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A TRAGEDY.
a thrilling story.
„ 0 ljpn. Undoubtedly he
» brilliantly clever-
PTT to tui «»“'*• .inst* trifle
ES-w* r.
bowver
•sied a
very good company,
mu) many evenings
F giving bored me.
I** w ., loJjfinjfs with him a few
"elm the dub. and soon fonnd
*2in«> ar " ichair by the fire-
»*rv [iilie ill «uy month and a
Jr: Client whisky and water
rV talked of many things,
i ton** how, the «>“ver-
on murders and murderers.
#t “L previous London, and in-
* -hole country, had been ap-
' t T f , ^ries of ghastly murders,
Fl^tiycommitted by the same
FfT-i. in no case was a clew af-
A Letter That the Assistant-Postmas
ter General Wrote Mr. John M.
^Roblhson—The Proposition
Made to the Railroad,
was going to be so brave? Who had no
fears for sickness? Well, that so brave
>nau. he also is now frightened—he hits
gone, monsieur! He went early this
morning, making excuses, bnt he could
not deceive me! He was frightened.
He tried to joke: he said he eonld not
sleep; that he had heard all night the
ticking in the wall, which, he said
means death.'
“ ‘Tliatiaan English superstition, too.
I said.
" ‘Bah!’ said th** innkeeper, with con- n _ — - -
centrated s< ..rn these are not times for C ° Dgressman Hen nr H. Carlton and is
by which
E,«pl»ined a theory of MS own
Object. novel as it was start- .
F| rn [he subject turned to dr
evidence and its value.
Jjj/ | said, “in ninety-nine
C* If a hundred circumstantial
a d motive lire the only helps
murder if there is any one look-
{I'nid Menken slowly, “people
l doing these things in private, i#
Bnt sometimes they are nol
ithat there are witnesses."
Ijutel and filled his pipe,
j j,every one." ho went on
beeu a secret wi tnesa of a mor
tal Dave."
[jjC l exclaimed.
(tea ouudetl.
fti be convicted and hanged?" 1
the murderer might be
Ifieooti
Ko one in his senses com--
ATHENS. GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NO' EMBER 3, 1891.
MORE ABODT MAIL- tUL stevens Thomas. NEW ORLEANS CAVING.
A LETTER FROM congressman
THUS. G. LAWSON.
HE IS MUCH CONCERNED.
Congressman Thomas G Lawson has
gone to work already for the interest of
hiB constituents.
He is uniting hiB efforts with those of
such foolish superstitions. Monsieur
has no suuo foolish fancies?
“I laughed. ’Ah, monsieur is brave!
Look. The Austrian’s room is that very
room monsieur wished to have when he
first came. It looks out upon the gla
cier. and in perhaps ray best room.
Monsieur thought he would prefer one
less expensive on the floor above. Mon
sieur remembers? Well, courage de
serves to be rewarded. Monsieur shall
have the room for the same price as the
one he has now.'
5*1 thanked my friend, the landlord.
Itwas certainly a room 1 had coveted.
The view was snperb. It was nearer the
dining and smoking room—in every way
a great improvement on the one I was
occupying.
“ ‘Can I have it oncer 1 asked.
“ ‘Oh. certainly! Of cohree monsieur
knows.' the landlord went on slowly
and looking a little doubtfully at me,
•that it is the room next to the sick
room where that old man is lying ill! - ^
“1 laughed, and 1 think the expression I that you will publish the letter of Mr.
of my face reassured the landlord as to Bell to him (which I enclose) in order
my itjieing completely indiffetent to such I tbat tbe public may have all the facts in
matters, for be went on; j the case. 1 hope that the outcome of
working to secure a mail serv ce over
the Georgia, Carolina & Northern rail
road.
!fj He writes as follow*:
Eatonton, Ga m Oct. 26tb, 1891.
Editor Athens Banner :
1 perceive from several recent articles
in your paper that you are interesting
yourself in the establish lent of a mail
route over the G., O. & N R. R. from
Clinton S. C to Athens. I am g.adto
know that you are. I have been en
deavoring for some time to prevail on
tl-e authorities to give the people of
this district mail service over that route
but my efforts thus far have been fruit
less. Those iu charge of this division
of business say to toe that the officers
of the G., C. A N. refuse to carry the
mail at such rates as the Go vernment
would be justified in paying.
J haveiu my possession the proposi
tion made by Mr. Bell, 2nd assistant
post-master general to Mr Robinson,
principal of the road, and inasmuch as
you have published the latter’s letter
setting forth his side of the case, I trust
COL STEVENS THOMAS.
'LIFE’S FITFUL FEVER O ER,
RESTS WELL.”
HE THE MISSISSIPPI RETURNING TO
ITS OLD BED.
HIS DEATH YESTERDAY.
Closes
AN ENCROACHING OF THE
gnsn't a h;>.' bnt a •she,’" said
g» nailing. "And ‘she’ was not
Htriaml hanged, or even tried.”
5a Hirrly you"— I was beginning,
alrtieu broke in.
jjAsr Wlow. nothing 1 could have
"imM have convicted the woman.,
li rtn’otld case altogether; one
Mist ingenious things I ever heard
Itil) tell you the story, if yon like.
I b» simpler than yon getting it
lice by ross examination.
it four years ago I was traveling
fcnerlaml. In the course of my
reached Tauserwald. I was
iahn with the place; tile scenery
:tb. the hotel old fashioned but
Kfnlly comfortable.
(» were several people staying
‘besides myself, bnt as 1 am a gre-
iwrt of fellow, i was rather glad
After 1 hail been there about a
pit. on entering the dining room
Mr I noticed some new. Arrivals,
I them was a party of three Bng-
Bold gentleman, his young wife,
daughter of the old geutleman’s
former marriage. The daughter,
jirl. was blind. She was about
J.snd looked delicate. I cannot
*w*s pretty, bnt yet she was not
bang. The old boy. her father,
jut like other English gentlemen
*« about.
fee wife was decidedly pretty; she
•boat eight and twenty, fair, with
ryes and a most undeniable figure,
f seemed to be well off. bnt they did
Wd much intercourse with the rest
k inmates of the hotel.
Ton know I rather pride myself on
'powers of observation. Though 1
wnoaort of acquaintance with the
1 need to watch them and study
do all my fellow creatures
*® I come across.
Wluug in finding out three
first, that the old gentleman was
*7 fond of his wife and indifferent
■ daughter: secondly, that the
wter adored her father and did uot
wife; thirdly, that the wife hated
•both.
j^ull the more pleased with my
*Pfion of these facts, inasmuch as no
®»in the hotel had the least idea of
^nation. Outwardly there was
harmony in the trio,
r*morning, afte r the parity had been
hotel about a week, the old gentie-
'“d hot appear as usual at breakfast,
( wply to inquiries his wife said
J* was not feeling welL In the
‘•of the day the doctor—an English-
•* *7 the way—was sent for, and in
tn**?'? 8 lll « landlord, who was as
^•Jth the old man as if he had got
on purpose, told me confides-;
l* 1 th tears of rage, that the old!
had been prononneed by the
m be ill ° f gastric fever, and that
j. was serious. The landlord’s
jwy WM not without reason. The
• concea led« and the via-
i leave in haste. Only a old chap,
'this.. Uie rem aiued. I am not
ner vons about iUness, and 1
H. ent ’ on of leaving the place for
ktl» 1^’ 14 resolve whieh raised me
the landlord’s esteem.
l( u°ornmg. atKiut ten days after
. ®® t, eman’S seizure, 1 met the
^a'ug down stairs. He looked
than for some days
•tf.!!r. there was uu expression al-
''Bo^ f&ction on hia tec*
Monsieur is a man! The room is | ma * 1x5 the feecu ring of the
ready and at your disposal.'
“He was going away, but came back
quickly. “Only monsieur will pardon
me for reminding him that the doctor
has ordered that no noise shall be made
near the sickroom He says the old!
man’s life depends on his sleeping quiet
ly. It would be better, perhaps, not to |
move monsienr’s luggage down till the
evening.'
Of course 1 assented; but feeling de
mail route.
Veiy truly yours,
Thomas G. Lawson.
THE LETTER REFERRED TO.
Here 1b the letter to which Congress
man Lawson refers:
PotTOFFICK DEPPARTMHNTj
WacHINGTON, D O.
Mr. J. M Robinson, President Sea
board and Roanoke railroad-,
Baltimore, Maryland:
Sir: - You will, 1 think, recall aeon-
mrous of seeing ray new and much cov- venation I had with you some weeks
eted possession, and reeling sure of my 1 since, at your Baltimore office, con-
ability to enter it without making any I ce ruing the liue of railroad youi corn-
noise. 1 went np stairs, quietly stole yau> is interested in through Athens
down the corridor, and entered the I and Atlanta, Ga Mail service has
room without a possibility of ray having I n^ver been authorized b youd Clinton,
been heard. It was a large. Bright, I ® an( ^ while the depar. m n 1 . is de-
cheerful apartment, in the older part of
I neW llue8 railroad, believing that a
the hotel. It was wainscoted, with
oak panels. The window was large,
and, as 1 have mentioned before, com
manded one of the most exquisite views
to be found iu Switzerland.
1 looked around the room with a
sense of satisfaction. 1 have told yon 1
am observant of my fellow creatures: 1
am uot less so of inauiinate objects. 1
have an eye in snch matters a detective
might envy. 1 soon saw a mark or cut
g
more rapid and improved service acts
as a great "Stimulus to the growth of the
section of country ’o h^served.it must,
in its arrangements, keep in view the
cost as compared with the productive^
ness of the mull*. Service has already
been pur. on the line referred to so far
•s Clinton, but its cost for transpota-
tion alone, as compared with the pro
ductiveness of theefneek, is out of pro
portion ; and it is this fact that causes
me to hesitate about authorizing the
A Life Full of Usefulness
Peacefully In Its Seventy-eighth
Year-The Oldest Native Citi
zen of Athens—The Funeral
This Afternoon.
j : >
There is a time in the life of every
man when he must die. The giant oak
of the forest, though it stands the
storms of the rolling centuries, some
day must crumble and return to the
soil from wl ence it sprung.
And^yesterday morning, as the sun
light of morn gladdened the city with
its brilliancy, another old and respect
ed citizen passed away.
A life extended beyond the measure
of years allotted to man on earth;
crowned with the rich fruits of duties
well performed; roun’ed into the full
perfection of upright and useful man
hood ; and mellowed with the ripeness
of an honored old age:—so lived and
died Col Stevens Thomas.
For some time Col. Thomas had been
in failing health, and though bis death
was sadden, it was not altogether un
expected.
Last July, he was stricken with pa
ralysis butrecovered from bis illness
so far as to be able to come down to bis
office. He never fully recovered, and
the weight of years bore down heavily
upon him
For the last week he had re quired the
constant attention of his physicians,
Dr. Goss and Carlton, who remained
constantly at bis bedside.. Sunday
aftoruooh he was feeling better and
took a drive with bis son, Prof. George
D Thomas.
Yesterday morning about six o’clock
he called to his son, Capt. W. W.
Thomas; who was sitting near by, to
put some coal on the fire, and just as he
finished speaking, sank back upon bis
pillow, and in a few minutes expired.
A sudden stroke of apoplexy had
summoned the aged sufferer home.
Col. {Stevens Thomas was the oldest
native qitizen of Athens, having been
born in this city .on June 27,1814, and
hence being in his seventy-eighth year.
At an early «ge he entered the Univer
sity of Georgia and graduated in 1832 in
in the class w ith Alexander H. Stcph-
Rlver Upon the City at an Important
Business Locality- Seriously Threat
ening the Railroads—Within ten
feet of the Old French Market.
. HOUSE TO LET. ^
STORY OF A BRAVE SOUTHERN GIRL.
ply by railroad stations not very for
away.
urpose ^in writing you thus ful
ly is that you may know w e are desir
ous of authorizing Service at once to
800n
and
in the wainscoting on one side of the I mail service put on up to Elbertoe, Ga.
room. It was so small that 1 believe I here are, altogether, six post-offices
many men might have pusiied days in I to be served, time of which already
the room without noticing it. 1 am on I have mail supply by railroad, the re-
inquisitive man, and 1 at once went to | maiuing three^having star service sup
it and examined it.' Itwas a chink in ” *
the wood; I stooped and looked through.
The whole of the interior of the sick
room was visible. Three silent figures
were tbo occupants. On the bed lay the J Efi>ertou ;**and ~ just as
old uian sleeping, his gray hairs on the as you are open to Athens,
pillow: at the side knelt in prayer his I also to Atlanta, and running that far,
blind daughter: behind the daughter— our wish is to authorize service to these
close behind—was the wife. She alone points; however, we can get you to ac-
seemed living. She was drawing stealth- cept such compensation as the Depart-
ily—oh, so stealthily and slowly—^asmall I mei ? t / e8 ' 8 warranted in paying until
cine bottle, ncros. th» Ba.r. I r.tet permit!*? by *i.tule.
At first 1 did not realize what she j The suggestion I desire to make is,
was doing. 1 knew she had every motive I that you consent to pcr.orru mail ser-
to be silfent in her movements, but 1 71c*, in accordance with law and the
caught sight of her face! It was the Department regulation, between Clin
face of a devilt Never was eyes so I ton and Elberton, now, and to Athens,
hideously expressive of murderous hate! Ha , as soon as the road is opened to
- - - - 1 t hat place,‘.at the rate of eighteen hun
dred and eighty (1880) dollars per an-
and all the way to Atlanta
when the road
In a flash I understood it alL
“She was moving the table to a posi-
tion such that the slightest movement of
the kneeling figure of the blind dangb- ope ned to that point, at a pro rata rate
ter, praying for her fathers life, would I c f that allowed from Clinton
hurl it and its fragile burden to the w Athens, w bich rate Bhall apply, how-
gronnd.
ever, only until June 30th, 1894, the
1 dare say you think I am a callous rato of compensation from July 1st,
sort of fellow, but I assure yon 1 was 1894, to be based upon the weight of
horror struck. 1 would have given maiia carried and the full compensation
worlds to waru the poor child, bat knew permitted by statute law as applied to
“ ot T « lathis Proplkion U accepted, it will
have been as fatal as the catastrophe it I b 0 an inducement to the department to
self. i develop the liue as a mail route with
“I felt stupefied—paralyzed. The end ra ii W ay post-office service; and it is my
1 before my swimming brain could judgment that the ultimate advantage
find any way to help. The poor girl to the railroad, in the way of compen-
rose, her hands still clasped. I saw the j sation, will be greater than it would^ be
table reel, and as l. Bick with horror,
withdrew my eyes I heard the crash,
followed by a piercing shriek"—-
Menken paused. “Give me the whisky.
Thanks.
“Did he die?" I asked.
if the department—rather than pay full
maximum rates right away—con
clude to delay authorizing a complete
servioe until next year. The plan sug
gested provides for the growth of both
mails and service.
In connection with my proposition
He was as dead as if you had fired a I jg proper 1 should tell you that the
pistoLthrough his brain.” said Menken I cost to t fj e Department of star service
quietly. I that can Le curtailed or dispensed with,
After a pause lie went on: *T shpped should the mails be transferred to the
ontof the room before the hubbub be- I rai.road, is but $458,39 per annum
can No one ever knew 1 had been in it. from which you will see that it is pro-
I had however, to sleep in il that night, posed, attheoutstart, to nay the rail-
- ■ 1 am not a super- | road more than four times the cost of
Yours respt,
(Signed) J Lowrie Bell,
Second Ass’t. P. M. Gen’l.
New Orleans, JLa., Oct. -20—This
morning ninety feet of land at the head
of Leonidas street caved into the river.
A still more serious caving between
Ursuline and Dumaiue steets, directly
in tront of the old French Market be
gan yesterday and bas kept up today.
The tracks of the Southern Pacific and
Louisville and Nashville railroads pass
here, and it is the busiest and most im
portant commercial locality in New
Orleans.
The river there maker, a curve. The
current, striking again'tthis point, has
gradually worn away the soil, aad yes
terday the levee and street began sink
ing. This was kept up all night, and
this morning there was a horseshoe-
shaped hole G feet deep and 1,000 feet
i length, extending to within ten feet
of the Frenoh Market. The ground
throughout the entire distance is crack
ed to depihs varying from 2 to 6 feet.
At St. Philip street thue is an abrupt
decline of seven feet The railroads
tried to raise their tracks, but as fast as
they raised them the ground setmed to
g.ve way before them. The tracks here
are most important, foi they are the
main lines of these roads, and if inter
rupted would cut them off from their
depots. The companies succeeded in
getting enough tracks in good encugh
condition to pass several trains over
them, the Southern Pacific having two
out of four tracks left snd the Louisville
and Nashville one out of three.
The president of the New Orleans
Levee Board today applied to Mayor
Shakespeare to suspend traffic over the
railroads until - he extent of the damage
c raid be understood and to avoid fur
ther damige, as the weight of the trains
tends to increase the depression.
The fruit landing and several wharves
are in danger. One of the vessels at the
wharf there changed its moorings today,
considering the situation dangerous,
and the police have ordered the luggers
and fruit vessels to remove. The engi
neers will investigate atonce to see the
cause of the sinking and if it cannot be
remedied.
The caving grows steadily worse, and
tonight the ground sunk three feet or
more, and the hole extended to the
pavement around the French Market
It is asserted that this, is the old bed of
the river; that the Mississippi is only
returning to it, and that the caving is
likely to extend further.
A third caving took place this even
ing at the foot of Sixth strict, about
three miles distance from either of th
others, taking a pnrth.nof the levee and
some fl«ty bales of cotton into the river
ifw ctl ” a ia past, or almost put,’
,K . cheerfully. ’He owes his
Ibdu, J m ‘ ls t!lron gh. to the nursing
r an *l his wife, especially
J *iW er ~ Wbu '* * toroap! He ia
if a"**' °Pon that alaeep every-
c™*- H he wakens in three
Ej, • rtl his own accord he will
•nhinJ'j al1 human probability.
^ill»!w)i u< * 8 0n hi*sleep. I have
tjij,- a or ^ to give strict orders to'
1 to he most carefuL There
.Jji 18 ® »y sort. If hewers!
laenly the shock would kill
WjVjkfnJy as if yon fired a bullet
Id f. b&ve just, told liis
BIG FIRE IN TOCCOA.
and though yon know I am not a super-
rttitious fellow at all, I assure you it was star service,
a very uncomfortable night. 1 kept
starting on* of my sleep, thinking 1
heard the crash and scream next door.
It took me nearly a week to get over it»
We smoked in silence for some min
Qt6S* ,
“1 wonder what became of that wom-
an, ‘Oh, she married again. The daughter
died about a year after this happened. 1
“Hr»w did yon find outf l asked, a j o’clock when sparks from an R
little surprised. . .
“Well it was rather curious. I went
to stay down iu Devonshire last summer
in a country house. The first person J
Shortly thereafter, ho entered Yale
college and completed tbi? law course
there, but never practiced after bis ad
mission to the bar.
On June 20, 1836 he was united in
marriage to Miss Isabella Hayes, of
Milion. N. C., who survives him. Col
Thomas leaves six children, Capt. VV.
W. Thomas, Prof. George D. Thomas,
Mr. Stevens Thomas, Jr., of Athens;
Mrs. Howard Van Epps, of Atlanta,
Mrs. Carlton Hillyer, of Augusta, and
Mrs. J. H. Fleming, of Athens
For many yeai s of his younger life he
followed the occupation of a planter,
and subsequently became president of
the Athens Bank in which position he
remained until the b eaking out of 1 he
war. Of all the banks destroyed by the
war in Georgia, this was the only one
that returned every dollar to its depos
itors.
After the war, Col. Thomas became
Secretary and General Agent of the
Southern Mutual Insurance Company
in 1867, which position he filled most
satisfactorily until the day of his
death.
For twenty-odd years he was a direc
tor of the Georgia railroad and at the
time of his death was the oldest in of
fice of any of the directors of this road.
He was also one of .the committee of five
who managed the lease of the Georgia
railroad,
During the term of eleven years, Col.
Thomas was an honored and useful
member of the Board of Trustees of the
University of Georgia.
A private citizen with no love for
public life, he crowned bis career with
a wreath of civic honors
He was a man of upright character,
eminently intelligent and useful, of un
blemished integrity and a citizen that
Athens can ill afford to lose.
The funeral servioes will be conduct
ed this afternoon at three o’clock by
Rev. C. W. Lane at the late residence
of the deceased on Pulaski street.
There will be an honorary escort
consisting of the directors of the South
ern Mutual Insurance Compauy, Judge
Young L G. Harris, Dr. John A. Hun-
nicutt, Cel. L. H. Charbonnier, Dr E.
S. Lyndon, Mr. R K Reaves, Dr. R. I
Hampton, Mr. A. E. Griffith, and Mr.
Billups Phinizy.
The body will be borne forth by the
following pall bearera:
Hon. Pope Barrow, Dr. H. C. White,
AFTERTHE JUSTICE
On the Charge of False Imprison
ment.
Atlanta, Ga , Oct. 27.—[Special ]—
A. A. Manning, an Atlanta Justice of
the Peace,is likely to be before the next
meeting of the Fulton county grand
jury. Mr. C. J. Simmons a well known
attorney this morning announced his
intention of having Justice Manning
prosecuted for false imprisonment..
The circumstances surrounding the
case are interesting. Last week Bailiff
Baldwin of Justice Horton’s court, levi
ed on certain property of one
John Bulger to satnfiy a judg
ment in favor of James Woodward
Bulger resisted the levy by claiming
that be had exhibited homestead papers
to the bailiff and the case came before
Justice Manning. Bailiff Baldwin
called Bulger a liar in the court-room
and Justice Manniog sent him to j ul for
contempt, forcing him to yield up the
goods upon which he had levied at the
sam6 time.
As soon as the justice forced the baliu
to release the goods, Mr. Woodward
the plaintiff; immediately garnisheed
the railroad company, in whose pos
sessionthe goods in question were
Upon being notified of this
Justice Manning sent Woodward to jail
this morning, claiming that in taking
ont garnishment on the defendant’
goods, he was in contempt.
Mr. Simmons, Woodward’s attorney,
at once took ont a writ of habeas cor
pus, which was heard by Judge West
moreland, and Woodward dismissed.
Bailiff Baldwin, and Mr. Woodward
led by Mr. Simmons, will now retaliate
upon Justice Manning-by summoning
him before the grand jury to answer
the charge of false imprisonment,
being claimed that he was actuated by
personal feeling.
Burning Cotton and People Wild With
Excitement.
TcccoA.Ga.Oct 26 [Speciall-Tbe town
was wild with excitement today at one 1 l >r0 ^ Chas. Morris,JudgeS. M Herring
1 «■ VI. A r U _ T..I
All that is wanted
, me as he went
Py •** from the hotel, smiling
a triamph for his art
1 ar. said a voice at my el-
friend, the mur
deress. quite cl
her in to diunc.. _ , ,
Somehow 1 don^ like Menken, bnt he
never borei me. 1 ~ ’
iw was onr iimenioos — -• t ,
rheerfnl and jolly. I took
-Coruhill Magazine.
& D
engine got into a large number of bales
of cotton and set it on fire.
The flames rapidly spread from one
bale to another until sixty-one bales
were destroy d The cotton belonged ;
to S. M. Inman & Co., of Atlanta.
tin, Mr. A. J. Cobh, Mr. Jacob
Phinizy, Mr. E. T. Brown, and Capt
John W. Brumby.
With sorrowing hearts and loving
hands they ^will tenderly lower the
mortal remains of thi-t old and esteemed
citizen to their last resting place, while
SHE CARRIED THE BANNER
We have got to mover sighed Selina
Spencer. The wind rustled in the leafloss
poplar trees, the muslin curtains flapped
in the draft. Old Dorcas, the colored
servant, went on sprinkling the pillow
cases on the pine table in the corner.
I’ve seen it coining this long tiiurs"
said Selina. “The landlord has bt-.t-n as
good and considerate as possible"
De lan’lord’s an old harpy!" said Dor
cas. rLan'lonls allays is!”
No. he’s not,” persisted Selina. ‘We
owe him eight months’ rent already, and
do not know how he is ever to get his
jion-y I would offer him the piano
and the curved rosewood parlor set, if 1
thought they wonld possess any value it,
his eyes—in part payment 1 mean."
Dorcas rolled up the coffee colored
whites of her eyes.
Dat piano as was Miss Adelaide’s
when firs’she come from Baltimo'board
ing school!” said she. '‘Dat Inbly fun
cbnri- as was made to order in Annap'lisj
No, Miss Lina—not wiv dis chile’s con
sent!"
And she rolled a thin old damask ta
ble cloth very tight and packed it into
the basket with emphasis.
Mamma mnst know nothing of this.
Dorcas." said Selina sadly.
“Duuno how yoo’se gwine to keep it
from her. Miss Lina."
“It can be done. Dorcas, I’ve thought
it all out," said the girl. “She mnst be
made to snppoae that she’s going to spend
a few days with my employers at New
port”—
•Has dey done asked her. Miss Lina?'
•No. you goose! I don’t suppose that
they even know that I’ve got a mother
am only a tyiiewriter and stenographer
in their eyes, and render my services at
so.mnch a day. Mrs. Plinliinmon is
known all through New York as a fe
male philanthropist, bnt while she’s
helping poor immigrants out of the
slums and rectifying the slopshop ques
tion. she don't appreciate that a well
dressed sonthern lady may be in sore
straits. Bnt she’ll make as good a fig-
nrehead as any other."
Miss Lina," said Dorcas, after a brief
silence, during which she rolled and
sprinkled, patted and folded with an
ceasing vigilance.
Well?"
1 knows whar I could git four dol
lars a week for lanudress. or five for
cook. T’ink «>' dat. Miss Lina.”
••Do yon want to leave us. DorcaSs?"
The old woman uttered a subdued
groan “Lord knows it ain’t dat. Miss
Lina! Lord knows it’s honor enongh to
work for de ole Spencers! But it’s
money we nns wants—an ebery cent o
de ole woman’s wages. dey’U come back
to ole missus and Miss Lina."
The long lashes dropped over Selina
Spencer’s lovely hazel eyes. “It’s of no
nse, Dorcne.” said she,. “We’ve got to
bend before the storm. Hnsht Do yon
liear that tapping?’’
Somebody knocking at de do’!" cried
Dorcas. “Why on arf don’t dey ring de
bell?" ‘v ....
No," Selina, detaining her as she
was about to answer the supposed sum
mens. “It’s the agent potting up the
To Let.' Bnt whatever happens, Dor
cas. don’t let mamma know!’’
She ruse, and getting up her hat and
gloves, went np the wide, gloomy old
staircase. Dorcas looked after her and
shqpb her tnrbaneil head.
"Meks b’Heve she’s pow’fnl brave!"
muttered she. “T’inksole Dorcas dunno
she’s cryin dis berry minute! Why didn’t
she marry Mars George Berkeley when
he axed her an sabe berse’f all this trou
ble?"
Up in the- dimly lighted fitting room
Mrs. Spencer sat. a faded belle of the
olden days. The piano was open, the
window was full of carefully tended
plants; a pink shaded lamp burned on
the table, and Mrs. Spencer herself was
engaged in crewel work with slow, lan
guid fingers. '
“Yon are later than usual tonight, Se
lina,” said she fretfully. “Perhaps your
idea of a dutiful daughter is different
from mine, but 1 think any amount of
Shakespeare and Browning classes
onghtn’t to take so much of your time
away from your mother."
“I stopped to give Dorcas orders in the
kitchen, mamma." Selina cheerfully
answered. “Bnt I’m all ready now.
What shall I read, to yon until the tea
comes np?"
“Well,” said the poor lady feebly. “I’d
like a few chapters of the ’Scottish
Chiefs.' It was the first novel my dear
papa ever allowed me to read—and in
my opinion your *Ouidas’ and ’Braddons'
Pretty. L retty Girl°.—It. is a con
cede.) that there are more beautiful
voung ladies at Lucy Cobb this year
than have been there fo* sev
eral v. ars, Ira* th r are more girls
■ - —- « .0.00 o.- , there this rear than ever before, a fat t
nted. and aaw my friend the j wrrth centering. Wbat an ar '«'’
'Monsieur knows.' said he, l feminine b«»utjr wbea Lucy Cobbites
“ ’ ,k> at Austrian count who go out walking.
A Golden Sunset.—What is
beautiful than a beautiful sunset?
what more beautiful sunset cculd be,
seen than those which are to be wit- |
nessed right here in Athens at this time j
of the year? Yesterday afternoon pre- i
seated a bleze of glorious reu in the
western horizen at the vesper hour, and
j the example of bis life will live in the
more ; memory of all who knew and loved
ADd j him
Shot and Killed,
Monroe, Ga., Oct. 27.—[Special ]—
Will Robinson, colored, was shot, and
many an Atnenian paused long to gaze Silled by one Hopkins, colored, at Good
For Glenn Lodge, No. 75. Indepen
dent Order Odd Fellows.
Glenn'Lodge, No. 75.1. O. O. F.
the ycuDgest lodge of that order in
Athens and one of the youngest in the
state, but withal is a very strong one.
While in Columbus at the session of
tbe'Grand Lodge of Georgia, several
members presented a gold medal to
Miss Lula Bechune, who carred their
banner for them at that time, The me
dal was a beauty and had engraved
upon it the three links and the name of
the lodge and of the young lady.
They brought back the banner to
Athens, and told Miss Bethune that she
must seLd a photograph of herself to be
bung in the Odd Fellows’ Hail.
Yesterday'Mr. C. W. Parr, Noble
Grand of Glenn Lodge, received a hand
some picture, elegantly framed which
will be hung in the Odd Fellows. Hall
in memory of that happy little occur
rence.
They Will Lay the Track—The
M & N. road will lay a spur track up
Thomas street as far as Wesley Meri
upon
Hope, in this county. No arrest.
wethers shop to
freight traffic.
accommodate their
OOilll
don’t come near it.
And while Selina read out the trials of
Helen Mar and Brace the brave, she
wondered how on earth she should man
age about showing the house to the eager
sightseers who wonld be sure to be at
tracted by the legend “To Let” on the
morrow.
“Can’t go in dat ar room!” said Dor
cas, interposing her stout figure between
a hard featured house hunter and the
door of Mrs. Spencer's boudoir. “Dat’s
private, dat ar is!"
“Anything wrong in the room?” sharp
ly questioned the woman.
“No'm." stolidly responded Dorcas.
“Ceilings cracked? Water pipes
burst?’
“iN'o'm."
“Then why can’t 1 see it?” with
sudden push iu that direction.
iihe might us well have attempted to
charge a battery ol artillery. Old Dorcas
stood immovable.
“Lady ain’t well, uiuin." said she,
“Can’t nobody go in dat room? Tole you
“Anything contagions?”'
•‘No'in."
■‘Sure?”
‘Yes’rn. sartin shnahl”
“Very well," said the house hunter
with a forward jerk of her chin; “1 shal
take no house that 1 can’t see every inch
of!" and she flounced out,
All day long Dorcas fought the army
of investigators valiantly, and at night,
as she herself observed, “she was jes’ as
tired as if she’d done a double day's
wash." Stout ladies peered into the sub
[■.liar an/i denounced the drainage; lean
ladies poked their parasols into Hie
kitchen sink and tore off strips of the
h».ll paper Deep voiced men parlejed
as to the monthly rental: fat old gentle
men asked questions in husky accents.
“I shall go crazy." said Dorcas.
The 'next morning, however, dove
ivinged Peace once more settled down on
'.he field of action. The agent came np
and removed the bill.
“The bouse is taken," said he.
Who’s took it?' demanded Dorcas,
who chanced jnst them to be scouring
the brasses But the agent either did
not kuow or wonld not telL Dorcas
heave# a deep sigh. “Den.” says she,
we’ve got to cl’ar out.”
The landlord sent Selina a polite note
in a day or two. He had concluded, he
wrote, to accept her offer of the fnmi-
tore and belongings as an equivalent for
certain portion of the unpaid rent
Now.” said Dorcas, “what is we to
do?- I • .-./.I
Poor Mrs. Spencer was all iu a flutter.
The Newport scbemcrdelighted her. and
she was very busy looking over her
wardrobe with reference to the coming
visit Seliua had written to the aunt of
an old schoolmate of hers, who kept a
boarding house in the fair seaside city,
asking her lowest price for a comfort
able room. Dorcas was to go with Mrs.
Speucer as attendant and maid, and
Selina had resolved to hire a room in
New York and board herself as well as
she could. . r> ■.
Bnt this has been a dear old home,'
she murmured. “1 wonder who will
sleep in my room; 1 wonder whose hands
will strike the yellow keys of mamma’s
old piano and dust my flowing blue
china and arrange the old fiddle backed
chairs."
The pnrple sunlight shone softly in;
the scent of a stalk of hyacinths in a
glass on the mantel brought back remi
niscences of the old southern flower.gar-,.,,
dens, and all of a sudden a voice winch
she had last heard in those very gardens
struck on her ear.
“Selina—have 1 startled yon?”
“Mr. Berkeley!"
He extended a cordial hand.
“Perhaps yon fancied that 1 could not
trace you ont?” said he “But I am bet
ter at hide and seek than yon thought.’’
She courtesied haughtily. His hand
some countenance feU. Evidently he
was deeply disappointed.
“Are yon not glad to see me, Selina?"
heexclaimed. “Ah. Selina! I had count
ed so much on this interview! 1 had
planned to renew my suit—to ask yon
once more to be my wife.”
She drew her slight figure up.
“Yon are presuming too mnch on my
very evident, poverty. Mr. Berkeley,”
said she. “1 refused yon when 1 was
Miss Spencer, of Spencer Vale. What
sort of a woman should I be if 1 were
now to accept yon—simply as a protec
tion against adversity?’
“But, Selina”^
“Pray excuse me from any further dis
cussion of the question," said Selina
May 1 not hope to see your mother?"
he persisted.
•I shonld prefer not.”
“Do yon kuow, Selina," he said, after
a brief sileuce. “that this is a very bit
ter mortification to me?'
Is it?' Then what mnst it be to me?”
’she retorted, almost fiercely, looking up
at him.
He stood a second or two gazing sadly
at her. Stung by the scrutiny, she
swept from the room like an angered
princess. Z f
Half a minute later she came harrying
back, fall of sweet, strange misgivings.
Bnt be was gone.
“1 have let another opportunity slip
by!” she murmured. “Oh, heavens!
where is my life drifting to?’
At that moment Aunt Dorcas ushered
in the landlord, a fussy, bald headed old
gentleman with a fur collar to his coat.
Good evening, Miss Spencer,” said
he. “1 expected to meet the new party
here.”
“The—I beg your pardon,” said Sel
ina.
‘The gentleman who has purchased
this house and furniture,” explained Mr.
Beasley, “aud settled it on yourself and
your mother. A friend of yours, I sup
pose—Mr. Berkeley."
Standing sadly in the shadow of the
rustling poplar boughs outside George
Berkeley felt the magnetic influence of
another presence. A soft voice stirred
the twilight air. like the far off music of
forgotten days.
Mr. Berkeley," it said—“Georgel—
please will yon forgive me?’
A dead silence ensued.
“Won’t you. George?" with .a little sob
in the voice. “I—1 didn’t mean to speak
so harshly to yon. i didn’t know then
what 1 know now of your noble gener
osity."
Silence—only silence still.
“If I accept it fur dear mamma’s sake,
you sorely will not misinterpret me.
Oh, Georgel how can you be so cruel?
Why don’t you answer me? What are
you waiting for me to say?”
And still no word broke that haunting
silence!
“George,” in a low voice, “Fv©
changed my mind. I will be your wife?*
He took her in bis arms.
“Dear sweetheart!” he murmured.
“Dear little melting snow wreath. I
knew that love would conquer yon at
last!”
When Mrs. Spencer heard of the en
gagement she said quietly:
“1 always thought they cared for each
other, bat since yonr master died, Dor
cas, my poor head has scarcely been
itself, bnt make haste and finish the
packing. We are going to Newport, are
we not?”
And so the wedding trip was to New
port.—Toronto 5.* : * ’ 1
’ ‘ -I-" ^
'MMi
Distributing School Money-
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27.—[Special.]—
The State School Commissioner is now
busily engaged in sending out to the
tax collectors of each of the counties in
the state,orders to deliver! to the county
branch of education the school fund
due them out of the first taxes collect
ed, and is ;quite a job, but Capt Brad-
well says he is pushing it through so
the teachers may get their pay by
Christmas.
