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A New Years Address.

Tomorrow afternoon. at 5 o'clock. Rev.
Z. b. Spalding, ID, rector Of ST. Johns
Episcopal Church, will deliver the first in a
series of special addresses to young men to
be given at the Young Mems Christian
Association Hak The service will begin
promptly at 3 o'clock. There will be sing
ing by a chorus OF male voices and all
young men are invited to this first service
Of the New Year.
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night service for the apprentices and officers
IN port at l16 Davis street, which will be
made as h0melike as possible"
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Do You Love Your Child?

Are You Doing All You Should!
Mrs. Laura A Kempton's, (of West
Rutland, VT. 0loving daughter was strick-
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A menagerie to cost S1.500, 600 H. bein II
talked about for the Worla's Fair.
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dy's FavOrite Remedy, made at Ron
dOat, N. Y. How happy l am. Mrs.
Kempton writes, that determined upon
that course, for one by one the well
known symptoms of the disease left
her. Words cannot express my graft
tude and l cannot too earnestly recon-
mend this great medicine. HerrecOy-
cry was entirely due to FayOrite Rem.
edy which was the only medicine tax.
en- after her case was abandoned by
the physicians. Has not Mrs. Kemp.
ton cause for gratitudes
A Parents! Mothers! and Fathers!
~ Danish disease and save life by
using this Great Medicine.
It's Guaranteed to Cure or Costs
You Nothing.
1e4 50 MIR
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GIVING THE WORD.
How Starter Rowe Sends
the Horses Away.
MISS RUSSELL SEES 1T DONE
The FavoriteS at Last Have Their Da,
Out at the Blood-Horse
Meeting.

Selling, hve-eigh IA this OF O mile, for three.
year.olds and upward, S400-Pxtricis,
BurIingame up.
Thirteen-sixteenths of q mile, S4OO-
Santa Fe, Jonathan up.
Thrse-eighths of a mile, for yeariings,
S40O-LRst Chance, c. Websr up.
Selling, one mile, s5oo-NeliIe G, Spence
up.
Handicap, six-eighths of a mile, for tw o.
years olds, S4O0-Wicklow, Miller up.
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knowledged belle. Two years had
passed since last we met, years of march
and battle, that had solaced and aged
me, and changed my character from a
light-hearted boy to that Of bronzed
and bearded man whose soul was ailame
with sense Of duty and desire to
bring about peace with Union--that or
an eternity of war.
had made up my mind to stand on my
dignity. | recall the last words had
heard from her lips, words that cut mo
and panied mo more cruelty than the
she'll, which subsequently at Benton
vile tore off my right arm; go, Harry
Watts, and join tho Lincoln hirelings If
you will, but after you-have taken that
step wish never to see your face
again.
repeated these words to myself, as
neared the place where knew I should
find Carrie. for she was reckoning to
me as approached. But when saw;
the beautiful. pale face and the express
sion of unutterable WOO In her eyes,
forgot the dignity had promised my
self, forgot the indignity with which
BIG udo aioAuloScd uics auu Aco4Ahb ohAJ
that on my side at least, tho love of
our early association had survived the
parting, reached out both hands and
said, huskily:
81 got your letter, Carrie, and ! have
come"
She gave me her right hand, and I
could SEQ In the half-averted face
the struggle between pride and feel
ing. She made nm effort to speak, but,
overcome by her emotions, she dropped
into chair and covered her face with
her hands.
heard her low moaning, while her
slender form swa, ed as If she would
rock her agony to rest; this and the tears
pouring through her little white fingers
and falling on her heaving breast un-
nerved me more than tho unexpected
appearance Of all Bragg's army could
have done.
A man never appreciates his want of
power or realizes how utterly helpless 1t
is possible for him to become SO much
as when he tries to check the flow of
beautiful woman's tears. BY an effort
Of will, rather than because Of my we'll
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when at once reported to the COM
mandant, my old friend, General Boyle.
The General had known Frank Brent
since that unfortunate young mans
childhood, and found him in sore dis
tress over the execution, which was to
take place before ten o'clock the follow
ing morning.
81 am powerless to help Frank" said
the General, after we had been talking
q few minutes, s'for the evidence is all
against him. It YVES any other man-if
had not known him since he was
child and his mother since she was
schoolgirl should say without hesita-
tion that he richly deserved his fate"
Recalling the fact that mon ON our
side as we'll as on that of the South
often had to disguise themselves in Or
! der to get through to see their friends
when on leave or furlough, said:
"Under the circumstances, it seems
pretty hard to charge Kentucl1ian with
being spy"
'Do you know the circumstances?"
asked the General.
"Only In general way. replied
.He was captured in citizens dress
near Lebanon" explained General
Boyle; ''but we might overlook that
were 1t not for the fact that on the trial
it was proved conclusively that Frank
Brent, few weeks before his arrest,
wantonly murdered an old and re-
spected Union citizen over on Chaplin
creek, near Perryville. He had fair
trial, and there is no getting away from
the evidence"
sAnd has he offered no defense?" I
asked.
HE made statement, but there was
nothing to confirm IT.
"Then there is no hope for him?"
81 fear not" said the General, COM
pressing his lips and shaking his head.
N"But," he added, after pause, 81 am
making an effort to get the date OF the
sentence postponed"
what have you done2'
II have telegraphed the President and
am expecting reply at any moment"
''And If a favorable answer does not
come by tomorrow morning."
"Then," said the General solemnly,
81 must do nay duty as soldier; In
deed, am powerless to stay the execu-
ton"
Sand Miss Brent is here?''
Yes, poor girl. have given her my
private quarters. You will find her
there or ut the prison" replied the GEN
cral.
Feeling my helplessness more than
ever, and dreadlug the meeting, which
I bad recently been 50 anxious tn byiur
about, went to the Generals quarters,
whittier the boy, Ike, had preceded me.
will confess to having trembled and
felt nervous when in the past heard
the irregular rattle of rides along tho
skirmish line, that always impressed
me like prelude to the opera of death;
but such experiences were calmness
itself compared with my sensations on
once more standing in the presence OF
the girl, who, from the hour Of our
cruel parting under the locust and tulip
trees before her mothers house, had
never been out OF my heart.
1t is not love that leads me to extol
Carrie Brent; for In land famed for the
beauty of its women she was an &c
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to make sure that he could not be over
heard, then bent towards me and whis-
pered:
They have taken away my knife;
loan me yours"
was In the act of putting my hand
into my pocket, when his purpose
struck me. and withdrew 1t.
ut Is against the rules I said. ssfor
you to have knife; you cannot expect
me as good soldier to violate Them"
but will not hangl' he said, with
an oath. .There is way-some way,
to avoid that, and my sister will help
me, IL you do notr'
made up mind to prevent his suicide.
tried to soothe him, but was not disap-
pointed at my failure. A man with q
rope about his neck and the gallows in
sight is in no mood to listen to platt-
tudes.
Promising to spend the night with
him went out to attend to the duties
that had been my excuse for coming to
camp Dick Robinson. Every few min
utes dropped into the telegraph office
at headquarters in the hope OF hearing
that favorable answer had been re-
ceived from Mr. Lincoln; but ten
o'clock came, with increased wind and
rain, without word that might give
hope to the condemned man.
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The following afternoon found me
with my troop at camp Dick Robinson,
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boy came to my quarters with the letter
from which the foregoing is an extract.
The boy was we'll mounted, and his
spattered dress and the TANKS of the
animal, which were covered with Grim
son foam, told how hard he had ridden.
| Jessamine County, seventy miles to
the north, was my old home, and on the
other side Of the Lexington pike from
my fathers house was the fine blue
grass farm of the Widow Brent, the
black boys mistress and the mother of
Miss Carrie Brent, whose remarkable
letter had just read.
sIIave you come straight from Mich
olasville, Ike?" asked the boy, after /
had directed an orderly to have the horse
cared for.
II came ovah from Nicholasville last
niglf, sab, wild Miss Carrie, an done
left her dis early mawnin' wild Massa
Frank at camp Dick Robinson, whar dey
tole her SO how you was jes' bout ovah
heah; SO she tole me to fine you an glib
you de lettah," said the boy.
ordered my cook to give Ike some
thing to eat, and then I took turn
about the camp to think over the situa-
ton.
1t was early November, 1868, and word
had come North that Longstreet was
hard pressing Burnside at Knoxville.
Troops were being hurried South, by
way Of Cumberland Gap, to the help Of
the Ninth Corps, and as the rest Of my
regiment was in East Tennessee, my
orders were to push through and join 1t
without any unnecessary delay.
III had not received this letter l
should have been riding for the South
east within an hour; but was suddenly
reminded that we needed largersupply
of ammunition for our recently-received
Spencors, and that time would be gained
by going to Camp Dick Robinson to get
fresh mounts for about half my men. 1T
was not violation of orders to go
by this route, and after had made up
my mind, which did not take me many
minutes, tried to make myself believe
that the hope of again meeting Carrie
Brent had nothing to do with my change
OF plans; but looking back after the
lapse Of these many years, ! am conf
dent could have reached East Tennes-
see without fresh horses or more am
munition.
loved Carrie Brent as heartily as
disliked her brother, but my dis
like for Frank was not because he was a
Confederate; for many of my dearest
kinsmen and friends had enrolled them
selves under the same banner. Captain
Brent doubt II be was regularly COM
ioned--commanded. before his ar
rest, an irregular troop who had given
themselves the name partisan Rang
ers." These men had shown themselves
to be experts in gathering up horses,
while they were cruel in their treat
ment OF tho non-combatant Union men
of the State. Unfortunately such con.
duct was not peculiar to the Southern
side
When it was fousd that kentucky
must take sides and that her yallcys and
hills were to be battle-felds, Frank
Brent and parted in anger, he to go
South with John Morgan and his ''Lex-
fngton Rifles" and to don the blue and
yellow and fight under the old flag. He
had been recklcssly bold in his coming
and his going, and, as consequence,
he had brought on himself the capture,
which regarded as inevitable from the
first, and he was now threatened with
death which many believed he deserved
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did not ask what this trick was,
nor did I dream that | was shortly to
hear the infamous story from the lips
of the man in question.
Every thing" / said, depends ON
the outcome Of General Boyle's efforts
with The President. II there is re-
prieye, and sincerely hope there Will
be, VIC may get Lieutenant Scott's evt-
dencc in time to save you. Meanwhile,
keep stiff upper lip, and command my
purse and my time. shall be here till
noon tomorrow"
! rose to go, and eHain gave him my,
hand. Still holding N he looked about
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CHAPTER /.

O11AI l.
"For Gods sake, dear Harry, come to
ne at once. Brother Frank was capt
AIRED by your people at Lebanon ten
days ago He was charged with being a
spy, taken to Camp Dick Robinson, and
then, after trial that must have been a
judicial farce. ho was sentenced to
death.
Mother is SO Frustrated by the news
that She can not leave her bed and
feel as II my senses were deserving me.
IF brother had fallen In battle. fight
ing for the cause SO dear to him and to
his family, tho blow would have been still
hard to bear, but 1t would have been as
Heaven compared with being hanged
like dog, and this for an offense of
which he Is entirely innocent
II did not think during this struggle
to ask favor from any man wearing q
blue uniform, nor should do SO under
any other circumstances. am en-
boldened to appeal to you when I recall
that your family and mine were neigh
bors, since long before we were born,
that you and Frank were playmates in
boyhood, and that you were classmates
at Center College when the war burst
upon us; nor can. forget that there was
q time when held more than sisters
place in your heart. BY the memory Of
the happy past, invoke your aid in
this tho hour of our sore distress"
! was in command of troop of caval-
ry and was on my way to join Burnside
at Knoxville. For two months we had
been hunting "Tinkor Dave Beatty"
and his bushwhackers in the Cumber-
lard mountains in my native state,
Kentucky, and were glad of the recall
to amore congenial field.
We were encamped on the old battle
field Of Mill Springs, the first complete
Union victory OF the war, when black
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iiaeneral Boyle. Wo left the food UNI
tasted, while we discussed frank
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ington," l said, ''who should have
weight with the President II they were
to intercede. l am sure they know
Franks kinsmen. If they do not know
him."
'Who are they?" asked the General.
] Tom Speed and Judge-Advocate Cen
! eral Holt.o
by Jove, Captain, did not think of
theml' exclaimed the old man, as he
started to his feet. Join me in tele-
graph and we will send it at once"
IN. Bat this time, tho word "tele-
gram" had not come into use.
We hurried into tho telegraph Office,
and within ten minutes the message was
being flashed to Washington, there to
be duplicated and copies sent to Tom
Speed and General Holt.
As o drowning man is said to clutch
ct straw, SO drew comfort from what
we had done and at once went down to
| tho prison to communicate the fact to
| Carrie Brent and her brother.
| Ipassed the guards about the enclos-
ure; passed the guard pacing before the
door, and came to halt on tho thres-
hold. Within I saw ten soldiers wear
ing their side arms and standing at
| parade rest. 1t WIS my first experience
with military execution, but did not
need to be told that those men were
the death watch and that they or their
| relief would remain with the condemned
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meant attempt to pacify her, Carrie
Brcnt brushed the tears from hercheeks,
and, springing to her feet, cried out in a
voice full OF pleading and passion:
sob, Captain Watts, save my brother
Do not let your people become his muir.
derersr'
Feeling that it would be cruel to re-
peat to her what General Boyle had
told mo or to assure her of my own ina
bility to assist her, said, vaguely:
''For your sake and your mothers, as
we'll as in the interest of humanity, you
may depend on my doing every thing in
my power for your brother. But should
like to ask what you know about his
case"
II can tell you Franks story as he
told 1t to me, and I never knew him to
lie," she replied.
us 1t not true that Frank was in cit
lions dress when captured?'' asked.
ut is; but you should know how dii-
ficult--how even impossible-it is for
Confederate soldiers TO secure proper
uniforms, Go to camp Chase, or look at
the prisoners recently brought here, and
you will see that. although captured In
battle. not one-half of them are in uni
FORM" she said,
was forced to confess that If had
been on the court-martial 1 should not
have paid much heed to the dress worn
by the prisoner at the time of his capt.
ure; and although did not tell her SO,
was very sure that the officers who
tried Frank Brent were not influenced
In their verdict by the fact of his not
being in uniform.
"IIis command" said, sis reported
TO be down near Cumberland Gap. How
does he explain his being two hundred
when eaptured?"
81 will concede that he was rash In
coming into this part of the State as he
did," she answered promptly; s'but his
purpose was not to play the spy"
what then was his purpose?r
"You know Miss Matte Vernon and
her family at versailles?"
Yes, very we'll"
"And you may have heard that since
even before the trouble Frank has been
devoted to her?"
uhl HCdIQ bbnCbuliiB VI Vlk5t Dub
also knew that Miss Vernon and her
family were In favor of the Union and
that it was generally believed that she
was engaged to Howard Scott, a young
Kentuckian then on General Carriers
staff; so simply nodded in response to
Carries question.
Learning that Matte Vernon was
very ILL.," she continued. Frank, in the
hope Of seeing her, was making his way
through to Versailles when he was capt
urcd; then, to make sure of convioting
him, they charged him with murder
that was committed when he was away
with his command In East Tennessee"
This, of course. was her brothers
story. and she, at least, believed 1t as IL
it werp Holy Writ.
Asking her to remain where she was
for the present, / secured pass from
the provost marshal and went down to
the Enclosure within which was the log
house in which the condemned man was
confined.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-21
The Houser Case.

There were no new developments In
the Houser case, yesterday, but the
REGISTERS publication Of the facts re-
gardiug the letters taken from the
mails caused an immense amount OF
talk about the city. Friends Of Harry
Houser say the information given by
the officers who visited his house re-
garding a large amount Of costly bric-a-
brsc Is erroneous in this: That 1t Is
not nearly so numerous or so costly as
the statement made would lead the
public 10 believe, and that much OF 1t
vas presented to female members OF
the family, while other pieces, slightly
damaged, were bought at heavy dis
count at certain of the city stores, some
being so purchased within two or three
weeks. Little Of it belongs TO HouSer
personally.
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Seriously Burt.

Howard Smith, lad eight or nine
years old, while coasting on Thirteenth
street yesterday morning, about eleven
o'clock, met with quite serious acct
dent. Just a. the corner Of Byron and
Thirteenth, big dog ran into the little
fellow and turned him over, and before
he could get up q milk wagon turned
the corner and the horses hoof struck
the boy right in the temple, cutting a
great cash from which he bled profuse-
~. He was carried TO his fathers
home, Adam Smith, the cooper, 146
Fourteenth street, where medical aid
was summoned. The boy is supposed
20 be very badly hurt about his legs as
well as his head. The milk wagon was
driven by woman, and the wagon was
so closed up that she could not see on
either side Of her.
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Held to Court.

The hearing Of Hiram Burkett, the
young man accused OF the larceny Of
bot of cloth from Albert Wuethrech,
South Jacob street tailor, took place
last night in Justice J. A. Ankles Office.
Prosecuting Attorney Howard repre-
Sented the State and appeared for the
defendant. After hearing the evidence
the justice required defendant to fur
nish bond in the sum OF $500 for his
appearance before the grand jury.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-21
Fresh Frult. Every Day.

One of the most attractive fruit dis
plays seen on Main street these Christ
mas days is at the old reliable store OF
Louis Laskaris, just beyond Stone ~
Thomas. There are few men in the
city more skilled in the purchase OF fine
fruits than Mr.. Lasksris, and his great
assortment is fresh every day, large
consignments Of fruit coming direct
from New York every twenty-tour
hours. Such choice oranges cannot be
found elsewhere in the city, and they
are selling at from 20 to 80 cents q
dozen. The Madarines, japanese, per-
simmons, delicious pears, pomegranites,
bananas, catawba and malaga grapes
are all in stock, and of tha choicest
varieties. Mr.. LaskariS alse makes a
specially OF mixed nuts, including all
the kinds known to the trade. Also a
fine assortment of candies.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-21
Bowman Held.

The hearing Of the evidence against
Porter Bowman, charged by Frank
Beekey with rObbing him Of ladies
gold watch valued at S35, achain worth
s. and a cross worth So. took place last
night in Squire Ankles court. The ev-
idence showed that the robbery took
place in one Of the Market Square bar
rel houses. Beekey was intoxicated,
aud while lying down Bowman went
through his pockets. Defendant was
committed to Jail in default Of $500
bond for his appearance before the
Grand Jury.