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VOL. I.
JOHN H. SEAHS, | proprietor!
ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY. NOV. 13. 1876.
TEEMS,
NO. 21!.
[For Tlie Sunny South.]
A MEMORY.
BY JAY.
Across the crests of the sighing pines.
The full moon casts her silvery lines,
And the plaintive songs, so sadly sweet.
That were used of yore our ears to greet—
Unheard for years—I hear again.
They thrill me now as they thrilled me then—
Those eloquent, quivering notes of pain
In the “chuck-will’s widow's ” wild refrain.
The silvery clasp of a memory stays
My thought to-night to those olden days,
And I dream again that the night-birds' lays
Are borne to me on the moon's pale rays,—
Chords of the lyre on which she plays—
Chords of a quaint, fantastic lyre,
Befitting well the invisible choir
Whose widowed wails on the winds expire.
The light and the song are the double shrine
Of a memory solely, sacredly thine,
Since together we saw the night-queen rise,
And together we heard the night-birds' cries.
What though beyond yon starry dome
Thy spirit has found its glorious home?
Shrined in the soug of the whip-poor-will,
And shrined in pure light, I hold thee still.
[Written for The Sunny South.]
WRITTEN IN BLOOD;
Oil,
The Midnight Pledge.
A Story of the Last Xapoleon’s lteiyn.
BY M. 4l’AD.
CHAPTER IV.
The Colonel bail participated in three or four
affairs of honor during his younger days, had
been a member of fencing and shooting clubs,
and had never found his master with the steel.
delia, and say I was modeled after the antique
pattern of strong and ptire-souled women. Ah
me ! it is a bitter cup that my own brother has
put to my lips .' Little he heeds what agonv_ it
in adi.iuon, buiid°and demeanor
SSSiK—“‘-''I'” 1
*°Xbe Frenchman led out in attaching, strikin 0 i
fiis vr wen j
have c R S and tLust at a rock. The Colonel
Hite a ioC'omoin e w.i.roui _
like advice myself, and I never give it: but I
have a respect for talent and hate to see it thrown shall play me as he pleases,
away."
The devil holds a lease on me, and hereatterhe Uerrien coinin';
I'm mistaken if be
The man opposed to him leaped in and made
a slash with his knife, but it fell short, and be
fore he could repeat it, the Colonel fired a bullet
into his body. The other man retreated a pace
or two as his comrade staggered and fell, and in
an instant, almost, the sidewalk was covered with
men. who leaped out of doorways. Shouts were
heard from genil’armes, and the Colonel's cool
ness for once deserted him.
“We've got to outrun ’em !” he said to Wal
ter; “but turn anil shoot if they press us too
closely.”
As soon as they commenced to retreat, the
crowd of ruffians swarmed in chase, yelling and
cursing, and the two went forward at a sharp
run. A loaded van had broken down on the
street, and the Colonel took one side and Wal
ter the other. The crowd also separated, and
Walter, to avoid being overhauled, darted aside
into an open gate, closing it after him. He had
scarcely done so when the pursuers went past,
and then came four reports from the Colonel’s
! revolver, followed by four veils of pain. The
brave fellow had turned at bay, and bis fnsilade
halted the crowd around the van, so that if Wal
ter had opened the gate he would have been
among them.
He knew that the Colonel had made a safe re
treat, and he stood there while the gend’armes
came up and demanded explanations.
“ There were eight Englishmen, and they tried
to walk over ns !’’ yelled one of the crowd, and
the rest repeated his words.
“ You are a hard lot: and here’s one dead man,
three wounded, and another back there groan
ing his last!” cried an officer.
“They tired at us first,” shouted the crowd.
“ But it is a grave case," replied another official,
“and we shall detain half a dozen of you as
witnesses on the inquest.”
A number were selected and marched away,
the wounded helped off, and the dead man
carried into a cafe : but some of the crowd still
lingered around the gate, and prevented Walter
from leaving the yard. While they waited, they
breathed such threats of vengeance as made his
cheeks grow pale.
CHAPTER VI.
After half an hour’s delay, which seemed an
age to Walter, the last of the crowd left the neigh-
1, r."l. nrt-1 b“ -Vfli? Iri*,. fo mss ont He b‘,(l
OKI, lue > -
SSVteSS*. w
he attempted to open it be loan •
, , i •vpi.„ before him was ot ducks,
•NOW, LOOK OUT, MY BOY! I'M KEADY TO
give him the finishing touch:
. “ a .. l «;Tfoot"amrhe handled hi. | „i, a close shave, my boy!” whispered
CHAPTER V.
Walter did not even tell the Colonel that he
V.’ ™o,e fellows .
“ Now look out, my boy ! I’xn ready to give Sot a o strangers whipped that he was
him^tlir finishing touch, and his friends will get ^^V 0 uU di.r^yon f —
“ He°ha e d scarcely ceased speaking whenbe as- se^and - they it” ‘^"he £d tTthe Colonel,
sinned theoftensive, a * the neck. He fell I And so it turned out. The papers nex 4 , ^ he frie nds of some ot tin
and soon found his secret a
’ enemies.
Walter looked around for the boy
1 tlvit tlie lad had so swiftly moved away.
Then Le Vospl! sinned ea-1. female in the
JSSurkB n?‘»»d «;ce~hi. height, „»d he
'°“hen fim! f d“E“l», the young man had
taken a
and was ing it. He saw that the yard was about thirty
hurried‘surv°ey of the yard, which was
" - * • indow overlook-
ilimlv lighted by a lamp m a
feet across bw »*»“ conl^not lejh »
,„e Ugh, was no, ™
bail walked out,
burden. The pa'
* h ° r.£ l »ot’S jS right to beep this fact
from his friend, and yet he feared J
CU H u Hi i
burden The pair had doubtless made
bt revenge, and the young man felt
having never seen — —^ wllicb of them
from man to man. ---- There were a
wns to aet the part oi an assassin. 1 nt re w ere
Frenchman was thrust through 1
back as Burton
half a moment i
been a fair fight
as a feeler
of the men killed in
rwwrssa= —.*« - - *—*
That
W °'Ts d there any one else in the crowd^wbo’d som e and scowled at by
“ SS«»?3SrWWW . - TL, he hud received warn
U. -.. k, oi 1 hl -
was the response. he
ettleil the question with Valter, ne
the wall,
cure a
were there
the ho .rom rear to front. .... , f
Walter carefully surveyed the bmlding, ht
SsSSgSa&rsttS
. looking for a spot where be ought se
10UI. but be found none, neither
mv boxes or barrels in the v aril
which he could pile up and thus gam the top ot
tb Finding that he must either follow the length
- * - the yard beyond where it was lighted, •
engaged was he 7 through to the next mclosure, the
! ° -- be 535, %
** * -r sssSSris::
looked wick
upon a victim in the dark.
Should this wammg M he
pool! ,ai i, n i,,npp of the play was
Tlie
warnings, and
more reckless. The balance
scarcely heeded by V alter, s
in bis plans. As they were ready to g
in 'A Thfbour is so late that we will take a carri
age home ?
replied the Colonel,
'it’s a fine evening,
men^anfi 1 then L the° Colonel began driving his
m « ’ ,nd within three minutes from the com- , t ke be nt as
man, anil wnuin uii .. i. v C no- ■ ludi
He started a little as the voice reached him, j be indulged in
if to look more closely, and re-
head. Still, ^-^^h^^gbt be warned
the Colonel felt particularly
mencement of the fight he disabled him by crip- i ^edtffie
,b -™ ■ ,wi ** 4 - ^ T» ."SSfiSSSJ
Sw,° S, ,Ue same sice »the»th.m P»™ d
termined to secuce a carriage ^ possible.
“Pooh! Nonsense—its only tins close
wwMir.Wre.” replied Burton. “ C ome ab.ng.
I'll warrant you’ll
Walter said no more.
pli “|e b l S a S de°vn iTet’s kill him !” was shouted K°id%ee aTortklli^f , oice
the men saw the result of T m; ll tn ivArn you.” continued the voice
T wish to warn } on, ^■» * i
,, moment, “of
explanation,
those chaps.
They’ve got until I lay a few
He
around the room as
.sCdtbe Cone., who “^^“Sotting you,
^S k JS5 C ?0.r replied Wo.ter, his Jg-Jf » 1 “‘»' “f ' b J ^ ..
band on his revolver. “I have done nothing to make enem ,
geUintf ont their ^ltnivesf bnt° teep yfLb; | «» ««»«» »
Sen,” boy! end well liek the whole crowd Snknown. -Those dead men
out of their boots !”
There wasn’t another man
dared pick up the rapier against
attack „ »•»* « ci ^[he S7 of ? ».»ho » peeking h, prove I pas, n,m. -be
t. o' .h«» shooters!” *id the “1 keep U in „“d
p^r^ne^ndf ( £^^92
- * waiter, as a sort of ^ S
-mmmm
and on walking instead of taking a carriage,
was his usual wont.
“Thefact is,’' he
‘I’d rather like another
I ain't more than half satishei .
f Alabama dander up, and 1 shan i
Into’the clowd regardless of expense:
The men saw the revolvers, but tbej
believed they
uled on
have a good ni_
con- i ’’’if’thev'hod enetnies, this
have ! of the Colonel would sooner or later bring
If ! more bloodshed, but Walter had deculeil to wait.
arm.
on
, om i ini elick passed over tne route in wall opened
»«o», »»:> i! b d !“i t in ''«»■»?»«< ,h “'
here
to and fro. but T rav
in iiuagiu
i-ross street, poorly lighted
where danger would come to them if at all
As they stood
there were many "" on * W leap out
C)ne lurkin
see known as your friend !” as they entered the tne
siw'Se vevnlvev, bnt the^eithev \
■V would not be used, or else de- „ y > , ire brave , and I respect bravery . an stared at by a P ' H<j ^ took note of an-
ment dashed at the Americans in a body. , t your request. I must go novv. Remem wore as tney ^ tQ uke us ,” he said to
Ceroid. The pistols were cracking away, he away . Good -by !” "ndH will be just as well for them to let us
d at JSTSSjJ SJ “X'lnA by, when the play
at them, deliver
the staiTS. .
Cominc to this street, NN alter . ,
° ‘ arried his revolver m his hand.
and chatted
for amoment! the bells struck the honvof mid-
Di ?%e are here on time,” said one of the men,
m “Whoever heiongs to the Recl
took the inside Imogene must not be a la„„a
other.
his blow, and then vanish up
of the walk, and ci
h I \e\v b tones, criticising the drama »<t ioor,
, .. ref admission was a fraud, mrougll .
■fim-colonel had no
softly shod, » 1thai their ^Vdemanded, i escape befoie he
“Hold ! What ilo you warn; ^ ’ dec i de d not to go uuc. —
s he wheeled and pointed his revolvei at th kn(wledge of the strangers.
The trio moved across the yard vvtll ac^
r DllLlY (Ul’Ul
saw two men’almost at his heels-t ^emg — beyond. - but he
SIIUUUI 1 nirtro
Prudence warned him to
Liuuld be discovered, but he
until he had obtained more
crow
nearest.
■Eh.
^,rr^'»gSS; »xl|K!§3'Sr
„e?,e“it«d 8 f«TS”of ;£rt ~ going on in- “ r k »7?„'“'“gthe^ro 1^ f j -d » bo, each other for half a mo tereA whispered one of the men M
“ ESSSSS5^
for a moment, and then dashed at tne An tbe n everything was still'igain | this
each having a long, sh.mng kn.fe p „ sed ; »?
; ^™e, r had in some mrnr-.
eived warning of what was going ^ er ou ^ from among tbe score of lat 1 * Walter felt a light touch on his arm, ,. nnnfronts
rpj ie Colonel heard the banging realized the j ^’ e } U { h h 1 | e fa time? and’ u was not ^‘’b.
cause,
door open. The
crowd badly mixed up,
Walter:
1 . f n \i v comprehend
and Burton said to muy ooui F ^
,i i.v time to co: here, this waj ! ... t v,r>
Ti e «o sprJg into the yard to ft.
Burton
changed his
—“SX*sar-
v more oi , i^„a w„i.
hnneln^M^^nelSo^Lgb&naU both 'of yon
You
■e was no bigutnnttn. The note uvti __ ,
a delicate, but plain female hand, anti m , warne d the Colonel, as
that it had been written outside eau
People were running unuci •"''"r,. After halt an nour s " cl, " c ‘;Y,r"V"! nec t of i m-I ink .proving that u mm uwu the curbstone.
f-ssrwa tm c rt”l'S sras,A I ^
he sought to. As soon
[made a speedy retreat
Jan,I soon gained their hotel,