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As soou as he had gone Taliaferro
called a negro woman, and told her to
go to the lady's room and ask her (if
she had not gone to bed) to come to him,
as he had a communication to make.
Laura had no thought of taking off her
clothes. She was waiting for what
might happen. When she received the
major's message she went down to him
with a heart beating wildly.
"Madam," said the major deferential
ly, "your husband has gone."
"Where?" asked Lama, with a blanch
ed cheek.
"He walked away in the presence of
Captain Fitz Hugh, who would not de
tain him or inform me that he had gone
till he was obliged to do so."
Laura claRped her hands and mutely
breathed a blessing on the man who had
spared her husband for her sake.
"How long has he been gone?" she
asked.
"More than half an hour."
"Have you ordered his pursuit?"
"I have."
"And he has a start of"
"Thirty minutes."
"You'll never take him. He bears a
charmed life."
"And now, madam, what can I do for
you? My friend charged me to see that
you have every attention." . . "
"I will go on and join my mother.
"Tonight?"
"Tonight now
fc,tt
"Your phaetcn eha.r'-eit the donr in
a few minutes. You must accept my es
cort. There will be a guard besides."
"It is not necessary for you to go."
"I shall not permit you to go without
me."
"Orderly! Hey, orderly! The lady's
phaeton at once. And send for a cor
poral and six men."
In ten minutes Laura, Major Talia
ferro seated beside her, six stalwart
cavalry men in gray about her, was on
her way to join her mother.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE BAU. IS OPENED,
Mark knew the direction of the roads
leading from Anderson, and believed
that he could avoid the pickets. Making
his way over a space covered with bushes
and a low growth of timber, he struck
the road by which he had come that day
at a point beyond the vedette. Then
half a mile's run brought him, out of
breath, to a house. The occupants were
not asleep, and Mark succeeded by per
suasion and threats in getting a horse to
take him to Black's, promising to send
It back the next day with liberal pay for
its use.
He arrived at Slack's shortly before
midnight, and his horse fell exhausted
in the yard. Slack received him with a
shotgun pointed through the crack of
the door. Mark made himself known
and asked for his uniform and his arms.
Tbe old man got them for him, and tak
ing them to the stable Mark put them
on. Then he went to the stall where his
borse stood. The mare knew her master
when he threw his arms about her neck
and seemed as glad to see him as he was
to see her.
"Ah, Madge, my darlingl Once on
your back, old girl, and the devil may
catch me if he can."
He lost no time in putting the bit in
her mouth and strapping on the saddle.
Then, putting his foot in the leather cov
ered stirrup, he lifted himself into Mb
seat.
For the first moment in ten days Mark
felt the comfort of being in the saddle
with his arms about him.
A few steps took him out of the barn;
11 . j l:. (n
mm, IUI Ulli mn irjinco mciii 111 ui ;
rection from which he had approached
the place with Sonri, he rode away
among the trees. Before going a hun
dred yards he stopped and listened.
Some sound had caught his ear. It was
the gallop of horsemen. He waited,
dreading a neigh from his own borse,
which he patted to hold her attention.
The horsemen passed on down the road.
"Ride on, brave boys," said Mark; "if
you're after me, the faster you go in
that direction the better I'll like it."
In the light of the waning moon he
trampled over the shadows of leaves as
on a "crazy quilt." He crossed the He
quaUhie by the ford over which Souri
had guided him, and took care not to
head too far down the stream, as he had
done before. Then he crossed the creek
near the fallen log. He struck the road
by which he had left Jasper just south
of the fork at which Souri hail halted
him. Without hesitating a moment he
etrurk out at a brisk canter over the left
of the two roads the one leading to
Tracy City.
Mark had never experienced such sen
sation, as now. On his own fleet horse,
his carbine thing On his shoulder, his
pistol at his side, on the road to tne
Union camps, a wife whom he adored
to join him in ctse he should arrive
afely why should not the spirit within
ooqa
him fairly glow with "hope?
And never had the beautiful Madge
borne her rider with such evident ex
hilaration. Mark's feelings seemed to
be infused into her as she sped on, her
iron shoes dashing isparks from the
stones, far brighter than the light of
the waning moon glistening on the bar
rel of his carbine.
He reached Tracy at sunrise. He did
not dare to go through the place, so he
skirted it, and once above it rode along
the mountain plateau over a road lead
ing directly north. He was now familiar
with the country. Arriving at a place
called Johnston's, he struck off to the
right to Pnrdons, where two roads join,
leading from there to Altamont.
Mark struck the main stem a few hun
dreds yards from tlie junction. As he
rode up a slight rise on to the road, he
cast hia eye to the right. There, stand
ing at the fork, was a Confederate cav
alry vedette.
He saw Mark as soon as Mark saw
him. Shouting to the rest of the picket
post, he dashed forward.
"Now for it, Mudgot"
The animal knew by his tone that
there was work to be done, and although
she had been out since midnight she
began the race with vigor. On sped the
Union soldier, followed at a few hun
dred yards' distance by the Confederate,
and half a mile behind by several others
of lae.picket post. Mark was within
ranpe. but his pursuers did not care to
draw rein in order to fire, doubtless fear
ing that if they should fail to bring him
down by the bullet he would escape.
Madge did nobly, and had she not
been riding up a mountain side for three
or four hom-B would have easily dis
tanced her pursuers. As it was, the man
who followed first was gaining rapidly,
Mark knew that ho must either dispose
of this fellow or be taken. Coming to a
Blight bend in the road, he rode a hun
dred yards beyond to a place where his
pursuer must suddenly appear around
the trees. Keining in his horse, he faced
about and stood still with his carbine at
an aim. As soon as the man appeared
Mark fired.
The Confederate fell from, his saddle,
and his horse nisde olf into the woods.
Mark turned and was soon again fly
ing forward. He judged that he could
not be very far from the Union pickets
between him and Altamont. Looking
ahead ho saw a horseman standing in
the road. Whether he was Union or
Confederate he did not know, but there
was no way to escape the remainder of
his pursuers except by keeping right on
and trusting to meeting a friend. As he
rode on he noticed that the horseman
wore a forage cap. This looked, well,
for the Confederates nearly always wore
hats. Then he could see that the man's
body had a dark hue. It must be blue.
At last he came near enough to discern
yellow facings.
There was a whistling of bullets by
his ears; he turned his head and saw
that his pursuers had halted. They had
evidently seen the Union picket and fired
a farewell volley at the fugitive.
Private Mark Malone was withiu the
Union lines; his mission was ended.
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first eatch oold. It is iioud when jour
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i It is good in any kind of a oough. We
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Many Industries Have Retro
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WHICH SUMS STRANGE TO A YANKEE.
The (iirelt Churches ind Their Trappings
Unhhem Desecrate the l liurc h
at Sitka.
Perhaps the most interesting points
for the travelers in Alaska are the town
of Sitka Bnd the Mu'.r Qlsoier. The
Glaoieras being one of nature's grandest
and most wonderful works, the town as
being a reminder of civilization which is
almost lost eight of when the boat leaves
the Ptiget Sound and the Gulf of Geor
gia. After threading the long, narrow pas
sages walled in by the high mountains
for some days it is a pleasant surprise to
see a cluster of bouses in the shadow of
a bill, it :t is only a few shanties around
a cannery, but when we reacted Sitka
it is more like finding a town. It is but
a village, soarcely larger than Heppuer
was iu 1886, but it has the b"Bt build
ings of any place in Alaska. The U. S.
have their principal station there and
the ting flying from the stuff on the
parade ground, the naval warehouses
and barracks, the detail of marines pac
ing baok and forth on tbe wharf gave an
interest and a sensation of surprise, as
we landed.
The place in oommon with several
others, haa retrograded Binoe it was
turned ov r to Unole Sam. Many indus
tries once prosperous then are now
forgotten or have passed into matiers of
history. It is nearly a oentury since the
first ship was launched by Governor
Baronoff from its ways on Prince Wil
liam Sound. More than one oraft has
been built at Sitka, and one of Alaska
oedar gained considerable notoriety on
the Pnoifio ooast.
It is asserted by one writer that many
of the bells for the old missions in
iu California were cast at Sitka. Ac
cepting this as true the place has sadly
deteriorated. No signs ot a foundry or
ship yard are found there now. The
whole population oonsists of the military
stationed there, the custom officials and
the othor A'aska government offloers,
the trader, the teachers for the govern,
ment Indian school and a few others
The Indian part ot tbe town stretches
along the bench at tbe north end, the
Indian sohool is at the east, the custom
house and government buildings are
near tbe landing and the old Russian
graveyard back on the outskirts just be
yond the blockhouses built for pro
teotion ngamst the Indinns. These de
feuoes were not a mere matter of form,
for the Indians although seemingly
peacefully luolined ut present were (ar
from docile during the early days
of Russian occupation. They were of
different disposition from the Aleuts of
the iBlanda farther west. Iu 181)4 a war
party attacked the settlement at old
Sitka which was about six miles to the
northward of the present town, snd
massacred the iuhabitsuts aud so
Completely destroyed the place that it
was abandoned for tha present site
which could be more eatily defended.
When the United States took pos
session of the country nearly all the
Russians went baoK to Russia and but
few of pure blood are now found there
Their buildings were turned over to
our government and some of them have
gone tu decay. Among theni is the
governor's palace, a large wooden build
ing standing on a rocky bluff above the
landing place. It was the center of the
social life nuder the Itrussiau rule aud
many stories are told of il by the Sitka
people. It is now neglected aud going
to ruin. A lieutenant occupies a suite
of the rooms on the lower Hour but the
rest are vaoant.
The only public building not turned
over to oar government was the cathe
dral. And this is the most interesting
point in Kitka to the average tourist.
It is the center of the Huusiau church
in Alaska and altliuughnot uu imposing
structure outside it is richly furnished
inside after the fashion ot the Greek
churohes. The walls are deoorated
with paintings of the saints of the
churob, the virgin, and of bible scenes.
These paintings are well exeouted and
many of them are covered with gold or
silver plates fashioned into dntiery as
robes aud showing ouly the (sees and
hands of the picture beneath,
The priestly rubes are heavily orna
mented with gold and the mitre is
adorned with gems, umong them being
an emerald io f irm ot a cross, three
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tnohes in length. Tbe valuable orna
ments caused the church to be robbed
shortly after the transfer of the counrty .
The robbers ate said to bare been tbe
soldiers of the U.;S. stationed there and
the amouut of the plunder is said to
have been about $15000. They even tora
the oovere off the bib'e for the goldeu
clasps and jewels in the bindings.
Everyone npon visiting the church
and entering the vestibule finds an
usher at the door who calls attention to
a box on the wall with a notice request
ing that all visitors contribute some
small sum not less than a bait dollar
toward the expenses of maintainance of
theohurch. As tbe usher had tbe ap
pearance of being oapable of keepiug
the door closed unlees the request was
oomplied with we all deposited the mini
mum sum required and were admitted.
The result was well worth the amount
invested.
Among the paintings are a Madonna
presented by the nobility of Moscow, a
Madonna and ohild on ivory presented
by tbe empress ot Russia, two of the
ssoensiou of Christ, two of St Miohael,
the patron saint of the churob, and one
ot St. Elias anoending to heaven.
.The Russian church in Alaska is
strong in Iudiau, members. It has 11,000
Indians and V50 Russian communicants.
Its worship is conducted in the cathe
dral (St Michael's at Sitka) several
churches and chapels aud they have
converts among 12 different tribes of
Indians.
Sitka haa beautiful surroundings.
The mountaius to the east are heavily
timbered and snow topped, Mt. Edge
comb at tbe west ot the town is an ex
tinct volcano and its regulnr oone is
broken at the top by the old crater.
The bay at the front is dotted with
islands, some mere projecting rocks
others timbered or with houses and
cultivated garden spots, aud it was with
some regret that we took leave of the
old town with its odd aud beautiful
surroundings.
C. L. Andrews.
HOOD KOADH NO. U.
In a former artiole, I gave some of the
advantages of good roads. Iu this I will
try to show who would be the greatest
gainers, and who are the strongest op
ponents. Suppose a farmer bns 1(10 acres of lund
sown to wheat; he is 20 miles from Hepp
ner where be must deliver it. He gets
8,000 buBhels. This will require about
1,300 sacks. If he hauls his crop t S9
loads, two days to each load, his team is
above the average. That is 78 days,
whereas, with roads properly built, the
game team would do it io 52 days with
greater ease. "But," you say, "we oan
never have such roads under our present
laws."
Then why not reviso it? Or, better
still, make a new law compelling them
to make good roads. "Then tho settler
would kick." Yes, I kuow they would.
Many of them kick as it is: and why?
Not beoauso they would not be gainers'
but because the public would be gainers
also. The lack that much of public
spirit. The priuoiple that that which ia
an adyantage to themselves, is an od
nantage also to the public; aud thut
which advances public interests is a
help to them also, is a problem they can
not oomprebecd.
Now look at some of the complaints
made, Take that of grain "bags." There
is scarcely a farmer in the eotiuty who
can sell his orop for eaotigh to puy pen
ance for the profanity indulged in every
time he buys grain bugs; yet 9 cents
generally covers the cost. With gruin
bags at (i cents thero would be little or
no cause to complain. How niuoh of a
saving would that be on the ubove crop?
Only 830. Compare that with 26 days
extra work iu delivering the orop and
see how tbe account will foot np.
A man and team fit for suoh work is
worth 85 per day and "found" if they are
worth keeping. Thus we have $130 plus
the board of muu and team, plus the wear
and teur of same for 2(i days, as against
83lJ for extra cost of grain bagB. Let
none say I am trying to justify the deal
er iu grain bags. I am not. But why
complain of an evil that is out of your
reach to rt medy, and put up year ufter
year with a niuoh greater evil that you
can remedy, when the only reason you
can give is you don't aare to do anything
that will help the community in general,
ou thereby become the greater loser,
when on the other hand you oan com
bine, make good roads aud become the
greatest gainers.
Fa km mi Gahkulous.
Hood's Cures.
In sayiug that Hood's Sarsaparilla
oures, its proprietors make no idle or ex
travsgaiit claim. Statements from thou
sands of reliable people ot what Hood's
Sarsaparilla has Uoue for them, conclus
ively prove the fact HOOD'S Sarsapa
rilla CURES.
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