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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
pleting his studies at the ancient insti-
tuition OF William and Mary College.
step into his fathers law ONCE. even
tually 10 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 30 fully did II meet the approval
OF both families. that the tide OF the
young peoples plans ran on with little
20 disturb its current. Young Fairfax
seemed so perfectly to represent the
traditions OF his family, and his future
seemed to secure; and Mary Ellen her.
self, tall and 7lender, bound TO be
stately and o. noble grace, seemed so
eminently ft 20 be a Beauchamp
beauty and Fairfax bride.
For the young people themselves II
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. fghtlng for
what he considered the welfare OF 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 chafing at q part
which seemed to him so obviously ig-
noble Spirited and proud, FESTIVE un.
der comparisons which he had never
heard but always dreaded TO hear,
Henry Fairfax begged his mother to
let him go, though stlll she said. Not
yet"
But the lines OF the enemy 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 SEM away her
son There were yet traditions 10 sup
port.
Henry Fairfax said goodbye 10 Mary
Ellen upon the gallery OF the old home.
beneath a solemn. white-faced moon,
amid the odors Of the dropping honey.
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Mrs. Burritt was Just being coaxed to
take a little beef tea, the fateful
double knock once more re-echoed
through the house.
whats that?" cried Mrs. Burritt,
sitting bolt upright. Perhaps he's
come back safe after all! Run, May,
and sec
The housenaid met her on the
stairs, bearing a yellow envelope.
THE boy is waiting TO know II there
is any answer, MISS" she said, and
fingered in the expectation OF hearing
something OF the contents.
The girl seized 1t and tore It
open!
To return TO her brother, who had
been told that there we're yet many
more bodies in the church, for which
room could not be found elsewhere,
and who, accompanied by a detach.
ment OF other seekers. thereupon left
the station for the sacred edifice. Il
was a relief to find themselves again
in the open air, after the CHASTITY
sight that had just met their eyes.
But there was horror in the thought
that they were only exchanging one
such scene for another.
Gould he have been one OF those?"
was the awful thought which pursued
the young man-"one OF those fearful,
indescribable objects! And was II
such a thing as that that he must
take home with him. II II should prove
by any means possible to separate the
identity OF the one from the other?"
He came in sight OF the church,
which was not far from the station.
Arriving at the porch. the foremost OF
the party discovered that the door
was locked. Here was a sudden check
and they began to consult together as
20 where the key might be found.
As they did so. a window OF one OF
the little cottages opposite the church
was thrown up, and an old man, in a
quaint, old fashioned nightcap, stuck
his head out.
81 be a-comln'," he cried: "ye must
Jest blde a bit, and I'll be with 'ee."
This was evidently the clerk or sex
ton; at any rate, he was the individual
required, and there was nothing TO
DO but to "bide," as he had desired
them
AZ last the churchyard gate clicked,
and shrlveled, bent figure made its
appearance, dangling a bunch OF great
keys in one hand. He threw the great
door open with a clang, and the people
entered the church. II was very dark
inside The windows were most of
them Of colored glass and high up, and
the old fashioned pews and the thick
squat columns which supported the
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hJerse, deep, cheering. a roaring Wv,
o. menace made up Of little sounds.
An officer spraug 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. II swept like a
long serpent parallel to the works.
writhing. smitten but surviving. II
came on through the wood, writing,
tearing at the cruel abattis laid to en-
trap II. II writhed roared, but IL
broke through. II swept over the rail
fences that lay between the lines and
the abattis, and still came oni This
was not war but Fatel
There came a cloud of smoke, hiding
the face of the intrenchment. Then
the boys OF Douisburg saw bursting
through this suffocating curtain a few
faces. many faces. long rows of faces,
some pale, some red. some laughing,
some Mortified, some shouting, some
swearing-a long row of faces that
swept through the smoke, following a
line OF steel-a line of steel that fick.
cred, waved and dipped.
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CHAPTER II.
The Players Of the Game.

Inc Players OF the 1aWe'
When the band major was twenty
miles away in front Of Loulsburg 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 the 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 were but earthworks, though
skilfully laid out. Along their front,
well hidden by the forest growth, ran
line of entangllng abattis OF stakes
and sharpened interviewer boughs.
In the center of the line of defense
lay the reserves. the boys of Louis.
burg. fanked 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 won.
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cHAPTER I.
The Brazen Tongues.

The band major was a poet. His
name is lost to history. but IL deserves
a place among the titles OF the great.
Only in the soul OF poet, a great
man, could there have been conceived
that thought by which the music OF
triumph should pass the little pinnacle
OF human exultation, and reach the
higher plane Of human sympathy.
Forty black horses, keeping step;
forty trumpeters, keeping unison;
this procession headed by a mere mu-
stefan. who none the less was a poet,
a great man. crossed the field OF Louis.
burg as 1t lay dotted with the heaps OF
slain, and dotted also with the groups
of those who sought their slain;
crossed that field OF woe, meeting only
hatred and despair, yet leaving be.
hind only tears and grief Tears and
grief, It is true. yet grief that knew
of sympathy, and tears that rocked OF
other toars.
For long time the lines of invasion
had frightened about the old city Of
Louisburg, and Louisburg grew weak
er in the coil. The wheat lay green
upon the fields and the odor OF the
blossoms OF the peach trees hung
heavy on the air. but there was none
who thought Of frultage or of harvest.
Out there In front, where the guns
were pulsing there went on that grim
mer harvest with which the souls OF
all were intimately concerned. The
boys who threw up their hats to greet
the infantry were fewer than they had
been before the blossoming OF the
peach. The war had grown less par
ticular Of its food. A boy could speed
a bullet, or could stop one. There
were yet the boys.
OF all the old.time families of this
ancient little city none held position
more secure or more willingly accord.
ed than the Falrfaxes and the Beau
champs. There had always been a
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CHAPTER VII.
In the Vestry.

IN the Nestry.
There was very little sleep for any
one at Magnolia Lodge that night
Mrs Burritt was at last persuaded to
go and lie down upon her bed, where
she was ministered to by her daugh-
ter and the cook.
So in lamentations and torturing
suspense, together with brief intervals
of broken rest, the night wore away.
The servants, with scared faces, crept
about the house and prepared the
breakfast, which nobody touched.
May Burritt came down stairs about
eight o'clock, and the first thing that
she saw was the daily paper lying in
its accustomed place beside the urn.
"Ah!" she gasped, now to know
the worst"
The account she sought was as
signed the most prominent position.
and was headed in large capitals,
Terrible Railway Accident! Thirty
DEATH"
She read the brief paragraph, into
which so much horror was condensed
and stood as though turned to stone.
Then coming back to herself, she muir.
INJURED: Mother must never see this
II would kill herr" And she left the
room, taking the paper with her
After all, though" she ventured to
hope, there have been some saved
Why may not he be among them
Surely Ted will send a telegram soon
Poor boy! wonder what he is do
ing?"
! little later in the morning, when
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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 It was no
time for human speech. The hour
came for parting, and he rose. His
lips just lightly touched her cheek.
It seemed to him he heard a faint
goodbye" He stepped slowly down
the long walk in the moonlight, and
his hand was at his face Turning at
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
upon her bosom. seeing that now she
was a woman, and that her sufferings
had begun.
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Practical lows.

Toys, whether useful or as a pas
time as instructors, are fascinating.
However, the up-to-date toy is prac-
tical. Children have miniature work.
ing autos. A make-believe train, a
splendid toy, is a real train OF cars
with real locomotive and real track
There are children out West on
whose fathers property small streams
cross. These boys initiate the things
they see going on about them. They
build dams, check the water, con.
struct miniature systems OF irrigation
in exact copy of the plan used by the
farmers OF that country. The water
thus damned nourishes garden plot
Of their own,
In this play there is the dignity of
education.
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A Technical Point.

you say your road carried a million
passengers last Year,"
yes, sir; and can prove IT,"
you CAM"
yes. sir
We'll, now, let's get right down TO
facts. Can you make two passengers
out OF one man?'
"Of course not"
"No doubt In some cases you've car.
ried the same man fifteen or twenty
times"
"Unquestionably"
We'll, does that make fifteen OF
twenty passengers OF him?"
moo"
''ln view OF that, can you say that
you've carried a million"
But the railroad man retired an.
grily. He never did have any use for
a technically exact man anyway.
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Thought AIDE Needed SCHOOLING.

The following story is going the
rounds of Highland Park, where
George AIDE spent the summer. The
aforesaid was walking along the
street one day when he met a mite Of
humanity. kindergarten bent, one OF
Mr. AIDES summer colleagues and
friends.
Mr.. AIDE called out; Hello! Going
TO school?" The prompt reply came,
in the same tone of good comrade.
ship, without the least suggestion OF
fiippancy, but Just as Mr.. AIDE would
have It: mo; are your"
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.Uoi yyoned to swallow ~ what little
Ugh, there was.
They've put 'em all inside the chan
eel rails" said the old man, who had
constituted himself sort of ghoulish
master Of the ceremonies.
No one seemed to care to be the
first to approach that part of the hoiT
edfice.
At last Ted Burritt, with a q IN
determination, approached the railing.
Inside, the bodies, or what had once
been bodies, we're disposed in two
rows.
Those on the right hand lay in cof-
fms which had been hastily gathered
from all parts of the neighborhood;
those on the left were mere groups
of ashes collected together on pieces
OF tarpaulin.
Ted Burritt began at the righthand
side. The other people followed his
example and the old clerk acted as
cicerone.
This 'un," he said, indicating the
terrible contents of one coffin, sis sup
posed to a-bin a young female, as
they found thimble and bit OF
dress among the ashes. Thimble 'ad
the name o. Lizzie scratched on It,"
A man who was craning his neck
over Ted Burritt's shoulder gave
sharp cry: That's my girl! That's
my Lizzie! And her mother waiting
for her at home. and won't believe as
anything can have happened to her
oh, Lord" and he broke out into wild
outcries.
Some Of the others, forgetful OF
their own concerns for a moment,
gathered round him and made an at
tempt at consolation.
AT least you know which she is
that ought to be a little comfort to
you"
But thought she might have been
saved. She was such good girl
and look at her there!" and he gestic-
ulated towards the open coffin.
Il can't stand much more of this"
murmured Ted Burritt, as he wiped
the great drops of perspiration from
| his forehead.
|
| ing over his child's remains and again
passed on. The next three collins
were examined, shuddered at AMI left.
| The mutilated corpses which they con-
tanned possessed neither head, feet
nor hands. They could never have
been taken for anything human had
not the fact been established beyond
all doubt. Was either of those his
| father?"
There only remained one or two
more. belonging to that row, and they,
TOO were unacceptable. After that
nothing was left but the poor heaps of
ashes on the other side
This Is all. ladies and gentlemen"
said the old man, with sort of char
| nel-house cheerfulness, "'sides one
more in the vestry, as was put there
in consequents of bein very little
| damaged, cept about the legs; and
passon did say as was to show i'm
fust. though bein' easy recognized.
| But my pore old eds bin all of a
| tumble since tn accident, and clean
forgot i'm. But anybody as likes can
| Jest step into the vestry and see i'm
for themselves. They've laid i'm out
on the table, through bein' Of hextry
size. and runnin' short o. collins. &c
was found buried under lot o. rub
bidge, and they 'ad deal o. trouble to
git i'm out"
There was a general rush in that
direction on the part Of all those who
| had a male relative missing
ITO be continued.)
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clue, no possibility Of recognizing or
Identifying any.
Ted Burritt approached and looked
down upon one; then staggered and
nearly fell.
Are these ali?" he asked, in a
dreadful whisper. The man who was
in charge of this CHASTITY detachment
answered, briefly, There be a heap
more on 'em in the church yonder!"
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Peck Bad Boy Abroad.

THE BAD BOY GOES TO BELGIUM.
B c O r w P
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in citizens clothes, sitting on q bench.
pattInC the head OF boar hound, and
when he saw us he said. Come here
Uncle sam, and let my dog chew your
pants"
Dad thought it must be some Iunatic.
and was SONG To make a sneak and get
out, when the man rose Ur and We saw
il was the king. and We went up 20 MN,
and sat down ON the bench. and he
asked dad if he had come as a relative
Of the opera singer. TO commence SUit
against the king for bTeaCh-0f-pTom-
Use or to settle for a money consider
alton. remarking that me had always
rather pay cash than TO have any fuss
made about these little matters. Dad
told him lie had no claim against him
for alternating anybOdE'S affections. or
for Observation-Disclosures, and that all he
wanted WAS to have a little talk with
the king and find out now q king lived.
and how ne had any fun in running the
king business at his age. and they sat
down and began to talk as friendly as
two old chums. while the dog played tag
with me We found the king was Il
regular boy. and that instead Of his
mind being occupied by affairs of state
or his African concessions with Congo
country, where he owns a few millions
slaves who steal ivory for him. and
murder other tribes he was enjoying
footed boy. fishing for perch at the old
mill pond. and when ne mentioned his
career as a boy. ard his enjoymcu,s.
dad told about his youth. and how he
never got SO much pleasure IN after life
d. he did when ne had a stone bruiSe
ON his heel and went off into the woods
ard cut q tamarack pole and caught
suulish till the cows came home
The king frightened up and told dad
ne had d pond I'm the palace grounds,
stocked with oId-fashioued fish, and
every day ne took of his shoes and
rolled up his pants. and with nothing
on but a shirt and pants heId up by
one sUspeHder OF striped bed ticking. he
went out en- a boat and fShed as he did
when a boy. with a bent pin for d hook.
and he was never SO happy as when 50
engaged. and they could ali have their
grand functions and balls and dinners
an. Turks. Datns. If they wanted
them, but give him the old swimming
hole
Ne. too" said dad. and as dad looked
down into the park ne saw a little lake.
and dad held no two fingers. just as
boys do when they mean To- say Come
on, lets go I'm swimming and the king
said. III so YOU" and they locked
arms and started through the woods to
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n RUSSELS, Belgium.-Dear Old
d Skate: What is the matter with
our going to Belgium" said dad
TO me, as we were escaping from Ger
many.
We'll. what iu thunder do We want
to go to Belgium for" said 1 10 dad
Il do not want to go to a country that
has no visible means of support, except
raising Belgian hares. to sell 70 cranks
in America. I couldn't eat rabbits with
out thinking ] was chewing a piece of
house cat, and rabbits is the chief food
OF the people 1 have eaten horse and
mule in Paris. and wUrmy figs in Tur-
key. and embaimed beef fried in candle
grease I'm Russia. and sausage in Ger
many Imported from the LeutEaTd
sausage factory in Chicago. and stuff in
Egypt with ground mummy for curry
powder. but ] draw the line on Belgian
haFpS. and I strike right here. and shall
have the International Union of Anal
gamated Tourists declare a boycott on
Belgium said I just like that, bTiStiInE
UP ts dad real sUunkiy..
You are going to Belgium. all right.
said dad. as he took hold of my thumb
IN Jill liISU fashion. and twisted ft
backward until I fairly ueuuked and
dare to go home without visiting King
LeOpold's kingdom, and having talk
with an S0-year old male firt. who had
thousand chorus girls on his staff and
could give the sultan of Turkey cards
and spades and little casino III the har-
EN- game
You viii 90 along. won't you. bub2
and he gave my thumb another twist.
and I said. YOU bet your life but
won't do a thing ~ YOU ami Leopold
before we get out OF the Belgian hare
belt" and SO here we are, looking for
trouble.
Tt is strange we never hear more
about Belgium in America, but actual
ly, / never heard of a Belgian settling
in the United States There are Irish.
and Germans and NoTWegians- and
Italians, and men of all other countries.
but ! never saw a Belgian until today.
and il does YOU good TO see people
who don't do anything but work. There
is not a Ioafer in Belgium. and every
man has smut gH his nose. and his
hands are black with handling iron. or
something There is Uu law against
people going away from Belgium. but
they eli like it here, and seem 20 think
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the little lake, and the dog and fol-
lowed
Wen sir you'd a dide to see dad and
Leopold make q rush for that swim
ming place. The king put his hand in
the water. and said il was fine. and be
gan to peel his clothes off. and dad
took off MS clothes. and the king made
a jump and went in all over. and came
up with his eyes full of water. stTan-
Cling because he did not hold his nose,
and then dad made leap and Splashed
the water like an elephant lad fallen
in and there those two old men were
IN the lake. just like kids.
I'll swim you 4 match TO the other
side said the king. It's a go said
dad. and they started p0rpoising across
the little lake. and then I thought II
was time there was Something doing.
SO I got busy and tied their clothes III
knots 50 tight you couldn't get them
united without an act 90 parliament.
They went ashore on the opposite size
Of the lake cause some women were
driving through the grounds. and then
I found flock of goats grazing on the
lawn. and the dog and I drove them to
where the clothes were tied III knots.
and when the goats began to chew the
clothes I took the dog and went back
to the entrance If The park. ana dad
and the king SWAN hack to wGeTe the
clothes and he goats w@re. and VIXEN
they drove tne seats away and cOUidn't
unite the knots. the king save the
grand hailinE sign Of distress. or some
thing. and the guards OF the pelaco aUd
some cavalry came on the run. and the
park seemed filled wi5h an army. and I
hid the dog goodbye and went back 10
the hotel sIone. and waited for dad.
Dad didn't get back iii. after dark
and when ne came he had or a suit Of
the kings clothes too tight around the
stomach and too Ions FL the legs. cause
dad is pussy, and the king. IS lonS
Seared.
Did you have good time. dad?"
says I. and he said. Haven't you got
any respect for age. condemn YOU? The
king has ordered that YOU be fed to the
animals i'm the zoo.
I told him that I didn't care what
they did with me. ] had been brought
I'D to tie knots in clothes when I saw
people in swimming. and I didn't care
whether they were crowned heads or
just plain dubs. and I asked dad how
they got along when their clothes were
cheWed Up- He said the soldiers Gov
cred them with pOnchOs and got them
to the palace. and they had supper he
and the king. and the servants brought
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a,ralneg through which water is drawn
into the system. 1t is a noticeable spot
and frequently mistaken fOr an eve. In
the oral or 6attened disk of the urChin
IS the mouth with its pyramid of five
sharp teeth. aud here dentiue is en-
countered for toe first time in the ami
NAL kingdom Z When these teeth are
examined. il il found that they are en-
bedded in aIt odd structure of bone
known as ATistOtle's lantern The ami
mai has 90 central stomach. but a
looped Uftestiue serves the purpose of
that organ There are mushroOm-Iike
clUsteVs Of feet near the mouth. that
have become organs of touch and taste.
bat she echiuoderns lack the sense of
hearing
The breeding season of sea urchins
extends throughout the entire summer.
and the APPEAL disk of the male if often
covered with white sperms. and that of
the female with range-colored ova
There have been many experiments
with the eggs of the sea urchin. Prob
ably one Of the most interesting was
tried BY d university professor at