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timber must be put into the water, fioated
down to the lake, kedged across and loaded
on- the brig. 1t Will take a week or ten
days.
Captain" REPLIED, I'VE have q half
dozen hands you can have to help"
Bring then, on. then
They are seven, miles from here. Let
me and V wi get ,s ssn mo replied .H 0A
No; / am goingdback. but will leave you
where you vish and day after tomorrow
will call andtiget the men,"
The captain left two men at the camp.
taking the others And ourselves down the
river. In less than two hours we were OPP
posite our hnmmoek. 1 left the boat 90
carry the news: Wesner kept on with tne
captain of the brig, l fioundered hurriediy
whole party gathered around me.
THE vessel has arrived"
BLESS God! Hallelujah. Glory! On.
nhassa. am dat certain for sure fact?' were
few of the joyful expressions that were
shouted by the excited refugees.
1 explained the situation in as few words
as possible. and remained with them the
next day. but the morning after. taking all
the able-bodfed men with me, except opeo
and Mason. repaired to the river side, ana
impatiently awaited the coming OF the boat;
returned to the timber camp In rev
days the timber was RATED ready to De
f1oated to the brig. Four days AFTER tne
last raft passed our landing the boats re-
At early morning we were on the banks
Of the Sabine Obed and Mason were 70
bid goodbye forever to the south. Eight
times they had been in sight OF the prom
ised land and returned TO dare danger and
death in their efforts to ltberate their Eel
low bondsmen. Now" as Obed expressed
it. the jig was up. the underground rail,
road station at Turkeypaw was burnt ano
the track dun busted Never again under
our lead would the flying fugitive turn MS
face toward the north. We felt that our
mission was ended.
our course was run. our errano zone
Two boats lay by the river bank one
by one the escaping fugitives entered. tax
ing their assigned places. At last none
save Obed and Mason were left with U.S.
Boys" said Wesner, I'VE must bid you
goodbye. We shall never meet again West
of the great river. Henceforth your nome
is in the north. Look well to these 1gnor-
ant people who are IN your charge. Lem
uel. Obed and yourself have money for all,
and in case of accident you know our
friends names and addresses in New YORK
Write when you arrive In Philadelphia
Address George Williams. box 726. New
Orleans, La. / shall get it,
"Massa Williams" Obed replied. as the
tears coursed down his cheeks. there are
two white men in this world shall never
forget. men who were gentlemen in the days
when gentlemen were scarce you an
Massa Edwards. You is both Tucapaw
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The Immense State of Texas.
m the Galveston (Texas) News.


Texas In area is equal to the great states
of Ohio. Kentucky. Indiana. Illinois and
Missouri combined and enough territory
over to make five such states as Connect
cut. or ten the size of New Jersey. or
eighteen the size OF Rhode Island. A glance
at the map of these five great states Of
Ohio. Kentucky Indiana, Illinois and Mis-
souri,. all in body. will show the magni-
tude Of Texas. The state Is seventh In pop
ulation. third in railroad mileage. fourth In
number Of sheep. first In cattle. and first
in the production of cotton by more than
100 per cent over any other state. Now. Of
the 165OOe.O0O acres Of land in the state Of
Texas. less than one-eighth is in cultiva-
ton. which forcibly presents the magnitude
of its possibilities. With untold millions Of
rich, cheap lands splendid climate. with
just laws we'll enforced. low taxes. the
finest best-conducted and highest-endowed
free public schools on the face of the earth.
with genial and hospitable people. Why
should Texas not be the empire state of the
Union? Our population now Is about 3.O0O.-
900. and We have room for at least 10.O0O0c0
more Of thrifty. energetic. home-sseking
people.
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signature to Lucys free papers, that's all. "
l answered.
Come in: Charles. come in: never mind
the horse-let's hear about it,
A few words and the story was told.
"Oh, my hunted one. free at last" cried
Wesner. 1T has been long four years.
In few days Wesner left for Portland.
Maine. knowing the man. l asked no
questions. but looked forward to the de-
nouement. 1t came l expected.
The Christmas holidays were past and I
had received no news from Wesner. Feel
ing uneasy. took the steamer and went to
New Orleans. Post office box 726 was ours.
had one key, Wesner the other. l I'M
locked the box and took out letter. The
cramped. schoolboy hand bore no resem-
blance to Wesners. hut 1 knew it well. 1t
was labored composition Of Lemuel Ma
son. The Adams had arrived in Philadel-
phia. All hands were well and had found
friends, most Of them work. Obed and
Mason were at work in shipyard on
Beach street. The rest were scattered,
some one place, some another. AS L found
nothing from Wesner 1 returned home.
! where awaiting me was long explanatory
letter from him and copy of the Eastern
Argus, an intensely interesting democratic
paper, printed at Portland. Me. At least
a score of people in the three parishes mad
| received copy Of the same edition. 1t
was not Its politics that made 1t interest
| ing to the Attakapas people. but this little
notice:
I'm this city, Christmas day. by Rev.
Mr. Libbey George Wesner of New Iberia.
| Louisiana. and Miss Lucy Lasalle Of And
over. Mass.
The question was asked me until l was
cross over it: Where did Wesner md a
Yankee girl. and was not Andover In Mas
sachusetts?"
To this last I answered Yes" to the
first Il never was in Massachusetts,.
Georges letter was written to me with
the usual caution, on the day after his
| marriage.
He said among other things: Now when
| come back to settle up my affairs shail
begin my researches into the fate OF the
family Of my wife. 1 can pursue them by
agents, once the matter Is cautiously open
ed up, while am living up here. where l
expect to establish myself" Those re-
searches he did pursue for years, but ne
never got evidence of the kind that would
have been necessary to give Lucy ner
rightful standing in the south, though II
was enough to convince him OF what ne
already believed, and indeed to bring me
| to his standpoint. 1t was strange ana
sickening story, much on the lines that ne
had guessed at when he knew so little put
with Lucy's biography, beyond the part
that concerns her escape from slavery we
are not concerned here. She made Wesner
the best Of wives. and when l saw her IN
after years presiding over her home she
was one Of the most perfect ladies In the
land.
(The eOdl
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Clarence ]. Berry's mastif Julian, the
most widely known dog in the far-away
gold fields Of Alaska, Is dead. Exposure
to the rigors of the northern climate put
an end to the career Of a dog which had
Travelled hundred OF miles over the path
less ice, and had hauled thousands Of
pounds Of freight Mr.. Berry first put him
to work on a sled In 1895. when the dog
hauled provisions for the season over the
Chilkoot Pass. In the following year the
dog was the mainstay Of the team which
was used by Mrs. Berry when she went to
join her husband. On this perilous trip all
the dogs except Julian gave out, and he had
to haul the load, which weighed over 1000
pounds, by himself across the frozen sur
face of Lake Bennett. When the party
reached Dawson the dog hauled most OF
the lumber and material used by Mr.. Berry
to his mines and houses. So famous did
Julian become that his owner was offered
fabulous sums for him. but declined to con-
slider any proposition which meant parting
with his faithful servant.
In 1898 the dog suffered from rheumatism
brought on by exposure This rendered him
useless as a draught animal Mr.. Berry
sent him to Fresno for treatment and as
he did not improve there he was sent to
Santa Cruz where he remained several
months Disease mad so strong a hold on
him that he could not shake it OF, He
finally succumbed to a complication Of ca
nine ailments.
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gun. She'll shoot mile to kill. Mean
time we will keep on toward the timber.
and II We sight them coming We will look
for old buffalo wallow and make our
stand there"
These wallows were hollows supposed to
have been made by buffaloes when they
were plenty and pastured as far south as
Louisiana They usually had water in some
spot. and. being below the surface of the
surrounding prairie. made a very decent
protection from shot II a person lay flat
and under the high edge.
We were within three miles of the tim
Der. and the afternoon was pretty well
along. when Wesner. with the aid of his
glass; sighted the gang returning. We
had just crossed wallow and were not
fourth of a mile beyond it We turned
back on the run. and as every negro knew
his liberty was at stake there was some
smart hoisting of plantation shoes. One
of them said they ran so fast they stepped
on their own heels"
We reached the shelter. and found 1t
very good protection from the bullets
should they fire upon us.
Morrill, and his men were yet some dis
lance from u.s. but were approaching. COM
ing at a hard gallop
We placed those who were unarmed IN
the most secure place.
Now. lay low" said Wesner. land don't
one of you show so much as a kink of wool.
for 1 think lead will fly before these men
your rifle for 1 shall order those men to
halt. before they get near enough to ride
us down. If they won't. We will kill every
one of them. l know you are good shot,
for you were with me at White river. Nor
rill may ride toward me to talk. If he does,
keep him covered with your rifle and watch
him. The minute he attempts to bring his
piece to his face. do you fire! am will
ing to take one chance for want them to
fire first Remember, trust your
Wesner took his rifle. and when the ap-
reaching party were within rife shot
stepped upon the edge of the wallow. ad-
rtny nd nd mod n
Their brides were frightened. and with
their powerful Mexican bits they brought
their horses to a dead stop
Morrill," cried Wesner. 81 know you.
another foot and you are a dead man. l
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synopsis OF preceding Shupte's'
Copyright. 1900. by s. s. Mcclure Col
Five years before the outbreak Of the civil
war love OF adventure. hatred or slavery
and the desire To help my friend. George
Wesner. led me. Charles Bradley. "lVh
engineer. Of Attakapas country, La. TO De-
come an agent Of the underground raiir''ad-
wesner had been nurssd through the small
pox ~ II young slave. Lucy. belonging TO tie
t'ovarly plantation. lie discovered facts
which proved that Lacy was white ana ot
good family. \ secret love match f"ii""eo'
which pr, crossed we'll until Coverly proposed
TO sell Lucy to his son and refused t" sell
her to any one else. Wesner became des-
perate / agreed to help hin. steal Incy
and went to New York to arrange with the
Anti slavery S~iety for the care Of any
slaves we could bring north. We arrange
our end of the underground railway and
establish a refuge In my wood yard several
miles III, the river. At home we divert
suspicion by carrying a general merchan-
dise business W.sner makes the first VEN
lure AMI starts with ten of C"verly's slaves.
Including IMcy He takes them through
euccessfully delivers them to the agents
in New York and places Lucy in school at
Andover. In the second venture We en-
counter more adventures hut finally succeed
in shipping seventy-three slaves north ny
sea along with cargo Of cotton. The fol-
lowing spring We collect another lot at the
rendezvous and wesner takes them north
10 Clir" over the old route. Lucy is recog-
nized hy a southerner In Boston and is be-
traysi. Meantime, Pierce. friend OF
wesnrr's hears Of the warrant for Lucys
arrest and he starts out to warn her. Pierce
and Lucy are overtaken and the sheriff.
Gregg starts back to Louisiana with Lucy
by train. Pierce telegraphs the agents at
Cairo. WssDer is there. and. aided by the
Cromwells he boards the train at Il station
a few miles north and rescnes Lucy. Wes-
ner puts Lucy among friends and then starts
back to Attakapns. On the steamer he DIS
covers two slave dealers and later rescues
q band of their victims He takes the
slaves to Canada. Meantime 1 send eight
slaves north by the old route. / GU to
Shreveport 10 do some surveying and detec-
tive work. Wesner TO see and
barely escapes detection by the sheriff.
Gregg. At the suggestion Of Wesner, Pierce
opens up negotiations with Coverly for the
purchase, Of Lucy. We make our last VEN
ture nv taking the slaves who have collected
at the rendezvous across the country where
We hop. to put them safely on u steamer
going north.
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From the Chicago Tribune.

FrOm thA CnlCdyO IrlDuHt.
You are now standing in the presence of
the most worshipful patriarch" announced
the solemn official who was marching the
candidate about the lodge room. 'He
will"
'.worshipfui?" exclaimed the candidate.
That's Billy Berks, that used to run a
milk train on the Monon and got laid off
for knocking down. Wouldn't this be
good time to pay me that flyer you borrow
ed six years ago. Billy?"
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his own. but for obvious reasens wnf>cmit
them. The other two ws>never heard from.
This Is TIM true weston of the death OF
Bert Morrill, aal-she breaking up of his
band October Is, 1859. All other stories,
some of which 1 have heard. are false. one
in particuar-that he became a co,onel in
the confederate service and after perform
ing deeds of valor was killed at Shiloh.
Another. that he escaped to Texas with
Kirby Smith. and was seen after the war
at Chihuahua, Mexico, is sheer fabrication.
Morrill, and Maxwell were both shot dead
by the negro Obed October Is 1859. and
the writer of this narrative helped to bury
them not thirty miles east of the Cal
casieu river. county of Calcasieu, Louisiana
We removed the men and buried them in
the slough. leaving the horses where they
fell. Morrill, and the others were buried
side by side in the same place. There was
nothing to mark their graves, neither stick
nor stone near.
CHAPTER xXxIv.
Our journey from this spot to the Sabine
was devoid of further incident and We met
only the usual hardships naturally con-
nected with such a journey. Our passage
was slow and frequently we made long de-
tours to find ford;ng places on the diff er-
ent streams.
1t was October %. about noon. when we
arrived at the timber cutters camp on the
Sabine. Everything was as quiet as the
grave. The woods at this season OF the
year were alive with birds. but they sang
but little Now and then the twitter OF
some small one would enliven the solitude
of the deserted camp. but the majority
hoped from twig to twig in silence.
We did not know how far distant the set
Elements were. or when some proving
hunters might stray in upon US, and. al
though we disliked to take the people tt
our swamp refuge, we dared not risk a
long sojourn where we were. Therefore
after two days rest, We moved down the
stream toward our swamp home. arriving
there about 4 o'clock. having made our way
with Incredible labor through four or hve
miles of almost impossible swamp. We
were now about mile from the river bank
AS our stock of provisions was fast dis
appearing, Wesner and myself concluded &c
strike out, and see what we could ind In
the way of eatables In the surrounding
country. Starting from the hummock camp
one afternoon. we followed the trail we haG
cleared coming down, stopping at the tim
Der camp that night. We had noticed OF
our first visit trail leading up the river
this we determined to follow.
We had now four horses with us. as we
had brought along one captured from Nor
rills band. This we left behind to pick UP
his living in and around the timber. as. In
deed, we did our own. except that we hob
bled them to prevent them from straying
too far away.
We easily found a pretty well-deflned
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months. Two others and l wished to ac-
cept. but the others declined. and conse-
quently. after the thirteen weeks engage
ment. we dishanded as the Euterpeans
Some of the troupe remained in the bust
ness a year or two longer. | with Kimber-
lys Ministries but eventually passed back
TO private life
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It Is recorded that Scottish innkeeper
once said Of the late Duke Of Argyll:
His grace Is in a vera deefcult posee-
ton whatever. His pride of Intellect will
no. let him associate with men Of his ain
birth. and his pride Of birth will mo- let
him associate with men Of his ain intellect"
-ArkonAut
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Tho Right Training.

frOm Lille.
"Why don't you make your boy read
Shakespeare instead Of all those prurient
French novelist"
I'VE are fitting him to be . theatrical
manager"
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the third plantation darky) part. In which
Abby was the f1utst, Tongue violinist. Col
den and Tabler banJoists. Ball bones. and
the tambo. Then the phantom chorus by
the company, song and chorus. old Uncle
Ned arranged as chant; Tyrolean war
blings by Golden. with vocal accompani-
ment; song and chorus, Come Back.
with the Euterpycowbellagl CLANS, the COM
pany playing marches. waltzes and the ac-
compartment of these songs on set Of
forty Weight ordinary cow bells. upon which
much time had been spent in tuning
"Other negro songs 1 remember are 'Jim
Crack Corn Walk Jaw Bone. Dan Tuck
err Louisiana Belle Lucy Long and 'Clar
over one hundred pieces and were continu-
ously adding thereto, SO you see We could
entertain for a week without repeating and
our rule was to give entirely new selections
gram
Added to Program.
ION our trip we added dancing. in which
Mr.. Golden appeared as the female char
acter, and I as the male We missed but
one engagement on the trip. and that was
at Cincinnati. We had played at Maysville,
KY, and to reach Cincinnati for the even
ing performance we had to leave at 4
o'clock in the morning 1t was lucky for
us that our Kentucky landlord allowed US to
oversleep ourselves and miss the boat, for
when we were on the way up the river on
a later boat, due in Cincinnati late that
night. we passed the wreckage of the ves-
sci we intended to take and learned that
she had blown up. with some loss of life.
Our season in the queen city commenced
Tuesday night, and We had crowded houses
the balance Of the week. with one offer to
remain longer and another to go to Indian
apolis Some were too anxious to return
home, and we continued our trip. taking In
Wheeling, Pittsburg and Philadelphia. In
the latter place we contracted for thirteen
weeks Zone in Washington to appear in
burlesque opera, La Sonambula,' 'Bo-
hemian Girl and Others In which the orig
inal music was followed. We refused an
offer Of $50 and expenses each week for stx
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-18
CITY COURT CAS- SEES

George H. Young was sned 81 and
given costs of $15.64 In the city court
for the theft of a plane from the Sar-
gent mandatory last October. He paid
He was an emDloye of Sargent's.
Francis d. Mooney. the conductor on
the Cosey Beach section of the Fair
charged with the theft of $40 from
George Fl. Lyon a passenger, recently,
had his case nolled
George Reynolds, the Branford ma
chinist, who assaulted his divorced
wife, Sarah, and also Willard Phalan,
one Of her boarders, on Prospect street
the other day, was given ninety days in
Jail. Reynolds was married and has
been divorced from his wife twice. He
is Incorporate.
John p. Wesson of the Annex for be-
ing the ringleader in Sunday fight
over in Fair Haven, on North Front
street. paid S. fine and $1490 costs. The
police are now looking for his. antago-
MIST one Burke. William A. Peete,
John l.. Powers and Fred and Charles
III. Meeker. who We're also of the same
party, were discharged.
William Bell a young man, and
Robert Campbell. an old man, were
fined IS and costs each for fighting in
saloon at State and Fair streets. Bell
knocked Campbell, who is a saptauge-
MARIAN down three times
The Howard avenue police arrested
five boys, all living on Davenport ave-
nue., Monday night for breaking street
lamps at West bridge. The boys are
William Mannix, eleven years old;
George Ullrich. twelve years old; Bar
tholomew Sarvaty, thirteen years old;
Jacob sarvaty, eleven years old. and
Terrence Lines, nine years old In court
all the boys were discharged but Bar
tholomew. His case was continued to
September upon his good behavior.
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COMMON PLEAS COURT.

The criminal side of the court of COM
mon pleas convened yesterday morning
with jury, with Judge Studley on the
bench bat adjournment was had with
out any trials. Several cases We're set
tied ON terms, and other cases were con-
tinued until next term by order OF the
court. The cases disposed of are as
follows: Henry Donate, keeping dis
orderly house, $40 and costs; George De
Porto, violation of liquor law, $40 and
costs; Fred Vate, breach of the peace,
nolled on payment of $14 costs; James
F. Mccarthy, same, nolled on payment
of $14 costs The other cases on the
docket which were continued were
against James Blakeslee, Michael Fox
Victor We'll. Peter Reilly, Thomas Han
Ion, John Mortell, Charles e. Newbury,
John Delgrego, Mary Diggles, Peter
Nelson, Stanislaus Schipki, Henry Fro
del, Albert Rogers. Annie Schipki, Dam
lei H. Beardsley, Donate Donate, Thorn
as j. Hanrahan, Fred Cate, George De
Porto, Joseph #. Mccarthy, Samuel
Weinich.
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Women's Hosiery Come in
and Underwear. and see the

people are buying these new lots of
women's and children's stockings
and underwear pause a moment
and compare quality and prices. No
skimpy. non-elastic garments here,
even though the prices are small.
STOCKINGS
Women's plain cotton Stockings, good
elastic tops--in black and tan-the regular
12Hc kind. 1Oc pr, 3 for 25c
Children's fine Xxi ribbed Stockings, in
black and tan--always IL &C.
l0c pr, 3 for 25c
UNDERWEAR
LOT I-Women's ribbed Vests, low neck, no
sleeves. These are in alwhite and white
with dainty pink and blue silk edges. Also
in this lot are women IS ribbed shaped Vests,
in cream, with high neck, V-front and short
sleeves Sold elsewhere for 121a and l5c.
To close 1Oc ca, 3 for use
LOT II--Women's Vests with high neck and
long sleeves---in white. Worth 81 cents.
Now l211ac
Boys fine Balbriggan Knee Drawers with
double seat. Regularly Csc. Now 1870
Women's fine Jersey ribbed knee Tights
in cream-mostly all closed, few open.
Now l2Hc
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Csc, 30c and upwards
Among the Linens
and Domestics.
Y Q u're
keep ng at it
--aueruthinp

we advertise you take right away in
a day. That's what we like-here
are some more:
TABLE DAMASKS--Heavy all linen strong
Table Damask-66 inctes wide-a few
warnings will make it pure white. Actual
worth is IS cents.
Only this week 45c yd
All linen snow, white Damask-68 inch
wtde-pretty patterns-the 87zc kind,
Only this week SIC yd
QUILTS--W White Marseilles Quilts--for COO,
nights by the sea--full size fine quality
handsome patterns-never sold less than "
Only this week $l.5O
WHITE CROCHET QUILTS Good size
and splendid quality--pretty designs. Reg
ular price is $l.00. Only this week 75c
HEMST1TCHED TRAY CLOTHS-All.
linen Tray Cloths with fine spoke bemstitch
ed border--sze 1927 Real worth 25 cents
Only this week 17c ca
TURKEY RED DAMASK-P Perfectly fast
color, full width-the regular rs cent quail
ty. Only this week loc yd