, 1877-10-21

he stir, and ut last he stood for more than a
minute absolutely alone, save for the dying and
the dead piled in heaps around him. It could
only end one way amid the storm OF bullets
which were raining round him thick as hail :
one at last found its way to that noble heart,
and he fell dead. As the Turks swept over the
parapct and dashed past the spot where he Law,
the Colonel, struck by the boys extraordinary
courage and devotion, gave orders that he
should be dcccntly buried. In the evening be
body was that OF girl. I give this most
astounding declaration Of the Colonel upon the
authority IT one Of the English officers on the
Sirdar's staff, who tells me that he vas actually
present when it was made; 1t seemed almost
incredible; but, true or false. no brayer heart
ever beat than now sleeps in that little grave on
the sunny slope Of Kacclycyo.
WHY SHE WANTED 1T KEPT QUIET,
.feo FORK TPorld.
There has been an unpleasant scandal IN in
the neighborhood OF Tenth avenue and the
Park. About q year and 4 half ago Young
man, a drummer for commercial house, made
his appearance in New York, coming from Chi
cago, became acquainted with pretty young
woman, paid court to her and married her. They
lived together happily till last May, one child
being born to them; then the husband, under
the plea OF business which would occupy him all
time after the wife received news from Chicago
concerning her absent lord which startled her.
She made inquiries, and was not long il finding
out that he had left wife aud chilli III Chicago
when he came on East and married her, and
that previous to that he had deserted ut least
one wife in Iowa. Further research showed that
he llad married fourth wife in Atlanta, with
whom he was living in the honeymoon. A
}fortd reporter, hearing OF the complication,
sought out the betrayed New York wife and
unnask ami punish the decciycr, and was some
what surprised to learn that she intended to
take no action whatever. "0,'' said the re-
porter, in astonshmcnt, 'thc old lovc-with
all his faults you love him stili-that is, you
shrink from the publicity - Not at ALL"
said the betrayed woman calmly, but another
gentleman is paving attentions to me, and
thinks ain widow, and--and you will oblige
ne BY publishing nothing about the natter"
a PIONEER HOUSEWIVES SPORT.
1TInnfp:g tMnn.) Free Press
One afternoon III thu latter part Of last month
the wife OF ". &. Livingstone, Of the Boyne,
noticed four young bears In the wheat-tieid
Mr. Livingstone Dcing absent at the time. sue at
once proceeded to drive the intruders off, when
one took to tree on the bank OF the river,
about 100 yards from the house. and the other
three took to their heels and disappeared So fur
as this story is concerned. Mrs. Livingstone
stationed herself under the tree while her little
daughter ran to the house and brought loaded
doublr-barreled gun. Buth barrels we're dis
charged at the bear, which, while it was serious
II wounded, was still able to make attempts
to come down the tree. Ammunition having
given out, Mrs. Livingston ARMED herself with
an aN handle, and with that weapon successfully
resisted the cudeayors OF bruln to escape,
wllaekiny the brute OH the paws every time lie
cA'c in reach. The tree was guarded till cycu-
ing, when Mr., Livingstone returned home with
his rifle Mrs. Livingstone then took the
weapon, fired, aud the animal felt dead ut her
feet. The bear weighed 10 pounds, dressed.