Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1891, Page 16

HIS NAME WILL BE HARRISON Benator Jo: McDonald Says the Present Pres- ident Will be Re-Nominated. NEITHER HILL NOR CLEVELAND POSSIBLE. The Farmers' Alliance and Mushroom Parties Will Not Cut Any Figare Next Year—The Southern Question, nk @, Carpenter.] 13.—[Special Corre- spondence of Tnr Bee,|—I met Senator Me- Donald of Indiana in his room at the Riggs house last night. He gave up politics when he left the United States senate, and he is now devoting himself with profit and pleas- ure to his first love—the law. He hasan im- mense practice here at Washington, and he ranks as one of the greatest lawyers west of the Alleghanies, Heis noted for his sound, hard-hcaded common sense, and a long life of study and practice added to his sterling abilities has put him at the head of his pro- fession, His income s said to be five times the salary of a congressman, but he practic at tho law because he loves it, and he told me ast night that he could not remember when he had not an ambition to be a lawyer, and that if he were a boy again he would choose the legal profession and stick to it. 1 asked him a5 to his political ambitions, and he re- plied: *“Iam not a natural politician, and politics has been only an incident in my life. 1do not care for political life, and I think that I am happler and better off as a private in the dem- ocratic party than as ono of its officials. I began to practice law as soon as [ was out of college, and I was attorney general of the state of Indiana before I was elected to the senate,” T1E WAS A ©DDLER “Whero did you go to r.cucol, senator?” I asked, “In different parts of Indiana,” replied Mr. McDonald.” I was born, you know, in Butler county, Ohio, and my father moved to Indiana when I was seven years. old. At twelve I was an apprentice to a saddler, a rel- ative of mine, and learned the trade, working at it for six years, “4Do you think you could make a saddle to- day, senator?” ““Yes,” replied Senator McDonald, “I am sure I could, andin fact thero is a saddlo now In uso by my sister which I made for her some years ago. Well, 1 kept up my studies during my apprenticeship and I entercd Wa- bash college at cightecn. When I was twenty T was at Asbury university whero I “ took ascientitic courseand left without grad- uating. My graduation, if the receiving of a diploma mea aduation, took place years afterwards when I was in the United States senate and I suppose Iam the only senator in our historv whograduated during histerm in congress. The college evidently thought 1 was far enongh along ror the honor and they sont me diplomas shortly after my scuatorial election making me B. A.,ana M. A., at the same time. I had before this time been given tho degree of L.L. T, by tho State university of Indiana, and I was then about fifty-six years of age. vorn in 1819 about the mi s second pres m and 1 cast my first vote for Pres- ident Polk, ‘I WAS THE BOY CONGRESSMAN," Benator McDonald went on in response to my questions, “in the session of 1849 and 1850 and [ wasunder thirty at tho time I was elected. Iremember the great men of that time very well and I can see Clay and Web- ster in my mind's eye today as they photo- aphed themselves upon it in 1849 Henry Jlay was in the senate, He was very tall aud sparc and he had a small head with a high, narrow forehead, a large mouth and big nose, He wore very large collars and some of the paintings in the capitol are good representa- tions of him. He was one of the greatest orators I have ever heard and his force largely came from the manner of his utterance rather than from what ho said. He had & very musical voice and he Liad all the qualities of fil or. His manner was such that his >s lost weight with you if you were in suchaposition that you coziduotsée him while he was speaking. He was a man of great forco and he impressed himself upon everything with which he was connected. Dauicl Web- ster, it scmed to me, was by far the strongest, man intellectually, still upon such commit- tees as Clay and Webster worked together in the senato the measures bore the stamp of Clay rather than Webster from s push and personal influence which carried to success almost everything he attempted,” ‘“‘How did Webster impress you as an orator?” Iasked, “'Ho was a great speaker,” repliea Senator Mcponald, *“‘Butthe charm of his speaking was in the theught rather than the manner in which it was presented. He had_none of the graces of Mr. Clay and_his spoaking was doue chiefly in a conversational tone and the most of his gestures were only from tho el- bow. He possessed, however, the strongest intellectual individuality of any man that [ have ever kuown, and hie held his audiences for hours by theiron chain of his thought, which ho forged link by link as he went along. He was a tall, broad shouldered man, witha massive head and deep set eyes, which were rather dull, savo when he became en- thusiastic in hisspeaking. He hada good voice ana his very appearance caused strangers to stop and wonder who he was.” THE TARIFF AND REPUBLICAN DEFEAT, The conversation here turned to the tarift and I asked the senator whether he thought the McKinley tariff bill was the cause of the mpuullunu defeat. He replied : ‘I do. The peoplohave beeun to study the tdriff and the furmers are especially alive to the effects of high import duties on ac- count of the ‘twind trust.” The twine used for the binding of grain is made from for- eign grasses which aro shipped to this coun- try and are here manufactured into twine for reapers. Such a high duty had been put on twine as to exclude the manufactured article, and the trust raised the price of it to such an extent that itincreased the cost of raising wheat to the farmer 1 cent per bushel, This started them to studying the tarifl. The McKinloy bill put a tax on nearly every ar- ticlo of home consumption and every dry £00ds clerk and every tin peddler becare an object lesson teacher. The result was tho defeat of the republican party. 1 believe myself ina tariff for revenue, and I think the United States is in such a condition that it can compete in the markets of the world on an equal basis with other nations and that it should have its raw materials im- ported free. Evgland is the groatest country in the worldas far as the knowledgo of ccouiomical questions is concerned, John Bull runs his business on busness principlos and his legislation is for the good of the peo- ple and for the country. It 1s for the masses And not for the classes. Gladstone, when tho, McKinley tariff act was passed, was asked why he did mnot retaliate _upon Amerlea aud &n @ duty upon breadstufts and the raw_ma- rials which we send to English markots, He replied substantially that he did not seo ny reason for increasing the costof liv- g to English people and the cost of manu- factures to English _establishments because the United States shuts herself out from the markets of theworld by a high protective tarifl. England raises a large part of her revenue from custom duties, but she taxes the luxuries and not the necessities, Among. the things she calls luxuries are tea and coffee, and theso with liquors and tobaceo mako up her chief sources of customs revenues, and from loss than twenty articles she pots more than §100,000,000 a yeqr, *“This tariff question,” continied Senator McDonald, “is an_evidenco how history re- peats itself. — The first political speech that ever made was at my old home in Craw- fordsville in Indiana.” It was _forty-four years ago, and President Polk was the candi- date upon a tariff for revenue platform sub- stantially the same as that of the democratic pary during the last presidential campaign, uring the Cleveland-Harrison campaign I made my last speech at Crawfordsville, and the chaivrman introducing me said that he did not believe an instance could be shown in our history of & man making two speeches for a presidential candidate forty-four years apart and advocating supbstantially the same is- sues. Tho first message of President Polk tially the samens tho tariff ro form message of President Cleveland, and it brought about the enactment of the tariff of 1546, THE 18sURS OF 1802, ““What will be the chief issues of the next campaign 1 “There is no doubt,” replied Senator Mo Donald, “‘but that the tariff will be one of them. ‘The silver question will be another, and I believe that the force bill or some other measure of substantially thesame nature will bea third. As to the siiver question, I have been always on the hard money side rather than on thatof greenbackism or fiat money, Today I _do not know how I would vote we 1in the United States senate. If the ratio ba,ed on the intrinsic value of the sil: in the dollar as compared with gold, there would be no danger in free coinage. I hardly think it would be dangerous as it is, though it may affect our dealings with _for- cign countries, When money passes from one mation to another, it eoes by its actual value and not by its mark on face, and if the dollar does not contain 100 cents, it cannot be used as 100 cents in settling the accounts of nations,” TUE FARMERS' ALLIANC TIES “What figure will the farmers’ alliance cut in the next campaign ¢ “1t will have its place and will perhaps af- fect matters to a considerable extent. Idon't expect it to last, however, and a year or two will bothe extent of its lite. You cannot have a suceessful party in this conntry which is not broad cnough _in 1ts principles to em- brace all classes and to s tions and all sorts of individuals, iese single idea parties spring up and are cut down after they havo done their work by the great scythe of public sentiment, and the people fall back iuto the two great p hich under one name or another have been in existence since the organization of our government. It 1s best for the country that parties should be evenly divided and the two great ideas which have controlled parties since the days of Washington and Jefferson form the main springs of party action today. The demo- cratic party was' originally called the repub- lican party, and it was not until some year: that it ¢ot the name of the democratic party, It was originated by Jefferson and Madison on theidea that the people should rule and that as littlo power should bo given to tho government as possible. T'his wasopposed by the idea of the federal party under Hamilton and his followers, who believed in the cen- tralization of power and in the spelling of the word ion with a capital N. These same vrinciples are working today. The whigs held to the Alexander Hamilton idea all along from 1824 wheu they became known as such under Henry Clay up until 1854, and again in 1856 the same principle was the central idea of the republican platform, which w put forth with John C. Fremont as_its presidential candidato. Isuppose it will continue so for merations to come. There will be a party like the democratic party which will cling to every right and ery privilege that the individual now pos- sss€s 10 the carrying on of sthe government, and there will be another party which will eve in increasing the power of our gov- ernment oflicials to the exclusion of the in- dividual. As these two powers strain this way and that, cut of the two will come the golden mean' which will be peaceable and fairly good government. The one which pushies too hard will bo corvected by the other, aided by public sentiment, and the great United St ¢ill on its way in AND MUSHROOM PAR: S CIHANCES SLIM. “How about candidates "’ “If the nomivating conventions were held Isuppose the candidates would be Har- nd Cleveland, and under such cifcum- stances I have no doubt but that Cleveland would be the next president of the United States, The situation from now on, however, promises tobe very different. If the silver question enters into the campaign it may mean a change of candidates as far as the democracy 18 comcerned, If the free coinage Dbill passes the house and is vetoed by President Harrvison it will force silver to the front as a campaign issue. Ex-President Cleveland is understood not to favor what is known as free coinage, while claiming to be a friend of the silver coin, and he might not be satisfactory as a candidate ina campaign in which free coinage would be the leading issue, I believe that Harrison witl veto the silver bill if it passes, and it scems to me that there is no doubt but that he will be the next candidate of the republican party, The only man who would stand any chance against him would be Mr. Blaine who shows no inclination toward the nomina- tion, and whose loyalty to Harrison,shown by his acceptance of the place of premier in his administration, would lmrlllr permit him to take the nomination even if it were tendered bim. The power of an administration in tho renomination of its head for a second term is very great, and President Harrison will de- velopa remarkable strength beforo the con- vention meets. His actions have been in ac- cord with republican principles. I kuow him as an able lawyer and it is one of his charac- teristics in his conduct of cases that henever leaves the bars down. It has been the same in hs presidential snceches and acts, He is very cautious in his expressions and I war- rant you if you will study his speeches from the time_be was nominated until now, you will notinda weak point or flaw in the ARMOR OF HIS REPUBLICANISM, Ttis true that he has not great personal mag- netism but he has agood record and he has the power of the administration with all the organization and obligatious which belong to 1t “Supposo Harrison vetoes the silver bill, and the silver issue bocomes such as to make the nomination of Cleveland inadvisable, from what part of the country will the candidate bo chosen (" “If Mr. Cleveland is not mominated,” re- licd Senator McDonald, “I think the candi- aie will come from the west. 1 do_ not be- lieve that Hill could be nominated if Cleve- land weve a candidate and were defeated, The Cleveland men would pot support Hill under such circumstances and I don't see how he could be a candidate at this election, though he may be later. ASs to other eastern cundldnluslsua!pnsc that Pattison of Penn- sylvania_ would be brought to the front and another man who would be looked upon 1s a possibility would be Governor Abbott, of New Jersey. The candidate, in case silver is one of the leading issues will probably come from the west, and there area half dozen different states from which he might be taken, Illinois is now trembling in tho balance, Wisconsin is a doubtful state; we practically own Michigan. We hardly know ow to figure on Towa and Indiana is always o fighting ground.” *‘You haye often been considered a presi- dential possibility,” said I, ““No! no!no ! said the senator, as a_faint blush crept up from the whits whiskers under his collar aud traveled over his broad expause of healthy features, -*Noj I am not a candidate and | havo never been STUNG BY THE PRESIDENTIAL DEE. My friends ave very kind to mention me in such a connection, but I am, as I told you, thoroughly content with belug a private in the ranks of the democratio party, and all I want s to see its principle and its candidates suceeed,’ “Suppose Harrson should bo nominated, the vico president may be taken from In- dianal" said I. “Yes, possibly,” replied the senator. “And wo have many good democrats in Indiana. Iwould be satistied to see any of them re- ceive the nomination with the exception of Governor Gray. I don't consider him & good democrat and I don’t think he would make @ fit candidato for the vice presidency, 1 say this not because have any personal feeling against Governor Gray, but 1 think his record is such as would unfit us to make a good tight with him as one of tho heads of the ticket.” THE FORCE BILL AND THE SOUTH, 1 here asked as to the force bill and Senator McDonald_ said he did not think there was life enough io it to bring it again to the front during this congress. have deter- mined views," he said, ““as to the southern question and I believe'in home rule on all such matters, If the states are allowed to regulate their own elections, these troubles will die out of themselves and the uegroes will eventually got their legal and constitu- tional rights. ‘Ihis will be brought about by their increased intelligence and wealth, They are accumulating property and they are growing out of ignorauce. The moment the contest is removed the whites will divide and the uegroes' votes will be wanted by the different parties, 1 do not think the south has acted wisely in its endeavors to intluence congress on the force bill. The senate is notapt to be af- fected by such threats as the south made as to the national exposition. aud the making of them, was to say the least, inadvisable. Tho southern question is one which time alone can settle. 1 pelieve that the whites will rule for generations to come, whether unaturally or y education, sud by hereditary desceut tho are undoubtedly the stronger race, and in such contests the stronger race always rules. It is so all over the world and in the Babamas and the Bermudas where the negroes have had equal rights with the whites for years, it is the whites who rale. It is so throughout the north where you find large colonfes of ne- groes. They are governed by the whites. We haye twenty-threa hundred colored vot- ts in Tndianapolis and notwithstanding they vote as they please, they hold only petty of. fices, My conchman is a republican. Ihave had him for fifteen years and ho goes to tho polls regularly and votesthe republican tick- et, while I go just as regularly and vote tho democratic one, Still I haveneverattempted to influence his vote. The secret of the whoie question is that 1t should be lett to the RULE WILL GIVE US THE CONTINENT. “Theattack upon home rule,” said Scnator McDonald, “was the most dangerous el nt of the force bill. The protection of the 1ghts of the states is the rrim-ipul upon which is based the expandibility of our gov- ernment. If we can keep our present con- stitution as it is we can become a great na- tion and under we can and will conquer the North American continent. Under it our northern boundaries will be the Arctic ocean and our southernmost state will include the Isthmus of Panama, All could be gov- erned as easily and the machinery go on as smouthly as that of our present territory, but if we centralize the power the machine will become so unwieldly that it will soon fall to pleces,” A GREAT MANUFACTURING NATION, ‘Do you think this is the destiny of the United Statest" “Yes,” replied Senator McDonald, *and T believe that the whole of this territory will be under our government before the middle of the next_century. Long before that we will vival England and perhaps surpass her as the greatest manufacturing nation of the world. If we adopt her policy of free bread- stuffs and free raw material, there is nothing that can stop us and the United States will be the workshop of the nations. New York will be a greater city than the wildest imag- ination has ever dreamed of and Chicago, the giant of the inland, will increase in popul: tion and wealth beyond conception. Th vast territory will teem with millions who will be brought together by improvements of the future as o inter-communication, and its possibilities of goodness -and greatness are appalling.’”” g A ER A glistening gift indeed, s a piece of Dor- flinger's American Cut Glass, ~ Your dealer should show you such a display as will make your oyes dance, The genuine has Dor- flinger’s trade-mark label on overy piece, —_—— CONNUBIALITIES, Husband (during a spat)—Youa had better shut your mouth; the fool killeris around. Wife—I den't care; you've got your life ensured. ¥ “Do_you suppose the rivers aud lakes, and ill ever dry up?'’ asked Mrs, Henpeck. but you mnever will,” returned the amirble Mr. H. “But Mrs. Brown, you don't seem to take any interest in the poetical productions of your husband.” “Why should I¢ I have him nimself.” An Atchison woman has just succeeded in getting a divorce after trying for five years, The inferenco is that her hnsband was a good deal better than her lawye An Oakland, Cal,, woman has begun a suit for divorce because Jher lora and master strode about the house'in that most unspeak- able of conditions known as -‘just as God made him,” Atcluson Globe: “*Please be sure that the notice gets in the paper tonight,” said a Yyoung man, speaking of the death of his wife the other day, “She had lots of friends in town and they will be pleased to read it. A fifteen-year-old matron, of Westerly, R. I, who seeks divorce from a juvenile and rather eallow husband, testified the other day that he had boasted of being a masher, and that she had vaiuly tried to beat the vanity out of him with a broom The wife of Dr. L. E. Niles, a prominen t physician of Springfield, O., left her home because of alleged maltreatment by her bus- band, and itis feared she has committed suicide, When the doctor was questioned about qhe matter he sai *This matter of wife beating is private business. I hope she hasleft for good,” The doctor’s alleged cruelty toward his wife has_long been common talk. She was in an orphant asylum in Brooklyn, N. Y., where the doctor made her acquaintance, Mrs. John Spruttes, of Green Bay, Mich, has had her husband arrested charged with beating her. She states that she had been married thirty-three years and says that during all that time her husband has whipped her unmercifully at least once a week. Mrs, Jesso Heller, of Elwood, Ind., re- turning home unexpectedly from the bedside ofa sick neighbor, found another women usurping her place, and in the attempt to shoot the trespasser she was knocked down by her husband. She immediately went to Anderson and filed complaint for divorce, and the court met after supper aud granted her application., Mary M. Holcomb of Augusta, N. Y., was granted a divorce in Minneapolis, from Charles Holcomb on peculiar grounds. She testified that her husband was very punctil- fous in his reiigions worship, holding famly prayers three timesa day. Ho was also @ very quick-tempered man, and would often arise from his prayers and pound the members of his flock with the family Bible. He gave his wife particular attention in his peculiar clubbing exercises, and fer this sho secures the divorce, A native Japanese paper mentions a case of a man, aged forty this year, living in tho province' of Bizen, who has married and divorced thirty-five wives, and is now mar. ried to the thirty-sixth, Hewas first mar- ried ateighteen, and the reason assigned for this extraordinary example of inconstancy is that he has a young sister of extromely jenl- ous and rancorous disposition, who from tho moment thata bride enters the house in- stitutes a system of persecution which soon driues the unhappy woman to ask her hus- band for a divorce, P e Are you nervous and irritable! A glass of Cook’s Imperial wine banishes that fecling, Itis the pure grape juice naturally fermented, s Accident and Art, Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph, Young Wife—Just to think, Harry dear, my new hat blew into the street today, and was run over by three wagons, four carts and a cable car! Harry—Humph! That moeans a new hat, of course. Young Wife—No, truly. It was rescued, o0k T took 1t 10 Madame Warnpra s vhn wey perfectly charmed! The wagons and things Emd mangled it wmto the most fashionavle shape imaginable, and itis to be trimmed just asit is. You never saw anything so utterly fetching. IR ey Dr. Birney cures catarrh, Bee bldg. Llihiodnially Nothing the Mattar With th New York Ledger., First Deacon— You've got that horse yet, T see. mficcoml Deacon—Why shouldn't I have m First Deacon—You are always selling or trading your horses, you know. Second Doacon—There 1sn't anything the matter with this horse., =1 e ——— Socialism Defined. Indianapolis Journal. Wait—Now, if I understand correctly, the first prineiple of socialism is to divide with ¥y rother man, Potts—Then you don't understand it cor- rectly, Tho first principle of socialism is to wake your brother man divide with you. A A Grand Truth. "o cent the poor man drops upen tho plat And I\lju t there with heart full of goos will, Makes greater noise 1 heayen’s blest estate Thap Crasus’ much eradged twenty-doliar Deacon, De Witt's Little Early Risers: only pill to cure sick headache and regulate the bow els, ————— Saltus and Others. Outing. The fiction writers seem to know Exactly what is what; They wrlto erotic novels, with The accent on the *‘rot.”” The River Can, However, Oil City Blizzard, Of every million people in the world 800 are blind and the other 199,200 canunot see their own faults, TIN I Newe York Herald, Long years ago 'twas my delight To @0 to chureh each Sunday. Albeit o rockless, worldly wigt On the suceeeting Monday, And Solomon in. all his state With me could ses reoly vie, For there T whint to meot my fato— This was in days gone by. But now, in dressing gown array The baby is my care My wife, who's ‘never backward strayed, Attends the house of prayor. From what it costs me to provide The gowns shio wears about, 1judge that Solomon's outvied Though Tam counted ou A Strong Attrac ““Where are you going, n “I'm going to church, kind si Why &0 vou so often, my protty i ‘“T'he minister's young and unma; said, ion, 7 fair maid " she said arm ied,” sho THE NEBRASKA FUGITIVES, A Story of the Present Indian Upris- ing. DY 8 0. V. GRISWOLD, CHAPTEB XI TIR MASSACKE AT THE WAGON. Georgo Cameron'’s overpowering fear, as thewagon camo to a dead halt, and the flerco yelis of the Indians filled the air, was but momentary. It was superceeded by a des- perate and unnatural courage, and he braced himself determinediy as he saw the treacher- ous Le Loup and his horde of half naked barbarians bounding toward the wagon, Without 4 moment's frresolution ho bounded out over the endboard of the wagon, followed by Scipio, who had been inspired with an unexpected bravery by tho action of his dauntless white companion, and together the two took their positions before the advan- cing foe, determined to defend the helpless woman as long as life was theirs, The next moment their Wiachesters spoke together, and the screams of agony that emanated from the advancing throng told that theiv shots had not been ineffectual, a_whole volley was returned and both our friends were slightly wounded. The wonder was that they were not kiiled outright. The, womeu had kept themselves well behind tho heavy end-board and consequently escaped njury. Cameron and bis black ally had hardly ime tobrandish their clubbed weapons be- oro the wild crew was all about them, For a brief time the spectacle was appalling be- youd expression: the fierco whoops of the Sioux, the equally wild outeries of the Afri- can and the screaming of the terrificd fo- males, all added to the horrid din, But such a savage contest could continue but a short time, vet fierce asit was as yetno serious injury had been sustained by either of our brave friends; but here and there could be seen, stretcied out upon the plain, the dark form of a Sioux, who had not been ac- tive and flexile enough to avoid the frenzied attacks of the young New Yorker and the stalwart Scipio, who darted thither with wondrous cole < a blow, now parrying one, resisting the en- cronchments of their murderous adversaries ‘with the fierceness of tigers, But all their efforts were of no avail. They were ready to succumb from sheer exhaus- tion, and were finaliy overpowered, thrown to the ground and bound with stout ligatures of deer-skin, * Ad ricling fiends were soon around ruggling for possession of those within, The remaining horse had been shot dead, and the red imps were clamoving eagerly upou the wheels and into the ends, butold Aunt Delilah made a most heroic re- sistance, Nan and Nell were already in the grasp of the savages, having been rudely dragged out of the vehicle to the ground. Still uncou- quered, the senile negress stood at bay, de- terminedly shielding with her rotund form the crouching figure of Mrs. Barrett, her thick lips compressed and unfaltering and her great eyes dilated into a terriblo fero- city as she wiclded her deadly but extempore weapon—the Leavy oaken board that_had served as a seat—with most terrible effect. She brought it down with prodigious force upon the shaven cranium of more than ono overzealous warrior, shattering them _to ams as many pumpkins, but fate was hér. © An insidious wretch with o heart blacker than the old darkey’s skin, crept up in her rear, and making a guick cirele with his ghtrer: ing hatchet about his bead, sent it whirling through tho air with tarrible velocity, 1t struck Aunt Delilah square 1n_the bick of the head, cleaving her skull as if it had been wax, and before her body had fairly fallen another scarloy warrior leaped 1ike u congar into the wagon and plunged his knife deep into the back of the aefenseless woman, who lay cowering in the bottom of the convey. ance with her face buried in her hand moaning aloud in her anguish and terry With an awful shrick Mrs. Barret sprang to her feet, threw both hands frantically in the air, and fell a corpse over the stiffening and incarnadived form of her faithful old ro tainer. Nan Barrett’s ‘face blanched whiter than death, as the piercing cry from her murdered mothér smote her ears. She struegled in the grasp of the brawny savage who held her but her struggles werd unavailing, and her torturing grief soon broke forth in heart- rending utterance. Her wails of agony wero terrible to hear. She called on her parent again and again, but of course no reply came from _that silent form lying in the wagon, Then the half-crazed girl turned and called Nell, but Nell was lying insensiblo upon the prairie sward, where she had fallen ina swoon when first pushed from the wagon. 40, Nell Nell{aud you dead too!” wailed Nan, again struggling to free herself. “Sunshine! StllT Do no good ! The ‘words uttered so softly and kindly by Nan's custodian, caused a céssation in her distract. angwsh and looking up into his face sho recognized—the Night Hawk. This additional shock nearly deprived her of her reason, for the instant, but nerving herself she exclaimed in a low, reproachful voice : %O, Hawk! s this the way yourepay all our Kindness The mystic Cheyenne quickly grasped the giri*s kand and ia suppressed tones he hur- riedly whispered : “The Night Hawl tried to save Sunshine's fron’s—couldn’'t—ho savo restor die. Bo fraid—Le Loup cunning!” Nan ventured no reply, for by this time she comprehended the words of * the Indian, Tho next moment she was surrounded by. nearly the whole gang of reeking, exultant Sioux. Then as she gazed about her a sus- fclon that the Cheyenuo was again deceiv- ug her filled her heart with o sickening ter- ror. Allaround lay the repelling evidences of the desperate fray herloverand Scipio had beeu engaged in. The dark forms of somo half dozen savages, outstretched upon tho plan, bore incontestible testimony to the bravery of her two rotectors. A @ Nell Browning was at last sestored to cori- sclousness, and throwing her arms around Nan’s neck she moaned as if her heart would break., Two brawny, savages were now ordered by the exultant Lo Loup to maintain a strict watch over the fair captives, but the Hawk always hovered' near, faithful as a shadow his glittering eyos ever upon the guards, and Tus fierce visage told that he would brook no insulv or impropriety that might be offered the helpless girls, ’ But to go back. When George Cameron was thrown to_the ground he had received & blow that half stunned him, and he heard the triumphant uproar of the savages, and Nan Barrett's sub- sequent wails as onein a horrible dream, However, as soon as the intenseness of tho shock had passed away,gand he had partially recovered his faculties, he began_ to look around in order to ascertain, if possible, the character of the next move of their captors, In the wantonness of their victory tno young New Yorker fully expected that the truculent barbarians, to appease their in- flamed passions, would put himself and friends to death just as soon as their diaboli- cal ingenuity could invent some devilish and and torturing process, Butns moment suc- ceeded moment and they continued to respect not only the girls, but himself and Scipio, too, his astonishment knew no bounds, Bub this forbearance from their cus- tomary violence only heightened young Cameron's belief that they were belug re served for some object of particular impor- tance. Notwithstanding these seemngly amicable inclinatiohs, the revengeful glances leveled at the helpléss captives betrayed that there were many warriors in the party far from being satistied with the fruits of their con- quest and there was no telng at what mo- ment a mutiny might break out and the a thority of the rascully Le Loup sct at dofl- ange. All this time Lo Loup had beon moving among his braves, giving his commands in the authoritative voico of a snporior, with a delight so keen that rocorded that he, at least was satistied and that the grand object of his perefidy had boen accomplished When the wagon was flying over the pral- rie, and the Sioux wero in swift pursuit, Lo Loup, for more than @ mile, kopt paco with the horses, in fact, ran along at their sido until positive that the fugitives would escape unless decided hindrance wa brought into play, when n most, dovilish id flashed through his subtle brain, and he was not slow to executo it. Jerkingout his long kuife he drove it into tho side of the off horse, aud sure of his prey, he then dronped behind, the wounded animal galloping along several hundred yards before making its death plunge in the air! AlL this the nefarious chief reconnted to Cameron, evincing the ve cme of wild joy and gratification in every lincament of his swarthy visage. Aftera half hour or so, with a short, pecu- liar whoop, Le Loup signalled his foll ers to prepare for immediate marche ing, and without further ceremony George anl Scipio wero quickly surrounded by the jabbering throng and roughly assistea to their feet. Then, after convineing them- selves that there was 1o more booty to be so- cured, the Indians took up their line march, striking off due north over the p rie, entering the timber after a mile or 8o had been traversed. Penctrating this tangled solitude fora few hundred yands the eutire party came to o t and ‘began making preparations for the night’s encampmer CHATTER XIT, ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE, As the startling crash against the door re- sounded through the mansion, the aspect of the derelict scout and our friends changed with the rapidity of thought. They pulied back the hammers of their Winchesters and nimbly sprang to the windows, just as the guttural tones of the Sioux leader broke the silence; after which, by the tramping of numerous feet below, it was apparent that the savages were preparing to obey some mandate of his, undoubtedly to repeat their effort to batter down the door. Pierre Baptiste had reached the wi nearest the door, and placing his keen ey the aperture, he took a sweeping survey low. ~ Six brawny savages were in the act of alancing a hoavy log upon their shoulders, preparatory to hurling it, end. foremost, against the door of the dwelling, in a manner not unlike the battering-ram used against the walls of Jerusalem in biblical times. With his never-failing promptitude the scout raised his gun and sentan ounce of lead down among the sav just as they were concentrating all their ex ies for a final blow against the door. The nearest buck, without an audible sound, relingmshed his hold upon the log, and staggering blindly for- ward, fell dead in his tracks, The other five were about dashing the log from their shoul- ders, to scek the cover of the woods, when the angry voie enraged chief, rang out clearly, commanding them to hurl it against the barricade at all hazards, and with a fresh outburst of el ch shricks they obediently rushed forw 3 But at this criticat conjuncture of aff: the Winchesters of the old ranchman, Bob, and Bonapart, belched forth their aeadly pro: jectiles, and the frightened yells of the Sioux below told that the excitement of the moment ad not wholly destroyed their aim. he Sioux were now thoroughly dis They could not withstand such aiother sion of lead from the beleagured whites, mingling their dessonant cries with the fie denunciations of their leader, they fied to the refuge of the timber in the greatestconfu- sion. Immediately after tho disappearance of the last dusky form, the entire solitude grew as stillas if untenanted by any animated ob- ject, and indulging in a low chuckle, the scout said ow men keep close to these windows while I'take a look below.” With this 1njunction Pierve disappeared down the stairway to the upartment below. He was absent but a short time, reporting everything, even to the door which had re- such a jar, in good condition when he pturned. he Indians by this time had taken a I son_from their recent repulses aud doubly cautious in exposing thems approach of darkuess now admonished Bap- tiste of the imperative necessity of prompt aud decisivo action. He kuew that a single hour spent within the mansi er night- fall would only increase their peril and render their chances slimer than ever, The sun’s about down, men,” obse the half-breed, *‘and the quicker we contri to get out of this the beteer.’” Every symptom of astorm, or change in the weat which haa been so threatening about noon, had now vanished. The last remnant of a cloud had disappeared, and the atmosphere was warm aud sultry, and night was even closer at hand thau our friendas suspected. In the grove, where the withdrawal of the sun was almost simultaneous with darkness, it came without much warning. Rapidly the gathering shadows weve increasing the dreariuess of the scene, and even the acute vision of the practiced scout was becoming treacherous and uncertain, As he gazed out of ti:e window the trees began to grow indis- tinct and soon all was blentin one vast field of obscurity and gloom, The time for action had arrived, Baptiste saw that all dependea upon his own sagacity, and perilous as would be the attempt to leave the mausion at this time, yet it was probably the most favorable op- portunity that would be offered them, and he ndow "y _determined to make the trial. In a few moments the anxious little group wero standing quictly in the center of the cipal room below, where the scout en- joined them to remain whilo he made a hur- ried reconnoisance without. He then stepped lightly to the door, and cautiously opening it o trifle, he listened. Nothing of an alarming nature grected his intense hearkeniug, nor nothing, save dark- ne: met his, and ever, thing was apparently in concordan with his most “prayerful hopes. He looked behind him, and finding the ranchman and bis son and servant ready, sig- nified, pantomimically, for them to follow. Ho then stepped noiselessly out, our friends close upon his heels; and, after the door had been carefully closed behind them, they stole noiseless as phantoms around the' man- sion_and _moved rapidly across tho dusky clearing, in the same direction the wagon its precious freight had gone early he continued nert Week. —— Dr. Eccles’s Decision n Regard to Complexion Preparations. They Are Not All Injurious—Strong Words of Proof in Letters fron a Well-Known Physicim and Chemist, ROBERT G. ECCLES, M. D., 191 Dean Stroet, BROOKLY. 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