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DABIIG AID SUFFERING.
AHistory of the Andrews Bsilrosd
Raid Into Gsorgis in 1862.
flu lost Heroic and We M.
d the Civil 'nr.
Inbred-g 0 Poll I“ Lee-nt- Account
cl tho 8...: Journey to the Hart 0!
Sh Confederacy. the Cup-tore of n
nutty-y from In n Co-fodornl. cit-p.
the Terrlblo Chm “at Followed. “I
the Inbsequent Fortunes ol the Lend.
out Its Putty. ’
The warp-«hues. tn the daring of its Inception.
Ind t -,- wildness of n romance; while in the
[‘33: .c and overw lie-lining results it sought and
t
un- waely .oobtnm Itwno nhelutelysubltme.~ '
Apnea: unsnut. "on": German Re a
Jt'o"
run:
It - ;s nu the drop-st b: l scheme. sad on the
gran . st sale. that m»: «manor-d from the
been: or nay numb-Ar u: \‘snkres combined— »
'l‘ls «3'?!th L‘osnblucv
Apnl l’: 13": A
Mute its tragic termtmtton. it shows whnt n
landfill of brnve men =uu undertake in Amer-
m—L‘om on runs lltsrosr 0' run L‘rvn. Wu
til AIR-It“. vol. 2. p. :56.
By WILLIAK mom
A IKIBII 0' TI: msnrrtos,
. ATLANTA. 6A.).
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(Copyrighted, lt‘E'. by Wu Publishing 00.. N Y..
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CHAPTER Vll
118313137 srsmstt.
But where were we While thi< train was
flying towsrd ue‘ Lying still . 'l the side
tracks: the left hand tvl Kmflslrll ststion.
those sgomes of suspense and intense nl-
ternstions of hope and fear which were -
harder to bear than all theexeruons of
Fuller Ind his companions:
freight train came as previously nnrrnted.
and hnd drawn down the roadto let the :
extrttfolluw it. and still give us room to
Radio“! above Long and tedious was
the «siting. But when ‘we almost de~
psi-ml the extra came But alas” on this
tram. also. wns a red flag' ”it being
attuned as to the meaning uf another
trim. the conductor said that there were
V ‘80 my ears sud too gm: n loud tor one
engine. sad that number section was made
up. sud would be along shortly The tlt‘
lay for these two trains had already been
little less than an hour. and here was at
third train still blocking the road before-
lls‘ How Andrews Wished um he had
taken the risk of running out in the face
c-t the that extra and bed tried to nuke.
at least. the station nboVe! \Ve could
rt‘ y have .Iucceeded. But now. in the
absence of some telegraphic messngeh—nnd
no l'vpvl'l was made to that emce, while
Andre's hudly thouflit it. prudent tortel- ,
graph for instructional—4t would be tand-
nev- to run out betweul the two actions I
of a belated tram. it was better to wit.
evttt if that entailmldbe risk of I fight
Fur this ltmfilldlfy Andrew: made ready;
he said to Knight
"Go beck and tell the lmys. without
attracting attention. that we have tournit ‘
fora trnin thnt is, behind Lllh‘. and for 3
them to be rendv to jump at Me s:gnll:lf
heeled. nnd fight.“
Knight uuutered can-lady along down
the tmn. just .3 if he \vu tired to death
with waiting and dnl not know whnt to
do with M: And leaning against our
esr. withOut turning his head or eyes
toward us. aid in slow tone which we
hesrd perfettly: _
“lbys. we have to wait. for a tram that
is I little behind time. sud the folks
nronnd are getting mighty uneasy and
suspicions. Be ready to jump out. it you
are called. nn‘d lr! them have it hot and
In". "
“'e. did not knmv how nmnyrof the
“unensy folks" there might be about;
Ind so unbearable had become the sus-
pense of helm: ~hnt up in that dark car.
snd henrmg the sound of Voices outside.
without bring tilde to distinguish the
words or know “lot was mung on. that a
command to sp: .n: nut and buztn a deadly
strife would lmu- been “’e‘unmt-«l as a
relief. wnlndzz mu. h regard to numbers.
We said we Were n-zul)‘. m- hnd been
sdy ll'. any true the lust lumr‘ Still we
carefully vxnnnnu‘l the primin; of every
"\vlvl‘l'. ntulsmv that rrwru- nmmunb
tlon Iran In [KICKCIS_Wllliln easy reach.
\Vc d:d nut intend. it it came to it tight.
to elnwl at long range. but to clear night
in. \\ bert- every shot “Mild be deadly.
That we Cutlltl. with the surprise of an
unexz-ertml tumult, and firing t‘at‘h time .
to kill. l2 IVi‘ virtual the station of four
times \'l.l‘ number, I have never tl rubted.
Could any situation be Imagined by poet »
or nuv-‘lwt nit-re trying than that-or this
csrluad of \‘u‘u-n soldiers shut up in the
- midst t-l ('onft-dernto "in"!!!
But no “ere not called upon toquiet
the "nut-mittens“ outside. which was fully ;
u'grent us Knight bad descnbt-d. in any
such summary mutter.
his pnrt with surpassin .kill.
Round. and espeoinll the old switch ten.
der. began to grumblé something about
being sure that nll was not right. Agood
my questions were nsked so to why
Fuller. with the regulnr trsiu. Ins not
Along by this time. And why the superin-
tendent of the reed st Atlsnts had not
sent notice of the powder trnln. Andrews
Answered ench Mutated question very
brietly and plausibly. but wltbottt'nppenr‘
in; st all nnxious nbout their opinion:
grumbled s little shout tbebnd manage- ;
mentofsrondthntwotildnllowitsunek'
tube blocked stntinmllkethls. udgsvs
scrutinise! himself lathe umpof Beaure-
unrd with n sir soeonldent snd truthful
thnt no one ventnrd to question him. I
wagere wss only one thing. said.
dsnxerous dehy. which be rally.
dreaded. He kept very neu- the tele-
ml: 0mm. end, without seeming todo
so. closely wstchodthe operntor. The st.-
tempt to telegraph In: kind of I
up the line Would have prohnbly Iii-dash!»
on n lmmediste collln'on.
Brown relates n curious little episode II
occurring here. He noticed a men who
Thelut-nl.
Andrews plnyed ;
The people ;
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track. This Abdrews directed the old
switch tender to do. but he hsd‘ been
.guunxinnworse nndworse humorfor
; the whole of the lsst hour; he had hung
|up his keys. snd now roughly declared
an he would not take them down sgsm
until Andrews showed him by what su-
, thority be was ordering everybody about
. as if he owned the whole rosd!
We who
were shut up in the box car heard the
T loud end angry voice. and supposed thnt
the time for us to act had come; yet we
waited for our lender‘s command as we
remembered how he had counseled us
against being too pq‘cipime. But he
3 only laughed softly as if the anger of the
old man amused him. and saying. “I
have no more time to waste with you.“ he
welked into the station. to the place
where he had seen the keys put up. and
taking them down. went quietly and
swiftly out and made the change himself.
- The lender‘s wrath knew no bounds at
this; he stormed. declared he would have
. Andrews arrested. would report him, and
many other things. Andrews then waved
. hls hnnd to the engineer. and as our loco-
' motive came promptly up he stepped on
aboard, and we glided out on the min
' trsck and Were ofl !
p It had been a fearful ordeal. but it was
‘ well met The three men. Brown. Knight
and Wilson. who \vere outside. declared
thnt they did not see the slightest indica-
tion of fear. chagrin or impatience on the
prt of Andrews, save what he exhibited
when telling how much Beauregard was
lln need of his ammunition, nnd whet n
:Ihsme it was that the road should be
blocked byymiy ordinary travel when the
afnte of their brave soldiers was trem-
bling in the balance. Andrews had ex
plained that it was leer-use he could not
Rel. his orders tilled without niinons do
lnys by the delml'y channels that Beau-
regnrd had sent him to bring this powder
through by force. if necessary. and
declared that if the officers at home did
not support the army in the field better.
martial law Would soon be proclaimed!
Such grumbling and tltrezsts were ap-
plauded by those who Wished to be
‘ thought especially loynl tn the (‘nntetlerv
nle cttttx‘e. For tit least hit" an hour no
distrust went shown.
The lIUlll‘vltlld live mitmtt-s we \verc at
this hlllitutl. added to our [“0 hours" run.
made u~x tn-w three hours and five minutes
from lltg Shanty Fuller was three hours
and nine minutes Ln the way. He came
'in sight of Kmmtun just four minutes
alter we had glided nround the shnrp
. northward curve beyond; so nenr were
} we to the final collision st this place!
As soon A: We were well out of sight of
‘ the station we stopped, nnd Scott. \vith s
, inanmu’wnt at the top of the telegraph
‘pole. the bus was knocked off and the
twin cut. We wanted no message at
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inquiry sent ahead. preferring ourselves
to tell the story of the impressed powder
tram and llenuregnrd's need of animu-
nitinn. “'hilt- this was being done. others
threw a few ulntructions on the truck.
“‘ln-n once more on board we lltlllt‘t‘d n
qtiickcniug of speed that after our long
rest was delightful. “’e had been run
nim: slowly since lenvlng Big Shanty, but
now Andrews said to his crew. “Push her.
boys. push her.“ Wilson heaped ~~in the
wood. and the llre. which was but moder-
stc when we lett Kingston, was soon roar
.ng and great clouds of smoke esespmg.
Uur leader‘s intention was to reach Audra-
vtlle in s few minutes. in order to meet
; two trains there which were now overdue.
, These were the through freight and the
southern Muenster trslns. nnd they would
! want (or us t"l-‘nller‘s trnin“) there. Our
terrible delay in Kinpwn was in every
way most unfortunate. If there had been
no extra trains we could by this time have
been at button. forty miles further up the
reed, with the (lostennuls bridge burned
l behind us, and. these two trains pnssed.
; leaving no further serious obstncle to con-
tend with.
But while so anxious to reach Adnlrso
ville. the next station above. where there
was s side track. it would never do to
lesvethe wny open from Kingston. as the
distance is only ten miles. and i! the ene—
poln
l formed. it might be very embarrassing.
otherktndsdwoodtobensodlnbnrnln‘
tbs bridge. Wsweretbs more unions
man at each fun to give him nvstnrt. was .
‘ . dimeult to ex
nnrrysoonrreniwnrnot mourning,
was an ardent clan; Slowly“ drew
out spike after spike. htterlng out the
(rent nails as nudly - possible with our
one inn bnr. lannottnllbowmny
mlnnta we spent. but. dmswent by
swiftly. The Jane land at ties. which
were not tar any, wsssgrent acquisi-
tion.sndwees nllon bosrd before the
stubborn all was half loosened.
'l‘be rnil was lessened st. the southern
ad. end for perhaps two-thirds or its
length wnsclennsd o! spikes. Eight at
us, including onrstmngest men. took hold
of it. to try to pull out the remninder by
the rail .taelf. But they were too firmly
fixed: and we were about to givenp the
stumpt nnd wslt to better out. n few
more.- when swny in the distance we
hosed. funny but unntlstnksbly. the
whistle of a locomotive in. pursuit! But.
fnint and far on ns it. wss. no sound more
unwelcome ever tell on human enr. Be-
fore us. only two or three miles sway.
there were two trains possibly blocking
the track; and behind us n pursuing em
gine. which in n minute or two more
would beupon us. It. nearly seemed”
it our race was ended! But we did not
pause for mornlising; we lifted again sud
with every particle of strength. as men
lift for life. The strong rail bent under?
the terrible pressure and snnp with s
dull twang! All of us tumbl in a con-
fused heap down the ands. but his mo-
ment were on our feel. sad hurrying
toward the cnr, taking our precious half
rnll with us. For the time we were
saved! No mn‘lter who the pursuer was
he would be arrested by that break. and
give us time. with fnvorlng fortune, to
pnss the trsins shove.
[1‘0 BR CON Tl.“ LTD. ]
HAPPY HITS.
In the case of s woman who wss tried for
killing her husband with I stone. the verdict.
was rendered that the killing was necideutsl
on the ground that if she inuntitinnllpthmw
the stone st him. it. would hnye hit something
in an opposite direction—Tho Epoch.
A Citizen of Dallas. Tex.. has invented no ‘
electric fishing line which kills n fish the in- v
mm. it sells the hook and at the same time I
rings a hell on shore to wnrn the fisherman
who mny be under n tree some ynrds distant
plnying seven up with n brother nngler to do
cide which shall pny for the bnlt. An stun-h-
ment dint would closn and dry the fish bend .-
llmyu‘e hauled out of the watt-r would phne
n greet boon to the fisherman nnd make the ,
inventor‘s fortune~8urristown "Bl’ulll. '
The New York Commercial Advert tser says i
n Buflnlo man “dreamed that he bud bten .
skew-l nlderntui. got up in his ~deep, deems!
nnd went to n restaurnnt. “ht-r.- Ito trental
‘ his dream world supportem t.» sin worth of
3 drinks before he woke up.“ Ilv dreamed. of
course. that he bud elw‘lml It Buffalo ul»
deriunu If he hnd muul that he bud Iu‘n ‘
elected a New York 'ity nldernutn. it. is be ‘
lteved that he would gnvv got up in his Slt'l‘ll.
went out nail to tinted suicide heron-die 3
Wake up.-—.\'orrtstoun Herald. — .
Queen Victoria expected to entertain a flaw '
. of Bttflalo Bill‘s t-hn-l‘s at dinner. but when .
she lennied that Hulls-ra-holointhenir has ;
i been known to send his pinto beck nine tints
, for runst beef sud gravy she gsve up the
idea ssbelng beyond her menu —-The Epoch.
.
i
i Know 'I'hvsell. uhwtu Thy “one.
_ ‘nrmer 'l‘vatlepod anti 1n the operating.
; chair in the 08k- of the phren “Your .
g tastes are the tastesuf n fnrmsr.“ ssidthef
plu‘v-llnluglsl. “sud l slums. sad in (not ntn
confident. that you nre n turner. You on ;
unready and {during in speech; you and it ;
your idenn You mi
in jud‘mentoobsvn no knowl-
. er of hum astute; your intro
tout. con ding mum: renders you An!
' destxninc men. and your own?
esty prevents you from “poem 2
no any one.“ Three weeks Inter :
mlogist lumbtnnlcs. quiet. “9.!
gentle funily hues of Former Thistlepnd.
And the fnrmer sold him n knoti kneed old ‘
bronco. L‘J ysnrs old. with I owe neck. 0. hot i
lull-ad ntuuperso viciotutlint the 'M'
ludinnfouodit-ahon-thnthnd been midi
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for $2? at two hour- in three weeks—for 8375.
"It‘s just wonderful.“ aid Ferma- mistlepod.
ns he wntched the new horse running sway I
with its new owner. "it's jest wonderful that l
n man sh‘d know an eta-tinny much shout ,-
men and not know s thing shout homm“-— l
Roulette in lit-(pklyn Essie. .
Another Jnll Intm.
Chlcngo Jniler‘ Whnt‘s timtl
Prisoner—A hrrel of gunpowder.
"Hy. my! And wbnt‘s thstl"
“A stand of Springfield rind.”
“Merit, on list What hvs you in the!
box!"
"A grnnd plum."
“It bests All. I don‘t see how these things -
were pnmsd in to you. How was it!"
V "They blew In.“
“0b. of course! Wonder 1 did not think
of thnt before. Gnnrd. clone the shutters.
”Inf—Omah- World
Why -He Looked Tired.
Putnam—What Is there peculiar about that
msnt Asfnrns I cut ssshedoesn‘tmsmto
be dilennt rm nnybod else.
Museum Attendnnt— hst mat with the
tired look!
P.—-Yen
ll. A.—Why. he‘s the m curiosity we
hst‘o. ‘
P.—lndeed!
M. L—Surs pop. lls under-sands nll shoot
the interstate tvmm‘srce Inn—Boston Cou-
nor.
MI; I. 8... fine Work.
“Mwhymywmmmlr.ssmp-
sun.“sbesnld,drnwing herself up withbnn-
tenr.“thstlplnytbspinnosowellr‘
All Eye to Rosin...
“What‘s the menu-l" asked n gentlemen,
sppronehlngnerowdonthem
movu-byn “ennuidkm
“&v¢m!“bs Intel-duhhwnytoths
form.
n
. enough.
g
A wsndsrod into s. Down-yum
was s colored men in tourism tinted tights,
whowsspsrchedonn plsttonnwithoutlu
sppu'ent occupstion. He wss s msn shout
aunt-samurai tobsvsnosufll—
clout deformity to wnrrnnt his psi-sheet “is
scrlbshsvingmoverinmindthswildmsnof
Borneo. the seven ennnibnl brothers and other
greet mm in history without ssts’sfsctorily
placing the man in tomato tights. repnirsd to
the gate keeper for informstion. The: tune
tionnrywss n msn hearing I dirty coll-r
three-hmtoolnrge. snthnt hishend looked
likenhonsewith s fence srotmd it
“Surprisin‘ wonder.” he add in nnswer to
the reporter‘s querysbom. the colored curios-
ity Within. “’l‘hs . sir. ls Kerosene Jnke.
though just now he is only just doing the
bend sch": ' _
“What is that?"
"Stutdlng on his heed when the nujience
requests."
“Why do you cnll him Kerosene Jsltel"
asked the re .
“Well. you see it's this way." snid the gate-
mnu confidentially, expelling sunleient to-
baccojuiee mkesphis mouth in converse-
tionsl him: “he‘s the champion kerosene
drinker of Amelia-thinks nothing of drink-
ing {our pints n tiny—end takes to it." ndded
the {stem Inductively. "just like it wns
beer. Well. sir, he kep' to' work drinkln'
way into .10on till we hit that hot spell.
The thermometer upstnlrs clim up to III). and
all the time Jnks wns s drinkln‘ cheep grade
oil 150 fire test. You see that‘s only allowln‘
him ll degs. margin before explodin‘. 80
me and the manger consulted and put Jske
on the he‘d-ct until winur. You cut as
for yourself . young foller. we couldn't nflotd
to run no risks, and have Kerosene Jsko
bust in the dull senson.“—New York Tribune.
A Benrd Bnlser from \Vnybsek.
A Boston man hu‘n twin brother living in
the west who looks very much like him. The
other morning the Boston twin, after being
slaved. went home and found there his
' brother, who had just come out. The west-
ern twin needed shaving badly, And was.di~
reeled to the bnrber shop. He entered end
seated hittmelf. but. the barber pnid no atten-
tion to him. "What‘s the matter with you!"
ssid the western twin after waiting long
u\lr'hy don‘t you shnva me!”
“Why. I‘ve just shaved you." said the bdr-
ber. “Much you did," aid the‘twin. “Look
i at. my flee." The bnrber looked stsbig.
black heard of n week‘s growth. felt of it to
assure himself Whit! eye Its: not deceiving
him. and burst out; “It you can rslse nbesrd
like thnt in twenty minute- you'd better go
into the mum businem"—Chlon¢o Rows.
A Low Trendy. in The. Ants.
Beebe» l—Knrpsr‘s Bear.
Two Pol-tn 0! VI...
first Wood Bswysr—‘l‘his ‘srs is s hnrd.
hsrd world; no chance for “10ml It Ill.
How I‘d like to knock ofl nlsd go dunk hunt.-
inglikeldidwhenl wnsnboy.
Second “food styer—Yon must beer-sy.
"Cray Incense I went to go duck hunt-
inst"
, “(Jenn daft. In Maryllnd. where I just
cum from. duck hunting is s lsr
sndmensrepsldsotnuchs forsll ,
kill. I‘ve been s dunk lumber for Six years.
"What on enrth as ye doln‘ out here!“
“lesmohere to ssw wood for n rut."—
Omsbs World.
Grant magnetic Power.
A Duluth newspnper. telllng of the m
of the amniotic iron ore of the! vicinity.
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IN ADDITION TO OUR LINE OF
Overcoats. & Winter clothing
—— FOR——
‘mrzv, votvrus AND BOYS,
Which was never Larger or Finer. we mention
A FEW SPECIALTIES.
Fisk, Clark and Flagg’s Walking and
coaching Gloves.
llr. Warner’s Natural Wool Edema.
Fur Caps and Gloves.
KEYS 6L LOCKWOOD’S NEGKWEAR.
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Brokaw M’f’g Co.’s Flannel Waists and Night Shirts.
\
EARL & WILSGN’S UflLLlRS AND EUFFS.
—— ”—7—“
Cardigan Jackets.
CHILDREN’S
KILT SUITS.
AND 1)! Ext“? EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF
Flt rnishln
g Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks,
and Traveling Bags.
NMSTIIBK BlI
Insurance Building,
So. Noywnlk.
M. Masonic Building,
Norwnlk.
Way and {amp finals.
A RARE
CHANCE
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FANCY GOODS
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All us shout to make room for nolldsy Goods. 1 will sell from the 1st to the labor Dumb. on 1
my entire stock AT 03 BMW 0081‘.
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People wishlng to buy goods In my line should svsll thsnnelvss of this opportnnlty. as
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