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IHE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES.
VOL. XIV.
ADRIAN.
-rtXT OTHO BEA-luU,
CHAPTER I.
The sun had set and the evening
gky was all aglow’ with myriads of
golden rays. Sweet Philomel, to
trill her vesper song had perched
upon a towering oak whose
darkening shadows fell upon the
moss covered granite boulders
which lay along the brooklet. The
sparkling waters of the little rill
reflected, here and there, between
the shadows, the golden sky.
Ellen Estes, a black eyed beauty,
the daughter of an eminent and
learned professor of literature, and
Adrian Stealing, a struggling
and talented young lawyer,
liad sought this (print retreat to
commune together in the dreamy
twilight hour. They had watched
the western sky assume its golden
.robe while the eastern horizon put
on the shroud of night.
Ellen and Adrian had known
each other but a short while. But
at the first meeting they evinced a
liking for each other, and the
mutual friendliness of their first
acquaintance developed quickly in
to a more tender passion.
Since lovers’ talks are
not interesting to others
.than themselves it would be of
kittle interest to narrate in their
own words what they spoke of
upon the evening of the opening
of this chapter.
Seated upon one of the moss
•omered rocks, they had discussed,
for some time, the merits of a re
cent p9em of Paul Ilayne, when
Ellen arose languidly from her
scut by Adrian and proprosed to
return to the village. As she stood
in the soft light reflected from the
now pul pie sky, her bewitching
eyes looking dreamingly out into
the forest, her smooth dark hair a
fit .setting for the rosy cheeks a Tl d
alabaster brow, the impulse which
so much loveliness irresistably
brought over Him was to declare his
love to her and hear what must be
to him the index to future happi
ness or of future ill-content.
Taking her pretty little band in
/his own he spoke softly, telling her
jof how those dark eyes spoke love
iji every glance; how he yearned to
Xell her of his deep devotion; and
of the first time that look pierced
his heart; that he would struggle
to make her happy; and all those
natural sentiments that lovers gen
erally feel he poured into her liken
ing </ar. Once she interrupted
him with some trivial remark, being
unable to hinder a little ripple of
affected coquetry, but he, undaunt
ed, as was hi* true spirit, went on,
be ,r(Z injr her to tell him quickly if
her heart did not aiswer to his
Jove. Site lifted, more lo\ ingly
than over, her large dark eyes to
his, and as a warm thrill passed
through her hand into the stiong
grasp that held it, she whispered
sweetly, as if fearing the birds
should be taleboareis, ‘‘les, my
Adrian 1 love you. les.” Could
lips ever be mow tempting than
when bearers of such sweet voids?
Would Adrian have acted manful
ly if he had not imprinted the kiss
,he did upon them? Jrom lip ,to
heart the affection seemed to thrill,
aud each of them thought that a
most happy moment.
The most striking reverses
are sometimes sequel* to
the most promising begin
nings, and it is not every breeze
that blings perfume. We shall
see if these young people, so happy
in each other’s kve will remain so,
and, if, after their omtual assuran
ces of trust and constancy they
remain unchangable in their affen
tion.
They are for a time most happy,
and Adnan, to show his determi
nation to succeed in business for
the sake of his sweetheart, and to
build up for himself reputation and
fortune, devoted ail of hik time to
his pursuit of the law, never bcino’
seen idle and never in company
with the rowdies whose busine s it
was to “tare up the town” B ,. ;n j.
occasionally.
Instead of these repasts of inter
change fun he took recourse for
pleasure at evenings to Ellen’s
home, where he ever found in the
professor a most interesting talker
upon every topic and a mind pos
sessed of a great store of iuforma
tion besides a ready flow of genial
wit. Such a companion, the more
appreciated on account of his
daughter, Ellen, was just what
Adrian wanted, and he knew him
self fortunate. For hours on some
gloomy evening Adrian would sit
in the study of the old gentleman,
and there they would discuss
poetry, fiction, philosophy, and oth
er branches of literature and the
arts; or upon a bright moonlight
evening, Adraiu would call and
he and Ellen would sit out on the
balcony, talking love and gazing
at the WTjjling moon.
One evooiug Adrian took his
leave of Ellen with a k-is£ # fig Bn*
gered on the threshold of the door
a moment as if wishing to mention
something new. Ellen looked in
quiriugjy into his honest face, and
asked him whai the matter might
be.
“Ah, my dear, nothing, only I
go away to-morrow with the mail.
1 am going for a trip to the west,
on busincss for Jones £ Carpen
ter, and —well, to rest up for a few
weeks.”
Saying thia he leant forward for
anotl&r kies, but Ellen, being so
surprised only rei/e’ygd the caress
without returning it, and Adrian
could feel a tremor pass through
her hand as she said:
“ Where, my Adrain, where can
you be }Vould you leave
me for a whole two wufrkw sow.
please don’t go.”
Lie hesitated. But, knowing
that hi# hijyincss was pressing, and
thinking his absent would be only
a short one, he replied soothingly;
“Why, Ellen, love, I will be
back to you in two or three weeks.
1 hr; to Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas to se<* >,Tule
ceive our part of my grai»dfufl^r’ 4
legacy, and while there I will at
tend to some little business, for
Carpenter, of a legal
kind: BonT afraid for me, my
dear.”
As he said this he felt a chill
pass through the hand he held and
the feeling pervaded his whole
body gllcn spoke, with tears
trickling down lw
“Adrian listen to me. I feei
just as though I will /never, never
3i?pyou again if you leave for the
west. L kfiQW J ehall never see
you again. Don't got'*
She was ‘really overcome with
fear lest something should befall
him in her absence, lie could not
repress $ tear of joy at seeing her
love demonstrate.*/ Sjwh away,
and he went on, in a few words,
and with a shower of kisses to re
assure her. lie was to go away
the following morning, leaving a
loved face and a !°
wish him God speed on his
journey.
CHAPTER H.
A TRIP TO THE Wsp. A RIDS
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. A NK\V
FRIEND.
“Block” Snyrfey and Jim Pitts,
the first a blacksmith's apprentice
uyd the latter a printer’s devil,were
lounging urpund the brick corner
in rho village of i|o<jfciyjj early ups
on the morning when Adrian Stejr>
ling was to leave that place for the
far west.
•‘Block remarked to his friend
Jim, who was always ready with
his clattering tongue,
4 »Jlm H'bjjr do you rekkin’ that
ar Mr. J 11 whilikiii flint cd <il‘iwypj’
is agwine ill’s bright and early
mornin, hey?” , ,
‘•f)h,” says Jim ludicrously,
“‘ukew do J rekkin?’ is that
what youi’e a bittin at. } done,
being as 1 haven t asked him, do
you?”
“Don’t git sassy now. See that?
CARROLLTON. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1885.
(holding out a rutty fist.) I j cs t
thought maybe you’d know, as you
is the reporter.”
The last flattering speech had its
visible effect upon the young type
sticker, and his face brightened up
a degree as he answered, suavely:
‘‘We'll see if we cant find out
where he’s a goin’. Here Steve!”
speaking to a ragged negro boy
who was’poking along to the pub*
lie well with a battered tin pail
swung on his arm. “Here. Go up
to the hack yonder, an’ ask Mr.—
Mi. Sterlin’ where lie s set his
trump fui to-day. Mr. Rob’son’ll
want to know.”
The little nig, glad to get any
pretense for leaving duty threw
his water-bucket to the ground,
and springing spvay like a monkey
he was soon up on flip wfiepl of tfiq
back asking for the desired infor
mation. Mr. Sterling told him
that lie expected to visit the West,
and asked him in a quizzing wav,
if he would not like to go with him.
lhe boy said “no!” very loudly and
ran back to tell the gentlemen of
the hammer and stick what he
heard..
“Goin’ West?” said tfifthk, “wpll
whot’s that he got at Jones Car
penter’s then, I guess that’s sump
en er other.”
“I spose; I should reckin, 1
should twitter to ejaculate that it
is somethin'', and its money,
and may by it aint,” said Jim the
devil, walking off with his hands
in hU pockets and his head thrown
back to get the smell of breakfast
frying in his parental domicil, up
the street.
A gentleman of medium height
apparently about middle age,
seeing Adrian in tiro mail haftk, aqd
supposing that he was going to the
railroad, stepped up and saying
“Good morning Adrian, how are
you?” came near and took his hand.
Adrian the salute. The
* l ll *< i < i ~
reverend gentleman, (for he was a
minister) placed his left hand to
his ear, and asked where his good
be going. Adrian
told him whither lie was bound.—
Mr. Wade, the clergyman, got into
the hack as it moved off, and said
he would ride to the summit of
the hill above town, mentioning
that he Lad as the
capital and was almost of a mind
to go along then so as to have
company. Adrian begged him
cordially to go, and he decided to
do to. had been a
friend ana counsellor to Adrian
since they had met some months
before, and a mutual friendship
and esteem had sprung up between
tiiyu-i, t-hp ipjnieter seeing in the
young man, a talent for the jaw
and a tact for business, and the
young man recognizing in the
preacher a man of accomplishments
with a heart ot wyith. They
enjoyed their ride together very
much and parted in the city with
cordial shakes of the hand and
good wishes from the heart.
At/rlaif <pqnt the eve
ning in the city, leaving at
midnight for the West.
When he had seated himself com
fortably, or rather uncomfortably
upon u cat t»eac witq ins sept
upon another, he lit a cigar and
gave way to thoughts fanciful and
retrospective. The cigar coming
to a premature grave by being
dropped iptq :: spittoon, Adrian
discovered tha£ the ridp had
fatigued him and that he was
sleepy. He fell asleep, and was
only awaj<ei|pd opce when the con
ductor called him tq punch his
ticket. He was the sole occupant
of the par f and the night being
storm) and dark so tha£ objects
outside were invisible and every
thing lonely, the whole had a dis
mal effect upon his brain and caus
ed him to be stupid, and he slept a
restless sleep.
Wfitn he awoke day was just
dawning. Epon hk left, as the
train sped northward he saw rising
hills, while upon his right were
green fields and level plains. He
rubbed his eves and opening a
window looked out to get a full
enjoyment of the panorama of
scenes replacing one the other as
the lumbering carriages wheeled
i along the rails. As the hills, capp
ed with tall pines, and the valleys,
marked with streams of inviting
crystal, brightened at the slow ap
; proach of the golden morning sun,
i the train neared a city. Our trav-
I eler knew he was approaching fa
, mous ground. The»’e, twenty years
before his, father fell upon that
mountain side; upon that green
plain to his right his mother’s young
darling brother breathed away the
life that had fought to uphold the
principles of his country; further
on, now sparkling in the si) ver sun
light,the river, whffch shot and
shell had sizzed as it boiled tumult
uously, was calmly and peacefully
flowing along.
As he contemplated the scenes
before him and remembered the
story of the famous fight, he forgot
the houses growing up to his view
forgot the immediate distinctness of
the voices on every side—forgot the
whistles, the gong, and the mills
above and below, —lost in reverie.
The mountains towering all around
him and the town held his eyes in
awe. But the cars drew up at last
into a long shed, and he alighted
to the ground, feeling chiljy and
bad. The ugliness of the buildings
and the muddiness of the streets
could not fail to attract his atten-1
tion as he passed along the street,
after he had left the carshcd.
‘■if the clpmces for procuring a
good meal in thi§ city are ag bad
as the streets for beauty and the
buildings for architectural elegance,
I fear I shall either fast, or feast
upon something as highly’ discom
forting to the stomach as the ,
,and —, cars are to the head;”
and after lyttepipg this eloquent
speech, he went up a flight of steps
into a large hotel. After getting
breakfast he took-a room and fell
asleep to await the afternoon wes
tern bound train upon which hg
would take his departure. Hie
dreams were more pleasant than
those of the previous night. They
were of home and Ellen.
T'ii a porter cauie hounding in
upon his repose at one o’clock and
shaking him sever d times, in spite
of his protesting that he was
awake, told him it would be “zact
ly 5 minits twell train time lest
I'D •• . i
cizely” and that ho Had ”bettah
git up and dust er likely you's
gwine ’er git to pay ’nuther day’s
bill at dis house.’ ”
“The powers forbid,” thought
Sterling, as he grasped 'his gravel
ling bag and followed the limber
darkey down. This latter person
age was evidently the head waiter
in this accommodating establish.
* - . •. •
mqnt. His kinky brownish black
hair was curled and banged and
oiled to the highest degree of the
tonsorial art, and wfiatotiy cojorcif
Weller lacked in the requirements
of orthography and rhetoric he
made up in jlooks and attention.—
He held out his hand to Adrian as
he turned to take his leave of the
house, and as our tqqrist is very
genial and good-hearted he placed
a quarter in the mulatto’s hand,
much to his delight, this being
demonstrated by sundry writhes in
body and in countenance,
to be interpreted as smiles of grati
tude and bows of thanks.
Leaving the filthy hotel, the
muddy streets,the smoky buildings,
and the famous ground, our travel
er ridps into scenes of grandeur
and beauty that beggar description,
Great cliffs perpendicular
bluffs op the sides of towering
mountains which keep along |n a
continuous - range, broken only now
and then to afford passage into the
five), of which glimpses could be
seen occasionally, or rivulets and
creeks which wended their
way through the valleys.
Just as Adrian had
stepped up on the car, a
paper, lhe Roc|<lyn Gazette had
dropped out of his pocket, but as he
hud. read it, and cared noth
in <; for it he did not remember
having it at all. A tall spare man
in a brown suit and straw hat,
wearing goggles, picked it up as he
entered the smoking car and took
his seat. .
1 In a short while after the train
- had left the city of C Adrian
i commenced to be weary of gazing
» at tiie scenery and went to the
' smoking car to enjoy.Jwith the views
’ of the country, a few whiffs from
• 1 one of his favorite cigars. Seating
•; himself near the front he saw just
before him the man who had, with
out his knowledge, take) up the
paper. As the morning wore on,
these being the only passengers
left on the train, they gradually
commenced to talk to each other,
until the stranger mentioned a
name familiar to Adrian, which ex-
‘ cited his interest. He asked the
stranger where he had heard it.
I “O, Brown, Wm. Brown,? I’ve
| known him for twelve years or
more. I met him at the prpss
sociation jn ’7O and we have been
iniimato friends since; is he an ac*
quaintance of yours?”
“Yes, and if I am not too bold,
may I ask your name?’
“Certainly, sir, no offence; Wil
berh,sir, Wilberly. Yours?”
“Sterling, Adrian Sterling, at
your service; and you know William
Brown the artist?”
“Ah, yes, and a jolly cqss he ig.
I remember a jiard of his, Tom
Sweet, a reporter on the
Herald at N .”
L “Ah, there is another of my in
timate acquaintances. Were you
broght tip in that State?”
“Oh yes,” and here Mr.
Wilbe+Jy went or, to name over Ud
familiar names that brought to
Adrian many fond recollections,
and the upshot of it was that the
two fellow travellers were not long
m establishing friendship with each
other. They talked on fo.r some
time, Adrian telling ’the stranger
about his trip, his charge of a pack
age of valuable deeds for western
lands, and of his Ellen at home,
Wilberly promised to him at
on fiis return and ac
companying him back to Rocklyn,
as he wished to “see the old
you know,) anq talk oyer old
Here he drew out from a case
on the rack, a flute and commenced
to blow a low, melodious tune, the
loneliness making Adrian sleepy.—
As night was falling it was very
natural for fijm Oy sleepy, and
as the soft notes of the flute
rose haimoniously above the lum
bering of the train he dozed away
to slumber.
CHAPTER 111-
RELATES INCIDENTS OF IMPORTANCE
CONCERNING THE SUDDEN CHANGES
IN THE COURSE OF EVENTS WITH
ADRIAN STERIJNq.
At the season of the year in
which our story is laid, when the
weather was so cbangalfic mid no
cqrtajnty oould be placed in the
freaks of nature’s electric currents,
and catastrophes of wind and storm,
the most beautiful day bright in
the warmth and glow of the laugh
ing sun had often fqr ite ciosp the
impending cloud of leaden
darkness, and the evening with a
bright moon presaged no certainty
of a calm and peappfu.l night,
Jqst ns Adnan fell asleep in the
car, and as the world was over
shadowed with the mantle of even
ing a thick, dark cloud could be
seen slowly rising in the south
western sky, and now and then 3
vivid fyish qf electric fire tracked
the way of an approving disturb
ance in the elements. Rapidly the
one cloud enlarged and others
formed near and around it until the
whole western sky was blackened,
obliterating all the light of the half
moon which had looked forth a few
degrees above the horizon at sun
set. 2k roaring as of coming armies
burst upon the silent night upon
the outside, all unheeded and un
thought of by the passengers on
board tfie moving palaces* Light
br-ecaes began to blow, growing
stronger and stronger, until fierce
ness seemed to assert itself in their
flight. With the south-westerly
wind large drops of rain and now
and then a hail stone beat against
the windows,and al! appearances, to
an observer of such indications,
pointed to an approaching cyclone.
Those who have witnessed tht sc
devastating powers of the wind
know how quickly they come and
with what amazing rapidity they
do their work of destruction.—
The howling and roaring of the
wind and the beating of the rain
against the window panes of the
car awoke Adrian at last from his
slumbers, and lie saw at once that
one of those dread storms was on
hand. As he gathered his confused
thoughts together ho could see by
the vivid flashes of lightning a
bending of trees in a distant forest
to the northand west, and a thrill of
horror passed through his frame as
he divined what must be the result
to every portion of country through
which the winged demond passed.
As ho was standing at a window,
lis hand laid for support upon the
janel, and his eyes endeavoring to
discern some distant object in the
cyclone’s track he heard the shrill
whistle of the engine in front, an
immediate grinding underneath him
as of the plying of brakes to the
wheels, and then he felt the motion 1
of a sway to the right of the car,
a itiqgq to the left, and then came
over him a dizziness which caused
him to fall backward into a seat,
and he knew no more.
The train engineer seeing by the
distinct light of the gleaming elec
tricity what he supposed to be a
heap of rubbish, applied the brakes
gave the danger signal, and waited
in an awful suspense the conse
quence. Too late. The engine
which was moving at full speed
down a steep grade seemed to hoed
neither the command of the shi iek
ing wju-do nor the strong impulse
of the pressing brakes, but sped on>
on, on to the waiting poyU, A
deep washout, caused by the rush
ing from a mountain side
opened its jaws as with the hideous
expectancy of a demon *cudy for a
rich meal. Dowd, down wont the
£ngm<fc over fell car upon oar into
the pit of the cries of
the wb,i§»b mingling with the
groans of wounded and dying men
and women—passengers and train
hands. In a very few moments
tiie only sounds were the
roaring and the rush
ing torrent, the stifled groans of a
few persons whose lives were not
enti’-ely extinct, and the distant
rumbling of the cyclop k> the
northwd v the first sound of
uiu whistle one man had sprung
into the air from the rushing train,
preferring the almost certainty of
being clashed to pieee* against the
ground tQ the uncertainty of com
ing danger, fortunately however,
he fell into a pool of loose mud,
sustaining no further injury than
the bespattering of his whole
person with the slime. He saw the
engine go into the washout, heard
the cries of the people in their
death agonies, understood that he
was very likely the only living
person who had a few moments
before been riding comfortably,
moving along hardly dreaming of
fear. This man was Wilberly.—
His first thought was to go at once
for help, so starting out into the
woods he ran on until he reached a
country road, which he followed
until he discerned a dim linht
shining forth about quarter of a
mile from him at a slight elevation
from where he stood, and gathering
fresh speed from hope he was soon
in the yard of the house from
which the light emanated. As he
placed his foot upon the door step
a movement in the yard to his
left attracted his notice when look
ing around, he discerned several
forms by the light ot a lantern
which a young boy in night dress
held up before his terror-stricken
face. There were two or three
scared looking women and an old
man behind the boy, some upon
the ground and others just protrn*
ding from a trap door which led
into an under ground pit. Evi
dently these people had taken ref
uge in this pit from the cyclone
which had passed just above them,
and well they might, thought he
as the memory of a few moments
ago crossed his mind.
(Continued on Fourth,/nigt.)
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CAIiHOLLTOS, - - - ffA.
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JOEL, - - GA.,
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CARROLLTON, - - GEORGIA.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA.
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