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Tl DEMOCRAT.
Volume 8.
Written for <b« Democrat
AN ADVENTURES WITH A MAD¬
MAN.
BY VIDKTTE.
It was iu the summer of 1883, that
I had gone out in the couutry, to spend
a mouth, with a friend, who since her
i i< t i i Pi teii.i. s»ns two years be
fore bad left her, a well dowered young
widow, had lived a some wbat lonely
life ; n ever seeiug any company or go¬
ing o ut. but devoting her whole life to
tbe care of her little six-year-old daugb
Ida.
When Mr. Rupert Overton, the hand¬
some rich young southerner, who came
to our little northern village that sum¬
mer morning, ten years ago, and bore
away with him as his bride fair Alice
Stetrou, 1, her bosom friend, thought
iter the most fortunate >f all girls, and
indeed so she was, while her husband
iived. l'.ut When tie. died, she begau
pleading tnat i should come, and live
with her. This seemed a good offer
for me. who like Alice, had b ea left a
widow, only I was childless aud poor,
having married a young tawyer, of my
native town, who owned only the wee
white cottage, which was our home,
lie only lived one short year and of
course, when he died, I was left with
oufv the little cottage. Here 1 Hived
and was learning content, when 1 re¬
ceived Alice’s letter, begging for me to
rent or self my home, and come and
share her home with her, out being
too thoroughly yankee to fasten ray
own doors against myself iu case I did
not like, I resolved, that I would leave
the house iu the care of a worthy coup¬
le and go op a visit for a mouth or two
and then if pleased cauid rent out my
home- i
This I did, arriving in Georgia, in
the early spring. I reached Alice’s
home just after nightfall, too late, to
tell much about t ie house and grounds.
Alice was delighted to see me. and
kissed me ami eii® over m ,
and had tea served iu my
room. I sum saw that Alice was
little changed from my girl friend of
old. A little graver, but that only ad¬
ded a dignity to tier manners that
made her the more charming.
We talked that night until near mid¬
night, when Alice protested, that was
real mean to keep me from vest after
my king journey, and wishing me good
Might, pioceeded splendid to ..ights her own rest, rooms. and rose
I had a morning.
refreshed, eatly vhe next
VV alkuig to the window, L dew aside
the curtain and looked out unon a
scene, of surpassing lov.iue S The
e irtii m a ctotned in a m ..tile of
green. Tne air was full of the de¬
lightful fragrance of toe fl >wers. while
the songs of myriads of birds greeted
; my ears. The inutile, ap toured to he
the large two story building, so (coin
in Ut.VcJ/iihV *b»wu .south' a d
off WWrN-it about a quarter of a
■■ .'.— ii ious's ; tll“ ho u *s
of tijj- t ■ ■ ' 1,1 •' v * '
bu^eTlLii i t " A 5 c.
liuiin-.i. . >■ .•
is a t'.tU'i ' * ii HH
l St.:l.ll gOZ’ll’f . > v i I K6iM
grounds. "She ought t.* b j cuuteut.
heaven knows.. What a ditf reo -ein
her lot anti nine. Here -he has, a
.
COmMl'toMe h'OU • m » .•••. .I l- ds.horses,
•irfii scrvaip-s . ., Hi - m itli
r <>T a 1) ‘up Fa e n.is been
.
kind fa " : it III ■ ibn n :fits
were pp;*nr nee of
a'li'iiilln • d
I lit
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;,t ;
1 . y \li -.
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ii <■ . ... . i el f roe ne,.uiy.
uid tu.ti s-rairt-* ,v.T.- ,,,'iigl'tiv chat
j.... t m U#e d •? .m i <f the meal 1
oved her from the m mieut she put up
her resehud uiOHh, to be, kissed by
“rnt -wh tt'infb.” «•< she evor after
Tiiedav*' r a
SISJII »*y, h e a v nitable
dieiin Alice w vs relieve t of ah care
about' the estate She farmer, had engaged to at
vear- 1 ago, a com »t ut aul
f end to her crops, and tenants as
he and his family, consisting of a wife,
four half grown daughters, lived m a
L.ir.K ini ie cottage onlv a lew rods
aw .v we felt u«ue ot that lonely feel
inVso prevalent with widows, about.” and old
maids \ when there is uo m m
What with ,. h ridintr riding, driving d «. walking *
and reading and rn.isu the days sped
byonwnigerf feet. Lut^ lda w 1
rT had no WUr f Z J nf io r 7d*r H5d
constant !’ •7 t h ecocb.^ 0
had made her unusua y v jwwoc 0r for
her age, and with her q ’
half womanly ways and b g
lect she was a Liurmmg Jiild. ^ and
each day of my y, ‘ ^
self more diieely around my heart t. un- uu^
tell, , as
til it would be bard to
her most devoted sln-e, her mamma, or
auntie.
Asd
’XzyxA greatest treasures childhood, mg, u ^ she y have
ship in f her own age, to • 11 y
children, ° tnL Bv t
to visit, and be vis.
what are the most P les ^ t V t y
youthful memories Isit not fi re _
. ?
memberauce of chi dhood s hojs
"I had not thought of U l t ■
before. 1 tnouuht my ar mg
tirely happy,’ she replied y
"No doubt you sup.ily earth,.but tnewaui all tne «
w* 11 as a-qv mother ou Wi"’
same id., needs yorntg
in we than either ot you are
Let her snare their plays, ui. aud r p
iires, tfieir i 0 ^^tuei_^G>oks, )o
CRAWFORDVILLE, GA., DAY, APRIL 11th, 1884.
• In this way it came about that I fin
ally got Alice into seeing company,
paying vis ts and going to church. She
had really some nice neighbors, who
lived but a few miles away, but she
had iived so much secluded, that she
had never known them. Pei sons in a
country neighborhood are quick dubbed to note
a thing of this kind,so tney soon severely
Alice as •queer,” and let her
alone, so much against tier pride, she
had to take the first steps towards a
general recognition and exchange of
civjlties. They were all quite friendly
disposed, and soon we were upon the
most amiable of footings with all the
neighbors arouud.
One family, especially, pleased both
Alice and myself. They were a Mr.
Frank Osgood and his fair little wife,
with one little g it a fair counterpart
of Ida in size and age The; other,and two children
took immensely to each many
geX^mos^atmir hoS. as"" Alice
would never let Ida stay away from her
a single day, wiiile little Minnie would
often come over in the morning escort
ed by her young father, who would
leave her until evening wheu he would
return for her.
The Osgoods were charming in every
ffia^sjgsvsre rtf'was ti." sadness
the an of peculiar
famtlv “'"ssrsrut u.e.'r
sionafly and relatives, out would occa
speak of a younger onitner o,
Frank’s, and wheu speaking of him, it
their tones, though Alice insisted
only a fancy of mine,
ing However,early in Frank onejofighi 0,0iu..jv. swee M'un>» morn
summer, I
over to speud the day witn Ida. no
ticed that bis face was unusually joy¬
ous and he sprang up the wide veranda
steps to where we were sitting aud at
ter a courteous greeting, burst out: “L
have a surprise in store for you ladies,
aud I hone it will prove a pleasant ott-e.
My younger brother, Gerald, aud uis
wife ate over with us for a week’s visit,
aud Aunie bade me say to you that we
should all come over to-morrow to
pend the day with you, and day after
the morrow, you ladies must spend
with us. We want to make this visit
of his as pleasant as we can and some
evenings we must get up some tab
leaus. charades, theatricals, and the
like, but I’ll leave that to the manage
men', of the fair dames, who of are gener
ally well up to this sort amusement.
VVe shall certainly do ourselves the
honor to come to-morrow,” lie repeated
gaily as he started off, unheeding our
urging that he stay longer. minute
”No tliauks, I can’t stay a
longer or Annie and Gerald will be pi
plug in ui,” he said laughingly, spring
ing into his seat and driving rapidly
away. -> :
1 haife a ,, curl'i» , feeling
“I confess Luis brother ut t rank’s."
in regard to iug the
I said to Alice,, on the more oi
prupus d visil. as vie sat in the parlor
awaiting > he arrivals. !
•-S . do l,” replied Alice’ “l teel aso
f on me e,ve ut soiu tiling lerrude.
iiiipe Hi it it will not storm o-day, ] |
tho’ lo iie sure tile saies look v ry lit- 1
Ge like it now, only -me can ne.cr be
sure o! anyth tig —f that sent.
•■/(j,, not i n.■* if. w..i rain to-day,
but yonder comes tue Osgoods’ pnae
ton, entering the avenu>‘, and on
vision a are here, to snow for *..non
S'ives,’’ I leiurued, us we bota ros to
go forward to meet our gneus.
Frank iind Annie'led the way, and
u-’etiiig us. introduced us to Gerala
tlsiooil, and ins wife, t gave null
ghiu •« at pi'rh) I’ li,: ' , ' 1 ' .Xi *
I alkuig lady, tnat leaned upon . y iil' 11.
All uiy attention Was centered on Ge
aid and my heart iieat with a s ra >.
thrill of dread and repu sin . - .»
those strange magnttic • ye ,uxe.i u,-*n
ne with it seemed to my vxmted tau y,
a gleam of diabolical cuuiun„ m then
bizarre depths.
1 turned hastily away, t>u. tij • i
would l could not rui myseit m a ie, I
ing of terrible dread. I soon deu-c e l an
undercurrent,of anxiety,ot suspeni<•,
sometuing * could not ahalyt - w.
maimer of our tueuds. ineie w.e, <lil
air of constraint over the woole ex-*v
Gerald; who api*eaied pertecL) at i .m.,
and couve.sed win; a 1 the fluent ease
of the polished gentleman of the world,
He talked on most of the iwpular top
icsof tbe day, then glided travels, into an am
mated description of his keep
us all suell-bound *s it were, but ever
^ , wuuld catch glances Frank m
covert significance, pass between
aud tbe two ladies. I felt there was
something behind it all, I could not tin
derstaud. At 1 vst Frank excused nun
self and left the room, followed by. ms
w jf e w | 10 , e W hite face distressed me.
They halted on the front veranda,
where an earnest whispereu colloquy
ensued. A moment so, and trank
eft the house and as
^ steps, I heard his wife whisper
„ Do not deUy tor G.Ki’s
sake, ” and then she retur >ed to the
K!SSS 1 IS!»‘:
st held her aud
stood or not she peace
talked on to air. Gerald in most polite
attentive mauner, but altho’ lie did all
)]j3 talking her, bis eyes kept burn
ing my face with that terrible fiendish
until at last I giew so wrougiit
that l felt as if I could scarce
refrain from screaming aloud in my
Unable longer to eu lure it iu
silence, I made an excuse a. >out seeing
er Jlinnie and Ida and hastily left
- hal I
2® Some secret fear seize
about them. I could nave mid ...
Je whaj lt WA4 1 feared, yet all uie
.i, n « «.imi»Lhiuir stronger than my own
Wid ^ept urging me on ; seemed to aay
j all the while, “finl them Jfor they ^
need you.” When I first left the ro<
I made a brave effort to shake off r
horrible fear which had assailed l
“I am a nervous too to-day, I will c
quer it. Why what is the matte
Frightened to death just because t w
ladies and a gentleman are in the pai
lor. Why what can happen V’’ thus
; reasoned with my fears, but it all
no good. I hurried on out in to
flower walks, usually Ida’s sure retreat
at this hour of the day, but she
not there. I turned and fairly flew
along the walk until I reached a
dow looking into the stove-room.
I called Aunt Hetty the black cook and
eagerly asked if she knew where the
children were.
“ Why yes m,dey dun gone up yandef. dei
f 8 *:. u “ ' dat oil
“P ^re auny day day, ” replied replied om
“But how Mbit Aunt Hetty?”
I anxiously asked. •
“Ta nt more’n haf a mile missy,
La 1 dal ain't puffin. Dey gose most
ebery day, only you ueber ^ notis it fore.
Dais all. La.dataint tiutnii to
uuesy ’bout,” sue answered. ■
fool on
H&sribsa to
v^ssJis^snSA [anU.eleugth oKhe *b
the oarlor and glancing towards the
door! aw &imqs shaft
**».*^.**52? "Jiff
iug ute, site hingied, to wet me. %
•'God Help us 1 Wuat are we to do r
Way does Frank stay so. long Y” spe.
waned.
“StopA rune and tell me what all this
y I demand to know this in*
»taut, I whispered 8teru i y. v i
heavens “Yes, 1 yes, now it eau is your I tell right, you yet-^i / she
faltered growing paler it uosaible as the
ou.l tones m lue parlor increased in
viole ce. 1 • shall „ tell . „ > 1
-You must you , me,
said’savagely.
“Ah—God help me! Would that
^r had died rather than bring this
p er ji oll you I lh—iieraUi i* innate^
i'i, e doctors assured us he was perfect
jy restored a year ago, aud wheu they
dismissed him as cured, he would not
come tl ome to any of us but instead,
Weut , m a trip to Europe. He would
a)low D , 0 „e to go with him, out wrote
regularly and when lie announced, fils
reuiru we all went to New York to
meet him and to our surprise and hov
r or, he was acoomaamed by the girl in
yonder whom lie introduced as his.
All went welt until yesterday, dei«cw-d when, ?j
jc ral |k aud I tliougut vre som
symptoms, but 'lieu L l l * s morning, i
was sol bright and ohee. .ui And ^ea-IV
go hard, that we should comioy^l
wt) consiiuteU^hopin { oat -1 ^ "*
misled u, 3-j ‘ hl ; ‘
w iv 1 tr ie i to > i:
.
would
|n ,,
Ol.il .
fc ‘Fill >» : >. : •ii
j Uo
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*v‘tl Ut*i i i »" A i hLa 11 l,> > n. 1
>J> ' 1 to. *
Where the ei.i i *u Wer- • .
ue grew my ■■ ’• 1 *»•*■ ! 1 • ”
si i
St.il i A >' • I. . > -» .
r Up • >: .ta ' i
,f them between ‘h » a
retreat. l 1 Uft! 1 ; II w n » ‘v i
Stove in i n i ■ I ,t t -v U ‘
if' - 1
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• •
.1 .Ui
ll’, •
iV 111 i o i ■s. Si
le-r escape unoosel'V! u on
and dis ipa :*r n • t b-. — M
1 i f !
r i.i •
•mi ! i i t a.e
inv.u It I .i ■
oversHiu's v.e- ■ . ia-i
ier a-1 I i.nvieuij 1 <
cr i/.' m to m 1 'a-‘
fiv hack Ail i as »r • i
lMlt.au I bar 1 « wi do . i »' i“H
-jj,Au i,»i i \ I > i •
a m nug iliwv,” i uu B li c • . »v>r
angered me to see her stau i nin ety
starring at me as tlm she , ‘ “’i
crazyi forgetting how tins sudden p«i
mu3t have shocked toe wnin". -
j . ,t. > r. ■ ■ "
t , , i >i i
tllrIil , I oeoeld A . > i w • y
, !■ In. lo I
t lie other • w < l i *s. f
•„ ilt t owar l . i -a ~
l jvV)li/ Vl , , i„n , h I ! ci
,
a l«l Oigo «d. "'-s ey.-i, i u ^
.n.mi.ical fury, bps d aw . (Hi (X r
tbe glisteuing l -et >, wmle th ' Wll I
f0(im frothed from bis m mtli. III III*
hand h« braudisted the huf of a C iMir
„ aC k which b* had torn Vmuswu m '«•<
ma d tury. One more st. > and lie wornd
h ave overtaen them, wnen the stair
d()0 r closed and the lock shot bom -
smzszssisi .rvr:;
ss.Ki.iSrj'nas,«
a and cro.ichmg
hin: , the ghruhherv l
there. I could see him raging up an
doWll the hall, stopping often to beat
ou the sfca ir door with his club
and cunj j u g with every breath. Ah .
the horror of that day. I only won
L f too did not go mad with tn
, As long
terrible suspense and fear. as
he woujd stay in the house l was sa e,
but if he should take it int> his ieil
to leuv-the uouss I tiad no hopes >
iff only ha I a we;»p >u -.r
^ kmd, l w m. looked 1 not feel rouml so . to ”*r
at hH mercy. I
1 Continued ou fourth pnge.
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CRAWFOBDVII.I.E, GA,
aild Builder,
( 3 p repRire q to make bids, give esti
and undertake building con
of every description. He keeps
constantly on hand a full, supply of
building material, including seventy
five. thousand t\eart-^>iue drawed sliin
eles, which he is selling at reasonable
prices. H« returns thanks Coy past pat¬
and asks a couUnuatioii of the
same.
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COMMENCING MONDAY. 7th »t,,
Ills Company will sell ONE THOUSAND
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branches, at TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
eaek. These tickets will be issued ui ill
divlduals firms or families, but pot to
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House.
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A. D.eUNART), - - Proprietor.
Porters at Each Train.
Commercial Bates.
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Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Repaired at reaso nable prices.
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IS *3 1884
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to t’l i Consumers of Guano tlielr well known and' reliable brand
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MASTODON OtlJANO!
LOWE’S GEORGIA FORMULA
A.GTD PHOSPHAl E
WITH OR WITHOUT POTASH.
Also, K VIK/T of onr own importation. I’URB GROUND RON E. LAN
Pf AST Eft. NIT RATE OF SODA, COTTON SEED T/EAL and ALL FISH
i Correspondence solicited all who first
TILIZING AfATEftlALS. from wa
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lOAb Works. STOVALL, Treasurer,
M. A.
jan 25 om. Augusta, fia.
Cheapest Carpets in Augusta.
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