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GILBERT
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IWTHOR or TtlE SEATS
(Copyright, 1897, by
SYNOPSIS.
The story tnkes placo In the summer of
1759, whllo the 3nKllh army nnd lleet
Is besieging CJUebec, Just before the taking
of the city from the French. McOllvray
Is tho bindmoMer of Anstruthar'n ret?!
jnent. Ito Is a rollicking, reckless nnd
nentlmcntiil Irishman, ever rendy for ail
venture In love or war, nnd when a sen
try tells him that a French fflrl had kissed
her hand to him from across the river
uml winjr In laughlnK Insolence "Maltiroulc
n'en va t'en RUtrre," tho adventurous Me.
Ollvrny resolves nt once to cross tho Mont
morencl anil seek the fair maid on hoso
heart ho fancies ho must have made un
impression. After crossing the stream at
preat peril, he Is seized, bound nnd car
lied to a cabin by two French soldiers.
Tho bandmaster makes frlendr with the
Frenchmen by means of some tobacco
nnd lliiuor ho has with him, and they
promise to releaso him, but in such n way
that they will not bo gtispcclt 1. They
leavn him, therefore, and McOllvray Is
nlone until near midnight, when the lock
turns in the door nnd a nlrl steps Inside.
PAIIT II.
"Malbrouk s'en. vn t'en RUcrrc," said
Bhe, and nodded her head to him hu
morously. Hy this McOllvray knew that this
was the maid tlint had got liltn Into nil
this trouble. At first he was Inclined
to say so, but she came nearer, nnd
one look of her lilnck eyes cluing id nil
thai.
"You've n way wid you, me darlln',"
said McOllvray, not thinking that she
might understand.
"A leetla wuy of my own," she an
swered In broken Hngllsli.
McOllvray started. "Vheio did you
)enrn It?" he asked, for he bad had two
purprlsea that night.
"Of my mother at St. Mnlo," she re
plied. "She was half Kngllsh of Jer
sey. You are a naughty boy," she ad
ded, with a little gurgle of laughter In
her throat. "You nre not a good sol
dier to go n-clinse of the French girls
'cross of the river."
"Shure I am not a good soldier thin.
Music's me game. An' the band of
Anstruther's regiment's mine."
"You can play tunes on a drum?"
Fhe asked, mischievously.
"There's wan I'd play to the voice
nv you," he said, In his softest brogue.
"You'll bo unloosln' me, darlln' 7" he
udded.
She stooped to undo the shackles on
Ills ankles. As she did so he-leaned
over us If to kiss her. She threw back
her head in disgust.
"You have been drink," she said,
and she stopped her work of freeing
him.
"What'd wet your eyes no more" he
answered.
She stood up. "I will not," she said,
pointing to the shackles, "If you drink
some more nevaro some more nov
nre!" "Dlvil a drop thin, darlln', till we lly
our llarr yander," pointing towards
where he supposed the town to be.
"Not till then?" she asked, with a
merry little sneer. "Ver" well, It Is
comme ca!" She held out her hand.
Then she burst Into a soft laugh, for
his hands were tied.
"Let me kiss it?" he said, bending
forward.
"No, no, no," she said. "Wo will
shake our hands after," and she
stooped nnd took off the shackles and
freed hla nrni3
"Now, If you like," she said, and
they shook hands as McOllvray stood
"DIVIL A DKOP THIN, DAKLIN'.
up and threw out his chest. Hut, try
as he would to look Important, she was
still an Inch taller than he.
A few moments later they were hur
rying quietly through tho woods, to
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There was only the escaping prisoner
nnd tho RayMicnrti'd Kill speeding
nlong In the nlgh't, the mumbling of
the quiet cascade In their ears, the
shifting moon playing hide nnd seek
with the clouds. They came out on
tha bank n distance above where Mc
Ollv.ray had landed, and the girl
paused nnd spoko In n whisper.
"It Is more hard now," she said.
"Hero Is a boat, nnd I must noddle
you would go to splash! Sit still and be
good,"
"You're goln' t6 row mo over?" ho
asked, Incredulously,
" 'Sh! get In," ihe said.
'Shtrlko me crazy, no!" said Mc-
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"A MINNIT! A M1NNIT, ME DAItLIN!"
Oilvray. "Dlvil a step will I go. Let
me that sowed the storm take the
whirlwind" and he threw out his
client.
"What is it you come here for?" she
asked, with meaning.
"Yourself nn' the mockln' bird In yer
voice," he answered.
"Then that Is enough," she said;
"you come for me, I go for you. Get
In."
A moment afterward, taking advan
tage of the obscured moon, they wore
carried out on ,tho current diagonally
down the stream, nnd cante quickly to
that point on the shore wheie an Eng
lish picket was placed. They had
scarcely touched the shore when tho
click of n musket was heard, r.tiil a
"Qul-vn-lu?" came from the thicket.
McOllvray gave the pass-word, and
presently ho was on the bank saluting
the sentry he had left three hours be
fore. "Malbrouk s'en va t'en guerre!" said
the girl, again, with a gay Insolence,
nnd pushed tho boat out Into the
stream.
"A minnlt! A minnlt! mo darlln',"
said McOllvrny.
"Keep your promise," came back
softly,
"Ah, come back wan minnlt!"
"A flirt!" said the sentry.
"You will pay for that," said the girl
to the sentry, with quick anger. "Ho
you love me, Irishman?" she added, to
McOllvray.
"I do! Aw wurru, wurra, I do," said
MrOUvray.
'Then you come nnd get mo by ze
front door of zo city," said she, and a
couple of quick strokes sent her canoo
out Into the dusky middle of the stream
and she was soon lost to view.
"Aw, the lolke o' that! Aw, the folne
nv her aw, the tip-top lass o' the wide
world!" said he.
"You're n fool, an' there'll be trouble
from this," said the sentry.
And so there wns trouble, for two
hours later tho sentrj was found dead;
picked off by a bullet from the othev
shore when he showed himself In the
moonlight; and from that hour nil
frlcndllncEF between the pickets of the
Knglisb and the French ceased on the
Montmorencl.
Hut the one witness to McOilvray's
adventure was dead, and that was why
no man knew wherefore It was that
McOllvray took an oath to drink no
more till they captured Quebec.
Prom Mny to September McOllvray
kept to his resolution. Hut for all that
time ho never saw "tho tip-top lass o'
tho wide world." A time came, how
ever, when MeOllvruy's last state was
worse than his ilrst, nnd that was tho
evening before the day Quebec was
taken. A dozen prisoners had been cap
tured In a sortie from tho Isle of Or
leans to tho mouth of the St, Charles
river. Among these prisoners was tho
grinning bergeant who had captured
McOllvray and then released him.
Two strango things happened. Tho
big, grinning sergeant escaped from
captivity the same night, and McOll
vrny, as a non-com said, "cot blind
drunk."
This Is one explanation of the two
things. McOllvray had nssiated tho
grinning sergeant to escape. The other
explanation belongs to the end of thu
story. In any ease, McOllvray "got
blind drunk." and "was going large"
through the camp. The end of It was
that he was arrested for assisting a
prisoner to escapo and for being drunk
and dlsordejly, The band of An
struther'B regiment boarded II. M, S.
"Leostaft" without him, to proceed up
the river stealthily with he rest of tho
lleet to Cap Houge, from whence the
last great effort of the heroic Wolfo to
effect a landing was to bo mnde, Mc
Gllvray, still intoxicated but Intelli-
gent, watched them go In silence.
As Ocncrnl Wolfe wns nbout to enter
tho boat which was to convey him o
the llagshlp he saw McOllvrny, who
wns waiting under guard' to bo taken
to Major Hardy's post at l'olnt Levis.
The general knew him well, nnd looked
at him half sadly, halt sternly.
"I knew you were free with drink,
McOllvray," ho paid, "but I did not
think you were n trnltor to your coun
try too."
McOllvrny saluted, nnd did not nn-mvor.-
"You might have wnlted till nfter to
morrow, man," said the Oenernl, his
eyes flashing. "My soldiers should have
good music tomorrow."
McOllvrny snluted again, but made
no ntiHwer.
As If. with a sudden thought the Oen
ernl waived off the oftlcers nnd men
nenr him nnd beckoned McOllvrny to
him.
"I can understand the drlnk'ls a bad
soldier," ho said, "but you helped a
prisoner to escape. Come, man, wo
mny both be dead tomorrow, nnd I'd
like to feel that no soldier In my nrmy
is wulfully nn enemy of his country."
"Ho did tho same for me, whin 1 waB
taken prisoner, ycr Kxcclllncy, nn' an',
yer Kvcefllncy, 'twas a matter of a wo
man, too."
Tho General's face relaxed a little.
"Tell me the whole truth," said he;
and McOllvray told him nil.
"Ah, yer Kxcclllncy," he burst out, nt
last, "I wns no traitor at heart, but n
fool I nlwnys was! Ycr Excelllncy,
court-martial and death's no matter to
me, but I'd like to play wan toon ngln,'
to lend tho byes tomorrow. "Wnn toon,
yer Excelllncy! an' I'll be daclntly shot
AJ ?
g&ASk
beforo the day's over ah, ycr Excel
llncy, wan toon more, and to be wld
the byes followln' the GlneraJ."
Thu Oeneial's face relaxed still more.
"I take you at your word," said he,
and he gave orders that McOllvray
should proceed at once aboard the
llagshlp, from whence he should join
Anstruther's regiment at Cap Houge,
The General entered the boat, and
McOllvray followed with some non
com olllcers In another. It was now
quite dark, and their motions, or the
motions of the vessels of war, could not
be seen from tho Flench pncnninmont
i
or tne citauei. uney neareil tne nag
ship, and the Oenernl, followed by his
olllcers. climbed up. Then tho men In
McOilvray's boat climbed up also, un
til only himself and another were left.
At that moment the General, looking
down fom the side of the ship, said
sharply to an ofllcer beside him:
"What's that, sir?"
He pointed to a dark object floating
near the ship, from which presently
came a small light with a hissing
sound.
"It's a fire orcan, sir," was the re
Ply. A Ore .organ was a raft, carrying
lor.tr tubes like the pipes of nn organ,
and filled with explosives. They were
Ued by tho French to send among tho
vessels of the llrltish lleet to disorgan
ize nnd destroy them. The little light
which the geneinl saw was the burn
ing fuse. The raft had been brought
out into the cuncnt by French sailors,
tho lusc had been lighted, nnd It waa
headed to drift towards the British
ships. Tho lleet was now In motion,
and apart from the havoc which tho
bursting fire-organ might make, tho
light from the explosion would reveal
the fact that the English men o' war
were now moving towards Cap Rouge.
This knowledge would enable Mont
calm, the Fiench general, to detect
Wolfe's purpose, and he would at onco
move his nrmy In that direction. Tho
west side of the town hnd meager mili
tary defenses, the great cliffy being
thought Impregnable. And so th'ey
were safe at one point, nnd at this
point Wolfe had discovered u narrow
path up a steep cliff.
McOllvrny had seen the fire-organ at
the pamo moment as the general. "Get
up the side," he salu to tho remaining
soldiers In his boat. The soldier be
gan climbing, and McGilvray caught
the oars und was Instantly away
towards the raft. The general, looking
over the ship's Idc.understood his dar
ing purpose. In the shadow, they av
him near it, tliey taw him throw a
boat-hook and catch It, and then at
tnch n rope; they saw him nit down,
and. tnklng tho oars, laborously row
up stream toward tho opposite shore,
the fuse burning softly, somewhere
among tlictf reat pipes of explosives.
McGilvray know that it might bo im
possible to reach tho fuse there was no
time to spare, and ho set about to row
the devilish machine out of range of
the vessels which were carrying
Wolfe's army to a last forlorn hope.
Fcr minutes those on deck wutched
and listened. Presently nothing could
bo wen, not even the small glimmer
from the burning fuse.
Then, all at once, there was a terrible
report, and the organ pipes belched
their hellish music upon tho sea. With'
In the circle of light that the explosion
made there was no sign of any ship,
but, strangely tall in the red glare,
stood McOllvray In his boat. An In
stant hf stood so, then he fell, and
presently darkness covered the scene
tho furious music of death and war
was over.
There wns a silence on the ship for a
time as all watched and waited. Prea
ently an ofllcer said to the general:
"I'm nfrald he's gone, 'sir."
"Send a boat to search," was the ro-
ply. "If no Is dead ' the geneml took
off his hat "we will, please God, bury
him within the French citadel tomorrow,"
Hut McOllvrny was nllvc, nnd In half
nn hour he wns brought aboard tho
ling ship, safe, nnd sober. Tho. general
praised him for his courage, and told
him that the charge ngnlnst him should
be withdrawn.
"You've wiped nil out, McOllvray,"
said the general; "Wo seo you nre no
truUor."
"Only n fool of a landmnstcr who
wanted wan toon more.yer Excelllncy,"
Until McOllvrny.
"Hcwnre drink, beware women," an
swered tho soneral.
Hut advice of that sort Is thrown
away on such ns McOllvrny. Tho next
evening nfter Quebec was taken and
McOllvrny went In nt the head of his
men playing: "The Men of Harlech,"
he met In tho streets the woman that
had nearly been the cmilo of his un
doing. Indignation threw out his chest.
"lt'r. you thin," ho said, and ho tried
to look scornfully at her.
"Have you keep your promise?" sho
said, hardly above her breath.
"What's that to you?" he nsked, his
eyes firing up. "I got drunk Inst night
oft her I sot your jiuslmnd tree afther
ho tould mo you was his wife. We're
even now, decaver! 1 saved him, nnd
tho dlvil give you Joy ot that salvation
and that husband, bay I!"
"Huusban'l" she exclaimed, "who
was my hoosban'7"
"Tho big grinning sergeant," ho an
swered. "He Is shot this morning," she said
with a touching sigh, "and he was
nevaro my hoosban'."
"He said ho was," replied McOllvray,
eagerly.
"He was alwny n linr," she nnswered.
"He decaved you too, thin?" nBked
McOllvrny, his face growing red.
She did not answer, but all nt ance
a change came over her, tlto half-mock-log
sinllo left her lips, tears suddenly
r.iii down her checks, and without a
word she turned and hurried Into a
little street, nnd was lost to view, leav
ing McOllvray amazed and confounded.
It was days before ho found her
again, and three things only that they
said are of any moment here.
"We'll lave the past behind us," ho
said "nn' the pit below for me, If I'm
not a good husband t' ye!"
"You will not drink no more?" sho
nsked, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Not till the Frcnchles take Quebec
again," ho answered.
That evening nt the citadel McOil
vray's band played.
"It wns their Wedding Morning."
THE END.
moor or his sixckhity.
How nn Army Olliccr Stood tho Test
of His Itclicf.
From tho Cincinnati Inqiilrcr.
In the days of the "old army" on the
frontier, when military posts were
sometimes hundreds of miles from any
civilized place, there was a little to do
In the wuy of amusement In the win
ter time when tho post was snowbound,
nnd It was then that the reputation the
nrmy has for card playing nnd drink
ing was gained. And it Is true that
a great deal of both was done at that
time.
It was in these days that an event
transpired that showed that the princi
pal actor hnd the courage of h'ls con
victions, and that he was most certain
ly born under a lucky star. It was
afttr a very "wet" stag dinner party,
and all had partaken most f f aly of
tho wine nnd, strange as It may seem,
the subject that came up for discussion
was the Mohammedan religion. The
MusFUlmans believe in fate. To them
a man'p fate Is written above, and the
time of his death is set nnd nothing
can ndvancc it. Well, this belief had
been discussed long and earnestly. The
. pros and -cons had been gone over at
length, till one oillcer wanted to know
of what use was reason If everyone
wns Uol' ""'" " lfif Of destiny at
luciipu, ui.u uiucer unauy arosa aim
said there was no use of discussing the
matter any further; the only way was
to make a practical test of tho ques
tion, and that he would give himself
n3 a subject. Could a man willfully
dispose of his life when th'o fatal mo
ment had been chosen at his birth from
above? He could get no one to try the
experiment on him.
Finally a wnirer was made.
'Who will pay you it I lose?" said
tho subject, as he drew his pistol and
showed that It was loaded. He placed
the pistol against his temple and pulled
the trigger. The pistol missed tire.
"A joke!" yelled the crowd.
The fatallht smiled, and, recocking
the pistol, aimed it with a steady hand
at the clock on the wall. He fired nnd
the bullet crashed through the center
of tho dl.il.
"Apologize to mo now," iio said. "I
have won the bet. I always believed in
fate."
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SYJIPA'I IIKTIC.
"Wo are in nn era of restlessness nnd
doubt,' oxclulmed the man who gives hlm
felf much uneasiness about remote mat
ters. "Aro wo?" rejoined his wife, apprehen
sively. "Unqucatlouubly. Wc llnd ourselves mys
tified In connection with matters which
onco appeared simplc. And ulmost In
variably, when a problem Is solve!, wo
find that we havo gotten back to some old
familiar principle."
That's perfectly true. I realized that
this very afternoon."
"Jn what way?"
"I spent twenty minutes In front of a
scda fountain studying over tho new-fat.h-ioned
llavors they aro advertising, and
then, In sheer desperation, took vanilla."
Washington Star.
Wo in nil's Wny.
"You women," said he, In the peculiarly
exasperating way a man has of saying
thoso two words, "you women buy bar
gain things because they aro cheap."
"Wo do not," eald she. "Wo buy cheap
things because they aro bargains."
The .distinction w.M almost too subtle
for tho blundering ningcuttsve Intellect, but
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Review of (lie Struggle Between Russia
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TIMELY IN VIEW OF PRESENT WAR
Itussln's Jllutiilcr nt tho liegliinlng
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Military Operations Around IMcvnn.
The Trcnty of Snn Stefano nml tho
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Fom tho New York Sun.
On April 23, twenty years ngo, the
Emperor Alexander II. of Russia, after
reviewing his nrmlcs at KlschencfC nnd
Unghenl, on tho plains of Ressearnbla,
proclaimed war upon the Turk. It had
been the desire of tho emperor to make
the war the previous autumn, Imme
diately nfter the closing of the Con
stantinople conference that met nt the
termination of tho Servian war; but
the uncertainty of being able to keep
open tho communications of tho army
ncross the Danube during the winter
caused It to be deferred to the spring
of 1877. From the declaration of war
to midsummer the preparations for the
passage of the Danube went on unin
terruptedly. Tho neutrality ot Aus
tria had been secured by tho consent
of Russia to her occupntlon of Hoa
nla and Herzegovina after the war,
and the promise that tho Russian
movements In Roumanla, which was
used us a base against the Turks,
should not extend westward of the
Alutn. Hy the first, Austria secured
tho tlmhcrlnnd of Dulmutla nnd the
road toward Salonlca, nnd In tho sec
ond the superstitious nniong the diplo
mats discerned the eventunl boundary
between Russia nnd Austria north of
the Danube.
The Turkish nrmy in Hulgarln. that
was assembled to meet the Russian In
vasion was divided Into two separate
armies, the western force under Osman
Pasha, with headquarters nt 'Wlddln
on the Danube, close to the Servian
frontier, nnd the eastern, under tho
personal command of Abdul Kerlm
Pashn, Sirdar Ekrem, or generalissimo
of tho whole Turkish nrmy In Europe,
In the Quadrilateral, with Shumla ns
headquarters. The principal fortresses
along the Danube from Wlddln to the
Ulack sea were strongly garrisoned,
and an Egyptian contingent under
Prince Hnssam held Varna on the
Rlack sea. The Turkish plan of de
fence had bben drawn up by von
Moltke, subject to the contingencies ot
the Russians forcing the passage of the
Danube on a Hank or the center of the
line. The facilities afforded by the
railways through Roumanla decided
the Russian staff to make the passage
to the river in the center. The plan
that had been drawn up for the Turks
was to offer only a faint resistance to
tho passage of tho Danube, but so soon
as the Russian army had taken ground
on Turkish teritory to close In on It
from both Hanks. A few days before
the crossing took place several Russian
ofllcers found their way to Plevna In
the disguise of Hulgarian peasants,
made these reconnolsances of the
neighborhood and found their way
back Into Roumanla. At that moment
the Turkish force nt Plevna was but
one company of Mustahflz or territo
rial militia, and there was not a symp
tom to show that old Sirdar, Abdul
Kerlip, had destined the quiet little
town surrounded by a horseshoe of hills
opening on the Wld to take Its place
among the battle grounds of history.
PASSAGE OF THE DANUBE.
The passage of the Danube by the
Russians toward the end of June was
effected without resistance from the
Turks, nnd nlinost Immediately the
blunders of the Russians began. In
stead of pushing out at once for Plev
na, they wasted precious days waiting
for the reduction of Nikopolls, which
was commanded by Hassan Pasha, a
nephew of the Sirdar Ekrem. Hy the
time. that was effected and a Russian
brigade sent forward to Plevna, the
advanced guard of Osman Pasha's ar
my that was advancing from Wlddln
had taken up Its position on the sites
selected for the defences of the place,
nnd was engaged in throwing up the
temporary redoubts Into the formidable
lines before which the Russians threw
away much valunble time and sacri
ficed tens of thousands of valiant sol
diers. The attempt of the Russians to
drive off the Turks was repulsed, and
tho rapid arrival of reinforcements en
abled the Turks to complete their de
fences before the Russian general had
sulliclent forces in hand to carry them
by assault.
While Osman Pasha, nbly seconded
by his staff, carried out In the most
admirable manner his part of the Turk
ish plan, the execution of the part of It
reserved for himself by tho Sirdar Ek
rem was nullified by the refusal of the
sultan to send forward the reinforce
ments which had been culled for until
he had divulged his plan of campaign.
Abdul Kerlm as obstinately refused,
being well aware that the Information
would soon llnd Its way to the Russian
camp through agents in the palace.
The sultnn, In a moment of passion, or
dered the old pasha's disgrace, nnd he
was oent a prisoner to Lemnos, where
ho died n few years after. During the
confusion that ensued the .Russians
prattled by the Turkish Inaction. They
pushed a strong body of cavalry across
the Halkans, under General Oourkho,
by the Haln Hoghaz, a pass to the east
ward of the Shlpka. Swinging round
to tho right after descending Into the
valley of the Tundja, Gourkh'o passed
rapidly to the westward through Eskl
Saghra nnd through Kezanllk, from
which ho turned north up tho Shlpka
road nnd established himself firmly on
the summit of the pass. From there
the Russians never were dislodged dur
ing the rest of the war. Tho Russlnns
north of the Shlpka lost no time In es
tablishing their connections with
Caught While
mmig m
Clung to Him VJhilo a Commercial Traveler in tho Hiddl )
West, Notwithstanding all Efforts to Get Rid of ,it.
Hot Springs of Arkansas, of no Avail. .
From the Ctironicle, C7Wtfl0, 771.
Mr. Wllllnm Clement, of 1'rccport, 1111
noi", Is a uell-knowii commercial traveler,
nnd represents the large Chicago house ol
Heed, Welsh ,t Lange. In hWcnrly life Mr.
Clement mlsmted to the breezy we&t nnd be
came a cowboy In Colorado. After doing ns
much nt cow punching us lie desired, he
turned his attention to mining, the exposure
Irniu which nnd his life on the plalnx under
mined n onco Ftrong constitution, nml rlicii
mutism, liver nnd kidney trouble nnd dropsy
lnndo their unwelcome appearance.
The Hot Sprlnes of Arknnas were visited
in the hope of relief, but he Mas disappoint
ed, and so ho took up.lits residence In Illi
nois, nnd obtained employment ns a drum
mer for a large houe in Chicago Unit 1ms
long fcincn gone out of business Physicians
were consulted both at homo and while nn
the road, with only pecuniary benefit to the
doctors, Air Mr. Clement grew worse instead
of better, nnd coiiitaiitly had to lay up for
weeks ut a time.
It was then Hint the sufferer conceived the
Idea of trying Dr. Williams' l'lnlc l'ills lor
l'ale People, uml did pn.
"I thoiicht," Mr. Clement Mild to the re.
porter, "that fifty cents would not ba much
expenditure, so I liouuht n box of the pills
nml began taking tlicin according to direc
tions, "I did not have many days to wait before.
I found a marked improvement In my condi
tion, so, I kept on with the treatment. First
my kidneys bejian to do their work thorough.
Oourkho through Tlrnova. and Gabrova,
which the Turks mnde several efforts
to break, without success. The sultnn,
terrified with the turn afCnlrs had tak
en, called Mchemet All Pasha from
Novl Hazar, where he was watching
fhe Servian and Montenegrin frontiers,
and Invested him with tho supremo
command of the army In Hulgarln, and
at tho same tlmo ordered Suleiman
Pasha, who had succeeded Mehemet
All In his command, to advane by
forced niurches to Shlpka, Mehemet
All, Immediately on hi.rival nt Shumla,
proceeded to organize the nrmy, which
had now received the required rein
forcements for a forward movement.
The corps of Ahmed Kyoub Pashn,
which acted as a covering force t-i
Rustchuk. had several minor engage
menls with the corps under the Ccsare
wltch, afterward Alexander III., which
was guarding the Russian left and hnd
pushed Its posts up the valley of the
Lom toward Shumla. From these Mc
hemet AH drove them back, In a series
of minor uctlons ut Karaharsankeul
and Katzelcvo, oft the plateau Into the
valley of tho Yantra, but received a
check at Tchatrkenl, and from want of
transport and provisions was compelled
to fall back on his original lino run
ning from Rasgrud.ou the Varna-Rust-chuk
railway, to Eskl Djuma and Om
an Bazar In the Halkans.
AT PLEVNA.
Meanwhile the Russians had been
repulsed In two succeslve assaults on
Plevna with terrific loss, and the Rou
manian army was called to the rescue.
Hero as elsewhere throughout the cam
paign the enormous superiority of the
Martlnl-Peabody rllle, with which the
Turks were armed, exhibited Itself over
the transformed Krlnkn rllle that was
In the hands of the Russians. The su
periority of the Turkish arm over the
Russian was about as seven to three
In point of rnnge Mehemet All, hav
ing reorganized his forces and formed
n new plan of campaign, sent Instruc
tions to Osman to evacuate Plevna nnd
retire either on Orkhanlch toward Sofia
or on Lovdsha, Immediately south of
Plevno, as he thought most expedient.
Osman replied that as soon as ho hail
sent away his sick and wounded ho
would uct on Instructions. At the same
time Mehemet All telegraphed to Sule
iman, who wns wasting the flower of
his nrmy In Ineffectual attempts to
carry Shlpka, to leave a force sulli
clent to hold the Russians on the pass
In observation and move around to Os
man Hazar by forced' marches to Join
him. The outcome of these orders that
the sultan telegraphed Mchcmt All that
Osman had received ordeis from him
self to hold on to Plevna, nnd Suleiman
to remain at Shlpka, and that hence
forth they were detached from his or
ders. The intrigues against Mehemet
All, because of his German origin, end
ed In his ultimate supercesslon by Sule
Imnn. 'With the change of command
ers In thu Turkish army and the arrival
of the Russian reinforcements, armed
with the Herdan rllle nnd Todleben as
commander, the fortune of war turned.
The efforts Suleiman made, first round
Rustchuk and then In the Halkans to
ward Tlrnova, to break In on the Rus
sian communications were repulsed at
every point. Osman succumbed to the
blockade Todleben had established
round Plevna, and his attempt to cut
his way out was frustrated by the Rus
sian general, to whom he surrendered
with the whole of his army.
Tl'RKS IN RETREAT.
With the collapse of the defence of
Plevna the campaign north of the Hal
kans wns over. The retreat of ,the
Turks over the Haitian and Into Rou
mella degenerated ilrst Into a flight
and then Into a general overthrow. A
portion of the army found Its way, hav
ing lost Its artillery and throw away its
arms, to Adrlanople, from Where It
was conveyed to the Tclmtaldja lines
before Constantinople. Other portions
reached the AEgian roast over the
Rhudope mountains and were picked
up byTurklab warships, and part re
formed at Galllpoll under Sabrl Pasha
undei&tho guns or a llrltish squadron.
The rSst went on to reinforce tin
army covering Constantinople, which
was placed under Mehemet All. The
arrival of the Russian army at San
Stefano and thu negotiations of the
treaty of peace folowed In due cuursc.
Tho Turkish commissioners. Safutt
and Server Pachas, signed It only un
der the threat that If their signatures
wero not attached before tho sun had
gone below the horizon the Russian
nrmy would advance at dnybrenk next
morning to the assuult of Constanti
nople. They signed Just as the lower
limb of the sun touched the horizon.
General Ignatleff, the Russian com
missioner, who had In the treaty crent
ed nt Bulgaria that embraced all Mace
donia, throwing down his pen after
signing the treaty suld, "nnd now let
the Greeks swim to Constantinople."
The treaty of San Stefano won not to
be allowed to stand In Its lutegilty,
and the intrigues sot on foot by General
Ignatleff to create a pretext for an oc
cupation of Constantinople In violation
of the pledges given by the Emperor
Alexander led to an understanding ho
tween England nnd Austria for com-
I blned notion of the Austrian army and
mmm
I.
ly nnd well, nnd nil lilo.it left me. Thcnth
rheumatism nml pain in the, region of tlia
heart went, my liver Is cured, nnil I mny my
I urn ns well ns ever 1 wis, If I had only
known of Dr. Williams' Pink l'ills u hr
years before, I fhoiild be a kowI many thou
sand dollars richer."
As usual, when such testimonials nro re
ceived nt the oflico of Dr. Williams' Mcdl
elnc Co., they arc nent for verification to tlia
leading druggists of tho vicinity or other
persons in good rtiinriiiig. The above wn
not un exception, notwithstanding Mr. Clem
ent's excellent reputation, nnd the returned
reports certified that all of the loregoltip
Miitcmcnti mnde to tho reporter wero strictly
true.
An analysis of Dr. Williams' rink Tilli
shows that they contain, in u condensed form
all tho elements iicecsMiry to give new life and
richness to the blood nnd restore shattered
nerves. They nronn iinftillltig specific for
Mich diseases ns locomotor ntuxin, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, bciaticu, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous licndaehe, the nfter
ctlects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart,
pain nnd hallow complexions, rill forms of
weakness cither in male or female, and nil
diseases resulting from vitiated humors in tha
blood. Pink l'ills uru sold by nil dculers, or
will ho sent post .paid on receipt of price, CO
cents a box, or t- x boxes for J'.'.oO (they nre
never sold in hulk or by the. 100) by address
ing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Sche
nectady, '. Y.
Urlllsh squadrons. Two Austrian corps
were order to be moblllzel on the Rus
sian southern frontier, and tho Urltlsh
lleet wns held ready to pass Into tha
Hlack sea. The Russian army was
withdrawn nnd the Hcrlin congress
met. East Roumella was detached
from Hulgnrla; Servla and Montenegro
received uccesslons of territory; Greece,
nothing. The part of Hessarabla Hint
wns given to Ruumanla in 185C, after
the Crimean war, was taken back by
Russia, nnd the northern part of tho
Hobrudja was taken from Bulgaria and
given to Roumanla as compensation.
All Macedonia was restored to Turk
ish rule, and Armenia wns withdrawn
from the effective protection of Rus
sln. Austria was placed In a privileged
position north of Macedonia; but no
one was satisfied. Tho results of the
policy of the powers need not be re
capitulated here; they are patent In the
events of tho last two years In Ar
menia, and tho tragedy now being
played In the land of the Greeks, Tho
responsibility for it nil may not bu
easily understood by the present gen
eration, but history will have no dlfll-
i eulty In apportioning to each his due.
;q for r.rrnr.n hf.x.
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