Pittston Gazette

              BHT/V BIiISIIElD 18 5 O. I VOL. X LV. NO. *5 » Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., I'A., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1895. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. {*','!? IK£SSFM one of the most important military posts in the west. lie bcgran to tliink that it would have been better for his peace of mind had he never met her. reining her pony down to a walk Alice said: private soldier, wliat wouia rDe the verdict of the official circles were it to lDecome a matter of gossip that tho daughter of the commanding officer was in the habit of meeting you on terms of social equality?, It would bo looked upon almost as a crime by those wlio regard the social barrier lDetween official circles and tho ranks as impregnable. Now, my friend, with all candor I will say to you that I hold Mr. Edwnrd Thornton in the highest esteem and feel honored with his friendship. I believe him to be my equal in everything that to make up true manhood and womanhood, and entirely worthy of my highest regard. But ns long as he is unfortunately compelled to move in a sphere of life lDeneatli that in which I am placed I must not allow mj' regard for the gentleman to overstep the line drawn by the hand of propriety and myself descend to his temporary level. I think I have correctly interpreted your nature, my good friend, and I believe you would suffer any personal disappointment cheerfully rather than in tho least dcaree compromise myself or draw upon ine the retjuke of my friends. lJo you not think it best that we should see less of each other?" there is good non-commissioned timber ' He would fain have cia8ped her to his ,'lcre- breast, but prudence forbade any dem- The father directed the conversation onstration of love in so public a place, and with the bells of joy ringing in every tone of his manly voice, he said: "May Heaven bless you, my dear girl, for that assurance. It will be the guidng star to lead me from this bondage jO the freedom of independence. I lave dared to paint the most glowing nental piotures of our future, for I lave long felt that you would some day NYE IN WASHINGTON. jPrivafc Brown. way, because yo come from the groat intellectnal center at Danville, where they can parse 'Paradise Lost' with one hand tied behind their backs and wear open back shirta "I must not distress my horse with too hard riding1. Let ns walk our animals awhile." into other channels, but Alice felt very happy over the assurance that he had a feeling of real admiration for the young 6oldier and might in future develop a warm interest in him. Riding from the draw onto the level of the plain two moving objects caught his eye a milo distant, traveling in the direction of the mountains. Hastily taking his lidd-glass from a saddle pocket he leveled it upon the objects, and his heart seemed to grow cold and a great lump came into his throat when he saw Alice and Lieut. Vandever riding slowly along side by Bide, a pparently engaged in deep conversation. Here, he thought, was an explanation of why the girl had avoided him. She had become on friendly terms with the lieutenant. Of course he had painted his assailant in tho darkest colors, and Alice now looked upon her former soldier friend as one unworthy of her notice. Perhaps she had even been led A THOUGHTFUL EXPRESSION ON THE BROW OFTHE PRESENT CONGRESS. "A very beautiful trait in your character, Miss Sanford. It is an evidence of gentle disposition and a sympathetic soul, and it causes me to admire you "Bill, what do ye say about the death of Jinerel Robert E. Lee?" He Meets the Vice President, Who Re- Bill arose in the middle of the house, paid his salivary respects to the exposed foot of a Lincoln hireling and said: "I wuz one of the detail, colonel, fer tew shoot Jinerel Lee, and my old heart bleeds when I think of it, boys, fer I was from Kaintucky and belonged to the Sons of Temperance at Lexington, but we done it, sail, we done it—shot him and then drored and quartered him there hefor« his wife and children." Then he sobbed and sat down. "Now, Jinerel Fry," said Woodford, "one more word, and I am done. We do not claim to bo in advance of civilization here. We are, in fact, as we know, away yander in the rear of progress, but when eloquent gentlemen like Jinerel Fry comes down here fer tew pervert an (J mislead us as regards the conduck of the wah, sah, and the magnanimity of the Republicans at the clothes of the w&h, sah, I am heah to protest, sah, with my dyin breth. more and more, if that were possible." CHAPTER XII. galea Him With Two Anecdotes Dealing The young girl, with just a tinge of severity in her tones, replied: The following afternoon Alice rode down the mesa trail and her heart throbbed with pleasure when she noted that Brown sat In his accustomed place, his sketch book on his knee. She approached him with a smiling face and extended her hand when he rose to greot her. With Great I'nblic Question*—The Really Happy Man It. Ont of Politics. "Mr. Vandever, an honest compliment from a gentleman to a lady is always appreciated, but 1 detest frothy praise that is bestowed through what some gentlemen may believe a sense of gallantry." some Into my life and reign as queen [Copyright, 1895, by Edgar W. Nye.l Washington, i During the Holidays. \ This is n groat placo in which to study nature, especially when a new congress is here reading tho signs on the high buildings and taking drawing lessons (learning how to draw its mileage). Always when a largo number of new mem bers are sent in at one time isolated barns bring a good rontal here. I have a piece of suburban property here on which I grow turnips, but there are a haunted house and barn on the place 1894. B* THC A/TMOft. Au Rights | CONTINUED j moments Alieo partly regained her composure, and raising her head she looked with trusling confidence into her friend's eyeF ,1 replied: "0, but I assure you iny words come from the lDottom of mv heart; but if I have annoyed you I sincerely beg your pardon, and will not offend again." "Worshiping at the shrine of art, as usual," she said, as he assisted her to dismount. "And what study have you chosen to-day? Hut before we discuss your picture I have something very pleasant to tell you. Papa thinks you a model soldier." CHATTFR IX Bnr walked to his quarters with a light With the one exception of AliC "Mills had been his first "I—I—don't k J Thornton Impr Mrs. Colby. Mr. .me as no gentle- "I hope you will not, Mr. Vandever. If you wish to talk tell me something of your academy life." oonver^ »mj -oman since his man ever btsf I have seen so /T7X enlisti eemod as a lew gentlemr i •ow. He is so He began a running description of some of the sports and pastimes at West Point, and really interested tho girl with his boyish enthusiasm as he detailed his superiority in many of tho games. "lie does? Well, it is indeed pleasant to receive a compliment from such a source. So you discussed me after I left you yesterday?" Blight afford him Mch would gentle, so kind i*. u o and so heroic in bearing \,^laced upon his shoulders w I— think—a—great—deal —of—mm—per- of—mm—perhaps."a glimp-*. again be his when his vorm of service should have expired. The flood of sunshine his acquaintance with Alioe had cast into his distasteful soldier life was multiplied and intensified by the attentions shown him by Mrs. Colby, and It all came to him as the first rift In the cloud of servitude which must one day luolt into the horizon and disappear from the sky of his life. The lady's kind parting words: "I hope to meet you often, Mr. Brown," were yet ringing in his ears when the first sergeant of his troop grasped his hand and warmly welcomed him back to duty. Alice told him all that had been said, excepting the references to his discharge from the service. "My dear girl, I feared as much, and that is why I nave pointed you to the impassable barrier which lies between you—at present. You must master this growing fondness before it masters you, for love, my child, when once it gains supremacy rules its victims as with a rod of iron, and laughs to scorn the rules of propriety. Think of the distressing scandal which would agitate the military circles of the whole land were it to become known that the beloved daughter of one of the most distinguished officers of the army had bestowed her love upon a humble private soldier in the ranks. The finger of scorn would be pointed at you, dear, and your old father, were he to survive the shock, would resign his proud position and seok to bury himself from the world in obscurity and retirement. You are treading dangerously near the brink of an awful precipice, Alice, and I would lead you away to safer It was at this time that Brown emerged from tho draw and leveled his glass at the couple, his heart aching with pain and apprehension at their apparent sociability. "Miss Sanford," he replied. "I fully appreciate the stand you have taken, nrid your nation increases my regard for you. It has occupr^-1, me at times that by evincing a friendship for ore far beneath you in tho social scale you niijht be chided by your friends for disregarding the rules of military etiquette. I would buffer as keenly as yourself were you to be in the least compromised by your association with me. Am I to understand, then, that the meetings which have afforded me so much pleasure are to be discontinued?""It will be hard to convince the colonel of the truth of my story. I ditf not Know that you had made lilm acquainted with the circumstances of my enlistment." "Let us see now, in conclusion, what the white winged bird of peace brought to po' old Jefferson Davis at the clothes of the wifh. What about the justly celebrated olive branch which the Republican party had secured in carload lot* for jinerel distribution in the south? "WILL YOU GIVE MB THIS HOPE, ALICE?" Vandever could not long keep itrav from his favorite topic, however, and, as was his delight when he could get any of the younger officers to listen to him, he began to recount his flirtations with the girls during his academic days. A spirit of mischief possessed the young girl and by an interjected word now and then she seemed to take great Interest in his prowess in the field of love, and led the half befuddled officer to believe that she was looking upon him as a gallant whose charm of manner was irresistible in schoolday affairs of the heart. IHs silly gush amused her greatly, and her seeming admiration of his generalship in lovemaking increased his boldness, and she was almost paralyzed with fright and indignation when he said to her: Is growing old, my dear one, and will no doubt soon be satisfied with the proud distinction he has won by lifelong service of his country, and will «eek retirement that he may pass the evening of his life in peace and quietude. I will be able to lay wealth at your feet, and in a lovely home somewhere, with that good old man as our especial care, we will live surrounded by a halo of love which no clouds can ever dim. Is not the picture a pleasant one to contemplate?" "Oh, didn't I tell you? Well, I told him, or, rather, started to tell him, once, but he scouted at the idea and bade me not listen to such stories from the soldiers." "Mind ye, I did not agree with Mr. Davis regardin the condnck of the wab and fit agin him, bnt I am a Democrat, and I will not stand idly by to hear the magnanimity of tho Republican party bellered at ve bv the silver tongned orator from Danville. I was at the wah, sab, from A to Izzard, sab, and I ask ve to refresh vore memorv. pentlemen. regardin the jenerei magnanimity shown, sah, to Jefferson Davis. Mind ye, I did not agree with him, bnt fit on the other side; yet, gentlemen, I was with Davis in the Mexican wah, sah, and I saw him fight with sword and bullet after others had quit and laid down, sah, fight on and on, sah, with clubbed musket, then with rocks, sah, and fenofe stakes and army crackers, sah, and whatever he could git a-hold of, game to the last, sah! But an hour after Brown left the Colby quarters Alice Sanford entered, and was met by Mrs. Colby with a radiant face. "IIo will not always laugh at It," Brown replied, with a tinge of resentment in his voice. "The day will come when he will believe in me, and— But let us discuss some other matter. I have somothing very serious to say to you to-day. Miss Sanford, and I trust you will hear me through before condemlng me. I have given the matter most serious thought, and have determined to pursue the only manly course my judgment presents. In justice to you, in justice to myself, In obedience to the promptings of manhood, I have determined to unbosom my soul to you, and for the moment may I ask you to forget that you are listening to the words of a private soldier and look upon mo as Edward Thornton, a man of whose friendship you have no cause to feel ashamed. "MY MAN, BIDE AND OVERTAKE LIEUT. "Not altogether. I trust wo may meet nt times and that wo will remain good friends. The day will come, Mr. Thornton, perhaps sooner than we expect, when you will cast aside your soldier character and reenter your proper sphere in life, and when it does como I hope to yet lDe numbered among your friends. I will at times be pleased to see your sketches, and, believe mo, though propriety demands a less display of friendship, I yet hold you in the highest esteem and will do all 1 consistently can to lighten the load you bear. But wo aro nearing papa. Will you sketch to-morrow? I think I will tako a ride down the Mesa trail." "I have met your hero, my dear pirl," she said. "I not only met him, but had a long conversation with him in this very room." VAITDEVEB." to hate him. The thought was maddening, and his breast was rent with painful emotions at the reflection that he might never again hear the loved tones of her voice or gaze into her soulful eyes. "Beautiful! Beautiful!" Bhe replied, her face glowing with the new joy which filled her heart, "and I pray the dear Lord that no oruel blow may fall so crusn our nopes. vtiu you noi now use every endeavor to secure your discharge from the service?" "O, did you, Mrs. Colby? And m$y I ask what you think of him?" "He is a very fine appearing young man, and looks to be a model soldier," Bhe quietly answered. READING SIGNS ON TOE HIGH BUILDINGS, which are used constantly now—and have been for tho past year—for rehearsals. I presume that iny live stock out there has heard inqro speeches on the tariff and currency than the president of tho sonato or the speaker of the house. ground." With a sigh that seemed almost a groan of agony he closed the glass and returned it to its case, and was about to spur his horse forward when on raising his eyes he saw, but a few rods distant, Col. Sanford rifling toward him. Straightening himself in the saddle he awaited the officer's approach, and as he came up re: poctfally gave the military salute. Tin: colonel returned the salutation with official dignity and said: "0, bother the soldier! Leaving Private Brown clear out of the question, how did Mr. Edward Thornton impress you? Isn't he nice?" "Oh, you frighten me 1" the girl said, with an appealing look. "I cannot smotner tne emotions wnicn lioa piacea in my soul, cannot change the nature He has given me, and I believe it would be wicked to torture my own peace of mind even to preserve unbroken the lines of army 6ocial distinction. Mrs. Colby, I confess to you that my eyes have not been blinded to the growing regard I feel for Mr. Thornton. I have even felt that he might Iks noeossary 'to my future happiness. Never by word or look has he shown me any attention that would indicate that he entertained toward me aught but a feellug of simple friendship, and what you have told me of his—of his—thinking a great deal of me comes as a revelation, and, I confess it, a most pleasing one. But, Mrs. Colby, I assure you, on my honor, that I have nCsv *r once thought of the military world knowing aught of any tender feeling which might exist between myself and a private soldier. I did not even Intend that you should know it, dearly as I love you, until Private Brown should disappear from life, and Mr. Thornton, with his military service but a memory of the past, should step into our social circles. If this should be brought about, what then?" "But they were mere moths fluttering about an electric light, Miss Sanford. There was not a womanly soul among them. Oh, had I met thero such a queen among women as yourself no silly cadet-struck butterfly of fashion would have won a smile from me. Miss Sanford, I am as yet but a second lieutenant, but some day I will be a colonel, a general, and you would be proud of tho love of such a distinguished man. I do love you, my dear girl, my queen of beauty! I have long loved you }n secret, but never dared—" "You must be patient, dear one. I must have time to think what is best to be done. And now, Alice, we both have a part to play. It must never be known that a word of love has been spoken between us. I fully realize your position, and know but too well the reproach which would be cast upon you were it to become known that yon had placed your affections upon a private in the ranks, and we must guard well our secret until I can oome forward as a man and claim the dearest prize God ever held within the reaoh of lover's eager hand. Take one assurance to your heart, my darling. I will never olaim that prize until I can do so as one who stands your equal in social life, and who can face your father as man to man and ask him for the priceless treasure he so dearly loves." "O, I fear I can never hide my love," she replied In tremulous voice. "When I see you my eyes will tell the story plainly as words, and when I address you In the presence of others my voice will proclaim that which prudence bids me oonoeaL I will be very happy, Edward, yet very impatient for the day of vour deliverance to oome. Will you not try to hasten It?" "Yes, Allco, I wilL After a day or two when I have had time to fully formulate my plans I will write to my aunt, and the dear old soul will follow any suggestion I may make looking to my release. It will not be long ere I ean olaim my—my—little—wife."' Her breast was filled with a strange raptore, and a smile of radiant Joy lit up her fresh young face. For more than an hour they eat there upon the rock lost in a blissful dream of love, he painting bright pictures of a future alight with roseate happiness, she drinking in his every word with rapturous delight. The sun slowly sank behind the San Mateo peaks, flashing back great showers of golden light to tinge the fleecy clouds with rare oolorlngs of transparent loveliness. More and more brilliant grew the radiant colors as the great orb of day withdrew its face from the grand panorama of plain and mountain, until the whole western skies hung as a golden canopy above the mighty range. The lovers sat and gazed upon the wondrous picture in blissful silence until Alioe softly whispered: "I will tell you, my dear, frankly what I think of him. He came here to report to Capt. Colby for duty, and I asked him in to give me an artist's view of my Bicrdstadt picture which you so much admire. From the discussion of art I led him into other fields, and I was really astonished at the wide range of his information. Putting Private Brown out of the question, as you suggested, dear, I found Mr. Thornton a perfect gentleman, courteous and polished in demeanor, highly educated, n fascinating conversationalist, a brainy man of refined tastes—in short, were he to be to-day raised to his proper sphere In life I know of nothing that should prevent me from welcoming him to my home and presenting him to my friends as a gentleman well worthy their acquaintance and esteem." ' "0, thank you, Mrs. Colby. I am to glad you met and like him, for your friendship will greatly lighten the load the poor boy has to bear. And you think he is entirely worthy of my friendship?" The vice president was speaking the other day to me on board the Asheville and Washington sleeper of the old time political stump speaker, and among other things told of Dick Oglesby's methods of dealing with the currency question. ' 'Gentlemen,'' he said, ' 'we now come to the currency question, of which the Democrats talk to you so much. "And what did they do with po' old Jeff Davis at the clothes of the wah, sah? "M iss Sanford, I speak to you now as one who feels that he is your equal in life, as nearly as man can equal the beautiful womanly flowers which God in II is goodness sends to gladden the world. Sinco my first meeting with you on this, to me, sacred spot the knowledge that you have been my friend has flooded my life with purest sunshine. I had grown to look for your ooming with a yearning which I could scarcely understand, and I could feel my soul go out in gladness to you at your approach, and when, after the unfortunate affair which shut me from your presence for a time, I returned here day after day and you came not, my heart was troubled and my life seemed cast into impenetrable gloom. Yesterday your welcoming smile dispelled the clouds, and I left your side my heart dancing with resurrected joy. In my blanket bed last night I reviewed the happy hours I had spent in your society, and as the details of our meetings grouped themselves in a beautiful pioture in my brain I determined that another sun should not set before I had laid bare my heart to you. "I will. Miss Sanford, at my old rock seat. Before wo part I must express my thanks and gratitude to you for this conversation. My heart will be lighter, for, though I may but seldom seo you, I will feel that you aro my friend. God bless you." "Took him and tried him by drum head cote martial, sah, and bad him burned at thff stake just back of the slaughter house at Richmond, sah. "My man, ride and overtake Lieut. Vandever and Miss Sanford. Give them my compliments and say to them that I am out for a ride, and if they desiro a good-looking old fellow for company I would be pleased to have them wait for mo. I am too old to go thundering after them as I would once have loved to do. I was a great rider In my day, but old age and rheumatism have called a halt on that sort of work." "Yes, sah, and there in the midst of that magnanimous army of Republicans, breathin peace on earth and good will to man, they lashed this venerable hero of many a battle in Mexico and many an Indian fight, lashed him to a green saplin, sah, with hot telegraft wire, and roasted him to death with white birch wood on the soil of old Virginny, burned him to ashes in the presence of his family, and the great hero and patriot, together with over $2,000,000 of Confedrit money in his coattail pockets, went up in a puff of smoke." 4' Now, they ought not to do that They don't understand and never did and never will understand the currency question. Why, gentlemen, tho plain goddlemighty's truth about the currency question is that it's as muoh aF the Republicans can do to understand it" "Lieut. Vandever, how dare you!" she cried, in anger. "You have been drinking; I can detect the fumes of liquor on your breath, or yon would not be so mad as to use such language to me. Leave me at once, sir, instants ly, and never dare speak to me again, or I will acquaint my father with your oonduct. Go!" "Thank you, Mr. Thornton. Why, how pleasantly papa is smiling. That means a good-natured scolding for me." "Aha! you little truant," the colonel cried. "Your tastes are very eccentric, I must say, Miss Sunshine. You run away from your old og'ro of a father to accept the attentions of a young officer, then discard him for a private soldier of better looks and, damme, I must say, more soldierly bearing. I thought you would never get to me, you rode so slowly with your new escort." "U, pupa, my poor pony was so tirefl I could not push him. This is Private Brown, the young artist of whom I told you." Speaking further on of joint debates, Mr. Stevenson told of one which occurred between General Pry and Colonel Woodford, if I am not mistaken, in a little western town. What could ho do but obey? With a parting salute he turned his horse's head toward the young couple and dashed away, confused at the emharassing task assigned him. Rather would ho have faced a thousand yelling savager. who sought his life than the gentle girl and her somewhat effeminate escort, believing, as he did, that through the officer's representations she had come to hate him. As every leap of his powerful horse lessened the distance between himself and the young people, his heart throbbed faster and faster, and he would have made any earthly sacrifice to be relieved of the duty upon which ho had been sent. He at last determinded that he would ride up and deliver his message as though to perfect strangers and hasten away again, and touching his horse with the spurs he uuii iaj jjicoicr opwvl buau tlie unpleasant task might be the sooner performed. CHAPTER XL With an imperious gesture of the hand she motioned him from her, and confused and crestfallen be galloped away. Woodford had been a Union soldier from Kentucky, but was a hot Democrat while General Fry, of course, was a Republican. Woodford said to Fry: "I'm no speaker in public, never bavin had any advantages, but after ye're troo, ef there's time, I'll make a few disj'inted remarks jest so's you all won't have it intirely your own way.'' So after General Fry had spoken in a moderate way, among othar things referring to the magnanimity of the federal government to the south after the war, Colonel Woodford arose and said: "But, Colonel Woodford," said General Fry, "that is absolutely false on its face, and you know it yourself. Jefferson Davis has outlived most of the prominent men of the war both north and south and is still alive on his farm down in Mississippi. I can telegraph him now and get a reply before I leave town." Turning her pony to ride back toward the fort, she noted the rapid approach of a cavalryman, and when he drew near enough to be recognizable a smile of pleasure unseated the frown which was enthroned on her face. "Mr. Thornton would be, yes. But, Alice, dear, indeed you must not allow your sympathies for him to blind your eyes to his rank In our military world. You should look upon Private Brown a$ Private Brown, and not what Private Brown should be or misrht be." "Private Brown, eh? Oho! I see it now. This is the young man who was reoently brought to my attention through the proceedings of a oourtmartlal, and I can understand why Vandever cut and run when he saw him approaching. He foared the man's temper might again lose step, and the dose bo repeated. Eh, Sunshine?" "Ah! that might make a wide difference, dear. Now I begin to understand you, and you h ave lifted a great load of apprehension from my heart There would be no impropriety in a refined, honorable and worthy gentleman In civil life aspiring to the hand of the daughter of a military officer. Many do so, and the most happy results usually follow. Alice, I know what a woman's lovC*-is. I have felt its all-consuming fire in my own soul, I feel It yet, for Capt. Colby and myself are just as fond lovers, and oftentimes just as foolish ones, as wo were when our love was • sealed with marriage. Now, dear, I will be your friend and adviser in this matter, if you will st permit. There (kissing her) is th£ seal of my friendship, and I want you to confide in me. There is but one pathway leading to your future happiness, and It must not be strayed from. While Edward Thornton remains as Private Brown you must look upon him as but a soldier in the ranks. You must avoid him all you oan, and, if it be possible, his discharge from the service must be brought about. I think it can be. When that consummation is reached he may fool at liberty to sue for your hand, and should he do so you must refer him to your father. Ills past life must be investigated, for you must remember, dear, that wo have but his own unsupported ■tory regarding himself. Thoro, I know what you would say. I believe In him as much as you do, but your father would demand the most convincing proof of his worth beforo ho would permit him to show you any attention. Now, you must be patient. If you love each other as I believe yqu do and should Mr. Thornton establish the fact that he is a man of honor and true worth as I believe he will, you need have no fear, my dear girl, of the future, for love will surmount any ordinary obstacle that may rise in Its path." "Now, Jinerel Fry," said Woodford in a sad and sympathetic tone, "ye will not insist, I'm sure, on the magnanimity of the Republican party at the clothes of the wah, sah, when I prove to ye what I say. Sam, ye remember the days of the surrendah, sah, at the clothes of the wah, sah, what was done with po' old Jeff Davis at the clothes of the wah?" "Why, what a surprise," she cried, as he rode up and raised his cap. "This |s the first time I have met you since— linee—tho last time." "Oh, I haU that barrier of rankf cried Alice, impulsively. "Mrs. Colby, we are as God made as, and rank or dress cannot change our natures. Is not Mr. Thornton as much an honorable man in the garb of a private soldier as he would be in the elegant dress of a society gentleman? Ib not his soul as pure while serving as a soldier as it would be had ho never strayed from the path of life in which he belongs? lluve his refined instincts and noble traits of character been stunted or destroyed by his enlistment?" "Miss Sanford, If I have been nourishing a false hope in my bosom I should know it ere that hope has so firmly taken root that it would wound mo almost to the death to pluck it out and cast it away. Day by day, as the tender, creeping vine entwines itself more closely about the supporting oak, a feeling of affection for you has grown in my heart, and reason and manhood tell me that should it be rooting there only to wither and die beneath the blighting frost of disappointment it should be killed in its weaker life. My friend, were I but an ordinary soldier with no fair prospects in the life before mo I would not insult you by ask lng you to listen to such a confession, but as I will some day step from the ranks into an honored place among mj fellow men, as. on the burial from sighl of Private llrown the humble soldier Mr. Edward Thornton the gentlemar will be resurrected, I feel that I do no in the least encroach upon the lines o propriety by what I am going to asl you. My little, my valued friend, thi bud of affection now growing in m' b ' is f-  "Sinco my release from confinement, (•ou would say, Miss Sanford. Do not eel tho least delicacy in referring to that experience, for I assure you that wide from a regret that I violated a military rulo, my oonscienco is entirely Clear when I review my late trouble with—your friend." "0, no, papa. Mr. Vandever did not know the young man was approaching us. He chose to return to the fort by another route, that is all." "Gentlemen, ye've all heerd what Jinerel Fry says, especially abont the Republicans' magnanimity after the wah. Now, gentlemen, Jinerel Fry ortent to do that, jest because ho comes from Danville, where they have a college and churches and telegrafts. It's no way for him to come down here where we are plain people, with no advantages and no schools and no the-a-ters, and tell us about the magnanimity of the Republicans after the war. "That's all, eh? Well, you don't know whether he «aw him or not. I am inclined to think he did. But now for home. This insatiable, unreasonable, tyrannical appetite of mine demands immediate attention. I thank you, Brown, for the trouble I put you to in chasing this runaway. Yo* can go your own way now. Como, daughter."Sam got up and rested his hands on the back of a Beat. Then he looked Gen-, eral Fry squarely in the eye. When within a quarter of a mile of the couple Brown was astonished to seo Vandever suddenly wheel his horse from tho trail, and gallop furiously across the plain in tho direction of the western borders of tho garrison, while Miss Sanford turned her pony's head and rode back toward himself. "My friend! Mr. Thornton, Lieut. Vandevcr Is not a friend of mino. Why, I have Just forbidden him to ever speak to mo again. His unmanly action toward yourself and certain traits of his character with which I had preciously beoome acquainted entirely dcgtroyod any feeling' of esteem I might have entertained toward him, and his iction of few moments ago have caused me to hate aud detest him. I tolerated his society for a time to-day through a tense of the respect due his rank, and he took advantage of that toloratlon to make himself very offensive to me." "I was there," he said sadly. "I was there and under orders, so I had to do what I was told to, and I was ordered to help tie Mr. Davis to a green saplin, gentlemen, with hot telegraft wires, and then to cut white birch wood for a slow fire. White birch wood, as ye know, gentlemen, is the most economical wood they is, becuz ye kin burn the bark off and still have the wood left That's why these here magnanymous Yankees nopri if. saH on nn' nlri .T#vfP Dariq "My dear child, there are rules of military etiquette and discipline which we, as members of the military world, should sacredly regard. In military eocicty, as in military discipline, the lines must be sharply drawn. The men of the ranks must be taught to feel that the plane they occupy is beneath the level of those in official life, else there would be no respect for authority and military rules would be but dead letters. While Edward Thornton chooses to fill the shoes of Private Richard lirown he must have no aspirations above the sphere of the private soldier and must not endeavor to step over the line of social distinction. When his term of service shall have expired and he again takes his place in the ranks of civil life—well, that may be a different matter, my dear." "We are all plain people here, and we make no pretensions whatever, gentlemen, but if there's anything we do love next to our wives and our country it's the everlastin North American truth. It may be appropriate to hero give the conversation between Alice and Vandever, that his abrupt and hasty flight from her side may be explained. It may also show the stability of tho foundation upon which Brown's torturing fears were built. "Instead of being a trouble, sir, I assure you it was a pleasure to be able to serve you in even so slight a manner." Brown saluted the officer, raised his cap to Alice and galloped away toward tho fort. "And what did they do with poor old Stonewall Jackson at the clothes of the wah? Mind ye, I didn't agree with Stonewall regardin the wah, but yet he was a brave man, and, though I fit on the other side, my blood boils when I think of thoway they treated him after the Confederacy busted up. And what did they do with Stonewall Jackson, as brave a man as ever straddled a'wah hoss, gentlemen? Took him and tried him by drum head cote martial and had him shot) Took him out like a deserter and shot him in the bresh I'' "It is an omen of good, my beloved. A forecast of our future when our marital skies shall be ever tinged with golden radiance from the never setting sun of love." "Why, how infernally courteous the fellow is!" said the colonel, gazing after tho retreating figure with admiring eyes. "And how soldierly his bearing. He's a handsome dog, too. See how he sits on that horse, daughter— how like a knight of old he poses In the saddle. I believe Colby told me he had him booked for promotion, and by Jupiter I'll see that he doesn't forget it. A pleasure to be ablo to serve me, eh? I like that. No wonder he knocked that noDiniav off his daintv feet." "We plumb consumed him, sah, and burnt him, as ye may say, to the bitter end." At the dinner table that day Alice, after much coaxing, had drawn from her fathor a promise to go riding with her, but at the hour of starting a man from San Marcial had called on some government contract business, and the girl was compelled to start alone. The business was adjusted much more quickly than the commanding officer had anticipated, and, recalling how eager his daughter had been to enjoy a and, ordering his horse, he started after her. . As he rode through one of the sallyports in the line of earthworks which surrounded the garrison he saw Lieut. Vandever join her out on the plain, and ride away by her side. They started after a little while in a gallop, and seeing the futility of attempting to overtake them the colonel concluded to ride slowly ahead and meet them on their return. "I sincerely beg your pardon," he replied. "But I came to you on a mis»ion. That slowly moving object you see a mile away is your good father, who bade me overtake you and say to you that If you desired a handsome escort you should wait for him." He then sat down, and all was still save ever and anon a salivary salute exploding sharply in the silent air. retust la fast full (TO BE CONTINUED.] THE UP TO DATE METHOD. General Fry arose and grasped Woodford's hand. Tearfully he said: "Goodby, colonel. I feel that our arrangement here for a joint debate was a mistake on my part. I regret it very much, for our line of argument is so widely different. Good by, Ananias, good by." CHAPTER L "O, poor dear papa, has he been chasing1 me? Let us ride toward him, Mr. Gladys Martyn was an heiress. Sh« was the idol of society. Men flocked about her. She loved but one—Harold Simpson. He was poor, obscure. Family pride restrained her. She concealed hei feelings. "Then, as you reason, Mrs. Colby, when a jewel falls from its setting into the mud no one must stoop to pick it up, yet that same jewel in its proper surroundings would assume its full value in anyone's eyes. In other words, while Private Brown may be an honor- "And Capt. Colby says he distinguished himself in several actions with the Indians, papa." "But," said General Fry, "Colonel Woodford, you don't want to mislead these people hera Everybody agrees on the courage and heroism of General Stonewall Jackson, north as well as south. There's no controversy about that, and everybody knows who reads at all that General Stonewall Jackson was shot in battle while loading a charge, and accidentally, by one of bis own men." But this did not affect Woodford's majority. It did not hurt him a vote. Only one man noticed Fry's last remark, and he said to his neighbor: "Did ye hear the jinerel call Woodford Ananias? That ain't Woodford's given name. Woodford's given name is Lafayette." CHAPTER II. "Distinguished himself? Of course he did. My experienced old eyes cannot be fooled, Sunshine, and thoy see a soldier in that man—a soldier who will do a duty when he sees it. There, his cap has fallen off. Now watoh him. See that mount? Precise! Precise! Soldierly In every move, just as I mounted in my younger days. Now, damme, I need a and a horse that will stand as solid as the Rock of Ages until I get a firm seat in the saddle." "Oh, say the word I" implored Harold, clasping her jeweled hand. "Would you win my hand?" said she. "Then go and do something. Be famous. Become a worthy suitor." "I will," he replied, with a ring of manly resolve in his voice. Washington in many ways is the most delightful city for residence in theUnion, as everybody knows. The climate is mild and healthful, except in the very hot weather, and the streets are something to be proud of. Alioe threw her arms about her friend's neck, and kissed her fondly. Then her emotions overcamo her, and burying her face in Mrs. Colby's bosom she sobbed like a child. Capt. Colby's step upon the porch aroused her, and going out at the back door to avoid meeting him in her agitated state of mind, she sought her home and the orivacv of her own chamber. CHAPTER III. Gladys Martyn glanced at the news paper in her hands. What was this? "Harold Simpson—operation—appendi citis?" There was a two column pic ture of Harold and a page description of the operation. "Now, Jinerel Fry," continued Woodford, with a look of mild reproof, "ye must not come down here and strive to bamboozle our people becuz ye come from Danville, where there's a colliwfl anil nnrv bouse We are nlain folks here, and we don't aim to put on any style; but, boys, when Jinerel Fry comes here and seeks to pervert the facts we call him down. We know that we are not highly educated people here, but next to liberty and the love we hold for our homes we love the groat big eternal truth, and when Jinerel Fry, with all his advantages, comes here to warp our minds regardin the magnanimity of the Republican party at the clothes of the wah he should not be permitted to do so. The lieutenant had spent much of the day in a social game of cards with a hay contractor in the club room of the post trader's store, the stakes being but the price of a bottle of wine or the cigars at the conclusion of each game, and a group of chalk marks on the face of the table indicated that quite a number of bottles of the sparkling beverage had changed ownership as the hours sped by. When at last, weary of the pastime, the players ceased their games, the officer became aware of the fact that his brain was in a rather uncertain state of lucidity, and to wear away the effects of his frequent potations he went to the stables, ordered his horse and started for a ride. He was not at all what civilians would term "beastly drunk," but had taken sufficient wine to make him reckless and to screw his vanity up to the highest notch, and as lie galloped out of the garrison he felt as lordly as ever did Alexander the Great after a well won victory. Seeing Miss Sanford riding along but a short distance away he forgot that they had ever had a difference, and hastily galloped up to her side, liaising his cap he said to her: Alice's face glowed with muoh pleasure to hear her father bestow such praises upon liar hero. Thinking the opportunity a favorable one to yet further advance him in the estimation of the colonel she said: "PAPA TIIINKP YOU ARB A MODEL SOL- DIER." Still there is an air of intense anxiety here, a sort of hurried glance over the shoulder ever and anon before doing an important act, as if to discover what one's constituents will think of it The only really happy man here is out of politics and without hope of an appropriation.blown flower of radiant love, and I must ask you if when I am restored to the world and can lay before you every proof that I am a man worthy of you, I may hope to win your love and some day ask you to be my wife?" "He is—he is famous!" she exclaimed, bursting into tears. CHAPTER IV. Days passed, and save at a distance Drown saw nothing of Alice. Day after day, when not on duty, he repaired with his sketch book to his usual haunts, but she had either discontinued her daily rides or had ohoscn a new field for that healthful recreation. lie could not understand it, and the clinging fear came upon him that her father had learned- of their meetings and, with a strict eye to military propriety, had forbidden the continuance of their friendship. The thought troubled him greatly, and he grow morose and reserved In his intercourse with hiB comrades. It was believed by his associates that the sting of the disgrace of a court-martial had left a painful wound, and they did all they could to show him that in their eyes his honor was unsullied by the act of assault and its penalty. CHAPTER X. "And don't you remember, papa, he Is the man I told you of who was an honored, respectable gentleman in civil life, and who was induced to enlist while in an irresponsible condition." "Gladysl" "Harold I"—Chicago Record. He that seeketh an appropriation during this session will have redness of eyes, ringing in the ears, palpitation of the heart, acidity of the stomach, pain on pressure over the abdominal cavity, dizziness, apprehension regarding the future, vertigo, fear of an impending oalamity and thoughts of self destruction long before the money is brought to his boarding house in a neat package by a special messenger. THEY BTABTED ALONG TUE BACK TRAIT* Alice was trembling as a leaf shaken by the wind, and tears coursed down her cheeks. In a voice all broken with deep emotion, she replied: A Serious Loas. Thornton, and he may thank you for catching the truant and returning her to him." Tho woman of 16, of moderate moans and expensive tastes, was sought in marriage by a man with an income of $25,000 a year, but her father insisted that slie wait until she were 20. "I recall some such story, but the army's full of martyrs, who all have fairy stories to tell. You mustn't listen to them, Sunshine." They started along the back trail, and after a few moments' silence the soldier said: "Mr. Thornton, I—I—this is so unexpected. I don't know 'what to say to you. I believe in you. I believe you are sincere in all you say, and that you are actuated only by the purest motives. I have learned to think very highly of you. You have awakened in my heart a feeling new to me, but 0, I should not listen to you now. Give me time to think. My brain is whirling with this strange revelation. Mr. Thornton, I—I—do respect you above all men. I feel toward you as I never before felt toward a man. You seem very near and—and—dear to mo, and— O, I cannot tell you what I feel. I cannot express my thoughts." "TOP FORCE ME TO PI.AI3TEB WORM." "But if his story should prove to bo true, papa, could not his dischargo be secured?" "Why, papa," she protested, "that'i four years." "Now, gentlemen, what did they do with Jinerel Robert E. Loe at the clothes of the wall? Of co'se I did not fully agree with Jinerel Lee regardin the wah and fit on the other side; but, gentlemen, Jinerel Leo was a brave man. I fit with him at Beuna Vista and Risaccy when the pesky greasers rid ovor him as ef ho'd of bin a remains, but ho lived to lead the glorious fight for his people, loyal to old Virginny, gentlemen, ruther she was right or ruther sho was wrong! able, upright man, our equal in birth, education and manly instincts, we must not recognize him while he is in the ranks, yet were he to be to-day freed from the service fetters we could extend to him the hand of friendship, and welcome him as an equal into our social circles. The gem loses its value when it falls from its setting Into the gutter. Is not your argument a little shaky, Mrs. Colby?" "Will you pardon me, Miss Sanford, when I tell you that this unexpected meeting has lifted from my soul a dark, depressing cloud. I had brought myself to believe that you had purposely abandoned your rides down the river to avoid me, that on serious reflection you had, and properly, too, come to look upon tho friendship of a private soldier as beneath your standing in military life, and that our pleasant intercourse had reached an abrupt termination. While fully appreciating tho propriety of your aotlon, I will frankly oonfess that the 6eeming loss of tho one bright ray of sunshine which had oomo into my soldier life deeply pained me. Your cordial greeting of a few moments ago has dispelled that oloud, and I am led to hope that we will oontlnue to be friends." "Of course it is," he said, "Dnd that is not any too long to wait." "Yes, but think of it, papal" "I have thought of it, and that's whj I want you to wait. " "Discharge such a man as that? Not by a jug full. We need more such men when soldier material is so scarce. We can't spare a good soldier in these days, my dear. Did the fellow ask you to plead for his dischargo?" This congress has got a thoagbtful expression on its brow, and it seems to me to be considerably inclined toward introspection."Why not? You lovo him, and he lovos you, and the income is secured by investments that will bo just as good four years hence as they aro now." "But I don't want to wait " "No, papa. On tho contrary he said he regarded his present condition as a deserved punishment for wrong doing in allowing himself to drink uutil irresponsible for iiis acts, and that he would manfully serve his time and do his duty as a soldier to the very best of his ability." "Alice, my dear child, you force me to plainer words, and I must talk to you as if I were your own mother. In my conversation with Brown to-day I several times mentioned your name, and when I did so I could read him as an open book. Every time your name fell from my lips a new light came into his eyes, his face glowed with increased animation, and at one time an unmistakable sigh which he vainly endeavored to suoDress caucht mv attention. Alice, ttiat man Is desperately in lovs with you. and your tell-tale eyes whils conversing of him too plainly Indicate that there is a growing feeling In your young heart far stronger than one of friendship and sympathy for this solidier. My dear child, answer me truly, nre you not falling in love with this man in the ranks?" "Will you grant me the privilege of a short gallop with you, Miss Kanford? I cannot tell you how lonely I get at times, actually blue, since being so cruelly torn from society and thrown into duty in this remote corner of creation."She shook her head impatiently. Clerk of Committee on Geological Re'search and the Cause of Landslides. It la a custom at military posts of the west that after each day's service on guard duty the cavalry soldier, should he so desire, is given a "hunting pass," and is permitted to take his horse and go in quest of game. In his perturbed state of mind sketching had lost its Interest to Hrown, and after each guard service he would secure official permission, mount his horse and speed a\v«y toward the base of the Magdalena or San Mateo mountains to hunt antelope."I know that, papa," she poutod; "but, oan't you see, in that time there will bo a wholo $100,000 that I won't havo a cliauoe to help epeud?"—Detroit BVeo I'lMne. "And what did they do to old Jinorel Robert E. Lee, with his bluo blood and educated at the expense of the United Ilo gently took one of her hands and holding it between both of his own, said to her: Caurc For Suspicion. "Tut, tut. All moonshine. If he does not desire a discharge why do you ask if one could He secured?" "Miss Sanford—Alice, I believe I hold a warm place in your purest of womanly hearts, and the belief floods my soul with a joy almost boundless. Just a word from your lips, just one little word telling me I may hope some day in the future to win you, and my soldier life will pass as but a dream from which I will awaken into a heaven of joy ana rapture, vvui you give mo luis hope, Alice?" "Took him and tried him by drum head cote martial, sail, and had him took out behind camp and shot, sah, and his body quartered, his poor body, scarred with Mexican lances 30 years ago and with Federal bullets again, sah, in de fense of his country, and yet shot and riddled by Republican bullets, sah, magnanimous Republican bullets, sah, and quartered like a bullock, sah, to mako a Republican holiday!" "Wo had better watch the bookkeeper a little," said the senior partner. "He has been buying a bicycle." "You will find mo a dull companion, I fear, Mr. Vandever. I came out myself to endeavor to wear away a half inorbld feeling. You can ride with me if you wish." The Bostoneae For It. "Because I feel that it is unjust to compel such a man to live a life of servitude in the ranks when ho would be such a useful member of society, and I thought if there were a possibility of seouring his release I would broach tho subject to him and might gain his consent to be restored to his friends. I'm sure he has boon punished enough, papa." The spoctacled lassie from Boston had taken a country school in tho southwest, and about two or three weeks after she had lDegnn teaching one of the trustees visited the school. "But you can hardly call that an extravagance," said the junior partner. Turning her clear eyes full upon his face, in low, musical tones, sho replied: "No. But it is likely to make him crooked." "Thank you. I am sure neither of us can feel blue in such charming society. How's that for a double-acting compliment? Hal ha! ha!" "Mr. Thornton, you are a man of wise judgment, and one who can fully appreciate tho proprieties of life. Please allow your better judgment to rule and do not be offonded at what I am going to say. I have, as you surmised, purposely avoided meeting you as I onco did. If you will try to fully understand me I will frankly explain my position. To our little world here you aro known but as a private soldier In the ranks, on the samo footing with your comrades." And the junior partner, who had entered tho firm by the son-in-law route, dutifully laughed.—Indianapolis Journal."Well, how aro you getting along?' ho asked. One afternoon whilq returning from a hunt he rode slowly down a draw or depression in the plain, his thoughts busy with Alice Sanford. It had become quite apparent to him that her failure to meet him as of old was of her own connivance, else why, in such lovely weather, had she discontinued her daily gallops down the river? He chided himself for ever having had tho assurance to think that he, a private soldie.*, might aspire to the love of the daucrhter of the commanding officer of "Very nicely now, thank you, "she replied, "but it was very hard at first."' "Is that so?" "Very clever, but you rate your own powers of attraction higher than I do mine, for I assure you that I will be anything but a charming companion in my present state of feeling." "O, Mr. Thornton, I can no longer stifle tho words which rise from my heart. I do love you; I havo long loved you, and have nightly prayed to my Father in Heaven that the social barrier between us might melt away that I might not so fear my love was hopeless. Yes, my king among men, you may hope, and when you are restored to tho world I will be as proud to proclaim your love for me as 1 a to now proud to "But,"said General Fry, "Colonel Woodford, you do not want to lead these people into an error willfully. Every ohild in the primary schools knows that General Lee died ten years after the war, honored alike by friend and foe, tho loved and respected presidont of a southern college." They Got It. Lady—Well, what do you want? Tramp—Me and my pal's left a dispute to you, mim. "You allow your sympathies to kick your judgment into smithereens, girlio. The fellow has been amusing himself telling you a oock and bull story, and were you to go to him and hand him a discharge ho would laugh at you and refuse to accept' it. Pay no attention to such chaff, daughter. Damme, I llko tho fellow's appearance, though, and I'll seo Colbv and (five him a hint thut "Oh, yes! You see, in the beginning I tried moral suasion as a coercive measure, but failing in that I resorted to a tangible instrumentality." The face of the young girl was red iwith blushes, and she threw her head down into the lap of her motherly iriend to hide her confusion. Mrs. iColby stroked her hair tenderly, and a jSinile of intermingled sadness and •vmoathv lit ud her face. After a few "Miss San ford is always charming," he replied, with a smile that seemed to lose its vitality and fade away into a sickly grin. "Perhaps a gallop may serve to rouso our spirits. Come." "A what?" gasped thesimplo minded trustee. Lady—What is the dispute?— Tramp—As to whether you looks more like Mrs. Langtry or Helen of Troy. We had a bot of a lunch on it, mim, and if you'd kindly decide the bet and loan us the lunch we'd be much obliged.—Lomtou (Quiver. "A tangible instrumentality," sli« replied sweetly, "a good, stout, hickorj switch, don't you know. "—Detroit Free Presa. "Yes, but you know—'' "Pardon mo a moment. I know what others do not. Knowing you but as a "Now, Jinorel Fry," said Woodford, "ye must not come down here and try to mislead our tilain country people that Their horses dashed away and for half a mile they rode rapidly. Then