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A SOCIAL DISEASE
That in what eminent specialists
on the subject call Consumption
The Metropolitan
jl Magazine [7
shows how Consumption can be
overcame by concerted action
o( the people.
R..d dee APRIL Nermh•r
T7ta Causes of Consumption
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Meadow Brook Brook
BY MRS MARY I. HOLMFS
BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMFS
Author iif or of " Tempest and Sunshine," " Lena
"The he English Orphans."
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The ■ Iroad whieh pees ed through
W - w only a branch of the tnatn
route lead to Charleston. and con-
sequently ere were but two passen-
ger trains h way per day; and as
Mr. Delaflel a great object was to
reach Charles n before the boat in
which Rose w to sail should leave
the Nadia', it timed impossible for
him to wait unti night. for not until
then was the ne . train due. Sud-
denly he ,,member that the express
train lett Augusta a ut four o'clock
p.m. It was now le , and he could
easily reset it in t-, for the cars,
•rovtded' here had t n no change
the Ilia. table. Tn certain this,
t captor., he hastened t the'. depot.
w .re to bit dummy hr learned that
the train left Augusta at two.
R with hint to will was to de,
F9yin rather than walking hack
his • ae, he called out Bill, hie
eoaehm ,tarttin" him wi'h the en-
gtii-ry ap to whethe ,t wont t fie poa-
sibie, wi• his her horses. a span
of beautit dappled' -eve, which were
Valued ata emend niters, to drive
to Augusta • "lees. the togr hour•.
Besides bei ,- naturblly lazy And
unwilling for minion nl any kind.
Rill wan also arkahly tender of
said greys; who ere him pride, and
whom ha had... .Fred find Ferd.
On hearing his aster's inquiry.
therefore, he looked perfectly achast.
And diving both hand. into his matted
wool, by way of ill- + . . inlslser t-
elly, replied. 'Nighty • gh scratch -
in', I can tell you, rl'r. Them
ponies hain't been trio, only what
i've ex'cized 'em for heal 1, for het-
ter'n a month. And to nth m I'd
hey to nun ;em, would kill ' Mons'
dead. No. mars'r, ean't thi k• nn't
torn mini,," and no if this NP , con-
clusive, and his word law. Bill tuft-
ed his hands into his bagging t
res, and was walking quietly aw
when Mr. Delafield stopped him. sa
ins, "1 shall try it at all events. So
getout the carriage immediately, and
mind you arc not oyer five minutes
doing it. Ask some ane to help you.
ff necesary-ho, Jack." and be called
to a ragged mulatto boy who was
doing nothing. and bade ,tint assist
trill in harnessing the horses.
Rolling hie white -eyes -et -utter
astonishment at what secants! to him
the L,ll• of his master. Bill began to
expostulate, "Ler, maio'er, you kill"
Silence, and do as i b 1 you," said
Me. Delafield, in a tone which Bill
thought best to obey, awl sauntering
off to the stables, he brought cot the
ponies. who pranced an l peered the
ground, while he admire' heir flows
iia manes and .smooth sl. fining coats.
Then - seeing Jack standing near.
ready to help, he haughtily ordered
him away. Raying,, "Nobody but my -
ie fit to (actio. these critters.
They'd know in a minit if a low lived
tiircer like you came a near."
Nothing loth, Jnek walked oft, while
B:11 proceeded leisurely to harness
the beautiful Animals, tacking to them
as if they -were intelligent beings, and
tenin2 them, "never to fear -they
w'an't a {[wine to be !true to Gusty in
tan hours and no Sick thing. Bill
rot on the box, and 'twas nothin' to
ntart'r, who ways lollin' on the cush-
i•,ns inside."
At this point he M
voice of Mr. belafi
(tastily' Packed n fe
portmanteau, and w
his si der, had come
k nd in person the
servant, whence pec
-teeny rrd/.ratewnt- -
• "3-, )n," said he
cheat me di, you "
'signifying his intents
!lens's go as fast as
"The Lord help F'
1»r 1'111 can't," was t
leo.,,l et the negro
in his master's eyc
be obeyed.
Still he reannged t
possible, insisting t
44j..,rink twit buckets
nr he u'nfi't want A
it eonciliatory 'tone,
bt,'kets and a half
like lighrnin' "
Very impatiently
ed for the disapp•n•
•lni,tte amount of
his enteli, e'ntttfting
'st Inst remarking that
wnnderfnt while to
"That's 'case he's
•
as startled by the
cid, who, having
w articles in his
written a line to
out to superin
movements of his
uliarities h• per
"you menu to
at the sante time
on of having the
Ile liked.
rrtl and Ferd iter,
.he mental ejacu
as he RAN the tier
and knew he must
o be as stow Y
that "Fred miens
anda.•
dime," adding in
that "with two
itt him heel run
Mr. Delafield wait
ranee of the re
water, consulting
the'miliutei, and
it took Fent a
drink.
sich 'etrordin
try h-•nst every way," answered Bill,
A lu• for AOmlr little time had been
,eddue3 au empty bucket to the horse's
nni'th.
He was pining to replenis i third
int' viten his master ordered hint
asci:, telling him he could wait no
en{t. r; with an.,ther glance at his
intch, he entered the carriage, white
:ill, lnndh
lamenting the half bucket,
(iflinut lehtelt leerrt world 'surety die,
noauled the box. where he spent
{'tile a while in comfortably dispos-
ng of Ili. long, Tank limbo and in
idin.-ting his •patmleaf hat.
"tin nn, you reseal," shouted Mr.
1:,fi -1,I, h.•Rinning to tome his tem-
aml p%iiilierTtiy tin the inerts, Bit)
+led to the spirited animabn who
It -.l'+1 off et n far greater speed than
!heir driver theirfht wait at all eon-
l'eive to their well bring.
"Hohn on der. Ferd! Stop dat
ntim', 'will you. Fred! Easy dar,
lent _on -you for you .come mighty
nigh histin' me off de box!"
TI'ia lest was said quite loud for
tire benefit of Mr' Delafeld who, per-
ceiving that their speer) had sleek -
'nett. for they were well trained and
endiiy ntreyed ,till's voice, called
0,11, "Drive fester, i tell you. Give
them the ribbons And let them run."
"Lor' n'mightv," answered Bill,
now coming to n dead halt in order
That his muter might be better im-
t.^,sed with what he said. "You
don't. understand hos Arch. At this
rate yon kills 'em in less than no
tune. Ferd never "!)I titan' it with
Iwo hneketa of water, 'cam you Res
haw rhnkin' him ap die way dey' l
rot bilin' hot and nobrxly ran live
w;th bilin' water in 'em "
Provoked as has was. Mr. 1')alateld
rodtl not repress a smile at the
auhterfnese of Rill to Rpare hie homes,
hat he barge him drive nn, saying.
however, that he need not drive them' b
at the tap of their aped immediate e
t' as they timnid be mor. lik.ly es I
give ant, '11111 after a mile re r
two," he ormtintted, "stat thou h
ti.•.•uc., hell the wb�.l• it neeees•try.,,
"Lar' mdrs"r," r.nsi e; el Sift from
the box. without moving art inch, "1
nevre-dossite them---with.-u whip in de
world: Fred annld jump clear out of
his ::kiut. All dey want to make 'em
e is Inns r and a
kill dt)n eves a e ern
ahistle,..:,t'•
Suiting the action. in the word, he
whistled Iniig and loud, whereupon
the horses started forward as if a
vrillcy of prllllery liad been fired nt
their 'heels, while rningleil with tl
roll of the wh--tit. Mr. Delafield heard
the distressed B:11, snying. "Who,,
+tar, Ferdina nd..ean't vnu whoa when
1 tell you. Think -id the bilin' stetter,
and keep easy. Came Frederte, vntl
.et heal a 'sample. That's A good
boy. no 'rasion for all (115 hurry, if
we misses one train we catches an-
other. An de sante thing. We ain't
ehasin' a rnn-away-gel, se I katnw of."
-.liter-e litele he succeeded in stop-
ping them, and for the next ten nr
fifteen minutes they proceeded oh
Tether Mimi -rely. and Bill was begin-
ning to think his master had eomc to
t' deer, when he was startled with
the stern command. "Let them run
now RA fast Y they will. Don't Check
iiier►i lit nTiun6Tw� reach' the depot.
Accordingly, tot a mile or so the
horses rushed on at headlong speed,
11,11 sympathising with them deeply
need mentally promising himself 'to
teiW'ern tntghfp Feetful to pry ter
At last, when ii. thought it sale to
there in, taking the
Pesch i• n --T ie• eel, to ski aloud,
"Get a1"nt der, F•'rd-none y'our)nsy
1; ire. • h •ri. when n•nra'r's Fn sich a
h••rry, f nn'1 yn•t re( °along der, 1
1:1' •''i Fr 1, wake up yer Armon
d.• e.er F int ,1' case."
It 't
if 111 1! i• env he thought to
,•n•' N1.• i,•.ol.rte m'tn inside be
nice, •,' 1'.-trciving• that. their
_- c-mule:a bly_slecken.•ri, and
••.A i:,i1 1.,::d:•: repined) the
.-t f••r t'u•ir la-iness, Mr. 11.da-
f. •' t , '':) nprir-d lyie Carriage -door,
1' p :oivs 1,111,'tenrrie.1 the caUtT of
1;^ debt`\"11011 upright upon' the
hrit•srty feet firmly
t,- r.rl r,_1 r, t t!,-' d.;. -h -hoard co as
irk trim\ ern;. power, sal Bill.
r;.:•e 1't • the ci•• .with might and
r c
it es. c\mettle wax up
"rt, ired_i,\.-settt.r trtr -ngth'jn
k^ i the t from reining furiously.
;11 ••is t r', too, the cunning negro
I;r p _, .trU , them for their indolence
in -r: -ring . slowly!
• "Niif " tett' Mr. 'Delafield, sternly,
't,t,a: CH` earn. fro instantly."
"L, l a =is: mnre'r," exclaimed
t!,•• f.. 11tene,i ,ill. "You almost
▪ • til tee off t box. Ferd won't
t , t' . t2 no how. I tells him how
t . +t'- livery Inn't you mind
it t 1 keep; tcn;ng 'm rn get alone
he waists d, ,'other half
be• e' et of v:nter "
"1 understand you pe Petty." said
`dr F1. -infield. mitt ing fr•m the car -
and to the utter as •nishment
.1 i.• 1, mounting the box a d taking
in:- in his own hands. •"I nn -
1 nit tour tricks, and for - Met
v:,.y I shall drive myrrh.'
11 !ling his eyes wildly in
,n••', t.. t".ie-ereattailen Bill
;tee. and res;gncd the horses to r
saying mentally, "I shall w
for 'em, 1 shall, and he may
,11, hi>relf."
e;:or r•ntgli and stony places --over
e nc..th and sandy roads -over hills,
o•r; plains -- through the woods,
elineirh the swamps, and through the
oineling vulley's, on they sped like
lightning, the excited horses covered
rifle- fo int. theii.:dri'er stern, silent
and determined, while poor Bill, with
the:perspiration *creaming down his
hitilltir face, kept up a continual me
„-,stntat:ort, "New, mars'r, for de
dear Lord's sake, stop 'em 'fore del
(knot down dead. Look at de white
Apeeles all over Ferd'a back -bell
never start' it without dal $'other
half bucket. Yon kill's 'em martin,
and der goes a thousand dollars,
sninek .and Mean."
there teemed a most unaatbbly sound,
which mineled with the shriek of the
fns) coming engine, urged on the
jetnl horses to one more desperate
, fturt.
1 (rw mMre clad plunges and they
reached the depot, covered with loam
and frothing at The mouth, just as the
train was slowly moving away. With
nun pitying. farewell glance at his
dying greys. Mr. Delafield exclaimed.
"Cut the harness instantly," and than
with a bound sprang upon the plat-
form. which he reached Pat as Bill
called after hin. in mournful accents.
"Ferd', dead, mars'r, Ferd is," while,
mingled "with the roar of the meehin-
ery he caught the faint echo of some-
thing about "t'other half bucket if
water!"
But little cared he tar that. Rosa
Lee was to be overtaken. and to ate
oomplistt this. he would willingly
have sacrificed every horse of which
he was owner, even were they twice
as valuable as the dappled greys.
So, wishing him a succtestttul jour-
ney. and leaving him on the same
seat with a Yankee peddler: who saw
him when he came up and "guessed
he was after a runaway ,nigger," we
return for a moment to Bill, who with
tear. streaming from his eyes. watch-
ed the struggles of Fred until the
noble animal was dead. bringing him
water which he vainly coaxed him
to drink, while the bystanders. who
crowded around., naked him innumer-
able questions as to why they drove so
fast and where his master was going.
To the first Bill coould not reply,
but to the last he promptly enamored.
as he patted the remains of the de
parted Ferdinand, "(twine to 'tile
devil, in course! Whar jou s(�t a
white man to go, what treats hoaxes
in die kind of style,. won't let 'em
hcv all the water dey wants and drives
'Cm till dey drape dead in der tracks."
The story of the half becket was
duly rehearsed, Bill firmly ,elieving
that if Ferd had drank it. he would
undoubtedly hay • ' vd "die mint
and been as spry RA a cnekei But
now he's dead and Fred, ton," con-
tinued the negro, as the latter ceased
ie move. "Slott anther. span of
homes, thar ain t in all Georgy," and
laying his black face upon the neck
of the insensible Ferd, the negro eried
-like re eland- s
"There is one comfort, at least, my
boy," said a gentlemanly looking man,
who stood near and. who knew Mr.
Delafield, "your horses didn't suffer,
for they were too much exeitrd."
This in a measure eonsnled Bill,
who, wiping his eyes. asked what tie
wns to do with them. saying he"never
could dig thar grave."
"My negr es shall do it for you."
answered the stranger. and in a,abort
time several stalwart mels were busy
in an adjacent field making a grave
ler the dappled greys. which, they
carefully buried, while nn a' stump,
with his bend resting on his knees,
sat Bill as chief mourner.
"I wish i knew a prar," he whis-
ered to himself, "for If ever hoses
'awed -it ,hag -.do:' hut. thou judo
African- had never -prayed -since he
was a little child, and hulking him- .
self -too old to begin now, he rase ftp !
from the stump, just as his tom-
panioas, having finished their task.
ware beginning to ridicule his bare
head, teUina bin he roust have an
unkind master, judging from his
ow'n appearance and the gad fates of
the horses. while one of therm advised
him to run away.
This wax touching Bill is a Moder
point, for though be had loved the
horses much, ,he loved hie master .
more, rind he would not hear - ltim
osnsarede accordingly he retorted
petulamtleethat "thar warn', a better '
master in all Georgy than mar -'r'
Dick, nor a richer one neither, -,Ind
'twan't nobody's business it he killed
five hundred hors's --be could Mord 1
it-'twan't as though he was poor
and owned nothin' but a few low trash
like the 'Getty niggers!"
This insihuatioi the "Gusty nig-
gers" chore to resent as an insult.
and a regular negro fight ensued, in
hieh Bill. beine the weaker party,
me off rather badly beaten, hie face
be g seratched in several phsces,
whi his pants reoeived so huge rent
whit in no wise tended to improve
his reonal appearance. '.Natters
being • lest amicably adjusted, the
vietoriou* party returned home. while
Bill. whe had frequently been in
Augusta w h his maater, wended his
way to a tter'A shop. where he
soon made h self the nwner of a
vscortd-hand . -. ver, which at his re-
. were able to proceed, and It was atter
midnight when they at last reached
Charleston Driving immediately to
the landing, Mr Delafield to hie great
joy found that the steamer bound for
New York still lay at the wharf and
would not start until morning. But
was Rosa i.ee on board' That was a
question which puzzled him, and as
there was no way of aaiisfying himself
until morning, he sat down in one of
the state rooms and rather impatiently
i awaited the dawn of day.
• • • • • •
The hurry We oonfueiour-and the
excitement of starting was over. We
were out upon the deep blue sea. and
from the window of my state room I
watched the distant shore as it slowly
reoeded from view, and telt that 1 was
leaving the land of sunlight and of
flowers. Notwithsanding the fatigu-
ing journey of the previous day, I
WY better thin morning than I had
been for many montha before, for I
had slept quietly through the night
An hour or two atter breakfast
Charlie carne to Ree with a very
peculiar expreaaion on his face and
Raked me to go upon deck, saying
the 1reeh breeze would do me good.
I consented willingly, and throwing
nn my shawl and a simple Leghorn
h'at which had been of mach service
to me at Cedar Grove, and which Mr.
Delafield had often said was vary be-
coming, I went out with Cbarne, who
led me to the rear of the boat, where
he said we were not so liable to b.
disturbed. Seating me upon a email
settee h• aeked to be excused for a
few moments, Raying 1 shooks not be
long alone. Thr- motion alt the boat
produced a sltght dtxzinees in my
head, and leaning my elbow upon the
arm of the settee 1 shaded my eyes
with my hated and sat lost in thought
until I heard the sound of a footstep.
"It was Charlie," I said, AO 1 did
not look up. even when he Rat down
by my side and wound his arm around
me, wrapping my shawl closer to-
gether, ob. 'so gently' "(Tanis is
very tender of me Ainre my Rh -knees,"
I thought, and much I Invest that he
should thus caress me it thrtued
me strangely, bringing Mack to my
mind the night when 1 sat in the
vine -wreath,.) arbor. where 1 should
Bever sit again.
For a moment them was perfect
silence and T meld hear the Muting
of Charlie's heart. Then leaning for-
ward and removing my hand from
my eyes. he pressed a kiss upon my
lips and whispered ,'S he did- so, ''My
own !lose • '
t►nrn, wh•'n 1 war apparently dying.
the so,• u1 of that voice had railed me
tack 1 , life. Rost now with a cry of
;o r .I pratrg to uey. feet and turning
r„und etotnl face io face with Richard
Ik•lafi ',d, who, slretthing his arms
• ...rear. . me .,id, "Come to my
Noor.. Rose Henceforth it u your
t resting-plaeet."
The shock was ton much for me in
• my weak state. .1 faintness stole carer
nuc. and if 1 obeyed his oomrnaad, it
'was because I could not help at
_-When I tetuiituwl...ter cuneetoum•sa,
Richard's arras were around me, and
ray head was resting upon has bosom.
while he whispered to as words Matt
i leave to the imagination, Y I dame
not give them t.. the world, 1 st he
IUnele Dick I eidl him) should be
angry in hie way, and I have learned
to be a very little afraid of him since
that morning when on board the
■teamer Delphiuw ..,t and talked
together of the ls r. t
Wonderingly i ti.tei„d while he
told ine how lona lit Led loved me -
how onee he had thought .to tell me
et his love, but the manner in which
I answered his leading question dis-
heartened him, for he feared -his af-
fection was not returned --tow it had
filled his heart with bitter grief when
he saw mo about to marry another -
how his sisti'r had_decei_eed him or he
should have spoken to me then --and
how in a moment ..1 '•'mptation when
he stood over my pillow he had asked
that 1 might die., for he would far
rather that death should bo his rival
than a fellow men. Then as he
thought how 'near 1 fund been to the
dark valley - le• shudder:Iytly drew
me• closer to his Ails. and told me how
it•• had. wendert'd nl Dr. 1'layton'8
h•avirrg hie AO abruptly and hew some-
times %+them R riiv of lope was Segal=
ning to dans neon him. it hand been
chilled by me, moaner, which Ito now
understood.
You etinnot `cmieeivetl," said he
Iti eoneluieion. "whet my feelings were
yeiter mons when ,R. bade yeti adieu,
nor yet can von i rutprehend the
overwhelming defiaht 1 experienced
when I ren that letter and, felt that
you would at last bi mine."
When he had easel to s lc 1 took
up the story rind told him a all my
an feelings, and that nothing- olid
r have i ee r n
n1u 1 m - t Ihlu . ..r a
m+ ing y g
"ifs but the belief that he was en-
rnged to Attn. n story whirh I told
1 _bit' arm., nlflirrne.l whmn 1 went
to her for counsel.
".And so .ineeline .play"1 double•
part," said he, sighing ' "1, : "1
never thought 'the emgtrt I tlty of
An mueh,deeeption, thnngh I have Al -
wart known she was averse en my
marrying any one."
• Of Ada he said that never for a
moment had he been engaged In her.
"She is M me like a sister," said he,
"and though 1 know she has many
faults, I - am slimily attached to her.
for we have Ifved together many
yesre. Rh. wait committed to my
ear/. by her father and 1 shall always
h.• faithful to my trust.. And if, dear
Reg,, . in the fnture, circnmstanrg
should render It necessary for her to
live with RA, shall you abject, She
rennet harm yeti now."
He had talked te me much of his
Jove, hut, net a word before had he
seed nT my eh,irina his home at Sunny
flank, en i rather cngnettishly an-
swered, "You talk of my living with
]nn nn a settled matter. And still yon
have not asked the if 1 would."
A shadow for :t mnment derkeneet
his Mace, and then with a very quis-
ties! expression he made men formal
otter of himself and fortune, asking
me pnintedty if 1 wrndd *crept it -
el coarse 1 chid what
my traders knew i would do when
T fleet. told them of the dark man at
the thertrw--I said yen, and prrrtgfeed
to return with him to Sunny Bank as
goon as my health would permit.
Which ha was positive would be in
a very few woke, for he shonld be
my daily physician, and "lose, he
said, would work miracles."
Thus you sen we ewe engaged•-
ffee and and L
ern Pill CO/MINGKf)
Why the War Is Over.
News reechce us from a private
Retiree of the wonderful and satiefae
tory effect the Highlanders are hay-
ing on the %wkha Khris. No anoner
do the wild trihe•men catch sight of
the *kit fed warriors than with a cry
of "1_onk out -here come the `lnffrs-
getie• 1" they disappear as by magic. --
"Punch."
qoest was ornam
crape RA a badge
favorite steeds. T
carriage was Rafe)
started on foot for
tit BR's entreaties were all Ir the negro quarter
rain. art his Wrest, WWI at its itegfii� th� t+*
v:hrn fortunately his thoughts were ventures. As he
div>rtotl ;'t mealier channel. At a a.nd faithful, he
.;.Odell tiro of Ito road a gust el to carry a pane b
win•l lined the old [minden( from hit master and thus h
;1y le ad. nnrl carried it far away in his journey, w
New. dear. Mees'r," Raid Bill, lay leu
isrereaching never g y
iTrr- fit'r heart on that of Mr. Delafield until the close of the second day a
"'erten! sartin Irl 'em breathe while) the one on whieh he had left it•
ii) my hut, 'cese you Ree howl' in the meantime Mr. Delafield, wit
vett look gwine into town wid a bar closely knit brow, and compressed
Iternie.l nigger. In de Lord's name hip, his usual lnnk when he was • in
deep thought, sat musing of the time
. top," he continual, as he saw in lits when Roes Lee would be his .wife,
masts some ame of relenting. while at his aide the Yankee peddler,
GI i -'ug over his shoulder Mr. Dela- with his basket of essence carefully
field tiny the hat away over the fields, atowed under the neat. was casting
and gnietly inking a bill from his curious glances at his companion,
pocket and pineina it in the negro's whose history he was desirous of
hittel, he replied. "That will bay You knowing. But there was 'something
five Ruch hats " in Mr. Delafield', appearance which
"Ye's, but dKO
WA, hoei, Int' n'mighty, forbade famitinrity, an for once the
do hooses'" exclaimed Bill almost loquacious,' Yankee wag silent.
'ri':I'ieepy,ho-
!Milleon't you nee Ferd ire They were now about half way ho -
!Mille gin nut,' tween Augusta and Charleston and
Mr. Delafield feared so, ton, end _going at great epeed, when soddenly
mon to himself than to his servant, at a short curve there WAR a violent
hr r•nid, "perlunps the ears will 1'0 commotion -the paseengere were piteh-
behind time they ostially are." ed forward and backward, while the
-ititholtt eviniirfiecftnit the cringe• engine plunged dawn a steep emhank-
qur tees. Rill nnswerel, "Net they ment, throwing the train from the
won't; 'case 1 hear how they hired a traek and dragging after it the bag-
teritt Yankee Int an engine, and he gnge car, which in some way became
d rives all nfore hint -site ahead of de
time and nit dot."
The .next minute. he repented n
.r.tterech whose eliaaelrnue effects he'
foresaw•, and he was about to deny
it am n fnhricetion of hie own brain,mu
when hie master, who really esigns
n1 ,netting in the nervnug, fiery Ferd,
erid, "Bill, you have a peculiar whis-
tle with which yntt tient out the horsce
make if now; Ferd bee run himself
al moot down."
"Dc Lori! have massy on us," groan-
ed Bill. wiping away a tear; then, as
%tr, Belefteld repeater" hie order, he
'aid, in a whining tone, "Can't
matter, no haw; 'case you see my
threat fpdreR1e pore. titin' berheaded
so in the bre which you kicks up
Pan'', no haw," •
R»t yen must," persisted Mr. Dela-
field.
Rif) still refused. until tit last., RA
/11. y npproaeht the tnwn, they heard
n henry. rumbling -mind. 1t was the
mil of rare in the ,li:innre, and *,tart•
Ing up Mr itelnfi'Id versed the neern
o the shnnlder nod in 'blinder lone*,
Ailed ant, "Whistle "
"Lord, mers'r I v . 11 " rayl'
d Bill, terr,rd nt 'earn el
la master's ere. feel ,rem hie Monti,
nted by a weed nt
mourning for his
Tie, seeing that the
y . eee.i away, he
h. stopping at
R Of lmost every
T•iater�ta • fel-
wan per tly Irnety
ours atlwa allowed
y bis a •attired
e found
nod :eully
hieh he took nit.,
actin Sunn nk
detached from the teat. the new
"Yankees: engineer" was a daring,
reckless fellow, who at the North had
been diacharged,fors careleasnese, and
had come to try bin fortune at the
Smith. Fortunately no one was pori-
oualy hart except. Mr. Dlelafield, whose
injuries were simply mental, as he
knew this accident would probably 1
detain them for maty. hours. in a
perfect storm of exeitement he stalk-
ed up, and down the track, asking the
enndnelor every few minutes how
long it would probably be Actorr they
meld go on, and at last growing en
dark in hie fat.. that tie Yankee, after
looking neer his omens* basket and
, ending hat tow nt his bottles broken,
ventured to say, "Now, Agnire, don't
git mad at a feller for aakin' a poesy
question, but 1 relay du want M know
If there mint a little atom of Mack
blend inour'
"Ver' lllkaly," answered Mr Dela-
Seld; while the Yankee, now that the
he. was broken, enntinaad in ply him
with questions, whieh thnngh eery
annoying In the haughty RmuUwiener,
Madel to relieve in a mown re tot
t/.rtiniisnees of waiting
Th. son had long barn est and the
stars wore atl•HAna bis tela, tom.
Repeat it :-"AhiMh's (Jul'. w111 a1-
waye eure any soughs and colds."
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