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buried alive.
f T , m the French of Ouy de Mauvanant.
1 T re guests file! slowly into the great din
, [j „{ the hotel and sat down at their
’ Ce v " The waiters began their serving
leisurely, in order to give the belated
~.u d to arrive and to save themselves
th trouble of bringing back the dUhes; the
*7° bathers, the habitues, with whom the
vn wa3 far advanced, kept an alert
eb upon the door each time it was
edj hoping for the appearanco of fresh
<4 That is the chief distraction of watering
1J \v ego to dinner to inspect the daii v
■vals to wonder who they are, wtiat :hey (
f r ’nd wbat they think. A restless desire
and nossession of us, a longing for pleasant
mll L res for friendly acquaintances, for
*“ T j u ‘ perhaps. In thiselbow-to-elbow sort
k/rfe our unknown neighbors assume ex
f“V importance. Curiosity is aroused,
•nr mtby is on tba alert anti to® 8 j Cial in
-5t \\> hove hatreds for a week and friend
hi' for a mouth; we view men with other
Tves through the special optics of a water-
acquaintance. Suddenly, during
*" g * ur ' s talk after dinner, under the
frees in the park, where bubbles up a heal
er spring, we discover men of superior
!!!?*liigeuce‘ and surpassing merit and, a
InnnttT later, we have completely forgot
in .hese new friends, so charming at tirst
gn t re also, more quickly than anywhere
. are formed grave and lasting ties. We
Y* each other every day, know each other
Vm- soon, and in tbo affection that springs
n is mingled something of the sweet
■ haudona of old intimates. Later on, tender
recollections are cherished of the first hours
rf friendship, of the first communion in
which the soul was brought to light, of
•he lirst looks that questioned and responded
i, the interrogatories and secret thoughts
the lips had not yet uttered, of the first
cordial confidence, and that charming
sensation of opening one’s heart to some
one who also seems to lay bare his own to
'°'i'hon, too, the very dullness, the monoto
ny* of days exactly alike, hourly renders
more complete) the unfolding of fnendsuip s
flower.
That evening, then, as every evening,
we awaited the entrance of unfamiliar
faces. . ,
There came only two, but very strange
ones, those of a man and a woman—father
and daughter. Tuey reminded me at once
of some of Edgar Poe’s characters; and yet
there was an attraction anout them, an un
pleasant attraction; I set them down as the
victims of some fatality.
The gentleman was very tall and spare,
slightly bent, with hair quite white, too
white for his still young countenance; there
w as in his carriage and about his person the
serious air of austerity that bespeaks the
Puritan. The daughter was, perhaps,
about 24 or 25 years of age. She was small
and emaciated, and her exceedingly pale
face wore a languid, spiritless expression.
We 6)metinies encounter peoplo who ap
pear too weak for the cares and demands
life, too feeble to move, to do the things
we must do every day. This girl was
pretty, with the transparent beauty of an
apparition; she ate with extreme slowness,
as if she were almost incapable of moving
her arras.
It was she undoubtedly who came for the
benefit of the waters.
They happened to be opposite me, on the
other side of the table, and I immediately
noticed that the father had a very singular
nervous affliction.
Whenever he was about to reach for any
thing nis hand, with a quiet jerk described
a sort of a fluttering zigzag before he was
able to touch what he was after. In a few
moments this motion annoyed me so much
that I turned away my head in order not to
sea him.
I also observed that the young girl kept a
glove on her left hand while she ate.
After dinner I went out to take a turn in
the park belonging to the water-ouro estab
lishment. It extended to the little station of
Auvergne, Chatel-Guyon, hidden in a gorge
at the foot of a high mountain, from which
run so many bubbling springs, hot from
the deep furnace of old volcanoes. Over
there, beyond us, the domes, extinct craters,
raised their mutilated heads above the long
chain. Chatel-Guyon begins the lands of
“Domes.”
Beyond the ‘ ‘Domes” are two other dis
tinct regions, the one of needle-like peaks
and the other of abrupt, precipitous moun
tains.
The Puy de Dome is the highest of the
craters, the Pic du Sancy the most ele
vated of the peaks, and the Plom du C .11-
tal is the greatest of the last typo of moun
tains.
It was very warm that evening. I was
walking hack and forth in the shady park,
listening to the music pouring fortti from
the casino on a mound that overlooked the
park.
1 perceived the father and daughter com
ing toward me with slow steps. I saluted
them, as in watering-places one salutes his
hotel companions. The gentleman, stopping
immediately, inquired of me:
“Pardon me, sir. May X ask if you can
direct us to a snort walk, easy and pretty if
possible !”
1 offered to coaduct them myself to the
valley through which the slender river (lows
a deep, narrow gorge between two great
declivities, rocky and wooded.
They accepted.
And, naturally enough, we spoke of the
virtue of the mineral waters.
"Ah yes,” said he, “my daughter has a
strange malady, the seat of whioh her phy
si lans are unable to determine. She suffers
from incomprehensible nervous symptoms.
Sometimes they think her afflicted with
h art disease, sometimes with liver com
plaint and sometimes with spinal difficulty.
At present they attribute to the stomach,
which is the greater motor and prime regu
lator of the body, this Proteus-like malady
of a thousand forms, a thousand modes of
attack. That is why we are here. I am
myself rather of the opinion that it is her
ner.es. In any case it is very sad.”
That reminded me immediately of the
'‘"lent jerking of his hand, and I asked:
“But is that not hereditary! Are not your
own nerves a little affected?”
Tranquilly he answered:
“Mine! Oh no; I have always possessed
very calm nerves.”
Then, suddenly, after a pause, he re
marked :
“Ah, yes! You refer to the action of my
hand whenever I reach for an object! That
is the result of a terrible shock I once bad.
Imagine, sir, this child has been buried
ailve!”
I could find nothing to say except “Ah!”
with emotion and surprise.
He went on: “Here is the story. It is
tiracila Juliette had for sometime seemed
•'inject to disordered action of the heart.
" were sure sho suffered from some dis
ease of this organ aud expected tbe worst.
“One day she was brought in lifeless —
dead. She had fallen dead while walking
in the garden. The physician issued a cer
tificate of death. 1 watched beside her for
8 day and two nights. I myself placed her
w the coffin, which I followed to the ceme
tery, where she was laid in the family vault.
.I* 118 *‘^ le country in Lorraine.
I had wished that she should be buried
*uth her jewels, bracelets, necklaces, rings,
al. the presents that I had given her, and her
first ball dress.
Vou < a;i imagine the state of my heart
on returning bane. She was all I had, my
He having been dead for many years,
ratunned and half mad, I shut myself alone
jn ray room and fell into an arm chair, al
ost senseless, unable to move. X was
a wretched, breathing wreck,
i valet, Prosper, who had helped
Dlace Juliette in her coffin and lay her
last rest, entered noiselessly
I , Monsieur, will you not eat something!’
snook my head without speaking.
JHe persisted:
hen M ol \lr eur * 8 wron &- This will make
to bed*'’ Woul< * monsieur like me to put him
I answered;
“ ‘No; let roe alone.’
“And ho withdrew.
“How many hours may have passed, I
know not. Ob! what a night! What a
night! it was cold; my fire had burned
out in the great fireplac *: and the wind, a
wintry gale, charged with icy frost, was
howling without and w rapping at my win
diws with a peculiarly sinister sound.
“Long hours rolled aw ay. I sat there,
wide-awake, prostrated and overwhelmed;
my eyes wera open, but my body was nerve
less, dead, and my s >ul was ingulfed in
despair. Suddenly the great hall bell rang
out.
“I gave such a -tart that my chair creaked
under me. The slow, solemn souud vibrated
in the empty house. I looked to see the
hour by the clock. It was 2 in the morn
ing. Who could bo coming at such an
hour.
“And, abruptly, the bell rang twice again.
The servants, certaiuly, would not dare an
swer it. I took a candle and descended. I
was about to demand:
“Who is there?”
“Then, ashamed of this weakness, I slowly
drew back the heavy bolts. My heart
throbbed; I was afraid. I opened the
dvor brusquely, and descried in the gloom
a shape like a phantom, dressed in white.
“I recoiled, impotent with anguish, and
stammered:
" ‘Who —who—who are you?’
"A voice answered:
“ ‘it Is I, fattier.’
“It was my daug iter.
“Really, I thought myself mad, and I
shrank away, retreating backward before
the specter as it entered, gesticulating with
my hands, as if to ward off the apparition.
That gesture has never left me.
“The phantom spoke again:
“ ‘Have no fear, papa; I was not dead.
Someone has stolen my rings and has cut
off my finger; the blood began to flow and
that has revived me.’
“And I observed then that she was cov
ered with blood.
“I fell to my knees, gasping, sobbing hys
terically.
“As soon as I had partly recovered my
senses, so dazed still that I hardly compre
hended the terrible happiness that had come
to me, I made her go up to my room and
placed her in my arm-chair ; then I ran
sh irply for Prosper, that be might rekindle
the tiro, propare a warm driuk for her, aud
summon a physician.
“The man entered, gazed at my daughter,
opened his mouth with a sp„s nof fright
and horror, then fell on his,back, stnrkdead.
“It was he who had opened the vault,
who had mutilated and then abandoned mv
child, for he c ,uld not efface the traces of
his robbery; he had not oven taken pains to
place the coffin back in its case, certain,
moreover of not being suspected by me, who
trusted him fully.
“You see, monsieur that we are very un
fortunate people.”
He was silent.
Night had come on, shrouding with its
gloom the sad and solitary vale, and a kind
of mysterious dread seized me at finding
myself alone with these uncanny beings
this corpse come to life and this father with
his appalling gestures.
I could find nothing so say, but stam
mered :
"Whata horrible thing 1”
Then, after a while, I adde 1:
“Let us return? The night has grown
chill.”
And we walked back to the hotel.
EXTRAVAGANCE OP THE RICH.
What It Costa to Have a B insr-Up Time
at Bummer Resorts.
A writer in the New York World has
something interesting to say about the cost
of living at the leading summer resorts.
This is what he says:
Bills!
Whew!
What do you think it costs to be a
“8well” at a fashionable Bummer resort,
anyway!
What do you think of S4O a day!
Well, just read some of these figures col
lected by the New York World, and you
will find out how tbo Four Hundred revel
in luxury. The statistics are interesting.
Take Newport, for instance. At a good
hotel you pay:
One room, $4 a day, one double room,
one person in the room, $8; two connecting
rooms for one person, where four could be
accommodated, $lO a day. All season
guests get a substantial reduction from the
transient per diem. Regulars, or all season
sojourners, are racked away in the little
cells at from SIN to S4O a week. This,
without extras, which run up quite formid
ably at tho end of the weok. .Extras inolude
baths, tho meals sent to rooms and “boots.”
It is intimated that $lO a week would be a
small surn for a victim of tho tip-hunters to
get rid of once tbe word was passed that a
sucker had come to town. Too minute a
man arrives he is brushed fifty times a day,
if he will but submit to sucu assaults; he is
whacked, swished and dusted until he be
gins to fee! that if he has his socks left on
him at nightfall and doesn’t have to send
for a bai rel to walk to tbe hotel in he will
be a lucky man. It costs 10 cents for a
pitcher of ice water, 0 to 7 coiffs ad
vance on the regular price of every news
paper , 35 cents to tho waiter —or a badly
served dinner the next day—2s cents for a
bottle of beer, and so on ad nauseum.
Should the visitor go to the Casino and take
a lunch, then he has fallen in with the Phil
istines. Thero are the dnylight robbers for
you, there the pirates on dry laud. An
ordinary lunch, with a bottle of wine, taken
solus, breaks the heart of ass bill; a lunch
for self and two fair friends makes S2O van
ish into thin air.
TEN THOUSAND A SEASON.
But the cottagers are the ones who make
tho moiiev fi v. Borne of them are known
to spend SIOO a week on fruits alone. They
simply throw money awav, and it costs
them not less than from $5,000 to #IO,OOO a
season to stop here. Most of them board
their horses, as well as their coachman and
footman. The young blood can spend a
great deal. He pays anywhere from SIOO
to S3OJ to Jaegar for a supper for six or eight
friends, and if he gives a dinner to a choice
selection of belles he throws in another #IOO
on flowers and hand-painted menu cards. A
quiet corner in the Casino tower and the
fizzing of champagne lower his exchequer
SSO to $75 in an evening and make his boon
companions happy. He drops into Billing
ton’s and eats broiled live lobsters, washed
down with fizz and is out say SSO. He
hires tho big buckboard, seating twelve
friends, has a ride to Point Judith and back,
clears the dust from the twelve parched
throats while a lunch is being prepared,
and finds another SIOO gone to the dogs.
Yachting he doesn’t lndulgs in, for
there are no yachts to be had here unless
’tis that of a friend who has dropped in port
for the day. He pays $4 a bottle for wine,
40 cents for a mint julep, 30 cents for a cock
tail and 25 cents for a small bottle of larger.
Brandy and soda stands him in for 75 ceuls,
bdU every time he orders a drink he is
mulcted by the waiter, who ingeniously ar
ranges the change so that a dime or a
quarter sticks in the center of the tray, and
what man who wauts the world to believe
that he is blooded will fish for that coin !
The Casino waiters make a good day’s pay
each out of "tips” worked in that way.
IN NEW JERSEY.
The story comes from Cape May of a man
who paid $l9O for himself and family for
three days. It isn’t every man who can
afford to pay st>o per day for the necessaries
of life.
Atlantic City seems to be the cheapest of
all the summer resorts for either the best or
moderately good accommodations. For a
refreshing extreme take Bar Harbor.
WHERE IT COSTS TO LIVE.
There are cottagers there among those
who live handsomely and entertain largely
whose expenses run up all the way from
$15,000 to $25,000 per season. There are
others again, and these comprise the greater
number, whose living expenses are kept
well withlu from $7,000 to $10,000; and
more than one could be named, and these
among the old, conservative, moneyed and
aristocratic families of Boston and New
York, whose summer expenses all footed
would hardly run over $5,000.
Up on the Catskills is another place where
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1891-TWELVE PAGES.
the "bloods” spend money. George Gould
spends S4O a day. Mrs. Langtry used to
pay that much for wine every dav. But you
can live here for a few dollars a day if you
want to.
The result of these inquiries is that there
is no limit to tne price one can pay for a
summer outing, but it is not likely that the
man wh) spends ?.50 a dav gets any more
enjoyment than tne man who spends >l.
“OKAY GABLBS.”
The Summer Home of the Clevelands
at Buzzard’s Bay.
From the Chicago Herald.
“Gray Gables,” as Mr. Cleveland has re
named his summer home at Buzzard’s Bay,
at the distance of a mile appears to be all
gables. The arched porch opens by a wide
door, half of which is a plate of glass hung
with a screen of soft silk of a warm yellow
upon the hall. The hall extends across tne
landing and is as wide as it is long. It also
reaches up through the second story and is
ligtred by dormers thrown out toward the
east aud west for that purpose. A rough
faced rock chimuey place, with a high, pro
jecting shelf, is a pleasing feature of this
very attractive hall. Mrs. Cleveland de
scribed the chimney she wanted, aud a
neighborhood mason—a colored man—who
took her description for his plan, built this
chimney.
The walls and ceilings here, as every
where in the house, are without plaster.
Tne woodwork is all plain, pine and ash
shellacked, the ratters projectingpand the
studding showing at the sides. The stair
way. with its plain rails and balusters,
takes a turn or two before the upper land
ing is reached, but does not anywhere
crowd into the hall. Opposite the hall door
a window ;i fee: wide and 7or 8 feet long,
filled with one plate of glass, co nrnauds a
wide view of the bay to the west. The
dining-room is at.the right of the hall. It
is not square to any other room in the
house, having been thrown out at
a convenient angle, which happened
to be toward the north. From the
table there is a view north across Monument
river to Buzzard’s Bay village and station
and up Cohasset Narrows. The fireplace, a
combination of light-colored tile, face brick
and the granite of the neighborhood, was
designed by the mistress of “Gray Gables.”
The windows of the dining-room are screened
with soft silk curtains that, harmonize
agreeably with the unstained woodwork. la
the northeast corner of the house is an
apartment tiiat the ex-President has named
the “gunnery.” It is his “den” and it is
probably called the “gunnery” be
cause there are no guns in it. There
is not even a tradition of its ever
having held a gun. A desk, plain
and flat, a row of books, a magazine or two,
a few photographs of intimate friends, a
match safe of prodigious size, a lounge of
gracious breadth, covered with a soft rug,
and a few easy chairs make up the fittings.
There are doors into the hall and out upon
the north piazza. It is admirably situated
in the estimation of the proprietor. Sitting
at his desk Mr. Cleveland can see, as he
writes, his sail boat, the Helen, floating at
her moorings 300 feet away. If he is inclined
to quit work and go sailing or fishing he
steps out of his side door, calls his skipper,
Capt. Eldridge, and in five minutes he can
be under way.
SIOO,OOO HO I EL. TO BE BUILT ON
TYBEF.
The Stock to be Con rolled by Savan
nah, Augusta, Macon and Atlanta
Capitalists.
Three sites under consideration. Will
probably be located at the southeast end.
The above will be received with joy by
Ty bee’s many admirers. It is the outgrowth
of the crowded condition of all the hotels
and the growing populority of the "ljong
Branch of tde South.'’ Work will be started
about Nov. 1. The building is to be ready
for occupancy May 1. Two designs have
been submitted, one by a local architect
and the other by an Atlanta architect. A
meeting will probably be held next Wednes
day, when Dids will be advertised for, and
all other details attended to. The hotel is
to be entirely of brick, with terracotta
trimmings. It will be fire proof, and have
all modern improvements. No design will
bo considered that has not kept within these
requirements. For the present the office of
the company will be located on the south
east corner of Congress and Jefferson streets,
where Dryfus Bros, are displaying their en
tire stock of light-weight coats and vests,
flannel clothing, neglige and puff-bosom
shirts: in fact, everything appertaining to
masculine wear, at prices that sell. Any
further information desired will be cheer
fully furnished at the secretary’s office:
open for business from II a. m. until 7p. in.
—Ad.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.
Limited. Limited. Limited.
All $1 and $1 50 summer ooats to be sac
rificed at 49c.
15c. collars to be sacrificed at 7c.
25c. cu'.s, 1,400, to be sacrificed at 14c.
100 dozen $2 linen Madras shirts at $1 25.
50 dozen 75c. sateen neglige shirts at 49c.
Anvsuit in the house at a special discount
of 25 per cent. Kohler, the lively clothier,
158 Broughton street.—Ad.
Belts nnd sashes, all colors and widths, at
LaFar’s. —Ad.
To Close Out
Our children’s kilt suits we have reduced
prices on same. All styles. Latest novelties
at Appel & Schaul’s, 159 Broughton street.
—Ad.
Fine neckwear in crape, grenadine and
summer silks at LaFar’s.—Ad.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.
Limited. Limited. Limited.
All $1 and $1 50 summer ooats to be sac
rificed at 49c.
15c. collars to be sacrificed at 70.
25c. cuffs, 1,400, to be sacrificed at 14c.
100 dozen $2 linen Madras shirts at $1 25.
50 dozen 75c. sateen neglige shirts at 49c.
Any suit in the house at a special discount
of 25 j>er cent. Kohler, the lively clothier,
158 Broughton street.—Ad.
Yachting caps, white, black and Blue, at
LaFar’s.—Ad.
Merchants desiring to order the World's
Bouquet cigirs can order direct from J. S.
Pinkiissohn & Bro., or leave their orders
with Mr. W. F. Reid, and the same will
have prompt attention. — Ad.
Gymnasium shoee and tennis shoes, at
LaFar’s.— Ad.
Trade is Very Quiet,
Just the sort of time for those in want of
Fine jewelry,
Silverware,
Diamonds,
Fine ornamental and decorative articles,
Watches,
Chains, etc..
At the closest kind of prices.
—Ad. Stern hero's.
Neglige shirts, elegant new patterns in
light summer goods, at LaFar’s.—Ad.
White Flannel,
P. K. and gingham kilts, all fresh goois,
at reduced prices to close out at Appel &
Schaul’s, 159 Broughton street.—Ad.
REWARDING THE GUIDE.
R. L. Ketchum in the Chicago Ledger.
There was quite a party of U9—Americans
and Brito.is—and we bad gone out from
Brussels to Mont St. Jean to view the his
toric ground which Mr. Wellesley, his grace
of Wellington, mopped so artistically with
Mr. Bonaparte, the Corsican gentleman who
took such a prominent part in the sanguin
ary national disagreements which caused
geographers and health committees so much
trouble during the early part of the present
century.
Of course we had to have guides, so, upon
our arrival we engaged two, who proffered
their services, together with strong recom
mendations from themselves. One of them
*as a middle-aged Belgian, rather stupid
and slow of speech, but very polite and
obliging. The other was a young fellow of
about 35, who spoke English like an Ameri
can, and did not fail to fully convince us of
his liuguistic acquirements. His name was
Felix, and he had red hair—very rad, iu
deed —like a Dakota sunset in the drought
season. He was not, however, one of t hose
auburn-haired people who are super-sensitive
concerning the flaring conspieuousuess of
their hirsute adornment, aud become taoi
i urn aud unassuming from fear that they
will attract attention to it and themselves.
Quite the contrary, Felix was posse-ged
of an overflow of spirits which would do
credit to a 10-year-old boy, aud he allowed
that overflow to escape by means of voluble
talk, more often personal than otherwise,
Welch, somehow or other, he had become
convinced was excessively humorous and
mirth-provoking in the extreme. On this
a count ho was about as disagreeable as can
be imagined, especially as we Americans
had gotten somewhat by ourselves, and he
attached himself to us, in his aggressively
social way.
Felix had evidently seen Americans be
fore. He seemed to know that in the land
of the free there is a certain euphonious,
but egreziously mistaken, doctrine which
says, in effect, that, all men are equal. Ho
knew that his familiarity would net be tol
erated by the English section of the party
for five seconds, so remained with us, se
cure in the consciousness that certain
declarations embodied in the immortal con
stitution have resulted iu making the
average Americana moral ooward, so far
as checking the advances of inferiors is con
cerned. Still, one by one, we managed,
by cold glances and frigidly curt aud mon
osyllabic replies to the sallies which
he ventur-d, to freeze him out, so
that finally there was only one victim left
for him. This member of the party was an
attache of legation —a meek-eyed, :oft
voiced youth, who rejoiced in the well-fit
ting patronymic of Lamb, and wno had
oeen promoted to his present position from
a desk iu a big Philadelphia dry goods
:ionse. He was a thorough! v good-natured
sort of chap, whom we- nil liked, and it
made us long to mako peaceful remains
out of the fesiive Felix to see hnu taking
advantage of Lamb’s aisincliuauou to hurt
auy one’s feelings. But after awhile, see
ing Lamb so muttonlsh under his persecu
lion, wo all swore by the great web-footed
At. Peter that he deserved to suffer for his
neekness. And accordingly let him se
vorel v alone. f-
Well, a tilt before doou, we turned up at
a place where relies of the Wellington-
Boni'.pp.rte mill were for sale, and while Here,
Felix disappeared for a short time. Wo
were preparing to move on, hoping to lose
him somehow, wbeu he returned, carrying
with some difficulty an enormous half-petri
fied shin-bono, which have weighed
sixty or seventy pounds and could hardly
have beh nged to anything smaller than au
olephant. With this he hasteued across the
room to Lamb, and turning to us
with a knowing wink, said, in a stage
whisper: “Mr. Lamb, lhave just the very
thing I believe you want. I had some
trouble getting hold of it, as the old woman
who owned it didn’t want to part with it.
It is,” he whispered hoar-ely, coming a little
nearer to his victim, “the shin-bone of the
charger which the emperor had shot under
him at the battle of Waterloo: I think a
great deal of you, Mr. LambffiWdSbl would
spare no pains in getting it for you.”
Lamb’s face expressed deep gratitude.
Ho did not for one moment look as if he
thought that Bonaparte bad had less than
ten horsos shot under him on that memora
ble day, but expressed his thauks iu a voice
husky with emotion, and paid cheerfully
the throe francs whioh Felix said the inval
uable relic had cost him. Ho seemed very
solicitous about his acquisition, and, lest it
should get lost, requested Felix to keep it
constantly with him.
It was a villainously hot day, and we
concluded it would make good material for
a page of tne Inferno. But we had to see
all there was t > see that day, and so, In limp
attire, we kept on. Ever and anon Felix
would evince a desire to drop the (shin-bone
and rest from his labors, but Lnmb would
command him to hang on to it, assuring
him that he would amply reward him at
the close of the day. 9o the expectant Felix,
his back and arms aching and tho perspira
tion rolling off his forehead and down into
his eyes, would stand and hold that
bone, using bis head to indicate by nods
the points of interest. We stopped for
lunch in a little grove, and Jsuno made
Felix hold the bone while wo ate. Headed
so Idiotically about that bone, in hts appar
ent fear that it would get lost, that we
voted him a perfect imbecile. Ke talked
eloquently about it, aud told us how it
would make him famous, aud all that,
until we concluded the heat had affected
his brain.
And all this time the unfortunate, and at
last silent, Felix, stood by, swaybacked,
holding that miserable bone close to his
sweltering chest. We tried to persuade
Lamb that he ought to let the poor fellow
rest, but he wouldn’t think of it. “No,” he
said, “I can’t think of losing it; it’s too
valuable. He will be amply repaid for his
work—l’ll take care of that—but I can’t
think of his letting it out of his sight.”
Finally about dark we arrived at our
starting place, just in time to catch the
coach, which drove up at tnat moment,
rather late and in a hurry. Wo disposed
ourselves inside and out, the soft-eyed
Lamb on tho box with the driver, and the
latter functionary was abmt to start his
horses, when a husky, anxious voice came
ringing through the gathering gloom m an
incoherent yell, followed by Felix, who had
stopped for a moment to speak to a brother
guide.
"Oh, Mr. Lamb! You have forgotten
your beautiful shin-bone!” he cried, as he
came panting up. “See! I have saved it
for you. 1 have taken good care of it, and
I wonld not have you lose it for —”
“Felix,” said Lamb, in his most insinuat
ing and fetching ribbon-counter voice.
“You have, indeed, been faithful, and de
sorves not only a heavy reward, but my
hearty thanks. Here, before my friends, I
wish to express the gratitude which wells
up from my heart. It was a noble, splendid
act —worthy of a Sidney —to procure me
that bone. For I, alas, was brought up in
aland which never had a Waterloo, hence
a very few bones. Yes, Felix, the debt of
fratitude I owe you is great indeed, and
can only pay it by saying—keep the
bone!”
And while the horror-stricken Felix stood
petrified by the roadside, the stage rolled
away amid a howl of joy from the whole
party.
Elastic seam drawers, gauze underwear in
variety, at LaFar’s. —Ad.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.
Limited. Limited. Limited.
AU $1 and $1 50 summer coats to be sac
rificed at 49c.
15c. collars to be sacrificed at 70.
25c. cuffs, 1,400, to be sacrificed at 14a
100 dozen $2 linen Madras shirts at $1 25.
50 dozen 75c. sateen neglige shirts at 49c.
Any suit in the houre at a special discount
of 25 per cent. Kohler, the lively cloth ler,
158 Broughton street. — Ad.
Puff bosom shirta, lawn and Scotch goods
at LaFar’s.—Ad.
A. R. ALTMAYER A CO.
STORE CLOSES AT 6 O’CLOCK.
SATURDAYS EXCEPTED.
EKp
What Others Attempt to Do
We Accomplish.
OTTIR,
STOCK-TAKING SALE
HUGE SUCCESS
To Be Contmued Until the
End of the Mouth.
Here We Are Again With An
other Large Budget of Bargains.
$1 00 and $1 25 quality
China Silk, in light and dark
grounds, beautiful styles, go
down this week to 50c.
30 and 38-inch Cheviots in
checks, stripes and plaids,
stylish and neat; just what
you want for the mountains,
price 19c. down from 35c.
Fancy Lawns, 2>yc.
Fancy-figured Una lies, 3?.
34 inch Challies, French patterns, 6*4c.
Fancy figure-l Cambric, sc.
Batiste Lustrings, dark grounds, sc.
Combiuation lot of Blade
Dress Goods, summer weight,
in striped and plain Fiun’s
Veilings, Albatross, Serges,
Buntings and Cashmeres, 26
to 40 inches -wide, regular
selling price 65c, 75c and
85c; your choice this weok at
47 ic.
Our entire line of Scotch
Ginghams, choice styles in
checks, plaids and
solid colors, that were 25c
and 30c, down to close out,
10c.
Lot of Ladies' White and Fancy Hemmed
Handkerchiefs at sc* none worth less than 10c.
Lot of toadies' Black Mitts, 15c; down from
25c.
Ix>fc of Ladies' Swiss Ribbed Vests, 8c; fully
worth 15c.
Lot of tient's pure Linen Collars, any style,
sc; worth 10c.
135 dozen Gent’s Neglige
Shirts, in popular materials
(job lot), 25c; worth 50c.
250 English Glorietta Um
brellas. 26 and 28-inch, oxi
dized handles, fully worth
$1 00; down to 49c each.
Double width Unbleached Sheeting,
worth 20c.
Double width Unbleached Sheeting, extra
heavy, 19c; worth 30c
Fast Color Turkey Red Table Damask, 25c;
worth 40c.
Extra heavy Bleached Table Damask, pure
Linen, 15c; fully worth 75c.
White Crocheted Bedspreads, Marseilles pat
terns, *#9c; down from $1 50.
$1 45 lor Fancy and Solid
Color Coaching Parasols; this
that did sell at $2 50, S3 00
and S3 50. At price do not
think we will own one of
them after Tuesday; not many
left
“Free. Free.” Take the
elevator and go up to our Mil
linery Department (2d floor
right). Everybody who
purchases a 25c straw bat
during this week will be
; given an extra one free of
charge.
The above are only a very
small portion of the good
things we are offering. All
last week’s prices will be
continued.
Be sure you don't miss this
great opportunity.
mis
CLOTHING.
11l 11 i® P ill
For Children’s French Gingham Kilt Suits.
o
LADIES CALL EARLY.
All Kilt Suits at Reduced Prices to
Close Out.
Gentlemen’s Pajamas, Batting Suits and Athletic Suits.
Call and See Our Line of Gent’s Hose $2 75
a Dozen. Worth $6 00.
♦
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APPEL & SCHAUL,
159 Broughton Street.
>
The only Strictly One Price Clothing House in this city.
AGENTS FOR DR. JAEGER’S SANITARY UNDERWEAR.
SHOES.
Jnjimceiloiteil Prices
AT OUR
iarnin Counter.
0
We have some odd lots and
broken sizes of tlie following
desirable
SUMMER GOODS
Lett from our former
Bargain Sales ibr
Ladies, Misses
AND
CHILDREN
Tan and Russet Spring Heel
Butt, Canvas Spring Heel Butt,
Russet and Tan Oxfords,
Spring, Common Sense and
()pera Heels, Ladies’ Fine
Lawn Tennis Oxfords and
Bals, Patent Leather Adonis
Slippers, Dongola Oxfords, with
Ooze Calf Tops, Boys’ and
Youths’ Russet and Canvas
Bals. Men's Fine Lawn Ten
nis. We offer the above Goods
at about HALF PRICE for
the next two weeks, and stake
our reputation on the honesty
of this advertisement.
(Ilk Ske Store,
1(39 13roue;liton
Street.
lCfc.
ICE! ICE! ICE!
Tlie Savannah Crystal Ice Corap’y.
Is cow manufacturing as pure Ice as one would
desire, and our factory being in tne Ceutral
railroad yard we can furnish carload lots as
cheap as tho cheapest. Write us lor prices be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
We are not in any combine, nor do we pro
fiose doing so. All we ask is a share of the pub
ic patronage.
Our prices are at the factory. 25c. per hun
dred pounds; DO pounds and upward delivered
to any part of the city, 40c. per hundred pounds.
Write for quotations on carload lots.
Telephone 539.
CHARLES A. DRAYTON.
Manager.
AT LAST f
Aq Excellent Shoe for Gentlemen,
A GENUINE CALF GOODYEAR WELT.
VOR ONLY
S3 50 Sfs3 50,
IN CONGRESS, BALS AND OXFORDS.
GEIL & QUINT,
DEALERS IN
FINE FOOTWEAR
NO. 21 BARNARD STREET.
CLOTHING.
Wo are selling our just as rapid
ly as though they were under the ham
mer and they are going at prices low as
you would bid for them if they were iu
tho hands of an auctioneer. Prices have
fallen so heavily that you could hear
the crash half a dozen blocks away.
We are selling our bargains with a big
B because there’s nothing small about
them. Do you want to make a dollar
go a long way! W e can give you a bet- )
ter return for it than yoii can get for a
dollar and a quarter elsewhere, and
twenty-flvo cents saved is twenty-five
cents gained. Here's an opportunity
for putting your money where’it will do
the most good.
“THE FAMOUS”
CLOTHING HOUSE,
148 Broughton St.,
Savannah. (>a.
BENNETT HY.VIES, Proprietor.
BANK PUNCH.
Automatic Iff "Puff
CHEAPEST AND BEST MADE. j
13.000 ACTUALLV SOLO.
In use by the United States Treasury Depart
ment.
Price Only S2O.
for circulars.
THE MORNING NEWS, Agents.
SAVANNAH, GA.
GROCERIES.
HONEY,
SPRING CHICKEN
FOWLS,
COUNTRY BUTTER,
TO BE HAD AT
S. L. GEORGE’S,
ABEBCORN AND NEW HOUSTON STS.
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