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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30,1892.
ONE DOLLAR AY
IN THE GARDENS.
“My little story ia very old,", said
Jeau Ijridello, half apologizing, “but if
you would like to hear it 1 will tell it to
you. It is as vivid to me as though it
had occurred yesterday.
“1 am now fifty years old. 1 was
young then and I was studying, law,
prone to sadness, a little of a dreamer,
impregnated with a melancholy philos
ophy. I did not cafe for the noisy cafes,
the roistering students or the grisettea
of tho Quartier. . 1 always rose early,
and one of my favorite pastimes was to
wander alone, about 8 o’clock ift the
morning, in the nursery gardens of the
Luxembourg.
“You others did not know these gar
dens. They were like an enchanted
garden of a past century, a garden as
pretty as the sweet smile of an old lady.
Boxwood hedges separated the straight
and narrow alleys, silent and deserted
alleys, lietween two walls of method
ically clipped foliage. The gardener’s
scissors relentlessly clipped these divid
ing hushes, and hero and there you come
tipou a parterre of flowers and planta
tions of young trees, set out like col
legians on parade, magnificent groups
of rose bushes and a whole regiment of
fruit trees.
“One corner of this enchanted garden
was given over to the bees. Their straw
houses set at certain spaces apart, on
benches, admitted tho sunlight by doors
about as largo as a thimble, and all
along tho path tho gilded and buzzing
bees, trno denizens of these silent alleys
ami corridors, real misttosses of this
peaceful spoVAow iu every direction.'
••I used to go there nearly every
morning, and seating myself on a bench
would read: sometimes 1 lot my book
fall on my knees dreamily, faintly hear
ing tho sounds of living Paris all around
me, and enjoyed to its utmost the In
i' finito reposo of this remnant of ancient
regime.
“But I found that I was not the only
frequenter of this spot after the open
ing of tho barrieres; I sometimes en
countered, face to face, in the corner of
a grove a strange little old man.
“Ho wore shoes with silver buckles,
knee breeches, a snuff colored redingoto.
a fall of lnce instead of a cravat and an
* t
‘“The minuet was the queen of'dances, 1
the dance of queens. Since there is ho
longer a king, there is no longer the»fitin-
uet,’
“And then he commenced in %nom-
pous style a long dithyrambic erflngy of
which 1 did not understand 0n6 ijj^rd.
I begged of him to describe the steps,
the movements, the poses. He beentoe
rather provoked at my obtusenesr, dud
turning toward his grave and sBebt
companion he exclaimed:
“‘Elisel would you—you • wouM be
most obliging—would you be Willing
that we should show this gentleman
what it was?
“Sho-turned her restless eyes on all
sides, and being satisfied that We were
alone she rose without a word and ptas&l
herself in front of him.
“Then I saw a sight never to be for
gotten. ;
“They went and came with infantile
grimaces, smiling, balancing, bowing,
leaping like two old dolls that had b&n
set dancing by an old fashioned mechan
ism, a little out of order, but construct
ed in olden times by a skillful workman,
according to the prevailing fashion.
“And I looked at them, my heart torn
by conflicting emotidhs, my soul moved
by an indescribable melancholy, it
seemed to me that 1 was watching a sad
yet comical apparition, the old fashioned
shadow cf a past century. -.I wanted to
laugh and could hardly refrain from
weeping.
MY MARINER.
Ob. he goes away singing,
Singing o'er the sea!
Qh, he ootnee acg&i. bringing
)<V and hlmselhfo me!
£TJwn through fh P-rosemary hollow
. And np the wefbeach I ran.
My heart in a flutter to follow
The flight of nty sailor man.
nal one of the tables was overturned
and in an instant there was a general
commotion. Before I realized what was
happening, so rapid and unexpected
were the movements, a door opened by
Fie on a hosband sitting
SUU in the house at home!
Sire me a mariner flitting
And flashing over the foam!
Give me a voice resounding
The songs of tUoJsrcesy main!
GiVo me a free heart bounding
Evermore hither again!
Coming is better than going;
But never was queen bo grand
AS I while I watch him blowing
Away from the lazy land.
I Hive wedded eu ocean rover.
And with him I own the sea;
Yet over the waves come over
And anchor, tny lad. by m*
'X-
Harjc lo his billswy laughter.
Blithe on the hdmeward tide!
Herk to it, heart! op and after;
Off to thd liaruor side;
Down through tho" rosemary hollows
And over the efod hills, light
And swift as a seabird, follow; .
‘'And hot for a sail Tn sight!
A —Nev
HIS OWN MURDERER.
“Do you see the bullet hole in the
crown of this sombrero, Neb? Thereby
hangs a tale, which, if you will make
AH at onoe they stopped; they had I yourself comfortable in an easy chair,
finished the figures of the dance. For I I’ll relate.”
THE TIME CAME.
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—
“Ob, if Dick would only db ScwflO-
, _ . thing!” sighed Millicont very £dffly ’te
my side and a girl grasped me by the herself. “1 do believe if it weflo nothing
coat and said in a frightened Voice, more than getting run over by a cri
sis way, quick, for your life? Quick riogo with nobpdy in it, so he would not
as a flash the girl sliunmed tho door and I really be hurt very much, thht papa
I found myself being hurried up a flight would he so pleased he would let us Mice?" she continued.
Correbtiy. Dick walked to tho head of
tho back stairs while shb remained in
the parlor peering out, half hidden by
“iere. He leaned fur over and
ed intently.
you hear anything?’ she asked in
a whisper.
“Yes*" he answered.
gmiled. “What does it sound
of stairs and through an open, trapdoor
on the roof. The girl gave me a push,
ns angry cries followed us, pud said,
‘To the river. It’s your only chance,
fhey mean to kill youP You may hS
sure I wasted no time in; grateful
thanks, though why she braved, the
angry crowd for my sake I never knew.
.“I leaped rapidly frpm one flat roof to
another toward the river, but none too
fast, for tramping feet, oaths and shots
followed all too quickly for my .comfort,
S d as I leaped from the laat^roaf into
e river one bullet made the holes-in
the crown of -that hat, just missing.my
Bead. The ruffians thought they had
marry each other after all. But Dick
won’t. I’m afraid he’ll never do any
thing. He never has." And Mien she
looked over at Dick, who sat very meek
ly on the other side of the rOonk twirl
ing his gloves listlessly, and she pouted.
“I suppose yon are pouting at me?’
said Dick.
“Yes,” she answered.
“I’m Borry,” he continued. “I sup
pose it’s because 1 don’t amount to any-1
thing?*
“Of course it is, Dick,” she answered.
“Well, what in the world con 11
amount to?”.asked Dick dejectedly. “11
cannot go and make a fortune, for Tm
Llke'a man sawing,” he answered.
She had hard work to prevent herself
from laughing outright. She had been
in the identical spot where Dick now
stood but a moment before, and she
knew that the basement was as still as
tho grave. It was his frightened im
agination, that was all. She would 1 flee
tho thing out. Perhaps £>ick was afraid
after aU. She whispered again.
Do you want a revolver?’ she asked.
No," he answered. “I wouldn’t
FOOT-PADS WORK-
ANOTHER MAN SHOT WITHOU1
WORD..
WHAT DOES
MEAN, m
Shot While Returning Home-The
Police at Work toCatch the Scoun-
Attempts in One
drel—Three
Week.
Athens is infested with a lot of negro
foot-pads that are doing a great deal of
mischief, and come very near committ
ing murder in several instanoes.
Last Saturday night, Rich Elder'
^ knocked down and robbed, and no trace
know what to do with it if I had one.” can be found of the one that did the
me, and then the rujgh of 'the rich already. I can’t found a great fam-
waiting posse, who made a dash when I ily, because ours has been as good a one
they heard the commotion, gave them | for centuries as a'fellow can wish, and
some seconds they remained facing each
other, grimacing in a most surprising
manner, then without warning they fell
into each other’s arms, sobbing bitterly.
“Three days later I left Paris for the |
provinces. When I returned two years
afterward the nnraery gardens of the
Luxembourg had.been destroyed. What
had becomo of the old couple, without
their beloved garden of other days, with
its labyrinthine paths, its perfumes of
the' past and its gracefully turned
“Are they dead? Are they wander
ing through the streets of modern Paris,
I was. visiting the. pleasant rooms of
my friend S- , an old telegraph opera
tes; not old in years, but in experience,
for he had worked the bosiness since
a boy, and had been in many difficult
positions, thus having a varied experi
ence from which to draw his stories.
The hat he now helclia his hand was a
light gray felt with a leather band
around it, and neartoe top on one side
and through the cnwn. on the opposite
side were two small holes, made by a
bullet, Br said, ill an attempt on his
life. 'S W-W
You remember,” he began, “some
other business. . ...
was a short time before I was on
the opposite bank of tbo river Reviewing
the case. Detectives are more feared
and hated by lawbreakers than the
regular officers, and I knew if my busi
ness was known, as it seemed it was, it
was as much as my life was Width to re-
’tura for the present. Besides, the work
I had undertaken was finished, so I con
cluded to go due north till I had strode
the railroad, stop, the first train I saw go
to the next station, then telegraph back
for my grip and continue, my journey
west.
It was now toward morning, and -1
concluded I had better make myself
scarce before daylight revealed
whereabouts. I struck out rapidly for
tho north, but when the hot sun came [anyone who baa not. He is always talk
like two exiles lost to all hope? Do they I ^ ra j a trip down the
dance, specterlike, a fantastic minuet | Mia6i8S j p pi t through Texas, Mexico and
among the cypress trees of a cemetery,
along the pathways bordered by tombs,
by the light of the moon?
•Their remembrance haunts m^ tor-1
iiulesvribable gray hat, with immense ’• ments me, tortures me, remain? fo me
biA awl long haire, which looked as if 1 like a wound. Why? 1 do nc* know
ittefcht h[a\re hWn the fashion before , why,
tiniddnse.
TI.J was tli! n almost to attenuation,
augplar, puckered and smiling. His
qipejs glancing 8yes were never still,
and Uia lids were contracted by a nerv
ous twitching. Ho always carried • a
superb gold headed cane, which most
havo been from tbecareful way in which
he handled it a souvenir of priceless
value. . , i
“This good man astonished me at’
first, and then he interested me beyofid
measure. I watched him across tog*
leafy wall; I followed him from afar,
stopping near the flowerbeds so as not
t o be seen.
“And now a strange thing happened.
One morning, thinkiug himself unseen,
ho commenced to make the most singu
lar movements; first a few little bounds:
then a bow; then ho threw out his slen
der leg and cut a light caper; then he
commenced to pivot gracefully, jump
ing, fluttering in a queer fashion, smil
ing as though to an audience, bowing,
th*owiug out his arms, twisting his poor
puppet of a body, throwing to empty
sp ice tender and ridiculous kisses. He
was dancing.
“I remained petrified with astonish
ment, asking myself which was crazy.
he or I?
“Ho stepped suddenly, as thongh to
tho footlights, then bowed, backing
away with gracious smiles and airy
kisses, which he threw to tho two rows
of clipped trees.
“Then he gravely continued his prom
enade.
“From that day I watched him each
morning go through with his indescrib
able gymnastics.
“A foolish desire came over me to
speak to him. I risked it, and one morn
ing, meeting him face to face, I bowed
to him, saying:
“ ‘It is a beautiful day, sir.’
“He bowed.
“ ‘Yes, monsieur, it is verily a day of
the olden times.’
“Eight days later we were fast friends
and I knew his story. He had been bal
let master at the opera during the reign
of Louis XV. His beautiful cane was a
present from Clermont. When once
started on the subject of dancing there
w os no stopping him.
“One day he told me.the following.
“ ‘I married La Castris, monsieur,
will present my wife to you if yon wish,
but she does not coihe out until later In
tho day. This garden is our joy and
our life. It is all that remains to ns of
our i>ast. It seems to us as though we
could not live without it. It is ol i and
distinguished, is it not? Here 1 seem to
breathe an atmosphere which h*« not
changed since the days my youth.
My wife and 1 pass all our afternoons
here. But I come alone to the morn
ings, 1 rise so’early.’
"As soon as I had finished my break-
tfst 1 returned to the Luxembourg
gardens. Presflutly I perceived my old
friend, who jrqmmonlously tendered ms
to a very •§ stall old lady dressed to
black. This wee La Castris. the great
dancer, beloved of the king, the favorite
of princes, the adored of that gallant
reign which seems to have left to the
world an odor of love.
“We seated ourselves on one of the
stone benches. It was in the month of
May. The perfume of flowers permeated
the air around us. A glorious sunlight
glinted through the leaves and cast rays
°f light around ns. La Castris’ black
dress seemed bathed in sunshine.
“The gardens were deserted. In the
distance could bo heard the rumbling of
vehicles, the noise of new Paris.
“‘Will you explain tome,’ 1 said to
the old ballet master, ‘what the minuet
really was?
“Ha tremhlafl.
No doubt yen think me a.edtor i9S
man, with all these memorial m, toe
past!”—Translated from the FfiflStfhef
Guy do Maupassant for Romanefl by B.
M. Sherman.
NEW NORMAL SCHOOL.
Now that the State Normal has closed
for this year it may be of interest to
tqany teachers throughout the State
who could not attend during July and
ugust to know thst there is a Normal
School at Crawford, Gs., fifteen miles
from Athens, on the Georgia railroad—
that ibis school is iu session all tbe
while, that its principal attended the
National University at Lebanon, Ohio;
that at this school you can get the best
methods of Normal Instruction.
This school proposes to meet the'de
mands of those teachers who teach in
country schools throughout the State. I the government to help ferret out the
Oae imp riant feature is that of claasi- | mischief makers, and as I was now stop-
tlcation, so that a teacher can take an
ungraded school and with the proper
knowledge of classification can meet
with as much or more tuccess than in s
regularly graded school. A sufficient
number of classes are arranged in any
paiticular study for tbe accommodation
California. This was partly for my
health, partly for .pleasure, but prin
cipally on a business excursion for our
company. . 1 v
“I spent considerable time in A-—,
Sex., and while thdro the city—as they
.galled it—was being completely demor
alized by qs vicious, corrupt a set of gam
blers afi it was ever my lot to fall in
With. These southwestern cities of
rapid growth, rapid wealth and with a
population of adventurers and uneasy
people collected from many parts of the
globe, are jnat the place for these des
peradoes to do their richest fleecing; but
to this instance they were notorious, and
having committed several capital
crimes, the government took the case in
hand. _s- v ' • i . .
"In this quiet northern town you are
scarcely able to realize the difference a
few degrees of latitude can make in the
apparent dispositions and surroundings
pf human beings. While traveling
through tbe southwest it often seemed
as though 1 must be in a different coun
try, everything was so foreign and law
less in its character.
“About this time there had been con
siderable trouble along, the telegraph
lines in that section of the state, and 1
bait been employed as a detective by
ping in A they wanted me to help
stop the gamblers, who were beginning
I to smell a rat and were keeping under
cover.
“In an excitable community where
firearms are carried by all and often
used indiscriminately, the arrest of des
perate characters is not only difficult
besides that would take too long. 1
haven’t the talent to be an artist. I
haven’t brains enough to be a profee
sioual man. Every .one agrees on that-
I am too small to be a spklier, and if 1
went into business it would oply be a
question of time before Fd lose my
money instead of making any. The}
all agree on that too. All I can be is a
gentleman; and no one seems to core
anything about a gentleman any more.
I believe your father would like me bet
ter if I were an adventurer.
“Oh, no, he wouldn’t,” interrupted
Millicent. “But the colonel would like
to see you once in awhile without such
awfully good clothes on. Papa has had
a hard struggle in this world, and he
doesn’t seem to hare any confidence in
about the duty a man owes to the
irld to do something for it.”
“I would be willing to do anything for
the world I could, Millicent, but I don’t
know what to do, and don’t believe 1
could doit if I did know.”
“I believe if you had got angry and
called Mm names when he refused to let
ont, and with most of the - time nothing
to show me my locality, I lost toy reck
oning and must .have taken a northwest
erly course. Thus it was long in the
afternoon when I sighted telegraph
poles and knew I must be near toe. rail
road. -
Taking out my climbers, which, with
telegraph instruments in case of some
emergency I always carried with me
during my trips, I climbed the pole, cut
the wires and telegraphed to the station
east to stop the next train where a white
'flag was flying from a telegraph pole.. 1 _
then tacked my handkerchief to toe pole it occasionally from his
and slid down. I was so overcome with ' ”
hunger and fatigue that I know this pre
caution was necessary, for I might drop
to steep and fail to hear toe train.
In about two honrs a train came
along, stopped and took me on. The
engineer told me I must have traveled
nearly forty miles since leaving A .
As soon as the train was under way the
conductor wanted to know by what
right 1 had stopped the train. I took
Then she saw him disappear down the deed.
- . ...... L , , i Oalyafew days ago a negro
She wenV back into the and knocked off of his wagon byl negro
picked np his hat. She smiled ai sbo . _ a , , f - *
noticed how new it looked, jnst lixe ^ P^.f nd u “ *° date noclue can be
everything else ho had. Then she tried founa M t®on® who committed the
it on and stood before Iho glass won-1 deed.
dering if it wouldn’t make a pretty Saturday evening, Mr, Berry Wa‘-
riding hat, She remembered that if kins, a bard-working farmer, had
any other man were fo come back into brought a load of wood to the city, and
the parlor and find her with his hat w , 8 home . when he had got
on her head he would promptly de- n „ ar i„ t/ , Rru , t i,, a { „ t,,, ,
toand a kiss, after tho good old custom. nearly to * ® tor ® n B"berville,
But Dick-no, Dick wonld.never think “negrorushed at h.m with a pistol, and
ot such a thing, or dare to do it if he I P’scing tho muzzle close to his head
did. Presently she wondered why he I tired, the ball striking him behind hiB
was gone so long. He wasn’t afraid of I ear glanoed around his head and cams
the dark after all. He must have de- out on the opposite eide. The wound is
cided on a very thorough search. Sho vory pa i n ful but not dangerous,
wished her father would come down • Mr- WatkinB (lid not kaow the Degr0
stairs and discover that Dick haddonol . _ .. .
at least that much in the world. But an J, never “ ,d ■ wor6 bun ‘ As 80 °“
no; she could hear her father walking ! 88 the shot wa8 th ® negro ran and
up and down the room immediately made K 00 * 1 his escape. He made no at-
above her, thinking of all sorts of things I tempt to rob Mr. Watkins or to fire his
that he called important, but which | pistol again.
The police are all out around Barber-
ville trying to catch the negro who did
the cowardly act. There certainly
mult be a gang of them around Athens
as there are too many of these acts in
quick succession. Mr. Watkins says he
will know the negro if he sees him again.
did not interest her at all. She was just
beginning to feel lonely and to wish that
Dick would get through and come back
when she heard a dull sound, as though
sqjnething heavy had fallen in the
kitchen. There was silence for a mo
ment after that, and then she heard a
great crashing of glass and she heard
me marry you he would have turned I fflek call lustily for the police. Her
right around and said yea. But all you heart leaped up into her throat. She
did was to pick np yonr hat and stoves, I wanted to call him to come back to her
bow very politely, and say good OTpniqg ^ he loved her, but she could not utter
and walk ont. That’s no way to handle a*wo{& She ran to the front window
papa; he needs an iron hahd> SBd be m-h^f-leaf and threw it open.
The system is re idered malaria-proof
when the blood ia kept pure and vigorous
ay the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. At
this season, all should have this admira
ble preparation at band. Malaria poison
of every student and the promotion of 1 hpt dangerous, for, as you know, ’birds
r up., u..
himself. The promotion of a student wai , g^^ted to arrest the
from one class to another may be in s gamt , lera> and wa8 agreed that except
week’s time or a month’s time, owing to L,, a emergency I was not to
his progress and he is promoted on the I touch the criminals, but simply enter
very day that he is thoroughly prepared their resorts, spot tho men if there and
to go with the class that has been in ad- signal the officers to enter.
vaace of him. By this method brighi “The first night we succe^ to ar-
bdd w* X
students and dull students are not j oroe _j htid been obliged to help
pushed beyond their powers cf proper ^ 0 flj cer8j and this I suppose gave the
advancement. All tbe classes in any .1 crowd an inkling of my true character,
one study are as stepping stones, com- We did not know it, however, and the
naratively. The student advances sc- next night determined to make a raid
v ji ... -kj a . | and arrest the remainder of the set, who
only are bright students promoted by I discovered had tocated themselves in
this method, as they should be, and dull | one of the dives to the lowest part of
students not pushed too fast, but th“ J <h S^^ fc ^ a ^ l ^iJ V £ought, used the
caretoss student soon sees that he who i precautions, for the men were
really learns, advances, and that be who deepera to and would fight, we knew, to
isir.dolentdoesnotmakemucb progress-1 to the last. The buildings on this street
The affect of this method is wholesome I were so clot® together that their low,
in every resp ot, no’, only for the stu- flat roofs nearly touched other,
d„t ..d tMcber b.t lor tbe trac «bln k .
'"ikFdn N'rraftl Tenders’ Cournot I *5 we
Languages, Matbimatice and Science’ I two and at either side of
including Penmanship and Book-keep-l toe front entrance, in the darkness, the
semflinderof the posse concealed them-
eclyes.' ftwasggnesfl tkat if I found
out my pass and showed him my official
badge. In a few minutes he lc.t L's and
said 'a few words to twoi men; tho only
other passengers on the train, and then
went out.
“1 had noticed the suspicious glance
of the two men before, and now I no
ticed they winked knowingly to each
other, Kit I partly closed my eyes and
pretended to be dozing, yet all the time
watching my fellow passengers closely
and wondering what was np. I scented
foul play and meant to be on my guard.
“Finally the men came and sauntered
toward me, and one was just about to
put his band on my- shoulder and 1
caught a glimpse of a pair of handcuffs
in the other fellow’s hand, when out
came my six shooter and I told them not
to touch me as they valued their lives.
I had taken them by surprise, as it was
too late for them to pull ont their weap
ons. They fell hack, but I did not put
up my weapon till I was safe in the next
station. Seeing a large placard on the
wall as I entered the little waiting room,
I turned to read it with my hands behind
me. In a moment I felt a pair of steel
bracelets snap on my wrists, and-1
wheeled around to meet the complacent
jpnfeq of my fellow passengers, the train
haruta and telegraph operator. I jnst
foamed then, I was bo angry. I wanted
to know what they meant and ordered
them to release me. For answer one of
the men clapped his hands on my shoul
der and said:
1 arrest you for the murder of O. R.
Raymond.’
“ ‘O. R. Raymond, you foolsF I man
aged to blurt out. ’Why, I am C. R.
Raymond myself, and not much of a
dead ma" either, as you will find out if
you don’t release, me at once.’
“They still kept calm and advised ine
to read toeuotice behind me, for I could
come no game on them.
too.” Here Millicent steJOts Awr
emphatically.
“But I respect your father’foo much,
Milly, to say anything mean tohifii.-and
if I had, then he wouldn’t hflva let me
come to see you any more, and that
would have been more than I could have
stood.”
“You’re not like other map, Dick?”
“No, I’m afraid not. I suppose that’s
why they caU me a dude. But I’m not
THE THIRD PARTY
.telly built fellow who looked | ^armless when Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is
in the half light of the street
was just making his escape
the gate and down the street,
while right underneath her, bareheaded,
bpt stfil with his immaculate gloves in
his hand, Dick ran after him, still call
ing at the top of his voice for a police
man. She saw them go, forty feet
AND ITS RALLY AT THE! COURT
HOUSE SATURDAY NICHTJ
ing only $3.00 per month in advance.
Board for students, af besthotelio , to’give
town, fuel and lights induded, only ^ m0 ment,
$9.00 per month.
Telegraphy, Magic, Shorthand afld
Type-writing are special separate de
partments. Tbe Book-keeplag is the
same course as taught in the popular
Commercial College at Lexington, Ky
.too.
'would rush in from
their men before
a c&uA39 to eSbape or to offer
bar and called for a glass of liquor.
Tb« Shorthand te toe i^Ts^tem, t^Tstrtrodarlookeds^
toe shortest and best system « ant- f^Stolcrewd sfitog
$40.00 for fu 1 course. Book-keepir.g I ; mwm.1 toe faro tables, there
free to students in Shorthand or regular I to be an tmhaual silence, but 1
Normal course. Type-writing free to I le^ga carelessly against the wall, pre-
students In Shorthar d, . tending to sip to# rillainous stuff in my
Special terms for benefit of teachers glam, but at ‘toe same tone taking “
berins September 19. Students can keen st*rv?y of Q'^cr°wd.I thtok-
oegins oepie , ur _ I paver saw a morp hardened eet^of crim-
enter at any time. P* - fonla outeMp of prison bars than were
veylrg free. School m se_-sio gathered ground those faro tables that
time. For further information oi tae Little piles of silver and gold
best and cheapest School in the South we ^ heaped bp here and there, many of
address,
New Nobmal School,
Crawford, Ga.
topm guarded with six shooters and
bowie knivee, whtf& men were dealing
“I turned and read: ’Murdered! Ar
rest any one presenting toe pass of C. R.
Raymond, state official, who was mur
dered on toe 6to tost. Body thought to
have been robbed and then thrown into
the river.’
“That glance repealed the situation,
but no expostulations or explanations of
minA could convince toe men that I was
Ck R. Raymond and not his assassin. 1
a dude;-Tin not silly. I can’t get my
clothes soiled, no matter how l tjy, and
as I never seem to wear them out, 1
haven’t got any that look like old ones.
The fact is I can’t help looking what 1
am—a boy who has been brought up in
a kid glove. If I wore blue jeand and a
flannel shirt they’d always look new.”
“Why couldn’t you get into a fight
with some one?’ suggested Millicent des
perately.
“I’m afraid no one would fight with
me, I’m so small,” he answered.
“Papa was awfully delighted with toe
butcher’8 boy and the grocery boy toe
other day when they got into a fight in
our back yard. It frightened me, but
the colonel went ont and gave them each
a dollar, and laughed all the rest of the
afternoon about it.”
“I might get the boxing master at the
club to give me a black eye; I don’t sup
pose it would hurt very much. But if 7
did toe colonel would find out that 7
didn’t get it in a fight, and he would
think that I had been trying to deceive
him.”
“Dick,” said Millicent seriously, “I
wonder if you are afraid?”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
“Afraid of the dark, or of danger, or
anything like that—for instance, I’m
afraid of the dark.”
“No,” answered Dick. “I don’t think
I am afraid of the dark. I don’t know
about anything else; for I don’t believe 1
over bad anything to be affoid of.”
Millicent sighed again very softly to
herself. It was rather a hard state of
affaire. Here was the man toe wanted
tomarry; just toe kind of a man she wit.
her imperious ways could get along with
beautifully; a boy whom toe had known
all her life; whose father had been her
father’s Mend; whose mother had been
her dead mother’s friend; and a man,
too, whom toe loved—and always had—
apart, down the street at the best speed
they Could mkke. She saw them disap
pear from toe light of one street lamp
and come out into, the light of another
twice, and then sho saw the stockily
built fellow wheel quickly around; she
saw. a little-sharp line of flame; she
heard a loud report; and then—too
fainted.
It was but galf an hour later that a
cab drove up to the colonel’s door, and
Pick alighted—not toe immaculately
clad'Dick that he usually whs, but Dick
with a bloody handkerchief tied aronnd
his head, and with inudh dirt on his
trousers, and his necktie all awry, and
witk ho gloves at all. He did not have
to ring at tSe door, for it was opened
ere he was half way np the front steps
A LARGE CROWD
Congregates, Over One- Third Of
Whjch Ware Negroes, and a Ma
jority of the Ba'frrree Democrats
—The Speecfi of^p.e Evening.
MISTER J. A. B. Mah&ffey ad
dressed the Third party meeting at tbe
Court House Saturday night iu quite a
lengthy speech, made up mainly of an
ecdotes and Watsoniauism.
That is to say he addressed the meet-
i ing that was called by the Third party
I and which was made up as follows:
Over one third Republicans and a ma-
by toe colonel himself, who came out I jority of thebalacce Democrats. The
with his great grizzled band outstretched I crowd numbered probably five hun-
toward him. j dred, about one hundred of whom were
I came back to get my hat and over
coat,” Dick began to apologize.
No, you didn’t,” said toe colonel,
shaking his hand heartily. “You cam j
back to see Millicent. Did you get toe
fellow?”
“Yes, sir; a policeman caught him
eventually, and he’s in the station house
now.”
“We’ll attend to him tomorrow,” said
the coloneL “In the meantime come in
and see yonr Bweetheart. She fainted,
since toe was a little girl in Bhort dresses
and he a boy in knee trousers, and they
could not get married because ln tlyi
eyes of her. father he didn’t amount to
anything. Would he ever, amount to
anything? What did she care? Was he
brave and manly? What did she care?
Was be brave and manly?
The question gave her an inspiration.
It wouldn’t be much of a trial, but it
immediately telegraphed to the gov- would at least be a little bit of fun, and
eroor tho circumstances of my escape all they had done in all their courtship
and arrest, and the result was an order was to sit on opposite sides df tge park*
to release me at once. and talk to each other. Sbonoee and
*By this Hmfl the excitement and went out into toe hall. Dkte ered-ber
fatigue had so worked on my nervee as toe went ont, but he neve* qoteticraed
ft,at I .am sure I was never angrier anything she did, so ha Kfi* nothipg.
in my life, and when toe governor’s She walked back to toe
pormnanda were executed I turned and the basement and looked Hewn.
gave those two officiate such a blessing thing was satisfactorily dark. ThelifW
as I presume they never before received, in toe lower hall had been turned but;
All believed me then and were ready^o and from this she knew that toe serr-
do me service. After rest and refresh- ants had gone to bed. It was nearly
rn^nt of cobrse I could view toe case j midnight she noticed by toe diping
more calmly.
-Detroit Free Press.
Goes by Contraries.
“Shut that doort” yelled a man in toe
Moffat block as a caller passed out one
redhot day.
The hs-nd of toe visitor was already
closing the door, but as he heard the in
junction to shut It he dropped it as if it
had been a hot potato, and it swung
open and settled back against the wall.
“It always works,” said the hot man
put the cards and raking in the coins. M he m0V6 d closer to toe draft and
' “Jnst «I was about to give toe stg- himself contentedly.—Exchange.
Third party men, and half of them
from Jackson and Oconee counties.
MR. Mahaffey was introduced to the
audience by Mr. George T. Murrell, and
at once commenced on bis speech.
Strict attention was paid the speaker
and at times he was libei ally applauded,
especially when he paid a compliment
to toe Democracy.
The reporter did not hear the con-
and I’ll tell yon right here that ft you eluding portion of the speech as it was
expect to wear a hat away from this | nearing the midnight hour, but in that
house tonight it will have to be one of
mine, for. she has hugged that one of
yours ever since toe alarm was given,
and it’s rather out of shape.”
Millicent, still very pale, was reclin
ing in an easy chair when Dick entered,
and a maid was rubbing her temples.
portion delivered up to half past ten
o’clock the speaker dealt mainly with
the Democratic party and its work, and
[ be /ond a few anecdotes aid not deal in
i personalism.
Tnose of his . party who were there
She looked very much as though she evidently appreciated the effort very
wanted to cry. Undoubtedly she had 1 much, while Democrats pronounced it
been crying.
“Good evening, Milly,” said Dick.
“Oh, Dick! did he hurt you?” she
asked.
iHe hit me over toe head with some
thing down in toe kitchen just as I dis
covered him. But don’t worry; the
doctor said it wouldn’t amount to any
thing.”
And then of course Millicent did cry,
and Dick stood staring at her and look
ing very foolish and very much as
though, as usual, he did not -know what
to do; and probably he would still be
standing there if the colonel, in his
gruff voice, hadn’t said to him:
*Qo over and kiss her, my boy. Don’t
you £06 that’s what she wants?”
“But Fm all blood and dirfjfcapolo-
gipeBDick.
“Blood and dirt!” roared tbe ooioneL
“■Blood and dirt!
prddfi of it.
labored effort to support a platform
without any props under it.
MR. Mahaffey goes from Athens to
othtr appointments in quest of converts
and—tbe attorney-feneralship.
A letter from Judge Henderson, who
was for several years Commissioner of
Agriculture of the State of Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., July 9to, 1899.
Drab Sir:—Some time early in May
I concluded from what .1 heard of it,
that tbe Etectr piise, such as you now
have ou Bale, might be of service to me.
I bad been for many years a sufferer
with a diseased co dition of the stom
ach and liver, and 1 wanted to see the .
effects of toe Ekctr ’poise upon those
organs. Acoordinvly I tried the’Poise
upon a higb-power, but experienced no
benefit as far as my liver was concerned.
Finally I made a local application to
Yoq ought ,to be | my liver, placing toe olate in contact
Why, you’re the first msta- therewith for about four hours. This
application produced cun«iderable com
motion about the aff'Cied organs, but
bad the bappy eftre*. when it passed
away of leaving my liv*r to all apptar-
aners well. ■ I am ol iha opinion now
should I make a few more similar ap-
room clock. With* a satisfied smile She
walked on tiptoe and with a great pre
tense of fright back to tile parlor.
“Dick,” she said in a whisper that
seemed quite terrified, “I heard seme
one down stairs, and Fm afraid it’s a
burglar. Would you just fls lief go and
see?”
“With pleasure,” he said, in that
calmly polite way he never'forgot.
She smiled as she noticefi that he car
ried his gloves in his hand tfs he would
on to'e street, and felt njjQonsciously of
her of your line who has had any blood
afid dirt on him since your great grand
father was wounded at Bunker HU1. Go
and kiss her.”
And Dick did, and it seemed to him
that fortune had suddenly conducted to I plications, though less severe, that I
shower on him all her blessings when he «t,»n be greatly benefited if not entirely
beard the colonel saying as he went ont | cured about my cbest and stomach,
of toe rpom: I applied the Electropoise to my
•Til give yon two just half an hour to daughter who had been a great sufferer
>cide when you are going to get mar- for anumberof ^
ried, and then yon must say good night.”
—T. W. Hall in Harper’s Weekly.
• id
L
Agreed with Her.
YVife—I know I do foolish things
sometimes, and yon do, too, you’ll ad
mit, won’t yon, dear?
^ _ . Husband—'Yes, I know you do,—'Yan-
his necktie to see if it "Were adjusted kee Blade.
Eg®
bowel troubles. In two days* time she
was not only rid of the fever, but of the
bowel difficulty as well.
In all cases of sickness we consider
the Electropoise almost indispensable.
Yours very truly,
J. T. Hkndebson.
For aU inf:
ATLAN
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