The sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1875-1907, December 04, 1875, Image 1

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VOL I. JOHXK seals, I !™pRn:TOR ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 1875. r T r P"R\f<J f $3 PER ANNUM, IJVKAlb, l IK ADVANCE/ NO. 2!). be doing a prosperous busi ness. Walking down to tlie alley, the detective turned in and made a survey of the rear of the shop. The win dows were all defended by iron shutters, and not a shutter was open. The building next on the left was occupied by a toy deal er, and was of the same height, and Dupont soon determined how he should proceed. Entering the toy store, he had a few whispered words with the proprietor, and then passed up-stairs and out upon the roof through the fire-escape. There was also a fire-escape leading from the other roof, but the cover was down and fasten ed with a hook. Securing a lever from the garret of the toy store, Dupont boldly worked away until the cover flew up, and"then he descen ded into the building and pulled the door over his I head. He soon found himself in 1 a little dark hall, and pull ing off his boots, he groped his way to the door, opened it, and found himself at the I head of the stairs. There were three rooms on the 1 second story — two bed- ! rooms, and a large room which contained a table, I half a score of chairs, two ! or three benches, and the | floor was covered with saw- j dust. Any man could have j told at a glance that the | room was kept for a club- ; room, or for holding some j sort of meetings. A rope I ladder was hanging to a hook; three or four muskets TT-) p T,T\ n pi i jr T | J T* 1P/1 rpfl stood in ft corner, and it was plain that the per- 1 gaged. Marie was to admit and conceal him, AXJ.C7 lUXUUlgiXV A IfiUgCi ! sons who congregated tuefe learea tne ponce.— j KEu’n.T£3C?rv e.vd,*5irtr' tS-t-t ^ ArJwi I “Down stairs there is a bed-room, kitchen, j brother, who had come to tell her or ner moth- closet, pantry and the store,” mused the detec- I er’s illness. When the palace was quiet, she was tive as he stood at the head of the stairs. “This j to guide him to a point whence he could pene- [For The Sunuy South.J CROSSING THE RIVER. BT SUSAN ARCHER WEISS. " Let us cross over the river and rest in the shade of the trees.''—Stonewall Jackson's Last Words. Hero and martyr immortal! Lo, the groat battle is done; Now, as tho^ight-shadC'S are falling, Well is tby victory won. Down through the shadowy valley, Whose gloom in the day-dawning flees; Over the dark-flowing river, Under the Eden-liued trees; Faint from the toil of the battle, Hot from the lever of life, Still on his wauing earth-vision Rages the implacable strife. 44 To the front !** the stern order is spoken That dies on his lips, as he sees Before him the mystical river,— Beyond, the perennial trees! Some who have battled beside him • Wait on that shadowy strand; Follow your chieftain, bright spirits, Into the Beautiful Land! A smile on his pallid lip quivers — , Oh, sweeter to enter with these! 44 Let us cross over the river And rest in the shade of the trees.'* Lay down your sword, Christian hero— The starry-cross banner who bore! Oh! blameless, and faithful, and peerless, Pass on to the heavenly shore. The story is written in glory— 'Twas wafted on heaven’s sweet breeze; So he crossed over the river, And rests in the shade of the trees! Richmond, Virginia. [Written for The Sunny South.] WRITTEN IN BLOOD; • OB, “You will make a good back to the council-chamber, there to fight to brother—yon are prompt!” the last. The windows were defended by heavy It was one of the Red planks, and the police could approach only by Band, but Walter could not the narrow hall. After several had been killed have recognized the face. or wounded, the balance hauled off, knowing “It is now almost elev- [ that the conspirators could not escape, en!” continued the man, ! Travelick had fought like a lion, and the holding up a glass of wine j crack of his revolver and his encouraging shouts to conceal his mouth. “In j had been heard above the din of battle. Even half an hour, if you knock ! the girl Queen had seized a knife from the hand at the alley gate, you will | of a wounded conspirator and pushed into the find some one there to ad- 1 battle. The American could have escaped alone, mit you! Do not be later j but h6 would not go without her. and when the than midnight 1” | battle grew hot, he became reckless and fought “I shall be there !” whis- ! so desperately that he twice cleared the gate and pered Walter in reply, and I allowed small parties of his fellow-conspirators then the man moved away, to escape. The door opened pres- j When the remnant of the band had been ently to admit four conge- j driven back and knew that they were cut off nial spirits who were much j from escape, some of the men grew pale, though the worse for wine, and sing- j not one of them lost their courage, ing. Three of them went to j “You are brave men, and you fought well,” the counter for drinks, and ! said Queen Imogene, as there came a lull in the the other sat down beside the American, slapped him on the shoulder and asked: “Will my friend from America drink with me ?” Travelick assented, and uproar outside. “ Eire la Itepubligueshouted the men in re ply, followed by cries of “No surrender!” The police saw that it was useless to expose themselves when they had the conspirators se cure anyhow, and the firing ceased. The noise JOHN STUAKT MILL. A Story of the Isist Napoleon’s Reign. BY M. ai’AD. CHAPTER XIII. Walter meant to say to Colonel Burton, on his return to the hotel, that he had decided to enter into business in Paris, and could not therefore remain with him longer. He had the money now to return the advance salary, and he felt more independent now than before. Yet, when he reached the hotel, and received a hearty, kindly greeting from the Colonel, the j from the chandelier, turned partway down. room is strictly private, and whoever comes to j trate to every part of the building, and he was to the rdaee to talk over secrets, will anme here ?” i be then guided bv circumstances. TTowahIH nr. the place to talk over secrets, will tome here! It was a plain, square room, without a closet. A stove stood at the further end, and behind it, against the wall, was a large box for the coal. It being summer time, the box was empty, and the officer decided to conceal himself therein. He must secure a position from which he could overhear what was said by any one in the room, and this was the only hiding-place. The room would have been in darkness but for the light ' * If young man found that he had not the courage j the old woman did not expect company, she to make his statement. The Colonel would ques- would not be wasting the gas, and Dupont tion him closely, be disappointed and vexed, | climbed over into the box, indulging in the hope He would no doubt be able to successfully accomplish his mis sion and escape from the palace, and the Red Band would at once seek the public squares and soon after disposing of his j of the battle had drawn a crowd of thousands, glass, the stranger leaned j and presently two or three companies of soldiers his head on the table and ; were added to the strength of the police, went to sleep. There were j “I meant to have shaken all France, but we thirty or forty people in the J have only aroused Paris,” said Queen Imogens, room, some singing, some j in a quiet voice, as she laid her hand on Trav- playing cards, and others ' elick’s shoulder. talking about this and that, i “ We must surrender at Inst, and be dragged No one gave the American to prison and then to the guillotine!” he re plied. “We are conspirators now—we should have been patriots had we succeeded,” she continued. He did not answer, and after a moment she laid her hand on his arm and whispered: “I love you and I am going to save you ! I am going to tell them that you were forced to join the band, and if your minister intercedes in your behalf, the Emperor will pardon you. I shall die happier if I know that you are to live.” “Say nothing in my behalf,” he replied, tak ing her hand. “I am wild and reckless—I have no friends, and I shall go to the scaffold without a care except for your sake." particular attention, and the time hung heavily on his hands. He waited until half-past eleven, and then walked quietly out without noticing any one. He was scarcely out of the room before the sleeping man awoke, stretched his arms over his head, yawned, and also passed out. Walter had been told that there was no cause for fear, as the organization of the Red Band was a mat- Ve*- „ni-T,^vT3 to tKe police, and he walked No further attempt was made to dislodge them straight to the alley without attempting to buna i and during me interval ol l taste \iei8iu his trail. He was'overtaken as he reached it by : broke, they heard the rumbling of cannon in the notify the people in one breath that the tyrant i man. . ^ 7 the man who had asked him to drink, though he did not recognize him, and the stranger whis pered: “Are we not late?” “It is not yet twelve,” answered Walter. Which way do you enter?” continued the and perhaps he would suspect and discover the secret of the conspirators. On the whole, it would be better to write a letter, which would be rend by the Colonel only after Walter had left the hotel. This he decided to do, and after supper he covered two or three pages of note with excuses, kind wishes and so forth, inclosed j the chairs at one end of the table, and then went the money, and placed the letter where his j down. friend would find it, Burton having gone out j “That is the old jade herself, and her com- with an acquaintance. pany will be along pretty soon !” muttered Du- Walter then hurriedly packed his trunks, \ pont, and his theory was correot. called the porter, and was clear of the house in \ Scarcely ten minutes had passed when he a few minutes, ordering the carriage to drive'to ; heard other footsteps, and the old lady ushered a hotel fully two miles away, so that he should J in visitors, and said to them: run little risk of encountering his friend. He ' felt guilty in going away as he did. and it seemed to him as if the people at the hotel looked upon him as a thief. was dead and that France was free. It was a bolder plot than detective Dupont had ever before unearthed, and he could not control his excitement as he listened. He read ily made out to his own satisfaction that Queen Imogene was a crazy enthusiast, the American reckless and fool-hardy under the spur of admi ration, and that Marie was urged on by her van ity ; but it was a conspiracy, nevertheless. He debated whether he should not, after the trio had separated, seek each one out and privately warn them and thus end the affair; but there was a chance to increase his fame and his income by making arrests and giving the plot to the public. And, besides, they had spoken of others, show ing that the three were not alone in the conspir acy. and the detective must see who they were. The plans were gone over again with Marie, so that she could not fail, and after a conversa tion of two honrs, the three went down stairs. The detectives heard something said about a meeting that night, and although he secured T , . , . - nothing definite, he knew that he had only to “Ladies, be patient; he will probably arrive j shado w the American to learn everything. The he 4l Wlthl ,\fiv e mmute 'V i conspirators were hardly down stairs before the The coal-box was in the shadow, and as the | ; —<v, „„,i that he would not have to remain long. Seated on the bottom of the box in a comfort able position, with the room as quiet as the grave, the detective was almost dozing when aroused by a footstep on the stairs. Some one entered the room, turned up the gas, arranged detective heard the unknown females take seats The Colonel did not return until a late hour, ; at one of the tables, he peered over the edge of 1 t j 3e ^ riil wlinn lia nn^Tmil flm lotfor Vile uiimriiifl OTlil flin Viay and ^1 iooAucrml fViof ono nf fliom ttqo f officer was running over the roofs, and he was down on the sidewalk before one of them left and when he opened the letter his surprise and I the box and discovered that one of them was indignation nearly choked him. j the same female he had trailed to her home the “ The addle-headed wretch !” he exclaimed as previous day—Queen Imogene. The other was he walked up and down the room. “And he’s j dressed like a servant, and had neither good gone—gone to ruin !” looks nor a lady-like demeanor. Burton knew that some one must have ad- i “I am frightened most to death!” she said, vanced money to Walter, and that no stranger ! as she looked around the room; “already I feel would advance him money without security, j the sharp ax of the guillotine on my neck !” unless there was some secret between them, j “ This place is as secret as the tomb—there is The letter said that Walter was going into busi- no cause for fear,” replied the other. “If you ness, but the Colonel knew better, and he swore a great oath that he didn’t care three buttons j riches and fame. To-day you are a servant— what became of the rash-minded fellow. j to-morrow or next day you may be a countess.” “Yes I do. too!" he shouted next moment, j A step on the stairs interrupted further con- “but I'm a fool for caring. He doesn’t deserve j versation, and as the door opened the detective that anv one should take a cent’s worth of care ; saw Walter Travelick enter. “By the alley gate,” answered Walter. “ And I shall come in a moment, as soon as joined by a friend, who desires to become a brother!” whispered the man. He stood at the corner of the alley while the American crept softly down to the gate, which opened to receive him, and then the man hurried away. It was Dupont, the spy. CHAPTER XY. At midnight, sixty-seven members of the Red Band were in the council-chamber, and the meet ing was called to order by the Queen. This was the night she had hoped to strike a blow for France, but Marie, the servant, bad se cured a postponement of one night, because on street, the clatter of muskets and sabres, and the great hum of voices as the" populace gathered. When daylight shone into the basement, the men looked into each other’s 'faces and at their Queen. “We must surrender,” she said, in a quiet, even voice. “They have planted cannon to de molish the building, and it would be fool-hardy for us to talk of further resistance. They may prove that we were a secret society, but they cannot show that we were or are conspirators, if we do not betray ourselves first.” There were reason and hope in her words, and faces brightened up a little, They looked upon the raid as resulting from some word carelessly dropped, or from some accidental discovery, and they did not see how any one was going to show that the meeting had discussed assassination and rebellion. Soon after daylight, a soldier advanced and demanded their surrender, and after a moment’s' hesitation, they became prisoners. The room was filled with soldiers, the prisoners were hand le next’night several of the servants had leave ! cuffed together, and then the file marched out to The American came out first, and the detective took his trail. Travelick went up this street and down that for half an hour, and then suddenly called a carriage to drive him to his hotel. This manceuvre on his part came near throw ing Dupont off the trail, but he ran after the car riage and kept it in view until he secured the services of a vehicle. He saw the American to go out for the evening, and there would not be so much danger of the plot being discovered. When the meeting had been called to order, j Queen Imogene explained the cause of delay, j and detailed at length the plans she had formed, j They were to meet again on the following night, i and if the American succeeded in striking the blow he purposed, the band were to break up into sixes and each six hasten to a public square I and proclaim the news of the assassination and j invite an uprising of the people to form a new j government. receive the groans and hisses of the populace, who regarded them in the light of highway rob bers. The jam was fearful, and as the prisoners made their slow way along, Travelick cast his eyes down for fear they would rest upon the face of Colonel Burton. for him, but he’s made me mad, and I’ll have him hunted up if I have to stay in Paris for a year!” The detective had made no report of his do- alight at an obscure hotel, and half an hour af- _ , , , > , , ,V/ UU terwards the officer was also registered at the ! bnt thev were reluctant to obey, are brave for twenty-four hours, you shall have same house) under an assnmed name. No one 1 J - reluctant to oney. knew him, and he sat in the office and smoked or read, and no one gave heed. Travelick did not leave his room until supper time, and then went back and was not seen again until evening, when he descended to the office and secured a ticket to a theatre not far away. The little black-eved man watched the CHAPTER XIY. Walter felt more at ease after having cut loose CHAPTER XYL After driving around to the hotels and failing to find a clue to Travelick, Colonel Burton had decided that he could do nothing more, and that he must leave the case to the detective. He in- The Queen had not yet finished announcing quired sharply after the little black-eyed man, the programme when the alarm-bell rang, and but Dupont had left word that he would be out her voice was instantly hushed. The bell had j of town for a day or two, and the Alabamian had been pulled by a watcher at the further end of | to choke down his impatience, the building, and it was rattled so vigorously The battle between the police and the conspir- that every man sprang to his feet. , ators roused half of Paris from their beds. The “Be quiet, men!” said the Queen, in a low j scene was distant from the Colonel’s hotel only voice, waving her hand for them to sit down; four or five blocks, and he was aroused and ' ' 1 added one more to the number of the crowd. Two of the guards went out, but they had j He could understand only now and then a word hardly disappeared before they came running | of French, and could not make himself under- back, shouting: j stood in that tongue. He, however, made out “ The police are upon us /” ' that the police had discovered a lot of rascals The door had scarcely been locked when the who were up to some plot, and he stayed by to tramp of heavy feet and the shouts of men were ; see the end. heard in the hall. The conspirators were dumb { It never once occurred to the big-hearted and helpless for a moment, and as they stood j American that Travelick rnight be among the American from the comer of his eyes, listened to j looking at each other, Queen Imogene shouted: j besieged in the basement, fie heard many peo- ines, or he could have enlightened the Colonel’s ; from the Colonel, and he gave himself entirely ; his words, and when the one lit a cigar and ! “ Draw your knives and fight your way out, ! pie speaking the word “American, an 1 some mind. When Dupont had his suspicions aroused up to the idea advanced by the daring Queen of strolled out, the other followed. j for they are coming in through the secret pas- I of them made motions like a man fighting des- that a new conspiracy was being plotted, he re- the Red Band. He remained in his new quar- Walter found his way to the theatre and en- , sages !” ! perately, but neither word nor gesture had any membered that he was in the ernplov of Napo- ters until near the hour which had been ap- tered. The detective followed, and took a seat ! Her quick ear had detected the sound of foot- j significance to him. Ten or twelve persons had leon. If the American was a conspirator, the pointed for the meeting at the old woman’s near near by. The performance began presently, but j steps in the room overhead, and she realized j been killed, as many more wounded, and every- detective would pick him up with the rest and the Column Vendome, and he was but a moment 1 if it interested the American he did not betrav j that the band were in a net. ! body knew that a part of the band still refused he would be punished with the rest. The offi- late. the fact. He saw the actors moving about, and The men answered her words with a wild and to surrender, and that a crisis would come with cer had therefore decided not to make any re- He found Queen Imogene and the servant, heard their words, bnt his thoughts were else- desperate veil. Capture meant the guillotine or j daylight. It’s like a presidential election or a Fourth- of-July in America,” chuckled the Colonel, as he was elbowed about, and daylight found him jostling among the vast crowd. The besieged finally surrendered, and were marched out, and the Colonel received such a port to Colonel Burton until the case had become Marie, waiting to plan with him, and the three J where. At half-past ten o’clock, when he moved ; transportation, and they themselves threw open clearer. sa t down and conversed freely, having no fears out, the detective was close behind him in the the door which the police were trying to break The detective was not on hand to follow the that a word of their conversation would reach | crowd. It was a walk of a mile {or more to the ; down, voung man when he changed hotels, but this outside ears. \ building which the Red Band used as their : Dupont, the detective, had laid his plans fact did not give him any* anxiety. He made ! The servant was a weak-minded girl, rendered | headquarters, and Walter had to depend on a j swiftly and well. After leaving Travelick at the a few inquiries as to what baggage had been vain by the fact that she was employed in the 1 carriage again. He gave such directions as would corner of the alley, he had hastened to the police — taken, whether Colonel Burton had been there kitchen of the Tuilleries, and yet not satisfied land him within two squares of the place, and : station, and in an hour fifty men were around j shock at the sight of "W alter among them, that he to see his friend off, and then as he walked away with her position, having been told by flatterers, the detective climbed upon the box of another : the building in which the conspiraters were was dumb, and almost blind for a moment, he whispered: 'who cracked jokes at her expense, that she had carriage and whispered: j holding their meeting. The detective had not “It is a plain case, or I shall soon make it beauty and refinement to grace a drawing-room. “ Keep that vehicle in sight and you shall ' dreamed of a hand numbering over a score, and plain. I shall be on hand to-morrow to see who It was the old story of the crow who was flattered have a double fare !” ' had expected to bag every one without much enters the little confectionery store.” by the foxes into opening her mouth to sing, When Walter was dropped he looked around , trouble. That evening, the Colonel took a carriage and and thereby losing the meat which she was car- him for the Cafe St. Germaine, as he had been There were only about a dozen officers ob- drove to every first-class hotel in Paris, but Wal- rying away. The conspirators flattered her that directed to by Queen Imogene. The pretentious i structing the avenue of escape by way of the ter had registered at none of them, and the Ala- they might make a tool of her to further their title was not substantiated by either exterior or i alley, and the conspiraters fought like wild bamian was no wiser than before he started out. plans, and she had joined them under the belief interior of the place, where one could sit at a j beasts. Pistols cracked, knives drank blood, . ... He wanted to see Dupont, bnt the detective was that she was to suddenly rise from kitchen-maid little table and eat his cake and drink his wine j and the officers would have been exterminated | der the knife of the guillotine . not to be found, and nothing more could be to countess. * while a blind man ground sad music from a had they not been reinforced as the fight raged > ' ia c ’ r,v,t ,T done at present. It was a bold plot which the two deliberated, violin and workingmen complained of high At 9 o'clock next morning the detective passed The American was to disguise himself in the prices for provisions and low prices for work. Travelick was in his shirt-sleeves, his face stained with powder-smoke and blood, and when the crowd caught sight of him, they called out: “The American—the tiger—the devil!” “ That’s—what—he—was—up—to !” muttered the Alabamian, as the truth finally dawned upon his bewildered mind. “It’s a gang of conspir- Walter was lost to his sight in a moment, and hottest. \ the astounded Colonel elbowed his way out of Many of the conspirators escaped during the : the crowd, gained his hotel and sat himself . r. ^ • . » ,1 n 1 1 1 i il At- ! a - • 1_* TJzx f-ir-wYi nvcirl r»T> the Column Vendome. and walked down in front ; garments of a laborer on the succeeding night, Walter had hardly seated himself at one of the first five minutes of the fight, and when the path j down in his room to think. He pondered on t of the little old shop. Children were going in i and appear at the kitchen gate at a certain hour, tables before he was joined by a man in the garb j to the gate was cut off, and reinforcements for . the case for a short time, and then leaped up land coming out, and the old woman seemed to when the other servants would be busily en- of an artisan, who whispered : the police arrived, about twenty of the band fell i and exclaimed: instinct print