The Anderson News, 1885-10-22

Slough 'rids riranlar also contained a tfagt if found to be within tha grant of ( ongross to thx road the com company - pany company would transfer tho land ' to who whoever - ever whoever hal improved it immediately oa payment of tna Government prloe This letter lakon in connection with tho circulars which worn scattered freely amuug tlm sott'ors If it did not remove all fooling of'foar from tha raimla of Eraatna and a fow others did servo to allay tha general alarm which waa before on the inorcaeo and Improve Improvements - ments Improvements went on aa usual Tue circular of the company sent to other portions of tha Slate haa tho de desired - sired desired effect and very soon other fami families - lies families began to coma In in considerable numbers all taking up claims and ra ra-lying - lying ra-lying upon- the printed pledges of tha company that in no ensa should tlie lund cost more than tho price asked by Gov Government - ernment Government for wild land ' to tinui sited on ' And now those who cams first to tha Slough bogan to reap abundantly of the fruit of their labor and porsoveranca Tha work of turning a veritable desert into A gardon' had boon accomplished It haid been done too without capital nil by m -n who were forced to support thoraiolvtt and their fnmiliee while the transformation was being made Oruharda and vineyards -were loaded With fruit Olives aid apples peaches plum apricots poArs piuo-apples lem lemons - ons lemons pomegranates nectarines - all 'tho semi-tropical fruits - and some wbleli grow uuwlunx else outside of tiie 'tropics tbomsclre werq to bo found in fall bearing njicn the irrigated lands of tho sottlcrsrt Mussel blough Fxnnfi AnlJx aMMtef Kwia Green fiebl grew broader and green greener - er greener Lit'lo Socks and hordcof battle ud sheep were to be seen feeding on tlw rich vegetation whioh oaraq with the water that overspread the land from tiie system of irrigating ditches and ae the remit of all thia new and pretty cottages were taking the place of the wretched hut in which dearly all had been forced to live during the first Ssar of thoir residence anuitwasin w m'dat of Mils prosperity whon want had been banished by yean of patient ng toil and -they were rrjoKi troubles past ami tha thought that for tho rest of their days itnoy could teko life easy that- the stroke cam whii-h tnmrd alltieir- joy into mourning and changed tjie current of their blood from this peaceful flow pf quiet happy hearts to' a teething flood in heart inode hot with fear end hatred 11 ' - i This was no rumor from an unknown source that reached their care awaking doubt In edme and ridicule in others Itwa not tlw faint' murmuring of distant storm that might never reach them but the sudilen ruth of the whirl whirlwind - wind whirlwind tlw llaah of the lightning tho falling of the thunderbolt from a sunny sky It came a e notice from the rali rali-lond - lond rali-lond company to each settler 'inform 'informing - ing 'informing him that he was n trespasser oa Ihe laud of the company ana must Imme Immediately - diately Immediately vacate unless he wm prepared to pay the value of the lands oooupted by him which had been carefully ap ap-pra'sod - pra'sod ap-pra'sod so the notice read by comp potent judge whose estimate of the valnt of refill quarterauctioa accom accompanied - panied accompanied tha notice ThU appraisement ranged from tan to thirty-live dollare'prr acre that of Eraatna Hemmingway being thirty dol dollar - lar dollar per acre or a total of four thousand eight hundred dollars which he was naked to pay to the railroad eompany for the land he had redeemed from the desert or failing therein was ordered to at once vacate the premises The excitement whioh tha receipt' of these notice caused can be Imagined Tm eat of vengeance upon the o nicer id the company were both load end fre frequent - quent frequent nnu hau they been present there Is no question a to whnt their fate would have been Death in some form would iraqtt-alkraably have been meted out to them Hut they were careful not to be pres present - ent present -They had deliberately laid and were now executing n plan to rob there peo people - ple people of their homes end they were too canning to come within reach of their victim whilo the first hut Hush of right righteous - eous righteous anger was upon them -With the power which their Immense wealth the gift of (kingre gave them they did not fear ths courts or the btate author! tics They already controlled these and prepared to bribe or threaten as hail hanUh POHcverng1 toil over tuble u e- tha m they doomed most likely to accomplish their ends any official who stood In the way of their plan for wholesale rob rob-here - here rob-here Tho leader in the plot stood high in social and political circle The settler had small means of mak making - ing making the outrage upon their right known and tlieir causa waa Instead desperate and it 1 small wonder when in every dwelling at the Blough were women whore eye were red with wrei wrei-lug - lug wrei-lug that them should be men whosa lip uttered cornea and whore mnaolea twitched will eagerness to lay bund upon tlw authors of their wue Only a few days before the notices to pay or vuento reached the settle ft liradii end Lucy had received a lotter from Mrs l'nruuns saying that they had at test found a probable purchaser for tiu-ir place Tlwy would know In a few tteyA she wrote nnd if they sold thoy should pack up and start fur tlw Mluugh at onus aa they did not wish oven li the purchaser o' tho properly would permit to re remain - main remain on tlw mountain through I ho win winter - ter winter it would seem mure lonely than ever when tlw place wm no lunger tlieir I own v

In aa illagitinute eon of tha rider of the two brothers When tha yonng man re earned to the bona about B o'clock laet night be waa horrified oo diecoverinc the dead bodice of hie father end node lying on tba door Ha qnicklv alarmed tha neighbor who hurried to the ecena of the f tragedy and aa examination ebowrd that John had beea ebot through tba bead and that William had been beaten to- deaih with a heavy dab hie head being horribly craohod by repeated hlowe Bevoral lima Jr aterday four Irampa ' were noticed arkiag Ja tha vicinity and tha police anthoritlae lay that they have convincing evidanoe that thry an the part Ice who fommittao the crime Branch ie I ring made tot them The drawer and trnnke la the home bad bean nuuoked showing that ha object of the reorder waa robbery I and it ia aappoaad thau-tha tramps bail ' 'heard that tba money wee bidden in Die honao Toang Keeler aaya that-tb money waa earn ted ootelde the houeoand that tha marderere did not aeeura it i AhioetaBtot I Countara (X October JO - Shortly after boob to-day roam to tile-brained pereom hang oat aa munenee "bloody shirt" acroee the atra at la front of the Deinooratle head quarters It bore tha worde uHew 8outlrli "Hew Worth" end "A Hew Deal) tha heat of the Bloody Bhlrt" The ehlrt was fmmenae affair It was about twenty feet long and teo-fofct wld with rieeves six feet long Graatdanhsofradweraapattered over tha faraaat In imitation of blood At banner created a great deal of amnaemeot but shout B o'doeh a nnm nnm-roUmridiara - roUmridiara nnm-roUmridiara bar of old-soldiers went in a body to the headquarters and demanded la tfaoaimaof the GA R that the bloody nnfalma ho taken down A Chairman Powell wna not present at the time no attention waa paid to tha request A few minntea later a re re-quest - quest re-quest waa reeelved from Governor Hoaily e thing that Hu banner be taken down at once Before this could be donn however a - - targe crowd had oollutwl and Just aa the Janitor began to looem the ropes a namber of man rushed forward end ariring the banner carried It off Thor brought it bock in a few minntea saturated 'with coal oil It waa then homed In ftant of tlw head head-"qaartari - "qaartari head-"qaartari amid tha shouts of those present to witness the movements ' Thera wars number of peraont In the crowd who e-em dee Irons of sacking the headquartere anil many threats were aiado bat the wise counsel of law abiding man of hoth parties prevailed and tha crowd dispersed i p'VrivA ChlltfV Awfki Fate' MoaTaxaL ' October IB - Yesterday morning ae the wife of Jean Baptiste BomUlyq farmer la Bt Vlacmit Bepanl a village about ten miles front llontreal was feeding her fowl white bar chll b srsd two years was playing around suddenly a large bald-headed eagle woopxl down end bore tba llttte on off in Its talons Tha child loroamed aad extended Its arms to Its mother who waa beside herself with roen-al agony hat wga powerlees to render assists nos The ecresma of the child hoWever attracted the neighbors who with shotguns pursued the eagle The bird was seen to alight with lie pray upon tha roof of a barn a mil distant Lifting np ita head with one powerful stroke i drove its book into tha cbild'e head and than began Its horrid foa-t At tha near approach of tha neighbors who were tiring Kas to I Tighten It the carte took flight ring the child behind When the laxly ' was recovered life was extinct The skull waa split la two and a part had neon de devoured - voured devoured ' A Chicago Mia'i Baod laek 1 CnoAflo Oetota ID - The statement ia - puMishad here that Thomas Atkinson at present employed here ai burner has fal lea heir to a large lavish estate Thirty Thirty-one - one Thirty-one years ago Joekua Bowns his nnrie d'sd at Houeted near Leads la ' Yorkshire Hngtead and beqneathed to hire self eat lieutenant RohsrqWood another aqihew In the British army a fortune aggregatin'- in money aad real retatn sot less than GUO GUO-OOO - OOO GUO-OOO to be equally divided between them The British Lleutsaant drew hie long ego ' He only became aware of the feet through aa advertisement He Is lifty-eliilit yearn f age aad hue a wife and two chlllrcu Daat Fari With Flrtaran r HaHiHOXi Fa Octnlier 1(L - By the ex pins inn of aa overloaded gun la tha hands f Kd Burtley here this afternoon B-iliert Fiohter a oompanloa was Instemtly killed a large piece ut the harrel penetrating hie heart Bartley's right arm waa blown off and Thomas Rcott another compMitotif ' wee eo serioualy Injured that ha will prob ably die Slagaiar gad Fatal Expteeiaa Fadl Kiev October 10 - A man H Clarke with hia eon filling and lighting gasoline street lamps from eans las wagon last evening Omp can exploited aad burusd ap tha home am 'wagon Clerks waa thrown out of tha wagon ter tha explosion and seriously burned and hia aoa waa badly If not fa tally bunted ' A Watk'l FillwtA ' FHaw Yoax October ML - Thera wars IBB fallurrs la tha United Mutes and Canadi during tha weak against WT last week aui 1W) for tha wash prsekms to tha teat : Niatr Fatally CmM ' ' Ccxtbaua III October Hh - A terrible mine acoidesit oaeurred her to-day White a lares block of coal waa bring mirier nilnei it euddanly fell andornsheda miner nainci hlnle under Its weight He waa taken out with both lagi liroken and waa othurwlae man glad It is thought ha cannot rtcuvtir A Wmib to bB NaiBtd ' ' PxiiAitaLraiA Ootuber R - Amilo Cutter tha young colored woman who )ii'aried guilty in May laet to murder lu rmieluK the death of her false- Inver Win H Kiilvht a colored waiter was tills af tonuxiB aeatriKtf to be haugwl

8ETTINQ Haifc to tbariiek Of ttmkiw tatho ettokl fell sound wtffljMth flngdm that aria To hurry them Into tha BUck With aaliek eliek - with monotonous j they em Jutbeettokl What do the tr pee MU the world ee thoy Hen tt le satire then rioquenee grand Weuk as nothing when state combined they eomound A wonder-power In thriroliek Aa ia order they marsh into the stick Look again iu the etiek La - - - afl ais!l tkaai am To the workers or evil thoy sorrow betide: hide Them away from tha ritok nltek oFSa type falling into tho stiok MoaasA&'tenmtaMMte imutaShw dread They know that to freedom tho trpoo hero Aad the ririonear ee ere In Aadthar shake at the aouad of the allriL Berk the no'ae from the ettekl GalU flies from tlm eennd In a tremor of fear: nut guilt eon DOt kida in tha day or tlm ngfat Xtongh It try every method of hiding or FroaMho sound of that terrible eliek Forever that d'oV riliekl -In the gsa tost mokaetna day-ehlae or In tba sun's light - - That stick le forever Ineroaelng IH mtat eeemjnji to eoyi Hus we stand for the Oppressors beware of tha stttt t Those gnur-eoiorod typos In tba eliek! Btate monaromea potentate Fashes and Tba nalntmvfiiepUyer Iks poet who elnga toad la ewaof theao poor iHUs dull lenten things And the oml none noise of (he click But these tvpes In fka st'ok To tho just and the trua all nations croon 1 Ve tho whole or muklud when tho vlrtuos Mott weloomo to suck la tho raumkul sound t: Of tho t pea with their el'ok - 1 - rnmiJ UHomeo to K T CUpytr- OspyrlfM (MeeraL At Mlgate ftettresd7 'I I Or JUST A CAMPIN' i 1 xr a axauk Fxauexun it Paoxiaaiox ov J k Dowxxv A Co ruBLisaeoe cxioAao - - : ' CHAPTBB XXIYOoxrixPea i And they had goqdneighboTa which added much to tba pleasantness of their I a I surroundings for though ncvCr content Co be separata from each 'other Sven for a day our yonfig -friflhdtr aoyed having their acquointmccr drop In on them and often -visited 1 among their neighbors spending 1 the evening or Sunday afternoonr1' " " ' : They heard regularly from Lucy's parents and quits ftu Tuently from Joni ate and her husband who were' still in Chicago and doing welL At least En- wore decided to sell their home on the mount mountain - ain mountain at tin first opportunity ' and move to tha Slough tlieir oat-of-thaiway' lo lo-eatkm - eatkm lo-eatkm aionx operat' ng against t he ready ale of tba place 1 Jf 7 -i Meantima Erastus audXuey worked ! i '' ' ' The sire of orchard and vineyard was sago ana aorag weu ai mom na- i 1 1-4 raP117mnWao'l a comfwtablo a ad happy- Ir and Mr Pavaons had now fully y - - fnereaaad by tbo planting of other trees and vines Boae-buahes were tot out at tho eornora of too poroh and beneath thaji windows and avergpsins and flowering shrubs in the front yard Tlw main i irrigating i ditoh-' having wn completed the year before the work of cuTyfng''the wafer wherever Beaded by mean ofsmall alde dltoha 1 waa comparathraiy oasy and rapid so that aoma pretfy brood tielda of grain urn) grea wore beginning to streteh away oa avoty aid of their eottagq But now earns u terrible rumor It waa told doubtiogiv ut find - aomethlng that could hardly be possi possible - ble possible - that a railroad oompanr laid plum to tha lands about tha Blough and I would eompul payment of their preieut I market vahua all Improvemente inclsdr J mi or evict tha homuteadon from pos- aoaaion' ' - ' Tba sett tors generally laughed at tha tala aa being started by autno oao lor tha purpose of giving them a frigiifc VvUatl" they said "th railroad claim 'our landal Why the waa absolutely valueless - thought not to be worth paying taxes on uulil wo irrigated It and mult houses and put out orchards aad vineyards "Besides tha land grant by £on grass was mada to a company whoso charter fixed tho line of Unite reed more than a hundred miles away ou the other aide of a range of mouutains' end even thia grant the company has forfeited long ago the time in which tha road vm to be built hi order to obtain tha lead bar Ing expired two years aince and tha road Ja not built yat" - : It aeomed absurd for anybody to talk abont a railroad company having - a elalm to their landx when they had re redeemed - deemed redeemed them from tha desort awl were almoat ready to prove up on thorn under the lumutaail and Pre-emption laws Yet than were thoaa who ware leas easily disarmed of tear They knew that In Iowa a railroad company had dispossessed settlers who had aetually proved up and received doeds to- their homes from tho Govern Government - ment Government Thera wftro thoaa among them too who had euliured from the overflow of hydrauliomiac other from tho Huecol HanclL and yrt other who had mlferad from eneroaohmenfai of corporations in other Staled and othnr portions of thia Stale and there were prepared to be believe - lieve believe that nothing waa too preposterous forth railroad ronipany to olaim if ita oflloere thought there was tha remotest ehauoe of enforcing it either by fair moan or fouL When Eraotui llcntmlngwoy heard thu rumor hi heart sunk fur he had reen too much of the hearlleoaueea and greed of corporations not to -fear the wont and he at once took'atepe to oertuin the tenth lie wrote to tha headquarter of the eompnay repeating what he had hoard and asking if there waa any truth In the tali-meat that the eompany professed to have any alahn to the land In the vi vicinity - cinity vicinity of the Blough In reply he received a letter and also ariratilar - T1m letter waa algtwd by tlw Preal

and tang Bnahls to let gar JdsBohl called loudly that he wha dying' A -doasn men ran to hlaafaietanet andwero soon experi experiencing - encing experiencing the tingling effect of theelectrlcitr Komi Tang hadDthen'ariod and many coil coiled - ed coiled for help Aterowd soon gathered and a few additional victims ware hanging to ha hand-railing Finally thucrowd anm wrad nearly live hundred persoos Cm wens stopped and no ono oould get past -A mllee wagon arrived jnet oa an eaterprla eaterprla-ng - ng eaterprla-ng man had discovered- tha cease of the trouble andndaaaod the Victims The po polios - lios polios dispersed tho crowd everybody laugh laughed - ed laughed and no oao was arrested U ?r A DnadM Slgh'O Taboo Dak- Qetofaer 14-The new haa Jnet reached here that the Wife and child of 8 tli Stauntouperlahed in a prairie Are In Barnes County' thirty miles from here Batmrday 1 The Are started from a threshing-machine on the Lesaar farm while tli man had left it for dlnncg Mr SiAUHtoa SiAUHtoa-who - who SiAUHtoa-who was eome'dlstauoe from hi nonsetwo mllee fepm tha qiglt of tha fire was bare barely - ly barely able to reacts tharw before the Benue etui thought it too late to save the build building - ing building -Um look one little child under each arm and told hie wife to follpw with the oiliest one Boim laolpnrf bark Be tawl hi wife and child enveloped la flames Mrs Staaaton perished - there and the child wnsgo baqhr burned that ltdied tha next day The lire parted at the honse and left It untouched A few thousand bushels id whaat and a barn or two burned At the same tima another lira a few niQee west destroyed aaow fifteen thousand-Jvishria of wheat ani tjksfaimot H V -Turiidey and tiie hoaso and buildings of Id C Booth and much otbsr property of other parties The total losses from Ate in Bernes County this ueasoD aiw puled tVnfiwT i ot -stofitor nwxoMgM Buffalo -Oetoteer -1A - A elnguhr end surprising coincidence was noticeable qn Lake Brie yeeterdar The atrbag east wiad which was Mowing hero lowered the water taro feat at this aad of tho teko so that tha work i f loading eraft with coal ia tho Blackwell eanal had to bo anspaoded At Tbledo tho wind blow a gale from the west and tha Manama Btver dropped two fact below level aad tha 'steam - Drake could not teas the port oa ac of low watec Tho two oorrenta mnet have met eomewhereoff Fort Bianley Ontario n from that point to tho American shore there must have been a hill of water of at least four feet In height in the lake Bneh a thing has never before baea known oaths lake Waat AagrloH Eaiarprisiraid CapitaL WAigixorox October IA - Ia a dlepalch to tho State Department dated the 7th of Beptemhcr the dragomaa of the United Btatea Legatlou at Teheran gives tbs sob sob-stance - stance sob-stance of a raeaat oonversatloa with the Fenian Minister of Foreign Affairs la- 1 which hia ' Rxceltency i whether - tha Aamrioaas would gage ia haainesa in Fare la ee tha Fenian Government waa disposed to offer every facility in Its power to improve bnelneee isiatioaa between Ferris and tho United Btatea Any -proposals by Americans for concessions of tramways railroads mines or commercial pnhela he said wnald re re-eeivu - eeivu re-eeivu the moat aerioue and favorable non sidsraUoa from tha Feralaa GovurnmeoL Bridfg Bgrgid gad Twa Mu Elllil BanxixxinX VT October IA - The Troy and Boston Hallroad bridge at Btate Has near Horth Hoosic H Y area burned to today - day today It la aappoaad tha flra was caused by a spark from aa engine White attempting to rare tho bridge two memhera of tho Horth Bennington Fire Department- James Wantell and M Burke were instantly killed by felling timbers anil a F Cov i promlnaat business maa-ot -Horth Men Men-nington - nington Men-nington was fatally Injured Trains are running via Fvtsrsburg Junctioo to-alghL Tha bridge waa a high and long one and Exri over tha highway aa well aa over a WaHnamsao River' 'I Fuad Dud la tba Mania Hbw Caxtlb Fa October IA - The body of a man about fifty year old wtth's ha! let wound la tho temple yraa found lu tha woo la near hers to-daj waa found nearby had kilted himarif decomposed It ia thought that the remains are thorn of a man named Frye ofJksom town Ohio j I Twa Mu Silbutod to Dralfl Car Aitxbh Mixx October 1& - Five ears loaded with wheal were' ditched on the northern Farllle live miles sent of here yesterday Two men who ware stealing a ride were found euffucaled in the whnat From letters on them they are bellevsd to have bean John H Cochrans of Volants Fa awl Ijoalet Dust of Champaign XIL Tramp Maiglii C'aiwk lrte' Ortobrtr IA - Wm lliilroyd aged fifty a' tramp wna struck by a train to-ilnv ami iwilly uaed up both arm being erushrd Ilia lujurle are urulwlily fatal lie i lu the hospital

eye when they dlod and no one would "i disturb them on the mountain side whioh was io secluded Mid louoly that hardly anybody appeared -to want to live there Yes It wa very fortunate that the bargain had not been oloiscd: and ha wou'd pay - the man tar hli trouble and ask to be released " Entering tbo oourt-hoiiae be- want di-' ' nelly to the Recorder's olloa -Tha gentleman whom he Xxpeotod to moot was already there and in com pa- -ny with the Ueoorder wee looking over -the record Without so ranch as bidding them good morning John l'arone began to say that ho had changed hi mind and wished to be released from hi verbal contrast but before lie could make hi -mooning understood the gxntloman who hod ooiitractod for tiie plaee auid: "How it this Mr Panon? I find a mortgage on your plnce I understosJ you to say it was clear of nil iucum iucum-Drenoes'' - Drenoes'' iucum-Drenoes'' "A-a mortgagor' Tho words oame In a whisper from lip that were blondla which the other did not notion for hit eye were upon tiie volnm of reoords and he anxworad: "Yes A mortgage for fifteen hun hundred - dred hundred dollars with inturj-t for six yean ' uuloss it has boon paid making a total of about the amonnti I wa to pay you for the pines Tho mortgage seems to have been given by Mr Illnka to a Mr Jours of Ban Francisco nnd - " But lie did not eoncltulo tlid sentence for at that instant the two men at the desk hoard a groan and turning taw John Parsons tell to the floor os if dead Thoy picked him up aud laid him ou a bunch and onn of litem run for thu du -tur white tho other attempted to pour suiuc whl-ky down hi throat from a liable In a moraont he revived and when tlw doctor came running in followed by erowil uf buidnass men and idlors wa sitting up with Ids bend leaning upon his unml hi elbows upon his knee As tha erowil entered ho loukcd up for an instant ami then resumed Ills former position but that iostant sufficed to show to those pietBut a facn so hag haggard - gard haggard that not ono among them all reoagniml It os the laca of Jobn -lter-sons tha owner of tho mountain ranch Tho doctor advanced and laid a hand upon the wrist of tha stricken mau as if to feel his pulse Then Jobn Parsons again rnfsod his head and with an ellurt arose to hie feat "It ain't no use Doc" ho said recog recognising - nising recognising the physician as one who had at attended - tended attended Johnny In hb recent illness "ft ain't no nee" he repeated "it's the heart that's ailin' an there ain't no medicine that'll do it any good least leastwise - wise leastwise nothin' you kin give Tlw chil children - dren children le bein' robbed oftheir home just a their parents has bean afore 'em and there ain't auytlifng left to live for "1 thought when I retd the letter test now that wo could all live together somehow on our own little ranch but It 'poars that it is to bo tuck from us ton- - though I don't know how it comes I have nn abstract that I got out of this very olHoe when 1 bought the place and it -ay a there weren't no mortgage onto it then but now there 'peer to be one for nil it's wo'th ta' they'll take It of course an' there ain't no plnce left where nn honest malt kin take them as ie dependent on him It would be better if we wna all dead an' I 'apect we will be party soon The railroad oompany'll turn Eraatna an' Lucy out an the girl'll d'e may be for want of a shelter when her baby comes to be born an hor father won't hare any akeller to offer her far ef they were mean enough to mortgage the piaoe and then sell it they'll he devils enough to turn an old man an' woman an' n crippled boy out the minute they want possession'1 TO COXTlXUKtk

mountain ranch had been concluded between Mr and Hr Fanon and the gentleman of whom Mrs Parsons had Written Thoy were to receive two thousand dollar cash down and to give imm-xli-ate possession and on the morning but one following that ou which Lucy a sec second - ond second tetter was mo led John Parsons started to town with theiteed mode out and signed by Ids wife He was to ipect tho purchaser nt the court-hones ih rhinpsburg deliver the deed and receive tho money provided the title waa found to ba clear of which there was no doubt in the minds of either party the abstract which Blake gave to Parsons whan he bought the wty having been shown a proof at fact when negotiat'on for tha pun-hare and sola were Aral begun Tha sky looked cloudy and threaten threatening - ing threatening whon ha left home but It would not do to fell of being at the appointed place on time and he klseod hC crip crippled - pled crippled boy nnd bla wife and loft in good spirits promising to bo baok by dark On reaching town he put out h'e hone' saw that he wee properly ted and tlen started for the court-linusa On hie way there he had to pas the post-ofHco and stopping to inquire If there was any mail for him was handed Luoy'a tetter to her mother He recognhwd the post mark and openod it at oneti- not a common pro proceeding - ceeding proceeding with him for hie eye were no longer good and even where letter Mine addressed to himself Instead of hi wife he usually preferred to wait until ha got home and then have hor rend them aloud while he ate supper or smoked his pipo and raete l But now aomuthlug impressed him with the thought that he had bolter open the letter He had a feeling that perhaps all was not right at the Blough remaps it was because It had been only a few days since thoy had reeelved a loiter from there and so were not ex expecting - pecting expecting mother so soon Toariug off thx envelope he begun to read but uad not proceed-nt far bo fora hi hand trembled so that he could not bold the paper still enough to ice the tetters and ne folded it up and put it into hie pocket Me had read enough however to understand what had be fallen bis chil children - dren children He knew that they wen to be driven from thair home u he and they had an often been before by ihemeroilere greed of soulless corporations or combination of rich men wuore hearts had turned ta stone beneath tha weight of their 1m mouse wealth Fur a moment It seamed to him that he should d'-o right there and lhoe who wore looking saw him stagger 1 ke a druukon man hut he rallh-u at once aud wont out without n word The thought that tho oottago on the mountain side wna still tlieir and would a (ford an asylum forth ehildreu had coma to him aud he wa hastening to tell tha would-he purchaser that un under - der under the circumstances they oould not let him have tho plaeo - It was fortunate that the bargain wa not eloeud bo tboughL How lucky that he had opened the letter Instead of wait wait-ingnutil - ingnutil wait-ingnutil he gut home! They ooulu all live comfortably in the rutin a together and he and Marty ihoiild have those dearert always with hem tiie little while they should con continue - tinue continue tu live and liy iltetn to ulore tlieir

ITie only thing thbt would delay I their coming If they sold was John Johnny's - ny's Johnny's health The boy had not been ax well re oemmon the past summer and bad been quite sick reoontly but waa gat gat-tug - tug gat-tug better now and she thought would be able to be moved and If they sold alw would take Idm and start at onre by boat leaving Mr Parsons to drive aero with thair honsahoid goods a Krastus and Lucy had done The reoeptlon of thia news had caused muon pleasure to tho young couple who were both desirptu of hav having - ing having tlieir parents near them Juoy wee especially anxious for tha presence of her mother at this timo timo-and - and timo-and hastened to reply urging that thoy ell if they could get anything bke a fair prion and that thoy ooma at onoe But whim the determination of the railroad corporation to rob them of their own home beearne kuown to them they felt It would be bettor for their parents not to soil at least for tho preaeut end Luey again wrote telling aer parents of the diilloulty they were In ami that if they had not sold It might be bettjr not to do aa It was a hard thing to do and the poor young wife had often to pause and wipe away the tears that blinded her eves aa she wrote of their troubles - thinking too of the sorrow it would bring to the hearts of the old people upon the mountain side She was expecting to become a moth mother - er mother soon and all the' sweet joy with whioh she had bean looking forward to the coming of tiie babe had given place ton terrible fear of whnt the future might have in storo for them nlL Eraslus had not been loud In his threats aa had other Indeed ho hud not threatened at all but he was not a man of many word And she had not forgotten bow nt the Huscol Kansh when but a boy ho had lakon bar moth mother - er mother ana Mix Ritchie with tha children of which aha wm one to a place of safety and Mien returned to dofend the collage with hie lifow And now the tli ought kept coming to her: "What if tho ebmpnny should actually attempt the eviction of the settlors and Eraslus should again defend their home and be killed?1' Shu tried to put tiie thought from her but it kept coming back each time with iucreasing strength until it earns almost to be a conviction She know or thought she know that if efforts wore made at an eviction her husband would Kill upon hie neighbor to do do-fond - fond do-fond their homes with their lives and would sot them the example It waa a horrible thought But it came and it clung toiler and though aha tried hard not to make her fetter to her parent be without n gleam of hope she yet felt when It was written and sealed that aha had failed nnd was still furili furili-ar - ar furili-ar depressed by the thought of tha ef effect - fect effect it would have upon - those to whom it was to be aunt and espeoialiy upon her father -who she know would boar the blow even lore stoutly than her mother' Meantime ths verbal sale of the