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drove him TO dssperation--to fraud.
perhaps-I will not bslieve crime
His wife shall be provided for--my
lawyers have their Instructions replied
tho Colonel. curtly.
Mrs. HAveriii sole softly out OF the
room. closing tho door behind her.
passed through the spacious galleries
and down the broad winding stairs to
the drawing room.
Everywhere. a. Mira Haverin de-
scended after her troublous interview
with tho Colonel. the younger people
were bllssful.y iounging or circula Ing
about. still talking love and war.
They had q new and breezy accession
Buokthorn. ~. 8. A." She was the
daughter OF blum old Gen. Francis
Buckthorn Of tho regular army. ana
had been born and brought up In q mil
itary camp on tho Western plains.
Were going to see active service now
sooner than you civilians seem TO sus-
pect." announced jenny. to an attentive
group Of listeners under the front Dor.
tco. 'Our boys are already undss
marching orders In Washington. Youi
Gen. Beaursgard 10 riding his high horse
Il seems, Tell him for me that hs'd bst-
ter mind what he's doing. or wen havs
..And who Il Heartsaase, prsyr' m
autrea Gertrude Kiln cham. who Of late
was developing an unwonted Interest In
the Federal military service.
''Hsartssass7 Brevet Csptain, Hearts
ease? Why, BE- is--oss az my favurits
cavalry officers. Yeu'li hear about
him"
"Yes-whersver Miss BucjethorN u for
Ave- minutes ar so'' vAiupSred Bah NJ
bingham To MndelLos Wssl. II know
Heartsease. Not a bad fellow. but she
biggest fop that was ever misdsait into
the cavalry. You ousht to hear what
4 Angle eyegIass at guard mount. and
carries a scented lace handkerchief ct
cross country drill"
Gertrude Eiiingham drew jenny ssids
and asked her;
How 10 Il to have Q swsstheast who y
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tive. III owned the four million slaves
would gladly give them all up for the
preservation OF the Union"
We'll, your friend. Major Ruff1n. cor
tainly has more decided opinions on tho
subject than both OF US put together"
laughed Havcrill. making the GUS
tomary effort to divert tho conversation
into lighter channels.
RufY1n was striking character. typical
OF the time. They met him afternoons at
the Charleston Hotel. or on a sunny
morning walking by tho Battery sea
wall. gazing out across the harbor TO
where the Sumter fortress reared It's
forty foot walls on an artificial island
built on the shoals. This was one OF
the important Notifications Of the Sc
ceding States whose status In relation
to the Federal Government was In oml-
nous dispute.
Sir" Rufin would say. impressiveiy.
m the status Of these Federal forts IN
the seeded States 10 not yet deter
mined. Il Ia high time Il should be. II
an appeal to arms 10 necessary-and
can see that Il In, sooner or iatsr-lst I,
como right here. and now"
But. Major" Col. Haverili would pro-
test, II understood you were . Virgin.
lam Virginia has not seeded"
mot yet. but she will-shs must.
am. as you say. sir. . virsinian born.
But this hanging nrs 10 so little to my
taste. sir, that have sold my Virginia
property and cast my allegiance with
South Carolina for the present. I have
enlisted with the State troops here. and
! await any minute Gen. Beauregard's
can to the batteries he 10 planting all
around Sumter"
Major Rufiin was a white-haired, 81.
DERBY man. sixty years old II day In
his fiery fanatical zeal there was some
thing humorous-and something tragic.
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Haverill became the guardian Of his
two children. Robert and Gertrude.
Robert was duly graduated from wost
Point. and with his classmate, Kerchi-
val West OF Massachusetts, went with
the rank OF lieutenant to see active SER
vicc on the plains In the regiment Of
Col. Haverill. Ordered to Washington,
Col. Haverill and his wife were now
travelling northward via Charleston, &C.
companied by Lleuts. Ellingham and
West. Gertrude Ellingham had come
on from the family homestead In tho
Shenandoah Valley Of Virginia to meet
her brother Bob. Likewise. Madeline
West had come to Join her brother
kerchival. and Incidentally to enjoy her
first acquaintance with the fascinating
Southern city.
Nothing less than a baii-one Of the
famous Ellingham ''levees'-could At.
tingly honor the occasion.
The younger set, including the two
lieutenants. had practically no other
subject Of "serious' discussion. Ssces.
sion talk was rife. to be sure. and mill
tary activities going on were such 90 to
lead to but one logical conclusion--that
war. OF something very like II. was I'M
n,inent. But love outranked logic. in
that particular camp. at least.
At the very opening OF tho campaign
the Casualties took In Kerchival West
and his demure. dark-eyed sister Made
line: also. as mutual offsetting to this
pair. the gallant Bob Elllngham and his
sister Gertrude, the latter a spirited
girl, with warm bronze hair beftting her
emotional temperament, and vivid COM
plexion to match.
The hrst cloud that appeared In this
rosea.e sky was Edward Thornton.
Thornton was rather a handsome fe.-
low. In his insolent way. and few
years older than the two Heutenants--
that Is to say. he was close upon thirty.
He had more than the assuI ince OF
manner that such advantage m.sht pei
haps be expected to give h.in-especis'iy
with Mrs. Haverill. the Colonel's wife
Tho young people frankly did not like
Thornton. though none OF them had
said so, and probably any or ali OF
them would have denied the charge
had II been made.
Meanwhile. DR.. Eringham and tn.
Colonel. and Mrs. Haverill and the
Pinckneys (South Carolina relatives OF
the Elllnghams) saw graver porten 8
IMAM sentimental ones on the near nor
lion. Their conversation turned upon
questions Of State sovereignty. the old
iag." and rights as to secession from
the Union.
"If the interests OF your manuflc-
turing and shipping States OF the
North" observed DR.. Elingham. "anl
Of our AGRICULTURAL and cotton states OF
the South are not running In harmony,
that Is no excuse for a n nily quarrel
81 quite agree with YOU" said Col.
Haverill. 1T is an awkward thing for n
soldier to take sides in such dispute.
Theoretically. We don't have to-the
Government settles all that for US, and
we simply obey orders. l feel confident
they will find remedy for the present
break, as they have for other and per
haps worse ones in the past II 1t were
not for the slavery question:
"Ah," sighed the Southern consrva
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stances. seeing little Of HIS father and
experiencing tho irksomeness without
the companionship of that parents
strict control. It was not to bs won
dered at II Frank came perilously near
to being spoiled.
After graduation from Columbia--in-
stead Of from West Point, as the Col
onel would have desired. II such Q
choice could have been realised In the
natural course Of events--Frank HAvsr-
III entered tho banking house OF the
Towards, relatives Of his stepmother
This had seemed q promising connec-
tion-it might have led. possibly. to an.
other matrimonial alliance, through one
Of tho pretty daughters Of the family.
on whom the young clerk was known
to have made q most favorable impress
sion-when suddenly he ran away with
and married Edith Maury. = nice enough
girl. as Il was SAID. but two or three
years his senior. and the daughter Of
an impoverished Southern family, whose
home was In New Orlesns.
TINS was bad enough. Stili. . rash
love match Is not IN Itself an unpardon.
able sin. Frank was forgiven. At least
a truce was patched up. ana the prudl.
gal son went back repentant, a. II
seemed. TO his stool at the hank.
Alas! the 'prodigal" climax was yet
to come Its beginnings had dated back
even to the college days. Edward
Thornton had been much In New York.
then. He had FIRST met the Iaverills
At Saratoga. Handsome. reckless, .
social favorite and sportsman OF no
small pretensions. Thornton had imme-
diately exercised over young Frank an
influence amounting to fascination and
hero worship. Those were fush times
of racing. Of gambling. Of drinking. and
south Of the Mason and Dixon line
cspeclally--of duelling. Thornton took
the eager, prccocious boy In hand. and
made a man of him." II was such .
"man" as the Colonel. his father. alb
sent most OF the time on Western duty,
never dreamed.
Matters were IN such strained rsia-
tons now. when the. Colonel and his
wife stopped at Charleston on their
way North. And Il was ~ this fassful
moment that tho last stroke fell.
The day before tho Ellingham bail
Col Haverill learned IRON the New
York newspapers. ana simultaneously
by letter from his lawyers there. that
his son was an absconder and a fugi-
tive. Under suspicion on account Of
rregularities discovered at the Howard
bank. he hal fed. no one knew whittier.
to escape arrest. leaving his wife de-
serted and without resources.
Col. Havcrhilrs grief and rage wore
fearful.
Il might have expe.ted IT," he said
And yet. ha int enough else on my
mind just now without being brought
to face a thing like this; Well. let Fate
deal with him. lie deserves tho worst
that can happen. am through WITH
him. have always done my best by
him. now ! have other and more I'm
portant duties TO perform. am an
officer OF the United States Army"
Don't Judge him too hastily. John.
May II not have been that II was
only after another was dependent on
him. tina; the debts of o thong htless
he was nothing worse
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to his second wife. a New York belle
up to the dine OF her becoming the
Colonel's bride. some six years before
tho period with which the present mar
ratve 10 concerned. His only son,
Frank. was at that time boy OF
fourteen--bright and spirited. but. as
tho Colonel declared with real NORTH
cation. evidently not cut out for a
soldier. That most lamentable deh-
c!ency--in the fathers eyes-gnve color
10 the assertion. made not by Mrs
Haverill alone. that the Colonel thought
more of his young Southern wards,
Robert and Gertrude Elllngham. than
he did OF his own son.
However this may have been. the
Coloners young wife more than made
up to the lad the deprivation Of his
fathers FUN measure of paternal con-
fdence and affection. Having no chill
dren OF her own. she gave to the boy
what In his infancy he had never known
"a mothers loving care. As he grew
UP In New York amidst good family
and In comfortable circum-
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Nhle New PlMXS
MSW of Becky" MGX
WIN Is Fascinating. 49,
y CHARLES OARNTON.

We
-
a
the d-IIydes
Gess When The heroine of this revised tale good
lifted
as a
Becky with her hair and dress caught
starr had
her
The plastic
readMy
Ws Itself
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A Yankee Soldier, a
Southern III Jerome,
and a Drama in the
Shadow Of Battle.

Kerchlvai West. ''sho has invited Q
party OF frlends to her house TO witness
tho hring on sumter"
How deiightfui"' responded Ker.
chfvai. In rather a forced tone OF gay
ETY.. Il hope. however, that they won't
wait for breakfast until the fortress IL
bomharded."
You think II will bs long wait7
Well, Lieut. West, I'll bet you an en-
broidercd cigar case against a box az
gloves that the first gun Is fred before
suarise'
Done. You will lose tho bet. NJ
Gertrude. unless Major RUM. unablo
70 our0 HE patience any longer shouIA
steal out and touch OF q mortar an
ms own heck. Not that I shou1An'V -
overlooked to Offer you the gloves. 49,
ticulariy if-well. in the hope that
that one Of the little hands bssonetns
inside than shalf'---
They wore In tho shadow Of the -.
anders a. he systematically ssissa -
OF the aforesaid little hands. She with
drev u almost % promptly, murmup.
ins:
Shall remain In my own hssoans ~
tho present until some one comes sloae
who has good excuse Tor claiming n
10 you don't believe thst Gen. Dssu.
regard is soins to open FIRE on Sumter
this morningT
"So-of course not
We'll. happen to know that every
thing 10 In readiness
II 10 . heap easier to have svseythlnr
IN readiness to do Q thing than n -
TO do u. For instance, I have bseo
resdy a dozen times to-day to say %
you. Mtss 0ertrudc. thss-thst -
Well, sir7"
but didn't you know"
Very likely General Beausssard has
more nerve than you havc.'
oh. u IN easy enough TO set a M
batteries around Charleston harhon
But when II comes to nring the arpt
shot st q woman''-
AT womaa? Why. what ere yOu
talking beutf'
u mean. at the American Has-a ~
must be A-mast have tho nsrvcs or'-
You Northern men are 70 slow to-
Yes. I know rye been slow-but I
assure ycu. Mise Gertrude. that M
heart
"Arsn't you going North to join In sss
Confederate Siatss?'
'Yes-thst's our orisrs. = believe"
rou ere ready 10 Aght saainst -
risuda. against ny owa brothse, 49,
eomradA II thaG DON'T make. % -.
mica what dosar''
Nothing can make me your sssmp.
Gertrude. My services bsloAg to n
country. - Ell. 7 belong 10 the NORTH
And I am q Southern vSa,An. rhsro
, the falel hns h dra wn."
Here Thornton and Jenny Buokthssa
oems w
I'm ~ me attach on suasssr y -
- mao - last" declared TAsrnsna.
y = ~ snare your plsasare h oho1
prospse4" said q ssrtous volcs Over
osrtsuds's shouidss-is We that e ~
brothsr. LAsut. Robert E,unshan. "
And you . Southern 0eatlamAnr -
sorsed rhorntoe. with NE susteinneY
shade Of insolsncs. 90
And you . Northssn-gsntIs0anr .
with the reluctant accent 30 save -
ths word ''yentismsni' n sssvan2
sssmsd 70 b In Qvosattsa mania W.
- intsrro0otton point aftee -
= IN . oouthernQ By cbs1oA Z -
ion the eaaaas." saAA Thoentsn Sruy.
We On Ats care Of our eva viGhA
Or. Thsy vtll - safe In our hssp1nl
even n you should ant and Il 70 yeur
tntersst 10 run rssks IN our behAtE''
fou't1 md ne rssdy for any -
you like" muttsrsd Thernson. sarnAn0
- ~ bel.
ere - cssu,ssal
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Sdf-HoV ss0Sv vsbrotsons Of s0s~s
cow ne human car appreciated
js2--HoW many vsbratsons Of q su.
stcsI chord ere wssdsd to SsodSos q
definite soxSdS
SSS-HoU DO teIescopss enable on
10 see to o greet d,stoxces
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copper used fov bell metoIsf
SS5-Why does motAer-of.peorl sAoD
20 many oolorsf
|" HESE questions will be answered
Friday. Hare are replies to Mon.
days;
a76--(why do smoke and steam curl
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out In readiness. aaA me
young people were praotising
minuetA
Toward twiiisht Ksrchival West and
Robert Einnsham strolsd across the
Battery pArh ana along the old sea wall
together.
Bob. old oomrade." the former be-
gan. Il have something I want to men,
ton to you"
rs Il ssous Thornton,'
1T 10 about MrA Haverili--the Col
eners wife"
II MISUNDERSTANDING. old boy-tsii
me al you know about TO-"
Well ! was passing along the Galleey
OF the sscond floor. on my way TO my
room. when I heard q mufYied scream.
then . iadys vutce tutoring violent. or
rather hystsrical. exeiAmA.ions The
sounds came from one Of the principal
guest rooms. ~ I supposed. but whose
didn't know. Then tbs door was
opened hastly. and Mrs. Havsriii ap-
peared. looking alarmlngiy IN or clso
terribly frightsnsd. and trembling with
excitennsnt.'
And was any one with hort"
Not mat know o. I ala have an
,mpresston---. AnywAy. she recovered
hersolf quickly after I had saturated
my handkerchief with ammonia and eau
De cologne. and anything else that
chanced to Be 81 hand. and given u 70
her. Il would be al right. she said.
and ] was not TO let such Q foolish little
incident diesusb NJ on say account.
Euli'-
''stiii. the foolish nttis incident must
have had . serious cause behind n, shT
50 thought But u may have bssa
only Q mouSe."
..S,r ~ ruav Nae, haeu .rAceotnu
was right." exclaimed Eliin6ham. strik.
Lng the els0chsd ast OF enc hand into
the rain Of tho Other.
Then. ~ heaven. Bob''-
EFT mustn't get - the Colonel Lsav,
Thornton to me-"
"A prstext Is all that 10 necessary. Il
You don't md Il will"
They shook hands In silsaoA thsi
hurried In to drsss.
Robert snd Kerchivai we're N sass
~ any one for the dancing. yet the:
affair and engage their partners (As
matter Of fact. those httsr. meaning
chiefly Madeline and Gertrude. I'D no
make an early appearance IN the par
iors) until their anxiety about Mrs
Bavsriif shoul1 ~ siiaysd. would shs
ind an excuse TO avoid the or1eal Of
saysty. under the syo Of 81 least tve
psrsons who know Of the shook che had
suffered but . few hours pYeviousiyf
No such ooncsrn seemed to hold ia.
ward Thornton back. He vas here
there and everywhere overaotfng u
anything the role Of "ths iffo Of the
party" and never missing Q dance.
0uddssly the Coloosrs bsautifsi vita
Aanksa by the two vivacieus Gtris. anl
herself looking the picture Of health
and radiance In . specially modish ball
town Of covered satin. saiisd into the
salon like the star Of Q stage play.
II was me onlcisl formal opening Of
the ball
do you know what Nh. Pencknsy
saysf' Gertrude DiiinOham aahed LIssl
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IL must see you aions-I have impor-
tant news for you"
Are thsrs--any further tdlnss OF
Frank" she inquired eagerly.
-Yes-ws must not talk here" as they
passed out together into the hall AMI
paused at the foot OF the stairs.
Frank 10 herein Charleston"
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$1,000 ~ txoo No. Soao Wen
~ they 70 spvardO-rhsy are DssAsA
out 81 their course BY ssesnAtns -
isscsndins OUR snss Of air.
sf1-twhst causes the 'wiil-s'.shs.
"sspro-rhis nams rises from -
gas Of dscsyins animal and vsssssbss
substances.
S7s-tHow does wind dry d.
hnsnO--Dry wind imbibes tho wager
from the linens surface ~ fast q
such vapor Ia formed.
s7s-twhy are some objects biasks)
Because they absorb all the nshrs
rays and reflect none OF than.
Sso-(what causes echots?-whsn-
ever . sound wave strikes against any
obstacle Il 10 reflected. This rsasosed
sound In called an echo
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skill last night. and Miss Starr won
new laurels as an actress OF weak or
perverted characters. Artisticaliy, her
performance was a real achievement, for
she not only kept the two characters
quite distinct. but In one scene she
changed from Dorothy to Becky with
no other aid than her own tense Of the
artistic. She performed this difiicult
feat remarkably we'll. The abrupt
change from the good to the evil per-
sonality was n revelation of Miss STAIRS
ability to meet tho demands OF an I'M
usually exacting role. The town may
we'll take off Its hat to this gifted young
artist. Fine as this work was, how
ever. she surpassed II in the last sicken.
Ing struggle against the extinction Of
Becky. when DR.. Emerson bent all his
energies toward killing the evil per-
sonalty Her half-choked cry. ~ want
TO live" struck human note that made
The play tragedy for the moment
The awakening from the hypnotic sleep
with Dorothy triumphant. but q Dorothy
nerve-wracked and whimpering with
exhaustion, was realised by Miss Starr
with absolute fidelity.
u,nat he crf..u~H ho-.y>. .
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6uch were the enviabls conditions
heightened rather than restrained by
the political turmoil Of the tlme--.unier
whsch an oddly assorted grodp Of peo-
p's. Of various ages and conditions. and
iupavdins besides Chariestonisns num-
br Of Representatives OF other Sec
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CHAPTER n.
April Weather.
HAVERILL

OIL. HAvERILL. fifty-fivo
years OF age, was distinctively
An American soldier type.
A veteran OF tho Mexican
war, he was happily married
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lions Of the South a. WEN a. Of North.
ern States, planned tho Ellingham ball.
for tho second week In April.
Col. Haverill, of the regular army Of
the United States, had been . Mexican
war comrade Of the iato Col. Ellingham
Of Virginia Whom bingham died
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CHAPTER M.
After the Ball.

0AH halls were iecked snd 6lr-
landed. ball dressss were laid
out In readiness. aaA me
young people were practistng
nninusta
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ton; still nothing; Suddenly dozen heads
would pop up, just above the grass. two or
three hundred yards Of, and after steady
gaze would disappear, and some minutes
later would again appear quarter Of a mile
farther on.
Usually they skulked off at a trot or cam
ter, necks stretched level with the back; for
they were great skulkers, and trusted chief
ly to escaping observation and stealing away
from danger unperceived. But occasionally
they would break into gallop, making lofty
bounds, clear above the tops of the grass;
and then they might go long way before
stopping.
At last, from an ant-hill, saw dim out
lines Of two or three animals moving past
little over a hundred yards ahead. There
was nothing to shoot at; but moment af-
terward / saw pair of horns through the
grass tops, in such a position that it was evil
dent the owner was looking at me. l
guessed that he had been moving in the d.
rection in which the others had gone, and
guessed at the position of the shoulder, and
fired The horns disappeared. Then
caught a glimpse, first of doe, next of a
buck, in full flight, each occasionally appear
ing for an instant in great bound over the
grass tops.
/ had no idea whether or not had hit my
suck so Cuninghame stayed on the ant
heap to guide us, while Kongoni and
plunged into the long grass, as high as our
heads. Sure enough, there was the buck, a
youngish one, about four years old my bull
let had gone true. While we were looking
at him we suddenly caught momentary
glimpse of two more of the herd rushing off
to our right, and we heard another granting
and sneaking away, invisible, 80 yards or so
to our left
Half an hour afterward l shot another
buck, at over $50 yards, after much the
same kind of experience. At this one fired
four times, hitting him with three bullets
three of the shots were taken when 1 could
only see his horns and had to guess at the
position of the body. This was very big
buck, with horns over % inches long, but
the saddle mark was yellow, with many
whitish hairs, showing that he was about to
assume the white saddle of advanced matur-
ity. His stomach was full of the fine swamp
grass.
That afternoon Dr. Mearns killed with his
Winchester 30-4O, on the wing, one of the
most interesting birds we obtained on our
whole trip, the whale-blled stork. 1t was