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Whin I give the worrud, number wan Is to foire at tho first mounted officer at the right for ninst him, number two at the nixt. an' so on. an' alch av ye kape 011 shootin' till yez bring down yer man. Whin they ain't got any ginerals an' colonels an' majors an' things, mebbe they'll shtop to talk about it an' give our rigi mint a chance to come up an' charge 'em. Them mln that ain't got no mounted officers to shoot at, foire loike blazes at the colors. Don't any man elioot till I holler 'toime!'" The Jacket filling heart throb that all soldiers can recall came upon measllay down and selected a "rest" where there tvas a clear way between the shrub bery and weeds which always infest a country fence row. The promise was of a fight of a kind for which I had al ways longed—a fight with a mass of troops instead of with occasional heads and shoulders half screened by trees and stumps. But I liail also longed to be In the saddle and following a dash ing, trusty commander and with an even chance of success. Now 1 was hugging the ground, with an unfamil iar carbine in my hands, a Summerton ruffian for my commander and the odds against me at least 50 to 1. "Toime!" screamed Mick. Our carbines reported almost in vol ley force style. The heat shimmer pre- i vented good aim, yet there were three less heads visible above the gray line when the smoke had been blown away. "Kape peggin' at 'em!" said Mick as he leaned 011 the fence, shaded his eyes and peered forward. A few more shots were fired in quick succession by each man, after which 110 more mounted officers were visible. The gray line stopped quivering like a heat hand. Evidently it had halted. "Kape 011 foirin'," Mick ordered, "an' make aich shot tell! Pepper all along their loine! Take a lot of ground to the roight an' lift, youse fellers 011 the flanks, so they'll think our loine is lon ger an' there's more of us than there be." The order was obeyed. The gray line had decreased the distance be tween us to about a quarter of a mile, so we could note breaks in the ranks whenever our shots told. "Aim careful!" Mick ordered. "It's no toime to fool away cartridges." I was of the same opinion, and I was beginning to wonder what would hap pen should we run out of cartridges. There was a standing order in the reg iment that every man should always have 40 carbine cartridges in his box and 10 full rounds for his revolver, but so short had been our many previous fights that all of us had become care less as to quantity of ammunition. Sel dom had any man more pistol ammuni tion than that already in his revolver. No one was astonished to hear big Pat Callahan growl: "Dliivil another cattridge hev I to me name." "Nor I," said Brainard. "Ye're dhivils, both av ye! But kape yer revolvers—all av ye—for close ac tion!" shouted Mick, "an' pray fer the rest av our rigimint to come up." The carbine fire continued, but more slowly, while men who were out of cartridges borrowed from comrades with fuller boxes. Soon the firing ceas ed entirely. Mick frowned, glared wildly and said to me: "Coppyral Frost, ye've the biggest ears in all Summerton. Go out to tho road an* lay yer ear down to it an' see av ye can hear the rlgimcnt a-comln'." I obeyed orders and at first mistook my heartbeats for hoof beats, but I was obliged to report that I could hear nothing. The silence was becoming appalling, for the enemy had not yet fired a shot. The Johnnies, more sensible than their adversaries, seldom or never wasted their bullets on smoke puffs and "cov ers" behind which figures did not jliow. "Oi'd loike to luk into the olye av the felly that's a-bossin' 'em mi' see fhat his thrick'll be," said Sergeant Mick. "Av Ol was hirn an' tilings so quoit in front nv me, Oi'd think ho was sneakin' for a back holt. Coppyral Brainard, fliat's yer own opinion?" "Same as yours, sergeant," Brainard replied. "He doesn't know how few wo are, for we've fired a great many shots, and he doesn't imagine we have breechloaders. Probably he thinks his enemy lias left his front and is trying to flank him. I wonder, though, that he doesn't send out skirmishers to look Into the situation over here." "Tlirue fer yez. It's ividint yez didn't lave yer brains in yer bunk back in camp. Now moind whoile Oi spake to yez all. Call In thim min 011 the flanks—tell 'em to come on their han's an' knees. Are yez all here? Thin listen: Av they sinil skirmishers over, we mustn't let none av 'em git back, Use their boss'll know how wake our line is, an' they'll try to cutoff our rigi mint from camp, unless maybe the rigi mint's already done the same by them, an' they'll ate us up Intoireiy. "So we must kape lvery dhivil av 'em from gittin' back. Scatter to the roight an' lift whin the skirmisher come. Let 'em git over the fince an' toward the horses. Thin close in an' give it to 'em In the back wid yer pis tols, an' don't foire till yer so close that yez can't miss 'em. They can't foire more than wan shot apiece—the skirmishers can't—if ye don't give 'em a chance to reload." "An' how'll we git away then, with tho Johnnies close to our horses?" ask ed big Pat Callahan. "Git away, is it? Ye don't git away till ye kill me—ye or any av ye. We're here to liould the fince, an' here we stay till the rigimint comes, or we goto glory, if yer pistol gits lmpty, pick up a fince rail an' use it loike a lance or a polke. Glory be to the poikes av auld Oireland that me gran'fatber an' his neighbors used ag'in the English! Thim pine rails is loight, an' thev're longer than a musket with a bay'nit ou it. Punch below tlio belt wid 'em. Don't tear, for Oi'rn the referee In this foiylit, an' Oi won't cry 'foul!' no mat ter that ye (lo to 'em. A finee rail jab below th' It'll kape any wan av 'em quiet till ..e can rayson wid him. Whin"— "Sergeant," said Brainard, "1 beg your pardon, but the enemy's going to »l<- something." •'Attin tion!" Mick commanded. All of us peered between tiie rails. There was a perceptible movement along the enemy's front, and at their left flank a single ticldpiece was pushed forward. Suddenly that ticldpiece was tired, and we heard a loud volley of musketry and hundreds of bullets whistling over u®, hitting tree trunks and cutting twigs. Sergeant Mick, the only man who was standing, turned suddenly on his heel !rml looked behind him as if he had dropped something. Apparently shot or a bit of grape from the ticldpiece had come his way, for Mick's left arm wns severed just above the elbow and hung by a strip or two of his sleeve. "Will somebody loose that thing from vnc?" said Mick. I drew my knife from its sheath in ni.v boot and cut the shreds of sleeve, dropping the arm to the ground. Two other men quickly bound the stump with a handkerchief twisted rope fash "<>n. putting under it a bit of dead stick n lieu of tourniquet. It ws every Hooper's duty to know what to do in rase of accident. Mick turned and 1. !<>ked again toward the enemy, laugh ed and said: "Do yez moind the cunnln' av the baste? That volley was to hoide the skirmishers wid shmoke. Here they come! There's not more than wan eomp'ny av 'em. Oi hope it's big. Ue mimbcr the fince rails, mln. Glory be to the poikes av auld Oireland! Don't WFPP 1 531* - It struck one of the Johnnies dtul knocked him down. let a man git back! Scatter, now, roight an' lift. Coppyral Frost, would yez moind givin' me that arm av inoineY" "What in"— 1 began. Mick opened three middle buttons of his jacket and said softly—the first time I had ever heard a soft note in the nutmeg grater voice of Mick McTwyny: "It's been around me swatehcart. If Ol'm kilt, Oi'd loike it buried wid me." 'Twaa no time for ceremony, yet 1 bowed twice, first to tlie arm, then to its owner, as Mick thrust the fragment of himself into tlie front of his jacket, and he and I made way to the left un der cover of the fence. The skirmishers came on in tine style, fixing bayonets as they ran. We after ward learned that they had supposed the way clear and had merely come to make assurance doubly sure. They soon found themselves in error and the nex* few minutes were uncomfortable in the extreme for all concerned. Shoot ing at men at short pistol range is de pressing work unless the shooter is drunk. Shooting any man In the back is unmanly work. To fire into the backs of brave soldiers for whom you know that fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters and sweethearts and wives and children are longing and hoping and praying is not doing as you would be done by. But war is war. ISesides, not all our shots took effect. Revolver shots seldom do except when men are never out of practice. I beg ged Mick 10 save his own revolver charge for self defense, but he snarled at the suggestion. Then I reminded him that an empty revolver would do some effective work if held by the bar rel and used ns a hammer. When the pistol firing began to slacken, Sergeant Mick shouted: "Don't fergit the fince rails! Glory be to the poikes av auld Oireland!" A fence raii could not be wielded with one band, but Mick did not seem em barrassed. lie thrust his empty re volver into his belt and fought with his uninjured arm, the winner in many a list fight. He did wonders at dodging, tripping and "slugging" as he ran to and fro near the fence to head off such gray skirmishers as might attempt to fall back. I. with my fence rail, fol lowed him closely and succeeded in preventing some awkward situations, for the reach of an arm does not equal that of a musket with a bayonet on it. When either of us downed a man, Mick followed with a vigorous kick below the belt. The kicks were brutal, but it was Mick's duty to hold the line of that fence. The odds were heavily against him, and he was obliged to use any and all means within reach. Fighting with fence rails as weapons was new to us, but we took to it kind ly. We had to. They demanded a lot of free space, which was not always to be had, for the tree trunks would not get out of our way, and some of us came to grief while downed by our weapons having collided with trees. Once I rushed to Brainard's assistance, sup posing Ili 111 in deadly peril, for two of the few remaining Johnnies closed on iiini with theii bayonets ready to lunge. But Brainard turned like a teetotum, holding his rail horizontally. It struck one of the Johnnies and knocked him down. In an instant Brainard jumped and landed with both feet on the stom ach of the fallen man. He also said, "I beg your pardon," but the fallen man's reply was couched in language unfit for publication. Then Brainard's rail struck the other mail below the belt, and he, too, fell. Sergeant Mick saw the encounter and screamed: "Hooray, Brainard! Ye little dhivill I'll thruin ye up to the loightweight championship av Ameriky whin we git back to Sunnnertou." About this time there was a vlalbla scarcity of Johnnies In fighting trim. In fact, there was but one—the only of ficer who seemed to be with the party. He had an eye like a hawk and had dashed to and fro as rapidly as if try ing to learn our number and resources. Suddenly It occurred to him that ho had done and learned all in his power and that it was time to return. I tried to head him off and bring my rail to bear upon him. At the same moment Mick roared: "Grab their muskets an' their ammy nitlon! Git back to the fince an' foire wid 'em ns fast as yez kin! Niver moind aimin', but make all the noise yez kin, so they'll think we've cleaned out their skirmishers an' are beginnln' the foight ag'in!" Fully half of us had had some mili tia practice with muskets, and all the others had used muzzle loaders against large or small game before the war, so we made quite a racket, wliioh, to my delight, caused the enemy to break into companies and move to the rear under the natural impression that their skir mishers had been overcome and we had resumed business at the old stand. But I was still in chase of tho officer. Once I succeeded in knocking him down by tripping him, but he was on his feet again in an instant. Suddenly I saw Sergeant Mick near me,brandish ing his severed arm, Tho sleeve had fallen from it, and it was really a sightly though displaced human mem ber. I would give half my possessions and hopes for one like it, for 'twas a mass of muscle, with an elbow joint as big and protuberant as a cobblestone. Mick raised it to the position of "rear cut against cavalry" and landed it fairly ou the back of the officer's neck. The officer Instantly lauded on his own back, and the tight for the fence was over. Then Mick looked across the fence, saw the retiring enemy and croaked: "They've throwed up the sponge! Niver moind the killed an' wounded just yet. Look quick to the Johnnies as was punched wid the fince rails! Glory be to the poikes av auld Oire land! An' tie the han's an' fate av thim that's gittin* over bein' groggy." We obeyed orders and found some very sick men, whom we bound so they could not get away when they recover ed. Then we did our best for the wounded. Mick had already 6ent an other mounted messenger in search of the regiment to report that the enemy was retiring, and there was a fine chance for a chase and a charge. But the regiment was not found. It found us two hours later. The affair appear ed to have been one of many of its kind. In which an advance of the ene my, reconnoitering in force, had been reported so imperfectly by negroes from beyond the lines that our regi ment had taken the wrong road, found nothing and, like many times before, cursed "the reliable contraband" and grumbled at a long, hard ride for noth ing. But they buried the enemy's dead for us, which was great comfort, for to kill a man and then have to bury him Is worse than war. I think it's worse than hell. "Hadn't you better go back to camp, sergeant, now that the fuss Is over'/" suggested Brainard as we waited for the regiment. "Your wound needs at tention." Mick did not seem to hear. He was leaning against his horse, looking ten derly at his severed arm, and we heard him say, as If he were alone with it: "Ah, Norah, little did yez iver know av the strength yo was puttin' Into that arm whin 'twas around yer swate waist!" CIIAFTER XXI. A CIIAT WITH THE COLOXET.. Brainard's sake 1 * waß glad the fight had occurred, for it seemed ImLiU L to me that it should have put Phil Hamil- Vml tons Possible chance OUt llis lnl,U *' " Ut as soon as we reached camp the few sick list men and shirkers who had remained behind began to croak a story sup posed to have filtered from the colonel's tent through several intermediaries that the colonel had been in 11 rage about the explosions of my relics in our old camp, that had made him sup pose the enemy were shelling us as we evacuated the post, and that he was going to make an example of the guilty party. Sure enough, we had not been In camp more than two hours when the orderly sergeant of our company came to our tent and said: "The colonel wants to see you two at once." We looked at each other and tried to smile, but failed. "It seems to me," said I, "that our share of the fight at the fence ought to mitigate our punishment—l mean my own punishment, for you did nothing in that shell nffalr but tell about it, like a fool. I suppose that even now you'll try to make the colonel believe that you hod some share in it, so as to shield me." "I wish I could," replied Brainard meekly. "I wish I hadn't told of it when the colonel was so mystified about the 6hots, but really it did seem for the good of the service." "You're too good to live," said I. "Come along. I hope you'll come in for some share of tho punishment, you unspeakable lunatic." Nevertheless for a corporal to be summoned by his colonel has a sober ing effect, so I fought down my feel ings and tried to assume a bold front as I dragged Brainard across the parade ground. "Pass them In, sentry," said the colo nel from the open front of his tent as we drew near. We stopped at the tent tlaps, saluted and stood at "attention." "Come In, gentlemen," said the colo nel, with an odd smile which never theless seemed not ugly. "Sit down." Both of us dropped nervelessly on the colonel's vamp bed, the only neat vis ible. Tho colonel was handling some papers which I promptly assumed were court martial charges against us. "I was greatly surprised and also pleased," continued the colonel, still handling the papers, "at receiving to day commissions for both of you- com missions as first lieutenants." 1 looked at Brainard, and Brainard looked at me, and I don't understand why both of us did not drop dead with astonishment. The colonel went on: "1 had hoped to promote both of you in the course of time, after you had reached sergeant's grade—Brainard, because of your rescuing your party from the enemy after capture and for getting that dispatch through to the left a few nights ago, and, Frost, be cause I've learned that you spent a lot of money in trying to get recruits for the regiment at the time you entered it. I'm not the only Influence with the appointing power. Political and other strings are being pulled for scores of my noncommissioned officers, and some <»f this sort of work seems to have been done for you boys." "Not for mo, sir, that I know of," suid Brainard quickly. "Eh? Well, so much the more to your ci edit. Nevertheless 'tis true. You're both commissioned to the Forty third. It seems from a letter accompa nying your commissions that the Forty third is in a bad way—good men, bad officers so bad that the command can't be trusted to take the field. A I<>t of the ollicers have been weeded out, and the governor wished to replace them with men from regiments that arc in good shape and have seen hard service. The senator from your district strongly recommended you. Frost, and called your father up to Albany, and it seems that your father took with him a hand some young woman who told an ex traordinary story of your bravery and produced a letter in evidence. I can't understand how I, your colonel, failed to have learned the facts, but"— "Your cousin May!" exclaimed Brain ard. Then ho sprang to his feet aud hit me between the shoulders with a force which 1 could not have believed was in his tiny frame. The coloucl looked surprised, and Brainard mur mured "I beg pardon" and collapsed in confusion. "It seems, further," continued the colonel, "that the governor said he wished he knew of some other trooper of equal courage and ability, upon which the young lady said she could name one and straightway praised you, Brainard, without stint and declared that if you two could be sent together you could end the war. I can't imagine where the young lady obtained her knowledge of the special requirements of the service or how she came to know so much about the soldierly qualities of two of my corporals, but these commis sions are the result." "We can't accept them, sir," said Brainard, "if they've been granted on such hearsay and misapprehension." I didn't approve of Brainard's "we." He had the right to decline for himself, should he insist on being so foolish, but I wanted my own commission, 110 mat ter through what mistake it was issu ed. The colonel, too, was of my way j of thinking, for he replied: "Nonsense! Never lose a chance to reach higher rank, especially to move your insignia of rank from your sleeve to your shoulder." "But, sir, there are other men more deserving of It," said Brainard. "I'd feel ashamed to wear shoulder straps 1 if MeTwyny must go 011 with only a sergeant's stripes. You ought to see ! him tight!" "Eh? MeTwyny? That freckled Irish tiger that's a sergeant in your troop? Oh, he couldn't help lighting if he tried!" "But there's brains behind his light ing, sir. If you'd seen and heard"— "There's brains behind all real light ing, corporal—er- lieutenant. Don't ever forget it, or your enemy will get the better of you." "But there's such a lot behind Mc- Twyny's, sir," persisted Brainard. "Think of the odds that were against him. He had only 1* men with v.ii 111 to fight what looked like a brigade- cer tainly a thousand and lie talked and acted like a general instead of a mere sergeant." "When? Where? 1 low do you know?" asked the colonel, with a quizzical smile apparently at Brainard's assum ing to know how a general would ac t "This afternoon. Way off to the right of the road our regiment took. We saw him. We were in the light with him and were proud of it and of him." "Itless me! I heard such wild stories of that skirmish that I've already ask ed your captain for a written report. Tell me all about it." Brainard told him without a word of exaggeration, yet as he talked the colo nel arose and paced his tent like an ex cited Hon in a cage. lie clinched his hands, and his eyes Hashed, and he sputtered small groups of Scriptural words that were not prayers. Brain ard stopped abruptly after telling how Mick felled the skirmishers' captain. "The tiger!" exclaimed the colonel. "I wish there were more of his kind in the regiment." "But isn't he a man, too?" asked Brainard. "And shouldn't he be re warded"— "It shan't be my fault if he isn't a man from this day forth," interrupted the colonel. "Come with me. I sup pose he Is in the hospital." "Or dead," I suggested. "Nonsense!" growled the colonel. "Loss of a fore paw never kills a tiger. Lieutenant Baslow of our regiment has shot them In India. He was in the British service aud has told me all about It." Instead of going direct to the lios- j pltal the colonel stopped at a captain's ( tent and asked for one of the oceu- j pant's jackets—an old one. The cap- j tain looked surprised, but complied ith the request. The colonel strode rapidly to tho hospital tents, followed by Brainard and me. Entering the , surgical ward, he asked: "Is MeTwyny here?" "I'risint, sorr," came from a red face 011 a cot, and a big freckled hand came to the side of the face In the position of salute. "I'm sorry to hear of your loss," said the colonel, "and I've brought you the best consolation I could think of. This is the jacket you shall wear when you get up aguiu, Captain MeTwyny." "Whooroo!" exclaimed Mick. He closed his eyes an instant, then opened them and said, "Av Norah cud only see It!" "She shall see it, with you inside of Jt, as soon as you're tit togo north on leave of absence. Is there anything else I can do for you?" Mick pushed aside his sheet, display ed his severed arm lying on his breast and said: "Don't let 'em throw this away." "He knocked me down for trying to take It from him," whispered the nurse, "but of course a thing of that kiud can't be kept." For a moment the colonel seemed to be choking. When he recovered, he said: "Let me take it. I'll have it buried with the honors of war. The company you're to command, captain, shall lire a salute over it." "01 thank yez very kolndly, sorr, for that an' fliat ilse ye've done, but how about thlm two little dhivlla forninst ye? In the foight whl the fince rails glory be to the polkes av auld Oireland —they were wort' more than all the rist av the platoon put together. Little Brainard, ah, fhat a shillclah twister he'd make! An', as for Frost, he saved me own loife two or three tolmes in succession." "Good!" exclaimed the colonel. "They shall be taken care of. Now keep ns quiet as you can, captain, so as to get | well quick—aud see Norah. Nurse, hang this jacket at the foot of his cot In some way so he can always see tht» shoulder straps when his eyes are open. Come along, men—l beg your pardon—gentlemen." "Now," said the colonel, "as you two have declined (I hadn't) the commis sions granted, as you think, under a mi: ; recension and ttirougli tue ini.: ii tion of a young woman, 1 shall at 0.1 r< commend you for commis sions in your own old regiment, and yon may be sure that you'll get them. v he —— The colonel looked surprised. I've no more captaincies at my dis posal. To make a vacancy for Me- Twyny I'm going to force a good for nothing captain to resign. But you shall both have lieutenancies first lieutenancies, if possible." "In the old regiment?" exclaimed Brainard. "Hurrah!" "Hurrah!" I echoed. The colonel grasped our hands and almost crushed them in his own. Then he said: "Meanwhile, on the basis of the com missions to the Forty-third, I'll have both of you as enlisted men discharged atonce. That will enable you togo home and tell your story, and McTwyny's— he came from your town, I believe. 'Twill also enable you to see that imag inative young woman." Brainard's pale face became a sun burst in an instant. The colonel con tinued: " 'Twill also enable you to draw your pay, and, as the paymaster is about six months overdue, you'll be able to go home in officers' uniform—shoulder straps and all—eh?" I looked Into Brainard's eyes and saw that the light with Phil Hamilton was on. "Give a man an Inch, and he'll take an ell, colonel," said Brainard. "Would it be possible to get our papers at once? I think it—it might save a life if I could start for home tonight." "It shall be done. Please say to your captain that I would like to see him." **««*•• After tattoo, and also after a howl ing time in our company street, our comrades having learned of our good fortune, we started for York town, 12 miles distant, to catch the morning boat for Fort Monroe. We were In time lor the Fort Monroe boat for Balti more and the morning train for New York. We got officers' uniforms, and I made it iny special business that Brainard's should fit perfectly. He was in such haste to reach Summer ton that he would have been content with anything topped with shoulder straps. I even saw to it that he wore sash and sjvord belt. Meanwhile 1 prayed that my letter about Brainard might reach Summerton before us. We did not reach town till long after dark. As our house was on the direct way to Brainard's I suggested that he should stop with me, if only for a mo ment, and he did not refuse. As we approached the house I was glad to see that it was still lighted. Village people retire early, and I had feared 1 might have to rouse a sleeping family. On Constipation Docs your head ache ? Pain back of your eyes? Bad taste in your mouth? It's your liver.! Aycr's Pills arc liver pills. They cure consti pation, headache, dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists. W iiit your moustache or hoard a beautiful l>rown or ricli Mack'.' Then use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers j R. I HALL A ( Naum » N H | n The Home Paper of Danville. Of course you read if ■ ii i THE AEOPLEIS I Kqpular 1 APER, Everybody Reads it. Published Every Morning Except Sunday at 1 * No. ii E. Mahoning St. Subscription 6 cents IVr Week. J ..ft the piazza I tiptoed to the parlor blinds and open window to rec ounoitcr and to increase the pleasure of anticipation. There sat my cousin May, and 1 was startled at the change that a single year had wrought, for she was 110 longer a girl but a vision of womanly beauty. I could have stood there many moments for the joy of gazing at her, but I heard a familiar voice and then saw, at the left of the room, I'iill Hamilton. How handsome he was, confound him! Oh, if I could know that my letter about Brainard had reached May! For Hamilton was saying: "I asked you an important question in two or three successive letters, but you did not answer it, so I've used my earliest possible opportunity to repeat the question in person." Quickly I drew Brainard after me through the doors and pushed him into the parlor. Hamilton rose quickly, and despite his habitual and superb compo sure he literally staggered as he saw two of his late brother noncommission ed officers in lieutenant's uniforms. Apparently May had received my let ter and been properly affected by it, for, though she turned pale as she rose and looked at us, she quickly became rosy, courtesied to Hamilton and said: "I like you very much, but here is my answer." Then she hid the red scar on Brain ard's cheek with two red lips. At that moment our dog Bover entered the room and sprang upon me with a Joy ous whine, and as I tried to abate his frenzy of affection I heard Hamilton say: "Lieutenant Brainard, I esteem it an honor to be the first man to congratu late you." *••*•** Of course we called on McTwyny's Norah, a rosy, modest, dainty girl who compelled us to recall the story of "I'eauty and the Beast." We had not Intended to tell her all the details of tin light for the fence, but she extract ed them from us, and she shivered, shuddered, cried and laughed. She also kissed us both and commended us to the eternal guardianship of all the saints. Brainard and May were not married till after the war, by which time Brain ard was a brigadier general in a high staff position, and General Grant and many other general officers attended the wedding; so did Thil Hamilton and his wife, who was as handsome and distinguished looking as lie; so did No rah and Mick MeTwyny, the latter in the uniform of a lieutenant colonel of cavalry. But, as "journeys end with lovers' meeting," this story, too, must end. THE END. Conscience in some people is that which tells them when their neighbors *re doing wrong. CATARRH CATARRH K§§p| Ely's Cream Easy and pleasa 11 HE* to use. Contains no injurious drug. sorbed. Gives He ,f , ,„v HAY FEVER It opens and cleanses the Nasal Pas sages. Allays InHamation. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell Large Size, 50 cents; Trial Size, 10 cents at Druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 5« Warren Street, New York. MORE LIVES ARE SAVED ...BY USING... Dr. King's New Discovery, .-..F0R.... Consumption, Coughs and Colds Than By All Other Throat And Lung Remedies Combined. This wonderful medicine positively cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay Fever, Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY. Price 50c. & SI. Trial Bottle Free. 0, L & IHMLRQAD. TIM!, TABLE Corrected to May i, 1901. XKNV Yoijk. AM* Harrlnv si |,v 2 <*> 1U 00 I liristopliri St.. "CI 10 ID ] llolxikrli .. - -HI | Scraiiton Ai <> ■- i'.M Uuffitlo lai' 11-ii '/)■"> Seraiiton Ar > '•> 1" 11,1 AM + AM I'Mj s St ItANTOM •• l > 10 03 J sii I licllovue ti W j Tay lorvillo tl ;V> lu 15 203 ! Ijiifkawannn "<" I' l 2ln I Iluryea 7 " : l 10 '.'n 2 1 I'lttston 707 in 11 Susquehanna Ave... 710 lu 21 j West HittBton , 7 I:; 1 11 2 2 \ Wyoming 717 10 in 22- Forty Fort I .... ' Bennett 1 7-I lu in 231 Kingston ar. :i " 'I 4ii W'ilkes-Harri'....Ar "10 'I 50! Wilkt'S-l'.arrt- l.vt 7 I'll Hi !!0 2 .'ill, Kingston Iv 7 :«l 10 fri 210 Plymouth .1 line... .' Plymouth 7: x 11 (ti 2 «•' Avontlale 7 42 2 I I Mailt icoko 74 i II I] 2•> llunlock't,. 75] 11 17 3 oii ; Shickshlnny *Ol II 20 320 I Hlck'sFerry s l; 330 Hcacli Paven * '* 11 4 K 337 Herwick I H "'• "54 344 iiriar ('wck ■•••• I •'*» j Willow Urove . 112 •» 61 Lime Kitlve h TI2 00 358 ! Espy s 12 15 400 j Hloomsburti JJ. 12 22 412 Kupert Hl 12 27 417 t'atawlssa 1 12 32 422 Danville 12 47 435 j Cliulasky \ 4 42 Cameron ' 12 57 4in Noithdmricrland 110 600 Ar. AM I'M PM GOING KAST. PM 4 I NBW Yohk 885 PM | Barclay St. Ar. 330 600 Christopher St... 315 165 Hobokcn 10 05 44S •Scranton AM* 12 55 .... . PM' AM* AM* 8uffa10..... Ar 800 12 15 700 •Scrautou . .Lv 155 5 4.s 11 35 PM ! j PM+ l'M* Scranton '2 12 35 460 Sls Bellevue 0.7 4 45 Taylorville 032 I 410 535 Lackawanna .... 020 | 432 h27 Duryca 0 23 4 29 K 25 Plttston. . 0 lit 12 17 424 821 Sus.|U. li, C.. !' !•> 12 14 420 sIK West «'itt !•' I 4 17 K 10 Wyoin " *. »00 12 os 112 sl2 Forty h ... J 004 I 107 Benao ' " 9(I I 403 sO4 Kin n " 1 X6N USO ' 400 802 Wil ,i>s-Bari( "i.v K ; -° 11 360 750 ! W v 1 s-ltarif Ai °' s 12 »« <1« slO Ston 8 1150 100 802 ymouth junction! s *?' 362 ...... lymouth | 847 11 51 347 753 Avontlale 8 42 3 42 Nanticoke ; 8 11 4:1 33S . 740 H tin lock s ! K 331 1 (7 41 Shlckshinnv ....... 822 11 20 320 , 731 Hick's Ferry i s 300 IT 21 Heaeh Haven ! if Berwick.' I " '*» 11 "5 fit 58 1 705 Briar Creek „ 7 I'.' 12 51 1 fo ->8 Willow Grove -"" " ' •••••• Ijlmo Klilko '3O .. 2 4ii f0 -HI Espy ! I -'2 10 4.s i 240 ! 611 Bloomshurk ' Z "fi 10 4t5 234 088 Kupert ! LJ' 10 37 220 j 032 Oatawlssa I !- 10 34 224 027 Hanville (1 10 10 211 012 Chulasky I Cameron ; ' r2Ol ; 03 NOBTBUHIIBBL'D... 510*00 ( pM Connections at Kupert with Plilla<tclphia & liemlinx Kallroatl Inr Tamaneml, Tamat|iia, WilliamKport, Sunlmry, Pottsville, etc. At Northumberland with P anil E. 1 »iv. P. K. K. for llarrisburii, Eock Haven, Emporium, Warren Corry, and Erie. *l)aily. Daily except uiitlay. fStop on sifinal. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, TIME TABLE In Effect May, 25j 1902. A M 1A.51.. P. »1 j Seranton( D&H)lv s 6 .as ?y 38 142*4 27 Ptttston 14 " 7 061 ioooi«) 2io'4 52 ;;;;;; A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M Wilkesbarre,.. Ivtj 7 25$ lO 35 245i8 oo Piym th Ferry " i 7 32 ilO 4211 2 52 re 07 Nanticoke •' 742 10 50 301 017 \\\\\\ Mt>canatiua ...." sol 11 07 820 037 '" Wiipwallopen.. " 8 10 II lii 1 381 047 Nescupeck ar BIS 11 20 842 700 A.M. A.M. P.M. Pottsville lv (j 5 sii! 'jill 55' Hazleton •' 7 05 12 52 12 45 Tomhicken " 722 111 05 "" Kern (Hen " 720 lis :i IS Kock (ilen "| 7 35 :i2 '-!!!.." Nescopeck ar Buo i 1 45, Oatawlssa | 4 00 A. M A.M P.M. P M Nt.'scopeck lv >» sln ill 20 ;42■" 00 Creasy "j 830 11 :ioj 352 708 Espy Ferry.... " I 8 42 II 40 1 4 02 . 7 20 E. Bloomsburtf, " 847 11 50. 4 oti{ 725 ('atawissa lv 856 1 C>7J 413 732 South Danville "j » 14 12 15 431 75] Sunbury ai »85 12 40, 4 55] (j 15 A. M. P.M. P. M ni. ~ Sunbury lv 042 JjU 18 $5 Hi ;i 41, laewisbnrg ar! 10 18 1 451 540 Miltun " 10 08 189 535)0 07 Williamsport .. " 1100 1 41| 03010 55 I-itick Haven.. . ", 11 60 2 20| 734 Kenovo " A.M. 300 8 30' Kane "! ; 825 jp.M. P. M.| I.tifk Haven. .lv ;12 10 II 8 45i , .... Bellefonte ....ar 105 s 4 11 j Tyrone " S 90 1 600 Ptiilipsburg " 4858 8 02 Clearfield.... » 625f s 45 ! Pittsburg.... •' oio 10 45 ! la.m. p.m. p.m. p m Sunbury lv u6O § 1 ■"■o 52088 31 HarrlsiiurK.... ar 11 3<> >» 315 050 10 10 P. M. P. M. P. M. A M Philadelphia., ar i 3 17 ; 6 23 ||lo 20 4 2-"' 1 Baltimore 311 :0 no 045 2 30' Washington... " ii 4 10 |, 7 16 ,10 551 4 OoJ IATM" P. M. Sunbury lv §lO 00 § 2 15 1 Eewistown Jc. ar 11 45 105 ; Pittsburg "j 0 55j§1045 j A.M. P, M P. M. P M llarrlsburif lv 11 45 15 00 || 7 15 £1025. P. M. A M. A. M. A M l-ittsburff ar li 55|!l 160 ,| 150 580 P. M. P Mi A MIAM l'ittßburg lv 7 10 jitoo 1 3 00||8 00! A.M AM j P M llarriaburg.... ar 5200 | 4 2o|i ;to,a 3 lo] AM A Ml Plttpburu: lv i 8 0o ! P M l.ewistuwn Jj. " 730 1.800 Sunbury ar j 0 20! : 4 60| P.M. A M A M A M Washington... lv 10 40 7 5" SlO 5o Baltimore 11 00 440 840 11 45 Philadelphia.. . "j 11 2o 1 4»| [ 830 II lo IA. M.! A M A. M. P M Harrieburg.... lv 335 755 .11 Sunbury ai 5 04< 0 :>'> 108- 5 O, PillNburg lv 12 45 3 00i\ 8 ooi ciearlield " 350 1 4» 2s!**;" Philipsburg.. " 4 10! 110 12|'" Tyrone " 700 I 8 10 12 251" Keilefonte.. " 8 Hi; it 82 | 105 I.oek Haven ar 0 16; 10 80 2 10r";; P. M. A M A M ; P M Erie lv 1 5 3"' : K:ine, " > 45' 1 ; ii oo ( Kenovo " II SoU 0 45j 10 30| ' Lock llavcn.... " 12 38 7X, II 25 300 "" A.M. |P Ml Williamsport .. " 2 2V' 830 12 10: 400 Miltun •' 223 ! 9Kj 12, 4 40'"; Sunbury. ar 324 v 4(, I 6.,| 6 |5:;;;;; A. M. A M P M ! P M I Sunbury lv ? 0 iv "J 55 200 ; 6 25| South Danville" 7 II io 17 221 550 '* Catawlssa " 732 10 36 2 :«> 0081 - ;" E Bloomsburg. . " 7 ii" 10 13 243 B 15,'"* Espy Kerry...." 742 I'M 471 10 1!' ('rcasy 14 7 .vj 10 2V) *5 .'ft) Ne.scujK'ck 41 80- 11 oi'| 3 <K» 0 40, " ' A M A M P. M. P M I Calawissa lv 782 10 is 280 008 Nescopeck Iv 828 >505; 7 05 Kock ttlen ar II 22 7 28 ' Kern (Men " 851 II 2sl >B2 731 *; Tomhicken " 85s 11 .is :;s j42 '** Hazleton " !• 10 II 58 5 501 806 ;"; Pottsville " 10 15 0 55 A M A M P IVI P M Nescopeck lv 802 II 06 1305; 6 10 Wapwallopen..ar 810 11 211 ;20 062 Mocanaiiua .... " 831 II 32 8 iio 701 Nanticoke " 858 11 64 3 1!' 710 P Ml •••• Plvm'lh Kerry' 1 0(1! 12 02 357 I 7 is Wilksbarre .. » wlo 12 10 4 0.5 735 AMPM P M P M PlttstoiHDA II) itr V L'St 12 55 i 4 M, 836 Serantou 11 " 10 08 124 521i0 05 Weekdays. I Daily. l Flag station. Pullman Parlor and ' siccpinc Cars run on through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport and Erie, between Sunbury at.,l Philadelphia and Washington and between Harrifbur;?. l'itts burit anil the West. lor further information apply to Tiekct Agents /,/»'. HUTCHINSON, ./. 11. WOOD, Ucn'l Manager. Gen'l A<j Shoes, Shoe? St37*lisii! Oiiea,p ! Xc3lia"ble l Bicycle, Gymnasium and Tennis Shoes. TMK CKLKJiRy\TED ('tirlisle Shoes AND'THK Snas; - I'roof linltbpp Boots A SPECIALTY. A.. SCHATZ, SOMETHING NEW! A. Roliatole TO SHOP Por all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and General Job Work. Stoves, heaters. Ranges, Furnaces, etc. PRICES THE LOWEST! QUALITY THE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FEONT BT. JOHN W. FAENSWORTH INSURANCE Life Fire Accident ail Steam Boiler Office: Montgomery BuUdtru;, Mill Street, Danville, - * Penn'a ONE DAY ONLY Wednesday. Scpt.l7tli.Baji. to 911,111 PROF J. ANGEL, THE EXPERT EYE SPECIALIST OF WILLIAMSPORT. will be at Hunt's Drag Store, 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 eves, 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 you need me at your home, drop a line to Hunt s Drug Store. Reading or sewing glasses SI.OO and up. S. G. FAUSEY.... Mausdale, Pa. AUCTIONEER. Terms Reasonable. Telephone (» C. PEGG The Coal Dealer SELLS WOOD Prepared for Stoves —AT— -4 4 Ferry Stree^