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PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
Iff. F. M. JOHN CON
Dentist.
RESPKCTFCLLY offers Ills professional
services to the citizens of Cartersvflle -■ r
mdvlcloUy. He is prepared to do w< rk ~tT7
catheat and most Improved style
; fw'Ji extracts J vitro*. (by means of narcotic
.^rayV. Vc' < ».l warranted. Office over J. Elsas’
•sire, UARTEKSVILLE, Ga. Feb. 20, lSCS\v5m
JERE A, HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
| PRITCHETT Sp JFOFFOJin,
Attorneys at Law
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
/VTICE OVER ELS,AS STORE,
I [ ) Oct, 17, 186 7,
l THOMAS W. MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
I'IRTERSVILIE. GEORGIA,
I Will attend promptly to business entrusted
Ii i'.i vare. Oct. 5 wly
JOHN I. JONES
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cartersville, Ga.
rjrm attcnJ promptly to all business en-
H\V trusLtd to ■> c»re. Will practice in
■u, t iarts oflaw, and equity in the Cherokee
■ nit. Special attention to the codec
■ uteluims. Jan. I, 1866. ly
John J’ Jones.
jFr YTToITes
1 REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CARTERSVILLE GA
I : an noKoriiud to sell, and have on haml several
■ and Lots, and also numerous building lots In t.
■-a of Cartersville. Also several plantations of van
■ vsln Bartow county. I’urUes desiring to buy or
rill do well to give mo a call. All eotaroanlcatlon*
answered. July 17. 1866.
ItTR. O. PIXKERTOy,
B Cartersville, Georgia
■f oT-rs his professional services to the citizens o
■ itfcrsvUte and surrounding country, and will attena
Buisu all hours. Office up-stairs in Dr. Samuel Ulay
v'i New Brick Building. May 10. 1867,w1y
FlTTattillo,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
-; utt.'tul promptly to the Cutting, Repair- w
• and Making floy’a and Mcu 8 c J othln F
■ do UlJir * Bradshaw’s store. M
■ CwtirKille, Qa.
The Cartersville iJoJel.
Bit THOMAS MILAM having
HI / charge of this House, would be »»j
■ J (o iCLommodate a few Board- R « <v n J
■ Uh bOAKU, with oi without
■ ''?»ng. Call and sec him at once for terms
Hluirtersvillo, Jan 17.
HnvW . U. MOIXTCASTGE,
Jeweller and WatcU and
■ Clock Repairer,
Jhe Front of A. A. Skinner At Co’s store.
■ Cartersville, jan 25
I s. O'SHIELDS)
fashionable Tailor ,
■WTERSVILLE. BARTOW COUNTY, GEORIGA,
Hit k prepared to execute all kinds
BJI ol work in the Fashionable Tail- ]yjv
ing line, with neatness and in du- . JiJL
st yle. Over J. Elsas & Co’s store,
■ krtersviile, jan 23.
Errors of Youtli.
I Gentleman who suffered for years from
■ 'Us Debility, Premature Decay, and all
V 'Sects of youthful indiscretion, will, for she
■ sufieiing humanity, send free to all
H need it, the recipe and directions for
ft mu the simple remedy by whieh he was
ft 1 *! Sufferers wishing to profit by the
ft ' -cr’s experience, can do so by address'
perfect confidence,
ft -IN b. OGDEN, 42 Cedar Street, New
IH. PURTELL!
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ft' lß eßail Street, Atlanta, Ca.
THIXG made to order in the very
■' uU “st style and at short notice.
1 W.3U
Revenue Tax Notice.
ft “ RECEIVE, at my office in ,T. ELSAS’ Store
■ . Returns for 1867, and articles in Sched
ft 1 ISC?. The above returns being new due,
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SAMUEL T. ANDERSON.
U:S Assists ntisiewof.
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
VOL. 6.
FORCE'S BOOT AND SHOE
House.
ARK now reC'dvtPg thoir i; ALL X n-i
WINTER STOCK of BOOTS AND j v|
PIIOES, the largest ever brongli* to
this market. The*e goods cam* direct
from the Eastern manufactories, *J I'*’* 1 '*’* ‘rfee*
Country Merchants and the Trade a. N . - P
expenses added, consisting of Mens , Bovs, Youths,
and Childrens’ Wax, K'p.Calf, and Buff Brogans and
Buiinora’s—Boots of all styles, thick, wax, kip, ca.f,
,1 of the fined qualities. Ladies’, d.sses ,»ndCWt
n?’ .B jots and Shoes, of every
' B. W. FORCE, formerly of Charleston will be giad
to see his old customers. Atlanta, Ga., Oct.
A GOODJ PEKING
BUSINESS.
THE undersigned, desiring to change his
business, offers to sell all bis stock.. con
sisting of horses, buggies, hacks, carriages,
wagons, harness, provender, &c. also, to
either sell or rent his stable, knowu in Carters
villc as the
ECLIPSE SALE & LIVERY STABLE,
to any one desiring to engage in the Livery
Stable Business, no place in North Georgia
affords a better opening than Cartersville. It
is located in the very heart, of Cherokee Ga ;
surrounded by a country rivalled; by no supe
rior in the South. A central points for a great
area of territory, and Cartersville is one ot the
most flourishing town? between Atlanta and
Chattanooga, having grown from about seven
hundred to near two thousand inhabitants since
the war, and is the principal point of trade tor
thirteen counties and parts of counties. I his
is the only stable in the place, hor further
particulars address or apply to
1 J. G. STOCKS,
Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 31st, 1868-ts,
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Rll SASSEEN. B. W. YORK. li. T. JOUROAN
SASSEEN’S
United States Hotel
Cor. Alabama and Pryor streets,
ATL4KTA, GEORGIA.
Within 100 yards of the Passenger Depot. ,
SASSEF.N, YORK and JOURDON, Propr’s.
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> Clerks.
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Dec. 20th, 1867-ts.
BLACKSIttITHING.
2§|T & H. GOODSON.
XTAVING COMPLTED THEIR NEW
A™ adjoining Strange’s Tin Shop, on West
side of Railroad, Cartersville, Ga.. are prepared
to do all kinds of work in the Blacksmithing
line. They flatter themselves, that they can
do as good work, and at as low piicc, as any
like eitablishmcnt in town. They ask a rea
sonable share of the public patronage, and
promise satisfaction both in the character of
their work and the reasonableness of their
charges. A. & M. GOODSON.
Cartersville, Ga., Jan. 31st, 1868-wly.
« if \iit for the WAGOFT,
and ice-ll all take a ride
Wagon-Making
and REPAIRING, by
J. W. NUNLEY,
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA,
HAVING completed my new shop on
Main Street West side of the Railroad,
I am now prepared to put up to order
One, Two and Four-Horse
WAGONS, CARTS, Wheel-Barrows and
Plow Stocks ; also, REPAIRING of all kinds
of vehicles done at short notice. Owing to
the stringency in money matters av charges
will be as moderate as circumstances will ad
mit. My work recommends itself.
Cartersville, Jan. 23, 1867.
To Arrive.
I WILL have on hand, in two vyceks., as
the Importer of French Glass,
15 ores of Glass of all sizes. Contractors
and parties wishing Glass will please call on
me as I will sell at lower prices than any one
Tn Georgia can. as I am satisfied with the
commission paid me by the Importer.
Feb. Tth, 1868-wtf. »• »*• KR ;* MRH ’
Ca;teisville. Ga.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA., MAY 8, 1808.
PIANOFORTES!
ri IHE undersigned would announce to the
J citizens of Cartersville and vicinity that
he is iuily pepared to furnish
TTfiT? 7or 7 1-3 PITS a
OCTAYE3, Vfi'h all the very latest improve
ments, and most elegant style and workman
ship, one hundred dollars less than they can
be purchased elsewhere south. They will be
fully warranted.
PIANOS TUNED and REPAIRED
In the very best manner, and all work warran
ted, and shall pleased to give all orders
prompt attention.
MR, S. T. ANDERSON will kindly give
further information at present, and deliver any
orders, or you cart address, by mail,
F, L, PREFER, Kenncsaw House,
Marietta, Ga,
He >s also agent for the sale of all kinds of
ORGANS, Jan 25wtf
EDAVARD BEfUITOLDT,
AND CONFECTIONER,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
f S PREPARED TO BAKE and keeps on
I hand, BREAD AjYD CAKES of every
kind, also a fine stock of OONKB'4TK)NfcRIEB, a gen
eral variety. FRESH LAGER BEER kept on band,
l’artio* and Weldings furnished at short notice.—
November 21,1567.
MURRELL % IRQ.,
Resident Dentists,
OFFER THEIR PROFESSIONAL SER
viues to the citizens of Cartersville and
vicinity. Having all the latest im
provements in Dental Material, Drs,
Murrell are prepared to Extract Teeth with
out pain, (by means of Ansesthe.ics), insert on
Pivot, Fill wiih Gold, Os Artificial and Amal
gam, and put in Partial or Whole Setts of ar
tificial teeth on Gold or Vulcanized Base,—
Will direct the second Dentition of children,
and do anything pertaining to the proflession.
All work warranted to give satisfaction.
Office over S. Clayton <Se Son’s Store.
References :—T. J Young, M D„ M H.
’F’homas, M D and Dentist, W S R Hardman,
M, D., Monroe, Ga,
Cartersville, Jan. 23, ’67. wly-
TO THE LADIES
PREMIUM FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES.
rpilE best machine for every description of
family sewing made.
Call and examine machine and specimen of
work over S. Clayton & Son’s store, Carters
ville, Ga. S. H. PATTILLO,
Agent for Bartow county.
Dec. 13th, t867-tf.
o/ /tavc Icmover/my, d/oe^
DRUGS, &C,
/Ac d/oic loom textf/ci /Ac
BARTOW HOUSE,
anc/ am note* /oca/c/ on
MAIN ST,
necc/ t/00l /o
GILBERT & CO., HARDWARE HOUSE.
c=/// y J teldona/a//cri/eon id
ypetten /o /Ae e/id/iendiny °f
EDICI 7ST IE S,
ant/ am dc//t,y a// ai=
/ic/ed m my /encj due A ad
MEDICINES, OIL,
PAINTS, GLASS, &C.,
AS CHEAP
ad cadi Ac oj///tc dame
ytia/i/y c/jc m<Acie. c=j/ ie-
do/ici/ a con/mn=
a nee oj? /Ac Aint/nedd
a/ /uive Iccerver/
J- IF 1 . IB ZEST- IMZ-.JD.
Druggist and Pharmaceutist.
Feb. 7th, 1868-wly, Cartersville Ga.
N. GILRBATH & SON.
GENERAL DEALERS IN
Dry-Goods and Groceries,
ALSO,
Produce and Provision Merchants, Orders
for Grain or Provision promptly filled,
N. GILREATH & SON,
Feb. 7th, 1868-wtf. Cartersville, Ga,
SADDLERY AND HARNESS
manufactory.
THE undersigned, determined to give the
people of Bartow and adjoining counties
no excuse for goin" abroad to purchase their
SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, &C M
and for repairing the same, have opened, in
the town of Cartersville, a regular,
SADDLE AND HARNESS MANUFAC
TORY,
where they propose to put up eyerything in
their line in the neatest, most substantia! and
durable mannor, and at prlceM that will
defy competition. They flattertbern
selves that they can and will do work, which,
in every respect, will compare favorably with
any work done North or South, botll in
quality and price. Let no one ig
nore our work because it is done in the South,
nor our pi ices, before giving us a tiial, for that
is all we ask to secure trade. o»ir work is all
warranted and that is a sufficient guar
antee to purchasers. We are determined to
build up a name and business in Cartersville
that will be a heritage to our children after
us, if prompt attention, good work, and mode
latc charges will secure that end, Rooms it
the front of the Eclipse Sale and Livery Stable,
THOMPSON & STOCKS.
Cartersville, Ga,
Jan. 7th, 18G8-wly,
N. GILREATH \ SOii
Are receiving a new stock, of
Spring and
summer goods,
se’ected by one of the firm in person, consisting, in
part, of
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
Ladies’ Dress Goods,
Reatly-Jllade CTOTHIJi'Cr,
laius’, JRisjsts’ an& (sfnts’ Slats,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
QUEENSWAEE.
Also, a well selected stock of
GROCERIES,
To which we invite the attention of our friends,and
beg them to call and examine—especially to buy from
us, as quick sales and short profits is our motto.
N. GILREATH & SON,
apri! 9,1868. Cartersville, Ga.
“ To Wheat Growers.”
On for the coming Ssjasorr,
Wheat Threshers and Fans,
Railway ana Lever Horse-
Powers,
Reaping and Mowing Ma
chines,
Grain Cradles,
And, in fact, every thing needed for harvesting and
Cleaning the coming Grain Crop.
P. W. J. F.CnOI S The Horse-power Threshers and
Fans I bought of you for myself and neighbors, last
year, gave perfect satisfaction. On the Railway pow
er, though working constantly, my mules fattened,
while my mules that were pi owing were falling off.
J. F, SHIPP, Social Circle, Ga.
‘•The four-horse lever power and thresher and clean
er, bought of P. W. J„ Echols, in 1867, we unhesitating
ly say is the best we have ever seen. Though rather
late in the season when we received it, we threshed
over 7.000 bushels of Grain.”
BEGGARLY A, HUNNICUTT,
Coweta eonnty, Ga.
Aay amount of evidence given as to the quality of
these Machines. Call and examine or address
P. W. J. ECHOLS,
Georgia Agricultural Warehouse,
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
April 9,1868.
Hardware Ac Iron
STORE!
HARDWARE,
STOVES,
Iron and Steel,
.A. X-. T-A-IRaA. Xj
IMPLEMENTSi
Direct from Manufacturers, LOW FOR CASH.
W II GILBERT and GO
Cartersville, Ga.
April 9,1868 wly
Gun-smithing*
Cartersyille, Ga.
TAKE AIM!
READY!
F-I-R-E!
J-no. IF 1 . HAiIWFLL.
Is still hammering away at his old tricks re
pairing I'lnloln and Guiin, Thresh
ers, Gins, and all kinds of metalic ma
chined , also any kinds of work done in Iron,
Steel, Gold, Silver, Copper, Brass or Zinc,--
Shop adjoining Strange’s Tin Shop.
april 9th
SMITH & RICHMOND,
Wholesale Tobacco
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Alabama Street, Jlll(itlttt) Gtt.
PROMPT attention given to filling orders and the
of merchandise, produce, etc. March 26w6m
DICK THOMPSON,
ANNOUNCES to his former patrons, and. all others,
that he has returned to Cartersville, \nd is pre
pared to do anything iu the line of
House, Sign arffcl
Ornamental Painting*
with cheapness, neatrc3» and dispatch. Only try me
and be satisfied, Pattisfao.lon warranted in every in
stance. april9 1869 vtf
MY MIDXIGUT PERIL.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.
The night ot the seventeenth of Oc
tober—shall I ever forget its pitchy
darkness, the roar of the autumnal
wind through the lonely forest, and
the incessant downpour of the rain ?
I had heard of lone!) wayfarers being
lost in the woods before ; I had pitied
them ; but now I fully realized the
terror, the undefined danger which
broods over the lost!
“This comes of short hours,” I
muttered petulantly to myself as I
plodded along, keeping dose to the
trunks of the trees to avoid the deep
ravine through which I could just hear
the roar of the turbulent stream some
forty or fifty feet below. My blood
ran cold as 1 thought what might be
the possible consequence of a misstep
or a move in the wrong direction.—
Why had I not been contented to keep
in the high road?
“ I should have reached the railroad
station an hour ago if I had not fool
ishly imagined the wood path U’oulu
he more direct ; now 1 have wandered
oiY, nobody knows how many miles
out of civilization, and if I escape
with a whole skin and sound bones, I
shall consider myself particularly
lucky, rkold on—was that, a light, or
are my eyes playing me aa false as did
my common sense?’ 1
1 stopped, holding” on to the low, re
sinous boughs of a hemlock that grew
on the edge of the bank, for it actually
seemed as if the wind woukt seize me
bodily and hurl me down the precipit
ous descent.
It was a light—thank ProvUleuce, it
was a light, and no ignias latus or
corpse-gleam to lure me on to destruc
tion and death.
“ Halloo-o-o-o
My voice rang through the woods
like a clarion, strengthened by the en
ergy of desperation ; the light hesita
ted, oscillated back and forth, and fi
nally stood still, I pivtngetb onward
through tangled vines, dense bria'rs
and rocky banks until, gradually near
ing, I could perceive a bent figure
wrapped in an old oil-cloth cape or
cloak, carrying a lantern. As the dim
light fell upon his face I almost t ceoiled.
Would not solitude and the woods be
preferable to the companionship of this
withered, wrinkled, bidetuis old man?
But it was too late to recede now.
“ What’s wanting ?” he snarled,
with a peculiar motion of the lips that
seemed to leave his yellow stumps all
bare.
“I am lost in the woods; can you
direct me to R station ?”
“ Yes ; R station is twelve
miles from here.”
“ Twelve milps ?”
I stood aghast.
“ Yes.”
“ Can you tell me of any shelter I
could obtain for the night ?”
“ No.”
“ Where are you going?”
i “To Drew’s, down by the maple
swamp.”
“ Is it a tavern ?”
“ No.”
“ Would they take me for the night?
I could pay them well.”
Ilis eyes, gleamed; the yellow
stumps stood revealed once more.
“ I guess so. ’Taint a tavern, but
folks do stop there once in awhile.”
“ fs it far from hero ?”
“ Not very ; about half a mils.”
“ Then let us make haste and reach
it. lam drenched to the skin.”
We plodded on, my companion more
than keeping pace with me, though he
must have been nearly seventy-five
years of age, and bent with innrmity.
Presently wc left the edge of the ravine
entering what seemed like trackless
woods, and keeping straight on until
the lights of some habitation gleamed
fitfully through the wet foliage.
It was a ruinous old place, with the
windows all down to one side as if the
foundation had settled, and the pillars
ol a rude porch nearly rotted away,
yet Aladdin’s castle could scarcely
have looked pleasanter or more wel
come to me, wayworn and weary as I
was.
A woman answered my fellow-trav
eler’s knock —a woman apparently
about thirty-five years ot age, with
reddish brown hair, wound in thick
braids about her head, and curious,
half shut eyes. My companion whis
pered a word to her, and she turned to
me with smooth voluble words of wel
come.
“ She regretted ihe poverty of their
accommodations ; but l was welcome
to them, such as they were.”
“Where is Isaac?” demanded my
guide.
“ He has not come in yet.”
I sat down on the wooden bench be
side the lire, with my vvlise close to
me, while the woman threw or. fresh
logs, drew’ out a round pine table, and
produced bread, cold meat, and a bot
tle of some spirituous compound. I
ate a few niouthfulls of llie bread, but
did not touch the other articles.
“ I should like to retire as soon as
possible,” I said, lor my weariness was
excessive.
“Certainly.” The woman started
up with alacrit)’.
“ Where are you going to put him ?”
asked my guide,
“ Up ohamhei.”
“ Put him in Is-jac’s room.”
“ No.”
“ It’s the most comfortable.”
“ I tell you no /”
But here l interrupted' the whispered
colloquy.
“ I am not particular—l don’t care
where you lodge me, only make
basic.”
The woman’s smooth apologies were
iprofuse. “She only wanted to make
me comfortable, and Isaac’s room al
ways leaked in wet spells.” So l was
conducted up a steep ladvft t; that stood
in the corner of the room, into an
apartment ceiled wiih- sloping beams,
and ventilated by one small window,
where a cot bedstead, crowded d,ose
against (he board partition, anil* a pine
'table, with one nr two chairs, formed
the sole attempts at furniture.
The woman set the light—an oil
lamp—on the table.
“Anything f can get for you, sir?”
“ Nothing. I tliaak you.”
“ I hope you’ll sleep well, sir—
when shall I call you ?”
“At four o’clock in the morning, if
you please. I must walk over to R
station in tiujp for the seven, o’clock
express.”"
She withdrew, leaving me alone in
‘the gloomy little apartment. I sat
down and looked around *me with no
very agreeable sensation.
Wearied as I had become, I kail no
inclination to sleep—in fact, it seemed
as if I had. never been more wakeful
in all my life. I walked up and down
a lie narrow room ; I laid down on the
bed, trying to woo slumber by listen
ing to the ceaseless drip, drip of the
rain upon the rool ; but all in vain ;
my brain seemed preiernaturally ac
live.
“ I will sit down and write to Bere
nice,” I thought. “That will soothe
my nerves and quiet me, perhaps.”
I dscende.l the ladder. The fire
still glowed redly on the stone beneath;
my companion and the woman sat be
side it, talking in a low tone, and a
third person sat at the table eating ; a
short, stout, villainous looking man, in
red flannel shirt and muddy trowsers.
I asked for writing materials. A
bottle of ink, a stumpy pen and a
couple of sheets of soiled paper were
brought out of a little cupboard in the
chimney, and I returned to my room
to write to Dty wife.
“ My Darling Berenice .”
I paused and laid down my pen as I
concluded the words, half smiling to
t kink what she would say, could she
know of my strange quarters —she, my
fair Italian flower, now regaining the
lost roses under the blue balmy sky of
her native land. Sweet little Berenice!
She, at least, was spared the perils of
this stormy midnight!
Not until both sheets were covered,
did I lay aside my pen and prepare for
slumber. As I folded the paper I hap
pened to glance toward my couch.
Was it the gleam of a human eye
observing me through the cracks of the
board partition, or was it but my own
fancy ? Whatever it was, it sent a
cold chill through the very morrow of
my bones. I took my light to recon
noitre. There was a crack there, but
only blank darkness beyond; yet I
could have sworn that something had
sparkled balefully at me.
I took out my watch-r-it was one
o’clock. It was scarcely worth while
for me to undress for three hours sleep.
I would lie down in my clothes and
snatch what slumber I could. So pla
cing iny valise close to the head of my
bed, and barricading the lockless door
with the two chairs, l extinguished the
light and laid down.
At first I was very wakeful, but
gradually a soft drowsiness seemed to
steal 'over me like a misty mantle, until
all of a sudden, some startling electric
thrill coursed through al! my veins, and
I sat up excited and trembling.
A luminous softness seemed to glow
and quiver through the room—no light
of moon or star was ever so soft or
penetrating— and by the little window
l saw Berenice, my wife, dressed in a
floating garment of white, with her
long golden hair knotted bark by a
blue ribbon. Apparently «he was
beckoning to m# with outstretched
hands and eyes full of wild,. anxious
tenderness.
NO. 44.
I sprang to iuy {pet, and rushed to
wards her. but as l reached me win
dow the fair apparition seemed to van
ish into tha stormy darkness, and I
was left alone. At the self-same in
stant the sltarp report of a pistol
minded —I could see the jagged su,iajc
of fire above tjie pillow—straight
through the very spot where, ten sec
onds since, my head had lain.
With an instantaneous realization ol
mv danger, l swung myself over the
edge of the window, jumping some
eight or ten feet into the tangled rose
bushes below, and a*. I crouched there,
recovering my breath, I heard the tramp
of footsteps into my room.
‘ls he dead V cried a voice up the
ladder —the smooth, deeetful voice of
the woman with the half closed *vea.
*Of course he is,“growled a voice
back ; ‘that charge would have killed
ten men. A light tVre, quick ! 'ud
tell Tom to be ready to dispose <>f it !’
•It !’ A cold, agonized shudder ran
through me as I recalled what ‘it’
meant. What den ol midnight mur
derers. had I fallen into ? And how
fearfully narrow had been my escape*
With a speed that only mortal 1 terror
deadly peril can give, I rushed through
the woods, now illumined by a faint
Sgliuwner of starlight. I knew not what
impulse guidled my footsteps—l never
shall know how many times I crossed
my own track, or how close 1, stood
to the brink of the deadly ravine;
but some merciful Providence com
passed me with guiding and protecting
care, for, when the morning dawned,
witih faint red bars of orient It&ht
against the ear-tern, sky, I was close to
the high road, some seven miles from
B .
Once at the town, I told my story to
the local police, and a detachment was
sent to the spot. After much search
ing, and many false alarms, we suc
ceeded in finding the ruinous old shan
ty ; but it was empty and deserved.
Our birds have fiowu ; nor did I eves
recover my valise and watch and chain,
which latter I had left UQ&f ,n y
pillow.
‘lt’s Drew’s gang,* said the leader of
the police ; ‘and they’ve troubled us
those tv/o years. I don’t, thiols though
they’ll come baok here just at present.
Nor did they.
But the Stranges part of mv story
is to come yet. Home three weeks
subsequently I received a letter from
my sister who was with Berenice in
her Italian home—a letter whose in.
tclligence filled me with suprise.
‘I must tell you something very,
very strange, wrote my sister, ‘that
happened to us on the night of the 17th
of October. Berenice had not been so
well for some time ; in fact, she had
been confined to hep bed for nearly a
week, and I was sitting beside her
reading. It was late ; the clock had
just struck one, when all of a sudden
she seemed to faint away, gorwing cold
and rigid as a corpse. 1 hastened to
call assistance, but all our efforts
seemed vain to restore life or amnia,
tion. I was just about sending An
tnnie for the doctor whether sensei re
turned as suddenly as had left
her, and she set up in bed; pushing
back her hair, and looking wildly
around her.
‘Berenice,’ I exclaimed, ‘how yoy
have terrified us all ! Are you ill ?’
‘Not ill,’ she exclaimed , • but 1 feel
so strange. (Iraicic, I have been with
my husband !’
‘And all our reasonings failed to
convince her of the impossibility of
her assertion. She persists to this
moment that she saw you and was with
you on the night of the seventeenth of
October, or rather on the morning at
the eighteenth. When ami how she
cannot tell ; but we think it must have
been some dream. She is betternow,
and I wish you could see how last site
is improving. ’
This is a plain, anvarnisheif talo. i
do not pretent to explain or account
for its mysteries. I simply relate facts.
Let psychologists unravel the labyrin
thyeat skein. lam not superstitious,
neither do I believe in ghosts, wraiths
and apparition ; but this thing l do
know —that although my Italian wife
was at Naples, in the body, the morn
ing of the eighteenth of October, her
spirit stood beside me m the moment
of the deadly peril that menaced me.
It may be that, to the subtle instinct
and strength of a wife’s Indy love all
things are possible ; but Berenice sure
ly saved my life.
iNFORMATion VVANTed. —VVe find the
following item in the eolumbue papers
We saw, on Saturday, at our friend*
Herring & Leyden’s Tobacco House,
on Whitehall street that extra brand of
smoking tobacco, “ Fruits and Flow
ers.” We are not much on the smoke
but after trying two or thren hundred
and fifty pipefulls, we give it as our
opinion that it is splendid. They
have lots of it to sell, besides many
other brands. — Opiniot\ .
_ ‘ . . %
MY LOT I’ERY TICKETS.
ls '/wl they cost and what they
i ed to.
Il was Saturday night, and the little
woman who bears my name and mends
my stockings, was silling in her low
ohair by the life, zealously yulli*#*
palvih upon the knee oft liuio lom a
trowsers, turning the piece gs cloth this
way and that, and holding- her head on,
one side U) watch the effect. But thy,
'stripes would;all run the wrong way,
while the colors were provokingly
bright compared, with the faded gar-,
menu
“Never mind that,. Mary,” said ft
“here’s a chance to. throw away yoi|jQ
patches. Hurrah for a lovely country
<eat on the Hudson, fifty shares ofbank
stock, a house in town or any thing,
else you wish, and all for a dollar!”*
“Mow Thomas,” said she, and when*
she wishes to be severe she always
'culls me Thomas, “what aw you luljv*
ing about?”
“A gift enterprise, Molly—tickets
‘only ■« doUuu a:;,d sure to draw a prize.’
I read the heading, and 1 displayed' tho.
long list of prizes. “What do you think
of that?” !-shouted a iiunphantly.
“I think,” she said, laughing, “that
if you make so much noise you will
wake the baby.” Then seeing that I
looked l annoyed, she added, “but l do
not think lotteries arc just right, espec
ially for church mauth-rs. Do
“O, nonsense! I never saw a church
fair in my life that di.di not have grijh
boxes and lotteries. I shouldn’t dare
to say how many dollars l have spent
oa them, and never drew anything
either.’
She Looked roguishly at roe. ‘Don’t
you think, then, you arc njpst, too o),d
to begin!;’
“It may as well be 1 as any one, and
it is no great matter, only a dollar..”
“i know, Ton*,” aryl the wise lit tho
woman looked; grave, ‘-but we haven’t
many dollars, to throw away;’ and she.
holdup the baby’s seeks with a good
sized hole in each heel. “And little
Tom's school bill conies in next week.
I laid down iny paper and tried to.
speak convincingly. “Now Mollie, it
is all very well for a Qj.an to jog on day
after day,, e-twlng and- spending just so.
much, but he likes to make a venture,
once in a while ju.at for the excitement
of the thing, if for nothing more.”
“Yes; but Toni, don’t you lenient-,
ber the nhatc lu the oil well?”
“Y-e-s,” said l, slowly, ‘for it was;
rather an unpleasant topic of eonver-.
saticn to me. I had invested the.
little sum left me by a maiden aunt iiv
an oil company against Mary’s good
judgement. Capital a million dollars-,
more or less; oil well, flowing day and
night on the land of the next company
just over the fence. I was very much
elated, and promised Mary /among oth-_
er things, anew black silk dress we.
had seen displayed in some shop win-,
dow. Well they bored and bored v
throwing up a great deal of dirt and a
great deal of water, bust not a drop oft
oil; and just as they were about to he-v
gin in anew spot the treasurer, or some,
one eke, ran away with the funds, and
that ended the whole affair. Mary lika
a good woman, never reproached me v
hut when 1 came one day and found
her turning her old m.ofino inside out
and upside down, I felt—well I can’t,
fell just how; but I thought of that silk
dress.
“And oh!” she continued, “don’t
you remember the patent for the flour
sifter?” and she laughed outright. Sit
did I when I thought ol the spectacle I
presented when I chanced to turn the
prank the wrong way and the flour flew
in every direction.
But I had made up my mind to buy
one of these tickets; so, though Marv
sighed, she said no more. I invested
on my way down. I thought I might
as well buv one for Mary and one for
little 'Pom, too. 1 showed them to her
when I went home to dinner,
“Not three! O, Tom, how could
von?” and looked really grieved %
while I, thinking it a pity if I must ac
count for every penny I spent, assumed
the dignified air which the occasion
seemed to demand, and the meal passed
in silence. I went home at night to
find her sewing as usual. My consci*
once gave an uncomfortable twinge as
she looked up pleasantly, and then
turned to the great basket of work.—.
If she only had a sewing machine!—.
Perhaps I should draw one, and I grew
quite happy over the thought, imagin',
ing her surprise when I sent it homo
unexpectedly. She would not thinlc
me unwise, then, in having bought the
tickets.
Little Tom interrupted my reverie
With—‘o, father old Susan, who used
to work for us. has been here to day.
She lias burned her hand so she can’t
do anything. Mrs. Smith gave her a
dollar. Mother said she couldn’t give
her any money, but she put some salve
on her hand and gave her something to
cat.” 1 did not look at Mary, but con
trived to turn Tom’s thoughts into aiw
other channel.
Nor was I any more cQmfmfa&ta. <ri»
passing through th? haU the n<*"
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