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COMPENSATION.
I know the sorrows of the last abyss;
1 walked the cold black pools without a
star;
I lay on rock of unseen flint and spar;
I heard tlic execrable serpent hiss:
I dreamed of sun, fruit-tree, and virgin's
kiss;
1 woke alone with midnight near and far,
And everlasting hunger, keen to mar;
arose, and my reward is this:
I’am no more one more amid the throng;
Tho’ name be naught, and lips forever
weak,
I ftcem to know at Inst of mighty song;
And with no blush, no tremor on the
cheek,
1 do claim consort with the great and
strong
Who suffered ill and had the gift to speak.
, —William Ellery Leonard.
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Tlhe Wanderer^
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BY W. R. ROSE.
On a low fence along a dusty high
way a little girl sat and whistled.
Back of this whistling sprite, a little
way up t*hc lane, was an old farm
house.
On the porch a woman appeared.
“Alma,” she called, “what are you
doing? ”
“I’m out here on the fence, mamma,
Whistling goodnight to the sun.”
"Supper will soon be ready.”
“I’ll come In a minute, mamma.”
She turned her head as she spoke
and saw a stranger approaching over
the ridge, beyond which in the valley
lay the village. As he came down
the roadway lie seemed very tall and
very thin, and his shadow stretched
far behind him.
He was an old man, with full gray
beard and long gray lialr. 11 is coat,
was long and loose and he leaned
heavily on a stout cane.
The whistle stopped as he neared
the child. Tile old man raised his
hands with a strange gesture.
“Tho child!” he murmured, and
stood fast in the roadway.
For a full moment ho stood there
with hands upraised. Then his hands
slowly dropped, anew light came Into
his face.
“It iss Lena,” ho softly said.
"My name Is Alma,” said the child.
“It iss Lena’s hair and Lena’s
eyes,” he murmured.
“I am Alma Sedgwick,” said the
child. “I live with my mamma in the
house you see there.”
Ho slowly nodded his gray head.
"Lena lives far away.”
“Is Lena your little girl?”
“She was my lectio girl, but slie iss
lostod.”
“That’s too bad,” said the child
with a tremor of sympathy. “And are
you looking for her now?”
“I look effryveres,” the old man
answered. “Vat is do use? She
comes no more. I call so loudt,
‘Lena!’ but she hears me not.” His
thin figure suddenly drooped. “I am
so very tired,” ho murmured.
Ho staggered a little and the
frightened child caught his hand.
“Come with me,” r.he said, “and rest.
My mamma knows just what to do
for sick people. Come.”
Holding fast to his hand, she slow
ly led him to the porch.
“lie is very tired, mamma,” ex
claimed the child. “He is looking for
his daughter, Lena. A child like mo.
She is lost.”
Then the woman, noting his ex
haustion, brought him cordial and
cakes. Hedrankthe cordial and slowly
ate the food. And his deep-set eyes
wandered from the child to the
mother.
“And do you think your daughter
came this way?” she presently aeked.
“Dere are many vays,” he slowly
answered, “vy not dis vun?”
“And was it long ago you lost
her?”
He gravely nodded.
“Long ago,” he answered, “so
werry long ago.”
“Then she must be a grown woman
Bow?”
“So,” he said, with infinite pathos.
•That iss why 1 haf lost her.”
He talked little, but listened with
Rn eager air to all that was said. Bui
when the mother tried to learn some
thing about him, his mind proved a
blank. He did not even remember
Ills name; he had no friends, nobody
would look for him. He did not know
whence ho can.e, nor whither he was
going. If Lena could be found, Lena
would know.
Ilis restless gaze, wandering about
the room, stopped at a violin box that
stood in a corner.
“That was my Uncle Jim's,” said
the child, following his gaze. “He
left it here when he went away with
papa. Would you like to see it?”
He took out the violin and frowned
as he looked it over. Then he strung
it with infinite care and adjusted the
bow. And presently the little room
was tilled with crowding tones, now
sweet, now- Kirsh, now sad, now jubi
lant, and then dying Into silence.
The old man lifted his head and
looked at the mother in the door
way.
”1 van de king's chapel master in
ling ago," he said with quiet dig
npv "N'ov 1 play something for de
Child.”
It was a lilting little measure, full
of laughter and whispering voices and
the patter of merry feet. And when
It ended with a sudden thrum the
child laughed.
“More,” she cried, "more.”
“Den I play you de leetle folk song
I taught Lena,” he said. “Und after
I rill teach it you. Sit here by me
vere you can vatch it close.”
It was a song of the Rhine, of
sunny slopes, of vineyards fair, of the
humble cot and the mother heart —
the song of the wanderer who longs
for his boyhood’s home.
The old : an player! it through with
pathos, and then he the child
hum it with the violin. Her ear was
quick and presently she hummed it
alone. The old man was much
pleased.
"To-morrow,” he said, “I vill de
words teach you. To-night it iss
enough.”
In the morning the wanderer ap
peared stronger and brighter, but
said nothing of his future plans. He
seemed anxious to make himself use
ful as far as possible. He brought
in wood, he mended the fence, and
then he gave the child her music les
son.
The puzzled mother shook her
head. Was it right for her to shelter
this stranger of whom she knew noth
ing? It was evident that he was
mentally disordered, although harm
less. She would wait longer before
she decided what she would do.
Alma and the old man were insep
arable companions. And she never
tired of the music lessons he gave
her.
“She has the werry promising
voice,” lie told her mother. I villa
fine singer of her make. It vill not
be de feerst time, no, no.”
But, one bright summerday in June
the child was again sitting on the
fence along the highway. This time
she was not whistling. Her clear
soprano was warbling the folk song
the old man so ca/efully had taught
her. And as she sang, her eyes were
intent upon the pagfe of the wonder
ful German fairy book the old man
had sent to the village and bought for
her.
She was so absorbed that she did
not hear the approach of a huge tour
ing car. There was in the car a lady,
who, catching sight of the child, sig
nalled the chauffeur to stop. Then
she lightly stepped down and stood
there listening to the song. When it
ended, she drew a long breath.
“My dear,” she softly called, “will
you come here, please?”
The child looked down and saw the
lady, a very grand lady, with beau
tiful clothes, and with a winning
smile.
“Who taught you to sing that song,
my dear?”
There were tears in the beautiful
lady’s eyes.
“Father Luke taught me.”
“Father Lulre? And will you take
me to him?”
She took the child's hand and to
gether they went up the lane. The
old man was sitting on the porch, and
the mother of the child was in the
doorway.
As the grand lady approached the
old man looked up, and his gaze was
a troubled one.
“Father,” said the grand lady very
softly.
He slowly shook his head.
Then as she stood with her appeal
ing eyes upon his face she began the
song he had taught the child. She
sang it softly in the start, then fuller
ami louder and presently her great
voice rang out vibrant r.nd wonderful.
As the last notes lingeringly died
away, the old man, his face rapt and
shining, turned to the mother of the
child.
“There is no odder voice like that,”
he simply said. “It iss Leara! ”
Then the grand lady’s arms were
around him and her kiss was on his
cheeks.
“Ah, it is very good to see you
again, father. And you look so fine,
so well, so happy!”
“Und vill you take me away,
Lena?”
“Why, father dear, you want to
visit Lena, do you not? But you may
come back. Lena is only too happy
to find you again, and find you so
comfortable. You may come and go
as you please, father.”
The gray head nedded. “It is
well," he said.
A little later the lady talked to the
mother of the child.
“1 am Mine. Marlattl of the grand
opera,” she explained in her quick''
way, “and this is my father. He
wandered away from us—he has not
been the same si ce my mother died
—-and we have searched so far for
him. It was quite by chance we
heard of the strange old man who
played the violin so beautifully. I
hurry, hurry, and Is! he is here!”
The voice of the old man inter
rupted her.
“Und how about de child, Lena?”
“You will make a singer of the
child, father —a great singer.”
And the old mau's trembling hand
touched the child’s curls and he
gently smiled. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
There are 3390 Smiths of full age
in New York City, and 6SO of them
‘ have telephones.
Georgia Callings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Five Pike Officials Have Died.
In the death of Sheriff J. H. Mil
ner, which occurred in a hospital in
Atlanta a few days ago, Pike county
loses another efficient.officer.
Within the last eighte’en months
live county officers have died —coun-
ty school commissioner, two clerks Of
the court and sheriff.
* * *
Free Delivery for Turner County.
Orders have been issued at Wash
ington authorizing the establishment
of complete rural delivery service in
Turner county, effective June 17, 1907.
The total number of routes in the
county is nine, four ol’ which are new,
and originate from the following of
fices: Ashburn, 6; Rebecca, 1; Syl
vania, 2.
* * *
HanJsome Present for Roosevelt.
A diamond and gold badge repre
senting Georgia’s iiag and coat of
armu will be presented to President
Roosevelt at the Jamestown exposi
tion on Georgia day by former Geor
gians now residing in New Yorii.
These Georgians will send a delega
tion of prominent men to the exposi
tion to present this token of esteem.
* *
Atlanta Negro Respited.
Will Johnson will not hang at At
lanta Friday, May 24, for the criminal
assault on Mrs. Georgia Hembree, tho
prison commission, with the sanction
of the governor, respiting him until
June 14.
The respite was granted because
the commission wants all the facts
before passing finally on the case. All
the evidence in behalf of Johnson has
been sifted thoroughly, and the com
mission now wants a little time to
look into the other side of the case.
* * *
Will Invite Teddy to Fair.
If President Roosevelt makes the
southern trip which he has now under
consideration, he will be invited to
be the guest of the Georgia State
Fair, which meets in Atlanta in Octo
ber.
Dispatches from Washington state
that the president will probably
visit Memphis the early part of Octo
ber to attend the waterways conven
tion of the Mississippi valley, in
the event that he goes to Memphis
every effort will be made to bring
him to Atlanta.
The visit of the chief executive to
the fair, October 19, 1905, was one of
the greatest occasions in the state
and over 40,000 people were present
to welcome him.
* * *
Cannot Indict Bush for Murder.
Solicitor General Charles D. Hill of
the Fulton superior court, Atlanta, is
of the opinion that the
which provides “that tli<iwiU'ul and
malicious destroying or injuring any
dwelling or house, etc., by the use of
dynamite or other explosive substance
or compound, shall be punished with
death,” does not appiy to the now
celebrated Bush case.
Mr. Hill said that act applied to
persons who put explosives under
hpuses with the intent of blowing
them up, and that no provision is
made for persons who send explosives
to another person.
According to this construction, Bush
can only be indicted, if ho is indict
ed at all, for assault with intent to
murder.
* * *
Glover’s Execution Postponed.
Judge Hammond, at Augusta, has
set June 15 for hearing the motion
for anew trial made in the case of
Arthur Glover, who was sentenced to
bo hung on May 26. If the motion
is refused the case will bo carried to
the supreme court. It will be remem
bered that Glover created a sensation
when he received sentence by ex
claiming “I’il bed and if I will be
bung!”
He has been sentenced by two
juries to expiate the killing of Maud
Dean, while she was at work, xMs
trial was marked by the severest ar
raignment ever delivered in this sec
tion by a judge in passing sentence.
It developed later that he had tried
to borrow a pistol with which to shoot
the judge, according to a story told
uy an official of a near county. He
also planned to smash the solicitor
over tne head with a pitcher of ice
water.
* * *
Farewell Dinner to Governor.
At a dinner in Atlanta, at which
800 of the most prominent men from
every section of Georgia will be pres
ent, on the evening of June 6, a most
remarkable tribute will be paid u
Gov. Joseph M. Terrell, who will lay
down the reins of state government
on June 26.
For the first time in the history of
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the state a retiring chief executive
will be given evidence of pubnc es
teem in a great banquet arranged J
his friends all over the state. And
credit for the initiative belongs to an
Atlantan, a warm personal friend of
Governor Terrell, F. J. Paxon.
The date is especially auspicious
it will mark the governor’s feu}-
sixth birthday anniversary, also the
anniversary of his nomination for gov
ernor of Georgia five years ago. On
the day following Governor Terrell
will leave with his staff for James
town to attend the Georgia day exer
cises.
* * *
Plans for College Drawn.
Following the completion of the
pian for the new SIOO,OOO state agri
cultural college at Athens, bids will
be received at once, closing about
May 25. The contract will be let a3
soon as possible and work commene
ed on the structure.
With this building begins the
scheme of the campus as worked out
by the celebrated architect, Mr. Lea
vitt. Not long ago the campus was
enlarged by the addition of 1,000-
acres, and the new college will be on
this addition on Compton Hill, a dis
tance of half a mile from the mam
campus.
The plan for the building will em
body all the best features of other
colleges over the country, a commit
tee visiting various points for this
purpose. It is probable that the ex
periment station, now located at Grif
fin, will be combined with the new
agricultural college.
The new building will have two full
stories and a basement. The mate
rial will be buff press brick, with
terracotta trimmings, and red tile
roof. It will be 264 feet long, the
depth varying from 60 to 75 feet.
# * *
Other Cases to Follow.
Following the appellate court affir
mation of the conviction of C. N. An
derson of Atlanta for violation of the
Boykin anti-bucket shop act, Solicitor
Charles D. Hill of the Fulton superior
court has issued instructions to have
the other nine cases pending placed
on the calendar for June.
The nine indicted at the same time
as Mr. Anderson were: Albert Cur
ran, Holland Curran, John Curran,
Gus Escher, Harry Andersen, Louis
Huffaker, Edward Whittlesey, Daniel
Danne and T. M. Hamilton, Sr. These
cases were held up on an agreement
that a test would be made df the
one case. The parties all agreed tc
refrain from engaging in the business
in the state pending final adjudica
tion.
No constitutional issue was raised
or passed upon in the appellate court,
but the decision is a shaip warning
that any efforts to break either the
spirit or the letter of the Boykin acl
by subterfuge will not be tolerated.
TRAINMEN RE-ELECT MORRISEY.
Has Already Headed Order for Twe:ve
Years-Otfier officers ke-Eiected.
Grand Master P. H. Morrisey of
the JBrothernood of Railway Trainmen
was re-elected at the meeting in At
lanta the past, week to head the or
ganization for two years, having al
ready filled the office for twelve years.
The other grand officers re-elected
were W. G. Lee. assistant grand mas
ter; T. R. DcJQge, Val Fitzpatrick, W.
T. Newman and James Murdock, vice
grand masters. A. E. King was re
elected grand secretary-treasurer.
STRIKERS APPEAL TO GOVERNOR.
Havana Cigar Makers Lay Their Grievances
Before Magoon.
The' striking cigar makers in Ha
vana called on Governor Magoon on
Thursday and said that the blame for
the men remaining out lay with the
manufacturers, who had declared a
lockout against them. The men de
sired to return to work if the employ
ers desired them to do so. Women
It is said, will be put in the place ol
the striking men.
DIAZ BLUFFING GUATAMALANS.
Mexican Troops are Removed and Concen
trated on Frontier.
Mexican troops -ire being removed
to the Guatemalan frontier. This in
formation reached the Mexican capi
lai in a private telegram Monday. In
what fvuniutrs or tor what purposes
these soldiers are being moved south
ward is not known outside of official
circles.
LION SCARES atlan TANS.
Beast Escaped During Theatrical Perform
ance and Created Pandemonium.
Many Atlantans were treated to a
genuine, hair-raising fright Saturday
night, when a large, firce-looking lion
roamed at; vill up and down the
streets in the center of the city for
half an hour. Pondemonium reign
ed supreme, people climbed telegraph .
poles and excitement was intense.
A horse was bitten by the animal,
but the beast was finally captured by
seven men in the Elkin-Watson drug
store, without having killed any one,
and without being injured itself.
At 10:15 o'clock, jhst at the conclu
sion of the last act of the perform
ance given by “The Great Lafay
ette” shows at the Bijou Theater, a
large lion, fully four and one-half
feet in height and weighing fourteen
hundred pounds, broke one of the
steel stays of his cage, and set him
self free.
But for the quick worij of one of
tile theater managers in closing the
door leading into the main auditorium,
the wild beast would have walked
out into the pit and created a panic
among the large audience. Instead
he was forced through a rear door
into the street.
When the animal reached the side
walk in front of the theater a police
man drew his revolver and attempted
to shoot, but Lafayette, the owner
of the shows, who was following in
hot pursuit, jumped in between the po
liceman and the lion, thus prevent
ing the policeman from shooting the
beast.
Lafayette had a pistol, with blank
cartridges, and by shooting them at
the lion, succeeded in guiding him,
and preventing him from doing great
damage.
The animal ran from in front of the
Bijou, up Marietta to Forsyth, up For
syth into Broad, up Broad to Walton,
across Walton to Peachtree, and down
Peachtree into Elkin-Watson’s drug
store, at the corner of Peachtree and
Marietta. /
Just as the lion reached Peachtree,
a hackman came driving down the
hack No. 89, came driving down the
street. The beast made a wild dash
for the horse, biting a large piece
of flesh from his front fore leg.
When the beast entered the drug
store, he went at once behind the
counter, and Was in complete control
of the store, for the clerks had climb
ed upon the showcases, and one had
gotten up on top of the soda fountain.
Considerable damage was done in
the store by the breaking of the glass
covering the showcases. Once he had
been quartered in the store, the doors
were quickly closed, and his capture
effected.
Lafayette, the owner of the shows)
was taken into custody and carried
to the police barracks, where he was
placed under a S2OO bond. He put
up a cash bond.
NINE WHIPPING-POST VICTIMS.
Sensational Flogging Exercise Takes Place
in Wiimington, Delaware.
The most sensational whipping in
the history of the state of Delaware
took place at the work house in
Wilmington Saturday. Nine men
were stripped to the waist and given
from five to forty lashes. Adam
Ward, aged 19, accused of highway
robbery, received forty lashes.
During the lashes Ward loosed one
hand and cried: “Oh, God, I will
be good. Please stop.” His plead
ing was not heeded, however.
STONES FOR CONFEDERATE GRAVES.
War Department Will Give Out Contract
ior Twenty Thousand.
The war department will award
within a few days the contract for
20,000 white marble headstones to
mark the graves of confederate sol
diers and sailors who died in fed
eral prisons and military hospitals
in the north during the civil war, ana
who were buriec near the place oi
their confinement.^
This will be tJ®Atirst step to'&aid
action by the 'WT ument to main,
these graves
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