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uted by a Negro Servant and a Fireman.

: ‘ ad been waiting as

Gha ; f rders. Once in awhile the en ‘ is} brakeman to cut hi ‘up and down eb wh pump her r there I * on the locomotives in) 18 All day the conductor sat in the enboose, \ an operator was working exe rs t back away, for the Je tt y tter of

5 ‘ ’ tt engineer went down rack into the pine forest, he saw a band of bushwhackers riding leisurely through the wood in the direction of Shady

Rili These were not men of the north They were maraud-

ers, murderers, masquerading

nor yet of the south as soldiers

and « liy dangerous to each army. The

eng! ‘ told the conductor what he had geen, and, taking a couple of muskets and one the Orakemen, the captain put himself into the wood tank and set out to

hunt the bandits. It was an odd way to go to work, but the conductor considered jt better than remaining at the run to be plundered, if not murdered by the band The bushmen must have heard them com- ing, for they were sitting on their horses, still as statues, when the old wood burner came creeping round a curve, her links and chains rattling likea dray on cobble- stones

“Halt! ecricd the leader, and the en- gineer hooked her over

“What do you want?" demanded the

conductor “What have you got?’’ asked the bush- man

The negro fireman must have seen the humor of the man’s reply. for he poked his head round the corner of the cab and Jaughed » iaugh that seemed to come from the very bottom of his bare feet. It filled the forest and rippled away down the wood like the song of a reaper reaping in a valley near the hills

“Fo' ce Lawd, dat am funny,” said the negro, \ 1; ing his eyes

“Nothing that you can, have,” said the conductor back at the bi@iman

Immediately the negro opened his mouth and began to ripple again, but this time the flow of his mirth was broken by the sound of nuskets Hang, bang! went the guns of the marauders. and the negro, changing his laugh toa cry of pain, fell upon the deck and begged the brakeman to shoot him

“I'ze done killed Fo’ de Lawd, Ize shot plum frew de ha't.”

“Then die, you ¢ciizy nigger,” shouted the brakeman. “Think I'm going to waste a load on you?’

When the conductor and the brakeman had emptied their guns atthe gang. the engineer opened the throttle and backed away with the bullets rattling on his front end and smashing the glass in the cab windows

Upon arriving at Shady Rill they found that only the tip of one of the negro’s fin- gers had been shot away, and when the engineer had bathed the finger in black oil, bound it up with arag and kicked the begro three or four times the fellow was able to take his place at the furnace door

The conductor instructed the operator to report what had taken place tothe army officer in charge of the railway, and then went over to the Shady Rill! plantation to warn the women there of the coming of the bushwhackers. He had been over once or twice.for supplies, which were given, if not grudgingly. reluctantly, fer how were these poor women, whose fathers and hus- bands and brothers were down there where the steady, monotonous booming of can- non spoke of danger and death, to smile upon the people of the northy These men were come into the country, the women were able to persuade themselves, to take

_the property of the people and lay the coun-

try waste. So now, when the conductor lifted his hatin the presence of the ven- erable dame and her proud daughter, the women drew themselves up and looked down upon him from the veranda

“If they ah no’the’n soldiers, I reckon they can't more’n kill us, anif they ah fouthe'n soldiers they ah southe’n ygentle- men. So we might bettah take ouah chances with them than with you all, who ah not soldiers at all.”

“Neither are these soldiers) They are bushwhackers and murderers. Come, I of you, let me help you to escape. ’’

At that moment the sound of musketry Was heard from down behind the orchard, and amoment later an old white haired Wench came falling round the house, rolled up the veranda steps and threw herself at the feet of her young mistress

“Fo' de Lawd, honey,’’ she howled, ‘de Wood fai'ly full o' Yankees. I fought dey dun been our folks, case Gey dun hab on blue clo’s, but minit dat fool Jim poke his head obeh de fence an shout, ‘Git out dis Yeah o’chad,’ dey all bang loose at hin:, an, fo' de Lawd, dey dun tak’ he beart out 40 eat it right fo’ my ole eyes.”

A negro can always be depended upon © supply the details in an excitirg narra- tive and to fill in with bits of pathos, but the women, ma king due allowance for the *Xaggcrations of a frightened negro, had no doubt that they were now in great

Dger.

“Shall we have time to dress, suh?’ asked the lady with a hauteur that under

€ circumstances was pathetic.

“0. Fly for your lives,’’ said the con- ductor, for even as he spoke be saw a cou- ble of men riding under the appte trees ; he Women saw them, too, and throw- Dg on whatever lay in reach in the way

oe hurried over tothe train. The with eee still telling her story, went the two women and helped them into caboose Now the two robbers who ridden through the erchard saw the Fainhen and immediately opened fire

*“fonductor and the brakeman, walking ing aha kept the desperadoes back, kill- oun ‘aad their horses Just as the train- Was ee the caboose the conductor Po 1m and fell near the rail. The rest io had come to the rescue of their Spon a and now the lead was raining aving . Side of the car The brakvman, conduct. Pt his gun, stooped to lift the Now this vend. but he could not do it. Seach oa elicate young daughter of the

8g the danger in which these

Sneste Sammie, had voluntarily placed

; Or her sake and her ne ha round and with her white woul — had never lifted anything brakeman 8 4 riding whip helped the Guctor mn lift the limp form of the con-

b Car while the bullets rained

She fog: hen they had laid him upon “Beud and ott? rou man lifted his “gine beckon “Tap, and so, as the

York oWwap the conductor died

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'HE DAILY EXAMINER, CHAKLO’TTETOWN, DECEMBER 21, , 897

ELEVEN HANDS OF POKER. APHORISMS

They

Ought te Mave Won Every Time, i bes Didn't. They who forgive most shall be most i " re 1) ans Pai lew It’s the bewildering uncertainties of forgiven. — Bailey. the great game of poker that make it so To know how to wait is the great se- popular with most Americans. Systems cret of success.—De Maistre,

. > af iain ; , nd the law of average do not seem to Who makes quick use of the moment

obtain as much in the play of this game | isa genius of pendence.~—Lavater. 4s they doin most other games and skill. This point ane illustrated wight not long ago ia the short space of aalf an hour.

The game is a regular institution on due of the late of New York. The first et yp that is made | by this train is exactly 30 minutes after

Opportunity sooner or later comes to

never was more | all who work and wish.—-Lord Stanley.

than it was one

To see what is right and not to do it iS Want of courage or of principle. — | Confucius,

' of chance | | | }

Set all things in their own peculiar piace and know that order is the great- est grace.—Dryden.

Suburban trains out

; the train leaves New York. The came We ought not to bok back uniess it always starts on time, and the cards are { is to derive some useful lessons from gathered up and the players jump off | past errors and for the purpose of profit- usually as the train begins to get head- | ing by dear bought experience. —Wash-

| Way after the first stop. ington.

This explanation is necessary to fully | «ppreciate the array of hands that makes the real point of this story. One player With a good memory held in the 80 minutes’ play the following hands, with

these results:

| Five great enemies of peace inhabit with us—viz, avarice, ambition, envy, | anger and pride. If those enemies were | to be banished, we should infallibly en- | joy perpetual peace.—Petrarch.

Pain‘ and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other, and he only who knews how to accommodate

Four aces—won, of course,

Five full on aces—beaten,

One flush—beaten.

One straight—beaten.

Three aces—-beaten.

Four sets of aces up—all beaten,

Three severs—beaten

Queens up—won.

Jacks up—won.

Teus up—won.

Nines up on fours—beaten.

In this really remarkable collection of 11 hands only 4 ef them were win- | ners, and yet the man who held them says that he came out even. He got scared on his five full and on his flush and just called. He lost considerable on his three aces, but he won more on his queens up that he held only once than he did on his four aces. His jacks up netted him more than any other hand, for he had them pat and played them so on the opening of a fat jack pot.

The five full was beaten by a ten fall and the flush was beaten by a queen full. None of the other men in the game thought that his hand was especially strong or weak, and it would be expect- ed naturally that the array of hands given above would quit the game con- siderably to the good if one did not know that most of them were beaten. — New York Press.

extract the good from the evil knows how to live.—Sterne.

He who boasts of being perfect is per- fect in folly. I never saw a perfect man. Every rose bas its thorns and every day itsnight. Even the suu shows spots, and the skies are darkened with clouds, and fuults of some kind nestle in every bos- om.—Spurgeon.

NOVELTIES.

Straw colored cameo glass makes ideal vases for flowers.

Belts quite out of the ordinary show @ combination of colored leather and cut steel.

With other dainty accessories for the *‘house beautiful’’ are paintings on ivory, in gilt frames, of the ~ Louis Quinze period.

A novelty in silver knickknacks is a little flat reel on which to wind dental floss. It is designed to carry in one’s pocket or purse.

STAGE GLINTS.

Alexis Gissiko, professionally known as. Markham, has retired from the stage and is interested in the publication of a | magazine in New York city.

Yon know itdon’t. ‘Then why do vou W. 8. Gilbert is suing the London do it? I know why. It requires toomneh | Era for au alleged libel contained in x. self-denial toguit, The Dixon Cure, which article criticising Mr, Gilbert tor his is taken privately, is purety v-getable, is | Criticisms of leading Enc‘: .. actors. pleasant to the taste, and will cure you of Andrew Mack will play Sir Lucius al] desire for ‘iqnor in two or three days, eo | O'Tri-zer to Nat C. Goodwin's Bob that you woula pay five cent~ fer a barre) | Acres in a scene from ‘The Rivals” at of beer or whiskey. You can eat heartily | the Actors’ fund benefit in New York. and sleep soundly from the start, and be better in every way, in both health aod pocket, and with ot interfering with bue- iness daties. Writ-in confide c: tor par tieolara. Mr A. Hutton Dix n, No. 40 Park Avenue, Montreal. 3

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Paul “ilmore is negotiating with Mrs. Alexander Salvini with a view to se- curing her iate husband’s repertory and parapbernalia, and it is very likely that he will star.

E. H. Sothern will not attempt a re vival of ‘* "Change Alley,’’ but will re- ly upon his repertory for the present season. Next autumn he will producea new play by Anthony Hope.

Jutia Arthur has received a fragment of the sword she carried in the initial performance of ‘‘A Lady of Quality,’’ which has been recovered from tue

ruins of the burned Detroit theater.

Judith Berolde, who has been absent from the stage for several years, will reappear in the New York Independent theater’s production cf the one act Ital- ian tragedy ‘‘The Rights of the Soul.’’

D’Oyley Carte has recovered his health, and while he has not yet as- sunied the burden of Lusiness cares he is present every dsy at rehearsals of ‘Tne Crand Duchess’? at the Savoy theater, London.

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