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MISCELLANY.
The Bachelor’s Supper Party
‘Oil! I say, this is too bad. Ask
us b“re on such a night, and give
us nothing to drink but seltzer
Water.’
'Temperance, my dear fellow. —
Faulkner is a tempsrance man.’
- ‘So it suctns —temperate in punc
tllality as well as in other good
things. Ho asks his friends for 8,
and then doesn’t keep the appoint
meat himself,’ and Frank Horton
kicked a huge yule log, which was j
burning briskly by the firo, with
some impatience, and then turned
round once moie. and looked at a
well spread supper table, which
was laid for five, pointing with a
sort of wave of contempt to the 5
bottles of temperance drink on the
table —one for each guest, while
at the same time he made the ob
servation, ‘Who is the fifth? There
are only four of us.’
Horton was a very young man
—the youngest of the party ; but
ho was the most fastidious on the
subject of eating and drinking.—
The o her two mull were ns disap
pointod at Faulkner’s being con
verted to the new principles as H.
was ; yet they could net help eu
joking his extreme discomfiture —■
The four men who, at Dick Faulk
net's expense, were to sup togeth
er on that especial night had been
thrown out of an invitation to stay
in a country house in the neigh
borhood by the sudden iliness of
Mr. Dent, the host. Dick Faulk
tier suggested that they should ad
journ to the hotel in a certain
town about six miles from the
house in question, and where he,
being the richest, said he would
stand treat to his three friends.
Except the residents at the
house where they had intended to
spend the day, none of them had
any acquaintances in the neighbor
hood. It was, therefore, the more
remarkable that Mr. Faulkner
should be absent at the very hour
when he had appointed to put the
culinary powers of the hotel to the
the test.
“Dick always was eccentric,’ fur
tlicr remarked Horton, turning a
chair around from the tabic and
placing himself in the vory front
of the fire —'always eccentric, and
I should not wonder if he plays us
some devilish trick before this
night is over. Ho will not pay for
our suppers for nothing. He’ll
bare some change out of us, or I
am mistaken in nay man.’
‘So much the better ; this isn’t
the Bort of evening one wants to
paas like every other evening in
the year.’
‘Temperance drink !’ muttered
Horton, with horror.
Tho clock struck a quarter past
B—half past—and no symptom of
the host.
Horton’s p.atienco was quite
gone, that of the other two was
fast ebbing away, when suddenly
they were rendered oblivious of
the selfish cravings hunger prompts
by a shriek—a prolonged, feminine
shriek.
Horton was inclined to be ro
mantic, and immediately imagined
that it was uttered by some exqui
sitely f*ir damsel in the very dir
est distress.
‘To the rescue, my brothers !’
he cried, snatching up the poker,
and shouldering it forthwith.
And then, followed by the other
two, he pioceeded into the pas
sage. It was dark. None of the
party knew the geography of the
house, but they tramped on brave
ly in the direction of the scream.
Before they had proceeded far the
avant courier emphasized his search
for the distressed maid by taking
a header down a flight of steps.—
He picked himself up again with
out much damage beiDg done, but
lie lost the poker.
The weary exploration of an al
most interminable passage was
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TYLER M. t’KKI’LES, <
Editor and Proprietor. J
the next venture. At the end of
it, however, sharp eyes detected a
door with light peeping through
tue chinks.
Toward this door Horton man
fully directed his steps, the two
others holding on by his coat tails
He was about to force ingress into
this room, when suddenly the door
was thrown open, and Dick Faulk
ner appeared, with a face of ghast
ly paleness in the bright light.
‘Have you seou a ghost ?’ asked
Frank, merrily, but be received
no answer to his question. Dick
Faulkner escaped down the length
v passage, up the flight of steps
into his own room cheery with a
large fire, its substantial viands
and its temperance drinks.
The three men he had left be
hind him searched in vain—there
was no woman to be seen any
where. Who could have uttered
that scream ? Having satisfied
themselves on the point of there
being no one there, they prepared
to return to the deserted supper
table. This time Horton brought
up the rear.
Arrived at ihe steps, he paused
for a second or two to grope for
the poker, thus giving the others
a good start, when a door he had
not perceived in the utter darkness
opened about three inches, show
ing just a gleam of light, and a
voice said :
‘ls he gene ? Help mo—help me
to got out of this dreadful place !’
‘Madam, I am your devoted
slave, and, if you mean Faulkner,
he is-— ’
‘Faulkner I’and ihe threw the
door wide open, revealing to Hor
ton’s gaze a hotel sitting room of
modest dimensions, but which had
been rendered pretty in detail by
a woman’s hand and the presence
of many flowers.
He, however, noted nothing ex
cept the perfection of the whole.
She herself, who stood before him,
?aB, as he would have expressed
it, a siren—that is, a beautiful wo
man, clad in a dark velvet gown,
with creamy lace about her throat
and wrists. What she was doing
there he had no time to ask, for
the lady repe ited the word ‘Faulk
ner,’ and then inquired hurriedly,
almost excitedly, if that were in
deed his name.
Horton nodded his head in ac
quiescence without speaking. Ev
ery sense he possessed was at that
moment merged into sight, as he
gazed at the unexpected vision.—
She, meanwhile, heady! him not,
but had coucentratedall her pow
er of thought on Ihe name of
Faulkner.
•Have you known Mr. Faulkner
long ?’ she asked.
‘About two years’ he answered,
briefly, still too mi»h taken up by
gazing to waste ais energy in
words.
‘Two years only—then it all hap
pened before ?’
It! What was i ? Bnt Frank at
that particular qoment did not
feel any overwhelming curiosity to
ask.
‘ls he a drunkird V was the la
dy’s next questifn, abruptly put.
Frank though of the five bot
tles of seltzer, aid shuddered. She
evidently miscoistrutd his mean
ing, for, sinking down on a sofa
beside her. she lid her eyes with
her hands, and |ave a little sob, as
she said :
‘I knew it—lknew it. Ah !if
you had an idea what I h ive suf
fered from and to meet
him here !’
‘Faulkuer is 1 good fellow,’ put
! in Frank, a littfe hesitatingly.
He was too ljyal not to try and
defend his friaifl, though he was
desperately inched to make love
| to the lady hinmlf.
‘You men alwys hang together,’
j she said, gettinj up once more,
I and pacing exitedly about the
j room.
•Do yin knot who I -am ?’ she
asked, after awtle.
Lawrenceville, &a* Wednesday, July 12, .1882
Frank shook his head.
‘I am Mrs. Fuull! ner.’
‘lmpossible! Why, I never heard
that ho was married !’
‘Of course not, my dear, Mr.— ’
‘Horton,’ interrupted he.
‘Of course not, my dear Mr.
11orton When was Mr. Faulkuer
ever known to speak the truth. ?
Will you sit down for a few min
utes while I tell yon something of
my history, and let me explain how
it is that lam in this hotel with
only my maid?’
Frank thought momentarily of
ihe good supper in the room at
the top of the steps ; but the mag
ic power of the beauty conqnored,
and be sat down with scarcely any
iegr9t. She looked very bewitch
ing, as she sat with the light fall
ing on her face near the fire :
‘On a Christmas eve, five years
ago,’ she began, ‘I was staying
with my mother,Jut Mr Dent's,
about six miles from here. It was
there I met Mr. Faulkner. I was
foolish enough to listen to him,
and in less than a week I had
promised to he Faulkner’s wife.—
My mother objected ; but I was a
headstrong.girl, as I am a self
willed woman, and opposition jn
ly served to make me the more
positive that Faulk ter was the on
ly man in whom I should ever
find ray ideal. We married in the
spiing. against every one’s wishes,
and in a very few weeks I discov
ered that my husband was a luna
tic.’
‘A lunatic ! Faulkner a lunatic!
Why he is as sauo as I am,’ said
Horton, in much amazement.
Tt matters little whether the
brain is affected from the use of al
, cohol or from hereditaiy disease,’
answered ; ‘the effect is the same.’
Frank thought of the array of
bottles on the supper table, and
wondered whether the beautiful
woman’s love for F..nlkner would
be reawakened when sbo learned
how entirely he had reformed ;
but he made no observation, and
she went on.
‘To give you an idea of Mr.
Faulkner’s 3vile and disgraceful
treatment of mo were impossible.
Suffice it to say that his cruelty,
his brutality, when he was uuder
the influerceof drink, were so ex
cessive that my life was in danger,
and that when I had been married
scarcely a year 1 fled abroad, car
rying with me my little baby only
a|fortnight old. There I remained
in strict seclusion till about six
months ago, when information
reached me that my husband was
dead, and I returned once more.
I still, however, lived under the
name of Madam Rose—my Christ
ian name is Rose—fearing that I
might be in some way persecuted
or annoyed by my late husbands
creditors, who were nvimerous. —
It was only in responce to a very
pressing invitation from Mrs Dent
that I was induced to break
through my retirement, and agreed
to join, with my little daughter,
her party.’
‘Your little daughter—is she al
so here ?’ asked Horton, vrhe was
utterly staggered by Ihe strange
ness of the story, and the surpris
ing beauty of the woman. She
raised a cuttain at the side of the
room, and showed him a sweet lit
tie piece of loveliness, of about 4
years old, fast asleep. Pretty
though the child was, he looked
from the mother's face to hers and
back again, but could see ne re
semblance.
‘She is like her father,’ ho ob
served.
Madam Rose lent over the child
and kissed her. There were tears
in her eyes when she raised her
head.
‘For her sake, if not for -mine,
you will save me from this man
Mr. Horton. Judge of my honor
when, believing in the absolute
safety of my supposed widowhood
I all of a sudden met my miscre
ant husband here alive in this ho-
tel. But yon will protoct mo from
him. will you not ?’
•To the death !’ answered Frank
bravely, a 3 he wondered what
courso to pursue.
Sho dropped the curtain which
concealed the room where the
child lay sleeping, and they went
back onco again to the fire in the
sitting room.
‘You will stay with me for a
time,’ she said. ‘Yon won't leave
me alone hero to my fears, for
that mau is capable of anything.
He may even kill mo. He looked
more mad than ever as I saw him
for a moment in the glass in that
room (it the end of the passage,
where I had gone for a book.'
Poor Frank ! Beauty may be
very intoxicating, but scarcely
stauds in the place of a good sup
per to a hungry man.
Before, however, he had time
to refuse to accept her invitation
to stay, a knock catne at the door.
She clung to him in a sort of
wild terror. He pointod to the
curtain behind which the baby
lay, and motioned that she should
remain there while ho gave audi
ence to the intruder. He opened
the door and went out into the
passage. Faulkner was standing
there with a lighted candle in his
hand. l£o looked very white and
aaggere 1, but perfectly sane an 1
composed ;in fact, II irton bad
never known him to be otherwise,
and he felt that the aceout of his
bygone proceedings which he had
just learned from Madame Rose
needed lome explanation from
him.
‘What has she told you Frank ?
I must see her,’ ho said, impera
tively.
But Frank barred the door
with one arm as ho held Faulkner
oft.
‘Coward—villain ! Y» 7 onld you
persecute a woman?’ he cried, with
a theatrical air.
‘My dear fellow, you have known
me tolerable intimately for the
last two years—have yon ever pro v
ed me to be otherwise than rather
considerate of the weaker sex ?’
Acting—mero acting !’ vociferat
ed Frank who was a little carried
away by the responsible position
in which Madame Rose had plac
ed him.
‘Do you know who the lady is
that is in that room ?’ asked Faulk
ner, with quiet dignity'.
‘She is Madame Rose.
‘My dear Frank, you are lend
ing yeurself, unwittingly, Iholieve
to a great deception. Come away
from the door and let me speak to
her. Since you ha»e elocted
yourself her champion you shall
stand by if you like and hear what
I have to say.’
There was something so very
quiet and subdued iu Faulkner’s
manner that it could not fail to
carry with it a strong appearance
of truth, added to which, Frank
Horton was his friend—had been
his friend for the last two years,
and had dur : ng that period believ
ed him to bo an honorable and be
nevolent man.
He dropped his arm from the
door,but laid it onFaulkner’s shoul
der is he looked him straight iu
the eyes.
‘How long since you hnvo taken
to temperance drinks ?’ he asked.
Faulkner shook him off as Le
would have done a troublesome
fly; he was by far the stronger
man of the two.
‘Mv dear Frank, this is not the
moment for foolish questions. I
must speak to that woman now,
or the opportunity may never recur
Let me through the doer, «r, by
Jove! as sure as my nime’B Dick
Faulkner I’ll— ’
A scream—such another scream
as Frank h;t I heard before th it
evening—issued from the interior
of the room. The door was flung
open wide, and Madame Rose, as
she called herself, stood on the
threshold.
Had love conquered, when she
heard Faulkner’s voice, the old
love for the man who had usurped
the first place in her heart ?
Strange if it were so, after her
confession to Frank ; still strang-
or since sho stood looking at him
with a ha.f querying, half frighten
ed look on her beautiful fuco,
Dick Faulkuer hold out his hand
to her, a tnovemen; which the la
ly’s true knight sought to inter
pose; but she received the advance
graciously, laying her tapered
jeweled fiugeis iu tho proferod
palm.
Horton moved away with a geit
uro of irritation. It was evident,
he thought, that he was being
played with, and made the vic
tim of some idiotic connubial quar
rel.
The next words, however, that
were uttered arrested his attsu
tion, and made him turn around
once more.
•You have so far forgiven the
doad as not to slmn tho living who
wishes yon no ill.’
/1 was Faulkner who spoke. She
answered, in very low tones.
‘I was laboring under a great
mistake, but the resemblance is so
very stroug.’
‘He win my twin-brother.—
Though, from my absence at the
time of your marriage, I have nev
er r. ot you till now, believe mo I
have searched for you unceasing
ly, hoping by my devotion and*so
licitude to mitigate at least some
portion of my brother's fault.’
‘I heard you hid coma back,
but 1 was afraid to meet yon.’
‘Exactly ; so Mrs. Dent arranged
a meeting for us tins evening. I
thought you might bo in the ho
tel, and I wis searching far you
when —'
‘Your terrible likmcs* to the
dead produced the hasty impress
ion that ho must h.ivo returned to
life.’
‘Poor Jack! May ho rest in
peace,’ was tho brother's pathetic
word-tribute, but the widow's eyes
flashed.
And all this while Frank Horton
stood against the wall, as though
thoroughly petirified. He did not
even attempt to move when Rose
took her newly found brother in
law in to look at the sleeping
child; in fact, he did not give any
evidence of rousing up till Dick
Faulkner, coming once more into
the passago. shook him roughly
by the arm, ns he said with a
laugh :
‘Having supped full of horrors,
my hoy, let us to hatter cheer.’
A few seconds more and the five
stranded guests wore sitting round
Dick Faulkner’s festive board
lie smiled on the beautiful Rose
and blide her remember that he
had ordered the fifth place to he
laidin expectation of her coming,and
that, after all tho misery she had
experienced from alcohol, the tern
perance drinks wore also in her
honor, a remark at which the oth
er men made grim faces, and, with
the exception of Horton perhaps,
wished that Mrs. Ro«e Faulkner
had not been there.
As for Frank, he was in such a
state of spoouinesa that if Lo had
been told that Mm price if gazing
into Rose's lovely eyes was to
drink water for the rest of his nat
ur-il life, ho wo aid have accepted
it without a demurny. But he
had the pleasure of toasting her
in something stronger than tern
perance beverages after all. for
was it not an exceptional night as
she justly observed, and, as such,
an exception to every rule? ‘Ba
sid's,’ she added with a little mod
est smile, ‘it is tho first time I
have ever boon to a bachelor's sup
per party’
Six moulds later, when a June
sun dispersed the icicles, and all
nature looked glad and bright,
there was no gladder, brighter
face to be seen for miles around
than that of Rose (not Fimlkner
now, but Rose Horton) as she
and Frank took possession of a
pretty cottage whero we will leave
thorn in the enjoyment of a post
nuptial existence.
■— • O • — 1
The largest license ever paid in
Decatur, DoK ilb county, for the
sale of liquor within the corporate
limits of the town, was realized on
Saturday, when J. ]\ Crochett &
Go., paid to tho Town Council tho
sum of SI,OOO for the privilege.
It is said that the cotton worm
eats $15,000,000 of the cotton
crop every vear. Wonder some
scientific man does not utilize this
insect, indent a machine to grind
him u and make oil or paper
stock*out of them.
—— — — - -
It t ikes six years to learn a pig
to understand nine words, and all
those words put together won't
drive him out of a garden.
There were seven thousand bush
els of oats made iu the corporate
limits of Thomaston.
{Vol. XII.-No. 17.
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
t. M. 0. A., OF LAWRENCE
VILLE, GEORGIA.
ARTICLE I.
The name of this Society shnll
he the Young Mens’ Christian As
sociation of Lawrencoville, and its
object shall be to promote growth
in gruco an 1 Christian fellowship
among its members am l aggressivo
Christian work especially, by aud
for, young men.
ART. 11.
Sec. 1. All resident pr.Slors of
evongelical churches nro entitled
to membership.
Sec. 2. Any person of good mor
nl cl aracter may be elected a mein
ber by a majority vote of the mem
hers prosent, at the regular meet
iug following that meeting at
which the name has been proposed.
Sue. 3. It shall be the duties of
the members to seek out young
men of Lawrencevillo and its vi
cinity, and endeavor to bring them
to a saving faith in Christ and .to
enlist them in active service for
Him. Thoy shnll also engage in
such Christian work as may he de
ter mined by the Association, or by
the Executive Committee.
ART. 111.
Seo. 1. The officers shall ho a
President, Vice President, Seereta
rv, Treasurer and Musical Direc
tor, chosen by the members at the
annual meeting and to serve until
their successors are elected.
Sec. 2. The President, or in 1 is
absence the Vice President, or in
his absence a president pro tempo
re, to be chosen from theinomboru
prosent, shall preside at all busi
ness meetings of the Association.
Sec. 3. The Secretary shall keep
full minutos of all meetings of the
Association and of the Executive
Committee, aud shall conduct the
correspondence. He shall also
keep a statistical rogister of all the
work of the Association, including
tiie dates of meetings held under
its direction, ihe topics considered,
the attendance, the names of lead
ers, and of committeemen present
immediate results, Ac. Ho shall
notify all officers, members and
committees of their election or ap
pointmont, aud shall seo that com
mittees aro organized and set at
work as soon as possible after ap
pointment. He shall receive and
tile their written reports. Ho shall
oversee the work of the Associa
tion, and shall seek to enlist Ml
the members in it.
Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall have
chargo of the funds of the Associ
ation under direction of the Exec
utive Committee, and shall keep a
frill account of all receipts and
disbursements.
Sec. 5. The Musical Director
shall lead in the music and bo
responsible for the character of
the same at all meetings of the
Association.
Sec. (5. The five officers shall
constitute the Executive Commit
tee, which shall Inure general nnvn
agement of the allhirs of the Asso
ciation.
Sec. 7, If any vacancy oc
curs in the officers of the Associa
lion, it shall be filled by election
at as early a day as is practicable,
and in the meantime the President
shall lmvt the power of appoint
ing a member to fill such vacancy
pro tempore.
ART. IV.
Sec. 1. The President shall ap
point the following standing com
mittees unless otherwise deter
mined upon by vote of the Associ
ation :
(I.) A committse on devotional
exercises, who shall take charge of
the regular devotional meetings of
the Association, under the direc
tion of the President, suggesting
topics for prayer and conference
(2.) A visiting committee to vis
it aud provide for tho sick and
needy, to seek out strangers and
introduce them to the privileges
of tiro Association, and in v> ting all
to the various church and Associa
tion meetings, and to distribute
such reading matter as the Exec
utive Committee may provide or
approve.
(3) A committee to provide suit
able entertainments as directed by
the Association.
Sec. 2. Special committees for
other purposes may be providod
for and their work defined by vote
of the Association nt any regular
meeting. They shall be appoint
ed in saino way as standing com
mittees.
Sec 3. Unless otherwise ordor
ed, all conun ttees shall consist of
threu'meiubers each They shall
AS
An Arlrti lit^iv f/ iJ Udivtn
The HERALD ix itne>/Unlnl by
reaxon of it* extensive cirrnlufiin and
r< markabl) tom rates. Easiness men
xh'Jdld remember this.
BLANKS? BLANKS! ELANKS
(am. KINDS NKATI.Y PRINTED)
FOR SALE AT THE
/1 ERA LI) JOB OFFICE
act in accordance with the general
pan of work instituted by the
Executive Committee.
Sec. 4. The -President and Sec
ratary shall bo ex offi io members
Of all committees.
ART. V.
Sec. 1. A n annual meeting nuy
be held OU the 2nd Sunday in May
of each year, at which the Seereta
ly and Treasurer severally shall
present full reports ; the Secretary
presenting a full report of the gen
eral work of the Association, the
Treasurer of the tiuancial opera
tious of the same, •
Sec. 2. The Association shall
hold quarterly meetings, to which
the people generally are invited to
attend and participate in the devo
tional exercises and witness the
proceeding* of the Association.
Sec 3. The regular meetings
shall ho hold as provided by the
Executive Coniraitteo or by resolu
tion of the Association.
Sec. 4. Special meetings maybe
called by the President or at the
written request of three members.
Sec. 5. Five members shall con
stitute a quorum.
ART. VI.
Sk<j 1 No debt shall bo incurr
od by this Association.
ART. VII.
Sf.o. 1. Amendments to this
Constitution shall require for their
adoption, notice at the previous
meeting and a two thirds Vote of
tlio members present.
ART. VIII.
•
Sfir. 1. The President for the
time being at each meeting shall
appointone member to conduct
the devotional exercises of the
next meeting, and in the absenco
of the conducting member the
President shall perform his duty,
or hsie power to designate some
• one else to do so.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
1. Opening song announced by
Conducting Member.
2 Prayer, lead by C. M.
3. Reading of the scriptures and
comments by C. M.
4. Song,
5. Prayer by member designa
ted by C. M.
(5. Song.
7. Remarks by any member or
visitor.
8. Song.
1). Prayer by member design »-
tod by C M.
[ Conduct in'/ Member Vacates in favor
of the 1‘ resident.]
1 President culls Association to
business.
2 Roll call.
3 Reading and approval of min
utes of last meeting.
4 Reports of standing commit
tees.
5 Reports of special committees
(5 Unfinished business.
7 Proposals for membership.
8 New business.
9 Song.
10 A ppointment of C M.
11 Closing prayer by the Pres
ident.
S. J. WINN, Presidint.
C 11. Bit and, Secretary.
The Champion Swimmer of
America.
Captain Mith«w Webb, tbo
champion swimmer of England,
nnd George 11. Wade, of Brook
lyn, who has heretofore claimed
to be the champion ocean swim
mer of America, swam a match
yesterday for the championship of
America, nnd si,oo'Jin ny nev,start
ing from Brighton Beach. The
course wasjone mile out to sea
from the bathing pavillion and ro
turn John Y. Fitcheet acted as
referee G II Richey as stakehol -
derand Frank Ogden and Wil
liam Smart as umpires. At 6.10
a. m. Webb and Wude dropped in
to the water. Wade immediately
taking the lead. At the turning
point, which Was designated by a
row boat, Wade was fu'ly 200 yards
in advance, but showed plainly
tliar, he was fast losing his breath
by repeated efforts to swim with
one arm. After turning the bout
Webb rapidly reduced the lead of
Waila and succeeding in complet
ely closing the gap when within
half a niie of the shore. For near
ly qmrtor of a mile the two swim
mere were side by side, but Webb
gradually forged ahead, winning
about fifty feet Webbs time
was lh. 7m., for the two miler,
Wade about thirty seconds be
hind him. Both wsimmers claim
that in all they covered four miles,
being carried out of their course
by the tide.