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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 * (iratul ejiori may be « xfn !eJ. a* many of the I>1* U S il C S, uoiM river* of the Turfuro botiked to participate p THE t'iKOUOIA UAILUOAI* will aell Special ! 15 1 « <• m S, F.xrur-inn Tickets. P-"! br fire dayr, from all t\C k e t« cta'hims mi it> line an I hrauchcw at Ihe low r*te of < ’ I 1V K CKN1»KU MILE j Lai* ti f«l ge j , All New Se tl 1«- Orr & Hunter. J:tn,20 til lit Apr. w. l*ON T FOitt. ET THE TINJ E AN I* BLACK. j J r - / k. «. wmsEY Mi Jrrtira, General I'c^cngir Agtu). j IX o u 3e Furnishing Designs G* ods VVN «2.8«. Oxer |. a~^ .y 67- HrvoIrriH; . DlaL >t Now ’ cu.iuj-j/ijCw N»> L Y N, C H A FLANTGEN. j Broad Street. Atheiis, Georgia. j Wt.n.lj » 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. ; tHu^jyoa™ >BOTairwJ<: ri j-r .