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Woman in the Alcove
Continued from Fourth Page.
It was renewed with still greater posi
tiveness the next day. as I witnessed
the glances which from time to time
Pissed between this father and daugh
ter-glances full of doubt ami question
on both sides, hut not exactly such
doubt or such question as my suspic
ions called for. Or so 1 thought, and
spent another day or two hesitating very
much over my duty, when, coming un
expectedly upon Mr. Grey one evening.
1 felt all my doubts revive In view of
the extraordinary expression of dread—
J might with still greater truth say-
fear—which informed Ids features and
made them, to my unaccustomed eyes,
almost unrecognizable.
He was sitting at his desk In reverie
over some papers which he seemed not
to have touched for hours, and when,
at some movement 1 made, lie started
up and met my eye, 1 could swear that
his cheek was pale, the firm carriage
of his body shaken, and the whole man
a victim to some strong and secret ap
prehension he vainly sought to hide.
"When 1 ventured to tell him what I
wanted, he made an effort and pulled
himself together, 'but I had seen him
with his mask off. and his usually calm
visage and self-possessed mien could not
again deceive me.
My duties kept me mainly at Miss
Grey’s bedside, but I had been provided
with a little room across the hall, and
to this room I retired very soon after
this, for rest and a necessary under
standing with myself.
For, in spite of ibis experience and
my now settled convictions, my purpose
required whetting. The indescribable
charm, the extreme refinement and no
bility of manner observable in both Mr.
Grey and his daughter were producing
iheir effect. 1 felt guilty; constrained.
Whatever my convictions, the impetus
to act was leaving me. TIow could I
recover it? I5y thinking" of Anson Dur
and and Ids present disgraceful position.
(To Be Continued.)
if he would say more and how I should
have the courago to stand hero and listefi
if lie did.
"It is the llrst time I hare ever oorae
in contact with crime,’* ho went on with
what, in one of his reserved nature,
seemed a hardly natural insistence.
**t could well have been spared the ex
perience. A tragedy with which one lias
hern even thus remotely connected pro
duces a lasting effect upon the mind."
"Oh yes, oh yes!" I murmured, edg
ing involuntarily toward the door. 'Did
I not know? Had I not been there,
too; I, little T, whom "lie stood gazing
down upon from such a height, little
realizing the fatality which united us
and, what was even a more overwhelm
ing thought to me at the moment, the
fact that of nil persons in the world the
shrinking little being, into whose eyes
he was then looking, was, perhaps, Ills
greatest f*nemy and the one person,
great or small, from whom lie had tlm
most to fear.
But T was no enemy to liis gentle
daughter and the relief 1 felt, at finding
myself thus cut off by my own promise
from even the remotest communication
with her on this forbidden subject was
genuine and sincere.
But the father! What was T to think
of the father? Alas! T could have but
one thought, admirable as he appeared
in all lights save the one in which his
loo evident connection with this crime
had placed him. I spent -the hours of
the afternoon in alternately watching
the sleeping face of my patient, too
sweetly calm in its repose, or so it
seemed, for the mind beneath to harbor
such doubts as were shown iu the warn
ing I had ascribed to her, and vain ef
forts to explain by any other hypothesis
than that of guilt, the extraordinary evi
dence which linked this man of great
affairs and the loftiest repute to a crime
involving both theft and murder.
Xor did tiie struggle end that night.
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himself but remained where ho could
watch liis return. Ho remained much,
longer than he expected, but returned
and reported ihat the way was open and
that no yanltees were near the ferry.
After paying him 'lie took the precaution
to avoid the ferry, and to approach the
river above it. instead of following the
guide’s directions. By this he flanked a
force of yankees posted to Intercept him.
but as In* entered the road near the river
bank one of thorn, who seemed to be on
the right flank of a long line of senti-
nols. suddenly rose up within 10 feet
<«’ him and ordered him to halt. lie re
plied with a pistol shot, which killed
t he sentinel dead, and wheeling his horse,
galloped through the. bottom up the river;
but the yankees sent a sliowet of ball*
after him. two of which wounded his
right hand, injuring for.tr of his Angers.
< me grazed his right leg, cutting two
holes through his pantaloons, and an
other cut through one side of my sword
subbard, spoiling its beauty, but leaving
a mark which makes me prize it more
‘highly. Seven bullet s struck the horse,
which reeled under him, but had strength
and speed to bear him a mile from his
pursuers before lie fell and died. Lamar
then divided his clothes and arms into
packages, and swam Big Black river
safely. He did not walk far before a
jvatriotic lady supplied him with the only
horse she had—a stray one, which came
to her house after the yankees had car
ried off all the animals belonging to the
place. On this he reached Raymond at.
2 o’clock in the morning, changed his
horse for a fresh one, carried his dis
patch to Jackson that morning, and re
joiced us till by an unexpected visit the
same day.’’
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mutilate fences, kill birds, or rob their
nests, and 1 "ill also use my influence
to prevent others from doing so."
At these weekly meetings ihe children
’•cported what they had picked up and
7>laced in the barrels. If, in their roam
ings about tiie town, they had seen any
tiling untidy Dial was beyond their power
to remedy, they reported that also. When
the business meeting was over a. soeia!
one •! olio wed—songs, recitations, reading.;
and ealislhenie exercises. The value of
this training for ihe little folks proved to
be inestimable, and its influence is fell
today in the record of the earnest men
and women who have taken the place
of these same boys and girls of the early
days of the Green t’ove Springs 'Village
Improvement Association. As the latter
did then, so they are training their ow.i
boys and girls today.
Xor can the actual money value of the
work done for the village be measured.
Its beauty and neatness and thrift soon
began to attract the attention and to
draw new settlers of tiie better das.-,
who recognized In the members of such
cn association kindred spirits alter their
own kind. Iroperiy increased in value,
and not only the village itself, hut all
the surrounding country shared in tiie.
general prosperity brought about by tie*
increased population 1111,1 circulation o;
money. And this is only one of the ma
terial things that an improvement asso
ciation means to a village.
In another column will he found the
advertisement of Fulton Whisky. So fre
quently have -the public cheated by
tiie reckless and extravagant, claims of
many firms claiming to he distillers that
it is only fair to state that Myers .V. Co.
OWII and operate F. S. Registered Distil
lery Xo. 22, with offices and shipping
warehouse located in < 'ovingtoii. Ky.
Hon. D. X. Comingore, for eight years
V. S. collector of internal revenue, sixth
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whom you may write, stated that after a
thorough examination of their distillery
”i found in the process of manufacture
you had adopted the very best and most
approved methods for producing the
highest grade whisky.’’
The superior medicinal properties, pari
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physicians, placed it in hospitals, on the
sideboard of select clubs and in the medi
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WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT ASSO
ciation Means to a Village.
Continued from Second Page.
of us can measure the good or the harm
our example may do to others.
The formation of the auxiliary, or
’•sta r branch’’ of the Green Cove Village
Improvement Association was no small
part of Its good work. “As the twig 13
bent, the tree will grow.” The little
folks had their own complete organiza
tion. officered by their elders. They held
weekly meetings, which were conducted
In an orderly, business-like way that
would have done credit to a "grown-up.’’
body. "Cleanliness is next to godliness.’’
v as tho motto of the "Star branch.” At
the opening of each meeting tho children
repeated the following pledge:
"I promise »*ot to litter the streets with
paper, fruit skins, or anything that will
make tho place untidy. Neither will I
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OME is the coziest, kind
liest, sweetest place in all
the world. When it is
made beautiful by nature
it is a working model of
heaven. It is a hive in
which, like the industri
ous heo, youth garners
the syveets and memories
of life for age to medi
tate upon: the scene of
our purest earthly joys
ami deepest sorrows. One
of tho cleverest ways the
Fiiion soldier had of getting at the
Confederate during the four years'
struggle for the Lost Cause was to take
from or destroy- his home. The destruc
tion of the homes of the south was a
horrible feature of the war. and did
more than anything else to bring it to
a. close. In the south the home is the
center of our affections, around which
our heart's ib>»st wishes twine. It is the
fa tiler's kingdom, the children's para
dise. tiie mother’s world.
'During the closing years of tiie war
Augusta J. Evans, now Mrs. Augusta
Evans Wilson, the authoress, wrote
probably the greatest book, "St. Elmo,"
which was copyrighted in 1866. It gets
its name from that village in the shad
ow of Lookout mountain.
A stay upon old Lookout
And a lookout from the Inn.
is like an old-tinst glory shout
And a. look away* from sin.
Lookout lias her sunset glances.
Railways cross her scenic brow,
lint to tell of Iter romances
One must really show me how.
i
Miss Evans longed for an estate ob
tained without injustice, kept without
disquietude; a place whore time is spent
without repentance and which is ruled
by justice, mercy and love. Home as
tiie sweetest type of heaven was a great
object of her life. To her it has been
tho most delicate of all places on earth.
Its springs of action are subtle and se
cret. Its chords move with a breadth.
Its fires are kindled with a. spark. Its
flowers are bruised with the least rude
ness.
Some one said. "Nature holds for
each of us all that we need to make
us useful and happy: but she requires
us to labor for all that we get." In
tli grand aim of life this lovely woman
kept her worthy purpose constantly In
view, and for its accomplishment every
effort was made day by day, and she,
unconsciously . perhaps, approached the
goal of this ambition. Love was the
triumph of the unselfish over the selfish
part of her nature. With her marriage
ti* Colonel L. M. Wilson, a prominent
business man of Mobile, she entered in
to tho new world of strife shut out, a
world of love shut in. She had the
jewel casket containing the most pre
cious of all jewels—domestic happiness.
Mrs. Wilson came into the possession
of the home of her Ideal In Mobile. ii
was Ibuilt seventy years ago, and is still
(lie ideal of a great city of people. It
is so near tiie home that is 11 to blossom
of which heaven is the fruit that it will
he kept, deserted iT that he the case, to
perpetuate tho memory of tiie woman.
In this colonial structure of white,
nestled among magnolias, oaks and ce
dars. .Mrs. \\ ilsini did her best work
with her pen. endearing herself to tiie
American people. rspe< ially those of tiie
smith, and challenging the admiration
•if the entire world. It was here she
produced such popular books as "Inez,"
"Beulah,” ’’Maenria.” "St. Elmo."
Vasli ti,” “Infclice." "At the Me**- of
I'iherius." and "The speckled Bird.”
Her favorite place, for writing was in
the large hall which leads through the
house to a long flight of steps on either
side Ihe house. Corresponding to this
hall on either side is a wide avenue
shaded by- majestic trees and fringed
h.v oranges, Japan plum trees, fig,
pomegranate and other fruit and orna
mental trees. Tills hall, extending from
east to west, afforded the best natural
illustration for her work: the light of
the ascending sun sifting down through
the dense foliage in (lie morning, or the
glories of tho sunset streaming in
through its western portals contributed
both light and inspiration. The house
itself throughout represents tiie best
type of architecture of the old south.
Its high gables, its lofty ceilings, its
: puuious, airy rooms ami commodious
parlors are expressive of taste and lux
ury. Any way she turned her head or
moved about she could read the gospel
< Jod writes not in the Bible alone, hut
on trees and flowers and clouds and
stars. The appointments of the home
within and its outward surroundings
conspired to fill the mind with rever
ential devotion, leading the thought up
ward with the Psalmist in that sublime
utterance:
The day Is thine, the night also is thine:
Thou hast prepared the light and the
sun;
Thou hast set all the borders of the
earth:
Thou hast made summer and winter.
Small wonder that she accomplished
so great a work with so many sacred
influences delivered upon her mind and
heart Ib.v the sweetest voices of nature,
tiie highest culture of Christian civil
ization and the happiest conceivable do
mestic life. Nowhere within the city of
Mobile, far famed for the profusion of
its flowers ami ornamental shrubbery,
can be found so great a variety of some
of the choicest kinds, particularly of
japonicas, of which there is said to be
a greater variety on the Wilson home
stead than any other place In the world.
The japonlca seems to have been her
favorite flower. Among those flowers
the mocking birds sang by day and the
katydids chanted by night accompani
ments to the ceaseless song of the gulf,
out ol aff which her ear heard the still
small voice of God, inspiring visions and
dreams and communicating heart swell
ings which she spread upon the pages
of her immortal books.
Here, In this garden. Mr. Wilson
spent the evenings of his life. He pass
ed away twelve years ago. Since that
sad event this beautiful home, with all
Its attractions, has lost its charm for
our authore.ss. For her Us soul has de
parted. To live there was to dwell with
the dead. The sight of every object
opened afresh the wounds inflicted by
her irretrievable loss. Every sound re
called tiie memory of her former happi-
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ness and reminded her of her present
grief. This constant strain she found
unsupportable and thus it was in a short
time, in seeking a retreat from these
shadows and sorrows of life, she bade
farewell to that beautiful ideal homo
which had been her former glory, choos
ing rather to embalm it In all its earlier
loveliness in memory's sacred vault than
to have its memory clouded with its lat
ter sorrows. Doubtless this abandon
ment of the old homestead was as re
luctant on her part on some accounts
as it is regretful to her many friends.
It is a sad prospect, and indeed seems
well night saereliglous to see tlio sacred
precincts of the old ideal antebellum
homestead invaded and its liberal and
artistic .plot disorganized and dismem
bered by the plans and speculations of
modern enterprise. It has been taken
over by a Mobile corporation, a develop
ment company, and will be subdivided
into a number of high-class residence
places, with city water, storm sewers,
paved streets, sidewalks, and curbs of
stone, electric lights, with electric car
and telephone service. This work has
already been going on for a year and
will soon be completed. The original
homestead comprised a full forty-acre
lot. It lias now been subdivided into
seventy-five (building lots, which, com
pared with present day residence lots,
seem am.ply spacious. The old Wilson
residence will be in the center of this
group of modern residences, and prob
ably some of the essential features of
the homestead will be permanently pre
served. As an addition to the city it
will bo called “Ashland,” at the request
of Mrs. Wilson, out of deference to the
fancy of her late husband, who in days
of “Auld Lang Syne” called it by that
name. The street ear line has already
been extended to this property, and will
ultimately form a loop, with a view to
its accessibility. Ashland will be char
acterized by antique architecture, which
will predominate in its buildings and
fences. A stone coping fence will sur
round the entire forty acres, thus shut
ting out tiie common world, which will
only find entrance through six colos
sal arches. There will be two modern
stone pavilions at the main entrance to
Ashland, and extending in either direc
tion from these pavilions is a border of
magnificent ferns.
The authoress was born in Columbus.
Ga., on May 8, 1835. Apparently she
does not permit herself to he disturbed
tt y tlio changes and strifes and strug
gles of these latter days. Kite is now
living with her brother, Howard Evans,
in a distant part of the city from her
former home, spending the evening time
of her beautiful and eventful life in
retirement and quietness, verging on sol
itude. She cares to see only her per
sonal friends, although, despite her age,
she is still in good health, and her
friends say she is quite strong. Site re
fuses to be interviewed by newspaper
men, avoiding all publicity and feeling,
perhaps, somewhat piqued on account of
certain criticism and strictures on her
last publication, “The Speckled Bird.”
It is known, however, that she is pre
paring another manuscript, whether for
publication or not is not announced.
THE FURNACE.
(From The Somerville Journal.)
The furnace fire’s started now,
And trouble has begun.
For it Is difficult to suit
The whims of every one.
Elvira thinks it is too hot—
You know she’s rather stout—
While Eunice says: “I'm freezing cold!
Don’t let the fire go out.’’
Marla wants the damper up;
And Mildred wants It down.
Whichever way I fix the thing
I’nt greeted with a frown.
Oh, I shall welcome with a whoop
The advent of the spring,
And when the winter is all gone
I’ll cheer like everything!
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