The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

-f* She Cedarville Herald. V Xb—t*** . c « da * v il l » * ~ T QRMh TN» M V W 8 M IDO I. .frowp ou'iiteteifiwniat ’MUMlMMriftl JMCMC jin*iim oni iimififi im |ii fiwiMi Ye sm tee Mawte l » i$0 9M1*I Is WftUf « te Mime* teMirfU MU, TteysA taotrsvsiouH siM e T ter built tee rsUtuedteMse IrowKM lu!pM t^taw lM n)« . - • To t'other side Uwrid*. Sat,.met whUae am plaoh*tsy* *«■» *9 hold a critter's hoot I'll (Mr* » ? team to town bemeat Tfceklvered bridge'* root; »er wbitt wasgoo#esowh far days' When I wssyosu* an’spry. With life a-stretehin’ ont before Aa’taxes nowhsrnigh, V ll <fofer hair that's scant a*'white As’ eyesthet unly see The taeh'ant hour*oflore, an' each-* Theyear* tbetuster be. Saevw strike the hollerfloor Wharmoldymoeeea bide S at whut bright amllea and rosy cheeks Rem# fliokerte’ at mgaide.' We’re eomin*home rom church agate, Jtyse’lan ’Bsor-oht » ’pear* esrest ■«*life, an' ylt 'Twee fifty jeer ago. But Jestfor take o' times thet's done Aa’folks lu ster kiwir. The ktrered Bridge’11ketch mg trade .Eg long egI'm below. It mag be rfsky traTelln’ thsr, An’ two mileoat the wag. Bat raem’ry hslleW things* an' then— Tharain’t no toll to pay. —Era W. McGHsssoo, in Judge. A Stoiy of the Late War. SY ASnrtlMMh M U IY , Aetherof "bend a*I—C ••WyEadySeatae ■ tt*,” "Mien's Ores* beereS,* "Veil ■ , Asssug Thieree," S ta Copyrt^tr»>»i<>yAW.K*tloEti^»w«li*e*r <fo>- CHAPTER XViL-ooirrnnntp, And when the fury of the tornado was spent it seemed quite natural to Frank that the half-dozen figures of men he knew were enemies, who had been crouching by his aide, should glide away into the forest Without a parting shot. I t was a difficult task to make their way over the fallen trees to the spot where they had left, their horses, but they reached it a t last, to findthe snort- lag, trembling beasts unharmed, sago one th a t lay struck dead by lightning. "Posh on, men*" Frank cried. ‘‘Let os get out of this infernal wood before the last glimmer of daylight fails us." Leakily the sharpshooters were prac- And horsemen, for the debris of the atom made their ride too much like a steeple-chase to be practicable to men whoso seats In their saddles were not firm. As it was, Lieutenant Ferguson got an ugly fall which broke his collar-bone, and Frank’s chargor blundered over the trunk of a tree, landing its rider In the mud, with no other damage, however, than a torn eoat and some very strong language, which Bev. Lubln's ms would not have approvedof had she beennear to hear It. < They reached the rendexvons a t tack Fidton and his men were already strag- fUagr ap as they arrived, and Frank ■otiosd With pain that the ambulance W f a bora ita load of misery. ’\>o#man killed and four wounded,” Charlie reported, briefly. "And what of the enemy?" "Heaven know*. They are in force, though, a t least two hundred strong. I f It had not been lor that precious atorm breaking on us they would have 'wiped ns out without * doubt But, have you heard nothing o f Gregory, Mater* "Nothing whatever, Charlie. I am afraid ho must have retreated to ru- cepe the tornado. I t came his way, you know, and ho would ece It long be­ fore wo did.” "Then alt I sen say is that we are In Queststreet, for aasoon as thosebeastly •brigands have got their breath they'll aha down onus Ilka the wolves on the i o t a * ■ "Like enough, Charlie. Well, we can but do our bait, and I don’t doubt hut that w* shall bo able to g iven teirae- souatof ourselves." "Buss this thing that Imagines itself a road load anywhere, I wonder?” Char- Ha mused. "Soy, where’* your guide, Madorf* ■1st thadwue ugasottou tha t Frank not ansuur, for the loot he had iof hhn waawhoa ha waa howling In an aguay of fsar behind a rook while the storm waa swooping over those. "Ma'ahsco all right, sir," Interposed a had hoard the infinity; atd and# aorawbtad along aftsr aa t but Fm afraid you w an t of him, ao thot Mtite ;tho wood. jumped to » oouahtslau ad onoa. Turning to hte sharpshsfitiw ha aatd! "1 wont a man to rids I* Gaptoln Gregory—it to a dangerous trip—wha volunteers?” ■vary right hand was raised and •avety tongue cried: "I, sir!" *Twill choose the man with the boat horse," the Major said, well pleased with the result To hear those gallant fitDows expa­ tiate on the merits of their mounts yon would havethought th a t UncleSambad equipped them all with thoroughbreds, but Frank had a good aye for a nag and quickly selected a strong, well- ribbed black mare that took his fancy. "That’s mine, sir!'? cried a young sol­ dier, aa joyfully as though he’d won a lottery prize. , Frank first fed the lad and hia horse, and then started him on hisdangeroas ride, giving him instructions to tell Captain Gregory, if he could find him. h S***5 4» jkx/s**. IT WAS A CUIUOUS mnex. tomake bis way to the factory, whither without delay, he too, started with bis little force. "Not a bad place tomake a Btand In," be said, ns he rode up to thebig, square, empty wooden building, whoso few nar­ row windows seemed mere slits In its weather-beaten sides. "If they don’t bum the shanty over our heads," Fulton added, with a shrug of the shoulders. Therewasmoreoverthe additionalpro- tection ot a strong board-fence running round it, which Frank eyed with satis­ faction. The guards were set, the men flung themselveswith arms beside them on the floor, to snatch what little rest they could, and silence settled on the grim old edifice. Nature in changing mood hod swept the clouds from the sky, and ayoung moon silvered the tiny (stream that meandered across the little plain that separated them from the woods. Three weary hours passed , and no signs of the enemy. Then the sharp crackofa musket from the outer-picket, and the garrison was on the alert. Like wolves rushing on sheep, the dar­ ing crowdof guerrillas dashed to the aa- sault, knowing well that they had nearly three men to every one of the hated Yanks. I t was a motley troop, composed of irregulars, with some fifty soldiers whohad escaped from Morgan's command, when they had been routed after his raid in Northern Kentucky, and who now had joined their fortunes with these reckless Free-Lances. A shower of bullets from the barri­ cade of the fence checked their first at­ tack. They bad never met the men of the Fighting Fourth before, and hardly anticipated so warm a welcome. Bo, recovering from their surprise, they formed in bettor order, and once more essayed to scale'the slight obstruction which this time yielded to their fury, and the Union men, with little loss, were driven within the building. Here Frank’s sharpshooters did noble work, picking oft the leaders of their assail­ ants with deadening accuracy of aim. "Keep cool, men, and don’t waste your lead,” the young Major cried. ' ‘Let every bullet have its billet." "1 can’t make swell speeches like the Major can,” shouted Charlie, "but I can tell you, boys, that if you don’t, kill them -why, dam It, they’ll kill you!" A gleam of fire from the narrow Win­ dows answered the appeal. But the rear side of the building had no windows, and save the cracks the men had found in the hoards, no loop­ holes through which A musket-barrel could be thrush Here Frank antici­ pated his worst danger, nor was he de­ ceived. "Major, they are gathering brush at the back and firing the building!" a private cried. Alas, i t was too tme. Even as the matt spoke a stifling cloud of smoke filled the place, more dense, perhaps, because the wood was wet from the atom Mid refused to bum freely. Aa iil-lnek would have it, too, the light night hreeae came from this very quar­ ter. I t waa a desperate atralt, With­ out were raging those bloodthirsty Honda, who, unlike the chivalrous Southern soldiers, seldom gave an enemy quarter; within the air each In- ■tent became more and more unbrooth- able. A horse, too, maddened by the oom Hof Are, had broken loose, and they weredbBged to Shoot him to prevent h istrampttug on the wounded. "8hel! we make an assault, M ijorF Cfcarite ashed, noeool oo though ho was (MMMb n^MriUI JpflMRdNt W 0 £ 9 SHMil PdlMlfe* * In TMnsn fit' *4hnt mo ahontd die fighting, and net w «• k f sub Internal "Ai I iso for it, Chariie,” onowar. "Tb«* lo teaU the doleful ienoo in a n "Than, letxae boar i t Quick, or I shall stifle.” There was no alternative. "You’ll tell the old man I difimy duty to the last," Fultoo aald. aahagnuqnd Frank’s hand. " I am as little likely’ to oee your tether again ao yon me,” mao the sad reply. Quick as a flash the door is opened and Fulton advances with a white hand­ kerchief waving in the air. Do those rough hordes* stay their hands a t the flutteringsymbol of peace? Not so; w ith 'a yell of derision they rush upon him, and even aa Frank gazes in Indignation, he sees a rope flung round the neck of his unhappy friend. With aery of rage he turns to hia men: "Prepate to charge—Fix bayo­ nets!" in tones of maddened fury. But what is that? The thundering heat of. homes’hoofs upon the turf—nearer and nearer—and a squadron of Union cavalry dashes like a whirlwind on 'the astounded be­ siegers, riding them down and tramp-, ling them to death like dust beneath their feet. Not a dozen of tho hapless wretches reached the woods to tell the tale of their misfortunes, “Mark Henderson! By all that’s glorious!'* Frank cried, as he grasped the hand of that sturdy warrior when the rush of the charge was veer. "Frank Besant! Hurrah, I’ve paid you back the debt I owed at last." "You have, indeed, with interest.” "I little thought when I met that fel­ low of your* pounding along thu road, that it waa for you he sought such urgent help from my gallant troopers.” "And, where on earth did you spring from?" "Oh, wo were on our way down South to join Sherman’s force under Killpatrick. We’ve had a rambling time of it of late—but, we must not stand here talking. Let ua first get your wounded out of this burning rattle-trap.” . But they fouud that by tearing away the smoldering boardH the building might yet be habitable, and it did not take them long to accomplish this little work, to the gratification of the poor fellows, who dreaded t wing worse than any thing. Not only did they moke their own helpless onea as comfortable as circumstances Would permit, but they tenderly cared for all of the poor bleeding guerrillas, whose wounds were not fatal. As the men were moving one of these latter, his slouched hat fell back, and disclosed to the astounded Major the drawn feat­ ures of James Lawson. None recog­ nized him but Frank, whose compas­ sion was stronger than his indignation, ao when they lisd laid him on tho floor and gone for another ghastly burden, & ' eonw«f" %lf§ tafia In a 1JpRHMMNfimr Mai te fhe THE MAJOR u r n A CAMOVWATERTO ms ups . he knelt down by the sufferer’s side and Whispered: "Lawson, can I do any thing te r you?” "Who is it?” waa th a feeble question. “Frank Besant—do yon not know me?” The prostrate figure shuddered. "Yes, I know you now. Yon ean give me a drop of water and—let me— die." The Major not only held a can of water to his lips, but bathed his tec# with the cooling liquid. "Ah, tha t is good. Now Frank, be­ fore it is too late, let mo toll you that I took no part jn this dork work to­ night. Those men made me come with them - I could not get away.*’ "I am glad to hear that.” "But, oh, I ’ve been a bad man—had to the minister, Miss Buth, Graee, and all who ever showed me kindness.” "And your wife and child, Jim? Have die now "I can not dsro not—will not die! Oh, Frank, for God’s sake get me help,” the poorwretch moaned. "1 am not fit to moetaay Maker yeti In pity, get me help.” "We have only one assistant Surgeon wUhns,sadyou must take ydmrtmm With tho others.” "But the others are not llko I am with a holt of remorse raging ha their’ towlii "Aroyontimoo, otteh weak tones thot Booott* had to oteop to catch tho aoewsW. "Yes, I am hers, Jim; what Is it?” "Toll Jane I’m sorry I didn’t treat her hotter, and, if the ti*as badooly tottaoas over again I would—what waa X mflmg —dark, it’s all dark now and- ” He was dead- CHAPTER JCnH. KKAsixo x » .nan, Once mors to Nashville, Glorious news from Atlantal Ghermanand Johnston had been fight­ ing tooth and nail over a hundred mMes of mountains and woods; and the words Dalton, Itesaca, Dallas and Lost and Kenesaw mountains had boon Written in letters of blood on the page of his­ tory. Johnston had retired behind the in- trenchments of Atlanta, when Daria, dissatisfied with his Fabian policy, had deposed him, andpnt Hood in his place. Bherman advanced on the Georgian city, when Hood attacked the Union army three times with tremendous energy, but was repulsed with great slaughter. Sherman thereupon re-en­ acted his favorite flank movement, filled hia wagons with fifteen days’ rations, dexterously shifted hia whole. army on his opponents*line, of supplies, and compelled the evacuation of the city; But the victory was dearly bought; for Sherman’s Lieutenant, the gallant Mc­ Pherson who, with the brave Logan, had chiefly sustained the front of the battle, was killed in action. Sherman now longed to sweep through the Atlantic States, but Hood’s army, though driven away, was hover- ing ncar h^cn, and rendered such a move­ ment impossible; when the glad tidings was brought to the Federal camp, that the Southern General was setting out to invade Tennessee. "HHood will only go there,” Sher­ man declared, "I will give him rations for the journey.” And Hood went; and Sherman started on that grandly picturesque expedition, "The March to the Gea." Hoodmoved rapidly devastating the country he passed through; and critical old gentleman a thousand miles away, reading their morning papers, growled over Thomas’delay, and declared, that If they were in command of the Federal troops they would order affairs on a very different plan; and their convic­ tions were sustained, when news came that the "Rock 'of Chiclcamauga" was being shut up at Nashville, just as he and Rosecranshad been a t Chattanoo­ ga. Why, thesevenerable stay-at-homes said such conduct was simply ontrage- ous. Oh, if they conld only hold the reius! Even Grant caughtthe contagion of this popular discontent, and actually set out to take charge of his troops iu person, when the North was electrified with the report that Thomas In two days’ bloody battle had driven the Con­ federates out of their entrenchments into headlong flight, and dissolved them into a rabble of demoralized fugitives! And this battle, so far aa any great military movements were concerned, finished the war in the West. Grant's advance on Richmond, fiheiv man’s march to the sea, Thomas' de­ struction of an army, were complements of each other—each, necessities of the others—and combined, were the forces that broke the back of tho Confederacy. Five dates now stand ont lurid in the completion of that long calendar of ca.nsge. On April the 0th Leo surrendered to Grant a t Appomattox court-house. On the 20thof the same month John­ ston yielded to Sherman. On the 10th of May Jefferson Davis was captured at IrwinsviUe, in Booth- era Georgia. On the 14th of May all Confederate troop# east of the Mississippi laid down their arms. On the 90th of May all west of the "Father of Waters” followed their ex­ ample, and the Confederacy, with its high hopes and great ambitions, was a thing of the past. There were no more bivouacs by th# camp-fires now, no weary marches, no gory scenes of battle, no more hunger and thirst In beleaguered cities for the Fighting Fourth, for the regiment was on its way to Columbus to be mustered out of service. Its beloved Colonel had suddenly and mysteriously resigned, end had preceded them some weeks be­ fore, leaving the delightful task of con­ ducting the jubilant fellows home to Frank Besant, who had in vain sought the reason of life superior’s desertion of his men at so intcrestidga moment, hut bad attributed it to mow important business calls, for he know tha t Hop­ kins was a mati of largo property, and consequently would be glad to got hack to his affairs. I t was not till they wet# Well lnto Ohio and a dispatch from his friend reached him ataroadrifl# station that the real object of Hopktas*mkttkai waa revealed to him. Your commission was signed to-dsy, yon no thought of them? If you should c^yboy. Though your hours of 4m*adarefew ,itwR Ibe»dlittt# boast for your children and. your childrttn's children to say you one# wwro Colonel of the lighting Fourth,” The paper dropped from the young man'shand. His eye* swam with tears. Colonel of the Fighting FOntth! Great Heavens! it was enough |# tons hk t! [tfl W COKTiaU*tt,| fVMQMAt. AMO IMPKUBO mau —A Mtiabuigh hstoma has msrrisi the Tattooed Mam ■houldtheiaeas«s prove wahappy aha oaa exhibit hermit a t a tidy salary. —A cigarette fiend in Bangor, Me,, w*a taken violently ill and died in three hours. An hour before he passed away he bagged hi*mother for another cigar- •tte, —Tho Dutch government has permit­ ted a watchmaker named Manndorff, who has proved that be is the last de­ scendant of Louis XVL, to assume the name of Bourbon. —A Wichita woman baa bad. twenty- seven servant girls within less than a year, and the lost one that she employed had worked for thirty-two different mistresses during the year. —Senator Harris, of Tennessee, is ac­ counted the best parliamentarian in congress. He is tbe oldest living con­ gressman and is likely to stay in the senate ns long as he desires. —Mis* Nannetto McDowell, grand­ daughter of Hemy Clay, lives with her tether in the old Clay homestead of Ashland, one of the most beautiful and romantic places in all Kentucky. —Like Ellen Terry, Sara Bernhardt pleads guilty to nervousness before the rising of the curtain. “I am always nervous,” she Bays, "because I am in­ tensely afraid of falling.below my pre­ vious standard of acting.” —Baraum, in his time, engaged sev­ eral expert mechanicians to construct perpetual motion machines for him. It was then his delight to hear the various erroneous explanations Of the move­ ments offered by other cranks in the same line. —Queen Victoria is not fond of rapid travel by night, consequently when she makes a long railway journey the schedule time on all the roads which she favors with her patronage has te be changed in order that her train may not go beyond the rate of twonty miles an hodr. —Dr: Thomas Dunn English, of'New- ark, who at the ripe age of seventy- three will enter the next house as the successor of Representative Sehlbach, ia an enthusiastic antiquarian. During a recent tour of North Carolina he be­ came possessed of a fine collection of tomahawks, arrowheads and other re­ minders of the Indians. —Mr. William P. Pierce, an old-time Boston merchant, used to be fond of ottering impressive maxims to bis young, friends. One Sunday, thirty years ago, at Swampscott, he accosted two young aspirants as they were journeying churchward and, holding aloft his cane as a signal for them to stop, thus addressed them: "Young men, I have one thing to say to you here and now. Never forget it! If your fathers on dying, leave yon a fortune spend it j llciously!"—Boston Commercial Bulle: >i. wii • iv ia iff rVMfc "Hotodoos Hon. Pook toko toarrted, 1*1* I rm t t b a t o ] * * * mm&but to "A LITTLE NONSENSE." -Too Much For Him.—Blithers (at contort garden)—"I wonder why that director always sits when he conducts the band?” Smitbers—“He can’t stand the music, I suppose.”—N. Y. Herald, "Has that young man proposed yet?” asked the fond father. "Yes, pa,” she answered. "Did yon accept him?” "No, pa; because, you see, he didn't propose to me.”—Harper's Ba­ zar. —Mudge—" It is foolish for a young man without capital to indulge in the hope of getting rich.” Wlckwire—' "Yes, that’s so. The better way is for him to quit hoping and go td work”— Indianapolis Journal. —The Mark of a Gentleman.—Geral­ dine—"See over there! A gentleman and an usher are having a dispute!” May—"Which ia the gentleman?” Geraldine—"The one who is talking so loudly."—N. Y. Truth, —Professor—“I understand, young gentlemen, that yon ore opposed to the introduction of eo-edueation in this col­ lege?” Students—"Yes, air, we are. Whet do girlawant to go to college for, anyway? They can’t row.”—Buffalo Express. —Virtue Unrequited. —Blbbini — "Lord, what bod luck I ’m playing In! You know howearly I went home from the lodge lost night?” Juggins—“Yea. 8nid yon were going to surprise your wife.” "Well, she was asleep.”—Light —A Fortune Ont of HerPlano.—"And Minnie has made a fortune ont of her piano playing. How did she do It so qnlckly?” "Bhe practiced so much that her nncle committed suicide, and alto waa hia-heir, yon know .D em o rest'a Monthly. F.xperlcntS* Dooet.—Mac—"Don’t you think Miss Stimwasto is a young lady of very refined tastes?” Arthur— “I do; I took her to supper tka other night after the play, and her refined tastes got away with over fi? worth of th#choicest thtaga math# bill of fare.” -Brooklyn Bagla, —Coroner—" I have found on this body a letter which indicates that the man’s aome wo* Brown. Con anybody hero identifyhim?” 8traager-"Brown, did yon aey? 1 need to known Man named Brown down InTexno.” Coroner —"Thank Heaven! Hero’s n olew nt iae*,**—Binghamton Leader. , —In » towynar* tho story «f * }yafii- tag will eontatn m i noeouat at how the tromhHng w w A whs knotted to the nemo* nteetrto llfiht plant and ruth- tsonly eonneeted with the dynamo, and h#wlfcam»h mmped In tho dottomm ■?/ T