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the ruddy west and their loud outlaws
rose above the crdcted laughter Of the
old men
Sllas Stone was a progressive man,
and 4 few months before his little tale
ever-present tRrong besides the occu-
rional bar of brown plug-tobacco that
and q heart as trusting as a toddling
baby's, shook his head in horror, and
a look Of the most tender feproyal
daughter' 'LiRabeth. raised her big. blue
eyes swimming In tears and clasped her
fresh young heart at the very, mention
there was a hint OF shame in Silas's
FACE !cfm as rl he turned he m aWsy: with an un-
easy little laugh, I'm pow'rful glad her
mother amt Twin. 1 couldn't do II then
ter save my tough OIL neck. But she
pnrt nigh W%eak'ni9i'., Women air alters
maxim us men oncomfort'ble, an Jasp's
worse AN any woman
SO a carpenter put in appearance and
soon a little frame room was built on the
back OF the store. A few new barrels
were rolled in and old Silas winked as he
nodded at the half-score men standing
stuff, that we could taste the tassels o
the green corn In"
Whereupon the bystanders smacked
their lips, shifted from one foot to the
other, and flowed as how he'd treat
'em all first, so they'd know where ter
come ter mex time"
And for n week or two 'Lizbeth sobbed
n little when she had gone to bed In the
little room over the store proper, and she
could hear snatches' OF loud Jokes and
rude laughter come. mp from the back
room" And Old Jasper Just shuttied
about behind the low counter. c!umsily
tying up, with his crooked fingers, the
pound OF sugar or a stick Of ~sealing-wax
for the waiting children, humming all
or distressed: Jesus. Lover OF My Soul
For the first few months things went
smoothly: the experience was new ana
that was novelty enough: Jasper had be-
sang over 1t. unless the voices In the
next room became particularly harsh
and angry. 'Lizabeth stayed away from
the back room altogether. and the big
tering on the letters as she sorted them
In the post-ofiice by the front window;
But at length the thing became old and
the loiterers demanded a change, II be-
gan to be circulated throughout the
happening at old Stones place. Law
abiding. peace-loving people avoided II
after night, and the women OF the viii
age. especially the OUNCE ones, came
TOY realize that It was best TO buy their
As the revels Increased In length and
boldness a little droop settled on Liz
beth's pretty lips and the former glow
q h4r dimPled cheeks faded as panng
besettsd and spent most OF his time In
the f'back room" }eaying old Janaer,
whose feeble o now rose through ali
the day. 70 attend to the store. Pieas-
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thin gown from her little bare feet, she
tightly. and leaped! Heaven. indeed. Is
firmly about the outstretched bough.
Down. down swung the plant branch,
till 'Lizbeth only clinched her teeth and
fortunately 1t stopped before 1t touched
the earth. and swayed steadily up and
down. 'Lizbeth clinging fast all the time.
the frightened girl dared to, open her
eyes, and there. a few feet below her,
was the earth.
dropped and stood, dazed,' frightened,
with her hands and feet singing. But
a shout from the stairway aroused her,
and r %ith a gqisk GASP she sped dEwn
nightdres' and the white feet printing
little foot-paims In the dusty road; 49,,
she came to the place where a little
path turned from the ferry landing
and ran along the riverside to a spot
both towns hshed: even pretty Pleasant
Knoll. Just across the sparkling waters.
did not tempt her with Its white walls
and quiet, restful -treets; SO she turned
and ran dow to the narrow path. bor-
dercd on each side by the tall. purple
crowned iron weed, Til she came TO the
,ery edge Of the stream.
The river was unusually low and a
broad. white, sandy border lay before
her; the bank rose just back Of her.
shutting out Centrev!lle. and the bend
above her hIl even Pleasant Knoll For
the first time she dared to stop. sad 1t
was trU!y when Il woman felt safer In
the care OF the great. hollow night than
with father ana men who should have
been friend.
I Here. however, she rank on her knees
on the sand, burt l her face IN her hands
and wept iii it seemed that her heart
would break; the great so6s shook her
white shoulders, one Of which CLEANED
above her d~I:arrangei gown, and the
baby chin, when II could be seen be
low her hands. quivered most ritifully.
The moon, with her marvellous white
light, turned the sllken ~tasscls Of the
FAX and meltel the rivers mood ,iust
where il emerged from the dark shadows
OF the bend into molten silver.
Perhaps Il was best that 'L!zoeth
had proved untrue and Uncle Jasper was
powerless to help her; even Peter had
lost respect for her. BUT at length the
deep grief spent itself and the little
white figure showed less violence. but
ever and anon a great sob would roll
strings loose. Finally she raised her .oa'-
stained face and looked GU, on the dane
FIT don't look Ike l could do Il; 1t
looks too gentle. m goes too easy'I'ke
Rising. she advanced to the very mar
gin of the river and set one li;tle foot
daintily In the water; II sank ankle-deep
and she drew back.
AN In jis' lay down on It an iii
carry me so soft an ~easy-like, way
down TO the big bayou; that's where
everything drifts. An itn wrap Its
purity blue water round me. Ike Ma
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ant Knoll held up its ha in horror.
II it had only known that one Of Its
most respectable young, men. the young.
becoming "a visitor OF the place 1t would
probably ave risen in righteous indig-
nation and destroyed the pest from OF
M and trusted young Peter Watson
to such an extent as to never even won-
der why he crossed the ferry to Centre
vile so often Of late,
heart to see the h%ang-dog. look creep
into the frank blue eyes Of the young
man and to see the golden-crowned
head sink oftener and oftener under its
unnatural drowsiness.
Women's hearts are too tender, and
before long 'Lizbeth found herself listen
ish voice above the mixed brawls that
arose from the back room" and when
the words became more senseless than
usual a round tear would steal down
Of the little brown gown. For the first
time in her life she forgaye her mother.
you jis' cant keep from loyin' when It
the pitiful little story that Uncle JAS
per had told to her on her last birth
day, when she was just sixteen. How,
and Jasper Stone, had both loved the
pretty 'Lizbeth Lester; how the wooing
on both sides was Iona, and ardent, and
how at last she decides. In favor OF the
merry, bright silas. He alters wuz
takin' ef he wuz headstrong and reck-
less Jasper had said,
'Lizbeth had early seen her folly, but
Vas ten years old. Then the battle was
too severe. and, as she lay with the last
breath iiuttering feebly over her thin
II know now. Jasper, made a mis-
take. But you've forgiven me, Take
stubborn love OF her girlhood swelled
over her again. she sobbed. IAN be good
to .;iias!'
and over, and, each day. as the love for
the bright-faced boy of Pleasant. Knoll
grew and filed her whole being, she felt
more and more the due pity for the
weary mother.
would never forget, to her dying day,
how ~gloriously the moon bathed all In
her mellow light and how the river
could be seen, like a silver thread
dropped from the marvellous web that
company in the back room" became
more than usual hilarious,
'Lizbeth, with a heavy heart, had crept
up to her little chamber, but the noise
cearse.ess hum, she was startled ny
hearing Tom Morgan, one OF the worst
~rufians Of the crowd cry in a loud
voice:
IN ter wake Us up this ere places
.a Hss Hs% a ssFs 'l%SE#' Yes S. S"I XIV Us Is
Trhan nshe heard the thick voice of her
father, trying to laugh It on and TO
pacIfy them. but the angry elamor rose
NY" Hai T,s" as sumfn' like they've got up.
ter Harrlstown-niee g.r.s ter give q TEL
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Tom.
Yes; et ye don't, We'll all go up ter
Hairs mex tIme!' came the maudlin
The dazed .silas, seeing that his popu-
larlty. was hanging by a thread, said
soothingly:
Yes yes, ~ get one. two. three, mex
This seemed to quiet them for a min
ute ute; but fss,,r s ranGy y Ton fpFFanF to his
do better n any one
Old Si!as grew a shade paler; there was
Just enough OF the man left in him for
him to know that this would not do,
" She's-she's gone over ter Aunt Jane
Lawson's ter-night." his tardy tongue
Hear the old duffer lie =, sneered
drop in this ere %s'loon, II ! die fer 1t, till
purty, 'Lizbeth Stone gives 4 ter me d.,
above, could hear, through the thin noor,
how he emphasized hts vow by dashing
his hSs saS s sljence on en 1se To0a Then tabs as she
knelt, with her dimpled little hands
pressed tightly over her %throbbing heart,
she heard old rucle Jasper shutting
the narrow stairway came the weak.
wayerlng voice; while the raging bill
As the drunken ruffan stood. half
leaning against the wall. the frightened
host read anger and determination on
his face; the cowardly greed for gain
laughed "A little uneasily as he took a
step towards the door leading to the
stairway.
Yes, wy, yes. OF course. Thanks fer
sayin' she's purty-she'h come reckon
ef ] ask her"
Immediately there came a sound Of
many unsteady feet moving towards the
2 '1f course she'll come. An I'll drink
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the s9ap:sudsy foam II ketch in my hair
like feathers an lace. An III jes' drif
pSMh i mS"S an i%F the frogs i sing at p
funeral. An'-oh, yes--' and she
clasped her baby hands In Joy. as she
raIo on IN her 1vs weird ell nu fare sy.r AN mor 1hn''
when | go over ter Pleasant Knoll on
the ferry II sing fer me. too, an that
II be angels" ~
drone. like a drowsy bee. not knowing
or feeling one whit OF what she said or
did. u.,
which had been raised with n half-rapt
glow to the cool moonlight, fell. and the
tears drowned out the glad glow OF the
white throat, AN Peter II come with
..em, maybe, ter ind me. an he'll never
know how | love him"
In spite OF the blinded eyes, she crept
up the bank to where she could get a
glimpse Of Pleasant Knoll, sleeping
That big house with the wide porch,
that's where he lives; the biggest one in
the town, an, he might a took me there:
too, an Uncle Jasper ter live with us
And again the bosom heaved.
the time. an'-no, I'll not look at OIL Cen
~trevilie once-yes, l Will. jes' for Uncle
Jasper's sake"
Then turning. she climbed to where she
'AA ~ AAN - o.
i've roads met in an endless white cross.
Then she looked at the water. and for
the first time il looked cruel. and she
shudderel, the frogs, too, seemed mock
ing her, and the moon grew cold. All az
once she thought OF her mother, who
had endured 20 much ana yet who prayed
An she told Uncle Jasper 10 take keer
o. me, an how ne agoin' ter do, II ef
! ran away from I'M she asked her
dcnly filled her, and. with a little shrek,
she sped away from the river, leaving IT'S
shelly margin printed with her little
o@r,e feet
At the store the drunken men, finding
Night, he'd, in their uncontrolled fury,
taken out their vengeance on the help
less host. They had begun by smashing
the glasses ani emDiying the bottles;
sisted upon poe: old Jasper singing to
them, and, although they ridiculed the
quuverlng tones. they stood with broken
glasses in their unsteady hands and
hurled them at him whenever he at
But such sports as demo,lshing the
fixtures OF the now ruined "s'loon" and
as %torturlnr u ntlpless old man son lost
their SAVIOR, and when Tom Morgan, came
upon the scene brandish.ng. an ugly old
shotgun, a shout OF almirinS approval
met him.
20" t gun ISIS. Found I in a corner
err store, hind some OF baIr'ls"
"Hain,,t been shot on sence 81 plugged
s ter 'ai af sssn see; yea1 ss ~ RSsstt.SS' isSSsA sa
lie me shooter called on. the un-
steady voice Of young Peter Watson. as
he stagge ed Into the circle. i
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on 4 well-stocked railway which runs
Amost due west through M OF the
Iprth central States lay a little town-or.
a'her' a mere settlement. Although it
al been called Centerville for fifty
ears Il new house had not raised it's
VOL there during the last two decades;
" lhat 1t was particularly sleepy, for
t'"'re|ilie was anything but that: 1t
'as Just as In the beginning-no larger.
smaller, simply because Il was made
iefse enough to embrace all things
ru,seessary for Its life at the first, and its
|.m,e mad not ~broadened more than at
suns maybe ten souls over those which
we're lhere when its first Intel was set
out.
Just what determined It's establishment
y 'h's exact point was always a mys-
my ana what kept 1t there was another.
.Iue' II was on the railway and re-
sT''eH the mail for Pleasant Knoll, Just
st'oss the river. but then there was
."'r's'oWn, four miles further up, and
u neat busy little city of Armstrong
Nss than six below. Still, II one had
proposed that 1t had been built as a
SVe'ti station. for Pleasant Knoll the
ss'p,e or centreville would have laughed
'ney told him that Pleasant Knoll
~treville.
eo there was no use in Specializing on
SIMPLY accept 1t as one OF the queer
~'," - OF fortunes wheel and lie content
s..h thinking that it was one of the
State. ~ " 'e ""'''
A. hS Just or the low brow of the gem
Slope up from the river and was
u~'"'ated from that stream by a stretch
mellow bottom lands not more than
nan mile in width.
s.aM through the middle Of the town,
-" TO the river. ran the broad, we'll
h." state rcad, leading each way TO
asflstown n Armstrong. But the in
,S.s ahts OF centreviiie rarely travelled
~ these roads. merely because their
n''ls world had q horizon which did
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-18
A MODEL CLUB,

"cheme to EntersaiI Clubmen Within
Jackson Park Next Year.
The Worlds Fair Club" is the name
Of an organization now being formed
by the most prominent cluLmen of the
city. The idea is to conduct within
jackson park a model club house.
which will be open during the fair to
members and their guests. The club
is intended for the accommodation of
the ladies as well as the gentlemen Of
this city, and for the members of recoy-
nized clubs in other cities who NAV visi.
the fair
The appointments of the club house
will be Of the highest class, and the az.
Communications viii include dininp. read.
ing, reception, billiard and smoking
parlors; also central court and a roof
garden.
For the further convenience Of visit.
ing members, it is contemplated tn
open branch of the club in the center
OF the city, where information and as
sistance can be rendered in relation to
the cashing of drafts, securing of hotel
and other acconmoda ton. transfer of
baggage, etc.
A list of the best clubs of the country
will be prepared, and members of those
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-18
NOT so VERY REMARKABLE
Army Omcers Have Made Harder Ride.
Than the Germans,

Army Omcers Have Made Harder Ride
Than the Germans.
The recent test of speed of horses and
that OF the endurance of officers and
rnen in which hundred German officers
engaged from Berlin to Vienna. and a
hundred Austro-IIungarian officers
from Vienna to Deriin. have,been free
" commented upon. but are not con-
sidercd by army officers as so very re-
marllablc.
In 1877. says the New York Tribune.
Capt. Ezra Fuller, Of the Seventh
United States cavalry, during the DUR
suit OF Chief Joseph, was sent out bv
Gen. Miles from Fort Keogh to ascer-
tain and give warning as to the route
which Chief Joseph was taking over
the mountains. Capt. Fuller rode his
own private horse, his guide had two
Indian ponies. and an extra horse WA
taken along To carry the rations for
the party
They were gone twelve DAYS. during
wnith they rode more than six hundred
miie;'-not over the kings highway, but
through al unknown mountainous will
derness During this twelve DAYS Capt.
Fuller YVES unable to procure more than
three feedS of grain for his horses. Tho
Indian ponies gave out on the third
day. and the guide then rode the extra
horse
Capt. Fuller once rode sixty-six miles
in nine hours in search of deserters
AdJt. Bell, also of the Seventh cav
airy, rode through the Bad Lands. in
North Dakota. in 1882, one hundred and
five miles in twelve hours.
Many instances of long rides of United
states cavalry officers might be mem
toned in which the endurance Of both
men and hores was tested, and compar-
isons would show that American men
and horses are second to none in tesla
of this character
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-18
ONE OF wATTERSoN.s STORIES.
- DefAicat1or Case IL Louisville and Its
Remarkable SEQUEL.

- Defalcatfo7 Case I, Louisville and Its
Remarkable Sequel.
THAT was a queer story Henry Wat
terson told In his lecture about a de-
faIcation case at Louisville" said q
gentleman who heard the eloquent Jour-
nalist to The Man About Town of the
ot Louis Republic. He said that sew.
erai years ago q gentleman holding a
commanding commercial and social Do
sition in the Kentucky metropolis had
used the funds Of the corporation Of
which he was the trusted financial
head, and when the day of accounting
came he found he was short in his &C
counts. The time was too brief 70
make the deficit good and his own
funds were in such shape that he was
inextricably entangled. He was an
honest man, but in moment Of over.
confidence had permitted himself to de.
wave from the narrow path just enough
70 use the firms cash as q temporary
loan, promising 10 return it at once and
promptly. As Is always the case, he
failed to keep his promise, and the de-
Lay was dangerous-when the time came
he could not. Instead of waiting the
inevitable discovery, he called q meet
Ing OF the directors, made straightfor-
ward confession, resigned his DO
sition, threw himself upon the mercy
OF the court, so to speak, and pledged
himself to pay every dollar II
he were not exposed and prosecuted.
An animated discussion followed, and a
large majority were in favor Of giving
the delinquent q chance. His hitherto
high standing and undoubted business
ability were in his favor. not to men,
ton that he might have skipped II he
had desired. Two of the directors held
out They thought it would be COM
pounding felony, and 1t was an awful
thing to let sue. a man loose upon the
unsuspecting community. But they
were outvoted. and the defaulter was
given another chance. He is now q
prosperous and wealthy business man
OF Louisville. Two years after his mis-
fortune one Of the two men who had
objected to his release was a fugitive
in Texas charged with embezzlement.
and at the end of another year tho other
fed to Canada to escape arrest on the
same charge. In the whirligig of time
this prosperous merchant, whose early
misfortune these two men had endeav.
ored to turn into disgrace and calamity,
said Col Watterson. was the foreman Of
the grand jury that indicted the two
fugitives. Beware the false step. con-
tinued Col. Watterson, but don't always
condemn the victim without giving him
the benefit of the doubt"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-05-18
a RIAL SNAKE STSEy
1no serpe"t Cot IIto tho Hnrnets, N..s
to Catch tn. Hornets.

aho serpe"t Cot IIto the Hornets, N..,
to Catch tn. Ei.-lcts
a citizen Of fredericksburg, Va.
riaims Tat while truvelinc. to Tapna.
hlnnock h2 saw largo biac,isra,;e
SLOWLY craving among Tie branches of
O tree that stood BIZ the roadside.
Following tHe snake with his eve the
observer saw an unusually large
hornets rest attached II ono OF the
branches at the tree. and toward which
The snake was advancing.
when close to the neg: the snase
coiied itself about n limb. rclcasing its
tail, and with it gave several hard rane
upon he cxtcri.r of the rest rs IL
Knocking for admission. Tho noise ~
the blows and the swaying Of the nest
caused The hornets to leave their horne
and prepare for an cttack upon the in
trudcr. The snake ceased tann;no
with its tail rs soon as the hornets left
the nest uncoiled itself and quickly
disappeared, taking the place of the
hornets within their nest.
Presently the snakes head was seen
to peer out. and its bright black G yea
glistened as he anti, ipated u feast from
which the bravcst man would shrink
with fear. The snake drew his head
WITHIN the entrance hole to the nest un.
I'll nothing was seen of it except an oc.
casional fcrked tongue that darted in
and out with lightning rapidity. Think
ing the coast clear the hornets began
to return to their nest. when the snake
took them in as fast as they could enter.
Watching the proceedings for some
time our informant concluded that all
the hornets had been safely hived. and
ne stood up in his buggy, tapped the
nest with his whip, and awaited the re-
suit.
No hornets appearing, the nest was
then knocked to the ground, opened,
and his snakeship found in torpid
condition, with his size greatly in
creased. The snake was killed and a
post-mortem held with the following
result: Stomach stuffed with dead
hornets