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iiNOTIiEU'S CRIME. FROM THE DIARY 07 IX3PECTOH BYRNES, By JULIAN HAT 7 T 30 ENE, Author of “Ihu Great B.u.k EolUry," "Aa American Penmaa,'’ Etc. |(>»r>yri^ht by O 5L Dunliam. and p3b!>f:hr*d, •ui, u:< ^Micir.1 arKm^ a.eiit by Vi-i Aidtiu u i.tUon with C II A: Co., Now V o; 3 a »i London. I CIIAITEIi XL at sr.A. •s— £.*'1 i ‘ 1 1 ’’ '' ”• /./1 orick about l ’" ! . " L U- -t H ' :: ' L ‘ .; l ■ t , rt'ZTl —A-—" J / ; ■ /“• A X U - b.-.nau.s.-tr- ‘' ' , - and I.,, juuns at f-r "■ *' > Aa hA’ " ' V' - 'Z y VrtS:% ' <A, : h Bur ,,ldl place r r ' ,li ho j bail ! . , V> /Al brought the ''V trunk containing *4/1 the v-ii-" ,.A° m y in y ' * * \* V ryy^yy , / fortunatcJy , . not numerous, and counted j c.ind.y «>f suits o c ot.iosanu im<;u ... . Tl,. y went to a qmet rc-s«:i«m,:.t and had „.cn ... Brno. m!»! r;« nt tho rest *f the evening in pack ill; tin his effects. i’erey eaid nothing to his friend about Puuiine’s unexpected and hurried visit that evening, not on account of tiny pro ,h - .ruined nurnos- but brcuu- the in make it an easy topic of conversation; buemnu, knowing Martin:; feeling to wards her, liewaa uncertain whether it would bo eapouient to moutiou her at Rubied present; and, further, because he whether Martin would approve f . K " ’. *’■ , r?r5SaS? ErSLSJ tiic secret to her, 1 erev had acted on tc.e four i:V. of the moment; but he felt that the puh-o was a wise one, and union had not cause mu to «o grut it. They went to bed at midnight thor out,lily tired out; but wore up again by 8 in the morning, and had some coffee and eggs brought to thorn by tho janitor, “ t he chances are,” observed Martin, as Iu* cracked his egg in tho fcaiglisb Btyii*, and put Koino salt in it, "that the authorities, v\ lio aro pretty wido awake in this country, may have conceived the id. a that you contemplate giving them the slip. When I wont out yesterday r ftci mxm, i noticed a man smoking a on tho oppcwiio cornur of tliw nti oot. and when 1 returned in the evening i pas-wd tho same man under tho giu; lamp just below. That may have been a coin .......filling of that sort. At all events, it i; well to lx? on the safe side. Now what 1 propose is this. Wo aro of the same height and build, and look not unli .e. If wo wore dressed alike, the chief point of distinction between us, to one who did not know us well, would be till* fact that you wear »: mustacl.o and i whiskers V. hut do you say to a bit of u disguise? \ou will find a razor in the dressing case; shave oil your mustache and then put on these.” As be spoke, he produced from his pocket a small pair of falNi* whiskers. "Ail you have, to do is heat this inside surface at the gas jot, and they will cling to you as if they had grown. Then put on my cap and over¬ coat. and our detective will bo a clover fellow if he recognizes you.” "But what will you do?” '■J shall remain what I am. You will start an hour before i do; and, by the way, you had better turn up town when you leave here, bo aa to give the impres¬ sion that you are bound anywhere rather than to tlie United Eta tea and Brazil Steamship company’s wharf. After¬ wards you can cross over to Sixth ave¬ nue nud take tho elevated down. 1 will meet you on board tho steamer; the trunks will go by express in my name.” “All right,” said I’erey, with a sigh, for ho was a good looking fellow, and his mustache was not wholly indifferent to him. “And when we aro safe at sea wo can resume our natural selves.” "As soon as you liko,” returned Mar¬ tin, "though perhaps it would do no harm if wo exchanged names for a while longer. There is no telling what may happen, or where some spy may turn up who might find it tor his inter esi or amusement to gossip about ua in the wrong quarter.” Breakfast being over, nothing re mained but to label the trunks, which Marlin dal by writing Ids name and that of the steamer on tags, and attaching them to tlie handles; an expressman was then called and the trunks wero removed. Percy sacrificed his mustache and ur.ixed , the whiskers, and finally, attired in bis friend’s outer garments, left the house without interference and strolled up to the Thirty-third street elevated station From there it was a twenty minutes’ ride to his destination, and then all he had tc do was to go on b*o:ird and wait for Mar tm. The latter arrived in due course, ami at 3 o’clock the steamer moved out into the river and pointed her nose toward the Narrows, much to tho relief .of two at least of lier passengers. Am! yet both of them wero leaving behind what was dearer than anything they could to encounter. But those thoughts lay deep; tho more trilling ones only ap peared on the surface. There wore but few other passengers on tho steamer, and those* not being poo pie whose society was especially aitrac tivo, Percy and Valentine passed the greater part of tho time in each other’s company. Valentine had an almost in exhaustible fund of anecdotes concern iug his past life and adventures on hand, and many hours were spent in narrating tlwse experiences to Percy, until the American had become almost as con versant with the Englishman’s past career as if it had been Ids own. The episode of his marriage interested him more than anything else. Valentine had met the girl ujicn the outward bound steamer from England to New Zealand. He had previously known notliing of la*r, nor heard her name; but it afterwards transpired that she was well acquainted with ids fumilv history, a cousin of hers, with whom she eorre sponded.having been engaged as com pan ion to Lady Martin during several wars, She had thus learned afact that was supposed to K* known by few or none outside the family circle—that Valen tine's elder brother, who inherited the estate, was subieot ;ihvays‘i:icompatib!e to a species or fits, which, though life, not with long might bring his career to a close at avv moment. In such an event, the \ dr tv \*\.uld liUSCt'llu to A ak'iitiiu 4 . lb .uiu ; i!u*, Valentine's Lon done xtrava mures w ere r* t suspected by the girl, am: she to her. d him to be pos eessed of a comfort;; h* fortune of some thing like tw% my c:-..nd [wuids-a sum not much in excess, to be sure, of what he would have had. had he invested his money to advantage and lived within his income. She was a handsome ghi of about the same age as Valentino mid with a man net and ,Cnm ent.G log to'u* yoiu.g Mlow whose Li. k e 1 flows warmly in id s veins, and who timis tlie intemiinnl: f :k vuvii'rt* to tlie antipx i lri.ll g ry heavy . ti i.is Hands. Khu pcriuiti 1 him toac piire t!a-cua.ic tin that In . as anything but ia.li vnt to tier; in a. t, to IA*‘ t!.e a iu i : L> t 1 r c at iiiriU i- i \ cotine, who yt); Le of .•if vviJioul re ten cs a !« ' r i a -S I •i rr.: ro t 5 hi e* <! b me on C. t hea.i, us: i i.itr = :t« t ci it’in - l ~ i pros ts— u!ra:u:e \* *»,W cr fa .: 1 ! v the charm of M*** |W »nt.l c<»r ■n, ami - , i.-.r If w that by tho time tin* voyage si ea I c fc that be could not do i if th.;.. *. he i..ar¬ Kite •nt t:d the ceremony was I • : ‘ r ' •• vv !...: lint rite st-pulat. d that the nutr. to ri.r tho time being a - 1.1.1 comoon to visit some 1 ! - " 1 '■* 1!,! ‘•■••ng, foi *;• ->!<>.. .;v, h ‘ e > ......’•* '» privately enturtiunej of becoming Lady Martin. Vaicnune, on l us side, of.ered K^etoMkoln n oo’h to this arrangement- U^oS andtK ho had u i , . . o to tn...,o u Uie co^ny, amt uece- ity oi providmg a suitable home tor hi; wife at the outset would have «-riousi', !;a::uxred - liim. She went to !tr I\d:..tivea in Napier and lie aa haa been af ready related, ciu-.t in his lot with hit friend I frown and ' visited her in town • i - ^ ^ s o howevc" SCTu*. Si trom veiled intimations to plain speech, and ho bccanif aware for the first time that eho h.ul married him, not for him iiut f:ji ' something that ho did not «o:,s «« >'= P equally plain, and thus they spcciily arrived at a perfectly clem understanding of their mutual attitude. The consequence was a bitter quarrel and recriminations. The woman up poared m her true cokn-c. which were SE'SUIuS'iff r< SXiSS from .......... ivt<;rtur in kind it was not because ‘ thcro was any lae.t of suitable exyres b 'g Ild i^tweeu th«x* could not bo 1" Wed As their marriage was a secret, however, there was no difficulty about a separa Bon; and Valentine conditions'she agreed to whatever pecuniary chose to die tate. In case of his brother's death she would come in for her share of tho in horitance; h‘ S but r!i here v~ tfio he stipulated S^mily that e d on condition that sho forbore to assume the title, or allow her relation to him to ho known. She at first demurred to this; bat on his offering to hand over every tiling except tho real estate and funds— an o-fci OktivmeJv *^ ri'A ar] vanta-f‘ous ^ rieiASi' to her „ , , - Cinaliv cbnsented uobably reflecting that it would l w difficult or impossible to should come—she would bo able to repu qh;te it with imounitv. [.‘reduced This affair a bad effect on Vid'utino; ho became reckl>as and in diH'orent attenttodlifin to his UiK ; ness IlA’etootned i’ltorosts ard ill foi ttmo the Maori revolt as an opportunity 1 of ridding • I'.inisolf of fils troubles by stopping a bul lot ; but though ho Btoppod the bullet, the bullet failed to stop him, and tho legacy that ho received changed considerably the complexion of alTairs, iio placed half the sum in tho bank at Napier for tho benefit of his wife, and sailed for jg aa Francisco with tho rest, lio had laul no settled plan in 1 aving Now Zea¬ land, except to appease bis restless desire for change and excitement. Tho future could hul l nothing good for him, be¬ cause, however good iu it :elf it might be, it would bo tleiilod by the chronic and inevitable necessity of sharing it with that wife of bis—for what to the* greatest l! ssing, stimulus and joy, ton man hap¬ pily married, is tho dreariest of miseries to tho man misninted. One misfortune, however, ho did not look for: one danger ho did not fear; one emotion of all others ho was con¬ fident ho could not fuel. And yet this emotion, this danger, this misfor¬ tune wero precisely those to which lio was destined to fall a victim. lie could not foresee the meeting with Pauline Nolen, nor tho Gleet that she would pro¬ duce on him. Up to that time his un¬ happiness had Leon chiefly negative—tho ordinary disappointment cmd disillusion; now he had to deal with a positive pain —tho impossibility of being united to tha only woman he had ever loved. It was like tantalizing a prisoner for life with scent.:; of freedom and felicity. “1 am talking a lot about myself,” ho remarked one day to Percy, as they wero sitting smoking together on tho deck, “hut it isn’t entirely egotism either. 1 have a motive in it, connected with you.” “What have I to do with it?” “You and Brown are about the only friends 1 lvivo in the world. 1 want you | to know what my life has been and what my situation to in order that you may bo able to act intelligently ia case anything happens to me.” "Gome, Val, you’re not contemplating a premature end, aro you?” “Oh, my health to good, and I am in good shape generally—never Better. 1 a;ll speaking of accidents, which are fi.iq,* haopen F> the best regulated g.jp.tlcimen. In case of inv sudden tak big off occurring v/Iiila l am iu your CO sapaav, 1 want you to bo competent to act a, 5 l: iv agent, representative or execu tor; 1 wa:u to jive you tuv unrestricted power cf r.twraey, in short. And to that end.” he ad did, taking a wallet from Ids pocket. “I have written out a paper which empire, cm you to use the requisite authority and ctoo indicate* what I would like to have done in case certain other th!;. .happened. Here’s the docu rneul. ; ;i it in your >xx*k;’t. and don’t bothar yourself tj look c.t it unless cir cum: :a:ic«> should make it necessary.” "It I had anythin 4v ; to leave or to man ••! lK *aMa~ the moot which Vto iianded him, "I would ratal hue bv anpcimiiig you ray solo legatee and cxccGor: but all I possess are my clothes and the reoeinted bills you paid for m , i: oa .„. y f , vo j t .„ y tljose whom it mav concern that I main t l!no , t0 the last that I did not steal Mrs. Tunstall's mouev. Send my love to mv IU0 thcr and i’iiuliac, and, if I die 0 n chore, get me buried if possibles. I can’t he serious about it,” he went on. with a ZX i.,.,.-a ’ .--.-j v t I ha-o h-d a present 5 K0 gtaited that I shall never “uisc,* sw tha ead of this auL^ense, vovere Of presentiments are tr fl i J u at in tha least believe in this one* hut it to there all the same. So [f p com -3 out true, I shall sav, *1 told VO’i sol’ ->riyou ifTcould!” will know I would ' have said it *.pq remembo- presi'uimeiits. ” replied Valentine “ ,.s_. A s for [ idtaiLavEB, I i uuieo believe they iuv) do v ^^^Lntiment regard in 1 r rar3e If, oalv a business like soh’ci ^ ta e t n st v-*-on I ^ -m SS gone mv dregs ' ■■ • v ... then the second officer sauntered up and codded to windward. "Looks ‘ vr-ttv ri-.rv tin there." said he, ' ‘ “5-»>h’du’t wonder if , we had a blow be *** night.” | _ CHAPTER XII. TITS SHADOW OP DEATH. M ARTINan.1 Per cy looked in the direction hidicat- ‘ " ed bv tho officer, w It was then about 5 o’clock in the afternoon u oo u, the m sky clear over head, the sea calm, the sun sinking red to ward the west, ! V, over Cuba and r3 it! Tjavti which ^ I s—";U'.x^ horizon, some hundreds of miles wj ' 9 away. The tem " * 1 during perature ji Je j 33t f c . w days had been growing warmer and warmer, and they were now near the twentieth parallel of north lati tudL ., anJ about on the sixty-sintl. mo r i d i an west from Greenwich. Since pas-dig between Hattcras and tho Bur mudas they had li:td fair weather, with i ig i it airs between the south and east But texlay there had been no breeze whatever, and the heat had been qj> 9^°- v The surface of the sou looked °dj, ; m.J 'ju— m.t without without anv any n p.r >r ceptmle heave or swelL Masses of drift «’-'ed were passed occasionally, strung out in bong lengtlss, as if drawn by in* visible currents. Sometimes a coconnut or an orange would float past, silent hurald3 of the islands near at hand. The course the steamer was steering f was taking & her , ll9 cf itUo Mlia —• <-» *««• »' -“at they Wwc to maio their iiret lana mg. Tfco officer had pointed toward the soutnwest, or a few points . off ~ tho , star markable there; but Vmenane, who was familiar with the sea at once fixed his eyes upon a small dark cloud, low down <» tuenatcr. tho peculiarity of which was that it dunged its shape with grea was like a hat, the crown of which grew, 'ar-or alld and l 3 ‘*'D u-irer V" until it ’ presented tho STiShWS?S. , aJ^stoS . on its “Fi t!len ‘he foolscap divided down tho center, and took tho form of a huge bird with wings pointed upwards. "That is rather odd,” muttered Valen tine * intently watching the protean little cGud. “I have seen a hurricane begin 'that way. 1 l.opo it will give ua a wide bertli. This to a bad place to be caught by a tornado, with that string of islands right ahead of us.” ‘‘It must he a couple of hundred miles to the nearest of them,” said Percy. “Wo *** ^ onouglu Tlus steamer can stand anything.” ‘'There comes the captain.” obsen ed Valentino, without noticing Percy's re- 1:1 f; ’.ct tho captain emerged from his 01 'Aers in a low tone. They were fol lowed by an immediate activity on tho pm’t of the watch on deck. The sailors moved rapkUy about, and aoemod to be occupied in stowing (1st under imtehes or otherwise making various barrels, cases and other loose objects that had hitherto lieen kept on deck. Meanwhile the captain hacU|*ot out a telcscopo and was contemplating tho cloud through it with great earnestness. Presently ho passed the glass to tho officer who stood by him on the bridge, and who also took a careful observation; then they con versed together in an undertone and oc casionafiv issued a ucw order to the crew. There were no sails set on the steamer; but the sheets and halliards were hauled taut and securely belayed, anil everything was made fast and bat¬ tened down in such a way that nothing short of a hurricane could dislodge it. “The old man understands his busi¬ ness,” remarked Valentine, and I fancy ho thinks that it may need all lie knows to pull ua through. Look at tho cloud nowl” Valentine again turned his eyes toward the southwest, Tho small cloud had suddenly become very much larger, and was now seen to he connected with u mass of dark vapor that was rapidly crowding upon that section of tho hori¬ zon, and of which it was the pioneer. This vapor was of an extraordinary dark ness, or rather blackness; it had not the blue shade that is often seen in storm clouds, but was of the hue of tho densest factory eiuoke, with yellow and greenish streaks upon it hare und there. The rim or upper margin of the oncoming black¬ ness continued to advance with each au tonislnng rapidity that after only a few moments it had blotted itself upon all that quarter of the horizon, and now seemed to have embodied the forerun mng c , oud, , or to . have , incorporated . . , itae ,» f with it, Looking more closely at ^ its edges and eui*f nee appeared wildly com moted, flakes and shreds of vapor, like black fleece, being torn off from the general mass, and whirled around, or snatched in various directions, so swiftly that tho eye could scarcely follow then movements. The green aud yellow streaks were multiplied and other col ors were represented until the inky surface assumed an aspect of hideous iri descence. Meanwhile the northern and eastern portions of tho eky and 6ea re mained unchanged in their sultry calm, except that, the light of the setting sun being cut olf, their aspect had a strange feverish ghastliness, unlike the tints of nature. A hot, faint air drew past the vessel in the direction of the black can opv. as if it wero sucked thither bv some malign attraction. Presently the ears of tho observers began to bo conscious of a singular minor sound, somewhat resem i. _ I 4 „„_, i ___ ~ ’ ‘ telegraph wire, only infinitely more hoi iow, deep and reverberating. It re sounded all over the level surface of tho pallid sea, and appeared to be echoed cae-k from the horizon and tho vault above, os if the heavens were a metallic inclosing dome. It sang and resounded md roared, but still with an inner sound. as if that which uttered it were still afar or walled off by some obstacle tnat it had not yet overcome. Everything else was deathl y sti11 * u,e P lasb of the foam “8*““* t!le tlw «**!'» “’y other a,id sound, but that i icr s,ern was abnormally loud. The captain’s voice on tlie bridge broke ,ut with startling distinctness, though he spoko not above his customary pitch. He ‘ho order to put tho vessel about Immediately she began to swing “er coareo describing a semi elrc ular sweep witn her stern; and in a few minutes she lay with the cloud at her back, and her bows pointed towards the unclouded regions of the northeast Her propeller still moved, but slowly; she was Uke a champion awaiting the onset °f an euemy and gathering himself up for the struggle. I'he enemy was now at hand. Bv this f”*'** <*}«? adva “ ce >‘ ad ^ out '*’o long black arms that crept along the : hOT,zon ‘othe right and left, inclosing ‘be vessel in a deadly embrace. Bark ness fell over them as from an eclipse; tho unshadowed east, ere it vanished al together from sight, looked like a scene viewed through a tunnoL The moment was oca of awful suspense; no human crcatllre M loug Lave onduxet l it ^ w to ^ outbreak of tntolerabia emotion. _ Tlie ,, blood . flowed thick in the veins; the brain thiob..e confusedly; the breath came m diflicuit sighs. V. ith a sutalen but majestic up ward gradation, the minor roar swelled to deafening shrieks of noise; there was a vision of a white fury of waters astern; a blast as cold as winter swept from the , tafTrail to the bowsprit; 1 the dark ness e.mt <•<’'* n and , i became _____ ao solute, so that the observer coenuM plunged into impalpable pitch: and then with a paralyzing shock the hurricane smote the vessel, behling her down into the sea as by the sheer weight of a giant hand. Thanext instant, with a shudder *4. .h. k-oM te-* *«■ gered, and leaped again Fragments of boiling surge burtlvu al«ng her decus, striking what they encountered witn tne cf grape shot. The nnzzen mast broke otf within a yard of thu deck, and. .ash in* forward, struck the main mast and brought it down m ruin, though the noise of the* crash was inaudible in the veil of the frenzied gale. The steamer w:w rushing onward at headkmg speed > et h ^* e ScU “ ca to ^ ^taJitu.-^ bill . ri fast did wind and sea fly past her. She reeled, staggered, leaped, was buried and rose again, again to booverwii^aied. It seemed another world, another age com pared with the sunlightand calmofafew ; t vi I; . ind whiriiu^ v.cl ^ “"f, had T” er-ulfed miiiirlw ad riiin-s; hi,rd nctnm 0 could Si.^ 11 , n~du nt^rd, ™™uig done nor directed; only awful phmgings and strainings could befeil, and thunderous blows and shocks. Only by tiiese signs could it be Known that the vessel was still above the water, still ~'i . V ‘“ J “ vu,d ’ thoJ ° h h Je .„ ot vatU Vere ve,e stripped tho . surface ami cashed , 1 rum through tha ah; by anti by, however, waves began to form, but irregularly, soino rolling low, some reaching aloft and stalking gigantic. One of lG-. hurry mgthrough the blackness, mounted *|» “ - carrying ^ andV*-ry with it the Sn^d that reriA^. Vhut v.;ivo pn.c’..tlie foruoast!.'with „ leport lii k o Lie bui&ting of n si ego gUii, stovo through tho oaken planks, and dashed a hundred ScJn tons of water through tho opening. Ail wore drow.md 6 p ^ * l j Aro were whirled w/’irled 3 ’ o^ out 1 Ac again 1 ri, andcA and car nean^o tornado, rags heai o.i ny tlie into ship t.io rose inasio trom or ine -ne blow; it seemed as if she could never rl - s “ a ° :l,a - 3 ut ll P s ‘ le came, and tae weight of water went booming (id, breaking down partitions and deluging °Z\ ^ ,Z ^ ~^^ t 7 i dnu * 1 ri 0 r At! „ . dT ^ C0Uld 111 b3 IWt * m - n y °, t of p/enn-d tqu J tei mi ro. ror follr wud cd. * TboHldnlAvn Tho o ship . . d ove , on somctimcs threatening to broach to, yet maintaining her steerage way beyona ^ * ?'! ‘ fj' qmte "'•"A'nAv *>' •■}• °Tlm Hie tlaiuncsa li 0 .dci.ed, , 1 lt api>eared patch 3 * r; llg a of ,' 7 . . f, f L '! “, ..‘“ll mi.-t. . nicy ere in f mo cancer or me tornado; and now the waves leaped up J'‘ ln - l, t! * iU0 at ^‘ iJ1 u, hoI1se ^ bO nf of U t-ert vertical icri' and and °hori hon zontal was lost, , and tae vessel reared and pitched hked a tnaik.encd bronco. Tuis ‘between ship and . P‘ !:u;a C;i s3,orra ;aiEe 3alr be more dangerous than °P?“ 5n S cxporienco; but, how oyer that niig.it be, It did not last long. rose * !i0 ^ the shriek , uIou , d of ® hut rusnmg , d . own w a mils, S' alil; coming «-!»“* now Ironi the opposite point of tho com¬ pass, and once more tho dismantled and bruised hulk sprang forward on her fear¬ ful race, galvanized, as it were, into pre¬ ternatural activity by a force not her own. Stripped baro as she was, and weighted by the water :.he had taken on board, die moved more steadily than at first. Nor could tho nerves of those who still manned her continue, to re¬ spond as before to tho call of hor¬ ror. Tho worst was past for them, even should death itself be in store. Mono knew at that time who were living and who were dead; each hold on to wliat ever support was nearest him and waited in darkness and uncertainty for what alight come. The engine fires had been put out, and nil the men available were taking turns at the wheel, in a desperate and unequal struggle to keep her before ‘ J ® ’ ‘ j0!uc * p *‘ t ,at n . " o::ld be a relief it tlie slnp would founder and go down. But s'nc* swept on, outstripping death itself. Suddenly ono cf tlie pas¬ sengers, who had been alternately prav *“8 ? tul Hlasphcnuug in the cabin, bro.se out ,n a >' o11 of njad lau Sliter, and rushed up tne companion way and out on the deck. ?' 7 1 hurricane caught him ana no forward, he was jammed be stUDlp 4 of the mainmast and .. , - .... , ... ri “ cm-ied ‘ °thorc- t’ c , , .. , , . ...... ...... whipped it into ribbons in a moment; in another moment he was naked to the waist; then he was twisted and beaten and lashed about until ho was a shapeless mass of bloody flesh and shattered hones. At length a sudden pitch of the vessel loosened the anchor, and it and the j corpse went overboard together, and the ship swept on. It was perhaps an hour after this, and long after the most sanguine hud yielded dumbly to despair, that the steamer rose on a monstrous wave, which mounted and mounted beneath her until it seemed ^ if 11 woiddend by carrying her through il0Bky ’ t,u f’ w,t} \ a ,ast effort, llu R8 her forward and . slipped back her keel The great vessel was earned on by th® impetus of tho onset, and fell with an appalling crash, not on the sea again, but on the solid eartlt. Her voyage was over, and she was in port at last. T . . ., , . . „ ba f Kt ^T,. 1 e l tog^ber, and i ad n ‘ ^ ‘ motion ceased. The wind . still shrteaed ■ and the sea oedowed ,md thundered, but “ * bt *" e sh, * > ’ h‘»e seemed ; to lA« beon luted beyond their reacii; out \\ hoi c* they were no one knew, nor could have guessed within a hundred miles. After an Interval, tlie quarter ^ te r ’ * ho had ***'“ the ,ast man at the wnee., . crept to the compamonway, and, secunng liimself by a rope Passed round his waist and made fast to tlie ratling below, looked out. At first ha could distinguish nothing, and the rush of tho wind stifled him; he dragged himself back and waited. He had not waited long before It appeared to him that the noise of the humcanc was abating, and the darkness was lew mtenso. At length he verftured fort:. again. Moment by moment the was decreasing; the change was not so sudden as it had been when thocenterof the tornado passed over them, and occa skmally there was a return of rage and fury. >.ut these to-came less and less frequent. upward* Li «J<^ew«regraat o^h the - . cleava^ o the remote sparkle of stass, tor ti e bun those of the snip s company ana passen gers who remained came on d«; k and stared a ->u - desert Isianu. symmetrical A number of square shape, objects,^ ... and aismbu.ed curiously . , m &&SLJ$£S?W?> fff. ^gulqnty, he- wunv viar.iyrj rneTtnniefitaio tielguixjr hood of tbo steamer. They wero ail of nearly the same lieight, though in their <*!„., dimensions th.-v varied condder a j^er. j.p.. their sidles were whitish, the tops La front of the vessel, as she lav, the lan l rose upwards in a gentle slope, and these Octangular .m,.';,, objects -- ,, ^ i thems.vcs ....... Lm-b t i.; m that direc tlou. -They don’t look unlike houses,” re mar kcd the quartermaster, peering earn estiy through the gloom. -I don’t know &ny coast hereabouts that lias rocks like ,i, "t ” -If they were houses,” sai.l the second St.S ;.i cf ... > it, t i.,* T. town . and no small town either.” -Hark! what’s that?” All listened. There was the sound of a ha!!oo, clearly repeated, a;; J in a mo , at . c j j- was answered fr,»::i a further dista5lca Then in sever..! directions. n „ ar a . !(i far< xvoro heara ca ,, s cri , , and mtutiur.s. Tlio listeners uttered mar niur; ; of surprise and mkA rid.u.itv. Just then a great f cloud in the eiU .t broke a wav, anl tho fall nioon shoJW foi th with sun as. in j brilliance, 8hc j d ing over tho scene a iight which, ( n comparison v.ith tho ai pro \ ions darlr ness . r.emud as bright day. lire ;•“ ? "" > 1 , .,;,w r . 1 10 Ek ' !U u t a the cteamer V"' cs teni,ed , t,te t:,st; i u lV "’atcra of a large bay. a ltrowll with wreckage ul an indcaeii*> a bio modi y of Coating objects. In front U1! J on either side were the . ticot3 and bouses of a half destroyed town. Tilt* steamer had been curried over the Boa wall ami lay beyond the wharves, be¬ tween the ruins of a hotel and a ,..... 'A ware , lour.u. ii , httlo . v.otf i.a.. v. , uat , aau been u public pleasure garden or casino; it tolled ns if a gigantic roller had been p-tiuod over it. In a terrace higher up a i 1( , avv i K , n p Un struck out like a !;.;!■ j r ; v Jn holt: it had Isren whiprxrl out of t ,,i ,,,, i "l^t , u„ >. . ...j.I ... torn from their foundations and thrown , T , . V^l ^ t j ld wes j. 0 f\| l0 town was a brig, with one ° ' mrt still b 1 Eta:Kllu et-'ndinu S- A A '’o-timr ..o.l.ng wharf .. hail , o.^of "fan“p of U, ° B,eamer > tyin S crosswise, were the rema i n3 of a three masted merchant ship. large provision store had lv-n blown , 0 pi oce3 al!t j t.i 10 stores whirled about in all dictions over tho town and ad j accn t lauds. In the bay, now rap jjjy becoming calmer, appeared the mas tg 0 f a scoro 0 f sunken swamp.' vessels, eticl:in S up like reeds in a Among them floated casks, blocks, spam, boxes, quantities of oranges and cocoanuts. fragments of trees, the rafters and beams of houses; and bobbing about everywhere were the drowned and mutilated corpses of hundreds of men and women. But theso were not to re main long visible. Ever and anon there would bo a swirl in tho water, a jerk and a splash, and a shark would glido away with a human arm or log in his jaws. Tho banquet was ail unusually rich one, and tha banqueters wero assembling in thousands. “Weil,” said the quartermaster, as his eyes rapidly traversed the scone, “I’ve heard of miracles, hut this is tho nearest to one that ever I saw. Of all the tilings that might have happened, this is the urdikdiest; wo get caught in a hurricane, and blown north and south, wo don't know where, nor whether we were under water or above it; and hero at last we find ourselves high and dry, in the ;qort rods we ware of the bound for, wharf and within ehi yS a Mj very we lain up tot This is a queer worlJ "What place do you say thuj quired ouo of tho passengers, V i near. "V.'.i- i - St. I.. •aw -v, lad left of it—and no other place in^BJ world. Oh, is that you. Mr. Startin' I’m glad to see you safe and sound; 1 ex¬ pect a good half of us will never speak again. Whore is your friend, sir?” "I don't know,” replied the other; “I have been looking for him. 1 haven't seen him since tho wind first stopped blowing out at sea.” “It was that big wave that came aboard ns, most likely ” said Urn guar termaster, gloomily. Tnnt earned on tae capt:.in am. manv a good man iiiui him. \ on may sad tlie seas till you re 1K ' ver 860 tllL ‘ 1,ke ot L...t B.oi n again. 5 1 ut bis interlocutor had moved away, , •. .lie )ot Oi 1 i > * [to in: co.vi ixci i).} If you spit up phk’pn, ami are troubled with a hacking cough, use l)r. J. Ii. McLean's Tar Wine Lung Balm. kfl-lf LADIES’ FANCY HAIR DRESSING. -- r * Switches and Bangs to or*. ?r. - -■< our Gnmbings for yourheai 1 < a ork vottr cuttings njio thing human hair can I , made into. For toil:: mjicoing ; and, cleaning la ,R es * hah ;■ satisfaction gtt iinteed. i leave your hair .-off, ratslit and dry* as 1 found it. Bespeeri'idly. JERKY 31001!i:, Chauncey, Ga. T lies. Mar. 10, C-: i no a cax mu i:\ts Allow th.-ir children to cough and rain and . "-.gn and calmlyit Oh! it i: only nttlccul L and . . . cheap a and k* y'Pvii.ztmn: m.iqterei*s ».■ *":»•■ *;•>*.• "*-> are down a .in jimi.z i ■>. . t o.. • ■/ ampSion, when they can be .-ac* ”’iy re ! '* i»i- 11 1q* ! ti*!’ , ; 1! ° 11,1 ''' ' : . For Eastman by 11. I'lSnt.!;, 31. It., Drua git. j-:im fri. Religious : Apjpm*iIntents. Em •. I*. 31. Council, a promin'.nt 1 / ‘ ^ It V V-. t - eh. j' i-,;j,.... o. «1 w : •.* , -v«*i ", i j a ' rerv i on ri ur s ( ; ur ; nr. I till <*ct. 1 “ ' _____________I .“ i i dlci v i)"i* n *£' ., r( . ,, .. nil »'■ *M i.... >]lV dio.o ' ,.i irritable', T,|; t M 0<>i . le snllrt in K . m .,, ,.,f ,[„* long t/aii. of bistre— iugfi-atim - uliar to h mal- .•..mpmmi eoninanioiiable to «iy the l.-nst. it i- tin fiitg, not only oflin i* 'vmijen, hut of all v. men -o alaivi.yh to •ring about t he-i^wr c », arm i *.m r-uiavtil, = ‘ ma :i. -. This 1- easi "V *r*E the use of Dr. Diet ; ptioii, the great ; r -j, iU , le *, :lk m—; -." It to tivt . u:re for the miot compli g. d and ( , llst f ;i . [te ca .,., of h : . iT ■, u; . n-.n iiition. m. ■ ira! tot pro rim-, prol.tpmw.r hilling oi the womb, veak back. •*: -n.: • retrov* sbo: , hi-;:; fiiir “Ow^ ^ .on ehroni r ' - * ,1J : j •-1 • * i*;. •>- ill uvn ,1-. ami kiudreu ;.i!tm- iAil drug ' Hazlehurst I Lole 4 «■« .. Mrs. E. L. POUNDS. Proprietress. Rate? pe” day. J2.D0. Special indiu -, menu *. j the commercial travel. 83-wft THE ARIZONA KICKER. a Tew strenuous Protest. Culled bj-The Detroit free rreiw. The last issue of The Arizona Kicker con tains the following cheerful paragraphs: ^ 0T A Soocass.—Last Saturday night soon after 11 oVkk some gentleman iueutity u unknown 10 u> fired a t*-ar 0 . of Uucl:jbot though the side window of our ed icon.*! room directly at the spot where cur - eot is usually placed. E*d the cot been there w. heffid hxvo been iaquested on aud buried era this. But tliacot wasn’t there. We we net purty, but we ure no hayse^X We haven’t slept twice in the same spot for the la * ST t». hv weeks. W o have learned the wavs o. tin., coiummuty at considerable co6t -U^.-SKEWr* “ ’.Vo i .- l sorry for the gent who wasted his eocigies an,l (tmniuuition. lie doubtless went nrey from the window feeling that he was entitled to credit for doing a smart thing Come again, old chap. Cant Tell VEi-The Boston Acme Opera any to baled for two nighta next week !!., S“!'^ * ,5 tIt V- .-i' V e the cold dioulte No «uti we shall not exp.x*» our opinion lii this i^aa HtuuTA-We find we were iu error last V ^ v,; in re of rti tc J tl ; e shooting affray be tween the Hun. Bill Uakui and Cel. Jones V»e supposed at tho tune that UiL Jones was a regular subscriber to this paper, but a look our Ifet •«,;« tluit wa hai e never ho ,, Lb u&!llo at alL On the com.ary, the non. Dakin has sulecriboii for five ci>pies. We wore ir.Lsinformed as to the following: 1 . Dakin did not call Jones u nar. 2. Daldii did not draw his gun first. 3. Junes did not offer to apologize. We wore hasty in saying that Dalun ought to swing from a limb, and that ho hud long been a terror to the town. We found him to nuld,4burteona, gen toil rituvn, full of -osh and enterprise, and his presence is u credit to the town. Col. Junes hud better travel fur his health as soon as able, and in caso ho finds a town to suit him better ho should buy it ami settle them X&t This Veak.—A correspondent who ^ U QU’nants to hm-w why i; - J racier aoesu t pitch into the boai d of „,.p, P‘ oa ,- w . a thief. Wo don't doubt this asso &*“ Retuuxed.— Maj. Jim Smith created quite a seniatiun by £ descending from tho stage b ns T^at , sf v ,- 0 » moner nothied him his serqv AuvoAg sUve/doUars fur* a re ae wal The major has pat In tho past year in stats prison, having been sent there by mistake, us his friends aro convinced. He served his torailikoauianaudhasreturncdtothebo wai of bis family and society. IIo lias cards ° Ut , f ?!' U u!" ' 'h, ^ ISf ta a ‘ “ t0 ‘' ksl to-morrow, “ S - te Weil K.!J>ixso;iI.(!, Young Man (applying for a situation)—I have had considerable experience, as a com¬ mercial traveler, sir. Would j'ou not like to engage mo to push your products! Manufacturer—^V our services will hardly bo required. There are already about 7,000, 000 men engaged in pushing our products in this country. Wo manufacture baby cor ringes.---Burlington Free Press. Suspicious Accessories* fl ■ * !L\k ■■ ilL % — 4/ Jf I nut dem glubs ■Kick? hln’t hick Why, 'case fur ter he’s brass suho little he’s yo' oil u tender bul:iuo. Mr. Ilokus—Umpalc ’Bposo ho broke dat arm o’ youra waggln’ ho’s tail.—Judge. A Rather Strong Hand. “Mistab Johnsing, I hyah dat yoh hail a ivory interestin'seshun ob do Straight Flash club ds ° ll,lah ebonin S*” “Yes, salt; dere wur some excitin’ times, 5 'u-casino cb do excitementr .. Kit „ erc . dLsljor way. Lemuel SJdvtos he ( j oua 0 p Cll j a John j»t wuf erbout fohtv ' boa< , 3 i;i hit- Duy wu , foU ^ do game. come erlong war my money and Gabe Sink erson staid, and Jad Cumberland ho done do ^ Iienscol he douo stCJ(3(i t ai| , rfo res * 'DiorgcuoiAS UapiKincd ......«"•*>: to roquiro. Loniuui b *t odo chip, and Sinkerson followed him wuf a raise, and we all stayed in do gome like men, ebry feller raisin’ de bet as bis turn came. Finally Lemuel he done called Sink erson, and we all showed down, and Lemuel took de pot.” “What did you all hab?” “SmUorson had threo kings an* a jack knife; I had a Hash and a pah of brass knuck¬ les; Jud Cumberland had aces up an’ a rahzor.” “But what did Lemuel bab?" ‘Tie had a pah of fob’s an' a revolver.’’— Merchant Traveler. Not Muclu Little Emily. 6 years old, Is a great favor¬ ites in spite of her incorrigible freedom of ex¬ pression. The other day she had been on a visit with her mother at a friend's, and had remained to dinner. At the table she had amused the family, with tha possible excep¬ tion of its elderly and serious head, by occa¬ sional remarks. As tha meal was drawing to an end tho hostess remarked: "laaily, vvouldn t you like to stay here all tho time, and bo our little girl;” Emily look:.-1 up, pointed her finger at tho head of tlu family nud exclaimed, contompt uonsly: "U’hat! And have him for a father?”— Boston Transcript. Nothing Frivolous About Him. Author (anxiously) — You pay by the space, do you, or by the-- Editor .promptly)—By space, c f coarse. It would bankrupt us to pay for your ma¬ terial by weight.—Exchange. Ijisinuatfnj; i’ofiteness. Pr. Alphonso— Precede mo (waving his hand toward tho sur.js r table;. Guest (an undertaker)—Doctor, 1 follow >yu.—Detroit I r.-: I i -gs.__ A Wonderful Mission. A wonderful Episcojial . mission has just been brought to a close in Newcastle ‘<»e city weie able a'l'leTo'iotn to join. Mow V, eTl than an twenty missionem eiigaged m it. The missioner at thecathedral was tue Rev. Canon Body. Ono of the special features of the work was tho course ot rmthlay services for business men, which were held in the cathedral, when most strik Ing addresses were given by the Rev. i w> ll M. Hay Aitkcn to an immense congregation. Great efforts were made ; to reach all classes of the community, and with marked success. On tlie first Sunday of tho mission all tho cabmen tram car employes wero invited to breakfast In the town hall, after which addresses were given by the bishop others. ^ A . special service was held, bj pertniision, ia the piison, at which his lordship also preached, and have been held In all the large work shops, factories, police stations, etc. All the general arrangements were carried out by a committee under the presidency of the bishop, and of which the Rev. Canon Peunefather, who has recently been appointed missioner for the diocese, acted as honorary secretary.—Church man. AT MSS. SUE CARNES’ Millinery i Store. ; (o) ! | Be Prepared to be Pleased EVER HAVE BETTER GOOES BEEN SHOWN. N E ' LR 31A N E (.11 . , . >T L.\ , . rn i It PI) It VA1UET1ES RFFX OFFFl?F[) V 1 1 lolUjl • i\ \ T III T”V \ ililV I^TT ilA U’F .lljjTuN iJI’I’Y 1 DP _iA f i CFC V F,0 Q(\ OU f AM Alii V t Jj I . 1?||V __ SWl'Ulff . __ 11 StVlOS , ™ “J A (HY 1 OUT k E Si A (MV *' ‘ » >' vOwilS# iHivi I. i I. '^1 „ ri;,, 11S1“ j. -i-'« V I il T 6 V ' i ^ UxiiAU ? i « A1* 1 j ! !*A!*1 1 , , v , r . , ^ i ,, | VC ’ ft Oil YH liX^OFIOIiCC# 1 Also Dresses Cut ami Slade and Satisfaction Guaranteed l.y SP tpffi 5 itn Carnes B a .•iprlt- in 18641. SSTABli ISHED 1865 . OLD AND RELIABLE ('r P * . 1 M A,a 6 ana i c u ts i C>0 - A Large Stock | liGP* v "J Cheap to the -Vi.iv.i: II. A M, W A T E Pv M A N, UdivSilissriHe, $*<*■ As ine procure our supply direct, from the West in car load lots, wo aio prepared al all times to furnish saw mill and tur])oidine linns with lirst-class mules at tlie lotve.-f market rates. mail We make a special¬ ity in this trade. Information or orders by will receive prompt attention, april 12 88 ly W. A. REDDING. W. W BALDWIN. REDDSNG Si BALDWIN, Olo’tSa.lsas* £=&:olc! H-Uss/ts*. AVinshij) ZX Csillaway’s Ohl Slitnd, Keep a full supply of the best at the lowest prices. Give us a call. 3GO Second Street, tVSacon. Ca. s(‘]>t.i 3 , 1888 . i\ £ —ti |f Hi H h A j a i V gr ll u m o '1 a 1 fci« ■ —MANUFA! TLItKIIS OF € i i ANDY KACKEKS 4? 1 11) E1 1 J i and Wholesale Dealer- in I’anev Grocerie s, Tobacco, Cigars, Snulf, I’ijies, etc Our < 'audios anil < 'rankers cannot be excelled for their purity. The ( hallenger < Tier still lead li e also have Reach and Pear Ciders, Raspberry .1 ami ulip, Grape Cider, <)range cider, Ginger .Me—in Kegs, Half Barrels and Barrels Bottles. All orders will have promiit and careful attention. Goods neatly packed and satisfaction guaranteed. Send us a trial order. BONE 1 CHAPPELL, STOKE—tOli ropuhtr St.; EAGTOKY—450, bis, EiO, 1(>2,4CI Fourth Street .lime 1 l-.'ini .11 AGON, GA. AA Xii'i "KTQ O ?'JFfD luiti'U r ‘TT A TFfl X. lA —on— Farms and 1m properly ■ IN BIBB on ADJOINING COUNTIES ELLIOTT S.S-LS.V CO., 1 lb! Second St., Macon, Ga. Apply to G. E. ARMSTRONG, 7-12-S8-lv Eii.-tinan, Ga., -- — Money to Laan o improved farms am! town prop¬ erty* in Dodge and adjoining coun¬ ties, at legal interest. C. It. ARMSTRONG, Eastman, Ga., Nov. 20, 1888. tf PEACOCK & TA TlkT Am, FEED, LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. First class teams. Open day and night. Rates reasonable. .Special attention given the commercial travel. LI MBER < ITY, GEURO IA apr ?3 wiytu TAOK'lfEN’i’.—An eight-room cot X tage in Eastman. Terms favor¬ able. Apply to mayStf IV. !!. GOFF EE. I ^ ^ f^i ^ ^ % ^ M E* ■•■•2 n&W 1 huh {!■»*« Yes, We lean It. GIVE IT A WAV TO ADVERTISE 01 R Ii! Si NESS. Write and Learn Particulars |||« W'e sell ifnsic for 10 cent J. Sold elsewhere for 40 cent J. to $1.25. Send for Catalognc of over 8,000 pieces to select from. \ great saving 0> parents >v ho are siting l.ieir Rang.l *«« * ****** edncatwn. , \ 'VI? A Hi W Guitars, Banjos. V:o . ? ? Jins and Musi.* Boxes I » ?L j. T ' » I , \ TWjt * f*»j V' sold C|l - V * £ t. D 5, small mou thly payments. Caialugue- free. q R( , , vs _ f rom $->5 upward ill price. p 1 o s ’ from fiS5u pwardif j 1 price. 1 If you wish to "live njoney and have a musical home, call on or address Tilt GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE. E. D. IliVINE, 3i„]berry Street, - - Macon, <ia. -niv enterpii-ing Mu-i. lloii.-t of the South. luv24-ly r AV;': . I ■ o . ' < '* Oil ■; m m\ 9TS fl w. ) V * V' . i „ u n MM Ml J Sn^sal l E! •• L J- R. HICKS, ( s ‘Cl --or to Buscnit Smith) Brilliant Saloon and Uo*daiir;int, Third street next J. D. Barr, M.ieon, (la. quor- Nothing and cigars but the will very he best handled wines, this li¬ ut bar. In tin* Kestiiuraiit there is one of the b i cooks m the State—polite and tentive waiters. When you want oniething good to cat or drink come and ee me. •J. II. IIICKSp Broiirictor Brilliant Saloon and Rev. (intrant, Macon, Ga. my ai-lmo ns JUl aaraat. s. T. ROGERS would inform hi frioiils and the traveling public, parties ularly the “Drummer Boys,” That lie has Opened a first-class Restau¬ rant at hi- nid stand iu business center of city* and near the depot with best cook in Georgia ami first-, la--help. Jle proposes to entertain in royal style. Drummers’ sample, eases and baggage eared for free of charge. maylB-lm n. jr. To r * r i&+v, — i>y. a r.Ki: i.v— TOBACCO, CIGARS anil all grades fine lianil-made and dis¬ tilled WHISKIES. I make a special feature of FILLING .JUGS. Orders promptly attended to. 112 Poi-i.ak SriiKKT (i)i.i* Stand), my 2f-fin MACON, GA. Special attention to Express Orders. *T£i$s El . Morris, FRENCH olSBMsSsMvVJin w 1 IB ('urroN Avenue, niy24 1 ui MACON, OA. Horses and Mules, n&nd ttaaa * From the . Eifib-Priced.