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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,