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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10

little beside a doublet and short hose.
disappeared out Of my sight, and the
plain was bare, save for the disappointed
dragons in their red coats and the poor
man left fallen on his face in the morass
/ could never see him move hand or
foot after he fell And indeed it was
even as I continued TO gaze fascinated
at the scene Of blood which so suddenly
had broken in UPON the pastoral peace
of our Kells hills, saw a tall dark sol
der one evidently Of some authority
among them. stride up TO the fallen man.
lie strOve 10 turn him over with his foot.
But the moss chung and he could not.
So without a moments hesitation. he
took q musket from the nearest dra-
COON. glanced cOOllly at the printing of
the touch, set the muzzle within foot.
shot the full charge into the back OF
the PROSTATE man.
At this I could command myself no
longer. The pursuit and the shooting
at the fugtives. even the killing when
at least they had q chance for their
lives, seemed nothing TO this strong
hearted butchery. / got me up on my
feet and IN a boyish frenzy shouted
curses upon the murderer.
"God shall send thee TO hell for this.
wicked man-black murderer that thou
artr' I cried shaking my clenched hand,
like the angry impotent child / was.
The soldiers who were searching here
and there. as it were for more victims
among the coverts, turned their heads
my way and gazed, hearing the voice
but seeing no man. Others who stood
upon the verge. taking shots as fast as
they could load al the man who had
escaped. also turned. ] yelled al them
that they were 20 show themselves brave
soldiers, and shoot me also. The tall.
dark. burly man in the red coat who had
fired into the wounded man cried TO them
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grass amid the green slime Of the morass.
and the fate OF the fallen martyr would be
mine.
And ere 1 passed quite out OF range
/ heard the rattle OF a dropping fusii-
iade from the edge OF the hill above me,
as a number OF the soldiers let of their
pieces at me, firing, think, half in
sport and half from a feeling OF chagrin
that they had let a more important victim
escape them. / heard the whisk-whisk
of the balls as they flew wide, and one
whizzed past my ear and buried Itself
with a Vicious spit in the moss a yard
or two before me as ran. But all harm
less. and soon / was out OF range. For
I think II was more in cruel jest and with
rafish laughter than with any intent
to harm me that the soldiers fired. Never
theless my heart was full OF wild fear.
| had seen murder done. The wholesome
green earth was spotted black with crime.
Red notes danced In the sunshine. The
sun himself in the wide blue heavens
seemed turned TO blood.
Then all suddenly l thought Of my
mother and nv heart stood still. 1t
would soon be the hour at which IL was
her custom 10 take out victuai 70 the
little craggy linn where my father was
i'm hiding. SO with n new access OF Ter
ror / turned toward our house or Ar
darroch. and ran 70 warn her OF what
had seen up I'm the Bennan top.
felt az 7 sped along that Ire couid
never be the same 20 me again. FROM
a needless boy had grown into man IN
one unutterable hour. I had, or course
heard much Of killings, and even as a
child the relation OF the cruelities OF me
Highland Host had impressed me SO ,haS
the red CLINT OF a soldiers coat wou'u
send me into the deepest thickets OF
Ardarroch wood. But II was the musNe'
shot poured into the back OF the poor
helpless lad on the Bennan that maae 2
lifelong Covenanter OF Quintin Mac Oie'-
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TO take "a shot at the--young WING
But ! think the men were all too much
surprised at M bold words to do H. FOR
none moved so that the speaker was
obliged TO snatch pistol from his own
belt and let fy at me himself
The whistle OF the pistol bah, as II
sped harmlessly by. walked me as from
a dream.
l turned and ran without knowing H.
Tor the next thing / remember was the
scun OF the wind about my ears as l
sped recklessly down the steepest slope
with no feeling that my feet were touch
ing the ground at all. I saw Ashie and
Gray securing far above me. with their
tails clapped between their legs. for
suppose that their masters fear had
communicated Itself TO them. Yet all
the time knew well that single false
step, stumble upon twisted root OF
burnt heather. treacherous ciump OF
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"Next go dogs" said talkauNe lto,-
lev conductor, fat men are me hdio-
est things we have 10 deal Will III -
always the fat man who carries 'n"
twentv-dollar bill which he claims 10
want changed, though really hoping 10
ride free. DO you see that un box la'
ten,d TO the side there2 That Is 81
scheme was compelled 20 adopt ior
self protection. That box holds Two
thousand pennies which ] have collec'rd.
7 ann Keeping them for the iend with the
twenty-dollar bill My collection OF COINS
has been very useful on more tnan one
occasion already About two weeks ago
n fat man boarded my car and Wnen
asked Tor my far rendered a twenty-dol-
l9r BILL ..t-,
"I suppose you can't change th'.'
said he. but it's the smallest I've got
80 Oh. that's an right said !, as
reached for my hve-pound box OK pen
mics. here's your change ms race
got prettv red as he began to fish IN ms
nookefs. AT last he drew forth "a nickel
ION. didn't know had it. won't nave
In trouble you after ALL he remarked as
he passed over the coin. That particular
fat man has never offered me olIl since
then"
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the writer)
II chances that !. Hob mac N'o''"n'
have come into possession OF Nle papo'a
Of Quintin, my brother ana also OF many
intcresting documents that belonged 10
rim In fimo I shall leave them 10 MS
son Ouintin but ere they pass out OF my
hands n is laid upon me that l insert
.rr6rv observes upOn them for the better
understanding Of what Quintin hath WRIT
ten. -. 90
love served forty years as n thirled
iaborer serves for his meat "hoh
kent from n thousand dangers. WIN.
] guided Ike a mother doth balrh ''iat
learns 10 walk. holding IL by the coaueS
bohind-this Ouintin. whose fame is IN
al scotland was n man too wrapt ana
podlv 10 be well able 20 take care OF the
tbings Of the moment. and all ms ne
needed one 10 be in attendance upon hlh'
and sec that all went forward as IL ought
NJ mother and his a shrewd woman
~ the hordersidc stock. Elliott her name
,,sod often TO say. Hob keep ilrm
catch a. Ouintin. For though he may
stir No the world and have the care OF an
the churches. yet like BARN ne hotu'
one 10 draw tight tho buckle OF ms li. W
and see that he goes not 10 preach III '''
NnNN
60 n came about that ], having no
clearness as 10 leaving him to himself
abode mostly with him. keeping the
door 81 his chamber as II Were on an
the great occasions OF his life. And gum
lin my brother. though we differed OH.
times. ever paid me IN love and tue Dohu
~ an unbrokon brotherhood. And through
all 7 abode plain dour Hob Mac Cleliah
10 All the parish and wider tar-the hhih-
ister's brother 80.
Now. though I hold TO It that there
never was a man I'm the world IKE our
o,,intin. at least. since Richard Cameron
was put down in red-running blood on
the Moss OF Ayr. yet / am free TO admit
+bat Ouintin often saw things without
.hat saving salt Of humor which would
have given him so much easier tramp
through the whims and thickets Of lie.
Rut this could not be. Quintin had
nv nature mother-wit enough, but he
took things too hardly. and let them
press upon his spirit when he had De'ter
have been on the ice at the channel
Stanes than on his knees in his closet,
Al least that Is my thought of II.
For some men see the upper side OF
human affairs. and some the under. But
few see both sides of things. And II any
Of the doctrines for which our Quintlh
fought seemed 10 me as inc Niiil WI"
.louds streaked like mares tails high in
he ATT. the heartsome mirth and coun-
lrv, gif-gaf which ofttlmes made my
heart cheeriest. appeared 10 him but as
Me cracking Of thorns under pot.
And so when it shall be that this won
trous narrative OF my brother Quintin s
ife Cfor II IS both wondrous and truel
3 finally set forth for the ediiicaton OF
men and women. I recommend whoever
las the perusal OF it. 20 read over my few
Shapters Of observes, that he may under
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-10
A. ,,a,t w,ct. Of her mouth pulled away

the black wlcks OF her mouth pulled away
from her wicked shining eye-teeth.
thinking that the sheep were straying
and that IL might be as well by timely
shout TO save myself miles and miles OF
hot chase over the heather. j sat up. I'M
graciously discontinued TO be thus arous-
ed. and vet more unreasonably angry
with the dogs whose watchfulness had
recalled me to the realities OF life.
As raised my head the sound Of the
hills broke on my ears suddenly ioud'
almost indeed insolently insistent. me
suppressed far-away hush OF Dreamland
scattered Itself Ike a broken glass before
the brisk cfamor of the broad Wind
stirred day.
/ glanced al the flock beneath me. They
were feeding and straying quietly enough,
rather widely. perhaps. but nothing 70
make a fret about
Restless tykes," I muttered. irritably'
striking right and left at the dogs with
my stan. Dell take you, silly beasts
that you are
cuff" said Ashie, warningly. as be-
fore from n safer distance. his nose point
ing directly away from the hefting lambs.
Gray said nothing. but uncovered her
shining teeth a little further and cooked
her ears towards the summit or the BEN
nan behind me-
looked about me high and low, out
still could see no cause for alarm.
Daft brutes, Silly beasts i cried
again. more Grossly than ever. And win
that I was about TO conslgn myself 10
sleep again, or at least to seek the pleas
ant paths Of a day-dreamland from when
had been recalled.
But the dogs. with bristling hair, cooked
ears and proudly plumaged tails, were
already ten yards mp the slope toward the
top OF the fell shifting as belligerently
as though they scented an Intrusive stran-
ger dog at the entering in Of the sacred
Enclosure Of the farm-yard Of Ardorroch
was reaching for my stick to deal II
literally between them when n watt OF
warm summer wind brought TO my ears
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ting up prayer for them as lay
painting upon the manifest edge, a chance
shot struck the smaller and more siehosi
OF the wanderers. He stumbled, poor
wretch, and fell forward upon his iace.
Then, mastering himself, and recognl~i"e
his grievous case and how much OF merry
he had to look for, II his enemies o''no
I'd with him, his strong spirit TOT an
instant mastered his bodily hurt.
He rose Immediately. set his nanus
one over the other upon his side' douDt.
less TO stay the yelling gap the ou'le1
had made and ran yet more ee'er-
minedly after his companion. But close
to the further verge his power wen.
from him. His companion hai'ed anu
would have come back to aid MN OF more
likely to die with him. But the "ounu-
ed man drew out his hand in vehement
protest.
"Run. Sandy" he cried. so loudly and
eagerly that 1 could easily near MN
through all the shouting and pother.
1T will do no good. j am sped save
yourself--God have mercy-tel Mar
garrett"
But what he would have told Mar
earet l know not. For even then he
spread out his arms ana fell Forward
on his face IN the spongy moss.
At this his companion turned SHARPLY
and ran on, finally disappearing among
the granite boulders amid brisk crack
ling of the soldiers pieces.
prt their craftsmanship was poor
for though they were near TO him. what
with the race and the uneveness Of the
ground. not a shot took effect Nor
showed he any sign OF soathe when last
I saw him leaping nimbly from clump
10 clump OF bent where the green. slimy
moss. wet with the peatbrew. keeps all
soft as a quicksand. 50 that neither hooi
OF charger nor heavy military boot dare
venture upon II. though the bare accus-
toned foot OF one bred to the hills may
carry him across easily enough. so the
l e,t,ftf,.a n fars bttrlv man numbered with
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sing me lullaby somewhere among the
tranced fields. Suddenly the cradle song
ceased. Through shut eyelids l grew con-
scious OF "a disturbing influence. Though
my face nestled deep down in the crook
OF my arm, l knew that Ashie AMI Gray
had all suddenly sat up.
"Oof-f," quoth Ashie. professionally. deep
in his stomach so that the sound would
carry no further than his masters ears.
"Gur-r" growied Gray. ye< more softly,
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Sfreet-CdP
Tickets.

IN and after September 9th
the sale of tickets in lots OF p
SLoO will be discontinued.
Conductors viii continue to sci
tickets at the rate Of o for rs cents
School tickets will hereafter be
sold to SCHOOL CHILDREN
ONLY at the company's othces.
foot of Seventh street and corner OF
Twenty-ninth and p streets. ru.
pills desiring them will be required
to present certificate covering tue
ensuing session from principal OF
school.
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Oh, How Thankful
pain Was MaddenIng and Hopo
Had Been Abandoned "ondes'
ful Results OF Purifying tho Blood

IA very severe pain came In my leis
knee, which grew worse and worse ana
finally a sore broke out above the knes'
II discharged a great deal and tho pam
from my thigh down was maaoenins
Large, hard, purple spots appeared on nj
leg. l suffered in this way Tor yeais
and gave up all hope OF ever being cureu'
Ny wife was reading OF case Ike m'n'
cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, ana snS
advised me to try it. began taxing "
and when l had used few bottles
found relief from my suffering on
how thankful am for this relief am
stronger than I have ever been In my lie.
am in the best OF health, have GOOD
appetite and am a new nan altogether"
J. p. MooRs, Lisbon Falls Maine.
Hoods S pa9i1ia
Isthe best-ln fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hoods pills cure an liver ills. 25 cents.
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Copyright 1897. by S. r. Crockett
frSoto by Hob Mac Cleliau. bro'hei Vi
the writer)
The advocate., 1897-05-12
Fast RaIlrOadIng.

The Locomotive Engineer says: eve
are convinced that the run made over the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy from
Chicago to Denver deserves to be con-
sidered the most extraordinary run ever
made. The distance from Chicago to
Denver, 1,025 miles, was covered in exactly
1869 minutes actual running time. This
was only a small fraction less than one
mile a minute for the longest continuous
run ever made by any railroad company.
A notable thing about the run was that
no special preparation whatever was
made for the trip. The various engines
that pulled the train were selected as
those most convenient, and the crews
we're those that were accustomed to the
engines. There we're no delays from hot
boxes or any other cause, and il looks as
il trains could be run daily over that
long distance, and make the time OF that
special train"
The advocate., 1897-05-12

the vile fluid is flung, as il the beast
were in a rage, and growing because he
could not get out, and then through the
Ori6ce the mud is flung in spiteful spits
and gushes Of nastiness, And the most
disgusting part of it is that this awful
mixture cannot get out, and the crea-
ture has to swallow it again, and Is per-
petually sick to nausea. 1t is the most
fasCinatingly loathsome thing in the
world. / recalled the dragon and his
cave in WagneTs "Siegfried," There,
the reader remembers, is a dark cave, out
of which issue volumes of steam and an
animal noise. Presently dragon pro-
trudes his horrid scsly head and fore
paws, and from his jaws come flame and
steam. The contrivance seems to have
been suggested by this mud geyser. In
this geyser | have no doubt there is a
dragon, but he can never get his head
out. You can only hear him rage, and
you can see the nastlness he vomits out.
The advocate., 1897-05-12

hundred yards away-now springing on
all fours like a large dog, now squRtting
on their launches like Bushman-Rnd
to know that the cunning beasts are just
watching Till his back is turned that
they may seize their opportunity to
swoop down and raid his Aocks. Their
predatory methods, too, are revoltingly
cruel, and "baboon handled" stock can
always be recognized at a glance. They
will attack cattle, tearing the udders
away with their long, powerful hands,
and sheep and goats are often found by
the herdsman with their headquarters
stripped Of the flesh right TO the bone,
and left to die in slow torture.
Moreover, the baboon is no respecter
OF persons, and the costly imported
"long- wool" or the priceless Angora may
fall victim, no less than the common
Cape "hRmel" or "capater," which would
only fetch a hall sovereign or so at the
market in Craddock or Graaff-Reinet.
These facts are mentioned to show
that the farmer has little cause to love
balloons, and that it is to the interest OF
those who suffer from the raids OF these
merciless freebooters to combine in
force, so as to kill off as many OF the
common enemy at each coup de main as
possible.
The advocate., 1897-05-12
The Young People.
POOLING HIS SHADOW.

I have q little shadow that goes in and out
with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than
can see.
lie ls very, very like me from the heels up to
the head,
And 1 see him Jump before me when jump
into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he
likes to grow
Not at ell like proper children, which 10 al
ways very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller, like an
India rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets 80 little that there's
none Of him at all.
One morning very early, before the sun
was up,
rose and found the shining dew on every
butteTcup.
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrsnt
sleepyhead,
Had staid at home behind me aud was fast
asleep in bed. Robert Louis SttpensoR.
The advocate., 1897-05-12
The Yellowstone Geysers.

Charles Dudley Warner In Harpers Magazine.
A lady said that the central por-
ton of the Rocky Mountain region
that is, the Yellowstone Parks the
safety-valve Of the United States. There
are the vent-holes OF it's internal fires
and explosive energies, and but for the
relief they afford, the whole country
might be shaken with earthquakes and
be blown up in fragments, There is the
smoking and vomiting chimney Of the
continent. There issue the steam, the
hot water in fountains and rivers, the
explosive gases, the dissolved and tritu-
rated minerals and earths, generated in
the incandescent bowels Of the earth. l
heard soldier say that il the Old
Faithful geyser did not 60 off every
sixty-6ve minutes, be should be alarmed,
and should fear to stay in that neighbor-
hood, for no one could tell where this
suppressed force might not break out.
The mountains look pretty solid around
there, though some Of them--like the
Roaring Mountain, which is so full Of
steam vents that it looks like O hill on
fire--do not seem promising places to
plant vineyards Gf grapes would grow
$500 feet above the sea-; the great basins
Of He'll, the Devil, and other unpleasant
names, upon which the steam whirls in
clouds, driving over the red-hot ponds
and boiling pot-holes, have usually q
thin crust, upon which people walk with
some courage; but there arises general
want Of confidence in the stability OF the
whole region. 1t is not encouraging to
feel the made crust hot under your feet,
and to have to be careful not to step
into holes of boiling water, and fssures
Of unknown depth which vomit steam,
fat frying kettles, boiling pots Of paint
and mud, and to have to run away from
caldron which suddenly sends into the
air great column of hot water.
These displays, however, are whole
some in comparison with what is called
the mud geyseT, which is, suppose, the
most disgusting object in nature. This
horrible thing is not in any Of the geyser
basins, but has a place to itself on the
road between the lake and the Yellow
stone Canon. On the side Of a hill, at
the bottom Of a deep slopiDg pit, is
sort of cave, like the lair Of wild beast,
which perpetually vomits compound
of mud, putty, nastiness. Over the
mouth seems to be concave rock, which
prevents the creature from spouting his
filth straight up like a geyser. Against
this cbataclo, With athud, every moment
The advocate., 1897-05-12
Balloons In South Africa.
m Chambers Journal.

From Chambers Journal.
While poison is most effectively used
on South African farms against burrow.
ing creatures Of the jackal kind, balloons
are best dealt with in open warfare
with the rifle, and large baboon hunting
parties are often formed among neigh
boring farmers. A short description of
one of these baboon hunts may be Of
interest to readers in the mother coun-
try, and will give them an idea Of some
Of the outdoor experiences Of their
colonial cousins in farming districts be-
ween Cape Town and the Vaal River.
The special character Of baboon hunt
ing is derived from the fact that balloons
are generally found in large troops,
numbering up to eighty or hundred or
more. In some Of the karroo farms Of
the Sneeuwberg and Compass Berg
ranges in the Midland districts Of the
colony, for instance, the rocky krantzes
and kopjes covered with bush and
boulder are often infested by such troops.
So long as they are left undisturbed in
their strongholds, SO long must the
farmer be content to see the tale Of his
losses in stock grow bigger every day.
Single handed not much can be done,
for balloons are difficult TO approach,
and it surprised at close quarters they
have good idea Of defending them
selves with large stones. 1t is one Of the
farmers most tantalizing experiences to
stand at the door Of his homestead, gun
in hand, and see the balloons just
out ot range ou Che rocky sky line 9 Cow
The advocate., 1897-05-12
The NubIan WhIgtIlng Tree.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In the great forests Of Nubia grows a
tree from which, when swayed by the
wind, come strange sounds, like the notes
Of flute, fife, or penny whistle. This
vocal tree is regarded with superstitious
terror by the natives, and it was indeed
a puzzle to every one who has heard the
mysterious sounds until some scientific
traveller investigated the matter. He
found that at certain seasons of the year
hOrdes Of insects deposited their eggs on
the young shoots and extremities Of the
branches These produced gall-like ex-
crescences about an inch in diameter.
When the young insects emerged, small
holes we're left in the gals. The wind
blowing through these little apertures
caused the strange noises. It is probably
the only instance of tree which bears
ready-made whistles.
The advocate., 1897-05-12

The hour Of evening prayer, when we
bow at Gods feet, should always be o
time for getting right everything that
may have gone wrong with US during the
day. Then every injury should be for
given when we pray, "Forgivs US, as we
forgive" Then every spark Of envy or
jealousy or anger should be quenched.
and the love of Christ should be allowed
to food our hearts, We should never
allow the sun to go down on our anger.