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REPAIRER JEWELER.
Dawson, G-a.*
13 prepired to do anj work in his line in
the verv be*»t style. it
S.H ITI3,
OU3ST SMITH and
Machinist,
it A ir.SD.P, : •* Georgia.
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_A-ttorney at Law.
M»rß Iv DA tf*SOA',GA.
C. w. WARWICkC.
A'torney at Late and Solicitor
in Equity.
t.niTUt'ILLE - . - GEO.,
\\riLL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell
V V and Webs'er.
j. E. HIGGINBOTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Morgan, Calhoun Cos., Ga.,
Will practice in all the Courts of the South
western and PatattlaCircuits, June 1
dawnon no m.
BY WILY JONES
fit HR Proprietor has neatly fitted up the
I Dawson Hotel, and is prepared to make
bis customers satisfied with both Fare and
Lodging .
Connected with the Hotel is a RAR
ROOM,” in which is kept the best li
quors in the city.
No pains will he spared to please. fe226m
PAINTING"! PAINTING!
JAS. M.DODWELL,
lICCSE AND SIGN PAINTER, &c
DAWSON, Gr A.-,
IS prepared to do all work in his line—such
as house and sign painting, graining, pa
per hanging. 4c., in the very beßt style, and
on short notice, at reasonable prices,
febl.fi-n.
BROWN HOUSE,
E. E. BROW A dfc SOY,
Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot,
Macon, Georgia.
FROM the Ist of July the business of this
House wilt be conducted by E. E. Brown
4 Son, tiie Senior having associated his son,
Wm. F. Brown, in the management and in
terest of the Hotel.
The house contains sixty rooms, which are
reserved chiefiy for the use of travellers and
transient guests. Competent assistants have
been sea cured in every department, and eve
ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort
to their customers. Rooms clean and airy, and
the table always supplied with the best the
affords. I’orters attend arrival and
(departure of all trains to convey baggage
and .conduct passengers across the s'rect to
their quarters. juh27,tf
#> «ot BRoyvs, Titos, n sts» urt.
BROWN & STEWART,
NMare House a nd
COJIHBBIOV Yl LUC II A ATS,
at Sharp &, Brown’s old f»land f
PAtFSOJT GEORGIA.
We are determined to use our utmost en
deavors to give entire satisfaction to all who
rniy favor us with their pitronage J and as
far as possible to be to them, in this depart
ment, (what we have often felt, and what eve
ry planter must feel that lie needs) iqd. and
erliahle friends. That we may be better epa
bled to carry out this design, we have secured
as business agent ( the well known and reliable
Cap'. John A. Ful'on.
"A just balance," iaour motto.
Afarch 8 1867.
W, R. & N. M. THORNTON
Practical Dentists,
DA li'SO.r, GA.
nr Office in Harden’s new building, West
Plde, Depot Street. Dec. 14,
THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
Vol. 11.
POLITICAL.
Loyal Lciigncisiu-Tlie Botlvm
Kicked Out.
There is ao old and respectable gen
tleman, says tbo Atlanta [utelligencer,
over at Nashville, l’cnnesse, widely and
favorably known in that State us Capt.
Wm. Driver. We believe he was a
Union man throughout the late uuhapv
struggle, and bad, as it would scent by
the seqnal, in a thoughtless moment,
found his way into one of those holy of
holies, a loyal league, from which he
was subsequently expelled fer express
sious made outside not cutitely
iu accordance with the inside teachings
and requirements. At any rate, the
captain, who is now a candidate to rep
resent Davidson county in the lower
branch of the Legislature, is giving the
league an airing, through the columns
of the Nashville Gazette, and it must
he admitted that he is doing the work
well.
In the absence of more important
matter, and for the information of tbe
loyal leaguers in this direction, we pub
lish a portion of the captain’s last, with
tbe remark that it will bear reading
even this hot and sultry weather.
Nasviule, July 9th, 1897.
To the Editors of the Gazette ;
Many of your readers will doubtless
remember nay letter, published in the
Gazette of Juue 18, which W.is largely
circulated by the press of this and oth
er oitics of our State. If there is one
sentence therein not iu accordance with
law and tbo true principles of liberty
and humaue rights, I don’t know what
constitutes those safe guards of man,
and I have been “raised a fool.” For
writing and publishing that letter, I
was at once “expelled” fri m “Loyal
I. No. I,’ where I had been sworn
“to do even unto death,” all in my pow
er to “keep ever burning on the alter of
the American heart, the sacred iLme
of L berty.” Let the world sit in
judgement on my life ofbixty-years, rtd
particularly on tbe part of it embraced
in the past seven years. I court its in
vestigation, and will abide cheerfully
by its award. lmiifferent alike to flat
tery or abuse, I shall do my duty, even
though asses bray, and dogs snap and
howl.
Expe led from the leyal league!
Now, gentlemen, permit me to intro
duce you to that sanc'um sauctorium
of p iitieal humbug. 1 promised this,
I'll do it.
At the first door you give two light
taps and whisper through a hole there
in, “Loyal men.” The door opens.
You move on to a second door and give
two taps. A k>np hole is opened. You
whisper “Must Rule,” and then march
ed round a darkened room, and wel
comed by the "Good Chairman,” in
tbe following words- ‘-The good and
true are always welcomed, etc.
Y'ou are now marched round the
room and are placed before an alter on
on which is spread the American flag.
11. re aiou lies open a litble, and a buck
with the old original, unaltered, Con
stitution of the United States gift of
our fathers, as it was, is, aud ever should
be, unohaugfd.
Th»re, too, lie crossed two common
swords, such as arc w. rn by army sur
geons. li ;tween the points is a myste
rious looking bronze chalioe filled with
something, the smell ot which reminds
you of “Old Robertson.”
At your right, at a small altar, stands
long, lank, lean “Forty Acres,” behind
you at another desk or alter, stands a
once Provost Marshall. Around this
long, dark, dirty room, sits the “Loyal
Leogucrs,” some black and some white,
and among them some of our most wor
thy citizens Thre are also cot a few
whose ‘copper,’ which sticks out through
the whitewash given by this loyal
league.
The gas is now darkened. “Forty
Acres,” with eyes upturned, like a duck
in a thunder storm,” bis lean hands
open out toward Heaven, mumbles out
a prayer 1 TL’& done, the Chairman
(the jolly, good natured, kind looking
miller, not ol‘Mansfield,” though quite
as portly) steps forward with book and
match in hand, and fires the mysterious
looking cup, which darts up a flekermg
blue fl ime, such as is represented as
burning in tho “Eternal Hades.’’ With
right hand on tbe book, and left in the
air, you now take the oath of allegiance
known to all, and are most particularly
required “to defend the Coßs’iimion of
the United States,” (unaltered,) on
which your band rests, and the Consti
tution of the State of Tennessee. What
is the latter Constitution ? Who can
tell you 1
You are also sworn to keep the se
cret of the I.eague, “to vote for none
hut layal men,” &r In this long,
dark, dirty room, on the right side of
which stood about one buudred old rus
ty mU'kf ts, in such presence, before tl e
flickering blue flame which but made
“darknpss visible,” with ihe usual twang
ot “Forty Acres,” voice in prayer still
Hoarding in my ears, I was with others,
made a Loyal Leaguer. Surrounded
with paraphernalia, of humbug, we
were sworn also, as beforo said, to do
even unto death all in our power to
make lib. rty eternal “to vote for none
but loyal men,’ &e.
We were next it itiated into the
signs and pass-words, &e. Let one
suffi-e; but if you vish, you can have
them all. To pass yourself a leaguer,
when questioned, gives the “Four L’s
follows : right hand raised to Heaven,
thumb and third finger touching their
ends over tbe palm, and nronour.ee
“Liberty ” Bringing the band down in
a liuje with tho shoulder, pronounce
“Lincdn.” Dropping tho hani open
at your side, pronounce “Loyal." With
your hand and fingers downward in the
chest, the thumb thrust into the vest.
0 r waistband,across tbe body, pronounce
“Leagua.”
DAWSON, «A., FRIDAY, AUGUST O, IBG7.
There is a great deal of other “tom
fooling" tis the same character unwor-a
thy of place here. Sufficeit to say
that such is the character of a com
bination which bids fairto rebaptizc un
happy Southern souls with blood; such
are th willing or duped sentiments
ready to carry out the will of oo“ mod -
: .n Jeffreys and Dalrymnles Masters of
Stairs, Glenlyons and Lindseys*—such
are the Loyal League which, iu darkened
rooms, before the blue mysterious look
ing fires, cross swords and psalm-sing
ing bumbugs Lave sworn in “about
forty-five thousand,” simple freedmen,
and takes from each a mine .-able half
dollar fee of initiation. Thc.e po r crea
tures have stood before that blue flame
and all the other grim paraphernalia of
this dark room humbug, wiih a super
stitious awe mingled with fear. To
them it was tho “Garbo DitLaa” of
tbeir native jungles, the “Obi Man,”
with bis poisonous eocannr. They will
never forget that blue flame, thosecross
swords, the wild upheld eye of “Forty
Acres,” with ominiously uplifted fin
ger of tho “worthy miller,” as he pro
nounces tbe “Anathema, Marana —on
all who secede or break tho terrible
pledge. Poor, simple, wroDged crea
tures I In tbe wildstorms of midnight
when the blue lightning thrusts its tin
ge s through tbe storm tossed cloud,
tfieir imagination will bring out clothed
with terror, that darkened room, that
mysterious flame, the upturned eye of
“Forty Acres,’and “So mote it bee” of
the mixed multitude.
Gentlemen, fcllow-citzens, freemen
—look at this mummery—this politi
cal hLmbug, and think that men of
rank, of standing, of fine intellect and
kind hearts are there How can you
account for it, in this nineteenth centu
ry ? Has the Lord ou' God farsaken
üb? Are we a people ? ILshe made
us blind that our ruin maybe sure?
Leaguers and mad men beware! Like
blind Samson, you now sit beneath tbe
tower, not, of oppression, but of human
rights. Y r ou are madly grasping law
and the ballot box—the pure columns
• f lil erty. if you bow yourselves as
he did the beautibul etrutnre will fall,
and you and your children will perish
unwept under its ruins. Leaguers be
ware ! A day of retribution is coming.
Rlind guides 1 ading the blind, how
oao yon escape ? Every aot of jour own
nod of your leaders is calculated to pro
yoke blood. You know this. Do you
think to grind the Anglo-Saxon race
beneath the heal of of your colored
dupes? You thrust them once into the
firery furnace of war to save your owd
children. Y’nu emancipated them as a
military necessity. As tho last hope
ol our tottering government to save
yourselves, you and your party laid vi
olent hands on tho ‘colored element,
and now you say it was all for the love
of tbat-ejement.
•See Mscatilaj’s Mss«ac.e of Glencoe.
nr,A tromblp for the spirit in here !
• _ MISCELLANEOUS.
THE RED t KOsm INN.
BY ARTHUR N. Ml SERVE.
Years ago a friend of mine made a
tour on horseback—“suliWiry and
alone,” except where a chance travel
er bore him company—through the
greater part of Southern and Western
Europe. It was, in those days, con
sidered quite an undertaking, but now,
‘hrough the agency ol railroads and
steamboats, the tour has come within
the reach of every individual, and been
fobbed of ail its romance aud novel
ty-
The following adventure, which oc
curred during his trip through Spain,
my triend often related, and as 1 be
lieve it has not before found its way
into print, I now give it to the reader
as nearly as passible in his own
word :
“Tho c’ose of a dull, oppressive Sep
tember day found me winding along a
narrow valley among the mountains of
Nor hern Spain Alongside my path
ran a bubbling stream, now nr.d then
crossed by rude wooden bridges that
seemed to need only a rapid rise of
tbe stream or a high wind from the
hills to sweep them away. On either
tide of the valley rote rude, jaggard
cliffs, in many places completely desti
tute of verdure, and in others overrun
with a wild luxurience of vines and
shrubs. The who’© distance I had
come since partaking of my noontide
meal at a small way ide inn some doz
en miles hack, bad been one wild scene
of desolation. Now and then for the
first few miles a small peasant’s hut
would loos out from some thicket, and
a half wild flock of children would
gaze for a moment upon the stranger,
and then run scampering away, appa
rently in affright. Hut for an hour or
two this re ief in .he seemingly endless
monotony of hills and crags had die
appeared, and fully six miles were
traveled ere 1 again looked upon a |
•human being, and he was an old man j
seated by ihe roadside, of whom I in- :
quired the distance to some place]
where 1 couid he accommodated with :
lodgings for the night. He directed j
pie to the Red Cress Inn, standing i
alone in the midst of a king narrow i
valley. To me it seemed 1 had been
pursu ng this same valley for the last i
two hours, and at every turn of the !
road-1 expected to see it burst upon j
my gaze, but as yet I bad heen disap I
pointed, and had begun to think that
the information I had received of its
whereabouts was not entirely relia
ble.
“The day had been very sultry for'
the season of tho year, and as it wore i
away, the thick clouds teat gathere ! j
about the summits of tho mountains :
aud hung over tho valley, with bow j
aud then tho rumbling of distant than- ;
der, told me that a storm was at hand
nd that I must hurry on toward the
Red Cross as fast as |>ossible unless I
wished to run the risk of getting a
thorough drenching.
“Startled by a clap of thunder much
more distinct that any than proceeded
it, I was about to urge my horse into
a canter when it suddenly shied to one
side of tho path, and in looking for the
cause, I saw. crouched on a stone by
the side of tho road, what appeared
to be a young woman, though at first
I could baldly tell, as her face was
concealed by a thick veil which was
thrown over her head. One hand that
was visible was small and white, and I
judged from this, as well as from the
tex'ure of her garments, that she was
at least <fa better class than the peas
ants I had met that day.
“Partly out of curiosity, and partly
to learn the distance to the lied Cross,
I stopped my horse, thut in a moment
had recovered from its fright, und
made the necessary inquiry.
“At the sound of my voice the cov
ering that concealed her features was
partly withdrawn, and a pair of dark
eyes gleamed out whi h 1 could not
help instantly thinking were not set in
the head of a person perfectly sane.— _
But she answered my question with a
faint smile upon her lips aod with all
the politeness that is so natural to the
natives of her country :
“ ‘lt is half a league, senor, to the
Re 1 Cross Inn; just round the next
great turn in the road.'
“ ‘ls ihe lon a good one?’ I said,
willing to keep up the conversation a
few moments longer
“ ‘That I can hardly answer, senor,
for the man who keeps it is my hus
band. A shelter, if a poor one, is bet
ter than none, for there is a grent
storm coming over the mountains, and
it will he such a night as we seldom
have.”
“ ‘Pardon me, senora,’ T exclaimed,
not a little abashed at finding that I
was addressing no less a personage
than the landlady of the Red Cross
Inn.
“Still I could not help thinking that
it must be a strange inn if she I saw
hef.ire me managed the indoor at
fairs.
“ ‘You have done no harm senor.
But look ! There is rain on tbe moun
tains now. Unless you hurry on, you
will he drenched before you reach the
inn.’
“ ‘And you. Do you not fear the
storm ?’
“ ‘lt cannot harm me, sgnnr ; lam
used to it, and o'her things far worse.
But do you not see how fast it is com
ing on ?’
“A glance showed me that the storm
was indeed at hand, and with an incli
nation of my head 1 rde on, leaving
her seated upon the atone.
'■The great drops overtook me be
fore l had ridden up to the door of
the inn, and given my horse to the
keeping of a villainous looking hostler,
who appeared from the direction of a
halfraised shed in the rear of the house.
The landlord stood in the doorway and
greeted me with much politeness, and
then led the way into a low, dark re
ception-room, teat was rendered more
gloomy than ever by the coming
storm.
“ ‘YYiu were just in time senor,’ said
my host, as a wild gust of wind slam
med the outer door too with a hang
that startled me in spite of myself
‘We shall have a bad night of it.’
“ ‘Y’ou are right, senor. I was lucky
to get here when I did. r hope there
is no one caught in tbe valley to
night '
“ ‘lt sometimes happens so, senor.
Two gentlemen went past here not
above an hour ago, and they cannot
reach a shelter for sometime yet. I
warned them of the storm, but they
wou’d go on.'
“‘I saw a woman half a league
back,’ 1 had opened my lips to say,
but the words were not uttered ; for
just at that moment tbe veiy person
of whom I was about to speak glided
through the room. From whence she
had come, and how she had reached
the inn before me was a mistery.
Probably there was a nearer path
than the odb I had followed with
which she was familiar.
“The landlord of the Red Cress ras
not quite so villainous-looking as the
hosder, who soon came into tho room ;
but there was a look about him show
ed he was ro less the villain, and while
waiting for my supper, I came to the
conclusion that neither master nor
man would hesitate to commit a
crime.
“Supper bad j'lflt been announced
by a young woman, whom 1 took to
be a sort of maid*of all-works, when
there was a rattle of wheels outside,
followed immed ately by a loud shout
for tho door to be opened.
The landlord sprang forward to an.
swer the summons, hut a glance
I through the w indow caused him to
! pause, and an oath to fali from his
lips- , ,
j “For a moment only no appeared
to remain undecided, 'hen he sprang
io the door, and throwing it open,
gave admittance to a great gust of
wind aud rain, and a gentleman an I
lady, the latter so do«e!y enveloped in
a large cloak that neither her lace nor
form could he distinguished,
“The gentleman demanded a pri
appartnient at onco. and they were
shown into it. and all I saw of them
before retiring was one glance through
the open door of their room a» 1 pass
ed it on going to nipper.
That glance showed mo that they
were both young, ami that the lady
was deeid' dly ham.some.
“1 sut through the evening in the
low reception room, with mine host
and tho hosder for companions, and
sorry ones indeed they proved,
“From the time he had got n
g’inifise through the window ot his
new guests, the landlord had appear
ed liko another man. These was a
scowl upon his brow, and a look ol
devilish hate would overspread it,
whenever, now and then, the sound
of ringing irughter cams lrom the
room across the way, where tho new
comers seemed to be making a merry
evening of it.
Not half dojen words did he ad
dress to me during the even ng, but
once when, as I sat in corner where
tho shadows fell thick, they ihougut I
had faflen into a doze, there was an
eager whispered conference between
them, the purjiorl of which I could not
catch, but 1 was sure it boded some
body co good.
“Unce, durin j the lat'er part of the
evening, the woman I had seen by the
roadside glided through the room
with a white, scared look upon her
face thfit I had not seen Before. 1
thought as she went out thut she made
a motion as if for me to follow; mine
host chancing at that momert to have
hTs’eyes fixed fu l ujion me, I resisted
au impulse to follow her and remained
in my seat
“ As the evening went on, the st r rm
seemed to increase Now and then
a v*id flash of lightning followed by n
deafening peal of thunder, would star
tle us for a moment, and then the dark
ness would seem more intense than be
fore.
‘ Tired with the journey of the day,
as well as with mv surly companions,
who. as before said, rarely uttered a
word unless it was in a low tone to
themselves. I expressed a v ish tore
tire, and the landlord moodily rising
from his seat, lighted another feehie
lamp and signed me to follow.
“Passing out into the ball, I saw
the door that led into the room where
the other guests were was closed, but
they had not yet retired, for I could
hear their voices in pleasant conversa
tion
“Passing up a narrow fl ght of stairs,
my ho>-t U'hered me into a large,
roomy chamber, and setting down the
lamp he went out, hi Idmg mo good
night, as he closed the door behind
him.
1 I waited until his footsteps descen
ded the stairs and thin I cornm-nced
an examination of the apartment. As I
have said, it was la r ge, and I found
that there were two door* leading
from it, one bj which I had entered,
and another on the right-hand side
that apparently led into another apart
ment. The latter, upon trying, I found
to be fastened in some manm r upon
the other side, as there was no lock
upon it. It seemed to be secure, for
upon trying I found that I could hard
ly jar it in its place.
“The other and the one w liich I had
entered could be fastened by a holt
on the inside and when I had made it
secure I sat down upon the bed and
examined my pistols to see that they
were in good condition—a precaution
that I never neglec’ed—for traveling in
the manner I was, I know not but wba*
I might be called upon to use them at
any moment before daylight. As yet I
had never had occasion to shoot (moth
er to save my own life, though l was
not sure but thai a timely display of
these weipnns had saved me the necessi
ty of so doing.
“Satisfied thafthey were ir good or
der. I glanced un, and as I did so I
beheld standing he f ore me, so close that
I could have touched her by putting
out my hand, the woman I had met by
the roadside, and twice seen since I had
taken shelter at the lUd Cross
There was that, white, frightened look
upon her face that I had noticed tho
last time pbe bad passed through the re
ception room, and as she caught my
eye she made a mofioD for silence, and
I sank back upon the edge of tbe bed
from which I bad half risen in surprise
at her sudden appearance.
“How she had entere 1 the room was
a mystery, for both do'rs were shut aiid
only a few moments before were appa
rently securely fastened. Had I been
a believer in the supernatural I should
have thought there was something un.
canny in the figure before, me.
“ ‘What do you wish?’ I said, at
last, in a low tone, fi 'ding that the wo
man did not speak, but, seemed listening
intently for gome sound she more than
half expected to hear
•• ‘Help to prevent a terrible deed be
ing done hero to-night, senor,’ she said,
in alow, thrilling voice,as she bent her
face close to mine.
‘There will be murder committed be
fore morning comes unless you and 1
prevent it.’
“ ‘Who pints the deed, and who is to
be tbe viotim V
<' ‘Don Aloaco and bis young wife
will occupy tbe chamber next to
to n'ght, and my husband has sworn
that they shall not leave this alive, it
was an ill fortune that sent them here,
and but Fr tbe storm they would not
have get foot beneath this roof. But
mayhap they think they have nothing
to fear from him—that be bas forgot
ten ihe past, but they little know the
demon withiD him.
‘People say he drove my wits from me,
aLd sometimes I think they aro right,
for my hi ad feels so strangely, and he
has been such a tyrant.’
“ ‘And why does he wish to harm the
Don?'
“ ‘For a long time before their mar
riage he paid court to bis wife, aud when
at last she refused him and married the
Dip, he swote he would be revenged.
Only a wei k after, be asked me to be bis
wife, and I, ODly a giddy git I, with no
nc to tell me better, accepted him. He
did not love me then, mbe has many
tin Oi told ute, and oily made n e his
wifo to show her that he cared nothing
for the love she had refused him.
No. £SO
‘He has hated me ever siucc, and some
day he will take my life.’
“ ‘And you think he will a’tempt the
Don’s life to-night ?’
‘I know ho will. li’s all planned
between him and Pedry, tno hostler
They will wait till tboy are asleep, and
thon tho blow will be struck.’
‘Have you warned them of tlioir dan
gor ?’
‘No, and if 1 did it would make no
difference. They would not leave the
inn alive. We must save them. That
door through which I have just entered
leads to their room, and I shall leave it
unfa-toned. When they start on their
bliody work I shall follow them unseen,
and at a cry from me do you eomo to
raj aid. 1 shall not be unarmed, fori
bar- h ß d a dtgger to defend myself with.
Hirk ! They are erming to their
rom now. Romember what, I have
said and for the love of all the saints,
and as your own soul, do not fail me,’
and with this list injunction sir glided
awav, and the door closed behiud her.
“For several minutes after I was left
alone, I sat and thought on tbe strange
revelation that had been made me, aud
pondered whether what I bad heard was
not the wild fancy ol a maniac, rather
than that of a sane person I heard
the guests enter tbe adjoining room,
hut t was sure it was not the landlord's
footsteps that went down over the stairs.
It wa« the hostler’s, and I thought to
myself, and then reflected wh. t course
I should pursue.'
‘I was tired aud needed rest, and I
knew that if I laid down I should lose
myself in spi’e of all my efforts to the
contrary. Were Ito keep awake all
night merely on the words of a woman
that I could not help seeing was not in
her right mind, or was I to dismi a ev
erything from my thoughts acd at ooco
seek the rest I so much needed.’
‘At last I made a eomproini**. The
words of the wo nan gxined addrinnal
strength as I reflected on the manner
of the landlord after the arrival of bis
guests, and m:de up my mind to keep
awake until after midnight, and if all
remained quiet, to s’eop, and this de
termination I earned out—for how long
I hardly know—but it could not have
been a great while before 1 was sleep
ing soundly, unmindful of tho storm
beating upon the joof, and all else about
mo.’
‘Snddenly I was awrkened by a sound
that brought me to my feet. Again it
was repeated. A cry of a woman’s
voioe for mercy.
‘Grasping my pistols that I had kid
upon my pillow, I sprang toward the
door, now thoroughly awake. A blow
sent it inward, aod I beheld a terrible
scene going on—a scene that makes my
blood run cold as I think of it, to this
viry day.
‘The landlord was bending over the
bed, a bloody dagger in bis hard, striv
ing to inflict blow after blow upon the
motionless form of the Don, while bis
young wife was striving to protect him
by making her own body a shield and
target for the blows; while at the same
time she was shrieking loudly, implor
ing mercy of the villain s’anding over
1 e\
‘On the floor near another dorr that
went into the room, was struggling tbe
landlord’s wife, held down by the ras
cal l'edro, striving to clutch her by
the throat. A long dagger had evident
ly been wrested fron his band, as it was
lying against the wall, some distance
off, while a small one was still clutched
in the hand of the woman, but which
from her poeitioo, she was powerless to
use.
‘The situation of affairs I took in at a
moment’s glance, aided by the light of
a limp that was burning upon n shelf,
undoub’edly left there by the couple
on retiring.
‘Acting upon the impnbe, I aimed
one of my pistola at the head of the
landlord, and fired. The villain sprang
up for a moment, and thens- ll for
word on the body of hia victim, and I
knew that his career was over, for that
night at least.
‘The next moment a bullet sped past
my bead, so near that it clipped a lock
of hair in its passage, ind I saw tbe
gleam of a pistol barrel in tbe band of
Pedro, who had given up the struggle
with the woman upon the floor; but a
moment after he gave a borid cry of ag
ony as she plunged tbe dagger into his
side, and he f ll forward upon the floor
muttering terrible imprecations.
“We ore masters tow !’exclaimed tbe
landlord’s wife, as she drew the dagger
from the side of tbe wounded villain,
and I saw that tho gleam in her eyes
bad deepened until it seemed as if they
were on fire.
‘Yes, and now let us be merciful,’ a.
I turned toward the bed that bore its
tripble lend. ‘We must bind up the
wounds if those that still live and needs
our care ’
‘The woman took the lamp from tho
hclf and came and stood by my side.
The lanlord was dead ;my bullet had
gone through his brain. He was lying
across the Don, who was lifeless also,
ihe blood floaing frrm more than a
dozen wounds, ttlmost -ny of which
would have been enough to have caused
his death
‘ilia wife had gone into a swoon, and
l left her to the care if my companion
while I turned to Pedro.
•The villaiu had a bad wound, but 1
thought he would live, and after dress
ing it as best 1 could, I went down
stairs, and mounting my borse, rode to
the village that he told me was tLrcc
leagues distan*. There I told mv st> ry
to the proper authorities, and just at
daybreak, with tho stein over, wo went
back to the iccno of strife.’
‘The Don’s w ife had recovered, and
was bend ng over the body of her bus
band, giving way to tbe most agonizing
expressions of grief, and it was with
great efi rt that wc tore her away and
curried her below, that we might tuaM
proper dispositi in of the dead.
‘During my absei ce, iVdro, fearing"
tho halter, bad tern the bmdaga from
his wound, and when we turned our •<*
tention to him he bad bled ao that I*-
oovery was imooaaible, aud not long ni
ter he expired.'
‘The fiiends of tbe Don war* •not'
for, and that af’ernoon tba.v oartind
away his bedy, followed by bis yonug
wife, convulsed with her great beriavr
ment, and I never saw her agai». Tb"
bodies of the landlord and Pedro warn
buried, and the half crazed wife disap
peared a few days after, as I lcarnod
on my return that way, three woaks la
ter. What became of her was net
known, but it was supposed tbatshs had
either committed suicide, or bad gon*
to sora*. distant town and entered a con
vent. Tbo Red Cross Inn was tenant
los-q aod a few years since I laarued of
a traveler who bad passed that way,
that it bad fallen into ruin,but that tha
peasant told him the story, much as I
have related it.’*.
The Josh Hillings Papers.
NOATS.
Munny has done one thing for tbw
world thut nothing ebe could have did
so well—it bus develop'd the phool*.
The best kind ot advice for mu to
so low iz this;
“Pay tew the order of Jo»h Billing*
50 Dollars, and charge to my akount
—John Burch.” I had rather ban*
10 dollars ov this kind ov advise than
six hundred dollurs in Christian conats- .
lation; there is more sassage iu it.
Although mankind worship wealth,
i wi! give them credit for cue thing
—they seldom mistake it for brr.iiia.
Most aul tbe grate things huv been
did by taking the dinners. Prudence
has but one eye, while fortune baa a
thousand.
If a man had 2 stummicka and 2
outs’des, there might he somo excuse
for adding 10 thousand dollars mors
cut h year tew hiz pile.
I don’t read enny body else’* poe
try but Homers, upon the same prin
ciple I alwaz drink, when it is just aa
handy, out ov u spring instead ov the
outlet.
Treuson iz one ov them kind ov
stainH that wash well.
If a man has got tew he poor aul
his life, 1 ain't sure but it would be
some munny in his pocket tew be ig
norant.
Fvirst class virt. u z a!wuz ansus tew
avoid temptashun.
You kant transplant a ya"k“e snek
eesafuliy without taking a good deal
ov the file with the roots.
Original! y in writing iz az diffikult
az gett ng a fishing pole by the side of
a trout-brook—ml the good j oles ha**
been cut long ogo.
It iz easy er.uffto git religion, huk
tew he'd it iz what bothers a feller
A good grip is better than rubiw—
yea ! than much tine cotton cloth.
I enjoy a good luff —one that rushes
out ova mans 'oul like the breaking
up ova Sunday School; hut a luff'that
cume tew the surfaco, az the hiokups
cum, or backs out of a man. like 'he
strngg'es ova chicken choked with
a chunk ov wet dough, I utterly la
ment.
There ain't no poetry, but enny' num
ber ov feet by blank verse.
When a fel'er knows he iz being
stnred at, it mukes him uckt us unnat
ural as though he was setting for his
piktur.
I am colled a “broad humorist,” and
lam g’nd ov it; there iz p'enty ov .
narrow humorists in the country with
out me.
Enny man who will kompell a wo
man tew make a shirt tor 20 cents,
ought tew be filled full ov fish hooks,
and be used for bait tew ketch sharks
with.
bileuce is one ov tho negatiff tews.
A Cow Story. —Our friend, J. 8 ,
of Dawson, is pretty tougb on a yanr
when you draw bim oat. Hearing a
crcwd bragging of cows oa the street
the other day he said :
“He once knew a man wbo had a very
fine cow, which was in the habit of
straying off occasionally. On one ccea
sion this animal went off and stayed in
the meadows a whole week, before com
ing borne. They usually milked her
in a considerable hollow in tbe stock
lot. In thu hollow ths milkmaid, as
usual, put ker pail under the eow and
went to work with both hands. Iu less
time than it has taken to tell this, the
fluid was coming in snch a stream aa to
ovetflow and bide the bneket, causing
the maid to have so w&do up to her
knees, and theralf had to “swim like
forty” to get out of it. The poor eow
was drowned but tbe "churning” pro
duced by her struggling and kicking
caused large cakes of butter to rise to
the surfacr, aud the owner saved about
seventeen firkins of it.”
If anybody can beat this, as far as we
are concerned -'‘they can take the
prize.”
A Wins Pr.iTri.RM.—Tbe Gborlots
ville (Va.) Chronicle says the follow
ing are the planks of its platform :
1 We are in favor of railroads, frea
trade, a gold aud silver currency, low
taxes, ships, canal, steam, machinery,
patent wringers, rifled cannon, photo
graphy, solidifl and milk, newspapers, gas,
and congregational singing.
“We are opposed to test oaths, to P»-
land, Ireland, aud all forms of oppre->-
sion ;to standing armies, passports, ju
ries, tax on paper, political disfranchise
ment., sectional tyranny, military gov
ernment, kerosene, hoops, stay lawa,
free tickets, and chewing tobacco.
Who is the laziest man? Tbe fur
niture d> a’erjfer he keeps chairs and
lounges about ail the time.
It, is said that tl o pen is mightier
than the sword. Neither of them ig
> much value witbuwi- Su-lder.