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THE SUNiY SOUTH.
Bach of night, seemed almost
•j preternaturally excited sense
j gliding of serpents made him
It to feel their fangs in his
.%-31s about him. To increase
• sands of mosketoesand sting-
■ swarming about him and
j&less body in every part.
i. (f 'is stout heart and his res-
*he bitter end, tears of pain
m his burning eyes, and
released from his mis-
■ght stars of the torrid
■kerv, and no relief
as that the dew seem-
jon his brow and to
| tgree, Ins burning
V- way m spite of
Vards morning, he
aie on his white face
its bright hair that
m, his ]>et name of
he was bound here tf - perish of thirst and
hunger or to become the victim of the ser-
pents or the vultures. But that touch on his
chock, it was wit hout doubt the head of a ser
pent. It was coiled somewhere at his feet
with its head erect like the snake that fastened
its fangs in the cheek of the wretched crimi
nal he had seen when he was first brought to
Gold Valley. Involuntarily he attempted to
raise his hand to knock away the bead that
ho thought was close to his face. The motion
was involuntary, for he knew he was hound,
but what was his astonishment to f ind that
he could raise his right hand without difficul
ty. The cords was no longer around it. He
tried his left; that too was free. He moved
his body, it was no longer bound. Though
he was numb in every iimh, there was no
other obstacle to his moving away from the
tree. He was free—free at least of his fetters.
What was the meaning of it? How came
he unbound? By the faint light of just break
ing daw*, he examined the cords. They had
been cut. Who had done it? Some friend;
but who* He knew that none of his fellow
prisoners would have the opportunity, and he
was sum none of the overseers would <lo him
such a viendly office. He could not imagine
who hatcome to him so softly in the night,
had sevfeed his cords and then had touched
his elieehjo gently that he had taken it for
tlm tread.rous, soft touch of the sen lent.
Hilt nt* ll.MlVira ti'i.w. 4-^ ,• • A
But he lindio time to waste in conjecture.
He was trwindeed for the moment, but es-
®8p® wa f Y far away, impossible it flight
well be. l° r would only be re-capture and
death to rein n j n Gold Valley and there was
««> wayout ?-t except through the terrible
Pass. Shouldg dare its horrore? There was
no other til tent j ve Should he remain here
an hour longer might bring some of the
despots of the , ne to the place to see if he
was yet dead Ofo, „iock ], js agonies: they
would hud that was f reC; wou ]j hunt him
down with then vage dogs and bind him
again to the tree, f a j] a victim to tiie vul
tures before the should set
Nerved by desi^io n alld impelled by con
suming thirst, he o, rln ined to make trial of
Uio Serpents Pass.. erh ., 1)S then} was wa _
tor there; and>fdei.waited for him beside
the stream, itcom lar djj- l)e worse than
this raging thirst. A— rate it was better
to meet death and L. it %vjth fmj limbs
tiian to be a eharned a ive victi
H e occupied h msel. me „ ljmlfes . }
bmghis mimbeil iiml>s . ( , s t ( ,i.e the circu]a .
tion; and as soon as In .j m h turned
bis steps towards the o{j
pLagf He went cadil^i'^tl.e fatal
& . ™!7,C
the view opened «lllh * menen,
and the view open
which the blue mists M?re f
g a valley from
rising—a val-
lev green its an emeald, ‘ .8. 1
ley green ^ it in by gray
heights of rock and cBrflot w ith an ex
I «* 4-
I vf. "" f ‘ ,v '<l chailiUK-e’s sight
cheek; he turned his head involuntarily. God
of heaven! there was the huge flat head of an
enormious serpent within a few inches of his
face. It was its forked tongue that had
touched his cheek; its great coils went round
and round the limbs of,the tree, above him, its
long neck, its hideous head were pendant from
the limb; the glittering eyes looked close into
bis. A strange bewilderment seized him. lie
felt numb and paralized, his limbs refused to
move, a sickening sensation took away every
other feeling as he felt the monster’s head
touch his shoulders; in another instant the
boa had loosed his bold upon the tree and be
fore Treganee could utter a prayer, the horri
ble coils went round and round him: be made
one desperate effort to move, and fell to the
ground. The hiss of the serpent sounded in
his ears like the roar of many waters; the
pressure on his chest was like damps of steel,
the hot breath of the monster scorched him
like a sirocco, and then, his senses wholly for
sook him and he lay helpless and senseless in
the coils of the boa.
For a second only; conciousness came back.
What did this mean? the presence of ihose
steel clamps upon his chest did not crush the
breath out so fearfully; the his-ing tongue no
longer touched his cheek. Where was the
serpent’s head ? What bad happened to ar
rest the pitiless reptile in the the act of crush
ing the flesh and bones of its victim? Vitality
was strong in this vigorous, youthful Ameri
can. He raised his head from the ground
and looked about him. He saw the elevated
heads of serpents, near him; the linger head
of the monster whose scaly coils encircled his
limbs—all were turned in one direction—ail
eyes were fixed there. It was the direction
of the spring in the rocky cleft. What was
there to attract them? What was there to
make the boa forget his prey?
With difficulty Treganee moved his head
so that, he could see. Was he in his right
senses? Was that a woman standing within
the rocky cleft, umong the serpents that had
uncoiled and seemed to grovel before her?
Was that a woman’s face, fair as the moon-
flower against the seamed and moss-blackened
cliff? Oh! lie was surely dreaming. His
brain was filling with the wild visions that
precede death. That wonderful apparition
could not lie real; these serpents could not be
doing homage to her, bending and arching
their necks with sullen lire in tlieir eyes as
though compelled by some power that they
could not resist, though they strove to do so
with all their malignant might. No, it was
no dream, for slowly as if with fierce reluc
tance, with his eyes transfixed 1 ,y the woman's
gaze, the Ima uncoiled its folds from about
the form of Treganee; tlieu, with a low hiss,
betokening the angry acquiescence of con
quered power, he glided off among the rocks
and creepers, leaving Treganee alive, unhurt,
but unable to rise through the paraylz lig
effects of terror and wonder. No sooner had
the boa slunk away than the other serpents
followed suit. At the wave of the arm of
the slight female figure standing within the
dark cleft of the rock, hooded cobra.Gah-samp
anaconda, fire-snake, all disappeared as if by
magic. Fora moment, the rustling and hissing
sounded like a storm gathering in (he tops of
a pine forest—then all was quiet, utterly, mar
velously still. Treganee could hear the loud
beating of his heart thumping against the
ground where he lay.
He felt a reviving dash of water-drops upon
his forehead. He leaped up to see the face of
the woman bending over him; in her hand
she held a large leaf doubled to make a cup,
and from it. dripped the precious drops of
water. She was smiling as she held the leaf
for his parched lips to drink. He raised him
self on his elbow and gulped down every
crystal drop.
“Are you strong effough to reach the
spring? I will help you.”
Treganee started and stared at the speaker,
once more overwhelmed with surprise. The
words were spoken in purest English. Yes,
and English was the fair skin, the red lips;
though eves and hair were dark as lniiU'i-iv* i
An English woman in the midst oigntenuieut,
lent’s Pass! A woman awing
Sada and the Doctor;
OR,
The Avenger of the Wroiged.
By Lieutenant Felix.
CHAPTER XVII.
“You know what an awful dark night
that are was, doctor; tew deuced black to- a
man tew see a hand before him. Judge Ben-
net and .Squire Castle and Squire Allen put
up here as usual, and ther Judge and Sfuire
Castle wanted a rite smart Tom-and-Jerrv,
and I had it to make, of course. Judge Ben
nett sas ter me, ses he, I’d like ter see ther
feller that can beat Jack Sprigg at making
anything with brandy iixins, and that’s ther
truth. Wall, doctor, I ha 1 other customers
tew and ther way it was, 'twas nigh ter
twelve o’clock afore I went ter bed. 1 was
right smart tired, and I s’pose I should hev
gone ter sleep right away, but yer see flier
baby had ther colic and Polly Ann had ter lie
up a dosin’ her with catnip tea and paregoric:
so you see, when thei clock struck one, l had
not shut my eyes. ’Bout half past one tho'
ther baby went ter sleep, and Polly Ann thort
I was ’sleep, fer yer see 1 played possom like,
for I was afoaret if Polly Ann knew I was
not sleepin’ she’ll hey been for havin’ me tend
in’ that ur young un: so I laid as still as a rat
and snored a little bit in ther bargin. But
Polly Ann she was powerfully tuckered out,
so she went right off ter sleep. Wall, some
how, I couldn’t go ter sleep light off, and I
got ter flunking liow r much I was going’ ter
make on’ ther prime stuff in ther cellar, how
many Tom-and-Jerrys a barrel would make,
and how much I’d be likely ter sell by ther
glass. Wall, bimby, I hear a little noise at
ther hall door. I’d left it unlocked, thinkin'
you’d be coinin’ in sometime in ther night. I
heared some one emue in deuced keerful an’
go upstairs. I kind o’ thort it was yon. an’
fore long, 1 went ter sleep. When 1 woke up
agin it was by bearin' a scuffin’ noise in ther
hall, and a voice sayin’: ‘Come quick. Every
thing is ready!’ Then ther hall door slanj-
med to, and ther next ininit I heard a car
riage drive away. I got up as fast as' could i
be, slipped my legs inter my trousers, amTs he cars.”
went inter ther hall pretty deuced quick. I
went ter the door and looked out, but the wind
and sleet came right in my face and chilled
mo. I shut ther door and went up stairs, I
went ter ther room Miss Sands had; it was
locked, and everything was still. I went on
to ther door of ther room that deuced mad-
ame Batile had; that door wasn’t locked, and
when I opened it, thar was not a sou!\,'i f •.
Ther beil hadn’t been tumbled a bit, anther 1
was a fire in ther stove. I went out intfcher
hall agin, and went down stairs, lookingeer-
ful all ther way. As I went down I s.y a
glove lying on ther steps. I picked- it ui*nd
put it in my pocket, and here it is.”
Mr. Sprigg took the glove from his pifcet
and showed it to the doctor.
It w: s a gentleman’s glove and nearly i.w,
with the initials “J. II.” marked on the vvjst
and there was a large drop of blood on he
back.
“Have you any idea who this glove belog-
ed to?” asked Algernon, looking up, but sill
holding the glove in his hand. Mr. Spri-g
did not reply at ffi-st, finally he said:
“The pusson’s that come down stairs aid
went out doors, I guess.
ajiite hair. He was a man of but few
yet courteous and friendly in his man-
ijile merely said:
j very sorry to see you looking so poor-
lb tor.”
M-non knew that the deacon spoke just
,-ielt. Mr. Emery was a good man and
ttetor’s only wonderment was how he
qfinil a help mate in such a woman as
®urns. After a time, Mrs. Emery went
ifae kitchen to attend to her dinner, and
{bacon anil the doctor were left alone,
lion saw it was a good opportunity to
Jin his errand, anil lie broached the sub-
jy sneaking of the mysterious disappear
ed Sada Sands.
es, it was very strange,” said the old
£“very strange indeed.”
iat night seemed tq lie an unlucky one,
dm reinember it, Mr. Emery ? asked
es, but why unlucky ?”
ell, that night, if you remember, Biddy
Jon died in jail.”
es, doctor.”
nd that night I was nearly murdered.”
es, doctor.”
ud that night Three-fingered Joe and
June Batile left Evansville on the mfil-
I train, did they not?”
es. doctor; blit do you call that a mis-
jne? 1 should call the night a lucky one,
jr as that young man, Joe, leaving the
jiborhond.”
v hy, Mr. Emery?”
Hi. he’s not a God fearing young man.
<3>r. It would make your blood run cold
Jar him swear, akd he’s a terrible bail ex-
ale for the young men of Evansville to fol-
r
should suppose so. Mrs. Sands has taken
a? an interest in the scape-gallows, sent
tto college, and treated him as well as if
bid been her own son.”
le is a most ungrateful young man.”
)id v m see them the night they left on
frars, Mr. Emery?”
IT es.”
IVhere?”
)n the platform. Mrs. Sands went with
t i. but has returned since, so 1 hear.”
did you speak with Madame Batile or
J. Sands?”
duly with Mailame Batile. Mrs. Sands
i token with a faint, or something of the
kl, and it was all they could do to get her
called out “Ashland!” This was a snwll ste;
tion twenty miles from Evansville. - I ■ •
sengers left the car, but one entered it. He
was a man, muffled in a shaggy overcoat a
fur cap anil a huge red and white comfoi t
that bundled up his neck and tlie lower part
of his face. He lias medium height, stoutly
built, with a curious swaggering gait.
He took a reversed seat so that the 1
sat opposite to him. and notwithstanding the
gilded notice over the car door. No femok
ing Allowed,” lie took a cigar from a prett>
pearl case, and lighting it, put his feet upon
the opposite seat and liegan smoking sava„
lv. He still kept muffled up to his ears, and
took no notice of any one around nun. t he
doctor sat with iiis face in the shadow of the
lamp w liich hung overhead midway the car
and watched the strangers. Some Distinctive
feeling prompting him to do this. But, >
and by he threw away the stump of a cigar,
and Algernon could see his features without
penetrating the cloud of smoke. A cold sliud
Jler ran through tiie doctor’s frame, he start
ed; that countenance was no strange one to
him. Algernon was almost certain he Had
seen it twice before. His mind went back to
the day he had come upon the barefooted
tress. Thirty years
quite young,
before, the cook,
™ workbinl
alsoknovvn and ^^mout-ned by his
Sn’Jiohad no one to t,link of but their
little boy. , , ,i 1P 1(00 r mother
in
tie Doy. , for the poor moinei
Srton the separation frmn
the course of a Russian
who made him foUowBm —-• turn( , d to her
ICO - -J. -+ the
ci illege.
stranger before the gate of Maple Grove, who
•erning Mrs. Sands. Ann
had enquired concerning — , . ,
again be recalled in a flash the face he haa
seen, shaaed by the hood and veil, which des
pite this disguise, he had known to be the
same countenance he had seen undei the
slouched hat. The doctor was still very wear,
and this strange discovery shook his nerves
with pain. Who and what was this man.
What fate was it that threw him now direct
ly in his wav? What could Mrs. Sands have
to do with him? Why did he hide himself un
der disguises? All these questions came up
perplexingly to the doctor’s mind.
(To lie continuecU
Madame Grt
home on the banks 16 S aw his mother re-
end of three weeks Bons saw
turn. __ . she said,
rill spend our Sabbaths
vour masters,
every day and we wi
together.
’ The sacrifice was gi t
^^r&ifflantTand^e^e
life of the«
a retired portion <
■at. much greater than
To leave her old haul us,
mtry to inhabit a small house m
iwtlie city and to bve spa”-
SONIA.
Translated from the French
Henri tireville.
BY ANNIE MURRAY.
11 at once it flashed into the doctor’s mind
t’game that had been played. It was dark,
peon Emery was a good, unsuspecting soul,
hnever dreamed of any villiany, anil that
p r fainting, or drugged Sada had been
{rued off upon him as Mrs. Sands, the doc-
f did not doubt. Algernon saw- the whole
puouvreas plainly as he did lleacon Emery,
ki oil the Deacon was a very tangible substance.
This part of the abduction the doctor under
stood to his entire satisfaction. What puz
zled him now was, where had they taken
Sada, and what they intended to do with her.
A shudder went through his frame as he re
membered the words of Three-Fingered Joe ;
“She will never see another morning. Did
they (intend to take the girl away among
strangers where they would be unknown, and
then murder her in cold blood? The thought
of if, made him sick and faint. The Deacon
noticed the doctor’s pallor, and kindly inquir
ed: “Doctor, will not a little quiet rest, or a
little wine do you good?” ....
Algernon accepted the latter invitation, he
felt tiie need of- something stimulating, lie
too indisposed to have left
Widowhood, but of separation,
e beautiful days of summer
the servants to see Janu-
son arrive! The noisy
„ aV i, tiie servants much
while grumbling, they mur
much like bis father as
ruble!” and the yen-
'xtinguisked ■
suv.
Also, when the
came, wliat joy for
auie Grelmf and hi
student sometimes
trouble, but even
mured: “He is as
two drops of water rese
eration of this remembrance exti.»gu,s.i W
their lips the half-uttered re)>i M a
of it.
, indeed, far _ .
i his chamber, to say nothing of tiie exciting
“And have you any idea who that was?. Business in which he was engaged. The wine
asked the doctor, never taking his eyes frori was excellent; it invigorated him. The good
the man’s face. t I Deacon sat down beside him, and Algernon
“Wall, yes, I might say I hev,” ippiitd I continued Ids questioning in his regular way.
Jack. TT x 1 Time was precious, but ah, he’ilid not dream
Who was it ?" .y then, how very precious it was at that purtic-
Yer see doctor, ther one that said, “QiVyJ* u l a r'time,
all ready,’ had a curus voice. I’d lie;u^ff, om( “Mrs. Emery was saying you had been up
are voice often call for ther prmjj| r "th*e but to the station to cary a trunk.”
looked uivm 'a eonfiagVation. ,Xaoyi "S that.
But there was a feeling that <«on overpow
ered those of wonder admiration—A
bunung thirst consumed him; he must have
water at, any price. Besides he must remain
here no longer Even the reptiles of the ter
%i Va u’ Se n ,ents had less terrors for
him than the thought that he might any mo
incut fall again into the hands of his captors
. “ e went forward cautiously, looking above
before him and on either side as heslowlyad-
vaneed. He bent his steps in the direction of
that portion of the valley where,a streak of
ranker and more freshly green vegetation
gave promise of some spring or stream. For
ward with slow, careful steps; and still no
cobra s hiss, no rustle of the metallic coils of
the boa, no glitter of the charming eyes of
the anaconda, peering at him through the
foliage. He went on with more haste, thi
h re< r\k rrf '. w finder: more luxuriant the vines
or red. Further still he jienetrated; still
cautious, still keeping eye and ear intent. For
a tropic scene the stillness was wonderful • a
faint breeze moved the leaves, but no bird
chirped, no animal stirred; only the small
pq*i of an insect sounded here and there.
Where were the terrible serpents? Was it
not possible that the horrors of the valley had
been exaggerated in order to deter the slaves
of the mine from seeking to escape?" 1
Treganee could not pause to conjecture.
Th^t -mil 8 th i rst ' vere ur K in S him on.
lhat cluster of palms and plumy-leaved Cas-
sava trees seemed to wave to him to come and
partake of the sweet waters that fed their
greenness. On he pressed; he reached the
palm and Cassava trees, their feathery tops
rustled mockingly over his head. There was
mo water there.
„ tho
stooping down, she dipped up wa
ter with the leaf and bathed his face.
“I will find a better drinking cup,” she
said, and took out from a mossy cranny the
hollow half o! pear-shaped sweet gourd of
Paupa. Twice she filled this to the
brim and let him drain it. Then she shid
“enough,” and added, “now you must hav
some refreshment; here it is at hand.” Lift
ing some palm leaves that covered a space on
the moss-cushioned rock, he saw freshly gath
ered tumarinds, bread fruit and the red and
yellow pippins of the cactii.
“These were gathered for you,” she said.
Then smiling at his stare of bewilderment,
she added, “you see I was expecting you.”
“Expecting me?”
“Even so. Feel yourself welcome and eat.
But stay; you want some milk with your
bread. Fortunately it is close by.”
“Mills!” repeated Treganee looking aliou
him in perplexity.”
“Nature is kind in the tropics. She knowi
her hot suns make her children too lazy to
w'ork. So she gives us our food ready pre
pared. See here.” As she spoke, she took
up the gourd and rose to her feet. She ap
proached a tree that grew near the spring
and taking a knife from her belt, thrust tho
blade into the smooth, green bark of the tree
and began to round out a a small plug. No
sooner had she done so than a milky fluid
flowed out and filled the gourd she held un
derneath the cut. She then put the plug
back into the orifice, stopping the flow, and
carried the brimming calabash to Treganee
‘ Taste it,” she said.
He did so, and found it slightly viscid, but
exceedingly pleasant, fragrant and refresh-
mg.
“This is the Arbo-lacti or milK tree,” she
said. It is a handsome ornamental tree, —•
No water, and the sun was already begin-
nmg to send hot rays upon his uncovered
Lead; the thirst parched In’s throat; he seized
some of the small brown wild figs that grew
close to him and tried to quench it with their
juices- As he was eating them, a sound
caught his ear—a sound sweeter to him th in
harp or viol—the faint tinkling of falling wa
ter. Down dropped the brown-skinned, crim
son-hearted tigs and Treganee plunged for
ward in pursuit of that enchant ng sound. If
serpents hissed or glided near him, he did not
hear them. He parted the undergrowth with
both hands and rushed forw ard'like a mad
creature. He would have sought that water
though an army of snakes rose to bar his
path.
you see. and gives milk like an Alderney ’its
sup is a fluid closely resembling the lacieal in
its properties, richer in fact, as my dear fath
er found by analysis. It is nearly the same
as cream. The tree can be tapped like your
sugar maples.” J
“How do you know I am an American?”
It is easy to guess that. Take my knife
to your fruit. That blade has already done
you service. It cut your cords and gave you
treedom last night, or rather this morning ”
’U as it you ihat cut the cords? How can
I thank you? TV hut am 1 to think? Tell me
V-P'tv who you are—how came you here*
U hat strange power is this you have over
these terrible serpents, and ”
“And whether you are safe from them
bar, and ther hard cash a lie 1
^ who was he?” M "V
„ fr ..te to speak ther n Mme but its.
Von iit college lamed genw and as full ->?
devil as ther nut. is full f of meat,
down Mu]ile Gove.”
“You mean tliree-fingered Joe?”
that
“You hev hit ther nail on ther heard bv
lighty; it was Joe.” ’
“And you think the glove be'ongs to him?”
“Pretty deuced slnue of it; and morn that,
that Miss Sands was long with them; tt first
I couldn’t see into ther tiling, how tier could
er got her out; but lean make a mighty good
guess now that, I heve come ter thinl ’bout
two keys bein' alike.”
“And why did you not tell me of this be
fore?”
“Wall, by mighty, I told yer once, oa Polly j
Ann s account. She took on so, I couldn’t,
by cracky. She bed a notion we woull git
niter trouble ’bout it. Praps we woud at
ther time. Everybody was plum crazy bout
'D hich way did the carriage go?
“Towards ther depot?”
“When did the cars come in?”
“Hardly a quarter of an hour after,
as I got inter lied I heard them.”
“Who was at the station that night?”
V\ all, ’twas deacon Emery.”
“Your mother-in-law’s husband?”
Wall, yes."
“And is this all you know of the a(T;r?”
asked Algernon, buttoning up his overeat,
and putting on his outer wrappings, prenra
tory to his leaving.
“y 6 ?! every plaguey thing that I kow
about it.”
“Do you suppose I would find the de.ron
at home if I should call there on my retrn
home?”
‘‘Wall, now, yer don’t mean ter see hii
Of course, I do?”
Yes.”
(ALm ar e rather too old a man to cary a
^ trunk so far.’, said the doctor, rathei
<U1 the 1” O’clock trauV
’airs. Emery tells me the trunk camefr^P^i*-^
Maple Grove.” | after hat
‘Yes."
CHAPTER XIY.
The evening of the third day after this meet
ing the good Madame Grebof seated herself
iu the corner of her garden under the large
wooden mushroom which served as a shelter
from sun and rain. The ground slightly
raised in that spot, commanded a good view
of the road which traversed the village and
that which led to the court-yard of her mod
est dwelling. , , ,
She loved to come here to seek the last rays
of the setting sun. Amid the golden hues she
saw filing along, the four small work-liorses,
six cows and the few sheep that formed tier
flock; then came the geese under the guid
ance of a little buy with sparkling eyes, fair,
curly->beadeil and sunburnt, the heir of the
chamber-maid, and destined one day to be
M. Boris’s valet provided his good behav-
ior and intelligence permitted him to to reach
that elevated post, the object of maternal am
bition. , , , ,
Letting fall the sock which she had begun
for her dear son. Madame Greb if crossed her
bands upon her breast and watched peaceful
ly the inhabitants of the farm-yard enter,
when a distant noise of bells attracted liei at
tention. She listened: the s .qhd approached.
“Dacha! Dacha!” she cried oher chamber,
maid, “here are visitors arriving. Put tiie
tea oil and warm it quickly, anil put tiie rolls
into the oven.”
The house was not far distant; the honest;
face of Dacha, framed ir *;"iv hair, appeared
at a window. * as ; \
“Yes, madame,” repliei e t e . Who can it
be coming? We hav. o> r all ttie neighbors
lately.” " toT
It may be the old v iau Popoff-^prepare
sweetmeats quick'ar you knovs^d\e does
Madame oK of
>a5F the arrivp* U
. ivmg 1,
tier mistress; standin
ed their ranks and the
tracted little by little ,, hfimp an
Sonia brought into this p< - < *• - ‘
element that was not welcome her - „
ness, her complete ignorance of the
theplace.had^hm^rti^ivefm-the^old;
fashioned peopu. , ti _.
the'- aske i each other from tune to time.
The following Sabbath, they saw h( ‘'" '
ten times. A rus! ic drudg ■
watch the dwelling, anil nothing could have
been more humiliating m tin- eyes ot ttm.e
who controlled her as well as m the Utt.
disinherited child hei-si-lf.
Little bv lit' le she became aceusi,on.v-it t ,
the comfort of an existence where ^nks an.l
cuffs were unknown and where tin ii.u
meals a day came regularly to appease ne.
gnawing hunger. ,
She remained yet somewhat sa%age so,
and maintained an olistn.ite ii
■xistence; but she ren
the arrive 1
yett, came to rejoin
s , tip-toe and shadinfi-
••And to who was tho trunk directed?” J 101 ’ with her hand, she vairdv triel’
“lo a Mr. Snyder of Bennington.” I ** through the cloud (ffTJ tffi hlul not
ud • ^ ..mngton
Ben-111 ng-ton?’ “said Abel, in astonish-
nient, recognizing m the name, the former
residence of Lyman Sands, where he bee:
acquainted with the fair, falsi
Mrs.
“Bennington you said?”
“Yes, but the place
ime
woman.
„ - „oes by another name
t lP - '"jr lpK *?, ud " a T biJls . I always
call it Bennington.” J
-‘To a Mi-. Snyder, j-ou said *”
Yes.”
“The doctor had never heard of the name
before, and it flashed across his mind that
tins might be but a nom de guenre, and that
gtlirec lvto Madam Batile,
spoke littie,
lence about Jier past , .
ilered herself useful in the s.lent and muepea
dent manner so charac eristic ot her.
From the first day she had commenced her
services near Boris, not without making the
old chamber-maid angry, who had cradled
the young master in her arms, am. vbo bad
been indi-puted in petting bun: Dacha com
plained a little, but Boris consoled her mtn
kind words, and Sonia continued to serve n«i
proprietor with that devotion of a fcubuxiasi^e
animal which rmile. ed lier so
i rr “^ c<
Telephones I:»I Mug
Kid.
That the
a souroe not oid^^^S^^
it 1 ^ ho
Ml scientific tomilSTit
Which commend itself to all who loym-qv-ViIv
“ LfiMroiluci-d a telephone in-'
m a way
sur-
veyor?” ^ ^ “ a ha, ‘ k ’ exee l ,t the land s
The — postilion
its
l-wh„ l ?- lck "V ,s approaching; the
lashed his ponies ’ -
the trunk was<
rapul galop tne length of the avenue '
his hea±' B ° riS ’ Wav “S his hat above
“Great Goil! is it you, Boris!
ady, overcome with iov
his astonishment he found that the creature
alone and unable t,^ converse with anything
Pi '
til me.
cried tlfeold
Vh! :ny limbs
TVgernon arose to go. The doctor declined
Ins mVitatnin and went out. He was very
tueii and faint when he reached Mother
huHfim’ r! ] ° mMla f (wl 'hnnia- await
‘•'J 111 ',. The delicious odor of several dishes
greeted him as he opened the door. After
dinner, Algernon laid down and slept the
afternoon away; He needed rest, and he
would take it while he could. Heaven only
knew when he would sleep so calmly
Mrs. Brown was very much nstoni^m
By Jeru-salem! Wall, don’t yer menon
"hatlve told you, to him, fur if yer shdrl.
again.
i j , y er > much astonished when
she learned that the doctor had made uj;. his
mind to leave her hospitable roof. ‘ -Tin iu art
crazy my dear boy, to think of it.” said the
old lady. The doctorreplied by saying “that
might be,” biithe was urged on by a rtraiige^
incentive then his own life or health
The good lady looked hard at Algernon for
a minute and shook her head. He succeed^
however in convincing her that he knew bis
own affairs best; So she made no more in-
qmres or objections. Tiie night was a bright
moonlight one and it was half past eleven
o clock wnen Algernon.’bade Mi-s. Brown good
,1 can no longer run.
Boris had leaped the hed»-e ti,„ i ,
stopped at the gate and the vouiig ma^fefi
on Ins knees before his mother ... r
laughing at the same time shecoulffi ^e^
sonwrith C ki' e, ' ed tb ,° f ? rehead bud eyes of f h^
nabdy SSeSand S1 «" s of the cross alter-
have "grownf’” (B<?rks’ JmTdurinJ°ti 1P Hst
why did you not write to me*” OIlle - iiut
’C’. was actually talking to itself. Mj-‘ s t.
iIiii.iv comes forward and. in a letter to a
tluit the ’ larg^ lS “Mahsir”-S l ;' d lin,,s
cephalns—converst witl * ^ <fcro ~
or persuasive sound, which pe ‘‘ uliar “duck”
far as forty feet i
discovered that a
Parts of Easter
may lie heard as
mi tne water. He has also
trge bivalve exists in some
“sings loudly in eoncm^A V' mV ‘ Y
Ji tne jack. London Telegraph.
mi
languagi
Suddenly the undergrowth dropped away. | t,
A small open amphitheatre rose to view A I lenient King But you
The serpents will not harm v
11 luif-li roo 1 i i J
few- large trees encircled it, ferns spread the
itie
fronds here and there, moss and creeping
.vines carpeted the ground anil cushioned the
ocks that la v around pell meli as if scattered
>ere in some convulsion of nature. On one
le rose a mass of rock at the foot of which
re was a cleft, whose sides were cushioned
'■i dripping mosses. From this cool, rocky
iranie that delicious gurgle and tinkle of
Treganee saw onlj- the rocks, heard
lie voice of the spring that gushed from
ch He bounded in the centre of the en-
lochis foot touched something soft, he
thciwn, it was the tail of a serpent. At
rati, time, he heard a terrible hiss—or
all singling of many hisses, here, there
jn a Slim. In one sw-ift glance he took
ice. int well-nigh turned his blood.to
Tkey -were serpents all around him.
hissed heir heads from the rocks and
swung u with forked tongues, they
through the trees; their eyes flashed
u round t ns; they lay in horrid coils
ishing to w hose water he was per- j
arc gatbfc‘ All the snakes of the valley
thought tf\, nd this spring” was the
but a m'Hi*l through him, “I will be
“I will dAtbem.”
resolve, and j,en jjg 'i was his swift
would land ‘.oised for a leap that
suddenly he .. t i, e fountain,
-thing hot
need not fear,
you while j-ou are
and Polly Ann gets hold of it, she’d go etui
OU i, uv her senses; she’d be so scared and ml.”
The doctor promised Mr. Sprigg tlialie
w-oiild not make use of his name unless it'as
absolutely necessaiy. He then put on hiiat
and went out.
The house occupied by Deacon Emery ms
the opposite side of the street fronshe I “May God bless and rewar,1 f
‘.k* 1 °f Mr. Sprigg, and about a scire kindness to me; better than thencr r r ^ ou V
distant therefrom. The building was a w-o I can compenskte you writh ” saffi AhTf rd
story one, witn very small windows, ith vently, as fie press«l her hand tohL fii^ 1 f
“And may the good father keep and eWd
you mj- son and return you back in sal’etv
Go°d bye, sbe answered tenderly A1-" '
the doctor nev ' ' - - - •
again
and who have loved us
River; ’ tliat t.ieiV* mav
green shutters, and a low- brown pore in
front of the door. Algernon went intithe
small ante room and looked into the posof
T, ce ("’hiVa ""as in the front part of thehise)
with me. The boa would never have attacked
> ou bad you not leached here five minutes
before I expected you.”
“Rut why have you this power over these
creatures ? Who are you ?”
Listen; I will tell you in a few words,”
sbe said, seating herself beside him
(To be continued.)
There is a society of colored men near Wil-
liston, S. C., that is a law unto itself, so far
as the offense of larceny is concerned. The
men are cotton-pickers, have a President and
rul* s and regulations for their government.
A tew days ago one of them missed $5. The
proof was very plain against a former mem
ber, who was immediately tried by a jury of
six of his peers and found guilty. He was
sentenced to receive fifty lashes on bis naked
back and be exjielled from trie society. The
sentence w as executed to Hie letter.
Mis. Emery was there, very busy in mail-
up the mail, and he waited until she haifi.n-
ished before he disturbed her. Mrs. Eery
was very like the Mrs. Rui-ns of old. Avittbe
exception that her hair was a shade gran-
ami there w-re a few- more wrinkles iross
her forehead and cheeks, and there was, fili
al, a more unhappy expression alien lier
mouth. The doctor watched her with a the
•rutiny of a Sagamore. This was theirst
time he had seen his old landlady since hleft
Evansville. She started when she saw fin-
her face flushed up, and the old fire flash! iti
her eves fur a moment. Then she Iookedur-
prised. When the doctor held out Ins knd
to her she grasped it warmly.
“Law sakes,” she said, “dew tell no’ if
that s you, Dr. AG-1! Wall, fur the Lrd’s
sake, bow you hev changed.”
She invited Algernon into a large setare
room with a worn out Brussel’s carpet ainn
the floor, and faded '.-Mir.,,. . A,.
. , yellow curtains at the
windows.
When the doctor inquired for Deacon Era-
® r ?l 1 ! e . w ' as , infornl “<i that he had gore to
take a trunk up to the station,that bfdbeen
rarnage d.- ive^ ^ by Mrs "
carriage
the‘d<?ctor h ° ^ S ° ing WUh the t!-Unk? ” ^ ketl
One feature of the last eruption of the re
markable volcano of Kilauea, in the Sand
wich Islands, is the fact that the greatmolten
lake of lava, occupying a huge caldron near
ly a mile in width, and known as the “South
Lake,” was drawn off subterraneously, giv
ing no warning of its movements and leav-
no risible indication of its pathway or
vie J6 of its final deposit.
Law sakes! doctor I reckon as how no-
b °y that fetched ther
trunk, who s going from Maple Grove* and
H b ?; nobody, and ses I, tut now, yer a
>’-■ y f r al , nt S oin ’ <»r send" ther
tiunk btark alone? and ses he, yes.”
:And where is the trunk going?”
Law me, wall; I n«ver thort of asking
? U “we W rfuf^i adyer d?, °° k! Y ° U ’ Ve hnd
.-. , . , - - Dine, havn’t ye? Come
mighty m-h peggin’ out, didn’t ve*”
I ill'll**m • J ’
Deacon Emery came iu after a time He
as a tali spare man, w^cn pleasant gray eyei
'V did ju U iiuL write to me.
1 lia've not had time, tn ut r ,
xn^elf free s^ner than fflfhought I ^ Und
remain™ UCh ^ How will y ou
™ Connecticut
r b i ch s ^ aks .pf liim US
, of a month, my good mother
B S“' tht ' cried Doeto,
on the arm of her boy. ’ S ' Vlth P n '
Grew' W6re e “ t ?, rin P the house, Madame
complete^ fo‘i^otten mii ’ Wh ° m Boris bil<1 ‘
R ith her bundle
against the
manner these
which spoke
S .V to see exactly how ertifvror, V a,K,s ’ « is
an s discourse was to H,., k tbls e ent lo-
« ». Alter „»I.S totawSTC ? * fc '
din, Greek and .. i u ^dadtoaa.v
intr iiocf-rr mi*i \ ’ .f 1 ? <*°mmenced
iwafi she r” • h f, lmnd - ieaning | 'J uotil G’ Poetrv, ond fillishe( , ^
. 1 * re R^i*ded m a mournful to his audience to pmln-
SZ"~ ^
tor never saw his noble hearted friend
VVe.I it is for us that some we love
go first “over the
1 , , — .- be some we sha} i
know to w elcome us when wo
departure for the other side.
need
impassioned
ace the opp or -
" *ting outfer
inanity resembling a Bohemian
.. he is a little chainher-
bronght you,” said Bor
thought Dacha was no lo
.Yrn, br V H " ht htJr help.”
nri t ,{ i l ' , | lk i-- < " ;,>l1 ' f an 1 not yet old
need helpl” replied th
niaid whom I have
is, laughing? “i
Y i n a n. 1 ,? nger y°uug and I
CHAPTER XVIII.
“Why, good gracious. Dr. Aliel! What are
Lyourbfdd’ 61-6 t °' U1Sbt " You Gu ~ bt t« be
.■’erliaps so, Mr. Emery,” returned A
who had just entered the gentlMneri’J
ting-room at tiie station house “But, )
dJly'tawayd’ 1 bmiaefs thac me .sud
Calls you away!” said the deacon, lookin'.
athe doctor m half-mcredulous surprise "
\es, deacon; I’ve been idle here tool;
K . r itJ v ***to w nciiu CD-Ill
apenmngton proablv lies in my route ”
AV ell here’s the trunk,” the deacon'said
pitmg to a small-sized green leather trunk’
or. which was a card, with the direction -’
. Smyder, Compton.”
Compton; that is the new name of Ben-
igton, is it?” said Algernon, “well, I’ll
lv after the trunk, Mr. hmerv and see tint
is put off safely at its destination.”
All right, 111 get it checked,” returned the
.id deacon.
enough to
*“ “» -1 Sttss&i* iS'SkSS
served me faithfully; besidesshe^ an<1 llas
who has no father ’nofS ' " <,, ' 1,b;U1
friends, and I beg von ’ ho,,le nor
her for the love of God.” ^ uotber , to take
Madame Grebof gave a si"-n
those who come in his name ” U «»ia re V elVea11
welcome, little girl to on- brea^ M< j 8be ’ “ ,le
Where there is nioin e.-oU • ^ °l\ r
100m enough for six D ac a... tb «‘re is
kitchen, give her somethffli^f ‘‘T
war,is we will see what canbe ^ne -! aSta>
I hat evening , u °no.
• S atr
mils
The
I'er tiai-re.
"«n Camden last wwk. Carloafl W;
tells th
«hl a Ik y™™ eiicyckipap
most ],oi-k men'th a e e orbe^° Ue °, f «ur to
wav. is better <lav -.who, by
rer ,, ri u' ber ,,;lv - who.
>ooks. “What dcLf ,° n P P rk tha » he
elopa-dia?” smar], , " your
l-nle <uie if I j la(1 j* r> £ ork IU111, “I c*l
MW Ta, iety ot TOlicipSl h "“ el *t “ •
A"3S5« »'"■ !
b-. Abel procured his ticket for Compton.
I by thnt time the tram had arrived and
;ermg a car in which were a few passen-
s, he threw himself into a seat, wearied bv
i exertions, and as soon as the train was in
Bon, laid his head back as comfortably as
•umstances permitted, and fell asleep J
Then he awoke he found his slum!*-
and the good lady readi^ b ?ii t ^ Wa r ds Sonia
More than once she had b «-
Pit.*)] fL • e . “ S *ied ut *1.
cibd of the misfortunes o^fihe hw the £
... . Holy Virgin!” said sli« b tl< ‘ °ast
that “fc^Hex,) Fi-ontiersi
visited the oft, d,b ° ns ' of Kei
ne other morning w j d
« Possible tiS-J‘there U a 8 re e ® 1M T^^
Of Godmus to mistreat ti,„ 30 forgetful turned to his hr • k No s,,<>1
phansl” ” nustreat the poor and°tfe
finished, she said:
You have done riiri,*. . . —-
to work aliout the house- » fJl1 eiu Ploy her
'vork tor h^r k- i "g caneasilv
by three*w! > U- lkblS -t tban ,lf)
ieh,.i„.i a olves, after whichl le snddeiiij
m a pore pleasan t
i;iKK^r«: -sstf sssis? i ***5 -ssasa ssf*r.' u »
J brakesman swung open the door * a‘ U A° f the old cook." An*. Jo s,i fied to the I ? l!ry : the grand inr^ bilJ of l 161 ":
! solicit,,,. l ‘ l,b »o boaOerner «.«,c
thp ! J ' ii y' me c:ram] a 0111 of por-
j vonvH-tionugfc.jA. ^ hue, trial aud
perjby j P. M. the
wd to tie pnutentiary
*