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GEORGIA— Haems Cobntt.
Wm I Hudson, administrator of Lovick
Graddick, dec’d, makes application for leave
to sell the land belonging to said deceased—
All persons concerned are hereby notified
to show cause, if any they have, by the first
”— *-y-A ngnst next, why said applica
tion should nor LYrgTaiuLur -mreo under
my hand officially, June 16, 1874.
junl9-td J. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ord’y.
DEBTORS & CREDITORS’ NOTICE
All those indebted to the estate of John
McKay, deceased, are hereby notified to make
immediate payment; and those having claims
against said estate are requested to present
them duly authenticated within the tinie
prescribed by law. .
jullO 6t THOMAS J. NEAL, Adm’r.
DEBTORS & CREDITORS’ NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the estate of John
Pattillo, deceased, are hereby notified to
make payment; and those having claims
against said eßtate are requested to present
them within the time prescribed by law.
jullo-6t R. 8. PATTILLO, Ex’r.
GEORGIA— Harris County.
Thomas J. Neal, administrator upon the
estate of John McKay, late of said county,
deceased, applies for leave to sill the real
estate belonging to said deceased —
All persons concerned are hereby notified
to show cause, If any they have, by the first
Monday in August nqit, why said applica
tion should not be granted. Given'under
my hand and official seal, July C, 1874.
jullO-td J. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ord’y.
GEORGIA— Harris Couxtt.
Whereas the estate of Philip Richardson,
late of said county, dcc’d, is unrepresented,
and not likely to be represented— ' _
All persons’ concerned are hereby notified
to show cause, if any they have, by the first
Monday in August next, why some suitable
and proper person should not be appointed.
Given under iny band officially, July 6,
1874. J. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ord’y.
HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., <M„ FRIDAY, JULY 24,1874.
MAGGIE AND THE BURGLARS
“You are not afraid, Maggie?”
“Me afraid!” said Maggie; “I’d
no fear born with me. As for the
house, it’s the strongest fastened ever
I was in. You say yourself there’fi
no lock a burglar could force, an h
lin not the one to let tramps or the
like in of my free will. God know
the place will be safe enough wlieri
you come back—as safe as though
there were a regiment of soldiers lii
it: and I’ll imvo all bright for ytjpr
hew wife, Mr. Archibald.’ 4
She called her master Mr. Archi
bald still, this old woman; but she
was the only one who still used htST
Christian name. He was an elderly
man himself,, and had few intimate
friends, hospitality not being one (f
his virtues. He was rich, and tuerd
was much that was valuable in the
house; more ready money, too, than
most men keep about them; but
then it was as secure as a bank vaetft
—patent locks and regular alarms
that first sent a bullet into any one
who sought to enter by stealth, and
then rang a bell to wake the house
hold, were attached to every door,
and a furious watch dog, that lived
on raw meat, was in the back gar
den. The Van Nott mansion could
have withstood a siege at a moment’s
notice.
Mr. Van Nott was a money-dealer.
He had ways of accumulating prop
erty which were mysteries to his
neighbors, and they were suspicious
that the little back parlor, sacred to
business had even seen such lesser
dealings, as the loan of money on
good watches, cashmere shawls, and
diamonds of genteel distress. Two
or three mortgages that he had bought
up had been rather cruelly foreclosed:
and ho was a hard landlord, and a
bad person to owe money to alto
gether. On the whole, he was dis
liked in the place, and, rich as he
was, would have found it hard to
get a wife to his liking among bis
neighbor* at Oakham. However,
having resolved to marry again—
there had been a Mrs. Van Nott,
who died years before—he had sought
out a wealthy widow of a saving dis
position, who lived on a small farm
some miles out of town, and, having
already disinherited her daughter for
espousing an estimable man of small
means, and turned her only son out
of doors for equally prudent reasons,
was not likely to bring any trouble
some generosity into her household,
and had offered himself to her, and
had been accepted. And now, though
both their economical souls revolted
against it, custom decreed a wedding
of some sort, and a honeymoon trip
somewhere, and they had decided to
do it as cheaply as possible. For
this brief time Mr. Van Nott must
leave bis business and bis house, and
it was upon the eve of his departure
that he held the above conversation
with his old servant, standing with
his portmanteau in his band, and re
garding her gravely.
“ Yes, yes,” he said, “ I presume
it is all safe enough. And I’ll speak
to the night-watchman, and give him
a dollar to take a particular look at
this house. Well, good-by, Maggie:
make things as neat as possible, for
if they look dirty my wife may think
the furniture old, and want some
thing new for the parlor.” And Mr.
Van Nott departed.
“ Yes, yes,” said old Maggie, “no
doubt she’ll have fine, extravagant
ways. Poor master! What a pity
he snouia Ujawy, .ftar fill™—.hilt old ’
fools are the worst fools. A young
thing of eight and forty, too, when
he has a sensible servant, sixty last
January, that knows what belongs to
good housekeepings. If he wanted
to marry why didn’t he ask me ? I’d
not have gone gallivanting and spend
ing. Ah, well, he’ll suffer, not 11 ”
And Maggie trotted sway to begin
her sweeping and dusting.
She had said truly that there was
no fear born with her, but as the
night drew on she began to feel some
what lonely. Her master’s presence
was strangely missed out of the great
house, and there was something
ghostly in the look of his empty
chair when she peeped into the little
back office.
“If I was superstitious,” she said
to herself, “I should think something
dreadful was going to happen. I feel
chilly up and down my back, and
keep thinking of funerals. I’ll make
myself a cup of tea, and see if I can’t
get over it.”
And accordingly old Maggie shut
herself into the snug little kitchen,
and lighting two candles, drew a pot
of the strongest Young Hyson, and
putting her feet close to the cook
jig stove, began to feel much more
comfortable.
; The old clock ticked away on the
mantel, the hands pointing to half
'past eight.
“I’m going to bed at nine,” said
Maggie. “I’ve worked well to day.
Much thanks i’ll get for it, 1 doubt.
Hark! What's that ? ”
It was a sound outside the door—
a sV>w, solemn grating of wheels.
Then feet trod the pavement and the
bell rang faintly.
“A carriage 1 ” cried Maggie: “has
he changed his mind and brought
her homo at ono.o ? But that can’t
be : he’s not married yet.” Ana
ing one of the candles she trotted to
the door, hut not before the bell had
rung again.
“ Who’s that? ” she cried, holding
the door slightly ajar,
“ A stranger,” said a voice—“ one
who has something particular to say
to you.”
“ You’ll have to wait for to-mor
row,” said Maggie, “ You can’t
come in to-night.”
“ My good woman,” said the stran
ger, “ you are Margaret Black ? ”
“That’s my name.”
“Mr. Van Nott’s housekeeper for
twenty years ? "
“ Yes.”
“My good woman, if you are at
tached to your master, I have very
bad news for you.”
“ Gracious Lord 1 ” cried Maggie,
but did not open the door much
wider—only enough to thrust her
head out. “ Don’t scare me, mister.
What is it?”
“The worst you can think of,”
said the man. “ Mr. Van Nott trav
eled on the railroad. There
has been an accident.”
“ Preserve us 1 ” cried Maggie, let
ting the door fall back, “ and him on
his way to his wedding. He’s badly
hurt then ? ”
“ He’s dead,” said the man.
“ Dead, and we’ve brought him
home.”
Maggie sat down on a chair and
began to cry.
“We’ve done what wei could,”
said the man. “The lady he was
to marry and her friends will be down
to-morrow. Meanwhile my instruc
tions are that you shall watch with
him, and allow no strangers to enter
the house. There are valuables here,
I’m told, and Mr. Van Nott’s law
yer must take possession of them,
and seal them up before strangers
have access to the rooms.”
“ Oh! dear, dear,” cried old Mag
gie. “ That it should come to this.
Yes, I’ll watch alone. I’m not afraid,
but —oh, dear!”
Then she shrank back and let two
men carry a horrible coffin into the
parlor.
They came out with their hats off,
and the other man held his also in
his hand.
“ I regret to leave you all alone in
the house,” he said.
“ I don’t mind that,” said old Mag
gie, “ but it’s terrible, terrible.”
“If you’d like me to stay,” said
the man.
“No,” said Maggie. “I’ve no
fear of living or dead folk. You can
go.”
Then she locked the door and went
ipto the parlor, and putting the can
dle on the mantel, looked at the oof
fin through her tears.
“lie wna good enough to me,”
she said; “poor Mr. Archibald 1
And this comes of wanting to marry
at this time of life, and gallivanting
on railroads. I wonder whether he
is changed much. I’ll take a look,”
and Maggie crossed the room and
lifted the lid over the face of the in
closed body.
“ I’ll take a look,” she said to her
self again. “ I’m not afraid of dead
folks.”
In a minute more Maggie dropped
the lid again, and retreated, shaking
from head to foot. She had seen
within the coffin a face with its eyes
shut, and with bandages about the
head, and the ghastly features of a
clown in a circus, minus the red
mouth.
Hut it was a living face, well
chalked, and not her master’s, and
Maggie knew at once that she had
been well humbugged—that the story
of her master’s death was a lie, and
that a burglar lay within the coffin,
rca<ly to spring upon her and bind
her, or perhaps murder her at any
minute.
She could of course open the door
and try to escape; but the accom-
plices of the man were doubtless out
sidi\ It was a long distance to the
nearest bouse, and even if they did
not kill her, they would execute
their purpose and rob the place be
fore she returned.
“ Master looks natural,” said Mag
gie aloud, and tried to colleot her
thoughts.
Mr. Van Nott’s revolvers were in
the next room, she knew, loaded, six
shots in each. Maggie could use
pistols. She had aimed at trouble
some cats wuth, great success more
than once. If she could secure these
she felt safe.
“ Poor, dear master,” she sobbed,
and edged toward the back room.
“ Poor, dear master; ” she lifted the
desk-lid. ow them safe.
She glided back to the front parlor
and sat down on a chair. She turned
up her sleeves, and grasped a pistol
in each hand, and watched the coffin
lid quietly. In half an hour the lid
stirred. A cautious hand crept up
the side. A wiry eye peeped’ out.
It fell upon the armed figure and
closed again;
“You’d hotter,” said Maggie to
herself.
Again the head lifted up. This
time Maggie sprang to her feet.
“ You are fixed quite handy,” sbe
said coolly. “No need of laying
you out if I fire, and I can aim first
rate, especially when I’m afraid of
ghosts, as I am now.”
The head bobbed down again.
Maggie l’e-seated herself. She knew
this could not last long—that there
must be a conflict before long. It
was as she supposed. A moment
more and the coffin was empty, and
a ferocious young fellow sat on its
edge, and thus addressed her:
“ We meant to do it all quiet,” he
said, “ and I don’t want to frighten
old women. Just put them flown,”
“I’m not frightened,” said Maggie.
“ I’m coming to take them things
away from you,” said the man.
' “ Come,” said Maggie.
He advanced one step. She took
aim, and he dodged, but a bullet
went through bis left arm, and it
dropped by his side.
Furiona with pain, he dashed to
ward her. She fired again, and this
time wounded him in the right shoul
der. Faint, and quite helpless, he
staggered against the wall.
“There, you’ve done it, old woman,”
he said. “ Open the door and let me
put. My game is up.”
“Mine isn’t,” said old Maggie.
“ Get back into your coffin again, or
this time I’ll shoot you through the
heart.”
The burglar looked piteously at
her, but he saw no mercy in her face.
He went back to the coffin and lay
down in it. Blood dropped from his
wounds, and he was growing pale.
Maggie did not want to see him die
before her eyes, but she did not dare
go for aid. To leave the house be
fore daybreak would be to meet this
man’s companions and risk her own
life. There was nothing for it but
to play the surgeon herself, and in a
little while she had stopped the blood
and saved the burglar’s life. More
than this—she brought him a cup of
tea, and fed him with it as if he had
been a baby. Nothing, however,
could induce her to let him out of
his coffin.
About one or o'clock she
} l( .fi P J -ceps outside, and knew that
the other burglars were near, but
her stout heart never quailed. She
trusted in the bars and bolts, and
they did not betray her.
The daylight found her sitting
quietly beside her wounded burglar,
and the milkman, bright and early,
was the ambassador who summoned
the officers of justice.
When the bridal party returned
next day the house was neat and
tidy, and Maggie, in her best alpaCa,
told the news in laconic fashion.'
“ Frightened! ” she said, in an
swer to the sympathetic ejaculations
of her new mistress. “ Frightened!
Oh, no! Fear wasn’t born in me.”
1 3T In Oshkosh, Wis., lately, two
drunken men got into a dispute con
cerning the qualities of a pistol. One
took off his coat, doubled if up before
him as a target, and told the other
to fire, which he did, killing him in
stautly.
C3T A handsome young white girl
at Port Gibson, Miss,, recently mar
ried a negro member of the Legisla
ture.
13?" Cald well, the Radical Gover
nor of North Caroling, died at Hills
boro on the 11th.
$1.50 A YEAR.
WIT and HU^OR.
“Why don’t you get married?”
said a young lady toa.bqchflor friend,
“ I have been trying for the last ten
years to find someone who t is silly
enough to have me,” he.xgplipd, .“ I
guess you haven’t been up our way,”
was the insinuating rejoiuder. - -
A consequential young fop aske<|
an aged country sexton if the ringing
of the bell did not put him in mnw|
of Mb latter end. “ No, sir,” replied
the grim old gravedigger; “but the
rope puts md ill mind of yours.”
A man in New York met an Irish
man, whom be asked if be was half
way to Central Park. “Faith anl
I’ll tell ye,” replied Pat, “if ye’ll tell
me where yes started from.” ■< ,
A *eacbor asked a pupil what the
sin of the DWiaees was. “Rating
camels,”, replied the child. She had
read that the Pharisees “stcauied at
a gnat and swallowed a camel.”
Josh Billings says: “Diogenes
hunted in the daytime with a lantern
for an honesf, man. If he had lived
in these days, he would have needed
the headlight of a locomotive!”
A New York paper defines a jour
nalist as a man who spends the best
days of his life in conferring reputq-,
tions upon others, and getting none
himself)*
“ Who’s there? ” said Jenkins, one
cold winter night, disturbed in his.
repose by someone knocking at the
street door. “A friend,” was the
reply. “What do ypu want? Want
to stay here all night.” “ Queer taste,
ain’t it? But stay there, by all
means,” was the benevolent reply! „
An Idaho teaoher has introduced %
new idea in his school. When one
of the girls misses a word, the boy
who spells it gets permission to kiss
her. Asa result) the girls are fast,
beooming poor spellers, whilst the
boys ate improving. . f .
A versification of the old joke has.
been attempted with much success:
“ The pilgrim o’er a desert wild should
ne’er let want confound him, for ha,
at any time can eat the sand which is
around him. It might seem odd that*
he could find such palatable fare, did
not we know the sons of Ham were
bred and mustered there,”
•
The pilgrimage mania is spreading..
A Bostonian has started off on on 6
with his neighbor’s wife. *
A Vermont postmaster received a
letter direoted as follows:
Wotjd
John
. Mass#
r , a•V '-• ■ r
After puzzling over .it for some,
tirqp, he made it out to be, John Un
derwood, Andover, Mass.
“If this jury convicts my client,”
said a Missouri lawyer, rolling up his
sleeves and displaying hia ponderous
fists, “I shall' be compelled to meet,
each one and hammer justice into his
soul through his head.” . , j
No State but Massachusetts, coulJ
hold a summer session of tl\p legisla
ture ; but there the members are too
lean to sweat, and too stingy, if they
weren’t too lean.
■ . , . .. .
An Atlanta firm has named anew.
braud of whisky after a female eras*-,
der. It wiil empty a man into the
gutter af* a lew drinks.
A Nebraska m*q and bis wife hap
pened to elope on tfie same night;'
and. each left a npte for tiie other.
The moon that is made of' green
cheese—the honeymoon.
“ Oh, grandma t ” cried a mischiev
ous little urchin, “ I cbeatpd tljc liens
so nicely just now. f threw them
your gold beads, and they thought
they were corn, and ate them up as
fast as they could!”
• * ; y, * r * $•/
A .young lady desires to know
whether a girl may he sure a man
loves her unutterably when he sits
in her presence for an hour without
speaking. . .
An Irishman engaged in fighting a
duel insisted, as he was near-sighted,!
that lie should stand six feet nearer
to his antagonist than his antagonist
did to him.
It only takes three hours and about
hall a cord of wood to put a million
aire iiito a very small bottle. The
only difficulty to be apprehended is
the inevitable increase of family jars.
If you are in a hurry, never get
behind a couple, that are courting.
They want to make so much of each
other that they wouldn’t move quick
if they were going to a funeral. Get
behind your jolly married folks, who
have lots of children at home, it you
want to move fast.'