whole surrounding , countrptras
visible.
"He is in that house,'.' said Yoe . c as hg
gazed at the old mansion of Aloixnill9pe„
"I suppose I must hunt him tip', though,
'pon my sonl,l don't • like dm .jobl:—
!' •
I On your life be still I" ; cried
a voice from the other side of a tall hedge
row, and then a Couple Of - men, wearing
black masks, rushed out. One seized
the horse by the; reins, and the other pYyt
seated the long, shining barrel of a pistol
in a direct line for Joe's head. ,
"Well, gents, what's in tho
said Joe. • .
"Silence," said another voice, on- the
other side 3 ,4 '....fhe hedge.- "Answer the
questions that will be put to you, or. -103;
are a dead man."
"That's foolish," sail Joe,
_ft, for dead
men tell no tales, and if you want me to
tell you anything, I can't do it if-Yot
shoot me."
"You aro a bola fellOw.7
"Always was."
"Who are you ?"
sorirara."
iness." „„,
Joe had leWered hisleico 'to keit'
mysterious tone that the man with% the
pistol had come closer to him, and by thin
inclination of his head was evit'eatly mu*.
interested. Choosing, then, hiamonumh
Joe, with great rapidity, snatched &Cilia
tol out of the man's hand, audat the same'
instant sticking the spurs into hithoree's
flanks, he threw down the other marribta,
had hold of the bridle, and dashed oytkr,
him, turning just suffi ciently, as hetga.X.-
lopped o ff , in his saddle, to fire the iettoi
through the hedkc in the direction of thif
voice behind in.
So sudden and so well executed had been:
the escape, that the man who lay on the
road. way, over whom the horse, had gal- .
loped, said not a word, and liggiha.
the pistol stood with his arm , Wli*lted'
as it had held. the weapon. , ...
Then there was a rush of footsteps; and•
over a gate that was near,at .hand:capek",
the man who had Moon hishindithe - hett
"Idiots 1" he cried. "Cowirdly
is this your' training? Is thin hoti"lcitt •
aro to ho depended upon ?" •, - • •
The man who had.held the pistol mut.
tered a. curse, and slowly loworod his arm,
while he who 1 ai been ridden - Oier, - with
several groans of pain, faintly atruggfed ,
to his foot.
"Hunt him out l—himt him iintl".*
oriod ha who had oome from the 'hodge f i
and who wore a mask like the pthem•--;! . ,
"hunt him out. I must and will knertr f
why this man Scott came here. •it y_
mar all my plans yet. Set that you' tr 7
'to _repair all the folly that you beve - bcierlki
guilty off, and Quit, too, before the datie
gone. Away with you." ".
The two_men slunk iyay, anititip
speaker took off his blaalL'mealf lud
the dark, walignant.looking 'features b•;..
neath It mightlasse, been 861111 than of
RUST LUNDY , .
TO BE OONTINTIVD. •
Dtrra officers of's oolorod regiment . as
Fortresa Monroe having-resigned Ad&
insufficient causes at the approach of as:'
tivnoperations, Gen. Butler has fiftward. .)
od their resignations to the _President
with the recommendation Ahal they be*
remanded to their former regirmints to
wn% out their time as private soldieis c . -
An old darkey :was endeavoring to eto •
plain bia unfortunate oonetion: "lima,
see," remarked Sanibo, waif in dii einry '
as far as I Gan Manual:oar tqlustmayfid.er
died, and then myltiothermarried *gin; ••
and den my mothai died andlinj father
agin ; and, sometier,l c oesg't seem ts„
hall. no
n." parents at nor. a n
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notri
&hay having aocidetitallybrokeshar:'
smelling-bole, hex Itimilmid, who was,
yery,petulentioard to Tier, "I deolire;nry;
dear, oyerything thate bekatge to pen'
more or lees -broken"!t-nrniemilorle 4
the iady, 4 4forirrenjoanna kliplierank•
nd . Fft c
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