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Clinton New Era, 1910-05-12, Page 7MS's 1.''t# into 'Iowa, "facie wuu one aettrer to than all besideg. Through the dark - news, guided by the flashes and the sound of my volee, she darted to we, and found refuge In my arms. Then that' sudden dash of Contedex• tee ate cavalry. 1 felt the figure 1 beld quiver and slip through my arms. 1 moaned and hissed the white lips; then, like lightning, the wild beast jumped within We. I looked up to see who had done this last, this crowning atrocity, CA . Confederate officer sat On his horse staring at me, in his band a smoking pistol, A sudden collapse, and 1 knew that I was bits Tbis is all 1 remetn- bered of the massacre. How 1 gloated in My revenge! The homes of men whp had committed those murders were burning, and 1 had applied the torch. Their bares, grain— everything they possessed -passed away, in black spark spangled clouds, which shot 'upward as if to carry vengeance to the very heavens, These men had. made my life a waste; 1 bad made theirs a hell, There was 'one I had not yet puny !shed, one whose punishment 1 longed for more than all the rest—the Confed- erate officer with the smoking pistol. I sought for him without success. Then I tried to forget him, but whenever 1 remembered that beloved figure flee- ing to me for protection, thaf'atremor,, that sinking away: before the blight of death, I would Start again on my long hunt. I joined the army, thiuking that ear's greater horrors might for a tithe enable me to forget my feud. All went well till.- I beard of him. Ile was at !Huntsville. I burned to reach liim. Our general was casting covetous eyes ou northern Alabama. I begged hire • to let me, go down and bring back a report of the country, the railroads, its rollhig stock, machine shops; bridges, everything -aft knowledge of which would assist in its capture. But this low surwho had tried to kill me --he was at' the massacre., With my own hand I had applied fire to his mis- erable hut, How. had he known that I. was in Alabama? Had he heard of me during my stay at Huntsville?. It bad been brief, for as soon as I reached the town I learned that my enemy was not there and, disappointed, turned my face northward. Or .liad'the bushwhacker met me by chancel ••I did not know. I do not know now. Of ,one thing I was certain—he was one•of my old enemies, and they would hunt me like a hare. I lay for hours unwillingly turning over these war horrors as if they were a wheel on .which I was obliged to tread." .No one.came into the room, and • I called no one.: Doubtless they wished me to be quiet. Iwas weak and tired , tired in• mind, tired in body, tired of existence.. If I could Duly find him, the world might vanish for.all me: . and I fell into a troubled slnmbei•, n when I awoke I saw standing in tbe doorway a girl. of 8 or 9 years' -a !rail, biue eyed little thing, with•her haircut sseuarestibontslitralleehshnd held by semicircularcomb. She ,wits gazing at me intently, as children in fairyt ales- stand on tiptoe and look at the sleeping ogre who is intending to eat them for supper. • . "Come in," I said encouragingly, She shrank back: But, though she seemed to dread me; she could not keep away, from me Without for a moment taking bei eyes oft me she began to ap- proach by 'slow, very sides; steps: 'I felt as it 1 were a snake charming a bird. , • • - "Don't be afraid of me," I said: "I won't hurt you" : • .. .. "You killed him." She pointed like an accusing angel to the opposite side of the. road," where.I had left the body • of my . would be assassin .Her voice wile soft; but; her' eyes Were big with the enormity of, my act. "Sweethearts. don't look; at • me that way. Come end kiss me" I reached out for her .heed. She shrank away,'. but.I gently' pulled her to me with . my well arm, •drew her down and. kissed her. As I touched her pure young lips with mine tile crimes of .which I bad been thinking, vivid as the day they were committed, seemed ' to tuove. far from me, like a retreating storm muttering in the distance. And somehow, with this bit of innoeence in myarm, my beard brushing her cheek, looking into her mild eyes, it seemed' as if there had come °.a patch. of blue sky, and 1 wished -yes, strangely enough, • I wished ---that. it had not been neces- sery for me to shoot a pian that morn- • ing. • ' CHAPTER II. w1In..,a*10.14.. a,,w iltt.• n„nsnnf}Il.,,,rc/**/0 i,H,x,x7r1R„tw,,o,as,+lh...n.-,wr7.fw.x.a.l'lk,-wt iOr Iff '9k�lt,'9t1 diali'flie'Me' etteliale'!i�'161pJ%f21t9k1t'If !kis /C'Neff'K'D4'M�'1tileMt'Mtf�,"Jrclklealti aft WEET" Ei7ENGE ny Captain r. A, MITCHEL, anther of oChattanooga," "Chickatkauga," Etc. • , r >t .,. Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers. �:�• .. F-1. 4 -1 -I -d -1»I» +delelleieh I-' ishaelel-1-1 I+ �•'i•• tiry efee,I-'2~4.1-1- les '•• rx,.r wf.raa,,c,•r re CHAPTER I. Iil'Drrw'MAC RED* 66v u ANDS up!" Why he shouted, the words I don't know, for IA another moment he gave me one barrel, and before 1 could raise a finger I heard a click, admonishing me that I was about to get the other, A thin film of smoke floating above the fence to the right and two malignant eyes peering at me from between the rails betrayed his position. Like a flash I whipped out my revolver, but before I could raise it there was another re- port, and my right arm dropped, be- numbed by a charge of buckshot. Seiz- ing my weapon with my left hand, I brougbt it to a level with the eyes be- hind the fence and fired. There was a sound of a body falling, and I knew that I had struck home. Spurring my horse to the side o! the road, I craned my neck over the fence, and there in the ditch lay the bush- whacker. His bat had fallen off and left bare a head of red, shocky Bair. In his belt was his revolver, beside him a shotgun. His body, clad in "butter- nut," lay on an incline, his feet in the water, which flowed lazily past. The sun, shining through budding branches, lighted up his face, and I knew that I bad seen him before. Indeed, a vivid scene in which he had borne a part came up out of the past to fling over me a cloud of gloom like the wing of an Apollyon. I drew an involuntary sigh. It was not that I bad taken a life (lives were cheap enough in those days, and he had sought to take mine); it was not my narrow escape from death, but an over- powering consciousness that the spirit of war lurked everywhere; that the beautiful face of Nature about me -- trees, fences, bushes, everything—best served to cover assassins. The old lady declared that I sl ould not stir out of the House till the doctor gave the word, the old gentleman bade die welcome as long as I needed to stay, the young lady who bad brought me there said nothing, while the boy !ooh- ed as if to lose a subsea so fruitful of 1Id break his art nterest woo sea s 1 C i , "I'll send a young associate of mine," said the doctor. "If the wound opens, you must have attention at once." "Thank you, doctor. There seems to be a great deal of commotion about a very small matter. I' don't care to put so many people to .so much trouble." No one paid any attention to my pro- test, all busying themselves' to, make the comfortable. Pillows were laid be- neath my head, a silk quilt was thrown over me, and a stand with a silver bell on it was placed beside me that I might ring for anything I wanted. All being satisfactorily arranged, the doctor or. dered everybody out of the room and then departed himself. What a singular transition!' Half an beer before I . bad left 'Huntsville— beautiful Iiuntsville, • nestling among tbe hills that slope away from . the Cumberland plateau --and was working my way northward toward Fayette- ville, Tenn. The plants in the yards• beside the road were putting forth their buds, the leaves on the trees were opening, insects were awakening, birds singing—nil revived by the rays of the vernal sun. I permitted my horse to. drop into •a walk. A pleasant languor stole over . tae, replacing..a bitter mental turbu- lence which bad been ever present with me for months. Perhaps it was the genial warmth, the balmy air; perhaps an absence of war scenes with which I bad long been familiar; perhaps both: At any rate, I watched the sun glisten ou the dewdrops, felt its rays warm my shoulders, and listened to the singing "Is he dead?" of the birds with.a consciousness that,• Startled at the sound of a voice, I after all, sometimes it is pleasant to glanced aside. •• There, leaning against live' Then came an unaccountable sinking: the fence, her arms resting on the top rail, gazing at the disagreeable sight on which I had been intent, stood a young girl. "Where did you come from?" I asked, lifting my hat with my left hand. "There." SheturnedLer- head and_ theother side glanced at onahouseof the road. "You must have stepped lightly. I didn't hear you coming." Without reply sbe continued gazing at the body of the bushwhacker. I, too, looked again at the upturned face, with its glassy, staring eyes. 0 "Why did you kill him?" "I will tell you." But I did not tell her then, for as I spoke I felt som,ethinc warm trickling over the back oP my sand and, looking down, saw blood- dripping upon her dress. "Come into the house, quick. That's arterial blood." . Seizing the reins, she led my horse, I following, to a side gate. This she opened, and we went up to the veran- da. Catching sight of a colored boy, she called to him: "Mount quickly and ride for the.doc- tor! Tell him a man has been shot, an artery cut, and a life is in danger." I had a dim image of the boy tearing down the road, and, tottering into the It may have been something in the in i I had felt, the -recur t restfulness, y congruous with pestilent war; just as amid the luxurious foliageof the trop- ics one feels that behind every leaf and flower lurks invisible fever. Suddenly the shops rang out; th tis etifile 1nyTep1Y"' beside me looking girl din to the r standing gi at the dead• bushwhacker; thea my entry into the 'house, and now I was lying on a comfortable lounge an ob- ject of tender solieitude on the part•of people who, from being, strangers, had suddenly become very dear friends. But suppose they knew me -that "I was a renegade, a traitor to the south: There was no name harsh enough. among Confederates for those of their. own people who were not with them, ;Ind all who were not with them were against them, and doubtless these new. found friends Were 'all Confederate meat c hirers. bushwhacker could • The • .5 tell no tales. I was thankful for: that, for he had known me well. . The! thought of• hint topic: me back to that: night of, horrors. ,st was again at the head o'f those Tennessee Unionists •en- dea roring...to. lead them:. to a haven of safety. We wtte near the'Cuniberiand gap. One more day and we.sheuld be. at Camp Dick • Robinson, where we should find Federal, troops..Then' the attack. By the flashing of guns I could see their faces, and here and there recognize a neighbor—mels beside whom I 'bad lived for years, and whom civil war had converted into fiends. One by one . I saw' my :friends shot . "Is he dead?" she asked. house, I sat down on a sofa in the li- brary. I must have fainted, for snd- denly, without being conscious of their coming, I found myself in the midst of an excited throng. An old Iady stood beside me with a basin, from which she was sprinkling my face. A white haired old gentleman with pink cheeks, a towel in one hand, 'a decanter in the other, was bending over me. A boy of 12 with a toy gun was staring at me, while the girl who had brought me there looked on with far more interest than 1 had yet seen in •bier impassive face. Beyoud all was a dark back- ground of house servants. Mb edet bad been removed, and a negro hull a tight grip on a bit of wood twisted in a handkerchief tied around my men just • above the wound. A long, thin man in a rusty suit or Musk en roe liurrying in with a leather case In his hand and, whipping out his instruments, began the work of picking, up a partly Rever- ed artery. Ile first took out a piece of . my coat sleeve, which had retarded the hemorrhage and doubtless saved my life. then a half dozen shot, did some stiteiting and then carefully bandaged the wound. "Thee," o said, -if you m tve that erm 48 hours you'll be in dan- ler of your life. Deep quiet, and you'll come out all right." I"1 must go on at once, doetor. "You'll go part way tit a cotipe it von sir, " MADE WELL AND STRONI By Lydia . E. 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As he says "The days of mira- cles are not passed and I am convinced that 'Fruit-a-tives' will sure Stomach and Heart Trouble where doctors 'and everything . else fail," . 50ea box, 5 for 12,50, or trial size 25c. ' At dealers or from Fruit-a-tives, Limited. Otta- wa, Ciba was about to pout' .a iiquld from n vlai Into a ,ghlss *ad had paused, her eyes fixed on elle intently. "Mr. Stanforth," I said, "you and. kind family bate en too k awl for me to deceive you. -.I will not do that, 'put It would.not serve illy purpose to de- clare myself," ." Yoti•are an honorable man, sir, who- ever and whatever you are!'" exclaimed meat something nag oecurreu to put him on his guard, or perhaps hehad been thinking, wondering what kindof person he was harboring. At any rate, he came up and, drawing a chair be- side the, began tO talk. It was plain that he wished to ask me questions, but he was too kind, too generous to one in my condition, too hospitable, to ask them directly. • "The doctor tells me, Dir."- he be- gan. "Upon my word, you have been with us three days, .sir, and we don't know even your name." "Dranderstane, John Branderstane. 1 am equally ignorant to whom I am in- debted Wall this attention." "our name is Stanforth, sir. Tbis is. my daughter Helen, Mr. Brander- stane." Helen inclined her bead slightly, and I raised mitre far enough from the pil- lows to do the same. • "Mr. Stanforth," I said - there was gratitbde both in my voice sod in my eyes -"whoever bears your name may hereafter call upon me for any service. You have placed Mme under an oblige - dolt which"-. , "Tut, tut! You o � know our southern n 'u customs—we are nothing if not hos- pitable. You are a southern Iran, of course?" "Of course.",, I spoke the words lies- f"A.re von a Union or a Confederate sytrwr& pat/deer? Mr. Stanforth warmly. "It may be sometimes. necessary to withboldcon- lideuee, but never to ire, sir. Deep. youlasecret; I shall not trouble -you for it, I am merely a citizen and take no part in the national disput"e." "But I do, papa." I looked at Helen. She was regard- ing me earnestly, "If this gentleman is With us," she said—"us of the south— he need not fear to declare himself. rt' he is with the Yankees"- . "Helen!" There was an uncomfortable silence, ,during which Mr. Stanforth regarded his daughter sternly. - "If there is one right in. the south," be said, "sacred above all others, it is the right of hospitality. Mr. Brander- stane•cannot be forced to divulge his opinions." • "But has he a right to conceal them papa?" . , • :"While our guest he has." , "Mr. Stanforth," 1 said, "your•daugh- ter is right. No man should remain tin- der the roof of one who has succored him without revealing his identity when It is called for. May I ask you to order Iny horse?" I started up. I' was too preoccupied 'to notice the stand. beside me covered with books, 'with which I had vainly tried to alleviate my,cenfinement, and struck my arm at the very spot where been'wounded: Iha,dbee A shiver passed over the father; the daughter gave an involuntary start. My coat, which had been thrown loose-. -,lyesaver,mysshol der.shad-ileo.ome dis- arranged,,_ exposing the arm, upon Mr. which every eye was turned Both Stanforth and Helen bent forward in- tently. We were congratulating our selves that no damage had been done When on the white: shirt sleeve ap- peared a spot of bright red blood. • "Jackson, rimy The doctor! Quick! Tell hint the wound .has opened!".' • 1 sank bgek on the sofa. sir°Stan- forth began. running about wildly; tare.. Stanforth enteredin wonder; the sere ants flocked In with open eyes and mouths. . • "Papa,your handkerchief." Helen Stanforth spoke the'words as. coolly as if she had been an experienced . p surgeon.: With ber father's handker- chief she improvised a tourniquet,' and the bleeding stopped' at once, "No*, see iters", said the doctor when,: he hadarri$ed and repaired, the dans- ,age, "you"ve had a clOse'.fiall, sir.: Per-.: haps you'll pay some attention here- after to what.I tell you, sir." "Next time, doctor," I; said feebly, -sinal! 1. leave' you 0 sae tttitiett, with• slat appearing at ell offended. "I don't need your .Attention." "Yell, Beed some One'a. attention. I will bays .iaekaaon lilt in the hall, where he can bear you If you ring," And obs walked out of the roots, (Tti be continued next, week, Hoyt 's Thitt? 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Was affiliated, "are *sou a L'uion.or'.a Con- federate sympathizer?" I was about to declare myself. an ardent supporter of the Confederacy When •my 'little friend •Ethel, •who..bad visited 'me on the day I was shot, ap- iteared •iii the doorway, ter blue eyes'.' looking straight into• mine.. • Had my tutended'falselioed :been raninied'back :nto my throat with the•hutt of a sieve' volver it.could not have been. more ef- • fecttiaily steppod. Tlhen'something celled the to turn nry Seance to Helen. INce0N1To. HESE hind people with whom I was lodged persisted in con- sidering' me always in danger. A, doctor must needs be at all times within reach, a stripling of a medical graduate must sleep in the same room with me, the. old gentleman was constantly coming into the room to ask if I wanted anything, while his wife 'Wee as tender and motherly as if I had been her own. son, Even• the servants vied with each other in wait- ing on me, and when anything wasor, dered for me with haste unusual to thenegro they scrambled' to seewhich sue would bring it. Only the girl who had brought me there came and went as though I was an ordinary person with al's ordinary wound, to be treated in an ordinary manner. All this attention and sympathy vexed me beyond measure. What right had I to accept it -1, a I ennesseean, 1n arms against the south, in search of a Confederate enemy? fifes, and more— Was :I not the bearer of information that would enable the hated Yankee to swoop down on thiS fair region and re- claim it for the Union? 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They do . protect better, because they . contain a special ingredient that !nearly doubles the Me of; these paintsas compared with other kinds Pure Paints `ibetter �•t 0�er ore because e are made They coyer.m APs they ..... of • pure materials !nit quality, in the proportions; taught by; seventeen years -paint-making dor practical painters; and they :are ground right . and mixedper- fectly with the right kind of oil. • Forty colors for interior and exterior Work of every sort. ,Made by Imperial Varnish & Color Co., Limited, Toronto "You' have .aright to require 'me to disclose my affiliations in. the great struggle in Which we are involved, but my private griefs"— "1 ask your pardon." There was no regret expressed. It was simplya welt bred way of noticing that she lied fail- ed to elicit the information site desired. "I should have got on well enough," I'continued, "if that confounded stand bad not been in, the way. I believe I could go, now just as well as nat.", I paused. I was very weak. "Miry I ask you to band me that glass?" I add- ed, looking at a tumbler containing brandy. Without noticing the, proof of my in- ability to do as I asserted she handed me the glass and when 1 had taken a swallow put ifback on the table. •Iier coolness was beginning to irritate Inc. have a mind to get up rind go on," 1 said. "I, don't believe, there is any • danger." "What did the doctor say?" "He told me to keep quiet as 1 tal- lied my life." • "You don't value your life; thereforere you will get up and go on—in other Weeds, commit snfclde," "Yon know very well that it galls me to be obliged to impose upon a faintly that has loaded me with kindness with- • out deelaring my identity." "Then why not declare it?" "Beeanso it doesn't suit my plans to do so." I was acting ungraciously, recklessly, and I knew it, but 1 was in no condi- tion to fence with this cool creature. .e, Recoiuinended add for sale by R. ADAUS, LONDESBORO RON'LAND, CLINTON BL000 DISEASES CURED Drs. 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In three weeks' time the sores cominenced do heal up and I became encouraged. ed. 1 continued the 'NEW MeritOD TREATMENT for four months and at the end of that time every symptom had disappeared. I was cured 7 3'earsago endue signs of any disease since. My boy, three years old, is sound and healthy. I cer- tainly can recommend your treatment with all my heart. You can refer env person to Inc privately, but you can use this testimonial as you wish. W. it. S. We trial NERVOUS DEBILITY, VARICOSE VEINS, VITAL WEAKNESS. BLOOD. ' SKIN and SECRET Diseases, URINARY. BLADDER and KIDNEY complaints of Men and Women. . . Are you a vletimi have qou lost hopet Are you intending fb mMtt i Has EA ER your blood boon disaitsetl lave you lin weaknass? Our NEw 1115780» EADER do for you. Consultatien vyy �v# done r other. it ,o , V e you. What It InchRS C10 jR� E w11 t, r Fvee.TM NT / Free. No matter who has treatedou write for an honest opinion Free of Chars*. Merges reasonable. 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