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The herald., 1896-05-04
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Astronomical Secfinn

The Astronomical section of the South
ern Califoynia academy of sciences will
meet tomorrow evening at S o'clock. at
the residence of ]. D. Hooker, 1926 West
The herald., 1896-05-04

trude from Kansas City have apartments
at the Westminster
r. d.; Chandler and wife and W. H. Sc
bastian are among the recent arrivals at
the Westminster.
The herald., 1896-05-04

Is the only True Blood Purifier promi-
nently in the public eye today. Be sure
to get Hoods and only Hoods.
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than even that OF Alt Karl. "Ii one o.
YOU SO much as fires q shot at cuckoo,
/ will give him the contents Of my re-
volyer"
The men stopped. Open-mouthed with
wonderment. Alt Karl was so aston
ished that re forgot TO put down his
boot which ne had been tying. and so
held it for long moment suspended IN
the air.
But the Colonel did not choose to give
any explanation Of his strange nantes
t&tion Of temper, and five White Coats
saluted and betook themselves wonder
inely 20 their several quests. Ait Karl
also went about his business Of gather
ing together q small cairn ct stones Tor
the camp kettle, and the cooking Of the
provision with which he expected the
marksmeu TO return. But he collected
the stones and then the fuel mechanic
ally. for in his heart he was busily con-
ming reasons cor the strange behavior Of
his officer and master the Count.
For an hour St. Pollen sat on the
trunk Of 4 fallen pine, deep in thought.
Then he summoned Ait Karl 10 him.
Karl" he said. do you remem ser
the illness that brought YOU to a shad-
ow and the gates Of the dead?"
Remember said Alt Karl, dc
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cracked, and a twig spat close by the
Counts ear.
Pigs of the city sums" said the I'm
der-Ofiicer under his breath. And he
kept his eyes alert to catch the Counts
every movement
Shoot me that man who fred" said
the Count; and those two at the head
OF the cOlumn-no more. We cannot
afford to waste ammunition on rascals.
Crack crack! crack rang out the
three shots. The man with the smok-
ing gun fell prone upon it. The leader
OF the advance leaped into the air and
collapsed in heap on the ground and
third man suddenly reeled and grasp
ed his leg as tholgh wasp had stung
him.
The twenty-five White Coats rose from
the brUshwood
Ready" cried Under-Oficer Alt
Karl
The convicts from the settlements
started 10 run, but the commanding
voice OF Under-Oficer Karl suddenly
brought them all up standing.
Halt! pigs, and eaters OF pigs meat,
Put down the guns, which are the prop
erty OF the Kaiser-like Apostolic Maj
esty, Ground arms! Pile arms."
The rascals beneath, held by the
threatening muzzles of the guns of the
twenty-five veteran marksmen, reluc-
family piled their arms in obedience to
| the threatening accents Of the voice
which spoke as having authority.
Il was not ten years guard of such
| scoundrels for nothing" said Alt Karl
as he saluJed stiffiy.
The Count smiled. lie had hunted and
campaigned too long with Alt Karl to
take any offense at his abrupt speeches
and dictatorial ways.
And now" said Alt Karl, what does
! your EXceAency wish done with these
escaped thieves? Shall we shoot them
and be done?"
God forbidw creid the Count, who
was more tender Of heart, and had seen
enough killing Of lare, even they may
have those that love them. Even as
YOU, Ait Kari. have the little Gertrud in
the coJtags by the pire-woods."
wolves and swine have not Trudas, -
muttered Alt Karl rebelliously. They
had been safer shot for they are the
very spawn Of death and full of the
treachery of the devil!
speak to them" said the Count,
YEARLY, and tell them that they are
free TO go 10 their homes. We have not
force to hold them and do cur duty to.
The play is played. Let the supers go
home"
SO Alt Karl erected himself once
more and bade the eX-prisoners dismiss
TO their homes and settlements and be
grateful Cor the clemercy OF the com
mander. And right gladly the cow5d
rascals, who had doubtless their fears
of KarTs solution of the matter, bent
their heads to the ground and secured
away TO the south.
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forget it for day, or your most noble
kindness?"
And do you remember how, one
morning in the spring when the leaves
were greening, came to you in the IT.
tie chalet under the hill?"
"'Ah,' you said, it is over Count Ru-
dolph, all over; shall never hear the
"kuck-uk" again Then at that mo-
meent the little Trudchen came running
in. Father she said with voice like
sleigh bells ringing over the snow,
heard from the other side of a lake,
father, hear the "kuck-uk'' calling
So we two that were men listening like
little children for the voice Of the bird
ay, as it had been for the sentence OF
the Angel Of Life and Death. But we
could not hear the sound. So1in my
arms l took you up and carried You I'M
til set you, all rolled in the blankets
of the great bed chair l had given you,
blinking like great white owl there
in the sunshine Of the morning. Then
there came two cuckoos, counting the
same mate to grant them her favors,
and the gladstone cry of 'kuck-uk' went
round the forest.
Nov you know, father said your
little TruGa, that you will certainly
get better For to-day you have heard
the "kuckuk," and ths spring is here
And that is the reason why l would
not permit the shooting OF a cuckoo.
No, Karl, nor ever shall while | am
Rudolph, Graf ST. Polten-Vassima and
colonel even of this broken regiment
Az. Karl went and stood before his
master. He ben; his stiff gray head
uncovered and took the Counts hand.
He raised it TO his lips and, as the man
rer OF the Austrian Tyrolers is, he
kissed devoutly me signet ring upon it.
Master" he said, and the Gears
were not far from his eyes; master,
God has given me a good pupil, in OH
CT things than the learning of the Jagd.
Saving your great honor and high no.
bleneSs, | that am but a hun,sman love
You as a son for the gracious words
spoken 20 Alt Karl this day"
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the flowers about my neck"' The
Count looked at the bright young girl
from head to foot as if his mind could
not compass the greatness of the
change.
Even So" she said, blushing again,
for the sense of his greatness was fresh
upon her. Il have been for five years
in Breslau at school, and have just
come home to take care of my father. y
A swift sense of the happiness of
Alt Karl broke upon the lonely Count.
His Jagdmeister had this to come home
to when his days work was done. For
himself he had only the mildewed walls
of the great barracks over yonder. de-
filed by the Prussians and wasted by
the wild boar out CT the wood.
Suddenly the maid clapped her hands
together with a pretty gesture OF de-
spair.
What have ] done" she cried. 81
am dumb and stupid with your so m
expected coming. / had well nign for
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20 mask The weakness Of the fortresses
plies from the TyrOl. and generally 10
retrieve an irretrieva5le misfortune
with which he and his men had had
nothing whatever 20 do. He had now
but twen-y-seven men 10 DO all these
things with. Also they were hungry
men. for in The sullen retreat from The
stricken field Of KOniggratz there had
been no time for more 5han a moU,hful
OF wurs OUt of the knapsack. and the
hasty dr3ughc of water as they passed
over brook.
The C0un- had commanded well nigh
five hundred msn when the big guns
frs spoke across the valley On the
morn.lg of the sd Of July. Five hun
dred gallant fellows had lain among
the wee corn an night and arisen wi,h
hope i'm heir hearts Out of the crushed
and muddy rye. Then first OF all s.
Polten's command had been flung cut
across the Prussian skjrmish line. and
She needle guns had wrought him sore
havoc. After thac the grape shOt from
the orchards Of S3dOWa had left many
Of his brave TEroiers dead among the
silen- wd-er mills OF the village. His
five hundred were barely three when
Chlum was taken and when with the
Field marshal a. their head the ImQer-
ial White Coats dashed a the in
uenched PrIs>l1n Guards Of the army
of the Crown Prince. There St Polten
LETT Two CU- CT his three hundred On
the bare slopes. whiCl were sw~Dt
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CHAPTER III.
TIE BIRn OLE HOPE

So day by day the Count of St. Polten-
Vassima kept the road which leads to
Verona. and day nor night none came
rear aim. For allthe peasant toik were
fsd. the barns were exhausted or plum
dersd. and all the fields were desolate.
Ii was not long before there came a
day when the men wanted food. So the
Count babe Under-Oficer Richter who
was also Alt Karl. and his own Jadg-
meister. to serve five rounds Of am
munition 10 each of the five best shots
and let them go out to kill wood
pigeons where a few corn patches were
not quite trampled down and the wheat
began TO be juicy.
1t happened as the five soldiers set
out to leave the camp that the note Of
the cuckoo came through the trees,
rough and stammering now with the
/ lateness of the season. Then first one,
then another. and at least half dozen
Of the long, gray, ashen-breaSted birds
swooped noiselessly down, flying their
short fights from tree 20 tree, and oc-
casionaHy ut,ering the call which.
though rough and raucOus now. carried
the eternal freshness Of spring along
with it.
Let us try if the hck-kuck' is good
eating" cried Alt Karl. And one Of
the White Coats lifted his gun 10 fire at
the bird as it flashed past. But the
/ Count Of St Polten-VasSima s2rang TO
his feet. His face had suddenly grown
pale.
"DCvvn with vCur cunsr' he cried. in a
voice that had more OF the war rasp in 1t
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a door and a voice eXclaiming: why
dOn't YOU answer you old curmudgeon
of a father? 20 you really think
c1nnC- see You hiding there in the
p2roh?"
Two arms were thrown impulsively
abou- the Counts neck. and then urn
i1g he found himself closely face to face
with The dismayed, terrified eyes of the
fliIes- maid ic had ever been his Let
10 see. The girl s,ocd before him Grim
son from brow to bosom. Her hands
had fallen from his shoulders 10 her
sides. and had again been halfway
| lifted as if 20 cover her face from the
shame. She ,oCk her breath shor. like
a captured bird :lat fears r:shandling.
Tle COuL- ST. P0lten was equally sur
prisei His hsar. certainly jolted
VI hin him in manner strange and
invented. And when he awOke to
himself ne had his dirty camnaigner's
cap in his hand, and was bowling over
the girls hand as though she had been
the Empire ss-Queen herself.
But suddenly, with sudden recogni-
ton Of her tardy dutifulness. the girl
kneIt before him and set his hand TO her
lips, kissing the signet Of the Count
ring as her father had done.
The Count" she murmured. "I
have been rude to the Count. nv
fathers gracious lord"
Rudolph ST. Polten raised the maid.
and fer the first time in his life he felt
unworthy Of the homage which was his
unquestioned right as grand se.gneur.
And you?' he said, as If he had an
swsred a previous question of hers as
to his own identity.
Il am only little Gertrude Richter.
daughter Of your Jagdmeister Karl"
No; little Truda whom I used 10 set
on my knee and fesd with sweetmeats
and brown spiced biscuits. Not little
Truda who called 'kucll-uk,' and threw
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CHAPTER ".
A ROSEBUD OF TwENTY-CNE.

A ROSEBUD OF TWENTY-CNE.
The war Of the Seven Weeks was
over and the twenty-five Tyrolers dis
handed till the regiment should be re-
organized. The sudden quarrel CT
South and Ncrth had been as suddenly
made up. The Cour. went back to mis-
corner of the great house Of St Pol.sn.
His heart was Yst more heavy within
him, fer the pride CT his I2.iOn had
been trampled upon by the strong rude
feet of the invaders from the north
irOn-c2st Prussians, as he called them,
Eullccks from gray Pomerania.
But When the Count had taken enc
look AZ tine gaunt unfinished mass Of
his chateau he turned away with genu-
ire sadness. dragging a. his mOusJache
for the third army corps OF the army
had come that way On its swOGp for
vienna. Horses mad been stalled in
the billiard room ari field guns stored
in the chapel. In the dining hall the
surgeon had done uleir a5horred di-
vine work. The garden was 4 mere
vase. and wild rig Was roofing there
2molg the INTENDED flowers even IS
he looked. The front door had been
used is q large. for the revolver bullets
CT me North officers.
So the COuu~ OF ST. Pollen turned
away, he hardly knew whittier. He
was q lonely man. with TO one in the
world to genuinely 10 love him, and il
was much the same TO him where he
went So at leas. he told himself He
would see his lawyers, his land agent,
and then So. cut fer Paris. This was
his resolve as he strobe away from ST.
Po,,cn wish a sense of desolation set
Ting Ike lead about his heart.
His feet rather than his will carried
him to a sunny sou,h-looking glade,
with a cCttage that sood banked
against the sheltering pine-wood. 1t
was the CHALET OF Alt Peer, but how
unlike the Ct her chale.s CT the force
people. Roses over-clambered H..
creepers dominated the walls and rcof
4 vine cast its ,endrils round the chin
rcy, Jhe gravel walk was of hard
packed sand. and carefully swept.
Cuckoo, cuckoo"
Il was tine same birds voice he had
heard jaere years ago, but wish d new
elan, new brightness in it. The Count
paused while in the shadow of The
leafy porch, for il was pleasan. there
oul of jba heat. Suddenly there came
soft rustic as of wings or d1aperies.
Faster down The stairs, a rush GU CT
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led; "look. there are two or three men
hiding yonder in the shadow. They are
not men Of St Polten nor OF the neigh
borhood."
The Count rose quickly from his
chair and came to her side. She point
ed with her finger to the edge OF the
pine-wood. For a minute his less-ac-
customed eyes could distinguish moth
ing-only the Swallowed spaces of the
glade with the staring sunlight and the
blue wash of cool shadows.
Quick. she cried breathlessly. 81
see another and another. They have
guns and curiou3ly marked dresses.
They are crouching in the dusk behind
the trees. Do you not see them behind
the oleapder?"
And now the Count St Polten saw
man with a convict's jacket and peak
"a forage cap set on his head lying in
the dark of the bushes, and behind him
two or three others. Instinctiyely he
felt for his revolver He knew them
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LAUNCHING \ RANDOM SALUTE.

by Jhe needle gun Of the Nor.h. even
rs the broad Danube js sweep by the
slan,wise western rain.
And when Jhe pursuit Quickened. and
the retreat babe fair 10 become a rOut.
was ic not the Count S.. Pol-en-Vassima
who pushed The war-wOrn hundred
across and across the line Of advance.
and with the ammunition at his COM
maud dUilcd with desperate valor the
edge OF the victory hunger Of the Third
Prussian Army Corps? For though
their guns were but few, the aim of the
TyrOlers was deadly So now. with
belts frightened and gray set faces. St.
Polten's men kept the lonely hin road
10 Verona with but twenty-five bayo-
neJs-and Under-OHCer Alt Karl.
Already the remnant OF the Imperial
White Coats had been forty-eight hours
wi,h0U, food or sleep. and even the
hardest old ChamOiS-pOachC of the Inn
valley owned himself done up.
From the dense covert Of the brush
wood the Count with Alt Karl ut his
elbow. watched the road beneath. Ger
tainly a large party Of sOme- kind was
marching southwark. 4 jabber of
voices rose through the still air. The
Prussiaus must have risen betimes.
thought the Count. 10 be here ere the
dew was on the grass this morning i'm
mid-July. Then sun cracked The
sound came with little jar upon the
party i'm the brushVOOd. They were
discovered. so each man of them
thought. and automatically he counted
the scanty rounds OF ammunition which
remained TO him. Then for a moment
his heart went pitifuily out to the lass
away in the TyrOl village whose cheek,
like so many others during the terrible
seven weeks. would pale at the sight of
the list posted at the village Rath-
haus.
But UndCr-Oficcr Alt Karl rose erect.
"Dumu-Gopf. C0nvicts, Assassinsr'
he exclaimed. with the contempt Of q
solder for ,he bands OF criminals from
the penal settlements whom the policy
o. weakening and Withdrawing tire mill
tary guards Ead encouraged TO escape.
and WHO now constituted at once a dill
tcU,.v 90 the authorities and danger
90 The inhabitants.
anus A." SiiieH' VI men,
C~I!S --s suns ana SUNS wallets Of
'aIious p-,-,el'i@. hufLle0 soutEward
sion- Toe Io"u oenealn me I|ro!erS.
leaders 'as.e were maniLesiIy pcne. for
the Qu2rreIiiDg ana noise were past tell
l-'-. d, ,'9'Ili GA OHu9f-Oihcer hich-
seer .I'.. cu,io.''
Shall ve SOD these swine-cattlc?"
ne said, Jney are Eere for no g00d.
~ uloetets' l'hsi tIleVeS. certainly.
me com, Lltcej.
March, said A-t karl. hardly above
his Breath. And the command strung
S,e2lthi!v Gown The hill. taking advan-
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Logic in Rags fine you SIS for be-
ing yagrant," said the judge. Have
you the money to pay the fine?"
your Homer" said the man plaintive-
~, IF had So ! wouldn't be fined as a
vagrant. Detroit Free Press.
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NOT LIKELY TO BE DISAPPOINTED.

Expectations Of a farmer Which Could
BE Easily Satisfied
An inquisitive person passing along
a country road stopped to talk with
farmer hoeing corn.
your corn is small" said the inquisl-
tive person.
Yes. planted that kind" replied the
farmer.
1T looks yellow"
81 planted yellow corn"
Il don't think you'll get more than
half a crop
Don't expect to- planted 1t on
shares. Buffalo Courier.
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CHAPTER V.

THE SIEGE OF THE CHALET.
But Gertrud did not seem to hear.
She was looking at something across
the open space, with parted lips and
ager wide-open eyes.
Look she cried, manifeStly troub-
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ODE TO SPRING.

OF spring
I sing ,,f,.-,tr5'a
wing. ...-.
When winds. now mild no longer re-.
When bird songs through me "'''''"'
ring
And The bicycle bells go tirg-a-Ang'
And winter fannels closely cling
Then IL il spring,
: ne real thing,
By jung! ,.-.-..ts Journal.
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Mrs. Watts-"Now. if YOU will split
some wood" Weary Watkins-"If ii
is all the same to you, mum, think
will confne my efforts to splittin' the
atmosphere as | persoo my peaceful
way''-Indianapolis Journal.
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Writtenforthe Sunday Register.
THE SONG SPARROW.

THE SONG SPARROW.
The burden of a song all Joy.
Borne through the wintry rain;
O. whence that lay without alloy,
o. whence the sweet refrain,
The gaudy songsters all have flown.
Down by the trop.c sea-
And a homely bird In the storm alone.
Cheers the day with his giee:
Cheers the day with his merry giee,
Singing on the tree
'Tis the song-sparrow's triil. on the winds
is driven.
Through the winter. dark and long:
He giaddens the day as a CLEAN from
heaven.
And cheers our hearts with his song;
And cheers our hearts with has merry
song.
Singing his merry song -
JOHN G. GTTTLOsfS.
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HSRCRocKETT.
PART T.
-r, uTr-C

CHAPTER I.


ruAPTER T.
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-- D,r-er-V9ssima was
Count 81 ~. bjs forest
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80. a.N- DID, -'' ' ny, bo3 onire re-
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-. H-.A'.,. '''. ,5 Lc vas for
l5 prop. tr o0e of the
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.r .- som n''' .,-,,,sr sfesra
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.o observe iAe 'o-.-.. 81. mind
AS -o '.'-- $500, -ra- mo
r. ne o5" --o ~ Tho cottages
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.-m and so.dierN precision.
vas Al. Ntli' l-e '0--'-.' ~
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DO ,-7 O'" man p g ~. .s. to-
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a'S AS II.e' Ne s ,. 80 -.
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'1-- me WIN no" S-S, y, ..7'
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was my HiiuN on q ! ' -. -
NJ Ni--' D! MS ms las a.. -,,i.;,g
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w-. said tine Count pleasanl y,
.otwI.lconvey TO the young iSuS
sense o. the great houo' S--9 ilo'
ar 1estoWlng upon ule 'I''
token OF her favor 49,
wca her. mink that She is
zaeuess the Count and his ola
ra o return 70 his VAST lonely
la.. ar. A.i karl to enter auslllS
a- VITA tAe roses VIO""'"7
OH. porch.
rr... Al. Kari cal.eu S-eInlS >
1- his foo. q L.-,e. lie s'Oppou
sending Jus Wi,nlh 1h7 uoo1
f" tcsSy sitting room
'..a' answered. 90 has c3lL re co".'
$50 clocks ticking loudly one
"a.. CT he salon ana the o~nt'
man.. rn..fara ir trn LirP1Qu.