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AY MORNING. AUGUST 9.1892.
HEAD'S HUNGER.
, be jnst for a little while.
the |0 J(U t them yet away—
e lrt "nt ii.,’11 chair of a little child,
r " ' Iu.rhut worn the other day.
ry
the torn n
O r ‘ h f'?"Xo r the father's easy chair,
W»' 1 r, ~ v It ' )ore w ;il hold the manly form—
u ',',in in stand, the room would look too
tVcU t t
Tlob.!
0 „t in the waning, fading light,
,^5 and music mock ns in the room;
Oar hear
with that new made grave la
‘ark ami shallow haunted In the gloom,
t in t'i'"e who wait in vain to hear
tiT-.out ■- feet that ne’er will tread again
1 T.C to ki.'S White faces hid away,
i* 10 . .- i ..„^beds beneath the snow and rain.
In their >
j from out the harp of nature chants
“ aliove them as it passes by;
dead leaves, ttars of autumn, sadly fall
IV
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0.1. ye
Who
cur sleeping ones as still they lie.
,o lrl never o’er dead loved ones wept,
cd cold hands and faces white,
d held out empty arms and hearts to God,
^ !|1 - i . .m 1 imin we feel tonicrhl.
know the pain we feel tonight.
—San Francisco Examiner.
THE BOGY MAN.
InlTlo n small slave schooner from
,h> coast “f Africa, bound for Virginia,
s j,i, tvn far out of her course, toward
j!v north, and put in at the port of Bos-
t n.
Tlw
j( t wf
f r the
>'• tv
;ir Id with positive favor it was not
irsirdt .1 with disfavor, and the slaver
consisted of little else than
es of Congo negroes destined
plantations of Virginia,
anders did not then feel any
n-rence to slavery. If not
tarp'o
tic 1
At..
Cl;
on the
fhr.v
tr.:«l little difficulty in disposing of his
;f men, women and children to
d citizens of Massachusetts bay.
n_- the purchasers was Mr. Lem-
rk. owner of a large tract of land
Mi rrimne river, in New Hump
Thr-e families of uegroes were
t.v him and taken to his estate
in the wilderness.
0:., e the it mint of an English baron
l i-.tuta himself, he inclined to play
the lamn-ii his. ^’a^ainp^hire d^
r.. : hn. A gVetii stockade w„,_. ..—»<, niton
a nee overlooking the Merrimac,
lilt the stockade, upon the crown
kill, stood his large log honse.
iwn, but within the stockade,
ve cabins of the slave families
more pretentious houses of the
Lew i
I).]
whin
tat. a-!
ikiglisli laborers who aceome
Clark to the New World*
the st. ektttlo and stretching,
f some cliffs that formed the
f a range of low hills was a
-e of level, cleared land, on
•state raised its corn and po
ke
sw charred stumps that
:e <>f the clearing was Urn
ig away as far as the eye
A-
hi;v
oat;;.-
t C.!!
the u
spntv
the e
the >!• rrimac was one of the high-
•f marauding French and Indians,
■mrka.le was very strongly built,
f; in embrasures in its walls pro-
’ three small brass cannon coin-
i g the sweep of the river in every
w:i. No fleet of canoes could
joss the stockade by day. Tlie
.mice of the place was so well rec-
! that Air. Clark held a colonial
e-ion as major and the stockade
i> hilly styled Fort Clark,
children of the fort made no dis
ea between white and black. The
Chirks, Sanborns, Tennys and
played with the little Qua-
Cushees and Gambas upon terms
feet equality.
children of both races whisked
from h. use to house. About the hearths
of the negroes the little Englishmen
lKeued with fascinated horror'to wild
ffiis of devils and evil spirits, grea*
er;.-a:-, huge river monsters and the
Ps'uu'ic manlike apes of the mysterious
cwinui-at of Africa; of bloody tribal
wars nail human sacrifices to the heathen
P-h-. The little black lniys learned of
ves and gnomes, of dainty
fays of merry England, of
heer of Christmas and the
fp :> of May Day. The rival story tell
ers sn-ovv to outdo each other in the
aiarvtlous tales; but nothing so pleased
hie children of both races as Sam Qna-
fhtv's storios of the Mumbo Jumbo, for
in his native village Sam himself had
l»-ea Mumbo Jumbo.
T:." big Congo negro enjoyed telling
how wht a a crime had been committed
hy- uo jierson unknown, Momoo Jumbo
called ujum to detect theguilty one,
uid how, mounted npon stilts, with a
* vi ‘b gl ass cloak completely enshroud*
him, a great false head fastened
•hove iiis owa head anil a pair of
anus sticking out below it, he
•talked about the village like a giant
kmfying the guilty one until he cou-
h"'-d his crime.
The children delighted to bear of the
Muinho Jumbo marching up and down
t! -v piths of the African village, crowds
c ‘‘ l K *’ J ple dancing about him, beating on
tomt"i ;ls and siuging wild chants. And
j en Uushee and Gamba gave the bat-
he yell (1 f t he cannibal tribe—for those
*ere cannibal families—the satisfaction
* as complete.
W the tales of the English merry-
® a ' ; »ig, none pleased the little Africans
n '»ch as Philip Sanborn’s descrip-
M “.v Day sports. The jollity
Uristmaa they knew, for Lemuel
I , . Was not a Puritan and kept the
n-tmas holidays, but they wished to
ar >cc ab >ut a May pole crowued with
Due Christmas njght,.as all
w h ftr, P‘C of the fort were 'gathered in
. e hi? Gotnmoa room of the “great
asv Mr. Clark promised that the ap-
' selling May Day should be celebrated
stvle.
1 * '<=»• v «* nt^ iu, Philip Sanborn wa*
t0 tn ke the matter in hand and
*alte
I Phin' , auy Preparations he wished.
»eir ai| horn was pleased, but seeing
Urn, “P 0 " ,h e fiffce of hjs rival story
. Sam Qiiasiee, he asked if the
toon mi fc rllt #ot have the after-
tivp , ilay Hay f °r showing their na-
1 i, 8 * u,e - «»d sports,
an tm, rtque6t was readily granted, and
to hr _ n v 1 day 811111 Qnashee dragged
th» t lj? two ".’ell seasoned pine logs
rock, Uen le ft after bnUding the
PloTikt ’ and for W6 eks thereafter em-
every evening in carving froin
* “ysterioiw object* which even
his own children were not allowed to 1
SCO.
The winter of 1722 melted into an
early spring in New Hampshire. The
rivers were free 'rom ice in April, and
the first canoes that came up the Merri
mac brought the news that war was de
clared with France. The weaponsYtnd
defenses were duly looked to, hut no
precautions were taken, for it was a long
mouth’s journey through tho wilderness
to Canada; besides it was not likely the
enemy would move at once.
May Day came at last and a toll May
pole decorated with wreaths of flowers
and stripes of colored cloth stood in the
brood stretch of greensward before the
gate of the stockade. Around this pole
the children danced and played old
English games. A bountiful outdoor
repast called tho merrymakers from
their fun. Hastily eating what was
placed before them, the older negroes
lere tne otners at tne least, iroing
•cross tho clearing they disappeared
among the heaps of rocks at tho foot of
Ihe craggy hills. AH the mysterious
things Sam Qnashee bad been laboring
npon for the past months evidently were
hidden in the cliffs. The children im
patiently awaited the advent of the
weird procession whose grotesque
strangeness w’ohld cause them tnfft de
lightful terror all children enjoy.
An hour passed, but as yet the’ o were
no signs of life about the heaps of rocks
The delay was unaccountable. Sax_
Quashee’8 oldest boy, Bob, proposed that
they start across the fields to moat the
delayed procession. The other chil
dren eagerly agreed, and off they all
itarted.
Picking their way over the soft
flowed land, they went toward the
hills, alb the time on the alert, expect
ing to turn and flee at any moment be
fore the approach of the Mumbo
Jumbo,
‘*AVhy, they are not at the cliffs at
all,’ said Mary Clark when the chil
dren had reached tho middle of the
clearing. “Look over the edge
pines."
Sure enough, they could see dark fig-,
nres among tho burned trees at tho bor
der of the forest hastily concealing
themselves from the gaze of the little
crowd so suddenly turned upon them.
“I saw ’em!” cried Luke Sanborn.
“Ono of ’em had a feather hat on. I
could see it just as plain, but I didn’t
see anybody on stilts with a false face.
Let’s go over.”
“It’s too far away to see any stilts or
false faces and wo had better stay hero,"
said Patience Tenney, the oldest of the
group.
Jnst at that moment there sounded
from the fort the harsh blare of the
trumpet used to call tho laborers from
the fields'at mealtime. Looking back
the children saw a sudden flash of flame,
and a deep roar of a cannon reverberated
among the hills. The next instant the
crackle of musketry came faintly from
the Merrimac; it was answered from
the fort; a blood curdling war whoop
burst from the edge of the clearing near
them and three Indian warriors raised
from among the stumps and came leap
ing toward theml
Almost before they could turn toward
the fort loud drum peals sounded from 1
the rocks at the foot of the hills. As if
in reply to the war whoops tlifre rang
forth the wild, savage, African battle
cry. There stalked forth into the clear
ing two immense, hideous giants, ac
companied by four strangely bedecked
creatures beating on tomtoms and
screaming forth the battle cry of thr
Ansgari cannibals. Fearful, huge, red.
distorted gashes of mouths, knobby,
black cheeks, terribly staring white
eyes, altogether diabolical faces had
these two giants, stalking stiffly out of
the clearing. Scarcely less terrifying
were the bepainted creatures with moose
horns rising above their heads, who
leaped and danced along before the
giants.
Away, with loud shrieks, the children
rushed toward the fort. The Indians
halted amazed. The giants and then-
attendants halted too. They had just
discovered the Indians. They hail
thought the firiug of the cannon a salute
in honor of the day.
Tho Indians hesitated, and the Mum
bo Jumbos hesitated.
But one cannot stand still on stilts.
The tallest of the Mumbo Jumbos stag
gered forward and one pf the Indians
turned and fled, The pther giant ad
vanced, the attendants struck their
drums again, and again the horrid Ans
gari war song pealed forth, and the sec
ond Indian followed the first. The third
Indian dropped on one knee, and before
the Mumbo Jumbos could turn he drew
a bead and sent a bullet crashing
through the wooden forehead of Sam
Quusbee’s mask.
The giant neither fell nor faltered,
and with a cry of terror the last Indian
rushed after his companions down the
river edge.
Slowly, as befitting their brave con
quests and the softness of the ground
the procession of Mumbo Jumbos passed
across the field and through the gate of
the fort where the children had just pre
ceded them. The idols of Africa had
overcome the redskins. The rising gen
eration of Clarks, Tennys, Sanborns and
Marsdens would never doubt that fact.
Meantime the white coated bodjr pf a
French officer went floating down the
river, and two canoes rapidly disap-
iwarod ‘ up the river. The attack npon
Fort Clark had been repulsed. The war
|rith France had begun.—Atlanta Con
atitution.
What Good Clothes Are ror.
The chief inducement urged in an in
vitation to make one of a woman’s camp
ing party In the month of August is the
assurance; “Yon con wear one dr^saU
day long every day until It is dirty.
That’s what we all did last year.
tbenote adds: “Be sure and tell me right
away how to have my mousseline desoie
made. Mrs. R.’a husband and a lot of
the girls’ brothere are going up for a
week. You’d better take somethingcap-
tivating for the dance in the old barn,
and one or two pretty day rigs, hutyou
won’t need them till the boy* get there.
—New Yojk Time*,
A PERU OF THE SWL'llJBP 4 * Wo ”‘ y h *” ,o1 “ v ‘
In a few moments the welcome re-
It was the second “dog watch,” from spouse came back, “She is all right, sir.” “No, f banks, old chap; I really can’t
to 8 o’clock in the evening, and'the “That’s good. Hold her ready until I atop the night. I should like to awfully.
crew of the bark Beatrice were gathered - Bonnd th ? PT^ and > £ , we have
. . , . . ... sprung a leak.” He hurried to his room
upon the main deck, indulging in that
ever pleasing pastime of sailors, yam
spinning.
The vessel was homeward bound from
Rio Janeiro after a very prosperous voy
age.
Darkness was approaching as the chief
officer rose to his feet and cast a search
ing look abont the horizon. When his
eyes roamed toward the west they rest
ed for some moments on a small bank
of leaden clouds which seemed to be
working up from the water.
Ah, we'll have a change of wind be
fore midnight, and, if 1 make no mis
take, it will bring nasty weather with
it” '
“We’re nearing Cape Hatteras and
must begin to look out for squalls. You
might clew up and furl the light sails so
that we will be prepared for whatever
comes. If it looks too bad give me a
call, I’m going below,”
The second mate with his men sought
their bunks to have a. few hours’ needed
rest, while tho chief officer, with his
portion of the crew, took charge.
sprung
and secured the sounding rod and lino;
as most of the water had now rolled off
from the main deck he succeeded in
reaching the pump.
Quickly dropping the iron down the
tube until it reached the keelson, he
soon drew it up again.
“Six feet of water in the hold,” he ex
claimed. “She’ll go down under ns.
Launch the boat”—and as he again has
tened to the cabin, this time to procure
what provisions might be handy, oue of
the men announced:
The maiu hatch is stove in, and the
cargo is all a-wash.”
This report had the effect of acceler
ating the officer’s movements, and seiz
ing what few eatables were at band in
the pantry he hastened to join his ship
mates, who had succeeded in getting the
boat afloat without damage.
Fearing to be in too close proximity
to the bark when she should founder,
they pu)led rapidly away in the darkness,
and as day broke they found themselves
alone npon the ocean, but ere the sun
was an hour high the black smoke of
ADVENTURE.
The seaman who came aft to relieve steamer was descried upon the hori:
the wheel was a mere, lad in years, but
as skillful a mariner as any on board
and a prime favorite with aU, as cohld
be seen by the kindly tone of tho mate’6 |
voice as he addressed the youth.
“Watch lierclose, Hurry, my son. If I
we have a shift of wind it’U come quick,
and before the great luminary
reached the zenith they were safe
board a large vessel which was bo
to Baltimore. . ^
bnt, you see. if I didn't turn np the wife
would be in a funk and never go to-bed
at all, thinking something had gone
wrong. Besides, I've got to let Jones
have three columns of copy by 5 o’clock
tomorrow, and I haven’t started yet.”
“Well, just as you like, only I wish
you’d have said earlier you didn’t mean
•tapping, so we could have telegraphed
to say you. wouldn’t be back. It's after
half past 7 now, and our nearest office is
five miles away, so it’s too late.”
It was no use; Jim Carson wouldn’t
atop, so I had to order the trap to drive
him to the station to catch the 8:40 back
to town.
After seeing him off I went to the
station master’s office to inquire if some
things 1 was expecting had arrived, and
while there 1 noticed an evening papei
lying on the table. It just happened
that an iutimate friend of mine had r
lawsuit on about pome copyright busi
ness, an<l the first hearing of the case
was to have taken place that day
/Thinking the affair, as far as it had pro
ceeiled, might be reported, I asked the
station master if he would mind m;
having a look at the paper for a minute
“Certainly, sir,” he said. “You ma>
as well take it hack with you, as I havi
finished with it. There’s a piece in i
about some fellow as-is said to have es
caped from Bradley asylum last night
The captain keard their story with and about killed one of the warde
feelings of sadness and extended
shipwrecked mariners all the
the
and we don’t want to get taken aback.’" 1 ty that lay in his power. When N tbe
‘Aye, aye, sir,” was the respectful re
ply of tlie boy as ha laid bis hands on
the spokes of the wheel.
Copper hued, feather shaped clouds
now began to chase each other across
the starry canopy of heaven.
As the gaze of the helmsman alter
nated between the compass, the sails
and the horizon, he was alarmed to see
away uppn the starboard bow some
thing that appeared like a heavy black
shaft, reaching up from the water, in
the shape of a tunnel, until it met an
other similar in formation which seemed
to drop from the skies.
“There’s a spout, sir,” he said to the
mate.
“Aye, aye. Fvebeen looking at it It’i
a heavy one too. As they always wdFk
to wind’anl. I'm afraid she’ll come un
comfortably near. Keep tho vessel's
head nor west for awhile and I’ll speak
to the skipper. £d rather he’d be on
deck when those fellows are about.
Obeying the order, Harry threw the
wheel over, and the bark swung off
until the dangerous column of water
seemed to be a little forward or ami.
ships.
Mr. Gorham, the officer, hurried to
the companion way and called:
“Captain Bruce, there’s a heavy water
spout making down upon us. Perhaps
you'd like to take a look at her.
“Aye, aye,” came a voice from the
cabiu, and the next instant the master
was on deck.
I)e took one hasty glance at the dan
ger impendin;„ another at the compass,
before he said quickly, “Let her go
west,” then shouted: “Check iu the
yards about four points to port. We
must work out of its course. I will get
my rifle; if it comes too near I will try
to break it,” and with that he hurried
below.
The wind, which up to this moment
had been reasonably strong, now died
jut to a “stark calm,
The sails were trimmed, but the head
way of the vessel was slackening, for
ihe had lost her propelling power.
The speed of the terrible volume of
water power which was approaching
them was not checked, and when the
captain reappeared on deck with rifle in
hand the heavy black clouds hung over
the vessel like a pall, and the whirl of
the angry, seething element was borne
to the ears of the frightened and horri
fied seamen sis they watched the ont
coming of the merciless circling shaft!
Quickly the weapon of the commander
was brought to his shoulder, and was-
instantly followed by a flash and re
port. Then came the deluge.
Tons upon tons of -water, mingled
with sand, fell upon the deck, which
steamer reached port the news of tin
loss of the Beatrice was flashed froia
tity to city throughout the continent,
and many were the hearts made sorrow
ful by the tenable tale.
But did the bark founder?
chaps. I expect it’s just one of then
yarns as gets into evening papers uov
and again. Well, good night, sir. I’l
send up your things as soon as they ai
rive.”
I was a long time going the thre*
miles which lay between the statio.
and my lately acquired domicile
Lighting a cigarette and leaving Tom
About an hour after the second mato I my to shamble on as best he liked,
had so burriqdly abandoned the sup- started in to think.
posed sinking craft, the boy, Harry, be-
?un to return to consciousness. Slowly
hp raised his head and looked around.
The night was clear now, hat strange
sounds fell upon his ear. It was tln-
thrashing and chafing of the tattered
sails and broken yards that still bun;
from aloft.
Tottering to his feet, the lad became
aware that he was suffering most in
tense pain abont the body and limbs,
but as he took a few steps he was over
joyed to find that no bones had been
fractured and tho pain was only from
external bruises.
As the youth was endeavoring to n
call the terrible scene through which l:t>
had passed, he heard a feeble moan is
suing from the port side of the after
house, and staggering to that portion of
the vessel he was delighted to see the
beloved form of his benefactor, the cap
tain, who was vainly striving to dm;
himself along tho deck toward tl.o
wheel.
As the master looked tip he mnrmurc 1
feebly:
“Ah, Harry, my hoy! Has the good
Lord spared us?”
Yes, sir. But I do not know how
many more are left,!’, jji.
‘Go and see, boy, go and .see. Some
leu assist*
maybe suffering arid need assistance.”
“But you yourself, sir; can % I not do I years ago.
iiYiaflinirr fnr vrtri cirV’’ I m .
Six months ago what was I? Well
what is generally called a literary hack
getting about thirty-five shillings :
week—sometimes more, generally less—
jnst because a crusty old uncle on whot:
I was dependent had seen fit to chnc"
mo out neck and crop for the simp!
reason that I didn’t go in for what h
wanted me i;o—i. e., the bar.
I was of a literary turn of mind, an;
thought I should never bo a shinin.
light in the profession. I could at leas
earn my bread and cheese, Bo in a fi:
of anger I told the old gentleman 1
.wouldn’t be a lawyer, whereupon I wa
called an ungrateful, impudent puppy
and told to do wliat I liked.
“No,” I thought to myself; “Robert
Grant, if you’ve got to prevaricate, doi
indirectly."
So I went in for journalism! An<
now poor old uncle has gone the way c
all flesh, letting me in for all his estate
real and personal, including Ash wort;
lodge. Old uncles who quiu-rel witL
their willful nephews and disinherit
them generally do come around at tin
last. Mine did at any rate.
Jim Carson, tlie fellow whom I had
seen off, was un old chum of mine iu
the scribbling days, and had just run
down to see my new abode and wish
rich uncle had kicked him out some
something for you, sir?"
Never mind me. Look to your ship
mates,” was the bravo reply, tliongh the
master with difficulty suppressed his
groans. .
Obeying the order Harry searched
the vessel, bnt returned with the mourn
ful reply that they two were alone.
Well, my lad, we must do the best
we can,’’ was the response of tho cap
tain.
When morning broke the practiced
eye of the captain discovered the ab
sence of the long boat.
Go forward, Harry, and see if the
craft has been stove iu or launched
dear.”
The boy hastened to obey, and re
turned with the report that the lashings
had been cut
Thank heaven!” murmured Captuip
Bruce. “Some of our companions haye
escaped and have taken to the boat fear
ing that the hark would founder,”
All through the day the captain and
the lad strained their eyes in search of
a sail, but none appeared to gladden
threatened to submerge the yesael «id i an q again night enshrouded
crowd her down into the frightful vor-
le* which yawned close under the stern.
Bails and spars hang a wreck from
aloft, while skylights and bulwarks
were crushed like eggshells in the grasp
of a {.riant.
This latter calamity, however, proved
to he a blessing, as it allowed the vast
volume of water to flow freely off into
the
Harry had been knocked senseless
over the wheel and there lay more dead
than alive.
Bnt the captain! Where was he? His
voice was silent.
The second mate, who with his watch
had been below, rushed affrighted “from
the cabin through the after companion-
them in gloom.
Upon the fourth morning Harry, who
was early astir, startled tho captain by
calling;
“Come on deck, sir. There is a large
towboat not more than five miles
away.”
“Set the ensign union down. It will
not do to let him pass ub.”
The hoy had no need to display the
Tommy aroused mo from my musing
by stumbling over something in tl:
road and nearly throwiug me out. So
gathered up the reins, and he went the
rest of the journey at a smart pace,
‘Benson,” I said to tlie man whom
had engaged as a kind of valet grooru
until I was properly settled, “when
you’ve put tho horse up, just tell Mrs.
Hewetson she can go home as soon as
she likes, as I shan’t want anything
more tonight.”
Mrs. Hewetson was the wife of the
gardener, who lived about -half a mile
away, and was looking after the house
and cooking for me.
It was too fine a night and too
early to turn in, so I settled myself
in my old uncle’s favorite armchair
before the dining room window and
commenced to look over the paper I had
got from the station master. 1 looked
first for the lawsuit report, but evident
ly the case had not come on until late,
as there was nothing in the paper
about it,
“Hello, this must be what the sta
tion master was talking abont:’
bate last evening a lunatic named James
Stanley made good his escape from Bradley
asylum under peculiar circumstances, which
will probably result in the death of one of tlie
attendants. It seems that last night the usual
annual boll took place at the asylum, and sev
eral of the inmates suffering from' the milder
forms of insanity were allowed to be present
as ordinary guests, as .had been usual on all
past occasions. Stanley was one of these, end
suddenly ho was found to be missing from the
room, and on a search being made he could uot
signal of distress, for the sharp eyes of I be found. On proceeding outside to hunt for
had MTrinri the I him, the body of one of the attendants was
the captain of the tug ha<l rapied the discovered lyine otK tbe ground, the uufortu-
bark long before the youth had seen the j mKn having received a severe blow at tbe
way.
For God’s sake, what has happened?
he exclaimed. “Have we been in col
lision?’
Bnt he received no answer, for there
was no one to reply,
By fhe feeble light of the stars, which
now began to twinkle forth, the officer
steamer.
As the rescuing craft rounded np un
der the stem of the Beatrice, the win
dows in the pilot house went down, a
head protruded and a voice called;
“How many of you ax$ aboard? -
“Only two, sir\” Replied Harry.
UAre you able to iend us a band in
getting a line ont?”
’ “No, sir. We are too badly bruised,'
returned the boy.
“AH right. I’ll come 11113
send some men to you "and tbe towboat
observed the boy where he had fallen. Seamed un close beside the bark, while wittetwidtng a rigoroua i
«.*«»» a has1;v dance at the nallid *w*“ d actions.
bock of the bead which knocked him senseless.
It transpires that the missing man made his
way tothe room where tho cants and hats were
kept, in. charge c.f a man who had only been
about the place a few days and passed himself
Off as one of the gueatp from outside. H£ man
aged to secure a hat and coat, in which he
most have been detected escaping by the poor
fellow whom he knocked over.
Stanley, at the time of his flight, was attired,
fax addition to the things be secured. In an or
dinary black morning suit, and was wearing
patent toother dancing shoes. He tan stnjug,
toll fellow, standing over six fleet two, dark
hair and slight mustache. Up ta the present
there is no news to band of his recapture, not
withstanding a vigorous search, which is faring
and casting a hasty glance at to* pallid
features of the lad was convinced that
he yra* past *11 hope ot recovery,
Tfle second mate, then crawling along
the starboard jail to the “break of the
poop,” looked down upon toe-main deck,
HUd to hi* horror, saw several bodies
washing back and forth among tbe
wreckage, to be swept, one after an
other, ont through the rifte In the bul-
Wftrit*. . .
“Are you all dead?" he at length
found voice to exclaim. “Am I left
alone?”
But be was instantly gladdened by a
reply from forward, “The starb’d watch
la safe, sir!"
“Thank heaven!" Then loader the
second officer called ont, “Take a look
at the long boat, and if it is not stove,
toe lashings adrift, and make ready
ST*™
of her crew sprang over the!
A queer story, I thought, when 1 had
i~r* . . v 1 finished reading the paragraph, and
to a momeu^toe^heavy tamer | more ^ ^ me ^Ify
, m . il . f/i»nravri (tltifto ** I OU Ulv UCbttUDU ■*->**
tSl was only about three miles
the steamer started ahead and the dis- * , T V.r • T -
Zr wav for P lace * 1 had ™* lVed “ ***+
the month of the Chesapeake.
Great was the rejoicing when the
Beatrice was brought up to the City
of Monuments, where toe vessel was
obliged to remain several months to re
pair the damage dona by collision with
the waterspout, and when she did again
puttoeea the boy Harry sailed in her
cabin, Captain Bruce asserting that he
could not allow a lad to live forward
who had so nobly stood by him when
wounded and helpless, drifting at the
mercy of the elements on board a dis
mantled craft.—Mariton Downing in
Yankee Blade.
turn.
Thinking it might result in my getting
to know some of the residents round
about sooner than I should do in ordi
nary everyday life, I had accepted the
invitation and sent np to town for, a
new dress suit and pomps for the oc
casion.
Then Jim Carson telegraphed, ip the
morning he was coming to see we by
the first train next day to have a
look around my estate, as lie called
it; so 1 gave np to* idea of going, fls
l shQrild be too tired in toe morning
to show him around. Anyhow my tog
gery failed to show up ta time, so I wan
boxed in any case.
After reading a few more bits of news
in tho paper 1 began to feel sleepy, so l
got up to go to bed—first, however,
going around the house to* see that all
was locked up' and secure, and that Ben
son, who was sleeping for the time being
in one of the attics, had not forgotten to
put the kitchen lamp out, which some
times he did.
The window of my room was wide
open and a lovely fresh breeze came
blowing in. 1 sat down on the bed for
minute or two to enjoy it. A nice in
vitation for an enterprising burglar, I
thought, if it were known there was
anything worth stealing about the
honse. He could be up the trelliswork
in half a minute. Thou the escaped
lunatic, too; it might have afforded
shelter to him if closely pursued. Thus
musing, 1 slipped off wy things prepara
tory to getting Into bed, but before do
ing so tliore was a duty 1 had to per
form and which I always had done since
I slept in the honse.
There was a door leading from my
room into a kind of dressing room,
which was sometimes opened during the
day for various purposes and in front of
which a curtain was rigged up. Being
naturally rather timid, I always used to
see that this door was properly locked
and the space under my bed untenanted
ere I settled down to slumber.
Taking up the candle, I made my way
across the room to the door, but when
within a couple of yards or so of it 1
came to a dead halt. The paragraph 1
had read in the paper seemed to whirl
through my brain, and for the moment
I had hard work to keep myself from
collapsing on to the floor.
The lunatic at the time of his escape
was attired in a morning suit of black,
and wearing dancing pumps! I was
startled, 1 can tell you, but not without,
reason—for peeping out below the cur
tain which covered the door were the
toes and half the feet of a pair of patent
leather boots! I regained my composure
gradually, aud moved away back to
ward tlie bed, btit keeping my eye on
the curtain the whole time.
W ho knew bnt that the lunatio might
have been watching me through a pin
hole in the curtain, and, conjecturing
the place of his concealment had been
discovered, make a rush at me? But no.
He evidently was ignorant of ray dif
covery, for the feet remained there mo
tionless.
What was I to do? Hero 1 was in a
room by myself, within five yards off a
madman, standing C feet 2 inches in his
socks, whom under ordinary circum
stances it would take a couple or three
men to tackle aud satisfactorily dispose
of. I shuddered as 1 thought of it.
I mentally measured whereabouts his
head would bo behind the curtain, and
casting my eyes around the room, to my
joy they rested on a pair of Indian clubs
1 was in the habit of exercising with in
tlie morning. That was my surest
chance.
I moved casually across to where the
clubs were standing, and taking them
np commenced to occupy myself with a
few of the exercises to work up steam
for the coming blow. Now or never!
Suddenly dropping one of tho clubs on
tlie bed as I brought it around, with th°
other I mado for tlie door and directed
it with all my strength at where 1 sup
posed the head of the madman to be
Crash! I fell forward against the cur
tain after tho blow, aud commenced
striking out savagely with my fist to fol
low it up. Down came the curtain with
rnn, and the brass rod with it, strik
ing me on the head and completely stun
ning me.
It must have been a peculiar sight as
Benson saw it, when he came tumbling
down tbo stairs to see what all tlie row
was about. There was I on the floor
enveloped iu the curtain, bleeding from
a wound above tlie temple, knuckles cut
and brnified and a panel of the door at
the back smashed in by a blow that
would have pulverized half a dozen
lunatics had they Veen there.
“The mad—man—he’a escaped!” !
managed to gasp, sitting up among the
vrreck.
“The ’oo, sir?” anxiously asked Ben
son, helping me up and leading me to
ward the basin in order to bathe my
injured head.
“Mad—man—behind the curtain. Got
in at the window—escaped from Brad
ley asylum last night during the balk
Wearing patent leather boots—saw them
under the curtain,” I jerked out spas
modically.
Saw ’is what?” cried Benson, drop
ping the sponge he was holding and re
garding me with amazement
His patent leather boots, man, peep-
tog ont from beneath the curtain.”
Bpnson seemed to jump in the air at
that.
“Gor luminy, mister; them weren’t a
madman! Them was your noo uns as
came this morning. I puts ’em behind
the curtain there so as to keep ont the
dust an muck. Oh, Lor*, sir, yon hev
made a mistake.”
By Jove, and hadn’t I jnst, and dis
figured myself for a month or so in the
bargain.
There was no doubt about it, for from
the folds of the curtain were shaken my
now pair of pomps, which bad arrived
that morning by parcel post jnst as Car
son turned up.
Stanley, the cause of all the confusion,
had been captured that afternoon in a
copse a good many miles from my place
and ia still an inmate at Bradley asy
lum.
If Jim Carson had managed to get
more out of me than that I got my scar
on the temple from falling off a horse
this affair would have been in print
mouths ago. Benson knows the value
of a sovereign and his master’s service,
so I’m the first to let it all reach tbe
public.—True Flag.
The Cash System Will be Rigidly Ad
hered to-
The present management took oharge
of The Banner July 12th. All sub
scriptions from tfcrt date are due us.
R; v. T A. Harris is the authorized
sgent ar.d will receipt for all subscrip
tions due from that date. He has no
connection whatever with the old busi-
nea*.
Our terms will be cash. Thn Ban
ner cannot and will not be sent out on
a credit. In a short while, we will re
vise our mailing list, and aU who are
'hree months in arrears will be stricken
ff
Do not wait to be called on or strieki n
from the list. Send us the money.
Mr.T. H. Yarborough will look after
he Weekly list in the city.
J. H. STONE & CO.
BARBECUE IN OCONEE-
3URNBTT TACKf ES ROBBINS AND
TEARS HIM TO PIECES.
ROBBINS CAN’T ANSWER.
•Veak Third Party Efforts—Burnett’s
Forceful Logic—outrageous Treat
ment by the Third Party Howl
ers Strongly Denounced,
•nail SlU
Last Words of Martin Luther.
Martin Luther’s last words were: “Fa
ther to heaven, though this body is
breaking away from me, and 1 am de
parting this life, yet I know that 1 shall
forever he with thee, for no one can
pluck me out of thy hand."
That was a great barbecue in Oconee,
near Watkiusvilie, yesterday.
Tuere were more than fifteen bundled
people present, aud the barbecue was
.leliciou8 aud plentiful.
The speeches were spirited, but with
: he exception of that of Capt. W. B.
Burnett, they were weak and devoid of
facts and argument.
The large erowd from Athens arrived
in buggies and tallahoes about 10:30
o’clock and the exercises commenced
imm, dlately. The place selected for
ihe occasion was one of the most beau
tiful groves in Georgia, just two miles
from Watkinsvilie, aud the preparation
tor the entertainment of all guests was
perfect and elaborate.
THE SPEAKERS.
The first speaker was Mr. Campbell
Jackson, who will be the Third party
nominee for the legislature from Oco
nee. Ur. Jackson apologized for his
lack cf oratorical ability, and after re
minding the audience, for effects sake,
that he was a plain farmer’s boy, he
led off with a scattering tirade on the
Democratic party, but in his unskilful
dissection of its platform, he failed to
establish one fact toils detriment. His
atteniDted eulogy of the Third party
movement was a conglomeration of gen
eralities without lact or foundation.
Jackson was followed by Dr. Rob
bins, the nominee of Third party to
oppose Dr. Lawson for Congress. His
was likewise a weak effo: t from a stand
point of logic or argument, but was a
harmless pat h of pleasant generalities
that pleased his Third party bearers ex
ceedingly. He avoided all the direct
features and issues advocated by
all the political parties, as when he
kept crying for a circulating nr edium of
fifty dollars per capita, and Capt* Bur
nett asked him twice bow we could get
that amount and the speaker's reoly
was “Wait till I g. t to it and I will tell
you.” But he nt ver got to it.
At the closing of Robbins’ speech
dinner was announced, and all wanted
to partake of the delicious viands.
After dinner Capt. W. B. Burnett,
president of the Young Men’s Demo
cratic Club of Clarke county, as the re
presentative of Democracy mounted the
rostrum and with his character istio
force and logic expounded the princi
ples of his party with telling effect. He
said as the gentleman who preceded
him had said nothing to reply to, he
would employ his time in showing what
a fake and delusion the Third party
movement is.
and wherein relief and safety lies in
the success of democracy. Somebody
in tbe audience kept talking about free
silver,when Capt. Burnett said: My
friends you are alwoys talking about
free silver, free silver, why, God bless
your souls there is nothing free in the
country exoept salvation, and if that
was manufactured the Republicans
would put a tariff on that.
AUTBCGE0US TREATMENT.
When Capt. Burnett’s time was out
during the discusssion of an important
point, time was called by tbe master of
ceremonies, whereupon Mr. Burnett
closed at once, remarking that be re
gretted that be did not have time to fin
ish giving the information for which
he had been asked.
Buck Malccmb Said give the rpeaker
ten minutes longer, and his move was
rerdily ei dorsed. Capt. Burnett pro
ceeded where be closed by readii g a
letter from Hon. Joe E. Brown. At tbe
mention of Senator Brown’s name five
hundred biases and j. era came simul
taneously from the throats of Third
partyites and continued until Capt.
Burnett refused to say anything more.
It was clearly a premeditated thing to
give Capt. Burnett the additional ten
minutes and then hiss him down- Be
fore he returned, however, he de
nounced his treatment as outrageous
and ungentlemanly to the highest de
gree.
It was a Third party affair and the
Third partyites had a good majerity of
the crowd. L.J. L. .
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