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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-24
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CHAPTER I.


Tho isobbrr Of ii'e Lnad iIili.,
1t was ut tho change house Of tho
Kings lsOst," a. tho entering in OF tho
pass which Icaii to tho lead ulnos Of
tho Lowthnr lllll,. tina. Sir Jamo,
standslcld aud I ~iorogathrrcd. | had
boon down in tho shire Of Damirics,
where In TIM parlsh OF Morton thnra
was word Of a vacancy. owing to tho III.
doing OF tho incumbent. So having
some influence with Drumlanrlg, who
had tho chief say In tho matter. through,
my mother having boon n servant With
tho laird, | journoyod down with wa,or
10 push my claims. In tho days Of my
youth. 1t is true Tint | had coinpaniud
with tho hill folks. but long aso l dis.
cerned tho error Of my ways, desiring
TO DO married and seeing no prospect OF
II, save In takiug O! tho lost, and alter
ward, by mean, OF Drunlanrir aud tho
bishop OF Galloway. getting n parish in
which to settle down.
And how 20 tho curatos2' cried
Sir james, as oon q, no saw me, for no
was mostly 4 joyial man, and had nova
glass Of strong waters before him. '1lOw
olho curate-in Dumirios? Have ,hcv
NIL bocn rabblod since tho kings Popish
proclamation. or have they ye; learned
to road without their fingers at tho
lino2"
"Ihero Ia onp OF them out OF place,
anu That in tho good parish of Mortnn,n
sad |. which It is my hope to obtain
BY tho good will OF ~Drumlanrig."
10 are some kin to him, | have heard
say ! said Sir James. pawkily.
mo kin whatsoever" | mn!o answer,
with somc hent, "savo that my neither
was sometime maid to tho old Lady
Drnmlanrig."
And left OF her own accord to DO
married to Gibby Bell, the Muirkirk
carrier-well do | mind Of it," said Sir
james.
So we had bite oil bread and stoup Of
ale together, and wero merry In sober
and sedato fashion. speaking chiefly OF
the evil statc OF tho country. Of the OK.
actions OF the kings's men which waxod
worse and worse. and the frenzy OF the
pai y tIluL klTUNltlPu 10 tuTU
the world upside down, If they had their
will.
Presently the lass OF tho change.
house, n comely Quo and plump, 10
whom, for ny snaming. Sir james Sian.
dered me, telling her that I was a merry
curate and gamesome. opening tho door.
and came then to US where we ga. at
table.
Gentlemen" she said, speaking very
we'll and CLEARLY for n country lass, bear
with mo i'll say that it behooves you
TO set out ere i. be dusk, for there are
i'll folk about, aud you might come to en-
injury"
Which" said Sir James, you wish
not to be so sportive a lad as this my
friend hero, aud one that ha,h n beard
to his face wherein there is yet not n
hair Of gray"
"ludecd." said she, turning on him
with spirit, II ace nough, the mattor
with the Young mans beard, nor yet
seems he so merry as those whose
boards are crayer. aud therefore might
have more sense"
And we'll said for bravo lassi' cried
Sir James. .'fhe maid had me on the
hip that time and has thrown me- fairly.
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SIPS Bicycle
for $50,

See them, let your Bicycle
wise friend see them. There
can't be but one verdict: The
best Bicycle ever sold at tho
prico-thc Empire State.
We're sole agent for tho
Halliday Temple Scorchcr,
the handsomcst and best 500
Bicycle on tho market.
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"MAxy oil the citizens OF Rainsville,
Indiana, aro never without a bottle Of
Chnmbcrlnin's Cough Remedy in tho
house," says Jacob Brown. tho leading
merchant OF the place. This remedy
has proven Of 20 much value for colds,
Group and whooping cough in children
that icw mothora who know its worth
arc willing to DO without it.
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REDUCTION IN
HAM

In order 10 reduce the large stock
of Hammoclts we have OF hand we
have made 4 reduction Of from 10
10 * per cent. This is the best
bargain ir flammocIis you will find
in the city.
Garlic REOS.,
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fore him the hopelessness Of his errand.
Something in the official ranks had an
noyed him, and his temper was far
from being in an unclouded state.
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heart toward you. ! will pray every
moment for your success, and will be
in an agony of suspense and anxiety
until hear the result of your inter
view. Tell him l love you, darling,
madly love you, and my happiness VIII
be wrecked without you. Good-oy'
and be of good heart"
She galloped away, and with a Wild
ly beating heart he followed after up
the hill to the fort.
Going first to his own quarters he
donned his best uniform, and then, al
most trembling at his own assurance,
he crossed the parade-ground to the
headquarters building, entered the
hallway and raped at Col. Sanfords
door.
"Come in!"
That sharp, harsh command burned
the bridge behind him. Retreat was
now impossible, even should he desire
to abandon his mission.
When he entered the room the old
commander was sitting at his desk
writing, and paid not the slightest at
tention to his presence. Cap in hand,
his heart almost in his throat, the
young soldier stood in the middle OF
the floor for fully two minutes until the
officer had completed the letter upon
which he was engaged.
Had Brown but known the mood the
old man was in, he would have seen be-
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fore him the hopelessness Of his errand.
Something in the official ranks had an
noyed him, and his temper was far
from being in an unclouded state.
"Wel, sirP"
Uttering the words with a sharp,
commanding accent, Col. Sanford
leaned back in his chair and regarded
his visitor with scowl on his face.
Summoning all his courage Brown be-
gan:
"Col. Sanford, am Richard Brown
of B troop, and I called to see you on
somewhat peculiar business. In order
that you may fully understand"
"State your business with me at
once, sir, and put it in very few words.
have no time to waste"
ut will be necessary, sir, for me to"
estate your business, sir!" the old
man thundered. THE only way to do
business is to do it, damn it, to do 1t,
and do it quickly. Come right to the
point. Not another word, sir, but
business"
Poor Brown! He had expected to be
permitted to explain his mission in his
own way before the storm came, but
here were the clouds cnveloping him
before he had more than uttered a
sentence. Driven to desperation by the
officials blunt demand he blurted out:
"Col. Sanford, l am an honorable
man and a man of good family, and l
love your daughter, sir. Love her
with all the Grdor-"
He paused almost terrified. The old
officers face grew livid with rage, and
his eyes blazed forth the fires Of his
terrible wrath. For moment his pas
sion chohed him, and he could not
speak. Then, rising to his feet, he
yelled:
What? You dare to talk Of love
for my daughterP Oh! you internal
scoundrel, get out of my sight before
kill you! Go, say, you audacious vii
lain, or I'll crush you as l would q
snake! Begone!"
Seizing sword that lay near by, he
rushed at the youn.; soldier and would
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A Criminal who Was Tempted to Settle
Disputed Point.

A Criminal Who Was Tempted to Settle
Disputed Point.
1t is not often that criminal volun-
tarily testifes against himself, said
New Orleans attorney, but remember
case several years ago where the
temptation proved too strong and the
prisoner convicted himself in very
matter-of-fact way. A man had been
shot undervery peculiar circumstances,
and the conviction or acquittal of the
prisoner seemed to rest upon the evil
dence concerning his exact use of the
weapon. 1t was argued by the pros
ecution that from the nature Of the
wound the accused must have been in
the street at the time and fired the
pistol while on horseback, and certain
ingenious theories were advanced in
support of this statement. On the
other hand, the counsel for the defense
alleged that the shot must have been
fred from q rifle from within a certain
house, calling the attention of the jury
to what he considered several self
evident facts that upheld his views.
The discussion on both sides was
heated, and it seemed as though the
arguments would never close. During
this time the accused shuffled uneasily
in his seat, paying close attention to all
the lawyers on both sides said Atlast,
unable to stand it any longer, he broke
in with the remark: "You are both on
you wrong about this shootin', and
seein' as how you are so sure | did it,
1 might as we'll tell you the truth as
how it happened and have the pint set.
tied. 1t want with no pistol, and il
want done on horseback, and it want
done in no house. was in the corn
field across the road, and sighted my
old shotgun across stump and blazet
away at the fellow. That's all there
is to it, and now that that pint is set
tied hope the court will give me credit
for telling the truth and ending an ar
gument that looked as though itwoult
last forever" The court did give hin
credit for telling the truth, and alst
gave him tea years in the penitentiarJ
for manslaughter.
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sELF-coNVlCTED.

rTo BE coNTrNuED.l
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NY MOTHER.

Some one love comes back to mo
With every gentle face see;
Beneath each wave Of soft gray hair
seem to see my mother there.
With every kindly glance and word
1t seems as II must have heard
Her speak, and felt her tender gaze
With all the love Of olden days
And am moved to take her hand
And tell her, now understand
How tired she grew beneath tho strain
OF feeling every loved ones pain.
No further burdens could she bear;
The promise of that land more fair
Alone could tempt her from her child
And now, II could keep her here.
No sacrifice could be too dear,
No tempered winds for her too mild.
Then would smooth and kiss her face
And by her side take my old place
And sob my years and cares away.
The tears I have so long repressed
Would lose their ache upon her breast;
think II could feel her touch
Once more, it would not matter much
How sunny or how dark the day
/ love each mother that sec
That brings my own so near to me;
For though never more may frame
Upon my lips that hallowed name
To any who will draw mo near
And answer me with warm caress-
AS long as there are mothers here,
No child can be quite motherless.
Mary A Mason, In Womsn's Journal.
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Suicide Of school Children.

A curious return has been made con-
cerning some two hundred and eighty
nine instances Of suicide by school
children in the German empire during
six years. The interest of the return
centers in the motives assigned for
these extraordinary acts. The largest
proportion appear to have been at
tributed to fear Of punishment. This
might have been expected; nor is it al
together surprising that such extreme
terror should be chiefly exhibited
among pupils Of the elementary
schools. The fact that twentyper cent
Of these cases fall into this particular
class should, however, afford food fol-
reflection.
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ing with the hope in her heart that ere
1t had run its course it would bring her
tidingso of the dear boy whom she so idol
lied. She had never doubted that he
would some day come back to her, and
that her declining years would be
cheered and gladdened by his loving
presence. She would at once consult
her attorneys and take the ropersteps
to secure his restoration to society.
In words of warmest love she sent q
motherly greeting to the dear girl
whom she had never seen, and bade
her nephew say to his chosen one that
from his description of her beauty,
grace of manner and lovely traits OF
character she was already enthroned
in motherly heart which longed to
welcome her as daughter. The letter
concluded with these lines:
"All / possess will be yours, my dear
est Ned. When the Master calls me
from earth you will be very wealthy
man, and in anticipation of your early
release and subsequent marriage I will
at once place you in possession of half
of the wealth possess, and then you
can place your bonnie bride in the
highest circles Of society, for
which her beauty, education and rare
attainments so eminently fit her."
At their next meeting the young sol
dier placed the letter in Alice's hands,
and asked her TO read 1t. AS her eager
eyes ran quickly over the written lines,
look of perfect peace and satisfaction
settled upon her lovely face. To her 1t
seemed that the last barrier to their
happiness was swept away by the pen
Of the distant relative, and when her
eyes drank in the message OF greeting
TO herself, the foodgate of her soul was
opened and tears Of JOY fell upon the
open sheets before her. m
"Ned, my darling-your dear aunt
calls you Ned, and may not I9-l al
most feel that the blessed Lord above
has taken us in hand, and will lead ui
safely to the fruition Of our fondest
dreams. My beloved, / am motherless
and there is but one In whom / car
conflde ss would in mother, Mrs
Colby, dear, good woman who love-
me as If were her own daughter. Sh'
discovered my love for you the day o
your release from confinement, ant
told me of your love for myself Sh'
read it in your eyes, dear, in the tone
of our voices when the name OF eacl
was mentioned to the other, and she !
was who counseled me to avoid you un
til your true standing in life should be
come known. She believes In you
Ned. but prudently asked me to no
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doL't be frightened. It was nothing
but a poor insane soldier who imagines
himself to be in love with you Ha! ha
ha! ha! Isn't it ridiculous? Come, Sum
shine, don't tremble so, for the poor
fellow has gone and cannot harm you.
will at once order his confinement in
the guardhouse until he can be re-
moved to an asylum. Kiss your old
fool father, little sweetheart, and dis
pei your fears"
Throwing her arms about his neck,
she kissed him fondly, and, in voice
choking with sobs, said:
"Ohl papa, dear, darling papa, would
you doom your little Sunshine to q life
of unhappiness? know the gentleman
who was just here. He is q man of
honor and integrity, and love him as
I love my life!''
The old father cast her from him and
would have fallen to the floor from the
shock had he not clutched his desk for
support Gazing upon her trembling,
covering form he said hoarsely:
| "Are you, too, crazy? Speak, girl!
Are you, too, raving lunatic? What!
You bestow your love upon worthless
private soldierl Oh, my God, this is too
muchI Would you disgrace the honored
name you bear, name upon which
there has never yet rested stain, by
lowering yourself to such depth? Get
out of my sight this instant, and never
dare to enter my presence again until
you have repented of this mad folly
and are ready to ask my pardon for the
gross insult you have flung in my face.
But, father, in the name Of heaven,
in the name of my spirit mother, listen
to me-"
mo, not word. Leave my sight, or
! may forget that you are my child and
curse you! Begone, say, this instant!'
Sobbing violently the poor girl left
the room and Fastening to her own
chamber threw herself on the bed and
gave way to her grief in the most pit
eous cries and means.
Col. Sanford paced his room like a
Gagged lion. Twice he sat down and
wrote an order addressed to the officer
of the day instructing him to place Pri-
vate Brown under arrest and confne
him in irons in the guard house, and as
often tore the order into fragments
and cast it with an oath into the waste
basket. He knew of no military law
which made it crime for soldier tc
fall in love with pretty girl.
When her first burst of grief had
spent itself Alice arose, and going tc
the stables mounted her pony and rode
away over the mesa to the southwark
hoping the fresh air might cool hel
fevered brow On, on she sped, re
, gardless of time or distance, until she
,, reached the head of gulch four miles
below the fort Down the gulch she
rode, intending to return to the gar
rison along the river bank-along thu
path which she had traversed with he,
lover but two hours before. Just a
she emerged from the mouth Of th'
gulch into the open valley there arose
loud, savage yell that chilled he
blood, and score Of dusky form
E sprang up from the bushes and con
!, fronted her. Savage hands graspe'
!. the reins Of her bride and savage eye
i glared upon her trembling form ant
gloated over her terror.
y nrn m cn>yry1r-rD
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CHAP1Ek ALL
After mature reflection Brown deter
mined to make every effort to rid him
self of the bonds of military servi-
tude, and as a preliminary step sat
down and wrote long letter to his
aunt telling her of his soldier life, of
Alice, and of the bright pictures he
had drawn of wandering down the
path of life hand in hand with the
beautiful companion of his choice.
He expressed his wishes that measures
might be at once set on foot looking to
his release from army service, and
closed with expressions Of warmest
love for the good aunt whose heart he
must have torn by his long silence, but
whose kind face was ever before his
eyes, and whom he soon hoped to
greet with the embrace of son warm
est love.
In due time reply was received, and
tears coursed down the young soldiers
face as he read the tracings from the
hand of the only mother he had ever
known. The old lady, with pathetic
tenderness, spoke of the dreary years
of waiting, each ncceeding day dawn
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have run him through had he not
hastily retreated through the door.

have run him through had he not
hastily retreated through the door.
The grim old warrior was terrible in
his wrath. Pacing to and fro across
the room he raved and swore and
slashed His sword about, his face pur-
pie with passion. Then o new idea
seemed 70 strike him, and pausing in
his mad march he said:
"Why, the fellow is surely crazy. He
is as mad as March hare and must be
looked 4fter or he may harm some one.
What IN old fool was to fly into a
passion over the irresponsible rawlings
Of an Insane man. Ha! ha! ha! hal
Why, damme, should laugh over his
absurd fancy instead of wanting to
kill the fellow. Alice! Alice, say!"
A side door opened and, pale as a
ghost d hd trembling in every limb, his
daughter entered. She had heard II
all, ard her heart was well-nigh
brokepl Seeing her agitation, the old
man plAced an arm affectionately about
her wSist, and, drawing her tenderly
TO his Sosom, said;
! "rh#e, there, my little treasure
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MISS ETHEL HARRADEN, a sister OF
the author of "Ships That Pass in the
Night" has written the music OF fan
tastic opera entitled "The Taboo
which has been successfully given in
\ London.
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CuAPTER XIV.

He assisted her into the saddle, and
then turning to him with great crystal
tears in her eyes she said:
''May God go with you, Ned, my own
beloved. and may He move my fathers
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CHAPTER XIII.

lCoPYRIGnT, 1874, BY THE AUTHOR ALL
EIGHTs REsERvED.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-09
HIS Career Begins Early.

A telegram has been received in
this city by Mr.. II. ID. Spore, Of
Evansville, Ind, stating that Z. R.
McAdam's little son, Charlie, four
years old, won the quarter-mile BIZ
cycle race in that city on the 9Th
instant, in the presence of 5000
spectators, in the remarkable time
Of 81 seconds
Charlie rode his new midget rae
ing wheel, recently described in
in the LIGHTS columns. He is
now the champion 4.year-old cy-
clist OF the world and to say that
his father is proud OF him would
be drawing 1t entirely too mildly.
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The Page Will Case,

BROOKLYN, Oct. 9.-The Page
will case is set for a hearing today.
The estate was supposed to be
worth $4,000, but now turns out
to be valued at nearly 100000.
James w. Page was well.known
sporting man, and was engaged to
be married to Emma j. Hudson,
daughter of his partner. Page died
in an asylum for the insane. Then
Miss Hudson reveald a strange
story. Her father and Page had
quarrelled, and the engagement
was supposed to be cut of. She,
however, joined Page at Rutland,
VT, and went to suburban town,
when they were married by a JUS
tice of the peace in a hotel parlor.
She could not remember the name
of the town or justice she says, as
she gave the certificate to her hus-
band. The relatives of Page claim
that no marriage was performed,
and that Miss Hudson is not enti-
tied to any portion of the estate.
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National Colored Mems Convention.

National Colored Mems Convention.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 9.-The execu-
tive committee of the National Re-
publican Vigilant association, has
Issued a call for a national conven-
ton Of representative colored men,
to meet here today. The conven-
ton will take into consideration
number of subjects, including edu-
cation, the suppression of lynching,
purity OF elections, the monetary
problem, protection and free trade.
The colored men are not giving it
hearty support. Magnus l.. Rob.
inson, OF the Alexandria, Va, lead
or, has notified the promoters Of
the convention that he cannot par
ticipate in the coming convention.
He says the convention is scheme
to boom Mr.. Mckinley for the pres
idency, and for that reason, il no
other, he cannot become a partici-
pant in the convention.
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An Armadillo Case.

An Italian, named F. Pizzine,
has been arrested by the police on
a charge of being disorderly, and
his trial will take place tomorrow
before the recorder.
An old Mexican makes the COM
plant that Pizzine knocked him
down and took by force an arma-
dillo which he was carrying home,
it having been given him by Mr..
Limo Sanchez. The armadillo had
strayed on Mr.. Sanchez's premises
and had become a nuisance in eat
ing eggs and killing chickens.
The Mexican says that after Piz-
zine secured the armadillo he
killed, cooked and ate it. Pizzine
claimed the animal belonged to
him and that rather than it should
run away and be claimed by others,
he concluded to kill 1t and put 1t
in the pot.
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Sporting Gossip

"Tve only got Steve O'Donnell
and John Donaldson to work with
now," said Corbett last night to a
LIGHT representative" You know
that McVey, Delaney and Daley
were taken to Austin to appear be-
fore the grand jury. don't know
what to make of this and feel
rather uneasy about 1t. 1 am sure
we didn't come to Texas to violate
any laws, and II we are commit
ting any offense, we are ignorant
Of IT,"
Charlie Campbell, Of this city,
owns piece of property in Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico, and is in COM
munication with Dan Stuart and
President Diaz, regarding the
rbett-Fitzsimmons fight. Owing
to the death of Romero Rubio, the
proceedings with the Mexican Off
Gals have progressed rather slow
w.