vol.. XXXIII
Unoaltnn'o FALL AND WINTER SHOES
fluoCllUil ij AKa \^
WE SHOW YOU
More Stylish, Servicable. Lower Priced Footweai
Than Any Other Shoe House in Town Besides
The Greatest Variety to Chose From.
You can examine every particle that goes to make this !ine of Shoes from the
bottom up. We show them in every style of toe-Bui Dog. Razor, Needle and Lon
don, Double Sole and Extension Edge. They are up-to-date. Patent Leather,
Enamel, Cordovan, Willow Tan Calf
Besides this line our Men's Working and
Dress Shoes at si. oo, si'2s, |i 50, $2.00 and
$2.50 are great values and find ready sale.
Boyi and Girls jSctool Shoes —Made
strong, servicable, stylish, heel or spring.
They are water and cold resisters; they will
carry a boy or girl a long road to schoo l .
We have them in oil grain, kangaroo, box
and crack-proof calf, kip, unlined, veal calf,
in buttoj and lace, at 75c, Ji.oo, $1.25, $1.40,
and 1.50.
Ladies Fine Shoes in all the newest lasts,
all widths,at 85c, SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50, S2OO,
12.50. '-,.00. See our welts, heavy soles, at
$2-Oj, ;i. 50 and fe.oo.
Ladies' Warm Shoes and Slippers, flannel
lined, at 45c, 50c, 75c, SI.OO and $1.25.
They are Crumbs of Comfort.
Men's and Boys' BOOU and Heavy "Shoes,
high or low instep, box toe or plain. Men's
at 75;, |i,oo 11.25, *'-50, 12.00 and $2.50.
Boys' at 75c, fl.oo, $1.25 and $1.50.
If you watt good, servicable Footwear i t one price and
where your dollar will buy as much as your
neight>or's dollar will, go to
-H-Butler's Leading Shoe Honse#-
Opp. Hotel Lowry.
B. C. HUSELTON.
BICKEL'S 128 Soatb Main street.
Te Have MOY«T
into out new store-room with a large stock of all the latest styles
in Fall and Winter Footwear, our large stock was never so large as at presentQOw
ing to the large orders which we placed with the manufacturers, we bought our
stock lower than ever before and can sell you good valuable footwear much lower
than ever before offered. Our large store offers many accomodations, seven experi
enced talesmen in attendance. A stock twice as large as before to select from, a
stock of all new goods fresh from factory including all the latest and up to date
Style*.
Full Stock of
Rubber goods of all kinds. Full stock of Felt and Knit
boots with either leather or rubber overs, warm lined shoes of all kinds, leggins in
all sizes. Large stock of Ladies, and Children's oil grain, Kangaroo Calf
and Kip waterproof shoes. Mens' working shoes of all kinds and at low prices.
Mens' hand made box toe boots and shoes. Boys' high cut kip shoes, warranted
waterproof. Our winter tans. Pebble grains and Dongola, Cordovans, Porpoise and
Patent calf shoes in all the new toes, no matter what style you may want we can
suit you and at lower prices.
We Have Included
in our new building a special depart
ment for 'naking shoes to order and repairing shoes fitted up with all the latest
machinery so as to do work quick, neat and substantial. Kour experienced shoe
makers ready to do your work while you wait.
In This Big and Handsome Shoe Store,
every day bringing
us new customers who take advantage of our large assortment and the low prices
we aje offering, shows that the people appreciate a large stock to select from and
low prices to buy re'iable footwear.
TEACHERS
We welcome you to visit our new store, whether you wish to buy or not. If you
are needing shoes we can show you a large stock to select from and special prices
will be offered to teachers during Institute week.
FOR THE LATEST STYLES IN FINE FOOT
WEAR, CALL AND SEE US.
JOHN BICKEL,
BUTLER, PA
Mrs. J E. Zimmerman
Special Announcement.
spa 7? 1
' <■ 2T >5, 5 i
We have a most complete assortment of these, all depart
ments filled to overflow with the most desirable and choicest
styles we have ever shown at \ery attractive prices. We
never affix our signature to any statement that we are not
positively sure is true, our old friends and patrons know this
and to those who do not know us, we say give us a trial.
We will not disappoint you.
jVlrs. J. E. Zimmerman
Successor to Ritter 4 Ralston.
L ■ ■ . . =7
Anf Friday, Saturday, Monday,
vW. 15, 16, 18.
SPECIAL SALE OF
FINE MILLINERY!
V Bonnets at $3.00. $4.00 and $5.00 Worth <5.00, $6.00, and $7.00. \
r Hats at $5.00 $7.00 and $9.00 Worth $7.00, $9.00 and $12.00. C
/ Childrens Hats $1.50, $2.25 and $3,00 Worth $2.00, $2.75 and $3.75. f
Ladies Natural Wool Underwear at 75c
the kind you have been paying SI.OO for.
M. F. & M. MARKS,
113 to 117 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
? Our entire stock of
(Fall and Winter im
portations in Milli
?nery dress goods
jLadies and Misses
S Jackets, Caps, Col
larettes and Fur ef
fects are now in.
i
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Constipation
Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It
retains ihe digested food too long in the bowels
ami produces biliousness, torpid liver, lndi-
Hood's
bad taste, coated ■ ■ ■
tongue, sick headache, In- all
somuia, etc. Hood's Pills 111
cure constipation and all its ™
results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. All druggists.
Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The oulj' Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparill*
. '
KAILKOAD time tables.
PENNSYLVANIA R SW
Western "ernsylvania Division,
Schedule in Kfleet Mey 18 1896.
South, —' —Ween Days
A. >l. A. M *. M M P M'
I UTLKR Leuvv 025 Buo 1120 *2 45 505
""axonburs;. . Alrive €54 6 2.1 11 43 310 528
duller Jc't.. •• 727 84? 12 07 335 553
Buller.let Leave 730 84« li 12 335 553
Natrona ..Arrive 738 85S 12 21 345 602
Tarentum T43 903 1226 358 CO7
Sprlmtdale ... 752 912 1238 402 ....
Clareiaoct 807 925 12 53 416 627
Sbarpstarg S l4 931 lot 422 632
Allegheny city 825 942 114 4SI 642
A. M A. M. P. M. r. M. P. M.
SIJRDAY TRAINS Leave Butler tor Alle
tl» !i> lit} and principal Intermediate stations
7:40 A. M„ '?:■» and 5 oo P. M.
North. —— Week Days —■■ —
A. M. A. »I. A. 11. P. M. P, M.
.UegbenyClty..Lv.7 00 900 11 25 300 530
81iarp.»hurg 711 912 1137
Claremont 919 It 45
Sprwfcdale 930 1159 55>
Tarentum 732 939 32 OS 330 607
Natrona 737 943 12 13 334 611
BuUerJc't Ar 745 950 1223 340 020
Blltler Jc't Lv 745 950 12 34 345 620
Saxonburg 810 lo 15 12 59 409 644
rfClLKlt Ar. 835 10 38 125 435 710
A. M. A. M, P. M, P. M. P. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS Leave Allegheny City for
Butler aud principal Intermediate stations 7:25
a. -M.. 12SSO and7:ls P. M.
Week Days For tho Eaf>t .Week Days,
r. ni. a. in. a. m p. in.
245 625 Lv Butlkb. .. Ar 10 02 12 36
335 727 Ar Butler Jc't Lv 953 12 42
340 745 Lv Butler Jc't Ar 940 12 34
346 749 Ar Freeport.. Lv 93d 12 30
350 753 '• Alleg'y Jc't " 933 12 21
400 804 " Leechbnrir.. " 920 12 11
419 821 "Paalt(.n(Apollo" 905 1155
445 851 " Saltsburg..B 37 11 32
518 922 «• Blairsville..." 805 11 00
527 930 "Blairsville las'n"7 45 10 15
850 11 35' Altoona "3 40 800
100 310 " E»rrisburg..."ll 55 310
430 623 " Philadelphia. 'S 50 11 20
a. n'. p. m. p. m. p. in.
Through trains for the east leave Pitt«-
bnrg (Union Station) as follows:
Atlantic ""*~dailv 3 10 A. M.
Pennsylvania Limited " .....7 15 "
Day Express, " .... -7 30 "
Main Line Express •' 800 "
r 'biladelphia Express " .... .4 30 P. A'.
Pastern Express " ......7 95 "
Fast Line " ......8 10 "
F<>r detailed information, aJdre. t Tbos.
P Watt, P»»s. \g' Western Bis rift, co
.•'nth Ave i.i.u sniitbfield Si , Pittsburg
PKFVOST. i. K. WOOD,
(ie.i*-r<ii i'lage-. Den'l Passr. A«£e:il.
OITTSBUKG & WESTERN
*■ Railwaj. Allegheny Short
Line. Schedule in effect, July 19,
1896.
Butler Time, Depart. Arrive
Allegheny Accommodation., i fi 85 ami 9 25 am
Alleghenj Flyer n 15 »m 10 00 aro
ikron Mall , * 15 am 7 3" Dm
New Castle Arcom - i 8 15 ami 9 25 am
Allegheny Accomo I" 05 .im l 2 20 pm
Allegheny Fxpress ; 2 55 pm 4 55 pm
Chicago Express. 3 :a pm 12 20 pie
\ llegheiiv Mall : 0 05 i>m 7 :0 ph.
KUwood Accomo 6 05 pm 7 3» pm
CMdmo Express 6 05ptnj 9 25 am
Allegheny Express | s oo ptn
Kane and Bludlord Mail 10 or, am 6 20 pin
clarion Accomo 5 15 pm 9 50 am
Koxburg Accomo 7 35 ■ m 8 05 tun
SUNI>AY TRAINS.
| I
De Forest Jut. Accomo 8 15 am: 7 30 pm
Allegheny Accrmo I {loooam
Chicago Express 3 35 pm 4 55 pro
Allegheny Accomo ! 6 05 pm 4 55 pm
Pullman buffet Sleeping t'ars and Jrsl-cla>
•lay Coacbei IUJI through between Butler at:
•'hlcago ilallv.
For through tickets to points th' 1 Whs'
Northwest or Southwest apply to
A. B. CKOUCtE. Ageii'
Ba tier Pa
Trains leave the h 4 O depot In i iubu:g
.or 'Ui- Kasl a* follows.
For Washington IV C., Baltimore, Phlladel
phla, m>i Now York, 7:20 and 930 p. m
•Jumberl-iml, 6:40. 7 :30, a.m. l :10, 920 p. m.Con
oelsvllle. f:4O, 7:31), a. m. 1.10, 4.30, 4.45. 5.30,9.20
»>. m. Unloutown. 7. -0 a. m , 1 10,4.30, 5.30 p. m.
Unlontown. Morgat toft and Fairmont, 7,30, ,i.
m. and s,3tip. m Mi.fleaaant 6.40. 7.3" a. PI
.10 and 4.30 p m Washington, Pa., 7.40 ami
.30 a. m., 4.0U.4.45 and 9.00. 11.55 p. m Wheel
Dg. 7.40. ami 9.30 *. ra., and 4.00. 9.U0. 11.55 p
„ Cincinnati, st, _,ouls, •'olumbus and Ne«
ark. 7.40 a. m.. 9.10. U.55p, in.
For Chicago, 2.40 an 1 9.30 p. m.
Parlor and sleeping care to Baltimore \v a.xii
Ington. ''lnclnnat.l and Chicago
H. 0 DCSKLE. Gen Supt. Allegheny, Pa
U. W. BAfSKTT, A O.P A Allegheny, Pa
K. P. REYNOLDS, Supt.. Foxburg, Pa.
MHE PITTSBURG, SHENAN
GO & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE—In effcti Monday, Jane
28, 1896. Trains are run by Standard On
tral Time (90th Meridian).
(JOINO NORTH. GOINO SOUTH
10 |l4 12 STATIONS a 11 113
p.m pm . p.m. Arr I>v'ea.m. a.m. I" m
I 455 230 Buffalo 5 3," 2 2
... |S24 1 00 Dunkirk 6 56| 1 4
| sum, I
7 00 1 42 9 48 Kr1e....'.. 6 10 8 35 3
6 25 1 09 9 15 . Wallace Junct. 6 47 9 15 1
6 20 1 04 ' 9 11 Glrard 6 50 S 18 t 4
6 09 12 64, 858 .... Lockport. ... 700 9lt 4 ..
6 02|l? 851 .Cranestllle. 7OS 938 ! 4
<i 43 110 22 ar.Conneai't lv t 7 40, 3 1
310 |740 IT ar .... 110 221 643
5571S 44 845 nr.. ..\lblon If 7 111 9 411 437
5 41; 12 33 831 .. <<hadeland... 723 953 451
r4012 30 928 ... spnngboro... 727 9 56! 455
53312 24 , 82« . .Comieautvllle.. 7 54 10 03; 503
5 n«|!'2 0' *OO . Mea'v'le Jet... s 00|10 251 555
4 871 2 l:,; 8 07 ar. Kxpo.Park. IV 8 07 10 1?| 4 57
4 57|10 151 7 34|lV ar 8 07
4 56,10 02 7 20|Iv .Conu't Lftkd 10 Oil 446
. . 12 22 8 10 ar ar 8 17 10 50 5 39
4 20 9 35 6 45} v.. MeadVUle..lV 9 35 4 20
|IS 47 8 42|ar at 842 11 28| 61C
No 211 91 742 .Hartstown.. No It to 39:
.. 11l 38 7 27! Osgood Hi 54
25,11 30 7 15,... Greenville... 6 30 1 1 07
6 18,11 20: 7 05; ....Shenango.... 6 40 11 20
6 00,>0 5f j6 45 Kredoola... 7031144 623
5 44j 10 43 6 25j Mercer 7 2i|is 04 7 00
5 30 1 0 291 6 10 Pardoe 7 36112 22 7 1«
519 10 201 6 00 ... Grove City. .. 7 47 12 33 7 25
60b10 U8 548 .. Hunisvllle.... 758 '2 45 736
4 sb|io '>ol 10 . Brancluon.. .. 8 oe|'2 54 740
5 00|. .. .18 It liv . Brarichfon.ar 7 10J12 10
5 45l ... 855 ar...Hllllard...lv 6 2*lll 15) ....
4 531 9 sr>l 5 351.v.. .KelSters 8 10112 581 74»
4 39 9 421 5 21 Euclid 8 22 1 12 8 03
4 1»| 9 151 4 50|.... B'lUer 8 50] 1 42| 8 32
2 201 7 SW | i4MHV, nvil •I 8 501....
2 l&la.ml I PltUburg,B&O. p. m|p. ml..
NOTE —Train No. ] starts from Exposi
tion Park at 5:45 a.m. Mondays only. No.
2 runs to Exposition Park .Saturdays only.
Trains 15 and 16 will run Sunday only
between Bullur and Exposition Park,mak
ing all stops Lv Butler at 7:30 a.m. Re
turning leave Exposition Park 6 p.m.
J. T. BI.AI It. General Manager, Greenville, pa
W.G. SARGKANT. G. P. A.. MeadvlUe. Pa
HUNDREDS
of papers in different
styles, for correspondence. Box pa
per, tablets ai-d envelopes to match
Paper by the pound or ream.
AT
DOUGLASS'
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CHAPTER XXVTL
Bouton expected to meet with a fieroe
opposition before entering the valley,
and he knew if he was not opposed it
would be on account of the prisoners.
As the Prophet had told his companions
the prisoners were Bonton's strong point
—stronger than his allies. One of the
gang proposed that they should give
three cheers when they emerged from
the canyon into the valley, but no re
sponse was given; the bravest felt an
awe he could not define and a sense of
weakness in striking contrast with the
recent vaunting. The cavalcade rode
down to the lake and went into camp
on the shore. The horses were staked in
such grass as they had never cropped
before, and they rolled and ate with a
sense of enjoyment in striking contrast
with the feelings of their masters.
Fires were lit and the led glow flashed
out on the hike, turning it to blood and
frightening the wild fowl sleeping in
the sedges. Bouton affected a greater
flow of spirits than usual. When the
evening meal was over, he went from
fire to fire, cheering the men and assur
ing them that if they continued to do
as they had done a fortune such as
would exceed the dreams of the most
ambitious awaited every man in the
party.
"What are your people going to do
with the captain?" asked Alice Blanch
ard of Bouton.
"Going to try him, miss. "
"What are they going to try him
for?"
"Forshooting down their friends and
killing one of them when we were in
the pass yesterday.''
"What right have they to try him?"
"Maybe they have no right in West
Virginia, but out in these mountains no
"Going to try him, miss."
man ever saw a right that didn't have
the backing of power. What would all
your law be if there was no power to
enforce it?" He saw that he had uncon
sciously evolved a strong argument, and
he felt rather proud of it as he looked
into the beautiful pain lined face for an
answer.
"If your people find the captain guil
ty, as they are sure to do, what then?"
asked Alice.
"Then he must die," said Bouton
grimly as he turned to rejoin his com
panions. Alice burst into tears.
"Do not cry, Alice. Do not give way,
my child. We have all done what we
thought was for the best," said the cap
tain. And he made a movement as if he
would lay his kindly hand on her head,
but the cords cut into his wrists and re
minded him that he was bound.
"But," she sobbed, "they will take
you away and kill you."
"They will take me away and go
through the farce of a trial, not to elicit
truth, for that is a thing they know
nothing about, but to afford amusement
or satisfaction to the red handed gang.
I do not fear the result because I do not
and never have feared death.''
"From my earliest recollection I have
heard of Captain Brandon," said Nora,
who was also weeping, "but until he
was captured I never saw him. He has
been not only my hero, but an idol of
my father and mother, who never set
eyes upon him. If I could save him by
dying, I would gladly do it"
"I am sure of that, my child," said
the captain. "But in our dire distress
we should not lose sight of the fact that
these men cannot—certainly not in this
place—have their own unobstructed
way. Tho Prophet is here, and he is a
host. Louis Kyle is here with the herd
ers ; besides Howard Blanchard is here
with the immigrants, and Henry Kyle,
like an angel, is watching from the
cliffs and tho God of the just is watch
ing over all. The outlaws are not as
strong as they were. The Indians under
Black Eagle have refused to accompany
their white allies, or rather their white
masters, into this valley, which to their
people has ever been held sacred as the
dwelling place on earth of the Great
Spirit Let us therefore have patience.
Wo still live, and the end of our efforts
and hope is not yet in sight"
The girls felt the better for the cap
tain's brave, strong words, and they
were about to assure him of the fact
when two rough men came from the
largest fire and stood before them.
"We've come for Captain Brandon,"
said one of the men.
"I am here," replied the captain.
"Got up and come along with us,"
•aid the men, beckoning to the captain
to rise.
"I cannot walk. See, my feet like
my hands, are bound," replied the cap
tain.
Tho man drew his knife and with a
dexterous slash out the rope that bound
the captain's feet, and was in tho act ot
inning him roughly by the arm wht#
the captain bounded up and said, "I
am ready!"
"Waal, stall In har atween us. We're
sheriffs,'' said the man who had so far
kept silence.
The captain obeyed, and one of the
men uttered the word "March!" when
and Nora came before the captain
and with loud sobs threw their arms
about him and kissed his wounded faoe.
Tho darkness prevented their seeing
that his one eyo was filled with toars
and that his bronzed cheeks were wet
The captain was conducted to the largest
fire, about which all the outlaws had
assembled, to witness if not to partici
pate in this sickening burlesque on jus
tice. He was placed on the ground in a
position where all could see him, and
the men who had been chatting and
swearing at once became silent. Bouton
rose to his feet and after some forced
coughing delivered himself as follows:
"Boys, Captain Brandon has always
been down on our crowd, and if we were
as bad as he thinks we are, instead of
giving him a trial, as wo intend doing,
wo'd kill him on sight"
He was interrupted by Fairplay, who
had rejoined the party nrlhqf -were en
tering the canyon, wtpfe.
"That's so Boutoik talkin
sense now. Why, ekJn,
wuss enemy than allien troop* and law
oddicers from here to 1m And I'm
for finiahin the job aqrfeiore
palaver!"
Another storm of applause followed
Me of Sim Bliss. Thin, beardless
riul weak looking, Sim Bliss formed a
striking contrast to the hardy ruffians
about him. But the contrast was only
physical. In thought and feeling he was
quite in sympathy with theee despera
does, and with more strength and cour
age he might have been a leader. But
he soon proved that he had a quality
more admirable than any of them pos
sessed and a power that made the stron
gest feel like an infant before him. Sim
Bliss waa fairly educated and well up in
all legal forms and legal tricks, for law
has its tricks as well as vice. He was a
ready speaker, and he used words that
were beyond the comprehension of his
rude auditors, which was a strong point
in his favor.
After recounting Captain Brandon's
crimes Sim Bliss proposed that Bouton
should act as presiding officer of the
court and that all the men present should
oonsider themselves jurors in the case
he was about to call up. In all this
there was not even the semblance of
legal method, but as he was the only
man present aware of the incongruity
the forms were accepted with due so
lemnity.
The fact that some of the jurors were
called as witnesses struck no one as be
ing at all out of order—indeed, nothing
that Sim Bliss could have done or sug
gested would have been thought irregu
lar. He was a lawyer, and they reasoned,
as other men do about doct. rs, that h<
should know everything pertaining to
his own calling.
Sim Bliss had been duly posted by
Bouton as to the captain's offenses
against the gang, and as there were
witnesses ready to prove anything that
might be charged, there was no trouble
in sustaining all that was asserted.
"Before asking you, gentlemen and
friends,'' said Sim Bliss, after conclud
ing the farce of taking testimony,
"whether the prisoner at the bar is
guilty or n< guilty, I think it would
be only righ' to ask the prisoner at the
bar if he has anything to say in his
own defense.'' Sim turned to the cap
tain and nodded to show that he was at
liberty to speak if he so desired.
"I have nothing to say," replied the
captain. "I have no favor to ask.''
"That being the case," interposed
Bouton, wit!i a smile of malignant tri
umph on his olive face, "I'll ask the
boys if they think Brandon guilty or
not guilty?"
He rose and looked at the men, and
the men with one accord sprang to their
feet and shouted:
"He is guilty!"
"What shall we do with him?" asked
Bouton.
"Hang him!" was the response.
"Don't you think we had better shoot
him?" suggested Bouton. "That'll give
every fellow a chance to get in a little
work."
"Yes. Shoot him I" they answered,
and more than one hand was reached
back to the revolver stock.
"When?"
"Now!" came the thundering re
sponse, and the men crowded forward.
"I think," said Sim Bliss, "that to
execute him now would be a little ir
regular. It is customary to give the con
demned an opportunity to make their
peace."
"Then we'll give him till sun up!"
shouted Fairplay.
This suggestion was acted upon, and
the condemned man was at once placed
under a special guard.
CHAPTER XXVIH
The Prophet did not seem more ex
eited than usual. He was always in
tensely in earnest, but not more so now
than was his habit After the evening
meal was over he replenished the Area
jn the altar, and tolling the people to
withdraw to the chamber in which was
the fountain he knelt down and so re
mained some minutes with his head
Sowed down and his hands clasped. He
uttered not a word, but to God, whom
he worshiped, his prayers were loudar
than the musical thnnder of all the
earth's organs. He rose hastily, and
going to where the people were gathered
waiting by the light of the torches he
said to Howard Blanchard:
"I am going to leave."
' 'Going to leave us,'' exclaimed the
people in a gasp of agony and surprise.
"Yes; it is necessary that I should
leave, and I ask Howard Blanchard to
take charge during my absenoe. Are
you all willing?"
The men and women coughed and
nodded, and Howard Blanchard fidget
ed with his belt and appeared 111 at
ease.
"Let the women and children stay in
this place. Until I return they must not
renture nearer to the entrance. Do you
understood, Howard Blanchard?"
"I do and shall carry it out," replied
the spirited young man.
The Prophet raised his cap reverently
and gazed up as if his blue eyes were
piercing the roof and looking through
til obstacles to the source of all power,
rhen he covered his head, threw his
rifle into the hollow of his left arm and
Itrode down to the Stygian labyrinths of
the cave. In a few moments he was in
the home of eternal darkness, yet with
out increasing his speed he kept on,
avoiding every obstacle and turning ev
ery angle with as much certainty as if
the midday sun shone full on his path
way.
Gradually the hoarse, solemn roar of
the subterranean waterfall broke on his
ear, and a faint glow, like the specter of
a dying light, fell on the dense shadows
In front, making them all the darker
for the contrast. The man in charge of
his herders had orders to appear at the
falls with a torch whenever there was
danger in the outer world, so the
Prophet expected this. But he was not
prepared to sec the light of half a dozen
torches and as many torch bearers be
hind the falls. As was his habit, he un
covered and stood behind the glowing
illuminated curtain of water, till the
torch bearers one by one came out and
stood before him.
"Why are you all here?" he asked.
"Because our herds have been seized
and we have been driven away," said
the man who, it will be remembered,
met the Prophet at the same point on a
previous occasion.
"Who wan the foe?" asked the
Prophet.
"Black Eagle and his friends, " re
plied the man.
"Black Eagle! Ah, I knew he would
not dare enter the valley sacred to the
Great Spirit. So ho wants to show his
white allies that he is still working for
them by attacking me away from the
place he dreads. Let it be so. " The
Prophet wav >d his arm, and the tore!
bearers, forming in single file, with
their flambeaus held high over their
heads, preceded him through the gal
leries and chambers of the cavern that
led to the upper world.
The fires ouraing in Bouton's camp
»erved the Prophet for a guide, but he
was so familiar with every inequality
of the ground that he could have made
the journey blindfolded. He had not
gone half the distance, and had reached
a point from which he could see the
dark figures of the outlaws between the
Ires and himself, and he was in the act
of sitting down with the intention of re
maining there till daylight, when he
heard the low murmur of voices near by.
The murmur came gradually nearer un
til he could catch the words and recog
nize in the speakers Henry Kyle and
Kushat.
"Rest," said the Sioux girL "You
must be weary."
"I can never feel weary nor rest
again, but you are wearing yourself out,
Kushat. Leave me, for the end is Hear
ing. Leave me before it comes,'' said
Henry Kyle.
"Leave you?" she exclaimed. "Ismy
love a thing that grows weary with my
body? Shall I leave you now when you
most need companionship? Oh, Henry
Kyle, you know not the heart of Kush
at!"
"I cannot explain, Kushat, but I feel
as if all my past life were drifting back
as the stormclouds drift before the
tunny wind or the darkness and mist
roll away before the light. The end I
speak of is the time when by one act I
ihall make to God and man full repara
tion for the evil I have done and the
■uffering I have brought to others.''
"It is the voice of human love that
■peaks,'' said the Prophet, rising and
going toward them. "Next to tho love
for a race which only God can feel is
the love which a woman gives to the
idol of her physical affection."
"Is that the Prophet?" asked Henry
Kyle, and the click of his rifle lock told
that he was ready to attack or resist
"I am so called by men. Happy shall
I be if I have won, when my work is
done, the name of faithful servant"
replied the Prophet, and he went over
and stood before Henry Kyle.
"What news from the valley? What
of my father and mother?'' asked Henry.
The Prophet told him of everything
that had transpired since he last saw
him and of the condition of affairs in
the valley, adding in conclusion:
"When this trouble began on the
Blue Water, I dispatched a trusty rue*
lenger to Fort Keogh for aid. If he has
He recognized the speaker.
gone through, it should be here tomor
row, when we can capture or destroy
Bouton's people."
"I fear that the messenger you sent
to Fort Keogh has fallen, " said Henry
Kyle, adding with a sigh, "but come
what may I shall remain here and guard
this point"
"Very welL This point being guard
ed, duty calls me to another. We shall
meet when the sun is up.''
As silently as he had come the
Prophet disappeared, and Henry Kyle
and Kushat took their watch on the
summit of one of the loftiest crags that
sommanded the campfires of the out
laws. Though both should have been
weary, they did not sleep, but sat side
by aide talking in whispers until day
light began to flush the east. Seating
himself behind a rook, Henry Kyle
opened his ammunition pouch to be
ready for the work of destruction he
had marked out Great was his horror
to find that the cartridges prepared for
his repeating rifle were expended or
lost. Only one was left, which, with
two in the chamber of the gun, consti
tuted all the ammunition he had de
pended on.
"But you have your pistols," said
Kushat. ' 'They are loaded.''
"True, but to make them effective I
must get nearer. Will you follow me?
Mark you, Kushat, I would rather that
you remain back."
"I will follow you even to the tents
of death and through them," she re-
Slied, with her red hands on his shoul
ere.
It seemed impossible, looking up from
the valley, to enter by any other than
the route already mentioned, but Henry
Kyle would not waste time in going to
the canyon, the nearest regular avenue.
While he and Kushat were climbing
down the giddy cliffs, with as much se
curity as mountain sheep, a scene of
ittrring activity was being enacted in
the valley.
The IUD was not yet up when Bou
ton's men, more thirsty for blood than
jven the night before, demanded that
Captain Brandon should be led out and
ihot Bouton was more than willing to
oblige them. He went over to where the
saptain was sitting on the ground, and
with the expression of a demon in his
fellow eyes he said:
"I owe you one, Captain Brandon.
The time has come when I can pay you
back with interest."
Bouton motioned to one of the
guards, who unbound the captain's feet
and bade him rise.
The captain obeyed without assist
ance and looked up from the place
where the men were drawn up with
their rifles to the entrance of the cave
and then to the cliffs and sky, but in
no place did bis eye rest on anything
that promised hope.
"Are you ready?" Mfa£'Bouton.
The captain made no reply; but,
drawing himself up, he took position
between the two armed men who had
been guarding him.
"Move on!" commanded Bouton.
They led the captain to the edge of
the cliff. As he went on he could hear
behind him the heartbroken cries of
Alice and Nora, and once he turned his
eyes to look back at them.
"Do you want to bo blindfolded?"
asked Fairplay, who seemed to bo in
command of the riflemen.
"No," replied the captain. "I have
never feared to look death in the face.' 1
"My men," said Bouton, advancing
with his rifle in hand to the front, "I
demand the first shot."
He raised his weapon, but at that in
stant a shot rang out from the cliffs and
Bouton tottered and fell.
CHAPTER XXIX
As Bouton fell the rifle he was about
to aim at Captain Brandon dropped
from his hand, and he wheeled about us
if on a pivot and so faced his astonished
men. All heard the shot, but they did
not know what to make of it. There
was no foo in sight, and they were on
the point of concluding that it was an
accidental shot from one of their own
rifles when they heard yells coming
down from the cliffs, and looking up
they saw Black Eagle motioning wildly
at something still lower down.
The astounded outlaws forgot for the
moment the man they were about to ex
-1 and scattered to get a better view
of the source of danger. While they
were watching Black Eagle and his In
dians, Henry Kyle, whose unerring rifle
had stretched Bouton on the earth, nev
er to rise again, dropped into the valley,
with Kushat beside him, and before the
outlaws could realize what luid happen
ed they threw themselves before the
captain, and, both having pistols, open
ed fire.
Fr *'rplay was the first to recover his
presc.u f . ''id. and shouting to his
companions lu . I' w him he fired at
the young hero - « firL In
a few seconds a volley was pw-.J at
the devouted pair, and they fell across
the captain, completely covering him.
That was Fairplay's last order. Before
the men could retreat the wall of the
valley directly in their front seemed to
open, and from it a band of men
swarmed out, with the Prophet at their
head and Howard Blanchard and Louis
Kyle close behind. The Prophet shouted:
"For God and justice! Charge!"
A cheer was the answer, and the im
migrants ai'd herders threw themselves
with irresistible force on the outlaws.
Utterly demoralized, though they out
numbered tveir assailants' four to one,
they fled precipitously through the can
yon by which they had entered the val
ley.
Here Font Robb succeeded in halting
them, when suddenly a cry went up
from the outlaws:
"Troops, Robb, troops! Let us re
treat or we shall be lost!"
A bugle rang out clear and loud above
the roar of the conflict Neither friend
nor foe was long in doubt Out from
the black rift the blue clad horsemen
swarmed, and as they entered the val
ley they drew their sabers and formed
in line till the sun flashed on CO uplifted
blades. The officer in command hesitat
ed. Though he saw that a fight was go
ing on, he could not toll friend from
foe. Seeing his perplexity, the Prophet
ran toward the young officer, whom he
had not seen before, and shouted:
"Yonder are the invaders and oat
laws. Charge them, in God's name, and
smite them hip and thigh till the power
of Belial be broken!"
Still Captain Duncan deliberated,
and it is doubtful if he would have gone
into the action had not Black Eagle and
his warriors opened fire from the cliffs,
a fact that encouraged the fugitives to
make a stand.
Riding quietly to the front of the
line, the handsome young officer in com
mand called out calmly:
"Attention!"
In an instant the men sat straight in
their saddles, grasped the bridle reins
In their left hands, and, with their saber
hilts resting against their right hips,
they gazed fixedly at an imaginary line
50 feet in front Even the jaded horses
pricked up their ears in anticipation of
the next order.
"Forward, trot!" The line moved
forward to the music of jingling spurs
and clattering scabbards.
The next instant the thrilling notes of
the "Charge" rang out From each
man's hip a blade flashed high in the
air, and from each rider's lips burst the
cavalry cheer: "Charge! Charge!"
"We surrender! Wo surrender!"
shouted the outk.-.vs a<? they threw down
the arms they had just nervously dis
charged.
They spoko too late to restrain the
onset, even had the officer commanding
ordered it which he had not time to do
'
They threw themselves before the captain.
before the blue wavo broke, the sabers
fell and half of them rose again crim
son. In as brief time as it takes to write
it the outlaws were dead or prisoners in
the hands of the troops. The few that
had attempted flight were halted by the
Prophet's rifles.
"Welcome, thrico welcome!" cried
the Prophet as he advanced to Captain
Duncan with extended hands.
"And I am glad to be hero to help
you, my friend," said the young officer
with that deference of manner that
showed his high respect for the man be
fore him. "I think," he added, with a
grim smile, "that I caino none too
soon."
"Did my messenger reach Fort
Keogh?"
"He did, but he had been wounded,
and was so faint when he came in that
he had as much difficulty in telling his
story as wo had in comprehending it. I
told the general that I knew you and
that your messenger could be trusted, so
he sent me, and, though we had a
rough ride of it, I am glad we are here.
But before we can explain further let us
see about the wounded."
Captain Duncan rode off to give or
ders to his men, and the Prophet went
to where his own friends were gathering
across the valley near where Captain
Brandon had been set up as a target. On
the outskirts of the crowd he saw one of
the immigrant women bending over a
wounded man and giving him water.
He approached and discovered Bouton,
with the death damp on his yellow fore
head and his lifeblood welling from his
yellow breast.
"This is the end I have foreseen for
thee and all who travel thy ways,"
said the Prophet, dropping on his knee
beside the dying outlaw.
"Have you power to shrive and con
fess me?" said the outlaw.
"I claim no such power, but while
life lasts mercy and forgivenes extend
their arms,'' said the Prophei solemnly.
The outlaw struggled as if he would
say more, but fell back, with his purple
lips drawn back from his white teeth,
and over his eyes fell the glazed death
veil, the scarcely percepitble yet im
penetrable film that divides time from
eternity.
The Prophet heaved a sigh and mut
tered a prayer, then went to the throng
that surrounded objects of greater inter
est.
As he forced his way through low
sobs, as from breaking hearts, fell upon
his ears. Ho raised his bowed head and
saw tho tall form of Captain Brandon.
There was blood on his face and breast,
blood that covered the scar on his cheek,
but it was not his own. It was the life
blood of Henry Kyla For a moment
the two friends were in each other's
arms.
"I thank thee, thou Great Jehovah,"
cried the Prophet, "that thou hast saved
my friend!"
"Come this way. Let us withdraw,"
whispered Captain Brandon.
The Prophet looked into tho center of
the group and saw Dr. Blanehard plac
ing Henry Kyle and Kushat on two
stretchers that had been hastily con
structed of rifles and blankets.
"Are they dead?" asked the Prophet.
"Not yet Come, let us talk apart
We can follow them to the grave."
They T.'il!" ' -"der the towering
rocks and watched the sad procession
forming and moving across the valley.
All the Kyl«w and the Blanchards were
there, but the wailing of the women
told that the jouruev of one of them
would not end, but rather begin when
his l>earers had set him down agnin.
"The rifles were raised to destroy me,
and I looked into the black muzzles
with a feeling that they were the last
things on which my earthly eyes would
rest, but, like a guardian angel, he drop
ped down from the sky and saved me,"
sobbed the iptain.
The Prophet laid his hand on the cap
tain's broad shoulder and locked into
his blood stained face with an expression
of unutterable questioning and tender
ness.
"Let us wait. It maybe better to say
no more—better that the dead past
should bury its dead. "
"No, no, Captain Brandon; this must
not be. Break the seals which the an-
L?els of charity and silence have BO long
placed on your lips—break them, or 1
will," said the Prophet with great ear
nestness.
"If the silence is to be broken I will
do it But we mnst now consider the
course that would bring the greatest
happiness. Am I not right?"
The two friends walked across the
valley, and on the way they passed the
bodies of a number of dead outlaws
with their ghastly faces upturned to the
■un. Among them was Fairplay, his
bronzed hands still clutching his rifle.
As they were neariug the cave Captain
Duncan met them and greeted Captain
Brandon with a warmth that showed
they were valued friends. There is a
man over here, a prisoner, who wants to
speak to one of you gentlemen," said
Captain Duncan.
"Who is he?" asked the Prophet
"I believes he calls himself Font
Robb, but I recognize in him a criminal
who is wanted by the governors of half
a dozen states and territories," replied
Captain Duncan.
They went over to where the prison
ers were seated on the ground, guarded
by a number of cavalrymen.
"See har, gents,"said Font Robb,
rising and touching his cap, "I've got
a favor to ask, and I'll say it's the one
I'd do for either of you if you was in
the same flx I am''
"What is that?" asked the Prophet,
who was now in a mood to grant any
reasonable favor, even to an outlaw and
an enemy.
"Don't let the sojers carry me off,"
said Font Robb.
"Carry you off?"
"Yes, tote mo away from har."
"What would you have me do?"
'Why, I'd have you gents take the
law in your own hands. You're the par
ties as I've gone for last, and you
oughtn't to let the military interfere.
You'd ought to make it your own
fun'ral and prepare the corpse accordin
to taste."
"I must say I do not understand you,''
said the Prophet
"Waal, I ain't much on the chinnin,
that's a fact. But har's the pint: Why
can't you and Captain Brandon take me
right out and shoot me? If you don't
want to take a whack at me, mebbo
Louis Kyle would The fact is I don't
want to be took off and tried where I'm
pretty sure of bein strung up. Thi« is
the favor, gents, and I'd be forever
obliged if you was to grant it," said
Pont Robb again, touching his cap
"We have not the power to grant your
request," said the Prophet, "and we
would not if we could Life to us is
eacred Live while yo-i can and prepare
to meet the God whom you have offend
*llCßWEOFlß92.
It Is Grinding Men Down to
Poverty and Want.
PEOPLE PROSPEROUS ONOE.
But the Demogogue Got Loose
Then as He Is Now,
TAKEN UP OK A MOUNTAIN.
Wlien the McKinley "Protective Tariff"
Was Voted Down In the Vail of 1893, the
Greatest Crime of Oar Nation's History
Wat Committed—lt Stopped Onr Na
tional Progress and Took the Dally Hread
from Thousands of American Working
uien.
We remember hearing a story of one
of the rigidly orthodox preachers who
devoted twelve Sundays to a aeries of ser
mons on "The Sins of the Babylonians."
He was not unlike the people who are now
much exercised about "the crime of 1878,"
while they forget entirely the greater
crime of 1892. If there was a crime com
mitted in 1878, It la twenty-three years
old, and the statute of limitations bars
proceedings.
More than that, It Is a question not yet
settled whether any crime was oommitted
In 1878; but If It was, the extent of Injury
Is so variously estimated that It partakes
of the nature of Injury done by the sins of
the Babylonians, and ought to be rele
gated to the Investigator* of prehistoric
remains who are digging In the works of
the mound builders. The crime of 1878 is
not hurting anybody now, but the orlme
of 1892 is grinding men down to poverty
and want, and lining our pubHc roads
with a procession of tramps. That Is a
crime worth investigating and worth the
best efforts of the voters to oorrect It.
The country was prosperous and Its peo
ple happy In 1898. The people could not
live without work, but they had work at
remunerative wages, and were prospering.
But the demagogue got loose among them.
He told them they were poor, and that
they would have been rich if the crime of
1873 had not been committed. He made
the farmers believe that, Instead of being
the most prosperous people in the world,
they wera the poorest. He took them In
the spirit Into high mountains and showed
them the "gems from the mountain, the
pearls from the ocean, the myrrh from ths
forest and the gold of the mines," and said
they should have all these tumbled into
their laps If they would elect him to con
gress and Cleveland to the presidency.
That Infernal lie was the Inducement
which led the poor dupes of free trade—
the simple little ostriches —to stlok their
heads into tho sand.
When the McKinley protective tariff
was voted down in the fall of 1893 the
greatest crime of our nation's history was
oommitted We stopped our national
progress. We took from our own people,
by the millions, their dally bread. We
ceased to employ our own people, to manu
facture or otherwise produce what we
needed for home consumption, and we
employed men in England, France, Ger
many and Italy to do that work, and paid
our money to men beyond the seas, In
stead of giving it to our own neighbors
and countrymen. We thus brought want
and misery to our own people.
That crime is what we are now dealing
with. That is the whole point there Is In
the political campaign now in progress.
We want to undo the orlme of 1893, and
punish the perpetrators of It That is
what this election Is about and nothlrg
else. MeadvlUe Trlbusa-Republican
No. 42
VOTE FOR STURTEVANT.
Making • Splendid Fight Afilnil Slblfjf
In Erie and Crawford.
The Kepublican candidate for congress
for the Erie-Crawford district is n man of
whom not one word has u?r n said, nor
can be said, against his character as an
honest man. He Is a man of the people
and for the people, and a man whom the
people will cast their votes for on the 3d
of November. He has made a clean can
vass and won for himself the respect and
confidence of every voter with whom he
has come in contact He has used no argu
ments of the bombastic order, nor has he
rosorted to the low and contemptible style
or oratory —trying to make the people be
lieve that the classes are against the
masses.
Mr. Sturtevant tells the voters that)
"there are no classes. We are all one com
mon people. All working for the greatest
number." How different on the other "Ido
of the house—trying to create strife and
discontentment among neighbors, telling
them to repudiate their honest debts, hold
ing before their eyes visions of free silver
and untold wealth, visions of luxury, ease
and Idleness.
The word "free"'is illuminate ; hall
the colors of the rainbjw; t..0 word
"free" Is emphasized on every oc : :i to
allure the voters to their ruin.
Mr. Sturtevant tell the votors to read,
post themselves, look up the recor ' <of the
past and compare the result wi:h what
the Popocrats tell us is in store for the
future—if you only put them in power.
No, the voters of this district are too in
telligent u class of men to be driven to
their destruction by these false prophets
who are preaching "down with law,"
"down with justice," and who, if they
could, would down our nation's credit,
her honor and her prosperity.
Vote for Sturtevant Vote for the en
tire Republican ticket.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1784.
"The proportion between the val
ues of gold and silvet li a mercantile
probleiA altogether.**
"Just principles will lead u to dis
regard legal proportion altogether;
to Inquire into the market price of
gold in tho several countries with
which we shall principally be con
nected In commerce, and to take an
average from them."
• »
Bryan declares that If he shall bo de
feated, the silver movement will neverthe
less survive. It will not if the Republicans
can get 800 votes in the electoral college
and a million plurality on the popular
vote, and that Is now what they have sot
out for.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
So far as the election returns from
Maine, Vermont and Connecticut have
shown "the working people will havo
nothing to do with the silver craze."
says The Boston Advertiser (Rep.). "It
seems to he a faot that in the small towns
in Now England, whore practically every
man works for a living, and there are no
idle classes, the sound money cause is
strongest."
THE appearance of Generals Sickles, Al
ger, Howard, Sigol and other Union vet
erans, Republicans and Demoorats alike,
on tho sound money stump in Illinois has
caused some of the silverites to cry out
that the old soldlors are stirring up tho
war issues. If they are, it is only because
tho Popocratlc platform has raised a war
issue which every soldier of the Union had
supposed had been settled and laid aside
for good.—Philadelphia Bulletin.
In the monetary discussion oar*ied on
in connection with the presidential cam
paign, the bullion in a silver dollar has
been spoken of as worth fifty-three oents.
It was worth about fifty-three cents when
tho campaign began, but today it Is only
worth fifty and one-fourth cents. If tho
market, price of silver bullion continues
to decline the metal in a dollar will bo
worth about forty-seven cents by the timo
the campaign closes.—Philadelphia Tolo
graph.
THE New York Worldhas just published
the results of its investigations into the
affairs of the silver mining oompanlys of
tho country, whloh reveal these sllvg?
barons in an entirely new light. The
World states, and gives figures to back up
the statement, that as a result of improvo
m«nt in mining machinery, the silver
which the mine owners want to force oh
the government at 91.80 per ounce is being
produced at most of the mines at a cost of
but forty cents an ounce.
THE free silver orators tell the farmers
that the price of silver regulates tke price
of whout and cotton. Yet during the last
thirty days wheut and cotton have very
greatly increased in prioe, while silver has
steadily declined.
The simple fact is that the prioe of sil
ver has no more to do with the price of
farm products than have the changes of
the moon. Silver Is not the moßotary
standard in which price? Me measured.
Its prioe, therefore, has no idbotlon what
ever to perform in regulating or even in
measuring the prioe of other commodities.
Mk. Bryan defines an honest dollar as
"a dollar of which the purchasing pquor
would be stable." Stable from what datci 1
Would he have its purchasing power
measured by wheat at 91.86 a bushel and
cotton at cents a pound, as the prlcc3
were in 1880? That would be hard ou tho
worklngman—always to pat high pricey
for food and clothing. Or would he havo
the purchasing power of the dollar mado
"stable" when wheat was worth only 50
cents and ootton Of That would be hard
on the farmer. Do the free silver advo
cates really know What they mean when
they talk about keeping the purchasing
power of the dollar unchanged and coin
ing it freely from a metal that has ranged
from 91-H2 to (53 oents an ounoe within a
few years*
THERE has never been a campaign in
whioh the educated men of the nation
ware BO overwhelmingly (or one Bide as
they are for sound money this year. It is
also true thut there has never been a cam
paign in whioh one party received so little
support from the press as the Bryan fusion
gets this year, a large proportion of tho
ablest Democratic newspapers openly op
posing it, while the perfunctory support
given it by many party journals In tho
south is so contemptuous as to be little
better than open opposition—the Mobile
Register, for example, saying that it
knows the policy which Bryan advocates
would ruin the country , but that it does
not believe he would carry the policy out
If he should be elected. Equally striking
Is the absence of any support of tbe Vo;i
ulistic cause ou the stump froih Demo
cratic speakers of character and standing;
nothing like it has ever been seen. The
success of 'a movement whioh finds so lit
tle favor with the intelligence of the na
tion would set at defiance all of tho laws
that have governed elecMoufc