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X pursuit; and this brings me to an incident
m which thy old Observation-Disclosures IN
me histories ~ an unnamed Sergeant
had his share.
= II vas in the hot part Of the chaae ana
Colonel Tarleton-a true Briton in this.
that he would be first in the charge and
last In the retreat-was galIoping with two
OF his aides inirear Of the drngoons Since
many Of US knew, the British commander
by sight, there was great clappins-to Of
spurs to overtake and cut him OF. Tn
this race three horses outdistanced all
the others: the great bay ridden by
Colonel Washington. snappy little gray
pestridden by the Coloners boy bugler,
snd.my own mount.
When the crisis came, our Colonel had
the wind Of the boy and me and was call
Ing on Colonel Tarleton to surrender at
discretion. For answer the three British
cmcers wheeled and fell upon him. Never
was . man nearer his death. In a whifr.
Tarleton was foining at him In front
whilst the two aides were rising in their
stiffups on either hand to cut him down.
Twas the little bugier boy who saved his
CoionePs life. and not the unnamed
sergeant" as the histories have It. Hav-
Ing neither q sword nor the strength 10
wicid one. tho boy refined sharp to the left
and pistoled his man as neatly az YOU
please. Seeing his fellow-saberer drup his
weapon and clap his hand to tho pistol
wound. my man hesitatcd lust long
enough to let me In with the clumsiest OF
upcuts TO spoil the muscles OF his sword
arm. This transferred the duel to tina
TWO principals, who were now at #.
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I Mountain had been fought and won. and
there were to.bs no moro Camdens for US.
In the AFFAIR at the COW pastures, which
followed hatd;upon Richards and my re-
! turn from our flying visit to winnsbor-
ough, the very elements fought for US and
| against the British. As. for instance:
Tarleton with his famous legion OF horse.
and infantry enough to make his num-
bers exceed ours, began. his march on the
18th and was rained on and mired for four
long days before he had crossed the Broad
and had come within scouting distance
| Of us.
Left to himself. Dan Morgan would have
locked horns with the enemy at the ford
ing of the Pacolet; but in the council OF
war, our Colonel and John Howard Of the
Marylanders were for drawing Tarleton
still deeper into the wilderness, and
farther from the British main. which was
by this moved up as far as Turkey Creek.
So we broke camp hastily and fell back
into the hill country; and on the night Of
the 18th took post on the northern slope OF
allow ridge between two running streams
For its backbone our force had some 300
men Of the Maryland limo and two COM
| panies Of vireinians. These formed our
main. and were posted on the rising
ground with John Howard for their COM
mander. A hundred and fifty. PAGES in
their front. partly screened In the open
pine. oak and chestnut woodlng Of the
ground, were Pickens's Carolinians, and
the Georgians; nlilitiamen. 1t Is true. but
skilled rifemen. and every man OF them
burning hot to be avenged on Tarleton's
pillagers.
Stu farther to the front. disposed as
right and left wings Of outlieTs. were
Yeates and his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and some
sixty Of the Georsisns set to feel the
enemy's approach; and In the reserve,
posted well to- the rear Of the Maryland
ers and virginians,. was our own Colonels
troop guarding the horses Of the dis
mounted Georsians.
Twas when we were all set in order to
await the suns rising and the enemy's
approach that Dan Morgan rode the lines
and harangued U.S. He was better at CIV
ing and taking shrewd blows than at
speechmaking: but We all knew his met
tie well by now. and I think there was
never q man OF US to langh at his un-
wonted grandiloquence and solemn
periods In the harangue the two battle
lines had their orders: to be steady: to
aim low; and above all to hold their FIRE
till the enemy was within sure killing dis
lance.
"'Tis brave old Daniel said Dick.
whilst the General was saving the air
for the benefit Of the South Carollnians.
Twill not be his fault II We fail. But
you are older at this business than any
Of US. Jack? what think you Of our
achances?''
L I.langhed. and the laugh was meant to
be grim. knew the temper Of the British
regulars, and how. when well led, they
could play the hammer to anybody's an
I'll.
.Any raw recruit can prophecy before
the fact" said:I. I'VE have yarieton. his
| legion, the Seventh. good third Of the
Seventy first and two pieces Of artillery in
our front. II they do not give good ac-
count Of themselves. twill be because
Tarleton has marched them ieg-stin to
overtake MS. !" XXX,
Dick tea aisnt for the moment, and
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snatched the word from her,nps. 10
choose between love and wifelyi duty?
Then make 1t a command Go, squicklyt''
She went at that, and I. made my way
] slowly to the far side of the ballroom, talk
| ing post in q deep-recessed window giving
upon the lawn. Though. Il swas January
and the night was chill and raw. the
rooms were Summer warm with the breath
of the crush, and some one had swung
| the easement.
Without Iscould- hearth .horses. Of the
waiting troop champing restlessly at their
bits. and now and again the low gentling
words of the riders. Why the Colonel did
| not spring his trap, at once i could not
guess; though I learned later .that'he had
magnified our ,two.man spying venture in
| to patriot foray meant to capture the
| whole houserul Of British officers at a
swoop, and was taking his measures ac-
cordingly. '''.7'-Y.s.t
Twas while was listening to the
champing horses that I heard my name
| whispered. in the darkness beyond the
| open easement. turned slowly. and tho
nearest Of the .soldier watchers began to
edge his way, toward my window.
s"Tis I-Dick fJennifer,' whispered the
voice without Swing the easement a lit
tie wider and ont with you. Be swift about
| It. for Gods saker'
II am fair trapped" T whispered ebaok.
ss.sMake OF as you cam
And leave you behind?"- So much I
heard and then came sounds of a strug-
gle THE breath-catchings OF two men locked
| in a strangers hold. smothered oath
or two, fall on the turf under the win
dow. followed by the soft thudding of fist
blows. I could bear II no longer. !. Tho
edging soldier had come within arms
reach. and when I swung the easement -
little wider he laid hand on my shoulder.
, I'm the name Of tho Kng!' he said; and
this was all he had time or leave to say.
For at the summons L. drove my list
against the point Of his %aeging Jaw, to
send him plunging among the dancers. and
the recoil or the blow carried me clear Of
| the window-seat with what a din and
clamor of hue and cry to speed the part
ing guest as you may figure for your
| selves.
The alighting ground of the leap was, ths
body of Dicks late antagonist lying prone
beneath the window ledge: but the lad
himself was up and ready to catch me
when stumbled over the vanquished ono.
IT'S legs for 1t now" he cried. Make
for the avenue and the horses at the hitch
rail.'
At rising twenty O. man may run fast
and far: at rising forty he may still run
far If the. first hundred yards do not burst
his bellows SO when We had darted
through the thin line of encircling horse
men and were flying down the broad ave-
/ nue. with all the troopers who had caught
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80 soon a. she was gone made haste
to ind Richard. having, rs I feared.
greatly overstayed my appointment to
meet him at the door. He was not among
the promenaders in the hall. SO began
TO drift again, through the ballroom and
SO on to where the spread table stood
ringed with its groups Of nibblers. had
made no more than half the round Of the
refectory when i saw Margery standing
in the curtained arch. looking this way
and that with anxious terror written
plainly In her face.
What Is it?" / asked, when she had
found me out.
:. It's the worst that could happen;.- she
whispered. .sYou are discovered, both. Of
you. Colonel Tarleton was too shrewd for
us. He has let 1t be known among the
officers that there are two spies in the
house. and now-Harki what was that?"
We were standing in deep window
bay, and Isdrew the curtain. an inch or
two. The air without was filled with the
trampling Of hoofbeats on green sward.
A lighthouse troop was surrounding the
manor-housc. ~
I drew her arm In mine and led her back
to tho ballroom: twas now come to this.
that open apubnctty was our best safe
guard. I'VE must find Dick" said 1.
Have you seen him7''
NE"
Together: We made the slow circuit of
the dancingrroom, but Jennifer was nota to
be found. Out flthc tail OF my eyes. saw
a soldier slipping In, here and there. to
stand statueliks against the wall. This
brought II to a matter ofsminutes, Of sec
onds. mayhap. and still we looked in.ya4n
for Dick. =
.'oh, why did you bring him here? He
will surely be taken!. Her voice was
tremulous with fear. and answered as
could. being sore at heart. in spite Of all.
that her CHIEF concern should be for Dick.
But by now my purpose was well taken.
and though It appeared that Richard Jen-
infer was more than. ever my successful
rival pledge you, my dears. had no
thought OF leaving him behind. So we
made another slow round Of the rooms.
and whilst We were looking for Dick
spoke In guarded whispers to warn my
lady OF Falconnets return. But the warn
ing was not needed.
Her Shudder Of loathing shook the hand
on my arm THAT mani Oh, Monsieur
John! fear him day and nightl- II /
could but run away; but we are not ind
Ing Dick-ws must lind him quickly
There was DO other place tolook save In
the entrance han, and at the door one of
the statuelike soldiers took two steps
aside ana barred the way. faced about
and We plunged once again into the
throne, but not before had glimpse OF
Richard in thu hall beyond. When the
nA~,..s -,sp...a;,, n Kant "a xvbisy,arosz
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| when he spoks again some Of Dan Nor
gan's solemnity seemed to have got into
his blood.
IT have a sort Of coward inpriching tina.
sha' MT como out Of this with whole
skin, Jack. and there's Q thing on my
mind that -mayhap you can take OF. You
have had Madge to .youfsef . dozen. times
since that day last autumn when asked
her for the hundredth time to put mo out
Of misery. As i have said. she would not
hear me through: but she gave mo look
as had struck her with q whip. Can
you tell me whyr.
The morning breezs-heralding the sun
! rise was whispering to the leaiess
branches aoverhead, and there was moth
ing in all Dame Natures peaceful setting
of the scene to,hint at the impending war
clash. Yet, the war portent was abroad
in all the peaceful morning. and my, mood
marched with the lads when I gave him
his answer.
"Truly. could tell you. Richard; and It
Is your due to know It from no other lips
than mine. Mayhap. little later. when
restitution can go hand In hand with re-
pentance and confession''-
mo. no." he cut in quickly. tell me
now. Jack: your little later may be, all
too late-for me. Does she. love you7-
has she said she loves your
NAY. dear lad: she despises me well and
truly, and, has: never missed the chance
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81 4
In that book he wrote-the book in which
he never 80 much as names the name of
Ireton-my Lord Cornwallis's Commissary
General. Charles stedman. danns Colonel
Tarleton In most gentlemanly manner
for his Ill success at the scowpens and
would charge to his account personal the
failure Of Cornwallis's plan to crush IN
detail the patriot Army Of the South.
Now little a. Islove. or have cause to
love. Sir Banastre Tarieton they tel me
he has been knighted and now wears .
Major. Generals sword -knot-'tis but the
part Of outspoien honest enmity to say
that we owed. the victory at the Cowpens
to remissness on the part Of tbs young le-
1 gion commander, who. II he were indeed
the most brutal. was also the most active
and yenterprlsfng OF Lord Cornwaliis's
neld onicerx
S No, It was no. remissness nor lack Of
bravery on the part Of the .snsny.. Twas
only that the ttds haa tnrued Kings
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voice that 4 shall know and welcome I'm
another worldscrieds out:
Study. boysi tetiddy. till<ys can. - the
whites, q their eyesi Now, then; give II
to .em hot and heavyl''
/, "A haphazard banging Of guns, followed
and the pursuit drew rein In some confu-
sion, giving us, time to reach the great
gate; and the shorseArail, ana to looss and
mount the gray. ana ! the -sorrel we. had
| marked out.
Whilst we. were about this last, Ephraim
Yeates came looping down the avenue and
Of the first horse he could lay hands on;
northward road In the silver starlight,
with the pursuit now in order again and in
full cry behindsu
Twas not until we had safely run the
gauntlet OF the vedette lines by. a by.path
known to the old hunter. and had shaken
of. the troopers that were following, that
found time to ask what had become of
the men who had formed the ambush in
the shrubbery. -
The old man gave me his dry. chuckle Of
|! q laugh.
"'Twas the same old roose do geer, ~
the down-countV Frenchers 'u'd say.
stole the drunken sergeant's gun and two
/ others. and let 'em of one to time. AZ
for the screechin', one bazoo's as good as
. dozen, II so be ye blow It fierce enough .
S"'Twas cut and dried beforehand" Dick
explained IT had an inkling Of what was
afoot from Ephraiin, here. whom Stun
bled on when I dropped from the stair
window that Madge opened for me. He
went to set his one-man ambush whilst I
was trying to warn you"
49," said I. Our skins are whole, but
after. all We have como OF with never a
word to take back to Dan Morgan-unless
you have the word"
mot l." Dick said, ruefully.
The old man chuckled again.
Eye amt old enough, neither one o 70,
ez I allow. II takes right old person to
fish out the innards Of an inimy's secrets.
Colonel Tarleton. boss. foot and dragons.
with the Seventh Regiment and part O.
the Seventy first, will take the big road
for Dan Morgan's camp tomorrow at sun
up. And right soon afterwards, Gin'ral
CORVALLIS IL foller on. Is that what you
Youngsters was irving "a find oiit 7's
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tro BIN coNrnsum,
csay1isAs ~ y - 1uAsss,a.r.,A = :,
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to take up the Cuban treaty until to-
Panama treaty is out of the way. Mos
of the Democratic senators and two or
three Republican senators will vote
against the Cuban agreement, but if a
vote cen be reached it is believed that
it will be ratified.
House is Well Advanced.
The appropriation bills are we'll ad.
vanced in the house for this stage Of
the session. With less than three weeks
of the session ahead, only three of the
supply bills remain to be acted on.
Two of these, the naval and fortified
ton bills, are on the calendar and will
be passed this week. The general de.
ficiency bill will follow next week.
The delays of these bills in the sen
ate, however, now promise to crowd
things during the final hours. The
Fowler currency bill, which has been
postponed from time to time. is to
have a special rule, making 1t con.
tinuing order at the first opportunity
this week. But if it reaches the stage
of consideration it will be sidetracked
whenever an appropriation bill OF
conference report is ready. Conse
uuently considerable skepticism is
now manifested as to whether 1t will
be brought to vote. Moon (Dem.
Tenn still refuses assent to re
quests for unanimous consent because
the Indian territory bill is not giver
consideration.
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Order Fixing Date for Showing opposi-
ton TO discharge.

In the Distict Court of the United States
for the Southern District of Iowa.
In matter of William Purcell in bank
ruptcy.
On this 10Th day ct February A. d. 1903 on
filing and reading the petition of the above
named bankrupt for his charge herein, it is
Ordered, that the IS day of February A. ID.
date on or before which all creditors Of and
all other persons interested in said estate
and in the matter of the discharge in bank
desire 10 oppose the same file in my said
Office at Carroll Carroll county, in said dis
trct. their appearance, in writing in opposi-
ton to the granting of said discharge; and
also within ten days thereafter file lin my
said office specifications of the grounds Of
said opposition.
Witness. my hand hereto at my Office in
Carroll, Iowa, the day and date herein first
above written.
WILLIAM R. LEE Referee in Bankruptcy
P. w. HARDING, Attorney for Bankrupt
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Passenger Trains Stuck in Snow.

Arkansas City. Kan, Feb. 16.--A
passenger train on the Kansas and
Southwestern is stuck in the snow be-
tween South Haven and aCldwell and
the Santa Fee passenger train on the
H. and S. division is in drift about
a mile from Nardin and the engine
dead. The thermometer is about five
degrees above zero. A high wind
drifted the snow badly.
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Richly Deserved.

In protecting his mother from the
attack Of a drunken father Hamilton
coanty boy this week committed muir
der. a New York woman admits she
killed her husband, in defending her
self from his violence when under the
intlunce of liquor. For such killings
courts should inflict no penalties if the
statements are verified. Drunk or So
Der the head of a family richly deserves
the treatment due any other brute
when he becomes a menace ia those he
should protect..-Spirit Lake Beacon.
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White House Callers.

Washington, Feb. 16.-There were a
number of callers at the white house
last night, including members of con
gress. with whom the president con
ferred on pending legislative mat
tiers. j. Pierpcrt Morgan also called
during the evening. He left the house
with Senators Hanna and Aldrich, go
ing as far as their hotel with them
when he returned to his car at the
rsilruad station, later leaving for New
York city.
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Roal Notice

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids viii be received by township
clerk up to noon March 3, 1903, for
supervisors of roads of East Bower
township, for one year. The bids to
be with and without teams. The board
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. Dated Feb. IA, 1903
A j. BARROW, Clerk.
18,6t P O. Vail, Iowa.
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Norther Raging in Texas.

Dallas, Tex, Feb. ia blizzard is
reported from Amorillo and Hereford.
Tex, and Indian territory and Okla
homa. At Amorillo the snow is the
heaviest in four years and fears are
entertained that much stock will be
lost. a norther, accompanied by rains,
has been blowing Throughout the
geater part OF Texas for the past
tx eDty-four hours.
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TO THE GRAND MOGUL OF THE WEARY
WILLIES
He has sailed on the Celebes sea
Been in Wood bine and far off
Guinea
In Upper Siam he's acquaint as | am
On Main street or Broadway you
In the land of Somali
He ate hot tomali til
To his eyes now the Nile does loo6
tame
In Pekin or Chun King
Or Nan King or Lung King
He knows all the Chinkos by
name.
The Straights of Magellan,
He went through yeliin
And other sore straights he's been
through,
To cold Novgorod
He has sturdily plod
And been Toasted in far Timbuctoo.
In Uruguay and Paraguay
He made very lengthy stay
The Boyer he has often sailed upon
Me thinks | see him still
AS be sits in gay Brazil
With his arm about the beauteous
Amazon
Afghanistan and Turkestan
Baluchistan and Than Shan
Are among his very favorite re-
sorts
At Candibar and Zanzibar
And almost any kind of bar.
He lingerssswhen he's feeling ont of
sorts
From Hammers fest to Buda Pest
At banquets he has filled his vest
And he's eaten with friendl y
Massasoit
But one thing is past belief,
Ard it causes greatest grief
hor never mas ne travelled in Deloit.
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The Review overlooked a most i'm
portant happening in the Wibleshauser
family. The happening was a beauti-
full baby girl and her birthday was
Feb'y 9th. Father Roy looks happy as
can be and grandfather Wibleshauser
is the proudest man in town We wish
the little Miss long life and happiness.
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jury Unable to Aoree,

indianapolis, Feb. 16.-After being
out foruy-eight hours, the jury in tire
case of DR.. ]. A. Alexander failed 0
reach an agreement and was dis.
charged. On the final ballots the vote
stood eight for acquittal and four for
conviction . There were several seri-
GUS alterations during the considera.
ton of the evidence in the jury room.
The perplexing question in the minds
of the jurors. they say, was whether
DR.. Alexander bad guilty knowledge of
the fact that the body of Rose Neid-
linger had been unlawfully taken
from the grave.
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Some Stray Valentines.

1t is curious how careless people are
with the tender little messages oflove
sent them by ST. Valentine, Her are
some valentines picked up on Saturday,
we suppress the names of the recipbnts.
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TO AN ARCHITECT
Oh r.-Mr-B-rl--gh-f
You're certainly dandy
To carry off the court house prize
So mighty slick and handy,
We hope you'll build that building
right.
And do it good and quick
OF rock that will for ages stand
And mortar that will stick.
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Uribe.uribe is Not Dead.

Panama, FEB. 16.-The announce
ment from Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. s,
that General uribe-Uribe had commit.
ted suicide is untrue. It was Colonel
Roberto Uribe of Herrerra's army
who took his own life.
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LINES TO THE GROUND HOG.
You're most pernicious ANNA.
You make of things a mess
So I'll reverse the good OLD toas, !.
"May your shadow ever growless'
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TO THE TELLERs OF R1soUE STOKES
Oh teller of tales
Fit only for males,
OF some degraded race,
You're q curse to creation
The State and the Nation
And to your church a disgrace.
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TO A PROMINENT OFFICIAL
If 10th now means 10Th
Then Monday must be Sunday.
On Sabbath you'll hang out your
clothes.
1--WE look to see it some day
Now when election day comes round
You hardly could feel sore,
If all your friends rushed to the polls
To vote the day before.
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BY ord
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Published every Tuesday. Thursday anSat-
urday mornings.
Entered at the Postoffice in Denison, Iea, as
second-class mail matter.