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THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
Bft'nMIslml 1836.
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MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1894—TWELVE PAGES.
asked, anxious that future. blessing*
might also be apparent for him.
“Oh. I? I Shall keep busy perfect
ing my great dlscoverey.”
As lira ve said. Roland seldom epoke
inadvertently: yet -when I now pressed
him for explanation he laugOied un
easily. anM changed the subject. Likely
the dear old boy nursed some darling
ambition. of wthldh his humility mttde
film aaixuned. Late In the evening,
however, when vre were emoklng to
gether before filahe ortth, She usual
ncone for our symposia, Roland asked
abruptly and without oonneotlon: "Do
you believe In heredity, Harry?"
"Why, yes," I replied, "ae least In
physical Heredity."
“Ofi, of course. You have heard some-
When my friend Roland Darrow and I
came to the city to seek our fortunes,
he through the course at the medical
school and X by accepting, which is : thing of the breeding of horses and
polite for “seizing" a minor position in ! dogs. You recognize that people of a
my Uncle Enatlehart's great importing : common blood do resemble one an-
kh „„ , other. Take your awn oase, for In-
hv>u_e, we were eaved from the ScyHa hwgi hiwma mm«
of the boarding house and the Charyb-
dls of private families by that worthy
relative's thoughtfulness and thrift.
"Harry, my bby." he began wfth a
“make-uB-truly-griceful" smile, "give
yourself no concern about loihglngs. On
the third story of our warehouse are
stance. Ttyur mother had those tumo
dark eyes, -arid soft, wavy hair, and it
Is said that your farther find a quick,
nervous way with him. By the way,
you've told me. haven't you, that the
middle Anger of his left liand would
aroused him: lit) words of raillery, In-
ooheivnt with the 'heaviness of rest.
I could not do 'it; I knew Chat nervous
ness was my birthright, aui tua't oat
of its obligations wus ft lack of sym
pathy.
Those who never hud suffered found
it Caay to advise one to endure. Well,
X -would assert my manliness; If my
imagination was so unruly as to d.s-
uotit Hie creaking of Htl old hiruciure
fluid the gnawing of woodtleks Into evi
dence of uncanny vlsltanta. I would
list inAlot Vis vagaries on way one else.
I went back to my apartment and bait
ed ttho door and l'.gWied every Jet. And
then I ait and read steadily, doggedly
lit my armchair, facing the ilimohdid,
uutll the ntorolUg UjfUc rt.ole through
the wlndww, and its roassjriugly as thr
touch of a mother's hand persuaded
me ito slumber. Not a sound hod 1
heard, hat «h alarm had I conjured:
daubUeBi Shu me had much to do with
producing the heavy, dreamless ri-'ep
In which I continued until Roland's vig
orous 'thumps without arointed me. 1
own I looked ok him that morning at-
we walked 'together to breakfast with
a curiosity which X could not well nn-
£* ' ^W,If «nyoM r^resmted Vid-
wive vuim owwvjr vsi uui wmwvuou •**« tlft sinvVpLaKUftW, '#. a »I«11n^teiP.al health, 'he surely did. On*
two unoccupied rooms, one Xnon't and j e»tiaWifihed your belief in m.ffh't as readily ascribe fragility to :>
one rfear. at either end of the hall. I ; P^y^col heredity. But it a all ele- mOunituln as aiiytliln* visionary t<
will make 'them comfortable wRh some
old*fashioned furniture, and you and
y$ur friend are welcome to them. It’a
out of the way. to be sure, but what is
distance to youthful strength 1 No
thanks: I couldn’t do leas for my dead
brother’s child. Of course you’lL tooth
be on the alert for smell of tire nr unu
sual sound. And so. God bleas you!”
I accepted the offer gratefully, never .. w
dneamln« that insurance rates might be ■ perfest enttltv? If thta Uvtter, where d-?
lowered or an extra watchman* dls j your 'tastes, aonlration?, fancies. Im
pended with-through auc-h a plan. In. a DUlaes. and desires come from? Are you
lyeoymry and matter of fa or. Sup
posing that same flmjer of yours were
cut off, you would still be Harry Engle-
h&irt, wouldn’t you?”
, "Certainly; my identity doesn’t de
pend on my body."
"And -what does #t depend on, then—
or wu» it crewtd rfolely and purely for
you, 4* if from 'the du^t of the ground?
^ a wwffli; or a simple,
few days Roland and I were settled, he
in front and I In the rear, and coldly
so. Mike, the porter, who lived In the
back building, kept proving a friend in
deed, and his good wife dusted and
conscious t>f having engendered till of
them? Ami ye»t. an Independent orgnn-
Izarion should be absolu'te.iy self-tfc-
ooymtable. How about fthe foal of the
boHin« more that bolts and the whelp
add in fairm***/ ready to forgive; he
sweet-tempered: still the conviction had
grown ud with me without tiny appa
rent start or sustenance that, onco
kindled, his wrath, like a fire In an
8 pen shaft of a coal mine, wouuu
Holder and spread until of a sudden it
became irresistible in its destructive-
/r.eee.
\ # Now, ns I recall. 1 do believe I used
!* to associate with odd Roland ull I ever
\ j read rcgardibnur the traitB.of elephants,
1
swept and washed with fewer casual-1 oj .the vicious slu/t that bites? Take
tie** than could be reasonably, expected, j ©halt common example oft quoted and al-
Naturally. I never thought of our < way* greeted with nods of concurrence,
presence as a proteotibn, for one's p«r* ;*of the scene never before visited that
eonal prowess is apt to make euch.a : nffeots one ns familiar. Ought not this
suggestion. and I well realised that I Cjon&iajouanieu of something foreign to
was slight and. delicate and timid, ? this life prove a connection with th ■>
grievance in my survival, to relatives nvei3 of /thooe who have preceded uo?
who had .predicted ithe su-penatltlon of a And when so much Is admitted, does It
broken column. Roland, truly , was o not lead logicilly and Irrefraglbly <o a
giant in frame, tail and broad, and belief in mental and spiritual heredity?”
showing over 200 pounds of bone ami "Possibly,” he yawned, “but Its rath-
brawn. But he was eo easyxgolng, so er laite for such mystical suppositions,
good-nniture*}. and. I was so accustomed unless you wish for some daring deirnm-
to regarding myself an his especial otraidon.” •
charge'that I did not attribute any oth- j "How paiactical you 'have grown in
er care to him. | you& hhipplness, Harry. Are you going
We bud been born apd reared in the : to change places? There is a certain
6ame:.village, and had continued in un- faisdlnation to me In developing ouch a
broken Itlmacy through the tittracetlon hyp’othesis. Let It toe granted itha-t a
of contrast#' Besides our physical dlf- man ia a coalition of various leading
ference. I was quick. Impulsive, lmagin* , traHs of his ancestors, one, then, nat-
aitlve: he slow, dellbera'te and stolid. 1; urally aeks. te this union IndlESolUble?
oft^n epoke before I thought and re* | Supposing a proceea could be dlscov-
•gratted It; he thought far more than he , ered whereby one might separate the
.expressed, but what he did say he stobd - embodiment o< one of these inherited
by. ' I was prone -to anger, yet I must Impulses or passions from one’s self and
“ * ‘ -------- --- - force It to work one’s will. What an
unenring, concentrated remorseless In-,
strumenit for achieving a revenge tone
would .possess. Ah!" and Roland’s head
fell heavily on his chest, and he salt gaz
ing fixedly into the dying ooula, oblivi*
oua to my presence
"Oome, come, old man,’’ I urged, "this
won’t do. You axe indulging In a sort
of wide-awake nightmare. I do believe
being alone in thto great barracks af
fected even your composure, and that
you 'haven’t as Mike said,, put n wink,
of sleep over you. Well; our our old
chummy atones have returned, and to
must our .old tranquil way of living.
I’m going to bed, and so do'youra-nd
let us hope fto sleep os soundly ns our
ancestors. .To tell ibhe truth, I believe
opo of mine must have been nn awful
sluggard. “'
Ralaml soranx to his. feet and
shruKsed hte' mlebty shouldere, os If
casting away a burden. “Y'ou’re u good
fellOiw, Harry." he exclaimed. "And in
truth. I’ve ibcrtn rather hipped, and hnvo
yielded too much to the fantasies of Sol
itude. But now that’s nil changed, as
you say. Still, one would be powerful,
•wouldnlt one. .that had suoh ministers
at command?"
■ “Ttaey might turn MVd rend him.” I
suggested, without way significance, os
t passed out to my room.
I cannot say that I remained Im
pressed by this conversation. Buccess
in love makes a man selAOh: he S'e-
£Unls exlraneorus Interests much its a
ntltoodaire may the struggles for ex
istence. My mind was full of Gertrude,
and. besides. I was weary. Scarcely
was I onmtertably placed In bed whfcn
that bulf-consclous drowsiness ernno
over me, which alloiws one to feel the
sweet essence of sleep.
It turn sometimes seemed to me that
mhetl the eyes closed In the durkneno
they acquire a certain spiritual night;
perhaps, though, it Is only memory ex
ercising ono of her perceptions, what
ever the cause there is often a suc
cession of disconnected scenes,- not In
my brain, but before my size, romo
of which are famlSWr an aahers strange,
like peeps Into futurity. As I lay its
my tanguorso me such experience now
affedled me. I oauffht glimpses of my
childhood, of petty -and forgotten grids
and triumphs, alike soothing In that
remlnisence which Is equally depend-
etSr on’tears and mugnter. But espe
cially I saw my dtwllng's ftiec. copitng.
so incongruous In comparison Is a boy 1
mind! Some people conelderetl Roland
pipaithetlc: X knew Gentrude Alien bnce
avid petulantly that his eyes were fishy,
and When I demurrred. declared he tvao
oold-blcoded. too. . I think she.was JMl-
ous un my, account of Roland’s honest
regard for her. At least that frank, free
companionship which we three had
shared durum childhood, waa, for a
year prior to our coming to the city,
done away with hy her. I kr.oiv I often
used to worry, not distinguishing—for
masculine obttisertess gen'erally con
fuses and bhus'the delicate, indefinite
shade of fern!trine preference.
After a time, however, I comprehend
ed that there -was a difference between
Gentrude when with Roland and me,
and Gertrude when with me alone.
Gradually a tremulous, vague -hope be
came strong and distinct, and when
during myfltst visit home from the city
I learned that Gertrude did love me.
there was but one single spot on the
sheen of ray felicity, and that, her prej
udice against Roland. Even then, how
ever. I was acquiring skill In preserving
what I had gained, so I refrained from
argument. When she oawllled, X smiled,
and chanced the subject. The-result
was that m'y Indifference received what
my curitMity might have -begged to hear.-
•'Harry!'' Gertruds called, after I had
bade -her farewell.. "come back here,
please. Just for a moment," arxl as I
bent over her she whispered: "I.don't
believe -he Isrtrue to you."
Poor, tender little Gertrude! Woman e
love Is so exigent so Intuitively min ter-
r.al: Its fears would Often be ridiculous
Were they not eb endearing.
When I arrived back again at the
warehouse, honest Mike gave me a
hearty welcome. " "TU the big fellow,
then, that has mlawd you," he ex
claimed. "for sorny's the wink he his
put over him."
This seemed extraordinary to me. for
though Roland was a bard Etnde'nt, he
was nn advocate of what he termed
"eight solid hours' '©mow-hammering."
Could tt be hwellnces had so . affected
the poor fellow? I was quite anxiouu
until wc mat at night-fall, nnd then my
feam appeared so idle that th«y ncur-
rled out of remembrance. II was the
same old Roland that gripped my-hand
like iron, big and ptyndereus and
mighty, with the tranquil light in his
pale blue eyes, the unchanging pink of
ths plump checks, and with white, rcru-
lar teeth glistering between firm red
lira. If such were the effects of restless
ness. then Roland might be nervous for
an eternity! Yet how fatuous were
there who thought him unfeeling.
When I told him of my engagement, he
was quite transported with unselfish joy.
He pranced up and down the roora wlth
going, recurring, disappearing like the
signals of a Hash light. The expres
sion, however, remained constant, nnd
this perturbed me; it wus so tender
with nnxleay. .
When &ul Gertrude so looked
me? X hold never departed for the
wars. Ah, with a rush of wakeful
ness I remembered. So she had ca-
yeated When the trad recalled me to
her and wMspered the words: “I don’t
believe ne’s true.” And now It setmed
that .her love, superior to space, was
repoatftg the (wanting. CouM It' be?
Was there 'truth in these girlish
away every vestige of slumbering as X
swift, noiseless tread, npw and again j tossed to and fro. Suoh suspicions were
uttering a trum-pet-llke laugh. He unworthy; I wodld not endure them; I
^anoed me on Uiebackto the danger o! j w-auld ora pose myself fo sleep and
rnv l*vf^' ^rutrg tears of pain from ^ dream of a smiling. Joyous Gertrude.
"■tws right, that's oomethtng like of a sudden I sat
It!" ho shouted. "I expected It. I was gggreJ?. ev “V nerve qulv-
sure of It. yet I'm bound to be> sur- : S*,. „„„ ij™' , . . „ ,
nrl’r-1 (o be the more delighted." r*M^ n ™b° I ISw>^2S'» OU T n i'! 1 *. 'l 4 "
Whui a good, whole-souled friend, to ' 1 i, cou . 1(1
SSsSifK
without a o^ neutral You i Ujgjimngl^tad ‘huj^ h]*
will rwirry
assorted. "TM* trumpery clerkeCUp of
yeum I? only n brief trill. Y»to*r xmr'e an .i Vfft
is ohlldlwn*. he’* sure w> provldto for > ^ twlttL a>toSe«» wa? In wSS?
you. All fil? biwineoe will ^ : JS «SSl thSflS^r wW I hEf in-
day bA et your dlnpoail. And, lxicki’y, formed him of my rood f>rtune. ^tlii
my bey. It cm run lUMf. W you are th. oo^lrak »aw ^dJaiWng
not ytjry psvritori. you VJS* now recedSag, tike an uutxnato^r -
Ttn-roleV wm’ I b« ths tart eiljsetlv. epondhtg to a string,
prmer'y. npoiled to >-our queCTeAflon*! "Roland, c*. Roland!" I erted. iVn-i
All th" beer, though, for philander- There was silence, kh’t thick, nol-u'ik-
tnr. Why rfVi'ildn't you dresm eril rp- - aiknce which contains, which cws-mls
manes your heart’s ootrtertt? Wo- K bore the conviction to me or lu
men Ilk" such absorption, and, ns for teoUKvw. as If someh dy or wmwh'nu
"srious -Wyo-rlon. why. there’s china war* utiding to epriug. Fear hath iS
red lin’lsoano trtrdedlag. _ana yon ( greater proportion In suspense, ani
■ I ' A suspittae. of all smttlons. Is least u-
dan Ids to me. I sprang from the b U.
IXWJ-fd the gas, I Hung open the- .loot
There was no one there, no own-l <t
rrtreet; and yet. both stairway and
corridor were long. I hasteosd at tie
ftrtbg intepllme to nptftk wfth
Roktud; but wlou I piusm at his en
trance, I could bar trim within
steady, heavy breathing, like the beat
«T ths chronometer -of Hleen. I antirt-
parted his broad, stupid grin “ '
mlaf-it even p’lht'.i't a voltras^of' those
wmefs of yours. Money can dp attr-
ffilmr."
--- r nv— »hs*s wO-ls nh«y
,-..-oi i..'1-icil -n? i>-i*SXti1. bat Mien
rhe-e -ro - th* hlixtet ring Of .( pa-
trootg* nhont rhem. Old Tt’rtantl. dia-
ingsnuous? One might as rwlUy ‘ x *
r.sw sot" b’.lgv. In the warm, ea-
-* -«?nr glow of early stnraer sttn-
ihlne.
"And you, R-alind. anl yon?” so I
prejudices, but still they niust remain
prejudices to me. I caught myself
gaping as I began-a ttiittl reading. The
influences of the day were potent with
me. My door wus locked, I wits nur-
rounded by realities and I was sleepy.
There in trie corner Wus my bed. With
out further atjo I undressed, nnd in
the midst of a sensible, reassuring An
swer which I would white on the mop-
row. I fell asleep.
I awoke with a start like a soldier
at reveille. Within my very ears re
echoed Gertrude's voice, my being re
verberated with a consciousness other
written words:" Above all keep- your
courage, for evil cannot prevail against
the pure of heart." Somehow, despito
the physical obstacles, She -called me
to face un e-mengency, I would obey
without falierlng; I mould withstand.
As I raised myself on my elbow-and
gazed out Into the room I feM every
nerve tense and true In Ha alliance.
The moonlight streamed through -the
■window in cold, depressing radiance,
but. I felt not its chill. I was armed,
on guard; let Mist would come!
And then, us I waited. I he ltd that
stealthy step in the hallway, at my
threshold. And then, ns I looked
'Hough th* very ftihrlo of the door,
there g.tded a presence tall and broad
wind stalwart, like unto Roland, but
only Otter the buffeting of years and
passions tund crimes, A sinister pres
ence It was. which the moon rays
seemed to nvold. ImmarcrMl, yet with
a certain substance; fragile, were It
not ftar n pervasive energy. It turned
to-vat'J me with greet Jvindrs (extend, d
and hollow eyes burning with mullg-
n'lt.y. Xi turned toward me, then hesi
tated, dV'-i o-op-v t ns it confront 'd
my untyleMIng mien, Its lips twitched
wlah a notselops snap. It faded (v’-v-iy.
and c-y-iln t “o'T'1 tlhw treajl'hv fonr-
•we common-son"'* i 5!! pil !.i!J*" , „' l Y"' ln ”' y ' bu .L’” , o r
1 he room Wiierc my friend - wtm (.a
mountain as anything vlsltanury tt
him. A race bcefUceak would tv hta
S‘S r f“« a W‘ )ttch ^o poesy: and, ye he
h- ttd talked -,n ti weird, orlginuil way the
ulght previous. Roland hlmnetf, it Hup
ptned, bruuchpd alio subtact of this
oddity.
"This won’t do* young mm." be hn-
gan JocMiriy. “An hour hehl-ad time
Is It The natural resil'd of your va.-a-
ttan. or the direct effect of ths non
sense I got off?" P.
I told-hlin Just how I had spout ths
ro.s<ht.
"Well, well!" (Shouted Roland, with «
boisterous laugh, "we commam-senee,
fellows, w:\en wc really try, can double
discount you Imaginative folks. X iurt Twn t
took the whim of digging out my farcy ! i ndon .|.._,,,„ ! ‘ "“I J. w'-tWhed, rt-att'e.
and uatring It off. and brilwM.- you! i»ro5iwronl« "V?* JE *?' i? t?°T
havo the Jumping Jlmocs all night, in ,|., sr ._. 1 hll , A | «he thrselbtaM r,
all prohujblllty Mike, the Janitor, had i brcvtalnc o"--ne
MI acute rjttaok of duty." le.. f *1-
"I called hl-m ivhlle X was dressing," : j .sook T mpP"'].
I omitvered rather sulletny, "and he } ", “" d akvrmed,
oald ne hadn't been near the buil'Hile." ifna rc-
"You ifememlXer the-rid exjllarotrion," ! ■“"’t 1 *'*/- ®»>"K
retorted Roland, "the Uoy Hcd," and ! p"Jr il(lp fl ^ »* W old
ho whistled' a "e.w he.es n r nv-—, nnn„. - 1J - rigid. .1.sorted, cord In death.
ho whistled a feiw bars of (hat popu
lar air. ‘Tm Such a Tlmtdi Young
Thing."
I. didn’t like it In him. Suoh con
duct wad so unusual. Heretofore lie had
been a tacitly understood men-or to
me, quick with sympathy qnd encour
agement. Llko Autacos returning from
ht« mother earth, t» had I in my petty
trials and perplexities ever become
emboldened to defy him. Now ho
seamed anxious to feduce my already
dlsqufeXd spirit by tantalizing me.
Perhaps he counted too m-udh on the
assistance of sleeplessness and super
stitious tears. Are all events, after hot
words, verging on u quarrel, we pan
t'd “unfriendly.
“By Jove!” I muttered, as I wottched
his heavy form passing down the
Btreet with a sort of crafty doggedhesn
about It, "If you wem’t my dear old
Roland, yob might he a stuboorit;
cross-grained crank."
This iiittfe disagreement, however, did
mo .good. It stirred my bTOSu !u?3
manliness and dlsslpatra the vapor of
my senamvencts. i vKppcned on this
day <o tto sent o.n business to a neigh
boring town. I knew I displayed unu
sual energy In Ra execution. I returned
at nlghtiutl by bott, ■well satisfied
with .myself and disposed to regard
things ftor understood as things nou-
exlstent. ■ The evening was clear nnd
tranquil, .the -reverse of tho previous
one, which bad been murky, and the
full mooh arose Drat? (SXvanced ns If
her own glory were not more serene
arid beneficent than that, of tho world
on which (die gazed. X, sat near the
bow, smoking, listening to the ripples
which our progress nlono awakened,
arid Inhaling the breath of the twilight
arid the grateful sigh ot the w-iters.
All nature seemed to soothe and ca
ress me: all mituro seemed to say:
■Peaco Is 'the portion of tho uraoffend-
ng. ’ . • r
It -was late when we arrived, and re-
luotantly I disembarked. I felt ithtit
this cbmihunlon -had strengthened me.
It kept me from eVen womlerlug why I
needed^ strength. R rwna the time for
rest; therefore. I would hacton to my
room and sleep. So In lonely morasses
on the bosom of the sea the fowls of
the ulr were honelaasly enthralled In
Simple flilth. Why should not I with
like confidence yield myself to crea
tion’s common balm? There was no
guile In my heart: If my wishes l'jr
poor humanity were requited unto me,
naught but good would follow.
As I reached our floor In the building,
I thought of Roland. Hsmh and harty
words htid passed between us; ought not
the morrow’s sun-to rise on their oblit
eration? I went to his door, but with
held from rapping, for from within
came the pulse of his ponderous, regu
lar brfti.tMng. Dear old Roland, ono
grievance toward me would have kept
him restless, I know. He had forgiven
and forgotten, nod so mould I. Bleep
well, friend of my boyhood, lulled by
•the sturdy vibrations of thy honest
heart.
I entered my room nnd had begun my
arrangements for the night, when I
discovered a letter from Gertrude on
my desk. The very thing to give a
blissful ending to a pleanant day. I
pressed It to my lire ere I broke the
seal. Th* contents were long, for Ger
trude. like most of her eex, wan a gen
erous correspondent: tho epitome of a
simple life, the emanation of a true,
ttoble heart. There come, however, n
patmg* of-cHrtlnr.t ominous porten:, like
a thunderhonil peeping over a smiling
la Wise too. It read.ns' follows: "And
now. mv dear Harry. I must tell you
something. , though I fear. Instead of
warning, as I Intend, ft may serve to
lr.crea.s- your loyalty.
“You- know how 1 64strust Roland
Darrow. I Cannot explain roy repug
nance toward him by any reisontng pr>
cess: It belongs to my very self as does
mr love for you and my belief In Gob
Of one thine r am certain: Its saurc* la
an apprehension tor your safety. The
other (1iV. out of a full heirt. I m*n-
doned my aversion to mv father. He
laughingly said: ‘One would supptai
that you had heard bf Roland’s «»in l-
father. *nd believed that the poor fel
low 'took aCter him.* Naturally, t ,*t-r'.vt
for on cxolMMtlsrt. and this M what I
irorrvwl- Roland's father’s fitrter -imi-
Itritted a murder and was hanged for Jt:
not In the hoot of nnsrion. hut dellb>r-
»-*ly; ho: with br«V'' -strength, bu-
- cord in death.
h- f v.r^,,'n'! s " n<l hnrrible with
h r™ 1 ' yct ha tihreugih a
J could dlK.-ern jihwt vicious, mn-
^ axncc.t.lov wtfleh Hrad gn
a few hours b-foiv. “
n-tHa ly /t^r e r9m Mns to be re-
Mt0a. /Wlhp-n G<*r»ri*ie anff I met nhe
flWtakraed' hn lt,? n ; hl " -to had
Ml'rtrMcLa 1 'droumlng e y»s u-nd
ott:8tretd?ihefi arms, orylne nlonvi mv
ntl-me.—New York Times: 0ml my
SAW THE GHOST SHIP.
A Georgia Traveler’s Interesting Tale
of What He Saw In the
Dismal Swamp.
liliGULAR FLY1KG DUTCHMAN.
Spook. In tho Itlgglng Who It..fefl the
Sail, and Savor* Sailor-Fa.Ulon
While I'hautom Plro I’lay.d
urn (he Whole Voi.el.
"Do you mean to say you nover
heard ot trio ghosk of tile Dasma!
swamp t" said an olid Ueofgta travel
lug niuiu to u rcpqrtef tb'a oitaer letruu-
iua at trie lobby of tho SSetropolBaiu
UtaUel. ‘’NiA I don't mvuu Ude lndtab
buuiter aiad h!» ghostly swceUicai*,
that aid celibratod in the uid s.Uoo
i-(.adtai' pauu. It -to not <*J well kuow,
a g'aoo. as Uaut pair, but it is iiutn.triy
inoro wowbonic. ft is a tvgular Flyioi
Dutclauau. of tlio swamp, xud lu ace 1.
briiuigs (d-hiii wiUdu u year, sure dr
yellow fever. I've Stvu It, ,-r u ydrt oi
•it, but 1 euppjs.' it's because l didh'\
got u roof good luult ul 1, ritai: 1 in
hen: now.
“Jit's u quc.’i' SkOry, tliat of tile ghost
itt-lp. h'hd it Is bold witlh more or les.-
plcii-uo’cs.juo tvu'laUwiu by the Indian-.,
an-l 'soniu bit Uni swamp cnabkvr«. Fro,
wltag, l have uflun, 1 am indUicd l > be-.
Kove Wlci'j Is sorn-o foiidUpilhlu o. iruto
rit Icuok lilt the paid ot the story rant
say-a there la a tuU-rigged sh>l> slvuift
v-d up soiivowhuro in --i'o surlki g of Up
swusup.
"i -wus up huutlug in tho 11tty.i DIP
when l roiaiai soltuig trig
uv.Ji,
mystery ul trio swanrp. Un a rad ma
rogiMh for ildilirg arid hevera, nnuogl
utot much good tor fltry'uuflK eiso, X*
ouiilahin about 1U.UU0 seres, nud tb muli
lust iu Unttre rrilgilst avumidcr Jrir Jrihiv
vviuuouii gvltlug uut it he did not BU 'f' •
to dvuiii or go. eutvVri up by snukut
uud alligators, tviuch iuo probably
would in short order.
GUIDES WHO KNEW THEIR BU31
NEBS.
"I had two good Indian BUttSes with
me so X 'ivua uok muon axiuad of get
ting tost or tj.a/n'lng. tVu worked our
way up into (rie swamp by way oi
ABigriior River, and 111 the course o!
a couple of, wockb’ 'minting ff°*t vicar
beyond the .truck of even otUWhry
inmtlug parties. The Indlaus knew Ui(
paths ot liio swamp triait uo oue-else
know anything ribout, and X would k
off with oue of Uicm for a couple o
(toys' excursion tliraugh the tamarack,
amd filially break out some nlghlt on
the edge at it ewa-mp lake ot a big
lagriori, and finkl 'tho other guide wJM'
tote bateau drawn up on -horcHana «
fire ready to cook supper-
"It Is a wonderful country for a mas
who lovew tli* plv'.urenque and mysta
Mous In nature. Where uho fonret closes
In on (She river tlionc Is a wild, eolera;
beauty that uppcnls ito tho ■-mug:an-
Moll, (-Hpcckitty in (lie cool gray light
of tlie morning or lu the warmer llglv
of tho afteriieon, that gives the color
of 'the utmospheo Uo -tile mrrrouH&lny
wilderness and to tho marrow, (tortuoui
biyHus limit wind on and oil, out of
sight Into the Mhadows on. clalicf Calnd
“Toward -the lout hour of light .th.
effect Is somctHiIng nngloil. From tip.
boughs of 'Uho dark spreading live onV
rind cypress tme long, motlomlcne
pendants of paile gray moss paint thetr
inverted Images tn the water ■ below
tlteim. Ypu cam feel tho stlllnroa and at
the Holme -ilnao hear the Uiounirid voices,
of the swaini* aliriMK aa 111-a dream.
You can hear Hue mulsh of wlngn ns n
blue cratro or a big white heron file-
and from the tfhUritom arms of the
oulollly sway fifty yurds ahead of vou
down the Mtrenm, and fool Ihe pulse of
•tore nippies no a musk salt Reims nernre
with (hlsinoiie Just breaking-up tho wa
ter In llhs golden p.iffh of Ithe sunlight
tlwiough uho trow.
THE INDIANS WERE QUEER.
"But lit was not poetry ami pic-
turcsouenres that wo were after, that Is,
not altogether. Wo had hunting nnd
fishing In plenty, and finally, when, ns I
say. we had gelt,ton out of sight and
sound of the average hunting party, wo
mado what wo decided wna to bo our
last onrnp before returning. It was on
ono of the -blx awamu hummocks over
grown Will short, owqet grass, nnd cov-
ered with great spreading tamarack
trees. It was « regular Island In the
Jungle of the swamp, from which no
whWo man could ever havo found his
way out again.
"The encamp won overgrown with gi
ant trees, through which were opened
vistas Into the deeper shadowland of the
*wa,mn around. But from the looks of
the stream 1 judged there must be
ths opening of some big swamp lake not
lUr ahead. I suggested that wc might
push ahead and sec what .we found the
next day. The Indians acted queer nnd
mid wo had gone plenty for enough,
which I thought wits rather strange,
seeing they were getting paid by the
week. I queetAmed them, but could not
got anything out ot them, nnd all the
reet of tho evening they were hobnob-
. bln* over the fire and pointing off into
By return mall cam* President Cald- the swamp till I might almost have
well's annual pass on th* Nickel Plate thought there was some plan on hand
for I’rea:aent Nowell. Across its face in to plant me permtnently In the swamp
A NEW COTTON GIN.
An Invention Th~ tVill Savo Some-
thing to the Producer.
-Hr. J. IV. Cooper, it niorclinnt of
Maytvllle, has invented a roach:no
tvhteii promises to bo of great import-
unco to the farmers of South Carolina,
Mr. Cooper's invention is a new gin,
which those tvho have seen it work
say 'Will gin more cotton ait less ex
pense than any iuaeh.no now iu ex
istence.
Bpeaklng of 1i!b Invention, Mr. Cooper
fia-d to a reporter: "It is a little hard
to give tt description of a muchino hko
this, lu outward uppeal'uuco my ma-
ekliJti iu much like any other. Mluo-.s,
all rt-erlapplng,. double saw g:n; tho
two sets of saws running the same roll
In uie breast of the g.u, 1 luvc re
cently worked It attached to a meam
pulley, aud.lt worked cvm hotter than
I had hoped It would do. • The gin will
ho uo larger than the ordinary lumdi.no.
WUoro air ordinary gin has sixty saws
m.ue has Ho, but no wore spare is
occupied. I 'claim for It, however,
about double tho work Of a single saw
gm, at the.same t.inu that the uxpeUSQ
of u condense!' and feeder Is Mvud.
“In uild'.tion there Will bo a saving
of ubaat oue-th.rd of the horse power
usually irujuircd for operation, or
course, It 1 can gin $15 or >'JU worth
of cotton while my neighbor is ginning
$10 worth he will not be a bio to com
pete w.th me. 1 am getlvug ln<iu.ricn
about the machine from ad over tho
country, hut I hope to get souio of our
otvu people Interested 111 U. I should
like lo see the control of tho tuncb'.uo
remain In South Carolina."—News and
Courier.
" LIMITED PAUSES.
Those who best know President Nowell
of tho Lake Shore, will beet appreciate a
recent exchange ot courtesies between
him and President Caldwell of the Nickle
Plate, now also general manager of the
Lake Shore. President Newel) would (five
a man a 1100 blit and never think twice
about It. When It came to giving passes
over the Lake above o was adamante In
hla refusal. Three ho did give were so
limited to special trains that a number
of the officials of the company hnvo nev
er yet ridden on the limited or fast mall
trains.
It Is the custom of all railroad pre*l
dents to Interchange annual passes, and
on a rocwnt New Year President Newell
made up his list of exchange passes and
sent them out. Across th* end of the
one he sent President Caldwell was print-
cl In red Ink the words;
and place, but that since I was doomed
I mlvhi ns well be tolil about it, and
lighting their pipes after suppcc was
over, 'they lay down by the fire and told
me itlio story of the ghost ship.
A PARTICULAR FRIEND OF HIS. •
"They said ft w:i3 two men's lives be
fore the stars fell, which would bring tt
about the closo of the revolution, tho
great meteorological Shower of 1833 serv
ing as a reticulating point for dndci all
through the South, that the buooancera
from the West Indies were very bad,
and equally plenty off tho coast. One in
ixinleular was of a most evil reputa
tion, a devilish olrarte with a black
beard, and cyev* like firs coals In tho
back of n. chimney, a description that
corresponded vary wall to that ot the
notorious 'Brad-Beard,' sn i nodded my
head and tokl them that ha was a par
ticular friend of mine.
,!"They seemed rather staggered at my
assurance, but proceeded with the story,
which was ,'ihait it-his two-legged sea-
serpent had fallen In with a British mex-
ch-ariiman. bullion-laden, under convoy
of t frigate. A storm craw up nnd sep
arated the treasure snip from her es
cort. and the buoan-neor falling in with
her In ithe storm, ran her aboard.
lanh-M to her. and. murdering nil her
ctvw. secured tho treasure nnd made off
under cnyer of ths storm, hla own Vts-
Ml bring almost dismantled in the ltd-
ycrithre.
“He ran- outside tho sea Islands, hut
the storm continued to Increase in fury
such os was nover known before or
since along the coast, and finally culmi
nated In a great tidal wave, sera, of
course, for the pirate's Just punish
ment. that overflowed the Island bar-
ir and carried the robber vessel, with
her -black-h-eurut crew, up through
the CR-ehra of the swamp river, over tho
trne-tpfw, miles Inland, wheru the reced
ing vRjifixrg left her.
CORPSES IN THE RIGGING.
“While th* tndhUM were .triltng the
(Ojory, with lowered voices mid royctori-
on» tthSlurw, ilr- might.hut fallen and
there had Onje up ti regular Southern
thun-lM' Htolln. It. lot,irrupted the tale,
mid ivv tipped up our boat for shritv-r
and slaked’down bn- tarpaulin over/ It.
tVShenj wc Ipul rigged "p this shelter.
a’tSd'.'tlio- wlud was howqtug like panlheVa
through: 'iilto' trct'.i; th<- Indians, M a .
sort of, oheertur ac-Mnnixinlm-'irt to tin
storm, powtlnued their tnleuf how tit In-
torvalu tho Plr.l'te vessel hail boon -(An
ott stormy nights—a rotten, crumbling
Wrack, willing the swamp, d ram ,;hn
bayouia Oiha't wore aoarcoly wld enough
for her masts to pars through 'the tress,
arid 'then again of how she would rlsl
and fly over <tha -tree-'KupB. 1
"All her sails nnvl rigging were gone,
they mid, but the swaimp mom liud
grown up to :!he spars In their pIAo*.
anil tho orciW of ghostly oorp.ves' t'OiiM
bo seen lay Fhb tops and oa tiho yurds,
reefiji*...<lho swump Bills with litre
imolkes and bheorln-g nil sorts or hl m-
Uliemy to each other every time tho
llghrtnlng «ruok llhs mnsls. pestiii fir**,
the Hndtaais •aitd. (lotted over the rot
ten docks noil green lights gto.ved
through -the griping Beams of the hull,
and tho pirate captain, with one tram
torn off at the shoulder ivnfl ono I Mo
of his h«ul torn, away by a round Hhijt,
would fire mMootess hroaUBldea from
the rusty cannon on deck, while ;he
lightning flarlhes seomeid esednllv to
pick out (Iho Wreck as Hhclr w'Tk,
though they wont Btratgim through It
wl-'hout damaging It In the least.
BURE DEATH TO LOOK (UPON IT.
“No one, tho Indians assured mq
ever lived more than u year after see
ing tft* phantom, which was very ■ u-
cuunaiglng, as I ehought I trad seen u
part of It, ah least, Chat very after
noon.
"The elorm Hint tilght was fearful.
Th* lightning licked through ttho trees
like .whlpta-ahes nnd fired the fores: In
half a dozen' Mafces, but Chen tho thin!-
caime down and put out the fire amt
ohtjrned up the avuiter of t)he bay-ou
(111 tho black tvu ter was turned to white
foam that overflowed the txtnke and
sait-rounded tho knoll on which wo wore
damped. Then the ertakes and ull tho
reel of -the crawling demons of Uho
awuimp seemed to pick out the knoll
Whore wo were cnmpdd as their rape-
elal refuge, and iwo could seo hund-ds
more of them carried dawn bn' the flood
through the swUmp, twisting and
wrltihiug in tho water. The animals
wore driven from cover, too. The pun
chers howled in 4IKo trees nrounid, and
wo «n:w one deer and dozena at smaller
animals cnirridd down on the roaring
dream.
"You may b«t! I kept nn Involuntary
In05out for the pllujlfoirf pirate, but
the only gllmpso I MU of her was onco
when a ithest of etcel-bluo Ilghtnlnig
flooded tho whole of tho western nky.
Then I could have sworn I saw tho
srnii- 1'Vuiili'K nuiHl, vhe broken r-o,s-
l:roe® ouritnotl against the -heavens,
add at the moment I would not have
nworn but that there was a corpsn
struggling wlh Hie snakes in the rig.
sing,"—'Washington Post.
flaring red Ink and In the bold haadwrU'
tng of President Caldwell were written
the words:
this recall* th* story M the general
passenger agent In Philadelphia, or some
where, who w*a wont to Watt excursion
end make off with mv valuables, bad I
not known the fellows so long and been
on »■> many almllar expedition! with
them before.
SAW THE PHANTOM SHIP.
"Just about sunset f climbed one' of
th* tree* nnd t»k a look about. You
munt remember that up to that time I
had never heard anything of tho swaipp
'. . . e. . | lin , i wi nr*niiji'a wnn 'viib ui ircrw. 11
car for the return Journey, Rat tt tom . ^ f U uy udf * mil* away, too
v do* 1 tar to roll whnt sort of craft K waa, but
day the O. P. A. s fish dtnler kot atudi I ml , wa , „ ne at thi crou-treeu,
with one of Uhoee tickets <W* condtuons ; an4 lhr . olflBr cnn ted over like a part
l«:ng (.rimed Sn very nn* WP*'), and ha of nn old crumbllrc wreck.
w-iy; o'- ”, .* , .. . . determined to get oven. Bo the next ileh, mx „ mttUral owttmk from my
nhr.iugh running. He stahhe-l hi* friend ( 'Hlr.»r."t wus carrfuhy srlc orf Mr Its p-c-h: the nun gilding ths tops of ths
to death v* the v»w. nrnpteti’. whs
frl'-nrl m- rt :rHj:r-d. lb hl.u.
•toil. Hurry, dear Harry. I’m a poor,
W'tk gtrl.xmUile' to explain nr ,-x-
oreM what I feel: but a* you lov- m«.
be Oipe/ul. SufCi prrinonlllons .m I
tnv*. however upgottdrous or ridlcu-
loue tb*y may he. ojow.i he laugftMl
vxiy. For my sikc. dearest >>q*. f»r
th" take of Ger.rudc. w'ltow; soul nnd
heltsg hr* merged In ymirr, be cur- ful,
“rnigh you Know Wiern.la no oeoistoti
for oare: be wbteSfu’. •houa’, nought
exists for you to watch. Above all.
k**p your courage, for evil (unnot
prevail again*! the pure of lisart."
T.iis letter affrttod my envy ton*, hut
not my JudgmrsK; I was too enrap
tured by Its tendnmw** to b» nlnrmed
by. Fa anxiety .'.Old Rokmd ms old
Roll ml. If fifty gnaadfithere hud oom-
binnl In em. riling ,Cte deoalogu*. I
would tore Gertrude tn* more for her
ry notlceatite tack, ot freshness, and, nt
course, the cook reported It to the O. P-
A.: l*jt on epnte Inspedtion th* wrapping
paper ives found to hear. In gaull Inters,
ill'.' foli'xtrlng *"nls:
"In ccorldeniUon of the.xcxluced
pri « at which this lIKh I* scld; It
v>.l!l not 1« gisul utter ono hour
from the time of delivery."
—Railroad Gazette.
ANBWElt THld QUESTION.
.Why do so many people w* »*•)
around u* seem to prefer tu suffer aui
be nude miserable by indigestion, euU-
atlpatlon, dizziness, toe* of appetite,
coming up of 'lie food, yrilow skin,
when for 73 cents we will soli them
Shiloh’s Vltallz'T .guaranteed to euro
them?
Sold hy Goodwyu ft Small Drug
Company, corner Cherry aireet and
Cotton avenue.
. nnd then sinking out of sight
through their branch'*, lighting up ill
th ' west like a ereit conflagration, ar.d
turning th" bla-k. still. ; ,wiF*.-s of the
bay-. j blircl-rcl. Th*r* wore three buz-
g.irdt c.trcfitig 'tlinxish tli- stilt i.-t rittad-
rant likes mot™ In n s'lirhonm, sad as
Ir k " (larljer th,*v irttli-d dawn I'ko
bltck shad rWK sc.-mlogly on tho very
out-** o’ the old wreck.
"I we*r down trad tolil the JmllnTm
what I h.td seen, and then they acted
■cvred wire enough. Th-y mnured m*
that they loved me Ilk# a fatltor, and
that they were utterly devoted to ms
so long a* I hod a nlui» of tobacto lefr,
but tb*y grieved to say that I wus a
dead man. I told them I waa naturally
bony tn hear that, but -raved to know
what blight I hid Incurred from watch
ing an unuinulty flr.a aunaet from the
top of a tamarack tree. They raid that
tt was not a mutter thtt was good to
talk about, especially art such a time
RUN. SPEAK Tt) THAT YONUG MAN.
Friday morning two young men «hv>d
til king nt tho corner of Poplar and
Fourth streets. As wo approached and
offered (hem a tract, ono received it
cheerfully. 04111*1 tthe other aald:
"Friend. It will be uselms for niu to
read that -tract, oa I will not bo .gov
erned by It or follow Its suggestions.” I
often sec thorn In the hotels and else
where. or.d rtxmotlmeo road them, but I
ant not living right, nor does It soom to
make much difference; ns to what be
comes of me or 'how ebon this life Is
ernltd. Wihen I am at home, in
Geor jla. my mother find me fo attend
church rtgulnrly, but It does me no
good. No. sir. It" will not amount lo
a n-y thlrre for tnc to read 1*’,' and he re
fused it. Whilst wo held forth promises
of cncounigcmtnt to wayward sinners
and th- goodness, mercy and power of
God, the friend -with film became very
readers and uneasy, ns he bad reid a
gcDd portion of his tract, entitled
"Mkwed.lt tut Last." and It was very
evident that the truth had found a lodg
ment at least It* ’me heart. Nothing dls-
courage,!, we still oinciaucJ to talk to
both the young men. and before wo
left the one who pwltlv-dy refused to
accept or read a tract cheerfully accept
ed six well selected omen and placed
them In fils pocket, promising to read
them. Tsliv remember these two yuung
men upoctally and the tunny others who
are like them out In the world, drifting
aimlessly, they know not nor seem to
rare. • R.
SERMON TO YOUNG MEN BY DR.
MORRIS.
At the request of the Y. M. C. A. au
thorities. Rev. S. L. Morris will preach
a apeclsl sermon to young men toreig:
at hla ohurch. It (a the Intention hf
this organization to have service tor a
week in .-the Y. il. C. A. hall, and theaa
sermons to young men are a part of the
programme lo Inaugurate the move-
ment, ind g*t the minds of the people
and the. young men themaelve* Inter
ested In these eervlcca.
•The day* of oolda and Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrups are at haad. Better buy
n bottle.
USE HOLMES’ MOUTH WASH, j
Prepared by '»
Drs. Holme* ft Mtwn, Dentists, '
SIC Mulberry Street.
It cures bleeding rums, ulcer*, sore
mouth, aore uroati. clems the teoohand
purifies the breath. For sal* by all
druggists.
■ram