a EVER AFTERNOON (EXCEPT SUNDAY) |4 oqn* Th a Secre ata�. Dou Diekersonand Hoke SmithPhare among the first mentionedpaar. the:pisep. pMeals arI eee ~Benawe Morgan scores Seersoar Serta ~forT his courseTthe money/ éard hisT gtteratees inT favorOf the free coitiage of silver, {GermanHe Bives } Mr.� apr ~passing notice ajso and! earedthe. os eacea sip .x asym pe Set vyraethe ie rerheSecretary of State,Walter1st ie acute plenrisj -days ago it became acute pneu-__monia, from. _ which, his death |resulted. He was a little morethan sixty five- years old and_ had a record as a soldier, juristand statesman. It is thoughtA few--duous for the past twelve_ months that this was incident~ ally the cause of his death. HeZ Wasa man honored and re_. spected by every one who knew |E him.A TALE OF ALSACEThe carriage was going at a ter-eS es The borses, unusuallyexcited by the white wine that had_ *deen poured over their oats, dashed- h the air which whistled past~ their ears. Their hoofs resoundeda ~heDearriage lanterns shone in the: like the glowing eyes of someze, prebistoric monster.mad, furious coerse in thehad something strangeft, something mysterious; sin-, and all the more so, perhaps,SoA 0 an axing place in the aa-The carriage, like a vessel in dis-on a raging sea, 6left to right and from right. to}.teh eratfaoney qudstion. © Hein the Senate with hire and | rzthat his work had -beem so ~ar-|diy om the hard frogen road. The |.aaeege sivas = the e good women,oe the ovdee etthe cross| nees and a See prayer.mpet rn What is going toSP Ld ~catucthd thlawainet the Khees of the older ijsodso Everywbere there was. pense]yn OF dene}of: n bod-eyil -pand"e thdractetistic sigr"the fires in the! huge7 terse! stoves welow ~and go out, ohe bo one though:of kea@ping them slive.The fact was the Prussiana forseveral weeks past had been crueHyvaging the coustry.-ebicdrs who Were the bear-erst S. �"�£-hegem otheywhipping up iap.jwere already STstmoke out of their nostrilsers of=wretched, A idee perengs, opeetsoTonnerre!� wa Rowled.- oMyQ. |borses wilt die when they reach theirA-pstable trey -do ke Sot thetGres am am Une Sestotiay = bingy? und \oning. : ilmess obegan May see e cu an fs gr 0 th kethe whip redau and the dizzycourse became stilt more reckless.4+. The trees seemed to fly past. Na-ture herself protested against thewild, héad~tong career, for ~at thismoment the méon hid her face behina | Pti#oe-ae cloud; as if she did not wish to be@ witmess to the scene. And stillthey flew onward.~THat afternoonT the enemy ' hadteken possession of the village ofOttrot, and, ~as their custom was,had installed themselves in the peo1 pony bouses.o "oFour officer's were domt-ciled! withT ~the maydr. They satthere in the middfe df the bestdrawing-room, talking loudly intheir guttural and smokingtheir Pr pe: ipés of porcelainT whilepatos boots at the hot firefn the grate.T~He was recalled to pregieanncalryfa wentle knock-at the door asd al-most immediately afterwards hesaw |~im the porch the tall, powerful frameof who was the foreman of theservants and a modern Her-cules. -He was agile as a deer and~break an t-eret et iCans otoe,allowed to \sink |oti Dane woe tse someio | Saluted with great respect -thestranver who had come to disturbtheir peacé.�T} |horses to the carriage Lux pot a~3 as en oxy and could break :a |- oWhat is the matter?�Etoon us here. Shall l strangte him?�These words coming from suchog | iPS made one shudder. .~Non, my old Lux, keep calm, thatwould do no good and would only: anotheroHintseli up-us. Let him iu;bring worsehes to speak with hisbe probablycolleagues.�TLux did as his master told bim, |much pgainst bis inclination. Itwould have given him such 3 hugeamount of pleasure to twist one ofthose German necks with his greatsinewy fingers.The pew arrival burst into thedrawingoroom. The four Prussianofficers uttered cries of surprise.They rose at once, in & body, aodoBe géuted-and let us talk,"T saidthe new arrival in German, and ind 3voice of command.~You will set out at once,� hesaid, ~~and take this sealed messageTto the Prince of X ,atS TlT andbe drew out of the pocket of his longmilitary cloak, white with snow, alarge, a tte envelope, and handedit to.one of the officers. _.oGo, all four of you, and Pieceyourselves at the disposition of | theprince. Further orders wiil'be iven |to �,�ach of you later. You-must gethorses and | and start. atoneet Isit understood?T ~Thea hast-en!�Then, turning té the that, be saidFrench:oPleasé acetuarnoddte these gontie-men with # carriage and two freshhorses. GeretalTs orderst�~Lar, who hadT remained ter dingat the door @uring this scene, an-ticipated his masterTs rep!oIt 18 wél,~ monsieur Poticer, youshall be ea as you de-sire!�He spoke ip a aera tone. ofvoice. Oniy his. master, however,noticed it.' A mad thought had been bern inbis brain, something superhuman,preposterous, Anyone. who couldhave read it im his mind would havebeen shocked, terror-stricken!~While-a farm hand barnessed theinsaddie on Barka, aw Arab horse; afaithfal ~animal which: be loved ~andcared for bimself with bis own bands.~He spoke to ftTas be spoke toafriend, and thenoble creature seemedto un - Lex mount-~into eyed saddle be was promt bal agg"Bi nesk at © bullrope ou is Déoaksfeét, ovanished into the darknesslike a wes~ sig Se mytholov-devouredFtp: 2 legs hardlyseemed to touch the earth, and Luxkept her going at her utmost speed.At length they stopped. BarkaTwas white with foam und Lux cov-ered her with his cloak. He did notfeel the cold, for the awful thoughtin his mind kept his whole bodywarm and tingliog.oIt is yonder,� he said to himselfin a deep-voiced growl, ~~it is there| that they are to perish.�At this point the road made a sud-{den turn, and apparently came toanabruptend. As 4 matter of fact,aowever, it did not terminate, butcontinued in a steep, terrible slope.On the right was a dark, mysteriouswood, and on the left a deep anddizzy precipice such as are often seenby mountain roads.Children were afraid to passit by.The Gulf of Death, as it was called,had its legend. The old folk saidthat it was within its gloomy depthsthe monsters lived that ravaged thecountry at night.~~If my calculations are correct,�ssid Lux, in a lew voice, ~~they willbe here in ten minutes.�He tied Barka toa tree stem onthe border of the wood, and astrangesmile passed cver his lips.Not a- sound was to be heard inthe surrounding country. Allseemeddead or asleep. Only a murmur ofthe wind in the pines,Lux placed his ear to the ground,as the Indians doin the wilderness,and hearing a faint sound of hoofsin the. distance striking the, bard.road, he raised bia head. His facewas transfiguoAt last I fall have my ven-geance!� he hissed.Then he crouched down on hisbands and knees and waited.A:few seconds more and the car-riage with the four German officerswould be upon him.He ~uttered a terrible cry of *o~Vivela France!� to which Barka repliedwith a joyful neigh.The carriage, which had been ap-proaching at tremendous scame to a sudden stop, as if arrestedby &n irresistible force, and remainedthere standing:Lux .had.not moved an nels HeWas not a mag, but astone wall.He, made a last and supremeeffort and raised himself upon hisTeys: Then with a térrific heave hepushed over the dizzy Setar horsés,carriage and men. _... An awful noise rose on the stillhight ar @ sound of crashing, curs-ing and horses screaming. Thenthere was a silence, hétvy, cdmplcte,~trazic!Theiman rose " cmeral over theedge into the black gulf of, death.He saw notbing, Then he spranginto his sadale and disappea like38} i ~Ghadow into the sight." From theintialBia cg a ee ee ee Te ek oy RE Ee Me aS eli let ey eee ae ee i Re aa gees Oe, Si a is oa aa oea! , pee oB. ree ies og Sar.