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I entered tlio camp without being
fired at, and the captain was as glad to
see ine and hear the story as if I had
been his own son. 1 told everybody
the news, got them all on the river
bank as a reception committee and pot
Hamilton to propose "three cheers for
Brainard." Charley himself loosed the
bonds of the Johnnies as our boys
crowded around. My own special John
ny no sooner found his hands free than
he whispered something to Brainard.
"Yes; certainly. Thank you for re
minding me." Then ho shook the cap
tain's canteen inquiringly and handed
it to the prisoner, who swallowed some
of its contents and passed the remain
der to the sergeant, saying as he point
ed indignantly to the third prisoner:
"Don't leave nono for him, durn him!"
"You've done handsomely, corporal,"
said the captain to Brainard.
" 'Twasn't I, captain," Charley re
plied, witli a salute; " 'twas your whis- j
ky that did the business."
There was at least one duty of the
expedition remaining In which Brain
ard shouldn't get ahead of me. I took
those prisoners under guard down to
the brush hut where our company cook 1
had been installed and I provided them 1
with a big breakfast. To my de- |
light, they enjoyed our white bread !
and cold corned beef as heartily as I
had enjoyed their bacon and corn bread
three months before. As to coffee, they
nearly emptied the half kettle that had
been standing since our own boys had
been served half an hour before. When
he could drink no more, my own spe
cial prisoner caressed the place where
he had put the coffee, gazed contem
platively at tiie kettle and remarked:
"There's always some good luck can
be dug out of trouble ef you'll look at.
it right. Here I am a prisoner ag'in;
but, 011 t'other hand, I'll have genuine,
suro 'nough coffee twice a day till I'm
exchanged ag'in. Cm-m-m!"
CHATTER XV.
ON TICKET.
f«»KTER mature delibera
*'on "I )on samples of
i CR I all sorts of military
I/ W ' ji service that falls to [j/j
[j/j the lot of cavalry sol-
diers we recruits
agreed that picket duty
j| suited us better than
anything else. To bo
an actual picket was not pleasant when
tine's turn of duty came during a driv
ing rain or in the middle of a dark
night, but in ordinary weather and at
decent hours It was quite pleasant to
sit on horseback at crossroads, look
about the country and chat with such
farmers as had passes enabling them
to visit the town. Northern and south
ern farmers were radically unlike each
other In some respects during the war,
but they were exactly alike In their
willingness to rein up and have a long
chat with a stranger. I found the aver
age Virginia farmer had quite as largo
a bump of curiosity as his northern
brother, and generally ho was able to
absorb all the family history that a
Yankee soldier might care to unload.
It was great fun for me to be on
post on a prominent road at daybreak,
for the chances were that a large de
tachment of fugitive slaves would
come in. How these people managed
to travel 30 or 40 miles without being
seen and hounded back by the ene
ni3"'s scouts I never could understand,
for instead of coming singly they would
travel in large bodies, all the men, wo
men and children leaving a plantation
together and not separating during the
trip. Any one would imagine they
Would be discovered, for they always
dressed in their best when they started
toward us, and the colors of some of
their clothing were as startling as the
plumage of a tropical bird, besides be
ing more variegated, but they never
complained of having been annoyed
while en route. Another mystery was
their knowledge as to where to find
our lines and just where to halt to
wait for daylight. They were not al
ways received In the spirit of the eman
cipation proclamation. Some of our
fellows were in mortal fear of "nigger
equality," so they would order the fu
gitives to return to their masters.
"Yas'r," would be the usual reply,
and tb< entire gang would retrace their
Bteps until they reached a friendly
screen of trees. No sooner would the
man on post be changed than the crowd
would come plodding back. As one old
leader told me one day:
"We'se ben tole ter keep a-tryln,
'cause some sojer or udder would let
us in some time or udder."
There was nothing funny about these
colored people unless It was their ex
treme gravity. They weren't even ex
citable. They didn't throw up their
hands and thank the Lord that at last
they were 011 freedom's soil. They sel
dom laughed, and as for Joking, one
could get as much response from an
oak stump as from tho brightest of
them. They apparently knew Just
where to come and Just what to ex
pect. In fact, I afterward learned from
one of them that for 30 miles around
us the slaves were thoroughly Inform
ed about each post and Its treatment
of contrabands. They said there were
plenty of colored news carriers and
"Only Confederate lipn can ever touch
mine."
guides—"de woods was full of 'cm"—
yet in nearly a year of prowling about
the woods between the lines I never
once saw a colored man except on a
plantation. To this day their ways are
as mysterious to me as tho traditional
"underground railway" was to the
slave hunters of old.
The special delight of picket service,
however, was the privilege of visiting
the few white natives who lived near
by. All of them professed to be Union
ists; nil, I believe, were earnest Con
federates, but It was uoliey for them
not to allow any harm to befall a
Union soldier who visited them. So
wo never feared that we would be cap
tured by skulking Confederates, much
less shot while In a native's house. To
tell tho truth, I think most of us were
about as welcome as we would have
been in any farming community at the
north. We could generally tell them
about much that was going on in the
world, thanks to our steady supply of
newspapers; we could give them an
occasional book or magazine, but had
we only our presence to offer it was
gratifying to the people, nearly all of
whose own men were in the Confed
erate army and whose women did not
dare to exchange visits over roads
where they might at any time en
counter marching troops.
At most of tho native houses there
were girls, and each girl had about 500
adorers in our regiment alone, as well
as an equal number In other cavalry
regiments at our post. There was little
or 110 lovemaklng. No man dared ab
sent himself long enough from the
picket reserve to attend to business of
so serious a nature, nor could he easily
| find opportunity to speak to a damsel
! alone. If father or mother or grand
j parents chanced to be out of the room
for a moment, some other trooper was
almost sure to be present. This was
ndsery for sentimental young men of
the class that regards lovemaklng as
an absolute necessity of daily life.
It was great fun, however, for the
girls. Not one of them would have
married a Yankee had he been Apollo
and Croesus combined, but It wasn't
unpleaslng to get an adoring, heart
broken glance from one not unhand
some fellow after another and to real
ize that all the sufferers were from the
enemy's ranks. I used to imagine,
probably correctly, that the southern
girls looked prettier and more vivacious
when we appeared than they possibly
could do at the humdrum routine of
housework. Most of them had lost
their slaves, in the usual manner, be
fore our town became a military post,
| and they would remind us of this when
anything in the house seemed to them
to lack proper attention or when they
Invited 11s to sit down with the family
to a dinner or supper, which they as
sured us was not what they would
have given us in other days. They got
so many compliments, however—some
awkward, but all honest—on the skill
of pretty hands and heads that I don't
doubt one of them told the truth when
she* said to me in a burst of confidence
that she was more than half glad that
the house servants had run away and
given her and her mother a chance to
have tilings just as they wanted them.
Some of these southern girls asked in
numerable questions about the duties
and diversions of our mothers and sis
ters, and they heard enough to make
them open their pretty eyes in wonder.
But all this had nothing to do with
love. As was natural to suppose,and as
we afterward learned, each of the girls
was already engaged to some good or
bad fellow In the Confederate army.
Their hearts were already disposed of,
so they could laugh at all would be
suitors and break hearts cheerily with
the sublime consolation that they were
weakening the enemy in one of his
most vulnerable points. Their manner
was as proper as that of any northern
girl, iis the more Impudent of our fel
lows discovered when they proposed a
kiss at the door. The experience of
one of these fellows was quite Inter
esting to every one but himself. He
was so handsome that he had made
great havoc among feminine hearts at
home and had come to regard himself
tf> Irresistible. He asked a little Vir
ginian, pretty enough to break the
heart of an anchorite, for a kiss, but
she replied:
"Only Confederate lips can ever touch
mine."
One day when this man had been on
post the relief found his place vacant,
although there was no sign of blood
shed or a struggle. As soon as this
was reported at the reserve a squad
was sent out to look for him.
Inquiry was made at every house on
the road, and at one we learned from
the heartbreaking beauty just referred
to that he had stopped there two hours
before and announced that lie was de
serting to the Confederacy.
Almost half a year afterward the
rear guard of one of our scouting par
ties was harassed for the last two
miles of its return by shots from a
small mounted force, which scattered
and took to the woods whenever we
turned and attempted to charge them.
Our commander arranged a strong am
buscade of the advance, with a view
to capturing the entire party, and this
hidden force suddenly surrounded
them when they were directly In front
of the house in which the little beauty
lived. There were only a dozen of the
enemy, and they quickly saw that their
game was up. As we approached tliern
they recognized tho Inevitable and
ceased fighting, but one man In gray
suddenly drew a revolver, tired three
shots In rapid succession at the house,
then pointed the weapon at his own
breast, fired and fell from hlssaddle. We
were upon them in a moment, and un
der the cap of the man upon the ground
we saw the face of our handsome de
serter. He gasped before he died that
he was as loyal as ever. He bad de
serted In a wild desire to kiss that girl.
Now, seeing her at the window, he had
fired to kill her and hoped he had suc
ceeded. Then he had killed himself
rather than be shot as a traitor.
lie had missed the pretty mark he
had aimed at. The girl was unhurt ex
! Copt from a severe scare. Wo had lost
i more than 20 men most unaccountably
| from that post, all of them violent ad
mirers of that very girl. Somehow her
father's house was burned to the
ground that very night I hope the
pretty girl escaped, but we were told
she did not. Not one of us attended the
funeral. It would be hard to tell how
many lives on both sides were lost
thereafter as the result of those two
deaths.
"War is hell!"
CHAPTER XVI.
SOME NEW NEIGHBORS.
i NE morning there came
to a picket station
wht ' rH 1 kiul charge of
112! / s ' x men an colored
V/ if) -jp- woman, bent, twisted, '
ml l if 112l 1 perspiring and wild
eyed, who exclaimed,
- >ii}J "Good Lawd, boss, j
dey's two strings of |
reb sojers ober yander. Dey's Hfl hog '
} 1 dat you can't seo neither end of 'cm.
| I The old woman seemed so earnest
I that I was half Inclined to believe her,
' so I asked, "Where are they, aunty?
llow far?"
i"Jes' beyan' de woods, boss. Dey's
jes' millions of 'em."
I knew the road for miles beyond the
station. It was so straight that a man
could see a long way ahead. I had a
horse fast enough to get me out of
trouble should 1 suddenly find myself
within ritle range, and he needed ex
j ercise, s<> I mounted and galloped out
to reeonnoitcr 1 passed the woods
I without s.ein.; any one, and from a
little hill 1 could see that there was no
one in the fields beyond, so I returned
to the station and rebuked the old
1 woman for lying.
' "It's true as do Bible, boss, whut I
tole you," she replied earnestly. "Dcy
1 ! dun tuck my two shotes 'long wid 'em.
' j You t'lnk tlese ole eyes cayn't see?
Yas'r, dey kin dat."
As It was about time for us to be re
-1 lieved I told her togo back homo and
take another look and return.
A few hours after wo reached camp
we were startled by the bugle blowing
"boots and saddles," the most per
emptory alarm known In the cavnlry
service. As we hurried to the stables
we heard the "long roll" sounded in
the Infantry camp near us. By the
time the "assembly" sounded, the word
had gone through camp that the out
posts 011 every road, 011 a circuit of ten
or more miles, had been driven In or
captured.
As we rode out nt a trot we could see
infantry moving Into tho works on ev
ery side, light batteries taking posi
tions behind breastworks and men at
the heavy guns in the forts, while to
ward a series of roads different from
that which we were approaching anoth
er cavalry regiment was moving. In the
town we divided so as to rcconnolter
three roads to find out who and where
the enemy was. It did not take long
to get the desired Information. A Con
federate gun or two 011 each road sent
a shell or two to let us know where
they were, and a dash of skirmishers
nt the gallop yielded two or three pris
oners, who told us that the troops who
had caused the alarm were two corps
of Lee's army.
Well, we had gained the Information
for which we had gone In search, but
It didn't please us at all. It foreshad
owed a change of habit for us. Up to
that time we had been able with a sin
gle battalion to send flying back to
their camps any force that had ap
proached the town. We could scarcely
expect to do so with the newcomers.
A single Confederate corps numbered
more than 20,000 men; the entire force
at our post numbered less than S,OOO.
There was nothing to joke about. Men
Fpoko to one another about the situa
tion and reasoned about it, but in sen
tences 110 longer or more sensible than
those above. Every one seemed labor
ing under a sense of personal affront—
affront which he was unable to resent.
We went to camp, and the enemy
wont to fortifying, as we soon after
ward learned when on one reeonnois
sance oranother we stumbled upon forts
and breastworks where once had been
clear roadway and fields. Weeks aft
erward we learned from Richmond pa
pers that Longstreet had been In our
neighborhood for forage and food for
Lee's army. Had General Longstreet
explained his purpose to us when ho
came, a great lot of unprofitable worry
might have been spared. We might
even have complimented him 011 the
wisdom displayed in the selection of
the territory, for tho country round
about us was fertile and well tilled and
had not been laid under contribution
by soldiers, except perhaps to the ex
tent of a few sweet potatoes, chickens
and turkeys. By driving in our pick
ets Longstreet got possession of two
railroad lines which gave him free com
munication, barring the few miles with
in our lines, between Richmond and
North Carolina.
But nono of these things did General
Longstreet explain to us. Whatever
may have been his own intentions as
he meandered from farm to farm for
corn nnd bacon, his men acted as If
they would like to draw forage from
the commissary department of our own
post and get anything else the town
might hold, ourselves Included. If a
man doesn't want peaceable Intentions
misconstrued, he shouldn't intrust
them to thousands of fellows with guns
In their hands. Such men always get
things mixed.
Of one thing we felt assured—the en
emy could not cut our lino of retreat,
which also was the route of our sup
piles, for this was over causeways
through the Dismal Swamp, a dark,
deep, but friendly ally, which could
have swallowed an army like Long
street's without more than whetting
Its own appetite. The swamp was not
exactly mud, but almost any part of
It could be turned to mud in a few min
utes by the tramp of a few men. And
such mud! A rich, black ooze of de
cayed vegetation, Into which, except In
midsummer or midwinter, the foot
would sink as Into moss, while right
under the surface was a tangle of
roots which never tired of playing boot-
Jack for the pedestrian. To have one's
boot pulled off without warning is
amazing. To afterward drag the same
boot from a net full of ooze Into which
the other boot is slowly sinking Is still
worse. One of Longstreet's men got
through the swamp to the railroad
track and captured one of our pickets,
but he admitted that he was sorry he
did it. He had trouble enough in re
turning to wish he had only himself to
think of. To get enough men through
to destroy our railroad track would
have been Impossible.
So we could run away if the post be
came too hot to hold us, and we
couldn't be starved. After thinking
this over the situation didn't seem so
bad as at first. We wished that Gen
eral Lee had sent us cavalry Instead of
Infantry to tight. We were not accus
tomed to meeting Infantry and might
make mistakes. Still, theca was a
chance of Improving our military edu
cation under so able a tutor as Long
street.
I'or tho next few days our principal
duty was to find out where the enemy
was. We always succeeded. We had
only togo a mile or two outside our
own lines to be loudly assured that It
was not necessary togo farther, and
the mounted skirmishers who dashed
in the direction of the lirst shots al
ways saw gray figures lying down In
shallow rifle pits, with breastworks far
in the rear. Sometimes we would take
some infantry with us—enough to en
gage the enemy smartly after we had
found them and fallen back. But this
became unpopular so far as we troop-
J ers were concerned. We always had to
stand by as a reserve, near enough to
protect tho "doughboys" In case they
were charged by tho enemy. To sit
still nnd be fired at or even to be wlth
( In range of guns fired at some 0110
; else and not be allowed to reply Is the
most depressing experience a soldier
can possibly have. It was new to us,
and we didn't like It. Wo preferred
1 our own old way of fighting—tho dash,
i
THE PRISON®
Who escapes from jttil is by uo means
free. Ho is ufuler Wn of the law
and punishment is written over Against
| hie name. or . jl.
caught again and
bear addea pujijsh- HHjljr.
ment for his sHort -fl hUh /
escape from hls cell- 1
Those who bj the *>P^BrM| l Y [
use of palliative ftaßg|M -
powders and tablets B^fc
fronf the sufferings
of dyspepsia are in
the same condition 112
as the escaped pris- *Wpl|gyiM
ontjr. Soon or late li>
they will go hack to ~
I the old condition
I and pay ati added r «S1
' penalty for tenipor- i l'lerce'j
l'lerce'j pold- JL
en Medicul Discov- j lin^
ety cures dyspepsia ■H
and other d{s<? * •>•- jjljl
of the stomach and pi
organs of digestion ■■ *
and nutrition. Its
cures are lasting. j Jmt _
" FFI R TWP JR»ORR
I tuncr«d Irotn a v«ry obstinate case of tlvsriep i
•in." writ?* R E. tiocora. nsa., of 13 Rasiern '
Aye., Toronto. Ontario "I tried a great Hum !
ber of remedies without miccess. I anally lost 1
ifUth ip the:® (>ll I writs so far fjonc that I could
»ot bear npy *oli4 faW 01 my ftofuach for.l long
time; fult n W» fleprssst'il Coult) not
sleep or foUnW my pbcupAtjftfl (tinsmith) SAme
fV>U' tnvnth# aao a f»i«un recommended your
' Uoldcp Medjc&l Dijcofcry.' Aftet a week's
treatment t Ma derived so much beuefit Hint I
Continued the mMicinC I have tnken three
bottlfl and am convinced it has in my case
compli<di<'(,l a pfrtflAhotit <urc. 1 enn conscien
tiously reflomtnetld it to the thounnnds of dys- j
peptics throughout the laoa."
Accept uo substitute for " Golden Med- !
ical Discovery." There is nothing " just j
as good" for diseases of the stomach, I
blood and lungs.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets stimulate i
the liver
j
the chase, the battle porbaps, but no
standing around under fire after wo
were done shooting.
Within a few days this sort of duty
became unnecessary. The enemy re
lieved us of It by themselves reporting
their whereabouts. They were contin
ually building new forts, and whenev
er they finished one and pot a heavy
pun mounted in it they sent a shell or
two over us to let us know about it.
In the meantime re-enforcements and
siege puns came pouring in upon us by j
rail, and some double ended gunboats j
came up the river in search of rebels i
and glory. They found the former j
without the least trouble and deserved
a good deal of glory for fighting their
boats at much closer range than was !
common at that day with ships engag- '
lug forts. One Confederate artillery-
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Li/iny down In shallow rljlc jiitn.
an, who was captured, said the boats i
came so close that his shell fuses might '
have been lighted and the shells them
selves thrown aboard, thus saving the
powder charge of the gun.
We found places for some new forts |
of our own, and as some of them con- |
structed on the river bank crushed ;
through the crumbling soil and fell in- ,
to the river the work had to be done |
over again. The bridge crossing the !
river had been burned just in time to j
prevent a dash of Confederate cavalry j
Into town the day of the surprise, but
r*)W we needed it again, and timber for
It had to be cut within easy range of
the enemy's guns.
Oh, there was plenty of work for ev
erybody— except the cavalry. We in
dulged in an occasional reconnolssance
just to let the enemy know we hadn't
left town, but hoped he had. For the
rest of the time, however, we enjoyed
more leisure than we could have had at
home. It became tiresome; then it be
came absolutely wearing.
After the works on both sides had
been making faces at each other for
several weeks, and a great lot of pow
der had been burned without hurting
many people, and thousands of men had
been kept awake at night when they
wanted to be asleep, the word was pass
ed through our camp one evening that
General Longstreet was to be made to
feel very sick next morning and that
we were to assist at the operation. Be
tween dark and dawn the bridge was
secretly repaired, right under the en
emy's military nose. The most dilH
cult jiart of the work, that of repairing
the frame, was done silently. Then au
army of contrabands went down in
couples, each couple carrying a young
pine log to be used as planking. When
these had been laid, other contrabands
packed the cracks with straw, and still
others carried out bags and boxes of
dirt and strewed over all, so the bridge
should be noiseless under footfall of
man and horse. Eight hundred Afri
cans were kept awake all night by that
Job, and 1 do not believe the occasion
would have been favorable in which to
Interview them on the blessings of
freedom. Just before dawn several
companies of our regiment passed over
and learned that the enemy had not
expected them. Close behind came a
large body of infantry, which prolonged
the surprise we hud caused and prepar
ed to make It permanent. Then some
of our light artillery took a hand. Wo
struck the enemy's line near its center
and behaved so disagreebly to the John
nies that Cent ral Longstreet took them
back to General Lee.
CHAPTER XVII.
ADIEU THE SIEGE.
I© ' aui to M that Gener
al Longstreet Is a gen
\Sjjjtleman of fine sensl-
bilitles, I am very glad
\M\ be did not hear the ex
/HLafSjVH9 pressions of delight
»';J ffl with which the Tltir-
m r -i ty-elghth received the
—' announcement that lie
hud gone back to his old familiar
hunting grounds. Nobody meant to
speak unkindly, but all were glad that
he was gone, and we said so with as
much intensity as was In us. Wo took
the road at once, not to delay his de
parture, but Just to see how he had left
things. Wo did not at all approve of
what we saw; neither did the natives.
The woods and lields wero scarified
with miles upon miles of ditches and
embankments. Among the natives the
| conclusion seemed to be that if they
W( !<> tn ii:ive their forests shorn and
1 their land turned upside down it didn't
; i)iii< 11 matter who might do it —Yank or
Johnny.
I n e colored people who lived outside
the lines had grievances too. They had
been able to hide some cows, pigs,
chickens and turkeys from occasional
t.'nion soldiers who prowled about
1 alone, but against a few thousand hun
gry men who were fully informed on
the secretive ways of the African it
was useless to contend. They followed
: us when we returned to camp and be
ca 111. part of the colony of which Pos
sum l!en was a bright and shining
light.
For some weeks after Longstreet's
departure we spent most of our time in
the field. The general commanding pre
ferred that Longstreet should have a 9
few excuses as possible for coming
back again on the plea of looking for
forage, so he proceeded to take up 20
I miles of railroad track on each of tho
I two roads leading from our post It
; was a tedious job, but as we troopers
i had little to do but look on and occa
sionally be killed while repelling In
; quisltive Johnnies we rather enjoyed it
A large force of Infantry and light ar
; tillery was with us. So were some
hundreds of contrabands, and while
1 we kept the enemy on the river too
miserable to come across in a body and
visit us the contrabands raised the
rails, loaded them on platform cars and
burned the ties. We worried General
Lee's overburdened heart a good deal
for two or three weeks, but that was
one of the jobs for which we had en
listed. We made so many feints at at
tempting to cross the stream and ad*
. vance in force on Richmond from the
j south that be had to send some of his
j men down to watch us.
We worried the natives too. Our
: horses ate all the grass, hay and fod
j der that Longstreet's men had left, and
the assurance that the owners would
be paid could they prove that they were j
good Union men did not seem to com
fort the said owners a bit They did i
not doubt that our otlicers told them
the truth, but—there were some stub
born facts in the way of their getting
their pay after peace should be de
clared. A one legged farmer with a
military look and a pair of crutches
was a picture of agony while his barns
were being emptied and his stacks
melted away. Ills wife went stark
crazy over what seemed the impending
starvation of her family.
Immediately after beholding such ex
. ilences or hearing of them a road
who had any heart uuder his Jacket
would a little rather be shot than not,
so after hearing that demented wom
an's ravings I was delighted to be as
signed to very dangerous duty. It
was to carry a dispatch to tho general
commanding a brigade on our extreme 1
left. We felt so secure in our superior
strength that the right, left and cen
ter were isolated commands rather 1
than parts of a line. I started an hour or
two after dark and was told that anoth
er man who had been sent 011 the same
errand returned with the report that
there was Confederate cavalry In the
woods. I had been selected because I I
had a fast horse which ought to be able
to dash through any ordinary line be
fore an alarm could IH>, oiven, and the
chances of a single rider being fired
upon and killed in the dark were not
very serious. I could not miss the 1
road, for it had no forks or branches.
There seemed enough risk in all this
to insure my remaining awake. I stuff
ed the dispatches inside my shirt, put
fresh percussion caps on my revolv
ers and started. Nothing unusual oc- ,
eurred for a quarter of au hour or
Sick Headache ?
Food doesn't digest well?
Appetite poor? Bowels j
constipated? Tongue coated?
Its your liver! Ayer's Pills
arc liver pills; they cure dys
pepsia, biliousness.
25c. All ilrii£Kißts.
1 VN tut your hr or "b»*:irtl a beautiful
J brown or rich black ' Then use
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I halted an inxtant.
more, but as 1 descended a gentle slope
1 was sure 1 heard the clank of saber.?
in front of me. My horse, too, gave
the usual equine Indications of being
suddenly Interested In something ahead.
1 halted an Instant, and the noise ceas
ed, but when again I rode forward the
clanking was resumed so noisily that
I became thoroughly frightened, relnod
my horse under partial cover at the
side of the road, turned pale—or felt
that I did—and galloped back to camp.
The captain frowned when I reported
my failure. So did the colonel, who,
with the captain, had been awaiting
the result of my effort.
"I'll try still another man, if you
think best," said tho captain.
"Try me, captain," said Brainard,
who was always among the first to
greet me when I returned to camp.
"You?" asked tho captain, looking
quizzically at tho little fellow.
"Yes, sir," said Rrainard. "You sec,
I'm so small that It would bo hard for
a marksnnn to hit me, even by day
light."
This remark made both officers smile,
and I was told to give my dispatches to
Brainard. The little chap was 011 his
horse In an Instant and, taking straps
from his saddlebow, bouud his legs to
the tons of the stirrup straps.
[TO BK OONTINFED].
A Hl\ a! For (•corue'fi Hatchet.
Cleverton—So now we have two
hatchets of national fame.
List en well - Whose?
Cleverton Carrie's and George's.—
Judge.
An liikiirenHlon.
If wo holieve what Rumor says
In speech fioth grave and funny,
The modest people get the praise,
The hold ones get the money.
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E tsy and pleasan
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injurious drug.
HAY FEVER
It opens and cleanses the Nasal Pas
sages. Allays luflaniation.
Heals and Protects the Membrane.
Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell
Large Size. 5(1 cents: Trial Size. 10 cents
at Druggists or by mail.
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...BY I'SING...
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This wonderful medicine positively
cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay
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Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping
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Price 50c. & SI. Trial Bottle Free.
0, L, & I RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE.
Corrected to May i, 1901.
Nhw VOUK
A M •
Uarclay St I,v. 2 INI 10 UO
Christopher St.. 2 I*l jo 15
liohnkcn 2 :W 1 ,2
Scranton \r li 32 |\\|
HildaUi |.\< II 2 I ,
Scranton \ 1 5 I", 111 00
AMt AM i'flt
SciIAKTOd li ll I(J Oi"> I k -,
Hellevue i li 50
Taylorvillc <1 55 111 15 2 o:i :
I-iicKawnnna 7HI 111 2in
lliiryea 7 11:; 111 ai '1 1;;
I'itidion 707 111 :;l 21"
Susquehanna Ave... ~ 10 :»i z\
Went Plttston ~ l-l 10 2 2 i
Wyoming 1 717 10 Hi 2 2 I
forty Fort j ....
liennott "21 10 li l 2 ;ji !
Kingston ar. " 10 >1 2 411
W likes-I'.arrc Ar ' "I 11 10 2 .'id 1
U'ilkes-ISarr.- I.v. 720 10 :i0 2 :»J | '•
Kingston I\ 7 lit) 10 54 240 ;
Plymouth .tunc... . ' 1; 1:!
Plymouth 7 .".8 II It; 2 4!i
Avondale '42 a 1 1; f>i
Nantlcoke 745 II II a 581 ,
Hnnlock's 751 11 17 ;j go I '
Shickshinny s Ol II 2!i 3ao | 1
Hiek'sKerry. s I'll I." 330 . 7 -
Keach Haven slh II 48 937 i 7»>
L- Herwick h 23 11 54 344 " :i;i
Hrlar Creek rK 2 s 112 3 .jo j
Willow Grove I* .... f;i6l ! ••••
u Mine UIIIKO : s : 'i 112 oil :: "»k |
, Espy ,s W 12 15 4 (Hi
' Hloomshurg 8 •>' 12 22 412 ;
. Kupert • 12 27 417 7
. Catawissa ' 12 32 422 _ s -
Danville 12 47 4 :S5 | '
3 Ohulasky 4 42 01
112 Cameron 1 12 57 I4^
NO'ITIU'MHKI'.I.ANI, 110 ft 00 ' £
1 Ar. AM I'M I'M I 4;• •
j I I z * ..
GOING BAST.
. • I'M
1 NKW V OIK 335 I'M | I
, Uarclay St. Ar. 3XO 600
, Christopher St... 315 465 I ,
> Hobokon 10 05 448 ; .. ...
•Scrantou I AM' 12 55 I I
, I'M- AM I AM'
• Buffalo Al l KOOII2 45 700
Scrantou Dvj 1 55 \ 548 i II 35
— Al* I'Mf 1 l'M+ I'M*
• Scranton | 42 12 36 4&o K45
) Hellevue 0 (7 446
Taylorvllle 1'32 440 8 3f>
Lackawanna 2li 4 32 s 27
; lluryea .. 023 4'M 825
PlttSton. . . 19 12 17 1 424 821
Susqu, li te ..; !l 10 12 14 420 SlB
, West Pit 11 13 417 KHi
. Wyom "" 9 (10 12 08 1 112 812
Forty t '< 004 | 107
- Ken i ; ..." 9PI 403 801
Ki:i ,'n * ' 868 11 5!) 400 802
\\ ilicc ,-Bar'rc" Lv s ll :, ° :t 60 750
• Vv M -s-Harrc A r ° s W 10 ! 4111 s
t ston .".... I s 11 aW I' lo 8 02
/mouth Junctioni Jj 'I J . :
J lymouth | KJ 7 11 61 34< < >.5
i Avondale ' 342
Nanticoke ! * 1143 338 7 4ti
' H unlock s ** 'l2 331 17 41
Shlckehinny 5 ® 1 "!
Hick's Kerry : 3 o'.i ! f7 21
Heaeh Haven 5 ?. ® i
! Berwick.' ' *** 11 "5 12 58 . * 0-*>
1 Briar llrcck r '2 •>■> 0' ; >8
Willow Grovi- .. r :i' « •>« I
j i Lime UiilKe i.?•' . 2 40 j fi> .jit
Ecjiy i ! ' 2 lu 48 210 i •; 41
Uloouishurx ri 10 40 234 '' 'iß
Kupert J7 10 37 1 22f j •» X - -
t'atawlssa i 1„ lo 34 "24 ; >•
" Kanville '' ~h 10 11» 211 012
'2'«::::::
NORTUUMBKBL'D.. no 00 t' '*> \ P.,
Lv A.M. FM j
Connections at llupert with I'hlladclpbia k
HeaiiinK Kailroail lor Tamanend, Tamaqua,
Williamsport, Sunhury, Kottsville, etc. At
Northumberland with P and E. l)iv. P. K. K. lor
Harrislturtt, Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
t'orry, anil Erie.
♦Daily. • Daily except uuday. fStop on
signal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
* TIME TABLE
In Effect May ; 25, 1902-
A~M (A.M.. P. M I
Scranton( l)\.H)lv i« :» i'J 38 142 A 27
• pittston " " 7 or, i io«o!§ 2io 4 r»2]
A.M. A.M.ll*. M. P.M
Wilkcsharre,.. lv $ 7 25 jjlO :tih 2 45 ?,fl oo _
Plym'lh Kerry " 1732 1 Hi 4211 252 t'6 07
.Niinticokc •' 742 10 50 301 «17
j Mocanaqua ...." 801 11 07 820 837
' Wapwallopen.. " 8 10 11 10 331 647
< Nescopeck ar 818 11 2ii 342 7 Oil ***|"
A. M. A.M. P.M.
• Pottsville lv §5 50 Si 155
Hazleton •' 705 12 52 j'2 45
Tomliicken " 722 111 305
Kern <!lcn " 729 118 !! 15 ""
Hock (Hen " 735 822 """
Nescopeck -ir 800 145
Cattiwis-a 4 oo
~~ A. M A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeck lv j) H IB.SU 20 j| 3 42 i" 00
Creasy ■» 830 11 30 3 :.2 709
Espy Kerry "|l 8 42 11 4ii 1 4 02 7 2o
| E. IlloomsburK, "I **47 11 5o 4 Ihi 725
Catawissa lv 8 .'>s 11.57 i 4 l.i 732
South Danville "I 9 14 12 15 431 751
112 Sunhury arj 935 12 4('| 4 .V»| 815
' |A.M. P.M. P. M KM,""
t Sunhury lv || 'J 42 Sl2 18 3 5 lo ;i 411
Lewisburg.... ar; 10 13 145 . 540
Milton "j lu 08 139 535 111 07
> Williamsport.. "! 11 00 I 4l! 03010 55
, Lock Haven... " 11 59 220 ; 731
Kenovo " A.M., 800 830
Kane " 8 25! !
P.M. P.M. I
l.ock llavt , n..lv jl2 10 J ii 451
Itellefonte ....ar 105 Hill
'J'yrone " 220 000
I'liilipsburK " 435; 8 02
Clearfield.... " 625S 8 45
Pitt.sburg.... " li 55 1110 45
A. M. P. M. P. M. P M
Sunhury lv 96051 59 a 5 20! 118 31
liarrlshurtf.... ar 11 30 S3 15 0 50; 10 10
|P. M, P. M. P. M.iA Ml -
Pbilailelphia.. ar $3 17 623 ||lo 20 425
Haltimore "|s 311 16 no 9 4". 2 30 1
Washington... "ij 4 10 |, 7 16 10 55; 4 05
,A. M. P, M.
Sunhury lv SIO (Kl S 2 I", 1
Lcwistown .lc. ar 1145 iOS >
Pittsburg -'j 0 55 51045 |
A.M. P, M. P. M. 1' M
llarrisliurif.... lv 11 45 ,i > l»i || 7 15 :10i"i
I'. M. A M. A. M. A M
UttshurK ar 5 11 55 II 160 || 1 50! 5 30|
IP. M. 1* MjA M! A M
Pittsburg lv 7 lo !l 00 300 18 00
A. M A M ; P M
Ilarrisburß.... ar' 200 420 i 9 30j; 3 id:
AM A Ml
Plttsbuiif lv t i. 8 00|
P M
1 .ow is town '• 7 30 i 3 l*i
Suniiury ar » 20 i 1 60,
P. Ml A MA M A 51
Washington... lv 10 4oJ 750 10 501
Baltimore " UOO 440 840 11 45
Philadelphia... " 11 20, 4ffl S 30 11 40
A. M AM A. M.I P M
llarrlsliurft lv || 335 755 ill 40h :i 20
Sunhury ar 00' 9 :»i 108 ; 5 05j
P.M. A MAM -
PittsburK 1\ 512 4;> 300 > 8 001
Clearlield.... " ' 350 j 928
I'llllipsljiirg.. " 140 < 10 12'
Tyrone " 700 '# 810 12 25
liellefonte.. " BHi | 932 105 '""
l.ock llaven ar 915 10 30 210 '""
P. M. A MA M PMI
Eric lv j 5 35 j I
Kane, " 845 ;•» 00
Kenovo " || 50 : 0 45. 10 30 ;
Lock Haven " 12 38 7 35 1 11 2.51 300
A.M. P M
Williamsport.." 229 8 30|sl'il0 400
Milton •' 223 9 17; 1 440
Lcwisburi; " | » 115 1 15 142
Sunhury ar 324 9 KM 1 6". 615
A. M. A M I' M P M
Sunbury lv Sli 45j 955i200 ; 6 25
South Danville" 7 11 lo 17] 221 550
Catawissa " 7 3_>| 10 35 2 .Mi 808 '""
E IlloomsburK.. " 737 10 4.) 213 8 15']"*
lispy Ferry '• 742 110 47 j It) lo
Creasy " 752 lo 68, 295 II .'ill '"
Nescopeck " 802 11 05j 3 05; 640
A M A M P. M. I' M i~"
Catawissa lv 732 111 > 2 3ti li 08
Nescopeck lv 8 '2.'! S 5 0", . 705
Kock (lien ar II 22 7 28
Kern (lien " 851 11 2."> l 532 731
Tomliicken " 858 11 :i8 r> 38 T42
lla/.ieton " !l l«i 11 58 5 591 SOS
Pottsville " 10 15 li sfi[
AM AMI' M P M
Nescopeck lv 802 11 06 j:i 05 • 810
Wapwallopen..ar 8 is< 11 20 320 li 62
Mocanaqua " 831 11 32 330 701
Nunticoke " 853 11 64 319 719
l'Mi
I'lvnt'th Kerry f9 03 12 02 3 s', i 7 js
Wilksbarrc .. " y 1(> 12 lo 405 7 :15 •
A M I' M P M I* M
Pltlston(D.V II) ar 02w 12 55 :4 Mi 838
scranton " " 10 08; 121 521 '.V 05
Weekdays. ( Daily. t Klag station.
Pullman Parlor ard Sleeping (!ars run on
tlirough trains between Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury H,„i Philadelphia
and Washington and between llarrishur:'. Pitts
burg and the West.
Kor further inlormation apply to Ticket Agents
J. li. IIU T I'll IN 8 OA, J. li. WOOD, (
(Jen'l Manager. Qen'l Pastfri'r Ay '
Shoes, Shoe?
Stylisti!
Cheap!
ZErieliaole !
Bicycle, Gymnasium and
Tennis Shoes.
THE CKI.EBRAI KD
Carlisle Shops
AND THE
Proof
liiihbpr IJoots
A SPECIALTY.
vV. SCHATZ,
sons li i
A Reliable
TIK SHOP
for all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spouting and General
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces, eto.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QLALiTY TEE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT BT.
' PHILADELPHIA
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT I I NK 27th, 1902
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
For Philadelphia 11:24 a. m.
, For New York 11:24 a. m.
For Catawissa 11:21 a. m, and 6:01 p, m.
For Bloomsburg 11:24 a. m,
For Milton S:0:t a m., anil 4:00 p. m.
For Williamsport 8:03 a. m, and 4:00 p. m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington, the South and
West via 15. & O. R. R. leave Reuding Terminal,
Philadelphia at 7:55,11:26 a. m , 3:4f>, 7-27 p m
Sundays ;'.:JO a m , 7:55, 11:26, :i:46, 7.-27 p m.
Additional trains from 24th and Chestnut street
.station, week days, 1:35, 5:41, 8:23 pin Sunday
1;35,8:23 p. m,
TRAINS FOR DANVILLE.
Leave Philadelphia 10:21 a. in
Leave Williamsport 10:00 a. in., 4:30 p m.
Leave Milton 11:00 a. in , 5:20 p m.
Leave Hloomsburg 7:10 a. m , :i:HO p m.
Leave Catawissa 7:lC> a m . 3:36 p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
From Chestnut St.and South St. Fer
ries.
Atlantic City.|Atlantic Clty.iOccin C'j.
*(> 00 ii in, Lot |fsoo pin. Kx *37 (XI a in,
•*B7OO a in, F.xc {■", 00 i> nit Lcl *H 45 am.
S7 :w a m. Ex f5 40 pin, ill 15 a m,
*8 00 a in, Kx *7 15 pin. Kx fll 45 a in.
$8 a in. Kx f8 .10 pin, Kx f2 15 am,
Ml 00 a in. Kx t<>4 2(1 p m,
iW 00 a ni, Kx Cape May. i."> oo j, m.
f|o 45ain, Kx j to:10 pin,
ill oo am. Kx e b~ 00 a in,
tl 00 p ni, Kx 8 30 a ill. Sea ixlr
' I 30 p 111, Kx 8 15 p 111,
12 OOp in, Kx 015 a in. *7 00 a ill,
f.'lOO pin, Kx ,11 45 a in, *8 45 a ni,
fd;! 40 pin. Kx till 40 pin, t215 pin,
t4 00 pin, Kx H,4 10 pin. to 4 20 pin.
flJlOpm, Kx i-5 (Kl j, in, I §5 M) Dill,
■A 45 p ni, Kx 1 f5 30 pm, I 15 30 p 111,
llaily. "S' Sundays, "112" Weekdays.
"■"Saturday "1" via subway, "!>• Mouth
St. 10(1. "O''South St. 4.15. "c South St. 5.30
"a" South >SI. 1,30. "d South St. 3. Ml I. ''f
81.00 excursions.
Detailed time tables at ticket ollices, i;!th
and (lust nut Sts., 534 Chest nut St., 10(15 Chest
nut St., 00!» South 3d St.. B*l2 Market st.and
stations*
Union Transfer company will call for and
check baggage from hotels and residences
ONE DAY ONLY
Wednesday. Am 6tli.Ba. Bi.to9ii.ni
PROF J. ANGEL,
THE EXPERT
EYE SPECIALIST
OF WILLIAMSPORT.
will be at Hunt's Drugstore, he needs
no further introduction as to his ability
and workmanship in his profession. He
is well known in this vicinity and he
can offer the names of many prominent
citizens of Danville and community,
whom he has successfully treated.
Those who suffer with headache, weak
eyes or defective eyesight, will be well
repaid to call on me. Hundreds of peo
ple are going blind daily from the want
of the properly prescribed glasses, and
from delaying attention to the eyes,
from time to time. Nothing will de
stroy your eyesight quicker than cheap
glasses or glasses not properly fitted to
your eyes. I can examine your eyes at
home, by appointment, without extra
charge. If yon need me at your home,
drop a line to Hunt's Drug Store.
Reading or sewing glasses SI.OO and
up.
PEGG
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD
Prepared for Stoves
—AT—
-344 Ferry Street