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DORA,
THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER
Bv J. IV. II., or Toccoa, Ga.
C lAPTEIt I.
One bright morning in June, 134 —
Hr. Bergau a rich banker in M-,
in company w ith his son Paul, aged
eighteen, bade adieu to the thick
atmosphere and din of the city, in¬
tending to spend a month in the
mountains, 31 r. Bergan was a
pleasant looking, well made man of
fo.t y fuc, and \.a-* on- o c
upoa w io.n oitunc a 8fU e * ^
was wealthy, but did not worship his
wealth ; he was willing to spend it
for his own substantial enjoyment
and for the pleasure of his family.
When a young man he had passed
considerable time upon the shores of
Africa, in Abyssinia and Nubia, and
nothing afforded him more delight
than to send the fatal ball to the.
heart of some prowling lion ; to him
it was rare sport to slay the graceful
antelope, the spring-bok, the harte-
beest and tho many varieties of game
with which Africa abounds. The
hunting propensities of his youth he
had not yet relinquished, so. upon
this bright spring morning he was
musing upon the Nimrodic pleasures
which would be his in the wild JTeet
beyond the Mississippi, or perchance,
upon the rugged sides of tho Rocky
.Mountains.
Paul, hia eldest child and only son,
was a noble specimen of the American
youth. A form of perfect symmetry,
a frank intelligent face, dark* piercing
eyes, finely arched, jet black eye¬
brows, the royal crectness of the
Indian, all combined to render him a
person of remarkably fine appearance.
The most casual observer would not
fail to see in his appearance the key
to his character*, would not fail to
realize that he was a person ol in¬
corruptible integrity, lofty purposes,
and unyielding firmness. There wn ’’ *
also, that indefinable something
which invariably stamps its owner as
one of nature’s noblemen, '/’hough
now only eighteen, he was no; uuae
juaiuted with the dangerous pleas,
i,res of thc chase. More than once
he ha k accompanied his father upon
hunting expeditions and had ever
displayed that cool courage ami
mature judgment not possessed b\
many of his seniors, Not only hud
he made display' of his courage and
judgment, but had given u
hie proof of groat skill in the use ot
the rifle. His pleasure in anticipation,
therefore, is not to he imagined.
Little Estelle, the pride of her
parents, the pride of “bur-er” Paul,
the most beautiful child in W-,
was all lively excitement. She was
one whose equal is seldom seen m
point of beauty. Possessed of that
finely moulded Bergan form, those
heavenly blue eyes, those dark arched
eyebrows, the pale, intellectual
forehead—a happy medium, neither
too iiigii nor too low, those angelic
lips which “seem on roses fed,” that
finely modulated voice, whose every
tone is melody, that winning graceful
manner, she had no difficulty in
making frieuds, for to know her was
to love.
llers was that peculiar kind of
beauty which first produces admira¬
tion, and then, a feeling of loving
sympathy, which causes the heart to
wail, “its hold is frail, its date is
brief;” which forces upon us ^e
conviction that this delicate little
being, “so young, so beautiful and so
i^ood,” will ere long sleep to wake no
more. Soon loving hands may
“Fold the white vestures, snow ou snow,
And lav her where the violets blow ’’
Such was the sad, yet irresistible
conviction impressed upon me, that
soon her dear father would b0
without his little Estelle.
But her father had no such
thought.
A little pink silk handkerchief was
lovingly wave,1 after thc train as it
hore Estelle’s father and only brother
away from home.
Having travelled two days by rail,
Mr. Bergau and Paul found
selves in a neatlittle hotel in C-•.
where they remained several days.
Mr. Bergau purchased a convey-
ance and team, secured the services
of a driver, also of two pack-horses
upon which were securely strapped
the arms and munitions, and other
little things essential to such a trip as
sjiis.
John, the driver, was thoroughly
NEWS
By Edw SCHAEFER- f
^TQJ J *
with the country, having
been “born, reared and raised here*
abouts,” as he expressed it. In
fact John had never been on the east
side of the Mississippi; he
nothing of the comforts of a more
civilized life. The elegant breech-
loading rifles and shot-guns of our
party were curiosities to our friend
John; the great distance to which
these rifles threw balls was to him
little short of a phenomenon. Paul’s
gold mounted revolver, made by
Smith & Wesson, was a novelty and
the very accurate shots made with it
excited his astonishment wonderfully;
it was undoubtedly to John -‘a mighty
line bullet flinger.”
Paul related to him various ac¬
counts of different cities ; gave him a
portion of his college experience;
told him about the theatres, the
steamboats, the large engines, the
telegraph, then a recent invention ;
explained portions of Natural
Philosophy, and even told him about
the great clock of Strasburg. John,
who thought he had seen most of thc
world in these western prairies, came
to the conclusion, to use a phrase of
his own, that he “hadn’t seen it all
by more'n half. ’
John, on the other hand, told Paul
about the game to be found and tne
manner of killing it, some of his
narrow escapes from the Indians,
bear hunts, taking beaver and many
other facts by which Paul profited
during his stay beyond the Missis¬
sippi. John admired Paul for obvious
1
reasons and because lie knew so
j much about things ol which poor John
had never heard; and Paul was
charmed by the blunt straight forward
way of John, and more than that he
realized that John’s acquaintance
with the country, his knowledge of
the Indians who roamed the woods,
i might become of great advantage not
only to himself but to the whole
party.
John’s knowledge of the country
came into immediate use in the
selection of a stopping place. lie
described a place to Mr. Bergan
known as the ./Erie. It st> suited
Mr. Bergan that he directed John to
make for that place, Paul was
greatly delighted when John informed
the party that one more day would
bring them to the terminus of their
journey Paul, never over fond of
traveling, was becoming wearied —
was anxious to lialt and to erect a
temporary shelter, and then “away to
the chase of the wild ash*deer.”
lie was assured by the communi¬
cative driver that fine hunting
grounds surrounded TEr'ie and that
altogether it was a more desirable
place of rendezvous, Night ap-
proaches, and the sun veils ids face
behind the silver lining of the
western clouds. Supper hastily
prepared and eaten, the wearied
party retired to rest, and ere long the
ma gi ° c w aml of Morpheus had quietly
asU rcc{ tiiettl into the pleasures of
gj ream j an q # Paul’s reveries, however,
were rudel v disturbed by a most
^^’wfwtich . tl j vf qi ench as he had not
ho very
correctly supposed to proceed from a
wo’f eii'T-ov ^Without l in a nocturnal pore-
rrinatior IaI wakin^ \his° any one
UC e ? ouicklv l Fet 77' rifle) in
‘
readiness, anxious to send tne fiist
fatal ball upon its errand* Pet in
11 IF^oiB an q CeUierus his 8uiith and
in ho’s'er found’ he visited the
'
hurge s, and them
pick otcd though showing some signs
of uneasiness. Returning, be selected
a ‘ >a A which ^ he would, bv
Q f b i<r m0O nli^ht be
uke ] v t „ see any intruder either upon
the camp or upon the horses.
Again the hideous shriek, echoing
* nml rie^r was o-V cast ir>on 1 the
“^fouml. h - r t ^'solemn • >;1 i v a
stillness is
unbroA . en l)y a single doaQ(li Qot CYen
the fecble voice Q f an insect to break
the painful monotony of his vigil,
Not a leaf stirred, not a sound save
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TOCCOA, GA., AUGUST (A 9 1882 .
now and then the restless stamp ofa
horse’s hoof. Paul’s desire to secure
the disturber of his dreams kept him
awake for several hours, but the
sound was not repeated, neither did
the wolf show himself, Nature
claimed her due and the self eonsti-
tuted guard was soon a ‘-sleeping
sentinel.’
C.iaptkb IT.
Ncxt morning, as might liave been
expected, Paul slept later than usual,
In fact he was not released from the
chains of slumber until John, more
effectually than politely, informed
him that his presence was desired
the rudely improvised breakfast table.
lie felt considerably thc worse for his
fruitless watching, though he did not
mention it to any one. Breakfast
over the party resumed them way.
lhe country gradually became less
broken, and Iron, elevated points
could be seen a laige extent OL
prairie, which John informed
was usually the favor.te resort ol
immense herds of buffalo.
In the middle of the afternoon the
party came in view of their destina¬
tion. It seemed as though the}?
suddenly emerged from the moun¬
tains, and at once stood upon an
elevated table land, the terminus of
this chain of mountains The JErie
was several hundred feet in height
and almost perpendicular. It let
them down in the valley u here
flowed in silent majesty, the placid
waters of tho Miaco dust beyond
the river was an apparently end j ess
extent of prairie.
This wss indeed au earihij* para¬
dise ; at least, so thought Paul. In
front, as far as the eye could reach,
was this vast extent df prairie, the
home of the buffalo ; to the rear, was
a chain of mountains, tiie haunt of
tiie wolf and many other animals not
to mention his majesty, Sir Bruin.
Then that river! glorious in the
extreme. Fishing, sailing, bathing,
Mr Bergau s forethought had sug-
gested the propriety of bringing a
rubber boat, which he accordingly had
done. There was a use for it.
The whole party could not have
been better satisfied with their selec-
tion. Aside from its advantages
considered merely with a view to
hunting, it was adapted to defense,
should hostile * Indians render it
necessary. This all parties thorough¬
ly appreciated.
Paul had been eagerly scanning the
prairie with his glass and was grati¬
fied with his discovery of buffalo to
the south. But no time for hunting
now. The clouds were threatening
and a shelter must be built, ik’his
was hastily Gone by sinking tour
maple poles in the earth, two, taller
than the others, and then placing a
canvass over tue posts. I his was
scarcely completed when night let
her sable mantle down. Ere long the
Hoa ofevcJy o!'e tailed an ill° mantion^ kept’
Paul facetiously it, its
inmates perfectly dry. Our friends
were again early to bed and nothing
intel * ru f* te ^ ^. aUiS slumbers. Inc
T
molested thc rest of tho wearied
sleepers.
Time sped cn and soon again the
tree tops were greeted by the cheerful
rays ot the mornings sun. Contrary
t() the expectations of every one, the
morning was clear. The clouds were
dispersed and no sigh of the previous
rain was left save the moist earth.
.^Thi! TrTeriUn ob^-tlV'on^the 'badly
gr01! nd that rest™ needed.
Ace John rdingly it was agreed that
should “go out" in the
evening. Meanwhile John,
’^^d with which in coilccUng tonsh
to kindle fires lor cooking
purposes. Prudence on John’s part
prompted this for two reasons, viz
L F 0 r weiflm'kncw 'th^T^waV* not
po ssible that the time might come
when he would not dare to collect this
wood ! Why? The sequel will show,
[ To be Con'h'wd^
TREEING THE OLD MAN,
EFFECTS OF HAVING A MARRIAGEABLE
DAUGHTER,
1 here is a gentleman & living . in the
West, who never realized until ., within . , .
the , last two that , lie ,
year or was be-
coming old, ,, and tne particular .
cause
of his coming to a realizing sense of
tis agc ,\ condition is the fact that his
daughter has (frown up until she is
larg e enough and old enough to
receive young gentlemen company.
He i ias felt just as though these calls
werc an argument that he was getting
0 ^, a nd he did not like it. though
hig g00 a wife has told him he has got
to expect such things, and the girl
has asked him if he was not young
once himself, and finally he has got
so he looks upon the fact of the g.rl
having company home from church or
singing school as part of the pro-
and if he comes home in the
evening and finds a young man one
side of the parlor and the girl in a
straignt backed chair on the other
side, he looks wise, winks at Ins
daugttcr, yawns, and goes off to bed-
But since last Saturday he has
turneil over a new leaf, and made a
rule tint no man shall come there
with a dog, and leave the dog out on
the fruit verandah to wait for thc
young man. It seems that a young
man v [ u> [ uls called several times
owns a Newfoundland dog, and
thinking it would be safer to go home
i a tojat night accompanied by a dog,
he ilad allowed the old dog to go
along, and lie left him on the front
stepto wait. Nuout ten o’clock p.
m. the father arrived in front of his
house with a bandbox under one arm,
containing a new bonnet, and in the
other hand a market basket eontain-
ing J^ Mflat for Sunday hiibrmed. dinner—a turkey
w re he^got rig | lt ]y
wi£ n about ten feet from
lho vonm a a i, ? a „d was going along
qn5etj so ftS no t to disturb the family
the gave two sh .. rp barks and a
lon ^ ^ ?mir p t lia.t fairly caused Mr.
Bor eJi ’ s j ia i r to lift Lis hat. Jle
stopped suu donly, turned pale, and
q-retty dogev,' though it was so
A cmt ld not toll whether he was
lying iffiout t he appearance of the dog
or not. Mr. Borden is a bravo man
general! v, but he is as afraid as ucatu
of dogs, and, while he could not see
the dog he feit by the long continued
snarl tlat seemed to be coming near¬
er all tie time, that the dog was
going to chew him. He knew he had
got to act suddenly if lie acted at all.
so he dropped the basket and wifcu
one bound he grabbed the top of the
ijjgfi ° board fence and stuck in his toe
na ls to get up. As soon as he turned
to jump the fence, the dog, evidently
taking Tun for a tramp, started on a
bop, sk p and jump, and, barking as
j ou q asa f C g whistle ; and Mr. Bor-
thinks tbe do = " as vor >" near
him when be arrived at the top of the
fence, because a piece of his coat was
Once seated on the fence, he
bandbox. «h,ch r.U he had T* saved from
the wreck, and thought tne matter
t
ove r. With his leg on the other side
oflhe fence, where there was a cross
piece , he felt tUat he could atav there
m comparative comfort until the ,
young man came out to go home and
called liis dog off, but it was cold, and
he wa8 “<* cavalryman enough to
rkii “S a fu,, “’ ‘ ,e ,oam «
crackling no.se, and as the moon
came out from behind a cload he
could see U»e outlines of t he dog, and
the was catin ? the tor f e r *
-
-•* ^ »<*«». and he called the
dog names, an.. io!d bun to get out
but the dog looked up at Mr. Borden
an q simply showed his teeth, and
1 ^ 1 ^ mUC ' h “ to ‘ Yo «
sta * U P tbcre 011 the fcflce ’ and y °° r3
all right.’
We suppose there never was a man
that said any more quiet cuss words
1 TERMS—$1 50 A YEAR*
in half an hour than Mr. Borden did.
lie could hear the boys and girls in
the parlor, having a good time, laugh¬
ing and chatting, and he decided to
attract their attention, [but he did
not want to yell, and make them
think if . , the house
was on fire, „ so he ,
took , Lis pocket , , kmle , ... and . threw
against . . the door. , All ,,,
quiet, . . . but
was
coma out. , rr I ,, hen . he
to ° a ’“ n 1 ° •' “ an ', ‘f? w U
a ^ ai ” s Ue wiaa °' v - At llUS P oint
thc < ,°° r ° [)Qned a llttle ’ aiKl A yo “ ng
s voice, evidently lull ot emotion
^ crea ' n ' fe£lu ’ 'fake him
lge /° e e “}! ,
‘ V
! V . f
U t ° ° !“ ^
° be * ^ M ' > ,
X u , h d() r d
ca t0 his daughter, and very soon
3 u door and called the
off tUo eiltle , nan of the
house U plc * e d np { his traps and went
in tea tho urkcy for thc vi3 iting
, . , ...
J any fuss about it?’
wc agk( ag he was loUi , lg og abont
it on Sllnda mornillg after chu rch.
, Fu0S _, saiJ hc> a3 he , ook6d ma d,
<what could he gay? j didn't want
to hurt the ir!s . feelings, and I am
ma(jh of a gent i eman to be dis-
courtcou9 any one in my own house,
||. G ' wben j w ent through thc room
and the girl asked me if my coat tail
had got caught in a swinging bridge ;
and they all laughed* I couldn't help
giving my opinion of fellow's who go
around sparking with dogs concealed
about their persons. Fuss! You
ought Jo have seen that bonnet. It
looked like a flower bed that a cow
had walked through, I was going to
raise the roof in the morning, but you
know how it is, a girl can put her
arms around a fellow’s neck and make
him believe it is fun to climb up a
board fence with a dog chewing him ;
and so I told her it was all right this
time, but not to let it occur again ;
and do you know, she made me buy
a dog chain. O, if I had a dozen
girls it would 7 nll me.*
‘And what would you do for dinner
to day?’ we asked thinking of the
dog and the turkey?
‘Oh, dandelion greens, I suppose,’
aiul he went off whistling, ‘Snyder,
do you want to buy a dog?’
FOR THIRSTY THEORISTS.
IiOW PREACHERS AND PEOPLE MAY
LIVE IN SUMMER AND KEEP SOBER.
The war made upon ice water has
caused many thoughtful people to
look with distrust upon this hitherto
popular drink. But in the question
of substituting an acceptable beverage
is felt to lie the true solution of the
difficulty. Oat-meal water is un
doubtedly the most healthful drink
for thc summer season, but it has not
found favor with the masses owing to
its lack of the requisite‘snap.’
Soda water, either plain or with
lime juice or some of the less fancy
syrups may be regarded as an almost
perfect thirst quencher. Its price and
^feasibility except when away «Vo.n
bom8 arc objections to its general
substitution for the deadly but deli-
cious j ce water . ’
Among the beverages proposed for
domestic uouiesno use use arc the products i of the
following easily prepared recipes: ,
Mead.— One gallon of water :
three pounds strained honey ; boil it
ab out a half hour, adding abalf ounce
of hops ; skim careiully, and dram
the sk.mn.mgs through a hair sieve.
returning what runs through ; remove
fr 0m the fire, and when the liquid is
>«kewarm stir into a half pint of
yeast, which is sufficient foe mne
i gallons of mcaii; put into a cask aud
; let it work over, filing ltj U P until
j fermentation subsides; put a strong
P a P e ^ lhe bung-hole. This mead
^ be fla '* oreJ ""» *»**>
boihug, and makes a delicious sum-
mcr drink.
Corn Beer. -Five gallons
m t.
two quarts molasses; one quark
sound corn; put all into a keg and
shake well; in a few days a ferrnen-
tation will have been brought on as
nicely as with yeast. Keep bunged
tight. It may be flavored with oil of
lemon, etc. The corn will last for
five or six makings. If it gets too
sour ’ a ^d aiore molasses and water in
the above proportions. This drink
. k j healthy,
g c ea p an( and practically
free from intoxicating properties.
Lemon Beer. —One pound sugar ;
one lemon sliced ; one tcacupful yeast;
one gallon boiling water; one ounce
ginger, bruised. Let it stand twelve
or twenty-four hours, after which it
may be bottled.
The Orange County Farmer gives
the following timely information
regarding thopurification of water :
If you have an idea that the water you
drink is unhealthful from the germs
of disease it contains boil it. That
[)roce53 wi n destroy all trace of in-
5Cctorial lire - Tbe nltor wil > not
this. Boiled water well cooled is the
safest and best drink in the world,
GOING TO THE POST OFFICE.
THE SIMPLE FAITH OF THE VENERABLE
JUNEBKOKE DUKE,
Detroit Fre#Press.
One of the oddest sights in the
South is to see the negroes hang
about the post offices. They arc thc
first ones to call in the morning and
the last to leave at night, and it is by
no means rare to have them inquire
for mail 15 times a day. I was in
the office at Marietta, Ga , when an
aged darky limped in and inquired :
*Am dar fo’ or five letters keali for
Junebroke Duke?’
‘No, sir,’ replied the Postmaster,
after taking a look.
‘Well, den, I’ll take one.’
‘There are no letters for you.’
‘Isn't dar a newspaper?'
‘No.’
‘Hasn’t I dun got miffin’ tall?’
•Not a thing.’
‘Dat’s curus—worry curus,’ mut-
tered the man as he walked out.
j followed after, and when I asked
jfim if he expected au important
] e tter that day, he replied :
‘Sartin 1 does, Dat’s why l’zc
walked fo’ miles dis mawninV
‘Where is the letter coming from?’
‘I dunno.
‘Did you expect news or money in
the letter?’
‘Deed I did, sah. I ’spected dat
letter might hab $20 into it.’
‘Who from?’
•I dunno, but 1 ’spected it.’
He then told me that lie could
neither read nor write, had no friends
to write to him, had never mailed a
letter nor received one in his life, and
yet lie had inquired for mail at least
five hundred times a year for the past
ten years, In fact, it wasn’t an hour
after I left him before he circled
around to the office again and said :
‘J reckon I must hab some mad by
dis time.’
‘No—nothing for you.’
GFall, if dat hain’t curus—werry
curus : Reckon I’d better wait for
dal one o’clock train.’
T 1 IE FALL.
Here is a boy’s composition on
fall: This is fall, because it falls on
this season of the j*car. Leaves fall,
too, aa well as thermometers and the
price of straw hats. Old topers, w o
to for fal straws when stl tailcUer-u,aMn,j,^s, °* \ J '
g° es * Husking corn is one oi. e
pleasures of fail, but pleasure isn t
good for boys, I don t think. Old
men want t aTittle i: tt i p f Inn nn . let let them tb ^ hnsk ^ ’
A husny o v an a 0
goed deal of corn sometimes. Digging
Utters is anotherof our fall
menun The nay lk ^8
,s to wa.t nn.il tnev arc basca me . y.
and then uig them ou o i *
Most winter schools open in the fab.
m- best^vmter school J'went ^ to
> .a., 1 open 01 . «n **£*£%£ ™
and the school house ^'a inched ui) 1
for the reason. Once in a while we
| have a very SC ^
like the fall of A » ^
. Garden o Ld n ► • * . g ^
named. It should be caue i priuc,
for doesn t pride go before a fall,