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MACON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 26. 1881.
VOLUME LY-NO. 34
GUITEAFS RIVAL.
UVDSOJtt tjbjb xivxxoht as-
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A mu nccoa nt of Terrell"* Tr««edy.~
How the Trlplo AiwmIhUm woo
Accomplished-—Flight #1 the Mar*
<terer aed taU JlrrMt —Ulo Betarn to
pnwsoniuid Keeeptl.n-Ml* coafeo*
alou and .Belch of hi* LUe.-Ma>
C mm ot the riuUUao om wMeh
tbo Harden woro.CoatoU ttod
As the public has been informed, Mr
David Lee, Me info and a negro girl, aged
fourteen years, were murdered last Thurs
day night and another girl aged sixteen
years, sister to the murdered one, severely
if not fatally injured, and whom the mur
derer supposed was dead, but who after
wards returned to consciousness. This
mad atrocious murder has been the talk of
middle and Southwestern Georgia for sev
eral days, and great interest has been man
ifested in every feature of the remarkable
ca-e. The Teliokaph is enabled to lay be
fore its readers tjiis morning every particu
lar, with a diagram showing the spot upon
which the horrible massacre took placo.
First comes the statement of tho surviving
girl.
The two girls (sisters) had been living
during the yoaf on a neighboring farm to
Mr. Lee’s. They had, jast a few days pre
vious to the murder, engaged to pick cot
ton for Mr. Lee, and had been the two
days previous (Mondsy and Tuesday) en
gaged in that work. On Tuesday night,
Boon after the family—consisting of only
Mr. and Mrs. Lee and these two girls—had
finished their snpper and retired for
tin night (tho two girls occupying
a pallet on the floor in the,
dining and cook room) some one from
without called to Mr. Leo and asked him
to get up.. Improved to be-Frank Hudson
kuowu to Mr. Loe and perhaps also Mrs
Lee; also known to the two negro girls.
Frank stated that he had come to see Mr.
Leo to engage to pick cotton for him, and
wry soon hb and Mr. Loe had agreed for
Frank to do sol Frank loft and Mr. Lee
returned to bed. Soon afterwards Frank
again called Mr. Lee and informed him
that bis fence was on fire and offered to go
with him and help prt it oat. Mr. Lee
ba-tily slipped on his pants and shoes and
taking his double-barreled shot-gun went
out with Frank to extinguish tho fire,
fioino time afterwards Frank returned
alone- to the house, and. on being asked
by Mrs. Lee where Mr. Lee,was said ho had
left him sitting by the Roadside watching
llit- lire, and he'bad told him to come and
ark he-r for some snppor." She went in the
dining room and got him the supper, and
be rat down on the steps and nte it. That
afterwards sho, the girl, had heard a noise
like rume one in a scuffle. Not a great
-while afterwards she heard some one com
ing back to the dining room, whom she
sapiKjscd was Mrs. Lee, but who proved to
be Frank Hudson. That ho went to the
fireplace, and with a few lightwood splin
ters kindled up a fire, and unrolled and
counted ipiite a sum of money—pnt the
money in his pockot and held the torch of
splinters over them os if to see whether or
nut they were asleep. Finding ono of
them awake he asked her if sho knew him,
amt on being informed that she did, he
threw the torch into the fireplace, which
extinguished it. He then gathered up the
axe which ho had brought in the room with
him, nud struck her a terrible blow, which
glanced the side of her head and etruck
her shoulder. Sho cried ont
and be struck her another blow, when she
escaped from him and ran oat of the room
into Mrs. Lee’s room and hid nnder Mrs.
Lee'< Ih-iI. She heard him strike her sister
several blows after she had escaped from
the room. Soon afterwards she heard him
coining into the room. He soon discovered
L-r ami caught her by tbs arm and dragged
her from nnder the bed, and struck her on
*he other shoulder, which made her cry
out. lie then etmek her another blow on
the head, after which sho remembered
nothing and knew nothing until about day
the next morning. After sunrise she was
able to get up and walk over to Egbert
bridges’, about a milo^md inform them of
nil that had happened. As soon as
possible, Mr. Bridges, with his brother-in-
law, Mr. James Bradley, repaired to Mr.
Lee's plaoe, and foand Mrs. Leo lying on
the passway between the house and dining
room, deft—<and tho negro girl lying on
the pallet in tho dining-room, also dead.
Aa open trank, or trunks, showed that tho
ho-tsa had been robbed. A search of tho
fields soon showed tho body of Mr. Lee ly-
oig whore he had been murdered. A piece
of rail about five feet long—with one end
large aud heavy, the other small—was ly
ing near by, and was what Mr. Lee had
been streak and killed with, as portions of
his hair wero sticking to it. He was struck
on the baok of his head, jnst wbero tho head
ami neck join. His nook was probably dis
located and tho back of ids skull fractured.
Mrs. I,oc was struck two blows on the head
with an axe—tho side of the axe coming in
contact with tho bead, fracturing tho skull.
Ttie girl’s head was fractured all over—al
most into a jelly. The living girl was
struck on one side of the head and
on both shoulder* with the side of the axe,
*he comet of tho blado making a deep
gash in tbo upper pnrt'of one side of her
bren-t, also transversely across the top
of the- head with tho blade of the oxo; tho
blow glancing forward, the blade pene
trated the skin and other integuments
dnwn to the bone, then glancing forward n
•bort distance divided the bone, depressing
the posterior portion abont one-eighth of
an inch—below the anterior. So for as the
phjsician could discover, no injury was
done either to the brain or its internal
coverings, though they were plainly visible
through the opening made into the skull.
Mad this blow been perpendicular to
the head, and not inclining forward, per-
hai>* no one would have certainly known
that Frank Hudson did tho work, for it
would have prodaoed instantaneous death.
As it was, it only stunned the girl for the
time, and sho may recover. On Saturday
morning sho was as wall ns could be ex-
K-cted—has the bast medical attention, nnd
every other convenience and comfort that
she needs. Tho whole community feel an
interest in her reoovory, nnd are
willing and anxious to contribute to
^bringing about so desirable an end. It was
. in Dawson early on Friday mom-
,n ff> that Frank Hudson bad been arrested,
and that ho would be brought to Dawson
00 *be train Saturday evening. Saturday
js usually a crowded day in Dawson, but on
tws day hundreds of men, white and col-
or ®dj came to town. On tho arrival of the
DZAGBAX or MU. XJHS’S TABU.
1— Represents Frank Hudson’s traoks. well identified, going to tho house. The carves
in the cotton field is where he turned out of the regular oourse to pull and eat two wa
termelons.
2— Represent* hia tracks in leaving the house after committing the murder And rob
bery.
3— Is another track that seemed to have gone to Frank as he was leaving. Where the
crossed the fence between the two cotton fields a tree had fallen across the fence an
they eould cross without climbing. r
4— Both tracks going through the cotton field to the road. Sometimes one and then
the other would bejoremost, and sometimes one and then tho other would be right or
or left, which proves conclusively that they walked in company. Bear .’u mind that the
pasture where oats had grown was covored with grass and weeds and the tracks were
not discernible. Everything has been explained and accounted for except this second
track. Many believe that Frank had an aocomplioo, but he has not yet confessed it,
and probably will not.
5— Is where Mr. ~
from him,
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out all the fire in order that the neighbors might not be attracted by the light at night
and como to ascertain the erase of It.
train it was estimated that more than a
thousand excited men crowded around it.
When the prisoner, under a strong guard,
appeared on the platform of the car, there
was a general rash to pet near him, with
perhaps a hundred crie3 of “ Shoot
him l” “Burn him!” etc. But
tho guards crowded closely around
him, and he was conducted up Main street
more than a thousand yards and taken into
the ooart house, where he was detained
three hdurs or more before being taken to
thejaiL Soon after arriving in the court
house, ^nd while ho was very much crowd
ed and the doors nnd windows completely
filled with persons, a proposition was made
to bum him. He swooned, probably from
exhaustion, overheat and foar, and fell
from thi chair in which he was seated and
remained insensible for some time, requir
ing tho ase of restoratives and stimulants,
which ware applied by the county physi
cian. Daring the wholo time he was kept
in the cdnrt house tho most intenso excite
ment prevailed with frequent ciies of kill
him, lynch him, burn him, etc. Finally,
about sunset, most of the crowd having
retired, it was decided to take him to
jail and await a more calm
and deliberate decision as to
what course to pursue, or disposition to
make of his case. He was then c&rriod to
the jail and securely fastened in one of the
cells. A competent guard was placed in
tho jail end jail yard, and I suppose will
be continued.
As soon as it became known that such
an atrocious murder had been committed,
with oommondable zeal and discretion,
many of the citizens of Terroll county, in
cluding several trom Dawson, commenced
a vigorous and diligent search for and pur
suit of Frank Hudson. The authorities at
many points on the different railroads
were notified by telegraph what a terrible
crime liad been committed, and woro re
quested to be on the lookout for the perpe
trator. As it was known that he had ac
quaintances and friends at Albany, Lees-
‘lurg and Montezuma, these points wore
made the objects of special inquiry.
Probably the first correct information of
him after committing the murder w«3 at
Oakland, in Dougherty county, whore n ne
gro man answering his description had
stopped during the day of Wednesday and
bought some article of clothing. From
there it was supposed he had gone to Al
bany, and to which place his pursuers thon
went. Tho case was then placed in the
hands of Sheriff Edwards, of Dougherty
county, and Marshal Westbrook, of tho
city of Albany. It is a fixed fact that
negroes rarely tell on ono another, and as
Frank Hudson was unknown in Albany
by the name of Frank Hudson, having
gono there a stranger several year* ago
and changed his name to Arthur Made,
he was only known in and abont Albany
v bis adopted alias, Arthur Wade. Hence,
„-hen inquiries were made for Frank Hud
son no one knew anything nbont him or
could tell anything abont him. And as his
adopted name had never been heard of in
Terrell, none of ills pursers could inquire
for - Arthur Wade. But Marshal West
brook, In pushing his search, ferreted ont
the change that had been made, and very
soon ascertained that Frank Hudson and
ArthurWade were one and tho same person.
Soon ascertaining Wade’s usual rendezvous.
Hnit they*have'been only a few hours
later.it is probable Frank Hudson wonld
have escaped, os tho news of tho murder,
and the fact that ono of the girls was still
living, and bnd recognized Frank Hudson,
had only that evening reached tho neigh
borhood, aud Frank Hudson had been told
late in the evening that one of the girls
was living and bed told all abont it. W lien
arrestod he was lying down in a wagon, be-
mg driven in tho direction of Field s store,
inKed Bono district. Leo county. Ho had
been concealed all day Thursday in a cot
ton honse of a colored man named Craw
ford Broadenax. The sheriff thinks that
Broadenax hnd no knowledge of the enmo
that Hudson had committed. He was at
once fettered nnd carried to Albany jail,
and from thence to Dawson, as already
stated.
The prisoner stated to the writer that ho
hod been in tho neighborhood below and
around Dover most of the time einoe June.
That he spent the day, Tuesday, In tho
fourth distr ct of Randolph county three or
four mUes west of Dover, and six or seven
miles from Mr. Lee’s, where he committed
tho crime. That just before night, on Tues
day, ho crossed the Itchawaynotchaway
creek on tho Dover bridge, passed through
tho village of Dover abont dark nnd went
from there to Mr. Lee’s, nnd committed
the terrible deed in tho manner already
stated by the girl. The only difference in
his statement and the girl’s is, that ho asked
for no sapper, nor did he oat
any. That when ho returned to
the house after killing Mr. Leo,
that he foand Mrs. Lee standing or leaning
in tho passway from tho honse to the dining
room, nnd that he strack her on the boad
with an axe, which felled her, and struck
her once after she fell—docs not know ex
actly where ho hit the last time. Docs not
remember how often he strack the girls.
His only object was to get Mr Leo’s money.
t\ hen asked how he knew Mr. Lee had mon
ey, ho said that be did not really know that
he had any, but supposed he had. That
after committing tho crimo and obtaining
the money, he started in the most direct
way to Albany. Arrived before day at tho
place of Mr. Dodwell and called at the
house of Warren Miller, a colored man
living on tho placo of Mr. Dodwell. Ttuw
Warren Miller’s children were his cousins,
and that he gave Warren Miller $40.00 or
$10.00 of tho money for his children. From
thence he went to Albany, passing Oak
Lawn, where be purchased a shirt from the
store. Ho says he arrived in Albany a little
before 12 o'clock Wednesday. Remained
there until that night to the next morning,
and then went to Red Bono in Lee county,
where he was arrested. That he heard
nothing of his being suspected or pursued,
or that either of the colored girls was liv
ing until late in the evening, before his ar
rest at night.
Your correspondent has been enabled to
get the following short history of the mur
derer: At tho surrender in 1«G5, he, with
his father nnd family, belonged to Mr. Sid
Aiken, who lived in what is known as
“Gooseborry district” in Webster county,
on the west side of Kinchnfoonoe creek,
eighteen or twenty miles southwest from
Americas. It U probable that uo was born
there, ns Mr. Aiken had livod there sevoral
years before the war. About 1855 his father
moved with Mr. John Boyd to Boyd’s store,
near tho causeway on tho Chickasawhatchoo
creek. His father then moved to tho farm
of Mr. James Clark, a few miles from,
Boyd’s store, where he lived eight years,
and Frank grow to be quite a boy. Mr.
Clark says ho was ever a bad, incontrollable
boy. T/iat his (Frank’s) father had to ad
minister frequent chastisements, and that
ho (Mr. Clark) several times found it neces
sary to chastise him severely. That he
would always steal. After leaving Mr.
Clark’s place the family lived ono year with
Mr. John Wimberly in tho immediate
neighborhood, and then moved to Mr.
James Morrow’s Cherry Hill place. Four
or five years igo Frank left there and has
only been seen in tho neighborhood occa
sionally sinco. Frank says that on leaving
his father he went to Albany, changing hia
namo to Arthur Wado. That ho lived most
of tho time with Mr. Willingham, the nurs
eryman, working in his nursery
nud driving liis buggy for him,
That tho first of the present year or about
Christmas ho left Albany and went up into
Loo county, whyo he stayed until Juno,
when ho went back to his old neighborhood.
Ho seems to have had no employment this
year, and had probably entered regularly
upon a life of plunder and robbery. Ho
cannot be said to be repulsive in his ap
pearance, yet there is nothing fascinating
abont him. no is abont twenty-six or
twenty-eight years old, I suppose, about
five feet eight or ten inches high, rather
spare, but, I conclude, unencumbered with
fetters,would bo lithe and strong, and ovory
way capable of doing much harm. His in
tellect, I think, is rather above mediocrity,
but wholly dovoted to licentiousness and
crime.
So fnr as I can judge, be has no hope of
escapo but awaits his execution with stolid
indifference—fearing only that he will be
compelled to suffer at tho stake.
Mr. David Lee was a quiet, well-to-do
farmer—one that remained at homo and
quietly attended to his own business. His
wife was every way suited to his habits nnd
opinions. They had resided in tho neigh
borhood where they wero murdered about
thirty yonrs. nud had endeared themselves
vory much to tho community in which they
had so long lived. Both were worthy and
acceptable os well as active members of
the Primitive Baptist church. They leave
an only child, a married daughter, who re
sides within a mile of their late homo.
DIAGBAM OF MB. LKE’S HOUSE.
a—Door through which the girl came in
and hid nnder the bed.
b—Open passway from honse to dining
room.
c—Here is where Mrs. Loe was found
with her head resting over tho edge of tho
floor on the steps,
d—Door leading into dining room,
e—Pailet where the girls were lying,
f—Fire-place.
A Neighborly Family.
From tho Detroit Free Frets.
A family from down in Indiana moved
into a house on Second avenue last week,
and before night had borrowed tea, sugar,
eggs, milk and kerosene from as many
neighbors. After three or foar days tho
new family ceased to borrow promiscu
ously, and settled down on one particular
neighbor. At an early hour in the morn
ing a small boy appeared aud said:
“Say, we are out of tacks and want to
6 ut down our carpet. Ma wants to know
f sho can borrow a few ?”
A hunt was made, and the request
granted; but hi ten minutes tbo boy re
turned, and said:
“Say, we’ve mislaid onr tack hammer,
and ma wants to borrow yonrs.”
He got it, aud tills time it was twenty
minutes before be returned, and said:
“Say, ma pulled all her teeth out pull
ing on that carpet. She wants to know if
you won’t lend her one of your boys ?”
Ono of the boys was sent over, bat it
was an obstinate carpet, and back carno
tho messenger with:
“Say, ain’t your husband home?”
“Yes; what do you want?”
“Well, ma's mislaid her husband some
where, and sho wants to borrow yours to
pull one end of that infernal carpet
through two doors and across the hall.”
The line had to be fixed somewhere,
and it was fixed here.
It docs not make any difference how
severe the case of billons derangement is,
Simmons’ Liver Regulator will cure it
speedily and effectually without saliva
tion, or that prostration of the syatenr en
suing from the use of drastic purgatives.
As there are many spurious imitations
of this valuable medicine, take care yon
get the genuine.
■ «Wo have been selling your medicine
for some time, and wc find it better adapt
ed to the cure of bilious attacks than any
other medicine wo have ever used or sold.
“Jab. M. Beaslet & Co., Magnolia, Ark.”
TWO PWKAM8.
FOUNDED ON FACT.
[Date, August 4,186LJ
• “If you please, sir Simmons wishes to
speak to yon.”
“By all means,” replied Colonel Holt!
apparently surprised that Simmons should
make the request through the medium of
the footman. “Tell him. to come here
onaei”
A few moments later came a hesitating
knock, and it was not until Colonel Uoit
had twieje shouted “Come in,” that the
door opened to admit the aforesaid Sim
mons. I
Looking np somewhat impatiently, Col
onel Holt was struck by the change in the
mail's demeanor. No longer a spruce, erect,
middle-aged butler, but a pallid, trem
bling man stood before him.
“Good heavens! are you ill, Simmons?
‘■XOjSlr, but I must go away this very
day. You must let me go; indeed yon
must, sir.”
“Certainly, if yon wish it; but give me
some reason for this sudden determina-
tioon. What has happened?”
“I can tell you nothing, sir. Let me
go without question, that is all I ask of
yon.”
“It is a great deal to ask,” said Colonel
Holt, more and more surprised; “and I
am not sure I can grant so much. Come
Simmons, tell me honestly what has
tppened. If I can help you”—
“Thank you, sir, you can only let me
go”
—“Perhaps you are in some money
trouble? Speak out frankly if you are.”
A faint flush came upon the man’s face;
be hesitated. i % , _
“Monoy, sir, has to do with my trouble,”
he replied, “but it is not tho reason for
wishing to go away. Have pity on me,
I implore you; let me go. I must, wheth
er you consent or not.” And a look of
the utmost misery crossed the man’s face,
“Well, well,” said his easy-going
master, “how long do you want to be
away, tor a time only, or do you want to
leave altogether.”
“If you are kind enough to let mo re
turn, sir, I can do so safely by tbo twen
tieth of this month.” .
“Safely,” muttered Colonel Holt, “wlial
does the fellow mean?” Then aloud
“And who is to fill yonr place; you 1 nOW
we havo visiters coming to-day, find—”
Again that haggard look of tenor Cnue
into Simmon’s face as lie ventured to in
terrupt bis master.
“Yes, sir, I havo thought of that, and I
havo a brother staying in the village, who
is butler to S.r Henry Coutls, at Bean-
champ Park. The family are abroad, and
he has a month’s holiday, and will gladly
take my place while I am absent. I am
sure ho will do liU best to please you,
air.'
There being nothing further to settle,
his master dismissed Simmons. For a
few minutes Colonel Holt pondered over
the matter and the tnau’s strange manner,
then muttering something to tho effect
that servants’ ways wore past finding out,
he dismissed the subject from his thoughts
and became engrossed in business letters
of importance.
At luncheon, much to Mrs. Holt’s
amazement, a strange servant was in
attendance. “Where is Simmons?” shu
asked.
“Oh,” exclaimed Colonel Holt, sudden
ly remembering he had not enlightened
Ins wife, “this is Simmons’ brother, who
has taken his place for a week or two. 1
have been so busy I forgot to tell yon.”
Mrs. Holt asked nofurtherquestionstill
the mau had left the room. Then she
said: “My dear, when you allowed Sim
mons to leave, did you remember that
Mrs. Perceval and Eflie were coming to
day, aud that wo have a dinner-party to
morrow?”
‘Yes, I did not forget, hut tho mau
would go. I could get nothing out of the
fellow, except that lie must go this very
day, and would return by the twentieth.”
“But what reason did ho give for such
extraordinary conduct?”
“None whatever. Ho looked miserably
ill and changed, and pale as a ghost. 1
never saw such a scared object in my life.”
“Do you think he had been drinking'.’”
“Oh, no, he was as sober as a judge.
Never mind, his brother will do very well,
no doubt; he’s butler at Beauchamp, and
looks a decent sort t>f fellow. By-tbe-by,
what time is the carriage to be at the
station'to meet the Percevals?”
Before Mrs. Holt could reply, Simmons
No. 2 appeared bearing a telegt
“A telet
legram.
said , . ,,,
quickly. “Oh, how tiresome! Listen: So
sorry we cannot come. Effie lias ono of
her nervousjattacks. Will write all partic
ulars.”
“Well, there’s noendofabore. Plague
take tliese’girls with their nervous attacks!
Here we’ve the nuisance of a dinner-party
of natives to-morrow, all to no purpose.”
“Thev must havo becu asked some
time or other, my dear,” said Mrs. Holt
mildly, “but it’s very provoking, I own.”
“And so Miss Effie and her wonderful
diamonds are not forthcoming,” said her
husband, getting np nnd lighting a cigar.
I think I’ll take tho dog-cart and drive
to the station. No doubt there will bo
fish and other things to be fetched.” And
Colonel Holt sauntered out.
On his return, to bis great surprise, Sim
mons himself me (him at the hall-door,
“You back again! What does this mean?”
Tho man looked confused, stammered
out, “I—I—thought better of it, sir, and—
and—I hope you will forget what has
passed.”
“You are determined to puzzle mo to
day, Simmons. Do you think you are
quite right in your head? Have you no
explanation to give of your strange con
duct?”
“None, sir,” was the answer, In low
tones.
“Now, what on earth would be tho
proper thing to do, I wonder?” thought
Colonel Holt. “Ob, if I didn’t hate trou
ble so much, and the weather was not so
hot! As it is, ‘masterly inactivity’ must
gain the day.” And without another look
at the delinquent, he made the best of bis
way upstairs.
(Date, August 4,18C4.)
“What can make Effie so late this very
morning of all others, when there is so
much to be done before we start,” sighed
Mrs. Perceval, pushing hack her chair
from the breakfast table as she spoke, and
addressing no one in particular.
“What was tho row with Effie in tho
night, mother?” asked Janies, a hoy of
fourteen, who at moment was conveying
large pieco of bread and jam to his
month.
“With Effie?” asked his mother. “What
do you mean, Jem?”
“All I know Is, I heard a scream in the
night,” replied Jem; “and Imagined it
came from Effie’s room opposite. But 1
was awfully sleepy, and the next moment
I was off again, and forgot all about it
until just now.” ,
Mrs. Perceval hastened to her daughter’s
room. To her great dismay, Effie was
sitting on the edge of the bed in a half
fainting condition, only partly dressed.
“My darling, you are ill? what is it?” asked
her mother.
“Oh, mother, mother,” moaned the
jlrl, clinging to her, “don’t go away, don’t
eave me,” was all poor Effie could say.
“Leave you, my child; of course not. But
why didn’t you send for me? I had no
idea you were ill.”
“I did not want to frighten you, and so
tried to get up and dress, and then tLIs
horrible faintness came over me, and 11 was hurrying her into the bouse. “Bat I
could not get to the bell. Oh, mamma, I can manage; you won’t mind. Oh, yes,
I have had such a terrible night!” 11 know; that will do nicely. There’s
“My darling! Then ft was yon Jem} Fred, he will be surprised! Do you know
heard scream?” | who this is?” she called out to her hus-
“He must have heard me, but he didn’t | band, who was coming down stairs,
come, no one came; and oh, it was so ter-1 “Effie Perceval! van I believe my
rible. I shall never, never, forget It,” and J eyes?” .
sb ?i reai . b *® d Wjotf I *‘*6*5 “d she telegraphed yesterday io
“One thiDg Is clear,” said Mrs. Perce-1 say she was coming, and that horrible
vale, “we cannot go to the Holts to-day.” ] boy must have lost the message. Fred
“No. no/’ said Effie. I cannot go on | you must have him sent away.”
visits; but! must get away from here,] While Effie was lunching, Colonel Holt
from this room, from this bed,” she added f ran over the names 0 f those who were
with a shudder. | staying in the house, and of the neigh-
“We will go anywhere you like, dar-1 bore who were coming to dinner,
ling,” said her mother soothingly. “Only} “I hope you have brought a smart dress,
try to he calm now, and tell me what has | young lady, and all your diamonds, for
upset you so dreadfully.” (there is to be a perfect invasion of natives.’'
It was some time before the girl was | “Ob, I think I shall do,” laughed Effie,
sufficiently collectedtosatisfy bermotlier’s | “though I was not prepared for such
anxiety and curiosity, but at length, with | festivity/’
many breaks and faltering sentences, she | “They don’t happen often, thank good-
spoke much as follows*. | ness; why, sow I think of it, you left us
“I went to bed, as you know, perfectly | in the lurch on the last grand occasion;
well and looking forward to our visit to | this very day, last year, by Ji
the Holts, and I soon tell asleep. About | was.”
1 o’clock I fancy It must have been, 11 “Ye». Ob, we want talk ot that,” said
awoke with a feeling of the most fright-1 Effie, shuddering and turning pale. She
ful depression, just as if I was doomed to | was relieved by the entrance ofMrs.Holt,
death. I tried to call out, and alt up in I who offered to take her to her room*
bed, but a heavy weight seemed ou me, j “I have done the best lean, dear; order-
and I could only lie still and gasp. Then I ed my den to be turned into a bedroom
I felt myself sinking into a sort of stupor. | for you. There was literally no other
X knew I was not awake, and yet I was | room availible. There is only one draw-
net asleep. Fearful shapes and forms | back; it is at the end of a long passage!
flitted before my eyes uutil at length I has no lock to the door, and Is not very
they seemed to merge into the shape of a J near any other room.”
man, with huge prominent eyes, who} “It will do beautifully, I am sure,” cried
stooped over me, and slowly waved a | Effie, vexed at the trouble she was giving,
large knife in front of my face. I tried to | and feeling sho could not in reason make
scream, but felt it was only inwardly, and | any objections, though the idea of an
that no sound escaped my lips. Again | isolated room room did not sir.ke her
this terrible form bent over me, gradually | pleasantly.
fading away, only to return a third time | “That is my husband's dressfng-room/-
with a still fiercer look in his eyes. Mak-1 said Mrs. Holt, as they pawed an open
ing a superhuman effort, my voice at last | door. “Now turn to the right and at the
broke its bounds, and with a ringing [ end of this paw age is yonr room. I chose
scream I awoke, and sprang out of bed. | it for my room on account of its inaccess-
There was no one to be seen, my door I ibility.”
was still locked; no one could have come | When reached it looked such a cheer-
in; it most then have been a dream, 11 ful bright little room, with the afternoon
thought, and at last, shivering and shale-1 sun streaming into it, that Effie was
ing, I crept into bed again, but could not I charmed. “If I feel lonely I can keep
go to sleep. Ob, 1 did so long for you, | Susan with me,” she thought,
mother, aud yet I was too frightened to] “Now I shall leave you to rest,” said
como to you.” ., , | Mrs. Holt. “If you could get a little uap
“My >oor child!” cried Mrs. Perceval | before dinner, you would be all the better
aOOthfa ly- ' .. . .
“it was iudeed a dreadful
for it.”
“I must Write to mamma and Lawrence
“But it is only a dream?” sighed Effle; | that will be better than sleeping, and will
“it seemed so much more—and that lace, | refresh me quite as much. What time do
shall I ever forget it?” I you dine? 7:30? Very well; good-by till
“Only a dream, darling. Something I then.”
had upset your nerves. Now, tiy and] “I really believe Simmons is wrong in
shake ofl the remembrance of It. Come | in bis head,” said Colonel Holt to his wife
downatalrs, and, after breakfast, we will | as he came into her room half an hoar
settle where we will go. I think the sea-1 before dinner,
side will be best, but you shall decide.” | “What has be done now, then?”
Mrs. Perceval treated the matter light-1 “The fellow’s manner is so odd I can’t
. . Effie had always been highly nervous, | understand him. As soon as you had
and this was only a bad attack of night- (taken Effie up to her room I sent for him
mare. It was, however, some time before ] to say an extra place must be laid at the
the girl took the same view as her mother; | dinner-table, and stated the reason. He
and, although the change to the seasido I didn’t make any answer, and looking np
braced her nerves, and did her very much 11 saw he wAs as white as death and sbak-
good, it was far from being a complete] ing all over; then he began a stammering
care. At times the remembrance or the | request to be allowed to go away, he was
face she had seen would return and cause | not well, and so on. However, I cut him
her hours optorturo. Mrs. I’erceval, like a | short, and told him If be wanted to go he
wise woman, had kept her own couusel I must wait till to-morrow, and then, If go
concerning the dream, or vision, which-1 he would, it must be tor good; bat that, of
ever it was, so that it had not become an ] course, he must stop and do his work to-
eight day wonder in the lionsehold. She | night. With that I left him, andjnst now
rarely allowed Effie to dwell upon it to 11 saw him. at work in the dining-room,
her, and when, a year later, a new interest | so I suppose he has recovered his senses.”
.i—*-«•- in- * his conduct is,” said
a year ago to-day
vagary."
married, aud two honest brown eyes now | Contrary to her wont, Mrs. Holt felt
bauuted her waning as well as her sleep-1 somewhat ot an anxious hostess as she
ing moments, and a sense of security hedg-1 greeted her guests that evening, but she
cd her round. To Lawrence Spencer, she | was reassored by Simmons’ manner, which
bad of cuirse told the tale, and Lawrence | was as composed as usual. Effie, obey-
liadpettied aud soothed her, and made | ing her natural instincts, was late, and
el no fear. I shy, red-haired youth, who took her In in
It was once more the beginning of | solemn silence, apparently abashed by
August, when, one bright morning Law-1 the radiance of her diamonds. It was a
reaceunex] '
join his regi
duty equally important,"required nts pres-i She gave a sign oi saiisiacuon on reaching
cnce. Poor Effie wandered about the ] the drawing room, feeling now that all
house like an unquiet spirit after his de-1 danger was over. Never had Effie been
parture. At length a bright thought | brighter or merrier. As soon as the men
struck her. j came up, Mrs.Holt persuaded her to sing.
“Mctber, this wonld be the very time | She had a lovely voice, bat was usually
for my visit to the Holts. Let me send a I too shy and nervous to perform before
telegram to say I will strive to-morrow. | strangers. However, to-night she seemed
They haze always begged me to comeat a I a different creature, and not a little to her
moment’s notice, aud i may not be able to j own surprise felt every inclination to corn-
go later on.” | ply with £he request. Everyone was en-
“But they may have people staying with | chanted, and she was besieged for another
them,” objected Mrs. Perceval. | song.
“Never mind; they will pat me up some-1 “You must have . ome coffee first,” said
how. Do let mo go.” I Colonel Holt, beckoning Simmons to
“Very well, dear,” agreed her mother, | bring It.
rather reluctantly, butto oppose any wish ] “I am better without coffee,” said Efflo
of Effie’s was an Impossibility to her. I looking up to decline it, when her eyes
“You must take Susan with you.” {suddenly met those of Simmons, who was
“Oli, yes; and my diamonds,” laughed I holding the tray in front of her. Avlolent
llie. “Do you remember I was to have I fit of shivering took possession of her as
taken them last year to show Mrs. Holt? I with fixed eyes she watched himleave the
Sho was so envious at my good luck in I room; then, with a piercing scream, she
having them left to me; ‘a chit like you/ | started up, and, catching hold of Colonel
' remember slicsald.” I Holt’s armcried, “Save me,saveme!” and
Mrs. Perceval rejoiced to find that all | fell backfainting into Colonel Holt’s arms,
remembrance of the shock her daughter I The usual confusion consequent on such
had sustained a year ago seemed blotted | an event insured. “She must have air
out of her mind. Nopaintul thoughts ap-1 and quiet,” aaid Colonel Holt; and begging
peared to linger of that interrupted visit I his wife would summon Susan, he carried
tlio Priory. | the girl out of the room into his study,
“Well, Effio, send off your telegram; I where in time she recovered. “Ob! that
hut yon need not say your diamonds will [ face, the awful face of my dream!” she
accompany you,” she added, laughing. I moaned, pressing her hands to her head.
Effie flew up to tho little village post-1 “My dear child, what has distressed
office and dashed off the following met-] you? Tell me what has made you ill,”
sage: | asked Colonel Holt. His wife had by
“I am coming to-morrow for a few days, I this time returned to the drawing-room,
unless you telegraph back to the contrary.” I leaving her kusbaud and Susan with
In tho evening Mrs. Perceral inquired I Effie.
if she had received an answer. I “Those dreadful eyes, that face,” was
“Ob no; I told them not to answer unless I all she would say for some time,
they could not have me.” I “Do you know what she means?” Col-
“Still I wonder you have not heard,” onel Holt asked Susan, who shook her
returned her mother; but Effie was quite I head, and, In a whisper, expressed a hur-
sure it was all right, so no more was said. | ried opinion that Mias Effie’s nerves were
Next morning she was up early putting I often like this, and that most likely she
> finishing strokes to her packing, laugh-1 meant nothing.
; and singing, apparently in tho highest I “Perhaps she will tell me if we were
. rits. “Good by, darling mother. 11 alone,” thought Colonel Holt, and be
shall write to yon to-morrow. Isn’t it 1 made a sign to Susan to leave the room,
odd? it was this very day, August 4tb, I “Now, deal, try and tell me what has
that we were to have gone to _the Holts [ frightened you; and who it is lias such
last year.” Still no painful reminiscences I dreadful eyes; or would you rather tell
on the subject. Her mother kissed and] Agnes? If so, I will fetch her.”
blessed her, preached care and. caution, I “No, no,” said Effie, clinging to him;
and so they parted. ' | “I will tell yon; it will be better; but it
On arriving at X station, Effie was I makes me shudder so to speak of it.”
somewhat surprised to find thatno vehicle Colonel Holt soothed her as best he could,
awaited her from the Priory, however she I and at length ahe managed to tell him ot
waa able to procure a fly without any her dream of a year ago. “And oli!” she
difficulty, the omission was of little conse-1 cried, “that man who brought the cof-
quencc. It so happened she liad never I fee to me bad the same face as the mtn
visited the Holts before, great friends I in my dream, and when I looked np his
though they were. They had met abroad dreadful eyes were looking at rue in the
and at tho houses ot common friends, but I same murderous why as In my dream.”
something had always come in the way I “That man? Do you mean Simmons,
of a visit to the Priory, and Effie could I my butler?” asked Colonel Holt, laughing,
scarcely believe she was really on her trying to reassure her. “Fancy turning
way thither. As the fly drove up to the I old Simmons into a villain of romance!
door of the old bouse, she saw Mrs. Holt I why, he Las been with me for years, and
in the garden, and, putting out her head, is as steady as old Time. You are tired
nodded and smiled gaily. Up ran her I and over-excited this evening, Effie,. and
hostess, exclaiming,“Effie, my dear child, I your imagination has run away with
what a delightful surprise! Why didn’t you. That is all, believe me.”
you let us know you were coming?” . 1 He rang the bell and summoned Susan,
“Surely you received my telegram yes- who persuaded Effie to go to her room,
terday?” I Colonel Holt then returned to the draw-
“No; did you send one? Oh, that dread-1 ing-room. HU guests were departing, and
ful boy at the post-office! He really must I very soon be ana hU wife were left to
he got nd of. This is the third telegram themselves.
he bss lost in a month—careless,good-for- “I most go to that poor child,” said Mrs.
nothing young rascal! Never mind about! Holt. “What could nave brought on such
that now, however. How delightful to I an attack?”
think you are really here at last!” I “Oh, some nonsense about a dream. I
“But is it convenient? Are you sure 1 wouldn’t tease her with questions to-night
you can put mo up?” asked Effie. Give her a soothing draught, and let lie:
“Oh, I forgot! every room U full,” cried I go to bed; and ask her maid to sit with
her friend stopping short in dimay as she ■ her till she falls asleep.”
Left alone, ColoDel Holt rang the bell,
desired Simmons to put out the lights, and
see that all was safe, and then betook
himself, with many yawns, to his dressing-
room, where he Intended to solace him
self with a pipe before going to bed; and,
for want (ff better food for thought, hU
mind reverted to poor little Effie’s hysteri
cal tale of her dream. “Pish—noose
rubbUh!” he muttered between Whil**,
when suddenly he started to his feet. “By
Jove! what it there should be something
in it. The man’s manner Is not satisfac
tory; and it is odd, to say the least of it,
that the very day she was to have come
last year, and the very day she has come
this year, be should have behaved so queen
ly. Well, I suppose I’m an old fool, but
I wont go to bed till dawn at any rate.
What is the time now? 12 o’clock. If any
thing Is to happen U will happen soon, I
. e opened the door softly. The house
seemed wrapped in complete silence. Not
a sound was to be beard. Leaving the
door gjsr, he placed his arm chai r behind
it, put out the candles, and reseated him
self, devoutly hoping he might not fall
asleep, but thinking It was more than like
ly he should do so. When the stable
clock chimed tho half hour after midnight,
Colonel Holt started and changed his po
sition. Surely he bed begun to doze; this
would never do. Why on esrth bed he
given'himself so much discomfort? He
who would willingly go to bed at 10 o’clock
every night, to sit up in the dark to such
an unearthly hour, just because a hysteri
cal, love sick girl—
At this point of meditation sleep again
overpowered him, and 1 o'clock chimed
unheeded, and a figure crept by the open
door unheard, and stole softly down the
corridor toward poor little Effie’s room.
A moment later, and Colonel /Holt is
wide awake, as scream after scream breaks
the silence of the night. Before he coaid
reach the room at the end of the corridor
the door is flung open widely, a stream
of light burets forth, and a little white
robed figure with bare feet files toward
him. To his horror, he sees blood on her
face and arms. “Help, help!” she cries;
“he will kill Susan!”
“Goto Agnes” was all he had time to
say, hurrying past as Susan’s cries grew
fainter aud Ulster. Rushing into the
room he threw himself upon Simmons,
with whom the poor woman was strug
gling bravely, having contrived, though
not without injury, to wreet from his
grasp a knife, with which he had threaten
ed Effie’s life. It was Susan’s blood that
bad stained the child’s face and hands.
Evidently Colonel Holt had not arrived
a moment too soon on the scene. He
caught the murderous gleam in the wretch
ed man’s eyes, and shuddered at what
might have happened had he altogether
disregarded poor Effie’s story.
“You villain, yon—,” he began; hut
the words died away on his lips as the
poor creature struggled violently in his
| irasp, uttering a piercing scream, and
i’ell back—dead!
MBS. HOLT TO MBS. rERCEVAL.
The Priory, August 10.
“Jfy Dear Jfr*. Perceval.—We were
much relieved to hear of Effie’s safe ar
rival, and trust that under your care her
nerves may before long recover from the
dreadful shock they have sustained. We
are very glad poor Susan’s wounds are
healing so quickly, it has, indeed, been
a fearful tragedy, aud both Fred and I are
quite unstrung by it all. L for one, shall
never refuse to believe in dreams again.
But that reminds me I have yet to tell
you the strangest part of the story.
The brother of the poor wretched man
came to see my husband a day or two
ago. He was naturally iu the deepest
distress, for a great affection had existed
between him and his brother. He told ns
that about eighteen months ago, ever
since a visit we had paid to Lord D—,
where he had gone with us, his brother
had taken to betting and gambling, and
[olng out at night to play cards at a pub
ic house there is in the village. The re
sult of this was that be lost every penny
of his savings, and ran deeply into debt.
He was engaged to a very foolish, vain
woman, who only cared for him for what
he could give ber, and did nothing bat
abuse ana reproach him when no more
money was forthcoming, and altogether
made his life a burden to him.
“Abont this time be heard us at dinner
and at other limes talking of Effie’s dia
monds, and ot how she was coming on a
visit, and was to bring them with her.
He had confided his many troubles to his
brother, who happened to have a month’s
holiday snd had taken lodging in the vil
lage, and Us brother lent bin money
enough o c ear him. The fatal ore of
play, nowever, tkl 1 clung to him, and now
comes the strange part of my tale.
“The night of the 3d of August last year
he bad a terrible dream. Having promis
ed his brother to keep from play, he had
gone to bed early, instead of going ont as
ishad been in the habit of doing. But
he could not sleep, and tossed lrom side
to side, his mind filled with visions of
Effie’s diamonds, which had again been
tho subject of conversation at dinner,
about dawn he fell into a troubled sleep,
and dreamed that you and Effie had ar
rived, and that she had come down to
dinner resplendent with diamonds, the
sight of which, to use his own words,
raised the devil within him. The pas.dou
for gambling seized on him with renewed
force, and he at once determined to steal
the diamonds and make off to America.
He felt he would net even stop short of
murder itself in order to accomplish his
desire. In his dream he waited at the
table aud performed all bis duties as
quietly aud perfectly as ever,but liis resolu
tion did not waver. The house was shut
up for the night, and he found himself in
the pantry searching among the knives
the onejwhicli he considered best suit
ed to his purpose. Armed with it, he
stole up to Effie’s room about 2 o’clock in
the morning. Entering very softly, he
stood for a moment listening to her quiet,
even breathing, which showed she was
fast asleep. A night-light was burning,
and he could see tne glittering of the dia
mond ornaments, as they lay scattered
about the dressing- table.
“He moved forward to secure them,
and, in so doing, made some slight noise,
which awoke the poor child, aud with a
lercing scream she started up in bed.
hen, so be dreamed, he pushed her down
and threatened to murder her if she were
not quiet.
“At this point of hU dream Simmon*
awoke, trembling and shaking at if he had
the ague, (and for souia time he felt, so he
told his brother, as if be had committed the
fearful deed, so vivid was tho Impression
left upon his mind, ne had the sense to
regard his dream in the light of a warn
ing, and at once felt that his sole safety
lay in flight. His brother took the same
view, and soon after breakfast Simmons
went to my husband and told him he
wished to go away for a few days, assign
ing no reason. Of course we thought his
conduct very strange, but he went, and
bis brother was to take bis place In his
absence. On hearing, however, that you
and Effie had postponed your visit he re
appeared in the afternoon.
“His dream, combined with his broth
er’s entreaties,had so worked upon his bet
ter feelings that for a long time he gave
up his evil practices. A month or two ago,
however, it appears he again succumbed
to temptation, and had again lost (for
him) a largo sum of money.
‘•Ou the 4th of August occurred Effle's
unexpected and ill-fated visit. It is easy
now to understand Simmons’ behavior
when he heTrd of her an ival. No doubt
the memory of his terrible dream rushed
baok on his mind, and hia dread waa lest
the temptation should overpower him, as
alas! it did. His poor brother wishes
vainly that he bad been here, for then,
he eays, the devil would not have had It
all his own way with him. Of course
Simmons did not imagine that Effie'a
fainting fit had any connection with hia;-
•elf. neither had m any reason to Suppose
that Susan would sit up with her that
night But even had he known It I doubt
if the fact would have made any difference,
for a stronger influence, than he could re
sist was upon him and drove him to bis
destruction. Heart disease, which his
brother says la In the family, most have
been the cause of his awfully sudden
death.
“Whether it will be well to tell Effie
the sequel of this sad and strange story
you most decide. At any rate, It seems
{inadvisable to reopen the aubject at pres
ent. There are those who no doubt would
pretend they could account for all that is
ao strange in these two dreams. For my
self they must ever remain a psychologi
cal riddle—one of those mysteries which
pertains to the unseen world.
“With everything that is kind to the
dear child,
“Believe me, sincerely yours,
—The Argosy. “Agnes Holt.”
&AUFIELIFS SVPJBMSTMTIO.V9.
His Mmraffing Calculations on tbe
Length ol Ml* Life.
Special Dispatch to tks Boston Herald,
Washington, D. G., August 19, 1881.
.‘•Gen. Garfield has always had many
superstitious about the length of his life,”
said an intimate friend of the President
to vour correspondent to-day, “and caused
his friends much amusement at time* by
his calculations on the subject.”
“How is that?” inquired the reporter.
“Well, when I first knew him as a
young man be used to say that he knew
he would die at the same age his father
did, 33. He resorted to all sorts of argu
ments to support bis theory, but the time
came and passed, aud he still lived.
When the war broke out he said that he
knew he would never get through with It
alive. He was certain he would either
die or be shot. Finally, when he became
commander of the Forty-second Ohio vol
unteers, he made up his mind that these
figures numbered his years on earth. He
knew positively, he said, that he would
die at 42. He would go to a hotel, per
haps, and it |tbe number of the room as
signed him waa 42, or any multiple of 42,
he would say, ‘There, do you see that
number, 42, what did I tell you? or per
haps the number 21 or 81. He would
multiply or divide to suit the case and
find his 42. We used to laugh at him a
great deal about this. He carried It to
sucks lengths that It became ridiculous.
If he was riding on a car, and it would
chance to stop alongside another car
which was numbered 42 or 10,042, or 42,-
000 it would be all the same to him.
Then It got to 49. .1 know that to this day
he looks upon 49 as his unlucky number.
If the 49th day of the shooting came on
a Friday, for instance, he would - be likely
to give up his chances. It makes uo mat
ter how sick he may be; be will lie on his
bed aud turn that number over iuhis
mind by the hour to get some combina
tion to cany out his theory.”
The Southern Tax am Commercial
Travelers
The meeting held at the Boston Shoe
and Leather Exchange recently, says the
Near York Commercial Bulletin, to take
measures towards securing a repeal of the
obnoxious laws in force in some of the
Southern States concerning “commercial
travelers” or ageuts and representatives
of manufacturers and dealers, who go from
place to place to sell goods by sample,
was largely attended, aud much Interest
was manifested in the proceedings. It
was claimed that all taxes of this kind
are contrary to the provisions of the con
stitution of the United States, and the im
mediate aim of the promoters of the meet
ing was to bring a test case before the Su
preme Court of the United Slates, and to
nduce, so far as possible, State Legisla
tures to repeal laws of the kind com-
slatnedpf. “The existence of the odious
aws referred to,” says the Boston Com-
merclal Bulletin, “is one of the most in
explicable things wc know of in the
trading economy of the Southern States.
These States are continually crying for
more capital and more emigration; but
when they erect signs at every cross-road
that they don’t want the goods of other
people (for such is the logical ergo of
their laws respecting ‘commercial travel
ers’), the Southern people give outsiders
the impression that their towns are fenced
in, and that they do not care to have any
thing to do with the outside world.”
Bl TTJBX Ml’ APMXJBSXAKK.
Itsm Terrible Experience of a Camden
Bftr*T«Mler.
From he Fhiladelphia Timet.
“Murder! I’m bit! I’m a dead man!
Run, somebody. I’m inane hit!” shriek
ed a man in Howe’s liquorstore, Camden.
crowd of people rushed in from the
street under the impression thst a deed of
the most horrible atrocity had been com
mitted. They found Howe’s bar-keeper,
his eyes dilated with terror aud his face
blanched to the lips with fear, leaning in
■ weak, bewildered way, against a billiard
table, and waving his right arm in the
air like a windmill in a storm.
“What’s the matter? Who stabbed
yon? Which way did he go?” yelled the
crowd, in wild excitement, entirely ob
livious to the fact that seven bottles of
beer were standing on the bar untouched.
“I’m bit, I aay. Can’t you see that
I’m a dead mau? Ruu, somebody, quick—
I’m snake-bit!” howled the fear-crazed
man in helpless agony.
“Oh, the pinesuake bit him,” unfeelingly
remarked a red-nosed,seedy individual as
he espied the beer and helped himself to
copious draughts. “Poisoned, I reckon.
Bita’s awful dangerous.”
It is well known that the bite of a pine-
snake is not in the least dangerous, but
the barkeej-er, had roughly handled the
serpent and received a vicious bite on the
finger, was not aware of the fact and waa
almost frantic with fear. In the man’s
extremity an appeal was made to Howe.
“I don’t know,” said he. “How can I
tell whether it will kill you or not? The
snake i e.'tr bit me.”
The bar-keeper, assisted by his friends,
was hustled off to a doctor, who looked
wise and applied caustic to the finger, and-
advised liberal doses of rum for tne man.
Five physicians were visited, each one ad
vising the frequent use of the inebriating
fluid. When the victim returned to the
saloon he waa feeling happy, and bad sur-
ived the immediate fear of death.
“The doctors (hie!) say I’d better drink
(hie 1) freely of liquor,” stammered he,
as he viewed Howe with a dubious look.
“Yes; there's the bar. Go behind it
and fill up uutil you'ie fuller than a Char
ter rum barrel,” said Howe.
A second invitation vu not necessary,
and in an hour the man waa raving,
swearing, fighting intoxicated, professed
to own the store aud to be a member of
councils. He even manifested an over
weening anxiety to swallow the snake,
and would have wound it around bis
neck had he been able to walk across the
floor. When morning came and hia
head was similar in size to a balloon ha
was informed of tbe ghastly joke perpe
trated upon him In his ignorance of poi
sonous reptiles.