Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1898, Page 18

: THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1898-24 PAGES, = flourish, “This lMbrary ™ ent on the first floor, and communicating | throughout the sitent house, and later] from another. Together we tottered across rans diectly with the ‘outside by means of a| rrore faintly the cobblestones of the} the debris-strewn court yard. Some wood- upward of 1,459 volumes.” We hall and a- separate stairway. The room | street. "When Prey had died away @ deep | work inside the citadel had taken fire and was lighted by a long. many-paned window, leaded and filled with diamond-shaped glass. Beyond this large drawing reom was my bed room. I must say that I en- joyed my stay in burgomaster Seidelmier’s house, not thg less so because he had an stillness set ig’ I standing alone at one end of the room, my eyes fixed on the hour glass, und the sergeant with his four men, like statues at the other, also gazing at the same sinister object. The sergeant was the first to bri y Government Officials. NNO OMOEA WOINE WT OW ONC WOW ONE The names of all the officials of the fea- Je) hae Ase) (se hae hse) se) sel selse) sen sedse) se hse) se) se, s2 HK se 2) cral government, including clenks and mes- was burning fiercely, and this lit up the ruins and made visible the great gap in the wall @t the fallen gate. Into the square below we saw the whole town pouring, seldiers and civilians alike, coming from sengers, Some Facts About the Washington of are given in this old directory é 5 The government departments had not, in ri f kK the silence. the narrow streets into the open quad- ‘ears a me Se THE HOUR GLASS, =) only daughter, a most charming girl Gur] “Lieutenant,” he said, “do you wish to] rangie. I-made my way. leaning on Sept, Sixty ¥ ‘Ago. 1834, been erected into the giaat institutions ¢ ; aintance ripened into deep friendship. | write anything—_” over the broken gate and down the cause- that they now are. The State Department, acqu r oe 5 = and afterward into—but that has nothing |: “He stopped siprt, being an unready man, | way into the squave, and there, foremost which then included the patent office and re ate eaeed ot to do with what [ have to tell = fa rarely venturing tar beyond yes and aS of all, =e my Bee cloak eeicy GLEANED FROM AN OD DIRECTORY the office of the Attorney Gene was hy story is of war and not of love. Gretlic! “I should 1i communicate with oney rcund him, to make up for his want o! managed by twenty-four persons, includ- ‘ WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING £TAR BY ROBERT BARR. Seidelmier presented me with the hour] in this housetpld.’ 1 said, “but the gen-| ccat. ing Louts McLane, the Secretary of State a : 2k glass you have in your hand. and on it I) eral has forbidBen it. so all I ask is that] “There, general,” I gasped; “there is ae Their names and saiaries are ail given ( (Copyright, 1898, the S. 3. McClure Co.) carved the joined hearts.entwined with our | you shali have.my body conveyed from this | your citadel, and through this gap can we The ey, Department had a consid- similar initia!s. Z iq | T20™ AS Speedy as possibie after the exe- | march to meet Marlborough.’ erable number of officials, but not one Wee they ate inttials, are choy? said | Cation” R a ine | PES. Sir who the devil-are you?” criea | Houses Were Not Numbered and fortieth of the present: mamber. ‘The, War Eastford, glancing down at what he hai “Very good, lieutenant,” answered the] the general, for my face was like that of 5 partment, including “Lewis Cass, Seer: mistaken fer twining serpents. sergeant. : a blackmoer. hi ‘teri: Throve. tary, ) per annum,” and all of the ea aid The officer: iT was more ac’ | -After that, fot afong time, no word was | “I am the ileutenant who has once more the Lotteries army officers and clerks thereto attache: qagpomed to a sword than to an etchins | spoken. I watched “my life run redly | disobeyed your orders, general, in the hope = mustered onlf seventy-one men. The Navy = fool, and the letters are but rudely drawn. | through the wasp waist of the trasparent | of retrieving a former mistake.” epartment, including “Levi Woodb re One evening after dark Gretlich and { were ziaas, then 3 cadena wweranan orased to “Sentore!™ he cried. rapping out an Seoretary, $6,009 per aan anaes bed coe 44 x ing upon the hourglass in disput> upon his| whispering together in the hall, when we | few. hal? in the upper, bulb, half in the J oath, “I shall have you court-martialed, |GOVERNMENTOFFICIALS| along the best tt chew eee Bertram Easiford ha¢ intended to pass | Kness. secing that the sands had all ran | heard the heavy tread of the general com- | tower, “Ht ha te a," said the sergeant, | sir.” six workers, officers and all. The Was? tie aco: oe ein ae the curiosity | Cut. silently rev ~ and set them run-|ing up the stair. The girl fled precipitately. | must shake 16 glass” “Stand where | "I think. general,” I said, “that I am ——— ington city ‘post ot f hag ches Set so much of hig | WUE again. This action caught the corner jand [. holding open che door, walted the | you are.” I commanded sharply. ‘Your | court-martialed already.” for I thought Jones, postma: as Corcor a ee ee inkets watherea | Of tke stranger's eye, and brought him to a | of my chief. He entered and | orders do rot run to tha «| then that the hand of death was upon me, | Written for The Evening Star. an, chief clerk.” Among the offici mon had gone, for trinkets gathered | r-alization of why he was th Drawing the door. ° The habit of obedience rooted the Ser- | which shows the effect of imagination, for UBSCRIBERS] Pames are given under the general z from all quarters of the globe. He knew it! a heavy sigh, he began his story. | said. “it ts my intention | gount'to the spot. my wounds were not serious, yet I sank Sigg ee apane to | Ment heading are “commission was weakness on his t to select that Th : ecitaie! oeee nani Lage “Send one of your. men to Gen. oe down at the general's feet. He raised me the doctrine of the | e#tY with the King of th anes ahtkee oh cali = = : eet 3 poe this | 2¥8S.” I said, as if had still the right | in his arms as if I had been his own son, and “commis: seseet neta ns ee amy axes Eeiehy to | _ Im the year 1706 I held the post of li de ies ee i “Tell him what has hap- | and thus carried me to my rooms. Seven Rev. Jasper, that | with Fra: but Be <boueht it (would 20 no tare.) ténatt= ini that part coe thehcarition eacnse ao “reper eras rite pote sees : and ask for instrucions. Let your | years later, when the war ended, 1 got ths scalp smover: | whith ib be nud treat himself to one glance at the seductive | . sanded by General Trelawny, the sv freee ease, tis Mince aan elt: read lightly as he leaves the room.” | leave of absence and came back to Elsen- and the world stands | 8" published is amusing window of the old curiosity shop, where | [OMMSNEON US Out in thet! eT ee ene Favant 4] not hesitate a moment, | gore for Gretlich Seldelnder and the hour still, migat find it | 04,PePresentatives are a. the it of dispfaying | PT’ " zs pie ae : jee : the order Frequired of him. e | glass. 3 at “Mrs ch’s, Capitol H dealer was in the bit of displaviug | nas of the great Mariborough.” trance itadel. Your attack Is to be nearest thedgor tiptoed out of the | © oes necessary to alter | Fletcher's, near post. offic his latest acquisitions. The window wa Eastford lisiened to this announcement | but ee ee bly- mare than half an hour VI. their belief and to | M “opposite Cx never quite the same, and it had a con- > idea that there was something ab- | t® th Gee ee during which no man moved, | As the lieutenant ceased speaking East- uta Miter tatenek G stre tinued fascinat’sn for Bertram Eastford, | out the statement. The man sitt ward and pi and bis three remaining | ford thought he heard again the explosion before the shrine of ending bd but this time he said to himself resolutet was calmly talking of a timg od afraid to breathe. then we | at the tower and started to his feet in See aie or he would not enter, having, as he assured rs past, and yet he himself could not be >, general; but I bcd neth eae 5 nervous alarm, then looked at the lieu- ia gickeunruannen: himself, the strength of mind to forego | 3. Gay more nan arenes Ie vENRIA the neadet impetus to sand in the | tenant and laughed, while he said: Wantiowionareribey The Lovers this temptation. However, he reckoned | monts of absurdity. Eastman found him- rt tieaneuc glass, but when Trelawny ae the “Lieutenant, I was startled by that noise aE dee tie yuk wee In the annual tax tab 5 2 a wats = cee @ more fe tas. status quo remained. The general stood | 5... z for thi a es = ‘4 ) ing of various busiresses is te thout nis window, for in it there was! self unable to unratel them, but the more ia but fi 1S qui - just now, and thought for the momen SIERE ee ~ one i ST a ved which caugat | he thought of the matter the more r An hour locking at the adeT sand without {trat 1 was in Brabant. You have made | Whatever the world and th restot the solar | vending lottery tickets, $100 per ann old object newly displayed which is peakir syst have beet i ¥ an object n fectually as a half-driven | erable it began to appear, and so, hop! ment I expect you eee ned tefore, general, | $00 your claim to the hour glass, and an ave been doing during the past | mhe iottery busir was in a flourishing his attertion as effectually a alf-drive 1 d not n e lool = * PROIMen EA hat is whe ppened before, arab ooo eas = is oe x a $ As 3 Da th ing his attenti Seer at a esate: (On. tiie iter had not noted the look of sur: > attack moment: you ar d that is Why Poves hot at. ime pina, | You ate welcome to 1t. sg sy four years—a couple of generations, | consition in Washingtes well as in all = 2 stood an hour e on his face, he said quietly, before the w make ny Sr ae peti Nee dee But as he spoke he turned his eyes to- |] minus a pair of years—this old town has ; one Le tee Ee mind back over t | noisé as you + Men are capa T have con-mitted.the crime of neglect. and | wera the chals in which the lientensat had | — : leading American cities at this period «work cf some wood as reniouibess ha red Be eau 4 : ave thus de ly earned my death, a Z :. Surely been swinging right along cn the | Wirnecs = - and remembering what he had learyed at | 6; as to lead the enemy to believe th y been seated, and found it vacant. Gazing Witness the d_announ He sicod gazing at it for | : $ “ foua oh td gall dle the happier {ft my gea-| young the room, in half-somnolent diemac: | Sxt of progress without any days off or |in this. 1si4 published in. the @ moment. then turned to the door and| “That was during the war of the Spanish soneral turn di mpde:| eral believes diam welther abtrattor mor if |tevmser thas he soe elton ee ee ks | watallons ever. Now, at the finish-| form of an advertisement ine the latves Cee erecting tee anctone Seen k through the hail Bt 1 without a word, aa- | feet Was the shattered hour glass, which | Ing wire of the nineteenth century, there | P4 Ere = the bool hom he knew so w v2 d then be and down the stairway. ae . Still without 2 , ad- RS ay E : : aa : “J.B. Gorma: tte dd exchang: ct want to look at the hour glass you bet ae ai : a Tae Tie nUne pre s running, and-wentat | -vaticedto=the * lightiy shook the a se ee Rea se can be but one reflection upon looking office and temple 4 fete, io éoscem <3 in the window,” he said. | been won, the greatest of which was prob- © eall my dioning them where | hour glass ¢ sand began to pour | * Eastford said, with an air of sur- | ‘Prough the pages of this time-yetowed | or Brown's Hate i nnsylvania avenu yes,” replied the curiosity dealer, y the battle of Bienheim.” | n ordered to place them. T re- | again” Then he picked it up in his hand, directory of Washingten for “he year Ine4, | has const for sale a ‘al assort- heap watch has driven the hour glass | “Quite so,” murmuret Eastford, ea word with Gretlich before ar ane titoe ree eece ane ard that is, that the national capital must | ment of tickets and shares in all lott out of the commercial market, ors parted 2 knew was a di 4 strange toy, turni vel a eae : “ tis In which Yates & Mc es Sane farely pick up « thing like that nowaday: It was the English, Casper cried, | ein Giitineiat ae aon e glan and said, quite have been a “Jolly cueer old burg” as a | which Yates nes c the man He took the hour glass from the sheif That put the French to rout, laaw that not anere’than el/quarter < his usual othing in par- Do Something. place of residence at the conclusion of the | enrich themacleon “a oe in the window. reversed it and placed it; But what they killed e other for, eand had run down during: my «absent ular had come between u: ,, | From the Cutcage Record. first third of the century. ‘The whole popu- | above and ct the many tucky on a table. The ruddy sand began to pour | T never could make out. é Hesse arent could | “Remarkable thing that. Sentore, isn’t Now, #1 was McKinley lation of the District of Columota is piven | humbers daily distr d from this office. szh into the Ic wer receptacie in a thin, looked up in astonishment see] while the tell yon what I'd do. sph = ‘3, | 18 there not s ing OtautWelw tres bichon pups blood that | Eee He aetine ike that sai peel aed ies nie tete “Very.” [answered grinfly. First of al Td bombard Eee Airectory for 1834 as 39.5, which fect aie oe seed erm y inges had been dried and powdered. Eastford | spout the war. The reason for it was per- | Sle ct the dar He put the glass down. Havana and land 100,000 included “free white: frec colored” and | zens and strangers disposed to enrich watched the ever-increasing heap at the pamee tt (akal vom men oy auattars, slaves.” Therefore, there couldn't have | themyclves?” Another lettery kdveamat rt is enically, changing its shape ut. Sentore, I return to you your sword, been any great am: « s oH oul wired é ee - eS came an attic ucubeachcs Gf7 6 you can perbans make hetter use. of ft nanyY Sreat amount of jostling and cl Stramgers who cee oes, Citizens and eae ecmmmeentt ittle a ou bowing on the streets of Wash'net bil rangers who are fond of handling cash and fell away from its heightening sides. alive, than dead. I am not a man to be eee (ST ay sand fell away etal disebeseisarsason! oningcreskonteR amen= ‘Then as soon as 1 got the circus and the wild west parades cf the i pierre ceaa yee ed There is no need for you to extol esed; That cut of the way ['d fy p souls of these old-time purveyors cf lot- antiquity.” ssid Eastford with a smile. ver that, and now go to bed. Se period struggled through the swampy unor- | tery tickets have no doube long ago ren- = i He left me hy vord, and a knew the moment I looked at it that su 7 a we: pote: eucd ec steel aaa P , ain't it? oughfares. dered their final accountirg, but right up eRe q a a jt goin UC) 5 ol Swi 5 cee wheres pear Cuba, “ Fy " ee to the present mome: he as glasses are rare, and you are shear al eee : : The buildings of Washinzion were, of y joment the 2 : stome: s ay to disobey again. 3 ° to find me a cheapening custom: ss y far from over-praising it,” protested I was about to call your It is useless as a hopman, on to a de f time. I suppose the truth is they were lar in the old days, and mey as it is no It meas- res the hour with great accuracy.” ie curio dealer went on, “that is. if you wate! it. but, stran. erough, after it has cee aa ¢ an hour or thereabouts, throug ome defect in the pul ing of rot tim tt will shaken.” ‘The hour glass a hat the old man of sand suddenly ceased, but we the moment it and continued 1 very How do you ac I imagine it ts in the atoms iar at the neck, It always does it, an re edy the matter bi hermetically sealed S Well, I don : ware : bo brebcees » re Ww not allow that defect to 10 we he sale. How much do you ask for at ‘Phe dealer named bis price, and Eastford paid the amount asked. “I shall send it to you this afte ‘Thank you,” said the customer, hus leave. i at night in his room Bertram Eastford et ly until a late hour. When his work was concluded he pushed away his manuscript with a sigh of that deep con- tentment which comes to a man who has net wasted his day. He repienis open fire, drew his most comfortable arm chair in front of it, took the green shade from his lamp, thus filling the luxurious apartment with a light that was reflected | from armor and from ancient weapons | tanding in cerners and hung along the | { taking walls. He lifted the paper-covered pack- age, cut the string that bound it and placed the ancient hour glass on his table, watch- ing the thin stream of sand which his ac- -tion had running. The constant, un- dy downfall seemed to hyy Its descent was as silent of time itself. Suddenly it} had done in the shop, | = jarred on his tingling ; ted break in the | | im. and uld almost ima an un- seen hand clasping the thin ner of the nd throttiing it. He shook th: bys time measurer. and thed again | amed its glass from h some atten- tien. at first its frame was ebony, but further inspection con d him that it was oak, blackened with age. On} one round end were carved rudely two | hearts overlapping, and twined about them | # pair of serpent | “Now, I wonder what that’s for?” mur- mured Eastford to himself. “An attempt at a coat-of-arms perhaps.” There was no clew to the meaning of tl: | nd hieroglyphics, and Eastford, with the glz balanced on his knee, watched the s still running, the crimson threads spark- ling in the lamplight. He fancied he saw distorted reflections of faces in the convex | glass. although his reascn told him thi were but caricatures of his own. The great bell in the tower near by with slow solem. | nity tolled 12. He counted {ts mi strokes one by cne, and then was clsive knock at his door. ( brain considered thi another looked o: while the two were ar; he isit untimely rectly usual, and ing the matter out wn voice cry: a The ned. and the discussion be- tween overnment and the opposition in nis mind ceased to consid=r the untime- of the visit, If stood anc for h in the visitor er problem. He was a man in military costume, his uni- form beizg that of an officer. Eastford re- ig something Ii on the wing little of military affairs, aps the ccstume of the visitor him indicated an officer in the Na- Poleonic war. “Good evening,” said the incom-r. “May I introduce myself? I am Lieut. Sentore of the regular army. “You are very welcom returned his host ill you be seat-d “Thank yeu, no. I have but a few mo- ments to stay lass, i I kave come for my hour- you will be gcod enough te let me Eastford, labor under a The glass belongs to me. at the old curiosity shop misapprehension. I bouzht it today in Finehmore “T admit. tha on of the glas: ing you to be a technically, rightful pos- rests with you, but, tak- Artieman, I ture to be- statement of my priority ‘aim will appeal to you, +ven though it might have no effect on the minds of a jury of our countrymen. “You mean to that the glass has been stolen from you, and has been sold?” “It has been sold, undoubtedly, over and} over again, but nev>r stolen, #0 f: have been able to trace its history. “If then the glass has been honestly pur- chased by its different owners I fail to see bow you can possibly establish any claim to it” “I have already admitted that my claim is moral rather than legal,” continued the visitor. “It 1s a long story; have I your permission to tell it?” “I shall be delighted to Msten,” replied Eastford. “but before deing so I beg to re- new my invitation, and ask you to occupy this easy chair before the fire.” The officer bowed in silence, crossed the room behind Eastford, and sat down in the armchair, placing his sword across his knees. The stranger spread his hands be- fore the fire, and s:emed to enjoy the com- forting warmth. He remained for a few moments buried in deep reflection, quite ig- voring the presence of his host, who, glance “THERE, fectly plain. We had to fight, or acknow ledge France to be the dictator of Europe. Stil, politics has nothing to do with my story. General Trelawny and his forces were in Brabant, and were under orders to Join the Duke of Marlborough’s army. We were to go through the country as speedily as possible, for a great battle was exp ed. Trelawny’s instructions were to cap- ertain towns and cities that lay in our way. to dismantle the fortr and to parole their garrisons. We not incumber ourselves with prisoners, and s0 arched the garrisons cut, paroled them, their arms and bid them. dis t. great as was our hurry, strict 1 been gi n to ave no strong- in our rear untaken. went- well until we came to the t clsengor: of a man. Tr, was of lit ter of it stood a could wn of captured without the captuge of the towr avail, for in the cer ng citadel, which w: tried to take by assault, but could not. General Trelawny, a very irascible, hot- headed man, but on the whole a just and capable officer, impatient at this unexpect- ed delay, offered the garrison almost any terms they desired to evacuate the castle. But having had warning of our coming, they kad provisioned the place, were well supplied with ammunition, and’ their com- minder refused to make terms with Gen- al ‘Trelawny. “If you want the place,” said the French- man, “come and take it. General Trelawny, angered at this con- temptuous treatment, flung his men again and again at the citadel, and that without making the slightest impression on it. We were in no wise prepared for a long siege, ner had we expected stubborn re- “Stand Where You Arey sistance. Marching quickly, as was our custom heretofore, we possessed no heavy artillery, and so were at a disadvantage when attacking a fortress as strong as that of Elsengore. Meanwhile General Trelaw- ny sent mounted messengers by different roads to his chief, giving an account of what had happened, explaining his delay in joining the main army, and asking for definite instructions. He expected that one or two at least of the mounted messen- gers sent away every Gay would reach his chief and be enabled to return. And that is exactly what happened, for one day a dusty horseman came to General Trelaw- ny’s headquarters with a brief note from Mariborough. The commander - in - chief said: “I think the Frenchmen’s advice is’ goed. We want the place; therefore, take it.” But he sent no heavy artillery to aid us in this task, for he could not spare his big guns, expecting, as he did, an important battle. Gea. Trelawny having -his work cut out for him, settled down to accom- plish it as best he might. He quartered officers and men in various parts of the town, the more thoroughly to keep watch on the citizens, of whose good intentions, the siege were prolonged, we were by no means sure. It fell to my lot to be lodged in the house of Burgomaster Seidel- mier, of whose conduct I have no reason to complain, for he treated me well. I was given two rooms, one a large, low apart- set- | Everything | I GASPED, “THERE IS YOUR CITADEL.” fair cheek cn her open palm, and, standi r4 thus in the darkness, she talked’ to me in whispers. We talked and talked, engaged in that sweet, endless conversation that murmurs in dued tone round the world, being duplicated that moment at who knows how Absorbed as IT was in | there crept into my conscicusness the fact that the sand in the upper bulb was not diminishi & as fast as it should. This kno my mind for sor fearful sigrificance. knowledge »ok an from the door lintel “Good heavens. the has stopped running! Iv. I remained there motionless, all action struck from my rigid limbs, gazing at the hour glass on the table. Grettlich, peering in at the doorway, and looking at the hour glass and not at me, having no sus- picion of the ruin involved in the stoppage of that miniature sand storm, said pres- ently: “Oh, yes; I forgot to tell you it does that now and then, and so you must shake the some She bent forward as if to do this. the leaden windows shuddered, and” one house itself trembled with the sharp crash ef our light cannon, followed almost imme. diately by the deeper detonation of the heavier guns from the citadel. The red sand in the glass began to fall again and its lberation seemed to unfetter my para- lyzed limbs. Bareheaded as I was, I rushed like one frantic along the passage and down stairs. The air was resonant with the quick following reports of the cannon, and the long, narrow street was fitfully lit up as if by quick flashes of summer lightning, My men were still standing where I had placed them. Giving a quick word of com- mand, I marched them down the streat and out into the square, where I met Gen. Tre- lawny coming back from his futile assault. Like myself, he was bareheaded, and his white hair bristled with rage. His military countenance was begrimed with powder smoke, but he spoke to me with no trace of anger in his voice. “Lieutenant Sentore,” he said, fully in ized its the dim sprang Suddenly actuality. 1 ying: ‘and in the hour glass “disperse yeur men.' I gave the word to disband my men, and then stood at attention before him. “Lieutenant Sentore,” he said, in the same level voice, “return to your’ quarters and consider yourself under arrest. Await my coming there.” I turned and obeyed his orders. It seemed incredible that the sand should still be running in the hour glass, for ages had passed over my head since last I was in that room. I ‘paced up and down awaiting the coming of my chief, feeling neither fear nor regret, but rather dumb despair. In a few minutes his heavy tread was on. the stair, followed by the measured tramp of a file of men. He came into the room and with him were a sergeant and four soldiers, fully armed. The gen- eral was trembling with. rage, but held strong contro! over himself, as was his habit on serious occasions. “Lieutenant Sentore,” he said, “why were you not at cathe runnk id “Tke running sand in the hour lass” hardly recognized my own voice ©) nee ing it) “stopped when but half exhausted. notice its interruption until it was I did not too late."* The general glanced grimly at the hour glass. The last sands were falling through to the lower bulb. T saw tha® he did not ee my explanation. “It seems now to be in perfect worl order,” he said at last. = \ — He strode up to it and reversed it, watch- ing the sand pour for a few moments, then he spoke abruptly: “Lieutenant Sentore, your swoni.”” I handed my “wea, -to him without a word. Turning to the sergeant, he said: “Lieutenant Sentore is sentenced to death. He has an hour for whatever prep- arations he chooses to make. Allow him to dispose of that hour as he chooses, so jong he remains within this room and ‘holds converse When the last sands of this hour run, Lieutenant Sentore wilt other end of this room and meet with’ noone whatever, | I had a grea: liking for Gen. Trelawny. Knowing how he fumed and raged at being thus heid helpless by an apparently im- pregnable fortress in the unimportant town of Elsengore, I had myself studied the cita- cel from all points, and had come to the conclus! at it might be successfully at- tempted, not by the great gate cn the souare of the towr ferior west gates, Qutb ingly unclimbable @lifts at the north side. ne Wall at the top of this precipice was ¥. and owi height of the beetling a y one lone ttlements from r. 1 had made that opened r by the in- aling the seem- sent corn r to corner tov my tending to ask the general’ permis: this venture, but now I resolve ry it, without uis knowledge or consent, and thus retr if I cou my failure of the foregein t of the might. ‘Taking with me a long, thin rope which I had in my reom, anticipating such a triat for it, | roused tive of my picked men, and siletfily We made our way to the foot of the northet cliff. Here with the rope around my Waist | worked my way diagonally uppalong a cleft in the rock, which, like others, parallel to it, marked the face of the précipice. A slip would be fatal. The lodsening of a stone would give warning to the sewiinel, whose slow steps I heard on the wail above, me, but at last I reacl.ed a narrow ledge without accident, and standing up in the darkness, my chin was level with the top of the wall on which the sentry paced. The shelf between the bottom of the wail and the top of the cliff was perhaps three feet in width, and gave ample room fer a man careful of. his foot ing. Aided by the rope, the others,” les: expert climbers than myself, made’ their way to my side one by one, and the six of us stood on the ledge un@er the low wall. We were all in our stockinged feet, some of the men, in f not even having stock- ings~on. As sentinel passed, we the crouching in the darkness under the wall, the most stalwart of cur party sprang up hind him. Tne soldier had taken off his cket, and, tiptoeing behind the sentinel, he threw the garment over his head, tight- ening it with a twist that nearly choked the ma Then seizing his gun so that it would not clatter on the stones, held him thus kelpless while we five climbed up be- side him. Feeling under the jacket I put my right hand firmly on the sentinsl’s throat, etd, nearly choking the breath out of him, said: “Your life depends on your actions now. Will you utter a sound if I let go your throat. The man shook his head vehemently and I released my clutch. “Now,” I said to him, ‘‘where is the pow- der stored? Answer in a whisper and speak tru! “The bulk of the powder,” he answered, “is in the vault below the citadel.” “Where is the rest of it?” I whispered. “Inthe lower room of the round tower by the gate.” “Nonsense,” I said; “they would never store it in a place so liable to attack. “There was nowhere else to put it,” re- plied the sentinel, “unless they left it in the open courtyard, which would be quite as unsafe.” “Is the do tower bolted “There is no door, “but a low archway. This archway has not been closed, because no cannon balls ever come from the northern side. “How much powder is. there in room?” : “I do not know; nine or ten barrels, I think.” * - It was evident to me that the fellow, in his fear, spoke the truth. Now the gues- tion was, how to get down from the wall into the courtyard and across that to the archway at the southern side. Cautioning the sentinel again that if he made the slightest attempt to escape or give the! alarm instant death would be meted to him, I told him to guide us to the archway, which he did, down the stone steps that led from the northern wall into the courtyard. They seemed to keep loose watch inside, the only sentinels in the place being those on the upper walls, But the man we had captured not appearing at his corner in time, his comrade’on the western side be- came alarmed, sp®ke to him, and obtain- ing no answer, shouted for him, then dis- charged his gun.. Instantly the’ place was in an uproar. Lights flashed and from dif- ferent guard“roomis soldiers poured out. I saw across the colirtyard the archway the sentinel ha n of, and,, calling my men, made dash for it. The besieged garrison, not expecting an enemy 2 to the lower room in the replied the sentry, this had been rushing; up the stone steps at each side to’the oater wall to man the can- non they had soicecently quitted, and it was some minutes before a knowledge of the real state of: things came tg them. These few minutes were all we needed, but I saw there was no chance for a slow match, while-if we fired the mine we probe ably would die under the tottering tower. while Sept, the man who had captured the sentinel, took the hatchet he had brought with him at his girdle, flung over one of the barrels on its side, knocked in the head of it, allowing the dull black powder to pour on the cobblestones. Then filling his hat with the explosive he i 2 i anyway, it ain't so far Of but what we could get Our fleet over there and Bombard whatever the name Of the place is on the coast. I'm opposed to this here Policy ef delay. W Wee's been runnin Weeks now, and we haven't r two god y ought to fight hats what to.do. et up Mormug aad tea goed, hot here's the Philippi y done ex: the about tonz that could get past that Battery, or wlacever it is, 4 entrance to the arbor or the bry—anyway That bedy of water next to Manlia—that he cold keteh pants feet in ere and just jump the erlastin” daylights out of en Spanish beats. Tt come out just ex: As! sud it would. Why, L told my wife Last week. Tsai f Dewey ever Cornered there won't be A thing to it.’ Why. you see, it was a Cinch! He bad—How Many Loate was it he bud? Anviway, they're all right. ‘good boats. 1 knew ‘They were too much for that Spanish fleet, with tts etly I looked that all 0 Other day, and I With a iittle generalship We had ‘em lieke e eS If McKinley takes My tip he'll call in Sampson And say: “Bul, I want you To coal up and ‘start out After them rats. Every time You see a Spanish flag You open up with your Thirteen-inchers and simply Destroy land and water For ten miles around. 1 want You to make Morro castle Look lke an a And if you can loca Spanish fleet anywhere At any time you tell th Boys at the guns to kee On’ vangin’ away as lon Th anything left thn Big enongh to be bit by A bullet, and then you go Downstairs and make out Your revort, beeanse you'll Know by that time what's Goin’ to happen, When you Come up again the smoke'll Be vieared away and There won't Fleet to look at That's what I'd'say to Bill Sampson if 1 was Only MeKinles Why. there's, The ieway. What do y: do if th ver give the word to Got Say, he'd toss a few O° them ‘projectiles that'd Go all the way through Cuba and glance eff on South America, or whatever It fs below there. He'd make fine-cut of all The tobacco growin’ within Sampson go re every soldier in ‘The United States landed in Cuba before tomorrow night, And I'd start 25,000 men’ ‘Tc the Philippin’s—wherever ‘Ched are—so quick it weuld Meke vour head swim, Over the reyal pal Madrid, if that’s Spein, and Booby-hateh, livin’ on the me tations that he used give fo them con— em recon—somethings—anyway, ‘The netives down there in Pinar del Rio or some Such place. McKinley and Alger and Leug and the rest ef ‘em Down there at Washington Have got me nearly tired Out. Let's set fire to Evervthing at once! Dag gone It. let’s touch off ‘The whole bunch! It's expensive, T know, but Who cares for finances Ata time lke this? I den't know where the Canary Islands are, and 1 don't care a picayune, but It they're in the way and Seem to annoy any gocd Patriotic American citizen, Whr. let's send that ram, ‘The Katy-did. the Katoodin, Or whatever in Sam Hill ‘The name is, and have the Whole bunch of islands Tushed off the map. I'm not a bloodthirsty Man. and I feel kind o° Sorry for the queen roogent, Or whatever they call her, Over there In the old Country, but then she A kely looking widow, and 's'pose she'll manage to Keep the wolf from the Door, even if she has to go «And ‘marry some king that’s Workin’. nee when Torchlight procession and relight proce: Net off a few fireworks we Can't pestpene the whole oman aint in cympathy Woman ain’t in eymy With the demonstration. t course, net numbered when this director for 1834 was printed. The stranger in towa must have been under the neeessity of do- ing a lot of inquiring and groping :o find the domicile and place of business, for ex- ample, of “James Cadis, (col'd.) Shce- maker, e side N J av, btw Canal and East- ern Branch,” or even to discover the resi- dence of “Edward Casteel, Genulema . btw Va av and I s. have found dich arching out the operating est | f “Samuel Clark, Cupper, Leacher, and ceder, w side 11 w. btw Penn av znd B from which it appears that Mr. Clark practiced nis now obsolete profession onl: a few doors from the press plant of this newspaper. Of Interest Today. There is a lot of matter, however, in this 1834 directory, besides the nam: trades and professions of the owners of the names, that is of"interest to the Wash- irgtonian who has a spare moment dur- ing-which to withdraw his gaze from the expanding horizon of the future and to rivet it upon the receding vista of the pz The grandiloquence of the preface itself amusing en account of the apparent in- fenuous belief of the publishers that their werk was one of huge magnitude. There is in The Evening Star every afternoon twice us much printed matter, for the collection. collation and distribution of which indu trious men in every corner of the accountable, as there is in this slender li! Ue directory, ali of the matter contained which was easily accessible within the ten miles square of the District of Columbia. The publishers of the directory, however, cculd not refrain from expressing their pride in their achievement, and they patted themselves on the back entertainingly in the preface. “In preparing it,” write the publishers in this preface, “they have nec- essarily encountered great expense, and they confidently expect their reward’ from those who have felt the want of a full di- rectory, and from those who, on arriving here, will, without this work, feel them- selves at a loss in their attempts to di cover the residence of those with whom they wish to transact busine: proceed to say that, Ss and the They then “attracted by the growing spirit of enterprise, and the inter- nal improvements already commenced here, they flaiter themselves that while they ex- ert themselves in portraying the advan- tages of the section of the Union which they have chosen as their residenc fellow citizens will properly their efforts and reward etc. their appreciate their industry,” Almanac and Yeur Book. ‘The directory is a sort of combination al- manac and y2ar book besides. It gives the phases of the moon for every day in the year, in connection with astronomical char- acters and hieroglyphs that prove that our forefathers of that day must have be2n vay up in that science. Then it gives “Dr. Herschel’s Perpetual Weather Table,” whica, owing to the extreme difficulty of making head or tail of it, must surely have been intended as an all-the-year-around puzzle for fireside elucidation. Besides, it publishes a lot of local tabulations that were probably highly valued at the time they were given out. Washington was the first of American cities to prescribe legal rates for public con- veyances. The table giving “Rates of Fare for Hacks in Washington,” published in this 1834 directory, shows that it didn’t cost such a great deal to move about th> old town ou wheeis—not “wheels” as that term is understood today, but within the hooded shelter of old “one-hoss shayzes,” and that sort of vehicle. For exemple, the public conveyance of 1X34 had to haul the Washingtonian of that day from the “Cap- itol Square to the Navy Yard” for a quar- ter; or the man who didn’t elect to walk cculd be hauled from the Capitol Square to the “south 2nd of New Jerséy avenue,” to the “scuth end of South Capitol street,” to “Greenleaf’s Point” or to the “President's Square” for the same modest sum. But it cost him 31 cents—a queer odd number, that —to g2t himself conveyed from “tie Cap:tol Square to the Eastern Branch bridge. “Two bits” was also the figure for carrying the citizen of two generations ago from “the President's Square to the western lim- its of the city.” Washington cabmea of to- day wouid probably not car2 to hark back to the year 1834 for an adjustment of their legal rates of fare—for it is to be remem- bered that the hackmen of that day com- monly had to pry the wheels cf their ve- hiclzs out of the mud by the insertion of heavy ievers under the hubs. Postal Rates. Washingtonians of 1834 addicted to the epistolary habit did not have such a simple and comparatively inexpensive system of forwarding hither and yon their lengthy letters containing their views on the limi- tations of the infinite and such ether minor matters as have their progeny of this era. “For single letters composed of one piece of paper,” 6% cents was the charge for forwarding to any point “not exceeding thirty miles.” For any distance not ex- ceeding 80 miles the charge for fo-warding such letters was 10 cents, and “a bit,” or erticn may abouts wh be ventured that there are her number of “citizens and strar fond of handling cash.” y Unique Advertixcments. There are @ther advertisements in the iat- ter pages of this old directory that ad calculated to make the professional writer of the present day smile. A mer- chant tailor announ: that “has re- ceived, and keeps antly on hand, a large and splendid assortment of F; Cloths, Cassimers & Vesting he is at all times 1 ler.” He also kept const p and fashionable a Ready-Made = Ciothing, — so zers and strangers can have ron at or all that ¢ their wa emer ment of a printer and b: binder places in italics the fact that “paper ruled by m procurable at his es ep Was any cankering exander A. Per ercises, Fencing Staff, at Car tooms,” the old directory s cht of it down, nor does it other information’ with respect to sieur Abadie,” except that he was “a pro fessor cf the French language. at ‘Mr Justa’s, opposite Gadsby’s Hotel.” Paid i CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES The topic for discussion by Christian Endeavor societies tomorrow is “Our Bcdies God's Temples.” The ladves ot the Parsonage ond Home Mission Society of Mt. Vernon Place M. EB. Church South are arranging to send some supplies to Cuban refugees at Key West. The Y. F. S.C. E. of Fifth Congr tional Church, Sih and I streets northeast, has just elected the following officers for a term of six months: President, Mr. Marry Miller; vice president, Miss Mattie Bian- chard; secretary, Mr. Will Simonds; treas- urer, Mrs. I. P. Tade; superintendent j ior society, Mrs. C. C. Tucker; delegate to District Union executive committee, Mr. Arthur Robb; organist, Miss Mattie Blan- chard; assistant organist, @liss Lula #arn- ham. Chairmen of committe Pray Treeting, Miss Clara Tucker; lookout Arthur Robb; social, Miss Lu missionary, Mr. A. R. Taylor; = ship, Mr. H. R. Blanchard; ¢ chard; Sunday flower, Mr. G. Rev. R. R00 Ning. la Farnham; music, Miss Mattie an B. N. Seymour; school, Rev. H. Hemilte Hart of Israei C. M. E. Chureh left for Columbia, S. C., last Tuesday, to attend the general conferen. of his de- nomination. This weck’s Christian Endeavor World reports the Tenth Legion gnroliment as S#17, and the comrades of the Quiet Hour as in number. The Christian Endeavorers of Frederick ccunty, Maryland, will hold a convention at Frederick on the 19th and 20th of this morfth. The Y. P. 8S. C. B. of Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church will hold their ond quarterly temperance: ting tomor- Tow evening at 7:3 choir furnishes music, and Mr. ley makes a temperance addres } Much credit is due Miss Katherine Hen- | dricks, chairman of the music committee the wide-awake Y. P. 8S. E. of North yterian Church, for the recent or- &cnization of a choir there, composed of members of the society only. Mr. Page L. Zimmerman, chairman of the District Union music committee, has ac- cepted the position of precentor at Peck } Memorial Presbyterian Church. regular monthly meeting of the Jenior C. E. Superintendents’ Union was held last Monday evening in the parlor of the Luther Place Memorial Church. An in- vVitation was received from Mrs. A. 1. Fes- ter to attend the mass meeting of the Loyal Legion, to be held at the First Con- | gregational Chureh, the 15th instan Gerirude Allison, corresponding se stated that she had recently sent nr postal cards to the various seciets ing for certain information, and while so: of the societies had not responded, y. from the reports received, the societies ap- pear to be in a flourishing condition. The following message was ordered sent to Mrs. F. E. Clark to be used in the Junior Rally Chain at Nashville: “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” “Features: Regular mission- ary and temperance meetings. Two cents a week missionary offerings increasing. Four children being supported and educated in India and China. Helping in many ways in the home field” The topic for discussion was “How to im prove the music in our Junior meetings Miss Richardson of the Chvrch of the Co: enant Society and Miss Randolph of the Luther Place Memorial Society led, others perticipating. At the June meeting, the last until the fall, the annual election wili be held. The fcllowing com:nittee on nomination was appointed: Miss Gertrude Allison of Gurley Memoria! Scciety, Miss Randolph of Luther Place Meiacriul Society, Mrs. Pennell of First Congregational Scciety, Miss Hodge of Union M. E. Soviety, and Mrs. Miner of Vermont Avenue Christian Society. The present officers of the Junior Union ure President, Rev. C. H. Butler; vice presi- Gent, Miss Estelle — wt carne — tary, Miss Georgia Turn! |; Corresponding secretary, Miss Gertrude Allison; treas- urer. Mr. Cr big yd The only contin- uous office is that corresponding se<re- tery. All others are filled annually.