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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

She had gone but a half mile, when
the steady stroke of horses feet strils-
ing the hard, frozen road behind her
told that her flight had been discovered
and pursuers were on her track
Like frightened bird she sped along
through the night and storm, the noble
horse of the man whom she was out
whiting never once Offering to turn
back or slacken his swift pace.
The sounds of her pursuers now
reached her more distinctly and, de-
spite the speed at which her horse was
going, she began to fear they were
gaining on her
Three miles passed by in that wild
ride and Rachel realized that her pur-
s'lers were indeed gaining ground.
Did fate decree that they should
overtaks herr Must the man she loved
fall into the net so artfully spread to
catch him?
"Neverl" she cried to herself, and,
u.nheeding the numbness of her chilled
hands, the fearless girl urged her horse
forward.
She had just crossed the little ford of
the stream that wound across her path,
when horseman, coming rapidly from
an opposite direction, reined in before
her, grasping her bride rein in firm,
hold.
She believed, in her sudden terror,
that it was one of Rigney's allies sta
toned there, who had stopped her.
She was about yielding to despair when
n familiar voice called:
"Who goes there?"
"oh, Maj. Wayland"
"Rachelr'
In another moment the cold little
hands were in his warm ones, and he
was listening to a rapid account of her
brave mission.
They were soon riding on to Grand
pa Wayland's, where two American
troopers had just arrived with mes
sage from Gen. Washington for the
young major.
Leaving Rachel in his grandmother's
comfortable home, Maj. Wayland, fol-
lowed by the two American troopers,
chased his foes down the road and be-
yond Mrs Ewing's cabin.
| Bold, bad men are usually towards
at heart, and they fled wildly before
the three valiant patriots.
Rigney was severely punished for the
revenge he had tried to take. He was
thrown from the horse, which he was
riding in pursuit of the girl who out
witted him SO fearlessly, and was rem
dered cripple for the rest of his life.
Maj. Wayland married Rachel Ewing
soon after her brave ride to save him.
and the trials of herself and mother
were naSt
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

deal to know, just the precise plans
sly old fox. The young officer can
supply that information, if we have to
torture it out of him. But how did you
manage the business?"
Listen. You rememb Der l told you l
was watching the majors movements
closely. Well to-day he has been Wis
iting at his grandparents, who live
six miles from here on the Morristown
road. . I've just come from him. In
my disguise l carried to him false
message from the widow here, whom /
reported very i'll and very desirous of
seeing him tonight. The majors dead
in love with the girl here, and of
course soon gave his promise to come,
as soon as he can break away from his
grandfather, who is feeble and exacts
much attention from his precious ma
jor, when Washington lets him run
over to see the old people who raised
him. He'll be here in an hour at least.
Keep an eye open, and let the game
walk right into the sack.
Rachel Ewing waited to hear no
more, but crept noiselessly back up the
ladder and reported what she had
heard to her mother.
"Rigney has formed vile plot to
have Maj. Wayland captured by those
rough soldiers brought here for that
purpose. But l will outwit him, see if
/ DON'T" and the girls eyes flashed
resolutely.
but how will you do it?" asked her
mother.
81 will mount Charles Rigney's horse
which stands without, and ride forth
to meet Maj. Wayland and warn him. F."
But. Rachel"
81 am patriots daughter, mother,
and it is to save a noble patriot that
I go. So fear not for me-"
4 B Wrapping herself in mantle and
nubia, Rachel Ewing kissed her moth
er, then descended the ladder, and let
herself out at small back window at
a remote quarter from the kitchen.
The darkness of night enwrapped
the bluff, as Rachel sped around the
cabin to where Rigney had hitched his
| horse.
The horse was one of the best in the
country, and she knew if she could get
; fair start she could defy all pursuers.
Unhitching the animal from the fod-
der rack, she vaulted into the saddle,
and rode away down the woody road.
The storm had not abated much, and
the cold wind of that winter night
made her shiver and draw her mantle
closer about her. But she rode on, un-
daunted by snow and wind, and reso-
Lutte in her purpose to meet and warn
Maj. Robert Wayland.
Reaching the foot of the bluff, she
cook straight road leading to Grand
pa Wayland's place, the way by which
| Robert would be sure to come.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
SHOOTING AN ALLIGATOR.
The Rare Sport Found in Staying tho
Saurians.

The Rare Sport Found in Staying tho
saurians.
The oars we're stopped resting in the
water; the sl1iff half turned, drifting in
the sluggish tide; the long beam of the
lantern, with its oval disk of dim light
resting far out on the surface, swept
slowly around over the waters looking
for the two lost lights Ten minutes
or more thus passed, and suddenly the
two lost sparks cleaned back in new
direction. A gentle, noiseless push on
the port oar headed the slliff toward
them again. "Doucementw whispered
Paul His associate, still more gently,
guided the boat to the left, till only
one light shone from the obscure OBJ
ject in the water. This showed that
he had got on its side, as was desired,
because forward shot always glances.
Cautiously the silent oarsman again
turned his craft to the right Paul
raised his long rifle ready to fire. The
disk of the lantern on the water, con-
tracting gradually, grew proportion
ately more brilliant. As it contracted
the solitary light shining back on the
water from its center became larger
and brighter, till at last the eye of the
great saurian glittered as if he had the
"koh- i-noor' itself in his head. Slow
ly, silently, nearer the boat moved, till
within ten yards of the reptile. The
glow of the lantern flashed along the
barrel of the rifle for few seconds;
then came the ringing report The
light on the water instantly went out,
and the glow of the lantern, now
shining in circle only few feet in
diameter over the place. where it disap-
peared, showed only few foamy bub--
bles and little whirlpools. Thirty sec
onds passed in silence; then an im-
mense dark form bounded from the
depths below above the surface of the
water, and, rolling over on it's back,
sshowed the broad, yellow-white belly
of an enormous alligator. The shud-
dering reptile remained otherwise mo-
tionless for a few minutes; then, spas
medically stretching and stiffening it's
ugly legs and feet, and leaping half it's
length in the air, fell back again,
beating the water with it's tail in blows
sounding as loud as the report of the
weapon which had slain him. Moi
tue Ii" muttered Paul in an accent of
quiet triumph. His associate, after
few ordinations of more voluble ad-
miration, rolled another cigarette, and
quietly turned his boat off in search of
other game. In a few hours of this
hunting five alligators were shot.-An-
drew Wilkinson, in Century.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

dark eyes, lived alone, deriving mea-
ger livelihood from their few acres OF
tillable land below the bluff.
Mrs. Ewing and Rachel were firm
patriots, and, though they mourned
deeply over their great loss, their cour-
age was Of too high nature to yield to
despair and condemn the cause which
had deprived them of protector.
There was one in the neighborhood
who would gladly have done all in his
power to lessen the trials of the widow
and daughter. That was Charles Rig
ney, whose fathers well-cultivated
fields lay just across the stream from
the Ewing place.
Young Rigney and Rachel had grown
up together from childhood, and had
gone to the same school. Later, this
early friendship had ripened into love
on Rigneys side, but Rachel did not
reciprocate his feeling Indeed his
passion and attention had begun to
annoy her considerably, and several
times she was on the point of dismiss
ing him in such II way that there
would be no MISLEADING her real feel
ings toward him.
But they had been friends so long,
and friends in those times meant n
great deal to two lonely women. She
could not bear the thought of hurting
Rigney's feelings. There came time,
however, when she was forced to speak
very plainly.
The cleaning of cheerless winter
evening was falling over the woody
bluff Rachel was making her chickens
snug for the night, when Charles Rig
ney rode up and reined in before the
little rock poultry she'd
Spriugng to the ground he ap-
preached the girl, and would have en-
braced her had she not drawn back,
and with flashing eyes, cried:
How dare you take such a liberty
with me, Charles Ri gney?"
The young mans face flushed deep
| ly, and his voice shook with passion as
he said:
us it possible have made a mis-
take in the regard with which was
pleased to think you favored me?"
"If you believed my feelings for you
were other than merely friendly, ther
you have indeed made mistake" she
answered.
"There is some ore else whom yor
care for?"
The girl was silers, but the ricf
crimson which suffused her checks tolc
Rigney he had hit tie truth. He hat
suspected it before, but hoped to get
ahead of his patriotic rival.
Its that slsulking Maj Wayland
trailing about after that fanatica
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
Tho Test of Death.

Not long since queer old character
in the central part of New York lay
upon the bed of death. lie was land
lord of great possessions and had
never been known to allow tenants
rent to run a day over A widow wom-
an of sore stress came to pay her rent.
BY some oversight of the servant she
was ushered into the chamber of death.
She halted. faltered and said in a
whisper: Pardon me; did not know;
I'll call again" The stern old land
lord, in whose rapidly fading mind the
passion was yet alive, heard the wom-
ans whisper and gasped as he stretched
out his feeble'hand: "No-po need to
to call again, p-pdy nOtc!" And he
died with the small bill tightly clenched
in his stiffened fingers. After the rela-
tives had departed neighbor who
stood gazing upon the thin face said:
Hes dead, surely dead" The man OF
pills smiled, took a twenty-dollar bill
from his pocketbool and waved it up
and down the remains from forehead
TO toes. Then putting the bill away
he said: Yes; surely and positively
dead. There is no surer test in this
case. If there had been the least spark
of life left, he-he would have reached
up for the bill. He's dead for certain. :"
The neighbor agreed that the test
was the best possible, and then the
two walked away, leaving the dead
man grasping the bill in his stony
fingers Chicago Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
R,LKlNs. The HuMoRlsT.

B1ilCins, the humorist, scratched his head,
"It's hard TO be always funny" he said:
s'To turn out two columns n week OF wit,
ats enough 10 make my poor head split"
just then, down the stairs, with clatter and
noise,
,Cauo into the room his fairhaircd boys;
Haryld the gray-eyed, Willie the blue
Aud siar.cyed Teddy, just turned two.
How they teased him-each merry lad;
They pulled his hair-what little he had;
Aud the questions that came from each little elf
Would puzzle the SphynX to answer herself
Poor BI,ins head swan round and round
Until he could scarcely see the ground,
~Tili ne suddenly thought of brilliant scheme,
Aud his countenance shone with u smile su-
prcme.
He wrote all about the gold-haired boys,
About their questions and their noise:
Of what they did and what they said,
But chiefly he wrote of little Ted.
Ere long the letter was almost through
Finished, all but a sentence or two,
"I'm glad that's over" 50 Bilkins said,
And he went for frolic with little Ted.
SO the manuscript lay on the dusk all night,
Hut visitor came before the light,
And left that house TO a desoate day,
For nc took little gold-haircd Teddy away.
hh! The world seemed bleak and drear that
night
As BillSins sat down to his desk to write.
"1he living must live tho the loved are dead;
must finish this lCttCr'-sO Bill;ns said.
Then he wroteA while his heart was numb with
pain,
OF 4 tease who would never tease again:
And hc wrote tho the page was blotted with
tears,
OF brave little Teddy hopes and fears.
Then the last words, that were almost prayer
And almost cry Of dark despair,
About men who work and women who weep
While gold haired Teddy lies still-asleep.
Over the country the papers sped;
And Bilkins' letter was widely read.
They laughed at the pranks of the gold-haired
boys,
And smiled over Teddys childish joys.
But when they came to the sad last part,
AN aching came into each mothers heart;
And each father said, as he looked away:
'tWhy! BillIins isn't so funny to-day"
Alfred Stoddart, in Once a Week.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

leader Washington, who has captured
your heart!" he remarked, hotly.
washington and Maj. Wayland are
brave, noble men, far too good to have
even their names uttered by tory sym
pathizer," retorted Rachel Ewing
1t was bad blow in the face and
Rigney WINGED visibly under it. He
| changed his tone, however, and asked,
half entreatingly:
"Will You not marry me, Rachel?"
mo, my father fought and died a
patriot. 1 could never let his child
wed man whose sympathies are
strongly against the side which he up
held. | do not love you, and can never
be your wife"
Your mind is contaminated with
| this foolish patriot business and you
love another. / know him, and / shall
find way to have my revenge and
humble your pride, Rachel Ewing!"
He darted her look of naughty an
ger, then sprang into his saddle and
rode away down the bluff.
Robert Wayland, an officer in the
colonial service with Washington, was
" 'iuhN'SOiAtN JNhh5 ili"liN BChOiCS
and possessing many excellent quail
| ties. His own parents had died when
he was very young and he had been
raised and educated by his grand
parents, who lived some six miles dis
tant from Mrs Ewing's cabin.
1t had been Robert Wayland who
had brought them the first tidings of
Mr.. Ewing's death, and the young Of
! ticer's kindness and gentle considera-
ton during the sad period which fol-
lowed had quite won the motherly es-
TEEN of the widow and the heart of the
| daughter. 1llb
A week went by and Rachel IND
had nearly ceased to think of Rigneye &
threat to have revenge.
He would surely have enough man.
hood not to injure two defenselesA
women; then how could he find an op.
portunity to harm the young officer in
| Washington's camp?
A cold, stormy day was drawing to a
close, as Rachel stood at window OF
her mothers cabin and watched the
descent of the snowflalSes
Her thoughts were of Rooert Way.
land, and she hoped that he and all
his brave comrades in the patriot serv-
ice were well and comfortable
Suddenly four horsemen galloped
through the falling snow aud drew
rein before the little rack of fodder
where the COW was feeding.
1t needed no one to tell Rachel Ewing
and her mother that they were British
soldiers,
Hitching their horses where they
would be as little exposed to the storm
as possible, the British troopers strods
boldly into the cabin and up to the
pleasant fireplace where a log burned
cheerfully
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

Medical authorities declare that fat
people are less able to resist the at
tacks of disease or the shack of in
juries and operations than the moder-
ately thin. Their respiratory muscles
cannot so easily act; their heart is often
handicapped by the depos it on it, and
the least eXertion throws them into a
perspiration. A very fat pc rson is in
the position of man carryin g heavy
burden and too warmly clothed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20

"If you'd had to study when you
were a boy as hard as I've got to
study" grumbled young Quillback over
his arithmetic, you might have made
your mark in the world long ago."
81 don't think I'm too old to make a
few marks yet my son." remarked the
elder Quillback, reaching behind the
bookcase for the family rawhide Chi
capo rribune
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
Two Better Than Ona.

Figgs-I suppose that you will admit
that cat can hook at kingP
Diggs-Yes; but l should hope he
would know more than to bet on less
thar two. IN. Y. Truth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-20
ousehold Monthly.

Princeton, in The year l777, and Wash
ington and his little band of patriots
had made themselves safe in the rugged
hills of New Jersey.
Several miles from where the Ameri-
can army lay, secure and jubilant over
its recent brilliant victories, on the
slope of wooded bluff overlooking a
pleasant stream, stood the unpreten-
tious cabin of Mrs Ewing.
She was the widow of Jasper Ewing,
a valiant patriot killed in the early part
of the revolutionary struggles. Here
she and her daughter, Rachel, lovely
girl of eighteen, with rosy cheeks and
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-03
MORNING SMILES.

ats a queer thing said Qurank,
land don't understand it. Here I've
been theosophist for three years, and
/ can't project my astral body yet, |"
"That's easy enough accounted fol" re-
piled his friend. "Yours is a jackastral
body."-Bt1dIo Express.
Iaura-"Now, what do you suppose
this novelist means by saying that his
heroine seemed to be 'treading on air p
Flora-"Maybe she wore pneumatic
soles.-l Indianapolis Journal
81 expect to see the time when cleo
tricity will be used for all cooking and
heating purposes" remarked Van
Braam. "Then / suppose bakers will
sell ohm.made bread" added Dindwid-
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
"There is a good deal OF wisdom in
that line OF Pope's, Man, know thy
self.'". "Humph! 1t is often a great
deal more convenient TO have the pay.
ing teller know you."-New YORK. Pres.
Mamie Jagged 6)-"Mamma. was Mr..
Gourmand born with silver spoon in
his mouthT" Mamma-"I guess 80,
dear, and maybe with knife and fork,
too. "-JetrelerS Weekly.
saidso-"Hicks is a married man,
isn't her" Herdso-"I think he is; he
told me he sewed on all his own suss
pender buttons. "-Mtw York Herald.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-03
RREAKFAsT BUDGET.

'sThe major is outside with double
barreled shotgun" said the printer.
show fortunate that was elected cor
oner yesterday," exclaimed the editor.
"WhaRs that got to do with it 2" "Just
this: You go out there, tell him you're
the editor. get killed, and I'll hold an
inquest over you and make enough to
pay your months salary l"-AtlantG Con-
titution.
Rev. Samuel Wakefield, p. D., IL. D.,
and wife, OF Latrobe, Pa, are very
old couple. He is "94 years old and his
wife is but few years his junior.
They were married II years ago and
have 10 children living. No death has
occurred in the family for 81 years"
A Knoxville. Tenn, liveryman fell of
a bridge Sunday and landed on pile
Of rocks, distance OF fifty feet, while
intoxicated. He escaped without in
jury, but got mad because his watch
case was broken"
William Meeker, who lives near
Muncie, Ind, prosecuted tramp who
stole g from his house. The tramp
had his hand done up in plaster paris,
as il broken, but examination showed 1t
to be uniniured.
Thus far this year the ascent Of Mont
Blanc, once considered a wonderful feat,
is reported to have been successfully
accomplished by IA people, four OF
whom were Americana.
Back from the country 70 the town,
Back from the farm where week we spent,
With our fNcos tanned 70 deep rich brown
And our pockets drained to their last red cent
--Ass0 YORK Pre-.
Mrs. A. E. N. Robertson, OF Muscogee,
]. T., has lately finished trsnslating the
New Testament into the language OF the
Creek Indians, from the original Greek.
An Atchison (Kan.) woman has
brought up her chickens on the bugs
collected from the machinery at the
electric light station every morning.
A search is being made in the court
yard OF former convent in tine city of
Mexico for $780, 900 in coin believed to
have been buried by nuns.
A tissue paper trust, which includes
all the large mills in the United States
man ufacturing tissue paper, has lately
been formed in New York.
Probably the first tarpon caught on
the Atlantic coast was captured at Cum
berland, Ga, one day last week. 1t
weighed about 100 pounds.
A publisher has issued small
book containing 7S1 variations Of the
mosquitoes bill joke to sell at the New
Jersey summer resorts.
A prisoner in the Columbus, Ohio,
county Jail attempted suicide by drink
ing pounded glass in his coffee.
According to an exchange, but seven
and q half per cent of the population Of
Bulgaria can read or write.
The London Geographical Society and
the Geological Society both admit wo-
men as fellows.
The 2OOth anniversary Of Stepney
Parish, at Green Hill, Md, was celebra-
ted last week.
The basket worm ispiaying sad havoc
with cedar trees in southern Indiana.
Brooklyn's three public baths were
patronized last week by 5,1l6 people.
An alligator four feet long was caught
at New Haven, Conn.,, on saturday.
A Washington, D. O. man has been
poisoned from crabs bite.
Birdsboro, Pa, boasts Of four-legged
ducklinR.
valdosta, Ga, claims to have white
deer.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-03
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