Pittston Gazette

              2 A 4 V. Oldest Newsnaoer in the Wyoming Valley PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1891. Weei:ly Local and I-amilv Journal. 1 J Sl.fiv PKB AKMllf I In Advance ftN AW PqRJlA Kenyan, ur.t iwive tne c that's purely our husine prompt reply. "Capt. Lani if the colonei has requested ;vu invitation to dinner to-night for his friend Mr. AlD- rams, of Chicago? I understand that Mrs. Morris and the chief are among your guests." Du2: 1 when the capt: an walked by with Hearn at his side. In. vain Mrs. Lane called to him from the doorway to bring in any one who would come. He shook his head and walked CDn, talking gravely and earnestly with his younger friend. that linstied unmistakably, excused Himself, passed liitn by and hastened down the steps to greet the entering ladies, while the adjutant, hurrying on to where his sergeant major \va3 awaiting him at the edge of the greensward, signaled the band, and the stirring notes of "adjutant's call," followed by the burst of martial strains in swinging sis-eight time, heralded the coining of the troops of the whole command. had lost li multaneou t lis the performance Hi- lda own loss of pres- ! And so it resulted that the green New Englander was transferred to a clerkship in the bureau of military justice, and speedily blossomed out as a major and judge advocate of volunteers, with station in the city of Washington. The first thing the excellent fellow did, after getting his uniform and sword, was to post off to the Granite State and marry the middle aged maiden who for ten years had been patiently waiting the day when he could accumulate enough money to buy a little home, and with his bride he returned to honest toil at the department. No man ever worked harder to master the details of unaccustomed duties, and no man, probably, ever encountered greater difficulties. But such waa his perseverance that he became a walking glossary of information on army legal affairs. It was not that ho ever mastered the niceties of martial jurisprudence, but he knew the inside history of every case that came up for trial in the bulky records of the bureau. He could quote the charges and specifications preferred against any and every officer, tho findings of the jouri, the names of the principal witaesses, of the judge advocate and the members, and little by little the senlors in the office had grown so to lean upon his memory and his opinion that tie became an almost indispensable feature. BILL FEE AT TEE BALLET t&e extreme rigat begins to brace tip-ana dance with more vigor, seeking toearn her salary as conscientiously as t.hnngh she really expected to receive it. Thru means that Agrippina, the mother of Xerosis putting some more thickening in and that in a little while CT0'® stepfather will be ready for the oayalraer. One can almost hear the protest of Octavius as he murmurs kicks at the idea of taking poison jusfcag Ste is feelirjg comfortable on the throne. "And now we follow the strange story as the front row of yellow headed dancers in Dr. Jaeger costumes and with patty in the crevices of their countenances hegin to circle to the right, and we gather from the Terp#ichorean remarks made by the premiere with the brawny hock that Octavius has croaked to the low sad wail of the ophicleide and the shrill wail of the piccolo. the v I ask tige anion:; the crowd, anil so, after a moment's wavering, ho turned about and shouldered his sullen way toward his buggy, only stopping long enough to inquire of a ci vilian the name of the officer,HE FALLS INTO A REMINISCENT MOOD AND TALKS HISTORY. k*X * IV 1 Bij Gapt. Glias. King, U. S. ft., Miss Marsh ill, standing at the window, noted the inexpressible sadness and distress in Hea ni's once buoyant, handsome face. Ho had grown years older in one day, she thought; all the color had fled from 1 lis sun tanned cheeks and the light from his bravo blue eyes; yet there was a gleam in them, as he bent his head to talk with Iris friend, the captain, that spoke of the smouldering fire within. She had thought him grossly wronged in the occurrences of the previous day, but it was the coming of The Palladium on the noon train that capped the climax. Omitting nil the ingenious and alluring bead lines, condensing the sensational details in which the correspondent had worked up the case, Lieut. Hearn stood accused before the whole United States of having forcibly ejected from the reservation a highly respectable business man who had vainly importuned him to pay the sum he for years had owed the estate of the former post trader, "most of it borrowed money to help him out of gambling scrapes," and had at last ventured to press his claim in person, only to be met with outrage and insult. There could be no doubt of the truth, said the correspondent; the books were open to-tbe whole world, if need be, and the sum involved exceeded five hundred dollars. "Cross, eli? Cant. Cross. Sure of that, are yon? All right, I'll fix him." he growled between his get teeth as he strode away. [ "He hasn't yet, Lee. and if be slionld the quartermaster will have to knock down a partition, for my dining room can only hold twelve or fourteen by severe squeezing." A Noble Defense of the Bald Headed Man Author of "The Colonel's Daughter," "The Deserter," "From the Ranks," "Dunraoen Ranch," "Two Soldiers." by One Who lias Been There Himself. Some Tellinff Remarks About Ncro'g Company after company, the cavalry from the west, the infantry from the east end of the quadrangle, came marching forth upon the level green carpet, seemingly intermingling in confusion as they neared the center, yet unerringly and unhesitatingly marching onward, until presently, with the solid blue and white battalion in the center, and with the yellow plumed helmets of the cavalry parading afoot on both flanks, the long statuesque line stretched nearly half way across the longest axis of the quadrangle. Company after company, the whito gloved hands clasped in front of each man as its commander ordered "Parado rest," and Col. Morris himself, who had Tfith much deliberate dignity of manner marched out in front of the center, now stood in solitary state with folded arms and glanced quickly along the motionless line, while back of him some thirty yards, all along the edge of the parade, in buggies, carryalls, 'busses, in long somber rank afoot, Central City looked admiringly on. For a moment the main interest seemed to center on Lieut. Ilearn, and fingers could be seen pointed, and voices heard announcing, "That's him," as he stood tall and erect in front of the troop he was commanding in old Blauvelt's absence. When a few momenta later the long line of officers halted in front of the colonel and raised their hands in simultaneous saluto ho responded with something less than his customary graceful deliberation and inquired: Wild Oats. "Captain," said Hearn, as they walked away, "I'm going to ask you to excuse me to-night. I would only bo a cloud at yonr feast, and after what has passed I don't feel as though I could sit at dinner with the colonel." Copyright by EdCrar W. Uye.] New York has lost thi3 winter one of the mogt amusing tragedies that her history of the drama ha3 ever recorded. Generally a tragedy is fraught with gore and-gloom, but "Nero" at Niblo'a was full of real Dockstader humor, and I for one felt sorry to see it go. Possibly it may be revived before spring. I hope so, at least. (Copyright, 1890, By J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, and published by special arrangement with them.] 2(cgntinued ) "What on earth was going on there that there was so much giggling in ranks? It was mainly in front of you, Mr, Martin. Have you been attempting any witticisms, sir?" what has given rise to all tlii3 uproar ol the press, is the fact that Mr. Hearn, as they say, dragged him out Of course that may be exaggerated." "Hearn, my boy, yon must come. We are not going to let yon crawl into a corner now and brood over this. It is the very time when wo want to stand by you and show how much we hold yon in esteem." CHAPTER VHL With all his soldierly qualifications, CCoL Morris, like most of his sex, had certain defects of character. He was a tireless worker as a regimental commander, and had done a great deal to bring up the "tone" of the Eleventh, which had suffered vastly during the reign of old Riggs, his predecessor. He had won a good name as a young officer in the war days, and had borne himself j well in the more trying and hazardous j campaigns of the far frontier. But Morris, both during the war and since, had seen staff duty that had brought him into social and political circles in Washington; had learned there the lesson that an ounce of influence is worth a pound of pure record; that in most matter* affecting army legislation it was the man who were the farthest away from the array whoa© opinions congress sought; that in all appointments to staff departments personal and professional excellence might plead in vain unless backed by senators by the score; I and that while judicious use of the gifts that God had put in his way in the shape of the public press might result in the gradual rearing of a monument of popular esteem, a single unguarded word or petulant expression would tumble the whole fabric §bout his ears. He had seen the highest names in legislative, financial and social circles dragged in the dust; the head of the house of representatives dethroned; a Wall street monarch execrated; a gallant soldier, maimed in battle, ridiculed. In combined and resistless assault the press had overwhelmed the record of years. Morris had faced death in a dozen fields without a flinch, but he trembled in the presence of a reporter. "It's a d d lie," muttered old Kenyon, under his breath. "But all the more it goes." "Not that I can now recall, colonel," responded Martin, with his usual drawl. "Possibly the appearance of our Chicago friend in the role of adjutant was what prompted their merriment. If you invited him to accompany j'Ou I trust you will excuse it." It was called "Nero," and consisted of a picturesque lay out representing the life Thus Xero becomes emperor of ItffA with a chance at the surplns and ah invitation ont to dinner almost every day. All now forward and back; U»e premiere dansense turns eight cartwheels across the stago and picks a torch out of the hand of a vestal virgin from Hunter's Point. This means that flush times have again returned to Rome, and on the Rue de Seneca there TS a strong bull movement in stocks. "Yes," was the bitter reply, "yes, my colonel has given a glorious exhibition of what constitutes esprit da corps in the Eleventh. No, captain, I would do anything for yon or Mra. Lane, but I can think, speak, dream of nothing now but the wrong that lias been done me, and I would only bo a dreg. You will excuse me, won't you?" "I do not wish to be unjust to Mr. fleam in thia mutter." couUnuml the colonel. "But 1 cannot too strongiy deplore the consequences of his—of his action. And then in threatening to expel civilians from the garrison! What earthly right had you, Mr. Hearn, to arrogate to yourself the faculties of commanding officer? I am the only man to say who shall and who shall not be kept on or off the reservation. And now, of all men on earth that you young gentlemen should have been particularly careful not to antagonize, it turns out that one of them is a representative of the press." "Whom do you mean, and what do you mean?" "Why, Mr. Abrams took post on your left and rear, sir, until Cross invited him elsewhere. I'm sorry for Cross; be has a wife and family; and yonder goes the gentleman, bound for the .telegraph office no doubt. What won't The Palladium say now?" Nero now gets married to a plain but ■well connected girl whose father owns the leading paper there. He does not really love her, and so Ae alto horn gives an air of pain and the bass fiddle is seen to shudder as the walk-around on the stage indicates that Nero has fallen in love with Acte, a freedwoman who Iresses plainly but looks first rate. It is plain now from the (Taction de ballet that d'Nero is leading a double life at least, and that he is out nights a good deal, d'carrying on at a great rate. Oh, why will men. especially emperors, do that way? They must know that some day the populace will drop on it. and shame cover their otherwise luminous careers. Acte of course knows that ■ her parents would not approve of this style of cuttings up on her part; but there is a sort of romance about living in a pleasant flat overlooking the Csmpagna without paying rent for it, and so she goes on, knowing that Nero's wife is at home alone sewin$. oarpet rags or upholstering the throne while Acte is at routs and balls almost continually. Finally we discover by the antics of the ballet that Nero has shaken Acte, and now looks with amorous glances upon Poppaea Sabina, a very able woman, who gets the entire control of the administration. Nero does not even dare commission a notary public without aalHng Poppaea or Pop Sabina, as she is called. And so it goes on from bad to worse, until Nero's mother is driven out of house and home. She is allowed to sleep in a barn awhile, and wash off carriages for her board for a time, and then asked to take a little ocean voyage for s her health. "Come in, come into the house, Heara," answered Lane as they reached the gate. "Come in and talk it over with Mrs. Lane and Miss Marshall; they will do you good. They are both full of sympathy. Come; it's quarter of an hour before drill." Ana so wnen Peace once more spread her wings over the troubled walls of the japitol, and the army was sent home, and a chosen few were retained from the millions of volunteers to close up the records and accounts of that vast estab. lishment, the bureau announced that it couldn't get along without Maj. Lawler, and Lawler was shrewd enough to see his way to a life position. With the brevet of lieutenant colonel for faithful and meritorious services during a war in which he had not once heard the whistle of a bullet, he was presently announced as transferred to the permanent establishment and duly commissioned one of the array of officers of the regular army. Georgia Marshall, gazing at the pair from the lace draped window, clasped her shapely whito hands in deep perplexity. The dander, the scandal, the wrong, ■was spread world wide; a refutation could never overtake it, even with the proofs of utter innocence at hand, and where were they? "You don't mean he was right here by me during parade?" said Morris, growing But Hearn shook his head and drew away. very red. "Certainly, sir," spoke Capt. Brodie. "You could have smelled his cigar if the the wind hadn't been blowing from the stables." And, in the full realization of a circumstance so calamitous, the colonel sank into his chair. Hearn would have explained that he had made no personal threats, but Lane's restraining hand was laid on his knee. « "I cannot," he 6aid; "I must go; there's my homo letter yet unwritten." With flourish of trumpets and three resounding ruffles the band swept out from the right front,and then all eyes were suddenly greeted by an unaccustomed sight. On th? troops, long schooled in military etiquette, t he effect was not at the time appai-ent—neither by word nor sign was there indication that anything unusual had occurred; but in tha populace, long accustomed to individual visits to the fort and to observation of its military requirements. "Keep oil the grass," and by no means intrude upon the space reserved for military exercises, the sensation was immediate. Elbowing his way through the crowd standing at the edge of the parade ground, with cigar tip tilted in hi3 mouth, his light spring overcoat thrown back, with the same cool deliberation that characterized all his movements, the representative of The Palladium sauntered forth upon the sacred precincts, and never hesitating until he had almost reached the commanding officer, presently came to a Bpecies of "parade resf of his own, half sitting on tha backs of his hands, which were supported on the knob of his massive cane, and there coolly surveyed the proceedings from the very spot reserved for the adjutant, one yard to the rear and three to the left of the commanding officer. And eo, with Lane's anxious eyes following him, ho strodo rapidly away to his quarters. Thero Jim Wallace joined him at the gate. But the appearance of the wagonette whirling in to garrison with the tall form of Col. Lawler, a du3t colored figure from the crowu of his felt hat down to his very boots, put an end to further remarks. Morris hastened fo meet his guest, merely nodding response to Lane's courteous invitation to bring him to dinner.STUDYING HISTORY. It was comfort at least that he should look up, and, as though in search of one friendly face, search tho window with his sad blue eyes. He should feel that, no what the press migat say anu the Jews might 6wear to, more than one among his friends believed in him through thick and thin. Her dark eyes were full of sorrow and sympathy, and yet flashing with scorn of his defamer. And it was his picture of her face, framed by those shimmering curtains and by the trailing, twining tendrils of smilax that hung thickly about the window, that suddenly mot his troubled gaze, and that he carried in his memory day and night long, long after. and times of that low, coarse monarch. The talent consisted of five tame lions and sixty-five actors and actresses, who were also quite tame. "Patience, lad!" he whispered. "Say nothing now. It will all come right in the end." Three hours later, however, with drill over and the mail in, the question of dinner became of minor importance. Marked copies of The Palladium had been received by several officers, and the faces of the group on Capt. Lane's piazza were studies. "I'm sure I took the utmost pains to be civil to the a—gentlemen," drawled Martin, with his innocent eyes on the vacancy of the opposite walls. "I implored Stone not to eject them. I had to beg off drinking with the—a—Israel- Israelitish party because I had to shoot. Of course, colonel, if I had known that the other gentleman was so highly connected, there's no saying to what length I wouldn't have gone to attain the elevation they had already reached—one of them at least A dozen driulca, I think, might have done it." I went partially to see the lions and incidentally the ballet, as I was then preparing a paper regarding the history of the ballet to be read at a meeting of the Tompkinsville Hegira of Advanced Thought. At this time his sole acquaintance with the gentlemen with whom his future lot was to be cast was what he had derived from the court martial proceedings which for three years he had spent ten to twelve hours a day in reviewing; and knowing them through that medium alone, it became somewhat difficult for him to estimate them through any other when at last he was ordered to duty at a far western city as judge advocate of a division. He had been so many years within the shadow of the war department that army life in any other shape looked to him as might a strange garret to an exiled cat. When he met an officer for the first time his mind reverted to the records which he had reviewed: this was not the man who led the assault on Bloody Angle at Spottsylvania, who planted the first colors on the heights of Mission Ridge, who made the perilous night ride to Crook after the disaster of the Little Horn, but the officer who preferred the charges against Col. Blank, or who was tried for duplicating pay accounts at Nashville, or who was the unwilling witness in the case of old Barry at Fort Fetterman. "Bid the orderly take one to him, do you know?" asked Mr. Lee, with a world of pent up indignation in his tone. CHAPTER X. Capt. Lane's quarters, as has been said, were charmingly furnished, and adomed w'.h attractive pictures and bric-a-brac The dining room waa small, as dining rooms generally are in army garrisons, but by dint of moving out the stove, which until now had cumbered one corner, and then crowding the sideboard into its place, sufficient room had been gained to admit of extending the table diagoually and seating fourteen peoplo thereat, and now, with the curtains drawn, but the soft evening breeze playing through the open casement and the broad hallway, in the soft, yet brilliant light of dozens of wax candles set in sconces on the walls or in heavy candelabra on the damask covered board, a merry party had gathered for one of the "lovely dinners" for which Mrs. Lane was already famous. Ballet comes from the Greek word "One!" answered the major; "one! the insult wouldn't be complete without it. I think there were a dozen papers, marked copies, in his name." to dance, and later has incorporated the meaning of ballet, ball and ballad. It goes back in its history to a time contemporaneous with the heyday and youth of those who danced in the ballet of "Nero" this season, Nervous, irritable, and unstrung, he ■ called his officers about him on the following day. Guard mounting was still in progress; the band was playing sweetly on the grassy parade; the ringing voice of the soldierly young adjutant swung the column around in its jaunty march in review. One after another the troop and company officers came quietly in, bade their flushed commander a good morning, and took their seats. Qe was pacing the floor, tugging at his mustache, another telegram in his fcand. "Has no one gone to see him?" asked Mrs. Lane, her sweet face full of sorrow. "Tlio captain was there when the mail came, so was Mr. Wallace," answered Miss Marshall in low tones. "He seemed to anticipate something of the land." Half an hour later the orderly came hurrying to Capt. Lane's quarters with a note, and then ran on down to the stables. "This is no occasion for the exercise of your sarcastic powers, Mr. Martin," said the colonel severely. "It is to be hoped your civility was less transparent® sham than your present remarks." "This will settle the question for you. Mabel," said Lane, who was getting into parade uniform. "Col. Lawler comes on the sunset train, and Col. Morris writes to know whether we cannot excuse him, or whether, perchance, there should be room for one more." It is presumed, of course, that a ballet is a pantomimic rendition of a story, according to historical writers, and that ia why it seems so odd to me that this style of anecdote should be about the same in "Nero" that it is in "Aladdin" or some of the French operas. "This will have a tendency to make Hearn rattier homesick, I fancy," drawled Martin after a solemn pause. "I never quite appreciated the benefit of southern institutions before." "Pardon me, colonel," interposed Lieut. Lee, whose seat was near the window. "Here comes the gentleman himself."Surely enough, a buggy drew up in front of the office, a bulky form slowly descended, and with much deliberation of manner Mr. Abrams, of Chicago, looked about him, then proceeded to tie bis horse to a young maple at the edge of the walk. The orderly sprang forward"Sick, I admit—sick at heart, sick of his cherished profession, perhaps; but why homesick, Martin?" queried the major. "Oh, Fred, and we've got to say yes, for Mr. Hearn won't come," answered Mrs. Mabel, with grief in her eyes. "We've got to say, 'Bring him "by all means;' and yet how I hate to have our pretty dinner spoiled! If the train could only be late!" It is hard sometimes for one unaccustomed to those things to readily distinguish between a ballet (Taction and a divertissement. I will try to make that clear, so that no one need ever bother about it any more. A ballet daction is one in which one is able to. readily follow the anecdote by paying attention to the dancing, whereas a divertissement ia simply a sort of festival where everybody is apparently feeling first rate, and all sorts of chipper little figures are danced, from a plain jig to leapfrog and Prisoner's Base. The ship is so made that it will fall to .pieces about the second day out. But she is a resolute woman, with broad feet, so she treads water till 6he can re- • Some of the soldiere in ranks, unable to repress their merriment at the sight of so unusual a breach of etiquette, could not refrain from tittering. The voices of the file closers could almost be heard in stern, low toned reproach. "Stop that laughing, Murphy!" "Quiet, there, Duffy!" Morris himself could see that something unusual was going on, but, totally unconscious that his own official precincts were the scene of the solecism, never changed his position, but stood there statuesque, soldierly and precise, all unconscious of his self appointed staff officer slouching behind him. As for Mr. Abrams, happy in the conviction that the people could not but look on and envy tho proud prominence of the representative of the press, he appeared to have no other caro than that of the criticism duo the public of the martial exorcises now taking place. That it was probably the colonel's intention to make a speech of some kind to his men Mr. Abrams did not doubt, and that Tho Palladium should have every word of it he fully intended. "Where's Dr. Ingersoll?" he asked, suddenly stopping in his walk. "Oh, only because down south they shoot a man who publishes an outrageous slander lik" that, and the jury brings in a verdict of justifiable homicide.""Here, colonel," said the post surgeon, stepping within the office from the brick pavement outside. "I was waiting a moment to see the steward, to give some directions as to Brent's case." move her heavier wraps and nanla«B clothing; then she rides a hen coop for thirteen days, ever and anon eating a hen when she gats hungry enough, lmtTI at last, "Land ho!" she exclaims, and soon her feet grate on the smooth sand of the beach. "Beg pardon, sir, but it's against orders to tie horses to the trees. The horse posts are across the road." "That would spoil it still more, Mabel, for then your— Oh!" said the captain, suddenly recollecting himself, and turning back to his particular little shaving mirror, before which he began busily arranging the loop of his gold helmet cord. To his pragmatical mind every soldier was a past or prospective figurant before a court martial, and long contemplation of innumerable counts in the shape of specifications had so charged his mind with distrust of his fellow men that, whatsoever might be his rank or record, no officer stood so high as . to be above suspicion, none so impregnable that, judiciously handled, a court could not down him. "I consider it my bounden duty," he had onoe said, "to convict an officer if I possibly can." And -Wtile in his regard an acquittal might temporarily and partially vindicate the party accused, it must forever blight the fair fame of the judge advocate who tried the case. "Ah, yes. He's better, I believe. Now, I see you have marked Welsh for duty," and the man tells me he couldn't sleep all night because of pains and dhills." •TER IX. "Against whose orders?" said the gentleman from Chicago, with slow and impressive moTMment, turning upon the trim soldier.  The ballet may not be the most direct means of teaching history, but to a middle aged man who wishes to brush up on ancient history, with a chance to secure also reminiscences from some of the ballet girls who are still able to recall many of the incidents to mind, and who, though getting along in years, are yet able to read, fine print or thread a needle, it certainly furnishes a-good opportunity. I trust for this reason that "Hero" may be revived, and that the lions also may be in the cast. They did well from an artistic standpoint, though I understand that they were poorly paid, and often went to bed hungry at night rather than e&t a ballet girl. "Welsh is as well as I am, CoL Morris, or if ill has only himself to blame. He knows as well as 1 do that he has no bnsiness to go to the store and drink when under treatment and taking medicine. It is my firm conviction, sir, that that man is simply trying to shirk." "For then?" exclaimed pretty Mrs. Lane, speeding across the space between her toilet table and her liege lord's shaving corner, and laying her white hands upon his shoulder knots and gazing up into his half averted face with sparkling eyes—"For then, you dear old— You haven't sent east for flowers?" The ballet (Taction was introduced into civilised life about the sixtgedtli oentury, and was used for the celebration of great events, such as eminent victories and the marriage of princes. Tights had not then'been introduced, as the climate was mild and very little inconvenience from cold felt on tfye part of the dancers. We are told by the historians that "the cooler the air the higher kicked the premiere." The first ballet to obtain much recognition occurred in the sixteenth century, at the tipio of the marriage of the Due de Joyeuse with Mile, de Vandemont, the sister of the queen. This was an Italian ballet called Balet Comique de la Royne, because the queen took a, part in it. One lady of the court sang a song, two others sang a duet, and others sang in the chorus. Whether the king turned a back somersault or not the history does not go on to state. "The colonel's orders, sir. Even the officers can't leave their horses in front of headquarters, sir." "My GodI Here! this will never dor fidgeted the colonel, springing to his feet "Mr. Adjutant, send a man ont here." "OoL MCorrtf, I presume."  "Shall 1 take care of the gentleman's horse?" said Martin with grave humility of mien, rising slowly to his feet, as tlw colonel strode to the door. But Morris was too hurried to hear him, or even to rebuke the titter with which the words Were greeted. By this time, paying no attention to the orderly, the representative of The Palladium had reached the doorway and was brought face to face with the post commander: "Perhaps it was some other fellow then," said the captain, dubiously. "Oh, Fred, you darling! I hadn't hoped for auytfcing half so lovely. Will they be here on this fraii), really? That's why you didn't want dinner served until bo late, was it? Georgia and I were saying just now if we only had a few flowers the table would be perfect. I must run and tell her." And impulsively she raised her soft lips to his face and kissed him enthusiastically. "You are bo thoughtful, Fred!" Some years of rubbing had eo far modified his original views as to teach him that Tmtil charges were actually preferred it was not well to look upon any of his new associates as actually and absolutely attainted; but once that formality had been accomplished, prima facie evidence of guilt was firmly established, and only with reluctance and inward, if not active, rebellion could he bring himself to accept a verdict otherwise. Proceedings of oourtg which convicted he skimmed through with lenient eye; there could be no error there; but when, as was his invariable custom, he glanced at the findings before beginning the review, and there discovered the unwelcome words "not guilty," ijq vigilance could exceed that with which he scrutinized every line of the record, hoping anywhere to light upon a flaw. Friends in tho service at large he neither sought nor made. Secure in his position, abstemious, frugal and even niggardly, he had no small vices on which to trip. Life to him was one long contemplation of the failings of liia fellow men. Tho band by this time was hammering half way down the lioe, and the officer of the day, coming suddenly iu the north' west gato from a visit to the guard, became aware that something was exciting the merriment of the few men on the verandas of the cavalry quarters, and then caught sight of thi3 strange figure out on the parade. He looked hurriedly about in search of the colonel's orderly, but Brooks, as we have seen, had already gono ou his mission to the station. Not a soul was there to whom hq cpuld intrust the duty, yet ho knew he could not allow such a breach of military propriety to occur right under his eyes. There seemed no help for it: he had to go mmseir; ana, Dy no means likmg his duty, Capt. Cross, of tho infantry, hastened out 011 the parade, and with the eyes of both lines upon him, though the heads of the troops remained scrupulously fixed to the front, he stepped up jo Mf. -Abroirp, tapped him on the shoulder, and civilly «aid; "I shall to see yoM appearing in Three of the infantry captains wera present with their wives. Pretty Jeannette McCrea, who was visiting the Burnhams.was escorted in by Dr. Inger- Boll, popularly reputed to be an intractable bachelor, yet privately believed to be melting beneath the tenderness of that young lady's sweet blue eyes; and Georgia Marshal found herself sittiqg vis-a-vis with Mrs. Brodie, a somewhat portly matron, who seemed capable of imbibing information through every pore and storing it for future use, and yet at the same time imparting new and startling opinions on all current topics with intensified volubility. Her eyes took in every detail of the tasteful appointments of the table. Her nostrils inhaled the fragrance of the roses and carnations lavished on every hand. Her Hps parted to receive the succulent little clam—rare ana unaccustomed luxury west or ttie yet easily expressed from St. Louis—and to give utterance at the same instant to liveliest comments upon the unusual feature of that evening's parade. It was not until after soup and the tiny thimbleful of sherry that audible conversation seemed to extend beyond her, and then Miss Marshall, who had been endeavoring to entertain Capt. Brodie and distract his mind from contemplation of his better halfs undaunted conversational powers, found herself addressed by the gentleman on her right: the role coHiutclur!'' "CoL Morris, i presume. I am the bearer of an order to you from department headquarters." BUFFALO BILL'S START. Old Ned linntline, of Dime Novel Fame, v«i. jjiorns, Kir, at your service," replied the post commander with much suavity. "A letter, 1 presume. Walk in Mr.— Mr. Take a cbaix, sir." "[ truxt you u ill not make U^ieewtry /or iiie to be vwre imperative.' "Very," ho responded, with much gravity of mien. "And that's what prompted pap tQ suggest to your ladyship the propriety of t browing a wrapper over those enowy shoulders. The orderly has left the hall door open, and all Central City seems out here to-night. There goes the 'assembly,' and your train should be here in fifteen minutes. I suppose I can tell the colonel as he drives past on the way down to meet him?" Responsible for His Discovery. Mr. W. C. Gayler, of New York, for seven yciirs the companion and agent of Buffalo Bill, is at the St. James hotel. Mr. Gayler accompanied the great Cody to Europe, and. has been with him in many of his trials, adventures and triumphs. Speaking of the "Messiah" craze among the Indians Mr. Gayler said; The afternoon was lovely and full of sunshine. Thanks to the startling and sensational disclosures in Hie Palladium, the post had become an object of unusual interest to the surrounding populace, and, as the hour for dress parade approached, vehicles of every description came streaming across the bridge, and before the trumpet sounded "first call" the road in front of the officers' quarters was well filled with carriages, buggie3, carryalls and light wagons, while 6omo enterprising livery ctable keeper had fitted up a few open stages and placarded them with inscriptions setting forth that "To the fort and back only a quarter," w$3 a luxury now within the reach of everybody. The ballet would draw better now if more prominent people could take part in the exercises. I wonder that it has not bc€Dn done. If members of the cabinet conld take part in the ballte't, and ladies of the foreign legation attend tc the divertissement, mauy wotdd attend who now show little interest in it. Several of the officers nearest the door had risen promptly, as though in readiness to receive with due honors the colonel'B guest Others slowly followed their example. Some remained seated and continued a low toned chat All gradually resumed their seats, and, while some with evident curiosity studied the appearance of the stranger, Brodie and Lee looked at him with eyes that plainly spoke their resentment, while Hearn's hands were clinched and his lips compressed. No word was spoken to the new arrival, however. He, with entire indifference of manner as to all the rest, fixed his gaze upon the commanding officer, who rapidly read. The note was 6hort and to the point. Morris had reason to be thankful for his diplomatic training. " 'Buffalo Bill' ow.es his name, fame and fortune to the newspapers. He was bora out on the prairies, and his father wasshot down before his eyes near Lawrence daring the 'Bonier Wars.' 'Buffalo Bill'drifted over the west as cowboy,%unter, scout and soldier. He got his name by a daring exploit while the Union Pacific road was building. He had a contract to supply the workmen with ten head of buffalo a day for meat. One day he dashed into a herd of buffaloes, and was attacked by a hundred Indians who were hunting the buffaloes at the same time. 'Bill' came off victor, and drove the ten head of buffalo into campD and killed them as if nothing had happened. It was daring, dashing, reckless I acts like thi3 that won him the son briquet of 'Buffalo Bill.' "I have said that the papers were responsible for the popularity of 'Buffalo BilL' y One day Street & Smith, the publishers of The New York Weekly, called Ned Buntline, a well known writer, into their office and said, 'We are tired of these stories of Spanish villains and English lords and French women. They are monotonous. Go out into the west, travel at our expense,, take your own time, only find us a man! That was a lucky day for 'Buffalo BilL' Buntline wandered over the prairies trying in vain to find his 'man.' One day, while riding along with Maj. North, the only white chief that the Pawnees ever had, that well known character said, 'Buntline, I am not the you want. Don't waste any more time, with me. But I can tell you where you can find your man.' Much cruel criticism and the sharp arrows of mali .-o and uncharitableness have been levele, i at a class of middle aged and even elderly men who are unfortunately bald, because they are more or less prompt end early, sitting neai the orchestra at all time3 on the presentation of a new ballet This is manifestly unjust to a class of men who have been heretofore too timid to cry out against this wicked attack. ' "Well, well, Dr. Ingeraoll, it is a mat- i ter in which we cannot be too careful, j You haven't the faintest conception, sir, ! to what this most unfortunate affair may lead. It is infinitely better that we should be imposed upon by a shirk than that the public should get to look upon as as this man's persecutors. The Palladium that came yesterday was bad enough, in all conscience, but here's another telegram from department headquarters demanding immediate investigation and report upon the allegations contained in the second day's issue of the series. How many are there to be, in heaven's name? Mr. Heara, have you submitted your explanation?" said the colonel, turning abruptly upon the young lieutenant, who was sitting in pained J silence by Capt. Lane. 4 "It is in the hands of the adjutant sir," answered Hearn, rising. Ordinarily the announcement of the advent oi pome such high functionary as the judge advobi*t9pf the division would havfr been quit® sufficient £9 induce the colonel to turn over the command at parade to Maj. Kenyon and to go forthwith to meet the coming man. But hero was the elite of Central City, as well as a strong tMtfgation of the masses, gathered to seo the garrison, and Morris particularly prided himself upgu tho soldierly grace and style with which ho presided at the most stately ceremony of the military day. If he were to fail to appeajr at the head of his troops, if all that line of officers were to march to the froi)t and salute Maj. Kenyon Instead of him, people* might really get the idea that it was the infantry field officer who was the post commander, not himself. No. In all the yellow radiance of his cavalry plumage Morris strode forth from his veranda and 6tood revealed in the rays of tho westering sun. His orderly hastened through tho groups on tho graveled road in front, and, halting, raised his hand in picturesque salute, the eyes of Central City looking on: "I beg your pardon, sir, but no one is allowed on the parade ground. I shall have to trouble you to fall back to the roadway." And this was the gentleman who, being on some temporary investigation within the lines of the department, had received telegraphic orders to proceed at once to Ryan and look into the matters thu# loudly heralded by the press. Standing not upon the order of his going, he had taken the first traiu and reached the po3t at nightfall, eager to begin. It was a source of positive discomfort to him to find that he was expected by the post commander to dine at Capt. Lane's; but his uneasiness was in no wise due to the lack of proper apparel. The colonel and the other officers were in full uniform, as was army custom then, before & merciful and level headed general authorized the wearing of civilian evening dress on such occasions. But CoL Lawler was quit© at ease in a traveling suit of rusty tweeds. Morris had offered the oolonel the use of his own dress suit, and in fact had rather urged it as due to Mrs. Lane, but Lawler promptly replied that Mrs. Lane must have known when she asked him that he did not travel around on military duty with a spike tailed coat, and declared that he thought it all unnecessary. "Spike tailed coats are too high toned for me, anyhow. I never see & man in one but what he reminds me of some butler I've seen in Washington." The populace was beginning to gather as the cavalry officers came sauntering from the stablss, and Mr. Abrams, of Chicago, again alighted from bis buggy -with an air that fully conveyed his appreciation of the fact that he was the popular hero of the moment—the daring journalist who had bearded tho lion in den, had publicly denounced the brutality of these arrogant wearers of straps and swords, and had even brought to the bar of justice one of their number. There was the utmost curiosity to see the representative of The Palladium, and that eminent journalist, true to his principles of conforming with the views and wishes of the public, graciously accorded ever}* opportunity. The ballet is essentially a pantomimic history, and to the close and bald headed student it is as chaste and eloquent as the music of Wagner is to those who fully understand it. The elderly ballet habitue sits and drinks in this eloquent pantomime, this dumb story as reeled off by blithe and nimble legs before his alert opera glass, just as the admirer of Wagner, whose auditory nerve has become so benumbed that he can stand it and understand it„ sits with a pleased and ante-expression on his face through a whole evening, wholly forgetting that thirsty people are ever and anon walking across him with bated breath, seeking to escape. Mr. Abrams looked angrily around. What: Bo compelled to quit his position? —to fall back in humiliation before all those people and meekly take his station among them, and actually to have to ppnfess that, after all, a newspaper man yvasn't the monarch of all he surveyed? NeverN "1 am greatly pleased to give you welcome, Mr. Abrams," he said, extending his hand with much apparent cordiality of manner. "This, while by no means necessary, of course adds to the readiness with which we open our doors to you. Had 1 known you were here and desirous of visiting the post for any purpose in the interests of your paper, I should have found means to welcome you before, and am only 6orry you did not make your presence known to me." "I'm hero in the interest of the journp.i I represent, and I have full authority from the commanding general to inspect anything at this past," was his instant answer, accompanied by a shrug of his shoulders and an ugly scowl. "And so you are from Cincinnati, Miss Marshall, and paying your first visit to the west? Now, what do you think of tho armv?" • "I have not seen it—I have not seen it I hope you have been full and explicit, Mr. Hearn." "Pardon me, 'Col. Lawler, but isnt that a trifle liko the query wo are said to propound to Englishmen who have just landed? How do you liko America?" Maj. Kenyon had risen as the colonel was speaking, and now in low tone and with much respect of manner accosted him: The lieutenant's pale face flushed with m sudden sense of indignation: "I cannot help that," was Cross's cool yet civil reply. "You can see just as well from the edgo of the parade, and here you will be in the way," It was in passing this gentleman, urrounded by a gaping party of Central citizens, that the colonel somewhat ostentatiously called out, "Orderly, give my compliments to the adjutant, and say that, in view of the presence of so many gentlemen and ladies from town, I desire him to have the band ordered out at once." and went on his way ainid such audible evidence Pf popular To the student the ballet is an open book with, colored illustrations. He knows the soft plunk of the E string and the gurgle of tha piccolo, and ever he sees tho changing pantomime as the Wagner man reads in tho rich deep notes the tale that the author is trying to tell. "I have never yet been accused of any attempt at concealment of my actions, Col. Morris. Gentlemen present who have known me nearly six years will tell you that." "By your leave, colonel, if there be nothing further in the way of business, may I request your permission to retire?" "But I inferred that you had been here long enough to form an opinion." "Tha colonel's messages pre delivered, and tho carriage will bo at tho station." MJ can't see it clear back there, and I mean to stay where I can see and hear. If there's anything I don't understand I wish to be where Col. Moms can explain.""Very well, Brooks. Now you yourself go down ami bo oa tho lookout for Col. Lawler, a tall, sandy haired, sandy bearded man, rather slender, nearly CO ye'ara of age; report to him and get his baggage into tho wagonette and bring here to my quarters, and say that I would hay? njet l)Dui but was detained at parade." Again the orderly saluted, than faced about and strode away through the swarm of curious eyes which followed him a moment, then turned once more upon the gorgeous and gleaming proportions of the warrior putting on his white leather gloves and buttoning them at the wrist with much deliberation. Mrs. Morris being in her own room, arraying herself for tho Lane dinner party, and the veranda being vacant, he then called to his adjutant, who came along the pathway at the moment, a vision of floating yellow plume and brilliant aiguillette, and after a moment's conversation with his chief that young gentleman made his way to where a couple of town carriages were drawn up along the edge of the parade and presented tho colonel's compliments to the occupants, the ladies of the postmaster's and leading banker's households, inviting them bring their friends and come and sit ou his piazza. "To form one vaguely, perhaps, but probably not long enough to subject it to the test of experience." "Certainty, Maj. Kenyon. And, gentlemen, there were some matters to which 1 desired to call your attention, but it is so near time for 'boots and saddles,' we will defer the matter until tomorrow 1 will not detain you further." "lie rode leisurely over to a prairie wagon under which Cody was sleeping, kicked 'Buffalo 13111' gently in the back—a fashion the cowboys have in the west— said, 'Get up, Bill!' That was another lucky day for 'Buffalo Bill.' He was the 'man' that Buntline had been trying to find. His name became famous to the reading public, and a short time afterward he embarked in the amusement business. We all know of tho success that has talr lowed his ventures. 'Buffalo Bill' has cleared $1,000,000 in the last five years, and he is worth today a quarter of a million at least. Ha might have been worth more, but ho is a princely liver and a princely giver. He will give a porter or a haefcman a handful of gold and silver, and never stop to think cf the thanks or the change. Ko wonder that ho is popular with all classes."—Kansas City Times. "I'm not accusing you of anything, Mr. Hearn. Pray keep your temper, sir. But you do not seem to appreciate in the least the very trying and unpleasant position in which you have, however unwittingly, placed every officer at this post, especially me, on whom the burden of responsibility must fall. If 1 had known four days ago that you bad used violence—or at least force—in ejecting that soldier from the barroom, 1 should certainly have discountenanced his further punishment This sort of thing cannot be tolerated, Mr. Hearn. And, gentlemen, I say it to you one and all, this sort of thing cannot be allowed, j It creates a wrong impression among the people. It gives the press an opportunity to criticise our methods of discip- ! line. It makes a martyr of the man in ; the eyes of the public, and we can't ■ stand it. I have felt compelled to re- : lease him from confinement and to direct the quashing of the charges against him." "And do you never express opinions until assured of their justice?. Really, Miss Marshall, I must compliment you on such wisdom and discretion. You should have been a lawyer." I cannot interpret Wagner yet, though X hope to some day, but I can read the whole pathetic story of Nero in the ballet. Now I gather from the (Taction that Nero is arising from his couch to greet the jocund moon. Now he stcDS to the window to open the shade. It escapes from his clutches and scoots to tho top of the house with a loud snort. Nero jumps on the window sill to reach it, cursing softly to the low wail of the clarionet and that he cannot reach the shade, also that he has not yet donned his toga. Thanks to the banging of the band, all this was inaudible to the colonel, who remained in blissful ignorance of the colloquy taking place so near him. There were one or two among the score of officers present who desired to see the colonel on some routine matters; these contented themselves with going over to the adjutant's desk, as he entered, and whispering their requests to him; the others promptly took their leave and sauntered out into the sunshine. Mr. Abrams noted the occurrence with a quiet but suggestive smile. a O 1'lv?" •iThat*« my tt9 ain't no "Yes, colonel?—and that, I understand, is your profession. Now 1 am indeed complimented." riga uer! *4. 1 lieutenant! "You cannot stay here, sir," was the firm, low toned answer. "J will take pains to explain everything to you aftej: you retire some twenty yards, but 1 trust you will not make it necessary for me to be more imperative. Come, sir!" And the poor devils of bandsmen, just seating themselves at their sapper of hot potato stew and coffee, wero compelled to drop th" «ivory bowls, and ha.stily button their fall'uniforms over their anything but full stomachs and march forth upon the parade to entertain the populace until tho rest of the show was ready. If but now an apoplectic stroke wero to create a vacancy among tho brigadiers, Morris's star might indeed bo in the Morris said no more, but Mrs. Morris had looked volumes, and it was very ruefully indeed that the colonel presented his visitor to their gracious hostess. Dinner was announced almost immediately, and ignoring for the time being the young lady whom he had taken in on his arm Lawler sat for some minutes looking in no little surprise about him The sight of so much elegance at a frontier table could only convey to his mind the vague impression of peoulation in tho past. He was surprised to find that Lane could have had no connection whatever with "cotton cases" during the war. Col. Lawless eyc9 had been wandering about the tablo as he spoke, but now he turned suddenly and suspiciously upon the girl at his side. He was a man of singular mental mold. He had been j a clerk in tho office of his uncle, a prom- | inent lawyer in the distant east; had ! had merely a common school education, ! and was laboriously reading law when his patron found himself suddenly called upon to assume responsible duties at the national capital, and hastened thither, taking his clerk with him. Lawler at that time was nearly thirty-five, and had not yet been called to the bar. It was the third year of the great war. His patron soon found that the requirements of his oiiice were such that a man of far higher attainments would be needed .as secretary, and, being thrifty and unwilling to pay the salary of a clerk out of his own pocket, he decided on the not unusual expedient of shuntiug him off on a paternal government. Lawler had no idea whatever of entering the army as one of the fighting force, but the proposition of his uncle was almost dazzling. He wasn't much of a lawyer, to be sure, but quite good enough for the purpose, said the-old gentleman to himselfAnd so, with the worst possible grace, Mr. Abrams had to give ground, and, accompanied by the officer of the day, fall back to the general throng. To cover his mortification as much as possible, Cross, iu a smiling and courteous manner, went on to explain the purpose and details of the parade. But Abrams only turned angrily away. Twice he essayed to stop and face about, but Cross was getting his blood up by this time, and determinedly marched along to the very edge of the tittering line of townspeople, and there, raising hi» cap, said with tho utmost civility: For a moment no one among the little group seemed to find anything to say. It was Mr. Lee who gave the first expression to personal opinion. He burst out into a fit of laughter. Still purple with rago the young emperor hangs up a comforter at the window, and taking a hurried bath begins to dress for the day by wrapping himself in tho folds of a purple Turkish towel of cunning workmanship to the soft music of the bass drum and the "dance comers'' and "ehasse all" of the ballet. Even thongh we cannot see Nero wo read his home life in the pantomime of a ballet. Any one can do it who will mako a study of it and goevery Imported Dolls. Dolls form tho largest item of toy importation. They are largely made in Nuremberg, where doll making forms the home industry. There every one, from the child beginning to prattle to the gray haired patriarch, assists in making, dressing or packing the puppets for the market. To attempt to factories in this country to compete with tho Germans would it is said, be a suicidal financial policy. "I'm blessed if I can see anything to laugh about in this affair, Mr. Lee," said the major, whose face was a shade moodier than ever. "If anything vma needed to confirm what I have hitherto said on the subject, hero you have it. Perhaps it pleases you to see a comrade vilified by the press and then bulldozed by his commanding officer, who well knows the paper lied, but daren't stand up for one of his subalterns. And then to think of the fellow's impudence, announcing himself aa the bearer of an order from headquarters! If I had been in command I should have told him ascendant It had been the custom of th® Jadies at Capt. Lane's to appear on the  abont the time that the officers came up from evening stables, and, re-enforced by the Whartons, next door, and sometimes by other fair ones, to serve a fragrant cup of tea to eucl} of their regimental friends as had time to drop in. Today, too, tho cozy little tables had been set upon the veranda, but the close proximity of the southwest gate, through which all the teams came driving in, and the rude stares of the occupants of the various vehicles speedily drove the ladiea away; and Sam Ling, the Chinaman, an old retainer of Lane's, was busily carrying the pretty china within doors again and lamenting ia voluble "pidgin" the coating of dnst which had been received, [TO Bh COM INUK1D J At the Xiivy Yard. There was a moment of dead silence. Hearn was struggling to control himself and to protest that he had used neither violence nor any force worth speaking of. But Capt. Brodie took the floor: "I must ask your pardon, CoL Morris, but I was witness to that transaction from beginning to end, and I myself ordered Welsh taken to the guard house. It was after that, not before, that force was used. Welsh cursed and resisted the corporal of the guard"—— "Never mind. Capt. Brodie. What -teems to have infuriated the man. and "We cast cannon in here," said the guide as they stepped inside. "And now, sir, if I can be of the faintest assistance in making this ceremony clear to you. command me. You will observe that tho adjutant is coming out to occupy the very position you were in." "Do youV' ;isked the pretty girl. "Now, please show us where you blow great guns. I often hear my naval friends speak of them,"- -Kate Field's Washington.Now Nero has morning prayers to a large sycamore god which has been carved out with a jackknife by a man condemned to death by Tiberius. Next to the lascivious pleasings of the xylophone wo read from the ballet that Nero has gone to his mother to obtain funds for tho day and a largess or two for the voters of the Ninth ward. evening. The same argument is made in regard to the fancy musical toys that are attracting so much attention. It is in the musical and mechanical toys that the greatest novelties are to be found. There are some novelties in tho diffuence of price between the two lines of goods. Mechanical toys run all the wny from twenty-five cents each to i'o fcr the popular toys, and the musical ones range from $1 to 810. There are others r.ls-D that call for larger pocketbooks ami will satisfy the most reckless expenditure of mon:jy.—York Tele* cram. Mr. Abrams, of Chicago, who was at the moment £he penter of a knot of men, young and old, quitted their society, and with his customary deliberation sauntered over, opened the colonel's gate and with careless ease of manner accosted that official, "Fine evening, colonel," and then lowered himself into tho nearest chair just a3 tho officer, with a face But Mr. Abrams was in the sulks, as was to bo expected, and still more wrathfully turned his back, fefusing to listen, so that Cross promptly left liim to his own devices. Tho representative of The Palladium had sense enough not to attempt to resume his place, but he Old Robinson (reading)—"The average weight of the Wellesley college girl is 119J pounds." The Doubter. 1 of orders were never sent by tbC civilians. Young Robinson—H'mt I'd like to gc up to Wellesley and test that statement. —New York Sun. 3ail inti paper if yirm And now the music becomes more fortissimo, and the elderly ballet girl on