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DEALER IN
STOVES,
Business Directory.
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COBB, ERWIN k COBB.
TTORNEY8AT LAW,
/A Athens, Georgia. Offlce in the Dcuprec
building.
E. r. LUMf’KIN HWRT JACK SOM
Lumpkin & Jackson,
A TTORNEY3 AT LAW. will practice In the
/\_ Superior Oonrt of Clerk county, the Supreme
Court ,,f’ the Stele, end the United Stetes Court
fbr the Northern Pistrict of Georgia. feb. Otf
SAMUEL P. THURMOND,
\ ttorneyatlaw,
L Jl. Athens, Oe. Office on Broad street, orer
Barry A S m’s Store. Will give special attention
to eases In Bankruptcy. - Also, to the collection of
ell claims entrusted to his care.
I. J. k i. C. ALEXANDER,
TYEAL15RS IN HARDWARE
JLV Iron Si ««1„ Nails, Carriage Material, Mining
tapiAAonu, itc., N/hitchallst., Atlanta.
JAY 0. GAILEY,
JNVITES ATTENTION TO HIS
HEW FALL STOfcK
WSmae f
CHIMNEYS AND
PURE KEROSENE OIL.
Cell end examine his stock before purchasing,
sept 15-tf.
M.VAN ESTES,
A ttorney at
Homer, Beaks County, Ge.
LAW
PITTMAN & HINTON,
A ttorneys at law,
Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.
•NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
ON T11E
(GEORGIA and MACON and
AUGUSTA RAILRODS.
Saperintcnilent’e Ofllec, "I
Georgia and lent, & Aureate Railroad, >
- Augusta, G •., June S, 1872. I
QN AND AFTER VfebNES-
DAY, Juneffth. 1874, the Passenger Trains
•on the Georgia and Macon and Augusta Railroads
will run aa follows;
a NO HO I A RAILROAD.
Day Passenger Train will
Leave Augusta at . ..8 20a.m.
‘Leave Atlantaat _ . : ..~8 1Sa.m.
An if eat Atlanta af t) 40 p.m.
Arrive at Augusta at...—. ..—5 lop. in.
Night Passenger Train.
i Leave Augustaat —.—8 15 p. m.
lT/cnve Atlantaat — — A 00p. m.
Arrive at Atlanta at —.... ( 45a. m.
Arrive at Anguata at........™—..—. I 00a. in.
MACON 4ND AUGUSTA R. R.
Day Passenger Train.
■ laeare Augustaat
Iiftre Mat-or i at.
Arrive in August* at...,
Arrive in Macon at
..II 00 a.m.
... 6 30 a. ra.
... 2 45 p. m.
... 7 40 p. m.
Night Passenger Train.
Leave Augusta at....— 8 15 p. m.
I,care Macon at — 10 00 p. m.
Arrive In Augusta at — 6 00 a. m.
Arrive In Macon at — 4 15 a. m.
rssanugara fTnm Atlanta, Athena, Washington
and stations on Georgia Railroad, by taking the
!Pay Passenger Train will make connection at Ca
in A with the Train for Maenn.
nr Pullman's IFirat-Claasl bleeping Canon all
’Night Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad;
anJ First-Uses sleeping Can on all Night Trains on
Che Macon and Augusta Railroad.
& K. JOHNSON, SupL
<CASSILL1 ADAMS,
ID BSIO-ITEB,
ttaai $ssnm and friaUr,
ELEOTROTVPING,
-S. W. Com*EE FOCETH AND WALEUT STEKKT1
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lock Box 226,
Tall and Winter Clothing.
j.eTritch
TNVITES the attention of his friends
-II and the public to his large and carefully aelec-
i led Mock ol
Ruor Made Clothing
AND
dent’s Furnishing Goods.
His stock ernbrees French, German and English
Broadcloths, a variety of colored cloths, (kney cafl-
siincres, bearer cloths, castors, iuelLon«,fur beavers,
London and Scotch coating’', silk velvet and fancy
Vestings, Ac. My stock of Furnishing Goods em
braces
.Shirts, Collars, Ties, Suspenders, Under-
Shirts and Drawers, Half-Hose.
Gloves in great variety, etc.
TIN-WA RE,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
T HAVE STILL ON HAND
X the
Largest Variety of Stoves
in Athens, which I will tarnish at the Icwest liv
ing price*.
THE MARION,
Largest Oven Step Stove Manufactured !
Hundreds of the Marion have been sold in Ath
ens and vicinity, and without an exception have
given unbounded satisfaction. To parties wishing
a good stove at a email price, I can safely say that
Ihe Marion is the Stove.
Tiffs lintSftM ME,
An entirely * Moye in design lav construction.
Hy a. most r ' m| arrangement, the part of the oven
directly ur nr the Are box is prot» 0ted from the
strong heai af tbo fire in this partic liar place, and
a uniform neat is obtained, in all parts of the oven,
thus securing the most desirable thin< In any stove,
viz: Even baking and rouftlng. This stove' has
been in the market>ut a short time, and tbw large
sales since its introduction warrants the conclusion
that U will soon be the
LEADING ST0VE»i ib COUNTRY
I ALSO KEEP TUE
FOREST CITY,
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH,
FIRESIDE,
CAPITOL CITY,
And Many Ollier Leading
Stoves.
I have on hand at all times a large stock of
TinWare ofall Kinds
Tha success that JONES* TIN WARE has met
with s?uce ils introduction, is a sufficient guarantee
for its excellence.
ROOFING,
GUTTERING,
AND JOB WORK,
OF ALL KINDS,
ibUt. The maoatactory 1, still in
, if. JCNE3, who will be pleased
ends and customers,
he country for wwk or (note will
with prompt attention;
RENOVATE VOUR CARPETS.
Something New!
A DISCOVERY has recently been
made by which Velvet, Brussels and In
grain Carpets can be thoroughly cleaned and reno
vated, without removing them from the floor. It
also destroys snd prevents moths. It thoroughly
cleanses all covered furniture, such as Plush Chain,
Sociables, Divans, Rockers, etc. It is the acknowl
edged cleanser for clothing of all descriptions, re
moving grease spots and restoring their original
colors. For silks, ribbons snd lace there is noth
ing that equals it, and can be used without the
slightest injury to the finestfxbric. It contains no
acids, and is a pure Renovating solution. This is
entirely a new process, and commends itself where-
ever used. We will cleauyour carpets, etc., or tar
nish the solution, with directions for using.
Athens, April 17, 1872.
This certifies thst Mr. Max M. Mverson has
cleansed for me a very much soiled carpet, remov
ing all grease spots and, where not too much worn,
restoring the original colors. I cheerfully recom
mend him to the citizens of Athens who may need
his skillful service. U. HljLL.
the above solution from Mr. Max M. Myeraon. and
will promptly attend to all orders left at his Paint
Shop, on Jackson street, near the National Bank,
april 19-tf JOHN POTTS.
Win. A. Talmadge,
«r. POST OFFICE, COL. AVENUE, ATHENS
sss
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ATHENS.
Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-plated
Ware, Musical Instruments, .Spectacles, Guns,
Pistol*, Sporting Equipments, Ac. Ac.
A Select Stock of American and Im
ported Watches, Double Guns with
40 inch barrel, excellent for long
range, l’iwtols of all kinds.
Penetration of bull 6}{
inches into wood.
With a desire to please all, will sell the>bovegood
at very reasonable prices.
REPAIRINO.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Guns and Pistols,
promptly attended to in a satisfactory manner.—
Call and see for yourselves. apr 4
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TEACHER OF MUSIC.
/^AFFICE corner of Lumpkin and
* * Clayton streets, near the Epispocal Church.
Pupils living out of town can take their lessons
and practice at the office.
Pianos, Organs & Sheet Music
for sale, on the most reasonable terms. All instru
ments of the best makers and fully warranted.—
Persons desiring to purchase can have an instru
ment placed in their house, which, if not satisfac
tory niter fair *rial, can be retorted or exchanged.
*9* Pianos and Organs sold on Monthly Pay
ments, and old instruments taken in part payment,
if in good condition. [oct 27-tf
B. T. BRUMBY & CO.,
Druggists and Pharmacists,
And Dispensers of Family Medicines,
W OULD resp r stfully call attention
to their etegaui preparation of effervescing
solution of
Citrate of Magnesia, or lasteless Salts,
Aperient Seitluh Powders,
Crab Orchard Salts.
This article is manufactured from the waters of the
celebrated springs at Crab Orchard, Ky., and is a
complete substitute for cathartic Pills, Epsom Salt,
Blue Mass. Calomel, Ac. It exerts a specific action
upon the liver, ex siting it when languid to secre
tion, and resolving Its chronic engorgements.
ROSE TOOTH POWDER
A superior and weU selected stock ol
PERFUMERY,
FANCY ARTICLES,
FINE SOAPS,
FINE SPONGES,
And Pharnnrcutira! Specialties.
R. T. BRUMBY <fc CO.
Druggists and Pharmacists.
CORN FLOOR
PEARL GRITS and
At
June 14-2t
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J OB PRINTING neatly and quickly
executed at the Banner Office.
MARY A. EDWARDS, I Libel for Dirorce, in
vs. > Franklin Snp’r Court,
HENRY EDWARDS, j April Term, 1872.
It appearing to the Court that the Defendant,
Henry Edwards, cannot ho found In this county,
and it further appearing that his residence Is un
known , it is ordered by the Court that service of
this Libel be perfected by publication of this order
once a month forfonr months previous to the next
term of this Court in the Southern Banner, a pa
per publithed in Athens, Ga.
A true extract from the minute, of Franklin Su
perior Court. June II. 1872. t
TUOS. A. LITTLE. Clerk.
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BY
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State Boards of Education of
Virginia,
North Carolina,
Alabama, and
Arlcansus.
In use in the cities of
Richmond, Va.,
Norfolk, Va.,
Mobile, Ala., •
Savannah, Ga.,
Atlanta, Ga., <£e.
The standard in Orthography and Pronunciation in
Washington and Ijee University,
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The College of William and Mary,
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Ac.
e BREWER & TILESTON,
17 Milk Street,
BOSTON.
BLACKSMITIIING.
Attention, the Whole!
rpHE UNDERSIGNED still con-
JL tinues the above business at his old stand,
the BRICK SHOP, on Prince Avenue, where all
classe* of work in his line will be faithfully execu
ted.
Particular attention given to horse-shoeing.
Those in wantol the genuine
HEMPHILL PLOW,
which is now so popular, will do well to call and
buy from the old man himself. His superior
Miscellany.
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A Kentucky AaeeCBt*. J ^
It was customary in former, days
for all the ladies of the best families
to attecd the prominent barbecifcpy
and this wrs especially the case in
the contest between Mr. Brecken-
ridge and General Combs, in 1810.
Out of these affairs grew the au
thentic story of the nicest widow in
the blue-grass region. Not fhr
from the Forks ofElkhorn lived
the pretty little widow Fauntleroy,
and one of her nearest neighbors
was General Peyton. The general
hail looked upon his blooded horse
Powhattan—“ The finest horse, sir,
in the blue-grass region.”
The pretty Mrs. Fauntleroy had
been a widow more than a year;
while the general, having a great
regard for etiquette, had waited pa
tiently for that time to elapse, to
declare himself. But the widow,
with her woman’s art, kept her lov
er at Tjay, and yet kept him in her
train.
He hail escorted her to this bar
becue, when returning had express
ed bis satisfaction at the prospects
of General Combs and the success
of the Whig party.
The widow took sides with the
Democracy, and offered to wager
her blooded saddle-horse, Gipsey,
or anything else on her place,
against Powhattan, or anything else
she might fancy on the general’s
place.
The general’s gallantry would
not allow him to refuse the wager,
which he promptly accepted. By
this time they had reached the
north Fork of Elkhorn, and were
about to ford it, (bridges were not
plenty in those days,) when John
Peyton, the general’s only son and
heir, came up at a sharp gait be
hind them.
The widow turned and bowed to
John, and rode on into the stream,
but a little behind her companion.
The east bank was very steep, and
required the horses to put forth
nearly all their strength to reach
the top with their loads.
As luck would have it, good or
ill, the widow’s girth broke when
just at the commencement of the
steep part. The lady, still seated
on her saddle, sliped swiftly back
into the water, while her horse went
up the bank like an arrow.
John Peyton leaped from bis
horse, and in an instant caught the
floating lady and saddle, and, be*
fore the general bad recovered
from his astonishment was at the
top of the bank with his burden.—
The little widow was equal to the
occasion, for she begged the gener
al to ride on and stop her horse,
which bad now begun to unders
stand his part in the mishaps, and
was begining to increase his gait
toward home.
The general did as he was bid,
and soon returned with the horse.
In the meantime John Peyt >n had
secured his own horse, and when
the general came back with the
widow’s horse she and John were
laughing merrily over the ridicu>
lous accident, but what farther
passed between them is only known
to themselves.
John Peyton repaired the broken
girth, fastened the saddle again on
the horse, placed the lady in her
seat, bade her gcod evening,
mounted his horse, and taking an
other road down the Elkhorn, rode
rapidly hqjne«- .leavipg the general
to escqtl-ffiie* Widow. ; > .
It is not necessary to xelats bow
b$fenibrUuned his Bar companion
will also be kept on hand.
Thankful for put patronage, he respectfully so
licit* a continuance or the ante.
W. s. HEMPHILL.
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_ nor did he dream
should be refused,
next morning a letter from
factory celled General
to Louisville) and before
the political contest in
land district was over; and,
to rehite, John C. Breck-
the young Democrat, was
to Congress.
Peyton Was both %stoto
indignant “ Mr. Clay’s
sir, the finest Congressional
in the blue-grass region,
.. Jl
most his first remark tp his neigh
bor, Colonel Beaufort
To bis son, John, be communis
oated his intention of bringing Mrs.
Fauntleroy 46 adorn the bead of his
table. / i
“ Sir, she is the finest lady in the
blue-grass region, and I hope, sir,
you will always respect your future
mother.”
John with a quiet smile, assured
him that he was pleased with his
choice. This pleased the general
highly, for he had been a little
afraid John would object to a step
mother younger than himself
The next morning the general
ordered Powhattan brought out,
anil led over to Mrs. Fauntleroy’s.
Calling John, he requested him to
call upou Mrs. Fauntleroy.
“ The Whig party has disgraced
itself in Mr. Clay’s district, sir, and
I am compelled to part with the
finest blooded horse in the State to
pay my wager with that lady, sir.”
The black boy had led Powhat-
tan to the hitching rail in front of
Mrs. Fauntleroy’s yard, and having
tied him, bad gone into the quar
ters to tell his colored brothers and
sisters of their mistress’s great good
luck in having won the famous
horse, Powhattan.
When General Peyton and John
arrived they found the pretty wid'
ow and two young lady friends in
the yard admiring Powhattan.
“Madam,” said the general to
Mrs. Fauntleroy, “I have come
like a true Kentucky gentleman, to
pay the wager I have lost Pow
hattan, madam, is rightfully yours.”
“But, General, I believe the
wager was conditional It was the
horse or anything else on the place,
was it not?”
“ Madam, you are correct, but I
cannot permit you to select an in
ferior animal”
’ “ You have another and superior
animal here,” replied the widow,
blushing.. "Your sou John; if he
would but use bis tongue. I think
I shall choose him.”
The general rose and in bis
blandest manner, bade the ladies
good morning. To John he said
“Sir, you will remain.” -
General Peyton never forgave
his daughter-in-law her practical
joke. 'In after years he used to
say: ,1 -
“ Sir, she is the finest lady in the
blue-grass region, but she lacks
taste, sir.” •
Aunt Folly’s Adventure With The
Burglar.
Ob, my, didn’t the wind blow ?
When I went around the house that
night, locking doors and windows
before going to bed, there was just
a breath of a breeze sighing about
—nothing more; but by the time I
had fairly plumped upon thebjllow,
the gale was going it like mod.
When I first came to this Western
country I used to be surprised at
the quick, unceremonious way
storms had of coming upon people
—half the time, it seemed to me,
out of a clear innocent looking
with ponderous anecdotes of Mr. 1 8 k v .
Cl iy, and other famonspublic men; | In my old home I prided myself
but when be reached the Fauhtle-1 upoa reading the signs of the sky
poy, placed, he accepted the lady’s but here, goodness me, when
invitation to dismount and take tea
with her.
After having changed her wet
clothing the pretty widow enter
tained her guest with her brightest
smiles, and some new songs. The
general was delighted, and express-1
ed his delight as Kentucky gentle
men of that day would do. “ You
are the finest songstress, madam,
m the blue-grass region.”
When he bid her good-night and
shook hands with her on the porch,
the wicked little widow gave his
a^-.:r.,£Mro£o"&;' hand a s< i aeeze ’ on, J a litUe - butit
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thrilled like an electric shock
through his great, ponderous frame,
while she laughingly reminded him
of his wager. That night in hia
dreams, the little .Widow Fauntle
roy was repeated eo often, and in
so many bewitching forms, that he
resoltn to propose to her at their
thought it would snow, it was sure
to rain, and when I could have
takeu a solemn oath that ‘clouds
were going to pour, why, whisk
they’d: go, and the sun would shine
out as though it was in high glee at
having fooled me. So l gave np
being a weather prophet, and took
it just as it came " '
That .night everything out of
doors seemed to be in commotion.
The loose shingles on • the house
clattered up-and down, the win
the-bed-on which I layl would be
blown through the side of the boose.
I know Tnu a foolish old woman,
bat a^ the thought Loouldn't help
end something beok my hair, be
cause 1*1 should go, why there was
Deacon Albee’s house opposite,
and—but Lord bless me, wbat am
saying l
Well, naturally, I was lonesome
enough, without ehild or chick to
speak to, but I did very well until
somehow I got it into my head that
burglars always chose just such
nights to do their mischief in.—
After that I started at every sound,
and as there were thumps and clat
ters on all sides, and in every direc
tion, it isn’t to be supposed that I
got much rest.
I didn’t stop to reason that there
iroa very little in my poor little
house to tempt evil-dobs. T knew
I bad forty dollars- and eighty cents
laid away in my poor departed
Jason’s old wooden chest, and I felt
that to lose that would be a terrible
thiug to me. -
The house was a cottage, with a
hall running the length of its two
rooms—an “L” being built be
yond. My room was at the back,
opening into the hall and the front
room adjoining, bo my eyes went
first from one door to the other
lingering, I must say, with more
dread upon the one leading
into the hall
“It I should be robbed of that
forty dollars and eighty cents——”
said I to myselll J ust then a blind
went whack, and springing up in
bed, I began to say the prayer my
mother taught me—“ Now I lay me
down to sleep,” though I’m sure it
looked a great deal more as though
I was sitting up to sleep than lying
down. . - ! .
“ W hat an old fool you are, Polly
Quimbyl” I began to say, aloud,
trying to get up my courage by the
sound of my own voice.
At that moment I was sure I
heard a step in the little 4>sll, and
before I had time to'- move from
my place, the doorlatch lifted, the
door swung back, and there he
stood, the very object that I had
been dreading; Mr. Burglar him
self.
“ Good evening, ma’am,” he said,
in such a polite way, that I found
myself in the motion of bowing
back, and saying good evening too.
He was a middle-aged man,
with mustache and whiskers, and
he had the brightest eyes that I
ever saw in a person’s head. The
hair on his temples was quite gray.
Alii* all* be looked like a respect*
able christiange ntleman, and not a
midnight thieC
“Quitea windy evening, ma’am,”
he went bo, as he stepped into the
room. “ You must be lonely here
by yourself
Somehow, this touched my terns
per. I forgot who was spiking,
and answered back as tart as could
be.
“ I prefer to chose ray company,
air P
He laughed, and shrugged up
his shoulders. i
“Youdo, indeed! So do L In
thisqese I have my preference—
not you.’’ *«■-<■’ •
Then he sat down leisurely in
my rocking chair, and stretched out
bis feet, as though he intended to
stop a while.
Will you be so kind, sir, as to
go about your business ? What
do you think of yourself, to be
intruding upon the privacy of my
room at this hour of the night
sir?”
He leaned his head back upon
my bright worsted tidy, and laugh-
ed fit to kill himsell
“No harm is iutended you, my
charming woman,” he said. “I
swear it—no harm is intended
you 1”
And saying this, he laughed
louder and longer than ever.
“ Do you come into my house to
make game of me before my very
eyes?” I asked, my temper pretty
much stirred up. “If you were a
gentleman sir—‘
This was too much for him.
“ A gentleman ? Ob, aw—that’s
too good! «If I professed to be a
gentleman, yon’d stand a good
chance of getting your throat out
without so much as by your leave,
ma’am,’ to begin with 1 A gentles
man? With all my faults, thank
heaven, that is not among them 1”
“You needn’t have gone on that
way to prove it," i said tartly.
»“ Well, you are a sharp old dam
sel, aren’t youT” turning’ lux big
eyes upon me. and, twisting up his
a comical way, which I
■ball never forget “I a wear you’d
bO pretty good looking, ffjrnu didn’t
wear such » wide yaffle on your
nightoepu Jolly, isn’t it •» Junker,
big enough for a graved
fence.
“Sir!” I said, looking vCiy
savage.
“ Ma'm 1” he answered, imitating
my voice and tone to perfection.
“Oh, if I were only out of this
bed, sir!” I begun.
And pray, madame, what is
there to hinder you from getting;
out, I’d like to know ?’’
“ Do you intend to insult me, you
good-for-nothing creature? Oh, if
the wind only would blow yon
away.” . - .
“ It one goes, the other is sure to
gft 1 v 4
® “If brothiir Joe would only
waken,” I said.
He cocked his - eye knowingly.
“You want to make me believe
that he Is Tn this house some where,
eh? My dear raadatne, you are as
transparent os air. Had ho been
under this roof, you would have
screamed blue murder long before
this time.”
“ Ob, oh, you varmint!" I groan-
ed, in pure agony of spirit. What
do you want? ’’•
“ Well, ma’am, since that is a
fair, honest question, I will attempt
to answer it. To begin with, itiy
financial affairs are in a complicated
condition. Money, I have but little
of—credit, none; so I am forced to
levy a trilling tax upon my friends
in this and other neighborhoods,
to extricate me from my disastrous
condition. As soon as I collect a
certain amount I intend leaving
this country for France or Italy,
never perhaps, to return. Do not
shed tears at this, dear madame, for
wherever ray footsteps tend, your
image—ruffled nightcap and all—
will remain for ever imprinted up
on my heart”
“ You old goose 1” I said.
“Please do not interrupt me,
madame; I have bnt a few moments
longer to stay, and I must be to
business at once. I have learned
that you have disposed in a trunk
in an adjoining closet forty dollars
and eighty cents. The forty dollars
I would like to borrow of you for
au indefinite length of time. The
eighty cents I do not care anything
about You can rethitt that, as a
trifling evidence of my generosity
in this great emergancy of my
life.”
“ Yoa are a robber, a thief, then I"
I said spitefully.
“Either, at your service, mad-
ame,” rising and making a bow for
all the world like a French dacing-
master. “ Now, the money, if yon
pleasa’’
He wasn’t joking now. There
was a determined look in his eyes
and about his mouth.
“He that giveth to the poor
lendeth to the Lord,” he said, speak
ing just like a preacher. _,, . u ' tl
“And he that steals from the
poor, what of him?" i
“My Bible does not dispose of
bis case especially, madame.”
“ And you came here to rob me
—me, a poor woman ?” '•
“I came to borrow of you. for
an uncertain length of time."
I saw it was useless to waste
words with him, besides, I didn’t
altogether like the look ia his eves.
I closed my lips tightly together,
resolving that I would not speak
again. tl
“ If you’ve no objection ma'am
I’ll look around a bit," he g&id,
taking up the lamp as be spoke.-rr
“ If I hear any noise from yon, my
dear, or if I see in any way that
you are becoming nervous, I shall
be obliged to quiet you by the use
of——” .vii >i . i.: if * ill -t.HxiC
He held up a small vial. ■ ■ h
“• ChloroformP*Igasped. , 1 'jf**
“At your service, madatne.”
“It would be the death of me,” j
moaned,
I should be sorry to bring such a
loss to the world, but believe
all that rests in your own hands.—
This dcor
the I
‘e**.- wit*
I sprang at lightly iVff eat out of
irapg pn^w
-li'Jtld
WilK
I.
leads into the oloaet
here the trunk is, l believe,” be
said, making straight for the closet
where my forty dollars were pot
away for safe keeping.
1 didn’t 8ay a word. To tell the
troth, the Obloroform had scared me
pearly out of my wits. He tnrned
the Jfey in the door (I had always “ 9l
kept it looked,) and the I
at the further end of it bet me
say here that this i closet or .store
room was in the “L” part of the
bouse, fully 4 foOt ldwer thorny
room. Mr. Burglar was not ' ac
quainted with this fact. Gianoing
toward me wittrhis sharp eyes, to
see 0 I was j quiet, jib topi,* jjttep
forward and apfawiidg.oq ala
foam, I' don’t kbhw to this' day. bad nothing to
how he managed to save the lamp ject.
his feet I had the door of thodosef
shut and'looked upon him. He
pew lamb-like in a moment 1
"You’ve done It Uohft haven’t
^ . ndW ’ AllUiiiMffiCl T
you, uif CQtnniog creature f >
swear I’m ih lort fife?
this hour to the «nd <*f
You’ve got mb tight irad feet—
What’s theiise oftohnhVTil
have the
lei me dut." *
“No, sir; I etagpingt* oall the
neighbors,” I said resolutely. !.
“Going with that nigbtchp on?
You’ll make your fortoqh . But
don’t hurry, that’s a dear, Lel’e
have a little friendly talk. Say,
I’ll give you a hundred dollars it
you’ll let me ont"
“Yes, and leave you free to*
scare some other woman' to
death—no. »f t" . , -1 J .1**41
“ WelV tbc®, I’ll give you Itww
hundred.’!* 1 .m ^
“No.C'f
’ ! --II9I1RSW. >
“ Name your .price thee; dear
girl. I suppose W“‘
her price—they s^y etff£| y
“No; it wouldn'tbo.Wfhfi” I
said, hesitatingly.
I heard him chuckle :
“ First step toward it; she begins
to talk of whti weight? ■ d
I thought or ajr gbeir gfel out to
work by the week; and so anxious
to get «a education, wtfe
it isn’t to bo wondered at if I did*
begin to shink of setting a priee.—
But I said not« word.
“Lookhere 1 I’ll putttrWbun.
dred dollars in good St>titi(f : L jgolil
under the door, and yorf feaif
it aa I push it thrbugl’"'
piece, if you’ll only tef
this cursed hole! ’Tm.*
“ Try apmq’chtp^ b
pered throughii*
“Cumq the
you let me out?” T.'lihn Kik ,TJIl*iil«
“ If I got the raoaey, how oueid -
I let him out of the clowt?’’ I woo-
dered. “I shouldn’tdaaetWmeet
him; he'd rebsee
haps murder rea^ -BittieM^ni 1
take fbe goM* MlMMiK'
would try to get oaf oflt aahWiiOW,
just for the sake* of poor Bebecce,
who so much wanted to go, to
school ' r '* £n
“Your heart is id
place,” he said, )
ment s big round
through the Wide
“lA aU rtgbt
It?* ha ^
..ghk.g.ld..g<r« 5 --
tie*. Bahlfll^Fjo
and pooler. UouBtfS*Vinjfieup
damsel l dare say there’s bo pou>
fessional in your church?” fkW't Cii wJ
“ Is there in yours
“ Well, if there was, gold gets.
into that sometimes, -Shfcjq'rehy>sU.
Hold fast there; you’vejgorthklati
clinker, now set tnerft«h.»~* l
“ Wait a minote." A
“But I won’t wait I ssrear I
won’t.” ' ' " r/un earn
“ Can't you help yousifli^’ 11,1 ’
“Well, no, not much; bu.
smothering inhere. Can't you 1
pity on a poor fellow 7” , .
“Sit down flau on - the floor.”
I said. Mt***
SSSStf & ft #mJwy* JL*.':
SjpWUMSrtJjlHu. ... •'ituB’f
l ‘^oed tq .mjtftphen dqpr. to
see if tbq lock ws* Ml right. A Then
l turned: the kPJ W «h J**b«*P
which sounded to;:aw like tbere»
port u£ a piste*. :; Hid -tii V »l
n' “ There i” I cried, • And -
into ihe kitchen',
behind met'
-1 Ho cameoqt of hi* prison, sweiiy
Sharp ‘dlif d Sa
herself up bornm%.
kitob
night, Maifafite Lii’i
You
ive robbed* me.
dbwtfMi’a sayyo
ing what it woalAbrin^to us.
-Li
again, and in a few <
war comforiably «t
fchool ‘
tbemon«y taimefi«bx>l AS**fn6le
died abbot Bilk kbftiomebf
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