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CHAPTER Viii.
II 7 was a vain hope that relief could
come from any quarter. The red

L was vain nope tnaC rel1ef could
come from any quarter. The red
III flag of the sheriff fluttered from
$500 doors in the county. This
was more than two-thirds of the total
Those who had saved just escaped by
the skin of their teeth. They sold old
jewelry or plate that had been hidden
in the war. or they sold their corn
and provisions, trusting to their abil-
tty to live on dried fruit, berries. wal
nuts, hickory nuts. and such winter
vegetables as they could raise in their
gardens.
The preacher secured for Tom
tumbledown log cabin on the outskirts
Of town, with half acre of poor red
hill land around it, which his wife
at once transformed into a garden.
She took up the bulbs and flowers that
she had tended SO lovingly about the
door of their old home and planted
them with tears around this desolate
cabin. Now and then she would look
down at the work and cry Then she
would go brave!y back to it. AS nobody
occupied her old home, she went back
and forth until she moved all the JON
quils and sweet pinks from the bor-
ders of the garden walk and reset
them in the new garden. She then
moved her Strawberries, and rNspber-
r1es, and gooseberries, and set her fall
cabbage plants. In three weeks she
had transformed a desolate red clay
lot into a smiling garden. She had
watered every plant daily, and Tom
had watched her with growing Won
der and love.
"Ole woman, you're an angelv' he
cried. IF God had sent one down
from the skies she couldn't have done
any more
The problem which pressed heaviest
Of all on the preachers heart in this
crisis was how to save Mrs. Gaston's
home.
IF that place is sold next week,
my DEAR" he said to his wife, 'she will
never survive
II know it. She is sinking every
day. 1t breaks my heart to look at
her.
what can we do?''
I'm sure l can't tell. We've given
everything we have on earth except
the clothes on our back. / haven't
another piece of jewelry, or even an
old dress.''
"The tag and the cost may amour
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PASSED bills authorizing the issue OF
s25, $1,000 in bonds, and actually Is
sued and stole $14,OOO,OOO and never
built one foot of railroad.
When Legree's movement was at its
high tide, Ezra Perkins sought Uncle
Pete Sawyer one night in behalf of q
pet measure Of his pending in the
house. 49,
Peter was seated by his table, count
ing by the light of candle three big
piles of gold.
His face was wreathed in smiles.
"Peter, you seem we'll pleased with
the world tonight!' said Ezra, glee-
fully.
"Well, brudder, you see dem piles er
yaller money!
Eyes. It is a fine sight.
Uncle Pete smacked his lips and
Erinned from ear to ear:
"Well, brudder, tells you. I ben
sol seben times in my life, but fore
Gawd OATS de fust time l eber got
de money!
Uncle Pete dreamed that night that
congress passed a law extending the
blessings of a republican form of
government to North Carolina for
forty years and that the legislature
never adjourned.
2 But the legislature finally closed,
and in a drunken revel which lasted
all night. They had bankrupted the
state, destroyed its school funds and
increased it's debt from $16,OOO,OOO to
$42OOO,OOO without adding 1 cent to
its wealth Or power.
Legree then organized a municipal
and county ring to exploit the towns,
cities and counties, having passed
bill vacating all county and city Offices.
This ring secured the control Of
Hambright and levied tax of 25 per
cent for municipal purposes. Tom
Camps little home was assessed for
$50 in taxes. Mrs. Gaston's home was
assessed for $16O. They could have
raised million as easily as the sum
of these assessments.
1t cost the United States government
$200,O0O,O00 that year to pay the army
required to guard the Legrees and
their 1oyal' men while they We're thus
establishing and maintaining "a re-
publican form of government in the
south.
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AS lie came Ii oIn0 IdSC hight lTOIH u
visit to the sick he was ambushed by
gang of negroes led by a white
scoundrel, knocked down, bound and
gagged and placed on pile Of dry
fence rails. They set fire to- the pile
and left him to burn to death. It at
tracted the attention Of DR.. Graham,
who was passing. He got.ito him in
time to save him."
"You don't say so!' $50
''I'm sorry, Tom, I'm so weak /
couldn't come to see you. I know
your poor wife is heartbroken."
Eyes, sir. she is; and it cuts me to
the quick when think that | gave the
orders to the boys to shoot. But.
preacher, I'd "a killed her with my own
hand if couldn't "a saved her no
other way. I'd 90 it over again a
thousand times if | had TO-"
ST don't blame you: I'd have done
the same ling. l can't come to see
you today. ON. I'll be down to your
house tomorrow few minutes before
up for dinner and prevent the men
from attacking these troops. They'll
not dare to try to sell your place to-
day. The public square is full of men
now, and it's only 8 o'clock. You go
home and cheer up your wife. How
is Hose?'
Hes still in bed The doctor says
his skull Is broken in one-place, but
he'll be over it in few weeks
Tom hobkied back to his house,
shaking hands with scores Of silent
men on the way.
The preacher crawled to his desk and
wrote this note to the young officer in
command of the post:
My Dear Captain-In the interest f
peace and order I would advise you %
telegraph to Independence for two compa-
MES of white regulars to come inlmedi-
ately on special and that you start your
negro troops on double quick marching
order to meet them. There will be a
thousand armed men in Hambright by
shutdown. and no power on earth can pre-
vent the determination of that negro COM
pany If they attack them / will do my
best to prevent further bloodshed but I
can do nothing if these troops remain
here today. Respectfully,
JOHN DURHAM.
The commandment acted on the ad-
vice imnledia tely.
1t was the week following before
the sales began There was no help
for it. The town and the county were
doomed to ruin more complete and
terrible than the four years of war
had brought. Independence had been
saved by Il slSillful movement of Gen
eral Worth. who sought al interview
with Legree when his council first is
sued their levy Of 80 per cent for
municipal purposes.
"Mr. Legree. let's understand one
another said the general.
Cali right: I'm man of reason"
"a bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush.''
every time, general"
'Well. call off your dogs and rescind
your order for a 80 per cent tax levy
and I'll raise $4,000 in cash and pay
it to you in two days." i Il
make it $4,000 and it's bargain
agreed"
The general raised $4,000 in the
city. went north and borrowed the re-
naming $4,000.
Legree and his brigands received
this ransom and moved on to the next
town.
Poor Hambright was but a scrawny
little village on red hill, with no big
values to be saved and no mills to in
terest the commercial world, and the
auctfOneer lifted his hammer.
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Two were dead.

was a round hole from which a scar
let stream was running down her
white throat.
Without word the mother brought
Tom, showed it to him, and then fell
into his arms and burst into food of
tears.
Don't; don't cry so, Annie. 1t
might have been worse. Let us thank
God she was saved from them brutes."
Hoses friends crowded round Tom
with tear stained faces.
tom, you don't know how broke up
we all are over this. Poor child. we
cid the best we could
Its all right, boys. You've been
thy friends tonight. You've saved my
little gal. l want to shake hands
with you and thank you. If you
hadn't been here My God. can't
think Of what would "a happened.
Now it's all right. She's safe in Gods
hands"
The next morning. when Tom Camp
called at the parsonage to see the
preacher and arrange for the funeral
cdr Durham Is quite sick, Mr.
Camp. but he'll see you," said Mrs.
Durham.
'"Thank you. ma'am."
She took the old soldier by the hand
and her voice choked as she said:
"You have my hearts deepest SYM
pathy in your awful sorrow
It'll be all for the best, ma'am. The
Lord gave and the Lord has taken
away. l will still say, Blessed is
the name of the Lord
= II wish l had such faith She led
Tom into the room where the preacher
lay.
why, what's this, preacher? A band
age over your eyes looks like some
body knocked you in the head"
eyes, Tom; but it's nothing. I'll be
all right by tomorrow. You needn't
tell me anything that happened at
your house. I've heard the black hell
lit news. 1t will be all over this coun-
ty by night and the town will be
full of grim visaged men before many
hours. Your child has not died in
vain. A few things like this will be
the trumpet of the God of our fathers
that will call the sleeping manhood Of
the Anglo-Saxon race to life again.
must be up and about this afternoon
to keep down the storm. 1t is now
time for it to break
But, preacher, what happened to
your
ooh, nothing much, Tom."
'1'll tell you what happened cried
Mrs. Durham, standing erect, with her
great black eyes flashing with anger.
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CHAPTER VII.

TNOM CAMPS daughter was now
in her sixteenth year, and as
plump and winsome a lassie,
her Scotch mother declared, as
the Lord ever made. She was en-
gagged to be married to Hose Norman,
q gallant poor white from the high
hill country at the foot of the noun
tains.
On Wednesday night Hose came
down from the foothills with three
kindred spirits, and an old fiddler to
make the music. He wanted to have
a dance and plenty of liquor fresh
from the mountain dew district. But
Tom put his foot down on it.
mo dancin' in my house, Hose, and
no hcker," said Tom. with emphasis.
I'm a deacon in the Baptist church.
I used to be young and as good look
in as you, my boy, but I've done with
them things. You're goin' to take my
little gal now. l want you to quit
your foolishness and be man.
II will. Tom. | will. She is the
prettiest. sweetest little thing in this
world, and, to tell you the truth, I'm
goin' to settle down right now to the
hardest work ever did in my life
"That's the way to talk. my boy"
said Tom, putting his hand on Hoses
shoulder You'll have enough to do
these hard times to make a livin'."
They made handsome picture in
that humble home, as they stood there
hn 1t1n Tha AZ
was trembling from head to foot with
fright. Hose was trying to look grave
md dignifed, and grinning in spite of
himself whenever he looked into the
face of his blushing mate. The mother
was standing near, her face full of
pride in her daughters beauty and
happiness, her heart all a-quiver with
the memories of her own wedding day
seventeen years before Tom was
thinking Of the morrow, when he
would be turned out of his ahome, and
his eyes filed with tears.
The Rev. John Durham had pro-
bounced them man and wife and hur-
ried away to see some people who
were sick. The old fiddler was doing
his best. Hose and his bride were
shaking hands with their friends, and
the boys were trying to tease the
bridegroom with hoary old jokes.
Suddenly a black shadow fell across
the doorway. The fiddle ceased, and
every eye was turned to the door. The
burly figure Of a big negro trooper
from company stationed in the town
stood before them. His face was in
bread grin, and his eyes bloodshot
with whisky. He brought his musket
down ON the floor with a bang.
"N1y frien's, rs sorry ter disturb yer,
but has orders ter search dis house,"
"Show your ORDERS" said Tom, hob
bling before him.
"Well, dere's one un 'em!' he said,
still grinning as he cooked his gun
and presented it toward Tom. EN- eff
dat amt ennuf, dey's fifteen mo-
stan'in' roun' dis house. It's no use
ter make er fuss. Come on, boys!'
Before Tom could utter another word
of protest six more negro troopers,
laughing and nudging one another,
crowded into the room. Suddenly one
Of them threw a bucket of water in
the fireplace where pine knot blazed.
and two others Knocked out the can
dies.
There was a scuffle, the quick thud
Of heavy blows, and Hose Norman fell
to the floor senseless. piercing
scream rang from his bride as she
was seized in the arms of the negro
mr. nod III
her toward the door, surrounded by
the six seoundrels who had accom-
: panied him.
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~OM CAMPS daughter was now
in her sixteenth year, and as
plump and winsome lassie,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-10-28

face and would walk the floor. I could not lie down or sit still sometimes for a day and night at time. Twas ner- vous, had very little appetite, no ambi ton, melancholy. and often felt as though had not 8 friend in the world.
 "After I had tried most every fe- n,ale remedy first, without success, my mother-in-law advised me to take Lydia D. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- pound. did SO and gained in strength every day. I have now no trouble in any way and highly praise your medi- ,cine. It advertises itself. Mrs. s. T. 4uRLRY, Eldon, Missouri.
 Remember, the remedy which did this was Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For sale everywhere.
 It has helped thousands of women who have been troubled with displace- ments, inflammation, ,ulceration, tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing down feeling, indigestion, and nervous prostration, after all other means have failed Why don't you try it7
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"MARY'S LAMB.

The engagement of Dan MeGrath for the leading role in "AIary's Lamb" which comes to the Elks Theatre, Oe- tober 30th insures the success of the performance. Mr> MoGrath is not on ly a comedian of extraordinary tal- ents and decided personality but he is we'll trained singer as we'll, who finds in the several song numbers as signed to him in the piece of a fitting field for his vocal endowment. A real voice is one of the greatest assets that a comedian can have. and it is so rare to find one who can really sing that MT. McGrath should be hail.
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AT THE HOTELS

JEFFERSON-A Rowland, Hal Johnson. J. A. O'Neil, Ed Tallman and wife. Joe Seigle, New York: E. l.. Rhinehardt J. w. Baker. J. A. Wood. Little Rock: A. F. Rozier, A.. Lanaran. P. T. Cole, St Louis: E. l.. Andrews, Springfield, Mo; W. \. Wood, Polori. Mo-: C s Ellicott. Bal tiore; c. NJ. Stetson. Boston; Hal P. Hughes. Jackson; B. L. Harwood, C.. troit; w B. Eisily. Talulah, La.; Mrs. R S. Ray, Lake Village; Charles M. Love, Springfield, Texas; L. Freed man. Waco; c. R. Hutcheson, Mag nolia; John Ford, Memphis; Ben Ranch. Nashville, Tenn.
 PINES-Sol. L. Harris, Washing ton. D. O.; Dan c. Barstow, Kansas City; J. c. Bardall, Moundsville; {; Jett Dent, Clayton, Miss; J. P. Morgan, Dallas; R. R. Koen, H. R. Lewellyn, c. IS. Mccain. R. C.. Wilkins. J. H. Dunlap. Little Rock; G. $. Earlywine. England; L. Mosey, Philadelphia; A. B. Newman, M.- J.. Stein, Chicago; A. Lauson, W. l.. Goodwin, E.. A. Henry. j. NJ. Jones. St. Louis; Chas. A. Greinis, Miss Evelyn Surz, Miss Luna Leland. New York; Erwin McGill, Camden; A. E. Gibson, Toronto; C. F. Woodson, Ft. Worth.
 ARLINGTON-Wm. Biem and wife. Ft Smith; A. Boror, Little Rock; C. P. White, Chicago; T. s. Oliver. Hous- ton; John L. Camderson and wife, Hu- go R. w Wooster. Little Rock; s. F. Porter. Jonesboro H.. G. Atwood. England; w. T. Hamilton, Chicago: j: J. R. Sanders, Little Rock; S. s. Rhoads. New York: \. w. Gale. Little Rock; E. c. Reinisch. Stuttgart; J. O. E. Beck, Memphis L. B. Mcdonald, New York; E. Deane. Hot Springs; J. B. Noward; Jonesboro; s. E. Whute, Stuttgart; V. E. Rostoe and wife, New York; Estelle Goodman, Helen Gran ger. Indiana: P. H. Carter, Chicago; R. G. Galright, Chicago; Chas. A. Grimer. New York: J. P. Rennsealy. Stuttgart: E. A Grimm, T. l.. Irons, Little Rock.
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the home of Mir. and Mrs. R. o. Loving, No. 1910 Olive street, from heart failure. The woman entered the home huriedly calling for some one to help her, and Mrs. Loving hearing cries opened the door as the woman staggered up on the porch and into the hall, where she fell and died in few minutes.
 The dead woman was well known to many of Pine Bluffs citizens. having served many families in her capacity as nurse. and was, at the time of the sudden attack. en route to the home of Mr and Mrs. J. K. Parker No. 515 West Thirteenth avenue. where she was engaged in nursing Mrs Parker.
 She resided at No. 624 Poplar street, and was prominent member of several negro lodges and societies. and was considered a good woman by many of the white citizens. in whose homes she had attended the sick.
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NUNLEY ORDERED
 TO LEAVE THE CITY
Cotton Belt Brakeman Pays All Fines Assessed and Departs.-"Wife'
 Returns To Her Parents.

The three charges against Frank Nunley were reopeaed in the court of Magistrate J. A. Frazier yester- day morning and the fines in each of the three reduced from $100 each and cost, to $500 and cost for as- sault and battery and to $20 for illegal cohabitation, making a total of $94, which was paid. The thirty days sentence on the county farm. in the illegal cohabitation case. was suspended. In the afternoon a charge of pandering was tried before Magis- trate Frazier, at which the testi- mOny of the woman convinced the court that Nunley and the woman had been living together as man and wife only. and that phase being GOV cred by the illegal cohabitatiol charge. Nunley was given hours to leave the city. He purchased a ticket for Greenbrier, Tennessee. the home of his parents. yesterday after noon and left on the first train. The girl. whose name is Alice Kelly, she having married a man of that name 8 short time before leaving Green brier, Tennessee, with tNunley, will go to the home of her father, s. A. Harrison, at Beirne, Arkansas. The woman was married to Kelly in Kentucky three years ago. and in a few days afterwards, while spending their honeymoon at the home of Frank Nunley's parents at Green brier. Kelly deserted her. Nunley offered to secure her a divorce after which they would be married. but the girl states that each time she has urged Nu2ley to help her get a divorce he has offered some excuse. and she now believes that he never intendd to keep his promises to her A child was born to the couple at Beirne last March. who died soon afterward The couple have lived together as man and wife at Little Rock, Beirne. Texarkana, Memphis, Nashville, and Pine Bluff The woman will leave tomorrow for the home of her parents.
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The Family Cough Medicine

In every home there should be a bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery, ready fo- immediate use when any member of the family contracts a cold or cough. Prompt use will stop the spread of sickness. S. A. Stid, of Mason. Mich, writes: "My New Discovery as the best cough and cold medicine in the world. Two soc bottles cured me of pneumonia" Thousands of other families have been equally benefited and depend entirely upon Dr. Kings New Discovery to cure their coughs, colds, throat and lung troubles. Every dose helps. Price. soc and $1.00. All druggists. H. E. Backlen < Co, Philadelphia or
 St Louis.
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AT THE ORPHEO.

Mir. and Mrs. Gardner, who opened at the Orpheo theater last evening have an act that is far away from the regular vaudeville acts. Their act consists of some good jokes and their baseball monologue is very entertain ing. Mr. Gardner tries to explain the fine points of the game to Mrs. Gardner who is very hard to make understand. Mir. Gardner's roofing for the team is realistic to the extent that he makes one believe he is in the grandstand.
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ROBIN HOOD

Reginald de koyen, composer of Robin Hood was interviewed re- gently on the subject of comic operas.
 You have been quoted Mir. de Ko- ven, as saying that the Gilbert and Sullivan operas were the beginning of the retrograde movement which has resulted in our present day musical comedies"
 "I did say something like that"
 Isn't that rather a radical state ment?'
 No, don't think so." replied Mr. de koven, when l explain what I mean In the days of Strauss. Mill ocker, Dellinger. Planquette and Of fen bach. comic opera was we'll written and needed singers to interpret it. The low comedian was secondary consideration. Mind you I am not de- rying Gilbert and Sullivan. 1 think that Gilbert will take his place in history along with Shakespeare. as
 
 day: but England suffered at that time from not having any feminine comedians. consc 4uently the operas of Gilbert arG Sullivan were written to exploit malo coms-:san. anc were treated in a ImsL s,:r slightly bur1es- que In these days of musical shows, T Il the star. it is easy to be seen how this decadence has been natural. Hence we have the so-called musical comedies of the present, with the comedy predominating and little at tention paid to the music.
 Has your revival of Robin Hood been successful" he was asked.
 'So much so that we are making revival of Rob Roy this season. You see both these operas are built on the board lines of human sentiment hence they are always timely. It needs something more than cast of big names to make a successful re- vival. You must have something to revive and then you must cast it prop erly. Have the names if you may, but don't sacrifice beautiful song to a man or woman who is incapable of properly Interpreting it. The same applies to first productions. When Rob Roy was first produced nineteen years ago. there was not a name among the members of the company, but they were carefully picked to sing and play the parts they were cast for with the result that the opera ran for thirty eight weeks. rare thing in | those days. Some of them have made a name since then, however" Robin Hood" will be the attraction at Elks Theater, November 1th.