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COLlIMBITa GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL
.JoHH 22. CAMEHON.
.^iiiR lilxxi is slowly drawu
ilection’B eye,
xave of the pas* hu* now,
: thy memory .
wert mice the central tree,
n orchard Ray,
duWii by WOOdsiQiMi Iloftih.
st doth lay;
nec looked up to thee,
*r< n rly on ;
ocao that thee,,
tre ad Is gone.
adsl)
be thus? \
ver UoGle«a
e who nov
; cannot mourn
si ceaec to bloom,
ovoti oak.
bo twiD'Hi about,
’ugale is broke.
3ii TO TME £.$!>.
i strolling through the i>y-
i great city cue is attracted
kings not seen lu the main
ares, sad sometimes ir.voi-
aua himself in front of She
tig at something Looking
as Doubieway.vii. 2iu Maker’'
§ena over the door of a little
by-street whither I often
■ steps in the days when the
I wished ior would act
»: seemed to mo that X had.
wrong thread of life’s taa-
1 every effort but drew th:
li into more hopeless oentu-
or leg there one late autumn
too reaves were falling fast
nr. ho-dwarfed lindens ai jng
t street, i found the old vie
w-ilk a newiy completed In»
ui hand, padont iy engaged In
. ..-uepioco ot the Bouncicg
, tuieat uiah, escape when'
in iooioned hit tongue, and
lutes passed without a sound
e violin maker drew the bow
i Sidings at each now catling
I-, ciacli Limci wifcii the 3iJiiuo
i iiicl^s &01&3, HiCf 8 noiae.
li or melody. I?\nttLly, n?uax
:’B-Dreai.n variation oi me pu-
io post, tiiere caniQ forth, an
ib/atiou, WJQioli voiewd fcfce
niou oi t^e Boaudicg pos:
is. oi sympathy/' «ald ihQ
>r t “tilt »oai oi‘ the tiiaira-
I repeated,
ui. Ahi iiieb9 things have
Thera ore aaya, sad amst,
iit;iivd and inoos tight, &ad
fbtulilLs* springtime joys—
03 and losses iox me tree at?
; oaeh lias iofc its improsa
i Liie wood; and eeoli can
to its sympathetic vlbra-
oiae Ctiii mane two
i ailho V I caa maiie eauh
laoiy t ie Ba jq sPapo «ou
[iv a Or-i3i_ tiiij Biiiho -iilcli -
k:r, aiid eweil, and yet no
ntuta will bo tiie same
iuiv)V6r dull ahU llielobij;
»omt oi oomsci. between iho
Lo which wiii make tiiam
Liuaon to eitprOfc-M silt) eme-
piayer. liovv can this bo
'ft ii Wiiut Ot. iiutTijiioiiy Ui
ii:o meou ji tea, in sjiq souls
.n nicker oeaaed speakiog
,nt bow again aozose ibj
us new* o * cation, bringing
onords ci tender romom-
Liixtiy ing difeefcion.
now oi uii Jbe whom ycu
ear,'' ouid he; **so go l, At
10 tones oi iliatiumanU
sii the iiv^ of the two Wix*.
st and dourest to my cw~;
i.uy mother and my siswe*-
ipyor hoard you speak cl
oicon speak of them/* said
iaixQTc me fcheix mem-
Lensuiy ai-.d, and >81”—no
^n * H:d j£etJa- v^h
ion
partoa, bui, ever
^ with a strain of
glorious revoia-
iovo ber
th or leaned back in
a-covared chair and
bloe of my sietsr An-
the years to me
Ida, Perhaps aii oi
range, in :has * title
si. Aty father, named
*riy
lovoa d/tug]
t my sister
Annie
a fiW 1
tare, an
a woma.
In her t
she
• f:aid, uCu ah the
world died out i' t his
w i-L'E. the olmrch-yard
. hie ccdir,. Hftii &
'•-!dh Annie was ozvrrx
Lv u tne sfirly yocra ot
- i - lalhor, gay aad light
udiul m form and fea-
j y w’hen ska cacao to he
|u lilt senonsxifssof life
jsoii dark eyes. Soma oh«~fre
er Lc^r life i:i thofco days. Oiir
died a: d wau laid bos ids nr
■ind wo were left to th-; oars of
biaiaiher, oid John SeacBfie,
V- ioved our mot lei bey -nd all
ebo in the world, and now
pe -UoetioiiH cf his lonely old
daughter Anr.ie ; who had ;
i&x jn reverie, "ho e&me
:,v : seriousness about the mouth that
tuiuie her mother's iaoe so tenderly
beautiful in youth,
“I stiii some change came So Annis’e
m .i est-.-r icugbirg girl-world ■widened
into tha; oi womaabacd. We bed
aoui been sleepwalkers from oar esr-
iifen romsmbranoe, and Aor lc's aom-
Di:abuiism was more freciueai end cf
nil ^sr .j, ua:iall tlsan my own. With
tt- s_;c parlioular motive or ercoita-
mc-i. mag needed, some special event
ei if day, to cause me to fellow my
Waking deeds with sloep-welking
Ssmetuues, when I had lows a valued
boyish possession, I would r!ae from
—. bec an walk atrsigbt through the
darknees, as if it had been sunlight,
to the spot where the lest thing lay;
fcoiaetiaies I would follow an iutsn
timi cl my waking hours; twice I
awoke in the :ead of nigh . cnee on
tec isceoIaoiiiT overhangir g the sea,
with a heedful of egg. from a gull’s
n —-.toe two mil' s from home at s
cottage where I had seen a spaniel
whi h I greatly cov -ied.
■‘iiui with my sister Annie it was &
common thlng’to rise about m duight
and take her needle, and the stitches
she made in darkness we e as true
and even as those she set in day; or to
go about her ordinary work in our
littie, household, and return tmswak-
ened tc her bed when box task vat
done. One strange lapse in her slum
bering work about the house was that
she never Sighted B nrt; if she put
oread to bake, or prepared a meal
ready for cooking, she did everything
as ii she were awake, up to the fire,
That she never touched; as ior a light,
aough her eyes were jpen, tuey never
followed ih& work she did. Ail of her
motions were guided by some subtle
souse which made viaion needless for
her; and whan a caudle was placed at
her hand she did not heed it more than
to avoid it,
“But when Annie was 14 she changed
hor somnambulism in form. At about
that iga I began to outgrow mine, so
that I have long sines lost all trace of
it. lint Annie, while rising leas often
in her slumbers, began to have la her
waking hours momenta of deep rev
erie, during which one did things she
was aiterwardB conscious of only m
part or not at “ii. Always, whether
she know or not, her deeds were sweet
and Kind, ever lull of thought for the
uapplness of those near to her, and in
both conditions she was happy and
unharmed. Ho wo gave the matter ill
m need, and dwelt together, us three,
oid Jolla Heaciiff, our grand father,
Annie aad myself, in great affection
aab tranquillity, until she day when
Annie'a two lover's came to vex she
littie quiet pool of oar existence.
"Ti. first lover was Harry Holby,
son of s man of some note In the little
vIUagG—a handsome, tail, dark fallow,
our playmate when we wore chi'dren
eg timer, and Au&iu’s ardent, erger .
lever, when a w..i grown man of '22, ho,
eama back from conego, where h had
won more honors la hia sports than
id hie studies, and sesmed disposed to
devote the remainder of his life to
idleness and love-making.
“I- aei- lighter, gayer moods, Annie,
seemed raaos for Harry, and he for
hsr; but in her serious hours, and S3- ]
peciaky following her dioatny periods, <
tht-.r live • lay far apott, and many
,lmaa the lluen oi angar was on liar,
ry’s chooi oeoause oi her Indifierecce
aa he eirc-do ;\w»y ftesa the gate of our
.;tie cottaga. Aod there was anothei
cross on Harry’s love for Annie;
i'J/a-.dfsthoi Seaoiiflfediaiiked him very
and between Annie and the old
man thorn grew and lived an affection
deeper attd stronger than comes often
between parent child So, though
Harry preasod hia suit, auu Annie wan
often ibr hours along the beach or on i
the el-fifti by his side, and taaay times
sit in the cottage porch late in the
o&.ni ig with her baud fast locked
hia, Bh». woutd never give a prom
1st,, e,: suffer more then the touch of
iarr:V i. , c upon her forehead when
they parted,
“The summer when Annie was 19,
and 1 had already began to make vio-
lionB, X eat one evening in the per on
with my sister and played upon one
-’hieh 1 had jatM. finished, as I have
this,” said the old vionon makes, paus
ing in hi3 aiOi.y to touch the strings
and oai. forjh the same tender, longing
m»!adiOko! memory which had moved
him so begin this story of ctrauge fives.
“As I sat there,” continued the violin
mektr, touching fho strings idlya»o
letting the soul of the instrument move
me as i would, my ©yea foil upon Aa-
uio'n iaoe, arid I saw eho smfied with
so awoo-l & joy that her ecuotenauc-
seemed ira-isfigared. ‘Whydoesyonr
face wear such a gladnees, siater?’ 1
asked, ’Yours would bo us gisu a
mine, TL <wia,’ answered Annie, -ii
,hts music of your new violin brought
so bright a tiretro m the future to- your
soul SB It dofB to mine. Yes, even now
1 see cue approaching -the ha. beou
■ning hi her since the dawn of life
bringing joy ior ail of us.’ Then r
looked arc and bus saw no one, ami
‘-mV;,'.' uicrc closely on A'mic’s iaoe,iu
he twilight, I saw she was in one of
her day-ctrcama, only the smile upon
aer mouth made her face happier than
X had ever seen it look, 'it is net
seemly that I should v/ait him hero,’
ti-id my r laser, foiushiag rod; and so
aha rose hastily and aai- herself dewu
>y .he casement within ''he ootisgo,aad
X went on with too glad melodious
chords of love aad hope which the
violin gave forth, and very soon Ar-
ti.ur ireufie.id paused before the g-ite
and stood thore iiater.fcg; aad when
ho theme was ended, I Xaile toe 6tran«
; gr woicoma. and ha came In and sat
down beside me, and we had s tons
.. imversaiior. on music and violins; for
our new friend was master of the Instru
ment, and played with a skill fax ex
ceeding my own, though ho would not
hnve me sav so; ce ooateuding always
hat X touched the soul of the Violin,
while no could but move it to his will-
But '..a Ui,;t a*.it may, I had never t hen
hetird such music as Arthur i’anfiaid
brought l-,rta iroar my now violin,and
I wa-s g ud when he said be would
.o.'-mo agatix, and that he should remain
some weeks in cur iutio cl;ll village.
“Anhui did cot see Annie that eve
ning, hough she set st the casement
alone at hv i.o; but the cottage was dark
nc.d f ere wore chick vines about the
window Next day wbea he came his
< es cud Annie’s met; she had no
u,'..f.h upon har cheek a .d her eyelids
did not droop, but it was easy for me,
.:Jo a- X knew, to nee how it would be
with those two. Indeed, 'heir lives
scorned one from whs very first, and 1
think neiihui" knew c. thought iron,
that first day which was not a happl-
aess to tbo other.
••Ana it wi- herd to say which oi all
oi uaiikod Arthur Pccfield most, or
. ; t him in highsst esteem. Hardly a
ool- had passed before he walked with
G:--Hfjar.fi IT by the beach for a
long hour one «ly near sunset; what
.. never knew, Annie and
loyos'i; but when Grand father came in
he took Annie in his arms and kissed
her mo timos as if she were c babe,
i, "Now X can die content, sor
v >u two witless chi droa will have a
heart between
you and ail the ills of life when I cm
gone. Do you love Arthur, Annie?’
graudla.her atiid, S3 he unfolded h-. r
,: .-. -if --.rii~ •. -:Ul fi. 1 i'H" V-’l-i. po toti,
‘Next to you, dear father.’ She al<-
wx . a called him ‘father,’ as he would
■ ye it st ‘N'ext to your Heavenly
r"-.iiier, maybe,’ the oid man aaid-
■ pond all ether things—and
II -g vvail that it is so; so your mother
lov id our lather, «.ud so the happy
wife mast ever love, Annie!’
“Ami but for Harry ws had sll been
h»pp-ie r iba-j mortals often are. Harry
met Anuif end Arthur at s-he gate, as
ha approached our cottage the third
afiv alter Arthur first came; and there
Was an scary ' cowl on bis handsome
which he sedcaed not to c&re
to hidi. Vb: Annie in her sweet voice
isi.r ‘He rv, this is my friend, Mr.
4 r .|5, r p T fields Mr. Barry Holby,
SW pW field—a jch ioirniic aad p;av-
f.'itoA' irm our carlies days,
“Harry took the proffered baud oold-
'v and mace his - --y shor. wifh
the lovers, saving his business lav
wi’h "iu John Seacuffe VPh&tove .ha.
business was, it did not torn to Ha -
ry’s liking, mr 1 heard him say as he
wassoi “out that oid acquaintances
Were-her trusted than stnmgers, sad
trst n v grandfather had been a ttalter
to ..'Sj 3 ?.' 0U ld hardly be that, sinoe I was
never your friend in this matter, said
old John Ses cliffe, ooldly.
’“E- omies let It oe, tosn; with an
old mar. near he grave, and mat nd-
dle-tnaking dreamer of a brother, and
» a’ranger no one knows aught of, pret-
-- I i-aie mr.y used a good friend some
day ’ said K".rry, with a deep scowl
hpi-w - ev his? heavy black brows.
iYofi forgot one other friand, said
old J bn.
«’ Who is that?'
“•Her mother mheaven.
thiu-ete'oompfny enough here without
mfl/ hr add*?'!
y. n will, said Oxu Joha.
..fid Harry fieni away with an nn-
. ’ ood night to Annie, and no
word at s'l to Arthur or myself, and
inn'tos face wis tr- ubied for a time,
"-.yh.- >wc-et hammer, full of love and
happy days, went by, and Arthur wat
,o "leave as for s little whl.e, only
law weeks at the farthest, and then
xvas never to part fr °?\,^'- nie h ’ a ?J^
Tt was grandfather’s birlhcay; he was
84. and yet a straight, active, hale old
"‘.n With all his senses neariy per-
mot,’*nd he looked likely to live to sie
•ui hull-;red as Arthur snook hands
with him and bade him: good-bye at
, pe gate that t-vening.and walked along
i ice cliff with Annie, to bid his true
love adieu where only waves and stars
oould hear.
“It was dark when Annie came back
to the gate and kissed her betrothed
good night. I wa3 in my little work
shop, busy with a violin just begin
ning to lift its voice in mysteries, and
grandfather was dozing in his wide
arm-chair on the porch, and Annie
clipped in silently and went to her
own little chamber to be alone with
her sweet thoughts for a time.
We never forget any of the trifles of
that night, for when Annie lest her
room to answer a knock at the door,
she called to grandfather, then touched
him, and found that he was not sleep
ing in hia chair, but dead.
‘ The oaiier was Harry Holby, whom
we had not seen for many days, and he
Etayed only lung enough to be sure
that John Scaeliffe had indeed died,
as the righteous dies, foil of years and
with a smile ou his face—before he said
he would send aid, auoh as oould be
given us, and then went away in the
darkness.
•And we wondered groatly when,
soon after, as th8 sexton of the old
church camo in haste with the doctor,
who could not bring back the dead, to
hoar the Passing Bell begin to toll the
84 strokes, one for eaob year of oid
J6hn Saaoliffe’a life. Presently the
S'jxion left to sea who was at the beii-
Sower, though the day came when we
remembered he seemed in no haste to
be gone; ana afterward ho gave out
that he had gone to the bell tower acd
found the door looked, and indeed that
the ksy had never left hia hand, and
yet the bell tolled all the samo eighty-
foi r solemn a rokes, and then wee
still; end aii this caused a wonder-
mei.i, in the village,
“Kind friends osmo to perform the
last mid offioes given by human han is
to human clay, and" John Seaoliffe
'dept with his kin in the little church
yard.
“Days, weeks, months passed, anc
there was no word from Arthur Pen-
field.
“After grandfather’s death, affairs at
a! she cottage w ent on much the same,
save that Annie’s hours of reverie
came more often than before, and last
ed lor.gar; and thrice, iu the dead of
night, whin I supposed A cm asleep
in har own chamber, and the cottage
door fast looked, sno had been led
home by a late passing villager, from
.bo door of the bell-tower,
“Each time when I questioned her
ss to her errand there, she told ms she
same story—in her dream It wss sum
mer time again, acd aha hsd walked
with Arthur to the bellflower, aa he
had wished to say something to her
there which ha could tell in no other
place; and each time the door had been
looked, as indeed it always was; end
Arthur, in the dream, Sad inset much
troubled, and said he wished to say im
portant things, which oould be tend no
where else, save ou the broad slab
which covered the oid tomb directly
aederneeih tho hall.
“Aania and X often talked of Arthur.
Ansiio never seemed to think .if him
es absent; she wss not unhappy; Bi
ways in her reveries she wore a ie. ?dor
smile on her face, aau she would often
ieii me how she il.jw Arthur, and
touched him and talked with him, aii
tho same, precisely, aa if ’ho had never
left her side for aa hoar,
“So I know, dear Tom, Arthur can
not be dead; he lives, and he cc-ines tc
me eveiy t\.v, he could act lovo mo
less, Tom; ws knew that, toe; we
knew we must love forever and ever,
and :hac »a should always b9 happy
in our love, always, Tom!”
“So tfi& neighbors came to look with
pitying eyes os Annie and to say her
love had touched her brain. But I
could see no change in her. She was
still cheerful and happy always, and
her little household was cared for
with her usual scrupulous attention.
She often laughed and chatted with
me, as before the day of parting and
of death, aad ssemed ia no way trou
bled over the future.
‘■It was ia February that Harry
Holby first came back to ouroonago
X had not thought Annie would cure to
meet him sga n, bus she greeted him
kindly, even cordially, as aa oid friend
who had been long absent, rathe' than
as a rejected suitor; and as the suu
rose higher in the heavens and win tor
passed Hariy’s vlBite became almost as
iraquoat as ever.
“ Anaie did not receive him on the
oid footing, and X think Harry never
spoke oi love, but it was clear he had
uos given her up, and that he was
trusting to time and patience to win
the heart so wholly given to aaotaer-
“When the days softened, Annie
begau again to take walks with Harry,
and aomatimes I landed her maauer
toward him was even more gentle end
considerate than it had ever been be
fore. Bu, one night, after Harry h?.d
left as I spoke to Annie about the in-
creasing iatiniaoy.
■••We are never alone, you know,
Tom,’ aaid Annie ia reply,
“ ‘Never ui on t! Certainly you wore
alone together on the oiiffa to-alght!’ 1
exclaimed.
“‘Oh, noi’said my sister; ‘Arthuria
always with ub. He wishes me to see
Harry. When I ask him why he
wishes it he always answers that I
will know when X go to the old bell
tower with Harry. And I am so on
rious to know what Arthur lien to say
at the o:d bell-tower, Tom. He often
savs to me that after we have been
there together we will never part
again,’
- "There wss a bright moonlight that
night, and Annie must have noticed &
look of pitv on ray face, though I
s rove to hide my thoughss from her,
for sb8 went on. ‘Do yon, too, think
me mad, Tom? You see me every hour
of the day; you know I am not mad,
Ii. is trua'l sse Arthur with me: st firsi
I saw him only ia my day (roams;
now I caa see him whenever I w;sb;
he is slv/sys near me, X think O, Tom,
she added, *1 should never see Harry
i Arthur did not wish it; bo asked me
to go with Harry to the bell tower to
night, but Harry said we could not
hat e th6 keys of "tbs sexton after dark.
VTo are to go some daytime. I wonder
what Arthur has to say tome there.’
“It was clear to me at lasi that my
poor., gentle-hearted sister was as they
all said—mad indeed, X tcok her in my
arms and kissed her.. As J. did so X
could not help noticing the firmness
and fuliness-of her figure, aud the per-
teoriy heaithv touch of her he'd. ‘I
really think" you grow stouter, dear
sister,’said I.
•• ‘I think so too.’ ssid my sister, with
asmbA why should I not? A n I not
perfect y well and happy? How
strange it is, Tom, that you, who see. ]
me every dav, and know my everv j
thought can think me ill—in any w»y! j
1 *8o we parted for the night
“Next day hut one was May-day,acd
la 1 .© in the afternoon Aaaie and Harry
and mvssif strolled out to -he g, cos I -
f-.vat of the old church, where the
snorts were. Annie had s wreato up
on her head; never had I sc-ec her ap
pear so gay, so charming, or so besuti-
fu 1 OtfiC'3 thought the same, ana as
1 stood a little distauoe from my sister
acd her lover I caught more than one
low spoken word hinting that Ancle
had worn the willow sufficiently long,
and that Harry was handsome cnoy.gn
to make any m3id forget a truant lov
er’s faithlessness.
“Annie led Harry up to me. ‘I am
begging this disobliging friend to go
to t te ball-tower with me,’ ssid my
sister, looking with a smile late Har-
rv’a dark, handsome iaoe.
- ‘Bat the kev,’ said Harry.
“ ‘Here comes (he sexton now,’ said
Annie, gallv. ’He win Eor toiusc ..
me,"* I know, end X shall hear a breve
eiory there, I’m sure of that. Come,
Tom and hear it with us.’
“*I wili keep yon company aad un
lock the door,’ said the burly sexton
‘This key has never left my hand lor
another’s, Master Harry, ana cannot,
even for so fair an one ss your sweet •
b6 “A-= we ioor walked to the old bell-
tower, I heard one passing say, ’See s
mad again—see her eves, how they
face and saw
supreme happiness and satisfaction
Her hand was clasped close on Harry’s
arm, and he was iaughlng loudly at
something the sexton said as the key
was turned in the look. 8everal little
groups of idlers moved toward the
tower sb the door was opened. Annie
entered first, with Harry following
••lose babied, and I came next, and as
I entered the door I felt something
pass between me and the lintel, ana
Harry suddenly turned pale and heei-
tsted. The idlers filled the doorway
behind us. Annie pus her hand upon
Harry’s arm again; though her fixed
eyes did not turn toward his face.
‘Come here with me, Harry Holby,’
said Annie’s sweet, low voice; ‘Como
and stand with me in the middle of the
broad an me which covers my fouily
murdered body 1’
“‘She is mad! gasped Harry as sweat
stood out in bo -ds on his face.
“ ‘Hhe la cot msd,’ said Annie’s voice
again, r- >r is she speaking. It is I,
Ai hur Panfield, speaking to you ome
more, H.irry Holby, on the spot where
you murdered me the night when you
stood hers and tolled the Passing Bell
for she soul of oid John Saaolitfe
Leaving the cottage, where the old
tn.to sai in his chair, I came here cu-
jrious to know what one among the vil
lagers hau paseed away. You ap
proached me with a friendly greeting,
and struck me down; then with the
sexton’s pick, which you took from
that closet benea.h the belfry stair, you
lifted up this stone, on which you
stand, aad flung my mangled body in
to tho tomb beneath, where it bow lies,
and laid the stone in place again,
thinking your deed of blood would
never find you out.’
" ‘This Is the tale I had to tell to An
nie iu the oid bell tow*/; the tale of a
murder so foul and Irotvoheroue that
though 6very thought of her soul
turns first to mo, I oould never force
this horror upon her pure and gentle
understanding, until she stood with
her feet upon this stone, which covers
but does not Hide the evidence of your
cowardly crime- ’
• *8he is mad—mad!’ repeated Har
ry.
“‘It Is not Annie Doubleway, but
Arthur Panfield who speaks, though
• ae worusooma from Annie’s lips,’said
Aunie, standing quite still, with her
hand yet on Harry’s arm. ‘Speak, sex-
cool’ she continued, was it not Harry
Hoi by who rang ti e passing bell when
John Seaeliffs died?’
‘It was,” rope a ed the sexton,
‘Hold the murderer! 1 shouted a
voice, ard m&uy pairs of strong hands
were laid upon Harry Holby, who
hook as if ho felt ,.r- ague ohilr,
“ ‘Lift the stone!’ cried one.
“‘Wait,’seid Ai-Uio’s voice. ‘Let uh
first go hence. I would not tnal the
gentle eyes of Annie Do able way
should look upon the thing my body
has become, Ycu will find it there,
good frismia, when you lilt this atone.
I can rest now that the story oi the
Passing Bell is told and justice' lias in
other hands than mine.’ •
“Then Annie larned to res,htiil with
the day dream on her, and said, ‘We
will go homo now.’
“toi we crossed the deserted green,
and ieft the eagsx cro-wu to lift the
great sione and find the mangled body
nt Arthur lying beneath, ami bear the
murderer away to prison,
“Annie was unawakened when we
rescued the cottage. ‘Let us sit here,
deer Tom/ said rsiie, kissing „-ty oii.joto
—’where we sat the first night Arthur
came—and bring the violin, the one
you had that night, and play for me. I
feel so deathly tired, brother; my
dream has been so broken; X thought I
was to hear the secret of the oid bell-
tower, and yet I did not—was it told?
But may for me. dear Tom—my dear
est brother,’ said Annie, kitming my
cheek again.
“So 1 brought the instrument,” coa-
linuod the oia violin maker, “and the
same bright, hopeful, exulting strains
oi melody oiune !orth from the strings,
which enraptured Annie when first
I drew a bow across them, the night
when Arthur Penfiold came. Annie
was sitting in the wide chair on the
porch where Father Seaclifie sal the
night his soul passed away, and the
same ecst&oy of bliss was revealed on
her lovely face, and as the glad melody
rose In a yet more exalted strain, I saw
standing by Annie’s side the lorm of
Arthur Peafie.d, holding hor hand,
bending above her and kissing her
forehead, I thought she rose from her
chair and stood an instant with her
bead on Arthur’s breast, and hie arms
about her, but as I looked again to
make sure in the dim twilight I saw
she was alone, and sitting in the chair
with her head a iitUe to one side, and
her eyes hall closed. ‘Does tho music
please you, Annie? X asked. She did
not answer, I went to her. She was
dead.
No Whidb Tabth.—There are no
such things as white teeth, as can be
proved by contrasting those called
white with scow, raw cotton or mar
ble. Kosgbiy, teeth oan bo divided, ss
regards color, into blue, gray ar.d yel
low, with hundreds of dlliarent
shades. The apparent whiteness tsdne
to the complexion and hue of the ups;
and the glistening ivories of the negro
are, as a rule, so exceedingly yoliow
that they would disfigure a white psr-
aon. It is the black skin, hair anu
eyes that make them iook white.
Why They are Barred.—“Why
oaiino! women make good lawyers?
aaks an exchange. We never gave the
subject much thought, but ws suppose
it is because they can’t sit on the small
of their backs, piie their feet on a ta
ble, spit half wav across the room Into
a box fall of sawdust and charge §16
a minute for it. There may be some
minor rea'icns, in addition,_ but these
appear to us to bo the principal obsta
cles in the wsy to her success at the
bar.—Bob Burdette
SwiFI’8 SPECIFIC
CUBES SCBOFULA.
Shuts specific
CUKES CANCER.
Swift’s specific
CUBES ULCERS
•SWIT’S SPECIFIC
CURES OS.II SOReS
SWIFT’S SPECIFIC
CURES ERUPTIONS
SWIFT’S SPECIFIC
CURES CAKRUNCLeS
[WIFTS SPECIFIC
CUBES ECZEMA,
IWIFT’S SPECIFIC
CUBES RHEUIKiTISM.
‘WIFFS SPECIFIC
CUBES CftlftRRH.
ur*
HITS
r
a p pi n|
usiM
From the eystern, and haa Justly bsen
termed
m UBSAT Bison BEWBlf «F TliK AGE.
Medical Ethics has Deprived Genera!
Grant from baing Cured by
SUFI’S SPECIFIC,
But Cannot Prevent the Suffering from
Cancer being Cured aii Over
the Country.
ENDORSES!INI OF DR. J'SllN I. WON,
One oi the Oldest Physicians in
Atlanta,
Prof. W. P. JOHNSONS JEfcTiiUm
Cid Age Seeking Belief.
Swift’s Specific aoi.ms to be endorsed
r<< w by fair-minded physioiana all over
the country. Numbers of testimonials
from medical men of good standing
have been published by the oompa ly.
Only a few dsya ago they received a
gra efu! lettfcrjfrom a physician in Ne
wark, N J, who had been poinoned by
the virus of a dead body in tho dissect
ing room, and, after trying many other
remedies, was oared by & few bottles
of S, S. 8.
lacideutslly e Constitution man
found out about the correspondence
given below, whioh we have the liberty
to pubiiah, Probably no physician is
better known in Atlanta than Dr John
M Johnson. He has been identified
with tho city since it wss a smoking
ruin, and has had one cf the largest
and most successfui careers as a prac
titioner of medicine ia the whole coun
try.
Hartford, Ky, March 24. IS -0,
Dr John M Johaso' :
Dear Old Friend—Puff, similar to the
enclosed (Kev Jesse H Campbell’s
“Two More Important Cases”) occur
aimost weekly ia our paper in relation
to Swift’s Specific. I presume upon
our oid friendship to inquire of you In
relation to it—lt3 curaave qualities,
price . ’id manner cf procuring it
Having lived eighty-three years
through the most important part of the
world’s history, the prospect of dying
from cancer on tha face ia not very
consoiiiig. Let me hear from you at
earl, si convenience.
Vorv trulv your o d f fund
HAKKI30N I) TAYLOR.
LIST TiiOaK who are not prepared’
wivh soldld bargains eland from un
der. We are in the ring, sad propose
to stay aa long as we can find a suffi
cient numbor of people to support the
low price .’-ash system. Times are too
hard t-o pay twice the value oil a Suit
j ust to gel it on a few days’ time. They
nay tell you that if you come with the
cash they too will sell you as cheap.
Come and see us end we will convince
rou in five minutes that they CAN’T
DO IT I
Wa do not advertise that we have the
largest stock in the world, but we have
one of the most elegant stocks iu the
state of „New York;..to draw upon
amounting iu value to. over $250,000
Now what do we want with a stock of
more than §10,000, when we can send a
telegram to New York for ISo end get
the goods here in 48 hours? We do
not bay “jibs,” “drives” or any other
kind of a swindle disguised under the
name of a “Bargain,” The truth isltbat
in sock matters we have simple rules
that wo are confident will work wed.
First and foremoat, Are the things
such as our oustomers need, arid are
they euoh aa they will buy snyhow—
cheaply if they can, but si high prices
if they must? li the answer is “no,”
then we decline to handle them at any
price.
Home people insist upon your buying
and If yon get out oi the door with all
your buttons on you are fortunate.
We let our customers decide for tiiem-
esivss what they want, and we do not
insist upon them taking something
they do not want.
FOR $12 75
We wlii give ycu another SUIT with a
J;,tip better grade of Gassimere, made
same sb the §10 Suit that CANNOT be
matched ai that price,
• FOE $14.75
Ws propose to give you what the hoys
call a “Daisy” (whatever that is). Now j
d-.-n’t ask ue to take any because
we WILL NOT. We have marked the
lowest price wo can afford.
$18, $20 AND $25,
We have taken especial pains to get
up. something that any gsntlemaa can
wear, unless he is determined to pay
§39 to §40 for the seme thing j ust for the
sake of having it “mads to order,”
for §2 per dozen, §1 ior s;x No ore
pretends to sell them ior le.-s thsn §3 50
aud call it a bargain at that. This is
not our leader, it is a kind of pulse
warmer—a cut ifr oar competitors to
crack. When you call ws will show
oar les dor,
S3 1 s’ and Children’s
Clothing.
ragyew svrrsca a rarawri
IPS? rfiCSs
teslas ifaBB&r
We have jiiat received a line of
Steta’i In Snu M Cis
FOR FAKLY SPRING.
Ws shall make a specialty of Tevlor’s
Baltimore Mackinaw STRAW HATS,
New York people send to Baltimore
just to get the'te Hats, Not one Ka: ia
ten that is represented to be a real
Mackinaw is genuine. Most of them
are made of cheap Japanese braid and
will turn yellow in a short time. Be
sure, then, that you get the genuine.
FOR $10.00
We wRi .sell you the BEST ALL
WOOL SUIT ever sold in this
market for that price. Regular Tailor
Made, good linings, good pockets,
HI 11* Iff
OI ®A«i B fe 5) g
We do not propose to keep a very
large stock of thesr. goods, but those we
have can be bought very cheap,
3szms s
For §3 25 we will sell you a genuine
AI. Wool Blue Cheviotte Sailor Suit.
We have a few Suits bought nt the
bankrupt sale of Messrs Csrhart,
Whitford & Co, las. winter, at about 50
amts ia the dollar Thsae you caa
buy at your own price.
’« in!
Now when it comes to Hosiery wa
srs t'u fait. do to speak. Wo have
lake; . ;<a.. s to get up a roaliy choice
varlet c. We have s full line of French
hand made button holes, buttons ee- end English Silk, Cotton aud Lisle,
purely fastened, made throughout with j F r a leader in this department—if we
silk thread, not thrse’«cord cotton that i may esii a bir draw a department —we
will rip in a week. \ offer a No, 1 Brown BRITISH SOCK
If there is anything we pride our-
selves upon it is the large aud im
mensely aitrECiive line of Gentlemen's
Nsekwear. We have a large assort
ment, all silk, at 25a ssch. No old
“job” we have picked up, but made to
our order from samples ol Silk selected
by ue.
Wa bays another large Una at 65c.
They are the best goods we ever taw
j" for that money.
In Cadat or “Undo” ROWS v.w pro
pose to leal. We have a line at 25c
each. Wo have another Hue ai 35j
each, three for oce dollar. Remember
t Tsy are not all adko, but more than
fifty different patterns and colors. Of
course wo hive quantities of Lawn and
P .veals TIES anc BOWS,
Don’t take our word for it, hut
COME AND EXAMINE THEM
We lake groat pleasure in showing
them end wili net &sk you to buy.
We have the boldness to announce
that W9 have nearly as much as all the
balance cf the trade put together. We
bought them direct from the importer
end had to tike a large lot. For §2 50
per dozen wa will ’soil you a Hem-
stitoheu Colored Bordered Handker
chief that cannot ba matched in this
town for less than §3 00. They era all
Linen, not Union or Cotton Lawn.
We pronose to sell more than all the
balance of the town put together, end
to do this we have to aeil cheep. Look
a f -these prices: §190 §2 00, §2 25, §2 50,
§2 75, 93 0,7, §3 50, §3 75, §4 00, 94 60,
§5 00, §6 50, §6 00, §6 £0, §7 00, §7 50,
§8 00.
FOR $3.50
We will sell you a SILK UMBRELLA
that cannot be duplicated for less than
§4 50 by any one outside of New York.
■f-T,,
U
V fc
q*T* A D »
It is quite unnecessary for us to
quote cur prices on TRUNKS, and be
sides we would do it at a disadvantage.
Somebody might quom prices on paper
trunks back as ns, acd we would have
to take a back seat. Fact is, we keep
the largest and only exclusive line of
Trunks lor gentleman in Columbus.
A be .ter lice cannot be found in the
state.
Broad St.
G K Tlt'.SAS, JR. O K OtfAiiltoin.,
> yvTioi.iw.. & GiX.?«.Nm4H,
i AUorueys-atoL-w,
Office US Brc-'.O Si- Colamims, G -
D ace HURT- „ _
Office ever Brannon & Career, s .--S
=5Vcre. Rwixoaca corner Forsyth .ad
s.t Cilair »wa«t* Offiaa Tetejkten* X"
Has--teTMw T»«e»hO!-9 No US. i • ” o’
D S W L BULLARD,
OiXumbos, Georgia.
Fhyslc'an anti Operating tsurgeoa for
vlS ularBff" of the Eye, Ear, iwsa toe
ThrosL Offi"8 over Brannon « Carson’s
DrneSSn-i No 131 Brc .d Street. Tetopbon.-
No 22 Office hour*, S to 12 and S to 5 K*-«
ICence unper Foraylb Street. Will *>! “’
rst'dcwvMr rrqnci'Wrt. >
fT%.
ha.1 nnsaed Irto one of her day- I -OV" Cs«C«lleBr»ko»p. »n rxqaisit*.
£ e j£t Kt expression was that of BAB I >r rerfnw-teu.
Isfiinfiie Sljia ResaHlierii— Appeii to
Mothers—Try Them.
& Cle’inBinff t-’e $k!n aril Sc’Ip of Birth Hu
IT ra jrs. for nllaying Itching, BvruiDgar.a Itn^jn
msitlou, 'or coring the first symptoms of Kcz-mft.
P orlasic. Milk Crusty ScaW
va
IM
4. 7 i <
6 tog
m
1L :«s infallible* ’ Absolutely pare.
‘•CKE&IBLY AFFUITfiD.”
M r s"d Mrs Cverett Stehh’ns. Bolcher* -wn. Map*,
**')ur little boy temblv efflictod with
r.jfnla >alt Shenm and Erysipelas ev. r since be
ns bo-n acd r.otbiL,“: wo could give him helped
t nnMl we tri-'d Cu'ieu* a Bkmsiuss which
adaally cured him, untii heia now as loir us any
child ”
•*S200 FOB SOTniSti **
Gordon, 67 Arlington Ave, O^iarleatown,
pr-ito*- ••Having pni! abent $2'0 to Crdt-
iociora to euro my b>bT. witboat saoc.*, I
trioJ t* e Ccticura Kejbkdim, which completely
cared, after eking three pacutuitg.
-FEOH HEAD TO FEET,’’
rharles Eavie Hinkle, Jersey City Heights. S J
r'*ee- **My son a lad of twelv'- years, waa complete*
fy cured of x terrible case of Eczema by the f iti-
.-rn Bivsi”E?. From the top of his bead to the
sole* of h;s foe; wa r one m-ass of scabs.” ory other
remedy and phygicians had htea tried in vain
Fos paee. is^-iseufD.
EmwRtfQ children, vith Mile* skin, the
tl-Ticrni iir.MzDiKe tiil wo»f. » pe.-f et b, c-Bing.
c ‘ausirs; thebiood aud a«nu oi lahenteu impurities
end exyto.'in* the germs of scrofr.,*. rhcumstism,
consumption and severe skin diseases..
“BF.9r fob THE SHIS.”
Y in. CrTICUBA. UEMEDIES -re the host f-r
sktedlsv 4.1b-ve ever ro. . and your CUTICU
SAsOkP Ae ii-.eet medi. In toilet soap ia the
mnriet. cf s ” r
gold everywhere. Pricer CUTIOCRA, SOc;
RESOLVENT, ri.oot SOkP, 26c. Prepared hr the
PoiTua ilHCO sb'e ChsmicauCo. Bosios. Mass.
SsnJ fur ’Ilea to Cure Skin Uiieaeea. 1
RAVE HADE A GREAT REDTTOTION IN TUB
I’SIOES OP ALL 0.BALKS OF GOODS,
MOQUETTE5, from 61.25 upward
BODY BRUSSELS, from .P.T upward
T APKSTX4Y BRUSSELS, from ,5U upwa'd
INGRAINS, from .40 upward
CHINA MATTING, from, 85 per roll of 40 yoroe
‘upward
Oil.'CLOTHS. MATS, RUGS
IN’ GREAT. VARIETY.:
Famplee sent by «ail wtenovei
Sroadypay *ISth Streo?,.
i.i»d*w.3r
nSVf YOSK CITY.
Atlanta. Ga., March 26,1885-.
Harrispn D Taylor, Esq, HarStiu<i,.Ky:
My Dear Friend—Your varyblgitij
esteemtii favor of the 24 h instaai
re sebed me on the 25lh. bo we are not
eo far apart site" ah Your letter brings
up a thousand nheeriehed memories.
My resideiicein the Green river country
of Kantuokj was the happiest part of
my life. X remember the oid names in
Hartford with infinite pleasure.
But I must not forget ihe o’ jet oi
your letter. You want informau.m in
regard to tee celebrated medieiiieman-
ufaotured here, known as S. 8 S. I
have watched with much 'rare the effet
rf this medioluo upon those who ht.ve
used it, acd boar willing testimony to
Us good results )n s great majority of
instances. Xh6 firm engaged, in’ Us
manufacture are gentleman and capi
talists, and ere as far above falsehood
and deception as any men in your
community. You may confide impiio
itly in any of to it statemorte touch
ing its utility. You cun got it at the
drug stores in L juievilie, Evansville
or even ir> Owensboro, v.
X am sarty for your sfil cticn, but X
btnieve this” medicir.e wtil cure you if
persisted in. I would not e op under
onedcz .u or more large slzs bottl h
vhioh can be secured at reasoEable
cost.
X am 74 years old, anu have retired
from bus.aess for the past three or four
years, if you have leisure write to
nc, I shall aiways be giad to hear
from voa. In conclrsion I greet you
v.uh my oid-T2.mior.od friendship and
fellowship. Very truly.
JOHN M. JOHNSON.
72 Marietta street, Atiauta, Ga
Belief From Oa :arrh
Pro, W P Johi’son, prlneipsi of the
pub io schools in Benton, Arkansas,
under dale of March 17th, writes :
"This certifies that I have been a
sufferer from Catarrr. for nearly
eighteen years, being a portion of the
time ineapaoitaTed from sttendiug to
my business. Tried a number oi mos"
eminent physicians north and south;
spent over §500 I was partially dual,
a quantity of bones resembling fish
scales came out of my aose and head,
and I was at one time reduced to 70
pounds. Ten bottles of 8 S d cured n.e
sound and well, and I am so to-day. It
is the best blood pur'her I have ever
Q ged . WP JOHNSON.
Our treaties on Blood and Skin Dis
eases maiied free to applicants. _
- - I (Enameled on Copper)
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. | For wiadow ci-ai«as.^Warranted 5
l Drawer a, AttsatfeM*
Mrs
2io. 73 aeet side Broad sirees.
2mx>ms 2p-8talw over Hoe. 78 and 80 Broad street
entire Hocae northbast corner roup and Few
streets;
Planters* Eotel, cyposite xiaLkin House, will b*
eunjd as a wboie or by single rooms.
Four rooa liouao corner Baldwin acd Forsyth
streets.
Two room House on lower Broad street.’’
Office np-stairs jvar Dr Carter's Drug Store,
it B Gunby’s place on itoso Hill,
/ ^AMsJSm
I oeven-rooru House, with 10 acres o» ground at
• achtd, well suited for a track farm. Mice fruit
— renllze on thoir goods, aud in ir acy instances reedy to seil for CASH at prices j Lhmwocl ° D **“ CiiC °' 6i:o&tsd m
below *he cost of manufacture. Ouo of the biggest Bargalos secured was a lot j ¥arm of»)«aorea.nia8 diiM i.-om city, ic Ls«
of DRESS GOODS, many of which cost 121 to 15 cents to make, but which were I ccuaty - Alabama. Landlady, with «ood »vbao
HOSIESY, GLOVES, LACES. EMBROIDERIES, NOVELTIES, Ac, Ac,
| which were bought for SPOT CASH, and at PANIC PRICES. He sough'.
' Bargains, bought only Bargains, consequently ha. nothing bat Bargains to offer
his customers The patio and the great depression ia business throughout tho
country left many manufacturers and dealers in a tight ior money ard aaxious
bought at ts price so low tbaf they will be thrown cn the market here and
slaughtered a! 5 cor s per yar ; ; ;oms of them w aid bn cheep at J5e cents.
Another SPECIAL DRIVE was slot of WHITE GOODS, such as ludls
Llnoua, Victoria Lawns. Piques, Checked and ari. 6-1 Lawts, slightly sailed,
which will bf. sol * at » GREAT SACRIFICE c -t original cost
SPECIAL AT TEN CION is called to our 2>o full !ecg'h and full regular
BALBR1GG N HOJE which his as,d elsewhere si 40 to 50 ce&Ui. They aro
gelt g off -apidiy. bat we hope '.-j duu’i iat the lot.
Our Double and Twist CO IXOX ADR 1 at 8j is the cheapest goods ever sold
ia this msiket.
Ore thousand yards of Plain aad Broesd?d Colored SILKS were bought
very cheap, and are now offered at the uniform price of 75 cents per yard
They would be a bargain at double the mousy. Wo have Special Bargains in
ever " department which we cemmt ecun'evate here.
Wi.b a view to closing our Genie’ FURNISHING GOODS department we
offer our stock cf Standard Uul&undtried Snirta at 7o ■tents, heretofore said at
§1,00; they sre extra g od vMue. G.ints’ Li&ec CcRsrs at 5c, 10t, 12ia aud 15c
Genie’ Ail L uen Cuffs as 10c per pair.
With our present facilities for obtaining goods we fee! warranted ia saying
‘.hatyou will always lied Bargains at
GaHQ-ILIj’S, 69 Broad St., Columbas, Or.
on it a £Ood oix room dwelling, and oatkonsest
■ . ftrte L 01 iinprovad. on Mclntogh streot
•t »- rthorn Libertisa, Half cash, balance in 13
j months time.
i Two Common* Lota, one a corner lot, on Thomas
Lota In Gnnb7 survey
ncartermiH. s street railroad.
] on iio*>o Hill on immfeQiate line of street rail*
I road,
! The Ur it*.! BrothflrhDOd Bnilding, near St*
j John’s ehnrch.
Five 3r?iidln£ Lote fronting on the square in
- iJuena Vista, G v, t-> which town a railroad is new
J in process of construction.
'■ L 3 Gnnby p. : a * on Bose Hill, Hccae con-
j veciently arrarit,'*jd and newly built.
• - our room House oa Oguxthcrpt, between Lee an
j Washington streets,
« Three room Lonw on pouth Forsyth rtreet.
; eSoa i Gn »itO
®TEA«iSH3P CO.
i FOR BOSTON DIRECT
j
ALL CLAMP
ROLLER SKATE!
PRICE, $5.
wv -'vj'/ Nickel Plated and
Polished.
3end 0c. in Stampa for LxVRGE Illustrat
ioerue of Roller Skates. Guns.
Air Rifies, Police Goods, Etc
JOHN P LOVELL’S SONS. BOSTON. MASS,
apl! BfcAwZt
M
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ITT
.3 tYA
rtOWLAW Cotton Pier ter,
I S ’.be Bnrelar Ptoi
, -2F. ,'.3' AUtnnJBClC W)i'20W
uoldor. B. Wire. Welle
L-u • Ol!, L, a el Prepared
Fatoi Pv< ■ Iv.ua stud Koutncey
Ct'oic;,*. PlLg=er Paris s-.a
Hs.r, Bulldtre’ Hardware, do
Write U t prices.
W3L BEACH & CO,
96 Bro»u 8'. - Cn uru
We carry astor*
of about 1,000
llan!-wood 51an-
tais of about 65
from §80 up.
ward. Designs
and «*stfn;at08
submitted.
The Robi Mitchell
Furniture Co.»
CINCINNATI
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PASSENSER KCUTE
Be tween New England and Georgia, Florlw
da, Alabama, the Bonth stnd SouthwesL
First-ciasa Passeiger AetoBimodittionr,
Cabin Passage Uto.
Excursion S35. oioerage {12.
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Ghrcmos, Ghoicd'Pictures uau Picture Priimes,
18525
PTTSSEIjXi’ SI
HITE LETT0
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I Vlolia imd^G'.iilar S:riags, Garda, Inks and j Writ! rig D6skc-,'Atlas dnu_,Loid
Views and Steroscypes, A.bu.'n;. and. Docket Books,
iThom&B* Standard 2iaclt s Vlciet. end Carmlno Inks.
AU the late PeriodioaiB kept con stautly.capiand. j
)alS seAwtJi
fflHE first-class i~ ■ Lteamahlps or thu
L Ccmpauy are ..ppointed to aeil every
Thoruday trotr Boston at 3 p m; from “a,
, vanT-ah o followe;
CIT? "F MACON, ThOTBday, April 16, at
6:50 p m.
Go. i CITY, Ttmzudky, April 23, at LOO
P El
GZTY OB' MACON, Thursday, April 30, at
I Ga' ' ?JITY, Thursday, May 7, at 11:80
a m,
i Xl i-o-ih. blifij of telling v‘7ea to New
' > :aannfcc -rfig i-ioixLts and toLlv,
■ sruool.
Tea Company’s whsr res in both Savan*
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, Agent Central Railroad, Columbus, Ga,
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