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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-11-01
Written For This Paper.
CONQUERING An INHERITANCE.
A Serial Story Complete In
Six Chapters.
By 4 MissOuriaR.
CHAPTER V.

son, you have killed him."
shrieked his sister, STOPPING down
over him, and trying to lift him up.
"He ain't dead,'' said the man,
"but served him right eff he was"
"Let 'em alone, boys,' said the
old man, who had for the last few
minutes been in a deep study. 81
reckon they is old Jake's chillun,
and weun don't owe Jake no grudge.
Let us be gwine,"
Thereupon the three moonshiners
went off in the direction they had
come.
Philip was not much hurt by the
blow he had received, and immedi-
ately got up, Going down with him
to the little ill, Sarah bathed the
side of his head in the cool water,
and tied a handkerchief over it.
When the moon arose, they tried
again to find the horse, but without
success. However, they came upon
a large boulder which had lodged on
the side of the mountain. On this
Philip spread some brush, and there
they passed the night. In the morn
ing they found that they were quite
near the place where they had tied
the horse. But that animal they
found not, for he had slipped his
bride and left. Therefore, they had
TO walk home. Now in the daytime
they had 10 great trouble in finding
the way. When they came to the
creek where they had caught the
fish, Sarah sat down to rest and
Philip dropped his hook in again
with even greater success than
before. They reached home about
noon, and the first thing they saw
was the horse quietly grazing in the
yard. He neighed loudly when
Philip called him.
1t was two days before Sarah was
thoroughly rested, and much longer
than that before she got owe the
fright she had experienced. Indeed,
for some weeks she could not think
of the encounter with the moon
sinners without a shudder.
Philip was troubled at the presence
Of these lawless men on the estate.
He felt that II he allowed them to
remain he was in a sense accessory
to their violation OF the law; but
how to dislodge them was the trou-
BILE. He knew that he could not
break them up by himself, and he
doubted whether it would be right to
ask his neighbors to engage in an
undertaking In which there was sc
great risk of getting badly hurt,
After thinking the matter over for 9
couple OF weeks and advising with
Mr.. Carter, he wrote to the internal
revenue collector for that district
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-11-01
ON ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING.

From the Golden Rule.
Lord, this piece of work is Thine
and not mine. l thank Thee that
Thou hast used me as Thy tool to make
it. I bless Thee for its completeness,
and for the satisfaction I find in it.
How pleasant has been this task in
which Thou hast wrought with mel
1 have taken Thy time for it, and 30
have not tagged. l have taken Thy
promises for it, and 80 have not been
fretful or fearful. o wouldst Thou
thus do all my work with me! But
indeed, Thou wilt. Indeed, Thou hast
offered to. Indeed, Thou hast urged
thy help. upon me. And I have gone
pettishly, surlily off alone, ~scorning
partnership with the Creator of the
universe. Forgive me, almighty
Helper, for my weakness thus in sin.
Forgive me for my failures, which
thus are double failures. Henceforth
| will undertake no task to which
Thou canst not go with me | will ask,
regarding my work, what Thou
wouldst like to have me do, and not
what I would like to see done. II /
do not do my best, I shall grieve; but
not if l do not succeed, for that is
not my part. l will so work that
Thou canst rest in me, and I will 30
est from my own work that thou
canst work through me. And thus
Thy yoke burden upon me will be
light.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-11-01
TWAS WELL.
From the Detroit Tribune.

From the Detroit Tribune.
They came with fear. "Papa fall
tered the girl, 1--WE cannot live apart.
Forgive us, forgive u.s."
"Biess you, my c~hildren,'' Q
joined the elderly party with the red
face, who but a short time previous
had forbidden the lover to enter the
house and had informed his daugh-
ter II she looked at the young sprig
again he would wiring her neck.
"For," he unused, when they had
left him, ''there is nothing like hos
Utilities to precipitate an engage
ment."
Saying which he winked at himself
in the bevel- edge mirror opposite.
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to Sarah, "Have you ever been all
over the house YETI"
"No, not quite" answered Sarah.
81 think there is a room in the attic
l have never been in. 1t is reached
by a ladder which has been removed,
and as there is enough of the house
to look after without it. l have
never asked brother to put the lad
der back, so that / could go up
there. l suppose it was only a ser
wants sleeping-room, and that there
is nothing in it,"
"Where is the LADDER" asked the
other young lady.
'It is lying on the floor in the
hall upstairs"
GAS we have nothing else to do,
suppose we put it up and look into
the ROOM"
every well, but / know we shall
encounter a deluge of dust and cob
webs up there"
The ladder was quite heavy, and it
cost them much exertion to get it to
it's place, but they finally succeeded
in doing 30. They found the door
unlocked, and they pushed it open
and went in. Sarah's conjecture was
correct, it was a servants room, and
had long been disused. There was
nothing in it but a pile of rags in
one corner, and an old clothes rack
leaning against the wall. Behind
this rack Sarah found two large, old
fashioned mouth pieces of a speak
ing tube, "Miss Clarissa," she
said with evident excitement, twill
you please run down into my broth
er's room and stand a minute near
the m~antlepiece on the end of the
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-11-01
STATE REPUBLICAN.
JEFFERSON CITY, . MISSOURI.
THE MASTER UNAWAREs.


ny MRS. EMMA A. LENT.
They said. 1.-THE Master is coming
To honor the town to-day,
And none can tell at what house or home
The Master will choose to stay
And I thought, while my heart beat wildly,
" what II He came to mine?
How should | strive to entertain
And honorthe Guest diylnel
And straight | turned to toillng
To make my home more neat;
l swept and polished and garnished,
And deckedi it with blossoms sweet;
l was troubled for fear the Master
Might come ere my task was done,
And I hastened and worked the faster,
And watched the hurrying sun.
But right in the midst Of my duties
woman came to my door;
She had come to tell mo her sorrows,
And my comfort and aid to tmplore.
And | said, ~ cannot listen,
Nor help you any to-day;
have greater things to attend to-
And the pleador turned away.
But soon there came another
A cripple, thin, pale and gray
And said, 80, let me stop and rest
Awhile in your home, 1 pray!
have travelled far since morning,
am hungry and faint and weak.
My heart is full of misery,
And comfort and help ! seek"
And | said, 81 am gricvcd and sorry,
But | cannot help you to-day;
look tor a great aud noble Gucst,''
And the cripple went away
And the day wore IN swiftly,
And my task was nearly done,
And u prayer was ever in my heart
That the Master To- me night come.
And l thought l would spring to meet Him.,
And serve Him with utmost care,
when a little child stood 10y me,
with n face so sweet and fair;
Sweet, but with marks Of tcardrops,
And his clothes were tattercd and old;
a finger was bruised ana bleeding.
And his little bare feet were cold.
And l said, ~ am sorry for you;
You are sorcly in need of care,
But | cannot stop to- give it.,
You must hasten o,hrrwhcrc.''
And at the words Il shadow
swept DER his bluc-yclnud brow;
"some one will feed and rlothc you, dear,
But I am too busy, now
AT last the day was ended.
And my toll was over aud done:
My house was swept and Earnished,
And | watched in the dark alone;
Watched, but no football sounded.
No one paused ar my gate;
No one entered my cottage door;
l could only watch and wait.
waited till night had deopcncd,
And the Master had not come,
ale had entered some other door, | cried
And ]glaIdrned some other humc!''
My labor had been for nothing,
And | bowed my head and wcpt;
My heart was ore with longing,
Yet, spite Of it all, | slept.
Then the Master stood before me,
And his face was grave and fair;
''rhree times To-day | came to your door
And cravcd your pity and care;
Three times you sent me onward
uuhelprd and uncontrolled.
And the blessing you might have had "
lost,
And your chance to serve has fed
20 Lord. dear Lord forgive me!
How could / know it was rhecp'
My very soul was shnned and bowed
In the depths of humility.
And He said: ''rhc sin is parIoned.
But the blessing /, lost to thee; -
For comforting not the least of Mine,
We have failed TO comfuri Me"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-11-01
Star of the South.

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A CLEVER GIRL.
Chappie and His Lady Love, the Daughter
of ''Retired Merchant"

Chappie and His Lady Love, the Daughter
of a "Retired Merchant"
"My papa is retired merchant"
Those words, spoken by Miss Wise
enough, made Chappy Fizzlewig feel
very happy one evening. He had met
her at picnic that day and her win
some face had interested him very
much, but he would in no wise commit
himself until he had learned something
of her financial standing. When the
young lady's home was reached it was
found that herparents had retired. and
though the hour was quite late the
young people seated themselves on the
veranda for a chat. It was then that
she spoke the words quoted above. I'm
mediately thereafter he drew nearer to
her and succeeded in holding her hand
in his while he gave utterance to tender
sentiments. He visited the young lady's
home frequently thereafter and finally
he proposed and was accepted. Soon
after he happened to Sc e his prospective
father-in-law selling hand-me-do wn
clothing in an inferior store on q
second-rate street He was astounded
and disgraced and fastened to his lady
love for an explanation. ''Did you not
tell me the evening we returned from
the picnic that your father was a re-
tired merchant?"
YES" she innocently replied, land
SO he was at that hour, for if you re-
member it was quite late" And then
she winked the other eye. And chappie
thought the girl $50 deucedly clever,
don't you know" that he concluded to
marry her anyway, rather than have
his name appear in a breach of promise
suit.-Chicago TimeR
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It did not take long for the fumor to
form and fly that it was a working
mans regiment, and would not take
the side of the employers. -.
When 1t had reached the little
square where the bank stood it was
drawn up. A slkirmish line was
th1ewn, out, pickets stationed and the
crowd forced BACH
The colonel and his staff then wert
into tie bank. The disposition of the
men in the-street vas such that access
to the bank was impossible, ana. rs the
doorway was on level with the street
it was impossible for the crowd to see
what was going on, save that there
ranks of the men.
The regiment stood there quite two
hours and q half. In the meantime
there was great commotion at the
company's works. The sheriff set off
in a carriage with Mr.. Matlock, fol-
lowed by half score Of deputies TO
reach the bank, but were stopped by
the pickets. The officer protested and
Threatened, but in vain. When asked
If the governor had sent them, the
soldiers replied: "You must talk to
the colonel, but you cannot pass the
lines at present"
"If the colonel desires to protect the
bank, he will confer with me-" said
Mr.. Matlock.
81 don't know what his orders are"
said the soldier. Better wait till he
calls on you at the works."
The sheriff, in high dudgeon, then
rushed to the telegraph Office. 1t is an
hour before he gets an answer from
the governor at Lexington and it is:
'Have not authorized use of troops
must be mistake about regiment. What
do you mean?"
Then followed several Of the absurd
est of dispatches.
"No mistake" says the sheriff. "Reg-
iment, one thousand strong, armed
with repeating rif1es.''
impossible" says the governor.
Your fears or your condition has
made you wild. There is not such
regimental formation in the state. If
you cannot preserve the peace will
send the Louisville Lightguards-
ninety-four men. The law must be
upheld"
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Then It was that the director DIS
covered that all the specie had been re-
moved from the bank. A great crowd
had gathered round the entrance. He
got upon chair and in an excited
manner conveyed the information. It
was received with incredulous jeers,
cries Of Served you right We don't
believe it. You brought the soldiers,
etc." and the widest excitement
ensued.
The sheriff was paralyzed and lost
his head. He sent kilograms to Louis
an. 49,. ""i-o calling on the author
tiles to arrest all soldiers IN D.-- - r's
and duck trousers armed with Spencer
rifles. He arrested the agents at the
Paducah railroad and held them for
cofiusion. Armed parties were sent
out on the highways and discovered
nothing but struggling men drawn to
the town by the news.
Every other subject wss now
swallowed up In the robbery OF tie
bank, and upon the arrival of the gov
ernor and his adjutant in the after
noon, there ensued q scene OF in
credulous Indignation and fussy Of
ficialism. The adjutant, an old-time
veteran with purely Kentucky pref
tidices and Kentucky dignity, immedi-
ately framed a theory that there had
been raid from southern Indiana,
and was for calling upon the governor
of that state to make good the loss and
to return the raiders for punishment.
In Louisville, Cairo and Cincinnati,
the most extraordinary accounts were
published in the papers. One Of the
sheets announced in its head lines:
''The English syndicate at st. Mary's
makes away with million and half
of money belonging to the working
men,"
A paper in Louisville announced that
Kentucky had been invaded by an army
of Indiana free-booters, and its head
lines were startling. "Are we to have
another civil WARP" they asked.
''Shall an invading army desolate
Kentucky while our apathetic officials
are dickering with the bloated barons?
Let there be call to arms"
One fact alone was clear to the
people of St. Mary's. The money and
the regiment had disappeared together.
That the astonishing circumstance
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Then Matlock corroborated t

Then Matlock corroborated the
sheriff.
regiment of armed men in posses
sion of the bank. Must have the pro-
lection of the state at once. The sher-
if is helpless"
To this the governor still incredu-
lousy replies: Regiment must have
transportation. How did it come? An
swer at once if it invaded the state
from Ohio"
Impossible to tel was the answer.
'No one knows how it got here. 1t
is drawn up on Main street at present.
Have failed to communicate with
officers"
After some delay, the governor sent
this word:
evil arrive in the morning with
Adjt. Gen. Luscomb. DO nothing till
get there"
While this was going on an hour was
lost and it was three o'clock. At half
past three o'clock the regiment was
moved from the bank to the vicinity of
the company's works. 1t proceeded in
fine open order and was cheered along
the route by the people. A strong
guard was left at the bank and no one
allowed to enter.
On the company's common it was
again drawn up-a strong encircling
line of pickets thrown out and the fol-
lowing note sent about five o'clock to
the director:
''Sir:-The first battalion of the
worlkingmen's advance guard will pro-
tect property until the state takes pos
session. shall encamp my men on
the outskirts until tomorrow. Let the
citizens retire to their homes till that
time"
After several attempts to see the
colonel, the sheriff sent a communica-
ton to him:
'Sir:-Will you inform the authori-
ties Of this county by what right you
invade this state. As the legally con-
stituted officer of the county, demand
that you appear before me and explain
your conduct under penalty of arrest"
To this the colonel made no answer.
It was six o'clock in the evening
when the regiment was marched to an
open tract on the southwest terrace
overlooking the town; strong guards
were thrown out in all directions and
apparent preparations made for going
into camp. AS there was nothing for
the town to do but wait the arrival of
the governor in the morning, it slowly
Quoted down. The camp fires of the
military burned in a long row on the
far terrace. The regular beat of the
drum was heard far into the night,
which was an unusually dark one and
at twelve o'clock all was still.
But as soon as 1t was light the
streets were thronged. There were
the fires on the terrace smoking as if
with preparations for breakfast and
the white tent of the colonel could be
plainly seen. The early train brought
in a crowd Of idle men, but the rail-
road officials denied having seen any
regiment.
As soon as the day was fairly arrived
crowds began. to make their way to
tho edge of the camp. The guard had
been withdrawn from the bank in the
night and at seven o'clock Matlock re-
ceived word that the regiment had dis
appeared. He went immediately to
the bank with the sheriff. At the same
time the news of the disappearance
spread like wildfire. Crowds over-ran
tho camping ground, but not a sign of
the soldiers could be found except the
smouldering fires, the remaining tent
and the strong smell of the trodden
grass. with hero and there . dropped
fragment OF olothing-e cartridge o. .
pjeoo e tooa
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railway. 1t is not at all inaccessible
ing. About mile out there is an old
house standing half hidden in the gum
trees and brush near the one road. 1t
was built ten years before by man
who manufactured potash and tannin
from the oak stumps and is said to
have done quite business there in q
drudging way. About six weeks be-
fore the troubles broke out at st.
Mary's the place was hired from an old
negro into whose possession it had
fallen by o man who gave out that he
was going to fit it up for the manufac-
ture of emery paper, q great deal Of
which was used ut ST. Mary's and ma
terial for which had been found in
crude state somewhere in the neigh
borhood. He had been receiving his
stock of machinery and implements
over the Paducah road.
On the morning to which reference
has been made. st. Mary's was in
very demoralized condition. The news
had gone out over the country and
hundreds of strangers had poured in
across the Ohio and from Louisville
and. Cairo. It was expected by every
body that q collision would take place
between the worhmen and the colony
which the English company had
planted on the bank of the river. The
sheriff of the county had arrived, but
the governor had declined to interfere
ut the present state of affairs.
Such was the condition of aatters
when at nine o'clock, to the astonish-
ment of everybody, regiment of in
fantry, one thousand strong, in full
marching order and armed with maya
zine guns, made its appearance at the
edge of the town on the Paducah rail-
road, and came down the main street
as far as the bank in fine order, pre-
coded by drum corps of four pieces.
The establishment and excitement at
this sudden invasion were increased ten
fold by the banner which spread out to
the morning breeze. and which had
inscribed on it lcgibly: First Battal-
ion American Workingmen. No Tyr
nnny of Money. No Coercion OF Capt.
ital."
Where thu regiment had come from.
how tar it had marched or what
Rpse its Intentions no oos hnew. 6us
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did not at the time betray to the coun-
try some of the real facts was owing
to the muddle which the incompetent
Mr.. Matlock and the pig-headed sheriff
and governor had produced in the
minds Of the people. There was q
widespread suspicion among the work.
ingmen that the superintendent was in
some way implicated in the removal
of the gold, and nothing could eradi-
cate from the governors head the no
ton that the regiment was an exag-
Grated ruse which had been brought
about by descent of invading villains
from southern Indiana.
Hendricks had counted on this very
result. His motto was: "Audacity
that bewilders- then, energy that
discrepancies"
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