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swept through the smoke. following
line Of steel--a line of steel that flick.
cred. waved and dipped.
CHAPTER ~.


The Victory.
The bandmaster marshaled his mu-
sic at. the head of the column of oc.
cupation which was to march into
Louisburg. The game had been ad.
mirably played. The victory was com
plete. There was no need to occupy
the trenches, for those who lay In
them or near them would never rally
for another battle. There was no
longer need for hurry. Before the
middle of the morning the lines would
start ON the march of the few short
miles.
During the delay young officer of
engineers, Captain Edward Franklin
by name, asked permission of his
colonel to advance along the line Of
march until he came to the earth
works, TO which he wished to give
some examination, joining his regi-
ment as II passed beyond the fortifica-
lions on its march. The colonel gave
his consent, not altogether willingly.
"You may see more over there than
you want to see, young man." said
he.
Franklin went on, following az near
ly as he could the line OF the assault
of the previous day, track all to bold.
ly marked by the horrid debris of the
fight. As he reached the first edge
of the wood, where the victorious col
umn had made Its entrance, 1t seemed
to him that there could have been no
such thing as war. The air was soft
and sweet, just cold enough to stir
the leaves upon the trees and set
them whispering intimately. All about
was the suggestion of calm and rest
and happiness. Surely 1t had been a
dreaml There could have been no
battle here.
This that had been a dream was
changed into horrid nightmare as
wood. About him lay the awful evil
dences. Coats, caps, weapons, bit Of
gear. all marked and emphasized with
many, many shapeless, CHASTITY things.
Here they lay, these integers of the
line, huddled. jumbled. They had all
the contortions, all the frozen ultimate
agonies left for survivors to see and
remember, so that they should no
more go to war. Again, they lay so
peacefully calm that all the lesson
was acclaim for happy, painless war.
Some lay upon their backs where they
had turned. thrusting up knee in the
last struggle. Some lay face down
ward as the slaughtered fall. 1t was
all hideous and cruel dream. Surely
IL could be nothing more. II could not
be reality. The birds gurgled and
twittered. The squirrels barked and
played. The sky was innocent. |.
must be dream.
(To be continued)
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had said goodbye to the women of
their kin, began to learn what war
might mean. 1t had been heretofore
a distant, unmeasured. undreaded
thing. conquerable, not to be feared. It
seemed so sweet and NJ to go forth.
even though 1t had been hard TO say
goodbye.
Now there began TO appear In the
woods before the trenches the figures
of men. at first scattered, then becom.
ing steadily more numerous. There
came men bearing other men whose
arms Topped loosely. Some men walked
with hand gripped tightly to an arm;
others hobbled painfully. Two men
sometimes supported third. whose
head. heavy and a-droop. would now
and then be kept erect with difficulty,
the eyes staring with a CHASTITY, sheep
ish gaze, the face in look OF horri.
fed surprise This awful rabble the
parings OF the defeated line In front,
dropped back through the woods, drop
ped back upon the young reserves. who
lay there in the line. Some of them
NodAo 81 hO A0lhhCAt OuL ltAl lHCI6 anu
lay silent. Others passed back into
the fields where droned the protesting
bees, or where here and there a wide
tree offered shelter. Suddenly all the
summer air was filled with. anguish
and horror. Was this. then, the War?
And now there appeared yet other
figures among the trees. a struggling.
broken line. which fell back, halted,
stood and fired always calmly, coolly,
at some unseen thing In front of them.
But this line resolved itself into In
dividuals, who came back to the edge
OF the wood. methodically picking their
way through the abattis. climbing the
Intervening fences. and finally clamb-
ering into the earthworks to take their
places for the final stand. They spoke
with grilning respect Of that which
was out there ahead. coming on. They
threw on their coats and frightened
their belts. making themselves com
Portable for what time there yet re-,
NAMED
At last there came a continued.
hoarse, deep, cheering, roaring wave
Of menace made up of little sounds.
An officer sprang up to the top Of the
breastworks and waved his sword.
shouting out something which no one
heard or cared to hear. The line In
the trenches, boys and veterans, re-
serves and remnants of the columns of
defense, rose and poured volley after
volley, as they could, into the thick
and concealing woods that lay before
| them. None the less, there appeared
soon a long, dusty, faded line. trot-
ting. running. walking. falling. stumb.
ling. but coming on. It swept like a
long serpent parallel TO the works.
writhlng, smitten but surviving. 1t
came on through the wood. wrlthing.
tearing at the cruel abattis laid to en-
trap 1t. 1t writhed. roared. but It
broke through. It swept over the rail
fences that lay between the lines and
the abattis. and still came on This
was not war, but Fate!
There came cloud Of smoke. hiding
the face of the lntrenchment. Then
the boys of Louisburg saw bursting
through this suffocating curtain few
faces. many faces. long rows of faces
some pale, some red. some laughing,
some Mortified, some shouting. some
swearing-a long row af fscas that
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New Chief Of piyision.

George Winfield Scott. class Of %
Of Stanford university. has been ap-
pointed chief of the newly created
division of law of the library Of Con-
gress at Washington. The position In
an administrative one and the salary
has been fixed at $4,000 year. He
will go to Europe in the interest Of
the government and will remain there
about ten months. after which he win
go to South America. While abroad
he will be chiefly busted with law
work and the gathering OF books for
the library of Congress. Mr.. Scott is
q New York man and has held schol-
arships in Columbia. Cornell. Chicago
and the Bniyersity Of Pennsylvania
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NEEDED To KNOW BOTH.
and Blackstone Almost Of
Equal Importance.

G4doi tfuPothdWSC.
mo more courteous judge ever pre-
sided at a trial than the venerable ex.
Chief Justice Of the New York court of
common pleas. Charles p. Daily" says
Success. The story is still told among
New York lawyers how, on one occa-
sion, young attorney, while trying a
case. INDUCED in considerable vitu-
peration toward his opponents wit
nesses, finally going so far as to
answer the court very sharply when
requested to modify his language.
Knowing that Judge DAILY was
somewhat of stickler for the dig
nifty of the judiciary, lawyers and
court attendants gazed at the offend.
ing attorney In amazement.
There was long interval of ST.
lence. Finally, the judge leaned over
the bench and said, with an ironical
smile:
My young friend, before you are
as old as am you will have learned
that is is about as well to read Ches.
terfield as Blackstone"
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was woman. and that her suuerings
mad begun.
CHAPTER II.
The Players Of the Game.


When the band major was twenty
miles away in front OF Louisburg his
trumpets sounded always the advance.
The main intrenchments erected in
the defences of Louisburg lay at right
angles to the road along which came
the Northern advance, and upon the
side OF the wood nearest to the town.
In the fields both Che wheat and the
flowers were now trampled. and a
thousand Industrious and complaining
bees buzzed protest at the losing of
their commerce. The defenses them
selves we're but earthworks, though
skilfully laid out. Along their front,
well hidden by the forest growth, ran
line of entangling abattis Of stakes
and sharpened interviewer boughs.
In the center of the line of defense
lay the reserves. the boys of Louis
burg. flanked on either side by regi-
ments OF veterans, the lean and black
haired Georgians and Carolinians,
whose steadiness and unconcern gave
comfort to more than one bursting
boyish heart. The veterans had long
played the game OF war They had
long since said goodbye to their wom-
en-. They had seen how small thing
is life, how easily and swiftly to be
ended.
In front Of the trenches were other
regiments, out ahead in the woods, I'M
seen, somewhere toward that place
whence came the steadiest Earring of
artillery and the loudest rafting of the
lesser arms. It was very hard to lie
and listen, to imagine, to suspect. to
dread. For hours the game went on,
the reserves at the trenches hearing
now distinctly and now family the
tumult Of the lines. now receding, now
coming on.
These young men, who but lately
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foremost ministers of the city. For
ten years he remained in Boston, and
then accepted call from his native
land. taking pastorate in Hampstead.
London. DIR. Hereford was a writer al
well as pulpiteer, and was the author
of three books. THE Life Story of Ira
vers Madge," Sermons of Courage
and Cheer" and The Forward Move
ment in Religious Thought as Inter
preted by Unitarians." Some years
ago DIR. Hereford returned to this
country to attend the national con-
ference of the Unitarians in Wash
ington. At that time he spent nearly
two months In Boston and other Mas
sachusetts cities.
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Jas THE WORLD
1 REVOLVES
REV. BROOKE HEREFORD DEAD.
Was Among the Most Prominent Of
Unitarian Divines.

Was Among the Most Prominent Of
Unitarian Divlnes.
Announcement was made at Boston
last week Of the death in London Of
Rev. Brooke Hereford. d. D., at one
time pastor of the Church of the Mes
siah In Chicago. DR.. Hereford was
pastor Of the Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Lon
don, and was born in England in 1880.
AS Unitarian preacher he attained
the highest place and was regarded as
a very pillar of strength to that de-
nomination. His career In Boston,
when he was in charge of the Airing
ton Street Church, win long be remem-
bered for the splendid work he did.
Rev. Brooke Hereford arose to
prominence in the Unitarian church in
England, and from Manchester he
was called to Chicago in 1876, taking
charge of the Church of the Messiah.
He remained in that city until 1882.
when he went to Boston to fill the pull.
pit of the Arlington Street Church.
where he was regarded as one of the
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senator coekrelps Good Memory.

II is doubtful II there Is public
man in the United States who has
better memory than Senator Cockrell.
He never forgets a face and he can go
into any neighborhood OF Missouri to-
day and call by name dozens Of men
whom he has not seen in years and
recall little incidents In their own
lives or those OF their communities
which they themselves but dimly rec.
ollect or have entirely forgotten.
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Sir Gilbert Parker Popular.

Sir Gilbert Parker, the author. has
achieved a prominent place in the
house OF commons In short time. A
good deal of this is due to the unusual
magnetism OF his personality. which
always attracts people. He is distin-
guished also as being one of the best
entertainers in the house. and at his
dinner parties the most remarkable
gatherings Of men of varied political
opinions are to be seen. t
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LATEST. CASH MARKET REP
WHEAT.

WHEAT.
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Kansas City-No. 2. hard. 70qz2c.
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Minneapolis-No. ]. northern, S0M63,
Duluth-No. 1. nerthsrn. 1sasc.
Chicago-No. ., 4zI.c.
New York-No. @ 63c.
st. Louis-No. 2, 42hc.
Kansas City--No. Q. mixed, ss65sisc.
Chicago Standard, 961lc. ,,,i,fs
New fork-No. q 4ftfc.
st. Louis-No.s o. 36tfc.
Kansas city-No. white. s691Sc.
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commerce ana iator to Lawrence o.
Murray of Chicago. and that Mr.. Muir.
ray has accepted the appointment
His nomination will be sent to the
senate Immediately after the holidays.
The appointment is made upon the
personal recommendation of Seere-
tary Cortelyou. who has known Mr..
Murray for lsany years.
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k1QY QLz1z2Xo

1876 and was with him In India for
almost fifteen years. during the time
he was connected with the Bengal ser
vice.
She is not only most charming
hostess socially, but. like her distin-
guished husband. she Is very clever
with her pen. They have two cnild-
rem, son who is cavalry officer In
the British army, and daughter.
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aLAsssLoweRs TO GO.
skilled Workmen From England Are
to Be Deported Under Alien Law.

Washington dispatch: Secretary
Cortelyou has ordered the deportation
of the skilled glassblowers from
Stourbridge. England, who were de-
tanned at Ellis Island under the alien
contract labor law The men landed
at Montreal and were bound for Corn
ing, N. Y. They appealed to Secretary
Cortelyou from the action of the i'm
migration authorities and their cases
were assumed by glass manufactur.
ing company of Corning, which, ac-
cording to the British board of spe-
cial inquiry. had contracted for their
services or had induced their immigra-
tion to the United States. The action
of the board is. affirmed in all the
cases, 1t being held that the company
had not shown such diligence In seek
ing labor in the United States as to
justify 1t in importing men from
abroad.
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Colonel Fairfax, the leader at the local
bar. perhaps the representative in the
Legislature, or in some position Of yet
higher trust. The Beauchamps had
always had men in the ranks Of the
professions or In stations of respon-
sibility. They held large lands. and
In the almost feudal creed Of the
times they gave large services In re-
turn.
II was considered a matter Of course
that young Henry Fairfax. son OF
Colonel Fairfax, should. after COM
plotting his studies at the ancient insti-
tuition of william and Mary College,
step into his fathers law office. even
tually to be admitted to the bar and
to become his fathers partner; after
which he should marry Miss Ellen
Beauchamp. loveliest daughter OF a
family noted for its beautiful women.
So much was this taken for granted,
and so fully did II meet the approval
OF both families, that the tide of the
young peoples plans ran on with little
to disturb It's current. Young Fairfax
tt6ueu bO BtiiGIliy w AtPiSnEht thC
traditions OF his family. and his future
seemed to secure; and Mary Ellen her
self, tall and slender, bound to be
stately and of noble grace. seemed so
sminently ut to be Beauchamp
beauty and Fairfax bride.
For the young people themselves It
may be doubted II there had yet awak-
ened the passion Of genuine, personal
love. They met. but, under the strict
code OF that land and time. they never
met alone.
For two years Colonel Fairfax had
been with his regiment, fighting for
whatrhe considered the welfareTof his
country and for the institutions In
whose Justice he had been taught to
believe. There remained at the old
Fairfax home In Louisberg only the
wife of Colonel Fairfax and the son
Henry, the latter chafng at part
which seemed to him so obviously ig.
noble. Spirited and proud. FESTIVE I'M
der comparisons which he had never
heard but always dreaded to hear.
Henry Fairfax begged his mother to
let him go. though still she said, mot
yet"
But the lines of the ehemy frightened
ever about Louisburg. Then came a
day--a fatal day-fraught with the It'd.
ings Of what seemed a double death.
The wife OF Colonel Henry Fairfax
was grande dame that day, when she
buried her husband and sent away her
son. There we're yet traditions to sup
port.
Henry Fairfax said goodbye to Mary
Ellen upon the gallery of the old home
beneath solemn. white-faced moon
amid the odors of the dropping honey
suckle. Had Mary Ellen's eyes not
been hid beneath the lids they might
have seen~a face pale and sad as her
own. They sat silent, for 1t was nc
time for human speech. The hour
came for parting. and he rose. His
lips Just lightly touched her cheek
II seemed to him he heard faint
goodbye" He stepped slowly down
the long walk In the moonlight, and
his hand was at his face. Turning al
the gate for the last wrench of separa
ton: he gazed back at dropping form
upon the gallery Then Mrs. Beau
champ came and took Ellen's head
urop her bosom. seeing that now she
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Root HELPS Lovers.

washington. ID. c.. special: Score
tary Root played the role Of match
maker when he ordered cable sent
to an enlisted man In the Philippines
informing him that II he would make
application he could have an honor
able discharge from the army and re-
turn to the United States to wed the
woman of his choice.
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Believe Bow /. shanohaIed.

Janesville. Wis, special: Relatives
Of Rudolph McCummins. GAINESVILLE
boy, believe that he has been shang-
haied by German vessel owner. as
they have received word from the Ger
uan consul at Victoria, b. c., that he
10 aboard the vessel. and II they de-
sire to communicate with him they
must do so ut once.
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DISCOVER NEW HARD COAL BEDS
Pure Anthracite Far Beyond Limits Of
Region In Pennsylvania.

Pottsville, Pa. dispatch: Excite
ment has been caused here by reports
from Auchey's Station. Schnylkill coun.
ty. of the discovery of beds OF pure
anthracite coal far beyond the limits
OF what has been considered the south
ern boundary of the hard coal region
In Pennsylvania. Many farmers In the
district have begun to prospect for
veins on their property.
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Secretary Is Upheld.

Washington dispatch: Assistant At
torney General Campbell Of the inte-
rior department has rendered an opin-
ion to Secretary Hitchcock sustaining
the latter in refusing to approve the
segregation of 100000 acres of arid
land in Idaho. which 1t was proposed
to reclaim.
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sRvAN BUYS HIS BIRTHPLACE
Nebraskan Becomes Owner Of the Old
Homestead at Salem, ~.

Centralia, ILL.,, special: The real es-
tate transfers show the sale by Sena-
tor Charles E. Hull to William Jen-
nings Bryan of the old Bryan home
stead on Broadway in Salem. This
is the house In which William Jen-
nings Bryan was born. The considers
ton named in the deed is $4,000 and
Mr.. Bryan traded an eIghty-acre farm
in this county for 1t.
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jail for Former Teller.

Trenton. N. J., dispatch: James NJ.
Edge, the bank teller who embezzled
about $4,000 OF the funds of the First
National bank Of Paterson. N. j., has
been sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary.
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Washington dispatch: To facilitate
the transaction Of business the civil
service commission early next month
will establish at Chicago branch
headquarters, which will handle its
affairs in the west and northwest and
obviate the necessity Of great mass
of it's work coming to Washington.
The Chicago headquarters win be
equipped for examinations, etc, and
for the administrative direction OF civ.
II service affairs.
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Wants Flying Machine.

Washington dispatch: The United
States government wants the flying
machine invented by Orville and VIII
bur Wright. the Dayton, o.. brothers
who made successful test of their
invention at Kitty Hawk. N. c.
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jury pIsaarees.

Bedford. Ind. special; The jury In
the case Of Mrs. Cora Weeks, who
has been on trial charged with killing
Mrs. Susanna Ireland, her aged moth
er, was unable to agree on q verdict.
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SET DATE FOR BRIBERY CASES
Grand Rapids Water Scandal Is to Be
Aired on Jan. II.

Aired on Jan. II.
Grand Rapids, Mich. special: In the
Superior court all respondents In the
prosecution for bribery and conspiracy
arising from Liant X. Salsbury's con.
fession OF the attempt to put through
the Lake Michigan water deal who had
not previously confessed to their part
In the deal pleaded not guilty. Jan.
IL was settled upon as the day for be-
ginning their trials and II was ordered
that the attorneys for the various re-
spondents should arrange for the order
OF trial and report on Jan. T. Those
who were charged with conspiracy de-
manded separate trials. The informa.
lions filed In court divulged the fact
that seventeen witnesses are to be
used by the prosecution In the watt
deal cases.
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LIaht Project /. Abandoned.

kewanee, ILL.,, special: After care
full Investigation. extending over sew
eral months, the Kewanee city council
has abandoned the idea of building
and operating a municipal electric
lighting plant.
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Direct Senatorial Votes.

Baton Rouge. La, Dispatch: The
Louisiana legislature has adopted a
resolution directing the two United
States senators from that state to
vote for the Panama canal treaty.
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GAS COMPANY is IN. CONTEMPT
Defiance Of. Court Order Brings Fine
for Ohio Corporation.

for Ohio Corporation.
Xcnia. Ohio. special: The Peoples
Gas and Electric Light company of
this city has been fined $500 for con-
tempt Of court by Judge ,Elam Fisher.
J. II. Brown Of Chicago, president Of
the company. was fined an additional
5000. and the company's attorney 500.
The action grew out of the fact that
the board Of public service brought
an Injunction suit recently to restrain
the company from erecting noninsulat-
ed wires. The company. It is said. re-
fused to furnish light. although under
contract with the city to do 30. A
mandatory order to furnish light, Is.
sued by the common pleas court was
ignored and this resulted In the con-
tempt proceedings. The lights win
now be turned on.
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Denies Taking Bride.

Grand Rapids. Mich. special; Elk
Aid. Malachi Kinney pleaded not guilty
of accepting bride to aid the Lake
Michigan water scheme in the SUI
perior court and his ease was ad'
journed until Jan. IL.
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Loot a PostoHce.

Adelaide. o.. dispatch: Smith &
Mitchell's general store, in which the
postoffice is located, was burglarized.
All the stamps were carried OF and
the mail In the cases torn open.
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Beavers, Successor.

Washington dispatch: The post
master general has appointed c. M.
Waters superintendent of the division
of salaries and allowances Of the
postoffice department-the position
formerly held by George w. Beavers.
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Wants Port Closed.

flemish cablegram: Prince Ching.
minister Of foreign affairs. has asked
the American minister not to insist
on the opening Of Mukden to foreign
trade.
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Iowa in Commission.

Washington dispatch: TIE navy de-
partment Is advised that the first-class
battleship Iowa has been placed in
commission at the Brooklyn navy
yard.