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On the Federal flank were swamp aDd across open fields, through the woods,
forest and tangled thicket. Engineers over hills, across highways, through
bad eaid that the nature of the ground orchards. As soon as the firing begins
protected this flank. Wading through the smoke shuts in the vision to the
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swamps deep with ooze, bursting right and left. Troops may stand or lie
thickets which caught off their down, have the cover of a breastwork
SPOKANE
DENVER through
caps and left their jackets in rags, ad­ or none at all. They may charge or be
Minneapolis OMAHA vancing their lines amid the thick charged, gain ground or be driven back
forests, Jackson’s men rushed to the at­ to a new line. However the battle goes,
AND
Time and time again the lines the soldier sees only what takes place
ST. PAUL KANSAS CY tack.
were repulsed, but fresh troops poured , in his immediate front.
And bow the opening of a battle
out of the woods to take the places of
LOW RATESjTO ALL
changes the nature of a man! While
the
dead
and
wounded,
and
the
battle
EASTERN CITIES.
grew more vindictive and murderous. he is waiting for it to begin every nerve
There is a key to every battlefield. is strung to its utmost. He may be a
OCEAN STEAMERS
There is always a key within a key. brave man, but in that hour of waiting
Leave Portland Every B Days Cold Harbor was the key of this great he denies it to himself. He trembles.
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field of slaughter. The exposed flank I He doubts himself. He turns pale, and
was the key within the key. Jackson his knees grow weak. He would run
could count hiB dead by the thousand. away but for his pride. It is pride and
His entire force was up, and he had not courage that holds him in his place.
He may be a man who has never uttered
For full details call on
charged and stormed and battered in an oath in the hearing of his comrades—
C. A. WALLACE, McMinnville, Or.
vain.
a man of Christian principles. A minute
Or Add res*
The coming of night does not always after the firing begins all the wicked­
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end a battle, but as darkness shuts down ness born in his soul begins to betray
Gen. Pass. Agt.
the combatants lose their desperation itself. He shouts and raves and curses.
PORTLAND, OK.
and become more wary of each other. His facial expression is so changed that
thirst and fatigue begin to tell. his own brother could not identify him.
EAST AND SOUTH Hunger,
As the fire cf artillery and musketry For the time being he is a madman—a
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slackens the cries of the wounded are devil. He cries: “Kill! Kill! Kill!”
heard, and those who have escaped un­ even though in his excitement he tires
hurt begin to estimate the losses. If among the tree tops or at the clouds.
This is the excitement which numbs
Jackson could not break that flunk be­
OF THE
fore night shut down, then his sacrifices all feeling in some men when wounded,
bad been in vain. Then the thousands and they fight on until they happen to
of dead and wounded belonging to catch sight of their own blood and then
Longstreet and Hill had simply been sink helplessly down. It is a sort of
Exprem Trains I-eave Portland Dall;
led to slaughter. An older was sent to nightmare in which no man can beheld
General Hood, whose brigade of Texans responsible for his words, and in which
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AKKIVE
Portland.......... H 50 P M | San Francisco.. 10:45 A M had been held in reserve for an emer­ no one notes the flight of time. To
Han Francisco.6:00 P M I Portland............ 8:10 A M gency. Hood placed himself at the head some an hour seems a day. To others
of his 4,000 men and dashed forward. the sun passes from the noonday mark
Above trains stop at Kant Portland, Oregon City, They had to traverse a swamp and then to the edge of the horizon so swiftly
Woodburn, Salem. Turner, Marion, Jefferson,
Albany, AlbanyJunction.Tangent,Shedds, Halsey, cross an open space on which the dead that they are amazed.
Harrisburg. Junction City, Irving, Eugene, Cres­ already lay touching each other. The
For half a day Lee's whole army had
well, Drains and all stations from Roseburg to
Texans had only begun their forward hurled itself against the Federal lines.
Ashland inclusive.
movement when every piece of artillery Every foot of ground on that long front
Koieburg Mail Dully.
and every musket on that flank was had drunk blood. The line was broken
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Portland......... 8:30 A M I Roseburg......... 5.30 P M turned upon them. With yelis of defi­ only at one place, but that was fatal.
Roseburg........ 8:00 A M | Portland.......... 4.40 P M
ance they rushed forward. The skele­ There the fight continued to rage until
Salem Passenger Daily.
tons of men struck down in that swamp Jong after nightfall, but at last it giad-
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Portland............ 4:00 P M I Salem............ 6:15 P M were dug out years afterward as burial ually died away, and a solemn hush fell
Salem............... 8:00 A M | Portland..... 10:15 A M parties sought for the dead of the war. upon the bloody field. One may con­
Wounded men fell into the pools of quer and yet be so near vanquished that
black water or floundered about in the he has no strength fot another blow. So
DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE.
ooze, but those unhurt used them for it was with Jackson. He had broken
the Federal line, but he could not fol­
stepping stones.
PULLMAN ♦ BUFFET
Nothing could check that rush. Grape low up his advantage. Even if night
SLEEPERS
and canister and bullet killed and had not come he must reorganize his
wounded 2,000 men, but the other 2,000 shattered commands, replenish his am­
SECOND CLASS SLEEPING CARS, swept forward, dashed over the earth­ munition and permit the wornout men
works and were driven like a wedge food and sleep.
Attached to all Through Trains.
into the Federal flank. It was the cli­
A battle does not cease at once. It is
;We«t Side Division.
max. Beaten but not panic stricken, an hour or more in dying aw’ay. There
BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS
the men in blue fell back step by step, is a sputtering and growling here and
Mail Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) fighting over every foot of the ground, there, and men give up their work of
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Portland
Ar | 6:20 P M and at length they rested on a new death grudgingly. At last a hush comes.
10:15 A M I Lv
McMinnville
Lv I 3:40 P M line. McClellan alone knew that he It is absolute to the men who have been
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Corvallis
LvJ 1:35 P M
was beaten. He alone realized what deafened by the roar for hours and
At Albany and Corvallis connect with would result. That great army, only a hours. It is a blessed relief, but they
trains of Or. Central & Eastern Ry.
portion of which had been driven, must look at each other in alarm. The very
Express Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) retreat to a new line aDd a new base i stillness frightens them. They have
Ar I 8:25 A M of supplies. Jackson’s coining from the seen dead and wounded men before
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Portland
Lv 5 58 A M valley and placing himself on the flank them, to the tight or left, in rear, for
7:16 P M Lv
St. Joseph
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McMinnville
7:26 P M Ar
had imperiled the fate of the nation. hours, but have scarcely given them a
Through Tickets to »11 points in Eastern Like the strategist he was, McClellan | thought. Now when the hush comes
States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at assumed much, concealed much. While the frenzy gradually goes away, and
lowest rates from G. A. Wilcox. Agent, McMinn­ he brought up fresh troops to hold the they stand appalled at the slaughter.
ville.
E. P. ROGERS,
victorious enemy at bay he issued orders The hush does not last long. It is bro­
Aset. G. F, A P A., Portland, Or.
R. KOEHLER, Manager.
ken by the cries of the wounded—by men
for retreat.
For weeks and weeks stores had been who have suffered pain and thirst and
accumulating in rear of that grand fear for long hours. There is nothing
There were thousands of beef known to liviDg man which can be com­
LOCAL DIRECTORY. army.
cattle, train’ loads of bacon, rice, salt, pared to these cries ristDg ftom a field
beans and other eatables. Thousands of slaughter as night comes down. Men
CHURCHES
of spare tents had come forward, thou­ who have suffered and made no outcry
BarriST—Services Sunday 11 a. m. and
7:30p. m ; Sunday school 9:50 a m.; the sands of blankets, uniforms, shoes, mus­ while daylight lasted now seem to be
young people’s sooietv 6:15 p m
Prayer kets and other supplies. Boxes of hard­ seized with a fear of the darkness. Men
meeting Thursday 7:30 p. tu
Covenant tack were piled up 10 feet high for who seemed to have been struck dead
meeting tirst Sat each month 2:00 p. tn.
miles and miles. Barrels of flour, cov­ are revived by the falling dew to plead
E. B. P ace , Pastor.
ered with tarpaulins, shut out some of for life. Some call out in quavering
voices, like children when in the dark­
M bthodist E piscopal — Services every
Sabbath 11:00 a. tn. and 7:30 p. in. Sunday
ness. Some curse; some pray; some re­
school 9:30 a m. Prayer meeting 7:00 j>
vile. Here and there one, realizing that
m. Thursday.
J ohn B* etts , Pastor.
he is wounded unto death and that help
C cmb . P kksbyterian — Services every Sab­
will come too late, maintains silence.
bath 11:00a in and 7:30 p. nt. Sunday
With an effort which starts the red blood
school 9:30 a. m. Y. P. C. E., Sunday 6:30
afresh, he carries his hand to the pocket
p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday, 7:30 p. m.
E E. T hompson , Pastor.
in which lies a photograph of sweet­
C hbibtun —Preaching at 11 a. nt. and at
heart or a last letter from the wife at
7:30 p. m on the first and third Sundays ,
home, and the burial party finds his
on the second and fourth Sundays at 7r :30
dead fingers clutching the relic and his
until further notice At Carlton on sec­
glazed eyes fastened upon it—his last
ond and fourth Sundays at 11 a. m., and
Saturday evening before at 7:30. At No. 8
glimpse of things mortal.
at 3 p. m on second and fourth Sundays.
The full horror of a battlefield is re­
J ames C ampbell , V. D. M.. Pastor'
alized only at night. While darkness
S t . J ames E piscopal C hvbcu —Lay-Ser­
shuts out a thousand horrible sights, it
vices every Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m.
yet adds to the horrors. Here and there
S t . J ames C atholic —First st., between
Jackson’« men rushed to the attack.
parties searching for some officer, dead
O and H. Sunday school 2:30 p. nt. Ves­
pers 7:80. Services once a month.
the camps from sight of the highways. or wounded, move about with lantern
T. B riody , Pastor.
Here and therein forest and field were or torch to guide them. They step over
great
heaps of forage for the animals, the dead. They tread upon hands and
SECRET ORDERS.
and
here
and there great heaps of fixed arms outstretched. They slip and stag­
K nowles C hapter No, 12, O. E. S — Meets a
Masonic hall the tirst and third Monday evening ammunition for cannon or mnsket. ger on thespotsof earth wet with blood.
tn each month Visiting members cordiallv in­ There was the value of millions of dol­ The wounded hear and see them moving
vited
C. H M< KINNEY, Sec.
lars lying about, and nearly all must about, and they call out with renewed
MRS. C. W. TALMAGE, W. M.
A. 0.1!. W —Charity Lodge No. 7 meets first and be sacrificed. Withdrawal meant re­ strength for succor. A wounded horse
third Fridays of each month, 7:30 p. m. Lodge treat. Retreat meant that Lee and who has been lying down iu a pool of
room In Union block.
Jackson would assume the aggressive blood sees the light approaching, and
H. C. BURNS, M. W.
J. D. BAKER, Bet-order.
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and seek to utterly annihilate the Fed­ there is something human in bis whim­
Yambill Lodge No. to D. of H. meets in Union eral army.
perings. He pleads and coaxes. With
ball socoud anil fourth Friday evenings of each
The work of destruction began almost a great effort he gains his feet and hob­
month.
C uster P ost N o . O— Meets the second and fourth before the cheers of Hood’s Texans had bles along and utters his pleadings and
Saturday of each monthin Union hall at 7:30 died away. Whole regiments were de­ reproaches.
p. in. on second Saturday and at 10:30 a. m. on
On this battlefield of Cold Harbor are
«th Saturday. All members ol the order are tailed for the work. The cattle could
eordlally invited to attend our meetings.
be drived away. A part of the most nine or ten thousand dead men. ten or
J. B. S tilwell , Commander.
valuable stores could be hauled off. It twelve thousand wounded. The living
B. P. CLUBtNE, Adjt.
is
a rule of war to leave nothing behind and unhurt are exhausted with the day’s
W. C T. IT.—Meets on every _ Fri­
day at 3 p. nt. in reading room, Union in retreat to benefit your enemy. He is struggle, and the wounded must lie
often left the dead and wounded to em­ through the night. There are no search­
block
C lara G. E sson . Pres.
J ennie G allkntinb , Sec’y
barrass him. The soldiers were ordered ing parties abroad, no details to give
to destroy, and they seemingly took de­ succor. From forest and thicket and
light in obeying. The heaps of flour, field the cries of the stricken continue
meat and clothing were given up to the hour after hour, but they cry in va n. In
flames, and as the heavens were lighted the swamp over which Hood charged
by the midnight fires people on the wounded men lap the water thick with
house roofs in Richmond believed the mud and slime. They struggle as they
green forests to be fiercely blazing. sink slowly into the ooze, struggle and
YAQUINA BAY ROUTE
Never had a general more to sacrifice shout and pray, but dig their own
Connecting at Y a (ulna Bay with the San
that he might be stripped for fight; graves, as it were, and some of their
Francisco and Yaquina Bay Steam­
never was the hand of destruction more blackened bones are there today. Here,
ship Company.
tutblessly applied. A night was not where the brigades of Hill moved over
sufficient. All next day while those in the open ground to charge the troops of
STEAMSHIP “FARALLON”
battle line held the enemy at bay thou­ Seymour and Reynolds, the dead lie
A 1, and first-class in every respect. sands of men were burning and destroy­ thicker than they will in the streets at
Sails from Yaquina for San Francisco ing. When the Confederates marched Fredricksbnrg or on the slopes at Get­
about every eight days. Passenger ac­ over the ground, they were appalled at tysburg. There are no wounded—at
commodations unsurpassed. Shortest the sacrifices made. When the last heap least no voices cry out to us through the
route between the Willamette valley and of forage had been given up to the darkness. Here the Federals had 30
California.
flames, McClellan was ready. His lines pieces of artillery posted to command
Fare from Albany or points west to were abandoned, and his army was in the approach, and as the Confederates
San Francisco:
retreat, but there was no panic. Lee advanced the slaughter was something
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and Jackson were ready to follow. They terrible. Sixteen hundred and eighty
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hoped to find a fleeing mob, but when­ | dead men lie here in this open spot of
Cabin, round trip, good 60 days 18.00
ever they attacked it was to be beaten five acres. They were struck down by
For sailing dates apply to,
back by men as valiant as Napoleon round shot, by bursting shell and by
ever saw turn at bay. Mile by mile grape and canister. There are bodies
H. L. WALDEN,
Agent, Albany, Or. they retreated, pausing now and then without heads, bodies without arms,
for a fierce grapple in which they could bodies which are but fragments. When
EDWIN STONE, Manager,
justly claim a victory, and at last the the burial party reaches this spot to-
Corvallis, Or.
CHAS. CLARK, Supt,. Corvallis, Or. James was reached, and the army had morrow, they will name it “The Butch­
been saved. What of the dead and er Pen, ’’ and that name will cling to it
wounded? Nothing. They figure in the forevermore. Napoleon would havesaid
that no troops in the world could have
reports of battles only as figures.
ARTHUR J. VIAL, M. D.
been advanced under that awful fire,
CHAPTER XVII.
but from 4 o’clock to sundown the Con­
Not one soldier in a hundred more federates charged again and again, leav­
Physician and Surgeon, thaD
catches a glimpse of a battlefield. ing their dead nearer earthwork and
He seldom sees what takes place outside breastwork each time. .
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of his own regiment. When two great
Here, where Porter massed 80 guns
armies grapple, they must have room. at Alexander’s Bridge in the vain hope
The
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be
three,
four,
five
or
six
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of saviDg the cenjer, the dead cannot be
miles long. The lines of battle run
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gathered and buried for days. They are
not corpses, but fragments of corpses.
Arms and legs will be found amid the
branches of trees.and hands and feet and
pieces of flesh and bloody benes must
be raked up as if it were a bayfield.
Here, where General Cooke with his cav­
alry charged one of Longstreet’s divi­
sions and was broken and shattered and
routed withiu five minutes, 500 horses
cover two acres of ground. Among them
are 300 dead and wounded troopers. It
was a gallant charge, but it was made
in vain. Even by noonday no ntan can
passover that field without staining his
boots with blood. If corn grows here
in after years when men shall be at
peace, it will grow rank and tall, and
the rustle of the stalks in the summer
wind will sound like a chant in memory
of the dead.
It is midnight. McClellan is moving
quietly to the rear, the Confederates
along his front watching, waiting,
sleeping. The wounded have almost
ceased to call out. The faces of the dead
have been made whiter and more ghast­
ly by the bath of dew. And now the
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They kneel beside the dead and search
each pocket.
ghoul steals away from thedying camp­
fire into the darkness and skulks and
creeps and crawls about in search of
plunder. Every army has its human
hyenas. Thej’ may have fought brave­
ly during the buttle, but as night falls
and men cease their work of killing the
ghoulish instinct cannot be resisted.
They kneel beside the dead and search
each pocket. Their knees feel the earth
wet with blood, but they do not shrink.
Their hands touch gaping wounds and
are smeared with blood, but there is no
disgust. Whatever plunder they secure
is blood stained, but on the morrow
they will wash away the stains.
“Here—this way—for God’s sake
give me water!”
It is a wounded man who has heard
the ghoul moving about. No matter
whether ho is a friend or foe, he may
yield plunder. The ghoul bends over
him and begins a search. The wound­
ed utan may quietly submit, hoping at
least to be rewarded with water enough
to moisten his parched tongue and burn­
ing throat. If so, he is spared. If not,
strong fingers seize his throat and fasten
there until he is dead, or his own bay­
onet may be driven into his heart.
And when the summer sun comes up
again a hundred burial parties will be
scattered along this front, and a thou­
sand men will be busy digging the long
trenches into which the dead are to be
heaped. There will be no time wasted.
The dead will be picked up as fast as
possible and dragged or carried to the
trenches. No one will ask their names,
no one search their pockets. Side by
side, like sticks of wood, heads all one
way, and then a covering of dirt is be­
grudgingly given. Years later the
trenches hidden by brier and bush will
be opened, and the bones lifted out to
be carried to the spot where a single
monument must serve to cherish the
memory of thousands.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The name "Rest Haven” had been
given to the house in the mountains to
which the Percys retreated from Win­
chester. The first idea was to make use
of it for only a few weeks—until the
war was over. Nobody in the south
after the Confederate victory at Bull
Run doubted that peace would be long
coming. They were hardly settled when
Jackson recaptured Winchester. They
had scarcely heard this news when the
town was reoccupied by a Federal force.
In the last battle for possession the Per­
cy mansion and all outbuildings were
burned to the ground. Others shared
the same fate. Indeed the flames of
war wiped out a third of the town before
war was hardly more than a holiday.
For a few days after learning of this
disaster the Percys talked of leaving
the valley for some point farther south,
but just as they had made up their
minds to go Mrs. Percy fell seriously
ill, and that occurrence checkmated all
plans for leaving Rest Haven.
The servants who bad fled from the
house at Winchester did not return,
but with hundreds of other colored peo­
ple made their way to Harper’s Ferry
and thence to Washington. Uncle Ben
was the only one left, and but for the
presence of Mrs. Baxter tho ladies
would have been in sore straits. The
slaves, male and female, were escaping
from the villages and plantations in
droves, and the two or three women
whom Uncle Ben induced to enter into
service at the Haven disappeared with
the first dark night.
While Marian Percy felt distrust of
Mrs. Baxter, the woman was so re­
spectful in demeanor and rendered her­
self in all ways so useful that the feel­
ing rather diminished than increased.
Uncle Ben, on the contrary, grew to
hate her worse and worse as time passed
ou. He could not conceal his dislike
of her, though he restrained his tongue
from denunciation. He realized that
under the circumstances it was not only
policy but duty to do so. One day he
found opportunity to say to Marian:
“MissSunshine, doyo’ ’member what
I dun told yo’ befo’ we left Winchester
’bout dat Missus Baxter?”
“ Yes,” she replied, “but I think you
were mistaken. She is a little queer
about some things, but on the whole a
very good woman. I don’t know how
he caught sight of a man and woman as
they moved out of the road and disap­
peared in a thicket. He was close
enough to be satisfied that the woman
was Mrs. Baxter, and that the man was
a Confederate officer, and their anxiety
to avoid him aroused all his suspicions.
He intended to communicate with Miss
Marian at once, but circumstances pre­
vented, and next day the household was
surprised by a call from Captain Wyle
and his cavalry company. He stated
that he was on detached duty in that
neighborhood.
While the captain had been given to
understand that his suit was hopeless,
and while Marian fully realized that
he had done and was still doing all in
his power to degrade and disgrace the
man she had accepted, she nevertheless
felt that it was policy to receive him
courteously and shun anything that
might lead to arousing a new feeling of
enmity against Kenton. On his part
the captain was careful to say nothing
that might wound or offend, and his
hour’s visit was therefore a very agree­
able one. He extended his sympathies,
offered to do anything in his power to
relieve their anxieties and rode away
with a smile of satisfaction on his face.
He argued that Marian was wavering
in her faith in Kenton, and that time
and circumstance would bring about
the change he desired.
Man’s most frequent boast is that he
can read and understand woman, and
yet it is in that he is oftenest deceived.
Few women can read and understand
themselves.
During the captain’s visit Marian
had been forced to notice the demeanor
cf Mrs. Baxter. She seemed transformed
into a new being—smiling, laughing
and appearing to be full of joy over
something. When the visitor had de­
parted, she was fulsome in his praise,
and for the first time since coming to
the Percys’ she betrayed her real state
of feeliDg. She was an ally of the cap­
tain’s. Why? After puzzling for a
time Marian asked:
“Did Captain Wyle bring you news
of your husband?”
“Yes’m. Ikahas got back to Win­
chester, along with the others. The
Yankees got afeared that Ike would
break loose and do awful damage, and
so they let him go.”
* He was wounded, wasn’t he?”
“Yes’m, and he un won’t be fitten
to go back to the army fur some weeks
yit. When he un does, he’ll hev a crit­
ter and a sword and ride around with
Captain Wyle.”
“Perhaps they’ll make him an officer
for his bravery.”
“He un deserves it, fur suah—of
co’se him does!” replied Mrs. Baxter,
with a good deal of vigor. “If it
wasn’t fur that onery Yankee”-----
“Do you mean Mr. Kenton?” asked
Marian as the woman caught herself.
“I—I dun forget!” she stammered.
“Thar’s bin so much fussin ’bout war
His hour’s visit was therefore a very
agreeable one.
that I’m talkin ’bout Yankees half the
time. Yes, I hope they’ll make Ike an
ossifer right away.”
She excused herself and was hasten­
ing away when Marian detained her to
ask:
‘Mrs. Baxter, has there ever been
any trouble between your husband and
Mr. Kenton?”
“I—I jest can’t declar’!”
“But you feel bitter toward Mr. Ken­
ton. Will yon tell me why?”
“Why, he un stands in Ike’s way, and
I orter feel haidwise, hadn’t I?”
“I can’t understand how he stands in
Ike’s way.”
“Nor I either, but that’s what Ike
says, and that’s what Captain Wyle
says, and him jest orter be driv’ over
into the Yankee army whar he belongs!
He un’s a spy, Miss Percy, a regular
Yankee spy, and him’s mean as pizen,
ana somebody orter shoot him, and Cap­
tain Wyle says”-----
But she checked herself again. Her
feelings had been aroused, and she had
said far more than she intended. She
was half laughing, half crying as she
begged Marian's pardon and withdrew.
Now Marian knew why Mrs. Baxter
had come to her. She had a suspicion
as to the flight of her servants. The
queer actions spoken of by Uncle Ben
were now explained.
It looked as if Captain Wyle and Mrs.
Baxter were conspiring together, and
the object was very plain. For reasons
of bis own the captain had aroused Mrs.
Baxter’s enmity toward Kenton and
made Ike an enemy to be feared. There
was a complication which puzzled Ma­
rian, and as the days went by she was
no wiser. If Uncle B od made any new
discoveries, be kept them to himself,
and the mother was too ill to be worried
over anything that could be kept from
her.
Three days after Captain Wyle’s visit
there were a clatter of hoofs and a jan­
gle of sabers, and the road was alive
with Federal cavalry for miles. It was
a portion of Custer’s brigade making a
reconnoissance in force, and Custer him­
self rode at the head. While the com­
mand halted at a creek below the house
to water their horses and eat a noon­
day meal from their haversacks the
general and his staff halted at the door
in search of refreshment. They were
politely and even kindly received by
Marian, who insisted upon supplying
them with whatever thehonse afforded.
Captain Wyle had boastfully announced
that there was not a Yankee in uniform
within 50 miles of Rest Haven. Here
was proof that they even held the terri­
tory round about her. When General
Custer understood that she was a refu­
gee from Winchester, he informed her
that the Federals then held nearly all
the Shenandoah and Luray valleys, and
there was every prospect of their per­
manent occupation. He kindly offered
her all possible assistance if she desired
to pass through the lines in any direc­
tion, but it was plain that the mother
waB then too ill to undertake even the
shortest journey. He begged her to ac­
cept some commissary stores—coffee,
sugar and meat—and realizing the
spirit which bad prompted him she did
. not refuse. The first two articles had
not only become luxuries in the war
ridden valley, but were not to be had
even in exchange for gold.
That was Marian’s first sight of Cas­
ter, but it was not to be her last.
we could have got along without her.”
“Mebbel was mistooken, ” said Uncle
Ben as he thoughtfully scratched his
bead, “but dar’s a heapo’ things I can’t
jest make out. Who yo’ reckon dun bin
writin letters to her?”
"Her husband probably.”
"Den why don’t dem letters cum wid
yo’ mail w’hen I dun bring it up? I’ze
seen a strange man ridin by on a mewl
who brought letters to her three or fo’
times. I’ze seen her writin letters two
or three times, but she nebber did send
’em to town by me. What all dat mean,
Miss Sunshine?”
“Oh, it’s just her queer way, Uncle
Ben, and there is nothing to worry
about.” replied MariaD, though his
statements filled her with surprise.
“Quare ways, eh? Waal, I’ze gwine
to keep boaf my eyes open all de time.
Sunthin gwine to cum from all dis,
Miss Sunshine. Sunthin bound to come.
White folks doan’ act dat way onless dey
means mischief. I hain’t gwine to say
nuffin to nobody, but I’ze gwine to be
prepar’d fur trouble!”
When Mrs. Percy fell ill, Ben suc­
ceeded in securing for awhile the serv­
ices of an old colored woman who seem­
ingly had no longing foi liberty, and
such assistance as the neighbors could
extend was freely given. The doctor
who had been called lived seven miles
CHAPTER XIX.
away, and the old man had frequently
As the Federals poured into the Shen­
to ride back and forth over a highway
on which very few farmershad located. andoah valley and regained lost ground
On one of these excursions, and when the quartermaster and commissary
within a mile of home on his return trip, stores left by Jackson under the guard
of a few score men at Harrisonburg
were made ready to be forwarded to
Richmond. While Royal Kenton fully
realized that his being left behind was
but another move in the conspiracy to
destroy him. he allowed no one to un­
derstand the real state of his feelings.
There was work to do, and plenty of it,
and he took hold so willingly that only
a few days had passed before he was
commended for his zeal by the major ii>
command of the post.
Unexpected difficulties arose about
securing transportation, and though re­
ports of a Federal advance were daily
received the major hung on in hopes of
saving the stores. One morning at sun-
riee his pickets were driven in by troop­
ers in blue, and 10 minutes later he re­
ceived a summons from General Custer
to surrender. He had only about 200
men all told, while it was plain to be
seen that he was fairly surrounded by
the force opposed. He asked for 15
minutes to consider and at the end of
that time returned a refusal. His little
force almost to a man had agreed to
fight to the last. Three or four eurth-
works had been thrown up to protect
the supply depot, but they were with­
out artillery. The force was divided so
as to man them all, and Royal Kenton
and Steve Brayton found themselves
and about 20 other men in a work with­
out even a noncommissioned officer
among them. As they were already un­
der fire, Kenton was by common consent
given command.
To be Continued.
and George to be together for awhile.
At the end of the hour I will call for
you and let you out. ’ Now that was the
way in which those two young people
planned to get married. George R. Sage
justified my faith in his high character.
He is now a judge on the federal bench
in Cincinnati.”—Indianapolis Journal.
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WAYS OF BUSINESS. |
THE MERCHANT WHO CORRECTS
ONLY ONE KIND OF MISTAKE.
A Severe Criticism of the Ways of Shop­
I
THE ART OF MARCUS.
HOOSIER WHO COULD
PAINT OR MAKE A MATCH.
A QUAKER
Early Straggle* With a Talent That Could
Not Be Suppressed — One of His Best
Known Pictures—How He Brought About
a Happy Marriage.
«
One of the unique characters of the
state is Marcus Mote, the veteran Qua­
ker artist of Richmond. He is now 78
years of age and is very feeble. His
memory of things that happened in his
youth and prime is keen and true, but
the events of the day pass as the sum­
mer clouds. It was he who first defied
the Quaker antipathy to art in oil and
brush, and he secured the petition which
caused the legislature to provide that
the public schools of Indiana should
teach drawing. The petition was pre­
sented by Senator Baxter, since de­
ceased. Two years previously the Qua­
ker artist had secured the teaching of
drawing in the public schools of Rich­
mond by ordinance.
Marcus Mote’s talent was born with
him. It is said of him that when only
2% years old his mother caiue home
from meeting one day and found him
scratching a rude picture on the foot­
board of the bedstead with a piece of
charcoal. The Quakers held that paint­
ing was of the devil and savored of
idolatry. The boy was rebuked, with a
remark, "I do believe this mischief
was born in thee. ”
There was no relenting as the lad
grew up and the propensity to draw
and paint developed. He was forbidden
to indulge his talent, but he could not
be repressed. It is evident that had he
met with encouragement and aid, in­
stead of rebuke, fame and fortune would
have crowned the artist with their rich­
est laurels. As it was Marcus had to
take to the woods for his colors. The
primaries he derived from red root, or
from red ink, the yellows from yellow
root, and for blue he was obliged to con­
tent himself with bluing from his moth­
er’s washing tub.
“The only stealing I have ever' done,”
he said to a Journal reporter, “was in
taking bluing from my mother’s bluing
bag. For brushes I used the hair in the
squirrel’s tail, and I used to accompany
my father when hunting so as to get the
tails for my painting. At first all my
work was done with the pen. When I
secured my first box of water colors I
worked as late at night as I could and
then spent the rest of the night awake
picturing what I would do. ’ ’
As the boy grew to manhood he be­
came more assertive of his art and per­
sisted in painting landscape and por­
traits in spite of the grumbling of mem­
bers of the meeting. He lived then in
Warren county, O., and attended quar­
terly meeting at Waynesville. He was
chosen clerk of the meeting at one time,
which led to the protest against his
work rising to the surface. He would
have been disowned had not Thomas
Evans, father of the well known oil mil­
lers of this city, used his influence to
prevent it
Marcus Mote lived in Lebanon, O.,
for many years and personally knew the
great Tom Corwin, whose portrait he
painted for the state of Ohio. It Dangs
in the statehouse at Columbus, marked
“By an unknown artist. ” In speaking
of this painting the artist said:
“My daughter happened to be in Co­
lumbus and went to the statehouse. She
discovered the inscription. Corwin came
to me one day when he was at home
from congress and said that the fellows
down at Washington seemed to think
that nobody in Ohio could do anything,
and that he had refused to sit for a por­
trait for an artist there for that reason.
He wanted the work done at home. He
sat for the portrait a number of times,
and I became well acquainted with him.
“He had a daughter, Eva, who was
his great pride, and, together with her
mother, he was very ambitious for her.
There was a young man then teaching
in Warren county who was poor in pock­
et, but had a strong will, a clean
heart and first class ability. He was
modest, however, and his ability was
not known. He showed Eva Corwin so
much attention that her father finally
forbade her seeing the young man, and
the girl was seriously affected by the
breaking up of the friendship. She was
kept closely at home in her father’s
suburban residence, and her friends no­
ticed that her health was beginning to
be affected. She had a friend named
Jennie Hardy, since Drake, who had the
confidence of Eva’s parents, and one
day I met Jennie and asked her to bring
Eva to my studio on the next day at 1
o’clock sharp.
“What for?’ she asked.
“‘Never thee mind,‘I said, ‘but do
as I tell thee. Now, I want thee to
promise me that thee will. Will thee?"
“She said she would. Pretty soon I
met the young man and I said that I
wanted him to come to my studio on
the next day within two or three min­
utes after 1 o’clock sharp.
“ ‘What for?’ he asked.
“ ‘Never thee mind,’ I said. ‘Now, I
want thee to give me thy hand, prom­
ising that thee will be there just as I
»aid.’
“He gave me his hand. The next day
at 1 there was a knock at my door, and
there were Jennie and Eva. Jennie left
Eva with me. As I closed the door she
»aid;
“ ‘What does this mean?’
“‘I want to see thee, ’ I said. ‘Take
a chair. ’
“It was only a minute or two that
there was another knock, and I opened
the door. The young man was there,
and I brought him in, saying to Eva,
‘This is George R. Sage. Now you are
aay prisoners for one hour. I want thee
keepers
aud Cashiers—The
Steamboat
Clerk Who Said, “We Never Rectify Mis­
takes Here.”
No one perceives the wisdom, and in­
deed the necessity, of accurate book­
keeping more fully than your humble I
servant, who can’t keep books to save I
her life aud who finds herself approach­
ing dementia every time she endeavors i
to balance a cash account. But why iu
all bookkeeping systems, from banks to
the smallest retail shop, is it invariably j
the customer who gets cheated if any- ■
body? Tell me, ye winged winds, which I
o’er my pathway roll! It is useless to
contradict and say that it isn’t. The
one exception in a thousand years does
not count against the millions of oppos- ■
ing instances. I have lately read the |
pathetic account by some recluse, who
never goes shopping, of the bloodthirsty I
monsters who take more change than is ;
due them and stalk out, leaving no ad­
dress behind them, little recking tho I
sufferings of the poorly paid employee
who has to make good the deficit ont of ;
his or her own pocket. Fudge! No such
mistakes occur, or, if they do, they are
rarer than fresh vegetables on a country
table. In all large establishments there !
is a hawk headed Horus at the “desk”
waiting to pounce on a mistake in the >
customer’s favor of 1 cent, and many’s
the time every one of us can testify the
little slips have been returned to be cor­
rected of mistakes to our credit, while
we fumed.
Thank goodness, there are instances
iu which the sharpshooters have wound­
ed themselves. Once I was on a “sound ’ ’
boat going from New York to Fall River,
and the man at the desk gave me a »5
bill too much in change when paying
after supper. There was something of a
crowd, but that mistake would have
made itself evident to me in a mob. I
dashed back and said, “You’ve made a
mistake in my change. ”
“Can’t help that,’’said the lordly
clerk. “We never rectify mistakes here. ”
“Oh, you don’t?” retorted the head of
the party. “Well, it will cost you some­
thing this time, for you have given us
|a too much. But if you never rectify
mistakes you are the loser for once. ”
It is foolish to dwell on the sequel,
and I have forgotten it. I only remem­
ber that the young man, pale and agi­
tated, danced in supplication around the
unmoved figure of the stern admonislier
for some minutes. I suppose lie got his
money, and I dare say there was no law
upholding one in keeping it, but I hope,
at this distance of time, he didn’t. One
day, not long ago, I was at a furnishing
shop in State street, Chicago, buying a
tie. The price was »1.50, and I present­
ed the man with a »2 bill He swung
over the little birdcage on u telegraph
line and it came swiftly back with a 50
cent piece. Seeing another tie for that
price, I handed back the change aud
was about to leave, when a voice came
from the elevated desk at the other end:
“Hi! This half dollar is counterfeit I”
Although it was a public place aud 1
am a retiring lady, I burst wildly forth
into a clarion shout of joy. It is so sel­
dom a modest customer has the chance
of beholding a natural enemy caught
with his own quicklime. The mortifica­
tion of the salesman serving me was
something to see. It did me good for a
whole day. Sending a counterfeit half
dollar cheerfully and with promptitude
in change and repudiating it on its re­
turn the next minute! It was a sharp
game and a little too sharp.
Everybody who shops much knows
that it is next to impossible to get a
“returned” article credited, or, indeed,
called for. If you take two rugs on ap­
proval—I mention rugs because you
can’t very well return them by hand—
and state clearly and plainly and over
and over the price of the one you have
kept and the one yon wish returned,
you are more likely than not to find
both ou your bill the next month, and
you are likely to find the rug day after
day littering your hall unless you tele­
phone twice a day and end by flouncing
down yourself in a rage and demaudiu„'
its instant removaL Of course if it is
kept long you are charged with it, any­
way. The other night, when it was very
hot, some friends of a lady in moderate
circumstances dining with her suggest­
ed a drive in the park. One of the men
telephoned for a landau, and at the end
of the drive paid for it. The next week
the bill came in—to the lady. Now of
course this was an accident. But why
doesn’t the other accident ever happen?
Why should thousands of bills come iu
to be paid twice, while by no oversight
or bad management does a bill ever get
forgotten or overlooked? Money getting,
grasping, greedy generation of shop­
keepers! Business is business, if yon
like, but business need not be a cut­
throat, bloodthirsty system of demand­
ing what is not due, need it? Must it be
in this way that men grow rich?
It is because only one kind of mis­
takes occur that one is justified in think­
ing that only one kind is guarded
against. The customer has to look out
for himself and the shopkeeper too. The
shopkeeper only looks out for himself.
As for the breaking of promises, the
calm delays and the superb independ­
ence of “purveyors,” words fail me
when I attempt to depict their aggrava­
tions. Success breeds contempt, it seems,
and the only way to get a thing done
promptly is to patronize a little up town
place where they can’t do it.—Mme.
Lorgnette in Chicago Post.
Head Your Letter Again.
Never mail a letter written at night
until it has been reread in the morning.
You may materially reduce the number
of your correspondents by persisting in
this course, but you will gain in reputa­
tion for prudence and common sense.
What seems philosophy by candlelight
is but folly by day, and the brilliancy of
night lacks sparkle in the morning.—
Exchange.
NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND
—the bad habits and
early vices of young
men and their dis­
astrous consequen­
ces.
Young men
and old men, those
who suffer from
nervous debility and
exhaustion.
the
wasting away of the
vital strength and
Sower from hidden
rains or intemper­
ate habits can readi
ly find relief for body and mind by writing
the World’s Dispensary Medical Associa­
tion, of Buffalo, N Y They employ a full
staff of physicians and Specialists, who
treat at a distance by correspondence or at
the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
of Buffalo, all this class of diseases. Those
who suffer from low spirits, irritable
temper, a “broken-down” nervous sys­
tem. and such distressing symptoms as
backache, dizziness, shooting pains in head
or chest and indigestion, sexual excesses
or abuses, all the result of exhausting dis­
eases or drains upon the system,—will find
a permanent cure after taking the special
prescriptions sent them from the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute. This associa­
tion of medical men have prepared a book
written in plain but chaste language, treat­
ing of the nature, symptoms and curability,
by home treatment, of such diseases. The
World’s Dispensary Medical Association,
Proprietors of the Invalids’ Hotel and Sur­
gical Institute. Buffalo, N. Y., will, on re­
ceipt of this notice, with io cents (in stamps
for postage) mail, sealed in plain envelope,
a copy of this useful book. It should be
read by every young man, parent and guar­
dian in the land.
The Key to the Situation
—if you suffer from Sick or Bil­
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Indigestion. Bilious Attacks, or
any derangement of the stomach,
liver and Dowels—is Dr. Pierce’s
Pleasant Pellets.
Mildly and
gently, but thoroughly and ef­
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and regulate the entire system.
One little “ Pellet ” for a gentle laxative—
three for a cathartic. They’re purely vege­
table and perfectly harmless these tiny,
sugar-coated granules of Dr Pierce.
Thos. F. Oakes, Henry C. Payne, Henry C.
Itollse, Receivers.
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A Gallant Inquiry.
She—I was in Cleveland for a week
once and didn’t see a single attractive
thing during the whole time.
He (soulfully personal)—How oould
that be?—Don’t they have mirrors in
Cleveland?—Detroit Free Press.
Shakespeare paints so very closely to
nature, and with such marking touches,
that he gives the very look an actor
ought to wear when he is on his scene
—Cumberland,
NOTICE OF FI\AI. BETTLEVIENT.
In the matter oi tbe estate oi J. R Sander«. Sr.,
insolvent. J. J. Henderson, assignee, and the
estate of A. M. Sandurs, insolvent, J. J. Hen­
derson, assignee, and the estate of F. J. Martin,
insolvent. J. J. Henderson, assignee, and of the
estate of Martin ¿¿Sunders, partners, insolvent,
J. J. Henderson, assignee
^TOTICE is hereby given that tbe undersigned
as the assignee of the al>ove-named estate*
has filed in the circuit court of the state of Ore­
gon for Yamhill county, hh final account as such
assignee of said several estates, and said final
account will come up for hearing in said court at
the hour of one o’clock p.m. of the 14th day of
October, A. D. 1896. at the circuit court room at
the court house at McMinnville, Yamhill coun­
ty, Oregon, together with any and all objections
thereto, if any there be.
| Now, therefore, all persons interested in said
, estates are hereby notified jtnd required to appear
at said time and place and show cause, if any
there be, why «aid final «•count should not be
allowed, said estates finally settled, and said as­
signee discharged.
37-5
I Dated this the 4th day of September, A. D,
' 189u.
J J. HENDERSON,
Assignee of said Estates.
I RAMSEY <fc FENTON.
Attorneys for said Assignee.