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Banks County ' Journal.
HOME!!. GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER. 29 1898.
DEATH’S FERRYMAN. ”
I run a ferryman, old and gray,
And the river la deep and wldo,
And whosoe’er crosses by night or by day
Can never return, but forever and ay©
Must remuin on tho other Side.
The waters ore cold, and the current is swift,
And the mints lmng heavy nnd chill,
And backward and forward they slowly drift,
With never n break, and they never lift,
Though they seem to be never still.
Tho heavens arts dark, and tho courso la long.
But my boat is stanch and truo.
And tho waves ure rough, but my arm is strong,
And safely 1 ferry the ghostly throng
To the shore, mist hidden from view.
All are equal who cross with me,
Beggar and millionaire,
Vassal and kiftg and bond and free*
Peasant and noblo cf high degree,
Tho maid and her lady fair.
The weary teller who longs for refit-,
Brave youth and manhood proud,
Tho erring one with his sins confessed,
Tho sinless babe on the mother's breast
And the mother with sorrow bowed.
Bone on their Journey set forth alon^
With trembling and anxious fears,
Some amid wailing, with sob and moan
And prayers that their lives had never knows
And heartbreak and bitter tears.
Man brought naught into the world save death.
And naught can he take away;
Naked was he when ho first drew breath
And naked will be when he goes with death
On his silent, mysterious way.
So all aro equul whom death sets free,
To cross to the distant strand,
Anil king and vassal and bend and tree,
Whether of lowly or high degree,
Must nil cross the river of death with me
To enter that unknown land.
—Dr. J. A/Gilbert in Cleveland Plain Dealer
THE COMING HORSE.
The curate sat in old Mr. Robson’s
chintz covered armchair, nodding now
and thou as the mistress of tho f?rm
paused in her outburst of excited speech.
Ho was married and tho father of ten
children, but bourgeois youthful affeo
tations still hung thick about him, for,
instead of leaving hie cup and saucer
on tiro tray, he held them in his lean
white hands, crooking his little fingers
daintily, while his speech was usually
punctuated with many “sweetly pret
ties” and “passionately foods,” with
al a good man, according to Lia lights,
and endowed with a certain liking of
tho dutiful in his fellow creatures.
Ho had come up by the widow’s re
quest, for her daughter v. as dying, and
she was too proud to speak of her wild
trouble to kinsfolk who had never
view ed her with any courtesy since her
marring'.! t o a man aged enough to have
been her father.
She was t;ii. ly incoherent in her re
quest for advice, but tho curate thought
he understood.
“ideally, Mrs. Robson, ” he said gen
tly at last, “it is a most painful case.
Yes, thank you, another cup of tea—
three lumps, yes; I have a sweet tooth.
Of course I think (hat you should have
consulted me before, when Hannah was
in better health, and then I could have
admonished her. Now we oan only pray.
But none the less it is our bounden duty
to tell ber that site should wrest her af
fections from all unworthy worldlinoss
and look up to the skies, whence oom
fort”—
Airs. Robson’s face had grown cold
and hard, a heavy perspiration shone
on her forehead.
“I didua mean that, ” she said, “when
I sent for yo’. I tbowt that yo’ would
understand. ’Tis o’ Squiro Amberstouo’s
sou as I wished to ask. My wench is
dyiu. Alias I beg is as he may coom
oncet again,_ridin on his bay, an gi’
her a kind word. ” She softened sudden
ly. “Oh, Mr. Fryston, for th’ love o’
God, do this thing for me. ’Twas bn’
boy an girl playiu at love. Tbeer was
no thowt o’ ill. Aly dowter’s as pure au
good as a ebrisow child, bu’ what wi’
him was just a laugh an a jest wi’ th’
prettiest girl on th’ country side, wi’
her meant more—more —more. I’vo no
hiame for him, bu’ he’s broken her heart
clean i' twain. An ..nly today has hoo
told rue ail what La- 5i.... red. ”
“You were much to blame, ” said the
curate sententiously, balancing his
spoon on the rim of the teacup, “very
much to blame”—
She clasped her hunds and wrung
them painfully, so that she might not
burst into hysterical laughter. "Mr.
Fryston,” she said hoarsely. "I’m a
oleau minded woman, au Hannah ecaroe
17. I thowt nothin o’ it. Ho were wisest
o’ us all, for he must ha’ seen danger,
an he staid away, an three months has
killed her.”
“I can do nothing—nothing, ’’ began
the curate.
“Aye, bu’ .yo’ oan,” she wailed.
“Yo’ know what love in. Fetch him to
her for a goodhy. Hoo canna pass i’
peace wi’atfc him. Hoo’s my only one—
my only one. ”
Tho curate was touched at last. He
rubbed the corner of his more suscepti
ble eye furtively. “I’ll*go to Paulton
and bring him back if I can,” he said,
“tomorrow. ”
“’Tis o’no use sayin ‘tomorrow,’ ”
sho interrupted impatiently. “Hoo may
pass at any moment. ’Tia bu’ 4 o’clock,
on ’tis th’ last thing my wench ’ll ever
want. ”
The sound of knocking oa the floor
above stopped her. ' 1 Hannah’s waked, ’ ’
she said. "There’s owdLizbeth beating
tho planks wi’ a stick. I man leave yo’,
Mr. Fryston. X know as yo’ wuuna fail
me.”
Sho did not wait for his reply, but
hurried up stairs to tho chamber where
Hannah lay in r. little bed afront the
hearth. The mother had been pretty in
her youth—indeed sho was .uni uncome
ly even now—but the daughter was
wonderfully, piteously beautiful. Her
face was pure white, save for ti.e dain
! fiost linen iu in cheeks; her lips were
1 scarlet faced and finely cut, her great
brown eyes luminous Shu had spread
her nut brown hair over the embroider
! ed pillow and crossed her hands lightly
I over her breast. Thobr ioloihes conceal
, oil the emaciation of her figure to some
; extent, but eno would surely have be
lieved that as much as could bo distiu
-1 guishod was that of a slender boy.
“Ia he coming?” she said. “Oh,
mother, to think of it! That I should
care for him In this way when he only
kissed ms once nnd never spoke r word
that yon mightn’t have heard!”
Then she began coughing again and
the blood specked the cotton wool that
Mrs. itebson hold to her lips. When the
paroxysm was over, she lay back speech
less, but her eyes were full of question
ing.
“Aye, my-df-ary, ” said the mother.
“Mr. Fryston’s gone for him, uu he’ll
bo here uuou. ”
The girl tried to speak again, but the
mother bold up a warning hand.
“Hannah, Hannah,” she faltered,
“do lie still: Yo'ro not tbinkiu that
yo’ro all tho kin I bav.t, an that 1 want
yo’ to hide v?i’ mo as you can. An yo’
mun keep as quiet aff a little mouse, so
n3 to be strong when ho cooms. ”
Hannah nodded (slightly, her lips
drawing back for en instant's smile,
which showed a brief glimpse of her
white teeth.
“Only one thing I've got to ask,
mother,” sho whispered. "Yon told
Mr. Fryston that he was to come on
horseback—on the bay—so that I could
bear him first?”
Mrs. Robson leaned over her. “Aye,
aye, X told him all,” she moaned.
“Nna, fox yo’r mammy’s sake, lie yo’
quiot.”
“I will, mammy dear, if you’ll have
tho bed pushed up close to the window.
There, I’ll bo still now.”
After tho bed was moved she luy per
fectly silent. The evening was gloomy,
but tho dancing firelight showed a face
lighted with tho happiness of expecta
tion. Her mother sat basido her, holdiqg
her right hand between ber own palms.
Tho old doctor came at 7 o’clock. When
ho desired Airs. Robson to come to
the passage with him, she divined his
meaning, and a cruel pain woke at her
heart.
“I’m afraid—l’m afraid that the
end's very near, ” ho paid. “It is just a
leaping up of the flamo. Have every
thing in readiness.” He turned away,
for his chin was trembling. “I can’t tell
you how I feel for you, Mrs. Robson,”
he added in a husky voice. "It is very
hard.”
“I suppose that'God will gi’ mo
strength to stand it,” aho replied wea
rily. “An now, doctor, wi’ your loavo.
I’ll go back to her. ”
As she turned to open tho chamber
door she heard Mr. Fryston speaking to
c.no of tho women down stair3. hko de
scended hastily and draw him into tho
parlor, so that none might hear.
“Well,” she stammered, “where is
bo?”
Mr. Fryston shook his head mourn
fully. “I’ve no good nows, ”ho said.
“Young Mr. Ambsrstone’s array in tho
south of Franco with his mother.”
Airs. Robson clutched the bosom of
her gown so violently that two buttons
flew to the floor.
"Thank yo’, Mr. Fryston,’’she said
quietly. “Yo’ve dono all man could.
Yo’ll pardon me if I go to her—hoo
canna aatlast th’ night.”
Hannah's questioning gaze mot hers
as sho re-entered tho chomhor. A sharp
cry came from tho scarlet lips. "Oh,
mother 1”
Mrs. Robson totter&d toward the bed.
“My pretty!” she said. “Yo’voto wn.it.
He’s coomin—he s coomin—a-ridin on
th’ galloping bay horso.”
The girl laughed with delight.
“Mammy, don’t leave mo till ho cornea
Put ycur arms under my neck and your
face against mine. Don’t cry—l’m so
happy!”
For the next hour the mother prayed
in silence. Sho had liod for her child’s
sake, and sho was asking God to accom
plish a miracle. In that hour her faith
was strong enough to move mountains.
As tho clock on tho stairs struck 8
Hannah began to cough again, this time
with a horrid, choking sound. Mrs.
Robson, knowing that tho cud had
come, gathered her to her breast and
held her tightly.
Tho color had left both cheeks and
lips, her head swayed slightly on the
slender nock, mid in the anguish of
thoso last moments the mother’s heart
began to beat louder and louder. Pad—
pad—pad—pad—with just such asound
as a horse’s hoofs make when galloping
over grass.
Louder and louder with every instant.
Old Lizbeth, who sat on the other side
cf the bed, rose suddenly, and, drawing
the window curtain, looked out into the
misty moonlight. Tho gardens were de
serted—no living thing moved on the
cart track through tho frost bound fields
Pad —pad—pad pad louder and
louder.
Hannah stirred and laughed gladly.
Sho thrust her arms toward tho door.
“He’s come—let mo go, mammy 1” she
cried. “Let mo meet him in the or
chard!”
Tho beating of Mrs. Robson’s heart
ceased for awhile.
“Ah, he’s hcrel”
Then Hannah turned her face up
ward, as if to receive fact boy’s kiss,
and a murmnr like a wood pigeon’s
came—her life passing aa this died
away.—Loudon Sketch.
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Flue Behavior of the Bough Billers.
The prophets cf evil of the Tampa
Buy hotel had foretold that tho cowboys
would shoot as they chose, and in the
field would act independently of their
officers. As it turned out, the cowboys
were tho very men who waited most pa
tiently for the officers to give tho word
of command. At all times the move
ment was without rest, breathless and
fierce, like a cano rush or a street fight.
After the first, three minutes every man
had stripped as though for a wrestling
match, throwiug off ell bis impedi
menta but his cartridge belt and can
teen. Even then tho suu handicapped
their strength cruelly.
The enemy were hid in tho shade of
the jungle, while they bad to fight in
the open for ovory thicket they gained,
crawling through grass which was as
hot as a steam bath, and with their flesh
and clothing torn by thorns and the
swor Jlike blade of the Spanish bayonet.
The glare of the sun was full in their
eyes and as fierce as a limelight.—Rich
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Legal Ads.
GEORGIA : Banks County;—
Jas. \V, Dodd and others having ap.
plied for the opening and establish
ment of a now public road commenc
ing near the Silver Shoal church,
thence west and through lands of T. J.
Scales, J, H. Brooks, liar ber Bro., and
Mrs. Scoggins in the 912 Dist. G. M.,
of said county; terminating at or near
Poplar Springs Court Ground, a dis
tance of about 3 miles. Notice is iiere
by given ihat said application will be
finally granted on the first Monday in
Oct. next if no sufficient cause is
shown to the contrary. Aug. 29.1998
T. F. HILL,
Ord’y
GEORGIA; Banks County. To
all whom it may concern; W. 11, Cobb
having applied for guardianship of
the person and property Eunice Chit
wood, minor child oi Caleb Chitwood
• ate of said county deo’d. Notioo is
given that said application will be
hear at my office at 10 o’clock a. in.
on the first Monday in October next
This August 29th, IS9S.
T. F. HILL
Ord’y.
GEORGIA: Banks County.—
Mrs. R. S. Lunsford having made ap
plication for a twelve month’s support
out of the estate of M. G. W. Luns
ford, and appraisers duly appointed to
set apart the same, having tiled their
return, all persons concerned are
hereby required to show cause before
the court ot Ordinary of said county
on the first Monday iu October 1898
why said application should not be
granted. Aug. 29, IB9S.
T. F. HILL,
Ord’y.
GEORGIA; Banks County.
F E. Key, guardian of Pearl Bush,
having applied tome to be discharged
from such guardianship let all persons
concerned show cause before meal,
the cou”' nous? in said county, on the
: .si Monday in Oct. 1898. why such
application for discharge should iiGt
be granted. Witness my hard and
official signature. This 29th. day of
August 1898.
T. F. HILL,
Ord’y.
GEORGIA; Banks County.—
Notice is hereby given to nil persons
concerned that on the day of July
1897 W. J. Aaron, late of said county
departed this life interstate, and no
one has applied for administration on
the estate of said W. T. Aaron, that
administration will be vested in the
Clerk of the Superior Court, or some
other fit and proper person on the firs
Monday m October next unless valid
objection is made to his appointment
Given under my hand and official sig
nature. This Aug 30, 1898
T. F. HILL, Ord’y.
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