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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-14

to revenge themselves upon him for
Cato's escape, he was ready for them!
He cooked his revolver and stood erect.
A torch flashed through the wood.
But even at that moment a film came
over his eyes; he staggered and fell
An interval of helpless, seml-con-
seriousness ensued. He felt himself
lifted by strong arms and carried
forward, his arm hanging uselessly at
his side. The dank odor of the wood
was presently exchanged for the free
air of the open field; the flaming pine
knot torches were extinguished in the
bright moonlight. People pressed
around lin, but so indistinctly he could
not recognize them. All his conscious
ness seemed centered in the burning,
throbbing pain of his arm. He felt
himself laid upon the gravel; the sleeve
cut from his shoulder; the cool sensa-
ton of the hot and bursting skin barred
to the night air, and then soft and
indescribable pressure upon a wound
he had not felt before. A voice fol-
lowed-high, lazily petulant, and famil-
lar to him, and yet one he strove in vain
to recall.
'De Lawdy-Gawd save us, Miss Sally!
Wot yo' doin' dab? Chile! Chile! yoll
kill yourself, shuahr'
The pressure continued-strange and
potent even through his pain-and was
then withdrawn. And a voice that
thrilled him said
ats the only thing to save him.
Hush, yo' chattering black crow! Say
anything about this to a living soul,
and I'll have you logged Now trot
out the whisky bottle and pour it down
him"
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breeze, The whole events of the night
might have been a dream, but for the
unsupportable languor which numbed
his senses, and the torpor of his arm
that swollen and discolored lay outside
the coverlid on a pillow before him
Cloths that had been wrung out in iced
water were replaced upon it from time
to time, by Sophy, Miss Dows' house
keeper who seated by his bedside was
lazily tanning him. Their eyes met
"Broken?" he said interrogatively
with faint return of his old deliberate
manner. glgsa2..s,Ygs at his helpless arm.
"Deedy no! connie. Snake bite!" re-
sponded the negress.
Snake biter' repeated CORTLAND
with languid interest, what snake?"
"Moccasin O. copperhead-if yo'
doun know yo'self which," she replied.
But it's all right now, honey. De
pizen's draw'd out, and clean, done
gone. Wot yer feels now is de whisky.
De whisky stays, sab. 1t gets into de
lubrications of de skin, sab, and has to
be absobed."
Some faint chord of memory was
touched by the girls peculiar vocabul-
airy.
"Ah," said CORTLAND, quickly, you're
Miss BOWS Sophy. Then you can tell
me-"
Muffin! sab! absomlutely nufinl" in
terrupted the girl shaking her. head
with impressive official dignity. "It's
done gone fo'bid by de doctor! Yo're to
lie dar and shut yo're eye, honey" she
added, for the moment reverting I'M
consciously to the native maternal
tenderness of her race, 'and you're not
to bodder yo'self eff school keeps O. not.
De medical man say distinctly, sah,'
she concluded, sternly, realizing her
duty again, mo conversation wild dc
patient"
But CORTLAND had winning WAYS
with all dependents. But you will
answer me one question, Sophy, and III
not ask another. Has" he hesitated
in his still uncertainty as to the actu-
atty of his experience and its probable
'has-Cato-escaped?"
IF yo' mean dat sassy, bull-nigger
oberseer OBJ yo'se, connie, he's safe, yo'
betF' returned Sophy, sharply. safe
in his own quo'tahs night afo' las, after
braggin' about de bloodhaowns he
killed; and safe ober de county line
yes'day moanin', after kickin' up all dis
rumpus. If dar is a sassy, high-falutin
niger jiss 'spises-it's dat black mig
ger Cato o. yo'sel Now" reienting,
''yo' jiss wink yo' eye, honey, and don't
excite yo'self about sech black trash;
drap off to sleep comfor'ble. Fo' yo'
doan' get annuder word out O. Sophy,
shuah."
As II in obedience, CORTLAND closed
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he could see again the battery smoke
through which the ghostly figure of the
dead rider had charged his gun three
years before; in the bending white
plume of funeral plant in the long
avenue, he thought he saw once more
the light figure of Miss Sally of only
yesterday. In another moment, in his
already dazed condition, he might have
succumbed to some sensuous memory
of her former destinations, but he
threw it off savagely now, with
a quick and bitter recalling of her
deceit and his own weakness. Turn
ing his back upon the scene, with a
half superstitious temor, he plunged
once more into the trackless covert.
But he was conscious that his eyesight
was gradually growing dim and his
strength failing. He was obliged from
time to time to stop and rally his slug
gish senses that seemed to grow
heavier under some deadly exhalation
that flowed around him. He even
seemed to hear familiar voices-bus
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his eyes. But even in his weak state he
was conscious Of the blood coming into
his cheek at Sophy's relentless criticism
Of the man for whom he had Just per-
lied his life and position. Much of
1t he felt was true-but how far had he
been dupe in his Quixotic defense of a
quarrelsome blusterer and cowardly
bully! Yet there was the unmistakable
shot and cold-blooded attempt at Cato's
assassination And there were the
bloodhounds sent to track the unfortu-
nate man! That was no dream-but
brutal, inexcusable factl
The medical practitioner of Redlands,
he remembered, was conservative, old
fashioned and diplomatic. But his sym.
pathies had been broadened by some
army experiences, and CORTLAND trusted
to some soldierly and frank exposition
Of the matter from him. Nevertheless,
DR.. Maynard was first a healer, and,
like Sophy, professionally cautious.
The colonel had better not talk about
1t now 1t was already two days old;
the colonel had been nearly forty-eight
hours in bed. 1t was a regrettable af-
fair, but the natural climax of long
continued political and racial irritation
and not without great provocation!
Assassination was strong word; could
Col. CORTLAND swear that Cato was &C.
tually aimed at, or was it not merely a
demonstration to brighten a bullying
negro? 1t might have been necessary
TO teach him a lesSon-which the colonel
by this time ought to know could only
be taught to those inferior races by fear.
The blood hounds! All, yes-well, the
bloodhounds were, in fact, only part
of that wholesome discipline. Surely
Col. CORTLAND was not so foolish as to
believe that, even in the old slavehold.
ing days, planters sent dogs after run.
Always to mangle and destroy their ora
They might as well at once
let them escape! No, sir! They were
used only to brighten and drive the
out of swamps, brakes and hiding
places, as no niger had ever dared to
face 'em. Cato might lie as much as he
liked, but everybody knew who it was
that killed Maj Reeds hounds. No
body blamed the colonel for it-not
even Maj. Reed-but if the colonel had
lived little longer in the south he'6
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no De Continued
A SIMPLE TRIMMING.
What to Do When You Grow Tired OF
Iaca and Epnhroida-v

What to Do When You Grow Tired Oh
Lace and Embroidery.
when you are tired of lace and en-
broidery and insertion and drawn work
and all that sort of thing" said a young
lady of dainty tastes, adopt my plan
and use plain ruffles of null with mar
row hem rolled and sewed on your In-
derwear. It's as pretty trimming as can
possibly be found. For a long time
have used very little embroidery, be-
cause it takes up great deal of room,
besides the heavy ridges in the work
seem to annoy me, especially in very
warm weather.
Lace really doesn't look at its best
unless it has a tiny bit Of dressing,
and then it is sticky and disagreeable;
so have turned from all these follies
and vanities TO the fine null ruf1es
hemmed by hand II ! want them par
ticularly pretty and stylish, | hemstitch
the hens; but that's a lot of bother and
doesn't pay.
II have some gowns 'reposing robes,
as one of my sentimental friends calls
them-with rufles of linen lawn, hem
stitched ard trimmed with a Smyrna
edge not over a half inch wide. Ny
gowns are of fine linen for hot-weather
wear, and it is a luxury, or rather, /
may say, an extravaganza, in which |
indulge myself. The rufaes make pref
ty and inexpensive trimming; indeed,
the fabric itself is handsome enough
without elaborate garniture. IN. Y.
Ledger.
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CHAPTER YL-CoNrINuEp.

"We're not out of the woods, vet.
Cato" he said, dryly, nor are they.
Keep your eyes and your ears open, and
attend to me. How long can we keep
the cover of these woods and still push
on in the direction of the quarters?"
There's way roun' de edge O. de
swamp, sab, but we'd have to go back a
spell to find it."
go on!'
sand dar's moccasins and copper
heads lying round here in de trail! Dey
don't go for us ginerally-but," he hest
tated, white men don't stand much
show"
Good Then it is as bad for those
who are chasing us as for me- That
will do Lead on
They retraced their steps cautiously,
unRl the negro turned into lighter
by-way. A strange mephitic odor
seemed to come from sodden leaves and
moses that began to ooze from under
their feet. They had picked their way in
silence for some minutes; the stunted
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Interpreted the Passage Literally.

The beautiful and peaceful picture Of
the lion and the lamb lying down to-
gether is tame and ineffective compared
with the ideal brought home from Sum
day school by a small boy last week.
His mother noticed that he referred
often to companionship with the beasts
% the field. Inquiry revealed the in
teresting fact that Johnny had learned
hymn in which he thought he detected
illusions to a time when he could play
happily with the animals which now he
sees through cage bars at the circus.
The lines were: HE takes the children
to his arms and to his bosom bears. -
\. Y. World
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willows and cypress standing further
and further apart, and the openings
with clumps of sedge were frequent.
CORTLAND was beginning to fear this
exposure of his follower, and had
moved up beside him, when suddenly
the negro caught his arm and trembled
violently. His lips were parted over his
teeth; the whites of his eyes glistened,
NE seemed gasping and speeches. with
fear
whats the matter, Cato" said
CORTLAND, CHANGING instinctively at the
ground beneath. Speak man! Have
YOU been bitten?'
The word seemed to wiring an agon-
ized cry from the miserable man.
"Bitten! No, but don't you hear EN-
comingl Oar! Gollyl don't You hear
dat?"
"What?"
"De dogs! de houn'sl-de bloodhoun's!
Oey've set 'em loose on me-"
1t was true! A faint baying in the
distance was now distinctly audible to
CORTLAND. He knew now as plainly
the full, cruel purport of the leaders
speech! "Those who could go any
where were tracking their game"
Every trace of manhood had van
ished from the negros covering framel
CORTLAND laid his hand assuringly,
appealingly and then savagely on his
shoulder
''Comel Enough of thisl am here,
and will stand by you whatever comes.
These dogs are no more to be feared
than the other. Rouse yourself, man,
and at least help me make fight for
st"
mo! No" screamed the terrified
man. "Lemme go, Lemme go back
to dc massas! Tell 'em III GOMEZ Tell
'em to call de houn's off me, and I'll 60
quiet! Lemme 60" He struggled
violently in his companions grasp.
With all Courtland's self control, hab-
its of GOODNESS and discipline, it is to be
feared there was still something of the
old Bersaker temper. His face was
white, his eyes blazed in the darkness;
only his voice kept that level distinct
ness which made it for moment more
terrible than eyer the baying of the
tracking hounds to the negro's ear.
"Cato," he said, attempt to run now,
and BY God I'll save the dogs the
trouble Of graphing your living car
-eass. Come here! Up that tree with
.you,"-pointing to a swamp magnolia
"Don't move as long as can stand here,
and when I'm down-but not till then
save yourself-the best you can"
lie half helped, half dragged the now
passive African to the solitary tree; as
the bay OF I single hound came nearer
the negro convulsively scrambled from
Courtland's l.nee and shoulder to the
fork Of branches q dozen feet from tho
. ground CORTLAND drew his revolver
and stepping back few yards into the
open waited the attack.
1t came unexpectedly from behind. 4
sudden yelp Of painting cruelty ans
Greenfield anticipation at Courtland''
pack caused him to change front quick
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A MOOD.


All the world is wrapped in shadow,
All my thought is stepped in gray;
Sweet and wanton sadness holds me,
And enfOlds me,
As the arms of night and day,
Sweet as pulsing Of spent music
When the hands have ceased to play.
Der the sense a longing stealeth,
For what cause it may not know;
As when evening groweth tender,
And the splendor
OF the sunset burneth low,
Ger the land the white mist silent
Stealeth through the afterglow;
Sad as slanting sunlight falling
On the sails OF outbound ships;
Dear as memory that hovers
OF lovers
Kisses on q woman's lips;
Soft as when thin cloud-mantle
Folds the moon with white eclipse
So the sense is STEPPED in longing,
AS the world is wrapped in gray;
IT'S so much akin to sorrow
AS the morrow
Holdeth thought Of yesterday.
IT'S, perchance, the soul immortal
Sad because the heart is clay.
-Chas. W. Coleman, in Harper's Bazaar.
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have known it wasn't necessary to do
that in self-preservation as the hounds
would never have gone for white man.
But that was not a matter for the
colonel to bother about now. He was
doing well; he had slept nearly thirty
hours; there was no fever, he must con-
time to doze off the exhaustion Of his
powerful stimulant, and he, the doctor,
would return later in the afternoon.
TO De CONTINUED.
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CHAPTER VII.

IA 6HEN COurtland's
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eyes opened
again he was in
bed in his own
room at Red
lands, with the
vivid morning
sun occasionally
lighting up the
wall whenever
the clos ell y
drawn curtains
W ere lightly
blown aside by
the freshening
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No business Man.

Brace-Bent's failure is regarded as a
very bad one.
Bagley-How so?
Braee-With his opportunities he
should have failed for at least twice
that amount.-Truth.
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that must be delusionl At last he
stumbled. Throwing out an arm to
protect himself he came heavily down
upon the ooze, striking a dull half
elastic root that seemed-it must have
been another delusion-to move be-
meath him, and evkn-so confused was
his senses now-to strike back
angrily upon his PROSTATE form. A
sharp pain ran from his elbow to his
shoulder and for moment stung him
to full consciousness again. There
Uers voices surely-the voices of their
former purSuers! If they were seeking
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-14
Looked That WAY.

Wife-Do you think Tommy disturbs
our neighbors with his drum?
Husband-Im afraid So They made
him present Of nice nrr knife to-
day.-ury.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-09
IN THE COURTS.

There was no business done in tho
circuit court yesterday on account of tb @
sickness of Judge j. A. Dupuy. The
judge has not yet been able to consider
the motion to dissolve the injunction OF
the Exchange Building Company VS. the
Roanoke Gas and Water Company.
AT the police court yesterday colored
man named John Perkins was fined So5
for throwing lamp at a damsel Of
questionable character on Earnest ave-
nue. Saturday night. FL. Aldrich was
taxed $40 for drawing a pistol on
Nathaniel Gray. Both are employees of
the Merchants Cafe. Jos ah Akers and
Charles Booker were fined So each for
trespsssing on the Norfolk and Western
railroad.
Harry Murphy was tried in the Hust
ings Court yesterday for shooting, with
intent to kill, Robert Boyer, and the
Jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
In the case Of d. III. Hollanan, charged
with felony, the Judge is considering a
demurrer to the indictment
The grand jury was in session all day
and brought in an indictment against S.
a. Wick for perjury in regard to the
Engledove Fishburne jury matter. Com
monwealth Attorney Hardaway will
push the Indictment at the first oppor
tunity.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-09
One Merit OF rn,,,cmics

A well-known practitioner of mcdi-
cine is quoted by the New York sun
as saying: probably you have no.
ticcd the tendency of epidemic diseases
to run themselves out even in districts
where no precautionary measures are
taken. 1t has been shown in the his
tory of every great plagnc-thc black
death, cholera and the rest, and now
it is illustrated in the grip. We have
the grip with us again, as you know,
and there have been few fatal cases
of it; but it is nothing to what it was
in its first and second seasons Then,
You remember, there were instances
where it was fatal within twcnty-four
hours, and its effects were moro severe
and moro lasting than they have been
since. This is regular grip weather.,
yet the grip is slowly dying out, Dis
eases die as well as the people who
have them"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-09
COMMISSIONERS sALHs.

COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF
~ tccrce entered in toe chancery cause OF
George Washii cton We. j. ii Cutohn trustee and
others at the April term ts of the Circuit court for
the city of Eoanoke, the undo rsigned trustee and
epecial commissioner named In raid decree wi |
proceed to sell the following described property
or go much thereof as may be necessary. to { he
nge;est oiddeT at Pn6lie a1ciYn In front Of the
AT II O'CLOCK NOON. described as follows:
Deginning, at the north end corner OF Chcstnut
ana short street and fronting so feet Chestnut
street. rum Ing batk on Short st'cct between
parallel line 100 1cet to an alley and known as
lot No II, section 0, or the Trout and Jamison
additlon to the city of Roanoke.
following parcels. namely: four lots 2sxb feet
each, 9oi which front ON Chestnut street and run
PACK between parallel lines so feet and front
% feet on Short street running back between
parallel lines 81 feet and upon each lot there
Is dwelling house. and they will be nrst
offered for sale separately ard then the
entire property as whole and whichever brings
the, highest price will be declared sold to the
highest bidder as the case may tc
TERMS OF SALE: Cash sufficient to pay the
costs OF this suit and the expenses or executing
6i.4S, the amount then due, and the balance, II
any, inTl monthly payments of StI..G cnch cx-
cent the three last maturing, which shall be for
81 % each, and all or which shall be secured by
notcs OF the purchaser or purchaser secured by
deed or deeds or trust upon the property con-
tanning the usual provisions md It r, sduc, IL
anyin cash; jill CUTCIIIN,
In the clerks flee OF the circui court OF the
CITY OF Roanoke: George Washington and aIs ,
plaintiff agtinst j. H. Cutchin, trustee and ale.
defendant, chanccry.
|, :. S. BROOK c, clerk OF said court, do certify
hat the bond rcqui cd of the special commits
sioner by tho dee rendered in said canse on the
18th day OF April, 1893, has been duly given.
Given under my hand NJ clerk or the said court,
this ID day of May, 1923. S. 5. BROOKE.
ids Clerk
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-09
4 Modern GoIcotha.

1t is reported that near Cnrrizo
Springs, TcX., an oval-toppcd mound
covered with pctrificd human skulls
has been discovered. The mound is
circular in form, about one hun
drcd feet high, and on one side is
joined to short range of hills of about
the same height. On the summit. and
for some distance down the sloping
side, 1T is covered with what appear
to he smooth, spherical bones, which
upon examination prove to be human
Skulls distorted into grotcsquc shapes.
II is further stated, says the Boston
midget, that by removing the loose
dirt and sand from the oritices of the
face the unmistakablc human counter
ancc is revealed. Bones of other classes
are also said to be found there, and
from all appearances the whole mound
is formed of human skulls.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-09
RELIGIOUS DANCING.

| As the Earliest Form of Art II Is Entitled
to Respect.
1T may create some surprise that we
| regard the dance as the earliest form
of art, or even that we allow it any
place among the fine arts" writes
President David j. Hill in Popular
Science Monthly
q 10 many it will seem kind of sac
rilcGc to combine in the same category,
however broad, such extremes ms n
dancing savage and Il painting of the
last judgment; and, if the connection
must he made, some would choose to
make it along other lines than those of
art But, in truth, the dance supplies
us with the key, so to speak, of the de-
vclopment of the fine arts. For light
upon the problerhs of human culture
we naturally appeal to the anthropol-
ogist.
Dancing says Tylor, may seem
to us modernS frivolous amusement;
but in the infancy of civilizat ton it was
full of passionate and solemn mean
ing. Savagcs and barbarians dance
their JOY and sorrow, their love and
rage, even their magic and religion
The forest Indians of Brazil, whose
sluggish temper few other cxcitcmcnts
can stir rouse themselves at their
moonlight gatherings, when, rattle in
hand, they stamp in onc-two-thrce time
round the great carthcrn pot of intoxi-
eating Sawi liquor; or men and women
| dance a rude counting dance, adyanc-
| inG in lines with a kind OF primitive
| polka step; or the fcrocious war dance
is performed by armed warriors in
paint, marching in ranks hithcr and
thither with growing chant terrific
to hear
"Tylor proceeds to describe the
dance of the Australians and the buff
falo dance of the Mandan Indians,
who, wearing masks to mark their i'm
presentations, with rude songs and
| pantomimic gestures act out the Incl
dents of an imaginary hunt. And then
he adds: 'Ali this explains how, in an
cicnt religion, dancing came to be one
of the chief act, of worship. Rcli-
| Gious professions went with song and
dance to the Egyptian temples, and
Plato said that all dancing ought to
be thus an act of religion"