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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.