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something of the flush of robust health.
There was brief pause before he spoke as
though he wished time to weigh his words.
Il fear 1t is true he gravely said. Then
in a moment: Miss Lawrence. will you
not take my ARM" And he felt her hand
tremble as she placed it there. 1t was
moment before she began again.
They tell me he should have counsel, but
will not heed. / have not seen him today.
There is no one in his battalion. it seems,
whom he really looks up to. He is head
strong and self-confident. Do you think he
should-that he needs one?" And anxious
ly the brave eyes sought the strong, SOL
dierly face.
1T would seem So Miss Lawrence"
She drew a long breath. She seemed to
cling a little closer to his arm Then
straight came the next question:
Colonel Armstrong, will you do me
great favor? VIII you be his counsel?"
He was looking directly to the front as
she spoke. Something told him what was
coming. yet he could not answer all at
once What did it mean, after all, but just
what he had been thinking for a week.
that the girls fresh young heart had gone
out to this merry. handsome, soldierly lad
whom he too. had often marked with keen
appreciation when in command OF his big
company at drill. What possible thought
of hers could he, more than twice her
years" have ever hoped to win. She had
come to him in her sore trouble-and her
lover's-as she would have gone to her
father had he been a soldier, schooted in
such affairs. Armstrong pulled himself to-
gether with quick. stern self-command.
Looking down he that her eyes were
filing, her lips paling, and a rush of ten
derness overcame him he simply and
gently answered;
Yes. and there is no time to be lost
All these last days, it will be remembered,
Mrs. Frank Garrison, with pretty Cherry
Ripe" had found shelter at the Preside.
The Palace was no place for a poor sol
dier's wife, and there was no longer a
grateful nabob as possible source of in
come. II is doubtful, indeed, whether that
mine could be further tapped for the effu-
sive brother-in-law of the winter gone by
had found disillusion in more ways than
one. Garrison. busy day and night with his
stan duties, had plainly to tell his capric-
ious wife that she had come without his
knowledge or consent, and that he could
not think of meeting the expense of even
two weeks stay in town. He could not
account for her coming at all. He had left
her with his own people, where at least she
would be in comfort while he took the field
He desired that she should return thither
at once. She determined to remain. and
gaily tapped his cheek and babe him have
no concern. She could readily find quar-
tiers. and she did.
The regular garrison of the Preside was
long since a-field, but the families of many
of its officers still remained there, while
the houses of two or three, completely fur
nished, so far as army furnishings CO. were
there IN charge OF the post Quartermaster
From being the temporary EuestS st some
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Armstrong and his adjutant were still there
and promptly Joined them.
Long weeks afterward that morning lived
in Stanley Armstrong; memory. 1t was
one of those rare August days when the
wind blew from the southeast, beat ba elk
the drenching Pacific fogs, and let the
warm sun pour upon the brilliant verdure
of that wonderful park. Earth and air,
distant sea and dazzling sky, all seemed
giorifying their Creator. Bright-hued birds
flashed through the foliage and thrilled the
ear with their caroling The plash of foun-
tain fell softly on the breeze, mingled with
the rustling of the luxuriant growth of leaf
chance that brought the stalwart soldier
instantly to Amy's side. Her gaze was
upon him before the carriage stopped and
irreSiStibly drew him
The man of mature wears the hero of
sharp combats and stirring campaigns with
fierce and savage foe, the commander of
hundreds OF eager and gallant men, obeyed
without thought of demur the unspoken
summons of girl yet in her teens. There
was new light in her clear and beautiful
eyes. flush upon her soft and rounded
cheek. little flutter, possibly, in her kind
and loyal heart Heaven knows his beat
nigh with an emotion he could not Subdue
though his bearing was grave and courte-
Gus as ever, but about that sweet and flush
ing face there shone the halo of a woInan's
brave determination, and no sooner had he
reached the carriage side than, bending
toward him. she spoke. Mildred Prime
could not repress little gasp of amaze.
Colonel Armstrong, will you kindly open
the carriage door? 1 want to talk with you
a moment"
Without a word he wrenched the handle
and threw wide the door. Light as a bird
she sprang to the ground. her fingers just
touching the extended hand Side by side
they strolled away across the sunlit lawn
he 50 strong. virile, erect; she 50 lissome
and graceful Full of her purpose, yet fear
full that with delay might come timidity,
she looked up in his face:
Colonel Armstrong. l have heard only
today that Mr.. Gray is in really serious
danger. Will you tell me-the TRUTH
Just what Armstrong expected it might
be hard to say. The light that had leaped
to mis- eyes faded slowly and his face lost
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F. Gray was released from arrest and re-
turned to duty.
Il shall never be able to thank you
enough, said he sertinlen tally, to Miss
Lawrence at the Palace that evening They
were stroliing up and down the corridor,
waiting, al was Schuyler, for Mildred to
come down for the theater dray,s curly
head was inclintd toward the dark locks of
his fair partner. His eyes were fastened
on her family flushing face. They made a
very pretty picture. said people who looked
on knowingly, land thought the officer
in the uniform 9f colonel of infantry, who,
while, talking calmly to Mr. Prime full
thirty yards away, watched them with eyes
that We're full Of sadness. How could he
see at that distance that her eyes, clear
and RADIANT, were seldom uplifted to the
ardent gaze of her escort, and were at that
moment looking straight at him? How
could he hear at that distance the prompt
response given with an inclination of the
bonny head to Indicate her meaning?
There's where your thanks are due. Mr..
Gray" Il
Quite gathering of army folk was at
the Palace that night. So many wives or
sweethearts were going home, SO many SOL
diers abroad. and Mrs. Frank Garrison, gay
and gracious, passed them time and again,
leaning on the arm of Capt. Mcdonald,
new devotee, while poor Cherry, with an
enamored swain from the Preside. Ian
guished in a dim, secluded corner. She had
been recalled by parental authority and was
TO start Tor Denver under matronly wing
on the morrow. Mrs. Frank. had been bid
den, and expected. to go at the same time,
but that authority was merely marital Up
to this time not army wife had been
permitted to accompany her husband on
any of the transports to Manila, though one
heroine managed TO get carried away and to
share her hege lords state room as far as
Honolulu. The general and his staff, with
big regiment Of volunteers, were to sail
on the morrow. the other regiments as
fast as transports could be coaled and
made ready.
Something in Mrs. Garrisons gay, trium-
phant manner prompted sore-hearted wo-
man, suffering herself at the coming part
ing, to turn and say: well, Mrs. Garrison,
l suppose that after your husband sails
you'll have to follow the rest of us into
grass widowhood''
One thing that made women hate Mar
garet Garrison was that she could never
be taken down" and the answer came cut
tingly, as it was meant to go, even though
a merry laugh went with it
Not I! When the ship l want is ready,
go with it,'
But as she turned triumphantly away. the
color suddenly left her cheek and there
was an instant's falter. AS though he had
heard her words, Stanley Armstrong too
had suddenly turned and stock looking
sternly into her eyes.
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biggest Pie Ever Baked.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas CITY Journal.
1t was recounted in the dispatches short
time since that the people of Mulvane had
welcomed one of their soldier boys home
with big reception. This soldier boy was
Artie Phillips, and in one of his letters
from Manila he had said that he would
give four years of his life for one of those
apple pies such as his mother used to make
At the reception he was presented with
a huge pie, as has been hitherto related
but it was not until the Mulvane Record
arrived this week that we gained an idea
of the pies real dimensions. It was In
square form, measuring two feet one way
by five feet the other. In Ii were two and
one-half bushels of apples ten pounds of
flour, ten pounds OF sugar, six pounds of
lard, two pounds of butter and a common
surate amount Of the other truck which
goes in this kind Of pastry. The Record
says 1t was probably the biggest pie ever
baked, but that sit didn't last longer than
a keg of beer in q prohibition town"
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No Cause for Alarm.

From Tit-Bits
Coal Merchant-'I say, Premium i want
TO insure my coal yard against fire. What's
the cost of policy for E1O.0o0?"
Insurance Agent-"What coal is It? Same
kind you sent me last2"
Merchant-'Yes, il is"
Agent-"Oh, l wouldn't insure # IL / were
you. II won't burn"
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Why He Cried.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Papa fell over my express wagon this
morning" said Willie; my, it was funny
Il laughed till cried"
.'Did yer?' said Tommy.
Yes" replied Willie; papa caught me
lAughtn's"
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ChaDter XIII.

Still another expedition was destined to
start for Manila, and keen was the rivalry
among the regiments held to daily drill al
San Francisco. The rurnor was current in
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Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
The story opens with scene in the regi-
mental camp on Preside Heights. overlook
ing San Francisco harb0r. RumOrs of moving
orders to Manila and the arrival from New
York Of lady visitors at headquarters vary
the monotony OF camp routine The visitors
are in search Of a runaway boy, who Is De-
lleved to have entered the army. and Lieut..
Gray. the most popular young officer IN MS
regiment. through a supposed acquaintance
with one OF the visiting party. Miss Amy
Lawrence is euvied by his fellows The
party, escorted by Col. Armstrong, attends
review on the drill grounds. and is disturbed
by tn, sight Of young prisoner who breaks
away from his guards near them ana oy
collision among the carriages Mrs 'Tarrl-
SON an old acquaintance Of Col. Armstrong,
is hurt Private Morton is arrested on q
charge Of stealing money. He appeals to
Lieut.. Gray of his fraternity for help, and
Gray secures the detail Of guard over him.
The troops prepare to sail for Manila. Mrs
Garrison joins the Red Cross Society and as
siSts at tho e1nbarkin-. Young Morton and
three other prisoners escape through a tun-
mel Gray Is arrested, charged with having
aided the prisoners. At West Point the srlIn-
mer before MIS-. Garrison and her younger
sister Mia Terriss had caused much talk.
Nita fell in love with a prominent cadet,
Pat Latrobe. but Mrs. Garrison took her
away in time To prevent an elOpement and
marriage. Latrose deserts, and his friend,
G0uvernour Prime, who had been infatuated
with Mrs. Garrison, rams away from home to
tpin the army at San Francisco. Nita mar
rird Colonel Frost. and Iatrobe follows her
from place TO place, seeking an Interview,
until he Is located in San Francisco and sus-
pccIel Of being with Morton \ valuable
package Of letters hAs been lost from Gen
eral Draytcn's tent LatTobe is nephew Of
the general
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He Claims Too Much.

An italian electrician, Signor Russo
DAsar, who recently succeeded in applying
wireless telephony to ships in order to
avoid collision at sea, is said to have In
syented an appliance for diminishing col
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Over across the way were the head
quarters tents of big brigade hopefully
awaiting orders for Manila. To their
left. separated by a narrow space, so
crowded were the camps, were the quarters
OF the officers of the -teenth Infantry. and
even through the veil of mist both soldiers
could plainly see along the line. Coming
toward the gate was Mr.. Prime escorted by
the major. Just behind them followed Mil
dIed and the attentive Schuyler. But
where was Miss Lawrence? Armstrong
had already seen. Lingering, she stood at
BilIy's tent front, her ear inclined to his
protruding pate He was saying something
that took time, and she showed no incIina-
tiOn 20 hurry him. Miss Prime looked back
then she and Schuyler exchanged signifi-
cant smiles and glances. There was rather
q lingering handclasp before Amy Started.
Even then she looked back at the boy and
smiled.
HIM said the general as he gazed
That youEgster wouldn't swap places
with any subaltern in camp, even if he is
under charges
There was no answer ff0m the strong SOL
Gier standing observant at his elbow But
strong detained him. "One more question
general In case you were away and
wanted something you had left in this
tent, you would send an aid or orderly. or
would an order signed by one of your
staff be sufficient
III m we'll yes, I suppose it would"
said the general
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England is Satisfied.

The decision unanimously arrived at by
the court of arbitration, and pronounced on
its behalf by its president, the eminent
Russian turist, Prof. de Martens, in Paris
yesterday, comes very near giving England
all she could claim under the Schomburgk
line, modified by Lord Granyille's con-
cession in 1881. The new boundary does
not follow that line all the way though it
does so for the most part. England loses
part of her claim at the westerly bend of
the river Cuyuni, but gains considerably
further south. This decision will go a long
way to strengthen belief in the possibilities
of arbitration in this country. Hitherto,
arbitrations have gone so consistently
against England that people were begin
ming to think that the country might as
well give its claims away voluntarily as
submit them to an international tribunal.
In the present instance, however, England
has no reason to regret her acceptance of
American advice.
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to show our character, our frank.
ness and sincerity and nothing
more. Let us avoid the example
or those natives who having at
one time been colonists, accented
autonomy to enable them to make
their work Surer, once evcrvt.ipp
was prepared. History has givcn
us an example of this in recent
events. Let us persist in our idea
which Is the only and lcgitimatc
and noble aspiration Of a people
which is dcsirous ut all cost to
preserve its national honor spot,
less and as pure as acrystaI. Thus
then, there will not be Il singlc
Filipino autonomist Those who
are so are in the eyes of the pco.
pie but time servers, fearful of
ioslnS theIr riches, threatened by
risks of war.
"FlIlpinos, let us be constant :,
Let us strengthen the bonds of
our union ~
AguinaIdo concluded with call
ing for cheers for independence,
the union of the FiIiprnos and for
the lherating army.
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WHEELER OFF FOR MANILA
He Expects to Sub for Generals
Lawton and Mac Arthur-SGn
Holds His Grip on His
Chair i'll Congress.

Wash ington, July 12.-GcneruI
Joseph Wheeler left Washington
this afternoon, en- route to the
Philippine Islands. He goes via
Chicago, Omaha, Denver and Salt
Lake, but as he is scheduled to
reach Son Fran cisco on Saturday.
be will not stop long at any place
OH the way. He will sail for
Manila on the goth.
"I have no plans of campaign, j"
be said to an Associated Press
reporter today, "and shall not
know what / am to do until re.
ceive my instructions from Gen.
Otis. | should like to have it
under STOOD" he continued, 'that
| 90 TO Manila in an entirely SUBJ
ordinate capacity. Not only Gen
Otis, but Generals Lawlon and
Mac cArthur will rank me, and it
is proper that they should, for
while Generals Lawton and Mac
Arthur were my juniors, they
have been in the field, while
have not, and deserve to have
places superior to any assignment
that may be given me. "
He said he would not resign
his seat in the House.
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TRANSPORTS ARRIVE.
The First Batch of Returning
Volunteers from Manila Reach
San Francisco.

San Francisco, July 2.-The
United States transports Newport
and Ohio, bearing the volunteer
regiments from the Philippines,
arrived here tonight The vessels
were sighted this afternoon, and
soon the shriekIng whistles, the
Changing Of bells, the firing of
cannon announced that the first
batch OF returning volunteers
from Manila were nearing the
shores of California. Within a
few minutes the streets were
thronged with people vending
their way to the docks. Scores
of vessels bearing State, municipal
and Federal officials, Gov. Geer
and staff, of Oregon, and hundreds
of others, met the incoming trans
port.
AS the transports slowly steam
ed up the harbor, the soldiers
gathered in excited groups on the
deck and some climbed into the
rigging, where they shouted and
cheered like mad.
The transports were boarded by
quarantine officers. 1t is doubt
fuI whether the Oregon volunteers
will be allowed to land in San
Francisco before going to their
homes.
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DISCOVERED BY A
WOMAN

Another great discovery has
been made, and that too, by a
lady in this country. "Disease
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for seven years she withstoOd its
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of us bottle of DIR. Kings New
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aud with two bottles, has been alb
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GLORIOUS NEWS

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Natural Gas Discovered mt Birm,
ingham.

Birmingham, Ala, July 12.-
While drilling an artesian well on
the property of the Alabama
Brewing company, today, natural
gas was discovered. The well
was over 1000 feet deep when
the flow was detected. The usual
tests were applied and resulted
satisfactorily. The gas carries
the water and mud up a distance
of 40 feet.
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sometimes, not understanding
what this meant, Campbell would
get uneasy, restive, but invariably
ne dismissed the matter by saying
that lie believed that Larissev.s $
condition had driven him mad.
But the authorities at Keeley
institute and the police knew La.
rlssey' S game. The former hypo-
dermlcaIIy pumped water into his
arm to ward off suspicion; the
latter held themselves in readiness
to make the arrest when it should
he necessary. TO the chief of
police Larissey said that he was a
Pmkerton detective, and to him
he stated, a week ago, that he had
made a case against Campbell.
"Wh evidence Larissey OBJ
tanned against Campbell no one
knows, for Larissey kept his own
counsel. Side by side the two
friends finished their treatment
and left the Kelley institute this
morning for Columbia, Campbell
all unsuspecting, and Larissoy
sitting beside him in friendly
manner, with a warrant in his
pocket for CampbeII's arrest as
soon as the South Carolina line
is crossed. All this is in keeping
with Larisscy's artistic idea of
finesse.
"This is all. Unvarnished, |
give the story as it has come to
me. Certainly there is in it a
grim, urcanny novelty"
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An Increase of SpindIcs.

The Springstcin Mills, Of Cho,-
ter, 5 G, yesterday closed a cons
tract for 1000 additional spindIcs,
with the Within Machine Co.,
represented here by Mr. 5 W
Cramcr. Mr. Cramer got the
contract in the face of three other
competitors. This investment
represents $4,000 for enlarge
ment and Improvement of the
Springstein Mills. Charlotte O b.
server.
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'N------"'-
and guns are always handy in the
Dark Corner, and the men who
were attacked lost no time in re-
turning the repeated volIcys from
the Lindsays, who knew lust what
to expect when the attack WAS
made.
The firing WAS fast and furious.
and the Lindsays took shelter be.
hind the trees near the church.
but continued to pour hot shot
INTO the advancing column, which
was making steady progress up
the hill like the Rough Riders nj
San Juan. Finally, when tho
Lindsay contingent had each man
received wound, they BEGAN a
retreat to the rear Of the church.
where a buggy and Il mule awaited
their coming, and they commenced
to get away from the infuriatod
crowd, which included the Rec
tors, the Howards, the McKin~
neys, the Bartons, a Harris AMI a
Bruce. The fight of the Ljndsavs
was the signal for renewed effort
of the baseballsts, who determin-
ed to capture their assaiIants, bat
1t was not until the buggy broke
down that the battle was drawn to
a close, and the Lindsays took to
the woods 70" safety and to bind
mp their wounds. The chase had
lasted for half mile, and when
the buggy became forfeit to the
vlctors they were not long IN
completing its destruction bv set
ting it ahre and ninging brush
around it to make sure Of its to-
tai demolition.
1t is estimated that several
hundred shots were fired in a few
minutes, and that a dozen or more
OF the baseball crowd were wound
ed, but none of the wounds are
/ SpriOuS Tba Cp,,lyo ,,.n.. c,, .l,,,...
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