VOL. XXXXI.
Invitation to The Big Fair.
HOBODY OAM AFFORD TO MISS IT.
like This Store Your Headquarters.
THE MODERN STORE-
Ton will bo doubt attend tbe Big Fair, and will appreciate a place
whare your bandies and packages can be checked and will be cared for.
We invito yon to make this store yonr headquarters, and have your
friends meal 70a hare. Right opposite the Hotel Arlington, not far from
thaOonrt House, and Post Office, it will be convenient for you to come here.
FALL DRESS GOODS NOW IN.
We will be prepared to show yon all the new goods at the lowest prices.
Flannelettes. Blankets. Fall Underwear, Hosiery, Etc. All the new
things in Ladies' Neckwear, Belts, Jewelry, Combs, Handbags, Etc , can
always be found here.
OUR MOTTO is to gire you the best value for your money. We allow
no misrepresentation. and aim to give von a better goods for the same
money, or the same goods for less money than you can buy anywhere
else. The friends we are making daily far and near prove that we make
oar word good. j*
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A MerminatioiTSaic
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 Mai's Pants.
Men's Furnishings at unheard of Low Prices.
schaul & Nast,
LEADING CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS,
137 South Main St., Butler
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R Here are a few of the many bargains to be J
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r $125 Bed Boom Suit for S9B >
r 36 Iron Bed for 2§ J
| 80 Pantesote Couch for 20 <
N 40 Da venport for 30 >
w Bft Sideboard for 65 <
t Bft Sewing Machine for 25 |
r 20 Sewißg Machine for Ift k
m 85 Brass Bed eomplete for 65 <
k[ 75 Parlor Suit for 60 >
K 28 Telonr Couch for 20
k 30 Hall Rack for 15 <
f 2ft Floor Booker for ~... 19 ►
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KARL SCHLUCHTER,
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115 East Jefferson Street,
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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 i« a practical tailor, does his own cutting,
superintends his own work and guarantees fit
and quality.
(UNION SHOP)
Employs nong but the t>est of Union Tailors,
[ keck]
JjT Merchant Tailor.
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p M. ZIMMERMAN
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Li 106 West Diamond,
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Main ST, Butler, Pa. The finest work
a specialty. Expert painless extractor
of teeth by his new method, no medi
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gums; also gas and ether used. Com
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Butler, Pa
Peoples Telephone 505.
A specialty made of gold fillings, gold
crown and bridtre work.
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. DENTIST.
127J South Main street, (ov Metzer's
shoe store.)
D~IL H. A. McCANDLESS,
DENTIST.
Office in Butler County National Bank
Building, 2nd floor
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tf • DENTIBT.
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ialty. Office next to postoffice.
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Butler, Pa.
R P. SCOTT,
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Special attention given to collections
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BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904.
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op dry catarrh; they dry up the secreUot
which adhere to the membrane and dt-i
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and will cure catarrh or cold in the bend
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will bo
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
50c. size. Ely Brothers 56 Warren St., N.Y.
The Balm cores without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev
ing immediately the painful inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
B. <\ B.
Closing out many surplus lines at
prices a mere fraction of their former
and real worth.
Showing many new linea in all de
partments priced on a smpll profit basis
to save people money worth seeing
abont.
Lapiu's |1.50 Twine Voiles, 45 inches
wide, beautiful shade of Bine, 75c a
yard—it's doubtful if any sach nice
voiles as these ever sold for seventy five
cents before.
Superior 25c polka dot Cotton Crepes
—excellent for drenae-. waists, and
kimonos, 12£c —crenm white grounds
with small and medium black and red
polka dots—if you don't want auy
for samples anyhow—and see what's
possible in the money saving liue fur
those who buy through our Mail Order
Department.
Panama Suitings—made to sell for
a yard. 15c _ -prettiest Cotton x-xjds
ever offered at that price—look like
striped Oxford Cheviots—white ground
with neat media m far apart fancy
stripes of red, green, black, blue, and
brown.
Closing our all fine summer Wash
Goods that were 10 to 40c a yard for
&i, 1« and 15c.
Charming new Fall Suitings for
those who like the newest things as
soon as Bhown, $1 25 and $1.50.
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PIANOS AT YOUR PRICE.
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1 $375 at *275 Cash.
1 &i7O at $250 Cash.
1 SB4O at |245 Cash.
Re-posessed and you get the benefit of
what the other fellow paid. You would
not know it if I didn't tell you. They
look as good as new. Other pianos from
S6O upwards. Everything in music.
Call and see. You know in the Music
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1 ALICE o OLD 1
IVINCENNES |
|| By MAURICE THOMPSON i|
Copyright, 1900. by tke BCWEN-MERRILL COMPANY f?
CHAPTER XX.
ALICE'S FLAG.
GOVERNOR HAMILTON receiv
ed the note sent him by Colo
nel Clark and replied to it with
curt dignity, but his heart was
quaking. As a soldier lie was true to
the military tradition, and nothing
could have induced him to surrender
his command with dishonor.
"Lieutenant Governor Hamilton," he
wrote to Clark, "begs leave to acquaint
Colonel Clark that he and his garrison
are not disposed to be awed into any
action unworthy of British subjects."
"Very brave words," said Helm when
Hamilton read the note to him, "but
you'll sing a milder tune before many
minutes or you and your whole gar
rison will perish in a bloody heap.
Listen to those wild yells! Clark has
enough men to eat you all up for break
fast. You'd better be reasonable and
prudent. It's not bravery to court mas
sacre."
Hamilton turned away without a
word and sent the message, but Helm
saw that he was excited and could be
still further wrought up.
"You are playing into the hands of
your bitterest enemies, the frog eat
ers," he went on. "These Creoles, over
w honi you've held a hot poker all win
ter, are crazy to be turned loose upon
you, and you know that they've got
good cause to feel like giving you the
extreme penalty. They'll give it to
you without a flinch if they get the
chance. You've done enough."
Hamilton whirled about and glared j
ferociously.
"Helm, what do you mean?" he de- ;
manded In a voice as hollow as it was 1
full of desperate passion.
The genial captain laughed as If he
had heard a good joke.
"You won't catch any fish if yon j
swear, and you look blasphemous," he ;
said with the lightness of humor char- I
ncteristic of him at all times. "You'd j
letter say a prayer or two. Just re
flect a moment upon ttie oirfui sins
you have committed and" —
A crash of coalescing volleys from
every direction broke off his levity.
Clark was sending his response to
Hamilton's lofty note. The guns of
freedom rang out a prophecy of tri
umph, and the hissing bullets clucked
sharply as they entered the solid logs
of the walls or whisked through an
aperture and bowled over a man. The
British muskeeters returned the fire
as best they could, with a courage and
a stubborn coolness which Helm open
ly admired, although he could not hide
his satisfaction whenever one of them
was disabled.
"Lamothe and his men are refusing
to obey orders," said Farnsworth a lit
tle later, hastily approaching Hamil
ton, his face flushed and n fleam of
hot anger In his eyes. "They're In a
nasty mood. I can do nothing with
them. Tliey have not fired a shot."
"Mutiny?" Hamilton demanded.
"Not Just that. They say they do
not wish to fire on their kinsmen and
friends. They are all French, you
know, and they see their cousins, broth
ers, uncles and old acquaintances out
there in Clark's rabble. I can do noth
ing with them."
"Shoot the scoundrels, then!"
"It will be a toss up which of us
will come out on top if we try that.
Besides, If we liegln a fight inside, the
Americans will make short work of
us."
"Well, what are we to do, then?"
"Oh, fight, that's all." said Farns
worth apathetically, turning to a small
loophole and leveling a field glass
through it. "We might make a rush
from the gates and stampede them,"
he presently added. Then he uttered
an exclamation of great surprise.
"There's Lieutenant Beverley out
there," lie exclaimed.
"You're mistaken; you're excited."
Hamilton half sneerlngly renrp-'-cd,
yet not without a shade of unea .noss
In his expression. "You forget, sir."
"Look for yourself. It's easily set
tled." And Farnsworth proffered the
glass. "He's there, to a certainty, sir."
"I saw Beverley an hour ago," said
Helm. "I knew all the time that he'd
be on hand."
It was a white lie. Captain Helm
was as much surprised as his captors
at what he heard, but he could not re
sist the temptation to be annoying.
Hamilton looked as Farnsworth di
rected, aud, sure enough, there was
the young Virginian lieutenant stand
ing on a barricade, his hat off, cheer
ing his men with a superb show of
zeal. Not a hair of his head was miss
ing, so far as the glass could be roiled
upon to show.
Oncle Jazon's quick old eyes saw the
gleam of the telescope tube In the loop
hole.
"I never could shoot much," he mut
tered, and then a little bullet sped
with übsolute accuracy from his dis
reputable looking rifle and shattered
the object lens Just as Hamilton moved
to withdraw the glass, uttering an
ejaculation of Intense excitement.
"Such devils of marksmen!" said he,
and his face was haggard. "That In
fernal Indian lied."
"I could have told you all the tliuo
that the scalp Long Hair brought to
you was not Beverley's," said llelm
Indifferently, "1 recognized Lleuteu-
Mit Harlow's hair as soon as I saw It."
This was another piece of offhand
romance. Helm did not dream that
he was accidentally sketching a horri
ble truth.
"Barlow's!" exclaimed Farnsworth.
"Yes, Barlow's, no mistake"—
Two more men reeled from « port-*
hole, the blood splinting tar out of
their wqiutd*. Indeed, through every
ppei'ture in the walls the bullets were
'low humming like mad hornets.
"Close that porthole!" stormed Ham
ilton. Then turning to Farnsworth h*
added: "We cannot vndnt" tht* long.
Shut up ev*y place lar«« enough for
p Juliet to got through. Go all around,
give strict orders to all. See that the
l icu do not foolishly expose them
selves. Those ruffians out there have
located every crack."
Ills glimpse pt Mwerley and the
minister remark of Helm had «««w
--pletely unmanned him befor» his tr.tr.
fell. Now It rushed upon him that If
he would escape the wrath of the mad
dened Creoles and the vengeance of
Alice's lover he must quickly throw
himself upon the mercy of Chirk. It
was his only hope. He chafed in
wardly, but bore himself with stem
coolness. Tie presently bought Jfcirns~
worth, pulled lilui asldo and suggested
smt something must b« done to pre
vent un assault aud a massacre. The
sounds outside seemed to forebode a
gathering for a desperate rush, and in
his heart he felt all the terrors of aw
ful anticipation.
"We are completely at their mercy;
that is plain," he said, shrugging his
shoulders and gazing at the wounded
men writhing in their agony. "What
do you suggest?"
Captain Farnsworth was a shrewd
officer. He recollected that Philip De
jean, justice of Detroit, was on his
way down the Wabash from that post
and probably near at hand with a flo
tilla of men and supplies. Why not
ask for a few days of truce? It could
do no harm and if ngreed to might be
their salvation. Hamilton jumped at
the thought and forthwith drew up a
note which he sent out with n white
flag. Never before in all his military
career had he been so comforted by a
sudden cessation of fighting. His soul
would grovel in spite of him. Alice's
cold face now had Beverley's beside it
in his field of inner vision—a double
assurance of impending doom, it seem
ed to him.
There was short delay in the arrival
of Colonel Clark's reply, hastily scrawl
ed on a bit of soiled paper. The request
for a truce was flatly refused, but ilie
note closed thus:
"If Mr. Hamilton is Desirous of a
Conferance with Col. Clark, he will
meet him at the Church with Captn.
Helms."
The spelling was not very good, and
there was a redundancy of capital let
ters, yet Hamilton understood it all,
and it was very difficult for him to
conceal his haste to attend the pro
posed conference. But he was afraid
to go to the church—the thought chilled
him. He could not face Father Beret,
who would probably be there. And
what if there should be evidences of
the funeral? What if?— He shuddered
and tried to break away from the
vision in his tortured brain.
He sent a proposition to Clflrk to
meet >'» m an the esplanade before the
main gate of the fort, but Clark de
clined, Insisting upon the church. And
thither he at last consented to go. It
was an immense brace to his spirit to
have Helm beside him during that
walk, which, although but eighty yards
In extent, seemed to him a matter of
leagues. On the way he had to pass
near the new position taken up by
Beverley and his men. It was a fine
test of nerve when the lieutenant's
eyes met those of the governor. Nei
ther man permitted the slightest change
of countenance to betray his feelings.
In fact, Beverley's face was as rigid as
marble; he could not have changed It.
Father Beret was Indeed present at
the church, as Hamilton had dreaded,
and the two duelists gave each other a
rapier-like eye thrust. Neither spoke,
however, and <"! ark Immediately de
manded a settlement of the matter In
hand. He was brusque and Imperious
to a degree, apparently rather anxious
to repel every peaceful advance.
It was a laconic Interview, crisp as
autumn Ice and bitter as gall berries.
Colonel Clark had no respect whatever
for Hamilton, to whom he had applied
the imperishable adjective "lialr buyer
general." On the other hand, Govern
or Hamilton, who felt keenly the dis
grace of having to equalize himself of
ficially and discuss terms of surrender
with a rough backwoodsman, could not
conceal his contempt of Clark.
The five men of history, Hamilton,
Helm, Hay, Clark and Bowman, were
not distinguished diplomats. They
went at their work rather after the
hammer and tongs fashion. Clark
bluntly demanded unconditional sur
render. Hamilton refused. They ar
gued the matter. Helm put In his o«j.
trying to soften the situation, as was
his custom on all occasions, and re
ceived from Clark a stinging repri
mand, with the reminder that he was
nothing but a prisoner on parole and
had no voice at all In settling the terms
»f surrender.
"I release him, sir," said IlamiltO"
"He is no longer a prisoner. I am quite
willing to have Captain Helm Join
fre«ly In our conference."
"And I refuse to permit his accept
ance of your favor," responded Clark.
"Captain Helm, you will return with
&lr. Hamilton to the fort and remain
his captive until I free you by force.
Meantime hold your toiigue."
Father Beret, suave looking and qui
rt, occuplud himself at the little altar,
apparently altogether indifferent to
what was being said, but he lost not a
word of the talk.
"Qui ha bet aures audiendl, audlat,"
he inwardly repeated, smiling blandly.
"Gaudete In 111 a die, et exultate!"
Hamilton rose to go; deep lines of
worry creased his face. But when the
party had passed outside he suddenly
turned upon Clark and said:
"Why do you demand Impossible
tortus of me?"
"1 will toll yon, sir," wns the stern
answer lu u tone In which there was
no mercy or compromise. "I would
rather have you refuse. I desire noth
ing HO much as an excuse to wreak full
and bloody vengeance on every man
In that fort who has engaged In the
business of employing savages to scalp
brave, patriotic men and defenseless
women and children. The cries of the
widows and the fatherless on our fron
tiers require the blood of the Indian
'partisans at my hands. If you choose
to risk the massacre of your garrison
to save those despicable redhanded
partisans, have your pleasure. What
yeu have done you know better than
I do. I have a duty to perform. You
may be ablu to soften lis nature. I may
lako It Into my head to send for some
of our bereaved women to witness my
terrible work and see that It Is well
done »r you Insist upon the worst."
Major Hay, who was Hamilton's In
dian agent, now, with some difficulty
clearing his throat, spoke up.
"I'ray, sir," said he, "who lij U that
you call Indian partisans?'
"Kir," replied Clark, seeing that his
yrnrds had gone solidly home, "I take
Major Hay to be ont> of the principals."
This soeuied to strike Hay with
deadly force. Clark's report says that
he was "pale ntid trembling, scarcely
able to stand," and that "Hamilton
blushed, and, I observed, was much af
fected at his behavior." Doubtless if
the doughty American commander had
known more about tho governor's feel
ings Just then he would have added
that :iu awful fear, even greater than
the Indian agent's, did more than any
thing else to congest the veins In hi*
face.
The parties *" —roneh
ing an agreement, but the end had
come. The terror in Hamilton's soul
was doubled by a wild scene enacted
under the walls of his fort, a scene
which, having no proper place in this
story, strong as its historical interest
unquestionably Is. must be but out
lined. A party of Indians returning
from a scalping expedition in Ken
tucky and along the Ohio was cap
tured on the outskirts of the town by
some of Clark's men, who proceeded
to kill and scalp them within full view
of the beleaguered garrison, after
which their mangled bodies were flung
Into the river.
If the British commander needed fur
ther wine of dread to fill bis cup with
al it was furnished by an ostentatious
marshaling of the American forces for
a general assault. His spirit broke com
pletely, so that it looked like a god
send to him when Clark finally offered
terms of honorable surrender, the con
summation of which was to be post
poned until the following morning. He
accepted promptly, appending to the
articles of capitulation the following
reasons for his action: "The remote
ness from succor, the state and quanti
ty of provisions, etc.; unanimity of of
ficers and men in Its expediency, the
honorable terms allowed and, lastly,
the confidence in a generous enemy."
Confidence in a generous enemy! Ab
ject fear of the vengeance just wreak
ed upon his savage emissaries would
have been the true statement. Bever
ley read the paper when Clark sent for
him, but ba could not join in the ex
"Such devils of marksmen!"
travagant delight of his fellow officers
nod their brave men. What did all
this victory mean to him? Hamilton to
be treated as an honorable prisoner of
war, permitted to strut forth from the
fort with his sword at his side, his
head up—the scalp buyer, ttie murder
er of Alice! What was patriotism to
the crushed heart of a lover? Even if
his vision had been able to pierce the
future and realize the splendor of An
glo-Saxon civilization which was to fol
low that little triumph at Vlncennes,
what pleasure could it have afforded
him? Alice, Alice, only Aliee; no other
thought had Influence save the recur
ring surge of desire for vengeance upon
lier murderer.
And yet that night Beverley slept
and so forgot his despair for many
hours, even dreamed a pleasant dream
of home, where his childhood was
spent; of the stately old house on the
breezy hilltop overlooking a sunny
plantation, with a little river lapsing
and shimmering through it. Ills moth
er's dear arms were around him, her
loving breath stirred his hair, and his
stalwart, gray headed father sat on the
cranda comfortably smoking his pipe,
rhile away in the wide fields the ne
|roes sang at the plow and the hoe.
Sweeter and swWter grew the scene,
softer the air, tenderer the blending
sounds of the water murmur, leaf rus
tle, bird song and slave song until hand
In hand lie wandered with Alice in
greening groves wheru the air was
trembling with the ecstasy of spring.
A young officer awoke him with an
order from Clark to go on duty at once
with Captains Worthington and Wil
liams, who, under Colonel Clark him
self, were to take possession of the fort.
Mechanically he obeyed. The sun was
far up, shilling between clouds of a
leaden, watery hue, by the time every
thing was ready for the Important cer
emony. Beside the main gate of the
stockade two companies of patriots un
der Bowman and McCarty were drawn
up as guards, while the British garri
son filed out aud was taken In charge.
This bit of formality ended, Governor
Hamilton, attended by some of his of
ficers, went back into the fort and the
gate was closed.
Clark now gave orders that prepara
tions be made for hauling down the
British flag aud hoisting the young
banner of liberty in its place, when ev
erything should be ready for a salute
of thirteen guns from the captured bat
tery.
Helm's round face was beaming.
Plainly It showed that his happiness
was supreme. He dared not say any
thing, however, for Clark was now all
sternness and formality. It would be
dangerous to take any liberties, but he
could smile and roll his quid of tobacco
from cheek to cheek.
Hamilton and Farnswortb, the latter
slightly wounded In the left arm, which
was bandaged, ntood together some
what apart from their fellow officers
while preliminary steps for celebrating
their defeat and capture were In prog
ress. They looked forlorn enough to
have excited deep sympathy under fair
er conditions.
Outside the fort the Creoles were be
ginning a noise of Jubilation. The ru
mor of what was going to be done had
passed from mouth to mouth until ev
ery soul In the town knew and thrilled
with expectancy. Men, women and
children came swarming to nee the
slight and to hear at close range the
crash of the cannon. They shouted. In
a scattering way at first; then the tu
mult gre\x swiftly to a solid rolling
tide that seemed beyond all compari
son with the population of Vlnoennes.
Hamilton heard It and trembled In
wardly, afraid lest the inob should
prove too stroug for the guard.
One leonine voice roared distinctly,
high above the noise. It was a sound
familiar to all the Creoles, that bellow
ing shout of Gaspard Houssillon's. He
was roaming around the stockade, hav
ing been turned back by the guard
when he tried to pass through the main
gate.
"They shut me out!" he bellowed fu
riously. "I am Gaspard Ronsslllon, and
they shut me out, me! Z1IT! Me volet!
Je vnls entrer 1 m med I a temen t, moir*
He attracted but little attention,
however. The people and the soldiery
were all too excited by the special In
terest of the occasion and too busy
with making a racket of their own for
any Individual, even the great KOBSHII
lon, to gain their eyes or ears. He In
turn scarcely heard the tumult they
made, so self centered were his burn
ing thoughts and feeling*- A great oc
casion in Vlncennes and he, tiaspard
Uoussillon, not recognized as one of
the largo factors iu It! Ah, no, never!
And he strode along the wall of the
Blockade, turning the corners and heav
ily shambling over the Inequalities till
he reached the postern. It was not fas
tened. some one having passed through
Just before him.
"Zifrr' he ejaculated, stepping into
the area and shaking himself after the
manner of a dusty mastifT. "C'est moi!
Gaspard ltonssillon!" Ills massive un
der Jaw was set like that of a vise, yet
It quivered with rage, a rage which
was more fiery condensation of self
approval than anger.
Outside the shouting, singing and
huzzas gathered strength and vol
ume until the sound became a hoarse
roar. Clark was uneasy. He had over
heard much of a threatening character
during the siege. The Creoles were, he
knew. Justly exasperated, and even his
own men had been showing a spirit
which might easily be fanned Into a
dangerous flame of vengeance. He
was very anxious to have the formali
ties of taking possession of the fort
over with, so that he could the better
control his forces. Sending for Bever
ley, he assigned him to the duty of
hauling down the British flag and run
ning up that of Virginia. It was an
honor of no doubtful sort, which under
different circumstances would have
made the lieutenant's heart glow. As
it was he proceeded without any sense
of pride or pleasure, moving as a mere
machine in performing an act signifi
cant beyond any other done west of
the mountains in the great struggle
for American Independence and the
control of American territory.
Hamilton stood a little way from the
foot of the tall flagpole, his arms fold
ed on his breast, his chin slightly
drawn in, his brows contracted, gaz
ing steadily at Beverley while he was
untying the halyard, which had been
wound around the pole's base about
three feet above the ground. The
American troops In the fort were dis
posed so as to form three sides of a
hollow square, facing Inward. Oncle
Jazon, serving as the ornamental ex
treme of one line, was conspicuous for
his outlandish garb and unmllitary
bearing. The silence inside the stock
ade offered a strong contrast to the
tremendous roar of voices outside.
Clark made a signal, and at the tap of
a drum Beverley shook the ropes loose
and began to lower the British colors.
Slowly the bright emblem of earth's
mightiest nation crept down in token
of the fact that a handful of back
woodsmen had won an empire by a
splendid stroke of pure heroism. Bev
erley detached the flag and, saluting,
handed it to Colonel Clark. Hamil
ton's breast heaved and his iron Jaws
tightened their pressure until the lines
of his cheeks were deep furrows of
pulii.
Just then there was a birdlike move
ment, a winglike rustle, and a light fig
ure flitted swiftly across the area. All
eyes were turned upon it. Hamilton
recoiled, as pale as death, half lifting
his bands as if to ward off a deadly
blow, and then a gay flag was flung
out over his head. He saw before
him the girl he had shot, but her beau
tiful face was not waxen now, nor was
it cold or lifeless. The rich red blood
was strong under the browned yet del
icate skin, the eyes were bright and
brave, the cherry lips, slightly apart,
gave a glimpse of pearl white teeth,
and the dimples—those roguish dimples
—twinkled sweetly.
Colonel Clark looked on in amaze
ment and in spite of himself in ad
mlrntfoil. Me did not understand. Tile
sudden incident had bewildered him,
but his virile nature was Instantly and
wholly charmed. Something like a
breath of violets shook the tenderest
chords of bis heart.
Alice stood firmly, a statue of tri
umph, her right arm outstretched,
holding the flag high above Hamilton's
head, and close by her side the little
hunchback Jean was posed in his most
characteristic attitude, gazing at the
banner which be himself had stolen
and kept hidden for Alice's sake and
because he loved it.
There was a dead silence for some
moments, during which Hamilton's
face showed that he was ready to col
lapse. Then the keen voice of Oncle
Jazon broke forth:
"Vive Zhorzh Vaslnton! Vive la ban
nlere d'Alice Rousslllon!"
He sprang to the middle of the area
and flung his old cap high In air, with a
shrill war whoop.
"H'ist it, h'lst it! Hlssex la banniere
de Mile. Alice Rousslllon! Volla, que
c'est glorieuse, cette banniere la! H'lst
It, h'lst it!"
He was dancing with a rickety live
liness, his goatish legs and shriveled
body giving him the look of an emaci
ated satyr.
Clark had been told by some of his
creole officers the story of how Alice
raised the flag when Helm took the
fort and how she snatched it from
Hamilton's hand, as it were, and would
not give it up when he demanded it.
The whole situation pretty soon began
to explain itself, as he saw what Alice
was doing. Then be heard her Bay to
Hamilton while she slowly swayed the
rippling flag back and forth:
"I said, as you will remember, M. le
Gouverncur, that when you next should
see this flag I should wave it over your
head. Well, look. I am waving it.
Vive la republlque! Vive George
Washington! What do you think of it,
M. le Gouverneur?"
The poor little hunchback Jean took
off his cap und tossed it in rhythmlcaj
emphasis, keeping time to her words.
And now from behind the hollow
square came a mighty voice:
"C'est moi, Gaspard Roussllion; me
volcl, messieurs!"
There was a spirit in the air which
caught from Alice a thrill of romantic
energy. The men in the ranks and the
officers in front of them felt a wave of
Irresistible sympathy sweep through
their hearts. Her picturesque beauty,
her fine temper, the fitness of the inci
dent to the occasion, had an instanta
neous power which moved all men
alike.
"Raise her flag! Run up the young
lady's flag!" some one shouted. And
then every voice seemed to echo the
words. Clark was a young man of no
ble type, in whose veins throbbed the
warm, chivalrous blood of the cava
liers. A waft of the suddenly prevail
ing Influence bore him also quite off his
feet. He turned to Beverley and said:
"Do It! It will have a great effect.
It Is a good Idea. Get the young lady's
flag and her permission to run it up."
Before he finished speaking—indeed
at the first glance— he saw that Bever
ley, like Hamilton, was white as a dead
man, and at the same time It came to
his memory that his young friend had
confided to him during the awful march
through the prairie wilderness a love
story about this very Alice Rousslllon.
In the worry nnd stress of the subse
quent struggle ho had forgotten the
tender basis upon which Beverley had
rested his excuse for leaving Vincennes.
Now it ull reappeared in Justification
of what was going on. It touched the
romantic core of his southern nature.
"I say. Lieutenant Beverley," he re
jieated, "beg the young lady's permis
sion to use her flag upon tbis glorious
occasion, or I do it fyr you?"
No. Z2
There were no miracles In thoAe
brave days, and the strain of life with
its terrible realities braced all men and
women to meet sudden explosions of
surprise, whether of good or bad ef
fect, with admirable equipoise, bot
Beverley's trftl, it must be admitted,
was extraordinary. Still he braced him
self quieldy and his whole expression
changed when Clark moved to go to
Alice. For he realized now that it was
Indeed Alice in flesh and blood, stand
ing there, the center of admiration,
filling the air with her fine magnetism
and crowning a great triumph with
her beauty. He gave her a glad, flash
ing smile, as if he had Just discovered
her, and walked straight to her, his
hands extended. She was not looking
toward him, but she saw him and
turned to face him. Hers was the ad
vantage. for sho had known for some
hours of his presence in Vincennes and
h«d prepared herself to meet him cour
ageously and with maidenly reserve.
There is no safety, however, where
love lurks. Neither Beverley nor Alice
was as much agitated as Hamilton, yet
they both forgot, what he remembered,
that a hundred grim frontier soldiers
were looking on. Hamilton had his per
lonal and official dignity to sustain,
and he fairly did it under what a pres
sure of humiliating and surprising cir
cumstances we can fully comprehend.
Not so with the two young people,
standing as it were in a suddenly be
stowed and incomparable happiness on
the verge of a new life, each to the oth
er an unexpected, unhoped for regur
-1 rection from the dead. To them there
was no universe save the illimitable
of their love. In that moment
o&nectlng all that they had suffered
on account of love was transfused and
poured forth, a glowing libation for
love's sake, a flood before which all
barriers broke.
Father Beret was looking on with a
strange flre in his eyes, and what be
feared would happen did happen. Alice
let the flag fall at Hamilton's feet.
He saw before htm the gtrl he had that
when Beverley came near her amiling
that great, glad smite, and with a Joy
ous cry leaped into his outstretched
arms.
Jean snatched up the fallen banner
and ran to Colonel Clark with it. Two
minutes later it was made fast, and the
halyard began to squeak through the
rude pulley at the top of the pole. Up,
up climbed the gay little emblem of
#lorv. while the cannon crashed ftalfl
the embrasures of the "DToCthbuse liiW
by, and outside the roar of voices re
doubled. Thirteen guns boomed the
salute, though it should have been four
teen, the additional one for the great
northwestern territory that day annex
ed to the domain of the young Ameri
can republic. The flag went up at old
Vincennes never to come down again,
and when It reached its place at the
top of the staff Beverley and Alice
stood side by side looking at It, while
the sun broke through the clouds and
flashed on Its shining folds, and lore
unabashed glorified the two strong,
young faces.
£IV BE coimntrm] j
A Story Ones Told by Lowell.
Something happened one day in
James Russell Lowell's office which
suggested the following: There was a
time when the fastest sailing ships In
the world were built in the shipyards
of Kew England. About that time an
American clipper and an English yacht
were entering the harbor of Genoa to
gether, and there was a race between
the clipper and the yacht, and the clip
per won in the race. When the two
vessels were in port the owner of the
English yacht, a person of polished
manners, came on board the American
and very handsomely congratulated the
captain of tffe clipper upon his achieve
ment, which he said was all the more
remarkable in view of the fact that it
was the first time that his yacht had
ever been beaten. The liberal minded
old Yankee captain replied: "Well,
now, that's curious. It's the first time
the Tolly Ann ever beat anything."
When Golf Wfca leriou.
Golf players complain that their fa
vorite game is not taken seriously
enough by the people, and they protest
against the tone of levity in which
newspaper paragraphers discuss the
game. There -was a time when golf
was taken seriously enough, as this ex
cerpt from an ancient law document
°On September 9,1G37, Francis Broune,
sone to John Broune, wabster in Banff,
was convicted by the borrow or Justice
court of the burgh of breaking into the
buithe of Patrick Shand and stealing
therefrom "sume golff ballls," and the
Judges ordalnlt the said Francis to be
presentlie tacken and carelt to the gal
lowshill of this burghe, and banglt on
the gallows thereof to the death, where
of William Wat, dempster of the said
assylß, guive doinme.
Whelks ■■ Money.
Dewarra, a. currency of New Britain,
is an Instance of how the spoils of the
chase may be turned to account as tho
outward and visible sign of wealth.
Dewarra is made by stringing the
■hells of a dog whelk upon the ribs of
palm leaves. These strings may be
retailed at so much a fathom—usually
the price is equivalent to about three
shillings a fathom length—or they may
be made into various articles of per
sonal adornment to bo worn on great
occasions. In New Britain the de
warra hoarded up by a rich man is
produced at hi* funeral and divided
among his heirs in much the same
kind of way as personal property is
divided among us.
Flili Diet Bad For «he Voice.
Fine voices. It is said, are seldom
found in u country where flab or meat
diet prevails. Those Italians who eat
the most fish (those of Naples and
Geuoa) have few fine singers among
them. The sweet voices are found in
the Irish women of the country, and
not of the towns. Norway is not a
country of singers, because they eat
too much lish, but Sweden is a coun
try of grain and song. The carnivo
rous birds crwaly grain' eating tyrds