VOL. XXXXI. ——Ml— aiglfWrlßrWMßTf f-il Some Extraordinary Specials. | The Best in the House. i THE MODERN STORE- | The following lots hive b<*~n marked to move oit. Yon can't nv - I money faster than by saving it and we will give you awh ton ev-r ,] purchase. Read every item: 5: 1 Lot Ladie*' Walking and DresaSkirts. All Wool W W Cloths and perfectly made and finished •- •' Choic« of »Dy Fancv P*ra=ol in stock that fom-tr-y v | WW sold at $3.50 to |6.'« O 1 .OO All other Ladies' and children's Parasols ereat'y reduced. Still a bi? assortment of White Lawn and W.i-h Silk Waista to B choose from All go at t oflf former low prices. Many bargains in Hosiery, Underwear, Skirts. Wash GaO'D, etc A Real fyargain for j>lcn and s°l? s ' 15 dozen Men's and Bo>s' 50c and 75..- Negligee Shirrs to go at |j EISLEK-MARDORF COIPANY, SOUTH M&II STREET } ( uL.\ Send in Your Mail Orders. ■- OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. A A Determination Sale Ever hear of one? We call it a DETERMINATION SALE because we are determined to carry over no Spring and Summer goods if cut prices will remove them. No matter what the loss. Here are some of our prices: Choice of a lot of 2 Piece Suits that sold for $lO and Sl2 for $5. Fine Blue Serge and Cheviot Suits regular $lO and sl2 values closing price $6.75. Balance of our line of $13.50 and sls suits, comprising, Cheviots, Cassimeres and Worsteds for SB. Any suit that formerly sold at $lB and S2O for sl2. Grand bargains in our Children's Department. Extraordinary values in Men's Pants. Men's Furnishings at unheard of Low Prices. schaul Sn Nast, LEADIN6 CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS, 137 South Main St., Butler, CAMPBELL'S GOOD FURNITURE §j Getting Beady for the Greatest j| U Autumn Trade in Our History. j| ■p? Now, while we are cleaning our stocks, is your opportunity to secure our kind of merchandise at prices less than you would have to pay for ordinary grades, a g JS S3O Couch for $lB $22 Couch for sl4 IS 3 Dark green striped verona Htandaid size, covered in a covering, foil width, deep pantesote, deep tnfting. very kg? tnfting. wide golden oak base, stronif and durable, golden JggJ guaranteed construction. oak base. A hand tied conch wa SB that we guarantee to l>e per- IS* |K S7O Bed Room Suit for $55 Bed Room Suit H S SO - 540. p; MM r >arge, massive suit made of Golden oak <ju%rter-sawed 38 fine quarter sawed oak. stock. Dresser has French SS Dresser bss large pattern pattern mirror, cast brass g* So mirror, shaped top ana swell trimmings;bed richly carved; IW front. Bed has large roll on matches the gK the foot. drew«jr. j% $lB Dinner Set Now sl4. Best English porcelain. Fnll 100-plece set Pretty S pink spray or border decoration, as you perfer. 1 Alfred 4. CampbellE ZrUI Formerly Campbell h TemploUm. p£*r KARL SCHLUCHTER,, I Practical Tailor and Cutter, |: 115 East Jefferson Street, . <UP STAIHS > '$ Has received his Fall and Winter samples, from three large wholesale houses, and Is pre pared to take orders for Winter Suits snd Overcoats from the best to the cheapest. He is a practical tailor, does his own cutting, superintends his own work and guarantees fit i and quality, 'UNION SHOP ) | Employs none but the best of Union Tailors. | KECK Merchant Tailor. Spring A Summer Suitings ( ) JUST ARRIVED. ( ) 142 North Main St. w KECK IHI HBi 1 : i Advertise in The CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. PHYSICIANS, fiU JCLIA E. "OSTEB. ! ' LSTEOPATH. Cot. TltrtHW ar,d onwinitiOD free. < iinurs—!» VJ 12 A. M., 2 tin M. i.TiJy ex-ej.t Sand»y. Evening »ppui:ita.e:it «"ti; --- »•!) Hi k. Room-* 9 10. But ler P*. rV,,;.i< - Pfcoiis 478. i' EO M I.EAT R 1, M D . * I I'. ! i Sif :N ASD SIT I:*j HON, Ofli t- in Jutii. Ricb'-y Building. Offic H K3 -0-11 A M.. -::>■» 5:'J'J I*. 11 . 6:30-BAO I'. 1! Sau i-iy - 0-10:45 A. X, 1-3:00" P. M. Night ca'.'fl XII N. Washington St. People's Phone 7-!9. }|K H .1 NEE LA. I ' ti-.-oitiN 6 hul 7. Llii-'f ■ a Boild ; ug, South M*:;s -St. C'.runic di«"xs»-8 of geuit-i urinary »:J- leetnm tr< '.ted ly the uiw approve"l methods. . r'.i .i i - M L Chronic Diseases a Specialty. \L* T: B OWN. :: D.. M . Ofii -*- iii Ri'l'ij'- S.ailding. Diamond, nex' door to Dr. Blß'i old office. Office Honrs: —9 to 11 a *n., Ito 3 aQ d 6 to 8 p. m. [ C. LOYI.E, M. D. ') • Evi-., EAR, N'OSE and TU*OAT, Af;erApii; i*-t. <;i?.ce in form-r Dr. PeUr-' rrv. >uce. No 121 E Cu.iuing b* n - U, -r. Pa., n-xt d'.or to Times printing olEc- PI«ARA !.. :: )IUOW. D 0., V OBADCATK BOSIO.V COLLEGE OK OSTEOPATHY. Woujcn's a specialty. Con sultation and examination free. Office Hours, 9to 12 m , 2 to 3 p. m People's Phone 573- If 6 F>. Mam fct.'cet, I -t.- , Pa I ' /.I. Zl'' MHRSiAN ' I . PIJVSfCIAN AND SURCEON At 327 N. Main St. f K. HAZLETT, ■■'. D., L« 106 West Diamond, Dr. Orabatn's former office. Special attention y. veil to liye, e and Throat People's I'hcme 274. ''AViffaLii. BIPPUS, ■ pi/ «'.CTA:I A>O SCBGEOH ;»; V'vit C il ifi-hnlll St. DENTISTS. nR. S. A. JOHNSTON, • SUROKON I)K.VTIST. Formerly '.f Butler, Has located opposite Dowry House, Main St . Buti.-r, Pa. The finest work a specialty. Expert painless extractor of teeth by his new method, no medi cine tiE'id or jabbing a needle into the gums; also gas and ether used Com munications by mail receive prompt at tention. IVR J. WILBERT McKEE, 1/ SCXGKON DENTIST. Office ovc-r Leighner's Jewelry Htore, Butler, Pa Peoples Telephone 505. A specialty made of gold fillings, gold crown anil bridge work. UT J HINDMAN, • DENTIST. 12South Main street, 'ov Metaer'n Hb'Hj htore.) OR. H. A. McCANDLESS, DENTIST. Office in Bntler County National Bank Building, 2nd floor. DR. M. D. KOTTRABA, Successor to Dr. Johns.ton DENTIST Office at No 114 2. Jefferson St., over G. W. Miller's grocery I J. DONALDSON, »J . DEHTIST. Artificial Teeth inserted on the i a test improved plan. Gold Pillinga a spec ialty. Ofl»c; next to pottoffice. ATTORNEY 3, \V C. FINDLEY, M . ATTORNEY-AT-ITAW, AND PENSION ATTORNEY. Office on South side of Diamond, Bntler. Pa. f» P. SCOTT, T» ATTORNKY-AT-LAW, Office in Bntler County National Bank building. AT. SCOTT, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 8. \Ver.t IHawind St But ler, PA, HOULTER & BAKER, *Y ATTORNEYS AT ',»W, Office in Butler C->nnly National Bank buildinif. JOHN Vv. COULTER, • I ATTGRNEV-AT-LAW. Office on binui..n.l, Butler, ha. Special nttention jjiven to collections and btninefcs matters. [ D. MCJUNKIN, f) , ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Reibcr building, coruei Maij; and E. Cunningham Sts. Hutcance on Main street. I B. BKKDIN, •J . ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court IIou*» nil. GOUCHB&, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office 'n Wise building. L r H. NEG LEY, FT. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office In the tjeglcy Building, Wen Diamond MISCELLANEOUS. II I». L. McUUISTION, V. Civil. KNOINKEB AND SURVEVOR Office near Court House. J) F. BILLIARD, L». GENEKAI. SURVEYING. Minen and Land Comity Surveyor. R. F I>. 40, \V< it Hunbury, Pa. I P. WALKER, L. NpTAny HOT 1. KB, Office wltli Her kmer, next door to P. O WM. WALKER. < HAS. A. M< ELVAIN WALKER A McELVAIN, <•O7 Butler County National Bank Bldg. GAL ESTATE I.NM KA V I Oil, fiuiPfcltTtEU. tOANft. HOT 11 I'LLONEH. N. MILLER, FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE. Oi rii 1. ftofiui ,V) V Butler County National Bank building. BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST is. 1904. Nasal Catarrh <; > . ' .'l'. -o tri >t ment by Ely's Crearii ilalm. which is agree ably aromatic. It i= received through U:e nostrils, cleimses and Lei - *- i 3 whele sur face over wiiicfa it tiiiTuscs .: -- r - - Drupgists sell the 50c. siz-; Trial ii'.e by n !. 10 cents. Test it ana you are sure to cui-viuue the treataj.-nt. Announcement. To accornmoiate those ■R.,O nre j>«tr.iiil to the use of atomizers in aj ] lying h'iSi'.s into the na>xJ passages for tu'-.rrital trvu blet, the proprietors pr pare Cream Dalm i.: liquid form, which will l,e hi'iwii fts Ely • Liquid Cream lia'.m. l'rice incla i.ng the spraying tube is 7 j cerits. Dr>:agists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the icinal properties of the solid } njiaratioa. e . A "-j.-'-Wk id *' / j Sv 1 I f ! . • r ' «ai«a £ Better fix up for this hot £ t weather. You will fee! i I comfortable in our cool S & light underwear. All the r Z new stuff —all grades. t # See our linen-mesh. £ # i \ \ * t We are showing all the " £ new patterns in neglige'^ <> shirts and very "nifty" 4 # things in fancy hosiery and £ i neckwear. <► * \ Straw Hatsi 1 \ half price. I # Every straw hatpin the $ t house, all clean new stuff, t j HALF PRICE. 1 |ino. S.Wick, | # Peoples Phone, 015. # J »U TLF.K, ! ! A. { fPAINTf Ig 20 g$ ifcDIFFEHENTifi I KINDS | jfc BUT ALL 4 J? CO'SH tit 4 A PAINT 4? FOR # A EVERY & PURPOSE # |j Rcdick & Grohman j| 109 N. Main St.,&ij4i £ BUTLER, PA. !£ n? Rfc PTA n OSATYO UR~paicE:r W. U. Newton, I he Piano Man, .317 S riain Street. i at $;/"> (J;inh. I at |4V) (,'a^h. 1 SB4O at $245 Cfuih, and yon i<«*t the b. , n«,*fltof what th« oth.-r fallow paid Yon would not know it if I didn't toll you They look »m i;ood an n'-w (Jtlit-r piano* from s•>" njiWiij'dv luV»-rythinif in mnnic. Call and n-t>. You know in th»- Mnnie Htor« your credit in good. Do You Buy Medicines? Certainly You Do. Then you want th*: best for the least money. That is our motto Come and see us vvlic;. i:i need of anything in the Line and we ate sure you will call again. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy H. a, Prrjvia, Pm. »» Both I'honen. 213 H Main St. FJutlur Pn. Pearson W. Nace's Livery Feed end SaleStabls Rtur of Wick House Butler "'enn'» Thf* of llO" r , ft THI Clft** r IgR Ml w tVH"; Uu<i and fur lilr«. nnnt boarding and trarmlofii trade, nl - >r*' guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses A '• u».. of r.or .«-d. both driver* an') d;ufthorvs atway» on hand and for nal J' l»«rafull Kn:iranM *" t and ln»rn' < t>»u > tf>r» *ir«»y#.T nitlflit loci 1»v i'EARSON B. NACE. T«ti- i' na No "«l , f.bf MAY ... V. MTUAIIT MAY & STUART, Livery, Feed and Sale Stables Dent /V'-''i>uiuiodati''<iil in to.vn For Tranniont' tiktoui PHOIfKH FVopli! -! 12.1; IJcll'.vl 1 il.'fir of l«i.'k**l ISiiilditiK, {•'. Mian St Untlor, Fa. t+*t*++++-M-+>S-+J w 'f 1 . . i } ."«• . . r~T i-i'. I . \ m ALICE 0 OLD I By MAURICE THOMPSON w I c«pyr>.<h«. 1909. by «Ke BOWEJW!tf K!IL COMPANY l| : I »- CHAPTER XIX. THE ATTACK. IT has already been mentioned that Indians arriving singly or in squads to report at Hamilton's headquarters were In the habit of firing their guns before entering the town or the fort, not only as a sig nal of their approach, but In order to rid their weapons of their charges pre liminary to cleaning them before set ting out ui>on another scalp hunting expedition. A shot, therefore, or even a volley, heard on the outskirts of the village was not a noticeable incident In tho daily and nightly experience of the garrison. Still, for some reason. Governor Hamilton started violently when just after nightfall five or six r!<l-s cracked sharply a short distance from the stockade. He and Helm, with two other officers, were in the midst of a game of cards, while a kettle, swinging on a crane in the ample fireplace, sang a shrill prom* ise of hot applejack toddy. "By Jove!" exclaimed Farnsworth, who, although not in the- game, was amusing himself with looking on. "you Jump like n fine lady! I almost fancied I heard a bullet hit you." "You may all jump while you can." remarked Helm. "That's Clark, and your time's short. He'll have this fort tumbling on your heads before day light of tomorrow morning comes." As ho spoke he arose from bis seat at the card table and went to look nfter the toddy which, as an expert, he had under supervision. Hamilton frowned. The mention of Clark was disturbing. Ever since the strange disappearance of Lieutenant Barlow he had nursed the fear that pos-oldy Clark's scouts had captured him and that the American forces might be much nearer than Kaskaskla. Besides, his nerves were unruly, as they bad been ever since the encounter with Father Beret, and his vision per sisted in turning back upon the ac cusing cold face of Alice, lying In the moonlight. One little detail of Uiat scene almost maddened him at times. It was a sheeny, crinkled wisp of warm looking hair looped across the cheek in which he had often seen a saucy dimple dance when Alice spoke or smiled. He was bad enough, but not wholly bad, and tho thought of having darkened those merry eyes and stilled those sweet dimples tore through him with a cold and rasping pang. "Just as soon as this toddy is prop erly mixed and tempered," said Helm with a magnetic jocosity beaming from his genial face, "I'm going to propose a toast to the banner of Alice Rous sillon, which a whole garrison of Brit ish braves has been unable to take!" "If you do I'll blow a hole through you," said Hamilton In a voice fairly shaken to a husky quaver with rage. "You may do a great many Insulting things, but not that." Helm was in a tin If stooping atti tude with a ladle In one hand, a cup In the other. He had met Hamilton's glowering look with a peculiarly Inno cent smile, as If to say: "What In the Wjrld Is the matter now? I never felt In a better huinor In all my life. Can't you take a Joke, I wonder?" lie did not speak, however, for a rattling vol ley of musket and rifle shots hit the top of the clay daubed chimney, send down into the toddy a shower of soot and dirt. In a wink every man was on his feet and staring. "Gentlemen," said Helm, with an Im pressive oath, "that Is ('lark's soldiers, and they will take your fort, but they ought not to have spoiled this apple toddy." "Oh, the devil!" said Hamilton, forci bly resuming a calm countenance. "It Is only a squad of drunken Indians coming in. We'll forego excitement. There's no battle on hand, gentlemen." "I'm Kind you think ko, Governor Hamilton," Helm responded, "l>ut I should imagine that I ought to know the crack of a Kentucky rllle. I've beard one occasionally in tuy life. Be sides, I got a whiff or freedom just now." "t'aptain Helm Is right," observed Knrnsworth. "That Is an attack." Another volley, thin tluio nearer and more concentrated, convinced Hamil ton that he wan Indeed at the opening or a fight. Kven while he wad giving some hurried orders to lilh olHeerti a man was wounded at one or the port holes. Then came a series or yells, an swered by a rlpplo of sympathetic French shunting that ran throughout town. The patrol guards came straggling In, breathless with excite ment. They swore to having seen a thousand men mnrchltfg acroam the water covered meadow*, Hamilton was brave. The approach of danger stirred him like a trumpet strain. His fiKhtlng blood rose to full tide, and he gave his orders with the •tendiness and comma tiding force of a born soldier. The officer* hastened to their respective positions On all spies sounds Indicative of rapid preparation* Fir tin tlfcht minified Into a confused ytrain 'if military energy. Men march ed to thetr places, cannon were wheeled Into position, urid soon enough the tir ing began in good earnest. I.ate In the afternoon a rumor of t'lark's approach had gone abroad through the village, but not a trench lip breathed It to a friend of the Brit ish Th» creoles were loyal to the cause or freedom; moreover, they cor dially hated Hamilton, and their hearts beat high at the prospect or a ctinD||e In masters at the fort livery cabin had Its h'.Uleu Kuri and supply of am munition despite the order to disarm Issued by Hamilton. There was u hustling to brlriK these forth, which was accompanied with a guarded yet lrrcprc' ibie chattering, delightfully French and Infinitely volatile. "Tletis. Je vals frotter moo rusll! J'al vti un slmre!" said Jacques Uourcler to his daughter, the pretty Adrienne, who was coming out or tin' room In which Alice lay. "1 saw n WinVey just now. I must fub up my gun!" He could not be Sohynn. not he. 'I he thought «ir an op portnnlty to got even with Hamilton Was like wine In his blood. H you had seen those hardy and slnc-vy frenchmen gilding in the dusk of evening from cottage to cottage, passing the word that the Americans bad arrived, aaylng airy things and pinching 'lie* another as they met and hurried oil. you would have thought something very amusing and wholly Jocund was in pi* paratlou for the peo ple of Vlnccriiien. There was a current belief in the town that Ciaspard Houssillou nevt-r misled a good thing and always so::ie -I'.<>vv got the lion's share. He went out with the ebb to return 0:1 the Good. Nobody was surprised, therefore, wlu n he suddenly appeared in the midst of his friends, armed to the teeth and emotionally warlike to suit the occa sion. Of course he took charge of ev erybody and everything. You eouiJ have heard him whisper a bow shot away. "Taisons!" be hissed whenever he met an acquaintance. "We will sur prise the fort and scalp the whole gar rison. Aux amies! Les Americains vlennent d'arriver!" At his own honse he knocked and called in vain. He shook the door vio lently, for ho was thinking of the stores under the floor, of the grimy bottles, of the fragrant Itordeaux. Ah, his throat, how It throbbed! Rut where was Mme. rtoussillon? Where was Alice? "Jean! Jean!" he eried, forget ting all precaution. "Come here, you scamp, and let me in this minute!" A profoundly impressive silence gave him to understand that his home was deserted. "C'liiff! Frightened and gone to stay with Mnie. Godere, I suppose, and I so thirsty! Bah! Hum, hum! Apres le vin la bataille. Ziff!" He kicked in the door and groped his way to the liquors. While he hastily swiggod and smacked be heard the firing begin with a crackling, desultory volley. He laughed Jovially there in the dark, between drafts and deep sighs of enjoyment. "Et mol aussi," he murmured, like the vast murmur of the Rea, "I want to be in that dance! Pardonnez mes sieurs. Mol, Je veux denser, s'il vous plait." And when he hiid filled himself he plunged out and rushed away, wrought up to the extreme fighting pitch of temper. Diable! If he could but come across that Lieutenant Barlow, how he would smash him and mangle him! In magnifying his prowess with the lens of imagination he swelled and puffed as he lumbered along. The firing sounded as if it were be tween the fort and the river, but pres ently when one of Hamilton's cannon spoke M. Roussillon saw the yellow spike of flame from its muzzle leap directly toward the church, and he thought It best to make a wide detour to avoid going between the firing lines. Once or twice he heard the whine of a stray bullet high overhead. Before he had gone very far he met a roan hurrying trrwHrd the fort. It was Captain Francis Malaonvllle, one of Hamilton's chief scouts, who had been out on a reconnolssance and, cut off from his pnrty by some of Clark's forces, was trying to make his way to the main gate of the stockade. M. Roussillon knew Maisonvllle as a somewhat desperate character, a lend er of Indian forays and a trader In human scalps. Surely the fellow was legitimate prey. "/.Iff! Diable de gredln!" he snarled, and leaping upon him choked him to the ground. "Je vals vous scalper lm medlateinent!" Clark's plan of approach showed masterly strategy. Lieutenant Bailey, with fourteen regulars, made n show of attack on the east, while Major Bowman led a company through the town, on a line near where Main street In Vlncennes Is now located, to a point north of the stockade. Clinrleville, a bravo creole, who was at the h<;nd of some daring fellows, bj - a brilliant dash got position under cover of n nat ural terrace at the edge of the prairie opposite the fort's southwestern angle. Lieutenant Beverley, in whom the com mander placed highest confidence, was sent to look for a supply of ammuni tion nnd to gather up all the French men In the town who wished to Join In the attack. Oncle Jazon and ten other available men went with him. They all made a great noise when they felt that the place was completely Invested. Nor can we deny, much as we would like to, the strong desire for vengeance which raised those shouting voices and nerved those steady hearts to do or die In an undertaking which certainly had a desperate look. The thought was tremendously stimulat ing. Beverley, with the aid of Oncle Ja zon, was able to lead his little company as fur as the church before tin- enemy saw him. Here a volley from the near est angle of the stockade had to be an swered, and pretty soon a cannon be |nn to play upon the position. "We kin do better some'rs else," was Oncle Jason's laconic remark, flung back over his shoulder as he moved briskly away from the spot Junt swept by 11 r, pounder. Come this yer way, lieutenant. 1 hyer some o' the fellers a-talkln' loud Jes' beyant Legrace's place. They ain't no sort <>' seine «-try ln' to hit anything a-shootln' In the dark nohow." When they reached the thick of the town there was a strange stir In the dusky streets. Men dipping from house to house, nrmln. mselves and Joining their neighbor '"lurk had sent an order earlier In evening forbidding any street demo. Hon by the Inhabitants, but he might is well have ordered the wind not to blow or the river to stand still Oncle Jazon know every man whosi .fitline* he could see or whose voice |, •, .;ii-d If# called each one by iiunie: "Her®, Roger, fall In! Come, Louis, tlphonse, Victor, Octave venez Id, here's the Amcflcuii army, come with rue!" Ills rapid French phrases leaped forth us If shut from a pintol, and hl» shrill vole©, familiar to every ear in Ylncennes, drew the creole militiamen to him, and soon Beverley's company had doubled lis numbers, while at th» same time Its enthusiasm and ability to make a noise had Increased In a far greater proportion In accordance with an order from Clark they now took po sition near the northeast corner of the stockade and began firing, although In the darkness there was but littla op portunity for marksmanship. Oncle .In/.on hud found Citizen* !-<• (trace nnd nwnTun, and through them t'lnrk'a men were unpolled with am munition, of which they *to<»l gr<-atly In need, their powder having got wet during their long watery innreti. H.v l» o'clock the fort wan completely mirrouiided, and from every direction the riflemen nnd muxkctoer* were pouring In volley lifter volley. Iter erley with hi* men took tin- cover of u fwuuu and Home biituin nlxty y.irOU Leaping upon him, he choked him to the ground. from the stockade. Here to their sur prise they found themselves below the line of Hamilton's cannon, which, be inn planted on the second floor of the fort, could not l>e sufficiently depressed to bear upon them. A well directed musket lire, however, fell from the loopholes of the blockhouses, the bul lets rattling merrily against the cover behind which the attacking forces lay. Clark, in passing hurriedly from com pany to company around the lino, stopped for a little while when he found Beverley. '•Have you plenty of ammunition?" was his first inquiry. "A mighty sight more 'n we kin see to shoot with," spoke up Oncle Jazon. "It's a right smart o' dad burn foolish ness to be wastln' It on nothin"; seems like to me "at we'd better set the dasted fort afire an' smoke the skunks out!" "SjK-ak when you are spoken to, my man," said the colonel a trifle hotly, and trying by a sharp scrutiny to make him out in the gloom where he crouched. "Ventrebleu! I'm not askin' you, Colonel Clark, nor no other man. when I shlll speak. I talks whenever I gits ready, an" I shoots jes' the same way. So ye'd better go on 'bout yer business like a white man! Close up yer o\rn whopper Jawed mouth ef ye want any thing sliet up!" "Oho, is that you, Jazon? You're so little I didn't know you! Certainly, talk your whole under Jaw off for all I care," Clark replied, assuming a Jo cose tone. Then, turning again to Bev erley; "Keep up the firing and the noise. The fort will be ours in the morning." "What's the use of waiting till morn ing?" Beverley demanded with Impa tience. "We can tear that stockade to pieces with our hands in half an hour." "I don't think so, lieutenant. It is better to play for the sure thing. Keep up the racket, and lie ready for 'em if they rush out. We must not fall to capture the hair buyer general." Beverley submitted to Clark's plan with what patience he could, and all night long fired shot for shot with the Is-st riflemen In his squad. It was n fatiguing performance, with apparent ly little result beyond forcing the garri son now and again to close the em brasures, thus periodically silencing the cannon. Toward the close of tho night a relaxation showed Itself In the shouting and firing nil round the line. Beverley's men, especially the Creoles, held out bravely in the matter of noise, but even they flagged nt length, their volatility simmering down to desultory bubbling and half sleepy chattering and chaffing. Beverley leaned upon n rude fence and for a time neglected to reload his hot rifle, yf course he wns thinking of Alice—he really could not think In any It her direction; but it gave lilui a sho<k II nd a start when he presently heard her*name mentioned by a little French man near him on the left. "There 'II never be another such n girl In Post Ylncennes as Alice Roussil lon," the fellow said In the soft creole patois. "And to think of her being shot like a dog!" "And by a man who calli himself a governor, too," said another. "Ah, as f>r myself, I'm In favor of burning him tfive when we capture him. That's me." "Bt mol nussl," chimed In a third voice. "That poor girl must 1M» aveng ed. The innn who shot her must die Holy Virgin, but If Gaspard Roussillon were only here!" "But he Is here. I saw him Just after dark. He was In great fighting temper, that terrible man. Ouf, but I should not like to be Colonel Hamilton and fall In the way of that Gaspard Rous slllmi!" "Morbid!l I should say not. You Jiay leave me out of a chance like that. I shouldn't mind seeing (Juspard handle the governor though. Ah, that would be too good! He'd pay him up for shooting Mile. Alle»'." Beverley could scarcely hold himself erect by the fence. The smoky, foggy landscape swam round him heavy and strange. He uttered a groan, which brought Oncle .hizon to his side In a hurry. "Qu' liver, vous? What's the matter?" the old man demanded with quick sym pathy. "Ilev they hit ye? Lieutenant, nlr ye hurt much?" Beverley did not hear the old man's words, did not feel Ids kindly touch. "Alice, Alice!" he murmured. "Dead, dead!" "Ya-ns," drawled Oncle Jazon. "I beam about It soon as I got Inter town. It's a sorry thing, a mighty sorry thing. But mebby I won't do a little somepln* to that" Beverley Btrnljfhtonod himself nnil lifted Ms (fun, forwttliiK Hint he had not reloaded II *lnco tiring lunl. Ho |i>vflfd It nt tin- fort and touched the trluKT HlmultaneouNly with Ills movement tin embrnmiro opened nnd a rnniion fln*hed, It* roar flanked on el tlier aide by n crackling of nrltluh inn* lcetn. Borne InilletH Htruek the fenco nnd fliuiK Hpllntcr* Into Onele Jazon'a fnee. A enntioii hull knocked a ridge pole from the roof of a house hard by nnd Kent It whlrlliiK through the nlr. "Ventrebleu et npro*? What next? Hotter knock n feller'* eye* out!" the old mini erled. "I ain't n-doln' iiothlu' to ye!" lie enpered nround rubbing hi* leathery fnco after the manner of a Ht-tilded monkey. Beverley WH« *lrink In the breiiMt hy a llnttened nnd xpent hull that KltDrfd from n fenca plrkej. The * hock cntiHod him to wtUKKer nnd drop hIM (ton, hut he quickly picked It up nnd turnvd to III* enmpnnlou. "Are you hurt, Oncle JnxonV" be In qu4rod. "Are you hurtT" "Not u lilt; J<"M' Hkeert m<m' Into n duck fit. Thought n cannon hall hnd knocked my whole dang fnee down my throat! Nothln' hut n hnndful o' Hplliitorn In my |>oo"ty cmiut'nance, iniikln' my bend feel like n pore'plne. Hilt I *ort o' thought I heurd nimcpln' (five you 11 dinr." "Homethllltf did lilt me," HI Id Hever •ey. laying :i hand on hN breimt. "but I don't think II WIIH a bullet. They seem to !«• getting our range at last Tel! the men to keep well uudcr cover. They must not expose themselves until ;vc arc ready to charge.™ TUe shock hail brousrht him back to his duty us «i leader of his little com pany, and ™ Ith the funeral lx-11 of .-til his life's happiness tolling in his ago nized heart he turned afresh to direct ing the fire upon the blockhouse. About this time a runner came from Clark with an order to cease firing and let a returning party of British scouts under Captalh Lamothe re-enter the fort unharmed. A strange order it seemed to both otlicers and men. but it was implicitly obeyed. Clark's genius here made another fine strategic flash, lie knew that unless be let the scouts g» back into the stockade they would escape by running away, and might possibly organize an army of Indians with which to succor Hamilton. But if they were permitted to go inside thoy could be captured with the rest of the garrison. Hence his order. A few minutes passed in dead si lence. Then Captain Lamotbe and hl9 party marched close by where Bever ley's squad was lying concealed. It was a difficult task to restrain the Cre oles, for some of them hated Lamothe. Oncle Jazon squirmed like a sn ike while they filed past all unaware that an enemy lurked so near. When they reached the fort, ladders were put down for them and they began tc clamber over the wall, crowding and pushing one another in wild haste. Oncle Jazou could hold in no longer. "Ya! Ya! Ya!" he yelled. "Look out! The ladder Is a-fallin' wl' ye!" Then all the lurking crowd shouted as one man, and, sure enough, down came a ladders-men and all in a crash ing heap. "Silence! Silence!" Beverley com manded, but he could not check the wild jeering and laughing, mhlle the bruised and frightened scouts hastily erected their ladder again, fairly tum bling over one another In their haste to ascend, and so cleared the wall, fall ing into the stockade to Join the gar rison. "Ventrebleu!" shrieked Oncle Jazon. "They've gone to bed, but we'll wake 'em up at the crack o' day im' give 'em a breakfas' o' hot lead!" Now the fighting was resumed with redoubled spirit and noise, and when morning came, affording sufficient light to bring out the bead sights on the Kentucky rifles, the matchless marks men In Clark's band forced the British to close the embrasures and entirely cease trying to use their cannon, but the fight with small nrms went merrily on until the middle of the forenoon. Meantime Gaspard Itousslllon had lied Francis Maisonvllle's hands fast and hard with the strap of his bullet pouch. "Now, I'll scalp you," he said In a rumbling tone terrible to hear. And with his words out came his hunting knife from its sheath. "Oh, have mercy, my dear M. Itous slllon!" cried the panting captive. "Have mercy!" "Mercy! Y'es, like your colonel's; that's what you'll get. You stand by that forban, that scelerat, tha't bandit, and help him. Oh, yes, you'll get mer cy! Yes, the same mercy that he showed to my poor little Alice! Your scalp, monsieur, If you please. A small matter; It won't hurt much!" "But, for the sake of old friendship, Gaspard, for the sake"— "ZlfT! Toor little Allcel" "But I swear to you that I" "Tout de roeme, monsieur, Je v< rous scalper malntenant.s' in fact, he had taken off a part of Malsontllle's scalp wiicn a party or soldiers, among whom was Malson tllle's brother, a brave fellow and loy al to the American cause, were at tracted by his cries and came to his rescue. M. Itousslllon struggled savagely. In sisting U|K)U completing his cruel per formance, but he was at last overpow ered, partly by brute force and partly by the pleading of Maisonvllle's broth er, and made to desist. The big man wept with rage when he saw the bleeding prisoner protected. "Eh blcnl I'll keep what I've got," he roared, "and I'll take the rest of It next time." He shook the tuft of hair at Malson vllle and glared like u mad bull. Two or threo other members of La* mothe's band were captured nbout the same tluie by some ef the French mili tiamen, and Clark when on his round cheering and directing his forces dis- that these prisoners were being used as shields. Some youug Creoles, gay with drifik and the stimulating ef fect of fight, hud bound the poor fel lows and were firing from behind them. Of ceurse the commander promptly put an end to this cruelty, but they consid ered It exquisite fun while It lasted. It was In broad daylight, and they knew that the English In the fort could see what they were doing. "It's shameful to treat prisoners In this way," said Clark. "I will not per mit It. Shoot the next mun that ofTers to do such a thing." One of tho creole youths, a hand some, swarthy Adonis In buckskin, tossed his shapely head with a deb onair smile and said: "To be sure, mon colonol. But what have thoy been doing to us? We have amused them all winter. It's but fair that they should give us a little fun now." Clark shrugged his broad shoulders and passed on. He understood perfect ly whnt the people of Vlncennes hail suffered under Hamilton's brutal ad ministration. At !> o'clock an order was pnssed to cease firing, and a flag of truce was seen going from Clark's headquarters to the fort. It was a peremptory de mand for uncondltloiinl surrender. Hamilton refused, and fighting was fiercely resumed from behind rude breastworks meantime erected. Every loophole and opening of whatever sort was the focus Into which tho unerring backwoods rifles sent their deadly bul lets. Men began to fall In the fort, and every moment Hamilton expected an assault In force on all sides of the stockade. This, If successful, would mean inevitable massacre. Clark had warned him of the terrible conse quences of holding ost until the worst should come, "For," snid he In his note to tho governor, "if I am obliged to storm, you may depend upon such treatment as Is justly due to n mur derer." Historian* have wondered why Hum 11 ton hecam* ao and acted *<> utmiiKfly after receiving the nolo. The phrase "Justly due 1" a inurflprcr" In <!••• key to 1 lie my*lery. When he read It hi* In-art miink and n terrible fear *elxo«l liliu. "Juxlly due to a murder rr!" Ah. that calm, white, beautiful t'lrllHh fnco, dead In tho moonlight, with the wl*p of aMulnic hair aero** It! Such trentmeal bh 1* Justly due to n miirtJorer!" Cold drop* of sweat broke out on lil* forehead and n shiver went through hi* ho<ly. IHiring tlie truce Clark'* weary yet Mt 111 entliualaatlc lieili'Kfr* enjoyed o gooil breakfast prepared for them l>y Die loyal diumn of VlnccMDe*. I.lttle Adrleiirie Itourclcr wa* one of the handmaiden* of the occasion. She brouulit to llevwrlay'* stjuad a basket, Almost ua large us benfclf. heaped high No. SI with roasted duck and warm wbeaten bread, while another girl bore two huge jngs of coffee, fragrant and steaming hot. The men cheered them lustily and complimented them with out reserve, so that before their serv ice was over their faces were glowing with delight. And yet Adrienne's heart was uneasy and full of longing to bear something of Iteue de lionville. Surely some one of her friends must know something about him. Ah. there was Oncle Jazon! Doubtless he could tell her all that she wanted to know. She lingered after the food was distributed and shyly Inquired. "Hain't seed the scamp." said Oncle Jazon, only he used the patois most familiar to the girl's ear. "Killed an' seelped long ngo. I reckon." Ills mouth was so full that he spoke mumbllngly and with utmost difficulty. Nor did he glance at Adrlenne, whose face took on as great pallor as hei lirown complexion could show. Beverley ate but little of the fond. He sat apart on a piece of timber that projected from the rough breastwork and gave himself over to infinite mls "What's the mattcrt llcv they hit yet" fry of spirit, which was trebled when he toot Alice's locket from his bossm only to discover that the bullet which struck him had almost entirely de stroyed the face of the miniature. He gripiHtl the denb'd and twitted case and gazed at it with the stare of a blind man. Ills heart almost ceased to lH>at and his breath had the rustling sound we hear when a strong man dies of a sudden wound. Somehow the de facement of the portrait was taken by his soul an the final touch of fate, sig nifying that Alice was forever and completely obliterated from his life, lie felt u blur pass over his mind. He tried In vain to recall the face and form so dear to lilm; he tried to Imagine her voice; but the whole uni verse was a vast hollow silence. For a long while he was cold, staring, rigid. Then the Inevitable collapse came, and he wept ns only a strong man can who Is hurt to death, yet cannot die. Adrlenne approached him, thinking to speak to him about Rene, but he did not notice her, and she went her way. leaving beside him a liberal supply of food. Iwo BE COPITIXUXD-I HER PRECIOUS SPOONS. I she r«rd Them For Show at I-nnch eon With Ulauatroua lleaalta. Considerable quiet laughter has been going on among the guests at a lunch eon given by a youug West Philadel phia bride the other day to the attend ants ut her wedding. There had been among the hostess' presents at the time of her marriage a particularly beautiful set of spoous, and, while she hud no occasion to use them at this particular luncheon, she thought that she would put one beside each cover for—well, just for instance. Unfortunately, however, there was one stranger In the merry little com pany which sat down about the tabic, u pretty, outspoken, somewhat "gushy" ypuug woman from the west, and it was she who caused all the trouble. As the luncheon neared its end and It became apparent that the spoons were not for use she kept eying the one ut her place, and llniflly she burrft forth with this Hash of Inspiration: "These spoons—what perfectly lovely souvenirs!" The chorus of praise was Immediate ly taken up by all about the board. The confused hostess found explana tion Impossible, and every guest' went nway from the house with one of those precious spoons.—Philadelphia Press. GOING SCOT FREE. Tht* Source Frnm Which This OH S«>liiK ICmanated. The origin of the old saying, "Going scot free," Is this: Scot, from the An glo-Saxon "sceot," a portion, signified In old law a customary tax or contri bution laid on subjects according to their ability and embraced all paro chial assessments. The conclusion Is obvious-namely, that to escape "scot free" wus to avoid ull such payments of dues und taxes. Before the reform act the right to vote for parliamentary and municipal officers was vested exclusively to pay ers of "scot and lot." Itastall (1558) speaks of II ns a certain tallage for the use of the sheriff or his balllfT, and In Kent the usual rates paid In Itomncy marsh for repairing sea walls are known by the same name. "Scot," says Camden, "Is that which from various sources Is gathered Into one heap" literally that which Is "shot" into a general fund, from tho Dutch ainlflow German "schot." This may have come to us through tho old French "oscot," diner a escot, to dine at an ordinary where each guest paid Ills "shot," and any one who did not contribute would be said to get off "scot free." London Answers. THE WORD HUMBUG. There Are Yarlona ■•lnualhle K«pla nalloaa of Ila Orl»iu. The word "humbug" has been traced buck to tho title page of "Tho Uni versal Jester, u choice collection of merry conceits, bonmots and hum bugs, by Fcrdlnnndo Kllllgrew, l<ou don, 1735 10." The following nre tho most plausible and possible deriva tions: In the time of James 11. a worthless coin was minted at Dublin froui a soft mixed metal, which became known as ulm bog, pronounced Ooouibug—i. e., soft copper, worthless money. Some kvc In It a corruption of Ham burg. from which to*vn so many /also reports came during the war of 1790- lmxl that aurli news wa* received with "Oh. thnt I* a lliiuihurKl" OHicra refer It to hum. In the aen*o of hoax, and hug. In the old sense of t>u?l«'iir. Others say It IN merely hum buzc. used In combination to signify aounil without hcmuv other*, again, think that II WB* llrnt applied to Rom berg, a chemist mid 811 ardent aeeker of ttio philosopher's atone.-Notoa and
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