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them Das any idea or marrying; tbougn side. There were attire, the scuffling of
Should bo pleased to see so suitable a feet, and thou it seemed as if dozen
watch." men ow/armed into the barroom, Amid
i "They'd make a likely team. The the babel I could hoar Landlord Bt°
,Vidder has genre property and no ohil- , finch ordering them to 'keep back and
dren, while yon be the only one belong- i not invade his house against his will.
ing to your father, and 1 reckon you're But the savage mob would not be de.
old niough to look atter yourself, eh, 'Iliad, and the oaths grew louder and
Sankt" fiercer,
"I should be ashamed if i'were nom' I .Aunt Mag was passing avow& the
"It's quer 'bout Major Hugh Eoyer," I head of the table when the uproar first
remarked Squire Gager, "Ile made a ' broke upon us. She stopped abruptly
,
Splendid record in the war under Joe and listened, Then I saw her seamed
taohnston, but he acts as a he was conntehance grow white, as if under
'shamed of it, fur you know he won't the impulse of a great fear.
let any 13f us call him 'major' when he "What's the meaning of all that
hubbeb?" I asked, with never a suspi-
cion that incould have any reference to
me.
be would not object to the title, but "I'm afeard. Flank"—
: there isn't much in a simple 'major.' " At that instant the door of the dining
I It will be admitted that I was piok- room was clashed inward with a vio-
ing up ieformation, 1 had learned that lento that almost carried it off its
I was supposed to be Hank Beyer, son hinges and Landlord /3ulfinch hounded
; If Major Hugh Beyer, who lived some- in, his shaggy face the picture of terror.
where in the neighborhood. My corn- "My God, Hank, they're after you!"
sanions were Squire Gager and Land- he gasped. "Run up stairs and jump
lord Tom Bulfinoh, whose wife's name out the winder, Mebbe you can sit your
was Mag, and they bad no living ohil- horse out of the barn."
dren, Moreover, my father was suspect- 1nose from any chair with my hand'
I ed of bolding matrimonial intentions 011 my revolver.
toward a certain Widow Perkins. ' "They're after me, you say. What
.All this was interesting, but not • do they want of ane?"
• I equal to that whioh speedily followed. "They're going to lynch you, Hank!
That old age is entitled to certain privi- I tried to hold 'am back till you got a
lieges was proved by the next remark 4;4 @lance, but it's too late."
she landlord, who removed his pipe
from his mouth and asked with a CHAPTER In. •
chuckle:
...Ind how's .Esther?"
The question was a startling one, and
, but for what he had said a few _minutes
before I should 'have suspected he re-
ferred to a sister or relative, but it was
elear that be had a tenderer relation in
Mind. I blushed and answered offhand,
tkith a light laugb:
I "She's as blooming as a peach, the
tdieen of her ser.,,
I "A right likely gal and ne mistake,"
as the hearty comment of the squire.
oughter been a gna'ral,"
"If my father had reached that rank
or had become even a colonel, 1 suspect
• "She'll have a fine plantation when the
1 colonel drops out."
• I It seemed now that the farce had• '
gone far enough, and I was 011 the point
of breaking into lining laughter and
•Cssuring my friends, that I was not only
• Biot Hank Beyer, but had not the re-
motest idea of the personality of the
•young gentleman, whom I had never
seen or heard of until that afternoon,
but these delightful old fellows oozed
knowledge so fast that it Was delicious
IE-lrie Ili to drink it in.
•However, 1 could not forget 1 was
• tavenously hungry, having eaten noth-
• t ing since leavieg the old inn at South -
!field that morning. I therefore asked
•the landlord laoW soon it would be con-
• venient for him to furnish me with a
•b'nbstaaial meal.
• "I'll see," he replied, passing through,
the door ter his right and returning in
a few minutes with thowelcome words:
"Yon can go in now. We hain't
• enrich to give you, but 1 hope it'll suit.
I'll take your valise and umbrella up
•stairs, to your room, and you can wash •
.there in the corner."
•le takes a rough eeperience like mine
tad been to abpreciate true southern
3iospitality. The meal of pone, corn
bread and bac* with fragrant coffee,
• was one of the ;most enjoyable of ray
for it was iseasonod with the most
powerful of all sauees—fronger. Aunt
• .Meg, as she was called by all, was a
4
"..eini a nouns Esthert"
'ziotherly hostess, who Waited on Me
With an much attention as if X were the
•Son NOMA she had laid to rest long
earn before. She, too, addressed mo
•dew inquiries under the belief that I
'Was what X. was not 1 did not ooreeet
tier, for to do so was likely to cause a
•tarry that would interfere with the fine
•klinner to which 1 did justice,
bad Just set down toy ooffee oup at
the conclusion of the meal when loud
And angry voicee emulded on the out
Amid the fright of that moraeut the
feeling was strong upon nae that a
grotesque mistake had been made, Why
should these people wish to do nae bodi-
ly harm? 1 had committed no crime
since my entrance into the state of Mis-
siisippi, and men could not bo stirred
to such violence by any cauto other than
an outrageous vioiation,of law. ••
But the geril was imminent, and I
had scarcely time to draw my 'Weapon
and back against the wall when the
mob swarmed in after the landlord, As
theloremost'were making for inaJlev,-
eled my weapon and called out; .
"Balt; the first ono lays a hand on
me will be a dead raanl" •
The bravest persons do not rush to
certain tdeath. There was, ,e, pause; al-
though the men in the door kept pusli•
inn forward until there was dangezeif
the leaders being forced against .me,
Tho countenances were like those of the
canaille during the -commune. Anger,
fierce resolve and an almost irresistible
yearning to clutch my throat ,were
etamped on tho faces, some of which
were bearded, some, clean shaven, while
among the savagegroup were several
who were not yet out of their teens.
Their aptire was coarse and slovenly.
Most of them were in slouch hats, with-
out coat or vest, with trousers tuelted
in their hoots. Two had rifles in their
bands, throe carried revolvers, while as
many more grasped short, thick clubs,
and a fourth gripped a fence paling.
If a hand to hand contest 'Opened, I
Might shoot down a number, but
could not hold out against a determined
attaek.
Three persons in the group attracted
wy attention. Aunt Meg had fled before
the mob, but her husband and Squire
Gager romnined. They were powerfully
excited, like the others, but less demon-
• strative. Tho landlord was struggling
to keep back the rush and begging his
triends not to be too hasty. Ho only par-
tially succeeded in restraining thou.
The third man had come through the
icor and moved a couple of paces aside,
Where he stood with • his back 'against
the Wall; silent, but intently scrutiniz-
ing me. His face was smooth shaven,
ancl Ink had dark hair and eyes. The pe-
culiarity of the situation was the feel-
ing that I had seen him before, but I
could not recall the time. or place, and
the terrifying circumstances preveitted
my giving the matter further thought.
1 fixed any eyes on the foremost man
sa, the leader, and wheu something like
hush bad been restored, so that noth-
brg but the butried breathing and au
occasional muttered imprecation were
hoard, I said, addressing him:
"Prom your Iooks and aotione you
'Mean me harm. I, dethalld to know the
cause for such treatment."
The savage faces broke into sneering
gries, and one or two guffawed. The
inan to whom I spoke and wino hold a
Winchester in his grasp replied:
"Hank Itcyer,, you've got cheek.
We've all knowed you for a tope Over
since you was a boy, but wo never got
it dead to rights on to yon till today."
"clot what dead to Vights on Ma' I
asked, a glimmering of light beginning
to break through my uniddled brain.
"The horse you stole from Colonel
Mosley is in Tom Bulfitichia barns
You've kept clear of the law so long.
that you thought yonWas in no danger.
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NVINGITAM ri(INE,' 9, 1899.
put him in his stable. He was sae
from Colonel Motility. bat night, .1
don't suppose you've over licerd of this
'before; of course not.' .
The truth flushed upon me. The ani-
mal,which I had bought that afternoon
from tbo stranger at the crossroads bad
Wen stolen by hint, 1 had ridden the
horse to Aldine without a suepiciou of
the truth and in ray • stupidity .had
helped on, Om goadui blunder by allow.
lug myself to bo addressed by his name
without protest. .as if that inane busi-
ness was not euough, 1 had virtually'
admitted that my name was Hitolt
Boyer iu my conversation with Land-
lord Bulfinch and Squire Gager, Beyer
was any double, end the resemblance be-
tween tie was so perfect -that our own
mothers might have been puzzled,
Lt would be idle for mo to attempt to
bluff it through. I was in the gravest
peril. Many an innocent Man has been
hanged by a mob, and unless these _head-
long yeomen - could be convinced of
their blunder nay life was likely to pay
the forfeit,
With this conviction upon MO another
startling truth became manifest, The
Cramps and COliC
Always relieved promptly by
Dr. Fowler's Ext. of Wad
Strawberry.
.1,,,..•••••••••••
When you are seized with .an attack of
Cramps or doubled up with Colic, you
want a remedy you are sure will give you
relief ancl give it,quickly, too,
You don't want an untried something
that MAY help_ you. You want Dr, Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry, which every
one knows will positively cure Cramps and
Colic quickly. Just
a dose or two and you
have ease.
But now a word of
proof to back up these
assertions, and we
have it from Mr. John
Hawke,
Coldwater,
Ont., who writes;
"Dr. Fowler's Extract
of Wild Strawberry is
wonderful euro for
real thief was in the room, He was theDiarrlima, Cramps
young man etaucling near the doer, with
and pains in the sternach, 1 was a great
his back against the wall, silently and sufferer until I gave it a trial, but now I
"
intently watching me. He had shaved •have perfect comfort. ,.
off his mustache since our meeting and !''.: ' -'"''',r.-s,",•.!--'.w.iPtt
his dress had been, changed. Ho bad Honor Araong Boys,
still a respectable appeaeance, but un-
qUestionably he was the, criminal. No There is a great cnnfusion in boys'
wonder lie was interested in me. notions of honor. You should not go
neatly, and instantly the irush became sea
'My Mour
friends, I said, speaking ear- ,
to yteacher with tales of you.r
profonnd, "you have made a great mis- i ool mates, but when questioned by
take. You take motor a man whom you ' thobe in authority over you—parents,
call Hank Beyer, but X assure you 1 gtiardians,or teachers —it is yourduty
am not he"—. • to tell who did the mischief or broke a
• At that moment it seemed as if bed- rule, no matter with what result to
lam had broken loose. The whole yourself or how unpopular you be -
crowd, numbering fully 15, broke into come. Boys' have a false honor, that
uproarious laughter. Sellie slapped oth-
ers on their ehoulders, one man bent hides mean and skielking actions in •
nearly double, and, flinging his bat on each other which ought to be ridicul-
the floor'damped on' it, while all ed out of them. The most cowardly
thought it tho best joke of the season. injuries and unjusttee amongboys go
'Landlord Belfincli may bevelled a syra- unchecked, and the weaker are sbus-
pathy for me, as he had proved at first, ed and bullied in a way every decent
but he made mattera still worse by call- boy should resent, because this false
ing ont:
A TERRIBLE
TIME!
Port Hope Lady Undergoes a
trying experience, from which
she is at last freed by the
• use of Milburn's Heart
and Nerve Pills.
• Mr. P. ,J. AarttsTaCoNo, one of Port hope's
best known citizens, speaks as follows :—
"My wife has had a terrible time with her
heart far the last fifteen months.
n The pains were intense, and she had a
smothering feeling together with shortness
of breath, weakness and general debility.
Medicine seemed to do her no good, and
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' • notion .of comradeship leads. them to
"Don't show the white feather,
Hank ! Try some other tack!"
• he, prevaricate, or keep silence to
•
"Thie strikes .yon as very funny," 1 screen the guilty. Teachers and
added, when partial quiet had been re- parents Ought to put down this ignor- -
stored,: "but if you will give me time ant, petty "sense of honor" for some -
I'll prove it, and"— • thing mcre intelligent and upright.
"That won't do, Hank," interrupted When you know a wrong, and keep
tho man whom 1 bad fired upon as the silence about it when asked, you be.
leader. and whose name 1 afterward come a partner in the wrong, and
found to be Jim Dungan. "If you ain't -.
Hank Beyer, who are you?" •I responsible for the original meanness.
. "I am Edward Kenmore, and my It is a pity that boys and grown-up
home is in Now York city. I. reachedpeople do not carry the same strict
ness of principle they show in szreent
ing &lilies' and fraud into genuine
honour and coarage.—Wide Awake,
I am Edward Kenniore, and inv home
is in ./tiew York, doh"
Southfield yesterday on the steamer
New Orleans and started to walk to Al-
dine"—
."What bus'ncss brought . you to Al-
dine?" email interrupted Dungan..
"I ani bookkeeper in -a bank. Our
cashier ran away some weeks ago with
a large amount of the bank's funds, and
we heard 14 was hiding at Aldine. I
was sent to arrest him, but it SOGIIIS he
has never been here."
' It was evident that not a man in the
roombelieved n word I had said unless
it was my double standing near the
door, and of hint I 'was not certain. I
saw a ,sarcastic Smile, on his face, but
be let the others do the talking. He
must have foreseen that his pounding in
the erueible would come very soon.
"You say you started to walk. Hove,
then, was it you rid into Aldine on
Colonel Matisloy's blooded chestnut?"
I foresaw the rumpus that would fol-
low my enplunation,
"At the crossroads about nine miles
out a yoting man rode down from the •
directiou of MitpiSt011. ,}10 was mounted
On the horse which hasdaused this trou-
ble. Ile told me he was in need of
money, and, ho eold him to mo for
•
I tend more, but not n syllable was
audit:Ie. Every one.seeneecl in (*hanger of
apopieuy from furinus merriment. They
Struck ono another, filing their hats
down, and ouo might up a plate from
the table nnd shattered it over the head
of Landlord Bullineli, who seemed un.
aware of the proceeding. Tho uproar
lasted for several niinutes, when Dungen
managed to make himself herd. His
remarks may be characterized as point-
edly personal,
"X never ktiowed a horse thief that
wasn't a coward. 1-Tauk, if you want to
save your neck front the noose, you'll
have to get up a better yarn than that.
' won t do''
"Let tile ask you a question," I said
in deadly earnest. for it looked Certain
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