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White Han f A Ta!3 of the Early SstUsrs : cf Louisiana, V BY AUSTIN C. BURDICX I i CIIAPTKU XXI. Slowly an'l painfully drairgt-d away the hours 11 lid the duy to the poor sick wife In yew Orleans. Old l.o;pa wan very kind, and 80 was the physiiiuu. .Yet Ixuise hud a very severe Killings, nl a pint of the time she wait out of her hoad. Hut (.'rati mi Ily the delirium paaHi'd way. und she wan at length able to nit lip. Three weeks had (die lain thus re he could rise from her lied; but on the fourth week she was aide to walk about the room. It was at the close of the lourth week that her husband returned. "Have I boi'ii away luuser than you expected?' he asked. ' No," was the quiet reply, "for I've expected nothing about it." 'Ah! uttered Simi.n, with show of chn.nriii. "1 hare been too sli-k to expeut any thing," explained Louise. "Ol'' uttered the husband, more niilil Xj. "Yes I have been very ai -V. I even feared at one time I s.iould never tee you ncuin." There was something so iiiiuant In this that Simon was sure there was sareasni in It, but he chose not to expose his .doubts. "I, too, have been laid up," lie said, latter gazing into luV face lor some mo ments. '. "Ah how? I noticed your hand was a-olled in rat;. W'hut has happened? J lave you been fighting the wicked lu .dinns?" Agi'in Simon bit his lip, but he kept ca!ui. , "I have had a duel on your account." "Is it possible? How was it?" "'I heard you insulted most grossly, and I would not bear it." "You should not have borne It, at least, if you loved your wife. Uut who was it?" "Goupnrt St. Denis." Louise started. "Kxpluiu," she said, earnestly and eag erly. "lln! the name moves yon, does it?' "Why should it not? You know he was once a lover of mine." This open avowal, so frank and hon est, seemed to pieuse Lobois, and he went on lo explain: "No matter what was aald, but St. Denis struck me. Of course I challenged him. We (diose swords. Your father was lirescnt. lie would have stopped it if he .could, for he feared I should get hurt." "As you did," "Listen. We fenced awhile, and I found that the hoy was at uiy mercy. Twice I refused to press my point upon ills open bosom. Finally, when I saw that 'twould be downright murder for .me to kill him, I bade him put up his swonl. He asked ine for what for he .knew not that 1 only toyed with him. ''This is only boy's play,' said I. ' "llien Jui up your sword,' said he. I did so, anil just as my point touched tlio ground lie brought me a blow across the hand. What do you think of that?" "I'eihaps I ought not to speak my thoughts." "Surely you ought. What do you think of It?" "Well, then, I think you have told me very line story." "Eh 7 Do you doubt my word?" "Doubt you? Doubt the wbrd of Si mon Lobois? Ilelleve that my own hus limul could speak falsehood? Never, Si mon never!" Sharply the scamp looked into Louise's face, hut he could detect nothing there, save a calm, cool expression of utter sim plicity; yet he knew she was quizzing Jiim. "Hut you did not tell me how this all oanio out," she said. "What did you do after Uoupart had struck you on the hand?" "What could I do? My han.l was pow erless, I might have knocked him down with my left hand, but I spared him. He was beneath all notice, save that of. mere contempt." "Poor lioupart! Did he know how deep was your contempt for him?" "What mean you?" "Why, simply that you could have in flicted no worse punishment upon him than to have let him know that you held hi m in cunlempt. It must have nearly killed him:" "Look ye, my line girl, you are ventur ing on dunerous ground. Y'ou may Bay too much!" uttered Lobois, now showing Ills anger. Louise bowed her head a moment, and ,he seemed to think that her companion iBpoke the truth, for she quickly replied, ..after she looked up: "Kxcuse me pardon me. I have bt just recovered from a severe sickness, 4ind my first feelings were naturally those of joy and gladness, and yon know how often you and I have joked and pestered each other. We have often said very hard things in jest, und I have even pull ed your hair till you fairly cried with pain, iiud yet you never got provoked be fore." This was spoken so earnestly, and with so much apparent feeling, that Sim, .a was mollified In a moment. "Let it pass," he said; "only in future choose a light occasion for light conver sation. And now to something of more importance. When cau you be ready to go up the river?" "At any time," answered Louise. "Very well. I will see the physician this evening, and be governed somewhat .ly his advice." Shortly after this Lobois went out, and when he returned he reported that the doctor would 'come in the morning. So that night Louise was left with Loppa, jind on the next morning the doctor came, and with him ram the anxious husband. The former examined his patleut care fully, and he expressed the opinion that the wife should not undertake the jour jiey under a week at least. "Then I believe I shall go to Ulloxl. There is a ship ready to sail, and I have tome business to do there." IxMilse expressed her eutire willingness, o Simon resolved to go. In truth he was now expecting soon to be master of a Immense fortune, and be was prepar ing the way to put it to immediate use, his main object being to obtain a profita ble cargo to retain to France, whither he meant to take bis wife as soon as he could dispose of the few remaining ob stacles that stood in hi way. lfe start ed that very night for Hibixi, and his wife was once more left to the kind care of her sable attendant. A week passed away, and her husband came not. She had now so far regained her health that she could walk out in company with Loppa. and the rose was u II hack to her cheek. Another week passed, and she was well and just as she began to won lcr if anJiccidcnt had happened to her hus ba&u he made his appearance. That veiy day there was a barge to start up ihe river. New Orleans was all alarm and excitement. The garrison at Matches had been surprised by the Indians, an I nearly every soul murdered! Only six had escaped, and four of those had this very morning reached the town. Gov. Perier had sent messengers up to the plantations along on the river to put the French on ther guard; and now th s barge, full of soldiers, was about to start up to see if any assistame was required anywhere on the way, and in the mean time a council of ofiicers was to be held to deiermiiie what further should be done. Lolsiis gained passage for himself nn I wile, but they were forced to put up with such accommodations as the others had, save that a sheltered place was fix ed for Louise, near the stern, in consid eration of her recent illness. Of course the piiMS ige up, against the current, was slow, the heavy barge not making a headway of over three miles an hour, and stopping sometimes at the few plantations on the way, so that it was not until the morning of the fifth day that they reached the establishment of Itrion St. Julieu. But the captain of the boat concluded not to go up to the cha teau, so Simon and his wife were land ed at the month of Walnut river, and from thence they made their way up on foot. They had gained about half the dis tance when they were startled, on mak ing a turn upon the river's bank, by see ing a small canoe ahead with two In dians in it. "Why!" uttered Lobois, after, gazing upon the strnugo scene a few moments, "they are Natchez Indians. Do the vil lains mean harm here?" "Ilather a small party for that," said Louise; upon whose mind the sight of a Ntachez had not that peculiar cfiect that it had upon her companion's. "But we'll watch thein. Here let us keep further away from the bank, and then we can follow them, and not be seen. They surely mean to approach the house. Come, let's hasten, and we'll have tlieni captured. Of course they hud a hand in the dreadful massacre." Louise niiido no objection to this, and accordingly they took the cross path, ami ere long they renched the garden. Half way up the wide path they walked, and here they came to the closed gate of the barricade; hut a few loud calls from Si mon brought old Tony forth, and they were soon , withiu the enclosure. The faithful negro could nt first hardly believe his eyes. He gazed upon the "appera shun," as he afterwards called it, and finally a big tear rolled down his sable cheek, "Mam'selle Louise!" he gasped, extend ing his broad hands. "Bless heaven!" With glistening eyes she returned the faithful fellow's grasp and salutation, and. then bounded away towards the house, for she saw her father upon the piuzza; she waited not for her husband now. "Father!" The frantic parent caught his child to his bosom, and wirh streaming eyes he murmured his thanks, for in that mo ment of reunion he forgot the dark cloud that hung over his loved one. Before the old man had found his tongue Simon had reached the piazza. ".My father," he uttered, "forgive me if I am abrupt but you hnve heard of the dreadful massacre at Fort Itosalie?" "Yes." "Well, there nre two Natchez Indians making their way up here in a canoe. Perhaps they know not of our habitation. Let men be sent out at once to capture them, and wo will interrogate them, at least. That was enough for Tony, for he had followed Simon to the house, and heard this remark. Ever since the abduction of his young "mas'r and missus," he had longed to get hold of an Indian, and here was n chance. "Only two oh 'ura, d'ye say, Mas'r Si mon?" "That's nil, Tony." "I'll hab 'inn!" And with this the stout Afrle disappeared, and In a (cw moments more he had four stout companions at his heels on his way to the river. In the meantime, Simon followed the marquis and his child into the house, and when they reached the sitting room, they found St. Denis there. He looked up and saw the marquis; then he saw Simon Lobois, and then his eye rested upon that female form. He started to his feet and turned pale as death. That loved face was turned upon him; those soft eyes, now swimming in tears, were bent upon his own, and her mime dwelt upon his Hps. "My wife, Monsieur St. Penis," said Lobois, in malignant triumph. "O, my soul!" burst from the wretch ed man's lips, and covering his face with his hands, he sank back upon his chair. Ixmlse seemed upon the point of speak ing, but at that moment the tramp of feet and the sound of voices were, heard in the hall, and in a moment more the door was thrown unceremoniously open CHAPTER XXII. "Bless heaven!" cried old Tony, bound lllir into tlin hull nt n nHl.l linn ntlil nlnnt lug himself directly in the middle of the floor. "Wo's cotched 'um, mas'r we's ootehed um, on here dey am! , At this White Hand and Contrail came forward. Simon Lobois was tho first to recognize, beneath the Natcht garb and the walnut stain, the youth whom ho had hoped to destroy, and stilled cry broke from his lips, while hd turned mile and tremhled ilka an asoen The next to recognise the living truth was Louise, and with one bound the brother and sister were In eneS other' arms. Their stifled exclamations of joy awoke the parent to his senses, and in a moment more he hold them both upon his bosom. "My children," he cried, raising his streaming eyes to heaven, "O, how blest is this moment! Almost it makes m feel to bow in humble resignation to die dresdful blow that has beea inflicted up on me." r "Ix)uis. my desr boy," at this Juncture exclaimed Simon, baring now recovered bis presence of mind sufficiently to bide bis real emotions of fear and chagrin. "Dear Louis, let me 'welcome you back to our borne." And as ho spoke he advanced and ex tended his band. The youth gazed upon him a moment in slern silence. "Simon Lobois," he uttered, drawing proudly tip, "I did not think you would offer me that hand!" "How a eh?" gasped the wretch, turning pale again. "You should not thus reject the hand of your brother-in-law." White Hand started. "Brother-in-law!" he repented. "Are you mad?" , "No I am a husband." White Hand ' crossed over to where Louise stooil and took her by the hand. They whispered together a moment, and then the youth turned towards Simon. "Villain," he exclaimed, "you forced her to this!" "She consented to the marriage," re turned Simon, triumphantly. St. Denis sprang to his feet. He mov ed to Louise's side, and grasped her hand. "Louise," he said, in a broken voice. "tell me all; teii me if you gave this man your heart; for in the years of dark ness that shall follow this blow, it will afford a glimmer of light to know I um not all forgotten by my soul's idol." "(ioupart, he forced me to the mar riage 'Silence!" thundered ' Lobois. starting towards where the speaker stood. "Loii- ice, remember you are my wife, and as such I claim oberlience. Breathe another word of calumny on my bend und I'll make you (wish your tongue had b. en torn out by the roots ere you used it so. "Simon, you know you did for-e me to become your wife." At this moment St. Denis started up, and his dark eyes burning with tire, he said: 'Stand back, villain! Y'ou are her hus band, but dure to interfere now and I'll smite you as I would a venomous rep tile." "And I nm with you, Goupart," added White Hand, starting forward, .and clenching his fists. "Go on, sister." Simon Lobois gazed first upon St. Den is, and then upon the dark-skinned youth, mid he feared them. Then he looked to wards the aged parent, who stood with his hands to his eyes sobbing as though his poor heurt would break; and the vil lain evidently felt uucomfortuble. "I refused him nt first," continued the unfortunate one, "and told him I loved Goupart St. Denis. Then he told me he had seen my father's wealth accumulate under his care, and had looked on a part of it as belonging to him, and he would not now see another come In and snatch thut wealth away. He determined to have his share. I told him if. he forced me to become his wife I would beg of my father to give me not a sou. Then he swore if such a thing were done, he would make my life such a scene of tor ture I should pray for death to come and relieve me." . . "Liar!" hissed Simon. "No uo," calmly replied Louise; "I speak but truth." Then turning to her listeners: "But I refused to marry hun, and on the very uext night, after mid night, two stout men came and carried me away. 1 was weak and faint then, for I had but just recovered from sick ness. Y'et they carried me away nnl locked me in a dark prison house. They refused me both food and drink. There I came nigh famishing with hunger and thirst. At length the villain came to me; and when I begged for a drop of water he swore I should have none till I bnd promised to be his wife'! My mind was fluttering, and thirst made me frantic. I promised to be his wife! Then ho brought me bread and milk; he took me from the prison, and soon arrangements were made for the wedding. He had ob tained the consent of the colonial gov ernor, and we were married in the church, the governor himself being pres ent. When the priest put his questions to me, I was burning with fever, and a dreadful sickness was upon me. Yet my mind was not shaken. I promised to the best of my ululities to do all he had ask ed of me. Then we were pronounced man and wife, and I begged of him to hurry away, for I was faint and sick. 1 reached our home; the fever seized me, and raged for many weeks. Health came nt last, and I reached my father's house." (To be continued.) When the Roosters Crow, . The feelings of some honest folk from the country when they visit a large city have been very accurately described by a Chicago paper, and as this old farmer snys, there's very little difference be tween city and country If you only look for the things which they have in com mou. "I'm all right In Chicago If I can hear the roosters crow ouce In a while," said John, "but when I don't hear them I get pretty homesick, and want to hurry back to the old farm In Ford County. That's why I always pick out lodgings as close as I cau get to South Water street. "I come up here once In a while on business of my own, and I feel at-home well enough down at the stock-yards In the daytime, where the hogs grunt and the cattle bellow, but I'm lonesome at night when I can't hear the roosters. "I reckon If you was down on my farm a night or two, you'd be mighty glnd "to hear a street-ear gong, or a steamboat whistle, or a wagon clatter ing over the stones. When a fellow has heard a rooster crow about sunup every morning for forty years, he doesn't feel just right when he gets where there are no roosters. "You can talk all you please about your clean city and your 'city beautl ful,' as the newspapers call It, but I'd rather smell a clover field in this town when I'm lonesome than the sweetest flowers you've got on State street. "I recollect Parson Cross saying once, in a sermon, that a touch of nature makes the whole world kin. Somehow when I hear a rooster crow up here, or a sheep bleat, or get the smell of a stable, It makes me feel that Chicago people ain't so much' different from us on the farm, after all." Huylnar Cheap Fertilizer. Most of the troubles farmers have bad with commercial fertilizers were due to the fact that they paid high prices for articles of little or no value. To Illustrate: The analysis of a certain fertilizer for which the manufacturer asked $27.50 per ton was recently sent to the writer, and, taking the figures of per cent as given by the manufac turer as a basis, and deducting from them the proper per cent of the three plant foods, nitrogen, potash and phos phoric acid, we found the actual value of the fertilizer to be less than $14, bas ing our figures on the cost of the three Ingredients named In the open market Add to this the cost of mixing and bagging and the price might run up to a trifle over $14, leaving for the manufacturer and his selling agents n profit of over $10 per ton. It Is true that the mixture as submitted was what might be termed a low-grade fer tilizer, and it is doubtful If the analysis could.be relied upon to figure out the value mentioned. This Is but one evi dence of whnt farmers have to contend with In buying cheap fertilizers, and an argument In favor of buying the higher grades of cemmereial fertilizers, even at the advanced price, as well as a most forcible argument In favor of buying the Ingredients needed and do ing the mixing nt home. As a matter of fact we have paid for the valueless basis of fertilizers too long; and paid too much for It; it is time we learned what to buy and how to buy It to ad Tantage. Exchange. The New Garden Pea. The illustration shows a pea of com paratively recent Introduction, which has been tested by market gardeners In all sections of the country and found to be all that Is claimed for it. The variety seems to be well named "First of All." The peas are round with hard shell so that they may be planted when the frost is barely out of the ground and before it is safe to put In the wrinkled sorts. Its main good points as claimed by the introducer are the general excellence of the vari ety. Its heavy yield, size of pod and regularity of ripening It Is extremely early, the peas of good size, well filling the pod and the plant, while a strong A NK.W OAKDKN Pl'A. grower. Is dwurf. The flavor of the peas Is snid to be unsurpassed by any other variety. Those who grow pens for market will do well to make a test of this variety and see If It Is worthy. with them, of extended cultivation. Indlnuupolls News. The Par of Small T'nrms. Except in the far West the tendency is toward the small t'uruis. and it Is certainly n step la the right direction. in the Enst the majority of furms are under 100 acres, und lu many sec tions more money Is being uiiule from thirty ncres than 100. Particularly Is this the case where farms nre located near cities or large towns. This same state of affairs will gradually come about in the West as the population Increases. If one has large numbers of cows and horses, so that there is au abundance of fertilizer, and plenty of help to handle crops which can be sold at a profit there Is doubtless profit In the large farm, but where It comes to the choice between using the fertilizer for fifty acres, common sense teaches us that it would be best to put the fer tilizer and labor on the smaller area, even though the rest of the farm stood idle. Around some of the great cities of the country are truckers' farms, or, rather, gardens, where the land value Is high, on which are raised crops of greater value to the acre than are raised on ten acres of some of the large farms in the country. These plots are evidences of what can be done under the Intensive system of farming, which Is based on the principle of a small area well tilled. If one Is located near good markets It will certainly pay him to look into the subject of concentrat ing his energies on a small area. Good Valne in Hominy Crop. Hominy as used for human food rep resents the hard part of the corn kernel, The separation of the hulls, germ, and some of the gluten and starch, which Is said to be brought about solely by the aid of machinery and steam, con stltutes what Is known as hominy meal or chop, and is really the soft part of the corn kernel. Considerable of this material Is at the present time being sold in New England. The experiment station at Amherst, Mass., has recently made a collection of a number of sam ples, and Prof. T. B. Lindsay writes that the material Is kiln dried and con tains several per cent lees water than cornmeal. nearly two per ceut more protein, and four or five per cent more fat - Experiments have shown It to bave about ten per cent greater feeding value than cornmeaL It can generality be bought for less money than the lat ter, and it Is worthy the attention of feeders, who find It necessary to use starchy feeds. Massachusetts Ploughman. Handy Device for Gardener. Here Is a bandy device which may be readily rinde at home, and one that will be thoroughly appreciated by market gardeners who have large quantities of vegetables to prepare for market The device consists of a box open at both end. made of boards a foot long and of any desired width. These boards are used to make the sides and the bottom as shown In the lower part of the cut To one side board is screwed a section of nn old scythe blade, the edge being sharpen ed so that it will cut readily. Across the top of both side boards, lu the center, cut a slit about an inch deep. Lay the string in these cuts and place the vegetables to be bunched on it until the string touches the bottom of the box. When the bunch Is of the desired size tie It with the string and then bring Hie string in contact with the edge of the scythe blade attached to the side board. The work can be done in this way quickly and the bundles will be neatly mid firmly tied. The device costs but a few minutes of time and will pay for Itself many times over during the season. P!nntinsc Corn. Planting com' lu drlls nnd in hills Is practiced, and each method lias Its strong supporters. The experiment stations, however, find no difference lu yield in favor of either method, so this leaves the farmer free to do the thing that suits Li I tn best Shallow covering of seed is especially advantageous dur ing the early spring while the ground Is cool. Later, deep planting may be followed with good germination. Al most every corn grower recommends planting the seed in a furrow, whether It be the bills or in drills. If a fresh furrow Is opened nnd the seed buried In it, germiniitlou is quickened. Then at the first cultivation the line earth is sifted around the stalks that grow a little below the surface of the seed bed. The distance between stalks or the number of grains to be placed In a hill depends upon the variety of corn to be grown and upon the fertility of the bind. If a small variety of corn is planted It will grow more stalky to maturity thnu will a large variety. Again. If the ground Is rich It will pro duce a greater number of stalks than Will an equal nrea of laud almost ex hausted of Its. fertility. If the fiiriner will be sure to thin his corn, thick planting followed by thinning is not only the safest plan to get n good stand, but by proper thinning the stalks are distributed much mere even ly over the area. If. however, there Is danger of tienlectlnq: the thinning oat of unnecessary stalks, then do not plant more than the ground will bear. If ears are the chief n!iu plant in drills from eighteen to twenty-two . Inches npnrt. or three stalks lu a hill three and a tin If feet upnrt. if fodder and com both are wanted, plant In drills twelve to fourteen inches apart, and four stalks in the hill. Should Feed Grain. Farmers who keep young animals on fodder and other rough food during the winter. In order to save grain, will lose valuable time. It Is cheaper to feed grain and force the young stock, so as to have them come out in the spring as far advanced ns possible. The ex perienced breeders of cattle make their profit by endeavoring to secure the most growth in the shortest time, and they do not overlook the winter months or depend upon pasturage In summer. To feed only rough food will save grain, but the young animals will remain at a standstill, and the growth that should be made during the winter will be lost To fall to push them the first winter may compel the feeding of them a year longer, which would add to the expense and lessen the profit. Ihe Fees In Karty Sprint;. In looking over colonies early In the spring choose a warm, sunshiny day, and be careful not to chill the brood by long exposure. If you open a hive, know Just what you want, and do it expeditiously, and close up the hive again. If you have the bees packed In chaff, do not be In a hurry to remove the packing, as the bees spread the brood and arrange matters for the tem perature the packing gives, and should you remove the pncklng too early some brood may be chilled and the colony cannot make headway as rapidly. The Host and the Karth. There Is an affinity between the hog and the earth that shouud not be Ig nored. Floors are all right to feed on. but hogs confined on floors are In an unnatural position and will not do well. Floors are especially repugnant to brood sows both before and after far rowing. But remember that mud is worse than a hard floor. Hogs should have a bed on dry earth to sleep on, and they ran do very well without mud at any time. nc3 - DEVICE FOB GARDEN-ICRS. Waltluc lr laatractlaa, , : A mistress told her maid, Betsy, that che mast not always do things on her own responsibility, but first ask: permission. The next day BeUy walk ed into the parlor, and said politely: "Please, madam, the cat 1 busy eat ing up the duck In the pantry; must I drive her away or notT" Tlt-BiU. Practical Admonition. Old Dr. Grtmshaw (to medical stu dent) And now, remember that to a physician humanity is divided into two classes. ! Student And what are they, doctor? I Old Dr. Grlmshaw The poor whom he cures and the rich whom be doctors. I Tit-Bits. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CUBID B loca apo'.ications, as they cannot reach to dtK&ked portion oi the esr. Thire i only one way tocuredoainess, and that 1 by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flsmed condition ot t'.ie mucouB lining ol tha Eustachian Tube. When this tuba gets In flamf.l vou have a rumbling sound or tinper (ect hearing, aud when it is entirely closed deaiuess is the result, and unless the innamma. tlon can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out ot ten arecausedby camrrh, which is nothing but an inflame- eondlilonot the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Deiiiucss feaneed by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send tor circulars, free. . P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a Bold by DrapgiFta, 75o ii all's Family mis are the best. Mis Query' She Do I really love you, Cholly? Why, I'd sooner be miserable with you tbnn haopy with some other fellow. He But are you sure you won find some other chap that you'd sooner be miserable with? Rattraps Better Than Cats. It Is better to rely upon the 'trap for catching rata than upon the cat. Pussy is, easily inoculated with any transmis sible disorder, and the rat onen has on hand, as It were, the very complaint that may touch pussy's vital parts and render her in the household the most dangerous of all disease breeders. THE THREE (HANTS. The largest financial institutions In the world are the three great Life In mi ranee Companies oi New York, often called "The Three Giants." During 19T2 the combined increase in amount of insurance in force In Oregon lu these three companies was ?-l,1'J9.00. Dnrinsr the same time the Penn Mutual, of Philadelphia, made an Increase of l,(Wt,12.-.00. There are no"! roaann for the popularity of the Penn Mutual: send for free copyrighted booklet, "How and Why." Sherman & Harmon, general agents, Marquaui building, Portland, Oregon. Salted Popcorn. Salted popcorn is prepared in tie same way as salted almonds or pea nuts. 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