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startled his lethargy. He noticed
verbally encouraged Macroys nevertheless the
eeeded:
some ought TO tell Thatcher. You fellows know
what HIN select March his assistant
your" He stopped. No
Well he went on as though all wished him to-
which not the case lit rank favoritism.
a dozen frst-cass who would have taken the
job gladly. Thatcher selects Marcia boy green
salad Why
I'm tell you. wife insisted She knew it would
make March reputation. Say. MacrOy insnuated
with a confidential OathsOme sneer, tell you what
March is HE third party the Thatcher home.
He nodded sagacOusy. Thatcher's wife infatuated
with the shrimp. She's a little about her
indscretions with March"
"Mac-Oy"
With that cry crashing upon their startled like
the last trump the men jumped nervousy. But after
that, moved a hand Macroy watched
Thatcher with expression pleased expectancy
As for the scandalmonger, he suddenly upon his
feet. his face gone greenshgray in the hckering
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At the there riot and rampant confusion
Fools had set ao2t of t. What had mad Pggn
ming camp followers. of frantic and rearing mules OF
bewildered soldiers who had their regiments. Of
and max Of 9dde fS
and ns eand t ab rmE Which he found
deserted the operators had fed He sat down at one
and clicked off his dispatch from memory.
cation to the asE % he received the final 20 signal
tisue and took up the dispatches which he had written
the field of battle. intending to destroy them
that one of the papers his handSths
folded sheet of note paper Of familiar appearance GOV
bIoted in part by Marchs iifebiood "'' '"u
As though in dream he eompr Si1 that he
like stunning blow when he realized that it was his
Bessie he breathed, tensely Writing to Jack
came sort Of coherent horror. could believe
t4em vet tb they existed in G e5T
sweetheart % know how madiy although he
fgGty that @ the sun eased with
6 @ vs 2u6 o hnd and fG9 the eum0s brink
His reason tottered on its throne. His world was
in eonvusi9n chaotic and terrifying H.. ,ou, h.
had wandered in this slough Of despair he could not
still the battle ragged
wherein rs Rs LEFT ss Ma tied atof t that faith.
less the serpent in what had been Thatchers Eden
suddenly knew He had come to exterminate March
his presence; Thatcher would see to that
ing truth about th this smiling Ing snesp ing
harsh eeM c bde the ed ias su of
He looked to his revolvers they were perfect
d1 from the IN n ne booG red Rs q h
lay where he had been left, crumpled into moaning
As Thatcher entered the PROSTATE man mosned pitt.
fully Thatcher with shock, realized that the cry of
Cold iron had entered into his soul; he remembered
mind the Infinite sweetnss9 that imagined
wifes faithless eyes His purpose became like steel
Gripping March by shoulder. twisted his
face to the light The eyes opened with Jerk, glazed
into them and the young man screamed, partly from
For indeed Thatcher was fearsome shape, with his
great face followed by suffering to the likeness of
"A guilty conscience" himself of March's
March had collapsed into his former pose. Now
he shuddered and covered his face with his hands ~
by the shoulder and roughly forcing him to obey
..What-what--" .gasped the wounded man
con n m ths man who be-
fiended you the man you betrayed like the sneaking
thatcher" he said dreamily Did you bring the
Sturgeon be d. I've brought something that
He stopped. snarling. March stared. wOnderingy.
Death said Thatcher, his fingers trembling the
The igure at his feet began to quake his eyes, like
saueers. filled with stupefacOn which Thatcher read as
DEATH" he iterated. why, Thatcher why?" he
reason: for space he saw ali things darky. a
mist, Only his voice doomed loud and ruthless
IA .'Becs use you've killed me-youve slain the man
you've killed the who saw honor and faith in the
world Because you stole from me the only woman in
His vehemenee brought March to full mental power.
TSather s laughed shortly You don't deny that you
got my wife's letter this morning. suppose? You
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Upon an e%n 0 number Of men clustered Once
gone now it was bald spot bog Of moist Black osm
laced with golden straw -, -. -,
into the sy lay VITA s SarhR Of
Dismognted and mOtGness, his, hands idle. his
steaming heart of the enigma Somewhere down there
might forete tide Of battle Should eBb 0T do 1
DAM SsJSS
e.d Behind m his s TstsS Ss TH their
respondents stood yainy striving to pierce the
droG Up the hillside out of that gigantic
:.:'ThatcheT' he said, simply.
Hes been down there-there where dared
Thatcher gained the less steep slopes the knoll
ALMOST Ss'dy sd YHS sa
Ss staff his ace fEs with hope about
-qqick!-this to Homer,
self down in the shade Of tree and began to scrbbe
Rising be approached the knot of correspondents.
No reply. He caught Bergen by the arm and shouted
III m Have ss you seen March,,
Bergen shook him off mpatenty, glueng his glasses
D March," he growled mo. not my
there, he said, grimly.
Thatcher off in the direction indicated half mad
with anxiety to get his dispatch to the cable Office But
sion WITT which Too@iS had regarded HIM ''On'
but with hardly notion where look
him. He dimly aware this portion of the
battlefield getting rather hot for comfort
shell burst il seemed right at his feet but he
unscathed and hurried on.
threshold When picked himself up turned
to a faint call-it zounded like his name-arrested
WHAT he cried s t@patient ftto' WIN MS
A figure of Swallowed corner-March, shiv-
ering He clutched Thatcher demanding hoarsey:
''Where've you been?"
: whats the with your Thatcher
angrily why didn't you stay with Mills? I've been
looking Are you afraid, mani?
You forsaken coward. of this"
For passing instant it seemed to him that March's
eyes blazed angry. But he did otherwise
the epithet Rather frightened upon Thatcher
You're wounded! he declared, anxiousy- rs it
Thatcher put his hand his forehead dizzily. 1t
came away covered with blood.
didn't know it. No matter. Here you've got
get Take these papers and rush EN- to the cable
of regulars passing at the double-quick
Young, 1.-THE, lean fellows, with thin-lined
hungry eyes fixed steadily to the front.
March. looking aloft. screamed shriy. A ball
smoke splitting sparks hung poised above the troops
another moment it exploded, tearing gaping hole in
side of the regiment
March went down, spattered with blood
s'Wotnded2" whispered Thatcher stopping him.
assistants eyes his, giving
We'll. you can't stay here Come, I'll help you to
rear
He half lifted March his feet supporting him with
Can you walk? Where's wound?"
his breast Before he could stop him Thatcher had
open his shirt which saturated with blood.
But beneath it the skin unbroken and whtehardly
A gust of rage shook Thatcher
You'ie not even sarsaised. he shouted Take these
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TT of the blackness a
man staggered into the
ebbing circle of light
around the dying fire.
halted with a mechanical
jerk. and looked about
him
He was a big man in
more ways than one. But
physically he was builded
upon a generous plan;
nature had not grudged
ample thews and sinews
TO clothe fifty a massive
framework of bone.
A battered pith helmet
was pushed back from
his brows. His broad
cOuntenance was flushed
crimson and dripped with
sweat. On his temples
and bull-like neck the
veins stood out like wires,
e m rple ed. distended.
throbbing. He breathed
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When Thatcher returned the night was waning. A
dank chill perneateC the atmosphere. The fire
heavy mass of cold, wet, white ashes.
Thatcher shivered Involuntary; because of the hui
uncOmfOrtably, and the GOODNESS struck through their
thin texture
This time directly TO his tent neither glanc-
ing the side the other But he
that he unOberved his brother
the sleep of jaded snatching what fugitive
efreshment they might the impending battle should
Listlessly he changed his clothes; about his
skin drawn tight upon a drumhead.
He needed than all his life he
it But there rest for him that night; there
Hastily he swallowed some quinne lit a candle and
down a camp STOOL With his knee for desk he
the fmsy paper by main will power. Then stopping
searched his pockets, collected several odds
among them the photograph of dark-eyed girl upon
which he gazed for some time-and tied them all in
packet.
When this blew the candle and
wrapped himself in his blanket.
An hour passed. still he lay rigid and moOness.
wide, staring eyes fixed unbinkngy upon the of
the tent.
without chOTIs jungle stiIled into that
that precedes the tropic dawn nd quiet
possessed the world and separated by narrow,
which they watched each
vigilance two armies rested sleepless their
A twig snapped Thatcher moved expectantIy for
the first time. He heard approaching light
footballs. March pulled aside the front flap noise
Now Thatcher's eyelids lowered; through his
lashes-tO all appearances asleep-he watched his
sistant narrowly
March young medium height. slender and still
boylsh OF figure, rather graceful of bearing his
smooth and delicatey featured rather handsome
an eheminate way type to which some women
strongly drawn.
Men mistrusted him He lacked something of ease
OF upright consciousness that appertans to right
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y slipping folded paper into his pocket. Thatcher
failed notice it.
Just got in?" he asked. gaping enormously
Where you been all nght?"
March's eyes wandered.
AT headquarters" he said. flushing unaccountably.
you told me to stay there"
Yes Anything new?'
General Mills expects Rojas to attack dawn. 1
heard"
Sagscious Nils! jeered Thatcher with good humor-
ed irony. Wow" he protested, rising. I am
tired. L secuted up along the river night Had
run-in with of their pickets got this for
pains"
He motioned toward his arm ''Bayonet.'
he explained lightly Just scratch"
March looked to the floor.
Too bad, said automatically.
Mail In YETI"
March squirmed YES" he conceded suIIenly
Get anything"
''No-yes-that is. got a letter from girl believe
there's one for you from-from Bessie They wouldn't
let have it."
why not?'
Don't know" evaded March.
We'll reckon I'll just naturally after it myself.
Thatchers gIistened happily; he thinking of
Bessie. Dear old girl" he whispered himself
fails write! Thunder. something for a big
dub like to have wife like Bessie Wonder how
happen=d?"
For answer there peal of angry thunder.
the breathless mistswathed plateau the
rumbed and growIed reverberating the distance
B-r-r-boomboom!
Into ne deep, growing another sound isaped
drumming rattle ike mighty hail upon tin roof.
''Maguire's batteries!' cried Thatcher 'Bleeker's
rapid-fIe guns and Morton's machine God We're
Here Jackr' He thrust the little packet he had
made ready into the hands OF his assistant You fol-
low me If cash in, send those to Bessie"
Both from the tent.
The clearing filled with a rabid mob Of men
mainly the correspondents. dashng half dressed and
wholly frantic 20 the field of action.
Apparently ages passed swiftly.
Thatcher found log in his path. He moved to
a
helmet and swabbed his streaming face a handker-
chief that might have been clean
The log was somewhere near the middle of vast
How Thatcher had there could not CO.
herentIy recall There had been charge and he had
tune yelling, and he had swept aside
Then a little brown man astrde an enormous horse
with shril cries and slashing that gittered
gold in the sunlight whenever Thatcher looked
And he in this interminabe canebrake.
1t broing hot Thatcher much desired a
obtaining the same, bullet snapped hungriy
at his and he rolled off the log, simultaneously draw
ing his revolver.
seemed that the little still thirsted for
Thatchers blood Presenting that he had killed the
American he came up eagerly, leading his horse and
holding revolver ready to administer de
So Thatcher shot him.
Inasmuch the little man quite elaborate
uniform it seemed advisable search him for
mating documents. ThdtcherS quest rewarded
yond his widest dreams
He his devouring gaze through several papers
the commanding general and to the readers the
Star
revolver and threaded his way of the canebrake
the way he looked at his watch.
1t was half-paSt TO- Of sultry morning; Thatcher
had fancied it must be near to sunset.
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being From finger tip to shoulder blade his arm was
like a white-hot brand.
Dumby he knew what had happened; a ball had car
red his elbow. shivering he
'crazybone-" He went mad with agony lost all
save the overwhelming consciousness Of the pain
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ATTHID'C Old BRADFO


light, his ginting with fear of the who had
been in the tent but who faced him.
Thatchers blazing pallor, wherein
his eyes famed large with the passion that made his
whole huge body vibrate hike a reed wind-shaken.
moved forward with measured steps. watching Macroy
steadfastIy.
The latter began to back away, stammering, with a
hand upheld. pleadingly.
'well-wen, ought-to know it, T-t-thatcher-I-I
your wife
Thatcher's great fist landing on his open mouth,
seemed to lift him off his feet. He fell distance
back sprawling and whimpering The big leaped
and stood him, wrapped in fury
You miserable hound!' cried. 'You-you
temptibe you If again 1 hear you breathe
my wfe's name, III tear your head from your body
He stopped abruptly, making a tremendous effort to
command himself. When spoke again a
tone, deadly distinct. appallingIy earnest
Remember 1 shan't you again Next time
will be your last Now. you d liar. get up tell
them that you lied"
The PROSTATE put fearfully his eyes.
Thatcher stopped his hand in the others
collar Macroy suddenly scrambled his feet and stood
with shaking knees. Already his lips pufed; he
spat blood his spoke.
II lied" he faltered. thicky.
"Thatn do. As for the of you, you there
listened without word Wel-we know another.
syllable this reaches Jack March, will
me-"
Thatcher glowered upon the group a
They hung their heads. shamed. dared to his
his heel and vanished down the jungle road Macroy
whined got sympathy and shambled, muttering, to
Bergen lifted his eyes from a prolonged contempla
ton of the stem of his pipe.
''Macroy," he said, slowly, got what coming
him, all right boys. For I'm glad of it. But
T EeS LOOMS snapped S,s se 4d him. ~, .o
of war correspondents knew one another very we'll
to man T they ' Considered that Maeroy Whom they de
spse had spoken truth however much he had deserved
They pitied Thatcher with simple sincerity as
serpent he warmed at his BOSOM
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the dispatches which he just given him. The outer
papers covered with a film of blood.
No matter. Thatcher them in his pocket lie
glanced at March whose head had fallen forward on MS
breast; he seemed to have tainted
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-17
CHANGE IN MUSIC METHODS.
Enormous Tax on Mental Viqor and
Nerve Of Modern Musician.

When we compare the thin-toned,
delicately constructed spinets and
clavichOrds with a modern grand
piano we can only exclaim in aston
ishment, What a change is there!"
IL we could have heard Paderewski
give what was considered difficult mu-
sic in those times on such an ancient
musical box. noting what outlay of
strength was requisite, and then hear
the great artist In the Sonata Appas-
sionate" on his concert grand. we
should be even more astonished at the
contrast between the physical endur-
ance required in those days and the
modern standard of power. Not only
is greater strength required of a per-
former but. as Francis Morton points
out in the Musician, as a consequence
of the increased range Of tone of which
a modern piano is capable the expires.
sive power of piano music has been
vastly augmented. making proportion
ate demands on the mental vigor and
nerve force, in addition to the tax on
muscular strength.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-17
NUMBER 6.
Tree Doctors.

Prof. George E. Stone, who is in
charge of the work, writes as follows
concerning the course in tree culture
given at the Hatch Experimental sta
ton of the Massachusetts Agricultural
college, Amherst, Mass:
AT the present time we have seven
senior students who are taking work
in a course which | term the 'Physi-
ology and Pathology of Shade Trees
So far as | know this is the only
course given in this country or any
where else, and We are turning out
quite a few young men who are
especially trained to fill intelligently
such positions as city foresters or
helpers in parks.
Many of our men at the present
time have established firms for the
care of trees, and all of them are
meeting with remarkable success,
some of them employing as many as
200 men. l started this course ten
years ago at the request OF students,
and have been surprised at the way
in which it has developed. Park and
Cemetery.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-17
Overpaid Austrian Official.

That no sum is too small to be taken
into account by the lynx-eyed Austrian
officials is evident from an incident
reported from Bregenz. The tax office
there has just received a formal notice
from the high court of justice at Inns
bruck stating that an investigation Of
the accounts of the Bregenz tax Office
for 1906 shows an Overpayment of one
heller (one-tenth of a penny in the
salary of one of the officials.
The notice directs that the official
be required to refund this sum. which
must then be duly entered in the state
accounts for the current year. A Vor-
ariberg paper publishes facsimile of
this interesting document, and gravely
expresses the hope that the extra
heller '>o~ ~'t Ia the c~c.ra'f G...cial
90 ltiOn
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-17
The JEANERETTE
PARISH FAIR,

A good mum Der of our citizens
visited the fair at Jeanerette last
week, and all pronounce it very
creditable one. The grounds
and buildings are well arranged
with view to comfort and con.
venience, and the exhibits OF
agricultural products, live stock,
poultry and agricultural imple-
ments were interesting and in.
structive and altogether com
mendable.
A number of local merchants
made tasteful displays of the
lines of goods handled by them,
by way of advertisement, and
there were good exhibits of
fancy panel doors. balustrades
and other ornamental wood work
turned out by local mills. A
splendid collection of pianos in
charge of a salesman, from the
music house of Philip Werlein,
filled a good sized space in the
main building. An ornamental
upright glass cabinet containing
a display of Green Heart" To-
basco Sauce attracted the notice
of visitors at the exhibit of food
Fstuffs. The Eureka Nursery ct.
]. Lacy & Co.. of our town, had
an exhibit in the section of plants
and fruits at the fair. A con-
siderable number of other out-of-
town firms and manufacturers
had their wares and products on
exhibition for advertising pur-
poses, and these all helped to
lend interest to the fair, which
was well .patronized and attended
by the public.
Pres. G. l.. Monnot, of the Jean
erette Fair Association. was in
defatigable in his efforts to make
the fair a success, and he and
the Board of Directors, who so
ably assisted him, deserve much
praise for the very creditable
showing that was made.
The good business results
which will undoubtedly follow
labors in this direction entitle
President MOnot and his asso.
ciates to the special thanks of
the people of Jeanerette and of
Iberia parish.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-17
DI E d
b. J. Williams,

b. j. Williams, a prominent
citizen of Greenville Texas, died
at his home in thai city at 11:3C
II. N. Saturday. He was well
known in this city, having mar
ried Miss Matte Hopkins,
daughter of DR.. II. B. Hopkins.
and at various times made ex-
tended visits with his family
here. His death was very sud
den, he was sick only about "A
hours. DR.. Hopkins was called
by telephone and left with Mr..
o. B. Hopkins at 3 a. m. Friday,
but when they arrived all was
over. The funeral was held Sun
day.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-17
PIGEONS WALKED BACK HOME.
Admiral Schley Uses Incident to Point
Moral.

Admiral Schley was talking about
war and peace at Port Deposit, Md.
War must still go on" he said.
mankind is not yet highly enough
developed to be peaceful. Yet | am
in favor OF peace societies and peace
congresses, for these things help the
cause of peace along. They bring the
day of universal peace a little near
err"
The admiral mused a little Then
he resumed:
Yes, we will have universal peace
some day, for we all love it in our
hearts. The bravest fighters in their
hearts love peace with incredible de-
votion-with devotion as incredible as
that which the pigeons of Newark had
for their home.
There was a Newark man who
kept pigeons. One day he sold a half
dozen birds to a Philadelphian. But
the pigeons loved their former home,
and the first time they were let out
they flew straight back to it, cover
ing the so miles in no time.
THE Philadephian got them again.
and this time he clipped their wings,
so that they could not fly. But he left
their hutch open, and they disap-
peared. Nothing was seen of them
for some days. Then thin and dusty
and footsore. they limped slowly into
the old home in Newark
They had walked the whole way
back"
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-17
BATON ROUGE BRANCH.
Work Being Pushed as Rapidly
as Possible Says General
Agent Lee.

A special from the Baton
Rouge to the Picayune states,
that in discussing the building
of the cutoff between that CITY
and Lafayette. General Agent
j. M. Lee of the Southern Pa
cific said;
We are building the line be-
tween Baton Rouge and Lafa-
yette just as fast as money and
men can do it.
We were greatly delayed
in starting the work in
the Atchafalaya swamp by the
high water in the river. The
stream, however, has gone down
now and we are able to place
large force of men to work in the
Atchafalaya swamp. This is
being done, in order that the
line may be completed as early
as possible.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-17
1heStage.
The Jefferson.

The season at the Jefferson
Theatre began on Sept. 9 with
the Sweetest Girl in Dixie. "
A good audinnce was present on
the opening night. The WIN
ming Hand was presented Fri
day night and was a fine produc-
ton. The play was good and was
rendered by a most capable COM
pany. The Shields children
were all excellent, and taken all
together the show measured up
as a first class attraction. The
patronage was rather small and
nothing like what was deserved.
Sunday night Tim Murphy"
held the boards and was greeted
by a good crowd. 1t was a first
class show and made a hit with
the audience.
Lafayette has one of the best
and most modern opera houses
in the State, and while it's capac-
ity is about 900, It's stage will
suffice for presenting practically
every play on the road. 1t is
owing largely to Lafayette's ex.
cellent opera house that the
management has been able to
book so many first class shows.