VOL xxxiv
Spring and Summer!
Shoes and Oxfords.
The season brings many new and pretty styles in fine shoes a " d
fine footwear—Tan color, Chocolate color, Patent leathers and fine Dongolas. n
the new coin toe, Bull Dog toe, Empire toe, clotii or leather tops and in all sizes. I
A A to R E.
Green Shoes, The Latest Craze.
Have you seen them. See the different styles in our windows—Ladies' and
Gents' Green shoes on especially attractive lasts -several shades to choose trom
well-made, servicahle ar.d stylish.
Men's And Boys' Fine hoes.
All styles, all varieties of footwear to be found in our stock. We aim to supply !
all wanis—the wish for low prices along with others. See onr line of Men s, lk>\? j
and Youths' fine shoes in russetts, vici kid and fine c alf, in the popular shades ami
up to date styles. Complete line of Ladies' awl Gents' patent leathers, riuc
Kangaroo shoes and slippers for summer wear. Complete stock of bicycle shoes
low cut shoes and Men's Romeo slippers- stock of Glen's and boys plow
shoes, heavy box toe shoes which we are sclliug cheap.
OXFORDS.
Our stock of Oxford ties is very large and owing to the backward season leaves
us with a large stock on hands. These Oxfords are all made of fine Dongola and
Russett leather, and we intend closing them out quickly, and in order to accom
plish our purpose we have marked them away down, so if you 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.
128 S. MAIN St. BUTLER, PA.
jm l AfN I G. F. KECK, *
IE mfi I MERCANT TAILOR.
L& ft 142 North Main St.. Butler. Pa.
i T* When we make you a garment—or a suit
—you may be sure that every st'tch in it
is perfectly made. Our especial pride is
\ in the quality of our tailoring, we pay high
/Xr K °-+• wages and employ first-class tailors, so we
j* "I Ljl yjfe i ° get the highest grade of garments aud you
'•+ know our prices are lower than others,
° + and we keep the largest stock of goods to
Jrlf select from. Call and examine for your-
VfTTTn + se!f > FITS. GUARANTEED, reme/nlier the
\ II p] ace
fi F KECK Merchant Tailor.
142 N. MAIN ST.. RUTLER, PA.
_ J. S. YOUNG,
Tailor, flatter and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Summer lieat makes the problem of looking'dressy and keeping cool a hard one.
But we've solved it; and for once economy, comfort and fasliion'go hand in haud.
Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut
han 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., - - - BUTLER, 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
last, "and when I leave my $12.001 feel as if I had an
SIB.OO suit for it." Nothing new to us, we always
did 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 SIO.OO or even $12.00
with our
$7.50.
T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON.
120 S. MAIN ST. BUTLER, PA.
The Wise Grocer.
"\Vill try to induce his customers to buy the very best gro
ceries in the market, because by so doing he makes a sale
that will give satisfaction, and it is the pleased and satis
fied customer who builds up the grocer's business. We
have some of the very best goods obtainable which we
sell as close as any house in the county. Leave 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. -r*
WHILE YOU ARE WAITING
For your prescription don't fail to look *- -
over our line of perfumes, we have re- // i I V
ceived some very fine ones lately, and f IJ>J 'a .
will be pleased to have you examine
We also have a verv la. ge assortm nt
■of tooth brushes made expressly for us f = mir/
wbi'h bear our stamp, these brushes y
we guarantee and request the return of
any th.it prove unsatisfactory. ' —
You may need something for your -
chapped hands and face, and if so we -yf\
recommend Cydonium Crsatn as a fine ~
toilet preparation.
REDICK & GROHM AN S
DRUGGISTS.
PEOPLES PHONE. 114. BUTLER P;i
Ti IE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Biliousness
Is caused by torpul liver, which jirev.-nts i!;»res
tlon and perin.t* to ferment and putrify In
the stomach, rtca lullow dizza.-.'ss. headache,
taiumlna. nervous'i>«», and, « B B
if not relieve,!. !-. 1 > >us fever ITjy ,_ E z
«r Mood pcisotrug. Hood's H ■ ijft
1 Ua ft I i
rmi ir t ;v. r. :.1 feartvhe. dizziness, eon
»tioat-,.:i. - '
The my Pills to Hood s barsajiarillA
This Is Vour Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, ensh or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Cat; rrh and 'lav I > ver < .ire
(Ely's Cream snfiicieat to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
50 NVarren St , New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr.. of Great Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Creaui Balru to me. I
can emphasize his sratemer.t, "It is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed '
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream T?a!m is the acknowledged
on re for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious droa- Price, f>o cents.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
1\ I?. A L. K. it. ii.
Schedule of Passenger Train- in effect
May I s '.»7. Butler tiim
Trains leave Butler as follow- Con
neaut Lake E?q>r,>s " Jo a. in.. Erie
Mail a. m. and Greenville Accom
modation 5:05 p, ni. Trains arrive- as
follows: Conneant Lake Espres.- 9 •>
p. 111.. Erie Mail 2:5t) p. 111 and Green
ville Accommodation a. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Conneant Lake Express leaves n >
a. m. and arrive-: at 9:55 p. m.
Train leaving at T :25 makes connec
tion with Erie Ry. at Slienango, wtst:
train leaving at < J:SS makes connection
with VY. & P at Mercer and with
Erie at Shenango, east: train leaving at
5:05 makes connection with Is. Y. & F.
at Mercer, north and south.
A. B. CROUCH,
Ticket Agent.
pITTSHUKG & WESTERN
"• Railway. Schedule of Pas
senger Trains in effect May 10,
1897. BUTLER TIME.
I>t'l>:ii t. Arriw.
.xllcghouy Ac\omn»tHlsiti«»ii '• •' !• \ m
AUfgheny "Flyer'. .. * !•"» •' *'
Nt'W Accoliiir.'ion 1 •'.'•! 1.
Akron Mail * 1 • VM " I'.M
Allt-jrhenv Ai:v«4»ni.NLitiou 1" Oo " li "
Alleghi'iiv :J (V» p.:i 4 •
Allegheny "Flyer '
Chicago i.xi»rov>. ... '• 4t» '* \'l '•"
.Uleghenv Mail * l' l * 0,1
Allegheny "Flyer". ; ;
Rlhvuod A-1 .'imib : tTj " u j
(*liicag»» I.iiiiif.l. "» " *'• am
Kan-- ;.IHI }Jn. lfi»rtl '• '■>- v r.M
(liirioa \ iiiui'■ nii*»* • I"» ''" it A M
Foxburg At •iiiiii* 71» *' S
srXi'AV Tl» AI \S.
AH.-h.-iiv !vt - I:» a m •.» - "
j Alli'jJieiiy A< • •liiim-1..': -si... . " -I" I' M ' 1 M
I N'. u iW;,- \ - amri n.. - 1"» " ' •
j Chicago K\pr» x- a Hi r.M I V. *•
Allegheny ni
Trains iioilli at » :\L in. ainl ' ' '■ 1». e.t. Ti. k»-
ol«we conn' l ti; ant Foxlmrg lor |K»intr? '»n Allngheuy
Valley IJy.
For 1111-■ ?11 ticket-* t > .ill {Hiints in tin ih
ue-l k »r KHitliwot apj iv to
A. It. CROI t 11.
K. !5. Siii.'i. Hnti. r I'a.
•Foxhui'g, P:». C. W BASSKTI.
A (i. P. A . Allegheny, Pa.
PENNSYLVANIA
WESTEN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
S<*iiEi>t*LK IN EFFECT MAY 17.1K>7.
SOUTH WEEK DAYS j
A. M. A.M. A. M IV M i M. j
BUTLER L.M'- 25 8 11 15 2 :r»
Saxonhurg Arrive »i ► 4 8 U-*» 11 W - >»> j
Hntler Jun<ti.»n.. " 727 S
Butler Jun« lion...l.eavej 7 :V' sisl2l7 :i 25 ■ j
Natrona. .. Arn\< 7 v 12 -i • *• "2 |
Tarentnni. | 7 42 1 ■' "2 12 4." < « T 1
Sj»ring«lule ...... 7 '•') 11 12 41 52 J
Clareniont . . .... 2 • 100 4 oti'fi; 27 j
- « : «2 i
MU .hvm S 27j P. I 2:. 12 - «•. It i
M.«a.:l I'. :i I.M P. M !
SUNDAY TRAINS. Leav, Butlei for All Jieny |
City ami i>rinci|«l iotervneilfate nation* at a. in. J
aii-1 s:<h» p. in.
NORTH WEEK I»AYS
A. M.I A. M. A. MP >1 P. M.
Allegheny l ily., lea- • 7 i«» 11 2 . 25" 10
Sharpibar j. >7ll 91211 37 I
<lltfßlaoDt. . 1• ! 1 1 .: i : ....
Spriitgdale.. •' il ' '• 0 «» "
Taxvntnni 7 :vi '• (»fc« . 1-. 4i'»
Naiioiut . .. 17 Xr 9 43 12 18) 3 51) 6 61
Rntlei Junction. ..tti 1 'J 'l2 » '•"» 7 1
" Butle» Junction... .lea\c 7 4»i '< •>" 12 2 \1" 7"1
Saxonhnrg H l"i;l" 1*» 12 I" \ :t«. 7 21
BUTLER arrive! 8 3<, '10 .W 1 17 5 u'< 7 s<)
A M. A.M P M P. M P. M.
SUN DA V TR AINS.—Le »\ Alh'uhe'.y City !'■: But
ler and jmin ijml interna tliate >tati"!s- at 7:2" :«.ra. ual
; in.
WFIK DAYS. For THE EAST Wfiik DAY>.
P. M. A. W.| P M P. M
2V, r, 2511 v Bni.nK .r .. 1 17
:t 25 7 27jar Butler Jnnotioti Iv .. !_
.'t 7 *c, |v Butler Juu lumi ai s 12 O
ii.*> 7P» ar Frceport.. l y h2B 12 tni
3 :ti» 7 ftff u Allegheny Junction . " 824 12 <'l
51 t»li ** (.eeehburg " 8 (*'ll !'•
4 01* 821 • Paulton (Aitollo) ... 7 5:; 11 *•
! 851 - 8:»ltsl»un r • 7 II «•»
5 0»i, 22! • Bluirsville 7 CHi lo lo
5 15 j .(•/' »♦ BlairsvjlJt- Inttix- '1 »u.. • 2" !<• 15
8 5o 11 155, " Mtoona " 8 <«»
1 <*» :t lot « IT irrM - 1
.**< ♦» - nmnirtvtmft. n 20
P. M.jP. M A.M. P.M.
On Sunday, tiain leaving Buth r 7:. • « in., connect*
for llarri.xhurg, Altooiia and Philadclphi.i.
Ttirougli train* for tin cast le ue PftMairu (I'ni- 'i
Station l. follows:
Atlantic ExpreaH, daily.. • vm
Pennsylvania Limited " 7:15 •'
ltay E.\|»iv.v, " 7,' to "
Main Line Express, 44 ... s "0 "
Philadelphia Express. 44 4:-U» r.M
Flastern Express, ' 4 .. . 7:"5 "
Fast Line. 4 * .8:lo 44
Philad'a Mail. Sundays only 8:40 a.m
frVr iletnjled inforiuatio:i, address Titos. E. Watt. Pa—.
Agt. We.sti.iri D|f»trVi c..: ner Fifth Avenue and Mnith
flt ld Street. Pitt-hurg, P.
J. B. HUTCHISON, J. ii. iVooD,
General Manager. <»« n'l l'as&r. Agent.
The Place to Buy
GAS COOK
ING AND IIEAT IN G STOV KS,
| GAS BURNERS AND FIX
TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS,
ENAMEL AND
IMPROVE WELSHBACH GAS
BU RNERi
W H. O'BRIEN I ON
107 hast Jefferson St.
BEE KEEPER S SUPPLIES
SUCH AS
Hivt'S. S,ji<»k«-r- Kivmkl Vramr*. «*tlons,
Section li« »\« s HKhk) u I 11 pi 11 s Founda
tions.
The best uimmK at thr l<w. .t jMisvfbli
prices.
James 3. Murphy.
Mercer St.. West, End, Butler, Pa.
V Near Kamere fa Grocery Store
BUTLER PA., THL'USDAV, 'H NLJ 24. IB^>7
1
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[Copyrtcht. »e»t. by J. U Llppir.cr.tt Company.]
XVI. 1
The honorable acquittal of Caj>t. 1
C'loxe proved, us \tiis to i>e expectei!, t.i 1
thoni in the flesh of certain > f li: ac <
colters, and stirreti up trouble In the 1
gallant —ttenth. This was . lriatter t
C'!ose didn't much niiiul. lie \va-grant- f
ed six months' < ave on a surj;.-on*s ccr- t
tiilcate of disability, which meant on j
full psty. and lit' took it very hard that %
some meat's were not devised to 1
send him north undeT order?, HO J
that he could drav mileage. He and i
i Lambert went back to Tuprnloo together :
and j.ai ked up, for "G" eon;; any was •
of"iered relieved by another, an 1 ( lose .
waiH there iua/'lo the happy ivcip'cnt 1
of a p:i»« to Chicago, while the old com- i
pany, after seeing- their ex-connnand- i
er safely aloard the sleeper, went on 1
down 'he road to New Orleans and \
took station once more with regimental s
headquarters. '
Here Mr. Lambert found means of
getting occasional brief leaves of ab- j
s-' nee and of employing t. s-• two or three i (
D:,ys ill visits to hi*< wMle neigb!. TS t
of Walton hall, now -trf* i«>: tt <'".•> - 1
ciic-d in a : i.'turestjiH* l"it ' v.'..a; |1
dilapidated »>« 1 co<-: - <•! •• t . tfi? '
.v ' 1 ' I
been Hie property or a near relative i
before the war, and was reclaimed and ,
put in partial order for their use, ap- <
parently, through the efforts of their j
old physician and the energies of Mr. t
Barton Potts. Here the warm, soft,
salty breezes fceemed to bring new lease (
of life to the beloved invalid, though 1
it was plain to one and all she could i
never be herself again. Serorj r s. her i
kinsman son-in-lav. was rapidly mend
ing- and eagerly casting about for era- 1
ployment. Floyd, restored to duty with
out trial, was serving patiently and i
faithfully with his regiment in Texas,
bent evidently on making good his
words. The two events which seemed i
to bring general cheer and rejoicing
to the household were those which three
mouths before would have been prompt
ly derided as absurd and impossible;
one was the weekly letter from a troop
er in the union blue, the other a much
rarer visit from a Yankee subaltern,
whose profession was not to be disguised
because he was in "cits'." On the oc
casion of his first appearance in that
garb Miss Walton did him the honor to
say: "Ah never did like you, but Ah
do think those clothes wuhse than the
others." This was rather hard, be
cause, as the spring came on, Lambert's
lot at the barracks was not as pleasant
aa it might have been, and his com
fort consisted in running over to see
how Madam Walton was doing-.
Cram and his battery, with Waring,
Pierce, and all, had been ordered away,
and then for the first time Lambert |
realized, what his regimental comrades
i had marked for months, that he pre
| ferred the companionship of the bat'
j tery men to that of the men who wore
j the bugle, the badge of the infantry in
■ those benighted days. Old Brax con- :
I eluded he had had enough et garrison '
I life, and sought a long leave. Maj. !
| Minor took command of the reg-iment 1
j and i>ost, and the adjutant aud quarter- I
j master took command of Mai. Minor, j
i It had neither been nor forgot
ten by these etalf officials that Lam
bert had been equally outspoken in de
fense of Close and denunciation of his
accusers, and the further fact that he
preferred to spend his leisure hours
with his fellow-graduates of the artil
lery rather than his uncongenial breth
ren of the —teenth gave the offended
ones abundant material to work on.
Minor was a weakling—a bureau officer
during the war days, a man who could
muster and disburse, without a flaw,
but never set a squadron in the field
without a "fluke." Lambert was a cap
ital drill-master and tactician, and "O"
company, under 1118 instruction, was
rapidly overhauling every other in the
regiment, even those of Kin soy and
" Lively, the two real soldiers among the
' captains. Minor bated the sight, of a
page of tactics, and never even held
Liiultcii' liw.l it clear,
' ringing voice, and Minor couldn't, make
himself heard. One morniug the or
derly came to Lambert at company drill
with "the major's compliments, and
please to take company 'G' outside the
garrison, or make ICBS noise." It was
the adjutant's doing, as things turned
i out afterwards, but it angered Lambert
against his commander. Then, when
i May came round and he asked for three
days' leave, Minor hummed and hawed
and looked at his staff officer and final
ly requested that it be submitted in
writing; and "it" came back with a curt
indorsement to the effect that Lieut.
Lambert would be expected hereafter
to show more interest in matters con
nected with his regimental duties; the
application was disapproved.
All this time he had written every few
•weeks to Close, and got a very nice let
ter in reply, written by a young fel
low who announced himself as the cap- ,
tain's brother, Wallace. The captain j
wis getting better—very much better
—but the eye doctor's bill was a big one, j
and he thought the government ought j
to pay it. He. had bought, some land up |
there six years before, and, what with i
schools and roads ami bridges, the taxes 1
' were awful. What, he wouldn't mind '
doing would be to come back to the i
regiment as quartermaster; but in j
those days there was no four-year limit j
' to staff positions, and the incumbents, '
- both adjutant and quartermaster, pro
posed to hang on as long as jKissible, j
' and Lambert replied that he fefved ■
there would be no chance.
t j And then one day there came a tele
i gront to the eommandingofficerof Ci»m
--' paay "G" at the barracks with the brief
announcement that u soldier serving in
the Twenty-sixth infantry under the
name of Roberts had been identified by
Corporal Floyd Walton, Fourth cavalry,
as Private ICiggs, a deserter from the
—teenth. Please send charges and
descriptive list. Two weeks later Lieut.
Lambert -was summoned to Austin as a
witness l>efore the general court-mar
tial appointed for his trial. The Mor
gan line steamer would not sail until
Saturday night. There was time to run
over and see if the Waltons had not
something to send to their soldier boy
s, in Texas, and Lambert sent his trunk
L ~ to the Morgan wharf while the Mobile
e boat paddled him away through the
Uig-olcts and out into Mississippi sound
and ianded him at the familiar pier at
t.
PRSS Christian just at tu: light of a <
lovel\ Ma?" evening. T< minutes' walk i
along tho. shore brought him to an in- i
closure wherein the moonbeams were | <
beginning to play among the leaves of
the magnolia and to throw a huge black : •.
shallow, that of the grove of live oaks. !
over the veranda of an old, white- ; t
painted southern homes lea l bowered in ■
vines and shrubbery at. the end of the > ;
broad .shell pathway lea from .the ,
gate. Somewhere among the foliage a I ;
mocking bird was carc'ing to hhe rising i
moon, and the music of soft, girlish ■ ,
voices and subdued laughter came drift- j .
!ng out on the evening air. Lambert's ' ,
heart gava a quickened throb or two i
as he recognized Kate Walton's un- |
mist-akable tones. He had to traverse
the length of the moonlit walk. She,
v. ith her unseen friend, was in shadow,
so there was uo possibility of trying the
rfTrct of surprise.
" \V !I. vrlinyuh'n tlie wide wuhld 'd
' i. r ::r>n;-halaiit
greeting. "Ah supposed you were
d.yyd'u burKxl." (There is no sueh thing
as spelling that word as pronounced by
the rosiest, sauciest, and possibly sweet
est little mouth in creation. He could
not take his eyef from it, and she knew
It.)- ."MissAwgden,thisisMr. Lambert.
Ah think you've heard sister Esthuh
speak of him. —Ah suppose you want to
go right in to see huh. Ah'll call huh
down."
So Lambert made his bow to Miss
Ogden, who had her own womanly in
tuitions as to the extent of his eager
ness to see sister Esther, and who pres
ently declared, she had to go home, and
went without much delay over the
leuve-taking. in spite of Katesie'a vol
uble remonstrance and well-feigned dis
appointment. Miss Walton, in fact,
hung on to her all the way to the gate
and made every proper and apparent
effort to detain her there; but a wise
head had Miss Bettie Ogden: she would
not delay. She had heard sister Esther
talk of Mr. Lambert time and again,
and had read in Katesie's significant
silence or simulated scorn a whole vol
ume of information. She went tripping
lightly, laughingly away, and Katesie
watched her until she was out of sight,
then came dawdling slowly back. She
well knew it would be linlike Esther to
come down inside of 20 minutes.
Lambert was seated in the big
wicker chair, amusing himself with a
kitten. He did not even look up when
she finally returned.
"Hasn't. Esthuh come down vet? Ah
told hub you wuh hyuh. ten minutes
ago."
"No. Possibly she didn't understand.
I didn't hear her answer. Indeed, I
could hardly hear you call."
"That's because you were listening
to Bettie Awgden." (Pause for reply
or denial: none offered.) "She doesn't
like Yankees any better'n I did —do"
"Then it wan on my account she left
so suddenly. Where does she live? 11!
run and call her l>ack and tell her —
what shall I tell her? —that I only
wanted tosaygood-by toMrs. Scroggs?"
"You haven't said how-de-do yet."
"I haven't? How utterly stupid of
me! You see between Miss Ogden and
the cat, you were so engrossed that I
deferred that ceremony until you
should have time, to devote to me.
Permit me." And carefully depositing
pussy on the chair, he quickly bent low
and seized Miss ICatesie'« hand,which he
raised toward his lips: "Miss Walton, 1
am so glad to see you again. This fort
night has seemed a year.'
I Indignantly she snatched her hand
away.
"Fawtnight! It's five weeks to-day
since you were hyuh." Then, sudden
ly conscious: "Not that I cay-uh."
He started up in feigned astonish
ment. "Five weeks'.' You amaze me!
and how sweet of YOU to keep count
(Something more than mere teasing
and merriment now in 'he sparkle of
his eyes and the twitching about the
corners of his handsome, sensitive
month.) Those five weeks hnve Wert
five years."
But she had sprung to the doorway,
wrathful at being so artfully trapped.
"Ah didn't keep count. It was Moh;
V Ah don't cay'uh how long you stay
away, or how soon you go. Esthuh!
ain't you ayvuh coming down? Mr.
Lambert says he's got to go."
"You haven't told me how Mrs. Wal
ton is, and Mr. Scroggs, Miss Katesie.
And how's Cousin Bart?"
"Cousin Bart's up at QuitmaD; BO'S
Walton; and Moh's 'bout the same.
She'll nayvuh be any better so long's
| Floyd's whuh he is—weah-ing a Yan
! kee jacUet»"
"That is queer, isn't it? The queer
est thing about it is that he's just been
made corporal in the very troop he
charged into at Selma. A classmate of
mine is second lieutenant in the same
troop, and wrote me about it."
"Floyd ought to be the lieutenant."
"Miss Walton, you continually sur
j prise, und now you delight me! This
I is really promising! A southern girl
i says her brother ought to be a Yankee
j officer."
j But she flew at him from the door
j step, her eyes flashing flre. He seized
the kitten and held the struggling
I quadruped, paws foremost, between
i him and the impending vengeance.
"Oh! Ah do despise an' hate you
I maw an' maw ev'y time you eoiue.
You're mean, spiteful, hateful! ou
know Ah nevuh meant any such thing.
| Ah'd sco'n him if lve was! Ah'd tulir,
mah back on him —as Ah do on you
1 now an* Ah wish it was fo'evuh!
And, suiting action to word, the tum
bling. clustering ringlets which fell
' upon her pretty shoulders were flouted
almost in his face as she whirled about
and marched tragically back to the
doorway.
"Well," said Lambert, mournfully,
"it's an ill-wind that, blows nobody
good. Your wish bids fair to be grant
ed. I think I won't disturb Mrs
Scroggs to-night, und if you'll tell me
where to find Miss Ogden I'll bid hei
come back to you, so that you car. re
sume the fun I Interrupted. Kindlj
say to Mrs. Scroggs thut if she has any
thing to send to Floyd and can get it
ready before ten to-morrow morning
I'll be glad to take it with my baggage
The hotel portey will eopv: for it. Good
night, pussy. )un don't seem to ob
ject to Yanks. Oood-by. Miss Katesie.
When your wishes are so prom pi IJ
granted and you so easily get rid of a
fellow you might shake hands will
him, but pussy'U have to do."
With that he solemnly took the kit- .
ten by n furry j aw and with ludicrous
gravity gave it a formal shake, then ,
turned deliberately away. He was
down the steps and crunching along
the shell walk before she started from
the stupor which had seized her. Then
she sprang to the edge of the veranda
and he. treading lightly now and list
ening for the sounding of the summons
for .1 parley, heard, as he expected, tlit
half-tremulous, half-truculent hail:
"Aw. Mist' Lambert!"
"Yes?"
"Whuh you going?"
"Oh, didn't I tell von? I'm ordered |
to Texas."
Then he listened, wickedly, malicious
ly, and vouchsafed no further word.
For a moment not a sound came from
the shaded veranda. Slowly, therefore,
he turned, and, treading as though on
china teacups, went on towards the j
gate* Did he hope she would .-all
again? Bid he know or realize the !
deep-rooted, stubborn pride of the >
southern girl? Slowly, more slowly
still, he faltered to the gate. Xearing j
it, still eagerly listeninc. he shortened '
step, only pretending to walk. Stil! no j
sound, no summons to return. His
hand was on the latch, and there it wait- !
ed, reluctant to open, but waiting was
in vain. He glanced back over his |
shoulder, and, vague and shadowy, he j
could just distinguish the outline of the |
slender form he had grown to love with !
srch longing and tenderness and pas
sion. It clung there motionless. At
least, then, she had not turned indiffer
ently away. But the word, the whis
per, he prayed for and craved to hear,
and would so eagerly have obeyed, came
not to recall him. Fifteen—twenty sec
"Oh : Ah do despise an' hat# you maw an' maw
»Yr time."
ends he waited, then, in sudden pride, or
pique, or resolution, threw open the
white barrier, slammed it after him,
and strode briskly away, startling the
mocking birds into sudden silence with
the lively whistling of an old West
Point quickstep.
But Esther, coming forth from the
oj>en doorway to greet :ind welcome
their friend, saw the erect, soldierly
figure marching off in the moonlight;
saw her little sister standing as though
rooted to the spot, heard the ostenta
tious spirit and swing and rhythm of
"Buenaa noches;" heard a faint, ques
tioning, Incredulous, tearful little voice
piping: "Mr. Lambert! Mr. Lam
bert!" and the woman had learned in
that instant what, the lover would have
given worlds to lenow.
XVII.
"Lieutenant, there's no use trying.
We're only twenty, and there must be
two hundred of 'em. They've got that
stage load long before now, escort and
nil. The hole thing's over with. If
there were any women 'twould be dif
ferent; every man of us would go then
to try to rescue them; but there were
only men. I'm as sorry for Col. Sweet
as you can be; but we can get his body
when the Indians have gone. We can't
efford to lose any more of our people."
The speaker was the captain of a
party of Texas frontiersmen —rangers
'thev were afterwards called, when
their organization was more complete;
but these were the days when the Ix>no
Star state was uninvaded by railways
and when to Its very heart—far as the
capital the savage Kiowas and
Comanches often raided in full force,
ravaging the scattered settlements far
f,nd wide. Lieut, Lambert, his duty fin
ished with his testimony in the ease of
the deserter TJiggs, had obtained permis
sion to delay his return a few days and
taken stage to Lampasas, where Floyd
Walton was stationed with his troop.
Lambert, would not willingly return
without seeing him and delivering in
person the little packages so hurriedly
pre[>ared at the new home. Then. too.
there was no man in the army in whom
the young officer now felt so deep an in
terest. -"Was he i)ot Katesie's brother,
und might not that brother have some
influence over that olid urate heart?
It was not the porter of the hotel who
went for these packages. It was I.aru
ber! himself, hoping, of course, to see
the young lady whom he had so suc
cessfully tormented the evening previ
ous; but his scheme had been check
mated in most absurdly unromantic
fashion. The New Orleans evening
paper among its military items con
tained a brief paragraph to the effect
that Lieut. Lambert was ordered over
to Austin as a witness before a court
martial there in session, but would re
turn to the barracks in a week or ten
days, and this pajier he had been care
less enough to leave on the veranda.
Katesie had gone miserably to lier
room, Esther had lit. upon the para
graph, nnd in ten minutes Lambert's
melodramatic scheme was exploded.
Never would he forget the saucy merri
ment in her pretty face when he ap
peared upon the scene that morning,
hoping nnd expecting to find her peni
tent, piteous, and mutely begging to be
forgiven before he went away. He had
come prepared to be grave, sorrowful,
dignified, and then to be disarmed by
her distress, to lead her away under the
magnolias to the shaded recesses of the
old southern garden, there to assure
her that she was pardoned, nnd then
to tell her how she was loved. A charm
ing chateau en Espngne was that which
the boy had builded; a sweet, sad,
ful, ecstatic parting was it all,TW4»ejJLs
a result of his skillful use of
den orders to Texas;" but, like___maily
another well-laid plan, it went ludi
crously aglee. She was tliere on the
veranda, romping with her kittep,
when he came and never made the
slightest reference to his departure,
ne alluded gloomily to the fact that the
boat would be along in less than an
hour, and he cheerfully responded:
"Yes; Ah thought Ah huhd its whistle
just a moment asro," and raced pussy
to the fat end of the gallery. He trlee
other announcements with no bettex
success, and was bewildered and de
feated and stung by her apparent
heartlessness and indifference when at
I last he had to go, and went away mis
| erably jealous and wretchedly in love,
I.fairly beaten at his own game,
j So gloomy and unlike himself was
i Lambert that the two or three class
' mates who happened to be at Austin
were much surprised, and so absorbed
' was ho io his own woos tuid pangs that
not until he reached Lampasas did he c
ifarn that the soldierly-looking 'nan ''
uho rode all the way from the capital 1 1
with him was no Lss a person than '
the llrevct Lieut. Col. Sweet of whom P
lit- had heard so much at Tugaloo, and °
l>o, promoted to the rajik of major, I si
was now on his way to rej>ort for duty j a
it a frontier post. Tho stage with the s
rolonel rumbled away on its journey ;
for supper. Lambert went on out to | t
camp, > nly to find that Corpoml Wal- o
toe with four mtn had gone us escort 1 ]
to that xeiy stage. a« ther,- were ,-u- i
mors that the Conmnches and Li pans •
were >ll th£ warpath again. It might j
be four days before they returned It s
tvould l>e two t>efore a. stage went back ! h
I Austin, and it was now nine o'clock I 1
at nigVt.
The very next morning brought dire- '
ful news. A big band of hostile* had . 0
swoc jed down on the stage station at '
the erossing of the Caliente, 50 mi es | f1
to tin-northwest, massacred everybody, \ 1
..lid run off the sUH-k. The cavalry j
troop in camp st LampHfWs was miles j
may by the time the tidings reached x
Lambert ut the tavern in town. Thon j J
came worse news. A settler rode I
-p'.rring in from the Concho trail to j
•«} that he had --ecu the Indians when ' j
they attacked the stage with overpovv- 1
•ring e.iimbi rs, ajid had just nianagrd '
to e , with liis own life, tie •><■-
iieveU that not one soul WHS kft to j
tell the tale. There were many gallant j
j spirits among the Texa.ns of the fron- |
tier--men who were accustomed to |
tijrlit at the drv.p of the hat, and who,
in defense of home aud frieiuls, were I
indomitable. Vet even these well knew j
the hopelessness of the situation as de- \
scribed. They were for too few in i
number to undertake the pursuit and |
attack of such a band as this. More- j
over, their own wives and children
would l>e left in danger \verr tliev to 1
take the field. It was even Impossible
to persuade two or three of their num
ber to ride post-haste on the trail of
the cavalry, who, at the first alarm
and on receipt of tidings that the In
dians had ridden away eaatw«j-d to- 1
wards the Brazos, had takeu the rosd
tor Wa-:o at dawn in hopes of heading
them off or driving them should they
attack the defenseless settlements.
There were, therefore, absolutely no
troops to go to the rescue of the stage
[«i rty, if, as seemed beyond hope, any
nf ihein were still alive, fund Lambert,
burning with eagerness to do some
thing and tormented with anxiety as
to the fate of "Brother Floyd," found
himself hejpless.
A se-geaut and son.e semi-invalided
men had been left in charge of camp,
and from these he. gathered a little in
formation, but not of an enlivening na
ture. The nearest post." to the west
ward from which help might come
were McKavett and Concho, each over
a hundred miles away; but Concho, be
ing on the left bank of the Colorado,
md doubtless warned by this time of
the Indian raid, could be sending cav
alry down the valley in pursuit. It
was expectation of this, probably, that
started the raiders eastvard towards
the Brazos, where there were no troops,
and where, sweeping northward again
in wide circle, they might confidently
expect to get safely liack to their wild
fastnesses, leading the cavalry a stern
L-hase all the way. Shrewdest tacti
cians of modern warfare as they are,
the\ hud indeed already divided, one
party riding eastward as reported after
swooping down on the Caliente station,
rind driving some of the stock ahead
of theni. for the sole pur)>ofie of draw
ing the Lampa«i.s troop off in that di
rection, leaving the settlers along the
Colorado to the mercies of the other
and larger portion of the ittvnge force.
There was no use now in sending
couriers after the troop. It had five
hours' start. It would be evening be
fore the fleetest horse could overtake
the command. Lambert urged the
seigeant to give him a horse and arms,
mount three or four men, and let them
go with him, if only to reconnoiter.
Then some of the Texans who had no
families to defend might volunteer.
Bui the sergeant dared not take the
responsibility of disregarding his in
structions, and was wiser than Lam
bert in the wiles ot Indian warfare.
"I'd go myself gladly, lieutenant," lie
said, "but orders are orders, and a party
of four or five would be surrounded
and cut off and massacred before you
faiily realized that an Indian was near
you." Then Lambert had appealed to
"tilt Texans, and the cuptain had re
plied us above; and then, just when he
was giving u-p in despair, a sergeant
and two men, dust-covered and with
horses in a lather of foam, rode furi
ously In from the Waco trail.
"Is it true?" cried the sergreant, a« ho
saw the unusual gathering at camp.
"We met a feller half-way over to Bra
zos riding like hell, warning folks the
Indians were to the north, and he said
they had jumped the stage this side of
t'liente. It's true? And you haven't
done anything? Mount every sound
man you've got, and give us fresh
horses,"
"My orders were to take cure —" be
gan his eonirade.
"Damn your orders! I bring later.
The old man didn't believe it, and had a
*ure thing ahead of him. jor he'd have
turned back with the hull outfit.. Why,
man, that stage—or what's left of it—
j ain't thirty miles away, an' you fellers
j sitting herelikesomanydamnwomen!"
■ And the trooper flung himself from the
. ! saddle at the word, nnd then caught
' sight of Lambert's forage-cap and eager
face.
"Get me U 1I„J-»-, too, sergeani; Til
go wun you. I'm L«leut. Lamoerx, n
classmate of your second lieutenant."
"You'll go in command, sir, and we're
with you—six of us, anyhow. I've heard
Corporal Walton speak of you, sir,
often. How many of you fellers 'll go ?"
he demanded eagerly of the knot of
Texans, while the few troopers hustled
about saddling spare horses and levy
ing on the list of invalid mounts, too
sore or too feeble for a long chase, but
good enough for a thirty-mile dash
when It was life or death nt the end
of it. In an instant the whole atmos
phere seemed changed—charged with
ozone, electric force, magnetism
something—for the snap au>l spirit of
the newcomer flashed from man to
man. Lambert, a stranger and without
authority in the premises, could effect
i nothing: Sergt. Dolnn, a war veteran,
a man they all knew, and clothed with
power as coming direct from that mili
tary deml-god"thecaptain,"hadadozen
jnen armed, equipped, In saddle and
ready for business, in ten minutes. Six
were soldiers, six civilians who half
laughingly ranged - their raw-boned
Texas ponies in line with the mounting
troopers and Oolan sung out to Lam
bert, who had raided his classmate's
tent for extra boots and riding breech
es: "We're ready, sir."
In the hot May sunshine, at high
noon, they went loping northward over
the lovely prairie, spangled with wild*
♦lowers, the Colorndo tw istingand turn
ing like a silver serjient in its green bed
to their left. Five miles out, a wretched,
half-demented creature huiled them
from a clump of willows by a little
stream. "You're too late, you fellers.
They ain't- anything left alive from
the Pnloma to the Caliente. except Indi
ans. The country's alive with
Oood-by to your scalps if you venffire t
;ver that ridge." Aiul he pointed to «
the long, low line of bluff* that spanned j :
llie horiron to the northwest. One man t
ptopi>ecl to question, but speedily came j 1
galloping on in pursuit. "He's tcAreil : 1
out of his wit*, ru- can't prove w hat he <
,RVS." was the brief report to Laiulwrt |
and the sergeant, now riding side hy .
nide at the head of the little column.
Another hour. and. closer to the river, j
they were following' the meandering |
of the stage road. and the ridge loomed |
higher ahead. Two more settler* had
1 >eem passed; and they »en> exapirvra- .
tlve beyond any semblance <rf proba- '
bility. The Indians numbered thou
sands. the dead hundreds. The stagre
had lieen warne<l not to push on beyond
l'alon.a bluffs Inst night. but persisted
in an attempt to reach the Caliente. C'ol-
Sweet and party had been butchered lo
a man victims of Irs own rash effort
to aid the j*x>r fellows at the station,
and of his criminal disregard of Tejcnr. i
warnings.
"We'll know- the truth in an hour,
lieutenarvt, so there's no om wasting
time with those bectrar?. You can see
the Paloma from yonder bltiffs." was 1
I Man's only comment.
.1 xls t at inn; o'clock the foaming, pant
im? horses were reined in.and the girths
"< >-« ned, while Lambert, guided by the
vcterar Indian-fighter, cravl«d cau
tiously up the height in front of them.
Half the men dismounted, wece sta
tioned with ready rifle or carbine where
they could command every approach.
Who could say whether Indians were
rot even then lurking in every ravine o
A young Texan, following the road,
pushed on cautiously to the point, so
as to scout the trail beyona. With
drooping- h'ads and heaving flunks the
motley herd were huddled in a little
swale to the right of the road. their
holders eagerly watching the young
leader and saying few words. Warily
l)olati reached and peered over the crest.
They could see him pointing—could
see both he and Lambert shading their
eyes with their hatids an<l staring awuy
into space—could see Dolan suddenly*
clutch 'be officer's sleeve, and, crouch
ing lower, point as though to some ob
jects far out over the slopes beyond.
Then down they came, eager, elastic,
with gleaming eyes and plowing faces.
"Mount, men, mount! There's a fight
not Ave mile* ahead!" su>tg out Dolan,
and, swinging into saddle, with Lam
bert only a length in lead, struck spurs
to his home, the whole squad clattering
at their heels. Ypung Texas, peering
around the point, heard them coming,
and threw a long, lean leg over his
scragyy pony. "See anything?" he
hailed.
"Yes; Indians attacking sonjethlng
or other txnit a mile to the nortji of the
road; looks like a dug-out 0' some
kind."
" Tls a dug-out, by Oawd! I know
♦he place. Witherell'B herd used to
graze around their last year, and ha
and his boyß built that dug-out in ease
they were attacked; and maybe the
stage managed to get back there. Some
one's alive, else the Indians wouldn't be
figihting."
A cheer went up from the foremost
men. After all, then, there was ves
tige of hope. Lambert, eager and im
petuous, was spurring off to the open
prairie that lay beyond a sweeping
bend of the stream, but. Dolan hailed
him:
"Not yet. lieutenant, not yet. There's
rome wild arroyos out yonder. Stick to
the road, sir, till we can see the hut.
It's up a long, shallow \allev beyond
that second divide. I know the place
now."
"But they'll see us, sergeant," shout
ed Lambert, as he br nt over tfce pom
mel, and drove his rowels wickedly at
the torn flanks of his poor brute. "I
hoped to surprise them and charge."
"Lord love you, sir, there's no sur
prising these Ijeggars in broad daylight.
They've been watching for some of as
ever since sun-up, and they've seen us
now. Lucky they haven't guns, 'cept
old muzzle-loaders. They've mostly
nothlnir but bows and lances."
The horses were i>ant'ng furiously
now.andsome of the fquad were string
ing out far in the rear. Dolan. glancing
back, saw two or three men vainly lash
ing their exhausted mounts long raus
ket'fchot behind.
"It won't do, lieutenant; we'll have to
keep together, or, first thing you know,
n hull pack o' them yelpin' curs 'll bS7*t
aut of some ravine, cut those fellows
off—kill and soalp 'em and scurry away
;m their fresh ponies before we could
get back to help. Let 'em eatoh up, sir,
We'll get there time enough."
Ami so, more slowly now, as sdviaed
by the veteran plainsman. Lambert led
his party, the your.g Texan ranging
alongside and riding on his right. He,
too, wanted to clmrge,and again old Do
lan pointed out the absurdity of it.
"Their ponies are fresh, and nimble.
We'd never catch them, while they
could ride around and Rplit.ua with their
damned arrows. What we want is a
chancewith our Spencers and rifles,sir;
tnat's the way to empty their saddle*
and stund 'em off. Look yonder, sir."
And then, just as Dolan pointed, three
mounted warriors, their war-bonnets
trailing over their bounding ponies'
I Micks —the first hostile Indians Lam
bert had ever seen —burst from tihelr
covert behind the low divide to the
rightandwent scurrying away towards
the northward hills in wide detour to
join their comrades. The road disap
peared round a gentle rise In the prai
rie half a mile ahead.
"Out with you, Lang and Naughton!"
said the sergeant, briskly. "Go ahead
to that point." And the two troopers,
well knowing what was required of
them, darted on without a word, Lam
bert and the main body following now
at steady trot. Before the two thus
thrown in advance had como within
three hundred yards of the bend,a little
jet of smoke and fire Unshed out from
over the ridge, followed instantly by
two others; lioth riders swerved; one
horse stumbled and went down,his rider
cleverly rolling out from among the
striking, struggling hoofs. "That's the
way they'd have picked you off, sir,"
shouted Dolaa, as the whole party burst
Into c, gallop and drove straight for the
ridge. "We'll sweep them aside in a
second."
They did not wait to be swejrt aside.
Six or clgrht painted savages were spin
ning away over the sward by the time
the troopers came laboring to fiie .top,
and others, circling, yelling, brandish
ing their arms, and hurling jeer and
challenge over the intervening swale,
were In plain view along the opposite
slope not half a mile away. Beyond
that lay the scene of the siege; and just
over It. only a few yards away from the
road, lay two bloated, stiffening objects,
at sight of which every horse in the
party shied and snorted.
There lay, bristling with arrows, two of
the stage mules. Two hundred yards
farther, the smouldering remains of the
stage itself, with the gashed and muti
lated body of a man only a lariat's
le-iiglh away, gr«H-ted the eyes of Laro
l>ert and his foremost men. Here Dolan
flung himself from his honw, tossed the
reins to one of the men, saying; "Ilold
all yam can. Lead *em to the hollow
yonder," and, kneeling, drove a long
, range shot at some gaudily-painted
1 warriors clustered about some object
i half-way up the opposite slope. A pony
I plunged and reared, and a ycjl of rage
N023
end defiance went up. Man after roah,
nearly all the little squad sprang to
earth and optnerf brisk fire on every
Indian wludn rifle-shot, and every to*|
for himself, following the general lead
of I<ombert and Dolan, strode forward
On«M ■Mml; us tt» bataM to (Mat ol
ttMSk
up the gentle ascent towards a dingy
mound, half earth, half log*, about a
quarter of a mile ahead of them, until
Dolan shouted riffht and left: "Cense
firing! Stop your noise! Listen!"
And. borne down the wind, faint and
feeble, yet exultant, there came the
sound of distant cheer, and the rescuers
knew they had not rieked their Uvea is
vain. ;
|TO 8a coymrmx]
A Man of Ruearcf.
A good story is told of the late Count
Oleichen when he was ambassador is
London. At a dinner party it was hit
hard luck to have to conduct to table
a lady of taciturn and unresponsive n»
ture.
To all his polite nothings she an*
6wered never a word.' Nothing daunted,
he continued to ply her with small tallt
till at last she slowly turned her head
toward him and deliberately yawned.
The count was equal to the occasion.
"Ah, madam," he said, loudly, "I alee
have gold in my teeth." Pearson's
Weekly.
A Heartless ltrstet«B.
"How did they stop the elopement 1*
asked Maud.
"By a detestable piece ol trickery*'
replied Mamie.
"They came very near getting aw*J
in safety."
"Yes. But her father put his head
out of the window and shouted that hex
hat was on crooked, and when sht
grabbed for it she upeet the tandem."
' —Washington Star.
Parental Diplomacy.
"Father, did not Mr. Bithers ask yoO
for my hand last week?"
"He did."
"And I have not heard from hIA
since. Did you insult him?"
"Me? Great Scott, nol I shook'hit
hand and told him I was highly pleased
with your choice, as I was getting tired
of working for my own living.'*—lnr
dianapolis Journal.
Mlttfortnne.
Neverwork (the tramp)— You might
not think it, mum, but once upon a time
I was living as comfortable as any man
could wish to, till misfortune overtook
me.
Lady—lndeed! What was the misfor
tune ?
Tramp—Me father-in-law lost bit
job.—Larks.
i>~nd*restlmated Capability.
"Do you remember our first quarrel,
dearest?"
"Yes, love."
"I said you were Just as mean m yoS
could be."
"I believe yon did."
"Oh, William, how mistaken. I wasl*
—N. Y. Journal.
Cnaee ui Effect.
Yeast —They say that persons of op
posite temperaments should marry.
Crimsonbeak—Yes; that's why I mas
ried my wife.
"Are your temperaments opposite?"
"They must be. She sings when she't
happy, and when she sings I feel mis
erable."—Yonkera Statesman.
Not Guilty.
Danbury Brush—So your father baa
consented to our marriage, and aftei
saying he'd never allow you to marry
an artist! How did he come to change
his mind?
Miss Postergirl—He hasnt changed
his mind, but he has seen some of youi
pictures. —Up-to-Date.
Appropriately Named.
Customer —I see you have named yovl
new brand of cheap cigars after Mt.
Greatman.
Manufacturer —Yea, I thought tki
name an appropriate one.
Customer—lt is. That fellow, Great
man, is a regular cabbage head.—N. X
Weekly.
Slandering a Saint.
"Fifteen years ago," said the aged
brother, addressing the oongregatioifc
"I gladly gave my heart to the Lord."
"And that's the only cheerful gift
he ever made," whispered the deaooa
whose business it waa to collect th 4
annual subscriptions. lndianapolll
Journal.
The Breath of lurletea.
The m&n who eata cloves
May disguise his condition;
But he's never quite free
From the breath of suspicion.
—Boston Budget
A comnrnwctL
"See, Jessie, Miss Houghton and Caf£
Ferrars ore teaching Sister Alice tf
ride a wheel!"
After a j»use: "Yea, but m®'—
does Sister Alice always fall oft on CapV
Ferrare* side?"—N. Y. Tlmaa> '
Woman.
Bh® uryeC me to forget, and yet
It seemed to make her mad to find X hid.
—Ohlcajro Journal.
i •
An Explanation.
Deafleigh—So you gave the minister
a fine dressing g*>wn for marrying youO
Sharplelg-h—You misunderstood mew
I said I gave him a fine dressingdowfw-*
Town Topics.
It Depends.
"How many hours' sleep doea a man
require?" asked the lecturer.
"Do you mean on or off duty?" said
the patrolman, off his guard.—Yonkera
Statesman.
Writer's Cramp.
Scribbler —Tve been suffering a good
deal lately with writer's cramp.
Atticus —In your fingers or in you*
Stomach. —Somerville Journal.
Her Hair.
Tom —Is Maud's hair golden?
! spd-Ko, It's plaited^-Xaloßerortk