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THE SUNNY SOUTH. ^
“Mary Moreland.”
A Historic Story of Georgia Before the
Advent of Railroads.
By COLi. HERBKItT FIELDER.
CHAPTER V.
At thetime of ilie arrival of Itofrersnnd Ashton
and for some time previous, the Moreland home
was imtemiiiled, and tlie family a source of deep
sympathy and anxiety to their numerous
friends. Mary had spent the interveninjt years,
since the St. John's excursion ami the untimely
fall of Walter Tavlor.olten in inelancholly, but
generally in cheerful spirits, in the round ufso-
ci il life, which she could not easily, if she had
so desired, withdraw herself from. She had
read much, improved her naturally flue fiifts m
instrumental and vocal music, visited with her
mother the seaports, and mingled with the elite
of those old towns, had visited Milledgeville
during the sessions of the General Assembly, in
company with her father, where she was the
subject of admiration by the gifted and distin
guished men and women whom she met there.
She had taken a summer trip to the mountains
of North Georgia, and felt the inspiration of
true sublimity and grandeur when witnessing
the wild display of nature at Toceoa, Cohntta and
Tallulah Falls—the deep ravines and gorges,
the undulating hills and higher chains, where
the sky azure mingles with the faint outlines of
tiie mountain peaks. She had been the recipi
ent of prolonged visits from female friends of
the coast and islands, and often returned them,
spending the lime with great delight. She had
gone to pay a visit to Mildred Morton—to spend
a few weeks in the elegant home of tier father
on Cumberland Island; had been attacked by
severe sickness. Her father and mother, in
great haste, had gone to her; and the situation
had not fully transpired, though frequent reports
had been received that she was convalescent.
Mildred was of the same age, had similar ad
vantages of birth, family and early training, and
her moral and mental culture was equal to that
of Mare. If in anything she was her inferior
tt was’ in the transcendent type of physical
beautv. in which she herself was a model and
the subject of general admiration.
Nothing could exceed in pleasure and joy the
return, a few weeks later, of Mr. Moreland, his
wife and Mary, and with them the beautiful and
accomplished Mildred Morton, who had been
mare titan sister and friend—an angel of mercy
to watch over Mary in the trying sickness
through which she had passed. She had been
seen and loved on her former visits, but now she
was more endeared to the friends of the More
lands. The glow of health was rapidly return
ing to Mary’s cheeks, the wasted flesh to her
frame, the hopeful and cheerful spirit to her
heart and the lustre to her eye. Stive to the
visiting Englishman, who had no cause to ap
preciate the worth of the newly-returned
friends, it was a joy to all. The presence of the
Englishman in the' community excited no unu
sual interest in the mind of Mary or Mildred.
Thev had their full measure of Joy in the meet
ing and greeting of those they knew and loved.
The return of Mildred, however, was by no
means an indifferent occasion to Win. Burch.
And she was not at all unmindful of his nobility
of character when considered in the light of past
evidences on his part of more than ordinary in
terest in her.
The out-door sports, hunting, fishing, riding
anil the round of visiting and receiving visits,
dining and tea-parties, reading and criticising
books and original productions, had been kept
up, and Asliton had become enthused with his
new associations and surroundings and marvel
ously weaned from his habit and disposition to
roam. There was a genial warmth about the
Georgia home and people, that without feeling
in person, he could never have realized. And
in nothing was he more surprised and charmed
titan the extent and value of learning and intel
ligence on the part of some of those with whom
he was frequently thrown.
f>r. Marcus Taylor, father of the lamented
Walter, a learned physici m in early life, was a
native of Virginia. His elder children being
daughters who had married and were living,
some in the country in prosperous condition and
others the wives of prominent men in the sea
port towns. Ilis wealth, early education, family
pride and truly Virginian nobility of character
were the cause of his popularity and prominence
in his native St ite. But the premonitions ot
pulmonary disorder in his wife caused him to
seek a permanent home in tile mild and steady
climate of the low country of Georgia. By
which his hopes were realized, and she had
spent a liaiipv life—happy till the fall of w a'’er
tie.0,1,. A V ’
Amos Johnson had been reared on the South
Carolina coast, Imt from his early manhood re
sided in this community, and was now on the
inclined plane of a vigorous, active and healthy
life—one that had afforded him ease and ample
opportunity to grow wiser as he grew older—
and the means to gratify his natural disposition
to benevolence and hospitality. But Ins mind
was of the independent class, and he never felt
bound to accept the teachings of others, even
in religious matters.
The father of William Burch was a gray-
haired, well-rounded, ruddy, well-preserved ol'd
man, of large brain, extens'ive reading, a fade
less memory, and originality of thought, whose
wife had gone to the grave. His eldest child, a
beautiful daughter, had married prior to tlie bite
war when quite young, to Joseph I’earce, a noble
youth every way her equal, who had fallen a
victim to disease in the latter part of his service
as a soldier, leaving a surviving infant daughter;
and later the mother had also died. It is not
strange that the grandchild, Virginia Pearce,
then a beautiful and lovely girl of ten or twelve
years, was an idol in his home, or that Ashton
should have caught the prevailing spirit of the
household, which made her will and pleasure a
ruling power.
He soon became an object of intense regard
and favor with her. as » ell as the lovely young
sister of Felix ltogers. And to them a source
of great pleasure, as well as intelligence and
know ledge of the world abroad. Similar attach
ments were formed in Ihe Johnson family, the
father of Grace, a man of strong mind and
practical sense, though of less reading than Mr.
Burch, and his most amiable spouse; and in
other families where he frequently visited and
was entertained.
Such were or the dinner party at Mr. Burch’s,
after Asliton. Felix lingers and' William Burch
had returned in a state of fatigue from an early
morning fox chase, the incidents of which Asli
ton narrated in his most filicitous style, which
quickened the sportive blood in the veins even
of the old men present.
They had partaken of tlie not uncommon re
freshment of a mint julip, lighted cigars and
were seated around one of the broad fireplaces
that country | eople prize .so much above the
grate and the narrow opening in the chimney in
tow n and city where fuel is scarce—one that
warms the whole room, as their social meetings
were of a warmth of heart in excess of the for
mal meetings in tile latter—when Virginia
Pearce and Julia ltogers entered with the fruits
of their morning ramble, shells and the earlv-
spriugitig wild flowers. After receiving the sal
utations of the fox hunters, they began to show
er them in profusion. Ashton coming in for a
large share of their affectionate bounty.
After general pleasantry, which the meeting
was calculated to produce, they entered into a
free and social ci nversat ion upon general topics,
in which Ashton displayed his wonderful store
of knowledge upon various scientific questions,
and the hours sped away unnoticed till the sum
mons came for dinner.
A few days later, on one of those bright and
balmy mprnings that are the charm of the
waning winter season, the same company of fox
hunters had started reyuard soon after dawn,
with a lull pack and horses all in good running
order. I he music of the hounds and the breezes
of. the early morning vied with each other to
r.iisi* the spiiits of tlie riders <mcl the horses, ;is
fond as the riders of the sport, to the highest
pitch of exhilarat and it being a red fox Ihe
promise of a long race was line. Several circles
had been made, and the wily animal had quit his
usual race ground and taken to the level open
among them—who, after a full examination,
found he was fearfully bruised, and had suffered
severe concussion of the brain; but no broken
bones were to heal, and that, by proper care, all
the chances were for a recovery.
Tlie Morelands gave him imremitted attention
day and night. Burch and ltogers refused to
leave him at all; but were his constant nurses
for several (lavs, imlii all dangerous symptoms
had passed away, after which they visited him
regularly wl ile iie was confined to his bed and
Ashton-“It has a British name.” you so far advanced on the road to health,
Mildred—“And was in British occupancy dur- without having received any injury Unit wilt in
ing apart of the late war with your country, any way effect you hereafter. I am requesiea
And it is honored in being the resting place of by Felix lingers to state, as a reason for Ins two
— - -■ ' L-rican days of absence from you, that lus attention has
one of the prominent Generals on the Ame
side, in ihe war of the Revolution—Gen. Nathan
iel Green, who resided and owned a handsome
estate and died there. The British name of
which you speak is tlie result of Gen. Ogle
thorpe's partiality for Ihe Duke of Cumberland,
his friend, whom he desired to honor. He t
i place which, as soon as Ash-1 from the island the euphonious Indian name
lit. was frequented by of Missue, in eider to confer tlie honor on the
to Ills 11
ton's condition would permit. -
visitors daily, anxious to contribute to lus com- Duke
fort and manifest their sympathy. Mrs. More
land brought into requisition all her experience
and skill in the prepaiation <>f diet to tempt Ins
appetite and nourish him. And under such cir
cumstances Ihe Englishman had rapidly recu
perated. Dr. Taylor had commended to linn, as
of prime necessity in his case, that sweet resto
rer— b.-iimv sleep, upon which he had comment
ed feelingly and beautifully at the dining of Mr.
Burch's, and provided Ihe means of producing
it. And while Ashton's sympton's were alarm
ing, all about Ihe house had been kept in pro
found stillness. .
A few mornings after the accident, Mary
Moreland and Mildred Morton took a ride ill the
carriage to one of those beautiful green skirted
lakes two or three miles distant, noted tor its
beautv of foliage, abundance of wild flowers,
and nir birds of variegated plumage, cranes and
ducks. . , .
Mild ed was charmed and electrified on tlielr
arrival, and was so eager to alight that she
sprang from the carriage and received a severe
and painful sprain of the ankle, which termina
ted the morning’s pleasure. and led to her con
finement in her room for several days closely at
tended by Mary.
Neither had met Mr. Ashton, and he had seen
neither. In fact was not even reminded of the
presence in the mansion of two of the most
beautiful and accomplished ladies of the coun
try. And thev had felt for him nothing more
than the deep’and womanly sympathy due to a
distinguished and suffering stranger, the friend
and guest of their friends. Rogers and Burch.
After a few davs. and while Mildred was still
unable to walk. Mary had left her alone late in
the evening as the golden rays of the setting
sun was peering through the open foliage on the
front piazza, she was promenading alone, en
grossed with her own pensive thoughts, uncon
scious that she was observed by any one. Ash
ton had aroused from his afternoon slumbers
where he had been left alone to repose. He
saw her pass and repass his window several
times. It was like an apparation angelic; her
transeemlaiit beautv was a spell that enraptured
his soul, and he gazed with delight In profound
silence. , . ,
Marv discovering that she was observed, re
tired from the piazza and rejoined Mildred, to
whom she related the occurrence.
That night Ashton seemed reticent to the
friends who came in. His sleep was disturbed
tiv dreams, and his working hours thronged
w-itli the floating visions of female beauty by
which he had never before been seriously dis
turbed. He recalled to memory the passionate
narrative of Count Morenzi aboard the explo
ring ship up the Amazon, and realized the truth
of what at the time, he had been skeptical the
indellible impress of female magnetism by sight
alone. .
The Misses Pearce and Rogers came often to
pav him visits and load him with floral gifts, and
it was not long before he was able to walk into
the large country parlor near by, with its heavy
furniture and extensive book cases, loaded with
the choicest of books, where he soon oceanic
accustomed to meet his visiting friends, instead
of in the bed chamber.
Mr. Moreland explained the reason why Miss
Morton could not come out. and Introduced Ma
rv who was glad of the opportunity to cheer
him. but not with the least expectation of be
coming an object of special interest to him.
Ashton—“Miss Moreland, it affords me great
pleasure to meet you; and I have been deeply
pained to hear of the accident that prevents
vour friend Miss Morton from coming out to-
ilav I trust she will soon be fully restored.”
Marv—“It was really sad. sir. but so small in
comparison to what befell you that we have al
most lost sight of it in sympathy and apprehen
sion for von. It is most gratifying to us. and all
the friends "f Mr. Rogers and Mr. Burch, to
know that von have passed the period of danger
and suffering, and are so rapidly convalescing.
Mv friend is in fine health and buoyant spirits,
arid is only kept back bv the tender condition
of ihe wounded limb, which prevents her for the
present from walking. I trust it will not be long
before you will have the pleasure of meeting
her and I am sure you will find in her a most
agreeable acquaintance—one. at least, whom I
have learned to love very devotedly."
Asliton—"It is not probable that I shall ever
have opportunity to repay the generous kind-
ness I have ninety received at the IvayidjL. of bin
\our father afia'n flier J “■‘I
pine woods, where lie could, by speed, distance
the pack, and make good his final escape hv a
return to the swamps This movement brought
the horsemen only a few hundred yards from the
front of the lawn and vista, and row of ever
greens fronting the Moreland home, where thev
turned through the forests, the horses promptly
leaping some pine logs that lay in the route of
the chase. Ashton, tu the rear, when lii- horse
made the leap bis fore feet sank into g.mher
hole, and he fel and dashed Ashton violently
against another log hi front. l J
He was soon missed by his companions who
returning, saw that the loose horse was limnim?'
and the saddle empty. Approaching thev found
their friend lying lieside the log. juTUe Meed .2
and senseless. Consternation seized tfiem •
raised him up and he fainted. They summseX
he was dying. Rogers holding him In his arms
Burch sprang upon his horse and dashed n o
Mr. Moreland’s, who was at the moment pr ,m-
enading alone in his front piazza, and waiting in
hand the young ladies Into the carrblge wl o
were preparing for a morning ride. Burch's ex
cited and rapid manner and speed attracted Ids
attention as he came dashing up the vista -mVt
he prepared Ids mind at once for prompt action
in some fearful emergency, lie heard the
report, ordered the driver to be ready eave
orders for tlie reception of Mr. Ashton and
taking such stimulants and restoratives’as lie
could get at the moment, was in (liecarriageand
post haste to the scene of the accident. And it
was but a short time until the wounded English
man. attended by I Is sorrowing companions
was brought to the house and lodged in the best
of its chambers, but in a partially unconscious
state. All possible attention was liestowed—
medical attendants summoned—Dr. Taylor
Mary—‘ The happiness it has given them to
have tieen able to serve you so soon after ynnr
disaster, and to contribute to your comfort since,
is only excelled bv the painfiil sorrow they ex
perienced and the apprehension they felt as to
its results.”
Asliton—“I have been long from my home and
loved father and tenderly-loving mother; have
traveled much, and often been the witness of
severe accidents, and manv times exposed to
danger, but have, fortunately, escaped up to
this time. It would seem that a kind Providence
has reserved it for a time and under circum
stances when and bv which I am made to real
ize what, perhaps, otherwise I never should—
the depth of true benevolence and charity, and
the real value of unselfish friendship; for I can
scarcely Imagine a place on earth, outside my
paternal roof, where I could have been so ten
derly and affect innately treated.”
Mary—“Tt will, no doubt, be most gratifying to
you. when sending the news of the accident to
your mother, to be aide to state that you have
(•scared permanent injury and have been fully
restored."
Ashton—“And to describe, if I have the power,
the generosity and kindness I have met with
here. But it will be safest to withhold all intel
ligence of the matter there until it can be nar
rated with the evidence before them, that I
shall have been fully restored, as you seem to
hone for now.”
Mary—“Then it must be a considerable time
before thev will “now of your accident.”
Asliton—“It has been my purpose not to re
turn to England for some tune to come. I am
undergoing my first experiences in North Amer
ica. which I have reserved as the last of the four
quarters to see and travel over; and if what I
have seen and been made to feel is a true index
the people of Ibis co ntrv. it will he difficult
for me to wean myself fp>m it. At all events,
leaving it. mv mind would lie burdened with
manv regrets.”
M ivy—- f trust vou will extend vour visit and
personal observations sufficiently to he able to
represent to our cousins on the other side of the
water what is the true basis of American hope
and progress—the Individuality of our people in
a common union of society and government—
the perfect freedom of men and women, in opin
ions and conscience, in all matters civil and ec
clesiastical. Our system makes every man a
lord and every woman a lady who has the heart
and the mind to he such.”
Ashton—“I have seen nobility illustrated here
in the elements that endear the title to all lovers
of cultivated humanity. It may flow more from
the general dissemination of fortune, and the
ease with which personal independence may be
attained in this country, on account of its pro
ductiveness. rather than the influence of gov
ernment or the political ideas of men. I do not.
however, underrate vour remarks, and trust I
may live t<> have the opportunity to study the
institutions of America, among her people.
Where effects mav tie traced, with reasonable
certainty, to their legitimate causes ”
Marv—“I have no desire todo so otherwise, but
it mav be. that a new fever may be provoked by
vour remaining up too long and engaging more
in conversation than is suited to your strength
at present. I will, therefore, excuse myself with
the promise, if on to-morrow you are still im
proving to meet von again, and to tiring my
friend with me.'if she is able to walk down
st 'irs I linvc no doubt it will bp n lonpr tinip
before she will make such another leap as she
"'Ashton—“And'i luive no doubt if I shall ever
go into another fox chase, that I will so far con
trol mv excitement as not to turn circus man in
the wild woods, and goto leaping over logs on
horseback, in order to keen up with tlie more
dextrous and experienced riders. I caught their
inspiration from the time the pack began to
open Mv horse was more enthused than I was.
and all fear of danger seemed gone, as we fol
lowed them in their rounds. It is a gloiious
sport lint in mv case it came near being.fatal
That nhdit asliton seemed to revive in body
and spiiits. as if he had undergone elect tic
treatment. He slept profoundly most of the
night, but ever and anon visions of angelic
charms and the music of sweet voices floated
blissfully through his dreams. His will power,
ever before stern and unyielding, seemed to be
gradually undermined by the persuasive in
fluence of sentiments and emotions as tender as
they were iipw and nivstPrioiw.
Early in thP forenoon of the next day he was
out on tbe ninzza nromenndinp. and soon had
the impulse and opportunity to send bis card up
to Misses Moreland andMortim. and reeelveda
Asliton—“I have often been struck with the
beauty and smoothness in sonic and the opposite
qualities in others of tlie Indian names of this
counlry.”
Mildred—“Can you remember any that you
like specially?”
Asliton—“i would be glad to hear you repeat
some of them with the native pronunciation?"
Mildred—• That you may appreciate their
beauty, i will mention by contrast a few that are
American: Bullhead, Turkey, Turtle, Cowpen.
Buffalo, Big White Gap, Hog Pen Branch. l)iiti-
giness. Cat Creek, Camp Creek, Mule Creek,
Pipe Maker’s and Hamer's Creeks, Wolf Creek,
llound Creek, Big Hurricane and Little Hurri
cane. The Indian names all have a meaning in
their tongue, and many of them, as you have
said, sound sweetly: Altamalia, Allapaha, Okio-
eiiouee, Oconee. Ogechee, Chattahoochee, Cola-
mokee. Howahatcliec, Ocapilco. Then there are
a lot of hard names to call, such as Cemocheeho-
bee, Hodshodkee, Ichawayuochaway, Fuschu-
chee, Mickasucuee, and a great many others
you have to double your tongue awfully to give
them the Indian brogue.”
Mary—“Mr. Ashton, don't yon think Mildred
could play Indian Princess pretty well?”
Asliton—"Supplying by imagination what the
North American Indian is. 1 have no doubt that
she would represent them splendidly.”
Mildred—"And Mary could sustain her part
weil it she were to be a Queen of Flowers. You
can barely conceive bow passionately slie is
devoted lo them. You will see the evidences of
tliut in this rural liome when you shall have
examined its beauties. On Ihe island more
attention has been given to floral culture than is
generally seen elsewhere; and 1 have often
rejoiced that we had the means of contributing
so much to lier pleasure when slie has been with,
us.”
Mary—“Mildred compliments me beyond what
I deserve in tliis respect, for I really think the
disposition she attributes to me complimentary. ’
Asliton—"And your mild climate seems to
allow their cultivation almost the year round.”
Alary—"There is no season in which, with
proper care, they may not be preserved. In
fact, the wild uncultivated flowers of the sea
coast and low lands ol Georgia and Florida are,
in themselves, a rich treasure nearly the whole
year, though they vary with the seasons.
At this season you see the fresh spring
ing native grass ill the open forests that
make a green carpet until frost, which rarely
occurs until December. Tlie spring crop ol
flowers are coining forth everywhere. In this
respect spring is Use youth. They call nature
a dame. Well, in spring she arrays herself in
gay colors—while, pins, red, blue purple, deep
yellow. As sluing retires and the hot summer
comes on, these flowers perish, and those of a
graver hue take I heir places. And in the fall
they approximate tlie sear leaves of
the forest in color. They represent old age in
gravity and in the absence of variety seen in
spring and early summer. In this country the
farther south vou go the greater the variety in
the color of nature’s flowers and nature’s birds,
and the richer their plumage. There are other
causes to endear the low country to us besides
its mild and steady climate. Everything that
nature sweetens is made sweeter the farther
south you go. The genial warmth of the sun
puts more sachariue du Ihe fruits and melons,
and in vegetables and roots, Ilian is found iu the
same varieties grown in the colder regions.”
Asliton—"1 have been charmed with your ex
tensive pine forests.”
Mary—-In respect to forest trees, except In
the swamps, the order is reversed as to variety.
The farther North you go the greater variety is
seen in the forest trees. And the pine itself in
the up country has a short scrubby leaf and a
small burr, aud seldom glows so tall. And as
you ascend in latitude you also rise in altitude
above the sea. Tne beautiful level, green-cai-
peled lands are no longer seen, but forests on
undulating surface of oak. liiekory, poplar,chest
nut, asli, maple and olbers stand above tide-
iindergrowlli. And the diversity continues un
til you reach the summit of the Blue Ridge and
its spurs on the northern border of the State.”
Ashton—"Have you travelled much ovej
Georgia?” f k
Mary—"Not as much liy far as I would lit*IT »
do. but enough to be a dear lover of everaud J
Ik Col
been clue to bis mother, whom be tenderly loves,
and who lias been quite sick.”
jliion—“Is the sickness of a dangerous char-
?”
Taylor—“Not now; but might have soon
bfci'iiie so, without prompt attention.”
Burch—“And I am here in person to explain
that important business for my father, which
could not lit- postponed, has caused my absence
and kept me from you.”
Aashtoii—“Muchas I would have enjoyed your
company and Unit of Rogers, I have, so far as
my own pleasure was concerned, had no cause
to regret tlie absence.”
l)r. Taylor—"Have you been long up to-day?
Ashton—"Yes, hut do nut feel fatigued.”
Dr. Taylor—"Prevention is far better than
cure; and Ihe best time to rest in your situa
tion, is before you become fatigued.”
Asliton—“Then perhaps I had better go to my
room.”
About this time Mrs. Moreland entered, and
staled she was about togotosee asic» .poor lady,
to whom she was much attached, and carry re
freshments; whereupon Mary said she would be
glad (o lake the ride, and to see the lady lier-
selt. if Mildred would excuse her.
Mildred—"The ride would lie a delight to me,
also, if I were alone and did lint fear to walk too
much. You must not deny yourself the pleasure
on my account..”
This left Burch and Miss Morton for the first
time together alone since her arrival.
Burch—"We have had great cause to sympa
thize with you as well as Asliton. and to feel
glad that you are getting well of the injury you
received.” ,
Mildred—“It was indeed painful; lint I had so
much cause to reproach myself for the very
thoughtless manner by which I received it, that
1 did not feel that I ought to complain. And
then we all felt so much anxiety about Mr. Ash
ton that my misfortune seemed trivial.”
Burch—-His was not by any means. I felt
all the horrors of seeing a bosom friend die in
the open woods on tlie ground, across the ocean
from liis home.”
Mildred—"You and Mr. Rogers appear to es-
■WPm him very highly.”
Burch—"But not beyond what his qualities of
head and heart will challenge from all who
know him well—qualities which, 1 trust, you
may have opportunity to observe and lo fully
appreciate. Have you heard him talk much?”
Mildred—“No; we were admonished that lie
ought not to exert himself; and Mary and 1
have, no doubt, advertised to him our talkative
dispositions in tlieeffort to entertain him instead
ot being entertained by him, as we doubtless
would have been if lie had his health.”
Burch—"He is a remarkable man in the vast
store of bis lea ruing, having been a student witli
precocious mind from childhood, and ills mem
ory is a marvel. If you knew the casle of Rogers’
mind, and bis habits, you could well understand
the depth of their friendship. Asliton loves me
warmly, hut it began in bis love for Rogers, by
which e were thrown into daily intimacy at
Edinburgh.”
Mildred—“You were all in the chase. Did you
see iiim when he fell?”
Burch—“No; I was leading and Rogers next,
and Ashton, though much excited, is a timid
rider, and was in the rear. His horse was in
tent on keeping up.and, when we made the turn
and crossed over the logs, his horse leaped fur
ther to the right, and where there were more
obstructions. Soon, however, Rogers discovered
it and called me. He reached the spot first, and
took him in his arms. We both thought he would
be dead in a few minutes. It gave me great
trouble, but it does not compare with the hap
piness I have felt since he lias passed the period
of danger. How does Miss Moreland seem to
regard him?”
Mildred—“If she has any impression other
than such as you and others have made on my
mind as to his worth, slie has never breathed it
to me. She is too pure and noble of heart to
have any selfish motives, and I have many rea
sons for believing that her heart is free.”
Burch—"A condition in which I might have
cause lo envy her; and I could wisli my friends
no Harm, but I v ottld not care if some of them
were in a condition to envy her.”
To this there was no reply. He proceeded:
“Freedom is a great boon to mankind, and has
been highly prized in all ages of civilization.
National independence and freedom are tlie
boast of our countrymen—political freedom, per
sonal freedom, freedom for tlie mind and will,
freedom Hint discards all fetters for the body
and mind. But there is a species of slavery not
by far so repugnant to us. It relates to tlie
heart and the affections. There may be cords
f slavery woven to bind them, so soft and silken
of it. We have no Alps or Andes* yet i ■‘V.ijiiit. only not to,chuff and gall us, but to be the
taini siiensrvjsiSfriiJjjljtPdi.l.j... I 'Zfc.Si&ftig-
VApaL'ity toueu¥ribe. Audi Hurt you will nf ia- Vi. most brave and defiant man may become
leave tlie State'and return to Europe without'
carrying with you the memory of its charms. 1
have seen descriptions of many parts of tliis
continent, and much desire to travel over them.' who happened to ride up from the farm, had
But 1 have little hope of seeing where nature
lias more lovingly bestowed her gifts than in
tliis Stale.”
Asliton—“What points specially impress you
with tlieir beauty?”
Mary—“I feel that I am engrossing too much
of the conversation. Aud if you were not too
leeble to talk much we would decline iu order
to listen to you. Mildred has traveled over the
State perhaps more than I have, and I will ask
her to answer that question.”
Mildred—“Tliere are many natural objects af
ter leaving tlie seashore that are specially at
tractive to those of us >• ho have spent our child
hood and youth on tlie coast. Tlie very uplands,
witli tlie change of forest scenery are charming.
All the streams that rise on tlie southern slope
of the Alleglianies pass tlie hilly and mountain
ous districts, and finally to the level, low
country. Iu their descent they have
falls and shoals, all of which are to me
most lovely. Some of them are gradual, others
more precipitous. But lo iny mind tliere is
something iranscendently beautiful in the law
of our globe, by which its waters are distillaled
and circulated. To stand on one of those beau
tiful streams, where the hurrying waters dash
over tha rocks iu the race back to the sea, lias
always impressed my mind with the wisdom and
benevolence of the great Deviser, that pots and
keeps them iu mol ion. In this, however, our
country does not differ from your own.”
"In this Stale we have one peerless produc
tion ol nature. It is a mountain of solid granite
eleven milesin circumference aud three thousand
feet high, standing iu the midst of a compara
tively level country. Have you ever seen such
a formation in your travels?”
Asliton—"I cannot recall lo memory any such
(leaks, except in mountain chains.”
Mary—‘'Mildred has alluded to the falls of
wider iu the streams, in their course from the
mountain slopes to Hie low lands. Some of
them furnish scenes of awe and grandeur that
siirpassail description. I have iu vain attempt
ed. after long study, to give to those who have
not seen them some adequate conception, hut
never undertook it without feeling that I had
failed.”
“There are many of them in the up country,
some on creeks and small rivers, varying in
height. But 1 have seen none that approximate
the falls of Tallulah. I have never seen the
great Niagara, but it seems to me that nature
has displayed her utmost power in the produc
tion of awe-inspiring scenes at Tallulah.”
Asliton—“The liver lias not the notoriety that
Ni igara has attained.”
Mary—“It is not so large in volume of water
and is so remote from the sea. that it has been
visited by fewer travelers. But tlie wild dis
play of Omnipotence cannot be excelled that
you will meet with tliere.”
Asliton—“1 will be more than gratified tohear
tlie impression I His scene made upon you.”
Mary—“You realize long before you reach It,
that you are far out from the habitations of the
people, and in the midst of grandeur and sublim
ity. I had been accustomed to the scenery of
the low lands, which you have admired. I had
listened to the music of brooks and rills, and
learned to love tlie flowers and all that is lovely
ill nature, i had mused by the river, as it glides
to the ocean, and had been olien deeply im
pressed with the grandeur of the ocean itself.
“Reaching Toccoa on the mute to Tallulah,
you see wliu.t perhaps is not seen elsewhere on
the globe, A lieaulilul creek, by a single leap,
falls perpendicularly nearly two hundred feet,
spreading the column ot waters into a myriad i>f
transparent reflectors, that can only be appreci
ated when seen. This is a single and solitary
display of wonder, and compares with Tallulah
as the twinkling star with the noonday sun. At
Tallulah a beautiful river finds passage ihrotigh
a mountain chain liy tlieawfnl cleft which some
primeval convulsion seems to have made. Tlie
overpowering awe of the place does not arise so
much from Ihe flow of waters as front the giddy
heights Hint overlook them, and the deep
chambers into which they plunge, as from one
to another they hurl themselves over the
the rugged precipices. The mountain rocks are
stupendous, grand; and bear upon their faces
everywhere the illegible records of Time’s cy
cles. And there they stand and heed not the
lightnings and tlie storms. Moss-grown and
wave-worn, parting only to the silvery stream,
they are alike indifferent to the smiles and tears
uid continue in this respect to be the most wil
ling slave.”
A carriage had arrived, and Mr. Moreland.
, ...... of men, or the rise and fall of empire. The wa-
■ ■; " r w|’’ M„rion hnd so far recovered ters lean and skip and dash from cliff to cliff,
that she'felt able to come to the parlor where ! from height above to depth below, pouring with
AriUon remained looking over Ihe barks of terrible momentum, yet ever smiling, age defy-
hiSlks tliTt^Ilert^tlie™xtenstve cases, until their In.;, ever gleesonie and youthful in Ihelr flow,
J?* '” 1 heErected and was introduced When I stood aloft and gazed, spell-bound,
*«£!££ whom be congratulated on her «P«n the gloom below, and descending to those
to Miss'’Morion whom he congratulated on her msm the gloom below, and descending ...
reenverv and was bvlier warmly congratulated depths felt tlie awe of the lo*eriiig precipices
recovery, ana was oy ncr " jHiiuliiic: from every direction. I realized in deep
and that
tl, A«hhm' «Miss Morton It is doubtless quite an iiiinillity. that I was a mere child,'ami
agree {hie eh vige hi vlsltvour friends here in tliere Is a God, whose wonderful works sum-
nwiv from the salt water.” , ninns my feeble |lowers to adore Him forever.”
th Mlldr{d-Yes ^ir V f the country has manv 1 The arrival of Dr. Taylor and William Burch
attractions aside from those of its pleasant terminated t ie malversation. And the meeting
tUlr-iniHin. .V 1,1 . . _• a wtov nf Rlircll U'itll MUh Mm-tmi ur*ia tn Iiim lint A.Y-
assort:
than !
where.’
•tat ions-still Hove my Island home better of Burch with Miss Morton was to Iiim m
any it S hau' been* my privilege to see els* (
not ex-
to see
escorted tlie lady to tlie parlor, and at tliis mo
ment rapped and introduced Miss Grace John
son, well known to them both.
A sprightly conversation soon sprung np In
which Grace was called out frequeutly, and con
tributed much to the enjoymont, ana at length
consented to entertain them with some of her
splendid performances upon the piano and
songs.
When the mnsic began Dr. Taylor and Ashton
retired, and not long after Mrs. Moreland and
Mary had performed their mission of benevo
lence and Joined them; and Mr. Moreland also
came in, forming a most appreciative audience.
Mary and Mildred frequently relieved Grace by
playing and singing, and Burch joined iu with
liis best vocal powers. An hour or two were
spent delightfully with music, and the rtinnirg
witty and sprightly conversation in which all
toon part.
And when Dr. Taylor and Mr. Burch rose to
depart, Mr. Moreland said:
-When Mr. Asliton- shall have sufficiently re
gained Ids health, he should insist on their, and
several oilier friends, spending the day and
dining wt h him.”
Dr. Taylor said:
“All his serious symptoms have disappeared,
and I anlii-ipate that he will soon be iu as good
health as before
TO BE CONTINUED.
M. Quad’s
Short Talts_Witli the Boys.
NO. fi.
“What’s that you threw away?”
“Nothing but a bit of string.”
“Who made it, and when and how?”
“I don’t know.”
And probably you don't care, but you should.
A piece of string is tossed away iu contempt a
thousand times per day, and nobody seems to
realize that its manufacture is one of the most
curious things that machinery is put to. Let’s
have a little talk about it. It is a cotton string,
you see, and we must begin with cotton.
As far South as Georgia and Alabama cotton
seed is in the ground by the last of February, and
never later than the first week in March. It Is
drilled in the same as wheat, and soon after the
plant is up a force of negroes called “choppers”
are set .o work. “Chopping cotton” means going
along a row with a hoe and cutting or chopping
out the extra plants, if left as they come up
they would be too crowded. Later on the plants
must be hoed like corn, and it is fall before tlie
boll opens and shows the clean, snow-white cot
ton. Tliere are front two to four or live pick
ings, according to the strength of the crop.
Right here is where the hardest part of the worn
comes in. Negroes with sacks slung over their
shoulders take the field row by row and, with a
twist of the lingers which few while men can
imitate, snatch the cotton from the boll. They
must work in a stooping posture, and go where
you will io tlie cotton States, jou call tell ;ui old
cotton picker by his walk on t lie streets.
Your string lias been planted, “chopped, hoed
and gathered. Millions of dollars have been
invested, thousands of people have been given
work, and millions again are to be realized.
Now, then, the cotton must be ginned, to take
tlie seeds and diit out. Tlie cotton gin houses
of the South represent hundreds of thousands of
dollars more. Then it must tie pressed, sacked
and hooped, and you have the ordinary bale of
cotton weigniug, say, 5<)0 pounds. Now, if the
cotton is lo be used at home, Hie ordinary bales
are loaded into wagons, or carts, and drawn to
to tlie nearest tow n. You see them come in by
six-mule teams, by four, by two, and now and
then one drives into town on tils single bale
drawn by an ox.
If Hie cotton is to go abroad it is sent to tlie
conqiress. Tliis is a. powerful machine into
which four men jerk an ordinary bale, which
seems packed hard enough to resist a camion
shot, and. at one squeeze, tlie bale becomes al
most as flat as a pancake. Tlie weight is all
there, but tlie bulk lias been reduced two-thirds.
Three bales can lie squeezed into one by Hie
compress, and 1,500 pounds will stow iu place
of 500.
And now I have not mentioned the Inspecting,
grading, weighing, buying, rcliooping and ship
ping, all of which give employment tu thousands
more and cause millions of dollars to change
hands. That lilt of string b gins to have more
value in your eyes, eli! Well, let's see.
We go’into tlie Enterprise Cotton Mill at Au
gusta, Ga. As you stand at the door a momeut
let me tell you that tlie cotton mills of America
represent millions of dollars again, and that
Genius lias fairly exhausted lierst-ll in inventing
tlie machinery—machinery so near human that
you almost expect to hear it cat! out to you. We
first go into the picking room. Here Hie cotton.
Just as it comes from tlie plantation, is fed into
machines called pickers. They remove any re
fuse and blow tlie dust out. From the pickers
tlie cotton goes to tlie finishers, who weave it
into what is called a lap—or a great white roll of
coarse cotton hutting. It is then fed through
another machine and comes out in rolls again,
which are called finishers’ laps. It is much
winter and softer than before. It is wound off
on to great spools, and when these spools are
full they are wheeled into tlie carding room.
Tnis room is 240 feet long l>y 75 wide, and Hie
mill can pick and card thirteen bales per day.
Tlie stuff wound off on our spools is not string,
but a solt, tender rope tlie size of a chair round.
Our s|mio1s now go to tlie railways iu what are
called “drawings.” Tlie four ropes are tliere
merged into one, and run out into tin cylinders
called railway cases. Then sixteen of tlie ropes
are merged into four aud run over a draw-
frame. Then four go over another frame and be-
-••'r-re-?- r e * cl ,: -' >
of a machine called a “sweater,” and tlie ends
of tlie drawings or ropes are run up to the spin
dles and rewound. Tliis time tlie rope is about
half the size of a clothes-line, and is called
-roping.” They go from this to the “line
frames,” and two threads become one. It is
then ready to go to tile spinning-room on the
third floor and be spun on bobbins. The rope
has now been reduced to the size of No. 40
thread. That Is finer than our string; but let
me go on. Tlie bobbin goes to the spooling de
partment and is tliere run off on to spools. One
spool will hold all that can be wound ution ten
bobbins. Tlie spools go to tlie warping frames,
tliere being 380 separate spools and 380 separate
threads, eacli of which must be attached to the
warping beam. Tlie thread must be carried
through a liot-alr chest and sized before ready
for tlie web. The threads then have to be
picked into a “harness,” and each girl who fol
lows this work handles 1.900 separate threads
were
my |
it is
Rev. Father Wilds’
EXPERIENCE.
The Rev. Z. P. Wilds, well-known city
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The Kentucky Girl’s Feet.
A shoe drnmtnerfrom thiacitj jost return
ed from Kentncky discourses as follows of
the Kentnoky girl’s feet:
“Well, it takes a good deal of shoe leather
to keep 'he Lt-xington girl-*’ feet out of the
damp. Some of them make tracks awfnllj
like a Chioagi girl. Now some of the Cov
ington and Newport girls have pret'v little
feet, and some of them—don’t talk!—I ex
pect they walk 'oo rauoh over in Giooianati
I sell a great msDy shoes in Danville and
Richmond, good, aristocratic Kentucky
towns. The Richmond girls have the bine
grass conntry. Toe Paris girls all olaim to
have small feet, bat they hay rather large
siz-d shoes. So do the Winchester girls.
The Mt. S’erhug girls make small tracks,
so do the Shelby ville girls. The O wenshoro
and Henderson girls have small feet. Hop
kinsville and Padaoah are a good deal on
the Yankee order. In Louisville you find
all s z s, from the dimensions of a ham
dowu.”
The drnmmer declined to speak of Illinois
feet, and we d mire hi? discretion, for he has
an Illinois will.
KOSHnERfc
Queer Story About a Pillow-
Athens (Ohio) Bugle.
During the present summer Miss M aggie
da ighter of Mr. S imuel Copeland, a worthy
oit zsn of the village of New England, filled
a pillow oase withswansdown, which pillow
she nsed daring subsequent confinement
with a malady which proved fatal. Shortly
after the death the pillow was emptied for
the purpose of washing, and on its being
turned there was discovered on the inner
surface of 'he oase a distinct tracery of sev
en crown (wh'Oh number corresponds with
the number of Mr. Copeland’s famil));
above these orowns, banks ->f beautiful
oloods are represented, and still above these
are dearly delineated gronps of angels.
These figures when held to the light are said
to glisteu like gold. Sinoe the discovery of
this remarkable phenomenon Mr Cope
land's residence has been theoentre of daily
thronging visi’s from ooriosity-impelled
residents io that section of the oonntry,
who join in ascribing to the etrange oiroom-
stanoe a supernatural origin.
8ettled on the Baal- of an Equal
Division ot Children.
St. LouU Globe.
*'I grant an absolute divorce to both par
ties.,’ said the j idge. “Cali the nex’ oase.”
“But the children, yonr honor. What dis
position shall be made of them?”
Equal d vision. Let eaoh party take half.
Call the nex'—”
“But there are three of them, yonr hon—”
“Can’t help it. That’s their lookout, not
mine. Call the next oase.”
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thing seems in confusion. But come up to this
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yet wear for a shirt. See the perfection of move
ment! Everything is timed to tlie fiftieth part
of a second.’ One shuttle down—one up. Here
Is an eccentric—there is a crank—tliere a shoul
der—here a motion so nearly human that you
start back in surprise. In looking over live
yards of factory cloth you will find at least one
rough spot—something like a knot. That is
caused by the breaking of one of tlie threads.
An alarm is rung, and the girl’s deft lingers tie
the ends in a second.
Down in tlie basement are Hie monster engine
and boilers—up under tlie roof is tlie great tank
for making tlie starcli by steam. On every floor
we hear tlie machines humming, see every em
ploye at work. You see every one in liis place.
Every machine doing its duty. In tliis seeming
hurly-burly is tlie grandest system of order.
They know to a pound haw much raw cotton is
used in a day—how many yards are woven—who
has been absent or present—how much money
goes for profit or loss.
Nothing hut a hit of string! Well, my lad, it
may tie of no use to you just now, Imt don’t
throw such things aside without thought. Out
side of all tlie millions of money, acres of land
anil thousands of people employed in tlie cotton
industry, think of tlie years of patient study
which have been given to tlie machinery. If it
Is not human, it is at least perfection. Scores of
men have worried themselves to insanity; scores
of others have experimented to have their ideas
stolen, and who can say how many have spent
days and nights without grasping the hoped-for
problem? You threw the string away without a
thought of tliis. That was just like a boy, and
Just like four men out of five; hut it is almost
criminal. It is tlie every day things of our life
—our pins, needles, thread, marbles, knives,
gimlets, screws, tacks and other seeming trifles
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