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tw fHB mO&Wm '-^3fe^B"FiRB(3P>- ' ,mmmm IjM* V , ,r i"'i To ti (Jnutinui. Owintf to An fivi')ijj)it, we) pY( i uim\ on tho part of thu firm from whom thin copy- rifChtod utory iy ruirulmuou, n portion of ohnpturH 7 uud ft wnt, amittod hint wetdc. In dof to rondm- the n:ory mtnllii.iiilr, wn .no aak to tlio obinmimiicmentof aim pi -r "jml tho Qiiuttod pnrtiomi follow in piojn rarJer.. ---Mm FllKl". PltUHII.] cnATTr.it vir. A vimv gun.T i'ahtV. ' "Do I know t]ifi:R'*j iil'^^nvir?'1 'gfl^ilpeaTaw Wii'TjIrs. IturrnwH, a matron m> youtu: and pretty that one could seo at a (,dnne.e that; tho honey moon had not yet reached it/Ovnno. *'\Vliy, (it cour: o I do, mid if you'd taken the iron bit! to read my ]ettorn $ on would have discovered that I con dder Mrs. 1'osant tho ipu,te too MveeteM thiamin tin*-way of widows I ovov s;iw or re.id about." "Wli.it, tho men an1 thinking of to let hoi* wear her weedi. ho loiuf I'm sure I .don't know. If J. won- a mini '* "Whhdi, thank pnndnoss, you're not," a manly voice interrupted, "Tho f;ut is, Mark, homebody onoe told Flos-do tJ>,rt tbej*^ is a strong resemblance be tween bet* "and Mrs Ilesant,-and over since she*s~dono nothing but rave about her iiorfectionB." "Oh,. Hurry Tluxrnw.i, yon wicked story-toller," the little lady Hashed in- Oi^nanfly. "I only wi:.h r~Were like jlra. licsant. Kow, Mark, 'don't pay any attontion to his interruptions I do know thin lady very wellMnnd I think her an near perfection an it 'is -possible) j for woman to bp. She miprht bo a little too old lor you she doesn't look half her n*je and, oh, wouldn't it uc-'nice, if *' A roar of laughter from her InisbaTTd" interrupted, tho current of her rtunarks. "Well," ho cried, "if that isn't the boldest flight of feminine imagination I ever listened to! .Why, Mark, Mrs. Ilenant is forty, if she ia a day, and- *mtieh too Ronsiblo n'woraan to 'er^eour- ngo "a flirtation with'a man, younger than lien'elf, ~evon if you were i-prix with her undeniable charjns." "Now this comoa of visiting a pair of fcpoonf* like you two," Henderson said, "wTttniSKumcd regret. "1 e'tifo not mALix simplO question about a^ neighbor, but olT you ily into the realms of romance and mntrimnny. + Soo, I didn't even ask nffer'the widow--;it, all I .said Mr He- flunt.s, as plain r.-i I could speak. Now, -do you think _\ uii e.m j ome down from your .-.tift-s kin'*- enough to t*4i' me who the 1'csanNnre*?**- __ . 'Hut, .Murk," thero are n0~ Th-Kints but Olrd. BosMit," Mrs. Bin-rows plerMNi. "She i.s a whine,- with soine moans," her hu* b"nd e\-;'l,)i*. -A, "\\holivi-i in the bo'-t Imtihi- in tin- \ I'Li^i*, and i-i dt- cidedly f/ ' povs'>iT t>i t'n* ]>hice. as you will iindmit bei iv youjuut' b^en hen; very "lou;^. Sho bus "only one ehild, a f,oiif wlio i-, now l'i ivoriiur hhn.sMf with g'lory on the 1 t:it t ,t--iiu.*Kls.*' "V.s," Ib-'Kle-'^m r.it-errnpted. ."I Kpent the evenhi^ with him a few nights ajrtj at Sedalla." , "AVhat!11 51 rs. IJurrows eiacul^d. " You have been all n'njht in the house and runer tidd ut> this. Wliy, .Mrtj. llt- sant will Jie wild to see 3'ou. (Jet ready to f^o v.'ith me at one", sir, or I .shalL-J never bp for^-iy1 *n i< 'rjii..'"'rl j^-^j^^*7^ ofijeHr;** l-utJiKs'-h' .deehired Pr. Burrows. "Marl; is an imalid and Ida way tbroup;h tho vilhifje/und well Uiey mijfht fea'.t their rycH on ldu (ral- lautll^ure; for Meltonhur^ 'wan one of tlntiio delightfully primitlvt: vllhi^er.,' U'Jiero, If you had an vt'if for liroakf'tst, tlioro wrm not an old maid In thy plueo who'did not know whieh etui/>( mi had broken il at before dintie/ (lino, and eoti',e<|Uently Mark'n arrival had been heralded from _Wuso 1o house. His dojj^y-Tr.Tods had Ihhmi earned en jj^^vinjr.; nf prossi]i from llivside to nrn .0-,'and the patriot it; editorof tin1 Weekly Adver.tl^-.r had primed them with a d uiMv-leaded deseri^iou of the jrlonoiis'eavalry uluuyc at. Springfield "in wlfleh the bruthfr-iii-litw of. oin' lalented fellow eiti/i'ii. Dr. Itui row:.," l.t.Hv ; o ho'th-u part. ,^say, nul huh' an h'liVi'./- ", Die new edition oi ilie ] :i]ter 'i "' (' '.a < a! v i!'. t' e anmii'inee:aent I ( 1 'u.l "'! ni' hi'io of 4!nH>at- t a" a .id ^'.. . MuriMWi, 11 i pro- d to "iv- him a pulilio rei ';,hon be- ' n-1' iVeslr laiii'ei ., ' i pi -ee of in I'oun'i' ii hi w iiii'h .M.'i'h'-. si iter reli.'dnii Ay ]: ] t out of his t. it. i-ir s'ae felt are if lie s-iw it hr ' he ini t ) !\i\ ton by the first So lae \ 'ill "..- fill. n ran t.> their drtoi-s'tn fa/e ti'tor , 'ie jia .-ed, men ; >t In \\ A <ai I In .}l: - to disens i hi-, .i :*I I 11 In ir- id move than oik e I i" ht'le hi>ys a f> -'He. eaefr, whlehuas > mi- i i tie D ) V ' for \\ )0 chubby white ihich uml uurHii^*' it ui- foel'.onntely. "The repose of thin quiet I".pot mnKt he very unothIf.r after the turmoil of buttle womule"!, too, they tell me you've been. Well, uh ma t.ayn, wo'vts much to bo thankful for in this Vale of tears." "Vet. I don't feel pnrtioularly /,'rnto- fnl for ii bulletin my shoulder-blade," Marie ludd, abruptly, di;.en|niKKUf his hand .from the minister's (p-usp. "Ah, no. Itless me, no. T didn't menu that at nil;'but do lot me intro duce you to my sweet younu; friend (i'ruoi; ISi-enUvood," and with an air of proprietor hip he tonic the s/ildhn' ; "ro* - the room and made him Known \j> Ii . Hrent wood, with us' nii:'.-li smii.'Mi'o'kI ; ;-. though h hud been f...adiar wit lr Ih. > ymiuir iH'r.sim from (jbll " >* ,. A f'-w hours laler Mark heaul liim lallcin 'o' Mrs. ]' an, fri'-ed Kate bester," uird v oiu'eret. \'d,ai there v, :is in tie i lei iee I profe - li.ii. \\. me linn .i .sideu . ii: , .o fl 1 Ii'* ,;e I by i ueir ohU'V). rt 11 a -tons le.w 1bey \,n .Id havi -1't *r ben a rid oa.r-M 1 lu-m. wi i" o i" i rerl crowd"! selve . ' ' t *ue rural iw ]ii>.a -v. illi :, h'e.fi, ..aad-shake, but he kept, ri'di!, o;i t - i,\y ,in.Tin street'til! In* reached th ' -".kn <"de of the Walnut Ilou-e, \\ 1 ere he wa -. lost to the jm. ut- Uii'-ers. A iT'Ut maid senaiar. ell hluslies a.nd_ fi nr -Wii nil !h* b- (.lea-"d l'i die. would call lar JVi ij - '"^ " ' lii . v. if.'" Ijuet^ pvo, u'i(. ,m sit-, l. \V- ::-ee'ai'r the pout on hey/1-d; "Mut I'll -1 vbm* propn- . .y, 'd 1o ^u-e ' e- , i ii- .' od and lii , ) t.il . |j,i;" i v' \ I :- : il- llV. III! | n'a.,'j'i( d to I t 11' i j *'. i a s ' V i '* "I'M mi ,1 ! oiu \\\ ly ,*' ! it i .e I ly's n-'ei^- Kid j.-t 1 i on ihe ' (dee r v "eoMimis- e>- t t call .and indive to honor them "with their " I ""dn*f dpro to -uy that 'fink's tins morn- h" v. idow tU> ' t hi., interrupt- in ; mv' i'a i n .e ])M |Mi.Uioiii for sup per :i i ar.ny ollleer, my dear bo;, -- . > \ a1'.: v ai're ibere you ean just let ill'* \\< iu\ ii- ti-i "! \ our illfnrih.l- tinui'-.v, ,i i-'u-i'M be li-trin^Uh- todeath th' ' w '.-. it all,'1 the volatile 'lit.' _ t ,'t ' d. "Ana tV.i nieee do you know any thiiiff about herV'^ "(m, i ->'\'\',(,: *' *be i1'. a ladv who was vlsl| nvr i s a^'o, v.-l: '"'i.T i.i"! at the Itri1:'! .v- > ! . u hen t ' fn not atjjd - * 'd j.-okiiv- and ratb"r yu -e not a "Hit-v-Jar._* bat, as Bhe 11 1> v[i to Iw^yoa^tuipaekin^, yon mny i"'dy mi haMriiT the fair ""widow all toyonr.Ielf." ' * 'Henderson wns a fine, handsome fol low, with n dint i'i,c:mshod military brar- in'>r, undhaihoften h"en the cynosure of admiring .eyes on t)io parade-ground nud in tho drawing-room, but he had, liover known wlvat it was to ha- yfarcd jit as ho wtiii by the papinp; rustiea on w.. at h'Ui \\:A\: ri;lt iu. and a Jill it re' -.. ***.!..rk had time In notion th" p-otly i lino'iie; t nf Vs- im )ai. vhi-.di bore .i many 11 jet , -, ,e in uk r si * :inl 'i.( * sii'S, i 'Km' - il: * a i i jotil i , before hi hostess made her appearance. \Vk, Mis 1%'sant was decidedly hand some, he tleelared to himsidf, as she swept into the room with a tfraea of movement so faseinatin^ in beautiful women. Thero was a charm of man ner ab'oilt her, too, whieh put him lit, his e ise before In* bad been live minutes in her presence, and, oh! what a welcome she_jr,'lVo him, when she found that he 4.."1 peerl a boon companion of her boy. :i iu- she ]<j.uled him villi rrjiestions; 'i'iiv slie reveled in Uie stories of her bov's a tventnres on the battle-field; ao^ her eoloi'-came and went as be told 'he tales of hair-breadth oscapiss; how -.a eiinnin'.-'ly led him i'm to describe ti -"d i" u. r'.. eaode <f life, his iriends, ii i dm ' to 1.1a -v. by. I 'in * %ped on "A it !i llymi,' .-. ia ,- ror ,M, rlc loved to talk' in pretty .'. lOt-'ii and it Aiis msH'ly live o'e!*.)ek '< -ore ho lnid the triaee to take Jii. asuV. ' 'Jlnt T must introduce you to my nieee befmv \ju tfu," the widow h.tid, ua he btuud liat in huud. - >No, pray, Mrs. Besant, don't disturb her. I really luhst be ffoinff l-'lossie will be thinking I have" fainted by tho wayside," antl the youn^ man hurried away, eager t^ |'k<.-ijirj nca^o, who was "not at all good 'oo!cin;r and rather passe." Iinainne his chagrin then, when, as: he turned to fasten the -j-arden-gato, he haw .Mrs. Hesant, who ba 1 follower! him niton the veraada, standing v..Ui hen itan emln'aeuig. the wai.st of^ the pret tiest g'nd M jrk Ilenjli'r-.ou had c\er-ven in his lift --ueh a \\ um of .j'outhf'il loveliues . that he >,toud f >v the niument !i,.a U ..* 1 and to third: that, if he had n.iy kjiov.n, he mi'dit, have evjor' [ 'bi/etwo pndtv *i-. omnito his siM *r's boa e. ^V 11, he'd pay I'lossie out f.-i1 !'. l.iye.l hnn, eu^ how, ' ,i .' t-i't 'j"'..' -p. hi rd e' o,-ry b (11 iee '. ueh breaches of tie, n|\ a . lie railed it, 1 am , "uul lent all.'* 1 1 lie i . ; i.nii became fast friends, and'\>hen be told her delicious lit tie anecdotes of J 'rank's bravery and general heroism, you may be sure he / I i, by thti jrracioiiH oomumt of the ItuheH worn wm in the full oiijnyuient 6f tlie irutfruuir whkL . "I don't HuppOMi ' brother Ferry fjuiolu'ii," Harry Uiirrnws.oxpluitied. , ."I'm mne hd doe'-m't," -Miaa .Uulh (nnapp^d. "Ills ma v-'ouldu't lot him?' Ity, mid by tliey"drlted Into more ho- rloim ' Conversation, and Mrn. llewmt explained a plan she had endured of en- tablishhi/r a womim'fi worltinK'elnh for th.e preparation of necessai'te'i and com forts for the soldicm, appealing to Mark IIendcron for snfrm'M.iorifj, which she ueiH'pted with an air of deference tlpit was very jp'atifyin/r to the ymmff man, who had a llatb-rhifr opinion of "hiu own. judgment, iiudlilcvd, a*i we all do, to \m com idered an authority. s k Then all t^io noon they went homo, and Flossie forthwith bi'jruit to eute- ehiso her brother, who.( seeiiu*d in no wise lehictiint to gratify her eurloHity. "Well, Murk, ' what do you think of my prelly widow?" &m- lie I' luirinnig. JfV *ff~ fv V.' -"-"K. j v'-3*'-"* ' J- *- -*'^SSja&*r*!%TJ!ikiBPB* **&i F""-'^' - " neclyfpr jK _-/t,"- ' *jytJ!*S'i.f H'",1 ' I ' '"<n." n unl'f.lvrr'lnm'.l. % such (.fill"'I"" -! '< I bii(>ur \'.h>.<\, >w. Tin .. I utt nui i .irt] ptcauiit "And (Jr.sa* r.rentwooil',"' "ITetlyas a peach. Itnt MIkh Tjoster is t he we, lest, loveliest irlrl 1 ever mot in all iny life." Oh!" ' > ' It was all his sister said, but tho little moifthj/liable expressed a volume. r i sT-Ii ~y<r&fr_ * w u^-^ '.i- rf im was A 'gkntm:, ovmtaitowN youxo MAN. * lid'iutt lose fiivor *m her eyes, which litei'.nh shore with grat iiiealion. 1'lieu he hid the deli fhu'ul piivi'.ege of lead- -.'. ICate bestj-i- in to sunpi.r and sit I ing U - ide her, IJeautiful! Widl, he knew not whioh to admire most, the prettiiiess el her face or the piquancy of her man ner. Miss Ruth Bat on the other side of him 'ut the table, and took perhaps a little more than her share of the soldier's at tention at least so thought Miss Les ter, if one could judge frmaher look's. The conversation was general and of nfliirsp ni"'.* tnp v-i tn i*'r.'e stirring days no two or three could "gather to/etlier without drifting into the thrill "rig channels of that prolific subject. Tnis person and that known to the party personally or by hearsay were mentioned and their act ions dis- e.i is"d, I'Yank Hesant, oi eotir. e, eom- iiW,r in for_ more than his share of the / eneml -interest, when .Mi>s iiuth [)i*o- pounded a quest i. m w Inch seemed to cause, fi little lluttcr amouj^ the p.tr- sonage party. ifJii'Ai'Tr.i: vnr. 1'iiltl Mif.j'l.'.flV. Meanwhile .how fared it with Frank Jlesarit and the gallant, boys of the 1 i ; iii,.* i-'onrth'.' "S'ou may 1h; assured ! ,..t \\wy were in bilging in no quiet Itt'e i t . l li.na i'it her l lie stern realities of the t ohd h dd. the d..liters, privation-- and mi lorn s ot t Jiost: whose trade i:i war. But before 1 resume tho thread of my tory I me f Li-espa.s-on my read er':-, patience, \. Idle we take a passing /dan -e at the cbe, ,-biMrd mi which thi i :-t upej'd ,u _ ,,;i . f,f liuinail slaugh ter was bei i nhi\'ed. 1 billet k bad so .ceded Fremont as ("'nminnnder-Lii.i hiel' ol .tlie Department of the .Missouri, with head<{uartors at St. bonis. This d"partm nt was divided into sev eral di triets, ot which we !u'. e pt'inei- ] pally todo Vtitli too e of *M.'ain>," under command of dcneral dr.uit, and ,'(>hio," under Ituell. Ntiw the t'onfederato . held that Ken tucky n.it ur/l!\ b do..-ed tit t !i"m, and the d.tw ii or I il: <:: e, t hem \\ it h a line of for',. i.'.i'i inn , d< i and In id by -' -i <<\ ; inen" , ('ohii i' i' l*oi I 11 'iji'(t, on I hu (dsTjil \\\, ' j ilk the ' "Si.vrhnul. s>pri]< ' It' n. i. ,*l 11, e '. i in t m \ )i > J bs . tf rai. p: rts I \t-,i\N . i* Ils.ry and \'\r,~t Don 'son, the 'Mi1 -r, ia! the ki y'i to .SijuLhern ',' !'i'K ' y !Oirl 1'e'iIH SSIV, "1 * tllCse ; -ii ;. m s 1 hat State di'taehihoiits- proin-r j 1 if ' M. " b'pi, I'enne ,ii'", 1 y. i 1 Jon- . d> lafd* by )., ndj < n 1' to.' ..g (Ireen, ;iiil M'le nd (lap, '] ne ci ,t- .unl ll/irilllr Hi i .irt] pi i l!i ,m 'i 1'^iifid ic promote A hc.lhhyiK.lUii m( d-c , ." , iLji nt w*ul.eii IlkepUUi If your tmiW' * i "s A-a s ou ac<-ri tliem., mi- Ml . mi -i milk p .n an ol 111' 1 wi I "DitiNK xvkuv nitoi- ov rr." p/routest Ironblo wa*i the constant de mand they made on linn for castor-oil, whi"h (hey mod to such ;m extent that he he in to think it, uas their National beverag s THo* truth leuked out at last: the follows' grea.M'd their shoes with it. Manyaiaan would liave got i*i i s .ion ou making such n di .civ- ery. but not ko Billy. He just bblejl hi; 1 iin and when one day, n bi", hulking ' In ought a foiir-onnee phial to he Ihliy wan as mild as mot in*r" -. with him. 'Vou say you h;i in the bade, mvman. which a fev hi , i ill relieve- V' lie ;i ik'"l l!ir o itieiiL. 'Howly Mother!* I . ; Muit it's b< .ul- I d , ilile ' a.' Ihll i n I th" rich, eie.iiny, ; dd- n ' t'1*, "4i.be ,-,, , jietmalcuig o>'r *. uh his pis/", when up fh *v tho ii ,e| n-' i hand clute'd" * the butt, of a rovoh^ r as big as a in .il cannun, its pint' iin" b invl poinle I ' r;-i -hi at the \ i t hn's In ad: '.Not : n .- sb p,' the d I >r i oared, 'bri" < ' i ry dr.et> of it mm 1 U" spot, or I'll bio k- tin; roof of yo.ir head otf!' ***<i billy had no mure calls for castor-oil." A roar oi Lie -\*i r i -wnniett I lie nar- nifoi:, which ' '-'iee a-d by the hasty advent of an i m'erly. \, lio -.aid: "h. IjieutciianL Itesant here, gentle- 111011'.'" "Here I am," eiied Frank, stepping fo:v..vrd. *^Vlmt i it'" v,U\ you take a ill'- .' ru * i , i a jL ' i I he pie, c ' he, 1 !i ei'ceic 'e i 1 re tn f,'."" .'l'i i.s'ii.1 i ohiee."' tjuicJv as ^ou can, mi', if yuii I Ic e." ------ ^2^5^ BtiX AT axd. ^^II<; moiti4. rCAM'T DUGT DAT tlAtHUSH KOUQW. It CiiUC VMM A.D-AJVCS' Noi You Cannot Beat The FOR VALUE. Our $8 Single Harness, Qur SSQ Single Haniess, Our Heavy Truck Harness, ^ For laimluranm, tila? OurGsner9! Purpose Hames 7 (a'i'iLrnionr Uiio.fito. h-jigh Grade Bug^vE'smess, Lia;!jf Driving Team Harness Und Many Other Lines. T keep a Fmo Am-ottrnont oi eOBESiRUGS, DLANKETS Wlup'i, Comhfi, lirushrn, und'othor A,r|,iclmj of Jiomo Furuihhm^h, itui ; dd you *-o, ','.' jo \: i. a -r. ^ e, ': i-.., hor ,," ni'itic :1 ibns At auil.sih' ,"' d I ) t t l - 1 he OF THE BEST. A call' holiuseri. il -(F)- il M 1f d VI. : vi ru en _ _J li -JSC. U ere t .;i;e,Ji i ,:\ while .%;- untenable. X(av, while our hero was on the ma rid i to joint ieneral lJueU*s command, preparations were made /or this mo- iU"ULous, enterprise, and its execution was intrusted to tieneral (Irani, who oft "the liOth of January miTveu irom J Cairo with a force of seventeen thou- yon were with Frank UosniU, hear any tbinir of a \ oune man named dames Law sou'.'" she- asked In' r military neijfhhor. 't'hon: was a lull in the eonversat ion, so the question u a.s painfully distinct. JJofore he could reply Mr. 'Taioin -JVr- ry stretched his ionf,1* ia ei: forw ard, and speaking across the table bepnn: ' .Ma ^iys .she has li'eartl that James Law.son i, " "I wa,s not asking \vha1 your ma said, brother 'Kerry," _M iss knth snapped, . .sevtM'uif,'. ^'Nuw, perhaps, you'll allow Captain Henderson tu answer my ques tion/' " ' Mark r< ' lie-'1 hi * retnr it hi- m t o li ad marm, i i' Mlied. with sand men, assured of the co-operation of Commodore Foote, in command of a f'oiilla of tfim-hriats. '1'he idea was for the fleet to reduce the fort, while ('rant out off the ret real by land, butCo-ifcd -rate Ueneral Tihl- man, seeing frt*m the first that resist ance was useless, sent his garrison of three thousi-nd men to Kort DoncKon, \ and noiiiinally held h'ort ITenry with a handful of brave defender!-.,- wlio, of coni-ie. after a fee We resistance, bur- rend 'red. ('rant and Koote then turned their at tentions to I-'ort Donelson. And all this time the boys of the I-'ourth were leisurely making their way to Ihudl, impi ded however by small engagements with tin1 enemy and* eonsUiUtly exposctl to irritating attacks of guerrillas. On 1 he nijrht of the Oth of J-\d^rimry rthe regiment was iu camp nt least the TioyT u ere bivouae!:i'e- ,'.round such scanty lircs as t.h^ ; .1 edifc lied cluir- aeter of the bru hv.'oo 1 ami rott'-n In *;s I ley bad ^atln i* d permitted. Jty this inn', you mu >t know, liiey bad j^me ih' < <'j,!i so much suJTerin*f and seen !i . a m often shed, Ih'ii their cheeks u i ' iir^r Id inched at thought of death, nor then* s-n.>c rev'ilted at -1'~I*. 1, < i i;ap- i.e- wound or ghastly corpse, a J ley .-.re "old soldiers' now veterans in . II ll 't ;.e,L|'S. (hitU* -..'indward side nf one Kmnhl- er.u;'* In a_> of smokin;1* brush a little / it herctl. The surrounding's were inisentblc enou^h, hut not all tho wret<-hedness of s'-nc ;i i'1'e'..ijr] could j-e};.'*,-, t i_* r- ':)< i I a- li , ()*1 r MWI 1 ii d Sail : I id M* u lire, v, hile'*;i/T 'Vhli'a1 h-*d a l.'*d -n\ I ir him, and th.....it i y s'ood rest 'n ou his musket :md ;r:i/in^ at the. paiuiul ..ecne. I!tiside t hem was u hor,e, whoie hau;^- j-iiitf-J.il^td to in be;i,vi[|^j|auks told of hard usafj-e. *\Vhi> ii it, doctor?" 1'i'unk aske'd, [ anviously.__ *'A cavalry man entail to pieecs-r-but we mu .t j.yet, him into lield hospital a:> quicldy as po-'dide. .)h\ ltere"':? a disp-alch I towk from him. i'dh.-\rd work t*> pet it, jioor boy,'he eluUdied it sn tightly, J jfuess you'd better hurry oi? with it to the Colonel and leuve your men to help me in with him," a piece of advice which Frank promptly acted on. As Colonel Kulton tore open the blood stained missive his eyes Hashed and the color mounted to his cheek. "Ity heav en," he said, "thts is glorious news. VVe are ordered to reinforce Iirant at Fort Donelson. Order taps to he beaten and all lights out in the camp; for the boys must have some (deep before they take the road ayaia." On the evouiii^of the 12th of Febru- -nr^ the Fifjhtiny Fourth, \y,< aided s* itU a Ion,7 day's march over swamps and brushwood, joined the Union forces, now increased to thirty thousand men. The fort itself, ocoupvjny itbuut one hundred acres, stood on a Mult a hun- dved feet hiyh, with sbxty-five yuns threatening1 approach by the river, but elmo..t unprotected from the landsitle, save for the inaccessible ru^edness of t]io pronud and tho heavy trees which had been felled, and which proved to be formidable alxitis. Already Grant had made an un-.ueeossful attack upon a batt"ry eouun indin^a road upon which he v. es tn i "' I j movy, Di;;, vdin iiinimj,' thi tliousands who A I'll; i i.nd Vrvtt'il CCiil *.' 'J'li s it. in v 1,1,1 - aii'i i:i h-im'"| Tako mini> en li' iu. y.u iiai> IiuVl iotir hub) fat, lniKhinf4 mid happy, if you tjivu it Kcott'a Kmulhion.* Jl-il.ii tuHtu it bin.- uroam. " The fliagara Falls JSoute." OQINfl HAHT TuliiiiR effect Nov. 18th, IH9*. ||'.HM:X Wuoiliiiuo,.. Coiuljer . , Hitlur.tint'n. St Tlionoiu a m. 7.-.'! Khecx......... Mjiulbsaio CioiiH ... I'ultnu . ... Windsor ............ 3Iit.il (i.rn. Hi:t H.w h li) !I.W) n.ifi fiOINO WKflT. "TiJip. ft. 111. XI..11 !t.5."i lay i to rest that nif'ht before the ;o ,it ions nf tho* ' \ i "it. lad-, wli > '. ' ,' i at IS. ". in n n. i i ! .< \. i ' ' n't! : t nl ;. ri iv;i 1 in the pi i "I u anti d to be i "'. il I i 'airy whi- \ ejvd i Ma j ,: ii,i ~,t una II ', a the fellow," b I ,11", bllt e .1 ' i;i t , x 1, li ' M.li! I'm afraid you'll lind him an awful -bore." llev. T.iibin .Ferry came up nt that moment for an hit roduetion to the hero of the evening. He was a fe-:Ule, ovor- frown *v ounjc man, who wou- f.;hi s-. ,'Tiil ill i.aied perp'linilly * Vu.1 timoi i a1 .phrases from his li]*s; little scrap-- ol devotional expressions that weie never intended to pass as colloquial ruri'eney in common eouVersafion a-? ditVerent a man from tins bi^-heai led, brnad-prin- cipletl, seliohirly Jo.-,i;ih 'llrentwood as it Vi'as po- silile to conceive. Moreover, he was tin.' only son of a wMow, who had titd hnn to her Jipron-stria;;-. from t lie t inie he was a little lad,. following him toeollou'e, and never Jettiim* him oi^of her si. ht for am ire than a few. hour.-, in h . v, hbh' life, an<l tho yeim^ urin hrul become so imbued v.lth this in.'lernal solicitude that lie dra >1 h\mother's sentiinenl > into every thou ;ht i: uttered, tij, Mark Henderson**, h>- len'ie di.^ru^t. o..p.'cially wheii he hstrned afterwards that tho mamma was a selilsh, vulvar old body, who took every cent of her hon's enrniiiMs and made him wait on her huud and tout. '.Tin ko plad to meet you, Captain Henderson,1' thoyoiuip; minister pushed, tnkintr Murk's- brawny hand in both hifi e ' (if hi^U- ... >" v \ it the i ut. J e '( h'- 1. et 1..-0 he .was a a step i c I \ V > \ -, r ' I : .. !. - is- e .,"l ii t. ' i l -bow deli..ni!(1)1 i '1 Iier ind 1 lien f 1! , "i :'", el' si ..appose ij on the 1 aider of rank." "Y m sn-'e) / don't pie-m n tall, uTm* du ly fellow with lij, ht hair and ey-. that look two*ways,at once ah, yes, I think liesant did .ay In* emno fr-om the. same place he did well, if that is the man yon allude to, ,.Miss Ih'etitwnod, 1 did sec him the very ni',rht be|<jre 1 left the camp. 11" was Vfnil 'private still, M^iss llutli so fall, that a corporals' ffuard was bust 1 in;- k'-n id? to th", caboose." A i;ent:r;.l k.u' h greeted this unhappy leininNceneo, anjl from that moment Capt.dn Henderson-sank many de^reeH below zero in M^iss^Th-eutwoad'a Cbtima- tion. Xotwithstandin;*- this HftM qontrc- temp, they spent a most delightful even ing, to vy'iieU .Mark Henderson's mind (olen wandered iu t!ie lone hours by Hie camp-fire, wil'i Mat" koster's fiweet. fnee as the erownin;;' et nter-pieco of the whole ik li'rhtful reilectton. 'Alter suppe.r no enjoyed a cliarrnlnff talk with tlje two yoiinj-f ladies, which, way only interrupted at nine o'clock, wdien Kev. Lubin' came to bid them ood-ni<rht, as mu didn't approve of his keeping late hours. When hef wan J>ono TTnrry Hurrowa brought-for fcli r.oinu excellent el tf urn and Mr. lirentwood and the younffer men "inn*" ,/iiIi as miu. h e-v'iilaiM- re t'i u ;. . *' '" * 'h th \v had 'aii a f u my, i\ <'h s.' Iu, a'roof j.nd a Waste, of pet. *' '.'", \> \\ .," said on* w'th a laucrh, pointinff to a tall, elo; \:-',\ ijmri;, reeed- 11-'*-aiaon*"the treus 'Hh d*e fr; >es Hilly Mu\ unties v, .ill Ids 1 -ols under his :,i'ii some poor fellow's in for a knifing." Vet no more humane in;in ever prac ticed the healing art that William baunders, who whs loved by the boys none the less sincerely because-they1 joked about, him had Onion himself east his lot with them, he would have had to run the gauntlet of their boister ous wit; for from Colonel to drnmmer- boy not one was there whn-so name was not perverted to soinerou^h 'oubritpu t. "Xa, Hilly's_ a brOthof a boy/'j.ael anoiher. knocIcing* the ashes_out oi his pipe. "Did you ever hear how he served the Irish navy, when we were in 'uutnp at St'dulia?" "iN'o, what did ho do?" came in a chorus. "Why, thorn were a score of laborer?*,. onz/n^etl in maldu;'1 a road to the uunrp, -bilC* roilj>h- fellows, not" hvjifif out from - the eld country. Hilly had the job of, doetorinff .them, which, what with f bridges from drunken rows and a mu touch of affile, that hauntiitl the place just then, was no sinecure. But Ujlly'n doom *d iurt will ever Cor/et its misery? As tlte pj mi 1 iy un the bare 'rr -t"id wit h -at tent s. without fires, mu>i v, wilnout even blankets,'a criit I storia > i Gleet and snow'swept over them and tho thermometer fell to 1J dejicj^ above zero, while ;omo ol th poor wounded heroes lite illy Iron) to death on their iey re dlr.'-- d/.ees. Neat day tho b title wa .resumed with alternate su'jee.s.s and failure. Iu the afternoon the-deufeninj? can nonade of the fort tfims told them that Foote'a g-im-boats were already in ad vance. At four okdoek Fran1: fnuid liim .'d" in command^of his conio'ny, for. hi,*. Captain Was wouadeu I bil bch carried to tint rear. T'dee fey h Ci charged, and onoe arrain lu; v.m . r..'lj- iny them, v.dn-n a idiarp voLo cried in tone of command; ' a.m. h it* HM) 7 5* 7 |7 V.'Ili 1 Ml 7 i i."i I'. Y, l> .'ii' ii 11 r. ii) i; *ii i,\'J> I'lai p til. lI.J'i ii ai "Jt 1 (V, Rill) . .r-iniIiictoii iiul Wuitluor. 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Rinifdiik, (,tl( 'r :l t'l.Hot ipoi ill ' '.he i t ,\iu al, Cliicm.o,* ki V. O Slinitiiti, ('L.J it I'juFfj? , L. E. *& D, Ru Ry. ti*IMJ'i'rA]ibKNO.i7,tnldni* u if or t on Momlay, j Nov. 0(', Ib'.H. Truinii rim by Vantom Rtuutl- ard Tinjo. Dnilv except Suudiiy '"4 A St A If o as 1100 O.Jia 1MB 0.JHI 11 25 ii is ii,:w :*it) 0.27 'l-IJU 0.44 "Jlult, sir! Hive your men breathing' !J[;J}J;Jg jj'J1 1 time. Do you not .see that your Hue #& liioi) 12 OS 7.011 notimiftofn....!-.- . ,K {;;!;,?:!? r Turning v. Uh-impatience at the re-(iij^7| 1.01' 7.en j. MI.I5 10.'r "Ijnlco, lie now a mm _w;th a r'flliep E%ht, uno;runly fljeiuv v.' h ; l"'r!| hah and uudre-.s nuiform. lieh.-.ec, not LlteU -that ho wns.f"azinn;at that :>on of des tiny, Ulysses CJ-rant. 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