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THE MACON TELEGRAPH. Bft'nMIslml 1836. Telegraph PublUhlttfiCo., Publisher. 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