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about to put it in his pocket Jakey set
up howl.
whats the matter, sonnyT asked one
of the soldiers.
"My hanchikuff," he whined.
ais it yours"
"Yas."
"Give the boy his wipe" said the man
to the would be appropriation. Don't
rob child"
SO Jakey preserved his handkerchief.
Then they were marched away to-
gether to small building used for a ne
gro Jail. 1t was two stories high, though
the lower story had no windows. The
upper part was reached by long flight
of steps outside the building. The lower
part was dungeon, and though used to
confine negroes there had been num-
Der of east Tennesseeans imprisoned
there. The place was kept by an old
man and his wife named Triggs. Mark
was put into room in the upper story.
A guard was stationed at the door, and
the only window was barred. Had Mark
been arrested with definite proof that he
was a spy, he would doubtless have been
put in the dungeon.
AS it was, he was only guarded with
ordinary caution. This, however, seemed
quite sufficient to prevent his escape.
Jakey was put into room by himself,
but he was not required to stay there.
He was suffered to go and come at will,
except that the guard at the gate was
ordered not to let him leave the yard.
He asked the jailer's wife to permit him
70 90 in to Mark so often the first morn
ing of his arrival that at last the guard
at the door was instructed to pass him
in and out ut will.
"Well, Jakey," said Mark, when they
were together in their new quarters,
"this looks pretty blue"
"Reckon it does"
YOU'D better not stay here. Go out
in the yard and I'll try to think up some
pl"n. But / must confess | don't sec
any way out" and Mark rested his ell
bows on his knees, and putting his face
in his hands thought upon his perilous
situation.
jest you don't worrit," said Jakey.
"sumep'nll turn up sho."
"Well, so out into the sunlight. Don't
stay here. If they sentence mo to hang
I'll try to get them to send you home"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05

Private Mark A!ayuari is sent by General
Thomas from the Mon camus in central Ton
nsssce scoutint toward Chattanooga and bare
l. cecapcs capture 10y the Confederate
through the cunning of a native girl Souri,
Slack. He gets a suit OF citizens clothes at
Sacks and Jakey Slack, n lad Of thirteen,
goes with him to help Disguise hi5 character.
souri, gives Mark II silk handkerchief as a
parting mem snto
CHAPTERS III, " and V-Mork and the
h. Der supper and lodging at the house u
Mrs. Fain, II south ern woman married to a
nor thcrn man, who Is absent in the Union
lines. Captain Fitz Hugh, .. S. A., sutton
Cf Laura Fain's, drops in and suspects that
the stran gers may be Union spies, but Laura
wards Off investigation, and the travellers re-
sumo their journey und isturbed
CHAP rERS VI, Vii, VIII, and lX-NTark
reaches Chattanooga, is captured and con-
demnel a. aspy.
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Wizard y git this2" asked Souri,, her
face white us ashes.
Dunno. Lift wild de niggers at Mr..
Torbut's plantation. Fze Mr.. Torbuts
niger"
"Who tolo y ter tote hit hyarl'
"Ole niger what leabo hit"
"Whatd he sayl'
"Nuffen." And the boy pointed to
the corner rs if that was sufficient ex-
PLANTATION for any one.
Souri, could not read what was written
there, but she knew Mark had been cap
tured, and it was fair to suppose that he
was at or near Chattanooga.
"Waal," she said, "y' niggers hev
passed this ter me; reckon y ken pass
me back; I'll go TIL y Air y hungry"
'1'ze rid since one o'clock dis nawnin."
"Waal, take yer horse round ter the
barn fur feed, and then come in hyar."
The darby showed his white teeth and
did as he was hidden. When he came
in Souri, placed something to eat before
him, and then went in to inform her
mother Of what had happened.
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he knew.
They crossed the river by the regular
ferry, having no trouble in doing so, for
citizens and negroes were passing all the
while. About ten o'clock in the morn
ing they reached the cabin of the old
negress who had started the handker-
chief.
"Fo' de Lo'dw exclaimed the woman
"How'd yo' git hyGr SO quick"
"Trabel all night" said the pilot.
"Who dat yaller gal:'
I'm Souri, Slack. Whar's tn jail?"
The woman led Souri, out to show her
the way, and the man left the cabin on
his way homeward. Souri, was taken to
place where sho could see the jail, and
the woman told her where to find the
crack through which Jakey had con.
versed with her.
Souri, went to the place alone, ard
going to the fence hunted till she found
the crack. She peeped in, hoping to SEQ
her brother, but Jakey was not there.
She waited en- hour OF moro, but ho did
not appear.
'Eeckon I'm wsstin time hyar," gha
said at last. I'm goen right in ter git
round TIL ole woman f there is one"
And she won't to the gate and presented
herself before the sentinel.
What d y wantY no asked
Souri, didn't know whether the jailer
had a wife or not, but she hazarded the
reply:
de jailers wife tole mo to como in n
toto dc washon."
Tho soldier looked at her doubtfully
but suffered her to pass in.
She had scarcely entered before she
saw party Of soldiers conducting a
man from the Jail. They passed near
her. and she recognized Mark. He was
going to his trial. He did not recognize
her, darkened as she was, and she was
too wise to make herself known. JakeY
followed his friend and was going to
pass out with him, but was stopped by
the guard.
Souri, saw tears trucking down tho
boys cheeks as he went back and
strolled about i'll the yard. She longed
to take him in her arms, but did not
dare to even make herself known to him.
She did not know where Mark was be-
ing taken, 60 going back to the guard
she asked with apparent idle curicsityr
"Whar dey goea wild dat mani"
"Eeckon thar goeu ter try him."
(rO BE CONTINUED
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Greatness underlying an uninviting
exterior is often called out by circum-
stances. President Lincoln would not
have been tho great emancipation" had
he not been born in the nick of time.
General Grant would not have become
prominent as soldier had the civil war
occurred before or after he was Of fit age
to lead the Union armies, and Jakey
Slack-well, Jakey would not have de-
veloped his ability as a strategist had it
not been for his friend Mark Malone,
and the negro Jail at Chattanooga
Jakey was as incompetent to sit down
and think out plan for his friends es-
cape as he was to demonstrate IL promo
sitiOn of Euclid. He could neither add
columns of two figures nor spell words
OF one syllable; indeed he could neither
read, write nor cipher, the want of an
ability to read or write being n great
disadvantage to HIM in his present re-
sponsible position. But the desire to
help his friend ont of bad fix having
got into his brain, from the nature of
the case it simInered there, and then
boiled little, and simmered and boiled
again. Like most people of genius,
Jakey was unconscious of his own pow
ers, but there was one person in whom,
next to Mark, he had great confidence:
hat was his sister Souri,. Then came
he thought that if Souri, were only
here "she mought do heap" This
ed JaEey up to the problem how to get
Ter there. The problem was too diff
cult for his young brain to solve, so he
got no further until circumstances came
20 his aid, or may he not have had the
germs Of reason within him to so fur
her without being definitely conscious
IF them?
When he left Mark he went out into
the jailyard anS began to stroll about
With his hands in his pockets. To
casual observer he was simply a boy
with no playmatcs, who did not know
what TO do with himself. If any one had
been near him he would have seen his
little eyes continually watching for some
means of communication with the out
hide world. Occasionally no would
rander near the fence, first casting a
sly glance at the Jail. There were
cracks between the boards, and Jakey
was looking out for good wide crack
10 spy through At last he found
place to suit him and lowered about it
listening for footstep, and occasionally
getting quick glance through the
opening by putting his eye to it. But
Jakey knew well thatif caught at this he
would be called into the Jail and forced
to stay there, so he preferred to rely on
his sense Of hearing rather than on his
sense Of sight.
The Jail was in an unfrequented place,
and no was not soon rewarded. A man
went by, but he was too far; then an
other man, but Jakey studied his face
and let him go without stopping him.
At last an old negro woman passed with
a basket on Eer arm, smoking Il short
clay pipe. 90
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Both desperate, 10Th deternIped The
King OF Medicines in contest with the King
OF Maladies Dr. Piercs's Golden Medical
Disccvory against Consumption p 1t Is not
the struggle OF day, but the ilrst blows are
the fatal blows In its early stages, Con-
sumption (Which Is lung -scrofulal will Yield
to this great Remedy This has beer prov . a
beyouda doubt by ipnumerGble SUGGESTED Act.
Ing directly upon the blood, its scoe includes
eases. Asa blood purifier and yllaliEer, it
stands uneQunled.
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About E{is Size.

Minister-So you 10 to school, do you,
Bobby?
Bobby-Ycs, sir
Minister-Let me hear you spell kitten.
BobDy-Im getting too big boy to spe.
kitten, sir Try me on cat.-Iit-Bits,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05

He placed his mustache on her lips,
And thought he'd take a kiss,
But something happened then and there
To interrupt his bliss.
= flash Of light illumined the room,
The click Of "a small kodak
Was heard; her little brother George
Had photographed the smack"
-Brooklyn Eagle.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05
For Qnoo In ITls Life.

First Disputaat-T I'm Lar?
Second Ditto-OA the contrary, my deM
fellow, you Layo just spoken the truth
Tit-Bits.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05

The conversation had driftod to tia
"Where am at2' episode.
"Naow, dye knaow," said the Engli>1-
man, slightly perpleXed, that sounds
quite odd TO US. We should say, WhCi1
is my 'atY"-Chicago Tribune,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05
Needed CIelniaE.

Mr.. Staylate-Is that clock right9
Miss De Pink iwear!ly)-l think it must
Heed cleaning. rs been two or thrce hours
going that last hour.--New York Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05

"And what I'D the doctor say was really
the matter with you"
well, miss, his very words was, You're
a-sUfferin from a guitar in the stomach,
with great want Of tone. '"-Judy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05

When the sky is all darl. aud forbtddiaA
Aud the raipdrops necessarily pour,
The joke Ct the stolen umbrella
Doesn't cause Us to smile any more.
-WGsLiugtOn Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05
CHAPTER NJ.
DE CAUSE Oh FREDUM.

On the morning after Jakey's inter
view with the colored woman through
the crack in the jailyard fence Souri,
Slack was washing dishes by an open
window in the kitchen, an addition built
of pine boards to one of the united
houses which formed the Slack dwell
ing. The sun was shining brightly, and
a morning glory she had trained I'D 10
grow 2UOut the window was fresh with
dew. Souri's heart felt unusually light.
The air was so fresh; the sun was so
bright; the morning glory flowers had
such a companionable look in them that
Souri, was very happy.
Suddenly there came to her a quick
sinking away from the pleasurable SELL
sation. a sense of danger rushed in to
take its place. Surely something nor
ri-lo was about to happen.
In moment she heard the clatter of
horses hoofs coming at a gallop. Look
ing up the road, Of which she had a
view from the window, she saw horse
covered with foam tearing toward her,
with n negro boy on his bare back. In
q moment the rider was at the fence and
had refined in his horse. Wild with
haste and excitement, seeing Souri, at
the window, he called:
Gam dis Stacks placer
"Yas." a.
"Whar Souri, Slack"
"Hyar"
"You"
"Yas."
The boy held up red handkerchief,
and then jumping off his horse threw
the reins over picket in the fence, which
he vaulted, and running up to the Win
dow poked the handkerchief at her.
Souri, at once recognized the handker-
chief she had given Mark. Sewed on to
a corner she noticed piece of dirty cot
cloth on which some one had written
with pen in blotted letters:
81
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DON'T 1IistnRe the ymptoms.

Beware, young man, upon the brink
OF tho matrimonial question!
It's love you toel-tAat's what you think
Bat i. may be indigestion.
Chicago News-Eecord.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05

HIGHER temperature, followed by cold
VAN. The cold wave catches you with light
cold but 1t Is not 80 SERIOUS AN atfsir YOU
Eeta A1amsen's Cough Palssm 10 the house.
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Cro BE CoXTINUED)
KALEIDOSCOPE.


Hold up them hands' hoarsely whis-
pered the hiGhwayman to the Bostonian at
miGn sht.
Say those hands please" begged the
Bostopian as he hoisted them aloft.
troit free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-05

We hear ono universal cry
Throughout the mighty state,
PILE up our clothing bills SKY high,
But crease those trousers straight"
-Clotbier and Euruisher.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

A simple remedy that cures all
diseases of the liver, stomach, bow
els, skiing and blood, such an :
Dyspepsia, heartburn, giddiness,
headache, nervousness, numbness of
the limbs. cold feet, bad taste,
flashes of heat, yellow skin, ringing
in the ears, loss of appetite, piles,
costiveness, irregularity of the
bowels, dysentery, fux, catarrh,
fevers, all female complaints, dark
circles under the eyes, falling of the
womb, whites, difficult menstrual
ton worms, throbbing of the
stomach, shortness of breath, old
sores, dropsy, diseases of the throat
and lungs, kidneys, gravel, heart
disease, fits, rheumatism, stiffness
and soreness of the joints, soreness
of the muscles, pimples and rough
skin, poison in the blood.
Our agents are authorized to re-
fund the price of Our Native Herbs
to any person who, having tried it,
claim they have derived no benefit
from its use. Sold by j G. HIATT,
New York Racket store, Garrett.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

! Few people stop to inquire what
debt means. Let US investigate the
common habit of monstrous railway
debts. For instance, let us take the
Jay Gould's Iron Mountain road for
an example. The trust deed on rec
ord is for $2S, 100000 in gold; it
draws per cent. interest, payable
semi-annually in gold, and runs for
thirty years. Interest and principal
in thirty years will amount to $685.
800, 900 in gold, or $4,000 mile
for a road that is worth only 500,
600 a mile.
This shows that the people are in
fact paying in thirty-eight times the
worth of the Iron Mountain rail.
road on its debt to English capital
lists alone, to say nothing of the
profits to stockholders, and will
continue to do so, and their children
and their children's children after
them, if the policy OF the old par
ties is carried out. If anyone
doubts this statement,go and look at
the record and be convinced. What
demagogues they are who will tell
you that it would bankrupt the
government to buy the railroads.
Denver Road.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

The Federation of Labor, which
closed its annual meeting at Chicago
the l6, took progressive step and
resolved toward political action in
favor of free silver, endorsed Gov
Altgeld for pardoning the presumed
anarchists, and Gov. Lewelling for
his tramp circular. There will be
others than farmers in the People q
party at the next congressional cleo
ton. -Paola Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28
"To Arms"

Almost simultaneously with the
repeal of the Sherman law comes a
recommendation from the adjutant
general that military tactics be
taught in all graded schools.
What does all this mean? Why
is this eagerness on the part
of the government officials to IA
miliarize even the children with
methods of war? Churches, too,
contrary to the teachings of Him
whom they profess to worship, are
falling in with these instructions.
Detroit has twenty-seven church
military organizations, containing
65l men and 43 officers. The largest
is the Baptist cadets, with &c men
and 8 officers. Then comes the May
bury cadets, an Episcopal organiza-
ton, with 81 men, the First Con-
gregational cadets with SO, the first
and last being armed with rifles.
The Episcopalians have six COM
panies, the Catholics eight, the
Presbyterians seven, Baptists three,
Congregationalists two and LuIh-
Grams one. Thirteen of the COM
panies are armed with rifles and one
with swords. These, it must be
remembered, are all church military
companies, and have no connection
with the civil societies of the state
militia,
The administration through fed
eral patronage and the system of
"pinching business" has succeeded
in "subjugating congress +" Is it
now the plan to force the people into
submission? Are even the children
to be armed and taught that allegi-
ance to despots is patriotism? God
forbid the American people are not
yet so PROSTATE at the feet of
tyranny.-Corner Stone.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

The Populist party sprang into
existence to fulfill the mandates of
God and the will of the sovereign
people, and to lead the nation up to
the broadcast step in the prayer-worn
and blood-staind march of human
progress that civiation has ever
taken. They have planted their
standard and will maintain their line
of battle on the broad plateau of
liberty. Their platform of princi-
plies, their declaration of purposes,
arc in harmony with the constitution
and founded upon the basic princi-
Piles of Christianity, appealing to the
heart and judgment of an enlighten-
ed age and tending to promote the
best interests of humanity. Their
rank and file is composed Of those
who believe in the principles of
Jefferson and Lincoln. Their unity
of thought and action is irresistible.
They challenge the attention of the
world and invite investigation the
most searching.-Mrs. Lease.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28
Sealed Proposals

Will be received at County Clerk s
office up to noon, Monday, January
9Th, 1894, for the letting of the poor
farm, county physician, health
officer and county printing. Palties
desiring to bid on county printing
will bid by the schedule list on file
in County Clerks Office. The
board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
j. T. SrUDEBAKgR, Clerk.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28
Manhattan Republic:

Manhattan Republlc:
New York az we'll as Kansas must
pass OF woman suffrage amend
ment next year. The suff'ragists are
preparing for vigorous campaigns'in
both states.
You will, if you live few months
longer, see the greater part of that
(Democretic) party deliberatel walk
out of itself, leaving nothing behind
but a smell of brimst ne and Wall
street.-Senator Vince, of North
Carolina, a leading Democratic
statesman.
The State Board of Charities has
saved the state $4,000 in the recent
letting of contracts for supplies for
the ensuing six months, which means
reduction of 500, 900 year. 1t is
also claimed that the charitable in
situations have more patients, and
that they are better fed than ever
before.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

Worse and worse |! Gen. Lee,
Of Virginia, says Grover Cleveland,
the stuffed prophet of Wall street,
contributed 81 900 in the campaign
of Virginia in the receut election.
A president that would stoop to
contribute money in little state
election should be unconditional
Iy" impeached Hickory Mercury.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

The Virginia Legislature has can
vassed the cooked-up returns of
the Cleveland machine, and returns
the following official result for
governor:
O'Ferrall (Dem) l27,94O
Coke (Populist) 1929
Miller (Prohib) 1902
Democratic majority 39,798
Democratic loss compared with
1892 36,O37
Populist gain compared with
1892 68,964
In the face of these official figures
are people editing newspapers who
assert that the Peoples party is
losing ground. Denver Daily News
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28
IT Will Make You Cr0zu.

That new puzzle by Lloyd, the in
ventor of "Pigs in Clover" etc.
This latest mystery is to be sold as
souvenir to swell the fund of the
New YORK Press CLUB, which is to
erect a great building in the Me-
tropolis for newspaper workers. 1t
will interest young and old, and
there are prizes to the amount of
$25, 900 for those who can solve it.
Send TEN CENTS to "PREss CLUB
SOUVENIR" Temple Court. New
York, and got the great puzzle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

The Topeka Capital, and Repub-
lican papers that pattern after it,,
jumped on to Governor Lewelling
tramp circular" as if the Governor
had committed a crime. A Populist
paper in the vest has come to the
conclusion that if Lewelling was to
print the ten commandments, and
sign his name to them, endorsing
them as right, that the aforesaid Re-
publican papers would call them a
Populist vagary.-Paola Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

Our Democratic friends in the
campaign of '92 promised more
goods than they have yet been able
to deliver. Just few days ago,
one little fellow was heard begging
for his job. He makes no bones
saying that they promised him a job
if he would vote with them. Now
it would astonish the world if all
who sold their votes for promises
would disclose the fact. They are
bitterly realizing the truth that
Democratic campaign promises are
altogether like the Bible definition of
faith: 1.-The substance of things
hoped for; the evidence of things
not seen" Mercury, Hickory,N.C.
The best Sugar Candy in town
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-12-28

The best Sugar Candy in town
at the Home Bakery. Try it.