Pittston Gazette

              STA Itl.lsll KID IHKO. ' HL XU1I. NO. I i- I Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. ititston, uzi.rm-: to.. iD.\.. Friday, jijnk ?D, ism. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. ( ftl.BO PER ANNUM I IN AIHAME JP|||MKEE W T^5 B tfM^UAa))! y AMERICAN put55 ASSOCIATIO*. ' Better come along. You never did have street, in which rC sided t!•C v. w D. i no Mich chance to see fun in all your daughter oi tlate lion. ,!• hi- I". i. life before." one of Vienna's oldest 'ami v i ! "Waal, 1 reckon 10 or 20 days won't I ators and statesmen. If Marian fan • 1 make no great difference anyhow," said either one, if she was interested in . v the man. And he pushed forward' to one of her numerous callers, im s -n of jl add his name to the list. encouragement had been KC | Directly opposite two men sat look- ton and Wyle were only two CDD t i ing out of a second story window. They twenty, and yet it seemed to lie pnC ral were in the law office of Justin Wil- ly understood that she would ultimate! v liams, a lifelong citizen of the town favor one or the other. and a lawyer of repute. He was a man "Hooray! Hooray! We uns will 1m of 55, hut carried his age lightly. The in Washington in less'n 80 days!" other was a young man of 24, well It was the voice of Steve Brayton built and having a plain but kindly shouting as he drew near. faco. He was Royal Kenton of Rhode "You there, Steve?" called Wvle as Island, a graduate of law at a promi- the enthusiastic volunteer was swinging nent university and the junior partner his hat and making ready for another of the law firm of Williams & Kenton, cheer. They were uncle and nephew. Kenton "Wat's wanted, lootenant?" had come down about 18 months before. "Come up here!" As the relative and partner of a promi- "Doggone my hide, but I want to git nent citizen he was treated with cour- down tliar and hev a font so bad th"t 1 tesy. As a Yaukee, fresh from Yankee- C*a't stand still!" growled St- ve as h land, he was a subject of criticism, and there was little heart "in the hospitality accorded him. The/e could not have been. He represented principles antagonistic. to the south. There was no neutral ground in those days. A tuan represented not himself, but his section of country. The opinions of his section were considered to be his. A southerner at the north would have been looked upon through the same eyes and held responsible to the same extent. Men liked him as a man, but they detested him as a Yankee. Yes, inn'am 4'Steve Drayton, yo' nn's a fool!" called a voice from the crowd the voice of wiiiic one who knew that W'ylo was a caller at tin- bouse. Itlhh M [•; IN TEXAS. i uk just a-|'wriDoMe iur 1 ne .Dj»oar. Py juek . w«» all jest, laughed out-right, Ati main she belt her fiidt'S an squealed-— On top his head Was Jest as white As any later ever peeled. j profit, but I prophesy with my little prophesier that some rlay the cow cud. will be used behind all our counters both by our salesladies and gents.- Ill fancy I hear even now: "Hello, Maine! Have yon lost yer cud?" Yep, ye bet ye, 1 did, Maudie, bnt I found that Earl had been a-chawin of it." ENVELOPED IN MOONLIGHT, HE WHILES THE NIGHT AWAY Pap saiCl 'at Hill was in the war. Hut never had to march a hit— They had 'im in the signal corps. An when they thought 'twas time to quit The fight in fur a while, pap said. They'd fetch 'tin out an turn 'im loose. An when the rebels seed his head They'd know it was a flag o' truce. "lie dun told mo so, and it's left fur ns to find out!" continued Steve, who wanted to, square himself. A Midnight fry That Drew » Crowd And you want to question him?" Around a Commereial Traveler Some asked Marian Surprises In Store l or the I,erturer All "As a dooty, ma'am, as a dooty to Virginny. Can't hev no Yankee spy about yere, yo' know. We hain't got nuthin agin him as a man. but if he tin's spy in on ns that's different. Will yo' please call him out?" Apt roein That Clven Hi* Method Well, I never let loose of mine. I've learnt how to swally jt and then resume like cows does.'' [Copyright, ISM, hy Eilgar W. Nye.] Pap said 'at onee a big cyclone Come howlin round where Bill was at. An he j«»st stood up on a stone An lifted up hiAole white hat. The cyclone stopped an fetched a yell* Then had a awful laughin fit An somehow tuckered out until It couldn't blow another bit. I\ Tkxas, D Down hy thf. Rio Granhk, U. S. A. ( Texas-is a most beautiful state at this season of the year; but, my patience, how hot it is I It was practically midsummer hero six weeks ago. Tho trees wero then in full leaf, and the vines wero four or fivo feet long already. From my room at tho hotel in Austin, which is now owned by "Sam'l of Posen," I can soo far away over the rolling landscape, blue with wild flowers and blue clover, a very pretty blossom, which lit- 1, "No! Thrt e of you can come in and question him!" The men halted and stared at him, but no one replied. Steve Drayton, Ike Daxter and Tom Henderson followed her into tho house, while the others crowded up on tho veranda to wait for what might happen. "Mr. Kenton, some callers to see you," said Marian as tliey entered the parlor, and he rose up, with a puzzled look on his face. CHAPTER I. The day and date in the 21st of July, JSfil. lien pap an mam an sis an me Went down to Parker's puhliek hail, I honest was afraid 'at wo Could never git inside at all. It beat camp meeting times the way Tiie folk* was erowdin at the door— I never seed a circus day Wake up the town like that afore. A POKER LESSON "Where is your captain? Where are your lieutenants?" lie demanded. "Can't tell yo\ general," answffed a private who was bareheaded and coatless. "but the boss we are workin under jest now is that ar' Yankee with the flag!" C MAPI ;:u iv. i i .e writer of fiction dC*scrilict rvi \ i ■lit) i man as wearing long, bl.i i . 11 •» 11• hi i 111111• il hat and a I" ' i • I- Tin- southern woman C • . !C(»;• d-~ys tall ami stately, with black C J«1 raven tresses. Marian i' .i I nil' rin lil of thi- south. and D11 »• I" 1 I • 1 eyC s, 1 • ivDvvii hair and j \ j.C-' in f hip. As she passed tho 1 r;i- d iittlo darkies in the street they | Jc.ii t d aft.j tier and railed: ' ' :'y nie. but dar goes Miss Sun- I shin- i; i'iin!" Of si : u\ disposition, charitable in tli"! ..Id H!:d ill-- d. respected liy all, sho had dignity without haughtiness. was a qu .-il aiiiMi"' girk-i without arroganco. . il C vt; y tit In i girl of tho south was argnir:: f-;r and enthusiastically applaudi: ; !'■•■ ri :?•(. of 'cession and wearing t! • t"V Pahui'tto flag. Marian was tlie i -.i• ■ j.i i■ j. Not that the momentous I": i - wt re lightly pa- sod over. lint becan-1 . 'ii; was weighing them and pon■ ; ring deeply. Educated ;it the north, j slia Lad f •; in d strong friendships and I -iiid h-.st.--of fri-.-iids. She had seen the j \ :nk( at homo, at his worst and at I i I •■•I. and she rather liked him. XL t a general election, such as had Ii! !d so often before, should result : r:i oil, l io( .| d aiid separation '■ i iv ' i n r rfii-r-tai'd. Politicians 'tli t'ciid d the secession of South Caro- I £ • I ~S ' s nj •• ... j sJ j i . ,' ; I# - \ ' - v ■ K V. \ ; •• ,'r|V" v' *'gkD | , ! . -- ,'W * i i . , nD f 1 • C r I. 1 • \ ■■ t ■ * ' '. 'D■ % ' --i t 7 ,M'- V C 7 '\ ' rf \ ' Jvf IV '?"r qrirx Hi** Sv whine itijii til!" Iin.C. In:! D.v : . irot.Tfisei enough to sift te ii *•!;* )ry iroj i their constitutional fvnn lit-, 'i ll ' ilk of a southern cuiii if; lid n«-f appeal to her patrioti in. i:i r j t-iC!i ; nd patri ititin belonged t'i lD ii' iirt of all. Virginia 'a weal o? v.",- was her ;insivly. At 'i'cIi 1; on tin'evening of the day of v. :ii- h we liav«D writt' ii the widow 1 y ■: I le i daughter were eagerly r t1»D oolnnvns of a Biclunond T -'r . Ii had arrived half an hour C • -.v!'en Hoyal Kenton was anr; !i' II" w.-w received in a manner to lC i him know that his presence was v 1 ' •••. and conversation turned at '••if lot .«• all importantqnestion. After it ii •:-I i ntniiiid for a time Mrs. i'i: D v : add' nly ol;si ived: "Mr. Kenton, we were speaking of yon t' .i aft rnoon and were agreed that v. - j r [m-ition was at least eniharra ing.*' "Which Plains." he smilingly refill;' !. "th it you have lieen wondering wiii li sidf 1 would take in this contC St." Mother and daughter looked at him v. itli • 'i-idernhle eagerru"-s, but without roidy. S1'! lie contiiimil: '"No i1..:il t I ought, to be ashamed of t! " I l 1 h; t 1 have lived to be 2 I years of age atid have taken no interest in politic-. If all others were clear on this ipv -ti' 1 could soon decide it fur myself. i l- rei we have 8nnio of the ablest men of Amc+ica contending that no state is bound to the Union by any constitutional law,] while others equally wise ad . i- v ir , a penalty for secession. We la ... i;nj i D; c dent to guide us. No tatc y : fejcC d into the Union. If the 1' CDp]o of aiiv nu ate believe that separation would be a liencfit, how can we ib ::y I r rifjiit to withdraw? And yet i ' • • t. | • a moral or legal right to ii ijf ril I he welfare of the geneial government.""1 cannot - speak for the south, but for Yirrinij. only," said the mother. "1 ktiov little of politics; I am content to leave tb'i question to the statesmen of our at;- . I have no bitterness of seotior.al fei litig." ".¥(• ! troin Rhode Island, Mr. K ntoii." o served the daughter. "Ye-." I ' iint you came here to make vonr honi- with v-s. The state has adopted you, s i to peak." '' Y i's. "Yi han become a voter here. Yon have no i! tcntion of returning to the north V" "None whatever." "Then you ma'-t stand on the same plat:-riu we d i. You must stand by your state," "II- ! . dcabtless given tho subject • ; a- tli u riit." said the mother in t* .■ -ii i: to gently reprimand the daughter for her eagerness. "I I...ye iisii d," answered Kenton, "and it si ie . to me that"  A1 !;: . • moment a colored girl appeared al the door and beckoned to mother ;:i ! daughter in an excited way mid wliispCTcCJ: "Do sogers hev cum fur d- Yankee, an dey's gwine to do suiitliinav. i ni to him! Dey wants ho an to cum ontdoalis right smart!" "SiddiersV What soldiers?" asked Marian. " \\ I:v,* d mi s- ddb ra dat's paradin iijt an down an in akin sieh a ftiss! liar's ober a btrndr. d of 'i ei aronn do house!" "And they want Mr;Kenton?" "Ye."m •D.' ait tiiin right bad. I heard 'em talk "l out tar and tedders!" Will: [ ,»i;r.c to hei mother to entertain their caller tb- -.il l C xensed herself and pa; eCl C 11 the hall and out at the irontdooi . ,1k 1 !w she ojH'twd it Steve Hrayfott \vn v M-liing out to ring the bell. I: hind him Were a dozen or more men. "Weil, what is wanted?" quietly askid M.:i-i-m a- Steve pulled ott his hat i rb :i d about in a nervous way. ' N'-nuthin, ma'am, iinthin 'tall!" he re]died ' • la- haclti d off. "That is, we jest C' I '-aieri il that we'd better call and and" "J 'lil you want to see any one here?" "Why d.m't you un tell her?" exclaim* 'I Ik • Baxter as he pushed himself forward. "Waal, i ram, we uns cum yero to see s=nn)cl oily," coiitimied Steve. " YC -. v.-e uas cum to see that Yankee!" added Ike. " Yen mean Mr. Kenton?" queried Marian. "TJ t'sit! They say he's a Yankee -pv. rind it's our dooty to hev a little talk with' him:" "Who ; ays ho'.- a Yankee spj'?" "Ili ekon it was Duke Wyle, ma'am, and li-D i ti t to li nw. lie's goiu to bo fir; t lu tenant of our company, yo' know." "And Mr. Wyle told you that Mr. KD a ti \v.-is a Yankee spy, did he?" demanded Marian as her eyes Hashed and Iter I D atli caino Ollieklv. Wlio Hesitates About One Card Is The sceno is the battleground of first Hull Run, a field made memorable forever.There was a big jack pot, with all its glowing beauty of red and white and blue chips, reposing in the center of tho table. It had been made for $25 for a starter, and each of the five players had sweetened four times with a $5 chip before there came a pair of jacks wherewith to split it open. After the fourth deal the colonel pickhl up his hand carelessly and glanced at the TOrners of the cards. He smiled a little and said softly, "I'll bust that for fc50.'' The next man passed out. Bo did the next, and the next, and the next. The judge, who was the last to have a •aD,''.;ad looked at his cards carelully, uid an expression of supremo disgust lad settled on his faoe. Ho hold the 's by the corner and made an involry motion as if to throw them into ■nw^-^card. Not Always In Doubt. name along down the veranrta. \v nnr s □p, lootenant? Hain't dun gone and got word that them ar' Yankees is goin t" give up without a font, hev ye?" From daybreak to high noon the Federal army under McDowell has been moving down on the Confederate position selected weeks ago by the generals old in the strategy of war. On the flanks brigades have grappled in the open fields, regiments have dashed at each other in the forests and thickets. Here a little ground has Wen gained, tbejoa little lost. It has been the skirmishing which precedes every battle, locating til* The folks inside was mighty nigh Like sheep a-cuddlin In a storm. But I pushed through up close where I Could see the funny cuss perform, But goslianiighty. wa'n't I sold When Mr. Nye come out to act, Fur all the stories pap had told Were forty million miles from factl Steve Brayton had broken the ice and recovered from his embarrassment. He did not propose to do any talkhig. Kenton was eithe r for or against. The quickest way to ascertain was to present the enlistment paper. He took it from his pocket, extended it to the young lawyer and said: Jackson was about to speak further when an aid delivered an order, and he rode hurriedly away. There is no more fighting on this front. To tho right and left the Federals charge again and again, but always to bo beaten back. DM they number twice as many they could not dislodge tho Confederates from tho plateau. Nature made it for tho key of a battlefield. "No. There's no news this evei Sit down." "Whoop! I'm powerfully miuC1t got out by myself and git thai fussin is all over!" exclaimed .Stev be hesitated to take tlio chair pi bim by tbe other's foot He didn't wear show clothes at all; He didn't dance; lie didn't sing; Hisdoin's wasn't what I'd call A public show at all, by jingl He hadn't one dissolvin view. He didn't on the light rope walk— * I swear to posh he didn't do A tarnal thing but stand an talk! Hero again I hearrl at the h glad of tlio young poop' enpied the parlor after t waiting for a 1 o'clock trr ' villo, where they came from. Miss Pearline Slmnk played somn on the piano. It was an instrument called the Bnrlingame and Touchmenot piano and sells for $175 to hotels. Its music is still ringing in my ears. If you could see me since I heard that wild melody, you would see a different man, and my food and my wife both agreo with me now. I am more hopeful too. lad u "Mr. Kenton, some folks aronnd yore ar' talkin that yo' tin's a Yankee spy. Will yo' ]Dut yo'r iiamo down on this paper?" enemy, testing his readiness, drawing his strength and uncovering his designs. "Sit lown! You'll get ther pnough without any extra hurry! Steve, do you know there's a  among 'is —a-regular, full f 1 e: 1 • C ktfo right here in this town':" , It is 3 o'clock, and the fight still rages fiercely. It is 4 o'clock, and the Federals are still battering at the slopes of the plateau. Halt an hour later the volleys of musketry suddenly increase in volume, the artillery redoubles its fire, there is wild cheering all along the Confederate front. Johnston's troops have come up from the valley. Ro throws thein into the battle, and the Federals are driven back. The Confederates push forward in pursuit, and the troops who were giving way slowly and retiring in good order suddenly become panic stricken. The hour is high noon. The Confederate front has been pressed back, the left wing shattered. Men looking down on the battlefield from the bills of Centerville have every movement in plain view. At 12 o'clock tho battle is won for the Federals. Bee, Barstow and Ivvans. who have held the Confederate center, have IDeC■ 11 beaten back by Burnnide. Sykes and Porter. They give way slowly and grudgingly, fighting as they break back, and they are trying to rally, whi n there is a clatter of bayonets being fixed to muskets, and a thousand men forward at the double quick. It is the New York Twenty-seventh, and Colonel Slocuni leads it, the first bayonet charge of the war—"Forward! Forward!" And the wedge drives into tho Confederate center and rolls tho fragments rifjht and left. "I will, and I'll go with your com - pany whenever it is ready to go!"' was the prompt answer as ho drew a pencil from his pocket and wrote his name, which was the fifty-third on the roll. *VlO "Lordy. no! lias he u captur" we nns?" 'X. ■Je X -« "He js here as a s; to let 'em know np t doing. Yon tellers a or yon'd have gut out telling." Twenty minutes later Steve Brayton and his companions appeared at the hotel, where Duke Wyle was impatient- The colonel's liunds twitched nervmsly. It looked as if it would be a case )f showing breakers and raking in the rich stake. The judge made another notion, as if he were inclined to throw ip the hand Then the colonel said, 'What are you going to do, judge?" ly waiting for news "Well, Steve, is it tar and feathers?" he asked as tho crowd came up the steps. "Shoo! A Yaul liiis town? lit v vo twn eves?" "I have." "Ami vo' kin name him': "I can. Do V" know 1 tiaras?" "Does that look like tar and feathers: replied Steve as he handed out the paper sir.d pointed to the name of Royal Kenton. "mcrder!" The judge went through his hand igain. The expression of disgust deepened. "Ain't afraid to play, are yon?" inquired the colonel tauntingly. An army panic is like unto nothing else in its foolishness, in its madness, in that feeling of terror which makes servile cowards of brave men for a few hours. In 80 minutes from the first wild shouts of alarm the highways leading Lack to Ceuterville were choked with the shattered, disorganized and fleeing Federal commands. Here and there feeble attempts were made to check the terrified mob, but each effort only increased the panic. orally turns the billowy picture into a rimless sweep of ocean, with clusters of rich green live oaks and pecan trees apparently growing in this bine sea of clover, a picture unparalleled. "I reckon." What, he volunteered in this com- "No," replied the judge slowly; "I ?uess I'll see what you are doing this jn anyhow. " And- he made good the £50 opening bet "We want sixty more men to JiU vp this coin pun "Do you know the 111:111 in with him—fellow named Ke; pany!" "Well, lam sorry this tronble has fallen upon the country," said tho old lawyer as they watched the crowd opposite. "I have long felt that it must como sooner or later, but 1 hoped it would not be in my day. Nothing can now prevent war." 'Exactly." What could be more beautiful as we wind along a gray ridge than the bine billows of clover 20 miles away, melting into the aznred horizon, in whose clear depths float here and there tho soft white plumes of tho summer cloud? "I do, fur suali. Iledrawed 11; 1 papers fur me awhile ago. Pint; sort of a feller, 1 take it." "Didn't yon know he was a Van "N "Did you threaten him?" •t a throat! Reckon we'd better him second lootenant, eh?" They drew cards. The colonel took two, and the judge, after much deliberation, decided that one was about all ae Wanted. The colonel bet another $50 ;hip, and the judge saw him and raised aim $50. The colonel came back with mother $00 raise, and the judge laid ais hand down on the table, pulled out i roll of bills and counted off $:J00. "I'll tilt that $250," he remarked calmly. The colonel gasped. He looked at his hand and then at the great pile of .•hips and money in the middle of the table. He rustled around and got $250 together and said weakly, "Well, I'll :all you." The cheering is heard a mile away above the noise of battle. The Federal center moves forward to pursue the shattered enemy, and couriers ride away with the news, "Wo have pierced the Confederate center and won the dayt" Hut Duke Wylo did not answei. He sat and stared at tho name and was dumb with amazement. "No!" "Well, ho is. Any one will tell that he cnmo down here from the 11 only about a year ago." "But he cum to g" inter hi ■D "Ves, but he's a Yankee, and i are all alike all down on 11 al~.ni nigger, and all want to make 11- dirt." I was still wearing my ('anadian clothes when we reached San Antonio, and every few moments I would have to remove a wet compress from my long tapering neck to replace it with a tall Piccadilly collar. Oh, how hot it seemed to me, for I am not a tropical bird by any means 1 What were they fleeing from? Death? If bo, almost every man of them had faced death for hours lli.it day without flinching. They faced it no»v, as terrified men discharged their muskets and threw them into the ditches, as remnants of cavalry commands dashed into the mass, as ficldpieces and limbers and caissons, drawn by horses which seethed to have caught the spirit of terror, turned in from the fields at a mad gallop and rode down every extraction. Men flee like shadows from a plague, but they know from what they flee. "But everylnxly appears to think it will end almost as soon as liegun," replied Kenton. [to r.F. oovriNrEO.l Behind the flying Confederates is a plateau of ii()0 acres, comprising two or three farms. There aie two or three farmhouses, orchards, meadows, thicketa of pine, barren fields. Here is Stonewall Jackson with D5,000 men in reserve. The fragments of brigades, regiments and companies are hurled back to the slopes of this plateau to be rallied and reformed behind the reserves. Couriers ride away to Beauregard to ask for more artillery, infantry and cavalry, and while tho Federals pause to replenish their cartridge lioxes and gird up their loins for a last struggle 5,000 fresh Confederates are hurrying forward to the plateau. Apparently All Ilnntp. "They do not stop to reflect, "said the lawyer as his face assumed a more serious look. "I am a southerner, and I believe the south has l**en fully justified in her course, but our people are foolishly underestimating the strength ami temper of the north. They will not let us go because wo bluster and threaten. If tho south secures a separation, it will have to lie won on tho field of battle. It was to be, and it has come, but it is to bo deplored." The cyclist witl an ambition to bo mistaken for a racing fnau rode np to a waysido watering trough, steadied himself by putting onofoot on it and called out to rlii' farmer on the other side of "8hno! Jest want to \v:ilk ri ns and tread us into the ground At night I lay enveloped in moonlight, only while toward morning 1 would add a little of the delightful cli- "That'H it, and he's one of tli-mi one knows how many letters li 's off in the last two weeks, lie proh sent one today, nnd they know in V\ ington just what we are doing herC "But what's lie doin ycr.- if he Yankee spy?" persisted Steve. "S-like I' vo heard they bang spies." the fenee. "('an you tC 11 me how far it is to the next town?" he asked. mate. The judge picked his hand up and spread it out on the table. He had four •-hrees. "I can't tC 11 which way you're travelin," replied the farmer, "unless you raise your liead so's I can see where it's fastened on. I'm a leetle nearsighted." —Chicago Tribune. Early in the night a hound pup poured forth his woes to the calm warm sky or the bultral pawed the earth and exercised his voice. Then the clock bell in a faraway mission, with cracked notes which had become depreciated during the hard times, sounded the hour. Then a greaser full of revenge and pulque came along the street, noisy and quarrelsome. Everything united to make me wakeful and nervous. The colonel gasped again and showed ap three queens. "Why, yon robber," he said, "you had 'em all the time!" Hushing into the highways, fighting i each other as they struggled to reach the van, stumbling, falling, a chill of fear npon every heart, the army which bad fought so well and long streamed into the hamlet of Ceuterville. There was nopursuit. There wasn't a brigade in the Confederate aimy in condition to pursue, nor was the extent of the Federal disaster known to Confederate officers. Here was a strong position, and here it was that troops who bad not been in action were formed across the highway leading to Washington to check the panic stricken tho jsands. Mounted officers rode into the mob and shouted commands and appeals. The panting fugitives pansed for a moment, but it was not to listen, not to oltey, not to feel ashamed of their silly fears. It was to draw a long breath and then dash at the wall of glistening bayonets. The wall menaced them, the bayonets pointed at their breasts, but with one mighty surge the living wave dissolved the wall, hurled it down, flung tho fragments to right and left, and the stream of humanity poured on over the hills and flowed the faster for its temporary check. It could not be checked again until it reached the Potomac. rrlv "If war comes, business will have to go," observed Kenton as he looked about the office. ** Yes," Assented the judge. "And made a couple of motions it you were going to throw them up.'' "And they'll hang him if lie long enough! I'm thinking he'll g the information ho can and th"ii for the north and. enlist in the V; Tin* Charm of Morn Words. Noon becomes 1 o'clock. The skirmishers are at work all along the front of tho plateau, but there is no fighting. ' War is here, and our business has already fled," replied Williams. "Martial law will soon be proclaimed, and there will be no more use for judges, jurors and attorneys. I have wanted to usk you for several days what course you mean to pursue. If it was to be a war of 00 days, six months, or even a year, wo might make certain plans, but it is to lie a long and bloody struggle, and this very valley will bo a battleground. We may as well close our offico today as a month hence. Amid such excitement as this there can be no call for our services." Of '"Stylo and Manner" Mr. Lowell writes: "1 know very well what tho charm of mere Wonls is. i know very well that our nerves of sen-ation adapt themselves, nr. the wood of the violin is said to do, to certain modulations, so that we receive them with a readier sympathy at every repetition. This is a jiart CDf tho sweet, charm of tho classics. We are pleased with things In Horaco which we should not find especially enlivening in Mr. Tup|Der. C.owper, in one of his letters, after turning a clever sentence, says: 'There, if that , had been written in Latin 17 centuries ago by Mr. Flaccus, you would have thought it rather neat.' IIow fully any particular rhythm gets possession of us wo can convince ourselves by our dissatisfaction with any emendation mado by a contemporary poet in his verses. Posterity tnay think ho lias improved them, but we are jarred by any change in the old tuna Kven without any habitual associations we cannot help recognizing a certain power over our fancy in mere words. In verso almost, every ear Is caught with tho sweetness of alliteration. I rememlier a line in Thomson's 'Castlo of Indolenco' which owes much of its fascination to threo rn's. whero 1kD speaks of the Hebrid isles NYE AND HIS COW. [From an instantaneous photograph.] boy," replied the judge solemnly -as ho stowed away the wad of bills, "I think it would be a good thing for you to go to some night school where there is a complete course in that noble game known as draw poker."—Buffalo Expresa army." • Another hour slijis away. The Federals have waited too long. At noon they could have carried the position with a rush. At 1 o'clock they would have met with stubborn resistance, but victory would have perched on their banners. Now as the Federals are ready to move the Confederate 5,000 have liecome 10,- 000, and their 10 pieces of artillery have become 20. "Shoo! What's yo'r idea, loot-ma The hours dragged by till it was most 3 o'clock. Then on the pulseless air I heard a scream, such a shriek as one only hears when life and death are in the balance. Oh, how can I thank you enough, Messrs. Burlingamo and Touchmenot? Could you not sell mo one and take some Early Dutchess of Strikeleather apples this fall toward it? "I think somebody ought to wa-i him and give him warning to leavi town at once. If he refuses to t reckon we can scare up enough tar feuthers to uive him a coat." ... 1 "Murder!" "Murder!" "Murder!" She played and Bang an instrumental piece called the "Peewee Bird Waltz" iii G. The young folks waltzed in the hall past my room No. 8 (C width). Getting Even. feiV/f-D \ v. ■■ V!; £ h It is a pretty moan man who will "guy" hifl own wife. She usually deserves better than that. But thore are some unprincipled husbands who cannot rosist the temptation to have sport with the best of helpmeets. One of these men went east not long ago, and hirf wife accompanied him. Possibly hat was what made him a little sore. However, on the train she remarked that she had a great desire to visit the hippodrome in New York, and she pronounced the word correctly too. "Ho is stabbing mo. Oh, will not some one come! Oh, my wife and child! For their sake, for God's sake, have mercy!" When I occasionally straightened out in this room, it sprung the outer wall so that the building was not plumb. A majority of the troops are fresh and their nerves unshaken, and all are ready for the grapple. 'I am a northern man," said Kenton after a moment's thought. I had never heard such a cry in my life. I jumped out of lied and ran to the window. No one was in sight. I am glad of it now. Then I opened my door and stepped into the hall. Forty other gentlemen wearing a look of horror only were in the hall. All night, or until traintime, Pearlino played pieces with one hand, such as "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and "Mother, Is tlio Battle Over?" Thirteen thousand Federals move against the pl*teau at different points almost as one man, and the battle opens with a great crash. Under General Jackson's immediate orders are five or six regiments, (hi the right of his line is a Virginia regiment. On the right of that regiment is a company from the Shenandoah valley. They have notboen in action yet. As the Federals move np to the attack Ilickett's Federal battery, supported by a Minnesota regi- "Yes, they call you a Yankee." "I have cared nothing for polities. There is n great principle herein in volved, but our greatest statesmen are divided over it. The south seeks independence from a federation which has become unbearable. The north, or at least a goodly portion of it, denies the right of secession. This coming war is the consequence. I stand on neutral ground." Today I received the following letter, inclosing two cents for payment. The letter is written in bright cochinoal ink and shows that I am still able to command a ready price for the work of my pen: r v. Soon tho manager and a porter rushed past me and broke open a door where the murder was going on. "Why, my dear," spoke up the cruel husband, "what are yon thinking of? It is not hippodrome. It's hip-pod-rome," and he pronounced it in four syllables, with the accent 011 the "pod." w They found a commercial man and a vacant bottle side by side in tho middle of tho floor. Though the bottlo was empty, it had a triumphant look. Kind hands secured the man firmly by means of tho firo escape rope to the four corners of the bed and put a folded wet sheet on top his high, intellectual forehead. In the morning he was able to bo up and down stairs about five minutes ahead of the bartender. Mr. Bill Xye: Stella, Wash., Jan. 21th. "Far placed amid the mclanchoiy main. I remember a passage In Prichard'a 'Races of Man' which bad for me all the moving quality of a poem. It was something about tho arctic regions, anil I could never rend it without the same thrill. !)r. Prichard was certainly far from an inspired or inspiring author, yet there was something in those words or in their collocation that affected me as only genius can. It was prolmbly some dimly felt association, something like that strange power there is In certain odors, which in themselves the most evanescent anil Impalpable of all impressions on tho senses have yet a wondrons ina./ic in recalling and making present to us some forgotten experi- Deak Sik—Please send me a good lecture on Llils subject it is resolved that a railroad Is more beneficial than a steam ships or sailing vessel Is is I am on the railroad side there for® I want you to make it apear that railroad Is the most benticial and oblige one o£ the subscribers to tlie weekly paper. Your respectfuly, Mo wires Mowret, Stella, Cowlitz Co., Wash. P. S.—I send 2 cents. M. M. CHAPTER II 'Say, Star, do yoii ktirnr tin re's a \'onkcC Having the greatest respect for her husband's knowledge of English pronunciation, the wife said nothing, but treasured up the correction. 4 / Q C«- // * € W/ WL •i \ f \ Let ns go back a few weeks and connect the chain of events. "Yon are nentral today, hut yon cannot be 80 days hence," said the old lawyer as a troubled look came into his face. "Do you find any neutral men in that crowd down tiiere? Havo you heard any neutral talk among our people? It may not bo 10 days before you will be pat to the test." "Doggone it, lootonant, but yo' an dead right! Yo'i ttio cajitain nrti-r jC -i walk right op to him (his very night!" ainfriKi vnt The thnnder of a hundred guns had been let loose at Charleston, aud the south was rushing to arms. One who has not witnessed the beginning of war cannot comprehend tho insanity of exrftelnent which accompanies the passage of each fateful day. We of the north were delaying, hoping, trying to make jurselves believe that war would be averted, though no one could tell how. While we were delaying the south was acting. No man iv any southern coinniunitv dared talk of tieace. While the north raised regiments the south put brigades into camp and planned a campaign. While the north waited Hie south possessed itself of fort after fort. The stieets of every city echoed the tread of marching tuen; every village was aroused by the music of the fife and drum. That generation knew nothing of war. Men looked upon the waving flags and rippling banners, the marching volunteers and the holiday attire and said to each other: Soon after their arrival in Gotham tlyo couple wero the guests at a swoll dinner party. "Well, you f?ejD, "observed Wyleaft er some hesitation, "tin* captain and I aro very busy whiting fur war news, and wo have sortjo' decided to leave th matter to you lxiys. You'll find l»C "s a Yankee spjjr, andjyon'll probaMy want to use him rotiglil and it we were alewe'd be obliged to protect him. V i \l better get aliout a dozen of the hC y • ! gether and give Mr. Yankee a call to night. Talk up to him and 1-■: him see that yon know all about him. Perhaps he's found out all the Lincoln government wantH to know and is re idy to go north. If lie says he'll go,  Dim half an hour to pack up and walk him down to the train, which j "I see. But s'pose he says he won't 1 print tms letter noping that other litterateurs may read it and join me in i cast iron agreement to demand at least 3 cents. Why not combine in this matter us other great industries do? Down with a 2 cent rate when we can have 31 "Do you know," said the Chicago lady to the host during a lnll in the dinner table conversation, "that I have always wanted to visit your hippodrome," and she placed the accent on the "pod," whereat the New Yorkers looked at one another significantly. She was from Chicago. But her husband came to the rescue. "What test?" "Of your allegiance to one side or tho other. Every young man in our town is hastening to volunteer. I am too old to bo taken now, but later on 1 may be forced into the ranks. It will be a war in which tho south will need her last man. I am not pledged to a southern confederacy, but I am pledged to Virginia. I go with my stat.r. You have come down to cast your lot with us. It is for you to answer whether you are for or against your adopted state. Think it over. If you wish to go north, the routes are still open. If yon wish to remain, you will be asked why you don't volunteer. I do not seek to influence you. Be guided by your own conscience. Tomorrow we will settle all business matters between us. It maybe years lwfore there is any further call for our legal talents in this or any other Virginia town. Military law will soon override everything." Whisky is a great foo to sleep. Just ouo bottle of it kept over 100 people awake that night and very likely the following night also. One reason I like farm life on uiy overhanging farm in tho mountains at Arden, N. C., is that I am content to drink a gourd full of branch water and go about my business or draw a draft from the base of my tall well at Buck Shoals and forget the hot air of tho banquet room, where bumper after bumper at the midnight hour stimulates applause for dull after dinner speakers to furnish tho guest of tho evening. Besides we ought to get something Dxtra for writing on the wrong side. I (J ways charge more for writing a lecture on the other side. It is harder work. c Sotting a-i(io, then, oil charms of asso-11 thy iiilhicuco to which we aro ulijictcd by melody, by "I'm astonished at you, my dear," he said, with a look miugling surprise and chagrin. "It is pronounced hippodrome—-not hip-pod-ro-me." ciaf ion unon.-vi hurrnouy «,r even by the more sound of word a, we 11 ::y Fay that Btvle Is distin- Another correspondent sends a few questions which I venture to answer as I go along. $ "But," protested the trusting wife, "you told me it was with the accent on the 'pod.'" V; : 9 DC•3 past KuiKhcd f manner by the author's povar i I p.. jet-ling his own emotion into what ho write* The stylist is occupied with tho impri Dsion winch certain things have nuiUu it] on him; tho mannerist is wholly loncertioil with tho impression ho shall make on others. "—Fragments From What is your favorite ambition? My favorite ambition is to grow up to bo a great and good man and to make such arrangements toward the end of life that the poor and needy may come miles to see iny nice tall monument without money and without prieo. "You must be insane, my dear, "he said pleasantly. But maybe she didn't _ talk to him when she found him alone! —Chicago Times. go?" "Tar aixl feathers, StevC feathers will make him mind'" Dear reader, did you ever make a great hit in an after dinner speech and afterward try it on a cool, methodical audience who had paid1 each for seats and who hud not dined unwisely, but too well? changt "Unit, men, hull! Thone who arc not Lowell in Century ctumrdg ufll ]allow mr!" ment, are in front of Jackson's men, The battery is wheeling into position, when the Virginia regiment is ordered to charge it. With a wild cheer, the command dashes forward, hut to meet with such a withering volley from the western men that it falls back in confusion. Let us follow the company on the right. As it falls back its captain is left lying on the field. The first lientenant should lie in command, bnt neither ho nor his fellow officer seeks to rally the disorganized men. The company is breaking back in a mob right nnder Jackson's eyes, when a private seizes the flag from the panic stricken color liearor and shouts: "They will, fur shore, and we will giv him tar and feathers! YC aartin he's a Yankee?" "Of course." ''Means to fight agin us?" "Of course. You are not goir Tlifj Wanted Willie. What is vour favorite animal? IDroll Stephen (irant. "Then this is wai ? Men who have written of wqr have deceived ns. There is no suffering, no woGnd«d, no dead. Let us also join in the march." Relatives of the old fashioned sort arr sad disturbers of the dignity of the ris ing generation, especially when they trot out pet names in public, as all fond par ents of the old fashioned sort invariably insist on doing. It's a difficult thing foi ;» parent to realize, anyway, that bio child has grown up. Mv favorite animal is the new milk cow. The dog is a faithful animal, but he is not by nature so pure or noble as the milk cow. In the language of the president, "She gives us milk to drink and meat to eat besides. Her hide may be made into boots and shoes, with which we majr walk from place to place and thus get. there." Stephen Grant was an erratic genii's whose jests and extravagant sayings were 'enjoyed by his contemporaries. Mr. Bell, in his • 'Bench and Bar of New Hampshire," gives the following specimen Cif hi dro'l way of putting things. lie was-a "rolling stone" in his profession, the law, and once went to Wentwort'i f-D live, but did not stay there long. Being a:.ked his reason for leaving the place so soon, he replied: I have. Take this advice, yo who have made a banquet hit at 1 o'clock a. m. Do not expect a cool headed audience who paid for seats to give von thunders of applause that you got after 18 courses of good food washed down by a whole South Carolina dispensary of cordials. If you do, you will run up against the largest avalanche of sod that you ever saw. I3ut historians had not decf i ved them. They were deceiving themselves. The beginning of war is merriment and feast. The end is marked by thousands of marble headstones (tearing tJt« single word "Unknown"- those ainl crajDe and teais anjj desolation. It it*4 o'clock in the afternoon of one of t hose never to bo forgotten spring days of lKIH. remembered now only by gray haired men and women, '1 he ho ne is the ancient town of \V inC h. slD r. in the In an tiftil Shenandoah val.' v, the garden spot of the Old Domini- .. ITi.d. r cover of a wooden awning sheltering the front of the old D!C■ and poslofiiec two men are seated at a table borrowed somewhere for the oceasion. One of them wears the tmiforino! a militia captain; the other is in citizen's dress and has a list of names on a paper before him. Hear what the captain is saying to the men crowding up until they stand sis or eight deep ln-fore him. The old lawyer rose up and passed down stairs on his way home withont further remark, leaving Royal Kenton in a brown study, which was interrupted 10 minutes later by wild cheering on the street. He went down to ascertain the cause, and a man who had just volnnteered swung his hat and replied: dunk out, are you?" "8tev« Brayton hhvit CliCl flunk in nl his life, and ho ain't Din to begin now but" There is a young man in a, position of great trust in one of the largest mercan tile establish nients of this town. Hecariie from the country originally, l»ut wok Id rather liave that forgotten. Yesterday u litt le old man entered the coupling roou Ho was done up in about live lengths o' red and yellow scarf and gave othei evidences of hailing from the latitude of Johnson's creek or Firnlley's lake. "But what?" impatiently CVitianC1oCl Wyle, who was in a hurry to ]DC ceedinga Kin iDrC God bless the milk cow! How can we compare the career of the office seeker with that of the sinless WW? She dues not come in for the purpose of annoyance, like the office seeker does. Sh»D does not hold her hat in her hand and point out her good qualities to the president, as so many do, hut gives us nice fresh milk from day to day. Hurrah for the milk cow, boys, and may she have many happy returns! "There's not room enough there. The hills come down all around so close together that there is no space to turn "II'Miray! We nns is gwine to send fellers right on to captur' Washington and olo Alte Lincoln!" "Seems like we orter hevsome sort o" heginnin. lie un drawed n]i them papers fur me and didn't make no charge, and I don't want to jump in on him all of a sudden. Seems like I orter sorter civil and decent at fust and find out what ho un's doin or means to do." There is another disagreeable surpriso in store for the lecturer, which comes largely from the realms of ignorance. I may speak freely of these things because I am now closing a farewell season on the road, I trust. round in. A little shoemaker moved in and began business there, but when he tried to pull out hi C wax he hit lDofh elbows agaust the hills."—Youth's Companion. CHAPTER III, "Halt, men, halt! Those who are not cowards will follow me!" Night comes, and the streets of the old town grow more quiet. Men have cheered thorn selves hoarse, and intense excitement has wearied everybody. An evCDn 50 men have signed tlu» roll, and moro will come in tomorrow. The recruiting office has been closed by the removal of the table and the departure of the captain. With that officer we have little to do. With the man in citizen's clothes who assisted him we have much. Let mo introduce to yon as he sits on tho veranda of the village inn Duke Wyle, 35 years ot age. a bachelor, the only son of ex-Judge Wyle, tho nabob of the village and county. Tho young man has been educated for nothing in particular. He has done nothing in particular since ho lett college. "Steve Bray ton, I'll scratch your name of! the toll this very night! You ain't got the sand to make a soldier!" "Is Willie in?"' he asked the clerk at the counter. There is one element of your audienco that rides 30 or 50 miles expecting to seo a strange yet comic monstrosity It was too late to rally the company as a whole. It was breaking back on the reserve, headed by its two lieuten- -Willie? Who's Willi, the puzzled youth. questioned A llrokon I«lol. But the cow is not talented. I had one once that I enjoyed looking at a great deal, but she would eat clothing even with a pasture full of nice garlic before her. A couple from Aceomae county, Va., had seats in the senate gallery at Washington and were enjoying their novel surroundings. Presently the man nudged the woman. ants, but at the call to rally aliout 30 of the men turned and rained a cheer and followed the flag. The sight of the flag and the echo of the cheers put heart into the beaten regiment. Something like order eame out of confusion, ""d a moment later two-thirds of "the i7giment were fighting over the guns. The other regiments of the brigade moved np, and they calae just in time. Tho First Michigan and Fourteenth New York were charging up to support the Minnesota men and save1 the guns. "Shoo! Don't yo' lD" so flnstrated! Hev yo' got that rCdl with yo'?" "Why. our Willie. He's clerkin it here, ain't lie?" In a Humpty Dnmpty costnmo do the cancan and the split. It expects you to combine tho features of Jefferson, Florence and Goodwin with those of Dan ltioe, Alvin Joslin, Oarmencita, De Wolf Hopper and Francis Wilson, Sam Jones, Mary Anderson, (ius Williams, Dr. Parklmrst, John Kelley, James Whiteomb Riley, Lillian Russell and Oliver Wendell Holmes. They Dionie and hitch their teams in front of the courthouse, put mayonnaise dressing m their ]jie at the hotel and go home pad and bitterly disappointed. "Yes." "Good! Hand it over Tho young man was about to replv that Willie was not on his visiting list when the stately gentleman who is known to the head CDf the firm as "William," to the cashier and the principal bookkeeper as •'Will." and to the other employees as "Mr. Jones," with the ac cent on the "Mr.," came forward and greeted the visitor as "father." Dut he will in Ver again lie called any name in that establishment, even by the smallest office boy, except "Willie."'—Buffalo lur "What do you want of it One night the milk did not taste of garlic, but of an Irishman who worked 011 the street near her pasture, and with whom I was on terms of intimacy. ''Geemeutly, Jemimy,'' he exclaimed, "look at them doors!" "I've dun got a plan. I'll take that paper along. I'll git Ike Baxter, I?ill Taylor, Tom Henderson and sixor eight mo', and we'll find that Yankee. When we've found him, I'll lie civil and de cent aid say: 'Folks is a-tellin that yo' un is n Yankee spy, and that yo' un is gwine to skip out fur the north party quick. How docs yo' un constandnate? '' "We want HO more men to fill ni» this company. Within a week we shall be ordered to the front. We want only young men and good men. Now, then, you all who want to go to war and see some fun put your names down on this paper. You, there, Stove Brayton, step up and sign!" "What uv them?" she asked. "W'y, they ain't much bigger'11 any other doors.'' I started away to the house, hoping to settle with the family at once, but met him on the way and found that it was his coat only that she had eaten. I paid for that one and nino others belonging to the rest of the gang that summer. They got so that they would rub an old coat over her head and give her an air which I recognized, and then I would have to pay for the coat. I bought nino coats that way without seeing them, for every one who will stop and think for a moment will remember how dark a cow is to prowl around in, especially in tho third stomach. And I could not have told which was the coat of her stomach and which were the Irishmen's. "Course they aiu't. Why they be?" should He was silent for * minute. "Well, well," he said at last in a tone of disappointment, "who'd a tliunk it? I've heerd so much about what big men United States senators wuz thet I'd a swore thet a whole panel had to bo tuck outen the*wall for 'cm to git in at," and until they left the sacred precincts there was naught in his face but the shadow of a fallen idol.—Detroit Free Press. And now for the space of a quartor of an hour 5,000 men fonght with bayonet, with clubbed muskets, with whatever weapon they conld wound or kill. It was the fight of a mob. It was a mob which went circling round and round the batteiy long ago disabled by thfl killing of all its horses. The Thirtyeighth New York, followed by a portion of the Fire Zouaves, went forward yelling and cheering, but they came too late to save all the guns. The Confederates held the ground and retained three of the pieces. As Jaikson rides forward the company from the Shenandoah valley is diagging one of the captured guns to the rear. "How long shall we uns lie gone, captain?" "Duke? Oh, Duke's all right," was the reply to any half meant criticism. "Tho old man's got plenty of money, and Duke is his heir. Good boy, that Duke. Likes to hunt and ride and is a little wild, but he'll steady down after a bit. Don't you worry about Duke I" "What do you moan by tbat Wyle. naked jirtsd, iMIOIIglt, Captain Jack Crawford, the poet scout, lias hit the nail so squarely oil the head that I venture to insert his remarks here! "I reckon on CO days." "Then I'll put down." "And I!"' "That moans how does ho un stand Is he un for the south or north? II 1 un's fur the south, let him put his nan right down thar to Ik1 one of u un's fur the north, we tins will cum Patrick and Michael wore talking over tin* frrim subject of autopsies, and Michael saiil: "And II" Pap read In Tlie Weekly Spear Tn all us folks Hot long ago 'At ole Bill Nye was comin here To give his preat oneqnaled show. An then he sort o' lafTed an said 'At folks \1 till their money's worth. Fur he would bet his bottom red It was the greatest show on earth. "Say, captain," called a yonng farmer from the rear rank of the crowd, "can't yo' make the time 550 days? The old man's feelin norelvthis soring, and he can't do no farm work. I'd like to go along with yo* all, but I can't spare over 30 days. Make it 80 days, and I'll put down." lt \ permit the nmrtli 'An .sure it's ui"- ill" tlirif Mould never i doethers to nuiko And when tho news of war came Duko found tho excitement his nature craved. When tho volunteer company was full, ho was to bo its first lieutenant. Ho and Royal Kenton were acquaintances, but not friends. In tho beginning they had been attracted toward each other, and there was promise of close intimacy. But no two men can lovo tho same woman and bo friends—• lDe anythipg lfss than enemies. Both were frequent callers at the old mansion standing at the head of the lorn* fur tnr and feathers." their alitapsy wid me." "Fhwat wud ye diD. Mike?" Raid Pat. "It v. nd t«' nieissnry for the spalpeens to walk over me dead body first!" "Steve, you've hit it—hit it pluro center!" exclaimed VVvlo as lie rose up t According to Instructions. shake hands. "You've got the idC i exactly. Put that time paper right. ; Boots may bo made from the cow and also the tallow to beautify them for wearing purposes. Mrs. Whackster—Bessie, when Mrs. Wintersykes comes you must not say anything about her hair being false. him! If he's for us, he'll sign; if 1 "Iwdade, that, MikC r»!i why mightn't they do It's a simple moind ye Then all us boys just burkled down To make enough to take us in A-doin ehores around the town— By Jinks, we worked like mortal sin A-ehoppin wood an shovelin snow. An doin jobs of every sort. Fur we w*.s bouiyi to see the show When Bill Nye come to HiKicinsport. agin ns, he won't. Get your men t gether and start out right away." iv, for me own part, 1 havo an ahtapsy, Mrs. Wintersykes (some minutes later)—And this is Bessie, is it? How you have grown! "I don't like to say 30," replied the as he stood np to look over the crowd. "You see, we've got to gC t there, wherever it is, and then we've got to have a fight or two and march around, and I should reckon on 50 davs anyhow. whin I'm (lead 1 I believe that the day is not far distant when the cow cud will be utilized, and that the saleslady will also learn from the cow the art of raising and lowering tho cud at will. Heretofore the cow cud is the only thing that Mr. Armour has hi'pn misvliln t.o work into a "Wo una will find out all about it in an hour, lootenant, anil doggono my liidCD if I ain't ro chock full CDf foat that I 've got to holler! Hip, hip, hooray! Aim low, boys, and «iv' it to 'cm heavy!1' sure." "Who commands this company?" asked the general, looking in vain for a ennnniHBlnned officer "Bokp. 'i' I'd not dony mcsilf the small satisfaction t.f knowiii fhwat I (lied W id 1''—E xc h ui igc. "An why will vi' have if, Pat?" Bessie—Yes'111. I think your hair looks just beautiful, but if I was you I'd paint up them eyebrows.—Chicago Tribune Flip said lip was tho queerest cubs 'Atevcr breathed the atmosphere Ab showed his Uhotygr&f to 119,