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ATLANTA &
Air-1 .ine ’RrtiKx'.'ty.
Passenger Department
INDUSTRIAL AN D POLITICAL INTERESTS.
AY ? JANUARY 27, 1880.
istiel a:nl>it':on*, 1 cor tiled myself
well fixed. As I leave intimated, I
slept ia die station, partly to keep
gum d on tlie company’s property,
and partly from choice; for, icing "a
bite:. ,..r anil without kin, I bad noth
mg i»i attract mo elsewhere. My du
ties 1-11 grown a sort of .second na-
ttffe, a al I had lived in the little town
soio..i that the younger getter tion
had crime to speak of m • as ‘Uncle
Bii.-That was, 1 suppose, because
iny i air was getting gray, and my
joint- a little stiff.
Tin: lied Ravine station was a wood
en t "tiding, about forty feet long by
twenty wide. It was divided into two
.coiiipp. tuicnts; the larger one being
tor height and baggage, and the smalt
le-r ooe tor passengers. Mv own little
reoiu was pnly a piece partitioned off
from the ''freight quarter,"about ten
feet snare, and connected by a door
with u.e box ed'nn office in’the jasg,.'
kets and holding the tele-
la this latter apartment.
WriVERSITY 0F GE0RG1A UBRWW
,*i»d
No. 13
. i i if—
latter by a door. Thu body bad been
placed iu such a position that, when
this door waa open, tbe head of the
box was in sight. Two or three times
I got up to shut the door, but some
strange fatality drove me back to my
cltair, and caused me to keep in view
the box with its sad freight. All this
time tiie storm raged, the thunder dis-
charged its mighty batteries, the
lightning dashed, and the mad ra
vings of the telegraph continued. I
caught my haud trembling as I tried
to refill my pipe. Nervousness, no
doubt; but possibly' an observer
might hake thought old llilly was
frightened.
1 had just risen to wind the little,
clock oh tko shelf, when suddenly
out, of the hitherto meaningless
ticking ot the instrument sharply
WATCH T1IK IlOX !
storm and the sharp daps of thunder
Not a click from the instrn *
Not a sound save the steai ,
of the clock. Still .1 lay listening,
watching, wiih'hiciilties all alert, a’nd
my eyes always on the dblofig hot.
A little past two—perhaps ten min
utes. The silence almost paiulol iu
its profoundness. Nothing but the
tick-tick of the dock, which to my
eager ear had taken oa this sound,
which it kept repeating nv- r and
over:
“Wateh-lhe-box! Watch thc»box!”
What was that ?
Not the clock, not the tele-graphic
instrument. No, it was the sound of
the grating of iron.. Faint, very faint,
yet still audible to tny car. Breath
ing regularly and deeply, as one
breathes in sleep, I lay and listened.
and distinctly came to iny ear these Another interval of silence, and then
sounds: -the grating sound came again, this
jr—r--T— -...., Si time a trifle louder than before. The
Up- of *.iiu ten
HE KEPI' A nj.tily.
At precisely 12 o-’clor!: ' J -'
the situation of a Woodbridf^u Rlr 7
saloon was as follows; AW-
waa stam ling aiTMi'tar win, „
of beer iu hia. Imml. Two other hi-
men eat against the wall, mad t, f . wu *
be wouldn't treat. A-.mall
at a tonic playing a two handed game
ot euchre with himself and »m
inganyonc. '
“No, sir, I won’t treat ativ
this place !’’re,narked the l^S;
er as ho glared around. °
No reply. .
“Some folks could be bluffed into
it, -but I can’t!” ho went on, as he
took a sip ol beer. °
Silence still.
, ^Ldon’twauto row will, any one.
but if forced into a conflict I shall
to kill.” 6 *
“No one wants a row with yon."
mattered one of the men at the wJt-
“Well, so much the bettor—for the
other party! I don’t h M - I
As no one objected | le pulled oul .
;iug meiiiorandiini book and slowly rend •
January I—Licked two men. ’
January 2—Licked oue man.
^January 6—Crippled two men for
8kulT' UarJ ‘~ Sm:ls ' ,u * > n -i man’s
January <S—Licked four men
January 9—Broke a man’s rill*
January 10—Mashed one skull.
January 11—Licked a man.
Now gentlemen, I don’t want to
put down, under date ol to-day. that
1 had any trouble with anybody but
tf forced into it Jo
“WhoV that talking!" suddenly
asked the little man at the table as he
looked up.
ITio big man glared at him in an
awlul wav.
-®?JE yj° u , oat o' this!’ contm-
ued the little man. diet out or Mi
iwwytntvaft:*****- 1 —““ 1
window made the objects in the- He rushed forwatd, with blood „
I started as if a charge of electrici- ! freight-room just visible. Almost si- ti* eye, bat the big man wen llnoui-h
>v had shot through iny frame. I 1 multaneously with the second grating hhe tioor like a shot, and ran two
vtdua- could fait ly icel my lace grow white, noise I saw the cover of the wooden ! blocks without l-.oking hack. Held'
hap- 1 stood motionless, clutching the back box rising slowly trout the end fur- his diary in the saloon, and it waa
The of the chair and with my eyes rivet- thest removed from the bed. I could turned over to thepoii, e. It is a pity
grown ed iu a vacant stare at the table in 1 find my heart tl.limping away like a - that he should lose such a valuable
tee e»* the ticket-office. I knew this was no sledge-hammer, hut 1 continued to record, ami if this un i ts his eye he is
work of an excited imagination. The I breathe heavily and to watch keenly. , informed that he can tied his hook at
words, to my practiced ear, were as Gently and noiselessly the cover was the Central Station, where it ha-been
plain tut if. shouted in elation tonea. j pressed upward until it reached an . locked up in a cell by itself, to pro-
fit ere had come no call lor lied Has ; angle which completely shut out from vent accidents.— /v,/ Vr.w.
lands, vine, and the message ended without my view tho window beyond. A mo- '■ ...
have signature or mark, but abruptly, as it i ment l iter tlte figure ot a man came n\s \\l» limws ok LITE
s me had begun. .More than that, it was i 01,1 from the shadows, while the box- 1
St' ike not the writing of any operator ou j cover was let down as noiselessly as j We have in ottr minds, savs an ex-
_ tty section ot the line. I would have''t had been raised. change, a brilliant and cultivated
1 tint is .-worn to that with as much positive- ; This, then, was the burden of the ! young lawyer who started iu life with
1-1,1)00 ness as you would t., the tones of a box. This was the meaning of the twenty thousand dollars and a refined
mysterious warning which the sounder beautiful and accomplished jf e . jjj
or had spoken. ’ is now a sort ot tactotuia ir.
With cat-like tread the figure tnov- manufactory
ed toward tiio door ot my room. Still er at the he,
I lay as in deep sleep. < >:i the thresh- he secretly
hold the figure paused, and a mo
ment later a single ray ol light pier
ced the darkness and" fell upon the
bed. lan kily, it. did not strike my
lave, am! in an in-taiti I Had closed
my eyes. As 1 had umieipaled the
ray of light was directed toward my
pillow, and by tho se tse of feeling 1
knew it rested a moment u
face. Sati-tied that i wa- i
slumber, the figure, still wilit cnl-lik'
the tones of _a
voice with which you were tiimiliar.
In the dot am! dash alphabet we learn
to distinguish who i- handling the
keys almost with as much accuracy
a.- oiliers distinguish handwriting.
.v:.d in all my eX[a-rience i had never
la-ard the sounder e
■ ise that.
While I stood da
tasks far beyond his
ek oft’a message
most
• •Id Billy’s i
rible pueh that i
Itliilite
•d as il
ly, ine.-e
s lor an
s a title,
mlicit oniikrl
-ot t • , Xpeet in this
light tiling
i have
l- me as \v:t
wouldn’t get inter
per; an uucomfi
d and
mu-t rein, uiher
■ were -.rung to
igltl— the rapid
‘hie dick-click was re-
demon again had got
‘‘old ot the key. It was fully five
minutes before I mustered courage to ■
pass into tlte tieki-t-ofikc and sit down trc:u !> a 11 ' 1 *’ 1 through, the bedroom
i,t Ll.e table ntysell. Not once in that ' -””1 into the ticket—ofliee. Mi eyes
time had i turned back to look at the r "i e, ' c 0 i>® ! ' again by this time,
box. Almost on the instant of tny 1 /be light troni the d i-ii t uteni had
his silting down at the table the clicking '»‘’ re *«ed, but it -1 ay s « ere now turn-
ni- stiipjied short, as it had done ho- *** t«w.»M the sale. Obviously the
lore, and then those words were re- rul,!j r beUcved; the.. treasure lie
pealed : * : sought was there. 1 waited until he
watch Tun uox ! bail knelt down to examine the lock,
cartel
hither and thith-
il t»f those whom
K-rl.inning heavy
tren"lli, yet n-
•ic-i-". l<st the
i he derives from
it off. We know
- a hank 1‘resi-
mid owned his
a does copying
id 'Ho a month,
i'"s how—a wile
it. We know a
dd - high office,
\ who solicited
liiec.i and hiiil,l-
-.iigc-1 times less
t Alliens lot
Xlomoval.
22-.'. W\ 2i»iu. -2'J.rb.aixi,
Dr. D. 0. C. HSSEY,
1 !,KK : (National
fe 5
Mattress
J he host Wiro Mattro.s:
rices before* purchasing.
company, i
ami
iUT’ «U»
():•'' Entire d/-’
made. Call ami examine «>
LOV.'ilANCT-. vv ROOM-:.
■•■a ga, n ^
i i/, consii./iny of a
No. I, 12 Horse Engine,
One |;«r)-e -_4 in
•ilcle :-:;W Wl.ef i:» 11
M'-iiMiiijf Muehifi-.
Minj; nucltinc, two
\v cofirniin*’!, «m- Sli
;ini:» :>n*l » l»*t ot' ii;t
niji" lr.tl.s, two
n» or lrrejjuUr
'uuijtos together
CHARLES F. STUBBS,
M•!01IX. 1 (LVS
COTTON
Gcnersi Conn:.
Id ACTOR
isicn Merchant,
1)Y
HO USE
Qtiihr '-.tii Factory Yarns,
Suva
tlt-C'
Steam Dyeing Establishment,
mm. feed taO sale stable. (nsurancg
Ji.'tixenci. Goor^is
.ANN vv KK.WKS, PKt»: KIKTt»KS. 1
COMPANY,
ATII22TS, CSOnGIA-
YOUNG L. G. 11 A ItU1S, President ’
STKVrXS THOM S«ent*ry.
P.OBEET CHILDERS,
Blaster and Well Digger,
Cleaning and Repairing Wells
A • -ii 1 t. Will v. t.rlv l»y t*»♦* j.»l» hv tiie fool
,«r Ia i . ..v. (*i o i tvl\ roiiiT onn in? irivrn.
rt^.J through l’« A OIUcc will ri-
tl "' 1 ‘ 'i:o!;kkt ruiLi»Ki:s ^
JEWELER & OPTICIAN!
V. AV. SKIFF,
Aj.lil 1
:.s: i*t?
.RI>1S.\N1' VllfNlT. ff
A. II l’\ NH'l’TT
SIN \V. NU'IIOLHOV,
BOARDING HOUSE j
j 11 OPT p.inckxeyJ
Market Sired, Sfces, Ga.
Tt. w. leoisr^s,
COSTTB.ACTOSIS A1TU E'O’aZ.BEHS.
also
MANTTF^.aTU’nSKr. and EEPAISSRS
OF
ALL IlF.SCRll'TlDNS OF FLRSH'IRE.
Wc ave npw inejweti to do ull hinds ot work in our U'*e,
SUCH AS
Bn?Ming, Manufacturing,
AND
REPAIRING ZB’TJiP.ISrZT-UnR.lE
Of all kinds. We keep constantly ou band all kinds of
a^Qtrx T'-rwrr?!, SRSSSSS "X.OTJSUlS’Gi AUZ2 CSIE.I1TG1S
Especial au .-ati n given to
DRESSING AND MATCHING
All work e.itrusted to us will receive* |»rc»ie*j»t attention. Our cliitfijtr are
oasonablc and Suited to the Times.
Give us a call, at old stand ot Low ran .v Madden, in rfchr ul tbe ^torc
of J. H. Hug&ins. *
1!. ff SAVE & ON’S t,, V
tA
ktiowled^
(rackage Ixiu^ due and its failin
' come on the 11:30, as it should have
done, had its etfect on me. 1 didn’t
retidi the idea of keeping 813,000 in
cash until the next day. Kldvid«»e«!fc
Kicketson had been down themselves
i to inei t tire morning train, and, if the
package had come, 1 co dd have
turnea it over to them at once, and
tiiat would have been tiie end of the
matter. But it didu’t come. That’s
a way thingrf have it. tTii# world when
you most want ’em.
There wasn’t a soul at the station
that night except myself, and there
were only two passengers who got oil'; Jtest I.
li e train. I .m eak ol ? e»«i that way.; s '**’.
n-*: mieaning to bo disivspjc-.ful or ‘ tlun ::
uinkc light ol solemn tilings; only it’s he e
h:*b b l Mip]>o:-e; for most people •va- »»>
would *-.lv there was only out passen-" h-.-i .v
uer g »i ud at lied Kavine, seeing that t*t
the «vcoiid of ’em was carried out of eaii d
;i e express c;ir in a wooden b »x. her.:* i
Usutdly, when a body was coining on, olica.ii
1 got word of il bidoiehand, but this p ot
• one took me <juite by surprise, and busim.
1 added not a little t<* the nervousness 1 was gi
already lelt. ed re
“Who was it?” 1 asked, as the
I box was being carried into the sia«
j tion.
j The passinger wi.o had ; ot oil’ihc
tram, and who was a stranger to me,
] ans .vei cd my imjuiry ;
i “ The body is thrt of iuy sislerdn*
j law,” said 1; 44 .>lic was the niece ol
j Thomas Kldrid, e—doubtless you
! know him. Her ibath was very md- i nter pl.ico •»
! ion. Sue is to be burred in Mr. nay j o
Eldridgc’s lot, here.” . to«»k u out «-r
“ Then 1 suppose the body is to bo % elope and t-
left in my charge until to-morrow/’ 1 mat;re-n Th
said 1. \ ot toddy, w.'.iv
“Yes/’ answcit d the strange? ! m\ rule, but
“ Do you suppose i can get to Mr. I cncmusi m es wai i
Eldridge’s mysedf, to-night?’* Once uiarc 1 sal
■ 44 Well/’ i replied, * it’s a good paper and pi;v. h
i four miles, mid in Mich a storm as j success itnui m-for*.
j this ” • ! se -iaed to h .vc <
I “Til wait until to-morrow/’ inter i the little .-t.,tion.
j rupted the stranger 4< There is some ! thu idor rent iao ;i
: sort of a hotel here, isn’t there ?” j uh-g played a oa .
! “ Yes, a good one. You’ll have to p amis on an n.k
1 loot it, though ; but it’s only a mat- j you have i ver eh:u
ter ot a quarter ot a mile, and you j egtapu ot-i e durui
can’t miss your way, lor the road up ! you may have su
the hill leads straight to tiie house.’* I dash uov.n i!
Here 1 made my way out onto the j make timid }
platlonu again and made tny way to | veteran operat
id—at cling that every ...... „ M ^ U , IKtl , 1UIC
b'.4 »as , J-iMiticturas' that it 'seetnciT to' sciVd a I wart ! lh . e balf-open door,
to liappcit— possessed tny mind: sharp pain tinglin'' through my ears.
v;i u ;*v:i * ;M ‘ x '-‘d up a toildy Jt was like the loud wliisperin
i .a ny stmo-. /r than a-iia! u 1 some ghostly voice. Then,
n» biting the relict I had hoped broke oul the jargon ot sound that
turned the clicking into
money c tuusion.
t. vseif. I
sUvuler Mipport w’d*
this menial work b.* <
a gcmleuinn w ho v,;
dent l« ii yeai> a
carritiire ofliee, win* i
in an iu'urancF otlie
fi my stipporiing—God !x
deep ar.d five chi!«lrea on
gentleman who once
m a Westi; ii >:a
work at eh :miii‘g out
ing tires.
Nor haw. tiie < ii
bitterly allectctl woman. Jennie Col-
ilus, «lioNton, iametl lor her employ,
nii nt buie.iu and workii.gtnen's home
says in her last report :
Many kind ladies who hired their
irs, have
,. „ , jynient
So intent themselves of lute I sent a lady to a
was lie iu examining the safe that it hotel—as a housekeeper, and the most
o fl was not until 1 was within reach of 1 humiliating part of it was, tlut her
again him that he heard me. He spraug to ' room was iu the atti- with two of her
I tl. it ! his feet, bringing the glass of the Ian- former servants.’’ Wc are constant-
tern lull into my lace, and reaching ly learning of women of education and
formerly wealthy, who
is seamstresses nurses and
Every dot, every dash, every letter j aild tlie “.’ w ‘ l b sU; l J as noiseless as his servants of me in the |i:t-t ye.tti
'very word, came with such horrible j own / a ?'l’PeJ * r «ta the lied and to- been obliged to app y tbremph)
•t have got hero
meaningless t . ern . u l,lto nl >’ ,ace » an( l reaching ly learning
® I for his revolver, which he had laid : refinement,
I spraug tip from the table, and 1 l, l M ’ Il . lh f _ to l’ ot th< -’ *»fc- Rut he 1 engaged
with tho now strengthened conviction ' v; .‘®. to “ latL ‘- .'' V *th tlte rnstv oi.l pis- housekeepers ; and in one ease we
that it was no delusion, no fancy but .’* lleM l, v its long barrel, I dealt I even know of a ladv tvh « would be at
that the sound had come plainfy’over him a crushing Wow on the head just home in any parlor'in the laud among
m im.-ni iv.ine a Ur tin; wires, I felt my courage returning ; as *‘ ls fingers grasped his own weap* , educated people, who set ved as a cook
*ud a Hash ot aad re olved to heed the° mysterious ' on * llu **1 heav *ly, without uttering ; in a hotel (or nmuhu
enough to make the warning. The robing of tiie thunder 1 a » roaI J* M l< ?. ^ anl< ; ni . ' vas ext .* n '
L im i locked up the and the mad roar of the storm no ? uls :c H ** 11 a,u * trembling • a itKl»I'VKTnr.lt FAjMiF.lt.
ife* and put the key ! longer depressed me. I •»»»%.f>i^i2gg£ s .UMgj^.^.«iatcU and lighted \
jits’-ii!::t:i a lock—in ' boldly back into tny own room,
the lar. rested my eyes unflinchingly
'tit'- .dd wooden box. What tvas its mvste-1
i!e >:t'K;n riats freight ? Why had the j .hail
storm no s , : , ’
,i t hngers 1 struck a matt
*rtir™P nnReoffle?r
K on the V> ,on l \’ U u *'. U, T d
1 1>
ligiitmn : 1
iiistf.im.-. i-, t
ing the ram-.
J passed into
■ light was lett
lor Mo::: - tin:
bed", and 1 tin
i tou.jof the stoi lit sen: those startling
It words over the wires? What un-
u known hand reached out from the
.ick- Very lightning itself to warn me of
wag some impending danger ? These
ml,| 'l'.estions rushed through tny mind as
icei: 1 felt the dread fear <V:-:ippearitig, and
tim ton ml myselt ol a sudden grown
111V S' raugely calm.
, - - ace of the robber | A neighbor furnishes tW follow-
l saw that blood was flowing from the : jog stalemeul regarding the success-
wound I uad inflicted, and I sa.v, too, ; f u l farming of Mr. Ik.ton Reynolds,
t >at the man s taco was ileiicule in its j residing in tho upper lh.li <li-tiict one
outtmes and intelligent in expression, j and a half miles limn Warnerville.
I had time to notice no more, for I | I’lottghing hilt one horse, Mr. Key-
tcit now that the long, nervous strain ; „olds raised lust v-at- 420 bushels of
was over—now tnat the danger was ■ coril) 170 of ’ potatoes, llSof
pa»t t.ie iiceJ ol aid. bo, after bur- | whc:U, one iiumirtM and tliiny-two
rtcdiy landing the unconscious man’s j 0;lts an 1 \o bales of cotton, each lalo
‘ e °f aI1( :tl Ins “"'1 bathing his Itead in weighing over 500 pounds. The hush,
col., water, 1 puded on my hoots and | t .| g 0 f'grain were measured ami not
office
and i
„ hat Tiie citK-k struck ten. I turned to | O'ercoat and started in hot haste for j guessJd
indg- t.iie shelf, and with a hand that no g, ,.. . , T
i.f the trembled inserted the key, and I , u v ‘. :i ^ oa , c ^ inct a cov *
1;s" ii,,* wound it composedly. Would it bo i rc ' ( CJ f ri prawn by oue horse.
f I took it to l*c tin? turnout ot
j MatLhow.s the hotel proprietor, and,
j wondering where he tvuM be out for
at that hour, I shouted his name.
ii W;:
wliic:
•m*y
the
K-luded that the
Jtiiehmlol tor
t*> v.*r.c:». S.» t
d\‘\ OiMWlI I’ll-
t aw.iv under Lite
o ; :i j-evuud glass
i nsu* Il\; n^-iinst
1 i ttmu^ht tiie
uted.
ovva to my iii.vss
l N\.ii\ n<> bolter
flit* storm now
over
LYai
!u<* hist time tlmt I shouM perform
that simple task V \o matter. Ilap-
pier than most men, because content
\v::ii my humble lot, ii should never
bo sai«l that old Billy flinched in the
face ot duty. For that night it was
my duty — n:y cue sacred, albiinpoix
taut duty—to guard the treasure left
to my safe-keeping. And guard it I
would while lite remained.
When 1 had tinUlicd windiug tiie
clock i took down from the shelf an
old rusty pistol which had lain for
years undisturbed. It was not loaded,
n.*r had l either powder or bullet any
where in the station. But tl e weap
on was ugiydooking, and carried a
sort ot silent tbrec in- case of* too ag'
gressive argument. After examining
ihe riis’y lock, 1 put tiie pistol on the
Besides this Mr. R.
made 75 gallons o! sympand worked
in his wood and blacksmith shops re*
alizing S2c<f from his shop work.
Mr. Keynolds settled ’..is place nine
years ago having nothing hut his
muscle upon winch t * rely tor a lives
iihond. lie has paid out $450dollars
trot ro response. Then I cried out at j for ditching his bog mu lands and last
aite
T. MARK WALTER,
vi&S
Xkau
House.
VVAT'llKS,
si Ver a- i
.! KW J’l.KY tic
^ a iv-lniU’U » uarwoi
l o’ f rs to vt-ritv t ‘ H
V. W. 81\If K, At":
s —Wo tiie uiutcrsiftoi 'il
-> M11M > ; „ f D.„ i
s cfilirel nuiU’U to t! <’ h:ir«t lituo-x ’i'lien
:ii i c.\'t t>1 *• A*at Hor-v ” Market
t A li tii>- (U< i^u *\ tAni.
Y. W. sKIFF.
m.i!
hguita fsii
Tlii'ro will U- K.hii
Truck,comm urine r
MARBLE
Broad St-. Near
Monuments, Tombstones
GENERALLY, MADE TO ORDER.
Ground Track, I A laynp selection always on haud, toady for lettering anil delivery
WORKS,
Lower Market,
0.3 OB CIA*
and Marble Works,
.•.21.1v.1STi
BIY SOLUBLE
GUANO.
wci«Lt •
the
MOST J’OPFLAU fkrtil-
1/ER in VfK.
us Tt i:.-t>.VV,.IAM AUV uti. I
* :»*-!-! .<’f' of t!»c ( itixfiia* A.-.-vK'ia- 1 vj- {)(*k Cl* V,
Viral ra.tbm-.iu.rtfr. ,.f a tulle , Cut fila.-s,
, .-m.11-1 r;..v, Q 0 1, 1 0 t g
--Kir-t rr„- . "i . and one-hatfinlle. : Tu HI l.ie TM
for vear oi.]*. Stn oml mcr, tw>. mile hurdle <2 ^ ^ A .
rare, over right hur-llrs. S p O O 11 8 f
Tiiiuu l»iv— Vlrrt ra.-.>, one :*n«l «*np-righth Do llte Ts
mile* for ;.li ..«**•• Sw’“»al race, two mile heat*, 1, ’
uii age*. Door Mats,
Ph ktii I*AY. —Trotting rn.v. free lo all, mile I T rnn
heat*, h'M vht'-e in tAv to Uain^, i* OD *
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L Y N, C H A FLANTGEN.
j Broad Street. Atheiis, Georgia.
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ITavihtid Ctih-rt amt Majolica
Ware i'in and 1’orceUtm Toilet
Si ts,White. Granite AC. Cl.Ware.
Tin ware,
Buck ets,
L a m (> s ,
Wick*,
Chim neys, , 1
Stiver Plated Spoons,
Silver. Plate! Forks,
Silver Plated Knives,
•Soi ss o rs,
Iv n i v e s ,
Uatorti,
Straps,
Hand Beils,
Whip.
Lube
suae.
the express car, ult-re the money- want to tec
package, .illicit all alone 1 had sicretly
Itoja-d wouldn't come, was tlt livcred
to uie by the nics-euger. A, he gave
it to me he said : —
You’ll want to keep a sharp rye
on that, Billy. Tnere’a enough in it
to make one of your Ued-Uaviners
put a bullet through your head and
never give you the chance to object.”
“ I’ll look cut for the Hed-Baviners
and the package, loo,” said I, eonli-
denlly enough. But, it the truth had
been told, 1 didn’t like the suggestion
which the messenger had made
The train moved on quickly, and I
swung my lantern, as was my Itahit,
by way of bidding good-night lo old
Luke Granger. Then I went into tlte
little station house with the package
clutched tightly under my rubber-
coat, expecting to tiud the man there
who had come on with the body. Bat
he had gone, being anxious, no doubt,
to get to the hotel as quick us pos-i-
ble. No. 39 was the last train which
stopped at Ited Ravine until 6: 10 the
next lnortii: g. So my work tor the
night was done, and 1 had only to lack
up llte doors, sec that things were all
right about the place, aud sit down
lo tey newspaper in the little room
which served ns my sleeping quar
ters.
Twenty years had passed since I
first found myself installed at lted
Ravine as telegraph operator in the
railway nation. Being content with
the humdrum sort of life, and tuitliful
to iny duties,JI had come by degrees
to attend to u!| tuc work which the
place required. That is, I was the
lieket agent, the baggage-master, and
the keeper of the station, besides act
ing for the exprt-is company and con
tinning my charge of (lie telegraph
key. These confined labors made il
pretty close work for me, hut they all
yielded a very comfortable income;
and, as I was troubled with no unsat-
the nght-
t ti: ■ -ky like piios.-
i -y bncxground. It
lanced to tie in a lol-
n.ig a thunderstorm,
sent the electricity
wires in a way lo
eple nervous Even
's like mvselt
pe.tl of I'talil -, made u Ireslt glass of toddy,
liunk it, lighted my pipe, and—closed
the door that opened into the freight
room. Xo-.v that I was thoroughly
my--eit again, I found it easy enough
to shut out the sight of that ominous
oblong box.
It was not until the clock struck
again—that is, eleven—that I made
ouidu’t | »p my mind to go to bod. All this
ltiex-sage. j time the storm held on, although the
1 was templed to clo.-e t .ekiv. but j thunder had liegtm to rumble more
the uieau:n<dc.<s licking hud a sort of I distantly. I threw off my coat and
fascination for me iu me mood 1 then j slippers, put out the light in the tick
was. It was ilk-- the incolteieut ui"t-' e;-office, and turned that in my sleep-
•ericgs ot a m.i tae, wit re now tt a '"g room down to a low flame. Then
then at loti" intervals oniv eou'.d one l drew the iiiouey-package from un-
distiiiguish°i Word or snitenee. .- ay-j t * er l * lc "intticss aud pinned it se-
lic the"extra allowance ot to<luy ’ 1 1
had
made me more imaginative titan usu
al, and given a weird coloring to my
thoughts; tor listening to the rapid
click, click, I remember ot fancying
that some spirit hand h id got tiofd ot
the key, and was pouring out a wail
of w-o over lac wires.
11 was too restless to sit still and
too nervous to go to bed. Besides,
even if I hadii’l been so upset in mv
mind, it is dou’oiiui whether I c-valtl
have slept throng" such a storm as
tiiat. T > occupy myself about some
thing 1 ichgnu-d my lantern, went
out into the freight-room, examined
again tlte holts of the doors and the
tiiSienings id llte wimln.t-, and re
turned • to my room more worried
and upset that. over. Just as 1 was
entering my own nest, the light of the
lantern led squarely on the woodeu
box. O Hlv enough, until that m»<
mi ll i had forgotten all about the
dead young woman. Thinking so
steadily of the 813,000 had, 1 sup.
pas -, driven tit-- bov out of my mind.
But I can’t sty it was any comtort to
have it hr night hack now; fora
corpse is never the most cheerful - f
company, and, feeling as l did then,
I would a great dial ruths: have had
no company at all.
It must have been the imp of the
perverse, I suppose, that compelled
me, alter the box had he.cn brought
back to my mind, to leave the door
opeu -o tiiat I could .si", and state at it
with morbid curiosity. As I h ive al
ready sai i, mv si - ping apartment
Was pai ti;toned oil’ from the freight-
room, and was connected with the
curuly to my woolen shirt under my
vest. This done, and with the table
so placed tiiat I could reach both the
lamp and the pistol, I opened the door
into the freight-room some three or
four inches, anil then threw myself
upon the bed. Just as my head
touched tho pillow the instrument,
which had grown quiet now, clicked
off for llte third time, loudly, dis
tinctly, slowly, its words of warning :
IV.-TCII THU ItOX !
Teis lime the warning was not
needed I hud mil gone lo lied to
sleep, but. tor iho very purpose of
watching the box. Standing :ts il did,
with the head close to the door, and
therefore cio-e lo the box itself, the
bed afforded the very liest point from
widen lo keep au eye on the suspicions
freightr Had tny taiih in the tele
graphic clicking lieea i.as, or had my
sense ot a 'great responsibility deserts
e<i me for a single moment, I should
certainly have given up the jo a of
watching as foolish ; and, in that case,
il is not likely tltai tins narrative
would ever have been written. Rut I
believed in the twiee-repeated mes
sage, ami 1 did uot let drowsiness
overcome paticucc. Twelve, one, two,
how very slowly the hours seemed to
drag themselves! The low flame ot
the lamp went out, as the oil had run
dry. What a reliefit was to hear the
cloek strike! At last, somewhere about
midnight, the storm had broken. I
canid sea the stars as they came out,
through the window hi the freight-
room, which was ou a line of vision
with tbe box. llow strangely still it
seemed after the oiigbly roar of tho
the topot my vote
“I’ve kilted o burglar down at the
siati.-n
Whoever was in the carriage must
have heard me, but the horse only
quickened his sharp trot, and disap
peared in the darkness.
They give mo a great deal more
credit, the people of Red Ravine, for
that night’s adventure, than 1 deserve.
Ami I do net blame them for laugh
ing at how tilings came out. For when
a party of us got hack to the station,
my unconscious burglar bad disap
peared, and the tracks next morning
showed that tbe covered carriage,
which I had met on the road, had
drawn tin at the platform. Who wa
in it; Wei), I couldn’t swear, but I
have a notion that, it contained the
gentleman who had come on with the
dead body. At all events, neither
he nor the body was ever seen in the
own again. I bail the satisfaction ot
delivering the money-package safely
to Kill ridge t fc Itickctsoii, but the
check they gave me was really not
merited. For what would have hap-
|>ene<l had it not been for the myste
rious message which no man sent ?
Fiitsr thi.vuh.
Envelopes were first used iu 1339.
Tbe first steel pen was made iu
1830.
The first air pump was made in
1054.
Anaisthesia was discovered in 1844.
Tlte first lueifer match was made in
1829.
Tlte first 1 alloon ascent was made
in 1783.
Tito fast iron steamship was built
iu 1830.
Ships were first ‘-copper-bottomed”
in 1783.
Coaches were :■ r-1 ns d in Ktmland
in 1509.
Tlte first horse railroad was built in
1820 7.
The entire Ilcbifw Bible was print
ed in 1488.
Gr Id was discovered in California
u 1848.
Tiie first steamer pliod the Hudson
iu 1807.
The first watches were made at Nu-
remliurg in 1477.
Omnibuses were introduced Iu New
York in 1830. , (
Tiie first newspaper u-,U-ei tisement
»P|«are<l in lli i”. !
Tlte first copper cent was coined in
New Haven iu 1087.
Kerosene was first used for light
ning pu-poses in 182U.
The first telescope was probably
uset) iu England in 1608.
The first saw-maker’s anvil was
brought to America in 1819.
Tne tint elti um-y was introduced
int • Rome from Padua in 1329.
Tlte first steam mgine.ou this cop
•tinent was brought fromilEnglsnd in-
17*! ' — ' * 1
year had', a handsome residence cost-
ing eighteen hundred dollars.
If all were to work as successfully
earnestly us .Mr. Keyuohls our
country would soon become as pros-
porous as iu the flush ante helium
days.
A LITTLE (JlltL’S WUVDEIthT L ESCAPE.
IVaidiMU Times, nth.’.
A little girl eight years old, daugh
ter of Mr. Dave Edmondson, ofths
county, fell into a well iorty feet
deep one day last week, while at
tempting to draw water. 8tie caught
the shall, to which the bucket was
attached, as site fell, and thus turned
her tect foremost and carried the
bucket and lever down with her.
The child, bucket and all dis ippcared
under the water, and when her father
who was near by, ran up, bis first
impulse was lo draw up the
bucket, and behold I the little girl’s
ti ct were firmly p.in'e 1 in the bucket
wlu e her hands were lightly gripped
to t te Rver Sin- was quickly drawu
up and safely planted upon terra
firiiin without even I eing strangled.
The little heioine had some quill
patches ia her hand which she never
turued loose, and before she w^t ta
ken out of the bucket she exclaimed :
• Papa, my quilt patches are all wet •"
Chicago lias elevator accommoda
tion for over fifteen millions of bushel*
ofgraiu, and a new warehouse and
elevator ate now being completed
that can load and mil ,ad five hundred
cars per day-
According to the Bangor,
ll'/iiif, a child iu Auburn, ill of diph
theria, whose lite was despaired of,
was cured by slaking lime. Small
lumps of lime were kept constantly
slaking near its mouth tor more than a
day and a halt, until more than a bars
rel of lime was thus slaked, luv
child was thought to he dying before
this remedy was employed. It lireith*
ed tho I nines of ilia lime constantly
until cured.
A young lady in Chicago, when
asked by the officiating minister.
“Will you love, honor and obey tbi*
man as you’ husband, and ho to bi®
a true wife said plainly ". "kes, i
he does what lie promised me finan
cially.”
'• THE EMENDS Tlltlf HAST.’
(Modern Argo.]
Thu following was sent by f* 1 ®
Ilawkeye man ton printer friend, auo
b:is ntver l>ee:i published before:
Mv Dkau Jim :
It'yon have a friend and you lovohiiu
Let my advice througli yonr action* glimnw ,
Publish his vices in uoupsreil,
i-'ut print hra virtcea In big long primer.
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