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UNIVERSITY pared fora a. rush oil Demark. Sha did’t scream—she hurriedly looked up and down the road and saw that apparently she was alone with this man. I could seegpy the light of the lamp that her face was deadly pale, hut in a calm voice (the sweetest voice I ever heard) she said: “Yon may walk beside me if. you w311J^r c .;„~.-s-^ dsafe- .>• Demark would rather have taken my knock-down Item that, and looked exceedingly sheepish as ho walked along with her, and’ I followed be hind not knowing what to do, as this was a totally unexpected turn in the curse I want to u did you say ight. You can’t hooks came down and was Withdrawn.* “That was all,” sai with a sigh. “But the girl, 5 ’ said ever know what her outside. nervous i Singleinan Iti-iijO'fVou was Christmas, and on;re- flection so I ought. But seriorolyv Ididknowit would bo Christ mas. f; merely : wanted lyv’introduce Christ- mas ns'jihe. subject of ronveri.trion. and itfo\v that it was the subjoct^I hanflydrapw. what, to say next. So I cpjppromised by saying, f: V - ^ “ I’il take nttbther cup # tea, ‘‘^Vhy; yonr^tStp jsn*t empty yet, Johir,': sold my vnfe;. “What’s the matter with you tcJ-day?” a fact I-%pidn’fc tiottaejiji; was full—all right; Tliat’a a good . not heeding what, i* broke out. a.bont inovning, aigl I-——” next morning, I ur $oU4tor ttt4h» N otSe®» It to Demark. It was fje Christmas. I told iny discovery, of where iloyed. Now,” said 'I, is to get tlic accounts out before the end of says Demark. f likely she’ll b e there ’» we’ll follow her—yon e side of the street and » side she is, hud you id speak to her and try Prompt affair. Thus did the strange trio proceed for about a quarter of a mile, when suddenly a policeman and a lantern loomed up from a doorway lie was examining, tike an arrow slm sprang from Demark’s side and grasped the astonished policeman by the arm with both hands. “ Sir, sir,” she cried, now, in the wildest excitement, which showed how pent up her fear had beci^be fore, “ that man has insulted me, when he thought no one was tear- arrest. him.” and tier eves fiiirlv Burgess yesterday, he ga News reporter tlie following LAW, will be remembered what a great feeling of excitement, and indignation: was ^caused by the hanging of Mumford for pulling a United States^ flag down from a staff on the New Orleans . Pro;. Ilurgess stales th.it,ho wjs the person 'vl>o pulled the flag from the staff tui i. passed itf to CaptaiD Oiiyer Cantup, of the lower Missis- iVatkinsvIUc, (it. of course uainted.” oai.VlS7C-iy tote,’’ said Single- manner. “Young rt day are up to mt I never heard Sn, it was silly—1 nth'out being told people think ” ; Siiiglemai’H, go •ere saying. Do- mann, m ^nen of almost : <>! itliefi Special atteutloi For re.fercuce nrvp r.nJ Hon. Buriil Office over. fo-t-l IH JebS-lsTffWJf-., liiiJ.time?”^ . fySljjnighr' have done thought of s:iidp*^hife Oup itr pret tv , but for two or three,or friend, “if you ” ' . : “Don’t speak to me, you—you coward/’she replied conteintpUbiisfy. Their suddenly and without'a she turned ’and walked rapidly away. The policeman placed bis hand on Demark’s shoulder. Demark had been standing there transfixed,'■with his eyes following the retreating fig ure of the girl. He seemed to wake up and flung the hand of .Vhe police- Sr™ jurse ?” that is, not at utt at having all ^operation and pit l explained Will practice tit i n Ciijuit, Hurt h ip,” criei about his lAWoge al l? { jreat incident that has listnrv, and • ydung H; Athens, Ga a Dcnprce Building, Alex S. Knit is. Anursw J. Cobb. 'RW1N & COBB, attorneys at. i.\w. Allien?, Ga me ’ “I beg your pardon,’’ continued Singlemann, releasing his grip on my shoulder. “Idon’t think you care Office on Comer of Blond nnd Thomas streets, over Childs, Nickerson <fc Co. Ieb'i2-is7«j-ly ^ m. cocim.vx, ATTOH17EY AT XJtWi- Gainesville, Ga. Vgtil purchase and side of Mineral and Farming bands in llnll, and the other counties of North- ■ ist Georgia. .Mineral ores tested and titles to P ierty investigated. Special attention given 10 purchase and sale of city nroperty. inayg— Cm J. N. DORSEY. Attorncv.. ^HnUHYG; JlcCURKY, Abfcorxxey a-fc Law, Hartwell, Georgia, practice in the Superior Courts of North- Qeoigia and Supreme Court a! Atlanta. 1876 tf Alex. S. Extra, Athens. & ERWIN, A TTORN KY’S A T LA IP. Will practice in paitucrsliin in the Superior rt of Oconee County, ami attend promptly II business intrusted to their care. BUSHfESS CARDS. A. It.KIS, 'Wa'sslara-Jxar 5s <Jowolor, iiichael’store, next door to Reaves & Nidi 's, Broad stieet, Athens, Georgia, A11 warranted 12 months. COTTOXT BTJVBR, Tocoa City, Ga. -1 ■ for cash prices paid (Hus and Pre '-lS75-tf 1*. LIT TLE, attouney at law, Ci.rooivillc, Ga. J03>b3iS <5c 7IVE, AND COUNSELLORS AS LAW SIBLEY'S NEW BUILDING, BROAD STItl'.KT, ACtilSTA, LK0KGIA. .VXD KALE STABLE. Bunglcs& horses Terms reasonable. E. M. WHITEHEAD, Wilkes county, G.-. mann “Now, sec here, John. Old Singlemann boards at one pf the best hotels in. Detroit, and will get a better dinner titan we have :o give: him.” f *■’* , , “ Of course, but yon see, my dear, it isn’t the dinner alone. On Christ mas a man )ikes a good dinner, of course, hut that is riot all. I ean’t help thinking that a man imnl feel rather lonely eating ai Christinas dinner at a hotel. Christmas is n time when our feelings entwine ” “ On, nonsansc. Old Singleniann Tins no feelings' to entwine, or if he lias, why didn’t lie get married years ago, aud then he .wouldn’t have to be lonely and board out? At his age—” “Now, there’s were you mistake. Singlemann is not old; but ntVor mind, we won’t ask him.’’ “ Why not, pray ?’’ “I shall not ask him, at least.” “ Well, it yo\i don’t I will.’’ “Look nice, you going to a hotel to ask a man to dinner ’ “ If my hpsbaudj won’t do it lot me, I suppose I must.” “Oh, if you insist, I’ll ask him, of course.” t “ Then I insist.’’ This was why I wanted the subject of Christmas introduced. I knew Singlemann must be rather glad to escape his splendidly-furnished rooms for one day. Of course every one in this city knows the mercantile house of Demark & Co. Singlemann aud I were the Co., and Demark—well, of course, he was Deraark. Demark and Singlemann had roomed together when they were boys and young .men. Then Demark got married, nnd Singlemami took the rooms he has now. “Singlemann, old fellow,” I said when we sat alone in the counting room after the store was closed Christmas eve—“ I have a turkey which I want your help on to-morrow. Come down to dinner.” “ Too late, my boy ; I just prom ised Demark to go up with him to morrow. His wife particularly re quested it, and so I didn’t like to reluse; you know.” “ Oh, of course not. Very nice little woman, Demark’s wife iac” “ What!” said Singlemann, so fiercely and sharply that I was quite startled. “ I said Mrs. Demark was rather a fine lady “Certainly! certainly J” said Singlemann, looking somewhat abashed. Then, after a pause he said: Did yon ever notice how wnipped up Demark is in business? Business will be the conversation over the turkey to-mqr:o*v. I tell yo-t young men nowadays—” “ How about that girl?” “Oh, yes—she always dressed plainly, but you ought to have seen lier» I tell you, John, young Ladies nowadays think of nothing but dress, and yet with all their silks and fcath erg—” “ I know; Solomon in all his gldrv was not arrayed like your Woodward ! avenue belle—in plain clothes. He poked the fire for nearly two minutes, and I began to fear that I had figuratively put my foot into it and lost my. story. “ I think any one must have fallen in love witli her, but I could never get Demark to see it. I nevet cared for any pne before or since. I was completely—but what’s the use t'f talkiug of that. I met her every uiornhig. She always looked straight ahead and never seemed to know that she passed the same two fellows every day. Where did she live? What did she do? One night in December, as I came up late from the store, I was astonished to see my young lady—I called I cr mine— standing at a desk in a counting- room. Her bat and cloak were flung on the desk beside her, and she was evidently just ready to leave The loveliest little frown was on her brow, and the figures evidently wouldn’t add up right. The lamp-light shore i ou her fair face, and it never looked so handsome before. I stood before the -window and gazed there in rapt admiration, and, I may say, adora tion. I tell you, John, I uou’t be lieve that people nowadays know what it is ” “ Well, did she como out?” “ Of course she did,” said Single mann,- a little crossly, “ and equally of course I followed her at a distance aud saw where she lived. She walked straight ou aud did not seem a bit afraid. She seemed to set her lips closely together, draw her cloak around her, and walked swiftly to her destination. Several times I de termined to speak to her, but had neither courage nor excuse. ‘De- mark,’ said I, when I reached ray room, ‘ wake up, wake up,’ and I shook—” “Singlemann,” said I, “I am not Demark. There is no use in shaking MR _ ndship, he at Igst consented. Yon see, Demark never cared anything about girls, or'snch as that; he was all busi ness. I have often- said to him, jokingly, of conrse, that I believed that if-L—” “ Singlemann—go op with that diabolical plot of yours, and never mind' Demsfrk. I knbw linn Well enough.” ■ <■ ,»*.<. i . -c “ Of course, you do, aH the way down to the store where sho worked. Demark was saying what a fi n thing it was for two young men to conspire to frighten the life out .of a girl on the. dark streets of h city. We got there atJast, and she was at her desje. Ah ! John, when I picture how she stood there—but that’s ■ no matter; I thought she would never come >out—it seemed .agqa,^ JL never .copld hay? stopd it, only it kept all my attention getting Demark to stick to his promise, for he wanted to back out, now that we were ou the spot. You kuow Demark is . the very ; soul of , honor. .Why, when Beat & Embezzle foiled, you know, we needti’t have paid a cent, for they held no—” ‘5 Singlemann, do you remember that I know the whole particulars of that failure?” Certainly. That’s a fact, I forgot that; well, Demark wanted to go home again aud begged me to release him from ltis promise, but I wouldn’t, nnd he stuck to his contract like a man—he always docs, you know. Well, just as the City Hall bell struck cloven—” " * - “Oh, ho! Singleman—keep straight uow. Why, man, tlie' City Hall was not built then.” “That’s so—1 am L ,l : <tg a straight story for all-that slip. Some bell struck eleven. I had ;ny,face press ed close against the pane, but where she could not see me, and as the hour was tolled she shut the-heavy ledger with a bang that mad me start, and I heard her say, “ Only an hour till Christmas,” and she smiled. John, she looked divine—like an augel, ouly angels don’t keep books, except ing the Recording Augel. But just then Demark began begging off again. She soon camo out, and as before walked rapidly away. “ No w,” I whispered to Demark, “ remember your promise.’’ He crossed tlie street without a word, aud I fallowed the girl. De- mark acted his part like a man, or a villain, rather. He crossed back again and coming up to her, said: “ Madam, allow me v to sec you home.’’ aud offered is arm. “ K4ep your hand from Demark. . The policeman drew-'..is club and grasped Demark again, and I sprang to the rescue of my friend, but some how I ran against that club and so if you want the details of the scuffle von must ask Demark,or hunt.up that policeman. : i Demark saw Christmas morn ing dawn through the bars of the lock-up..... • ; ..t I had an interview with hint, nnd fonnd him very much depressed. lie didn’t give a cent, he said^ about the arrest, but the meanness of the ac tion was what hurt him. I proposed’ to see our employer and have him go Demark’s bail, or else have the affair hushed up, if possible but Demark positively forbade any such proceed ing, besides, it would, iuevitably. re sult in tbe discharge of liqth of us I left the cell as dejected as De- mark was, and did’nt know what to do. I resolved to do an act of justice, however, and accordingly went di rect to the. resideuce of the young lady, and • rapped at the door—there was no bell. I had no sooner done so than I remembered that I didn’t even know what name to r.sk for. However, the young lady herself opened the door nnd put an end to my embar rassment on this score, but increased my embarrassment on a thousand other scores. I told the' 1 whole story, putting the blame exactly where it belonged, She never said a word • during the recital, but sat there with that straight ahead look in her eyes and I half doubted whether she paid any attention to what I said. She bowed me out without a word and I went home more, depressed than ever. After thinking the mat ter over I resolved to go to our era ployer anfl lay the whole ease before him in spite of what Demark had said, and by assuming the whole blame, as of course I ought to do, aud accepting iny discharge, he might get Demark out and keep l.iin in his employ. It was no fan to loose a good place then, I can tell you; now days people change around more. There’s that young Smyth, who kept accounts for us last year. I hear he’s in San Francisco, and I guess doing first rale. I told Smyth when lie left that if—’ • Never mind Smyth,” said I; “ did your employer get Demark out?” “ As I was saying, I started down to see him when I met Demark him- do<*t],oue of the party. Prof B. was wise in kciping his own counsel on the subject till now, as the News is the first to reeeeive the nbove'pnrticnlars from him. : Gen,; Butler, please take notice. '‘'the ingenuity of the Chinese is not’confined to embroidery, ceramics, and decorative art, but extends to internal revenue. One of the latest schemes of t jhe Celestial statesme*: proposes a t,-ix on iiew-lioi'ti iof.Ytits.' The sunt ; s ridiculously slntiil—Hhout ten cents—but ns l»«bies are one of the principal productions of the Celestial Empiie, mid the maikqt is constantly overstocked, a handsome revenue from this source is confidently expected Thfe tax falls due wheu the infant enters the world, aud the happy father, without delay, steps down to the captain’s office and sellies its passage. 'Strange as it may seen, there are no deductions in case of double entry. This is not in accord ance with natural equity or c. stoma morality. The tax; tor twins surely ought not to exceid fifteen coins, for small jobbing let!*, with the tisual dis-: count for the trade;. In conversation with one of the best informed citizen of Athens, on Monday morning, lie gave it ns,his opinion, that.the receipt oi'cotton at that, point would be perhaps 35,000, or more bales, and that §100,000 would be saved to the farthers of the surrounding country, by tbe North eastern railroad, ui the convenience and reduction of freights by the building of tlir.t road. Lc also re marked, at tlie same time, that tli" business of the road had for exceeded the expectation of its friends.—1'brcst New. Harry St. Clair prof, ssed peni tence i'i a religious revival in New London, Conn., and joined the church. A few days afterwards he walked into a church meetajfc. declared that his pretense of codVefaion was all a sham, and that he “ properly belonged to the devil.” Ho tlien went off on a spree. Michael Murphy was accompanied in his sprees, in East Boston, by an other b'ute—a very savage bulldog. The pair were a terror to the jxople. Murphy set the dog on two women who had resented his insults, and one of them were bitten twenty-one times, and the other eight, before a folice officer’s shot rescued them.