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his rife. 81 will take the corporars

his rife. 81 will take the corporars
place"
She walked to the window, opening the
breech with the air of an expert to see
If the magazine was full. The dying cor
poral lay grooming on the floor, but we
could not stop to attend to him. Sonia
knelt down, took his head in her lap
and soothed him as one might soothe a
sick child; her tears rained on his face
as she kissed him and caressed him and
murnured words of comfort.
Water! water!" groaned the corporal
"AkUlina! Masha"' cried Sonia to the
servants beyond the doorway, ''bring
water quickly!''
the frightened Masha; ''the corporal
threw the last drop out of the window"
Sonia slipped a cushion under the
wounded mans head, and went to seek
in the empty cans; with all her zeal she
could collect no more than a thimbleful,
which she administered to her patient.
Varvara Petrovna stood at her post In
the window, tall and terrible. leveling her
gun and firing as if it were the most
natural thing in the world.
''Ay da Varvara Petrovnar' said the
soldiers approvingly; ''molodetz! She's
a heroine!'
The dying man soon renewed his pit
eous cries for water.
"Varvara, uncle, lieutenant, for
heavens sake get some water!' cried
Sonia, going frantically from one to an
other
.'Hush!" said Varvara, without turning
round, you disturb our aim
There is no water but In the spring."
said the colonel
Sonia disappeared from the room.
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minute later we were stupefed with
horror. A little slender figure in pink
darted out upon the lawn from behind
the corner of the house and sped to-
wards the spring; it was Sonia with a
bucket in her hand, running as fast as
her legs could carry her. A bullet from
the enemy plowed up the grass at her
feet, but she ran on unheeding, We held
our breath and waited. The
Chechenians had ceased firing. tall
form arose and stood upon the garden
Wall-a handsome young hillman, dressed
in feZ-shaped lambskin cap and a long
Chechenian robe, with belt full of sill
ver-hilted knives.
''It is Arak himself the son of Feraz,"
said the lieutenant.
Varvara Petrovna slowly raised her
gun and covered him.
Down with your gun, Virvarap' cried
the colonel angrily; "the Chechens have
stopped firing" She lowered her
weapon.
The young chief jumped down and
walked towards Sonia, saluting graceful
y. They exchanged a few words; Arak
took the bucket from her and filed it
at The spring. As she put out her hand
to receive 1t from him he perceived the
bandage on her finger. He paused and
questioned her; question and answer
were lost to us. Instead of handing her
the bucket he advanced side by side with
her up to the house. She took the water
from him and ran round to the door by
which she had made her exit Arak
came close under the windows and asked
who was in command; the lieutenant
stood forward in the open window.
Il congratulate YOU sir upon the
valour Of the women Of your garrison
said Arak, with polite little smile; but
Chechens do not fight with women. We
are disarmed by the courage and Gevo-
ton OF this lady; the house which shell
ters her is sacred, and we have no more
heart for the attack. There are
plenty of foes for US beyond the pass;
we go to meet them. FAREWELL"
He bowed and returned to his men. In
a few minutes there were no Cyhechens 10
be seen on the hillside.
Some hours later a detachment of the
Ieutenants regiment brought US news OF
an engagement in the valley. Arak and
his father had both been wounded and
taken prisoners; the discontinue Of the
hillmen was so complete that the upIis-
ing was practically ut an end.
Sonia attended the corporal till the end,
which was not long in coming AS sire
rose from her place beside the couch
where he had been laid, she fell faintiig
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a EEME BABY GERE ,

to the picturesqueness of our defense.
Man and artist rejoiced together when
Sonia and Varvara Petrovna ran into
the room with dishes Of smoking outlets
in their hands, and stole along the shell
ter Of the walls to distribute the delica-
cies among the warriors at the windows
For some reason or other Sonia had ar
raye6 herself in a large, white apron,
and fixed cooks cap on her head; in
this setting her little, slender figure and
flushed face made the most bewitching
picture in the world as she held her plate
daintily out towards me. There was still
one outlet left; she put out her hand to
lay the plate in the bottom Of the loop
hole, between the sandbags, when an en-
vious bullet howled through the opening,
grazing the skin from her white flesh It
was a tiny Wound-Our first casualty.
Sonia drew her hand quickly away, sank
on the floor and cried helplessly between
pain and terror. She refused to be COM
forted, and was led away sobbing by the
im9erturbable Varvara Petrovna
The fortihcattons of our loopholes were
made OF lnilammable stuff, and in spite Of
all carefulness We were in perpetual dan
ger of setting our defenses on fire To
prevent disaster from this cause the lieu
tenant had had all the water in the house
brought into the front rooms. The event
proved the wisdom Of his precaution; a
bolster in one Of the windows caught,
and burst at once into a mass of flame.
Our united efforts eXtinguished the main
confiagration; but meanwhile the outer
woodwork had taken fire, and the roof
was III danger; without a moments hesi-
tation big corporal leaped upon the
window sill with bucket of water and
saved further peril with a douche. Be
fore he had time to step back into the
room bullet from Chechen gun
struck him in the chest. With a loud cry
he flung up his arms and fell crashing
TO the floor. The noise of his fall brought
the women to the door; Varxara Petrov-
ma stepped stately into the room, and
Sonia appeared behind her, with a ban
daged hand and tear-staiped cheeks.
Through the lungsF' calculated the
lieutenant, as the corporal coughed heav-
lily and the blood flowed over his lips.
Its all over with himp' murmured
a solder. wagging his head as one who
knew, fGed rest his soul!''
ivan, take his place." said the lieu
tenant "Ephim must have his window
to himself
Let Ivan stay where he is said Var
Yara Petrona, coming quietly forward
and ioosening the dying mans grip of
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esent Bela's "a Their with twenty noun
IN horses. FeraZ had no horses to
are; what Checheu has, They must
got. But in matters Of hOrsefesh
lechenian arist0crat cannot stoop to
sordid methods OF purchase;
II would q Chcchenian bridegroom
- respected by a, wife who could say CT
m: He bought a horse Therefore
Their and son raided the war office pas
res A hireling Waterman betrayed
en-; orders were issued for their arrest,
d six villages went on the war path
r the honor of the tribal custom. It
IS plain that the tribesmen would try
hold the Okova range, as they had
ne in SO; the business Of the lieuten-
It's regiment was to anticipate them;
d Col. Orsha's house was one of the
st positions 60 be occupied, for it conf
anded access to the hills from the Terek
lie.
The lieutenant and I stopped at the
vide and waited for the soldiers to
me up.
Which is the way, Pavel?" asked my
mpanion of the big corporal
Up here" replied the giant, pointing
a narrow path which wound its way
, among the fir trees to our right.
Lead the way" said the lieutenant,
d the corporal Joined US in the front.
lie willingly impaired his large knowl-
sc of the people and places about US.
? told US of the exploits of Col. Orsha
'ainst the hilImen in the days before he
st his right leg in an aul of the Cru
ms.
The apple lies near the apple tree, as
saying is, masters: like father, like
lighter. Varvara Petrovna's a fine lass,
i and strong. and as bold as a lion
hen the Gruzians broke into the empty
tracks that day and the stablemen fled
their stalls, she faced the rebels like
man and rated them for their coward
4, till they skunk away from before her
tn her tails between her legs .
- fine lass! But you'll judge for
urselVes this evening when you see
r. A heroine she is! everyone says 50:
true heroine"
The lieutenant and I eyed each other
tn wild surmise." Were the cards
ue prophets?
Half an hours climbing brought US II
j. Orsha's house, a low white building
a rocky promontary. Passing the wall
.lich cut Off the promotory from the
lside we stepped on to q fresh green
wn running up to the house. From
g rocks TO the right bubbled q spring
lose waters ran in a little stream across
e lawn and flashed down the shee.
lsjde to the left. Beyond the stream
BOD a girl-a little slender figure CLAD
pink and topped by broad straw hat
e was feeding a flock Of white Caucas-
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THE LTEUTENANT'S HEROINE

ian pigeons; some were picking the bread
crumbs from the grass at her feet, others
Were poised in the air waiting for NOR
sci to be thrown them, and one was seat
ed on her arm helping himself from the
plate which she held in her hand Her
back was turned to us, and she did not
nouce our approach, but as we stepped
on to the planks which bridged the
stream, the pigeons flew up into the
cedarS, and she turned toward us-a
bright oval face, with loose brown hair
shading her soft eyes, Her lips quivered
in surprise at the sudden apparition OF
the armed band.
Forgive our intrusion, mademoisalle,"
said the lieutenant, saluting her: have
the honor of addressing Mile. Orsha?'
mo, that is my cousin; but what are
the soldiers come for?"
t'To defend your house, mademoiselle.
[ regret to say that the hillmen are in
revolt. And permit me to suggest that
under the circumstances it will be better
for you to retire within doors"
There was no need for the recommen-
dalton: before the lieutenant's sentence
was ended the little pink figure was in
full fight for the house Another figure
appeared in the open doorway as the
fugitive disappeared; a tall, handsome
young woman, with high aquiline nose
and a commanding presence, came down
the steps to meet us. She listened with
out any appearance of surprise, while the
lieutenant stated his mission.
pray send your men to the Kitchen"
she said, "and follow me to the drawing
room. My father will be glad of the OPP
portunity of putting his house and goods
at the service of his country"
The evening passed without alarms
The doors were barricaded, the windows
loopholed with mattresses and bags Of
sand, and sentirels were posted on the
hillside and a Waterman on the roof. At
supper the colonel RECALLED us with stories
Of his daughter and his family. The
colonel was descended in a direct line
from Boyarin Orsha OF Ivan the Terrible's
time, and all his forebears had been
mighty men Of battle. Varara Petrovna's
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George CalderoE in CornhiH
''The third time I laid out the cards, -
said the lieutenant, exactly the same
thing happened again; the queen Of
heart at the top, meaning love, the king
of clubs to the right of her, showing
heroic character, and the seven of spades
in the last three, showing that the sign
was to be fulfilled Immediately.
] had always hoped that 1 shouldn
marry a heroine; I can't stand your
masculine women" He sighed with
Slavonic resignation, and added "Roku
ne minOvat," which is Russian for Kis-
met
pitied him from the bottom of my
heart, and was glad that the cards had
ne. such spower over destiny in England
as they have in Russia
- We were marching along the white
road under KisloVodsk, down into the
green valley of the Terek. I with my
wanderers wardrobe and sketching pack
slung over my shoulders. The six
soldiers of the lieutenant's detachment
tramped behind lis, softly singing: the
big ccrp3r9l was taking his turn as solo
list, the five privates joining in with a
monotonous ay luli, luli at the end of
each line. The shadows of the hills were
creeping slowly up to the white top of
Mount Eibruz, which faced us imper-
turbably over velvet forests from the
distance.
The Heutenanfs orders were to reach
Col. Orska's house on the lower e7o'~.
the Okova by nightfall, and hold it
AGAINST the rebellious Chechens; and 1,
the peaceful landscape painter, had been
swept away protesting in the current Of
his march. s6etching umbrella and all,
from my roadside attitude IF artistic un,
concern with the quarrels of govern
ments and subjects.
The trouble between the tribesmen and
the Russians had arisen from the in
Teterate incompatibility of their ideas as
to the right method Of acquiring prop
arty in horses. Arak. son of the power
.ul chieftain Feraz, was to be married
to Bella Of Sizi-aul; and by way OF
lolym or dowry the bridegroom was to
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theuu
well
the idrnep
The benefits derived from the 0avor lasting The gen
health intimately related
peculiar to the voy cured the whole years
ind
vigorous health. ~ - "
Or ies Favote Prescription strong
substantated
Woraans in its action wonderful
es ogreeaDe facilitating
axnes. - -
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on the floor; the excitement Of action
ended, she had nothing to sustain her.
She was put to bed in state Of high
fever. After q Thanksgiving service
which Varvara Petrovna held in the
drawing room, the lieutenant and I left
the house, pursued by the h3spitable in
functions. of the colonel to he his guests
as soon as our fortunes should bring US
again to the neighborhood of the Okova.
I met the lieutenant a year later at a
dance at Government House, Ti1is. We
talked of the eyentful day we had spenr
in the coloneTs house.
L shall always be grateful for that
adventure I said, 1T supplied me with
subject for a picture"
1T did more for ms" said the lieu
tenant, smiling, 81 spent a month there
in the autumn and found myself a wife"
Then the cards
''Were true prophets
81 congratulate you, my dear fellow;
Varvara Patrovna seemed to me a
woman whom any man might he proud
to ="
Then go in and win her-she is stin
free Here comes my, wife
Sonia, you haven't forgotten our old
comrade in arrns?"
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A Husbands Terrible Alternative.

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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-09-20
No Stock Law Wanted.

EDITOR PRESS: | see an article
on the stock law from Iron Hill
which | fully endorse. l have been
out in Illinois where they have a
stock law and they say that it is a
curse to the state, because they
can not raise stock enough for
their own use; so they have to
come to old Kentucky to buy stock
for home use. Besides that. it is
an injustice to the renter and the
poor class of people for it robs
them of every way of making
living only by the work of their
hands; so | think we ought to be
a free people. Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none is
the motto of us folks down in
these parts. But we will freely
vote for fence law, for that is the
only law that is needed in this
wooden country.
w. f. Wofford.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-09-20
Obituary..

Mrs. Mary T. Pickens was born
Sept. Is, 1852, converted in prayer
meeting in 1865, married to Joe
A. G. Pickens January 9, 1870 and
died June 26, 1900. These are
dates indicating certain important
points in the life history. Between
these dates and about them is the
life of woman. A babe, a youth,
maiden, wife, a mother, chris
tian. Living for those she loved,
serving them with devotion un-
surpassed by any. Not alone for
the homefolks did she live, and la
Dor and serve, but as far as oppor-
tunity and ability allowed, she SER
we'd her generation. In her quiet
and queenly way she entertained
all who came into her home. She
was faithful in ministrations of
mercy among her neighbors when
any of them were sick or in trou-
BILE. Her religious life was after
the order of the sermon on the
Mount. She was not so demon
strative as some, but she was con-
slant. Her christianity was SO
Christlike that her husband and
daughter never questioned her per
feet right and title to place in
the kingdom of God. She was
never sour nor did she sit in judg-
ment on the character of her neigh
bors. She allowed that others
might be honest and yet differ
from her in opinion. She never
felt "called" to leave her family |
and CAD about in the name of the |
Lord. She was moved" to keep
neat house and cook good meals
ior her family and friends. She
attended church whether her fa-
7orite preacher was to preach or
lot. In fact she went to church
o worship God. She was loyal to
Jesus Christ and the interests of
His Kingdom. When the sum-
mons came she was ready and calm
y but triumphantly passed to her
Ieavenly home, and is resting now
n the bosom of God.
s. X. B.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-09-20

So much has been said for and
against the stock law that its pro-
visions are a matter of general in
quiry. Below we have brief syn
opsis of the measure:
Upon the petition of 100 voters
of any county or twenty voters of
any magisterial or voting district,
filed in the county court of such
county, asking a submission OF the
question whether cattle or any
species thereof shall be permitted
to run at large insuch county, JUS
tees or voting district, the county
court shall direct the officers of
election in such county or district
to open a poll at the next regular
election held in such county or
district, in not less than sixty days
after the filing of such petition,
for the purpose of ascer'aining the
will of the voters of such county,
or district, upon the question whe-
Their or not they wish cattle or any
species thereof to run at large in
said county or district. Before
any election shall be held the fis-
cal court shall decide whether the
election shall be confined to dis
tricts or submitted to the entire
county.
No polls shall be opened unless
the petitioners shall deposit with
the county court a sum sufficient
to defray the expenses of the cleo
ton upon this question.
The petition filed shall state
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-09-20

whether it is desired to prohibit
the running at large of cattle gen.
orally or only certain species there.
When an election is ordered the
county, clerk is directed to have
printed on the ballots the question
"for OF against the running at
large of cattle in -- county or
district" If a majority vote
against the running at large of
cattle, then it shall be unlawful,
after thirty days from said cleo
ton, for any person to permit any
cattle, or the species thereof nam
ed in the petition, to run at large
in the district or county as the
case may be. Any person 80 Of
Tending shall be fined not less
than So nor more than $25 for each
offense, and the owner of the cat
tie shall be liable for any damage
committed by his cattle, and the
person damaged shall have a lien
on the cattle for his damages and
cost. 1t shall be the duty of any
constable, sheriff or town marshal
to impound any cattle found run
ming at large, and the owner shall
pay to the officer impounding, for
each head so impounded, 81 and
cost of feeding; the cost of i'm
pounding any number of cattle at
any one time shall not exceed SO.
A vote may be taken as often as
every four years on this question.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-09-20
LOST AT GALVESTON.
Former Crittenden County Peo.
pie Perished in the Calves
ton Storm.

From a letter to Mr.. j. L. Love
of this county, we learn that Mrs
H. G. Cromwell and three daugh
tiers persisted in the great Calves
ton storm. There were seven mem
bers of the family, Mr.. Cromwell
and two of his children were away
from home and escaped the sac
fate of the other members of the
family.
Mr. Henry @. Cromwell and fam.
lily formerly lived in Marion. He
was well known here and did con
siderable work as a carpenter. His
wife was Miss Emma Love. She
has two brothers and four sisters
now living in this county-Messrs
j, l.. and Chas. Love and Mes
danes j. r. Threlkeld, Anthony
Mumphy, E. 4. Franklin and 4.
M. Franks.
In his letter Mr.. Cromwell
says:
All the family are gone except
Homer, Essie and myself. OGod,
just think-wife and three child
rem taken to a watery grave in an
instant. All we have is gone, ex-
cept the little change Homer and
L had in our pockets and one
horse. l was not with them; we
started home in buggy, and it
was just by chance that we we're
not swept away too. Essie was not
at home. She was saved after float
ing on debris in the water for five
hours. Homer and l happened to
pass the house she was in at 2 o.
clock in the morning trying to get
home; and she saw us. We knew
as soon as daylight that they were
gone, for not a house left standing
in that quarter. Our folks were
said to have been found and all
buried in the ground Yesterday.
They were identified by neigh
bors. l am thankful that they
we're not taken TO sea for burial.
We are going to get away from
here as soon as we can get out.
The three daughters who per-
shed were Effie, BERTHE and MIN
la--all were grown young ladies'.