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greatly feared that Judge Woods
would pronounce the act creating
the Commission, unconstitutional,
merely tor the purpose of showing
how easily a United states officer
>u)d wipe from the statute book of
Georgia, a solemn aot of her Gen
eral Assembly. We repeat that
Contrary to the expectation ot „ e hare docn pleasantly surprised;
many, Judge Woods (now) of the
United States Supreme Court has
decided in the case of theStvauuah
and Floriila Railroad vs., the
Railroad Commissioners, in favor of
the Defendants.
The case came before Judge
Woods in this way: The Savannah
and Florida Railroad asked and ob
tained from Judge Woods tempo
rary injunction (with the prayer of
eoiirde that it be made permanent)
restraining the Railroad Commis
sioners of this State from enforcing
upon said Railread the schedule of
rates fixod by the Commission for
the railroads ot this State. The
Railroad set forth a number of
grounds upon all of which the re
straining power of the court was
invoked; but the ground mainly re
lied on by the complainants was,
that the act creating the Commis
sion was unconstitutional in that
the Legislature attempted to del
egate to the Commission powers
which our State Constitution has
conferred, or attempted to confer,
alone ou that body; and that hence,
if the Legislature possessed the
power—which the Railroad de
nied—to regulate the cat** of
freights etc., on Railroads, that
power could not be delegated to any
person or body of persons.
The constitutionally of the act
oeatiug the Railroad Commission
was brought directly in question.
Not only was the constitutionally
of the act questioned, but that por
tion of our Slate Constitution con-
fen ing ou the General Assembly of
Georgia the power to regulate this
railroad question, was asserted
to be in violation of the Con
stitution of the United States.
1 n short, the act as well as that
part of the State Constitution to
which we have referred was assail
ed as every point against which
experience and able counsel could
by any possibility form anything
like a plausible objection. The
question of the constitution
ally of the law was thus Bharply
defined and we have no doubt was
thorougnly and ably argued on
both sides. In tuct we presume the
argument on both sides was well-
nigh if not entirely exhausted. The
decision of Judge Woods as it ap
p ars in the At.uuta Constitution,
also shows that the case and the
.iiqtuuetit of couusel received, as
tiivy d sctv.d, his patient and ma
ture consideratiou. This opiuion
will rank us one ol the ablest and
must important judicial utterances
mil has been made within,the last
twenty-live, if not fifty years. lu>
impoitanee will bo perceived whet
u u> reincnibeied ttiat it affects
more ol less every household,—nay
more, every tuau, woman and child
iu Ueoigiu. Its ability will not
be questioned by tiioBe wbo take
the pains to read it.
Uu every point J udge Woods de
cides unequivocally in favor ol the
Commission; and bis reasoning is
so lucid, vigorous and convincing
that we cannot believe the com
plainants will carry the ca>e auy
further; lor it seems to us, that the
pounds upon which the decision is
based, are so broad and strong that
the complainants cannot for a mo
ment hope to shape them.
As to the question of any injus
tice that the Commission may have
done the railroad, Judge Woods
remarks, that if it be not remedied
by the Commission, the railrondB
must appeal to the Generul As
sembly, and if that body refuses to
act, there still remains an appeal to
(he people; but if the people refuse
to act, then the road must submit
until a returning sense of justice
move the people to remedy such
wrong as has been done. In other
words, the railroads must go to the
people and not to tl,e courts to
obtain redress any juries or wrongs
that have been or may be done by
the Commission.
It is refreshing in these times of
centralizing tendencies to read the
utterances of a Republican Judge,
high in authority in which the as
sertion is clearly and distinctly
made that the States still possess
some rights whioh “rebellion 1 ' and
republicanism have not yet destroy
ed. We,confess that we are agree
we doubt not that we express
the sentimentb of at least nine-
tenths of our people, when We say
Georgians owe a lasting debt ul
gratitude to Judge Wood's lor the
able and fearless manner in which
he has vindicated their rights and
protected their interests from tho
grasping extortion and uufeeling
tryanny of the vast monopolies of
a capitalists who virtually coutrol
all the railroads in Georgia and
tho other States of the Union.
Finally oue great and good ef
fect that the decision ol this ques
tion will produce, will be the en
couragement it will lend and the
promise of success it will give to
the people of our sister States to
make common cause with ns, imi
tate the example of Geoigia, and
without delay take the steps nec
essary to secure to themselves the
blessing we now enjoy—permanent
protection from the heartless exac
tions and crvi-1 extortions of every
railroad that has the power
make them.
Nell's Promise!
She came flying down the path,
her long straight black hair stream
ing behind her, her great eyes
sparkling, the dark, thin, irregular
features fairly alive with vivacity.
She looked to the very life like the
wild little creature ot fifteen that
she was, but into the face of the
beautiful, fairhaire.t girl whom
Nell Haviland was coming to meet
there flashed inch a look of love
that a stranger would have known
that her girlish sister was very dear
to the heart of Alice Havilaaa.
The two were orphans, support
ed by the industry of Alice, the
oldest, who was well-known in the
town as a very skillful teacher of
music. The younger was entirely a
different nature from the quiet,
Bteady lovable Alice. The town-
folks said that her baptismal ol El
eanor was altogether too grand and
stately for such a hoydeuish creat
ure, and so it had become shorten
ed to the monosyllable ‘Nell’
‘Alice,’said Nell,‘yon cannot
guess what I have done?’
'Something impossible for any
one else to do, I presume’ said her
sister, smiling into the eager eyes.
I climbed into the old oak and
tied my handkerchief to the top,’
said the girl, pointing triumphant
ly to the fluttering white morsel.
‘Did you said Alice absent-mind
edly.
‘Oh, dear!’ said Nell, pettish
ly,‘you don’t hear a word I say. 1
guesB you are thinking of Goddard
Tressil. I wish you were not en
gaged to him, Alice lor yon don't
seem to care a bit fer me nuw-a-
days.
‘Nellie,’ the love in the tones re
buked the girl, 'I shall ever love
and care for you, darling sister,
come what may,’ and putting her
urms caressingly around Nell’s
waist, the sisters went into the
house.
The humble supper was over.
Alice wai sitting at the little pia
no, weaving a sweet harmony from
the ivory keys, when she heard a
step on the walk, which summoned
her to the fron i door.
Alice !’ and her hand lay in the
haod of her betrothed, Goddard
Tressil.
The tall handsome young fellow
that stood before her was the heir
of 'The Cliffs.’ the great mansion,
around which lay its extensive
farms—‘the best place m the coun
try.’
‘It is too fine a ri ght to remain
in doors Aliie. What say you to
a row by moonlight?’
‘It would give me much pleasure,’
she said; and running up stairs for
a shawl she paused a moment, and
opened the door to Nell's chamber.
The sound ot Nell’s low regular
breathing satisfied her, and she
went down Btairs to rejoin her lov
er. They walked slowly down the
path, drinking in the intense lovli-
tiess ot the Dight. The moon was
at its full. Great golden stars
seemed meltiDg into blue ether,and
white weird drifts, like fleets, float
ed across the sky.
The calm ocean ended their
walk. Each of its waves seemed
dipped with a diamond crest, and
tlie reflexes trembled in pear l and
azure.
Assisting Alice into the boat,
Tressil pushed out so as to clear
the shore The little skiff rocked
on the slow, faint swell of the out
going tide, ami the oars splashed
with a musical rhythm very pleas
ant to hear. A silence fell over
the two. It was broken by Tress-
il.
‘Alice, I have something impor
tant to say to you to-night.
'What is it about?’she ques
tioned wonderingly,
‘About Nell ?’
surprise.
■Yes; where is
after we are marr
‘Going to live ? Why, with me
nf course.’ said Alice wondering
what would come next.
‘It oannot be, Alice. She must
be sent to a boarding-school or
sorttewhere else.
‘Why, Goddard, what put that
into your mind ?’ exclaimed Alice.
■She would not stay at a boarding-
chool for one moment. It would
sill her to separate us, for l am all
-he has in the world, and I
i-ed mother, when she was
that 1 would never leave or forsake
the child-sister intrusted to my
care.
‘But, Alice, mother and Isabel
said ’
‘Goddard, please tell me precise
ly what your mother and sister
have said, so that I may know just
how the matter stands.’
‘Well, they say that they can
welcome you, very gladly, as a
daughter and sister, but they can
not endure the idea of having Nell
under the same-roof, and she must
abide somewhere else.’
‘And you—Goddard ?’ said Al
ice, imploringly.
‘What can I do, Alice,’ said he,
in a sort of helpless way that (track
a chill to the girl's heart.
‘So it is a question of decision on
my part between yon aud my sis
ter Nell ?’
‘Yes, Alice/
Do not. blame him too harshly,
lie bad been,- much ha-rassed by
his proud banglity mother and sis
ter concerning this disagreeable
subject, end man fashion, he
thought that it could he arranged
somehow, so that this troublesome
Nell could be sent quietly out of
the way, and he could enjoy the
Bociety ot the only woman he had
ever loved in peace.
Alice fought a desperate battle
between love and duty.
It seemed to her that she coaid
not give up her betrothed lor an
other's sake; that she could not
throw away her life's happiness for
her young sister, bat the stratam
of loyalty to duty that ran
through her nature like a silver
chord, gave her strength. So
it was determined, though it wbs
a white face that met Goddard's
it was a resolute voice that said:
‘Goddard, I have chosen. I can
not leave my sister.
He tried to break the decision
by passionate pleading, but the
tones were firm and unshaken
Bhe said, at last.
‘Goddard, it would be unjust to
say that I do not love you, for you
know that I do, but I cannot be
false to my charge.,
And they parted—he to walk
bo*a/5 as if pursued by furies,think
ing bitterly of‘woman’s obstinacy,
and yet in his secret heart honor
ing the girl who walked so un
flinchingly in the path of duty.
Alice went up-stairs, and bnry-
ing her face in the soft enshions
of an arm chair, with the friendl
darkness around her, nature too!
her revenge for the self control of
the last hour. Her eyes throbbed
and burned like ballB of fire; her
heart beat in high surging waves,
but her blind was icy cold that
she placed over her mouth for fear
that a cry might escape her lips
which would awaken Nell. But
despite all her precaution, there
came a sound of Dare feet on the
floor, and a little white-robed form
knelt down beside, and the dark
face with its weird eyes peered
into hers.
What’s the matter?
Why, Nell, I thought you were
asleep. Come dear,go back to
bed;you will catch cold up here
‘1 don't want to jp
in oovsr it before the tide. comes in ’
‘Cannot Goddard go for you?’
said h- r mother.
‘I don't know where he is. 1
‘Very well, be careful about the
tide,’said the mother anxiously.
‘I will be careful,‘said Isabel,con
fidently.
She wont down to the foot of the
oiffs, which gave her home its
name,by a broad, gently-sloping
path. Then her path lay along
the Bands to the cove. Two long
parra! lei walls of rock made off
from the shore, and during high
J iroin- 1 tide the little cove thus formed was
ying, ‘ a mass of tossing foam, but now
it was a long, narrow stretch of
sand. Isabel Tressil at length
reached the oove and began to
search anxiously for the missing
bracelet. It was a present from
Goddard,and she valued it very
highly. Bhe was abont giving it
np lor lost, when suddenly she
caught sight of it,almost hiden by a
mass of sea-weed.
Isabel caught the bracelet up
hastily and turned back to go,
saying to her self: ‘I must hurry
or be eanght by the tide. 1
At tbs thought her eyes tnrned
towards the termination of the
point around which she must go.
Her heart almost frost with horror
at the sight that met her gaze.
The waves ourled at the foot of the
point, soft as ‘oarded wool/
[To be Continued.]
About—-Nell,’ The words were
ably disappointed at the result of said hesitatingly, as if he was nerv-
his caBe, for to be candid, we had ipg himself for an effort.
ip here 1
What is
the trouble, Alice? r persisted the
girl.
And Alice told her ail. Nell
kissed her Bister passionately, then
clenching her little brown firsts,
she said fiercely:
‘I hate tho-e proud women 1 I
hate Goddard Tressil I And I will
pay ’em back for what they have
said, lor every word!’
‘Hush, deart' aud Alice dried
her tears hastily. 'Nell, I want
you to promise me something.
Will you darling.’
‘Anythingl’said Nell impetuous
ly-
‘I want yon to promise me that,
if it ever lies in your power to do a
favor for any of Trrssil family 1
may de| end upon your performance
of that favor.’
‘Oh! Alice! anything, anything,
hut that!’
‘Promise me,Nelliel'a ring of de-
oisinn in her voice.
There was a silence for a few
momeiils. Then iu subdued tones
came the words:
‘I Promise.'
******
'I he September sun, with its
ripening tints of amber, lay warm
and golden on the garden,walk and
terrace of the cliffs. The waves of
the ocean crept slowly shoreward,
drifting into fantastic shapes, and
then breaking,scattered the pearly
spray far up on the lund.
‘Mother!, and Isabel Tressil
stopped before the open door of the
pleasant sttii g-room.
‘I lost my bracelet down in the
core this alternoon, and I did not
notice that it had slipped oft until
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Mr. James Mahaffey, a well known
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The gash gave him no trouble,
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