Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1897, Page 19

THE URCH OF THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1897-24 PAGES. 19 HOLY TRINITY. CHURCHES IN PARIS| The American Colony Has Three} Edifices of Its Own. ONE DATES BACK FOR FORTY YEARS | Certain Characteristics Mark the Congregations of Each. EV ANGELIS Correspondence of The Star. PARI rv 14, 1897. ORTY YEARS AGO j 2 » New York public tion had an illustrat- | d joke. An Ameri- can girl of the period, just back from wick- ed Parts, is being catechised by a Puri- chureh did in Paris, What you attend my dear Not-er Dam h,"” answered niece proudly, s at Notre Dame r Se Netew Dene. “8 never thought one of eur family w come back from Paris swearing Paris is so much wickeder nowadays that | Most people imagine the answer as the good lady understood it would represent the average church going of Americans in Paris. They would be wrong. Tourists go to » Church of the Madeleine to hear one kind of music, or to the Russian Church to hear her, or to Versailles to see the fountains play en the proper Sunday. But | some of them remember the home proprie- | ties and join the resident colony in, at least, a morning attendance at one or other ef the American churches of Paris: The Three Churches. * three churches specially built £ Americans who reside on the of the Seine, in the neighbor- he long Avenue des Champs | hat is the quarter of the for- | s who have money, and the Ameri- of Paris belong for the most part to is that of the | ually has had back to empir in full blast, new nd makin, orli’s curiosity were rupie o tail rri. In fr shows is not ¢ » which is iscopal Church of the is more recent. For a long ftiliated to the E ; was contain cnglish emba thirty y< ropalians d be “re the large G purpose in one of the The church sits lot. There is a enough to suit the } inclined Anglican, ag plot. The is not finished. But the neighboring ment houses, among the richest of cannot inclose the lot so far to the presen of an American church in the fashionable avenue. In Good Company. not, widow of the ident of the French republic, ent, and there are titled peo- the street. In Paris, as in are near, very ‘ial pyramid, ag in darger of going Their pastor, to whom the < of the church is mainly due, is th 4 fine = built fo: new Avenue de I t fashionable qvarters. with dignit own church otkic “hind door Mm pl all along the near, to the su without, off at the apex. build Rev. Dr. John Morgan, one of the finan Morgans. TI is the pastor of the Evangeli church building a hionable and hot a But he has scored tor his weekly ptions by securing apartment for his residenc the Porter, ¢ at- h all goes to prove th as in healthiness of comp s trad=, in ifferent from ition in reli: and also that ting climate of what ix Fashionable. Church, which is as h as for the Ame! and which kas mainly an Irish clergy en up interrational complications, is in Avenue Hoche, where Minister White- ¥ Reid occupied a house with the most pensive rental of Paris. It has good its midnight mass at Christmas is hionable, and {t has swell people in its tion, some of whom are converis, » not care to frequent the French rehi ave received titles of nobility from pope, which is handy in Paris. There is the Marquise d’Oyley, nee Evans, of the f-mily of Empress Eugenie’s dentist; the Marquise de Wentworth, who acquired some reputation as a salon painter when she was plain Mrs. Cecilia Wentworth, and there is the Comtesse de Spottiswood Mackin, and doubtless others. So far as Americans are concerned, the existence of this church is noteworthy on!y to show how much they stard in need of the maternal tongue. fer the French Ro- man Catholic churches sre otherwise ali that could be desired. It 1s rot the same with the French Protestant churches, Where the sermons and singing are very wood for learring tne language of the coun- jard W try, but present little else that is sympa- thetic to the average American Protestant. A Clerical Ane By the way, a certain distinction might be made among the American churches themsel* regard to their respective Protestantism. ‘The word is not used at the rather “high” church of Dr. Morgan. Hereby hangs a tale, in connection with the chapel of the Rev. George Washing- ton. The latter is an English clergyman, who built, at Queen Victoria’s penultimate jubilee in 1887, with the help of Sir Rich- n intensely ritualist chapel. sht to attract Americans ir: jasticism. His church has emonies, with cloth of gold chant 2nd incense and_ processions, n Noire Dame itself. And this makes the story. An English lady, strong-minded, resolute, mtch traveled and none too favorably in clined to our countrymen and women, wa: recognized coming out ef the American church. What—you cre worshipping among the Americans?” Yes, I have come to that here in Paris. t the English embassy ciapel they a deal tov Protestant for me; and up at Victoria Jubilee chap-l they have so many new ceremonies that [ never know they are at! So I come here, where I If more at home dy added, to increa. her apology. always in His name o- clined to € n finer se the weight of “You know that Dr. Mc: ident!” urch Parade. Without making too odorous compa: I have also been struck with the differ- ences in the church parade when service r. This requires that one : hou the outside of the various churehe: Roman Catholic parish chureh, which the ect chapel of the Heche does not count) you miscellaneous crowd of all sort: tions of men. t ladies ts, bare-h n, 2 count with bis whiskers duly frizzled, and a young man, who is very gocd to ‘#0 to church al cll, even if he economizes time ing his bicyclist’s suit. the American churches every- thing is strictly proper, with a due sense of the clothing becoming the day. On a sam- ple Sunday, at the Evang:lical church, not a single private turnout, but only the ordinary row of cabs for hire. At the Holy Trinity there was one oper ‘lan- dau, with coachman and footman in liv- ery, a closed landau ditto, a coupe with flunkeys likewise, and five handsome pri- vate victorias, most of which di: Avenue the usual and condi- despairing of a fare, managed io enlivea the Sunday with a fight of tongue and whip-ends from their boxes, which a horri- fied policeman inastened to stop. Like Our E: At both in sacks a chur which dem ra ster Parade. places there were young men 1 tan shoes, which is dubious A costume; others in frock and derby, an Englishman would suffer martyr- and numbers of S spotlessiy tall-haited, long. ‘w-trousered, and shining-shoed onducted church in the tw could desire. Perhaps mp—one finds over her ts—prevuils more ame York s' really New it church men of Dr. Morgan I noticed that it French taches, improved by a pointing of mus- had b beard or cut of in Sund was were at both place ich ng to religic gowns—were tunning. A few “ sp Ww ccompanied by that piling up of L h Parisiennes accom- plish eas which would come tum- bhng dow nerica unless it w ‘To the younger ladies at the Evangelical Church spoke young men in costumes that are supposed to represent art “from the Latin Quarter!” This is their rendezvous side of the river, their attempts at ohemianism being apparently discov d by the chic of the Episcopalian con- Im the Latin Quarter. It should be added that Dr. Morgan taken the artistic bull by the horns, and keeps a chapel going in the students’ midst. It helds 200; the American stu- der.ts boast they are 2 Here, too, bette’ fer Sunday an immense studio, where, af- mM) (divide by four). an evangelical has gone ter due prayer and praise, lemonade and are served to those hungry and thirsty after righteousness. Also, youn: American men may make acquaintance averse with young American wo- spectable and of their own kind— h is a holy work in Paris! ldren, it is clear, do-not make up a at factor in a grown-up people's so- like the American colony in Pari: Church of the Holy Trinity manage keep together a very creditable boys’ choir, which wears white robes duly when on duty in the church. Outside they are marked by a uniform consisting of Eton ket and Oxford cap—all of which things show that England is our mother country~ when we cress tne ocean. The boys are aid enough to make it well worth their own and their parents’ while that they should sing. They sing well and march in procession with propriety. There are also American boys in the choir of the Rev. George Washington's cburch; they are paid less, but then they march a great deal more and sméil in- cense, and are clothed in many colors—and never tell a lie. Neither does anybody else in Paris, except those profane tourists who pretend to have seen the town without ever setting foot in one of the American churches. STERLING HEILIG. Trials of a Novice. From Punch. 5 Brown—“I wish I had the moral courage to go. home!” . : . the | ART AND ARTISTS. UNIVERSITY A nymph mounted upon a sea horse was added last week to Rolang Hinton Perry's bronze group for the fountain at the main entrance of the Congressional Library. She is astride her steed in the most ap- proved, or rather the most disapproved modern manner, and every line of the fig- ure fs full of action, even to the backward toss of the head and the hair flying in the wind. With one hand she grasps the mane of the sea herse, who is ploughing through the water at great speed. It is interesting to note that, while the sculptor has taken an old Greek subject for his group, he has treated it in a manner not at all classical, and the individual figures are so full of life and action that they lack the répose char- acteristic of Grecian art. The figure of Neptune in the central grotto and the two attendant Tritons are indeed open to criti- cism on the score of suggesting violent action, through the exaggerated modeling of the muscles, while in attitudes of com- parative rest. The nymph, which arrived recently, occupies the space in front of the right-hand grotto, and when a_ similar bronze; now expected, has been placed cn the left side, the fountain group will be complete. * ok Ook . There ts a chance that several Washing- tonians may send pictures to the exhibit of the Water Color Club in New York, which opens on th 7th of next month. Any who are intending to contribute and have not already sent their works should bear in mind that the 27th and 28th of October are the days named for the receiving of pic- tures. Both water colors and pastels are eligible for this exhibit. * nd The goodly store of interesting sketches which Miss Bertha E. Perrie brought back as the result of her summer's work has won praise from many quarters. The larger part of her sketches were from the neighborhood of Duxbury, Mass., a small coast town rot many miles south of Bos- ton, but she can show a few effective sketches made in the White mountain regions of New Hampshire. In glancing over the latter one is at once attracted to a_very conscientiously painted wood in- terior, which, if it is not as irreproachable in technique as the artist's water colors usually are, bears the stamp of truth, and as an unquestionably fine outdoor quality. ‘The moss-covered boulders and the tall trees growing close to the margin of 2 placid lake present a scene that is quite txpical of the locality where she was stay- irg. Amorg the Duxbury subjects the scenes along the beach are sketches which ere enjoys lingering over. One of the most pleasing is a long stretch of occa scented beach, with clumps of tall grass springing out of the sand here and there, and a strip of dried sea weed drifted in fantastic curves by the waves. The low shore in the distance lies like a pale blue line on the horizon, and while simple and unpretentious the picture is highly inter- esting in composition. The fields around the town furnished one very good motive, in which a white sardy path running across the crest of a hill drops suddenly out of sight where a broken fence and several bushes mark a steep incline, only to reapne=r winding across the meadow beyond. Miss Perrie devoted herself al- most entirely to landscapes and marines, but she y brought back one y striking water color study of an old man’s hea‘l. * * Several days ago Mr. R. G. Skerrett's large water color of the U. 8. Kearsarge was exhibited at Veerhoff's. The artist's main aim was to give a faithful picture of the vessel, and, considering the close elab- ation of detail which that required, he succeeded in putting into the study a sur- prising amount of breedth and artistic spirit. The Kearsarge is shown in the open si and the marine effect is well studied. The picture has been sent to New York ard is to go to the builders of the vessel. * * * Mrs. Josepha Whitney paid a brief visit to her mother last week, returning to New York or. Monday. She spent the summer on Long Island, but gave up more of her time to rest ard recreation than to sketch- Ing. * ee On Wednesday and Thursday Mr. Walter Paris held an exhibition of his work in a studio at 1424 New York avenue, and those who were prevented from seeing it cn account of the unpleasant weather miss- ed viewing the best collection of water colors that he has ever sho’ here. His the sucec ds an artist when he is wor milieu, as the French call in architectura it. subjects, and eason he devoted himself largely to 's of that ¢! s ng in the old the ruined churches and quaint houses of several English towns motives with which he is in entire sympathy. One of the most effective of his large water coiors a view of St. Nicholas Church, Gloucester, an imposing gray structur with all the dignity that age brings to a fine piece of architecture. In the green churchyard dotted with crumbling stones a bent old man and a bright-faced little girl lend a touch of human interest to the picture. A number of the best sketches whick the artist made were painted in or near Gloucester, such as the cathedral, the old city gateway and a wonderfully pic- turesque old house which he jotted dow but Penzance, Cornwall, also afforded him many excellent motives, and St. Ives not a few. In the last mentioned town he made a very interesting study of roofs, with their broken lines and leaning chimneys, a scene which is suggestive of Nuremberg. In these subjects and in his street scenes he shows a very good eye for the local col- oring of the stone walls, roofs, ete., and in all his subjects he works out the details with great exactitude. The most. attrac- tive of the Penzance water colors is a quaint street communicating with the sea by a narrow alley. The studies made in the Isle of Wight are not so satisfying being mainly landscapes and coast scenes, which he dces not handle with as much success. * * There are now at Veerhoff's two marbie bas-reliefs by Herbert Barbee, representing Night and Morning. With such hackneyed subjects a sculptor could hardly be expect- ed to hit upon anything startlingly original, and if he has not given us anything very new, he has at least done a very ciever piece of modeling in the face typifying Night. The effect of the veiled protile is rendered in a manner somewhat similar to that of the Veiled Nun in the Corcoran Gallery, which many will remember. * * * Mr. George Gibbs is busy with black and white illustration, and is still at work on his series of drawings for the Illustrated American, entitled “The Passing of the Ola Navy.” A short time ago he finished the first book cover he ever designed, which he made for Molly Eliot Sewall’s book, called “Twelve Naval Captains.’, He has just sent away to Vogue an inter- esting drawing portraying the arts of flir- tation. A girl seated at a piano is lavish- ing her sweetest smiles on an eccentric- jooking musician, while in the background and outside the circle of lamplight is a handsome young fellow, who looks as if he had not much use for the long-haired individual by the piano. A series of draw- ings, which Mr. Gibbs will commence he- fore long, will depict scenes of country life, such as the congregation coming out of the village church, and many others. He hopes to find time to do considerable gut-door sketching before the winter seis in. * * * ‘The only canvas which Mr. F. J. Fisher has been giving much attention to ts a new arrangement of a subject which he painted some time ago. In the picture he has rep- resented Dawn as a female figure flying through the air, and just putting aside her dark, filmy drapery spangled with «ny stars. Beneath her feet are floating clouds and in the background fs the rosy glow of early morning. Mr. Fisher is adapting this figure with slight alterations to a taller panel-shaped canvas. Mrs. Fisher has re- cently finished a flower study, which is perhaps the best thing she has done in that line, and is a unique piece of work. Out of a large mass of roses in a bowl one can pick out dozens of different varieties, all painted in from nature at various times. Many of the buds are exquisite, both in form and color, and the mass as a whole is very effective, though the grouping of so many kinds together wilt hardly find gen- eral favor, as it smacks a trifle of the greenhouse. iN OTES ‘s Columbian University. This year’s foot ball fam fs regarded as the best that has evéf represented the university, an@ it is expected by the stu- dents to win the champjo! of the Dis- trict by defeating the Columbia Athletic Club. Thursday it won a game from the Richmord Athletic Chub. ty, formerly of the Central High Sci d Glassbrook of Trinity College, wi yed at half back and quarter, respectively. The aver- age weight of the team thaf will line up at National Park en day in the game with the C. A. Og wilk be about 170 pounds, the heaviest that has ever repre- sented the orarge and blue. At the last meeting of the Enosinian So- clety the question discussed was “Resolved, That crime is the direct result of hered- ity.” Messrs. Cutter and Stuart bad the affirmative and Messrs. Everett and Be- atty the negative. Dr. Arthur McDonald of the bureau of education has just delivered three very interesting lectures before Dr. J. McBride Sterret’s class in psychology. ‘The question for debate this evening by the Law School Debating Society is, “Re solved, That Aleska should have national representatives in Congress.” Messrs.. J. © Dabnev, A. W. Patterson and J. H. Ed- wards will uphold the affirmative and F. P. Warfield, M. Hépgood and H. L. Dwight will speak in the negative. Next Saturday the question is, “Resolved, That Congress should have a general marriage and di- vorce law adopted.” The affirmative speak- ers will be A. F. Specht, E. G. Thigpen and Granville Lewis and the negative Messrs. Freston Boisseau, I. 0. H. Alward and J. G. Tyssowski. General amendments to the by-laws will be discussed and voted upon at the meeting this evening. The chief topic will be the question of limiting the debaters in each discussion to two upon each side. The junior law class met Thursday even- ing and adopted a constitution and by- laws, but no officers were permanently chosen. At the next meeting regular offi- cers will be elected. Mr. W. M. Smith, chairman of the post- graduate class, has called a mecting of the class for election of officers on Novem- ber 5. The following are the officers chosen Tuesday evening to serve for the ensuing term of the senior class of the law school: President, W. F. Kirk; vice president, A. F Sellhausen; secretary, W. W. H. Robin- son; treasurer, Philip Tindall. Catholic University. The foot ball team has been organized and cardidates for the several positions are In training. Though ‘rather late in commencing work, the club expects to make a good showing. Steps have ready been taken looking to the formation of a base ball team. McTighe, last year’s crack pitcher, has returned to the university. Tuesday afternoon in the Divinity Cha the rector, Dr. Conaty, received the gree of Right Rev. Monsignor, in the pres- ence of a yery large attendance of bishops, archbishops and other cignitaries of the chureh. Later in the day Archbishop Keane de- livered an interesting and forcible ad- are to the University Club in the assem- bly room of Caldwell Hall. Authority was given to the executive committee by the board of directors at their annual meeting to erect a suitable residence for the rector within the grounds belonging to the university. . Hereafter the Sulpician Fathers will have the entire management and control of Di- vinity Chapel, both as regards the spirit- val care of the students and the domesti arrangements. This will relieve the vice rector, Dr. Garrigan, of a great part of the responsibility and low him more time for the performai.ce (of his other duties ‘The rector, Dr. Conaty} has left for Rome, Y., to attend the conseeration of the tholic Church at that plate. It is an- nounced that he will preach’ at the cere- monies. ‘ Howard University. A foot ball team has been organized at the untversity, and will.play ats first game this afternoon on the college campus the eleven of the Wayland Seminary of t city. The team has been practicing dili- gently during the week, wjth the hope of winning this game. Following contest they will play at Norfolk on the 6th of No- vember, and again oy the 2Sth, or there- abouts. They will also play a team from Petersburg in Richmond some time next month. B. S$. Jackson is captain of the team and George If. De Reef, manager. In a short time a second or-reserve eleven wili he formed of the substitutes of the first team and such other-players as are to complete the necessary number. There was an interesting and well-at- tended meeting of the C. E. Society last Saturday night. As announced, Mr. Grant Leet, 1 nt of the District ‘Union, w: in charge. Tonight the regular C. E.'t will be discussed, and a be made to have and unconverted the university present. The program of the entertainment to be ven by the Eureka Club is as follows: ‘ay, A. B. Chaney; declamation, Miss McGuinn, oration, Mr. Kimbrough; essay, Miss Howel. Following, a debate ‘will be had on the question of the equality of the mental faculties of the two sexes, which promises to be interesting. Mr. Conway is to speak in the affirmative, maintaining that both Sexes are equal in this respect, vhile é negative has bee: ssigne pane tue nerd S been assigned to J. National University. Frederick L. Siddons has been conduct- ing the exercises of the junior class for the past week, owing to the illness of Prof. Ralston. The text book work of the post-graduate class will begin next week Punder’ Past Henry E. Davis. The first subject will be mercantile law. The lectures of Prof. Davis to all classes will end shortly and the evenings hereto- fore assigned to him will be occupied by Judge C. C. Cole, who will lecture on stat- utory law. Cases have been assigned to all seniors and post-graduates in the moot court, and hearings will begin bef cke: Mondayeevonine: fore: Judge Tucker Georgetewn University. Father Richards fs in retreat at Wood- stock. The following were elected officers of the Post-graduate class of the law school: Mr. J. M. Chamberiaine, president; first vice president, M. J. Keane; second vice presi- dent, R. Thomas: secretary, H. W. Cramer; treasure! 5 jolomon; iteat-; H. M. Packard, sergeant-at-arms, The law school seniors met last night for the election of officers for the term. No steps have as yet been taken by the juniors in the line of class organization. following is the question for debate at the next meeting of the Philonomosian So- ciety, on which Messrs. Murphy and Keane, and Barry and Sullivan, will speak ii affirmative and negative, respectivel solved,.That the United Btates should take steps Immediately to secure peace for Suba.”” ae Ts “Resolved, That the government should have control of gas works, water, and all municipal matters,” is the tapic for discus- sion at the next meeting,.of the Philodemic Society. Messrs. Lobit and Harrington on the affirmative, and Messrs. Bell and Kir- by on the negative are the speakers an- nounced. 5 Justice Morris will, it is understood, com- merce his lectures to /the ‘post-graduate class of the law departmient ‘very soon. Next Saturday the seffior ‘class in geol- ogy wil! go to Great Falls, th¢ object being the collection of specimens. The glee club proposes to give a concert next month and the merfberg are now re- hearsing. “The Pirates of Penzance” will be presented the latter ‘tof November by the Dramatic Club, off whith Mr. Moore, 1900, is president. > The foot ball teams represetiting the sev- eral classes are practicing every day. No outside games will be played, but a sched- ule of interclass ‘contests will be arranged by a committee. The bicycle and athletic meet of last week was a pronounced success, both from an athletic and financial standpoint. Plans for the new grand stand have been prepared and work will soon be commenced. ‘The new structure, which is to be erected at an outlay of three thousand dollars, will contain all conveniences: - Mr. Wimsatt of this city has presented the university with two bowling alleys, which are to be erected under Gaston’ Hall in the near future. They are much needed, as heretofore the college has been without anything of the sort. The College Journal has made its ap- pearance in a new cover,-which is artistic and improves the appearance of the maga- November 6 has been decided upon as the date of the athletic meet. The prizes are and silver medals, which are to ih ic special effort will the associate membe students attending IN AN INSTANT WALKE! R HAD SEIZED THE TOP. A THRILLING ESCAPE How Captain Walker Made His Way From the Bull Pen. AN INCIDENT OF THE LATE WAR On the Following Day He Was to Have Been Shot. TOLD BY AN EYE WITN as sas Written for The Evening Star by Major Alfred I. ‘Calhoun, AMES WALKER was born néar Knox- in east 'Ten- about the so that he in his twenty- eighth year when our civil war began. He had a fair com- mon school cduca- tion, and learned the trade of machinist, at which he was an expert. When twen- AA ty-six years of age Walker was offered the position of master mechanic in the railroad machine shops in Atlanta, Ga. Being a single man, he cepted the offer, though like all cast ‘ren- nesseeans, his devotion to the mountains of his native state was one of the strongest impulses of his life. Walker was a strong Union man, as were all kis mountain kinsmen, but when Georgia seceded, he found it would be dangerous to express his views, so he kept them to nim- self, resolving in the meantime to escape to the north and join the Union forces at the first opportunity. The conscript laws were early enforced in the south. Plante with large estates, professional raen and mechanics, although forced into the ser- vice, where they did not yolunteer—as most of them gallantly did—were exempted, under the impression that their service would be more valuable to the confederacy, if they were permitted to remain bic! their usual vocations. In this way W-lk although sworn into the service of federac: detailed to remain in charge of the same shop. Escaped From Atlania. The war had been going on for cight months, when Walker, who had carefully prepared his plans, escaped from Atlanta one Saturday night, and befére his flight was discovered he had reached friends in the Cumberland mountains. Within a month, for the man was a born leader, Walker had recruited mountaineers, and without any ‘ant swore them into the Union service. With these men, dre ed in butternut and armed with vid-fash- ioned hunting rifles, Walker traveled by night through the lines of Kirby Smith, and succeeded in reaching the Union forces under Nelson, in central Kentucky. Walker received a captain’s commissio1 and he and his men were regularly mustet ed into the service; but instead of being consolidated into one of the many east ‘Ten- nessee Union regiments, they remained a separate command, known us “Walker's Scouts.” Because of their great familiarity with the country over which the army of east Tennessee and of the Cumberiand were then operating, Walker and his men were of the greatest service; and, it may be added, that it would be impossible to find in elther army a hardier, handsomer or a more desperate body of mounted men. I first met Walker at Chattanooga, a few weeks before the effective battles of Look- out and Missionary Ridge. He had come through the enemy’s lines alone, with a message for help from Burnside, then starving in Knoxville. His Personality. Walker stood about six feet two. His hair and beard were light brown, and his were the only gray eyes I ever saw—the only eyes of any color, indeed—that seemed to flash fire when he became earnest. Al- though his voice was low, and his manner almost effeminate, the yertest tyro in physi- ognomy could not be in Waiker’s company ten minutes without feeling the magnetism of his unflinching courage and superb man- hood. Walker and I hecame decidedly chummy during the short-time he spent at Chattanooga. Three weeks after he had started back to Burnside, we had had our big fights, and in the hot pursuit of Bragg that followed I was captured," with some sixty men. All the Union prisoners were sent on to “the Bull Pen,” an unroofed in- closure in Atlanta, from which point the Officers were forwarded to Libby prison and the enlisted men to Belle Isle, in the James river. It was a.cold, sleety evening in early De- cember, when we were marche from the cars at Atlanta to the Bull Pen, at the edge of the town. The inclosure was more than ankle deep in mud. In less than the space of half an acre 4,000 shivering men were packed. About the center of the in- closure there were two brick piles, rem- rants of the chimneys of a house that had been burned down. As I was stiff, my horse having fallen on me when he was shot, my comrades helped me to the chim- neys, and made me a seat of some of the bricks. Chained to a Heavy Shot. I sat down, and had just uttered’a groan, caused by mental rather than physical ~uf- fering, when my attention was attracted by the clanking of a chain near by. Look- ing quickly up, I was surprised and shocked to see the tall form of Captain Walker bending over me. About his right ankle there was a heavy iron ring, and fastened to this a log at the other end of 100-pound ried on his shoulder with but he dropped it beside seat of it, when he took of his, and whispered as and I waved sy hands at the guards on the high platform about the stockade, and the ellows trudging through the mud to rm. Bending nearer and sinking bis voice to the low, soft pitch that pmed £0 out of keping with his character, Walk- er said: “God knows, I'm not glad to see you a prezner, old “ellow, and you know it, too. But, as you see,” here he shook the chain, “I am in a bad fix, and I’m here waiting for seme man to show up that I know has the interest in me to see me through. | “You can count on me and my boys, Walker,” I responded. “But what does thi ball and chain mean on a prisoner of war and an officer?” Sentenced to Be Shot. “That is just it," he hastened to say. “I am not regarded as a federal soldier, as they call our people.” “How, then, do they regard you?” I asked, though, knowing much of his past, I gssed at the truth. In his habitually quiet way, Waiker went on to explain his fcrmer position in Atlanta, and how he had > ed, and then dezai Iroad Shops. After hi the Union lines deserter, and as he had retained his own name and had become a conspicuous figure |in the war, a reward was offered for his capture. Z Ten days before our meeting in the prison en Waiker had been captured in a cav- y fight at Campbell's Station, in East ‘Tennessee. As soon as he reached the de- | pot in Atlanta he was recognized. He was tried the Monday before our meeting, which was cn Thursday tvening, and he was condemned to be shot for desertion on Friday morning, now about twelve hours off. Now the ball and chain is explai said the condemned man in conclusi a he quietly proceeded to light his pipe. The pen was fenced in by logs set on end in the ground. On the outside and four feet lower than the top of the stockade there was a platform on which guards walked every ten paces. Inside the stockade and fifteen feet away, there was a littl: ditch, known as “the dead line,” which prisoners could not cross under pain of death. This line was indicated at night by rows of dim lamps. These lamps were being lit while I talked with Walker. The chances for escape were practically nil, and with that ball and chain attached any attempt meant | cbssnieromihe wnatte tye coea por help | saying: A Plan for Encape. “If you must die, Walker, go right up to the dead line and fall under the rifles of the Home Guards; better that than to be led out and shot down like a dog.” “I can slip the ball and chain off,” said Waiker, and he demonstrated that this could be done by removing his boot and | stocking, then he straightened out his long foot, and with a slight effort freed himself Fes the ring. “With the help of y-urself and other friends,” he went on to say, “I believe I can get over the stockade, and make my escape, though there is a veteran brigade in camp about the place.” Near where we sat there was a the body and iandles of which w ten feet in length. A belt fastened across jthe ends would make a step or resting piace fully eight feet from the ground, if the stretcher were set on end. Walker, #s has been said, was a tall man, and without interference he could reach ‘the top of the stockade and drop to the other side. But there were the ligats on the dead line and the watchful and ubj.uitous guards. Walker went on to say that the guards were old men and boys, ileme Guards, and easily demoralized. “If.” he continued, “you could get a eczen or so of our friends to load up with these bricks, and at a given signal heave them at the guards off there to the east, j the men from the south side would think | the prisoners were trying to oreak through | there, and they wouid run froin their posts | and leave me a clear track £ my Cnough | to get over. At the worst, nm only be shot making a break for hberty. Will you help?” I gave Walker my hand in proof of my willingness, but it was he and not I who spoke of the danger to ihe other prisoners from the wild firing of the guards. Great though the danger was, every man with whom I spoke about the ventare” was willing to risk being shot in order to help twetcher, e about Anxious Moments, After 9 o'clock the guards called out the half hours ard the number of their posts. When the man at Post number ) an- nounced 12 o'clock, the men with ihe bricks were to attack with vigor, and Walker Was to rush with the stretcher for the southern wall. As-the hour approa~hed, the men with the bricks crawled as close to the dead line as was saf. ‘The night was very dark with a cold driving rain from the northeast. About five rainutes be- fore the signal, which was to com» from the enemy, Walker crept to my side, clasped me in his arms, and whispered: “God bless you, old feilow! Another hour and I'll be a free man or a deal “me.” In the indistinct light from the dead line, I saw the tall form bending over the stretcher. The minutes were cruelly long to Walker's friends; what must they have been to him? At length the cry began. “Twelve o'clock. Post number one; and all's well!” The men with the bricks sat there and | their breathing came hard. “Twelve o'clock! Post number ten, and all's well!” The last word had not died on the lips of the guard when thirty men leaped from the ground and the fusillade began. 1 threw one brick in a wild way, then turned to watch Walker. The Escape. With a rapidity that cannot be described he deshed over the dead line to the south, from which, as he foresaw, the guards had fled. In an instant the stretcher was against the stockade and Walker had seized the top. I saw his face for a mo- ment, as with a mighty bound, he swung himself over. There was firing into the ‘A WOMAN'S DEED. A BENEFACTRESS WHO IS DOING INCALCULABLE GOOD. Devoten Much of Her Time to the Benefits of Chi ren—How She Helps Them. Evening News, Detroit, Mich. n Tansey of 190 Baker St eof these wemen who always know HM trouble upd sickness. 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