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door, Jake say he skeered to go down
dem back stairs kaze he didn't know
whar Brown mought be, SO he crouched
down outside de door. Den when
Brown come back in de room whar de
capn was, Jake flowed he'd listen and
hear how de Ian lay wild Brown and
de cap'n. Jake say he curis to know
eff de capn gwine stan by him lax he
said he gwine do"
And you are sure, Uncle Ben, that
Captain Adams Is going to arrest Mr..
Layburn and Mr.. Meriweather and
take the cotton away from them?"
Dat what he gwine do. Miss Mary.
Jake hyem him say dat he's powerful
sorry dat his duty compels him to act
ON de Inflammation"
The young girls anxiety deepened
and her fingers trembled vislbly.
AN I knows, Miss Mary, dat Cap'n
Adams Is gwine arrest Maree ALT dis
night. Kaze when hyem Jake's tale
went a-pyrootin' down to de garri-
son, and cotch word or two what
de cap'n drap, an layin' dem words
'longside O. what I knows already, I
'llow de cap'n's sroly gwine jail Marse
ALI an Marse Jack dis night fore sun
up"
Haven't you warned Mr.. Layburn?"
| Bless Gawd, Miss Mary, I dunno
whar he is. He and Marse Jack went
off together dis mornin' an Marse All
| ain been back since. But deys COM
in back tonight for hyem 'em say
dey gwine carry dat cotton to Mobile
on de steamboat what goes down dc
river tonight"
"HAw you informed Mrs. Layburn d
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from the room across the hall.
The infOrmer could not conceal his
surprise and alarm, as his eyes made
the circuit of the Office and failed to
find Jake.
II have dismissed the negro. Mr..
Brown" said the officer, without ask
ing the merchant to be seated.
II presume the id rascal has been
telling you a pack of Hes" SAID Brown,
perceiving instantly the change In the
captains manner.
Unfortunately for you. Mr.. Brown"
replied Adams, Jake has told the
truth. 1t appears. sir, that you at
tempted to appropriate the cotton
yourself in the most contemplate and
underhanded manner, and, being baf-
fed in your dishonorable scheme, spite
and disappointment have led you to in
form upon others. That duty requires
me to act upon your information
causes me sincere regret"
1T Is all an infamous lie OF that
scoundrel," exploded Brown, in a rage,
land I'll shoot him on sight"
mo, Mr.. Brown, you will not shoot
Jake" said Adams quietly. Il give
you notice that If Jake suffers any vio-
hence shall arrest you, and you will
be tried by courtmartial. Further,
II you are found guilty, I shall make 1t
my business to see that you receive the
extreme penalty"
The captain looked at the merchant
for some time in silence. then added:
For some Of the lowest and basest
actions there is no punishment as
signed by law. The nature Of your guilt
comes under this head. You may 60
nlr.~
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stopped beating. and she could not ut
ter a sound. That she would be halt
ed by q sentinel had never occurred to
her.
"Who comes there, say?" repeated
the soldier.
Somebody to see de cap'n." said old
Martha, stepping forward in front OF
Mary.
"Who is IT." said the sentinel, still
barring the way.
"Mr. Soldier, we don't want no fool
ishness," said the old negress, SWELL
ing up as only a negro can. Hits
lady O. de quality what's got pressin'
business wild de capn."
who is this lady Of quality?" per-
sisted the sentinel.
Look flyer, Mr. Soldier man, hits
de lady O. quality whit nussed de cap'n
when he was sick and brung him back
to life, an if you don't let her pass you
gwine git yo'se'f in trouble, you sholy
is"
The sentinel laughed and gave way,
and as the young girl and her attend
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At this contemptuous dismissal
Brown sneaked from the room. When
he reached the foot Of the stairs, he
stopped a moment to try to pull HIM
self together and resume his usual
manner. Then he walked down the
street to his place of business, sooth-
ing his malicious soul with the thought
that Layburn and Meriweather would
lose the cotton they had hindered him
from appropriating. 1t was true that
he had been despised and suffered con-
tumely, but he had sown his revenge
with a wide hand and the seeds would
not fail to bear bitter fruit for his enc
mics
The Edgewood mansion, like most
ante-bellum Southern homes, was en-
powered in a mass of greenery. Great
oaks, stately relics of the primeval for
est, stood sentry about it's wide door,
and here and there lofty pine tow
cred in the air, lifting it's crest above
all other growth, and as 1t swayed
softly in the breeze sang to the ear OF
fancy drowsy legends Of the long ago.
The house itself was built in the col
onnaded Grecian style, first introduced
by Thomas Jefferson soon after the
Revolutions style eminently suited to
the warm climate Of the South; and
up the white columns, softened by the
shade Of the gnarled oaks, rose vines
and jasmines, went clambering in
riot of bloom and fragrance.
On one side Of the house stretched
spacious garden, filled with roses,
myrtles, pinks and other old-fashioned
flowers, which grew and blossomed in
a kind Of wild liberty, delightful to the
eye.
In the center Of this bosky Eden was
an old summer house covered with
trailing honeysuckle, whose graceful
tendrils interlaced lattice and roof in
so intricate a manner as to enable the
frail structure to defy the disintegrat-
ing hand of time, even after the frame
work had gone to decay.
1t was sunset, and Mary Edgewood
was seated on bench in the summer
house listening to old Ben Layburn,
who stood by the door with his hat in
his hand.
The girl was intensely interested, for
her snowy tatting had fallen unnoted
to the ground, and she clasped and un-
clasped her hands as if she were great
ly troubled.
Miss Mary, you ak me how black
Jake find all dis out when he done lef'
de room? Dis de way hit was, young
miss. When de cap'n let Jake out de
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Captsin Adams Know That Mr. Laybun Great Friends

weather are almost penniless, and IL
you take this cotton and send them to
prison there are those dependent upon
them who may suffer-"
The officer was still silent.
She drew nearer.
"You profess great esteem for my
mother; let these young men go free
for her sake,-for NINE"
Adams felt that he must soon yield,
but he felt a self tormenting, morbid
desire to hear the girl own her love for
Layburn.
"Give me another reason?" he said
husklly.
action, but he could not keep back the
words.
Mary Edgewood understood.
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beries."
And you think that robbery does not
impair the right Of the original own
err" continued the girl quickly.
Certainly not, Miss Edgewood," re-
piled the officer, never dreaming Of the
snare that was being laid for him.
Then, captain, what right have you
as an official of the United States gov
eminent to attach my cotton? Some
Of the bales that you propose to seize
tonight came from my plantation;
they were part OF a. tax that I could
not avoid paying, and according to
your assertion their collection was a
masked robbery; what Is true of por-
ton Of the cotton Is true Of 1t all. Now,
what right have You to attach that
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do not harm Alfred Layburn, for he
Is the man love-"
Adams still delayed, and the next
moment the whistle of a steamboat
rang through the night. At the sound
Mary Edgewood clasped her hands to-
gether and exclaimed joyfully:
1.-The boat Is off, and he Is safe-he
is safe!"
Miss Edgewood, you forget that
there is Geographic communication be-
tween Oakville and Mobile"
"Oh, Captain, you will not tele-
graph!" said the girl with tears in her
blue eyes,
The man looked at the girl with the
hopeless love that only the eyes can
express.
mo, / will not telegraph"
THE END.
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A novel mode at the moment is to
have little crystal plates containing a
few fine berries, arranged on their own
leaves, placed before each guest at dim
ner, the idea being to refresh the ap-
petite between the various courses
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copyright, 1898, by The international
Literary and New Service)

SYNOPSIS.
Alfred Layburn returns to his Alabama
finds poverty staring him in the face-a
situation that his mother does not seem
to realize. There are even no horses OF
yield them living. Layburn is going to
marry Mary Edgewood and this fact
urges him more than anything else to gett
on his feet again ar ne te efsis him that
whom she had nursed back to health
while he WAS II With sba SUpr aSSa Ssmy to
their vicinity has, strangely enough re-
turned as commander of the Federal gar
rison Of the town and Is caihns 3 Sn,o mS
Jack Meriweather, who is in equally nara
luck. The two men learn from an 9iu
planter named Palmer of scheme py
selves. It is this: The Confederate taxes
were collected by the tithes system ana
the cotton thus obtained was stored away
It. The approach Of the Federals caused
the authorities to hide this cotton IN tne
swamps. Now, when the war is over 1t
restore it to its original owners, Palmer
arguos that it is nobody's property, and
might as well be taken by the brave men
where about fifty bags Of it are, but the
difficulty Is to get the teams to haul 1t
out Of the swamp. The two men jump
at THIS Scneme anu Try 10 HlIe teams IL OHl
q man named Brown. who they think can
be trusted. But Brown, in spite of tempt
ing offers, refuses to let his teams for
several days, and the young men believe
that he means to forestall them; where
upon Uncle Ben, an old negro who has
remained upon the Layburn plantation
after the emancipation. proposes that
they go after. the cotton in a fiatboat and
skiff. He knows where it is and will
guide them. When the men get to the
place they find Brown and his black S.s ser
They frighten him away, load the cotton
on their boat and store it in. Layburn's
Clubhouse. Brown believes that 1t was
the Yankees who surprised him in the
swamp, and when he finds out his mis-
take he resolves on revenge. Taking
Jake, his negro servant, for witness, he
goes to Captain Adams and tells the story
of Layburn's taking the cotton. Adams
suspects that Brown is not altogether in
nocent and sending him from the room
the Federal officer questions Jake. and
soon obtains the whole. history of the
transaction as well as the fact of Mary
Edgewood's engagement to Layburn.
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PART III.

When he had learned all that Jake
knew, Adams again assured the negro
that no harm should happen to him
through Brown. Then he gave him
fve-dollar bill, and opened a door in
the rear Of the office, which communi-
Gated with the back stairs, for the ne
gro to make his exit.
The captain next summoned Brown
, 1898-10-18

caues he Is not qualified to manage It
as we'll as 1t fs now. He would put in
some democratic quack in charge in
stead OF selecting a man upon his spe-
cial qualifications. And he would make
a failure Of the state hospital just az he
has made q failure Of every other con-
Germ that he has had anything to do
with. And the same can be said Of the
men who would be associated with him
in the state board of charaties II the
democratic ticket was electred. Their
candidates for governor, secretary Of
state, auditor, treasurer and superin-
tendent Of public instruction have
been conspicuous for their failures,
and might be all cfassed in one cate
CORY as "tncompetentS." They have
No ne e%e s1ssg HS.. o &, ths 1asi AgpF dgHf}a1sseu %
about the state clearly indicate Is
much. They would upset all existing
arrangements, destroy the present ad-
mirable system ot conducting public
business and all would be chaos.
Osborne's state administration - Q
fair indication of what would happen.
Alger would be no better. In tact he
is MOI as good a business man a. o.
borne, and takes less interest in public
affairs. Osborne would not make the
stupid, laundering speech which Aleer
is making up north. Alger has . pleas
ing address. But not more 20 than o.
borne. He has q winning smile; 70
has Osborne. Furthermore, Osborne is
a stronger man, while Aiser 10 very
weak. So far as OsborneS interests
are concerned he would control Ager.
Take it all in all, Osborne would make
a positive man, while Alger b very
Alger. It Is far bother to have . mar
Of positive convictions than . man
with lone in the Important position Of
executive Of the state.
II the state was ransacked from one
end to the other It would be difficult
to find a man less qualified to conduct
the affairs of Wyoming successfully.
He would be undecided, without an
opinion in q crisis. just a. he b now.
No n al tell where he stands on the
money question, the tariff question OF
any Of the important issues Of the day,
and this IL due to the tact hat he don't
know where he 10 himself. Al .
Frenchman once raid of . pubic man:
HE no say anything. because he no
think anything"
, 1898-10-18

sh,r,
m. sto.omon, 49,. d
.sio u-ho W
of silver from time immemorial when
he went TO the mint was daniad tho
right to have his metal coined but Mr.
Arnold did not saw that the silver was
lust as valuable in India before coin
age as after. He carried the idea IN
his hearers that it was NOT and tbere-
fore deceived those who had a right IN
expect from him the truth His at
tention was called TO this nv The Re-
publican and the Boomerang took the
matter up and stated that India since
June, 1893. has been IN n gold b,sis
, 1898-10-18
BY ALGER.

From the Sun-Leader, October Sth:
AT Buffalo the smooth and blandlike
Alger said:
The republicans claim a saving in
expenditures to the amount Of $50, 900,
while the statistics, as compiled by the
republican officials. show expenditures
Of $4,000 more the first year Of state
hood, and of $95, 900 more than the sec
ond of statehood. These figures are
for the last two years Of the present
administration.
We don't suppose for a moment that
Mr.. Alger knowingly would make such
a glaring misstatement. He is too
much of a gentleman to puropsely lie.
But 1t is very evident that he don't
know what he is talking about. And
this is not strange, for even during the
few weeks he was in the legislature he
gave more time and attention to the
billiard table than to the affairs Of the
state. No n eve heard him discuss
ing the measures that were before the
legislature, either in public or in pri-
yate. We venture to say that he could
not tell what was the net cost to the
state Of any of the public institutions.
He probably don't know that when the
state appropriated $4,000 for bounty
on the killing of wild animanls that 1t
took that burden from the counties
where it was unsatisfactory provided
for and established a more effective
system and distributed the cost more
equally. He probably does not know
that the receipts of state Offices for
fees and from state institutions, etc.
amounted to $50. 66S.16 in the past q
months, and that in the same time
about $47. 500 has been received Tor the
leasing OF state lands, making in al
over s1OO, 900 which has been turned
into the state treasury from These
sources in less than two years.
For the gentleman's information We
will state that under the system re-
cenetly adopted in this state, the gross
sum required to maintain m insttu-
|tion or a public office Is put In the ap-
preparation bill and the fees or re-
|ceipts are turned into the state treas
urer. For instance. the sum oe $685.
900 is appropriated FOR the mainten-
ance OF the penitentiary, hospital. IN
, 1898-10-18
JUSTICE JESSE KNIGHT.

At Buffalo Senator Clarence D. Clark
told a startling and realistic story OF
pioneer days in Wyoming. When the
mines at South Pass were first exploited
a boy came to the railway station near
est to the mine and asked for break
fast. 1t cost 81 and he had but so cents
in his pocket. The restaurant keeper
finally decided to let him have a meal
at half-price. He had absolutely no
money to pay for the hundred miles of
stage. His supreme nerve" in asking
the superintendent to send him c. O..
D. to an acquaintance in South Pass
brought its reward. He was sent
and Jesse knight had his start in Wy
When next he went the hun
bred miles 1t was in the fearful In
dian ~uprising-and he rode 100 miles
from mi to sur on a single horse,
bearing on his saddle bow the child of
murdered woman. OF such undaunt-
ID metal is the republican candidate for
Judge Of the supreme court
, 1898-10-18

While the many friends of the Hon.
George A. Hertzog regret exceedingly
that his health is such that it is not
deemed advisable by his physician for
him to make the race for the legisla-
ture. they are gratiied that his place
on the ticket has been filled by a mar
fully capable Of taking care of the
county's interests. Mr.. T. H. Davis
has all those qualities essential to the
competent legislator, and has a knowl-
edge of the laws Of the state such as is
possessed by very few. AT repartee he
is a past master and will therefore
be a valuable member of the Albany
county delegation. Mr.. Davis came to
this state from Iowa and has been n
resident here for many years. He is
the father Of several boys and girls.
who have been counted amongst the
best citizens OF this community.
, 1898-10-18
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET
For State Senator,
JOHN M'GILL.

For State Senator.
JOHN M'GKLL.
For Members of the House Of Repre-
sentatives,
JEROME S. ATHERLY,
RICHARD BUTLER,
CHARLES E. CARPENTER,
THOMAS H. DAVIS,
JOHN REID.
For Sheriff.
CHARLES YUND.
For County Treasurer,
CHARLES REALS.
For County Clerk,
JAMES M'GIBBON.
For County and Prosecuting Attorney,
STEPHEN w. DOWNEY.
For County Commissioners.
HENRY G. BALCH,
WILLIAM ]. BROADHURST,
ANDREW MILLER.
For County Surveyor,
]. FRED HESSE, JR.
For Sounty Superintendent Of Schools,
MRS. CARRIE NJ. SIMPSON.
For County Coroner,
HENRY NOTTAGE.
For Road Supervisor,
JOE FISHER.
For Justice Of the Peace Laramie Pre-
cinct),
]. II. HAYFORD.
For Constable Laramie Precinct),
CHARLES l.. HOUSTON.
, 1898-10-18

In his speech at Cheyenne Mr.. Mon
dell produced a telegram from the war
department saying that it had not ship
ped any coal across the country and
~ Il had not purchased any coal
, 1898-10-18

The Hon. Webster Davis, who will
speak at Maennerchor hall tonight. is
considered the best speaker on the
American platform. He will give the
people of Laramie something to think
about.
, 1898-10-18
The increase in our gold stock dur
ing the month Of June was $11, 1887, 1893.

Albany county voters should look t o
their own interests in the selection Of
a governor. Vote for a man who will
not oppose our local institutions.
, 1898-10-18

With grass-fed three-year-oks SELL
ing above $50 each, it is no wonder that
the cattlemen are not scrapping around
very hard for a change in administra-
fioD
, 1898-10-18

The Sun-Leader says: When we
look back over the career Of Judge
Knight since he first entered South
Pass to take a clerkship in a mining
supply store, some twenty-eight years
ago, We cannot but admire the quail
ties which enabled him to advance step
by step to the high and honorable po-
sition which he now holds. solely up
on his merits and his record. We all
, 1898-10-18
What You Want to Know
When You Want to Know It
EXPLANATION OF MARGINAL INDEX.

The ingenuity of the device. deserves special expanahonb rt lis a pMnt yNem of
reference. he induces of eahm nap appear upon each map border The information
lies in a nutshell. these wonderful plates compiled by expersa ind absolutely p to late are a
mntrntof hew worlds physical appearance it Exists at this ONE The maps are
eLyp pictorial CHARTS they are also Biographies and gazes combined. The ruled border
at the top and bottom by numerals Hsw we're projected from hse marginal points, small
al the principal divisions. Cities and towns inscribed upon that's pecl map, wheet they are
, 1898-10-18

IF | were to propose the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold at
the ratio of Ga to /. | should be justly
regarded as an uncompromising gold
monometallist, because it's real value
is as 80 to /; and everybody knows thai
a law which processes to give equal
value to so cents worth of gold and a
dollars worth of silver would result in
driving the more valuable article out
of use and substituting the less valu-
able one in its place. Yet the one pro-
posal is. no more absurd and impossi-
BILE of fruition than the other. Gold at
l to Ga is no more o~vervalued than sill
yer at l6 to l. Each is 100 per cent out
of the way from its present intrinsic
value. Either ratio would result in i'm
mediate recommendation ."-Nellis f.
Corthell, Chairman of the Democratic
County Central Committee.
, 1898-10-18

Between July l, 1897, and July l.,
1898, Uncle Sans stock of gold coin
was increased by 1874 ,05s, ga, and his
stock of standard silver dollars was in
creased by $4,000, $50; total increase
of metallic base, in a single year, s104,-
06l .594. Running at their full capacity,
the minis of the United States could
only coin 5000, 900 standard silver dol
lars, or about even cents per capita.
and here we have an increase under re-
publican administration of more than
n dollar per capita and and nine
tenths of it in money that is the stand
ard everywhere in civilized countries.
, 1898-10-18

from Marcus A. Hanna. Thus has an
other democratic lie been nailed.
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comrades, and proclaim the truth.
The victors who charged the forts
and trenches, filed with Spanish
soldiers, to the cry of "Remember
the Malne," can now feel that every
Spsniard is not bad and capable of
so grave a crime as the destruction
of vessel on a peaceful mission,
filed with sleeping men. And when
the day closes on the last event Of
the recent war, may the kind and
noble thoughts of a private soldier
help to complete a peace that is the
end of contest which has been rich
in lessons to civilized humanity, and
which has taught our adyersaries
that the American soldier, the grand
est type of warrior, can be as mag
unanimous as he is brave.
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Persons troubled with diarhoea will
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rendering me unfit for my duty at this
hotel. About two years ago a travelling
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of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
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PRISE and delight its effects were imme-
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About one month ago my child, which
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gave it such remedies as are usually
given in such cases, but as nothing gave
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the child had been sick for about ten
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with my friends on earth, I would meet
my absent ones above. My husband
was advised to get DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. 1 gave it trial, took in all eight
bottles. It has cured me, and thank
God 1 am saved and now we'll and
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