VOL XXXI
THE PHOENIX.
Do you know why the PHOENIX bicycle is the most
popular wheel in Pittsburg? Do you know why it won
the Butler-Pittsbugh race, and the \\ heeling-Pittsburg?
Simply because bearing, chain, tire, ira:ne all the
parts —are made of the best material. Because we
build the lightest,easiest running whee' tit it is safe and
reliable for the roads.
We also make a specialty of an easy running and light
lady's wheel, which is equally popular.
A guarantee is a good thing in its
wav. ° The PHOENIX guarantee cov
ers every point, but the best point ot all
is the fact that repairs or claims for de
fective parts constitute an exceedingly
small per centage of our cost ot manu
facture.
For catalogue and other information
address,
THE STOVER BICYCLE Mfg. Co.
FREEPORT, ILL, or
J. E. FORSYTHE, Agent.
BUTLi2IR» pa,
WE "LEAD IN BARGAINS ALL THE TIME.
tb* ueaa-a is over ao<l it is of uo great ut-c or tsneiit to you But jnst now
wh»n the season has oaly opeoed up nicely we offir y m special prices iu a !
the different departmeuts . , ,
lit n ft You can bov a new *pri(ig jacket, <n verv lateac Btyle. a'
|jy nA* O ooe-tuird off ou regular price. O-r**, P p-r oft on
all capoo.
MILLINERY! MILLINERY!
We h.;ve &u attractive stock io this <t-panm.uK. botb in trimmed and an
trimnx d hoie. A nice Htvitsh trimmed hat for 98c. A rro« at) lan u«
tr«rume'f bat for 25'. Beauuiul II >*'er<. feather*. ribbons, jeta, Uwi and ad
ihf nyi'lt'*** in milliner? at Hpooial I >w pries r
Pri-a# tf o.,da at pri ea tb«t will interest you. Ali ibe ficweat tiling* ,u
drew trimming*, linio*« and fiuihbiug*. L«oe curtains from oOc a up
to $8 00 Tnere i« no bou-e iu the dry that can *bow you name value in
lace curtain* at the price# we offer th-m io you. By taking ad/autage Jt Hi*
jiitinv opportunities offered, we are able to * II hue curtains at
prices heretofore unheard of. We caun-t afford to t'l'i will not keep
deceitful goods. Our M,o-e -hall contain none but «•>•>•! reliable goods tnat
is
JUST WHAT ITC APFEAiU rO Bfci
We ask the favor of a visit, to our different departments. We do not
•olicit you to purchase; but we do ask a ootrparisaa of IK values and prices
with those of other bouees. Respect!ully,
Jennie E. Zi
Successor to Kilter <fc Ralston.
Harness Given Away!
There are about 24,000 adults in Butler county, and we want all
to know that we are the largest dealers in the State in everything
pertaining to a Driving or Team Outfit, and sell cheapest. As an
inducement to have you investigate, we have placed <>n our show
horse a set of Good Harness of our own make, and WII.L GIVK
THEM TO THE PERSON WHO GUESSES THE HORSE'S
WEIGHT OR NEAREST TO IT.
■ Every adult person allowed to ouess once. You are not I
asked to buy anythi tg. It is free as the a r you breathe.
All you have to do is to come in, rej, ster your name in a :
book we have prepared for that purpose and make your ;
guess in plain figures. :
Guessing begins Mondav June 4, and
closes July 20, 1894.
at I? o'clock, noon, at which time the horse will be weighed and Un
harness given to the person guessing his exact weight or nearest to
it. Should more than one guess the exact weight or be tied the har
ness will be given to the one whose name is first on the register.
The horse has never been weighed. We do not know his we : yht
and will not allow him to be weighed until after the gifessing closes.
Ml have an equal chance. No one in our employ allowed a jjuess
Remember, we do not ask you to buy anything to entitle you to a
guess. We just want you to see where we keep Buggies, Wagons,
Carts, Harness and all parts of Harness, Wheels, Tops, Cushions and
Uazybacks, Neck Yokes, Buggy Poles, Singletrees, Harness Oil, Axle
Oil, I ap Dusters, Fly Nets, Horse Collars, Brushes, Curry Combs,
and verythlng belonging to a Driving or Team Outfit.
S. B. Martincourt & Co.
128 East Jefferson Street,
BUTLER, - PA.
S. B. MARTINCOURT, J. M. LIEGHNER.
P. S.—No one under 16 years allowed to guess. We wil m v e
them a chance soon as thjs one cjoses.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Ivy Poisoning
Eight Years of Suffering
Perfect Cure by Hood's Sarsaparilla
" C. I. Hood ti Co., Lowell, Mass.:
" Dear Sirs: —We have tried Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and And it to be all you claim for it. My
wife was poisoned by ivy when a young v.oman,
and for eight years was troubled every season
Hood's Cures
with theT>reaklng out and terrible itching and
burning. I thought liers was as bad a case as
anyone ever had. She was in this distressing
condition every year until slio began to tako
Hood's Sarsaparilla, which has effected a per
fect cure, without leaving auy scan, and she
has had
No Sign of the Poison Since.
She is well and hearty. I have tak. n Hood s
Sarsaparilla after the grip with good result*, and
Jiavs also given It to our four children. W-* are
all pictures of perfect health and owe it to
good's Sarsaparilla." .T, C. FREEMAN. Van
illa, Illinois. a '
N. B- If you decide t> tuk ■ Ilo"d'»
rilla do not be induced to buy any other instead.
Hood's Pills are hand made, and perfect
»n proportion and appearand . 28C. per box.
A Scientist claims tiie
Root of Diseases to fce
in the Clc 'es we Wear.
The best Spring
remedy tor thenblue.s,
etc, is to discard
vour uncomfortable
old duds whiclj ir\ i
late the bodvr-leave
vour measure a
ALAND'S for a
new suit which will
tit well, improve the
appearance by re
lieving. von iu>tai)i
lv ol thai tired feel
i o\ and making von
eheeiiul and actiuv
The cost of i in
sure cure is ve. \
inodei in c
TRY IT.
c. X D.
A business that keeps grow
ing through a scat on oi i -
prcssion, such as I lie country
has experienced, is an evi
dence that people realize they
save money by tradiig vviili
us. We know, anil always
have known, the days of large
profits are past. Without
question we are giving more
for the money than hist year.
Our stock is larger to select
from than last year,
CALL AND SEE US.
Colbert & Dale.
Peremptions
M A Specialty,
At Redick's Drug Store.
Wo do not handle anything but
pure drugs, next time you are in
need of medicine please us a
call. are headquarters for pure
SODA WATER
aa we use only par*' fruit juices, we
also handle Paris Green, I e'llnbore,
insect powder, London purpla und
other insecticides.
Reppectfoll v,
J. W KBDICK,
Main &t.,next toHolel Lowiy
BUTLER, !PA..
JOHN KEMPER,
Manufacturer of
Harness, Coll a T <,
and Strap Work,
and Flv Neis,
and Dealer in
Whips, Dusters, Trunks and
Valises.
My Goods a c; ' 1 i wand si \'-
first-c iwork ♦
t-ed
Repairing a Specialty.
:o: :o:
Opposite Campbe!' & T v..' <•
Furniture Stoic.
342 S. Main St., - Butler, l'a.
COPYRIGHT, 18P4.
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CHAPTKR XV.
It is necessary now to keep in mind
two orders of events. One is the slow
focussing of public suspicion about the
ppersitiona at Laran. The other is th.
extraordinary relationship of the prin
cipal personages at tlio headquarters
of the conspiracy.
A week passes and men are strag
gling back to the Laran from all over
the country. They come in through
the woods at night singly or in little
groups. They arrive at the Wash
bayou, coming down from St. Louis
and crossing at night from the Ar
kansas shore; they como up from
Memphis looking for work and some
of them ride in from the mountains oi
East Tennessee.
Hendricks watches the reassembling
with cool calculation and appears to
have been satisfied of the main ro
suits. About fifteen per cent, of the
men never reappeared. This was ac
cording to his calculations. But the
rest, actuated by the fear of individual
peril, the esrrit de corp. 3 of military
organization, or the desire to go on
with the war which a master-spirit
had planned, had, in great part, re
turned at the end of the week. At that
time there were by count five hundred
and fiftv men of the rejriment back in
the cave.
Hendricks sat up all one night read
ing the papers that had been brought
him from Memphis. He went over all
the accounts carefully. There was not
in any of them a surmise as to the
truth. The regiment had got away
and it had accomplished its purpose,
but the further away from the scene
the comments were, the less seriously
the uewspapers regn:ded the occur
rence. In Sew York there was some
kind of enormous western practical
joke suspected. "How,' . aid »ne jour
nal, "a regiment of a thousand men
can come and go without observation,
can dismantle a bank and then depart
with a million dollars in specie without
being detected or interfered with or
tracked, remains for the imaginative
west to explain. It looks very much
at this distance as if the English
company had been operating in phan
toms to bear its own market."
An angry official correspondence had
taken place between tho governor of
Tennessee and the governor of Indiana.
The town of St. Mary's and the city of
Paducah swarmed with newspaper
men and detectives. But it was plain
to Hendricks that fresh troubles at St.
Mary's between the director and the
men threatened to draw attention
from tho search for the soldiers.
An official report of Gen. Waterson,
the officer commanding tho St. Mary':-
expedition, has been preserved.
Whether it was forwarded before Mi
re turn to Laran or was written subse
quently is not known. But it gives a
very clear explanation of the novel
method adopted in this military cam
paign.
It reads as follows:
'•The whole plan has worked, with a few
slight discrepancies, aH projected. Tho feasi
bility of getting tho whole regiment Into St.
Mary's and the neighborhood without attract,
ing attention was easily proven. My tnen be
gan to come In four days beforo they assembled,
'l'hey woro In fairly good shapo and passed for
workmen out of employment {and Idlers drawp
In by the excitement It was Impossible to go
anywhere without seeing them mingling with
tlio workmen and standing about on tho corners
with tho unemployed. In three days seven bun
dred were In St Mary's and three hundred iu and
about I'aducab, wlta orders to come In strag.
Eliugly to tlje former place on tho fourth day.
At any other limo a thousand men suddenly
added to the population of so small a town
would have excited suspicion, but the excite
ment of th« strike was supposed to be drawlnf
the men from all Quarters, and great credH
must be given to ou# forces who, as a rule, kept
themselves close and avoidod attracting atten
tion. (In tho night of tho third day, three hun
dred were already in the old house on tho bar.
rens or iu the lmihedlatn vicinity undergoing
the most extraordinary discomfort on account
of the want of accommodations, and an hour
before aunrise on the fourth day, I had the
whole command within reach and most ot them
uniformed and armed. We funned columu at
five o'clock in tho barrens Just three miles
southeast of the town and marched In on thr
railroad track: took possession of the bank at
nlno o'clock, distributed money among regl
ments us planned without opposition, cacti man
carrying a hundred and'flfty eagles. Tho buck
skin belts worked admirably. I deployed two
hundred mob, Companies A and S\ and kept
crowd one thousand feat from bank, withdraw
ing them In squad* and replacing them with
other msn who were loaded up with specie;
successfully avoided collision with sheriff
who was completely bewildered by events;
took camp at six o'clook p. m. ou tho terrace
us planned and tho regiment began at once to
I mclt>way. Four hundred men got out of their
I uniforms In tho oonter of the camp (where
j they were securely ahleldad) before nlnn
j o'clock. The suits la tho knapsacks turned
| out better than I expected and Commissary
Fenuing should bo crodlte 1 with great skill
and ingenuity In tho provls >n of these suits.
Tho uniforms were put Into the kna|>sacks ond
at twelve midnight I started tiie men in Indian
tile to the old house, and, as by that time I had
four hundred more men ready, there were eight
hundrod knapsacks and eight hundred guns to
bo disposed of; by making each man carry two
guns and two knapsacks, I easily got tho whole
sight hundred into tho house. The Intense
darkness of the night was n great advantar
and the hardness of the ground and the spoclul
guards -tatloned along tho lines to prevent
Straggling or the littering of the rout, aided us
much.
"At three o'clock la the morning the regi
ment, as a uniformed organization, had disap
peared
''The disposition of tho men was as follows:
One hundred went scatterlngly from tl.e camp
back to town In their former clothes at ten
o'clock; another hundred got off at elevea
o'clock, and a third at twelve o'clock. I drow
them up by companies in a circle In tho center
of the carnp and started them out In radiating
Unas. I (calculated that In fifteen minutes, If
the men walked briskly that thero would be a
distance of flvo hundred feet between each
i man. und, of course, thoso going south and east
; would have to make a large detour to reach
the town. At 1 2:30 I was reduced to Ova
hundred mon, at least two hundred having
gono toward faducah lu tho same straggllag
iuanner. The remaining five companies wero
started from the old house betwoeu 2:80
and four o'clock, going In widening lines
south, southeast and southwest through tho
barrens and about one hundred under orders
1 to strike the railroad track at long Intervals
and return to towu. I held a detail of twelve
trusty men with mo to complete the work
clearing up the fragments and arranKlnx tho
material In 'he house. The guns were flung
Into iho cellar *nd the knapsacks heaped upon
the first floor and saturated by the two barrels
nf kerosene that were knocked In the bead on
ihe floor above. At five o'clock Capt. Einstein,
jf Company I), who was left behlad to complete
the destruction, touched a match to the build-
HUTLRR. PA., FRIDA Y. JUNE 15, 1 89-t.
Inr? r.n<! t'irn r T_..t to il.t: railro.ul ir:»<
Lack later with few inhabitant
who wt-re uttrac ted at that horr by the flam
••llemet ne tbc next r.igfct at Snowilcn's »;u«
on the Mississippi, rrhcro I rvas -waiting fo
Ulnj, andreporteJ that the destruction was coi:.
plete and iha't the guns had been effectually c<>\
Crcd by the ashes anJ debrii :iM - ould not '
discovered until ou utumpt was m.i le to r<
move tho rubbl.sl»-
"My calculations with ic the uirectici
the search would take fur the regiment itert
right, as you will see by the papers, and th<
plan ot bring the scows over from the other
side of the Ohio and cutting them loose abovi
Paducah was a good one The general belief
at once seized tho authorities that 'he met
h;id crossed the j-ivev frcn; Xadli,r,L.
"I am now convinced by actual demonstn.
tion that I can, with a thousand men, carry nut
the eastern scheme of which you spoke. Th.
chances of success aro increased by the audac
lty of tho attempt. Whatever appears to I<i
incredible will succeed before the communltr
bring itself to acknowledge it "
CUAI'TER XVL
Enough has been already told to in
dicate that Hendricks had in his keep
ing two prisoners whose presence add
ed a perilons element i-O the under
ground society. These men, employed
by the secret service of the govern
ment, were to Hendricks the first direct
intimation that the forces of society
had in some way put facts enough to
gether to warrant an inteilißutu at
tempt to ran him down. Wliatevor
theory these officers had been working
on had been summarily frustrated by
Hendricks taking them both prisoners.
He had, with his usual ot
decision, summed up the whole chain of
consequences. Their mission was u
secret one and only the secret service
de rtm'lit knew of it, but their dis
appearance would speedily bring about
nis pUco the whole enginery of tho
I overnment. He expected to be be
sieged in the end, but as war on a
large scale had been part of his calcu
lation from the start this did not deter
him. He calculated as usual with great
shrewdiyjss on the element (if tin.c,
and he felt suro that if the under
ground rendezvous could be kept from
the knowledge of the public until al.
his plans were matured he would pre
serve an enormous advantage even in
a fight with the government.
In order to narrate what occurred ii
the Laran at this time it is necessary
to go baak to Miss Laport.
Miss Laport was u slender and pretty
girl of twenty, with serious gray eyes, a
great abundance of beautiful wavy
chestnut liair and a rather pensive ova)
face, in which there were indicationr
of strong character ami much spiritual
ity. She had received an excellent
education when her father's means
were ample and she had suffered deeply
when his disgrace came. She was now
living a life of expectancy and mystery,
waiting only for the release of het
father to redeem the promise early
made to go away with him and forget
in soiho distant place their wrongs an
their troubles. Placed under EcnniuK'
in Memphis she proved a valuable
amanuensis and clerical assistant.
Sho worked patiently and uncomplain
ingly and got to know a great deal of
the confidential business that was car
ried on between the Bayou house and
the office. She awakened Fenning's
interest and respect and sho was grate
ful for his consideration imd care ol
her, and when he began to evince n
deeper interest she did not repulse
him, although ho awakened in her
none of the emotions to which a girl of
her age is susceptible. She treated
Penning with an undisguised kindness
for he had shown a real solicitude in
her personal comfort and her future
welfare, nnd had secured for her a
handsome salary which she scrupulous
ly put in the savings bank.
When tliey went to I/aran Mrs. Hen
dricks treated her as an equal and a
guest. l!ut if it had not been for Fen
ning, lier life there would bavo been
monotonous enough- lie secured for
her the latest b;»oks, took her out for
long rides and looked after lier amuse
ment and comfort in a thousand ways.
But Fenning's was evidently not the
nature to touch lier deeply. Mi* eool,
mathematical mind may have won her
admiration when she saw it exercised
in a crisis or dilemma, but it did not
move her affections. She was under
heavy obligations to Fenning and she
would not hurt bin feelings. The mo
ment that Lieut. Stocking became a
guest in the house, the whole aspect of
things changed. Here was a passion
ate, heroic and emotional southerner,
who immediately exercised over her
an influence that she could not resist.
llis nature was the antithesis and the
complement oWiers. He was immedi
ately attracted by her. They came to
gether easily and often, and all the
amusements which had been enjoyed
with Fenning now woro a new ardor
of romance. I brief, these young per
sons fell instantly and deeply in love.
When, therefore, on that morning of
the fight, she had seen him wounded
and dragged fighting to the signal
room, her indignation was unbounded
and her misery uncontrollable. She
knew enough of Hendricks' affairs to
suspect that he was in some way acting
in opposition to the authorities, and
she had gathered from Stocking some
thing of the peculiar nature of his
visit. When, therefore, he disappeared
down the shaft, her heart sank within
her. She believed that he would never
return. In this wretchedness she took
to her room until Mrs. Hendricks en
deavored to extricate her from her de
spair- That lady found her in a con
dition or morbid melancholy from
which It was no easy matter to rescue
her, and it did not take her long to as
certain that contact with the lieuten
ant had changed the girl's views ma
terially. She wanted to go away and
reminded Mrs. Hendricks that Hen
dricks had promised to release her
father at the expiration of a year. To
this Mrs. Hendricks replied that he
had been at liberty to go for some timo
but had become interested In the com
pletion of a gun and was staying vol
untarily to sec it tested. She further
■u.sisted that Lieut, stocking would be
treated well, and probably was anxious
to communicate with her in the signal
room. This brought about a request
from Mrs. Hendricks to Hendricks to
let Stocking speak to her through the
telephone, and the lieutenant was sur
prised to hear Hendricks say: "There
is a young lady who wishes to com
municate with you at the shaft. I
will accompany you."
They walked to the instrument to
gether. The lieutenant said nothing
WlieTFhe took.the mouthpiece in hi«
hailflTie aske^J
"Are you going to listen?"
"Is there a lady at the other end?"
"Yes," replied the lieutenant.
"Then I wiU not listen," said net.-
dricks. ne lifted his hat and walked
away.
This little unexpected show 01
chivalry touched Stocking. The mo
mcnt that he was alone the following
colloquy took place:
Miss Laport—ls that you?
Lieutenant—Yes.
Miss Laport—Are you getting well:
Lieutenant —Yes, I'm all right.
There is a good doctor here.
Miss L. —Are you a prisoner?
Lieutenant —Yes.
Miss L. —Are you happy?
Lieutenant —Xo. How could I be?
Miss L.—What can be done?
Lieutenant—Nothing but wait.
Miss L. —Suppose I come down.
Lieutenant—Can you?
Miss L. —Yes. I think J shall prefei
tv. Mrs. Hendricks is coming.
Lieutenant —11a* anything happened
since on the grounds?
Miss L. —Xo. Everything is quiet
But it is lonesome and Mrs. Hendricks
is going away.
Lieutenant —Do you know where sin
is going?
Miss L.—Xo.
Lieutenant —Why do you not seizi
the opportunity and go with lier n
Miss L.—l must si»y here a little
longer. I cannot tell you why.
Two days after this conversation
Miss Laport and Mrs. Hendricks were
down in the Laran, and with Miss Ei
dieott and the negro servant this made
four women now in the undergound
community.
The hurly-burly of preparation ami
-xeitenieut of camp life extended at
this time from the rotundp. fur at least
two miles and tilled all the echoing
spaces far beyond the lake. A little
community was living in comparative
[>eace in the I'ortal arena. The fragile
cottages that encircled the spitce Jcjokcd
like a }V>re. pi, lieu under tiie central
light, and dried branches that profuse
ly ornamented a column in the center
space fretted the ground with sharply
outlined shadows. It was eternal
night here, but maii »mtitje(t it of
most of its noxious terrors and woman
had left the traces of her presence
round the doorways of some of thi
habitations. In front of one cottage
there was a stand of strnngi.
curious crytcm-unows gt-uwths that had
hem gathered in the recesses of the
place; and arranged in symmetrical
order were crystals of carbonate of
lime, symmetrical and translucent
stalactites and foss;Ja do# rrom the
wajls> oi i lie illstant passages.
It was Stocking's amusement to
gather these curiosities in his moody
rambles, and it was Miss Laport's mel
ancholy delight tq afrqußti\lieui where
thw electric light piayod fantastic
tricks with them at all hours. Under
the awning which on one side of the
little house offered a protection from
the light, sat Miss Laport and Lieut,
Stocking. At a short distance on the
same side were t vvq n)her rind «iioilur
abodes, of which was given over to
tho lieutenant and Calicot: the other,
connecting with Miss Laport's by a
latticed alleyway, was in possession of
the doctor. Miss Endicott having u
room in Miss Laport's establishment.
"Now that you have told me about
your-father, Miss Franklin," said Lieut
stocking, "and there is nothing to pre
vent you both from leaving this place,
why do you not urge him to go at once?
Mr. Calicot asked me to speak to you
seriously about it and impress you with
the urgency of it."
"Why should ho be anxious about it?"
asked the girl.
"He lias made up his mind about the
result of the conflict and he fears if
you delay much longer you will not bo
able to get away at all,"
"And you?" said the girl with real
solicitude.
"I'm in Calicot's hands. I suppose
we shall bo liberated at some time. He
seems to think so."
"You appear to admire and trust him
very much."
"Yes. I wish I could got you to trust
him. Ho Hays you ought to go away at
once. Shall I tell you what he said
to me?"
"Yps. Do."
"It was this: 'Stocking,' ho said,'you
can get Hendricks' permission to take
that old man and his daughter out, if
you will give your word of honor not
to betray his ictreat and to return.
You could then put them in a boat and
help them to cross the Mississippi.'
" 'Why,' I asked, 'are you so anxious
to get them out?'
" 'I want to save thetn,' lie said.
" 'But you do not eare to save me,' I
objected.
" 'Yes,' he said, 'if you follow my
plan it will save you.'
•' 'Then I am not to return?'
" 'Yes.you are. You must come back.
But It will take you two days.'
" 'To come buck here is not to be
saved,' I said. 'You will have to ex
plain yourself.'"
"Yes," said the girl, with interest.
"Did he explain?"
"Xo. Ho merely said: 'I wish you
would take my advice.'
" 'You arc frank with me,' I ex
claimed.
" 'lf you will do as I bid you,' he re
plied, 'everything will explain itself
and wo shall all be released.' "
"Then why not do It?" asked Miss
Laport.
"Because I have to pledge myself to
give up liberty and you, and come
back to this tomb to be buried alive.
Do you think that an easy matter?"
"And yet you say you trust your
friend. Xow I would obey him im
plicitly and trust him If I knew him as
well as yon do."
"Yes," said the lieutenant. "It Is
characteristic of a woman. But I am
a man—a helpless one."
Twenty minutes later these two
young people had taken the train and
got off at tho platform in the rotunda.
It was Miss Laport who first discov
ered Calicot standing in a pensive at
titude, and, with a sudden burst of un
selfishness, sho said: "There is your
friend now. Why not go to him and
prove that you trust him? I am going
to leave you together and go back
with the doctor."
Stocking' was disinclined to accede
to tliis request, but Miss Laport was
pleasantly firm and, « few moments
later, ho had joined Calicot. The first
thin# lie said, rather grimly, was:
"There is mrrder going on over
head."
"Yes," replied Calicot. "That is the
naino for war when we are not in it."
The two men walked side liy hide
through tho exit of the rotunda until
they ouino to the lalic, where at inter
vals there was a natural bench of satin
spar, very pure ami beautiful in the
electric light—and here they sat down.
"Calicot," said Stocking, "I give you
credit for too much manliness to lose
your v indie tlveness under pleasant
treatment and for too much good
sense to bo overthrown by the mag
nificence nf a sophism when it is put
into execution."
•'(Juite right,'' replied Calicot.
willhv.* to set- that lav opposition to
'leiv.iricks and lii.s conspiracy is much
deeper and broader than yours. With
yon it is an impulse. With me it is a
-'■x'l conviction. Your impulse prevent
•ou from admiring his skill. My con
ietion will enable me to thwart his
purpose."
"If I thought you could without being
a traitor to your conscience, I would
place myself underyour orders and ask
no questions," said Stocking.
"I was going to ask you to do that."
"There is only one reason why I
should." Stocking said.
"What is that?"
"Miss Franklin has asked me to."
CHAPTER XVII.
While this conversation was going
on there arrived at the sanitarium a
sheriff s posse. Among them was the
deputy who had escaped when the
house was surrounded. The doctor
was now in charge of the place and uo
obstruction was offered to their en
•ranee. They were led by the sheriff
of Tipton county, a grim and grizzly
veteran, known as Clip Davis, who hail
a wide reputation as a fighter, and he
brought a pocketful of warrants.
The doctor expressed his entire sym
pathy with their purpose, denounced
Hendricks as an outlaw>and offered to
aid the officers in any*uwy in destroy
ing the gang, ne the house at
their disposal, treated them hospitahly
and gave it as his opinion that Hen
dricks and his men had gone east.
The old sheriff was suspicious, blunt
and unceremonious. "You've got a
d d suspicious house here," he said,
'and I'm goinjr to get to the bottom of
it. Where does thai wire go?"
"It was Intended to go to Memphis,
hut it was never finished."
"Well, sir, there has murder been
committed here. If I don't find the
guilty parties I'm In search of I'll bag
tho whole establishment and take you
to Covington."
The doctor smiled—remarked th»t
that would be rather rough treatment
for innocent people and then asked the
iheriff to drink.
But Clip Davis was not a man to
settle down comfortably under any of
the amenities. He took possession of
the house, searched it thoroughly,
locked tho iurualt-s tn their rooms and
nut guards In the halls. It was thus
impossible for the doctor to Inform
Hendricks of what was going on, and
the next morning ho was astonished to
learn that four stragglers had been
picked up In the woods, brought in
and searched and a large quantity of
gold taken from their persons. Thf,\
refused to give any account uf Them
selves and were t>hut up in an upper
ro/yi, aiui guarded until they could be
*ent to Covington. In the course of
the day two more were brought in and
Ave hundred dollars in gold taken
from eaeh of the.»;», The doctor's
nervousness, »<ver these proceedings
iian well be Imagined, especially as he
could not communicate with Hendricks
and the sheriff's remark, tinder any
other circumstance-v would havo had
a flavor of huiuor. "We have struck a
bunai-aa,' 1 he said; "the woods are full
of them." He then sent to Covington
for reinforcements and scoured the
whole neighborhood, making his head
quarters at tho Laran house until he
had g<it to the bottom of the mystery.
The next day in attempting to arrest
two tramps one of them was ciiasdfl
far down to the southwest and sud
denly disappeared, lie undoubtedly
reached the Bayou house and com
municated with Hendricks, who im
mediately suspected the truth, and,
making up a party of twcxity-avu
mounted men, headed them himself
and started off in the night for a re
connoissancc. They were out two
nights, and on the first afternoon over
took and killed the chasing party of
two that was returning to the Laran
house. They then went north, picked
up one of their own men who had man*
aged to escape from the sanitarium, ancfc
learned that Clin Davis was systemat
ically baggiug the returning men and
had possession of the house.
As It was above all else necessary to
protect the return of the men of his
regiment, and as the sheriff wason the
point of arming thi) country and pre
senting it, he determined to make
short work of him. It was not a diffi
cult job witii his facilities. He got to
the Laran house in the night, disposed
his men in the Woods so as to intercept
reinforcements and then picked off
the sheriff's men as they appeared on
the grounds or balcony. At the first
shot, two of them rushed out and were
killed on the steps. Clip Davis knew
instinctively what this meant. lie
barred his doors and stationed himself
at a window and succeeding in killing
cmo of Hendricks, men and disabling
another. His idea was to gain time
and wait for his reinforcements. Tho
doctor, who saw from his window In
the room where he had boen locked,
what was going on, succeeded iu
breaking out and went straight to the
shaft. In twenty minutes he had ten
men in the house. Tho captives wore
liberated and a rush made upon Clip
Davis who, received them with all the
fire lie had and was killed at the
window.
Hendricks kept this work up with
vigor, Intending, if possible, to prevent
the escape of a singlo soul who would
report the discovery of tho gold upoa
the men. Before two hours were over,
ho was master of the situation and
then waited quietly in the house for
the reinforcing party.
The result was a cruel and success
ful one. The posso of only six men
rode up to the gate unsuspiciously and
had no sooner got upon the lnclosure
of the lawn, than they were received
with a murderous volley from the
house and another from the wood. In
& moment the lawn was strewn with
their bodies.
Hendricks knew very well that all
this meant war and he faced It with a
vigorous military energy. He con
verted the house into a fortress and
barracks and bejfan moving all that
was valuable into the cave.
As the affair was reported to tho
governor of Tennessee, it looked like
an organization of robbers who had
taken possession of the Laran house
for their lioadquarters. He therefore
appointed a new sheriff and placed the
Memphis Tigers (eighty men) and the
Crockett Euseliers of Paducah (sixty
four men) under his orders with in
structions to proceed ut once to Tipton
county and arrest the gang. Adjt.
Gen. Luscomb met part of the troops
and the sheriff of Marshall and pro
ceeded overland with them to Laran.
The sanitarium stood upon a rounded
knoll of about ten acres, corresponding
to another and larger knoll which Hen
dricks had by measurement fixed upon
Os the crown or root of liis rotunda.
The ground sloped gradually to tho
foad two hundred feet away, which
road marked the valley between this
hill and another slight but extended
excavation that began on the other
side and stretched away eastward into
the wilderness.
To tho west there was a clearing oud
the stables and extensive outhouses,
and beyond a heavy timber belt that
ran with occasional breaks almost to
Marshall. It was from this direction
that the troops came. They surround
ed the house in the early morning and
the adjutant general, on a fine white
horse in full uuiform and gold epau
lets and cocked hat and sword, rode
upon the lawn and in an impressive
voice called upon all the house to sur
render.
A voice from the house replied:
"This is private property. If the eom-
I manding officer will come in, I will
I confer with him."
' There wag a on horse:
'luck, the slieritf and the general
leaning orer and evidently comparing
views.
While thus engaged Hendricks made
his appearance upon the balcony.
"General," he said, "it is my desire
to avoid bloodshed. If you will step
inside we can prol>ablv arrange mat
ters. I pledge you my word tTiat no
treachery will be attempted."
The general and the sheriff moved
their horses up to the steps. and the
general said, with much pomposity:
"Do you know who I am. sir? I rep
resent the outraged dignity of the sov
ereign state of Tennessee. I command
you to give yourself up instantly, to
gether with all your confederates and
belongings. That is the only way to
avoid bloodshed."
Hendricks smiled. "\ou are too old
and experienced an officer," he said,
"to be foolhardy, and the lives of these
men you have brought bore are in your
hands. 1 have expressed a desire to
avoid bloodshed."
"Sheriff, arrest this man," cried the
general. "He defies a law, andVe are
under cover of the guns of the state
troops."
Hendricks took a step toward them.
"One moment." he said, "before you
attempt to arrest me. You and your
men are covered by four hundred re
peating rifles. One move on your part
to arrest me and your force will be au
niliilated. I mention this in the in
terest of humanity. If you decline to
treat me with the courtesy due to a
brave enemy, you had better retire. I
will give you two minutes to rejoin
your men."
The impulsive general wheeled his
horse, galloped into the center of the
lawn and called, in a loud voice, as he
drew his sword:
"Capt. Hawkins, mass your men
Bring up the reserves. Prepare to
storm the house."
Ilendricks leaned against one of th«-
pi liars of the balcony.
"You see," said the sheriff, "resist
ance is useless. It would be better to
surrender at once, as I propose to take
you now," and he made a motion to
draw his pistol.
Before he could get it fairly into hit
hand, there was a sharp craok of a
rifle at short range aud he half raised
himself in the stirrups and foil heavily
backward upon the horse's haunches,
the pistol railing- upon the ground
Hendricks stepped down and glcked it
up as the horse reared aud backed
away—and at thai moment a crack of
firearms >vas heard and lie went quick
ly back into the house and shut the
door.
As soon as ho got to an opening in
the barrieadod window, he saw the
general wildly galloping up and down,
flourishing his sword and calling upon
his men to fall in. But many of them
were past falling in. Their bodies
were conspicuous by their uniforms,
lying where they had fallen in the
srrass and the rest were huddling con
fusedly, running indeterminately Into
the trees«at the foot of the slope under
a murderous fire from all parts of the
house.
He could see when the general turned
his head that a stream of blood was
running down his face from a cut in
the temple and had dyed his white
whiskers.
Wounded as he was, the old general
succeeded after awhile in withdrawing
his men across the road to the opposite
ftcclivity, where under the shelter of
some rocks, he reformed them and tried
to encourage them. His condition was
a distressing one. He had lost, out of
a hundred uuA forty-four men, Irwt
fifty. He could not even bring them
all off and consequently did not know
if they were killed or wounded. The
sheriff was dead. He had no hospital
stores or stretchers, for It would have
required more than the ordinary mili
tary presience to have calculated upon
such a reception as this. However, he
did the best he could, and the first act
was to dispatch couriers to the nearest
telegraph station to summon assist
ance and notify the governor, he giv
ing up his own horse to one of the
messengers.
What was his surprise about noon to
receive a communication from the
house. A man dressed like an ordinary
workman was brought into his little
cainp by a picket and delivered the
following note with a military salute:
"To the Commanding Officer:
"Sill: You can safely reinovcyour deu.i and
wounded. II you aro In need of bandage*,
surgical assistance or medical stores, and wiU
send for them, they will be supplied until you
receive help from tho state. Respectfully.
"OrrtcEti COMMANDING OPPOSING FOXOES."
The audacious coolness of this pro
ceeding aroused the old general to an
eruptive state of indignation. Ho tore
the message to pieces and ordered the
arrest of the messenger. Half an hour
later another arrived.
"I am ordered," he said, "to say to
you that if you do not release the mes
senger a sufficient force will be sent to
take him."
"Away with him!" shouted the iras
cible old general. "If he attempts to
escape shoot?him."
During the night Gen. Waterson and
Penning got in nt the bayou entrance,
and before morning Gen. Luscomb'J
forces were fallen upon and complete
ly routed.
(TO HE COVTIXOKD.)
\ t ail' of Indisposition.
Two Houston (Tex.) journalists met
on the street.
"Haven't seen you for tho last twa
dayv Have you been indisposed?"
asked Faberpusher.
"No. it's my washerwoman who is in
disposed," replied Shears.
"Is she very sick?"
"She is not sick at all. It's me who
is sick because she is indisposed to
bring back my shirt."
"I wish 1 had the luck to own a shirt
that I could send to the laundry," was
the mournful reply of the other jour
nalist, whose coat was buttoned up
close to his chin. —Texas Siftings.
A lIKATIIEN PROPOSITION.
Ah —No checkee, no washes.
O'Flaherty—l'll bring the cheok
'round later, begob!
Ah Long—No checkee, no washee.
O'Flaherty—Kats.
All Long—Allee lightee, blingee tne
lata.—Hallo.
A Musician.
Friend—ls your boy making any
progress on the cornet?
Father —Some.
Frletid—Can he play an air yet?
Father—Yes, but it is such bad air
that the neighbors have declared it a
nuisance.—Detroit Free Press.
After the Opera.
"Well, it may be as you say. They
may have,been in society, but they have
not society manners."
"Why do you think so?"
"Hecausc they gave their entire at
tention to tbu opera and seemed quite
interested in Y. Press.
N0.20
AN EXPENSIVE LIGHT.
An lovctcrata Smoker Paid Thirty ThoV 4
MUD Dollar* far a FDM.
Inveterate smokers acknowledge
that the habit i-. a most expensive one,
but it is seldom that a light for a cigar
costs a smoker a fortune, as in ths
story told by the author of "Glancea
Back Through Seventy Years." He
was an inveterate smoker, having con
tracted "a diseased habit of puffing
away at a cigar every moment he wa®
not eating or sleeping." He smoked
only the very best brands, and in
those careless days spent, he says, mort
for cigars than it afterward cost him
to live.
Well, one afternoon a day or two be
fore "Palmer's Life" was published, t
had been to a prize-cattle show at
Chelmsford and then to a dinner with
the iloyal Agricultural society, and on
aniving in town by the last train, as I
was walking homeward my cigar un
fortunately went out and, much to my
annoyance, I discovered I had no fuses
al>out me. The streets, too, were de
serted, so that there was nobody from
whom a light could be obtained.*
On descending Ludgate hill I noticed
that the gas of the gas lamp, perched
high against the wall just within
itelle-Sauvage yard, was broken. There
being a slanting ledge at the lower
part of this wall 1 placed my foot on it,
and. springing up. succeeded in light
lug a paper-spill which I had impro
vised, but in my rapid descent one of
my feet unluckily caught the edge of
the curb and I dislocated my ankle and
broke the small bone of my leg.
Quick us thought I wrenched the an
kle into its place again, but it was not
so easy to unite two pieces of fractured
bone, so 1 hopped to a neighboring
post and there awaited the protecting
peeler's periodic round.
He came at last and charitably put
mo into a cab and accompanied me
home. I was carried upstairs, a sur
geon was sent for and the broken limb
was set. Then I was put to bed and
told I should have to remain there a
month or more.
It was while I was fretting under this
involuntary confinement that my part
ner In "Palmer's Life" paid me a sym
pathetic visit and bought me out of
the speculation for a mere song, with
out, of course, saying a word to me of
the phenomenal success our joint ven
ture had already met with.
Owing to this circumstance I have
always reckoned that the going-out of
:ny cigar cost me about fifteen hundred
pounds, which actuaries tell me would,
with compound interest added, have
amounted to some six thousand pounds
at this date. A sum sufficient, I fancy,
to buy up all the "partagas imperiales
supcrfinos" in the world.
PATENT LEATHER.
The I'roooM fur l'roducluc ih« Shtif
Surface.
Japanned leather, generally called
patent leather, was first made in
Vmerica. A smooth, glazed finish is
first given to calfskin in France. The
leather, says the Nfew York Telegram,
is curried expressly for the purpose,
md particular care is taken to keep it
is free as possible from grease: the
«kins are then tacked on frames and
■oated with a composition of linseed
.jil and umber, in the proportion of
eighteen gallons of oil to five of umber
boiled until nearly solid and then mixed
with spirits of turpentine to the proper
consistency. Lampblack is also added
when the composition is applied in or
der to ff' l " l ji.ru! hndy. Fvooi
three to four coats of this are neces
sary to form a substance to receive the
varnish. They are laid on with a kniia
or scraper. To render the goods soft
and pliant each coat must be very
light and thoroughly dried after each
application. A thin coat is afterward
applied of the same composition of
proper consistency to be put on with
brush and with sufficient lampblack
boiled in it to make a perfect blaok.
When thoroughly dry 11 la cut down
with a scraper having turned edges,
when it is ready to varnish. The princi
pal varnish used is made of linseed oil
and Russian blue, boiled to the thlolc*
aess of printer's ink. It is reduoed
with spirits of turpentine to a suitable
consistency to work with a brush, ana
then applied in two or three separate
coats, which are soraped and pumiced
until the leather Is perfectly filled and
smooth. The finishing coat Is put on
with special care In a room kept closed
and with the floor wet to prevent
dust. The frames are thou run Into an
oven heated to about one hundred and
seventy-five degrees. In preparing
this kind of leather the manufacturer
must give the skin as high a heat as It
oan bear In ord«r to dry the composi
tion on the surface as rapidly as pos
sible without absorption, and Cau
tiously, »o as not to Injure the fiber of
the le&ther.
Barbarous Japanese Customs.
From evidence that it seems'difficult
to dispute, it appear* that in the Celes
tial empire old, incurably diseased and
hopelessly depraved persons arc fre
quently burned alive in order to rid
tne community of the burden and re
sponsibility of their care-takiug. This
arrangement is the result of a mutual
understanding, the victims assenting
to and sometimes assisting in the pre
liminary ceremonies. The usage seems
to have been recognized by the high
est authorities, and the burials hfcrt
certainly been conducted with ths
sanction of the ruling powers. Great
preparations are made and there is
much ado, and sometimes a show ox
grief, but a great deal of ths latter Is
evidently perfunctory, as there Is aa
all-around feeling of satisfaction on
the part of the spectators and more pr
less complacency on the mlsd of the
victim, who is comforted by the as
surance that he is fulfilling a tradition
and will earn the respect of his an
cestors and gonc-beforea. This custom
is scarcely more strange and barbarous
than tho Japanese practice of eon#'
pell lug a man for certain crimes or
calamities to commit suloide. It would,
at least, have Its compensations In
that the criminal could be made to
take himself off and thus leave no un
pleasant reflections upon the mind of
nanorman or executioner.
The Wrong SensaltM.
Skinner—lt's a shame for you to ex
pose your shoulders In that manner.
Mrs. Skinner (tartly)—l never kijew
a man to show so much jealousy in all
my life.
Skinner—lt's not jealousy; it's morti
fication! —Puck.
Just L.tke Illm.
Mrs. Oofrequent—Your husband has
insured his life for twenty thousand
dollars? How good of him!
Mrs. Offenround —Good of him? He
did it just to tantalize me!— Chicago
Tribune.
Horn and Made.
Poet—Poets are born, not made, sir.
Editor—Perhaps; but most of their
poetry isn't.—Detroit Free Pres.
Wot to be mteoiieerted.
"Yes, madam," said the cement sell
er, holding up a plate whose fragments
had been glued together, "you will ob
serve that Stickum's patent family com
fort cement holds anything firmly and
lastingly. To this plate, for instance, I
now suspend by a wire a twenty-five
pound weight and the cement holds
tirm. I increase the weight to thirty
pounds and—"
Here the plate broke along its
cracked lines.
"And you will observe, madam, that
the plate breaks with ease, thus giving
an opportunity to cement tho edges
more evenly whenever it is desirablo
to do so."— Chicago Beijjrd. ,