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TIME BXBAI.D, MOLLY SYNOPSIS. commanding an array Jvery Indian lines came four-tctils wagon. The quartermaster uraa on ort wstsfwa Jntnwpt 'his who Is for the post. An Indian outbreak Is Hamlin In -which Molly Is travt-U They attacked by Indians, ana and Molly escape in th.c darkness. ti'Jls Molly 'he -was discharged thv- service in at of the war Its the xirmv.

He suspects otic- Cap- 1-ePVvrs or heinjr responsible for flln 1-ePVvrs or heinjr responsie or aiscrac. Troops appear And under ort of Ueat Gasfcins Molly stufts to wort loir, hrr a Wamlln leaves to rejoin i is He returns to Fort summer" of fighting Indiana, and ftrcds Molly there. Meutenant ncruses Man-lSn of shooting The Is proven innocent. He in with Mrs. Molly in "Compuny with sirs.

In: as a. fftrin.fr sweet- IIP lajvrs A-nicl two troopers and in pursuit tlsc murderers, who had robbed nUl of JW.ClVj paymaster's money. Jle sus- rts Coniwrs. -soldier Wasaon ta shot as they conic In sight of Clnimaron. Ilamlin discovers hidflt-n undtr a blulT.

occupied hy HuiKhes. a cow thief, who is laylnpr I-eFevre. wno cheated him In TMittli- His ilfSc-ripUun Pupon: one and tlie e. Hutrhes piifiy. flamiin anrl flushes up the trail of 1-cFi'vre.

who is c-nrryiuc Molly to Indian's camp. Two jays out They sicht tli fuifltlvcjs, A fiffht in i.vhi«-h Hashes is shot by Tnrtinn. IH'inff. he incites a dispels ntr- to shoot I.pFevri-; bat lilts JlnjTtlitJ. whilt thf is disarming Lt; FVvre.

l.vF'n'iv ITamr nnd Molly dcafl. Molly tflls Hamlin fa-the- was implicated In thr to the paymaster's money. lovv- for Molly and the flnrls that It Is reciprocated. Molly her father was forced Into plot. They an ftdt-ance troop of Ouster's command, starting oil ft the Indians.

as' suiile. Tho "winter of Jiliick Kettle Is discovertd. Cus- an a', CHAPTER Tho bugle rang again, and tbey turned, facinK back, and charged once more, no longer in close formation, but every trooper fighting as he could. Ccnuilete as the surprise had been, the men of the Seventh realized now tin? orlds ajs'inst them, the desperate njvturo of the flyht. Out from the shel- tepees poured a flood of war- ricrs; rifles in hand they fought sav- ajruly.

The of women and children, tho howling baying of Indian doss, the eraefc of rifles, the cries, all mingled Into an descfibrible din. Ulack Kettle most the first to fall, but other chiofs rallied their warriors, and fought like fitnris. yic-luing proand only by inches, until they round shelter amid tho trees and under the river bank. In the cessation of hand to hand fighting the detachcjer.ts came to- gether, reforming their ranks, and re- ioading their arms. Squads of troop- err; fired tlio tepees, and gathering prisoners tinder.guard, hastened back to the ranks again at tlie call of bugle.

By nov; Caster compre- hended his dosiipRiti? position and tho strength of his Jndian foes. Fresh licrues before him, alreadv thix-ateuing attack. Hjur.lin. bleeding from two liosh wounds, rode in from this left flank, where he had en home by the impetus of thft last chargi--. with full knowledge of the truth.

Their attack had been cen- tered on Black Mettle's village, but be- a or two apart, were other rfilasos. representing aU the hostile of the southern plains. Already these were hurrying up to Join those-1 rallying warriors under the shelter of'' the river bsnk. Even from where I Caster stood, at shu outskirts, of the i devasTattt: villago he could distin-i faiah ihe war bonawts of Cheyeuues. and Comaiiches mingled togcriicr ir.

display of sav- ascry. Hiii uecisiot) was instant, that of the cavalry leader, knowing wei! inherent sirunsth and weak- Ilamlin a dozen other men were still in saddle. Without orders they dashed forward, spurring maddened horeea into the ranks of the Indians, hurling them left and right, firing into infuriated red faces, and slashing about with dripping sabres Into the lane thus formed Sprang the tortured mules, sweeping on with their precious load of ammunition. Behind closed In the squad of rescuers, struggling for their lives amid horde of savages. Then, with ono wild shout, the dis mounted troopers leaped to the res' cue, hurling back the disorganized In- dian inass, and dragging their com- rades from the rout It was hand to hand, clubbed carbine against knife and spear, a fierce, breathless strug- gle.

Behind eager hands ripped open die ammunition cases; cartridges were jammed Into empty guus. and second line of fighting men leaped for- ward, their front tipped with fire. Dragged from his horse at the first fierce shock, his revolver empty, his broken saber a jagged piece of steel, Ilamlin hacked his way through the first line of warriors, and found ref- uge behind a dead Mere, with two others, he made a. stand, gripping a carbine. It was all the work of a moment About him were skurrying figures.

Infuriated faces, threatening weapons, yells of agony, cries of rage. The three fought like fiends, standing back to back, and striking blindly at leaping bodies and clutching hands. Out of the mist, the mad confusion of breathless combat, one face alone seemed to confront the Sergeant. At first It was a delirium; then it be came a reality. He saw the shaggl? is of a buffalo coat, the gleam of a white face.

All else vanished In a fierce desire to kill. -He leaped for- ward, crazed with sudden hate, hurled aside the naked bodies in the path, and sent his. whirling carbine stock crashing at Dupont. Even as it struck he fell, clutched by gripping hands, and over rang out the cheer of the charging troopers. Hanilin stag- gered to his knees, spent and breath- less, and smiled grimly dowu at the dead white man in that ring of red.

It was over, yet that little body of troopers dared not remain. About them still, although demoralized and ilwftutHd, circled overwhelming of savages capable of crushing them to death, when they again ral- lied and consolidated. Custer did the only thing possible. Turning loose the pony herd, gathering his captives close, he swung his compact command into marching column, Before the scattered tribes could rally for a sec- hwtlly Mi tttnliiu latter comnaoaer glanced to Camp Supply. Jure jwa to "Aa much anyone, ter," the quiet reapohse.

no wounds of Take fastest In the command, and an Oiage You know couatry, but will of assistance. 1 aare brief-report; you are to tett Sheridan personally the entire gtory. rest here two hours, then pro- ceed slowly along the trail. I pate no further fighting. You will depart at osce." "'Very well, six." the Sergeant Ittted, and turned away, halting an id- stant to ask: "You hare reported the losses, I the dead and wofinded.

There are come mlesing, who may yet in. Major Elliott and fourteen are still unaccounted for." He paused. "By the way, Sergeant, wliile you with Sheridan, explain to him you may hare n.ew» for you. Good night, and good luck." Me stood up and held out his hand. In surprise, his oyec suddenly filling with tears, Hamlin felt the grip of his fingers.

Then he turned, unable to articulate a sentence, und atrodv away Into the night. CHAPTER XXXVIII. At Camp Supply. There are yet living In that great Southwest those who will retell the story of Hamlln's ride from the banks of the Washlta to Camp Supply. It remains one of the epics of the plains, one of the proud traditions of the army.

To the man himself those houn of danger, struggle and weariness, were more a dream than a reality. He passed through them almost un- consciously, a soldier performing his duty In utter forgetfulnesa of self, nerved by ths discipline of years of service, by the importance of his mis- sion, and by tnemory of Molly McDon- ald. Love and duty held him reeling the saddle, brought him safely to the Let the details pass unwritten. Be- neath the darkening skies of early evening, the Sergeant and the Osage guide rode forth Into the peril and mystery of the shrouded. desert Be- the outmost picket, moving ae ilently as two specters, they found at last a coulee leading upward from the valley to the plains above.

To heir left the Indian tires swept ID half circle, and between -were the dark outlines of savage foes. From rock to rock echoed guttural voices, but, foot by foot, unnoted by the keen eyes, the two crept steadily on hrough the midnight of that shelter- ng ravine, dismounted, hands clasp- ng the nostrils of their ponies, feei- ng through the darkness for eact step, halting breathless at every crackle of a twig, every crunch ol snow under foot. Again and again hey paused, silent, motionless, ai some apparition of savagery ouflineil tself between them and the sky, yet lowly, steadily, every instinct of the plains exercised, they passed unseen In the earliest gray of dawn th wo wearied men out upon thi upper plateau, dragging their horses Behind, the mists of the night stll! ling heavy and dark over the valley et with a new sense of freedon? hey swung into their saddles, faced ternly the chill wind of north nd rode forward across the desolate now fields. It was no boys' play! tough, half-broken Indian ponies ept steady stride, leaping the drifts, kimming rapidly along the barm hill tspmoiioiE Humble Birthplace of the Power- ful British Premier. Mwley in Yorkshire, England, small house, in A little town of 6.000 inhab- itants, vao born JUa September; 1S52, the man who BOW leads the govern- inent controlling the biggest and rich- est empire this world has ever known.

Today the little place, Morley in Yorkshire. England, has grown to he an important manufacturing and min- ing: town of 30,000 inhabitants. The birthplace of Rt. Hon. Mr, As- quith, Croft is still in good state of preservation, standing now as it has for nearly a century at least in its own TJnassum- ing, and not at all pretentious, nor remarkable for anything, but real homeliness and comfort the house forms by no means unfitting monu- ment to the man bora in it.

who has arrived at great position. Yprkshirenien are not given to be- littling the success of their fellows, nor indeed to making -little of any- thing that might add to the glory of the county. In order that the world might not forget that it owed Mr, As quith to left there at seven, years of to reminc Mr, Asquith that Ms county was proud of him, a great celebration in his honor was held there recently. On this occasion the prime minis ter was made one of the four free- men of the borough, an honor "which he deeply appreciated. Mr.

Asquith has never forgotten the little town in the West Riding. Once, when he was referring CHRISTIAN ESKIMO LOSES ALL to Tlmmffc Rites Ct and to New whole of the primitive Eskimo it governed toy pre- cedent. Although outwardly the freest and most irresponsible being In the world, lie in reality the slave of public opinion and the numberless customs and superstiUtions of his au- sestora. The of hio fathers are good enough for him, and the world 3f the old men and witch-doctors, who Mr. Asquith't Birthplace at Morley.

followed tho close of the Crimean war. he indulged in an interesting reminiscence. "I remember well," he said, "carry- ing a small flag bearing pacific inscription amongst the Sunday school children of the town." This shows that, Mr. Asquith'a memory of Morley must bo very tenacious, for he could nave been only four years, or less, at the time. He was then a member of the Sun- day school of Rehoboth Congregation- al chapel, now St.

Mary's Congrega- tional church, once a Roman Cath- olic church. The town is an important center of ides. From dawn to dark scarcely the woolen industry. But there are The Mad Confusion of Combat. Breathless ond attack, with flankers out, and skir- mishers in advance, the cavalrymen rode straight down the valley toward the retreating hostiles.

It was a bold and desperate move, the commander's his branch of tue service. He object being to impress upon the In- 4 all chiefs the thought of his utter fearlessness, and to create the impres- sion that the Seventh would never such a thing if they did not have a larger force behind. "With flags un- furled, and thv, band playing, the troopers on. The very mad au- dacity of the. movement struck terror into the hearts of the warriors, and they broke and fled.

As darkness fell the survivors of the Seventh rode alone, 'amid tho silent desolation of the plains. Halting a moment for rest under shelter the river bank, CusUir cor.Ui hope to uoh! his? position l.e- such a mass of the tueciy, with HtUe force at his disposal. His cr.ly chance of oscape, to off vic- tor. IQ strike them so swiftly and vith such force as to paralyze pursuit. Already reinforciiig warriors were sweeping forward to attack, two thou- sand stroiicr.

led fiercely by Little Ka- aa ArapaL'oc: Santaaa. a Kiowa. Koch a Dis- jKoiiutsng his men he prepared for a desperate resistance, although the troopers' ammunition was running sow. Suddenly, crashing through the SHOWS GEOGRAPHY OF WORLD Reccrd of Rocks Pointed to by to Prove Positions They Have Taken. At ft recent racetiug ur the UtirminR- ftam and Midland Institute Scientific A.

Enapp gave a lecture or. "The Earth's Record in the Rocks." The lecturer took each geological age In mrn.and gave tome idea of the life that existed at those times as shown fossilized remaiua He alto showed vord was uttered. P.y turns they lepc in the saddle, the one awaks ripping the other's rein. Once, in trip of cottonwood beside a frozen creek, they paused to light a. fire and illicit fc hasty meal Then they were off again, facing the frosty air.

rid ing straight into the north. Before them stretched the barren snow-claa steppes, forlorn and shelterless, with Primitive Eskimo, treasure up ancient precedent like the Pharisees of old, is the standard he lives and dies hy. For an Eskimo to break one of these unwritten laws is to render himself A HARD BATTLE AT milSTEE Brief Hlatory Struggles at Marian- mi and Oolwtee in Which Many Were Killed and Wounded- In response to a request the editor rf National Tribune gives the fol- lowing; brief history of the battles at Marlanna and Oolustee: Kot being able to make any prog- ress lii the operations against Charles- ton, General Gillmore decided tt raako an expedition into Florida, and on January 13, 18i, General Seymour embarked on 20 steamers and eight schooners for the mouth of the St. John's river. Jacksonville was eas- ily occupied, with only a few shots fired, and February 6 our troops moved out along the railroa'd to sur- prise General In camp eight miles distant Col.

Guy T. Henry, in command et the cavalry, made A suc- cessful dash Into Finnegan's camp, capturing four guns, a large amount of equipage and commissary stores. At Baldwin he captured another gun. three cars and $500.000 worth of pro- visions and ammunition. He pushed on to Sanderson.

40 miles from Jack- sonville, where he captured and de? 'gtroyed much property, and slruck Flnnegan In position near the city- Henry fell hack before the strong In- fantry force, and telegraphed Sey- mour, who come to Sanderson with Infantry and artillery, for dera. Seymour had been ordered to concentrate hit force at Baldwin, but Instead of this. And against the or- dera of his commanding officer ho pushed forward with about 6.000 men straight Into the country where the Confederates could concentrate ati overwhelming force against him from Georgia and Alabama. Finding that kindness, he la no longer reckoned aa a member of the tribe. I well re- member such case on the Diomedes.

A hrother-in-law of the chief had early embraced Christianity, being convert- ed oh a trip to Nome by one of the first missionaries. Being a very con- scientious man. he soon recognized the Incompatibility of retaining his faith and conforming to the worship of his people. The spirit of the Scotch Covenanters was in his veins. He re- fused to go through the usual rites of his people, and prayed to the God of.

the white stranger at home. As a result he was forbidden his place in the village kos-ga (or meeting place), where every man has his recognized station, carefully graded according to merit His sou was not allowed to dance with the young men or witness tiny of. the councils or wltch-doctor- ings reserved for the men: his daugh- ters could not take part in the annual dance of the women, nor was any member of the tribe bold enough tc ask them in marriage. They all raar- ried Siberian strangers acd left tho old man's house desolate, but he stuck to his faith to the last. In my hum- ble opinion, he was the best Christian I ever met.

Always cheerful, always ready to help, living daily the faith that was in him. he was tne only Eskimo I ever saw who was brave enough to withstand the tor. other trades by which Morley thrives, and the clatter of the clogs of girl mill-workers is to heard in its steep streets morning and evening; grimy-faced colliers, always laughing and joking, aa if they did not follo'vjf the most perilous of occupations, go to and fro between their homes and the pits, and pale-faced weavers, who work at the cloth mills, look as if each one bad stepped out of, the pages of "Silas Marner." There is said to be no one in Mor- scarcely a mark guidance svny- a dismal wilderness, iuteisect ed by gloomy ravines and frozer, TnerQ JS aaia lo D8 uo one in uor creeks. Hare and there a er now rem enibers Sir. Asquith water icy cold and covered with float- as a bov and it ls very proba ing ice, barred their passage; down in the valleys the drifted snov iurned them Again and again the struggling ponies floundered to theii cars, or slid headlong down soma 2 VEGETABLES ON ONE VINE! Old Virginia Man Grows Potatoes artd Tsmatoes From the Same Plant.

steep declivity. Twice Hamlin was thrown, and once the Osage was crashed between floating cakes and I submerged in the icy stream. Across Martinsburg, W. Snive- Uio open barrens swept tho wind into ly, seventy-two years old, a horticul- their faces, a ceaseless buffeting, chill-! turist of Shady Grove, has duplicated i ing tc the marrow; their eyes a feat he accomplished when he was the snow-glare. Yet they rode on and on.

voiceless, suffering in the I the time of Luther griui silence of despair, fit denizens "plant of that, scene of utter desolation. Snively lias been successful in grafc- (TO BS CONTINUED.) ing a tomato stalk on a potato vine an( having the plant reproduce itself. Intersstsd. This feat, according to liorticultui-ists, "The earliest mention of coal la i never before has been accomplished. I said xo have been made by Theophras- When fourteen years olci, Snively, in 1 Famous French Novelist Said to Had Human Flesh on Hie Tablft.

de Maupassant as a Cannibal" is the subject of a.remark- able reminiscence just published for the first time by a well-known medi- cal man, Maurice Fillet, in the Sci- entific Review. Fillet recounts that 6n6 day the great writer was ccsilng out of his club when a carman sud- denly fell from the top of a tall dray at his feet. De- Maupassant picked I him up and took him to a hospital, but the man died on the way. Asking tc i see the house surgeon, was a friend of his, De Maupassant begged i him, as soon as the autopsy was to let him have a. piece of the dead man's flesh.

The next day the doctor eeiit a small quantity of this unusual meat to De Maupassant, at once sent it down to his kitchen, with In-', structioas to grill it for luncheon, After finishing the grim dish De Man- passant decided that anthropophagy need-have'no attractions i'or the Huro- trap Into m'hlch Seymour ran head- long. Our men, faint with hunger and a hard march of 36 miles over sandy ground, reached a point ivhero the railroad runs through a long cy- press swamp. In this swamp Finnc- gan had stationed his men. with his flanka thoroughly protected by tho swamp on one side anil Ocean Pond oa the other. Before they knew It our were In tho trap, with a fire opening from both nldes upon them.

The artillery was rushed up to help them out. but the rebel skirmishers shot down the horses almost at once. Hamilton's battery went into action 150 yards from tho rebel front, and In 20 minutes lost 40 out of 50 horses nnd -15 out of S2 men. The whola thing -was absolutely mismanaged, since If we had formed a line a half mile to the rear, we could, with the assistance of our have beat- en back the entire Confederate forces- Colonel Hawley, with the Seventh Connecticut, was In the advance, and suffered severely, when the Seventh Now York rushed to Its support with three batteries Next Eighth United States colored troop, under Col. Charles Fribley was brought up on the It was a new reginier.t, had never been under fire before.

Tn an hour and a half It lost 350 killed or wound- ed, with Colonel Fribley failing a mortal hurt. Barton's brigade--the Forty-ssvonth, Forty-eighth and One Hundred and Fifteenth New York-- went into tha battle and received fear- ful punishment. The commands were put in at intervals and whipped by detail- The last to go in Colonel Montgomery with the Fi'ty-fourtli Massachusetts and First TSTorth Caro- lina, both colored. Their charge, however, saved the army from fearful loss and prevented the advance of ths Confederates. General Seymour showed reckless valor to atone for his mismanagement, and finally re-estab- lished what remained of his batteries farthest to the rear, where be protect- ed the withdrawal his men by volleys of canister.

The Sev- Connectictit covered the retreat. fas made deliberately, and tho irates attempted no pursuiL brought off about cufl wounded and left In the Confederate hands about 250 more. The Confed- erates admitted a loss of SO killed and 650 wounded, but beyond all doubt it much greater, la his retreat Seymour burned up provisions worth $1.000.000. boy of fourteen, considerably before gourmet, as the human meat was Burbank, the very insipid and tasted like overdone veal. tus," said the professor, at break- Ust.

"And what did he say professot?" ino.uired pouring use coffee. was a too, thu landlady, how the geography of the world from age to age could be defined from the i-omposltion Of the recks. Ths lime- stone, he sata, proved that the greater part ol England was at one time i.nder the sea. and by collecting evidence of this kind one was able to draw a map representing all the various perioia of the world's development. The lecturer went on to.

show how the land rose and luxuriant vegeta- tion grew, to be covered in turn by other deposits, leading to the forma- tion of lie The earliest remains of nan were toward ths making experiments with the tomato grafting them together and having the plant produce both tomatoes and potatoes. He. however, was never able to perfect his method. For fifty- eight years he has toiled patiently in an effort to create a new plant that would produce tomaloe6 Oll the vine of the ice ago. Would, he asked, the above ground and potatoes on the people of tod.iy leave any roots below the soil.

There would te the churchyards But the old horticulturist at last ha? the sreat cities like London, while achieved success. On his big farm in the deposits in the Black country which looked so much like volcanic dust, might mislead the scientists 1 some future age. What Old He Mean? "Now look here, Maria." said Wombat, "If you don't stop bridge all tho time a Shady Grove can be seen several of the hybrid tomato-potato plants. 'Saively said there- Is no question as to the success of. his experiments.

He says that he has so far perfected his of grafting the two- plants to make it certain both vegetables ul- timately will be ralse'd on one plant Another "Dot and Dash" Romance. Another "dot and dash" romance has reached a happy culmination. Miss Georgianna South- worth, a telegraph operator employed in the Postal teleerapu office here. "met" Edward A. Conrey of the 2Cew York office over the wire some years la dull moments they flashed Morse messages to each other.

A short time ago they had a formal. race-to-face meeting and their rlage followed. On tha Lieutenant. A lieutenant was going along a couiw try road, when a native with-a sun cc his shoulder, followed by a. dog.

hove in sight. The dog snapped at the lieutenant's horse, and in a fit tem- per he pulled his revolver and shot the dog dead. Regretting what he had done, the lieutenant handed the native a dollar.to soothe his feelings. "Where were you going with the dog and gun, anyway?" "Dowu to the woods to shoot tfia dog." the man answered. Colonel Cody Laments Morse's Less.

Denver, W. F. Cody. "Buffalo Bill," wept when his famous horse, Isham. which he has ridden for nearly 25 years, was the auc- tion block.

The proceeds of the sale svill be applied on liens against the Suffalo -Bill Wild West show and Pawnee Bill's Far East show, wMcl into bankruptcy recently. Got Out Jutt in Time. At Fredericksburg some of our boys were Gharpahootlng from an old out- building one evening, when the rebs tot a line ca the position and dropped a shell inside. It exploded, and tremendous sent a German soldier cat through the window. Ho landed about 20 feet away, and he eame to his senses sat gazing at ihe building, which was fired by the shell.

A comrade came up aiitl asked hin ff he was hurt, "Xo: I ain't hurt." said he; "but i 501 c-uJi. in time, didn't..