VOL.* xxxiv
Spring and Qummer
Qhoes and Qxfords.
The season many new and pretty stv.t- in Sr.- ->h( ami oxfo. Is 1.a.1i- s
fine footwear-Tan color. Chocolate color, Patent lsa'.hers an I fine Longoias, in
then w cofii toe. En!! Pog toe, E npire tot, c'otti or leather to; sr ml a.i siz-rs,
A Tf K R
Green Shoes. The Latest Graze.
Hare you se.-n them, bee the different styles in our windows—Ladies' and
Gents' Gre -n shoes on especially attractive lasts -several shades to choose from—
well-made, servicable and stylish.
Men s And Boys' Fine Shoes.
A'l styles, all varieties of footwear to be found in our stock. We aim to supply
all wants— the wish for low prices along witJT others. See onr line of Men's, Boy'
and Youths' tine shoes in russetts, vici kid and fine cilf :n the sha<les an 1
up to date styles. C'inj'ct- line cf l adies' and Gt-r.ts' patent leathers. Fine
Kangaroo shoes and slippers for summer'.v ar. Complete s'ock of b;cyc.e shoes
low cut shoes and Men's Romeo slippers*- stock of Men's and Boys' plow
shoes, heavy b..x to<- shoes which we are selling cheap.
OXFORDS.
Our stock of Oxford tics is very Large and owing to the back vard season leaves
us w'th a large stock on hands. These Oxfords are all mad" of rlne Don?o!a and
Russ»*tt leather, ar.d we intend closing them out'quickly, and 111 order to accom
plish our purpose we have marked them .".way down, .so if .. ou wish to purchase
Oxfords cheap attend this sale.
Full Stock of Leather and Shoe Findings
Sole Leather Cut to Any Amount You May Wish to Purchase-
Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention
JOHN BICKEL.
J2B S. MAIN St. BUTLER, PA .
&£$ & tf#
- [£dl Aft I G. F. KECK.
lU WA\s+ MERCANT TAILOR.
• ? 142 North Main st " Butler " Pa '
1 : # When we make you a garment or a .^uit
W LsfxsVJ —vou may be sur»4hat every st'tch in it
\fm r ,)W" ' l. i« jjerfectfy made. Our especial pride is
V t, fi in the qualit) of our tailoring, we pay high
Ir jV- V T ifr wages and employ first-class tailors, so we
N i<jg<A X get the highest grade of gc.rments and you
2L& S '..A. know our prices lower than others,
L-+ an»l we keep the largest stock of g'jfxls to
rr t select from Call ami examine for your-
OUABANTEEO, remcmtier the
(1 F KECK Merchant Tailor,
W■ I ■ ■ '""V ■I9 ,42 N. MAIN ST.. BUTLER, PA.
J. S. YOUNG,
Tailor, atter anc * ® ents furnishing Goods.
Summer heat makes the problem of looking dressy and keeping tool a hard one.
But we've solved it; ami for once economy, comfort and fashion go hand in band.
Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut
than ever before, they fit your curves and yet they're not sweat bath outfits . The
prices may surprise you.
J. S. YOUNG. Tailor.
101 S. MAIN St., - - - BIJTEEi:, PA
T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON,
"THE BEST
I've seen for the money," said an enthusiastic buyer
who had visited every store, reserving ours for the
test, "and when I leave my f 12.001 feel as if 1 hail an
flXsxt suit for it." Nothing new to us, we always
Aid claim to give the best—always felt as if the pub
lic knew it too. We would like you to compare any
thing you see elsewhere for fto.on or even f 12.00
with our
$7.50.
T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON,
120 S. MAIN ST. BUTLER, FA.
Ttie Wise Grocer.
Will try to induce his customers to buy the very best gro-
Og\i eerie* in the market, because by so doinji he makes a sale
that will give satisfaction, and it is the pleaded and satis
fied customer who builds up the urorer's business. Wt
have some of the very best good*, obtainable which we
sell as close as any house in the county, I/ave us your
order and we guarantee satisfaction.
The Butler Produce Co.,
C L MOORE, Prop'r
130 W. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa.
IF YOU GET IT AT THE BUTLER PRODUCE
IT'S FRESH.
June IWWWin&ryl
FOR THE DAINTY WASH DRESSES
We have Leghorn hats, Mull hats and short back Sailors.
FOR YOTJR TRAVELING SUIT
We have the Knox Sailor- the newest idea in Sailors,
Walking hats and plainly trimmed 'fiKjues.
FOR FULL DRESS
We have Round hats, Toques and Bonnets.
SPECIAL SALE THURSDAY, JUNE 10,
< >f 50c, and 75c hats at 25c, if you want one of these hat',
you will ni'. dto get here early. We have a great many, but
just enough for one days selling in this busy store.
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THURSDAYS BARGAINS
MARKS'.
10H S. Main St , one door South
of Hitler havings Bank.
Advertise in the CITIZEN.
-TTIE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Ea*»y to Take
any to Operate
j Are feature* p •miliar to Hood's Pills. Sma! ;n
I size, tasteles* thorough As one man
Hood's
! said: "You ni fcr know yon _ _ _
have * icena j ill: li> all mjk _£ I
1 over." 25c. C.r ■ Hi,x3
Prop::• tori. ■ ■" ■ w
The 01.Ij - pi.;: otJce v\i'. Hoo i s Snr-aparilla.
This Is Vonr Opportunity.
On r r -ceij t of t-n cents. c:;sh cr stamps,
a gcn-rouH sample will tmailed of tbe
most ; opular < -itirrh snd Hay Fever Cur
fEly's < nam Bain: sc!>eent to demon
strata the grtr.t me:." of tie remedy.
ELY BROTHKItS,
6C Warren St , Kew York City.
Rc-r. JohnHeid, Jr.. of Great Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream Ii&lm to me. I
cat. emphasize his statement, "II is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if a ted »s direct', d."—
He--. Francis. W. Poole, Pastor Centra. Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont-
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
euro far catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurinuii drug. Price, 50 cents.
WE ARE MAKING
Good clothe.-i at surh low
prices that poor ones art? no
longer wanted.
f | |
4 There is a little •thing a!<out ->
\ th.? collar .-.n-1 lapel of OUT touts
t £
f and a certain graceful haug of t';e &
m i
i trousers that suak; tl: .:u origin •!.
0 It is in part of the details, a <0
X k: ack v.liich cheap tailors cam.>.t
» a
acquire no matter low good in the •"
P
* ttia'.»-risl they use.
1 l '1
• @
WE INVITE
Yonr inspection of our new
Spring Patterns and i corn
parison of prices.
ALAND,
MAKER OF
MEN'S LOTHES
A Perfect Cut.
When you yet a suit you want
it made right A perfect cut i;
necessaiy. ilijjii grade goods, ;i
perfect cut and careful workman
ship are a combination which
give the best results and these
are appreciated by the customer.
In that way lie {jets his money's
worth.
A Standard Established. You
see it yourself No one need ex
plain to you why the clothes
made by us are the most popular.
Ours is a standard that makes
them perfect. We keep our
goods up to the limit of perfec
tion and our workmen all assist
in making the clothes first-class.
It is E..;.y Enough to cut into
cloth and turn out clothes. It
takes ability to obtain perfect re
sults. Our tailors are the best,
our cutter an artist and the per
fect results as natural as the mis
takes of others. Because our
clothes are the best, people want
them.
WEDDING SUrfTT SPECIALTY.
B
Cor. Diamond. Butler. Pa
ipSL» (Q
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The Place to Buy
GAS COOK
INGJAND 11 EATING STC )V ICS,
G/\s" BURNERS AM) FIX
TURES, HOSE, I! ATI I TUBS,
ENAMEE AND
IMPROVFD WELSHBACH GfiS
BURNER,
W H. O'BRIEN i ON
107 I'.ant Jefferson St.
AGENTS WA XT HI) Exjierienccd
agent- l<» take hold ol a new and oriir
inal article. Sell- on nigh) Uig irmu.-y
in it !<"or territorv full particular
and terms. add res- with stamp
MaicKLK liIUM., Cl' arfn Id, l'tt
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XII.
The Chrlstnwir holidays v.'re coming
or. at Walton I lull, v here, tore ft rich- n.
Its mistress lay hf' % -ring lietwi n life
nnd death. Two wec-Vihad po-v ed since
•.he eventful nirrht of the arr.".t=. an<",
though no ehr.n;'- had come ever the
lundseape. and days of enrshine were
few nnd f«r between, soin.' odd clt-ra
tions had taken place lii acl around
the old homestead. Of these the most
remarkable was the appearance three
times a day of a young officer in Yan'ree
uniform nt the family board—a ycung
ft © im
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te Wm ~&*:m '
li'-gr/ ' -i..--
"I reckon, ffotit lerven, I'm tfte rnau you wiint." j
officer who often prolonged h.s visit
until late In the evening. Mr. Isaac
Newton Lambert, though occupying hio
tent in eamp, had become otheru is<. an
Inmate of the Wniton establishment,
for, unknown to the beloved it.wiljd,
Ik r daughters were actually "tjiklnry
board' 1 h."
Another boarder, who had eotj,e am! ■
moved a modest bachelor kit Into one
of the upstairs rooms fiu-ilig th»- >-ast
and overlooking the little eamp, was Mr.
Barton Potf-s, i»eti' r kno«ri to all the
inmates as Cousin Hart." Indued, It
was due In ffieat measure to iii dvice
and Influence that Mr. Lambert was ad
mitted. Impoverished as were thi- Wal
ton# —In dire need, as it turkc-d out,
now that the r.-solute woman who so
many years had managed tli<! family
affairs was stricken down- nothing but
prompt action and tin; helping hand--
of kinsfolk and friends stood In-tweeji
them and starvation. Squire Pot t*—
•"Old Man I'otts," as he was generally
called—bad urged on Mr Walton in
November the propriety of her abandon
ing the place entirely and taking shel
ter for herself and her daughters under
liin roof. Even though in desperate
need, she had declined—for one reason,
because that would bring Kathor and
Walton Seroggs together again; for an
other, because she could not bear to
think of the old home becoming the
abiding-pi ace of all the houseless, shift
less negroes In the neighborhood. She
had offered the house, garden anil cot
ton-fields still remaining in her bunds
to any purchaser at almost any price;
but who was there to Invest in such
unprofitable estate at aucb a time?
In the midst of these cares and
troubles, which she could share with
her daughters, were others which she
could not. She durst not let theiu
know on how slender a thread her life
depended. That was one secret, held
ns yet by thuir old family physician and
herself alone, because the knowledge
of It would bring such grlof to "the
girls." There was another, which she
prayed they might never know, because
Its very existence brought such t'rlef
and sliuine to her; J' loyd, her youngest
son, her darling, who had fought so
bravely by his brother's side through
the hottest battles of the war, had "ab
jtrr.d the faith of his fathers," as she
bitterly expressed It—had lieeoine inti
mate with the federal officers and sol
diers, Instead of sticking closely to
reading law in the ofTlee of her old
friend Judge Summers at Quitman.
And then, worse than all, she learned
through his own df-sperate letter that
he hud enlisted In the cavalry. That
within a week thereafter, repenting of
his "mad folly," he should have de
serted the service and fled the country,
was In the poor stricken woman's cycH
no crime whatever. That hu should
have enlisted, sworn to defend the flag
which wits to her the emblem of In
solent, triumph over the fallen fortunes
of the lurid she loved, the only laud she
ever knew, the once happy, sunny
south—that was Infamy.
Not until weeks after h<-r lx*y bad
taken the st<-p that made him a fugitive
from justice did fdie I'-arri, or In gin to
Imagine the chain of circumstances
that led to it all. While occupying a
desk In the office of Summers A. Todd,
attorneys and counselors at law, l'loyd
also occupied a seat at the table of 11
widowed relative who, left penniless
at tbe close of tJio war, Had t/> st ruggle
hard to keep lixly and soul t«>K''tbcr.
The efforts of Judge Summers had Ixmn
sufficient to save the house in which she
dwelt, end "taking boarders" become
liur vocation. Hut paying boordem
wore scarce, and even when her tJiblu
wn/i crowded with homeless people In r
nock eta were often empty. When j
Svtfeet'n Hijundron of tbe —th TJ. H. cuv
airy marched Into town and took |
1 ion there, the application of some of |
t.ho offi.-.-rs for "ration* arid quarters" |
under I" r roof vmlm <*>ldly declined. |
Tliey went to a hotel, and suffered, a.,
the.y dwrvi d, the. jtangs .f
La tec It trunsjilred that two of them '
went ti» ehnreli, rind tills put an un
looked for fuet/.r into the probb m of
Iww to treat thcmi conquering l»ut uii
jiopular her<M-H. Hev. Mr. Pickett,of 8t
Paul's might condone his parishioners'
jefusal t«j supply them with Isslily f<»<sl,
but it. was Imjsmsible U> refuse to ruin- j
later t'» their spiritual rnoesslties. |
Their 1 e| io;is faith was ld«-ntical with |
, 1 hat. of bl.iitock; It was In fK»llUeal faltli |
that they differed. Oil'' inUfht deeline j
to sit at meat, with thi-m, but coul l i
hardly decline to nit with them .it wor- j
ship. They could be forbidden to eat
with the elect, but the elect would not
forbid them to pray. Even in the sanc
tuary, however, only ho tlie or averted
looks •. ere vouchsafed 10 Col. Sweet
and O >t- Vinton w h.-n first they sought
its doors; but in tne course of a few
months the women found that their sol
diers—their husiiand;., brothers,or Jov
r.r.s, whom the war hud spared—wer-t
actually fraternizing with the Yankee
Invaders, and that between those who
had done hard and honest fighting 011
cither side there w as .springing up firm
and honest friendship. The irreooneil
ablea wore limited, apparently, to the
noncombatants. When the squadron
was ordered elsewhere after a si <
months' sojourn at Quitman, the popu
lace was astonished to find how much
the were missed and reallv
needed; for even Yankee custom ha 1
been acceptable, in the bt/ires and an
kee contributions welcome in the
church. Business had brought Col.
Sweet to Summers' office, and in th<)
course of frequent visits cordial rela
tions were established, and Floyd Wal
ton could hardly treat with disdain a
foldier and gentleman whom his
patrons welcomed, cvi_n had he long
retained the disposition to do so.
The command had not l>een gone a
week beforo men were unaccountably
wishing it back, an/1 when it reap
peured, with certain additions. It was
actually welcomed by people who would
have scouted the possioility of such a
thing the year beforo. This time Col.
Sweet announced to the rector that his
•vife and daughter would speedily fo ; -
low, and were even then in New Orleans,
awaiting Ids Instructions to come. Th*
hotel was no place for Indies in those
rough days; the rector went to Mrs.
Tower, and Mrs. Tower no longer re
sisted the Inevitable. Floyd Walton,
going to tea one hot June -veiling, was
astonished to find himself in the pres
ence of two Indies, one of them a pretty
fjirl of perhaps IS, mid fo be presented
to Mrs. and Miss Sweet. Within a
week the young fellow was spending his
evenings at the Towers', and within the
month was hopelessly In love. Then
ctune trouble, lie hadn't n cent In the
world. She was a soldier's daughter,
and presumably poor. Whether she
was poor or not, he, ut least, had noth
ing to offer, and, having nothing, held
his tongue, though he could not bold
his peace. That was gone.
That was a wretched summer nud
nutumn. The fire rtur 1 nlong the gulf,
and cholera swooped u>. » the garrir,ou.
Sweet got li's wife d child nv.ay t"
the mountains Tin y left suthh nly
while Floyd was on 11 Ijxief visit to his
mother and sisters. It was December
when they came biu'k. M •aritinc Judge
Summers had abandoned practice and
gone to live at his old homo at Sand
brook. Mr. Todd could offer young
Walton no help; there was no money
In law business just then. Matters
at Tugaloo were going from bud to
worse, and Walton found himself abso
lutely without money to pay his board.
That made no difference to' Mrs. Tower.
She told hliri his mother*!- boy was as
welcome as her own,and mnde him wel
come where fascination all too strong
already held him. Something In Jen
nie Sweet's gentle manner had changed
She was nervous, ill at ewe, and sought
to avoid him. Something In her
mother's manner, too, was very differ
ent, And one day the truth came out.
The frequency with which letters be
gan chasing one another from the north
explained the whole thing. Jenny linil
met. her fate that fatal summer among
the Virginia mountains, and was en
gaged to be married. Mrs. Sweet re
ferred to the happy man ns "a wealthy
gentleman from Philadelphia, a few
years older than Ocnevleve, but a most
charming person." Genevieve herself
snid little or nothing, but looked none
too radiant. Col. Sweet said less, but
looked much at her,
Then Floyd Walton found another
lionrdlng place, and one where the In
fluences were worse. He threw up hla
position In the law office and took an
humble clerkship nt a store. It paid
him enough to board and lodge him,
and here, from serving his customer*
with drink, he got to serving himself,
anil to associating with a regular set,
some young townsmen, some soldiers.
There were stories of gambling and
quarrel even before Col. Sweet found
that Jenny, the apple of his eye, was
drooping In that southern climate, and
sent her, with her mother, north "for
good." The next thing heard of Floyd
Walton was that he hud gone to New
Orleans with a discharged soldier; and,
even while grieving over her lxiy's in
freijuent letters and evident hopeless
ness and depression, Mrs. Walton re
ceived 11 missive one day that left her
prostrate. She went alone to Quitman
as soon us able to move, ami came back
within 48 hours looking years older,
mid both the girls soon knew tluitshe
had parted with the diamond earrings
that were their father's last gift to her
In the happy, prosperous days th nit pre
ceded the war. Floyd had written that,
etarvlng, drunk or drugged, and ihvt
pernte, he hrul been led by his associate
liefore a recruiting officer, had l»ecii
pent with others ns reckless as himself
to sober up at the quarters of a cavalry
command near the city, and that, the
next thing li'- knew, he with 11 squad of
seven recruits wtis on his way to Join it
troop stationed within a few nille* of
his home, Instead, as he had lieen us
, tired would be tbe '■•». e, *.f lielng sent
to the Fourth cavalry un frontier duty
pgalnst the Indians in Texas. "They
broke, their contract," he said, "and 1
broke mine." He had deserted, and. If
captured, would be sent to hard labor
at. Baton Bonge penitentiary or* to the
Dry Tortuga*.
Such stories leak out despite every
effort to conceal them, but not tin til
Just before Lambert'* coming to Join
Company '1 did Mrs. Walton dream
that Esther knew of her brother's
peril. A sudden outcry in her garden
one day brought her in haste to the
isjsit, and there were a drunken soldier
and her quadroon maid Elinor hi* de
manding llijuor and she the return of
a pitcher which lie had evidently
snatched from her hand Madam Will
lon's lately presence and her Imperious
order that In- leave the premises at onre
only partially soliered him. lie imv
ber to understand tbnt If 'die rej»ortcd
him he could bring shame upon her
l'.-ad—be knew more about her :iff;iir<
than she dreamed. His insolence tried
her temper, but could not alter her tone
am' bearing. It \v..s not until he nas
gone iltif l"s»her, tremblintr an! In
fp;irs. earn and b.-.»jred her to lodge no
complaint against the man, as be in
£ecd knew more than she supposed.
And then, in reply to her mother's de
mand. Ksther brokenly admitted that
phe had already heard of Floyd's en-
I strnent md desertion through this
very soldier. He had 1 en at tl 1 -.-.-, is.*
before. What sh did not tell her
mother was, that the news first reached
her through Waiton Scrogtrs.
And then, without warning, Floyd
suddenly came home. So troubled had
be been by the condition of his mother's
health and as confided in Ksther's
letters (sent under cover to an old fam
ily friend now serving as a surgeon in
the Ju::rez army) that, having earned
u little money in Vera Cruz, he hastened
back and appeared there late at even
ing, worn and weary, before those lov
ing jet terrified eves, lie hail ridden
miles on horseback that day, as he
f. ared recognition by officers or soldiers
stiil at. Quitman if he cam by mil that
way. or by federal deputies if he came
tbe other, list tier alone had received
hiiu ou his arrival, for she, poor girl,
was watching at the old arbor near
the south fence for the coming of her
lover-husband, that day released from
the clutches of the law. Then, after
hearing her recital of their needs and
sorrows, he had sent old Kasmus with
a message into camp, while she had
gone to prepare her mother for his
coming.
Late that night, Mrs. Walton, kneel
ing by the bedside of her sleeping boy,
became suddenly aware of a scuttle go
ing on underneath the window, and,
noiselessly descending the stairs, un
fastened the side door and came at once
upon the intruders, with the result al
ready known. Not until aroused by
the screams of Elinor and his sister
Kate did Floyd know anything of the
affair. Hnlf asleep, and bewildered, he
had jumped into boots and trousers
and rushed to the rescue. Onr- glance
explained the whole thing, but it was
Ksther who in desperation seized and
held htm back when he would have
sprung to release his mother from
Kiggs' drunken grii'ji —Esther who,
hearing the coming rush of Lan.' ert's
footstep , realized that what meant in
stant rescue for her mother meant
equally Instant peril for him !->ther
who actually ordered his hurried re
treat at Lambert's • ppearance. Not
until the following day did It occur
to her mother to tislt how it was or
why it was she was up and dressed st
tint hour of the night, At any other
time, perhaps, she would have found it
far more difficult to frame plausible
excuse, but almost anything would an
swer now. For hours she hid lieen
listening for the tap upon her window
that should tell her Walton had not
been spirited away to a place of safety
until he had conn to bless and com
fort her with his love-words und ca
resses. To her, at least, despite the
wild oats of his earlier days, her cousin
husband was nil that was true and
tender and fond. For him she had
dared her mother's wrath, her younger
si ter's indignation, and Floyd nlono
was her supporter in the secret mnr
riage that took place during her brief
visit to the Claytons in the early spring.
With the dawn of Sunday, his sig
nal at Inst was heard, and she stole out
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Kno«llus by th* U«l«l!lo of bar •loopius boy
U> meet him - to tell of Floyd's return,
anil to plan with him for their joint
escape, for Floyd hud told her that, It
would )>e folly to utteyipt to remain
in hiding there. Already certain ne
groes of the neighborhood had m-cu
him, rind it could 1 ot be long before tie
military authorities were Informed.
Walton was all helpfulness and sym
pathy. Ills brother, the conductor, had
planned to send his horse to the Wal
ton barn ut ten that flight, und "Will"
was to rid.j 'cross country to a friend's
in Jtarksdalo county, leave the horse
there, and be at the |>oliit where the rail
way crossed the country road nt 11:80,
when the "Owl" would stop and take
him on the baggage ear unless some
of I'aimelee'u spies or deputies were
aboard. There would be no trouble ut
the capital, where the Owl often waited
an hour for the express. The engi
neer would slow up Just cant of town.
Walton would drop olf in the durkness
and make his way around to the west
by a brisk tramp of a couple of miles,
and there be taken on arralri about 1:30
a. ui. and jostled away to the river. Once
there, all the sheriff's pos«es In the
south couldn't find him. Walton
promptly urged that Floyd go with him.
lCasmus was routed out from slumber
In the barn and sent away with mes
sages to < 01. Seroggs and "Cousin JJurt,"
and then the voice of Kate was heard,
calling for her sister. Instead of be
ing asleep, Mrs. Walton was painfully
awake and planning a diplomatic let
ter to be sent to Cupt. Close. For hours
the only refuge they could offer Esther's
husband v as the cellar, for Mrs. V\ niton
had insisted on being up and dressed
to meet. Cousin Bart, whom now she
desired to send for and consult.
Tbi letter which hiul so bewildered
the company commander was brief
enough. It bore neither date nor
place, but went, straight to huslncvi
"Mrs. Walton prc'ient* her compli
ments to the officer In command of the
federal troops here In camp and bcii .to
say that she finds upon investigation
that the two soldiers who visited her
premises last, night did so at th" re
quest of a member of her household,
who sought their aid in bringing cer
tain supplies from town when her
servants proved too ungrateful tu !«•
relied upon. Mrs. Walton deeply re
grets that the suhliii referred to 'ire
now in danger of further punishment,
and, while utterly disapproving the
action which led to their employment
In violation of her express orders, she
nevertheless ucei-.g, the entire respon
sibility, iiiml begs that no farther steps
may Iss taken against tliem, ns she will
riot only positively refuse to appear a*
tl wit'l' •( In the ease, but will prohibit
niij lit her household from so appeal
ing.
"Huinlay inornl^g
And possibly the lady of Walton 11 nil
felt quite assured that ll%r mandate
overruled any subpoena the federal
auth6rity could draft. One thing is
certain, w lien Close read it over • sec
ond time he handed it to Lambert. • jy
ing: "So far as lam concerned, that
blessed old lady slian't have any trouble
on account of Hhem two srallan«trs.
She's tim too much of her own. I'nless
you w.uit to make an example of Riggs,
you ean release him In the morning.
Murphy ought to be let ofT anyhow."
But when morning came it was found
that liipgs had releaseil himself. liow
h.' managed to cut his way ou! of that
guard-tent without disturbing any
body, no one could explain. He was
gone at daybreak, leaving no trace be
hind.
XIII.
Confined to her bed anil room as was
Madam Walton, anil only vaguely alive
10 what might be on in the house
hold—for there were days w hen she
lay dull and apathetic, yet mercifully
spared from suffering—it was Esther's
duty and fondest care to minister to
her mother's needs even at a time when
her heart was torn with anxiety on ac
count of her husband, now a prisoner
in the hands of the United States mar
shal at the capital, and of her brother,
who, under the orders of tbe general in
command of the department, had been
Rent under guard to New Orleans, 'here
to await his trial by court-martial for
the crime of desertion. The visits of
the old family physician were frequent,
for the invalid had had too much to suf
fer and seemed incapable of further
struggle. Floyd was twice iK-rmitted
to vifcit his mother during tbe two days
that elapsed before telegraphic orders
came in his case. She knew him, clung
to him, yet seemed unable to realize
that he was going from her. She once,
or twice asked if Judge Summers hail
been heard from, for Cousin Bart had
written fun details of Floyd's trouble,
and the family united in urging him to
make an appeal to certain intliM'ntinl
friends of the ante bellum days, who
had scandalized the Waltons by their
loyalty to the old Ua*- Then Laniliert
w rote e letter which Close signed and
sent to the department headquarters,
and the boy, remembering some kind
words said to him by his father's old
friend, ventured on a personal letter
to the general himself, pleading Wal
ton's case and portraying 1 the family's
distress. It was this letter that o>er
came Esther's objection to the advice
of Mr. Potts to the effect that they take
Mr. Lambert in as a day boarder. And
within •'.'l hours of his initial appearance
at their table Mrs. as he was
the first to address his blushing hostess,
was more than reconciled to the step.
But if she was. Miss Kate was not.
The wrath and Indignation of that
young lady ctin hardly be described. It
wn'i one thing, tthe declared, for her to
sill eggs arid butter to a gentleman who
was ti friend of Floyd's, w ho told her he
despised his captain as much ns she did.
who had enlisted only because he had
been promised immediate promotion to
a captaincy, and who never would have
done so even then, had he known that
soldiers could be used to persecute the
people of the south. He was only wait
ing for his commission to eonw -or his
discharge—to tell Capt. Close what he
thought of his conduct. It was :U1 very
well to make friends with a gentleman
like Mr. Riggs, who had been dear
brother Floyd's friend at Quitman be
fore he fell in love with that horrid
designing Yankee girl who Iwid led him
cm to " 'eolitln' " her when she was-all
the time engaged to that rich ragpicker
or whutevidi he might be. Mr. lllggs
hod behaved like a pub feet gentleman.
(She had forgotten the little bill he tmd
been running up and w as so long vainly
Importuned to pay. She ulso attached
slight, importance to Barton's state
ment that "Brother Floyd said Higgs
was :i fraud and liar, and responsible for
much though not all—of lilk trouble.")
As lietween Mr. Klggs and this new
Yankee lieutenant, who had dared to
disguise himself and seek U> make her
acquaintance, she had but one opinion;
Higgs was driven to drink and desertion
by haling Imd to : erve under such
brutes. She declared she wuuld starve
rather than eat under the same roof
with blent, 1/nmliert, insisted on stay
ing in her mother's room iuiil being
served there, mid wws conspicuous by
her absence from the table for the first
4B hours since Taimbert's admittance,
despite Father's pleading and Barton's
ridicule. "You may think It. flue to take
money from such people, Mrs. Seroggs,"
she declared, with high dl»-
duin; "l»ut you never would If mob
wius well enough to know whut wn . go
lug on." (Moh Is the only alphabetical
combination that I ran think of which
even approximately represents Misw
Kate's pronunciation of the term by
which she was accustomed to refer to
her mother). But If Miss Kate wera In
dignant before., she was ulinply furious
when her married sister responded,
with exiiN[>cmt Ing wilm:
"And yet you took Mr. Lambert's
money In payment fur your butter,
Katesle."
"Ah didn't. How ilay ah you say so,
Esthirh? It was Mr. Hlggs',"
"Floyd says It wasn't. Floyd anys
that man had not had a cent for thren
weeks. You know yourself It was Mr.
Lambert there at the fence both nights,
and you know why that wretch couldn't
have been there."
" Ah'll wulik every fliiguh to tho bone,
t hen, tl'l It's paid luck," cried .\1 iss Will
(ton. "An' It was mean an' contempt'
Ible tin' eowuhdly in him to fawee It on
me as he did to listen to whut wasn't
tneaut fo' his yulis at all." Hy his
"ytihs" Mlms Walton meant tJios.- or
gans i»f hearing that lay so clow under
the brown curls on either hide of Mr.
Lambert's shapely hea«l itirs which
she could gladly have plrichr*!, or
tweaked, or even banged, In her wrath
at that moment. The hard-earned, long
expected five dollars had been .'cnt. to
town and cx|M»nded In*for* this slxterly
coiifeieiiee took place, or l»ey**tid doubt
Mlsii Katesle would have hurled It. Isick
at the donor when he came sosprlnglly
up the walk that crisp Dccerulier even
ing.
Two days later brought 11 long letter
from Floyd, written from tlie barracks
lit New Orleans. lie him not confined
In the giiardhoun.l, as he had fear<-«i and
exjM'cted to be The prisoners await
ing i. ntruce were there, but l.ho<-»- yet
to !>«• tried were kept. 11l an ohl More
house that wii not uncomfortable, and
on the evening of his arrival an officer,
I,lent. Waring of the artillery, t<x>l< him
into a separate room, "treated irui Ilk"
a perfect I'critleriuin," v\ r"tc |*ior Floyd
leaving Ills readers to divine wheth.'x
(ills lavish descriptive were to Apply to
the lieutenant or lilnifce.lf, listen."! to
Floyile's story from Is-glnnlng to end,
arid told him to keep up his spirits.
"Lieut. Lambert, had written urging
him to do all he could in help nw, and
hud n' kc«l old I .'-li, I >uclinni>ll to ret.tor"
me to duty without, trial, in vle<w of tho
way I had lieen tricked. If In does,
and will send me out against UiOse In
fernal Indians In Texas, bv heaven I'll
show them 1 can fight, us hard for tlui
flag tii-ilay as I did against it t It land
four years ago. All I ask Is officers and
gentlemen like him oryoung Lambert
—to serve under, and I'll earn my par
don."
They had been utterly blue and hope
less ou FloytJ'j account «J]iyo hif trujis
«|MU
for to New HrleAns. and this letter w:n
t revelation. Esther took it up to her
mother's room and strove to make her
understand its purport, "Katosie" sit
ting silently, and, at first, scornfully
by. Mrs. Walton's faculties seemed toi
dazed to follow, and Esther hid to re
iterate and explain. Then the doctor
came, and the hale old gentleman'*
eyes filled an he read. "That young fel
low is a trump," said he, referring to
Lambert; and he, too, bent over the
gentle Invalid and whispered hope and
| courage. Later, when Kate was want 1,
it was found she had quitted the room.
Esther discovered her after consider
; able search, shivering in a room up
stairs. She. wouldn't talk, but that
evening came to tea.
For several days Miss Kate contrived
to hold aloof from the general conver
sation, but it was a hart! fight against
' every natural impulse. Before the end
j of the week her resolution bad failed
■ her utterly, and time and again her
ready tongue had challenged Lambert
to debate; and now, to her chagrin, it
w-ns he who declined. When formally
presented to "My sister. Miss Walton,"
by Mrs. Scroggs, the young gentleman
hod bowed very low and had striven to
)>e civil. As they sat facing each other,
I'.rd only the width of the table apart,
her downcast eyes and determined si
lence proved embarrassing, even though
loi g, curv ing, sweeping lashes and
flushed cheeks appeared, perhaps, to
lar'gerous ndvantage. "Aw pshaw!"
said Cousin Bart that evening, as he
and Lambert were smoking the pipe of
peace and the young fellow ventured a
fear that he had offended the damsel in
the butter business, "just you pay no
attention to that child for a day or
two, an' pee how quick she'll como
round. She just want/* to be huffy.
She'll l>e hawbly cut up when she finds
you don't notice her." Potts had not a
little worldly wisdom when he wasn't
drinking, and since his installation as
cx-oflicio head of the house he hadn't
touched a drop. Lambert was begin
ning to like him very much, but
couldn't induce him to come over to
camp. "I can't staixl that captain of
yours," was his sole explanation.
From frigid silence on Katesie's part
to occasional monosyllable and thence
to brief and caustic comments on the
remarks of her sister and cousin the
transition was easy; but now that Lam
bert. addressed no remarks whatever to
her, yet chntted smilingly with the
others, the girl's position became ex
asperating. She was willing enough, at
tlie start, to keep at wide distance, but
that anybody should presume to hold
her there was a very different matter;
in fact, simply intolerable. Esther
noted in. silent amusement how the. girl
began to display unaccustomed so
licitude as to the fit of her gown, thi«
effect of such poor little, efforts at or
namentation as her simple store of lace
or ribbon afforded. Such quaint, old
fashioned bows and flounces as came
forth, such queer combinations of shade
and color! Esther caught her more
than once glancing up shyly from under
the long lowlies and looking furtively at
her vis-a-vis, for Lamliert with malice
prepense and aforethought, l>egun tell
ing Mrs. Scroggs of the liellcs and
beauties of last summer at the Point,
and ono evening when the verbaLblock
ade had lasted perhn|>s threw days he
turned to Esther as they were rising
from the table —and If it wasn't faking a
moan advantage of a defenseless foe,
what, would lie?
"I brought, over these two to show
you, Mrs. Scroggs," said he, producing
some carte-de-vlslte photographs from
an envelope. "This is Miss Pordham,
who was considered the prettiest girl
at C'o/./ens' this year, though that fash
ionable street suit Is perhaps less be
coming to her than evening dress. And
this is MIHH Torrance. I think 1 told
you that our ladles are no longer wear
ing crinoline, and that these short,
dren*es ivre worn even for ealling in the
daytime."
And Katie Walton wns halt<tl at the
threshold as she would have left the
room. What woman could rvalwta peep
at these pictures of reigning Wiles
garls-d in tile height of the fashion of
tin- day -a fashion these fair southern
sisters hud never MTII, and had only
vaguely heard of! Cousin Bart could
have laughed outright when he caught
a glimpse of Kntesie's face, but merci
fully refrained. Slie flushed, stopped,
bit her lip, turned and fuirly run uj>-
Stalrs, but came down five minutes
later, as 1 uuibert knew she would,
"looking for a book;" and Esther,
yearning over her, called her sister to
lu-r side. Looking at northern girls'
pictures wasn't making friendu with
their friends anyhow! "Ah don't see
anything pretty In that one," was
Katesie's prompt comment. "Anil Ah
couldn't Is- lii-uhd to weeh a gown like
that." Hut I,iunl»-rt felt that he hiul
won the day, next evening
fetched ove* ft whole album full. "Ce
n'ost que le premier pas," etc. Miss
Walton, having looked at two, conelutl
i«i she might as well see tin? otihcrs, hut
she never meant to ask questions about
them us she had to when Esther went
In to see. what moh would like for hor
tea. Cousin Bart had brought In u Uig
of plump and tempting "imrtridges"
that evening, and was iM'glnnlng to
puzzle Esther very much, when she re
membered how Impecunious a persou
But hod ever been, to account for the
snpplie* which he began to fetch from
town.
And MI things were going it trifle tmt
ter at the old homestead towards the
end of ISoeinlH-r. Ilo|n ful letterscftino
from Walton. The Parmelee jsirty
were, having diflleulty in roll
able evidence against 111 in; his friends
weir making lilm entirely comfortable
In Ills confinement, and his lawyer as
sured him that his release would be
effected in a very few days. Floyd wroto
that an aid de-camp of the general com
manding had mine with Lieut. Waring
to nee him, and to say that his cusc was
I icing Investigated and that, us yet, no
•charges hiul l>een preferred by the com
mander of his troop. Little delicacies
luid luxuries In the way of ten, jellies,
preserves and wine—things to which
they hiul been si rangers since early In
the war were finding their way in and
greatly comforting the invalid mother,
and. could their doctor but say tJusili'ilr
hi«ly wa« really mending, the girln
would have luul lio|ie and courage, bu*
the doctor could not. say.
"I've got. to go to Quitman for two
day on business, Esther," niid Cousin
Bart one keen morning, "and I reckon
I'll ask Dr. I'aiconer to come back with
;tie, "f you don't n Ind, and have n. day
at the birds. They'll all l«: gone In a
week "f this weather keeps on."
"You Jiave ileejier reason than that,
llarton. I saw you with l>r. Coleman
when he went out. last night. It'n u con -
sulfation, is it, not?"
"Why, of co'si) I want.Coleman to have
a chaiu'e to talk It over with Falconer,
and ho'd Ilk« It, too. Falconer's xoore
up to date, the old man says, and ho
thinks jirrha|>M the now school know*
something wntli tryln'. You s«sCou«ln
I/ou nln't piekln' up fsst. as slie. ought
to."
"1 see. it sll t«*i plainly, liart Wh'it
I don't see Is where all the, money is
to come from to pay for doctors and
consultations and— atul —" Big tejirs
welilng In her soft, kh/1 eyes,
"ltart, where doe* It all come from n(>W?
llovv tin we get ujl these, You.
No 23
can't squire it It mustn't be Mr. Lam
tvert's— "*
"Now just don't v«u lx>thcr "rout
that, Esther. I in ide a r.tls . I tell you.
There's old Uncle i i e and that :;0-
'eount nigger FVank b en owin* your
motlier on last year's cruvp o' cawt'p
all this time. I made them pony up, an'
t told Hicks Fd ivell out his mule an'
cart't he didn't pay— made him bawwo
the money—"
"That wouldn't beyin to cover tiie
unat. of what you've been having sent up
from New Orletins —th
oven —■"
"Xo» just don't you bawwo trouble,"
(One r in a sentence wasn't too much
for Potts. When they doubled up on
: bin. h. eouf<•■•wed judgment.) "Latn
. Bert 'tends to all that t'n le Sam, lie
I say*. pax s freight on COMMIT .• ary stores.
i Just, do's I say. and we'll fetch Co<i>in
| Lou round a!l right yet, and find
liody to rent the. old plac*s ar.d send yo'
all down to Biloxi for the winter. But
I'll tell you wh.i . I do thiuk, Est Ler;
y'ought t > law Lambert over to hieep
in my room while I'm g<iie. He'll
come."
But when Lambert came to tea that
night half expecting o be welcomed
to C'our-ii Bart's plnce in his absence,
a surprise awaited him. Esther, with
joy in her eyes, blushingly told him
that her husband would be with them
before nine o'clock. A telegram had
announced his release nn<l spvedy com
ing.
"There's no train over before morn
ing, is there'.'" he asked.
"No- -but—Mr. Scroggs took the stage
at noon for Vernon, up north of here,
and will get a Lorse there."
And, it was evident that she looked
any moment for that long! d-for cem-
Ing, Lambert decided to slip back to
camp instead of spending ui hour in
chat or reading, as he usually did. \t
this Miss Katesie's big blue-gray eves
were opened wide with, surprise, then .
lowered in confusion, for he turned to
look at her.
"Oh! Good-night, Miss Walton," he
laughingly exclaimed. "I had almost
hoped you would ask mo to stay."
"Ah don't 1 now w h'u Ah should," was
the prompt and pouting reply. "Ris
ter Esthuh can if she likes."
"Sin- doesn't like, to-night <is a mat
ter of course. 1 couldn't expect her
to. But fu vour good mother Is sleep
ing awl Mrs. Scroggs wilt be able to
leave her to welcome her husband, and
you will be—well rather superfluous,
I thought I might . roflt by the situa
tion to the extent of having an hour's
chut with you- about your fair com
patriots up north, for example.' -
"Ah don't know of any subject that
would interest me les. . And they're
not my compatriots, as you cull them,"
answered Miss Kate, with fire in lier
eyes.
"Ah, true." said Lambert, with pro
voking coolness, and a mischievous
smile twitching the corners of hla
mouth; "I recall your indifference to
their photographs the other evening.
Will you kindly say good-night to Mrs.
Scroggs for me, und tell her- -"
"Ah'll tell her you were simply hate
ful and Ah thought you'd never go!"
"Well, I won't, if you think I ought
to stay," said Lambert-, returning smil
ingly to the door and proceeding to
hang hi« forage cap UJMJII its accus
tomed peg. She promptly snatched it
from his hand.
"Ah wish you und your photographs
wuh freozinrr up uawth, whuh you
b'long, 'stend of coming down hyuh
ty'annizing over people—"
"Now do you know I was wishing t hat,
too? It's so much nicer free -ing up
nortli than being frozen here; and then
next week's Christmas. Oh, you don't
liavo any mistletoe here, do you?"
"We did, before you all caiuc. You
Yankees ruined everything nice you
didn't carry oft."
"Now, what am I to say. Miss KutesloV
If I don't say you're liloo you'll think
I'm ungullaut; and what Yankee would
over dure try to carry you oil?"
"Lieut. Lambert, Ah think you're
jdmply horrid, und Ah wish you'd go,
'stead of standing there pulling your
mustache in that silly way."
"Now, MissKateslel—the idettofyour
being the first girl to syt h<T face against
this struggling mustache I 1 never
should have thought it of you. Or was
it the mistletoe put you In mind—"
"Will you go?" she cried, with flam
ing cheeks and stamping foot. "Jlow
day-uh you stund there laughing (it
mi'f Oh, if 1 were a man—"
"If you were a man nobody would
think of such a thing. As I'm one, I
can't help It."
"Ah wish Ah could help yuu down
those steps and buck to camp," she re
torted, trying hard to look furious.
"You could, easily, but you don't want
to, or you would have given tue my onp
long ago."
"Oh!" and the, jaunty kepi went
spinning into the darkness of t no night,
{ind the little lady stumped in fury at
her own blunder. "Take your cap, and
go."
"We-U," suid Lumliert, with provok
ing coolness, ''lf I'm to follow my cap
It hasn't gone towards camp at all. It
seeius—excuse me if I come back for ft
light— It seems to have dropped close to
(hat old arbor of yours among the rose,
bushes, where you sit, hi the summer
moonlit evenings. Suppose we leave It
as an excuse for me to drop around
next time you go there."
But now sho seized a caudle and went
bounding down the stejia. A moment's
search among the bushes, and she found
It—also him, for he calmly followed.
"There's your cap," she said, "and
yawnduh's the gate!"
Ho iiMiki.il up in affected JKJJII and
astonishment
"Why, Miat Kateslcl I suppouedycm
wen' simply acting on my suggestion,
and we were going to liavosuchn loveJy
time at the bower. That's why I fol
lowed."
"Oh, All should like to tny-ub your
tongue out. You know Ah hute the
very ground you stand on —"
The gloom In Ills face «ave way in
stantly to rudlunt joy. "You do?—-
really?" he c.ried. "Oh, I never ho|>cd
for that! I thought you loved every
Inch of this ugly old state and that 1
never could coax you to leave It Do
yon ri'ully hate It so?"
But now, fairly beside herself with
vexation, tin* girl had turned and fled,
her little feot i eeinlng to fly up tho
worn old steps lb at groaned and ercekod
under any other touch. Hi- utood gar
lug after her a moment, the teaming,
merry smile still hovering alvout his
lips, then picked Up the «'jip she had
hurled to earth, and walked blithely
away.
Not ten yards from the gate, ciuuo
Corp Cunningham on the run. Capt
Ciose. desired to see the lieutenant at
once. A negro stood by the oampflre
In front of CIOHC'U tent trembling from
either fear or excitement or lsith, lils
protruding eves fixed on the form of
old RUMIIUS, who wns eagerly jabbering
to the company commander.
"I>o you know my thing 'liout. this,
lleutciisnt?" l.ikeil Close. "Tlieso
ilurkies say there's been a big row over
townrds Vernon, and that Walton
Scroggs Is among the killed."
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