Pittston Gazette

              ESTABLISHED! 850. » VOL.. XLV. NO. -14 I Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. MARCH 29, 1895. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. CH1CKAMACGA. uniform ot a private ol cavalry put temporarily ill place to load them. For a moment a murmur ran alonj; the line, but gome one recognized him—one who knew his mettle—and word was passed, "It's the cavalryman, Colonel Maynarcl.''The p;q among the Confederates as ne liaa been condemned by his comrades. few words of sympathy at tne loss 01 his brother, putting out her hand frankly, and with a smile: "Arise, Sir Hugh," she said. "You have been on your back long enough. You must get used to sitting up and prepare to go to Ireland and to administer your estata " offense could not bo ignored. Indeed he could not afford to have it ignored. The sentence must be oither set aside or carried into effect. Dismissal would be far more desirable than living in suspense. as there shall be a history of this war— " the Rock of Chiokamauga." canopy of flowers, and where stood a , - _ group of Confederates of high rank. | CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. On the eastern stood the full rop|C5 For the March 81. . u tL#0aS* W8f th6 battle" I Comment by Rev. 8. H. ho,le. field of Chickamauga. To the west, the ! Topic.-Cbriafa yoke.-Math. xi. awo- John Army of the Cumberland, besieged in rtv, 11,15. rout of the right ami were f Permission came for Colonel Fitz Hugh to take the party forward, leaving the escort at Rossville and taking Colonel Maynard's parole not to divulge anything ho might see to the Union commanders, a useless provision, for there was nothing of importance by the way for him to see. bis efforts to save the left Ac any rat no one seemed to cure anything about them. The tips and downs in military life are rapid, and since the eclat attending his gallant services on the ridge his comrades were disposed to look upon his sacrifice of himself for another as rather a heroic act, after all, quite in accord with his peculiar personality. CHAPTER XXVIIL A SINGULAR CEREMONY. By Captain F. A. MITOHEL. All those matters rushed through his mind while he rode to respond to the summons. The nearer he drew to headquarters the less hopeful he became. After all, was it not absurd to expect anything except that new papers had been made, the sentence forwarded "approved," and he was now to be informed that he was no longer in the army? General Thomas could do muoh for him, but there was not a general in the army who had a higher sense of a soldier's obligations than ha How was it possible that so great a leader, so rigid a disciplinarian, one with suoh high conceptions, oould do aught in his case but approve the sentence? And now he was sending for him to inform him of his degradation. Following this reasoning, by the time he arrived at headquarters his expectations were at the lowest ebb. He dismounted, and so preoccupied was he that he left his horse standing without fastening her, but Jakey rode forward and seized the rein. Maynard gave his name to an orderly and In a tew minute* stood before the man whose very presence was quite sufficient to strike terror Into the heart of a delinquent Laura Maynard, after a long period of solicitude as to her husband—detained at home by a temporary illness of her child—had at last found it possible to go and seek him. She had arrived on the morning of the news of his appointment and at once sought General Thomas' headquarters. There she had been informed of the status, and a messenger was at onoe sent for her husband. Leaving the tent where Maynard had first been plunged in despair only to be elevated to a condition of mind bordering on ecstasy, the two sought a hotel, where Laura oould bemadeoomfortable till the next day. and there oassed the time in going over the period sinoe they had parted and rejoicing at the outcome of the singular complications which fate had been pleased to bring down upon the husband. Chattanooga, on half rations. As the j A yoke represents a burden, and we guests approached, the groom, still -in are all born under or willingly take on ms uniform of a corporal, attended by some kind of a ke We ar*  hlf Confederate noncom- ; ta BOme klnd of a loa(1 or barden missioned officer of good family, detail- , JeW8 to whom Chrigt ke the worda ed for the oocasion-ww. seen moving In Math xi 28.30 werennder the bnr. from the north toward the tooa At den or yoke of the law. But a hard yoke the same moment the bride, attired in a lt waa lt reqnired mnch of them.but dress made of a coarse white staff, man- gave them no 8trength or  Tifwtured in the Confederacy, and at- their burden bearing. Christ, therefore, tended by several bridesmaid* who had called npon them to give up the yoke of tt taDC!ut° *£ the law. to become His disciples and to Proved from the south. The two met take His yoke upon them. To all wearon the knoH under the canopy. An offl- ing yoke8D whetCthe yoke of the law, oer *f high rank, who was also a bishop the ke of id J mnsn&htyi of XiSf"S"* B*P?**\,Qrward' o d worldliness, of ambition or self indul,lr Hugh Ratigan and Caroline gence, Christ comes with the same re- Umn mai6,0n6' .7 J quest to give up these yokes and take lamp to light the nuptials was the round Hia yoke them. moon in the east The only . Chrlst.8 yoke is obedience to His comthat composed of flowers, was the broad ' mandments. He doa not try to allure heavens above, in which the stars had n8 lnt0 diBclpleship by telling us that as PPeaf w.11 n g ? Christians we shall have no burdens to only wedding bells were occasional bear. Indeed Christ is very careful albooms m guns on Lookout mountain. wayB to guard against such a false im- The oemmwiy oyer, the bride Kid pKteion. He founded His kingdom upon SET "a? u marquee. Ughted aoro8IL Heaaid) „u man will C0^0 with candles, where th*y took position Me, let him take up his cross and to receive the congratulations of the follow Ma» He tho8e to whom company. All gave way to Colonel and He appealed to become His disciples to Mra. who offered theirs first the cost before they did so, be- We must give yon up, I suppose," caa8e it might necessary as His fol- S2J^i°Jh9 ,owerB to suffer much in the world. 11*8*0 know you better. Y°ag° Christians have burdens to bear and t 8uppCfe\ ,, yokes to wear as well as those who are • »tw m ■D.. not Christians, but with this difference: •But Sir Hugh will go? Christ's yoke is easy, and the others are "Yea, aa soon as he can get his dis- not He goes to Virginia from here, Christ's yoke is easy. This is Christ's w ere he will passthrough the lines to own testimony. "My yoke is easy, and tSK k . j8, My burden is light" The Christian's e hands of the British minister. He yoke j8 easy because Christ helps him to anticipates no trouble in getting a dis- wear it He give8 him strength charge from the Federal army and hopes grace to obey His commandments. The to sail within a month for Ireland." yoke l8often a cr088D md t it i8 ]i bt L,Tv!: D "T! for Chri8t Himself always bears the surprise that the bride could bear to part heavier end of it, as He did on the way «°™awth her husband. to Golgotha, when Simon was compelled w fT? Wi!LmU^Ple ttl1 *5 to assist Him. Christ's yoke is ea£ belast gun has been fired We have argued cause it is a labor of love. Love lightens that question and such is my decision.» burdens always. To obey those we love, Moi decisions," observed the groom, to bear burdens for them is a pleasure, are athing of the past It is not a hardship or a difficulty, be Leaving the newly married pair, the burden ever so heavy or the way Colonel Maynard approached the master ever so long. Christ's yoke is easy, too, °f ceremonies, the bride's uncle. in the light of what it brings to us. No General, he said, I esteem lt a cross, no crown. It is through tribulaprivilege that have waived your tion that we win heaven. It is through right to furnish all the viands for the the light afflictions of the present J wedding feast and have permitted me we obtain glory hereafter. Chwi to contribute. There, pointing to the yoke j8 indeed "like the plumage of the boxes of wine he had brought "are six birdD easy weight, enabling it to cases of champagne, which I beg you 80ar heavenward." to accept aa a contribution from the Wearing the yoke of Christ is the test Army of Chattanooga. 0f iove to Him. "If ye love Me, At a signal from the officer addressed keep My commandments" (John xiv, a negro removed a blanket covering a 16). Obedienoo is, therefore, the test of 111 a T11®1 °! tent: love. Let us, therefore, obey His comwhich had oome a hundred miles and mandments, let us take His yoke upon had not been In position ten minutes. that we may prove our love to Him "I see your six cases, general, and go who first loved us. yo® fl*®8868 better." Bible Readings.—Dent vi, 2; x, 12, Having no further resources at 18; Ecoi. xii, 13, 14; Isa. ix, 2-4; x, 27; hand," said Maynard, bowing, "I retire pg. xixD 8-10; cxix, 127, 143; Mark ix, from the game. " 41; GaL vi, 8; Eph. vi, 2, 8; Phil iv, Hannibal," said the Confederate, 3_ 4; Heb. xii, 1, 2; I John v, 8, 4; II "you may advance the foroe in the first john yi. Rev. « 10; vii, 13-17. box to a position in line on the table."  [Copyright, 1864, by American Press Associa- tion. ] None cared ;;t that critical moment for his recent trial so long as there was ono at their head who could lead them in what they all saw mm the a desperate effort. "Darlin," ho said, looking up at her wistfully. [continued.] It was a singular party that orisp October morning, cantering down the Chattanooga and Lafayette road, the recent bone of contention, toward the now deserted battlefield. Maynard and Fitz Hugh rode together »t the front Then came Jakey and Jennie, both mounted like the rest, while a troop of Confederate cavalry formed the escort The two colonels talked on everything except what was uppermost in their rninda Fitz Hagh several times attempted to guide the conversation upon Maynard's service to his sister in order that he might make a proper acknowledgment, but Maynard, foreseeing his intention, always made some remark by way of thwarting him. "It'B time you were breaking yourself of calling me that You must forget the Confederate 'telegraph worker,' go home and marry ono of the daughters of the neighboring gentry and settle down to become 'a fine old Irish gentleman, one of the rare old stock' " CHAPTER XXV. STORMING THE RIDGE Mark Maynard was standing folding Madge by the bridle, surveying the battlefield. He heard a gun fired from the crest of the ridge so important to both armies. He turned and saw the shell it sent whirl in a spiral, screeching above the heads of two officers, evidently of high rank, standing in a field near the oenter of the horseshoe. One of them, a large, massive man, be recognized as General Thomas. The other was the commander of the jewly arrived division. As Maynard looked the latter rode away. He was going with orders to retake the ridge. Amid the incessant thunders that burst everywhere arouid the line of that horseshoe curve of battle is one place where there is 110 firing. It is at the ridge, where men are forming at its baso for a desperate attempt, and on its top others are preparing to receive them with lead enough to teach them the futility of so presumptuous a move. One day—it was perhaps a week after the retreat of the Army of the Cumberland—Maynard was sitting in his tent with Jakey and the girl found on the battlefield. Jakey had turned up in due time and renewed his services with the deposed colonel. True, that oolonel's position was somevV»t anomalous. He was in no great need of an orderly, but was disposed to avail himself of Jakey's friendship. He had neither seen nor communicated with his wife, fooling a disinclination to do so until something definite should occur to establish his future status with the army. Jakey therefore continued to be the only friend "present for duty." "That's a fine picture ye're makin for me, and what'll ye be doin meantime?" "Working for my country." "And haven't ye promised ye would do no more telegraph workin?" All is ready. Tho line is formed. Seventy-five hundred men are about to push toward the realms of death, and a larger proportion of them are to enter there. At the word "'Forward!" the skirmishers movo out into tho thicket that covers the side of the disputed ridge, followed by tho regular battle line, all climbing the hill together. "Oh, that duty has come to an abrupt termination I I shall never attempt it again. How could I after the sacrifice you and Colonel Maynard have made for me? Besides, if seen within the Federal lines, I should be recognized, and I would then deserve my fata" But all meetings must have an end, and at last the husband, departing, rode to bis tent There he found a messenger waiting for him. Maynard had not seen General Thomas for months. Indeed he had met him but a few times since the days when he was the general's favorite soout. Remembering his disgrace, he was about to go away, not caring, in his altered condition, to meet the man for whom of all the army he felt the greatest reverence. But the general turned before he oould do so and looked in his direction. "There are tho heights from which you shelled the reserve marching to our relief" said Maynard, glancing to the left "You say, "said Maynard to Jakey on tho occasion mentioned, "that you left her at the house to which I told you to take her and took a hand in the flgnt" "Never, so long as it is a causa So long as my brothers xmtinue the struggle I will be with them." "Ye'd better abandon the causa" Glance the eyo along the line. There is the officer, his mind intent on keeping his men up to the trying work before them. The officer intent in koeping himself steady before the eyes of the line he leada There are the faces in the ranks, most of them, if not all, stamped with a serious cast, a dreaa unaer control, with the thought of each that in a few minutes he may bo lying, pierced by a bullet or maimed by a shell. A few there aro whose remarkablo physical nerve or in whom a natural excitable temperament gives them an appearance ( of exhilaration, but such are often the most depressed just before they are well in tho fight. " 'Flag of truoe' wants to see yon on the picket line, sir." "And here our men found themselves Without dismounting, the newly created general rode in the direction of Mission ridge and met "the flag" at its base. There stood a mounted party ol Confederates, one of them bearing a white flag, headed by an officer, a son of the south who spoke every word as though it were of momentous Importance, never omitting the word "six." near this ooveted road, over which we are passing, when the fog lifted ou Sunday morning," replied tho other. "Then so long as the Union army is fightin ye Oi'll be in its ranka" "Reckon." with?" "Where did you get anything to fight "Now we come to the horseshoe ridga Let us ride around its basa From what the little girl has told me I fancy she lives on the road leading to Reed'B bridga " "You'll do no such thing. Yon will go home, where your presenoe is more needed—to your mother, to your tenants. Ireland needs all her landowners suoh as you at homa That is your oountry. You have no interest here." But the first face on which Maynard'a eyes rested was not that of the general. Another was there to greet him, one who, he knew, whether he were honored ar disgraced, would never lore Him the less. It was his wife. The thought flashed through his brain, "She is here to comfort me when the blow falls." He wanted to fly to her embrace. The impulse was checked. Be saw that she burned to fly to him, but she, too, restrained herself, for there, between them, towered the figure of the general. Maynard gave him a quiok glance, but could discover nothing in his countenance to indicate what his fate would be. These glances, these surmises, lasted but for a moment, for the general spoke: "Dead sojer. Tuk his gun 'n cartridges. " It was too late to go away unobserved, and Maynard felt a desire to discover if there were not something, after all, In this great soldier so great that he could afford to give him a kind word. He walked toward he spot where the general stood. "Upon my word I I wonder the enemy stood against such a re-enforcement.""And the United States is your country. You have no other." "Waal, I shot one of 'em anyway. We was tuk by lots more 'n we tins 'n was rnnnin. Suddent I hearn a man say, 'Stop, thar, y' little' Yankee rascal 1' I turned ronn 'n sor a ossifer on horseback. Ho called on uie to' ter surrender, 'n I up 'n shot him." "My pop lives down thar, " said the child, pointing to a cabin a mile below them. "I am, or at least I waa I hardly know what t am just now. I should not be surprised to be informed that I waa to oommand all the armies of the United States." "Are you Colonel Maynard, sir?" "Rats!" "Darlinl" Leaving the Chattanooga road, they followed another leading around the ridge, soon striking a third leading to Reed's bridgo. When they came to the house pointed out by Jennie, a man was sitting on the fence, or one section of it which happened not to have been taken for firewood like the rest, whittling a stick. Catching sight of the child as the party rode up, he went to her, and taking her in bis arms covered her with kisses. The mother, hearing the exclamations, rushed out and repeated the father's caresses. "What are yon doing here, my man?" said the commander of all there was left of the Army of the Cumberland sternly, seeing the begrimed Maynard In private's uniform and not »*5ognizlng him. "Why are yon not with your regiment?" There was a silence between them for some moments. Ratigan laid his hand on hers while she was looking, with a pained expression, out of the window. In her eves was a far look. Her com- While the lino of blue climbs the side of the ririgo nil is quiet above—a quiet that brings a suspense harder to boar than a scattering fire. It promises a tempest when it And it comes soon. From a concbaled line near the top suddenly tnere is a myriad or explosions. Every missile known to war is sent down to stagger that bine line. The first crop of human flesh lies under the reaper. The officer looked puzzled. "I am the bearer, sir, of a message from Corporal Sir Hugh Ratigan. He is to be married at 7 o'clock this evening at Qeneral Bragg's headquarters on Mission ridge." "Yon don't mean it?" "Reckon." "Then what did you do?" "Waal, t'other uns, they went on, 'n I skedaddled." "I have no regiment, general." "Your troop, then?" "I have no troop I am not a aoliier.""Well?" "I have sent for you to inform you of four status in the army." "That is his intention, sir. He desire* your presence." "The dev41 he is!" "Then I went back to th* house 'n found Jennie, 'n by thet time't was gittin dark, 'n the army commenced ter retreat. We uns retreated with th' rest "Who arayon?" "Mark Malone." Maynard bowed his head and waited. "Whom does he marry?" "Miss Carolina Fits Hugh." 'i nave oeen more surprised at outer The sternness on the general's face ■lightly relaxed. "Ah, Colonel Maynard. Pardon me. I did not recognize It you. There was pandemonium on that hillside for 40 minutes. It was an eventful fight for many a man, not considering those who were laid low by missilos of "The offense for which you we« tried," the general spoke slowly and impressively, "was too grievous to t* overlooked. It would have pleased m« in the case of so brave a man to set it aside, but such a course would have condoned thatwhioh, if it should go unpunished, would strike at the very foundation of military discipline. In liberating a spy intrusted to your care you violat ed a sacred trust and assumed an authority such as is not accorded to anj one save the president of the United Statea" on 'em." The parents expressed as well as they were able and in their humble way their thanks to the rescuer of their child, and the party prooeeded on their way. announcements, I confess. I don't wonder he invites me to his wedding, ainoe I helped him to a wife." "Shall I transmit your acoeptanoe of the invitation, sir?" "On foot?" "Yas, part o* the way. Jennie she got tired, so wo r t down by ther road till some cavalry (Jakey had learned not to call them critter companies) came along after the infantry hed all passed. One on 'em said, 'Ef thet hain't Colonel Maynard's orderly.' ' 'N with a little gal,' said another. Then th' fust on 'em tuk me on behind him 'n t'other nn tuk Jonnio on before him, 'n we uns all covered th' retreat" "No, general I was Colonel Maynard. I am now a private citizen. I would be glad to assume my o!4 scootCn«r nnmA Mark MaJnnn " "Goodby, Jennie," said her friend Jakey as he rode off. "Ef ye'll write me a letter, I'll make y' a doll outen a oornoob. I know how ter make 'em." "Goodby." "On one condition." "Please name it Bir." "I heard of your—misfortune. I regretted it doubly, remembering your aervioes when yon were scouting." "Darlin," he taid. "I fear it will be unacceptable to Colonel Fitz Hugh, who will doubtless be the host or one of the hoeta He will not likely yield in a matter of etiquette whioh I must insist on." pan ton bad strengthened certain coubts which had at times come up to trouble her as to the ultimate success, the real motives which underlay her cause, and witn her intense, devoted nature nau led her to feel that all this vast effort put forth by her people might in the end avail nothing or would only, if successful, perpetuate a wrong. Her lover saw her troubled expression. He did not attempt to oomfort her by recalling what he had said. He pushed on further. "Yes, general. Then my services had some value. I was fitted for a scout— • spy. Yon thought I was fitted for rtHMthlng better and advanced me. 1 was vain enough to think you right. I Aid not know myself. As a spy I needed ao conscience. I was not subservient to any principle. When as a brigado commander I was obliged to choose on higher ground, I failed in the choice. I have proved myself unworthy of your confidence. I have sunk to the level from whioh I started." "I can't write." "Waal, I'll do it anyhow. Yer a purty nioe young un ef y' air only a gal." Riding over Reed's bridge, the party passed through the gap in the ridge beyond, and descending the east slope soon struck a road leading to Ringold. They rode into the town about noon and soon drew rein before the house where Corporal Ratigan lay wounded. Fitz Hugh and Maynard dismounted and entered together, Jakey bringing up the rear. In the hallway, her eyes large with astonishment at seeing her brother in oompany with Colonel Maynard, stood Caroline Fitz Hugh. "Colonel Fitz Hugh cannot be present, sir. He is now in your rear with our cavalry completing the starvation of your army in Chattanooga by destroying your lines of supply." "A valuable acquisition to the rear guard," observed Maynard, and he began to question the little girl. He discovered that she was the daughter of a farmer living on the battlefield who had neglected to remove his family till the last minute. Caught in the midst of a fight, all became panic stricken, and the child was separated from the rest Maynard did not raise his eyes froir the ground. He knew was coming, and a shiver passed ovt9 him. "A new set of papers were prepared and sent to ma I forwarded them"— "H'm. I was not aware of any hunger in our ranks. Indeed my request is, knowing that your own larder in the Confederacy is not exactly abundant; that the horn of plenty la not burying you like Herculaneum under the ashes of Vesuvius; that the blockade"— Maynard'a eyes were almost starting from their socketa "With my approval" "Darlin," he said, "ye're right when ye say Oi'm needed in Oireland. Go with me, darlin. Bo me wife. Lot all this intense effort, this sacrifice ye're puttin into a cause, which Oi foresee is doomed, be given to me tenants. The estate is a large one, and ther« are hundreds of people for ye to befriend There ye can work to a purpose. There yer efforts in behalf of a really downtrodden people will be for good. " "Oh, general!" gasped the atricket man, catching at the tent pole for a sup port Laura could with difficulty keep her seat, so eager was she to fly to him. The general did not reply. He was watching the newly arrived division getting into position. The rldtjc was won c.nd held. While he was gaining this information an orderly came to his tent and showed him a letter postmarked Connty Cavan, Ireland, and addressed to the man who had assisted in the escape of Caroline Fitz Hugh. But there were features of the address which led Maynarcf to doubt if it was not for some other Ratigan. war. There wero a few whose place it was to lead in whom a constitutional inability rendered it impossible for  to face such a storm. They w C?re ordered back, their places filled by thoso made of sterner stuff. There were soldiers in the ranks who sknlked, but theis officers drove them on. The main force of that reserve division of Union troops showed a united strength of purpose, wLich, if it could bo transformed to a different field, a field of moral heroism, would make an army of gods. "The blookade la not effective, air," interrupted the officer stiffly. "Has somewhat reduoed your wine oellars, my condition is, I say, that I may be permitted to bring half a dozen cases of ohampagne for the wedding feast" If the brother had failed in expressing his thanks to Maynard, the sister succeeded, but not by worda She grasped Maynard's band, when suddenly, for the first time since her escape, a full realizing sense of the terrible end she had so narrowly escaped swept over her. Sho was looking her gratitude, with all the intensity of her expressive eyes, when her formal brother said: "They have also been approved by thC president and you have been dismissed from the service of the United States, with forfeiture of all pay and emolnmonta " "Yes, eah,'' said the person addressed. And seizing a saber standing in the oor- "You connived at the escape of a spy, I think?'' he said presently. "Worse. I assisted in that escape." "A woman, was she not?" "She was, general." At the first meeting after the death of their beloved pristor, Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D., his Christian Endeavor society decided, upon the recommendation of their foreign missionary committee— for the society has two missionary committees, home and foreign—vo attempt to raise $200 as the nucleus of a special memorial fond to Dr. Gordon. ThiB was to be in addition to the |600 already pledged for the support of their missionaries. None bnt the young people was present in the room, and yet at once more than $400 was raised for this purpose. A debt of $200,000 rests heavily upon the American Baptist Missionary union. It is the splendid purpose of these Endeavorers of the Clarendon Street Baptist churoh of Boston to arouse the Baptist young people of the land to pay off this debt. They hope their $425, which will doubtless soon beoome $500, will be added to by every Baptist young people's society in the United States, in proportion as God has blessed the members. In no better way oould they honor the memory of the noble Christian minister and missionary worker who has gone. It is not too much to hope that with the earnest and prompt oo-operation of all Baptist young people even so large a sum as $200,000 can speedily be raised. Were all the societies to do only a tenth as well as Dr. Gordon's Endeavorers, the task would be accomplished. Memorial For Rer. Dr. Gordon. . ner he unsheathed it with a flourish and pried open a box of the wine. In a moment a dozen bottles were standing Maynard tried to apeak. He wished to say that he oould of thC sentence—that considering the offense, it was merciful—but his tongue would not obey him. on the table like a platoon of soldiers. "H'm. It isn't a pleasant task to •hoot a woman. Yet a soldier must do his duty." "Where did you get this?" he asked. "And leave my brothers in the midst of this horrid straggle? 1 will stay hert till the last gun is fired, till the last blow of the hammer has riveted oui nhnlna " "I assure yon, sir, that it is not neoeesary. We are getting cargoes of wine from Havre by a regular line of steamers. It is your own mess tables at Chattanooga that are doubtless bereft of beverages, owing to the fact that our General Wheeler is circus riding in Tennessee, leaving no road or railroad open to you." "Now, Hannibal, you may fire the opening shot" "It came in with the mail. It's been lying unclaimed for several days, as no one knows who it ia for. There was a Ratigan in the —th cavalry, but be is among the missing. The letter was taken to tho headquarters of that regiment, and Colonel Bnrke suggested that you might know something about tho man." Maynard did not reply. Hannibal broke the wires, and a "pop," a far more weloome sound than "Colonel, there is going to be a weak ■pot there. I would like you to go and see that that gap is closed. My staff are all away, as you see, on some duty. Ah! Never mind. They are marching by the flank, I see. Now it's all right" "Caroline, Colonel M,aynard suffered disgrace on your aocount It is proper you should know bow much we owe him." "So much for your punishment," th« general went on after a slight pause. "There are other matters, however, tc those that had been so recently and fre- Born and bred in the south, Miss Fits Hugh had never seen except with southern eyes. Here was a man who was giving her views never before open 46 her. She had a mind oapable of grasping them and saw the strength, the solid sense, beneath them when properly pre ■en ted. quently heard by all present, announced Mark Maynard climbed with the rest. For a moment when that storm burst the instincts of a human being, acting upon him suddenly, made him recoiL A number of quick recollections llasned before him. His position, the chance given him to redeem tho past, the consciousness that men looked to him for strength in that trying moment—they were all as nothing compared with one other, one which prevented any further giving back. It was not a desire for death. That was too near. It was not a desire to show prowess at a moment when men were either quailing or making records as heroes. At that terrible moment there came before him a picture so sweet, so innocent, that one may well wonder how it could have appeared amid such frightful scenes. It was the photograph of his wife and boy. With it flashed the thought: "All for them. For myself, nothing." that the feast was not only set but "Ah, yes!" said Maynard sadly. "You can tell Colonel Burke that I saw Ratigan killed. But this reminds me," he added. "I must see if I can regain his body." Then to the orderly: "I wish you would say to Major Burke that if he will give me an escort I'll go out under flag of truce and see if I can find out anything about Corporal Ratigan, whom I saw fall from his horse in the enemy's lines. Ask him to make out a request for permission to send out the flag, forward it and let mo know theresuit " This information was too much for even the 6trong nature of bo resolute a woman. She burst into a passionate flood of tears. "I must apologize for our glassware," said the master of ceremonies. "Our He was so intent upon the forming of the line that for a moment Maynard thought he had forgotten his presence. "Do you consent that I shall bring the wine?" champagne glasses were all shattered by "I do, sir, but shall claim for the host, a general officer related to the bride, the privilege of supplying an equal number of cases." the concussions at Chickamauga." "Who was this woman?" the general asked presently. "For the first time since itoocurred," ••M WojmomH nnnflv MT am with my act What is the opinion o1 men to me beside the consciousness at having served so admirable a woman?" And well he might The array oonsisted of tin cups, wooden cups, glass oups and tumblers, all either cracked, "Darlin," said the young baronet, "the world moves on quickly. If yei people suooeed in this war, in leas than • quarter of a oentury ye'U either free yer slaves or be a blot on the faoe of the earth." "You remember when I went to Chattanooga to bring you information of Bragg's movements to Kentucky I met a Confederate officer—a Captain Fitz Hugh—who twice gave mo my life?" "Agreed.- I will meet you here at 6 o'clock this evening, when you oan conduct me and my party to the place where the ceremony is to take place. You may say, if you please, that I shall consider the invitation extended to my wife, whom I will bring with me." broken or dented. And as a circle was Fitz Hugh throw open a door near by and led the way through it into a room where Corporal Ratigan, his ruddy locks contrasting with his pale face and tbo whiteness of his pillow, looked at them with the same astonishment as Miss Fitz Hugh. "Yes, yes, I remember. They're standing well down there in the center and with so little ammunition. They'll get their new cartridges presently from those brought by the reserve division. The ammunition comes as opportunely as the men." "Ob, Bats," she exclaimed, "why did 1 ever meet you? You've sapped the strength I possessed far my work. I oan neve* again do my duty as I have done it thus Iff." "We shall feel highly honored, sir, at Mrs. Maynard's presence. Am I to infer, sir, that your wife has been able to reach you over the burned bridges and trestlework in your rear?" Tho result was a permission to send out "the flag," and the next morning, after an early breakfast, Colonel Maynard, accompanied by Jakey and the little girl, whom Maynard hoped to restore to her parents, each mounted and all attended by a lieutenant and 20 men, set out from Chattanooga toward Mission Ridge. They met the enemy's pickets at tho base of the ridge and were conducted to Rossville. Colonel Maynard at onco requested that he might bo accorded an interview with Colonel Fitz Hugh, if that officer survived tho battle. A messenger was sent to summon him, and as ho had some miles to go "the flag" party dismounted, were taken into a house, where they awaited the officer's arrival. Every attention was shown them, and they were mado as comfortable as possible. Two hours after tho departure of the courier Colonel Fitz Hugh rode up to the door. De considered, xnese are your youtn, the circumstances under which you were placed, the voluntary sacrifice of yourself made to save another and in obedience to your own interpretation of your duty in repaying a sacred obligation. While these considerations do not de stroy the act or its pernicious effect as an example, they show conclusively that it did not spring from base motives, but rather in obedience to a strong sense ol honor, which a soldier should hold in highest esteem." Breaking of invisible cord*. "Why, colonel," he exclaimed, "are ye a prisoner?" -uarnn,-' no saia,drawingnernearei to him, "Ol'll replace what Oi've taken. OTll give ye other duties, the duties that belong to the mistress of a fine estate, tho duties of a woman of high degree in a country where birth is respected far more than here. With your vigor, your strong impulses"— "They're, making a good fight everywhere," observed Maynard. "No. I came by the courtesy of Colonel Fitz Hugh to deliver this letter, which I think is for you. Are you Hugh Ratigan?" "She has found no difficulty whatever in joining me." "Lot me see. You say you were called upon to shoot a woman. She was some relative to this Captain"— Whether ho needed this to nerve him to do his duty, certain it is that from this moment ho forgot danger. One idea absorbed his entire being—that whether he lived or died word should go back to those he loved better than himself that he was at least not among the flinchers. Onco this idfta possessed him he was a machine, a cog moving 300 wheels. Ho knew nothing of the deafening sounds; he was oblivious t« bullots or shells. Like tho picture of the Sistino Madonna was over present the gentle face and figure of a woman holding up a child. Mother and child, in the famous painting, have for centuries stood forth, a divine light to lead tho world from sin. Mother and child, in tho eyes of Mark Maynard, were a divine light to lead him out of the depths into which ho had fallen by a violation of principle. Maynard failed to add that Laura had only come a few miles to meet him. "Oi am." "Now, Colonel Fitz Hugh. A sister." "Sir Hugh Ratigan?" "No; me father was Sir Thomas Ratigan of County Cavan, Ireland." "Guided by your more steady light" "Good day, sir," saidtheoffioer, raising his hat "I shall expect yon at 6." "Good day. I will be on time." And each rode away in the direotion of their respective camps. "That made it pretty hard for yon, ooloneL But a soldier must do his duty""Ye may beoomo one of the most influential women in the three kingdoms." Mew York City Churches. "Perhaps there have been changes," and Maynard handed him the letter. Jakey stepped up to the bride and groom, formed to pledge the bride and groom one Confederate screened himself behind bis comrades to avoid being seen drinking from a gourd. When the oontents of 18 cases—a regiment of "dead soldiers"—lay on the table, the guests prepared to depart The last words had been spoken by General and Mrs. Maynard and by Sir Hugh and Lady Ratigan. Jakey, who had thns far wandered about unobserved, though not unobserving, stepped up to the bride and groom. Though he had not tasted the wine, his eyes glistened with intoxication at the union of his two friends, whose attachment he had noticed from the first According to latest returns, there are in the city of New York 522 churches, of all denominations. These afford a seating capacity of 400,000. The most numerous churches are Episcopalian with 103 church edifices. Then come the Roman Catholics with 84; the Presbyterians follow with 70; the Methodists have 65 and the Baptists 50; the Jews have 46, and the Congregationalists only 7. The Roman Catholics have increased the most rapidly during the last 90 years* having more than doubled in that time. But only a small part of the Inhabitants of the city attend church at ftlL—Journal and Messenger. "Hare the Confederates possession of that ridge, general?" In her eyes came that humorous twinkle he bad once seen before when she stood in her buggy in the road up in Tennessee and tantalized him for his stupidity in having been duped by her. "It would be nice to be"— The corporal took it and looked first at the black seal and then at the handwriting, which he recognized at ouce as his mother's, and road, "To Sir Hugh Ratigan, United States Army, Tennessee, U. S. A" When the general began to speak oi these palliating circumstances, Maynard did not hear him. As he proceeded, however, his attention was arrested. Maynard's offer of the wine had oome about in this wise: Jakey, during the previous week, had been investigating such empty houses as he oould find in Chattanooga and had loaded himself down with knickknacks, such as china ornaments, pictures, crockery, cutlery, Including even daguerreotypes. On one occasion he thought he had discovered a box of muskets. This he reported to Colonel Maynard, whom he persuaded to go with him to a cellar near by and make a search for conyaled arms. The muskets were found, besides half a dozen oases of champagne, which had doubtless been there since the beginning of the war. "They have" "And are our men going to retake it?" "They're going to try." Maynard swept his eye over tho position."Furthermore, there are your brilliant services, both as a scout and yet more recently in the battle through which we have just passed. I have taken pains to learn of your services in the ranks on the 19th of September and wat myself a witness to your gallantry on the ridge on the 20th. I cannot find it in my heart to fail in my acknowledgments to any man, however he may nave erred, who engaged in that desperate struggle, which was a turning point in our fortune and may be said to have saved us all from rout or capture. "To be what, darlin?" "They must take it" The general shot a quick glance at the.degraded officer. "Mo brother is dead," he said solemnly and then tore open tho envelope. "Lady Rats," and she hid her blushes in the pillow on which his head rested. Tho letter advised him, as he supposed, of the death of his elder brother, and as the title and estates of the family descended to him he was adjured to go home and attend to his affairs. Tho sun sotting over Lookout mountain shono directly in the faces of Maynard and his party as returning from Ringold thoy rode into Chattanooga. It was a glorious October evening, and the heights towering them, covered by unseen Confederates, reposed about the town like huge lions watching a wounded animal, confident that at last it must fall into their power. "You think it important?" There was always a certain embarrassment between these two men, which under the circumstances was quite natural, but which was heightened by tho habitual dignity with which Fitz Hugh bore himself. There was much to force them apart and much to draw them together, but it all resulted in constraint. Fitz Hugh lifted his hat to Maynard, then advanced and put out his hand. Neither seemed to think of appropriate words of greeting, and there were a few moments of silence, which were broken by Maynard referring to his mission. "The fate of this part of an army— it can't be called a whole one—depends upon it" "You are right, colonel. We must take that ridge or before nightfall be flying over this field like tho right and oenter, or, what is worse, be captured. This is not the first time I have observed that your eye is made for war." The time of probation was short, but not too short for Maynard's bearing to have its effect. Among the few who held tho men together during that brief struggle for the life of tho army he took an important part. Tho ridge was won, and one of tho first regiments on it was that commanded by Colonel Mark Maynard."Is it as we supposed?" asked Maynard."It is. Oi'm Sir Hugh true enough Me brother, God rest 'im, is gone." Tripping Into Town. "Mlaa Baggs, air yon una 'n Sir Bats roin ter ride roun Tennessee some more L the ohioken coora?" mere was a Durst ot langnter trom the party, and Lady Batigan, with • blush, informed Jakey that the ohioken ooop was broken in pieoes. A little 1*88 with brown, A little lasC3 with raven locks. A little lass with golden hair, "Wo sympathize with you at your brother's death and rejoice with you at your owu inheritance," said Fitz Hugh. Upon leaving the picket line Maynard rode to the house where he had seen the wine and secured it for the evening, plaoing a guard over it Then he went to the hotel and bade Laura get ready to attend a wedding. "Besides for more than a year I have watohed your career with interest. I am sure that you are possessed of undoubted military talents, perhaps of a high order. I believe it to bo true wisdom on the part of the government to retain those talents for the country. Therefore, in the interest of the United States and for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Chickamauga, I have suggested your name to the president for the appointment of brigadier general of volunteers. A batch of such appointments, including yours, was yesterday sent to the senate, and I have a telegram announcing that they were all oonfirmed." Went tripping into town. "I like the golden hair the best," Maynard had become bo engrossed that he did not hear. He almost forgot bis chief's presenoe. All in turn took the corporal by the hand. Dismounting before his tent, Maynard entered it, and there found a letter from his wife. She begged him to come to her if it were possible, and if not to write to her. He read and reread the letter again and again, and then made an attempt at a reply. After writing half a dozen, all of which he tore up, be abandoned the task in despair. His position was too uncertain. The sen tenoe of the court martial hung over him like a sullen cloud. What could he say to her to oomfort her? He well knew that the only comforting she needed was to know that he was not miserable, and of that he oould not assure her. "And I prefer the brown," "And I the black," three sparrows said. Three sparrows of the town. "You must go home atonoe," said Maynard. "Tu-whit, tu-whool" an old owl cried "I haven't a command to lead up that hill, bat I have arms to cany a musket. I'll go in the ranks where I've been since the fight began," and he started in the direction of the reserve. The ridge was not only won; it was held. But who cpn depict tbo holding? It was by a repetition of struggles like the one that took it, only the gray attacked, while the blue defended. Eight times the Confederates charged, and eight times they were driven back. Night came; there was 110 light whereby to make another. The ridge was in Union keeping; the Army of the Cumberland was saved. There was consternation in the Confederate camp when the officer returned with the information that the Yankee had tried to bluff him by claiming the privilege of bringing ohampagne with him, and that he had claimed the right for the hosts to furnish an equal amount The telegraph was set in motion at enoe, directing search to be made in all the neighboring towns for the required beverage. Dalton, Cleveland and other points were ransacked without suooeea About 2 o'olock in the afternoon, as despair was settling on the Confederates, a telegram was received that some champagne had been found in Atlanta. The authorities there were directed to send it by special locomotive, marking it: "Ammunition. Forward with dispatch.""I didn't know nnthin 'bont that Beokon Sir Bats'd find it handy in Ireland. It's kind o' funny yon nns startin ont way np by th' mountings 'n fetohin np down byar, nigh onter th' Georgy Una " And Jakey surprised the company by giving the only "ha, ha" that had to this moment ever been heard to issue from his serious lips. From the belfry in the town. "Glad hearted lassies need not mind "Colonel," ho said, '"I am the bearct of a letter for Corporal Ratigan, though the superscription gives a different title than corporal—the man who assisted mo on the mission which you doubtless well remember. I saw liatigan fall from his horse and suppose that he is dead. Am I right?" "How will Oi go home when Oi'm enlisted for three years or durin the If locks be gold, black, brown. Tu-whit, tu-whoo, so fast, so fast, The sands of life run down! war?" "We'll have to get you out of that," said Maynard. "Your duties are more important in Ireland than as a corporal in our service. We have more than a plenty of men." "Stay, colonel," called the gener&L "And soon—so dames white haired Maynard turned and walked back to where the general was standing. Ho waited for him to speak further, but he did not. Minutes passed, while Maynard watched the absorbed commander, who in turn was watching the line forming below. Will totter through the town. Gone then for aye the raven locks. The golden hair, the brown. And aha will fairest be whose face Has never worn a frown." "No, 6ir. Corporal Ratigan lives. He was severely wounded by a shot from your men. He managed to keen his saddle till his work was accomplished, when he fainted through loss of blood. For a time his life hung in the balanoe. Wo now hope for his recovery." "I wish we oould say the same," observed Colonel Fitz Hugh. As the guests the side of the mountain a choer ,vas heard in the direction of Chattanooga. They stopped and listened. A man rode ont from the Union piokot line V meet them. "What's that tiering?" asked General Maynard. Relinquishing his command, Maynard rode through 2,500 dead and wounded of the 7,500 men who climbed the hillside a few hours before to General Thomas' hoadquurters. The visiting party, expecting to return that afternoon, had but little time to converse upon anything except Sir Hugh Ratigan's future, and thiB they considered fully. It was arranged that as soon as the baronet should be able to travel he was to go through the lines, apply for a discharge and go to Ireland. Colonel Fitz Hugh anticipated no difficulty in securing his permission to depart from the Confederacy, and as he was a British subject of rank itwaanot expected that he would be held to a strict accountability for the part he had taken in the escape of Caroline Fitz Hugh, especially as that act had been largely lost sight of in an event of greater moment—the battle of Chiokamauga. These matters onoo settled, the party moved toward the door, where adieus were spoken, then mounted and rode away. "Colonel Maynard," he said at last, "do you see that regiment down there? It seems to be short of officers. So far as I oan judge from its movements, no one is in command. I shall have to make an infantryman of you, though you are of the cavalry. Qo and lead that regiment in the attack about to be made on the ridge." Suddenly it seemed as if there had been a loosening of invisible cords that had been holding husband and wife apart In the fraction of a second they were locked in each other's arms. Tears, the usual mode of expjession of deep feeling in woman, did not come only to the wife. Yet in a measure the sexes were reversed. Laura was more smiles than tears. Maynard only wept The Submarine Indicator. And bo matters hung for % week. Having do duties to perform, the time passed all the more alowly. The Confederates were sending occasional shells from Lookout mountain, and as they were harmless the reports were something of a relief to Maynard, breaking the monotony of the silenoe. He spent much of the time thinking of what be would do Is case the sentence of the court were approved and carried into effect He formed many plans, which were all abandoned. At last he settled down to the resolve that he would go to the army in the east enlist under an assumed name and await the coming of some missile to end his career, as he had intended at Chickamauga. The submarine indicator used in searching for wrecks on the sua bottom has a metallic sinker, which is trailed along near the bottom. When it approaches a mass of metal, the Indicator ou the search lng ship Is electrically disarranged, and a bell Is rung. The Ilughes induction bal ance suggested the ulan of the apparatus. "Have you any further commands, general?" he asked. "I am rejoiced to hear it Perhaps this letter is for him. Wilt you attend to its delivery?" f "If you will toRlngold. wnere no lies, you can deliver it in person. " "Ole Pap's in command of the Army at the Cumberland." ' 'Ah, Colonel Maynard 1 Let me thank you among others for your work. You men ovor there liavo saved 11:5. I want you to go back to the cavalry and command one of several forces ir tended tc cover our retreat. We must got back tonight to a safer position." TUB BSD. How to Catch Them. At 7 o'clock Maynard, accompanied by Laura, and Jakey, who was always with him, besides a wagon containing the case of wine, were at the appointed place on the picket line, where they were met by the Confederate "flag." Transferring the wine to the backs of Sick mules, all started up the side of Ission ridge to General Bragg's headquarters."It's all very well to talk about issuing bonds of $10 each," remarked Mr. Dukane, "but that is not the way to induce women to buy." "But, general"— "That would indeed be a pleasure. Can you get permission to take me bo far within your lines?" Soon remembering in whose presenoe he stood, Maynard disengaged himself. Turning to General Thomas: Hard. "There is no time for buts, sir." "I am a civilian, with no right to oommand." Collector—See here, when are you going to do anything on this account? "I can try." "What would yon advise?" asked Mr. GaswelL Mudge—I don't know. I have been hypnotized so that I can't go through the performance of paying even when I have the money. - I'm awfully sorry, I assure yon.—Indianapolis Journal. "You are in the service till the finding of the court that condemned you has been approved." Then to an aid, who rode up at that moment: "Captain, go with Colonel Maynard and place him in command of that regiment, " pointing. "And let there bo no mistake. If the order is questioned, say that the exigencies of a critical moment demand that it be obeyed." "Colonel," added tbo general, turning upeDu him a kindly, approving eye, "there are a number to be rewarded foi today's work, among them yourself. If wo get safely out of this, I shall make a suitable acknowledgment of your services.""I await your orders, general." ' 'In that caso I may look, by the way, for the home of this little girL I rescued her from tho battlefield, where she was lost." "General,'' he said In a broken voioe, "I cannot—thanks are nothing—time must show how well I appreciate what you have done. Is there another man in the army who oould afford to take so enlarged a view in such a case? Is there one with so farseelng an eye, so keen a sense of a soldier's duty, tempered with so kind a heart?" "Let Secretary Carlisle advertise bonds at |9.98, marked down from $10."—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. A request was sent up to headquarters for permission to take Colonel Maynard and two children to Ringold and to visit tho recent field of battlo by the way. While the party wore waiting few a reply Maynard was introduced to a number of Confederate officers, and the story getting round that he had saved the lifo of a Confederate emissary, the sister of Colonol Fitz Hngh, he soon found himself an object of interest. Thero was little disposition to inquire into the right or wrong of his act. The service was quito sufficient, and the deposed colonel was as highly honored As they approached the crest a body of Confederate officers, a gay cavalcade in gray and gold laoe, rode out to meet them. They were received by the relative of the bride—an uncle—referred to by the officer who brought the invitation. He was an elderly man, of a dignified and serious mien. The party were conducted to a large marquee set up for the wedding feast. There they alighted, and the wine was unloaded and carried Inside. What He Wanted. Echoes of the Wedding. One morning an orderly rode up to him and handed him an order to report in person at General Thomas' headquarters. Calling for his horse and for his owu orderly, Jakey, to follow, he mounted, and in a feverish mood darted away to oboy the order. Dealer—Can't I sell yon one of these stylographic pens? The price has come down to $1. "It's all nonsense, dear, about wedding cake. I put an enormous piece under my pillow and dreamed of nobody." "Well?" CHAPTER XXVI. AN IMPORTANT IJITTKR. CHAPTER XX 711. TOE CHOICE OP A POST. Maynard paused for a moment Then with a sudden burst of enthusiasm: Scribbler—Is that so? Now, if yon can persuade the ink to come down I might buy one._-New York Advertiser. Maynard tried to speak the grateful words that rose to his lips, but either he oould not or he saw that the general's eye had caught a new point of danger and was absorbed in it Mounting Madge, he rode away with the staff offloer.The battle ot Cbickaruauga is over. The Army of the Cumberland has withdrawn to Chattanooga, safe for the present at least behind breastworks. Their enemies are looking down upon them from tho heights that encircle the town, awaiting for them to fall an easy prey through starvation. Colonel Maynard is awaiting the result of army red "And the next night I ate it and dreamed of everybody.''—Life. Caroline Fitz Hugh had watched over Corporal Ratigan every day sinoe his wounding, and by careful nursing had doubtless saved his lifa It was not for the oorporal to fall in love with his nurse, for he had loved her ever sinoe tho day he first met her. When the visiting party had left the house, she went back to ber charge, and after a "But who shall reward the man who on that terrible day held together tbo Army of the Cumberland? Can tho president bestow an adequate rank? Would the title of full 'general' avail? No! It is for the people to reward you with a title, not given by an individual, but by the common consent of vast masses—not onlv for a dav. but so long What did tho Kummons mean? Something definite in his affairs had come about; that he felt reasonably sure of. Perhaps the papers of the oourt in his case had been found. Perhaps they had been made out in duplicate. The latter supposition was the most likely. His She—Yon say the chicken sonp isn't good? Why, I told tho cook how tc make it. Perhaps sho didn't catch the idea. At Large. First Student—Look here—$5—the first money 1 ever earned. Second Student—And how did you earn it? Easily Earned. There was wonder on the faces of the pen who saw a new commander iq the A few minutes before 7 o'olock the guests were conductcd to a knoll, on the summit of which had been erectod a He—No. I think it was tho ohioken »he didn't catch.—Tit-Bits. "Sold empty wine bottles." gende Blatter. -File-