VOL. XXXXI.
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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
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£ 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.
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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|
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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