TOMORROW.
; wait," he cries, "but a llttl longer."
? SPOUnK eye" el" win with holy are.
And man.. throuKh me, Kha.ll trow purer.
stronjrer: . ' .
My word shall echo, my deeds inspire.
It ttfta man's veul from-lea weight of sorrow;
Tue Uood. the Beaut-; 1 dream and plan
-Thore comes tomorrow, and then tomorrow.
And yet tomorrow, and 1 a man." , ,
By the cliff whence the waves their gray uioom
: borrow .
Th iWMtMf Wi ...:...t E-..t . :
cvuum lay.
Am muruiured: Tomorrow!' Tomorrow! To-
Was there a thrill as of mucking laagbter.
Sounding long after.
And dying away?
iiuirmw:
Tbe swift years speeit and his life is lluty;
Ah, the old time light in the eyes is dead:
"i am faithful still to my dream of Beauty: "
Tomorrow, tomorrow is mine!" he said.
By Uie cliff whence 1 l waves their gray gloom
borrow
The sweetest of nwMt voiced Echoes lay.
And murmured: "Tomorrow is mine! Tomor
row!" , . .
Was there a thrill as of mocking laughter
Sounding long after.
And dying awayr
The swift years speed and the light is failing.
Thedini eyes turn to the misty west:
Xkw white head flroM.-and he stands bewail
ing. - -
Earth's wearied, dejected, disheartened
guest.
Too late!" There will be no morrow's greet
ing Of my grand, great Work bnt the ruined
shell: ,
I haw always dreamed, a the years were fleet
ing : ., .
"There is ;yet . to-morrow!" The dark night
fell.' .
By the cliff whence the waves their gray gloom
'. borrow y
The sweetext of sweet voiced Echoes lay;
"There is yet to-morrow!" she echoed. "To
morrow!" Was there a thrill as or tender sadness. ,t
Changing to gladness.
And dying away?
Charlotte W. Thurston inOverland Monthly.
j MACK'S ESCAPE.
In the town in which I live there is an
old frontiersman whom every one calls
Squire Mack." In the early days he
'went to California, and had many curi
ous adventures there which he delights
in recounting:.
At the breaking out of the civil war
he wan making shingles near some min
im? town in the Sierra Nevada. The
news from home filled him with patriot
ic fire, and with several comrades he
. turned his face eastward and travel
ed as rapidly as possible toward the
"States."
Arriving at Salt Lake City, he learned
that Indians had been raiding the trail
ahead, firing upou wagon trains and
burning express and stage stations.
This news disheartened his i-mnTianinna
who resolved to stop at Salt Lake City
'until the trouble was over.
Not so with Mack.' Hn wu rf th
m of men who are bound to go through
. wueu mey nave Degun a thing. He
pressed on. taking his chances, on the
"Cherokee trail."
Alack had been a wagonmaster along
mis irau. ana Knew the ground well.
He had heard that the India
ing about Ureen river, but he knew that
crossing or the trail over this
stream he had a good friend in the per
son of Bat Lavigne. an old French Cana
dian trader who lived here.
Lavigne had a great deal of influence
auoDg me surrounding tribes of Utes
Uintabs. Cheyennes and Arapahoes. He
was married to an Arapaho woman, and
wan reckoned a member of that tribe.
He must Ihj aware of the movements of
the Indians.
So Mack, riding an excellent cayuse
and leading a irood sized nark '
poshed boldly on to trreen river cross
iug auu orougnt up at Bat Aavigne's
adobe dwelling one evening at sundown.
Lavigne made him welcome heartily.
The trader told him that a big war
party of Arapahoes had "mixed medi
cine" at Grreeu river two days before,
and had set out from there upon an. ex
pedition to the east. He had been with
them during the powwow, but did not
know whether they had "excepted white
blood" in mixing their medicine or not.
If they had not. the trail would be ex
tremely dangerous.
But there were no other-. Indians to be
feared at present, he said, if one kept
straight upon the old Cherokee trail,
which pated over a line of neutral
ground between the mountain tribes. If
the Arapahoes were again to go plun
dering and killing whites, jis they had
done a few weeks before, they would
keep to this trail to avoid other enemies.
.Mack's strong desire to get forward
upon the way home got the better of his
prudence, and he again took the trail
eastward.
At about noon on the third day ho
came upon the smoldering, ruins . of -an
old freight or way station.
Mack knew very well, from certain
signs which he saw in the neighborhood,
that the building had been fired by In
dians. If people had been living in it
they had probably been, killed or taken
prisoners. . ' ; ;. . v
Whither the Indians had gone Mack
could. not determine. The ground was
bard and baked, and no tracks of any
sort could be discovered, but the party
could not be far distant
Mack , picketed his animals among
some sage brush near at hand, and ate
his noon lunch while considering whether
it was best to go back or go ahead. He
, . had now no doubt that the building had
been burned by the Arapahoes, and that
they had not "excepted white blood" in
making up their protective medicine.
As he sat in this meditative mood the
traveler, happening to cast his eyes
back wpon the trail over which he had
come, saw two horsemen leading pack
animals and riding toward him at a
gallop. '
They proved to be young men who
were on their way home to Tennessee.
They had heard of Mack at Lavigne's
three days before, and had been trying
to overtake him.
They,, too, were on their way east
ward to take part in the great struggle
then going, forward: but they intended
to join the southern army, while he was
going to join the Union forces.
'Partner," said one of the southern
ers, "let's stick together and fight to- j
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gether , throuli .this hor Indi !in ffiiiin.
try. and after we get home we'll fight
eacn otner. - ...
"All right." said Mack;, "it's agreed,
Northerners is northerners and south
erners-is sontherners.r but. Injina is
pizen. I .: i j ;
So these - deadly nemies ' o,f the near
ruture went .on together, comrades in
aanger. ivyery man of the three was
equipped" with a stout muzzle loading
jnne and a large'Colt s revolver.
'..-Thev set out together on th tr-iiil 'iVil
had advanced but a few miles from the
U ...i . -s -
iMirneu Bunion wnen mey sighted a
squad of mounted Indians, who had just
broken camp at a' mountain spring lm
. side the trail. They were several hun
dred yards in advance when they were
discovered, and were just riding out of
the. depression which . gave rise to the
spring.
On account of his lony experience in
the country Mack had leen given the
leadership by the Tennesseeans. He
came to a halt and told his companion
to .get off their , horses, hoping they
. might possibly escape notice: but even
while they were dismounting . the In
dians caught- sight of them, and wheel
ing their ponies about came back at a
gallop straight down the trail. They
spread out in a sort f fan shape as they
came, and Mack counted twenty-six.
"Wit ready for business, boys," said
he quietly. "BehiHd 'your horses, re
volvers bandy, and rifles across saddles!1
The Indians came on at a reckless pace
until within' about- a hundred yards,
when Mack, stepping out from tehind
his horse, shouted and motioned them
back.
lhey pulled np suddenly. One of
them slipped from his pony, and hand
ing the rein and his gun to a comrade
came forward on foot, gorgeous in a col
ored blanket, a white slouch hat stuck
with ravens' feathers, and a variety of
brilliant paints daubed upon his face
and breast. -
He Was a big fellow and walked with
a swinging stride.
"How! how!" said he. as he halted a
few paces distant and grinned . hideous
ly through his paints.
"How do you do?" answered Mack.
"What do you want?"
The Indian shook his head in token
that he did not understand English.
"Hablan ustedes Espanol?" (Do you
speak Spanish?) asked the Indian.
Mack, who had picked np a smattering
of Spanish, answered that he did. In
this tongue the Indian asked where they
were going.
Mack answered that they were going
home to the land where the sun rose.
and asked in turn what the chief for
such the Indian undoubtedly
wanted.
, The Arapaho told him if the white
men would surrender their horses, mules,
guns and ammunition they might keep
their blankets and go on. and he would
not let his warriors molest them.
c or repiy juacK indicated, partly in
Spanish and partly by gestures, that tho
Indians might have the ammunition
through the muzzles of the guns and
the weapons and animals after their
owners were dead.
At this the Indian grinned, and tried
to turu the matter off as a joke. He then
asked if Mack and his nartv wero rrm-na
to camp at Big Medicine springs that
uigm. anu upon oeing tola that they
were, said that his canin was Oiata. n-nl
that he and his braves would keep the
wime men company.
But the white men might, he said,
travel in advance, since in this WHAT f-V0
would escape the dust the Indians' horses
would make.
Mack declined this courteous offer, but
told the ludian that he and his- compan
ions would follow. Thev did tint in i v A
traveling.iu the dust at all, especially
an mere was no oust on the sun baked
plain. -
The Arapaho laughed again, "mighty
onpleasant." as one of the Tennesseeans
put it. and wheeling almnt strode back
to his men.
After a moment's conversation with
tnem he sprang into his saddle, and
with a beckoning motion to the white
men headed' his cavalcade back upon
me trail. ' ,
Mack's companions looked at him in
quiringly. - f
"We've got to follow, boys." he told
them. "There's no use bucking agin it.
If we turn tail now we're goners. Our
only hope is to go on with 'eni fearlessly
and camp not far from 'em tonight and
then trnst to darkness to get away from
em." ' .
Without a moment's hesitation they
mounted and followed the Arapahoes.
who joggeil along at a dog trot.
All that afternoon .the three whites
rode close lehind the ItuHh
and laughing with an unconcern which
mey ui not teei. DUt winch undoubtedly
did much to render the
certain of 6u twitting and capturing or
amiug me utile party at their leisure.
Big Medicine was reached about sun
down. The chief had spoken truly with
regard to his cainp. for there were
twelve or fifteen lodges near the springs
on the lower slope of the hill near the
base of - which the water came to the
surface.,
As they rode down to the snrinas th
chief droDDed back and as kerf M as.)r
where he would camp. Mack told him
thev would tiicket their
the sagebrush on the side of the hill
uuuve me spring. . xins seemed to satis
fy the Indian: he turned n.wa.v nrwl rnAa
with the others down to their camp.
Alter watering their animals and
bringing a pailful from the springs the
white men moved np the side hill some
200 yards above and picketed their ani
mals in a little depression out of sight of
the Indian camn. A sentinel
whom they could see posted upon a rock
upon toe opposite oiuit. had them in full
view. .
'Now. bovs." said Mack to h
panions after they had lighted a fire,
"git out vour Dutch oven and I'll H
out mine and my self raisin flower, and
wnue you lane the hatchets and -ut
big lot of sagebrush for a bonfire I'll
mix and bake bread enough to last uf
three days.-
Then after that's done well eat a big
supper and .light a his fire, and .behind
the blaze of it we'll crawl to our horses
and get out of these diggin's. ItH take
. us three days or three nights to reach
Fort Collins, and those fellows 11 fol
low us clean through unless we can
dodge them somewhere on the trail."
. In three hours everything was in read
iness for departure". "No Indians had
ventured near them. Evidently": the
Indians were trying to throw the white
men off their guard by a show of indif
ference. It had grown quite dark. Mack re
solved to trust in a not unfamiliar ruse.
He first allowed the tire to sink low, and
thea gathered a quantity of sagebrush
and wrapped it up in three of their ex
tra blankets. -
These bundles were- then placed near
the tire so that they should look at a dis
tance, like the figures of men squatted
before the blaze. .
Then Mack and his comrades piled on
brush until the flames leaped high; and
behind this blaze they crept away to the
horses, mounted them, and leading the
repacked mules rode straight up the side
hill until out of range of the firelight. "
They then turned and rode several
miles parallel with the trail, guiding
their course by faintly seen stars. By
and by they struck into the trail and
urged their animals forward. They
had heard no. sound of Indians in pur
suit. Before daylight they turned off and
rode about four miles to the left, where
they hid their animals in a little pocket
which had grass and water and betook
themselves to a quaking-asp thicket near
at hand- for rest. and. by turns, for
sleep. Here they proposed to remain
all day and to go, on again at night. One
of them kept guard at the edge of the
thicket, overlooking the route and the
surrounding country.
Late in the afternoon a squad of In
dians were discerned in the distance
looking for their trail. Crowded behind
tufts of buffalo grass, they watched this
band closely and anxiously. .
At sundown a signal fire about three
miles away announced that their tracks
had been discovered. But it would yet
be an hour or more before the Indians
would overtake the little party.
a.s soon as it grew dark enough to
cover their retreat, Mack and his com
panions started. They crossed the trail,
and rode until midnight on the other
side. Then they crossed back again,
rode two miles- out to the left and
camped until daylight.
Rising again, they took the trail di
rect, and rode at as rapid a pace as theii
animals could be expected to sustain.
Mack thought they had gained a lead
during the niCrht which wrmld
impossible for the Indians to come nr
"AT- .1 I , , . ... . .
wiin tnenir out at aoout 10 o'clock they
discovered a eritmaJ fire nmn n. Kill r.nt
more than a mile off at the left and
somewhat m advance of them.
The building of this fire was proof
that the Dartv ahead
that the mruu body of the Indians was
behind. Mack kept his men to the trail,
and they urged their animals forward.
All that day they rode, but the In
dians who were signaling kept steadily
in advance of them. During the day
they counted no less than seventeen fires,
all built at a great distance from the
trail; out during all the time not an
Arapaho was seen. '
That night, when their horses and
mules were almost exhausted, the white
men made out the dim forms of two
mountains a few miles in advance.
Mack knew that these marked the pas
sage of the trail out upon the open
plains, within a three or four hours' ride
of Fo. Collins. Hidden in the mo&th
of a canyon they escaped observation.
They rested and fed their horses, took
food aud before daylight were again in
the saddle. -
"If we have any trouble it will come
in the pass between the mountains."
Mack told his comrades. "If we don't
run agaiust a party of 'em there, we're
out of the woods. If we do. it'll take a
good bunch of 'em to clean us out, for
there's no cover only open ground."
As they rode into the pass they saw
five Indians in the distance, seated upon
their horses near the trail. These were
undoubtedly the scouts, who, riding the
swiftest ponies in their band, had kept
ahead and were now stationed in the
pass hoping to hold the white men in
check until others of their party came
up., . ,
"Nothin to do but brush 'em one side,
boys." said Mack.
Tightening their girths and looking to
their weapons, the little party charged
forward at a stiff gallop.
The Indians slipped off their horses
and. made a show of standing their
ground: but as the white riten pressed
straignt on and came nearly within rifle
shot they lost their courage and fled.
Five hours later Mack and the Ten
nesseeans were in Fort Collins, where a
strong detachment ' of regular troops
was stationed. : ,
The Tennesseeans looked queerly 'at
Mack as thev rnffft nn tsi tho fort Tkt,
seemed to be satisfied with his look,. and
said notning. .Nor did Mack say any?
thing to the officers at the post concern-
inST his COmnaninna -rerMkllinria infim.
tions. Frank Welles Calkins in Youth's
txnnpamon. - - - .-
Couldn't Bear Hlui.
An English rector, in an agricultural
narish. found his
able enough to his congregation, but not
those of his assistant. "Why don't you
come to hear Mr. Jones?" he said to the
leading farmer; "he's an excellent fel-
iow, ana preacnes rar better tnan I do.
"That mav be. sir." was tho trratra
joinder: "but we've been inquiring and
inquiring aoout your curate, and we
can't find as he's got any property; and
we don't like to be told of our sins by a
person as hasn't got no property." San
c rantasco Argonaut.
A Gentle Hint.
Sheridan trave rather a. shrewd inti
mation to a spinster who insisted upon
accompanying him in a walk after a
summer shower: ' -
"If has cleared nn ennnirh tnr nn
madam, bnt not enough for two." New
ion nome journal.
. No Flowers at His FuoersL
Owen Meredith's (Lord Lytton's) coffin
was borne to the grave without a blos
som to decorate, its pall according to the
direction of Lady LyrtoiC who said that'
her husband . had requested that not so
much "as tie tiniest, vinler. ri-r Vc omnn
est rosebud" should be' used abbut his'
bier. "What, in heaven 6 name, have
poor flowers done to' be condemned to
serve such a' horrid purpose as being
consigned to vaults and graves? I like a
sad looking funeral," was a frequent
saying of the poet's, and his funeral
ce."emony was indeed a gloomy ' one.
Exchange. '
Wang Cliee's Coat of Mail.
- When a Chinese highbinder, named
Wong Chee, who had been arrested for
vagrancy, was stripped in the city prison
recently, a coat of mail was found around
his body. It . was a tight fitting armor,
made of a double thickness of intei woven
steel links, and : it weighed twenty-two
pounds. Experts say that no pistol bullet
ever made would penetrate the armor,
and when tested the links turned a rifle
ball from its course. San Francisco Ex
aminer. ' : - . -
- : r - Heavy Damages. " -A
poor .citizen of Nassau, N. Y., sued
a rich neighbor to recover . damages for
the attack of the latter's small dog,
which he maintained was' a "snapping,
snarling, vicious brute." In answer the
defendant maintained - that the canine
was a "great pet and of gentle nature,"
but he lost his case and must pay $1,000
damages. Philadelphia Ledger.
Forbidden Words in Russia.
It is forbidden to use the words
"hunger" or "tannic" in Kazan. Russia.
Nevertheless, the iij : in the streets
would draw tears fi-o.u the manliest eye.
Cor. London Standard.
women.
The tension ade: :cso'Tr--mcr. m , i-.-.-.i.
aelios, ii.C-ifciPt.'O;! u.i-.l i:'.rvo:. -uouMes. 1'uey
- . ... .13 , m
cgprabla rarsapuriiia is the i.:y bowel r gii-la-.iag
preparatiou, yotl can wc v.hy it la more
effective Ibau any otber' Scrsaparilla in those
trouble It is da:i? rcl";cv:-.iS hunOrds. Tbc
notion in uii!;l, direct aud cfTtcJive. We have
cores oi" k-tttrs from grateful joiueii.
We refer to a few;
Nervous debility, Mrs. J. Barren, f 12 7lh St., 5. P.
Nervous debility, M.Fred. Loy. S.7 KlIisSL.S.F.
General debility,. Mrs. Beldrn. 510 Mason Bt,' S.F,
Kcrvciis debility, Mrs. J. Lamphere, 735 Turk St.
p. r .
Nervous debility, Mies K. Rosenblum. 2C2 17th
5t., .S. F.
Stomach troubles, Mrs. K. L. Wbeaton, 7W Post
tit., S. F.
Sick lieaJncl;rs, Mrs. M. B. Price, 16 Prospect
Place, S. F.
Sick headaches, Mrs. M. Fowler, S27 Ellis St,S.F.
IndjgertioB, Mrs. C. D. Stuart, 1221 Mission St.!
Coustipatioo, Mr-. C. Mel via, 126 Kearny St.. S.F.
fliYc Vegetable
UJ dSarsaparilla
Most modern, ' most effective, largest bottle.
Ss-me price, J1.00 or 6 for 5.0a
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY
. THE DAIXES. OREGON.
LK GRIPPE
cure:
By using S. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and S.
n. Cough Cure as directed for colds." Thuy were
STJOOESSI'TJIjIj'V .
used two years ago during the Iji Grippe epi
aemic, and very tlutteriiifr testimonials of t heir
power over that disease are at band. Manuf aet
uredbytheS. li. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Dufur,
Oregon. For sale by all druggists. ,
A Severe Law.
The English peo
ple look more closely
to the genaineneai
of these staples than
we do. In fuct, they
have a law under
-? which . they make
seizures and de
stroy adulterated
.;" products that are
not what they ore represented to be. Under
this statute thousands of pounds tea have
been burned because of their wholesale odul-
teralion.
Tea, by the way, Is one of the most notori
. ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not
, aloncare the bright, shiny greeu teas artifl
.. cially colored, but thous ands of pounds of
subitilr.ftei for tea leaves axe used to swell
the buiicpf cheap tea.; ash, sloe, and willow
leaves beins those most commonly used.
Again," sweeping3 Yr.nu tea warehouses are
colored and sold as t a. Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tea-houses are kept,
dried, and maucovcrund find their way Into
the cheap teas-. - " '
; 'The English government atrempts to stamp
.'his out by eoutlsi-ailu; but no tea Is too
poor for urtui the result is, that probably
the poorest tcasukod by any nation are those
cousumed in America.
Beech's Tea is nrMAntiut with K
J it is nncoiorea ana unadulterated;
in fact, the sun-curea tea leaf pure and stm
pie. "Its purity insures superior 'strength,
about one third less of it being required fot
an infusion than of the a-1ifleial teas, and its
fragrance and exquisite flavor Is at once ap
. parent. It will be a revelation to yon. In
order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed, it la sold only in pound packages
bearing this trade-mark :
BEECH? TEA
PureAs-Ghirdhood-
Price 60o per pownd, roj-aalet
X-osllo Butler's,
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